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(51ob e. WM.. LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor A, TY'WEST, Associate Editor,. TERms.— , Tn. awn." io v utubbed twice a %reel: at $1.50 1, year-75 canto for SIX Intnitlts-3 1 . 1 a nts lot threo mouths—rn advance. HUNTINGDON, PA. Tuesday- afternoon, April 1, 1862 Our Flag Forever 000'000000 NOTICE, We have not the time nor the incli nation, to dun personally, a large num ber of persons who have unsettled ac counts upon our books of several years standing. We shall, therefore, from day to day, without respect to persons, place into the hands of a Justice for collection, all accounts of over two years standing. All those who wish to save expense, will do well to give us a call immediately. §§ § § § rilLg 'Pattie at Winchester. Authentic reports of the battle at Winchester come in slowly enough, and rather vexing to the people of this vicinity, as all are more or less directly or indirectly interested. We have enough, however, to assure us that our boys gallantly sustained their honor, and left us no cause to blush with shame for their not having done their whole duty. Every report we have, but goes to prove more conclusively, that the boys acted like heroes, and fought with the desperation of Spar tans. All honor to them. They will ever be held in grateful remembrance by those they left at home. They have acted .nobly, and fought one.of the hardest battles of the war. The "Gallant Three Hundred" will be re membered as long as time shall last.— They have carved their names in in stable living letters of gold, which will be handed down from generation to generation until the end of time.— They have made a brilliant, heroic page of history, which future genera tions will read with wonder and as tonishment. The charge of ;he gallant "Three 'Hundred," of the 84th Regiment, is one of the most brilliant feats yet re corded. In the centre of the line right in front of a stone wall, behind which the enemy and his battery were en trenched, they never flinched, but stood and fought like tigers, while a most galling fire was being poured in to them, which mowed them down like grass before the reaper's sickle. Then, ,too, the brilliant charge of Col. Lewis' regiment, and the capture of the ene my's battery by that regiment, are feats unequalled in the war. We are told that the charge made by Col. Lewis decided the contest. It is con fidently asserted that, had he not made the charge, and at the time he did, we would have lost the day. In our rejoicings over the Nictory, ave should not forget to award that praise and honor due the noble and da ring men of the Ohio and Indiana reg iments, who participated in the battle. They are far from home, but should poCfr, ne&eted. The commanding General, however, in his official report will do justice to all, and the newspa pers and citizens of their own imme diate vicinity, will sing peans in hon or of their bravery. 'THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL APPOR .TIONMENT. - The Bill reported and passed by the Senate, leaves this dis trict as in the apportionment of last - winter, Huntingdon, Mifflin, Blair and ( Cambria. The bill reported by the ,minority committee of the House, and to be ,con.dered Qv Wednesday, takes in the following counties : Huntingdon, Centre, Clinton, L 3 coming and Union. We would not object to having Bed ford added to the counties first named, .--=-the district would then be about fair, and more likely to elect the best men, than if either party should have seve ral hundred majority to rely upon to elect. Give us close districts and there will be but little danger of the small politicians getting a seat in Congress. Er A private letter to a gentleman pf this place, we learn that the Army of the Potomac had reached Newport News, and were being shipped South As rapidly as possible. They expect to be in Richmond,in twelve days. May God speed them, and crown them with success, is our fervent prayer. A SECES 4 Tt ; FL/W.—Capt. G. F. Mc- Cabe )4,tts spc,t - home, a Secesh flag he took from Loudon 4cients,some three or four weeks ago. The flag is about three feet long and two auda fourth wide. It can Jic seen at the de,wqry store of McCabe & Swartz. P.m % Btulas, the new Methodist mia ister, Preached his first sermon in the .Methodist Church, on Sunday morn ing The Noble Three Hundred There has been splendid. fighting in the battles of the West, and some reg iments have been especially distin guished. But, says the Evening Bul letin, none have shown greater valor than the battalion of the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Regiment that was en gaged in the battle tiT Winchester.