II FAT FaCIN ALL NAZI .o.EsEn.u. BtresslDE'S wife Provide'nee, R. 1., last week. BET/I - LEH:EU OIVIIS a hand engi in 102, and plumes herself on thl 'TUE Hudson ricer is on the ris . _ citylcif_Troy was Partially inunda Tttr.landS in the Pennsylvania 'sbnpp%; - at Harrisburg, are, wor. hours a day neve. • - .Ti'E English government did mind the recall of General Schei cable dispatch says so. ' :Two sportsmen it the neighbor Pen&icola. Fl., some Gl= ago sl teen deer in two dayi. • - t. .• THE General Assembly of the Presbyterians is to be held in .P phia; beginning May 24th. 'THE PennsVlvania railroad has rleaticed . the fare from New york to PhiladOphia to .?• 2,75. E m xcursi. tickets, $5. . ' THE captain of the steamer - _trath- Clyde has bcen adjudged guilty f man slaughter by the coroners inquest, Tnu-Kausas house has passed a 1 prohibitory liquor bill,* by a vote o and it is expected to pass the THERE was another flood in the 31 Valley. 'March 8, and a portion Ne . ..s York C4mral railroad was su id. THE Daives-county, Ky., Repub rtt their recent convention, deela t;n•or of the nOrnination of Bristow ''TirEnt: are indications ithat the c , ,inrnittee, - in the case of y vc report in favot of the "cont estant. Thd ext-_Tsion'on the H. & B. T. _R., in Ptunsylyania, to Pottsville, i the -subject iti.the low. of the Great Cove. LE - rcurin, •.f 'Vi , =tricken - With, paralysis Thu. itnorning,. - His physicians; - pronoun' 'condition extioneiv E'i:S - EYAToft CATTELI.; Of New J has been sn-vecl with a subpcena e the conaressionalreonnuitteti itenqiture:, in the navy department: IT that the Chine'.:e waters w eisider.ll,iy .r - eiuforeed for the sup, 1•ir:4 , ..) K. lAN V who shot. and inoland i - Inv.in Ifis ri). , iition of V'.tiel.;.:l(l A 74 Li , bon says th, of' objects for, the I' Exhlblti.tll is ri7arly ready fol k.vicli by the stcaas-transTortlnd larizt st feet known to history Lr t1,4.:-t. (.1 the Maryland editor writes: IVe black ikr boots wit L, e, blacki TIEv. Dn. ions W. .Nr,t - pt ()f the Fran Colleze, Lineal aMI for - years A leafier in the Ge :::efermed OMNI.' of this countrX, Ira sztaiat. roSTILPTIE , • nave been begun -by Indians adverse to the settlement of Initek llills. £very Able bodied mai the front i;lr is expected to sleep . "on lEEE T!DI 3re-c!.. 0 'KEY has bought, the country. resikrice buil, the l ~ m..Le 4;ralid Lax wood at sorw the intention of making it a 110 C'ittholic co scent. :Trig; SEoi - ;tvicK of the superior - et' 0f New York has issued an attachn against , ,Sheriff Connor for contemp ~court, :in to maker:returns of cutiots isisued - to him. .THE Massachusetts senate, by a vot 10 11, refused a third reading to giving woven the right to vote affairs, and in cities and to to 11,,111 SttErtai2dispateli to, the Df , i:y Ter.*, from Paris; :says Dun Carlo"; will arrive in that ell:: on Tuesday. !lie will proteedto (alas. where it Yacht is waiting to conYey hlln 10 England. Tn S: , irriq own IL ca I+l mentions I lie fact , that " prayer meetings are being h in t i tle Harrisburg engine houses." and I,!•peit they will extend to the Democratic Ition- , e , (.4 llepiesoMiitives.. :I'm: skeleton of an Indian was exhtur ed iu 3.aneast2.l- recently by, sonic wqrkn en were digging a cellar for aihou ..I:2 ,, rig• the In and other reMains W •re 1••• ital ihrce coins, one hearing (late 'lglu. • ..• . . . EN . -ti - for. - ):yk.'s 'fainily f , :ire i.ai.l L:o iii destitute circumstances. ife - L-; s in the Rhttint , h':isyltun, whileld.6; son :- (i:ti... - littir arc seeldn.; employment in ti , i-puinients at IVashington. I ; A LAND st.ii i i cured Friday nigh .t; ,mall town in northern Germa rcc.ont rain.,. Several pent 1 ,,, t their !lives, and-a great in. , - .. ..t4.;&.! are ni:sslng. • Ti)n Mexican rebel Pena Iris been c, .; •: e i vacuate Camargo, but it is s: ;ive ,r the ii st populous and wealt ,sl' .tats..; of Northern 31exiev lr for the revolutionists. A n N'y frk. het is reported in the Ct th•e;ielntralu going not t • hist night •rtii for half tlmoe , h water a foot deep; in 1,1:o V, here the track-was never before-eovere, . . T . l ir: Nvw Yofi: :-. ~e ,n;lt.t.:. lias adopted t 1 , -s4 , lition which .Fassetl the Assembly , i;•, , ,:iii,i.: ilie N 4 ew fork- ftepresentatiN 1:, t'! !FS It) oppose-the repeal of,t si:. i,,e . - PA3. nu nt resumption act. ' I,co_plc OE the District ts , ,Vu l d t i a arc pr,paring to senflaelegat tii;l t:.elv allot] of o.l(ited 'People gates, t. be held in 3iashrd _pi* pra, ditieal purpose D: M. Ilt:Actt, o'f Vale Theolottic !•;, niinury, tv.eti the unauimo call a.tenlli,(l to him by the Congfegatio inirch of Waite:ly, It. 1., and w' eon:ni.:nec• iierviee r s on 31: TILDEN has pardonei :reenan. sent to .Sitig Sing from Ne l'!•7 1 '. for fifteen years, for robbery it - wag= thou-lit he was IL professional thief it.turns out cMO been a Tesivctabl item . t litindrell converts have join .1, on probat John's 3f. E. church Nendiurgb, since Widow Van Cot her revival there; The trus ,,, t;) tinlarlze the edifice to Tut: gentionan of New Haven, Conn., - 11,. recently found a draft on a Boston : nk. f; ) ri:l*,:iilt), and informed the bank. eceil:ed the thanks a the owner, and two ••tzin,p': , ,- one :Of . which he used n sending Lack the draft. living in a village. east of N. V., recently refused money ice,• firm who asked fo be I:: . .Weti to cut ice on a small lake, on the , :ound ?fiat it was- contrary to Shaker , 111 , ,....ip1es to sell water. air-or ice.- f,ir: Massachusetts linuse of Represen qtivos'deeided, be a vote of 99 to 23, to l.p;int a committe,o to investigate the :!:r..t,e.iecently made by Moses - Kirobaft hat ni.cley had been used to influence ...qi.dation in theiState Legislature. THE fiftieth antriversaryof the incorpor: ] , ll of the town-. of Lowell, Mass., Ivas• ~ e rved on Wednesday by a eelebratton •markabletfor its elaborate details and •r. the enthusiasm displayed by the tizebs. Business wls entirely supended. SILI.3raN, in a-letter to Con ';;N:•sstlian licwitt, of the House Committee in foreign affairs, says no. such dispatch sinned bylim or sent to London -s one he is charge:ft in Lyons' testiJ mony witft sending to iondon, in regard Emma. Mine. PI :AN for a jail ,deliverT was disco - at Poughkeepsie on-Friday. a prison r imparrino the information to the jailor. least six burglars were concerned and was to have been made at mid ight. I Various I.implements were found the burglars* cells. In one cell a hole been cut though the ceiling. Tut: marriage of Professor Tyndall to 1k- Louise Claud Hamilton, recently an :-:pated in your. cable news, took place 1-t week at Westthinter abbe. The ilex was performed by Dean Stanley. tmong those present were Thotnas Car , Ic, Prof,tssor Huxley, Dr. Hooker and F. Pollock. . SENATOR' lI.ANLiN's bill proposes the rates for third-class postal mat- For distances not exceeding 300 mile (Tut fir each tiro ounces or trac t ' ;i, , 2;11 part thereof; for 300 and 800 miles,' nts• KHland 1,500 miles, 3 cents; for additional 1.000 miles, 1 cent addi final for.eaeli two ounces Or fractional Transient newspapers and maga.: one cent for every'two ounces Or Actional part, paged gepotn. •~ bat fact The =mons: • E. 0. GOODRICH. S. W. RETORD. Tiwanda, Pa., Thnrsiv, Earth 1, 1676, 'lroad r ing ten .NIEETING OF' TUE npprnm[cEs lot de ck. A STATE CONVENTION; EZADQUAMTEREC REMBLICANISTATL b 031311 1, TEE', timmisst - rio, Feb. 1, 1576.