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WHEELING. W. VA. NO- 190. ==a= #. *?jr no PRINTED AMD PBIUIHIP BY- , C A MPBELL & BTDEI INTKI.LIOKX KK HUH .V. K tmrmtr V"?QI ^ TfclKMS: D*i7. i+y ?*?a p*y?bie *? advnuoai) Kr a# Week_ ? ?-? 15 Trt WeaklT,(par year, payable edvnncej-. 4.0C. fc?T-A Jvertiaiug done on nuoMltw UraL All ? INSURANCE. XHK Home Insurance Company, or MRW YORK, h \* ram largest o\hh capital or any FIBB INSURANCE CO MP ANT IS AMUIOA. Iu Het Assets Jan. 1st, 1864. being $3,210,467.Oi. FRB AND ISLAND POUCIKS iaen*d open tbe ?MttMMiubl* t-rm. LO?dkS PROMPTLY A0JUSTRD AND PA ID on application to W P. PKTBRjON. Apat. Mkt on Main St, mk( door loM.ltL Bank. reuiutyUania Insurance to. op Pittsburgh, pa. Omii SSOO.SOO Ul&KCTORSt N. Yoagtiy, Jr~. Jacob Pwiur, Kilwl Patrick, ?Ml raUMioo, Hnn IumI, U*ut Uerwig. AWi.K^n. - im. rf.iTii.hiM. j.c. Um Q. A. Oottoa, A.J. Job**, AA.OutW, J. UrWSknnl. B. VuIOTLV, Jr^ Pros'!. J. aRRRR 6PROUL. SeCy. harlag appointed tbeunder i *i*b*d Ui?tr A (rent for WbMUai, ud vicinity, ? uwid reipeetJhUy solicit tb* patronage of tbe public. .'ajdtXapanieeare well known to bo fimdaa oRese - TkkM rukiti tb? Iovm( nlM oo buildings of all kinda. itMnbotU, Furniture, Mwrbwdlw, nod uxiMt nil the peril# of tbe Rivera and 8eaa. * II loeeea promptly adjusted. N. C- ARTHUR, Aft. apl ORce No. 1 M*Lnra House. FRANLKIN INSURANCE COMP'Y OF WHmiNQ, VA. OAPITAX - - $160,000. DUUCCTOUt John Raid. T. P. bhailcroa* Goo. &. Wheat, Jobn Zeochler, Sam* MsCWUan, G. W.Fraa*h?am. Ja*. N. Vauca, A lax. Leughlln. 1' lllS COMPANY having boon dalj organized, in prepared to take neks at tair raze* on bolUian at a.j kiod?. merchandise, maaatacturiOR establish scent*, furniture, steamboats and cargoes oo tha Waatern river* aad Lakes. and aleo on tko lives ot p*raoo* r a term of jma Tbi* Coaapany etfere ?apenor inducement* to farmer*, whereby thoj enn be insured for tbre# years at reduced rates. This be in* a b?>me institution, composed of some ninoty-fbar stockholder*, moss of whom are among our bost bn siaess men, recommend* itself to the thvoraMe ceo sidsraiion of the Insuring public, and sobciu their AppU^auoo* (or insnranos will be promptly nt Mnded to by ike sacretarr. Odka. No. 1 McLure lloa*a, bains same for msri) occupied by Adam* KxpraasCompany. N. 0. ARTHUR, Secretary. JOHN SKID, PrMtJeat. bAM'L McCLkLLAA, Vice-Present. N.C ARTHUR Agent fur paying PecMfcma. OSes, No. 1, McLure House, betnf the same oOce formerly oecap*?J by adam* nvpra ? CVimpeay. nprl TO THOSE WHO WISH TO BS INSURED II AQAlXST ALL CONTLNGENCIES. OMR ISSURASCE COHPAHY. of Nsw York?PIRR A So INLAND. C*aa CaTitaA verery doUarptid inj SLOOOAOO 00 A?et* lat Jnly. ls?3 Sl^ST^M 66 Tbe larrtwt ca*b Capital for the aaoont at nsk of any ofire in tbe Oniiwl dtate*. 1 pO.%'1 IMMITALfMSVKABOBCOS -I' PAN*, of the C?*y af Bew York. *?) S 106,01 00 ^ pa> T9M July, IfO. MHJM 19 AtsUiit, vTi-PlYK percent of Um istt fiiSh do 4i<U(?tJ>V PjI.cj UilUr* ?ooa*Uy, to wkick the c'EVjr A partistpate aith -at lacamaf any risk. ^ ORCCRIT V KftCK 1SSURASCR ? 0 CvMPANf.ol Xsw Yora?/IRKAND iALAND. | iiaaif C*rxTAl(paid In) . .ROO^W I 1 ????? uc Aa^wt, Ual :m,U1 ? Ynree-loarth* of the natt praSu declared to Policy H*Uk< MoaUly. Firr f-rIV* PKR CBNT. of Ears* Participation Premium* declared for the year ending Aoga?t,lMS. \ f UTCAL LIPK IXfUEASCK COM Ji PAXY.of New Yerk. The LAtuiUT CAsli CAPITAL of any Inenra Company tn tbe Colled 8uim. Am*u P*braary in, 196< 10,260,000 Ibe buiilBi of this Company is conducted on the MUTUAL principle in tbe ?tr?te*t eeoae . (the term tke enure aarpin*, DaUlUCCi.-iii .NROadaARY kX PALOJMK, t?io< iWUirABLY D1YIDRD ??.?? the AdoURKU. ?ORTY-Pl VM ORA M A WiXK will iosore f 1,000 on the Die of a man aged JO. POLICIES will be *s*ned upon the most reasona* M? Urauinany of tbe above ARLIAULh COMPA NiKs for M'b??iing aud vicmuy and I promptly sdjnstad and paid, eu appucatton to W.?. r-bi kluMN, Agsit. ORaa Maia atreat, a?xt door to M. A M. Rank. is1?-. .CITIZENS* Fire, Marine & Life Ins'nceCo. OK WHEELING, VA. D1KKCTOR8I iohn List, L. a. Delaplnin, Michael ReOly, Jacob Berger, R. M. Norton, Thus. Sweeney, A. R. Oaid well, J. O. Harbour, And. P. Woods. QF This Company 1* ewnad nedlmnaaged by many of oar most wealthy and InSnantial Mer chants. Tbatr oOca ha* lately been reannred to No. T, McLors Hons* Buldmg, and M fnUy nmntead and prepared to take nau oo Frame and Brick Boilding*, Msn afar taring EstabllshmsnU, blocks er Mercbaodlee, llonaebold Furtutara, Ac^ Ac. on Hails U btenmboau, ttargm, ?l*tboat?, and ths*r cargoes, upon tnc Weetern nver*. and oo Steamships, Steamboat* and flnlllng Vmails, and tbelr cargoes, lakes; aiao oo Lives, at reasonably low rates L 8. DRLAPLAIN, PresX W. W. gHRI VKR, bec*y. CoVAir1! OmcM, No. 7, M'Lcab Hoou Bcuon. deoi-ly 1 he Hre&Marine insurance Co. OF WHRRLING. 