THE AGITATOR. HUGH YOUNG, EDITOR * PROPIiIKtoR. . wellsbohocgh, pa., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 20.18G1. , THE MEWS. ' The Whole Country is electrified fey the intel-1 llgeooe that Mason and jSuhfcbt, the rebel 6t»-l bassadors to Europe have 'been captured, and! ard nnW In the hands 6f tfo Dotted States Mar shal ton theft ttay to Furt.Warren in Boston | harbor, Tfetyliad embarked on board ah Eng-: lisb mart iteamer. Uenrlngof the fact, Cap tain Wilkes deteVtoined to tpijtV them, nnd. com-; ing ftp With the steamer injthe Bermuda Ch.-tri Del, he Scot aboard and demanded the eurren der of the arch rebels. •'Thei .reply was, that there was rot force enough to-take them. Lieutenant Fairfax no« ■ thirty-five armed men then w«it from tlift San Jancinto with fir* officers, whs boarded tile steamerawwi picked out tlro'COfirmrmiotreTs —'Qiipt. Wilkes, -at .the same time, plotting the Jajidnio in a wn- veniont position. ■ . j,' Messrs Slidell an-Masqi made feeble rctis.- tance, hat aret e induced t|i 'leayo with Lieut- Faftfa'x. The'captain o!., tfee steamer raved j and -swore, called the D -itfd 'States Officers “piratical Yankees” and : ther-abusive names. : Ibis.'newa wifi senii.>,alUlir?ls uf delight throughout ‘the 'Country aid those nervous persons,'here and ’elsewhere,; who' are. afraid Capt. Wilkes may possibly !te ws exceeded his authority in’lhs'csse—bat’JhJ act will be ap. proved bytho"whole from all the facts, it seems the British : commander was aware, when he took and Mason on board,Ovho'fiiey’were and what they were going to Europe'fur. They on board the dogfish Vessel, it is sdjd; from the rebel steamer TfaiJiritU, while !bo Utter, in turn, transferred to its deck? i ■ quantity of arms brought over by the other | iuiapoacd to be the Trtni), from England, for j thfi use of Confed erates. If this statement ; i (true the'- English tShvernnjent will not attempt to find fault with what Capt. 1 - Wilkes has done, i He did ,his duty to bis country, under and Messrs. Slideix aud Maso;? vi ill have a chance of rusticating for some tiind-at Fort Warren, ° / J ; and eventually of. stretching j temp-some morn ng before the war closes. :! We have some more good Jews of the same kind to chronicle. -The -Unit [d States steamer Champion from AspipwfiU, {arrived at New York on Friday, bringing q;_: passagera from California, Oen, Somner, ey_n . companies of the 3d Artillery, and threo'oftho 6th infantry U. S. A., with their officers. While on the way Gen. Sumner urrestel ex-Senator Gwin> and J. Calhoun Bcnhanfi of California, and Capt. formerly of tl;ig :R«venua service, who were on the Bteamshif (irizaba, on suspic ion of being Secessionists j |bj>ut to go to Europe in the Rebel behalf. Thri ugh the influence of their friends at Panama, I fjojster Herran and and the Governor Of New-’ objected -to their passage through the ymidry on tho ground that no extradition provis|;ot|' ; hiid hgen incor purated.in the treaty wiihdht.Uniled States.— 1 At one time serious consequences were threat- 1 ened, it is said, troops having been ordered j out to oppose the piissagk of- Gen. Sumner’s prisoners; but the Getieral resolved upon crossing the Isthmus iw}enh vohns, and the ’ Governor contented hirbsetf by protesting j against his net as a violation- 1 of the .rights of New- Grinnada. The prisoners were released i on giving thoir parole not to leavc the country without .permission from the .Government, and are now at the New-York Hotel. THE VTCTOBY AT BEAUFOET. Tbe New York Tribune of Thursday con tains an account of the exploits of the Gi'eat Naval Expedition which fills twenty-three columns of that paper. We compile from that -account a brief jin which we can . only give the most importaSij facts. After undergoing dire.peel's by the assault of and waves, ouVi,Jeet met at Port • Royal tin Monday morning; Nov, 4, and very soomrecoived the cnmpliraiint (if a noisy attack from the '‘Musketo” fleet!' under Commodore Tatnail. Forty-five minuttjs sufficed, however', to 'disgust ths Rebel oonitinyider with naval warfare, and bis contemptible squadron scat tered in a hasty retreat. jjDri Tuesday another attempt was made by this safiant fleet of Kelr els to annihilate the Great* lEipedition, and for two hours there was sharp irjng. Then three or four of our gunboats, lie pgtired i>f this folly l opened broadsides in" earnest upon Tatnail, whose nary scratched away fur the lost time, and disappeared in'any holes ,|vhich opened to them. On