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TERMS-200 PEK AWWUJII.
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VOLUME 4.
DIRECTORY.
UIST OF lOST OFFICES.
Font Ojficca. Post Mastert. J),st1-
Uethel Station
C:irrolltown,
Chess Springs,
Joneinaugli,
Orcson,
l-Jnocli Keese, ","lll"l,'
William M. Jones, Carroll.
Dual. Litzmsrer. onesi.
A. G. Crooks,
Wra. W. Younff,
Taylor.
Washint'n.
Ebensburg.
White. .
Gallitzin.
Wjisht'n.
Johnst'wn.
Lfwctto.
Conem'gh.
Ebcnsburg
John Thompson,
V alien Timber, Isaac Thompson,
iVAllitzin,
J. M. Christy,
tlemlock,
Johnstown,
Ivoretto,
kineral Point,
Wunster,
IMallsvillc,
Rosclaml,
St.Angustinc,
Scalp Level,
Sonman,
Summerhill,
Hnmruit,
Wilmore,
Wm Tiler, Jr.,
I.E. Chandler,
M. AJlesberger,
E. Wissinger,
k riirhin.
Munster.
Andrew J Ferral, Susq'han
n W. Rowrann, ' lute.
Wm. Ryan, Sr.,
George Conrad,
R. M'Colgan,
i V Sllfk.
Glearfield.
Richland.
Washt'n.
ws-r nillpsni-. Washt'n.
j r
Morris Keil, S'merbill
CIIUKCHES, MINISTERS, &C.
Prt,hyUrian-nx, D. Uabbisox, Castor
Preaching every Sabbath morning tli
o'clock, and in the evening at 3 o'clock. Sab
oath ScV 1 o' A- M- Pr.meet
inj? every Thursday evening at G o cIock.
ilethoditt EpUcopal Church Rev. S.T. Show,
Treacher in charge. Rev. W. Lose., Assis
Unt. Preaching, every Sabbath, alternately
at lOi o'clock iii the morning, or 7 in tiie
eveaing. Sabbath School at U o'clock, A. M.
prayer meeting every Thursday evening, at I
o'clock." '
Wtlch. -Independent Hev Ll. K. Rof.ll,
P.istor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
lo o'clock, and iu the eveniug at 0 oClocK.
Sabbath School ut 1 o'clock, P.M. 1 ray or
meeting on the first Monday evening of eacli
month ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday evening, excepting the first week in
each month.
Calcinutic SlethodUt Rev. Johx Williams,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
1 and 6 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o clock,
A. M. Player meeting every Friday evening,
t 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
7 o'clock. .
,ciple Rkv. W. Lloyd, Pastor. Preach
iug every Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular JJ,iPuUKk . David' Jknkins
Pastor Preaching every Sabbath evening ni
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at at 1 o clock, 1 . M.
.ji .f.'. tt... r .1 Mitimikll. Pastor.
IUi nunc lir.i. ,i 1 L-
Strvices every Sabbath morning at 10. J o clocK
id Vespers at 1 o'clock iu the evening.
EBEXSIUTRG MAII-iS-
MAILS ARRIVE.
Extern, daily, at - lil o'clock, A.
Western. at 11 J o'clock, .A M.
MAILS TLOSE. - ; -Eastern,
dnily, at 8 o'clock, P. J.
Western, " at 8 o'clock, I . M-
Cssy-Theniail3rromRutler,Indiaua,Strongs-
town, &c, arrive on Thursday of each week,
ni 5 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebeusburg on Friday of each week,
fh A. M.
Bi,The mails from Newman Mills, Car
rolltown, Ac, arrive on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday of each week", at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Tuesdays, Thursdays
aud Saturdays, at 7 o'clock, A. M. . .
KAILKOID
C RES SOS
West alt. Express
' Phila. Express
" Fust Line !
Kwat Express Train
" Faat Lino
" Mail Train
" WILMORE
Wast R.ilt. Express
SCII I2WT 112-
STATION,
leaves at 8.38 A.
. U.22 A.
u p.
. 8.43 P.
'-' 3.20 A.
