“ 7 *”* V*"” I ™-. *? pwctanantao, to extend
*?*"** PMtidwed in the ex
w*rBßß^~r£»l &. 8> * ttl «#pa«.-thereof—:
|im*w and sWMsffr-aupaswßh eneeptfoos. and at
4
j? ”l 3 *l «?P°»«toM of! the pardon inj;
where**, with reference to Mid rebellion
the President of the United States has issned sev-
teith provisions in regard to
•hohbwaiioo er slaves, and whereas, it is how de
*oßWl>fr*»» heretofore engaged in said
rebellion to resume their allegiance to the United
States, and re-inaugnmte loyal State government*
within and for their respective States,
Tlmefo'e l, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, do proclaim, declare and math
' known to all persons who have directly, or by im
plication, participated in the existing rebellion,
except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon
IS greated to them and each of them, with restore*
tion of all rights, if third parties squill have inter-
and upon the condition that every such
person shall take and subscribe an oath, and thencel
forward keep and maintain said oath inviolate, and
which oath shall be registered for permamentpres
ervation, and shall be of the tenor and effect fol
lowing, to wit:
Ld° solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty
God, that I faithfully support, pro*
tect and defend the Constitution of the United
States, and the Union of States thereunder, and
that ! will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully
support all acts of Congress passed,daring the ex
ists rebellion with reference to slaves, so long
andjso fares not repealed, modified or held void
by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court*
and that-I wjil, in like manner, abide bv and faith
fully support all proclamations of | the' President*
raadfe daring the existing rebellion, having refer
ence, to slaves so long and so far as not modified;
or declared void by decision of the Supremo Court,
So help me Gop.
Tire persons excepted from the benefits of the'
foregoing provisions, are all who are dr shall have
been, civil or diplomatic officers or agents of the so
calhld Confederate Government; ail who have left,
jndicial stations under the United States to aid the
rebellion; all who are or shall have been military
or naval officers above the rank of Colonel in the
army, or Lieutenant in the navy;,all who left;
seats: in the United States Congress to aid in the'
rebellion ; all who resigned their commissions in'
the anny and navy of the United States and after
wards aided the rebellion,"*and all] who have en
gaged in any way in treating colored persons or
white persons in charge of such. Otherwise than
lawfully as prisoners of war, and < which persons
may be found in the United States service as sol,
diors, seamen, or in any other capacity.
And I do further proclaim, declare and make
known, that Whenever in any of the States of Ar
kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee,;
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and
North Carolina, a number of persons, not less than
one-tenth of the number of the votes cast in such
.State: at the Presidential election of the year of
bur Lord 1860, each having taken I the oath afore
said, and not having since violated jit, and being a
qualified voter by the election laws of the State,
existing immediately before the so-called act of
secession, and excluding all others,! shall be cstab- '
lished a State Government, which (hall be Repub
lican,, and in no wise contravening said oath,—
Such shall be recognized as the true government of
the State, and the State shall receive thereunder
the benefits of the Constitutional provision which
declares that the United. States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union a republican form of gov
eminent, and.shall protect each of them against
invasion, and on application of the!Legislature, or
the Executive when the Legislature cannot be con
vened, against domestic violence. |
And I do further proclaim, declare and make
known that any provision which may be adopted
by such State Govermcnt in relation* to the freed
people of such State which shall recognize and
declare their permanent freedom and provide for
iheir education, and which may yet be consistent
as a temporary arrangement wi’th their present
condition as a‘ laboring, landless,! and homeless
class will not bo objected to by the! National Exe
cutive. i
And it is sbggftsted as not improper that in con
structing a loyal State Government in any State,
the name of the boundary, the Subdivision, the
Constitution, and the Federal code of laws, as before
the rebellion, be maintained, sudject only to modi
fications made necessary by the conditions herein
before stated, and snch'others, if airy not contrave
ning said conditions, which may be deemed expe
dieot by those framing the new State government
To avoid misunderstanding it may be proper to say
that this proclamation, so far as it relates to State
governments, has no reference to; States wherein
loyal State governments have all| the while been
mantained. And for the same reason it may be
proper to farther say that whether members sent
to Congress-froin any State shall be admitted- to
scats, constitutionally reals exclusively with the
respective Houses, and not to any extent with the
Executive. And still further, that this proclama
tion is intended, to present to the people of the
Staten wherein the national authority has been
suspended and loyal State governments have been
subverted, a mode by which the national aqthority;
over every loyal State government may be esta
blished wifhin said States or any of them. And
while the inode presented is the best the Executive
can suggest with his present impressions, it must'
not be understood that another! possible mode!
would not be acceptable.
Given under my hand, at the Cily of Washing
ton, the Bth day of December, A. D., one thousand
eight hundred apd sixtv-three, and of the inde
pendence* of roe United States of America the
eighty-eighth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the,President:
Wte.‘H. SXWABI), Secretary a/State.
Atrqoious Decision of the Hebei Au
thorities. J
Baltimore, December 18,
The following dispatch wan received this morning:
Foiipr Moxbob, December 12, 1863.— T0 C. C.
f titan, Baltimore.— Please give notice that the
Confederate authorities decline receiving any more
packages or provisions for the Union prisoners, so
that parties interested may refrain from forwarding
any more goods to this point.
Benjamin F. Butler,
Major Genera) Commanding.
Bev. Mr. Florence, who went to City Point with
Dr. Clement C. Barclay, returned this morning.
