AgitatorT™" " . =sss=s tv !=s=!ss: ~’ ' " '.. ~ :J , “ ' .. . ~ “ sin-• A Ct IT A TOR ■-A., A.AA-J . -,;j£3l> VA AJL JZjL:. JL V_/ A\j ienofr.,-; “ [it .. r , ; .• “''■■* ’ * - >.. .•' “ Thß AfflTAxOn Official ..paper o i Tioga Co., and circulate? in, therein,; Sub. soriptio'ns being dntbb.edTince-pay, system, it circu lates »mbn#:aeias&nwatt'o the inter est of advertisers to reach,■ Tar®» to sldvdfrtisere psßMrWas those of fered byany.pa!p e foi equal cirqalajian in Northern Pennsylvania. " "■ ? ‘ eg- -A on the margin, of * paper, denotes thattbs.fibsorip'tteaiis obont tooipite. i". ■rtzr- Papers will ba si ipged when Jho snbserlption time expires, unless*ihV agwt brdera thsir continu ance. ■■l, * I JAS. XOWREI * S.; F. WII.SOH, CWNSELI-OES at LAW, J\. yriu attend thj Cruris >of Tioga, Potter and MoKfeancfltiQtiftg.-- v j ;pff~.eUri)Oyo t 1863.] JQHM M AWIf, Attorney & pQ pnsellor at law, Coader»po,rt, Pso.' P »ttend the several Courts in Potter , and j.AUhusineaa en trusted to Ms car6,wi|l*iJl»lvo prompt'attention. He has the agency of latte tracts of gohd-settling. land and will attend to theTpsUinent of taxes op any lands in said oonnties,- . 1 • . . Jon; 28, 1863.* „J. CAJtPBBfct, JTB-, ; ' ■ KaoxviUb, TUijfa Cotiiity, JPa., ' A yrORNBY I * fcUONSE£LO6/AT LAW, gi*-Bn‘to (he of Pen gions, Back Pajof &?•. Jan. [ ?.{, - ; v •': Dics;nr*oj[ jotouse, , ■••• <rORH|lN'Gj N. Y. - ' Mat A. rnS|ep,...i;,y4..M. GUESTS taken fatndrfrom the Depot free of charge.' ,t,• -C ".;[3hn;l. 1663.] PESSiSYttiMIAHOIJSE, COKNEE OF MAltf STB 6ET AJTO THE AVENUE, Wtlb)U«. F*. ' J. W. BIGONT,. /Proprietor. THIS popular Hite; haring been refitted and re-furnished Ibr lughout, is npw.ppento the public m a first-class hjmtd.~.- j [Jan. 1, 1863.] wuk wjUiToii house, Bainii, Tjdj h Cpwity, Pa. H. C. VERMILYBA, Proprietor, THIS is a new-.hptci located within easy ac cess of the best ffishihg and : hnntiug grounds in Northern Pennsylvania "No pains will .be spared for the accommodation of nlsasurtf-seekers and the trav elling public. { ■ .Pa 0 -1* 1863.] - WATCHJ£ w |lOCip ATO IkSirtd »t BCLIisS B’S i GO’S. STORE, 'hy the Bubscribwyin the finer, and-at as low prices as the samel work can be Mol.'a for, by any first rate prac tical workman in the pU b. Wellsboro, Jnly 15, aBt3. .A. JR. HASCT- lo' HOTEL B'. B. HOLIDAY,]...; THB Proprietor bavin); again taken possession of the above Hotel. Wl! : spare Bo paint *« insure the comWrt of .guests-ini the traveling public. At tentive waiters always re idy. Terms reasonable. WeH«boro, Jan. 21,jiSfJt.-tf. -- ole-Iv, A ’A Watches, ciders,: Jewels, fee., fee., REPAIRED, jAS OLD- PRICES. POST OFFP3E .BUILDING, no, s, t?moN. Slock. Vell«hero,-May2fl,pfcB, . E. K.i BLACK,, . BARBER &IF AIRvDRESSER, ,•: ■ bhofover c l; WILCOX'S store; NO. 4, UN#ON BLOCK. Wellaboro, Jana f" MARBLE SHOP. T AM now receivitjg i STOCK, of ITALIAN X and RUTLAND (bongbt with cash) and am prepared to nmbSfacture all kinds, of TOM Bj-S T QN E S and-MONUMBNIS at th# lowostprices. RARVET ADAMS isjluy Agent and will sell Stone at the sptna prices as at the shop. WJS SAVE Jlif-T OSE FRICE. * Tioga, May 20;i863-IJ, A. D. COLE. FLOUR AXI# FEEJ> STORE. WRIGB® |fe pMLEt HAVE had tbei|-‘isill fthbrongbly repaired, and are ground flour, feed, meal, <fcc. ; every day 5 at teeirfcttfre in t6wn. Cash, paid for all grain* = , • i'f * BAILEY. WelleborOy April Q. W. WELLINGTON & GO’S. BANK, GORNtefGi -N- Y-, , (Locaixd is.;ifeE -House.) . American Gold mniSUver Com bonghtand soldi' New'Tbrk Exchno^i.. do. i Duourrent Money,s . ' d °\ ,r United StatesDettfWliSetss "old wsuo” CoßeotionS made In-Bl ports of the TJmon at Cur rent rates of Exchange! 1 Particular pains trip. betaken to accommodate onr patrons from the TioSa Valley. Our Office will be open at 7. A. M., andlblose at 7 P. M., giving parties passing ever the Tifita'llail Bond ample time to transact their basinej® before ;the departure of the train,in the'mornin|rand• after its,arrival in the, evening. ■ Q, W-fI"KLLIiiGXON) President. Corning, y. Y., 80ic.X2, 1867. ' - HOMESTEAD. Anew stoy-E and tin shop has just been 1 opened in Tioga; Pcnna., where may be found a good assortment of Codklng, Parlorend Box Stored of the moat approved patterns, and from the best The is ad mitted to be the best Elevated Oven Stove in the •market. The ,'I “ GOLDEN AGE” A GOOD HOPE " ate square, lai lop aip tigW stoves,'with large ovens, with'many advaetagpi-ever any other stove before made, ■ Parlor Stovesj The Signet and Caspion are both very neat and superior stoves. . Also Tin, Copper, send Sheet Iron Ware, kept con stantly on hand and &adb to coder of'the best mate rial and Workmanship) alt