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The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

By command Of Lieutenant General GRASr, tho
foIOring general order was issued yesterday:


fol,oring general order was issued yesterday:
HEADaUARTERs or rHR ANIL
ADJUJ4NT GENKRAL's UFFIoE, !
WAshissT0S, May s. 1856
Breyet Colonel Frederick 7 Dent, Major 4th U.
s. Infantry. on the stat Of Lieutenant General
Grant, With the rank Of Lieutenant Colonel, In
place Of Captain Peter T. Hudson, who is relieved
from such duties from this date at his 0Yn request
Tbs following. named officers are hereby an,
popRcsd - Military Secretaries to Lieutenant
Gsnsral Grant, With the rapk Of Lieutenant Col.
oneii
Second LIsutsnspt Ely s. Parker, I'd U, s. cav.
airy.
Second Lieutenant Adam BSdSsg, +th U. s. in.
fAntTy.
By command Of Lieut. Gen. dRASr:
Il. D. TowNsEsD,
Assistant AdjutAnt General.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

WILLIAM sYPHAx, In a memorial presented to
the ssnats by Mr.. HARRIS yesterday, asks Con-
grSss to confirm the title OF his mother, MARIA
sYPBOJ, to a portion Of the Arlington property
d7.6s aersS) which O. W, p, Curtis gave to her
for her use in 1926. whom she was mSnumitted as
hi' slave The estate was SOld for United States
taxes in 1868, and bought by thu United States.
The petition referred to the COMMITTEES on PrI-
yRte Land Claims
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue yester-
day rendered the following decision In regard to
licenses and income.
THxAsuRr DEPARTMENT.
OYrIcE or IBrhBEAL RkyEsuH, }
wAsHisoros, Nay 4, 1886.
LICENSES.
The use Of form llt was suggested by the fro
quent losses which resulted from delay In returning
for their licenses At the tina Of making their appl
cations were subsequently, found TO DO insoyent or
10 hays died or Absoonded. Tar payers arc rs much
interested the Government that licenses shall be
delivered soon as possible altar tho FIRST Of May
they will DO thus enabled to exhibit such licenses
whom required. II vas, thsrsfors. prescribed that
applications for licenses should In all cases be re-
TUNED promptly to The collector accompanied by
list thereof In duplicate on form III. The atten-
tion OF assessors and collectors 10 therefore now
specially called TO the instructions contained In
series 2, No. relative to applications for licenses
and they will DO expected to fully comply With them
As form 81 cannot DO used until after tho annual
list Is advertised notice form No. 1901 should be
served whom licenses are ready for delivery.
INCOME.
To facilitate tho prompt and early collection Of
tho income taa, ASSESSORS whom they have received
sufficient number Of rstuIns OF the correctness Of
which they satished, may transmit to the col
isetor, on Form 20, the assessments made on such
returns. But no return which Is Questioned, nor
any assessment made By tho assistant assessor in
the absenoe Of . return, should be reported until
sitsr appeals have been heard. On receipt Of suoh
advance sheet the collector will serve notice on
Form No. 1el. Tbs assessments thus transmitted
In advance Of the regular list shopd be entered on
the annual list, and b. rsceiPtsd Tor that list.
The appeals should be advertised and the law com,
plisd with In all respects as II advance sheets had
not been forwarded.
II will be borne In mind that distraint cannot be
made for either license income taxes until after
the complete annual list has been returned and ad
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05
CONFIRMATION OF THE HON LEWIS
D. CAMPBELL AS MINISTER TO


Yesterday the Senate unanimously con-
hrmed the nomination by The PRESIDENT Of
Hon LEWIS ID. CAMPBELL to be envoy extra
ordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the
Republic Of Mexico. This is action in the
right direction.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

WAR DEPARTMENT
ADJurAsr 0ENERAL's OPPIoE,
wAsHIEsroE, April so, 1865
Connecticut. 18th infantry; California, companies
II, L. and NJ I'd cavalry Illinois, sth infantry; In
diana, l2sth infantry lows, 9Th infantry, Maine
18th and LIST battalion, infantry Missouri 2lst in.
fantry, 18th and remainder oil 18th cavalry Min.
nesota, Braeketts battalion, cavalry Nevada, re-
Infantry New Jersey, 34th infantry Ohio, 4sth
and 66th infantry Wisconsin, 4sth completed and
company Both infantry.
DATED States ColOred Troops. 10th, I7,h,
44th, So, ssh, 10Th, 1881, llIth, and 10th In.
Note.-The SD U. 9. d. 7, stLi remains in scr
vice, the order for its mustsrOut having bson re-.
yoksd.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