1SCORPORATKD IM 1837. rpABRh RISKS A? THB LOWEST BATES OH I BnHdings of all kinds, StenmLonu^ Pnrnltnrened Rarchaadise, and against all dangers attending the Transportation of Goods on rtrsra, seas, lakes, eanals nd railroads. B W. Haibuo, Sec*^. Hnu Ciamu, Pref t DIRECTORS. 0 Acksso* John Don loo, Bobn Morrieon r.Cratgle, S. Brady, Sam'lOtt. Can'l Laiob, James DalasIL A#-AppUcntioos for Insurance will be promptly at ended to by the Presidssit and Secretary. Jan 79. *66 < JOHN BL. HUFFMAN, At tor way fsr Proacatlag SOLDIERS' CLAIMS, MOUGAHTOWS, West Va, WILL continue to pciMtcou INVALID nnd other PZNdl.i.N CLAlUd.a* weU as CLAIMS for BOUNTY MONEY, BOCNTf LAND, BACK PAY, and for HOBbEb and ?*b?r PKuPRRTY lost la tbe M1LIYARY HERVICR ef the United elates. Alio will give prompt attention u, OOLLNOTING CER TIFIED AOOoUNTb for UawUag. Ae. Owing to my experience end femlllarRy with ths vnrtoes PBNSIOB, BOUNTY AND R./UMTY LAND LAWS and the largs aaoaat of RECORD BYT DRhCB in my possemlon, aunols* as to be very aooceeefnl la the prosecution of SUUPKNED CLAIMS when la ma?y inscaocse the dsJaaaal and attorney had long givso ap la daspntr. Mo matter how dlR cait the claim so it wjost. %arNo advisee fea reqaired. Address JOHN H. HOFFMAN, Morgan town. Wast Va. REFER TO Ho*. R. L. Iiuiaiai, Jadge Saprama Oaurt of Appeals. Morgantowa, Weet Va. H</a. Wm a. l!*aai*ojr, Judge Supreme Court of AppaaU, Clarksburg, Wast Vn. R.Gorr, E?v, Pieddent M.AM. Bank ef Wheel Ilv. at CLar.aOorg, Waet Va. W. Waesca, OasUier M.AM. Bank of Wheel lag, *t Morg*atown, Most Va. Kaausa A RaM, Baakera, Pittsburgh, Pa. Rirtaaaoeaa, Faar A Oe^ Bankers, Wsstdaftoo, MMT1RKLT VEGETABLE I StO ALCOUOLIO PRIPARATIOBI1 | A PORK TONIC HEDICINBII DR. HOOFLAND'S GermanBlttersll PUPillO BT TWT. JAOl PUILADKLPHIA, PA?f WILL electuaily cure Um Complaint, Byi* p apsis. Jaundice, Chroaicor Nervous Debility, DI*mm or the Kidneys, all IHiimii arising from a dinrdtnd Um or ShMUch, nek u Cou Mlpttioa, U?u4 PilM, Fullness el Blood to tha Ileod, Acidity of Um Sloauch, Numm, UMrtbarn, Disgust for Food, Fullness or Weight la the Stomach, Sow Eructations, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the Moaacb, Swimming of the Heed, Harried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart. Choking or euObcatlng Sensations whsa In a lying posture, Dimness ef Vision, Dots or Wnha before the tflght, >eyer and Dull Pain la tb%. Head, Deficiency of Perspirations Y sUewasas ei the Skit, aad Byee, ? Pe*a be tho- Mil, li tfc> Chest, fttoibs. *c^ Saddea Flaehea of Heat, burning la tha Flesh, Coutut i=3s*sa?as?3swfe^vaaa ft~.fc.to TtKioakUii ?0 ILOOUOL OR WAV WHI8KT. 7%fy wtU Owrt Mi s&dm Distorta in iVinifJf- | - HH tuu cnx of m Hundred I ? lift?i fcy aantwlw ? U?< ilwml popularity of Hoofiand's German-Bitters! | (PURBLT TKQKTABLXJ Hoit* ef Ignorant Quacks aad nucnpalou adven turer*, bare op?Md opoa ? a Serine humanity the flood-gatee of Moetrama la the shape ef poor whisky, vilely compounded with tnjarl^o* drags and chris tened Tonics. Stomachics and Bitters. Beware of the innnmetable array of Alcoholic preparations la plethoric bottles, aad higb-bcllled krfS, ander the modest appellation or bitters, which, instead of coring, oaljr aggravate disease, aad leave the disappointed eaNerer la despair. UOOFLAND*S OK&MAM B1TTKEJ Are ooc a new aad untried article, bnt hare stood the test of fifteen years' trial by the American pub lic, aad their reputation aad sale arc not rivalled by aa; similar preparation. The proprietors hare thousands of Letters from the aeoet eminent Clergymen, Lawyers, Physicians, aad dtiseas, testifying. 01 their own personal anowl edge, to the beneficial c If ecu and medical virtues of tbeee Bitters. DO YOD WANT SOMBTH1NG TO STRBNQTHKN TOUt DO YOU WANT A GOOD APPKTITB f DO YOU WANT TO BBILD UP YOUR CONSTITU TION 1 DO TOU WANT TO f BBL WILL! DO YOU WANT TO OMT RID OP NBRVOUSNRSSt | DO TOU WABT BNRROT? DO TOU WANT TO 6LBBP WBLLt DO YOU WANT A 0*1*H AMD YIOOBOUS FRRIr I IhOf If you do, ass Hoofiand's German Bitters! I JYem J. AVwtos Browa, D. Editor ?fike Jfecy- I cUptdux of Htiigiotu A'aowtidgt. Although not diapaaad to favor or recommend Patent Medideee ia geoerai, through distrust Of their tn gradients aad etfecia, 1 yet know of no sntt cieat rsosoo, why asaaaai am?i?y to tha benflt be believes M?etf te hnva reoatved (Wfiash the hope that he may thas coatrih aioa thai they were I am Indebted to my _?for tha removal of tbis prejudice by proper teete aad lor eoourage meat to try them, wbea euflbrtag from great aad loag continued debility. The aee of threw bottles of tbeee Bitters, at the beginning of the pn year, wss fodowed by evident relief, aad teeUin to a degree or bodily and mental vigor which i bad I not felt for six months before and bad almost de spaired of regulating. 