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Ely Cobt. HUNTINGDON, PA. Friday, January 30, 1863. NOTICE. We have not the time nor the filch 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 clay 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 tb save expense, will do well to give us a call. skt kkt [For the Globe.] Nix. EDITOR your permission I propose to commence a series of short sermons, principally on texts from Shakspeare. Should they meet lvith your approval, please insert them in your paper, and oblige your friend, TOE UNKNOWN. 'SERMON, co. I .• f money goes bef.re, nil wayv do lio open." That money is a most powerful means of - influence among men, is a truism. But that it is capable of el fecting most wonderful changes on their character, is not so generally known. It is a fact, however, of most surprising universality. The integrity of very few is sufficiently firm to re sist its assault; and the fickle of heart arc completely discomfited. The man of weak virtue is at once ensnared by its charms, and led on step by step to ruin and degradation. Nevertheless such is the longing desire of those who have it not, to obtain it, that they will resort to almost any means, and sub mit to all kinds of inconvenience in the effort.—'Those who already possess it, have at their command a most power ful means of influence over_their fel low-men. Place immense wealth into the hands of an ambitious and wicked person, and he will at once be enabled to over come all obstacles to his advancement, and will accomplish with ease his most diabolical deigns. What has al ways contributed most largely to es tablish the tyrant's power? Would be not prefer to have wealth at his command rather than moral influence . or physical power ? When meditating upon the best means of extending his sway and accomplishing his tyrannical designs, he would no doubt reason thus with himself—" if money go before, all ways do lie open," and straightway he would first acquire this most effec tual went, and then by bribery and other unjust dealings he would soon be able to do as he pleased. But besides the mighty power which must be admitted to belong unto mon ey, it is strange how, in the eyes of most persons, it seems to change the character of those who suddenly be come possosed of it. The man of pov arty who has always been noted among Ids neighbors for mean traits of character and a vicious disposition, so soon as he gets possession of a large fortune. at once is changed into a dif ferent person; he is the cleverest man in the neighborhood, and always stood in the highest esteem for his generous and gentlemanly behavior. The young man who comes into the village a stran ger, is a suspicious looking character; the signs of low birth are evident in his very countenance, and he surely cannot be trusted. But when it be pules known that he is a person of rank and groat wealth, Nlho has :6 - ibe on a Visit for mere pleasure, a dignified air at once aIIIIOQ in his planner, manliness sits on his brow in stately grandeur, and he is noted for Ids open-hearted liberality and univer sal kindness. Thus does money trans form men from bad to good, and from vicious to virtuous, with surprising ra pidity. Thus suddenly, at least in the eyes of "the many," is a vile char acter clothed, by Uie magie of money, iii the shining robe of integrity and manly dignity. It is no wonder then that the majority of man kind are struggling, with an exertion VOrthy a better object, after the mighty dollar. This continual labor add strife for something comparative ly useless in itself, ceases to amaze us, when we reflect upon the miserable condition of him whose purse contains only cobwebs. In this strtiggle, however, a reason able degree of moderation should be used, and judgment should be allowed to pronounce when we have obtained that quantity to which the term " ficielt" clip) lie 'supplied, for it will be 61b. eg time hare the miser's "enough';. is procured; and weariness will at last render joyless what we so eagerly sought. COALMONT, January, 1863, WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor. VOL XVIII. [For ❑ic Glute.] Lines Written on the Death of A. Knode l G. Breneman and H. Hood. In memory of three soldiers brave, Who now lie silent in the grave ; They, when our country called fur aid, Went forth to action not afraid. At Antietam fought so well, Whilst any of their comrades fell ; They fought like veterans in the strife, Nor did they think of losing life. With eager eyes their parents read The list of wounded and the dead. Tongue