Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-01-06
Rebel News.

est. The question of an exchange of pris
Oners is still largely discussed The Whig,
referring to Buffers proposition for an ex-
change, says:
A preliminary question to be consider.
ed by our authorities, is whether they will
treat with person whom they have for
mer y outlawed. If this difficulty can be
got over, We dare say Butler may be dealt
with on as good terms as any one Lincoln
will select. Hitchcock and Meredith both
proved themselves very scurvy fellows
falsifers and tricksters. They are we'll got
rid Of 1t is known that Butler disapprov-
ed their conduct, and that he has all along
favored, or pretended to favor, Just and
liberal plan of exchange. The first cartel
that was entered into was negotiated, if we
remember Alright, between him and Gen.
d IL. Hill. Upon the whole, and in view
Of the accomplishment of SO desirable an
end as the liberation of so many Of our
noble fellows, now the tenants of Yankee
prisons, We hope the President may not
find 1t incompatible with the dignity and
duty of the Government to waive the out
lawry and recognize the beast. 1t will be
necessary TOR Col. Ould, though, to be wide
awake when they get to arranging the
terms of exchange, for this cross eyed Yam
kee has in him the cunning of the Evil
One"
THE FEDERAL PRISONERS AT DANvILLE.
The Whig says: "The Danville Reg
lister says the small pox continues to spread
among the Yankee prisoners there, and
there are now about three hundred cases
in all The virus furnished by their own
Government having been generally admin
istered, the progress of the disease may be
checked. The fatality among the prison
ers from this and other maladies is very
great. Several wagon, loads are hauled out
to the graveyard every day from the gen
eral hospital, besides those who die of
small pox."
THE LOSS IN EAST TENNESSEE.
The Richmond Enquirer, of December
24th, has the following doleful editorial
view of the loss of the Confederacy by the
Yankees getting possession of East Ten
nessee:
"Our losses by the enemy gaining pos
session Of East Tennessee are incalculable.
We are not only deprived of the vast -four
mills of that country which previously
supplied the whole army, but of vast ma
chine shops extensively organized at Knox
Vile
Besides this, zoe are cat off from the
coal, iron and copper mines, a0hich uere
millions to US. The copper rolling mills
at Cleveland, superintended by Col Poet,
Government agent, which were burned by
the enemy, formerly turned out 5000
pounds OF copper per day. Over three
millions of pounds have been delivered to
the Government This was the onLy cop
per rolling mill an the country, and which
kept US supplied in copper for our caps
and cannon. This IS among oar losses of
the battle Of Chattanooga, which is spoken
of as mere y resulting in the loss of four
thousand men and thirty eight pieces of
cannon! p
CONsCRIPTION.
The Whig has long editorial on the
subject of a general conscription, in the
course of which it says:
"The attention of Congress has been
occupied for some days past upon the eff
cheney of the army. The act admitting sub
stitutes into service was repealed with the
utmost expedition. A bill setting aside all
contracts with the principal whose substi-
tute has been received, and conscripting
him also into service, has passed the
House with precipitancy and almost una
nimity, and there is but little reason to
doubt will be rushed through the Senate
A more sweeping conscription, embracing
all sble bodied men of all ages and classes,
with various notifications, has also been
proposed. A frenzy for the moment seems
to possess both the administrative and leg
islative branches of the Government upon
the subject of swelling the muster rolls of
our armies.
"Whence comes this frantic infatuation?
Is ii system Of panic, Of trepidatiop,
bordering on despair2 Are zee reduced to
the necessity Of making such an exhibition
to our enemies and the acorId, in resorting to
such desperate measures unparalleled in
the history of wars? 1t is one of the pro
team forms of demagoguery that has be-
witched our civil leaders? The " equality
of every man." ergo call must go to the
field" Is not our aCar based on the princi-
pie and fact, which all history has demon
strated as truth-the inequality Of man
the policy we say of races? Or is it the
scheme of the designing and the aspiring?
This subject demands the cautious, the
most deliberate consideration and circum-
spection of Congress"
The above, with all else heard from
the south, goes to show that the vile
leaders of the rehaIIion radnood % +La