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HIJISTINGDON; PA.
Wednesday Iniaming, Feb. 22, 1865.
W. Lewis, Editor and. Proprietor
Hugh Linday, AsSociete Editor.
Our Flig Forever
LATEST NEWS.
CITY PoINT, Feb. 20.—Iron. E. M.
Stanton.—The following despatch is
just received. U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General.
The Richmond Examiner of to-day,
just received, says Charleston was
evacuated on Tuesday last.
G. WEITZEL,
Major-General.
Sherman Again.
Gen. Sherman is again moving in a
Mysterious way, for, we learn, his in
tention as conjectured in military air
tles is to form a junction with Grant
and hasten the. capture of Petersburg
and Richmond, and the annihilation
of Lee's army. Having . marched
from Savannah . northward, and with
a portion of his forces beiond Charles
ton,.it is thought that :Richmond is
his destination, and that the rebel
"hotbed" remain unscathed. It
'is reported that, in reply. to the inqui
ry of a gentleman who desired to be
informed of the exact time when
Richmond would bo taken, the Presi
dent said it depended on:the rate
Sherman traveled,; indicating thereby
that he was expacted:to perform the
distance witheitt' stopping= much on
the way. It hi uncertain what length
of time it Wald require to take
Charleston, 1)& 1 no doubt, if Sherman
should find the defences impregnable
and the gaiiison determined in resin,
tance, he would quietly march away
and leave them in their glory, •only to
be again disturbed by the unwelcome
.intelligence of the fall of their capital.
When Richmond-is finally taken and
securely retained, we may then expect
the other mole-hills throughout the
South to follow in its train. By stri
king at the heart we injure the whole.
Editorial Miscellany,
While the peace negotiations were
:transpiring between'P..S. Government
authorities and the rebel commission—
ors, the rebel soldiers were so much
elated with the prospect of a speedy
and sa •=f:ctorvadiwztatist ,
ceased. SinCe,' hdwever, the peace
mission has ended in nothingness tho
poor, half-starved and penitent "gray
backs" are again wending their way
into our lines as numerous as ever.—
"When they cannot retire peaceably as
a whole froni the bonds of the Confed
eracy they will do it as a unit, and
forcibly if need bo.
lai*lt seems that the solid opposi
-lions with:which the Democratic mem
bers of our Legislature doggedly con
fronted the Constitutional Amendment
to abolish slavery was the result of a
solemn cauousin they,deliber—
ately resolved that the party of Cop
perhead Democracy should stick by
slavery to the last, and go down with
the black flag flying. Perhaps they
are right. If they must .bo infamous,
there is some satisfaction perhaps in
making their in-fairly -heroic.
DO" The rebel leaders are whistling
to keep their courage up, for, finding
their commissioners accomplished noth
ing in their interview with our Presi
dent, they aro, making speeches in
Bichmond and declaring what they
,aro determined to do. Davis declared,
- that with his consent the Union should
-never be restored. When the people
-.of the South decree for peace and
Union Jeff's consent will not be neces
sary. .
OUR SOLDIERS ON REICE.—Our SOL
Aiers, it is said,-when - the news of the
result of the Peace Conference reached
them, were delighted. ' They aro will
leg to fight it out, knowing that they
have since the commencement fought
-for honor, and will not accede to any_
thing dishonorable, such as the propo
sed peace would have been. Let the
Northern heart take courage when it
is known where our defenders stand.
TIIE DRAFT.—No signs of a draft
are as yet apparent in any locality,
and the War Department entertains
the opinion that, a draft, will be unnec
essary, as the number required by
General Grant is being raised by vol
unteering. Perhaps the wheel is turn
ing, but slowly and secretly, as was
heretofore represented. Time alone
6,an -reveal the truth.
PENNSYLVANIA RAMICIAD.—The fol
lowing information AS. gleaned from
the Annual Reports of_ Railroad Com
panies of Pennsylvania, just issued.
It is important, as the question is often
asked What does the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company do in one year;
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compa
ny bare 814 engines, 168 passenger
ears, 64 baggage, mail and express cars,
4,845 freight cars and 709 coal cars.
They carried last year 2268,929 pas
sengers and 2,559,884 tons of freight,
1,077,485 z t0nt5.0f the latterbeingscal..
