for tbeir devo'hm to the■ -,m of liberty, the people of the north'are lit. dj-pii by the exam ple of those illustrious mi gi to the cause of liberty, and also by the j ;j|e to avenge the death of- those men. - - y "‘Fourth, The rebela.a^ael :il ,TUh the universal ; detestation of the which they have gent to tf courts of the "old world," have been v|jjh' cofdnesi and contempt. It' moat.be' she .king-to their pride 'to meet with euoh cold rei ptlpns, where they 'expected a hearty welobrai| Ifheir reasons for •seeding, were sounreseoi Kite and contempt!-- ■ Lie, as to excite the ridiculA'ilpd disgust of ev ■ ery sober minded person ®e globe. Baton the other band,, the people: (|i tba north meet with the approbation of all: Iperty-loving pen pie, because they artvabouf; Ididecide a queston la which the world is iutereiiej. That is wheth er a Republican form of goiife&nient can exist or notr-whether thqse Unite!‘States are to be free and, independent, or foieyer polluted with the bane of'slavery. ■■ ; ./jj -M.J. G. from the 67th Pennsylv ifla Regiment. CCJIBSatiKD I Sbino, Vi., 1 . 12,1862. J Fbiekp Agitator.—lt trVitlbe a week to xnorow, since in the general, movement of the grand army of .the Pul .-'tfiac, our division, under thevcommand of Sen, ijsawey, reached this place. The day we reaq'jp, here, was wet and unpleasant, but since the tl(imo the weath er has been remarkably fine; excepting one or two days, which were too iwaflaffor comfort. 1 , Our regiment has been dew ilitd to guard this point for n time, and tbe balm 0$ of the*division . has advanced some ten-miles, This is a beau ' tiful spot oh the banks of the Pflinunkey; The ’ river is olive with boats. , Ifjire constantly passing with all. kinds of j irtres and equip ments for the army. Wo hi yx however, but little to do, and timedrag( : hit \j|l)y. The rest, is, nevertheless; very They were nearly exhausted 4 labor at Yorktown, and the subsiqp )is march to this place. J ,' 1 I •' . On the afternoon of the fl i.tafter the evac uation of Yorktown, we took'lJi® road leading to Richmond, hi pursuit. It a be-s/utjful Sabbath day, and thesaorej h/Iya wliioh should havo been spent in exerciser -of; devotion, no cessity required them to he de;„a|sd, fa a maroh. We advanced about five miles,' hpl stopped for; tbenight/ We spread, down liujf blankets on the ground, and with the hrpi<E bright heav ens for a covering, we wcre.sut iij|folde'd in the arms of Morpheus. It.cqriime i®d, to rain in the night, and continued Wo rtuig the greater part of the next day. This; m*j)|'our advance difficult. Such a depth of mhlijos we passed through, can bo seen only in state of Vir ginia. We waded on through; ;ipjd many pla ces to the knees. We copi/ f ‘l|iertr constant booming of artillery, and intu yjgnt vullejs of musketry. .This told that tliert sAs jwartn work ahead, Wheh within about'fu r yokes of.Wili lamsburg, we were met by Cap .potter, one of Gen Jameson’s aids, and were 1 ’jaered to un eling our knapsacks and pptcS. Si guard over them. This.was soon done, at £&ff went our brigade on double quick. Thri igh such mud as I saw Lahore, they- dj .it for nearly four miles. As they’ bat tle field, they raised such shook, |snd yells as made the woods ring,- and ;thi| really decided the day. The rebels, I guess, ih'iqght the gates of pandemonium were unbarred jatd legions of. demons were issuing forth to fo them be , fore their time. At last thaT-th ;flght that the main body of , our army had am -e'|, and would sweep in upon them like nntava rthebe; hence, they-thought it discreet, ans at fife sumo time, consisteiit with true valor, Jo re life jn to th,eir .redoubts. This they according! rigid. It im ' pressed our men with the aam< -conviction.— They were wellnigh' exhausted j ;s||i lohg- and hard fighting, but the assuranoe.fbjt reinforce ments in large numbers bad qbnijito their aid, inspired them with fresh efierrijlj and ' they poured a galling fire dn the retreating foe. It is the united testimony of hot;*-'Jriende and foes, that it wak the tremendous' §ells qi the first brigade, second division, and gjhird corps of the army of tbe Potomac, thot gurned the hard fought battle of the sth. of j©y, at Fort McGraoder, into a glorious victory-df the fed* eral army. ; There was no fighting after we came up, ex cept by the artillery. The 1 ' rebels continued .to throw shot and shell within fun pie Sant prox imity to our brigade. They fell Everywhere around US, find throwed up th> dlrt'an many of our faces. One came very near, tie head, of Lieut. Col. Woods, but.thankj to thb guardian care of a kind - Providence,- not ‘a ipan|ln our hri-' gade was killed, and but one, of-company B, 57th regiment, hurt. He wtts hit otlthe leg by a bounding cannon ball, which f?ave|him a se vere bruise, hut its force was soi Vr ||>ne that it did not seriously injure him. ;, | What a'night-we spent on_tbfi jiad of car- - nage and death I I never eiparieoeeif