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The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-05-20

=. ~ Ridge aud Mill Creek Gap, were repulses
M "a great slaughter at2 P. M.-loss of the enc
$; "Sa ,ApknoMn. Among the prisoners brought
j. il'fs are several officers recognised as belong
li'g to Straight's raid.
~ s-'Es-- SECOND DISPATCH.
The enemy are cautiously approaching our
position on both wings and centre, reported 60
QUO strong, in three columns, under Thomas,
Hooker and Howard. Our troops in excellent
condition and spirits.
4 RICHMOND, May H..
The only event of interest since this forenoon,
!. IS the reported landing of force of the enc
my infantry below Chafins Bluf, 10 miles east
OF Richmond. All quiet in Chesterfield to-day.
,<.:.,a... MoBILE, May 49,
-, New Orleans, May 9th, gold is selling two for
..one, aud rising. All knowledge Of Banks ig-
nored Stsels {evidentiy intended for PRICE,
reported at Little Rock. Marmaduke between
Little ESsk md Pine Bluff, shelling the latter
place
* : PETERsBuRG, May II. 3
The enemy has gone front to his entrench-
ments at Bermuda Hundreds. The turnpike to
- Richmond is now open. Kantz's raiders at Q
p. IN. were at Jarrets's Great rejoicing over
Lees victories
"a The following dispatch received at the War
Department yesterday.
xa..~a IS. 80; DRURY's Bluff, May 10.
Gen, Bragg--Oar progress is very satisfac
!. tory. Gep. Ransom turned the enemy's James
River Hank early this morning, and is d.iving
him towards our right. We hold still on the
right, and pressing the enemy back in front Of
our centre, disabling and capturing some artil-
lery:. Gen, Ransom stormei the works, took
stands Of celurs, and about 800 prisoners
Our lo,s on The whole aptears not to be heavy.
q. 7. BEAUREGARD
DRURY's BLUFF,
May 10th. 5. 45, P. NJ
8. The enemy hsve been driven from our right
40 south side Of Proctor's Creek and railroad
also from our immediate vicinity on the turn
pike. G. T. BEAUREGARD
Brig. Gen. Hickman and staff furnished lodg1
ingsi in Hotel de Libby.
= 81. lsts' - ]. B. COOKE.
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Saddle Bags Found.

n PAR Of Saddle Bags were found near A.
"a bingdon on Thursday or Friday Of last
week which the owner can getby calling st this
May 9th, 1864--tf se,.F
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1'sta''s daughter (aged nearly gear ef4Nn, Os.
car L..Bonham, wAo fetsin the bloody Isttle of
Gsttysbagy, Ra., $500
The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1864-05-20
Notice to- 1'ax-pdVers.

May Is, 1se4--tf.
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DAVID GARRISGdy. ESQ. !.

Nay 13, lse4-4v
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-24
The work Of Restoration.

There cannot, we imagine, exist even
a shadow Of an excuse for further delay
in recognizing the State Government
Of Tennessee hepeopie demand that
they be relieved from existing uncer-
tainlies; and that the future policy Of
the State be decided upon at once. We
shall hayencither industry, nor energy,
until wc have a restoration Of civilian.
The issue presented Is simply this: viii
Tennessee remain a desert, or VIII its
broad fields be reduced to cultivation,
and made to bring forth haryests2
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-24
Working Guns BIZ Steam.

