- BY M. H. COBB. ; ; Pub'.ißhederery Wednesday mdrning mi iqftkled to sabcriberaat ONBDOLLAU AND i'XFTi,'?ENTS per year,always IN ADVANCE. -~£‘. * The paper is sent postage frte to countySTvf § Hbers, tkoagli they may receive their mail at post-ft lo cated in counties immediately adj6intngj£f|t/ ience. 1 The Aairaion it ho Officis! paper of |a Co., and circulates in every neighborhood tbiidii I Sub scriptions being-,sn'iho_.a,iij:;uiee -pay sysfell lates among/fpias?tdoSt totheinterest of ayn jftisers to roach. Xerjn?to advc.rtsere as liberal at tbtsc of fered byany'paper of equal circulation rtbern Pennsyivania^-ff'' ■ ' la' A Srnes'on .Ibo margin of a papc'vtcnotos that the subsofiption js about to expire. ' J JS9‘ Papers will he Stopped when the suhic-lption time unless the agent orders their -cgtjnu fince.*” J ■ ' ■ . Mercantile fOR TIOGA COUNTY, Chus. fax. A L Bodinc, gro. 14 $7 00 tJohiHt’ilartio, gro. -. & l4 '7 00 •J C Bvimsf- -*>- - U - -7 CO J p Mwjdell, groc'y, 14 700 Emith A Swan, boot ftnd 'Bhcc ' 14 700 Jflossburg Glass Co .13 10 00 iftenhea jiOSEfiXUgTOr eery, 14 700 Mrs 0 UaUcran, gfo* eery, 14 700 gait Company of On* I/ 7 40 00 80. in Bloss Tap, 14 700 •James Oornoa, ,14 7Op •“* ‘ laioosnenfT' "was."- a G F Baker, groc’y, 14 700 Wm Lee, grocery, 14 700 Bennett & Willson, 13 10 00 v. s Packard,' • 12 ■l2 50 T W Thomas, 14 ' 700 ceaiilestox. 14 • 700 14 7 00 1 Cummings, Wm Adams, CITHER. RUTLASR. <£ ( C 1 Strait,7 00 ‘ . JIOGA< BORO/ ; ) < S 0. Daggett, 1 - .40,00 W T Crcll, groc'y, 1 : ■# .7 00 It SJohnscm. “ 1* * 7‘- 700 SC Alford, eating ’* 1 Ihouue &groc’y lV ; YOO U W Cmrk, ■ li i. pj 00 E A Sinead, hard- Y- •* ware, - li V 1/ 00 TL' Baldwin, * ■ li;,_ in on H E'Smith & Son, ; . . bout and j>hoe, Itfv ;K 00 Job Fish, . “ r it,* :‘*oo B- C Tbh, groc’y/ ilk. 00 I* S Tuttle, l£- X/|CO* Jordan Jk Bonnott, -- - r . - -drugs, £OO lIH Fish & Co, gro, 1- VOO II E& I Wells, “ IS 1-4'oo TIOGA, t • Jas Kelly, grocery, If 000 Thomas £*on©, ; Jr.-gro- cery, TVm 0 Bristol, J U liuthmore. PELILUU j 5 Colei Brother, 14 pEEEFim>. 7 00 ’ 700 GW* Brown, s roC ‘y 14 J Stoddard, H ELELAKp. I, iooo rarklinrst k Co, ' 13 FABMiaqiON, Hiram Merritt, 14 GiIKRB, , 7 00 • 700 A P Cone, £ X Billings, JACKSOS. 31K Retail, •14 Darid Chmclier, gro cerj, - 14 J C3oodsjjcod 4 Son, 14 J Deannas, 14 - <3 P Bench. groc’y, 14 Giles Roberts, Imn3- • - ware, 14 ITD Knox, eating, , hon-e L grocery, 34’ '■ J II Mnbl>?, 14 L B Reynolds, 14 Ira M-IMgccsab, H VCO Chas Goodspeed, l\ 00 Ambrose Clpse, . J 4 . WOO 11 Krusen LCo . I* i\} 00 J B A S 0 Murdock,l4 00 SAiN Buck, gro, H 00 , wzti*Bpao. Thomas ifartlcn,' I*/ ill 50 Jll Bowen, ' 1\ Xi‘, 50 Jerome Smith, ' W l{lso PII Williams; dr’gsl-i ; :U CL. Wilcox, . , U ’ .V 00 I Hugh Young, books- s, and stationery, 14 ;V GO |W T Mathers, gro, 14 . 00 (J W Sears, boot anJ\ , shoe, 1 ;$ 00 Wright <t Bailey,pr* vision, i 1 i “00 Bollard* <Go *,l 12 50 .1 A Eoy.drugs,' >1 ‘7 00 Wesley Pitts, eating-.'. , house & groc’y, 7 00 M M Converse, , 15k \) 00 JVm Townsend, gro- . Cery * provision, ,7 00 !G Hastings A Co f grer \ I eery, -14 700 R W Bodine, groc’y.l4. > 00 J D Jones, groc’y, ;14’ f 00 Wm Roberts, hard- ’ ware. ■ ' 14 ~ f 00 I Michael Schwartfeen* t‘ ,•• . back, brewery,, 10 000 I waud. .* >: ■ FallUrookCoal Ooj -it 00 Notice Is hereby given that an appeal will at'the o>mmi«siouerV Office in Gellsboro. on the of Manli next,‘between the hpurtijbf 10. A, M.,ahd f *. J{', at •ahuli time and place all persons aggrieved by the- Jrpgying ei'liraii-emeid wulbe board, anil siioh nbatemcntHf ‘mmit us ur-i deemed proper and just*; end all persons faib-’g tc ap pear at hold time and place will be barred from iuV mj£nny difeuci- before me. PURPLE,?. / uwßEsermtE. Ceo Abbott, C Earkiinrst; drugs 14' Jolm letter, groc’yl-t' D II Clark, groc’y, 14 C S Mather & Cu. 13 .V i- J W Tvhhs, 13 M' G Miller, drugs, 14 Ooel Adams. Vooi and. shoe, . •* * <l4 ■" James Kinsey, hard ware, . 14 £ D W<flls, cabinet - dealer, 14 700 ' 7Oo| *7 001 7 00! 10 P 0 30 00 T 00 4do LIBERTY. Abraham Fulhrod, 13 Xarlwr k Moore, 13 Nathan Rout, 13 £nml Hartman, gro cery, *l4 G 11 groc’y 14 Bernhard Saelemnn 14 10 00 10 00i 10 00 HIODtEBCEr. F Bennett «t Son, 14 MCl’otur, 14 Wi'llsboroj March 2,15C4. WHOIESAIiE , DRUG f I ■ “-f" * Prince’s Metallic Paint, -Pfizer «L Co*fi; Ch<*"iicfcls, Tbaddcus David’s Inks, „ Fluid Extracts, ’ * Concentrated Medicines, Rochester Perfnn"iry^and Cincinnati Wines and Flavoring Extapntff^ Paints and .Oils, /l * Whitewash Dime, • - Petroleum Oil, , Kerosene Lamps, Drugs and iesj Patent Medicines, School Bpoks, Stationery, • Wall Paper, i \ Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Glass, .1 * ping Paper, Dye Colors, ' Furnished at Wholesale Prices hy * W. » TEKBELI, Corning, X Y 7.inunermann &. Go’s. NATIVE. BRAND'S" & IVB ; tEg, FOR i . ; MEDICAL & COMMUNION .PURPOSE'S. CATAWBA BRANDT L THIS BRANDY .ha* been analyzed by t* A Kedi ical Birector of the Naval Babratory at I taoklyOf and substituted for Trench Brandy, for in the United States Navy. It is also used and ;rcc« {amend td by JDr. Sattcrkrc, Medical Purveyor in N d'w York of U. S. Army, in the Hospital of his Depaftmctnt. * DRY CATAWBA WlJflS. 