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*£■> TWESTY, HQSTBB LN BEBEL PBISOSS:
7 ALTOONA, PA.
SAmDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1865.
Tbt Draft—And Our Quota.
Win agoix beg leave to call the attention
of binr citizens to the importance of the
most energetic measures and efforts to avoid
the draft, which will surely take place at
tb« date fixed upon- We must not be de
ceived by dying rumors of peace. They
■te sll humbug. We must address our
setves seriously to the work on hand. We
hope had trust our efficient Committee,
which has accomplished so much for the
town, in times past, will leave no means
outlied, now, to raise our quota. Our
State Quota has been very greatly reduced,
owieg mainly to «the exertions ot CoL
H«ll This reduction has brought the
quota of our town to a limit which affords
a reasonable hope of filling it. We bope
noafforts will be wanting on our part to
do it. Every badness man in town is in
terested in this matter, whether he be lia
ble to the Draft or not,'
PEACE.
THirt** 1 * to Pittsburgh Commarcisl.
• Wabbdkjtos, February 3
Xhe following is the faU text of a double leaded
laager in this morning's Cbronicie, supposed on
aff hands to be from Colonel Forney, and to be
semi-official:
*®>erei*. so much disunion about the proposi
tion* of peace between tbe'Government of tbe {
Catted States and tbe disappointed leaders who
have compelled a large portion of our people to
t«k» arms against it, that we should be indifferent
to our own frequent, early, and recent expres
sion* qB the subject, if we did not take some little
part in the debate. The saijject itself is so vast,
that jt taxes the greatest and appeals to the smal
lest -minds. Transcending ordinary topics and
11anrarqinr frfl : r~ i* demands tire attention of
every one who thinks, or talks or writes upon it.—
We can best understand bow they feel who have
tdfeod the fearful punishment of rebellion against
ihe Imitations of onr common fathers by remem
bering bow much we commisserated them, even !
with the sense of their dreadful crime before our
cyda.'
“Pride, passion, and a bangbty sense of refusing
to Repent, have been tbe trifling cause of hatred
antdog the familiea of men, as among the families
oflMffiaaa. But we eannot, before God we dare
nt*,deny that it is hard to say 1 am penitent, it
is easy to lay I forgive. How mysterious is tbe
philosophy of the human heart? How fall of
pathd*'asd instruction the! prodigal son? Who
evpr neaa the Vicar of Wakefield without shed
ding a tear, unless, indeed, he attempted to out
rage nature by showing that be had no feeling.
“We'know not there are Cornmisaicraert from !
the seceded or revolted Stales, in this same city
of Washington, bat we hope they are on the gronnu.
Tbe more distinguished or authoritative they are,
tbey shoold bo welcomed. The terms of reunion
are ;frw |tnd briefly told, Tbe revolted States
are dot sought to be returned as captives, or as
inferiors, or ns degraded members of the National
family. There is only one condition of restora
tion, it is the aboiitkw of slavery. To that!
' both rifle* bare at last agreed—the one because it
desired, the other, because It could not help it.
That condition is, that tbe Union shall be restored.”
Xosday, at eleven o'clock. President Lincoln
, Uft Washingtoo, by a special train, for Annapolis,
- to join Secretary Seward at Portress Monroe or
City Point, to' bold an interview with the- rebel
Messrs. Stephens, Homer and-Camp
iwi accompanied by one of the attacbees of tbe
White House. '
ftiMcirisry Seward left here on the early train
yesterday morning, accompanied by Mr. Robert I.
Chew, oftbe Stfite Department. When the Fresi
fifpittfi hare the commissioner* had not arrived
wiUds onr lines, and htsdestination was Annapo
lis. From, the tact o t bis going on to Fortress
iSowfftf pr. City Faint, color is given to the report
fl, Vghel deputation had been allowed to enter
00 fines, is Understood that'they are now at
Fortress Monroe. "
It It believed that the rebel Commissioners wili
be requested, as a preliminary toany discussion of
peat* propositions, to show that they have authori
lytopresentas a bad* cf negotiation, and all pro-
Jen jaadmiasablc than that of cooffder-
Taaourr ax WasHraoToa. —On Monday eve- 1
nillg abort half-post four o’clock as Mr. Burrows, 1
Jpe. Controller’* office, in the Treasury
Department, was coming down the stairway in
thecal and of the building, be was shot by Miss
Mss.fijuris, iff Chicago, one ball passing through
bis body, penetrating hit heart. He tank upon
tbe stept, and, without uttering a word, soon died.
: Mitt Haiti* walked ont very de&herately and
started doirn towards the avenue, when she was
overtaken by one of the door-keepers, and without
any redstuiee taken back, and soon afterwards
wm ibwiti •way' by a police officer. She is very
yonog aad handsome, with long black curly hair,
and of very prepossessing appearance,
There are osuiy conflicting rumors as to the
catsd of drbotißg, but all agree at to' the point of
biftbering been very intimate with Miss Harris,
end having promised her marriage, she visited
him once here last winter, but he postponed the
ruftvrfrffi, and Anally married another; She says
that lm refused her die position she had a right to,
nad but one! dung remained for her.
Atnagis, to Beau Savamraa.—The steam
ship Suva Nada, from Savannah and Hilton
Head OP the ,29th oil., arrived at this port to
■iglUui Among her passengers are^Mi^or-General
27th adisastrous confla
grttlon ut Savannah, destroying consid
erable properqv bat there was no loss of life.
'Qh of the 28th another fire broke
destroying two squares in the third district.
Buildings weflt torh down to prevenf the spread of
the flames, as the wind was blowing strong from
Jim yap t ■
gome fiend bad placed a keg of powder at the
sldeoPtte! anenah is located at the corner
Of fork and Walter streets, undoubtedly for the
purpose of blowing up the city, as the arsenal con
tained soine thirty tons of powder. The keg,
with Us top ialten off, was secreted behind si*,
ThSsheUhdt design is attributed to the Bebel
Sympathisers, who are;in anything butan amicable
mood, inridwof their condition,
, Wadiliig yuur grocsr iet your motwhu
•Mgirtnus bo*mem." : ■ b.:i'<,q * p. ; ;>
m'STEMATIC_SXAJIVATTOJS.
