•
the, - Ain erne lie had paid to
Ur ; Preston, not only the initials of
thettenant, lint by his own in minute
.3.gters and in red ink, with the date
appended, which he had made on its
receipt _on the face of 'the not, and
winch - would escape notice exeept
upon close inspection. •
When the optician took'the stand ;
turned to look for . Van' Buren, but
that worthy gentleman had left the
court room. The note was promptly
'identified as one paid out on check at
the jersey City Bank.
Isithat all ?" asked Damarest mali
.cionsly, for he had thought I had
shot xay, bolt.--The jury whickbe
:ginioto, sympathize with us looked
:their : : disappointment.
II felt annoyed. Harsh had not ye
turned and I hastily began to think,
-of some plan to delay matters until
hp: brought in tbe witness. In my
embarrassment I took up the receipt
which-.lay. on tbe table, and happen
ingite turn it,in such a way that the
light fell upo,n, it at an acute angle, 1
sawitiomething that startled me.
..Before.l had time to announce my
diseoiery , and coinment upon it,
Marsh touched me, and whispered in,
my ear. I turned. gis• face was - jeu-'
bilant in the ()iambic.
pleasee the said, 'we
hare not quite done. There is an
otlier \L;itii - eie." 1 propose to exain
life the yeasiving teller of the Jersey
City Banc:' •
— .The teller was placed tin the stand.
lieldentited the note ' - his own pri-
Ate Mark having been ,placed On. it.
Ire Vatr'ie eel ved it as it was current
i fi d tbe bank though not in New York.
10sfintild; 'however, have been sent
oif i ' , in:the Philadelphia package 'in
ma ink the exehange. It must have
bee;ti,paid out inadvertently.
ID° you know,' I inquired, qrbin
Wttom you received it 7'
sir., It was deposited along
with sixteen hundred:dollars iaNew
'oik funds of the fifth . of November
last;:by A.leyn Van Buren.'
pfora:the sensation bad subsided,
I kdadiit another communication which
increased' it.
' I, 'if the court and jury
this receipt, by booing
1t tri, an.4„ngle tothe lightt Lusi—and
tast 'the example—'they will see
uric line- which the ink- and acids
tbthatremoved it_ made, 'lyy the con
tr4s't , With the surrounding smooth
dtrfiee of the p'aper:: and they make
out rather plainly the signature' of
itfai* Preston
Jl irtie , examination verified'my state:
ste
(4.4etit•.}
".One. of the jury now arose and ad
ditipsed,the court.
:train an, analytibet chemist by pro
faigoii,"*Said he. 'lf that signature
was priginaily written in ink, and
4py',acid, If thin ki can restore it,
ifyon wilreend' to the nearest drug.
for the means?
took a piece of paper on
which the :the chemist wrote an order,
tad: soon i returned with a vial and
ARt4O
intense - ,excitement, WhiCh
manifested itself by profonnd stillness,
jpryinan poured some of the color
does liquid from the vial on the sponge.
Ifethen drew the Latter - osier the .
spot that 'Owedthe traces of writ
ing.',4t, once distinctly enough, but
blOtied and blotted by the manipula:
there: appeared in a faint. blue
blank, calor, the name of Clarence
' •
We took our verdict 'without forth:
r,Qp,position ; and judge', jury, coup•
tirand plaintiff shook hands with
vans, and congratulated him be his
vindicated reputation. The businesS
unin that day flowed in and Evans
made his fortune. He was gratefu )
tat concerned, particularly!te Marsh
who married .Miss. Kitty the week
folloiving his own admission to the
taw. As for Iran Buren he 4eft the .
to:wn, and his present whereabouts it
is.impossible to determine."
Mir Who does not see the shadow
4ii•`'&eath is passing` over our land ?
faith has perished, that love
has perished, that union has perished,
that all Which made us happy at
Wome, and'great abroad, has perish
ed What have we left ? We have
.?
Mr: Lincoln, - the negro, the hastile,
tge'Congress, usurpations, a plunder
ed treasury, an astounding debt, tax
es,'Mobs, and a bloody . war. That's
all, -
Rev. Mr. Milburn, the blind Metho
dist preacher and lecturer, says the
Icow York Observer of this week,
tonic a recent occasion to announce
to the congregation assembled at one
of his tree Sunday lectures at Irving's
Hall that he had become a member
dile Protestant Episcopal Church.
„Two soldiers oft guard were;recent
ly, 'found murdered, n St. Petersburg.
It, was suggested that the .eyes of the
murdered soldiers should . 139 immedi
ately photographed, in the hope of
successfully testing the discovery re
cently,made, when, to the surprise
of all, the result as the production
of the portraits Of two , soldiers of the
private guard at the palace, on whose
breasts - were the insignia of the
Goss of St. George. The murderers
were at once sought out and appro.
lkpoded. ,
— kir Don't stand there loafing, said
a,Professor at Franklin and Marshall
college. three students, standing
wheteAb i ey shouldn't. We're not loaf
one of them, "there are only
ttifee'of as, and - it takes leaven to
InVatio'a loaf"-
lit€9,:"Vote for Curtin and avoid the
digit," said Republican journals be
forer-the election. "Tax the people
to avoid the draft," is Me cry since
th'e' election.
