'Cy (51oht.
HURTINGDON, PA
Wednesday morning, Feb. 1701864.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor.
Our Flag Forever
" I know of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to
lac country as by sustaining the Flag the
Constitution and the Union, ender all circum
stances, and CINDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION
RICIARDLPB OF PART? _ POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
SASAILANTO, AT Holli AND ABROAD." --STRPHEN
A. Dotroias.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TEE CON
arrruTioN.—A resolution has been
offered in the House of Representa
tives at Harrisburg, instructing the
Judiciary Committee to report-as soon
as possible, the amendments to the
Constitution passed by the last Legis
lature, and, also, that the Committee
be instructed to inquire into the expe
diency of holding a special °Nation
not liter than the first of August next,
to - give the people of the State an op
portunity of adopting or rejecting the
same, in time, providing they should
be adopted, to allow the soldiers to
vote at the ensuing fall elections.—
'The resolution was 'adopted almost
unanimously.
Among the proposed amendments
to the Constitution, is ono permitting
Pennsylvania soldiers in service to
vote in the field. Should the special
election be authorized, and the amend.
ments be adopted, it will entitle the
soldiers to vote at the election next
tali.- .
Firiding out his Mistake.
Some of the leading Southern trai
tors—the men Who planned the scheme
of Secession and precipitated the pen
ple.into revolution—are now discov
-ering that they have not gained very
.much - practichlly i as regards their i
does ofState independence and sover
eignty. General Robert Toombs was
suddenly awakened out of his delu
sion a Pew days since, in a manner
;that must have greatly astonished, as
well abirrits.ted him. Recent intelli
--genet) from Richmond informed us
that tie had "taken the cars in Savan
nah. without a 'passport. The officer
`on the train, whose duty it was to ex
amine passports, called in the dis
charge of this ditty, Upon Mr. Toombs,
for his passport. Mr. Toombs had no
passport, andso informed the officer,
land 'Said that he would not * procure
`tiny, adding that ho was General Rob
ert Toomb,s, and owed allegiance to
Georgia and no other
.Government,
- and that his State did not require her
citizens to . travel with passes and pass
ports, an . d , that he, would not procure
a passport. The officer informed Gen.
Toombs that his orders allowed him
no discretion, but required of him not
to allow any man to pass without a
passport. General Toombs, Still refu
sing to procure a.passport, was ejec
ted.from the cars by the guard. Gen.
Toombs proceeded to harangue them
in en'excited and bitter manner, and
.in disloYal and treasonable language.
General Beauregard being in Savan
nah, and hearing the facts, ordered
the arrest and confinement of General
Toombs, and he was taken in charge
by a guard." .
This was a, pretty —rough way of
teaChinglifi.. Toombs a lesson as to
the tial,4re of that Government ho had
helped 31r, Davis to.ereet in the South
and Many 'into experiences to come
heieafter will go far to convince him,
and othetain 'the same section, that
they mado,a grand mistake in attemp
ting, to establish a Confederate Gov
ernment on the principle of absolute
State sovereignty. No such political
.fabric can stand. The Central author
ity must be supreme in all National
affairs; otherwise there can be no or
der,:no cohesion; no stability in the
hody politic. State rights were as
nearly harmonized With , a supreme
General Government in the Contititu
tion of the United States, as it was or
is possible to effect such a reconcilia
tion in any federative By - stem. Every
civil organizatiOn must have one head,
instead of many. But Gen. Toombs
thought that Georgia was equal to or
greater than all the Confederate States
as reprosented . bithe Central Confect-,
*rate Government. In' other words
he evidently supposed that the politi
cal structure which he and his confer
ees' in treason had built up, was foun
ded 9n the absnrd
. theory that the
parts are separately equivalents to the
whole. They must speedily find out
their et:ror. And when they are bro't
• back to their allegiance to this Gov
ernment, they will be all the better
citizens for the bitter experience thro'
which they are passing,
TUE State Senate adjourns from day
to day without doing any business.
The election to fill the vacancy °dna
sinned by . too- resignation of Mr White
who is still,a, Prisoner, takes place on
Friday next The Senate will be or
ganized next week, and then Clymer
& Co., will have to stand from under
[For the Globe.]
The last Monitor makes an attack
upon James Bricker, charging him
with making money off the persons
recruited by him into. the
,army. The
attack is MaliCioue either onthe . part
of the editor, or he is the:dupe of
sons who have not the Optialty and
energy to be as successful .recruiting -
as Mr. Bricker appears to be. The
truth is this—Mr. Bricker - and others
were a committee for the 'borough -'of
Huntingdon to, raise its quota. - The
mastering in fee which the Govern
ment pays to each recruit was trans
ferred by them to the committee of the
bounty fund- of the borough, and to
that extent it' swelled that fund, and
the town and the recruits have the
benefitptit, and the :recruiting com
mittee make nothing by the operation.
