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Corner of 7th and Chestnut sta., Philadelphia. nIITS IXHTITUTIOX. which was established in J. 1K41, end is now consequently in the IKth year of lis existence. numbers among lis gramiaios. Hun dreds of the most successful Morohauts and liusinoas Mpn of nnr coulitrv. The ohicct of the Institution is solely to afford young men facilities lor thorough preparation for businj'T'. The brunches tmtRht are, Hook-Keeping, as nppli- t ible to the various departments ot trade; I'enman ship. both plain and ornnir.ental ! Commercial Law, Mathematics. Navigatmn, Uivtl r.nginceriug, JJraw ins?. Phnnoeranhv. anil Modern Languages. The vstpni of instruction is peculiar ; no classes or se: lc'ii. . are made use of. but each student is taught indiviilunlly. so that be may commence at any tiuio, ml firtnml 'wlmlcvcr hours are must convenient. Catalogues are isjncd annually after the 15th of April. contKinmi; mimes oi uie students lor me year, and full paniciilnrs of tiTins. Ac. and may be ob- talneil at any time by ailitrcssing inc r-nucipai. In extensive accommodations, wide-spread repnta' tien, aud the lengthy experience of the Principal, this Institution oilers fiieililics superior to any other in the country, fur young men wishing to prepare lor bu'incM, ami to obtain at the same time a diploma, vhich will prove u rccouinicndntiou fur tlieui to any Mercantile House. t r Crittenden 'a Series of Treatise on Took Keeping, now more widely circulated than any other work on the euiiject. are tor sale ni mo college. 8. 1I0HUI Cl'.ITTKMHiX, Attorney at Law February 8, W2.y SXASSUir PATE.W 1'IVE NLK l EiS-FXI'.lt I As Improved fur 1S59 and 1 SCO, Ey E. EETCIIAM A CO., 2S0 Pearl St.. Xcw Tork. fll'lE onlv Freezer constructed on scientific prin X ciplcs, with u revolving can and spring blado ?rnper. ihe one Huston' tlie Ireezingol tne cream- - tlie o.licr remove it us la-t as tror.en. The nioit rapid in freezing, wilh tho hint quantity of ice. Tho most economical iu cost, as it i the most simple ac'i durante in f tincture. For sale in all the principal cities and towns in tht Vnion. F.nch Freezer cccipajiled with a book of recipes ana mil airecuous. PRICE'S. 3 quarts, t3 00 4 quirts, 4 00 0 quMia, t 00 5 quarta, 8 t'O J t quarv, 8 00 10 quurie, 12 00 Ani'lv to II. S. M.."ER, Fuuburv, Pa. March 2'.', Ib'u2. liwcici:'!:!.!.!! irovi:it. Attorneys r.t Law, Sunbiiry, Pa joiiii.w nocKEn:i,i.i;n and soiuinx . B. !inl'U. n-spe.rlliiilv announce that thev have er.tcre I irto rop;'rtiieil:ip in the jtractice of their prulesston. aiel willefMtinue to attend to nil buslnts en'rusfed to their eb:rpe, in the counties of NorlhuuihTlanil. Vnion, Snyder and Montour, prou.pllv. fiithfullv mil rarefullv. SpeeiM atten tion will b- given to the COLl.FCTIDXS OF CLAIMS, ('eliminations cun be luul in the GEll liin;r!ias". Of.ee Market strict, opposite Weaver's Hotel, f ui.bitry, February 4. .h00. IJr:u;li;-x, Viues, li. Ar, rilliE subsL-rilier. hi'viri; opened in Thompson's .1 I'.ri 'k Hui'uiiii ;. MUl' atrevt, Danville, a largo and complete s,o;'k of FOKERiX AND DOMESTIC Llgl'ORS, comprising the h-st branls of lirunjies. Uin, Old Kye. Sooteli and Irish Whi dn-y. Port; blierry, Ma iieira. C'hiaiipnjtre and other U ines of all grades, all oi which will he ruld Vi hu!eak-, at the luweat city prices. Tuvem-keeporj, by buying uf us, can mi K U least the freight. Persons dcsiio.H of purchasing li'iuors for F A M I L Y L" S E , may rely upon being furnished with a pure and aneiulicraled ertiele. t V Ileii. J lemoned to establish a reputation for elliug-lieap, lie respectluliy wdiei a the patronage of the public. All orders promptly attended to. JEKLM1AJI S. HALL. Danville, .lime lrt. ISti't. ;'. jour IVii(, BY u.in Mason's' Patent Sheet Mcln! Screw Tup Preserve Jar. MAHUX'S J.! 37: AT flJEET METAL ci;i:v tup: All tl:at is neees.-:iry being to snrcw the Cap down opon the Hiibhcr ti-irket. which is jlaced outside lpon the shoulder of the Jar. i of un iueh distant .role the top : prevent the possibility uf tuv fl-ivor of ne fruit being injured by comii'g in Contact with the libber. 1'crs'ii.s desiring theso Jurs cm he supplied by leavirg their orders with II. 11. JIASSKll, Agent. ' Sunbiiry. June 2. 110. Vs wiling 1 ii Ilons', NORTH I" M !KR L A X 1. PI-XXYLVAXIA, (A'fr tiir J'ritfi'r.) THE Fiihseribir having ler.seil ibis well known Tavern ."land, lately kept by Mrs. C. S. llrown. rospei'tfuly iui'orirs the pid,lie tlott he is refitting uud ropiiiriug il.e preiiiiscs. and will be prepared to en tertain, iu a coniloi itil lc iiotniier, his numerous fiientls throughout the couii'r, luid ull who may patrouue his esttil.lijhiucnt. Aoril 12, ISC'. JOSEPH VAXKIRK. I'lVlllSsUll IIoiimo, RERVILT AND RI'.FI IINI.-IIEI). Cor. Howard and Frnnkliii S'teet. u fi w tjii'ires West of the Knrthern Central Rain.;-I Depot, L'ALTlMOllli. I if 'i'KKMa. 1 1'K'i b.ir. l. LLl.L.S'KIXG, Proprietor. Julv lrt. lfi.W. If 'i'iiv Si. litui, Chtstnut Ftrtrt. fotwrtn Third and Fourth, l'HIUM'l.l'IIIA. rilUE undersigneJ. httving leased, for a term of I years, this popular house, have the pleasure of announcing to their fiiends and the traveling com munity that it H now open lor tho reeeptiuu of guests. The house, feiuce the tirst of March last, hiut been entirely renovated and ri fitted in u superior manner; tbo apartments are largo, well vcutttated an.l hir uished in inoilt'rn atvle. It is centrally located, convenient to ull Ihe Jeitot and Kteuiuhoiit landings, and iu the immediate vieinitr of thu Custom Uou.e, Post Ofltee and the Turn KxeLaiige. Couneetml w ith the liolel is a Restaurant for the acooinmodiliton of tho.o preferring tho European plan. Prices of Hootus lrom Thrcv to eveu Dollars per week, according to liaaiiou. Board $1 iO per day. Table d ilute fur merchants and bumne. uicn tioiu 1 to 3 P. M HKXUY NEIL, ISAAC L. DKVOB. ApriM2, m2. ly NATRONA COAL OILl W it r ra n I ! ou.I! x IomI v", aut equal tnuuy KKKdSENK. W'liv tiv rxplo.ive uil, wtien a few eents mors per ..gallon will furnish y iu wdh a perfect till 1 Ma.le only by PA. PAI.T MAL'FACTt'HI0 COMPANY, No. IV 7 Walnut Slieet. Pl.iludelpbia. Febniary a. Iea v SArOSIFIEE! 