our Major Generals, and fourteen Brigadier Generals, as well as one hundred and fifty pieces of artillery, and 30,000 stand of arms.--This account is the most exaggerated one of the war. A Confederate officer, on the staff of one of the Generals included in the capitulation furnishes the following account of what really was captured: First, the entire force captured will not reach above 23,000, secondly, there were only three Major-Generals captured, viz: Major-Generals Smith, Forney, and Stephenson. The Brigadier Generals were as follows: Brigadier-Generals Hebert, Moore, Lee, Shoup, Vaughn, Bowen, Baldwin, Cummings, and Buford, making a total of nine Brigadiers, and not fourteen, as the Yankees state.
The captured artillery will not exceed ninety pieces at the utmost, and of these ninety a great many are unfit for use. The number of small arms captured was large, for the reason that we had gained large numbers from the enemy during the siege.
On the 22d of May, after their repulse
The Legislature.
--In the Senate, yesterday, the following are the most important of the resolutions of inquiry offered:
By Mr. Spitler: Of making it compulsory on the County Courts to provide for the support of the destitute families of soldiers.
By Mr. Stephenson: Of granting to debtors the privilege of tendering in payment of all debts now due, or that may become due during the war, Confederate States Treasury notes in payment, and in case the creditor refuses to receive said notes, then, in that case, the interest on said debt to cease from the date of said tender.
By Mr. Coghill: Of authorizing the County Courts to levy a tax in kind, or a money tax, for the support of soldiers' families.
By the same: Of authorizing the County Courts, before conviction of a slave for an offence punishable with transportation, to arrest proceedings, upon the owner entering into bonds for the sale of said slave in the mode now prescribed by law for the sale of negro convicts.
By Mr. G
The Legislature.
Senate.--A communication was presented in the Senate yesterday from the Governor, accompanied by a number of documents relating to the case, in regard to Ferdinand A. Winston, a Justice of the Peace in Floyd county, and referred to a select committee of five, viz: Messrs. Taylor, Marshall, Collier, Lewis, and Stephenson.
A bill was reported for limiting the time for the payment of certain claims against the Commonwealth, and a bill limiting the time for the payment of interest on certain bonds of the Commonwealth.
A resolution to develop and encourage domestic manufactures, and to place within the reach of the people the means of procuring such implements and machinery as may be made, was adopted.
Also, a resolution for the appointment of an agent to collect the names with the rank, company, regiment, &c., of all Virginia soldiers who have been or who may be hereafter mustered into the Confederate service, and transcribe the same into suitable boo
room, and on the bed with him. I suppose the liquor ration must have been omitted on this expedition, as the troops behaved very quietly during the night — only a few smoke houses, hen-roosts and bee hives being robbed.
I must not omit to state, however, that the negro axemen rushed into the dwelling of Dr. Southall in the afternoon during his absence, and frightened his lady dreadfully by abusive language, and threatening her with their axes.
A part of the negroes also forced Mrs. W. H Stephenson to open her husband's store which they robbed of goods amounting to the value of about $5,000.
After a long, and, to many of our citizens, a sleepless night, morning came.
Soon after dawn the army was all astir and preparing for departure — and now began our trials.
A general system of plunder and robbery was Inaugurated.
The stores of Cowper & Jordan, J P Thomas, and C C Chalmers, druggist, were literally sacked.
Every horse, mule, carriage and buggy remaining in town were sent
1st is full of accounts of the Winchester fight.
The Yankees performed their usual nonsense over the news.
Salutes of one hundred guns at Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other cities; and at New York, upon the receipt of the intelligence, the "national" flag was flung out from the public buildings.
A letter, describing the engagement.
says:
Sheridan having learned on Sunday that the main portion of Early's forces were encamped in the vicinity of Bunker Hill and Stephenson's depot, resolved to mass his forces on the Winchester and Berryville pike, and, by a rapid movement, hurt them on Early's rear.
No doubt but that the enemy were completely surprised and out manœuvred by General Sheridan.
Whilst his different columns were being marched to the appointed place of rendezvous, a portion of the cavalry, under Torbert and Averill, kept up a strong picket along the Opequon, and, by demonstrating in force at Burns's ford, kept a large portion of the enemy at th
Virginia Legislature. [Extra session.]
Senate. Monday, January 9, 1865.
Mr. Johnson, of Bedford, President pro. tem., called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock.
Mr. Stephenson offered a resolution, which was adopted, providing that the Board of Public Works be requested to report, as soon as possible, the rates of toll they have authorized railroad and other companies in the State to charge, and whether said railroad and other companies have complied with the requirements of the act entitled "an act to authorize the Board of Public Works to increase the rates of toll, etc." passed March 10, 1864.
Mr. Wiley presented a petition from the clerks of the courts of Roanoke and Botetourt counties, asking an increase of fees and compensation to the clerks of the courts of this Commonwealth.--Agreed to.
The rest of the session was taken up in the transaction of business in secret session.
House of Delegates.
The House met at noon; Speaker Hugh W. Sheffey in t
