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CAMPBELL & M'DEEMOT, PROPRIETORS AND EDITORS. TERMS.?Daily, delivered in city per week, 12ceuts Daily, by mail. in advance, $6,00 Tai-Weekly, iu advance, 8,00 Weekly, in advance, 1.80 Weekly, nix months, SOc WHKKLING, VA. Monday Morning, June 15,1863. Qo i guard oar flaj*. and keep each star Ka:h stripe a* bright as u?w they wave, St: 11 make it lead our ranks in war| ?till float above each patriot's grav?% De ith to the traitor that vronld dare To trail it throu.h the dust of shame, All hone*t heirts its lot will .-h ire And follow it to Death or Fame. Gen. Sherman.?We hare advices this tnoroing from New Orleans, that General Sherman, so fttr from being dead, is likely to recover, without even the loss of bis limb. Port Hudson.?Advices trom Port Hud sou, by way of New Orleans, say it was ex pected that new batteries would open o:? that place on the titb, and that it was be lieved the place could not hold out more than twenty-four bour3 afterward. This should have given us the place by the 8tb. We have no great faith, however, in opin ions of this sort. Conflicting.?The rebel uew3 concern ing the cavalry battle ou the Rappahan nock, is slightly conflicting. A despatch from Lee claims to have driven the feder als back, while information from the Pro vost Marshal's office at Culpeper confesses that the rebel? lost so much ground that our forces captured Stuart's headquarters. Fortifyino Parkersbcrg.?Parkersburg is being fortified. Tha Gazette says two small brass cannon have been placed in position upon the bill ou the south side of the Kanawha. They are to be replaced by larger ones, and the hill on the north, for tified in the same way. The one on the south side is called Fort Boretuan, in hon or of our new Governor. RUaiORS. The air i3 heavy with rumors of the greatest raid of the war, which it is be lieved Lee is about attempting with the bulk of his army into Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The mystery that has enshrouded Leo's movements for the past two or three week3 rather adds to than detracts from the force of these appreheu sions. We speak of this only as a matter of current report, which is supported by the actiou of the authorities of Pennsyl vania. We cannot say wh it foundation there is for these rumor?. The reports from Martiosburg, alluded to in our local department, are rather confirmatory of thom. Everybody seems to feel in their bones that there is something ahead. Per haps by to-morrow these ruiuors will have taken a definite shape. VlCKSBUltU. The rebel reports represent it as almost impossible to communicate with Vicks burg. Grant's pickets are ten miles from the inside to the outside line. They repre sent a terrific bombardment from the mor tar boats going on. Our advices give an account of the ope rations of au expedition, 10,000 strong, up the country some fiity miles, between the Yazoo and Big Black. The object wns to destroy the re3our es of the country so that it could not subsist a rebel army, and to ascertain if Johuston were concentrating a force for the relief of Vieksburg. The expedition destroyed and earned off exery thiog for fifty miles, met no large bodies of the enemy, obtained valuable information in reference to the enemy's movements, and returned to Haines* Bluff on the 31st ult. Later advices give an account of a col lision on the Yazoo with part of Johnston's force by a small body of our troops, which fell back on Haines' Bluff. Thero was some apprehension of an attempt by the enemy to retake that position. The indications are that Grant was vig orously pounding away at Vieksburg, where a terrible state of things existed. Tue late cavalry engagement on the Rappahaunock is considered one of the mo9t important actions of the war. It is thought that had it not been fought, or had our attack been made a day later, the rebel force, consisting of some 12.000 cav alry under Stuart, would ere this have been in Marylaud or Pennsylvania. Our attack postponed if it did not altogether frustrate, iu connection with Gen. Hooker's subse quent movements, this design. Another effect is to take the conceit out of the rebels concerning the boasted supe riority of their cavalry over ours. The events of the past two months must go very far towards convincing them that our cavalry is about as lively on a raid as their own, and fully as daring and efficient in a 6gbt. This engagement exceeds in magni tude any cavalry battle of the war, and its consequences promise to be of a most im portant character. The reported killing of Gen. Stuart is probably a canard. Further developments on the Rappahan nock are looked for with great aoxiet3*. The prospect is that Lee will find quite employment enough for his forces, with out any movement northward. A Correction.?Last week, in speaking of Dr. Cracraft, who has been sont South lor disloyalty, we stated that his nephew, chief clerk in the Wheeling post office, was also a rebel. We are glad to learn from the Wheeling Intelligencer nnd from correspondents that young Cracraft is j thoroughly loyal. Our mistake arose in i confounding him with an individual who we leard has recently been discharged j from that post office for being a rebel j sympathizer.?Fairmont Rational. Tftie Story or the Deserter from Vicksburg* We did not attach touch importance to the story, which was published a few days ago, of a deserter, who being sent by Pem berton to bear a message to Jobnston went straight to Grant. Bat the report which he brought was doubtless true. His name ? is G. S. Douglass and he belongs iu .Mason county, III. He was in the U. S. cavalry s service in Texas, was there captured and forced into the rebel ranks. He was mnde Orderly to Pemberton, and was therefore naturally chosen by him for the errand to ; Jobnston. The substance of the letter he } bore is thus given : "An urgent demand for help. Number J of reinforcements required, 30,000?ad vising retreat if he could not bring tbflt ! number upon Grant's rear within teu days ?number of troops in Vicksburg 18,000? : ?u hand, thirty days rations for the garri son, one meal a day?ammunition scarce, particularly gun caps. Douglass was fur- 1 ther instructed to ascertain the exact num ber of Johnston's army and report as j speedily as