-•-ln m.plittauce of a resolution of the Tiepublic ' ol State .CoMmitte e adopted at a meeting held in Harrlsburg:fhla day. a Replabilean State Convention, to be co4sed. of delegate:, from each Senatorial and Repreientative dlitrict to the number to which such dlsti ct is en titi&l In the Legislature, Is hereby calikrto meet in the city of Harrisburg at 12 46'ClOCi iloon oil AriedlltsdaY. March Zth, for the puipose of Noininating an Electoral Ticket . and of ..electlng Senatorial and Representative delegates to repre sent the State In the Republican National 7conven non to I* held at Cincinnati, Oblo, , on the four teenth day of June,' 18%. By order ofrthe'leom- HENRY M. riorT, Cliaittnatl• A. WILSON NORRIS, Secretary. [ i ood of ,ot thir- United •iladel- trictly 45 to !nate. shank of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COVEN. The next Union Et-puts:lean Cniirention for the nomination of candidates for . Preshient and •V Ice President of the United States, will tit:held in the city of Cincinnati. on Wednesday, the f;ith day of Juril, 1570.1. at 12 o'clock noon, and will evjnsist of delegntesTrotn each State cleat to twice Di' num ber of i r tenators and Representatives in Cletngtois, and of two Delegates from each organtzett Terri tory and the District of Coltunbla. calling the convention for the election:4"f dele gates, 'the, cotnmittees of the several Statesire to invite all Republican elecum4;snd all other voterlS:withont regard to politleo mires or prtyions party difflciiities, who artopposed to reviving sectional issues, and desire to pl:romote friendiydeetind and permanent harmony tprough oat the country by maintaining and enforiting all the cmistitational rights of every citizen., 101miltrg the fu:l and free exercise of the right of ri.liffrage . without intinVilatlon and Without fraud: who are In favor of the continued prosecution and kunich tneni of all official di;horiests, and of an etsonotni oat adminintration of the Government by :honest, faithful and capable officers, who are in fkitor of making such reforms In government as expe!rienee ma y from time to time suggest; who are opposed to impairing the credit of the nation by depreciat ing any of its obligations, and in favor of susdainlng to every way the national faith and tnanellidionOr, held that the common• school 'systemi'is t 11- nur., , ery of American liSerty. and should bsii main tained absolutely free from .sectarian control: who believe that for the promotion of these ends-the di rectiot, of the Govenmient should colitino to be conf.ded to those who adhere to the princildesof 1770. support them as incorporated in thecf.institn tion and taws. and who are in favor of recoOdzing and strengthening' the fundamental princdple of national 'miry it this Centennial Annlveliai7 of IC:1113, in or the louse Vail, Mu, n i. R. now i r end inia. i rsday his rev. Il ex- Ger li IrLs- ri has o„t- cm- Bust who the It,.tpublle EDWIN f),3IOI:GAN: Chairman P.Pirstillein N3tintyll ter. 31 E. C IT ANDLER, Secnflary re- I 31LETENG OF THE STANDING *O.ll - the • the m i. The Repute . can Standing COMmit his tee of this county met, pursuant to call by the chairman, at Grand iJury it is b y Room, on Tuesday - afternoon , last. ilk, The following named members f the committee were present: urt G. W. Kinney, •J. F. Satterlee. J; ; IIol-; cut comb, Benj. Herrick. I. D. :!ioprii, F. o f Svreet, .T. 11. Grant, .Theo. .rames, ! xe _ Hurst. P. J. Dean. Chas. Thornpsoh,. E. C. Myer, W. N. Foster, John 11. Oittutt, O. D. 'Kinney, M. S. Culver, W. H. Ilock well, G. H. Fox, Aaron Ely, LacY.:Ste vens, A...D. Munn, L. D. Prince, Sohn Gordon. 1, . • In the absence of the chair Man, lion. G. W.- KINNIX was cl*sen Chairman pro frin, and J. -1101.0318 and .J. F. SATTERLEE Secretaries. On motion, JonN of ; Troy. N. N. BETTS. of Towantfa,2-ana A. C:Flttsnl E. of Orwell, were ehOsen delegatfrs to the State Conventio'n.. The following resolution ,:iwas ' adopted: " ; • - • a ilootred. That S. W. Alv'ord, E. B. Myer, H. Sweet: 11. Dean and K. Newell be, and they are liereby appointed conferees to meet with!.the conferees of Wyoming county for the- purpose of se lecting delegates t.o represent this Sena , torhil District the State Convention to assemble on the On motion. adjourned, to meek on Tdesday, June 20th,' TUE REMEDY. I The widesl,read prevalence of fr t aud and peculation' Which - tkaye of 'hie startled the country, is itch so niUdh n- ; the result Of political supremacy- : as th the outgrowth of our social custoins. es For years we have been living . too fast, and the fa4l results are not qbn-• , e _ fined to personViolding . otficial tions. Evers- day we are rernimW , of this fact, in the disclosures of rf bezzlemeuts on the part of clerks and men in business stations. The only e remedy for this state of affairs ;i•sre .• form,in the manner.ofliving. This 1 • s is a good rule for otlice-holders 'd ' buSiness men generally. When the man. of moderate income endeavOrs to live as expensively. as a map_Of wealth his future can be easily writ ; ten : a little .enjoyment, periods of anxiety, burdensome, debts, a desper .. ate struggle to keep up appearandes, , . ultimate bankruptcy, and a red flag to notify the neighbors that t:he i sheriffis master of the situation. Wei -,, . half the dishonesty of, the • present acre springs from this foolish prat:ll6e: , .. ~ i of imitating the, style of Others. The man of a thousand a year wants tO live equal, to the one who receiVes 4 1 . . five, be in turn ll:lures to make as' big a, show as the one who receivs -,-ten, and the receiver of ten labOrS to ',keep pace with the one who counts ' his income among the fifty thousands. 14 it any wonder that so many WI in'business or forfeit by their miscoit= duct the confidence of friends? W must come back to our old-fashionc4 way of living, and this can be don‘ only by obeying that injunction ~ Live withirryour means. Lire is alai.; !I (*ether too short to destroy its enjoi7'- z , . irnents •by taxing soul body to- ,_, keep up false . appearancS. Cont ent; ,lment corms with moderatiOn; mental , fr lisuffering and keen anguish with e..X. Itravagance. To the young man just "starting inlite, we say, live within Tour means. To the man , of busines4 pursuing success, we say, live:withiir vour means. To 'the ottiee-holder who t.- lopes through hoi:orable conduct O H erit promotion acid distinction, we, ay. live Within your means. To all; - - - who labor - for honor or profit we; commend the motto as 'a safe and' sfnsible one, and one that .will pay Impound interest in tie end. A faithful adherence to- it by old and L yoUng, itch and poor, will restore confidence in business and official! et .l cles, and fill- the land - with happy h mes, from ' - whieh will emanate a ;• spirit of purity essential to the =hi teimmee of public 'virtue. tDANIEL DREW, the great finahcial rator, has fsiled. " • TION. THE FIRST GUM GOOD NEWS Bann 0.1.1) GRANITE STATE ! NEW EhiMPSEME O t Republican Caine Everywhere! Cheney Elected Covemor by' the People! • • 11111 THE LEGISLATURE REPUBLICAN WITH HIM! Whereat tho People Rejoice! THIN CIS SMOOTH IN CONCORD CONCoRD, N. 11. March 14.—The election in this city is •progressing very quietly and little or no excite ment prevails', at the various voting places. The - vote up to noon has been unusually large, and the Repub licans haVe Made an increase ,over last year.. They will doubtless gain between one and two hundred over last year's vote in the central wards at' noon, Which gaye on, the state ticket I'SO for . . Cheney, ilepubliean candidate for 6overrutr, and 380 fur Marcy, democratic Candidate. • Despatches giving the votes for moderators in various towns are being received at the rooms of the State Committee of each party, and so far they have been geriefillly favorable to the Republicans. 31ANCIIESTER CLOSE. BOSTON,: March 14.