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H-U - NTING DON, PA.
Wednesday morning, Feb. 25, 1863.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Our Flag Forever
" Litaw „of no mode in which a loyal citi
en may so well dernonsh•ate his devotion to
?Mt ,country as by sustaining the Flag the
donstitulion and Me Union, under all circum
stances, and,UNDER EXERT ADMINISTRATION.
REGARDI.P..4R - pe PARTY PoI.ITICS, AQAINST ALI.
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A. Douci„ts
NEWS.
We expect stirring news before the
close of the week.
•Prom all the Southern 'States the
news is cheering for our good old flag.
The rebels will die'hard,. but they
must die:that the best country .on the
face - of the earth may= . live, Vicks
burg, . Charleston, and all the rebel
strongholds must fall.
"IT would be well for the Globe to
Fet all it Call in advance, but how will
abe with the parties who pay?",-
.31oniior.
parties who pay in advance can
have their mono,' refunded whenever
they want to withdraw f'roM the sup
port of the Globe. This. has been our
rule for sixteen years. We never yet
bare forced the Globe upon a single in
dividual.' If the Monitor had no other
subscribers than those who asked for
it, it would not have twenty subscrib
ers' in town, nor two hundred in the
county. We don'ts/ea/ our living. nor
force it from the pockets of the people.
The terms of the.G/ebe are still the
same, $1,50, in advance—the money to
be returned at any time the subscrib•
er May.be dissatisfied with his bar-
gain.
A• 'Remonstrance from the south,
-The New Orleans Delta of*Jan. 29th
addresses " a word to the North;" in
NV111(1 it asks " Are those gentlemen
at the
,North who are crying peace
and armistice, aware of the; mischief
they are doing? Are they aware that
in every such utterance they nerve the
arms of the enemy and renew the
hopes of the rebel army, which is only
kept from revolt by promises, of a
speedy peace, Which promises of peace
are generally based upon some speech
made in Congress or in New York ?
Is it fair to decree the finance ofthe
Country—a country whose resources
are such that she can load ships with
food and raiment for the subjects of
the haightiest government in Europe
—and proclaim . that the nation will be
ruined if that state paper is not with
drawn and this measufe advanced?—
Why not leave the conduct of the war
to the President and his generals?—
You say you are determined to fight
to the bitter end. Very well."
" What is this measure or that
measure," continues the Delta—" the
adoption or rejection of any particular
line of policy on the part of the Ad
ministration—to the one groat duty of
the hour, the absolute crushing of re
bellion ?"
R. B. Brown, editor and proprietor
of the Brownsville Timrs, has purchased
the Galas of Liberty, published at Un
iontown, and consolidated the two pa
pers. The first issue under the new
arrangement—still the " Genius of
Liberty "—surprises us very much.—
We are sorry we cannot wish Mr.
Brown success. We pity the young
man who can be influenced to give
"aid and comfort " to the rebels.
ME NASHVILLE (Teti) UNION thus forcibly
discours.s on the sham unanimity of the
South in favor of the slaveholders' rebellion:
"The Louisville Union slut] that the South
ern people were not tlisunionists. We never
said the contrary, and we go will further, and
affirm our belief that the southern people are
not to-day dbmilitinists. If the conseriptimi
law, enforced by Morgan, Forrest, Wade,
and hundreds of other guerrilla chiefs, with
armed hands of desperadoes, hind not recruited
the rebel armies; if a military tyranny, more
terrible than Austrian despotism, did not
stamp out the first symptoms of resistance;
if it were not high treason to hinder the oil ,
COI4IIOII a confederate notes; if the power of
it We a lthy And almost unanimous conholidated
elaveluililing minority were broken, a large
majority of the el; izetis of the -outh would to
day he fur the Union. The fear of the don.
geon, the hither, and the sword have silenced
the voice ofneuthern meal ry."
ENLISTING COLORED MEN.—The Press
of Philadelphia, of Saturday last, says
, r We learn that, a few days ago, re
"cruiting and_ traM , partzaion offices were
opened, stun lutt privately, in this
City to enlist colored soldiers tor Alas
sa.Chusetts regiments. At different
times small squalls of colored men
hav e been forwarded to Boston. Gov-
On& Andrew sent an 'officer to this
city to consult with tho leading men
'of color, and the interview, it is said,
proved very satisfactory. Should the
Governor confirm what the officers
agreed to. which relates to bounty and
such matters, them Will %be- a grand
raid) of blacks from this State to etdist
in Massachusetts regiments.
—The Harrisburg Telegraph sug
gests, ‘t,hat, in order to eeonornize.in
clothing, diekies be again worn, as in
olden times, that two shirts and six
dickies be equal to ,six shiyto." : Just
fo, and if a man should haletien. to- be
Irani ap, cau "Four tlie dickey abine.
