Tbe Tioga County Agitator: BT M. H. COBB. - j s Pnblijhodefefy Wednesday morning and failed to „h“oriUrs at Oifß DOLLAE AND FIFTY I'ENTS «rV“ar, always IS ADVANCE. , . 1 lie paper is sent postage free to county subscri bers though they may receive their mail at post offices located in counties immediately adjoining, Mr fonve- U Tbs Aoitaioe is the Official paper of Tiog Co., d circulates in every neighborhood therein. '43ab-. gcriptious being «u the advance pay system, it; |rcu f t e « among a class' inost to the Interest of reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as,thoio of ferei hv an y”P i P er circulation in. Northern pennsyl 7 *®^ 8, . , , a. cross ou the margin of a paper, denotes that the subscription - is about to expire. ■ - /•gr* Papers will- be stopped when tbe sobserf tUon* . Expires, unless the agent orders their ponjina- JA s. lowrey &s. r. trnso«; i xfORNEYS & CODNSELLORS at RAW, A *lll attend the .CpartX-of Tioga, Poktf r and jj c gean ooanties. ~ ~.[ Wellsboro, Jan. 1, P fe.] DICKIIiSOK BOUSE, -- .' _ i oj£ju&fl, Je ti £:C Mu A. FIELD; Proprietor. GUESTS taken to and from thg X)ej>ot*&ee of charge. . [Jan. 1. 1865.] lOBH *■ SIITCHEI.L, ' AITORKEY AFP CO UNSELL OR AT LAW. Tioga- Village; Tioga CCanty; Penn'o-i' Prompt attention to March 1,15G5-— ly JEKOME B. WIEBS,-;-:- ”' AT TOM NET & COtiNSELtOU A T'tA'W, WeUzborc, Tioga -Conntv, Pa-, Having been specially licensed by the -United£tates for the Prosecution of Claim* fo&P«&iioo£ 3 Bft6k p,v and Bounties. ■ ' Particular attention will-he.given to that >olftesHB£RS. Mansfield, May 2, 1864. "3 P. NEWELL, DEIfTI«T» ; MAKSFIELD, TIOGA COUNTY, i'A., . IS prepared to operate in all the in, the various departments of filling, extracting,.in kling artificial dentures, Ac. ", ’”1 - , Mansfield, August 10, 1864-Iy* / COWANESItVE. ; THIS House which baa been.open for 430 f 'eolehoe of the traveling public for- a numbir»H' years, -u lately been newly furnished throughout i &d fitted : F ions good style as can bo found *in any ccuiltry or •::j Hotel. The Proprietor doe* not hesituO in-aayi' ‘ a s that there will be ho pains spared to a-id to the of his'guests, and make it a home i ir .them. *2ebe«tof stabling for teams;-and a goo/ hostler t.*ars ; n attendance, all of which can' ' a vfound :ne mile east of! Knoxville, Pa, J M. V. PURPLE, Proj rietor. - D «rf.eld, May 25,,1864.-1;. ■ .. ; wELI.SBORO ■ Kq^JL * [Corner .Main ** Pa. ‘ B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor. : _ One of tbo most popular Houses iif the coUnty. J2i« Hotel m the principal Stage-house in Welfcboro. loavo daily as follows: f * * , yr Tioga, at 9a. ra.; For Troy, at 3a. m; J/Tbr ‘ er **J Shore every TaeadSy*and Friday at.2p.m.; 1 ,\£ ,:, u import, every Tueedny and Friday fit Sp. m. r Arrive— Prom Tioga, at 12 1-2 o’clock I -.- From Troy.at 4 o’clock pr«.-r fu^dar-and Fndayrl I a.*m.: Tub.-i ,y an( j Priday II a. m. t ■ v D> —Lm-nv Cowden.-the ■ weU-knoWn Pbstler,- Oct,-&. 1864-ly. c - '' : Hugh youwcte-:-:! B OOgj»gfcfcißß .d sent-hy' mail-or ethi, '***«, to order. -- J-;- I * * V °- 5, Umoy BLOCK, . WKLL&BORa t J 3r 'A. TO FISHEKjIEii; | I3E subscriber,begs leave lo inform t e public ■*- niM be has a fineWortment of the calcinated ROCHESTER TROUT TLIE^ Oral or * t Flier,-Silk- Braided t if-s," SeiT t.**.* 60< * Hair Liner, Kinsey Hooke on Sntf le-Recls, Ltiaer, < Gut, and a fine lot of ROCHESTER FLy„ RODS, [ / ..’j Ac. Bhop in-roer-of Wm. Ro*Herts' Tin, w^i 6 store - *• ■- - f -5 "elUboro, April l». -1866-3 m. - '~* r VOL. XL HAS FALLEN 1 ;■ . And-eq has the price of DBT GOODt LEE. HAS - SCrRKENOBftED, lIAVB ' SufiRENDERED THE EX TBME HIGH PRICES OJ? ’ GOODS.. i Vi' ° * i t" '! ~ J: r . - r- -• t)*' * *T,hE PEOPLE’S StOßEp is noir,js«|>nng ad(Ution» t<» &eii;jtq/pTc'or ? GOOJ>S,-/; BOUGHS '■ D.DRINiCI^ , - i b».-^RES^M.^N : mCES SJ; ,y £ J ‘ tnd thwilll)B»oMat‘~’ :r : TM'cr-.sr* rT THE LOWEST MARKET RATES. .'