10_If Congress lays the extra tax
otiAvhisicey, would - it not be just and
fiiir: , to raise the salaries of Seward
Stantonyand,Curtin l• It would be an
, einceedlng great burden on these wor-
Aix 'gentlemen if they are.eompelled
'Lev ;pay ,this extra tax .aut of their
Aar Aoldier in one of the Ken
tucky came sap the , motto with
*eat, is..c; 'kite d me sleep i — diiided
we fame
a a Mihrtistr.
,
.
WE NN DEMOCRAT/0 PRINCIPLES CEASE CO MED, WE CEASS'
TO FOLLOW."
1 01. - 11. ?PESLIA, Editor and Proprietor
L~]3A:NO~Tt PA
. . ,
W EDNESDAIe, FEBRUARY 2'4; 18134
ice, The Provost Marshal General
has deelded that veterans re-enlisting
cannot be ; credited as part ofthe quo-'
to required of , counties or districts
from which they hail, they having
already been
, credited 'to the`Govern: -
meat..:The quotas in, the severardis
triets must. be made up, by new re,
eruits. •, The government bounty to
raw recruits will also cease 'after the
Lst of March.
The decision of, the Pr'bvost Mar
shal General,. bpi authority of the:
"GovernMent" is-ti very unjust dis
crimination to 'exclude the 'battle
scarreff heroes whohave ierved their,
country .for two years .and s half, :from
an equal participation in the:bounties
offered by local authorities with new
recruits who have seen no service.—
Veterans are to ; receive. but $400, -
while raw •recruits receive $7OO, 'is,
the decision of the military Reads at'
Washington, and from them there is
no appeal_ lye,a,zisee, no justice in
the deCision, turn it as we will; but . it,
is in ponformity,to every,other thing
done at .Washingtbn—bungling and
incompetency.
lifir One thousand tiew ieeruits' at a
single haul I-1000 additiOnal Clerks
and employees of various grades are
authorized in the different liepart
ments at Washington by the deficien
cy bill, "to serve for a term hot ex
ceeclifig r ae year after the close of
the present rebellion !" Salary, first
rate. Now flock in Loy aL Leaguers,
and "avoid the draft."
Ste'. The clause in the Revenue
Bill taxing whiskey in:the hands of
dealers, hasilboen defeated in Con
gress. Efforts will 'be Made to bring
•
the subject up again, as the S4arks
after the.substaneo of the peoploare
too ravenous to allow such a !title'
slide to slip from their'hungry
•
Dar The New York' Tribune , ..is en
deavoring to prove the superiority of
the black over the white, soldier.—
Some time since the abolitionists con
tended that they were as' good, now
they are'to be better. This is proba-
My the prelude to giving them better
Pay -also, oa . the saln.e princi_ple as
raw recruits are now ix) receive nlore
bounty than veterans,; fact•;' we
know not but that a black volunteer
to-day receives more ;,bounty than a,
white veteran I
zeir The New York Independent,
aw abolition organ of more influepes
among the radicals:-than the New
York 'Tribune,- is out against. "Old
Abe" for the next Presidency. It
'says, it intends starting , on a hunt in
July next for "a man- with a will" to
be voted for in November. We sug
gest, to save Aum& "hunting" . that
it only cross the river to Jersey City,
where it will find the next President.
Steir Governor Seymour of NeW
York has signed a bill passed by the
Legislature of that state allowing
soldiers to vote. The second TaeS
day of Marekhas been apponkted. for
'the matter to be voted Upon by the
people. As Seymour is a copperhead
of course, according to abolition lying,'
Copperheads are 'aq'ainst soldier.s vot
ing.
The AbolitioniSts, by their
_abuse
and perversion of New York for what
it aided us in . the rebel invasion of
Pennsylvania last summer, are fixing
matters in stieh a strait that should
there be another danger and want of
assistance we Can hope for., but little
from that: quarter. It is probable
that the abolitionists were more griev
ed than pleased list 'suninier, on 'ac
count of the promptness . , and assist
ance of New YOrk, and abotild we, on
another emergency, be left to ourown
resources, the people attributeit
to the ungrateful abolitionists.'
MR. Marron you be kind enough to in
form me when and where the first shot, in the
present unhappy rebellion, was fired upon our
flag. rnoutitEll,
ANswEa.--By John Brown and his
gang of aboilitionists at Harper's Fer
ry, on the .16th of October, 1859.
Then-followed :the attack'on the Star
of the Welt, on the 9th 04, January,
1861; and on the 12th of April, 1861,
the attack on Fort Sumter was made.
re. A young girl from Pennsylva
nia enlisted at Oswego last.week as
John Davis. She went to Bingham- .
ton, and while on the cars her sex
was discovered by a soldier, who re
reported her case to officer Farnham.
She was arrested by Farnham and is
now in jail. She is very pretty, and
but for her voice, her sex ;would
scarcely have been suspected. She
had not been examined by, the sur
geon, and designed to evade+ an -`ea_
amination by having a man (a friend)
examined, and she take the enlisting
papers. She is but 'sixteen_years, of
age, very intelligent, and extremely`
modest..
