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Rules held ii the Clerk's
V office of the county of Russell, on the 2d day
*f February, I8U3: ~ „ .
John P. Clark, Plaintiff,
Stephtn G. Samples, Wm. P. Samples, James
M. Cecil and his wife, Catharine Cecil, Franklm
Samples, Larkin Samples, Robert Cecil and Ce
lia his wife, Elizabeth Samples, Nancy Samples,
. Ellen Samples, and Elbert Samples, heirs at law,
and Elizabeth Samples, widow of James Sam
ples, deed, _ Defendants.
IN CHANCERY.
♦"♦he*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 Russell county, owned
by James Samples, deed, now occupied by.Eli
xibeth Samples, widow of James Samples, aud
to have plaintiff's interest in said land laid oIF
adjoining his own premises: And it appearing
by satisfactory evidence that Stephen G. Sam
ples James M. Cecil, Catharine Cecil, Franlhn
Samples, defts. in said suit, are no* inhabitants
of this Commonwealth, tbe said defts. -re re
paired to appear here within one mouth after
due publication of this order, and do what is ne
cessary to protect their interest.
A Copy.-Teste,
G. B. COWAN, c. c.
Feb. 13, 1863—4w .
rules held in the Clerk's of*
? fice of ttre Circuit Court of Washington coun
ty, on the 2d day of February, 1863: #
Andrew 8. Fulton, / , Plaintiff,
•ffoX Ju*-i-i»w AGAIHBT
Alexander McCall, James K. Gibson and Ar
thur C. Cummiugs, . Defendants,
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit is to. restrain the de
fendants, Cummings and Gibson, from paying
•ver to the defendant, MeOall, his agents or as
signs any mWes in their hands, belonging to
said McCall to the extent of $700, until 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
t»ear here within one month after due publica
. tion of this order,- and do what is necessary to
protect his interest in thi* suit.
A copy.—Teste. __
PETER J. BRANCH, o. c.
Feb. 6, 1203—4w. i '...
IR.GI3TI V—At Rules held in the Clerk'B
Office of the Circuit Court of Smyth county,
on Monday, the 2d day of February, 18631:
* John Fox and Margaret his Wife, David Was
suin and Susan his wife, Jacob Neff, Nicholas
Wassum and Anna his wife, and John Neff, »
Complainants,
*i,f AGAIKSf
Joseph Neff, Solomoa Myers and Catharine bis
wife, Thomas F. Neff, Aiisey E. Neff, Virginia
Neff, and - Neff, infants and children .of
Isaac Neff, deed, Emeline Neff, widow of Isaac
Keff, deed, and Elizabeth Neff, widow of Peter
deed. . Defendants.
-Indeed, nfcflANdgE v. ■
The object of this suit is to have a division of
the real estate of which Pete* Neff died seized,
amongst his children and heirs, and to have the
dower isterest of Eliiabeth Neff, widow of Peter
Neff, deed, laid off.
It appearing by satisfactory evidence that the
defendant, Joseph Neff, is a non-resident of the
Btate of Virginia, on motion of complainants by
their attorney, it is ordered that said defendant
do appear here within ene month after due pub
lication hereof, and do what is necessary to pro- (
tact hie interest in this suit.
Copy.—Teste,
JNO. S- COPENHAVER, Clk.
Feb. 6, 18,63—4* : :
Washington County, towit:
To tbe Clfrk of the County Court of said county:
Wl Wiliiam C. Hcry, James E. Hayter and
Richard H. Lynch, three freeholders of
the .aid county, do hereby certify, th« by vir
tue of a warrant to. us directed by J. C. Camp
bell a Justice of the said county, we have, this
Jay on our oaths, viewed aad appraised a sfcer
- taken up by David Clark on his land, as an es
tray, and assess the.value of sautestray at $12.
The said eteer is a throe year oM next spring
I>lack and white spotted, and marked with a
amoothe crop and underbit in the right ear; no
other brand or mark. Given under our hands
this 22d day of December, 1862. .
' WILLIAM C. HAGY,
JAMES-E. HAYTERi
R.H. LYNCH.
.Y.**trt: A Copy.—Teste,
erii < JOHN G. KREGER, o. c.
, Teh. 18, 1868—8w«
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NOTICE.
Fit HE subscriber wishes to purchase a small
; Ml' Mill on a good stream with about 50 or
190 acres of land attached. Any person having'
" each 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
price. P. H. MAGRUDER.
