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Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08

A LII persons indebted to the estate of the
"A late Lucus Minor, and shavns claims on H. WIN plsss
communicate with me without delay addressng Hsvst
Pos once. Hanover county, Va. n O. L. O. MINOR
aps-dstAcss' : Executor Of I. =. Minor, deed.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08

A PRKoooroUs YoUiH-An army eorre,I ondent re
ates an incident of camp lie, showing the precocty
OF youth offs x.een. the OF sneral on a visit
to bis father the field. Ga occasion, when the
Generals purse geting low, he remarked that he
would DO Obliged TO drs~ on his banker for s,me
"Bow much 90 you want, fa;herf" ~ think shall
sehd for couple OF hundred" replied the General
Why, father" said lis con very quietly, can let
you have that amount" You can let me have 1t !"
exclaimed the General in SURPRISE shere did you got
9, much moueIf' 81 won il playing d,aw-poker With
your staff sir" replei hopeful youth. Il is need
sss TO say that the $40 train morning bore the
'gar young mbolier towards his home.-[Yankee
paper
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08
~ ORRIS,
!. pUeL,sHrg AND BooKsELLER,

A NORRIS,
H. PUBLisHER AND BooKsELLER,
RICHMOND, va,
VIII publh a. early practicable edition Of popular
ana beautiful series READERS, under the title Of the
..VlRGINIA SERIES OF READERS"
Edited BY ssqthern Teacher Of large sxpeenes
In the d. CD sration Of SCHOOL BOOKS
several hese Readers have been Issued under my
Auspices imprint publisher, and
tenivey into the leading schools only Of As
city, throughout the State and have been Justly REGARDED
the hnhhed series Of Readers offered the
consideration of Southern Teachers a
~ Ihs nst Reader press and WI be Published In
medAtely
= fhs others win follow In order soon posiss
~ Will also p b ih iean edIsiey,
UoaLEY'5 sPELLIHG BOOK,
JoHEsfoEs POCKET DICTIONARY,
- a1@yi5 rom ns Enslbh stereotype plates.
-. ALSO, '--. ~ :
TIE SOUTHERN PRIhEa, l,l-lE
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08
WORDS OF GEN. WASHINGTON.

CAPruRlD TowSs.-"I am well convinced that the
enemy long ere this perfectly we'll satisfied that
the possession OF towns while have an army in
the field will avail them little Itnvolvss US In diff
Guilty. but IL does not by any means insure conquest to
them They win know that il ia Or arms, not defence
lees towns which they have 10 subdue before they can
arrive at the haven OF their Wishes and that until ths
is accomplished the supersructure they have been en-
dsavoriDg to raise wi like TIE baseless fabric OF
WHOM fall to nothing"
THE ARMY AND tbs PEoPLx-'I sha continue tC
exert ali my influence and authority to preyeOt the in
terupton Of that harmony which has generally pre-
vailed between the army and inhabitants of the coun
try. The army and the country have mu
tua dependence upon each other, aud 1t ia OF the las
importance that their several duties she uld be so regu
ted and enforced TO produce, not only the Creates
harmony and good understanding, bu. the truest hap
plness and comfort 10 each"
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08

like this induce US TO pray Is We never have prayed
fores God may end the wal, II We pray srightL How
this should move US to pray With what energy, With
what zeal with what earnestnees, should We begin thu
services Of this day; with what devotion We should
keep them up praying that God for the sake Of bis dear
Son Jesus Christ would bow down bis ear and come TO
assistance. As each man 10 the army should fight
If the result of the battle depended upon him. 20 let
each Christian pray as u continued war or blessed
AGE would bs the result Of his inercession before
God"
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08

