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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-08

THE PoLIcR Corr, MAYOR MAYO PRRsIDISn-- WED
SRsDAT, JuSR l. 1895 In accordance with Instructions
aud under an order from the Provost Marshal General
Ot the United States forces occupying Richmond, the
Mayor Of the city convened his Court for the first time
since it, Adjournment April l. 1865 previous 10 the eva
cuAtlon OF the city by the Confederate army and Gov
Prnmcnt Two cases were brought up for his adjudi-
cation,
Margaret SHINES colored, was charged with the
theft OF coat and eve silver spoons from the dwelling
OF X. T. wblfc, who. was tho only witness. Mr..
Wolfe testified that Margaret his servant that her
husband TO his house with the coat his back
thai he recognized tho coat and charged her with It's
nestle in the house. and she subsequently, behaved
badly that witness Saturday last ordered her off the
premises After she gone the spoons were missed,
Had her arrested by the guard. The spoons were not
f0uud
Nothing was said about the upon whose back the
coat was found.
Margaret ayerred that she did not steal the things,
and knew nothing about them. She had been engaged
TO her man for four years.
The Mayor saw nothing in the case, and discharged
the accused.
the theft Of certain quantity Of brass from sampson
4 Pea.
The accused, who had been arrested and committed,
were not produced in Court and II subsequently, ap-
peared that they had been hired out by Major Collins
before that official was aware OF the jurisdiction OF the
Mayor In such
The Mayor said no would confer with Major Collins,
aud If ho thought advisable TO bring the accused into
Court he would notify the witnesses In the The
parties accused, he understood, were now some ten
miles from the city.
This case rOnclided the docket and Court adjourned
TO A. NJ. Tomorrow.
There were few spectators in the Court room this
morning. the fact that the Court would be held not be-
Ing generally known.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-08

kHiiis txgyEIi {xsjil fsyR VA G<xFfHa'
AliVt " AeHSSiF tslisEdsy 'sfsEzssn es sskit,
ilea was Witnessed in the lowsr Rsr Of the town sueh
and anassIpsDt, rolliss ihe whiIes q their eyes
Ss ss 81! ave s .ss @
O'Clock on sunday night last, On Main street. between
sth and a5th streets nearly opposite Col kreutzsrs
Sergeant Jerome Alien, Co. D, 18th n. Volunteers,
and Peter g. Clark, Co. - ofthe same regiment. The
esessped' alter the stabbing but was subsequently
caught Al house on Gath and Franklin streets A com
mon three inch blade Pssksiis with which II was al
son Scott was 4keh before District Provost Marshal
krsut1er and him sentenced . be drnmmsd through
his crime. The card read ~ have stabbed two Of
the Provost Guards r. Three soldiers marched behind
oihsrs with arms at right shoSider-sh The drum
mer., and hfers, in the, trout, played the Rogdes
from Col kreutIers headquarters 70 i!h street, up
I'M TO fnSkin up frsnklin and back down ss,h BE-,
sweating Ike harvest field hand i not worse had
his wrists unbound and was deposited in pine eoaa
his head and bis toes. Thers he thought he was 20.
ing to die certain buried alive. He began to pray;
and asked that minister might be sentior Of his own
The negEO's face wa, wa. now vhi.ensd with powder,
and death broke out upon his features re.iey-
out upon his face. Al least three hundred spectators
half Of them negroes, at least---who stood open
inOuthed and wondering at the strange proceeding be-
fore. them, involving one OF their owh race. The
soldiers about the headquarters manifested much indig
nation at the occupant Of the colin, and while they
laughed the uderou figure the negro cut In coli
IN they were not slow In intimatng that they would
rather Tu bullet or rum bayonet through him. The
label descriptive Of his crime, taken from his
back tackled upon the top Of the coffin, and the coffin
brought the front of the headquarters and placed In
Perpendicular position against the building, the head
and toes only exposed. There the eneonined negro
maled several hours, and was an exhibition for hun
dreds, who passed that way. Some Of the negroes
seemed very indignant, and swore that way to
treat free black man How long the encohined negro
remained In that condition and position know not,
but rumor among the soldiers said he was 70 be taken
away and shot In his coffin.
FOR the hour or two that Ned Scott remained the live
inhabtant Of cohn In front Of headquarters, like
criminal In bad box, he the observed Of all OBJ
servers, binked his mealy eyes and said not word.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-08

