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Prisoners Paroled to Serve under General
Mcclellan.

We print, as follows, an important state
ment, not new to the public, but in its pre-
sent shape, attested by the law, and sworn
and subscribed to by a Union soldier before
respectable and well-known witnesses, it's
value as an index is great. Whatever may
be thought of General McClallan, it cannot
be disputed that even the most inveterate
rebel disres his election to the Presidency
The meanness and folly of the act which a
Union soldiers solemn oath puts upon record
below are far exceeded by the cruelty with
which our soldiers have been treated in the
prisons of the South and perhaps we shall
realize that after all, to use an old idea,
knaves are nothing more than fools by a
kind of circumbendibus:
Montgomery County, SIS.
Personally appeared before me, Justice
of the peace in and for said country, Franklin
Schwenk, of Upper Providence township,
Montgomery county, and State of Pennsyl-
vania, private of Company II, 18th Regi-
ment Pennsylvania Cavalry, who on his
solemn oath, deposeth and says, that on the
Oh day of March, 1864, he was taken priso-
ner near Bristow Station, Va, and conveyed
to Belle Isle prison, and from thence to Gen
eral Hospital No. 81, in Richmond that on
the last day of August, 1864, the Director
of said hospital waited on him, and proposed
to parole him and to permit him to return
home if he would promise to vote for George
b. Mcclellan at the approaching election :;
that he, the said Franklin Schwenk, in order
to escape from starvation and rebel atrocity
did make said promise, and therefore was
paroied. The said Franklin Schwenk fur.
ther says, under his solemn oath, that all
prisoners of said hospital who frankly and
positively said they would vote for Abraham
Lincoln, were not paroled, but retained in
said hospital,
FRANKLIN SCHWENK.
Witnesses present: DR.. Warren Royer,
Samuel Pennypacker.
Sworn and subscribed to before me. this
10Th day of October, 1864
HENERY w. KRATZ,
Justice of the Peace.
Will men who declare their faith in tha
Union still doubt that the best way to serve
the ruinous purposes of the rebels 10 to vote
the faction into power which made Gen.
McClellan's nomination unanimous,
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-. ,,,anaoeuen, of th,. mar. that he re-

his management Of this aoar, that he re-
CARDS it more in political point ofpieao
that he desires to time has military
conquest acith certain political ripe
ness of the South-at best very hazard
Gus matter, when it is with the astute,
and willy, and uDprincipled stoutherner
that he attempts to play such game, and
when one reflects that it engeuders delay,
which is the sure defeat of all armies"
This letter was written June %, 1862,
aud just before the seven days battle.
All should remember that if they vote
for Mcclellan, they include Pendleton
and the platform, and before going to
the polls should ask themselves, that if,
in the event of the formers election, and
through the vicissitudes of life, the lat
ter should be placed in the Presidential
Chair, how would his treatment toward
the soldier, accord with the sentiment ex
pressed in Gen. McClellan's letter of ac-
ceptance. 1t is startling fact that all
prisoners from the enemy, and have
conversed with many, desire McClcllan's
election, and would look upon that event
as sure harbinger to their independence
They invariably call him "your peace
man"
To know why soldier, and soldiers
friend should support the nominees Of
the Baltimore Convention, we have but
to place in contrast the two platforms
This is sufficient The argument is con,
elusive. When We read the speeches Of
its supporters, and trace the public life
of its representatives in Congress, we can
easily determine where the sympathy
comes from, and where We must look fol
support.
Rather than see dishonored, what
have endured in the war for the Union
by treating for peace with treason and
rebellion, | would have my flesh become
food for the vulture, and my bones bleach
beneath Virginia's sun.
/ Do these men who wish to humble
themselves, and the Government before
an insolent slave power, suppose he car
| forget the battle fields of Fredericksburg
Charlottesville, Gettysburg, and the
Wilderness, with their thousands of man
gled aud slain? Let us then for theil
sake, if no other motive prompt US, dc
nothing that would dishonor the ground
where they fell, or convert the graves oI
the gallant and heroic dead into mounds
of shame and reproach.
Yours truly,
A SOLDIER.
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OF A letter from Senator Conness, pub
lished in California papers. puts an end tc
the caiumny that this fit successor of the
noble Broderick was going to vote for McC.
lellan. He says:
1t is not necessary for me to state now that
feel the deepest interest in the approach
ing contest. With some opportunities fol
forming correct Judgment, | declare it tc
be my conviction and belief that the issue oi
a united or divided country with all the
blessings of the one. and all the horrors Of
the other are involved. | beliye that the
election of Mr.. Lincoln will secure the
former, and that the election of George B.
Mcclellan will result in the latter Union,
Freedom, Liberty and National glory on the
one hand; Disunion, continued war, Slavery
and wretchedness, make the dreadful abyss
OF the other.
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a Freak in Nafnre