1 thee ?* t ink Ood aad my trieud fo? directing me to th ass Mtoao. J.Nk %1 BROWN, pblladelph ijwt* *8,1861, IMPORTANT 10 SOLDIERS! Those havin<* Friends in the Army 11 Wr call the attention of all having relations or I friends ia the army to the foot that "liooflaad'sGer tusj bitters" will cure nine-tenths ol the iliaesaas 1 Danced b) ezpueuresnd privations Incident to camp life, la the lute, published almost daLy is the newspapers, on the arrival of the stek. It will be noticed that a very largs proportioa are vaBering trom debility, hvery case or that kind can be readily cured by 11 ooHand's German Bitters. Dis eases reamung irora disorders ef the digestive organs are speedily removed. We have no heeitatioa la stating that if th?>e Bitters were freely used among our soldiers, hundreds of brae might bo saved thr* otherwise would bo lost We call particular attention to the following r markable and well authenticated cure of oae of the I wrios'. beroee, wboee Ufa, to use bis owa language, Mhas been eaved by the Bitters.** 1 PaiisnairaiA, Ang. 33d, 1863. Masses. Josse A KViJS'?Well, gentlemen, yooi HooOaod'a German Bitters has saved my life. "Hiaft Is no mistake la this. It is vouched for by numbers of mj contraries, seme of whose namea are appended, aad who were cognnsnt of all ths circumataacee of my case. 1 am, aad have been for the last foul years, a member of Bbsrman'e celebrated battery, and under the Imtnrdiafa command of Captain K. B Ajers. Throagh the exposure attsad .at upon my arduous duuas, I was attacked la November last with inflammation of the lungs, and was for seventy twodaysintbehoepitaL This was followed by great debldty, heightened by an attack of dysentery. ? was then rstaoved from the White Hooee, and soot to this city oa hoard the "State of Maine," from which 1 landed oa the 88 th ofJaa*.' Since that time 1 have bee iceboat ae low as aay oas could be aad still retaia a spark o? vitality. For a week or more 1 was scarcely able to swallow anything, aad If I did force a morsel down, it was immanlately thrown op 1 could not evso keep a glass of water oa my stoaaach. Life coo id aot last under such circum stances; aad, accordingly, the physicians, who have bten working faithfully, t no ugh ananccseafally, to reecus mo from ths grasp of the dread ardber, frank ly told aae they eoald do aoanoce for me, aad adv. id aae to see a clergy man, aad to make nach disposition of my limited funds as beat salted me. Aa acqalnt aaoe who viatted me at the boepltal, Mr. Frederick Btetnbrowo, of Blxth street, below Arch, advised aae, as a forlorn hope, to try your Bitters, aad kindly procured me a bottle. From the time 1 ceaamsneed taking theoa the glouaay shadow or death receded, aud 1 am bow, taaak Ood for It, gettlag better. Though 1 have takaa bat two bottles, 1 have already galaed tea pomade, aad 1 feel sengnlao of being per mitted to rstoin my wifo aad daughters, from whom 1 have heard nothing for eighteen moatha; for, gen tlemen, 1 am a loyal Vlrglfilan, (rota tha vieiaity of Front KoyaL To yoar Invalaable Bitters 1 ows ths certainty of Ills which has takaa the place of vague fears?to . our Bitters will 1 ows the glorious privi lege of again deepiag to mi bosom those who ara th( dearest la me ia ills. Vary truJy yoarS| ? ^ ^ We folly concur la the truth of the above state meat, ae we had despaired of eeeldg ear comrade, Mr. Maioae, restored to health. JOHN CUDDLBBaOK, 1st New York. iiteuHQH A. AC&LKY.Co. G, 11th Maiae. LJCWln CUKVADlkH, fM Mew York. L K- SPahGR, 1st Artillery, Battery W. J. B. PA&hW KLL, Oo. B% Sd Vermont. UB*RY B. JBROMB, do do HBhRY T. MAGDONALD, Oo. G, Oth Maiae. JOHN F. WARD, Co. t*tb Maine. AAD Ait W J.KIMBALL, On. A. Sd Tersseat. JoUN J BURINS, Oo. B, loath Peaa. 1 See that the slgaature of **0. M. JACKSON" Is oa be waavrsa ad each bottle. MWABB OF OOUVCBRVXITSL NO. eat ARCH B'lllKET Of? mU jotMinui, . , (?uMtn loan. JxkMS k Oo.,] PBICO.?Lu|> siu, boUUts .Mrljr i?U. quantity, tt par botUs^half Soeea, $S. Small sia^ | 7 So per hotUa; half doaea, Si. - nr"Fd^aale by BragglsU aad Dealers 'SZSSVZSS?""