anything -like it beforehand hope I never «hallljiereafter. We were all very much touted- Ijiy&iie rapid march, and our clothes were coni ted with rqin ; our overcoats anb. biSikets had generally been left where 'the. bad been unslung. ' We had tp remain j|till, and tbq night becoming cold, we were chilled through. It was some considerablegtime be fore we were permitted to build fires.s. Our surroundings contributed, larjwjy to the ' discomforts of our .situation. Matffi of tbe wounded wbi-e still, in the‘woods wife re they bad fallen, and tbeir groans;werebear|rending. They could'not be found in' the darkßess, and , there they lay fur the night, in the |uid and wet, with thdlf wounds undressed,’ Igjp'dreds, .who had been-gathered off front the field of battle, lay together in the woodcj 'win 1 only a blanket for bed,and covering, ‘.'he,surgeon's had dressed their wqunds', and dor o qv»y thing circumstartees would permit, fur tUqir Jomfort; but still their condition was wret/hecS, Their ' moans and lamentations were dreadfuFto hear. Many of them were calling pitesu»fc for a | drink of water, but no water could bp'had.— Taking it all in all, It was an awful.night. .Next morning, bar brigade was first to enter Fort McGruder and Winiamahqi&, which tbq rebels bad evacuated in a panic dicing ,tbe . night. ' /JV,- There were over two thousand in ki|taiJ and wounded on our side.. The lose of th|’rebels was aboiff the same. Kearney’s divisgin suf fered the most—hence we |he rear ns reserves.' j. ‘ f 1 ,■ ' I had intended, whan I corpmenoed Writing, to give you a description of the battle field, as, it presented itself to me’ as I passed Qv|r it the next morning, but tbe scene is too .humble, and I will not pain yoiir readers with s£•- - We do not expect to remain here manE daye; we may be ordered on at any 1 time, to.jap u«r brigade. We hope ip enjoy-the satisfiefion of seeing Richmond before many days pru.sfhy. ' T might write 0 great many things, but I,mi 11 nut weary j-tn, '* - W. T, . : ’-r si; Republican County Convention. Tioga, Mat 19,1862. In pursuance of a call .issued by. the: Chair man, the Republican County Committee met at Smith’s Hotel this afternoon, and passed the following preamble and resolution : • ■ Whereas, dissatisfaction has been expressed to ns by many citizens of tbo Cuunty, with the system of nominating officers, as enunciated by the last Republican County Convention which did away with the “old delegate system/’ and -authorized the election of candidates to be sup ported at the ensuing election, and whereas, many inconveniences may arise from thb new •system, therefore be it - 1 Resolved, that the -Republican Electors of Tioga County are requested to meet in the sev eral districts, nt the hsual place of holding elections, on Saturday the7th day of June next, and that they elect two delegates to represent such districts, in a Convention to be bbld nt WeJluhorn, on Monday evening, the 9th flay of June, next, to consider the propriety of jresto ring the delegate system, or retaining the pres ent one, and for the purpose of electing Repre sentative and Senatorial delegates to the State Convention which meets at Harrisburg, oh the 17lh day of July next, and to transabt: sm-h other business as may bo brought beforp tbe Convention. 1 B®* We publish elsewhere from lost week’s Banner the correspondence which passed re cently between the Rephblicen County Com mittee and a committee calling itself the Union County Committee. It is needless to say that we end irse most fully both in spirit and in let ter, the manly, straight-forward and patriotic reply of Mr. Elliott tbe Chairman of the Re publican Committee. In a proposition coming from a minority party there certainly ougblj to be no ambiguous phrases, but on the contrary every word ought to be open and explicit. Di plomacy is ono of tbe political sciences and has a language of\its own, but it bos never yet made oil and water Imix by calling these ingredients by other names. - The Vailanding ham Pro-Slavery Democratic Address signed by eleven Members of Congress Announced that they were for the “ Constitution as it is, and the robin as if was,” and the “ Union” party here use the same language without explana tion and ask to unite with-Republicans 1 The Republican voters of this county are called to meet together at usual place of bold ing elections in each district on Saturday next, for the purpose of choosing delegates to a Coun ty Contention to he held ib the Court Ilouae in -THE war HEWS, this Borough on the Monday evening following. During a tremendous thunder-storm on Sat The object of such Convention is explicitly sot arday, about 1 o’- lock in the afternoon, the en forth in the caßof-the County Committee to be emy made a bold effort with greatly superior for the purpose of rejecting or retaining the mfmhers to turn the right ftank of iheDnion system adopted at Tioga last autumn. Uepra. army, which was on