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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-11-30

ca A soldier came home from the wal
last week with both his legs shot off and
500 bounty in his pocket His wife,
who had taken a great dislike to the poor
fellow on account of his crippled con
dition, stole his money and ran away
with it. The ladies must begin to learn
that glory is sufficient compensation foE
legs.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-11-30
STILL ANOTHER APPEAL

The Augusta (Ga.) "Chronicle" of
the 10th inst, contains the following ap
peal to the Georgians by Senator Hill:
RICIIMoSD, November IS.
To the People Of Geo'ya:
You have now the best opportunity
ever yet presented TO you to destroy the
enemy. Put everything at the disposal
of our generals, remove all provisions from
the path of the invaders, and put all the
distractions you can in his way.
Every citizen with his gun and every
negro with his spade and axe can do the
work of good soldier. You can destroy
the enemy 10y retardlng his march. Geor-
gians, be firm! Act promptly and fear
not Is. ii. Hill
l most cordially approve of the above.
JAMES III. SEDDoN.
Secretary of War.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-11-30

S The last politi cal conundrum-
How did mcclellan receive the news of his
defeat? With resignation.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1864-11-30
ANOTHER APPEAL.

The following advice to the citizens OF
Georgia, is published in the Savannah
90 Republican" of November 2l.
RICHMOND, Nov. 10.
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Rebel View of the Amnesty PrOcla.
nation.

The only notice Of President L1NooLN's
amnesty proclamation that has yet come
to hand is fine following, from the Rich
mond Sentinel of the 18th inst:
We hear that President Lincoln, in his Mes
sage, proposes that the States of our cOnfeder-
acy shall take a vote on the question of return.
ing to political union with the States of the
North. We have not been able to see the Mes
sage ourselves, and do not know the terms on
which it is proposed to receive US. We do not
know whether Lincoln proposes to suspend the
war while we are to consider the question, SO
as to enable us to do so without intimidation.
We do not know whether the proposed deci-
sions to which the States may arrive, are to be
acquiesced in and finally, whatever the deci-
sion may be, or whether they are only to have
virtue if given in particular way. The right
to decide involves the right to choose but,
perhaps, Lincoln may not see it so. We sus-
pect that the invitation is intended to blind his
own people, and make capital in Europe while
to us, it is but the old song
'sWill you walk into my parlOr" said the spider to
the fly,
''Ts tn pretiiest little prlor that ever you did spy
The way into my parlOr is up windii G stair,
And have many many pretty things to show you
when you are there"
'Oh! no, mol" said the little fly; & to AJAX me is
vain:
For who goes up your winding stair. shall never
come down again"
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position, having recently taken to my heels
like greyhound, and made three hundred
miles in short time In the last two years,
as you well know, have done some brave
talking, which the rebels remember, Were
l not sure that should not be treated as
our soldiers taken by them are-incarce-
rated in their lousy prisons-their Libbys
and Castle Thunders, should have staid,
for could endure the lice. did not run
out of cowardice, but / well knew that if
they took me I would have to pull hemp
without a foothold Qaughter), so ran. ~
I am glad to see by this vast meeting
that the war spirit has not died out. and
that you are, as am, for war to the knife
and the knife to the hilt, for confscation
and determination until, if necessary, not
soul shall be left south of Mason and
DixOn's line. We don't want the war to
close now; We don't want peace on any
terms until the rebellion is crushed. Let
US give them war-war until we crowd
them far down through the Cotton States
and drive them into the Gulf Of Mexico as
the Devil drove the hogs into the Sea Of
liberia.
But, as l said before, / cannot make you
aspeech tonight, and beg to be excused.
I wish to give way to Col. Netherland, Of
Tennessee, refugee like myself, and who
has fought well against this infamous
rebellion. Col. Netherland was the can
didate for Governor of Tennessee, opposing
that meanest man God ever permitted to
live, Isham G. Harris. think the Colonel
will entertain you well.
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The Chesapeake at Haltfax-.-The
Pirates Rescued by the People.

