Pittston Gazette

              » Oldest Newspaper in the w»oming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1S9G. * Weekly local and Family Journal. W-HSMEO^T^ and scrambled through the shallow rora and made off on the other side as fast as I oonld hobble. At Macon we afterward met this officer, who at the time was on a scout with a squadron of Federal cavalry and knew by oar method of locomotion that we were escaping prisoners. every night with tn«ir uccouut lkh a , under their arms. For sovernl days v, C beard the distant booming of General Banter's artillery. Ouo moonlight night there was a general stampede of country people from north of Lynchburg, fleeing, with all their portable belongings, before the invading army. We lay in great glee at the open windows", reviewing the motley procession as it toiled np the steep hillside. Antiquated family coaches surrounded by troops of slaves of all ages, carts loaded with furniture, horned cattle and sheep, creaked and chattered and rumbled and lowed and bleated in the hot and stifling dust. shared largely in my subsequent adventures.flanked by long wings, the latter having wide verandus along each story, where many of the prisoners slept in the warm summer nights. Queen street in front marked the edge of the burned district, and a large tract lying between that street and the harbor was a desolate expanse of charred walls, green with a luxurious growth of weeds and bushes. In the center of this waste loomed the rains of the cathedral, and through the oriel windows in its broken walls-we often saw the trailing fuses of the shells from the Morris island batteries as we lounged in the summer evenings on the oool verandas. At regular intervals we would see a soft flash, like a glow of heat lightning, suffusing the horizon above the harbor, and then the flight of a shooting star, which rose in a graceful curve into the zenith and fell with a sharp report into the deserted portion of the city. fillplKHI lO llltlOUl Ui (lit) COlUliiU at the moment when the command to march was given, intending to drop out on the other side before reaching the next post As bad luck would have it, a halt was called for further instruction to the sentinel, and my Confederate file leader turned about and confronted me with my stick. The angry corporal came back and ordered me into camp with an oath. I retreated incontinently upon the mass of my fellow prisoners and in an instant was lost in the crowd which opened to receive me. WKDDKD AMID FLOWKRS. THB LEHIGH'S NEW ROADMASTEB. I was in this camp so short a time that I had no interest in the tunnels and no knowledge of their existence. At this hot Benson we had frequent thtpderstorms. The rain would suddenly pour down In torrents and as suddenly be succeeded by a fervid sun, which quickly dried the gravelly earth. The Brilliant Nuptials of Mr. A. U Dith- port and Mlw Anna Cake. Thomaa McKnne, of Upper Plttston, Ap- Nerer bride had more brilliant wedding in the Garden Village than she who wu Mlw Anna Ctke, bnt who is now Mra. A. L Davenport, and If the happiness attending the taking of the marriage tows may be regarded aa a foreoait, certainly her wedded life will be fnll of bliss Nothing oould be prettlej or more complete than the wedding of Mr. Davenport and M1m Oake, whloh ooenrred amid the brightest and most oheery of surroundings Jan. 80, at the beantifnl home of the tatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs Joseph L. Oake, on Luzerne WekM. pointed to the Poeltlon. Announcement has been made of the appointment of Thomas MoKnne, a well known resident of Upper Pittston, aa roadmaatCT for the Wyoming Division of tha I*hlgh Valley Railroad, toemoeed Andrew Morrison, of White Haven, who resigned reoently. Mr. McKnne assumed oharge of hia new duties Feb 1st. His offioe will be In WUkesbane, bnt it Is expected that he will oontlnne to make Lis home here. The appointment to most deserving, and Mr. MtKnae's many friends are oongra'ulatlog him upon hto advancement. He to an old employe of the Lehigh Valley Company, having been In the service for •bout fifteen years. He was for a number of years an assistant foreman in the Ooxtou Yard, bat of lata haa had oharge m foreman of the construction at new work. It was he who laid the •eoond track on tha Mountain out off, and laat aummer he laid the third rail on the Montana railroad, txom Tuakhanncok to L*ke Oarey. Ha to well qualified for the poalttan, and may he expected to keep tha tracks of tha Wyoming Division up to We could no longer travel safely by day, so we soon found admirable oover in a swampy thicket, where we lay comfortably munching oar corn bread and waiting for night. We were so near a boose that we coald hear voices and flails thrashing grain oo the barn floor. Once a little dog discovered as; bat, instead of barking, be ran away with bia tail his legs. In the afternoon a oold, drizzling rain set In and continued to fall all night We met a wagon after wo started on the road, bat we easily avoided it by turning into the woods. The clay road was slippery and grew worse under the steady downpour of the rain. My knee, too, began to swell with inflammation, and the time came, before we had gone many miles, when it was impossible far me to go farther, and we lay down on the ground in the wood. I at least slept from sheer exhaustion, bat in the morning my condition was so much worse that it was agony to stand npD For the daily count we were each morning assembled beyond the quarters in the empty end of the yard, and after sufficient guards were posted we were passed in single file through the oontral building and so returned to our sheds. After this ceremony on tbe Fourth of July we all assembled in and about floral hall for a celebration. Captain Todd of tbe Eighth New Jersey produced a little copy nf tho stars and stripes wrought in silk of dimensions 8 by 10 inches, which he had carried concealed on his person throughout bis captivity. The wildest scenes of enthusiasm greeted the appearance of tbe dear eld flag, small as it was. Captain Sohermerborn, who possessed a powerful teaor voice, sang "The Star Spangled Banner," the entire camp swelling the chorus. little flag was afterward carried up intb the crossbeams of tho baUdiO0t I was in no wise discouraged by this failure, and as soon as I could find Lieutenant Byers I told him of my determination to get out some way. I urged him to follow and agreed to wait for him at the place where we had concealed our blankets until I should hear the posting of the 10 o'clock relief. After a short week of sleeping in white sheets I was adjudged convalescent and was sent to a filthy prison in the lower part of the town near the river. My quarters heietofore had been paradise compared with this place. The company consisted of a few Yankees and a mixed crowd of Confederate deserters and negroes. We were huddled into two rooms connected by an archway and were so crowded upon the floors by night that the guards at the doors Stood astride of the prostrate forms. I was sick with dyseqtory when I arrived, and for three days I lay with my head In the fireplace of the cleanpr room of (be (wo, until (he doctor pame and removed me to an empty room aprons the passage and prescribed boiled milk for my nourishment. CHAPTER L shield just then, for the balls were