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TOrICE rs HEREBY CIV E

NOTICE Is HEREBY g =
IN that the eo-pa rtnsrship heretofore exis Gum
between the undersigned under Inc nd ia, sS 40
far as il relates to the said T. Ward, ana tnas
ali debts due the ad an and n Siss
due by the are to be pald oni ts9, an and
= Ro S by whom the business viz b
continued unde r tie same trm aid style OF pALl'
AZ hnho w. K. H =. ROBINSON,
T. J. WARD.
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OFFICE VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD Co.,l
RICHMOND, october l, 1857.
u I>aYrDnAI,


RICHMOND, october l, 1857.
VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
On and after OCTOBER LET the Mail Train
will bs run between Richmond and stanton
daily. except on Sunday, and on sunday between
hlchmond and Gordonsville. West OF StauntOn
the Mail Train will leave for Covington on MON
DAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, and re-
turn alternate days.
Leave hlcnlhono .-...........:.I :,o a. "a.
Leave staunton for Covington..........s4sP p. N.
Leave Sovingt"n.,. s:S"
Freight Trains daily Except Sunday leave
Eich nlond ut p. NJ and A. NJ.
THROUGH TICKETS sold to all prominent
points North and south, and to Lynchburg Lex.
ington, Harrisonbnrg Lewisburg, and other pro-
mlnsnt points in the West.
At Covington, JAMES J. A. TROTTER 4 BRO
THEIRS STAGE LINE connects with the Mail
Train for White sulphur, Lewisburg, and IA
nawha. Time from Richmond or Baltimore to
Charleston, two and q half days.
1t staunton and Goshen HARMAN i CO.'S
STAGE LIN ES connect with Mail Train for Lex
ing;on daily Except Sundays), and passengers
80 through from Richmond or Baltimore same
day.
The Passenger Car heretofore attached to
II. b. WHiTCoMB,
Oc General Superintendent.
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COMMERCIAL.

Corn and Flour Exchange, November il, 1867.
OFFERrsGs-W hent-White, $50 bushels
red, 76i bushels. Cbrn-White, ASS bushels
mixed, l3s bushels. Grts-s3s bushels. Rye
90 bushels. Fosr-Extra, 50 barrels. Meal
White, - bushels.
SAEEs-Iphsnt-W White, Al bushels damaged.
common, fair, and very good, at 81 .Oaais2. 2j4l
50. 5CG*2. 80 red, go bushels-2j2 on private
terms, rest at 81 3O642. 10 y for fair 70 prime
Grn.-White, IS bushels new, damp, ut S5c.
10 bushels prime new at 90c. s; $50 bushels
old at 81 % +; mixed, l3S bushels 1T 81 %.
Cats.-lS+ bushels on private terms; 40 bn-
shells at 60c. Rys.-256 bushels 1T 81. SOFA 81 SO
Tobacco Exchange, November II, 1867.
The market for the past three days has been
rather inactive. Breaks and receipts light,
and prices unchanged. Below we give the
transactions: 10 hogsheads, Is tierces, and
boxes offered and sold:
SAyUFAcTuRfys TOBACCO.
Llos .-Common to medium dark working,
s. to SO good dark working, IS to al2; sun.
cured, common, 81 to sl2; un-cured, good
coal-cured, bright, Sl2 TO S25; coal-cured, fan
cy, $50 to Si5.
Lent-Common dark working, 81 to 50: me.
dunn dark working, $40 to Sl4; good dark
working, $l5 to ST. fine and wrapping, SIS &c
s2l sun cured, $l5 to s25 and s32 yellow
pers, medium to extra, $40 to 800 and 5000.
SHIPPING TOBACCO.
Luqs.-Very common and heavy weights, s!
to So 80 medium, Sc to IS; good, IS to sl2. so
Lenf.-English shipping, SIS to 500 80 ;. CONT
mental shipping, sl3 to SIS and 1928.
srEMMIyG TOBACCO.
Leof-Common, sl2 10 sl4 good, sl5 to sl7
fine, SIS to $50 and s23.
&ems.-Tery common TO good, sl3s4.:0.
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ROdWOGdS.
% jul " 9z
oYY1os EIoHxosD AND YoRK RfvzRl
RAILROAD CospAET,u