He bad an interview with Captain Batch, who was
sent from Richmond to meet him. Uo informal
him of the above decision of the rebel Government,
and gave, as a reason therefor, what they alleged
to he an imputation of their honor hy the press and
the Government authorities, that they were nut
delivering goods forwarded in good faith to the
prisoners, and he asserted, Tif his.own knowledge,
chat the officers in Libby prison, from the immense
supplies which they bad received, could set a.table
from their stores on band equal to any hotel in the
United States. He admitted that there bad been
seam irregularities in supplies at one time, but the
officers who had been guilty of : neglecting the
liriaewm> Had been promptly removed'ancLpunished.
As »o the bad condition of the prisoners returned
to Atmapoba, he said that they were extreme cases
of consumption, and that it was a .grave error on
the pajrt of the authorities to have relieved such
persons to return. For the present nothing would
be received bat letters and enclosures of money,
»i>d that Southern maney had better be sent.
AMOTBER I>ISI>ATCH.
jiteci 13.—-Clement C. Barclay and
Bct- Mr. Torrence, who went on Bag of truce boat,
to go to Bichmond to alleviate the con
dltiojt pf the Union prisoners, were refused per-
Wiwfen to do so by the rebel authorities,' and re
tnrn^it,.Mr» Barclay to Old Foint (where he will
Mr. Torrence to Baltimore.
Tbe;l«bels MMed to receive any more provis-
SiiMt p?ppte
■id 'prvwies ’ miriepresenf |be facts appertaining
thereto,
Wrwk of th« Woohovkn.
South Aiuuno Squamon, Mobkib Island,
S. C., Dec. 7, 1863.—F0r some time post nothing
of infpxest has, occurred at this point. We have
had a few days of cold 011$ nights of .jfihezmg
weather. Yesterday, there occurred to die fleet
the wont disaster of the siege. The famous iron
clad Weehawken, so gallantly ronght bv Captain
John Bhgers, dad recently hyComtoanderCalhonn,
has sank off Morris Island. ;■
On (Saturday, the 6th in«t„ we had a calm sum- !
mer'sday. About midnightithe breeze sprang up
from the northeast and blew a gale. The vessels .
that rode at their anchors so quietly on Saturday,
now plunged fearfiiUy. The, Ironsides lav about
two miles from Sumter; the Montauk was on :
picket j the Naham was to the northeast about j
two hundred yards and die Weehawken to the |}
sonthwcst, about a hundred: yards. Commander/
Calhoun luui been sent home, unfit for duty, A
short time previously. Commander Duncan’/of
the Paul Jones, took charge Of the Weehawken on
Saturday, the 3th inat.* 7
During the forenoon of sunday, Commander
Duncan, visited the flag-ship, and’whil/tbere the
Weehawken shipped a heavy sea, which entered
the forward hatch and filled the anchor room.
This anchor room is a water-tigh/corapartment
with a valve under the cabin; doo/to let the water
aft to the pumps, hut at this time it, mast have
been out of order, as the water could no( get aft.
The cabin door was closed,.yet the bars that were
to hold it in its place (so/(’ to keep the water in
the anchor room) could not-be' found. The officers
and men, inured to dafigmof this kind, seemed
to care but little for What was going on.
They went below and quietly partook of their
dinner, but soon after they wire astonished at the
rapidity with whieli the water was gaining njron
them. The executive officer commenced to pay
out chain, but the hawse-pipe was soon under
water, and a six , inch stream-came pouring in.—
The paying mil of the chain did not relieve the
ill-fated vessel. John Rogers was not there.—
Presently the wy “she sinks’! resounded through
the vessel, and signals of distress were mode to the
flag-ship; boats were lowered from all vessels
knowing the signals, hut before they could reach
her she sunk how first in five fathoms of water,
carrying with her twentyrsix men and four engi
neers, including men in irons and men sick : also
men at work in the engine-room, supposed the
whole jvatch on duty at the time.
It is presumed that when the water reached the
forward part of the boilers it made steam so sud
denly as to suffocate ail bands in the engine-room,
as not one who was there escaped. The vcoman
was picker) up, but died soon afterwards. ‘ Much
| credit is due Captains Amraen and Bradford, df
; navy, for their great exertions, made to save
the perishing sailors. A charge of want of proper
care would seem jo rest npoq the officers of the
Weehawken. Spine, however, have advanced the
idea that the forward overhang of the lost vessel
has broken off; hut Mr. Hughes, Inspector of
Iron-clads, thinks that cannot be the ease.
If the Weehawken is ever raised, if will then be
known where the blame, if any rests. The Wee
hawken had but recently returned from Port Royal,
and had an unusual quantity of shot and shell' 6n
hoard, which probably settled her too far in the
.water. It is calculated that when these vessels
are under water.but fifteen inches, that two hundred
tons wqnid sink them bodily, consequently a much
less weight would carry them down bow first.
New orders are now enforced in this department;
one compels any one coming here for business or
pleasure, to pay twenty-seven dollars. .
Since the arrival of conscripts gambling has
been carried on extensively. One of these, of the
New Hampshire Third, deserter!. Ail the vessels
were searched, but he was not to be found. One
cold evening there came a man in Georgian costume
(had necktie and a pair of stockings) into the camp
of fhe Ninth Maine Regiment, at Block Island,
claiming to be a deserter from the Rebels at Seces
sionville. He wits clothed and taken before Gen.
Terry, to whom he told an excellent stoiy of
Bragg’s defeat, with items of Charleston and Rich
mond news. No one doubted his story, and he
was sent to the Provost. Marshal at Morris Island
to await orders from Gen. Gillmorc. While at
the Provost Marshal's he was recognized as the
deserter from the Third New Hampshire by one of
his own company. He was placed under arrest
and Iras been tried by oonrt-mnrtial, and in all
probability his performance will cost him dear.