possible." A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune j thus tells the rest of Douglass's storj : "He say3 there are 18,000 men in Vicks- j burg, commanded by Generals Pemberton, ; Stevensou, Reynolds, Bowen, Forney, Mor- j ris, Lee, and M. L. Smith. Pemberton is ! chief in command and exceedingly unpop- ! ular. Tt i3 surmised that he thinks ofsur- I render. Referring to this Bowen said in ! his (Douglass^) hearing, ''that if Pernber- j ton made the first movement toward giv- j ing up the city he would hang him as high as Haman. The damage to Vicksburg oc casioned by the fire of our gun3 and mor tars is immense. He estimates that at least one-filth of the city ia destroyed.? Up to Wednesday at 12 o'clock, the names of 100 women and children were reported at the Provost Marshal's office, who were killed by the explosion of our missiles in different parts of the city. Among these is said to have been the wife of Pemberton himself. The depot and court honse are but slightly injured; the jail is nearly de stroyed. The largest magazine, containing three-quarters of the shot and shell iu Vicksburg, is blown up; horses, cattle and mules are killed and a large number of houses are burned. On the day of the as sault 2,000 were killed aud wounded, in cluding eighteen Colonels and Lieutenant Colonels. The day after (Saturday) Col onel T. N. Wall, Colonel Lee Willis, Colo nel Regley, Mtjor Cameron, Adjutant Wil liams, Adjutant Parker, C-iptain Hogeand j Captain Stahl?all officers of the Texas | Legion?were seated chattirg pleasantly 1 in the shade at the angle of the tort oppo site Logan's heavs battery, when a shell from it exploded in their midst and killed them all. Wall and Willis were literally blown in fragments. There were seven forts lrom the railroad to Warrenton, of which Douglass could remember the names of but three: Fort~Pemb?rton, mounting 9 guns; Fort AlcOullough, 5 guns; and Fort j Pulaski, 4 guns. Fort Beauregard is on j the right (our riebt) of the railroad, and contains but a single gun not disabled.? | The canuonade of the 23d disabled thir i teen guns, aud killed and wounded many | rebel soldiers. On the 22J inst., eight Georgia aud Tennessee regiments refused | to fight and fell back into the rifle pits: ! Louisiana, Texas and Missouri soldiers are considered reliable. Board of Visitors (it West Point. The Commission appointed by the Pres ident of the United States to visit the West Point Military Academy and report upon its condition, the administration of au thority there, the proficiency of its Cadets in their studies ?Scc., consists of the follow ing gentlemen, who are now in session at West Point : Rev. Thos M. Allen Missouri. Dr. Heury Barnard, L. L I)...Conu. Hon Sam'l W. Bostwick......Ohio. Rev. Dr. Brainard Penn'a. Cyrus Bryant Illinois, t A. W. Campbell Virginia. Ralph Waldo Emerson Mass. Orau Fovul Iowa, Hon. Juo. II. Goodenow (at large.) Rev. Dr. Gurley Wash., D. C. *rof. Oliver P. Hubbard Dartmouth [College. Edward Mayuard (inventor of A the Maynard rifle.) (at.large.) R'*v. Oliver S. Munsell (at large.) Rev. B. G. Xorthrop ...Boston. Hon. Henry P. Randall.. New York. Gen. Wm. "Russell .* Wm. A. Rist.....'? Maine, Dr. Albert Smith ,N. Hampshire Tub Fairmont National is disposed to be facetous about the State Capital, a9 wit. ness the article iu another column. It says "the Capital must be located where there are brave men to defend it," and that Fairmont Is the only town in lh? State at which any show of fight was made during the late raid. The National is right. The Fairmonters are not only brave but gener ous, They not only defended their own town but sent great numbers out here to help us take care of Wheeling. We print to-day on tho first page, part of an excellent speech delivered at Mari etta on the 10th, by Hon. John Brough of Ohio. Mr. Brough is a life long democrat, but not of the copperhead species. For fifteen or twenty years be took a very prominent part in Ohio politics, and used to pitted against Tom Corwin. He said in his speech at Marietta that he had not made a political speech for fifteen years.? I Mr. Brough is spoken of as the probable I war candidate for Governor of Ohio. Letter from Hon. W. G.Brown. From the Parkcraburg Gazette. The following from Hon. Wm. G. Brown, in reply to the invitation to be present at oar festival on the 6th of May, came to hand yesterday. Although it has been more than a month on the way from King wood here, its patriotic sentiments are just as fresh as ever. Kinowood, May 2, 1863. Gkntlsmen : 1 received your kind uote inviting me as a friend of the New State to attend a public dinner to be given by the citizens at your city on the 6(h inst. When you call me a friend of the New State of "West Virginia you do not mistake me. For the last twenty years I have been anxiously looking for some mode by which the patient, patriotic, and noble people of the mountains of Virginia could escape from the burthens, aud oppressions impos ed upon them by their jealous masters of the Atlantic slope. I bad fondly hoped j i however that our deliverance would come j j by some mode, that would have cost less . ?much less?of human suffering not only . ?to us but to our oppressors. The young I State is-the offspring of one of the most unnecessary and bloody rebellions of mod- , em times, her people are about taking up ; on themselves the responsibility, not only of controlling their own policy, and desti- j ay, but of aiding in saving to mankind the ; blessings of free government. The dan gers to civil and religious libsrty are now manifest on every side. At every frtep noth ing short of wise heads and good hearts can save us as a nation from making ship wreck of all in government that we have ever loved and bringing upon ourselves the curses of posterity. I trust aod believe that West Virginia will bring to the com mon 3tock her share of firmness, wisdom aod prudence. I would be very glad to join with the hospitable citizens of Parkersbuig on the occasion to which you allude, but the threatening aspect- of m If airs now on our border makes i( prudent, that I should be at home helping to ward off the threaten ed assault of the rebels. With my best respects and wishes for I you individually, and for the people you represent. I am your3 truly, W. G. Brown." Pittsburgh ?t??l ??"