_ . t,..:...d; cil i ..f. - ). 4 1.:ri. ii_ 1 . .. L •-..)-: DI • 1.4 S,‘;.;-,'"' MI .1-10 1-va Enr , wi MEE 7: lTbittiE Xit..;=NITLIBER 1. —..ic.,:P11113L1311111),5Y M. Dicillarsteb Proprietor $. *Devoted. to the datiaeofnelitiblii:iiiiiin, Atefests of Agriculture, the advancement of Education,. and. they beat good. of _Potter toakoly:' Olvning no-guide 'except . that of Prineiplecit - Will'endeayer to aid in the work of more fuliz?Fseedcaplzipg:oßr-.qourttry• DYERTISEMENTS inserted at the following rotes, eidelit .11311MIre110 insertion, - - 50 1 " 1 ' - .sl_so X4elksubsequent insettionlessthan 13; ."-"- '25 •I - Scus:re threeinonths, -- - - 250 I " six - " 400 a-" - - " one :.year, 6 00 Golamn -- -'.20 00 - - - 10 00 1 . 0 f u It - - .. " -per_year. - - - 7. 7 •-4 ,, -4 , - -*-mac- - - 20 00 Administrator's -or Executor's Notice,- . - -2 00 -.l4isiness-Caidi, - Blines or - less:per - year 3 00 :liiiett&l and Editorial Notices; pei line, 10 * * *All transient,advertisements, ninst.:be Judd - in idvance, and no notice will be taken of advertise'ments from a distance, unless they Flaccomitinied by the money or satisfactoiy • * * *Blanks, 'arid- Job : Work of all -kinds,at I,,e.iylvd. to. protn Ely and fiitlifnlly. "- BUSINESS CAI-11,115;.--'-'1 E UL A lAA ISTAWDAleetins on the 2nd and 4th Wed nes days of each month: — Also Rasonic anther lugs 4iireverY Wednesday Evening, for worm •:'and practice,_ at their , Hall in Coudersport. TIHOTHY IVES, W. 3L _ Bmuum. 'Sec'y. TOHN s.' MANN, VTORNEY 'AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Pa.iu will attend the several Coiirts in Potl - er and M'Kean Counties. -All i.Saiiness entrusted in his care *will receii - re _ • prompt attention.. Office corner of West and Thir ' d.streets. I - ' -. .ART - filift' G. 'OLMSTED, ATTORNEY & -tbENSELLOR tide r - spott; Pa'., will attend to all business ontruated to. his ,eo.re, „with prorpptues _anti , ftdt'ity. „Office on Soth-west cornerof Main aid Fourth streets: ISAAC BENSON ATTORNEY - AT LAW, Couddrsporti Pa., will attend to all•bnsiaess entrusted to him, with . care and prOmiTtess. OtTie on Second st. - , near the Allegheny Bridge. F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will regularly•atteutl the Courts in Potter and ...the adjoining. Counties. ELLISON, 1 7P.A.C.T MING - PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa.. r•snectfully informs the-citizens of the vil .. Ind vicinity - that he will promldy re. to all calls for professional services. Office on Maio st., in building formerly oe. cnpied:by . C. W. Ellis; Esq. C. S. E. A. JONES, DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS Oils, Pitney Articles, Stationery, Dry Good:, Groceries, kc., CoLiders'pOrt; Ps,: . • '' -D. E. OLMSTED, DEALER INj DRY GOADS, READY-MADE ..'-Clothing, .criacifery, Groceries, Sc., Main st., • t'euderspoit, - Pa. - ...,. , . -. SMITH, , _ COLLINS, DEALER in ,pry Goods,Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, iQueensware, Cutlery, and -all Goods usu;;lry': found in r. country Store.— Conderspor, Nov. 27, 18il. W. MANN, DIALER LEI BOOKS & STATIONERY, MAG.. AZINES anti 3lusie,_. W. corner of Mair. •ad Third sts., coudersport, Pa. - COUDERSPORT HOTEL, D_. F. .G.L.tSUIRE, Proprietor, Corner o ' lilarriand Sehond Streets, Coudersport, Pot= ter Co.; ' A Livery Stable is also kept in conned Olen with this hotel. MARK GILLON, TAILOR—DearIy opposite the Court House— :trill nartke,c4l -clothes intrusted to him in thelMqs,t,.spd bust styles - 7 -Prices to suit the him a call. _ 13.41 .;kN,I3.R.E W. SAN B E ItG .41 BRUS; TANNERS:AND ; CURRIERS.