hissing by like hornets, and, taking me by the arm, be demanded my sword. I think I was conscious that General Warren and his staff and the rest of my battery were observing me from the edge of the woods within 800 yards, and that it was just as cheap to cover myself with glory while I was about it, so I pressed the clasp of my belt and let my saber fall to the ground. I have iince read in the Rochester Union that I gallantly threw it away, eta Perhaps 80 men of the colonel'a regiment were grouped together oa the bridge. In the dry ditch and under the bridge were, I should say, twice as many unarmed skulkers, taking refuge from (be storm of bullets, In the winter of 18(13 I had "veteranized," spent a gay season on recruiting detail, enjoying greater popularity with the girls than I had ever knowa before, by virtue of certain brass buttons and scarlet facings, and returned to the army at Culpeper to find my first commission awaiting me and jast in time to join General Grant's columns pouring through the fords at the Rapidan. The company tailor removed my first sergeant's stripes and sewed two rectangles of bullion bound scarlet plush oo the shoulders of my riding jaoket, I was too vain of my newly acquired rank to incumber my horse with the For several days, the lower flwr of the house, already rich in architecture and furnishings, had been given Into the hands ol fl Driet Robert Ellis, and the various rooms were literally transformed Into picturesque floral gardens Parlors, sitting room, and hallways, all were hidden beneath mnirns of foliage and fl Dwers, arranged In artlstto designs by hands skilled In the art. Palms and ferns predominated, while «milo and asparagus plumose Intertwined the whole, and the effect waa completed by hundreds of sweet roees whloh dotted the darker de»- orations and mat tha eye at every glance. In the eaet parlor the oHmax of the fl irtofs skill was touud In a dainty bower of evergreen and smltax whloh extended entirely aoroes the room P Hted plants In profusion lined this and the adj lining pat lor, the eff*t, as seen from the latter, bdng cepacia ly pleasing. Going as near as I could to the dead line, which was the inner edge of a sandy road, outside of which the guards walked, I crouched in the shadow of a clump of evergreens to watch my opportunity. Of the 1,600 prisoners in Camp Sorghum that night two other restless officers would within the next hour tempt fat» as I was recklessly bent on doing .If I had known at that moment that tAorc tbe next relief two of three would be lying on that road shot to death by the sentinels I was watching, I should have gone quietly and sadly back into camp. Once a fire broke oat in an adjoining square, and as usual the besieging batteries trained their guns on tbe embers. We crowded tbe windows, watching the slaves operating the old fashioned engines, and cheered tbe shells while the frightened negroes ducked and ran away from (he brakes. On this oocaeion two pteaw. of a shell came through the slat* roof or cnr building, one of them striking on a table where a party of officers were eafthg. What should we do? Before as at a little distance we saw a small brown bouse, and as my oompanioq preferred to stay with me we quickly decided (q throw ourselves upon the mercy pf (he family. Women are more merciful (ban men, and these women, who had been the recipients of many favors from the Yankee cavalry pickets, gave ns shelter at once. Mrs. Brandon and her daughters were at breakfast The good old woman dressed and bandaged my swollen knee and gave us a nice, warm breakfast, while they kept a careful lookout that nobody should surprise us. As soon as we had eaten they took as up to a half story chamber uoder the shingles of the roof. In the oorner was bed, and acting upon Mrs. Brandon's advice and confident in her protection we soon divested ourselves of our wef slothes and took a long, refreshing sleep.' We remained tare several days,  hospitably entertained. J kept bed, but Hadley was about the chamber durr ing the day. Our meals were brought op to us, we were supplied with books, and the girls sometimes came and read tq as. One night Lieutenant Hadley, with my consent, as J desired him tQ save bimself, started for Kelly's ford, bat the night was so (lurk and the way bo difficult that he returped after a short absence, preferring to cast bta lot in with me* where it hung duriug the ensuing exercises. A rude table placed near one of the central pillars served as a rostrum, from which short speeches were made. baggage prudence required, bo \ had tbe Chestnut saddled if) the lightest marching order- The day was hot, end I looked aekanoe at my trooper's boots with clumsily grained leather legs just topping the knees. I longed to put on a light pair, but here the angel of good fortune came to my relief. I thought at the possible days of separation from our camp baggage and of the probable mud, and happily drew tbe line at light boots. I have advanced to a garrulous and reminiscent old age on two legs instead of one by virtue of the spasm of Besides the specnlators with Confederate money the only citizens who ever visited ns were Sisters of Meroy, who came with grapes and other delicacies for the sick and brought ns only news we had of the enlisted prisoners confined in tha outskirts of the city. {ty yellow fever broke out among our guards and was the immediate cause of our hasty transfer to Columbia, for which destination we left Charleston on Oct 4. We were unexpected gpesta $1 Columbia, insomnoh th«t the indignant provost marshal at first refused to receive or receipt for us. We were kept in the bo* cars in 'which we had made the journey ft!) pight until 6 o'clock of tye following morning, turned o\tf into, a pouring r«iq. A telegram had been sent to Hillsbora the night before for ft company of padeta to opr. Charleston guard. These fads arrived in the morning, resplendent in new gray uniforms, paper collars and white glove®. These natty little military freshmen, big with the importance of their duties, seemed to eftjoy themselves at first, but as the rain began to wilt their collars they grew irritable and bloodthirsty. One of the youngsters succeeded in distinguishing himself by the commission o? a brutal and wholly inexcusable assault Lieutenant Clark, why wft9 negotiating with a negro woman for a none of corn bread on the qptskirt* of pur party, was run through, the bC«y by the bayonet of &U. irate ©adet, who stepped two paces from his position fo» Offer to reach his uncfifiscfcjm The soene at that moment remains an indelible picture in my mind, and one hardly pamtable from a national standpoint Crossing the knoll over which the dnsty turnpike led to the field, small groups of stragglers and slightly wounded men la bine scraave uniforms were offering themselves, with no intentional generosity on their part, as targets far the bitumen clad Confederates grouped at the bridge. The gun teams, brilliant In soar let saddle blankets and polished brasses, were swaying against one mother, the captain's horse and mine frantically plnnging against the others. The Confederates, who for the moment dominated the situation, had no time to gather the helpless skulkers or even to secure {testable saddle horses, »nd marching me with a few other prist oners taken. pn the road they