PeuiiHj Ivania ConsrefsMiiioii. It will be interesting to future histo rians to know how all the members of the j thirty-eighth Congress voted ou the na tional questions that came before them.— It is interesting to now to know how their representatives vote on , such questions, and we shall, therefore, j occasionally make a record of their votes ■ in these columns, in addition to the record j given in the regular reports- of Cong res- j sional proceedings. La»t» Tuesday Mr. Baldwin, of Massachusetts, offered the ; following: WHEREAS. The organized treason hav- ; ing its headquarters at Richmond, exists in defiaitt violation of the Federal Consti tution, and has no claim to be treated oth erwise than an outlaw. WHEREAS, This Richmond combina- j tion of conspirators and traitors can have ; no rightful authority over the people of : any portion of the National Union, and no warrant for assuming control of the political destiny of people of any State or section thereof, and no warrant but that of conspiracy and treason for any nssump- j tion of authority whatever; therefore. Resolved, That, any proposition tone- j gotiate with the rebel leaders at Rich mond, (sometimes called the authorities at Richmond,} for a restoration of loyalty ! and order in those portions of the Repub lic which have been disorganized by the rebellion, is, in effect: a proposition to.re cognize the ringleaders of the rebellion as entitled to represent and bind the loyal citizens of the United States, whom they oppress, and to give countenance and sup port to the pretentions of conspiracy and treason ; and, therefore, every such prop osition should be rejected without liesita- i tion or delay- Mr. Copperhead Cox. of Ohio, moved to lay the preamble and resolution on the tabic, but this failed, and they were car ried by a vote of 89 vpas to 21 nays.— The Pennsylvanians voted as follows : Vetis —Messrs. Broomall (U), Ivelley (U), A. Myers (U), L. Myers (II), Scho ficld (U), Stevens (U), Thayer (U), Tra cy (U), Williams (U). —9. Nays—Messrs. Aneona (Op), Denison (Op), Miller (Op), Randall (Op). Strouse Absent or not Voting —Messrs. Bailey (Op), Coffroth (Op), Dawson (Op). Ilale I (U), Johnson (Op), Lazear (Op). MeAl- i lister (Op), Moorehead (U). O'Neill (I.). \ Stiles (Op).—10. A little later in the day, Mr. Copper- j head Rogers, of New Jersey, offered a long and tedious preamble and resolution 1 meant to be an entering wedge for a peace proposition to the rebels, which was laid j on the table by a vote of 78 to 42. The j vote of the Pennsyl on the motion to lay on the table was as follows: Yeas —Messrs. Bailey (Op), Broomall j (U). Ilale (I'i, Kellev (I'), A. Myers (U), L. Myers [U], O'Neill [IT], Seho- j field [U], Stevens [U], Thayer [l*], Tra- j cy [IT], Williams [II]. —12. A'ni/s —Messrs. Aneona [Op], Dawson [Op], Denison [Op], Lazear [Op], Miller [Op], Randall [Op], Strouse [Op],—7. Ah.ient or not Voting —Messrs. Coffroth [Op], Johnson [Op]. McAllister [Op], Moorhead [U], Stiles [Op].—s. From the voting on these propositions and from former votes we can state exact- j ly who are the war men and who arc the ! peace men in our delegates in Congress. J Mr. Moorhead, of Allegheny, who was absent, is of course a strong war man.— i Mr. McAllister, of Blair, also absent, has ! voted for every war incisure anil against ! every peace measure Ibat has been brought up when he was in tho House. The otli- j cr absentees. Coffroth, Johnson, and Stiles , are peace Democats. The delegation may i therefore, be classed as fyllow. : UNION AND ADMINISTRATION MEN. Mr. Broomall. 7th. " Hale,; 18th. " Kelley, 4th. '• Moorhead, 22d. '• L. Myers, 3d. '• A. Myers, 20th. Mr. O'Neill. 2d. " Schofield, 12h. " Stevens, 9th. " Thayer, sth. " Tracy, 13th. " Williams, 23d. WAR DEMOCRATS. Mr. Bailey, 15th. | Mr. M'Allister 17h. PEACE DEMOCRATS. Mr. Luaur. 24th. '• Miner, 14th. " Randall, Ist. " Stiles, oth. " Strouse. 10th. Mr. Aneona, Bth. " Coffroth, 10th. '• Dawson, 21st. " Denison, 12th. '• Johnson, 11th. It will save trouble and speculation to 1 * cut out and preserve this classification for future reference. The position of cacli member has been deliberately defined by j ~ himself in his votes iu the House. Our j readers in the First District arc especially asked to observe that their representative. j .\lr. Samuel J. Randall, has lost no op portunity of ranking himself with Fer nando Wood. Cox, and their copperhead associates.