John Van Buren on the War,
Mr. John 'Van 'Buren apfeat's to have
considerably modified his views in re
lation to the rebellion and the great
National que.qions involved. Ile ad
dressed a lat - c.e political (Democratic)
meeting in the city of New York, on
the evening of the 10th inst., in which
he took new and high ground on the
war and collateral subjects. He said,
'speaking ofthedisposition of the south
to listen to reason and a restoration of
the Union :
"The South would not hear of a
convention until after their indepen
dence had been recognized ; and never,
while he Jived, should that recognition
take place if be could help it. They
had refused to go into a convention to
remodel the Constitution, while, if they
had favored it, a new election for
President might have taken place" in
sixty days. - .11 - e'never doubtql that,
Davis and the other leaders in this re
bellion were opposed to reunion, and;
therefore, until the south can put down
the men who led her into rebellion, the
war must go on. lie was utterly op
posed to accepting mediation front ahy
quarter."
Referring to the Emancipation Pro
clamation, which on its first appear
ance he had strongly condemned, he
used this pointed and significant lan
guage:
- _
" Now, this prOclatnation, therefore,
in my judgment, does nothing except
what any general commanding the army
might do. That is to say, as our army
advances, slaves are set free. There is
no escape from that conclusion. Slavery
exists to some extent by superior force,
and when our armies advance against
slaveholders in rebellion, unless they
choose to take the oath and keep their
slaves in bondage, they follow the for
tunes of all the rest of their property, and
are destroyed or set forever free."
For the Globe.)
INDEPENDENCE
AIL LEWIS love to see an inde
pendent newspaper. A. titan who will
speak the truth in tones that can not
be misunderstood, regardless of all
sects, parties, and flu:Lions, is a man af
ter my own heart, and the man who
will accomplish any good work he un
dertakes. Some, newspapers seem to
be so completely chained down by the
narrow mid contracted notions of their
editors and party, that they can only
see the truth on one side of a question.
Igo fin• the noble, sentiment of JAMES
Rosser. Lowsr,r., when he penned the
fillowing beautiful and independent
sentiment :
'• We will speak out, We will he heard,
Th, , ugh all the earth's system crack.
We will not bate n single word,
N,lr take a letter back
" 'Teak the truth, and what care we
For hissing and for seoro,
While smile faint gleaming, we can Bee
Of Freedom's coning morn.
"Let ;Mrs fear, let cowards shrink,
Let traitors turn away ;
Whatever we have dared to think,
That dare we also say."
SAXTON, Pa,.
Will Huntingdon County be Ruled
Out ?—The Democracy of Bedford and
Somerset counties will have Senatorial
Conferees appointed according to dem
ocratic usage, and will of course re
fuse to receive Conferees from this
county unless they are appointed in
some honest way in which the Democ
racy of the county have a voice.—
Huntingdon county cannot expect the
Senatorial Delegate if she is not prop
erly represented in the Conference.—
Will the Democracy of Huntingdon
county look to their interests?
Railroad Changes.----11. T. Caldwell,
formerly conductor on the Baltimore
Express, between Altoona and Harris
burg, has been assigned to the passen
ger train on the Bald Eagle Valley R.
R., from Tyrone to Bellefonte.
J. Mazaree, late Baggage Agent at
Altoona, has been appointed condbc
tor on the Baltimore Express, in room
of D. T. Caldwell.
How. 'Hopewell Ilepburn, formerly
AAseciate Judge of the District Court
of Pittsburg, Pa., died on Sunday, the
15th of February, in Philadelphia, in
which place he has been residing and
practicing law since he left the bench,
His death was announced in the Su
preme Court on the following day, by
Mr. Parsons, and Chiof Justice Low.
rio responded.
Corrox.—We hare heard of a fami
ly lately in Philadelphia emptying
their matrasses which were filled with
cotton, and realizing therefrom the
snug sum of six hundred dollars.—
""Pis an ill wind that blows nobody
any good."
Take Off Your Soger Close.—An or
der has recently been issued from the
Headquarters of the Army, instruct
ing Provost Marshals to gather up all
military clothing and army buttons
that may be worn by any persons not
in the service, excepting those worn
by discharged soldiels, and they will
be allowed to wear them as a badge
of honor.
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variety of styles of Pocket Books and
Currency Holders, outsido of Philadel
phia, can be seen at Lewis' Book Store.
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ment for sale at Lewis' Book Store.
AN INTERE,T/NO CASE.-A soldier as a de
serter in Montgomery county, was brought be
fore the court on a writ of habeas eorpus, and
his discharge demanded on the ground th a t
when ho enlisted he was a minor. and entered
the army- without the consent of his parents.