After the 'quota of Huntingdon was
known or believed to be full, Mr. Bric
ker has been employed bycomMittees
from various townships in the county
to exert himself to raise recruits for
those places, the mustering irt, fee be
ing credited to the committees of the
respective local bounty fund as it was
.in Huntingdon. The committees of
those townships have made an agree
ment with him to pay biro out of their
fund a certain sum for each recruit he
gets for them, whieli is all the pay he
gets; and which is entirely a matter
of private bargain. He has been in
dustrious and successful in getting re
cruits for the various places for which
he is employed and therefore the Mon.
itor and their informers have made the
attack. No recruit will come forward
and say that ho has not got the am
ount he bargained fur. TRUTH.
U. S. Christian Commission, )
13 lianlO f
t., Phila.,.Fob. 5, '64.
DEAD MADAM : - Mr. Patterson,
Treasurer of the U S Christian Com
mission, will himself acknowledge the
generous contribution received thro'
you from the people of Mooresville,
Manor Hill, &e.
Permit me, at his request, to drop,
you - a note concerning the work of the
Christian Commission for our nation's
brave' defenders.
Ono thing about it, whatever it may
be in value and amount, it would have
boon very little in comparison if the
ladies had not given us their help.—
Their noble, humane and Christian of.
forts have done much to supply stores
and money, and the country owes them
a debt of unbounded gratitude for it.
The Christian Cot - limission is an e
lectric chain between the hearth and.
the - tent. It carries the- benefits of
hoMe, 'and phurch, and• the press, as
well as it can, to our sons and brothers
gone to the war: 'Our delegates go to
them ; seek out the suffering ones on
thettattle field and in the camp, to
relieve and cheer them. •
They go fulthanded, taking . With
them the clothing, delicacies, &c., pre
pared by the ladies, or purchased with
the money given, and distribute theni
personally to the men who are suffer
ing for want of them.
They carry also the weekly religious
newspapers in great numbers, the fam
ily papers the soldiers are accustomed
to see at borne; with books, and tracts,
and, best of all, the Scriptures; with
all these, they do all they can by per
sonal influence and public preaching
to make and• keep our noble men un
spotted, and to fit theinfor life and fbr
"death. This work everywhere meets
the earnest "God bless the Christian
Commission" from the soldiers, and
the hearty approbation of all in au
thority, from the President down. It
has grown in a few months froth noth
ing to more than a'inillion of dollars
in amount, and has saved 0 hoW ma
ny lives of the noble men who have
gone into the deadly conflict to save
the life of the nation.
We hope the war may BOOT) be
brought to a close, and the rebellion
be put down; but while it lasts lot us
do all we can for the bodies and souls
of those who fight our battles for us.
Many thanks for the generous help
of the (Aliens of Mooresville, Manor
Hill, and of Huntingdon county gon
erally. •Truly yours,
W. E. BOARDMAN, Sec. US CC
Mrs. J. M. LOVE, Manor Hill.
U. S. Christian Conanission, )
Philadelphia, Feby. 1864. f
Received of Mrs. J. K. Love, sixty
and one-half dollars • for the United
States Christian Commission, being
prodeeds of Concert and Festival held
by the people of Mooresville, Manor
Hill and vicinity.
Jos. PATTERSON, Treasurer, .
Per Wm. H. HILL
Who Fired Colt's Armory?
That the supposition of an emissa
ry coming from the rebels to .fire the
building is not preposterous, is shown
by the fact that not long ago a work
man did come there with the
.piteous
story that he was a deserter from the
rebels, and was employed. But no
tice how and when the fire broke out.
It was during the only half hour in the
.
twenty four when, a watchman was not
present; there - being an interval of
half an hour in' the .mornin,g between
the going away of the . night watch
manfor that.floor and the one below
it, and the coming of the day Watch
man. It could not h i ave been fired in
the night, because then the watchmen
are4,l about, and no one could bare
got into the building. It was kindled
in the wing connecting the two main
buildings ' so that it was.likely to take
hothead destroy tbe,rifie as well as
the pistol shops. It, started where
the•patterns and much :choke: .dry
wood were stored, which would readi
ly kindle. ~ It, is a great.tuyati3.7 how
it could have caught tire itself,.and po
one but a-yebo syrripatiii* eon id,l3ave,
desired its destruntion.Aartford Press.
ger A fellow was - rocently 'arrested
at Chicago, charged with gotting.up a
swindling circular, announcing •.a
"Grand Gift and Prize. Lottery 7 • for
the benefit of sick & wounded soldiers;
the patronage.of the.ludies of Clikago.
The circular annouti.edl3o,ooo tickets
for sale at $1 each-420000 to go.for
the benefit, of tbe.soldiers, and $40,000
to be distributed in prizes. Tho
low was tasking a fine thing of it.