cannot tell the thankfully That they were safe, each noble boy But soon their joy was turned to grief, Fur dire disease Caine, like a thief, And claimed the victims as his own— The three brave youthful loving sons. Young Albeit leaned on George's breast, tie looked—he smiled—then sank to rest His body, then, away they bore Unto his friends and native shore. The God of battles willed it so, That George and hood the next must go ; Fate did not long the two divide, They laid the brave ones side by side. In London Valley, far away, They now lie mouldering in the clay; P.n. from their homes and native shore And hear the din of war no more. AloNandria, Pa. J. L. A Desolation of Northern Mississippi, A correspondent of the Missouri Democrat, writing from Holly Springs, January 15th, gives the following de scription of the desolation in North ern Mississippi : The roads are as silent and desert ed as the fields. Mile after mile you ride, and neither meet nor care to meet any one on these solitary roads. On four-fifths of' the, plantations you pass, you see no living soul. Oil sonic, the doors and windows stand open wide, but there is nothing but emptiness within ; and on others, nothing but the tall chimneys, whitened by the flames, remain. As you go further and nuttier Over the hilly roads, you glance suspiciously backward amid for ward from every INC in the road.— You fancy yon caught a glimpse of something moving there, tar across the fields, and you pause in some place out of view to reconnoitre. A squir rel leaps through the dry leaves in the woods on the other side, and your re vcilveris in your hand in all instant. In times of peace, every traveler is glad to pick up company on the road, but now the sound of horses' feet, the breaking of a twig, the rustling of a leaf, are signs of danger. Such is the effect upon the country of " guerilla warfitre," f.mr this desolation and si lence is not wholly attributable to the presence of the, United States army.— It is the people of the South that suffer from guerillas, not the United States army. Under the delusion that the whole North is about to tumble into anarchy for want of cotton, the guer illas burn the cotton and ruin the planter, to prevent sonic Northern man from risking his money in a pre carious speculation; this and the cap ture of an occasional straggling sol dier, is the only harm they do the North. The pay of the guerillas is what they plunder, and so they get it, they are not particular who is the paymas ter. Now the old grudgesbetween neigh bors, the family feuds for which the South has always been notorious, arc being settled, and every farmer is as / apprehensive of his neighbors as he is , of the United States troops. The people of the South have alrea dy discovered that they got more than they bargained for in imitating the gu erilla mode of warfare. In adopting the old Spanish name of " guerillas," they now see that they also adopted the laWlessness, anarchy, and brigand age of Mexico and old Spain. Thus is I the serpent of Secession biting itself' with its own poisoned fangs. If you go into one of the few houses which are yet occupied, you find large landed proprietors who have nothing left to eat but a little corn-bread, and whose thread-bare apparel indicates that merchants and dealers in clothes have long since become an extinct class. They all tell you that the army has taken their cattle, horses, hogs, and their corn that their ncgroes have all run away ; that the guerillas have burned their cotton, and that they i r rc ? ruined. But if you talk to the man a little whilti, and art him know that you want to buy cotton, and'are willing to send teams for it, you finally worm out of him the fact his cotton is concealed in some neigh boring swamp; and in some cases you might possibly suspc,ct another fact - not quite so pleasant, viz: That the very man you were talking to did oc casionally a little ,guerilla business himself. . The only persons except the caval rymen, who venture out 'among these people, are the .cotton buyers, who have adventures not a few. Their usual mode of buying is' to visit the farmers at their houses, mako cqn tracts for the cotton, and then send wain* for it. Some of the buyers take teams With thoth ; and when the safe ty of the neighborhood they are in is doutitfal (and the price of Cotton con sequently lower), buy a load for their teams, and go back to the army at a " double quick." livery few days sonic of these yenturesoino vights and their teams are " goh,bl6d tip," with . the dainuing mar in their wagons that they are cotton buyers. -.....,_ Our birth made us mortal ; our death will make us immortal. Exciting Scene in the Senate.