It appeared iq
,evidence, however • that the
parents had been receiving the relief ,paid to
the families of Volunteers,thus recoghiiihg the
enlistment,•' 1.:10 minor soldier wits remanded
to 'his regiment fur Gerrie.. • . .
ffEEf=MEM2
An Old Farmer's Speech,
[we like to hear loyal men speak
the honest sentiments of an honest
people. The following speech, lately
delivered in the 'lllinois - Senate by an
Old Farmer, has the rdng,,of the pure
metal. Such men as the speaker re
fers to have already disgraced the De
mocracy, and if ttoey are not soon
checked by the honest masses, all true
and loyal Democrats will be compelled
to seek better company. Traitors and
Democrats cannot work-harmoniously
together. _Traitors must be expelled
from the ranks of the Democracy be
fore the party as an- organization can
expect to do any good for the country.]
The following is the speech of Mr.
IFunk as we find it reported :
I.The Great Speech of tho Season—The
Traitors Lashed and Defied to their Teeth
A great sensation was caused by a
speech delivered by Mr. Funk,'ono of
the richest farmers of the State, a man
.who pays over 81,000 per annum in
taxes towards the support of the Gov
:eminent. The-lobby and gallery were
crowded with spectators. Mr. Funk
rose to object -to trifling resolutions
'which were being introduced by the
Democrats to kill time, and stave off a
vote 'Ton the appropriations for the
support of the State Government.—
He said :
Mr. Speaker—l can sit in my seat no
longer and see such boys' play going
on. These men are trifling with the
best interests of the country. They
should have asses' ears to set on' their
heads, or 'they are secessionists and
traitors at heart.
I say that there are traitors and Se
cessionists at heart in this Senate.—
Their actions prove it. Their speech
es prove it. Their gibes and laughter
and cheers here nightly, When their
speakers get up in this ball and de
nouncd the war rted (ho Administra
tion, prove it.
I can sit here no longer anti not tell
these traitors what I think of them.—
And While so telling them, I am re
sponsdA myself for what I say. I
stand upon my own bottom. I am
ready to Meet any man on this floor,
in any manlier, from a pin's point to
the month of a cannon, upon this charge
against these traitors. [Tremendous
applause from the galleries.] I ant
an old titan of sixty-five. I came to
Illinois a poor boy. I made a little
something for myself and family. I
pay $3,000 a year in taxes. I am wil
ling to pay $:3,000, aye SU,OOO, [great
cheering, the old gentleman bringing
down his fist upon his desk with a
blow that would knock down a bill
lock., and causing the inkstand to
bounce half a dozen inches in the air,]
aye, I am willing to pay my wholefor-
I tune, and then give toy life to save
my country from these traitors that
are seeking to destroy it. [Tremen
does cheering arid applause, which the
Speaker could not subdue.]
Mr. Speaker,yon must please excuse
trio. I could not sit longer in my seat
and calmly listen to flies() traitors.—
My heart, that feels for my country,
would not let me. My heart, that
cries nut for the lives of our brave vol
unteers in the field, that these traitors
at home are destroying by thousands',
would not let toe. Yes, tb : _sti viiiuius
and traitors and secessionists in this
Senate. [strikilli his clenched fists on
the desk with a blow that made the
house ring again] are killing my
neighbors' boys, now fightinr , in the
field. I dare to tell this to these trai-
tors, to their faces, and that I am re
sponsible for what I say to one and all
of them. [Cheers.] Let them come
on, right here. lam sixty-five years
old, and 1 have made up my mind to
risk toy life right here, on this floor,
for my count r y. [Mr. Funk stood
near the lobby railing, his desk being
one of the row - immediately in front of
it. A crowd, as he proceeded, collect
ed around him, evidently with the in
tention of protecting hint front vio
-1 lenee„, if necessary. The last announce
ment was received with cheering, and
I saw many an eye flush, and many a
countenance grow radiant with the
light of defiance.]
These men sneered at Colonel AL:Mc,
a day or two ago. lie is a little man,
but lam a large man. I ant ready to
meet any of them, in place of Colonel
Mack. I ant largo enough for them,
and I hold myself ready for them now
and at any time. [Cheers from the
galleries.]
Mr. Speaker, these traitors on this
floor should be provided with hempen
collars. They deserve them. They
deserve Won. They deserve hanging
I say. [Raising his voice and violent
ly striking the desk.] The country
would be better off to swing them up.
I go for hanging. them, and I dare to
tell them so, right here, to their trai
torous faces. 'Traitors should be
It would be the salvation of the coun
try to hang them. For that reason I
would rejoice at it, [Tremendous
cheering.]
Mr. Speaker, I beg pardon of the
gentlemen in the Senate who are not
traitors, but true, loyal men, for what
I have said. I only intend it and
mean it for secessionists at heart.—
They are here, in, this Senate. I see
them joke, and smirk and grin at a
true Union man. But I 'defy them,—
I here ready for them and dare
them to come on. [Great cheering.]