The - expenses in the aggregate amoun
ted to nearly $10,000,000, while their
receipts were a little over $14,000,000.
Tho total number of persons killed on
their road during the year was 119,
and injured 218.
S. Foote, late member of the .
rebel Congress, on arriving within our
lines, communicated with the Secrete
ry of State, desiring to remain in the
country, with a view to use efforts for
thepurpose of bringing about a peace,
with the overthrow of . the rebellion
and the restoration of
. the Union upon
the basis of the gradual removal of
slavery. But Mr. Foote, while declar
ing that ho had forever abandoned
the rebel cause, did not propose to ac
cept the terms of the President's proc
lamation of amnesty. - Permission,
therefore, was given him either to re
turn within the enemy's lines, or to
leave the United States not to return
during the continuanee of the war,
without permission from the Govern
ment. Mr. Foote has embarked for
Europe,
General .Lee's Army Order,
Though no advantage:is gained to
the North by speculating on the con
dition of affairs in the South,syet the
order of General Lee, of the 25th of
January, 1865, is so suggestive that it
is satisfactory to give is some consid
eration. From the language of this
order, it would seem that the purpose
was to obtain all the arms and saddles
in the country for the use of the ar
my. The veil is too transparent not
to be easily seen through. The real
object is to disarm the people, not to
arm the soldiers. 'lt is artfully put;
it was necessary that it should be; for
the Oth Sec., Art. 1, of their Constitu
tion provides: "That a well regulated
Militia being necessary to the securi
fief a free State, the right of the
people to keep and bear arms shall
not, bo -infringed." If the people are
disarthed, it will be an easy matter to
enforeo the conscription. Persuade
the people to disarm themselves, or
force them, and tboi.•o will be no diffi
culty then in conscripting, or indeed
carrying out any other measure. The
Southern people aro not yet so Utter
ly lost to the sense of freedem, that
their masters can openly avow such a
measure as this, and Leo is obliged to
gild it over with the assertion that it
is done with a view to their deferce.
He says:
"To the patriotic I need make no
other appeal than the wants of the
service; but I beg to remind those
Who are reluctant to part with the
arms and equipments in their posses
sion, that by keeping them they di
minish the ability of the army to do
fend their property, without them
selves deriving any benefit from them.
%Trani ptly", - 1,0 HOMO
of the officers designated below, such
arms and equipments (especially suit
able for cavalry,) as they may. have,
and to report to those officers the
names of such persons as neglect to sur
render thoso in their possession."
And again he says:
"While it is hoped that no ono will
disregard this appeal, all officers con
nected with this army are required,
and all others aro requested, to take
possession of any public arms and
equipments, they may find.in the hands
of persons unwilling to surrender
them to the service of the country,
and to give receipts therefor." .
It might be supposed that these
Quixotic people would resent being
asked to render up their arms and sad
dles; but. the class that assumed the
chivalric phases were, after but
the sons of cotton, or sugar, or tobac
co planters, and have pretty well ex
pended their stock of romance in the
ranks of - the army. Thoroughly to
enslave the lower classes and re-en
slave the free blacks, the best measure
is to disarm . them, and this is the
meaning of Lee's order. of January
25th. . •
It is time that the North was disa
bused of the idea that the Confedera
cy is in want of arms. It wants men,
and to obtain them now they must be
conseripted. bea dangerous
business in ao extensive a country
and sb sparse a population. A few
mon banded together, hero and there
throughout the country, and armed,
may set the conscription officers at de
fiance, and no largo bodies ca❑ bo spar
ed from the nrmy for the service; and
even if they could be spared, to move
them to so many localities would be
impracticable.
Thus the true import of. this seem
ingly patriotic order is to disarm, and
not to arm.—Evenfirg
THE WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANTA.---
The Philadelphia Board of Trade, in
its last annual report, presents a few
facts concerning the great wealth of
the State, which serve Its illustrations
Of what we know, as indications of
what the value of our products in the
future may be. They estimate that
in tho year 1864, the coal . products
alone amounted to 9,876, 174 tons of
anthracite, 422,992 tons of sernian
thracito, and 2,399 346 ton of bitu
minous; in all, 1 2,698,583 tons valued
at. 569,921,026. The product of iron
was valued at 54,784,997 dollars; and
that of petroleum at $16,921.,430. These
thee staples, therefore, have yielded
the enormous sum of $171,519,353 in
a single year. This, too, in 'a year of
scarce labor, high wages, and of a war
which might be presumed to engross
all the energies of our people. The
prOduction of one of the three articles
named—Pteroleum--may be said to
be in its infancy and every year
will see the amount and value of it
greatly augmented.
