[Prom the B'mgbapitoc Rf-piiblicau.] | LETTER EKOM OEAELEY WELL ’ ’ ' - "Vjr AsHriVcTosr, July 24, ifesj Dear Moinßß.k * >f * Since I wrote last, we have had one .>f the roost terrible ties ever fought in this,Country ; arid also , in which the 27th Regiment took a proini ! part, behaving nobly, and receiving enooini . from, those who have been in active servici I years. -j , | I The circumstances "pre these, . Last Sundays i morning, at 2 o'clock, we "took up our line ofi 1 march for Manassas, with between IO.OOOj and 112,000 men, and marched until about 10 o’clock! 1 a. u„,when, on emerging from a body of woods] 'we saw' the bayonets of the ehemy gleaming oq a distant bill, and making us believe that they! ; vrere on the retreat; at least, our General thought so, for be halted us and sent on the art • tillary to engage them, while we formed ia lioe| of battle. Our General (McDowell) ■not to fight until the next day, when Butler’s and Patterson’s columns would come up, ana together,-we would clean them out. Instead o| that, be ordered us right on—so on we went] for 'a few moments, when 'the cannon cotnf menced booming and-we started for tlie-batlle| 1 field on a double-quick, dodging the canned 1 balls and shell apd making for a stone hous| filled with-riflemen, who were picking off ouj officers..-' i ' 1 We had gone but little ways, when Hank Wheeler was shot by a rifle ball in bis foot. I had him carried] back. "On wo went, the rifle balls and grape fehpt making sad*, havoc in oujr ranks ; we took tijd house, and then commenced firing; on some fjegimonts of Alabama Riflo- men (how we didxpow thent down) when they showed the-Ameijjjan flog, and our Lt. Colonel galloped up, satd.-Ve ffero firing on our own troeps, ordered u<: to pease, and to form in ja column, back of fiiere, on a side hill, which wje did. They rallied, threw up a Secession' flag, and commenced fiyingion us, At the same time, a masked battery! op|ped,on us, and the way, the grape “''shot', flew i/was a caution. We re turned' the fire sintj|i our ammunition whs nearly wjj’en wo were* ordered (o repeat. . i, ■ .. * , In returning offer f(o hill, John Butler was shot dead, asswelras jylnsign Park,.of Captam Rodgers’ Company. [Hany fell’gmrtiiHly woup dcd. We rallied and’were marched down agajn hot the figlit di^loot sast much over powered by numbers,’we were forced to retredt. Then commonoo.- the^tn ost shocking barbaritifes that ever were ,|fi-tkietyited upon/ civilized ■ peo ple ; they bayotffetSedi'our wounded, fiicd iiito our ambulances* and ?tben rushed up and;cpt their throats. They blew up a building usfed as a Hospital r but you c.an imagine the rest.f— Our Compa'ny loss is 23. Cur Colonel was sh|>t, tmt as soon as hojgets well we shall have ven geance for these Atrocities. -- The enemy hat| a force of "0,000 men, commanded by Jeff. Danis, Geh. Beauregard aril| -Gov. Johnston, with a mile and a half of Oiir force engaged was about 10,0(10, commanded by Gen. Porter. .Our total loss vyas about 700 killed, aiid ab|ut 1500 wounded. ? .The Rebels bad 3,ooo.killed and about s,oo^'wounded; so you see howlwc fought. ib : ' ' I ° , s; ! ' , ( lam very well, indeed; did not receive a scratch, ®but limbs are very lame. performed a fetjij worth mentioning; commen cing at 7 O’clock A. M v Sunday, wo : maro|ied 14 miles, fought 7 hours ; on our retreat! to Washington, 4('./miles, .without .a mouthful-to eat —making , ?<2 houfa without . food ; and marched 01 (allies without sleep.’ We cduld hardly stir Foy three or four .days. They drew us on to a masked battery, nearly two miles l|ing >— but let theta beware, "C. A. Well|. -! f I A Bratei Yquih.-i—Capt, McCook, seventeen years old, waVa member of the 2J Ohio Rbgi-J ment, was Idh;as a guard to the hospital at Ceritrevillo, on (the 1 21at. One of the enenty’s cavalry dashed ujfon him and ordered hirl to surrender. The bravo youth, with fixed bnyo net, steady nerve, and cool bearing, reidied, “1 never surrender I”, The father,'Judge MtCbok, who had a!J t{ie day been arduously engaged in assisting and taking care of the wounjled, bringing them in fro™ the field, and that.jtou, at the imminent per]! of hisdife, was in the hos pital tent heyird tho order' to the son, and saw others of fue enemy’s cavalry peat by, rushed out/jagd spiking in a loud tone, “C|iar ley, surfendep,'for Cod’s sake, or you are Idst.” Charley furred to his father, and with ah the lion in his oojdntenence, replied, "Father, I will never surrender to n Rebel.” In a moment a ball pierced 1 bis spine, but he instantly dis charged his musket at the Rebel horsemartnnd laid him low in death, and then fell hirr self. The Rebels then undertook to drag him off, hut bis father rushed in and released him, aitd he died soon aftflr. General