What man with the heart of a patriot
could stand this treason any longer?--
I have stood it long enough. I will
stand it no more. [Cheers.] I denounce
these men and their gliders and abet
tors as rank traitors and secessionists.
Hell itself could not spew out a more
traitorous crew than some of the men
who disgrace this Legiidature. this
State, and this country. For myself, I
protest against.and denounce their
treasonable acts. I have voted against
their measures. I will do so to the
end. I will denounce them as long as
God gives me breath, And lam ready
to meet the traitors themselves ; here
or anywhere, and tight them to the
death. [Prolonged eheersand shouts.]
I said I paid three thousand dollars
a year taxes. Ido not say it to brag
of it. It is my duty ;3-05, Mr. 'Speaker,
my privilege to do it.- But some of the
traitors here, Who itve. working night
and day to get their;misevablo ,little
bills and claims through the Legisla
ture, to take money ant, of the pockets
of the people, are talking about 'high
taxes. They are hypocrites, as' weir
as traitors. I 'heard some of them
talking about - high taxes in - this way.
whc; do not pay firb dollars to support
=E
the Government. I denounce them as
hypocrites as well as traitors. [Cheers.]
The reason that they pretend to be
afraid of high taxes is that they do
not want to vote money for the relief
of the soldiers. They want also to
embarrass the Government and stop
the war. They want to aid the seces
tionists to conquer our boys in the field.
They care about taxes? They are pic
ayune men, any how. They pay no
taxes at ail, and never did, and never
hope to, unless they can manage to
plunder the Government. [Cheers.]
This is an excuse of traitors.
[Hero the Speaker called for order
in the galleries.]
Mr. Speaker, e:s.cuise me. I feel for
my country in this her hour of danger;
I feel for her front the tips of my toes
to the ends of my hair. This is (ho
reason I speak as I do. I cannot help
it. lam bound to tell these men to
their teeth what they are, and what
the people, the true loyal people, think
of them. [Tremendous cheering.—
The Speaker rapped upon the desk in
unison with the applause, apparently
to stop it, but really to add to its vol
ume, for I could see by his flushed
cheek and flashing eye that his heart
was with the brave and loyal old gen
tleman.],
Mr. Speaker. I have said my say.-
lam no speaker. This is the only
speech I have made. I do not
know that it deserves to he called a
speech. I could not sit still any lon
ger, and see these scoundrels and trait-
ors work out their selfish
schemes to destroy the Union.—
They have my sentithents. Let
them one and all make the most
of them. lam ready to back up all 1
say, and I repeat it, to meet these
traitors in any manner they may
choose, from a pin's point to the mouth
of a cannon. [Tumultuous applause,
during which the old gentleman sat
down atter he had given the desk a
parting whack, which sounded loud
above, the din of cheers and clapping
of hands.] 4
I never witnessed so much excitement
in my life in a❑ assembly. Mr. Funk
spoke with a litree of natnral eloquence,
with a conviction and truthful] ess,
with a fervor• and passion that wrought
up the galleries, and even members on
the floor, to the highest pitch of ex
citement. his voice was heard in the
stores that surrounded the square, and
the people came flocking in from all
quarters. In five minutes ho had an
audience that packed the hall to its
utmost capacity. After he had con
cluded, the Republican members and
spectators rushed up and took him by
the hand to congratulate him. The
Democrats said nothing ; but evidently
felt the castigation they. were receiv
ing most keenly, as might be seen
from their blanched checks and rest
less and uneasy glances.
GENERAL BUTLER IN BALTIIVIORE.
llceoption specch.—.4 ilecietf; of Ike
War.—Oar Position and Prospects
(Yiceritly.
BALTIMORE, Irvh. 19.--General But
lor arrived hero this morning at ten
o'clock. Ho was escorted to the
Gu
taw House by a Committee of' Conn
&its and the Union League. his re
ception at the hall of the Maryland In
stitute this evciilmg was a grand atlair.
The vast hall was splendidly decorated
with flags, and densely packed with a
most enthusiastic assemblage.
Thirty-four young ladies dressed in
white, and each bearing a flag, were
on the platform, and during the even
ing they sang patriotic airs.' A band
of music was also in attendance.
i The apilea l'a nee of the General was
I greeted with long continued cheering.
t TIC made a brief speech, thanking
the citizens f BA' tit o • f • their kind
. {, . t i ' ll 11) 01
1 expressions of regard, and enthusiastic
l grectinfrs, which he took as an earn
est of their unalterable devotion to the
(
Union, and determination, come what
may, to stand by the Government.—
lie alluded to ~. .:is first entrance into
Baltimore on the night of May 14th,
1861, when, in the midst of a violent
storm, he marched his forces to Feder
al Hill, and formally occupied the
city. He compared the condition of
- Baitimore then, under the influences
of Secession rule, with what it is now,
since, with the aid and protection of
the Government, the true-hearted Uni
on men of Baltimore had put down the
rebel sway. Ile warmly eulogized the
loyalty of Baltimore. -
Alluding to the progress of the war,
he said there was much, very much,
to encout•age its in the progress we
had made in file past year. Let us
post the books, and see how we stand.