Wednesday there was no fighting. The decisive battle and victgtry took pluce on Nov. 7. At |be‘ month of Port Royal are two forts, Beaur.'gard and Walker, and at-many tif our vessels Spilt was deemed ad visable to employ, began at;9,o'clock their bom bardment. Fort Walker pn llilton Head moun ted 23 gnns; Fort Beanregjjri, on Bay Point mounted 13 guns, - Our vei >e|s, making a ma] jtetio circuit, poured in the r.'fire, broadside of. (et broadside, upon the Iwoforts. , The scene is described ns most tHrillUgly magnificient; the tempest of shell was un Equaled; every gun was aimed with preoissino,') and served with rapidity. The.shore batteries returned our fire bravely, but without effect ;■ had oslcula (ed on an easy victory, andfella prey to panic when they discovered that th> “ Yankees" re fused to bo annihilated. ’ Jf The battle began at twenty -six minutes.post nine in' the morning, and at fidf past two in tbe afternoon the National flag,w;is planted on the soil of Soqth Carolina, the shouts of thousands of patriots, and saluted by strains of Jqbilant musio from the varit us bands of the ' fliet $,; -j a regiment, tfc" 7th rf Connecticut; tree I i- put onshore to tnkb possession of Port Walker, over whichthe Stars and Stripes were then fly ing. They rushed to'their Work with the alac. riiy which has marked every movement forward of our troops; but there was..little, work for them Urdu; the Rebels, panic-stricken, hod fled in must ,admired disorder, leaving behind them food, clothing valuables, everything. The road over which they ran half a dozen miles acres* the island was strewn With muskets, knapsacks and heaps of other implements of ..warfare. It is said that they took boat at Seahrook for Sa*. movements cannot be with precision at ifils-moroent reported. The next morning the National flag was fly ■irijr from fort Beauregard also, and bur troops were on their way to Beaufort itself. Beaufort was deserted hy all white men except -one.— lie was too drunk to move, lie bad celebrated the annihilation of tli» ‘'Yankees” too early, and with too free a bawl. The negroes had everything their own way. Their masters have informed the world that the blacks desire noth ing this Vide .the. grave except Slavery and the dear pmiege of fighting in defence of their shackles. The theory reduced to practice has failed. The negroes pillaged their masters and ran with out stretched hands to tbo “ inVaders.” And so the Flag once mure wares on the shores, whore it Was first insulted. This eplen - . did success has Been purchased with tbs loss of eight killed, six severely wonnfled,’seventeen slightly wounded ; total, 31. We have an esti mate of the rebel loss, makes it 120 killed 1100 wounded. ‘ I Beaufort District has 32,000 slaves. Its an | nual emp of rice, cotton, and corn is valued at 1 $5,000,000. From this statement it is clear ■ that its possession byi us must be a terrible blow, to the rebels, nndj an incalculable advan' {tage to IhcrNational'cajuse. We hold a splen did harbor, strong fortifications, or fortifies jtions which may easily be made strong, and jwe have |i position in Beaufort which can La isuccessfully attacked by no force which doe» i not strike from the sea. Our fleet will prevent ; j any attack from that'quarter, even if the rebels jhad any vessels. There is no aspect of this {victory which is not bright: it is moreover, the jaure precursor of oven more brilliant successes !in the future, till, there shall bo no longer any Iplace' fur either battle or voitory. ; Our direct news fromlthe fleet is! up to 2P. u.> of 'Wednesday. All the troops had been lauded, and the transports were putting ashore ordi nance and stores. There was a minor that the | Union troops on Pope Island had been tired jupon. Our troops were-to take formal posies ■ sion of Beaufort on Thursday. ]] An' idea of the immei se strength now wield jed by the Government nay be gathered from 'jtho fact that the volunteer force now in the field Inumbers fully four hunlred and eighty thou jsand men—having but twenty thousand more Ho ha recruited to reach the number authorized jby Congress. jj All wns quiet.at latest advices, along the Up* (per Potomac. There were nolarge bodies of Reb" el troops nearer than Lelesburg. Picket .shoot ing has been given up, kpd the beligorent sen tinels irer.c fraternizing} A slight skirmish is ,'reported as having occurred near the Point of (jßocks, but it was of little consequence. j| Springfield has been entirely abandoned by