the Richmond aide of the sentntions have been made to the Committee Chickahominy, not for from the river. Gen. that the new system is distasteful to the gpuple— Casey’s division, forming the first lino of pur that there is too much machinery about it—and advance, received the attack, and, in'the words that under its’workings men entirely inimical of the dispatch "gave way unaccountably and to Republican principles might be nominated; disunitedly.” This created confusion, of course, A correspondent in Ward, whose letter appear*!, and the guns, and baggage were lost. At this elsewhere, asks us to state the objections offered , juncture Gen. Heimxelman brought up their to the new system and requests us,to print thej[ divisions, when a furious battle raged, with no resolution of the Convention which adopted it. jj further advantage to us than bolding the enemy We were not present at the meeting of the 1 in check." As soon ah possible, the divisions of County Committee and cannot give all therea. . Gen. Sedwick and Gen. Richardson were passed sons urged ngkinst it. We have given only a over rhe river, and drove the enemy back .With few which we have heard urged by men who the bayonet, literally covering the ground with cling to the old -system. The Resolution re- h is dead., Thus ended the work of iuurday. ferred to I.y “ Observer” is as follows: Yesterday morning the. enemy undertook the Jtriolerd, That ‘‘the practice whioh seems to hav* , - , • grown up in this county for.the last ten years, of-por- lna ß er B S aln , were everywhere repulsed, sons selecting themselves for office, advertising their One of their Generals (Pettigrew) and a Cul nuuics to the public” through the county,papers u , , v i - candidates, is of itsslf right and proper; but that one named Lung were taken prisoners. Gen. •■>he pi-aoii,K of traveling over the -minty,in ell di- McClellan says our loss Is heavy, whilethat of THE AqiTATOR,' HUGH YOUNG, EDITOR * PROPRIETOR. WEEtSBOnOCGH, PA.j “ ' -WEDNESDAY MORNING, J ONE 14. 1852. STATE CONVENTION. THE PEOPLE OP PENNSYLVANIA, who dfcsire cordially to unite in Buftaluizig tbe Kationai Admin istratiimln lu patriotic efforts te.roppreei a sectional end unholy reboDion Agftinft tbe Utyty of-lhe Repub lic/and irbo desire to rapport, by every power of .the Government, one hundred thousand heroic brethren in arras, braving disease and tbo perils of tbe field to preserve tbe Onion of our' Father*,. are .-requested select tbo number of 'Delegates «qual to the Legisla tive Representation ol tbe State, at such ticbes and in each manner as will ba*t respond to thp spirit of lbi» call, to meet in State Convention at Harrisburg, on THURSDAY, tbe Seventeenth Day of July next, at eleven oVlock, on sold day to nominate Candidates for tbo offices of Auditor General and Surveyor Gene ral, and to take such' as may bo deemed necessary to strengthen the Government in ;this -sea son of common peril to a common country. A. K. McCLURE/ Chairman People's State Committee. Oeo. W. lUukieblt. J Secretaries - Jobs M. bcLUTAS, ) ; The Committee also appointed tbe following Committees of Vigilance for the coming cam paign, and they hope that the committees will see that notices of the above Convention, is du ly posted up in their several-election districts. Blots —Wm. Butler. James IT. Guhck. ; Brookfield— J. W. Fitch, E. K Baker. • 1 Charleston —J. G. Itnrtf, Joel Culver. Chatham —He Ij. Vun Dusun. Reuben Morre, Clymi-r —Job Itexford, Henry Steele. ; Coehojton —Jubn Lewis. G. M. Butler. i ‘Coeimjton Boro —L. B_ Smith, S. S. Packard. 1 Deerfield— Einmer Bowen, Jere. Stoddard. | Btlmar —James I, Jackson, George Cuulidge. Elk —John Maynard. Jebial Bench. Etklnnd Bora —Joel Park hurst. J. C. Whittaker. - Ejtnnlnyton —o. W. Forsyth, James Beebe.' Gaines —H. C. Vermiiyca, J. S. Watrous. ‘ Joekson —S. L. Purmetor, 0, B. Wells. . Knoxville —J, P. Biles,[Giles Roberts. Lawrence —Charles Baker, Joseph Guile. Lawrence Boro —J. W. Hyon. Charles Beebe. Liberty —C. F. Veil, Robert C. Cox, i Jlainsbartf —John ‘Fox, {Ahaz Robbins, Jr. . M infield —J. M. Phelps, A. J. Russ. hfiddlebnry —G. P. Card, A. C. Cnie, Morris —\V. W, Babb, James Duane. Kelson —Enoch Blackwell. Henry Baxter. Ooceola —Daniel Coates, Morgan Seeley. Bichnwnd —\V. C. Ripley, A. M. Spencer. Rutland- —G. W. Van Allen. Joel Rose. ' , Shijipen —E. Grinnoll, 11. Broughton. Sullivan —Allen Rockwell, Lolayotte Gray. Tioga —John Dailoy. D. I. Aiken. Tioga Boro —D. B. Loweli, Lewie Daggett, Union —Anson Dana, Ambrose Barker. Hard—J. J. Denmark, Peter Cameron. I Vtllsboro —John R, Bowen, H, W. Williams. Westfield —J. K. Sayles, David Cloos. On motion £he Committee adjourned to meet at Wellsboro on Monday afternoon July 9,1862, at E. S. Farr’a Hotel. S. B. Elliott, Chairman. THS HEW CONVENTION SYSTEM, THE fid GA COU Iff Y A Gif Arf OR. rectiona, begging sod pleading thrfenple to elect del egates instructed fur ibera; baa became ff nuisance, and