A year ago, when he passed through
this city on his way to the Southern
coast, how did we then stand ? The
rebels had all of 3lissom•i, Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Arkansas ; all of Vir
ginia, except that portion under the
guns of Arlington heights and Fort
ress-Monroe. Now we have all of Mis
souri, all of Kentucky, two-thirds of
Arkansas, at least half of Tennessee,
and Reseerans, thank God, was there.
and good for the other half'. We have
two-thirds of Virginia, a third of North
Carolina, all of Florida, and a large
portion of' Louisiana. And what was
left to the bogus Confederacy? Tex
as, intriguing with the French Emper
or to got away from them ; Mississippi,
Alabama, Georcia, South Carolina.
and what remained of North Carolina
and Virginia. Very soon the Missis
sippi river would be in our control, and i
thus the Confederacy would be sever- i
cd. Might we not truly say, with
,some of the rebel Congressmen, that
another such year of progress would
see the Contbderacy annihilated ?
Truly the folds of the great anaconda
were tightening round the rebellion,
and crushing it in its irresistible
I grasp.. Itc Minded to the threats of
foreign interference in our atrairs.—
, Let it come. The nation would rise
to the emergency. Already, Congress
had clothed the President with the
mighty power of the entire militaly
force of the whole nation, and if that
were not enough for the overthrow of
domestic traitors, and foreign foes,
would arin every man in the nation—
white and black, and blue, and gray,
if -need be. [Great cheering.] The
nation was hut .in its i»fitney. The
western world had scarce begun to
put forth his strength. These throes
and agonies were but the pains of
teething, and when the teeth are fairly
; through, let traitors beware, and ty
rants stand back everywhere.
• The General sat down amidst lon'g-
Contiductl applause. ' •
,
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W ' R NEWS.
Piteous Appeal from Beauregard
The Defence of Charleston and &my
nah. Non• Combatants Ordered to
lletire.—Bebelsshort of Arms.—Pikes,
Scythes, ,Spades, and Shovels to be
used to Defend the Firesides of the
lictiels.—" Brilliant Success or Glori
ous Death."
licaclquartera,. Army of the Potomac, }
February 19.
The Richmond Enquirer of yester
day contains the following telegram,
dated Charleston, S. C., February 18 :
The following proclamation of Gent.
Beau regard will appear lb the papers
10-morrow :
Headquarters of the _Department of
(South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, February ISth.
It has become my solemn • duty to
inform the authorities and citizens of
Charleston and Savannah, that the
movements of the enemy's fleet • indi
cate an early land and naval attack on
one or both cities, and to urge that
persons unable to participate in the
struggle shall retire.
It is hoped, however, that thi4 tem
porary separation of some of yon from
your homes will -be made, without
alarm or undue haste, thus showing
that the only feeling which animates
you in this hour of supreme trial is the
right of being able - to participate in
the defence of your homes, your altars,
and the graves of your kindred.
Carolinians! Georgians! The hour
is at hand to prove your zeal for your
country's cause. Let all able-bodied
men, from the seaboard to the moun
tains, rush to arms!
Be not too es:acting in tlic choice of
weapons. Pikes and scythes will do
for exterminating your emetni'em; shov
els and spades fix• protecting your fire
sides.
To arms, fellow-citizens! Cone to
share 'with us our danger, our brilliant
success, or our glorious death !
G. T. BEE REGARD,
Gonetai Commanding.
OlTic•ial—J. M. WTI'S, A. A. G.
The final preparations for the expec
ted attack :/ re being rapidly perfected.
Our troops and people are e•alui and
confident.
From the Miss;ssippi River.
OHICA Go. Feb 20.—A spetdal c a n,
despatch says that the, .dolctio:4s iu the
army at Vickslewg i. iorreasiou.
A barge containing i.Unt.) loc,liek
coal, ran the blockade on Saturday
night, without accident. or discovery.
The Whig, of the Uth, says the river
is UN'CriJOlVing the bardi , t en the Loui
siana side, and the tetra of De Soto
opposite is nearly submerged. It was
expected that the whole Peninsula
would soon be under water.
Th e Appyir, s correvondence of the
nth, says, there is now no longer a
doubt that the whole force of ene
my is: concentrated within seeing dis
tance of the city.
The mortar-boats Were towed down
yesterday, to a point mtr the rendez•
cons oc the fleet. Every moment we
may expert to announce. the eeleelehee-
MOnt of the attack.