Last Friday, by invitation of the IL
yentor, Major Generals Rosecrans and
Pleasanton, Brigadier Generals Ewing
and Gray, and ten other officers of the
army, accompanied by Commodore
Hull. Of the navy, visited the Union
Iron Works at Carondelet, 10 witness q
trial Of the steam turret .on the iron
clad V:rasJgg0, invented by Mr Jas B.
E2ds proprietor OF the works
i Sc are prohibited, by general IN
styaatioiis issued by the Navy Depart
ment, from giving description in de
tail Of this wonderful machine, We can
only state that TWO eleven-inch Dahl
gren guns are so completely under CON
troll Of one man in it, and handled with
as much case by him, and with almost
as much coleriJy, as pair OF duelIing
pistols could be. Every movement OF
the guns Is made by steam They are
run cut 10 their ports by it, and their
recoI IS checked by it they are lower
ed into the hold by steam for loading,
and raised again 10 be fired, and all
these movements are made III as little
time as il has taken to relate it,
One Of the most interesting features
about the turret IS the snallness OF the
portfolios into which the guns are thrust.
They are only large enough 10 receive
them muzzlcs; yet the guns are fred a
any angle between five degrees Of de
preston and twenty-ene degrees Of elc-
walton, with equal facility.
The perfect ease and accuracy with
which every movement was gone
through with, excited the admiration
Of the whole party Four shots were
aimed by General RoseCrans at a tar
get, about three quarters of a mile
distant, some ten or twelve feet square.
and each one struck it fairly. The
firing from it is much more rapid than
from the Ericsson turrets The fifteen
and tWenty-inch guns can be handled
in this way quite as easily as those in
this turret When steam IS applied to
them, as we doubt not it soon viii be,
the officers of the French navy will no
longer be witty with the assertion, that
" Americans have put large guns in
their turretS, and fire them three times
ae hour If worked by steam, their
value viii be greatly enhanced by the
increased rapidity III firing. These
eleven-inch guns can be withdrawn
from their ports, lowered and loaded
and returned ready for firing III sixty
seconds. The horizontal range is oh
tanned by rotating the tUrret All the
movements and peculiarities Of the
machine were courteOusly explained 10
the party by Mr. j. w King, Chief
Engineer L. : y. The inventor, Mr..
Eads, was not present, being confined
by sickness to his house for several
months past
1t occurred to us while witnessing
these interesting experiments, that this
invention would be Of great yalne for
land Notifications, and we think the at
tcntion Of the War Department should
be called to it. Patents have been Sc
cured by the inventor, not only in the
United States, but in the principal
countries Of Europe
This, we believe is the first success
fulattempt to work large guns 10y steam,
and we feel some pride in the fact that
the problem has been solved By q ma
tive of the West. and q citizen OF st.
Louis.-S. Louis Union.
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L.. s.. $. Nlcseas usf METROPOLIS, In,

/ = =. Ai,4rEs. FFT MifEoFOIIi, ILL.,
April IT., 1864
Circumstance. sga.u, have given the
-Juhaat victory aL opportunity OF rem
teriEg iuestimab!e service, especially
To- tile citizens Of Metropolis ami
vicinity
The Victory left padugah at 6 o clock
T. VI, yesterday, having been there
during the las. attack on that place 10y
General Forrest; and upou arriving ~
Metropolis NE were informed that five
rebels had crossed the river on q log
raft. some hours before, and, by the AID
ot q few ,ympathizers in this place,
were to assist their comrades Ia cross
ing, To attack and plumber the town.
Two other men were !aIred over by q
hcutCrSi.u oH, ot whom we captured.
Abou. ! / clock the rebels hailed
iEe Victory. and commanded her 10
round o. taking her Tor 81 transport.
The command was followed boy the flash
snd report ci nearly two hundred
nuskots. The sharp report Of the rebel
niles had scarcely dIed away when the
Eict0Tys gums were ablazc, and her
she'll went screaming and piunging into
the WOODS where the rebels were COLI
c-aitd The rebel lead ratified against
tAc classmates Of the Victory, yet most
81 their shots fen tor short Their fir-
iDg did Us no harm. hat enabled IL the
better 10 direct our shots and, for nearly
three hours. the Victory kept moving
slowly up and dowl the river keeping
up steady tire.
Forrests men were thus denied the
pleasure OF examining the pecunlary
affairs OF the merchants oil Metropolis.
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NuigariSms.

1t is very vain to use strong and IN
piiatic assertions, such as II know, II
aln positively certain" "Yes-bGt hap
pen to know al about it It IS intoi
erably conceited, and in most instances
irriJates, without exciting the slightest
respect for your declaration Always
substitute Il think. 81 believe 1t
seems 10 ne. "EEcGse me, sut / think
have heard, etc. 1t IS not enough to
limit your words in this respect Won
should never emphasize the voice too
loIcibly One may say, Il LeE your
pardon, sir. with M expression rquiv5-
lent 70 Gal and Insulting ccutrad.c-
ton
SIN mole vain and vulgar Is the use
OF such expressions as II n. "rslaw,
mach YOU ka9" aaoutit stuff. and
-Ti5a'a-,icEs These expressions. and
others Ike ,n,In, Of strongly dsseu-
;i,u. Dat.e, Should never be- uttered
by ."y ure uuJa- ANY circumstance
So Aaseyr. IGey are al rude, a. indeed
every wo-d aud yvcay emphasis which
directly .zr. ,e- denial II ANY Gsae:-
ION re, -ir p t.ar-.soFaa.
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TIE LATEST NEWS.
BIZ LAST NIGHTS NAH.