> PenniylTanl" , bine. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Amid the doubt anil uncertainty con cerning the movements of Lee's army, on? rumor was that he was goinK to advanc.; upon the Pennsylvania border, and thai the chief point at which he would bnally aim was Pittsburg. Although ignorant ot his iotentiens, and quite certain that thn War Department will lake measures to thwart such as even rutnor suggests, our people can lose nothing by looking a littlo into the possibilities of such a Northern movement on bis part. This duty is all the more important ou account of the de velopments which led to, and which have followed, Gen. Plejsanton's gallant dash to the south of the Rappahannock. Two years ago, Mr.Scbalk, in his "Sum mary of the Art of War," pointed out Pitts burg as the point upon which the Rebels . would make their final attack, after having assumed the offensive, and where a great1 battle would be fought. The movement thus made?to follow his diagram?was to be along the course of the Potomac, until be sboul^reach the nearest point to the forks of the Youghiogheny aod Slon ougibele Rivers, and iheuce, crossing the singla mountain range of ibehe rivers, to Wheeling, Pittsburg and the Ohio. Let us look tirsi in the opposite direction. The difficulties which beset a rebel march towards Philadelphia are very great; we have detailed them again and again.? The Susquehanna is a splendid barrier, for midable indeed at Harrisburg, but uot elsewhere above for a long distance, aod nowhere easily so below. The Cumber land Valley and the approaches to Harris burg are defensible, by throwing a large bo'lv of troops across that valley any where from the Slate Capital to the Slate line. The narrow valleys between the ridges westward, through Bedford and Somerset counties, ore daugerous places for an enemy to attempt to enter, otherwise than with cavalry for a hurried raid. And thus it seems that the geographical prob lem of the defense ol the .Slate line is to be found in the country watered by the Youghiogheny and the forks of the Monon I gahela. If so, it is evident that the stri kingly objective point is Pittsburg, from its strategetic importance, its wealth, its railroads and its relations to the rest ot the State. If suob be Lee's object, lie will at. tempt it by a combination of movements, viz; Along the Potomac, through Win chester, by a co-operating force in Western Virginia, iind by numerous feints and raids in the valleys nlready mentioned. Sow the obstacles to such obvious strat egy are uumerous and great, and be will, doubtless, deliberate long before trying it. I. Hooker's army would he in bis rear and on bis flank, harrassing and evou at tacking him wherever ihc forces are near equality, and We have rvason to believe that measures have been taken speedily to insure that equality. A great battle be fore he entered upon this campaign would retard if uot entirely put n stop to the movement. If. The force of United States troops now oloug the Potomac and south of it, from Washingtou through Winchester to Western Virginia, is a formidable bar to tuch a progress. That force has been greatly increased aod Lee knows it. III." An almost insurmountable obstacle is fouud iu the present waut of supplies; the diffijojlty of obtaiuing them to march with; the devastation of the country through which he must march, and the destitution of a great army which leaves its base and finds less aud les3 provision the further it goes, and at last a country thorougly aroused by the principle of sell' preservaiion. Vrora the Flftrmont National. TIIK STATK CAPt i'AL. The quesiiou of locating the State Cap ital is already beginning to excite consid erable discussion among our exchanges.? Parker^burg, just as we expected, was the lirsl to preset;l itself as the only place at all suited for the Capital. Next, Wheeling, claming the right on the ground of prior possession; then somebody mentions Olarksburg and Weston. But it is all non sense, gentlemen, your towns are very re spectable little villages, bnt you don't de serve the Capital; you ore too easily scar ed by raids. Should a raid be made after the Capitol is built, you would run off and leave it to fall into the hands of the ene my. The Capitol must be located where there aro brave meu to defend it. Fair mont is the only towu in the State at which any show of fight was made by the citizens during the late raid, aud on this account, if on no other, the Capitol should be here. It is said that none but the brave deserve the fair; so in this case, none but the place which showed a disposition to resist the invaders and drive tbem back with less men than they had when they came, should be crowned with the Capitol buildings. If you had come out promptly to our assistance, in stead of trembling in your boots until you knew the rebels were gone, we should have less to say against your ptesumptous claims to such distinguished boaor. The Capitol will cost a great deal of money which the people must pay, aod ihey cannot afford to have it insecurely located. Your con duct during the raid gives us no assurance that you would uot abandon it on a mere rumor of the approach of the enemy.? Why, rather than have the Capitol at Wheeling or Parkersburg, we would prefer that it be over in Ohio. It would be safer there,?aud as for benefitting the State, we don't think it matters much on which side of the Ohio river it is placed. The State of Ohio is already very prosperous and flourishing, we can't see the necessity of locating the Capitol where it will benefit that State quite as much or more than it will this. One of the earliest reasons as signed for a new State was that Richmond 1 was too far from this part of the State to ! be of any commercial or social advantage. ; In fact the legislature was conducted as | though Eastern Virginia was the State, j while the West was only a sort of territo rial appendage of but little account. Is I this to be repeated and that portion of the State which is most loyal and most need ing the advantages of the Capital to be isolated? People, forbid it. A gentleman connected with the armyi just returned from Martiosburg, Ya., says a reconnoisance having been made as far as Strasburg, no enemy was discovered.? No apprehensions of a rebel raid existed there. Our troopB; however, are awake to all contingencies. IS mkmoiiiam. I John M. Bciuheld, member of Company b, 1 Virginia Volunteer Inf?ntp.