f yr-'-fgy'fic- pl r The Toiien of Mr.-Doreczo .Sabine lias-jttsi published a work entitled “ Tfie Loyalists of the American jfievolalidna.- fitter tide wotld have bren “ The Tories of the Revolution.” The prelim inary historical I 'essay is full of-Tacts which af ford striking historical .pafalell? to some of the cirmitnstances of the present ?Scde. The Chris tian Register -says: •’ ' • <iltj •- . - Jt-teaUhes that -not-a exists bow but existed then' t-u-'a, great; V extent., Do men now plot in secret against Htt'-governmeni ? Thirty-.r-thed&nd attprcliiig to the lowest computation, then against the 1- government: and South , parblina forced Governor Lincoln to surrendt 1 her Capital to tho enemy in 1780- \ Are there men now to he fi igd who sell to = the enemies of-their Washington, ■ while his'ormy was in rags lin'd starving at Valley Dorge, writes to Cob i] Stewart, 11 1 am" amazed at 4he report I i make of the quantity of provisions that gsds- laily into Phil adelphia (then occupied by Hi t [British army) fromthe county of Bucks.'l b , ' . Du officers, through perfjmal jealousies or a desire to , t.irV, now ibrob-Vp their cotamio siohs? John Adams in 171 “ I hm .worried-- to' death Hth the, wrangles between military officers, hi, ,b; arid low. They worry one another like. u scrambling for rank-dind pay like apes 1 jiftp nuts”' ‘ - Arc'Sdrgeons now disrois ed for incompoten oy or MCulafion? "Man’ rof the surgeons,” says ‘Washington, are very} jreal rascals, coun tenancing the men to shat?. 1 complaints to ex empt them from duly, sid often' receiving bribes to eerlifv indisposit ;Vris; with a view to procure discharges or furloughs. They a|so draw medicines and sforeijin the most pro fuse and extravagant manner foe private .pur poses." ‘ ’ , v • ’ , Have we "bounty jumper,*/" So bad our fathers. Men enlisted only’to' get their thou- Eind dolkrs and then desert.' Ajbouaand men after they had peijured themselves, in order to escape the service.— Many deserters re-enlisted Jbder new recruit ing officers. It* was no uebotnmon thing for them to desert by the tweedy and thirty at o time. ' 1 r" Have-we now 'do elicd'4, -.contractors who fatten;on fraud, and demag |;acs who foment strife ? Bead motors of bis time. “ I shouid in one word say_* i«t idleness, dissi pation, and extravagance,* Jem to have laid fast hold of most; lation, peculation', and an insatiable thirst '$ r riches, seem to have got the better of rty y order o£ men, and that party disputes si} -personal quarrels are the great business of : th f day." There is,dn fact, no possible' discouragement now encountered by American patriots,- but existed in a greater during tbs Revolu tion, and yet our fathers { iumphed over all of them. ' ''{ 1 We do not press this si eject on our readers to exense any rascality or treason, but to show that our fathers had'to de r j with the earn* dif ficulties which confront I r- And we would warn those men who now^ blot against the gov ernment, tjjst their namt’t, in company with their companions’ of the Revolution, will go down to posterity coverri iwith infamy. We hope tbosd who at \ uaclined to exagger ate the present evils by ‘|aleo contrasts with the past, will -read the c chapter of Mr. Sabine's .Historical Essafor, to use his own language, it may be somj lung to correct the exaggerated and gloomy'f ews which are often taken of the degenerate - ’ pint of the present times, founded on efronei s/beoause on a par tial estimate of the vlrtut of a by-gone age. £ st racts from ttiti moad Papers. I ' Tbeiolluwing are estr.U sfrom Richmond pa pers cifj the Ist inst. Tbj r had not yet heard of the full of Ad apt a; ,-- v . QUESTION 05? IS ARMISTICE., I\x* Enquirer sneers -ft. the proposal of an nrmisuue. It says: f; - ".There ir.but one way, toohtain nil we want and to remain in lb 3 rig ft ; it is the adopt! jH of a manly, - Btraightfotßard' coarse. Let as reject all seegrujary. quw tions and refuse all contingent The simple recog nition of fay and absiThte independence of the Confederate, great condi-. tion t.y which alone ni'ean conclude.peace; 'we ash fur nothing mop^r! we can accept noth ing less. AH other quest?' tis—of territorial lim its, of. the payment of.tl | national debt, of com pensation for losses—tn;; , even >tbe vexed ques tioned emanuipation—Sr ks into utter insignifi cance-by jtbel side of- t|f fundamental condi tion}:.