• • ~ ptsburgh " eagle copies... WE121 , 1 Bruton, ',lngle. copies, per year_ 2 03. dubs of 3to 10," —. 1 U. claim of 10 or more ._ 115. • --Atha ate "ortni 10 the party 'sending clan. For datotif Afton, en;will mend the Ernstse GuolTo 7...16k. a alai/ of twenty, we wtll watt the 1141 WAR OVUM= daily. Ala& cophv, I ands. W All stalinarlpLlonastrially Li advance, and papers shwa ?w r ird when Ms time expires, APlttsburgber's Experience In Libby j erison—interestlng Statement -How oar Prisoners are Treated—Barbar- •. arlabsees.-of Abe imaginative sketches and brilliant pullages R max contain—but rather, ,„ fat ttnitatlatitat information; and it may servo's' warning to others who may be as on , fortunater.as myself to bo taken prisoner by the barbarous end inhuman rebels. Having taken piusagocrathel2th dny'of May last, in 4 the steamer ‘‘Arrow,. plying between Nor !' fellrend7Nowborn, in the waters of the Chas ; spipkivizat Albenimle canal, the vessel was intpirsed and captured by a band of some •tsrty guerrillas; styling themselvn ...North thirollim Partisan. Rangers." Alter captur im_thAt Arrow they discov.ered the EMU} , lying ishOrt. dialarice above in readiness to convey es" thtoagfr the • Sound. The commanding OtriCer of the band, placed twelve of his moo on board, keeping them below an the time, 1 454 conipolled the Captain of the Arrow to . somatain - the Wheel-house and steer up along 'lda Of the Emily, as if nothing unusual had happened. Thefruseauccooded,pnci she also haying , no.armament on boardi ;an a l being stirprlsett, Surrendered witittost resistance. There were seven officers and men on board • • .4 . • :.V 1.• .. ' . . . . - ~• •:.. • • ,; • MEM We were then divided into different parties to beilent to Raleigh. They took this pre -.. , quairm,delabtless, for-fear of a recapture. I, With tamitimmir two soldiers and 'the mail, wren sent - oic'ElLeaboth City, Arutertiesboro, kis. When wo arrived et Elizabeth City, we Were taken to the house of a Union man for • breaketed. Iliad no Opportunity to speak to Vancrfir's - het Rushtfornied by enact his negroes that the "Lizieum" cavalry were Jastiotindisped it theiVintakirta of the town, and I ascertained afterwards, they provod to bo the 11th Pennsylvania cavalry. '.l IA •.. gl, : • . z .7,••'• • 4-4 • I, , ;. , : t l'.. A •4;,•:, ; NI. ~•;7i' i • ' ....`: .. 1 1 .:,: ;. 1 Z . I immediately arranged my plan for an es- There were any. four guards, which equalimd outnumber, su that each could have • tittgledhil mini. I coniulted - the citizen and soldiers, yhese asaistanea trequired to steoom •,' plish it. The soldiers would is:Leese-operated at a moment's warning, but - the citizen told me tbat,theptute-/ T atteutpted , anything of the idad • :326 erouidletinite and help oar captors, t 0.160111, an along, the, route, ho ,p roclaimed elaminiff a Strong "Vidisadigham' man, and told them Ms feelings and sentiments had al. ways been with , the Feuth. As regard" his eastqleni . itura it ' u in•theste few. words : Ile riesetnitesiktied-to - thebeekbone: Renegued . for the abatement et MC apbeily-eisleaso at • Itiebniond;' but - be overstepped the mark, for they have-hiM now eonfinifi in Castle:Thunder, which is a capital place for Vallaridighans men and Copperheads. "e'± • 7 11 !mag • .: -• The Castle is situated upon Cary st, about one squaristheldir the Libby. In it they place all descristkoe of prisoners,—deserters, spies, Misetaderrainers, Christians, yews, he. The AmssPnent there is the, basest of almost any ~.othetddanialshieb our soldiers are imprison ' • sel.: ,, ln*fellionce to the' rations furnished Ate* iliej'ititilve nothing bat sour bread arid soup, the consistency of which a /a mode mule beef, and the extract of. James river, and en trails of--cats, have frequently been discovered • in It. It has been stated to me by officers of • undoubted Tensely, and who have eaten this . soup,.that, a 4singte bucket fall titers wore contained in It at least ono qud# of Maggots, . and that it emitted the most ithumatiag efflu via. In this Ii . est,L fOrtheeliglithst Offense, of !scare and then are- taws out and betekedund gagged and tied up. CapL -Alexander, the commandant of the prison, :has been. repre sent:edits being most cruel In bit treatment; bat I do not think he can get far ahead of ar u te, „Turner," of the Libby.. • • ' weentscste stAltut, • • Brom Elisaheth.Clty we were taken to Mur freesboro aid -remained therellewhours for -: ' ':- 1 , •: . : 4... • . :t•Z ,- .1, 4 t-' 4. '`.0 , !;:4,:i , % ;,-,-,f, ! -:;., i . 0 ., : -r... ; '.. • l' - ' l% , ' - '- --. 4! . e., ; 0- •-;.we' - '.-.•:: ' 4.:. 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',luta with.Mo my trunk, Whkb,.,:they., took „the greatest possibisemi of ". - eintil ire arrived at Raleigh, • procuring Conveyance, eta., for its transporta tion. I led , -them-to boiler° it wU fall of After isrervfig atteleigh, aid inteirogated by Gov. liana, I.was sent to Ounulfolmes —a conscription =demos, about two miles. from the city. I eilmeined '.,..there..for :Wee digs, daring which period I au treated with, great kindness .4' . their 'idiotic puticedarly by SurgeoCAakor.,itnd Adjutant Piyoi‘..-the only ones I recollect; :While , thowtho lei of my trunk was demanded,by 'Gm. Vance, and when I reneived it 'again hand they had robbed me ore/yeti/rig, t 0.,, and Other articiee, to which I attached no: Intrinsic merit,. but which I prirod from_ usoclutione connected with them. b....6-.1 .P.V. agnrAutr ipr toirmcanotura. - ..z. , Dariat brifoliatirithritigli ".Dlife," X met ......._ -1. !'41 16 , 09 F1W1-Specirrient of V13=014)711 chi- V*l7 i - timtkaliztkin North Carolina, where guaskaramothinsphat co:Rosie' aswerc,,.' as UM are sti l led by the Virginian troops... If MIN Vr_fro c aliii , - 1 i tl a y u wll r l a' be : a eZl°Lb:ro riejso,, ii„hay . o atone as good rosin as ever you =Platt 1at0;" , , , in .tai intercourse with ..etitifferent placers we stopped, r found . ~ . . . . 111 til .. l ... ''7' THE . :., , B - . _ . ............