>iep?r'^!h'' 0, his ' Saturday morning, May 16!b, lo the 20th year of "?When the brave defenders of our c?nntry and of oar liberties are stricken down, eljher ? , tie field, or by the stern baud of disease,J?flri2 the hospital, or at home among friends and tl dear, whose warmest attentions are unavailing stay the approach of the "grim messenger. is is ting that something more than a m*re c"" ? should betaken or their departure. ajrir wrae? should bo held np the gaie of the rd"i''t'?-K[lil)|etg tude, and their names Inscribed on memory s ' that future ages may render to them that tribute which is Justly their due. ?f It is fur this reason, and, I elf|,er this spirit, and not from any desire upon your columns or your patience, that 1' - dertaken to render this tribute to the memory of him who forms the subject of tliimotlce. , One among the first to respond to h 8 ranntrys c .11 when the Proolatnatiou ol the Pr"^?' "^nen iziug the enrollment of three hundred thousand men was issued during the past summer, be enlisted In the company then forming by W; B. Curtis,.of , Liberty,and wassworn into the8ertlc,f school State.*, along with nine others from the same Schoo District, his associates and companions and front that time, onward, his conduct was ??9*' ffj. ; the approbation of all who were.wociated with htm. But be was nut destined to wise an a""? P?r' 'm struggle for the preservation of our liberties,jj,?j merely engaging in some of the toilsome and countermarches uf the gallant Twelfth. His co stitntion, naturally none of the most robust, soon gave way under the hardships aud privations, tMe tolls and exposure of a soldiers life, and in 1m? than nine montha atter his enlistment, he sleeps in a soi ! dier'a grave. For a period of more than six weeks he was con fined to the hospital at Winchester by a wasting le ver, after which he wan "brought home by his lathej, who had been with him a considerable part or the, time; 1u the hope that a change of locality and the kind attentions of a loving mother and affectionate sisters would have the happy ellect ol restoring him to his wonted health and vlgoi; but, alas, even these were not sufficient to arrest the progress of the dreaa malady, and in bitterness ot heart they now mourn an absent son aud brother. . . , It was during the progrei* of the disease which carried him away, that the loveliest traits ot his char i acter were more strikingly displayed, and the reality i of his youthful piety more clearly manifested, Hear the testimony or one who waited upon him during his stay at the hospital: "John has been alaithfui soldier, treating all fiis comrades with kiuduess. 1 i have not known hhn to do a mean thing or act in i consistently since he came out. He is, I believe, a 1 devoted, humble, though earnest christian ' And i such too is the opihion of all who knew him, for he i was uuiversally esteemed for his amiable disposition i aud evenness of temper, which it seemed as it' noth i ing could mar. But his tiuie had come, and his suu has set to rise no more upon earth. The vital spark has tied, and its clay tabernacle lies mouldering in the charuel house of the dead; but the angels shall watch over his ashesjuutil the lafet trump shall sound, aud his memory wi i be eu-hrined in the hearts of a gratetui people as long as liberty sha.l find a home upon this Bin-cursed earth As a mark of respect to the memory of a hero, the t;Peirpoint Guards" tormed iu procession and accom panied his remains to their last testing place, liis funeral traiu was the largest ever witnessed In West Alexander. Earth to earth, find dust to ita kindred; but auoth er drop has been added to thecdp ol iniquity of those v le miscreants who b<*gaiMhis u natural rebelliou. Another victim has been-sacrificed to nnet the de mands of the Infernal Moloch of American Slavery which must one di*y be accounted for; and which like a millstone fastened about its neck will soou sink it to the lowest depths of perdition. Then let not traitors or their cowardly sympathisers rctfoice at the death of another of Freedom's sons. For though thousands and tens ot thousands of her hosts iall in this fearful struggle, yet sooner shall the heavens vanish away, and the sun be blotted out, than that oppression and tyranny shuuld continue to prosper aud prevail as they have heretofore done. O, insatiate monster! wilt thou never be satisfied with blood? Is uot the blood of all the victims slaughtered by thee for six thousand years sufficient i to appease thy ba-e appetite; Must our laud more j aud more be turned to mourning, and our brothers ] slain by thousJbds ere thy bloody reign is over, and thy thrice accursed sell blot?ed out of existence?? Well, be it so then; but the day of reckoning is fast approaching, and then thou shalt have blood to thy heart's content?fob thou art worthy. Kest thee, brave soldier now, rest thee! ".Sleep the sleep that knows no waking!" No braver, truer heart than thine e'er beat beneath a soldier's blouse of blue. Thy warfare is oven thy Inst battle has beeu fought, and eternal victory is thine. Hence forth thou art free from the struggle aud turmoil of a life of sorrow and pain. The blood-stained gar ments or the warrior are no more thy covering; the morning beatsliall?no more call thee forth to engage in the daily routine of a soldier's life, nor the shrill music of the fife salute thy ears. the eveulug tattoo sball no more summon thee to rotire to rest when the shadows fall thick and fast around thee, for thou hast obtained an eternal discharge from all of a sol dier's duties- But instead thereof, the white robes of heaven shall be thy clothing, and thy dust shall sleep iu silence until the last grand reveille is held ujK?n the Heaurrectionmorn, when the trumpet'God which ahall awaken eveu the dead shall sound in thine ears; antf then thou shalt come forth aud re ceive a crown of glory which sball never fade away; aud the only music thou slmlt hear shall be the glo rious anthems of praise whi.h tie redeemed iu hea ven shall be ever singing to Him who hath Hived them ? nd washed them irom their sins in His own blood; for thou wert a true soldier of the Cross, as well as a brave defender of the glorious Stars aud Stripes. Let weeping friends then assuage their grief and dry their tears, 4,For if we bellovu that Jesus died and rose again, so also tlieai that sleep iu Jesus, will tiod bring with him." T G. ,} War Department,. Washington City, June 9th, 1s6S. i Okdkr (Extracts ) i 1st. The Department of the Mouougahela will em i brace that portion of the State of Pennsylvania i West of Johnstown, and the Laurel Hill range i of mountains, and the Counties of Hancock, ! Brooke and Ohio iu the State of Virginia, a .d the Counties of Columbiana, Jefferson and Belmont, in i the Stute of Ohio. | Brigadier General WilliamT. H. Brooks is assigned i to the command of this Department, Headquarters } at Pittsburgh. ! 