JJi
3YS. J. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1865.
VOL. 12.-NO. 2.
..itpr's KOTICE. Notice is hereby
It, glTBU, iuimw" o T - - -
amineJ and passed by me, and remain filed of
f . li afnllnvinv unnnnTits have been
record in tnis omce lor mo iajreiu vi
itatee3,creditors.aDd all others in any other way
: 3 . j a -.ill Ko nrpsantarl to the next Or-
inieresieu, nuu r- ; , , , .
khans' Court of Clearfield county, to be held at
the trr tioutr., m mo
commencing m the 4th Monday of Sept. 1865.
J'inal account of Miles Read, Eseeutor of Jonn
B. Head, late of Lawrense township, Clearfield
county, Pa., deceased. .".. r
final account of Jesse Lines, Administrator of
R. M Smiley, late of Brady township, Clearfield
county: deceased-
Final account of Hnlbert Lo.gey, Trustee of the
Keal Estate of Francis Leigey, late of Covington,
township, Clearfield csunty. deceased.
Supplemental account of William Irvin, Ad
ministrator of Matthew Irvin.deceased.
The account of J. W. Olcwine, Adininistrattr of
JonaaOlcwine late of Graham township, Clew
fiel J county Pa., deceased .
lhe account of John Porter, Administrator oi
Slartha llcburne late of Pike township: Clearfield
county, deceased.
The account of C. Howe and Joseph Go&s, execus
tors of tho last will of Georgo Goss, late of Deca
tur township. Clearfield county, Pa., deceased.
Final account of David Horn, Administrator of
James A. Woods, late of Brady township, Clear
Seld county, Pa., deceasod.
The final account of Cecelia Irvin and James
.Irvin. Administrators of David Irvin. latej of
-'i'rsdy township, Ckarfiold county. Pa., deceased.
"Ih amount of A. C. Tate administrator ?f the
esfafe of Elizabeth Claik, late of Lawrence town
'ihip; ClearEeld county, deceased.
I. G.BAKU Ell,
Renter's Office. Ang. 30. '65. Kegitor
SHERIFF'S SALES. By vlrtuo of sundry
writs of Venditioni Exponas, issued out of tho
Court of Common Picas of Clearfield county, and
tome directed, there will be exposed to publics sale,
at the Conrt House in the Boroujrh of Cleirficld, on
.MONDAY THE 25TH DAY OF SEPT. lSd5. tho
fullowing described Ileal Estato, to wit :
Three certain tracts of land situate in Karthaus
township. Clearfield county, Penn'a. described as
follows: 1st, One piece or trast of land, boing a
part of a latgcr tract surveyed on Warrant fio.
H'93, containing 79 acres, with two; dwolling hou
ses and about 20 acres of cleared land thereon,
Luun.icd by lands of Karthans Estate and others,
and th &uoRJnA riwor. 2d Ono piece being
part of larger tract, surveyed on Warrant No.
1023. containing 88 acres, with about three acres
cleared, bounded by piece Ho. 1. the Susquehanna
river. alt Lick tract, and others. 3d. One other
tract containing 933 acres and 11? perches, bar
ing thereon erected a large two story dwelling
house; adoublo barn 44 by tSO feot; store houso;
carpenter shop, 13 by 32 feet; saw mill, 32 by 62
feet. in good running order, and about 80 acres
cleared land thereon ; being part of two larger
tracts, Hob, S46b and 3472, beginning at hemlock
on river. 396 perches by the river below post, the
South West corner of No. 3463, thence down the
river the same course 673 perches to post cornor
on river, theuco N. 56 W, 13 perches to post, N.
41 E. 13 perches to maple, South 56 E. 13 porches
to a birch corner on river, thence down the river
44 perches to white oak, thenee North 43 perches
to post, thence West 511 perches to post, thence
South 238 perches to postthence West 16 perches
to white pine, thence South 194 perches to stones,
thence South 45 East 40 perches to hemlock and
place of beginning. Soiled, taken in execution,
and to be sold as the property of Edward M'
Garvej. Alp o a certain tract of land situate in Fergu
son township, Clearfield county, Penn'a, bounded
on the east by land of Robert Hamilton and G. F.
Davis, on the south by U. D. Shaw, on the west
by M Watts, on the North by J. & F. Davis, con
taining 70 acres more or less. Also one other
tract bounded on the east by land of James Ar
thurs, on the south by A.JG- Jamison, on the west
by John Ferguson, and on the north by Henry
t-wan, containing about 100 acres. Seized, t a
ken in execution, and to be sold as the property
of John Gregory.