—The President Denounced as an Imbecile —Senator Saulsbury Arrested. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1863.—Mr. Trumbull (Rep.) called up the bill for the indemnification of the President and other persons for suspending the writ of habeas Corpus, and acts done in pursuance thereof. A long debate ensued on the mer its of the bill, during which Mr. Sauls bury (Dem.), of Delaware, made a lengthy speed'. lie was called to order several times in the course of his remarks. Finally, when censuring the course of the Pres ident of the United States, calling him an imbecile, and terming him as such by name, The Vice President called the Sena tor to order, and requested him to take his seat. Mr. Saulsbury continued his re marks, When the Vico President said, if the Senator did not take his seat, he should order the Sergeant-at-Arms to take him in charge. Mr. Saulsbury—Then the voice of freedom is not allowed to be beard in the American Senate! The Vice President—The Sergeant at-Arms will take the Senator in cus tody. The Sergeant-at-Arms obeyed the order, and conducted Mr. Saulsbury out of the Senate, the latter displaying a revolver, which he took from his coat pocket. After a short time had elapsed, Mr. Saulsbury returned to the Senate, and began to speak. Mr. Doolittle [Dep.], of Wisconsin, called the Senator to order, on .the ground that he had been called to or der from contempt of the Senate, and should not be allowed to go on with out leave of the Senate. .Ir. Saulsbury. Does the Senator from Wisconsin say that 1 am in the contempt of any honorable man ? The Chair [Mr. Clark, of :New Hampshire.] The Senator from Dela ware will take his seat, as he is out of order. Mr. SatilAary. ;Just as I please— not, otherwise. Cr les of " order i" The Chair•. The Senator will take his seat, ot. the Sergeant-at-Arms will take hint into c•ustocly. After some further discussion, 111 . r. Saulsbury again attempting to speak, The Uhair. The Senator will take his seat. Mr. Saulsbury. No, Sir I Mr. Sumner, [Rep.], of _Massachu setts, rose to a point the Senator from Delaware had been com mitted to the custody of the Sergeant at-arms, and yet he iaw him on the floor of the, Senate. The Chair said the Senator - ions in the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and if he made any further disturb ance, he should be 'removed from the Senate. Mr. Saulsbury then took his seat, shaking his fists and swearing at the Sergeant-at-:bans and Mr. Sumner. Mr. Sherman, (Rep.), of Ohio, offer ed an amendment that any person, not in the military or naval service of the United States, and not subject to the articles of war, who shall be, ar rested in any State or district where in the process of the courts aro not ob structed during rebellion, for aiding rebellion or obstructing the execution of any law or military order, shall be discharged, unless within ten days, charges are filed in the 'clerk's office of the district wherein he was arrest ed; and it shall be the duty of the Judge to discharge such person, or hold him to bail, as may be deemed necessary for the safety of the coun try. Tho bill was passed—yeas 33, nays At 101 o'clock, P. M., the Senate ad journed. Wednesday, January 28. Mr. Clark (N. II.) offered the follow ing resolution MITRE As, Willard Saulsbury, a sen ator from the State of Delaware, did, on the 27th inst., bring into the Senate a concealed weapon, and did then and there in the Senate behave in a turbu lent and disorderly manner, and when called to order by the Vice President, did refuse to observe order, but did continue such turbulence and disorder. ly behavior until he was ordered into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and did then and there make threats to use said weapon upon the said Ser geant at Arms, and in the presence of the Senate, did (tram the said weapon and threatened to shoot the said Ser geant-at-Arms, and behaved in a man ner disgraceful to the Senate and de structive of all order and decorum; therefore Resolved, That the yaid Willnrd Saulsbury he and hereby iq expelled from the Senate of the United States. Mr. Saulsbury—l did not hear who it was that introduced that resolution. The Vice-President—lt was intro duced by the Senator from New Hamp shire. 