—A.Manchest;• er dispatch dated 1 says that at that hour s Ward 3, the only doubtful ward' l is reported 'to have forty majority: The best informed Republicans concede four wards and the &ity government to the demo crats, but claim the election of Ira Cross as mayor. ' l l • Notwithstandicg apprehension of trouble all is quiet. The democrats have received favor able rep6rts froM Biddeford, Hills borough and Antrim. In Laconia a hard contest was anticipated also in F2rminolon. and -both -parties are aniously awaiting news from them. The RepublicanS claim to be con fident that Cheney will be elected by the people, awl the democrats also claim that their ticket will be suc cessful. TILE REPUBLIANS JUBILANT. ' CoNconry, MAcu The Republicans are confident that they have made a clean sweep, and are, very jubilant: There is no donlit that they have elected a : majority of the Sen'ators and they claim a major ity in the House of 15. The Demo enits'do not concede that the house is Republican, E. 11. Rollins, of the' Republican S'tate Committee, considers that the Ilcpuhlie - an , 4 have elected 9 of the 12 Senators, and that they will have a majority in. the Honse of L. lie thinks tlieney's majority will be at least 14'00 2; • A VICTIgn . CUNcr:DED. . llosroN, March, 24 —A Concord special to the Pai.(dem.) concedes a Republican victory in New Hamp shire.' • A majority in both I t ranehes of the Legislature, and the election Of Cheney by the people, by al smt.ll majority, as Was the case last year Later returns may materially effect the result. At midniht("X, towns and wards give Cheney_ 27.739; Marcy,.. dem., 25:224; Kendall and scattering The same towns last year gave a Re publican vote of 2.(%553. Democratic of ;15,:136 and scattering 477; Repub: lican net gain 2,11.8. FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS. ,The following bill has: been itro (Need in the Le7islaturN _Before it is enacted into a law it should be amended Milt in all the counties of this Commonwealth containing leSs than one hundred 'and fifty thousand in habitants. all fees limited and ap pointed by law, ..'to be. "received by each and every conntt• officer therein elected by the qulifie4 voters of their counticsor appointed according to law, or NOtieh they shall le! - * . ally be authorized or entitled:to cliatire, or receive, shall whenever the aggre! , ate fees of such officer shall ceeecl three thousand dollars belong to the county in and for whirl' they were elected or appointed, and it shall be the duty of each of said officers whilst af_ro•re gate fees shall exceed three thousand dollars; to exact, collect, and receive all such fees, to, and for the use of their respective counties, except such taxes and fees are levied for the State, which shall be to and for the use of the State, and none of said officers shall receive for his own use or any other : purpose whatever, ex cept far the nie of the proper county, or for the State, as the case may be. any fees for any official services ivhat sciever. • Svc. 2. Each of_ said officers shall kee.p r ;a special account book, the forms of which shall be preSeribed by the `county commissioners, in which an entry shall be made of all the moneys nceived for feo3, and of all moneys earned and chargeable upOn the county. specifying the day and date the title Of the case, if any, for what service and from whom received. imd on the • first Monday of each month, each of said officers shall pay to the treasurer of . tdie proper county di fees so received during the pre ceding month, taking•duplicate re eeipts tnerefor, one of which he shall deposit withi ; the 'county commi s i on :. ers, together with a transcript in de tail of his fee account book or boOks for preceding mouth, to which_ he shall make oath or affimation before the county coinmissioners, that the said transcript contains a true and correct list_ of all the fees received, earned, or chargable upon the county for services rendered in his office, either by himself, deputies,or clerks, 'Tilifring the preceding month, that said fees were severally 'charged and col= lected at regular irates, and that lie has not:received, and and is not to receive from a:ny person or persons. Whatsoever, forL any, official services• or duty, any other fees than those entered on "said : transcript. And it shall be the duty of the county corn :missioners' file said receipt and transcript -In ! their office; and to pharge the tOrputy treasurer witk-the (Boners so pale in. Where fees are *9 Paid to Othoer which' are for. . , services rendered, _or:tobc - rendered by another °Meer's, receiving -the same shallspecify the same on his neeonnt book, and . cn his transcript as of his offiee'to which they, properly belong. SEC. 3.• If _any of the officers in-'. eluded in this, act shalt willfuly neg. lect to'make` any proper entry in the book or books required to be kept, or sluff willfully 'neglect to charge for any official tiers -legs, the fees al lowed-by law, or .slual take. to his ; own use any such' feei, or 'shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this act; ocneglect. to discharge any 'Of the duties herein imposed, the same shall be deemed a misdemanor in the office,, and in addition to the other penalties for such offence, he; shall upon conviction thereotrefta: the said sum or ,sums of money 'thus :unlawfully, received, and shall be in- Heapable of holding long e r the said ' office. . . . Sic. 4: Any officer included in this act or other persons who shall will fully swear 'falsely': in verifying any account, transcript or bill required in this act,- - or 'making any affidavit • in reference thereto, shall be . deemed .guilty of perjyy, and upon convic tion thereof Shall be liable -tonic punishment prescribed by the laws of this State.for perjury, any perflon ;who shall procure any other per 4 !to swear, falsely in varyfing any such I ,account,Aranscript or bill, or in trralc in7 any affidavit in reference thereto,. 'shall be deemed guilty of subordina tion of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to the punish- Ment prescribed by law, for that of fence. SEC. 5; All county officers within the counties to which this act applies, whetherelected by the people or ap pointed accordinfi to law, shall he paid for their services by .sPecifie compensation, which shall be la . charge upon the treasury of the county to ivhich shall respectively belong to the extent (except as Hereafter pro- Vided) of the fees collected and paid in by each officer ,respectfully, or earned where fees are Chargable upon he county treasury, and Said salaries 4hall be paid monthly, except as beiein otherwise provided,.outhe sec ond Monday of the month succeed ing that in which MS services were rendered, but no Ns'arrant shall be drawn for payment of any of said Officers who shall notdelve filed the receipt and transcript provided for in this act. SEC. 6. All salaries' fixed by this act (except in the ea,e of such officers as may be 'otherwise, prOvided for herein) shall be paid from the amounts paid into the properp•eas nry from the respective ollices, -. ,and if there has not been a sum sufficient from fees received and paid in, or earned. and due IT the county - for - Seryiees rendered in any month to pay the full amount of the salary, of ant officer holding any' of the said offices, such ,officer shall receive only such'• portion of his salary as shall he equal to the afrgregate ofthe. net fees received, and earned_by him;, as aforesaid, during . sqh month';' i.i!