-. - The Plantation Btters have cured
me of arrangement Of the kidneys and tie uni.
nary organs that has distressed me for years. Il
acts like charm.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-08

"' - The Plantation Bitters have cured
me Of Liver Complains Of W hich was laid up
PROSTATE and had TO abandon my business.
II. B. KINGSLEY, Cleveland, o."
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-08
TIE HEALTH ASp CLEAsLIsEss OF TIE CIrr....As

THE HEALTH AND CLEAsLIsEss OF THE CIrr.---As
Indicative Of what is expected Of citizens
and in addition to what Il stated In another
paragraph relative TO the duties Of the Mayor,
citizens 10 the additional orders Of aor General Hal
leck issued 10 Major Gen Ord. yesterday They anec
every resident Citizen and will be found explicit and
full In another column, and need no elucdation In this
column. Let every citizen pcruse them for himself.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-08

r %. d. F.-Union Lodge, No. T. I. o. 0. F.
lie will hJl1 q regular meeting at their Lodge
Room on Friday, June 8, at S o'clock p. NJ. All
the members are earnestly invited to attend, IS
business Of muca importance awaits the action
Of the Lodge.
je SGT w. A. r. NYE, See'y.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-08

"+ have given the Plantation Bitten
TO hundreds of disabled soldiers with the most
astonishing effect. q. W. ID. ANDREWS
Supt Soldiers' Home, Cincinnati, or
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Wincbes-
ter speaks thus as to what Gen. Sheridan
is doing:
During the last ten days General sheri-
dan has disposed his troops 80 as to render
our lines secure from predatory incur
sions of the enemy, and also to se-
cure the comfort health and discipline of
hia army. Oar camps now preoent by the
huts of the Troops, the appearance: Of q
series of villages. Our men have album
dance of food warm clothing, &C., and
are once in while visited by the pay mas
ter. In the interim of the winter season
General Sheridan designs Is reorgauize the
status of his army, by cutting away the
dead wood, so to speak, in the shape of
deficient officers, and appointing those bet
ter qualified to fill the vacancies thus &C.
curing. There is great room for improve
ment in this respect, in this army as well
as in others, and, by pursuing rigorous
course, the efficiency of our armies in next
spriug's campaign can be increased fifty
per cent. The simple word merit should
be the standard of promotion to insure the
object above referred to.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10
VIZ allnded Yesterday to the way in

We alluded yesterday to the way in
which some of our contemporaries were rails
ing their prices in order to keep their heads
above water. The Saturday Evening N.
Y. Express contains this item:
As things are going, newspapers, espe-
oially weekly newspapers, will soon De an
expensive luxury. To-day the AE6'o" gives
notice, that hereafter, its price will be
twelve cents per single copy. The Leader
following the example OF the DIfpatehi mas
advanced to eight cents, and the Sunday
Times to seven cents.
The high price of paper, printing mate
rails, and labor, render this enhancement OF
price matter of absolute necessity.
The N. Y. Post of the same day COM
menting on the present uupFOduc.tve duty
on paper observes thus:
1t becomes the duty of Congress to in
terfere in this matter, and protect the PEG.
pie against the paper-makers. The mem
bers now see that 1t operates as prohibit
ton upon importations, and makes the
price Of printing paper exorbitant., It il
for them to act without delay, annulling
measure which has SO disappointed theiI
expectations, and by allowing which to re-
main in force, they make themselves
accessory to an act ofOpposition.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10