8Aro:;iFIEtt!! TDK FAMILY tsOAP MAKKIt A'l Kitcliru lircime can be mailt into aood Amp, using npon itler ! Pireetions Accompanying taeh Boa ! suAP is as etuilv uuate Willi it. hs uwktug a cup of eof .fee. MniifM'tU"sl otilv bv lh- I'nieot.'e. PA. 9AI.T MAM'FAOTCItl.Ntl t'tlMI'ANV. No. IJ7 Mal'iui Street, fb ilnclrlj.hu. FehraaiylS. tMi-j ly Viir! Wnrl Wart -COME FROM THE SOUTH. COME FROM THE FOCTH, COME FROM THE EAST, COME FROM THE WEST-. Jsuve the eounlry and build yourselves homes, for now is the lin e to get your Lumber clieup. Yes, I.VMUEK! LVjlliEKH LUMBER!!! ran be purchased at low rates at the bTEAM SAW MILL of 1KA T. CLEMEXT. BUSttURY, PA., Fuck tut Panel Lumber, Frame Lumber, Hoards, HI. ll0i, rtiiugles fioui f l to t par thnusuud. Plastering , Lain, Puling. Rooting Lnlli, u., n, All tills oidered, for any kind of Lumber, will U ; furii .ed M Ute uiorUuA oouoa. IRA I. OXT. rVirb-ry, Marekl.IMl FR1LING & GRANT ARE IIAPP7 TO ANXOUKCE TIIAT T11EY ARE NOW RECEIVIXU AN ENTIRE New Stock of Goods!! MANT OF WHICH ARB REDUCED IN PRICE, and although prevailing reports may induct tha Uliof at DRY GOODS art adranciiag, yet a single visit to that 'attractive resort, THE MAMHOTH, will convince nny candid man or womau that, be the report as it may, yet the proprietors of that "intuitu- tiou" have tlie facilities fur furnishing CErPBl GOODS which thots who buy and sell on Long Credits not, and eannet possess. WE KEEP EVERYTHING, AND ARE DETERMINED TO SELL CHEAPER THA X C'A.V HE PURCHASED ELSE WHERE. FRILTXO A GRANT. Snnbury, May 17, 18G2. 0 E0W TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC HAPPINESS. Pui.l Mrs. Smilh to Mrs. llrown, As they were walking through iho town, Wieru do you do your shopping i That dress you're in, so neut Kiel liue, 'ihut when 1 see it, really mine Looks positively shockiu." 'I'm sure your husbiiud, Mrs. Brown Now don't be augry, l,ut and frowu Is not so rieh us mine, And yet you can afVord to buy Just iwicu as much, or more than I, And bow, I cuuuut olivine." gays Mrs. Drown to Mrs. Smith : " 'J lie reason you'll be startled with, it is hi simple, clear You buy on credit, 1 for cash, I buy bargains, you buy trash, 1 cheap, while you pay dour. 'Whene'er you want a dress or shawl, A collar, hose, or what-not. call At the cheap MtuMoTll s-ronr, They'll sell you goods so very low That you will cense to wonder so, How much rieh goods I've wore. "My husband, as you truly suy. Is licnrcr. far, than yours to-day, And yet I can buy more, Because eauli dollar of his few is, to me, jut as jcood as two. At the cheap Mahuotu SroRE." Fo satisfied was Mrs. Smith With Mrs. Brown's new urilh- luetic, which did convince The tirsl. and opened so her eyes, She husu't ceased tu patronize The Ma u Hutu ever siuce. And now, when you chance to meet Her husband, fiiuilk, upou the street, Around thu corner coming, His luce is lighted with a smile, liis step cltulic all the white A pluiuuinl tune he s humming. Ladies, if like effect you'd tea Iu your dear spouse, which you and bt, Perchance, nee'r saw beforo, Just Mrs. Brown's prescription try, And all your list of Dry lloods buy At the cheap Mauhutu tSruas. S-T-1860-X. Drake's IMiintallou Hitter. They purify, strengthen, and Invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. They art an antidote to change of water and diet They overoouioerlee is of dissipation and lale hours They strengthen the system and enliven the mind They prevent miasmatic and intormitleut fevers. Tbey purify the breath and acidity nl the stomach They ours Dyspepsia and CouttiMlion I hey cure Diarrhea, Cholera, and Cholera Mor. bus. They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous Head, ache. They are the beat Hitters in the woold. They makt the weak man strong, and art cthausted nature's peat restorer. Tbey are made of part fit. Croix Rum, tbecelebrated Calbmya Dark, note and herbs, and art taken wilh the pleusurt of a beverage, with out regard to age or time of day.- Particularly re ooinmeoded to delitate pereoue requiring a senile stimulant. 614 by all ttrooers. Drugeists, lloult sndK.looos. P. U. DRAKE 00., 2Q2 Broadway, Mtw-York. sober IS, JW1 MISCELLANEOUS. THE EXPEDITION TO DESTROY THE OEOBOIA STATE RAILROAD. MutTi-ring- of I'nloii Koldlorn Re port of Ihc Jiulgc Adrorntr-(eu(. nil to tlie NeerelnryonViir, Jcdob Aitocatk-Gekerai.'s Orrcr., Wahhisoton, Mitrch 27, 180:). Sir I linve tho honor to transmit for your consideration the accompanying dispositions of Corporal Willisim. l'ittcngcr, Company G, Second Iti'gimcnt Oliio Volunteers; PrivHtc Jacob Parrot, Conipiiny K, Tltir-ty-thirrl Heginient Oliio Volunteers ; Private Hubert Iiuflum, Company II, Twenty-lir.it Kruiment Ohio Volunteers; Corporal William Keddick, Company li, Thirty-third Hi gi incut Ohio Volunteers; and Private William BcnsinRcr, Comjiany G, Twenty-tirsst Hegiment Ohio Volunteers ; Taken at this office on tlie 25th inst., in compliance with your written insltuctions, front which the following facts appear: These