Jan. 30th, 1863—4w. - I
ABINGDON
ABINGrDON ? rßlP^y ? FEgRUABY 27, 1803.
Headquarters Ist Bat. Va. M. Rules, "| #
Gam's near Jeffkrsonvill, Va. .}■ i
January 19, 1862. J
DESERTERS, DESERTERS—The following ,
named non-commissioned officers and pri- i
vates are deserters from my Battalion, and the ,
usual reward of Thirty Dollars each, js offered
for their apprehension and delivery to mc at
i Camp, or cdhfinement in jail at Jeffersonville,
Tazewell co Va., and due notice to mc of the
fact of their incarceration*.
Company A.
Jno. Escue, 4th serg't Thos. Stephenson,
Hamon Artriss, Wm. Lockhart,
Benj. Blankinship, Benj. Stephenson,
J as. Gibsdn, Jno. Hardy,
Jackson McMullen, Leander Workman,
Jas. H. Price, Jas. Baldwin,
Company B.
Jas. N. Adkins, Keller McNeely,
Wm. D. Adkins* David Shclton,
Anderson Adkins, Crockett Witt,
F. M. Blair, ■ Pleasant Witt,
•Alex. Bragg, », Jas. White,
Jno. Defoe, Hamon Whit,
Wm. Djllon, * Gordon Whit*
P. G. Dillon, Henry Whit,
J. H. Dillon, R. L. Blankinship,
Jas. Heess, • Jas. Bandy,
Wm. Mceks, Aug. Repass,
• Company C.
D. R. Altjaer, J. Mullins, ,
A. J. Beavers, Perry Allen,
RnfOs Bailey, Sam Daniels,
Thos. Bailey, G. Bailey,
Anthony Chrishau, - Wm. Cline, .
Felix Cole, C. Bailey, , y
A. Cola, F. Bailey,
John Cole, T. F. Whit,
Wm. Cornett,. Moses Adair,
Wm. Day, Wm. Mosely,
Wm. E. Evans, Jas. Keen,
Henry Horn, Jeff Keen,
F. M. Harless, ' Wm.' Keen,
Wm. Newson, Harvey Mullins,
Eli, Whit, Nich Howaker, ■
Wm. Dyke, • Elijah Vanco,.
Walter Djke, Wm. Mullins,
W. H. Evans, • Geo. Church,
Company D. .
Wm. Workman, Jos. Williams,
Company E.
Sam. Luster, t Wm. Stanley,
Wm. Jewell, '. >A. J. Brewster,
Nath. Lawson, . Jas. Mcfntyre,
David Moore, Jas. White. *
S. R. Deskins, • . •
By command of
* , ■' ' V. A. WITCHER,
Lieut. Col. Com'dg Ist Bat.
Va Mounted Rifles,
(signed,) - Chas. Edwards'Adj'nt
Feb. 20th, 4863—tf
Russell County, to wit: J
To the Clerk of the County Court of said County:
WE, Thos. D.P. Dickenson, Jno'D. Alderson,
and Andrew Statzer, three freeholders of
the said county, do hereby certify that, by vir
tue of a warrant to us directed by N. E. Burdine,
a Justice of the county, we have this day, on
our oaths, appraised a steer taken up by Abel
Alderson, on his land, as an estray, at Twelve
dollars. . The said steer is a pale red, with brin
dle stripes, no ear marks nor brand discovered,
is two years and very small of that age.—
Given under our hands this 16th day of January,
1863. THOS. D. P. DICKENSON,
j. D. ALDERSON,
ANDREW STATZER.
A Copy.—Teste,
G. B. COWAN, o. c.
Feb. 20, 1863—3w ■ ' , __^_
Russell County, to wit:
To the Clerk of the County Court of said County:
"VS7E, Alexander McFarlane, James Kindrick
Tv and Jranes S. Browning, three, freeholders
of said county, do hereby certify that, by virtue
of a warrant .to us directed by R. R« Redwine, a
Justice of said county, we have this day, on our
oaths, viewed and appraised a mare taken up by
Alf#d Cox on his possession, as an estray, and
assess the value of said estrSy at Fifty dollars.
The said mare is about 10 years old, dark bay,
black legs, some few white hairs in the forehead,
<about 14 hands high. Given under our hands
this 13th day of February, 1863.
ALEXANDER McFARLANE,
JAMES KINDRICK,
r JAMES S. BROWNING:
A Copy.—Teste,
G. R. COWAN, o. C
Feb. 2», 1863—3w . .