•orided, that if the' fees any sulij, serpent month, or months, shall ex-1 clef the amount of the epenses and; salary aforesaid for such month, the deficit of such salary for such pre-i ceding Month shall be made up fr`omj such excess. i.SEc. 7. That it 'shall be the duty of the county auditors in 'each countyj containing less than one'hundred fifty thousand inhabitants whenever it shall appear from the amount of; bwZiness- transacted by any countyl officer, the population of the countyi or other cause, that the fees attached tO any county office .appears tmex.l c'ed the sum of three thousand doll lars. to make careful examination ofl all books, papers, , accounts or other] data by whii.h the amount of fees attached to any of r fice may be ascer tained, and shall ? report thereof, set fortithe :ono* of fees earned such office within the year, then last past to the i - eounty commis sioners:and it shall then be the duty of such commissioners if it shall sp- . pear that the fe2s of such-otlieer have during such year exceeded the sum; of three thoitsand dollars, to nntifv <lief] officer and the county treasurers o f; the' fact. and all fees .received by! such officer after the heoinning of' 11w next sueeeedincr month, shall. paid by ,him into - ,the county treasury j aSheretotOre provided. and such; offi- I rer thereafter shall be entitled to the salary provided for in this act. At the Same time that the monthly returns are made. as requir ed, by section two, of this act, of the gross receipts of the fees, anti the emoluments received. by said otlicer, toand for the use of their respective counties, for the preceding month. eaCh of said officers shall make-a separate return to the State Treas ure r of - all collaterel inheritance taxes collected Or earned for the state by him. if Allyhave been so collectelj or earned, and all taxes due the state on any.writ or legal proceeding, or fees otherwise belonzing to , the state collected dr, earned 'IV- him, and the amount so returned by" any of said oilif4rs as received' by him for the state, 'shall he separately paid into t d the hate i treasurey, by him quarterly. on,the fits Mondays of April, July. October and January. for which he shall lake duplicate receipts. All commissions on the collection of such 'taxes as are now, or may here after be -allowed iby law, shall be deemed and taken as part of the reg ular fees of the otliet - ±r' collecting the sal*, and shall be accounted for ac cordingly. S .Ec ... 0. All books, records, papers and accounts kept by any - Tof the offi cers named or , included in this act, shall be open to the inspection of the county controller, or board of county auditors, who shall have power to ex amine the same at any . time he or they may wish to do so for the pur pose of verifying therefroM 'the monthly statement, provided by this act. 10. That the, annual salary of each county officer withinAhis-coth monwealth, when not otilei*ise pro vided for, shall be three thousand dollare, to:Tether with twenty-five per, centinn upon all sums p:Oal into the county treastery, by him in' excess of saidisnm of three. thousand dollars, provided, that whenever the fees at, taebed to 'any county officer shall not reach the suni of three thousand 1101 has...then the officer holding, the same shall Continue to reeeiwl! his cotripen. sation in fees 'as now provided by SE'e 11. The salaries fixed and provided by the foregoing provisions, shall', be in lieu of all or any moneys, fees, perquisites or milage which are now or may hereafter he received. • by any officer named in this act, and all shid moneys. fees, Mili-age or per quisites received by anyiot them, as compensation, fees or . ; perquisites, from any source, whatever, shall in all cases belong to the ounty, and shall be paid intojts treasury, except . where required to, be paid to the Istate, as provided . in this act: =BONS WET THE NEW Ouuntr, ,- BILL SHOULD NOT 2 •- t • • l'arties interested. .the passage of a- bill for tbe forination 'of, new countica ibieh; if it becomes a law, will Permit of tbe'clivisiOn or:every large County in the = -Commonwealth, are. here, actively at work - t 0 _secure its passage. TitutsVille is largely represented byi some of its most distinguished citizens. The bill, which was intrCduced by Bepresen tative BroWn, ;of Corry, is very loosely constructed, and while, we do not impugn - the Motives * of its author, who is sincere, and, for all we know, disenterested advocating. it, yet we must .8:14% that. its passage in its 'present form) would be an infamous outrage on the people of the„ Com monwealth. We are aware that if it becomes a law new counties would. be for Med for the . Sole purpose j of raising. I the.. fortunes of bankrupt Municipalities or attenuated villages, which may- be tlvorably located to Secure the req usi teamountorterri tory. The large counties would become the prey of speculators and jobbers to a certain extent. that is erxen(ial, under - the bill, as it• now stands, to secure the formation of a new county, is tb have a petition signed by 1;500 {persons; an area of fonr hundred square miles, IWithont having, the boUndary line' Within ten miles of any county , seat a population of. 20,000 within the area of, the pro posed ucw count}-, and two-thirds of the vote within the same. • . Every intelligent person knows how east* it is tO get signatures to any petition, and where the requsite amount of territOry :old population. ean lie secured, it is not a difficult feat, by the use fof money and by making personal appeals, to , secure 'a' Wo-thirds vote within the limits of any proposed new 'county. The irre ,Sponsiole, lloating, disinterested vote can easily be captured. The most outrageous ommission, purposely ,made in the bill, is the failure to Two.ide'that the portion of any couw- taken' to form 3 new criunty s call pay . its portion or the debt of the county 'from which taken. If it breomes a law-Without correc tion .in this particular, over one fourth of the populationand territory of Venango county can be taken, leaving. its entire debt upon, the re- , maininLr three-fourths, amt entailing - an overwhelming burden of taxation. Is it possible that the Legislature will permit such an outrage to be consuMmated ? Under the proviSions of this bill county governments would, he Multi- plied and the cost of maintaining them nepessitate additioMiltaxittion. County fiatildimes WouPlyave to be erected. and an enomousfxpemliture of money be required. . • - • The people of the Commonwealth 10 not ask for the passage,of such a measure. It is only a few individuals ,7,secking to retrieve their, private for tunes the inhahitants ,f)f some nul • hitious hamlet or town. ill() are ask ing its enactment into-a law, and who are willing to, place the trut4terests of the people of ei-(i•ry large county in jeopaa4y to accomplislrlheir pur poses. ! - The only county in the:State which should be divided LS Lug t erne, and a bill can Le enacted for that purpose. whiCh not plaec etery ,pther county nitii °Vet- 20,000 inhabitants and four hundred square miles at the mercy of jobbers. A bill should not patss, which would permit any county to - ;be reduced to less than 50,000 in habitants. Schemes are ahead* beingeoneoct .o, which can, be cal rigid out -under the House bill becomes a law, to divide Erie. liViirren, Crawford, tiler- r cer Venango, Ilittltfr. _Armstrong. Clarion, Indiana, Clelrflehl, A lleghe qv. WnSilll)!TtOn, tircen, Bradford, Lyeoming, Luz..ern, Lancaster, Dauphin, Berk;, .I;u6ks and Mina gomery. A c.lrellW investigation proves that under the provision of the Lill as it not stands twenty-five new counties may ho I forine‘t ill the State. and all of the large influential ,counties reduced to be'ggarly propor tionsj—The people of i those counties will have no remedy.'; They cannot prevent the dismemberment of their territory. The provisions of the bill are arbitary, and there is no escape. In addition to the tixpense and in creased taxation which the formation (it' SO many additional toonties wuold impose upon the peopl e in the sup port of county offices, erection of public buildings. 