The town of Bolivar Landing. fifty
miles above Memphis, has been de
stroyed by the gurtAyntt Conestoga. in
retaliation 11)1• the guerillas firing on
the steamer Jellify 'Lind.
A Cairo tele , ram says that the Ram,
Queen or the West, has gone up the
Red River fir the purpose of destroy
ing the rebel vessels there. if this is
true, one ehielsoaree of the rebel sup
plies will be cut off.
LATEST NEWS.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF ITIOKS7
BURG COMMENCED,
CutcAno, Feb. 23.—A special Afoul
phis despatch, dated Saturday, fur
nishes advices from Vicksburg to the
lgth.
Active hostilities against Vicksburg
commenced on that day. The mortar
boats were towed into pobittiva and
opened briskly. The effect of their
shots was not known.
The firing was responded to by
three batteries, when our position was
found to be too much exposed fir ef
fective operations, and it was cluing
ed.
The bombardment was then renew
ed.
[Col ri,rionilence 01 the Cincinnati Commercial.]
Ml:arittmsnotto', Feb. 20.—The cap
ture of 'Vicksburg was reported to•day
by Confederate officers who approach
ed our lines with a flag of' truce from
the rebel General commanding at Tul
lahoma.
Captain lioblitzell, of General Mc-
Cook ' s staff, received the flag, and in
conversation, the officer in charge of
the mission remarked," well,you have
got Vicksburg at last, though 1 - mu
have paid dearly for the prize.' Af
ter adverting to the subject in these
words, he refused to give any particu
lars. The ruinor is credited at head
quarters.
The weather to day has (icon more
eneouraging„ and stormy wink hav e
set in, which trill gready imvrove the
condition a t h e
continue for (low days linig•-' l '• You
may reasonably expect to hear of the
immediate resumption of active opera-
ALL Eva Willskr.-4- A Chewer county co
temporary describe , it novel style convey
ing whisky ta I , thititoers in the artily, in vogue
with the friends or the soldier in th.it
They proulire whisky, put it in stout hof tie%,
well corked, and then place it in it letup
dough preparatory to being hake.) into bread
Thus the soldier gets a loaf .if l n •ead Its well
as a little uf the "critter!' In going through
the process its chive ducrihril one day this
week the whisky become too hot in the liven,
when an explosion took place, suatteting the
dough and the whisky over the runt is all di
rections,
v.Z. We hear a good anecdote concerning
a said Sr 'addle on 4 , 11 C of our gunheitia,_
rhe vessel was just going into action and
our soldier was upon his knees, when an
officer sneeringly asked hint if he was afraid?
" No, I was praying," was the response.
Well, what were you praying- for?" con
tinued the officer.
" Prayin2 that the enemy's bullets may
be distrhuted the same way mt the prize
money is, principally among the offivra,"
was the quick nod ready ret"rt.
TUE OLD FRANKLIN ALMANAC 808
186:3, for salo ut. Lewis' Book Store—
price 12 rentik
The Conscription Bill,
Mr. Wilson's bill, which passed 'the
Senate of the LT. S. last.week, provides
in substance as follows :
111 able-bodied male citizens, and
those who have declared their inten
tion; to become such, or have exercis
ed the right;of suffrage, between the
ages of 20 and 45 years, constitute die
National forces of the United States,
and are liable to perform military du
ty when called out by the President.
The exempts are those wh o :are physi
cally or mentally unfit, the Vice pi•eq•
Went, hea d s of Executive Depart
ments, United States J udges, Govern
ors of States, only son of an indigent
widow, or infirm parent, or ondnch
son, where there are two or more, to
be selected by the parent, also the on
ly brother of orphan children under 13
years, also the father of motherless
children of the same age • and where
two of a family are in military servic
es, the remainder of such flintily, not
exceeding two, shall be exempt. No
person convicted of felony shall be en
rolled or permitted to serve.
The national force not now in I,er
vice is to be divided into tivo classes,
the first class embracing all between
20 and 35 years of age, and all annli.- I
vied men between 35 and 45 years' al
age. The second class embraces all
the others, and will not be called into
service until after the first class. For
convenience of enrollment, districts
are made corresponding with the Con
gressional districts; in each of which I
the President appoints at Provost Mar
shal, with the rank and pay of a Capt.
of Cavalry, or lie may detail an officer
of similar rank who shall have a Bat
rcau in the War ileputment, and shall
make the needful rules and regulations
for carrying out the provisions of this
act. These Marshals aro to arrest de
serters, report treasonable practices,
and detect spies, ike.
In each district there is to be a
Board of' Enrollment, consisting of the
Provost Marshal and two other per.
sons, appointed by the president, one
of whom is to be a physician and sur
geon. This board shall divide the dis
trict into convenient sub-districts and
perfect an enrollnient once in each I
year, each class to be enrolled separ
ately. Persons thus enrolled are sub
ject for two years to be called into' ser
vice to serve fin• three years or during
the war, on the 6;11110 footing with the
present vol o teen:, advance. pay, boun
ty money, &e., included.
