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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-12-01
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Terrible Condition OF the PriSOnsrs Ex-
4 changed at savannah--Living Sksle-
tOns--Arrivals at Annapolis. W
NEW YoRK, November 26.-The
Times Correspondent saysin reference
to our prisoners now being exchanged
at Savannah: For months they have
been deprived of sufficient palatable
food, and the little they received had
been rarely cooked, because, in q coun-
try abounding with fuel, their jailors
forbade them adequate fires, At the
prison. pen near Milan, Georgia, for
some weeks there has been no meat or
dour given to the prisoners, and sweet
potatoes in lieu thereof have been eat
en- raw. Exchanged prisoners de-
scribes it IS follows
The men are reduced to living skele-
tons; almost shoeless, hatless, shirtless;
men, with no other garments sthan
overcoats; men whose skins are black
ened by dirt and hang on protruding
bones, loosely as bark on trees men
whose very presence is simply disgust
ing. exhaling odor so fetid it almost
stops the breath of those unaccustom
cd to it. The reports of the rebel sur
geons, show that, for period ofmonths
through which these reports extend,
there was a constant monotonous COM
plant against the treatment to which
the sick were subjected. Men in the
last stage of emaciation from chronic
|diarrhea received no nourishment, and
starved to death. of course
Ratiens which a strong man would
reject, while others suffering from gan
grene and ulcers were compelled to
foster in putridity, without even suffi-
|cent water to cleanse their loathsome
sores for week after week. The dis
eased and dying were kept without
shelter, and many without clothing, on
the bare ground, exposed to the torrid
sun and rains at all times, in total dis
regard Of the earnest and almost des-
pairing appeals ofkind- hearted physi-
clans for tneir relief. Before the change
from Andersonvillc was made 5000
victims had been buried, uncofined
in the shallow trenches near the prison
BALTIMORE, November 26.--The
correspondent fthe Baltimore Ameri-
can, under date of Annapolis, last cve-
ming, says:
1.-TWO of The first vessels composing
Colonel Mulford's fleet Of transports
arrived here to-day, with the pa:oled
men from Savannah-the steamers At
lantic and Blackstone. The former
had on board 649 living skeletons and
eight dead bodies; nine others were
buried on the passage. Such was the
wrctched state ofthese poor men, that
our surgeons were themselves appalled,
at the awful sight. Not man among
the number but what had to bo sent
to the hospital, and many to leave il
only for the grave. The 500 on the
Blackstone were in better condition
and made the welkin ring when they
landed"
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RRoM aHRRMANIa RAIp,


Facts and FAnelss OF the Rebel Press
militia OF Georgia ana south Csrolina
Called Out,
New YoRK, Novembir 2s.-Not,
withstanding tho anxiety unmistaka-
bly, evinced by the rebel authorities
and the newspapers of Richmond to
conceal advices of Sherman's move
ments, they can not avoid disclosing
a great deal in regard to them, but
probably not half they know. We
have all they were willing to tell up
to last Friday An engagement, the
Richmond papers say, occurred last
Wednesday on the west side Of the
Oconee River, near Toomsboro, where
the Central Georgia Railroad crosses
the river, between the rebels and a
large force of Sherman's cavalry, in
which, of course, the Union troops
were repulsed.
They were said to have been still on
the west side Of the Oconee on the
following day. The Augusta Consti-
tutionalist says the railroad bridge
over the river was burned by them on
last Sunday.
The report of the burning of Mill
edgeville is said, by the Richmond
editors, to lack confirmation, though
it is believ ed that a portion of Sher,
mans force has been there; but in the
Savannah News, Of the 23d instant, n
dispatch rcteratcs that it was captur-
ed on last Monday, and that the State
House, Governors mansion and peni-
tentiary there were burned, and the
town of Gordon was also captured by
the Yankees.
Tho Governors of South Carolina
and Georgia have issued proclama-
ton, calling out all the males Of these
States between l6 and 55I
A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch says the Yankee Government
can well afford to pay 100000 per
day for the information which the
Richmond papers furnish to to it gratis,
regarding the movements of Sherman
in Georgia.
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The Man Lincoln IL.

