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H. D. MAS3ER, Editor th-opri6torT "
,.jfl"jffai
rUTXIUlAY, KOVEXREK 28, 1883.
ptr"Tn Vote or Nohthumbeiiland
lot'STf. -The editor ol the Breckinridgo
Democrat of tins phice, who had liardlv.
itarmtd himself iu tho county, before ho
wrmrd himself into office, attempts to ac
count for the small majority of his party, by
a statement of facts that arc neither credita
ble to his intellect or creditable to his party.
lie puts don n the increased roto of tho
county at 852 rotes, which, he says, "waswf
course imported, for no ono can believe tve
huve such an increase, fairly, in ef.e year.
In all towns wo were overrun with an extra
imported Tote." Ho admits, that of this
E52 of an increase, 288 belongs to his party,
and was, of course,- part of the imported
vote. Hischnrgcs of fraud agnlnt the Uni
'party will disturb no one, and if his own
party aro willing to father, for his sukc, the
charge of a fraud of over one third of the
increase, "they can readily do so after having
swritlawcd so many other marvellous and
'incredible statements which illuminate the
Copperhead organ. To show the reckless
character of his statements, whether through
ignorance or design, in regard to tho vote of
the towns, we need only say that in the
town of Sunbury, there were and arc, over
600 registered voters, yet only 884 votes
were polled. This political Solomon assumes
as a fact, that tho whole vote is always
polled, and that a Governor's election would
bring out no stronger vote than that of a
petty county office, to say nothing of a nat
ural increase.
The editor of the Lcwisburg Argut,
a copperhead journal, seems to be in a bad
plight. He is indignant that any one should
suppose he don't write his own editorials,
Yet in the next column he shows that his
own readers do not overrate their value, as
he tells them, plainly, that unless they come
to tho rescue, pay promptly, and furnish him
more advertising, the machine will havo to
stop. lie appeals to business men for
patt-oraige. Such men don't find it profits.-
Lie to patronise Copperhead papers. And
why should they ? They are not designed
for enterprising or business men, but for low
demagogues, pot-house politicians and intri
guing office hunters. Tho Argu$, like most
of the Copperhead organs, is a stock con
cern, owned and controlled by politicians,
and, like most of them, has no firm or re-
sponsible foundation, but is liablo to collnpi
the moment that official pap and voluntary
contributions cease.
f" Lono BiioroiiAM and iiis CoprEn
head Allies. That old dotard, Ird
llrcttghatts, an English abolitionist, who has
become an imbecile, has been pouring out
torrent of abuse against this country, asserf
ing that the object of those warring against
the South, was merely to excite insurrection
among tho slaves. That the government is
under the control of mobs, and that the
Press caters to the mobs, and dare not pub
lish tire truth. Tho Copperhead papers,
here, republish these vilo slanders on their
own couutry, and at the same time refuse to
publish the patriotic speeches of Henry
Ward Beecher. If Lord Brougham would
read our Copperhead journals, he would find
not much truth, but he would find that they
publish, with impunity, not only vile slan
ders on their country and government, but
are constantly filled with treasonable articles
that would not bo tolerated under any other
government.
IrgTiiorEii Pi-sisiiMESTs. "William T.
Smithson, a banker of 'Wash'ogton, and
John K. Stctlcr, a merchant of Philadelphia,
have been tried for serious offences against
tho Government, and sentenced to fivo years'
imprisonment in the Albany Penitentiary.
The former .was found guilty of holding
tveasouablu correspondence with the rebels
the latter accepted a contract for furnish
ing the array w ith coffee, and gave instead
an adulterated article. Mr. Smithson was
of a class of men living under tho protection
of the Government who take prido in boast
ing of their disloyalty ; rejoicing over every
defeat, and weepinc over every victory. Mr
Smithson stood high in the society of Wash
ington. He hud many opportunities of ob
taining information, and of gaining access
to th! secret counsels of the Government.
The result w as that our onemics were tho
roughly apprised of hat wo wcro doing.
Mr. Stetler professed to be a loyal man. nc
received a fair price, and had Mr. Btctler
boen a reasonablo man ho might havo re
turned his solf-respcct, the good opinien of
friend, and prospered.
Tub Lir.s ut Tklkohaph. Under this
head our neighbor, of the Democrat, spcak
i ng of the false statements sent by Telegraph,
frays, '"We all as newsmen, publish them,
knowing them to be false." Mr. Purdy has
a right to speak for himself in this matter,
but we earnestly enter our most solemn
protect against having any Buch vile charge
fixed upon us, or, as being applicable to any
journal of intelligence and respectability,
An editor cannot always know whether his
news is true, but no paper of any character,
w ill puMish news, knowing it to be ftlse.
