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VOLUME 23.__ TheVißoiKiASis published every Friday morn- | itag, at $2.50 per annum, if paid in advance, or | Within six months after subscribing, otherwise $3.00 will be charged. No subscription will be received for a less pe riod than six months, for which $1.50 will be Charged. No subscription will be discontinued except at the discretion of the proprietors, until all arrear ages shall have been paid up. Any person procuring five responsible subscri bers, shall be entitled to a copy gratis. \ Terms of Advertising. i 'One square of 10 lines or less, 75 Cents for the first insertion, and 50 for each continuance. The j ■number of insertions must be marked upon the margin, or the advertisement will be continued till forbidden, and charged accordingly. < \ To those who advertise by the year, a liberal discount from the regular rates will be made. ; All dues to the office may be remitted by mail, I in good and available Bank notes, at tbe risk of , the Editors, the person remitting taking the Post- j master's receipt that the money was deposited j in the mail. J TriRGIUJIA:— -At Rules held in the Clerk's J ▼ office of the co-unty of Russell,-on the 2d day •of February. IBISS-: John P. Clark, Plaintiff, vs. Stephen G. Samples. Wm. P. Samples, James M. Cecil and his wife, Ctethnriue Cecil. Franklin' Samples, Lai-kin Samples, Robert Cecil and Ce iia bis wife. Elizabeth Samples, Nancy Samples, Ellen Samples, and Kibert Samples, heirs' at law, and Elizabeth Samples, widow of James ham pies, deeM, Defendants. IX CHANCERY. ' The object of this suit is -to have dower as signed the widow,-and partition made amongst the heirs of a certain tract or tracts of land, ly ing in "New Garden, in ltussell county, owned, by James Samples, deed, now occupied by Eli zabeth Samples, widow of James Samples, and to have plaintiff's interest in said land laid off. adjoining his own premises : And it appearing j by satisfactory evidence that' Stephen G. Sam- j pies, James M. Cecil, Catharine Cecil, franklin Samples, dcff.s. in said suit, are not inhabitants of this Commonwealth, the said deft* are re quired to appear here within one month after due publication of this order, and do what is ae •cejsary to protect their interest. A Copy.—Teste, >■ G. 8. COWAN, c. c Feb 13, I«C3—4w \rirginl»:--At rules held in the Clerk's of fice of the Circuit Court of Washington coun ty, on the 2d day of February, 1863: Audrew S. Fulton, Plaintiff, AfiAIKST Alexander McCall, James K. Gibson and Ar thur C Cummings. Defendants, > . IN CHANCERY. The object of this sait is to restrain the de fendants, Cummings and Gibson, from paying over to the defendant, McCall, his agents or as signs any monies in their hands, belonging to said McCall to the extent of §700, uutil the fur ther order of Court, and asking for a decree a gainst the said McCall for the sum which may be found due to the plaintiff. ' .; And it appearing by satisfactory evidence, that the defendant, Alexander McCall, is a non resident of this Commonwealth, on motion of the plaintiff by counsel, it is ordered that he ap- ' pear here within one month after due publica- j tion of this order, and do what is necessary to protect his interest in this suit. A copy.—Teste, PETER J. BRANCH, o, c. Feb. 6, 1263—4w. "¥7-IR€rISfIA:—At Rules held in the Clerk's V Office of *he Circuit Court of Smyth county, on Monday, the 2d day of February, 1863 : John For and Margaret bis wife, Davie Was wm and Susan his wife, Jacob Neff, Nicholas Wassum and Anna his wife, and John Neff, Complainants, j AGAINST I Joseph Neff, 'Solomon Myers and Catharine his wife, Thomas F. Neff, Ailsey-E. Neff, Virginia Neff, and —— Neff, infants and children of Isaac Neff, deed, Bmeline Neff, widow of Isaac Neff, deed, and Elizabeth Neff, widow of Peter Neff, deed, Defendants. IN CHANCERY. The object of thk|Buit is to have a division of the real estate of wTich Peter Neff died seized, amongstliiS children and heirs, and to have the dower interest of Elizabeth Neff, widow of Peter Neff, deed, laid off. It appearing by satisfactory evidence that the defendant, Joseph Neff, is a non-resident of .he State of Virginia; on motion of complainants by their attorney, it is ordered that said defendant do appear nere within one month after due pub-' lication hereof, and do what is necessary to pro tect his interest in this suit. Copy.