* - f~? gailgjjtttiUiflinm ?X CAVSC-I.IKK IB VICKIBUKU. Wlf? of a Conftdtrala Oflcu. During the alsgs of Vicksburg maoy of the aon-fombauots remained la the city. iWup-inHoj ttir frrqac? L bom totdn^u In, oaTj? or cellars dug for that ^of^iio in the cley of the badks. The lit tie volume whole title appears abovegives some grapbio pictures of thU strange and pariloua life. It (a writteo by a woman ol caitureand refinement, who, tbougb Sooth. er? ia her conoectiens aod sympatbiee, ?bow. nooe of the bitterness of the parti ?as, but recorda whatever ol gsnerqus and hirolc oo either aide baa met bar womeoly eyes. She thus tpealti of the tomb-like piece* of (belter to which a any weeks the women aad cbildren were confined ?'Caiea were the fashioo?the rage over besieged Vicksburg. Negroe., who under stood their business, hired themselves out to dig them, at from thirty to Mty dollars, according tu the sise Many persons, con sidering different localities unsafe, would sell them to others, who had been less for tunate, or less provident; and so great was the demand for cave workmen) tbal a new branch or industry sprang op and became popular?particularly as the pertunal sare ty ol the Wurkoittu was secured, and monev withal." ' "Some families bad light bread made io large quantities. and subsisted on it with milk (provided their cows were nut killed from one milking lime to another.) without soy more cooking, until called on to replen isb. Tbuugb most ol as lived oo corn bread snd baooo,served three times a day.ihe only luxary of the meal consisting in lis warmth I bad aome flour, and frequently had some bard, tough biscuit made from it, ibere be iog no soda or yeast to be procured. At ibis time we could, also, procure beef. A geollemau friend was kind enough to offer me bis camp bed, a narrow spring mattress, which fitted within the contracted cave rery comfortably; another had his tent fly ?tretcbed over the month of our residence !o shield as from the sun; mod tbus I was Ae recipient uf many favors, aoj under Jbligatioos lo many geotlemen of the army ror delicate and kind attentions; ?ud, io ookiog back 10 my trials at that time, I ihall ever remember with gratitude the kindness with which they strove lo ward >IT every deprivation. And so I went reg. ilarly to work, keepiog house under [rouud. Our new habitation was aoexca ration made in the earth, and branching III feet from tbe entrance, fnrming a cave n tbe shape of a T. Io one of the wings ny bed fitted; the other I ased as a kiod of lrssting room; in this the earth bad beeo rut down a foot or two below the floor of As main cava; I could stand erect here; tad whso tired <JT sitting io other oortiooa I 'xpeetaat Hfc." M-??. slrrant wokld'fw is under protection of the bilf. Oorquar ers were close, indeed; yet 1 was mora wmforvsbfe tban I expected 1 conld Save ieeu made under tbe earth In that fashion. were sale at least from fragments or ibell?aad they were flyiog in all direc .ions; tbongb no one seemed to tbiok our ?ve auy protection should a moriar shell isppen to rail directly on top of the gronod tbove ns. We had our roof arched and braced, the aupporta of tbe braciog taking op much ruom io our confined quarters. The earth was about five feet thick above, sod seemed hard aod compact; yet, poor M , every time be came io, examined it, learing amid some ol the shocks it sus tained, that it might crack aod rail in uuon us." r The danger was by no means imaginary; in various iastances these cavernous cells collspsed, either Irom tbe jar or coostaot explosions or from tbeir own weskoess, burying their inmates in a premature grave. The oave was but a choice of evils, tbe peril witbio being only less than the peril without, Oo nne occasion a servant of the writer bad a narrow escape from death:? "One night I eoold scarcely steep, tbe explosions were so lood aod frequent Before we retired, Oeorgo had been lying without the door. I had ariseo about 12 o'clock, and stood looklog out at tbo dif. ferent coorees of light markiog the pas. ssge of tbe shells, wbeo I ooticed that George was oot io bis osusl placs at tbe entrance. On looking out, I saw that he waa Sleepiog sooodly, some little distance off, aad many fragments of shell railing near him. 1 aroused him, telliog him to come to tbe entrance for safety. He had scarcely started, when a hnge piece or shell came whining aioog, which fortunately George dodged in time, aod it reil in tbe very spot where he had so lstely slept." At another time a mora imminent dan ger menaced tbe cave and all It contaioed: "It waa about foor o'clock, ooe Wednes day eveoiog?tbe sbeiliog duriog the day had gone on about as osnal?I was read ing la sarety, I imagined, when the unmis takable whirring or Parrot shells told us that the battery we so macb fesred had opened from tbe lotrencbments. I ran to the entrance lo call the servants io; and immediately after they entered, a shell struck the earth a few feet from the en trance, burying itself without expiodiog. X rao to the little dressing room, andcoold hear Ibem striking around as oo all aides. I oronched cloeely against the wall, for I did oot know at what momeot one might strike within the cave. A man came in macb frightened, aod asked to remain un til the danger was over. The servants stood la th# little niche by tho bed, and the man took reloge io tbe small ell where I was stationed. He bad beeo there bat a short time, siaadlog ia front of me, aod near the wall, when a Parrot shell