_.. ,_ ~ _ • '--- •.;- ESTABLISHED IN 1786. ?..101WING DEC. 271868 TEEMS - OF THE GAZETTE. lfoasiria Zaino; by mat Per Ma- W. MEM single copies...„... 3. *moat Earn., by mall, per year.„...... 60. e i mantb..—.. 38. EIORMOND PRISONERS. Ity-ot the Bebels—The Plot to Poenße : tathi peatrOy Richmond —Horr It was Defeated- Traitor in the Prison. OF." e..4.C10ce(e.• The following interesting narrative la from the petior Militant Surgeon W. W. Myers, of • Atts..l;i. S. Navy, and late df the 11. S. steamer .4144,o f f..Goorgia, who wa,eonfined in Libby Prtion for seven months, being detained as Wheat:4o for Dr. Green, of the Confederate ninny ' 7 .11f-tio record of Time, the article I am 'silent to write will never be noted for the the Arroyr, dud thirteen on the Emily. About - solmtuk•o'plook - they , started for some point for the' -DisrOlic;"'OT reenrin . gtheir prizes. We ware under weigh all night, passing one of • our gunbosisthis Whitehead, mounting six guar_, 41,t_disylig,ht, we passed I;denton, our 4 tin9 B 1114Prising.wit were BOathirard bernd, as theoo varnished been running there in like manner for two years without any inter ' Miiika,loatescr, it being the -regular goy atruninftliairrenta. As we were passim ° up the Chowan river„gye negroee hailed no from the shore believing, of course, that their Northenti,driends - had come to rescue them, asfil that - the pith to freedom was open. They mere' taken en board and treated in the tenet , cr4oi !Rho commanding officer told . _ .ww.heintendodinimediately to dispatch thorn to tliill „ Pt!nggrri . who would have them in a and certain shape. After ti qui_erat of our other vessels in the • Ik - I , llBn - in the salnedeceptive and sneak - iti ~ 'lDtnnes; Mika at • Bouttr Quay about ' , "e'eretoik the next day.'• The Arrow was h V IM° to4kila oft doe,ant pt. hey tniettplbr 7 ' Etritabri 4 efy 'thie;' 'and' the Etettyrror her machinery , and hull, which will make them a valuable gunboat. FRISEDLY.CONT6AIiAnD. t TO lescire• racists:Teo DS A COPPRIA . RIAD. 4 , 1 J. , I 1. many Union men, and should judge from the tenor of their conversation they would love to I see peace declared, and this cruel and unrigh teous war over, at almost any sacrifice. From 1 the time of my capture until we arrived at Itiehmond,at all the different places we stopped for food, Ac., I foand them, without exception, subsisting on pork of a poor quality, sour bread, and sassafras tea; vegetables of any description wore not to be seen, beard of, nor I procured. In North Carolina, especially, they I are the most ignorant race I ever bad inter course with. As soon as they beheld no their Scat ejaculation would be : " What are you'ns cornice here to fight we'ens for; us'etts have never done nothin' toyou'am." While we were stopping • in blurt}esboro, tho citizens flocked around us, particularly the ladies, to moo the Yankees. One little boy exclaimed, " Why, mother, they helot Yankees." "Yes, they are, mrson " she exclaimed. " No, but the helot," replied be. "Why are they not?" said his mother. "Why," says the boy,. " they nist Ist no horse." This, then, is Southern chivalry. For my part, I can say to any ono speaking of chivalry in tho South —of the fine old Virginia gentleman, and of our erring Southern brethren, it isn't now, and never was; and the "F. 0. V." gent never was born, or else is dead and loft no seed; and that our erring brethren are devilish knaves, and that I want to get my hands on a few specimens, to settle up a small account of the brutality, meanness and scoundrelism of every description, perpetrated upon "prison or, of war." Prom Raleigh I was conveyed, under strong guard, to Richmond. I was imme ' diately taken to see General Winder, who by the way, is most cruel In his treatment to prisoners I who gave me every assurance that I should bo conveyed through the lines upon the first " flag of truce." He also stated " that a boat had left the morning before with eleven Surgeons—as it wits not the policy of either government to detain. officers of the medical department prisoners of • war, they were unconditionally released." I was then conveyed to the famous "Libby," at which place, I found "Straight's Command," the Chancellorsville officers, and one Surgeon. About two o'clock on Monday morning the names of about thirty officers Were (preparatory for "release) Including the Sur • geon. I requested antuterview with Captain . Tumor, commanding the "Libby"—who is the most inhuman and barbarous in his treat ment to prisoners—more so than any rebel officer I met, and for. my part, I look upon him as an Infamous wretels. I asked him " why it so happened that I had been over looked, when I had received every assurance from General Winder that I should be eon rayed through the linen upon the first flag , of truce. He replied, "that I was not over- looked, but that an especial order had been received from the rebel Secretary of War to detain me as an hostage for Dr. Green, of the Confederate army, who was confined in Fort Norfolk for this sofety of. Dr. Bucher— I being a Naval Surgeon: HOPE 111 ir aiOolt At such a moment every reflective mind can well appreciate my feelings. I, of course, and it was natural I should, felt gloomy, but I did not give way to the). deaPendency, of grief —at which come are wont—when trouble and affliction seises them, and why I because I had within me, that perfect steadfastness and confidence In my Government, which passoth fear, and that love of sentry, which you feel is something for which to doind die. I repeat it, that In my government I felt Such confi dence that I knew else : would not penult me to be sacrificed.; From that time- until the present the treatment of -prisoners bee been progressing from bad to worsro, until, from seeing the robust and , stoat prisoner, when captured, in all the sigor of health, I have had thrust upon my attention startling in stances of individual suffering and horrid pictures of death from-prostration sickness, and semi-starvation. LthIPRIPTION OP LIBOR PRISON-TSB RATIONS I=lll3 There are Collanedin the "Libby" prison over