'and general costs •of county governmenf, :t would di arratnre the judicial districts. increase I; their nundulr, or en useinconvenienee in the administration of justice by the courts. It would! cause au in crease in the number id members in the House of Representatives, at during the ,time of tie present hp portii ounenti, and 1 fy entail a Leavy expetisi upon:the State. Our IZepresentativeS in the Senate and I louse will 10 all in their power to defeat this hfll, or have it amend ed or :deprived of its! objectionable features. Wi'e urge the people to. re- monstrate against its passage before it is too latel Especially! would we reunest Ilepi - esentativils from delphia, whOse constitnents are not directly intelvsted, ,not to cast their votes for a I measure full of mis chief eo the futerests of a large ma's jority ,of Wei people, Old calculated to benefit qtor ttl Venni? Ju Citizen. ' .. : Tut New York correspondent of the Mobile 14.gi4vi- writes the follow ing hopeful words : :_7 , - " There ar i c many indications that by the end of the present year most of us will be i i a good deal better ott than we are now. The , spring trade opens with vey fair proSpeets. Many buyers from i the West and South have arrived,land they speak more confidently of affairs in, their imme diate sections than they did a year - , a g o.. Most o ' our own business men , hav,d 'greatly 'reduced expenses and pa matters inbetter shape generally, and though hey do lint expect an 1 atitive season ] ems the average opinion se to be that a healthy revival of , . the general business of ~the country - is about to be' in. It .is expected that th'e Centennial will Infuse new life in Many Ptaces,. lid help to ;bring about the. much -nee( ed restoration of co - t dehce. " All periods of depression w+r themsehjes out atlast, and the., Present one istbelieved to be near its end. If the limn has not exactly conic, it cert4inly is verY near, and 1 we \will have some reason: to . take a more hopl.4ful i.lew of the, future. Our i eyes have been fixed on Oe dark side 1 .of the Cloud finite long enough." • I• nEires.iilt in New Liarapshire sur pa4es the most, sanguine expectations of the ~11epublicans everywhere.' Every thing,lui been regained. Let the ball be kept in motion,; until every State heslbeenreelainied. LETTVIS That OU3 gaizsPOlnnrim. • LBMIIt PROX . • , ittarusseao,ll4.,mallul-1811. As the time dr4wsnearivhen the repro mutative& of the' great &lub!lean Party will assemble at Cincinnat i`the ',question as to who_will Carry Off gm honors of a nomination by that convention , becomes one ottimeh interest, and especially so at the great political centerts.. At the begin ning of the present sesslow,':, pf the. Legislr tUre Blaine was everywhere mentioned as being the man who would draw the prize, but as time passes and theAisettisionsdn Congress are read by the piople; it is be ginning to be said of Blaine that his sen timents on-the finances and other great national questions are entirely too well known fora Presidential candidate. Bristow, Morton and Con ling _cease to be mentioned by Pennsylvitnians to win in-the great race for the Centennial nominatians. But a few tnenths rigortbe . idea that uur popular GoVernOr would be likely* to receive the nomination was tre4t ed as a matter of great uneertainty, and by some as a good „ivke tint this uncer-, tainty has givert,plaeo to pit bability, and so surely as the - days arc Oparing longer, John F. Hartranft is becotning stronger, and is to-day more likely ttt be our stand ard-bearer in the campaign, of 1876 than any other man. While tither men are, straining themselves in every possible way to catch public favor, Jlartranft, as usual, is pursuing the even tenor of his ways, only, showing ihimself whdre duty Calls himo and never expressing an opinion merely to attract the attentlan of the pub-- lie, but always ready for any emergency.' In fact, in him are combincil all the ele-' meats of Success as a Presidential, candi-: dtte, and *if I am not; very much' mistaken, the contestants 'who will enter the lists at Cincinnati on'rhe 14th of June nest will be amazed at the Strength which the quiet, unassuming man Islio now fills the gitbernatorial chair at Irarrisbirrg will have in that convention. The , bill providing for trip health and safety Of miners in the .hitt(ininous' r mints of the, Commonwealth wasinuler Consid er:aim-tin the lower branch iif the Legis lature on Thursday, and efjcited a very animated debate. Mr. Tal (De . tm, of Delaware Co.) oared an amendment al -1 lowing the Secretary of Inteinal :Hairs to ,act with the Governor in thappointment of the Mine Inspectors, wriich was met with.a determined' resistance by the Be piiblicans. It is said that time offering of this amendment iv,a trick or the coal op erators V, kill the bill. The New County bill has, iFnt yet passed second reading, brit will probably come up some time next week.. It istinpossible to tell iv - hat kind of a bill will: be passed. Tlio§e who desire a liberat hilt predict theirsuccess with a good d'eal Of coral dence,: nd thos. opposed ' aritl perhaps just •as hopeful of success. l 114 s leaked out of late' that the] e are seri us;differences of opinion among the friends of the bill. It seems that Titusville, ;Set-4ton, Curry, I lerdic and Troy intererlts'citistot be rep resented in the same act, which may re sult in slaughtering the bill In the "house of its friend." • The full owing lines----a parOy on a little poem that recently appeared in the 011 City Derrick—n•ill perhaps :be of interest to the readers of the ItiAiiirrmt, inas much as they lexpress the desire of our western adventurers in very It.pi language : oh: Lo:d I pray that Illutteq44 *Mong county towns may Btatt.q t And that the public bulklings t;it I;:reettul on my !mill. Thou knawest, Lord, what Tacatit grounds I urn In 311nurquavIlle, And Importohato For this new county 1411, I confe . si %Ls vile-Capacity, . That :hakes me Lelp the. cheitf; !.'or ilkeithe big Ash, It's been 1 . 0y wont The little ones to eat. roseltlshipatriotN oh Lord Are nice to tVad atto111: - ltut when it comes td corner 10t,i5 I zulnd be counted out. Afy check has gone to Ifarrilwrg, To suedl the pile of notes Our worthy have raised To purchase Illetpl/orh' , vut6„ r; I know surit bribery ks wrong: rt ; against stait •.1114 by the law nlneht r 2. Its author's fate. I ofij then, a comproinbe, lityl;onselence to cdotent, For every-bundled dollars galucsii, glee Thf church a cent. trOitfound the editors. too, I lux ,Atta wpit thy slant rod, 'J . Cha•ti,e each paper that prc,uturs Yu Cot our fraud. ,end guitil luck to.,Ntlattepi43 1t1e,,,,111 the: rlou. crew lot,byisti, and venal shark., Who ni..att to sce us through. sonr , wllay /lle liOWn SO SiCCIN Stneettly tru.t, ilt t. in ether, I.ffid, that'We li3VO thiN I.tn r Must A resolut L pt. passed the Heusi! yesterday that no bill except of a loeal character shall Le read in place utter March - I;th, and no hill shall he reported fr4in cy*n m it tee after the 3lst. There is palk of ad._ journing over a week about the Ist of Apr 3ANuEs. LETTERS nom THE PEOPLE: Entron Ilf:rmerrn : In -votir issue of Feb. ‘2.