TERRIBLE TALE OF HORRORS.
W amnaoToat, Jan. 20.—ThfifcOoiriBg testimo
ny writ given to-day before thje Committee on the
Conduct of the War,' by Attest I>. Kichanisoo: —;
lam « Tribune rtwrespondent; wa* captured by
the Keheis, May 3, 1863, at midnight, on a bay
bale in the Mississippi Hirer, Ofixmte Vickabufg.
After confinement in six different prison*. was sent
to SaCsbory, S. C., Feb. 3, l&A, rj»d kept there
until Dec 'ife, lotii, when X escaped. For several
months jSaUsbury was tite most end arable Bebei
prison I had seen. The six hundred inmatrsex
erctsed in the open air, were comparatively well
fed and kindly mated. Bat early in October ten
thousand regular prisoners of war arrived there,
and h immediately changtslJmo a acene of
tv and nor; ore. it was densely crowded; rations
were cat down and issued very irregularly; friends
outride coold not even fond in a pia« of food; the
prisonen suffered constantly and often intensely
for want of water, bread and shelter.
The Befael authorities placed all the prison hos
pitals under charge of my two journalistic comrades
and myself. Oar poritions enabled os to obtain
exact and min are information. Those who had
to Jive or die on the prison rations always suffered
from hunger. Very frequently one or more divis
ions of a thousand men would; receive no rations
for twenty-four hoars; sometimes they were with
out a morsel of food for forty ylght hours. The
few wbo bad money would pay-frora five to twenty
dollars Kcbei currency for a Stile loaf of bread.—
McttWprisoners traded the but ions : from their
blouses for food. Many, utotjgh the weather was
very inclement, and snows -frequent, sold coats
from their bocks and shoes from their feet. Yet
I was assured, on authority entirely trustworthy.
teat the great commissary ; warehouse, near the
prison, was filled with previsions: that the com
missary found it difficult to obtain storage for: his
flopr and meal: that when A subordinate asked
the Poet Commandant, Major John H. Gee,
“Shalll give the prisoners fail rations?" h“ re
plied, ‘*Ko, than, give them quarter^
rations.” I know from personal observation, that
corn and pork are very abundant in the region of
Salisbury.
For several weeks the prisoners had no shelter
whatever. Tiny were ail thinly clad. Xhuns
ands were barefooted. Not one in twenty‘bad
either overcoat or blanket. Many hundreds were
withont shirts, and hundreds more without blouses.
At last one Sibley tent and one "A" tent were fur
nished to each squad of one hundred. With the
closest crowding these sheltered about one-half of
the prisoners. The rest borrowed in the ground,
crept under buildings, or shivered through the
nights in the open air, upon the frozen, muddy or
| snowy soil If the Kebels, at the tune of their
i capture, had no; stolen their shelter tents, blankets,
I clothing and money, they Would have suffered
little from cold. If the prison authorities had
permitted a few hundred of them, either upon
parole or under guard, to cut logs within two
miles of the garrison, the prisoners would have
gladly built comfortable and ample barracks in
I one week. But the commandant would never, in
| a densely wooded region, with the cars which
I brought it passing by the walls of the prison, even
{ furnish half the fuel which Was needed.
The hospitals were in a horrible condition.—
By crowding the patients thick as they could he
upon the door they would contain six hundred
inmates. They were always full to overflowing,
with thousands seeking admission in vain. In
the two largest wards, containing Jointly about
two hundred and fifty patients, there was no fire
whatever; the! others had small fire-places, bat
were always cold. One wind, which held forty
patients, was comparatively well furnished. In
the other eight the sick and dying men lay upon
the cold and usually naked floor, for the scanty
straw famished as soon became too filthy and full
of vermin for use. The authorities never sup
plied a single blanket, or quilt, or yiillow, or bed
for those eight wards ; we could not procure even
brooms to keep them clean, or cold water to wash
the f rr** of the inmates. Pneumonia, catarrh and
diarrhoea were the prevailing diseases; bat they
were directly the resalt of hanger and exposure.—
More than half who entered the hospitals died in
a very few days. The deceased, always without
coffins, were loaded into a dead-cart, piled upon
each other like logs of wood, and so driven out, to
-he thrown into a trench and covered with earth. I
TTheitebel surgeons were generally humane and !
attentive. They endeavored to improve the shift
ing condition of the hospitals, but the Salisbury
and the Richmond authorities both disregarded
their complaints and protests.
On November 25»h many of the prisoners had
been without food for forty-height hoars. Despe
rate "from hunger, without any matured plan, a
few of them said, “we may as well die in one way
as another; let ns break out cf this horrible place. '
Some of them wrested the guns from a relief of
fifteen Hebei soldiers just entering the yard, killing
two who resisted, and wounding five or six.—
Others attempted to open the'fence, but they bad
neither adequate tools nor concert of action
Before they could effect a breach every gun in the
garrison was turned upon them ; the field pieces
opened with grape and canister, and they dispersed
to their quarters. Five minutes from the begin
ing the attempt was quelled, and hardly S prisoner
to be seen in the yaid. My own quarters were a
hundred snd fifty yards from the scene of the in
surrection ; in our vicinity; there had been no par
ticipation at all in it; and yet, for twenty minutes
after it was ended, the guards upon the fence on
each side of us, with deliberate aim, fired Iqto the
, tents upon helpless and innocent men. They
killed in all fifteen and wounded sixty, not one
tcclhof whom hod token port in the attempt;
many of whom were ignorant of it until they beard
the gnns.
Deliberate, cold-blooded murders of peaceable
men, where there was no pretence that they were
breaking any prison regulation, were very frequent.