ITT" Tub Lost Flao. Our Copperhead
neighbor pretends to be highly indignant,
that his friends could not get the Amrrican
flag to ruu up during the great Woodward
tow vow iu this plucc. We knew notion"
about it, but understand that if thry bud
liiadu inquiry of the proper person, they
could have obtained it. Hut why should
turn, who rut down ami dt-vecrstv the
American fUg, shed crocodile tears over it
Iiim, smut) of whom, indeed, went not
willing ti walk under it, unlnw the Wold
"Cvnttttutivii" wus added and InatriUd ou
its folds.
tT Th rebel editor ot llm K linK'V
Tim, rt'd-rrinif tit Ilia decision of th
Hupriins Court, in rryard lo tlie um-oHotltu-tlunsllt)
of lb CoiiMrlplioii ad, advU all
toiiMiipt not to ft port lufuiMilvwi, or pay
Ilia coiuuuliUttuii luouvy. As lul;lit ha 1 1
pl
iant ni. i this dri-Mon. Hut thsir ulttlion
will U l .h -a dmatiua.
A brvEKToitY or thc Contests op a Cor.
rr.RrtEAD .Torjnjut., and as Axaltsesop tiib
Ham h, Having been closely confined to the
house, the past two weeks, by an attack of
rheumatism, w o devoted a little spare time
ono day in looking over and investigating
the contents of an undisguised Copperhead
Journal, miscalled tiwlforthumliertand County
Democrat, and were surprised to find nearly
the cntiro paper filled with tho vile slang
of political demagogues, personalities and
disloyal, if not treasonable, sentiments. The
follow ing is tho result, beginning w ith the
first page :
No. 1. Announces tho rcmarkablo fact
that the Copperheads carried all of Nebraska,
Missouri and New Jersey, and charges fraud
on the Union party.
2. Announces that Secretary Wells pays
twenty-five cents per day for dressing his
beard, or "more than his head is worth.''
2. Is complimentary to Yallandigham.
3. States that some rebels arc still shell
ing Kilpatrick, and are not nil driven over
the Unpidiin.
4. Is complimentary to New Jersey Cop
pcrhcads.
5. Compliments Webster and the Union.
Nothing is snid about General Jackson and
the disunionists.
0. Iteiterates a rebel Blunder against Gen.
Butler.
7. Slanders General Hamilton, of Texas,
a loval Union man.
8. Is a vulgar imitation of Jack Downings
letters abusive of the Cabinet, and compli
mentary to the South the substance of
which is, that the South can't be subdued
and ought to be "let alone." Jeff. Davis'
doctrine, exactly.
9. Complains that the military prevented
disloyal persons from voting in Maryland.
10. Is headed "A Political Vision," a
treasonable- article intended to ridicule the
war, in which General Butler is called a
"beast." (Don't denv it again, neighbor.)
11. Is another article in opposition to
the war. How long is it since our neighbor
pretended to be a War Democrat f
12. Is a defence of tho Maryland secessionists.
13. Abuses tho Union men 'of Missouri
and Tennessee.
14. Is an attack on the war and Secreta
ry Chase.
15. Is a silly article entitled the "Honey
Moon Season."
10, Is an approval of the rebel doctrine
of State rights.
17. Is a poetical quotation from that
renowned libertine, Rochester, abusive of
the President.
18. Is a ridiculous perversion of some
remarks by Mr. Seward.
19. Is another lamentation that the Se
cessionists did not succeed in Maryland.
20. An attack on the Government and
on its currency,
21. Opposition to soldiers voting.
The above is an epitome of the first page,
excepting tho lust column, designated as his
column of nonsense, which is certainly less
objectionable than any of the other six.
The second page is made up of twenty
four similar articles of abuBO, treason, slander
and misrepresentation, with Culy about two
thirds of a column of news, and scarcely a
paragraph of useful or interesting informa
tion.
On the third pnge there is one and a half
columns, made up of thirty-ouc small para
graphs. Twenty-three of these are of the
same slanderous and malignant character
above referred to. Three and a half lines
onlv, are devoted to tho news in reference
to our starving prisoners in Richmond. In
fact, the entiro paper contains less than two
columns of news, foreign or domestic, or
matter of useful or general information, un
connected with personalities or political
slang and hypocritical cant. Such is a true
analysis of a Copperhead Journal. And this
is called a neict paper. Of what interest can
such a paper be to a man who desires full
and correct information, especially in these
momentous times f or what profit can such
a sheet be to his family or the rising genera
tion ? Such is tho character of modern Cop
perhead journals.
TIIU l.MOl ritlWO.MJICS
miivioi.
AT
General Uurnsidu is now a private citizen.
He retires with near a million in Bunk to his
cred it. Kxcha ii yi.
Big thing to be Commanding General, if
they retire from service like Uuruaido. Fur
ther comment is unnecessary 1
The abovo is from the Bloomsburg D
moerat, one of the miserable copperheud
Journals, whose principal occupation is to
slander all good men opposed to tho rebel
lion. The slander is credited to "Exchange,"
which means nobody. This is the usuul
habit of theso miserable sneaking assassins
of character, w ho strike at the best and purest
men in the country. Of course, there is not
a word of truth in tho statement. Gcueral
Bumsidc, a few years ago, lost heavily in
manufacturing guns of his own invention, iu
Rhode Island. He gave up all to pay his
liabilities, and was employed at New York,
on a salary, when called upon by Governor
Spraguc to command a Rhode Island regi
ment. He left everything, and in 24 hours
was at the head of the first reglmont rais
ed. This, of course, would bo rio commen
dation iu Ihe eyes of a copperhead editor.
General Hurunide has a reputation for
honesty and integrity that noue of his re
vilcrs dure aspire to.