The amount Of customs paid at the port of
Fan FrsnSis0O during tho month Of April was over
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

- Treasury Department, April ~, 1900
Notice heeby given that the Treasurer Of the Uaed
States, the Assistant Treasursrs at New York. Phadei.
phis, and Boston, aud the United States Deposaes at
Baltimore and Cincinnati have been directed to diseon
anue from this date the receipt Of deposits on seeeuutof
TEMPORARY LOAN, except those intended for Clear
ing house purposes. H. MCCULLOUGH.
hay0'ot Secretary Of the Treasury
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

List Of volunteer organizations which have BEEN
or are ordered to be. mustered out of SERVICE not
included In previous circulars
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

ISIERHAL RHvESuu RHonRrs YESTERDAY
amounted 10 81, 3s6, sl20l.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05
sPECIAL notice..

~ Calvary baptist Church meets every
sabbath In the Church, Of Eighth and streets
Service every Sunday At II a. m. and evening Seats
free. Rev. 7. X. Howiett, pastor. d.,o.u
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

DIED.

On the ID inst, by the Rev. J. II. NJ Lemon, THoa
LEWIS and MARI MGNAsEE, both Of this city.
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

~ Al Meeting OF tho Master House,
Painters Association on Thursday, May g. II was unAn-
imousiy resolved that we have occasion TO change
our former resolution 10 regard to the pay Of journey
men house painters, which we arc determined 10 hold
to- viz: Is per day
The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-05

The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue yestsr-
day rendered the following decision In regard to
licenses and income.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

Our HoNoRED DEAD.-From a Memphis
paper we take the following in reference to
the floral offering of the 2eth ultimo, decorat-
ing the tombs of our Confederate heroes :
The floral honours Of the day before yester-
day that were paid throughout the broad
South were significant of the feeling of our
people.
"Flowers are the alphabet of angels-whereby
They write on hills and fields mysterious truths ;"
The mutely seeming flowers that covered the
humble graves of our dead soldiers on the 26th
of April had profound sense, mysterious,
yet comprehensive truth, which will become
more and more apparent at each recurring an
niversary,
One duty has been done-it points the way
TO another, which the South will not be slow
to meet and discharge She must begin in
good earnest to collect and fifty inter the re-
mains of those who still bleach upon her many
battle-felds.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09
Simplicity in Languagc,

Don't part with your common sense when
you write. You need not make an idiot Of
yourself because you have pen in your hand
Be simple, be honest, be unaffected in vour
speaking and writing Never use long word
where a short one will do Call things by
their proper names; never smother your
thoughts with cloud of phrases; let your
spade be spade, not a we'll known oblong in
strument Of manual industry let home be
home, not residence; place not locality.
Write much as you speak; speak as you
think With your interiors, speak no coarser
than usual; with superiors, no finer Be what
you say, and say what you are Avoid all
oddity of expression. The wise man will not
speak that no one may observe how hespeaks.
Above all, do not bore your company with an
atfeetation OF precision and accuracy
One OF the worst nuisances is the talker
who is always setting you right. If some one
says that ten thousand men were killed in
some battle, do not tell him that it was only
nine thousand nine hundred and seventy. Al
low for little latitude of statement in the free
dom OF easy talk, and be not shocked with a
certain degree of harmless establishment.
when no false impression is given or intended
LAX to please not yourself, but your neigh
Dor; give him the refrsshment of sitting by
cheerful, modest, sensible talker; one who is
equally ready to give or to take; and who
leaves his facts and opinions on your memory;
not the words in which they were uttered.
BE gentleman IN openness of demeanor, in
language, in freedom from singu-
larlty, if not by birth. Show your good taste
and good breeding in your speech and style,
II not IN the fashion Of your dress or your
knowledge of etiquette
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

