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with arms reversed, and the band playing a funeral march.--The following officers acted as pall-bearers; Lieutenant-General Ewell, Brigadier-General Gardner, Brigadier-General Kemper, Brigadier-General Preston, Brigadier-General Lawton, Brigadier-General Smith, Colonel Cox, Colonel August, Colonel Smith and Major Gassett. In the procession were members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation, members of the Confederate, State and City Governments, and prominent citizens of Richmond. Escort Colonel Smith and Major Gassett. In the procession were members of the Kentucky Congressional delegation, members of the Confederate, State and City Governments, and prominent citizens of Richmond. Escort duty was performed by the Public Guard, the Fire Brigade, and a detachment of Colonel Pemberton's Artillery Battalion. The cortege moved to Hollywood Cemetery, where the closing funeral services were pronounced, and the body was deposited in a vault, there to remain until such time as it can be removed to the capital of the hero's native State, Kentucky.
for exemption a large number of justices of the peace and other county officers, and am pained to believe that the duty imposed upon them has not been efficiently discharged; and I am, therefore, bound to declare that, if this apathy and negligence continue, I shall feel it my duty to revoke many of the certificates which I have already granted, in order that such officers may be required to take the places of the delinquents whom, by their negligence, they have failed to restore to their several commands. The State must have the services of her able-bodied men, and delinquents must be brought back to their duty, or those neglecting to arrest them must take their places. I call upon all officers to read the law which I have partly quoted, and see to it that it is rigidly enforced. Given under my hand at Richmond, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, this 12th day of September, 1864. Teste: William Smith. George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth. se 17--3t
quence of the presence of the public enemy, and it is expedient that the circuit court for said county shall be held at the place appointed for holding the county court: Therefore, By virtue of authority vested in the Executive by law, I, William Smith, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby authorize the judge of the circuit court for said county to hold the next session of his said court at the said town of Ashland, and to continue to hold the said court thereat so long as thf the circuit court for said county to hold the next session of his said court at the said town of Ashland, and to continue to hold the said court thereat so long as the county court shall be held at that place. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the lesser seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this fourteenth day of September, 1864, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Commonwealth. William Smith. By the Governor: George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth. se 17--3t