Also a certain tract of land situate in Janes
ville. Gulich township, Clearfield county, Pa.
DuunJed on the East by lot of John S. McKeirnan,
South by an alley. West by street and North by
Main Street, containing i cre with house and
"Me ereceted threon. Also, one other lot, in
the aame Tillage aforesaid, bounded East by lot
of Mrs. Gano, Soutfc fcy n alley. West by lot of
Patrick Flynn, and North by main street, with
house and shoo erected thereon. Seized, taken
in execution, and to be sold as the property of
Also a certain tract of land situate in Bccca
ria township, Clearfield county, Pa., containing
oEcnonurea seres, Dounaea oy tana oi Abranam
Bayers. Joha L. McCully, Frederick Shoff and
John Kobsen, with abont six acres cleared, and
a young orchard thereon, being the same prem
ises puroaased from Samuel llegarty, and now in
possesswn of Lewis A. Warren, biezed, taken in
execution, and to be sold as the property of Abra
ham Beyers
A-so a certain tract of land situate in Coving
tor township, Clearfield county, Penn'a, bounded
or the north by lands M Williams and Hum
phries, on the east by John S.Hugueny and Leon
M. Coudriet, onfthej south by Al Burto, and on
the west by Francis Coudriet, containing 74 acres
and allowance,nd having thereon erected ,a log
house and log barn. Seized, taken in execution,
and to be sold as the property of John B. Pettit.
Also a certain tract of land situate in Bloom
township, Clearfield county, Pa., adjoining lanjg
of John Smith, Wm. Irvin and- Win. MoNaal,
containing one hundred and twenty five acres,
elcared. having erected thereon a largo two story
house and barn, and with other out-buildings and
with a thrifty orchard. Seized, taken in execu
tion and to be sold as the property of Titus II.
iiaily.
Also a certain tract of land situato in Morris
township, Clearfield county. Penn'a, adjoining
anas of John W. Miller on the south, Joseph
l otter on the west, II. Thomas on the north, and
J. Quizley on the east, containing in all about
one hundred and sixty acres, being improved.
oizcd. taken in execution, and to be sold a the
property of William U Miller.
Also a certain tract cf land situate in Wood
ward township, Clearfield county, Penn'a, survey
ed in the name of Shaw, containing two hun
aredjand thirty-two acres with aIlowancc,and hav
ing four frame houses erected thereon, with fif-
0"'! c,lJearcJ- Scizcd' take" ! exe
cution, and to be sold as the property of Je-seJ.
Baily and J. Lac? Darlington
Also a certain tract of land sitnat in na
township, Clearfield county . Pen".? "Srf
iand, hounded on the north west by W IHnm
r.avens, on the south by Josiah Lambutn and r n
the west by Michael Cader. Seized, take "in ex
e-lution, and to be sold as the property of A)W
Harrison and Willitm Selfradge.
Also by virtue of a writ' of Levari Foci,, the
allowing described real estate, to wit ;
All that certain two story L buflding.situate in
puehchtp.. Clearfield coutty, IV, at tho inter
section cf the Glen Hope and Little Bald K3,,e
j'ng, and the land or piece of ground an
!ege appurtenant to cni.l hnJI.lir.ir
curti
n execution, and to be sold as the property ..f
WeslPj Nev ling. J
taken
Aua
1S65,
JACOB FAUST. SheriJ
rjA.NEn FHUIT, f'.r..alebv
Mo?srpr stlh tLe Chcap?t gw$. '
,i f- piaiiK roaa, leimng ;o lipton pa
me dimensions being attached to main buiMiB,;'
ant knOWn H t.n elcin.l r.r W..T. '
THIMULE-SKEINS and Pipe boxes,' tor
Wagons, for sale by MERRELJ' A BIGLER
BONDS AND NOTES F OR SALE. The
undersigned is prepared to furnish, to those
seeking investments, Goycrnment and county
bonds. Also five per cent Govern nent notes.
H U- SW00PE,
Clearfield May 4, 1864. Att'y at Law.
STRAY COW. Came trespassing on the
premises of the subscriber, ia Pike township,
about the 1st of Aueust. white and red spotted
cow, with a bell on. the owner is requested to come
forward, prove property, psy charges and take
uer away vr cue will De sola as me law uirecis.
Aug. 23, lS65-pd. THOS. BLOOM.