— The greater part of the regiment was left to guard certain points on the rail vgad, or assigned to some other duty. There were, therefore, not more than three hundred in the battle. Of' this number 23 were killed and G 2 wounded —in all 80, or more than one fourth. The whole force engaged on our side was about 7,000, and the loss in killed and wounded about 400. This little band of 300 Pennsylvanians, therefore, suffered nearly one fourth of the total loss. They were placed in the centre of the line, and had the most exposed position. We have heard of no flinch ing under the terrific fire they were exposed to; no sign of fear or panic, even when their colonel was slain and nearly one third of their number had fallen. The charge of the six hundred at Balaklava, highly exaggerated by Russell, and immortalized by Tenny son's noble verse, was, in reality, not so great an exhibition of bravery and endurance. It was a brief and dash ing affair; but this of our Pennsylva nia three hundred, was a long contest in an exposed position, against •a foe sheltered by stone walls and trees, ending with a bayonet charge, at the triumphant close of which only about two hundred were left of the three hundred that bad entered the field.— Where is the poet that will worthily celebrate the valor of the Pennsylva nia Three Hundred ? A GENTLEMAN who participated in the fight at Winchester, says that after the rebels began to retreat, in their hurry to get away, and not wishing to be encumbered by their muskets, which were already loaded, they stuck them into the ground as far as the bayonet would admit, so that in the pursuit our men could not use their own weapons upon them, as it would have taken some time to pull the guns up, and by that means, increase the distance be tween the pursued and the pursuer. Ire also says that while our men ran along after the fleeting cowards, as they passed the dead bodies of their companions, they each recorded a vow in Heaven that they would revenge their death. This gentleman says that he found a gun lying by the side of a dead rebel, already loaded, cocked and capped, which he picked up and fired at the enemy, threw it down again and went on. THE REMAINS OF Cot,. MURRAY AND CAPTAIN GALLionr.u.—The remains of Col. Murray were taken to Hollidays burg on 'Friday last, accompanied by a military escort, relatives and friends of the deceased, and a committee appoin ted by the Legislature. The remains of Capt. Gallagher, of Williamsburg, who also fell in the battle at Winches ter, were taken to Hollidaysburg on Saturday morning. Capt. Gallagher leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss. Fusr OF APRIL.—To-day is the first of April, and in olden times was dedi cated "All Fool's Day," but in these latter days, has gone into disuse. The jokes to-day, however will not he a few. It is still interesting on another account, as it is "All Moving Day." Hundreds and thousands will change their places of residence to-day, and the dear good ladies will be on the qui vice to know who are going to be their future neighbors. ON SUNDAY, a number• of our citi zens were startled by two or three re ports of thunder, which they took to be reports of cannon, coming from the direction of Strasburg, but on investi gating the matter, they couldn't make a battle out of it. ON Saturday, the "Ladies slid So ciety " of this place, shipped two box es and a bale, addressed to the sick and wounded of the 84th and 110th regiments Penna. Vol., Winchester, Virginia.. Acknowledgments. MANOR. WILL, Dec. 16, 1861. The Soldiers Aid Society, of Manor Hill and vicinity, hereby acknowledge the receipt of the following contribu tions, for which the donors will please accept the thanks of the Society. Contributions of later date have been received and forwarded, and will be acknowledged, as soon as heard "from. Mrs. J. Livingston, apple butter and dried tomatoes. Mrs. P. Livingston, apple butter, dried fruit, butter and vinegar. Miss N. E. Cheney, cushion and pil low slip. Mr. T. Horning, Sr., two towels. Mrs. M. A. Rainey, apple butter. " M. A. Bell, apple butter. Miss Mary Miller, elderberry wine and two pillows. Mrs. Jas. Stewart, elderberry wine, dried cherries and herbs. Miss Lucy Carmon, one towel. Mrs. g. A. Creswell, one towel. Miss M. E. Watt, butter and apple batter. Mrs. -George Slack, tomatoes, jelly, honey and pickles. Miss Sallie Hirst, jelly, - tomatoes and apple butter. Mrs. Dr. Wilson, one pillow, wine and butter. Mr. S. A. Cr.esswen, two apple but ter vessds, magazines and two pounds ginger. Mrs. John Love, butter, papers and magazines. Mrs. T. P. Love. butter and tomatoes Miss Jennie Carver, 1 feather pillow. " ,Margery Walker, one feather pillow Miss Cahill Myton, l feather pillow. Mrs. John Walker, one woolen com fortable. Mrs. Jolnt Davidson, dried tomatoes. " Jacob Smith, dried tomatoes, dried apples and apple butter. Mrs. E. Glllatn, dried apples and dried berries. Mrs. G. horning, dried apples, ap ple hatter and currant jelly. Miss E. Miller, dried peaches. " A. 0. Cheney, dried berries, dried tomatoes, dried beef, butter, tow el and pillow. Mm George Blatt, herbs and en . cumber pickles. Mrs. E. Myton, " Alex. Bell, pickles and apple butter Mks Clara Stewart, apple jelly and parsley. Mrs. John Stewart, (Manor,) toma to catsup, 1 feather pillow and ap ple butter. Mrs. Shadrach Cheney, one towel, herbs and apple butter. Miss W. M. Cheney, dried berries and herbs. Miss Sallie Stewart, 1 feather pillow. The following letter of acknowledg mentlas been received by the society : CAMI NF.AIt FAIRFAX, VA., } March 14, 1862. 