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lEUXTINGDON, PA.
Friday morning, Oct. 4 1861
Out Nag Forever
union Conference.
The Democratic and Republican
Committees of Conference appointed
by County Delegate Conventions of
the parties, met in the Court House
on Tuesday afternoon August 27th,
and put in nomination the following
Union ticket :
ASSE3IIILY,
JOHN SCOTT, of Huntingdon
ASSOCIATE JIIDOE,
BENS. V. PATTON, of Warrioramark
COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
JOIIN S. ISETT, of Franklin
COUNTY TREASURER,
aouN A. NASII, of Houtingdon
DIRECTOR OF TILE POOR,
JAMES TIZSTDERSON, of Cassville
AUDITOR
MILTON SANGREE, of Walker.
The following resolutions were read
and unanimously adopted by the Con
ference :
Resolved, That it behooves every true pat
riot in this important crisis in our Country, to
lay aside party trammels and sustain the Na
tional and State Governments in supporting
the Constitution and preserving the Union of
the States.
Resolred, That we should use every effort
to foster and keep alive the fire of patriotism
now filling the breasts of all true and loyal
American citizens.
Resolved, That this Convention, represent
ing both the political parties of the county,
hare the fullest confidence in the integrity
nod capacity of Hon. GEORGE TAYLOR, and
they commend him to the support of the peo
ple for President Judge of this Judicial Dis
trict, believing him to be a pure and upright
citizen and a learned and able Jurist.
THE ELECTION.
Don't forget to go to the polls on
Tuesday next
SEP D. P.•Gwin has returned from
the city with a large stock of splendid
new Goods, which he will be pleased
to dispose of at prices to suit these
war times.
THE signs of the times indicate stir
ring events in and about Washington
in a few days. The rebels evacuated
lyson's Hill a few days ago, and our
agiuwok possession without firing a
gun. Itt was expected that a heavy
battle ould be fought at that place.
Whether the rebels fell back for the
purpose of drawing our army into am
bash or not, we do not know, but we
believe it was a feint for that purpose.
By late news we see it stated that the
rebels aro withdrawing their forces
from about Washington for the pur
pose of taking them to Kentucky, but
wo do not credit the story, as it would
be unwiso and impolitic. Missouri
_senms to hailm_b_attle oTound at
make
a
we expect kremont wat make
a grand move in the direction of Lex
ington shortly.
The North and the South.
The Press of the 2d says: Those
who imagine that in the present con
test the traitors have been more suc
cessful than our own *troops, and that
they have exhibited gm , ttri
"•` - ' - '7; — Tnion, greatly misapprehend
the true position of affairs. It is true
that we have encountered some sad
reverses, and that we have not accom
plished all that we desired to perform.
But there is a disposition to magnify
the extent of our reverses and mis
takes, and to undervalue the effect of
our offensive operations, and the mag
nitude of our preparations for defence,
which should be corrected. It should
not be forgotten that our enemies will
never risk an important battle unless
it is offered under such conditions as
render their success almost certain.—
On all ordinary occasions their policy
is to make retreat after retreat, until
the patience of our troops is exhaust
ed, or they are enticed into extremely
unfavorable positions. They have
captured Fort Sumpter, won the bat
tle of Mantissas, and compelled Colonel
Mulligan to surrender, but on all these
occasions their armies so vastly out
numbered our own that their triumph
was almost inevitable. On the other
hand, we can point to the triumph of
Lyon at Booneville, the brilliant suc
cesses in Western Virginia, our tri
umphs in many minor skirmishes, our
capture of the forts at Hatteras Inlet,
our destruction of a number of their
'privateers, including the recent dashL
ing exploit at Pensacola, our complete
defence of the capital despite their
vainglorious threats of capturing it,
our efficient blockade, our well-main
tained lino of forces along the Poto
mac, in Western Virginia, in Ken
tucky, and in Missouri. It is evident,
too, that every new day increases our
strength and weakens our enemies.—
We are adding to the number and im
proving the condition of our men, and
constantly obtaining new munitions
and powerful means of aggression, by
land and by sea. Their power has al
ready culminated, and every hour di
minishes it. Few new recruits can be
obtained for their armies, and the
means of supporting and equipping
them arc consumed much more rapid
ly than they can be produced or re
placed.
Whenever the curtain which
hides the real state of affairs in the
South from our view is partially
withdrawn, n frightful picture of des
titution and misery is disclosed to us.
The people of their seaboard cities are
living in daily dread of attacks from
powerful combined naval and land ex
peditionS against which they have no
efficient protection, and with their trade
almost entirely destroyed and every
1 man compelled to perform military
duty, their conditicai is inconceivably
deplorable. The people of their rural
districts, having no market for their
products, and no means of supplying
most of their numerous wants, are re
duced to a semi-barbarous state, and
the dread of servile insurrections con
stantly thrills them with horror. They
are rapidly realizing the terrible reali
ties of their position, and it would not
be surprising if a fearful rebellion
against the rebellion should break out
even in the heart of the South.