ought to lie'’ abolished; that “the effect of each a practice ,ie demoralizing, tending to promote bar gains between the candidates; to provoke strife and discord, and in the end to place candidates before the public n - bo are sotnetitiies unworthy 1 tiff public' trust;” that the people themselves, and not political wire pullers who take advantage of a bad system to 'pro mote their own selfish ends, should be allowed to soy ; who their candidates for office-Bbsit- That to res more these, and other abuses, this 'Convention hereby abolishes, so far os the County Republican organiza tion is concerned, the present Convention system, and that we hereby adopt the following in its stead; The people of each township and borongb will meet at theWnal'place of holding elections, and at a cer tain time agreed upon by the'County Executive Com mittee as heretofore; and shuil cast each man forhim self, one vote for the person be desires to be nominated to any giveh office. - It shall bo the ditty of the Vigi lance Committees appointed by the County Executive Committee as heretofore, to constitute themselves as an election board, to count the votes given fur. each candidate at the close of tbe election, and to meet at tbe Court Mouse in Wellsbcrrongh' at four o’clock P. M. of tbe Friday following such primary. election. After proper organisation, these committees shall-pro e-ed to count tbe votes cast for each candidate in the. several townships and boroughs in tbe county, und tbe person having the highest number of votes cast for him shall be declared tbe nominee of tbe. Repub lican party far that office, and shall receive the hearty support of all tbe Republicans at the election which follows. Jinoleed, That, ns the above system, if properly carried out will represent more faithfully the wishes of a majority of tbe people than any other, and, as it nt once does away with delegates, and political traffic in any shape, we coil upon all Republicans to aid us in carrying out Ibis much needed reform. For ourselves we are deeidedly in fayor of the system thus set forth find we have faith to believe that if it be tried in the right spirit the people will like it. It has been tried for yonrp in Crawford County, (where it originated, and in Union, Snyder, and we believe some other counties with complete success. Let us have a trial of it for one year and see how it works. However that is a question for the Convention and we hope to see it re-affirm tbe work of last fall. - In order that the voters at the primary meet ing next Saturday may act intelligently on the matter, we will elaborate the new system as we understand'it. Ist. The County Committee will select three voters in each district whose names will be an nounced with the call fur the nominating Con vention. These three voters will act as a vigi lance committee, and also as a board of election at the primary meetings. One of the three will act as judge, and the others ns clerks. The polls should bo kept open from 2 to 6 o’clock p. m. 2d. In order to do away with- electioneering the candidates for the several offices should an nounce their names through the newspapers, at least three weeks previous to the holding of the primary elections, and subject to the action of the party at that time. 3d, After the polls are closed, the board shall proceed to count the votes that each candidate has received, and make out the returns accord ingly, to be certified to by the judge and at tested by the clerks. 4tb. The board of election or vigilance com" mittee shall select one of their own number, from each of the election districts respectively, who shall meet at the Court House an the Tues day following the primary meetings atl o’clock p. in., having the returns and a list of the votes, and the person having the highest number of votes for any office shall bo declared the regu lar nominee of the Republican party, sth. Any two or more persons having an equal number of votes for the same office the judges shall proceed to ballot fur a choice, the person having ths highest number to be the nominee. 6th. The Return Judges shall be competent to reject, by a majority, the returns from any election district, where there is evidence of fraud, either in the returns, or otherwise, and shall reject them where there is evidence of three or more persons’voting at the primary meetings who do not heartily endorse the action of Congress, in the abolishment of slavery in the District of Columbia, tho. recommendation of the President for the abolishment of slavery in the Border States with compensation only to loyal owners, and all efforts of the Administra tion to put down this wicked rebellion. Men who thos believe ought to be allowed to vote without regard to party names, and none others. 