— PhiUa. Bulletin. . ' CfiT The following is a sample of tho tone of the Copperhead press at the North, which is equally afraid with the Richmond rebels that the President's proposition of | amnesty will findrfavor at the South.— Could anything be more atrocious than the subjoined extract from the Chicago ; Timr-i: "Perhaps the South will consent to those j terms. If she does, the degradation they offer will not be half as severe as should In ' inflicted upon a people who cotdd accept that degradation If she docs she. in not Jit to be in the Union upon terms of equal ity with other States, or to exercise any political privilege of any name or nature. If she does, her people should be compelled to change situations with their slaves, and be governed only by the overseer'slash.— No tme American could propose such deg radation to fellow citizens, and the fact that they have been made is proof that thoir author is either insane with fanati cism or a traitor who glories in his coun «try's shame. If the Confederates are not j dogs, they will free,arm and marshal their ; slaves for conflict by offering still greater | bribostlian are offered them by Abolition- : ista before they will think of submission to j the Presub nt's terms. Tliuy are suoh as j no patriot or true Unionist, or one who respects the memories of those who found ed the government, or the honor of the American name or character, could wish the South to accept. tef Tho National Democratic Commit tee have dccideii upon Chicagoas the place and the 4th of July as the day for hold ing the National Convention to nominate $ candidate for President The I>oa«I-I>o<*k In the ftenate. Correspondence of tho N. Y. Tribune. Pa.. Jan. fl, 18ft4. An occasion of especial interest to this ; State as a member of the Union, indeed to the whole Union, has arisen in the Sen ate of this State. Our recent October election not resulting so decisively as it did in your State or permitted the Democrats—alias Copperheads—to raise \ their crests in proud defiance of the pop- ■ ular will. Thus they, because of »n acci- | dent, are to-day holding the loyal men of j this State at bay, disregarding the popular will, and assisting most effeotively the in- j Jcrests of Rebeldom.. The cause of this dead-lock in the Sen ate is owing to the fact that a Senator j from Indiana and Armstrong Counties— Major 11 enry White of the 07th Pennsyl-1 vania Volunteers—was taken prisoner on the Monday morning's fight which took place upon the retreat of Milroy from j Winchester. lie was taken iii conse quence af a fall from his horse. It will be remembered that the whole of Kwell's corps, under the three able division com manders. Hhodes, Early, and Jones, sur rounded and forced out Milroy. 11c re treated. leaving all his sjege and field guns behind him. The retreat began, as I have bad good reason to know, before daylight m" the morning. At daybreak the advancing column met the enemy un der Rhodes three miles south from Win chester. on the Martinsburg turnpike.— During this melee Major White was cap tured. He has been retained ever since, though a Rebel Major Jones, after giving his parole, went to Richmond, confident he could effect an exchange from liis pier- | soual and political influence in the South, lie failed but came back and delivered him- up to the authorities at Washington. Brig.-Oen. Meredith, then Commissioner for Exchange of Prisoners, asked for an especial exchange for him because of his importance as a witness in the Milroy Court of Inquiry. Commissioner Ould is reported to have replied with hi 3 digitals in front of his probosis, a la Dan Rice amid the sawdust, that his importance as a J fitness was felt at Harrisburg, and not at Baltimore, His sympathizers seem to think so at this point. Major White's de tention i.s of immense importance to the Rebels, if they and their Pennsylvania Senatorial conferees can thereby disorgan ize the Government of a Northern Com monwealth like ours. The Copperheads here have undertaken to force the loyalists into terms of eomprQ- ] mise upon the inferior officers of the Sen ate. Indeed, lleister Clymer, their ae- ' knowledge! loador in the Senate, offered I this proposition to the Union men openly j in his place. The leader of a party in a grave body, clothed with extraordinary potters so far forgets the dignity of his po sition as to barter openly for such minor places as clerkships, while a fellow Sena tor is languishing in dungeon depths be cause he went forth to the defence of the Republic! Our Senators have manfully stood to j their position. They hold that as they are legally in the majority, in no ease | should they yield. Senators Lowrie, Wil- j son. McCandlass. and Champneys have j made strong speeches upon the various | points embraced, holding that under our j Constitution the Senate is a perpetual bo- J dy ; that as the Speaker of that body, in I case of the death of flic Governor, occu pies that office, his own as Speaker is, ex necessitate rei, perpetual, and can only be vacated by death, incapacity or resigna tion ; that Senator Penny (by the way one of the ablest Republicans in the State) having been elected speaker last session, holds over, per force of 'circumstances, until his successor is legally elected. No answer can be made to the philosophy and j logic of this reasoning. The Copperheads resist all appeals.— They even went so far as to refuse a vote of thanks to Oen. Grant and the bravo Army of the South-West-, offered by Sen ator Lowrie. Tho vote stood sixteen to sixteen. And this under the miserable j pretext that the Speaker was not occupy ing his scat according to the customs of the past. Speaker Penny so far conduct ed himself with remarkable prudence and sagacity. All attempts (however ingeni ously put,) to jostle him from his balance ! have so far failed. Two days have trans pired in fruitless balloting. I have thus given you a brief but correct resume of a contest which threatens to protract Itself indefinitely, and clog most seriously the working of State Government. It the worst comes to tho worst, I presume Gov. Curtin will do as Gov. Morten of Indiana did last year, appeal to the loyal capital ists of the country, and carry through suc cessfully the financial affairs of the State. En Passant, I may state that Gov. Cur tin is about to sign the re-charters of a number of State banks, passed at the ses sion of 1868. HE has withheld his offi cial approval until now. Some of the Republican Senators bitterly oppose this, holding that every corporate institution of this kind should he compelled to bank uu der the Federal banking system of last ses sion. They think that every dollar sought ■to be invested in such a corporate capaci ty, should be contributed towards the sus tenance of the National Government.— This is, perhaps, the correct policy as things now stand. I notice here to-day Senator Trumbull of Illinois, Mr. Eldridge of Wisconsin, and "Matt" Carpenter of Milwauke: they were presented to the Governor. Speaker Penny, and other official dignataries, and seemed to enjoy their contact with the mixed Anglo-Celt-Gemarnico blood of the old Keystone State. Their stay was but short. I presume they were returning to Washington. HARRISBURG. A LAUGHABLE OCCURRENCE. —Among the Fourth of July incidents in Newark, the following, which we fiud recorded in the Daily Advertiser, is worth transcri bing : A lady at -the corner of Broad and Mar kot sts., was standing on a barrel, the head of which gave way, and she fell in, completely hiding the barrel with her ex tensive skirts, exciting much merriment among the spectators. She was extrica ted from the unpleasant position byiipset tiiyj the barrel. B&" Toothbrushes sell at Natchitoehes, Louisiana, for twenty-five dollars in rebel currency, and gold is valued at one dollar for eighteen dollars in note? I ?hc JUnmcan d'itimi. I THOMAS RORINSON, 1 | CYRUS E. ANDERSON, l MltorSl j BUTLER U I.l>\l:Sl> V A\. SO. 180 I. /to" " Liberty and Union. New and Forever, One and 'separable."—D. Webster. FOR IN 1864 : IRRIIKin IJXIOLS. In looking over the construction of the House Committees, it will be seen that , our members come in for a Lions share, j Mr. Ilaslctt, is chairman of the commit tee on printing. Mr. Negley, is chair man of tho committee on tho Library; he I is also one of the members of the Judi ciary General, one of the most important committees of the House. I They are, also, both found on several j other committees. This, beside being creditable to themselves, gives them great- j er facilities for advancing whatever meas ures they may have in charge. JJST We notice in perusing the proceed ings of the Legislature, that Mr. Negley, of this county, has " read in place," the ' following bills; il an act to revise and ' continue in force, an act to graduate lands j on which money is due and unpaid to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." Also, an act relative to tax Collectors , in tlic county of Butler. Also, an act relative to post mortem ex i animations in the county of Butler. We have no doubt these bills are all proper. As to the first, without it, or i something in its place, great injustice