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Things in and About Shade Gap
3ln. Enrron :—Wednesday, the 25th
inst., witnessed the closing exercises of
the Summer session of Milnwood Acad
emy, located in our• pleasant village,
conducted by Professor Woods and la
dy, and a competent corps of assistants.
The day was beautiful, and the large
crowd of friends and visitors manifest
ed the deepest interest on this highly
interesting occasion.
=1
The public examination of the vari
ous classes in their different studies
was conducted during Tuesday and
Wednesday, in the presence of a large
number of the friends and patrons of
the school. These examinations, con
ducted by the different teachers, were
thoroughly impartial and highly sat
isfactory, and reflected much credit on
teachers and pupils. The classes in
Latin, Greek and Mathematics acquit
ted themselves well, but the class in
Mental Arithmetic deserves special
mention for the promptness and cor
rectness with which they solved the
most difficult problems. This we re
gard as one of the best means of men
tal culture, and were glad to find it
holds so conspicuous a place in the
course of study pursued in Milnwood
Academy.
MUSIC, PAINTING AND DRAWING
Some of the performances on the
piano, by the pupils, in music, with
which we were fitvored at intervals
during the examination, showed skill
and proficiency in this art. The Paint
ings and Drawings of the young ladies,
exhibited in the school-room for public
inspection, showed a delicate and cul
tivated taste.
THE EXHIBITION
The eloshig, cxhibitional performan
ces took place on Wednesday evening,
when the Hall capable of seating five
or six hundred was crowded to its ut
most capacity, and the large audience
was held in wrapped attention for
some hours. These exercises consisted
in orations, original and select, by the
young gentlemen, and compositions by
the young ladies, interspersed with
highly amusing dialogues, and the
whole enlivened with music, vocal and
instrumental. The dialogues of the
"Irish Broom Maker" and "Slasher
and Crasher," brought down the whole
house in repeated roars of laughter.—
The Hall was beautifully decorated
with evergreens and brilliantly illumin
ated ; the stars and stripes were exhib
ited in a conspicuous manner, to which
patriotic speeches. These exercises
were opened with prayer by Mr. B.
McDivitt, Superintendent of schools in
Huntingdon county.
BRASS BAND
The Brass Band from MeConnells
burg, consisting of thirteen members
were present to enliven these exerei
ses with their soul-stirring music.
They performed in an admiral2le_man
nor, and i ts their
fiTsi - vi - Sit to our place, but we hope
may not be the last, as their music and
gentlemanly behavior gave very gen
oral satisthetion.
CLASS OF TEACHERS
Milnwood Academy is doing good
service to the cause of general educa
tion, by furnishing so large a number
of well qualified teachers for our pub
lic schools. Of the students present
during the past session, seventeen go
forth from these classic halls to engage
in teaching. Twelve of this number
were examined and licensed, the day
after the close of - the academic term,
by Mr. McDivitt, our county Superin
tendent, while others seek license else
where. Whilst many schools, owing
to the distracted state of our national
affairs, have been greatly thinned in
numbers, this one continues to be well
patronized and sustained. Parents
wishing to secure a good and cheap
education for their sons and daugh
ters, or have them qualified for teach
ers, cannot do better than send them
to Milnwood Academy at Shade Gap,
the next session of which, opens on the
first Wednesday in November,
FAST DAY,
The national fast day was very gen
erally observed in a religions manner
by the citizens of Shade Gap and vi
cinity. Our stores and places of busi
ness wore generally 'closed. A Union
meeting was hold in the Presbyterian
church, which was largely attended.—
A sermon was preached by Rev. G.
Van Artsdaleu, from Hosea 6,1:
" Como and let us return unto the
Lord, for he bath torn and he will heal
us, he hath smitten and ho will bind
us up." The preacher was listened to
with marked attention, as he pointed
out God's mercies to us as very great;
notwithstanding which, our national
sins have been many and aggravated,
bringing down the just judgments of
Sehovah; hence, we should this day
return unto the Lord with fasting, hu
miliation and prayer, and then may
we expect that He who bath torn will
heal us. May we not hope that the
millions of American citizens prostrate
before the throne of the Eternal, pour
ing out their prayers and supplications
with deep humiliation and penitence
before God, will speedily bring an an
swer in peace, and we be again re
stored to harmony and union throu
out all our borders. X. Y. g
Our Army Correspondence.
CAMP TENALLY, Sept. 27, 1861.
DEAR. GLOBE:—Thinking some of
your numerous readers might be
pleased or edified by a graphic account
of this neighborhood, with description,
the doings of the Penna. sth, &e., I
propose writing you a brief letter rel
ative to the same.