On the 18th ult., son of Mr.. Samuel
hoehier, OF Hanover, killed large rat
tlesnake, about as thick as a mans arm
which on its dying throes brought forth
twenty young ones, measuring seven inch.
es In length, one of which had two dis.
tlnct and well developed heads, forming
fork in the rear of the neck. His
snakeship was placed on exhibition at our
late Fair and attracted much attention
from lovers of the curious us.-AIeatocn
Democrat.
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The Electoral Vote.

The whole number of electoral votes a
the ensuing election, will be 231. OF
these, Lincoln aud johnson are certain
to get l96-with probability of ii moro
in Missouri leaving the young Napoleon
Il chance for New Jersey, Delaware. Ken
tucky, and Oregon-24 votes-but with
about an equal chance of being beaten in
all of them Hurrah for Abe and Andy
Push on the column
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cr The ship Anna Schmidt, which wat
destroyed by the Alabama off the coast Of
South America, had on board quantity Of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral for California Dr.
Aver d Go: now appeal for redress direct tc
the British Government, as the responsible
party in this wicked business, and base their
claim for payment and protection on the
ground of humanity, as their commodities
are wholly foE the sick. Their point is well
taken, and will doubtless 6e pressed with the
pluck and persistency which characterize
the opera tons of these celebrated chemists.
Baltimore Clipper
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~ Our old Farmers may as well pre-.
pare to make up more Bounty, if Old Abe
is again elected. Nothing surer than
that.-Easton Argus.
They had better do that to whip the
rebels, than furnish money to enable
Billy Hutter to carry Ice Creams. Lemon
ade, Sweet cakes and "oid Boots to rebel
prisoners fattening on our hands, while
our own soldiers are starving in rebel
prisons.
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w The official announcement by Gev.
Hahn, of Louisiana. gives the total votes
cast for and against the new Free State
Constitution, as follows: For the Constitu-
tlon. {, 1886 against the Constitution, 1866.
Gov Hahn, in proclamation, has declared
that the Constitution is henceforth ordained
and established as the law of Louisiana.
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0Yi"An armistice, eh!" said an officer
with two crutches and one leg. "Certainly
60 for an armistice-Gffer Mobile and VIII.
mington are ours, after the armed Rebel has
keeled up in the last Rebel ditch. Oh. |
love armistices; but want them to come
from the Rebel side and not from our side.''
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THE WAR.

Shernaan's Conan'usscation's Open
Hoods Grand Movement q Failure
The Rebel General Forced to Retreat
after a Fruitless advance.-D Disastrous
AdUance.-Disastrous Rebel Repulse
at Alatoona.-Sherman an hot Par-
suit.-Advices from Grants Army.-
Another Success IN the Shenandoah.
-Longstreet Driven up the VALLEY is
Confusion By Sheridan.-The Gaeril-
la Mosby Come to Grief-Hs Camp
Surprised, has Artallery and Many of
has Men Captured, -" ft1 :
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" Notwithstanding ''all the world and
his wife" " went to Pyles great Hall of FASH
ion to buy chothing during the State Fair !.
Eusten, yet he has plenty more of the same
sort left"
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0F'If a traitor strikes down the Amcri-
can Flag, shoot him on the spot !' has be-
come unto US a law of warand a law of
honor. Says the Lord Dundreary of Demo
cratic politics, "Exhwaust all the reswourees
OF Craftsmanship, to persuade the indiyid-
ual to liftthe American Flag up again.
But don't shoot!"
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3345
554
Union majority, 2791

TIE SOLDIERS AT CUMBERLAND.
Cumberland, Nd, Oct. 1.-THE vote
here in Clarsville Hospital amongst the
Pennsylvania soldiers was Union AZ, Dem
ocratic ]. The vote of the Goth Penn.
sylvania Cavalry was Union 1873, Demo
cratic Co.
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REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORS.