141 r. Saulsbury—l have not a word to say in reference to the merit or de merit of that resolution. I have no fitvors to ask. It may be unbecoming my position and my character as a Senator of a sovereign State to say more upon the introduction of such a resolution, and, sir, I will say no more. Let the Senate act as the Senate may think proper. I neither avow nor dis avow what is charged. Let the proof be made to the Senate, and let thOSen ate act accoydi ng to its own judgment. The Resolution was laid over. lie that fears not the future may enjoy the present. Do good if you expect to receive good. HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1803. -PERSEVERE.- ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. The Last Failure of this Army—An Ex cellent Scheme Foiled by the Elements— Brow the Afovement was to have been Executed—The Rebels Unaware of the Design, ,Ic. • HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, ('amp near Falmouth, January 24,1853. The rebels, anticipating that we would, ere long, make another attempt to cross the river,• and that when we did it would be above or below Pred ericksburg, had distributed a corps of observation and double lines of pickets from the fords of the Upper Rappa hannock, twenty-five miles above Fal mouth, and to Port Royal, twenty-five miles below. They bad also busily filled up the interval, since the battle of Fredericksburg, in fortifying every point available for crossing, by throw ing up earthworks and digging rifle pits. Their experience at Fredericksburg had taught them all the use of these powerful auxiliaries in barring the pas sage of a river, and the amount of work they have done, in dotting a lino fifty miles long with improvised field works, rifle pits, and abattis, is almost incredible. They have been further assisted in guanling this line by the knot•ledge that a erossing would hardly be at tempted except near one of the fords or shallows of the river. Ordinary military prudence would dictate this on our part, for it would hardly do to put before the army, in case of the de struetion of the pontoons, the fright ful alternative of a/) impassable stream between them and retreat. No w, there are only some ten or a dozen of these fords, and it is obvious what an advan tage this puts into the hands of the en emy, by limiting the number of points necessary to be guarded by theta. The locality first actually chosen to make the crossing, and determined upon some weeks ago, was Skinner's Neck, tett miles below Fredericksburg. Here the river makes a re-entering bend, firming a promontory a couple of miles in extent. The advantage of this position, enabling us to place gun boats on each side of the Neck, and plant batteries perfectly covering our crossing, are obvious enough, This point being selected, urgent prepara tions were set on toot with a view to a crossing. In the meantime, every rood of the river margin, both above and below Fredericksburg, was surveyed with critical care. The result of this survey was the conviction that the fords sm . = le distance above Falmouth were, on the whole. preferable to the point selected. The reason of this will become ap parent from 005 or two topographical considerations. Following the sinuosities of the Rap pahannock is a ridge of hills varying from 100 to 200 feet high. 'This ter= race varies in distance from the river margin—in places coming down flush with it, and elsewhere running back for a maximum distance of a couple of miles, The interval between the riv er and the ridge is a perfectly level plain, over which the river at one time flowed, the ridge having, in geolo gic times, formed the bank of the riv er. It was this plain over which our• troops had to pass, and which was so murderously swept by the rebel artil lery on the occasion of the battle of Fredericksburg, especialy on our left wing. It would be well, this time, to avoid such a slaughter-pen, and the po sition at Skinner's Neck was open to this cardinal Objection. Not so with several positions on the Upper Rappahannock. At United States Ford,"" Banks' Ford," and else where, the bluff runs down almost to the water's edge, whence there is an abrupt ascent up the height to the pla teau on its top'• Moreover, as the to pographical configuration of our side of the river is a precise counterpart of the south side, it was easy to obtain excellent positions, within short range, for our artillery, and we could thus hope to silence any batteries the reb els might bring to bar our passage. If; then, we should succeed in laying the pontoons, it would simply be a matter of a rush up the heights under cover of the fire of our artillery, and a key position would be gained. It should be added that the rebels had fortified far