~ ~ Gss2Elz2SEy sz2 sggeeg salzke----HaNs
opY1cs RICHMOND AND YogK RfvER,
RAILROAD COMPANY,
RrCHN0yD, October 70, 1851
NEW LINE TO BALTIMORE, MOI Ok
~ FoLE. and THE HoLLowISGu POINTS ,, ~
sfsSSTi cSaaTf;aaeo. H"ufsgIiis PssKSks
rssei1sa an9
points. and forxsrdsd with dispatch and q, Ies-
sdeIphia leave at = O'Clock 4. N. on TUESDAYS
ana Fridays. reaching Baltimore early next
P"1pa: asd ph1siSa as' ash'
9k sn isns5qsi Rfsss
isnaing a receissa Mondsy and
Fridays. Passenger and frsight train leaves every
day at O clock a. NJ. for White House: Freight
received every day up TO O'Clock r NJ SUNDAY
Shippers, observe the following directions:
Psox Bosroy TO RICHMOND. Mark your goods
ssnes rsiirnad, care OF the "Rchmond and York
Eivsr Railroad Line" pier No. Lisht-strset
FRoa PEiLApRIpHIA TO RIcHMoND.-Forward
al goods by the "Phi!adslpnia and Bsitimare
care bich nond and York River Railroad Line, pier
NO. Light stree. wharf Baltimore;
FEoN BALrTaoRs TO RIcH4oSp.-Ship al goods
p the sns so sssf ss No.
WILLIAM =. ES0S,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
CAPTArS JOgN II. FREEMAN,
Passenger ard Freight Agent. oc 30
DICHMOE AND D i VII L e
1CRAIL D-CHtNGB OF SCHEDULE
ONLY ONE PASSENGER TGAIN DAILY.-on
aud after MON DAY, October ], 1857. the Passenger
Trains on this road will run follows:
GOISG WEsr.-Through mall and passenger trail n
leaves Richmond daily at ] Is A. NJ; arrives at
Danvills at p. M leaves Danyille at <.05 p. N.
arrives at Greensboro at 7.l0P NJ.
GoINa RAsT.-Leaves Greensboro daily at s. l6
A. u. /; arrives at Dsuville at sos A. 81. leaves
Danville a, $40 A. NJ. arrives at Richmond at
l.47PM
Trains connect at Burksville with passenger
trains on the Southsids railroad Except on sun
days) connect az Greensboro daily 18th trains
on the North Carolina railroad.
THOMAS DODAMEAD,
90 superintendent.
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DISsOLU ZION OF CO PARTNER
DsHlP The concern OF W: 7. STAPLES
CO. was dissolved on the soth OF August, 1907. Dy
TIC ue0'A W W. T. STAPLES.
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NEW CONCERN.

NEW CONCERN.
The undersigned, W. T. Staples, OF me Iate Urn n
of w. r. Staples Co., ard James n oIaLi, VI
~ late brm of Edmond, Davenport & Co., nave
sntered into partnership, under the style OF
STAPLES u BLAlk. ,o,
for The pnrposs OF conducting GENERAL COM
HisSIoS SnSINESS, and Offer our services 10 IN 9
PLANTERS and iArmers of Virginia for the sale OF
Tobacco, Flour, Grain. &c:
JAMES Il. BLAIR, R!cbm2ns.
,.e, llO7 basin bank.
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We most earnestly and respectfully ask those
Indebted TO Us TO pay their accounts as eGSh OF Us
is arxious TO begin anew, parately. We have
on hand 10000 OLD CIGARS, OF various quail
ties. which we will sell low to close.
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faa2e.ascr. - g. Crow & Son.
STGAH SJAJ &Sr CAN 0ilG EANUEACTUEsRb,
Ees III. IL. aud III, Seventeenth street.,
opposite ths u!t Market. Richmond, Virginia.
lsva nos 20 i+a;c.J large stock OF Superior
S-4lLE SOAPS,
klch we ote: ~ th5 trade ri srch prices 81 will
l2ske II to tc ;nsfs, Of All to pAtroniXe this homo
a II I'm
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Dissertations. dc.

DISSOLUTION.-The partnership ex-
~ listing since the LIST OF January last undsr the
style of WILLIAMS, 8ARRETT FISHER 10 this
day dissolved by mutual consent.
ASHTON GAkRET having Withdrawn, the az
fairs OF the concern IS well as tn at OF GA RRETT,
WILLIAMS & CO.. will be wound up exclusively
by George w. Williams and George D. Fisher,
who will continue the Commissio Business until
further notice under the style OF WiLL!AMs 3
rlSHER GEORGEW. WILL ANS,
ASHTON GARRETT,
GBOHGED. FISHER.
p,cuNoSD November Is 1857. no l5-swlm
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Cu,petings, Furniture, DC.