REPR PREsENTATIVE ELECTORS.
Robert P. King, l3 Elias w. Hall,
2G. Morrison Coates, Ia c. III. Shrner,
3Henry Bumm, l5John Wister,
4 William ii. Kern. l6D. M'Conaughy,
5 Bartin III. jerks. IL David w. Woods,
6Chafes NJ Runk, Is Isaac Benson,
Z Robert Parke. l9John Patton,
s Aaron Null. 90 Samuel B. Dick,
9 John A. Hiestand, 81 Everard Bierer,
10 Richard III. Coryeil, % John p. Penney,
JLEdward Halliday, % Ebenezer M'Junkin
IL Charles f. Reed, 24J. w. blanchard
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THE SOLDIERS VOTE.

GEN. GRANT ARMY.
Washington, Oct 1.-THE following
is the vote among the Pennsylvania sol
diers in the army of the Potomac, as faI
heard from:
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Union Electoral Ticket.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.

sbNAIohiAb bLSSAONS'
MORTON MMICHAEI, of Philadelphia
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, of Beaver.
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" The World says of Judge Hollis ex
posure of the Order of Sons of I ;hortv

I'VE ask no better Democratic campaign
document than this cock-and-bul story Of
Holt for no fair minded man can read il
without being moved to Indignation against
tne offlclals who would dare give it currency" /"
very well 1hen why don't the World print
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

AFFAIRS IN PoRTsMoUrH.-A. gentle.
man from Portsmouth, Va, gives the Pc
tersburg Eepress sad account of the op-
preston and suferings of the loyal citizens
of that place. He says:
There we're in Portsmouth and its vicini.
ty about 5000 soldiers, mostly negroes,
commanded by Yankee officers, who seek
every opportunity to oppress and annoy the
"Secesh," as they call the loyal citizens
Nearly all citizens, both male and female,
have been forced to take the oath of ale
glance to the Lincoln Government. The
few who have refused to take it, are con-
stantly watched by the negroes. While our
informant was in the city negro threw his
arms around the neck of respectable white
lady who was passingth the street, and kissed
her. She reported him at headquarters,
and was asked if she could identify him
She readily answered in the affirmative
He was brought up and identified by the
lady, when the inquiry was made if she
had taken the oath of allegiance. A mega
tive answer being given, she was told to
leave the house, as she was not entitled to
any protection. A Virginia lady is rarely
to be seen in the streets.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

THE NORTH CAROLINA FRoNT1ER-AN
INd1DENT.-We have, from most reliable
source, says the Richmond Examiner, the
information that detachment from Mas
sachlsetts negro regiment, under the Col.
commanding, left Norfolk last week for
Gurritutk County, North Carolina, to attack
and capture, if possible, some of our que.
rillas, of Lieut.: Whites command. Fail.
ing in this, they visited q second time the
house of Lieut.. White, and, after abusing
the. family, took his daughter, an accom-.
plished young lady of seventeen years.
After having her hands tied in front of her
and the rope thrown over her shoulders, she
was driven, by big negro, with curses and
abuse, in front of the command, towards
Norfolk. When within FIVE miles of Nor.
folk, they met regiment of New York
white infantry, who, with its colonel at tho
head, knocked over the negro driver and
rescued Miss White from the negro guard,
and sent her to Norfolk in carriage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10
Congressional.

RICHMOND, Feb. 1.-The House passed
two bills-one to allow commissioned off,
GERS to draw rations, the same in quantity
and quality as privates, and to purchase
clothing from the Government at cost; the
other to supply free negroes and slaves in
the army. It provides that all male free
negroes from 18 to so be held liable to per-
form duty in the army in the way Of work
on Notifications, government works, and
hospitals and to receiye rations, clothing
and Sll per month.
The Secretary of War is authorized to
employ 10000 slaves, if necessary, and fur
nish rations and clothing, and pay the own
ers $ll per month, and pay the loss ofslayes
while SO employed, and may impress if IN.
able to procure otherwise; and making an
impressment of not more than one in every
FIVE male slaves between Is and 45, to be
taken from any one owner. Free negroes
to be consoribed, then slaves impressed to
make up any deficiency Those free under
the treaty of Paris Of 1903, and with Spain
in 1919, are not liable under this Act. 49,,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

