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WHEELING. W. YA.. WEDNESDAY HORNING. FEBRUARY 22, 1865. THE GREAT INTERNAL REMEDY* J Q?Y " - ?! JOHNSON'S BR EG MAT 13 COMPOUND ? AM ? BLOOD PTJHIFIEB. THE O.f.Y SURE CURIA FOR lUIBVUATUll KHOVJI. lUtl XJD I si .Uilti HlfiAXJ THE FOLLOWING This Ureal internal Remedy Is the beat medicine eTer offered to the public. Fur the effectual care of Rheumatism, Goat, Nea* ntlgia, Dyspepsia, and m a Blood Purifier it oat no eqa*l, (or all diseases arising from an impure state at tbe blood, inch as Scrofula or King's fcTil, Scald Tetter, Ring Worm, Female Complaints, and nil breakouts on tte face and body. - i a The vast number of rub-on medicines vhlch for merly hare been used foi those diseases were merely temporary tn their effects and of dodbttti virtue, but the ?' K1IEUBIAT1C OOMPOUMO reached tbe source of all trouble, and effectually Dctu.ebea the disease from the aystem by its imme diate action oq the -blood. We advise one and all tu tire it a trial, and become satisfied of ita won derful power. i * -< :*;!-??< Read the following testimonials: Mb. Jous^oji:?Dear Sit> This is to certify that I w>i3 oadly crippled with Chronic Ehenmatism for eighteen or twenty years; part of tb*t time I was not able to go a&out. I trie*} all *h? * rheumatic remedies tliit I conld hear o( but (onnd no relief until I tried jocr-Rheumatic Compound and Blood Purifier. I trto^I Bet three-fourths of a bottle of it! itud it cured me sound a ad well. My wife was also i atll>cte*i with the same diionse, and asm all portion out cured her. I am nearly seventy yeara ot age, and it id nearly four yearn since I was cored, and I Iiavc not been troubled with it since. It affords me itreat pleasure to tarnish yoa with this certificate, ??. that you c-?n refer others who are a&icted with rheumatism to me. i remain, youra truly, AJiDRSW ARMSTRONG, No. 19 James Street, Allegheny City. Allegheuy, Mi) 3J, ISOi. Ma. A. JobxsonDear Sir: My wife was taken bad witu Inflammatory Rheumatism in March last. Hie was very much swollen and the pain she suf fered was severe; she was condned to her bed* 1 was advhed to try your. Rheumatic Compound and liiood Purifier, so I got a "oottleofit, and before the half of it was used she was entirely well. The cure is a perfect one; 1. never such medicine. She ha<i only taken three doses of it till the swelling and pain began to abate. Ail yonr medicine wants is lo be known in order to give it success. Tours affectionately,-' JAMES McALISTSR. My residency L* No. 123 Chsrry Alloy, where my wife can b? seen by any person doubting the truth ut the above. Pittsburg, April ldtb, 1564. "Mr. Joussos:?My daughter Mary was attacked with Inflammatory Rheumatism in the winter of li63, which continued to the spriug of sixty-four, tier hands and limbs were very mnch swelled, and the pain u% times was very severe. She became so hrlpltsa that it took font lb turn her In bed. ? had medical aid for five cr *ii weeks! but received very little if any beuefit. 1 got a bottle of your Rheu matic Compound, and before it was all used she was able to come down stairs. I got a second battle; she csed it, and 1 am happy to say she is now as well as she was before she took the rheumatism and able to attend to her work the tamo as formerly. 1 attribute her recovery, under the biasing of God, to your Rheumatie Compound. An) person doubting the truth of the above, can call on meat my reaiu^nco. No. 224 Bedford street. Sours, with respect, MRS MARGARET YOUNGSON. Pittsburg, April Sthf 1864. ? ; ? ? PREPARED BY R.- E. SELLERS Ss CO., SOJL.i? 1'ROPRIKTORS, CORN Kit WJOD AND SECOND STREETS, PITTSBURG, PA., To whom all orders muat be addressed. I'nce Oue Dollar per bottle. Sold, wholesale and retail by McCABB, KRAFT A Co , an i liSED, Kft.VVr k CO? and by Druggists everywhere. decl&-lyd*w PROPOSALS FOli tfOlUti*. """"" t OHIEP QUARTERMASTER'S OPPIOB, Department op Wist Virginia, C'.mbkhlamd, ilD, November 15th, 1564. PROPOSALS la.triplicate are invited by 0 the undersigned tor supplying the Quarter master's Department in the Department of West Virginia at Charleston, Parkersburg, Wheeling. Woi: Virginia, and Oallipolis* Ohio and- Ike seve ral Dejuts on the ltne of the Baltimore a^i Ohio iUilrovi, aa fellows: Clarksburg, Oraiton, Mow Cr*efc, Cumberland, Martinsburg, Harper's Parry, ,ur cither of the.mo places, with Hay, Corn, Oats and fitrsw Bid* will be received for thedelivery of three thou* stnd (3000) bushels of Corn or Oats and fifty <50) tons of ttay or 8traw and upwards, and must bo a coupmied by a copy of this.