BEAUTIFUL HOUSEHOLD FUkNI~
ID TURE.-FREsH SUPPLIES. We would re-
specially invita- the attention OF our friends and
the public generally TO the very large select and
attractive stock OF FURNITURE now on exhibit
ton at spacious w'reroOms. II comprises
every article pertaining 10 the business. and In
style, quality, and price, cannot be surpassed / q
this State The encou rag cement extended through
twenty. five years past ID highly iattering and We
most respectfully solicit a continuance OF the
same HABLISTON & BHOTHER,
uol2 Ninth and Al in streets.
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g M. WILLIAMSON formerly of a !.
~. Y. Stokes i Coz, WHnLESA LIE GROCER
AND COMIlSSION MERCHANT, Nos. 1916 and
1918 Cary street between Thirteenth and yirgi mia
streets, Richmont, Va. will giye strict attention
20 his patrons full market prices and prompt re-
turns.
Advances will bo made on consignments in
hand.
Refers, by permission. to Planters National
Bank of Virginia; A. +. Harvey, Esq. PRECEDENT
National Bank OF Virginia Messrs, Harvsys i
Williams; Messrs. A. Y Stokes n Co.; Messrs. f.
q. Maury Il Go Bankers: Harrison, Goddin 4
Apperson. Real Estate Aucttoneers.
RIcUNOSp October 10, 1867. oc 2l-3m
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RICHMOND, October 81, 1857.

II rs,r,nu from the firm OF TaEaferro 4 20. l
CORDIALLY resomm md il to the continued patronage
and con hdeuce VI my friends. p.pn
no 2-tl5N 49, "A~'
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DISSOLUTION OF CO. Err
~ sHIP.-The partnership heretofore exlsling
h.,wsan the undersigned, under the firm OF JOHN
BHUCHER s CO, is this day dissolved by mutual
ronsent JOHN BOUCHER,
RUDOLPH RAURAND,
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GREAT SHORT ROUTE TO THE
V NORTH, EAST. AND WEST, VIA TIKI
RICHMOND, FhEDERlCkSBURG, AND POTO.
MAC RAILROAD, CARRYING THE UNITED
STATES MAIL TWICE DAlLY-ELEGANT CARs
WITH NEW PATENT SLEEPING CHAIRS OK
Alb TRAlNS.--The THROUGH TEAMS on this
road ara now run from the southern terminus or
the Connection railroad, corner Byrd AND gIaRTB
STREETS, rs follows:
The DAV THROUGH MAIL TRAIN leaves Rich
HcEd daily 1T ITO A. M, arriving in Washing-
ton at els +. NJ, connecting with the early af-
ternoon express trains for The North, East, and
West
The MONT THROUGH MAIL TRAIN, with elo-
CANT cara supplied with the now patent sleeping
chairs attached, leaves Richmond daily at s.45F.
81, Sundays sxcepted) arriving in Washington
~ OBS A. M, coanectin2 with the early morn
Ing trains for the North. East and Wost.
No EXTRA CHARGE for sleeping chairs.
The ACCOMMODATION TRAIN, with local SIX.
press packages, leaves Richmond daily tSundass
sSSspted) from the depot, corner OF Broad aud
Eighth streets, TT $50 p. NJ, arriving in Prsde-
ric ssburg at7loP. ID.
THROUGH TICKETS and THROUGH BAG
GAGE CHECKS to Alexandria, Warrington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and
all the principal cities In the West
For furtt information and III rough tick cts ap-
ply III the OH OF the company, corner Broad ant
Eighth streets, Shockos Hill, and at the ticket
o1se, corner Byrd and Eighth streets,
J. B. GENTRY,
General Ticket Agent
SAMUEL EUTH Superintendent apa
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Coal amt Wood.