—Teste, v JNO. S. COPENHAVER, Clk. Feb. 6, 1863—4w " NOTICE. THE subscriber wishes to purchase a small Mill on stream with about 50 or 100 acres of hmd attached. Any person having auch property for sale will do well by directing a letter to the subscriber at Dublin Depot, Pulaski co., giving a description of the property and prfca. fc P. H. MAGRUDEB. Jan. 30th, 1883—4w. W ' ABINGDON, FEIDA.Y ? JFEJBRU.ARY 13, 1863. From tbe Lynchburg Republican. j Engagement near Suffolk. I 63d Va. Reg't Camp on Bi,ack Water, "j Nexr Franjclin Depot, Va., > ' . ■ February 2d, 186?. j < . Having once more engaged the enemy in bloody coniliet upon the battle field, I send you an account of one of the most desperate cannonadings that has occurred during the war. We tsifl sitnated on the western bank of the Biaek Water, for the protection of a large and valuable country, lying between this stream and the country about* Petersburg, \ while the Nadjoining counties between us and ! Suffolk, are a portion of the time occupied by our forces and those of the enemy. j These counties are very productive, and our forces' left camp on tbe*2sth of January to make a raid into that section for supplies.:—' \ We traveled on, procuring a great quantity of i corn-rodder,' pork, &o, which was sent back to i our rear unmolested. , i On Thursday night we were encamped in ! Nansemond county, about eight miles from i Suffolk. j You must imagine for yourself our encamp ment. No tents, large fires burning in front !of each separate command, regiments, bat j talions and batteries. ' At half past 1 o'clock, Friday morning, an occasional sleeper is aronsed by a few guns, from the pickets, when ail is again quiet and all are soundly sleeping. *' At half past 3, two large batteries of'the enemy opened upon us, without notice or warning; the shells arc 'bursting in onr camps; we spring frjun our blankets and cry, to arms.!' to arms ! the foe are upon v«, and tbeir guns all stationed. Strange, there's no confusion; they fall steadily but quickly into line, and soon the bail i». fully opened, and what a grand but solemn sight is presented, hun dreds of rock.etts, shells, canister and other misiles of death flying thickly around us. Participants in tlsis fight, who were in the fights around Richmond, at Sharpsburg. ood |at Fort Donelson, say they never -.witnessed: such fierce cannonading, both sides being ful- Ily engaged until daylight, when the enemy ceased, and our.forces, fell back to Carrsville, and remained there until aboui one o'clock 1 Saturday,'when "we were marched to our re gular encampment. • The enemy/ were reported 12000 strong, six to our one, with", two New York .batteries, said to be equal, if not the best, they have in, service. Their . forces were commanded by Gens. Corcoran and Terry. ; Gen. Piyor nobly defended his position, and Providence protected us, for our loss was ' slight compared with that of the enemy.— , We learn from the captured that they lost j some 250 in killed and wounded, while our i total loss in killed, wounded and missing will i not exceed forty.' More heroic conduct has i not been evinced during this war. The sud denness of the attack, the quiet of'the night, everything tending to create, confusion, but no troops were ever brought more promptly 1 I into action than on that occasion, which was I an «vidence of the bravery and good discip-1 line on the part of officers and men, and their conduct reflects honor on that section of coun try from which they came. Southwestern Vir ginia may proudly boast of her-gallant sons; I send you a list of casualties heard from, : .! commencing with the 63d Virginia