Snow STORM IN THE NORTHWEST
On the 1st January, Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan and other Northwestern States,
were visited by one of the most terrible
snow storms and coolest spell of weather
ever experienced. People were frozen to
death while travelling less than a mile in
distance railroads were blocked up, and
the suffering was intense.
At Camp Douglass, near Chicago, where
large number of Confederate prisoners
are confined, the guards had to be relieved
every thirty minutes to prevent freezing,
and even then. they were all frost bitten
1t may be expected that. the Confederate
prisoners, used to warm climate, suffered
a great deal. The Chicago Times says:
"The suffering and tortures endured by
the Confederate prisoners was beyond the
power Of pen to portray. Unaccustomed to
the Northern climate and cold lake and
prairie winds, their light Southern garb was
poor protection against the ordinary tenn
perature of the elements. But with the
winds maddened into fury, the air filled
with freezing snow, they suffered as no peo-
pie ever suffered before. Through the
creyices of their thin board barracks the
wind whisted as if in very mockery, bring.
ing the snow in such quantities as to cover
the floor and beds upon which they had to
sleep. So desperate was their condition
that they were compelled to sleep by reiefs.
Dividing off into squads of FOUR two would
retire to their cold berths, covering with
the blankets Of the four, while the others
kept up the fire. Thus in turns Of four
hours each did these poor mortals attempt
to brave the raging of the storm. In many
cases the Snow had frequently to be shaken
from the blankets of the sleepers. With
all their ingenuity they could not keep
warm, and numbers of them will suffer
from the exposure of this dreadful storm
for all time to come. To add to the horrors
of their situation many of them were sick,
and the wailing wind and searching cold
added fresh terrors to their suffering"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

DEATH OF SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY
The following number of deaths have been
reported to the second Auditors Office, up
to the 31st of December last Virginia,
5,94S North Carolina, 1862; South Caro-
lima, 1900; Georgia, 6,277; Alabama, g.
9S7; Tennessee, 1883; Mississippi, e.
357; Louisiana, 2,139; Florida, 1,l1S;
Arkansas, 1,S43 Texas, 6,377.
The following number of applications
have been filed in the Second Auditor
office by the widows and orphans Of deceas-
ed soldiers Virginia, 4,545, North Caro-.
lima, 8,2e1; South Carolina, 4,5ll; Geor,
:gia, 9,504; Alabama, 5000; Mississippi,
s,27Q; Texas 1924; Tennessee, s7l;
Florida, SCI; Arkansas, 361; Louisiana,
337.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10
GOOD ExAmp1E.-We are Glad to know

GOOD ExAMpLE.-We are glad to know,
says the Southern Presbyterian, that our
ministers are not forgotten in these times Of
upturniug and scarcity. Mount Zion church
in Sumter district, at recent meeting, re.
solved to appropriate to the support of their
pastor, besides his ordinary salary, 250
bushels Of corn, 700 pounds of bacon, 20
bushels of rough rice, and other articles Of
provisions, amounting in all, at government
prices, to more than $1,000. This is as it
should be. Their vensrated pastor has ser:
we'd them faithfully for thirty years, and in
turn they have always been mindful of his
temporal wants, but especially SO, in these
times of scarcity. The church of Concord,
in the same district, We learn, have made
similar provision for their pastor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