WAR NEWS SUMMARY.
1651 t is supposed that the rebel
force that Lee has been striving to
concentrate to oppose Sherman will
reach nearly forty thousand men,
many of whom will be militia.
itia - The military campaign on the
James will shortly commence on a
scale of vast magnitude. It is repor
ted that the Armies of the Potomac
and the James are to be united, and
the rumor is revived that General
Sheridan is to supersede General Meade
in the command of the united force.
re-Matters in the neighborhood of
Fort Fisher have not changed. Our
gunboats daily shell the rebels. Gen.
Terry is waiting for the time to arrive
when he will advance on IVilmixgton.
North Carolinians in the regions are
generally taking the oath of allegiance,
and desertions from the rebels are nu
merous.
ber Sherman's force, as at present
organized, is in three colums, as fol
lows: Army .of Tennessee, General
Howard, centre; Army of the Scuth,
General Foster, right wing; army of
Georgia, General Slocum, left wing;
In the plan of the campaign the centre
and the loft wing were to bo active
columns, while the right wing, under
General Foster, was to he held as a
reserve, and employed in -demonstra
ting against. Charleston, while the
others moved by converging lines up
on Branchville from Grahamsville and.
Sister's Ferry.
Efi," The Richmond IVhig of the 13th
contains the following:
"Passengers by the Fredericksburg
train, yesterday afternoon, stated that
it was reported in Fredericksburg
that a Yankee cavalry force, various
ly estimated, accompanied by a large
wagon train, had reached the upper
part of Stafford county, and was mov
ing in the direction of that town."
Tho Secretary of the Treasury
has commenced paying.the troops.—
General Schofield's army has already
been provided for, and to day the Sec
retary commenced signing the war
rants for the pay of the Army of the
Potomac. It is expected that all the
other armies will ho paid as rapidly as
it can be done with safety.
V.6"NA6I.I.VILLE, Feb. 10.—Our sub
urbs are again threatened by bands of
Confederate cavalry. Tbis afternoon,
about 400 men, supposed to be under
command of Lieut. Col. Withers, made
their appearance at the AlurfeeFboro'
pike, about six miles from town, and
captured several wood-choppers and
Government employees. Among them
was Capt. Stevens, of the Quarter
master's Department.
Bs. Memphis advices of the 13th
say that a portion of the expedition
sent from that city on the 27th ult.,
under Col. Osborne, returned with fifty.
prisoners and a quantity of live stock.
The expedition penetrated Louisiana
far up the Washita river, meeting but
little resistance, the only organized
force of the enemy being garrison's
brigade, which was boyouu 'the vv.-
shita. Several steamers and an im
mense quantity of rebel stores were
destroyed. About two hundred pris
oners were captured, most of whom
were paroled. Scarcely a man was
lost on our side, and bntfew wounded,
a~viot to the rough country' over which
the expedition passed.
Deserters in Somerset County.
We copy the following account of a
small revolution in Somerset county
from the Somerset _Herald. The gov
ernment force employed in the hunt of
the skulking conscripts consisted of
twenty-five men under Lieut. Anthony
Ewing, of Captain Weaver's Indepen
dent company. The young man said,
to be mortally wounded is ono of the
best 'soldiers in the company, and a
woman at the house, tried to cut his
head off with an axe after he had been
shot. The following is the account of
the Herald:
"It being known to Deputy Provost
Marshal Cunningham for some time
past that a number of skulkers from
tho draft and deserters from the ranks,
wero secreted in Lower Turkeyfoot
township, and had been concocting
measures of resistance ho, (counting on
the. bittter cold weather of last week
to drive them into their houses), ac
companied by a squad of cavalry, en.
der command of Lieut. Ewing, started
on Thursday afternoon last on a raid,
to beat up their quarters. Arriving
in the neighborhood after night he
proceeded from house to house that
he bad "spotted," and succeeded in ar
resting no less than seven of them. -
"At the house of Thomas A. Murray,
that gentleman attethpted to secrete
himself in the garret, and when dis
covered, fired upon the party, inflict
ing an ugly and painful wound upon
the head of private Francis Boles of
the cavalry.. So murderous was the
intent of his family, that after the poor
fellow was prostrated by the shot;
from the husband, the wife rushed up.
on him and inflicted a couple of blows
upon him with the pole of an axe, be
fore she could bo stayed. Happily,
neither the shot nor the blow proved
mortal and the wounded man, who
was brought to town is doing well.