the Union forces under Qen. Hunter, and the en tire army is moving toward St. Louis. A large i. number of Union men Springfield and sur | rounding country have left and will continue , to leave with the army, being unwilling to risk their lives in the hands lof the Rebels. Gen. Psiea was near Pinnevilje, in the extreme south jwest part of the §Ute. ; Ben. McCulloch was marching into Carrol County Arkansas. We have a proclamation issued by Col. Jcnnison, the famous Kansas Jay i lavs down the laws to thb jJ * | in language that cannot I Jennison. at tlie bend of I airy, has gone to Sedaliitj merit trains. ' The immediate effect el ion Piltoton, lv| of the Union' people in t,a in the retreat of Zollipi army, from Cumberland Gap. This was effected |t i tearful was he of pursuit road alnng the eptlre intense rucks froth the hill 1 A telegram from Majj the Pikeville fight into uificant affair. It says tl 1,000 Rebels, killed So|q prisoners. ! The rest of 111 Williams leading off in |t| stated to bo 15 killed, ani dispatch claims to he lijt til those before publish* STOPPING i PAPEBS. Wc felt complimentcdjlhe week before elec jinn by requests to “stop’ two newspapers, as ft indirectly testified that the Journal was do ng some service for the Kepublic.-.n cause.— The effort to injure a newspaper by withdraw ng subscriptions may bo successful in the out let, but after; any newspi per has got into it* j* teens” the concerted at ion of subscribers in every'town where it circulates cannot crush it. It will live in spite of the malice of its enemies, or the lukewarmness of f-lends.. | WO'Only allude to this pqliticaleffbrt to spite Its in order to express nos- idea of the obligation imposed by subscribing for'a newspaper. No country publisher can furnish a newspaper as largo, varied and valuable ns city journals with but becoming bankrupt. I j Wa do not compare the Journal with the Tribune or Ecening Tost. pity papers.have their field and capital. Coun try papers are necessarily jinuch higher in price ind uf far less value, but| yet as recording local ivents and presenting news and miscellany on smaller,scale, uro usually worth the price of subscription. Without savoring of boasting we may be allowed to toraark tbat, in its general news, miscellany and-record of important lo dil events, the Journtil'tM "average well” with country newspapers, an I jis Worth its snbsarip Last Thursday ufternoon, the 7th Maine Reg iment, passed our camp, to n point n short dis tance beyond. Quite a number of them had rather too much of the oh-be-joyful in their up per stories, but all passed off quietly until about 10 o’clock in the evening, when the sharp crack of a rifle startled the camp; another, and another followed. Liput. ll.irrower, who was officer of the guard, instantly sent Capt. Board man to arrest whoever it might be. They soon found the intruder standing by a fire which he had made by the road-side. About this time, an object went flying through the heavens, di rectly over our camp, which sounded like the squalling of two cats fighting. lie (the man by the fire) was as tight as a brick, and had fired two shots at a man driving an ambulance with a coffin in it, and then shut his ramrod, over oar cump, and was trying to load again with his fingers, when be was taken and con fined in the guard huiise for the night, lie said he was a picket, and bad got special orders from Gen. McCjellan to shout every man that passed. ( The main topics of the camp fur the past week have been Fremont and the fleet. All re gret that FremohT has left the army.’ He has more friends in this division than any other General, except McClellan. We have witched with great interest, for the last few days, to hear some tidings from our fleet. One hour we beiir that the storm has sunk it to the 1 bottom |of the deep— the next, that Charleston is taken, and Sumter ours—the next, that they are still fighting at Port Royal, and the next, that it is still moving onward, and is destined for some point along-Ihe gulf. Nothing would please this army so much, os to know that Charleston, that den of vipers, was in a-heg, and the Stars 'and Stripes once more waving over Sumter. !Suuth Carolina is the mother of lories and traitors, and has caused this natiun trouble enough ; and nothing would suit me more than to see her soil once more as barren at It whs when nothing but the smoke uf the red man’s wigwam curled among the forest oaks, and the owls hooted among their brunches. ! Col. Ceockxt. :hnvrker in which he Missouri Secessionists ; be misunderstood.