10.U4 A.
STATION
leaves at
tt
9.01 A.
MAo A.
9.5G P.
8.H P.
2 90 A.
10.0 1 A.
" Phila. Express
" Fast Line
Kast Express Trair
" Fast Line
'l Mail Train
Daily, except Monday
it
ti
m!
cjouxty orncuRS.
Ju.ljti of the Courla President, Hn. Geo.
Taylor, Hiiiitiiigdon ; Associates, Gcorjje W.
Easlt-y, Henry C. levie.
VeMonoary--Joseph M'Donald. .
Itfj'ulcr and Recorder Ed.vard F. Lytic"
Sheriff John Iiuck. ' " ,
District Attorney. Philip S. Noon.
Chanty G'vmmifxioncrs James Cooper, Pe-
tr J. Lttle, John Campbell.
Treaturer Thomas Callin:
Vr If.) use Director William Douglass,
Ceorce Delanv. Irwin Rutledjrc.
J'oor JIuxe Treasurer George C. K. Zahm.
Aulitort John F. Stull, Thomas J. Ael
cn, Edward R Donnegan. , ,r .
County Surveyor.- llenry ScanVan.
Coroner. -James S. Todd. . - ;
Sup't. of Common Schools Henry Ely.
EBE.VSIirRO BOIL OFFICERS.
no nor c.u at labob.
Juttieeg of the Vtacc. David II. Roberts
arruon Kinkead.
llnrntst Jarucs Mvers.
School Directors Ael IJoyd, rhil.S. Noon,
Joshua D. Parrish, Hugh Jones, E.J. Mills,
"ivja J. Jones. -
BAPT WABD.
Conttable Evan E. Evans.
7W Council JohirJ. Evans, Thomas J.
yvis, John.W. Roberts, John Thompson, D.
J- Jones. .
Jectori-rWilUam.P. Davis. L. Rodger?.
Jui.je of Election Daniel J. Davis.
Anctior Lemuel Davis.
. wkst ward. . .
Conttable "M. M. O'Neill.
Town Council R. S. Bnnn, Edward Glass,
Jon A. Hlair, John D. Thomas, -George W.
t'tman.
inp,tor.i William Barnes, Jno. II." Ev
uns
Jud.jt of Election Michael Hasson.
Abettor George Gurler.
Bdcct Poetry.
Foil ill j- and Truly.
Within my soul's sweet dream of bliss
I cherish but one thought of thee
No other hope as deer as this :
That thor. art. fondly loving.me.
I've watched the evening sfar go down,
. With all its golden-lighted power,
When fading o'er the mountains brown,.
Like dreams in some romantic hour.
Oh, I have watched this love of thine .
Break forth and blossom at thy will, 5 '
And like some light l'rom worlds divine,
.It came my soul with jo to fill,
And never have I seen one ray i, .
E'er fade beneath that cloudless sky,
But ever bright to cheer my way,
Like llowers that in my pathway lie.
Ah ! time ha3 told me now full well
That all I hoped for thou hast given ;
My heart is bound by some sweet spell,
" Enraptured in a dream of heaven, ;
' Where angels meet to bless the vow r
We njide when life was ever new ;
And love, we knew not why or how, ::
In tender ties impartial grew.
THE STARVING UNIONIST.
. "Why do you follow me ? Fcarpaunnt
change me. I was born in days of rever
ence and love for the .Aniericau Union,
and have grown up with increasing admi
ration for its benefits to mankind; and
while I see no argument against it, bu
sure that violence menaced against me
will have no effect. 1 laugh at your at
tempts, and scorn the motives of your
leaders, of whom I, at least, will never be
one ol the catspaws. Let me pass."
"Mr. Gamault, vrc thought better ' of
you" - , ...
'Thought you had more public spirit."
"lie's a Yankee sympathizer.",; '
, 'A turncoat Southerner, and oujrlit to
be sent to the halter." :
"Born in old Tennessee, and yet rcfu-
scs to side with her people, lie s worse
than a -a ofco. .