.Proprietor. Wo Jiave made .arrangements, to got • •week/jmjJ as -me beep potted In rdgtrd to : f “ the" 2f*is *yo>& JS/ar&ft/wo tbidl at :'*• LLI II-alUlnieajiuK^ band conform to and * with - it: nnderltOQd, that however. 1,4 **• ‘^mtich'othersTflay-bloTT,' - •* ‘ 1 V . -««*. iJ , Si ■ Lj ■ WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD j}ie murderpf Ms, Lincoln, more tban.four yqarf after-his induction into the office of presi dent of the poited.Smtes, is.nut tbei fulfilment of a recent intention, nor is the guilt of it con fined to the actual murderer and present active accomplices'.' Soon after the first election of. Mr. Lmcnlo,a plot yras matured fur bis qssas-. sination -which was vaguly .rumored at the time of-its intended execution, hot which wasoiejter exposed in any formal manner,.and hencepever obtained general credence. As we are inposes sion of.some of its outlines,-and ihamoaus by which it w,,s defeated, the mention of theeir cumstoiiceaniay.now h« received with a degree ofdnterest which they could nnf heretofore have excited. It is progerto say that wa atate them substantially as they were-reported sometime ago,.by a gentlemap who was chiefly instru mental in defeating the conspiracy. . Ilia com munication, was made in the .course of a private conversation, an.d f although -.yijbout anjinjupn tidn yet-as. ha;s - not at.present,in this city, and, bis ..permission i therefore cannot' ! at .once .he-obtained to . usedtis‘nwp or other names in this publication, we make.it Jn such guarded-form a- ipay. involve no- breach of 'presumed confidence. - • Ip the month of. January, 1861,a,gpntleman holding a in this, city, which made .him a proper agent, to act on the information, iwas, waited upon by a lady, who.stated to him her Bjispitaons-or knuwledge—whence derived we.are not able to, soy—of a plot to assassinate Mr.,Xir.co!n when nn his way fron his bomein Illinois to. Washington, to be inanguarated as President. Thq active partita,.op some of them., in the business, were understood to;he in Balt - mote,-. At all events, the gentleman considered itlie intelligence, had., sufficient foundation to make it,his duty to satisfy himself whether it might-be .correct. Hp accordingly, employed « detective officer, a man who had in his profess ion become notable for his sagacity rand, suc cess, to go, to,, Baltimore .and "adopt, his own course- to defeat the parties to and plan pf, tjie -conspiracy., ~, , The officer went to Baltimore, and opened,an -office as some sort of a-broker,qr ageht„,under an.pseumed name of..course. Being. au.pp)i'ed. witfi. needful funds, he, made .occasions to he, cotjio acquainted.with certain classes of. sece»: siohiets, and by-degrees was on free and easy terms pith .them. He. tqok each’’man in his humor, dined and supped with some, gambled, with others, “ treated" andseeohded dissipa tions, in mor;‘ways thaft tiay Be' expressly sta ted, uhtil he had secured enough ot"their confi dence to, be familiar iyith'the partiqlShiVs of thefr scheme. Meanwliiie it had been aseer- on ( the line of the Baltimore Bail rbad'that there were men engaged in militarv drilling. Several 'other detectives were, em ployed bjr the chief to ‘discover the purpose of thosen f gapi z .l tiorfs ;. ahd, disguised as laborers or fn,rm,hi£ndH, they got themsplves Wuatered Qie of .tlle cqinpahids tit ‘ho loyal- Sin another,] undMiprefeheii nf he-' ' to"guard . one or uidreof tho bridges" north qf'Baltimore, was- designed for quite an opposite purpose. Jjt will.be remembered that some time before Mr.' linooln set opt from his home for Washing-, ton,‘fiis intended route thither was. published. A paff. of the program me .was that'he "should | visft Jlarrt burg'and Philadelpbia. .We believe | ihitt.Mr. ‘Lincoln was not advised especially ofj nuyipersonal danger until he wp.e about to gu ] to .Harrisburg, and then, at .the instance of .the .geW?fmao referred to, he' was. urged, to proceed" without delay to'Washington. "He replied. how.C ever, that he had promised the people of Harris -1 burgio'anewer their invitation'and he would !do surf it cost -him hislife. He accordingly ] vlslfed Harrisburg oh the 223' of. February, ’6l. ; 1 1 ‘was intended he should resi : there ' that evt thing.' But-under the management- of “• the geritlemtni, 5 ’ another arrangement was effected. 