On October 10, Lieutenant Davis, of the one hun
dred-asd -fifty-eighth NeW York Infantry, was
tiius shot dead by a guard who, lhe,day before,
had been openly swearing that hc would “kill
some Yankee yet.”' November 6;. Luther
Conrad, of the Forty-fifth. Pennsylvania Infantry,
a delirious patient of the hospitals, was
similarly murdered. November 3, a chimney in
one of the hospitals fell 'down, crushing several
men under it. ‘
Orders were immediately given to the guard to
let no one approach the building, on the pretext
that there might be another insurrection. Two
patients from that hospital bad not heard the or
der, and were returning to their quarters, when I
saw a sentinel on a fence, within twenty feet of
them, without challenging them, raise bis piece
and fire, killing one and wounding the other.—
Major Gee, at the time, sms sanding immediately
beside the sentinel, who most have acted under
his direct orders. December 16, Moses Smith, of
the Seventh Maryland (polbrcd) Infantry, while
standing beside my quarters, searching for scraps
of food from the sweepingsqf the cook-house, was
shot through the head. Mlere were very many
similar murders. I never knew any pretence even
made of Investigating of. punishing diem. Our
lives were never safe for (me moment. Any sen
tinel, at any hoar of day pr night, could deliber
ately abpQt down any ptUioner, or into any group
of prisoners, black or whins, and he would not even
be token off his post for it.
Nearly every week an officer came into the
prison to recruit for the Rebel army. Sometimes
be pffitred bounties, always he promised good
clothing and abnodant food. Between twelve
hundred and eighteen hundred of oar men enlisted
in two moaths. I was repeatedly asked by pris
oners, sometimes with tears in their eyes:—
“What shall I do? 1 w| W-t to starve to
death. I am growing wfeoker daily. If I stay
here I shall follow mjf comrades to the hospital
aui die dead-house. If >1 enlist I may, live until
T con 'escape.”
’ I had charge of the d&foff left by. the dead
I diatnbuted orti.
, , C »xwromt> Cocxtt BxSX BoXSEKT.-The Cli-,r
ele* of dodting to more than twotiwamndjaiwo- J* I IWiniß THUapnint ___ ford Journal euetaaw a losgaad interest tr
m, bet wkeß l oafed there were fnlfr are boo- The lon* .meant » over The enchaoimentha* A yu»rt Aock of an earthquake was fcit epdttof the attest aad enofearirai of Cte« H
dred wttfaoot * shoe or. stocking, »d more yet TT»to«*«oay “«*»• A " , N - Y _ morni „rf the 29th alt. Drtr, the book-keroer of the torak. Bv h - -
with no garraem above the waist except one bhmae ; been broketo Sow we can safe without ttaart at Btfaio, > *•* **“* moTOin * °*** ■ fo**** appears thai he fcad no .. »-.
or one shin. Men came to me fmpeaiiy ojwo sof gnoulu£c eoßcanices, of dr boosted (r . lt is tpeited that the iawma* ! what xeqasK&tbe vwk of two or three
whom the BehcK when they coptered them, had eofthehewe," Thehtftcr Him “safer motete* wffl secure cofmnbbd peace sby h im- He imfiLstened the windows ana -
left nothing whatever except a light cotton ahirt 1 . . .._ . * . , lftnr ] while the cashier. Mr. Otter, waa at *m*r,' i/-.-
and a pair of tight, ragged cotton panialoona. . bia not Ae k»Mt- .. bqe,fter - .£ m safpcc. while Mr. O. Waa. tmmSag&L:,-,.--
The hooka of ail the hospitals were kept, and t On Tuesday last, the rote Igr which the hbsmo- What ereatare took the smallest amoaw* hrearried the her «MtaMMK the bonds «*- .....
report* made npnnder my i ment to Article 13th of the Canxdtatmn of United ■- fcg«*age aknt when he entered the ark ? The posited ft in iebskdeirMp Goins; <«:
ropenision. Dwngthe 1 States was lost at last nasioo of Congress, was re- ' nmh him front door, he walked threiagt? iheiiler to ;w
%?££ £££ and A Hepehhosn lk
period w»e fully 1500, or twenty per«*““ Toted M * d e “ ned * •***■ | „ «, ft** negroesptinted *h.h*«fc«by : dinfelU the box to one of ** otr-iiahd^
whote. 1 brought attar the names of moretfaxn The rwtdntkm andamendmeat reaAaa taUmw ; ■; btofe it openu and disposed trf
tweire hundred of the i»d, some of the remainder | B( ü by the Senate and House of Re- : mrs«*ke “face negtoea ; stated *>medaTs since. The hkteacedf the hows,
were netrer reported, the others I coold noc procure | prejenatiTes of the United Stases of America in ; • a Wssfaingtoe theatrical crijoc sars For- ; J-jjs 000 worth.' was found sewed in his pantafeoo..
cm the day or my escape Congress assembled, two-thirtisof both Hotaestxm- j r his bead, and that when a ; between the lining and otadde doth. The f.r>;
c km. As the men grew more debilitated the per- That the following articles be proposed to : m ““ ~~ . , . ciream-taoce wiTsh naerf smwekm cm, D,-r , .
cemage cf deaths the dieBt«e. « i tree his nodxe he canned be m
remaining m the gamsoo, December 18th, and ment m the Consticotiaa of the United States, a§d. tereadtng.” nonding with that used in tearing down th- • .
tbey_ were then dying a; the areiage rare rwen- when ratified by thren-foanha of said Tsyslatares «■ A short time since the Crawford Coontr i Spe. His ccodact since, and has sadden determl
ty-eight a day or tbmden jw rem. a dtall be ralid to aU inientt and purposes as a pan "f A T_h", « Lrion to leare theS confirmed the
The ample truth is that the JUbel aqthnntiea ot the said Constitntion, rix:— Bank was robbed rf m Gorerament Drer haa heretofore u“ .-
are murdering oar soleicm at Srhabnry by cola Abticlb 13.—Section 1. Neither alarery nor Bonds, in conaemsenre of which ianolfw fell beiow j ~H> is now confix '
with ample food and tael. They me aomg im* enme, whereof the pwtr &bkll.have beat daly con- \ , i i '
systematically, and I btliere are killing intention- Tjeted, shall exist within the United Stales, or any the bonds rwwrered.
ally, for the purpose of either forcing oar Gorern- object to their jurisdiction,
ment to an exchange or forcing our prisoners into Pterions to the rote being taken remarks were
p™, made br almost ereiy member of the House. The
The following cs the testimony before the Lom- - * ■
mittee, of Junius Henri Browne : following remarks made by the member from this
lam a journalist by profession; hare been since district, we copr with prfte.