To Soldier's and Postmasters.—Edi
tors of newspapers throughout the
United States will doubtless confer ii .
favor on.the soldiers in the field, ay
well as their friendi at home, by
Bid
ing pulAcitytei the - following :
kx Act to amend the law prescribing
the artielCs to be admitted into the,
• mails of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Unded States of
America in Congress assembled, That
artieres of elothing• being • mbinifab:
tured of wool, cotton or linen, and
comprised in a package not exceeding
two pounds in weight, addressed to
any non-commissioned officer or pri
vate serving in the armies of the 'Mil
ted•States, may be transmitted in - the
mails of the.lJnited States at the rate
of eight cents, to be in all eases pre
paid; for every- four ounces,- or any
fraction thereof, subject to such regu
lations as the Postmaster General may
'prescribe. •
Approved, January 22, 1864.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
January 25, 1864.
toic4f.‘.!!'g . T 0)11 4 10 '1 - rr2r
the information of the public; and es
peCially for the guidance of Postmas
ters, and is thought to be so full and
plain that no one can mistake its mean
ing. P6stthasters will, however, bear
in mind that plickages of clothing em
titled to pass. in the niils—four ounces
for eight cents-must be manufactured
from wool, cotton or linen; and not .ex.
cecding two pounds in weight, - and
must be addressed to a non-commis
sioned officer or private serving in the
armies of the United. States. Copse
quently a package addressed to a com
missioned officer, or composed of other
materials than as 'above Specified, such
as boots, Shoes, &c., if:sent by mail,
must be prepaid by Stamps at letter
rates, viz: three cents for .eVery half
ounce or fraction thereof
M.BLAIR,
Postmaster General
We observe that the 'above has been
published extensively. but incorrect in
regard to the sums to be paid as pos
tage. We re-publish above an official
copy.the same cm`rectly.
In a speech delivered at Boston
a few days ago, General Burnside tokl
the following incident, illustrative of
the patriotism of the Beet TennesSee
ans:—During the siego of Itnox:ville
his bominiseary reported to kim that
there was no bread for the garrisOn.
They must live on meat, then, was the
order. But next morning, and subse
quently over morning, a fleet ‘ of flat
boats from Sevier county was floated
down the Broad river into the 'Reis
tonjoaded with corn and wheat.—
nip boats had to pass the rebel pickets
but the gallant men guiding them built
parapets of the barrels, and not one of
the boats was lost. "It seemed as if
they were guided by the providence of
God," said General Burnside, "and I
felt there-was no danger of starvation"
lte),„ Fernando Wood uttered an am•
endment to the enrollment law on
Tuesday last, "To exempt from •the
draft all who, from conscientious die•
belierin the humanity, necessity, or
eventual succe s s of this war, are op
posed to its further prosecution until
an eflbrt has been made, and failed, to
end it by negotiation." 'The effect of
this amendment would- have been to
exempt the entire home traitor party,
and would have suited that miserable
faction exactly, but unfortunately the
House'"didn't see' it," and ' Pernando's
motion was voted down . by .23 in fa
vor to 103 against, .
A National Tax on the Ciroulation
of all State Banks.
Petitions are being preSented . to
Congress.from various quarters pray
ing that the circulation of all banks
chartered by State Legislatures may
be taxed to such an extent as to com
pel them to call in their issues, and
use only the national legal tender cur
rency. This is - a: reform which cannot
be too speedily put into operation. By
a system known only to the banks, no
institution in this Commonwealth
pays out its own notes in its own lo
cality. Checksum almost any bank
are paid in as many different five dol
lar bills as are called for on the Mee
of the check, all on different banks,
distant from the locality of the banks
which issued them, and totally un
known to the persons who are expec
ted to receive them as money. What
good reason is there to preVent - theSe
batiks from,circulating the notes of
the Government: - The Government is
just as Solvent:as any of these banking
companies, so that the bank which re
fuees thus to contribute to the general
success, should' he heavily taxed On it.`6
own issues to nukeup for the refusal.
Now is the time for CongreSs to
its power over tho currency of
the country. Now is the time•for the
Federal Government to insist upon its
exclusive right to make and issub mo
ney. ' Letithero be no delay -about
thpso assertions. With this right
firmly-fixed and exercised exclusively
by the Federal Government, it great
blesSing will bp vonchsafed, tinagciully
no* and forever, bereaftCr.—Harris
burg Telegraph.
The Loyal People of Missouri Mov-
nag.
ST. Louis, Feb. 13.—Mr. Johiaiou,
chain - lan of the comniittee to investi
-gate military affairs for this
.State,
made a lengthy and
,very elaborate
report to the lower house of the Leg.
islature yesterday.
• The 'Memphis Bulletin publiihes a
card, signed by'three kundred of the
'best 'citizens of the city;' addresded to
- the
. people OfTerinessee upon the sal).
joet of tliere organization of the State.
and ro.estublishing rellithins with the
National Government. It recommends
immediate and unconditional 'emanci
patien us the best and truest
and Only 'alternative; and calls 'upon
all td support the SUMO by a meeting
'at Meinphis; on the '2.2d' inst. •• .
us , . •
. Flour iY selling in :B,ielamond
foi• $250 pyr bbl., and pug4r at from'
1, 3 7 to $8 per lb.
\ The Enrollment_ ; Bill, as Amended.