*direrlisement. biddara must state at which of the above named poiats they propose to make deliveries, and the rsta? at which they will make deliveries theseat, th.? quantities of each article proposed to be deliv ered, the time when said delivery shall be <&m menced and when to be completed. Corn to be put up in good strong sacks, Hay and Outs to be securely baled. All articles offered uuder the bids herein ;nvited wiil be subject to a rigid inspection by a Govern ment inspector, before beiug accepted. Contracts will be awarded from time to}time to tho lowest responsible bidder, as the interests of the Government may require. No bids will be considered from parties who have failed heretofore to comply with their contracts. All proposals must be accompanied by a guaran ty, signed by two responsible persons, tna' incase the bid is accepted, he or they will, within the time named, execute the contract tor the same, with good . and sufficient sureties in a sum equal in amount to the amount of the contracts to deliver forage pro posed, in conformity with the terms ot this adver tisement, aud in case a bidder shall fail to enter in* to the contract they to make good the difference be tween the offer of said bidder and the next lowest re sponsible bidder or theperson to whom the contract 1 may be awarded. The responsibility of the guarantors must be shown by the official certificate of a United States District J udge or Attornejr, Collector of Customs, or other Government official, known by this office. All parties will be duly notified of the acceptance or rejection Qf their proposals.?11 > 1 All proposals must be made in duplicate, and be accompanied with the oath ot allegiance of the par ty or parties, unlesa it has already been placed on file in this office. i Tho full name and post office address of each bid dor mu?t be written to the, proposal. Proposals most b? addrsesod to Captain J.6. Paras worth. Chief Quartermaster Department of West Virginia, Cumberland, Md., and marked ?*Proposals for Forage." Black forms of bids, guarantees and bonds may >e obtained on application to this office. All proposals recsived cinder this Advertisement ?ill be opeued and examined at this office on WBD iEJDAYand 8ATURDAY of each week, at 13 M Mders are respectfully invited to be present at the ipenin^ of blds.jf.tbey desire. . , * ?Jm j J-<fc#ARS8W0ETH, jj p^ptait< anfl JChJdf .Quartermaster decia-tf Department of West Virginia. JOSEPH A. METCALF, MANUFACTURER'S A8KST, AJlD WHOLSSJUJt DtALU I* BAR. H<X>P AND 3HKET ISOS, NATT, BOM, Nmllfc S??l. Spring AH.,, Hor.. Show, Ho?, aho. S.IU, Window Jim. win. Botlte., D.ml J?^"< Wr*PPUg P.p.ra, Printing P.pM, riaslw P-urn, CiaMrltid 0? men?, Sod. A.b, M?rjt*a4 Lime, Ac., Ac., Ac. A*i BNT TOR BURU 4 BARNB'g PIKE PROOF H A K K8. No. 66 Kain Street, WHSIUSO. WHT VA. | BfOrdtra for good, not In raj line farnbhed >l on ml OahlUM. .. . J. 36-1T ATTENTION. OrriCCBS AND P01TAT83 Of TUB ARMY and Navy will find BOWTKR'S SPIKES AR O OIXT9ENT ? A sure relief for the Piles and lor Chafing in lon^* marches. Or constant exercise tn the saddle*. 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For centuries Catarrh baa defied the skill of phys icians and surgeon*. No medical work contains a prescription that will eradicate it. Nothing Bars Or. Qoodale's Remedy will break it up, radically destroying the principle-of the disease, and preclu ding the possibility of a relapse. No form of Catarrh can withstand Ha searching power and no mode of treatment ever afforded such immediate relief or gave snch universal satisfaction. It penetrates to the very Beat of this disease, and exterminate* it, root and branch for ever. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Hat, Rostand Pxbiodio Cataiu.?Dr. R. Good ale's Catarrh Remedy and mode of treatment not only affords the greatest relief In every variety cf Catarrh, but it extinguishes the disease forever in all its types and stages. Bvery one speaks well of it. Price SLOO per Bottle. Send astamp for Dr Good ale's New Pamphlet on Catarrh, its porftct mode of treatment, and rapid cure. Information of price' lesa value ?Send or call at once. Norton A Co., 8olv Agents, 7ft Bleecker St., N. Y. 0-Por sale by T. H. LOtlAN A CO., and LO GAN, LIST A Q0 , WheeUng. nov28-ljdAw JNTBTW HOOP SKIRT FACTORY, r 195# Main Street* Under Knusi'a Hotel, In room formerly occu pied by 8ayings Initl Cation. w M. MCENDBLSOrr, OULD RESPECTFULLY ANNO UN OK TO the c itisens of Wheeling that he hasopenod ? Hoob Skirt #a?tory ftt the above named ft where he will keep constantly on hand a good as sortment of the t-eat Hoop Skirte, of ail sisea and qoetity. ' Old Hoop Skirts repaired and made as good as new. Wholesale trade solicited. jail " M. MBNDSLSON. $125 A MONTH! " WANTOI?SKWINS MA0H1NK A0KNT81 Everywhere, to introdnoe the new 8vaw A CuttSiznn D)Uia Fixar Sswma Maohisis, the can.* low prise ?' machine in the conn try which is ucmm by Grower A Baker, Wheeler * Wilson, Howe, Singer * Co., and Bachelder. 