This country is quite rolling, much
of the land covered with timber. Here
may be seen the wide-spreading oak,
and here, too, grows the beautiful
dwarf cedars. Indeed, from my lim
ited excursions, I would think there is
a greater variety of forest trees than
in your own neighborhood. This is
really a beautiful country. Could you
have stood with us the other night on
picket, and "viewed the landscape
o'er," you would most certainly have
wept, that so beautiful a country, sur
rounding the Capitol of the proudest
nation in the world, should be the abode
of ignorant, contemptible representa
tives of the human race; that those
meandering brooks and life-giving
bowers, should flow and grow only for
the scum of the children of humanity.
As you would continue your view, be
holding 10,000 candles looming up
through as many thousand tents, pro
ducing a magnificent appearance, char
ity would lead your thoughts, and ere
long you would find yourself lost to
all else but the beauties before you,
and to the adoption of a system that
would make the inhabitants equal to
the paradise they inhabit.
To-clay being wet, all drill is suspen
ded and those who are so fortunate as
not to be on guard, or have charge of
the camp, can and do enjoy themselves
any way their fancies dictate, conve
nient with in-door amusements. As
you pass by their tents, you find quite
a majority with paper and pencil in
hand, busy transfering their thoughts
to the paper. Yes, to-day the corpo
real man only is in his tent; and while
the many thousand fingers move the
pencil as they are moved, the motive
power is in the "Old Keystone State,"
wanderingin gardens, fields and groves,
or sitting in the parlor, or the shady
yard ; standing by the bubbling spring
or limpid rivulet, conversing with a
father, mother, brother, sister, friend,
or perhaps a lover. To-day the soldier
is free—it is truly a Camp of Freedom.
But I must, as I promised, be brief, or
all your patience will be exhausted ere
I close.
The Fifth Pennsylvania is compose(
of largo, temperate, brave and intelli
gent men. Being a member of the
Regiment myself; I feel a delicacy in
giving a full description of it, fearing
it might be thought I am partial, but
will give the opinion of others, and
mention some facts bearing conviction
on their face, that the Fifth is the FIRST
in all but the date of its organization.
No sooner did we make our appear
ance in Camp 'renally, than a profound
sensation was produced. Upon the
first grand review, we bore off the
wreath, and were brought from the
left to the right of McCall's division.—
Upon Curtin's arrival, (I ought, per
haps, through mere formality, to say
our honored Governor, but besides the
having in readiness the Reserve, which
was a great affair, he need not look
for other thanks from these quarters,)
to us was given the post of honor. In
escorting the Governor to the review
ground, prior to the presentation of
the colors, we were repeatedly asked
if we were not regulars, and from
whence we came. In the formation of
Brigades, we were assigned the right
of the first Brigade, hence you per
ceive we will lead the Penna. Reserve,
And do you ask will you lead them to
victory? had you been present at
our last pay day, you would withdraw
the question. While in the very act
D a Actim" - igav
- RfeEli" i fiffiblfaL l-- IS atc came to
our Col.: " Our troops are engaged over
the river; you will march to their re
lief." The paying was continued no
longer; in less than five minutes our
Regiment was marching at double
quick, headed by the gallant Col. S. G.
Simmons, towards the scene of action,
while the Paymaster was left all alone
with his goll_mtl ic titilf - 1M thonghts
tittlie time he and his gold were de
-1 sorted, they would be something akin
to the following: "While the Capital
is surrounded, guarded by men who
can not be drawn from their duty by
glittering gold, we may pronounce the
Capital, the Union and Freedom for
ever, safe in their hands."
Politically, we are ignorant. Not a
word is heard on the subject, though
there are many anxious watchers of
the• Administrative policy. Nothing,
however, could array them against
the Administration but an injudicious
adjustment of the nigger question,
which need not be feared, taking their
letter to Gen. Fremont as a precedent.
Hoping this proud and. once happy
country may again be united when
the disgrace at Bull Run is wiped out
and washed off by the blood of Penn
sylvania's sons, and the South is taught
that the Government can sustain her
self, I remain, dear Globe,
Yours, &c., SCALLYWAY.
40- Extract from a letter, dated at
Cairo, Sept. 20, 1861, from Erskine H.
Miles, sutler to the Bth _lllinois Regi
ment of volunteers, commanded by
' Col. Oglesby, at present stationed at
Norfolk, on the Mississ!ppi river on
the Missouri shore, a few miles below
Cairo, to his parents in Huntingdon :
"A little skirmish occurred to-day,
about ten miles below our encamp
ment at Norfolk, between a body of
our cavalry (seventy-five in number)
sent out this morning, and a rebel cav
alry company, about forty in number.
Our force was in two divisions, and
completely surprised the enemy, put
ting them to flight in wild confusion,
being pursued by but ono division of
our company. They were overtaken
and about ten or a dozen of their num
ber killed and four taken prisoners, orie l
of the latter having been badly wound
ed in the right shoulder by a sabre
thrust. The captain of the company
killed two of the rebels himself with
his sabre, and still bears the marks of
his bloody work upon his sword. I saw
it myself after their return to camp.
Many others were badly wounded, but
escaped. The four prisoners were
brought up to Headquarters this eve
ning, and placed under guard. They
are poorly clad and look starved and
mean. They wore no uniforms but
were dressed in common brown Nen
,
w . •
tucky jeans, the worse for their ear.