STKAY iUAKE. Came trespassing on the
premises of the subscriber in Morris tp, on the
10th of August, a black mare, with right hind
foot white. The owner is rquested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges and take her
away or she will bo sold aiha law directs.
i-spt. 0, lBBS pd. KUXJKl' iiKUWiN.
CAUTION. All persons are hereby cautioned
asrainst turcha.m; or meddline with one
dark red, and ono light brindle cow, now in pos
session of John Ryen, of township, as the
same belongs to me and have only been left with
said Kyen on loan, ana are subject to my order.
Sept. fi. It65 SI. EE EN M'MASTERS.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Lottors
of Administration on tho Estate of Samuel
W ilson, late of Bradford town'p, Clearfield coun
ty Pa., deceased, having been granted to the un
dersigned ; all persons indebted to said estate are
hereby required to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against tho same will pre
sent t be m properly authenticated for settlement.
A. S. GOODRICH.
Aug. 2, 1S35. Administrator.
EXECUTORS' NOTICE Letters testa
mentary on tho Estate of Samuel M. Smith,
late of Beccaria tp., Clearfield co., Pa., deceased,
having been granted to the undersignod, all per
sons indebtod to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment, and those having claims a
gainrt the same will present them proper y au
thenticated for settlement J. M. SMITH,
J. U. IIEGARTY,
Aug. 2. 1385-pd. Executors.
VALUABLE PROPERTY AT PRI
A i I SALE. The undersigned offers for
sale, his house and lot on Market street, in Clear
fiold a desirablo residence for a small family.
Also, 4 town lots, known as tho "Brick-yard lots,"
under good fence, and on which there is sufficient
clay to make from 400,000 to 500,000 brick. For
further particulars and terms apply to
Au. 9, lS0i-3m-pd. WM. JONES.
N B. Two stoves are aho for sale.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Lottors testa
mentary on tho estate of Peter Stoaflor late
of Burnide township, Clearfield county, Pa.dec'd
having been granted to the undersigned, ail per
sons indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment, and those having cluims a
gainst the same will present them properly au
thenticated for settlement.
SARAH ANN STOAFFER,
Aug. 16,1865. Executrix.
TO CONSUMPTIVES. Sufferers with Con
sumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, or any dig
ease of the Throat or Lungs, will be cheerfully
furnished, without charge, with the remedy by
the use of which the Rev. Edward A. Wilson,
of Williamsburg, New York, was completely re
stored to health, after haying suffered several
years with that dread disease, Consumption. To
Consumptive sufferers, this remedy is worthy of
an immediate trial. It will cost nothing, and
may be the means of their perfect restoration.
Those desiring the same will please address Kev.
Edward A. Wilsox, 165 Sooin Serosa Street,
Williamsburg, Kings county, New York.
Aug. 2, 1365-6t.
A MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY !
Interesting to Agents, Farmers, and La
mbs. We are making a single machine which
combines the best and cheapest portablo Wine
and Cider Press, the dryest Clothes Wringer, and
most powerful Lifting Jack in the world. It is
the only press adapted to making Apple Cham
paign, which i3 now regarded as oue of the most
important discoveries of tho age. A good agent
wanted in every county, to whom we will hold
out such inducements as to insure Sl,009 before
Christmas The first ono making application
trom any county snail nave me exclusive agency
Full particulars, terms, etc., by Circular. Ad'
daess, HALL, REED & CO.,
Aug. 2, 1865. - Ko. 55 Liberty St.,N. Y.
SHERIFF'S SALES. By yirtue of sundry
writs of Levari facia issued out of tho Or
phr.ns' Court of Cloarfield county, and to me di
rected there will be exposed to Public Sale at
the court house in tho borough of Clearfield, on
Wednesday the 27th day of September, A. D. 1S65
at 1 o'clock P. M the following described Real
Estate to wit :
A certain piece of land in Pcnn township,
county aforesaid, known as purpart No 2. in the
division of the estato of Oliphant Cochran, dco'd
said land beingjboundedland described as follows:
Beginning at a post, corner ot purpart ino 3,
thence along lino of said purpart North Seven ty
onu and three-tour th degrees East thirty-four and
ore-half perches to a post, thenco along said line
North eighty-seven and one-half degrees East
Sixty perches to. a post on line of purpart No 1,
thence South along line of said purpart seventeen
degrees East Sixty perches to a post by dead
pine, thonoe South thirty-eight and one-half de
Kreos West r.incty-two pcrcheK to a post, thence
North thirty seven degrees West Oae hundred
porches to a post, thonce North twelve degrees
East forty perches to place of Beginning, contain
ing fifty-seven acres and one hundred and forty-
three perches, and allowances Being seized and
tason Jn .Execution unaer an oraer oi me ur
pbans' court, as part of the land which under tho
Will of Samuel Cochran, deo'd.a former owner, is
charged with the payment of certain annual al
lowances in favor o Jane Cochran lately occu
pied by Wm P. Bock and Julia his wifo.