7tb. The Return Judges shall have power to appoint-Coaferees—Representative, Senatorial and Congressional—as may be hereafter re quired, who shall he recommended to support the person who may receive the largest number of votes cast fur that office in this county. They shall also bare power to elect a County Com mittee of seven for the ensuing year. —Such is the new system. There are many points wherein it is far superior, in our opinion, to the old one. Let the ConventTpn with this plan before them do whatever seems best; and if after a fair discussion the .new plan be re jected, we shall be satisfied that the 1 people do not want it. the enemy most have been enormous. Most ef oor imen fought nobly, and several splended bayonet charges were made, the 2d Excelsior Regiment making.-two. It’appears that the , Biehels tried the same gome as at Pittsburg -Landing,- and witb something like the same re sult/ Fullingj upon our right with a force of brobably ten to one. tbey to turn- the. position, throw oat array into a panic,, which would give them an easy victory;lt was doubtless , a most desperate attempt but fortu nately a.failure. .. . ■ . . We have' dispatches from Corinth to Satur day afternoon. On that morning General Pope marched into the' place, finding nobe but wo men 'and children to greet him. The Mayor came out to meet’him, And made a formal sur render. The Rebels hati carried of everything, even the letters in tbe Post-Office. They went, moving westward toward Grand Junction, Braggholdingthe rearguard with’ 10,000 men. The people say there were neter more than 60,- 000 men' there at once, and for most of the time ndt near so njany. They assert that Beau regard 1 was therein person, ■; Tbs War News is of the most cheering fcbnr acter from all quarters. The whole of McClel lands army stood on Sunday where it could look into Richmond and is pro bail! y there be fore this .time. The fight of Saturday was re sumed on Sunday and theircbels were driven back two miles and a half with the loss of 1,- 200 in killed and wounded, on(i SOO prisoners. Our ioss-was 300 in killed and wounded.- i Northward, Jackson is hard pressed by Fre mont, who, sided by McDowell if needed, willj hold, him to a terrible account if hecntches! him, fur the attrooities of his late pursuit of Gen. Bafiks.. On Sunday week Gen. Fremont; was telegraphed to move to Bank’s aid, and in j two hours bad struck his tents and marched, j Unincumbered by baggage, trusting to find! food forhis men in the country he w»s to march through„be has led his force over mountainous, and almost impassable roads, and suddenly ap pears in seven days at Strasburg, after a forced march o? more thpn a 'hundred miles, in the real of theeheray. It will be difficult for Jack eon, whsn they have him in sight, to escape men whu hare dona so much in the mere hope of overtaking him.' The news from Richmond will.hasten both parties, and, if Jackson is not cut to pieces, he will probably run out of the S.ienanduah Valley a great deal faster than be eame into it, with little disposition to boast of bis exploits while there. FEOM THE BUCK-TAILS. Cauc Near Fredericksburg. Va., 1 May. 27, 1802. J Friend Agitator, —This army is now on the south side of the Rappahannock,. Our division came over yesterday, and enuamped in a fine, oak grove on the farm of a rank - rebel; there is nut a drop uf loyal blood in hia veins, lie even refused to sell or give one cents worth of anything ito the “d d Yankees," and did his best tu prohibit us from getting water from bis springs. Such men are respected, and their properly guarded. This is the hardest pill we have taken, to respect a man and guurci his property, when he would plunge the dagger to our hearts if he had a chance ; but they say we must win them.back with kindness, which is a part of war that I don’t believe in, and it is the opinion of thousands in the army,.to-day, that this rebellion will never bo .entirely blotted pat, until more stringent rules are put into opera tion. Last-Sunday, While one of the New York 23d, was walking bis beat in Fredericksburg, be slept u£on a spring of a torpedo wfaicb had been placed in bis path by the hands oh some man whose property bo’was guarding, which exploded and blew up an old house, by setting fire to a keg of powder, and killed the guard instantly; ibut the worst was,- as hia comrades were taking bis mangled form by a bouse where a woman (not a lady) was standing in thedoor, she slapped her hands and shouted glory, ahd said she. wished the whole Yankee nation was in the same fix. All this, transpires under the cover of a hundred guns, and within sight- nf Gen. McDowell's head quarters ; the old town islands. Such a city ought to be buried deeper beneath shot and shell, in less than twenty-four hours, than the walls'of Pal myra, are, to-day, buried beneath the sands of the desert 1 Our regiment is now divided into two parts. Col. Kane has "seceded,” and taken with him four companies, H, I, C, and G; the latter company is. Capt. McDonald's. - It was with deep regret that Capt. 1 McDonald left the regi ment, and it was with a sad heart that we’bid' him good bye, for he is loved by all, and one. of the best fighting men - that old Tioga has ever sent out; Besides this, Lieht.Gol. Kane, is not bis friend, 1 and only took-his company, because a very few of the old Camp'Curtin Buck-tails were in it. Col. McNeil is very much! opposed to this division, but is absent sick, and knew nothing of ic-until the morning Kane left,—i— Gens. Reynolds; and MoC.all, are also opposed to it, but Kane has money, and money always commands political friends. Col. Kane is now in Gen. Bayard's brigade, in Ord’s division.