j would be done; and it is to bo hoped, should it become a law, of which we en- I tertain little doubt, as it is but just that j all interested may avail themselves at once, i 1 for it will soon become the imperative du- ; ty of to have this laud business closed up. Tlic Uran. We wish to call the especial attention I of all interested, to the advertisement of . ; Captain Pillow. U. S. Recruiting Agent. ! | for this county, wliich appears ,n our pa j per t )-day, as also, to a communication | from him. which will be found in another j column. As the time for enlisting under the j large bounty regulation, is extended to j the first of March, it is not likely that the | draft will be made till then ; it is also like- , ly'that all districts which have not then made up their proportion of the call, will be drafted. It would also seem that per- I sous volunteering, can go in for any local j district they choose. Those districts which give large bounties are sure to get re cruits enough, while those that hesitate, will run a great chance to come behind, i Is it not advisable therefore, that all should I | move at once, and if possible, let each dis- I trict secure recruits within its own boun- : dary? Why not call a meeting in each 1 township at once, and learn what the sen timent of the people is ? Let all move j harmoniously at once, and let Butler county avoid the impending draft. tfiS Just as we were going to press, we j received an official statement of the quo- | | ta of this district under the approaching i draft—we hasten to lay the number allot ted to each district of this county before j our readers, we will give the whole table j next week, including the number subject j to draft in each class. Buffalo township, 11; Clinton tp., 9; ! Middlesex tp., !>; Adams tp.. 9 ; Cranbcr- j rv tp , 9; Jackson tp.. and Harmony. 12; Zelienople bor.. 4 ; Forward tp.. 9 ; Penn tp.. 7; Jefferson tp., aud Saxouburg. 12; Wintield tp., 10; Clearfield tp.. 8; Sum mit tp.. 7 ; Udtler tp., 8 ; Butler bor.. 14; Coimoquenessiugtp.. 10; Lancaster town ship. 11; Muddycreek and Portersville, 9; Franklin township and Prospect, 13; Centre township, 8; Oakland township. 9; Donegal township and Millcrstowu, 9; Fairview township, 10 ; Concord town ship. 8 ; Clay township, 9 ; Brady town ship. 5; Worth township, 10; Centre ville and Slippery Rock township, 10; Cherry township, 7 ; Washington town ship. 11; Parker township, 10; Alleghe ny to rnship, 8; Venango township. 8 ; Mar.on township. 8 ; Mercer township, 5. Titi i: IM:KOIsu. Up to the commencement of our pres ent unhappy civil war, the courage of the present generation had not been tested. Away from scenes of conflict, enjoying the blessings of peace, our constitutional rights gauaranteed and respected, we were sometimes led to believe that Scott had drawn too largely ou his imagination, when describing the courage of the ancient Sax on and Gaul. But since the commence ment of our present troubles, we have seen so many exhibitions of true courage, that nothing seems incredible. We have been led to these reflections from reading an adventure of the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, comma'nded by Lieut Col. Wm Slakeley, formerly of this place, as given by a correspondent of the Pittsburg GatcUc The Colonel found himself and his gal lant band almost surrounded by vastly su perior numbers—like Fitz James, when one shrill blast of Roderick's horn peo pled the glenn, u On right, on left, above, below. Sprang up at once the lurking roe " But like him, his courage was sufficient j for the emergency. It is highly gratify i ing to the Colonel's friends to know that j he bore himself as a gallant knight. The following is the correspondence : MARTirrsßrnc, W. Vn. Jan. 6,1*64. We arrived at (his place on the 3d inst. much gratified in fiuding a resting place after our terrible march. The 14th Penn sylvania Cavalry had a fight with the reb el Gen. Wm. L. Jackson, at Jackson riv-. | er, on our retreat from Salem. On the ; 14th of December, whilst our (Gen. Avcr j ill's) forces were retreating, the 14th Pa. j cavalry. Lieut. Col. Win. Blakely, com manding, were placed in the rear of (he ambulances and trains. Gen. Averill having captured a rebel courier with rebel 1 dispatches, from which he asccrtaiend the i location and numbers of the different reb | el forces, and in consequence of the immi nent danger, he was compelled to move much faster than the train could travel.