non-commissioned officers nnd pri vates belonged to nn expedition set on foot in April, ljfli'i, at tlie sujriiestion of Mr. J.J. Andrews, a citizen of Kentucky, who led it, and under the authnrXy and direction of General O. 31. Mitchel, tlie object of which was to destroy the communications on the Georgia State Uailroad, between At'.autaand Chuttatiooca. Tlie mode- of operation proposed was to reach a point on the road w here they could nv'vcc a locomotive and train of cars, and then dah back in tlie direction of Chattanooga, cutt'iiiyr the telegraph wires and burnin; the bridges behind them as they advanced, un til they readied ttieir owu lines. The ex pedition consisted of twenty-four men, who, witli thu exception of its leader. Mr. An drews, and another cilizeu of Kentucky, who ucted on the occasion as the etlf'stitiite of a soldier, had been selected from tlie dif ferent companies for their known courage anil discretion. 1 hey were informed that the movement was to be a secret one, and they doubtless comprehended Mimetliintr of its perils, bill Mr. Andrews and 3!r. Heddick alone seem to have known anything of its precise direc tion or object. They, however, voluntarily engaged in it, and made their way. in piirt'u ol two and three, in citizen's dress, and car rying only their side arms, to ChattanooL'ti. the point of rendezvous agreed upon, w here twenty-two out of the twenty-four arrived safely. Here they took passage, wit!n:it attracting observation, for Marietta, whii h they reached lit twoho o'clock on thu night of the 11th of April. The follow ing morning ther took the car? back ngain towards Chattanooga, and ut a place called Dig Shanty, while tho engineer and passengers were breakfasting, they de tached the locomotive and tlneo box cars from the train and started at full speed for Chattanooga. They were now upon the lield of the perilous operations proposes I by the expedition, but suddenly encountered unforeseen obstacles. According to the schedule of the road, of which 3tr. Andrews had possessed himself, they bhould have met but a single train on that day, wherein they met three, two of them being engaged oil extraordinary service. About an hour was !ost in wailing to allow these trains to puss, which enabled their pursuers to press closciv upon them. 1 hey removed rails, threw out obstructions mi the road, and cut the wires from time to time, and attained, when iu motion, n speed of sixty miles an hour; but the time lost could not be regained. Alter having run about one hundred mile?, they found"' their supply of wootl, water and oil exhausted, while the. Kebcl locomotive which had been chasing them was in sight. Under these circumstance they hud no alternative but to nbundon their cars and fly to thu woods, which they did, under the ordnx of Mr. Andrews, each one endeavoring to save hiui 'self as bet he might. The expedition thus failed from causes which reflected neither upon the genius by which it was planned, nor upon the intrepi dity and discretion of those engaged in con "liu tiiig it. Hut for the necident of meeting the extra trains, which could not have been anticipated, the movement would have been a complete success, and tho whole aspect ol thu war in the South and Southwest would have been at once changed. The expedition itself, in the daring of its conception, had the wildness of a romance; while it then gigantic and overwhelming results, which it sought nnd was likely to accomplish, it was absolutely sublime. The estimate of its character entertained !u the South, will be found fully expressed in an editorial from the Sautifrn ConfeJerary a prominent Hcliel journal, under date of the loth of April, nnd which is'appended to and adopted as a part of Mr. Pittenger's disposi tion. The editor says : "Thu mind and heart shrink back appalled at tho base con templation of the awful consequences which would have fallowed the success of this one act. We doubt if the victory of Manures or Corinth were worth as much to us as the frustration of this grand coup d'etat. It is not by any means certain that the annihila tion of Hcauregnrd's whole army at Corinth would be so fatul a blow to us as would have been the burning of the bridges at that time by theso men. So soon as those composing the expedi tion had left the cars, and dispersed them selves in the woods, tho population of thu country around turned iu their pursuit, em ploying for this purpose the dogs which are trained to hunt down the fugutive slaves of the South. The whole twenty-two w ere cap tured. Among them was 'Private. Jacob Parrot, uf Company K, Thirty-third Hegi ment Ohio Volunteers. When arrested, lie i was, without uny form of trial, taken uosses- sion by a military olHcer and four soldiers, I who stripped him, bent him over, a stone, j and while two pistols were held over his head, a lieutenant iuKeM uniform indicted, witli a raw tilde, upwards ot a hundred lushes on his bare back,. This was done in tho presence of an infuriated crowd, who clamored for his blood, and actually brought a rope with which to hung him. The ob ject of this prolonged scourging was to force this young man to confess to them the ol- ject of the expedition, and the names of his ! comrades, especially tliat of the engineer who had run the train. Their purpose was, no doubt, not only to take the life of the latter, if induntiilcd, but to do so with every cir cumstance of humiliation and torture which they could devise. Three times, in tho progress of this horri ble flogging, it was suspended, and Mr. Parrot was asked if he would not confess ; but steadily and