"J)isgrace to the State. Should be
mobbed wherever he jrocs, or ridden out
of the State on an Abe Lincoln rail."
"Curse you ! You've got influence, or
did have, and try to use it against the
known wishes of . all true Southerners.
Unt you've a hollow heart and a milk-
and-water mind, after all. Wekuow you;
we vee through you ; and so you cau t do
uuch harm. - v
''Then why. do you follow me, here, in
Lthc streets V said Mr. Gamault. "Why
molest me. for my opiuions ? l'oor, Jjlind,
would-be destroyers of the grandest JaC-
public of all time !
ou are aiming it
rcrults which
tyranny tijon
would rivet the
chains oi
children,
yuu and your
aud .
"Oh, go to the ! Go on, if you
like, awav about your business. We don't
want to hear
. j j v
iinv ol Your
(sanctimonious
speeches. Let him
boys. Let the
old milksop go. .
And the insulted Unionist walked on
aud away from the angry crowd, who had
waylaid him iu open day U reproach him
for his fearless and avowed -loyalty to the
Government and institutions of his coun
try. - '' -' -
John Gcmanlt was one of those Southern-born
men who have so nobly borne
and still bear that sOcial and olitical
martyrdom which has forever stained the
character of its treasonable inflicters. In
the midst ot .armed persecution,' which
shrinks from no - enormity which will en
force its plans, he had,' from the lay our
flag was hied upon at rurt fcumter, been
free in denouncing the pairieidal work
devised by Davis and his confederates.
Seeing through thuir hypocritical so
phistry, :and abhorring the atrocity of
their "aubition, ; though surrounded by
treason, and having the lives of his family
and much wealth at stake, he could , not
repress, his manly -scntiuienfei, whenever
the great topic -oi tne uay was uiscuweu
niiinrK' his acuuaintanecs. A nian . ot
wealth and intelligence, he had postcssed
much influence in society, though not a
professional plitician. Ilis aid was cour
ted and indignantly refused to secession
ists; and they finding him firm, by degrees
iie became an object of suspicion and
persecution, now rapidly approaching a
climax.' ; -"- :' - " ' ' : ' ' ' '
The justly-incurred dangers and priva
tions of the disloyal -South, had made the
traitors desperate; and their cruel treat
ment of all who opjoscd them in speech
or sentiment, though often' instanced in
the public prints, has yet to be fully described,-
in all the damning colors due it
more vivid aud - horrifying than any
which gave such lurid ness to the French
ltevolution.fi ; ; , . j ' -
Gamault foresaw that his own turn
would soon conic. Uut he disdained to
flv. and he couW not deny his country ;
rw.flllv .'hi! had neirlcctfd the counsel"
of his friends until removal was' impos-
EBENSBTTRGK PA., THURSDAY, APRIL
Harassed iu the. streets, as we ; have
seen, the very blamclcssucss of his pure
character having made him Once influen
tial, it was the caubc of increased vindic
tiveness toward hinr and his family, a
wife and two grown-up daughters grown
up, not simply in that fair outside which
pleases the eye, bu,t in that faith in lib
erty which animated women of the Amer
ican Revolution ; whose sufferings they
were doomed to realize. by experience,' aud
whose heroism they emulated. .
As the Arch Fiend is fertile in expe
dients, so his proselytes iu the South were
not at a loss for logic to support theif plans
to prop up a shambling government,
founded in fraud and barely sustained by
unrighteous plunder; and under the spe-'
cious plea of puuishinz "aliens,", they
hastened' to confiscate their property, to
feed the monster of sedition by the beg
gary of wealthy patriots. ' f
Gamault became a victim. Nearly all
hd possessed was one day wrested from
him houses, land and money arid the
family used to affluence, found themselves in
sudden indigence, aud the occupauts of a
humble home, if home it might be. called,
where the necessaries of life were scarce,
where venomous spies kept guard, and
traitors, with tireless malice, made the
place disagreeable and unsafe.
The people grew more and more hostile
to the still firmly patriotic family.' Their
efforts for the means of "life were cramped
by . unfriendly einploj'ers.. They were
insulted as spies when they went abroad.