Regiment^. j which Suffered severely while nobly holdings i its position: ' . Killed—Sergt. S. G. Leonard, Co. B; "Pri vates David Fleecer, Co. E; Tbos. Featherstone . and Gideon Barb, Co. B. Wounded—Lieut. W. C. Carter, Co. I, leg amputated; Lieut. William MeChesney,. arm slightly; Sergt. P. H. Co. B, severe ly; Privates Wm. H. Pickle, Go. X, slightly; Mitchel Scott, Co. X, slightly and missing; Anderson Largin. Co. I. severely; John Trent,' Co. E, severely: Noah B. Widener, Co. F,, slightly; Elias Davis, Co. G. severely; Jas, B. | Haley. Co. B, severely, and W. G. Butler, Co. B, severely; j> ! Missing—Robert Largin. Co. I; William Snodgiass, Co. F; James M. Leath, Joseph Roberts, and Stephen R, Murphy, Co. G. j 50th Virginia regimsnt. ! Col. Thomas Poage, of Pulaski, killed; Adjt. Amos, slightly wounded; Privates F. Willis. J. Rutherford, D. A. Scott, W. P. Bar-' inett atid 0. M. Perkins, wounded. , '■ '! 54th VIBGISJIA REGIMENT. j Capt. Dobbins, of Co A. and Lieut. Lacy killed l . J ■ On Gen. Pryor's Staff, Capt.McCann had his horse shot from under him, and Capt. McMullen, wounded in arm, slightly. ; wright's battery. I ' Captain Wright and Lieut. Watkins, slight ly wounded, C. W. Hughes and G. R. Watts, severely. . " colts' s. c. battekt. j R. M. Pegurs, J. F. Knight and Thos. Me-! Lemer, wounded. Yours, j ' - ENT-RE NOUS. Lincoln Again In Doubt ' A newspaper correspondent tells the fol lowing : Some one sent President Lincoln a batch of newspaper criticisms upon him' and his conduct cf the war last week. In shaking i aboutit to a friend. Mr. Lincoln said; •j "Having an hour to spare on Sunday, I I read this batch- 1 of editorials, and when I ! 'was through reading I asked myself, "Abra-j ! bam Lincolp, are you a man or a dog"?" | j Tbe writer does not state what conclusion' Mr Lincoln arrived at, but leaves us to sup- I puse.be regards it as an open question. —-—>~- .»♦.♦;', ~ | ! The Naval Battle at Charleston. ! . i'UKTHER PARTICULARS. k The special reporter of the Charleston Cou rier, who was on board one of the. tenders j during the attack on the blockading fleet "at . Charleston, furnishes particulars of the en r gageme'nt, from which we extract the follow-; *' i°P : ' j ' Coming up with the United States steamer j • Mercedit», he says, the Palmetto State, with [ 1 full steam up, ran into the'Mercedita, 'the j ' bow striking her right abmt midships, and I making an entrance of about three feot. At j 1 the same time, our bow gun was fired with a' 1 seven inch incenflrary shell. We immediate- j I ly. backed out, wfien the Mercedita hauled " down her flag. Tjhey were ordered to send a boat to us, and Lieut. T. Abbott, command ing, came off witb.a boat's brew'and snrren-i ; dei ed his vessel in the name of Commander 1 Stellwagbn, <»f the Mercedita, carrying seven • guns and 158 men.. He stated that his vessel , was in a sinking eqndition, and begged our I officers to relieve them. A.shot had pierced | her boiler, which bad burst and scalded' a *; large number of mtm. Lieut. Abbott begged ' ' Commodore Irigrajiam to take'the men with • : him nn board tlie Palmetto State, as in tbeir | j haste lo come to us tbsy had neglected to put |i in tbe plug. i:nd their smull boat was only ! kept afloat by the strenuous efforts of t h e men 1 i bailing the boat.. He also stated that tho wa ter ■ter in the, Mercedi|a iind, at the time of h 13. : I leaving, already ri*ea p.s high as the engine j floor. I. Commodore Inc;rnham regretted that he '.could not comply with the request, as be bad j no rooni to accommodate fiiesn aboard of his ' j vessels and no sr-uil! b->ats or any other means 'j of affording them i">!ief. Lieut. Abbott then ' I pledged his word of .honor for the officers and ' j crew of the Mercedita not to serve in any ' I manner against the Confederate States until _{ regularly exchanged, upon which condition. 