THE GOVERNMRNT PAYS $ l5O . FOR AR
,
POLES VORTH BUT
liihe:following Senatorial dialogae,
, Clipped from the, Congressional Glebe,
between Messrs..ll.4,ll arid WILSON is
mot more pithy thanesugge ve. As
the parties -are "friends of human
freedomr the. Lebanon Courier, will
hardly question tbe.factsstatesl:
Ma. HALE- iilll7o. ; SESI4-iti l d
base this statement upon official doc
uments 'which - tra - Vecitere
notice-- , a list of articles 'furnished by
advertised proposals to the Navy De
partment; where...the ;,price varied
from one hundred Jo .ten hundred
per centera hove themarket price:
"For instarme;' an. article . costing
twelve dollars, has been ;furnished at
$l5O. 'That tI have seeirrin 'official
state m en ts.
"Ma. WILSON—Did the.governmenti
take it at that price?. •
Mr. HALE--Tlie governinent•took
it; .the market , price - being twelve
dollars, and the` contracts price $l5O.
;Evil! mention another-article - have
seen in that same list! Cotton waste,
the market 'price of Which was twew.'
ty-nine cents, - hae heen firraialfed by
contract on advertis4d' prciposals at"
eighty-cents .' Things Of that sort I
have'-seen froth the onCial root:Kt& of
the department2 l •
, For protesting -actainst knell Amine
'les§ waste arid prodigality---for.ask
ins that the pay of tbe private sol
,dier lbe increased-LA-he Democrats are
demounted ftS copperheads Otte ltun
tiretf end fifty dollarst paid for an arti
..
cle wortli only $l2 to a 'contractor,
while the Abolition Congress, refuses
to raise ,the: pay of :the private 'sol
dier ! -
• air I 8 it;•"loyr-' . for men to' make
fools' of thennielYea?'' Iteednis so , and
_
the `gothaS the fool's
sickness badly. In olden times it
was ,the. presumption- of the lazy that
men were innocent until they were
proven "guilty: .Ahobtionisni is -re
versing this good Old principle and
- makes men guilty until they proye.
themselvesvnot only innocent in reg-
War course, but by taking extrajudi
cial "teat" oath prescribed' by the
powers-that-be. •
If it .supposed that some •of the
people.: of the border counties, who
might :•claim :datnageS occasioned by
the:rebel hiVasion laSt Sun - iner, are
guilty of treasormble practices, or
why not arrest; convict,
and punish them by, due .course of
laW, Which . certainly can be crone. as
conveniently as to endeavor to ram
an
objectionable "test Oath", down
the threiutS of Dernocrate. If they
are traitors' aud,have already viola
ted, their obligations - to the constitu
tion and the laws; what Will prevent
them from violating an obligation to
AbeLiacoln's emancipation and .con- •
,fisc.ation proclamations. • .
yo*,,7he. year 141 opens brightly
for the Democracy. .In Lancaster
the Demookatic Candidate'.'for Mayor
was eleeted by an increased majority
over the' vote' laSt fall. In, some.
counties the Spring. Elections are
held in, February, in regard to which,
'the Warren Ledger of the says,
Spring"Creck election resulted!' in a
. , .
m
complete Democratic triumph by a
,
joriti4 I,!tinging from eight to twenty
eight. Last fall Republican by fif
teen.. Corydon and Qonewago elect
ed the full Democratic tickets): War- .
renboreugh ditto by good majOrities.;
kVhich might have been ' much larger
had.the leastnffort been made.
DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN ALTOONA.
The borough elections took place in
'.2atoona, on Friday last, and result
ed, unexpectedly, in, the election of
the whole Democratic ticket. This
is a great triumph, and shows which
way the wind blows.
m, The northern democracy is not
pro-slavery,. but :anti-intervention ;
maintaining, not that slavery is right,
but that we of the free States should
mind 'our owns business and Jet alone
other peoples.
It is -rumored that General Sher
man haS had a fight with the rebel
General Polk; near Brandon; Missis
sippi,_and'whipped him, taking twelve
thousand prisoners..: The report needs
confirmation. '
From Louisiana we learn that on
February 7th the Confederates under
General Taylor attacked the Federal
camp at Vidalia on the Mississippi
opposite Natchez. Their force num
bered three thousand. They were
repulsed with loss and compelled to
retreat: Nothing else &importance
haS occurred in that section.
For the Athatiter
From the army of the
.Potomac it
is reported that, on Thnrsday last a
cavali7 reconnaissance towards Aldie
captured twenty-eight guerillas and
fifty horses.. General Meade has
again been summoned to Washing
ton ;• the object , as reported being to
divide his army into three grand di
visions under Generals Sedgwick,
Hancock 'and Couch.
The result of the expedition to
Jacksonville, Florida, as telegraphed
to Washington by Gen. Gillmore, is
the capture of one hundred prisoners
and- eight cannon. A reconnoissance
lately made from the Federal camp
at Folly Island, Charleston, captured
four fieldd - pieces with their caissons,
ammunition And gunners. Five lie
groes of the expedition were killed
and 'Wounded. • ' - •
It is reported that by a recent Fed
eral raid into Wayne county, West
ern Virginia, sixteen hundred Feder
al prisoners were: released and sixty
Confederates captured. Twenty-two
Confederates igerecaptpred •sin. Weh
sier County: - * 2 ' 7
TUE WAR.