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One 8qnare. one tfme (10 lines or lees to con stltnte a square) $1 00 ... each additional ttme.-..~ 60 m M, one week- 8 00 w m two weeks.. 6 00 M ... one monUu.H?.....MMMW...MM.MN 8 00 Bnsineai or Profawional, Cards, not changeable on the first or fonrth pages, $90 per year; <12 far dx months. Marriage, Death and Religions Notices, 76cents | ?YEARLY ADVERTISING, % colamn p?r jtmr? ? ?I #0 00 . po 00 . 150 OO FROM THE SOUTH JctT. DftTll?A Sketch of HU Firioaal CUaraeterletlca. from the New York Timae. It is now little more than six years aga that I first saw Mr. Jefferson Davis, then United States Senator from Mississippi, now the head and leader of this great re bellion. We were fellow passengers on one of those magnificent packets that, in the palmy days of anion and peace, plied a lucrative trade between New Orleans and the towns on the Mississippi river. His time was apparently unoccupied, and after dinner we tell into conversation on the state of the nation and general politics, which lasted, with great interest to me, till BQD'iowa. In conversation, Jeff. Da" vis iB the most engaging and instroctive ot all rebels. Upon introduction bis man ners have a tinge of military exactness and formal courtesy, but once engaged in talk npon his favorite themes, no public man conld be more lavish of his mental wealth or more agreeable in his mode of displaying it. It was plain even then, in a time of profound peace and great national prosperity, the South never so flourishing, and bis own party in undisputed power, that his heart was set on the establishment of a separate republic, and that be had contemplated and loved to contemplate all the advantages which the South might hope to derive from Bach * step, and anti cipated all the difficulties in the way of successful secession. He held me for hours an attentive, bat not always an assenting, listener, as be sketched iu full detail, and with glowing pencil, the splendid future of an indepen dent South. He believed it would at once give a pow erful stimulus to domestic manufactures ind local commerce ; that as much cotton, tobacco, rice and sugar would be raised in the Booth after separation as before, and ' resides all the wealth to be realised by ex [ porting these staples, she would be able to nanufacture for herself and conduct her cwn vast commerce; that Charleston would P?irpa&s-Bost?n and Sew Orleans, vie with Jew York as great importing cities, and compnlsVry labor,-thus rendered secure and permanent, would develop and utilise with out exhapstipg. the all.avml soils, of her magnificent river-bottoms. Serioua oppo Sitioa.from the North be did not anticipate, be. iti caae of armed collision, which he did not deprecate, be relied for military success npon tbe alleged superiority ot the So'.the'ra ia horsemanship and the use of firesrms. li person, Mr. Davis is of medium size and Blight proportions, bnt with great ca pacity tor enduring fatigue, and sustaining or ignoring fragility of the body by perti nacity and firmness of will. There is not in the Confederacy another man so thor oughly self poi9ed and self possessed as its Preiident. While there is nothing Inflated or self conse.'.cns in bis language or bearing, be never, relaxes into levity, he is never sur prises by passion. Tbe predominant ex pression of bis face is of a mind active up on nijt'.ers'of faot rather than of theory, on statisjes rather than on projects, yet in fhsed^ith and made formidable by a love of fiotjer, for there ia lacking inbis features that hjifc of E.r^^yr^ in : tbe absence of which I'mental power 'and bad ambition Itght :p a face with ? dangeroaa splendor, suob v we see ia the heroic lineaments of Tfa 4 is notfi?sg remarkable in the voioe or features of Jeff. Davis, unless it be tbe genera: air of :the, public man that hangs about bio', and tbe light of steady purpose and uniform^elf impelled mental activity that shines in. hia clear grey eye. I saw tim several times after that inter view, and once upon the eve of that great revolt. I never beard him speak five min utes without recurring to the great move ment. He.spblejpf.it as & foregone con clusion, \mfint atemnpli, and was even dwelling on its eertaipty, its success and ita man ftat advantages. There were no. taarks tboufc ;him ancb as stamp the deep original thinker. He never sounded with a lopg-lned plummet in the deep watersof eplajgei Sutte policy. The political;philosophy and th$ intense sectiona. i^aiof-Calhoan sank down into his bralr md toott^itrong root there. Thus ^e;ng by nature a practical man, and - by profession a soldier, be sought at once the means of carrying ont tbe seces sion policy. This was done by a sys tematic poliey.of parading before tbe South era people, all ttJiPhoatile utterances of the North