HORSES STOLEN.
STOLEN from the subscriber, in the Poor.
Valley, near the residence of Hiram C. Flee
nor, two Mares, oife of them a refl rorwv about
13 years old, with a star in her forehead, and
very light mane. The other is a dark roan
mare, 8 years old, with a scar on her left hind
foot on the fetlock, big-boned and heavy made.
The first rather thin, the other iff tolerable
order.
I will give a reward of $40 for the two,- or
$20 for either of them, or for information where
by I may obtain them. 'ELI FLEENOR.
Feb. 13th, 1863—tf «
RAN away from the subscriber, on Sunday,
thelstinst, a negro boy named Henry,
about 20 years old, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches
high, spare made, dark yellow complexion, full
cheeks, thick upper lip, full eyes, a fide set of.
teeth, slow gait and slow'to answer, with his
hair rubbed off behjnd by his Coat collar. He
bad dn when he left blue jeans pants, a brown
tweed or old black cloth coat, and a fine wool
hat. I will give $40 reward for his apprehen
sion, and pay all expenses,, if caught within this
State* and delivered to me or confined in the
jail of this county, or $100, if caught out,of the
State, and confined-so that I get him. He went
off with a small black man about 50 years eld,
with a large mouth, large eyes, long hair, very
quick spoken aad sensible* by the name of Tom,
the property of H. S. Kane. They are doubt
less aiming for Kentucky.
I will pay expenses, if caught in Kentucky
and delivered to me. L.P.MORGAN.
Estillville, Va., Feb. 13.—tf
Kr\ DOZ. Knives and Forks.
Oil T. G. McCONNELL & Ce.
Dec. 5,1862.
VIRINIAN.
M. Mercier's visit to Richtnond.
\fx the Senate of the United States, on tbe
11th instant,the following communication from
the Secretary of State, in reference to M.
Mercier's visit to Richmond, was read :
To tbe President of the United States:
The Secretary of State, to whom was refer
red a resolution of the Senate, passed on the
9th day of February, instant, in these words:
viz: J '• ,;
"Resolved, That the President of the Unit
ed States be requested to communicate to the
Senate, if not incompatible with the public
interest, the character of the suggestions
made by the Secretary of State of the United
States to M. Mercier, the representative of the
Emperor of the French to this Government,
as narrated in his communication to M.
Tbouvenel, under date of the 13th of April
last, which induced M. Mercier to undertake
his mission to Richmond in that month, and
what representation, if any, he was authoriz
ed to make from this Government or from the
Secretary of State to tbe Confederate authori
ties," has the honor to submit tbe following:
"That no suggestions were made to M.
Mercier by. the Secretary of State that induc
ed, or were designed or calculated to induce
him to undertake a mission to Richmond in
April JaSU or at any other time. He was not
then, nor has he or apy other person ever
, been authorized by this Government, or* by
the Secretary of State, to' make any repre
sentations ot any kind or on any subject to
the insurrectionary agents, or so-called au
thorities at Richmond, or to hold any commu
nication with'them on behalf of this Govern
ment."
Fre*» the beginning of the present disturb
ances until the Spring of 1862, this Depart
ment was charged with the authority of grant
ing passes or passports through the lines of
the Government forces; It early became a
question whether' foreign ministers residing
in the United States- should be denied such
passports. It was thought a sound and libe
ral policy to leave them free to visit any part
of the country to which they are accredited,
so long as there should be no ground to ques
tion their good faith towards this Government.
This has been uniformly avowed as the course
of the Government. Accordingly, a passport •
was granted in the month of April, 1861, to
his Excellency. Rudolph Schleiden, minister
resident here of the Republic of Bremen', a
iih§ jwpspyrt was granted vn August 5, 1861;
to tbe French minister, attended by his Royal
Highness, the Prince Napoleon, (Jerome)
then on a visit at this Capital, and in April
last, a similar passport to the French minister.