Mir' The Courier has Nen making
a good &al of fuss lately .about
- "Genera/Gantt," formerly a rebel.of
ficer, but who is now traveling the
- North making speeehes abusive of
tYie Demodrats. In 1860 'this same
fellow made a- speech in rebeldom, of
which the following is a specimen
I can tell yea how we did a whining Yankee
eqt tr. Alrkamstik f•fenr, days ago. 'He get to
inetoe l free ..otoo of 4iioeiviaii linkunge.—
Odr boys took him in band. They carried him
-whereuiv_eenmenimatend friendly. 4 imb protruded,'
from the body of a etprdy oak. _They fastened
one end of tire rcwe #u the limb,' and the other
around hipMe4k 'and hievitied him:
This villian the Courier calls a
"Inor4l.be - r0,' , .?:! , and wants him gheer :
edby''' 4 (Werdrof eneouragencendroni -
Copperheadleditors." We'ed see him
"elevated" first as - did the "Yan
ked:" TIOWeVer Gantt is arguing the
same eAuse..newas he did,then. He
has-,the,:samo object.- - in his speeches
north , as;in. his' speech above Quoted
tai never changed his
masker. ; Disunion was pr 0 gpainn). e
in betkplaces. It was only the .pi e,
and- notth e . ! intention that Was chang
ed. The DemOcrats were his enemies
South aff
,t,h,jr,f 4 : l 7e at the North. ,
wonder, he abuses them:Re is how
ever 'safe. .11* as amen this friends. •
4.1 • •
. . .
.
Da, A grea4,doal' orsanetimonious
hypocrisy is eitercised• by the aboli
tionists on account of Democrats mak.-
ing'o i pposition to the - "test"- oaths 'of
the. abolitionist S.. They pretent that
if wean that no objectioncan
be made to taking the oaths. In the
first place they haVe no eonstitution
al *right 'ekabt them.; in the"second
place they embrace an imputation on
otu :pairiotistri ; and in the third
place they 'demand a Subscription to,
the acts and proclamations of the
present nation al administration which
we believe to' be unwise;` inexpedient
and anctMstitution al. For 'these rea- •
sons DemoCrats object to them and
not because. ;they are "disloyal.'! ,If
" loyal ty'r 'mean t lore for.the. Constitu
tion and theS'k'inion, The Democratic
party has not and never :rill yield its
first place to hypocrites. -
nezELThe , wife . of Stephen A. Dong
las is not engaged as a clerk in the
Treasury Department--is not about
to marry Sumner or 'Chase, but is
living with her' nytither in close re. ;
tirenient at Washington.
Its„' A Repubr - retm suggested to its
ye . sterday that "Old Abe". :and' liis
.
helpers at Washingt-on shoUld. say at
:once bow many- , ..men. they want 'And
must have, au.d cease , . bothering'peo
pie with anew - call every few Weeks
for cqhree hundred lbOUSand more."
n. The election to supply an ab
olition Senator in place of Mr. White,
14
now :0,a.- - 4t td,;tichinonl;
place in the - Indiana apa . Arinstrong
Districts, on Friday last. it is said
Dr. St. Clair the 'Abolition candidate
- was elected, lay sortie 1200 majority.
Zat' Senie of the more sensible of
the Abolitionists are . .down: on the
President's , one-tenth scheme. They
cannot understand why one Man in
South Carolina, Tennessee or Louisi- ,
amt shedld count for* ten , in MassaJl
chusetts, New York or Penn Sylvania.,!
THE NEW DRAFT BILL,
The . new draft bill
,passed both
Houses of Congress on Friday l and
we presume has Also been signed by
the President. It provides that':—
The President of - the , United States
shall be authorized whenever he shall
demi it necessary during the present
war, to call for such a - num bet. - - of men
for the military service as the public
exigencies may require. The quota
of each ward of a city, town, town
ship, precinct or election district of a
county where the county - is s not thus
divided shall be as nearly as possible
in-proportion to the number of men
resident therein liable to render mill-.
tary service, taking into 'account, as
far as practicable; the number which
has been previously furnished. - In
ascertaining and filling the quota
there is to be taken into accotint the
number of men who have heretofore
entered the naval service of the United
States and whose names are already
returned to Ow office of the Provost
Marshal General. lithe quotas shall
not "be filled within the time designs
ted by * the President the Provost Mare
Shia TOltAk'glataV•toi . the 'num.
.ber deficient, but all volunteers who
may enlist - after tho draft shall have
been ordered - and before it shall be
actually made shall be deducted from
the number ordered to • be draftethin
any ward, town, township, precinct
or election district or county. If the
quota of any district shall not be fill
ed by the draft made in accordance
with the provisions of this - act, and
thelaw to which this is an amend
ment, further drafts shall be Made,
and like proceedings had until the
quota of such district . shall be filled:
Persons enrolled may furnish, at any
time previous - to the draft, an ac
ceptable substitute who is not liable
to draft, and such person thus fur
nishing a substitute - shall be exempt
from draft not exceeding the,time for
which such substitute shall have been
accepted.
The following persons are exempt.
ed from the enrollment and' draft,
namely—such as are rejected as phy
sically or mentally unfit for the ser
vice ; all persons actually in the mili
tary or naval service of the United
States'at the time of draft, and all per
sons who have served in the military
or naval service two years during the
present war and been honorably, dis
charged-, and tie persons but such
are herein exempted, shall be ,ex•
erupt
So rauell'of the enrollment "ad as
provides forlwo'cilaaewoferitollaebt,
is repealed, and they are now consoli
dated.
The commutation is retained
at $3OO, and a compromise is
made in the' effect of the exemption
'thereby, which is, limited to one year.