— The reason ,we have for this, is, that we are a rifle regiment, and they have a right to divide it, in order to have a scouting party in 5 two di visions. We do not know, whether the division is permanent, or not. Dr. Humphrey is left with our partj and is hotter capable of taking care of the six companies, than-Freeroati is the other four. ■ ■ 1 We do not know how'long we will stop here, but our knapsacks are packed, ready to, start at a moment's warning; but our movements will depend very much upon the movements around ns; Gen. Ord, with the most of hia di vision, left here Sunday, toheljj Banks—also, Shield’s whole'division of seventeen regiments. 1 tbipk with Ord ond Banks in the front, end Shields in his’ rear, old- Jackson will find re treating! not quite so easy. There are not many loyal men in this partof Virginia, ,1 have'yet to find even one. Aa we passed through Fredericksburg, yesterday, we met with no demonstrations'of joy, except from* sp.Wiers end northerners, who are .constantly flocking in -to trade and start business. A few ladies waved thje'ir whi;o handkerchief, bot we could see by the intellect that beamedjrom ev ery eye, that they had not long lived in ths ‘•Sunny South.- Many' of the windows:'were blinded, but wa.could occasionally see tfashead of a female through the half drawn cortains. not venturing In sight, far fear it might dash her modesty to be seen by a Yankee, i On this side of the River, the land ie very good—rye is haadingout.and clover ie in bloom/ This makes good feed fur our horses.,- It is a common thing to see a train of army -wagons coma in filled with corn, which we take from rebels in the country. / l tmiet gloße'for want of time. 1 - - ‘ Cot.. Cbockxtt. ,1 . From Nilas’. Company. -Cahp rfiAR Faumoutii, Va.j May 22,1862. ; Nearly, a-month has passed since our arrival alt thi* place, and we are still lying "idle with nothing to beyond an occasional drill no.w and. then.-but ga*e wistfully upou the, prom ised land beyond tbe river and speculate upon the hardships'and dangers we are likely to en counter. when we are once more upon the move with oor faces turned southward. i'The bridges have been repaired, and Rail Road communication is again opened between this point and America, via Aquia Creek and thb Potomac. - ’The people of this benighted district must be somewhat astonished nt the enbrgy and enterprise displayed by the hated Yankees. No sooner do we gain -possession of a place, than as if by magic stores are opened, and large stocks of much needed articles are temptingly displayed, and tbe patronage of the community respectfully solicited by tbb uni versal Yankee. As usual, he does not ?top to consider that he may be running his goods and mayhap hip neck into danger, should.it be nec essary to fall back from our position, thereby withdrawing from him the protection the army affords. Ho does not, think of that, or if think ink, heeds it not, for McClellan has said there shall benostep baokward and he listens and believes. We are having glorious weather here, al though rather warm to be comfortable at hard , work, but as we have plenty of pure water for tbatbing purposes, and hut littje to do beyond lying in the shade-only varying the programme by >an occasional bout with the swords, you can imagine our sufferings are light on account ! of the heat. Indeed, were it not fur the Bepa i ration from friends, and being debarred from these social privileges which go so far. to make up what is called life,’ a life in camp could be 1 made quite attractive, as everything which promises the least amusement is seized upon with avidity qnd made most of. As an instance I willjrelate an incident wnich occurred the other day‘while the regiment was ,on hattallion drill. It si happened that among the speotatore who were watching the evolutions, there was a dar key who appeared to he highly interested in the different ro vements and it so chanced that when the regiment came into line of-, battle it brought him'directly to the front and near the the qenter, when the Major gave the command .charge bayonet, forward, double quick. Now Cuffie seeing* this, began to think he had got himself into a bad fix and thought it was about timelhe was getting out of that.. Acting upon this he turned and set off at a reasonable speed. Seeing this, the hoys.iccrea ed their speed and jbroki into