2 : TIIIS ■WINE has all the properties of Dfy gUcrry Wine. - '■ SWEET CATAWBA , THIS WINE for its mildness is adapted for Inva- Jids and for communion purposes. '\TESSUS. ZIMMERMANS & CO., of.Cincin- JyJL nati and Now York bad formerly: partnership vuh X. Longwortb of Cincinnati Ike wealthy Native Wine producer, and therefore enables them furnish ike bt,t of American production, at oiodera j prices. SoW/by 17. D. TERRELL, at Wholesale ;nd Re tail, nad by Druggists generally. . f Coming, N. Y., Jan. 20,'1581-tf. ■’ ■' Administrator’s Notlci LETTERS of Administration dc limit him having, been granted to the subscribers on the estate of. ■i-zrt Davit, late of Mansfield, deceased,ijiolEco'is bere'uj gixen to those indebted to'said estati "tojnake immediate payment, and those having ciaitds_ to pre sent them properly authenticated for settlement to tbe subscribers. AVAR KEN S. DAVIS, \ , JOHN A. HOLDEN; ) iamr 8 ‘ Mansfield, March 2, !564-fit. , -Administrators’ Notice. LETTERS of administration having beet! granted to the subscribers on tho estnte!of Thomas B. late of Coviiigton, dcccafo<J,*»o4ico is hereby giren fo thoso indebted t© miiko immediate paj'tucnt, and those having chums to present them pfopcrly authenticated for settlement to BUXLKR SMITH, 1 Av w«, A.W.WILSOX, J Covington, March 2, 186^-6^ Administrator’s J of Administration having beep gifytesl to the vinlcrfcSgDcd upon the estate .of Uorace i pig, late of <lec*d, a.ll persons indebted io said © late are t’c- to mate Immediate payment, ■ arid tfrSao having , ln * g i against tbe same must present them duly uiifhcuti* fur hettleiDEut, to A. J.JU3&'* >LaiaeU,J jn .27,1861-C.t, ... Appaiseme&t ‘ FOR THE YEriR tJj64- ‘ 1 ~ Cht. fax* iiAnfammc,. - P B Parkhurst. 14 00 I'aol Crulworth* - - Itf 00 A Hobbaw Jr.-d£ge j 00 Fox’& Witter - 14 s ' - I 00 1S&MB Ruth’bcj, cat’g house & gro Igi '*7 00 mohejs. v v - - ' IC Brown, groc’y, T: .r ? 00 MANSFIXLDV " L Cunfiningp, 'lO 00 Wm. Adams, r 4 10 00 R N Holden, groc’y s >/ * 7 00 Martin Kipg, prorbi U V sidn, \ \7 00 E A Puller, groc’y, t , 700 e*v Eiiiou, drng»y i ■ r u? oa A JAKE Webster, IV r 7 00 J ' H fciff &tHcCrennon;‘T*r» hardware, 1-4 yOO “ . SiTLSOIT. G H Baxter &Co 14 700 -OSCEOLA,- Ct C Bosworth, -14 ’ 700 w C Stubbs, grot’y 7 00 V C Phelps, 14 : 7 00 Crandall & Seeley, 14 7 <3O - Mercantile Ap 7 < r THE Brhoteß to tfto mxttmim of tin &ttu of JFmirom situ tfyc Sprcah of mefotm. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG XJNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. ' * VOL. X.' Select soettrg* ' {From the N, Y. Tribune:] TAKE NO STEP BACKWARD I Earnestly Inscribed to the Thirty. Eighth Congress of the United Statue* Tako no step backward 1 tbs bicrnal Ages down upon-you from their height sublime, And witness the events which History's pages Shall class among the noblest of -all time. Right onward now the path of duty lieth. Though it may. lead to dangers that appall. “Right onward 1 onward!” Justice sternly crieth,* Aud Mercy joins with Justice in tb6 call. • ’ -Take.no etep backward 1,-Centuries of oppression. -- bar Nation's throes;. And wrong that might have stood, with fair eon* cession* '' 1 ' Yields to the force of self-inflicted blows. * The band grown horny in the Ilib-long labor c That clothed and pampered' those who bold it bound* ‘ Now grasps the gnn, or wields the flashing sabre. And wins and wears its honors on the ground. - 111. Take no step backward 1 Contraband* or chattel. Or slave, or “person"—what you will— they’.ve menj And if tee stand or fall in this dread battle, God leads the bondman from His thrall again. The pillar of a cloud by day is hazing - r The atmosphere where’er the battles He; The pillar of a fire by night is blazing Where conflagration paints’yon Southern skies. - Take no step 1 backward ! To have sorely smitten. At hip and’thigh, the Evil and the Wrongi What ye Have said, now verify 1 what written; Seal with.the seal pf action, brood and strong,. Bo not alarmed at apparitions dire Of flaming, swords that hurtle into view? The element that purifies is fire,; _ * _ Pass Cnnly in, and resolutely through. • 1 v * Take no step backward J To, whom God now uses, Ti solve, the problems of Man’s destiny, To rectify bis wrongs, right his abases, The grand accomplishment yo may not see; But in the-future—in . the years of-glory •* That peace restorcd-shali bring our land again*— Tour names shall glitter in the noblest story That celebrates the deeds of nobleat men. Kentucky, Jan. S, 1864,- ' W. D. G. XFrom'tbe Washington Star,,Feb., 18.1 THE ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON. AN INTERESTING NARRATIVE. A large number.of the officers who escaped fromlabby Prison a few days ago arrived in this city last night,'and are stopping at the National and Metropolitan Hotels, and from them wo gather very interesting statements relative to their manner of escape. Over two months ago, the officers confined in Libby Prison conceived the idea of effecting their own exchange, and after the matter had been se riously discussed by some seven or eight of them, they undertook to digf for a distance to ward a sewer running into the basin. This they proposed doing by commencing at a point in the cellar, near a chimney,' This cellar was immediately under the hospital, and was- -the receptacle for refuse straw, thrown, from the beds when they were changed, and for other refuse .matter. Above the hospital was a room for .officers,'and above that yet another room. The chimney ran through all these rooms, and the prisoners, who were in the secret, improV l ised Wrope, and night after night let working parties down, who successfully prosecuted their excavating operations. Tlie dirt was hid under the straw and other refuse in the cellar, and it was trampled down so ns not to presentAoo great a bulk. "When the working party had got a consider able distance was found diffi cult tQ haul the dirt back by hand, and a spit toon, which hat} been furnished by the officers in one of the rooms, was made to servo the purpose of a cart. A string was attached to it and it was run in the tunnel, and as soon as filled was drawn out, and the dirt deposited under the straw. But after hard work, and digging with finger nails, knives, land chisels, a number of feet, the working party found themselves stopped by piles dnven in the ground. These were at least a foot in diameter. But they were not discouraged.' Penknives, or any other, articles that would out* were culled for; and, after chipping,'chipping, chipping, for.a long time, the piles were severed, and the tunnellers com menced again, and in a few moments reached tho sewer. But, here an unexpected obstacle met their further progress. The stench from the sewers, and the flow,of filthy water; was so great that one of the party fainted, and was dragged out more dead than, alive, and the project in' that direction bad to .bo -abandoned. The faijure was communicated to a few others beside those who had first thought of escape, and then a party of, 17, after viewing the premises anct surroundings, concluded to tunnel under Car rey street. On the opposite side of this street from tho prison was a sort of or outhouse, and the project was to dig under .the street and emerge from under or near the bouse. There was a high fence around it, and the guard was outside of - this fence.. The pris oners then commenced to dig at the other side of the cllimney, and after a few nandsfuirof dirt bad been removed, they found themselves stopped by a stone-wall, which proved after wards to he three feel thick. Tlie party were by no means undaunted, and with pen-knives and pocket-knives, they commenced operations 'upon the stone and mortar. After nineteen days and nights’ hard -work, they again struck the earth beyond tbe wall and pushed their work forward. Here, too(af ter they had got some distance under ground), the friendly spitton was brought into requisi tion, and the dirt was hauled out in small quajj .titles. After digging for some days the ques tion arose ‘whether they had not reached the point aimed at, and in order to if possible test matter, Capt. Gallagher of the 2d Ohio reg , intent pretended that he had a .box in the car fiage-honse over the way, and desired to search it out. This carriage-house, it is proper to State; was used as a receptacle for boxes and goods sent to prisoners from the North, and the recipients were often allowed to go, under guard, across the street" to iseciire their proper ty. Capt. Gallagher was gVanied -permission. WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1864. to go there, and ns he walked across under guard, he, as well as ho could, paced off the distance, and concluded that the street was about .50 feel wide. On (he Oth or 7th of February the working party supposed they had gone a sufficient dis tance, and commenced to dig upward. When near the surface they heard the rebel guards talking above them, and discovered they were some tvro or three feet yet outside of the fence. The displacing of a stone made considerable noise and one of the sentinels called to his com rade and-asked him what the noise meant. The guards,-after listening a few minutes, con eluded that nothing was wrong, and returned to their beats. This bole was stopped tip by inserting into the crevice a pair of old panta loons filled with straw, and by bolstering, the whole up with boards, which they secured from the floors, etc., of the prison. The