Also a certain piece of land in Penn town
ship, county aforesaid, known, as purpart No (3)
three in the division of the estate of Oliphant
Cochran, deceased, said land being bounded and
described as follo-vs; Beginning at a fallen white
r.ine. thenco North fifty-two degrees East eighty-
six perches to a post, thenco South forty-one de
grees East fifteen and one-half perches to a white
oak. thence North seventy-three degrees East
sixty-five and one-half perches to a post, thence
South twenty-three and one-half degrees East
forty-four perches to a post, thence along line of
purpart No. 1, South sixty-nino . degroes West
thirty-two perches to a post, thence South along
lino It said purpart seventeen degrees East Sev
enty perches to a post, thence along line of pur
part No. 2. South eighty-seven and ono-half de
grees. West sixty porches to a post, thence along
said lino South Seventy-one and three-fourth de
grees West thirty-four and rone-half porche3 to
a post, thence North forty and one-half degrees
West ninety-cne perches to placo of beginning,
containing seventy four acres and one hundred
and tun perches and allowances. Being seized
and taken in Exocution under an order of the
Orphans' court, as part of tho land which under
theWill of Samuel Cochran, deo'd.a former owner,
if charged wirh th payment of certain annual
e!!owarjOs in favor of Jane Cochran lately occu
piod by Miles spencer.
Sept MaSS, JACOB FAUST, Sheriff.
AUTUMN BAIN.
Dear to me the constant splashing
Of tho rain drops falling fast,
And the dripping leafless branches
Waiving in the autumn blast
Wrhcn the withered summer flowers
Dead and cold are strewn around,
When the autumn leaves aro lying
Black and wet upon tho ground.
Then I wander through the forest
Then I haunt each dark retreat,
But the leafy carpet never
Starts an echo from my foot.
I have listened to tho murmur
Of the quiet autumn rain,
As it fell with ceaseless patter
On the tinkling widow pane.
I have stood to hear tho music
Of the quiet autumn rain,
As upon the spectral darkness
Floated bj the sweet refrain.
And I love the gentle whisper
Of the patter on the pano,
For I feel the spirit near mo
When I hear tho autumn rain.
THE TKIAL OF WIEZ.
The Evidence Horrible Treatment of the
Union Prisoners while at Andereonville,
by Wirz, Olearly Proven.
From the evidence taken before the Com
mission trying Capt. Wirz, the keeper of
the Andereonville prison, we extract the
following :
Among the witnesses examined was Col
onel Gibbs, who commanded the post at
Andersonville. lie Eaid that Wirz had ex
clusive control of the prison. The prison
ers were crowded so close as to remind him
of an ant-hill. He gave a circumstantial
account of the dicipiine and disgusting con
dition of the prison, and remarked that one
of the rules wa3 that whoever crossed the
dead line should be shot.
Dr. John C. Bates, an cx-rebel, who
was a physician at the prison, another , wit
ness, gave a long and interesting account of
that placo and the shameful treatment to
which the prisoners were subjected, stating
as to his opinion that with proper care tho
lives of seventy-five per ccnL of those who
died might have been saved.
Thomas C. Alcock was sworn, and tes
tified that he was cantured and sent to An
dersonville prison in some part of December,
1SC4 ; on arriving there he was searched by
Capt. W irz, the prisoner whom ho now re
cognized at the bar, who took from him his
belt, containing SI 50 in cold. S230 in ctcen
backs, a jack-knife, a breastpin and gold
niig,-aiia ms podtcirDOOK ; tnese were never
returned to him : on one occasion a weak
man asked Capt. Wirz to let him go out for
some iresh air : Wirtz asked what he mnant.
and turned round, pulled a revolver out of
his pocket, and shot him down; the man
died two or three hours afterwards : the wit
ness spoke in condemnation of this act of
Wirz, who said he would nut him m the
same place ; the witness replied he was not
atraid ot it ; V irz then called a Corporal
and two guards, who put upon him a ball
and chain ; he gradually, by working at the
ball and chain, freed himself of the weight,
and then made his escape ; the man that
was fchot was named Wright, and belonged
to tho 8th Missouri ; the prisoners would
sometimes get water from the stream or
brook, by attaching their vessels to the end
of poles ; while doing so they were often fired
at with shells.