New YORK; April 32-Tbe I4th New
York heavy artillery regiment leave
to-day for Washington They have
been garIsoning the harbor
The United States Sanitary boat
Waitress left St Thomas on the Both Of
March for California A letter in the
New Haven Journal from the United
States ship Vermont, off Fort Royal on
the 18th, says that a large force sails to-
morrow for Fortress Monroe Generals
Wedges and Terry are attached to it.
The city is alive with military rumors,
which are improper for publication.
The Navy Department has positive in
formation from the Southern blockad
ing vessels Of the completion Of the
long talked Of rebel rams
Governors Curtain and Morton were
at the War Department this norning
The bill for reimbuTsing the State
for calling out the militia TO repel IN
yasion viii probably be postponed until
next winter
WAsHISGroS, April 23.-HorsE.-Mr.
Voorhees, asked that the telegram re-
ceived by him to-day be read, as il has
a bearing on personal explanation. He
would not now indulge in any remarks,
because the gentleman (Garteld) who
recently received letters purporting 10
have been written by Hon. j. g. Davis
and Judge Eckels, was not in his seat
Consent having been given, the des-
patch was read, IS follows:
TERRHIIAuTE April 81, 1854
Hon d IT, Voorhees,:
The letters purporting to be written
by Inc 10 john C. Breckenridge. used by
General Garfield, Is utterly false-a
base forgery. j. G. DAVIS.
The letter alleged to have been writ
ten by Mr.. Davis recommended a young
man, formerly in the United States
army, 10 Mr.. Breckinridge for position
in the rebel army.
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The whole number of muattoe-,
save and free, in the Union, in 1860,
was $500. OF whom o., 800 belonged
ID the free States, and 5IS.5s5 to the
slave States-a number greater than
the combined white population Of Ar
kansas, Delaware and Florida-greater
than the white population OF Maryland
almost twice as great as that Of South
Carolina, and twice as great as the COM
bined population Of Delaware and Flo
rida The mulatto population Of Nir-
ginia alone exceeds the number Of
whites in Delaware and Florida
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-24

OgE SrLC.Ns-Erhcis. Gay and Brad
shaw, with - men, lest Quicksand
CrteS- in Breathitt county. cn TUESDAY
last pursued by detachment G! 18th
Kentucky mounted infantry. BctoIs
re,reated through Pound Gap
i rebel force was encountered on
Monday hast by Captain Watson, who
whipped and scattered them on OJion.
river Tenn, killing and wourdug a
humber and taking eight Frisouers.
Loyal women and ch.ltrena 81 Clinton
county are in such destitute condition
ss to be begging for bread. ii Is urged
thai something be done for them,--La,.
Press, Z3rL
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Prom Che Richmond Examiner, ApIl 70.
General Morgan and his Command.