—Hides tanned 'on thgstigs, in the—befit manner. Tan. nerY„,99 : the? east, side - of Allegany, river. Caufferspo - rt,P'otter county; Pa.. H -y 17;61 , a 9I 4 IO_TED _KELLY, - • DEALER IN STOVES, Tlti & SHEFT IRON ' WARE, Main st„ nearly opposite the. Cgiqi House, Condetsport; Pa: Till' and - Sheet Irori Ware made to-order, in good style, on . Ulysses ~A ca.demy Miff letiii ns as Principal; Mr.E.II.CAMPBELL, PreeeptreSv_Afrs.-NETTLEJONES_ GRIDLEY ; As. iistat4;:Mks - 4'. E °Alum KLL. The expenses per Tirt . n'a'rei"Tuitlon, from $5 to $ 6; fivia - $1.58i651 . :75, - per Niedk;:ltocans for"Self boarding from $2 to $4. Each term Ccirnmelices *pan 'Wednesday and continues Fourteen weeks: Fall Wintertefr Dee-191k 1892,.;.' an d_ „ipring term, March 25th, -0: R. , BASSETT; President. tRIDL EY, Sect'y. Lexisyille r .lpiy 8, .1 ; 862. -; UNION, HOTEL, pouIqYi:P.ENN., • A. S., ARC ISTRONG lIAVING refitted an d ,' netvly. furniibpd the house on Main Street, recently 'occupied by is .prepared to abconnnodate the relibg pablicians good style as can be had ?otitiiag,,tblit can .ba„any ,way in etiiiie the iioniferte'of: the linests will be ne '= I- WO:11,18C' "'1 :T' - F . f r lr - - - F - 4 .-), ry ':) r:z -7 ,0 Tr i . ' ' r,.r -- pxr-_ ... •• ..-,-. -• • - 1 . • 4,, . 14 ~,t I ' t' 1 •,,, ,- .7 • ','.. ~ I i —.' , i . .. 1 ... -. - ' . . . .., • ~ '.'. `.' '' " :-. 1 ' ' --.... i... 4 - ~.. :4....a. NJ , =.,_ I LI. r ..1. - i`.......1' Ci Eiji. i.a ..- ' '..:.: '. '..'-' . '.• '' ' 1 i . ... :f ,4, t (. f. ~.••., .. . . --, f i r , ..•. _ .: 1f.".. , :. •:: ,:: . :,-, ': Jr Itriitv ,:.t..„::....,„....:•,,_,.....„,,,,,....,_.._ :: 4!. : : . 4 .-: .._. __., . _. _, - : .... ft) . 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I land that it is far better t et - ti in have the hard knocks., (which '; teb , y , must, take in this world,) and 7, thtisowingd Plowing, reaping, hammet.., tluilding, Jawing, fighting and the rid: OceteraS of il.turld's rough work. .' le 41 argu-' meat that woman has, ev4theless, . capacity fon .• great aciii'dit ojliii the u k rough and dusty places Iv re lien toil, is summarily disposed of: 1 1 ,"Now don't Overwhelm - 1 . -re .4 - .1461.- rent of platitudes about tiro al oppor: (unities fOr self-sacrifice, m allieroisui; silent iufluence,• might of ytiand alt that cut:liitil.dried woman' Spire-ism ; pray. don't:: Lkuowall tibu it. Tcouldi write an octave „volume ,o tho übject„ with dediutiou,-iiatroccet . , p . ace and' appendix; but.just go to w . ow the next rainy day, and nodee fi woman who passes, - See how ,is reed to i concentrate all "the encr s. of' 'tad and . bddy on - herself and h Otifie . ; One, delidate hand.:elings dpeiutel to the unwieldy !Unibrella,;. t. 'ooer s,cease• lessly str,uggliag t'olre ytn• li d of the toultitedinuus draperiA ' and'' f book, basket, or, bundle cla O.•Sliait3 ..f lei _ 3 attention, 1 her *ease - itiabll indeed. Down goes one fold . ri th m mwepfing• i l stone, detected only p omouS`flap. pity , e' agaiost•the'nel en the garment hasbecome saturated ooseped •tiold oe . the umbrella ; of whit?akesi advantage, and ; irutuediately ayrit inmainerit. sever. the gutter—a convu aiid,..raodom clutch at the peak() • righted, n suddeit to bearit away, and; , sufficienti to detain it tailly comes to,the're draperies down on • th another: clutch, - itnot forward:l imarch,!