The Secretary of War is authoriz
ed to detail additional Surgeons for
temporary duty in the examination
of drafted persons, and hobs author•
ized. to -permit ,or ,require boards of
examination to: holds their examina
tions at different,points within their
enrollment distriets to be determined
by him. , •-••
Provost Marshals, Boards of enroll
ment, or,,any ,members thereof, have
power, to summon witnesses in behalf
of the Government, and to - enforce,
their attendance.
Members of religious, denomina
tions who shall, by oath or affirma
tion, declare that they are conscien
tiously opposed to the bearing of
arms, and who are prohibited from
voting; so by the rules and articles of
faith' and practice of such religious
denominations shall when drafted in
to the military service, be considered
non-combatan9 ; and shall be assign
ed by 1 , 134 15ccraftry of War do
duty in the hospitals, or to the care
of freedmen,_ or shall pay the sum of
$300,,t0 be applied'to the benefits of
the sick and wounded soldiers.
No person of foreign birth shall on
account of alienage be exempted
from enrollment or draft who What
any time assumed the.rights of a citi
zen by voting at, any election held
under the authority of the laws of
any ,State or Territory or of the
United States, or who has held any
office under such laws or any of them
but the fact that such person of &r
-eign birth has voted or held or shall
vote or hold office shall be taken as
conclusive evidence that he is not
entitled to exemption from military
service on account of alienage. Any
person drafted and liable to render
military service who shall procure ex
,emption by fraud or false representa
tion is to be deemed-a deserter to be
punished as such and held to service
for the full : terein for which he was
drafted. •
Any persongipovho shall procure or
attempt to procure a fake_ report
from the Surgeon of the Board of en.
rollment concerning the.pi ysicai
condition of any drafted person or a
decision in favor of such, person - by
the board of-enrollment upon a claim
to
.exemption,. knowing the same to
befalse„shail upon
.conviction in any
districter oirduit court of the United
States, be punished by imprisonment
for the -period for which the party
was drafted. - ,
THE ESCAPED UNION PRISDNERS,
A . Narrative of tkeir Adventures
Much iuterest has been created-in
WaSbington by the arrival of twenty
five of the Union °Were recently
escaped from Riehmorid. They look
as if their escape iinvolVed much pri
vation and suffering, and their differ•
cut statements of the perils through.
which they have passed sound like
romanoo.- Up to the time of escape
('Tuesday 19th,.)-their ex
perience •.was similar, and runs some
what as follows :—Libby Prison is
divided: into three grand divisions
known as the B n
aster, Western and
Central Rooms. 'About.the middle
of December eight of the moreliope
ful of the officers commenced an ek
eavation on the side of the basethent
of the middle apartment, which was
occupied as a dining room.
This-was continued carefully at in
tervals until a sewer was encounter
ed, when the attempt was given up
as- a' failure. They then removed
some stones of the fireplace, and
commenced digging down obliquely
toward the eastern base of the build
ing, pushing the work by night, and
re-placing the stones carefully before
daylight". They cut their way with
hatchets through a wall five feet thick
of solid masonry, and then- ran it di
rectly outward under the street.
They had large wooden spittoons,
which diggers heaped with dirt in
the narrow passage, and others drew
out with ropes and deposited careful
ly in obscure corners of an unfre
quented cellar. By this time many
of the more ambitious entered hearti
ly into the plot, thus keeping up. the
work through all - the safe hours of
the night. At last,
.after tunneling
forty five feet, they sought daylight.
What was the dismay of the pioneer
in the_ enterprise when at dusk he
poked a hole through and found him
self under the opposite walk, and
within two feet of the beat of thesen
tries who guard the prison.
As the ground fell. in, he heard
one outside calling another's atten
tion to the noise, and receive for his
reply "Rats." 14 mistake was
quickly corrected. The captain quick
ly kept his bole, and a pair of old
pantaloons was filled with dirt and
stones and lifted into the cavity.--
The direction of the tunnel was now
slightly changed, and carried twelve
feet further within the fence, and on
feeling again, it was found to open
under a.shed in - the very place intend
ed.
The first man left the tunnel at
8.30 Tabs(lay -evening, : and': vis.fol
lowe.il as rapidlyras possible by the
others; and such friends as' they
might designate to have precedence..
Many in the prison did not wish to
take the chance of escape with the
accompanying perils. Only ono man
could be within the tunnel at a time
safely, it' being necessary to, admit
fresh air. The passing caused a great
tumbling sound, which created con•
stant apprehension of discovery.
Escape succeeded each other as
closely as possible until daylight,
when they stopped, and
_the officers
within awaited the developments of
roll call. The sentries seemed utter
ly oblivious of everything, and to the
fact that they were now recruits and
. ecently put on 'auty, is ascribed•tbe
complete success of the movement.
After leaving the subterranean pas
sags the fugitives made their way
through a wagon. house and aerogram
open space in to Canal street.
The night.was not very dark, and
as they turned in different directions,
in squads of throe to 'sir, they 'saw
the sentries passing theiir beat. From
Canal street, they struck Vut in all
directions, radiating from Richmond
north, south and east. In planning
and accomplishing the escape, they
were assisted by no cooperation from
outside whatever. They all left the
shed and the city in the same blue
overcoats they had worn in prison,
trusting in their , own sagacity and
the cover of darkness for safety.