WOOD, WOOD, WOOD-45O pei
w cord. Apply TO J. sLLARD,
no ls-2t corner Twentieth and Dock streets.
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New AUCTION HOUSE.-The un-
y Ger-i-s'ped respectfully announce that they
maze asst ciAt= ID themselves under the firm OF
. 4 istl Z j 90. for the purpose OF conducting the
AUCTION BUSI$b >s at The rev and coInmodious
tt0ranouse o. Twelfth street between Main and
Cary They will b. a-si>t4i by Mr. TH0h IS
EIESEE. who Is 20 we'll and fGvorably known as
Il 50 les Gian.
chantie.. Of every d"scription are solicited At
tsu,ton Will lie given 10 sIes of real estate, bonds
And ,tCcts li5rari.s etc. ROBERT CREME.
no i-iw JOHN GREENE, JR.
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RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD Col
RICHMOND. VA. ANY ust 81 1897 I

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD Co.,l
RICHMOND, VA, Aug Just p, 1857.
TRAINS ON THIS ROAD LEAVE
Il the Depot, corner OF Eighth and Byrd streets,
as follows:
EXPRESS TRAIN daily Except Mondays) at 4
4. Nj.
THROUGH MAIL daily at l:?0 p. N.
FREIGHT and ACCOMMODATION daily lex.
cept Sundays) ut 4. 80 p. NJ.
The A. n. Train connects closely with trains
IA fa7 south AZ Augusta, Ga, and ut Petersburg
with trains fthe bouthside railway.
The l:?vP NJ. Train makes close and sure con-
necions with trains for all points south as far as
New Orleans, and at Petersburg with trains for
norfolk. Va.
Trains leave Petersburg for Richmond and all
FKEIGHT and ACCoMM oDATIoN daily (sx-
cepl Sunday ut 80 A. NJ.
EXPRESS TEAM daily at $3.50 A. NJ.
THROUGH Ma IL daily Except sunday at 7:I5
F. IL.
Faro toNorlolk. ~. Baggage checked through.
E, II. GILL,
nd SunarintapJapt
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Commission Merchants.