came wblrliog ia at the eotraace, aod fell Iothe ceotre of the cave before as all, lying there smokiog. Our eyes were rasiened upon It, while We expected every momeot tbe terrific explosion would sosae. I pressed my child closer to my heart, and drew nearer lo the wall. Oor rate seemed al most certain. The poor mao who bad sooght refuge wlthi*>aa most exposed of all. ^.Wiih a sodden impulse, ,1 seised a large double blaakat that laytoear, and gave it to him lor the purpose of shielding him rrom the fragmeots; aod thus we re maloed lor a<j?omeot,.with .our. eyes fixed in terror 00 the. mi|si|e:of death, wbeo George, the servaot boy, rushed forward, seixed tbe shell, aod threw it tdfo the street, running twifUy lb ihe oppotju di deals for which the liege will be recoiled with a ?budder by ju participants, while life and memory last: "A soldier, named Henry, had noticed aim i 8ifl ?ft!n? brin?loK flower- at one time, hd apple at another, nud again a youog mocking bird, aod badattachfd ber lo him much by tbeae iiiile kind.sses? ii/hil"on"e,n* bll? P?". 'be would cailhia name and clmp her hoods gleefully aa he rode tbs general's handsome home lor water, causing him to prauce pan ibe care far her^amusement. She called my atteotioD to him one moroiog, sayiug: 'O J0011 ?' horse how be .h.r ?? ndiog a small black horse that was exceedingly wild, aod striving to accustom u to the rapid evolutions of the ??"' '?r?iD8 i0 w* "addle lo grasp lomelhiog from the ground, as he moved ipeedily on. Sooo after, be rode the horse for water; aod I saw him reluro aud fasieo it to a tree. Arterward I saw him coining down the hill opposite, wilh an uuexplnded abrapnell shell io bis band. In a lew mo menis I beard a quick explosion iu ibe ra?ine, followed by a cry?a suddeo, ago nized cry. 1 ran to the entrance, and saw a courier, whom 1 bad ooliced frequently passing by. roll slowly over into the rivu el of ibe raviae and lie motionless at a little distance: Henry??b, poor llenrjl holding out hi. mangled arms-the bands lorn aod bangiog from the bleeding, ghastly wrists?a (earful wound in b?a -Jhn't b'oodpouriog from bis wsuuds. fry fag pk* "? "W-Tound. P "W, * la?.b*rtl net God killed! Now he'll die, mamma. Ob, poor Benny I carried her away from ibat painful sight, llenry died that night, still ? ?conscious of Ibe sorrowful comrades 'round his bed?still calling on Qod lo pity him. After the bodies 01 the wounded men bad beeo carried away, we heard loud waitings aod cries in the direction of ibe city. I was told a negro woman, in walk ing through the yard, had been struck by a fragment of shell, and instantly killed. The screams of the women of Vioksbure were the saddest I have ever beard. ? The waitings over the dead seemed full of a heart sick agony. 1 caonot Ltlempt to de scribe the tbrili of piiy, mingled with fear, that pierced my soul, as sudlenly vibrating through the air would come tbesa sdrrow" fill sbrieksl?these pitiful mo.n.J?some times almost simaltanequaly with the ex plosion of a shell. This anguish over the dead and wounded was particularly low and mournful, perhaps from the depres sion. Many women were utterly sick through constant fear and apprehension. It is strange that the ladies were almost constantly in caves, and yet, did one go out for a short time, sbe was almost cer tain to be wounded; while the officers aod soldiers rode and walked .bout, witb.very little destraction of lire ensuiog.'' In these pages are touching exhibitions both of endurance and bravery, which lead us to respect many of the defenders of Vicksburg as '*foemen worthy of oar steel." It is a pleasure to record incidents like the following:? ??A federal soldier left on the Geld, badly wounded fa the leg, had begged most pit eoualy for water; and lying uear the coo federate intrench meats, bis cries were ail directed to ibe confederate soldiers Toe Bring was heaviest where he lay, aod it would hav. been at the risk of a lite to have gone to hjui; .yet, a confederals sol dier asked aod obtalbed leave to carry water to him. and stood and faon?a him fa the midst or the filing, whea be eagerly drank from ibe heroic soldier's canteen." Nor were the rebel soldiers deficient in tbat passive courage which it often more difficult than the impulsive daring of a memeot:? "Already the men in the rifle pits were on ball rations? flour or meal eaougb to faroisb bread egnivaient io quantitv to two bi?ouil| In two days; many of them ate it all at once, and the next day lasted preferring, as they said, to have one good meal, !jo,lbeyiat ((rampedjip all day in the pits?their rations oooked in the val ley aod brought to them?scarcely idaring to change their positioo aod staod erect for the lederal sbarpshcolers weie walcb fag for.ibe heads; and' to viae above the breastworks was almost certain dealb Frequently, a Parrott shell would peoetrate the lotreochments, aad, exploding en.? frightful wcubds, and death most frequent ly. 