"At the house of Anion Holder re—
sistance was also mot with. He bad
fled to the loft of his house, and on the
soldiers attempting tofollow ho hurled
down at theM, a heavy shoo last,
striking private Geo. B. Groul on the
temple, knocking him senseless, and
inflicting so severe an injury upon him
that his physician thinks that it may
yet result in death. Encouraged by
his success Heider maintained his po
sition with a club at the trap, to which
only a ladder led, and notwithstanding
a number of shots were fired at him in
the dark, could not be dislodged. At
last Marshal Cunningham gave orders
to fire the house, which after combus—
tibles had been gathered and ignited,
brought him to terms, when hesurren
doredi.and the fire was extinguished.
We are sorry that these miserable men
through evil counsels have been indu
ced to thus resist the law, and jeopar
dise their awn lives."
To-morutow (Wednesday,) Washing
ton's Birthday, is declared to bo a pub•
lie holiday. Banks and banking hou
ses will do no business on that day.
Information about the Draft,
Who are Exeinpt.—ln addition to the
physically and mentally disabled, per
sons under 20 and over 45 years of
ago at the date of draft aro exempt. •
Family bibles, baptismal certificates
and church registers, where these are
in existence, are used in establishing
non-liability on account of ago and
should be offered in proof, together
with the necessary affidavits.
Aliens are•exempt An alien, in the
meaning of the law, is a person born
under foreign government who has
not filed a declaration of intention to
become a citzen, has never voted nor
attempted to vote and who has not
hold an office civil or military, in this
country. The fact of the acing°
must be made to 'appear in duo, form,
supported by the sworn certificate of
two persons not themselves aliens,
who state that they know the party
and believe his statements to be true.
Persons who . have been two years
in service dre exempt. The fact of
having so, served must be proven by
the exhibition of-a discharge or other
satisfactory proof.
Substitutes before .Draft.—As the law
now stands, only persons noly persons
not themselves liable to draft can be
come substitutes for enrolled men be
fore draft. Ofoourse for such wo must
look to the list of exempts—persons
under 20 and over 45;aliens and such
as have served two years since the
present war.
It should not be forgotten that the
regulations require- that a man who
offers himself as a Substitute for an
enrolled man, must prove his• nonlia
bility to draft in the same way that
he would be required to do if ho were
drafted and claimed exemption for
the same reason.
It should be borne, in mind, that in
all eases of furnishing substitutes in
lienof draft, theiprincipal is exempt
only so long as the substatue is not
liable, not exceeding the time for
which the substitute shall have boon
accepted. If the substitute enlists at
nineteen years and five months of ago,
the principal is exempt for seven
months. If the substitute be over 45
years of age at enlistment, the princi
pal is exempt for the term of enlist-'
went of the substitute or for a less pe
riod if Congress should meanwhile
make men over forty-five liable to
draft. In the case of an alien substi
tute the principal is exempt for his
term of enlistment, although the alien
himself may determine his principals,
liability by filling a declaration of
intention to become a citizen, voting
at election or holding an office, civil
or military.
Substitutes after Draft.—Persons
themselves . liable to draft, may enlist
as substitutes for drafted men, but in
each case the name of the principal
shall again be placed on the roll and
be liable to-draft. on future calls, but
not until the present enrollment shall
be exhausted. If a drafted man fur
nishes a substitute not liable to draft,
he is exempt fir the length of time
the substitute is not liable. A draft
ed man famishing a substitute• can .
exempt for a
longer period than the time for which
he was drafted. -
Neither substitutes for drafted — or
enrolled men, nor drafted men them
'selves, are allowed any choice of regi
ments, but must go wherever they are
It should bu stated that it is rarely
that a boy under eighteen is accepted
into the Bervice by a prudent Surgeon-,
by far the larger number of such being
too diminutive .and immature. It fro
quently happens that a man over
forty-five makes an available subeti
tut°, builds acceptability depends upon
a variety of circutustances and cannot
be absolutely determined until the
man is offered. It is useless in any
case, to offer a man as a substitute
who is over fifty. .