2nd. A Department Army Corps of Volun eers, lntantry. Artillery, aud Cavalry, to be designated the Army Corps of the Monongahela, will be en i rolled and organised in accordance with regulations 1 of U. S. Service for the protection and def-nse of public property within that Department, and will 1 be mustered into the serviceof the United States to ( serve duriog the pleasure o:' the President or the { continuance of the war. tlia Company aad Field Officers of the Depart j mental? orps will be provisionally commissioned by the President. They will be armed, uniformed and equipped, and i while iu active service, subsisted aud supplied, as i other troops of the United States j Cavalry Volunteers may furnish their own horses, j to be turned over to the United States at the ap praised value, or allowance will be mado for the I time of actual service at the rate an horized by law. i The Government will mouut picked Cavalry to the [ extent that horses can bo furnished. i The Department Corps will not be entitled to i bounty and cannot be paid until Congress makes an j appropriation for that purpose. Hid. Yoluuteersin the Departmental Corps, may, at their own request, be transferred and mustered ! into the service for three years or during the war, j and npon such transfer and muster they will be al lowed the pay and bounty authorized by the Act of j Cong'ess to Volunteers for three years or during the war. j Volunteers in the Departmental Corps will re ) main subject to enrollment and draft for general service. i The enlistment, recrujting, and organizing of i Volunteers iftr thfee years or during the war, is to be stimulated and encouraged, the officers to be ap pointed aud commissioned by the Governors of the j respective States. j The enlistments herein specified and transfers j from the Departmental service to the three years ! service must be reported to the Provost Marshal General in order that the respective States and Con* gressional Districts may receive appropriate credit under the Enrollment Act of Congress. 4th. All the troops with:n this Department will { be under the command of the General commanding the Department, with the usual Department Staff. 1 ? * # ? * * # 6th. The operations against the enemy are not to 1 j be limited by the geographical lines of the Depart- j j ruent, but may exteud to adjacent territory as iu the judgment ol the Commanding General may be expediint to resist or pursue the enemy. Volunteer Companies and Regiments organised tn'plactfl not within the Department of the Monon gahela may be attached for temporary service to j the Army Corps of the Monongahela and mnstered into service upon special application and order of the War Department. '******* By order of the President. [Signed] E. m. Staxtos, Secretary of War. Hzadqdartzrs Dbp't. or the Moxosgabeh, ? 1 Pittsburgh, June 13th, IS63. J The undersigned hereby assumes command ef the Department. The Staff or the Department will be announced in subsequent orders. | All communications for these Headquarters win be directed to ** Assistant Adjutant General,*' Depart ment of the Monongahela. W. T. H. Brooks, junlS 8t 1 Major GeneraL Ladies*-a d gents* handkerchiefs, Lin en and JBIlk, received to-day at the Variety Store of junlS IK NICOLL k bko. SUSPENDERS, Gloves, Hosiery. 8hlrt Collars, neck ties, etc., for gents a-d bays at the Variety Store oi junl3 D. NICOLL a BRO. CHILDREN'S* HOSE, White and Colored, received at the Variety Store of jnnl3 D. NICOLL ? BRO. HOOP SKIRTS for Ladies and Misses just received at the Variety 8tore of Junl3 d. NICOLL a BRO. GUAVA JELLY?a very fine nutritive Jelly for Invalids junll E. BOOKING, Agent. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Boy Wanted, AN honest, intelligent and induPrions BOY, Ger man preferred. Must come well recommended. Apply immediately at MELLOR'S Manic Store, 139 Main street. junl5 lw FOR SALE OR RENT, | THE WHEELING FLINT GLASS WORKS, WEEEL1KG, VA. rpHK above establishment lias been in successful JL operation since the year 1834, first by M. A IS. H. Sweeney A Co., and mccessively by M. A. T. Swee ney, Sweeney? A Bell and by the undersigned, and has, during all that time, established and maintain ed a high reputation, having, at various times, ob-. talned from the Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania, the American Institute, ftewr York; and others, Gold Medals, as testimonials of the superior quality of Its glassware. The Senior partner, having been connected with the establishment from its beginning, now desires to retire from active business. We. therefo/e, ofTer the property for sale or rent, and Invite the attention of persona wishing to engage in this business to this fa vorable opportunity. * The Works are ofa very substantial character, con sisting cf two furnaces, with all the necessary build ings, inachiuery, moulds. Ac., for prosecuting a large and profitable business. Wheeling, situated on the Ohio river, with steam boat navigation and railroad couimunicat ion with the South and South-west, as well as with the region of the Lakes, together with the abundance and cheap ness of coal, possesses advantages for mauufactnring equal, if uot superior, to auy other city of the West. To these advantages may be added the fact that the new State of West Virginia, now about to take its place among the other states of the Union, pos^essen within its limits all the elements of prosperity?in climate, soil, mineral and other resources?not sur passed b3* any other portion of our country, which must soon attract the attention of capitalists and oth ers, adding to its rapid increase in population and material prosperity, and consequently to the pros perity of the manufacturing interests of Wheeling, its principal city. It is unnecessary to say more, as those interested will, of course, wish to examiue the property for thomeelves. Terms will be made easy, and any information de sired will be cheerfully furnished on application to the undersigned, T. SWEENEY A SOX. junl5 It Wheeling, Va. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in the wheeling post of fice, on the 15th day of June, 1863. -fcS-Persons calling for* letters in the List, will please say they are advertised. LADIES' LIST. irkle Jane Arrhibold Ann Auge Elistbeth Uilif Hiss Rickey Brown Sallie bell Miss Sue !Jee*on Carrie Bee Mary J Baritt Anna Barnes Mrs Reason Baker Julia Cooker Cate Conner Maggie Cregan Mary Cropper Amelia Chapman Mary E Christie Mary E Chalk Anne Downey Fannie Davis Mary Dew Elizabeth Duvall Rebecca Dawson Jeunie Daily Naucy A Farel Mary Fi lender Mollie Greer Jennie Griilitb Mary E 2 Orosj Elizabeth 2 tiibson Elizabeth Govern Kate llolticlaw Ellie Holtsclaw F A Harris Rebecca Hays Annie 2 HiggiusMrs A J Han key Margaret Hayes Harriet A Haigh Maria L Hammond Mary K Hooper Emtie Kite Margaret Knight Sarah S Kirkwood Charlotte Keller Bar! ary Lepa Lucy Louder Harr.et Lewis Mrs S K Lodge If rancia Long Maggie Lake Mar} b Moore Nannie Moore Mary ? Marresju buul5a Miller Louisa M?b Queen Maxwell Mary A McUermolt Mary A McLachlan Mary A McCarthy Jane McQuall Mary McLluliD Anne McUlll Mary A Murphy Kate Nelson Mary A Kelson Amelia Nichols Lena Pennington Jan# ? phlllipa Bridget I HlchardB Det/orali Ryan Adelia Riddii Mary J Roblaon Klien Roblson Maria Sn-ager Mara A Snider Kate S Straisht Blirabcth Stephens fcarau m IX,ooJHarrletM rmith Belle Sllby Mrs Mary Williams Ann Woods Saucy Wood Sallie K Wood* Catharine Woods Margaret Wultimoie Militate I Weyman Sophia Wild Mali--l C Willson Mary Jaue Wharton blliabetli Wllli?a.s Sarah Williamson Mollie 1 GKNTLKMKXS* LIST. Askew Chas Aaber II Anderson O AredOu Richard """ Art ho Rubt Baten Win C 2 Butler Wui Bilater Turner P 2 Billmgslj- samuel Brady Michael iSodino Joshua Barues Jas f Buck James l^wry Johu Bacon .Ins R Bruce Henry Bumgard Geo Barnes Ellis Bakewell C N Barker Andrew aroerA J Brow a Alex J Cox Chas Cummius Jas Cilie K Clater Henry Olark JmL Cook John Collins Clem Carey Michael Crane Mark Dav/s Wm paviaon Wm If Decamps J T Dougan Patrick pur bin Rev J i? Dunan J J Divia James Dclannay Jules 2 Doxzon Geo Dye A D Kberle John M Ewiug John Flinder Wm B Finegan Thos boater Robert Fry John Franklin Wm B 'olrner Fxedk Gardner James Ginnis G W Gibson G Griswold Daniel Good U 0 Uoudy Jas 11 Howell Albert Uomes Andy U<11 David Wall ? U Hamilton Francis "?nk J a Hillisjaa A Heaimm .n Adam Hartley Geo Hall s Henry Hopkins John Mani? ivj Harrison Wm A 3 Holloway w w 2 Jienvnaw It M S Ha?r Robt Jefferson Thoa KingTmL'eUt Wm 5flaPP Robt T Kern John Kelley Darid L Junlft Lnpman Alt red Little Albert Laughry Aaron Long B J Leek J dines F 2 Lay ton J T Livingston Israel Lagard Isadarc Luker John i ong R?bt Lawilier Robt E Lyons Tiios Lit tie Win II Lil.y Wui Leonard Wm II Insure Wm Lindsay Wm Leeper Wm Lilly W T Lichlider Thos G Milhoua Wm Morgan Wm Ma one Joliu 2 Micker Joseph Murphy U D Moore Henry Meredeth Francis Murray Fred Mulvany Bartholomew Moorhouse John McCierren cm C McClellau Chas U McUvw John McDermott Tboa .Norman Wilson fteely J C 2 O'Couner John Powe.l John Plummer Wm Penuel W L Pnrdy S Plummer H W Pendletou A Melvin Reece Wm Rogers 8 G Riley Owen Ramsey John Robinaon John P Reynolds G C Reynolds Chas O Recley Major A fi'mpson Thos Stiel Tboa Scott Rcbt Swan Jas H Slierden Henry Smith Sergt G II Shuman Fredk Swearengen E B ?hivelhood Augusta Seami us Sir Taylor Jaa D 1 hompson Patrick Tate Wm Whitaker Lewis Walters Wm Wilcox Watson Watson W Q Wilkius Marsh Workman Jaa Wilson Hugh Whitten Henry Works Geo W Warner Edward Wooster Chaa Waddle B E 2 Wharton Powell A. W CAMPBELL, P. M. CARD PHOTOGRAPHS* ^00 kinds of Fancy Card Photo rach- Fur? CARD PHOTOGRAPHS of Generals and Poblic Men at PAKTRIDGE'S New Gallery. Junl3 ALBUMS. ALABGB stock of Photographic Albums, whole junlS0 " ** PAKTKIDG*'S New.OaUerr FRAMES* pWiUKE FRAMES of all kinds at PARTRIDGE'S .? bgiSfg*?*117 **** ****' firU ^ oppo site hia old Gallery. junlCJ FOE TUB HAIR. STERLING'S AMBROSIA, Prof. Wood, and Mrs , n r KeatoratiTea, and all of the popnlar "air Deraaings, lor sale by ' ^ . ,o T. H. LOGAN * CO.. J01113 and LOGAN, LIST * CO. HARVET'S Chrono-Thermal Female Pills. Also Clarke's and Dnpouce'?, for sale by , T. H. LOGAN k CO ?J?n13 and LOGAN, LI8T A CO ROGERS' LEMON SODA and Citrate Ma^neTiiT; powder, for ode by T. H. LOGAlT* CO, jnp!3 and LOGAN, LIST * 00. BLOOD PURIFIERS, junl3 and LOGAjpLIST* Ca SIIX urns for Ladles and Children receircd to daj at tb. Variety Store of a ^ I>- NICOLL A bro., jn,J3 109 Main .tr,? /^JORSETS, White and Grej, joat recsired bj di v ???? ? Variety atora of y ? i?18 D. NICOLL A BRO. White Lime. 6s5w!rN~ss^Jw&r!1 ^JSnis 56M*ln atyeet. 1 Hydraulic Cement. WE are Sole Agents at tliiK point for the sale or "Lynn's Cumberland Cemeut," a superior ar ticle, and can furnish It iu ' "junlS lmditv ' Main Street. The Effect of tlie Panic on 3sr o tip nsr s COUNTHV MERCHANTS AND BUTLKRS WILL I FIND AT 1 Pollack's Notion House Decided inducements In the following lino of goods, to close for the seasou : 60 do*, white and colored Shakers. v5 do do do brown trimmed Straw Hats, beautiful styles. , oQ do white and browu Braid Ifats, not trim- 1 med. t>00 do Cotton Hosiery. 500 reams Cap. Note and Letter Paper. 300 do*. Hoop Skirts. 500 do India Rhbuer Combs. 100 beautiful Carriage* for Children, from $2 60 to $30. 75 doz. Traveling Baskets. 500 do Walleta and Porttnonaies. 50 do Black Plumes. 2,000 do Phillips* Thread. 500 do J. A P. Coats' Cotton. 200 do Neckties. 100 do Linen au,d Cotton Handkerchiefs. 600 do Hair Oil and Perlumery. 500 do Waiting Ink. 50,0 0 Havana Cigars. 100 doz Shoo and Cloth Brushes. 100 do Pipes beat styles. 