'Ah I' said AJ??-, one day, *itis to the noble men in ibe rifle pits that Vicks burg will owe aught of honor sbe may gam in this siege. I revere them; as I aee tbern undergoing every privatleu'wub courage and patience, annoua only for tba high reputaunnoftbecity.' They amused themselves, while lyiog in tbe pits, by cur ting nut little triokeu from the wood of tbe parapet and: llinia balls lhat fell aefond U*j?r P'T- from Texas, exwli.d in skill and ready invention, I think ? be sent me one dayan arm-chair tbat ba bad cut from :a Mioie ball?tbe most minute ' ?!I Wi yet perfectly symmetrical. At another time, ba senfme a diminutive plow made from tbe parapel i i reclioo. FortlitMEVfftha' fuse- had be come nearly eigUMIaftedj and the shell fell harmless?^iAIbio^netr the mouth of Ibe cave, *tlU(pb? o?tbe JTtarlessoess of tbe servant itHEur^eai^rk'able escape." Nor was tb^yK wijbout its petty dis* comforts, miu^iaBauoyance and priva tion with the ^?gUU.'fear. Food wm scanty, coars^uKbot alwajs wholesome; horses lived.msfaff^ScnMie-lopsand mal berry leares, aoSovrs instead of finding, food became sirtR)"Bhbsev so Incky al fo look upon verit^e|beer. Mr*. M. thus ohronicles one oj?l?**e mipor fortunes of "Ooe afterob^Blrtot'lo'oking -out' on tbe opposite hill^yWre tbe shells were fal flue cow slowl^BBlog on the side, and' ascending liiM^gHU!U|er as she moved.' It was a "atttfjjfflBpMif with me whers she came from, of all ktnds Baa dissppeTr^TOa10^eft cow was io fine condition; and I thought: Poor creature, yoo are not prudent io eat ing such deogeroui grass. A short time before tea, M up laughing, aod Aid: 'Providence has indeed sent you fresh meat, so lhat you will not have to depend opon male. A fine oow bns been killed by a shell on the opposite bill. The geueral has taken tbe meati and a large share has been sent to yon.'* Here is aoother of those terrible inci i wood, ifitb traces of lead, and a lead point made f(om a Minie ball." Afler all this patieooe, pain and peril, the boar eame when the husband of the fair historian entered with a pale face, saying sadly .???U?s all overl The white fl*g floats from our forts 1 Vicksbarg has surren dered!' He put on bis uniform coat, silently buckled ou bis sword, and prepared to take oat the men, to deliver up their arms in front of the fortification. I felt a strange uqrealy. t he-quiet of the day was so nunat ural. I walked up and down the cave ontil/M?-? returned. The day was ex tremely. warm; and he oame with a vio lent headache. He told me that the fed ? I. troops bad acted eplendidly; they were Uoued opposite the place where the federate troops marobed up and stacked it.vtns; .and.they seemed to feel sorry for the poor fellopt .who bad defended the ?p|?9* for so,long,a. time. Fajr different kffomMwhat 4ie.feacl <expected, not jeer-or taunt came from any of the federal soldiers. Occasionally, a cheer would be heard; >-ut the majority seemed to regard the pour unsuccessful soldiers with a generous sym pathy. After the surreodev, the old grav> beuUed soldier, in passing on the bill near the cave, stopped, and, touchiog his hat, said: ?It's a gad day this m-tdatxi, I little thought we'd come to it, when we first stopped in tbe iutrencbments. 1 hope you'll yet be happy, madam, after all tbe trouble you've seeo.' To which I mentally responded, 'Amen.' The poor, hunchback soldier, who bad beeu tick, and wbn, at home in southern Missouri, is worth a mil lion of dollars, I have been told, yet within Vicksburg has been nearly starved, walked out to day io tbe pleasant air, for tbe first time for many days." And eo tbe proud city was ours at last, and tbe details of this memorable sitge are but stories of tbe past, materials for legend and song. From the New York Post. The VlrglnlaConetlmtlonal Conven tion. This body, which has been in session for some time post io Alexandria, has just ad journed, giving inucb offence by its refusal to submit its work to tbe people. Under the circumstances this refusal appear* to us bat natnral; there is just now no "peo pie" to refer it to; tbe whole State, with the exception of a few counties on tbe Po tomac, and Northampton and Accomac, separated from the rest of Virginia by the width of tbe Chesapeake bay, is either in tbe enemy's bands, or debatable ground, across wbicb guerrillas sweep, and where armies may fight any day. To submit a Constitution and ordinances to the votes of these counties and a few scattered pre cincts, would be ridiculous. But what was tbe Convention itself ??