'fhe night train from Philadelphia to BaIti sE&ISTEfe’S"NOXTCRi- L Nim'ceirit^.lJiidven ; T™ oYO Washington depart! at half past ten, jLV that the following personshirWstrocd their acr- - o’clock in..'the evening. . 'lt was’ determined counts in the Register’s office of Tioga County. and that" Mb Lincoln should go secret!-?' by that that tho same will be presented to the Orphan’s Court ooj j , J u of said county, on Monday, tho sth day of Jane 3865, the evening.qf the 22d, and_ to enable for confirmation and'allowance: nim todo so, a special was provided to . Account of Martiu Eoppard,Executor of tha estuto- bring him secretly Irom Harrisburg to Phila of Joseph Reppard, deo’d. . ...deiphia. After dark, in,the, foremf city when Aocount^^Cbarles, Eheyman, Adm’r of th« estate/ i t was,presumed he had retired to his hotel, he - of Ao^nntof D o!'BuUard,.Adm’rof jfyaibUoniU'. ® o . c °ff i |'B l 7 ‘wk tbw special train, and came‘to timer Bullard, dec’d. _ ' 1 '■ rtulidelphia. Meanwhile, in anticipation of qualityof-goods considered. Itxfaailsbe.' oar aim §> '• ; - keep constantly co hand a good-stock of ' - such goods asHhe'cominniiity / ■ - - . require, and . r such articles as will hive satisfy THE .ONE: PRICE SYSTEM under 'which oar business has constantly'■increased * for tho'lest ten years will bn adhered to, : _ - *' * -as also the ' c~ READY PAY ; SYSTEM ‘ M V more recently.«dopt»d. , Don’t bo; uptil. i- ' YOD HAVE EXAMINED ODfi-«XOCKc;AttB ‘PRICES.-6:.-s= -j ' P•P - ; •• s> i STORE*DIRECTLY "OPPOSITE'THE'DICKIN -1 'SON HOUSE, and first door oast of Hnngerford’s Bank. l ' S.TIITH WiITE, Corning, 1 7 r1866* .. t THE BIG FIGHT having beon"dhidd‘‘hV by Messrs. Grant, Sherman Sheridan, £ Co., KELLY & PURVIS have volunteered for a war of high Prices, and will befoond entrenched-' behind a huge pile of ■ f i-M •* * - : •. t s'c; v- c-» NEW Atflf CHEAP GOODS 1 at the old OSGOOD STAND, where their communi tlona with New York.cannot be interrupted. They have jultjnocived a good stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, .. such. affJPHnts,Dcdalnes7.‘Bareges, T’dasUps/fiosiery; Notions,' Boots Dufact. everytfijtigin the Dry Goods line may' Be found at ’ohf cotinTeW, and purchased at prices corresponding to eke lute HEAVY FALL IN GOODS. * S *CL el. t , w/ r - We also invite purchasers to examine bur fine stock of t tss/z^ GROCERIES . Can’t be beat thlr li&rpt'ss*% Yorit. ~ -c- Kemember the place. “ Osgood’s Corner." ; ~ KELLY t JtDJtYIg.- . ' Wellsboro, Apr. 22, 1866-ly. TAVERN LICENSES.—Notice is hereby given that the following named persons have filed their petition*, to ..the of Tioga Coanty v to grantffc of public eating houses, and th.it a Jfoaiihg* 'gama V.MJ'. W.hVd * he^)repaid Court, on T^edneSdiff,'the’SlSt 2 o'clock P. M. Ikvssepsrs. Liberty—H. H. Sheffer,* Joseph Reed. Blossburg—Rufus Farr,* Jos. Tonkin, Jno. Shields. Delmar—Jamesß.-Oolcs. Elkland—Benj. Barse,* Charles Ryon.* Weptfieid— 5. Leach.* : . . , Myron Nt-chols.* ” * Covington Boro—Anson L. Johnson. Wollsboro—6- B. Holiday,* Nelson Austin,* J. W. Biponey. Gaines—ll. C. Vermilyea.* Liberty— dodroff*^ Pall Brook—W. W. Onff • 'Mansfield—AlbinusHunt.*.. „ Knoxville—G. W. Matliaon.** ~ , Bldbsburg—James Morgan,* Horace W. Holden," -Elijah Plummer,* Joseph P. Monell,* Elisabeth * Conley. ~ - *~r C? j-^ Weilsboro—G. Hastings t Eo.,lVin. T. Mathers. . Tb' Btit-t-BtIiTHE QcißtJi - »xti " Eloss—A. L. Bodino. - : -l h"- ; **>-. WardfJ-tAbelS. Manley.