— I he First. Kansas Cav to protect the Govcn- r the rocent great Un l|y„ and the operations ist Tennessee, is seen ffer, with liis entire Ford to' Cumberland n Wednesday, and so that he blockaded the jtance by blasting toi ls un either side. fills, Ky., compresses I comparatively insig hat our force attacked iir 90, and took fifty the rebels ran, Colonel lie race. Our loss is 1 30 wounded. The istworlhy ; and so did Friend Agitator.— Having by thia time had ■a taste of military life, and os it ia rainingjust now and so muddy thnt l cannot find anything else to do, I will attempt to write a short letter to let you and the people of West Liberty know how we are progressing'on the road to military glory. I left Liberty-about the eighth of Sep tember, with a patriotic fit on. me, and .'landed in Comp Huff, Norristown Philadelphia, all safe and sound, where I stayed two days and then went to the Arsinal and “took the vail” which made me one of Uncle Sams’ boys, in tbe shape of a mounted Kifle Hanger, (but we have not got the rifles yet) and after staying in damp Buff long enouigh to get “broke in” on hard crackers and salt bacoin, we started, niggers and »I 1; for th? “JantJ of We tyere THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. tion price. W* do not recognise any obliga tion incurred by accepting a subscriber's name and money, other than to furnish him with a good country newspaper. There is hut little profit on each yearly subscription, and it is of small consequence to us personally a' man “ takes the Corning Journal” or not. If he deems it dear, let him stop it and go else where. Wo give him the worth of his money, and the account is thus balanced. We desire no man to become a subscriber simply to“ pat ronize” us. We carry no such “borden” of gratitude, as this would require. The publisher of a country newspaper is not an object of public charity, to be sustained or crippled at the , whim of his “ patrons.” If among our subscriber* are any deluded indi viduals who imagine that the margin of profit, upon their respective newspapers, is a gift to sustain” the Journal, we trust that they will bestow theirj charities where they may be ap preciated. We ask no such favors, but while furnishing a weekly newspaper to our subscri bers, we claim to render them a full equivalent for their money. —Coming Journal. ■ FBOM THE BOCKTAItB. A number of Hoyt dijehiiryed on aeconnt of ill health — Lieut. J/.-ci, convalescent, and on duty — Bumore of a move—Contrail beticeen evldieriuf North and in Camp—A tchiekry incident h'Aot— the boyt think of t'iemunt —The fleet, tie., dte. ■ CoTTfspoDdenre of thq Agitator., OaKp Pierpont, Va., Not. 10,1861. Friend Agitator. —’Tis a warm and pleas ant Sunday afternoon —the usual Sunday morning inspection has been gone through with, and I hate wandered away from the camp, to enjoy an hour in the stillness of the forest, and to commune with your anxious readers. These grand old forests which but a few short weeks ago, sheltered us when weary, from the hot ray* of the sun, are now fast being robbed of their golden uniforms—everything looks ripe with age. The past week has ben rather stormy, which makes our camp somewhat unpleasant, but all pains are taken by bur officers sad men, to keep warm and dry. j : Our morning reports show less sickness in the camp, now, than there has been in some time. i There will be a number of our Tioga buy* discharged this week, on account of their health, I will give you their names next week. Lieut. Mack, leaves the hospital to-dny, and joins hia company; he has beeneonfined there some three weeks—he looked rather slim for a soldier, but is improving fast. Our regiment will h e paid off Monday, and Tuesday. If is rumored that wo will then leave this part of'the country —whereto, we know not— perhaps, a trip down the Gulf Stream ; nothing would please gs more. There is quite a contrast between being a soldier in the North, and in the South. We have a plenty of good, warm blankets, clothes and tents, and are fighting for a country, able and w illing to get more, when these are gone. Our monthly pay, is in eagles and half eagles, bright from the mint; but it is not so with those in the Southern army, for according to all accounts, they are in many places in a suff ering condition, without blankets, without suit able clothing, and in many cases, without tents to shield them from the storms.' Their monthly pay