a yell that raised the wool on Cuff’s head land started him at break neck speed. It was fijn amusing scene for a disinterested spec tator,! but I suppose the-darkey thought differ ent. He ran like a frightened deer With his face upon which was depicted .deadly fear) turned h.rck upon Ids shoulder, and an arm stretched out imploringly towards the men wjiomi he thought were about to make mince meat j)f him. It was some time before a com mand could be given and order restored ns the Boys .Were convulsed with laughter at the dar darkey’s frightened appearance. I’ve an idea that hs experienced considerable relief as be entered the woods which border upon the pa rade ground and would wager a email amount that ho made the best time on'record. Thejlnyinoihles, Capt. Carl, of the fith-Regt. are encamped about a mile from us. J have seen a number of them »nd they report all well nk Usual at their camp. The band at tached; to their Regt. paid a visit to our camp the other eveniog and gave us an unexpected treat in the ’ shape, of a number of pieces of music played in their best style. It will cause no wonder to. know that they have the reputa tion of being the best band in the corps wh- n it i» known that our fellow townsman, Job Wot morPj is one,of the principal musicians. We’ receive the morning papers id the after noon of the s tme day they are issued. The la test news-is pagerly sought after, and when fa vorable for us it is by none hailed with greater joy than hy-tha soldiers, in camp., -We begin to tiling the end is not far distant. As I write, wo have news that a portion of.the Federal ar- , my is within eight miles of Richmond, and that the Rebels are slowly falling back before the advance of McClellan.’ We have just received orders tpjhavq fifty rounds of cartridges and three days rations In our haversacks. This looks like ft move and you need not he sur prised to hear of a battle near Fredericksburg ,at any moment. There is known to be quite a strong force of Rebels near here, and when the proper time comes, there will certainly be a fight or a font race. Should, anything.inter esting occur you will be duly Informed (rebel, bullets permitting) by . a*. Sojes Bor. . Correspondence between the Union on's Ee- publican Committees. Weulsburo, May 17, 1862. At a meeting of the Onion Standing Com mittee of the county,-held this day fn Wellabo ro, the following resolution was adopted; Whereas, it seems to be the manifest desire of- the true Union men pf the loyal States, that old political organizations and past And defunct issues shall be laid aside,- at least for the pres ent, and that all union-men of whatever party shall come together-upon the broad platform of the maintenance of the Constitution, as it is and the restoration of the Onion, as it was; therefore, he it Reached ; That in order that there .maybe but one ticket presented to the union-men of the county at the coming election, we .will units witH lhe republican committee in ending a Joint Union Convention, for the purpose of nominating county officers, a state senator and congressman,, upon any fair basis which they may suggest, or which they may agree upon, by a committee of conference appointed by the respective committees, and that we do offer to join them in sending delegates to the People’s State Convention to be held at- Harrisburg on the 17th pf July next; and that wo appoint M. N. Ai.'le!.v a committee-to present the ac tion of this committee to the republicnn'com raitteo, and receive .whatever-answer they may thick proper to make. I, - jxrrißsoK Harrison, • - • - . Chairman. M. F. Esuott, Secretary. .1 May 10,1562. . ‘ To the Republican Co. Committee-,. Oekttxkes UTnetosed is a dopy oHhe action of the Union Standing Commutes 0 f ty, relative to a union with ,00 tbs enclosed resolution. As the co • pointed to confer with yon, I shall h any communication from y nu ; n , proposition which the Union Com m r»|f ; faith have made. I shall be happy to receive & n Respectfully- 7 ‘ I _ ;MA«rau),Mi» on,. ~ M. N. Allis, Esq.. 7 « Committee appointed by * tee ; Dear Sir jI am instructed \n\L Heap County Committee, to stated elation passedby your committed tt union with therepuhlioan party B , of “maintaininji; the Constitution u ; the reatoration of the Union as it . .received ; and ip reply we will say tu tentirely willinglto, and invite all those, who agree with the Republic* izntion in sentiment. We are, therefo willing to agree to unite upon the hash, restoration .of the Onion as it w.uwllb Davis,' Mason, jSlidellT and other pw traitors to occupy their seats in the r' States the reepslavement of the ’ of Columbia," and the restoration of th s icol dominion of the slave payer ■ hat vite co-operation! with alllhosa who are will and will agree to support the administratis, Abraham Lincoln in all its efforts to restore- Union and put down this wicked rebellion i the measures and doctrines set forth in platform of