nf which' will be sold at the lowest figure for <ja*b or ready pay. Job work of all kinds Attended to on call. Tioga, Jan. U^B«f. GUERNSEY k SMEAD. WQOI Dardlnjj Cloth Dressing. THE «abscriherj!w ( i<iima‘ his oM customers lb« public ia prepared to card wool at Ike old stand, the coming season, havibg seotrfeTthe services of Mr. J. PEET, a and’erjwrienced workman, and also in tending to gire fell .personal nltenti,op:to the business, he mil warrant allwbrlt,done at his shop/ Wool larded at cents .per pound, and Cloth dressed at from ten Jbw twfentj cents per yard as per color and fiafsh. I \ . i, I. JACfCSON. ' WdlsboroyßUy; * _ JQHM KOY; TVEALBRIN DpDGS AND MEDICINES, , Chemicals, Variiiah, P,ainto, Dyes, Soaps, Per- Taney Goods, ?"?. Wines, Brandies, Gins, and other Liquors (hr modieal use. Agent for (ha said of all the best Pnt- R- " 6dMnM Y 4rlmnted B™- p . .BESTiIQUAICiITY. , Th« v. S 1 . C D n .f ?i MO^P^ ons Accurately compounded, for whiofits superior to any other for bnrmog in Ketosije Lamps.' Also,all othorkinds of Oils usually kept i| a&st-elass Drag Store. _ TANCY DYE;CbLOKS inpackages all ready PaTwl’ fSr Cuies. Also, W.M/ fBr t&Aiaal compounds. , ‘ _ uellsboto, Jqae 24p883-ily., . ~ ,£ , Hn>«s,AHDvi nizkest mmrke ««OOKLYN lANNL J °'y I, 1863, f | Ml BKEfS FASTajp.-f'fts ■ jirice: pai it znoiej' si the !RY srar Tioga. 3e&ote«J to t&e SjcttnaCon of tit kven of ifmfcom tie Spesti of f&ealt&g »efom. WHILE THERE'SHALL- BE A WRONG UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, VOL. IX. Original SietVs, - ~ ~IWr IbSAgttotor.;) TO TBE MEMORY OF JOHN B. MILLER, OF JERSE Y MILLS—Jk SIGNAL SOLDIER. Fold the glorious banner round him, LsyMmluthstilenttorab-; Fqrilnakghe left bekind him, AH thequiet joys of homo, And a heart more true to duty, Beat there not boneath the snn * Fold the glorious banner round him, ’ - - _ For hlswprk ia, nobly dpne. . On thohelddre nerer AiUertsd, : ; r;;■ itiljhoowfethfchotUMUdodwmnd; Alwjra of _duly, -jq' ■ • ’ On,the battle-ground. • Through th'e'dreary uwainps bewnndoii, With his comrades -boW&ad-braTe ; Watohing tor tboooraing signals, . ,’Tbongb they beckoned to the grave. Butsignala of a ioorchingfeTer; Burned on his brow,,flndin : his brain; : Alaa j .for him thore’e no returning, ‘*■ Hunraltihg fribnds ninst wait in rain, , Beyond theblue Potomac’* watbra, , .On fair Virginia's distant ahore; He alaeps.tbe sleep tbst knova no walking, . A signal soldier—nerer more. w Father, mother, sister, brother,. JVeep, oh weep for.him. who's gone 1 Tor a better and a braver, t Morning sun nee're shone upon, - But npon his country’s altar, - - . . „ He, bii life, has proudly Jain; Pray ye to the God of battles. That each deaths be not in vain. Thon.above bint drape the banner. Though your hearts grow.grey and old j And if in your eyes, (ears tremble, Dry them with its starry folds. For though’ lost to earth forever, He will long remembered be; ■ For beneath his name is written "Lo 1 he died for liberty.^ Texas, July 31,1885. , Meeta Mbebuove of a®at. [For the- Agitator!! A SOLDIER’S RETUBE. There was weeping beneath the old roof, and the wail of broken hearts. The death angel met Walter B. on his way from the hospital to his home, end pitiless of the dark shadow his wing would cast over loving hearts, bore him silently within the gates of the “Beautiful City.*’ .Walter’s was a brave heart, and at the first call of the President for volunteers, bade adieu to his class mates at L. College, hastened to his home, and after spending a few days in the cherished circle, went forth in bis manhood’s strength to the protection of the glorious old flag. We will not follow him through all the changes of camp life; let it suffice that his no blenoesof-beart soon won the love of the entire regiment. 5 In the memorable contest.at Manassas, he received a severe wound in the side, and when weakened from the lops of blood, and near fainting, begged of tbem, not to carry him from the field. “Let me die here,” ho said, “with the noble slain; and in my last hour let me see that starry Tag waving above ,my bead, and then shroud me in it for iriy last long sleep.”— But he was not then to die. Inn few months he is well and strong again, and worthily pro moted to.the position of Captain'of his compa ny. Again -we see him on .the morn of the struggle at Antietsm. Behold that noble form, bis eye lit by the fire of patriotism ; his coun tenance glowing with undaunted courage, rush ing into the hottest of the fray, shouting “come on my brave boys to victory or death.” The deadly missiles are flyingthrough the air, thin ■ing the ranks of bur noble- men; bnt ever and anon that bravo commander’s voice is heard— “forward, never give np ’till we win the field!” Walter passed through many hard battles, and. Providence shielded him from danger.