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.
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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.