speedily left back fa) the direction from which they had pome, abandoning the gun; Which they had fairly captured. After we, got into the woods one of piy guards generously offered me a (brink from hia canteen of whisky, Which | gladly accented, as I was weak With heat and from loss of blood. When we reached the turnpike in the rear of the Confederate line, I was helped up onto the box of an ambulance beside the driver, who was very young and greatly excited"Doggone hot place back thar, mister. Sever sefln ambulances in such a hot place befo'. Thar was two shells xime a-fiyin down this yer road. Made as git, show 'nuf. Beckon that thar nigh mule got mighty near his last calL Look o' that thar trace, mister. Don't foo 'km that was .a close shave for a unlet" There was a small back yard, to which the prisoners repaired in the daytime, and I had so far mended as to crawl down there when the first troops arrived in Lynchburg. If I remember rightly, they were some regiments of General Breckinridge's oommand. We heard the drums outside on their arrival, and several of tbe musicians oame into the yard. The noise of oheering and singing finally attracted so much attention outside the stockade that a corporal's guard was twice sent in to quell the disturbance and capture the flag. Finally the officer of the day, backed by a body of guards, appeared on the scene and demanded the surrender of the flag. Lieutenant Colonel Thorpe of the First New York dragoons was speaking at the time, and turning to the Confederate officer saCd: IDAT'C COURT NEWS.' The fuy moon was rising above the evergreens on the high ground to my left, and the muffled forms of the guardft in that direction loomed dark against the soft, misty light. The sandy road lying between me pnd my would be executioners was white and terrible to cross. There were ten chances of death to one of escape, fcut I took no thought of the awful nine. I noticed that the two guards who met opposite to my hiding place after separating walked their short beats without looking back. 1 mast take my chances with the other sentinels to the right and left, half a dozen of whom might see me. Every moment the moon was growing blighter. Gliding from the shadow of the pines, I shot across the belt of soft sand and threw myself upon the ground in the coveted field 50 feet beyond the line of sentinels. A Verdlet or Gallty la the Bvant Assault Th* mm of John Cardan and Lake Golden, the young men of tUa city who an charged with aasauMng Mrs. Cornelius Evum several months ago, wm given Into the hands of the jary at foar o'olook Friday afsrnoon. The jary had not arrived at a verdict op to the time of adjournment of court, but did so latter In the sveofog Oa Saturday, Immediately ipon the convening of oonrt, I- AS « • . - Twelve o'clock, noon, ra .be ««— aet tor the oeremony, and at jn'ecieey that moment the wedding party entered the parlor, Oppenhelm'* orcheetra playing Lohengrin ■» wedding march. The bridal oonp'.e atood beneath the arch of evergreen, and there took the marriage tows. Her. William G 8tmp»in, piator of the W«at PIttiton llethodlst Kpiaoopal Ohnrcb, waa the officiating olargyman. The rltnal of that ehnroh, with a ring, waa used. Aa the oeremony ended, a ahower of orchldf and 1111m of t D« valley, whloh had baei hidden in an evergreen bell above, fell npon the wedded conple, a pretty Incident of % pretty ceremony. Tho most unique character in our midst was a German naturalist who had been captured in the mountains for a spy, whom tbe ignorant soldiers alleged to have found Jiyiug c*n snakes and lizards. By his pwn statement he was a pupil of the great Humboldt and a victim of the pursuit pf soienoe ju a conntry without a German pousnl. The old man was plad in a tunic made from a prudence that checked tbe career of my "Lieutenant, please say to Captain Gibbs that the flag is the property of the prisoners and will pot be surrendered." vanity an that May morning. I joined my new battery (D of the First New York) on the march, and before night of the next day I was a prisoner in the bands at the enemy, wounded fa) the bootleg and put to tiDe bone on the pelicate anatomy of the knee under the stout leather that fended off the biOL By midday pq May 7 the Orange turnpike, like all the other roads leading into the wilderness, was crowded With artillery, the nature of the ground to front admitting only the employment of infantry. The right of our line of battle rested on this road, a small body of infantry being deployed in an open field north of the pike. Early in the afternoon General Warren and staff were mounted In the edge of the woods eloae to the head of the artillery oolumn. the veidlet wu handed In. Ik deolared the young mm guilty of the crime •Surged againat them. Garden and Qolden were la the eourt room when the verdtet waa read, ani thay were immediately called by Judge Woodward for aentenee. Whan ' aakad if they had anything to any why aawleooe ahonld no* be lmpoaed npon .hem, they made reply that ainoe thla waa 11 rat off-xiee - ' for Colonel Thorpe occupied at the time the honorary position of interior oommandimt, but his retort to the officer of the day cost him his position, as vjjl be seen by the following order i ' grainbag, gathered at the waist with a rope, and his shahby trousers had shrunk 'ar away from his coarse shoes. Ho wantered silently abpgtihp yard, picking up i leaf here and ft spear of grass there, examining each object with the minutest scrutiny. On this day he secured a 3fe from one pf the musicians and treated the yard to ft series of improvisations that confirmed the soldiers in their suspicion that he was a wizard. The old naturalist's large eyes hung forward under the fads at such a remarkable angle that I wondered whether this peouliar sonditlon had been induced by hunting among the leaves or was the result of long praotioe on the flute. C. 8. Military Prisov, » Macow, Oa., July 4, 1804. J SPECIAL OliDEHS NO. & First.—LicutcnantCoionel Thorpe is relieved from duty as senior officer of prisons lor violation of prison piles, and {JctiWant Colonel McCrary will c.Ruin assume that position. Beoopd.—Tfie samo order and quiet will be obaerved on this day as on any other* Third.—A disregard of this order fnftf Subject offenders to upplupeant ponseweaoea. Oeoiujk 0. Oibsb, Captain Commanding, During the latter part of July General Stoneman approached so near to Macon that the authorities became alarmed for the Bafety of the prisoners. On July 27 the first body of 600 officers was startod fur Charleston to be plaoed under the fire of the Morris island batteries in retaliation for tfe$ situation of 1,000 Confederate officers on 55en stockade' between Batteries' Greua and Wagner. The Second immediately, $nd the r«n»alpder of the 9»mp, yas sen? to Savannah. I went Tjvith' the first trainload to Charleston. We made the journey iu box oars, two guards being stationed in each of the open doors, and 00 our WVival we were marched across the city to the jaiL [to aa e imaum ] DEATH OF DK. UNDERWOOD. | The bride waa attired In a beautiful gown [ of white Doohene eatin, trimmed with ex qalaifc point laee ud pearl*. The bridal ▼ell wh of tall, and wm oaught up with orange bloeeoma and diamond-, the latter bring the groom'* gift to the bride. The their they hoped - leniency. _ The Jndge