the breaking out of the war an army correspon- 'Mr. McALLfeTER said :—When the subject
dent of the New Fork Tribune ; was captured in was before the House on a former occasion, I rosed
that capacity in the middle of the Mississippi Biter, against the measure. 1 bare been in favor of ex
whiit running past the batteries of Vicksburg, on hausting all means of conciliation to restore the
the night of Slay 3d, 1563, our expedition having Union, and utterly opposed to Secession or the dis
horn destroyed by the Rebel siege guns. 1 was solution of the Union in any war or shape. The
held prisoner some twenty months, haring in that j result of fill the peace missions, and especially that
time been an occupant of seven Southern prisons, of Mr. Blair, hits satisfied me that nothing short
the last being the Salisbury (North Cariiina) pen- of the recognition of their independence will satis
itentiary, where I was kept with my co-laborer, fy the Southern Confederacy. Ir must therefore
Albert 1). Richardson, for almost eleven months, be distroyed ; and in voting for the present mea
makiog my escape therefrom in bis company, on sure, 1 cast my rote against the cornerstone of the
the night of December Id, 1£64. Southern Confederacy, and declare eternal war
The treatment of our prisoners was bad enough against the enemies of my country,
everywhere, but it was s% barbarous and inhuman The rote on the joint passage of the resolution
at Salisbury for two months pterions to my escape, Uas follows :
that I deem an exposure thereof a duty I owe to YEAS—Messrs. Alley [Mass.], Allison [lowaj,
the thousands who there. Ames [Mass.], Anderson [Kyi], Arnold [III,],
Early in October from nine to ten thousand of Ashley [Ohio], Baily [Pa.], Baldwin [Mich.],
our enlisted men were sent to Salisbury from Rich- Baldwin [Mass.], Baxter [Vt,), Beaman [Mich.],
mood and other paints, and as they bad been rob- Blain [Me.]. Blair [W. Va.], Blow [Mo.], Bom
bed of their clothing and blankets and received 'veil [Mass.], Boyd [Mo.], Brandegee [Conn.],
very little food or shelter, mortality among them Broomali [Pa.], Brown [W. Va.], A. W. Ciarke
became almost immediacy widespread and alarm- [N. T.j. Freeman Clarke [N. T.], Cobb [Wis.j,
ing- Coffrotb [Pa.], Colfax [lnd.], Cole [Cal.], Ctess-
Every tenement within the prison limits waa well [Md.j, Davis [Md.], Davis [N.-T.], Dawes
converted into a hospital, and I offered my ser- [Mass.]. Deming [Conn.], Dixon [B. L], lion
vices as medical dispenser and assistant to the nelly [Minn.], Driggs Dumont [lnd.j.
Rebel surgeons. I soon made daily visit, to the Eckley [Ohio], Elio; [Mass.English [Conn.],
sick who could not obtain admission to the over- Fardsworlh [lll.]. Frank [N. Y.],G*nson [N.Y.J,
crowded hospitals, lying in tents on the ground Garfield [Ohioj, Gooch [Mass.], Grinned [lowa],
without covering, and with very scant raiment. Griswold [N. Y.j, Hale [Pa.j, Herrick [N. I.],
where ther had crept for protection from the cold Hjgby [Cal.], Hooper [Mass.], Hotchkiss [N. V],
rains, the snow and the biting winds, and perfor- Hubbard ' L lowa], Hubbard [Conn.], Halburd
medsneh poor service as'tay in my limited power. Y.j, Hutchins [Ohio!, Ingersoll [HI.], Jenks
Their condition was distressing in die extreme. I.], Julian [lnd.], Kascon [lowaKelley Jra.l.
They had no means of keeping warn except by Kellogg [Mich.], Kellogg [N. Y.], King [Mo.],
fire* of very green wood, that filled the nide sbel- Knox Littlejohn [N. Y.J, Loan [Mo.j,
ters with bitter smoke,' and which added to the Longyear [Mich. ], Marvin [K. ’ Y.], McAllister
carbonic acidized atmosphere from so many breaths, [Pa.], Mcßride [Oregon.], McClung L Mo.], Mc
and the emanations from unwholesome and un- Indoe [Wis.], Miller [N. Y.y, Moorhead [Pa.],
washed bodies, packed together like figs, entirely Morrill [Vt.], Morris [N. Y.j, Amos Myers [Pa ],
poisoned the air, and destroyed the health of al- Leonard Myers [Pa.], Nelson [N. Y.], Norton
mest aU who inhaled it. ‘ [III.], Odell [N. Y.j. NTfeill [Pa.j, Orth [lnd.Jj
The sickness and mortality in those outside Pattetson [N. H.J, -Perham ]. Pike (Me- j,
quarters, as well as elsewhere, continually increas- Pomeroy [N. Y], Price [lowa]. Radford [N. Y.],
ed, and the marvel was that any survived. Star- Randall [Ky.], Bice [Mass.j, Rice [Vie.], Rollins
ved and freezing, with hardly water enough to [N. Hi], Rollins [Mo.], Schenck [Ohio], Scho
drink, ntneb less to wash their persons or the scant field [Pa.], Shannon [Cal.], Sloan [Wis.], Smith
clothes thsr wore, the poor fellows naturally and [Ky.], Sroitbers [Del.], Spalding [Ohio], Starr
necessarilv despaired, and not a few of them were [K. I-], Steele [N. T.], Stevens [Pa.], Thayer
anxious to die, to escape from the slow torture of [Pa.], Thomas [Md.], Tracy [Pa.J Upson [Mich],
thei' situation. Van Valkenbnrg [N. Y.], Washburn [HI.], Wash
r . j u n, , . burn rMass.l. Webster fMd.jv Wbalev f\V, Va.j,
n 1 f kn , oWmg - d ,u 15 “5 Wheeler [Wis.], Willhuns [Pa.]. Wilder [Kan
firmest belief thtO oat of e.ght or nine thousand Wil^n Wind L [Minn.], Wood
pnsoners at Sal.sbury there were not at any time [Vt.], Worthington [Nevada], Teaman
five hundred of tnem in sound health; an opinion 'r o tai 119 L J
in which.all the Rebel soldiers to whom ! express- I James C. Allen (lU-), Wm J.