— And it were well; for onr noble brave could illy spare the services of-so daring and efficient an officer. _ Once more let ns follow him to the.deadly combat. On that bloody, field where fifty thou sand strong men are fighting with most desper ate courage; and while a portion of our troops are being driven by-the overpowering numbers of the enemy, we behold the proud form of Captain B. at the bead of his company; his eye" flashing fire, his voice ringing out clear above the din of battle, "onward to victory.”— But, oh God! before the last syllable was ut tered, a well aimed bullet sent the gallant fel low reelingHo the earth.; * * *. * "Oh comrades, are we al most there? Lef ns haste, for it will he so sweet to die in the old home. It will be far ea sier crossing tho dark river, if on this side my last gaze behold those loved ones—father, mother, sweet sisters, Nellie and Kate.” His eye now moistens, 'his lip quivers as he puts his emaciated white hand in his bosom and draws forth a small miniature, and unclasping it gazes on the features JSk lovely girl. Then raising his eyes toward Heaven with a beseech ing look, he murmurs, “oh God 1 stay the sum mons ! Let me but once clasp sweet Helen in one last, long, loving embrace v. Let her breast pillow my dying head, her hand wipe the death dew from off my brow; and the last’ sounds that fall on my dying ear, be ‘Walter, I loved yon to the laat, and will come to 'you on the other shore 1’ ” The feeble breath , comes more faintly each moment; the eyes are fixed heavenward ; the pallor that never but once comas over the fea tures, is coming over that brow. But hark! ho whispers! Catch,the last feeble murmurs; for, like precious balm, will will they come to crushed and bleeding hearts. “Mother, home, Helen, heaven—all come to me thereand as brave and noble a spirit as ever dwelt in human form, is gliding across death’s dark waters. * * * “Mother, do yon think he will be here- to-night? Let me arrange this sofa where te can lie and look down the ave nue, and catch the sun’s lost rays through the branches of the elms. Then the -feelings of olden time will come over him, and he’ll'forget his pain for-a time.” And the light form of Nellie B. glided more swiftly fjom one apart ment to another, as the hour. forlVal let’s «i -val drew near. The shadows of evening are creeping on. Anxions eyes are at the windows, and Itttte Ka'ts’s fairy feet are tripling'op the faillriEatshemay get the first kiss, and he the first to welcome dear brother Wallet. The WELLSBOEO, TIOGA COUNTY* PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGIITS 5, 186:3. stare are coming out one by one, and still the -watchers are at the windows with almost sus pended breath, to catch the sound of , carriage wheel). At ipst Kate’s merry voice • rings out clear on the night air,“they are coming! Ob father, mother, Helsa, Walter is, coming I” With one impulse, all are running down the avenue. But; oh heavens, what a scene 1, In stead of Walter’s welcome voice, a pall, a shroud, acoffin. One wild shriek, and Helen Raymond falls fainting to the. earth. Father, mother, and Nellie, stand in',speechless agony, and: dear little- Kate’s first kiss—the' angels k»p«d the spirit away a few brief hours ago. 'l)k When wiTfmSetihgs, mors sad- than part ings,' have come to an end 1 Maud Lintos. Reply of the! President t» the Ohio, Com- F mittee, ’ WAsiiNGTOir, D. C., /une 29,1863. The resolutions 'of the Ohio 1 Democratic State Convention, which yon pre sent me, together with your introductory and closing remarks, being in position and argu ment mainly the same as the resolutions of the Democratic meeting at Albany, New I York, I refer yon to my response to the latter As meet ing meet of the .points in the former. , This response yon evidently used in preparing your remarks, and.l desire no more than that it be used with accuracy. In a single reading of your remarks, 1 1 only discovered one inaccuracy in matter which I suppose you took from that paper. It waa where you say, “The under signed are unable to agree with you in the opinion you have expressed that the Constitn tioh is different in time of insurrection or in vasion from what it was in time of peace and public security.” A recurrence of the paper will sbpw you that I have not expressed the opinion you sup pose. I expressed the opinion that the Consti tution is different in its application in cases of rebellion or invasion, involving the public safe ty, from what it is in times of profound peace andfhblic security; and this opinion I adhere to, simply because by-the Constitution itself, things may be done in the one case which may not be done in the other. I dislike to waste a word on a merely per sonal point, but I must rsgpactfully assure you that you will findyourselves at fault should you ever seek for evidence to prove your assump tion, that I “ opposed in discussions before the people the policy of the Mexican war.”