i-Roseobass. —Brigadier ! General "William 'S. jjßoaeorans, who succeeds 2f.ij..r General McElellan, in command in AA’chtmi A r irgiriia, is'lfrom Ohio. lie entered thejAJrU i-tary Academy at AVest Point, in- 183t| Smi graduated iofflB42, receiving an appointment , as second UlVitenant in the engineers. Hb was acting Asshiant Professor of Engineering at .AVest Pointijjrora-Sept. 1843 to Aug. 184tl; of Natural anCjSspemmental Philosophy, tIA suc ceeding yearij ;again of Engineering for a|year, and • Assistant Professor till 1847. He was commission^!.first lieutenant in March, j1'853, and resigned in 1854, since which time he haS been until the breaking out cf the ■ war this spring. He at once offered his servi ces,to the gtSsjernment, and he was assigned an j Misitlon under Major Ocnerdl Mc sdplellani wjiol requested his appointmen ; as a iiian in wbq*a be bad ibe highest confidence. His conductin the late campaign ini AVistern Virginia-eholws that this confidence wis not misplaced. General Rosecrans la abodt 40 • years qf a£e; s f--L s ■ . 5- •- , 1 What iX Soldier member bf the New-York 2od Regiment sends us an account of in tbs battle of Sonjayt and, after describing-the events of the day,j as al ready narrated in l our columns, adds l j “ Nothing could exceed the daripg if the Fire Zouave’s. They attacked the enemy time and again, fighting with butts off muskiets. or anything (that was bandy. Some! of t'lje Fire Ztidaves went hunting Rebels on tjhefr own ac count, angkept tally of how manylthby logged. Some hai|as high as fifteen or twintkunptohed on a stielg One young fellow of| the l*ft Cali fornia Eigiment, named Sinclair, (p'cnftrated tha enemy’s batteries, but soon left, asjic was spotted ihe riflemen. He pawled through the grass,half a mile, and shot'll horse on whom WaS an officer who was potriled out to him as Gen. Beauregard. Hesjayt bd aimed' at tha Babel’s heart; bat a stone h}s knee rolled from under him, lowering' Uis aim, shooting the horse in the throat,lfW/Zny/o;, Star. ! , , ' ! THE AO H ATCH. HUG H TO UNO, jEDITOB i, PROPRIETOR. you bat one WELLSBOBOUGH, PA., WEDNESDAY CORNING, AOG. 7,1861;- i urns ii fori to otfis jPßisttva. Thiai number of the Agixatoe closes the Seventh Year of its existence. ! We deem this a! fitting tijmC to say a few words in our own behalf. ! For the past ihijee months—ever since our Local Editor, Mr. Ramsdell, volunteered for the war—we have bodiless help in; the office than we need ; nevertheless we havemore help even how than wo can Swell pay foil. For this rea son, we have not paid such strict attention to our mailing books as we should have done, and we hove allowed mjany sifbscrijjtibns to be con tinued over the tilde for which [they were paid. All subscribers-knpwing themselves to be thus indebted will oblige us by remitting the amount due, or by paying the same jto our Agent in their locality, who!has been furnished with thfe amount due by each subscriber, and the time when each subscription expires. Those in debted to us for Job work or| advertising are requested to immediate payment. We make this appeal at thvsllime for several reasons. These limes of busihess prostration Rave fallen particularly hard Upon the country press. Our legal; and other advertising—the' very life-blood of jthe country newspaper every where—has fallen off,; and amounts now to little or nothing. Our receipts hade not exceeded $lO any week sirce the first (if May, and yet the paper-maker las to he pn(d as promptly, and our workmen want their images every Sat --urdny as regularly as in the blest of times.— H Qut cash expenses, amounting; to $25 a week, I have to be met. It is plain therefore, that ours, I just now. is a losjng business, i It never was a I paying business at best. We; are content to 1 work without prrifit, but wo ape not content to 1 bear this weekly loss just for fjhe aeeommoda- ! tion of others, >Ve shall nexji week strike off the names of nil wjjio art) in arrears and send their'account to thejiAgcnt for collec tion. This will (Jhlige u s to stirike a good many names from oUr Subscription list. But there is no help for it-4-necessity demands it. We would willingly (continue on in the old way, if we'Wcta doing business as in the old times. But the long anil the short of it is, money is now entirely too 1 scarce an article to buy blank , paper with, to print upon, and then give the i sheet away ; or, wbat is nearly as bad, wait j one or Two years for our pay. j The following gentlemen will act as our Agents; J vs. E. Taylor'....: Elossburg. Lewis E, Smith ...Covington. Dr. C, V. Elliott Mnnrficld. 11. 5. JlASn.vcsi .....Stony Fork. O. A. Smith , .....Gaines. T). K M u’.sh a...Marshfield,' Jnsrru Dunlin ..Sliippen. Rev. K. L. Stillwell lf ,..Charleston. , J. C Witter ;....atainsbucg. \Vji, Gaurf.tso),-...., Tioga. . p, S. 5h0ve....1 (.Chatham. •Lafayette Gray..! ,i„. Sullivan. Pit. Rose i.... 1 ,I... Rutland. L. Dvri-Tm;. Jn .