Social intercourse with them diminished
and grew cold. Looks of hate and scorn
greeted them on every side. On their
native soil, they felt the pangs of exile,
made more poignant .as they considered
that their martyrdom was inflicted . by
their" on countrymen, and that their
nearest neighbors were their, worst of Iocs.
The civilized world will yet blush to learn
of the unparalleled extent of that system
of cruel aud unnatural persecution, cotin
toirftncttf ; tlrta -age 7"alnl TrouYiTryi" "an ; J
practised against Southern patriots by
their parricidal fellow-citizens. Oh! that
it should be reserved for priveleged
America to add such pages to condemn
ing hi.-tory.'
The small house melancholy refuge
for that once-happy family was pointed
at by day, and often besieged by. night
with ribald songs from "treasonable ganiis
of men. The disgusting banner of the
South was several times nailed in mock-'
cry at their door and placards calling
for volunteers were posted there.
JJut still, though thus persecuted, the
family were reluctant to fly from "their
native State,, and hoped fur better days,
tho new agencies came with every morrow.
"We shall yet be righted," (Janiault
would say to them. ''Justice will be
done at last to all, though slow-footed
now. Heaven cannot have designed this
country to be the empire of an iunorant
and savage banditti. They are 'making
their tcrea test efforts at the outset, the
niore-zeanm-ily because their leaders know,
that unless' they meet with speedy and
wide success, their means' will ' become
exhausted,- and the people they . have
deluded lose their temporary enthusiasm,
ar.d be taitght Iy bitter privations, the
way back to the path of duty and reason.
Thank Hod and the warnings of Wash
ington, wc have never left it ; and if we
must yet fly from Tcni.c.ssee, though we
shall go poor, we shall go with honor."
Kxasperatcd by the determined spirit
of (Jamault, thecommunity at last com
manded him to leave the State, or join
the Con federate forces, or make use oL
his ability as a speaker in their behalf
All these mandates he refused to comply
with, until '"preparations' were made for
tearing down the humble Jenemeut where
he lived.' , ' ; ' ' ' ' ' '','
" ''I am now forced to comply and leave,"
said he to the niotly crew, "and we shall
be beyond the perverted rule of thistate
within twenty-fout hoursl We shall bear
with us nothing for you have stripped
me of. all except my wife and children
nothing, save the principles of truth to
the Union, which you have violated, and
the abiding hope, tltat ' , wc' shull ' soon
retarn, when victory shall , restore peace
and reason."' ' . ,: .
"r?"IIang you, for a' preacher !' sneered
his rcvilers.1' ''Pack up and go.' Good
riddance. You are welcome to the pleas
ures of banishment in the North."
A few stray missiles were hurled .' at
him by the irrasciblo, by-staudersj who
thus provoked, him from his customary
equanimity.1 Stung by this last vile act,
he retorted: iM '. : " ; TV'"-.'
"Your acts nra worthy of your cause,
mgueSi -; You talk of banishment. ' You!
who are banished already from the hearts
of all honest men. Let me say tc you,
iu the words ot others : 'Fneud-diip lives
hence,' and banishment is here 'You
coiuuion cry of curs 'r 7 baui;jh; thwre
is ii -world elsewherV.'
And he withdrew into his habitation,
followed by the vehement execrations of
the crowd.
On the following day, as the family
were departing with their few ef
fects, Gamault was arrested, and told that
he must remain a prisoner, though his
wife and daughters were free to go.
"More torture still," he muttered, with
bitterness. ' "Well, I am resigned. You
will profit nothing by it, however, unless
by my example."
At his urgent wishj his wife and
daughters consented to go without him,
expecting his release at -no distant time.
And Gamault, persistent to the last, was
thrown iuto prison.
"From wealth to beggary, and from
beggary to the jail," mused he, as he
stretched himself . upon a hard. and nar
row bed, but one of the nameless thou
sands who have so suffered ahd still suffer,
in the South, for their country's cause.