ed it tally coincided, the dearinv during the hut (1110 , Ancona (Pa .), Bliss (Ohio), Brooks
two months I passed at Sahebuty ranged (jj y \ Brown (Wis.), (N. Y.), CUv
from 2o to io per day-dtarrhoea dysenterj-, \ KvO /cox ( m O lc n rebs(lni.),r)nw SO i(Pn.i
catarrh, pmemnoma^ and typhoid fever, all engen- bidum'(W), Eden (lU-). Edgerton and.),
dered by scarcity of food, shelter and raiment— EUri(]ge (Wis.), Finck''(Ohio), Grider (Kv.),
being the principal diseases. I have no doubt if Hal , Harfing (Kv.), Harrington find.),
tte - (M ; d ) Holman '(lnd.), Johnson (Pa.)!
oners of war in the North are 10 the best of my Johnson (Ohio), Kalbfleisch (N. Y.), Kernan (N.
knowledge and information mortality ( 1 \) Lug (Ohio),
of Salisbury would not hare been more than eight jj^Jj orv Miller (Pa.), Morals (Ohio), Mor
of what it was. risen fill.),' Noble (Ohie), O’Neill (Ohio). Pen-
The capacity of >he so-called hospitals, nine in dleton (Ohio), Perry (St. J.), Prnyn (N. Y.),
number, which were without any of the comforts Randall (Pa.), Robinson (111.), Boss (111.). Scott
or concomitants of those institutions, were not lo (Mo.), Steele (N. J.), Stiles (Pa.), grouse (Pa.),
the fullest over five or six hundred patients; and Stnart (ni.). Sweat (Me.), Townsend (N. Y.),
the number of prisoners who ought to have been Wadsworth (Ky.), Ward (N. YV), Chilton A.
inmates thereof was at least as many thousands, white (Ohio), Joseph W. White (Ohio), Winfield
The hospitals merely afforded some protection from pp. y.)\ Ben Wood (N. Y.), Fernando Wood (N.
the cold and rain, and furnished rather better re- y.j Total, 56.
tions than were given to the men who were sup- absentees or those not voting are Messrs,
posed, bya transparent ficjW,Yb be in good healih. i lixe^T Blond (Ohio), Marcv (N. B.).
Hardly any one would go to the hospitals so long McDowell (Ind.), McKinney (Ohio), 'Middleton
as he conld help himself, or induce any one to ™ j.j Rogers (N. j.), Voorbees. (Ind).
help him, the daily spectacle of ghastly and hide- 1 -* -
dus corjees going therefrom to the dead-hoose
jjlltng all beholders with horror, and inducing the
soldiers to believe that all who entered these filthy
and piesliferous tenements were doomed.
The prison limits of Salisbury revealed a scene
of wretchedness, squalor, despair and suffering
such as 1, accustomed as I am to army life and
the horrbrs of military hospitals and battlefields,
had never before witnessed. The prison authori
ties, especially after the massacre attending the
attempted outbreak of Novembet. 15th, appeared
not only indifferent to the miserable condition of
the men, bat to be actuated by a brutality and
malignity towards them that I conld not reconcile
with my ideas of human nature.
They permitted the guards to shoot prisoners
whenever they pleased, without the least pretext
or explanation ; and no man* life was safe for a
day or an hour. The air was full of pain and
pestilence, and all the horrors of imagined bells
seemed realized in that most wretched place,*of
which I. shall never think without a shudder, and
a lessened faith in the possibilities of humanity.
Use of the Arms in Walking
The first time you are walking with your arms
at liberty, stop moving them, and hold them by
your sides. You will be surprised to find how
soon your compqpion will leave yon behind, al
though yon may harry, twist, wriggle, and try
very hard to keep np. Ope reason for the slow
walk among girls is to be found in this practice
of carrying the arms motionless. Three miles an
'hour, with the arms still, is as hard work as four
miles with the arms free.
- I have seen the queens of the stage walk. 1
have seen a few girls and women of queenly bear
ing walk in the street and drawing-room. They
moved their arms in a free ahd graceful manner.
Could this habit become nnivenal among girls
their chests would enlarge and their bearing be
greatly improved. Bee that girl walking with
both bands in her mufia How she wriggles and
twists her shoulders and hips 1 This is because
berarnisare pinioned. Give them free swing,
and her gait would soon become graceful.
You have seen pictures of our muscles. Those
of the upper part of the body, you remember,
spread out from the shoulder, in all directions,
like a lap. How, if you hold the shoulder still,
the muscles of the chest will shrink, the shoulders
stoop, and the whole chest becomes thin and ugly.
But some girls will say, “Swinging the arms
must be very slight exercise," True, it is very
slight if you swing the arms but once or ten times,
but if you swing them ten thousand times,* in a
day, you will obtain more exercise of the muscles
of the chest than by all the other ordinary move
ments combined. Indeed, if I were asked what
exercise I thought most effective for developing
the chests of American girls, 1 should reply at
once, swinging the arms while walking.— Dr. Dio
Lewie.
What Sherman is Doing.
A Savannah letter of the 20m alt., contains in
teresting information relative to Sbebmax’s new
campaign. A portion of the letter has been sup
pressed as publishing contraband news. We Stake
an extract: Thousands hare rejoined their corps,
every steamer from the North bringing down a
cloud of men and officers from furlough, hospital
and detached service. His army is, therefore, ma
terially larger than when it started on the immor
tal jaunt from one corner of Georgia to the other.
A steady min set in yesterday, and continues, to
the detriment of the ned campaign inaugurated
two or three days ago. The advance of the column
that left Savannah is about twenty miles away,
and the progress on the treacherous roads
is slow. The column from Pocotaligo bag ad
vanced a few miles, and has comparatively a fine
country.
The object of the new movement is evident to
'any one who looks over a good map. Augusta
and Charleston are within comparatively easy reach.
The impression is that the army will advance di
rictly on Branchville, and seizing and holding that
point, cut off both cities from railroad communi
cation. The report has been prevalent here lor
three days, that Charleston was being evacuated.