ainerhandretf•officars, representing all grades of both branches of the service. ' 'The " Libby," feditterbrjairdaia Aobacco_ware house, cantata* severritkanui; oastbliirtY: 4 vo foot wide, by one_buntitetlinsd fire thetiong, in which the officerscate '6.6nfiried. The rooms have naps/tared wrilli,.and the windows am open and exposed: to the-full sweep of tbo biting winds -of winter s and - rendering the rooms not only ineonifortable; but cheerless and' gloomy In the extreme. To the whole prison but nine medium sited. cookstoves are supPliod.: Thooffieers are 43003- pelted to do their own 'cooking ', and the sup ply of wood for this 'purpose , is often so in sufficient that I haire,lositewn'half day pass without the prison authdtitieS atioiring a sin gle stick to be broughtin.: When I was first confined they supplied •tis with a very good article of meat andlrread, but:wine. I loft the prison rations for one tiny:ptut alffollOws Three-fourths ofiC.piittrcrof. porn .bioad made simply of corn and •water Iwithont salt aced half baked r onegititif riee for every thine; onsliltufwineger for ate* ton men, throe fotirths pf,it ihint.'"Of haft for every ten,nten anitplenty -extract of -.fames River. Magog, the present finish no longer furnish'- ed to any class of prisoners in Richmond. I have learned, :baseil upon the ,mostrelfable authority, thaCour traiOti, buy ing cats and'dogsfrauttheir guards on d eating them to prevent starvation. vint ItOSPITA Is this then, the treatment dee to prieon• ere of war from a civilized- class of kieoplef No such instanites ,of, barbarity to prisoners are recordad oftlto Sofas Prin. other nation, or tribes. . 'Something, wed -speedily be dont for the/Oxman crc it Liao- late. regards the rations the treatment" in, ibis i hoefdtarte our sick and wounded. PreCieeo that id the.priion,axoniting that in ithaptison one paltry-swaot potaterAis mutilated - In lieu of meat, audio ?tbs. hosjilttlasze stibStitlitti 'Tor this one small itbiwbrof 14.4114 40 i 'ha Our Qat6ati•l*Ter it, gP. wiersgs.iii the beagle'', isirisi,littleenons consfenstablei Then we tine° straw.tiokal to•llo• upon , _stra are allowed lathe gairiitkis:: the olyorrt are perthittod ire Oblybi 4091;.V14; t ittt4 to; keep out the -obligedlcv take the few scanty, blankets, tarnished Sham and place, thorn over the vrinticrwri, as they; llitr tinily exposed, and -for ,fear, it "alit little them iclittle more conifai4l4o the thotititi, have even rift:Jed to board them up. . In tho hospital, it being upon the ground floor, they have taken the preca ution to board up..all the ssindows t bolt:,..thrdeora, ka , ko4 dotatleeile give It more - theappearaotee or a Atingeonb:and- to prevent 'agape: Thls 'hoe .only been done since the escape tnitioftleers fronsAe 1iet1f0:44,4-airtrodaitely rras nusx :Timm By an oraor.frenr.944.,.Ttirlieri,three,aiek and 11040 0 a 4 11 ,11Wortt Ifeptirithout food for, twanty-fonr boars,sluiply because two , of our number had isseaed. About fear Volliek in the afternoon this, aeoundisli Turner cane! In tbiecYas, and 61; Ely, of the 18th Conn. volunteers stepped forward „sod:asked .11m, "how long we were .to. be. treated. In that , manner and kept *Moot food." lie replied "that even NA' treatment„ was better than! the Yankees .4161404., and that wa' could remain there and-e :4 it out," series trur6 . tioartrU. . In a-hospital, of all other. where+ we suppose_they would furnish belito et, tend tp tharecioktat of the oiells - brit& men, they eteapel all sic nri , Waillidgd to Opel' .for ithemielres„ this the.proper -treatniest for. ourlimva bays",'who from their' wounds and. Wasting kith' fever, with.`puen morda end dysentery? hare seen our °facers lie burning up with fever, beams° they had not thereniedies to oheelrit. All hasp'. tab are insufficiently supplied with medicines. Why, then, wlll they not permit our govern mentto sentilluitit?' They say they will not distribute them ben** -I.hi Volta , ' State' (leicvluti 414=4 them contraband. they possess sitnobillty et loelitig,what ever;:orliave one spa* ef honor left, they am most artful 1n their oonitalment of it from US. Their studied Inriltaluisped opener is a proof suiticlimt tluit,to disperser no by exposure and semi-stcrvetion is thtir eldefabjett.;- , solieotts or BELLE ISLAND The treatment of .our noble privates, and particularly upon Belle Isle, is of the most barbarous and inhuman kind. Pot the pest two or three weeks they have been treolylog only %' lb. eorn tuna; sod ono or two : matt swatio potatoes per dlein. In one butane., PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY . _MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1863. upon Bello Isle, a soldier• suffering from diarrhea having occasion to leave his tent;, was halted by tho guard, and, being too fetW ble to utter a loud reply, he fell exhausted • from weakness and disease. Ile was. ere& upon by the guard, and died in about twenty . - minuteo afterwards. Upon Belle Ishii. they suffer much from the inclemency of the weath er—not having sufficient oboltor to enable them to "weather the blasts." Neither blan kets nor clothing of any description has as yet been given them by the rebels. This, then, is the treatment to which our bravo boys (fighting for the Union, its restora tion and privileges) are to be subjected by a set of base, inhuman wretches, who have not one spark 'of honor left, and by a eivilleed class—the Southern (so-called) chivalry, ,tn. EITIMEM What, then, shall we do ? It has been pro posed to retaliate in kind. I remarked to a Confederate Surgeon—"My Government will not permit this state of things to be canled on. We hold the eurplus, and we will mete out vengeance in retaliation." Replied "You dare not ; the people of the North aro too noble, and have been too kind to me, to permit snob a thing to be done." He was a Surgeon released from Pert Delaware and exchanged with myselL This is entirely too much the case. There is too much leniency exhibited in our treatment of these inhuman wretches. Lot us take it into band stance, and retaliate in kind upon them. I