-- :l>s W ells boro, May 10, ’65, H.S. ARCHER, Reg’r. his coming, “ the gentlemen" had enscjred the -TRET.A'nTKS-^BABfiltt*h. rrffVitP. a - d9t ® oti 9“ of the -Phn.idelp.hia_'and and Balti/- F TED SOAP POWDEB,orw M hing “°F e ; ral J 1 ’ Und -®y tbe P^ ete ° ce tbat a parcaTof: and atains removed from Table Linen, Napkfni, dc. j Im doi;p men tb one of the .Oepart;. For rale at Drag Store. j meriW'Tn Washington ‘must be -dispalbhed By DcOotrD to tj ftt Extension of thr area of JFrccdom atiij the Spread of Wealths UHotm. ■WHILE THERE SHALL- BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO'MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. J new" grioca. RESARDLESS OF; COST, BY ANY, TION TO THE CONSUMER.' Eating Homes. d. r/DOFAfcBSON,- Clerk, : ■•£<■.•:? ;p r* 4 f V AIiITATOU. WELLSHORO, TIOGA COUNTY, BA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY ai, 1865. Original Dor try •* “ Good by darjipg,” saddened utterance Of a sorrow ; r “ r trill sboh return to greet the© :' ' • ■ • 'When the victory'God'hath won. , •. q ' Can 1 leave thee f'thdu bast ever _- - Cheered with smiles my happy k)t-$ ' r Think not m my.conntry's service «•• 7 Cxpdand thoube.forgqt, -- ~ *• "FaEEWjBII dearonepQodiEatli-giren Mauy all : fc ‘ ; . \ Oqtyv bid{»,mp now,exchange ithem - ~ ■* For a notion's Liberty/"' ~ " ; ' -->0 - T> • ’* o "'- ‘o' Yell the deep un?pokbri sorrow, —■ *' i 3«ar you not the - With it* deep and earnest import—- . “Thither patriots, one and all!" w‘; ,1-1 r. , , f _ » G«od-by:da ! rHng’'--still isyrafted Erom the piarchjrad tented field*,, ~ / Wiiere the "brave ones of onKtJnion ‘ • ■ u/t CTrash'tfio power Secesgia wieldi. :r ,r s: s/ "-v. :■’? ic \ ■ dat^ißg’-—God U ?i ; - *■- hopeful words That Northward sped'' the lengthening cypress shadows- - : That-essayed to abroad our dead: . ; •\ ,e Good-by darling!, jheavonly mnslc " ' i ” Filling now-£ny weary ear; - - - , Ab! U brings such untoH rapture-7* - . Victory, gained, and Hcayen so near.” There is deep, heart-thrilling pathos -In thy tone?,.angelic one;; - .» " Death to thee hath,no more terror^. Thou hast indeed a viotor'y won '' *' Jr. . : ' [From Jhe -Philadelphia Q&zelto.j The- First -Plot to President I. ■- - Lincoln. ; , . ;■ h 7. * the Agitator.} - - GOOD-BY DARXjIIS G.'* TJ it, bnt which might not be ready until after the regular time of thrstartingTtf-rtrat train. By a similar representation, the connecting- train from Baltimore ta- Washington was also de tained.- Owing to the. late hour at which,the special train left. Harrisburg with Mr. Lincoln, it did not, as was reach this city until after the usual Philadelphia and Balti more time. 'Mr. Lincoln was accompanied by the offiei-r jvho had been employed in Baltimore!' A formidable bundle of old railroad reports had been made op in the office of the'; Philadel phia and Baltimore company, which the officer, duly instrueted.'Had-charge of. On the arri val of tho-Hirflsburg train. Mr. Lin-cdlnfook a carriage in-waiting, and with his-escort was driven to the depot at Broad and Prime streets. The officer made some ostentatious bustle, arri-. ving with his parcel for wljioh the train was detained, and passing through the depot, enter ed the- Cars, Mr; Lincoln in hi# company. As Mn. ;Liucoln-passcd through the-gule, the man attending,it remarked—“ Old fellow, it's well for you tim train was detained to night, orypu woulff n,pjhave‘g§ne inTt.” No driejibyard the tram bat the agent of the company and the offlcer-khew’-of-Mr. Lincoln being in it. He was conducted to a sleeping car, and thus-, was kept out of the weyef—nbservirttno. To gourd;against any possible commonica tion by telegraph at this j time, the. circuit was bipkan, tq be united.when it would be safe.to do so. The plan of the conspirators. was to break‘"or 'burn* one of the bridges north of Balrimoveat thetime of Mr. Lincoln’s antici pated approach on the following day; and in the confusion incident to ■ the stoppage of the train,'to assassinate him in the cars. Hence the extrh'precaatioff, above mentioned, regard ing tfie telegraph." ' . - ■ J. M. lii'due tim’ethe train with Mr. Lincoln reachi eS3CoPE.—Whati» sublime'idea I With .the »id of. a telescope is presented to the view such an object as-the-planet-Jupiter, a globe fourteen hundred times larger than the world' in which we dwell, and - whose surface wo'nld contain a-popu lation-ona. hundred times more numerous than «U?the inhabitants that have existed.on our. globe since the creation! And how is.