tunnel was then continued some six or seven feet mor? ; and when the working party supposed they were about ready to emerge to daylight,- others in the crison were informed that there was a way now open for escape. One .hundred and nine of. the prisoners decided to make the attempt to get away. Others refused, fearing the consequences if they were re-cap tured; and others yet, (among whom was Gen. Dow) declined to make the attempt, because (as they said) they did not desire to have their go vernment back down from its enunciated policy of exchange. Col. Rose, of New York, Col. Kendrick, of Tenn., Capt. Jones, Lieut. Brad ford, and others, informed Gen. Dow that they could not see how making their escape would affect the policy of exchange. Their principle was that it was their personal right to if they could, and their duty to their govern ment to make the attempt. About 8J o'clock on the evening of the 9th, the prisoners started out, Coi. Rose, of New York, leading the van. Before starting, the prisoners had divided themselves into squads of twd,'thVee,' : nrid four, and each squad was to take a'different route, and after they were out were to push for the Union lines ns fast as pos sible. It was the understanding that the work ing party was to have an hour’s start of the other prisoners, and consequently the rope lad der in the cellar was drawn out. Before the expiration of the hour, however, the other pris oners became impatient) and were let down through the chimney successfully into the cel lar.’’ ■Colonel 'W'. P. Kendrick, of West Tennessee, Cant. D. J. Jones, of the Ist Kentucky Cavalry, and Lieut. R. Y. Bradford, of the 2d West Ten nessee, were detailed as a rear guard, or rather to go out last; and from a window Col. K. and his companions could see the fugitives walk out of a gate at the other end of the enclosure of tlio carriage house, and fearlcatly move off— The aperture was so narrow that but one man could get through at a time, and each squad Carried with them provisions in a haversack. At midnight a false alarm was created, and ths prisoners made considerable noise in getting to their respective quarters. Providentially, how ever, the guard suspected nothing wrong, and in a few momenta tho exodus was again com menced. Col. Kendrick and his companions looked with some trepidation upon the move ments of the fugitives, as some of them, exer cising but little discretion, moved boldly out of the enclosure into the, glare of the gas light.— Many of them were, however, ini citizen’s dress, arid as all the rebel guards wear the U. States uniform, but little suspicion could be excited, even if the fugitives had been accosted by a guard. Between one and two o’clock the lamps were extinguished in the streets, and then the exit was more safely accomplished. Thera were many officers who desired to leave, who were so weak and feeble that they were dragged through the tunnel by main force and carried to places of safety, until such time ns they would be able to move on their journey* At 21 o’clock, Capt. Jones, Colonel Kendrick and, Lieut. Bradford passed out in. the order in which they are named —and as Colonel K. emerged (torn the hole, ho heard the guard within a few feet of himsing out, “Post N°- 7, half past two in the morn ing, and all’s well.” “ Col. K. says he could hardly resist the Temptation of siiying, “ Not so well as you think, except for the Yanks.”— Lieut. Bradford was entrusted with the provi sions for this squad, and in getting through ho vras obliged to leave his haversack behind him, as he could not get through with it upon Aim. Once out, they proceeded up the street, keep ing iu the shade of the buildings, and passed eastwardly through the city. A description, of the route pursued by this party, and of the tribulations through 'which they passed, will give some idea of tho rough time they all had of it. Col. Kendrick had be fore leaving the prison mapped out his course, and concluded that the best route to take,' was the one tow-ard Norfolk or Fortress Monrhe, as there were fewer rebel pickets in that direction. They therefore kept tho York River railroad to the loft, and moved toward tho Chickahoraini river. They passed through Boar Swamp and crossed the road leading to Bottom Bridge.— Sometimes they waded through mud and water almost up to their necks, and kept the Bottom Bridge road to their left, although at times they could see and bear the cars traveling over the York River road. While passing through tbe .swamp near the Cbickabomini, Col. Kendrick sprained his ankle and-fell. Fortunate, too, was that fall for him and his party, for while he was lying there one of them chanced to look up, and saw in, a di rect line with them a swamp bridge, gpd in the dim outline they could perceive that parties with muskets were passing over the bridge.