•211, yoli requested all bilon soldiers who suffered in rebel ~risen pens to give their statements as to irratMent, ike., slid in compliance with Your r4ptest, will state . what I saw and suffered. I' served _as a private in Co. "G,•' sth N. Y. Cav alry ; was mptured at Mount f:illerridian Shenandoah Valley, Va., WI tl:4i.! 27th day of Sept., 1861, by the .nth V4Con. Cav alry. The first treatment I received at their hands was to be stripped 4if my uni form, which I had Only worn three days; I was given a few dirty and tattered rags 1 in return; they also took a • i which 1 had in my possession, which hai . belonged to a dead comrade; -I had earrici, it sever al months, with the intention id sending it.to his mother at Owego, N. ,'), There were several other prisoners With me at the same time, who were set ved In a like manner. My gre4est loss waslity• boots, for which 1 received nothingln return. We were then compelled to match, from about noon till 11 o'clock at night, over a bard, MeAdamize'd road, keeping up with their cavalry; my feet were so fiadly blis tered from the sharp stones that I could . not stand up the next morniQ without help. In two days after, I Was taken, with about 70 others, to Chafiettsville, Va., and confined there in an o 1 building over night ; next morning at daylight we received some corn bread, and Were than Flit on the cars and taken.to Richmond, aniving there about IO o'clock ;At night ; we were confined in Libby Prfatin on a , lower floor, and left for thOtight to stretch ourselves on the hard planks and r, rest or sleep as hest we could. The next morning at about 10 o'clock twoi, officers, ' with four or five guards arid 'a negro, came into the room bringing a small table, a chair, and a book. • We • were '::then or dered by the officer in command to form. in two ranks on one side.of the rdom, and all who had cups, canteens, hatieisackS, or blankets, to put them on the floor in, front of the line or men. The officer then said : "Now all of you 'ns who have got any gold or silver, greenbacks, watches or other valuables, step out and 'gfii.e them to the officer at the table, with yoUrname, company and regiment, and whelf.you are paroleefor exchanged they will be return ed to you." But I never knew Or heard of anything being again returned'' After a short hesitation six or eight stetmed out and gave up whatever they pOSsessed. 'lVe`Were then ordered to go five at 4 time to the opposite side of the room, find were compelled to take oil' our plothes the guards would then search ever particle -of our clothing and elfects• ' we were then mdered to another part of, the rem to dress; then another five would step out, and *so on to the last. We were then otz tiered Up on the next !too; Climbifig alad der through a hatchway. ' In one- : corner of each room was a small place pariitioned off for a sink and a trough, through which a stream of water flowed from iit , pipe; we received our drinking water from the same.pipe ; win-ide the'partition, *lmre a faucet was fixed in the pipe and;.under neath it a small trough, we washed our face :44 hands. At. about 4 o'clock in the afternoen they brought in some food, it being the first -of any kind given to us since daylight the day before ; the food • was a piece of very soggy •CottV bread without Salt, about 6 inches long, wide I And ',.1 thick also, half pint of ricii soup, . f. or sometimes bean. soup, With a .01 - tu . .. the : sick lay the bard a..re:. thiell, Be e . blosp o onful of rice or beans to ea half- :With old blankets, but very many without pint. We received the same am p aof any covering but their tattered ragS; they boil food one , a day while I relnained here, =received but very little medical treatment `with the exception of a very sanal t piece. that I could ever see of learn of; their ra-. of-filthy ot. half putrid tneat twiee ore - three tions consisted of a small quantity 'of times a, week. , The, soup was, rdviart wheat bread with 'a little - rice or, bean brought In in large tubs., yrhichliki not soup,' and occasionally a little piece of look as though they had everbeen clifined, poor meat. In stormy 'weather our green Very, many had no cups, but _Mosel who wend, fires would make suclia, dense smoke had ;would get their half pint of ;soup, ioSide the stockade that. it was most in swallow it, and lend their cups to tittl oth- sufferable to bear, affecting the eyeti and en. In about a week I was taken feom lungs to .such at} extent - that it um:feat- Libby with hundreds of others and placed edly caused many deaths, and in ott Belli Isle. We had tents on toil Isl- cases blindness •my head and lUngs have and, but. ad toile on the sand In alvery never recovere d .from the *effects of it. crowded condition. The food We received Mamydiedfiern inflammation of the _o f was the same. in quantityand qu pity that and stomach and various other catises, eater we received in Libby; our drinking ater but the chief cause'esae cold and hunger; as out of the James eiver ; the stench many had 'slight wounds received ati' the from the sinks and all other filth wagivery time of capture which had never been at= enensive and sickening ; we were :.'soon tended to, and they soon became pritrid completely covered with vermin; even the sores, of ten .causing death there twerp sand was full of them; and when thii sun but comparatively few who. ever left the : warmed theinem they Would be as lively hospitals till they left them fur the dead •as ants. About the middle of Octob'r ive house ; guards were always stationed were transferred in thousands : to ;falls- laround the hospitals and at two of the ' bury, N. C. We were packed in Night wells , used for hospital purposes, curs, and had to stand or sit hi a crarimed A: few bold, • brave-eamited fellows - pesition. The train I went on was two formed a plan to make.a break thro'the idays and one night on the way. At Pan- wood-gate and try to ese4pe whenever a vitro we were taken from the cars long favorable opportunity offered itself ;" the .tetiongh to receive our daily allowaqe of plan was kept very still, Biro': fear of be- Ifolid. Arriving at Salisbury we #ere trayal.. Onwthe 24th of Nov. '.the wood placed inside a stockade whiii inelOsed squad brought .the information that one several acres of ground.and a few bitild- of, the two regiments which guarded - the ings. . The stockade was formed of plank prison had been ordered to leave; on the 10 or 1 - 2 feet long and retied upright, ,Witle cars on the 25th inst., and they did pack a scaffolding or walk outside and within up and match away from the prison ; .we 2or 3 feet of the top for the guard l S to received no rations that day; about four walk on. The chief building in the en-: o'elockin the afternoon, when some of the 1 closure had been used for a cotton gin; it men were out after Wood, the ringleaders . was partly used for a cook-homeeland of the bold plan formed in a body where partly occupied by civilian prieoners,ewho i they .knew the ,20 guards had to pass who had, been confined there a long time; they were to relieve others at the hospital,-and were chietly,North Carolinians, and 17vere wherpthey were passing the men pounced pet there to puidsh them for deer 14alty upon them, knocking them over-and tak totle Union and the dear old flag. 