*? Did that represent in any way the mass of the people of tbe State ? Was it a body so oonsuiuted that its acts will receive the raapeet the public without the approval of ttaafftyOjpH? Hardly, we think? We HO trtJf'jRro# much pf what the Convention 'did. Its proceeding* attracted little .at*' tentloa^ public opinion set a mark upon What la the ose; ofitdoh" hasty attempts to reorganise a State go vernmeut ? Wo at is the use of plucking unripe fruit? No one really believes that a body like this which called itself a Virginia State Con vention bis authority to 0<>nimit the State to any course. So in Louisiana, tbe inter ference of tbe military arm wblcb com manded an election deprived that election of the moral force of an act of tbe people. It was widely different in Ark tnsas, where tbe people acted without a bint Irotn the military power, without the interference of the general government, and even without conb6lting with it. There the State wa9 really cleared of rebel urmits; ouly pred atory guerrilla bands roamed here and there, and robbed secessionists as well as Uoion men. Tbe people of tbe State, after due notice, met and chose a convention for the express purpose of re establishing civ il government and returniog the Statu for mally aod by solemn uct to its due allegi ance and place in tbe Union ; tbe greater part of tbe people of the State voted ; tbe convention was held in proper form at the State capital, and it* proceedings were approved by ao opun vole of the people.? No one could object to these act* ; they bad the moral force of acts of the people , even rebels were silent before them ; and there can never be any dispute hereafter as to the authority ol the convention, or the binding force nf its ordinances. We prefer to see other States brought back io the same way. We preter to wait until tbe fruit is ripe ; it will save colic here after. Nothing is gained by setting up a Slate governineut which is uot the creature of ti e people, but of fome extraneous power. The military force must hold tbe coontry till tbe loyal people of a State nre prepared to reaaauwe tbe power and rights of which they were deprived by the rebel usurpation. WALL PAPER WINDOW SHADES AX WHOLBSALB AND 11ETA1L. 8000 Holla Wail Paper @ lOc. OUOO _ ... ... in l-?e. 5600 .. _ 15c 150UU ? ... ... ~ aoo 5000 ?. Parlor Paper ? SS3? 5000 ? m. ^ ~ 30c 8000 ~ ... ? ~ 40c auoo ... ~ ~. ? oue loOil ? Gilt... ? _ 73c 3000 - Hall Paper Willi Match Borders. aSOO Aaa'd Window Staades* H AVINfl pnrobMMl oar stock before thn (treat advance In papor we are enablod to Mil It lor GAJjUat Less than Kostern Priooa. Aa our stock U KNT. KKLY NBW we woald In* vite purchaser a to look ia aod examine It before going elaewhere. LIDKKAL INDUCEMENTS OPPREED TO TfLM TRADB. JAS. C. OBR & CO., a 1 BOKSELLRRB A STATIONRR3, lOO MAIN STREET, iprt-lm hurt caasaut. jab. dilxill. soar, caaaain1 Cranglc, Dalzell & Co., Wholesale Grocers, PHODUCE AND COMMISSION HEUC1IART8. ? NO. S8 A 40 MONEOK VND 121 MAEEKET 8T. fcaprt WHRRLINO, WEST VA. Millinery Goods! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. DR. KB I TRIM Ml IVOii, CLOAKS, KM UROIOKRIE8, and niOf GOODS* L. 0. THOMAS, Mo. 178 Main Street, Wheellag. . HAYING Jnat returned from Maw York with a lull atwrtmeat of the ?bore DHlMfOoodf ] Invite the patronage ?rthe pablle:<;r^ < Coat.try Milliners arc partfcalaitf'hrrlted ii G&KND OFfilJING! *1 AT TBI Philadelphia Bonnet depot, HO. 104 MAIM VTttBET. Mrs. E. ~W~ alters WOULD call attentlou to bur large and excellent stock or MILLINERY GOODS, consisting lu part of: A a,, lend Id aw rtment of Ladies' B mnets?Silk, Crape, Engll.h Straw, Dunstable, Pedal Leghorn. Milan, Braid and Neapolitan. A large and well selected a lock of Bonnet Ribbon* at low pricM. Artificials of the latest Paris styles. 1 Ad lea' Hair Nets, Held Drrssea and Cap), lsidioeaud <-bildrens* Hats ?a large aud elegant atockand of the verv nnwwt fashions A large quantity of white and colored 8haker.?, Grenadine and Crape Veils, Kid Oloves, Ladies' Corsets, Balmoral and Hoop Skirts, and Dr. s. Trimmmga. Cloak* and Mantillas of the neweat Pariaian atylea. Lad lea 8un Shades, Parasols, Umbrellaa, and a ho?t of artlclea too numerous to mention. Will be open for publlo inspection on Thursday, April Ulat. npr 14 WALL PAPERS Window Blinds. 500,000 YARDS, Fr jm 8 to 36 ceuta per roll. HALL PAPER WITH MATCH BORDER, From 16 to 2ft cents per Bolt. BORDERS, From 8 to 60 oenU per Bolt. Window Blinds, GBEBN OILCLOTH, GRKEV PAPER. BUFF PA PKll AND CORN' FlUUKEU BLlNUd. BROWN CLOTH BLINDS WITHHOLD BORDERS, PATTENT ROLLER*, O >KDO AMD TTATrtO parrli'sssrt"SysCook with Graealiacks XX I am enabled tonU as tow,ae %ay booae in the 1 Joseph Graves, Book Seller, Stationer and News Dealer No. 30, Monroe St., apll NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE. LOUIS FRANZHEIM, Df-.ALKll IN BOOTS AND 8IIOES, No. 149 MAIN STREET, Two door* above J. C. Harbour's Carpet Store, WUhKU.NO, W. VA., RESPECTFULLY announces to the citizens of Wheeling that be baa o,?ncd a Hoot and t-hoe Store at the above stand, where ha m 1,1 be pleaaed lor his Irlends to give him a call, nis stock is en tirely uew and or tho latfst style and beat quality. Prices are as cheap as I be cheapeat. apr!3-8m LjUI* FRANZHEIM. Co-Partnership. 