--Independence atjl peace is what wo fight nnd pray ,-for. war anefleath ta wlmt wo are equally .prepared for. -i.sir recognition yield ed, we will discuss traction with oupen emies, and when sd thgt'our interest lies in once more try in’!; ne government, there will be no danger of tf j ; -people disregarding their plain interest. 11 pi lout recognition there can be no armistice, m invention, no, disun ion—fjotbing hot-war, Ivar, war. They must choose, between reoogi tiion and war; there is no middle ground. lore we plant, our ban ner, and here, 'with Q d'e help, we mean .to maintaiu it for tis and. itt r children."’ AN AfPEAL. The Richmond says significantly: “ The ■Confederates not powerless in pro moting-results at the 't>nE in the interest of peace* - Nojr is the titp it for us to exert every energy to put forth- evi.iijr effort, to rally to the support of; the governs « ht and the army, and to prass-ppon tbe > ooe^y with all our vigor; thus rehall their presen! t iespondency ns to our subjugation be turned'jMuo despair, and their inclinations fur peace I f Stimulated into n pas sion.; .Let every abed | ee' from the army -at once-copje , in.. Let a t*ry officer be doubly vigilant 'and enterprise .■(, and on the alert to guardr against and to' hjoke surprises and to get in' a blow Enemy. - Let our sol diers, remjj tn her- that a’ i fcoeea at this time will be exceeded in its mili i ry by its political im - ■ yortcMtoa,;Bad‘ffiii da ‘jere to expedite peace than half a (dozen .sip star achievements last year urnexßvThe get eta of decision are hang ing in ; oooorioip bulan, ts at the North ; let as, by btUhapt exeriiodJ in war; throw what we can on the side of ;pen lh" _ Tat- Wise: Men on Caicauo.—When the .ooltnnj no Chicago ha>|.|)ustponed their meeting, it wah obvious that th t d dropped McCiell an, and intended in i j 5e of victory to be for Grant mid Mr; in defeat, for Seymour and peace. As it fjfned out, neither were available, and they'Lid-to return to their old love.-cndThame McGj Ran. If Sherman had won Aihpta ten doytj.iooner, what would they ■ V : ' r ~ ' -MSHtj ’famTOT « n»~ I ThE'Q-iaker-gi i party 'appears Vy he is the old of the moon p Jiud just about how. " THE AGITATOR. M.M. COBB, EDITOR AND .PROPRIETOR. r ~ WSUSBOROVCS, PEKfEAv WEDNESDAY, : •- : NATIONAL ONION TICKET. - t .FOR .PRESIDENT: ------ ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OJ? ILLINOIS, ” rdR VICE :pRESIDENT: ANDREW JOHNSON, t OF TENNESSEE. UNION ELECTORAL TICKET- scsaTor.i.'.L. Morton MoMiohael, Philadelphia. T. Cunningham, Beaver county. P-EPEESEXTATITE, 1 Robert E. King, 18 Elias W. Hale, 2Q. Morrison Coates, 14 Charles H. Sbrlntr, 3 Henry Bamm, 15 John Wister, - 4 William H. Kern, IB David McConaUghy, 0 nartun 3i. Jwik., 17 Bavui W. W^jod#, 8 Charles M. Rani, 'IS Isaac Benson, • T Robert Parks. 19 John Pat (on, 8 William Taylor,' 20 Samuel B. Dict, 9 John A. Hicstnnd, 21 Everard Bicrqr, 10 Ltiohard B.’Coryell, 22 John P.Penney, 11 Edward Haliday, ' '23 Ebeaezer Sl’Junkin, 12 Charles F. Reed, 24 John W. Blanchard. LOCAL TICKET. - ' . TOE CONGIIESS. ■' Si P. WILSON, of Tioga County] FOR ASSEMBLE. ' JOHN W. -G D ERNSE Y, of Tioga. ■ ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, of Potter Co. FOB SHERIFF. LEROY TABOR, of Tioga.' ■ FOB COSTMISSIONEB. ELBAZER 3. SEELEY, of Deerfield. FOB AtPITOR. JOHN G. AHQOTZINGER, of Rutland. ; FOB COBOSEB, DAVID. S, ’PETERS, of Mainshurg. ? Hon. S. F. Wilson addressed a- meeting at Muncy,'Wednesday evening last, and was re ceived with unbounded enthusiasm. To Unjon Leagues. —Several officers of the various Union Leagues.in the county hav ing written os ashing for further suggestions touching, tbs duties of the Leagues, we tabs this method of laying before them some of the more important duties reqaired at their hands; Ist—The division of their respective election districts into 'convenient neighborhoods, and the appointment of live men in each snob sub district. whose duty it shall be to furnish teams and see to it-tbat every Union voter is got to the polls before 3 o’clock in the afternoon. 