While on shore a day or two since, 1 learned
that thd health of all the soldiers on Morris and
jKolly Islands was good; there is very, little sick
ness of any kind
The prospect is that a move; will soon be made
here and new victories achieved. All things art*
working well. The Commanding General is as
busy keeping his own counsel as raanv arc in an-
ticipating his movements. As to the navy, it is to
be hoped that the Admiral will not let the vessels
make their bed with the Keokuk and Weehawken,
but will keep them and ail upder him at work.—
Boston Traveller.
Army News in Church.—A Piqua (Ohio)
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette , writing
on Thanksgiving day. tells the following story of
a fighting parson : “ The glorions news from Chat
tanooga this morning cheated Rev. Col. Moody
out of the opportunity of delivering his Thanks
giving sermon. We had met pt the Green Street
Methodist Church, in accordance with the Presi
; dent’s proclamation, had sung the “ President’s
; hymn, ’taken up a collection of about sixty dollars
| for the Sanitary Commission, and . our fighting
jpreacher.had scarcely got through his introduction,
when the Gazette arrived, was brought into the
and handed to him bv our patriotic sexton.
jThe preacher stopjied paused a moment and then
‘’glorious pews." He then feail the hand
lings of the telegraphic news afld said : “ The con
gregation will all rise. Now, three cheers for* the
£ood old Stare and Stripes.” ; They were given
with a will and the walls of Green Street rang with
the shouts of sturdy old stewards and leaders.
“Now sing, all sing—‘Praise God from whom all
jessing flow.’” The congregation all joiuedinthe
Singing. “ Now,” said the preacher, “ I have too
pinch good seuse to think you would rather hear
me*preach than hear the news,” So he read all
the dispatches with the editorial, which was fre
quently cheered by the congregation. Then follow -
ed some excellent remarks by Dr. Whcelock, of
the First Baptist Church, aiid the exercises were
Cloned by a* benediction—the congregation, by " a
Hsmg vote, agreeing to meet in the evening to
Hear the Thanksgiving sermon, and take another
Collection for the Sanitary Commission.”
| What Longslkeet has Accomplished —The
Richmond Ezaauner, ot December 8, says : We
have to-day only one piece of news of interest, and
that relates tfl the present position of Gen. Long
street. We are at last able to inform qur readers
where he is. An official dispatch was received
from him yesterday, dated “Rutledge, December
6." Rutledge is thirty miles northeast of Knox
ville, on the Road to Bristol, and one hundred
miles from the latter place. At the date of his
dispatch he had. halted at Rutledge, but he will in
evitably fall Irnck to Bristol on'the approach of the
enemy. In bis present position he is liable to an
attack in frontfrom Burnside, in flank from Cum
l erland Gap, and in the rear from the pursuing
• trees of Grant, who, the telegraph informs ns, are
making their way towards hte rear by the same
nute by which he himself proceeded against Burn
side. Noth withstanding:' • his ’apparently critical
position, ivc thfnk we may regard him as safe.—
He has die shortest route before him to Jfouth
western Virginia, and a clear start of his pursuers.
What Longstreet has accomplished in Bast Ten
nessee may be summed up in the word nothing.
I Thu Gommutaxiok Cx,adBe. —It is said that
Senator Wilson, Chairman of the Senate MillUary
Sommittee, is averse to any alteration of the con
ription act, but Vrovost General Fly
will recommend 1 the repeal of the three hundred
dbllats commutation clause, which makes : each
drafted than go or find a subsitute. There will be
strenuous opposition to this, as the Secretary of
War and others believe that high bonmie* will
bring men. atid volunteers are worth more, than
conscripts.
j jptvinui iritotiw.
ALTOONA, PA
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17, 1863
A telegram from Cincinnati announ
ces that Gen. Foster has taken charge of
the army previously commanded by Gen.
Burnside, and that the latter is on his way
to Cincinnati.
#&“The Government, which had not
half a million of muskets in all the ar
mories at the commencement of the re
bellion, now has, in addition to the million
and a half placed in the hands of the men
of our armies, enough remaining to equip
eight hundred thousand men. There are
accoutrements enough for eighteen hun
dred thousand men. It is not likely that,
as a nation, we shall" ever hereafter be
caught unprepared for war, for our present
necessities have developed all the resources
which are required to supply the materials
of war.
ffSf" Godey’s Lady’s Book for January
is on our table among the first, as usual.
Punctuality is peculiar to Godey, and he
never forsakes those who do not neglect him.
This No. is brim full of fashions, fun and
fine engraving. We know the ladies are
all in love with Godey. No one can please
them half so well. He knows their wants
better than they know them themselves.
Notwithstanding the advance in nil arti
cles connected with Magazine publishing,
Godey has not increased his prices as the
following terms show : One copy, one year.
§3. Two copies, one year, $5. Three
copies, one year, $6 Four copies, one
year, $7. Five copies, one year, and an
extra copy to the person sending the club,
$lO. Eight copies, one year, and an ex
tra copy to the person sending the club,
$l5. Eleven copies, one year, and an
extra copy to the person sending tire club,
$2O.
The Commutation Clause. —lt is pro
posed that Congress shall abolish the clause
in the enrollment law which allows a
drafted man to commute for service by
paying $3OO. This clause, says the Led
ger, has been the subject of considerable
misrepresentation, and it has been used to
array the poor man against the law. But
the law as it stands is really a protection
to the poor, for without it the price of
substitutes will raise so high that only the
rich could afford to escape service in the
army. It: matters not much to a rich man
if he has to pay $l,OOO or $2,000 for it
substitute. But how many persons work
ing for wages or salaries that yield only
a living, could afford to pay such a price ?