— The 14th Pa. cavalry, in charge of the | train, was about 12 miles in the rrtir. and reached Jackson's Gap about 11J o'clock I i'. M. This Gap is a deep narrow defile, ; about throe miles in JeOgtli, passes through ihe mountain and conies out at Island Ford Bridge, Jackson river. Gen. Jack ! son had crossed the mouth of the Gap at i Ihe Bridge. lie also placed a considera | hie force of Infantry at the other end of i the Gap. Three of our ambulances I (which just came up) were captured, with Lieut. Col. Paisley, of the Bth Va., Capt. Markbright, A. A. G. Ist Sepcrate Bri- gade. and Lieut. McAdams, commanding the ambulance corps. In consequence of ! the darkness, and stubborn resistance of j the rebels in front, we decided to await ; daylight. | The night was very dark, and our men J frequently came in contact with the rebels, j I and many hand to hand conflicts occurred, i The rebels really had us surrounded and j were iff much superior force. The night | was cold, fires could not be lighted, and our men almost perished. Gen. Averill ! supposed tliax we were captured, and burnt the bridge to keep the enemy from pursuing him. The bridge was burned about daylight. Jackson then withdrew his forces from our front and concentrated them on our right and left and rear, with the evident determination of driving us 1 into the river or compelling us to surren j der. The rebels then made a vigorous at tack upon us with three regiments of in i fantry, one battalion of cavalry and three j pieces of artillery. Our regiment was on | ly six liuqdred strong. The contest raged } furiously for an hour and a half, when the j rebels ceased firing, and sent the folio ving dispatch to Col. Blakely by a flag of truce. lieAIHirARTERfI COXPRDIRATR FORCES, "1 JMIBM RIVER, NORTHERN VA., J. December 20,1 SIC), A. M. ) |To Com'ill/ Officer Fcth rql Forces : j SIR : The bridge is destroyed in your | front, the river cannot bo forded. Your j retreat is cut off, and you arc completely j surrounded by my forces. I have direct ed a cwsatiyn of hostilities for fifteen liiin : utes and to prevent the further effusion of j blood I send this, under my flag of truce and demand your immediate, uncondition | al surrender. I have the honor to be yours very rc j spctfully, your obedient servant, WM. L. JACKSON, , Brig. Gen. Comd'g. ! To which Col. Blakely made the fol j lowing reply: lIEADQr IRTERS LTTIL ?A. C.IV., *} JACKSON RIVER, W EST VA., ■ December 20,1863. j Brig.-Gen. H°»i. L. Jackson, Command j in l / Confederate Forces : j SIR : I have the honor to acknowedge the receipt of your demand for my "im ■ mediate, unconditional surrender." I ad mit that I am surrounded by your supc i rior forces, on my rear, right and left | flanks, and that an almost impassable gulf j menaces my front, but I cannot, even un ! der these circumstances, comply with ! your demand, and I will sacrifice my own < life and that of every true and brave sol dier under my command, before I surren i der to a coward and li traitor. With due respect, yours, etc., WM. BLAKELET, Lieut. Col. Commanding. I At this time we supposed that we would j be compelled to abandon our horses and j cut our way out, over the mountain, on i foot. The enemy again opened fire upon us with artillery, and commenced advan cing his lines. . We held him in cheek until we burned our ambulances and train and then commenced retreating up the river bank, by a mere cow path, in search !of a ford. By seizing a citizen and com petting him to find us.a ford, we finally es caped by swimming Jackson river, with j the loss of one officer wounded, three men killed, four drowned and four wounded. When we reached Covington, a distance of five or six miles, \Vc found that Gen. Averill had burned the bridge. We swam the river Again and finally overtook our Brigade on the Allegheny .Mountains, at 12 o'clock Monday, midnight. On clothes were frozen and our sufferings were intense. We hail traveled six days and 1 nights almost without sleep or rest, and without food except what was gathered on our route, through a very poor section of | country. V. LoL" 1 SVILLK.' JaT liV—\t Massey Creek. on the 13th, a part of Col. M'Cook's j cavalry attacked the Bth and 11th Texas. | routing them, killingfourteenof them, and i taking forty-one prisoners. ALBANY, N. Y.,Jan. 15.—The Semite ' to-day passed, by a unanimous vote, the resolutions of the Assembly, proposing a change in the State Constitution, so as to allow the soldiers in the field to vote. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 15.