2d—The appointment of challengers to be in attendance atnbe polls, from the’time of open-- ing until the time of closing. “• ■ 3d—The appointment of a .Committee to mako out a complete list of the Union voters in the election district; and to check off each name as the owner votes. Those who have not voted at I o’clock, P. M,, should be sent for. These sro all important duties. They ought to be performed without delay. , LOOK AT IT. . Tas Chicago platform declares for an armis tice—a suspension- of-hostilities, that is—and then peace through compromise. Let ue see: . There was a blank suspension - of. hostilities on the part of the Government, from the mid dle of December, 1801, until the bombardment of Sumter in April, 1861. How was it with the rebels f The rebels, as every Intelligent man knows, wero planting their batteries against Port Sum. ter daring this whole time. They were per forming all the essential acts of open war. During a great part of this period of armis tice on our part, and of open war on the part of oor “southern brethren," a " Peace Confer ence” was in session in the city of "Washing ton. What was the object of this “Peace Conference ”? And how came it to be in sess ion ? Briefly, then-, the Peace Conference was com posed of prominent men, appointed by the Ex ecutives of the several States favorable to such a Conference, without distinction-of party; and the object of the Conference was the amic able adjustment of the difficulties which men aced, .and have since resulted in civil war. ■ If a suspension of hostilities and a Conven tion the States could have averted war, we sub mit that then was the golden opportunity. Every loyal State sent delegates to that Con ference. Maryland, 'Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and perhaps North Carolina, seat delegates to that Conference. But the other Slave States stood aloof. Sooth Carolina.even refosed to send her Senators to take part ’ n Congress. Meanwhile the Conference was working vig orously to perfect a compromise which Should satisfy both parties, and disperse the rising clouds of civil war. 'The conference proposed to change the Constitution so as to give new guarantees for the existence, spread, and per petuity of slavery. . . The rebels continued’vigorously at work at the siege of Fort Sumter. . They captured ar senals, forts, and Custom Houses, the property of the United States. They did these acts of open war, be it remembered, while a Conven tion mainly composed of delegates from loyal States, but in which all the_ States were urged to participate, was offering most liberal terms of peace through compromise. Look at these facts candidly and dispassion ately.' The McClellan patty demands a sus pension of hostilities, and a Convention of the States, as preliminary to peace. -The South has felt the hard lash of desolating war and the mortification of dofeat for nearly four years. Its leaders are; of coarse, maddened "and in* tractable. They .rejected the olive branch ere the Government'had lifted Its hand j ; when it THE TIOCtA COUNT Y AGITATOR. lay, in the person of James Buchanan, a stupid, weak, and imbecile tool of the thpm selvee. The South was then without any ex traordinary degree of passion. It had chafed itself into'a species of frenzy, but it had no especial cause of anger against the Govern ment. Then,.if ever, jt might have accepted compromise. It rejected compromise under those favorable circumstances.' Is it reasona ble—ia it not unreasoning folly, father!—to expect the rebel chiefs to accept propositions of peace and union now that their passions arc inflamed, their, pride- wounded, and their lands reduced to sterility ’by the fire and brand of -war? | "We apprehend that the expectation of peace tbrongh compromise is as utter madness as that which burled the South into the grasp of this terrible war. Peace can only come through the fearful persuasion of decisive battle I SEPT. £B, 1864. But other offers of accommodation were ten dered the South before the Government resort ed to coercion. . •Thc'jDnttendcn Compromise measures were, adopted by the House and sent to the Senate early in the session, of '6O-61. They were re jected by the Senate by the small majority of 3. Yet, at that very time, the South Bad a majority in that body. What are the facts: Tbe facts, are these: Six . Senators sat in their seats and refused to vole.’ But for their refusal to vote against the Clark amendment; the Crittenden Compromise weald have been adopted. The failure to adopt that Compromr ise, then, rests upon tbe shoulders of those six men. Is it not so ? - Those Senators were—HVmpfoT? andWigfaU of Texas, Iverson, of. Georgia,-Slidell and Ben jamin, of Louisiana-, and Johnson, of Arkan sas. Every one of them. REBELS TO-DAY I Nor is this all. President Lincoln, before e single hostile foot trod the soil of a rebellious Stat?, called nponfthe Sooth to abandon its hos tile attitude and return to its allegiance. The rebel chiefs declared that they would have in dependence, or war. . The Sonth never proposed to compromise the difficulty. It set oat with a declaration of i n dependence, and broadly atated its ultimatum as involving nothing less than complete and ir revocable separation. Disunion was the price of peace then ; it is the Southern demand to this day. "What, then, is to .be done? Is there any considerable number of men in. the North, eo utterly vile, so ehamdessly craven, as to med itate a purchase of peace at that ruinous price ? ~' 'Lst-every man serlooslyconsider these mat ters. Each freeman mast rote for disgraceful surrender and a divided country,,or for honor able war, through which the integrity of the republic will be secured forever. Gen. Sheridan, ob "will ba seen elsewhere, has completely routed and destroyed the rebel army in the Shenandoah, in two pitched bat tles. Tho news came too late for last week’s paper. It also came too soon for the comfort of the Coppers hereabout. Verily, tbs Valian-" digham “ mourners go about the streets.” Sheridan killed two birds with one bullet. He has routed Early in his front and the Cop perheads in the rear. One of them,said in onr streets, after the news of Sheridan's second vu-» tory came, that he had concluded to go to £1 That would be in the nature of a return' to Erst principleo. Facilis descensus Atenti, - - ■When Copperhead, orators proclaim that the election of McClellan will, reduce the burden of taxation,.they either mean peace through dis graceful 'surrender to Jeff, Davis, or RZm>u of the Public Debt, or both. That their The Chicago platform answers that question. It means unconditional surrender to rebellion or it means nothing. Its candidate is pledged to that, or he is pledged to nothing. He stands on that platform, or he stands on nothing. THE TICKETS are printed, and ready for distribution. Candidates are expected to call and got, and to.eee that they are placed in the hands of careful and reliable men in each dis trict IMMEDIATELY. The Union Leagues are expected to out, fold, and pack the votes before the day of election. There are SIX BALLOTS IN THE FULL TICKET. WATCH FOE, FKAUDULENT TICKETS. We are dealing with desperate men. 'Tas 1 New York papsrs-of Saturday publish rumors of a proposition by Jeff. Davis to sur render and return to the Union, conditioned on preserving the status of Slavery as it exists to day ; that is, slavery to attach to the negroes within rebel lines, and those freed by 'our ar mies to remain free. ■ It is hardly necessary to soy that, the wholo thing is a Wall street canard, gotten np to af fect the price of gold and stocks, and to influ ence the elections, possibly,' The loyal North will accept nothing short of an unconditional surrenderjfrom the rebel chiefs,. Grant, Sher man, Sheridan, and Farragut are the Peace Commissioners on the part of this Government. BEWARE OF OTHER COPPERHEAD YARNS JUST ON THE EVE OF TfiE OC TOBER ELECTION! The Williamsport Bulltlin, in placing Mr. Wilson's name at the head of Its ticket, among other good words, says: • “ Id Sir. Wilson we hare a candidate who Is universally popular among the people. Ho haa stood firm In tho advo cacy of Republican principles from the first organization of the party. He Is one of the veterans who has been found tried and true, through evil and good report, through'pros, jre’rtty and adversity. Since tho commencement of this war Jehu known no party bat that of tho loyal frlendTof the I where it belongs.- Let Gen.- McClellan ■ assert Government. As a Senator of tho State, ho baa sustained I 7,7-7. 