Tx LATE RAID INTO MATTHEWS AND MIDDLEskx.-
correspondent Of the Philadelphia IL surer, writing
from Norfolk gives some par liculars of Gen. drahams
late raid up the Peninsula:
A girboa. expedition, under the command Of Gen.
Graham which started away from this city few Gays
pnce, has just returned. Immediatsy after leaving
here it proceeded to Yorktown, where section Of ar
tllery and force OF thcuand infantry joined
it. on transports detachment OF four hundred cav.
airy the llth Penn, moved from Gloucester Court
House to CO operate with the above The PIsnkatank
River being entered the whole force landed aud com
menced securing Matthews county. The gunbcat lay
near by 10 render assistance, should their services be
| required.
But little opposition was net with. Occasionally q
guerrilla woula fire and Zee prtc pitatey. Remaining
IN this county about two days. The river was crossed
and Middesex county visited. The people here con-
ceiyed the idea that our men would not allow them 10
70 uumolested and consequently prepared themselves
| against an ncsrsion. Much opposition greeted our
advance but ueverht less portion of our force pene-
trAted the country 90 far the Rsppahannock River
and returned in safety. Tao wreck of the tug Titan,
captured ut Oher ystons fortnight since, was dscov
ed She had been burned aed her machinery taken TO
Richmond. chain seveny-fye fathoms long, aud an
anchor belonging to the schooner Lion destroyed last
i fall were recovered. hany of the citizens GverTe1
that the engineer of tho Titan bad been murdered in
cold blood by come OF his capors WITH whom he lad
got into alteration.
Matthews county was thoroughly cleaned out.
Everything OF value to the Government that could be
found vas taken. The psople felt though the raid
was reslia DRY for the seizure aud destruction oil
the Titan by parties from their county. Ten prisoners
| were captured and brought in. Three of these are
sut pected OF being connected with the late raid on
Cherrysone little incident in connection with the
| capturing of these men may be mentioned here. A
SQUAD Of Elk coored sodiers, under the charge Of
sergeant, while scouting through the woods, came
across four regular Confederate soldiers. They sur
rounded them, and, much to the chagrn of tho Se'
oeh they were reluctantly taken prisoner by the black
/ faces.
The property captured by General G ADAMS exoed.
ton is very valuable and among it may be enuperated
sixty horses and mules, we'll as number OF oxen,
saw mill, with boiler, an engine OF Twenty-Five horse
power and other VI liable machinery More than two
hundred bushels Of wheat and brought away.
Three hundred aud tWenty-eght con.rabands were re-
leased from the bondages OF their oppressors. They
were all put upon transports and brought dowa to this
city, where they turned over TO Captain Brown,
the Superintendent OF the colersd people.
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08
NEW REBEL Iaos-cLAO.-The FIR. South, Va

kee paper, published at Hilton Head, says:
o. Thursday, the l0:h inst i:on-clad war
steamer was launched successfully at Charleston. She
is called the Ashley Tas increases the iroa clad
Charlel harbor vessels. She is described
as formidable vessel, with many improvements for.
mer eff rs Of the Coaederatea naval arehitt ure
If our let remains lev months inactive the Of
ensive may be assumed by the rebels aud blockade
broken in manner that will put US to open shame -
That they have officers and capable Of the most
daring eniep ises have proof enough in the attack
upoa the Keystone State and Mesdta last year. the at
emat TO blow up the Loasides, and Ia the sinking Of
the Housdtonic
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.

|. Two HUNDRED DOLLARS RkWAnD.
0ST-AN ANTIQUE ROMAN CAxEo RINa.-
IL The stone Representing DIANA" with crescent on her
forehead 10 White with pale. bsee
Gen. Levin GAS 10 u. H. Trook, May s % Engraved On
the inside. tt.e -.
ma ring prssd for Ib associations and the aboss reward.
New RicSpond fbsssrs. - e.@4ea sps-lv
Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-04-08
HOW sINrvrH WAS sAvsD pr asprnrAscr.

SO the people Of Nneveh believed God and proclaimed
fast and put sackcloth from the greatest Of them
even to the least Of them. land the kng) caused
It to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh BY
the decree of the king and bis mobiles, saying, Lt
neither nor beast, herd flock taste anything
lot them not feed, nor drink water But let msu and
beast be covered with sackcIoh and cry nightly unto
God yea, let them turn every from bis evil way,
and ON the violence that in their hands Who can
tell ii God will turn and repent aud tura away from
his fierce anger that We perish not!
And God saw their works tina. they turned from their
evil ray aud God repented of the evil that BE had said
that He would do unto them; and He did 1t not. =
Jonah s: 8, TO-
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12

fs ssatl.tiss or 1flsesesaA A1Ioa.

{ there were 4l1.Gl3 mulattQ slaves
in fhe South in 1860 Of whom C9,ss9
were IN Nirgini6i 43,2eI IN Kentucky.
and 80 500 IN Georgia. There mum.
bers arc considerably beyond leRiti-
mate proportion Of those States. Tier.
were also 2T8, 800 free mulattoes in the
United States-in 1860, Of whom l76.-
770 belonged TO the Sonth and C9, 500
to the free States. or the free mulat.
toes, Virginia containing %, 475, which
number added TO her slave mulattoes,
make |adtotapof niscegenated popula.
tion Of 94, ,s24.y Her mulattoeS1 slaves
alone exceed the total number Of mu-
lattoes IN the free States. The whole
number of mulartoes slaves and free
IN tho Uhion, in 1860, was 5s8, 1852, of
whofn G9,eG9 belonged to the frec
States, md 5l8, ,333 10 the slave States
"a number greater than the combin-
ed white population Of Arkansas, Del
aware and Florida-almost twice as
great as the combined populations
of Delaware and Florida. The mulat-
10 population of Virginia alone exceeds
the number Of whites in Delaware and
Florida.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12
tuOcking Valley Railroad.