This is not improbable. If the enemy attempt to
garrison Charleston they mast employ a heavy
force front the main army to oppose oar advance,
and Sbebman would have no difficulty in seizing
the Charleston and Augusta Railroad, (hereby
isolating whatever troops are left in 'Charleston.
Charleston is not defensible at this juncture, save
by an aggressive army. If the rebels defeat Sher
maw south of Branchville it is safe; if not, they
cannot hold the city at all.
By the seizure of Bianchville, Charleston foils
of itself, and Augusta cannot be long defended.
And no one can doubt the ability of Shebmae,
With his splendid veteran army, to accomplish all
this. He gave the country Savannah for a Christ
masgift ; possibly he may reserve Charleston as a
valentine ; and though it is not customary to send
eatfeauz on the birthday of the Father of his Coun
try, the city of would not be an unaccept
able touvenir, nor an unappropriate one, on that
anniversary. With such an enterprising General,
what a pity onr hollidays are so few.
In every essential {articular, the army is organ
ized for the new movement, the same as on the
late Georgia march—one baggage wagon only to
a regiment, and the men are permitted the same
foraging privileges. It is not expected that the
country will be as bountiful as Georgia, but such
’ accomplished surveyors will not make a dinner of
herbs in the scantiest country. The troops, with
al, are eager to be well on the way. Tired of eat
ing oysters and feeding their horses with rice, they
desire to relapse to turkey and sorghum, and to
the traditional sweet potatoes, which Marios
feasted off, in these self-same swamps, when he
was fighting for a nationality hit descendants hare
sacrificed everything, including honor, to render a
DiwraUejwt.
Short Items.
ggf A Udr skater in dhiladelpfclia lately lei] j ‘-The official and sems-ofßesai papectgive up a:
upon the ice, withhands extended > break the last that the condition of the Ctafcfcng K
.. ~ i - r ' w»rattv and thev* bare got orer cainog -
&U, just as a swilt skater was gloltng past- He through Georgia a "foreed retraa"On •
could not check his speed, and one of his skates i contrary, they admit his march to be one of
cut off three of her fingers. , : i| most extraordinary feats in military history, si. j
' ! pat him down in the list of the great General
|&» J. B. Daria, identified at Ntiwark, Ohio, the world/’
some days since, as the keeper of the Anderson- j
rille, Georgia, prison, and who confessed on his !
arrest being bearer of dispatches from Richmond |
to Canada, has been sentenced to bebnngat John- '
son s Island, February 17th. ; \
Ah ’ sighed Waiter, what a sublime and
petrolemic study is cyphering, —when hie learned
that the compound interest of oqeichnt from the
beginning of the world to this day would equal in
value 4,(140,000,000 globes of solid gold, each as
big as this earth. Save your pennies, little boys.
0* General George B. McClellan, lady and
child have sailed for Europe in the steamship
China. Mr. August Belmont, the well-known
banker, and Chairman of the Democratic Nation
al Committee, accompanies the distinguished
party, the intention being an extended tour
throughout Europe, principally for the benefit of
Mrs. McClellan's health.
gy Some of the merchant princes, and million
aires of New York are contemplating a magnifi
cent project. It is nothing more nor less than to
relieve the nation of its debt by pitying die whole
amount ($2,OuO,O0O,CO0) themselves. It is pro
posed to make the gift in 200,000 shams of $lO,OOO
each, of which A. T. Stewart, Wm. B. As tor, and
others, will each take fifty shares, making up at
least a quarter of the while amount in New
York. The realisation of such a pgijecl would;
place both government /and citiieo in a prouder
position than ever government or citizen occupied
before.
MIL. Daring the recent occupation of Hunts
ville, Ala., Rev. Mr. Bannister prayed for the
“President of the Confederate State*," bat has
since refused to offer up any supplication in be
half of Mr. Lincoln. Col. Hofney, of the 18th
Michigan, who is now Provost Marshal of Hunts
ville, gent for him, and demanded an explanation
of bis conduct. He said the canons of his church,
required him to pray for the President of the Con
federate States. “Very well, said the Colonel,
“the cannon of our army require you to pray for
the President of the United States, and if yon re
fuse to do it yon will leave our lines. He got ten
days to pack up.
Emploihent for Disabled Soldiers.—Peti
tions have been put m circulation in nearly all the
Eastern cities, and are being signed by the leading
citizens, irrespective of party, asking Congress to
take some action by which honorably discharged
soldiers may obtain government employment in
preference to those who have for to many years
been subsisting on Government “pap.” There are
large numbers of patriotic young men who have
been honorably discharged from the army on ac
;of wounds, sickness, imprisonment, etc., who are
unable to work at their trades or, any bard labor,
have no means of subsistence ex&pt that famished
by charity, and who are perfectly competent to fid
almost any civil appointment or clerkship. Let
onr citizens try mid further this noble cause—it
would be but a small return for the gallant services
[ rendered liy our soldiers. 1
IS* A well-informed writer expresses himself
concerning the future trade with Georgia, as fol
lows : “In Georgia, including Savannah, I do not
think there are 20,000 bales of cotton. You will
bear in. mind that General Sbennoncame through
the heart of Georgia, and for a breadth of forty
miles destroyed every bale of cotton, all the gins
and gin houses, took eveiy mule and horse, and
nearly all their hogs, cattle, &C-, and destroyed
mast of the agriculture. As to the
future of the South m relation to trade. It js im
mediately very gloomy, 'There 1 wiff be very little
cotton planted the coming spring, as, even if we
ore likely to get peace, it will bn too late for that.
True, the planters ore all out of debt, having paid
them off with a currency worth TOm five to fiftv
cents on the dollar at the time of payment, bat they
have little cotton and nothing else to buy with,
and few are worthy of credit.”
The commisioner of Internal Revenue has
decided that dead men cannot be taxed. The case
in point is that of one Mr, Geo.; Thompson, who
died July 20, ISfif. Before his death a return
■ was made by him of his income for the year 1863.