ogataM-shavery, and urging them to make at indignant and personal protest against each abuse by "breaking np the Union. :Tte election of Mr. Lincoln was made the pretest, the pvnetum talietu, the " overt act" to justify revolt. Hal not the progress aod consummation of the rebellion set Mr. Davis on so high a place ant. devolved npon him the execu tive of a military "despotism, he might have hid 1 it weaker parte from history, nor inflict d ? disappointment eo bitter and so roinou apo'n his followers, but brought bis repute aa within the words of Tacitnar " Omnium suauu cap ax imperii, niri tm per asset." _ He wot u not then have been discovered to the world u a .man of bitter prejudi ces, and tha disciple of aa obsolete and Oothic school of political philosophy. - Bnt when, Y-? a misguided people, in an hoar ot polit *! madness, he had been raised to the omderahip ef the insurrec tion, he was and where the narrowness of bis hesjrt c. .14 be felt' and seen as per ceptibly sis tt . obstinacy of his will. Fortunate!; no doubv, for the final sta bility of this great bnt war-shaken repnb lie, the rebels have found their King Stork neither a Cromwell in the saddle nor a Washington in the Cabinet* The irre parable blunders by the rebel administra tion daring the first year of the'fryr; its total failure to develop a navy; tbe assign ing the defence of the Mississippi Valley to the feeblest, least bopefnl and least re liable of all the rebel generals; tbe boast ful negligence that followed the first Con federate success at Manassas; the rash and crazy cotton burning that followed every advance of Union force*?these all sprang from that ridiealous and overween ing conceit whioh it took twelve bloody battles to pound oat of the Southern head. And tbe rebel President has as nraoh of this conceit as the most feaifearoas guer rilla who believes that inue next skir mish be can kill as many Tankte oScers as he has ballets in bis pocket. Bis war poliey, np to tbe passage of the Conscript Act; was contemptible as it has been fnll of fierce and despairful energy sinoe. Instead of that noble) dub^jiregted and rational firmness wbietr bis tMnlMsMii of him be bu disgusted nod ^isrSSIir all the more reflecting among his followers by tbe maltsh stubbornness ofa narrow soul that fears ittfdignlt/ wttT be compromised by admitting, eveo- indirectly, that be can be misinformed, or in errnr abont any thing. ? He retains bis favorites long after they have blundered thinselves out of the confidence of all their ttoops, and would rather lose a battle or give np a State than admit that Jeff.- Davis could have made an injudicious promotion. in his State papers, (which otherwise have tbe merit of being temperately ex pressed and composed in good King's Eng lish,) and throughout his policy tbe same radical defect shines oat, a conceit that all tbe great powers of the world are pro foundly Interested in this civil wsr, and perforce most interfere ta. secure tbe pro - duction of American cotton by compulsory labor. And thongh the fortunes of the Oonfed eracy grow desperate and the walls of a stMe'nf"^" pl>Ce? BUT#ry M 'be head .h COr?Br riw bnt alow'y ln this nineteenth centary of Christian light the unwoNh'' f""' ? " hi" 00?ceit; eUllpeta and a &,?T?U,eti ,UU Calla on tee ?? -f" f0re'KQ ""'??>? >?d 1. th? V? ?' ?.e8mo8to 80 down in history " 'he Christian obtmplon of perpetual and si8"' ? Amerioin Bayard, with "God Jh. J h18 deTl?i ? Democrat of tin h?7?514; ,ch00l> ye<,cheering on rtT.r. ? ^ thonsaad disheartened sol ??. /'VS'btr than de?y the right of human bondage to make itself perpetual, though on the ruins of the last great rep.! resentative Democracy. Rebel !t*nro Soldiers. LIB CALLS FOR 4. LAfcBS TO BO* OF SIQSUIS. From the Richmond Izunlner, Feb. 1ft. employing negroes to help in the defence of their homes has greatly ripened in the public mind; and esoecially since the atrocious ultimatum of the ene my at Hampton Roads has fully brought '5? necessity of bringing out and usitfg all the elements of force which we can possibly command. It is also very well kaowo that Gen. Lee, who has accepted the powers and respond sibilities of General in Chief, urgently calls for a large force of negroes to be placed at his disposal, to be nsed accord ing to his best judgment, j The coantry will not ventnre to deny to General Lee, in the present position of affiira, anything he may ask for. 6 In the President's message at the open ing of the present session, the subject was most injudiciously presented for the first time to public attention, coupled as it was with a suggestion that emancipation might be held out to negro soldfers as a reward for faithful service. This suggestion was said, and justly said, to contain and to af firm the whole dootrine of abolition: be canse, if