7 j , , ~ , ' ’ * every measure calculated toetreogthenalid euatuliT tho ‘ does privately, that he-Will favor n L!,V' a “ tr °BB le with >hia great rebellion; Ho baa~ 'an immediate cessation of hostilities and a eon never been found wavering or deubtfm. *•« la electing'’-- - c n.. o “ J “ » T Jlr. Wilson—and Ms eleetloh Is sure as the day of voting— ! Tentlon °* all the States, and the Daily News, wm^a’medu^otromaw 1 ’ 0 * ° nd loyal who ; and we believe the entire Peace party, will ad ur. TO;io«« s ' „ , ,:■ (• mit that be stands upon tho Chicago Platform, Sir. Wilson teo,is a man incapable of be- t-, nd will give him their earnest, support." traymg either friend, or trust reposed in him. | Gen . McClellan does stand upon the Chicago He is untainted with even a drop of the blood P]atform> and the Daily NeW3 , and t6e entire of the scoundrelism which distinguishes this p eaCo faction will give him their earnest sup* .• port. That parly Las not had a Presidential candidate since Yan Buren, who did not owe one-third of his vote to just such a private or rangement as the Hews discloses. promise of a reduction of taxes means Repu diation may be safely ..inferred, from the fact that Jefferson Davie, whose work.they are do ing, is the Father of Repudiation. He has a European reputation in that respect, The 'patriotic men and women of the North, who have so nobly come forward with their money to the aid of the Government in its day of need, have really to choose between Lincoln "and financial prosperity, arid McClellan and financial ruin, through repudiation. We desire to call the attention of Republic ans to the fact, that the Copperheads of this county are throwing their entire strength into the local contest, for the purpose of defeating Mr. Wilson for Congress. They intend to try the plan of trading every candidate on their ticket for votes for Wright, Wilson's Copper head opponent. The election of such a man as Wright would be.hailedasa great victory by the Jeff. Davis sympathizers everywhere. Now; we cite attention to this contemplated trick, not from any distrust of the Union mass es; hot to warn the thoughtless against this new device of the devil, to be employed by bis faithful, agents, the Copperheads. Trading on election day is a vile business. Any man who offers to vote for any candidate on the Repub lican ticket in consideration of a vote for any candidate on the Copperhead ticket, advertises himself as an unprincipled trickster, whoso word is worth nothing when given. No honest man will propose sueba trade, no man of prin ciple will be a party to such a corrupt bargain. Every candidate on the Republican' ticket can and will receive an overwhelming majority of the whole vote of Tioga county. Majority parties- never find it necessary to traffic and trade at the polls. Minority parties do that sort cf thing, when they can find anybody green enough to trade. We have no fears that tbs trick will work in Tioga, but it is a part of our duty to strip the cloak, from the faction opposed to .the Government, and leave their repulsive rascalities to the searching analysis of dlaylight. - Last Thursday, a lugubrious procession of about 40 Valtandighammers, departed from Wellsboro for the long advertised Mass Meet ing at Mansfield. It appeared to be the result of great effort. The victory of Sheridan over the rebel army under Early, in the Shenandoah, operated as a wet blanket npon the disciples of that eminent martyr, Saint Tallandigham. Whether the mountain ait revived their droop ing spirits, or not, we cannot say, as we neither went nor sent a reporter, j Briefly, the meeting assembled as per notice. The Honorable Dininny was not there; an<d some of the uncharitable whisper that that great Addisonian was not expected by the get ters-npof the meeting; that the local orators of the party, having a small capital of their own, are trading on Dioinny’s limited capital. Be that as it may, Dininny did not draw.. The crowd was limited, like the capital alluded to, which goes to prove that the sopply is regula ted somewhat by the demand. Accounts vary a trifle ; but from a careful weight and average we conclude that 400 is a foir estimate of the nqmber present. The composition of the mass has been stated to ns as follows: One third Vallandighammors, one third Republicans, and one third women and children. We give it as received. ’ The meeting was a failure; not only in num bers, bat in enthusiasm and in its intended ef feet. Some of the speaking disgusted even the better class of Yallandighammers ; none of it rose above (be twaddle of the heartless dem agogue. Xb ere was the