These passports were granted at the request of
those distinguished persons respectively, and
not on any suggestion of the Government or
tbe Secretary of State. They severally travel
ed in a private and unofficial capacity. They
bore no communications, whether formal or
informal, verbal or written, from the Govern
ment, or from the Secretary of State, to any
insurgents, they brought notie from any such
persons to this Government, or'tothe Secreta
ry of State. Since the 4th of March, 1861,
no communication, direct or indirect, formal
or informal, has been held by the Government
or the Secretary of State, witbthe insurgents,
their aiders or abettors. No passport has
been granted to any foreign minister to pass
the military lines, except by the President's 1
direction, and each of such ministers' who has
received such passports has, on his return, '
waited upon the President, as well as tbe Sec
retary of State, and given them such account,'
unasked, as he thought proper, of the inci
dents of his journey. Of course these state
ments are to be qualified 60 far as the facts
.relating to communications concerning the
exchange nt pysoners and other military mat
ters in charge of the War Department, may
effect them. '.' ;
Respectfully submitted, •
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Department of State, Washington, Feb. 9,
18.63.' •
Tbe letter of the French Minister, which
has elicited the resolutions of enquiry in i
the U. S. Senate and 'has drawn from W. H. ]
Seward the foregoing communication, differs
somewhat-from the statement of Lincoln's
Premier. , We subjoin Count Mercier's-letter,
and leave the reader to decide between them
a* to veracity. j
Washington, April 13,. 1862.
MoNsififcß lb Minister : . ...
In the last conversation which I had with
him (Mr. Seward.) under the impression of
tbe satisfactory news which he bad received
from the west, he laid before me all the' rea
sons which he believed went to prove the ap- j
proaching re-establishment of tbe Union.
As we were talking, the remark escaped me
as if by chance, that I regretted much not
being able to assure myself of the condition
of things at Richmond. Mr. Seward replied
to me at once, that I could very easily go
thither, that all I had to do was to send for,
one of our ships that it might carry me to
Norfolk,.that be was entirely willing to give
me a pass for this visit. Having had no,in
tention of calling out this response, and not
having foreseen it, I said to him that I woula
reflect and soon bring him my answer.
Taking all things into consideration, I con
cluded that from the moment I undertook this
voyage, with the .acquiescence so thorough of
.the Secretary of State—almost, as it seemed,
in compliance with his desire —it would, be ||
easy for me, by the exercise of a t 'lit A. pru
dence, to prevent any inconvenient result,
and that oq the other hand, beside the advan-;
tage of furnishing me the opportunity to, col
lect precious information, it could have that
of preparing the way for recourse to good offi
ces as a means of facilitating the pacific ar
rangement of which we experienced so strong
ly l the heed. <I decided then to accomplish it;
but I judged it indispensable leave my
colleague, the Minister df England, in igno
rance of my departpre, and Itook pains to
announce it to him, declaring to him that, iri
informing Mr. Seward of my determination,
I should take care to tell him I had not defi-
nitely taken it uritl! after a conversation with
my colleague. I then repaired to Mr. Seward
and tdld him that, the Emperor being always
disposed to lend his good offibers to. the Fede
ral Government, I bejieved I was faithful to
his sentiments in deciding—the Secretary of
State seeing no inconvenience' in the proceed
ing—-to depart for Richmond. It was* natu
ral, moreover, that I should have tbe desire,
under the present circumstances, to put myself
in communication with Our consuls, in "order
to judge for myself of the situation, while
using the recognized. right of-foreign minis
ters residing in the United States to visit all
points inthe territory of the Union.
♦As to the language that I should hold, it
was easy to divine" it. As the war involved
considerable injury to our interests, I should
go in order to assure myself of the chances
that might exist that its end would soon be
reached. If, while on" this subject, overtures
were made to me relative to the recognition
of the confederacy of the South; I should
answer that it ought to be understood* that in
nay position I could only speak of the re-es
tablishment of the Union—thai our general
interest had always made us look upon sepa
ration with regret, and that our interests af
the moment' ought to make, us wish before
everything else the end of the war which in
terrupted our commerce; that,'in the disposi
tion in< which the population of trie -ft orth
seemed to he, recognition would not 'decide
the federal government to raise the blockade;
that for us peace was the only prayer we could
form, and that we should be consequently dis
posed to do everything which depended on "us
in order that it might he made as soon as pos
sible in the convenience of both parties.
It was understood, besides, that I should
report to Mr. Seward only what I was au-,
thorized to repeat to him: Mr. Seward said
to me that I might add", if! found an oppor
tunity, that in his opinion the North was ani
mated by no sentiment of vengence, and that
for himself he should with pleasure find him
s/lf again in the Senate in the presence of all
those whom the South thought it fit to send
thither. ' . ■ ■■•
After this conversation I wrote a word by
telegraph to tbe commander of the Gasseridi,
> who was at Fort Monroe, to.beg hini to come
and take ore at the earliest possible moment
on board his ship at Alexandria or Annapo- :
lis, and I begged Mr. Seward to take tße*trou-1
ble to expedite the delivery of the despatch.