firmly, to the last, he ro lusud all disclosures, and it was not till bis tormentors were weary of their brutal work that tbt task of subduing tbeir ricttoa was abandoned as hopeless. This youth is an orphan, without father or mother, arid w ith out any of tlie advantages of education. , Soon after the Hebollion broke out. thovfcrh' but eighteen years of age, he left his trade." and threw himself into the ranks of our armies, as a volunteer; nnd now, though still suite ting from tho outrages committed upon his porson in the. Soul li, ho is on his way to rejoin his regiment,-(-niinrj to love his country only the more for all liat he has endured in its defense. liis subdued nnd modest manner, whilo narrating the part he had borne in this ex pedition, showed him to bo wholly uncon scious of having done anything more than perform his simple duty ns a soldier. Such Spartan fortitude, nnd' such fidelity to the trusts of friendship nnd to the aspirations of patriotism, deserve an enduring record in the archives of the Government, and will find one, 1 am sure, in the hearts M - a loyal people. The twenty-two captives,, when Secured, were thrust into theneo-ro iail at Chattanoo-'ii iliev occupied a sinp-lc room, half under .. . ... .. ground, nnd but thirteen feet square-, so that there was not space for them all to lie down together, and a part of them were, in conse quence, obliged to sle.-p sitting nnd leaning against the walls. The only entrance was through a trap door in tho ceiling, t'mt was raised twice a day to iet down their scanty meals, which were lowered in a bucket. They had no other light of ventilation than that which came through tiro small, triplc-grutod windows. They"" were covered with swarming vermin, nnd the heat was so oppressive that they were often obliged to strip themselves entirely of their L-'mt lies to bear it. Add to this, they were all hand cuffed, and. with truce chain lecurcd by padlocks around their necks, were fastened to each other in companies ol twos and threes Their food, which was doled out to them twice a day, consisted ol a little Hour, wit with water and baked in the form of bread and spoiled pickled beef. They hit I no opportunity of procuring any supplies from the oytsid'c, nor had they any means of doing so ; their poekrts having been rilled of their last cent by ti e Confcd ciate authorities, prominent among whom was an otiicer wealing the Hebel uiiforni of a Major. 'o part of the nioucy tbus basely taken was ever returned. During this imprisonment at Chattanooga thu leader, .Mr. Andrews, was tried and con demned as a spy, a:id wns subsequently ex ecuted at Atlanta, the 7lh of .lime. They were strong m jn pi.rfa.t health w hen they entered this negro jail, but at the end of something more than three weeks, when, they were required to leave it, they were so exhausted fro n the treatment to wi.h Ii they had been subjected, as scared v t bo able to walk, and several slaggeieii from weak ness as tbey passed through the streets to the cars. Finally, twelve of the number, including the fivu who disposed, nnd Mr. Mason, of Company Jv. twmty-lirst Hegiment Ohio Volunteers, who was prevented by illness from giving his evidence, were transferred to the prison of Knowiiie, T r.n. On ar riving there, seven of them were arraigned before a court-martial, charged with being spies. The trial of course, was summary. They were permitted to be prcsi-nt, but not to hear cither the argument of tiieir own counsel or that of the judge ndvocuto. Their counsel, however, afterw ards visited the prison ami read to them the written de fense which he made before the Court in their behalf. The substance of that paper is thus stated by one of the witnesses, Cor poial Piitenger : I I n (the counsel) con tended that our being dressed in citizens clothes was nothing more than thu Confede rate Govcriiiiicnt itself had authorized, and was only what all the guerrillas in the scr-i vice of the Confederacy did on all occa-iens I when it would he nn advantage tu them to do so; ami ho recited the instance of Gen. Morgan having dressed hii men in the uni form of our soldiers, and passed them off as being from theKighth Pennsylvania Cavalry Hegiment, and by that means succeeded in reaching a railroad and destroying it. "'1 his instance was men tinned to show that our being in citizen's clothes did not take from us the protection awarded to pri- i goner of war. Tho plea went on further to state that wo had told the subject ot tho J expedition; that it was a pnrelv military ' one for the destruction of communication. I yesterday, little dreamed that such proceed ind, as such, lawful according to the rules of j lugs, as somew hat detailed below, w ere pro war." I grossing in the United Hates Commissioner's This just nnd unanswerable presentation of office. It was a wise, thing, perhaps, that tlie case uppcars to have produced itsappro- prhfto impression. Several members of the court-martial afterwards called on tho pri soners and assured them that, from the evidenco against them, they could not be condemned as spies ; that they had come for a certain known object, and not having lingered about or visited uny of their camps obtaining or seeking information, they could not be convicted. Soon thereafter all the prisoners were removed to Atlanta, Georgia, and they left Knoxville under the belief that their comrades, who had been tried, cither had been or would bo acquitted. In tho meantime, however, the views en tertained nnd expressed to them by tho members of tho Court, were overcome, it may be safely assumed, under the prompt