. You say: “ Expunge from the Constitution this limitation upon-the. power of Congress to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, and jet the other guarantees of personal liberty' would re main unchanged.” Donbtiesss, if this clause of the Constitution, improperly called,,as I think, a limitation upon the power of <J*Hgress N were expunged, the other guarantees would re main the same ; but the question is, not how those guarantees would stand with that clause out of the Constitution, hut how they stand with that clausa remaining-in it, in oases of. rebellion or invasion, involving thejoublio safe ty. If the liberty could be.Jndipfed of ex punging that clause, letter, and spirit I really think the constitutional argument would be with you. . My general view on this question was stated in the Albany response, and hence Ido not state it now. 1 only add that, as seems to me, the. benefit nf the writ 'of habeas corpus is the great merits through which the guarantees of personal liberty are conserved and made avail able in the last resort;' and corroborative of this view is the fact:that Mr. Vallandigham, in the very case ill question, under the advice.of able lawyers, slaw not where else to go but to the habeas ocjrpus'. But by the Constitution the benefit of t{he habeas corpus itself may be suspended, when incases of rebellion and in vasion the public safety may require it. You ash, in Substance, whether I really claim that 1 may override.all the guaranteed rights of individuals, oh the plea of conserving the pub lic safety—This question, divested of the phra seology calculated to represent me as strug gling for an arbitrary personal prerogative, is either simply a question who sbal}. decide, or an affirfnatien that nobody shall decide, what the public safety does require in cases of re bellion or invasion. The,Constitution contem plates the question as likely to occur for deci sion, but it does not expressly declare who is to decide it. By necessary implication, when rebellion or invasion comes, the, decision is to be made, from time ,to time; I think the man whom, for the time, the people have, un der the Constitution, mads the commander-in chief of their army and navy, is the man who holds the power and beats the responsibility of making it. If be uses the power justly, the same people will probably justify him; if he abuses it, be is in their hands, to be dealt with by all the modes they have reserved to them selves in the Constitution. The earnestness with which yod insist that persons can only, in times of rebellion, be law fully dealt with, in accordance with the roles for criminal triala and punishments in times of peace, induces me to add a word to what 1 said on that poipt in the Albany response. You claim that men may, if they, choose, em barase-those whose duty it is to combat a giant rebellion and i then- be dealt with only jn torn as if there were no rebellion. The Constitu tion itself rejects this view; The military ar rests and detentions which have been made, including those of Mr. Vallandigham, which are not different in prinoiple’from the other, have been for prevention, afid not for punish meni-r-na -injunctions to stay injury—as pro ceedings to keep the peace—and hence, like proceedings in such oases and for like reesons, they have not been accompanied with indict ments, or hills by juries, nor, in a single cose, by any punishment whatever beyond wbat is purely incidental to the prevention. The orig inal sentence of imprisonment in Mr. Vailan digham’s Oise was to prevent injury 1 1 the military service only, and' the modification of it was made as a less disagreeable mode to him of,securing the same prevention. I am unable to perceive an insult to Ohio In the case of Mr. Vallandigham. Quite surely nothing of this sort was or is intended. I was tyilHitUl. \ wholly unaware that Mr! Yallondigham was, at the time of. his arrest, a candidate ipr the Democratic nomination for Governor, until so informed % your reading to me the resolutions of the Convention. 