When necessary to make a draft, the j
President shall indicate the number!
lor each district, -taking into consider-1
Athol the number already furnished j
since the beginning of the war, so as I
to fairly equalize the burden; the en- j
rolliuy officers shnll then make the •
draft with 50 per cent. addition, and I
within ton days serve notice upon the
drafted men.
Substitutes tnay bo furnished., or
commutation nwdo not to eNceed
direct hundred dollaN, at the discretion
of the Secretary of War. Any person
dratted and failing to report, or toi•u
-ish a substitute, or pay his commuta
tion, Shall be deemed a deset•ter, and
subject to immediate acrest.
The bill provides fin. the proper cur
-I.cieal examination of drafted men, and
the punishment of surgeons who re
ceive bribes.
When the draft is finished,- all those
not, taken are allowed traveling pay
to their homes. Those who furnish
substitutes are exempt fer.the entire
time of draft, anti the substitute has
the same pay. &e., as though 15 riginal
ly drafted.
The bill also provides that volunteers
now in service who re-enlist for one
. }'car, Shan have a bounty of $5O, one
b-alf paid down ; those who enlist fin.
two years receive G 25 of the $lOO boun
ty.
There are also provisions for the
eonsMidation of skeleton regiments;
also that f,encrnls in the field may ex
ecute court-martial sentence ap;ainst
spies, deserters, mutineers, or murder
ers, without reference to the Prosident ;
courts-martial nay reduce absentee
of
tieers to the ranks; clothing, arms,&e.,
shall not be sold, pledged, or given
away, and may be taken wherever
found in illegal hands; persons who
entice soldiers to desert, or . harbor
them, or buy their arms or uniforms,
and ship captains or railroad conduc
tors who knowingly convey deserters,
may be tined $5OO and imprisoned from
six months to two years.
Any person who resists a draft, or
counsels others to do so, or dissuades
them from perfbrming military duty,
shall be summarily arrested, locked up
until the draft-is finished. then be tried
by a civil court, and bu fined $5OO, or
imprisoned two years, or both.
The President, on the passage of
this act, shall issue a proclamation re
calling absentees from the army, who
may return without punishment with
in the time indicated, except the fin.-
feiture of pay for the time of absence;
those who do nut return will be desert-
ors.
Officers absent with leave, except
for sielcneSti or wounds, receive half
pay; officers absent without leave, no
pay at all. There are other provis
ion,, but chiefly of details not, particu
larly important.
Important Southern News---Eforrors
of the Conscription,
Canto, Peb. 15.—The most perfzet
r e ign of torroe the W(71'17.1 has evel'seen
is 110 W being expel'halcod by the unfor
tunate residents of North Alabama
am] Mississippi. In the latter State,
the Legislature recently enacted a law
embracing all com•cript inert not inclu
ded itt the Confederate act, which in
cludes all from eighteen to forty years
of age, and that recently passed takes
all from forty to sixty years of age.
The territory has been laid off into
districts of twenty miles, and a rec
ruiting colonel alp tinted for each dis•
trict. A thousand colonels have been
.appointed to enrol C the conscript and
militia law in Nor 0:1k/barna. There
are trimly Ul/101) 111011 in that section
of the State, and millions of property
belonging to them. The efforts to
force them into the confederate ranks
has drirCti hundreds of them to the
woods, where they continue to hide
and starer rather than be takenas c•oa
scripts. This induced a novel hunt for
them. Guerillas • and bloodhounds
have been put upon their track, and
many a poor victim has been stnelt out
in this way. Not long since, a young !
girl, carrying food to her father, who
was biding in a cave, was attacked b
one of tdtrse binodhou n Ora 10'
piceeir: is '66th - tinted tau
one thousand men from 'Mississippi
and Alabama have made their.way to
Corinth, where General Dodge made ,
till possible provisions for them. . Gen.
'Dodge neut., out and brought ha falai..
lies of persecuted and down -trodden
Union men, and has established a sort
of encalopineht at home for 'all their
families at Purdy, where they are like,
ly to be free from persecutions.
At Corinth, t;reiment is forming
of Union inen , 4"rom Alabama and Mis
sissippiTtfPit are already six full
compinifeS.r,Qapt. J. C. Cameron, the
provost initrAid of the, district of Cor
inth, is to be Colonel-of this regiment.
Among those MRS have recently
suffered persecution. are Abraham Ken
nedy and J. A. Mitchell, of Hacliet
and Bud settlement, Monroe co.orho
have been hung by the rebels for in
dulging in Union proclivities.