5-i7"Gkn. I'ltAcu'a Aumt Rki'L'I.fkd
Fitosi 6000 to 1000O PmsoMCBS Camthkd.
The particulars of the defeat of Gen. Bragg
at Lookout Mountain, are not full, but it is
certaiu that tho rt?-lt are badly whipped
and havo retreated to Atlanta, with heavy
loss of from 6,000 to 10,000. Hooker cap
tuird 8000, and drov thrtu down the moun
U'n. The mala force was driven northward
toward hliorniau, who opened on theui, and
they were forced to bn at; and oek safety
iu a disordered flight down the western
slop of the ndgr,, and aero the wetern
sIojhi of l htt I'hieaiitauga, We havVuken
nut ! than 5,000 prisoners, aud tx-rkap
0,00. iliiiuul i looker will probably
iiitcirrpt the fl)inj tmuiy, Iu the vkiully
of (iMvt)U), aud Itui legiou of !L
It U reparwd iu I hieou that an otTVr uf
j bnil.lt Mum ubi, la Nvw I oik, M die uuu
A InrrHllTO ol thrlr Prltntiona
nnil HnircrlOK Statement ol
ltr. John llaMMcj-, "LI.. !., n Re
leaned Prisoner.
Rev. John Hussey, pastor of tho Presby
terian Church at Lockland, ITovrclI county,
Ohio, and a member of tho Christian Com
mission, was captured by thu rebels on the
field of Chickaiuauga, on the day succeed
ing tho bntlle, and conveyed through ft
tedious roii to to Richmond, where ho
remained in durance until the 9th of the
present month, less than a fortnight since,
when ho w as fortunate enough to be releas
ed. The reverend gentleman has very kind
ly furnished us with a statement of whnt ho
was compelled to witness, and to endure,
while in captivity, and although it does not
materially differ from the experience of
others, who were equally unfortunate, it yet
embraces many particulars of interest. At
the present time, Indeed, w hen the whole
North is raised to sympathy and indigna
tion, at the recital of the sufferings of the
Union prisoners in the Richmond jails, any
intelligence throwing light upon their ac
tual condition must awuken a feeling of
painful interest in tho community. The fol
lowing is Rev. Dr. Husscy's story as furnish
ed to one of our reporters :
Accompanied by a detail of about a doen
men, I proceeded to the field of Chiekamuu
ga, on the 2lBt of September hist, for tho
purpose of assisting the wounded, interring
tho dead, and discharging such other duties
as the occasion might suggest. I had pre
pared a number of head-boiirds for the graves
and was marking others, when I found my
self accosted by u rebel officer, who 1 subse
quently learned was medical director on
General Wheeler's staff. His mime I have
forgotten. 1 snid to him : "Doctor, I am a
minister ot the Uospcl and a delegate ot tlie
Christian Commission, and have remained
here to do what I can for the wounded ;"
adding that I would care for the rebel
wounded as well as our own. lie linmcUi-
dintely responded :
Ion are a d it Abolitionist! Come,
sir, 1 will ask Judge Terry what 1 snail do
with you-"
Wo entered tho hospital together where
Judge Terry was discovered suffering from
u wound iu the left arm which he wore in a
sling.
"Judge Terry, here is a d d Abooli-
tionist preacher !" That was nil the cere
mony of introduction considered necessary.
Judge, or rather General 'ferry for he was
both, and expects soon to be made a major
general asked me whether I was achnpluin,
to whieli a negative response was of course
given. Tho Uoneral walked up and down
the room for many minutes in a perfect fury
of passion, which found but partial vent in
tho most fearful oaths and most terrible iu
vectivc aimed at myself.
"If you were a chaplain," he said, "I
should know what to do w ith you, and if I
could have my own way, I know exactly
what I should do with you 1 would hang
erery d n one of you ! j,ook nt the condi
tion of the country I Look at our widows
and our orphans, and our desolated homes I
Just think of the blood we have shed, and
the treasure we have spent, and the bitter
sorrows we have been compelled to suffer
and all for such infamous scoundrels as you !
It is such men as vou w ho are waging this
war upon our liberties. It is you who have
done all this, and nre responsible for it.
Now, what ought to bo done with you '
What ought I to do with such a villain as
you t"
From his pointed manner, he seemed to
be of opinion that, having put an unanswer
able question to me, I would not, as a rea
soning creature, endeavor to evade it ; but,
villain as I was, would frankly admit that I
had brought on tho war, and was willing to
suffer martyrdom for such an indiscretion.
But, as I was contemplating with surprise
and bewilderment an exhibition of rage that
sccillcd so totally uncalled-for, I did not re
ply immediately to his question ; aud w hen
I would have spoken, ho gave way to such
nnother outburst of noisy vindictiveness
that my words would have passed unheeded
and, therefore, I was silent. When the
storm of his fury had exhausted itself in
denunciation and profanity, not often heard
from the lipa of judge or general, he calmed
to a more rational frame of mind. At length,
in the tone of one who is willing to sacrifice
the opportunity of avenging private wrongs
for the nobler opportunity of treating his
enemy with magnanimity, he remarked)
loflly' with a wave ot his right arm :
"I um a military man, and have nothing
to do with you. I will hand you over to
the civil authorities for endeavoring to in
cite negro insurrections, .contrary to the
luws ot the btate r
1 remnrked in a tone of self-drprecatiou
that I hud not done any such thing, nor
thought of it.