1 am grateful to the State of Ohio fee many things, especially for the brave soldiers and officers she has given in'the present national trial- to the armies of the Union. Ton claim, as I understand, that according to my own position in the Albany response, Mr. Vallandighamshaold be released’; and tliilhe nanee, ssyouclaim, he; bas. not. damaged - (be jßilitary bj enlUtmentSj encouraging {desertions, or otherwise; . and that if be bad, be should have been turned over ’ to the civil authorities under the recent acts of ■Congress, ■ I certainly do not know that Mr. Vallandigbam bas specifically, and by direct language, advised against enlistments, and in favor: of desertion and -resistance*!*) drafting. We all know that combinations, armed in some instances, toTesist the arrest of deserters, be ' gan several months 1 ago ; that more recently the like bas'appesred in resistance s the enrol ment prepartory to a draft; and that quite a number of assassinations have oocured from the same animus.. These had to he met by military force, and this again has led to bloodshed and death; And now, nnder a sense of responsi bility more weighty and- enduring than any which is merely official, I solemnly declare my belief that the. hindrance of the, military, in cluding maiming and murder, is due? to.the course in which Mr. Vallandigbam has been engaged, in a greater degree than to any other canse; and is dne to him personally in a great er degree than to any other one man.- These' things have., been notorious, known to nil, and of course known to Mr. Vallandigbam. Per haps I would not be wrong to say that they originated with his especial friends and adher ents. With perfect knowledge of them, he bas frequently, if not-constant)y, made speeches in Congress and before popular assemblies; and if it can be shown that, with these things star ing him in the face, be has ever ottered a word of rebuke or counsel against them, it will be ‘R fact greatly in his. favor with me; and one of which, as yet, lam totally ignorant.. When it is known that the Vfhole burden ofAna speeches bas been to. stir up*men against the prosecution of theiwar, and that in the midst of resistance to it he has not been known in any instance to counsel against such resistance, it is next to im possible to repel the inference that he has coun seled directly in favor of it. With all this before their eyes, the .Convention you represent have nominated Mr. Vallandigham for Governor of Ohio, and both they and you have declared thefrarpoM to sustain the National Onion by all constitutional means. But, of course, they and you, in common, reserve to yourselves to decide what are constitutional means, and, un like the Albany meeting, you omit to state or intimate that, in your opinion, ah army is a constitutional means of saving the Union against a rebellion, or even to intimate that you are conscious of an existing rebellion being in progress ivijh the avowed object of destroying that very-Union. At the same time.your nom inee for Governor, in whose behalf you appeal, is known"®’ you and to the world to declare against the’use of an army to suppress the re bellion. Your own attitude, therefore, encour ages desertion, resistance to the draft, and the like, beeansa it teaches those who incline to de sert and to escape the draft, to believe it is your purpose to protect them, and to hope that you will become strong enough to do so. After a personal intercourse with you, gentlemen of the committee, I cannot say I think yon desire this'effect to follow your attitude ; but I assure you that both friends and enemies of the Union look upon it in this light. It is a substantial hope, and by consequence, a real strength to the enemy. It is afalse hope, and one which you would willingly dispel. I will make the wayexoeedingly easy. I send you duplicates of this letter, in order that yon, or a majority of you, may, if you choose, endorse your names upon one of them, and return it thus endorsed to me, with the understanding that 'those sign ing are thereby committed to the following prop ositions, and to nothing else: 1. That there is now a rebellion, in the Uni ted States, the object and tendency of which is to destroy ths national Union; and that, in your opinion, an army a denary are constitu tional meaok for suppressing that rebellion., 2. That no one of you will do anything which in his own judgment will tend to hinder the increase or favor the decrease, or lessen the ef ficiency of the army and navy, while engaged in the effort to suppress the rebellion; and 3. That each of you will, in his sphere, do all he can to have the officers, soldiers, and sea men of the army and navy, while engaged in the effort to suppress the rebellion; paid, fed, clad, and otherwise well provided for and sup ported. - ..... "" And with the further understanding that