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HOSPITAL DIRECTORY.

The Sanitary Commission has made ARRANGEMENTS
tor information eratuitously with regard to
patients in all the United States General Hospitals
For Information relative topatients in the Hosp-
tails in New York. New Jersey, the New England
States, Eastern Virginia Maryland District Of Coum-
ba, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Lou
siana address Office ofSanitaly Comm 'Ssion, Wash
ington, d. CO.
For the Hospitals in Pennsylvania address "Ofice
of sanitary Cta lssion No 1861 Chestnut ST., Phila
delphia." s
Forthe Hospitals inv eStern Virginia. Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mssis
sippi, and Arkansas, address "O1ice Sanitary Com
mission, Louisville, KY"
mall cases tie name, rank company and regiment
of the person enqured for should be given and where
lie when last heard from. II application is by
letter, the answer will be sent by return Of ma II
in person. it will be answered at once; if by ele-
graph an answer will be returned Immediately at the
inquirer's expense.
hs- Soldiers At Societies. cergymen. editors and
others. can scarcely serve the cause OF humanity more
efectnally than by. freqently anil widely dssemina-
ting Know etgeof the above among those who have
friends in the army.
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SPECIAL RELIEF DEPARTMENT.

Special Relief Office, No. 3s9 HI street. Washingtos
- u where assistance is rendered in procuring Pay
Pensions, Bounty, Prize Money and arrears OF Psfy
and Bounty, and in various other ways. ,-sfssass'
me Home, NO. S4 North Capitol street. Washing
Home for Wives, Mothers and Children of Soldiea3
374 n Capitol ST., Washington, d. G. -
Lodge No. A. for discharged soldiers No. $3.50 III stress
Washington, ID. c. Z -.
Lodge No 5, near terminus of Washington and AfeA.
andtia X. H. Maryland Avenue, Washington ID. g.
Lodge NO q, near Steamboat Landing, Sixth street.
Washington, ID. c.
Alexandria Lodge, near terminus of Orange ana
Alexandria r. r. Alexandria, Va
The Home, Baltimore, Md. fr5e4
Annapolis, Md.
Soldiers Lodge, Harrisburg, Pa.
Special Relief Office, New Orleans, La.
The Home, New Orleans, La ~ u
Special Relief Office, 1907 Chestnut ST. Philadelphia.
Soldiers Rest Buffalo, Exchange street, opposite f.
r. Depot.
HOSPITAL CARS
Between Louisville and Chattanooga-Dr j. p. Bar.
mum, Surgeon in charger
SANITARY STEAMER.
James Rivcr--E izabeth.
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waste of Ammunition.

How much ammunition is wasted in battle,
and how many muskets in the hands of incom-
petent or cowardly men actually useless, the
following official report of the small arms picked
up on the field of Gettysburg strikngly illus
trates. The statement has been published before,
but we give it again as of the strongest argu-
ments in favor of q change to breech- loading
guns. With breech-loaders it would be impos-
sible to get in than charge at time,
and man could tell at glance whether his
piece was discharged or not:
"0f the whole number received (27,574) we
found at least 1000 of these loaded about one
half of these contained two loads each, onefourth
from three to ten loads each, and the balance one
load each. In nanyo of these guns from two to
six balls have been found with only charge
of powder. In some the balls have been found
at the bottom of the bore, with the charge of
powder on top of the ball. In some many
six paper regulation calibre So cartridges have
been found, the cartridges having been put into
the guns without being torn or broken. Twenty
three loads were found in enc Springfield rifle
musket, each load in regular order Twenty
tseo balls and sixty-two buckshot, with cores
bonding quantity of powder, all mixed up to-
gether, We're found in one percussio smooth
boremusket. In many of the smooth bore guns
model of 1872 of rebel make, we have found a
wad of paper between the powder and ball, and
another wad of the me kind on top of the ball +,
the ball having been put into the gun naked.-
About six thousand of the arms were found load
cd with johnson q Dow's cartridges !; many of
these cartridges were about half way down in
the barrels of the guns and in many the
ball end of the cartridge had been put into the
gun first. These cartridges were found mostly
in the Enfield rifle musk ct. . .--.s.sss1 3
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The W. 8. Sanitary Commission

Was constituted by. the Secretary of War in June,
1861, in accordance with the recommendation of the
Surgeon General of the u. s. Army, and it's appoint
ment and plan of organization were approved by the
President of the United States. .LHHEf
, OFFICERS. a
H w. Bellows, D. D.. President.
A. d. Bache, LII D.. Vice President.
j. Foster Jenkins General Secretary, New York.
F. n. Knapp, Associate Secretary, Washington. p
]. 5. Newberly, NJ. D., Secretary Western Dept
d. X. Thorn Assistant Secretary st. Louis.
Francis Fowler, :" /" New York.
VIM. A. Hovey, :. f" Washington, d. G.
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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT.