"Well," said General Terry, "You were
caught in our lines ; that is cuough," and
left the room.
A gaunt ami filthy Texan ranger then
seized me insolently by the shoulders, and
pulled me out of the hospital building. A
horse without saddle or bridle, and with
only a halter, was furnished me with the
information that I must mount and follow
closely in tho path of the general, who was
already in the saddle. In compliance with
tlie injunction, 1 rode that day sixteen miles
on my sharp-trotting Confederate horse. In
this way we proceeded to Tunnel Hill, and
thence to Atlanta, where, along with some
other prisoners 1 was thrown into the bar
racks and kept two nights and two days.
Here we were oniciallv, systematically, and
completely robbed, of ever) think of value
wo possessed ; only two ot us bcrni? passed
out through thu door ut a time, so that
those within, iguoraut ot what was going
on, could not conceul or destroy any valu
ables upon their persons. I hence wo were
removed to Augusta, Georgia, und Raleigh,
North Carolina. In the barracks at the
former place wo saw Judge Gant, of thu
most prominent and widely esteemed citi
zens of East Tennessee, a prisoner, hand
ruffed, in tattered garments, and in the most
abject and miserable condition. One of his
fellow-prisoners, a major an East Tennessee
regiment, with whom 1 stole an opportunity
to converse, informed mu that tho rebels in
variably hunged every Kansas soldier who
fell into their hands ; und that he himself
had seen tuteeu Jxanui mldurt hung vpUkt
aogi Cxjort nit men unarlert.
At the village of Thompson, Georgia, we
met Uenerul l'ult liieen, who had been de
tained in consequence oi the train running
off the truck. Carpet bag in hand, ami ac-
compunied by two young ladies, his uieces,
pcrhups, he mingled lrc ly among our men,
to ascertuin our views upon thu war quu.
tion.
"Why did you coino here to fight us f" he
asked. "Why don't you go to your owu
couutry, ana let us aioue i
One of our party, a Kt-ntuekiau, said:
uTki U our couutry that's why we cuius
uere."
"Hut," mid General Green, "we do not
try to invade the North."
"Wall," aiuwtml the Keulucklan, "what
aooui ijeuynbiiru I"
'1 ha tatuera! loll this to be rather a poser,
aad did But aiuuipt Ut reply, but parriad it
as Uwt ha could with other nutations.
k ft I . . . I . : I . t t .
iiiiiu wuna it grew sitiuu, ana ca
claiiiM-d wilu duIm menial
"Tim liuio will (soma wht-a w 'till cut
lit lliroal or my una of you we take."
"Na will not t!u U, will we I" aald Ilia
jounu Udiw, in ,4 fcof it
"lus wa aawi-d tlrn. lirrra,
tuarioy. -nawuiiui ma MMMt of su-ry
anils piUau." Ju4 thva aur Iraia mat
ed off, but we could see tho General ges
ticulating violently, and growing redder in
the face.
In thu southern part of No:th Carolina,
the cars stopped before a handsome private
residence. Upon tho porch stood two young
girls, fashionably dressed, and, so far as out
ward appearance went, apparently ladies of
refinement. No sooner, however, bad they
ascertained oar character than they but ray
ed, in their dumeanor, that they were un
worthy of this title. One of them took out
her handkerchief, made a loop of it, passed
it around her neck indicating, in a panto
mimic way, that we were either worthy of
hanging or deserved to be hanged ; perhaps
both ideas were intended to be conveyed.
The other young lady contented herself
with simnlv clutchiuir her throat in both
hands, aud mimicking the contortions, of a
atrant-linir person. When the train moved
on, both of them shook their little fists at us
with terrible energy, and we felt much safer
when they passed from view.
At leugth we reached Richmond, and
were placed in Castle Thunder, where all
civillian prisoners, whether Northern or
Southern loyalists, nre placed. There were
about six hundred of the former und eight
hundred of the latter incarcerated when we
arrived. The Southern Unionists are most
ly from East Tennessee, North Carolina, and
Western and Northern Virginia, Included,
however, among them, are citizens from all
parts of the South. Very many of lliom
were formarly possessed ot vast wealth and
influence, aud one of tlie prisoners was but
a short time since one of the largest planters
of Texas. Another, who had practiced law
in Jackson, Miss., thirty-five years, was
brought to Castle Thunder, with linen pants
worn out nt the kneess, and with no other
covering but an old striped shawl thrown
over his shoulders.
The statement that the prisoners on Belle
Island had received no meat for twelve days,
and are compelled to kill dogs and cat them
to avoid starvation, is possibly true ; but in
the Richmond prisons affairs, though bad
enough' have not yet reached this desperate
pass. The prisoners receive one meal a day,
consisting of half a loaf of bread and two
ounces of meat. In all tho prisons of the
city tho same quantity of provisions is fur
nished to the unfortunate inmates In every
other respect they are treated almost like
dogs. They arc unprovided with any cloth
ing except 'what they may have had upon
them when captured, nor with blankets or
bedding of any kind, but are compelled to
lie upon tho bare and hlthv floors. The in
mates of Castle Thunder, of whom there are
240 on the upper floor, are crowded into
apartments so small that they are compelled
to sleep in parallel rows, to economize space.