'J^IIK andrriigDiil, n>.der the tlriu style of ??War X ren A Berger" have this day entered iut? part nership, for the purpose of coutioalujr the business of the old Arm. ISAIAH WARREN. WM.T. BEROkit. uxun waaaaa. vx. t. aaaon. WABBEX AND 11EKUEK, MutDrACTOaxks or CANDLES, bOAPs, * LARD Olb, ALSO REFINERS OF CARBON OIL AND BKNZOLE. Keep constantly on baud the above tamed articles, of prime quality, which they will be happy to lur nlih to dealers and consumers at lowest Cub prices. "Bristol Axle Urease" and "Roll Grease" for Roll ing Millaand heavy tnacliiuery made of any nqared consistency, which they warraut to give satisfac tion. They are also agents for the tale of " Pure Lnbri eating Petroleum" of best gravity from wells ou Duck Creek, ubLo, and Plesasuts county, W. \a. Warehouse, Coruer Market Alley and Main atr. aptl lm REMOVAL. ALLMAN & WAYMAN'S WHOLESALE BOUT AMI SHOE HOUSE REMOVED TO No. 48 Main Street, EAST fclDB. Three Doora above Q,ulncy Street. mrl WHEELING, W. YA. ~Nou_77. HARPER & BR0., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Hats and. Caps, STRAW GOODS, HOODS, Ladies' Hats, and Umbrella*, :No? 77 Main Street. apr19 I HE SUBSCRIBERS LATELY BEHOVED TO thta City of Wheeling, have opened a large CLOTHING eTORE at No. 161 Main itreet, In the room formerly occupied as Gr hitr's Furniture Store, a few doora above Harbour's Carpet Store, under the firm name of KLINE & HEYMAN, with an entire oew 8tock of GENTS AND BOY'S Ciothiug and Gents Famishing Goods generally, consisting of Coats, Pant#, Veata. ?hlrta. Drawers Handkerchiefs, Ties, eocks. Umbrellas and Carpet Backs, to which we invite the attention of CASH BUYERS, guaranteeing sound goods and low prices, as we intend alt those who favor us with their cus tom to call again. mrtl 8m KLINE A HITMAN. WIIOLK8ALK DRY UOOUK. IN WOOK, a fall ?affety'of 8tap!e Dry Ooftds and varieties, Priou, Jda?liua. Ginghams. lteLalnea, *c., Ao , by the piee?i, low m any bauu in the W?rt, at apr8 feTONB A THOMAS*. CARPET CHAIN. COTTON CARPET CHAIN, mil color*, Cotton War pi. Candle Wicklng, WtddloK and Battiog, at aprfl KTONK A THOMAS'. LADIES' DUESM UOUD8. JUST OPKKED?A full stock or Drew Sllka, of lateatand niott desirable itvlei, India Silks, Check Ohamberry Silks, Percale*, Mozambique, ? French Uwm, Cbinties, Satiu Taffeta. Ac.. Ac. ?pr8 BHtNK A THOMAS 811AWLH AMU CLUAKt). BLACK 61LK, AND FANCY CLOTU. Saqaec, Circular* and Mantle*, and most beautiful styles of Shawl*, at aprd STOVK A TllOM A S\ T?Stf E 05 WEJvKXY. One Copy per Year ...$2 OP " " Six Month*.. l 00 <j|~T 1? IXIA*I-r IS AbTAhex-** The Weekly lufelllgi ne'er 8r0NB A THOMAS*. (OLD ESTABLISHED No. 10 Monroe a. tJT Special attention paid mrl7 HAMILTON & vuaujiU ptaucas is COAl< and WOOD COOKIM STOVES Also, all kindi of PARLOIl ANU I1KATINSTOVES, Adapted for either wood or coal. Hollow-Ware, Plough Points, Grates, Arches, AID EVtllV DKSORIPTIOK Of WHOLESALE DRY GOODS. 1864. Jliax*ge Stock ?OF? STAPLE AND cheap a* Simpson SPRING CASTINGS, Soiling Mill, Flouring Mill, AND SAW MILL CASTINGS. QOINOY FOUNDRY A MACHINE FUOP. mriH Wheeling, W. VA. The President's Proclamation FOR A CALL OF 500,000 Volunteers, HA8 BKRN RECEIVED, AND ALM08T RVERY bTATE, DISTRICT AMD COUNTY HAS ITS QUOTA FILLED. IN VI8W of these encouraging " sign* of tba tiiece** the subscriber b?s purchased a very l4rx? stock of Pprtng and Huomtr Dry Good*? Foreign and Domestic?wbicehe re*pectfnlly invitee the public in general, to call and examine before purchasing elsewhere. The Stock consist* in part a*follow*: FANOY AND BLACK SILKS, VALENCIA8, ANGELAS BATIN STRIPER, POIL DE CUSVRE, IMPERIAL PLAIDS, POPLINS CQALLESJ MUS DE LAINE8. ALPACAS OF ALL COLORS, SHAWLS CLOAKS. Tha Largest Stock of Cloth In the City. Calicoes. Bleached and Brown Muslins, Ginghams, Ticking*, Linen and Cotton Table Cloths, Carpetr, and a great many other Goods belonging to a First Class Dry Good* Store, too nonerous to mention. MAYER IIKYMAN, No. 127 Main Street, 1 Wlirating. W. Va. N. B.?I would respectfully ioslte C uutry Merch ants to call aod eaacaine mj Stock before purchas ing elsewhere. Having boucbt my entire Stock be fore tbe late adrancc, I will be abie to sell to them at Esvtern Wholesale price*. M. II. GONG DOOIl BELLS JOHN H. BALL, LOCKSMITH & BELL HANGER, ? ALSO*, AO EXT rOB ? Barton's Pal ent Hong Door Bells, HiUKKT STUfcKT, - One dour Booth of Register cfflce, ? ' WHEELING, WEST VA. ?-Wo*k promptly attended to fa any part of tha city. fab^Cos j >