HALIFAX, Dec. 19.-At P. NJ. the
steamer Chesapeake, with the prisoners on
board, were delivered to the Government.
Upon the arrival of the boat containing
the prisoners at Queens Wharf, the ex-
element became intense. The prisoners
were Immediately seized by the boats
crew in the ship, and hurried of by the
crowd in attendance. Upon the Govern
ment officers moving to arrest the prison.
ers under a warrent, they were seized and
held by prominent citizens, and rendered
poweriess to perform their duties. The
crowd finally succeeded in getting the
pirates off in small boat, which forth
with moved down the bay.
The affair causes the greatest excite
ment throughout the city. What course
the authorities will pursue in the matter
it is impossible to say. 49,
The pirates are now at liberty and scat
tered throughout the province.
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A Rich Mine.

There is just now much interest and
some excitement on the subject of spec
ulatiOn in Dixie. In the circumstances
we have no doubt the following extract
from late Vicksburg letter will be read
with great interest:
1t has lately come to my ears (Which l
was little 10th to believe, having enter
tanned an irrational prejudice on such mat
ters) that a mine of wealth richer than
any that was ever worked in Golconda has
been found in the persons and places of
the numberless widows now inhabiting the
shores of the river hereabout. One of our
acquaintance has found lonely widow,
with no further encumbrance than some
three hundred bales of cotton, which, in
consideration of a contract of amity be-
tween them, and ratified by clergyman,
have been converted into greeabacks, to
be spent jointly.
Another has found pair of widows,
neither of which he can marry, (since he
is honest enough to admit of one existing
marriage,) but has secured some sixty
thousand dollars for his influence in get
ting husbands for both. A third we know
has SO endeared himself to lone woman
by his winning ways that he is established
on her plantation as business manager,
with salary of ten thousand per annum
and found. We make no charge for Civ
ing publicity to the fact that there are
hundreds of others, with similar endow-
ments, and to the race of fortune-hunters
we can suggest no better field for adven-
ture than this, provided they have no re-
gard for that tremendous admonitiOn of
the senior Weller.
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.
A Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune, in series of pen por.
traits on the floor of the House, thus
sketches notable character from this
State:
There, in the ladies' gallery, is woman who
will not finch under my pencil-or anybody's.
Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm, of Minnesota. one Of
the sharpest politicians among American wo-
men, I think; and, for all that good house
keeper know, for have eaten her biscuits.
She has very large head high over frmness
and self.esteem, wide at cOmbativeness, massive
in the intellectual moral regions, and q fore
head as square as marble block-causality
jutting out in the most defiant manner.
Added to this, a face full Of selfassertiOn, a
controversial mouth, which plainly says, :" No
compromise "-an inquisitive nose, sharp al
most to fierceness, and eyes four times as sharp
rs her nose. Fifteen years ago she was editor
of the Pittsburg Saturday Visitor, and the most
widely read and popular female writer in this
country. Her recent miscellaneous articles
show the same m-heartedness and genial
style, but party warfare has wearied and wor-
ried her, and on political topics, the ink
flows acrid from her pen. AS an opponent
she is disagreeably witty, and in debate as
unrelenting as Parson BrOwnlOw. She leads
off the applause in the ladies' gallery to-day,
and when the mild Copperhead Clerk utters
his mild reprOof, she looks as if she would de-
light in tweaking his nose In religion she
maintains the doctrines of the old Scotch Gov
enanters, and as she makes jealous champion,
am certain she would make an admirable
martyr-for she would risk the stake any time
for the privilege of the last word. She is pos.
tive, progressive and aggressive and usually
on the other side" Her decision, courage and
selfreliancc, the availability of her knowledge
and the power of her personal magnetism, en-
dow her with the qualities of q leader; and if
she, with five hundred other American women,
should be wrecked some fine morning, on any
desOlate island in the Pacific, Mrs. Swisshelm
have provisional government organized be-
fore dinnOr g
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Famine in chmOnd-.Plan for n
Desperate Campaign.