Their arms were rifles, bowie knives
and revolvers, which, with their blan
kets they threw away in their flight.—
They report a force of about 3,000 un
der Jeff. Thompson, about three miles
farther on, in the same condition, food
scarce, and with nothing but green
corn for their horses. We now have
a pretty good force at Norfolk, and it
is being strengthened every day in ex
pectation of an attack. I don't think,
however, that there is any immediate
danger, and you need not be alarmed.
Our regiment will probably move be
fore long, but where, we do not know,
most likely further down the river."
Important to Volunteers of the State.
PENNS YL TITANIA, SS :
In the name and by authority of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, ANDREW
G. CURTIN, Governor of said COMIIIOII
-
PROCLAMATION
WumtEns, By the twelfth section of
the Act of Assembly, passed the 15th
day of ➢fay, 1861, it is provided that
it shall not be lawful for any Volun
teer SoldiJr to leave this Common
wealth as such, unless he shall have
been first accepted by the Governor of
this State, upon a call under a requisi
tion of the President of the United
States made upon the Governor direct,
for troops for the service of the United
States.
AND WHEREAS, Notwithstanding
such prohibiti on,sun dry person s,(many
of them engaged in raising regiments
to be furnished from other States,) are
persisting in endeavoring to enlist vol
unteers in violation of law.
AND WHEREAS, It is necessary for
the public service and for the honor of
Pennsylvania, that her military force
should be regularly organized and fur
nished for the suppression of the exist
ing rebellion, in conformity with the
acts of Congress of 22d and 25th July,
18G1, and with the laws of the State,
and that her citizens should not be se
duced into organizations independent
of the State authority whereby the
raising of her quota is embarrassed,
the regiments are not enrolled in her
Archives, tho families of the men are
deprived of the relief provided by the
laws of the State for the families of
her own volunteers, and the State her
self by the absorption of her men in
such unlawful organizations may be
found unable to supply volunteers to
fill the future requisitions of the Gov
ernment of the United States.
ANX WM:REAR, The following order
has been issued by the War Depart
ment of the United States, via:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
September 25, 1861.
His Excellency, A. G. Curtin, Governor
of Pennsylvania, 11«rrisbury.
Sea have the honor to transmit
the following order from the War De
partment :
1. All men now enrolled or mus
tered into the service of the United
States for brigades, regiments, bat
teries or companies in the State of
Pennsylvania, under the direct author
ity of the Secretary of War, are placed
under the command.of the Governor
of Pennsylvania, who shall organize or
re-organize them as he may deem most
advantageous to the, interests, of the
G en eral,Govern mut.
2. The United States will continue
to furnish subsistence, camp equipage,
clothing, &c., as heretofore, for the or
ganizations referred to in the first
paragraph, and all U. S. commissaries
and quartermasters will furnish, on
requisitions made, the necessary sub
sistence, clothing, &c.
3. All authorizations heretofore giv
en to said brigades , regiments ar coin
?s in f-hAct i g - tßcnTial l iffil'eq: e
expiration of the times limited in the
original authority, or in any renewals
heretofore granted; and in cases where
no limit of time has been specified,
then from and after the expiration of
ten days from the date of this order;
and in future all volunteers for the
service of the U
iegiusitions made on the Governor.
All authorities issued by the War De
partment for Independent Regiments,
subject to the approval of the Gover
nor, which have nit been so approved
are hereby revoked.
Respectfully,
SIMON CAMERON.
Secretary of War.
And, whereas, the President of the
United States has, in accordance with
the acts of Congress of the twenty
second and twenty-fifth of July last,
made requisitions on the Governor of
Pennsylvania for sundry regiments of
volunteers, which requisitions are in
the course of being filled.
I Now, therefore, I Andrew G. Curtin,
Governor of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the purpose of pre
venting further impositions on the
good and loyal citizens of Pennsylva
nia in this regard, do make this my
proclamation, hereby prohibiting all
persons from raising volunteers in
Pennsylvania otherwise than by au
thority of the Governor, and especially
forbidding the raising of volunteers for
regiments to be furnished from other
States. And also faibidding 'all citi
zens of Pennsylvania from enlisting in
or attaching themselves 'to any such
irregular and unlawful organizations '
and warning .all persons that in dis
obeying this proclamation they will bo
disregarding the orders of the Govern
ment of the United States, as well as ,
defying the laws of the State and vio
lating their duties as sons and citizens
of the Commonwealth. I do hereby
require all Magistrates, District Attor
neys, and officers of the Common
wealth to arrest and prosecute all per
sons who shall disobey this proclama
tion, and particularly all persons and
their eiders and abettors, who under
any pretended 'authority, shall enlist
volunteers for any Brigade, Regiment,
Battery or Company of Volunteers
other than such as may be authorized
by the Governor of this Common wealth,
or advertise or open or keep recruiting
stations for such enlistments, so that
such offenders may be brought to jus
tice and punished according to law.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the State, at Harrisburg, this
twenty-eighth day of September, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, and of
tho Commonwealth the eighty-sixth.