Sergeant Boston Cokeett testified that
he was in the United States service ; was
captured at Centre ville, Va., and conve3ed
to Andersonville, where he arrived in July ;
before he and his companions entered the
stocKaae, having remained some time, they
were divided into detachments ; he was ex
ceedingly thirsty and asked a man near Capt.
irz for a drink of water ; the man was one
of our own prisoners on his parole of honor
for a different occupation, but could not give
me the water ; another man wa3 sick in the
stockade, and asked the Lieutenant of the
snuad whether he could not be sent to the
Hospital; the officer informed him that
nothing could be done till to-morrow, and
that he must go into the stockade with the
others; after he' entered the stockade he
found nine men of his Company who had
been brought there three months previous ;
within two months eix of these men diud ;
of 14 men who were taken to Andersonville
when he was, only two returned alive ; ho
was one of them ; when he reached there he
baw forts and guns ; he noticed several men
near the headquarters in chains, with balls,
exposed to the heat of the sun ; lie still bore
the marks of the sun by exposure on his
shoulders ; he had seen tha stocks, but did
not remember seeing any persons in them ;
the dead line was a slight wooden structure
three or four feet high, running twelve or
fifteen feet from the . stockade ; the place
where the stream entered the stockade was
broken down ; he had seen men shot and
killed there ; the prison was in a horrible
condition of filth ; the swamp on each side
of the stream was So offensive and the stench
so great that he wondered every man there
did not die ; he believed it was the cause of
the death of many of our men ; the maggots
were a-foot deep, the soldiers dug up roots;
they were dried in the sun and used for fuel ;
the sick lingered around the swamps as sol
diers lie down to rest after a march ; going
to that locality he would find dead men ; the
feet of others were swollen ; gangrenous
sores were without bandages ; the sores were
filled with maggots and flies ; the men were
unable to move," lying in their filth : they
generally chose that position and would pre
fer being near the sink ; in one case a man,
he was certain, died from lice, which were
as thick as the man's garments ; the food
was insufficient even when double rations
were served for calling the roll or attending
the sick ; when the witness was sick within
the stockade no medicine was given to him ;
they however gave him sour meat and water,
and called it vinegar ; our own men made a
better article, which they called sour beer ;
the sick men were carried out at the south
gate ; in some cases men would die while
waiting to be carried out ; in regard to re
moving the dead, four men were assigned to
that duty and in return they were allowed to
i5 inwood' which, if they chose, they
could sell inside for a dollar ; the men be
?f?e so hardened that they would say,
1 hats right sell off a dead m an for wood ; "
the water passing through the camp was
filthy generally, and not good to drink ; at
times those who had wells gave him a drink;
at times they would not, and were so rude
that be would drink the stream water rather
than be abused ; he had seen onions sold for
25, 50 and 75 cents each ;' the effect of this
treatment was to demoralize the men ; some
became idiotic ; the nearer the stockade the
clearer was the water ; some men would go
over the dead line where it was broken,
without knowing it, and they not been
warned, would have been shot; hounds
were kept there to hunt and recapture those
who attempted to escape; prisoners were
allowed to go out in certain numbers to col
lect wood ; the witness told his comrades
that the first time he got out of the stockade
he would try and escape ; he made the at
tempt and wai hunted but uot immediately
found ; he lay concealed an hour or two, and
heard the yelping, hounds in the distance,
then nearer ; they came so close as actually
to rub his nose, and then made a circle
around him until the hunters came up the
hunter or soldier said the witness must go
with him ; the soldier said the old Captain
told him to make the dogs tear him (the
witiess;) but having once been a prisoner
nimpeir, ne leit lor tliose who were in that
condition ; when witness was brought before
Capt. Wirz the latter asked the soldier why
he did not make the dogs tear him, when
he replied, ' I gacss the dogs hurt him
enough ;" Wirz then ordered the witness to
be taken back to the stockade. The scurvy
was tho general disease ; some ot the men
would bo -obliged to crawl, and others
to
walk on crutches ; he thought that in Sep
tember or October last a large number of
men, 200 or 300, were taken from the
stockade to work outside on a building said
to be desigted for a hospital ; if the same
number of men had been employed in cut-
ting'wood they might have built comforta
ble ouarters ; the men would have been
ghd of a chance to cut wood ;. the men being
ted on msulhcient tood and sorgum and mo
lasses, they took sick and died in front of
the building ; the number was large ; they
died in cords.