feel that retaliation will save our noble boys. Try it —it will at least give their prisoners a taste of our treatment. Surely it cannot possibly make the treatment worse In Richmond—for what treatment can be worse than semi-star vation. TUE DUNGEONS Not only our privates but officers et every rank are compelled to perform the most menial offices, and when the "commandant" is applied to, ho encourages his subordinates to farther offensive conduct. Upon the most trifling charges officers have boon confined to dun licons for several days. Livut. Rood, of Straight's command, for the trifling offense of spitting upon the floor, was taken by Inspector Turner and placed in a cell for twenty-four hours. Col. Powell, of the 21' Virginia Cav airy was confined in a dungeon for five long and weary weeks upon "charges, they said, preferred against him. At the expiration of that period ho was taken out and told "that they had been mistaken ; there were no charges recorded against him, but the treatment was Just such as ho deserved, and if we were all to receive our just duos we would each be placed in solitary confinement." Combined with all this cruel and barbarous treatment they still contend "that we are being well and kindly treated," " ab well as their own men." anocKiNo .SCENRS It will seem almost incredible when I state of my own persbnal knowledge that I have seen our If °ldlers brought from Belle Isle too weak to stand without support, and their fea tures distorted and blackened from starvation. A tew days before , I left the prison I observed an ambulance corning from Belle Isle fall of sick, conveying them to the hospitals. One of the number bad died on tho journey, and his head was hanging out, dangling to and fro against the wheel. 'Xis not an exaggerated average to state that out of every throe am bulances from this ramp:of sick arriving in the city, there are at lean seven deaths on the journey. The authorities keep them there until they full well know that the mods of disease, pneumonia and dysintery, hare be come implanted into their system, to inch an extent that medical skill wUI prove .ot i tio avail, and to endeavor to carry out their plan of treating us kindly. At this late day they bring them to the hospital M:ditillike_abotip led to the shitigther. Ana such i n war, and such the temperament it forms. grants so strikingly opposite iniheir character, and in fluences succeed so rapidly one upon another, that the mind is keptina whirl of excitement, and at length accustoms itself to change with ovary place or circumstance ; and between joy and ExiorrhoPe cad dorPonligucjs entlitiabsem and depreasion, there Is neither Lanett nor in terval; they follow oaeh other as naturally, s as morning succeeds to night. On arriving at .the prison both °Blears and privates aro immediately searched, and not only articles contraband of war, but all articles of value are seized and taken from them. It would amuse our Northern people to see their avidity In seising and searching for greenbacks. A few get a portion of their money returned, not in kind, but in Confed erate scrip. Such articles as clothing, mili tary equipments, Sc., they seize and appro priate to themselves, and it is not an entre quent occurrence to see a rebel dressed up in the clothes be has stolen from our soldiers and officers. Er= Any one discovered in chewing any kind ness, whatever, to any of the prisoners is dealt with in the most brutal manner. A few days since'ss our troops were being marched through the city to:Danville, five negro women were discovered selling or giving them bread. They were immediately arrested and conveyed to the slave pen under the Libby, and by or der of the infamous Turner, they ware given one hundred lashes each, and their backs washed with brine, and for a few hours it cast a gloom over tho. prison, for we could hoar the cries and groans of these poor creatures, being whipped for the so-called offense of giving a Union soldier broad. Surely they Trill receive their reward, "For when I was hungry and in prison, ye gave me bread." We are permitted by the prison authori ties to purehasnarticies in the city and from the markets, through Inspector Turner, bat everything is so enormously high, that a large sum lasts but a few days. When I left, pota toes, the also of a walnut, Were soiling at $l9 per peak ; butter was selling ntslo per podid, and other articles in the name .proportion. But this is only in Confederate Scrip. We have avenues for exchanging federal money for scrip—An dm proportion of twelve for ono. Wo term It "running the blockade." 802011.124.4. nroarneaa. I had only been in the quarters about ten days until I was seized with an attack of neuralgia, (a troublesome complaint which_ has hammed me for yearn) renewed again by exposure and being compelled to-aleep on the hard door, without sufficient covering, on. til I was conveyed to the Prison Hospital. For five weeks Vay unable to leave my hospi: tat cot, when an order was received from Coro. missioner Onld, who ordered me to be placed in a dungeon, as he contended that wo wens holding Dr. Green in a cell in Fort Norfolk. The 'enter surgeon in charge of the hospital, Dr. Wilkins, a gentleman, not only well skilled in his profession, but aloe possessing the humanity which that . profession prompts, entered a plea on would , Of my health, and thus saved me from solitary confinement. He also, at the request of assistant. surgeon Sa. , walla; a gentleman equally skillful, and who has at all tieses,"and under all circumstances; exhibited toward our men the greatest kind, noss, reqtested.:,Commissioner Gala to have me released. Ho told him, "that until ' United States Government released Dr. Grems be would hold me until the last blast of the resurrection trumpet." I would also speak ' of the kindness exhibited by assistant sur geon Simmonsi'and hospital 'steward Hallett, towards our officers and mon. TILE WITURT STORM , - s As ), As regards tho clothing, bla inte, &c., sent by our government tot dis button among our soldiers, only about two h