7'o the members of the Soldiers Aid Soci ety of Manor Hill : In behalf of the hospital of the 40th Penna. Regiment I have been author ized to say, that your box was duly received, for which you have our kihd est thanks. The receipt of your pres ent would have been acknowledged sooner, but owing to the severe illness of our surgeon, and since, has been very busy I 1 7 1 aking preparations for a march. We feel that our soldiers will never want, as long as they have the sympathies of kind and patriotic friends at home. "Vours very respectfully, ' Lieut. F. T. MeDoNALD, 49th Regiment, P. V. In behalf of Hospital. To Mrs. T. P. Love, President, and Miss Kate Maurie, Secretary Sol diers Aid Society of Manor Hill. Our Army Correspondence. CAMP NEAR KEITSVILLE, MO. ; 1 • Mardi 22, 1862. DEAR GLOBE :—Having a few spare moments, I will try and write a short letter to give you and your readers some idea of our doings in this State and ArkanSil.9. We made a retrogade movement on the 18th from our camp on Sugar Creek, Ark., to this place, for two ' prominent reasons: First, to get away from the great stench, which was becoming very annoying; and sec ond, for the want of forage, which was very scarce; indeed, we have consumed almost everything in this country that can be used for man or beast.— The armies of Price and McCulloch were encamped all through this neigh borhood during the past WI and win ter, and had consumed nearly every thing before we came here, but still we have managed to get along tolera bly well. However, when on the pur snit of Price from Springfield to Cross Hollows, our " boys" suffered severely from want of provisions, particularly bread. Meat we could get, but some times, for 48 hones together, we had nothing else. When our fbragers would succeed in getting a little flour or meal, iL was divided out in rations, and cooked or baked, and all was ate in the morning at one meal, and we had to rely on beef till next morning. Of beef we had plenty, having captured it from the rebel army, but it was of that class, called by the professional bn tclier—slippery. At Cross Hollows we took posses sion of three good grist mills and found plenty of wheat and corn, and we lived as well as soldiers could be expected to do, until the evening of the fifth, when we fell back to Sugar Creek, in order to receive in a becoming manner, their excellencies, Van Dorn, Price and McCulloch. How we succeeded is well known. How they were pleased, personally, I do not know, but I think they were satisfied with the warmth of it. I have no doubt but full particu lars of the battle of Pea Ridge, have CPC this reached 3-ou, and I will not weary you with a repetition of old news. Yesterday, (Friday) Lieut. Colonel Chandler, of the 35th Illinois, and Lt. Col. Herron, of the Ninth lowa, who. were taken prisoners by the rebels on the seventh, returned to our camp and were received with cheer after cheer. They were exchanged for a Louisiana Colonel and a Major wo had in our possession. From them we learn that the rebels had been whipped even worse than we supposed. They were taken to Van Buren on the Arkansas river. The army was so demoralized as to seem but a rabble wit4iout a lead er. Col. Chandler said theY were well treated. Colonel. Herron, (who was wounded) when they arrived at Van Buren, was suffering from a fever, but, to their credit be it said, was very kindly treated. The rebels all admit the death of McCulloch, Mclntosh, Slack, Reeres and others. Gen. Price was slightly wounded in the arm. Otft wounded wore removed mostly to Cassville, eight miles north of this place, and are doing tolerably well, but they suffer very much for the want of little necessaries, which, in this coun try, we cannot get for them. The secesh wounded are scattered all over the neighborhood of the battle ground; every house within a circle of five miles of the battle is filled with their wounded, and I am very sorry to say, they suffer very much for pro per attention. There aro but few of their surgeons with them, and a great scarcity of medicines. Our loss in the battle was about 350 killed and 700 wounded, a great many of whom have since died. The Fourth division, commanded by Colonel Carr, entered the field 2,460 strong, and lost in killed and wounded 588, and 77 missing. The lowa. 4th is a part of this division, and bore a very conspicu ous part in the battle, making them the worthy peers of the gallant 2d at Donelsom The 4th went into battle 541 strong and lost 180 in killed and wounded. They fought with despera tion for an hour and a half against 3 regiments of the enemy, until out of ammunition, and their guns (?