'j he was sent on ,b uird his own vessel. .The ' ! Mercedita was. taken completely by surprise. ' ] They were roused from ths>ir slumbers by the ■! shock, the men having scarcely time to j dress themselves. Lieut. Abbott and the men j with him were ne'trlv destitute of clothing. ' j The Palmetto Shite, leaving the MerceJi»a " i to her fate,stood out to sea, and engaged se '! veral other \?e*seis tif the Abolition blockad- S ing .fleet, occasionally shots.. The j latter, however, fled at our approach, firing at ! long distances and leaving us far astern. One ' ' or two shots were exchanged with the United ! States frigate Powhatan. The latter, how 'j ever, followed the example of her companions, 1 and fled. We then stood Northward, towards ' j the Chieora, which at this time was almost I surrounded by , tbe eneny's vessels. At 8 o'clock a* m. there being no more: of the Abo " ilition fleet in sight, we stood back to the'en ' trance of Beach Cbaunel, having signalled ' [ the Chieora to return. i 1 The Chieora, t'aptain C, R. Tucker, com ;• menced action at 5.05 with a.blockading ves :/ selon the left of the . Palmetto State, which was under full headway. The, Courier's Re-j porter says: i We rounded to and gave her the full benefit; .of our broadside guns and after gun. She! I immediately rang her bell for fire a.nd made 1 signals of distress to the rest of the fleet.— ; . The last seen of her by signal officer Saun-j ' ders, she was stern .down very low in the wa- j ■ ter, and disappeared very suddenly. This) vessel is supposed to have gone down. '' Another side-wheel two masted steamer '' with walking beam;- now steamed toward the") j Chieora, coining down on our stern. Cap-' , tajn Tucker preceiving it, we rounded to and j , proceeded until within about, five hundred, I yards, when the belligerent steamer also j rounded .to and gave us both broadsides andj a shot from her pivot gun. We fired our for ; ward pivot gun with an incendiary shell, and • struck her just forward of her wheel-house, , " 1 settibg her on fire, disabling and stopping her •j port wheel. This vessel was fired both fore ! and aft, and volumes of smoke observed to is _ sue from every aparture. As we neared her, she hauled down her fla# and made a signal f of surrender, but still kept undef way with ■ her starboard wheel, and changing her j tion. We succeeded'in catching this vessel, j but,; having surrendered, and tbe Captain, • supposing her boilers struck and the escaping , steam preventing the engineers from going j into the engine room to stop her, ordered us ! not to fire. She thus made her escape. I ■ i The Chieora now engaged six more of the j enemy's vessels at one time —three side wheel I steamers and three propellers—all at long [range: Discovering that the flag boat, Pal-. -' metto State, had ceased firing and was stand ■ ing in shore, orders where giren to follow her. On our return*, we again came across a three-masted bark rigged vessel, which we i engaged, firing our guns as we passed, strik ; ing her once or twice. .We then kept on' onrj 1 course to the Bar, HaviD£ eustained no dam- No. 45. f age in the action nor a single casuality on ! board. j One of the blockaders was certainly sunk. I ', . I The Modesty of Gen. Joseph B. John ston. While at the head of our army and in the field, the skill .ihd gallantry of this distin j guiahed soldier, has been the theme of praise I and congratulation, giving to his name a bril* j liant record in the history of the war, his ran j desty is no less to be admired, and is beauti- I fully illustrated in the following notice of him' | made by a special correspondent at Mobile of the "Charleston Courier, in one of his recent j letters to that paper. This writer says : "Our great guest at present is the immor* ♦al. General Joseph E. Johnston. Night be fore la»t he was serenaded at tbe residence j of Gen. McCaP, with whom he was sojourn* I ing. by quite a mob of Mobilians. They call* ed for him loud and long. Finally he appear ed, whereupon three loud shunts were given for the hero-ef Manassas, to which he replied: "Gentlemen, the hero of Manassas is not here to-night, he is in Charleston." Three cheers: were then given for tbe hero of Seven Pines. To which be replied: "Gentlemen, no one man was ever the hero of Seven Pines. In that bloody battle there were many heroes under our flag, and the very noblest of tbetn were from. Alabama." Whereupon he made his bow, said "good night," and. retired amid shoots and cheers that he did not stop to an* swer.