Once every three weeks the floor is scrubbed,
when they aro allowed to proceed to the
prison yard tor a breath of fresh air and ex
ercise. At no other time aro they allowed
to leave their rooms, upon any pretence
whatever.
The prisoners never have a chance to wash
themselves, as neither soap nor wafer is
provided tor them. Partly troni this cir
cumstance, partly from tlie insufficient sup
ply ot lood, and partly trom the tortid at
mosphere they are compelled to breathe, dis
eases of the bowels and liver arc verv preva
lent, especially nmoung the more advanced
in lite ; and very lew, either young or old,
manage to maintain any semblance ol health,
Another cause contributing to this distress
iug result in tlie lack of health, nlready
mentioned. Among the prisoners is a man
from New York, whose only covering is
about a yard of rug carpet, and in the eyes
of his fellow-sufferers his wardrobe is by no
means considered despicable ; and another,
a Baptist minister, is almost naked. Since
his imprisonment, he has heard of the death
of four of his children; but, notwithstand
ing his terrible sufferings, he refuses to pur
chase his liberty by taking the. oyli of al
legiance to the Confederate Government.
These nre by no means exceptional cases of
hurdshiy, but I mention them because they
camo immediately under my own observa
tion, and because they aro as striking and
suggestive as any I could name.
There is nothing the Government can do
for the relief of theso men, that will be more
acceptable than to furnish them with stores
and fuel, for, independent of their sufferings
from the cold, perhaps not one of them has
even tasted a warm meal, or even as much
as a hot cup of coffee since his incarceration.
What they especially need, also, is a good
supply of vegetables, such as onions, poto
trtesi Ac. to cruard acuinst tho scurvv.
Clotliing also should be sent to them as soon
possible. Their condition may be greatlv
ameliorated, and very many lives saved, if
they are promptly supplied with the articles
named. "The Christian and Sanitary Com
missions will, no doubt, exert themselves to
the utmost to soc that this is done ; but
their exertions, to be fully successful must
le encouraged and substantially aided by
the public. Let the people Of Philadelphia
come forward with a generous response to
this tresli demand, and in the durkest cells
of the Richmond prisnos, there will be a
merrier Christmas and n happier New Year,
for their beneficence.
force. Little by little the balloon ceased to
riso and the csr fell upon its aide. Then
began n furious, disordered race; all disap
peared before us trees, thickets, walla, all
broken or burst through by the shock $ it
was frightful. Sometimes it was a lake, in
which we plunged ; a bog, tho thick mud
of which entered our mouths aud our eyes.
It was maddening. Stop I atop 1" we
shouted, enrsged at the monster who was
dragging us along. A railway was before
us a train passing ; it stopped nt our cries
but we curried away the" telegraph wire and
posts. An instant after wants wo perceived
in the distance a red house j I see it now j
tho wind bore us straight fortius house. It
was death for all, for we should be dashed
to pieces. No one spoke. Strange to say
of those nine persons, one of whom was a
lady, who were clinging to a slender screen
of osier, for whom every second seemed
counted not ono had any fear. All tongues
were mute, all faces were calm. Nadar held
his wife. Poor, woman 1 Every shock seem
ed to break her to pieces.
Jules (Jodara then tried and accomplished
an act of sublime heroism. He clambered
up into the netting, the shocks of which
were so terrible that three times he fell on
my head j at length he reached the cord of
the valve, opened it, and the gas having a
way ot escape, the monster ceased to rise,
but It still shot along in a horizontal line
with prodigious rapidity. There were we
squatting down upon the frail osier car.
" I ake care I" we cried, when a tree was in
the way, we turned from it, and tho tree
was broken ; but the balloon was dischar
ging its gas, and, If the immense plain wo
were crossing uad yet a lew leagues we were
saved. But suddenly a forest appeared in
the horizon ; we must leap out nt whatever
risk, for the car would be dashed to pieces
at the first collision with those trees.
I got down into the car, and raising my
self I know not how for I suffered from a
wound in my knees, my trousers were torn ;
1 jumped, and made I know not how many
revolutions, and fell upon my head. After
a minute's dizziness I rose. The car was
then far off. By the aid of a stick I dragged
myself to the forest, and having gone a few
steps I heard some groans. Saint Felix was
stretched on the soil frightfully disfigured
his body was one wound. lie had nn arm
broken, the chest torn, and ankle dislocated.
The car had disappeared. After crossing a
river, I heard a cry. Nadnr was stretched
on the ground with a dislocated thigh ; his
wifo had fallen into the river. Another
companion was shattered. We occupied
ourselves with Saint Felix and Nadar and
his wife. In trying to assist the latter I was
nearly drowned, for I fell into the water and
sank. They picked me up again and I
found the bath had done me good.