The BoMBARDMENT OF VAIPARAIso.
Commodore Rodgers of our navy, in his re-
cent report throws all the blame of the failure
to prevent the bombardment of Valparaiso,
upon the British Admiral, for his refusal to
cooperate, but in the same document proves
conclusively, that by the laws of nations, he
ought to have acted, and had power enough
at his command to have demolished the Span
ish fleet, in from 80 seconds to 80 minutes,
N l. - ia filna HIS s-1Ilrsfs
one Of the corfasp5bdaedss aid
Had Rodgers taken the bold sailor course
that might have been predicted of him, his
name would now be sounded in every part of
the world as having performed one of the
noblest and most humane acts in naval his
tory 1t might have caused much warlike
buster across the Atlantic, but had the Nj
mancia been sunk by few shells from the
Monadnock, the Powers would hesitate before
sending their iron-clads here to meet like
certain destruction
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

MAY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCHEs.-By a
long usage established in the Catholic Church,
the month of May is consecrated to the spe-
cial veneration of Mary, the immaculate
mother of the living God and Redeemer Of
mankind The Catholic Church has dediea-
ted to the homage of the Virgin, the virgin
month of the year, and fowery May lays at
the feet of the honored Mary her sweets, her
perfumes, her flowers and her blooms and all
the silent ecstacies and sanctlties that breathe
from her bosom, like the signs of seraphs
swooning in the alteration Of their Cod
How beautiful and touching is this devotion
to the virgin-mother of our Redeemer.
REMOVAL OF THE MORTAL REMAINS OF
Gov. j. W. ELLIs.-The mortal remains o
this distinguished gentleman and beloved cit
izen, were removed on Monday, by his friend
and relations, from the old family burylnI
ground in Davidson county, where they wer
first deposited, and re-interred in the GENE
terry at this place.
Gov. Ellis filled many of the most prom
nent official positions of this State, and al =!
ways discharged his duties with great crech
to himself and with entire satisfaction to tn
public at large.--SalsbWy Banner, p
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

AFRAID TO COME SoUTH.-We are reliably
informed that gentleman from Pennsylvania
who came here a few days ago to look around
for land, stated that twelve other Pennsylva-
mans had made up their minds to come with
him, but were deferred by false rumors to the
effect that the people South were down on all
Northern men, and that it would be great
risk of life for them to come here. On hear
ing this absurd story-invented no doubt by
some Thad Stevens radical-we actually
laughed our sides sore. Why brethren of the
North, there is not the shadow of foundation
for this report. Even Thad. Stevens can WIS.,
it us without getting hair of his head hurt
if the devil don't catch him, the rebels won't
harm him
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09
The CAPTURE OF CONFERENCE.-The cap

The CAPTURE OF CHIHUAHUA. The cap
ture of the city of Chihuahua by the Libe-
rails is a success of some moment, though the
French report its recapture. 1t is situated
on a small tributary of the Conchos, in the
midst of plain, $40 miles northwest of Du-
range. 1t has some fine public buildings; one,
the grand cathedral, which was erected at q
cost of $sO0,000 The city is surrounded by
valuable silver mines, and contains many fur
naces for smelling ores, Here, also, is mint
An important trade, in peaceful times, used
to be carried on between Chihuahua and the
United States by means Of caravans to St.
Louis, Missouri, and San Antonio, Texas, at
which latter place the greater portion of the
| trade now centres.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

New VEGETABLE IN ENeLANp.-The
last new thing in vegetables is really quite a
startling wonder Think of radsh with
seed-pods about three feet long, and sometimes
growing five or six inches in four and twenty
hours We can think CT nothing like it ex-
cept Jacks bean stalk, which automatically
described plant is nevertheless not spoken of
as good to eat, whereas this radish is said to
be as palatable as it is monstrous. The pods
are its edible portion, and when half-grown
you may pickle them or eat them as COM
ponent part in salad. When they are full
grown you may boil them, and they taste like
combination of asparagus and green peas.
The plant comes from Java, but we are told
that it has been fairly tried in the open ground
in England and succeeds perfectly we'll To
add to its merits, its pods are ready for use in
less than three months after the seed is sown.
At present, unfortunately, these seeds are la
mentally scarce; but if all that is said about
the virtues Of the plant is true, it ought to be
quickly prolific, and people who cannot afford
to give guinea for about half dozen seeds
will soon be able to try what it is like for
themselves
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

The Petersburg Express says:-"Among
the priceless blessings which nature has con-
ferred on Virginia, none perhaps deserves to
be estimated at higher value than the i'm
mense water-power at the falls OF her chief
rivers In this as in many other instances,
Providence seems to have acted with refer
ence to ulterior results to be brought about
by the intelligent agency of man Coal and
IRON are usually found in near proximity;
mountain and valley alternate with each
other; and navigable streams and fertile dis
tricts always go together"
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09
The Crops.