- Lawrcncevillc. O. 11. Et.AirnAjm).,... Nelson. W. K. Miti nvili ..(..Mitchell Creek. Gto D. Ketnev .....Mhlcllcbury. Isaac Pi.axk-, < Brookfiidd. Dr. MaNalgiiioi J.,..lVesi field. A. A Amsbrt.., Clamor. .1. C. Whitt uern ...Elkland. Victor C vsn A.. Knoxville. - A. I)tiiKLß „.. fo..rnion. 0. E. Wells i..i.....Daggetts Mills. Shkffep. .Liberty, Cci- Eossard.* (~.Osceola. ig®* We have received a copy cf the New York ])<tj Booh, asking us to give it a favorable notice! for which it proposes to give us an ex change. Wh wish to have'no intercourse what-, over with traitors, and so we beg to decline the offer. We believe that every man who takes it is a deep dyed traitor, a rebel at heart, and aught to bo watched hy every man who loves his country. This infamous and dirty thing—so vile that no decent roan ought to touch it except with -a pair of tongs —stands to-day in the city of New York a monument of the -forbearance of the, loyal l masses, and their respect for (he freedom of speech and ofJ< tlic press. VTt think that (his forbearance has at last ceased to he a virtu#, and that the Gov ernment ought to stop it for'the present. I f - figy* A friend in Uelmar! Township, permits us to make the following extract from a private ietier from New Orleans, July 23, 1861. ‘•The news reaching here of the immense force the Federal Government is bringing into .the field, has somewhat cooled the ardor of those who presumed that they hflti nothing to do but to appear in Virginia anti the Union troops would scatter and run. ,], Our people have now lifjeome they have made a great n),jstako in hurrying matters to the extent they .have. But now hav ing crossed the Rubicon, atid taken the respon sibility, they mustnbide - result.” This cxkract only confirms other advices of the same sort. When thejjtmw terror-stricken minority of Union men sbtjll have the right to speak (which will be only iff hen they are pro tected by’the old. Stars anjt(Stripes again) there will be many a sad and tefribla story to be told of the misery and wretchedness produced by this secession madness. i’l J&g- It is all right enough for religious news papers to Write leaders about the fact that the late battle of Bull’s, Run was fought on Sunday, and to draw' morals therefrom. Some of our secular exchanges are dp2ng the same thing, which, we think, is ratbefimt of place fur them. Waterloo and Solferino, ajje proud names in the history of tbe nations which achieved victories there, and bolhi these battles were fought on Sunday. In war times Itbcre is no Sabbath, and we venture to say that had our arms been successful tn the late battl i, no word of remon strance would bare been j spoken in regard to the day upon which the battle was fought. “It THE TIOG A COUNTY A‘GIT A TOR. is lawful to do good on the Sabbath;*’ and if trying jto conquer the barbarous rebels was not doing good, then onjght the Commanding Gen eral tb stand reproved. The day was probably not chosen just because it was Sunday, and at a time when confidence needs to be restored, and new hope and courage inspired, we think such petty fault-finding entirely wrong. One religiohs newspaper— Christian in ielligbnixr~with more zeal thiln Wisdom, says that we were beaten because the battle was on Sunday. How was it With the rebels? Hid they fight and tern on Sunday ? If “we had not the Lord’s blessing on our side,” had they ? The Eeinforcementa from Pennsylvania. On: Sunday evening 21st ult., says the Har risburg Telegraph, 4 requisition was received by Gov. Curtin, from the Secretary of War, to for ward to Washington, as speedily as possible, all of the reserve corps that were ready for ac tion.' Immediately orders were issued, and the movement commenced. The troops in camp at West Chester, Easton and' Pittsburg, immedi ately began to prepare for a movement to Camp Curtin, where they were fully equipped and armed, and at once forwarded, to Washington. Thus, since Monday last, gathering tba-4roops from these distant points, assembling ’them at- Ilarfisburg, and furnishing them with necessa ry clothing and arms, nearly jßlevcn Thousand Meitt in the very best order and discipline, have been forwarded to Wasbingtpp-’city, and are. now in active service. Beside these ten regi ments thus forwarded this week, there were five other regiments that bad gone futwatd before these had started on the march, so that Penn sylvania has now some sixteen thousand fresh fighting men in the field. In addition to these, the War Department has made another requisition on the Governor for ten other now regiments, to which we may add two more that aro organizing" independently