AS yet, who of US outside Of the army has
done his share? The idea of making for
tunes out of the war should be abandoned.
The question with every man must be, not,
"What can do to make money for myself ?"
but "what can I do to help?"
Authority, which you will profess to re-
cognize as paramount, has said, "All things,
therefore, whatsoever ye would that men
should do unto you, do ye also even 50 unto
them. You boast that you have recogni.
zed that authority in your Constitution
"God is not mocked," and this recognition
is mockery if you do not recognize it in
practice. If you were.in the army, endu-
ring hardship and privation, and encouuter-
ing danger and death, to save the property
and liberty and lives of those at home,
would you that they should live at home in
ease and luxury, while you were shooless,
blapketless and breadless 2. Would you
that they should make fortunes out Of the
necessities and the labor of your families !?
Would you that they should permit your
family to want for the necessities Of life
I think not. Then apply the rule. You
cannot escape its obligation by saying "Let
the government do it," You are the gov
ernment those who administer it are your
agents ; they can do nothing without you,
and if you SO influence and control them as
to use their powers to enrich you at the ex-
pense of others, either present or prospect
lively, the sin lies at your door.
The Government can act only as you give
it power and direction. 1t can, when you
SO order, call men to the field, but it can
neither arm, feed or clothe them unless you
furnish means. And if you continue to
act as you are now acting, upon the assump.
tion that you are to go on making and accu-
mulating money and property, while others
are at their own cost to fight to secure you
in the possession and enjoyment of it, you
will too late discover that you have made
a fatal mistake. You have already pursued
this course TO the verge of ruin, and it is
time not only that you pause and renect,
but that you retrace your steps. You must
lay your gains where others have already
laid their lives, upon their altar of their
country. The country needs all that every
man can do. The safety of your property,
your liberties, and your lives, requires all
that you can do. If yon are in a position
or have means to do more than others, be
not afraid of doing too much, but be thank
full that you can do so much. When We
shall have achieved our independence no
man will feel that he has done too much !;
but if, through our supineness or our Gu.
pidity, We should fail, how bitterly will you
feel that you have not done enough. five
who stay at home should give all our means
beyond a very humble living, we shall not
have done half as much as thousands of the
humblest of our soldiers, for they have
given all, and life with it.
JAMES T. BETHUNE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

The CONFEDERATE CRUIsERs.-The
Northern papers contain the following items
of the movements of the Alabama:
We have tidiDgs of further outrages by
the Alabama. Her last cruising ground
appears to be in the Indian Archipelago.
Two valuable American merchantmen are
known to have been destroyed, with their
cargoes, viz: the Winged Racer and the
Amanda. The Vanderbilt, as usual, was
reported in pursuit of her, but also, as usu.
al, she never seems to come within thou
sand miles of her.
The ship Tonquin, Dupont, master, from
Havana, was burned by rebel pirate Ves-
sci on October 26, in latitude 10 south, and
longitude 80 west. 49,.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

CORRUPTION IN WAsHINGToN.-The
Washington correspondent Of the Cincip-
natl Enquirer, speaking of the corruption
at Washington, says:
Twas going to say it is surprising-but
will not, considering who is in power
the enormous stealing that is going on un.
der the Washington Administration. The
greater the Abolitionst the greater the pro-
prensity to plumber the treasury. They got
this from long practice stealing niggers.-
There is how they lost their moral sense,
if they ever had any. They now 60 it
strong-stealing themselves rich in the
name of liberty. All | can say is, go it Abo-
litionists while you Can, you may net have
another chance in o hundred years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

CoLoRED ERoops.--In debate in the
Yankee Senate, Mr.. Wilson, of Massachu-
sets, said they had fifty thousand cotored
soldiers in service, and were increasing the
number daily. BE did not think the Gov.
ernment had pressed this matter of saising
colored troops as vigorously as it should
have done. As our armies advance, we
should swell them by the addition of color.
ed troops. The people everywhere are now
a unit in supporting the policy Of employ.
ing colored soldiers to fight our battles.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10

A DISTINGUISHED CoMpANY.-The re-
markable fact is stated in communication
which we publish to-day, that aBladen
Guards" Go. K, of the 18th North Caro-
lima Regiment has furnished to the cause
four colonels, three majors six captains,
four surgeons and thirteen lieutenants. It
is also remarkable that in the course of uear
three years service it has lost but ten men
by disease, while it has lost but. twenty
killed in battle and twenty discharged from
disabilities caused by wounds. 1t has per-
formed glorious duty in no less than twenty
battles.--FayetteviNe Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-10
ssr Winthrcn r. Billion. Of New York

sS winthrop E. Hilton, Of New York,
in whose possession the police lately found
$4,000, 900 Of Confederate bonds printed,
and 81, 100000 in Confederate notes ready
for signature, is the same artist, who . year
or two ago advertised counterfeit Confeds-
rate Treasury Notes for sale by the quire,
as fac sinsiles, and millions were thus put
into circulation. The Yankees pretend that
the bonds we're ordered by Mr.. Memmin-
ger, and claim the seizure as . loss TO the
South. 1t is more probable that Hilton was
eugaged.at his old occupation Of counter.
feiting, and the police has merely broken
up his den, really doing the South ser.
vice. -,-..rl...s-.-,