New YORK, Dec. 2O.-Credible wit
nesses, just from Richmond, state that our
prisoners there are better ted than their
own people, and much better than they
would be were it not that the desperate
straits of the citizens of the Confederacy
must be kept from our knowledge. Fresh
beef is now 81 per pound, and fresh bread
So 30 per Loaf, such as formerly cost only
five cents. The consequence is that thou
sands must starve or go into the army and
divide their rations will, their families.
1t has been determined by the rebels to
conscript every male between the ages of
Is and 55 inclusive, for one last desperate
effort in favor of the confederacy The
attempt will probably be made upon Wash
ington OF some other portion of the North.
In this CONSUMPTION both negroes and
whites are to be included, and they are
also to be thrown irto the same ranks
together Unfortunately With this i'm
mense mongrel army jeff. Davis means
to precipitate himself upon Washington,
Pennsylvania, or Ohio, perhaps all three
commanding in person. Hewill endeavor
to stimulate the passions of these hOrdes
by the most extravagant stories of fancied
wrongs suffered at our hands, by the
Southern people. and by the most fabulous
promises of plumber to be obtained through
the victories which shall be gained in
Northern towns and cities.
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A Pleasant Place.

The city of Indianapolis, says the Ohica-
60 Post, must be "sweet little village, ="
in which, as the late Mr.. PHOENIX would
say, call night long are heard the soft
note of the pistol and the pleasant shreak
of the victim" On Wednesday night last,
horse buyer was knocked down, nearly
killed and robbed of 5000, in one of it's
principal streets. On the previous night,
soldier was waylaid beaten senseless and
relieved CT 500 he had just received from
the paymaster. Entertainments of this
character relieve the mOnotony of life in
Indianapolis almost every night. The
people seem to be rather pleased with
them as nothing is done to stop them.
A 'pended is the Sentiael's account of the
entertainment, which occurred on the day
preceding the two already mentioned:
Yesterday, Monday between the hours of one
and TWO A. M, the dwelling of Mr.. Henry Ro-
seminal, on North Mississippi street, opposite
back door from the yard was forced. and the
the door opening into Mr. Rosenthars bed
room opened by means of burglars imple.
ments. Suddenly Mr. Rosenthal was awaken.
ed by man standing with a knife over him
and threatening to kill him if he made the
slightest noise or the slightest demonstration
He threatened Mrs. Rosenthal who is in deli
cate way. The result was that the burglar
who was masked, took from the pillows under
Mr. and Mrs. ROsenthal's heads TWENTY-FIVE
hundred dollars in greenbacks ten dollars in
one gold cain and one dollar in another. The
burglar coolly standing over Mr. and Mrs. Ro-
seminal with his knife drawn, counting the
money, pronounced it right, and then saying
he was going to search the bureau in another
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The Maiden Bank Tragedy.

From the Boston Hera d, of the 18th.
The directors of the Maiden Bank have
issued the following card concerning the
recent horrible tragedy and robbery of
their bank:
The fearful tragedy enacted at the Maiden
Bank and the robbery of a portion of its funds,
seem to demand the following authorized state.
ment of the directors of the institution.
Mr.. Merrill. the cashier of the bank, on leav-
ing the building, placed in the hands of the
assistant cashier, Mr. Frank K. Converse five
thousand dollars in bills of the Maiden Bank,
and this sum comprises the whole amount OBJ
tanned by the robbers. All the other valuables
and specie of the bank were locked securely
in fire-proof safe situated within the vault,
and the cashier had the key in his own posses
sion. OF the money stolen, So 600 was in one
hundred dollar bills on the Maiden Bank, near
$4,000 in bills of smaller denomination of the
same bank, and q one hundred dollar bill. two
tWenties and a ten of the EXchangeBank of Bos-
ton. The bills of the bank will continue to be
redeemed as usual at the Bank of Mutual Re-
demption. But few one hundred dollar bills
are in circulation, and no more will be issued
ct present
The public are informed that a sum equal to
twice the amount stolen has been reserved bv
the bank from its earnings. after paying all
dividends, so that the stability of the bank is
in no way impaired by the robbery,
To the afflicted parents and relatives of the
estimable young man whose life has been inhu-
manly sacrificed while in the faithful discharge
of the duties and trusts cammittei to his care,
we offer our heartfelt sympathies.
A. D. Lamson, G D. B. Blanchard, John j.
Newcomb, Caleb Wait, Isaac Emerson. D.
w. Wilcox, Directors of the Maiden Bank.
A report was current in town last even
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FROM NEW ORLEANS,
Negro Mutiny---Destructive Fire