ings of the remorseless despotism Ht Hich mond. On tho lyth of June, after their arrival nt Atlanta, where they rejoined the comrades from whom they had been sepa rated at Chattanooga; their prison door wan opened, and tho death sentence of the seven who had been tried ut Klioxville was read to them. No time for, preparation was id lowed them. They were told to bid their friends fare well, "und to be quick about it." They were at once tied and carried out to execution. Among the seven was Private Samuel Hob inson. Company G, Thirty-third Ohio Vol unteers, who was ton ill to walk. Ho was, however, pinioned like tho rest, and, in this condition, was dragged from tho floor on which he was lying to the scall'old. In nu hour or more tho cavalry escort, which had nccomptinied them, was seen returning with the cart, but the cart was empty the trage dy had been consummated ! On that evening and the following morn ing the prjsoners learned from the Provost Marshal and guard that their comrades had died, us all true soldiers of tho republic, should die, in tin? prespnee of its enemies. Among the revolting incidents which they mentioned in connection with this cowardly butchery, was the full of two of the victims from the breaking of the ropes, after they had Utn for sonie time suspended. On their being restored to consciousness, they begged for an hour in which to pray aud to prepare for death, but this was refused them. The rope were readjusted, and tho execu tion at ouce proceeded, Among tho who thus perished was Pri-1 itu Alfred Wilson, Company C, Twenty- j rata Alfred n1 Ohio Volanteers. lie was a uocuauie from Cincinnati, who, in the exercise of his trad", had traveled much through the Slntes North nnd South, nnd who had a greatness of soul which sympathized intensely with our struggle for national life, ati'l was in that dark hour filled with joyous convictions of our final triumph. Though surrounded by a scowling crowd impntient for his sacri fice, he did not hesitate while standing under tho gallows, to make theni n, brief nddress. He told them, that though they were all wrong, ho had no hostile feeling's towards the Southern people, believing that not they, but their lenders were responsible for the Hebellion ; that he was no spy. ns charged, but a soldier, regularly detailed for military duty ; that ho did not regret to die for his country, but only regretted the manner of his death ; and he added, for their admoni tion, that they would yet see the time when the old Union would be restored, and when its flag would wave over them aynin. And with tiissc word:i the brave man died. Hp, like his comrades, calmlv niet the i'nomini- I ",w hom of a felon ; but. but, happily, ignomi- """is '"r ami ior vnem oniv so iar as ii.. i i1,!.. ..... inn mitri nit nn ui i ne iuu nut aniline nero can be degraded by the hands of ruffians and traitors. The remaining prisoners, now reduced to fourteen, were kept closelv confined under special guard, in the jail at Atlanta, until October, when, overhearing ri conversation j between the jailer nnd another officer, they ; became satisfied that it was the purpose of the Authorities to hang them, ns they had done their companions. This led them to form n plan for their escape, which they carried into execution on the evening of the. next day. by seizing tlie jailer when he open ed the door to curry away the bucket iii which their supper had been brought. 1 This was followed by the seizure also of tlie seven guards on duty, nnd before the alarm was given eight of the fugitives wcro beyond the reach of pursuit. Jt lias been since ascertained that six of those, after long , and painful wanderings, succeeded in reach ing our lines.- Of tho fate of the other two, nothing is known. The remaining six of tlie fourteen, con sisting of the five witnesses who have d" poscd, ami Mr. Mason, were recaptured nnd contined in the barracks until ' December, when thev v.fi'c removed to Hichmond. There they were shut up in a room in Castle ' Thunder, where they shivered through the , winter without lire, thinly clad, ami with but two small blankets, which they had saved with their clothes, to cover the whole party. So they remained until n few days since, when they were exchanged ; and thus, at the end of eleven months, terminated their pitiless persecutions in the prisons of the South ; per-ecntions begun and continued amid indignities and sulli rings on their part, and atrocities on the part of their tratoiious : . foes, w hich illustrate far more faithfully than ! any human hingnieje could express it, tho I .demoniac spirit of a revolt every throb ofj , whose life is a crime against the very race i to whi.:h we belong. I Very respectfully, your obedient servant. . J. UOi.T, .Tiidi; Advocate-General. I I lion. Euwtx M. Stanton, Secretary of :War. ! The testimony elicited is too voluminous ' to publish. j From tho Philiidolphia Press, of tho lnth Inst 1 ' IMPORTANT ARRE3T3, ASTOUNDING DISCLOSURES ! A si:ci:E:r ci: aiei.b: ok. -A.MlZA'l'IO.. ! THE I'KLsUliKXT F THE VNITl'D STATX3 '10 EE A1?LTCT1. A Xor!lti-tiitcrn ('onffiVcrafij JlttolliJit J. The Craft to be Itcsiatcd by Force, if Neces sary. SIGNS, PASSWt)HD:i AND GHIl'S. ! If there is any person w ho hns nny doubt as to a secret political organization for tho express purpose of resisting tho laws, he liiav remove it all by reading the following evidence elicited yesterday before Mi. ('has. i Ilonzlctt, tho United Slates Commissioner. Tho arrest of the parties named below was known to very few pi rsons outside the law officers whose services, it was supposed, would i c required. 