20 do Childrens* Brooms and Wliisps. i To which earlieat attention la respectfully solicited | by AUGUSTUS POLLACK. *apr29 107 Main street. Assessor's Notice. I rpHE ASSESSOR of the First Collection District of i Virginia, would give notice that the Assistant Assessors of this District will proceed immediately to assess the Income Tax for the year 186.", the said tax to be based on th? income of 1S62. The follow ing decisions in relatiou to the assessment of the In como Tax have bteu issued by^the Commissioner of Internal Rovenuo: Each person .will be required to return his total iucome, po far specifying the sources from which it is derived, as to enable the Assisiant Assessor to decide what deductions shall be made therefrom. The Income t ?x must be assessed and paid in the district iu which tbe assessed person resides. The place where a person votes, or is entitled to vote, is deemed his residence. When not a voter, the place where tax on personal property is paid is held to be the place of residence. In cases of limited partnerships, formed with the condition that no dividend or diviaiou of profits shall he made until tbeekplration of the partnership, each n ember of such firm will be required to return his share of profits arising from such ousineas, for the year 1862, as, had-they se detdred, a division of the profits could have been inado. Gains or profits realized from the sale of property during the year iStf2, >*hich property was purchased before the Excise Law went into effect, should be re turned as income for th* year 1SG2. The executors or administrators of the estates of perons. who died in the year 1862 should make re turn of the income thereof for the year 1862.. A merchant's return of income should cover the business of the year 1862, excluding previous years. Uncollected accounts must be estimated. Physicians and lawyers should iuclude actuiil re ceipts for services rendered in 1862, together with an estimate ot unrealized or contingent income due to that year. Dividends and interest payable iu 1362 should be returned as income fur that 3ear, no matter when declared. Dividends derived from gas stock are taxableas In come. Income derived from coal mines must be returned, although a tax has been previously paid on the coal produced. No deduction can be made because of the diminished value, uctual or auppost-d, of the coal vein or bed, by the process of minium. Rent derived from coal mines is income. Premiums paid for life Insurance shall not be al lowed as a deduction iu statement of income. Pensious received from the United State* Govern ment must be returned with other income subject to taxation. Old debts, formerly considered hopelessly lost, lint paid within the t mo covered by^he return of in come, thould be includued iu thiSTitatemuut. Debts considered hopelessly lost on the 31at of De cember, 1862, and dua to the business of the jear 1SG2. may be deducted from tlio profits of busine**; if subsequently paid, they must be .included iu the return for the year in which paid. Iu order to give fullcftcct to theprov|!-o to the 91st soctiou of the act of July l^t, 1K62, respecting the tax on that portion of ineoih? derived from United States securities, it is directed that when inoume is derived partly from theso and partly from other sources, the ?600 and other allowances made by law shall bo deducted, hs far as possielo. from that por tiou of income derived from other sources, aud sub ject to three per ceut. tax. No deduction can be altowed from tye taxable in come of a merchant for compensation paid lor the services of a minor sou. A farmer, wheu making return of the total amount of his "farm produce," hhall be allowed to deduct therefrom the subsistence of hors*B, muloj, oxen, and cattle used exclusively In the carrying on of said farm. The term "farm produce' is construed to in clude all production* of a farm, of what nature or kiud soever. The account of stock sold by a farmer siuce De comber 31st, 1862, should not be included in the pre sent assessment, but the profit realized thereby must be accounted for in his next year's return. ~ Where he has included in his roturu produce raised by him aud fed in whole or part to stock subsequently sold* he tnuat account for the gain realized by the feeding and selling of said stock. Where he has not includ ed the produce so fed, he must reiurn, as profits, the difference between the value ofsaid at;ck on the 31st of December, 1861, aud the amount realised lor them. Fertilizerapurchased by farmers, to maintain their land iu preaeut productive couditiou, will be consid ered as "repairs" iu estimating income. Interest should be considered as income only when paid, unless it is collectable and remains unpaid br the couseut or agreement of the creditor. Losses incur red iu the prosecution of husltltks are a f.lr unset to trains derived from business, tut not from those jwrtiotn of iucome derived from fixed lu TMtuents, such as bonds, mortgages, rents, And till) Property used in business, und furnishing profit*, when destroyed by lire, may be restored, at the i.?! peiueot those profits, to the condition when destroy ed, if insured, tiie difference between lusurauce re "t'owed atuouI,t- expended Iu restoration will be The nicroised value given a new building by per ? t inco^P m'ntS b0 chorSt(i to capital? The contingent fiiud or manufacturing corpora tions, made up during tbe year 1803, and uotdistrib. ?b^?khoW? ",Umtd ". P"rt ?f the ta?? "f Th. undistributed earnings of a corporation, made previous to September 1st, IS&!. ?hX,r thocorpo^ ration is required to pay tax on dividends or not should not be considered as tbe income of the stock holders, nor should the corporation be required to make return or said reservod earnings as trustees! under section 93 oi the Excise Law. ' i ,T!1<!'?.co'Q? "f'iterary, scientific, or other charita ble institutions, in the bauds of trustees or others is not subject to Iucome tax. When ? person boards, and rents a room or rooms |Cr 61 IlD -CU 01 rent of houa<-'? should be ation om t'le **nount of iocome subject to tax I i*n bl"ine*s since December ? 1st, **** n?f enter into the iucome assessment for I >. on,borrowed capital used In business may | be deducted from income. If a planter returns ail his farm product., he will be allowed to deduct the ytual expense of subsist ing and clothing his slaved; Legatees are not required to return their lfgaclos as Income. There is a special tax on legacies of perl sonal property in section 111. ?rTi?/ 'n2"nT ???'??"????.apon the actual Income I'Whmdaalt. Firms, as such, will not make rZ 1 1 he profit, ora maunfacturer rfbln'his busiiiessare not exempt from Iucome tax, in consequence of hfs bavingpaid the excise lax imposed by law- uponar tides manufactured by him. As bridge, exprtas, telegraph, itwn and ferryboat companies or corporation, aie not authorized lfy law to withhold and pay toUorernmentany tax uixin In. or dividend declared b, thorn, alt Income fa come'^ ^9ln tiiess source, is liable to The tax most be levied on all dividends declared pripr to September 1st, 18S3. and upon all aalarieltf officers or payment, to person, in tue civil, military or?th\r oftho United Mates. Ct vice. rendered prior to aaid date, as .ocb dividends ?nd proportion or salarit. were not subject to deduc tion or aseefement. ^br^? which Is a convenient detailed' sUtement or or income. Tho?o returns must bo made to the !? ???m tta^me they *reIelt- JOHN PATtKIJJBON, ^ Assessor 1st Col. Dist. or V. Cameron, June 10th, 18#3. junli lwdilTw D?J!S*2Z*3 your Tun and Winter Goods ?prinUlnr them well Urn with Cottar's JQnU E. BOOKING, Agent. J. O. Harbour, No. 148 Main. Street, Haa a large and desirable stock of CAEPETS, WALL PAPER, OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, ItLTOs, WINDOW 8IIADKM., f OF ALL'GRADES, Together with a great variety of FURNISHING GOODS, Which will be sold for cash much BELOW EASTEBN PBICiSS. Those i? want of Good-, will pirate call aad amine my Stock. J. a. hakbouk, "Prl6 No. 143 MAIN STREET ABR. ROBERTSON, M. D. " H"ir- DENTIST, > mSfijlal 143 Market St., WHEELING. V _?ng3 _____ DB. E. G-. WINCHE1L, ~ ^DENTIST,^ Office ai& cc 145 Markct-St WBEELJXQ, VA All thk real improvements in tuk art that have ben thoroughly tested will be prompt jy adopted at thia office. * v Prices aa low as good and permanent work ean be produced. All operations warranted. dcclo S. B. BTJSHFIELD, Jr Surgeon Dentist. No. 3314 Monroe Street, "y1? _ WHBKLINO, VA. ItKM OV~A I.,. Partridge has removed his Gallery across the street to the store-room f rraerly occupied by ueiskell & Swearmgen, fint door abore Hobbs A Barnes. Having fitted up tho building on Main strcn lu connection with the one In it, roar on Water street, be has now one of tho most complete establishments ol the kind in the country. i0K m it E M~0 V" A 17. * DR. E. A. HILDRETH, HAS removed his office and residence to FOURT I STREET opposite the Court House ju?Mm 130CKKT CUTLER Y.?Woatenholra* a tiur Pocket 1. Knives at old prices by J""8 ? : JOS- GRAVESA CO. FOR RENT, A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE. with Store room attached, two doors below Pryor nnd Krosl s on aiain atreat. fjun5 lmj OLIVER 1'HVoR. XT K:w povBLE GOHl: 1'AItrSIEXH HOOP SKIRTS just roc ived by |jiui5| GEO. R.'TAYLuB. AUIIilAX GLACE. A XKW MATERIAL FOR Dresses, just received by ?l.?nS GEO. It.TAYLOR. AUDITOR'S OFPIOK, | C Whkkuko, Jane 1st, 1883. i ?n!.?',IO!"'r1 ?f Revenue. Jailors. and all persons having claims against Hie State 01" Vir ginia, will take notice that unless their ,'iitin.-arw presented at this office before the 10 h day of .hint, wi?l f 1>a. !' in Wheeling, but tho holders will hate to go to Alexandria city for payment ? ?? SAMUEL CRANE. ?- - Auditor of State. PLAIN BLACK SILKS ~ tjV>K MANTLES at , si as. si 30 and sa OO. ?>unl? W. B. SEXSKXEY. ATTENTION, MILITIA OFFICERS. tust RECEIVED?10 copies, three vols, each worktmhorl'r?r.ry Tl'" ill,OT' lf ,h ZrtS S,^1 by thenar Department f..r the In " ."'P.,' ''1!0 In fan try of the armies of tin- l\ , whether regular, volunteei or militia. lnn1o jos. GRAVES & CO.. JUUL~ ?Ko. SO Monroe st, tl ?cK<VKD--A new stock of Dime NoreU, pubSird.^r^ by40'' "" n"w """ "* -j"n12 ___ jos. GliAVESACO. ?J D?8rl?^E,?K1nTK.D-T1'e American's Onide, com ticlei of ? 'beDeclaration of independence, ll.e Ar and Oonstitntionof the V. i^lC^ZDmTrZSe'bhy 8tMa ^ j""u jos GRAVES A CO. Wykes & Brown's PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, 139 MAIN STREET, P_ WHEELING, WEST VA. lOTOGIiAPIIS of all size, and stylo,. Ourc?SfM '? lnk' 0il Water Cu! rtcln^^e^nd^aTa^li^r01 "" "* forV.a?echL^S?ri11':nt ?' Frame?alwayson handstij Uniou officers ' aa """""CM or Card, of the jnnl2 IlEATiyt ahtibs 4ru RCGIMS.tr Va. MiLiriA, I , , WUEIUKC, Junes, 1563.1 ment*v!???f ?S?.E,,m M""l#1 nr<^4rh RefP lier.'iiv Do^tn Iiere*?f re ordered, .ire linoaent^rV ! ? r .? fr<">? ?hls date. De i W1" ^ Properly notifled. er , ... , A. J. SWEENEY, r. -v. iKwi^Ad"utont.rog '"e"t Vlrglnia $75 ^v^uT" 1 to lure AEen? la paid to sril tn? u at $76 a month, expense* Address 1 Chenp FnraiI>' Sewing Machine. may,2-dAw8m-TOp S60 JmMt?'l W? *'aDt A;v'Ul3 at J6"? siSSST "Sfiwraasr" _mayi^-dAw3m-?mp Biddeford, JkUine. r> SECRETARY'S OFFICE ~ i Cleveland ft I'ittsbcror Rah.oad Co, i a Cleveland, May-25th, 1863.) A fw^mDanSPw^^0K?.fathe ^holder, of land on \Veln?!fZ, .'?ltb? hSld at lu o?" '?> Cl?"' o'clockT mS'.'J!11 I" of July next, at ID the nronrietv nf ^ako ioto conaiderntlon pnr, pnety ofiRcreasiue the capital stock of tL? ver^onX it,amortSQnt 1"uffic'ent to alli.w of the ecu will be ?w!t w'g^ge b?nds- The Transfer Bouki COMBINED Reapers & JHowem P"inSraf flfe?f Jr'n?V.*0 J 2' SIiin Street, wish to Wood's New Combined Machines. w?^??Sa,lT^02?Oer.ndS: "*h' nf "?f< Reauer ?"^ ^ ?*?perior Mower as w?ll w c?'"er b?'. ?na easily mansged. The* season andVeJl "f? ?atl!.fsction !*>? TbS^iSaS^r^"*''? ?"?)? *arrantei:? thetevel adapted to onr hills as well si aled twn .* onr celebrated andunriv n^T ^ ,he l,'Sh,est -iraf machine In horso Mowing J?uI?,n"M!r ?f ,ho Hubb"d zJ?"? i.. _ 1'KYOR i FROST. Plov?T Makshai. Gxxebal's Orrics, I Washington, D. C^ May 22d, 18<>3. f A .de?ire Join any particular Re^i ?r9aTlllri' n,ow ,n "'0 field, are hereby the S"11 ,elnfe'? at any time dune* their relnei-ti/ ^ f?.the Boar<J Enrolment in th? ?3^ . ^htricU. The Bo.nl shall examine Sl lf f j cpon ,helr fitno?? for the ser DUt'riet .K.n ^ .2* m-th0 Pror?t Marshal of the S hem tr*nsportation tickets to tt? " 0,8 headquarters of the A. UieT^SJ.n?^*^ General of the State. As ?oW u thwSSi "thl* *?ner?l Renderrooi blSlS^Jn inly-mustered by a morteringand dls bnrslng offlcer, and paid by him the bounty allowed J'ZZZ JAMES B. FRY, ? T "" Provost Marshal General. TNDIA. RUBE^R AND WOOD PIPE8 just recelted