drod blankets have boon - aa yea distribute d, nd I was ian informed by's - Tellable party faro I left, that they bad soixe4 otn-ludf the pork and flour sent to our men, and for &dit to Lee's: army for - this sutudstepea'of troops. Even their daily papers sanction such treatment, arid saileglse upon do syttom'of exposure and sesril.startatlon, as well calculated to dispose of the invading Yankees. TNII PLOT TO ESCAPI AND DESTROY RIODAIOND Since rayarrisat North, I hare had the question put to me several times, "why there was not some general attempt on the .part of the prisoners to end their escape." There was Etch an attempt under consideration—the plan was smothered—waiting fora breath of air to fan it into a blau. It was arranged that one party of 00161114°n the night agreed upon, and upon, tbepreamutged should rush out, seire the guards, and disarm them, whits anotherparty liberated the prisoners in the quartets opposite the Libby. They were then in *body to rush farwardOntitalba arse , Eitiraid They were then to divideintO dllretnill tips, one wan detailed to seine - theitinbeet lyin g in the canal below, while while another misted p into the city, 'lethal • the whole rebel cab t, and conveyed them to the garibos.and i t down past Bran ry's Bluff. The lei 6 was to be thrown open, and if any attempt on their part was made to fiscspe„ tha intention vas to blow her to atoms., Another earth' were to cross the river ann liberste. the prisoners on Belle Island, destroy' the pi ces, he., so. we to were then have -and burnt th e city: There wan alto tame en a force of _United States troops in the mar and trout to 00-oper ate with us. This Is but a feint outline of the sthemedwithi itttlictiont to lot the public mind knew that we were not lying there suf fering air theli bintalitles end indignities, without some attetapton our part to escape. Had It succeeded it would have been the grandest MB& of the war, and why did it not? Because It wudlvniged to the authorities by ono of our own eiLluns; a soonndret of the deepest dye. Urfano, roaming through the North, having beett,ezebanged a short time previous for a soldier. The same person also reported to the Commandant of the prison the escape of two of our officers who made their way safely into cur line s a Short time previous. The same person also cezapelled , our sick and' woindlid soldiers to give him $l5, $2O, and SES ; tub in ;federal money,. • telling theta he wog put their names down t s ge'lisme in the beet; which arrived at City Point oath t sick and wounded, ho at tbo time lit Iding the position of Wardmaster in the hospital where the detail was made. DI being in- fuer:with the rebel authorities ' of i contbe 'could influence them to send wholeleMver ba t mutated, and In this manner bo lobbed our poor et* and wounded boys of aoloo-13800 0* PAW. This same person bad an_linter y ierw with flen. Winder, of st a ttitee balgit' duration, on Ookbbyr , 27, Iltaj L EP4IIIO evening the 'lauds were all 4' amend the various prison; and-upon Bath Isle. - Cannon were placed bearing upon 4414 and Belle Lite-- and the city waspathened etch night. Every morning they would March the City Battalion by the different prisons, doubt/eerie intimi date us. The robots acknowledge themselves that if it had not beon divulged to them, that nothing could have sued Richmond, and that it was only Ged'axerw in sending this pre server seeing them. L I also fool satisfied that there is in our midst in Libby, a traitor, for ne matter what we discuss otdo--hawever trtfling—ln all our -secret meetings, in refertmee to their treat ment, *a., in less than two hours afterwards, It is knownlo the commandant of the prison. So far he has eluded our efforts to find him out. But should he be- discovered while there he will doubtless owing to one Of the rafters, for nothing will save him from the vengeance of his fellow ofatiers,.and the anthem of doff. Davis will be sung as hie requiem, for it will not be a long journey 'ere be beholds his brother, Arnold. TITS OLD rt.A5 About the middle of November we first re ceived the Intelligence of the escape of Dr. Rucker (by whose confinement the exchange of surgeons was stopped.) Oh 1 the rapture or that moment , it can ha ppen only once with in a life-time. And arriving in the truce boat, with what en oft busies= we greeted again the old flag, for theta is nothing that sties the heart to Its vetr depths more than beholding the ‘kttans ankatripes," after a long IlalPration, particularly among 'rebels. 'Ti. a nig which we really - honor and love—a flag -which We here learnedin ehetish in oar bo aome, and this must hails-been felt by all who have observedtad obtained inch a bless ing in life, And at this Moment we felt of a truth that there are tame spell and some brief seasons on earth ito. redelont of fresh ness, beauty and repose, as almost to revive the Paradise lost by our first parents, bat coon, too soon, the primeval sin, and its Imo - ishment are felt, and the atmosphere of heav enly peace is tainted by the miasma of hu man passion. . . Few men have gone thintigh life 'without passing through certain . pftibds which, al though not tumitekby misfortune, *art *atse.iapridailay - desponil eney that their very retrospect wusaddentrig. Happy is it for es, that in ifterdays ourmem ory is but little retentive of these. We re membeseven the !shadows that deepened the landscape, but forget, Ina great measure, their cease and effect, and, perhaps, oven sometimes &spored to smile at the sonrou of grief, to which long habit of the world and its ways, would have made us callous. May the recol lection 1 retain of Libby prison pass from my memory in like manner. Surely, as regards our release, protection, km, none of us can fail to acknowledge the benificence extended towards us by one per fect Being—our ever present Benefactor—the Fountain of Love. Though we hare seldom remembered Him , Be has not forgotten us. Storming of the Ridge la the Battle Betbre Chattanooga—A Miracle of Daring. cl aQ Gl fiy rt Tho storming in the groat battle before