It is believed that more than one
half of those who got out of the pris--
on'-wilEretia our lines: - The officers
who are now in here were from five
to.eight days'in getting from Rich
mond to Williamsburg, and - think
that many more will follow success
fully down the Peninsula, that some
will escape via th,e Army of the. I'o
toman, and 'that others will eventual
ly be beard from in North Carolina.
The_ narratives
_of their dangereus
flight across the country, are various,
but somewhat similar to that of of
ficers wbo have 'escaped before.—
Most of those arrived struck north
eastward, avoiding the Cbickahominy
swamp, and came down the Peninsu
la via the White House. Many of
them either enciL'!lntered or saw and
avoided rebel, cavalry
sco u,- scour
ing-the country in search of them.
Some of Capt. Phelp's party and
others were pursued and fired upon.
Col. Walker, Cape. Phelps, Capt.
Boyd, and Lieut. Reynolds, of the
73d Indiana, left Richmond together,
and proceeded safely to near the
White House ' when Col. W. was,
y
overcome hfatigne'snd unable to
proceed:. Capt. Phelps staid to help.
him';, neither of -them have been
heard from.
Lieut.: James M. Wells, Sth - Miehi-'
gun Cavalry, was met on Sunday by
the 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
whom _he joined hi a scout- toward
Richmond, and nine others were
picked up during the night.
F4utt YOUNG Grat,s;two daugh
ters of ar: George BroWn, and two
daughters of Mrs..Reifsnyder, were
drowned on tholsth inst. ; while skat
ing on a pond, at Tamaqua Schuyl
kill county.. The girls ht;longed to
respectable families, , and their sad
fate has east the whole, town in
mourning. Their bodies were recov
ered immediately after the accident.
Or There have been between two
and three hundred illegal marriages
in ce,rtain,counties in West Virginia
since the war broke out, owing to the
fact thit the officeis authorized to
grant licenses had abandoned their
positions. The youug folks could
not wait, and in some instances they
obtained militgry permits to marry.
A bill is about to be introduced into
the Legislature to legalize all the
marriages. •
,MILD DUN OnIENT.—The Albany
Statesman, an ultra and bitter radical
paper, finds some fault with the ad
ministration' of its partyat Washing
ton. This fault it expresses in the
following energetic terms: "A pack
of sharks, hungry, villainous and in
corrigible, have fastened upon the pub
lic treasury and depleted it at the
rate of Millions monthly; the patron
age of rhe 'Federal Government has
been bestowed upon those with whom
the electors, Wallowed an exercise of
choice, would have absolutely refused.
all dealings, until high places of trust
are held by known and convicted cor
morants, and men drive fast horses
and live in - free-stone houses pnrehas
ed-with-United States greenbacks who
ought to be pegging shoes in State
prisons." 'We know some people who
are actually such “copperheadr as
to believe that an administration
guilty of such acts is not worthy of
public confidence.
'EXCITING NEWS.I
At thek STORE of
L K LAUDERMILCH
CUMBERLAND 'ST
New Goodi New Goods !
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS,
,
Merino, erino, all colored
_ _
ENGLISH 'MERINO, all coloz:ed.
All Wool Deloins, all colored.
POPLIN MUSLIN DELAINS, &
t•
Black French Cloth. e
' BEAVER Over Coating.
CLOTH for
. .LADIES, CLOAKS,
from $2,00 to-84,00. •
Fancy and Black Cass. ,
Satinottes, sold from 50 cts. to 61,00.
Bed Check and Ticking.,
Bleached and Unbleached Muslin.
Woolen Stockings.
Shirting, Flannel, Shirting, Flannel.
Calicoes and Ginghams.
'Woolen and Cottcalloseiries.
Ladies' and Gents' Gloves.
Hoop Skirts! Hocip Skirts!!
Balmoral Skirts. .
Umbrellas ! Umbrellas! !
Linen and Paper Collars.
A full line of •
Ladies and Misses Shawls.
Woolen Hoods ! Woolen Hoods !!
A General assortmentuf
pry,,Goods, •
•
Groceries, &
Queensware.
L. K. LAUDERMILCH.
Kr All kinds of Country produce
taken in exchange for Goods.
TO mu &WM
PEDLERS •
ALSO
TO THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON,
MARCUS NATHAN respectfully informs the people
of Lebanon and vicinity
that he has opened a No
tion and Fancy Dry Goods Store in Lebanon for the
WHOLESALE and RETAIL Trade of all articles in his
line at the most reduced prices. possible. His stock
consists- in part of all k bads of Woolen and Cotton
Stock legs and Hose Undershirts, Drawers, Woolen
Caps and Nubias, M its and Gloves, Scarfs ,all kinds i4f
Handkerchiefs, Collars for Ladles aad Gentleme,n,
Ilairdresees and Nets, Ribbons arid Velvets, Spool 'and
Patent Sewing Thread, Buttons, Scissors, Combs.. &e.,
Ste- 4401Ps ambrtguent of UMBRELLAS and PARA.-
SOLE, at the lowest pr ices. Spectacles, Pocket.hooka,
Portmonalres, Dominoes, Cards, &e. A.:"large, assort
ment of Musical instrumenta, Violins, - Aecordeons,
Banjos, Timberless's, Flutes, Fifes, Bwiketa, Trunk's,
Carpet Rigs, Satchels, and all kinds of Toys, in fact
everything almost that can be thought of in the Notion
and Fancy line. :Also a large variety of JEWELRY
and WATCHES. - Pedlers and Sid* eseepera will end
it their interest to buy of us. Oils Store is bin Onne
berlan‘Street, in Funek's building, between the Court
House and Market /louse. - ' -
MARCUS NATHAN.