-the sublimity of snub, anideakugmea ted. ■ when.wJe consider that this immense body is revolvinigfound its axis at the rate of twenty? eight-thousand miles in an hour, and iaflyingat tha-s.ime; lime, through .. the region; of space, twenty-pioe-.thoueand miles every hour, carry-, ing along with it four moons, each of them larger than the eurth.during . its .whole course round .the centre.of-its: motion ! And if; this planet, which appears only like a luminous speck on the nocturnal sky, presents such an angust idea, when its magnitude- and-.motions are-investigated, what an astonishing idea is presented to the mind , when ,it contemplates the' size and splendor of the stin—a bo.dy which would, contain, Within its bowelstnine hundred -globes larger than Jupiter, and. thirteen- hun dred thousand globes-of.tbe bulk of the earth-; which,dortsits raj s^in 5 few' moments, to the romotest bounds of the planetary system, pro ducing light and color, "abd life and vegetation,' throughout thorsorrounding worlds! And how must our astonishment be;still increased, when ■we consider the number of such, globes which, exist.throughout theuoiveilat;--.,timt within the Wnge of.dhrateieseopes mure than a hundred milHima.u£?globdB,-Bimi>ar.'.tii;. tUe sun'in size and- splendor, are arranged at immeasurable* distaneejromeach other, diffusing, their radi-' ance through the immensity of space, and en livening surrounding worlds with their benign influence, besides tba innumerable multitude, which out reason .tells; os, mustexist beyond nil that is inyisibleto tbo ey es of mortals.! ' The Miller's-PjoEwtayi—A wprtby' miller,. wishing for n-portrait of. bimsglf, applied to a painter to'haye-it.accomplished.. “Byt.” 'said he, “I am .it very.industrious roan,,l,want tq .be painted, as looking'out of my .ffiih windowi-but when- apy one, looks at me,.l, wjeh to.pop ; roy. head in, so- as.notybg, 'thought Inly or as spending toy .mughjimeiat. the windowr”. ~ - - __ “Very well,”, saief the* painter. .“It shall be done.lsb.” '/"/ He painted the mill and the mill window. ■' The miller looked at it. - ...... . “'Very well," said he. ■*But where is my self looking oat?” ’ ' ' !; - “Oh 1” said the painter, “ whenever ' any one looks.at the mill,.you know' you pop your headin', of course, to"preserve your credit for. industry." . ' ' : ~ " ... “ That’s right;” said the miller. “ I’m con tent—just so. ‘ Pm in~ the mill now, ain’t'! ? Just so—that will do.” ■ "• - , Bad. luck is -a man with-bia hands, in .bis breeohea pockets, a pipe in his month looking bn fft-seft. how it will ,00me~.,. Good, luck-. is a pan to meet difficulties, his sleeves rolled up, and working to make it come right. ©ottpgjjonOctice. - _■ [Written for The Agitator,] HOW I GOT INTO AND OUT OF A REBEL PRISON. by captain h« b. s m of tioqa county. ( Concluded .) Unsuccessful in the first, he repeated it, ac companied by tbeadjotant of the prison and a small negro. They went into the basement, and the appearance of the negro at the window ing an adjoining horseshed, announced to us that.tbeL tunnel had bcen -discovered, and we had nptbing more to hope for in the way of escapes, at least for a time. The guard was at ones released, and strenuous efforts made to recapture-the fugiti vest. Fifty-five oT the hun dred and ten were recaptured, and subjected to the most brutar.treatmen|t which rebel malioe could invent. Many of them were kept in cold, damp cells.in. the.basement of the prison from ten to thirty, days, fed on corn bread and wa ter ttjjd when they came out their shoes and , oloSMag were covered-with ia green mould. Tn one instance an officer was kept twenty-four hours in a cell where Hie water '.was a foot in depth; We reached the basement from which the tunnel started by taking np.tbe brick from a fireplace’ and going down the chimney. It was sixty feet long, running from the