By the assistance of the inhabitants the
salvage was got together. Vehicles were
brought ; they placed us upon straw. My
knees bled ; my loins and head seemed to
be like mince-meat ; but I did not lose my
presence of mind an instant, and for a second
I felt humiliated at looking from the truss
of straw at those clouds which in the night
I had under my feet. It was in this way
we reached Ruthem, in Hanover. In seven
teen hours we had made nearly two hundred
and fifty leagues. Our eourte enernute had
covered a tpacc of three leagues." Now that
it is over I have some shuddering. It does
not signify ; we have made a good journey,
aud I marvel to sec with what indifference
wo may regard the most frightful death ;
for, besides the proa'iect of being dashed
about on our way, we had that ot gaining
tho sea and how long should we have
lived ? I nm glad to have seen this hap
pier yet at having to narrate it to you.
'I ho Texas Kipcd Jllon.
Ni:w UnLKANs, Nov. 14.- Under this
date, n correspondent describes thu troubles
in .Matamoros, between the French and the
Juaret national, partisans in Mexico. Of
tho present commandant at Matamoros, he
writes': 1 . , , ,
Cortinis has ttiowfi his friendship for the
Union by placing thrc,e Rk Grande steamers
at the service- ai)d under tho control of
General Banks. One of these, the Mata
moros, is valuable i'a us", because she is the
only boat we have berg that can cross the
bar at the river mouth'. ' " 'i
Another revolution w'aS kinked for on the
night of the 7th-8th i and as the American
Consul in Matamoros expected to be attack
ed, our forces were held iu readiness to
defend him. But nothing came of it.
It is a fact that the French naval officers
on the Matamoros station were for some
tirno in expectation of n pronunciamiento
which should place the French party in
power in Tamaulipas, and it is now clear
that all the arrangements of the French ou
the coast were mado with this in view. The
French blockade covers the wholo coast to
a point within nine miles of tho Rio Grande.
Had the people of Tamaulipas "pronounced"
in favor of tho French, ns it was intended
they should with the help of tho rebels
under General Bee, all tho objects ot the
French, and of the rebels, too, would havo
been accomplished, without leaving our
Government room to complain of unfriendly
action. The opportune ariivulof General
Banks spoiled a most ingenious and to us
dangerous plot.
the rEori.E or texas.
The prospect in Texas for our cause is
good. Gen. Bunks needs and ought to
have more troops, perhaps ten or twelve
thousand men, in order to enable him to
act in the State. The people in Browns
viile, as well as on the Mcxicun side of the
river, arc friendlv toils. I have r.o doubt
that Mexican troops could be raised, if it
were advisable, to serve under the American
flag. The greater part of the people in
and about Crownsville are of Mexican
origin ; the common people and the wealthy
men are favorable to the re establishmcnt e
the Union Government, under which they
alwavs enjoyed peace, protection, and liber
tv. They are, however, much cowed by
the rebel tyranny, and have such an idea
of tho stjongth and determination of the
rebels that they will not take political action
unless they are madu sure ot protection
The display of a considerable force here
is necessary to produce contideneo in our
power and to restore the former condition
it things ; and this lorcc must remain lor a
tune. ith proper management there is a
prospect that a.l lexas can be brought back
under the tnion nag, and tnat witn ntti
delay. Now thut a part of the people arc
relieved from a tyranny which had grown
hateful to them, and thut also the temperin
ol.tho French with the rebels has ueei
interrupted und their plots broken up, the
prospect here is promising
A OiJKTi.SMAN, curJ of IS'mtoim Debility,
aolimledliy driira lo boofflt otlinro. will b hapr-J io
Mini fllriw.fir.nl fur mail tiff lo Drollt CV lilt ficrriouea
uiilpuHrna Valuable llcinody will receive tbe
sum, br return tnsil, loarefully fiilvd.) lr ividrw
ling 7 JOHN B.lVjLEN',
No CO ufiu bircct, .Now lorn.
tpt. i, 1803. 3m
On the 12th inst.. by Rev. M. Rhodes, Mr.
Joseph L, MtLt.cn, of Boonsburg, to Miss
HARRIET UEIBLEK, Ot SUainokin.-
On the 16th Inst., by tho ssme. Mr. Em
Miller, to Miss Mart Jams IIouuhton,
all of Sunbury.
On the28d Inst., ov Rev. A. M. Creigbton,
Mr. Daniel B. For and Miss Maui a Cos m n,
all )f Lower Augusta.
On the 8d Inst., bv Rev. Mr. Rrardon,
Mr. Jacoa Ssyreh to Miss S.vi.i.lii Bloom,
both of Sunbury.
Shamokln Coal Trnilc.
.iiamokii, Nov. 21, 1SC3
Tow, ('m'
Sent for work ending Nov. 12,
1'it ltut report,
91 A U R A K M .
I i: ATHK
In Lower Augusta township, on the 10th
inst., Mr. PHILIP WKISER, aged about 75'
years.
In this plane, on the 21st inst.. M. E. Wii.-
veut How ard, daughter of Wm. H. and
Mary E. Howard, aged 11 inos. and 7 days.
Weep not for thoso whom the veil of the tomb,
In life' happy morning, hath hid from our eyes.
F.re sin threw blight o'er the spirit's younghlooin.
Or earth had profaned what was born fr tho skies.
BUNBURY MARKET.
Flour. h 00 K(rp, K,
Wheat, $120 a I'M Hulter, V
Kvo, 00 Tallow, l'i
Corn, 0(1 I.nrd, I'.!