is old sbinplasters are. not worth a match to burn them up; but even this is far belter than' the cause in which they are en gaged. We arc fighting for that which is dear er than life itself—liberty. They are contend ing for slavery, and to tear down the best form of government thatover was constructed by the wisdom of man. - But hark! The voice of pray er now falls upon my ear. While I have been writing this, a few praying men have came within a few yards of me, and have knelt down upon the wet ground, and are calling upon Gun who controlles the armies of the earth, to pros per their dear ones at homo, and save this glo rious Union from the mad ambition of those who seek to destroy it. i i From another Corrcspoudeni. Fort, Crawford, Va., Nov. 6, 1861. drawn up in line, and! "about face,” nearly twenty times, when at lust came the order to “present butcher-knives,” (being the only weapon we I had,) then !‘*forward march.” As we marched down to tl»e depot, tbapeople gath ered round lue to bid farewell to the departing soldiers, especially the colored population. At last we reached the depot, andgoton board the, cars, and Were soon moving forward towards the city of "ißaltimore, where' we landed about 7 o’clock the next' morning. We marched through the city to the Washington depot in good order] except, that about one-third of tho. men left this ranks to get their canteens filled and there we were treated with a “hnnk” of bread and la piece of ham, with coffee, which: we eWalloived in “double quick,” and then boarded the train that was to carry us to the | Capital of jthis great Nation, and was soon.mo- j ving at a “snail’s trot” over the rails ; the train, being a catjtljHrnin; afforded us a grand view of { the country, which I will say nothing about in: this letter. Wa reached! Washington about sun down, and marched into the soldier’s retreat,- after being again drawn up in line ten times, and about ace twenty tjiiines more, ’till wo be gan to swear sufficient fo sink the Southern Confederacy. We got another “hunk” of bread and a piece of horse Beef, with more coffee, ■■ which we stowed away jfh craws, end then lay down on the floor in liid spit to sleep ’till morn ing. Tho boys, all putup their knives, and made up their minds t 6 hove a good night’s rest —they ' rested welt enough, until midnight, when a locomotive gavea shrill whistle which aroused tbs “brave biitober-knife Hangers” from their dreams, and paused them to fly about in nil directious, suoposiog it to be the “secesh ers.” Some ran out and knocked down the sentries that were stationed at tho doors—some climbed the posts in thej.center of the building, and some have not stopped running yet. One old Irishman ran nut against the bank, falling bead long, bat luckily hje was not much hurt; be scrombleld up in quick ti.ne, uttering—“its nil humbug] bejabers, there is no secesh here.” We soon found out what it was, and the boys came back tp lay down t gain, swearing never to run again as long as 'hey bad a knife in the regiment,,and we were again soon wrapt in slumber and did not wake up ’till the sun was shining as bright-as a gold dollar in my pock et, (but I diint happen to have any.) After eating break fast, which was on the same plan ofour supper, wc started for camp. Wo marched op Pennsylvania Avenue, and halted in front of tho-WhiU,House; Oljd Abe came out, took off his stove pipe, made a polite bow, scraped hisjeft foot, and made ps.a patriotic speech, winding up jy saying ‘(that be placed great confidence in us, and thought that we would make good st Idiers, and that we looked as if we could run as fast as Jeff. Davis could.” We felt highly complimented, presented butcher knives, and i ava three cheers fer the Union, and then marched to camp. We were hot long in pitching tc nts, and wdre spun settled down and quite at iiome again.! We bad so ne narrow escapes while in camp. One of the g mrds firied two shots at his shad ow one muon light night, and anoth shot astray burse for reft sing to stop and give the counter sign. We stayed there under marching orders ior about two weeks, when at last. wc saddled up and marc! ed (u this.place, which we reached all safe and aound—haveigot our tents pitched, so we are-gelling along comfortable enough on hard crackers bind pork, as usual, and I think vUieU the rebels find that Cbarman’s butcher knife Rangers, are on this side of tbe river, they will throw down their urma and disperse. Wo wiH use oi ir knives to the best of our