The Court What do you mean by cords ?
Witness 1 mean that it they had been
pilled np like wood, they would have made
several cords.
Cross-examined by Mr. Baker The wit
ness has seen maggots in the food and had
himself washed them off in the stream
maggots, too, were in sores and in such
way not fit to describe;- the swamp was filled
with maggots occasioned by the hlth of the
men wno could not reach the sink ; one
night while the men were being removed to
another prison one of them fell down ; the
witness heard Capt. W irz swearing ; being
night he could not see the blow, but yet he
knew ot the occurrence.
L. D. BsoWN, captured at Plymouth and
lasen to miaersonviiie, testinea that on or
about the 15th of May, 186 f, having written
a letter to' his parents and being about to
take it to the letter-box, he saw a cripple
with one leg, who asked the sentinel to call
Capt Wirz ; the captain came ; the man
asked him to let him go out ; the Captain
never answered but turned to the sentinel
and said : Shoot the one-legged Yankee
devil." The shot was fired and a part of
the man's head was blown off, he died in
a few minutes ; tho blood-hounds were taken
round every morning. Lapt. Wirz ruling
with them on horseback in company with
the keeper ; the witness had seen a man
who had been lacerated by these dogs ; when
he went to Andersonville his watch and $175
in money were taken from him, and for one
day the. prisoner were deprived of food
until they had arrested about 300 men who
from starvation had made a raid on the
supply wagons.
Jacob B. Brown, a brother of the for
mer witness, and late a prisoner at Ander
sonville, testified that on the 27th of July?
18G4, he saw Wirz in the sentry box ; when
a man came beyond the dead line to get
water, Wirz ordered that he be shot down ;
the sentinel fired and killed him, the bullet
taking effect m the head ; the witness men
tioned another case for a similar reason ;
the ball which was fired took effect in the
man s breast ; he did not see the man die,
but had no doubt the wound was fatal ; he
had heard men threatened by Capt. Wirz
the latter said if the men did not fall into
the ranks, thev would ha sh
men accordingly hurried into the ranks ; the
witness Btatcd cases where the prisoners
were deprived of rations from the 1st to the
4th of July, 1861. L
Dr. J. (i. J.vOY, (rebel) being examined bv
Assistant-Judge Advocate llosmer, testified
that he was on duty at Andersonville ; he
was under the immediate charge of Dr. Ste-
venson ; the hospital was in a uepioraoie
condition, there nothing a sufficient supply
ox tents and bunks : hcre were no cumforts;
lie was told that there were between 30,000
andj35,0O0 prisoners there ; he did not find
much difficulty iu obtaining medicines, ex
cepting a few of the rarer articles ; the men
E resented the most horrible specimens or
umanity he ever saw ; a large number of
them were affected with the worst forms of
scurvy ; he attributed the sickness to long
confinement, exposure and absence of the
comforts of life ; there yere maggots in the
swamp near the hospital, the malaria from
which had a most iatal aflect upon the pa
tients ; the insects or white ants with wings,
were such as result from decayed animal
and v egetable matter ; they were so numerous
that it was dangerous fbr a man to open his
mouth at sundown. The witness heard that
there was a dead-line, and one of his patients
was killed ; but he did not see him shot.
He stated the circumstances under which
the prisoners were when Wirz had command
of them, and while he was in the adminis
tration of his duties as a surgeon ; all the
surgeons came to the conclusion that Capt
Wirz had full authority over the prison un
der Gen. Winder; he had seen the chief
clerk of Dr. James bucked,and,iniuiring the
reason, was informed that the punishment
was inflicted bv order of Cant. Wirz i
SLMaetin E. Hogan testified as to having
oeen a prisoner at Andersonville ; the men
mere were in a miserable condition as bad
as possibly could be ; the men were so thick
that they could hardly elbow theiriway ; some
lay in their own filth, calling for water and
crying for food, but no attention was paid
to tbem ; he also testified to the miserable
quality of the food and its injurious effects ;
such as half-baked corn bread, which was
sour, and the soup, when it was furnished,
was of an inferior quality ; men afiiiete J
with the scurvy would crawl upon the
ground ; the sight was horrible ; very many
were insufficiently clad, and having no shel
ter, burrowed in the ground ; a3 to hounds,
he was brought back to prison by their a
gency ; ho had seen Opt . Wirz with
hounds, trying to strike the track of an es
caped prisoner ; for attempting to escape
from prison about the 8th of October, 1804,
after the most obscene abuse from Captain
Wirz, he was fastened by the neck and feet
and remained there for'C8 hours ; he heard
Capt Wirz give orders that he should not
have food ; but he did get food from some
parolled comrades, who stole it for him ; he
had seen three comrades rJut in the stocks
at the same time ; one man was put in the
stocks because he asserted his manhood, by
representing the abu:C of a Confede
rate soldier ; when the . prisoners were
being removed from Andersonville to Miilen
the witness saw Capt Wirz take a man by
the collar because he could not walk faster :
the man was so worn by discdsc he could
not ; throwing the man on his back.Vhc
stamped upon him with his feet; he law
the man bleeding, and he died a short time
after ; in the dissecting roui he saw stu
dents in the pursuit of knowledge sawing
open the skulls of J deceased prisoners and
opening the bodies.