1 lie great mass ol peo- pic, inovii g along' Chesnut street and Filth caution was used Pv the authorities to pri vent undue excitement. Tlie prisoners had been in this city from the evening previous, but as the affair wns prudently kept a pro found secret from iiuliscriminating gentle men ot the press, the great public were no les the wiser, and there was le-s likehood to ripple the streaitaof justice as it llows in its quiet stillness from the fountain of au thority. It waa not until after two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, that the public became aware that something was up, from the fact that'll telegraphic despatch had been receiv ed from Heading, Pa., that several hundred men, some of them armed, had reached that place to effect a rescue of prisoners supposed to be at that place. It also being stated that prisoners tho crowd wcro iu search of. to rescue them from the law authorities, had beta taken to Philadelphia, the rescuers ma le a suggestion to come to Philadelphia lo rescue tlicin hero. Everything being un satisfactory in regard to the movements of the rioters, it was deemed adusoble to pre pare for any emergency that lubdit aris';, no matter what, nor where it came from. Chief Huggles, very quietly, ordered a reserve of police to report forthwith at the Centra! Station, and t come in small parties, so as not to awaken any suspicion. In a very short time squads of police reported, ami not hav ing anything particular to do, passed their time iu exttinining certain muskets, and go ing through a drill. Tho provost guard also had their drill in the State-house yard, ulul u cavalry corps were trying tho mettle of their liort.es in the northwestern part of the city. The Hon. J. Glan 'y Jones, cx mem ber of Congress, in alluding to the reported riot at Heading, said lust evening at the hearing, that thu assemblage had iclded to wiser counsel, and it was not likely they would come, to Philadelphia. Wo breathed free then. It will be seen in the following that it is dclilierateil plotted that Abraham Lincoln, tho President of United States, siia'd be abducted, and that a Northwestern Confederacy is contemplated ; that the so ciety boasts of a very great numbers in tho North, the South, tho West, and iu the army; that a Ucscitiug soldier w as recognized by tlio signs aud grips, understood by the mem bers only, and that five deserters were res cued from tho military authorities in tho c i,.i:..M. t ..:n i . t... .1..,, ot UK iii suumua. a, iim uiou uu kl'u ,uai Mr. Lyon, a detective of the United States, and now deputy provost iuarsb-1 at Rtiadiog, I ennsytraai-, came very near wiug siruc with a hay fork when the secret bnnd of conspirators were probing aboat tho straw in search of apics. M itch other interesting information will also be found in the follow ing. We might any that before the hearing closed, quite a number of the most promi nent residents of Philadelphia crow ded into the .Commissioner's room. AVo observed ono or two of the prisoner room. We observed orie or two of the prisoners making ccrtnin signs one of which was carelessly placing tho forefinger fifths' right hand vertically on the lips, meaning proba bly to "keep mum." We have reason to believe that some one or mora in the crowd in tho room recognized the sign thus made. THE 1IKAHINO. Philip ITuber, Augustus F. 1715 or. Cnbricl Filbert and Harrison Oxeneldoi were ar rulgned on tho chargo of coos.;vJ;tv. (ieorge A. Coffey, United .Stales District Attorney, appeared for tho Government. Hon. J. Clancy Jones, cx-trtombor of Con gress appeared ns counsel for tho last three mimed defendants. John P. O'Neill, Esq., appeared for the first named. Mr. Htiber is the prime mover in organi zing the alleged treasonable: association. He expected Mr. Jones would defend him, but this gentleman declined. After settling some uninteresting preliminaries the affida vit was rend by the counsel for tho defence upon which tho w arrant of arrest was issued. This wns made in April the Cth inst., by William Y. Lynn, United Slates detractive, and it sets forth that there have been organ ized, in various parts of Herkscounty, Penn sylvania, seditious and treasonable combina tions, lodges, or societies, the object of which is to create disaffection against the Covern - incut of the United Slates, to prevent nnd resist the execution of the United States laws, nnd particularly tlie act of Congress providing for n conscription or draft of soldiers ; tho said lodges meet nt nirdit-1 time, pay nn initiation fee, nnd ore bound f together by an oath ; snM, societies have j front fjf'Lv to eig'iiy and a hundred members , each ; that one was organized at the house of Jacob Zcllcr, near Stonthbnrg, Pennsyl-1 vania. and other tihices. The ntliiluilt ' i',, k... . ... . r 4i i.r ,i ! (uiiiii-i is loiiu um names oi aoine ol lue mcuibcrs of said association, of Parties who have not been nrrested. THE EVIDENCE. William Y. Lyon sworn. Mr. Jones, counsel for defence, now cau tioned tho witness to say nothing but what he knows of his own knowledge. Witness. Yes. sir. Question by United States District Attor ney Coffey- Do you know the defendants ? Answer. I do; I know Philip Ilubcr, Dr. Augustus Illig, Gabriel Filbert, nnd Harrison Oxentider; I received information wituin the last two months that there was a man named (objected to by Mr. O'Neill, who said, never mind about" receiving the information ; just state what you know of your own knowledge.) Witness. Well, then, to suit you better I will say from information that I received, 1 set myself to work to