A tax of five per cent, was afterwards levied and
paid open iu Mr. Blake, the Collector of the
Seventh Sew York District, noW claims the right
to impose and collect another tax of five per cent,
upon the same income, now in the hands of the
executors of the deceased for distribution, The
Commissioner decides that this cannot lawfully be
done.
Rumored Removal'©? Gem. Meade.— A dis
patch from Washington states that General Meade
has been removed front the command of the Army
of the 'Potomac, and that the two armies of the
James and of the Potomac have been consolidated,
and PhlL Sheridan has teen selected to command
them. Gen. Meade, it has been said, has been
assigned to another command. Another dispatch
from Washington says; “The rumors of General
Meade being relieved from the command of the
Army of the Potomac are denied by him.' He is
said to have in hi* pocket a copy of a letter from
General Grant, endorsing hnn as tee of the ablest
commanders in this war. and in kll respeets a thor
ough soldier. He says that the Senate may reject
his nomination if it sees fit; that he and his chil
dren can stand on this letter forever.
Important Order.— We are reliably informed
that Provost Marshal Lloyd has received an order
from the WarDepartmehtdirecting that the names
of all those who paid commutation in I8«t shall
be put in the .wheel-in the approaching draft.
The same department, not many moons since,
announced officially that those'who paid com
mutation in 1864 were eUa~ of the draft. Bnt
that was before the election, paid voces were yran-
men art needed, not r«e».: How are
you three irimdred ddttaA t- ftnwferd. ■ ‘
i tSh A Paris letter, by the lost steamer. •»«
STILL IN THE FIELD
EXCELSIOR
Hat & Cap Store.
The ukdeksigked would in
70KM tbe pebiic that be hii takes charge of «*
tab&iufeent. b«r«co&ce cvaed by Jtam Stuitiu wLere &•
ba*acm oc ******* • large aad wied'MMtaut ctt
FASHIONABLE STYLES OF
HATS, CAPS,
MISSES AND CHILDREN’S FLATS
Hi* stock bx« beeti with *r«u car* »c 3 *ar ra
te* etetj color, ihiK qoaiiJJ* fcf *be acc«mm.a
of or icxr. oM oryoim*, rich or fe**.
A faU «~*rk*of Ladie* aod Hi*** For* of all*:*:***..
W»JF# o* h*u4_ . , ~
All be wii is *o «*oun*t>on of hi* «*>ck. seeling *■.*•
that he oka please th* cwtt fii*Lkbc>ofc.
J*n. 14,
STOVES,
TINAND SHEET-IRON WAKE.
mHE UNDERSIGN EH WOULD RE,
J_ SPK*,TffULLY “
Bounce to tht citizen-
Altoona and ▼kinity t
he ha» taken the at
and atop recently occt
pi«i ty John Sht>emakf
on Tirptmu xtrwA. Lh
the McClellan Hdu<
where he haa on hand
large supply of STO v
of aU rocl
Cook. Per lor,
and Shop Stove*, which
be will veil-at the seoet reasonable price*- A large •->
ply will be kept on bend.
'Tiy AXD WaJLZ* U pact *ar
always os turn i.
ROOFING & SPOUTING
pctcp on short notice.
H« haa alio attached a copper-nmitfaiaj: roc« to b;*
establishment and will keepoo hand au UKrtatc: of cc>
per and fcrawi kettles. Jtc.
Ail kinds cf job work prosaptly attended to.
Jaaoary 14, IStt.-df JjTJtPHEN WISTXRI r
SAYAXXAfI TAKES!
Xew Firm in an old Stand
WOLF & PETERSON
Beg leave to inform the
citizens of Altoona and vicinity that they have
c barge of tin
GROCERY & PROVISION STOKE I
lately occupied by Rifkahangh A PiUersoD, and t>merly *1
occupied by Jo*. Btrkowilz, where they will keep coo- $
atantly.on band a larige stock ofGroceriea, PrnTi*:cn-. &s 4 .
Fitd, comprising Superfine, Extra, and Extra '.*?
Floor. Bacon—Hams Plain and Sugar Cured. RibUd *3
and Plain STde*. Shoulders. Ac,
Dried BeeC Mackerel and Herring by the Barrel. fcU.f
Bari el and Quarter Barrel.
COFFEE—EXO AND EAST INDIA.
Sugars—Cn»b«L Granulated, New Orleans, and P,-r..»
Jlic*. Homy and Golden Sympa,'Xew Orleans and Su,rar
House Molasses. Black, Toong Hyson, and
Teas.
Sperm. Adamantine. Star, and Mould Caudles. Pa!-.
Rosin and. Fancy Soaps. Nary. Span KoiL l>-».
and Cot mod Dry Tobacco, Cigars. Also, a i
meat of Brooms. Buckets, Bed Cords, andQueenbvare
FEED AND PROVISIONS.
Corn—Shelled and in the Ear, Data, Corn and Oats. acu
Wheat Chop, Ship Stuff, Corn Meal, Silked and Unsifted
Also, Clover and Flax-Seed.
BUTTER, EGGS AND LARD.
Please gire us a call and save expenses.
Dec. 17, lS6t— tf WOLF A PETERSON
H. A. CAMPBELL
WOULD INFORM THE CITIZEN?
of Altoona and vicinity that he has this •:*?
opened up a new
BOOT, SHOE AND GROCERY STORE
On Julia Sirttt, Sail Altoona,
opposite the Episcopal Parsonage, formerly known as the
Conrad corner. I shall' say nothing in regard td prices,
'hot request A small share of the public patronage,weliog
confident that after an examination of my stoek aod pri
ces, my customers will be satisfied. X'
Please give me a call. Small favors will be thankfully,
received.
Altoona, Jan. 10,1565.
MUSIC
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON THE
PianoPbrte and Melodeon, by Mias MARIA SHOE
MAKER.
TERMS SIO PER QUARTER.
Residence on Emma street, three doors below Annie *t
No allowance.will be made, for the neglect oflrssoni te
«the loss of the teacher, except in case of sickness..
r Jan. 21,18fi5-ly.