. u. iviLsnu lesiuieu iuac ne was in tne
United States service, captured, and sent to
Andersonville; ho arrived their with the
first party of ,400 men ; there was sufficient
accommodation then, but as other3 were ad
ded affairs became bad, and the men began
to be afflicted with diarrhea, discntary,
scurvy and gangrene ; they lay on the
ground, and were not 'protected from the
weather : in April or May, 1864, supplies
were received from the North ; some mouldy
bread or cake was thrown over the dead line;
one man reached beyond the line for a piece
of this mouldy bread or cake, when the guard
fired, and shot the man through the head ;
he saw mother man after he had been shot
in the abdomen ; he had seen men in the
chain gang with iron collars round their
necks ; some of them were thus punished
for trying to make their escape.
"Will They Escape ?
The Lmidon Times suggests the possibility
of escape from the cholera iu England. Its
course from the East towards the West has
been marked by excentricities, which
prove that it has not advanced from the sea
coast into the interior as yet in a single in
stance. It appears abruptly at Alexandria,
thence along the coast to Damietta, then at
Smyrna, and along the Mediterranean till it
reached Marseilles. The TTmes&iys, "upon
a summary of the evidence, we come to this,
not that an Asiatic pestilence is advancing
upoi us across Europe, but that there has
been an extraordinary outbreak of cholera
in the basin of the Mediterranean. Within
the basin of the Mediterranean no shore has
escaped ; beyond it, no cholera ha3 appear
ed. The latest intelligence reports a panic
from Wallachia and Moldavia, but the dis
ease had not yet declared itself in those
provinces, though it is obviously probable
that it might creep into the Black sea and
make the circuit of those coasts also. " It
will not do to rely upon theories when the
causes which control the course of this fatal
disease are so little known. It should be
assumed that it is likely to visit not only
Western Europe but America, and every
effort which can mitigate its effect and
hasten its departure, should be made in all
our cities and towns. Cleanliness, general
and personal, public and individual, should
be riiridlv adopted. This will not only
make cholera comparatively innoxious, but
it will, by contributing to the general purity
of our cities, exempt them from many other
diseases equally fatal, but not dreaded to
the same extent
The Copperhead leaders after opposing
the war. and withholding tho risht of suf
frage from the soldiers, now talk of forming
a soldiers' party. If ever the right of suf
frage shall be extended to ti e negroes, the
same class of men will become noi-y cham
pions of black men's rights ; and it has
been well said that thev will 'sihii to have
negro blood in their veins. Dei'gngues are
ever strong on the strong side, if th ?y know
which it is. But there is tho trouble. They
are often mistaken.
EVERY able bodied negro who
Wade Hampton's slave, in South Carolina, is
now hired by him ; men at $10 vcr month
women at $S without board. He expects to
raise 300 bails of cotton this season, and
means to give free negro labor a fair trial
Yesterday officials connected with the And-
ltor ueneral s oince, iiamsourg, cancenea
notes to the amount of $208, 000 on the Ve
nango county and Petroleum banks, said in
stitutions intending shortly to do business
under the National banking law. ,
THE LOYALTY OF THE SOUTH.