By the Governor
ELI SLIFER, Secretary of tliceommoo
lveattli,
The Latest News.
Position of the Foroesin aster Vir-
ginia
WAsuntoTON,Oct. L—There has been
no change in the position of Abe Fed
eral troops on the Virginia side since
yesterday. The rebel pickets still oc
cupy the lower end of the village of
Falls Church. The troops of neither
army are in possession of Lewinsville.
Our pickets extend only to Langley
from the Chain Bridge. Langley and
Lewinsville arc three miles apart.
A reconnoissance was made to-day
by the Mozart Regiment to Pohick
Church and vicinity, about twelve miles
from Alexandria, to the left of Sprieg
field Station. They found the reel
encampment entirely deserted, and
nothing indicating their presence in
that neighborhood.
A contraband came into our lines
this morning, near Falls Church, and
was taken to the headquarters of Gen
eral McDowell, at Upton's Hill. He
stated that he was the servant of the
surgeon of the Fifteenth Georgia Reg
iment, which was encamped, together
with two other regiments, four miles
from Falls Church, on the road leading
to Fairfax Court House. He also said
that there are no rebel troops there,
excepting those just mentioned; neith
er were there any fortifications this
side of Fairfax Court House.
He gave as a reason for the recent
precipitate retreat of the rebel army,
as mentioned by officers in his hearing,
that they were fearful of a flank move
ment by the Federal army from the
direction of Lewinsville ; that he had
heard his master, the surgeon, say, on
Thursday last, the fortifications on
river below Washington were very . ex
tensive, and that Beauregard had giv
en orders to close the navigation of the
Potomac to our vessels.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, P. M.—Renew
ed evidence has been received here to
day, that the enemy is falling back on
Manassas Junction, making that
place once more the centre of opera
tions, as it was before the battle of
Bull Run.
There is a pretty general impression
here that part of Beaurcgard's and
Johnston's army has been sent to Ken
tucky. The absence of any large force
of the rebels from the Upper Potomac
seems to confirm this view.
lion, John A. Gurley is here on busi
ness with the Government, in reference
to Gen. Fremont's command, of whose
staff he is a member.
The officers and men of the New
York Thirty-seventh. regiment, deny
the charge that they were engaged in
burning houses in Virginia, during the
advance of Saturday night. They say
the burning- was the work of the rebels.
Mr. Haley, one of the refugees from
Charleston, now here, says that Fort
Sumter is prepared to stand a siege,
and that an attack on Charleston is
anticipated by the rebels.
Affairs in Missouri
ST. Louis, Oct. 2•—Rev. Mr. Robin
son, a missionary teacher in the Cher
okee Nation, has arrived in this ciiy.
He reports that Chief John Ross has
filially succumbed to the Secession pres
sure. On August 20th ho called his
council together at Talequah, and sent
in a message recommending the sever
ance oftheir connection with the United
States, • and an allegiance with the
Southern Confederacy.
The Council approved of therecom
mendation, and appointed commission
ers to make a treaty of alliance with
the Southern Government. The Con
federate commissioner assumed the
payment of the annuities heretofore
received by the Cherokees from our
Government.
The Creek Indians have raised 1,000
- MATTA eiroG`ces~ave formed
a home guard 1, 200 strong.
It appears that the troops sent into
Arkansas by Ben McCulloch, after the
battle of Springfield, were posted on
the border of the Cherokee Nation to
intimidate the Council and force John
Ross to yield to the demiLDA----,.nu
• JEFFERSON CITY, Oct. I.—(Special to
the St. Louis Democrat.)—Mrs. Fre
mont arrived hero, from St. Louis, this
afternoon, and was received at the de
pot by the General and his staff, and
a detachment of sixty of his body
guard, and escorted to the camp.
Gen. Fremont receives numerous
visitors daily, who desire him to send
a regiment to thisplace and that in the
interior, for the protection of Union
men's property; but he is obliged to
disappoint all such applicants, as he is
determined to send out no more small
bodies of troops, to be surrounded and
taken prisoners. He is going to strike
altogether this time. When Price and
the main body of the rebel army is an
nihilated, be will then see to the pro
tection of every Union man in tho
State.
- Gen. Smith," utant general of the
State, is here, hard at work, issuing
commissions to. the officers of the State
forces organizing under Governor Gam
ble's call. Ho gives assurances that
the 42,000 volunteers called for will be
obtained without trouble.
Life at Fort Lafayette.
How the Imprisoned Rebels Employ
their Time
We have been furnished with the
following interesting account of mat
ters at Fort Lafayette by Mr. M. C.