The Sanitary Commission, under special authority
of the President OF the United States maintains an
tensve system of agencies for securing the safe con-
yeyance to- and distribution of goods put i'm it's charge
for the sick and wounded at points where they are,
most wanted 1t operates with equal care and g4n-
erosity at all ponts-at New Orleans and at washing
ton before Charleston and at Cha tanOOga- its Strf
buttons being governed by comparison of the wants
of the patients in all cases. The following st Of
depos, t0whfch auxiliary societies. and ALI disposed
to aid the sick and wounded, without reference to
States localities but simply to their relative
sity for assistance invited to send their offerings:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST

U. s. Sanitary Commission, corner Vine nd Sixth
streets, Cincinnati, o. -.-fts4 .-rrr.. .---#=.sf
US sanitary Commission No. 95 Bank street, Cleve-
land, o. s-+ tss-s'-. -.'tt - - - y.
U. S. Sanitary Commission, NO. 66 Madison street
Chicago, ILL., a44- 0W tfta 1gW fo&atf "a
U. S. Sanitary. Commission, No. Adams Block
Buffalo, New York. 4f~~
u. S. Sanitary Commission, No. SO Fourth street
Pittssurg, PENN ''.st
u. S. Sanitary Commission No. 80 Laned street, De-
troft Mich.
Z. s. Sanitary Commission. Columbus, Ohio
U. S. Sanitary Commission, Fifth street, Louisville
Kentucky. 49,
The Commission receives no pecuniary aid whatever
from the Government, and is wholly dependent on
the voluntary contributions of the public for the
means of sustaining it's operations Contributions tc
the Treasury solicited, and may be transmitted tC
George long, Esq, Treasurer 6s Wall street, N
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DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST

CENTRAL DEPOTS OF COLLECTION.
US. Sanitary Commission, No. Is, West street. Bos-
ton, Mass. ca
u. $. Sanitary Commission No. ii Cooper Union,
New York. =. -
US. Sanitary Commission, State House New Ha-
ven, Conn.
U. S. Sanitary Commission, No. 1907 Chestnut street.
Philadelphia. e"r
afE- DEPOTS OF DISTRIBUTION.
us. Sanitary Commission, No. 24 street, Wash
ington, ID. c.
Z. S. Sanitary Commission, Camp Distribution, Va.
= U.s. Sanitary Commission No. As South Sharp ST..
Baltimore, Nd ,4.4st y
u. s. Sanitary Commission, Harpers Ferry, Va.
U. S. Sanitary Commission. I nnapOs, Md.
u. S. Sanitary Commission, Camp Parole, Md.
U. S. Sanitary Commission, Norfolk, Va.
u. S. Sanitary Commission, City Point, Va.
u. S. Sanitary Commission Newberne, N c.
T. S. Sanitary Commission Beaufort, S. G.
u. s. Sanitary Commission, New Orleans La.
Temporary depots for distribution established
from time to time necessities of the service require
DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST.
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Information furnished regarding location and con-.
dtion OF patients in the United States Army Geneyh
Hospitals. Address .a'
n atPr aSA NITARY COMMISSION. 49,
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There is great trouble at New York among
the ladies because the United States Assessor
is looking around among the dressmakers, and
demanding tax of six per cent. of the value of
all dresses made, Notwithstanding the ma
terials have already paid heavy duties at the
custom house, if they have not been snug
gled. 1t is also announced that If lady has
dresses or other garments manufactured at
home during the year, the whole cost OF which
exceeds six hundred dollars, she must pay tax
of six per cent. upon all OF her wardrobe
above that amount. Here is more trouble.
A new legal question, growing ont Of the
emancipation of the negroes, has been raised
in South Carolina. 1t is whether debts in
Cured for slaves purchased before the procla-
nation took effect are now cOllectable. Many
Of the people of the Palmetto State are deeply
Interested in this matter, being still In arrears
on old purchases from the Virginia slave deal
ers The subject has been brought to the At
tention Of the Legislature, which, IT 10 ex'
pected, will make provision for partially dis
charging the creditors claims.
The revenue derived by the Government al
Macon, Georgia, from the duty OF two cents
per pound on cotton, for the six weeks prece-
ding the lst of November, amounted TO four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars; ana IT If
estimated that the duties derived from the
same source at that place will reach more than
half a million dollars additional during the
months Of November and December.
The City Council Of Atlanta, Ga, has of.
fcred one thousand dollars reward for the ap.
prehensi0n of the murderer Of James Il. Crew
candidate for Mayor Of that city.
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THE CHOLERA ABRoAD.-The United States
Consul at Malta, writing to the State Depart
ment under date Of November l3, 1865, says
that for the last three days there had been no
cases Of cholera ON the island, and that if the
public health continued SO, clean bills OF
health would be given to the shipping. He
says that the cholera has existed ON the island
for RI ther over four and a half months.
The United States Consul at Sheffield also
writes, under date Of November 23d, that al.
though the cholera had approached very near
to England-some cases having been reported
at Paris, and even at SOuthamptOn-nO
anxiety was manifested there on that account
Some few sporadic cases had been reported
in that vicinity, which were generally found
on investigation to be merely cases OF diar
rhpa.- Washington Star.
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r-IHGI\IA CENTRAL RAILROAD