of any requisition. Those are filling up very fast, from the returned men, the vcry.best of whom are re-enlisting. When these are full, and we predict their organization in less than a month, Pennsylvania will again have at least Thirty Thousand Fighting Men in the field. THE BABBAHISM OF SLAVERY. I When Sumner delivered his great speech in , the United States Senate on this .subject, one 1 short year ago, the representatives of the Slave Power in that body, cowered like whipped dogs 1 before the lash of his eloquent argument. Every friend’ of humanity who heard him—and the Senate Chamber was filled as it never was filled before—rejoiced that there was one man, un- 1 awed by his sad experience of its brutality, who feared not to bearp the lion in his own den. Bnt Sumner’s argument is not needed now, I noble as It was—ss it is—as it will over remain. We have now illustration’s now, facts which sick j en the soul. The Tribune of last Sunday, prints 1 a letter from Washington, which we reprint on ! our first page. We ask all to read it, and re . member that these facts are authenticated. We I remember that the Tribune refused to publish ! Sumner’s Speech, and dismissed it with a heart less paragraph. Why ? Because the Tribune was afraid to consider this question of barba rism then ; was afraid that public opinion would not sustain Sumner; afraid of the bowlings of the Democratic Pro-Slavery Press ; afraid of, I the “mad dog” cry of abolition. But things have changed since then—since one short year ■ ago. The Tribune faces the question of barba-: I rism now because it cannot wall ignore it. —> I Public opinion has now reached the point-occa-, | pled by Sumner then ; the pro-slavery Demo -1 cratic papers still continue their stale cant about j abolitionism, wbihrtheir late Breckinridge len ider, Butler, now at .Fort Monroe, is the greatest I abolitionist of them all. i Mothers, fathers, brothefsj sisters of. those who died for their country on the Bull’s Run battle field -. If your son or brother suffered in his dying moments the torture of a fiendish foej 1 if wounded only-, and helpless at Erst, was af terwards brutally murdered by the savage hordes from the South, charge his life to lie j’ great account against civilization and human*- ity, to the barbarism of slavery:. LATEST WAS JftlWS, General McClellan is quietly’ but effectively progressing with the reorganisation of his army, but there is so much secresy observed in all his movements that very little of the details is permitted to leak out. That the troops are being put upon a perfect war footing, however, appears to be certain. Prince Napoleon visited the camps bn the Virginia side yesterday, and he is said to have been greatly impressed with the appearance of the men, and to have been that such a military force could be called into service in so short a time. , The commissioners who were despatched with a flag of trace to the rebel army at Fair fax by the Secretary of War, to request the de livery of hla brother’s body (Colonel Cameron, of the SeVenty-ninth Highland regiment,) have ■returned to Washington without effecting the object of their mission. They report that every kindness and courtesy were shown them by Col. Stewart, the officer in command at Fairfax Court House, but their communication having been addressed, not to any particular individ ual, hut to “ whom it may concern,” they were unable to obtain the remains of Colonel Caljn eron. It is thought, however, that when this informality is corrected there will be no diffi culty in getting possession of the body of that gallant officer. ; The gunboat Yankee arrived at the Wash ington Navy Yard on Sunday afternoon, add reported having come across a rebel batteryj a few days ago at Potomac creek, about eight miles below Aquia Creek. She threw a shell into the works, an operation which provoked! a retard of fice shots from the battery, onoiof which passed fhrongh the engineer’s room of lie Yankee, but did very little damage. The "ankee then withdrew from that locality. The rebel forces in Missouri are said to have a plrfb on foot to make *n attack on St. LpuisJ reinstate Governor Jadksonan J make that city - the base of their operations; The supposed at tack on Cairo and Bird’s Point is thought to be a-feint for the -purpose of keeping General Ly on’s troops employed in that directioh; Large bpdies of rebels are said to be concentrated at New Madrid, Mo:, under General Pillow; at Pocahontas, Ark., under Ben. McCulloch, and in Mississippi cotlhty under Jeff. Thompson, and a junction of these forces at Pilot Knob i 8 reported to be meditated for the purpose of ta king forcible possession of St. Louis. This in formation comes from the latter city, and is spid to have originated from a reliable