Z
General John Morgan left Richmond
last Friday to repair to the remains OF
his command. There have been various
spcculations as to tie objects of his
visit here and it is freely reported that
the Richmond authorities have treated
linn with but little justice, and, perhaps,
some Jealousy We regret to say tina.
there is SOME foundation for these pain
FIJI rum0rs
It is fact not generally known to
the public that Morgan's brigade has
been stripped OF two Of its finest regi-
mours. and that the command Of tins
popular leader, from whom so much
was expected, does not now number
more than five hundred men. The oc-
casion OF this reduction of his force
was TO make Colonel Grigsby a Bric@-
der. whose regiment, at the time Of MS
appointment, is said not 10 have mum
bored more than seventy-thrce men:
and so two regiments wcrc detached
from the old brigade of Morgan To-
make Up command for Grigsby.
The circumstances under which this
brigade was recruited were peculiar
The men were enlisted, one by one. bY
Morgan himself, within the enemy S
line in Kentucky, and they took vol
uutary service with him, when there
was nothing to compel them to 90 into
tlc Confederate army In TINS way
Morgan raised, by independent and in
diyidual cxertion in Kentucky. 1900
men. and might have raised ten o.
twelve thousand but for the interior
cuca of the Confederate authorities
who claimed that the recruits should
be turned over 10 Kirby Smith, and
TINS embarrassed the personal influence
OF Morgan in Kentucky. But theln,u
that he did gather very naturally con
siGorcd that they were 10 serve under
,heir chosen leader, especially as the
command was the fruit Of his iudiy'a-
Ual oNerGous.
We learn that every officer and every
man OF the two regiments which have
been separated from it, have protested
against the action OF the Government.
have signed petition 10 be restored 10
their old command, and resent the Idea
OF being made q mere convenience for
the personal prefCrmeuts OF thc Prtsi-
dent TWAS TO enforce this appeal and
represent its iusticc. that Gen Morgan
recently visited Richmond, and we are
deeply panied to hear that he has Left
here. not only without PREPARATION. but
without even those common attentions
of eiviliy which require that letters
fa.ucctsaIlv addressed to the publ,
5U.hor,na- should be answered. Gen.
gfs-o.u- ns,ruapinl;tv has NOT I.a
Hir under tine circumstances auG a..
ha. 1an, back H. his small rNna..G
P solved l1 i,ra,, r1.. service l... ...,..
hovs,er t.ls Hles..re "a li,l.-.f.,I....-s
tia, f.-;r.. af his CHAINS max Eat.
..,.... ..rcu.,-,.5afE f.. ,4. su.l.....s...
Vrs w.rd l.ar. a.. cen. s..r-g.-
a...... with tk. lur,.r.r.rr Of Hi-..-
5..aa. There Aa,. b.,a nifi.a.s II
Ral.gg, times ill.,, circumstances IF IL.
...ati,I., or ..rar.,T .~a s.as.4E., So
l!.n.s 5.l.s.auG tletgrt.r.- .sfti-..a.
,lct drivers dungeon. Mau, of .Ie.-
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IHE VETERAN REsERvE&-Thc state
ment ia the New York Times, tLa;Gen
Grant has determined 10 distaud thc
Invalid Corps, and send the able-bodi5I
10 the ilont and the permanently dis
abled 20 their homes, Is utterly va
founded and is believed 10 have been
inspired by some disappointed aspimnts
ior promotion IN that c0rps.-C.n. C0a
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following letter from Mr Everett to g
lajy IN St Louis
Bosroy, April II, 1864
Nv Dear Mrs. -: have received
your letter Of the 18th, and have much
pleasure in Enclosing my check for one
hundred dollars q wish it were much
larger to be applied to the relief Of
the class of unfortimates whom YOU
describe, the fugitive freedmen
The var, which, BY an act oil Judicial
blindness without a parallel in the his
tory Of the world, the South is now
waging to found a government on the
cornerstone Of slavery, has already, un-
der righteous Providence, had the ei-
feet 81 giving freedom 10 vast number
of slaves, and VIII, IN all.human proba-
Uility, result in the entire overthrow OF
the institution, an operation, strangely
enough, already commenced III your
noble State, where the first. systematic
attempts were made by tho South to
extend and perpetuatolt. So great and
nlOmcntous a change in the social con
dition Of The siayeholdiug STATES, viii
necessarily be attended with great sui-
fering on the part Of many individuals
OF the liberated race. Many years must
probably elapse before the mass OF the
c0lorod population viii be able 20 settle
down rs free labOrers or small prOprie-
tors ia The plantation States; and, IN
the meantime, I know Of no dnty more
incumbent on this generation than 70
endeavcr, in cvery possible way, to les
sen the suffering, Of which, after beuey-
olenco and patriotism have done their
best and utmost, there will remain too
much
Wishing you much success in this
moInentous effort. 1 remain, my dear
Mrs.
Very respectfully yours,
EDWARD EnfEEgT.
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L. $. DISTRICT COURT + 'R TlIElu p.E I
TGlCT or TENNESSEE.