principles adopted at the Reps* lican County Convention held at Tioga gust lost. We qonceivo that ire' hive no >*. thority to propose to yon any other principle than those held to be by the republican part? feeling as we do, that the great moral, political and nntionnl interests of the country attbU time depend upon their being faithfully carried out in the administration of the government State and National!.' ' Youpa truly, I S, B. Elliott 1 Chairman Rep. Co. Coa. Prom Capt. Elliott’s Company. In Cahp 16 hjles kast of Richhosb 1 i May 20,1862. ’{ Friend Agitator—l thought I would writi a few lines to ybo, not knowing but it would be acceptable to the readers of your paper. ' Yesterday we moved fire miles nearer Rich mond, apd » flag olj truce came in camp from the Rebels, and th'p reports were that Qen. Johnson had offered to surrender his army and himself to take the oath of allegiance if the general Gtgrernmeni would allow them to go home and fake their arms with-them. Ibelier# they wish to getoutof this scrape. Of cootie, the truth of the above report I cannot roueli for, but it is generally believed, and we hen think that the rebels nre the smartest men in the world on a race. From Willitimrbarpti here they have strewn the road with cannon and all kinds of army supply; blankets, knap sacks, canteens &o- They left eight hundred wounded at Williamsburg. We pH wish to get home, but not before the rebellion*. is entirely wiped nut, and we think McClellan'will wipe it out of Virginia in twenty days, ond where they will go when they start]from Richmond is herd to tell, unless as they say, they mesa to go North. Their prisoners say that they intend visiting old Pennsylvania. I should not won der if thousands <i(l thc.tp did. but it will ha ns prisoners.- The 'negroes' appear to he greatly pleased with th’o Yankees, they think they art free. I asked one old slave what he Intended to do, for his master wm in -the rebel army,. Oh be says, I am free, and all persuasions would not induce him to go to work, and that iia specimen of the whole, class. Ignorant they are, and it is feaful to contemplate the retail of the rebellion on the whitej class, for the negroet think there is a change in their situation, and they will not go to work for. their, masters an* lees they are forced to do it. H. 3. H. Ed. Agitator — Dear Sir: In yotrr issue ef last week, I notice that in the report of the Republican County Comtriittee, it was stated that “ dissatisfaction baa been expressed’’ to the members of said committee, “ by many of the citizens .«f the County with the system of nominating officer* a* enunciated by the hst Republican County Convention which did sway with the ‘old delegate system’" -As. As I was one of the delegates to that Convention end voted for the "resolutions (above referred to,) judging their adoption to jbej a,great improve ment upon the “old delegate system” I' would be very happy to hear stated some of the most valid objections which are urged sgsinit the new plan. j If you can find room in your paper next wiek to publish those resolutions, together with soms of the objections —if you what the objec tions are, you wjll confer a favor on the citiien* here, as well as (nany other places of the boun ty (for there are .manywhoL kno* nothing of them) by so doing. ,1 think it would be » very proper move to have them read at the canons meetings in every township in the county. If some one in each township would take the trouble, as by this means the popular senti ment would be obtained, and thus delegates would bo better able to express the wishes of the people in each township, in relation to the subject, at the County 'Convention. Pleas* give us your opinion and greatly oblige. Years very truly, Fall Brook, May 29,1862 i Obssrvw- {Sr How the modern Democrats do Jots the Soldiers !—When in Mexico, the Soldiers voted generally for Shank, the Democratic candidate for Governor, no complaint was made. Bet, in 1861, two thirds' jof them voted for the Be publican Union Ticket—and then, three Detno cratip Judgca—Ltiwrey, Woodward and Strong —find out that such "out of the District’,’mods of voting is unconstitutional I j jYet, they would have you think “the Democracy arc always the same”—“the -Democracy are }the only tree friends of the Soldiers 1” Wei, hope tbs h°7* will be home to vote by October next, gener ally—and they will say at the polls what they think of such partial Democracy. . „ Sumac Wanted. ONE DOLLAR per hundred weight, wffl he P** 4 for dry Suxic Bark or Lit ates, hy JOHNSTON A BOTCR Tioge, Jane 4,1862, 8t Yea! sums. THE highest, price will be paid; for light skint moat be free from cuts orholes—bv " JOHNSTCW'A BOTCE>, Tiogs, June 4,15C2. St. Shingle Mill Fat- Sale. ONE of the most spprovedkind, in eomplets re»* nitig ordef-i-wai be Bold for wsatofnie. A£P > to 7 11. 6.. JOHNSON. Tioga H. Tioga, Tone 1,1862.' St.
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