—The Demo cratic State Central Committee have called a meeting of the State Convention of that party, to be held at Philadelphia on the 23th of March. a@*Gen. Meigs is back at the head of the Quartermaster's Bureau again. So ends the speculations about his suspen j eion or removal. The Slate Sciinlc. * * This body is still unorganized ; the re sponsibility of this unusual delay, must rest with those who attempt to take .id vantage of the absence of Maj. White.— We don't feel at liberty now to even guess how this matter may terminate; but ex pect by this time next week, to be able to surmise what course will be taken to ex tricate the senate from its present uuliSp pv position. . That our readers may understand fully the position our party occupy in reference to the organisation, we give below marks of Senator M'Candloss, made 011 sixth of the present month. They need 116 eulogy from us to recommend them to his constituents. lie said : At this time. Mr. Speaker, I nm prone j to believe that time is of little consequence. ! The Senators on the other side of this floor ; have taken the responsibility, in opposi tion to the will of a majority of the peo ple of Pennsylvania, to hold out agaiti t an organization of this body j and with those gentlemen rests the responsibility. Mr. Speaker, they say to as that there will be no organization here until the dog days, ! A\ e say to the gentlemen on the other side that in the Providence of God there will j bo no organization here until Gabriel blows his last trump, unless the miniority yield, and that organization be in accordance with the will of the majority as expressed at the polls at the last October election.— We have a right to this organization.— The people of Pennsylvania have said to the llepublican party, 'you are the guar dians of our interests, and to you alone wc will commit them.' Would wc not be recreant to our places here, would not our constituency denounce us if wo compro mise 1 and bartered away our rights at t his j time ? The fortunes of war have thrown into the hands of the Jeff. Davis'government one of the Senators on this floor! When our own State was assailed and about to be ! invaded by the rebel hords, the bold and j strong arm of our friend, Major White who holds a scat and is one of our peers on this floor, was the first,away down there at Winchester, to be lifted bravely and boldly as that of asoldierand a man against the common enemy. Being overpowered by a superior force of the reljel liorflc. he vas taken prisoner, and is now confined at Richmond. Ileis sufferingall the distress and discomfort incident to captivity in a Southern dungeon ; he feels the want of everything that is necessary to make him comfortable; lie has for the time being lost his right to a seat on this floor; and yet gentlemen ou the other side say to us organize. Why, the people of Penn sylvania do not want an organization as long as westaud a tie here. We can stand up before the people of Pennsylvania and say to them boldly "wc will not organize, we dare not organize against your express instructions;" and that people will say to us, -well done, that is the instruction wc gave you, and you would be recreant to the trust reposed in you. if you yielded or compromised with those whom the verdict of the people lias stamped as unfit to man age their affairs." We arc organized, sir. This is an organized body; wo have a Speaker, we have a corps of officers, and are perfectly competent to go,on with busi ness. If the gentlemen on the'othcr side of the floor wish togo oil with tlie regular business of the Senate they arc perfectly at liberty to do so. But no; tlicy want a share of the organization; they would be gin at the head and give us one office, re serve one office for themselves, and so on. We say to you, gentlemen, you will not get one ; we will stand here, if need be, for ever in defence of our rights, as instruct ed by the people of Pennsylvania. The proposition is very much like that of his Satanic Majesty when he offered our Sav iour all ihe kingdoms of the earth and did not own an acre. They have no right to a share in'this organization ; hence wo say to you, gentlemen, wc will stand here as we arc until Major White or his successor is here, and then we will be ready togo on with business. Until that time I suppose the wheels of legislation are stopped, be cause on all matters of public interest six teen gentlemen will voteagainst us, as they have done up to the present time. We stand before the people as an organized body, with a Speaker in the Chair, and a corps of officers ready and willing to per form their duties. If you, gentlemen on the other side, want legislation, all you have to do is to offer your bills and vote upon them, and legislation will move on as it has ordinarily heretofore. If you do not want legislation, then here we stand until the dog days, or until doomsday, if Major White or his successor does not ap pear. WHAT GEN. GRANT IS DOING. —The New York Tiniest says : Information reaches us now and then from the Department of the Mississippi, going to show what is being done in the matter of opening and establishing lines of railroad and water communication.