Senator sherman in a recent speech
at Sandusky, thus spoke of President
Lincoln
Il know Old Abe, and tell YOU
there is not at this hour moro patri-,
otic, or truor man living than that
man Abraham Lincoln. Some say he
is an imbecile; but he not only held his
own in his debates with Douglas whose
power is admitted, and whom l consid--
cred the ablest intellect in the United
States Senate, but got little tho bet
ter of him. He has been deliberate
and slow, but when he puts his foot.
down, it is with the determination and
certainty with which our generals
take their steps, and like them, when
he takes city, he never gives it up
This firm old man is noble and kind
hearted, he is a child ofthe people
Go TO him with story Of woe, and he
will weep like child. The man, SO
condemned, works moro hours than
any other President that ever oc-
cupiod the chair. His solicitude for
the public welfare is never ceasing. l
differed from him at first myself, but
at last felt and believed that he was
right, and shall vote for this brave,
true, patriotic, kind hearted man. All
his faults and mistakes you have scon.
All his virtues you never can know.
His patience in labor is wonderful.
He works far harder than any man in
Erie county. At the head Of this great
nation, look at it; he has all the bills
to. sign passed by Congress. No ono
can be appointed to any office without
his approval; no one can be punished
without the judgment receives his sig
nature, and no one pardoned without
his hand. This man, always right,
always just, we propose now to
re elect to the Presidency. 10
swap off such man as this, my coun-
trym for Mcclellan, idle incompe-
tent and unwilling, would, in my opin-
ion, be very poor trade.
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Attempt to Burn Now York CITY.

On the night Of the 25th ult: the St.
James, st. Nicholas, Lafarge, Metro
politan, Lovejoy and Belmont hotels,
and Barnum's Museum, Nsw York,
were fired by phosphorus. The
first report was that the attempt was
for the purpose of robbery, but subse-
quent reports say that it was no doubt
by rebel emissaries. Dispatches say
that tho plot extends to the cities of
Washington andAlexandria. No doubt
it extends to the principal cities of the
North. They will find plenty of Fer
uando Wood Copperbcadsto to help thcm.
The New York world, speaking of the
attempt, says;
"Some two weeks ago man called
at the police headquarters, we are in
formed, and stated to somc officer there
that he was direct from Richmond,
that he had formerly sympathiscd
with the rebels, but had become dis
gusted with thcm, and that his desire
was to put the authorities of New York
on their guard against just such an at.
tempt as we chronicle to-day. He said
that he knew that the sum Of S20, 1000
had been set apart in Richmond for
the purpose Of purchasing phosphorus
and hiring men to 60 North and set
on fire public and private buildings in
our principal cities"
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RATS LEAVING \ SINKING SHIP.

RATS LEAVING n SINKING BHIP.
Dan Voorhees,, the distinguished In
diana Copperbead, is about to quit poll
tic, reinovcto New York, and devote
his attention to the practice Of the law.
Villain -digham gives notice that he in
tends ooing the samo at Dayton The
New York Journal OF Commerce in.
forms tho public that hereafter articles
of a: a:political nature will be excluded
from it, columns. Simultaneously with
these, a number Of country newspapers
of the Coppcrhead persuasion, have
suspended. Some Of. those profess to
suspend because there will be no liber-
ty Of press under Mr.. Lincoln. but
most of them die silently, no doubt
with curses mot loud but dccp."-
There seems to be nnivorsaI disgust
and impoteat wrath among Copper
boac politicians Ne wonder. Four
bundrea thousand popular majority
Tor Mr. Lincoln, and ths people be-
coming moro and moro Abolitionized
every day.
The so.callcd Democratic party is
dead, and tho more shrewd old rats
know IT,. They are jumping off on the
wharf by the dozen. =
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The Richmond Sentinel, of the 2lst