An industrious mechanic making $lO a
week at his trade, could afford to give
$3OO to release him from a service of,
three years, equivalent to only $lOO a
year out of his wages, and still be pecu
niarily a large gainer, comparing his wages
with the amount the Government gives in
pay, bounties, &c. Repeal the exemption
and compel him to give $l,OOO for ai Sub
stitute, and not one out of a thousand
would be able to pay it. If the purpose
is to drive these men info the army, a
repeal of the $3OO exemption would do
it. The commutation fund, according to
a dispatch from Washington, has yielded,
up to the present day, $12,000,000, which,
divided into bounties of $3OO, ought to
have produced 10,000 men for the army
as Government substitutes. This is as
many as was obtained directly by draft
ing, according to the report of the Secre
tary of War. It is doubtful if as many
men for the army could be got out of the
same draft, if the price of substitutes was
considerably increased over $3OO. Un
willingness to serve in the army, and the
heavy cost of being relieved ot the service, j
would add largely to the number of de- |
sections or attempts at escape or secretion.
Letters with Fictitious Addresses.—Post
masters throughout the principal cities of the
country are very much annoyed with the receipt of
letters addressed; to fictitious parties, mainly in
consequence of newspaper advertisement, soliciting
“correspondence’' with young ladies. The evils of
such advertisements are manifold, and the public
papers have already recorded instances in which
silly girls have been enticed from their homes and
ruined in reputation by designing scoundrels.
The postmasters have an effectual legal remedy in
their hands, which is now generally applied under
the following clause in the post office law;
“ Letters and packages addressed to fictitious :
persons or firms, or to no particular person or firm,
not being deliverable according to the regulations,
are to be returned at the end of each month to the
Head Letter office,
Correct, Cop.—The Chambemburg Repository
gives veot to the following which is. alas! too true
in regard to country papers, and we doubt not the
initiatory step taken by the Rjpotitoiy will be fol
lowed by in cotemporanes:-4-“It has been the
custom of all associations and mdividaals to im
pose noon country editora the publication s reso
lutions, obituary notiocs,.adverftsements of benevo
lent enterprises, and various; other articles of
limited or individual interest,'without charge.
We have done quite our share of that sort of
if associations consider it due to deceased members
to puss resolutions testifying to their virtues and
condoling with their relatives, they must hence
forth consider it due to publishers to pay for them :
and if literary, school and'othfer associations can
not exist without gratuitous printing, they must be
too slightly prized to promise substantia] benefit to
their members. Until we tindteachers who teach
gratis, butchers who famish steaks and roasts with
out charge; lawyers who counsel without fees;
farmers who donate their wood and produce, 4c.,
we piust decline being in the list of printers who
print without compensation.” ;
Beware of Reduced Gas Lights.—ln the
Fire Marshal’s report for New York be says :
"Many persons have a habit of lowering the gas
light in their bed rooms to a faint jet at night.—
This, to say nothing of its pernicious influence upon
the health, may be productive of serious accidents.
When the gas is reduced so low, a very slight
cause—the buzzing of a fly even—will serve to put
it out, and the sleeper is left to inhale a poisoned
atmosphere, or to incur the risk of an explosion
should any one chance to 611101 the room with a
light. Where gas lights are thus lowered, a glass
should always be used as a protection to them.—
Many fires have occurred in consequence of the
dim light, not noticed after sun rise, on the window
being opened by the occupant or servant;' the
curtain is Mown against i the burner and a fire
ensues.
Denunciation of Jeff. Davis.
Fortress Monroe, Dec. : 13 —The steamer
New York arrived last evening; from City Point,
in charge of Flag-of-trnce Officer Major Mulford.
General McDowell arrived at Fortress Monroe
this morning, via Baltimore, and had a lengthy
interview with Major-General Butler to-dav.
In the Rebel Congress, December Bth, Mr.
Foote expressed great indignation at the course
pursued by Jeff. Davis. When Pemberton dishon
orably surrendered Vicksburg jo the enemy the
President made him his companion and carried
him to Bragg’s army, where, ns he rode along,
soldiers were heard to say "There goes the traitor
w ho delivered ua over at Vicksburg.”
The President never yet visilfed the army with
out doing if injury, never yet that it was not fol
lowed by disaster. Ho was instrumental in the
Gettysburg affair; he instructed Bragg at Mur
freesboro' ; he has opened Georgia to one hundred
thousand of the enemy's troops, and laid South
Carolina liable to destruction.
I charge him with having almost crushed the
country, and will meet his champion anywhere; to
discuss it. Would to God he would never visit
the army again. &c. A certain Commissary-
General, who was a curse to our country, is in
vested with authority to control the matter of sub
stence. This monster, Northrop, has stealthily
placed our Government in the attitude charged bv
the enemy, and has attempted to starve the priso
ners in our hands.
From the Ist to 26th, meats were furnished
the prisoners very irregularly and in a meager
manner. For twelve days 1 the supply was inade
quate, and for eight days they had none at all.—
This Commissary-General, says Mr. Foote, was a
pepper doctor down in Charleston, and looked like
a vergetarian, and actually made an elaborate re
port to the Seeratary of War, showing that for the
subsistence of a human Yankee carcass vegetable
diet was the most proper. For the honor of the
country this Northrop should be rejected at once.
Address of Mr. Colfax
Gentlemen of the House of Representa
tives : —To-day will be marked in American his
tory as the opening of a Congress destined to face
and settle the most important questions of the cen
tury-, and during whose existence the rebellion
which has passed its culmination will, beyond all
question—thanks to our army and navy and Ad
ministration—die a deserved death 1 Not onlv will
your constituents watch with strictest scrutiny your
deliberations here, bat the friends of liberty in the
most distant lands will be interested spectators of
your acts in this greater than Rbtnan formns. I
invoke you to approach these grave questions with
the calm thoughtfulness of statesmen, freeing your
discussions from that acerbity which mars instead
of advancing legislation, and with unshaken re
liance on that divine power which gave victory to
those who formed this Union and can give even
greater victory',to those who are Iseeking to save it
from destruction from the hands of the parricide
and traitor. I invoke you, also,|to remember that
sacrol truth which ail history verifies, that “ thev
who Title not in righteousness shall perish from the
earth.” Thanking yon with a grateful heart for
this distinguished mark of your confidence and re
gard, and appealing to all for tjbat support and
forbearance, by the aid of which! alone I can hope
to succeed, I am now ready toi take the oath of
office, and enter upon the duties you have assigned
me.