usual talk about the "bugbear of taxation, and the usual hypocritical whining about the “ oceans of blood” spilt by . this *' unholy war.” Our readers can hear the same talk in the corner groceries, or on the street, from the same sort of men. But we ad vise them to miss no opportunity to hear these orators in public,- whenever to do so will not in volve a great waste of time and shocleather. ‘Hhb protended disagreement between the ul tra Whitefeathers and.McClellan is a most stu pendous deceit. Whatever public disagree ment there may seem to be, privately there is perfect harmony. If any extra evidence were necessary to convince the people of this fact, it can be found in the following 'extract from an editorial in a late number of the New York Daily News, the chief organ of the ultra Peace faction. Here ie the extract• “ There are thosa who would make the Daily News responsible;for the division in the Detno- I cratio ranks. rWe can briefly and effectually 1 disprove the Charge, and fis the responsibility The tone of the Unit® papers in Lycoming, Clinton and Center counties, indicate the vig orous and united support of Wilson for Con gress. This makes his success certain. The Clinton Republican, one of the most vigorous papers in the State, upon hoisting Wilson’s name to the head of the local ticket, says: “ The result of Mr. Benson’s declination will be to leave the contest between Mr. Wright, of Ithis county, an uncompromising Copperhead, -and Mr. Wilson, of Tioga, whose soundness as a friend of the Aministration has not been impeached. The decision cannot be doubtful. No true friend of his country can long debate which of the two to choose." Tfls Copperheads sport long faces since den. Sheridan etove the Chicago platform. TICTOHY! Olorious news from Sheridan —a splendid Vic tory in the Shenandoah valley — Early’s army totally routed —s,ooo rebels killed and mound ed—Over 10,000 prisoners captured—Four Rebel Generals killed. WiNCHESTeK, Va., 7:30 P.M, Sept. 19, Lieut. Gen. U. S, Grant : I have the honor to report that I attacked the forces of General Early, over the Berry ville pike, at tho crossing of Opequan creek, and af ter a most desperate engagement, which lasted from early in the morning until five o’clock in the evening, completely defeated him, driving him through Winchester, and capturing about 2,500 prisoners, five pieces of artillery, nine army flags, and most of their wounded. The rebel Generals Rhodes and Gordon were killed and three other general officers wounded. Moat of the enemy’s wounded and all their killed fell into our bands. Our losses are severe ; among them General D, A. Russell, commanding a division in the Gth Corps,- who was killed by a cannon ball.— Generals Upton Mclntosh, aad Chapman were wounded,-' I cannot yet tell our losses. The conduct of the officers and men was most superb. They charged and carried every po sition taken up by the rebels from Opequan creek to Winchester. The rebels were strong in number, and very obstinate in their fighting. P. H. SHEBtDAN, Major Gen. Com’dg Hahpeb’s Febbt, Va., Sep. 20, 1864. To Son. E. M. Stanton: Just receivsd the following official from Gen. Sheridan, dated 1 o’clock this morning; “ General ; We fought Early from daylight until between 6 and 7 E. M. “ We drovetim from Opequan creek, through Winchester, and beyond the town, “We captured from twenty five hundred to three thousand prisoners, five pieces of artil lery, nine battle-flags, and all tbe rebel woun ded and dead. Their wounded in Winchester amounts to some three thousand. " The rebels lost in killed tbe following gen eral officers: General Rhodes, General Whar ton, General Gordon, and General Ramsenr. 11 This army behaved splendidly. " I am sending forward all medical supplies, snbsistence stores, and all the ambulances. John D. Stephenson, Brigadier General. LATER FROM SHERIDAN, he whips early again j WoonsiooK, Va., Sept. 23,1864 —8 a.m, fo Lieut.