When will the world know a tithe of
their number, or of their still more bitter
wrongs? " . , - .
ilJut Gamault lfad not yet endured all
of his.. .- ". :-. 1 . . ;
-The increasing self-incurred troubles of
the flim.-y Confederacy, daily
made its
smarting
adherents, more savage.' The
obstinacy of this man, whom they !aU in
vain striven to flatter, brio and menace
to side with, them, impelled his persecu
trs . to the horrible resolution to Uurce
him into submission.
'We've appealed to his head, and
now," chuckled they, with malicious glc'cj
"we'll appeal to his stomach. 1 Hunger is
a great persuader. He shall give in, or
perish by starvation. . It will be his own
choice. He might be of great service to
us, ifc he would ; and he knows it, but
takes a pride in his pig-headedness. The
beast that can go but won't goKmust be
made to go. We'll see." "V .
They were mistaken. They had thrust'
aij iron int his soul, but there was an
1'rori lif Tus' nature whfchf resisted 'it.
When he found that nothing but water
ws allowed him on the , first da, he
divined their object; it was in keeping
with all that had been done, and with the
pitiless words and grim looks of those who
occasionally peered in upon him through
the guarded door. ' .'
Or. the second day, when the pangs of
keenest hunger were upon him, he was
visited by two secessionists, named Strode
and Wanbtdt,' who fluttered themselves
upon being able to dissuade him from his
faith, utterly helpless as he now wa3, 4he
weakness of famine being upon him, and
death staring him in the face.
'Why not conic , out boldly for the
Confederacy," asked Strode, "as others,
in as good standing as you, have done,
though wavering at first 'i : No Joubt all
your property would be restored, and you
would be advanced to psts of honor."
A faint smile from the famished victim
evinced his contempt, as he answered, iu
but earnest tone: . '
"Honor! There is no post of honor in
the power of Jeff Davis or his gan'g to
bcs.oW. I would not receive my property
back. " upon any conditions which . they
could dictate." 1 .
You . forget." said Wanbolt, "that
il.r.-r nwer U absolute, and their adhe -
.,,.ta ch,n fr i..r..nitv Vmi rvm hr.
starved to death
'But not to submission," replied
Gamault, in a vehement whisper. "The
soul needs uo nourishment from the hands
of a traitor's jailer." ' ,
"You have not tried that yet," returned
they, as. they withdrew. "You will think
better of it by to-morrow." .
But the 'morrow came, and they with
it: yet they found no change in his patri
ot will. - . ;
His eyes were sunken, but in them was
a glow of determination. His lips were
pale from his body's exhaustion, but com
pressed as much by firmness a by pain.
His hollow cheeks betrayed, the ravages
ofhoth mental and corporal anguish.
Yet he made no allusion to food, though
his weak limbs seemed scarce able to prop
him, as he rose and confronted thcui,.with
an uncompromising stare. .
' "You arc demented," said yanholt,
"not to see lhe doom to which you are
fast consigning yourself. ' Be noun ce your
allegiance to the Yankee Government.
Act like a true Tenuocsean and bo hapr
" - - - '
py. - -.
"I mrai to do so " was his husky reply.
"You still mistake me, I see; I am nei
thcr awed by tho brute force which keeps
mo here, nor depend upon bruto force for
the preservation of my honor. My body
is dwindling iway, as you see : but y.ou
must not think that the days of self-sacri-
nrx nnst th:it all true' hCrOlSlli has
been eonliiied to the past even thougl
the South is, for a time, under the feet of
rii-L- h'iM-ius. who' are the small llomau
...-w.. - - - 1 -- I ...
ucspo
; 1,1 - tiak and tlvin as lam
I defy you
and
them. You shall obtain.
23, 18G3.
nothing from this coll but my dead body,
and you arc welcome to the. trophy !"
" A protracted fit of coughing here pre
vented, his speech, and his visitors now
felt convinced that ho was incorrigible.
Mortified ; at their ill success, and
wounded by a secret sense of shame at
their ignoble errand, contrasted with the
manful patriotism of the famished prisoner,
they let loose upon him a torrent of in
vectives and taunls, of which none but the
bafilcd pimps of Southern treason could be
capable. . . :
"The world will be rid of you," was
the substance of their remarks, "for - an
obstinate, soulless dog, who had rather
starve and die, like a slaving Yaukee,
and leave his wife and daughters to perish
unprotected, than live and do service
for the soil that was his birthplace. Die,
then, fool."
