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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,
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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.
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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.
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• 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.
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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.. • • '
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physfasllf; affortny.. capture .: lily captors!
compelled me' to Walk k" one dhy eighteen and
another day twenty.three miles, and , to on,'
~. tmtn wsrarrivedatWeldon,' 'As prhOIICTSVp
were treated with great consideration, end no
taunt' nor, inftrilt,les,,as. is ao..innoir their
wont, werelloaped'apon_'irs. ',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
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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
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.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
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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:
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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
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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.;-
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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.
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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 <l5 'degrees 56 minutes "iiesi•lll , feet
to Foutvain street, at the place of.l;ag,in
ning.
Seizad rind (alien in essalation as tTaispro•
pertyof Anna F. Irism, at the etitt
Allen.' . • .2,:;
All the right, title, interest, and claim
of the defendant John M. Ithekhart. and
Matthias Buckbart, deo'd, in the hands of
Mrs. Julia Buckbart, his admittiettatrix,
of, he and to, all that certain piece or
parkel of band situated in Baldwin town
ship, in the county of Allegheny, aridlhate
of Pennsylvania, bounded and descrribed
as follows, to wit Beginning at A 'White
hazel; thence south 44 degrees west 40
perthee to a walnut; thence...eolith 361 de
grees west 20 perches to a peel; therms by
land of Joseph Ralston° north 55 degrees
west 25 perches to a white oak; thence
north 31 degrees east Ettperches toa White
oak; thence north 44 degrees east 31 perehes
to a dogwood, and thence by land of Mat
thew alley south 40 degrees teat. 30
perches to. the place of beginning; conlain•
log 12 acres more or lees, being,the.. lame
piece. or parcel of lead which- the. maid
Joseph K. Hamilton and wife their deed
bearing even date, herewith granted and
conveyed unto the said Matthias Buckhart
and John M. Bnekhart in fee gimp% on
which are ereetedoneld story framOdwell
ing house and two 1 story' log dwelling
houses, * smut stable and other out buHd
logs.
Seised and taken in execution as . the
property of Jobs. M. Buckhart and hist
thlsalJaakhart, deo'd, in the hands of Mrs.
Julia Huokhart hie administratris, at the
suit of Joseph K. Hamilton for ass.
ALSO,
All the right, Utli, interest pod olefin of
the defendant, Archibald fileLeSs, of, {friend
io all that certain lot of ground situated
in Mifflin township, Alleghehy county, Pa.,
bounded by the Monoogebelo ricer and by
lands of James Snodgrass and others,.eon
taining 11i sores, more or less, whereon
arc erected four two-Mori frame dwelling
houses, one two-story frame store house, a
frame stableand•one Immeshed. .
Seized and taken in erect - it - ion ne tke-peop
erty of Archibald ?JoLevi, at the' relit of
Bargees & BleKelry.. • ,
riLSO,
AU the right, title, interest,itildetliOi of
the'defendaat; John. Itiken,
that certain piece of ground; 14,Pyjblee
township, adjoining the village of . ,Bast
Liberty, adjoining lands of yialinm: 4
deceased, John B. Bayard, and otheraoson
taining 10 acres, whereon brerectedit two
story frame house and frame stable:_-61w
an those four lots of ground in the Seventh
ward in 'the city of Pittsburgh, numbered
168, 164, 166 and lf,ti in Colwell'szzplan,
each fronting 20 feet on Robert etreet,,,and
extending back 100 feet in depth. ' •
Seized and taken in execution se - the
property of John Aikeni'at the snit of K.
II Hartley & Co.
AU the right, title, interest and claim a
the defendankiVen. Conway, owner , orrepu •
ted owner, sod Zit. Bergen, eentiactor,of,
in and to ll that certain two story Irmo
dwelling house eituated on thenorth aide
of Sheffield street, in the borougfinf Man
chester, in the county of Allegheny- and
State of Pennsylvania, lutidatiLlrenton
said Sheffield street of ($0) thirty feet; and
extending back 32 feet, and the lot or piece
and cortilege appurtenant to said lot, - hiv
ing a front on the north side. of Sheffield
meet at-, feet; and extending 14.14; preserv
ing the same width,the distance of one hun
dred and thirty:eight feet to in alley.
Seised and taken in executio n as Ale
properly of Conway and H.
Bergen contractor, at the_suit of kb:Also
- •
All the right, title, intermit And claim of
the defendant, Joseph Coiling, of, brand to
all that certain lot er piece.of ground saki
ated in 31 , 61 in township, Allegheny county,
begloulutat a post; theueeby land of ,Wil
liam Boot and Witham blehaffey,setitb33 l l
degrees West 10 16 100 perches toe pest;
thence by land of William-Mehaffeyabith
55i degrees east 10 32 100 perehes-la , a
post. thence north 31i degree/ ems 10140
partite/ to a. post; thenee byland I 911.•
Gam Ward i north 64 vegreter - iesc
66 100 perches to this plum of-'begiuning,
containing one acre and two ft/robes:lL I -
I:lei:id and taken in- execillicin •as the
property of Joseph Colllng v at the ;MR ' y f
Henry last, for use ofAugust Ammon. ,
•
ALSO,
AU the right, title, interest and claim of
the defendant, Gad 11. Toweriot,lriawd
all those tiro certain lotifir Obis oftripad
sitiated 'ln the ‘litirougE•ot nce
elite of 41Jeglienjr c en4TBliteil
• Peozmilvithie,,bonnded and deoarlbedAgo
(allegro, Begituzirwattlialtouth side
of a thirty fool street, at the carat of let
No. 84; thence extendintrifeetwitilirlit
eight angles with taid•lttreet,',Orepereitt4
the sane'Width, one hundred vet .twenty
feet to the nort heast: earner ittlat-10;.116,
Beier intersected. by a thillY feettitrett4lte
same heinglots numbered 84'ind $ 6 ;-lik fie
plan of lot/UM ciet by Robert•Ribb, , part
of MO ,Tohis 13lliotttrect, and into which
George Ogden, and wife, -br•detk•dated
March 6th, 1866„. mcordelbiz Monk
rolumel23,- page 85, granted slid cobetOed
to the said Robert Robb. •-•
Seized and taken ire isiteulleitli - WS pit.
petty of Gad 11. Tower, sr thirStit of D.
B. Ferguson for nee. •
RA.M.DEL B. (MULES', Etheriff,L .
Bursters Orrice,- •
Pittsburgh, December 4,1863: - ' `l` '
MoCOLLISTER dt I3AER,
TOBACCO DEAZERS, loswooD sraxv,
Ace soling ad thoir brie gtOck4-,'
TOBACCO, PIPES AND SMOKING 408.1(0e0
At - the Irfiry iV11.314 Dawes km eash,..r.k Oxen
promptly attended . . .
PWPRIETARY.AND : IiEVENU
BUMPS, atoll tbsoolattuddedia.LNlNP:lo
WcowilauST 5 Wade 0.-tbe. internal &was
o, No. a water next atom to City Theo
1 . 1 7. • • --BAWD N. WILITX '
uruaetot of wawa Rama& god SYNIMI.
tircira.--Lokori should pe dtrictsa-ta,Altilbsoh
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