up on receiving the letter and haknea thus endorsed, I will cause them to be published, which pub lication shall be, within itself, a revocation of the order in relation to Mr. Vallandigbam. * It will not escape observation that I consent to the release of Mr. Vallandigham upon terms, not embracing 'any pledge from him nr from; others, as to what .be will or will not do. Ido this because he is'riot present to epeak for him self, oq ■to authorize others to speak foj l , him ; .and heriee, I shall expect, that on returning, he would not put himself practically in aiitngo nism with the. position of his friends. |But I do it chiefly because t thereby prevail on other influential gentlemen of Ohio to so define their position os to'be of immense value to the army —thus more than compensating for the conse quences of any mistake in allowing Mr. Val landigbam to return, so that, on the whole, the public safety will not have suffered by it. Still, in regard to Mr. Vallandigham and all others, I most horeafter.-ns heretofore, do so ranch as the public service rony seem to require. I have the honor to be respectfully yours, etc. A. LINCOLN. Flints may be melted —we see it daily—but an ungrateful heart cannot—-no, not by the strongest and noblest flame. - To’grow up to the skies we most be planted low in the dust, ■ - Rebel Atre cities in But Tennecwe. The editor.cf the Memphis. SuU&>n, wbo-has been on a visit to Nashville, communicates the following ts hjs paper, in reference to rebel tnle in East Tennessee. Colonel Crawford, the gentleman from whom the faces' are obfaineU, has a personal knowledge of some of the cir cumstances, having left the'scenes of their en actment quite recently, and vouches for the trtrtb of.all of; them, —} Jn, the month; .of January, 1863, at Laurel, C., near .'the Tennessee; tybrdetv oil the Salt was seized, , for - ’ distribution by Confederate cammiasroners. Silt’-Was selling ,at seventy-' five io one hundred dollars a’ sack. The. Co mmissioners declared that the “ tories should have hone,” and positively refused to give UmoU men their portion of the quantity to be distributed in that vicinity. This palpable in justice roused the Union men ; they assembled together and determined to seize their propor tion', Of the salt by force. They did so, taking at Marshall, N. C. what they deemed, to be their just share. -Immediately afterwards, the 65th NorthCar olina'regiment, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Keith,.woe ordered to Laurel to arrest the offenders. L. M. Allen was colonel of the regiment, but bad been -suspended for six months tor crime and drunkenness. Many of. the men engaged in the salt seizure left their homes. ..Those who did not participate in it became the, sufferers. Among those arrested were Joseph Wood, (about sixty years of age; David Shelton, sixty; James Shelton, fifty ; Roddy Shelton, forty five ; Elison King, forty ; Halen Moore, forty; Wajle Moore,thirty-five; Isaiah Shelton,fifteen; Wm. Shelton, twelve; James Metcalf, ten; Jasper . Channel, fourteen ; Samuel Shelton, nineteen, and his brother, ajged seventeen, sons of Lifus Shelton—in all, thirteen men and boys. Nearly all of them declared they were innocent and had taken no part in appropria ting the salt. They begged for a trial, assert ing that they could prove-their innocence. Colonel Allen, who was with his troops, but not in command, told them they should have a trial, bnt '.they would be taken to Tennessee for that purpose. They bid. farewell to their wives, daughters, and'sisters, directing them to procure the witnesses and bring them to the court in Tennessee, where they supposed their trial would take place. Alasl how little they dreamed what a fate awaited them ! The poor fellows had proceeded but a few miles when they were turned from the toad into a gorge in the mountain, and halted. Without any warning of what was to he done five of them were ordered to kneel down. Ten paces in front of tlmse five, a file of sol diers were placed with/foaded muskets. The terrible reality flashed upon the minds of the doomed patriots. The old man Wood (sixty years of age) cried out: “ For God’s sake, men, you are not going to shoot us ? If you are go ing ‘to rounder ns, give us at least time to pray." Colonel Allen was reminded: of his promise to, give them a trial. They were informed that Allen htijl no authority : that Keith was in com mand ;.and that there was no time for praying. The qjdpr wa&given to-fire. The old men and boys pn{ their bands toftheir faces aod rent the air with 5 agonizing cries oOdospair ; the sol diers, wavered, and hesitated jo obey the .com mand." Keith said if