Substitutes ate not allowed fur
loughs after enlisting. This . remark
applies to volunteer recruits as well.
Men determining to enlist either as
substitutes or recruits should make
all their arrangements before present
ing themselves for enlistment and not
impottuno officers to do that which
their Instructions forbid. .Colored
men may. be offered as substitues for
white men.
Persona who paid 'commutation in
1863 are by law exempt for three
years from the day they were drafted;
those that paid commutation since
Feb. 24, 1864, aro liable to the draft
about to be made. .
Any persons who furnish substitutes
under the draft 0f1.862 for three years
can have themselves stricken fro - in the
lists before draft by. producing tho cer
tificate of the commissioner at that
timo and furnishing their own affida
vit to the facts sot forth in the certifi
cate. The name of the substitute, the
date of his enlistment ; the regiment
he entered and the length of 'time for
which ho enlisted must'bo shown.
Members of religious-denominations
who shall by oath or affirmation -de—
clare that they aro conscientiously op
posed to bearing arms, and who nre
prohibited from .doing so by the rules
and articles of faith of their particu
lar church, are entitled When drafted
to be considered non combatants.—
They may pay their three hundred
dollars or be assigned to duty in hos
pitals or to the carp of freedmen, as
they elect. Such drafted men must
show that their deportment has been
uniformly consistentVith such declar
ation.
Medical certificates are for tho most
part useless, although where they
come from a respectable source and
can in any manner aid the Surgeon
of the board, duo consideration is giv
en them. Physicians who give certi
ficates for pay are guilty of a misde.
meanor and liable to punishment.
Attorneys or agents who assist draf
ted men in preparing papers to be us
ed in support of claims to exemption,
are by law restricted from charging
more than five dollars in a single case.
The draft under the call of Decem
ber 19th last is for ono year, although
volunteers and substitutes for enroll
ed men are reeeiemt`for one, two or
three years.
The quota as announced aro net; all
credits duo localities having been
computed and allowed before their
assignment. It is useless to apply to
the Board of Enrolthent for an abate
ment of quotas on account of men en
listed ono, two or three years ago, in
asmuch as all credits have already
been established, and whether prop—
erly or improperly, they cannot now
be revised.
WAR FOR ifE IIAION
FROM SHERMAN
Rebels Defeated at River's Bridge
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.
Major Stolbrand, Chief of Artillery
of the 15th Corps of Sherman's army,
has arrived hero bringing dispatches
to the Government. He says Sher
man's plans aro not generally known
in his o‘vn army, although he has its
entire confidence. It was General
'Blair's Bridge, the soldiers wading to
their waists to make the attack. A
little northward of that point is a fine,
high, fertile, productive section of
country, easily traversed, with good
roads and abounding in supplies.
New York, February 16.—The des
truction of the town of, Gillesoliville,
South Carolina, was done in retalia
tion for the murder of a colored Union
soldier, formerly a slave.
The World's correspondent shows
dotard's corps, in its advance, was
obliged to press its way through forty
miles of swamps of the most dismal
character, against Hardee's army,
which they constantly pressed back
by vigorous charges. These charges
the cavalry could not stand, conse
quently the losses on either side were
small. The whole country was found
depopulated with the exception of
old and helpless negroes, who were on
the Verge of starvation.
The first stand made by the rebels
was at Salkatchie river, on the oppo
site side of which they showed them
selves in force. Aided by a flunk
movement, our troops with fixed bayo
nets charged across the stream, five
feet deep, in the face of a heavy fire,
and wrested theplace from the rebel's,
who fled in disorder towards Branch
ville, leaving theirguns unspiked. We
lost ono hundred and fifty killed and
wounded, among the latter Col.
Swaine.
COLUMBIA FALLEN
CHARLESTON EVACUATED!
Sherman's Triumphant March,
NEWS FROM REBEL PAPERS
WASHINGTON, Feb.l.B-1.
To Major General Dix, New York :
The announcement, with the occu
patton of Columbia, S. C., by Gen.