source. : There is nothing new from Western Virgin ia or Fortress Monroe. Affairs at these points remain unchanged since yesterday. FEOM THE TIOGA BOTS; Corespondenco of the Agitator. a Camp Curtin, July 31, 1861, Friend Agitator. —Again the Tioga boys be- Ibnging to Kane’s Rifle Regiment are in Harris burg, not exactly in Camp Curtin, but in one of their own, between the pld camp and town. We left old. Virginia last Saturday morning Aurwgn drenching rain, took the cars from New Creek— Md. We then took our back track~ovcjmuuntains to Harp well, a distance of sixty mUSsy-and from Ilarp well we took the cars to this City. After we crossed the line, which divides freedom from despotism, the hospitality of the people began to show itself again. We stopped Sunday night in Bedford. There we found a good supply of provision, and ample quarters in the court house and churches. Monday we traveled from Bed ford to Hopewell, (22 miles) but the cars not being there, we were obliged to camp for the night, a task which the soldiers Were all glad to perform, for any thing but a night’s ride in a dirty old train of cattle cars. All along our route, the people turned out by thousands to once more get a glimpse of the Buck-tails. At Huntingdon a splendid supply of provision Wns prepared for us, butsoifiß of blir Captains, being ■more orderly than wise, would not permit their men to leave the cars, so we were obliged to go all day without a crust. At Duncannon a splen did line of bonfires was burning—the Indies were dressed in red, white and blue, with a torch in one hand find a flag in the other. Cannons were fired, and cheer after cheer rang through the still night air. It ia when such demonstra tions of gratitude are shown to ns, that we are prouder than ever to be soldiers in this great conflict. We arrived in Harrisburg about half past ten, tired, hungry and dirty, after a long tire some ride of-twelve hours in an old train of cattle cars, with the side-boards kicked off to let in the air, and the soot from the smoke stack falling upon us “like snow flakes on the sod.” And to add to the pleasure of this ride, wa wer&~nnt permitted to leave the cars during the whole trip. After-we arrived in town, or rather about a mile and a half out, we were permitted to sleep by the rail road side, under the cars, or in them, just as wo liked. Wasn’t that clever? Who would’nt be a soldier? Or, rather, who would if his home, ins friends, his country and his liberty, were not at stake? Nothing of any great importance transpired during our last week in Virginia. The rebels were Coo scattering to make scouting parties very interesting. We took only one during the last five days. I told you in my last letter that, on Sunday night the first load of lumber was landed at the ruins of a bride across the Potomac, near where we were camping. On Wednesday night, the cars passed over it. (three days.) I mention this to show the inhabitants of old Tioga, that it takes a civilizen army but a abort time, to build'Up, what a band of barbarians can burn down. When we went into that place, the bridges were burned, the telegraph wires were torn down, the grain was wasting in the fields/ Union men were being compelled to join the rebel army. Stores and dwellings were being plundered daily. Horses and cattle were sto len for the benefit of those who were commit ting their depredations upon a liberty lloving people. But wehn ye left, after a stay of only two weeks, everything was in a prosperous con dition. There was not a rebel soldier to be found in twenty miles of us. The bridges and telegraph wires were in good order—the fields were relieved of their burdens, and 25U0 brave boys from the old “Buck-eye State,” were left to guard the fruits of our labors. , We are on our way to Harper’s ferry. We only stay in this place a few days to get our, companies filled up to one hundred and one, and exchange our muskets for rifles. j 1 was surprised when wo arrived at Hun tingdon, to find the Tribune. We thought that office w'as dead, for we bad not seen one in a month. The’’Westfield boys return to the ladies of that place a thousand thanks for a box of Yan kee Notions, sent them by Lieut. Harrower, of Company As Such acts of kindness, cheer the Soldier’s heart, no matter what circumstances surround him, and they will long be remem bered, whether in times of peace, or where the load cannons rattle. Con. Crocket. ’ From ailotlier Correspondent. Head Quarters 23d Keg. N, Y. S* V. 1 Fort Runyox, Va. July 23, 1501. J Editor Agitator: While sitting in my tent on this cool and pleasant Sunday morning, with a full view of the National Capital before me, and yet within four niilcs Of the enemies pick ets, I happened to think that i short account of some of the events and