Mr. 11011 Mark and daughter, of
Lame county, have been shot, mind the
latter killed. Peter Lewis, an imme
diate neighbor, and suspected of Uni
on proclivities, was hunted down by
bloodhounds, and captured. The hous
es of J. A. Palmer, Wesley Williams,
and other Union men, were burned
over their filo - lilies' heads, and the
people living in the neighborhoodlioti
fled that, if they harbored them, their
own houses would be burned.
Mr. Peterson, living at the bead of
Bull Mountain, was killed for Union
sentiments. Two women in Itawitnain
county were torn to pieces by blood
hounds.
In addition to the foregoing, hand=
reds of families, driven out of Alabama,
have reached Corinth on foot, without
food or clothing. Some of them are
men eighty years of age.
A rigid enforcement of the con
scription_ act probably induced a re
turn to Memphis of many old citizens
who went away under Order, "No. 1,
but who, when called upon to fight in
a war of their own making. skulk
away to Memphis, and seek the pro
tection of the guns of the veiy men
against whom they have all along vaun
ted their undying hatred.
Our Army Correspondence.
From the 125th Itegt., P. V.
Stafford Court House, Va.,
February 16, 1863.
Farcxn LEWIS :—lfere we are
stuek in the mud, crushing rebellion,
" over the left," and enjoying our hard
tack as usual. Since writing to you,
nothitt. has tr,mspired to disturb our
quiet in the least. Wu pursue the
even tenor of our way, independent'of
Greyhacks here, or Secesh at home.—
Tile grand Army'of tha Potomac is
still on praying ground, and this side
of the Rappahannock, and, from pres
ent indications, will remain so tbr some
time,--at least, until the clerk oftlto
weather alters his present plan of 'ope
rations, and gives us sonshine enough
to dry up Virginia mud. We hear of
no brilliant eharges. except what the
sutler makes in his books, and that is
about all the good it does him. for mo
ney has got to be so scarce with this
regiment, that the time there was any
on hand only exists in the memory of
the oldest inhabitant. The paymaster
has come 16 the conclusion that the
families of the 125th belong to the toad
species, and can exist Oil air. tut' he
nev e r condescends to visit nt, or even
send us his likeness. We have been
out over ;.ix month., and not t emit of
pay yet ; no: do I think we will get
aby until our time is up. There is a
very large screw loose somewhere. and
the sooner it is tightened the better it
will be fur the Government as hit' as
getting our regiment b.tek again is
Our General is absent., and Colonel
Higgins is acting Brigadier. Ito
knows how to run the machine, and I
think it will not he a great while be
fore he is a real Brigadier, instead of
acting one. We have a new Assistant
Surgeon in the person of Dr. Butler,
from Blair county. Ile comes well
recommended, and I presume will
make a popular surgeon. Ido think,
without disparaging any, that we have
the hest corps of surgeons in the ex
my. As Paddy says, "itis a pleasure
to be sick to havo the nice jintlemea
tending; him,"
Several of our officers and men are
going home on furloughs to see their
friends; may they have a pleasant
time.
News is distressingly scarce here:
a small rebel raid would be a God-semi
to relieve the monotony of Camp life.
Our time is getting short, and if wo
are to see the spires of Biehmond be
fore our time is up, we bad better be
up and doing.
Our regiment is pretty healthy at
present. The weather is as fickle and
variable as a miss of sixteen, and I
have got an attack of the mullegrabs;
so Good bye.
TIMBEItDOODLI:
Wholesale Desertions,
The Atlanta (Ga.) Conlede . raoy gives
the following evidence of the compal-_
sory nature of the service exacted by
the rebel military authorities, and of
the Wholesale desertions therefrom :
There was
. a largo number of deser
ters in the country. It is estimated
that over half the men who went into
theServiee from the northeastern coun
ties in the State were at home without
leave. and most of them were skulk
ing in the mountains to avoid tho
officers who had been instructed to
arrest theta. Others, under a few de B .
peradocs', had Landed together to ro
sist any attempt that might, be mad e
to arrest them, or to rolease from the
jails those who had been arrested--;
Some of these bands had arms and
ammunition, and were subsisting by
plunder. There were also a few melt
who were: enemies to the Confhderatt3
States, prominent among whom is the
tiotorious Jell' Anderson, who escaped
jail front this city last spring with the
bridge burners. There aro also a few
men atuong them who were prisoners
or war at Camp Chase, Ohio, hail ta
ken the oath oh' allegiance to the Uni
ted States, and were thereupon releas
ed by the Yankees. Whether these
hail been active, or in any way instru
mental in engendering or furthering
the disturbances, or trying to spread
disaffection, or whether they them
selves were really hostile to the
federate States, has not been definitely
aseerfaine,d, Most of the deserters tiro
mon who have volunteered—very few
among them being eonseripti. Indei3d
the conscription law in that section
WO never been encorced.