Stanley, a recent inmate thereof, who
was discharged upon an investigation
of his case, which established his entire
innocence of the • charges brought
ao.hinst him, and 'exhibited him as a
perfectly loyal Union man :
Upon the arrival of the prisoner at
Fort Hamilton he is at once delivered
into the charge of Col. Burke and
document for his. commitment exhibi
ted. This document comes from either
the Secretary of War or Secretary of
State, according as the prisoner is one
of war or of State. Col. Burke there
upon has the accused
,ferried across
the little channel which flows between
Fort Hamilton. and Fort Lafayette,
and upon his -arrival in the latter
stronghold he is given into the charge
of the commanding officer, Lieutenant
Wood, who writes out a receipt for
his prisoner. After this formula is
over he is shown to his quarters, which '
of late have been the casemates or gun
rooms around the wall of the fort.—
This economy has been necessitated
by the filling up of the more desirable
officer's quarters by the first, arrivals.
As soon as the new comer• is left to
himself he is at. Once surrounded. by
his new fellow prisoners and plied with
questions as to his name, where he
came from and what are the charges
against him, which usually wind up
with an expression on the part of the
interrogaters of doing all they can to
render his stay as agreeable as possi
ble. The conversation continues, and
when friendly relations have been es
tablished he is very blandly asked
what he will have for his dinner or
supper, according to the hour at which
he arrives. In the same breath they
extol the delicious character of beef
steak, with mushrooms, and broiled
chicken or other savory dishes, and
urge him, some to have the former,
others the latter. In a maze of aston
ishment at this good treatment of
criminals by the offended Government,
ho states his choice or perhaps expres
ses a wish fbr a little of several of the
dishes mentioned, and the character of
the wine then comes, up for extolment
and the wags get into quite a dispute
among themselves as to the relative
qualities of the Burgundy, Port, Ma
deira, Claret, &c., which is given them
at dinner. The still further aston
ished prisoner drinks all this in with
considerable pleasure, and beginning
to get over the fright which his arrest
and incarceration have produced, con
gratulates himself that a stay at Fort
Lafayette is a capital thing. But his
fond delusion, at least the ono pro
duced by his fellow prisoners, soon
vanishes when the conversation, which
by this time, has, of course, changed
to other subjects, is suddenly interrupt
ed by the signal for dinner or supper,
and ho is conducted to his seat in the
dining-room, where, in place of a ma
hogany table with lustrous white da
mask cloth, silver service and richly
cut glass ware, all of which his imagin
ation had conjured up, he discovers a
plain deal table, unpainted and without
a cloth, with a tin plate containing a
piece of partially cooked pork, a tin
cup of coffee and a largo chunk of
bread. As he contemplates this in
dismay, a loud laugh from his fellow
prisoners, who, from the door have
been watching his movements, throws
a little light on his disordered intel
lect, and he perceives that ho has been
the victim of a hoax. This constitutes
his initiation into Fort Lafayette soci
ety, and he in turn becomes as eager
as the rest to " sell" the next new coin
er.
This is one of the ways in which the
inmates manage to while away the
time, and, in filet, it has become so
popular among them that the announce
ment in the daily papers (which, by
the way, they receive every morning
regularly before 8 o'clock,) of any ar
rest at once creates quite an exciteinent,
and everything isprepared to thorough
ly initiate the expected individual.
Those of the prisoners who have
means and friends can pass time in
comparative comfort. A mess has
been established, by permission of the
commanding officer, which is under
the control of ordnance sergeant at
tached to the post. It numbers about
thirty, and at a cost of one dollar a
head diem, the table is supplied,
from market daily with good food of
every description, together with such
viands and liquors as they may choose
to purchase extra. The table is better,
in filet, than such as are provided in
second class hotels at fashionable wa
tering
_places.
The sleeping arrangements are also
very comfortable. The mattresses,
bedding, blankets and sheets are of'
good quality, and care is taken to
keep them clean: The bedsteads are
small iron ones, which are folded up
in the daytime, making additional room
in the somewhat confined quarters.
Two hours a day are allowed to
prisoners for exercise out o {}r t -h-
K a Mliet cen six and seven o'clock
in the morning and between five and
six o'clock in the evening. In the in
tervals they are confined in the rather
commodious quarters which are appro
priated to officers when the fort_is
completely garrison.. l ,— , rfiere — they
...„,g-vmmigeives playing chess, back
gammon, draughts, whist and the like,
read the 'newspapers, or discuss the
events of the day as they reach them 1
through the last mentioned channel.—
At 9 o'clock every light is extinguished
and universal silence prevails until the
next dawn awakes them to re-enact
the same unvaried routine.
In cases of sickness Mrs. Wood, the
lady of the commanding officer, is un
remitting, through her domestics, in
kindness and attention, and has won
the esteem of all the inmates for her
considerate amiability.
With the water occasionally bad on
account of absence of rain, with some
defects in the cooking arrangements,
which are not sufficient to supply the
extra quantity of rations now in de
mand, rendering them only partially
prepared for edibility, the prisoners
still manage - to pass their time of
:in
carceration in a much more pleasant
manner than is generally believed,
with the exception only of the priva
teersmen, or pirates as they are deemed,
ivho are closely confined and supplied
with government rations. They are
not denied, however; any luXury which
is sent in f'rom outside, nor prohibited
from purchasing such, as they some
times do by clubbing their limited
funds together.—Herald.