Sherman, and the probable evacuation
of Charleston, has been communicated
to this department in the following
telegrams, just received from Lieut.
Gen. Grant.
(Signed) EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
CITY POINT Feb. 16-4.44 r. 1%1.
Hon Edwin Al:Stanton, War Depart
ment, Washington, D. C.:
The Richmond Dispatch of this morn
ing says that Sherman entered Colum
bia yesterday morning, and-its fall
nec e ßs it a to., It. p+ , ,ou =SOS, LLIO fall of
Charleston, which it thinks likely is
already being evacuated.
(Signed] U. S. GRANT,
______.,--..a.5“...,••••w—,w0uv0 .I.
CITY POINT, Feb. 18.
Hon. E. M. Stanton.
A Tho fo M
llowing is taken from today's
ho Dispatch:
THE FALL OF COLUMBIA—COL
UMBIA HAS FALLEN.
Sherman marched into and tool
posession of the city yesterday morn
This intelligence was communicated
yesterday by Gen. Beauregards in :our
_official dispatch.
Columbia is situated on the. North
branch of the Congaree river just
below the confluence of the Saluda
and Broad rivers From Gen. Beaure
gard's dispatch., it appears .that on
Thursday evening the enemy ap
proached thosouth bank of the Conga
ree and threw a number of shells into
the city. During tho night they mo
ved up the river and yesterday morn
ing forded
.the Saluda and Broad
rivers. Whilst they wore crossing
these rivers our troops, under Gen.
Beauregard, evacuated Columbia.
The enemy soon after took possession.
Through private. sources we learn
that two days ago, when it was
decided not to attempt the defence of
Golumbia, a large quantity of medical
stores which it was thought impossi
ble to remove were destroyed. Tho
female employees of the Treasury
Department had been previousl . , sent
off Charlotte, N. C., a hundred
Miles north of Columbia. We pro
eumo the Treasury lithographic cstala•
lishinent was also removed, although
as to this, we have no positive • infor
mation. The fall
. of Columbia neces
sitates, we presumo, the evacuation
of Charleston, which we think likely
is already in process of :evacuation.
It is impossible to say where Sher
man,will next direct his columns. -The
general opinion is that ho will go to
Charleston and establish a base, but
we confess that we do not see what
need he has of a base. It is to be
presumed that he is subsisting on the
country, and has had no battle to
exhaust his ammunition. Before
leaving Savannak he declared it his
intention to march to Columbia, thence
to Augusta, and thence to Charleston.
This was uttered as a boast, and to
hide his designs. Wo aro disposed to
believe. that ho will next strike at
Charlotte, which is a hundred Miles
north of Columbia, on the Charlotte
and Columbia railroad, or at Florence,
South Carolina, the junction of_ -the
Columbia and Wilmington railroad,
some ninety miles east of Columbia.
There was a report yesterday that
hkugu.sta had also boon taiten• by the
enemy. This we di) not believe. We
have reason to fell assured that all
of Shorman's army is altogether at
Columbia, and that the report ..tht
Schofield was advancing on Augusta is
untrue.
The Charleston Mercury of Saturday
announces a brief suspension of that
paper, with a vie* to its temporary
removal to another . point.
This is rendered necessary by the
progress of military events, cutting it
off from the mail facilities for distrib
uting its paper to a large porlion of its
subscribers, while the lack of trails
portation renders its supply of paper
precarious.
Semmes has been made Rear Ad
miral and will take command of the
James river squadron.
(Signed) U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General
Thrilling Adventure—Rescue of a
Young Lady from an "Air-hole"
in the Mississippi.
On • the evening of the 28th of l)(3
comber a party of four persons started
from Winona to Tromp()!eau, Rhinos°.
..._eorj4Ktd of Mr. &eI
onoLIDITA ffers of
he Winona Republican, and Miss Mary
arrington in ono sleigh, and Mr. W.
W. Williams and. Miss Al. F. White in
another sleigh. They were out for a
pleasure ride on the river. When near
Trempleleau they made a mistake,
which has often been - made by parties
ot fathiliar with the road, and instead
if turning to the left a short distance
bove the village and taking the Chan
el of the river leading to that place,
hey passed to the right of the island
.pposite to the place, and discovered
their mistake only when, having pass
id the island,.tho lights of the village
.ppeared in the distance to the loft
behind them. The party then turned
and directed their course across and
up the river, guided by the lights of
the - village. Mr. Carey was ahead and
driving at a brisk trot, his spirited
horse holding his head high and depen
ding wholly upon the bit for guidance.