With regard to wheat we have only to say
that recent extensive inquiries confirm the
statement we have hitherto made, that the
wheat seeded last fall will yield not more than
the third of crop. This is better than we
at one time had reason to expect, for it was
the general impression that nearly the entire
crop had been winter killed In some neigh
borhoods in the Piedmont region OF the State
farmers have ploughed up their wheat fields
and put them in oats, or prepared them for
corn.
great breadth of corn has teen and will
yet be planted. This IL the surest though not
the most profitable Of our crops. Owing to
the cool weather which has so far prevailed,
very little of the corn has yet come up. The
quantity of potatoes planted this year and
yet to be planted will be unusually large.
An effort is being made to plant large
crop of tobacco. The good prices of the past
year, and the comparative failure of the wheat
have both contributed to induce almost ali
planters to make some tobacco The report
from various portions of this State and North
Carolina now is that the plants are coming up
badly; but we never knew Spring when
this story was not repeated. We apprehend
~ f1,ssss.r!i serious difaaulzy a1ants -
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

wv b. SEAL & CO.,
w DEALERS IN
Drugs, Medicines, Paints. Oils, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Dye Stuffs, Garden Seeds, and Fancy
Articles, by Wholesale and Retail,
No. IL Main Street,
Head of Market Square, Norfolk, Va.
full supplies of Chemicals, fresh and carefully
selected and all articles usually for sale in the
best establishments of the kind.
Orders promptly and faithfully executed at the
very lowest prices. mas
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
"Big Rnck ReheIs,, Loose.

There is high excitement amongthe '1oyaT
people OF Wayne county, State of West Vir-
glnia, on account of the doings of the orebels"
over there. The sheriff and assessor of the
county have petitioned Gov. Borernan, and
the Governor has asked for assistance The
petition says:
eve must have from twenty-five to fifty
men here in Cassville, or else we must get out
OF here. This is the landing place for all the
lumber that comes down Tug river. Those
big buck rebels come down in time of high
water, sometimes by dozens, from Logan
county and from Pike county, Kentucky, with
their navies (revolvers,) buckled around them,
hurrahing for jeff Davis, cursing the govern
ment, cursing Union men, and then we have
to get out. Sir, l frequently see men come
in here who were indicted for murder in Ken
lucky, defying everybody Not more than
eight miles from here, as some of the home
guards were on the way home from being
paid of, company of rebels fell on them and
beat and abused them severely, calling the
party I'D abolitionists," and swore they
would not submit to our laws. A few days
ago they gathered ia here, and raised riot
with our sheriff, and fell on him with clubs
and weights, and tried to kill him and his
brother. His brother ran into my house for
protection They stoned my windows out
knocked two panels out of my door, and near
ly killed my little child"
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

EPISCOPAL METHODIST GENERAL Cox.
FERENcE.-In the General Conference at New
Orleans, on the 9th ultimo, the question,
"What shall the name of the Church be ?"
coming up, it was at first decided to call it
simply the Methodist Church." The same
day, however, upon reconsideration of the
question, the word Episcopal" was prefxed,
50 that the name is Episcopal Methodist
Church" fhe name of the northern branch
of the same Church is Methodist Episcopal
Church"
The General Conference has extended the
passionate to four years. There were $4,000
appropriated for the support of Bishops The
probation system was stricken out of the Dis
cipno Class-meeting was made privilege.
but no test ofmembership any longer. Month
ly church meetings were ordained and love-
feasts to be held with closed doors
The Committee on Finance made final re-
port The salaries of ministers are to be reg
ulated by their congregations. The Bishops
salary is to be raised within the Episcopal
District in which he labors. The Conference
adjourned sine die on the Sd inst.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09

LEMON JUICE IN DIPTHERIA,-Dr. Revil-
lout, in paper presented last summer to the
French Academy of Medicine, asserts that
lemon juice as a gargle is one of the most et-
fcacious medicines which can be applied IN
Ndiptheria.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-05-09
BUSINESS CARDS
Il s II A b L H ED 1895.
P I "A N O. s! PA NJ s!
CHAR LES NJ. STIEFF,