L. ). DISTRICT CuURT + 'R TIE1lI y. = DIS
FGlCT or TENNESSEE
The United States as. . shares stock in thr Com
nrrcrl Insurance Company, aUd other proper
y Of John j.. johnson.
SKTHEFEAS, HORACE II HARRIS ~, ATTOP-
w Ecy Of the nited States for s}ui District,
haa, on tbs, The 2td day Of April, i-t', filed ji-
al;cndef Information IN this cause aiic-ug among
other things, the selzWc OF certain the estate aud
property, moneys, stocks and credits Of John l..
Johnson, a'e OF said DiStc', and Dt said Johu-on's
interest in certain real estate described I'm said Ia
formation, and that tho same was seized hy the
Marshal Of the United States, on fha 18th day 81
January, lS4, ps forfeited 10 tht United S;5'C4 for
the causes mentioned in said Information ami prev
IuS toe monitor Of the Court and notice of the
sling Of the sud smCn6el Information.
Vow, therefore pursuant TO the monitor Euie-
iE" - al % said Court, % me directed thereby eve
public warning % all persons concerned IN interest
in said property, 10 appear before q l Court ~ tho
Federal Court TO "a. m tho CaPilo! 20 Nashville,
on tAc second Monday in May next then aud There
To- TrnPruad the claims and make Neutrality-suspicious.
in that trhaif r. r. e. ASCGCk,
y S. Marshal for the Mid. Dist. OF Tenn.
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However newspapers may differ ih
political matters, however much they
NAV, ouaryrl o,.r oflairs in general:
49,. -,
o1-is'1' = -
city and town, species OF JouihaIlsuc
courtesy, which 10 political or other
differences ever interfere with This.
i.:, :; L;o1.I.- o-s.,l,+,tJo 20 t,o
profession ana we nope - VIII ne CON
tihaad, and believe Twill; and we re-
,rss TO sac any deviation FROM this rule.
81, ~. .ef,-..lI..l =, admit that o,,.
IA l-''-''i '-''' 90 ''' 80 1'..
o. LolisYf.e.-
The case is mus stated by the
journal
Inc as-ociatoa pres o. \ G" } OK,
49, r.. -
90, e
-. Iii
i 49, -. '-iJ ~!
-. a., ,.....
- - ''''' - 80,
''-', '-iu .' - 80 ~, ~ ~
-. ~ 49,, ~
5roprirtor or ,,raprisiors WISHING 10
come ia for them The rsss was adopt
ed, we presume, l'g good ard sufficient
reasons, and was iiteEdcd, among per
hars other rea -lua 40 induce the pro-
lmietors i'm caru city ID take the de
patches promptly. GA The ground Of
thereby securing their own interest
Many proprictors 10 doubt, took tAenl
on this ground, believing that they We're
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. Is the only safe and sure cure. Il con-
tains no opium or deleterious drugs, no min
eral or other injurious compounds common
% remedies generally sold for this class Of
disease. Il is 50 eficaciogs that Physicians
very generally use it in their practice in
al chronic and dangerous cases.
RS5- Use no Cholera mixtures or doubt
full compositions, many Of which UNDER
mine and ruin the constitution when you
can obtain an unfailing remedy az simple
and safe as Blackberries themselves.
Ask for DIxOS's BLACKBERRY GAMMA
TIVE, and see that the proprietOr's name is
written on the outside wrapper Of each bot
tie. Prepared only by
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TO THE
SOLDIERS !!
WE HAVE PUBLISHED \ BEAUTIFUL
Soldiers Certificate.
FOR THE USE OF SOLDIERS.

Il Is printed In four coI,rs, representing
Cavalry, infantry, AMI Artillery, uaEchiug
IA countless numbers intJ Dixie. with truu-
beating, color5 flying, cic. A blank li4c IL
LEFT Tor tho name Of the Soldier, Company,
Regiment and Officers; size I3zi5. the
certificate % enclosed ia pa7tetaari tube,
ami can BE seut 10 any psrt. O: the country
without injury; and thssoldief. after filing
ny the blank lines, Can Fut it back IL tho
uba and RENAL q ~ MA ir:1..is. sui tbey
viii got L framed and preserve i. IS e re-
iErmbrsnre.
Pr.c5 80 cents. s5ut By mail, prepaid.
I. y. RHODES & co,
81 Onion Street,
= sshyilI5.
hgorla yrpjet &. sell she si.p7s.
a. i.-im
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alelr A0rtrti9emel,ts9.
Liberal Reward.

: OST Or STOLEN, FROM OFF TIE STEAM
/ I boat l.oa:>yllc, on Thursday last then lying
SO the JpHe, = nlrf, one FOX, with asp snd fs,i-
lock OH u. 1lls box was long, narrow ana deep.
\ liberal rc@Ard will be- given 30 any one bringing
the same 10 :his Office, giving information ltai'-
my the Ohtainmg Of the same. %, n ST"
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Corn Meal.
IaI0rmalion 40. n.

FJgE II cora MEAL FOR SAFE n THE
L Eroadray Nils, Broad :ui iii-s, streets.
ar 1T III ID. u. pICo'EI, gent.
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Letter from MF. Everett.

The St Louis Democrat publishes the
following letter from Mr Everett to g
LADY IN St Louis
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AUCTION.
TO CLOSE OUT STOCK.
7 WILL COMMENCE TO SELL, At PUBLIC
( sale Oh
MondaY, 18Th inst, at 80, 4. III

u4ti MS stool, j. closed out The -tei. . mis-
a,llvUc3u7. and al staple Goods, consisting 10 part
Of The. -f.lll-,iuv .tsrjal...