\ The following regular trains will be run on
- Irnad on and after EpNESpAY October Is:
,MAI. TRAIN DAILY except on Sundaysl, he
tween Richmond and Stauutou, leaving Richmond
49, NJ and stanton at 5 A. NJ.
TEl w EEkLI MAIL TRAIN leaving Staun-
an A, 4. NJ 10. the West, on Tuesdays, Thurs
r.av> am. Saturdays
TUEMAlf. TRAIN leaving Richmond connect
c-jth Trains on the ORANGE AND ALEXANDRA 4
TIiiEOAp The DAY MAI. TRAIN connects
With STAGE COACHES at Staunton, Lexington.
Winchester, nc.
Tho train west Of Stauntou connects with STAGE
COACHES for Rockhridge Baths, Roc bridge Alum
Warm Hot and Healing Springs, and the White
Srlrhur and Lawi>hulS.
1 FREIGHT TRAIN between Richmond and
etaunion connects with Freight Trains on Orange
aud Alexandria railroad for Lynchburg and Alex
sndTiA
FREIGHT will be sent TO any point on the Orange
snt Alexandria railroad without change of cars
Goods purchased in Northern cities can be sent
direct to any station on this road where the CON-
panv has agent by eonsigning them to STE
fHEN HUNTER. General Freight Agent, Rich
moNi. The charge Tor the transit through Rich
,aond. iDcluding wharfage, drayass. storage and
commissions, will not exceed ten cents per one
hundred pounds. and on heavy articles will be
,luch less. Freights will be collected al destina
ton
Through tickets can be purchased at this office 10
1vrchburg, Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga and
Dalton.
Tickets 10 Lexington Va. atTll.
Freight Office AZ Richmond closed ats NJ
II. d. WHITCOMB,
d. Its General Superintendent.
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The Committee In the Legislature aupointed
TO consider a Freedmen's Code recommend
that the matter be deferred to first Monday in
February. f4 =
The Salem Press ays:-Captain Wilson. of
Yadkin county, late commander of the First
battalion North Carolina sharpshooters. OF
the Confederate Army, was brought to this
place on Tuesday last, by order of the United
States military authorities, and delivered to
the civil authorities Of this county, under an
indictment for shooting, or causing to be shot,
several citizens Of this county, in the month Of
March last. He was committed to the county
Jail for trial at the next Superior Court. Cap
tain Wilson was severely wounded In the en-
gagement just previous to General Lees sur
render, causing his foot to be amputated. He
fell into the hands of the Federals, and has
been under arrest ever since. sI --
The people Of Charlotte are enrolling for
protection against thieves, who infest that
town. $50 ...t'
Messrs. Henry A. Semley, d. l.. Russell and
J. J. Yales were chosen COunsellors of State
This leaves three more to elect.
The Methodist Episcopal Conference Of
North Carolina adjourned Tuesday night last
first passing resolutions of thanks to the
Bishop. the citizens of Raleigh, the railroad
presidents, and to Captain Garoutte, United
States Army-the latter for his kindness in
furnishing ambulances.
A joint resolution was adopted, Tuesday, in
the Legislature, asking President johnson to
restore civil law in North. Carolina.
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AFFAIRS IN NILLINoIs.-A letter from 4 reader
of the Sun, at Mount Pleasant, Union county
Illinois, says this season has been one of the
sickliest ever known in that section of the
State. Inn less than flve counties the circuit
courts had to adjourn oter on account of the
the writer remarks that cotton is turning ou,
about eight hundred pounds to the acre in the
seed, and the corn forty bushels to the acre,
while the tobacco crop is quite small. Prices
nine cents in the seed and thirty eight cents
in the lint wheat, two dollars and twenty fl We
cents per bushel; corn, sixty cents; pork
fifteen dollars per one hundred pounds; beef
ten to twelve cents per pound, and -four twelve
dollars q barrel.
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TAKBN IN By A LOYAL REFUGEE FROM THB
SourH-One Professor" B. Melchier went
recently to Montpelier, Vermont, poor and
destitute, pretending to be q loyal refugee
from the South. The Abolitionists of that de-
lectable place-preachers included-took up
his case, furnished him with q room, with
pupils, paid his board and treated him fright
royalty" Behold the sequel:
"Among these pupils was a bright, interest
ing Miss, of fourteen or fifteen years, belong
ing to one Of our best families, and she it is
who is the voting lady he claims to have been
married to. The facts are that he grossly in
suited and attempted her ruin while giving
her a lesson in drawing, on Monday of last
foully wrong guileless girl Of tender years.
For this he was waited on by two of his best
friends-men who had done all possible to be.
friend him-and told that, having proved him
self scoundrel, he must leave town, which
he did"
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And not for the black man only but he would
20 further, and claim the right for woman
also. (Applausc.l We would never emerge
from barbarism until we cease to make these
Politics Will always be barbarous until men
ana women give their votes together. Woman
| Is the great civilixer and when woman stops
at a home and man goes abroad, the man begin.
20 De animal. Mr. Beecher said protest
against the Southern States wearing liberty M
= badge of disgrace instead Of badge OF
hohor and though they may not be In state
OF mind to receive it as n Gift OF priceless
as stigma and a yoke
The speaker then referred to the condition
OF the South. and urged all kindness and con-
sideratlon Tor them consistent with duty.
Mr. Beecher then referred to what he be-
lieved would be the glorious future of the
south under the new order Of things and
drew glowing picture of the prosperity,
wealth and happiness Of Virginia as a free
when the greatest champions Of liberty would
be the fiery men of the South, and not those
OF the North. His faith in God made him
hope well for the future.
THR NEW JURY BILL.
The Senate to-day, just before adjourning
OF jurors in the District of Columbia. It
merely relieves the present difficulty of an
exhausted panel.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
General Banks has called meeting Of the
Committee Of Foreign Affairs for to- morrow,
to consider the Mexican resolutions lately re-
ferred to 1t, but no immediate action Is antici-
pated.
GENERAL LOGAN AGAIN.
General Logan has handed in no official de-
clnatiOn of the Mexican missiONp though the
indications lead almost to 4 certainty that he
will not accept It, The conference going on
may possibly induce him to change his views.
THE VETERAN RESERVE CORPS.
The resolution passed to-day in the House
will probably pass the Senate tomorrow. A
tremendous pressure Is being made to make
this corps part of the regular army.
SENATE REPORTS.
The Senate to-day passed a resolution d.
recting an inquiry into the expedency Of the
appointment of a reporter to procure the re-
ports OF the Senate proceedings for the asso-
cinted press. A similar proposition was in
troduced in that body during the preceding
Congress and discussed, rs was the resolution
to-day, but without, at that time, any result
1t seems to be the opinion of some of these
gentlemen that they can be best represented
to the cot,ntry through such arrangement by
reporter responsible only to themselves.
SENTENCE COMMITTED.
Edward Lambert, Of the Twenty eighth
Louisiana infantry (Confederate), who was
sentenced to be hung, for murder on Friday
next, had his sentence commuted to-day by
the President TO ten years imprisonment in
the penitentiary.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TEST OATH.
1t is believed that Messrs. Garland, Of Ar
kansas, and Marr, of Louisiana, are the only
two who have applied to the United States
Supreme Court to be re admitted to that bar
without being required to take the oath of
loyalty rs prescribed by Congress- The qtes-
ton as to the constitutiOnalityO of the oath will
be argued on Friday.
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Election Of Railroad OTHERS.