Oats. iu I'oik, H
Kuckwheat. "i Racon, 10
Flaxseed. f 2 HO liitn. II
Cloverseed, $1 00 .Shoulder, b
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A Sud Termination or n Hullobu
Kxcuralon.
M. Kadur has been experimenting In
Prance with a balloon called tho Giant, in
which he intended to carry a number of
passengers from one part of Europe to an
other. He mado one successful ascension,
but on the 17th of October he made another
from thu Champa de Mars, with several
passengers. The balloon remained up sev
enteen hours, and traveled two hundred and
fifty leagues. It descended on tho next day
near Nieuburg, in Hanover, after dragging
for several hours in consequence of the an
chor having broken. M. Nadar had both
his legs dislocated ; his wife sustained a
compression of the thorax andcontusious on
the leg ; and M. Suint Kelix, one of the pas
sengers, experienced a dislocation of the
leit Humerus, besides injuries on the tace,
Two other passengers were also injured, but
only slightly.
Mr. Eugene Arnoult, one of the passengers
In tho balloon, gives the following graphic
account of the disastrous voyage of the
"Giant i"
At nine o'clock on Sunday night wa were
at Erquelincs ; we passed over Malines, and
towards midnight we wro in Holland. We
rose up very high, but it was necessary to
come down to see where we were. Ignorant
of that, our position was a critical one. Be
low, as fur as we could sec, were marshes,
and in tho distance we could hear the roar
of the sea. Wa threw out ballast aud
mounting again lost sight of the earth.
What a night I Nobody slept, as you may
suppose, for the idea of falling into the sea
had nothing pleasant about it, and it was
ueccskary to keep a lookout in order to effect
if uuci'SMtry, a descent. My compass showed
thut we were going towards the taut that
Is to asy, towaids t.irnisnr. lu l lie morn
ing, alter a frugal breakfiut mado in the
clouds. ro-dex euued, An immense plain
waa beneath us, the villages ap'x-ared to us
like children' toys river sermud like little
rivuhts it was magical. The sun shone
splendidly over all.
Toward tight o'clock we arrived near a
Brest luko tilers 1 fouud out our blaring,
and auuouuced that wa sure at the end of
llollaud. uar (he sea. Wa rra coinps-ilcd
to think of landing In order to lake in a
liUI bllt. I'uhappily I ha bsat-rna bad
uiad us loitfct lb tajib, over wUicn blew
a wlud so violent that iu a lw miuuu our
anchors, tnorinmis lulerum ot iron, wtr
broken. In ai wa auul, auj Ilia bal
loou, bh u could rairy lit no longer, Um
eti'ldv carrar. W i Iioiq iwauiy Bv
t' HtMy lurim, as I Ml wub lauidiM
'l'lic M ar in Tenarsscc.
Cincinnati, Nov. 24.
No additional information has been re
ceived regarding General Burnside's move
ments. Cannonading is still heard in the direction
of Knoxville.
A buttle is anticipated to take place
between the armies of General Grant und
Bragg to-day.
A special dispatch to the Cftttmereial,
dated Chattanooga, Nov.' 23, suys: Deserters
who arrived here last night from the enemy's
lines, report that tho rebels are falling back
to Chickaiuauga but ion. Their artillery
has been withdrawn from our front, and
the whole army apparently in retreat.
A reconnoissaneo which was made to-day,
discovered that the enemy was apparently
in force between our position aud Missionary
Ridge.
Geo. Wood who was in command charged
up to Orchard Ridge, and carried tho rifle
pits of tho enemy under a sevcee musketry
and artillery fire, taking two hundred prisoners.
Wc'now hold all tho high ground on this
sido of Missionary Ridge.
Our troops are in line of battle, and will
lio on their arms to-night. A hard fight
will inevitably take place to-morrow unless
tho rebels withdraw during the night.
ashington, Nov- 24. 1 lie Star con
tains the account of a brilliant preliminary
movement of General Thomas, at Chatta-HrJogst.
C'UATTANobr.A, Tenn., Nov. 23. 1803.
The reconnoissance made by General Thomas
has been completed in the most brilliant
and successful manner. The troops employ
ed were tho divisions of Wood and Sheri
dan, of the fourth corps, under the immediate
direction of Gen. Granger.
The object of the movement was not onlv
to ascertain tho strength of the enemy, but
to occupy the two bold knolls siteated in
front ot our left; half way between our lines
and passionary itictgc;
1 ho principal attack was made by lliu.cn's
brigade, commanded uv that General, sup
ported on tho left by Willick, and ou the
richt bv the whole division of Hlicnclan
The troops moved out of their position
just before 1 o'clock, r. m., and remained in
lino for three-quarters of an hour, in full
view ot the enemy. At last everything
being readv, Gen. Granger gave tho order
to advance, and Gens. Jlazon and Nulick
rushed out simultaneously.
The centre field was plainly visible from
Fort wood, in front of which Hazen's lino
of battlo was formed, and as the whole army
was under arms, with Howard's corps
formed a solid column as a reserve to the
attacking force, thu spectacle was one of
lingular mngniticeucc. 1 lie ncid being
commanded by tho heavy guns of the fort,
onlv one field battery was tuken into action.