The Columbus Express closes an arti.
Gle on the new Railroad, which is to be
built from Columbus to Portsmouth, as
follows. tits strange that one of tho
most valuable railroads in the State
should be entirely neglected, while
railroads not half as important are be-
ing built aronnd US:
Another rail road should be built
from this down the Hooking Valley,
by way Of Groveport, Winchester, Car
rol, Lancaster, Logan, Nelsonville and
Athens, TO the Ohio river at Pomeroy.
Along this route are some the great
est coal mines in the State. The agri-
cultural resorces Of this valley are very
large. Thehigh prices of coal the pre-
sent season is caused by its scarcity in
market. 1t was impossible for the
boats OH the Hooking Canal to fill all
orders last fall; and the coal diggers
demanding higher wages, caused an in
ter1uptiou fopSome time. These things
can all be remedied by constructing
rail road through the coal region. 1t
will open up the mineral regions, build
towns st every important point, and
emigration will flow into those coun-
ties which are now SO sparsely settled.
Let the capitalists ofthis city and the
Hooking Valley look to it in time, and
let US have this road built in time to
bring the people Of that section to the
State Fair.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12
r.rr,bl. Epld.mle In Plymo.,A Indian.

Terrible Epidemic in Plymouth Indiana.
A terrible epidemic has broken out in
Plimouth, Indiana, completely battling
the physicians, and carrying off every
patient in few hours. No symp-
toms indicate its approach. The pa
tient is attacked with chilland thinks
he has the ague; but, as soon as it is
over, the patient sinks-into kind Of
stupor, from which he rarely reyives.
The muscles are rigid; the pupil of
the eye is inscnsible either to light or
touch; the surface of the body is ex-
tremcly tender and sensitive; the head
is drawn back, the jaws are fixed, and
the breath is drawn forcibly, with a
kissing sound, as if by great effort,
through the closed teeth; the patient
is blind and deaf.
In children the stupor is very likely
TO be broken by frequent commissions.
During the stupor large black spots,
many Of them rassed up like blisters,
appear on the surface of the body, the
patient usually dying in from two TO
four hours. In some rare cases the
the patient fingers along for days, in
species of low typhoid fever, accom-
panied with blindness, deafness, paral-
ysis, &c. In some cases the patientre-
wives so 10 to believe himself conva-
iescent, but is soon seized with terri
bic dclirium terminating. in como and
death.
The local physicians finding their
efforts unayaiIing DR.. ]. Adams Allen,
oftheRush Medical Colledge of Chicago
was called, who recognized the disease
as cerebro-S spinal meningitis, disease
which appeared first in New York and
New England, during the war of1sl2-
IA, carrying off many American SOL
diers; and in Virginia in the most
frightful form in 1922. This disease
appeared in Michigan during the win
ter of 1949-'9, known as the spotted
fever or spotted death. 1t ragged ter
ribly in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Cold
water, and other portions of the State.
As the result of his observations at
that time, DR. Adams recommended
stimulants to the surface, tincture of
Muir. Ferri, and tineture Of cantharides
internally; and concentrated nutriment
such as essence of beef and eggnog, all
the patient will take. This treatment
is working we'll at Plymouth now.
This disease leaves Che patient in q
! typhoid fever, and very low, and liable
to loss of sight or hearing, and to par
alysis, upon recovery.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12
The Democrats Becoming Aristoeratie C
and Changing their Name.