•foul they could with difficulty load them; and, when ordered, retired in perfect order, their colors flying. Company F, to which 1 have the honor of belonging, went into battle with sixty-two men, including and lost 20 in killed and wounded. The Ninth lowa also fought bravely and well, as, of course, all must have done to gain such a complete victory over such overwhelming odds. I received a copy of the G/obc, of the 25th February, last night, and could you see witlig what a relish we grab I at anything ol newspaper kind, in this poor, benighted part of Dixie, the vis its of your paper would be more fre quent. This is about the dine the sun "cros ses the lino," and, judging from the kind of weather we hero been having here for the past four days, he must have had a good time of it, for we have had rain and snow, sunshine and storm, hot and cold, alternately, and in quick succession, rendering it very 1111C0111- fortablo and unpleasant soldiering. We are all under the necessity of franking our letters, and making our friends pay the postage. We have no stamps and cannot pre-pay with money, as most of our mail is sent trains and messengers to Springfield. Yours, &c., 11. A. STITT. We give the following extract from it letter written by Lieut. Stitt to his mother : "I must give you a mournful bit of history of a most noble family, who were members of Co. F, 4th lowa. I think it ought to go into print, as a history of the nlar. When our COM puny was ordered to Council Bluffs, Levi Debusk and William S. Debusk were members of it. A short time afterwards, I was ordered with a de tachment of our company, together with a similar one from each company, to the Missouri state line, the two De busks being with us. Coming home, Levi was taken very ill, and it was supposed he could not recover. A few days after, we were ordered to St. Louis, and William was sent back to Wintersct with his brother Levi, who was discharged. William joined us again at Rolla, bringing a younger brother, Elihu, with him. Last fall Elihu died, and William went back with his remains, and a few weeks af terwards joined us again, bringing with him his father. Now comes the saddest part of my tale. On the 7th, at Pea Ridge, William was wounded while helping to carry off the field a wounded man. It be ing night, and our regiment being out of ammunition, they retired front the galling fire of the enemy, and could not get our wounded off. On the af ternoon of the 'Bth, after the. battle, William was found by the company in a hospital near by i his flither—who had been all through the fight, doing his duty bravely—remained with him, and in the old man's arms he breathed his last. Poor old man, how I pitied him.— How I wished for him to be at home. He was, in a Thw short hours, apparent ly 20 years older. On the 10th, we sent him to Cassville, so that he might be relieved from the duties of ramp life, and have better care. On the 10th, we received a note informing us of his death. He died of no disease, but of a broken heart. He leaves a widow and several children, and Oh ! I fear for them, when they hear of their loss. I hope something may he done for the family pecuniarily, as they are poor, but very respectable. R. A, S. Tax on Tonnage. The following joint resolutions upon the subject of a uniform tax upon ton nage were introduced into the Senate yesterday : "Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and our Repre sentatives requested to favor a uniform tax upon tonnage as one of the provi sions of the general tax bill. "That if Congress shall fail to im pose a general tax upon tonnage, the Commissioners to revise the tax laws of this State be requested to consider the expediency of imposing a uniform tax upon the tonnage of tills State, to be applied exclusively to the liquida tion of any debt heretofore contracted or hereafter to be contracted for the defence of this State or the mainte nance of the National Union, such taxes to be so imposed as to afford every just discrimination in favor of Pennsylvania trade and interests; cunt said Commissioners to report on the same to the next Legislature by bill or othqwise." The propositions contained in these resolutions commend themselves on ac count of their manifest fairness. The first proposition, it will be observed, recommends that the General Govern ment should impose a uniform tax up on tonnage. The second proposition contemplates the imposition of such