nWYNN, GOTTEN 81 CO., COTTON
NJ FACTORS AND GENERAL COMMISSION
ERCHA ANTS, les WEST LOMBARD STREET,
BALTIMORE.
Strict personal attention given to sales Of COT
TON, TOBACCO, and CHAIN.
Refer to General Walter Gwynn II. c., General
Joseph K Anderson, Colonel &. Q. Tompkins, 6.
D. Townes, Richwond, Va.
HENRY GWYNN, of Baltimore;
X. K. CUTTEN, late of Tarboro', N. G.;
WALTER GWYNN, JR, late OF South Carolina.
Sc 28-eod3m&sw3ln
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y f. " y V a l. LIE ~ GODD1N,
IL Auctioneers aud FcAi Estate gents have rr-
more! Thar cllca la No. 3 on I'll hTEGNTH
STREET RE7W t..E MAJ n and CARY.
They rolurn tnoir sin cer3 thduks 10 their friends
and patrons for the liberal support eXtei ded To
tn, III during tGeir business connection, with the
assurance mat ali business entrusted TO them In
IA future shall raci i've the same prompt and iah-
it.i attention accorded - II IL The past
NJ LEE,
no II Ky JANIS T.. GORGiN.
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no l5-2t corner Twentieth ard Dock streets.
WRIT RoBs B:1Ss. y
LORB ERRT RED ASH EGG AND STOVE GOALS.
Al-o.
LRH1GH WHITE ASH.LUMP for foundry uEe
Offices, corner Seventeenth and Dock streets. and
At the bookstore of J. Wall Turner. no. TIA Main
street. no 4 WHIT ROBEkTS.
GOAL AND WOOD.-On account OF
~ the advance In price of coal and wood am
compelled TO charge from date for best LORSaR.
RY or SHEMuktN RED ASH ANTHRACITE.
81. per ton OF 900 pounds delivered for PRES
ron or LOT MpUNTaIs WHITE ASH. 81. per
ton, delivered PINE WOOD, $3.50 per cord, de-
livered and OAK W0OD. 81 90.
Orders received for SOFT COAL.
Office 1859 Main street, opposite Old Market, and
at yard Nineteenth and Cary streets.
nos CHARLES Fl. PAGE.
A NTHRACITE COAL at $3.50 per
"A ton of 1000 pounds A poor woman can buy
peck Of coal at the same rate the ricn man can
buy five tons. 1t is not in political matters that
expect to distinguish myself. but as COAL and
ICE dealer ] will be heard. II very low prices.
correct weight. and promp. attention will com.
mand trade and respect, will have both
nos B. WARDWELL,
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TbNNUSTkE99 NOTlCE.-All persons
I having claims against WEST ANDREWS VIII
nIetsl,,.Feut the 10 Ise and all perrons ind,bt
I'd 10 ,il.lu Ara requested to Pay to me their ln-
2noI"Iw T. NANCE. Trustee
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: I1DNCfL LYE, COECEN-
SJ'rEATED LT Twenty. i've cases Coneen-
1rated I've the family soap maker. the best IN use,
at eleatiy reduced prices, Just received ana lor
gsr Nv h. w. POW EES,
"a. y6 No. 1905 Main street.
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rf,s II GU S E-BU II.D e RS AN ID
OTHERS -Crdarin * cution at factory and
il 4 ck one au,,drgd dczsn RlM AND MoRrlCE
LOCKS III great varsity, and furniture oil any de-
sc;in.ion IL, u q. Your special attention Is in
49, nn1 - w. SIMPSON & BROTHER.
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pHR SALE CHEAP, FOR CASH,
L FlUR SAND CARTS and DSAl al qua.
Iriago cr ~ w. G. MAYO,
on o. 70 Mayn's warehouse.
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DsTGNT TUBS; OR PIPE WE'LL
4 No more digging. no more boring; Cost one
third loss than the old fashioned we'll. send or
call fer = crcn'ar. ADDRESS W. II. STEW ART,
oiit. nf Stewart I Barramin, Se3 Vain street,
Hichmnua Va, 900 gent for the States of Vir-
giaia West Nir&ia!a, Sorth Carolina, and South
Garult.ra. state, county aud town rights tor sale
oc S-eod2m
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GO TCH Pi& icon, SCOTCH PIG
= IKON-lVO tons for sale in lots to suit pur-
chasers. b. L. nLA-, n az ;i H..
S--2w ''oHllheiSlhi Sseht'
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yrHOsG BEAUTIFUL, I, - 1 Itts,,on. =
=, - ls n Id 81 the Dispatch Printing House.
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GARDEN SEED.--A fresh supply OF
7 roi;abie GARDEN zpd Fi,OHER SEED juEt
,a.sivad b, JOHN w BISON. Druggist,
Main end Third straeta.
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understand IL in a minute. That there
gray shirts is Longslreei; and when she
takes il of, il means he's down about
Richmond. That white shirt means Hill
and when she moves it up to the wesl
end Of TIE line, HilPs- corps has moved
up stream. That red one is ,SlOnewall /;
hs's down on the righl now, and IF be
moves she viii move that red shirt"
One morning Dabny came in aud re-
ported d movement ever ihere. 'sBul, y
said he, ''it don't amount 10 anything
they're just making believe "
An officer went CUT 70 look at The
clothes line telegraph lhrengh bis 6eld
glass. There had been quite shifting
over there among the army aannels.-
"Bul how do you know bat there is some.
thing in il 90 ~ SO
DO you see those two blankets pinned
together al The bottom l'' said Dabny
Yes, but what of II 2" said the officer.
"Why, that's her way Of making fist
trap; and when she pins the clothes to-
geIher that way, 1t means that Lee il
only trying 10 draw US into his fish trap
As long as the two armies lay watch
ing each other on opposite banks Of Ih'
stream, Dabny. with his clothes line tel
egraph, continued TO be one Of the prompt
ess, aud most reliable Of Gen. Hooker
scouls.-E Frank MoOr's Anecdotes.
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CLOTHES LINE TELEGRAPH-In the
early part of 1863, when the Union army
was enc8mped at Falmouth, and picker
ing the bauks of the Rappahannock, Ihe
utmost tact and engenuIty were displayed
by the scouts and vedeites 10 gaining a
knowledge Of contemplated nJsvsne nls
on either side and here, as at various
other times, the shrewdness ofathe Afri
can carfip attendants was very Telnarka-
bic. One circumstance in particular
shows how quick the race are inlearnlng
the ART of communication by signals.
There came into the Union lines ne.
gro from an adjoining farm on the ether
side of the river, known BY the name Of
Dabny, who was found to possess a re.
markably clear knowledge Of the topo.
graphy Of the whole country, and was
employed as cook and body servant al
headquarters When be first saw ouT
81 stem of army telegraphs, the idea in
terested him intensely, and he begged
the operators TO explainlhe signs 70 him
They did so; and found that he could
understand and remember the meaning
of the various movements AS well as any
of his brelhern of paler hue.
Not long after, his wife. who had come
with him. expressed great anxiety tc
be allowed 10 60 over TO the other side
as servant to a ''secesh woman" whom
General Hooker was about sending over
to her friends. The request was granted
llab6y cher husband on the north side,
was wonderfully well informed as to the
rebel plans, Within an hour Of the time
lha; any movement was projected, or even
discussed among the rebel Generals
Hooker knew ali about it. He knew
which corps was moving, or about 10 move
in what dlreelion, how long they had beer
on the march. and id what force. and al
his knowledge came through Dabny, and
his reports always turned out TO be true
Yet Dabny was never absent, and nev-
er lalked with any of the scouts and
seemed 10 be always taken up with bis
duties as cook and groom about the head
quarters.
How be obtained his information re.
remained for some time a puzsle TO The
Union soldiers. At length, upon much
solicitation, be unfolded his marvellous
secret 10 one. of our officers.
Taxing hfm where a clear visw could
be Obtained Of Fredericksburg he pointed
ous a little cabin in the suberbs near The
river bank, and ask him if he saw thai
clothes line With clothes hanging on il 70
dry. ''Well. " said be '.lhat clothes line
tells me IN half az hour jus, what goes
90 al Lees head quarters. You see uay
wife over iheFes she washes FOR the Of
ficers, and cooks. and waits around, and
as soon as she hears about any movement
OF anything going on, she comes oct and
meFes the clothes ca that line aQ ] can
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NRRRASKA.