and Changing their Name
The New York Evening Post says:
Mr. John Jay, in apamphlct, the sheets
of which are before us says thata book
has boen lately published in Chicago
called 'Citizens Sovereignty by Pro
fessor j. S. Wright and Professor j.
Holmes Agnew, both Democrats"
and which purports to have met the
approval of Charles o Connor, DR.. S. F.
B. Morse and other distinguished gen-
tleman of the same school. 1t takes
ground distinctly in favor of aristoc-
racy, and frankly assumes for its par
ty the namc of Federal Republicans.
These writers say on page l5O OF
their book: If zoe can not haze and
perpetuate a high grade Gf driStocracy,
from Which our rulerS shall be almost
uniformly elected, we can never sustain
free government. Revolutions and an
archy must be our fate, till we find re-
lief in dospotism, and then fortunate
we shall be, if by establishing an her.
editary aristocracy, with all its bur-
dens, we shall reach as free a condi-
ton as Britons enjoy Elsewhere
thoyshow theBritish nobility thatthey
have in US /. c. these model Democrats
earnest coadjutors' Asserting through
tho sovereignty of the State, as a
gainst the sovereignty of tho people
they contend that the Union is not
nation, but a Federal Republic, ant
they make their appeal to the citiSen
who support their views under th'
name Of the Federal Republicans. y
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misconstruction, are willing to pledge
themselves to maintain, while this war
lasts, q decent economy in their attire;
TO discourage the importation Of
those expensive foreign fabrics for
dress and furnituae, the use Of which
sends gold out Of the country with no
corresponding benefit to the people =
to discountenance by all the means in
their power that extravaganza which
grumbles at the calls for aid to santa.
ry commissions, recruiting funds, and
sufferers from the war, but thinks lit
tie Of brushing our sidewalks with its
Expensive silks, Or of spending on
single dress an amout that would sup
port for whole year the family Of q
soldier slain in battle. The way is
simple and feasable, calling for no 9TH
er sacrifice than that of personal van
ity and of that feminine fondness for
dress, TO which, under proper circum-
stances and restraints, no serious OBJ
lection would be made. s1a.
A movement Of the kind here recon-
mended, if entered upon with spirit,
promises to do much toward effccting
a remedy and q reform. On all loyal,
intelligent, and patriotic women-on
the true ladies' Of the land, whether ex-
empt from toll by their wealth, or
doomed to it,by their nccessities-7we
call, to do what they obviously have it
in their power to do; namely, to form
an organization, and to issue pledge
and sign it, abjuring the purchase Of
certain expensive articles of dress, etc,
while this war lasts, and leaving it TO
those whose title to true gcntility is
questionable, TO exhibit, in this crisis
ofthc nations efforts, the extravaganza
we deplorc.-BoStOn Transcript
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12
The Conservative Union" n"Peace-on-nDy-
Terms Democratic Party.


Terms Democratic Party.
DIR Breckenridge, in his late speech
at Lexington, held up to just derision
the pretended Union men Of kentucky
who want to 60 to the Chicago Con-
vention and fraternize with Fernando
Wood, Alexander Long, Clement L.
Vallandigham, and others oftt at kith.
To illustrate these Conservative I'm.
ion" men in Kentucky who have taken.
this name now, although till quite
lately calling themselves Jefferson De-
mocrats, Jackson Democrats, Peace
Democrats, the Doctor went on to say:
~ have little grand daughter, whose
mother is the wife ofa clever gentleman
in Morgan's forces as all his forces no
doubt think themselves. She tries to
make that child secesh. Then l have
another daughter who is very strong
Union; she has no child, and is very
anxious to make this little girl Union.
l have said to those daughters, You
are demoralizing that child l would
not say that Of the gentlemen politi-
clans referred to, but l may say it Of
my grandchild. / would not say to
those gentlemen that their changes,
frequent as the changes of the moon,
tend to make them shifting and un-
reliable as the winds. But l said to
my daughter she must stop, or she
would ruin the child. The child heard
what l said, and took up the idea that
/ was on her side; and day or two
aftcrward she ran up to me, saying,
Grandpa, amt any Union, and l
amt any Secesh." We'll, what are
you, my child?' l am Ab.o-lishF was
the reply. Laughter and applause. l
Well she very soon found she had gOl
into worse box than ever, because
all sides were against her [applause
from the other side of tho house; and
in the course of a week she got tired
of that, during which time she heard
another name, and then she said tc
me, 4 amt Ab-o-hSh any longer, l an
Conservative Uaion. Laughter from
all sides, Well said I, my daughter
stick to that for it is as near being
nothing as anything can be- And sc
say to you who have no principles
of your own, go into the Nationa'
Conservative Union party, where you
can be nothing long, and accomplish
nothing good, But if you are truly
Union, don't be afraid to stand with
the true Upion party, and if you arc
secesh, be honest and say SO. Let us
be true to principle, and die in oul
tracks like men if necessary, that oul
successors may respect us as candid
fearless mon.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12

We feel thatwe arc growing old for
want Of somebody 70 tell US that We are
looking as young as ever. Charming
faIsehood! There is avast deal Of vital
air in loving words.
The sight that rises at The thought
of a friend may be almost as genial %
his voiSb. 'Tfs q breath that Sssms "
come rather from him thsu ourselves.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12

n@God's love stands unrivaled and
unparalleled in the annals Of the world.
1t smiles on all the good, it sympathi-
zes with all the afflicted, it soothes the
sorrows of oarth's suffering sons and
daughters. 1t is boundless and free,
and embraces all classes and conditions
of mankind. It's as high as heaven,
deep as hell, broad as the universe,a and
lasting as eternity.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12
COUNTY OFFICERS.