emancipation be a "reward" to negroes, then freedom is a better state for negroes than slavery. But in reply to this it was urged they think it a boon and a blessing, they will deem it a reward, and will give more zealous and faithful service 1 in the hope of it. This implies that we, toe white race, are no longer to jndge for negroes, bnt lo withdraw our care and guidance from them, but also to cheat them, by holding out to them as a blessing that which we know would prove a curse. This, therefore, is also abolition: Jand the worse sort of abolition, because it would be abandonment of the negro race in this country to misery and eveotnal extirpa tion; it ib abolition, not of negro slavery only, but of negroes also. Snch were the obvious reSections which occurred tothonghiful minds on seeing the suggestions in the President's message; and up to this time the judgments of men upon the whole measure, as a practical measure, have been disturbed by the in troduction of topics which raised a ques tion of morals and right. 8o far as right and morality are concerned, the position of the Southern people is and has been im pregnable. Tdey feel that the relation of msster and sjave has been a blessing to the slave; that they have profited the ne gro race much more than that race has ever profited them; and what is more, they know that they, the planters of the Sooth, are the oaly defence of the negroes against that sanguinary Northern "philanthro Pf\1) which would deprive them'of the protection of owners, in order that they may disappear from the face of the earth and leave their place open to miserable white laborers working tor the minimum of daily bread. Upon every ground of jus tice and humanity, this Sonthern people f*els itself entitled, and indeed bound, to hold its existing relation with the black race, so long as possible. If compelled by the strong necessity of self-preservation to abandon or to modify that relation, it will be under strong prote>t, and taking heav en and earth to witness that the blood of those simple oreatures does not stain onr hands. It is also very certain that negroes are not intended for soldiers, and will never fight when they can avoid it: and that if 'wfc could but collect and bring back the absentees without leave, now on the roils of our armies, we should never have to consider the project of alloying with this base material the pure metal of onr Con federate ranks. Yet, when all 'this has been said, still comes back the urgeot question, how to meet the formidable and multitudinous hosts of a vindictive invader this very spring? and also the not less urgent de mand of the great soldier on whom we all depend to command onr armies, for power to use negroes in defence of the countrv Who will take the responsibility of refu sing that appeal? Congress has now several bill* before it, intended to authorise this description oi foree. Bnt Congress is somewhat slow and timid tbia session: its legislation aima at too much exactitude in providing for every contingency aad prescribing forms and re strictione; and the conseqoence is that time passes, and the needful thing still re mains to be done. As we have a com mander-in-chief-?as this speotes of force is to be created at his express request, and as he will have the care of organizing and diaposiog it?something should be trusted to bis discration. And with this view we should greatly approve the simple amend ment proposed on Tuesday, enacting "that the General in Chief be and is hereby in vested with the lull power to call into the service of the Confederate States, to per form any duty to which he may aesiga them, so many of the able-bodied slaves within the Confederate States, as, in bis judgement, the exigencies ? of the public service may require." This makes no al lusion to the future status of the slaves so to be employed. Congress cannot change that status, nor empower the General to change it. XMgrgfpre it leaves all that for the proportion of. Ipoae taken from a par ticular plantation to those who are left, truslfog that to'the practical sagacity and justice of General Lee. It clothes him with great power, and loads him with heavy responsibility. If he is williog to wield that power, and Bhoulder that responsibili ty, in the name of Qod let him have them. It has been too generally assumed in dis cussing the matter that you cannot fairly, expect negroes to fight for the country without promising them freedom. Why? Would they have more stukein tbe conn try as freemen than as slaves? Would tbey have a better cause to fight for as freemen than as slaves ? If so then tbey would be elevated and made happier by being made freemen. If so, here ia abolitionism again? abolitionism pure and simple. Tboae who thus affirm either are abolitionists ia their hearts, or