'ell, ing their guns; they then made a rush for other few, small buildings were,partq ee- the eirood7gate, fi ring on the guards and eupied by4.oine of thd first men wire ? are yelling 't Break ! Break l-": In' a moment rived there, and partly used for hosp i tals, every man that could .stand was up from with the exception of one, which ..was their tents and holes in the ground and . used to place the dead In till they Were i .rushing for the gate in a nrass, all yelling; taken out to be belied ; it 'was a small but in a monient the gate was clewed and one-story brick building, and the do'ors, locked, and the guards cOmmeneed tiring windows and fluor hail been taken miley ; into the mass so suddenly checked in their the dead were laid in rows on the hare t(onward neon rse; they were S('011 reinforced ground. At the time I arrived there Were i froth their camp, turd aleo . hythe regintent a large • number of officers outlined, :: I vlio which had, le ft in the morning, they has-- were quartered in tents on tine side lithe w inonly gone a ehot; al rierance and were .encloure and separated froth the d her wait nig for the cars to lake them away ; prisoners by it strong line of guards ; - ?hut they fired several; volleys ° into ,the mass in a short time they were sent bait; to and also a cannon which was loade'd with . Danville; before they were taken aWay the punchings . of I,oileilirin; the .guards one of their number (a Lieut. Davis of- the 1 kept up a random firing for 20 minutes, 115th N. 'l'. Infantry) was shot for itiip- and did not cease till every man rushed ff Ting over the dead-lint. There were 467 hack to his quarte:re 'We )ay do-wit that 1-Many men shot there during the winter j night • with sad heart'S and empty stOm tor the same. offence; the dead-line at pat aches, many wounded and dying, and no 'time was simply a mark on the teniend fire. There were a very large In - ember twelve or fifteen feet. inside the, tctocklide., killed and wounded. The first ithi.ressibn As fast art the. prisoners arrived there they' of every man, except the few in the secret, were formed into squads of . one hundred was ihat (yen. Kilpatriek had come to Inl and then into divisions of ten squadseitch; crate us. there were ten divisions formed at 7-i,lett, MiijorGee often bad'printed bills pasted time ; over each squed was placed a inan 1 up on the buifilings and trees. offering a io act as sereeant, and over earn oljyf t ision IS otimyeif al - 0 to all Who isemlil 'enlist in r , me .s man to act as .rgeant-major; theser- the rebel army, the term of enlistment-to geaut-majnrs received the rations for tjteir be during the war; they would also telltis di'visions; then issued them to the :" ! ' . 'er.r- that we would neither be exchanged or grant of , squads end the sergeants tActlie f paroled till the close of-the war, .and that men; the! rations were - a loaf of carn biewd (ettemla hope and chance-_ of life was .t) to each man daily, made from very c•krse eaist. Many enlisted from time' to time, and. poor corn meal, without salt; (;tellloel eying their stories mid ,fearing their loaf was made from about a pint of Meal. thr , ats; undoubtedly most of them with i t anitteen more than half baked; soznetfines the intention of deserting at 'the first it s'Yould he graham bread of poor quality; chance. It was rather a dishonoralile very often the meal wits issued raw, ',end Means of getting away, but hunger, cold all who did nit possess cups would alaw and di , e::Se drove them te; it ; many were their 'rations in their hats or caps ; -some net in their right Mind. Many of the ' would make ( it into mush, and others iprison recruits would be rejected for vari would make cakes and bake in the rhos onS'eames and Sent back into the pen ; ashels, but very often it bad to he ate ftvit - r, Ithose We called "condemned Yanks.' It foe Want of Mee we receivCd rice or beau I had been renewed all winter , that there soup two or three times a week, and aU - -ct were• blankets and clothing .outside the two or three. ounces of filthy meat ,critic- priSon whiefThad been sent there by our times once and sometimss twice a wifex. i (;overnment, . with the promise of dis— Major Gee was the (Juicer in commind tributing there among the prisoners ; but ire dirt not receive themtill the beginning of the prison. The quartermaster's mime was Lilly. We were given tents to shelter of Febrimy, and then telt, more than one• about half tire men: many of them' dug el blanket or piece of eithing to every-ten holes in the grOund' to shelter themselVes men; they Were distributed by three tin-, front the cold and storms, myself amOng 1011 suidiers• - I often saw men drop down and expire. the number. Major Gee and tjuarternias- it a moment without a- struggle.. I bore ter Lilly made-, up a ; squad of men friorn among ,the priSoners, who were taken up through all quite well till the beginning riot every day along the railroad to cut woe.2,d, d, t . February : then I was attacked with chills and fever. a hacking cough, scurvy, ' which was then loaded on ears and liaided in and dumped - MY about twenty-five reds and sore eyescaused by smoke. I kep t if way fi•on- tlic doctors and the hospital from one Of the gates ; they would only through . ail, and it Was only through Di allow a speci fi ed number ffian each sqn . ad o f ono h undi . e4 to go out for wood il -i .i vine asistance that I ever lived to get day ; sometimes Ike call would be ;for home. ~ 'There were two - brothers in my three men from a squad and sometimes squ:al Wittirics and (:lark Warner) freim six ;-- that is the largest number I CNl,er f i r(( twp., Bradferd Ca.; CharleS died - in Salisbury, and Clark came home heard called; it was generally from 3 to 4"); we generally commenced ( going out for i in 31 : jr(1 '. l'-'(;'', in a very feeble was also a feeble condition, wood about fl or 4 o'cloek, p. m.; th jey and died _soon after. 't would orals allow the specified numl;er young, from Friendsville, Sesquehane front one division teem out at a time; the its t:". matted W i n . W• l'"rt(''' he also rebels then formed a strong, (limbic lincipf died there. The horrors and' sufferings of that prision pen are as fresh in my memo . guards e'rom the gate to and around the ry - to-day_as the time o f their perpetnition. woc(l-pile. with a strong foree at th e gate; I can foot - give; but not torget while life . and' we woul d then 'go out in single. tile 'its quickaspossilile, pick up what, it - 0 ,-,,Lik.,- Memory lasts; if there were nothing else. • could carry, and hurry loacki`they allo,,Niti to mound me of it, the piiini and aches of en- my broken-dowo constitution would k e e l , each man to carry what he era. able, g erally not more than one stick, it 1,4 12 . .it freslifin my memory.- . but I might go on writing till dooms day and I eyelid not green awl heavy; ir a. man stopped on t'le give the shadow 'Of an if: L T. about the Stlf. - Way to rest he would lie metered to throy . forings off Salisbury prison,— down his wood and march on; arr iein e aa the gate there would always be I 1( ntv "Of liar wri-tiTti-il 'tau- and 1::arilAIIN sweat, comrades to carry it the'r(!..st of the N'etiy . The n e e. ee.„ N., i'i' • c.kil tOoiorSi:,nd.e a .. ea, wee ii, the: , to their quarter; each sqinn) b e in g - gen e r r ... -I:, lc -,1,--, . ; ,,,,y Inn,l, , ally divided into /Mior squads we would On the 20th day of Feb. 1: 4 65, , the com 'have a hard time to' divide the wood fair- meeced tahing out some of the strongr-st ly; we had to split it with raihoad spike's, is the side and packing them in f". f'. a billet of wood for a maul. Q.n . teas. At eleme - nine-6'eloek the same many occasions we wire deprivell of wit-' eight„ there was a call/mule for live bun tions ;Or .48 hem's. When I first wept i dred of the men who could walk, to go our: there thertt were three wells in the en- all it 110 were able Man; a rush for the closure; afterwards some of the piemees ' gate, bet of cent - se did. not go out that dug 3 or 4.others, tike nn -n he 'rig allowqd time: I v,- a s o n e o f th e lust ti' the gate . .e rat„ 'tiOLlblions for their Work ; the only a s I h a d he el ' on thew:Ceit fur .sue'D it Way we had to draw water was with; old call. .We passed throng' .:-small gate in ten cups with strings attached, the attin i is single . file, and were counted to get the being generally made out of strip: of number. 