experiences of the past week might nht be uninteresting to your nu merous readers. The 23d (Southern Tier) Reg iment, have been in this vicinity about three Weeks, two of which were spent at Camp Diven on Meridian Hill. There are p. large number of boys from old Tioga in the various compa nies of this Regiment, some With Capt. Doty of Ilornelsville. some with Capt. Todd of Cor ning, and two—L. L. Bacon, and your humble servant—with the Southern Tier Rifles of Eh mira. Bacon came with the Alfred delegation of fifteen yohng men, and all of them school teachers. By the way, there are ’some twenty five teachers in ottr company, riiany of them from Pennsylvania. Our experience of camp life is Very much like that of all Volunteers, and would he unin teresting to you. We were within hearing of the firing pn Sunday last. On Monday I went to Washington, and there I saw a sight that I hope I may never see again- Broken and dis organized regiments, companies, and sqdads of men, baggage wagons, which in their haste' had left their loads Strewn along the road, and am-' i - b balances containing the woundfed were con stantly streaming in-Over the long bridge," while dl Willards and all the other places of resort, khots of citizens were gathered around retarded soldiers who werft relating th.e incidents of-the battle.. I was talking with one of Ellsworth’s Zonaves, who, among other things said that in the last charge that the Black Horse Cavalry made dn them, there were sixty mounted men, and 1 of them only three got back again to the woods,-two of them oh hoi-sebiibk, and one on his bands and knees, all the rest being,killed. One of our boys was talking yesterday with a wounded member of the N. Y. 27tb, who, with some silty or seventy others were carried intq d house near the field of battle, and he said that all the rest of them were murdered in cold blood, and that he escaped by accident. We have been reviewed by the tresident.afad Secretary Seward; find ex-Governbr King. . , Last Monday we were supplied with En&eld Rifles. A skirmish occurred arflong our pick ets last-night in which seveh rebels were killed and three, taken prisoners. , the alarjji was general and we formed line of battle: We are now (Co. K,) drilling on the skirmish drill; practicing the bayonet exercise and firing jn ambush.- Our Colonel (Hoffman) has already made His mark among military men here, and there is talk of promoting him to the rank of Brigadier General. But I have already wea ried your patience and Will close. Extracts from a. Private Letter. Washington, D. C., July 26, 1861, Dear Friend: —With a' few moments spare time I will write you once more. I am well and in good spirits. We are well looatedhero ; have a nice camp ground- about } of a mile from the Capitol. If I could give you a clear idea of that grand edifice I would attempt it, but as I can not, so I will not try. We have the best water here thatj* have drank since I left home. We are out of the City far enough to avoid the noise and confusion, also far enough to avoid many diseases prevalent in such a place. I spent four hours in the City'yesterday. I never had any kind of a conception of the grandeur and beauty of a city. I visited the Capitol and grounds, which- are very nice in deed. Ido not know how. many acres there are in the grounds, but would think there were thirty or forty. Shades of all varieties, and flower beds; marble basins of water three ot four rods across, filled with all vthe beautiful kinds of fishes. The walks are paved with granate of a silver grey color. The Capitol is not yet completed, and I presume it will not be for the next twenty I do not see where they found so much marble. The next plate that I visited was Gen. Jack son's monument. That is part of brass which he took in his battles. He is sitting upon hiff horse, full size, and in full uniform. ‘ The horsb is on a rear, being poised on his hind feet with a perfect balance. I went to the White House next. All that I admired there was Uncle Abe’s garden which was very nice indeed. The White House is a very nice one, being built of pure white mar ble, still I was disappointed. If I was to stay in Washington four weeks, and do nothing but see the sights, I do not believe that I would be satisfied. I went to see Mr. Cobh, but he had just left the office. I expect him up here this afternoon to see us. I have seen several that I was acquainted with since I came here, some of whom were in the battle at Bull’s Run. I presume that you hare heard all the particulars of the battle through the papers before now, and may be more accurate than what I could give, yet some things that I got from those en gaged in the battle may be interesting to you. In the first plaefe the defeat was not half so had as reported. The