The Richmond Sentinel, of the 2lst
November, says, in an earnest article
on tho Southern campaign:
"For what sin of our people was it,
that in time like this, we should be
afflicted, and distracted, and weaken.
cd by such mad, inconsiderate and ia.
tai rulers2 ....... 5
All, you will still be stifT,ncOked and
perversc after Providence has been. for
nearly foury cars, laundering the great
truth in your ears. "For whdt Sin ~
The answer is written on tho earth, in
dcsolate fields and homes; on tho sky
in the smoke and Aamc of battles and
burning cities; on the heart of the
whole civilized world in tho outrage
felt for violated freedom and humani.
ty. For uhat SIM For the sins of
Slavery and Rebellion
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Presentat.on to Colon,l stanord
HEADoRs l7STH o. V. /. !
Tuliahoma, Tenn, Nov. 17th,64 I

Au""0~i l. 1Vhhj N'O'' A'tujoT
Editor Lancaster Gazette:
Ats social party last evening, Mrs.
DR.. Campbell and Mrs. DR.. Hart pre-
sented your fellow -townsman, Colonel
J. A. Stafford. with beautiful Basket,
accompanied with the following ad-
drcss by an cid soldier;
COLONEL Allow me 10 present you,
in behalf OF The Donors, this beautiful
Basket, an emblem of purity and to.
ken of respect. May it indicate to you
our appreciation of your noble spirit
of self.sacri6cing devotion 10 our flag
and country. May this remind you
that we are not forgetful that you re-
sponded early to the voice OF duty
foregoing the pleasures of home for
three long years Of bloody strife, and
still finding foe to conquer, you are
ready for the fight. Many of your
comrades, like young Lytle, rushed
forth as blythely to battle and to death
as the bride to the couch of expectant
love. Saddoningit is that many brave
boys have lain in cold chilly tents
with no solace but fever dreams of far
off homes. May the God of Baltic
protect you, and tho angels of Heaven
guard you alwaysin in the future, as they
have in the past, at Shiloh, Stone
River, Chicamauga, Mission Ridge,
and enable you to grasp-if perchance
it may be,-victory from tho iron fangs
of fate. May the star of destiny lead
you successfully. Then, Colonel, ac-
ccpt this Basket, made of moss and
arbor vita, an emblem of purity, gath.
cred from the forest where nature is at
peace; where oft in childhood you
gathered flowers, and listened to the
murmuring streamiets, and when tho
bell of Liberty shall echo from noun
tain top to mountain-top, over the
plains and through tho valleys, and
reverberate across the ocean through
all Europe, and the angel peace shall
reign over the land then you may
minglo with us again in the enjoyment
of our Buckeye homes, ever rendered
vocal by the hum of home industry.
The Colonel responded as follows
My FRIENDS: You have certainly
taken mo by surprise. | did not ex,
pect that / was to be the recipient Of
SO beautiful a gift, can but thank
you from the bottom of my heart fol
this emblem of your esteem. ] accept
it as token of your friendship. True
friendship sustains us in all our trials.
1t is a harp strung with thousand
strings Of gold, a star from which shines
a thousand rays of pure and heavenly
light that points us to that
bright and shining shore,
where the golden star of friendship sets no more"
thank you for this beautiful prize
Years hence l shall look back will
pleasure to the hour, and remember i
as ono of those pleasant paths W,
sometimes cross on this rough road o
life. ..
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How Belmont .dExhaust.dv his Vote.

At the present time ofwrihng, Pm,
1--WE have met the enemy and they
are ours" Isn'titglorious. The best
joke of yesterday was the challenging
Of Belmont. He had waited an hour
and a half in his carriage to vote, and
finally, when his vote came, poor
Dutchman challenged him, on the
ground that he had bets out, contra
ry to the statute. Belmont, with all
his brass, could not swear to the con-
trary, and drove away without voting
The Republicans are wild. Tho great
est old storchlight procession ever
heard Of we shall have Friday night.
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The Last OF Price.