coolest manner psssible The desperadoes
bid defiance to all authority and they mock
at all attempts to bring them into sub
lection. A ruthless warfare is wsged.
The knife is red with the blood of in
nocent victims, and the FIRE brand of the
bold iucendiary is applied with feelings of
exultation, and the blsckened ruins of
many homes attest how we'll the work is
and has been done. Trade is destroyed.
But few signs of prosperity are to be seen
in many portions of the State. The in
land towns are no longer full of the bus
tie Of business. Stores are closed, and an
air OF desolation reigns on every side.
Men are forced to flee for their lives. aud
whole families are abandoning pleasant
homes and moving to other States. The
proud old Commonwealth has suffered ter
ribly indeed. The outlaws ara preying
upon her Vitals, and, if remedy is not
soon applied, the disease will become
hopeless. Lands are fast depreciatiDg,
property is going to destruction, and ev-
eEywhere stalks the form of ruin. 1t ia
truly time that some plans were devised to
afford protection to the people, and to stay
the hand of desolation. It is time that
disorder was banished from the Common.
wealth, and law and authority firmly es,
tablished.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10
The HlEn Price Asked for Negroes
JeOpardizIng the InstItutiOn OF SIa.
very.
Prom the Richmond Enquiref, Jan. 5.

N0ETS
Prom the Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 8.
Either the owners or their hiring agents
are acting very much against common
sense in the exhOrbitant hires demanded
for negroes this year. One Thousand dol
lars and board aud clothing are asked by
some for negro men. Is not a system of
labor that thus EFFORTS upon the me-
cessities Of the hirer rather expensiVe2 is
question that We have heard asked an
alarming number of times since the hires
of negroes were doubled. These men sure.
~ consider the fact that an earnest people
are now deliberately weighing the bear
ings and influences of negro slavery upon
the prospects of liberty and INDEPENDENCE.
They surely forget that these exhorbitant
hires are actual distractions to production,
and as such are really aid and comfort to
the enemy, and consequently acts hostile
to our cause. The effort of the country is
to reduce the cost and increase the uusn.
tity of production, in order that the curren-
cy may be improved and the cause sustain
ed; but if the owners of negroes demand
hires for their slaves which the farmer can
not pay and continues to cultivate his
farm without increasing the price of his
crops. they are acting exactly as the enemy
would have them act, and they are leopard.
lzing the institution of slavery by making
1t an incubus upon production.
An objection was raised to the conscrip-
ton of negroes for the army because it
would diminish the labor of the country,
increase the cost of production, and thus
cause depreciation of the currency; but
negro men, at one thousand dollars per
annum, with food and clothing, is too ex-
pensive for farming purposes; and therefore
they may be conscripted without any dam
age TO production. Thus the owners of
slaves are removing the only good objec-
ton to General Lees recommendation of
employing the negroes as soldiers, We
hope that Congress will now act promptly,
and conscribe every negro for whom one
thousand dollars is demanded; for the
price makes him the very kind of negro
wanted in the army-an ANo. negro sol.
dier-and renders him too high and costly
for the farm or any other kind of labor.
Would it not he we'll for persons hiring
negroes to have proviso in the bond that
it the negro is oonscripted the hire is to
ceR--' Otherwise man may have bond
OF thousand dollars to pay, and yet the
negro be cent to the army.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10

me above form Of proposals will be adhered to as
M . as practicable Oher forms will be received
Dy the Department and duly considered.
proper guarantee that the bidder is abIa In Fnl.
MI the contract, certified to by the CIerk Of tha
nearest District Court, or United states Distr;ct
be rejected. F''@' "a IL "4AA
An oath Of allegiance to the United States Gov
eFI TII must also accompany the proposal.
Ponn6le party or parties, who will be duly NOTIFIED
, oE otherW that their bid is accepted, and
Immediately required to enter Into Contract nndsr
pEaIsr to the s%opn. Of The Bonds must be
principals and sureties stated upon them. -
bidders may be present in person when the Dro-
po9als are opened. NH0 PA"-
The Post Once address of the parties proposino
NUT oe distinctly written upon the proposal.
Vile, kentucky. '9SVE' Louis
The Department reserves the right To reject .,v
or all bids deemed unsuitable. -s''O' ~"S
Surgeon U. Army and Medical P1FTeSoDr.
Printed forms of proposals may BE- Oq hSg S Ky Ky
N' jA10-6teod
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10
Tuesday Morning, January 1O.
a CORRESPONDENT calls our attention to