they di(Fnot fire instant ly be would make them change places with the prisoners. The soldiers raised their guns, the victims shuddered convulsively, the word was given-to firs, and the five men fell pierced with rebel bullets. The old men, Woodand Shelton, were shot in the bead, their brains scattered upon the ground, and they died withont a struggle. The other three jlived only a few minntes. Five others were ordered to kneel, among them little Billy Shelton, a mere child, only twelve years old. He implored the men not to shoot him in the face. “ Y6u .have killed my father and brothers,” said be; “ yon have shot my father in the face ; do not shoot me in the face.” He covered his face with bis hands The soldiers received tbs order to fire and five more fell. Poor little Billy Shelton was shot in .both arms. He ran to ■an officer, clasped him aronnd the legs, and besought him to spare hielife. “You have killed iny old father, and my three brothers ; you have shot me in both arms—l forgive you all this—l can get well. Let me go. homo to my mother end sisters.” What a heart of adamant the man must have who could'disregard soeh ah appeal. The lit tle bey was dragged back to the place of exe cution ; again-the terrible Vord “fire!" was given,'and he fell dead, eight balls having en tered his body. The remaining three were mujrdered in the same manner. Those iu whom life was not-entirely extinct the heartless offi cers despatched with their pistols. Old Mrs. Onus Riddle, aged eighty-five years, was whipped, bung, and robbed of a consider able amount of money. Many others were treated with the same barbarity.. And the men who dijd tins were called soldiers 1 Tho daughters of William Sheltdn, a man of wealth and highly respectable, were requested by some of the officers to sing and play tor them. They played and sang a few national airs. Keith learned of it, and ordered jthat the ladies,b[e placed under arrest and senpto the guard house, where they remained all night. • Old Mrs. Sullie More, seventy years of age, was whipped with hickory pods, till the blood ran in streams down her back to the ground; and the perpetrators of this were clothed in the habiliments of rebellion, and bore the name of soldiers! . . One woman, who bad an infant? five or six weeks old, was tied in the know to a tree, her child placed in the doorway in her sight, and she, was informed that if she did not telhall ebe knew about the seizure of tibe salt, both herself and the child would be; allowed to perish. Houses were hurried and torn down. All kinds of property was destroyed or carried off. All the women and children cf the-Union men who were shot, and of those who escaped, were ordered by Gen. Alfred B. Jackson, head-, quarters atJonesboro, to, be- eerit through the jtpes by way Of When the first of them arrived at this place the officer in charge L ' Kates of Advertising. AdvettisiWenta will becbarged slper sqaare oft!r lines, doe or three insertion?) and 25 cents for every subsequent insertidn. Advertisements of lees then 10 lines considered as a square. The subjoined rates W d * h ' C^ r, ’ 56<i for Quarterly,Half-Tearly and Yearly 1 Square...... 2 do. ...X 3 do I £ Column, do. i do. Advertise! Ileus desire: until orderei Fasten, II all kinds of executed nei and other Bl • lS T O. 50. applied (o' the House know by v , (here, whel ville. Ge . them to he thing wa| ■They wersj met on thii There was .. a poor widow who had a son ■named HtTry. Now Harry was a very goad boy , and whew, he-saw his mother working hard for him, and also perceived that She was Row ing paler every day, he determined to do some thing to support Bimkclf, so that his mother would not have to work so hard.. He could not think of anything that be coold do, but deter mined to look for work the next day. So After saying hiu prayers, he.lay down to sleep.’- Next day Harry was unsuccessful-in his en deavors to obtain work, and was returning home, feeling sad, when he met a hoy selling matches. This made Harry think that he too, might make some money in- the same way. When he reached home he told his mother of his design, and persuaded her to lend him a littlajnoney to begin with. She kissed him good night, and promised to do so; and Harry went to bed happier than he had been for many days. ; The next morning Harry went with a basket on hia arm to the match factory; and haying p'rponredas many matches as oonld be bought fo£ his limited funds, he' set off to sell them. Several weeks went by, in which Harry was qnite successful. One winter, day, when it was bitter cojld, Harry, shivering with cold, for he was thinily clad, was. yralking up the street of fering