more below than they had above ; and these considerations determined the choice of some of the fords of the Upper Rappahannek as the point of traverse. United States Ford, ten miles above Falmouth, was sokqed as the 'point. Happily a far greater degrep of 4cpre= cy than we had hitherto succeeded in preserving as to our projected move ments was this time obtained. The pontoons, of which a largo additional supply had been obtained from Wash ington, were sent up by a back "road and under cover of night; at the same time others were sent dowir the river to other points. _Roads were cut to the various fords above ; spots were cleared of their timber fbr positions for batteries; but precisely similar work was carried on at a half dozen other points. On Monday, at 1 o'clock the troops were set in motion ; hooker's command moving in colortm up ono road, Frank lin's by another. It was a march of but ton or a dozen miles, and night saw them encamped in the woods within convenient distance of the fords. The crossing was to have boon attempted on Tuesday morning. Information bro't by our spies and scouts from the other SNe of the river determined a day's delay, and, at 'the last Manleut, the plan was changed. Instead of attempt ing the crossing at United States Ford, General Burnside resolved to make it at Banks Ford— four miles below aud the movement was put off for :, ~. a i A ~,:s \i .4 , - ; ,' , .? „ . ..,::... tt,,, ,p -,i- z ,, ..,...-,. c.., , to • <,.: - , A ~. '-i.l —,,, ''' , l , - Als... another day. On Wednesday morn ing the crossing would take place.— With the first gray dawn the pontoons would he laid under direction of the corps of engineers, protected by our sharpshooters. It was presumed that a couple of hours would suffice to see this clone, and four hours more was considered - enough for the crossing of the whole infantry force. The crossing of a river, though in itself an operation belonging rather to tactics than to strategy, may yet be a cardinal point in a whole system of strategic movements. Our hope was that we should surprise the enemy at Banks' Ford. Hooker's and Franklin's grand divisions would be thrown across the river, while at the'same time Sum ner's corps (the second) would make a feint with pontoons, &c., some miles below Fredericksburg. The key of the whole situation is the hills in the rear of Taylor's house, a mile back from the ford, and a mile and a half below it. If wo should succeed in making the heights, and taking pos session of this position, the game would be entirely in our own hands. The strong rebel position in the rear of Fred cricfsbau•g would thus be turned, and just as soon as this was ejActed Gent. Sumner was to cross at the old place, di rectly opposite Fredericksburg, and attack the works in front. The reserve grand division of Gen. Sigel was assisting in guarding the line of the river and our lines of communication. On Tuesday every preparation had been made. That day General Burn side issued a general order announcing that the army of the Potomac. was " about to meet the enemy once more," and that " the auspicious moment bad arrived to strike a great and mortal blow to the rebellion, and to gain that decisive victory which is clue to the country." This order was read to the men that evening, and night found the infitntry encamped in the woods with in easy speaking distance. The posi tions for the batteries had all been se lected. The batteries were at hand.— The pontoons were within reach, a short distance back of the river. The night operations had not es caped the attention of the wary rebels. Early in the morning a signal gun was fired opposite the ford, reminding one of that other signal gun fired by them on the morning of Thursday, the 11th of December, when we began laying the pontoon opposite Fredericksburg, and which was the token for the con centration of the whole force at that point. It was indi-peeen'ible that we should secure all the advantages of a surprise; and, though- our-faronticrrt waa thus blown to their ears early orn - Wednesday ..norning, we were, never theless, forty-eight hours ahead of them, and with favorable conditions should have been able to carry our position before they could possibly concentrate. .Accordingly, a desperate effort was made by the commanding general to get ready the bridges. It was obvious, however, that, even if completed, it would be impossible for us, in the then condition of the ground, to get a sin gle piece of artillery up the opposite declivity. It would be nieces rary to rely wholly upon the infantry —indeed, wholly on the bayonet.