From the Philadelphia Fress.
The Senale having On Friday last, by
vote Of 81 yeas 10 9 nays, and the
House, on Saturday, by vote Of 100
yeas to Al nays, (more then twO-lhlrds
in each, passed the bill for the admission
of Nebraska, notwithstanding the Presi-
dents veto, she thus becomes one Of the
States of tie American Union. As first
organized, in 1854, by the. Kansas Me-
braska act, she possessed an area of 335,-
SD square miles, extending northward
as tar as the British possessions, and
westward 10 lhe SUBMITS of the Rocky
Mountains but, by subsequent leglsla-
tion' her dimensions were curtailed to
about oDe-fifIh Of the original size, YET
she is stiIl much larger than any Stale
east of of the Mississippi. Shefs bound
on The north by Dakota, on Ihe'Wesl by Da-
koIa and Colorado, on the south by Colo
rado and Kansas, on the east by the MIS-
sotri river. which separates her from
Iowa and Missouri. The eastern pOrtIon
of her soil for a breadth of FROM one
hundred 10 one hundred and fifty miles,
is very fertile, parlaking of The general
character Of the prairies Of Iowa and
Western Missouri and the valleys Of
the Platte and Niobrara rivers, which
traverse her whole breadth from west to
east, yield abundant crops Of grass.
Her products in 1865, as estimated in
the agricultural report for the year, in
dicaIe large average yte.d per acre il
the cultivated portions of The eastern
counties, to winch mainly, if not exclasi'
vely, her srahle agriculture was con6ned.
The amount was 3 34940S4 bushels Of
corn, l66 34S bushels Of wheat, 2;0S0
bushels of rye, 335. .925 bushels Of oats
6 297 bushels of barley, 5.l46 bushels Of
Euckwheal, III ,SS5 bushels Of potatoes,
,270 pounds of tobacco, and %, ,425 tons
of bay, valued at 50, 1913 $50. Her live
stock was estimated a, 1850 horses
valued at 81 O22, ,6S7; / .243 mules, val
ped al Sl37 1916 2O,925 cows valued al
S57 ,9Q7; 35 $50 hogs, valued at $685.
I S55-or total Of SO ,S41 ,l64. About
two-thirds Of her whole area is covered
by The plains which lie east Of the Rocky
Mountains, and possesses pecuhariLies Of
soil and climate differing widely from
those of any portion of the country east
Of the Mississippi. They have been used
hitherto only as a stamping ground for
the buffalo and the Indians. except along
the line of the great overland route to
Oregon and California. Some of their
general characteristics are explained by
the following observations made by the
officers Of the goyernmen. at Fort Ker-
ney, which is located In Soulbern Ne
braska, al point near the dividing line
which separates the prairies from fhe
plains, aud Fort Laramie, situated a
short distance west Of the western boun-
dary Of Nebraska /;