'We were then placed' on the elbthing; it was a very hard matter to gilt i roofs of the ears that held the sick, as , enough to satisfy our thirst ; we had I‘.) as nuthy as cull sit the length fof each way to wash our clothing, having nothing' sid e of the ridge or foot boatel. 'and in las-ger than quint cups ; to wash ()lirthat milliner we rode several days and . hands or face ; we Winlift faun' from a cup - liii . glits... At daylight on the e2d we ar for each other; the new well.; did not Air- rkedeat Ilaksigle W. C., m here; we were Irish touch water, and weregeneralV I taken from the ears and Marched (outside ' •dieped dry each day before night. In Itie ' tb , .! city to ft piece of woods; we there re center of the enclosure were 6or 8 white ceived raw cord incal and bacon, i t b e i ng oak trees; the bark was stripped off tbefr the dist food since leaving Salislonry; we • trunks as high as three men could stand stayed (htati till the eveuing,of the ::sth, on top of each other's shoulders; the bark and were then Ii tided again on the Ears, was chiefly made into tea and used for the and at daylight tin tilt morning of the diarrhea: it was matle'so strongand dratifr, j :t;tli arrived at Goldsboro: N. C. We in such large quantities that it. undoubf, wer e again unloaded and ma: relied to a wily caused many deaths. After we had. l e e ", o f woods, where. our descriptive been here a short time Major Gee had;'/? 'lists were- taken. During, allethis time ditch dug aroma! the inside of the sto c k; : since leaving Salisbury, the shk . remained ode, 6qr 8 feet deep. and abeut the seine 'in the , ears. On the eVening of the 2tlth in width; the ditch was thee the dead line. ! we were again 1011611 oil the ears, Ind in it was dug to prevent the prisoners from-; side, and out the afternoon of the 27th ar-: tunneling out; the ditch was dilg.by priSz tired at the flag of truce, sonni ten Miles cnels under guard, they receiving double I mirth of 'Wilmington, where we. - were pa ; rations for their Labor; over a - pOltk,ll of 1 1 oled. We passed through Gem ScholivkrS the ditch for- a space of I:30 feet Abe - sink lines and Were treated by his officers and was constructed ; the planks 1/toad con, I sohriers'with all kindmsskn. tbeir power. edges with the ends imbeded in theebankS I W t ! stay e d -in Wilmington four or five about Ii feet apart; then narroW plank; 1 days , and from there by Water to Anapo strung along and miffed about 2 feet from!! lis, Md., where we received.' clothing, tie bank; after a short time the bank 1 money and furloghs to go ,to our hotmis. crumbled away so much that in ninny'; I ar'rive'd in Owego in a, hopekss condi places it was from 3 to 5 feet to the comae wen, and it was only through the Meter plank, and very oft e n many poor, wealti of God. and the, gentle cats Of' a kind' ftillows would tumble into the mass o; mother and experienced physiCians that filth at the bottom of the ditch; hundred:o I ever lived to write this statement. ' were not able to go to the sink at aIL?,.! After. I became convalt*ent I. went to There were very Many severe rain, sheen'' Elmii a to be discharged and' while there I and snow storms,: at• one tim e snow le* visited the prison where the rehels were to the depth (ie 5 inches; the weather was;; confined three or fore_ times; ai for-as I very cold nearly ell the time, with higli: could see they had goial comfortable bar winds blowing from the mist on the caste racks, and were well clothed:mired, and or from the Tennessee Mountains on the- t in apparently good health, as I sew' mem west ; a great many had their haudsi and; hers of them playing around the bat - rack feet frozenewhich were neglected till mat yard. Vsztw ,largt numbers merching to tilication set in, causing death in nearly; the cars, to leave for the south, and taka every inetance. Sometimes the call for: . fug them as a body 1 tiever saw a like weml would be made se? late in the day'' number looking so well when taken at the that net more than half the divisions' front, and I saw very many at the front, would get through Were the gates were asil had been nearly four years a soldier closed for the night. - ,: and was always at the front. ' - , ~-;,_ The diseases were chielly fever and ~, When 1 - commenced writing. this state chills, chronic diarrhea; lung diseases and) nicht d did not intend to make such a long seurtry. The death rate was very great 1 disiointo history Of it, but the scenes and ; in Dec., 1e64, and in Jan. and Feb., 1e65, i suiterings of Libby, Bell isle and Salis- i I often counted from 25 to l's in the deatl-.k bury have rushed in 'so fast and "fresh en - house . some mornings- before they were Amy memory, that I could not well avoid taken out. Every morning at daylight all di it-..and by asking a feW sirapte quesiions who died thro' the night in camp pr hos- f for the many- readers of the Rereteren to !. pital were carried by their comrades and e answer, I wtll close: - placed in roes on the bare ground floor of If, as the 'authorities -at Richmond the dead-house. All the dead who lied "claimed, they did not have More food to, Clothing of any value were stripped a n d ligive us, Ns by did they not' parole us amid: ; the elothes appropriated by: some poor !send us into the Union lines„ thus cum..: TI fellow who needed them bildly, It was a ipelling our Government to support the most revolting sight to see these nice who ppiisonerqof both sides ; . they kiniw very [ but a-short time before were strum;; amp elweil we e would net ta ke-up -arms until robust,' laying thereon the hare earthen Ihonorably.exchauged a. tloor, - same clothed in filthy rags, some 8 Why did . they not let . us host- more partly stripped and many- wholly so, arms tvood, th ere being plenty of that.:) Why and legs extended or twisted in various;:-!-iid they not let us build huts, there being 1 shapes, •eyee and mouths open, hair and ieen abundance of timber all through the i beard long and matted, and ;completely ;:youth? " , , covered with' filth and vermin. About if r.:: Why did Maj. Gee order his men to fire [ o'clock each morning half a dozen guards, i:en the times of peer fellows crazed feint 1 a negro, a span of mules and an old wag- i 4itinger and cold; after the' gates' were I or, came to haul the dead assay, pileing I - Closed We were as helpless as so many in- them-into the wagon-box Got- 8 at a tizneel'entse I like logs of wood, often with au aim or it'e r ' . - .1 Why dkl 'they bribe and threaten our 1 leg banging over and rubbing on the I :Poor, starving men to enlist in their army? wheels; :they - were buried outside 'the i l-might ask many more, but will desist. 1 Canik s, in shallow trenches. In the hospitals (! s : Towanda, l's. : • JoszPit Turt.?:rir. . . Slits klag. [ S I= CARPET! CARPETS ! MI EVANSi 11ILDRET4 ilave opened an entire New and large Stockr of - CARPET.§I 91L CLOTHS, 3fATTINGS, MATTS, [ [ IttGGS, &c., which Ithey invite the *Wen ,. tiol: r of Custamers at their Nov Store' STREET, ; March 16, 1876.1. Flint & Sots. FROST . & SONS We respectfully anTenace to all thole to want FIRST CLASS FURNITURE, Our'assortment Is LAR , GER THAN EVER WI I . And that our prices are•the LOWEST, and our GOODS TIIE BEST =II ME of any In !ho MAR KrT. .Our prices have new reached THE :BOTTOM; And noic is the TIME TO BUY. I. lariag Jul: r:3terne I (r om the city, We have a Mal LOT QF GOODS FOR TXI HQLIDAY,SASON. COME AND SEE THEM. Everything in the line of NDERTA.I.N.G AT BOTTOM PRICES AT • FROST'S it SONS. ; Dec. 9, 1975.1 ME TOWANDA. PA.
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