— They therefore moved some distance to the south —and after passing through more of the swamp, reached the Chickahomini about four miles be low Bottom Bridge. Here now was a difficulty. The river was only about twenty feet wide, but it was very deep, and the refugees were worn out and fatigued. Chancing, however, to look up, Lieut. Bradford saw that two trees had fall en on either side of tho river, and that their branches were interlocked. By crawling up one tree and down tho other; the fugitives suc ceeded in reaching tho east bank of the Chick nhomini, and Cid. Kendrick could not help r«- | id'arkihg that he believed i 1 waS tm AGITATOR. their side, else they would not have met that natural bridge. * They subsequently learned from a friendly negro,’ that, had they crossed the bridge they had seen, they would assuredly have been re captured, for Capt. Turner, the keeper of Libby Prison, had been out and posted guards there, and in fact had alarmed the whole country, and got the people up ns a vigilance committee to capture the escaped prisoners. After crossing over this natural bridge, they laid down on the ground and slept until sunrise on the morning of the 11th, when they contin ued on their way, keeping eastwardly as near as they could. Up to tbisr time they had had nothing to eat, and were almost famished.— About noon of'the lltfa : they met i several ne groes, who gave them information as to the whereabouts of the rebel pickets, and furnished them with food. Acting under the advice of these friendly ne groes, they remained quietly in the woods until darkness had set in, when they were furnished with a comfortable supper by the negroes, and after dark proceeded on their way, the negroes (who everywhere showed their friendship to the fugitives) having first directed them how to avoid the rebel pickets. That night they passed a Camp of rebels, and could plainly see the smoke and camp fires. But their wearied feet gave qut, and they were compelled to stop and rest, having only marched five miles that day. They started again at daylight on the loth, and after moving awhile through the woods, they ’ saw a negro woman working in a field - , and, called her to'them, and from her received directions, and were told that the rebel pickets had been, aboutjthere looking for the fugitives from Libby. Hero they laid low again, and re sumed their joulrney when darkness set in, and marched five miles, bnt halted until the morn ing of the 14tfa, when the journey was resumed. At one point they met a negro in a field, and she told them that her mistress was a secesh woman, and that she had a son in the rebel army. The party however were exceedingly hungry, and they determined to secure some food. This they did by boldly approaching the house and-informing the mistress that they were fugitives from Norfolk,‘who had been dri ven out. by Butldr; and the secosh sympathies of the woman were at once aroused, and she gave them of her substance, and'started, them on their way with directions how to avoid the Yankee soldiers, who occasionally scouted in, that vicinity. This information was exceed ingly valuable to the refugees, for by it they discovered the whereabout of the Union forces. When about fifteen miles from Williamsburg, the party came upon the main road, and found tho tracks of a large body of cavalry. Apiece of paper found by Capt. Jones, • satisfied him that they were Union cavalry ; buthis compan ions were suspicious, and avoided the road and moved forward ; and at the “ Burnt Ordinary” (about ten miles from Williamsburg) awaited tho return of tho cavalry that had moved up the roadand from behind a fence corner where they were secreted, the fugitives saw the flag of tho Union, supported by a squadron of cavalry, which proved to be a detachment of Col, Spear’s 11th Pennsylvania regiment, sent out for the purpose of picking ujp escaped pris oners. Col. Kendrick says his feelings at see ing the dd flag are indescribable. The .pffity rode into Williamsburg with the cavalry, where they were Quartered for the night, and where they found eleven others who had escaped safely. Col. Spear and his com mand furnished the officers with clothing and other necessaries. At all points along the routed the fugitives describe their reception by the negroes as most enthusiastic; and there was no lack of white people who sympathized with them and helped them on their way. From these officers we learn that there is a widespread Union feeling in Eichmoh.d. Jeff. Davis is held in detestation. But all who do not heartily endorse the rebel government, are spotted and watched. There are at this time eighteen persons confined in Castle Thunder; on charge of attempts to assassinate the*rebel President. These prisoners also confirm the report that an attempt was made tobnrn Jeff.’s mansion, and that one morning his servants found a coffin upon his porch. In their eseape, the officers were, aided by citizens of Richmond* —not foreigners or the poor classes,only—but by natives and persons^, of wealth. They know their friends there, but' very properly withhold any mention • of. their names. Of-lhose, who got out of Libby, there were, a number of sick ones, who were cared for by Union people, and wTll.eventually reach, the Union lines through their aid. •* . . The officers also report the fact, 1 .that some time ago, through the aid of citizens, they ob tained communication with the soldiers on Belle Island, and there, was,to be a concerted move ment to escape. The soldiers had-been fur nished with arms, which they bad; secreted.