abil ity if attacked by the “secesh," and the citizens of that vicinity and West Liberty, can look for the war being brought toia speedy close. " I hare nuthiig more that would be interest ing to tho readirs of tho Agitator, except that we sleep close to a den !of wolves who came from big Pine Jroek. Tjiere are three of them, and they'rejoice in the mimes of George,-Andy and Mikel; they are good looking animals and will make very] good war-dogs, with a little training. , The boys are all well, and panting for a fight. Brose. From another Col lamp Cameron, Nov. 8, 1861 Friend Aon company repres thinking that no ator. —Isliing to have our fitted through your paper, and responsible person will take the trouble, I sea a cloth tent, onl; us “live,” or rat Tioga know how ed in this compa situation. it myself on a pile of straw in 7 feet square, where six of ter, “stay,” to let the people of well their County is represent iy —alsoto let them know our A small squad of us ca|mc down here on Ihe 14th of October, under tine supervision of Eld. Drake, who was : emailing forC.ipt. Lynch hnd Lieut. Dam’s Command,land after drilling un der the ihstructicns of the above named Lieut, about two weeks, and seeing our Captain hut two or three times?, aud we did, — “Well you know people will drink sometimes”—so the boys petitioned tij the Governor, saying, “that they could not consent to serve under Capt. Lynch, and wishejd to have B. S. Dartt, appoin ted in bis place, ais they appreciated him, as a gentleman and a Scholar also, S. E. Ilillier, Ist., and C. L. Gritenu, 2d| Lieutenant, who are well sphken of by every body here.” The Gt|v. acceded to our requests, and th“y are duly in stalled in their respective offices. Our camp is pleasantly situated on a sloping piece of ground niar the Harrisburg and Phil adelphia R. R., two miles,fruW Harrisburg—is surrounded by farg l , handsome farms, carried on by dutch people, and slick farmers, they are too. They.bouse their c;.tele in large, handsome buil dings, made fur that purpose ; but they, them selves, live in small—l say barns—no, for they are not large enough (generally speaking,) to stable a span of hujrses, let alone stabling half a dozen young onti ; fur ihey look as if they were stall-fed, andj never jeurried. .But lam straying from ray subject. j Our Camp.is os regularly laid- out in squares —main and cross streets, ns the city of Phila delphia. Each company occupies a street by themselves, which they have to keep clean arid tidy, by sweeping every morning before break fast, when tbe weather {will permit. Odr company uccopici? the third street fronting to the Rail Boad, and of eighty-nine men, all robust, hearty fellows.) The Inspector of tbs camp, says we are a good looking set of fel-- lews, nearly all of a bight, and that when We ; come in(o notion, bo will expect n great deal from ps. . He also says that we keep oqr streets - tbe cleanest uf any company on tbe ground,— j f hope our good looks have not deceived him, and that we shall always be found doing our ‘ duty, knowing, os we do, that God will protect and reward qs in so jdoing. 1 „ ; | organised nod mastered it everything did not go ag ;d, (and, in fact, it never Electing the fioq-coinnjijr Oar company waa in, last Saturday, Iml wo privates especte< does.) Instea4 of jiioncd officers, as they generally do, oai- Cop ' tain appointed them, which ii probably the bet ter way. as it stops all strife for penny offices. Our Regiment is about full, nndfwiU be closed the first of next week, when we will get ' our arms and horses, ns they are now ready and waiting for us. We are pretty Well drilled in the marches on foot, and can soon teach our horses to “count time." Our boys are all well here, but no doubt the conflict between love and duty in some cases, most be terrible, and many a love-lorn swain keeps step to the tune of “the girl I left behind me,” with a sad and heaving heart. , War and love has many cares— ; War sheds blood, and love sheds tears. I will give you the names of onr officers, and the place they occupy: Captain —B. S. Dartt. First Lieuteneni —J. E. Hiller. Second '• —G. L. Greeno. . First Sergeant —C. H, Yandusen. id. “ —J. P. Wilcox. 3 d. " —C. C. Herman. 4th. “ —H. D. Galkins. ■ 6th. “ —S. Q. Foster. I First. Corpora S. Robinson, j 2d. “ —D. M. Rosa. 3 d. “ —A. Weeker. 4th. “ —J. D. "Becker, s lk. “ —L. Eigbmy. 6th. “ —A. J. B, Barit. 7th. “■ —J. Ruggles. - -W'- Names of the. privates in the Company from Tioga County—2B in oil: Chas.'H. Vandusen, W. V.. Lovell, J.