-Oen, U. S. Grant, City Point: I cannot as yet give any definite account of the results of tbe battle of yesterday. Oar loss will be light. Gen. Crook struck the left flank of tbe enemy, doubled it np and ad rani ced down tber lines. Ricketts Division of tbe 6th Army Corps, swung in an£ Joined Crook. Getty’s and Wheaton’s Division took up tbe same movement, followed by tbe whole line, and, attacking beautifully, carried tbe works of the enemy. The Rebels threw down their arms and fled in the greatest confusion, abandoning most of their artillery. It was dark before the battle ended. I pursued on after the enemy daring the night to this point, with the Sixth and Nineteenth Corps, and have stopped here to rest the men and issue rations. If Gen. Torbet has pushed down the Luray Valley, according to my directions, he will achieve great results. I do not think there ever was an army so badly routed. The Valley soldiers ere biding away and going to their homes. I cannot at present give you any estimate of prisoners. I pushed op regardless of every thing. The number of pieces of artillery re ported captured is sixteen. ■, P. H. Sheeican, Major'General. Washington,. Sept. 22,1864, Feienb Cobb; Straws are said to indicate the drift of the current; last evening I hap pened to be in a drift so strong and impetuous as to carry whole “ bundles.” It was a pclii ico-military hurricane. The 211tb Pa. strong, command ed by Col Sickles of the old 4th Reserve Regt. passed along the avenue on their way to the front. As they passed under the McClellan 1 flag in front of the Copperhead bead-quarters the whole regiment, (solid) groaned and hissed, pointed their muskets and snapped them at the traitorous emblem. A little farther on are suspended the stars and stripes, bearing the honored names of Lincoln and Johnson.— This banner was saluted with the wildest and most vociferous cheering I ever beard from a | thousand throats. It was a demonstration and expression eminently calculated to cause still greater disgust and contempt among our “ quaker gnn” peace-shriokers, for anything of a war-like nature. The Colonel informed me that there was not twenty men in the Regiment that would vote for McClellan. Here is another item: A day or two since a largo squad of rebel prisoners on their way to the “ Old Capitol” cheered the Chicago platform “ jlag of truce, n our soldiers guarding them cheering that other standard sheet, which means; ** Down with the traitors op (with tho itan," And still another “straw.” A squad of twenty of that peculiar class of “ peace" men known as “bounty jumpers" on their way to one of “ Lincoln’s Bastiles” (oases of arbi trary arrest} paid their devotions to the afore said "flag truce." I have given you but a few of the indica tions daily manifested at this point of the set tings of the current. It is said here that Gen. Phil. Sherridan got up “ Early” last Monday morning. The “ Cbieago-snrtender-itea" are indignant about it. They say he got up to(o) " Early” and in altogether a belligerent a manner. Its a habit the General has fallen into; he cannot help it. God bless him, and bis victorious host I Their two-edged swords have dealt the ene my at the front, and the meaner one in the rear.a most deadly blow. A nation’s heart beats warmly for him and bis gallant little army. This is another “ fail ure" according to onr •' peaoe” friends. A fair time for the proposed "armistice." I Yours, 40. P. Gsiri' McCall, the first‘commander of the Pennsylvania Reserves, and two years ago tho democratic candidate for Congress in the Ches ter and Delaware district, is out against Mo Clellan and in favor of Lincoln, den. McCall is a democrat hut not of tbs copperhead stamp, and, therefore, cannot support a war democrat on a peace platform. , ~ jt _ • A Coppebhiad Meeting Dispersed copperheads of Ithaca, New If ork,availed them selves of the presence of a circus to gat togeth er a crowd last Saturday and throw out a Me-' Clellan end Pendleton flag. While the ooera tion was going on. the news of the fall of At. lanta was received. The Ithaca Journal te)|, the rest of the story as follows ; When the band stopped flaying, a Union man stepped forwardmn the balcony and an nounced tha news from Atlanti, read Secretj. ry Stanton’s official dispatch containing tbs thrilling intelligence, and then called for 11 throe cheers for the Union army.” Tha men wb o had just cheered for McClellan stood appalls dumb. Had a shell flora one of Sherman’! great guns exploded, among them it eouid act have created greater consternation, nor diaper sed them more suddenly. Recovering a liul s from the tremendous shock, they gave a few dismal and heartrending groans for Sherman's army, and fled in every