then ennteinni eeoh of the prteooete to spend (oar yeeti and nine month* In the Beetorn Penlten- PMMd PMMftdly Away at Tea O'clock This Moralog Dr. Gideon Underwood is dead. He passed aw*y at his home oa South Main s rest at ten a. m. January 80. His entire family were around his bedside when the end came. He had been in feeble health for the past year, but had been tble to get around and visit his patients nearly all of the time. T#o week* ago he was taken ill and shortly a'terward took co his bed. Several times during his fatal tUnsas he rallied, whieh gave the family tisry,.and they «m remanded to jail. The verdict b generally regarded m e righteous one, and the young men can oondder themselves In iky In getting off with •o light a sentence in view of the enormity of the crime of which they were oooriotud.One morning we were both lying In bed. Tije stairway came up through an ppening in the center of the room. Bepond it on the floor was a pile of pars af oorn. Wo heard the door open at the foot of the flight We heard the tread of heavy boots on the stairs, accompanied by the rattle of spurs and the clank of a saber. The black wool hat of Cart Brandon, adorned with yellow worsted oord and tassels, appeared above the landing, and gradually the entire figure of the cavalryman came into view. Bach day Mrs. Brandon's Bon; whrfrOae with ;6f1partisan Alien, naC^ fisited the hdose for born, and possibly, ne had taken his meals iq the fOop) be'-, low. Bach day pjip Jiad taken oare tq SIPply him wi& corn, end po this Pee*' on she did her best to keep him below itafai, He was a big, awkward boy and regarded us with a speechless stare as bridal bsuquet 00added of white orchids and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor w le Miss Batter worth, of Philadelphia, whose o:stume wai oompoaed of white organdie, over white taffeta «llk, with Valendennee laoe. Her bonqurt was oompoaed of bride's roeee and liliee of the : valley. There were two bridesmaids—ICtas Across this road ran a narrow strip of pasture hemmed in by woods, except .. for a short distance in front of the staff, where the opposite ridge as effectually covered the line of battle. The smoke of the musketry was drifting out of the woods and rising above the field to the right Through the center of this strip of pasture land ran a dry ditch, over 008TAHX0 BETTZNCKD. CHAPTER IL Giovanni Costanao, the Plttston Italian who pteadei guilty early in the week to the charge of murder in the seoond degree for having dibbed to death William DangeHo, a fellow oouutryman, on Spring ■treat, this city, in December last, waa called for eentenee this morning. The Judge said that in view of the fact that the murder re- * suited front a quarrel the •en'enoe would ha lighter than it would have been u ider other condlttona. He than sentenced Ooetaos) tc eight yean and six months' imprisonment in the Ksatern Penitentiary. In the unsavory prison at Lynchburg I found only one Federal officer, also a second lieutenant in a zouave regiment from Rochester, Lieutenant 'Shannon. When We hAd boon si' week together in that dwarmirig hive, wo were tqkeu ont to join a trainkiad pf floq an listed men fhetFflinoousisted pf six pat tie «w*»—open cages of each of which 50 men were locked for a journey of a week The Confederate officers and train guard* occupied the red cftboost* at the rear of tht A8 »« suitable inelosure could be found for us in Columbia, we were marched across the Broad river to an abandoned field two miles south of the city. Here, without tents or shelter of any kind, exoept such as we could 000- struet with our blankets, we were abandoned to the weather, which fortunately was pleasant during the first month of our stay. The fine bushes overgrew this field were. #OQA V*ed up for fuel, after whV?bv two hours each guard line was extended •o as to take in an extensive piece of pine woods. We were furnished with axes during these chopping hours and enoouraged to cut and carry fuel into camp. I Julia Dtvenport, of Plymouth, sister of the groom, and Idas Cramer, of PhUadel phla. Bath were attired in light pink satin mon BtiMae.de sole, with white moassellne de sole bodloe, and oarriad bouquets of pink mermet roeee. Toe flower girls—'he lllaeee Jean Grey Law and Margaret Beyea —wore white silk mull over pink silk, and carried b raqiete of white carnations. The groom and his beet man, Ward Davenport, of Plymouth, won Prince Albert eoate. The u«btta were Harry Sohooley, of Weat Plttston, and Girton Smith, of Plymouth. dope that he would reoover, but it was but for short Intervale, when he would again relapse into his former condition. He was oonscious up to about four hows before he died and at that time spoke to those around him. A few minutes afterward a ohange for the worse set in. He then beoamennoonseious and appeared to be sleep ing. In this condition he passed peace fully away. Tae cause of his death was liver trouble He wee seventy-six years of •ge the third of last D osmber and is the last o' his family. While the family were I prepared for the worst, the great affi otion I they have been called upon to undergo is nonetheless severe. They realist they have lost a kind and loving husband and father. Of oonrse I apologised for my carelessness, not having been at the time icquainted with him or the mule, and sxptessed my siooere satisfaction thar had 'sustained nbftfrthet injury. X jpent' tnit' night shivering wound a linoky puard fire and to the morning pas brppght back to the neighborhood 4 Early's field hospital, at Parker's i (tore. Whoever Parker may have been, lis store and tavern must have done a Mry small trade in its palmiest days, !ar the long, dilapidated strnoture was ■be only building In sight exoept a one itory house facing the stare, an whose loor I made my hospital bed. Disposed upon the hard flppp of this a erase I found. 15, perhaps ;^8( Wcrt&deS Eon "ofBderi Moist Were severely hurt had suffered a double amputation, desthe offloers the^ SWto the house as popW toil room, othara—b undreds of ihem—lay on the ground under the ►uruing sun. Surgeon Donley of the Pennsylvania Bucktails had been capaired, with his case of instruments. He Md beM to-re^lq'hlsiristru: . loqg enopgh tp perform the arn* ratations and dress the wounds pf the *$per» before they were borrowed by ihe authorities of the neighboring hospital. The poor fellows lying In the sun, woed to wait day after day for surgical lid, built roofs of shingles or tor* pff pfolothftig shelter thpfawai|«)4ft Wring the week that Z remained •here the atmosphere was hazy with the anoke of burning woods, and we lisenedto a ceaseless roar of musketry trlftlng fainter and fainter to the south. I vras soon hobbling about With a cane pd beftftnttpnoe to canvass the chances r? the prisoners wftS Lieutenant John V. Had ley of General Bloe'a staff, who had been brought in unoonaoiouB from bruises, hia horse having been shot under him while advaaofng the pickets. Lieutenant  was now Perfectly and said amei| fa £»y proposal to try to make our way to Washington by way of Kelly's ford. I exchanged my knife tar oorn bread. Lieutenant Hamilton gave us a map of Virginia, and Colonel Miller—of I have forgotten what New York regiment— supplied us with a compass. I  J«y«ett w|th ft stout tfick, which I used m both hands to myself