else they can give no good rea son why they are not. We deaire to see this most urgent, practical question clear ed and disembarrased of theories and ar guments. The thing to be done is to take the slates and to get their services. It would not be tbe first time that slaves have fonght for tbeir country; and certainly ne gro soldiers have a far stronger interest in defendiog a country where tbey have a master and protector and an assured home than one in which they would be leftexposed, without defence, to the crnel benevolence of Yankee abolitionists. If we must use degrees in defence of our homes, UC u? do to ; bnt, for tbeir sake as well ae for our own, let us beware of giving any consent or adhesion te the doctrine that people of that race gain by being tnrned wild?or "made free," if we ere to nse that impro per Yankee cant. THE VALIANT SOUTH CAROLINIANS PROPOSE TO LET 8HERMAN ALONE IF HE WILL ONLT RETIRE. [.Prom the Colombia Carolinian, Feb. 11.] Whether Sherman's objective point ia Augusta, Charleston, Columbia or Rich mond, or all four, does not, to unskilled eyes, yet appear. One thing, however, is certain, that every mile to ground the federal army leaves behind it? provided the latter is promptly met and attacked at the proper time?is so much gained to us. We have troops, our generals are watchful, and we firmly be lieve that within twenty days there will be such a concentration of strength and assault as will make the Yankee com mander tremble for his safety. He may be permitted to move on our railroads and to penetrate our interior, but these triumphs must be short The condition of the country will compel him to go forward or back, and that right quickly. If he comes forward, a reception awaits him unlike that which he encountered in his career through Georgia; if he goes to Charleston, he may find himself afflicted in front and rear; if he returns the way he came that will be just what we alWe sire him to do, and we shall be content to let him alooe. On the whole, though some hearts are perturbed with expecta tions cf a sudden appearance of the ene my, we think the aspect not discouraging, especially if our people will but do their duty. By all means, wherever Sherman advances, let him find nothing on which to feed man or beast. THE REBEL REPORTS OF THE BEHAVIOR OF SHERMAN'S TROOPS. | Prom the Columbia Guardian, Peb. U.J We have conversed with planters from Barnwell district, who have made their way through the lines of the enemy's advance, and who represent their con duct as still thoroughly characteristic of the moat brutal vandalism. The village at Buford's Bridge has been burned to the ground; the residences of the planters on the route which were left unoccupied were invariably destroyed. And where the families still retrained in their dwell ings, they werd subjected not only to rob bery, but various kinds of insult. Pistols were clapped to the bosoms of women, mothers and wives; the robbers refused to wait until doors and drawers could be unlocked, broke open ruthlessly the finest apartments, destroyed or carried off at pleasure, and, to enforce their de mands, threatened the house with fire over the heads of the inhabitants. They traversed the precinct, it appears, in scat tered bands of fifteen or twenty, some times with and sometimes without any officer, the officer in general command of these predatory parties being understood to be a CoL Bobbins, who evidently and eminently deserves that the letter Q should be restored to his name, as of nat ural right belonging to it He was prob ably chosen for his work because of his merits as a picaroon. Cabinet making will be the most brisk of the mechanical arts in Washington for the next fortnight But there will be a good deal of cheap 'prentice work, as for instance this of the N. Y. World's shop:? Secretary of State?Charles Francis Adams of Mass. Secretary of the Treasury?Edwin D. Morgan of New York. Secretary of War?O. P. Morton of Indiana. Secretary of the Navy?John W. For ney of Penn. Secretary of the Interior?Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. 