The Largest Stock
The Best Assortment :
' The Cheapest Goods::
AT
GOODYEAR . & DIFFENBACH'S
Cheap rash and Produce sore,
Cumberland Street,
Raber's Ploa, Lebanon, Pa.
Wrbspa33,2oa regaved analier addition to our al
ready late+ Stock of Dry Goods. Groceries,
Queenseare, d c - -
Full line of. Elladligt Shawls,
do do do - Sloane do
do do do: Sioteh-Pleide do
do do do Thibet lamming do t
do do do Second' do do
Dress Goods. -- -
• Full line of French Merino nil
._ Colons
do, do do Coliergs :do:. do
do. do do AlParta
do - der
do do do Detains New Stiles
- .
do do do Brodie. Valours do
do do do Poplins •
do do Valencia's' do '
do' . do do Wool Detains - 'do
do do do Wool Repps "
do do do Plaids do
do do do Fig. Cashmeres.
Magni - 11cent Due of Pancy
do . do do Piped k Plain Black . silks.
Balmoral Skirts ter $2 75 :Gni rtpantidei
loop Skirts,
line of Skeletons, at all pncesi. - -
do do clo. Qttaketea , Shirts.
Ladle* Cloth.
Drab. 'Water Proof, Black mid Beaver Clotk frog."
$1 75 to $3 AO per yard. . •
-
- Flarinelg,
Wool and - Cotton. Flannels, at wri Pri 7 s 34 .'
t.
Cashmeres;
' , 5
118innelesita- •
.Mena' Wear.
Cloths,
" .
Gents' Shawls, very t,"NzaP-
Motrn ing..l.lepSrEMOln..
Our Wurning department* is cOutplete, consisting ,
of Single Silt! Double width Delains. ,
Singleand Doubid Width Cashmere!,'
do - ao do..Alpaern,. -
Merino, Bombazines, all Wool itePings
Valencia, Bilk, Stripe Plaids, Deloines. &C.
Wosiery,Glovesi Tails; Collars.
.Baglish aud.FrepelaCrape, kc
Call, and look.through our Sbfiek end get the prices,
as it-is no trouble,-.to„, show ; goads,. Our. motto,. is.
"Small profits,:quiek Sides.” end good yaks.
.GOODYEAR & DISTENNACWS
New York Cheap Cash Store. a
*Jacob E. L. Zkmmertnanls*
FIRST OLASSZMAIR:DRESSLNcf:,AND
IRO SALOON, Market street, near- - pombeilaud t
and opposite the Eagle Hotel. Being thankful for the
liberal patronage heretofore e xtended t hitch, he would
respectfully solicit.: continuance of the same.
Lebanon, July 2,4802. " '
N. B.—The Saloon will he closed on 4tuaday. '
TRANSPORTATION - LM.
By Lebanon Valley Railroad-,
PARTICULAR attention will be paid to Goods
bhlpp
ed by the Lebanon Valley Railroad. Goods will be
sent daily to and from Philidelgiia lo Lebanon, Myers.
Co tow u n nt a y n . d Annville Stations; and all other points in4le
FRElGHTS.contracted ior - atpaniblerates
atri delivered with dispatch.' z
The Proprietor will pay particular attention tojaild
attend personally, to the receiving and delivery it all ,
Freights.
For information apply at his Office at the Lebandin
Talley Railroad Derot, Lebanon.
EDWARD MARK, his Agent in Philadelphia, will al
ways be found at 1E: H. Bush's AlerchimPs Hotel, North
Third rt., Phs7odriphici.
0' Ea. DFFNAN.
July 11.'60.1
113 AS just received at Ids Grocery Store, Cumber
land St, orgdoor west of Market, a lot of Fresh
Fruit in Cane, including Peaches, Gages, Green Corn
Tomatoes, Jellies.
Raisins ,Currenit, Prunes, Driest. Apples and Peaches,
Cranberries, Apples, Hominy,. Tapioca,
Darley,.Peas,&e;
A iet.of Buckwhea.t Heal., Also 50 barrels- of New
York Apples. . .
011.1:1igtient price gienn in.CASTI for Egge r Baiter
Dricd•Appies and Peaches, Beans, Onions, &c. -
patronage is solicited.
JOHN BILLER.. .
:EXPOSITION .
. OF THE
Ittanutracture of Liquors,
THE LIQUOR - DEALERS' COMPANION.
IMB only - reliable Work ever published in America.
1, Will toll bow all Liquors are adulterated and; im
itated. Also bow three barrels .of Whisky sin made
from 40 gallons ofsp hits. Sent on receipt of $5,00.
Address, N. N.BROWN,
Tan. 6, 1 564.---3m2r
Woritelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa
'
oat and Shoe Store.
JACOB - MEOW. resplicifidly in.