* Merciw. I
, • j
Tbe Sovereignty of the States.
. Lbwisburg, Virginia, f
Feb. 3,1863. i
To the Editors of the Whig:
To many of the readers of the late Message
of President-Davis, it seems to be a new and
satisfactory information that the # President
announces arid vindicates the separate sove
reignty of the- States as declared in the "'De
claration of Independence/ established by
the valor and blood of our revolutionary fa
thers, and acknowledged and recognized, and
treated with as such by the mother Govern
ment of England. As the source and foun
dation of this acknowledged separate sove
reignty by England, and that, too, some five
years before the making and adoption of'the
.Constitution, might it not be well to insert in
your paper the following extract from the
"Provisional articles signed at Paris, No
vember 30, 1782, by Commissioners of his
Britanic Majesty and the Commissioners of
the United States."
"Art. Ist. His Britanic Majesty acknow
ledges the said United States, vis: New
"Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Is
"land and Providence Plantations, Connecti
cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
"Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro
"lina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free,
"'sovereign and independent States, and that
*,'he treats with them as such; and for him
"self, his heirs and successors relinquishes
"ail claim to the government .propriety and
"territorial rights of the same and every part
"thereof." '
The Constitution of the United States was
adopted September 17, 17"87, and ratified by
the States, mostly, in 1787 and 1788—North
• Cavolißa in 1789, and Rhode Island in 179 Q.
Now if, as these dates show, the States were
separate, independent sovereignties, so recog
nized and treated with by the very oovern
nient from which they had revolted, how can
Mr.* Lincoln claim that they owe. their inde
pendence to the Union formed hnder thetJon
stitutiorn made and ratified some five to seven
years after? .
[The above extract would have made an'
appropriate part of the' Message.] M.
A Scene at St. Louis.
I The following paragraph is tdken from a
late number of tbe New York Times: •
the boat from St. Louis just in brings in
telligence of the arrival .there yesterday, of
the rebel prisoners from Ar'kansaa Post.-—
An intelligent passenger informs me that
there was a very numerous gathering upon
the leveo to witness, and, as it proved, on the
part of hundreds of open sympathizers, to
welcome their arrival, and to make the occa
sion a kind of ovation to treason. Finding so
many friends on the dock, and so many mani
festations of sympathy, the repel prisoners
-gave, vent to shouts and savage outcries of de
fiance, ichifih vere responded to from w*e land- j
ing. One of the privates, jpore impudent and
tonguoy than the rest; volunteered to be
spokesman for the crowd, and mounting a
temporary rostrum, harangued the, assem
blage for an hour, in the most exciting and
treasonable language. He applied to the
Yankees, every term of abuse and contempt
which his peculiar vocabulary could famish,
without the slightest interruption from the
officers in charge. 'Barrels of apples were
brought down to the dock, their heads stove
in, and their contents showered 1 among the
prisoners: And this is the way we receive in
a Union city red-handed rebels, from tbe bat
tle fields where the blood of brave men has
I flowed in the defence of tbe Government.
N0.4c7.
i Feeling in the Yankee Army..
! The Providence "JPost" prints extracts
i. from, several fetters written by soldiers new
in the army of the Potomac, .which are very
1 significant, to say the least of them. One of
' the writers, who has been connected with the
army of the Potomac almost from its organi
zation, and who, the "Post" says, has never
; uttered a word of complaint until now, writes:
Dear C— -— :—l ath sick of this war—so
sick that I do not care upon what terms if ie
settled. I have'seen thousands of men lying
mangled on fifteen or sixteen different battle
fields—all fer nothing. 1 " • Wives, sisters, mo
thers, and* children losing their husbands,
brothers, sons and'fathers—-nil for nothing !
For here we have been fighting over a year
and a half, and we have not gained one point.
