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K. E. 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