• and tiragglekend. •-• • "Stalll 7 —•ptalk-r 7 stal man behind 'tier." St passed. of. slE.thi block. , "Of course •1 lightly poiiitig liisxvfin overcoat . : 40iosu ; butt° tight' fi tti rrouseis mous india rubber _bo storm to him ? "Is' this: a small'' er ?," Beloved friend; smaller matters these: hiiVe swayed the world ;itri thchisandeueli small matters markthsldhoOd, and maturity of twies.'boueand small mediand . ,s 9/tin itiligtroOg. , -; . -dididngs. g mid: . donIC mind it. They open dnoratitt NI t— c.• 't::-'"+ [Ficitlijitie: ire I "OLD S "Hung be the heav - yr.y r ! • His mighty life was b By Carolina's fiery s The p'ustilence that waii . Smpte him before hi; The Constellations of The Pleiades, the S. Looked sadly down to To sae a natiOn,!Ne.u. 111. ..'i.SeruLlum_ to. us...the.s - - - 14 YOn'416..nntleel his Your petty great men a The measure of his e IV. "Send him to us. Thif "Not mid your puny: You sucrifieed him . in OCenvies, Strifeiinad) "His eye could rpierce Ilis,gar could hear or , Could follow all our "Send Lim to us 1, no mt, No hero slain in righitit -.No minuted saint-Conk* A holier welcome fbott VIP Take pip, yo stars., 415'4 To your . vtist rmiltnlotl But once helurned frciu Ilis'name on martialsc, I That once was when his.' , llr4ry's call Said danger to her fig vas nig i j i And then her banner's •, s dinna d all The radiant. lights wis4sgemtne the sky Take birn, loved orbs I his country's life, Freedom for all—foi lie be wars ;.., For these lie welcome; ~r xiodi strffe;' And followed in thJilike I • • .14"91n0n PiscOss The New York Ale c 7 . ha,s9 read opt q. fP I I. .' rig WI'S 6 . t .. kornaiii' ill (13 neither witty nor wise n others, we have beret. , iteraaon of these elaluz. nuisance. In the voio essays styled Cottniry L, The umbrella wit:MOH - tens brind not- boine other- involum. sli.eep:gb . 8 verneUf." then • • .8 adjnstiiient-- to the dreary • owes up the builds lk—lie- id'ont -ried• d eiueld hatid a rizaterproof , to the Ain,' ed into• etior- What is the Ilebotea fo tfie iTiociples of li.qo Qcf - ooeilo9, of CIOUDERSFORT,USTTERMOTINTY, pA., IFOIVESDAY,DEEETER 7 1 ; 1136ie 'Ost] Its.,, the dampest weather. They can unstrap trunks,..Witpput, .a. : M . l3otiVessel, tuft - Ile - pi in 's moment which women lost their temper and lamed their fitigerli over for half an hour, look down Treei pioactinditiolliecoliti3.ldialy;ktuxt- tri iixe4 other prostrate and not be stunned! You may strike them with all.your might on the cli,Rtizattcljtitigm'Orltrytilepa in the least,(T mean if.you are a.woman.) They never grow nervous and cry. They go up ; !iptiatt-,tbr i esat i a time. ;_lbpy,rkumne hand - 44 - fi l fatirtrarefate fri I e,dflitAtith out touching. In short, they do every thing easily. which women try to do and cannot. ;•••..:1 O. ;2 "Moreover, men arts in 'easy to get along with.' They are good-natured, and anveniiatlyibli - 341apd)pece . volent.— Women criticise you, not unjustly, per haps, but relentlessly. They judge you in detail, men onty_ip Oa whole. If your dress is treet;*illtirttiVeind'well-toned, naerrwill not notice it, except a few man milliners, and a few others who ought to be, and tikwlibtli -- tipibiton.i - wirpay 110 re gard. If you will only sit .still, 'hold rip your head, and speak when you are spoken to, you cans-bp;:vgry7oinfortable. ;I do not mean that men do not and cannot ap preciate female brillincy; but if yon are la good listener, and in'tbe right r eceptive aiooii, yeti eah;spe r trit'itailfeili- very''plea's an tly without it. , But. a woman finds out in the first three minutes that the fringl,oifyour dress if not a, taatcli,' l - ,:kii four, she has discovered that the silk of your sleeve is frayed at the edge. In five, that the binding tetlilt-heel ar'your boot is worn out. By the sixth, she has sat ' isfactfaly_iis'e,ettititi."