-P. H. B. Morrison, H. B. Calking, F. S. Morgan, D. iM. Ross, M. H.'MtCiillum, A.|J B. Dartt, C. M. Ramsey, J. B- Reggies, Wm. Waters, G. W. Ayers, Merit Woodard, A.|C. Cleveland,- P. B. Ramsey, Robt. Cnlhoone, C. B. Warner, Cl]as. Clark, Augustus Waters, Ropel Gile, L. M. Sperry, T. S. Gillet, Noah Wheeler, Philander Hall, J. S. Howe, C.,11. Kartell, . James Hosvo. For the Agitator. Petroleum, Indigo, Coperas, Gold, or Some- j thing else Discovered in Farmington. THE EXCITEMENT INTENSE. Friend Agitator. —As you' ask for local netrs in various parts of .the County, I thought that a few lines from Farmington about the gas .spring which has been lately discovered in this part of the country, niay.no't be uninteresting to l!lie readers of your paper. All is excite ment —the most intense that ever prevailed in this section of our County. present war halt been quite exciting for the past eight months—and again there is an other groat noise about the four-thousand Indi ilians, which were encamped in this' County; hot that soon died away. Oil springs Rave become quite common in different parts of Pennsylvania, and most of us have semi sulphur springs, and minernlj springs of various kinds ; but to see a living fountain of pure gas, isueing from the depths of the earth, is a rare thing, like the one which I am about to describe, But a short distance from this place, at the base of a high hill, is a living fountain of pure gas, which has created a great excitement in this’town, and I may Bay, County. People, old. and young, women and children, are all Sucking to the place, by night and by day, to get h peep at the wonderful discovery. Some three weeks ago, a company was,formed, in shares of ten dollars each—the cAsh has been advanced, and operations have commenced. — The company has opened the ground to ibis' date, to the debth of about tw-enty-fbuf'leet, and have curbed the-pit as fast aa they have dugi to keep it frnm caving in. 'The first four teen feet was of blue clay, and then they came to gravelly quick-sand. As the workmen low er the pit, the gatj becomes stronger; it is a grealt wonder to the natives, what is in this place. Some say lead—some silver—some think therp is coal in this hill. One of the Corripany says that ho has dug nut Coperas and Indigo. Another rays he has taken a chunk of ghld. lam informed that near three bbls. ef the dirt has bnh sent to New Yotkfor chem ical) analysis. Several cart loads have been drawn to Tioga, for it is in that village where the principal stock-holders reside, though one ipr two live in New York city. Not only the dirt has been drawn to Tioga, but there have been Indian rubber bags, sent up from that place to he filled. There is no humbug in this, fiir the writer actually saw a man last Sunday with] an Indian rubber bag under his arm, win ding! his way towards the gas spring; in all probability he wanted to get his winter’s stock while it was cheap. A machine has ben man ufactured in New York, and sent to this place by one of the stock-holders, for trying this won derful discovery. It is made of tin, with a gas tube and a spout like a tea-kettle. This tube is where we burn the gas. The spout is for filling their Indian rubber bags. About the burning, is no humbug, for the writer has hen there and applied the match to the tube, and a finer blaze, or light, you never saw. One of the proprietors has ordered a quantity of bags, so I am informed, for the benefit of his neigh bors, to light their houses, &o. H. , Gas Hollow, Nov, 18, 1801. Tt/TANSFIELD CLASSICAL SEMINARY, iTi - MANSFIELD, TIOGA CO., PA. The Winter Torino? this Institution will commence December 10th, 1861, and continue thirteen weeks, ;E. WILDMAN, A. M Principal. ' Mrs. H. P. R. Wildkan. Preceptress. Miss E. A. Chase Music Tenches. Mr; Isaac Siicknev . Penmnnship.