basement of the prison across one street, where the horse shed referred to made a good concealment for the terminus. .Thence they passed through a gate into the street. One difficulty to be got over was n lamp in front ot this gate. The third man oat, a Lieut. Johnston, of Kentucky, climbed the post and extinguished it, greatly to the relief, of bis fellow fugitives,. Every effort was then mode by the rebels to prevent like’escapades in the future. : An brder.was .issued by the commandant of the prison, for bidding us to-look out of the windows, and instructing the guard to fire upon any prisoner violating the .order. After this order was is sued, 1 saw the sentinel stand with bis piece ready for some minutes, waiting his chance to shflot* a’ Yankee. They finally killed Lieut. Forsythe, of Ohio, and wounded several others. Things soon assumed their former quiet, and they were beginning to send same of the en listed .men to Georgia and other places South, 'when Kilpatrick made his raid to Richmond. He cafrio within a few miles of the city, sur prised and captured a portion of the garrison ;of one fort. This occasioned great alarm ; .and fearing 5s might succeed in getting into the city.and. releasing the .prisoners, they put a large, quantity of powder under the prison, ; and told ’us that in case our forces came in and attempted to* release us, they would blow us to h—yid-’ Somb-bavß-tried to dispute this; but I have seen a-written statement of arebeloffi-. oer to. the truthfulness of it, likewise a note, to an officer by a.citizen of Richmond, .warning him - to beware of the danger in case our "forces Occupied the city'. Nothing more nf interest occurred, save a few special exchanges, until the 7th of May. At noon Inspector Turner appeared, and read ;an order to us to be ready to march to Peters burg in an hour, for exchange. We had hoped that the Government'would release us before the campaign opened ; and some Were jubilant over the prospect of so speedy a release. A few boars were sufficient to undeceive ns. We were marched to the Danville depot, {packed into freight oars (as filtfay.as cattle could make them] at the rate of 50 or 60 to the car. They ’placed a guard at each door, with orders to al low no man to get out under any circumstan ces. The weather waa very warm, and- as 'many of na were suffering with diarrhoea, yon can form some idea of our condition. We re mained thus for'twenty-four hours, when we arrived at Danville, Vo'., and halted four days. Here we were placed in old -buildings’ which had-formerly been, used as government store houses. On the I2tb of May we were again packed into the cars os before, and ordered to Macon, Georgia. At the solicitation of many of us, they consented to allow *two out of a car at a time when they halted.- We were five days on the trip, and greater suffering than many ofua.endured can hardly, be imagined. We arrived.at -Macon on the 17th. it is a town of considerable importance in'the jpteri or, the rebels having a large rolling mill and" other public- property there; Here, instead of being placed in prison buildings, as-we bad expected, we were turned into a.lot containing about three acres,,surrounded-by a stockade fence twelve feet high. - JDn the outside of this fence', and near the top,'was a sorVbf niatform upon which'the sentinel ’ Walked, and“several pieces of artillery Weta planted.' 2n the’inte rior, of this enclosure there was nothing, save *a few small trees and an old building, which was reserved for hospital, purposes. For a "time even this was a sort of relief, as.we could again breathe the pure air—a blessing'of which wo bad been deprived for many months previ ous.. But. the scorching .rays, of the southern sou soon began to do its work upon us. Many officers fell victims to disease ; and but for the fact that they came to our relief with a little lumber, of which we constructed sheds, many ■more b£ as must have fallen. The rations were little or no better than they were at Libby; all things considered-we- were