ALBANY, December 13.-At a meeting Of the
Central Railroad Directors, this afternoon,
Dean Richmond was reelected president, and
H. III. Blatchford vice president.
Dean Richmond is understood to be a friend
of the Southern people. He is a leader among
the Democrats Of the Fernando Wood school.
This election, and many other facts, show that
we have much to hope for in the liberal sem
timents Of the thinking men of the Northern
States !; not that we suppose Mr.. Richmond
was elected as q Southern sympathizer, but
for the simple reason that he was not pro-
scribed on that account.
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President Wickham, Superintendent Whit
comb, and the Directors Of the Virginia Cen
tral railroad, passed up, to inspect the western
end OF the road. Monday night.
We learn the hog cholera has been prevail
ing In the neighborhOOd Of 0reenville, in this
cOunty.-!Staunton FirVinidn.
The New York canals have closed for the
season, although navigation is unobstructed.
Northern capitalists are establishing loan
associations In Virginia.
Charles Dickens contemplates visit to this
country during the next spring or summer.
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NEanoBs CoMIxa TO TOwx.-A planter, living
within q few miles Of this city, informed us
yesterday that all Of his negroes, some forty
in number, left him the other day, refusing 70
make any contracts for the ensuing year, and
declaring their intention to come into town to
await some anticipated action Of Congress in
their behalf. They have been led to expect
that the Congress now sitting will either di-
vide out the lands among them, or do some
thing else to enable them to live at their ease
upon other peoples property. They are not
alone in this belief, for the same opinion seems
to prevail among them generally .-Lyaohbswy
Re1IubliOnn. e..
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TE1s1Ga On .ADvrn11n(e(. /.