a tax by the State in ease the Federal Government refuses to do so. The resolution proposes to treat all railroad and transportation companies in the State alike, without discriminating either for or against any—not Felecting one to bear all the burden of taxation and allowing all the rest to go free. One of the strongest arguments against the tommge tax upon the Penn sylvania railroad as it existed prior to the commutation act of last session is, that it was a partial and invidious dis crimination against the greatest thor oughfare for travel in the State. If the policy of the State had been to collect revenue from trade and travel upon all the railroads in the Commonwealth, there -would have boon no propriety in exempting the Pennsylvania company, or any-other, from such imposition; but as the policy of the State was just the reverse of this, it looked like narrow prejudice, or unjust discrimination, to select this road to bear all the burden of taxation, which should justly have been distributed among the various companies incorporated by the State. In ordinaritimes a tax upon ton nage cannot bajustified, butwhen pub lic necessity demands extraordinary sources of revenue, and when no inter est or class in the Commonwealth ought to escape its just share of taxation, the railroad and transporting companies arc fairly liable to the payment of ton nage duties. Both the friend§ and the enemies of the tax on the Pennsylva nia railroad can meet on this common ground, and we trust that the Legis lature NVIII /43 induced to give a favora ble consideration to this proposition.— , . Patriot (C'Union. . „ PII9TOGp.4IPIL ALISPX—new and hu proved styles—just received and for sale at rums' Book Store. WAR NEWS. THE WAR IN TENNESSEE, CArao, March 28.—A gentleman from Pittsburgh and Savannah, Tenn., ar rived here this morning, and furnishes the following intelligence : On Monday last, a reconnoissance, in force was made at Pea Ridge, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, where the rebels were said to be fortifying, but no enemy was found. Our forces are continually augmenting Iv the ar rival of fresh troops. . The latest advices from the rebel camps at Corinth, Miss., give the strength of the force there at 70,000. On Sunday last, a force of United States troops was sent to Nicholas Landing, sixty miles south of Savan nah, which seized 15,000 pounds of fresh pork and 45,000 pounds of cured hums and shoulders. For a long time this has been the mart for the pork business of the C. S. A. Within the last two weeks large quantities have been sent southward by teams. On Monday an engagement occurred between the gunboats Tyler and Lex ington and a masked battery in th 4. vicinity of Eastport. The gunboats fired fifty shots. The Tyler's smoke- I stack was struck once. Tbe effect on the enemy's works was not ascertained. The Bombardment of Island No. 10 Sr. Louis,Marel: 29.—Th e Democrat's Caird despatch says: The steamer Dickey went down to the fleet yester day heavily laden with ordinance and commissary stores. Foie• fifty pound navy cannon were taken down for the gun-boat Benton; also hand-grenades to repel boarding parties. Persons from New Madrid report that several rebel transports and gun boats came up within range of our Riddle Point batteries on Wednesday and opened fire; but they were com pelled to' retreat after a short engage ment. The Grampus is the only rebel gun boat above our blockade, which is con stantly on the alert, watching our movements at New Madrid. It is also said the rebels have erected batteries on the opposide side of the river, to prevent Gen. Pope's command from crossing to attack their rear. From Fortress Monroe FORTRESS MONROE, March 28.—A.f fairs remain quiet here, so far, at least, as to news that can with prudence be communicated to the public. The weather is splendid, with a gen tle wind. The rebels have been exceedingly busy the last few days about Pig's Point and Craney Island. Tugs have been busily plying to and fro, and it is supposed they are strengthening their fortifications all along from Craney Is land to the Point. They haVe also increased their forces in that vicinity, and their camps have been advanced, and long lines of tents can be seen along the shore. The Merrimac continues to be the subject of much speculation as to the probability of her coming out. Glasses arc directed almost momentarily to ward Craney Island, and every undu lation of smoke in that direction is closely investigated by hundreds of eager eyes. Oen. Minter and staff arrived here yesterday, on their way to Portßoyal, to take command of the army opera tions in that quarter. Shipping Point Occupied by TT. S. Troops IVAsiiixons, March 29.