Chattanooga, on the 26th, Is thai described by an ofticor id hie report to the War De partment: The storming of the Ridge by our troop was one of the greatest miracles in military history. No man wbo climbs the ascent, by soy of the roads that wind along its front, can believe that 18,000 men were mowed upon its broken and crumbling face, unless it was his fortune to witness the deed. It seems u awful an a risible interposition of Uod. Neither Generals Grant nor Thema* Intend ed it. Their orders wore to carry the rifle-pits along the base of the ridge, and cut off their occupants. But-when this mu; acoomtilsbed, the unaccountable spirit of the troops bore them bodily up the impracticable steeps, over the bristling rifle-pits on the crest, and the thirty cannon enfilading-every gully. The order to storm appears to have been given simultaneously by Generals Sheridan and Wood, because the men were :not to be held back—hopeless as the attempt appeared to military prudence; besides the General' caught the inspiration of the men, and were ready themselves to undertake impossibilities. John Morgan. The Toronto Leeds: of Tuesday morning says: " A decided sensation was created In tho city yesterday, in consequence of a report which got abroad that General John Morgan, the famous Confederate cavalry leader, bad arrived In town, and was staying at the ' Queen's Hotel.' When the Siang], was ro. calved on Saturday of his escape from the State prison at Columbus, Ohl u ,th which he was 'moaned by the Federal authorities, it was believed that he Weald 'endeavor to reach Canada as thine:Mit Plage of security ; sad accordingly many Wogptipared to credit the report that he bad a in Toronto. It tnuis eut r howeverito be a cthard, originat.l ing Ram Gm following entry made to the 'guilt-book' of:the ' , Queen's: , 'John Mor gan, Brig. Qom, 0. 13. A. This entry was mad the day by some wag staying in the house, who. probably dashed to see the effect it would create in this Southern-sympa thising community." The Cincinnati Gasses, of Thursday, lays : Morgan and his fellows' en undoubtedly eon ,, ogled by rebel sympathiser' in Ohio. . may possibly have nuked Kentucky; but this Is not probable. Rootlet+. there is a re ward of $l,OOO offered Whin skreat; StrianoLnana 4 lt Till Dann tivaTtes.—ltia a note-worthy fact that thirty. slaveholdors of Tennessee, halm sent resolutions to-Washing ton, expressing thenthellrei.ln faior of eman cipation in that State, without compete:tithe. Nor is Missouri lagging behind in the good. work. Resolutions have been proposed Inbar Legislature to instruct Senators end Repre sentatives to vote for an amendment to the Constitution forever prohibiting slavery In the United Staten. Tao Vienna correspondent of the London Mom, writing enahe 14th of November,saye: "At Trieste it le laid that .Arphdoke Ferdi nand Max, who laqatonlander-ht-Chiet of the Amadeu fleet, le Axing to send In his remiigna tion, and to ,- prepare - for:him voyage to Me:- leo. It is florther Cold that the miles which are to soooraperly the Maziesn Emperor are already bolarritted ont." r EVENING GAZETTE TELEGRAMS, OUR PHILADELPHIA SPECIAL DISPATCH GENERAL MEADE'S CAMPAIGN. RPM MIMING 49 TIIE 'REHM Reinfoioement of Bragg Confirmed. DEATH OF GENERAL BRECKINRIDOE. The Fight Near Knoxville on Sunday. do., am., te 'Special Disputed t tho Pittsburgh Quetta. PRILADIMPRIA, Dec. 4, 1863 The superb engineering of the rebel. Poto mac, army Is the theme of general acknowledg ment. Meade w as compelled to retire, for these reasons; The enemy was entrenched by theta' on the loft ; he had built a succession of dams, that raised the water Ova feet above the ordinary level, making the margin too swampy to admit a rutin°. On the left the enemy was strong enough to repel an assault by five to ten. Meade held a consultation with his effacers, and docide&to retire. Our loss was onl,t half that of the enemy; the lat ter was 2,500. Bragg's reinforcement, near Dalton, Ga., by Soo Johnson, is confirmed this,moming. At - dispatch received by the President of the Union*Lestgue, says : Breeklnridge died from hid wounds reeeited at Ringgold on the 27th uIL He might have lived, but his system was so disordered, and his blood so foul from intemperance that erysipilas set hs and pieced fatal. ♦ truce was agreed between Gen. Burnside and Longstreet on Sunday to bury their dead. There Is no news of subsequent fighting. During Saturday night the enemy made a general attack In form upon a large portion of our skirmishing line, and at midnight drove In our pickets. The movement was intended as a feint to conceal the real point of the intended atsault. Skirmishing continued until early in the morning. The enemy charged in strong forest on General Ferrero's position at Fort Saunders. They were met about midway by a murderous discharge of grape shot and canister, and a steady fire from the Union rifle pits, under which they faltered, and finally fell back in broken fragments, leaving two Colonels, several Captains, and one hun dred dead on the field. A considerable force of rebels reached the foot of the parapit of the fort only to be tumbled into a ten-foot ditch, surrounding the work, where the wounded and dead, living and dying, were piled together in an undistinguishable mace. We captured 234 prisoners and three stand of colors. The enemy's loss Is not far from seven hundred men in the assault. The Union loss is less than twenty-five. The reported capture by us of • rebel did atoll ir untrue. Gen. Foster expects to harms seriously the rear of Longstrect'a army, on his retreat into Virginia. At Fort Smith, Arkansas, tit% rebel Generale klarmaduke, Price and . Cabol aro in force on the Little Bilmouri river, designing an attack either on the fort or on Little Rook. 0,000 REMO OFFERED 'FOR DORGAN The Rebels Repulsed at Knoxville. FIGHT BETWEEN GEN. FOSTER AND DEN. LONG STREET'S FORCES. HEAVY LOBS OF THE ENEMY. &a., &IL, dm CINCINKATI, Deo. 4.