He remarked to Mr. Farrington that,
as they had strayed away from the
beaten road, they had been fortunate
in escaping air-holes in the ice. Hardly
had ho finished the words, when the
fatal-plunge was made, and the dark
and ice cold water closed over their
heads.. Mr. Williams was only about
two rods behind. He instantly reigned
his horse, sprang from his sleigh, and
ran to the edge of the ice. He saw his
friend struggling with his horse in the
rapid current, and called him, "Where's
-Mary ?" "Oh, God 1 I don't know !"
was the reply. Williams now saw the
young lady on the surface below and
endeavored to approach the edge of
the ice, but twice he found himself
sinking on portions of ice broken off
by his own weight, and from which he
leaped back to solid ice. She was
now so far under the dark currenttbat
he could see but little more than her
cap, and this but dimly. He succeeded
in getting below her again, discovered
a. projected portion of ice, under which,
should she pass, all hope would be
gone. It was the work of an instant
to prostrate himself on the ice and
push out so far as to reach beyond this
edge. Re was now ready, and, as the
sinking girl floated toward hint, he
could hear her repeating a prayer that
she might be saved. "I can save you
now, Mary," was the word of encour
agement, and as she came within his
reach a firm grasp- upon her cap with
his left hand was all that he could get.
The long reach which he was compell
ed to make, the sinking of her body as
the weight of his hand rested upon her
head, and the force of the current,
came near drawing him entirely off
the ice. But, carefully balancing him
self, he succeeded in getting her head
out, of the water, and by taking hold
of her arm with his right hand, and
placin g , Hie left, nand on the ice, the
glove of which instantly froze fast, ho
was enabled to get her in such a posi
tion that he could bold her until help,
attracted by_th.eh.
--rraw-aucrtriAliAlf an hour. The village
was half a mile off, but by the assist
ance of Miss White, someone was made
to hear the 'cry. How -long must have
been those fearful minutes before the
help arrived ! While holding on in
this way, the horse swain by them,
probably with the sleigh hanging below
in deep water. There was groat dan
ger of his coining directly against thorn
- and sweeping the lady away from the
firm grasp by which she was now held,
but the aniinal passed them and went
under_theice below.
Mr. Williams now called.. to iffr.
Carey, but received no reply. He had - ,
also disappeared below the surface, or
under the ice. Help at length Caine.
The people on hearing the cry suppo
sed it to proceed from an opening
little further down the river, and has
tened to this place first. This mistake
lengthened the distance and the time.
A rope was first thrown but Mr. Wild
Hams was unable to adjust it. A pole
was next extended to thorn; and in.,
some way by the aid of this,, they suc
ceeded with much difficulty in draw
ing the young lady, - now unconscious,
upon the cold ice, and of rescuing her
preserver from his perilous position.
It was not until several hours after
Miss Farrington had . been removed to
a comfortable - room in the village that
she so far recovered as to be conscious.
Such presence of mincl.a,nd heroism
as were thus displayed by Mr. Wil
liams deserves the highest commenda
tion. It is. true that most any ono
Would tvillingly risk his life to a great
er or loss extent to sate a person Troin
drowning, but wo apprehend very few
would have the courage and the pros
once of mind, nerve and skill necesiary
to accomplish a feat such es this. Miss
F, also manifested not a little presence
of Mind. It occurred to her when she
rose in the water, that, if she would
float, she must remain motionless,
and
not scream, and thereby force the air
out of her lungs. By observing this
precaution, and partially buoyed up by
her clothes, she was enabled- to float
down with the current the long die
tanco of thirty-two rods from whore
she was taken out. It is also a remark
able fact that about five minutes be
fore the accident happened she discov
ered that the strings of her cap had
become loose and tied therm It was
mainly by the strength of these strings
that she was drawn against the eddy
ing current_nntil her head wits above
the - Water and ice. Words cannot ox
press the gratitude felt by the parents
and friends of the young lady toward
her deliverer.
A Rebel Spy in Female Attire
He Lives with a Girl Two Weeks With
out Betraying His Sex—An extraor
dinar), Afiair and Important Arrest.