— Happily, if the rebels should prove to be in strong force, the country is too thickly wooded to admit much gener alship, and it was hoped that our su perior weight of metal would carry the day. Early in the forenoon I rode up to the headquarters of Generals Hooker and Franklin, about two miles from Banks' Ford. The night's rain had made deplorable havoc with the roads. The nature of the upper geologic de posits of this region affords unequalled elements for bad roads. The sand makes the soil pliable, the clay makes it sticky, and the two together form a road out of which, when it rains, the bottom drops, but which is, at the same time, so tenacious that extrication from its clutch is all but impossible. The utmost effort was put forth to get pontoons enough into position to construct a bridge •or two. Double and triple teams of horses and mules were harnessed to each pontoon boat. It was in vain: Long powerful ropes were then attached to the teams, and a hundred and fifty men were put to the task on each boat. The effort was but little more successful. They would flounder through tile mire for a few feet—the gang of Lilliputians with their huge-ribbed Gulliver—and then give up breathless. Night arrived, but the pontoons could not be got up.— The rebels had discovered what was up, and the pickets on the opposite bank called over to ours that they " would come over tomorrow and help us build the bridge." That night the troops again bivou acked in the same position in the woods they had held the night before. You can imagine it must have been a desperate experience—and yet not by any means as had as might he sup posed. The men were in the woods, which afforded them some shelter from the wind and rain, and gave them a comparatively dry bottom to sleep on. Many had brought their shelter tents; and making a lloorin ,, of spruce, hem lock, or cedar boughs, and, lighting huge camp fires, they enjoyed them selves as well as the circumstances would permit, On the following morn ing, a whisky ration, provided by the judicious forethought of Genl. Burn side, was on hand for them. Thursday morning saw the light struggling through an opaque envel ope of mist, and dawned upon another day of storm and rain. It w, , as a envi ous sight presented by the army as we i-ode oxer the ground, miles in e.,tent, occupied by it. One might fancy some new geologic cataclysm had overtaken the world, and that he saw around. him the elemental wrecks left by an other Deluge. An indescribable chaos 1 1'4 11: * I 0 " • TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance. of pontoons, wagons and artillery en cumbered the road down to the river —supply wagons upset by the road side—artillery '° stalled" in the mud —ammunition trains mired by the way. Horses and mules dropped down dead, exhausted with the effort to move their loads through the hide ous medium. A hundred and fifty dead animals, many of them buried in the liquid muck, were counted in the course of a morning's ride. And the muddle was still further increased by Ile bad arrangements—or rather the failure to execute the arrangements that had been made. It was designed that Franklin'S column should advance by one road and Hooker's by another. But, by mistake, a portion of the troops of the left Grand Division de bouched into the road assigned to the center, and cuttin! , in between two di visions of one of Ifooker's corps, threw everything into confusion. "In conse quence, the woods and roads have for the paft two days been filled with stragglers, though very many of them were involuntary stragglers, and were evidently honestly seeking to rejoin their regiments. It was now no longer a question of how togo on ; it was a question of how to get back. That night (Thursday,) the three days' cooked rations which the men had taken in their haversacks when starting would give out, and the other six days' provisions were in the supply trains, which stuck fast in the mud miles behind. Indeed, the ra tions had already, in many cases given out, and boxes of hard crackers were brought up on mules or carried on men's shoulders. An order from Gen. Burnside to withdraw the forces to their old position was momentarily ex pected. It did not come, but instead, another order stating that Gen. Burn side had "good reasons" for command ing the troops to hold their present po sition till to-day. - But whether we should move back ward or forward, the first requisite ob viously was to put the roads in such a condition as would admit of movement at all. Accordingly, all the