along, as I oould bear so weight on my wounded leg or even touch my foot to theground. Our expedition being thus equipped, we waited until it quite dark, and giving the group of hospital ty?tsa wide berth found ourselves at last on the open turnpike. Thick woods came down to the road on each side, alive with Confederate camps. Most of the soldiers, jjad gone to bfd. but here and there w« oould sea groups sitting around fires and bear voloes talking and singing as we toiled slowly and cautiously along the road. The air was thick with smoke and heavy with the damp odors of the cool woods. which the turnpike passed by a plank bridge without rail or parapet The roar of musketry was continuous, and only far away to the right oould be heard an occasional discharge of artfl- With a view to the mora? support the voloes pf the big guns would have pn (he infantry, General Warren ordered • section to the edge of the woods on the left of the turnpike. As my command was the first one available, I mounted my driven, and, accompanied by the captain, we trotted over to the designated positions, the caissons following the guns. As I was subordinate for the time One side of the Charleston jail yard was formed by the inner wall at the workhouse. Over the rear wall oonld be. seen the roof of the Boperhospital Charleston contingent wCw distributed in, these oocupyipg the square, together with the huwUw hospital and the medical oollege. The pnly tree in the yard was a scraggy fig tree, which grew in one corner of the wall and had at the time of cmr arrival a few pnrple figs on its limbs. A tall gallows stood midway of the rear and near it an artesiaq, yreU supplied m with water for W« drank rainwater, as all the citiaeue did, and every roof and parapet in sight was thickly set with broken bottles to protect the unused watershed from the turkey bu%- Prisoners \frer$ * pew fad with the ChorlpetPtt authorities, and we began our eareer with very generons supplies. New A tents were pitched in white blocks for our shelter; fresh beef  furnished daily and camp kettles of shining tin were to the messes. Earned to boil rice without hurling in these tin kettles over open $res and to make light dumplings in OPT ICUp by serving the meal the moment die dumplings rose to the top. Some of the prisoners slept in the rear wing of the jail, and many ft night we who lay in tile tents below listened to tho voicve at the open windows singing Tramp," "John Brown'4 Body." "The Bed, White and Blue" and all the other patriotio songs. The three bodies of prisoners had no means, of communication with each other, bpt I was takon from the jailyajd to the hospital and on retuj-uiog was put for a short time iu the workhouse with Gen-9ruV Stoueman and party and removed thence to the Roper hospital; so that I had experience of all the quartern train, Lieutenant Shannon and I were taken into their company, as wore several of the severely wounded men. The officers and guards, who were from the front, treated Lieutenant Shanrapd Cfritk the utmost kind- UMA. *$» 'restraint was put upon us, and When tne train stopped for wood and watef yr? Wandered at will along fha track, observing the pitiful condition of the men. Even in the evening we strolled atiout the dilapidated stations unattended. In the cool of the afternoon we used .to climb on tq the roof of the cars and, fide ftvrars, enjoying *» th*» tram wound amour the red hUle pf Virginia or crawled on ft eftnaeway over the endless levels of the Carolina swamps. We passed through Columbia on a Sunday perched on thC roof, receiving the yellow swells of tht city, body In gloves and sill. (UD3DouHHmalds in gauzy blue ant. gutless white. . e lay quietly in bed, He kept himself tit a safe dffitauoe, fumbling his side :irms, until his mother appeared and explained the embarrassing situation.- Cort promised his mother before ItMVtgk W pre? In (ne bouse, bat on the next day '■0 came again and with, him fC q•ured cavalryman, p*aiuiued m* and to allow us another day on condition Lieutenant Hadley would give bis parole  Brightjind. early faexPrnomlng their horses Woro at tne door, with an extra one for me to ride Mrs. oach a ' blue p| Pnflfe SamHi make, of which had a good store. AU feet hospitality was given without the expectation of any reward, but having a |20 greenback left I was not disposed to be outdone in generosity. So we set forth wM pockets, Lientogap.t ffcjdtey walking in front of tne bwea, In the afternoon we were delivered to the authorities of General Longstreet's field hospital, which consisted of a congregation of dingy tents pitched at random on the hillside, I  under a panyas, and\ieptenant Hartley slept that night at my Ada. When we awpke in th.Q morning, we discovered that some enterprising Confederate bad dug under the tent and oonfis- C cated my forage cap, leaving an old gray one in place of it The obmI mm 3D of oongratnlatlona folowed the Mremony About 900 gneata were present, and all had pleaaant words and good wlahn for the happj oonple. fUpptneM reigned supreme, and the beantlfnl fl tral deoorationa and other rarroandinga prepared wth a lavish hand In honor of the nnptial event were enjoyed to the FATAL BAILBOAD ACCIDENT. BnkHua William Lawler, of Miner'* Him Kilted on thi D. & H. Road. A rerj Md accident oooarrad nader peculiar conditions OB Mm Delaware and Hadaon Railroad J an nary Slat, resulting in the death of William Lawler, a promtand highly respected yonng man of Ulnar's Milk. Lawlar waa employed aa a brakemaa on a ooal train. The e»w oC wUeh he wm a member vaa taking a train , of ooal rat of the Baltimore switch, between Vlikesbarre and Parsons. Lawler stood the wits*1 - snppoeed paaeed he seems, howtwo, and grade, His both ant off. andet the mother In months Mia Kate ady of Mill - him. Our rations consisted of two, vtyros item cornmeal, item, somhvtw molasses. The first was, Qoaree, ana the last was sow. The first was reasonably abundant and the last was unreasonably so. No implements for oooking were furnished to us, and we usually mixed tne meal with pJain water and made it into pancakes on halt canteens. being to my superior officer, I was not responsible for carrying the extra ptariages jnto limbo. »»?«)«* section had befen put In action pn tnf) knoll we left firing directly pn tq ttDe road fa) pont, if WPBW Wfan f»f fept amwng the pf the enemy coming up to re-enforce his left, and would have been in a position tadestroy with canister the Confederates wl)0 Same down Tne pasture and gathered pf t£5 ffthe ji»bew to the rear, but beeavse we were In a position to shoot our own Dr. Underwood was'the* oldest practicing physician in Luzerne county. He wu born at forty Fort, Deoemher % 1819, a eon of Qideon and Sank (Brown) Uaderwood, native* of Maaaaehnwtta and Pennaylvania, reap* lively, and among the pioneers of •he Wyoming Valley. He waa reared on a farm and educated in the public aohoola and In a private academy at Wilkesbarre He began the study of medicine In 1843, nnder Geo'ge WnrU, ol Kingston, and in 1840 waa graduated from the Geneva Medical College, Geneva, New York He at otioe began the praotlee of his profession In So ran tor, removing to N rthmorsland in 1848, and thence, In the same ytar, to Pittston, where he haa since resided. Dr. Underwood married, February 8,1848, Martha, daughter of Eliaha and