1 . Attorney General?James S. Speed of Kentucky. By Telegraph.. For Later Dlipatchei set 3d Page. Particulars of the Evacuation of Charleston Niw Yobs, Feb. 21.?The steamship Fulton, Caps. Naletoo, from Port Royal and Charleston baron the 18th, ate p. m., arrived this morning. Purser Tom Mc Maous famishes ns with the following memoranda : Charleston was evacuated by the enemy on the night of the lTtb, leaving-the several fortifications uninjured, besides 200 gans, which they spiked. The evacuation was Grat discovered at Fort Monltrie in the morning; At IS a. m. part of the troops stationed at James Island, crossed over ih boats and took possession of the city without oppo sition. The upper part of the city ie on fire. Previous to the enemy evacuating, the; fired the upper part of the city, by which 600 bales of ootton vera burned, and itis supposed Oat before th? fire"?on<4-i??k. dued, two-thirds of the oHy trtll be de stroyed. A fearful explosion occnrred in the Wil mington depot, the cause of which is un known, by whioh several prominent citU lens lost their lives. The building was nsed for commissary purposee, and is situ ated in the upper part of the city. Admi I ral Dahlgren was the first to run up to the city, where he arrived at about 2 o'clock. Gen. Qilmore followed soon after, and had an interview with Gen. Schimilfining, be being the first general officec in the city, and for the present, in command. The remains of two iron clads were found which the enemy had destroyed by blowing them np previous to the evacua tion. The blockade runner Cyrene, which has jost arrived trom Nassau, fell into our hands, and 2 others were expected to run in on the night of the 18th. The first flag over Fort Sumter was raised by Capt. Henry M. Bragg, A. D. 0. on Gen. Gilmore's staff. A house iu the lower part of the oity was completely riddled by our shot and shell. The wealthy partof the population have deserted the city, and now all that remains are the poor wretches who are suffering from want of food. A movement had been made by a force under Gen. Hatch, which resulted in the capture of 6 pieces of artillery. The Tribune's correspondent, who ar rived by the Fulton, gives the following account: Charletton Earbor, Feb. 18.?Early last eveniog, Brig. Gen. ScbimillfioDiog, com- ' mandiog the Northern district of the De partment of the Soaih, discovered some Indications which led him to believe that the rebels were aboat to evacuate Charlos ton and its defences, and he accordingly ordered his pickets and picket boats to keep a bright lookont and report immedi diately any movement* on the part of the enemy. About half past 3 o'clock this morning a terrific explosion took place in Charles ton, which shook every ship in the harbor and off the bur, and almost simultaneous with the explosion, 11 tmes broke oat and oonid be distinctly seen in different parts ot the city. It appears the first explosion took plaae at the Wilmington depot, the fire from wbieh rapidly communicated with the ad joining buildings in a general conflagra tion of all the duelling houses in the im mediate vicinity, and it vas whilst the no fortnnate inhabitants were trying to ex llnguish this fire thnt the second explosion took place, which resnlted so "disastrously, oansing a terrible loss of life among the women and children who are rejuresented as having been horribly mutilated. About 6o'clock p. m. Qen. Schimilfinning moved bis forces and occupied the city and its defences. The formidable earthworks on James' Island were abandoned, and the guns spiked. At 8 o'clock this morning a detachment was Bent to take possession of Ft. Sumter and raise the Sag which Qen. Anderson hauled down nearly four ago. At 9 o'clock the fiag was raised amidst deafeniog cheers. As fast as forces conld be thrown into the city they were sent to work to put out tbe fire, which np to the time of leaving was raging furiously in different parts of the city. Old men, women and children were rush ing frantioally to and fro in agony of des pair at the loss of their homes and the kill - ing and mutilating of their friends. It is impossible to estimated the amount of cotton destroyed by tbe rebels. Several thousand bales were collected in different parts of the city and set on fire almost simultaneously with all the warehouses.? There is no doubt but the rebels intended to born the city to the groaod, despite the misery and want entailed on thousands of women, children and old men, of which olass the inhabitants of Charleston is now entirely composed. It was the opinion of Gen. Gilmore's staff, that in all probability two thirds ot the city would be destroyed before tbe fire could be extinguished, with the imperfect means for sabdning it at hand. The last or rear guard of the rebels left Charleston at 4 o'clook a. m., this morn ing, and there are various rumors and conjectures as to their destination, but the prevalent opinion is that they intend con centrating in the vicinity of Florence, to which point they have railroad communi cation from Charleston, unless it has re cently been destroyed by tbe expedition sent to Bull's Bay. Several hundred reb els wbo secreted themselves in different part* of tbe city when the mala column wag retreating, have given themselves up, and tell the old story of being tired of the war, half starved, Ac. They express a de sire to be allowed to take the oath of alle giance to oar government, and remain in the city. Kiioellaneooi War ?ew?. N?w Tore, Feb. 21.?The World priots tbe following