- EXPENSES. | Tuition, Room Rent. Fuel and Board per Term, in Common English ... $2B 50 Tuition from • - I $2 50 to $6 00 'The success of the school during these times.when the country's need demands the services of every nble-bodied yonng mno, Bns been beyond the expecta tions of the most sanguine of. its friends. The de partment of Penmanship is very popular. Prof. Stickncy is a master of his profession. Wo are most happy to soy that he has been prevailed upon to re main with us. : Besides the daily instructions that he gives, Professor Stickney. gives extra instructions to those desiring It for a reasonable compensation. Students pay from the time they enter to the close of the term. Board in the Ball at $1 50 per neck. Rooms for self-boarding can bo rented in the village. iAII kinds of produce taken in payment for tuition and board at market prices. Nov 20, 1801 L IST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post I Office ot Tioga, Not. 18, 1861. Aternethy Robert Rakes Ency J S Aougb James . _ Howland Root A Belscl Henry Ramiton Dr C K Baldwin T R Palmer Cbas O Churchill Jas Palmer Otis Dickerson Q W ■ - Shew X D Fenton Orcn , Snlliran Patk Persons calling for any of the above letters, will plccso say tjicy am advertised, LEWIS RAGGETT, P. H, AYER’S CATHARTKTms Are yen sick, feeble, and complaining? oat of order, with year ryelem derailed ,A r, )«i feolinga uDComforlohle ? These symptom.’ ,T: H the prelnde to serious illness. Some fit 0 f «fli» creeping upon yon, and should be averted use of the right remedy. Take A J ct’« cleanse oat the disordered humors— patio .v 1 and let the fluids move on unobstructed • again. They stimulate the functions of the vigorous activity, purify the system front lh* v. 7 *** lions which m’ake disease. A cold settles . obllri H. in the body, and obs.rnclj its natural JThese, if hot relieved, ream upon t v om. e i r , surrounding organs, prpduc ng get > ro ] ae„* Ci|l ' suffering, and disease. 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Physician of the Marine Bysoiiterv> Diarrhoea,. Relax- Worms. 't From Dr , J. Q Green, of Chicago, Ton Pills have had a long trial in my practice, «d I hold them in esteem as one of the best aperienUl have over found. Their alterative effect nponjbi liver mndes them an excellent remedy, when girnla small doses for bilious dysentery and diarrhoea. Their sugar-coating makes them very acceptable and conn niout for the use of women and cbiUven. * D V spcpaia, Impurity of the Blood. From Rev J V ///me* Roeturo/ Advent Churrh Botftn I?R- Aver: I have used your Pillo with extmr* diimry success in my family and among those I aa called to visit in distress. To regulate the organs if digestion and purify the blood, they are the very toil .-remedy I Have ever knovn. and I can confidotlly recommend them to my friends. Yours, J. V. 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Dr. Aver ; I have been entirely cured, by Pills, of Rheumatic Gout—a painful disease that afflicted me for years. VINCENT SWDBW* Most of the Pills in market contain Mercoi7» Awhich.-altboufih a valuable remedy in skillfol haodii is dangerous in a public pill, from the dreadful esa* sequence* that frequently follow its incautious These contain no mercury or mineral substance wbt ever. . Price 25 cents per box,'or 5 boxes fii H Prepared by Dr. J. C. ATSB & Ce.. , Lovell, Sold by C. A J. 1,. Robinson, Wellsboro; H. *■ Borden, Tioga; W. G. Miller and C. Parkhant. W»- renceville; A. AJ. Dcarman, Knoxville! ®. X. lings, Gaines; J. A J. G. Parkhnrft, EAI«M! K. Mitchell, Mitqhellyille; J. Redinglon, M ld<ll lr bury; Bennett A Randall, Middlehary Centrel "J W* Nesbitt, Mansfield; S, S. Packard, Coring!. I G. U. Sheffor, Liberty L D. S. Magee, Blonbnrgj » A Witter,.Mainsburg, and by Dealers everjehtre. Nov. .6, 1861.-6 m. _ Tioga co. court proclamation.- Whereas, the Hon, Robert Q. White, Judge for the 4th Judicial District of Pennsy .and E. T: Bentley and J. C. Whittaker, B?q- >h ciato Tioga county, have issued tbeir P cept, bearing dnte the 14th day of Sept-# * and to me directed, lop the "bolding of Orphan st Court of Common Pleas, General Quarter and Oyer and Terminer, at Wellsboro, for the b of Tioga, on the first Mohdny of December ( the 2d day), 1861, and to continue two week*. Notice is therefore hereby given, to tbo b % Justices of the Peace, and Constables in and to county of Tioga, to appear in . their own JP r 0 P e * sons, with their records, inquisition*, examination remembrances, to do those things which of to® l . ccs and in their behalf appertain to be dop«» a ® e f witnesses and other persons prosecuting in the Commonwealth against any person or P**J° Jj u required to be then and there attending, >n® depart at their peril. Jurors arc tual in their attendance at the appointed tun®> W* rw ably to notice. ** e9t .Given under my hand nnd seal at the SbenlTJ in Wellsboro, the 15th day of October in t ? of our Lord on§ thppEand eight hundred ana / ou§, & I, POWER, SW ls ' E. WILDMAN. Department of the Interior, ) Washington, D. C., 7lh Feb. 1856. )
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