Martha (Harding) Newman. Her father, born In 1791, lived to the age of one hundred and one years, and resided in Brad ford oounty. The laaue of this marriage waa the following children: Caroline, (Mrs. H. E Ooward); Helen M. (Mrs. Be v. J. A. Faulkner); Oharles 8., Sanford L , Edwin N, Walter 8. and George 1., of whom the three latter have died. During tl- e war Dr Uaderwood was assistant Burgeon of the Fjity-ninth Pennsylvania Volnntssrs. In politics he was a Republican.utmost. The gneeta found mooh to Interest them In an upper room, literally filled My teotmate at this time was Adjutant 8. EL M. Byers, Fifth Iowa infantry, now well known as a magazine writer, then known in Camp pcrgniw as the author of the lyrio,  March to the Sea,"'which composition ultimately placed him snugly on the general's staff. Lieutenant Byers claims to have thus given the name to that piotaresqne march, which had previously been called Sherman's Georgia campaign, the Savannah oan&paign, eta Some time before left Charleston Lieutenant Sill had been sent, with several other officers, to Atlanta for exchange, and Byers and IP as his legitimate heirs, had come into possession of some shirts and a round of dried beef, the only items in a box from heme which bad escapea tne greea of the authorities.with gifts received by the bride. The unWpHuity and beanty of these bore eloquent testimony to the popularity of the bride. Prominent among the gifts were, a magnlfioent dinner eet of ?renoh Havi- at the raitah, sod when what htD ?lece being waa the end «f the train had deefgn; tt pped npoa (he track. It glaae, eaoh a erer, that the train had broken In with bra* the eeoond aeitlow oatne down the room anlte; rnanlng orer the brakeuan. aeveral leg* were broken aod one hand waa aaeete; a all- He waa alive when taken from * and cooks, oara, bat died at the home of hk "veebarre and Ptreona at 19:00 o'olock. Fifteei C unpen jr. ago Mr. Lawler wan married to artiolea made np Lavelle, a well known yonng . lire Davenport Oreek, who with one child eurrlree land China, of 100 pieoet, each „ hand painted la a different forty fine chjloe pieces of rat separate gift; a bad room ralta Eeu engaged on the crest of the wooded toll rising in front of us. I never saw At Angnnta we were taken from tbf train and corralled on a swampy room pasture in tbe outskirts of the town for the night. It and in $EWgU!X we were obliged to pouter oar beads under ooats and Itlaqketa to W-flpo the huge mosquitoes Whioh bummed incessantly about us. In the morniug Lieutenant Shannon's bands were pnffed up like pinenshions, while mine came ont n day later in hard, white lumps which for a week. * Vfceit the train reachod Macon, Go., Lieutenant Shannon and I were sent under guard to Camp Oglethorpe, a short distance outside the city. A stockade 16 feet high, constructed of upright planks, surrounded tbe prison pen, and four feet* from the top, this barricade was encircled « board walk, from wWeii the armed guard looked down upon the interior. A massive plank gate, under an archway, on which was painted in black letters "Camp Oglethorpe*" swung open at our approftek, and arriving at the inpw eidc'wo were instantly I Surrounded by a multitude of ragged [officers, mostly barefooted, with unkempt hair and beards and looking altogether unlike the official company we expected to Bee. Theory of "Fresh fish!" rang vuruugu ui« nut-nautt, uiiu an were eager to hear the news from tbe outer world. b a mahogany dining a parlor enite; a French cabinet; the captain again, as I presently started tb«» I have arrived at the event ef my capture and the loss of my guns, the question arises as to how muoh truth 1 shall tell and how much sup- ohoioe pictures; three direr rer salad eet; several lam] and a $000 bond of the Wyoming Valley Traction Theee and a hundred other WILLIAM HENRY SHELTOR. an array of gifta of whieh may justly feel proud. The bride not only reoelved gift#, bat a bo remembered each of her attendants with bean lful peirl wreaths. The groom's glfta to the groomaman and the ashen were stlok pine oompoeed of a pearl and emerald battle axe. LBHIGH TiLLIT CHANGES. At Mbcod tho »tocknde had been an insurmountable barrier; at Charleston our parole bod been equally restraining. I was restless enough at all times, even on starvation rations, but high feeding on dried beef, with tho open fields in full view, speedily renewed my ambition for travel. Oatslde Fomui H. 8. M«rcur Beelgns nd hfMi Promotion* E—It. I here parted with Hadlev, who is now, (i grave judge en the bench. 1 had for a few days a tentmate in the person of a wounded Confederate soldier. After his cheerful company was withdrawn the days pass- H. 8. Manor, outside foreman for the Lehigh Valley Goal Company, at their Heidelberg No. 9 colliery, haa resigned hie position to aeoept a more lucrative one near hla old home In Palladelphla. Joaeph Wintle, foreman at the Heidelberg No. 1 oolUery, will take Mr. Manor's plaoe, and Oharlae Smith, from the Henry oolUery, Fort Bowkley, haa be*n promoted and will take Mi. Wlntle'e position aa outside foreman at Heidelbsrg N j. 1. The oollatlon was moet dainty, and waa served in good style by Mrs Hoohreitsr, of Wilkesbarra. During the earring, Oppenheim's orchestra of foor pieoes, ensoonoed In a bower of palms and other potted plante beneath the stairway, entertained the company with exquisite mode. On a Sunday morning, scarcely more than a week after our arrival at Columbia, Lieutenant By ere and I, in the morning chopping hours, concealed two tin cupa and two blankets under a heap of brush, which, if we failed to reach that night, wo could easily reclaim the next day. We seem to have been confident of gettiug out, for we doubled our woolen shirts and stowed a supply of dried be«( between those garments above t,he belt- About 4 o'clock we staged out io prospect Between the hours of 9 in the morning and 0 in the evening the guard line on the west face of the camp was so extended as to take in a stream of cleur water, thus including during the day a considerable area which was outside the camp at night. We observed a number of prisoners cutting down a large pine tree near the water, which iPOK full with a loud crash. As the trimmed off the thick boughs and heaped them together we also observed that several of the party disappeared under the mass of pine needles. If undiscovered, these officers would be ontside the guard line after the 6 o'clock contraction, and when it became sufficiently dark they could emerge from their hiding place free men. SJ. -t. * ill 11 rt I2 y AtABAM A i gen»\marrenon 1RIC.CE IN REAR IN I have no recollection 4 went to a hospital or of anything that transpired there, but the Journey across the city \yHh jay guard was a walk never to be forgotten. King street was the  business street and led from the water front across the town, for the first mile the shot s and the houses were barred dotted- Here and there a oornioe Was erushed in by a sholl, the dooryards were choked by a rank growth of bushes, and in the ".tosh fit rests the tbin blades of green grass were sprouting thickly among the cobblestones. As we got farther from the range of the Morris island guns we occasionally saw an open store doof- opening into darknoss and silenoe. The Roper hospital wus much the more dcsiruble quarters, standiug