IN .
FLA NOS! PIANOS!
CHA hLES NJ. STIEFF,
MANUFACTURER OF
GRAND AND SQUARE PIANOS,
Factory "a and SO, Camden Street, and As and
II, Perry Street, near Howard Street,
BALTIMORE, MD,
Has always on hand the largest stock of PI-
AMOS in the City. My Pianos are all Rosewood,
full Iron Frame, and overstrung and warranted
for five years, and the privilege of exchange
within IL months, if not entirely satisfactory to
the purchaser. Secondhand Pianos, from $50 to
$500, always on hand; Melodeons and Parlor Or
gans from the best makers.
We have permission to refer to General RCbt.
E. Lee, of Washington College, Lexington; Rev.
K. H. Phillips, Va. Female Institute; j. G. Co
veil and Prof Graham, of Va. Institute for the
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, Staunton; Payne Il
Bros, Lynchburg Messrs. White & Pole, Lex
ington, Va. M. Harvey Emnger, Harrisonburg;
who have used our instruments. dec30-1y
JOS. II. DOBSON, JNO.T. RAINIER.
DOBSON & RAINIER,
III Iron Front Ware h o u e,
No. 7 EAST WIDE WATER STREET,
BBANDIES,
WINES
VIII KIES,
RUNS,
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BITTERS, dc.
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Smith Il Bros Celebrated xxx ALE.
ALSO SOLE AGr MIS- FOR THE
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BI1vTERS.
All of which we offer to the trade
AT NORTHERN PRICES.
Call and examine our stock. te20
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
in his Pioneer History of Illinois, .
speaks as follows:

in his Pioneer History of Illinois, =
speaks as follows:
Alphonso G. Stewart, lawyer, emf
grated from9P Pennsylvania and settled
in Belleville, in the year 1916. He
was fine classic scholor and a well
read lawyer.
Mr. Bennett was born In Clermont,
New Hampshire, and was regular
graduate of Dartmouth College. He
received diploma from that institu-
ton of learning. He obtained license
in Pennsylvania. in 1872, to practice
law, and in Illinois in 1877; but soon
after he experienced an accidental
death that put an end to his usefulness
and promise. 81
His decease was very much regretted
by his family and friends.
Alphonso G. Stewart was the father
of our fellow-citizens, Edward r. and
VIM. H. Stewart.
The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-24
Arrest OF Mosby.


Colonel Jno, S. Mosby, whose dash
and daring during the war rendered
him conspicuous among the partizan
leaders of the South has been singled
out by the War Department for perse-
eution under the still arbitrary system
of military rule. Colonel Mosby, af-
ter having been paroled with the 9th
er officers of General Lees Army, re-
tired to his home in Faquier, and en-
gagged in the practice of law. Aceep-
ting the defeat of the canse to which
he had been devoted, he asked only
the privilege of pursuing an honorable
vocation as a quiet and law abiding
citizen. This has been denied him.
We learn that he has been arrested by
military authority, conveyed to Wash
ington, and thrown into prison, in vic
lation of the terms Of his parole. It
is alleged the charge against him is
that he caused the execution of two
Federal soldiers during the war, in re-
taliation for the murder of some of his
own men. What if the charge be true
were there not many similar instan-
ces of retaliation on the partof the
Federal commanders? Is it possible
that the War Department proposes to
search the gloomy record of civil strife
to drag every case of Confederate re-
taliation before a military tribunal?
Colonel Mosby did not she'd blood foI
past time, or to crafty savage ma
ture. He was soldier and subject tc
| the stern discipline of war. II, in his
Judgment, or that of his superiors, the
exigencies of strife, under the MARTA,
code, he but fulfilled the duty of sol
der in carrying the harsh sen,
tence into effect. The gentle eyes o.
| Peace should not dwell with severe
scrutiny upon the terrible routine o.
war, for it is impossible, in such retro
spection, to appreciate the necessities
or the sense of justice that provoked
retaliation. Blood enough has beer
shed to satisfy even vengeance; iustie'
demands no further suffering, and poli
cyt forbids its infiction upon men wh'
are beloved and honored by the South
ern people. If we would be friend
with them, we must not band andper
secute their heroes.-M Z. Neacs.