, 1864-02-07

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Ing Lis bat tlrec times. The 'sC Confederate
tte ttsu1 sane aisa lands and say y shall" The member
Of the "cfcie" will say "Ho," and the
rebel picket will utter the first and Last let
ters Of Richmond. nR. d. and the member
r-bel pick.t then Bays " Richmond" THIS
cc1nprfsesthe ceremony, mud tho next duty
OF the "C1t1e" man is to go oTer TO the en-
emy rs pnsoncr 10 be taken to Richmond,
sd to ba cared for during the War, OF re-
la=ed onparole, $50 as to relieve HIN from
eclyed the witness when Initiated the
leadersf the "Circle7 arc Gen: Lee Of the
Confederate army. and Gen. Mcclellan Of the
Union army, with sevezal other Generals Of
both atnies whose names the witness does not
remember. The prisoner (Bergcman) with
a committee, went over to Audenried and
naidod J. B. McCreary d. Co., that they
we're required to stop the work In their
mines-that the Government shall hare no
more coal for the navy or: for the mRnufac-
tqrc of ordnance until the war Is stepped.
& Co., tc5tffled to this fact, and one Of the
prisoners witnesses In cross-examinatlon
fully corrobosntcd the principal witness rs
to ils s1s9e z Rasswords !, and objects OF the
The prisoner offered several witnesses to
prove Lis good character for loyalty. One Of
tEcfc was his brotler-in-lnW, who said that
his loyalty was above suspicion, and to prove
1t he mentioned the fact that he voted for
Lincoln, md gave him {the witness> Liz.
coin ticket; The witness, however, didn't
know how the prisoner voted at the last cleo
tion in Pennsylvania, whether for Curtin OF
Woodward.
The testimony In tile case was closed on
Tuesday last and sentence pronounced By
the commission, but by the rules regulating
military rnurfa II carnnt fta y11Ee 1,uh1fr nm
til 1t is promulgated by Gen Couch. An
ilea may le formed of the nature Of the pen
rlty OF the crime, by referring to Sec. Is Of
the Act Of Congress approved March ], 1858,
that declares that any individual who mny be
convicted "shall be forthwith delivered to
the civil authorities, and, upon conviction
thereof, DO punished By t1nc not exceeding
Gyc hundred dollars, or By imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or By both Of said pun
ishnt nts.
The next person put On trial was Michael
O'Douneil, who ,yas arraigned On the same
charges aud specifications upon Which the
first prisoner was tried.
The prisoner, according to the evidence,
attended a meeting On the mountain between
GAINESVILLE and Hazletown, some time last
June, for the purpose Of adopting measures
to resist thei draft. Speeches were made By
otilccr OF the Golden Circle, and has left for
tie speeches we're for the "support of the
Constitution rs it is, aud the Union as It Was'
Ito stand together in opposition to the
drift, the Proclamation, aud the "nigger
war;"
Father Laughlin, priest residing in Ha-
zletown. appeared in the meeting, made a
| speech, and ordered the men to dispense, yet
d number OF them rematned, appointed com,
| mittre to enroll namcsIto resist the draft, and
| 10 give nil who refused to cooperate with
Fo,@ 1,Sr1
killed. ..
In order to show the state Of society re
sElting from these meetings and combina-
tioue, Capt. E. II. Rauch, Deputy Provost
| Narehal, was called to the stand, who testl.
| fed ssthat he resided in Mauch Chunk, and
wns Deputy Provost Marshal Of the 11th dis
| trict; that lie found it extremely difficult +
| get any one to servo US enrolling officer II
| Banks township, those to whom he applied
alleging that no man dare attempt 1t becaust
OF the state of society there. organization:
were in existence to resist the draft by force
Finally be succeeded in procuring m enroll
mcnt, but only IN imperfect ono. Alter thF
draft lie wns enabled to serve the notices OF
the drafted men by mid Of military force
Great difficulty was found IN obtaining tn
seemed to be banded together, md would no
give the name Of their nearest neishbor
Children from twelve to fourteen years Of ag'
denied any knowledge Of the names Of thei
parents, and wives also denied knowing tn
names Of their husbands. The 7oute betWeel
cted by these people, and signal guns wer
fred On the approach Of the military.
Capt. Rauch then detailed tho cIrcumstan
ccs Of the visit to GAINESVILLE with milltar
. force, where he was told there was q tore
orgunizcd to resist him. He searched severl
Houses there and secured number Of stan
, Of arms. The excited state of feeling cor
! tinued from june until tho middle Of MOI
ember, when the Tenth regiment New Jerse
Volunteers was ordered to the district. Th
,, witness also stated that the loyal people
. tile vicinity were very much alarmed, an
many Of item left or were about leaving
Many oftbc 1oy,1 people were murdered, M
| the civil authorities made no effort to sto
these proceedings. No taxes were collected
G and the Clerk Of the County Commissioner
:, informed him TINT they could collect non
| In the latter part Of August mob Of 30 {
9 1C0 persons visited Mauch Chunk, and t
I force and violence took one Patrick Coll lto'
i the county jail. The party or mob can
) from Bans township.
. Capt. Rauch then made these remarkab
statements, in reply to . question from tt
r Judge Advocate. He said:
l. *When was at Beaver Meadow, servic
the notices on drafted men, HI. e. \. smlt
J. resident Of Yorktown, gnte me d map
Yorktown, which he had drawn up, indica
ing the honses in which the drafted soidie
resided. We used. this map to good adEa
,agc, but did not state where VIC obtained
n When at Yorktown with the soldiers, ser
II ing notices, tue men were halted In front
Nj. Smiths store, while I and my assistan
served the notices. Mr.. Ulrick, clerk in N
Smiths store, gnve the soldiers some reires
q meute, and cach one . plug OF t9oacc
) When VIC had completed the work and We
about returning, At: 6; + smiths " y
+ rctained there, predicting that they would t
= be murdered Us soon as the soldiers lo'
Either that same day or the next mornin
Alr. Smith and his wife came to Mag!
Chunk end returned the same day. =!