in grounds filled with tropical plants and having an unobstructed outlook in front across the burned district to tho harbor. Along the Quoon street front wo were only restrained by an ornamental iron fence, and on account of tho woakueea of this barrier wo were required to give ptor individual paroles, which wo willingly did, for, although we were nominally under fire, wo were actually in a paradise for prisoners. In the death of Dr. Uaderwood the community loeee one of its moet useful and valuable.clt z ns, oae who was ever ready to respond to the appeals of the affl oted. In thierespect none will mlae him mire than the poor with whom he had many dealings, taking etre of them frequently without any thought of remuneration. Only kind words oan be heard 00 all sldee for the departed. . * Mr. and Mrs Davenport left on the 8:80 Lehigh Valley train on a wedd ng tour, intending to spend the greater part of their honeymoon at Virginia Beaeh and Old Point Oomfort Upon their return they will take np their residence for the preeent with Mrs. Davenport's parents on Luaerne avenue, owing to the ill health of Mrs. Oake. Death Of Horn. John Jack ton. Hon. John J tokson, one of Wyoming oooBty'a most prominent residents, died on Tuesday evening at hla home near Lagrange, aged 85 years He waa born in the honae where he passed away, and was a farmer all hla life, though far above the usual atandlng of men of his elaas In eduoafon and bueinees qutllfloationa. In 1848, at, the age of thirty seven, he was elected Sheriff of Wyoming county. Thirty years later, at the age of sixtyseven, he was eleeted to the Legislature. He waa a member of Temple L?dge, 248, F. & A. M , of Tunkhaonook. One son, Napoleon B. Jackson, survives him. press. Sincerity at statement, without regard to personal oonspquence, may. if® H8 ' for a mild |orm of' insanity, but nevertheless I toil1 disposed to descrilie the whole scene yfithopt fear or fpvqr. The American mldier on sea and land has won too sigh a reputation for devotion to bis Bag to suffer from the exposure of s condition which every military man Understands. The doctor wm a aioeeie Christian man. fie had been a member of the Broad street u E Ohnroh since his coming to Pittston, and haa always been active in chnroh work having been a tin tee of that congregation for a great many years. He was also a member of the Knlghta of Pythias, Odd (fellows and G. A. B. soolet ee He was president ot the Board of Hospital physicians and was ao'ive In all work that was for the good of his fe The field we oconpled had been formerly a fair ground, and in the center of the inolosure stood a big one story bpifcling which had been the gpral hall in other days. this on three fifcs fUld well within the dead line was a row of sheds, roofed with pine boards, nnder each of which were bunks for 100 men. The fourth side was occupied by the sinks, to reach which we crossed the narrow stream that supplied us with water. BOWMAN WILL MOT HANG. HI* Sentence Commuted to Imprisonment far Life. William Penn Bjwman, the boy murderer of Wllkeabarre, oonvioted of killing an Arabian teddler, will not be hanged, hie attorneys having succeeded bj meana of the oonfeaaion of Bowman's pal, Metager, that it was he (Hetager) who did the shooting, in aeonrtog from the Board of Pardona, the commutation of hla sentenee to imprisonment for life. The Wllkeebarre Record says that the authorities will In all probability in due course of time make Bowm tn's sentence the same as that of Metayer who received eighteen years. Mounting with difficulty after the funs had left,* I came up with the oarover which we bad crossed as we advanced. I had been too much occupied with my personal difficulties to Bee why the guns had kept off the on the turf. I had not seen my men l£»ve, nor did I know where they had gone. If I had seen the enemy approaching the bridge, I must have mistaken them far miOwp*jpen. ihad certainly seen nothing from which 1 wan tempted to run away. After we had passed through the belt timber Qnd Placed pushes safely beyond tb* neighborhood of the camp we mond more freely, but we never ventured to speak above a whisper. We were constantly rat the alert to disoover the Inevitable picket before he discovered us. When, far In front, we saw a lew sparks blowing across the roadbed, we knew that we had located him, and ollmbing through the fence into tha field ira took tc( the wet grass until w« had passed far beyond his dangerous neighborhood. By the time 1 reached the bridge where 1 had been captured the moon had risen. A pile of dead horses marked the place where I had been taken. On the third day of my captivity I had seen my brass 19 pounders go book past the hospital and had been told fhat they Jjad regained tweet} the pickets until all but one of the 24 team horses had DIAUKAM OF SITUATION AT CAPTURE. ed woarily, waiting for the three meals of fried bacon and hot biscuits. As soon as I could get out I hobbled across the field to a one story building fronting a road leading from the battlefield, where I found several Michigan officers. The poor people the neighborhood were busily engaged gathering clothing, and their rude ox carts, loaded with overooats and blankets, frequently passed the porch where we sat, stopping to water their cattle at a spring opposite. The onrtH were usually conducted by tall women whose hands were protected by long sheepukin mitts. TRACTION CO.'B TEAS. DmU of Mrs. Ooarsd Hub. At the time of our arrival there were 1,600 Union officers (it pomp Oglethorpe. General Alexander Shuler was the only general officer in the camp, and by virtue of his rank was accorded a sort of interior command. The ranking officers and such as by influence or precedence had secured the privilege had their quarters in floral halL Some of tho old prisoners, who fancied contact with the earth was a panacea for scurvy, burrowed under the central building. Among those who were quartered in the woa a squad of brilliantly uniformed naval officers who had been captured by cavalry on a cruise up the Rappahannock. These gentlemen walked a bout* in suits of spotless duck, and their mess was abundantly supplied with the fresh vegetables of the season. Receipts and Expense* for 1895-Balance The many friends of Mrs. C Dnrad Haub, wife of the well-koown North Main street hotel keeper, will be surprised to learn of her death, which occurred *t about ten o'oloek Saturday morning She was taken ill one weak before with inflammation of the bowels, while she alio had heart trouble, and gradually grew worse ustil the end came. Her age waa 48 years. Mrs. Haub waa well and favorably known, principally among the German peop'e, for her kind deposition and hoepitallty. Her husband and four ohlldren survive, the latter being, Jaoob, of California; Oioar, Miss Rjee and L'zsle. Over a Hundred Thousand. [Wilkeebarre Record.] Outside thin fence all ilay, from the arrival of The Courier, printed on the reverse side of a sheet of wall paper, for 25 cents, to the going dojvw of the Run a row of oolored es|*w»od and cried their warea Eggs wore $9 a dozen, butter ftt a pound, wntfruiolona from $8 to $ 10 and $18 upicoc. Soiuo old aUnties in highly colored turbans sold boiled shrimps, others shrimp pies, sweet potato pones, goobers, yuius aud nil the delicacies of the market, ilougiug over