"Yes, die, and with the thought that
your wife will yield to the temptations
that will beset her. She is a comely wo
manso they say and will not long suf
fer her chastity to stand in the way of
her interests, when you arc out of the
way; nor your daughters, neither, Mister
Unionist. Starve then, in prison, and
rot in a loyal grave !"
The last words were uttered from out
side the cell, just as the door clanged to,
or the speaker's life might have paid the
penalty of his insult weak though the
infuriated prisoner wav lint these were
the last jeers which the uuhappy Gamault
was destined to hear.-'
Seven days had elasped since he had
tasted food ; and with a view of hastening
the close of his -wretched existence, his
fiendish tormentors now; withheld from
him even water eager to see the last
mortal movement of that hated form, which
even in its pining helplessness, still defi
ed thein. , :
The sentinels, feeling that a child might
slay him now, -neglected to fasten the
door of his cell, but gambled and drank
Together in their room, hard "by expect
ing soon to behold his lifeless body, when
Lhev should chauec to look in upon him.
ey should chauec to look in upou 1
Yain confidence!'. Delusive hope
fit night
for the prisoners deliverance
came a night of storm. hile the
winds howled without, the two sentinels
were bowling and drinking -within, and
finally- sauk to drunkeu repose. For
Gamault it proved the hour of escape froui
captivity.
He had listened lon. When silence
within advised him to totter forth, he
found, as he had expected, that the guards
of the prison were" asleep. Keys hy
upon a table near the chairs- where they
drowsed. A bowie-knife glittered in the
bosom of one of the sleepers. A desperate
hope inspired him. He seized the weap
on and made that sleep their last, sum
moning all his strength for the two bloody
and fatal blows. They fcl!, bathed in
'ore. to the floors ; and grasping the keys,
t ow waiKea to me uooi
between him and his hope of freedom.
With tremulous hand he managed to
unlock them, rclock)em ; and emerg
iiv into the dark open air John Gamault
was free.
Not far from the spot it lacking still
! two hours of midnight he found a horse
1 and vehicle before a house, apparently
t awaiting a drivor
Nerved bv the inspiring strength ot
hope he felt a- new life-within him.
Unfastening the animal he entered, the
vehicle and drove off rapidly through the
pelting storm, toward the northern border
of the'State ; and when the morning broke
next upou the earth, the self-liberated
captive found himself in Kentucky, and
surrounded by loyal friends. -
From them he soon learned of the
whereabouts qi his faiiiily ; and impatient
to be with them despite-his now almost
deathly weakness, at his solicitation he
was placed in the cars, and, attended by
two friends, speedily conveyed to them.
- In the bosom.of his family, and protec
ted by a. Union-loving community, he
gradually recovered from the shock which
his system had undergone ; and he now
dweils in peace with them, victorious over
his remorseless fees. Not more victorious,
however," than the sublimo cause he so
nobly suffered for will yet 'be, when the
firul 4f Kreedom's armies shall utter the
fnr the destruction of
iiiidt o i ii a v. v- - - '
treason, and tho
last stronghold of con-
KT.iracv shall be' forced and
overwhelmed
by the avenging'armics of' the Ntfon.
r ; ' 1 - ' '
,ld plav. the undertaker re
proves one of his mourners for, laughing
at a funeral, and says to him, "You ras
cal you ! I have been raising your wages
these two years, upon the condition that
you should appear sorrowful, : and the
higher tho wages you receive the happier
YOU lOO
t-ZT The .evil
that men
"do lives tiftcr
interred with
ood is olt
their bones
NUMBER 80.
Military Matters In I lie West.
Headquarters Pioxerr Brigade,
I
ARMY OF THE UCMKKHLAXD,
Muukueksbouo, Texs., April 6, 1863.
Correspondence of The Allcgbauian.