- forms the public that he still conthr.
nes his extensive establishment- hi
is wall, his new building, in Ournberlaudst.,.
where he hopes to render the am*
satisfaction as heretofore to all who
ma favor him with their. custom. HeinvitesMerchantr
and dealers in •BOOTS 'and - SHOBSand livery one wit
wishes to purchase fashionable and, durable article*
his line, to call and" examine for themselves, his le , hi te .-,
and varied stock. -
He is determined to Surpass - all e ermpetftion. I - aa , a tt .
manufacture of every article in his business, snits' ;m e llo w
any Market in the Union." A due cale.takert in retol d
to materials and workmanship; none bt the be- at g un:.
ty of WATHER and other materials are used • m a
but the best workmen are employed , notut ,
P. S.—lie returns his sincere thanks to his
the very liberal patronage heretofore bestow
He hopes by strict attention to businessand andowythig
to please his customers, to merit-a share c
renege. p i an o pat ,
m tr d ien tbsenhi f in or z :
rLebanon, jly room.
BOOKS &STATIO - NERY
A NEW ri7 arc .
WALTZ tc
4 .,' Fif OUCK
wo:LT 6l l3llr: d i
t t i ti e e Pair ear;
.!s a.v i. w . s ... bo r t. :
H. U. Roedel inuMeorge Waltz, tit. At ta y = ur Tp e r t di
to wait on all who will favor then t w its w r e m; at the.
old stand (IL H. Roeders) in Cue ,s a s, e 4 e t ree t, where
they will always have on hand
tented supply of School, Blaa i and. Sunday. School;
.• a large and: well se
gooks, and as en inducement th 4,o„taair...3suicenip,
neous books at greatly reduced m u m.
The New York and .ip , Rade lim e Th eo. imalire e i lin-
Papers,and Magardries,
,CllB b. sinetsu
on reasonable terms, by callir ig a, 8 had
Sink M tseHtled'fari.
A, ,
Anything wanting in their ii„,,,, n . i . , theo it tawtt ,.
tended to with promptness a IA diewetsh,
Lebanon, N0v.12, 1882.
LEBANON ) PA.
. -.--
TIIIIir IF: ;Nipliv-- ,
CABINET V fAREROOMS
2
South-east corner.
.; ,of Market ,Square,
NORTH LEBA iNOIS
.BOROUGH
TnE i 4 ubec'" 18 1 Menne! inierms the publf,
an hand, at bin Wararticause,
- a 'splendid aseo.rtnlentiefrkkodt
1 •
ands sutistaptjult Furnitnea--,
z Puebla: - Cottage and Obanthe.r s .
--eoustatjur„,of Sofas, Tatma.,
Tettua. Lo' ungee, • Whatmots,.
Psalm Centre, Pier antic
audi &mention Tables, lirasting;
amit .oezemon Bureaus; - 4e.„
elliall.S, SETTEES, Cane-
Seated, Common and. Neck
ed Elmira and Old Furniture re
al-
Ce and ad moderate prices. COPPINS lc
shortest notice. ado and Frmorals attended at the
EMMET A.. ALLWEIN.
North Lebancn I. ,orongb, Aut. 6, 1864.
ABRAHAM SBER7 ...
A
DAVID S. LONG. If 7 ' e vir' Pi rm .
Cheap Cash Store, • and Milling anti
C kain...l4,7,i4zess.
riIUE undersigl led having formed apartnershlP to the
_ MERCA NT/ ,LE, MIURA AND °RAW BUSS
NESS, would re spectfally invilm the attention of the
public to their e .atiblishments. They mill contiue to
keep, at the Ir ate stand of SIRElt$, OBBSAMAN &
usually kept if i a country store, Which they will re
.romplete stock of all kinds of GOODS
LONG, a most r
tail Cheap fort country
couisawr PRODUCE. They
also want to In iy for cash
50,000 In
eels of WHEAT, -
:50000 Bushels of RYE,
21 4000 Bushels' of CORN, -
Fo
•
25,000 Bushels .of OATS. -
For which the .y will pay the hibbeet Market Pyices.—
They will abs I take GRAIN on SroWass. The will keep
T he on hi , md and sell at the lowest prime, COAL. by
the 'Boat Lea 41 or by the Ton;. all eta' dent *ILL FEUD,
SALT, PLAI ITER, &c. , .
tsar They solicit tlm business of ail their Old - friend&
mid the pub Sic, and will endeavor to deal on such Bh
arat and just principles as' will give satisfaction to all-
North Lebanon, lifarch49, 1862. SILKEN Sc LONG,
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B
BIBLES! BIBLES-!—A 4rie as--
tiortment or English and German Bilden, of different
kinds, from the smallest ruckiirßible„.to 'the largest
Family Bible, at low pricer, just reasiwed wad for sale.
at the cheap Book Store of J. BECIC.F.R, Walnut
Stl ,
oa between the Court House and the Jail Lebas.
. .
A NEW BOOK.-- . --A. year's Soldier
ing, Hiner, a neat neo.. volume, MI pa
gee, well bound in cloth, containing a ranee experi
ence of the author in, the - S. Service, 6 nmentbe
af
which wee spent in Nebel-prisons, an indarestiWg work,
price SO cis., for sale at the cheap Book Sheol ofdadhl.
. ECH.R.U, Lebuton, Pa.
1.)/D iousee A.
Store.
Gorge Ho trim'miits
LEBANON COUNTY.
.' - J _ _ `
JOHN DILLER
Pickles. •
Catt Mower,. Ketchup, Pepper Sauce.
Cheese.
English, Limberger,fiap-Sage. -
Fish.
Sardines, Salmon, Mackerel, Earring, Codfish.
Fruit.
Lebanon, Dec. 23, '1863
*1m0.% New A;ilA Olaßt