find out whether there was anything in this matter; I "piped-' for it ; there were complaints coming to mc every day. Mr. Jones here iiitertuptod the witness by saying that ho had understood that Mr. Lyon had had some conversation with the defendants, nnd anything they raid to him unless voluntarily made Ly them, cannot bo admitted as evidence. Mr. O'Neill further said that admissions could not be received unless the ci npiracy is first made out. Let us substantiate this iirst, and then proceed. Witness. I came here to tell the truth, and nothing but tho truth ; I nm u stranger here. Hy Mr. CofTey. Tell, what you savr and heard. Witness resumed. On Saturday morning, the 21st of March, 1SCJ, I received infornitt- lion there was to be a meeting; I proceeded to tho place w here tho meeting was to be held ; 1 went on foot in Marion township, and concealed myself in the barn of Jacob ellar, tinder tho straw ; Mr. Ilubcr told tho men who were there; I think Mr. Fil bert wns thero; Mr. Hubcr was there of. course ; he told them Mr. O'Neill objects that whnt Mr. Hubcr said is not evidenco until tlie defendants iirst ho conducted in the charge of conspiracy. When this is done then any admission of what Mr. Hubcr said, may be given iu evi dence. Commissioner Hcnzlett repliel "Well, wo must begin this investigation some w here, nnd we might ns well commence now." Mr. Jones said, after the evidence has been heard then the Commissioner can excrcUc his own judgment. With this understanding tho witness made another attempt to uivc in his evi dence, Ho said, there might have been u hundred men in the barn altogether ; before they proceeded to business. Mr. U;ler told them to witrrh the hint, totti ij there irneniy sjic cuii'f-tlul in it ; 1 cannot name the parties whom he was addressing; ho direct ed them to run a dung-fork or hay-fork into the straw, to see if thero were any spies con ceared under it ; after fif' vaidviit, he order t'7 yiVsVi f to he t fin. ten unhide the lnru this was, ns near ns I cm judge, between eight, and ni.io o'clock; the men went nut, then thu men inside took tho obligation; Mr. Hubcr did tho talking; ho denounced the war as unholy and unjust ; ho said that the society was a million strong; he stated that it first was organized iu tho South ; that the society had nint, pttmword, and yrips ; ho administered tho obligation ; w bother the men swore on the liible or not, I cannot say ; thero were eighty-three men to the j best of my knowledge, w ho joined on that occasion by taking l lie oligation ; the obli- J gat ion was given uriially; lie said the men would swear: 1 don t know whether they kissed the Hible or not, as I could not ex actly see; they all answered ye after the obligation was spoken tc t'.iein ; he adverti ses a meeting to bo held at a certain place u man's house and after this they go into ,i secret organization ; the members sign a litt uud pay ono dollar each in tho tir;f plm t then those who sign go into secret; those who do not sign go away ; 1 uturM him give the obligation. lly Mr. Coffey. Now just thiuk, nnd be careful, and toll us what the obligation is. iaiess. .Yes, sir. "Are tfvtt in J'titur vj thi aMuetion c .-lprij-ham Lineoln f 1 heard this, "yurv, i neet$mry.n "Areyoa in J'ucor yf'u AoilhttfttTu Confed eracy t" Ilubcr hero interrupted the witness by sayiug; "(' li.n CowutUsioQer Uca.lctt told ITuber to keep tileuce. Hy Mr. Colfey. ' Well, sir, go on. Did you hoar anything rise ? Witnpss. ls,r,' fhi-ardhimtiiy". "Art you in fntnr of rttisting the drnjl er'tht Cm-in-iti"n act?' Here there was some sensation among tho crowd, and the windows were opened to lot in a little fresh uir. Hy Mr. CofT-y. Well, sir, did they swear to these obligations I Witness. Yes, air; they answered yea. Question. Can't you naino some of the men w ho wore there nnd who thus swora I How nbottt Mr. Illig, Mr. Filbert, or Mr. Oxoneider. Witness. I cannot swear positively that any of them were there; Mr. Filbert and lllig wore ut thehouso before the party went iilo secret session, and I cannot swear posi tively that they were in the bam ; I am sura tht Mr. Ilubcr was in the barn ; am not mistaken ubout him ; ho w ns the only man that spoke at the meeting in the bouse ; there wns more or less talking among thosa who composed the meeting; f 9:t were col. lected nt the privnto mooting ; Ilubcr said ho wns the treasurer: hu took the money ; I have had some talk w ith him ; I asked him some questions, nnd told him he might answer them if ho choose ; there was no compulsion ; I know tho rights of a prisoner whin in custody ; I nsked him what the nssocintion wns banded together for wns it to overthrow the Government ? lie snid it was, nnd this could be done under tlie Con stitution ; he said tlie money wns raised to fee lawyers if nny one of tho members was nrrested; also, to try the constitutionality of the conscription net, nnd if this would not do they would use force, but did not say what kind of force ; I believe this is about all I know of the affair ; I am a Government ! detective, and since the 20th of March have j ')ccn deputy provost-niarshal at Heading, Cross-examined by Mr. 0N'cill. Ilubcr j resides near the Black Horse, iu Lancaster ; county, not far from the line of. Perks coun ty ; the public meeting was called nt the house of Mr. Foust : I can't sav that the notice of the meeting was published ; I received my information of the meeting at Stouchburg; I was not in the house; 1 wns insight of it; this was on March 21st Saturday; Ilubcr made the speech at tho house ; nil the doors were not shut ; 1 w as