It has been a long time since your ever'
welcome journal has been received; owing,
probably, to'the fact of my not informing
you that I have been'detached and an
now in the Pioneer Brigade.- - '
This brigade is composed. of detach
ments from each regiment in this depart
ment, each detachment consisting of one
commissioned and two non-commissioned
officers and twenty one privates. It num
bers in all (including rontcmiers, Pack
Mule Train and Construction Train) oVer
th rcc thousand three hundred men, and
is commanded by Brig.-Gen. J. St. C.
Morton", of the Engineer Cofcps of the
regular army an efficient officer. There '
are also" attached to the brigade two bat
teries, one known as the "Board of Trade'
from Chicago, and the otfier as "Bridge's
Battery." '
To-day 'Gen. "Van Clove's division re
turned from a five days scout in the direction-
of Liberty; - They were out a
distance of forty miles from hero. They
captured fiftecnor twenty prisoners, and
brought in a large quantity of forage.
During the trip, tht rebels captured two
of our men, but fraring a recapture, they
lashed them to a tree aud shot them, kil
ling one instantly and wounding the other.
The wounded man extricated himself, and
was brought itto camp with the division.
The bullet lodged in the fleshy part of
his -neck, but was removed by the sur
geons.
A man, representing himself as hailing
from the eastern part of Maine, -and calf
ling himself by name Locke, and w'hal"'
been in this department over a month
selling songs to the soldiers, was arretted
to-day ju-t outside the lines. He "was
taken to Gen. Negley's headquarters, and .
afterward placed in confinement in, the
guard-house, with ball and chain appen
dages attached. A drawing and plan of
the -earthworks, fortifications, &c., wcro
found on his person. Subsequently, whilo
the sentinel was asleep on his post, Locke
attempted to make his escape, and by ee
doing awakened the cavalry man, who,
picking up the sentinel's gun, started iu
pursuit, crying "halt !" But Locke paid
not the least attention to him; nd the
cavalrymau discharged his weapon, tho
ball taking effect in the fugitive's leg.
This brought him to a stand, but only for
a moment. Determined to mako good his '
escape, Locke started again, .when the
cavalryman fired the second time, the
ball taking effect in his brca
him almost instantly.
killing
On the 10th inst, a private of the 2Gth
O.-V. I. will be shot for desertipg in the
face of the enemy oa the 31st of last
December. A private of tho Cth Ky.
Inf. will also be shot on tho 14th inst.,
for being absent without lcavefor more
than a year.
llosecran3 is keeping the rebels on a
move all the time. He is as watchful of
their movements as a general can possibly
be. lncy do not get a chanec to mass
a f jrec in front of him without his know
ing. He is not to bo caught'napping.
Oa thp.contrary, he is willing and anxiou.1
to receive them at all hours arid at all
times. . . " .
The army is in good condition, and do
not complain of anything, except it bo
of Northern ''Copperheads' the course of
whom they abhor and despue. Vallan
digham and his clique of compromise
shrickcrs are in bad odor here. The boys
aver that they are traitors of the deepest
dye, and should receive the doom of
traitors. I concur with them.
Spring fcas set in, and everything look
green . and beautiful. The peach trees
have, been in bloom here for over two
weeks. Space-Driver.'
! The Charleston Jercniy says noth
ing will save- the rebel currency from
its present ruinous depreciation but a
heavy tax and a forced loan. The debt
of tho government is"' eight hundred mil
lions of dollars, and the yearly current
expenses of the government it estimate?
in the future at eighty-four millions, or
about seven dollars jx day to each man,,
woman, and child, white or black, in the
twelve mi Hibns of population,' eight or
ninc'timea as much as any tax ever levied
iu South Carolina. . - -:
; 5r How small a portion of our lives
it is that we truiy enjoy ! In'youth wc are
Jooking forward to things that are to come;
in old age we look' backward to
that are past.-, ;
things
E3The ancient Greeks buried their
dead in jars. Hence the origin of the
expression, . Lie's gone to pot." '
tt? It takes but a rough .tailor., to fit a,
man with a suit of tar and feathers,
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