rebels were the worst whipped, yet got the best of the bargain. Their loss was nearly trebble that of ours. It was an awful blunder on the part of our officers. Gen. Scott did not intend that the battle should come off so soon into several days, and another thing—some of the officers were drunk and others were cowards. Daniel Butler, a son of Welmon Butler, was in the hottest of the bat tle. He had a wound on his right arm, a buck shot struck it, a musket ball went through his coat but did not hurt him. He is in the first Minnesota Regiment. He was here nearly all day to-day. I have seen several of the Zouaves. They did the beat fighting that the world ever knew. One of them came in contact with a tall lathy Mississippian. They both discharged their rifles without effect on either side, and then for the revolvers. The Mississippian be ing the quickest got a start of the Zouave. The Zouave cried out “ slap away old fellow, and I will take the last, shot.” The last shot was the one that told. The routed Black Horse Cavalry fared slim, when they made their charges upon them. Six hundred of them rushed upon the Zouaves, and only seven re turned ' July 27th. —Our Regiment was mustered and sworn into the United States service this morn ing at 0 o’clock, for three years, unless sooner discharged. There has been since last Sunday 175,000 troops accepted by the Secretary of War. That begins to look like it. The report was that 6,000 Indians were expected here last night. I bare not heard whether they come or not. It is surprising to see the soldiers flocking in to their place. Ido not sec how they feed them all, but they all have enough to eat and wear, I guess the Northern States begin to think they have got something to do besides play with children, an,d are preparing for it. Ido not see how so many young men can stand and look on with perfect indifference to the welfare of our country when they have nothing to do at home. They either are cowards or traitors. They can not possibly any they are not needed now, for we have got whipped once, and it will be impossible to get too many to quell the rebellion. “ Many hands make light work;" is an Old abd true saying. I do not think the world ever knew so bloody a War ns is destined for America. And if the Rebels are victorious, woe to the liberties that hove so long blgssed our land. But this thing can never be. They may cause us much trouble and bloodshed, but our liberties must- be pre served, and our honor ns a nation sustained throbgh all time. The bodies and bones of traitors may dissolve Upon the gibbet; but the Constitution shall stand forfiver. I do not expect to come back again until I come for good. If a Minnie ball ddlls me to mj true home, I have fdll and Ponipleto faith that I shall one day meet all my earthly friends there. There is something buoying in thoughts of that kind—something sustaining in times of dangers. Ido not think that I have but few true friends but what are glad that I am where I am* If there are those who think otherwise they are not friends to my country, and I wish to claim no friends that are enemies to my country and liberty. My country’s enemies are my enemies. I truly hope that there are more young men in Delmar that *aicom with our Captain when he comes ft got along finely since ’be .left UB , and ,!, had to pass ..through gome rather diS Cn!( dertakings, It is no easy job to p ac fc B move: from one camp to another rf/ from one place to another, hundreds of' and then to go through the musterine ' tion, making out rolls, &0., keeps offi<L men all busy, especially officers when Jim them, are absent. 01 The itiost trouble we have ia dotfw one dr tvtbfJrtlnken men that hare to ho to ensure the lives of the rest. If a stop put to it some way there will b« i in the Compatiy< jJ- _ BeiE Nobilitt.— Anybody can tabes, but it requires a genuine nobletr confess and amehd tfcem. Horace GreeJ, er before appeared so great, as in the fy paragraphs; which we extract from Sat Tribiine ; Gen. Scott is now the sheet-anchor of g, public; and everything that strengthen) strengthens the nation. ' There can be maihibg doiiibt that c he Was right in the laps in choosing to postpone an advance that we who differed froin Him were deph' wrcgig. .. , , „ We have confessed oury3wn„tendble in .the premises, and are trying to" ataehi Put all . the blame on ur . that can there, for the .benefit of .the cabse, but bickerings—well-meant, doubtless, hm untimely—and let us try to save thtco We pray the President to dismiss-nons constitutional advisers. We cannot affor a manifestation in the face of oar final imminent foes. All together now, am try to work the good ship off the breaki H. H. R, Tee Rebel Loss at 801 l Ron.