available force was at once set to work, cordu roying the "rotten" roads and puffin , * them into smite kind of practicable condition. Early this morning the army was ordered back to its old camping ground and about noon the infantry began to pass by these headquarters. The lads trudged along tired enough, but jolly withal, and disposed to be quite face tious over the "mud campaign," whose trad — ca - pzvivwecs — krlll doubtless long -form-thc theme 6r - aitiVuiii - ztiliin around fl Thus ends an enterprise whit:, Llitu every human promise of success, but which has been. baulked and brought to naught by causes which mortal ken could neither have foreseen nor pre vented. The fatal part played by the elements needs no comment. Whether this drawback might not have been over come by vigorous effort and hearty co-ope ration on the part of the military leaders, is a question much mooted here. There are those who assert that, had ft not been fur the apathy of some in high places of military command, we might still have carried the day. This question, howev er, is one more fit to be brought to an other bar than that of these columns. UNION PRISONERS IN RICH MOND. Their Terrible Sufferings and Un flinching Endurance, THE 'AMENITIES Or THE CHIP , ALRY, Horrible Persecution of an Old Man. STATEMENT OF AN EXCBANGED [From the Washington Chronicle.] Mr. J. Visscr, an old citizen of this city, who resides 301 Pennsylvania Avenue, fully confirms the accounts already mado public in reference to the terrible sufferings of our loyal cit izens who are now dying in - the pris ons of Richmond and Salisbury. Mr. Visser has just returned from an imprisonment of fifteen months, a largo portion of which was passed in Richmond. While there, he was transferred to five different tobacco warehouses, which were used as pris ons. There the allowance of food was : In the morning, a pint of li quid, they called " soup," half a loaf of bread; and every other day from an ounce to an ounce and a half of meat. In the evening, half a loaf of bread and another pint of" soup." They all slept upon the bare boards, with no covering and no clothing, except what they had upon their backs when tak en. Some few were fortunate enough to have a little money, or friends, who were allowed to send them clothing, but a large proportion of them wore their ragged clothing, unchanged, throughout their imprisonment. Mr, Visser, by chance, picked up a cot, which prize he enjoyed for about two weeks, when it was taken from him to be used in the hospital, as he was told. In one of the Eiehmond warehouses, for a short time, :the to bacco !chewers and smokers " lived high." In one end of the:building was stowed a largo quantity of the " weed," and only a board partition separated it from the prisoners. A universal de mand for the article led to the discov ery of its locality. Some lucky , fellow happened to possess a table knife, whieh was soon converted into a saw, and at night a small hole was made; au entrance egeetc.d, r i r i d all Aundant ly supplied fon several days, the place of entrance being ingeniously conceal ed from niow. But they did not long enjoy this, their only prison luxury.— NO, 84. PRISONER THE 0 - 1_10.13M JOB PRINTING OFFICE. TE`Pa"GLOBE JOB OFFICE" is the moot convicts of any to the country, and pow scrums the moot anible facilities for promptly 'notating Ip tho but otyle, every carloty of Job Printing, muat BS • ;1 . 4WD PpOBAMISIBS, BLANKS, POSTSRS, 0 , 413P5, 011t0i/LABS, BALL TICKETS, BILL HBAD~, LABELS„&C., &C., &C. CALL AND DIANIND. NECCIEIBNA 01 Soar, AT LEWIS' BOOK, STATIONERY A. MUSIC STORJ The guards were mystified and amaz ed at the profuse expectorations of this particular prison, which led to scientific research, and that research led to the hole in the wall. In June, 1861, Mr. Visser, with isevoral hund red of his fellow prisoners, was sent to Salisbury, and there they were con fined in a cotton mill. Their meat and rice . was sent into them by the quantity, and parcelled out to them in messes for three or four. They cook ed their meat and rice in an open lot which was enclosed, adjoining the building. Each man received daily about two ounces of meat, two spoon fuls of rico, a tea-spoonful of salt, and one loaf of bread. They had no yeast, and their bread was generally sour. The long confinement in Richmond began to tell sadly upon them there. The rags many had worn unchanged for more than a year were filled with vermin, and disease in various forms appeared among them—typhoid fever, erysipelas, inflammatory rheumatism, hideous