ri sa yssos Of Fairfield Common Pleas C0urt-P. VAN
TRUMP. Residence, Lancaster, Ohio. q,
Probets Judgs-JESsE LEoHNERi Office in Pub
Building. l.l ~,
yge Ro,statiS5 Auorny=TALti sLutG4s
., SAeftf--JAbtES RILLERi Once at the Jail
Clerk OF COurt--JESSE vANDEMARK; Office Pub.
a1 lie building. 1TT''iifTS70F' ~ Lsbn.
arr1T AsdiI6f.A WILLIAM RoBINsoNi Office Public
..5t,, Building, sge vii.Nsh.laEs va t.l.
.oiI yTr.e,urer, = BEATsfAS BEATTY; ohaeO, Rablic
Fs1t 1uiiding. lihl t4- giC.si
4bnga R.corasr-TMoTHY FIsHBAUGH omse, Public
dig Bsilding aIn2G SaN,,n. os,o. pnh;o Roiding
Coronar-S MITCHELL MORRIS, residence, Amanda
Township. - o.. -9.
ommissionsrs-7JOEL SH EFFER, of Madison town
iHD ship; HENRY ALsPAUGH, of Greenfield township,
and JOHN W. CUNNINGHAM, of Hooking Tp.Gr'.
4. Sehoo, Eraainers--WILLLAM WHITNEY, JOHN
u 3@sa WILLIAMS and URIAH Q. RUTTER. p.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12
Examin. for yourselves

Those who take Democratic papers
and read them, are affectiOnately invi-
ted to answer these questions:
Did you ever sec in Que Of them all
earnest, hearty appeal for volunteers,
since the fall of 81? 3
Did you ever see in one of them, a
word of cOmmendation TO any act of
the Government?
Did you ever see in one of them a
word of hearty condemnation OF the
rebels or their cause?
Did you ever see in one Of them a
word Of encouragement TO our brave
soldiers?
Did you ever see in any one Of them
one word in advocacy of any practical
measure for the benefit Of the Union
soldiers2
Did you ever know one Of them TO
accept as true the first news Of Fed
eral victory?
Did you ever know one that did not
believe at sight, in every rumor OF a
Federal defeat?
Did you ever see one that credited
any statement Of rebel cruelty to our
sick and wounded?
Did you ever know one that did not
publish all the Confederate stories Of
cruelty practiced by our men on the
rebels?
Did you ever sec line in one Of
them commanding a successful Union
officer? p sslg 3w0a
In short, did you ever see one, that
by a simple change Of name would moi
do admirably as southern rebel pa
per?
Examine the files of your so-calleC
Democratic" papers and sec.
Friendship is vase, which, if ffawet
by heat, or violence, or accident, may
as we'll be broken at once; it never car
be trusted after.
Our first serious quarrels are agains
our native country's; as the first strug
giles and screams Of infants are agains
their mothers.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12

Liveliness in the girl may be mis-
taken for good temper: but the little
perviyacity, which, at first, is attract
lively provoking, may at last provoke
without it's attractiyeness,
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12
BOOK Avn JOE PRINTINa.

We are prepared 70 execute all descriptions oi
JOB WORK; such as CARDS CIRCULARS, POS
: TIERS, BALL TICKETS, and every other variety oil
PLAINAND FANCY 4JoBBING, with new andsupe-
rjor type, and ons short notice. ti-trf 'ft+ li.i
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12

TThe following is from the Round
Table of last week. We presume we
do not err in attributing it to the
graceful and accomplished pen of Mr..
r. II. Stoddard:] a ...
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12

Friendship is vase, which, ifiawed
by heat, or violence, or accident, may
as we'll be broken at once; it never can
be trusted after.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-05-12

Our first serious quarrels are against
our native eountry's; as the first strug-
giles and screams Of infants are against
their mothers.
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-09-17
Obey the Laws.

We frequently hear Lincoln's friends
urging individuals to obey the laws. By
this they mean not the laws as they found
them upon the statute books at tho time OF
the Inauguration Of Abraham Lincoln, but
his procIamaGons and edicts of emanci-
patton, confscation and the will of some
ignorant military tyrant. These ssme
men have forgotten the examples of DISC
bedience they have given the South in the
passage Ofthe infamous (so-oaled) person
al liberty bills, which made it an offence
for citizen 10 obey the requirements Of
tho Fugitive slave Law The punishment
in the several States were as follows: