Eljt lob.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Weßeiday inoiliftig, Feb. 24, 1864.
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor.
Our Flag Forever.
"IL - now of no moils in which, a loyal citi
zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the Flag, the
Constitution and the "Union, under all eircum
stanco,-alid uifnme Evince ADIIINISTRATIoN
summonses OP PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
SASAILANTB. AT DOD AND ADROAD."-STETHEN
Opportune Rebel Testimony.
• The horrors of the Libby prison, A
gainst -which the civilized world has
so loudly but fruitlessly protested, it
appears have even shocked the sensi
bilities of a Richmond journalist, a
representative of the human species
which it was believed no outrage, no
act of cruelty, could appal. The edi
tor of the Enquirer with unusual bold
ness has venttired to express in print
hie opinion of that charnel-house, and
to describe what be saw within its
walls, while on a visit of curiosity to
see the incarcerated . "Yankees." He
says "The Libby takes in the captur
'ed Federals by scores but lets none
out; they are huddled up and jammed
into every nook and corner; and at
night the floor of every room they oc
cupy is covered, every square inch of
it, by uneasy slutnberers, lying side
by side and heel to head, as tightly
packed'as if the prison were a huge
improbable box.of nocturnal sardines. It
is truly surprising that some pestilence
has not been the result of this herding
together of human beings who are
constantly breathing the same impure
air, and who aro allowed• no out-door
exorable. If it should become neces
sary to reduce their diet to cold corn
bread, they will not have strength e
nough in therh oven to masticate it."
What an is this of rebel cru
elty. What a commentary upon the
boasted chivalry and hospitality of
the South. Thousands of brave be
rries, inany of thorn suffering from the
effects of honorable wounds or of con
tinned eickness; are confined in such a
circumscribed 'space that their appear
ance after nightfall, when their eye
lids are closed, and their minds are i
relieved of the agony with Which du
ring the day they are afflicted, re
min& the facetious editor of a box of
sardines;
; and yet the day pass by, and
the brutal captors; gloating over the
suffering and pain they aro inflicting
take no step to remedy the evil.
The statement.wliich we published
yesterday from the Enquirer should
be circulated throUghout the length
and breadth of the loyal States. It
will pisive a greater -stimulus to re
.erniting than ill the adAyesses
bined that our authorities, civic and
military, can promulgate. Two corps
at least, are being reorganized for spa
vial service,and rumor designates the
rebel capital as the point to which they
will march under the leadership of
brave and experienced commanders,
and the release of the captives is said
to be one of the great objects to be at
tained. What greater incentive can
be offered for enlistments than the
thrilling facts thus opportunely given
us by this journalist, and the great
end which itis rumored is to be no
complished by Burnside and Hancock.
'lt . ,l3as hitherto been the policy of
'tbe traitors to deny the oft-repeated
statements of cruelty practised and
'`suffering endured;
suffering endured; but the report of
•the editor of the Enquirer proves con- 1
clusively how false have been those
denials, and how horrible the wretch
edness and misery which have been
the lot of the patriots and heroes in
the Richmond prisons.
A Powerful Ally in Behalf of the Con
' satutional Abolition of Slavery.---Tbe
Catholic Telegraph, the official organ
of the Arch-bishoP
.of Cincinnati, in
closing a strong and earnest editorial
against the continuance of the institu
tion of Southern• slavery, says that
"the absolute necessity for its extinc.
tion before anything can be accom
plished for the repose of the nation
has taken hold of the minds and hearts
of the people, and any attempt to re
tard the popular will must end • in dis-
Aster;" that "we are particularly plea
sed with the change which has taken
place in the sentiment of Catholics on
this subject;" that party prejudice is
giving way under the pressure of pub•
lie opinion, and finally, says the Tele
graph, "we hope the day is near when
a Clans° in the Censtitution will pro
claim liberty to all men within the
limits of the United States."
TILE STATE SENATE UNLOCKED..--.DT.
T. St Clair, the Union candidate for
,Senator to fill the vacancy created by
jet]: Davie bolding on to Major White
is a 'prisoner, is elected by, twelve bun
dred majority. The new• Senator will
take his seat this week, when the
"snide. will have lo tako to the high
grass, • -
THE ENROLMENT.333:LIs
The enrolment bill, as agreed upon
by the committees of conference, pas.
sed both Houses of Congrtss on rri
day last; and , has -been. approved, by
the President. It provides that the
President of the United States shall
be authorized, whenever he film!! deein
it necessary during the present war,
to call for such number of men for the,
military service as the public exigen
ciesmay require. The quota of each
ward ofa. city, t ow n,o towneihip, pro
cinct, or election district of a county,
where the county is not thus divided;
shall be as nearly as possible in pro;,,
portion to the number of men resident
therein liable to render military ser
viee,,taking into account, as far as
praeticable;'the number Which . has
been previously furnished. In ascer
taining and filling the quota, there is
to be taken into account the number
of men who have heretofore entered
the naval Service of the United States
and wbosenansesarealready. return
'ed to the office of the,Provoit kaiShal
the' quota s
•
General. •If the quotas shall not be'
filled within the time. designated by .
the President, - the provost marshal is
to make a 6aft forlhe number defi
'Merit, but all volunteers' who may. en
list after the draft shall have been or
aeied, and before it shall be'actually_
made, shall be deducted from the num
ber ordered to be dralted'in any ward
town, township, precinct, , or election
district or county. If the quota of
any district shall not be filled by the
draft made in accordance with the
provisions of this act and the, law to
which this is an amendment, further
drafts shall be made and like proceed
ings had until the quota of such dis
trict shall be filled.. Persons enrolled
may furnish at any time previous to.
the draft an , acceptable substitute who
is not liable to draft, and such person
thus furnishing a substitute sh:,ll .be
exempt from draft not exceeding the
time for which such substitute shall
have been accepted., Any person
drafted May, beforti . th , tune e fi xed for
his appearance htihe draft rendezvous
furnish an aceeptable subetitute, sub.
ject to Such rules and. regulations as
"may be prescribed by the !Secretary of
War. ' .• .
If any drafted person shall hereaf
ter pay money for the procuration of
a substitute; such payment shall oper
ate only to relieve the person front
draft on that call, and his name shall
lie retained on the roll, and he shall be
subject to draft in filling that quota,
and his name shall bo retained on . the
roll in filling future quotas; but in no
instance shall the exemption of any
person on account of his payment of ,
commutation money for the procura
tion of a substitute extend beyond ono
year,
.bat at the end of one year in'
every such base the neat() of any per
son so exempted'sball be' enrolled a
gain, if not beforo returned to the en
rolment list under the provisions of
this section.
The boards of enrolment are requir
ed to enroll all persons liable to draft
whose names may have been omitted
by the proper enrolling officer, all por
tions who shall arrive at the ego of
twenty years-before the draft, all ali
ens who shall declare their intentions
to become citizens, all persons. -dis
charged from the military service . of
the United States who have not been
in such service two years during the
present war, and all persons who have
been exempted under the provisions
of the eecond section of the enrolment
act, but . who are not exempted by the
provisions of .the present act; and •the
said boards of enrolment shall release
and discharge from draft all persons
who, between the time of the enrol
ment and the draft, shall have arrived
at the age of forty-five years, and shall
strike the names of such persons from
the enrolment. Any marine, or able
or ordinary seaman, who shall. be
drafted, shall have the right, within
eighty days after the notification . of
such draft, to enlist in the naval Ser
vice as a seaman, and be exempt from
the draft. Any person now in the
military service of the United States.
who shall furnish satisfhttory proof
that he ie a mariner by vocation, or an
able seaman, may enlist into the navy
under such rules and regulations as
may , be prescribed by the President of
the United States; provided that such
enlistment shall not be less than • the
authorized term of his military service.
not for less than one year; . and the
bounty which any mariner ,or seaman
enlisting from the army into the navy.
may have received from the United
States, or from the State in which he
enlisted in the army, shall be deduc
ted from the prize money to which he
may become entitled.during the , time
required to, complete ; his military Ber
me; and provided firther, that, the
whole number of such. transfer enlist
ments shall not exceed. 10,000,; En.
plumate in the naval serviceare to bo
credited to the draft. • ,
The following persons are exempted
from the enrolment and drafts, name•
ly : Such as :are rejected as physical
ly and mentally unfit for the service;
all persons actually in the military or
naval service of the United States at
the time of the draft, and all persons
who have served in the military or
naval service two years during the
present war and been honorably dis
charged, and no persons but such tis
are herein exempted shall be exempt.
So much of the enrolment act as
provides for two classes. of enrolment
is repealed, and they-are now consoli•
dated. • .
Any person forcibly resisting or ai
ding to resist or oppose the enrolment
ate., shall, upon conviction thereof, in
any court competent to try the of
fence, be punished by a fine not excee
ding five thousand dollars, or by im
prisonment not exceeding five years
or both of those punishments, in the
discretion of the court. And in cases
where assaulting, obstructing, hinder
ing, or impeding shill produce the
death of the officer or ether persons,
the offender shall be deemed guilty of
murder, and, on conviction, be pun
ished with death. • - •
The Secretary of War ie atAborized
to detail additional surgeons for WlTl
porary duty in the examination of
drafted persons7and he is authorized
to permit.or re9nire boards of exami-,
nation to hold their examinations at
different points within their enrolnienV
districts, to be determined by him.
Provost marshals, beards of enrol,
men t, ,- or_ any member thereof, have:
poWer:to summon ; witnesses in, behalf
of the Goverrntent, and to enforce
their attendance.
Members of religious denominations
who shall by..oath or affirmation -de
clare that they are conscientiously op
-posed to the bearing of arms, and who
are prohibited from doing so by the
rules and articles of faith and : practice
of such religieus! cenoinination,
when drafted into, the military set-.
vice, be considered non-eomhatants,
and shall be aisigned by the Secretary
of Wei to duty in:the hospitals, or to
the care of freedman; or shall pay the
sum ofs3oo, to be applied to the bene
fit of the sick and wounded soldiers :
Provided, That no person shall be en
titled to the benefit of this section un
less his declaration of eonScientions
scruples against bearing arms. shall he
supported: by • satisfactory ;evidence
that his'deportment has been Uniform
ly consistent with Stich . declaration.
• - •;;No person of foreign birth Shall, on
account ofalienage, be exempted from
enrolment-or draft- who has, at: any
time, assumed the rights of a citizen
by voting At any election hold under
• the authority of the laws of any State
or Territory, or of-the United States,
or who hag held tiny Office under such
laws, or any of them-; but the fact that
such person of foreign birth has voted
or held, or shall vote or hold - office,
Shall be taken as conclusive evidence
that be is not entitled to exemption
froM military service on account of a•
lienage.•* • - :•
;Any person drafted and liable to
render military service, who shall pro
cure exemption by fraud or false rep
resentation, is to be deemed a deserter,
to be .punished as such, and held to
service for the full term for which he
was drafted, reckoning from the time
of his. arrest ; provided that the Secre
tary of War may order- the diSeharge
of alt persons in tho military service
who are under the age of 18 years at
the time of the application for their
discharge, when it shall appear, upon
due proof, that such persons are in the
service without"the consent, either ex
press or implied, of their patents' or
guardians, and proVided that such
persons,' their parents or guardians,
shall first repay to the Government,
and to the State and local authorities.
'all bounties and advance pay which
may have been paid: to, them.
Any. perann who shall procure, or
attempt to procure, a false report from
the surgeon of the board of enrolment;
concerning the physical condition of
any drafted person, or a deeision in lii
vor of such person bribe board of en
rolment, upon a' claim to exemption,
knowing the same to he 'false, shall,
upon conviction in any district 'court
or circuit court of the United States,
be punished by. imprisonment 'for" the
period for Whieh:the party was drafted.
The fee of agents and attorneys. for
making Out; and causing to be .execu
ted,pap.ers in 'support of a claim for
.exemption from draft, for any 'ser
vice rendered to the claimant, shall
not in any case exceed five dollars;
and physicians or surgeons, furnishing'
certificates:or disabiikty, nna tinyotff;
cer, cleric,-or deputy,• connected with
the board Of enrohneifti who shall re
ceive compensation from any drafted
man for any services, or obtaining the
performance of such services required
from any member of the bottrd by the
provisions of this act, shall be guilty
of a high misdemeanor, and on convic
tion Shall be fined not exceeding WO,
. •
and Shall - Ake 'be 'atibject. to iMprikin
ment for a tern!-not exceeding one yr.
at the discretion of the Court. '
No menibei of the board of enrol
ment, end no surgeon detailed .or em•
ployed to assist the boards:of enrol
ment,4tud tae clerk, assistant, or cm•
ployee of any provost marshal or board
of enrolment; shall direetly or indirect
ly be engaged in prOeuring, or atieinpt
ing to procure, substitutes - for persons
drafted,,or liable to ho drafted, and any
surgeon Making false or incorrect
'report, or who shall wilfully neglect to
make a'faithful inspection and true re•
port, and any Member of the beard of
enrolment who shall wilfully agree to
discharge front service any drafted
man, who is not legally andproperly
entitled to discharge, are to be -punish
ed by fine and imprisonment:
All able•bodied male colored persons
between the ages:of 20 and 45 years,
-resident in the United States, shall be
enrolled according to the pl'ovisions of
the enrolment act, and to this amend
atory act, and fbrm part of the Nation
al forces; and when a slave of a loyal
master shall be drafted and mustered
into the service of the United States,
his master shall have a certificate there.
of. Thereupon such shall be free,
and the bounty of $lOO now payable
by law fbr,such. drafted men shall be
paid to tbe persOn to whom such draf
ted person WaS.dWing,service or labor
'at the. timeThf his muster into the 801--
vice, of the Unitod'States. •
The Secretary of. War shall appoint
a commission in each of the States rep
.resented in Congress, charged to a
ward to each loyal person to whom the
colt:Wed voliiiiteer may' owe service,' a
just. compensatio n, not exceeding 8300
to
.each.. colored volunteer, payable
out of the, fund. derived from cOm
'mutation, and every such colored
volunteer 'on being, in mitered into the
seivico shall he free; and in all ea
gles where. men of color have , been
beretoihre enlisted,or have volunteered
in the military service, all the provis
ions of this act," so far as the payment
of bounty and ‘•ompensation is provi
'deck shall be equally applied to those
who may be .hereafter reeruited, but
men of color drafted or. enlisted, or
who may Volfinteer into the. military
service, while they shall be credited on
the'quotas of the several States or sub
divisions of States wherein they are
respectively. drafted,.enlisted, or shall
Volunteer, shall -.not, be assigned as
State troops, but shall be Mustered in
to regiments or companies 'as United
States colored volunteers.
• The words precincts and election dis
tricts, as used in this act, are not to be
construed to require any subdivision
for.the purpose of enrolment and draft
less than the :wards into which any
city or village may. .be divided, or .the
towns or townships into ~which any
county may be divided. ,
Fine Sugars at Lewis" Book Storo
WAR FOR THE UNION.
FROM WESTERN, VIRGINIA.
oineiiirrati,' Feb, ..--rA special de
spatch to _the dynuneicial, from Lotkiss.
Ky:, says : that ott tt a 14th-i n 8 t
'Gallup surprised Ferguson's - COnt'-
tnand, in Wayne coniay,Ta., captu
ring sixty prisoncOhclUding Fergu
son; his surgeon i :and two Lieutenants.
Eighty stand of arms, a large num
ber-of stolen - luirses and all -the rebel
supplies of forage, ammunition and
subsistence were taken. It was Col
onel Ferguson's command that captu
red Gen. Seaminon a short time since.
The despatch adds that 1,600 Uni
on prisoners were released:-
FROM TENNESSEE.
Rebels Leaving Tennessee and Georgia
by Thousands—The People Starving
—Rebel Deserters—Rebel Scrip Five
cents on the Dollar.
Cairo, Feb. 19.—Reliable informa
tion from South east Tennessee says
that refugees are leaving - Tennessee
and Georgia by thousands, many of
them in a starving condition,
Largo numbers of deserters from
the rebel army continue to arrive at
Chattadoo,ga daily.
The Confederate scrip is now worth
only five cents on the dollar.
The steamer. O'Brien, in the Gov
ernment service, was burned at the
landing at, eoltunlius, Ky., to day.
The boat and cargo is a total loss.
Lougstreet in Full Retreat.
CHATTANooOA, Feb. 19.—Adjutant
General Thomas and staff have re
turned here from Knoxville., Officeria
of the party report that Longstreet is
in retreat beyond the Prench Broad
river, to aveid• a movement of
. our
greatly - superior forces."
Nashville and :Knoxville are connec
ted by railroad, with the exception of
seven hundred yards at London,, and
passenger trains are running.. The
bridge at London will be finished be
fore a week. Johnston has concen
trated his forces at Dalton, and advan
ced his picket line to Ringgold, .hut id
fearfttl:of.an attack,' and cannot spare
reitifOreementa for Polk.
The Mobile News sitys that Poly
has been shamefully outgeneralled bd
Sherman, who bad advanced beyond
Meridian - between . the Bishop and
Montgomery; and the Marietta Rebel
has rumors of a hard fight in Missis
sippi, on the 13th inst.
A tide of veteran, volunteers is, be
ing sent to the frUnt,eVery car on, the
Nashville and Chattanooga RaWoad
being wanted Ow theird,ransperiatien,:
Every thing.is quiet hero, although we
are in a condition to wave immediate-
FROM CHARLESTON.
,Colo . net Davis of the.lo4tb Pennsyl
vania, thus writes to the ,Doylestown
Democrat :
Morris Island; S. C ~ Feb. 4, 1864..-- ,
Every feiv days we get reliable news
from the other side, some of- the . Most
interesting-of which however . is con
traband. We know. pretty well the
situation a thiti v in Charleston', and
the -damage otu• shells- are; doing A
-fc dtv re
,ago - Sheit passed -tt,lrough a
house into the cellar, hitting on its way
down a, chair that stood at' the foot of
a bed on whitili..a .man and, his-wife
Were sleeping... Another shell On . its .
way to the cellar actually passed thro'
the bedond between it negro and wife
sleeping in it. In -either :instance no
injury was done to persyn:a.All .- the
necessaries-of life are almost at atarva•
bola point. Think of flour selling at
SIBO, and $l5O per barrel 1 . Common
lace boots are, slso.per pair, and.ealf
skin higli boots are - 1250 per pair.
We hayelearned considerable about
Sumter, of late.- Since our last born
'hardment 'they have emoted three
strong bomb-proofs inside the fort to
protect their men: They are covered
with sand and the debris .from , the
They 'have four brass guns
mounted on the bombproofs, to -fire
down on an assailing party, :Oil , the
Sullivan's island side, in the lower-tier
- of easements, they have mounted four
heavy guns, which command the chan
nel. The garrison. numbers three or
four hundred men, who are-relieved by
others at stated intervals. A number
of torpedoes have been sunk to:metiers
in the channel; and among other things
are two -old boilers filled wit :powder,
one of which contains three thousand
pounds. They ai.e sunk in deep water
,and it is arranged to explode them
from the shore by means of a wire.—
They have constructed small steamers
something like the one that made a
former attempt, to come out.and blow
the iron clads. ,They are-buildin g four
new iron. ; clads, one of which is two
hundred feet long and plated with four
inch
iron. The other three are small- 1
er and about the size of the two they
have already;alloat. A few days ago
:one, of our shells exploded • upon• the
deck of this large new iron clad, but
did no damage..
There are afo places ofbusinoss open
in the tower part of the -city, except
two grogshops. The big gun.the reb
els imported 11;om our noutraVEnglish
friends is mounted. in . the city,. and
points down the.harbor. The bore is
tnirteen inch, and toe ball weighs 700
pounds. 'lt As.rilled.. Its mate burst
qtt the first discharge. The, steeple of
St. Michael's Cantrell has' been struck
twice, but ant much injured. This is
the most beautiful spire in.the city, and
the plan is said to have been drawn by
Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of
St. Paul's, London. The church was
built considerably more than a hund
red years ago. ,
TUE BIO' FOOT REOIhiENT.—A requi
sition was made lately on Cho Govern
ment for boots for the colored regament
in camp at Quincy, , The sizeb
were so ettortnous that they could not
bo procured at Chicago, and the agent
had to telegraph to Washington to
know what was to, bo dono. Re was
ordered to have the regimental feet
measured and send the result to Wash
ington, so that the boots could be cM
strueted there. Tht3 sites range froth
tens to twenties '2l3is regiment will
be apt"to trample on the rightS of, the
South."' . .
mar "I should - think those carriage
wheels must be fatigued after running
all day,". observed Sam. ! , Well, yes,r'
replie&Seth, taking a. squint at them,
"they do appear to be tired."
What Pennsylvania has quietly Done
An illastralion cr the quiet way in
which our. State" has discharged her
anti, and lier_holc duty, to the Gen
-:..:eral Golterneitt, - deSirves to be..told
UT print, ih Oder that, Governor 9tirtin
and,the ' banks of this State May*
ceivi3•Serne small share of the credit'
that should ever follow a faithful,di
charge of duty. As the writer of ibis
article was present at the adoption of
theplan, and has just learned how near
it is to its final consummation, he win
'communicate them to the Commercial.
About the 17th' of last:l4, , hair a ,
dozen of the leading bankers of the
State.were in the Executive chambers,
Harrisburg, to cs:iiiult on some mode
of paying off the 60,000 Pee t) .. eylyania
Militia then rettirifini born" having
aided in repelling the invasion of Penh.'
sylvanian soil by the traitor hordes
under General Lee. Governor Curtin
said in substance, our .troops ought to
be discharged forthwith, to ga home
to their harvest fields; and, although
the State has the money hiller Trea
sury, I cannot draw tt dollar. out for
any purpose; without the authortty of
law, I can calrthe Legislature, but
that wilt take perhaps a month of One
—the expense of keeping : these soldiers.
will be doubled by so doing— their fa
milies at home:will bOuneasy---,their
harvests will go to waste for. want of
met to gather them. I have no power
except to pledge myself to urge the
Legislature to pay this money if :Cen
gress does not do it. Thomas 1,1 Hoivo
represented the Pittsburgh Banks, Mr,
Rodgers the Philadelphia, and some
two or three others thO banks of: the
interior.'
The responsibility of using probably
a million of dollars of thefunda of the
banks to be paid out in faith of Con.:
greys or the Legislature repaying the
same might well_ startle Bank Direct
ors accustomed to discount business
paper. The conference took up some
two hours, and at_one time Governor
Curtin ordered Secretary Slifer to
make out a proelamution- for an extra
session of the Legislature. But better
counsels prevailed—the money IV4B
advanced by the banks and the sea
diers paid off as rapidly as it could be
done. Not only paid ofr, but-jn - the
vouchers audited by the Controller of
the Treasury at Washington with the
last week, not dime was charged for
any Vay master in disbursing this
000 or. thereabouts. . •
This bill, Which I , presame'Congrese
will this week pass, appropritites 370-
0.00.t0 cover Smite eight, months' into
rest on . this money advanced, but, not
a dollar ha's been stolen or even char-
god - for handling the money. Well
:may Pennsylvania be proud of her
worthy Governor and a few of her
loading. ,bankers,. ,who :thus .quietly
harp saved a million of dollars to the
•Gederal Governinent.. I base hea
itation to say, thar had the,usual.offi
cial courser been taken, an extra Cia
sion of ' the Legiiltture called;and the
soldiers retained until their accounts
bad been . . settled by • paymaters in
stead of seven hundred , thousaiddol
lam one million..sevonlnindred thous
and dollars Would.have been required.
,—Pittsburgh'O'yotereicil, Feb. Is.
The Escape of the Union Priso
ners from Richmond.
BAiirtmoa, Feb. 17.--The escaped
IT,lion oflnve,•a reatOied Iscrejltis morn
ing, and teave for walhil,lgtop this :if
The iterUunt of their escape
is full of' (brining interest; but, for
prudential reasons, many of the par
', tiettlarti are withheld frUMpublicaLion
at present:
They. were flftpone q4 . ) , F! engaged
in Making a tunnel. linving manag
ed ta find access to the cellar of their
prisem_ they commenced to work ; re
lieving one another as Opportunity.af
forded: Their instruments were case
knives; 'peeket-klives, abiddla and files.
Twice theybad to abandon their work
and commence anew on account of
obstructions,' which they could not
pasa. They had hoped to avail them
selves of a culvert, but foUnd it,imprac
amble.: After getting through the
wall they disposed of the excavated
soil by drawin:4 it out in 'a spittoon',
which they attached to a cord.
This would' be filled by the Party
at work in the tunnel and pulled out
into the dollar by their CompaniOns,
Who disposed:Of it by spreading,it in
shalloW layers over the floor, Conceal
ing it beneath the straw. The work
was necessarily very slow. So close
was the'atmosphere in the tunnel that
they could-remain in it hut a few mo;
moots tit'n time and their candles w'ld
go out. •
At one time they got so near the
bed of the street that a small hole eh
out,the size of a stove-pipe broke taro'
but . fortunately this was not observed
by the guard and lwas4 great service,
adMitting air"and - ennabliiig, them to
prosecute i , their ;work morarapidly.—
The tur.nel whop completed was about
50 feet' long, and' opened- into tm old
tobaceOihed beyond the lineofguards
As soon as they found the way clear
they emerged olowly in small squads
of two - arid three, : and.sauntered off un
til they got clear of the guards, mak
ing thew way towards the Willittiris
burg road by the shortest route. 'The
darkness..favored Thein, and the fact
that all the rebel. soldiers whom they
met were hubited in the army coati, of
Uncle Sum, Which they had atelea'from
thesupplies sent to our prisoners , by
our government, was of great help to
them. Although, they were attired in
Our army coats and many of them had
their haversacks, they: . found . the na
tional uniform a bettor disguise than
if they had boon provided with genuine
rebel uniforms.
In order to elude. their p u rsuers,es
whom they knew;r, would capon: .lo 011
their track, theyeaattered its much 93
possible.
.Atairy . were their haridshil,s
and sufferings and:frequent their, nay
roir escapes trent the rebel cavalry,
Who 'qw.ct; tnortring were, bushwhacking
iu every direction for them:
TtiO joy they experienced
when they first caught sight of our
troops, sent out to help thorn and pro
tect them front their persUers cannot
expre:ised. , •
To t he'Officers and,tUea
. oe : the llth
Pennsylvania . cavalry,. whom they first
rnet, they express the f znoit - prolinind
gratitude for their unbounded kind
ness,.and also bear testimony to the
gallantry with which these gallant
fellows, pursued the reel,earalry and
relieuerfmanY of the wiiywoyri fugitiVes
who otherwise would have boon re
eaptp red. Thorn` zood,„ , reasour
hoe that isiaOy rreie, will yet comep
The kulistment of Veterans.
Sonle . tltite since . Cuptain J. Ilerron
Fosteriitlclie'Oed ..a let ‘ ter to Colonel
J. V. BOtnford,4, A. Provost Marshals
CienerK of PonliVlvania, inquiring as
to the l. ,iiglit or OrtiliP rig the veterans
ttl cettain districts in the
, §:tate: 'Colonerillinford did not re.
pik-j.,9 that letter, but referred it to
the Prevost Marshal General ut Wash=
ington, - from - which F ffelfaitinint — the
folio winglfeply. was directed rid bo is
sued:
WAR DEPARTMENT,,
Provost Marshitiin' ores' 011de,
WctshingtorrOity,'`D: - C - ,' 7, Pek - 28;1864.
. s . , . „
Capt. J.'lleroit 'Postei•,'PrOvOst:Mar
shot 22d, District, Penna.-8JB: Your
letter of the 28th ult., asking what, as•
surances can be given committaos in
paying bounties to veterans that they
will receive credit fOr, has been re
ceived. . .
• It is not in.tlie power of the Pro.
vost 151arShal General to givi'any as
surances of the.kind, as the men are
already enlisted and Mustered into the
service. The rolls' are iii the ciistody
Or the Adjutant General, and no
change can be made in them without
producing confusion and error's. The
veterans have already' received Gov
ernment bounty and.ettlisted by virtue
'of it.
Very respectfully,. •
Year obedient 6er/it.,
HENRY E.. MAYNADIER,
• Captain U. S. 'Army.
The War in the Duchies.
On the 2d of February, the first
Contlict.between the Prussians and the
Danes took place. - The town' of Mis
sande on. the &Wel; was attacked vig
'orousiy, and after a six jioureeonflict,
the Prussians - were repulsed. • Several
minor engagements are reported as
having occurred on the, ad, 4th, and
sth .of February. .;Tbe latest intelli
genes is that : the Danes have °vacua-
ted the town of Schleswivand aband:-
. oned the important defeneive line of
the Dannerwerke, intending to make
a stand atyletlSberg.: Thus we have
the beginning ea tiqtr which may:be-
Como of'greatinegnitude and very
important in its results, in Europe.- 7
The leading German poivers ,are in
yolved in tt, and it is a question wile'
'd r ier England, Fiance, Russia and -
Sweden will keep . . out of it. •If the
Danes are. unaustanied by the „Powers
that made:the treaty of 1851, of course
they will be defeated and Will lose the
Duchies. The royal speech on the
opening of ; the British Parliament
is very ; positive in the declaration that
the Duchies,:under the treaty, are part
of the inheritance Of King Christian;
but whether the words wiil'heeitstairt
ed by deeds is a question undecided.
Bet the bewiening of . a war in Europe,
however it terminate, is a matter
of importance also in thia emintry.—
There is less danger than ever, of in
terference with us,' now that a war in
Europe has begun.
A Rebel Exposure of Libby Prison.
flrom theltichmond Enquirer; 5.)
A shrewd inquirer into the quaint
philosophy of human frivolities once
asked the startling question, "What
becomes of the pins P"—not of the mil.
lions which aft Innlltautnured, not of
the millions'whieb are used,' bni of the
millions whi3l3 : , are - lost. Any ono
might be temptedp ask, "What be
comes of the Federal officers who go
into the Libby?" During more than
six months of active campaigning, al
most daily have 'they' entered. there,
squad after squad, and yet- that un
fathomable reservoir of hamanity does
not overflow. Howls it that the ma
ny who go in do not thrust some of
the many.who are already there turn
tiling out id-the windows? -We are
forcibly reminded of the fable of the
sick lion, who was.visited in his cave
by all the beasts of the-f9ch:4 except a
cunning old fox, who coining last of
all; refused-to call upon his: leonine
majesty; shrewd Reynard noticed
that all the footprints wore directed
inwards, - and that noneiniliiiated,Ahat
those who had gone in . had ever come
out again. In tbe Bathe Manner,: the
Libby takes in tbe,captured Federals
by , sede§,/ but lets none out, they are
huddled up and jammed into .otery
nook. and corner ; at the. bathing
troughs, around the cooking stoves
:everywhere, there - is a wrangling; jost
ling CrOWd, at . nighetho frook of every
room they occupy in the building is
covered, every,square. inch. of it, by
uneasy slaiiiberdric lying side by side,
„and heel to.head as tightly_paeted as
if the'PrisOn were. a huge, imProbahle
box of.: nocturnal :sardines. But the
authorities who, thus pack- up the i un
fortunate prisoners, seem-to be either
heedless er ignorant of these Amts.- It
is truly surprising that some pestilence
has not already -been the , result of 'this
indiscriminate herding together of hu
man beings,
who are thus. forced 'On
stantly to breathe an. iMpiare air, .and
who are allowed no outdoor exercise.
Thopshould have an open , space
_outside, however4imited, in,which to
'obtain some respite from the tinWhele.
some atmospheric (pet; a piece of
ground with a little patch of-blue . sky
over it, and a gush of fresh air and 'a
sprinkle of sunshine in it would be no
tax upon -the Confederate commissa
riat, and might at least render- anp- .
portable tt captivity. Which has became
iLevitable. Fresh air,and
physiokwieits tell us, are as absolutely
-essentiaC.to the economy of the }Milian
body as food and drink. If it should
become necessary to reduce the.. diet
of these prisoners to cold 'corn bread
they will not have strength enough in.l
them even to masticate it.
.Exoreise indoors is
,but a poor •suh
.Btitute,•-even 'provided the ' crowded
condition of the prison would allow of
it. The only apartntent,in the huild
ing where they can 'nett , : walk is, ono
of the !miler rooms, used as their Ititch.'
the Passer by may hear now - and
then of a morning the nittSt:,dentoniti
cal shoots proceeding from the gloouty' •
interior oftthis room, and:miglit'retilly
be led-to believe that a 'serious itdt46
at: listieufFs was in progress. He
would S 001 1; discoYer, hOwover, titat .it
was . only a (.lesperate,,effort at a . globe '
of fbot-ball. Notwittistanditig4he Ut
most. imponetrable'lelotit,
.ttioOke
from the stoves, which cotistitutos the
atmosphere of the room, lie might see
those haggard' Mayers z*orking away
theygoal which: ;proves how much
they need, more than how intleh they'
it 1,11:
CUM the etteroiselne ungut see Just
untkitli.black.ballegent whirling hith
er and thither , and kicked at iVith an
earnestneselbtallY4'egardless of' the
proverbial sensibility
,of the human
shinitickeilat ie if.the poor 'inani
mate thing had done them.. mune foul
wrong which they meant fully to a
.
ven,, ,, e, now that so adinirable - an op
portunity presented it,solf; and he
might now and„then limn. trium
phant shout ovhich proclaimed that
the mutilated' ball; more fortunate
than its persecittork in spite of the
alarming vicissitudes of:its tempestu
ous Career, has been-sent kerne.
There, is •no ,ruddy flush of _health,
however, abotit ,the prison laces, as
the reward of so well disputed a con
test; they look, after knot invigora
ted, Mit polo and exhausted f and their
shouts do not sound like the whole
some exuberanee.of mirth, but seem
rather to shriek: "Let us out for a lit
tle while - in tho sunshine "Give us
a breath of fresh , airs", - Looked up
for many weeks and - recitals, they
have endured the suffocating heats of
summer; and have felt the keenness of
the wintry wind-without„enjoying its
purity. As soldiers they,' may resign
themselves silently toile 'woozy tedi
uth, and to the unavoidable privations
consequent upon captivity; but lot it
not be-said of the Libby that it is, in
deed."a
,bourne frein, which no travel
er returns.” • •
These men are kept hero, against
our consent, and iu direct opposition
to the wishes of the Government by
the neglect of the, despot - for Whom
they have periled then lives, Forg,et
ting,the,ignoMinfous treatment-accor
ded dour own braVo officern by. the
Government of which they two the ser
vile tools, it ihoeld,beenr.ahu to make
the contrast in treatment of, prisoners
so much in our fliver that oven old
Abe Lincoln's face would, tingle with
the blush of shame. We notice . that
iron bars have been placed in the Lib
by Prison. Thie should • have 'been
_
done long ago. Some of the Yankee
officers facetiously, rendarked . that the
pre'eaution was a Wise 'offe•as Colonel
Streight had fallen 'out of rear win
dow and hurt himself:
BOTd6P ~Ti~S3f'~~~►;
Under this Caption :the..Chainhers
,
burr , RepoSitory• thus-refers to the ley
city and disloyalty of the..residents of
Franklin county: county
borders on u Slave State, and -the,citi
zens of Abe border Southern States
have mingled freely and Often become
citizens *of our ..section.. Some such
retained' their Setitherw. views, : and
heartily sympathized With. , the ' rebels
in, their effort to ,Ocirtlirow the , Gov
.erninent; while a few of our own nbo:
pie have gone Soutii, and ;inlizited - by
the possible pOS.sOSSied - of
some: time of life, her generally made
the meanest, arid most groveling. S
ecessionists. But , our people are . "tiot
to be judged:by these exceptional ca
ses, flllO two Logaris were Marylan
ders When the - war 'broke out, and
from kyruipping . and'Coting the•Dein
°erotic ticket whorl 'in our country,
they naturally, went- with the traitors;
but they offered 'their lives la. vindica
tion of their convictions, and. are enti
tled to the sameiioinities conceded to
the 'Driuililes, the Lows the:.johrimotts,
uud others:Of:the sunie4State, who ere
at oil the, tido of treason _that swept the
lesser lights over. Fitzhugh:is . 4 Mary
lander, and never,lind any Other than
a temporary re.sialepee in this county.
When Longstreet was in - Hagerstown
iii September, I.B,62,:Fitzhugh :ran.off
to join him; enlisted regularly in the
rebel service on Friday, Was captured
on Saturday, imprisoned. in Chambers
burg ort Sunday, and has -ever since
been
,an inmate of the` Old Capitol
Prison, - in Washington; There are
other: former citizens :Of..thiS county
who arein the rebel army. ',One ex
/limber of the .legislature • (Colonel
McAllister,) a native".o - 'Juniata, was,
a Colonel in. the- rebel .serrise and was
confronted his brother,' del. Robert
McAllister, at the head -of, a Jersey
. regiment; and Gm - Ll:l4nm once one of
our Associate hidges, - ;and a standing
Democratic-candidate for Canal- Com
missioner, is also in the rebel 'army al
though over seventy years ofage.. For
many years there has been a steady
stream of emigration from Southern
Pennsylvania to the worn out lands
of the slave breeders in Virginia, and
there are seoreb.
_in- our 'eonnty,
.Who would be rebels' if they were not
greater cowards than
-traitors; but
they:are here, as elsewhere "exceptions
to the ruloii for our ReOplo, - .Re; . : - as a
clasS, as earneitly loyab,es- the eiti
zens',of any other section ,or . Poiiiity 1-
School =cora and Teatibers
The subscriber has been appointed
by tlie Holbrook„Sehool.,Apparatus
Manufacturing • Company,' 'agent for
the county of rtutitingdiifoi:the' sale
of all necessary articles of School Ap
paratuti,
_Globes, kaps,Cbarts, 600170-
tricid Solids, Cube--Hoot 131oeks, Nu
nicral, Frames, Liquid Slate for Black
boards, and Brushee, Pencil Holders,
Primary Dia - wing Peeks, Primary and
High. School Slates, - .Natural Spelling
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Northend's Teachers' Alasietadt,' `llcl
- Normal Method, Guide to
lustrute, Alphabet 3lade.
ping Pintos, Rewdrilk and. Teachers'
Tokens; and any-other • article :itu t pu.
thetured 'by the Company net oh, baud
will bo ordered if 'called for.-
Teachers and School :Directors aro
requested to call at LEWIS' POCik Store
and 60e - t3toCli on htiiid' • •
AIL kinds of School Books , aad Bchool
Suktiopary_iilway,6 oil hand- ,
writ at ".A . sheri.irsefa . cat':wosot. to eitteute .a
writ ipdS.t , "Aviiiiinj at:the house
he -says to the Queker'e wife, .wh6 •reply
to the - inciuirY lieth6r wao at
.answered in , . the atsriaariro, at the
setae tiale'rdtiutiatitfa him td - be 'seated, and
her hats,hrind - wanitl ,
The
ollioer waited eatienkly fir some tila:''.l2as, the
fair Qtnikeress nomink into tho„iroaal, h e re
minded; her et her proinise. that he should
se e' herh.toi , :jad.' friend, - . l.prcntifsed
'that luf*idd wee thee. lin has. seen thee.
fie did lint like thy leeks, theriifore he avoid
ed '0 01 1;' and has 10 4 the hetiee •h'.9
tgt., The Parlor Matthaei, superior
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