— The officers at Libby were to secure the guards there, and act in concert with the Belle Island men; but just ns the affair was * ready to be carried into execution, the project was exposed. Suspicion at once rested upon a certain Union Lieut. Colonel, who was in favor with the rebel authorities, had the freedom of the city, and moved about at will in the hospitals and else where. He had been suspected for some.time, and one day was accused of exposing the oft’air. The indignation of the officers, whose plans had thus been thworted through the perfidy oT (ns they believed) one of their number, cannot be described. Some cried out, “ Hang him 1 hang him !" One ran to his blanket, and tear ing it in Btrips,,said he bad a rope ready ; and othgrs were in favor of pitching the fellow out of the Window, and letting his brains bespatter, the pavement below. Wiser counsels, however, prevailed, and it was concluded- that it was bet ter to let the traitor live, and report him to his government; if opportunity ever offered. The Lieut. Colonel, we understand,'will be reported to the war office. His excuse is, that ho in formed a Union officer in the hospital of the at tempted escape, and that a rebel officer over %card tho conversation. Those prisoners confirm in every particular tho statements heretofore made of the treatment nf federal prisoners there. The rations of. the 1 officers were about‘tlth S&nß-Us those of the rebel privates, but our privates on Belle Island did not fare’as well. As long as the boxes sent from persons at the North were delivered, they lived as well as could bo expected under the circumstances. Those who had money were allowed to send out and get what they wanted, by paying three times more than Richmond prices, the profits going into the pockets of the officers of the prison. In other respects the treatment was quite harsh. When a prisoner entered the prison, any ar ticles found upon him that were fancied by the rebel officers or guards, were taken possession of; they pretended the money and articles were deposited with the quartermaster. : The sleeping accommodations were very poor, and the only place they had to exercise their limbs in,-was-the dining room. For a while .the officers were not furnished .with meat at all, and at one time they received flesh which was pronounced by those among''the officers who .knew something of butchering, as being mule meat, as they knew of no cattle used for food which had bones like those found in the meat. The privates on Belle Island, it is unques tioned, have eaten dogs ; in fact, were obliged to do it in order to snstnin life. On the boat, coming up from Fortress Monroe yesterday,- the officera bad a meeting, which was presided over by Col. W. P. Kendrick - , of the West Tennessee Cavalry, and at which Colonel West, of the 4th Wisconsin, acted as Secretary, and the following card was unanimously adop ted: . “ The undersigned, officers of the U. States army, .and recently prisoners of war, desire to express their deep gratitude to Major General Butler, Brig. Gen. Wrstar, Cul. West, of the Ist Pennsylvania Artillery, and the gallant offi cers and men of the 11th Pennsylvania Caval ry, and the Ist New York Mounted Rifles, for their effective assistance in completing our es cape from the rebel Libby Prison at Richmond and the rebel lines of pickets and bloodhounds of the rebel army, and also for the many acts of kindness so gracefully tendered, us in our present time of need. “ We desire, also, in common with every loyal heart in the Union, to tender to Major General Butler'our highjappreciation of his prompt and extensive efforts to aid our comrades who are yet in the rebel lines attempting to elude their vigilance and make good their, escape from that prison of refined cruelty and alow, death.” This was signed by all the officers present. HOW THEY CHANGE! Pennsylvania Democracy in 1849. “We deny the power of-any citizen to ex tend the area of bondage Beyond its present dominion, nor do we consider it a part of the compromise of the constitution that Slavery should forever travel with the advancing col umn of our Territorial progress." Under this Anti-Slavery* platform, John A. Gamble was elecled. In Feb. 1861, “ When the Rebellion had