— Another line of railroad will soon be, if it is not already, in full operation between Nashville and Bridgeport, [or Stevenson] Alabama. This is the Tennessee and Al abama Railroad, which intersects the Mom phis and Charleston Railroad at Hunts ville,the latter forniinga junction with the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad at Stevenson—thence over the track of the latter, or by the river from Bridgeport to Chattanooga. This gives General (Jrant substantially two routes of rail communi cation with his first secondary base. By next month, through the moans of a rail road from Nashville to the Tennessee River, ho will have two reliable railroad lines, and one waterline available a portion of the year, (the Cumberland River,) with his primary base, the Ohio River. The supply question with (ien. Grant has latterly assumed still greater import ance. in view of the fact that our forces in East Tennessee will hereafter draw their chief supplies over the same routes used by the army at Chattanooga. Thus it will be seen that the task of feeding and supplying the large fortes in the Depart ment is fully as herculean as the task of moving them. Add to this fact, the ac cumulation of supplies necessary for an ad vance in the Spring, and the increased anny dependent on them which will be concentrated for tho movement, and the work laid out in Gen. Grant's Department will almost be such as to give pause to even his great energies. But all this will be done AHMI COBHESPOXDEJItE. , Escape From Iticlimoiid. | , The writer of the following letter was 1 ( born in Connoquonessing townsliip, But- I ( ler county, on the 24th of January, 1844. ( is an Orphan boy, an J was raised hv Mi's. 1 , Jane Brown. from the time he was nine ! ( months old, till the war broke out, in < 1800; he rolunteerod for three months : , under Capt. J. N. Purviance, of Butler; I ] came home with the company at the ex- • pinion of their term of enlistment; and , on -the 21st of August, he enlisted for ( throe years underCapt. Thomas M'Laugh- , lin ; Was taken to Washington, and its- . waincd at Tenallytown all winter; went ( on the Peninsula campaign with General ] M'Clellan; was taken prisoner on tlio 14th of j April, 1861, while on picket, near York- ! , town, and conveyed to Richmond, where I | he remained four weeks, when he, in com- ! , pany with many others wore paroled; he j j went back to his regiment, and went thro' j ) the seven days fight before Richmond, but ! , could not be received into his regiment, , because ho was not exchanged; sometime , after he was honorably discharged from the j service, and in August, 1863, he rc-en- { listed in the 4tlu Pcnna. Cavalry; was in the battle of Sulphur Springs, at which , time and place he was again taken pris- ( oner, as the following letter will show: , CAMP TYLER, NEAR BALTIMORE, Monday, Doc. 21, 1863. I ( ME. SAMUEL RILEYS — Hear Sir:— l seat myself once more a fico man to let j , you know of my good health, and '.scape j from Richmond, and of tny sale arrival in ; our lines at Wiliiamfburg. I conim 1 from the Pcmberton prison on the 11th of this month, and got to our picket ■ at Wil liamsburg, on the morning of the Mtl> ; ! since that time, 1 have been c .ming from Williamsburg here. I will now give yo a short history of my e cape (frrliieh w.i all very lucky for mo, fir 1 Mood a good \ 1 chance to get my neck stretbed if they had recognized me. 1 was asked "if my I name was not K y," but I told thciu not. I gave my name as AVin. Bennett. I was taken on the 12th of October, and got out on the 11th day of December, I would not have been there as long as I was but my clothes were so bad that T could not trade them for rebel clothes, but our j government .sent us sonic clothing, and I , was so fortunate as to get a new suit on j the 10th, and on the same day I traded | them for a rebel suit, and got 815 for my bargain. The jiext day I went out to draw rations for the room; there were j about forty of us wont out to draw for the whole prison. 