—The reward for the capture of Morgan has been increased to $5,000. Den. Cox hes been relieced from duty in Cincinnati and ordered to report at Kn ox The trade In ootton between Memphis and Arkansas has been broken up by guerril las,who plunder the people of their cottOn and destroy it, and conscript the owners. Cotton was quoted at Memphis on the let at 42 to 70 cents. The eases of Captain Hunt and others, re cently before the oourt martial, has been or dered to Washington for disposition. Headquarters have received the following dispatch, dated Knoxville, Nov. 30th All is well, and the enemy was repulsed yesterday with a heavy loss. Everything is going on well, and we feel very confident. The arrangements for the great Sanitary Fair are progressing satisfactorily, and the fair promises to be a groat success. A special dispatch to the Cbsomerciel, from Cumberland Gap, dated Dec. 3d, says : There was fighting yesterday at Walker's Ford, twenty miles from the Gap, between Foster and Longstreet's cavalry. In attempting to cress Clinch river wo were repulsed with the loss of ally mon. Wo captured four pieces of artillery. Two of our Surgeons were found murdered at Jonesville. In the assault on Knoxville on the 29th ult. the rebels lost one thousand mon killed, wounded and prisoners. . From Washington—Democratic nOllll3 Nomlnatlons.—Gen. Meade..Butlells Colored Cavalry—Oar Finances, W 1241110101, Dec. 3...—The Democratic members will assemble in caucus on Saturday night to nominate -candidates for House ofd• cars. The race till be between COX and Pen dleton, both from Ohio. Specials to the Times dat.d Washington, Dee: 3, say; Secretary Time, at the last ses sion provided against any contingency which might arise from Congress being opposed to the administration and prosecuting the war without any farther financial legislation b this Congress. The Secretary bad on the Is of Dee. $1,100,000,003 as follows: Baiau of 5-20's unsold $115,000,000; bilance $50,4 'OOO,OOO loan, $10,000,000; balance in Treasury, $29,000; balance in legal tenders, $40,000,000; balance in interest-bearing treasury notes $350,000,000; balance in tariff-bearing tees.; nay notes, $70,000,000: balance in Internal Revenue notes $80,000,000; balance in10:40 loan notes, $400,000; total, 1,084,000,000. Specials to the World, dated Washington, Dec. 3d, aay t General Meade has not been superooded yet, and he may not at all, though Generals Sedgwlok and Rooker are confiden tially talked of as his successor. The Presi dent is not welt enough to give the subject his attention, and it is propahle there will be mash delay bls decision. There ;is nothing of interest In the 'army. But few rebel pickets have appeared on they Rapidan. The Potomac Army—Large Sales of Gold ...Change In the Btitteh Cabi net, etc. New Year, Dec. 3..-The Herald'. Army of the Potomac dispatch says that it is likely that the army will retreat towards the Poto mac, where water is convenient and stippllei' more accessible for whit.* quarters. Centr e rill° is spoken of as the proper place. Largo sales of gold were _made last night at the evening exchange at 53%@.5.4%, closing! at the formettate. The latest meshy tho Scotia contains a re- . port from the roridou Spectator that Earl Bas sell losses tho British Catitneti Ha is to bo snecaeded b 7 Dal Anarendon. Comb, after official hours OA the 21M, (391%. VOLUME LXXVII-NO. ;-17. SHERIFF'S SALES. RHERIFFS SALES .-. By virtue of sun dry" executions issued oat of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pa, and to the Sheriff of said county di rected, there will be exposed to Public Sale, at the COURT HOUR, in the City of Pittsburgh, in said county, on liltunixx, THY 2878 DAY OP DMEMBIZIA AMID Dom ini 1863, at 10 o'clock a. la, the following described real estate, to wit: All the right, title, interest and claim of the defendant Edward New, of, in and to all two certain lota of ground situated In Reserve township, fronting forty.fonr (44) feet on Spring Garden Plank Road, and extending back one hundred and fifty (150) feet to Smithfield _burying ground, and adjoining property of Jacob Sinking- Unger, Steven Nagel, and Walker, and having thereon erected a 2 story frame bouse 22 by 30 feet. Belted and taken in execution as the prop erty of Edward New, at the snit of Valen tine Stier. AU the right, titlt, interest and claim of the defendant Jameit Swaney, Mary Shelter and Solomon Shetter, of, in and to 611 that certain lot or pieced ground situatedin the city of Allegheny, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at &point on Middle alley, 142 feet frt , m the true line of the South Commons in said city; thence along said Middle alley 78 •eet to Water street or alley ' • thence along raid Water tame'. or alley 40 feet towards Federal street; thence parallel with Middle alley towards the Bartlft CCUXIIIIGII* 78 feet to a four foot alit], and thence along said four foot alley 4t feet to the placed beginning—on which is eitu ated a machine shop, Au Seized and taken in execution as the property of Mary Shatter and James Swa ney, at the suit of Eliza A --F. Seymour, Executrix of the last will and testament of Silvester Seymour, deceased, and as the property of Solomon Bhetter, at the suit of Kinney Goff All the right, title, interest and claim of the defendant, Samuel West, of, in and to all that certain meseuage and piece of land ail noted in Mifflin township, Allegheny, county, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded as follows, viz : Beginning at a poet; thence by lands of Thome Cox north 72f degrees west 66 2-10 perches to a poet; thence by lands of Thomas West north degrees east 47i perches to a post; thence by lands of dam (Jamie south 89 degrees east 72 perches to a poet ; and thence south 15 de grees weal 67 perches, to the place of begin. Ging; containing 24 stores and 50 perches, more or less, on which ie erected a two story dwelling holism and etabling. Being the same tract Of land conveyed by •Alexand,e'r McClurg and wife' to Samuel West et al., subject to certain conditione, by deed dated 13th September, ]846, recorded in Ile mord. or'a Office for Allegheny county in volume 112, page 319. Seised