The following is : the enrollminitbill-,
il9 "tsiuonded,
It.haVing passbd both
HoMieei'or:Cangres4;" only,:awaits tho
Presideneff:sigritittiroAo become* law;
.;The : piiseeif: by; the iiMisp
provides that the qnOta of I each:ward
'of a - city, town, township,: - pireeinct,-*
election district, or of alcourity;:iv
the same is divided into wards, towns,
townships, precincts, or election dis
tricts, shall be as nearly as possible in
proportion to the number of mon resi
dent' therein Sill:Oct 'to draft, taking
into account, as far as practicable, the
number which, has licen, , previously
furnished therefreni; - And.ln ascertain
ing .and, filling the said quota there
shall be taken into account the recent
number of men who have heretofore
entered the naval service of the'United
States, and whose names are borne
upon the enrollment lists as : already
returned to the office of the Provost
Marshal General of the . United-States.
Any pbrsong•enrolled under the pro V
isions of the enrollthent act, who may
hereafter.he'so enrolled;may flirniSh
at any time previous to the draft an
acceptable substitute ; who is not liable
to draft nor at the timein the military
Or naval service of the United States,
and such persona so furniShing a stib
stitute shall be exempt from draft,
during the.time for which such substi
tute shall be exempt from draft, not
however, exceeding the time for Whiell
such substittite - sidl have been accept
ed. But no private soldier, musician,
or non-commissioned officer being ac
tually in the. military service of the
United Staves, shall be pts:euNd or
accepted as the substitute. The: boerd4
of enrollment Om to enrol elf persons
liable to draft under the provisions of
this act, anti of the enrollment] act,
whose ;mines May have been omitted
by the proper 'enrolling camels; and
all persons who shall have arrived at
the age of 20 years before. the draft;
all aliens. who shall declare their in•
tention to become eitizens; all pcirSons
discharged froth the military and na
val se...vice of the:United States, who
have not been in such service two
years. during the present war,' and, all
persons itilio have been.exempted tin
der the provisions of the:'second see
Lion to which this act is' a supplement.
but who are cot exempi,d by the pro
visions of this act; and the boards of
enrollment shall release and dischat•ge
from' . draft :all persons,' Who,' between
the time of the enrollment and the
draft, shall have arrived -at the age of
forty-five -years, and shall . strike .the
names of: such peraena from: the en
rollment. Any -person drafted: into
the military service of the United
States may, before the time fl :d for
his :appearance , for duty at the-''-tuft
rendezvous, furnish an acceptable sub
stitute, subject to such rules aud regu
lotions as may be prescribed by the
Secretary of War. If such substitute
is nid..liable to draft, the person furn
ishing hint shill be exempt froth draft
during the time for which such substi
tute is not liable to draft, not exceed:
ing the term for. which be was drafted,
and if' such substitute is liable to draft,
the name of' the person furnishing him
shall be liable to draft in filling fitture
quotas; and if any draftial persons
shall •hereafter pay money for the pro.
curation ofa substitute under the pro
visions of the, ilet to which thi4
_is an
amendment,:fitteb payment
.Of money
shall operate :only to relieve such per
sons froth: draft diiring the tithe for
which the person was drafted, unless
the:names : placed in the .box. become
exhausted; in which case.the names
shall be returned to the wheel. Mem
bers :of yeligions: denominations who
shall by oath or allirm:ktlon declare
that they are conscientiously opposed
to the bearing- of arms, and who are
prohibited from doing so by the rules
and'articles • of faith and practice of
said :religious . denominations,
when drafted into the military service,
he considered as non-combatants, and .
shall bo assigned by the,Socretary of
War to duty m the hospitals or to the
cate of freedmeu,'or shall pay the snni
of $3OO to such persons as the Secreta
ry of War shall designate to receive it,
to be applied to the benefit of sick and
wounded soldiers: Provided, That no
person shall be entitled the benefit
of the provisions of this section, unless
this declaration of conscientious scru
ples against bearing arms shall be
supported, by - satisfactory evidence
that his deportment has been uniform
ly consistent with such declaration..
Any mariner or able seaman : who
shall be drafted shall have the right,
within eight days after the - notification
of such .draft, to: enlist in the naval
service. as: a, searnan. .No pilot; engi
neer, master at-arms. , acting master,
acting ensign,' or acting master's mate,
having an appointment, or acting .ap:-
pointment, as such, and being actually
in the naVal service, shall be subject to
a military draft while holding •stwh
appointment.. -•
The .following persons are exemp
ted and excepted from the enrollment
and. draft—namely
.Sticli as aro rejected as phl-sically or
mentally mitit tor the servie.o.
All personsmetnally in the military
or naval service of Alm United States
at the time of.the' draft
' All persons who have -Served :in the
military or • naval service- two -yours,
during the present, war, and who have
been honorably Alischarged from the
service; and. no persons but such as are
herein excepted shall be exempt. The
two classes heretofore provided for
in the enrollment, are consolidated.—
In all cases Whore colored persons
have been heretofore enlisted in the
military service of the 'United States,
All the provisions of this act, so tar as
the payment of bounty and compensa
tion are prOvided, shall be equally ap
plicable, as well as to those, who may
be hereafter recruited.
The bill also.oontains the section for
enrolling all able-bodied persons of
African.descent;.upon which a separ
ate vote was takon.before the bill was
passed. : • .
, . Feb.IMPORTANT Rumoa.— Baitiinoro,
10.-The itiontgornery' (Ala.) Daily
has-the following significant an
notinefiinent
"Rumors of an evacuation of Rio
mond are daining credit. There is'a
,novernen't on foot Which will create
mord consternation at Richmond, than
anything that has oectirreadoring the
war.
r, re 11 Vs. stable .was de
,stroyed by.fire,on he,.night of tilo,100)
incepctiory,. fino
borseo.aitcl two carriages were burned
WAR FOR THZ UNION
The Expedition towards Richmond.
New York -Tub. 9.—The Tribune ,
has the':followinv despatch •:
FortregS• Monroe, Feb:. B.—The
peditibn having returned, we are per-
mitted to state the following facts:
'On Saturday morning, General But
ler's forces, under command of Brig.
,Gen._Wistay, : mayched frora, Yorktown
by the way of 'New Kent Court House.
The cavalry arriVtient2-1 o'Clock:yes
terday morning at Bottom's Bridge,
across, the
• Chickahominy„ ten miles
,
from . .Richtnond; for the purpose of
makingarai4 top jiichmootl,
deavoring bya surprise to liberate Our
prisoners. •
The cavalry reached the bridge at
the time appointed, marching in 1.6 i.
hours 47 miles: A force of infantry
followed in their rear, for the purpose
of supporting them. It. was expected
to surprise • the enemy at Bottom's
Bridge, who had had for smite time
only a small picket. there. The sur
prise failed because, as the Richmond
Examiner of to dily say s; "a :Yankee
deserter gave information in Richmond
of the intended moVemen : t.". The en
emy bad felled a large amount of
her so as to block up and obstruct the
fords and make it impossible for our
cavalry to pass. . .
After remaining at the briage from
2 o'clock until 12, Gen Wistar joined
them with his infantry, and the whole
object of the surprise hatin g been de
feated, Gen Wistar returned to Wit
Hamburg. On his march back :,to
New Kent Court House, his rear was
attacked by the enemy, but they were
repulsed without loss to us. A March
by our infantry, three regiMents of
whom were colored, of. mere than 80
- miles, Was Made in 56-hours. The
cavalry marched over 100 Miles in . so
hotirs. ThiS shoWS that it i 9 possible
to make a campaign in Virginia in
winter.
The Frightful Panio at the Rebel capital
Baltimore, Feb. 9.—Tbe•.A.merican
has a special dispatch from Fortress
Nionroo, from C. C. Fulton; who has
been (10 to City Point. It says:
. The rebel : flag of truce steamer
Schultz, - With Ctinimissinner Odd and
Captain Hatch, the trude -officer, ar
rived on Sunday at City Point.
Two citizen prisoners, beotigTht doWn
by too Schultz, were" sebt on hoard
tho New York.
The prisoners bro't exciting "news
from Richmond; which they repreSent
to have been ima state of feverish ex
citement froM midnight on Saturday
up to the ,time they left, at a o'clock
on Sunday afternoon. •
At inidnight on Saturday. the !mils
of the city-- were rung and Men wore
rushing through the streets crying—
"To arms, to arms—the Yankees are
coming." During the remainder of
the night an intense commotion was
everywhere visible : the Home Guards
were called out; and the tramp- of
armed men could be -heard in all direc
tions. , Cannon yore hauled, through
111611
the streets, W 0 and children were
hurrying to and fro, and there were
all the evidences of such a panic as had
seldom been. witnessed in Richmond.
On. SundaY morning there was no
abatement in the excitement.. The
guards were all marched out of the ci
ty to the defences, and the armed cit.
izens placed on guard over the prison
ers. Horsemen were dashing to and
fro, and the excitement among the
prisoners to know the cause of all this
commotion became intense. It was
soon learned that a largo cavalry and
infantry force, - with ° artillery, bad
.made their appearance on the Penin
sule at Bottom': Bridge, within ten
miles of the city, and that Riehincind
was actually threatened by the Yan
kees. The same` harrying of troops,
arming of citizens and excitement
among- the : women and_ children con
tinued during the morning.
.•
At 2 o'cloc hi the afternoon, when
the prisoners were about to leave in
the truce boat, the Marin bells were
again rung_with great fury, - and they
left a scene of confUsion and turmoil
such as they. had never before. Wit
nessed-in the city.` The rumors thitt
pravailed were conflicting and wild.—
was their. impression that 8,000 'or
10,000 cavalry would have found but
little difficulty 'in entering the City,
liberating the prisoners,' destrOying
the fo - its and public, property, and re
turning hythe Peninsula before any
sUfficient . foree to resist; there, could be
brought to the aid of •the small garri
son left to defend it. . .
' For. several days , preyious" to. this
alhrm ;the troops in and - arOund.the
city,,to the number, of 4000. or 5000,
had 'beeti'tient off to joiiicilee' -army
with great..dispitteb, the impression
prevailing that a movement was con
templated by General Meade: In . this
they were right,as daring the progress'
of the exciteinutit on Sunday,
irence NV received that Meade had
crtissi , d the Rapidan.
.
iliondity morning - a cotirier ar.
rived at Uity Point bringing copies of
the morning papers with the
"'mice thiit the excitement liad abated
and that it had.been -ascertained that
the Yankees - - Were back from
the Chieltabominy and - hati abandoned
the. attack.
FROM WESTERN`
•
The Union Prisoners - to be Removed
from Richmonct-- 7 Gueril* Defecated.
Headquarters West Virginia, Fohy.
9._lniormation of high 41'4)pr:talkie
reached our outposts today, and, wits
brought in 1), , a inaurited'aCSM;terfripm.
General Early'e: cornmatid: The,.; : de.
sOrter says that,.when he left ii - ruinor
was, prevalent or.the remeval,' or''pre :
partitions .being made far the immedi
aVirepieval, Of all the Yankee prison
erglrom the neighborhood , ot
Rich
noud:`-: that .the Rif:Li - nand 'au
thorities had detained the mads, news.
'PaPerS, &e., going from Richmond to
: the soldiers in camp.
Captain Dougherty, of-the 18th Va.
Union Infantry; while ,in.ociairiind of
a scout in Hampshirocount,r, yester
dayoincountered-the noted rebel gue
rilla, Mike,- Cairn,- at the head' of his
gang,' killing the loader, rind capturing
his lieutenant and four men, with...bor.'
s'Os' and aqu trt, :&;(0
The encounter -,,t00k place between
Romney and-Irjorefivld„
;Lierifeb and cdinpiillod- 'to
take - .:to-Abalr woods' Mid 'mountains in
all directions for immediate safety.
FROM TENNESSEE.
Gallatin,Feh, Btll-..An expedition,
composed of 4ettiphafents of the 71st
Ohio Volnnteef - InfltntrY, 52d Ken
tuckyond:the Tdunessee State guard,'
in all three hundrod,,Was organized
by Brigadier Gcnifiral Paine, commun.
clerof tn*post, andi:Made a successful
"raidlneo,Putriariv - Otelion, White and
Fel - dress counties. It was out eleven
days, 'rind traveled about three hund
red miles, killed thirty 7 three . guerill,
took TM priSene.rs, and captured about
one hAndrp o ti =hofses and niule - s,"fit'd a
considerable Quantity of stolen proper
ty. Among the captured is Colonel
Murray, of the rebel army,
the killed arc Captainllrown - add two
lieu tetiants - .. — Coloriel 111 C n el I,
of the 71at Ohio, Vol Infirrtrk; 6om
mantled the expedition.
From Knoxville.
10.--Persong At
rive6l at Nashville, -yesterd4,
Knoxville, report that our communica
tions with Cumherland Gap are cut off,
and that nearly:ail: ot East. Tennessee
is 'in possession Of the "rebels. 4
The smallpox-prevails . to an alarm
ing in Knoxville.
The Army of the Cumberland is in
splendid condition. The troops draw
full rations.- •-• '
The most of the rebel army ,is at
Dalton.
Gen. Johnson's headquarters are at
Atlanta. Nearly all the Tenriessee
brigades, and two-thirds of, the Ken
tucky regiments have 15eerrsont South,
ostensibly to assist in holding Mobile,
but, in reality to prevent deserticins.—
The Tennesseeans leave the rebel ar
my in large numters.
The Discontent in North Carolina,
The press of North Curtilina contin
ues to denounce in vehemenflang,uage
the despotic measures , of the Rebel
Congress. . The :Raleigh Progress of a
recent-date.speaks. in. the foll?wing
emphatic titshiou . • .
pr(tsent Congress is; bent on
fastening a military despotisM on the
people of these Con felleote, States, and
the people must eithcr.stibinit quietly
t - receiVe . the yoke, or resist the '' , ty•
runny. - RdsiStatiee 'Co tyrants is obe
ditmee to God, and peel* of 4re r h
Carolina wile dot hesitate as tothexourse
they should pursue. Pass the bill to en
roll' the whole population reported in
the Rouse by-the Military Committee,
and a spontaneous cry wilt come up.
from every nook and corner of North
Varolina lora Convention, and unless
the military shall gag the last man in
the State, iwiluding e Governor, the:
Legislature ; and other. State officers,
they Willi:are it. " •
• * * "We , may 'bis imprisoned fo'r this
declaration ; but believing: before. God
and man, that we are doing our duty,
-We appeal to -the President and his
Congress to pause and reflect. -before
it is too late. North Carolina cannot
and will not submit to
.ha.Ve every
ablebodied man conscribed 'and the
whole State turned into a military
camp. We Wane to achieve
. an lode
pendent:6 over: the cot - ninon enemy,
but weave not willing. to become: the
vassals of usurpers at home to achieve
that or any other object. We speak
the words of truth and soberness; be
cause we know.tho sentiments of the
great mass of' the, people in North
Carolina. The state will never willing,
ty submit' to a despotism with Jefferson
Davis or any one else at its head.
In the same vein the Salmi (N. a)
Press remarks :
• "Every day convinces us more and
more that we are upon 'the, eve . of
events Which are pregnant with the
fate of the eonfederaCy. True, all
seems quiet, but it is but the lull that
precedes a storm. Every paper we
open contains remarks upon the exo
dus of our Citizdns from their homes
to avoid the recent law placin g ' the
principals of substitutes into th ar
my.
c'Even men who were " devoted to
the 'cause of southern independence
feel their courage grow IeSS and' less,
as the prospect for placing them into
the army . :heeemes More and mere Cer,
tain.
.
''Last sannther, when. the people held
meetings in many' 'counties in this
Statoovith ayiew, to, inaugurato .ne
gotiations honorable peace, Itiq
were denounced :hand of ' traitors
who were striiiink`ap - Steifo, and giv . .-
ing aid and comfort to the enemy'!-,
A change' now seepis to' have • come
over the spirit of their dream;"and the
time is not far distant when all will
avree that.this war.must, be brought
to a close by other means than did
A Wail from Georgia.
- The editor of the BaltiMore Clipper
has been 'permitted- to make the 10-
ieVang extraets a fi - .6M . a letter ; ; froth. - a,
wealthy'planterof Georgia,, who . has
Wen a therongh , secessionist, .to
relative in :Gast Tennessee,;'.novv• en - a
visit to Baltimore, 1010 .. ‘5113 from the
beginning a true and loyal citizen, and
had Warned .his Georgia relative:of the
danget, of going to Nvar -for his rights
in the territorieS!
many things to.tell you ab
out. ,Idy troubles aro numerous find
I want seine help:if possible my
g ro women and children will eat me
up, unless raft get •theM off. My
carriage Will he taken by my negroes
so soon as they got back have . no
regret ; a(loSing ; the;w6gi;ii* they all
wouldgo . , : astbuy have never been of
any prefitfto me; but tO-be left With
the 'wointiO, and children and Old pee ;
ple—makes it bud. It I- could.get the
women and children to the Yankees,
tbeY 'may have .them, with ; my good
wishes for their.wellare; but if they
stay, and the men return:, I fearfor the
consequences of nogroes to Yankee
,ipliforins. I always told my men not
to run away, but lot me know, when
they wanted to go; and they
go, off with all they had, in good style;
but they became afraid of mod and left
Without giving notice.
"I am fully satisfied that slaYery is
done in this country, and not
sorry for it, if we could only have
peace and quiet the remainder of our
lives. ' The LogiSlature'bf'GreOrgia bag
passed , a Militia hill, requirinialf Men
to he (Mroped Votwo6o, the ages; of
.16
and 66: . toJas tUrnedovor pow
lederaio Governiiiia on ri:"6:11
the Pmitlopt, §o,plt,p9o,.aftou-beitig
i•Obbed' - dt c clfthing_,we Gana mad©,
'onruegroes all gonO,' 'then put all tluy
meu in the army, and leave our wivcs
ECM
le.. tt.
and, aliildred siarye ,under thei a.die
of freedon - r for our honiei arid • fire - Odes
is a•rich idea. °apt
and old fie'rihe only men
left in the-4-th distfidti'llrtiA:ii6,t, one 'of
• them •rible to eti t,*(i6d
This leeks like ‘geilJtige ciiir:ritl;lits
the territories ' -
"We - bare no money that can be used
outside of the Confedergey,' and we
can't livelo it. Lye,. have meat and
corn to dif.for my family for the Cu,Ya
ifenly mill is not destroyed; and'l do
not know. : that I will 'have it bY the
time this reaches yon., If things keep
on as ilfeY are going, all will be gone
beyond redemption soon. Money will
be money when this war is over;, and
we of the South will,n'ot have it.' [Af
ter stating his-fears - that his 'young
son would be forced into the -army,
and remarking that he don't wad;him
there, he continues:] ,
.1-do notknow
how far confiscation is to pi It may
clear out all we of the• South haye; but
what is not consumed in that way will
be by taxes.
rearful Adventure_ on the Re.
. .