rumors io circulation here : Telegrams from Washington to private parties in the city, state that Lee had sent 20,000 men to reinforce Beauregard and su able him to obeek tbe advance of General Sherman; that General Grant is already aware of the fact, and that the army of the Potomac ia once more in motion. It is also stated that General Sberidaa is advancing in heavy force on Gordonsvilla or Lynch bnrg, as tbe objeetive points. If it ia troe that Lee baa moved troops sooth, it is be came Lee considers tbe safety of North and Sooth Carolina of more importance than even tbe possession of Richmond and tbe occupation of Virginia. It was also | positively assured yesterday that Wilmlog- j too was in oar possession, having been evacuated by the rebels. Tbe Herald's correspondent say* a par I y of Sheridan's cavalry, consisting of 125 men of the 14th Pennsylvania, went up the Valley- of the Sbenandob tbe' other day, on a scooting expedition and while on their return fell into an atnbnscade pre pared by Moseby'a men. JA deepen!* fight enined. bat the guerrillas were so numer ous and so Btrongly posted that onr cavalry were roughly handled and only made good their retreat after losing a number of tilled and wounded and 60 taken prison* era. Capt. Coffinger, ot (Jen. Torbetl's staff, was captured The naval supply steamer Fort Morgan has arrived here. She brings army uuJ navy officers, aod nearly 500 discharged and iD valid soldiers and sailors, and the mail* of the Silt and West Gulf Squad rons, both of which she nommnnicated willi at various points. Tbe Fort Morgan left Key West on the 14th inst. Captain Meade; and the officers and crew of tbe San Jaciuto arrived there on the 18th. The gona of the ship, and other valuable property were saved. Tbe Herald's Washington special says: There are again strong indications that Gen. Lee is preparing to evacuate Rich mond, and fall baok on Lynchburg for a final stand. Advices received in Wash ington state positively that nearly all the valuable machinery and medical stores have already been removed from the rebel capi tal, and it ia anticipated that the abandon ment will occur within 10 or 15 days. The Herald's correspondent says that (he exchange of prisoners, under tbe new arrangements perfected between General Grant and QommisaioQet U aid, is progres giqg vapidly, and three steamers are now fa carpf nlmW V>tu soldiers to Annapolis, fid., aad oonveying return loads of rebels. Our men, both in words and appearance, add moantains of evidence to confirm all that has previously been told of the bar barity and rapacity practiced by the rebels on their unfortonate captives. Under an agreement lately entered into, all Union prisoners now held in the Trans Mississippi Department are to be ex changed. The Richmond Examiner ot the 18th says the little army under Beauregard is yet safe, and may lead Sherman such an advance as Green did Cornwallis over the same rivers and swamps. If the Federal army cannot reach tbe Danville road then it may as well have staid at Atlanta. There is reason to believe that Beauregard is acting with design, and that Sherman is near the eud of hie triumphs Tbe Richmond Sentinel of the 15th says submission will not bring peace, nor inau gurate a truce. Tbe rebels will lake to the bushes and carry on a guerrilla warfare. It is very severe on eubmissionists, who appear still to exist, notwithstanding tbe late firiog of tba Southern heart. The Petersburg Express says: We learn that a Yankee force, numbering about 500, have again occupied Suffolk, aad their pickets extend about three miles from the town, in the direction of Blackwater. A raiding patty went out from Suffolk some days ago, and visited Obuckatuok and Smitbfield. Nsw Yobk, Feb. 21.?Gold opened at .??*!? a $s<3 *? V Cheap Wool floods. 50 DOZ. Don HIT VLAMHEL801K1H ONLY $18 PKB DOZ 50 DOZ. WOOL JACKETS, 10NLY 944 PER DOZ. lOOO LBS. WOOL TARN, ONLY 91.75 PER LB. 5 ? P S S "** 3 w e* Gio S? 1 1 s s 1 SO H Bri 5 ? a 5 s > i?" 3 g H o 2 S 2 3 * s 5 ** a BO 5 w 02 ^ o co ^ o o lt M o * w -a w ? <5 a ? & 1?1 ta rj 0 ^ r, > Cm W H H ; Hi ? g s o i; s 2 < * ^ O h C3 Jg ? ft CJ 09 MERCHANTS, Purchasing Notion* and F"ney Wootaa Qooiojwll SAVE 10 TO 20 PEE CENT, by looking through ay stock bafora baying. ?GEO. K. WHEAT. NOTION J OBBKB,; 26 Monroe Street,^ IWEELIWCJ, w, VA. wu ; To All Whom it Hay Concern. TAKE NOTICE, That on and irrii to-day, all bsatt BtJUISBM AND OV?R OATi, KNIT 0<D1B SHIRTS 4N0 DRAWERS. v?t,v?r ?V0 OA -H UM TEiTS AND VC3CINH, WILL P03IHVB ? lt B1 SOLD AT COST OB LESS. A too all odd PIMM OR JOB LOTS will b. .v~< out St. GBEAT B1BOAIN. f* 041 immedUUI; at ?TBU BROTBBBI, Imlt-tt Cor. lbln kod Monro* Bt.. Delaines lor Children. JUST RCOU VBD ?A Uri* lot of a nail Agar ad an-Wool Dalalnaa. YMRY CHIAP. *11 J. 8. RH0DJC8*