It is a matter which cannot escape notice,
that certain persons who live in the iSduth
crn States are beginning to complain that
they are misunderstood by the people of tho
North. After the suppression of the rebel
lion, there were numerous Southern utter
ances to the effect that they were resolved
to give up their errors, ana endeavor to be
come peaceable and loyal citizens. They ac
knowledged that they had appealed to tho
abiti anient of arms and had been unsuccess
ful. They were overcome, and wore willing
to return to the Union and endeavor to re
pair the disasters of the war. Ot Southern
profession we have had enough, but in
many things there are needed evidences of
Southern sincerity. Circumstances have, in
numerous cases, given the lie to Southern
!romises, and Southern oaths have been
troken literally and in spirit The people
of the North have cause to doubt the pro
fession of loyalty made by the persons lately
in Rebellion, because actions ? peak louder
than words. Oaths aro enly valuable as
pledges when they are kept, and , when we
see majorities of a population who have
formerly abjured former errors still reitera
ting those errors in language and . by acts.
we may be pardoned if we have our doubts
of the honesty of the parties concerned.
There have been sufficient indications of tho
old spirit manifested to render us suspiciouF.
It u scarcely denied that dissatisfaction ex
ists, but it is solemnly avered that the ex-
Kebels do not again intend to light tor po
litical abstractions. Perhaps not, but if
they mean to struggle to gain the same ends
by politicaTactions the results of the war
have uot been final. In tho resolutions of
the late meeting held at ltichmoudf Va.,
strong points were made in dcpracction of
Northren distrust. A Colonel Alster of
Georgia, who writes a letter to the New
York Tribune, takes the same line of argu
ment Various Southern presses and speak
ers adopt similar language, and the tone of
all these declarations seem to be "we want
kl'tobe faithful to our oaths ot amnesty,
A'l,iit the North nhn-sox m nnil ili.-itnist.-j un
hand we arc being injured by the hostile
" sentiment which is accumulated against
" us, in which we arc charged with insin
"cerity aud dishonor." This is the lan
guage of injured innocence, but it may also
bo the language of pretence and deceit.
What the North expect of the South is
that it shdl not only accept the consequen
ces of Rebellion in words, but that its popu
lation shall turn into the discharge of the du
ties of civil life with an honest intention
to forget the errors of the past, to bury all
dead issues, and to act in conformance with
the necessities of the present time. Slavery
is dead, labor must be recognized. A blacs
man who works should be faithfully paid a
laborer's wages. The matter seems simple
to us, with whom industry is a normal con
dition. But the Southern planters, while
pretending to accept emancipation as a fixed
fact, cither attempt to act as if the old con
dition of affairs existed, or take advantage
of ancient customs to oppress and defraud
the negroes. Through the South the pre
vailing sentiment is the same as existed
when Davis was in Richmond and Lee was
at Petersburg. Thousands who are now de
pending upon the United States for their
daily food still affect tho braggadocia and
violence of the Rebellion, and it they can be
believed they intend to carrv out cverv Reb
el idea in defiance of the United States. Ut
terances like these are intensely common.
Either they ere the vaporings of falsehood,
or they mean something. In the latter case
how arc we to judge of them in opposition
to the occa.sior.al assurances of Southern poli
ticians that they really intend to be good and
loyal citizens. One cannot maintain the old
Rebel State Rights doctiines and be a good
Union man also. If the people of the North
are becoming distrust! uliof "Southern, loyal
ty, who is to blame lor itf We cannot
understand a loyalty which talks against
a Government and ior it, when the ac
tions coupled with such language general
ly evidence disaffection and dissatisfaction.
There is an easy method of satisfying the
people of the North and the United States
Government that the Southern people actu
ally mean to act as if they were once more
recounciled to the old Government, and that
can only be by abandoning the old St ite
Rights si mg, renouncing the idea that slavery
exists, or ought to exist and by treating tho
frec-dmen as if they had certain inalienable
rights, aad that among1 them'are"life,libcrty
and the pursuit of happiness. "
. Absurd Hons. The English holders of
the rebel cotton loan have still an idea that
the Government of the United States is re
sponsible for the payment of ajdebt contract
ed to destroy that government Besides
the absurdity of such an idea, how are these
bond-holders to come into court claiming
rebel property as an indemnification, when
they must have lent the money in : yio- '
lation of the neutrality act and tho queen's
proclamation?
When Pennsylvania wanted money to de
fray her war expenses, and when the strug
gle looked most uncertain for the cause of
the Union, Jacob M. Campbell was among
the first, if not actually the first man in tho
Commonwealth, to tender the use of his for
tune, as well as his life, in the service of tho
country, by subcribing $30,000 to the war
loan of the State. This gentleman is now.
the Union candidate for Sumyor-General of
Pennsylvania. '
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