J AlBAcuL0Us EscAP1 1DoA -D1Ayn.--About
midnight Of Thursday last . fearful casualty
happened in Lcuisvilie, y: Z Jona Bewss !s4 e
building, and, marvellous TO say, he was not
even knocked senseless. The distance Of tAo
precipitati0n was moro than forty feet. TAo
young man fortunately fell upon his hip. strik-
and piungine down to the ground hoor. wotea
is Of stone. BY the terrible force Of his d.
scent, the railing upon which no fell wss
broken entirely through and one Of the panels
shattered into atoms. It - almost incredible
that BoWes was not Instantly Killed. His hip
was badly cut. but no bones were fractures,
and, by falling upon the stones he Jecetyed q
severe confusion ON the head. He was con.
veyed to the hospital ON Friday morning, ind
was recovering slowly. 80 ~sfss. Esse s.
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PORK.-We learn from the Wytheville Dis
patch that a lot of pork was offered in that
place on Thursday last at seven dollars per
one hundred pounds in specie, but the price
seems to have been regarded as too high, and
no sale could be made. The Dispatch says -
'' There are a good number of hogs in the
country and abundance of corn to fatten them.
reasonable to believe that pork will be sold in
this market for six dollars. The fifteen dollar
pork has played out, we think"
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DEATH 1Rox 4 JUnP.-An engineer, named
the Orange and Alexandra railroad Tuesday,
lost his life from q rather singular cause
While the train was In motion, near warren
ton depot, ho observed a hawk sitting on the
track q short distance ahead, and supp0sing Il
a broken rnil, which would probably wreck
the train, leaped from his engine TO escape the
impending danger. The leap proved a. fatal
tho unfortunate man was Instantly killed. his
neck being broken in the fall. This occurrence
is another proof Of the danger Of jumping
from q train while in motion.-LvWcAbssV Rs-
publican. -.st .-4 ..Sag e....e g
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THE ElaHr.HouR SYsrEx-The working
men of Chicago favorable to the eight hour
system had an imposing procession last Satur.
day night. It was composed of four thousand
mechanics, bearing torches, banners, transpA-
rences and mottoes, and was enlivened by nu-
merOus bands Of music. Several addresses
were delivered and resolutions appropriate to
the occasion adopted.
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THB DRAco REseLurrox.-We are glad to
notice, by the Nashville papers, that on the
Senate resolution No. Is, declaring that JeH.
Davis, R. M. T. Hunter, Robert e. Lee, James
Buchanan and other rebels are guilty Of tho
highest crimes and worthy Of death, being ta-
ken up in the House, it was postponed until
the first Monday Of March-ayes, thirty EIGHT !;
noes, twenty five. A motion was made subse-
quently TO reconsider the vote, but it was not
acted upon.-Memphis (Ts,sp.) Argws. rs, ST.
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REvIvAL.-A revival has been In progress nj
the Baptist Church In I.ynchburG during the
past week, In which great intcrest has been
manifested. A number have been added tc
the church, some fifteen Of whom were hap.
tised ON Sunday