1 had my blanket around ! me, and they did not notice my rebel suit; j as we wore marching up to the cook house. ! I dropped the blanket to an old friend who was just behind mc, and that second j I wheeled round, and started right down j along the column; the guard never noti-1 ced mo when 1 passed him, and off 1 went j as bold as a sheep." Although [ was! now out of prison, T had another hard task to perform ; to get out of tile city j and across tlic Chickahomany river, was \ as hard as anything I had done. I can't j take time at present to tell j'ou all that 1 i had togo through. 1 was fired upon at the Chickahomany, and recaptured at ! New Kent Court House, and hadtoper j form a job that I hate to talk about; but i I was bound to be free, or die. 1 ran up j on the picket—was within a rod of him j when he saw and halted me. The night j was very dark, but 1 was so close to him j that I could not run without being shot.— j I thought that I would " play nigger," and told him that I was a colored man, ! and my master lived in New Kent; but lie stuck his face so closo to mine, that he made out to see that 1 was no nigger. I lie says : " Vou son a h—h. you'r no nig ger." It went agains my jrain to be cal'- ed a son of a b—h. but I bit my lips and took it. \V ell, says he, " who are you ?" ; ; I am a Yankee, said 1, if you must know. I told him I was a prisoner, &c. lie laughed and said, \\ ell, I guess you won't goto Yankcedom now, will you?" I reckon not. says 1. He then wanted mo to get on behind him aid ride to tlio re serve pickets, but I toljl him I could walk that far, but I acted viry lame. My feet were extremely sore, aid I ,succeeded in I making him believe that I could not walk without the stick I lad. It was a good hickory, and I made (lie bark fly off it on his head, before we Vent ten rods. After I struck him the firs #me. his horse stop ped and stood ther< until I had dragged him into the woods, then I took his pistol and tied his horse to a tree, and went on my way, but I would rather not have kill- | ed him, but when I hit him once, I oould i not quit until I waj satisfied that he would j make no alarm. After that, I succeeded i in getting past tljl? pickets without fur- 1 ther molestation or trouble, and thank ' God, I -will soon 'be back to fight them | again. I could Let a furlough, but if I ; t'xjf it. I would|break a resolution that I ! made when I ltft Butler. I will start for ; my regiment tomorrow. Tell the friends that lam free/ Yours, truly, XV. B. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Dee. 3d, 1863. BROTHER tV. — I received your kind J letter day yesterday when I had ar-1 rived from t|e battle field; I have had a very hard tiiie of it since the contest be gan. The fist commencement was by a feigned recoinoisance in force, on the left and centre 112 next morning it broke out on our extretjo right. Lookout Mountain. ; where it raged until night, and by moon light, (11 P. M.) when there was a lull 112 but let me mention here the interposition of the God of Battles, who clothed tlio crnggy summit of the mountain with a dense fog, on which the deadly Sharp shooters of Mississippi, (the flowers of tlio flock,) were perched, to pick off our men as they passed along under the cliffs ; but their eyes were dimmed ; our men proud ly advanced beneath the protection of tlio Almighty, and open to our view ; when our men had gainod the western side, and came steadily advancing round the point, oh. what a beautiful sight to behold them as the cloud towered abovo them and the dear old flag waved; you should have heard the loud huzzahs that issued forth frefm the forts below, which were loaded with deadly missiles to hurl at the foe; but now a sudden rush was made on their rifle-pits and the shout went forth ; our boys in them, and a sudden stillness again ; but now they are seen again advancing and shouting ; now again another shout goes forth and the columns go at full speed with glittering bayouets, and the trench is ours; here'they skirmished for somo timo, and part of our division was sent down, drove in the pickets, threw a pon toon across the oreek anil made a connec tion with them up the mountain side, where they remained all night; next morn ing the hill and Chattanooga valley were clear, and they had .concentrated their forces on Mission Nidge, on the other side of the valley, an I extending about five miss. During this time Sherman had eri'-nl (1c liver nl