This wns planted on the elevated knoll in
front of the Centro, on which Sheridan'
line of battlo was formed, before the order
to advance was given.
The first shot was fired at I o'clock, r. m ,
and in five minutes IIa.en line waa hot!
engaged while the artillery of Fort Woo
and General Thomas were opened upon the
rebel ntlo pits, and .the camps beliina the
lino or nciium:.
The praa.ice of our guns wa splendid,
the camps and batteries ot the enemy being
about a mil aud three-quarters distsnt, but
elicited no reply, and utsa eAidtnt that
tho rebels bad no neavr artillery in mat.
part of there entrenchment ; at least our
troops, rapidly advanciug, as it ou a paraue,
occupied the knolls upon which they were
directed, at 0 oiinutc paat II o'clock. Tun
minute later Willick driving across aa
opou field carried the rifie pit m his from,
tshoM occupanta tied aa Ibey fired their hut
volley and tone rtdan moving through lha
forest that tretchd Iwfor him. dror in
Ilia eueuiy'a jiickvt and halt I hi advene
In obeditfur to ordurs, on reaching l lis rill
I lls, -there the rebel force a w ailing lor
ii attack. .No tuch atuk we made,
bowetcir, lha I't-eifct- bring to recover Ihw
Uighu on our lull, buia tli assault lha
reM work.
A Severs Assault asd thrir Coi.ohs Takt.s-
It is not often thut we hereof more cbivulrou.
assault, and with such deyingsucess, and so few kill
od,ashas been made on Howe A rjlevoiis' Family
liye Colors, and that too by ladies, wholly unaccus
tomed to anything; ol the kind. Every ludy ,in tho
country should continue the atsault uutil these colors
are found in every house, bold by all druggists
throughout the country.
The present high position attained liy thn Evening
Post as one of the leading metropolitan jfurnitls u
tho result of the fearless and lieerty supjnjrt it h:w
always given to Die great principles of
Kiul JiinI ico and I'l-ecdoiu to All.
T ....utl.nlwni'u .tin i... ,ltn I'..!.... !,
"IS nil il' ' nn'1'' UP ", hal'js '-f uf bravo soldiers in the field ;
j and it oppose treuson in all .-.hapes. whether open, hs
at tlie routn.or covert nnu sneaking, u at the .North.
At the sume time it is the enomy ol all undue exer
cise of K,wcr. of all kinds of jmiitical jobbery and
corruption, and insists upon economy iu expenditures
uiid a strict adherence to the coiKtiluiion. Pledged
lu no party, aud looking only to tho intercut of tho
wholo country, il will ue whatever energy and in
fluence it hat. iu the defenco of the great principles
or butnau right and huuiau oluvution which lio ut
tho louudatiouof our iujtiltilii'ng.
Jt aims chiotly, however, ut being a liOOl) NKW.S
PAl'KK. lu its columns will be found a complete
History of the War, impcrt.uit Political or ."'tato
ocuuicnts entire, Proceedings of Legislative bodio?,
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"As my strength was, then cveu so it my strength
now," said Joshua. Ho will every one say who is now
troubled with weak stomachs and woru ont digestive
organs. If they will now and forever use Jlerrick ! liberal eitracts, tjiiip and Anecdotes
Allen's Gold Medal Suleralus lor wherever it bus
made aacquaintance, it "sticks cber than a bro
ther," it will be your protoctor and shield, besides
aiways giving you nice, light aud digestible lirond,
llisciiits. Puddings, L'akes. Ac. Try it. Most of the
Merchants sell it. lopol 112 Liberty i-treet, New
York.
How a Toad I'xiikkssks Hmsr.i.r. We once saw
a toad undross himself. Ho commenced by pressing
his elbows against his sides and rubbing do uward.
Altera few smart rubs. Ins side began lu burst open.
He kept on rubbing uutil he had worked all his skin
nto tolas on bis side ana liips:thev, grasping one
hind leg hith both hands, he haulod off one leg of bis
pants the same as anybody would ; then stripped off
theotlier leg iu tha same way. lie then look his
cast-off euUcle between bis foro lc, into his mouth,
aud, swallowing aa his head .canio down, he stripped
off tho skin underneath, and gulped dowu the whole.
About onoe every twentv-four hours, we strip on our
clothes : but we uevcr swallow them. We couldu't
if we would, and if we could we wouldn't, because
thev woro made nt tho flrown Stone Clothiud Hall
of )loolthill A Wilson, Xos CUH and U5 Cheastuut
street above Sixth, and such garments as are manu-
lutiiured there are worlliy ot tuuder repaid ana euro
ful tireScristhn.
MAt-AME rORTKU ft CfMATIVK DA I J AM
has long tested the truth that thereare first principles
in Medicine aa there is in Science, and Ihil Medicine
is compounded ,on principles suited to tho manifold
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the pores, aud creating a gentle internal warmth,
and this caused by ihe ufte of this Medicine. Its re
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healthy aud vigorous circulation of blood through the
lungs, it enlivcus the inusclrs and assists the kin to
cerlorni its duties of regulating the beat ol the sys
tem, and in gently throwing off the waste substance
front the surface of the body. It Is hot violent reme
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will discover something to his l.olo.
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