the fence was nlwaytt a row of ragged officers with empty pockots gazing longingly \Dpon the tempting edibles. At this time a Confederate dollar had abont the purchasing power of 8 cents, and the Charleston bankers sent their hi to tno prison to sell the bine bills to the Yankees at the rate of four for one, taking their pay in gold note* to be sent through the lines for collection. Blank notes wer* distributed and when filled out by priswers and signed were cashod by the speculator, who relied entirely on the honor of the party of the seoond part in the transaction. Some waggish fellows took advantage of the situation, one officer signing a draft for a large sum, "A oow." The Roper hospital consisted of a central brink bnildinir three stories biirh. Accepting this brilliant suggestion, Lieutenant Byers and I promptly crawled under another brush heap, where we lay sweltering for an hour or more awaiting the change in the Hue. When that event took place, tho guard walked directly to the pine tree top, and prodding the boughs with their bayonets drove out the concealed officers. Straightway from nearly every brnsh heap on the hillside one or more United States officers emerged tuid retreated into camp, Lieutenant Byers and 1 foremost among the discomfited. Reoelpta from operations daring 1895, $151,941.41; operating ezpensea, $309,599 - 67; fixed oharg«a,$108,005 23; olaima, insurance and tax**, $30,934 06; interest and disoonnta, $5,274 69 Total ohargee, $343,- 814 25; balance as profit, $108,187 19. The annual meeting ot the stockholders Df the Wilkeebarre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co was held at room 69, Coal Rxohange, yesterday afternoon and the following were eleoted directors for the analog year: B. P. Myers, J. W. Hollentiack, J. J. Pattereon, Robert MoMeen, lohn Graham, B ojtmln Reynolds, Patricio P. Ruse, W. Q. Kno and S P. Light. The board organised last evening by elect* Ing B. P. Myers, of Harrlsburg, president, John Grtham treasurer and general manager, and W. G. Eno secretary. Toe president's report for ths past year lnoludad the follows: DECKER CASE NON-SUITED. Part of the Company Was Showa. The Ooutt Held That Mo Negligence on the The trial of the oaae of Oynthis Decker against the L high Valley Railroad Company, for $20,000 damages for the killing of her husband at the Water street Grossing in this city, a number of years ago, came to a sudden end in the Wyoming oounty court at Tunkhannook last week, when the jndge, holding that negllgenoe on the part of the company had not been shown, ordered a non-snft. As I arrived abreast of the gun teams at the ditah I noticed that one of the led horses was mortally wounded. I must have been dazed at the helplessness of my situation, left alone and utterly unable to extricate my guns. To do what I did was useless; nevertheless, I slippad to tbfi gropnd fading the wounded none, with my back to the ditch. I untoggled one of his traces at the collar, and as I placed my hand cm the other I was sharply ordered to surrender, and, turning about, I found myself looking into the muzzle of two revolvers in the hands of a large map with a bushy red beard. My captor was Lieutenant Colonel Swanson of the Sixty-first Alabama. | think {took § fatalist1* view of the situation. Be would either shoot me, or be wouldn't I was sullen and silent Be afterward said, and I have no doubt be believed, I was drunk {but, on the nntary, I was dreadfully sober. Big I loft this camp one evening with a trainload of wounded, crawliug at a snail's pace to Gordon sville. Considering that we lay on platform cars in the open air, we were not disposed to complain of the rate of locomotion or to grumble when the engineer halted the train to run back and pick up his oil can. From Qordonsville we were sent to Lynchburg and quartered in a brick hospital in the upper part of the town. Most of the inmates were officers and men of our own army, and we lay in a big airy room on clean cots provided with white sheets and woolen blankets. My next attempt a half honr later was more original in conception, more reckless in execution and more conspicuous in its ignomiuions failure. At the point where the inner guard line crossed the road leading to the water several hundred officers were wont to congregate at 0 o'clock to watch the posting of the relief. The gathering twilight favored my hastily oonceived plan. Prom a neighboring wood pile 1 selected a stick abont the leugth of a gun, and throwing a gray blanket over my shoulders to conceal my uniform 1 took my stand in the front rank of the spectators and awaited the arrival of the relief. When the guards halted at the poet in front of 1 shouldered my wooden sun and been shot down. The moonlight was not qnite strong enough to euablo us to see the face of our compass, so we captured a firefly and turned him loose under the glass, taking oare to shake up his phosphorescence as occasion required. Death of Patrick Joyoe. Standing by the eqtranee of floral ball the dav following my arrival, a smooth fooed youngster, his blue trousers rolled up from his bare feet and his woolen shirt gaping ufide at the throat, joined mp, introducing himself as Lieutenant Sill of General Butterfield's staff. I had recruited his brother the winter before at Rochester. Although we had never met before) we had a peculiar family acquaintance, a* Sr. Sill had often driven over to my father's place{rpw an adjoining county and told jne about his boys. I am thus particular In introducing Lieutenant Sill as he We are oalled upon to ehronlole the death of another old resident, Patrlok Joyoe, a highly respected resident of Railroad street. He passed away at his home last Friday at one o'clock of general debility. He waa sixty-seven years of age. Mr. J jyoe was well known, having been a one time street commissioner in Pittaton. Besides his wife he is survived by five dau {titers and three sons—Mrs. James Ooegrove, Misses Bridget, Mary, Agnes and Margaret, and Patrick, Joseph and Thomas Joyoe.  Hazleton'e Demand. From the Hasleton Standard The Pitteton Gazetti says: "A good card for aspirants to the office of oounty commissioner would be to make public announoemant of their position against the new oouit house soheme. The Gaebtt* is right, and any oandldate who will not make an announcement of this kind need ezpeet but lit le support from the lower end We want a new oounty above all i tnlngs, and to thoso who are against as liltte meroy will be shown on election day. It mnst have been about 2 o'clock in the morning when we lay down for a sleep qq the high ground within sound of the river. We awoke at and started across the open fields for the ford. Just before entering the water we were alarmed by a man shouting and running toward us. He was far away on the side hill, and he was evidently beakgplmtoua. We were taking np chances During the year there were expended on new piwei plant, oar barns and tTack oonstruotlon, $906,964 42; on new rolling itock, $100,491,81; total addition to property, $307,456 23 During this week General Hunter was threatening Lynchburg. There were no troops in the town. The negroes were strengthening the earthworks, but so little hope had the citizens of "holding the fort" that the merchants went ho*Pa During the year about nine million faree weie oolleeted.