A Friendly . Interview between Penn
Sylvania Regiments and the Rebels
A Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune says :
I have just learned the particulars
of two interviews which took place on
Sunday last between some members of
Col. Hayes's Eighth Pennsylvania
Regiment and the Virginia Forty-third
(rebel), stationed on the opposite banks
of the Potomac at Great Falls. The
river is here not more than a hundred
yards wide, and the pickets on both
sides have occasionally hailed each
other. ' On Sunday the rebels invited
some of our men across, stating that if
they would leave their arms behind
them they would receive hospitable
treatment, and be allowed to return.
Ono of the Pennsylvania boys strip
ped, plunged in, and swam over. He
was helped up the rocks by a Virginia
captain, who gave him his overcoat to
wear, and proposed that he should take
a drink of. whisky. "If I drink," Said
the soldier, "it must he to Our 'Coun
try," "Very good," said the rebel of
ricer, `1 wilt join
i yon : Here's to our
country !" And the men on both sides
of the 'rim joinecl in 0 hearty eileGr,
Thu nom remained an hour or two,
arni then swam back, a little nebulous
from the many healthii had Been
obliged to drink,
In the afternoon' several` of the - reb
els ,returned the visit. , They courte•
ously entertained, and exchariged,but
tons with our men, as souvenirs of the
interview. "We don't care anything
about the war," said they, %nd don't
want to fight, but we can't help it.
You Pennsylvanians are like friends
and brothers, and we wish 'we . had
those d—d South Carolinians against
us instead of You.' OilC-iirYirginia,
officers took off his gold sldeve Vat;
tons, having no other disposable gift
at hand, and received a qparter eagle
in return. "Good Lord," said he, "it'a
been a long time since I've seen such
a piece of money." They are all arix ,
ions to know the popular sentiment of
Pennsylvania and the other . Border,
States in relation to the war, and
seemed a good deal depressed at learns
ing the truth. They appeared to be
tolerably 'well clothed and fed, and aid:
not complain of their condition.
Two of the soldiers exchanged_ let
ters from their sweethearts. Varioud
exchanges of newspapers, &c., were
also made, and in the act our men re
ceived a letter from a sister of one of
the rebels, without the owner's knowt•
edge. I had an opportunity of reading
the letter this morning, and give you
an interesting extract therefrom
"Take care of.your-clothes,[the writer
says] for I don't believe there is a yard
of stuff for shirts or clothing in the
whole county. - There is - not in the whole
county a pound of coffee or a pound of
sugar. Mrs. uses honey inher tea.
Send some of your money home when
you get it."
It appears, from other parts of the
letter, that the country has been en
tirely stripped 'of cloth, shoes, coffee,
and sugar, in order that the army may
be supplied. With the present (Moir
mous prices of all those articles in the
South, it is difficult to see bow those
supplies can be kept up' much longer..
GENERAL. ORDER NO. 1
Headquarters Mountain Brigade of Penn
sylvania Volunteers in the Service of
• the 'United States.
CAMP CEosmix, Oet. I, 1881
Stn: You are 'hereby ordered to proceed immediately,to
Camp Crosumn, near Huntingdon, Penna., and take com
mand of the pool.
It is hereby specially enjoined upon all officers and men,
to be obedient to your orders as cumnumtlant.
You will from time to time order, and hare expiated,
such orders as in your judgment muy be necesstry to meat
the exigencies of the public service. ' '
J. Y. JAMES,
Col. Cominsncling 31. B. P. T.,
in the service of thu U. 9
To Co,. WM. (1. Mt!U,AY, Perim Volunteers.. ,
• Oct. 3, 1881,
yi.D3IINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.*
[Edole of llenjumin Oswalt, deed.]
Letters of Administration upon the estate of Benjamin.
Oswalt. tote of Juninta township, deed, haring 'beers
granted to the undersigned,, all persons hoeing claims
against the estate are requested to present thine, to the
undersigned. and all persons indebted M ill make immciii•
ato payment. JOIN OSWALT,
Oct. 3, 1661-61° Administrator.
MOTICE TO THE CITIZENS OF
- CARBON TOWNSHIP.
This le to give notice that no person will b;" paid or nl:
toned by the Directors of the Poor, on account of any
pauper getting hurt or otherwise needing relief, until no
order to grouted for the relief of sold pauper, curl the some
is presented to,los. Morrison, who is the nothorized agent
in the premises, or otherwise handed in to the Board of
Directors.
D. CLARKSON,
W. WORE,
.}.Directors of Poor.
S. pray
Shirleysborg. Oct. 3,1841.-3 t.
THE WAR GOES ON!
D. P. GWIN
lIAS JUST OPENED
SPLENDID STOCK
XE'JV GOODS'
FOR.