sores, and insanity. As the season advanced, their condition be came still more wretched from the cold. Thelmildings had some twenty or thirty windows, without glass, and with no protection from the cold No vember and December night drafts, that, to the weak and feeble, rendered sleep impossible. The prisdh was alive with vermin, and very many of the poor inmates were covered with sores where vermin bad actually eaten into their bodies! The sick and dy ing could receive but little attention, for there was no medecine, and noth ing to do with. It was said there was a hospital, where the sick would be taken if they desired; but they bad heard enough of that hospital and the attention given to the " Yankees," and most of the sick preferred to remain with their friends, where they, could receive, if nothing else, kind words and sympathy. There were some few who kept their health and spirits to the last, cheering and encouraging their comrades; among these was Mr. Visser. Mr. Wood says when he went to Salisbury to effect the change of prisoners, be found Mr. Arisser was distinguished as ono of the most unrelenting and de termined of all the Union political prisoners. This is probably the reason he was held so long. The authorities did not relish his tart responses to their interrogatories. There was a Mr. Pancoast, from Hampshire coun ty, Virginia, who was another of the I ,‘ invincibles." Ho was a man of Wealth, and over eighty-years .of age. Ho mild have boon released, Lad he taken the oath of allegiance. His daughters were permitted to see him, and with tears and they. be sought him to " take the oath rather than suffer, and perhaps die in that horrible place." But their affection ate appeals did not avail. He said if his property, liberty, and even his life were to be sacrificed, it should be "in the cause of the Union, and no other." Mr. Visser thinks he is still in pris. on. One of the saddest cases of the war was that of Mr. Bishop, who lived in Fairfax county, near whore Mr. Vise er was taken. Mr. Bishop was a most respectable, amiable, and ',venerable old gentleman, living in the most re tired manner with his son, away from the public roads, and seldom leaving his home. He was seventy-five years of age, and his sight was considerably impaired. He was confiding, gener ous and hospitable. Rebel, soldiors, under the guise of Union men, partook of his hospitality, betrayed his confi dence, and he was dragged off to pris on. All that was proved against him was that " his face brightened, when he thought Union soldiers were under his roof," and that ho said : " Whoev er you are, if you are hungry, you are welcome to partake of my poor fare, but if you are Union boys, God bless you and your cause; but I am' old now, and young men Mat do the work." He, with Mr. Visser and several others in the vicinity of Drainesville, were tak en off at the same time to Fairfax Court House. This was so, to time in August, 1861. From Fairfax Court House this venerable old man washur ried through the deep mud on foot all the way to Manassas Junction. He was supported by his fellow prisoners on each side, or he ,would many times have fallen on the way.— In the Richmond,prison ho grew there and more feeble. The utmost sympa thy was excited by his extreme age, and his kind and genial manners.— The Massachusetts prisoners received a box of clothing from home, and they bad the poor old. gentleman stripped of his filthy clothing, which was filled with vermin, and ho was washed and dressed in a new suit. -A large tobac co box was procured, in which a cot was placed, and this was his bed-room. After several 'months, he was released, only in time to die, and he hoped it might be under his own humble roof.— His imprisonment had so impaired his faculties. that after being put upon the. railroad he gave to the conductor con fused statements, and before be reach ed Fairfax Court House ho had lost 46s papers. Ho was helpless, without friends, and still in the bands of the enemy. Ho was consigned to Orange Court House Jail, and there ho died, Mr. Visser has other interesting in cidents of his prison life, which 'will b• furnished at another time. TBE TRIBUNE AVNIANAC.-1,1484Ter any of us may tbipl* •bf a .. Feef%", none will dopy but the Trib u ne Alnid nac is tb,d tiest; compiled bundle ot.s . ,ka:- tiatA 'en' valyable matter desirable for preservation that is published. The, Almanac for 1863 has been issued, and may be bad at Lewis' Book Store for 13 cents, and' by mail npo,n the reeebA of fifteen cents, in postage currency or stamps. ••