Eastern and Western Soldiers.—The Chi
cago Tribune considers the late battle in front of
Chattanooga the most complete ahd decisive of the
war, and speaks of its results as follows : Thus,
from beginning to end, it was a brilliant affair—
Hookey's magnificent scaling of Lookout ; Sher
man’s hard work near the mouth of the Chicka
mauga, and Granger and Paliner’s carrying of
Mission Bidge. The battle yieldsfruits. It gives
us ground not only, but ground which is wanted
—ground that is strategic, commanding East Ten
nessee and Northern Georgia and Alabama. It
gives us guns amf prisoners, and restores the vrts
t!ge and at a small expense. The Confederacy
has scarcely received a harder blctw.
It is worth the while in another point of view'.
Eastern and Western troops fought side by side
and witli equal good conduct and almost equal
success. It can hardly fail to check that small
jealousy which lias now and then dropped out since
Hooker came upon the ground. The Western
meu can afford to let the Eastern take a little
more care of their clothes than themselves, to
think.soft bread and a cup of tea, 1 with a piece of
butter, not to be despised, even in Ithe field, if they
can be had; and the Eastern can afford the West
ern some latitude in their freer Wajys—if both fight
well when the pinch comes. Gallant getion must
beget natural respect. The Nashville Union says
of the Eastern troops : They fought with as much
spirit, endurance, and success as ahy troops on the
field. Cheers for the gallant bovs from the East
ern States! j; .
What Maximilian is Doing!— The Trieste
Gazette, of November 19, contains Ith'e following:
“Contrary to the frequently repeated assertions of
foreign papers, that his Imperial ! Highness the
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian intends to leave
for Mexico in February, and willshonly resign his
post as commandant of the Austrian fleet, we are
in a position to declard tuat the situation created
by his Impend Highness’s address to the Mexican
deputation is in no way changed. T No alteration
will take place in the position of the Archduke
untd the conditions then laid down; are fulfilled.—
Now, ns formerly, his Imperial Highness is de
voting his cares to the navy. He will not re
linquish, save, unwillingly and at the last moment,
the task he has undertaken of powerfully develop
ing the forces of the Austrian mnrihe,"
The Terri#* Treatment of Union
Prisoners at Riohmord
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF RELEASED SURGEONS.
• * r*.' •
The following statement, by Surgeons jhat re
turned from the Libby Prison, of the treatment
received by oar prisoners at Richmond, has been
presented, to the War Department .- sc
Washington, I). C., Nov. 27th 18*3.
We. the undersigned Surgeons of the U. S. A.
and recently prisoners in Richmond, Va., consider
it out duty to publish a few (acts that came ft> our
knowledge while we were inmates of the hospital
attached to Libby Prison.
We enjoyed for several months daily access to
the hospitals where the sick and wounded among
our Union soldiers received treatment. As a re
sult of our observation, we hereby declare our be
lief that since the battle of Chickamauga the num
ber of deaths per diem has averaged fully r 50.
The prevailing diseases are diarrhoea, dysentery
and typhoid pneumonia. Of late the per centage
of deaths has greatly increased—the result of cau
ses that have been long at Work, snch aa insufficient
food, clothing and shelter, combined witli that
depression of spirits brought on so often by, long
confinement. It may seem almost incredible, when
we affirm of onr personal knowledge that in the
three, hospitals for Union soldiers the; average
mortality is near forty per day, and upon the most
reliable testimony we are forced to believe that the
deaths jo the tobacco factories and upon the island
will raise the total mortality among all the Union
prisohers to fifty per day, or 1.600 monthly ;
The,extremely reduced condition of those brought
from the Island argues that hundreds quite sick
are left behind, who, with us, would be considered
fit subjects for hospital treatment. .Such, too, is
the fact, as invariably stated by scores we", have
conversed with from the camp.'
Tile same, to a degree, holds true of the prison
ers in the city. ’ It would be a reasonable estimate
to pul the number who are fit subjects Cor hospi
tals, hut who are refused admittance, at five hun
dred. A thousand are already under treatment in
the three hospitals, and the Confederate Surgeons
themselves say the number of patients is only lim
ited by the small accommodations provided. Thus
we have over ten percent of the whole number of
prisoners held classed as sick men, who need the
most assiduous and skillful attention. Yet in the
essential matter of rations they are receiving noth
ing but com bread and sweet’ potatoes. Meat is
no longer furnished to any class of our prisoners,
exceptito the few officers in the Libby Hospital,
and all sick or well officers or privates are' now
furnished with a very poor .article of com bread in
place of wheat ■ bread. This is very unsuitable
diet for hospital patients prostrated with diarrhoea,
dysentery and fever, w say nothing of the balance.
Startling instances of individual 'suffering and
horrid pictures of death, from protracted sickness
and semi-starvation, we have had thrust upon onr
attention.