a CORRESPONDENT calls our attention to
the subject of Gas and asks US to explain
why the article costs So, so per thousand
cubic feet here, when it is afforded to cit
liens at Pittsburgh for 81, so per Thousand
and at less than half that price to the city.
He also cites instances of other cities in
all Of which gas is very much lower than
here. We will say to our friend that the
whole question was once OVerhauled in
Wheeling, and the newspapers were as full
of gas for weeks as the Cincinnati papers
are now. The City Council stirred the
matter up to its deepest depths. The peo-
pie held mass meeting at the Court
House which was illuminated by talIow
dips and luminous remarks. They resolved
and indignated for the space of two hours
or more, and finally passed a resolution
calling upon every body in the town to
quit using gas and to go to burning dips.
About halt of the people did so for say
week or ten days, and thea one, an other,
and an other, in rapid succession, went
back to gas burning again, and in a month
no body burned the dips. We do not pro-
pose to go through such a useless routine
again. The facts of the previous contro-
yersy are all recorded in our back files,
and we know of nothing new that could be
added to them. We have always believed
that the price of gas was too high here
but the people prefer to pay it
rather than to do without it,
and there is no way to get it except to
pay the price. When the charter of the
company nears its expiration then will be
q proper time to re-examine the subject
and sgitate the propriety of the city'B buy
ing the works, just as they are doing now
in Cincinnati. We believe that every city
ought to own its own gas works. In the
meantime Wheeling does not and cannot
own any such works, and until something
practical turns up we decline to waste
space on the subject, assured as we are of
the same old resultIess end OF the discus
sion.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10


GIN. KILPATRIoK has returned from the
cavalry expedition on which he set out
shortly after the taking of Savannah. 1t
appears, according to the New York Til
b"ne, that he was not sent after prisoners,
but had specific work to do in the de-
struction of the Savannah and Gulf Rail-
road, which runs south westerly from Sa.
vannah to the border of Florida, and which
has been one main source of supplies for
Lees army in Virginia. Sixty miles of
this road Fitzpatrick auuihilated, and his
cavalry is already far to the north recon-
noitering on the road to Charleston. Its
activity indicates an early movement by
the main body of Sherman's army.
A Nashville correspondent of the TFi-
6H"s informs it that that place is no logger
to be the great depot of supplies for our
operations South of the Cumberland and
Tennessee rivers, including Chattanooga.
The intention now is to make Florence, al.
aoama' on the Tennessee river, the depot.
because itcan be reached all the year round
by small boats and much of the wear bv
large ones.
THE Tennessee is navigable for small
boats from Chattanooga 10 its mouth, at
all seasons, and for large ones from Flor
ence to its mouth, in high water, the only
exception being between Decatur and
balnrldge, over the muscle shoals, Around
these, there is a railroad of only ferty Eve
miles in length, and this could be kent
open with comparatively few men. About
the shoals there are numerous boats which
run to Chattanooga, and there are also
several small gunboAts to keep the river
open.
I'VE shall then have the advantage of a
water base and q river line of defense. n
have often wondered that this has moi bean
before adjusted; but feel certain that il
will be now employed as baseoN With an
efficient cavalry force, properly Supported
by infantry and light artillery, Selma
Montgomery will speedily fall into our
hands, Those towns would be no further
from Florence than Nashville is from Lon
isville, and LouisvilIe was our bass in
ls6l-62; and Florence is to-day more ga.
curely ours than Louisville was then"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10

The Richmond rebels have busy time
in roughing along from hand to mouth in
the way of getting something to eat. The
Sentinel of January 9th is no little exercised
on the subject of meat, and goes at the
butchers, traders and hucksters thus:
Some months ago, when butchers were
demanding six dollars per pound for beef.
the City Council made contract with Mr.
Ingram to bring beef md mutton at
much reduced rates. The Secretary of
War gave passports to prevent his cattle
from impressment, and butchers were
detailed to prepare the meat for the mar
ket. The scheme worked beautifully for
while. Beet fell from six to three dollars
pound. But Ingram RotO asks as much for
Hsdt as the most eztoTtiouGte butcher. The
poor, the multitude, the people, ind no
benefit in his arrangement with the CITY.
A city stall may be a mighty good thing
for few rich men about town and for
Ingram, but it helps not those who are in
need of help-peOple for whose benefit he
Was made contractor. The people of Rich.
mond-the great multitude who, by the
most unrsmitting labor, cannot make one
half the sum paid to government clerks
are itarUiHg. This is not flourish, but a
liked fact. The avarice of traders, buck
sters and butchers have brought this about.
and 1t IS tinetor Councils to do something.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10
Ehs,Rebel Ram Ro.d..
a CHANGE In rE SOUTHERN Rail ROAD syst,
HEORssARY.
Prom the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. a.