On 'riday, a F.renelitna, i Whose
name we did not 'learn,' .reSiding, in
Spring Wells., Wishing ta. visit Canada,
ventured to cross the river tin_' . .the ice
with a' team. Efehn4-;witb'him hie
wife and two childoo-,:-Ahe.iidie`bun
dled up and snuglyi , csconeed gin~ the
bottom-Of the sleigh, fur , protection
against - the wind that blows, ogee the
river. :'.The entire - partY 'were if? th'o
most disadvantage ctiS pozitiimi to moot
an accideht of the mature . the `. dim
which befell them' on - their- ..-passage .
over. When about liAte: wily ijOoss,
the ice gaVc precipitating..theMinto
the water:. effekii of the
team to get out, were co,r! qiitiallt,
creasing the size of tlie h 616 which
they had fallen, and
Ling fraiments of ice.. Before he could
.reach out.hia arm tegrat4:the.'Sebild,
one of thellorses.
one fbot, high "e"tiongh.-
theedge of theice;
tempted to raise himself;--The move
ment threw him - over lizieliwakl, - en•
tangling bitn.in the harness, at the
SaMe LIMO :Striking,,OP upon his
bead witb'one Of' hiefo'rb`feet, or else
some hard portion' ofba.rnesS, o
pening a large Wound.—The fa
ther seized his ehild just' :104i :sank;
'and succeeded in placing him with thh
others, although.,tmaidy,!defeated: by
the commotion created hy'the bosses,
Whose fear had en tirely eovereom them
and, being entangled' in.tl a hatMees.
were at last, being- drawn . under the
ice, the sleigh having passed Ander.by
the action of the current.
_Seeing that
all efforts to save the horses were fu
tile, he'turned his 'attention toward
the mother and Childietr, two of whom
were heroically clinging` to a box al
though nearly benuinbed,
the mother holding also--the „injured
and senseless child Upon a board frem
the bottom of the. Sleigl; , which .
become . .detached, . • ..-;
• •
Almost immediately . after' leaving
the,team they Were taken -under:the
ice. 11.6.1aborcal energetically in -IT
moving the flunily from the edge of
the hole, and 'Was successful, filth&
nearly chilled to ..death, in:.ptaeing
them upon firm ice, after almost in
credible labor.. Upon reaching, a place
of Safety,•a feW feet from thd edge of
the hole in which th'ey had been en . -
gulphod, that strength which had .sua
tained them sank from, exhaustiOn,
and.thiS, Combined ~:with the stupor
caused by cold and fatigue, almost
overeamolhem. It was with great
.difficulty that energy sufficient to
keep awake and under ,motion could
be mustered, and their lives, :were e
qually in danger from- the effects of
this lethargy- with that of their condi
tion anion,' the fragments of floating
ice. By areng exertions,. howeyer,
they succeeded in reaching...the land
and a house, whereithey were . taken
care of.. There.- are . : Al fearS - it& the
child, which was:injured in:: the: , head,
will not . surviYe,'as the-mound andex
posure combined: place in.' ra'pritiL
car•condition. The„ - otiers; , .howeyetf,
are doingmell."-=DkroiC.Pres's.•.,
Maivelous InoideAt
In the coin.se of Mir readilfg we rb
member to have iiiet with a few•.cases
whore, at tho moment Of death; a vis
ion of the dead has appeared to friends
at a' great distancie from the place of
death, as if to give notice of thcOvent;
but these instances wore in Europe,
and occnred a long . tittle' ago so ' one
might doubt their authenticity, or at
leksthodeusb.d.,for,nOt.'aeceptim,, , thein
as veritieS, and 'all the more sinconoth
irt ortlie kihd:Was tl'ltT;ei'lleare 'Of in
his own region.; We have now a case
which is free. from:. these 'objeOtioni,
and is quite is, extraordinary as any
that have been 'recorded.
A friendAwhose
,name we do, not
giVe, simply bee:tithe; did'not 1)4i)-
pento ask his aatlibrity,,,fdr, pUblica
mon) recently called on: us,-, who. has
lost a son in the army;,..atc:officei; of
good prOmisc; ser‘'ing. under 'General
Banks. We alluded to the great _loss
of our friend, and, conversation up
on that subject, he Baid gi very ,reinar
kable thing, had happened - to bitki
connection %vial it. When ho had no
reason to doubt the ‘ ivell-boing of, his
son, and had no anxiety for, him be
yond what *HS ri s h a l , and. Was
was'suddenly awakened
by a shock as if be; had been soot
through the head. His firSt thought
was that he had been shot—or, to use
bis own expression, "This is death."—
But the next instant a, vision ;of his
son appeared to him, and the impres
sion was that his son and ncit hitnSelf
was killed.
hie had never believed in. gbosts.or
spiritual manifestations; nor- did ho
at the occurrence obthe , vision; . - nor
does he nevi, undertake to account, for
.
it, or call it a spiritual Manifestation.—
Ho did not reeollect the date or Wour
bat ho did in the morning relate the
cirCumstanae to two, of his friends.--
Tlioy did net record the date; but
when, about three weeks afterwards,
intelligence Was received of the' death
of the son by a shot through the, head,
at _Port Hudson, at six o'clock <in the
morning, the ,rceollection 'of.'one , of
them was that the vision and the death
%veil?) on'the same day, or the'neit day
after the: death of-the son. Such was
the aocount given to_us, and iVe'-have
,qq - debbt- of its 'truth!:
would-,not trifle on , whiatter.whieh to
:lirrifTlislibt - b.aty:MlSoleninity of the
grave, but it also Lou::13114s keenest
affection.— Vermont' "lTratelviuzn` and
FrrElnalt.
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