New ORLEANS, Dec. 12.-The excite
ment occasioned here by the reports of
mutiny at Fort jackson, On the 9th, have
generally subsidized, yet the most wild and
improbable rumOrs prevailed, that every
white man in the fort had been massacred,
that the negroes were about to kill every
white man in the vicinity, &c. But the
truth was known at headquarters early on
the morning of the 10th. The facts are as
follows: The negroes had taken offence
at one of the officers in command, and
swore vengeance. In trying to get pos
session Of his person they encountered
more opposition than they anticipated,
and fired some shots at random and into
the air, but they never intended to create
mutiny or shed blood No person was in
jured in the whole affair, which did not
last half an hour. The affair was easily
quieted and they have not since made any
demonstrations.
There is no news from Texas, except
the capture of Fort Esperancy, Matagorda
Bay.
A destructive fire occurred here this
morning. Loss estimated at $25, 1000.
The buildings burned were on Tchoupitou-
las street, between Gravier street and
Natchez alley. They consisted of the
large hardware store of Griff, Byrnes e.
Co., the store of Smith & Seigler, and
two stores well stocked with liquors, be-
longing to Jonas Pickles. Several build
ings on Natchez alley were injured by the
falling walls. One man was killed and
several injured.
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A Sad and Singular Observation-Disclosures
neer SmOthered in the Snow.

On the morning after the furious snow
storm Of Wednesday night last, the pas
senger train of the Racine and Mississippi
Railroad, going west, was preceded by
locomotive, which, with snow plow at
tached, cleared the track of the huge banks
of snow that had drifted across it during
the night previous. While running across
Elkhorn Prairie. the engine came in con-
tact with snow bank apparently of greater
density than any it had hitherto encoun-
tered; and which, in order to overcome, it
was necessary to charge upon with the en-
CINE at its greatest speed.
To acquire the necessary velocity the
locomotive backed a mile or so from the
bank which imreded its further progress.
and putting on full steam, advanced. at
the rate of forty miles an hour full upon it.
AS the locomotive neared the scene of the
snow bank, the engineer, Mr.. Samuel d.
PultOrd, took a position close to an open
window IN that part of the engine known
as the cab where he could see the eff
feet of the collision; and, as the plunge
into the snow was made, he, in some in
applicable manner, was drawn through
the window and buried to the depth of
seven or Ell hit feet in the accumulated
drift.
His companion, the fireman of the loco
motive, did not miss him from his post for
a brief moment, and when he did, the
alarm was given, and search for him was
commenced with will Asu have re-
marked above, his body was buried to the
depth Of seven or eight feet, and when
found there was still faint beat of the
pulse, indicating that spark of life yet
remained. Untiring effort was made to
fan this spark into the full blaze of anima-
ton and restored reason, but in vain His
body was brought back to Racine, the
abode of his family, and his funeral took
place Oh Sunday last from the Methodist
Church. --Racine Wis.) Journal.
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THE LOVERS.

line following poem Is by JEAN IkGEIow, whose
productions have created considerable sensation in
English literary circles The Boston publishers in
curing for something about herself for the gratif
cation of her many admirers on this side of the
ocean, have received letter from her, in which she
Is reported to say: Z, s-Etlg1ssf sts&T9S ee
do not know that there is anything I'm my crcum-
stances likely to interest your countrymen unless
they might care to know that I am of Lincolnshire
family. aud that have seen the window which your
townsfolk gave to Boston church.
The Boston Transcript Gays she resides in London,
and is unmarried j +A 'tii
-35A 'l' THE LOVERS. Gee 1oqo
Walking apart she thinks none listen, I wee
And now che carols, and now she stops: ...f
While the evening star begins to glisten
Between the lines of blossoming hops
Sweetest Mercy your mother taught you
All uses and cares that to maids belong:
Apt scholar to read and sew, she thought you.
But she did not teach you that tender song.
A crash of boughs- one through them breaking!
Merry Is startled and fain would fly:
But cen as she turns, her steps o'ertakng,
He pleads with her. Mercy, it is but l ~
Mercy" he touches her hsnd unbidden-
The air is bnlmy. pray you stay .... ~. .
Mercy" Her dOwncast eyes are hidden
And never a word she has to say. .t
Till closer drawn her prsoned fingers
He takes to his lips with yearning strong:
And she murmurs low that late she fingers
Her mother will want her, and think her long
'.Good mother is she: then honor duly
The ightest wish in her heart that stirs.
But there is a bond yet dearer truly.
And there is a love which passeth hers"
Mercy, Mercy" Her heart attendeth,
And the blush on her maiden brow is sweet:
She LITE her face when his own he bendeth
And the lips of the youth and the maiden meet
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Horrible Efutcsiery.
MURDER or IN OLD MAN AND HIS WIFE IN
KALAMAZOO.