direction, hiding i n holes and corners and burying themselves ia cellars and basements—and in less than three minutes alter reading of the dispatch not a cop. perhead was to be seen, the meeting bavins vanished. The speeches remained undelivered for the want of an audience. Governor Sevmocs. —This model Governor has been renominated for the position by his “ friends." He peremptorily refused the use of his name, but finally, from patriotic motives, yielded to solicitations, and became the guited of beguilers. We find an eiactly par. nllol case in one of Byron’s poems: “ A little while ihe strove, and then repented, And whisperlngshe would ne'er consent—consei Armistice and Convention.— Proposing an armistice sis months hence, is merely emoty words and so is a convention after the war is ended. All the rest of the Chicago Conven tion, so far as it is anything but empty rant, is little else than a bitter reflection on their own candidate. So that it may be likened lo a sknnk, more disgusting than dangerous. WILD LAND FOH 3ALE.—The subscriber oil. era for sale on reasonable terms, a lot of Wild land in Delmar, containing about 63 acres, 3 acres cleared. Timber chiefly oak and chestnut. JEHD3HA WILLARD, Delmar, Sept. 23, 1864-2 t AT the foot of tbo hill in Gray's Valley, on or about the last Monday In August, a Crimson and Geeen Woolen Shawl, both aides" alike, red and green stripes, about half worn. The owner will please prove property, pay ber. Lafayette a bay. Gray’s Valley, Sept, 23, 1354-31® LETTERS testamentary having been granted ta to the subscribers on the estate of John Good epeed, late of Knoxville, dec'd, notice Is hereby given to those indebted to moke immediate payment and those having claims to present them properly aathen* ticated for settlement to JOBS 600DSPEED, KnosWlle, ) v . CHARLES GOODSPEED, WeatSald, J tiri ' Sept 23, 1864-Bt® ALL BOYERS OF DRESS GOODS, Shawls, Cloaks, Bearer Cloths, Broadcloths, Sack ings, Cloak Trimmings, BeLaines, Prints, Sheetings, Shirtings, Flannels, Cassijnefes, Jeans, Hoop Skirts, Hosiery, Notions, Ac,, are informed that they can BY CALLING AND EXAMINING OUR STOCK . -or- Seasonable Goods, We CAN and WILL make it ranch to every ono'i interest to sail and BUY WHAT GOODS THEY NEED, > All goods are high; bnt there is now more neces sity for close Jboying, and for every one to get the than ever before. A Dollar saved is as good as a Dollar earned. We are keeping less goods of a cheap quality than ever before, as we believe customers cannot afford to bay any but I GOOD GOODS. Cnstomi 1 Made Boots, Ladies’ and Children’s Gaiters and Shoes, is now larger than ever before; and most of ills being sold at less than New York prices. have more room and moro cash to ow f° r balanea of the stock and can do better for our Cl3 ** turners, Call and see. Sept 21, 1864. CARDING AND OLOTH-DBESSING-. THE subscriber informs tho public that the tow* ness Is still carried on at the old stand? Wellsboro ; that be baa provided himself with a°* and improved Failing £fili that foils Cloth «** perior manner, giving it a good Ann body that * wear better and look neater than Cloth only **»“ fulled. .. We are now ready and will dress Cloth as fast" comes. **first come, first served,” is the motto, bring U along. . , Our Carding Machines are still running, and «“* all Wool as soon as it comes. Don't 5® J}& stockings nest winter. J. I. JACKSvtf* September 21, ISQ4.* _ DO TOU WISH TO BE CURED J 7 DR, BUCHAN'S t w ENGLISH SPECIFIC PILLS core, ia leM U>» ” days, the worst, cases of Nervousness, Premature Decay, Seminal Weakness, Insanity, “ all Urinary, Sexual and Nervous Affections, no » • ter from what cause produced. Price, One ‘ box. Sent, post-paid, by mail, on receipt of an ere ■ One Sox willparfect tho cure ia most cases. Aaan JAMES 3. EUTLSB, General Agent, 427 Broadway, Net* July 27, 1534-3 m. P. REWEUL, DESTIST, MANSFIELD, TIOOA COJJNTT, PA> IS prepared to operate in all the Improreaientiß tha various department* of filling, extracting,» •ertisg artificial denture*, Maaiffild, August 10,1344-If. FOUND. Executors’ Notice. SPECIAL NOTICE. SAVE MONET NOW OPEN FOR INSPECTION. LOWEST CASE PRICES THE STOCK OF MEN'Js AND BOY'S AND OP ALL KINDS. HAVING SOLD OVT OUR GROCERY STOCK. J. A. PARSONS, Corning, V. Y* ited. 7
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