We have lived, and are now Mving, on nine or
ten crackers, a piece of raw pork, and some
miserable copperas-water called coffee, i per
day, all to fill the pockets of a lot of thieves,
who are trying' to make all they can out of
tlfe people and the government. Tlie soldiers-'
are all diseourageoV and will not fight as they
would once on the Pehinstala. AH" We* bear
from Washington is the nigger, the- 1 ■■»» ■'
black, filthy One nigger is thought
.more of than twenty white men wljo have h|ft
; home and all that is worth living for, to conW
and lay down their lives, if need be, to save
their country, while the ledSdera are doing
. their utmost to ruin it. . It is not because w©
can't beat the rebels, that the Avar is not oyer
by this time; for we can beat them. % . But it
?s because the government is too busy think
ing of the nigger, to see that the men are
where they ought to be when they are want'
cd. Yoa must not set me down as a groigler.
I have good reason for my growling. Almost
every man in the army thinks as I
JOT* had served in the army of the Potomac,
he would have sinned, and mo; t fearfully too.
- Tbe following extract is frouj a letter writ'
ten on the 22d of December,.near Falmontb,
by a member of one of the regiments raised
in IBj>2. The writer hat been known'for se
veraryears in the village of W'oonsocket as
an dotive Republican politician, and was a voflfr
distributer at -the polls, at the last town meet-'
ing which he attended:
"Had I known as tain:* 6f the manage
ment of things six months ago as I know*
now, fifty yoke of oxen could not haVe drawn,
me out here. It is all ad—d political hum
bug, and got up to make offices for lazy-onice
seekers. I wish the leaders were" as far fne
other aide of purgatory as they are' this side.
It has turned gui t6 be an abo'lUion war, and
ninety-nine soldierr out of one hundred say
that if the abolitionists are going to carry on
{he war, they will have to get a netc armi/.~
They say they came.oct here to fight for the
Union, and not for a pack of d—d niggers.—
These niggers are lazy and dirty; they will
lie and steal; and they are saucy, where they
dare to be. If a soldier touch <■« an officers
nigger, he will gej; court-raartial"d and lose
a month's pay. A nigger is thought more of
by the government than the soldiers are.—
They get as much or more to eat, get as much
pay, and don't have to fight any. A curse on
such things I I hope sorhething •♦ill turn up
before, to-morrow night that will settle this
war. We got whipped, at FrfleMcksburgy
and we shall get whipped every tmtic we fight in
: Virginia! I don't think the North' is right
; any mOre than the South."
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, Hhntler 6n the W:tr.
•A Northern paper, giving the views- oi Ge
neral Butler on the war, as expressed* in bis
speech at Boston, says:
General Butler spoke with p-eat feeling:
and devotion, and announced hip readiness to
go wherever his country calls.
He said that in his judgment we" had ex
hausted all measures of conciliation, and there
should be no peace antil the reW*were con
tent to receive it as a part of the Union*
His plan for the War Department was the
introduction of free labor at the S uth, Where
by labor would become whereby
more abundant crops of cotton unald be rais
ed at less cost than by slave labor/ Cotton
could be raised with profit at Ivaa than ret*
Cents per.pound, while we are now paying fif
ty and sixty oents per pound for it. Put a tax
of ten, cents per pound on cotton, thus bring
ing the market price to twenty cents, and
we have an internal revenue front that source
alone enough to pay the interest on a war
debt twice as large as that we «v>w have; be
sides England and France, who < r o, so much
to prolong the war, would thus fcr obliged to
pay a large proportion of the del;t.
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Outrage and Retaliation. #
The Shelbyyille (Term.) Banner learns from
fhe'best authority, that Gen. Morgan, a few
days since, sent a flag of truce to Murfrees
boro' to convey ladies who were anxiousto see
their sons reported to be mortally wouaqed
and prisoners. Gen. Rosecrans seized the
whole party, charging them to h* spies, and
threatened their execution. Gen, Bragg when
informed of the facts, replied with spirit and
determination to this violation of the rights
of war, and ordered twice the tiuoiT>er of Fede
ral, officers of the highest grade in his custody
. to be placed in' close confinement preparatory
to their being condemned and hung without
| delay if General Rosecrans shall execute those
embraced under the flag of truce. *
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An editor of a wvestetn paper, while taking
a snooze after dark, traveling in a railway
carriage, had his pocket picked. The thief
next *day forwarded the pocket book by ex
press, to the editor's office, with the follow
ing note:
"Yeou miserable skuhk. heats yer pocket
book I don't keep sicb. For a man. dressed
as well as yeou was, to go round with a wal
let with nuthing in it but a lot of noose paper
scraps, an ivury tooth cumb, two'noose paper
stamps, an a pass from a ralerode director,
is a contempterble impersitian on the publick.
As I heer yeur am editor, I return yer trash
I never robs any only gentlemun. •