The first demand of the poor creatures from the
Island was alwas something to eat. Self-respect
gone, hope and ambition gone, half-clad, and cov
eted with vermin and filth, many of them top of
ten Iteyond all reach of medical skill. In One in
stance the ambulance brought sixteeu to the hos
pital, and during the night seven of them died.—
Again, eighteen were brought and eleven of them
died in 21 hours. At another time fourteen were
admitted, and in a single day ten of them died.—
Judging from what we have ourselves seen and do
know, we do not hesitate to sty that, under a
treatment of systematic abuse, neglect and semi -
starvation, the number who are becoming perma
nently broken down in their constitution must be
reckoned by thousands. We leave it for others to
say what is demanded by this state of things,
The confederate daily.papers in general terms
acknowledge the truth of ail We have affirmed,
but usually close their abusive , editorials by de
claring that even speh treatment is better than the
invading \ unkccs deserve. The examiner, In a
recent article, begrudged even the little food the
prisoners did receive, and the boxes sent to us
from home, and closed by eulogizing the system of
semirstaryiug and exposure, as well calculated to
dispose of us. All this is true, and yet cold weather
has hardly commenced. -
Wc are horrified when we'-picture the wholesale
misery and death that will come with the biting
frost ef winter. Recently several hundred prison
ers per day were being removed to Danville.: In
two instances we were standing in view of them
as their ranks filed past. It was a sad sight to
see the attenuated features and pallid faces ofmen
a few months since robust and in vigorous; health.
Numbers were without health—-numbers were
without shoes—nearly all without blankets or
overcoats and not a man did we see that was well?
and fully clad.
But the credit of the prisoners in Richmond, of
all ranks, be it recorded, that all along they have
shown heroic fortitude under suffering, and spurn
ed the idea that the government had forgotten
them; they have hold fast their confidence! in : the
final and speedy success of our cause.
In addition to the above statement, we wish it
to be distinctly understood that the Confederate
medical officers connected with the hospitals refer
red to—Shrgeona Wilkins, Simmons and Sabal,
and the Hospital Steward, Hallet—are not in i any
way, so fair as our observation has extended/ re
sponsible for the stale of things existing, there;
but, on thp other hand, we are bound in jnstice to
bear testimony to their kindness and the faithful
performance of their duties within the limited
means at their disposal.
Daniel Meeke, Surgeon U. S. Vote. i
tl. T. StsiPEßs, Asst. Snr. G’h Ind. Vote.
it. L. Brown, Asst. Stir., 116th O. Vol. Inf
A. M. Parker, Asst. Sur. Ist Me. Cat,
How the 300-poundeb Parrots are Worked.
—A correspondent on Morris Island writes:?; As
there is no mahoal laid down for the 300-pounder
Parrott, I subjoin that in nse. The piece isUp its
carriage and “from battery.” Implements, np two
to be in the same place anil no one in Its (super
place. ;The instructor gives the, command, “load
her up/’ At;this command the gonher siivs
"some of you fellows bring a shell,” and “John
bring a cartridge.” Some of the “ fellers” tike a
small hand-barrow and bring a shell. Gunner
says,; “ stick in that powdet.” “ Now, boys/ hold
on till I get out a fuse.” “Stick it in.’”‘All
hands; by hard heaving, got«the shell to tbs em
brasure, Gunner says,; “ Swab her ont." She is
swabbed Out. “ Now, heave and haul, and in it
goes. ’ It goes in accordingly. “Now, ram it
down. It IS rammed down. “ Now, run her in ”
She is run in, “Screw down the recoil bands”—
They are screwed down. Gunner aims. “Slew
her round a little.” “ All right.” Where’s that
primer?” “Now, get out of the way, even-body "
All go to windward; and Ho. 3 steps round a
comer, so as not to be hit if the gun bursts. ; Gun
ner says, “ Blaze way. ’ She blazes away, Re
mark of the gunner on returning to the gun, “How
are you, IjJnmter ?” Repeat. !
More Bebel Pirates from England.— The
l.anaila brings news that the steamer Bappahan
nuck, under the Confederate flag, 'and pierced for
****** BuUcd { ? r Sheer ness, England, on the
•ifith alt., in an unfimkh state, having a gain of
carpenters on board,. and arrived at Calms'the
same day. Thq vessel was at once seized by the
French authorities, but; was not long
etmiied, and her captain luvs peemission to leave
port whenever he pleases, the Rappahannock
was formerly her. Majesty’s steam sloop Victor,
and sbtd with three other steamers a few: weeks
ago. The three latter are English war steamers
and are reported to be fitting out iu the Thames
for Confederate privateers. The Confederate
steamer Georgia had gone into dock al Cher-
Ixmrg to repair some minor damages. i
IV kw STOCK OF BOOTH & SHOES
i. 1 tor Men and Boys, fsutlu»nil Mlucs, Jttet rMUat’
‘ ; ■ > hADOHMAIS^
A SOTIIER; LARGE LOT OF THE
T„ t , .0001)5*.
H.L woafdinsspc, ntui; v ,
%£^&£ST it, '' mn * K “’-
FILL AND WINTER Goo:, s
whljßli, for mjlß. quality and prion caim.d k„
thlf. oock of country. Hie Mock in much Hi , V "
heretofore, end a* Ik is quite an abject. In tin'
w«r times, for »ve r y oa» pi purchase wldt**’ il, - v ;
The Best Goods and at the Lowest IVi.v,
hr would say Out he 0.0 end will sell ~ t . „. ■ '''
httlo lower than any other hoiue in this place n, , ,
all to call and ««e hia stock before piitt-Winc elw, ‘ '
a< he feels cnuMant he CM offer Inducement. 1
d»*fy oomjictlticjn. His stuck oonoitt* of ' ! '
LADIES’ OkESS GOODS of everv
MENiAND BOYS’ WINTER WEAR.'
I. A DIF. 8 AND MISSES’ DRESS Sll.jk.
MEN AND BOYS’ BOOTS AND ;,n,)Ks
• , - - «W»’B UaLK
WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WOOL HOSE
HATS AND CAPS.
BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED MU<U.\
GINGHAMS AND HEAVY DUIUIx,
Kip'
Men a 800t5,.. .'■J’"*’ 1
BALMORAL SKIRTS, very low'.' ..
groceries.
White and Brown Sugar, Bio Coffeee, Syrotw Te„. .
and everything that IsSsually kept in a Dry ,
and as cheap as the cheapest. j a tPßivci
Altoona, Oct. 7. 1863. A SPRAN KU,
AVOID THE NEXT DRAFT’
qpiIEKK IS A PKEVAILLXC, v.\
M. CITEMENT among the people of Altoona
clotty about THE SECOND DRAFT—not .„ uc “l'
the Braft us for making the Three HumW , n
ton. All patriotic; Lot choose rather to ataV as,XT
wrth their Imlovoi oueu, for their support, thin m ‘.t
thoir IiT«K In (but bibody war. -Now, to brine the mml *
to We will Inform the public that hr huvln~ T\ ,7
QooS'at the GREEN STORE, Corner of Brunch „,d\‘ ,
street. East Altoona, kept by GELS * CK>. they a m
SAVE THE THREE HUNDRED
in a short time. They have Just received a large and ,„n
selected stock ofDK< GOODS AND ' '
they are selling for Cash at the lowest living mice,
A latge assortment jjf LADIES’ COATS AND limn
LARS, ranging ui price from *4.50 to *l2 oo
The attention of the public U particularly drawn to n,
fwt that they are eelling Brown and White Muslin (r -.i
18 to 45 cents; Calicoes from 121.. to 25 ets -n. iJ.
from 18 to 36 cents per yard. ■ * p *
They bare al wars on band a hirttD niwnritiKinc nr m v \
AND BOYS’ CLOTHING. HATS,: CAPS, BWITS Slloy.
and. in f«ct, everything kept In A flm-ola*-,
Altoona U)ct. 7, IvV). £
Victory AV'on!
r r*HK Subscribers would respectfully
i. amiouucp to citizen* of Altoona ami vicir.til
that they baTe just returned from the Kiwt with their
PALL AM) WINTER STOOK oi
HATS & CAPS,
BOOTS Sc SHOES
Their fttoek of. HATS <fc CAPS have b-.„
lected with great care, and with the view ..f nv
who may favor them with their patronage. Tlu-ir lino
and Shoes la complete.
Their LADIES’ MISSES and CHILDRES S SHuk..
are of Cftj make, and warranted. Their Balmoral .Sh. . .
for Ladiea and Misties, are juat the u>v uvi
weather and saving health
Thankful to the public for their very liberal ji.»tn-riu .
heretofore, they l»<»pe to merit a coutitiuaiioo of Mh -:uid
Store on MAIS ST. uexl door to. Bowman's
Hotel. . . SMIT4 A Mann
Altoona, May VJ. Isd3.
SAVE THE PER CENTA( iV.
BY BUYING YOUK
CLOTHING FROM FIRS'! HANDS
ETTINGER & TUCK, Manufacturers
of and Wholesale and Retail dealer l * in lu-ndv-nu-b
Clothing, would respectfully invite the attention of tl,.
public to the following facts in reference to their -siocl.
lt*t. We manufacture our own penal.-. They are m.* n
up in our iwn Store, in Philadelphia, under ourliumediat
supervlslon, and we know they ar** well made aud can >-
warranted
EQUAL TO THE BEST.
and superior to the largest quantity of Ready-made dot!:
Inc in the market.
2nd. We buy our Cloths directly from the Importer, aiei
Manufacturers, consequently we save the per ccin.-nc- i■ '
on by middle men.
3rd. We sell our Clothing at a reasonable percfHUtr
over the cost of our Cloths, thereby saving the purchaser
of Clothing the percentage which must be added bv rli.ts.
who buy from second hands to self again. We retail .m
Clothing at the same price which othut merchants pat
for theirs at wholesale, consequently those who buy frurii
u« get their g*»o<U at the same price which other Clochur.
pay for theirs in the city, thereby saving said Clotlii- r"
per centage.
We have branch Stores in
ALTOONA AND JOHNSTOWN,
where goods may be bad at the same figures at which «•-
sell them here in the city.
If any person has been told, or imagines, that Turk v
Store, in Altoona, Is •* played out.” let such person drop
into his establishment, on Main Street, and examine hi*
goods and prices.
Wholesale House. No. 702 Market Street. Philadelphia
Dec. % 1863.—tf. 1
CITY DRUG STORE.
DK. E. H. EEIGAKF would respect
fully announce to the citizens of Altoona and sur
rounding country, that he has recently purchased tli«-
Drugstore of Berlin A, Co., on Virginia Street, opposite
Fries' Hardware Store.
His Drugs are Fresh and Pure,
and he hopes by strict attention to business, to merit
share of public patronage.
Cali and examine bis stock. He has constantly on hup*
DRUGS,
MEDICINES and CHEMICALS,
FINE TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMER Y, BRUSBEx
GLASS, PUTTY, PAINTS, OILS YARNISBRS
VARSON OIL AND LAMPS
NOTIONS CIGARS
<tvd every article usually kept in a Firrt-clasf Dray
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS
for medicinal use.
DOMESTIC GEAPE WINE—PUKE—WARRANTS
PHYSICIANS’ PRESCRIPTIONS
accurately compounded, at all hour* of the day or night.
Altoona, Sept. 30, Ifi63.
OH, YES I OH, YES:
THISWAYI
nnO THE COMMUNITY AT LA ROE
X THE PEOPLEJ IX PARTICULAR, or any n.
wanting
Choice: Family Groceries,
A PRIME QUALITY OF FLOIK,
OR ANY KIND OF FEED.
will «ve money by calling at the
Grocery, Flour and Feed Store <>t'
M’CUNE & WILSON,
■Corner ot Clara and Virginia Streets, ip the, eton* r»' 'o
known an Johnston Moore**.