notrsd-oomfortable. Quite a number of the officers -who escaped 'from the,train on tbs way from Richmond were now, being brought in. Many of them had been hunted down by negro hounds, and in a 'Slumber of cases they were badly bitten. In : one instance the man died’ before bs got to camp. . Some may tell ns that they would not have treated them so bad they not escaped; bat bo it remembered that it is a right conce ; ded to _ prisoners of war in civilized countries to escape if they can, and is not an offence. On-tbe I4lh of July I had-succeeded in get ting a rebel uniform and awaited a favorable opportunity to escape. I went np to' the gate and rapped. The sergeant dame and opened it, saluted me, and I passed out. I went up to town, staid some time, got what information I could, and a map of the country, assumed the duties of a censcriptingofficer, and started for Atlanta. I bad an order porporting to be from -Gen., Johnston, ordering me to certain 'districts in Georgia bn conscript duty. Advertisement* will be charged $1 per squire of 1# lines, one insertion, and $1.50 for three Insertions. Advertisements of less than 10 tinea considered aa a square. The subjoined rates will be charged fat Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: S BOOTHS, 6 BOOTHS. 13 BOOTHS. 1 Square, $4.00 $5.75 $7.6* 2 do 6.00 8.25 10.00 3 do 8.75 10.75 13.60 1 Column, -10.00 12.00 16.75 i~do 18.75' 25.00 31.60 1 do -....30.00 42.00 60,00 Advertisements not naving the number of inser tions desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered.out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices', Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on hand. NO. 40. This was the first time I had breathed free for a year; and you can judge something of my, feelings. I found the people generally tril ling to assist in arresting the conscripts, and one man carried me twelve miles, and regretted that he could not do more. I offered him Confederate money for hi* trouble, but. he refused to take it, saying be wished to do something for his country. He then gave me some papers and a letter to carry to bia brother in Atlanta, and 1 left him. All things went on well, and I bad already taken about a hundred names of conscripts and de serters, when I began to be very sick. I halted to rest in a piece of woods on a plantation remained there some hours and wap finally dis covered by a negro. He manifested some sur prise at seeing a confederate officer in that condition, and wanted to help me to the bouse. I told him I bad only stopped to rest and could go to the house alone. Here I made a mistake by not telling him who I was; but like some of the gentlemen who have such a great attach ment Tor Queen Victoria and her dominions, I thought the “ Nigger" was not to be trusted. I went to the boose and asked a boy for a drink of water;] he brought the water—re marked that I did not look well, asked me to walk in and take a seat. Unable to march farther I-complied with his request.! Presently bis father, a man about forty years of age— came in, Unfortunately for me, be was quite an intelligent man, and' bad been.l a Colonel in the rebel service. I told him I was there by request of bia son ; he said it was all right as be was happy to extend any hospitality to s soldier, and asked me to stay all night. Before retiring, I inferred from some remarks made by the old lady, that be suspected something wrong. I knew my only hope was in refusing to show him my papers should be demand them —as he wouldHee that they were not what they purported to be. Morning came, and as I had expected, be demanded the papers. I told hipn that as I was an officer, be bad no right to de mand papers of mp as of citizens and soldiers, and I should not show him my papers, that I did not know but that he, himself, was a de serter. ,1 He replied that if I refused to recognize his authority to arrest me he would not do so, bat as be was willing to render me all the assist ance he could, he would carry, me