CALL AND EXAMINE THEM
Oct. 3, IRel
NOTICE.-
All poroonB are hereby cautioned not to trutp or
harbor my N, ifo Mary. on my account. elle haring left my
Unit and board ulthout canto or provocation nhotep,r, Mid
I nut determined to pay no debts of her contracting.
Ifuntingdom Oct. 1,1661.-3 I.
FXECUTO.WS NOTICE.-
Letters testamentary upon the List will and testa
ment of littliam Unftit, late of Barre° township, Min
tingdon county, deceased, hare been granted to the sub
scriber. All persons indebted are requested to matte im
mediate payment. and those haring claims will present
them properlyAutheuticated to time.
B.&MUEI
Barrie township,
hunt. eu., Pa.
Oct. 1, IS6I-6,t
QTRAY
Conic to resident.° of the sirburfber to "flopowka
township, about the 20th of September, a light red COW
with a large a hito spot on her beck and a star on her
forehead, o£ medium slzo and- sai,posed to be about liver
years old. The owner is 'requested to come :lammed,
prove property, pay charges, owl take her away, other—
wise she wilt ho disposed of accordinEto I,llv.
Oct 1 , 1861 . *
TTA VI N G FULL AUTHORITY'
from (ten. J. Y. James. I am new raising a compa--
try to be attached to his Brig We. This company will ha
composed entirely of young men of respectability audi
education. many of whom are teachers.
Pay and reliant will commence from the time members,
are morn in. The oath eon be taken before any amities
of the pence mid fomented to' me. • A good opportunity-
Is new offered of Joining a respectable rosin/min and the
attoution of teachers is called to this advertisement. Ad
dress until October 4th. at libiliacoquillaa, Mifflin co, Pa.,
mid after that date at Hun - tingdon.
Sept. SQ,ISEI.-3t,
A BATTLE CAUGHT !!!
Cite/. GEO. P. DAliEEk.ol:l`.
IM3
A BRILLIANT VICTORY WON-
. .
ADJUTANT GEN,LEIVIS i • ,
After a severe engagement which lasted for nearly (our
da.3s, I have nt last rooted the enemy and captured a large
number of Gnus, fterofvrl?, Bowls Knives: ufid:n great
quantity of camp equipage, and, other v aluable 'articles
which I Immediately shipped by railroad from the fiord ot.
action, and now announce , , .• ,
lIIGII PRICES DEFEATED.
'
On opening awl examining the vnlhables captured, they.
werelotind to Comprise such en 'endless variety of , Hard—
maro and Cutlery of every kind, that I can supply Our
people of all agog and chuoiel; neon from a toy for an in..
font. to a supporting cane for the feeble old man.. Boys,
or girls, Lords or Ladles, Soldiors or Citizens, Housekeep—
ers Or Boarders, Partners or Mechanics, Lassyeee or .boo.•
tore, anybody and everybody may ho furnished Atilt as
mein' memento of this eventful battle by callizigct,,the.
Hardware Store of •
•
lltiotingdon, Oct, I, 1861
II rarzaGtant CoMay 4th BRlnA74l4th DivlSlott oil P;;V:,
ATTENTION I-,
In pursuance of en order to tao directed by the
Adjutant General, E. 31 Biddle, all the' Brigade, Regi
mental and Company carer. in Huntingdon centity; of
4th Brigade 14th Division I'. 'V., are hereby ordered to
meat in Camp Crosman. fully armed end equipped, at 10
o'clock, A. 11., on Friday, the 11th day.of October, lust.,
for inspection and Battalion drill.
Ist. ,411 Captains roil! be requlrcol , to furnish trills show.
Ing tbe number or commissioned Mod nott-eniumissilonedi
officers, musicians and privates of their respective compa. ‘
lA.. present ou, parade, designating tin, number of each.
24. And the number of such company or companies
absent from parade. l4.
Thiunifornt, with their arms and equipments, 1t,.,
spected.
4th. The number or uniforms belonging to each malice
ha omnitany.
nth. The nano and equipments in I...elision of each
mop ox company.
EEIXID3
In pursitanoe of an order to nie'directed by ihe,Adjtb.
taut uouend or the Commonwealth of Pounsylvnnia,,by
virtue of the Ant of Assentlay dated 'll3ll} day oU'April,
1861, I hereby give nodce thnt all commissioned racers
of the 4th Brigade 14th Million P. V. not yet sworn in *
Will meet at the Court Itouse in, the borough of Sinning.,
don, on F'fbley, filo 11th day of October, inst., at 10 o'clock
A. M., for the purpose of tolling the oath of allegiance ba
tho State of renusy.rintin and the United States.
It. C. iloOlbL 4 Brigades lusrecton,
indoAng Isscscrox's Orrioc,}
Alogandrin, 00t.1,1861.
WANTEA—A seer Meelianie ICI
curry coy o Whoclwrigtit shop aireoti trbo:
Apply to '.8.,
Sept Mi r tt".ll,
JOINS DELL
MEI=I
JAS. A. illtOltN.