progressed some' months, and bad inaugurated Jeff. Davis as President, the professed Democracy, in State Convention at Harrisburg, resolved (among other things) as follows Bth. That we will, by all proper and le gitimate means, oppose, discountenance and prevent any attempt on the part of the Repub licans in power to make any armed aggression upon the Southern States, especially so long as laws contravening their rights shall remain un repealcd on the statute books of Northern States, and so long as the just demands -of the South shall continue to be unrecognized by tho Republican majorities in these States, and un secured by proper amendatory explanations of the Constitution.” [Says the Official Report, “ The reading of the Resolutions called forth much applause* Wbon that declaring the determined opposition of the Democracy of Pennsylvania to an armed aggression upon the Seceeding States was read, the whole Convention rose en masse, and, with the waving of hats and the violent shouts of enthusiasm, shook the very walls of the build ing that held them. They were -adopted by acclamation.” • Dndersuch a Traitorous flag, tho Party was defeated. . In 1852, ■ i ' The same party, in same place, Resolved, That to the end that. the. Onion be restored, and the Constitution and laws en forced throughout its whole extent. We pledge onr hearty and unqualified support to the Fed eral Government in the ENERGETIC PROS ECUTION of tho existing-War.” ■ Upon.this patriotic avowal, they carried the State;by 3,400 votes. ' In 1863, ... They tried to mis ISCI and 18G2, so as to catch both loyal War Democrats and Copperheads ; but they don’t amalgamate! Give them a sound threshing this time, and they will be more true blnoj patriotic and straight forward thereafter! How Dick Took the Turkies. —A story is told of Dick, a darkie in Kentucky who was a notorious thief, so vicioUs in this respect that all the thefts in the neighborhood were charged to him. On one occasion Mr. Jones, a neighbor of Dick’s master, called and said that Dick must be sold out of that part of the country, for he had stolen all his [Jones’} tur keys. Dick’s master could not think so. The two, however went into tho field where Dick was at work, and accused him of tho thefts “ -You stole Mr. Jones’ turkeys said' the master.’ “ No ! I didn’t massa,” replied Dick. The master persisted. “Well,” at length said Dick I’ll tell you massa, I didn’t steal deto turkeys, but last night J went across Mr. Jones’ pasture, and saw one of your rails on the fence, so I brought home do rail, and, confound it, when ,T-come to look, daro were nine turkeys on de rail,” The surest way to prevail on a young couple to get married, is to oppose them.' Toll them you would rather see them in their graver and twelve months will not elapse before their baby will pass you twice a day in a willow wa gon,- - ; - ! Bates of Advertising. Advertisements will be charged SI per tquareef 10 lines, one or three insertions, and 25 cents tor every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of less than 10 lines considered as- a square. The subjoined rate* will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: 3 hosths. 6 nonius. 13 jiosina 1 Square, $3,00 $-t,50 $6,00 I 5,00 6,50 8,00 • ? „ “°- - 7,00 8,50 10,00 i C01umn,...., SjOO 9,50 12,50 ? “° ....15,00 20,00 26,00 1 . .. —- ...25,00 35,00 40,00 Advertisements not having tho number of losers lions desired marked upon them, will b 0 published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Beads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable’* and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. m 28. A Democratic Paper on McClellan. From the Green, Bay (TVis.) Advocate, The Dead Weight. —We have been reading the prominent passages in the report of Geo. B. McClellan. They are the passages which arc selected by such papers as the blew York World, and others favorable to him, to give him the very best show before American citizens. They have convinced us, sincerely, that he is a man of unsurpassed military ability. His let ter of February 3rd, 1862, to Secretary Stan ton, setting forth the plan of the peninsular campaign, as he would have had it, is masterly in its conception, and shows the highest mili tary talent in its details. That is, as it seems io us. J. , j*. . . i.,- . We regret that it was not fully adopted by tho Administration, for with its ultimate frui tion the rebellion-might have been a thing of tho past, the nation might have been united and happy once more, and Gen. McClellan, might have been the enthusiastic choice for the next Presidency. But the plan may have been faulty) it certainly was, for good or for evil, not carried out. Its projector has, for good or evil, parted company with the great struggle for the Union, and seems to have thrown himself, with his heavy dead weight, upon all efforts to "go on with