Wgheet cash prices will be paid for Flour. Feed.
all kinds of country produce.
Altoona, Pa., Nor. 4th, 1863.
YTAEUABLE PROPERTY for SA I. K
■ The subscriber offer* at Private Sale U
a valuable property, titrate on Branch St, «MK|.
M“h^,o%. im,n,,di “ teiy ° pp “ i ‘* auii
Yhe house is well built amt nearly
and conuios
Fifteen Rooms with Good Cellars.
It Is calculated for THREE FAMILIES, and at the me-t
reasonable terms will brin? *SO per month rent. Then- i*
a well of good water In the yard. Terms easy.
„ W)L“ MJCHAEL WYROCOH. on the premise*. r
to JAMES KEARNEY, at hi- store. In Eset Altoona
July 28, 186R-tf. '
r I' , EAS! TEAS I TEAS!—FRITCHEV
J, is selling Teas superior to any ever offered ’ii -*!•
toona. They an? freo of adulteration, coloring, or mix*
tare of any kind. -
BOSTON CRACKERS—A LARGE
««PPly of th«Mt) delklou* crackers just received
and for sale by VMTCHKI.
HARDWARE OF ALL PESGKIP
tions just received and for sale by
<** l»tfl J. B. MILKMAN
17XTKA FAMILY FLOUR, FROM
-■--■the Cove. alwav, on hand and fcr sale as Tot.
«. the lowest by FRITCHEV.
J. MILES M’CTXI
ALBERT WILSON
t [3 m.)
AltofHfl
PmMi w €w|Mk HH
TRIBUNE PO
i
L 2
PRINTING
ifctviKfto within the put two yi
to.onr in
.’dcrow Fee*, Paper Cutter, t
Cac£ ItowwvKreea. aud h»
Pry-Wt C* W&ich we give *b*y
anything in ti«* line i
to any eatabiißhnMu
low. Wecaa eae^B
ddtog, lartUUon, Visiting, 1
Circulars, Pro*
MAMMOTH POSTIftI
muL. m® titiiir
pamphlets. Pay and
• BLANK B<
manifests, and blank
\II wtf adk Ina trial* tVvliog cum
UfcotJoo If we hare the Opporti
; ffHce l»i t*Dwttier*M boiMitg, cor
o^pwlsȣopeHn|*o<lec
LOCAL i
To THOSE INTRUSTED v»!
many persons present thenueiv
Marshal in aider to have thei
the list prior to i|ie draft, on
IWmaamt Physical Disability.
unit expense to all concerned,
i; meant by the foregoing expt
a right eye, an arm, hand or
teeth; or anything that is palp
: ii a glance, would property co
and only such cases. The fact
examined prior to the Draft, d
examination afterwards. Per
eruption on the grounds of Ah
,»• UmttUabkwss of age. can'
-irioken off the list, upon the
dent and satisfactory evidence
the pleas. Persons exempted
whether from physical disabil
residence, nnshitableness of
support of parents or rootherlt
laying commutation, need not
or their papers again. No ch
on the groitnd of being only
parents or motherless children
much as death, or other cause
grounds of the claim previous
Hobhibix Accident.—On
u little after dark, a man was f
the railroad track, near the U
.•I ml a short distance below thi
was brought l to the station, an
nized it an inquest was held. 1
head of the unfortunate man was
and the brain and blood could I
rods on the iron rails. His [kx
tiy the jury, expect ing to find
whereby he might be identified,
lie found. One of the jury pro
he examined, when on his right
name T. Hunter. Immedistel
nized him as Thomas Hunter
county. It was said that one
at the Central Hotel, attend!Q
sent for, and who also identifio
- ertained that Mr. Hunter it
Tyrone in the evening, anil i
white he was watching a trait,
to meet him, another approach!
unnoticed, as the accident n
about the time the Freights
'Train west pass each other a
ceased leaves a wife and two
Herald.
Pibb.—Just as ont citizens
themselves In their beds, on
last, they were aroused by
and the ringing of the Shop h
to the street we discovered tb<
building, on the corner of ,
streets, opposit the Episcopal
tire. The fire company wa
with the machine and hoes, a
ply of water allayed the flames
adjoining buildings. The horn*
belonged to Mr. John Hickey,:
st the time by Misses M. & E.
nery store. How the fire'origin
'Hie inside of the house was bui
->f the Misses Hickey hud a litti
’he house, barely made theft
taken out of ah upstairs windd
sewing machine and a few arti
were saved. It will be ten
Misses Hickey were burned out
July last, when Flack and 1
were burned. We understand
insured.
■Oca Quota. —According to
‘jHexfisier, the following will be
different sub-districts in this c<
draft;— :
Sab-divisions Qi tot)
Allegheny township 31
Uollidaysburg and Gaysport. I-
Tyrone and Ennkstown t|«. 31
Tyrone Bor. and Snyder tp. 3;
Viartinsburg bar., N. Wood-
berry and Taylor tps
4 'itthanne, Huston & Wood-
beiy tjs
Ulalr and Juniata tpa
A1t00na..................
Logan, township........
Antis township.
Gtnanfieid and Freedom tps..
. Total...
Mtmux. Paonscuos.—W e
meqting of Hotel and Boarding
held on Saturday evening last,
forming an association to'pro i
the Band practised ujSn them bj
Tfie meeting"adjourned to i
A mode Hotel on Saturday
>9th,lB6a, at 7 o'clock. Anil
tpall engaged in the business
specified.
Basic o*
d«ftod that the requisite cap
Widtiilt rim First National Ba
•*6jS|w*d |»ti|ie place a» «oo
Vtatlggawnu can be made.
megtad President.