—A letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer hi lowing news from Richmond ; “I am told, on -good authority, that chant in this,city has received a letter frr correspondent in Richmond, which sign! indicates that the people of that city ai lily sick, not only of Secession and its ful fruits, but of the war. It is also « if President Davis and his army do ni with greater success than they did at Bui and Manassas a counter feeling will mi: itself among the people by no means et aging to the Rebel President and the cat has espoused. The slaughter of the ft erate troops is represented as terrible greater than intimated by accounts inthe papers. “ The truth regarding killed and woinn suppressed, so far as' there is any pojsibl' doing so. -When the whole story of M is told, if ever, it will prove astounding, distress,prevails among the Southern ti They are not Only destitute of comforts,’ the absolute necessities of subsistence. Cl shoes, food, war munitions, and all are Vably scarce; as is money also.” Aauonnccnieuli. tV*e are authorized to ahnounce the name BCTLER, of BJossburg, as a candidate for the offii date Judge, subject to the decision of the Hep® vention* We are authorized to announce the name of L. Richmond, as a candidate for the office of ject to the deciwion of the Republican County Com TVc are authorized to announce the name of R. DAGE, of Maiusbarg, (Sullivan Township,) as & ci the office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of lb County Convention.* We are antljorized to announce the name of W. LET, Esq., of Richmond Township, ns a emdhlale office of Associate Judge, subject to the decision of publican County ConveOtfon.* We arc authorized to announce the name of 5. HIXER, of Delmar, as a candidate for tbc office sioner, subject to the decision of the Republi Convention; We are authorired to announce the name of 1 LEV, of Brookfield, as a candidate for the office o! aioner, subject to the decision of the Ilepubli Convention. Wo are authorized to announce the nams of BJ CLARK, of Middleburj township, as a candidati office of Sheriff, subject to the decision of the r County Convention. 1 Editor of the Agitator.—Please announce the J. C. ‘WHITTAKER, of Elkland, as a candidate tioo to the office of Associate Judge of this Cot of course, to the decision of the Republican I am sure that from Dr. W*s. character as an kind and obliging disposition, and his integrity to his nomination wifi give satisfaction to everybody his locality is an important one. You are aothorizedlto announce the name of FERRY, of Charleston, Ha a candidate for the ofi ciata Judge, subject to the decision of tho RepnU ty Conrentlon. Mr. Ferry is one of Ibe oldeU J well a a one of the earliest Republicans. 11& i J ficd.* We are authorized .to announce the name E. of Deerfield, us a candidate for the office of G subject to the decision of the Republican Co. Co' We are authorized to announce tlio name CASE, o! KnoxrilleJas a candidate for the Judge, subject to the decision of the Republican Cc. We are authorized to announce the namcof of Westfield, as a candidate for the office cf & 3 ' mitfsioner, subject to the decisionof thoßt? o^ Convention.? We are authorized to announce the name of as a candidate for the office Commissioner, subject to the decision of the County Convention* Wo are authorised to- announce the name WUEELEII, of Lawrencevillc, as a candidate forts 1 Associate Judge, subject to the decision of the County Contention. 1 We are authorized to announce the name of WIN,of Lawrencci’iHe, as a candidate for theo enrer, sabject to tUe decision of the Republican vention. We are authorized to announce the n&nie. 0 FORD, of Clymer 'Township, as o camiiJat e Commissioner, subject to tho decision of Convention Wo are authorized to announce tbo nastf® 1 F. MILLER, of Mitchell’s Creek, (Tioga as a candidate for the office of Commissi^ 11 to the decision of the Republican Convents We aro authorized to announce the 111105 BLAOEWELL, o;f Nelson, as ft candidate for Commissioner, subject to tHo decision of 0 Convention.* We are authorized to announce BOWEX, ofDeerfleW, will bo a candidate for Treasurer, to the decision of iho Contention. Wo *ro requested to state that MOHO • Osceola, will be a candidate for the oißcc o ( rer, subject to the decision of the Republic 30 Tentlon, TBE OSjCfiOtA - WILL OPEN the FaTt term of yeafr,./iug; 27tb, Winter tcrtu,D eC * term, March26tb, 1862, w. Euca Term to continue fourteen , from $3 to $6/Rooms furnished for tn board themselves. ' .. * 5 » Board $1.50; Board and lodging, 5 Room, $1.50 per term; Instrumental *« of instrument $10100 ; Singing in cJ J s -* , School Books can be procured at For Circulars* or for fortix address. *■ A, R. Osceola, July 31, ISt l !'.
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