twelve miles to a town, where a "battalion of cavalry was. stationed, I could hand in my list of deserters and they would assist me in arresting them. I knew to refuse.to ride with him would be but to admit that there was something wrong, so I to d him to bring round his carriage. As we wore about to start, his wife came out and said ; “ Now Mr. Brown, you don’t laune.who you! re. got there, if there is any killin’ done, I want you to kill him, —I don’t want him to kill you.” He told her ho had known women to do well attending to their own business, and drove off. 1 knew that ns soon as he turned me over to the battalion of cavalry mentioned, an investi gation would be ordered, and the discovery of maps and spurious papers on my person might lead to serious difficulty. Watching an oppp!> tunity I threw my maps and papers away, tpld him I was a Federal officer—an escaped prison er of war, that I did not consider it a crime! 110 escape, and hoped he wonld not attempt to maltreat me. He said he suspected that snch was the case, and that 1 .was from New York, from my accent, that he had formerly been in New York City in the law business—did not blame me for trying to escape—would do the same himself under similar circumstances.— He also told me he did not think it safe to tarn me over to the Captain commanding the caval ry, as he was a very severe fellow, and did not ..know what bo might do. He accordingly turned me over to a Lieutenant who was home on a leave of absence. He treated me very well carried me I back to Macon, and located mein the stockadle. 1 was'soon taken with a violent fever and at length placed in the hospital. We had very little surgical attendance, and impro per diet, consisting of bacon and cornmeal.— For a long time I little expected to see New York again. Many died around me from sheer neglect, while one—a Captain from Wisconsin, war literally murdered by a surgeon in attempt ing tOjampotato his limb. Another, a Lieutenant of the 45th New York was shot dead in the stockade while dipping some water from the spring to. drink. In con nection with this, I think of another instance of cruelty perpetrated upon Capt, Irsh of the same regiment, by a Capt. J. Kemp Tabb, the commandant of the prison. He bad manifested a willingness to take watches or any valuables which we had to sail, and give us the money ■for them. Capt. Irsh gave him ,his watch and Hold him to sell it for $2OO, or return it. After several days the Captain asked him for the money ; he banded him fifty dollars, told him that was all he could get for it. He (Irsh) re fused to take it, and was taken out backed and gagged for two hoars. This is bat a single in stance of the cruelty of this Tabb. I might tell bow freely he used his revolvers—how he struck an officer with a musket for refusing to do some medial service, and how he forbade a chaplain to pray for the restoration of’peace, the success of out arms or the President of the United States. But his deeds are recorded in the Great Book, which we are told shall be opened. Late In August, we went to Charleston, S.C., .and were placed in the jail yard, workhorse, and other, places, within range of Gen. Foster’s guns. The sound of Federal artillery was not unwelcome to many of os who had so long been inmates of rebel prisons,, but it was not a Very pleasing sensation to bear a 300 pound,shell crashing through the building, while pieces of -slate, brick, boards, and other things were fly ing ip all directions. In one instance a piece of shell_weighing from ten to twenty pounds struck the building in the third story, passed through three rooms where thirty or fotfy ofr cere were quartered and lodged in the base ment. We were kept there until about the mid dle of October, and during all this time, al though a continual shelling of the city was kept day and night, strange as it may seem, but one officer was hurt, and his was bat a slight wound in the arm by a piece of shell. The yellow fever now began to rage fearfully. Rates of Advertising.