in disguise ; I talked with no person ; I listened against the shutter; I was pretty close; no one accosted tne; I accosted nobody ; I wns rigged up for the occasion ; I was blackened and in disguise; 1 never spoko to Ilubcr until April 7th; 1 have seen him sometimes ; I did not see hitn fcpeak ; I knew his voice nt tho barn ; I was seerered tinder tho straw in the barn ; I licard him speak at a meeting in Moonville. Question. Well, sir, you must bo in error because you have said you never heard him speak until the 7tll of April. Witness. You are mistaken, sir ; I snid nothing if t!io kind ; 1 said 1 never spoko to him until the 7th of April. (J. Well, how ditl you recognize him lr his voice, in barn, if you did not see him while he w ns speaking in the house ? A. I did know his voice, and heard hitn distinctly. Q. "You have prelty big cars.'' A. "That's so. Tho witness was now questioned at great and somewhat tedious length in respect to the oath taken by tho alleged conspirators. Tho witness had made a memorandum of the oath, with lead pencil, in a small book iu which he had written the word abdica tion, upon which mistake the learned coun sel effected to be somewhat funny. The witness said I am not a good speller nor a good writer, but Mr. Ilubcr said a'iNclion ; 1 made tlie memorandum, the witness con tinued, on Sunday morning after I got home ; it was then" fresh upon my mind ; I did not make it on Saturday night, simply because I wns tired ; I went home in n coal train ; felt sleepy ; I'm n poor speller ; I arrested Hubcr in the iron foundry of the Philadelphia and Heading Hailroad shop at Headiiiiz: I searched him to see if he had ; anv papers on him : 1 found one paper that ho had lixed for another meeting to be held ; 1 1 hut pnpr r is now in tlie possession of Sam- , uel M. Young, commissioner nt Heading ; w hen I nsked him a!oiil the organization he said it was n Constitutional Union organiza tion ; said tho .dollar fee was for the purpose of testing whether the ('raft wns constitu tional or not ; Mr. Hubcr. in odtninisteriug tho oalh, said you do swear, etc. Q. Was there not an obligation taken also to tustain the Constitution of the Uni ted States f A. Yes, s!r. Q. Why did you not put this down in your memorandum book ( A. I put down what I thought was ncces etiry. Crnra-cxsnilnoJ by Mr. Jones I desired to find out whether there aus anythin in the oraniration ; if then! is anything illi'fal in it I wnut the members trieil lioiionttily. uiol honorably conviuted if they art guilty ; I livt at Ku linn ; 1 decline to namt tht .'iiriy from ahoui 1 derive,! uiy information ; it was givo to me in niv oRieinl enpaeitv. and as an officer I promised hot to reveal uiy luforuier: I ill not tell it ; 1 ill tell you all he siid if you desirt to hear it. Mr. Junta No, sir. nwver miud that. Wiiness. The ne-etiii at th house was piiblis snd promiscuous. 1 stipcus1 ; it was after this tht Sivrct merlins; was held in the burn; undurataud ma when he he made a speech at the house, tho parties niunt'd, then thine who signed would lo into seerel mcetinj? illi iho-e who hud bit' re signed; wheD I found ttuy intended to go U thu lorn. I went there ahead ol 'them, aud secreted myself undej the straw. Hy Mr. tJufl'i'v. 1 am not po'itivs they viid at tha nieeliutf. lo r'ii.it Hit draft hy foreo ; ihe ooliKiitions were spukeu in Lugli.-u and lieruiau, or Peuuylva Din butch. The witness whs now exnuilndd as ta the character of the d.'leudanls. So far us Iu know of .Messrs. lilig Oxeueider aud Filbert, he con-idcred their charac ter a;ood ; never hud any cause to suppose they would do au illegal act ; 1 ccrminly would trust lluber ; uiy impression U from what I tiiow of these geutleuicu ; 1 linve no reiuou to sny that I think they wuuld vio lnte Ihe law, but I would a jt trust lluber. Laughter. Frederick 1'rints w as culled to the slnnd. Uu be ing sworn he has ho lived tight miles from Reading; he c-H acuiiuiuted with Ilubcr at tht uieeiiu. at Iht house of .Mr. Foust ; it wus on last Friday two weeks 1 think : llulr called the meeting: it was called by private means; the oloVet was to talks measures to rcsi.-t Iho draft ; Mr. lluber staled this at (bt pub. lie meeting : I here w ere about 2uV people present ; ht referred U lue eosu of resUtiiooo in ludiaut, aud said this was the way it would be dout here; that if auy nne of the meuibeis sbuiild be taken and sent to Foit Warren that be would Id rescued, even if (ht bad to (ear the fort dowu ; he aiid there were out or twa tuilliou of mcu belonging to ihe orgtinuatiomill over Ihe South and North, aud in thearmy ; bt bad ihey knew each other by signs, and then staled a citse of a soldier passing ou Ihe rosd. who gave bitu ihe siu, aud he knew hiiu byii; he said mat anyoutwha Laid a dollar could be sworn iu ; bt spoke about vnsj our; 1 saw the crowd go iniu Iht barn ; don (know what they did there ; sixty -three dollars wart paid at the public meeting, lluber did not say what the uaina of Hit a-K'iuion was. but outsiders tailed tl em t'ei7vAei.ji, Laughter,); alter tbt meeting I went low aids ihe baru lo gat uiy boru: ; 1 was Slop ped by two meu; 1 told them 1 wauled to gt nurse and waon, aud they said all riht, l.d went wilh me ; 1 du not know what (ht uiembert swear to; out uf aht.iuember told luo, afterwards, that they bad searehed Ibe barn lor spits, hut found uoue; thura was auuielhiug said about a Jieacu eouveul.oo . to sellla ins war. Isaac S. Uor-art swora. Tills witness was se etata ttaliy r--7leia tr saaa Oiat a- itr.rtr vat
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