4 terrible tragedy was enacted Oh
Wednesday night of last week, in the town
snip of Ross, in Kalamazoo county, Michi-
gan. The victims We're an aged man
named Boss, and his wife, both of whom
were rising sixty years Of age, and lived
on farm entirely alone. They were dis
covered by their neighbors-the old gen.
tleman Oh his bed, with bis skull broken
in; the old lady living on the hearth her
skull also fractured the instrument used
having apparently been the poll or butt OF
a Ratchet. Both were in their night clothes
and hence the murder must have been COM
mitted after or about the time of retiring
The object of the murder seems to have
been money, of which a considerable sum
was said to have been in the house. and all
OF which was missing except few dollars
in change, supposed to have been over
looked. A great excitement prevails in the
neighborhood, and every effort will be
made to bring the perpetrator of this hor-
rible deed to justice
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A Short Family History.

Every man killed in this war makes 8
vacant niche in some household. We re-
alize that every soldier who is snatched
up from the battlefield is missed and
mourned by LOVING parents, sisters and
friends, We are led to these reflections
by reading the following touching scrap of
family history recorded in the Richmond
Enquirer
Happening to step in at one of the public
offices of the city yesterday, in which a kind
simple, hearted, grey haired and humble old
man has been employed for many years, we
struck upon the war as passing topic when
rubbish around the fire, thus delivered him
self, with an easy, quiet resignation that was
truly touching:
II had about a thousand dollars saved I'D when
this war broke out and house of my own and
slave woman had son, and fine man he was !:
at least, they all said so. Blu the thousand collars
soon dwind ed away to nothing, somehow and now
that the woman is gone, and my son is dead / sup
pose the house will go next, if l don't look sharp
lie was fine boy NY son was He went into the
first Manassas, and was in most OF the other fights
and the six days battle around here's then came the
battle OF Cedar Rum and the second Manassas and
sharpsburg. He went through all safe. lie thought
he was mighty lucky He came down to see us then
and, visiting around went to the pOstofce where he
used to be employed, to see the boys When he came
home, knew they waited him back there, and
asked him didn't they offer him situation? YES
he said, at thousand dollars year, WELL
said, ant that better than lying about up yonder in
the cold nd RAM They want all the men in the
army they can GET he said, and won't leave it for
thousand a day l stopped talking to him. We
had his new uniform all ready for him. They had it
done-made him lieutenant then He went away
and we never saw him alive again. The battle of
fredericksburg came on and they got him 1t was
the 18th of December. "a pause.) He was fine
boy they saba better never pulled trigger IAN
other pause We could hardly tell him when we
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ing that young man who was supposed
to have been concerned in the crime had
been arrested in Concord, N. H., by
Boston detective officer, and that from
$4,000 to $4,000 of the stolen money was
found upon him; but we were unable to
learn anything definite respecting the mat
ter, further than that the story was re-
ported by gentleman who came down
from that city.
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der, by the special grand Jury. yester,
day. This morning he was brought into
court for trial and plead guilty, when the
Vigilance Committee entered the court
room in large numbers and took the pris-
oner from the custody of the Sheriff, and
hung him. Watkins was an EngIishman
and Mormon, bis parents residing 1T
Salt Lake City. He is known to have
killed three men in this State, and con-
fessed to six other murders.