—Shipping Point vas yesterday occupied by our troops. As the steamer Mount Wash ington passed that place, the troops had raised the flag of the Union, and the band was playing the Star Span gled Banner. All the rebels who have been in that vicinity for some time past, have left, with the exception of two or three roaming companies of cavalry. The Rebels Driven from Warrenton Junction. WASHINGTON, March 20.—Advices from Manassas state that yesterday the enemy in large force, was driven from the Warrentown Railroad junction, by General Sumner. Snow is falling to-clay. FROM ISLAND NO. 10. Opening of a New Rebel Battery.—No Intention to Evacuate.—Four Rebel Iron-Clad Gunboats. ST.LOUIS, March 30.—The army cor respondence of the Republican, writing under date of Cairo, March 29, says that the firing on Friday at Island No. 10 was quite heavy, the rebels opening from a new battery, mounted, it is sup posed, with 128-pounders. The enemy could be seen cutting away the trees, and rapidly pushing forward means of defence. They seem to have no idea of evacuating at present, and aro daily getting more cannon in position. Word reached the fleet, last night, that four rebel gunboats, partly clad with rail road iron, appeared below Gen. Pope's batteries, at Point Pleasant, but, as these batteries extend almost in a con tinuous line fifteen mile's, it is not be lieved that they can force a passage. Pennsylvanians Killed and Wounded at Winchester, The following is a perfect list of the killed. and wounded of the Eighty fourth and One:Hundred-and-tenth Regiments, during the battle at Win chester: Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Regiment KILLED Col. Wm. G. Murray, Capt. Patrick Gallagher, Second Lieut. Chas. Reem; Privates—Paul MeLang. Job Miller, John Gillmore, James Myers, Levi Kcech, WTm. B. Fowler, John Kelly, Jeremiah Gates, Thos. Haneoff, Simon Krcisher, Joseph McClanan, Jacob Wainwright, James Graham, Daniel G. Smith. urszEnn Privates—Wm. H. Davis, Thomas Ravenhill, David M. Lune, Jno. Brooks, Michael Farrell, Felix Mellin, Samuel Burk., Adam Frank, James Bun, Mi chael Forney, First 'Lieut.—Samuel Bryan ; First Corporal—Peter Jones; Privates—ReribenKiltiam,JAS. Kuntz;' Second Corporal—Jackson Hallenback,, Fourth Corporal—John kinadden ; Pri vates—Alfred Cra,rie, Joseph Pinker ,ten, ,Charles Parker; T. S. Simmons, Mark Saxon, AlCxander Warn ; First POut.—B. M. Moncon ; Third Serg't C. W. Cunay, 'Fifth Sergeant—Silas White; First Corporal—Wm. C. Hite man ; Sergeants—Nom Funk, Philip Smith; Corporals—James W. Price, Jas. W. Murray, L. C. Fowler, Eman uel Bruebaker, Joseph Ledger, Alex ander Taylor, James Gallagher, Chas. Shoemaker; Color - Sergeant—Hugh Smith; Sergeants—Franklin Houslor, F. I. More; Captain—Penrose Chad wick ; Privates—Henry Grimes, Mar tin Young, Terrence Kinney, Isaac Johnson, Robert Taylor, Abraham Hentzer, Jacob Spline, John Jennings, C. D. Bowers, Michael Fitzharris, Wm. Prosser, S. C. Letter, Guy Holcomb, J. Presser, Wm. Gallagher, Patrick P. Harkin, Thomag Gorman, Wm. Mc- Carty, Jno. Lolbert, Norman Stryker, Robert L. Barn, Dan'! Ritter, Sanford Johnson, Wm. E. Stead, Henry Strick ler, Dwight Roberts, Robert Johnson, Wm. Cassiday, Martin Conigan, Chris topher Smith, John Lucor, John R. Carr, Wm. Luzier. Total killed, - - - 18 Total wounded, - - - 74 Aggregate killed and wounded 92, out of 255 engaged. 110th Pennsylvania Regiment. KILLED. Privates—J. D. Davidson, J. Fergu son, P. P. Croft, Joseph Cooper, Leibrich, Samuel Everly,John Murphy, Joint Darn. WOUNDED Serg'ts—Win. Roberts, S. McCune, Corporal—J. Murphy, Privates—John Nipple, C. 11. Horn, J. Horseman, James Wallace, W. P. Ramsey, J. Mar lin, David Price, W. 0. CoHeber, An thony Kimlin, Theodore Rockey, D. C. Baker, S. Kimley, T. Meilwaine, D. Gardiner, T. B. Albert, T. Gloster, Win. Cowrage, M. Sacoek, Cyrus S. Antho ny, John Borden, J. R. Harper, D. Brown, G. Sloan, John 'Nettie, Ira Horn, D. S. Baker, D. Gardener, W. P. Ramsey, John C. Foreman, John Dougherty, Lieut. Wm. 11. Kochsper ger. Pennsylvania Oil, Pennsylvania may boast honestly and literally of being blessed with " the fittness of the earth." Her bosom yields oil in immeasurable quantities. It is gushing at this moment from thou sands of fountains in Crawfoed, Ve nango snd other counties of the north west, and a busy population is resort ing to all possible expedients to save it and prepare itfor market. The Cal ifornia gold excitement of 184-8-9 was scarcely higher than is the oil excite ment of Pennsylvania, though the peo ple outside of the oil territory scarcely appreciate it. They have not witnessed the sudden influx of population and the magical growth of brisk little cit ies in a region which two years ago, was but sparsely populated. Some papers published in the towns that have been created by the oil busi ness have reached us, and they afford some idea of' the magnitude of the operations that are going on them Here is the " Oil City Register," pub