the war. What matters it here, in this time of peril, whether McCiellah’s or somebody else’g plans and theories,in 1862, were better llt is precisely of as much consequence as the question of Grouchy’s fidelity at Waterloo. It is a matter with which history has to deal—not we here in the trenches, resisting an assaqjt upon the life of a nation. Suppose McClellan to have been badly trea ted. Shall the earth and the snn stand still until be is attended to 7 Give him a court mar tial, or a committee of inquiry, if he wants it } shoot him or Stanton, whichever is found to be in the fault; do anything in reason that be wants done, but let ns go on meanwhile with more pressing and important matters. Joe Hooker had as good a right to growl and grumble and humph himself op. Did lie do it 7 Go and ask him, down there in Tennessee, good-naturedly amoking his cigar under the shadow of Lookout Mountain. John Pope, aa brave a fighting man as ever lived, never had the hundredth part of the time, the favor, the patient waiting, which was given McClellan to do something with the Army of the Potomac. Did ho fill back, glum and cross, and demand that fipthirfg should be done until he waa avenged 7 He came from the command of a great axmf to a mere Indian border war, os gaily as though it were a holiday excursion. Burnside did not cope with Longstreet at Fredericksburg, and was summarily sent away; but he sought ano ther trial, and gave him bard knocks at Knox ville. McDowell, the earliest victim of ill luck, has been vainly urging ever since, not the en dorsement of his plans at Bull Bun, but a com mand to lead once more at the rebel army.—» Roseerans, the beloved of all, who waa blown out after the battle of Chickamanga/ as yon would blow out a penny candle, referred to the druggist, instead of the Government, about the opium question. Even Scott, the greatest gen eral living, who was set aside gently but firmly, takes his morning walks in the Fifth avenue—» and if be does not enconrage, he does not dis courage the attempts we are making to save this country. Up to the advent of Meade, every general who; has had command of the Army of the Po tomac, has been relieved from it under circum stances which they probably did not regard u flattering. But, of them all, there has been only one who has nntertaken the infliction o£ his wrongs—if they were wrongs—upon the country. That one is George B. McClellan.— He asks the country to take notice, that not only his military plans, but his ideas as to the politics of war, are different from those which have been pursued. ' He publishes old letters to the President. He charges Stanton, the exist ing Secretary of War, with having connived at his defeat and the destruction of the army. Ha advocates the election i|f a man to the Gover norship of Pennsylvania who decides that tha draft is unconstitutional. And he permits him self to bo named as the Presidential candidate of the Fernando Woods, the Yallandiglmms, and all the other dead weights hanging on-this war. It is end of the fatalities which sesiu to attend that class of politicians, that they are making a candidate of that kind. So long as they keep control of the Democratic party, BO long will it he beateh. ; A New Cure for Hydrophobia. —A nevfc cure for hydrophobia has been mentioned in England. An eminent physician refers to Tbtt att, who tolddiim that his remedy was to allow the common nitrate of silver, easily procura ble, to filter into the wounds; it decomposes jthe saliva, and in-doing this Ho says that the nitrate of silver cSascs the poison into lbs very capillaries, and neutralizes It. The physician adds that “ the poison of hydrophobia remains latent, on ah average, of six weeks ; the part heals over, hut there is a pimple or wound, more or less irritable; it then becomes painful, and the germ, whatever it is, is ripe for dissemination into the system, and then all hope is gone. Nevertheless, between the time of the bile and the activity of tha wound, previous to dissemination, the caustic or nitrate of silver is a sure preventive ; after that, it is as useless as all tha other means.- The best mode of application of tha nitrate of silver, is introducing it solidly into the wound. It melts in an equal quantity of water. If al ready healed, the cicatrix should bo rubbed and causticated away entirely. ’TnR St. Louis Republican, a paper likely to be well informed,, says: “ Gen. Ontnt ia not going to trouble himself much concerning, thaao movements of politi cians. It is nut to his tasto. Ilia intention is to close the war as soon as possible* and ho wants to bo foot-loose, not hampered by political entanglements. Ho asks no other du ly now. He. is mi, and.xcill not be a candi date for the Presidency at the Jcrtheowiny ii on, and (luV.iiei ids may trim their sails accolf* d'.nglj.*’ ' '
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