Major General Curtis has issued an
order of congra.ulation to his troops,
dated Headquarters Army of tho
Border, Camp Arkansas, November
g. which sums up the result as fol-
lows:
"Thc object of this organization and
campaign is accomplished. The rebel
army under General Sterling Price has
been contounded, beaten in several
conflicts, pursued and driven over
three hundred and fifty miles from the
Missouri to the Arkansas. This has
been tho work of fourteen days.
"Your losses are considerable, but
nothing in comparison with those of
the enemy, who admit loss in killed,
wounded and missing of eight or ten
thousand, all his cannon but two, q
large portion Of his arms; his vast
wagon train, loaded with spoils, and
herds of cattle and horses have been
left, burned and scattered in tho way
of your pursuit.
"H,s army of twenty orthirty thou
sand is converted into an unarmed,
disorganized mob, destitute Of every
thing, starving with hunger, and far
from supplies Their condition is, in
deed, 90 desperate as to excite pity
more than exultation. ,.
"Your marches have been incessant,
som etimcs for days and nights in rain
and snow, and generally on short ra-
tions, gathered from the herds lost by
the enemy" .e tea
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sherma an across the Oconee River-Pan-
ic in Georgia and South Carolina-Ef-
forts to Cut or and Surround Shcr-
man
New YoRK, Nov. 29.-Late rebel
papers give addtiona! information re-
garding Sherman's movement. They
show the separate movements of the
respective columns under Generals
Howard and Slocum. Both Of them,
it is admitted by the rebel papers, are
well across the Oconee River. The
report that Mlledgville has been occu-
pied is confirmed, and the destruction
of charcoal works and founderies at
Griswoldville.
The panic created both in Georgia
and South Carolina, by the march of
the irresistible conquerer, is something
which has had no parallel during the
war. .t .
A levy on masse Of the Georgia and
South Carolina militia has been order
ed, and desperate efforts were being
made to concentrate at Augusta, al
army sufficient to present some oppo-
sition to Sherman's advancing col
umns. .t
The Augusta Constitutionalist, of
the 22nd, says: A ralding party OF
the enemy tapped the road ten miles
east of Macon, and destroyed lumber
train; the freight trains were turned
back in haste. Heavy canonading and
musketry firing was heard east OF Cor
don. 1t was supposed Gen. Wayne,
at Gordon, had been attacked. Null
edgeville had been entirely evacuated
by our forces before the enemy enter
cd. Everything of value was brought
away.
The Augusta Dispatch, of the 2l,t,
says: The movement Of Sherman on
Milledgevile was a feint for the pur-
pose OF concentrating our forces there
and the raid on tho Central Railroad
was for the purpose of keeping them
there, while the whole force of the en-.
cmy moves Upon and captures Angus.
Ia or Savannah.
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NEWSPAPERS.

Small is the sum that is required to
patronize newspaper and most amply
renumerated is the patron. l care not
how humble and unpretending the
Gazette which he takes, it is next to
impossible to fill asheet fifty-two times
a year, without putting into it some
thing that is worth the subscription
price. Every parent whose SON is
away from him at school should be
supplied with q newspaper. l we'll
remember what q difference there was
between those of my schoolmates who
had and those who had not access to
newspapers. Other things being equal,
the first were always decidedly supe-
rior to the last, in debate and compo.
sition, at least. The reason is plain
they had command of moro facts
Youth will peruse a newspaper with
delight whom they will read nothing
else. Judge Longstreet.
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abnormal and unnatural condition as
that of Freedom, would not only be
Illogical bat in the highest degree sim
ful. -
1 Meanwhile the work Of Providence
goes on, and the South will be driven
into hcvery thing for which they pro.
fess TO be fighting the North viz: tho
Abolition of Slavery. Not only this,
they will be driven to that for which
they and their allies among us bitter
~ denounced the Government as un-
civilized and barbarous, viz tho arm
ing of the blacks. -7a a7'E
"God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform" %
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sHERnAE's RETREAT INTO GEOR-

GIA.
The rebel papers are at their old
trick Of giving tho wrong name to
movements. When Grant moved up
in tho roar Of Vicksburg they annoJhc-
ed him in full rctroat upoa that city,
and last Summer when no Fed lee In
the race for Richmond, they had him
ia fall retreat again. Now, tho Rich
mond Whig, speaking of Shermaas s
movement, says: "Thc fact is, indeed,
that Shermans march looks more like
a retreat than an advance"
1t docs look something like re-
treat from Atlanta. The army keeps
falling back from that point towards
Savannah. So, from the Richmond
stand point, il mast look like retreat,
as the army is moving away toward the
South. But, If the editor ofthe Whig
were at Savannah or Charleston, the
movement wouldn't look like 70.
treat, not much A great deal de-
ponds upon where the editor stands
when he views the movement. Sher-
man surely can't be marching back
wards, This would look like a re-
treat, and might deceive the Richmond
editor 1t will bo just like Sherman
to back down through Macon, Mill.
cdgevillc. and Augusta, into Savannah
or Charleston, in his rough, uncouth,
and unchivalric way of walking into
cities and things, without any regard
for tho "sensibilities of chivalrous
people, MS the Mayor of Now Orleans
remarked to the Captor Of that city.
The Wing is welcome to whatever
consolation it can extract from this
"rotroat." Meanwhile, we wait anx.
iously to hoar where il will end.
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rr..tn.n. q our .Prlson.r,