lished at a place in Yenango county which had no existence as a town two years ago. It is an oil paper all over. Oil is the theme of its editorials, its correspondence, its commercial reports. its news items, its advertisements, and even its poetry. Out of twenty-eight columns, there is only a single one do voted to the war and polities. The rest are filled with oil. Some idea of' the manitude of the oil operations may be - formed from its weekly "Com mercial Report," dated " Oil Exchange, March 11," which says that " specula tors have taken, all told, about sixty thousand barrels, at rates from thirty seven to sixty cents a barrel, according to locality." The stock in tanks is sta ted to be about one hundred and twen ty thousand barrels. At the various stations on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, there are about forty thou sand barrels, and in the yards and on the banks of' Oil Creek, there are about thirty thousand barrels. Another paper from the oil region is the Titusville (Crawford county) Ga zette. This, too, is highly oleaginous, though it gives more attention and space to politics and the events of the rest of the world than its Oil City con-. temporary. Its advertisements are illustrative of the region and the spirit that pervades it Ono firm, that own "a flowing well," appeal to speculators to buy their oil, as they aro selling it "at ruinous rates," being." too poor to buy barrels." Another party adver tises for " teaming for ten thousand barrels of oil, at $3O a week." An other wants ono thousand teams at "Funk's Well." Mr. Willing, of Erie, announces "Oil taken in exchange for Piano-fortes !" Oilhrokers, oil barrel makers, oil pipe -makers, and various other branches of business, dependent on oil, are advertised. The very' ho tels have oily names, and the traveler is invited to make himself at home at the Petroleum House, or the Oil City Hotel. Tho annual yield of our oil field will soon amount to many millions of bar rels, for the product is increasing in stead of diminishing. Europe, as well as this country, will be eager to pro cure an article that can be furnished so cheaply, and Philadelphia ought to make the business of refining and sell ing it her own. Last week a large car go was shipped hence for London, and there have boon a few other ship ments.—Evening ANOTHER SPECIMEN OF REBEL, ITU MANITY.-A Mr. Showers, who was an. unoffending citizen of Fairfax county, Virginia, and a - Union man,, owning a fine farm, where he has been residing for many years, about halfway between Fairfax Court /louse and Vienna, was taken by the rebel troops, about the time they were evacuating Centreville, and forced to march on foot with the same rapidity with which they beat their retreat on horseback. So rapid and exhausting was the march, that he began to falter, when the inhuman sav ages, with a brutality which would have done justice to the Wild Indians, spurred him on, attle point of the ba!y onet, until the poor man dropped down dead in the road. We obtained these facts through a person -who' 'recently eseaped from the clutches of the reb els, and who knows these to be the facts of the ease. Mr. Terry, a relative of the deceased, has been down as far as our lines extend, in orderc . if i)ossiblo, to obtain the body of his murdered friend, but failed in bis egorts. 'Flo learned that the body was buried pear the road side, between Nikll,9lZ:S and 99,rdoavillo, but be was warned ',lotto go to the place, as the rehej pickets were still lurking near the spOt.— Wash ington llriptblicat!. Parson Brownlow's Narrative. Six Months Among the Rebels The correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial of the 16th ult., chronicles the arrival of Parson Brownlow in Nashville ; his enthusiastic welcome by Johnson, Etheridge, Maynard, and other distinguished loyalists, and his statement of six mouths experience among the rebels. Although annoyed and persecuted all summer and fall, and standing in constant danger of assassination by his rebel enemies, the Parson was de termined to defy them all and hold out, too, in Knoxville. But after the bridge-burning in the early part of No vember, his friends prevailed on him to act upon an intimation of the rebel Secretary of War, that a safe conduct to the North would be given to the most part of the Unionists, if they should be willing to leave the State; and, accordingly, an agreement was entered into, in accordance with which the Parson was to be escorted to the Union lines by a guard sufficiently strong to protect him against all vio lence. Upon the strength of this agreement, he arranged his privateaf frirs with a view to a prdlonged ab sence, and was about ready to leave, when, notwithstanding the assurances of the rebel Secretary of War, he wad arrested on the 6th of December, upon a warrant of the civil authorities, sued out by sonic of his personal enemies, and thrown into the county jail. The prison was crammed full of Unionists —no less than .150 being confined at the time. The Parson was made to occupy a narrow, damp, badly-venti lated room, with no less than 25 others. So little space was there, that half of the occupants were obliged to stand up while the other half were seeking rest. There were neither tables, chairs, nor beds. The food was miserable.