TTALUTABLE HOUSE AND LOT FOR
* SALE.— 7Tb© nnderßignbd.intcnding'to remove
the town, offers, at private safe, bin house mod lot, siici'?
oh slain street, Altoona, a few doors above CAiharir*
street, and adjoining the “McClellan House/* The h vv-*
is a well bmlt two-story frame, containing three r«x.x»
and a ball and a store or office room, on first floor and £**
rooms on second floor. The lot is well enclosed an* La.*
on it a stable and other conveniences, Possession ei*t )>
April first.'
Jan. 7.1865-tf. A. P. CAfrDKRWOOD
A DMINISTKATOR’S NOTICE. No-
AlLtice is hereby given that letters of Administration c:.
th© estate of John Horning, late of Altoona, Blair <vunty.
dec’d, have been granted to tli» undersigned reading as
aforesaid., All persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate ara requested, to make immediate payment, and
those haring claims will present the same without delay
duly authenticated for settlement.
Jan, 7th, IS6S-6C MERCK LI A HOAXING,
A NEW OIL WELL DISCOVERED !
Many are the Stories told of great discoveries of Oil of
fortune* made in a day—Of flowing wells and wells pump*
sd by'steam. But the well discovered by London A fmlti
Is not an oil well exclusively. Neither does it flow
tanoualy, nor yet pomped by «te im. If yon don’t lx4ieve
It, Inst call at their Store on Virginia Street and eXamin*
their Stock of goods, consisting of Ladies «irea»
goods, such as Alpaca’a, Merino’s, Delons,' Silks, talmo
val flkirm, 4Cm Ac. Of Qeota wear. Cloths. Cassisuerva
Sattioetts, Ac., besides- a great variety of Boots,
Gaiters, Hoods, Nubias, Comforts, Gloves, Spices of** l
kinds, Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Syrup*, Soap, -Candice aoli
Queensware, Ac., with a little of nearly everything
Ij kept tajt variety Store.
Oallaadsee os, as ere are determined tosrli'aschespai
the cheapest. Don’t forget the {dace, at tha
meriy occupied by John Loudon, on Virginia Btnet-'
Altoona, Dec. 24. ’fit. jfrOPpoX A SMITH.
’J'&UNKS AND CARPET—HACK?*
Iron
roen tio tt
written on won ronott
„r paper, tbeshcet ofiro»W«fe^
than a *h«» ¥*«er P***' ***
al ,pear. «iW>rt inctedibkj
i^ww-B***^!****^
at f ittslmrgb. A few
by Dr. J. M.‘ Gemmill, asamplj
.oiled to paper thickness. acvetJ
be had received by letter, from
all foa tbro* cents postage: The
dap waa p^obW®® 4 a * c Ul ' ne^J
roUeA
as might be supposed, bot. «n tb
elastic, allowing “»de folded v
arid opened out again without 1]
the samples was an imitatiotrof
and appeared to possess aU the d
tide. AS sample* of the perfcj
manufacture of iron, in
brought, they are worth seeing.
D. \T-ALS
a. a smith
iat«otta i
&=> -i-. .
' tOCAt
"Wttiuts Soaw. IGo j
serious question with quite a n J
ertv holders, who have roceivedl
lonia a “notice to quit” on the I
Notwithstanding the number oi
ted, the supply i# far short of lJ
families arc now occupying muj
apartments, tlian they, woulanj
be had. “TO Lef'cannot be fori
is only two months until “ttitttafl
eomplainta of the same stale j
towns. A number of persons d
leave town, and others to stay i
son that they cannot get places]
Constable.—ln another coj
the card of Capt. John M. Cla
as an Independent Candidate*
ongh Constable, at the ensuing
Capfc' Clark is a veteran, havit
try for three years. He descr
ccivo, the unanimous vote of tl
not heard any other candidates
the office is worth something
likely there Will he others. 1
scWring, we think one who hi
country on the battle-field sn
who honor the soldier give the
tiaouso-floo Pat.— The
I ruary,- is wbat is known as G
| On this eventful Jay : the go
I come forth from his hole, an
I stand. l,fthe day if cloudy.
[ lii.shadoWr he returns with
[ the cold blasts of winter are
j approach??* a delightful spr
[ be clear, he ret uni a for anotb
| and sixty days of cold weal
I came forth in this locality.
I day, he saw his shadow, an
I look for sixty days more of
Skatiso.— Ouif neighbors
mg “a high oldtimo” ska tin
have organised a Skating C
of Sl,oo <_n each member fo
hig.tbe ice clean, flooding it
not sofloie of our enterprising
ting pond in rids place. Thi
yui;d a doubt, from the fact t
to tc found within six miles
she town, j
Stuns or the Taws.—
which s volume might he
it j, our intention only to'
taut lAeai'Mjftt, and that i
new SA-Ttbriai-' (Gbocebt,
Russ i Posdcwwt, on Virfi
ariuq. It is ft signof, prc|
tile street and the building
place where yon can buy /
-cash.
VVookded,—Wm. A. f
■Calvert, Esq., of Logan T
the'77th Pa. Vol., receive!
in the grra, daring the halt
Hood, atFrankjin, Tenn.
be came near bidding to t
reached him. iWe are pi
father that he is how rape
t/ef~ Tl\o dwelling hoe
Allegheny township, this <
it* contents,\ including tl
govertiment'bonds, was hi
Monday morning last. L
dollars.— Standard.
A, M. L. &. R.R. A.l
meeting of the board of 1
'Mechanics Library £ Re.
■will Be held on Honda
o’clock, in the rooms of
attendance is requested.
CoauKOitost.—'VVe bn
hem which we copied fi
week, in reference to Jat
ratio, being ittUpyp the
incoi rect, and that he Is
, <9T Oar neighbor of t
slightly incorrect inhU
»ersy. Personalities nr
•qaently, no{ to opr “Ijki
«. Hon. L: W. H.
!Pntidehi of the Penney
■(•y, to represent this diet
■ -The Amrst-rtss or
following is a copy of tv
men on picket at the f.<
Garruesß; Then
apd I want; that is a
fw know me fay having
Stmt I have hot got m
WiHhjMia pieketlij-mc
aorite. Toa most not tb
ingnwhen yon Speak.
Wm 1 wish the pm
■> toaptle’ conclosi
I p
fSjljwand those front fa
; &*? Anytime *