The Cleveland Herald, of the 14th.
contains a lengthy and somewhat ro
mantic account of the capture of a reb
el spy in that city, while sailing under
false colors. It eeeme that, ou Satur
day morning, two young women ap.
parently about nineteen or twenty
years old, called at the rooms of the
Soldiers' Aid Society and applied for
transportation to Washington. One
of them giving the name of Charlotte
Anderson, said she had enlisted two or
three times in the array, but had been
rejected on' her sox being discovered.
As they turned to leave, one of the la•
dies in the room became suspicions
that "Charlotte" Was i a - man, and` sent
up stairs to the Proifr.'oat -111tirshal, by
whose order "Charlotte" and: bet com
panion, were irninedls.tely arrested.
"Charlotte"- on being. chirgeci with
sailing under false Col.o=ii, indignantly,
denied the imputation, and.her com
panion. Emma, also assured the offt-'
‘Afarlotte" was a girl i for
they had slept together Several bights,
Emma proved the honesty of; her
lief by ur s in g "Charlo_tte'!_to submit
to the medicalexamination, proposed,,
but "Charlotte" stoutly refused, and it
was only by forcible means that the
examination was made, and the fact
established that she was a he. EMina'
was overwhelmed with confusion and.
I grief on the discovery of the sex of her
companion, , and wept bitterly, rota-.
sing all further communication - with
him. "Charlotte" was locked, up in
the city prison, and Enima was taken
in charge .1?y , Commissioner Kirkpat.'
rick. "
The girl Emma, who appeared to be
modest and well. behaved, had beeri
living in Cleveland as a hired-belly,
and a few weeks ago, made the ac
quaintance of "Charlotte." They slept
together, Emma having oath° slight,
est suspicion that her bedfellow was
not a woman. Charlotte always put'
out the light before' entirely undress- ,
ing, alleging it was too cold to, do ad.
when undressed. She 'also either'get
up and dressed before Emma , was:
awake, or lay in bed until the latter
left the 'room. "Charlotte" frequent
ly received letters, many of them from
Dayton. Some of these letters were
addressed to Charlie Anderson, which;
she supposed to be a diminutive of
Charlotte. It was noticeable, how
ever, that they were always delivered
at the gentleman's window of the post
office, "Charlotte" always going' there
for them. A ferr'days' since "Char
lotto" proposed that they should, goir ,
to Washington, where she could get
good places for both of them, and to
this Emma agreed. Owing to the fall.'
ure of her companion to receive some •
funds she expected, Emma spent all
the money she had, and they were
obliged to seek aid at the Soldiers' Aid
Rooms, as narrated. After the arrest .
"Charlotte" was at first sullen, but
when dressed in soldier's clothes,
brightened up, and expressed a will,.
ingness to make a clean breast of it.
He then made a statement to the ef
fect that ho was a member of - company
60(1 Ohio 'Volunteers, and adopted
female dross in order to get-hob:to,
which be accomplished. He . alleges
he was about returning to his regi-.
ment in the same costume when ho
was arrested. His_ statement is un
doubtedly false, as evidence has been
collected to show that ho is a rebel spy.
In hiti possession were found three sets
of wearing apparel, ono female, one:
military, and ono the dress 'of a dash
ing "young man about town."
Charlie alias Dottie Anderson,is very
feminine in appearance, and has a soft
and low feminine voice whenever.he
chooses to use it. When dressed as a
man ho has 'the appearance of a girt
in disguise, and when `ciressedin taste,
ful female attire difficult to doubt the
teminity. His accomplishments aro
varied. He is a dead shot with a pis
tol,„a--splendidalmrsoffian, can talk
three languages fluently, can dance
admirably, play the piano, do fine sew
ing, embroider, knit and crochet equal
to any woman, and, can spark the
boys, as many of them know to their
mortification. Although so femirilrie,
in appearance, he is remarkably strong
for his size.
There are other facts that go to show
he is a rebel spy, that it would. not be
proper to give at this time. The object
of his getting acquainted with the
and keeping her in ignorance.of his
real. sex was to diert , snspicion froth,
himself until ho could get to- Washing.
ton. In private with Emma ho has ex - -
pressed a bitter hatred to the. North;
and a determination to shoot President
Lincoln. if he could get a chance, at
him.
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