— Only a chance for washing was given to the prisoners. The drinking water was hauled in barrels from :Rolston river, and left standing in front of the jail. The rebel guards, having a habit of washing their hands and faces in the barrels, Brownlow remonstrated with them from the prison window.— The response he uniformly obtained was, "By God, sir, the water a Jeff Davis man washes is hands in is good enough for a d—d Lincolnite to drink." During his imprisonment some Seces sion leaders visited and promised him instant liberation and future protec tion of his person and property if' he would take the oath of allegiance to the Rebel Government. lie indignant ly replied, "I will rot hero till old age before I will do it." No less than five Union men were led out of the jail to the gallows while he was incarcerated. These hangmen would drive up and down in front of the jail with their victims' coffins, and taunt the prisoners with them. A court-martial passed upon the Parson's case shortly after his arrest. Fortu nately, the proposed death sentence upon him came one short of a majority of the court, and imprisonment during the war was substituted. The ill treatment and want of all comforts told severely en the Parson's feeble health, and after the lapse of a month he was taken sick with typhoid fever. Upon the -application of his fr:ends his removal to his private resi dence was permitted. But even then the rebel persecutions did not cease.— The house was constantly guarded on all sides. No visitors were allowed to enter it at any time, nor were the members of his thmily allowed toleavo it. His „wife was compelled to buy provisions at the door in presence of a guard. Every possible opportunity was also improved by the rebel sol diery to heap insult upon the defence less occupants. The attempts, how= ever, were always met and repelled with spirit by Mrs. Brownlow and her courageous daughter. At the end of eight weeks the Par son had sufficiently recovered his health to use the pen, and addressed a letter toßenjamin, recounting hisgrievances, and applying again for the promised safe conduct to the North. After a lapse of some time the military com mander, at Knoxville received a de spatch from Richmond to release the Parson from arrest, and have him con ducted to the Federal lines with what ever escort he might choose. Accord ingly, on last Tuesday a week ago, the Parson bade farewell to his family and took the ears for •Chattanooga, ac companied by hisson, and under escort of Lieut. O'Brien, a cousin of his with. The party reached Shelbyville; in the southern part of the State, withoutde tention. Here they were stopped and detained for ten days by-eider of Gen. Hardee. They were not 'allowed •to proceed until after all of this had been safely moved, lest they should set the Unionists on the rebel tracks. On yes terday morning they lest Shelbyville, and travelling overland, reached our outposts today about noon. The Par son says he felt the happiest man in the world when he saw the Stars and Stripes once more. • Gov. Johnson, Etheridge, Maynard, and Unionists generally. are anxious to see the Parson at the head of the Union paper in this city. But he in: forms me that his health is inadequate to the task of daily editorial labors at •present. He is not sick with consump tion,as reported, but suffers still much from general debility arisinn•. from his protracted sickness. It is his inten tion to proceed North to recruit and publish the history of the trials of thd Union men of East Tennessee in book form. He talks of stopping first .t Cincinnati. I presume I need ti 4 speak for him a hearty reception. Tho Parson states that the Union sentiment is still overwhelming in East Tennessee. Over two-thirds of the population of Knoxville are loyal,. He says 'that' there will bo a fearful reckoning between the Unionists and their Secession persecutors. "Tho last clog of them will bo killed or driven out," to use his own language.. All the Unionists want is that - the Union troop lean out the rebel soldiery.L2 Tho bdiance of the work they will do themselves. There were not over 4,000 Confederate troops in East TeV: nesse° when he left, the greater tat of them'were at Cumberland Gaw" NE)tr CLor: s unkw.-111. Gutman has just received a kno stock:of Splin,4. it:nd .tuniner lotbanw. • .•, ro assortment or Card .I;kto graphs At, Lewis' Stoic.