— Atlanta Intelligencer. « » ». A Caution-Erysipelas. The Augusta Constitutionalist says that "great care should be taken that the matter for vaccination should be taken from a per fectly healthy person." We learn, it says, "yesterday of a deujh occurring in this city. under very shockng.cirourastances, from ery sipelas or some similar disease, communicated with diseased vaccination matter." We have also heard of several cases in which erysipelas has followed vaccination in lessthan twenty-four hours, as it was sup posed, with diseased matter. But we know of a case in which this terrible disease has followed vaccination, the matter being taken from a perfectly healthy subject, and being used at the same time in vaccinating several individuals of the same family, upon whom no such effect is produced up to this time--' the having been ymbmitted to last Sunday. From this it appears that erysipe las will follow vaccination from Jiealthy as well as diseased matter, unless the theory" of an eminent medical gentleman with whom we have just conversed, be true, to-wit: that vaccination from the matter of a person who has been re-vaccinated—that is, vaccinated i the second time—should not prevail, as it is apt to produce, not only erysipelas, but other diseases. Our medical friend says that no .one should be vaccinated from the matter ta ken from a second vacci nation to us his reasoning was convincing that his theory was correct. We would therefore caution our readers to be careful that the matter is genu ine, and not .spurious, with which they are vaccinated; that being > considered genuine which is taken from the arm of a healthy in- * dividual who has been vaccinated once, and with genuine matter. Should the "Doctors disagree" on this, as l no one can certainly be hurt fey*foll<wing the ' theory of our medical friend.- would it not be i well for all to follow it, as we presume with j some little exertion, the genuine matter, from i healthy subjects, can now be easily procured ! in any city in the Confederacy.— Atlanta Intel ligencer. . ♦ » » <—! The Legislature has before it a bill for the suppression of extortion. It is a lengthy document. The first, second and third sec tions define, forestalling, regYating and en ' grossing, in accordance with the laws adopted i by the General Assembly of 1778, and similar 'to the existing laws. The fourth section, pro ' vides prosecutions for a misdemeanor, in case j of tbe commission of either of those offences, tbe penalty of which is fixed at a fine of not less than's2o nor more v ,than $500 for each of fence, and imprisonment at the discretion of the'jury, of not more than twelve months.— The fifth section provides a per centum to* be ' allowed to producers over the prices of May, 1862, not exceeding- per cent. The sixth section provides a per centum of for im porters and retailers. The seventh section authorizes county and corporation courts to ' regulate the prices charged by keepers of pub lic houses, and especially regulates the pri ces of meals for soldiers at 75 cents and lodgings 50 cents. The eighth section fixes a penalty of not less than fifty or more than I one thousand dollars fine, and not more than twelve months imprisonment, whicn may be commuted in the military service. The> ninth section prevents tlie exportation of articles of prime necessity. The remaining sections pro vide the form of oath to be taken by mer chants and others affected by the bill, the penalty for Courts neglecting to perform thjb duties prescribed by the bill, and that the burden of proof as to the costs, incases of pro- I secution for violating the law, shall be thrown upon the fokndi&r-—Lynchburg Virginian.