We publish elsewhere something
more in relation to the treatment Of
our prisoners in the rebelpens. All
accounts agree that the treatment
which a majority of them receive is
-utteriyinhuman and-appalliug. Yet
the rebel papers ask for what sin they
are being distracted, weakened and
punished. The manherin which they
have abused and starved our men is
enough of itself to draw down the
curse Of Heaven. ----.--- ,---,,--
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,"DOWN.v

Our friend Il. BUCHANAN READ, in
his poem of "Shcridan's Ride" says
"Up from tho South" &C., and also
"A good broad highway loading dorn," "
from Winchester toward Staunton.-
We notice taat the newspaper cores
pondents and dispatch agents fall into
tho same error. The pike runs up
from Winchester TO Staunton, and the
Shenandoah river runs dOpn, from nOar
Staunton to Harpers Ferry.
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IMPORTANT from TENNESSEE!
HOOD REPULsED AT COLUMBIA
GENERAL THOMAS RE-INFonCED.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
NASHVILLE November %.


NASHVILLE, November 28.
The situation is interesting Rumors
Of all sorts are flying about the streets
The reports published at Louisville and
elsewhere OF the. heavy fighting near
Columbia are unreliable. The rebels
made an assault upon our outer lines
on Saturday and were driven back
with some loss. Yesterday there was
only some desultory skirmishing, and,
as we have no intelligence from tho
front to-day, we infer that nothing Sc
rious has occurred. We still hold Co.
lumbia, all statements TO the contrary
Notwithstanding; and all our fortitica-
tions on the south side Of Duck river
are still in our hands. We have aban-
doncd Shelbyville and the rebels are
said to occupy the town. As Shelby
Vile is only six miles from Wartrace,
on the Nashville & Chattanooga Rail
road, it is proboble the enemy will on.
deavor to cut our communication with
Chattanooga, I doubt not we shall
hold that line ofroad. We have re.
ceived re.enforcements, which un-
known to either tho rebels or tho 10y.
al people of the country, have been on
their way hither for the past two. weeks
and whatever Hoods chances origin
ally were for q successful invasion o.
Tennessee, they are now sadly dimin
shed. st aaig.ts aoH .ol fsu
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News by way OF noger A. Pryor.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The latest
information from Sherman is, proba-
bly,, that from Ex- General Roger A.
Pryor, a prisoner, who was brought
here to-day, aad lodged in the Old
Capitol Prison. He was captured last
Sunday near Petersburg. Generals
who were present during converse.
ton with him, say he admitted that
Sherman had captured Macon and
Milledgeville, and that there was but
little doubt, from the rapid progress he
was making, that he had capt red Au-
gusta, and would encounter nothing
serious to impede his march to the sea-
board; that with Augusta in his pos
session, the South would be cut off
from Richmond. and no troops could
be sent from Lee to reinforce Savan-
nah. General Pryor talked freely and
amply, with frankness, rcmarking that
the South now regarded Gen. Sherman
with more alarm than any other officer
in the service of the United States, and
that the presses of the South would
not be 80 communicative as heretofore,
regarding Sherman's movement; he
had understood it was reported thai
Sherman had liberated a number of
prisoners and armed them, but that
tho rumor needed confirmation.
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Our NailonaI Deht.

Those who are distressed, about the
National debt, should stop moment
and compars-it-with the resources Of
the nation. Mr.. STEVENSON, in his
Pike's Opera House speech; ;said We had
struck oil enough to payiti And we
have no doubt This Is literally trre.