6EOBeSAHHs.
Prom the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. 4.
The occupation of Savannah renders
very desirable some modification of onT
rail road system in South Carolina and
Georgia.
The rail road line from Wilmington tn
Augusta makes detour at Branchyille
precisely In the wrong direction, because
towards the coast. From Kingsville, bv
Columbia, to Augusta, would be no f1rth-
er than by Branchville to Augusta. and
would give much safer line. 6annot the
link between Columbia and Augusta he
put in2 The distance, as measured on the
map, ID about seventy.fVe miles. The rail
road as 1t stands however, is from Aupnsta
70 Aiken's, almost in direct line to %.
lumbia. Making Aiken's point of iunc.
ton, would shorten the distance seventeen
miles, or reduce the whole, say to sixtv
miles. We should thus have a safe. direcI
line from Augusta to Columbia, where a
choice OF roads leading hitherRard would
Danville. @- 'N'se S"u
Still higher up is Abbeville, which ia in
railroad connection with Columbia and
opposite to it in Georgia is Athens. vbich
IS In connection with the Augusta and Az
lanta Railroad. These points are bv the
map about sixty.fve miles apart. fthev,
too, were connected, we should have an.
other and more interior line between
georgia and the Eastern States.
II should be an object to remove the an.
perstFucture of railroads no longer service.
able, and employ the materials upon cor.
nsctlous adapted to the changed state of
affairs. Large portions of the railroada
leading to Savannah are now unservics.
able, end, indeed, can be of advantage onIv
to the enemy. Other railroads are. or msy
become, in like condition. We should he
as stqdlous to dismantle these as TO brine
on the baggage train of an army: nav
more so. Slaves ought to be impressed in
sunSlept numbers to complete with dis.
patch the new Connections which hsoonso
eligible. If We construct these with md
ment aud in time, it will not be Il the
power 1.-THE enemy to cripple our eommuG
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10
MEDICAL PURVEYOR's OFFICE,

4Loulat4LLkJ hIsS January OLn1 1000.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this
y Office until January 25th, 1866, for furnishing
Ice to the Medical Department of the Army during
the ensuing year, at the points herein designated
The Ice to be stored by the contractor in properly
constructed icehouses at each point of delivery on
or before the 18th of April next, the Ice not to be
recepted for until its quality, the fitness of the Ice
house, and the manner in which it is packed shall
have been pProVed by o medical officer, and pay
ment will be made ouly for the amount thus actI-
ally stored and receipted for.
The proposals will be made for the quantities In.
dictated below required at the respective places
with the prOyso that should more be needed at any
time for the years supply it shall he furnished at
the same rates and under the Eame conditions.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10
FORM OF PROPOSAL,

The undersigned proposes to furnish daily. or
otnsrW1se, all the Ice required for the hospitals,
at or near the within named points, at the follow
ing price per hundred pounds namely ---S
cts. per hundred pounds.
The ice shall be of the best oualItv and arbIoc+
to the approval Of the Surgeon in charge. who viii
receipt for the actual amount delivered al eSc1,
hospital. o. 'eNH
Payment to be made from time to time uron lr-
Plcate bills certified to by the Med icaI Director.
Signed,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-10
Desirable House & Lot for Sale

TaE SUBSCRIBER, HAVING REMOVED FROM
the city, offers for sale his Dwelling House and
Lot The Lot IL 90 feet front Quincy street, run
ming back 14S feet inches, Cornering on an alley.
The House contains on the first floor three rooms
and kitchen, pantry and bathroom; on the second
floor Ave rooms and store-Eoom, with good sum.
mer and winter cellar under. A good hydrant at
the kitchen door, with good sewer 70 the street.
The stable on the back end OF the Lot Is reserved
With q lease of two years from April, 1885. 1 viii
either sell the Lot whole or divide 1t In two.
TERMS-one third cash, the balance in two equal
MATTHEW WARREN.
For information enquire of Warren Berger, or
/ Jacob Berger, ESQ. tA1O