his matches for sale to passers-by, when a gentleman came dnt of a very fine looking house, Harry offered, him his matches. The gentleman seeing that he was very thinly clad and wishing to help him, bought a penny’s worth, giving him what- he' supposed to be a cent, buji was really a twenty-five cent-piece. Harry perceived the mistake and stdpd unde cided whether to run after the geht^|ilkaa„or ii coin. The evil spirit whispered that itleman had plenty of money. Bat (new it would .be wrong to keep it, go r.fter the gcntltnan, and gave him back nty-five cents. keep thi the gei Harry i be ran r the twei Next motfier.l The ofSi to school day the gentleman went to gee Harris I and offered to send Harry to school. !r was gladly accepted, and Harry went il. i • When he was sixteen years old, thie gentle man took him into his store, where, by his hon est nnd| upright behavior, he gained the confi- •• dence of his employers, and afterwards became a partner in the firm. He is now a merchant •and givjea liberally to the poor. Boys| be honest. When yon are tempted to to do dishonest thing, remember that God sees you, and that his favor and blessings ara worth far more than anything yon could possi bly gain by any dishonest act. One Goon Torn Deserves Another. —Mr. PilkiD! ton, a small, farmer in Pennsylvania, was some time ago drafted .for the service of his country. The wife, though she possesses but a Ismail stock of general information,ls one of | the best conjugal partners, and she was much troubled at the thought of parting with her husband. As she was engaged in scrub bing off her doorstep, a rough-looking stranger came tip and .thus addressed her: “I hoar, ma’am, that your husband has been drafted.” “ Yes, sir, he has,” answered Mrs. Pilkin ston, “ though, dear knows there’s fsw men that couldn’t better be spared from their fam ilies,”! " YVjell, ma’am, I’ve come to offer myself as a substitute for him.” “ A) what ?” asked Mrs Pilkinson with some excitement. " I’m willing to take his place,” said the stranger. , . ~ “ Yon take* the place of my husband, you wretch 1 I'll teach yon to insult a distressed woman that way, yon vagabond!” cried Mrs- Pilkipston, ns she discharged the dirty soap suds in the face of the discomfited and aston ished substitute, who took to his heels just In time to escape having his bead broken bythe bucket. i . It is not all the world that can pull an hum ble man down, ' ( becaose God will exalt him. Nor is it all the world that can keep a’proud man up, because God will debase him. Yoc can depend on no man, on no friend, who cannot depend upon himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself will act e) toward others. " au like Balaam," said a dandy, on meet-, ing « pretty girl in a passage, '• stopped by anft,, angel.” “ And lam like the angel stopped by an aiss.” Id making friends, consider well first; and when you are fixed be true, not waveringby reports, nor deserting in affliction, for thst be comes not the good and the virtuous? j■, , aViovg the drafted men in Boston, are two catholic clergymen, sis editors, the U. S.His trict Attorney, the Provost Marshal General, an artillery armorer, and three John Smiths. Childhood has little retrospection ; its heart and soul are in the future, a glorified dream. Memory, with , all its pleasures and pains, is for the old, and chiefly fortbt prematurely old, but youth is a vision, the. islands of the blest; it tells its own fairy tale to itself, and is at once the innentoe and the hero; The editor of the Scientific American bas re ceived from California a piece of wood from a tjeO 30 feet'in diameter, the annual rings npon which indicate the age of the 6,300 yealcs! .This leaves tire saplings of,iMr ancient friends, Nebuchadnezzar and Sobratos; 1 stand inn,out in the cold, and carries onr iiind back to the period when Eye.at the stojen/fruit. 3 MONTHS. 6 KOSTH3. • 12 KOKTHS. ......$3,(10 $1,60 sB,oo' MO 6,50 8,00 WO 8,50 10,00 ,MO 9.60 12,59 . 20,00 25,00 ...... 35,00 ' 40,00 1 IM.U not havmg tte number. of inser -1 marked npon them, niU he published 1 out and charged - accordingly, landJ)iU?, BtU-Heada, Letter-Heads, and Jobbing dons in chantry establishments itly and promptly., Jua'tjces’, Cons table’s EjANKS, constantly on hand. iSen. Donelson (formerly speaker pf of Representatives at Nashville,) to 'bicb route they should be sent from then by Cumberland Gap or Nash- Sn. Donelson immediately directed 0 released and, sent home, that each a ■)» unknown' jn fivilized countries. !tben sent,home, and alb the refugees i. road were, also tOrned back. le Honest Watch-boy.
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