and Laken in execution as the property of Samuel -West, at the suit of Ca, beriue West. All the right, title interest and claim of the defendants, John Bauer and Henry Popp, of, in, to and out dull those two cer tain lots or pieces of ground (now described in one) situated in theborough of Duquesne, (fot merly Rose and Reserve townships,) in the county of Allegheny, and State ot Penn sylvania. being part of lot. No. 99 in the plan of lots laid ont by G. E. Warner and Jacob Painter, recorded in the office for re cording of deeds in and for amid eounty of Allegheny, in plan book vol. I page 120, and part 0 0 John W. Gill's tract of one acre, bounded and described as follows, viz: Beginning on thesouth side of Antler etrtet,or Buller,paqtrotai‘at pin ;' thence eastwardly on Bald road feet 6 inches to a pin; thence south 27 degrees east 100 feet more or less, to the Berm bank of the Penn sylvania Canal; thence westwardly on said Berm bank 39 feet Ii inches to a a pin; thence northwardly, and parallel witli!:saiti second line, 75 feet, more or lees to ', th e place of beginning. Being the same lot or piece of gonad which was granted and conveyed by Adorn Treser and Catharine, his wife, by their deed dated April 0, 1859, to the said John Bauer and Henry Popp. Upon the above described piece of property there is erected two email brick houses sod a frame shop, with a steam boiler and tan vats. ALSO, All those three certain lota or pieces of ground, situated in the borough of Du. queens, county of Allegheny, and State sf Pennsylvania, being lots marked 2, 3 and 4 in the plan of lots drawn by Liao Mgr• ley, Esq , for William 8. Gill, bearing date January 2, 1858, and recorded in the Re corder's *Moe In and for said county, in plan book vola,part 2d, page 24, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Beginning on Ohio street, et the corner of lot No. 1 in said plan, owned by the said John Bauer; thence eastwardly along the line of said Ohio street sixty feet to the line of lot No. 5 in said plan; thence southwardly along the line of lot No. 5 to the bank of the Pennsylvania Canal; thence westwardly along the said bank of canal sixty nine feet eleven Inches, more or less, to the lice of said lo• No. 1; thence northward ly along the lice of said lot No.l to Ohio street, the place of beginning; whereon is erected upon said described pieces of ground, immprlsing lots Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in said plan, a two story frame shop, bark mill and sane tan vats. • Seized and taken in execution as the property of John Bauer and Henry Popp, at the suit of Henry Eileen. ALSO, Ail the right, title, interest and claim of the defendant, B. C. Robertson, of, in and to all that certain lot of ground in the loge of East Liberty, In Collins township, situated in the western aide of Inland Lane; and described as follows, to wit: Beginning at the distance 9f 180 feet from the north. ern side of the Greensburg and_Pittsburgh township road, at the corner—of a thirty foot street, along /Bland Lani and run ning thence along Inland Lane northerly 76 feet is a post, end thence' extending back, preserving the eame width, ,07 feet. Being the samapiece of ground which Geo. G.-Negley et or, by their , deed dated' the 23a day of October, A. D. 1860, grented and conveyed to Benjamin C. Robertson, which said deed is recorded in the office for re cording deeds in and for Allegheny county in deed book, vol. 140, page 307. Seised end taken In execution, as the property °CB. C. Robertson, at the suit of . Jecoob Shoop. ALSO, All the right, title, interest and claim of the defendant, James kloDonald, of, in and to all that tract of Jand situated in Char tiers township, formerly Lower St. Clair township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, bounded and deecribed as follows : • Begin ning ai a black oak on Mullets Creek; thence down the said creek, north 67 l' Ode. green westeB6 iterchea to a post near said creek; thence by land of Thomas Ingram, north 67 degrees east 28 perches to a post;' thence as aforesaid north See degrees east 82 perches to a post; thence as aforesaid north 64 degrees east 58 15 10D perches to a post; thence by lands of said Ingram south 23 degree!' west 43 4 10 perchep to a post ; thence by Blade of said Ingram and also of James Plannigan'senth l 6 degrees cast 611'pereheato a.posl; thence by lands of the heir* of Matthew Campbell south 41 degrees, Well 2855-100 perches to:a post; by lands ot. Thomas Perkins north 40 de gree* west 42 perches to the black oak near CharaertiCreelqitt - Ilitildatte of beginning, containing . 43'ealnseedl32 perdue; be the same more or len; together with' double • dwelling tenant house, farm haus with stabling. Also, a dwelling house, tavern Stand and blacksmith and - wagon inter'. shop thereon erected, subjecit tows annuli ground rent of one bundred.undfittyidol. Lars, ($150) the interest of ,the said ,TAtzues McDonald being a lifo estate in elard tireca- Beind and taken In excitation ea the prop erty of Jae. 11cDanald at the sail ot• Wm. J. Brown and Blar i parct Brown. All the right, title, interest and - claim of the defendant, Robert brDrmald s - efiin and to all that piece or parcel of land.eitnated in Hampton, (late M'Candlessl Apart:whip, Allegheny county, and adjoinlntliiitae of Jseob' B. M Donald, Ranee ffettibmisit,'Mrs. Creeks, heir' of Brattandltabert WEtbeny, and ermialnirtg twenty•etz earekWhereon are erected a frame dwelling hense t . i harn, and other improvements. ' Belted and talren in execulionto the'pro perty-of- Robert McDonald,. at the snit of the school directors of ALQaudlese ,town eldp, , &guinea Robert MI/Quaid and John Bampie. All the right, title, interest and Claim of the defendant, Anna Fi Eine, of e irrinsil all that of ground eiluattd la Sewickley villa; fronting thirty feet on - Fcitintain *street, and 'running 'back 117 feet. to the line of. land :of lidaeltalbak, andmeliked No. 10 in James plau.nf, ;lots lit SewieltleyriTie; theina along th",e, line of Blackstook's lot 3O feet to a post'ribince north