(d i iviitOlie)S - afpected the first moment she 'set her eyes ou you,' that yon trimmed your bonnet yourself. Tii`e'egVentir assures ilia I.liiit''yoifr dollar is ,only 'imitation,' and when you part, at the'end orten ullifiltes;sbe'h'as f alanlited, (kwith tolerable acapracy.,,tho,cost ef„Yoer dress, has leveled her mental eyeglass at all your- innoctinClittle -subterffigeS, and . kn ows t,pro....t.,tu_ty - :y m u r - past tory, etieSent diraiiiiat - aillieg; - an fut'tire prospects. Well, what harm if she does ? None in particular. It is only being stretched on the rack a little while. You have no . . reason_to be ashamed. Your boots aro only beginning to be shabby, and we all know the transitory nature of d l galloon. Your fringe is too dark, but you ransacked the city and did yOur best, 'angels couldde no more: :..Yoti.trimilied your bonnet . yourself, and saved two doh lars, wtidli — wasitsr : Whit you iniended 'to ! do. 'The means were worthy, ; and the end was won.' your lace is not real, ac cording tir:the 'ant; rpf t.:lloliPplieepers4, but is real—real cotton ; real linen, real : silk, or whatever the material may be,, and, you . never pretended it . was pouiton : or 'point lace is - § - efi'arid'ivhite and fine, and sets off the throat and wrists prettily, I don't see why it may not-just .as-: Wel I -Lie tuade.ein Americafor. two' nenri ' a yard, as in Paris for two dollars, or two' hundred. In fact, this whjle matter of lace is...som,o,thing,.entireiy peyond by comprehension. 'Wtiy, I have seen wallet] who, in the ordinary affairs of life, were neat to a,fault,.,j,ust now .fall dow,ii and worship . a bit. Of 'dingy; 'old 'yellovi . lace, that looked fit for nothing but the wash tub; and w h en remonstrated with, excuse theinkelimi by sayi s ug, .Why;-it.i4.lfty - sir five hundred years old ;' which may -be a very lucid explanation, but I cannot say I faily:understap_d and appreclete,it.„: • "But if men, in their strength and courage and independence, are enviable', men in their gentle,nesp are . irreaistable. You expect it in - Ni)eien. It 'is' ibeir at: with black." ed away • by day °arse seemed run :skYy hero Cross, e him die, of try d to know. his place, lousies ; Taco'. J. cast expanie; orning songs, dance,: riad throngs yr,'s; sortj,, . us wars, i 'crz control :• the stars 2,' ira ndless siiiaoe; ,u try to trace. y a Wip.inan !st says: We h• Ntris , oot/eft act, } with wally yockotled the of sprightly ng aoi Court tribute and characteristic. You . do ,not admire its presence so much as you de• plore or condenimitiabiefici:!!Bnt manly tenderness has a peculiar charm. It is the wild ivy shooting overthe battlements of some old feudal castle, lending grace to solidity, velliiig'sfibitiffi 7 i'vith beaitty. And you meet it everywhere—in the house, and by the wayside, in city and country, under broadcloth and homespun.! The best seat, the'lltiet"staod point, the warmest corner, i's not only offered, but i urged upon ,acworuara,,,, iYcm- may 4ravel from orias eltd - bf tl4'obil 'icy tiiTli - e" bther, and meet not only civility ; but the most cordial and considerate - kindness. You may be as ugly as it 7 js.possible for virtue to be. and tired ilia' Crave-stained and Stupid, and your neighbor of a day will Show you all the little attentions you Could claim frotn,a•-fatbef,pea brother. • , He will place hkeffattsq,fpv..tour footstool and•his shawl for yolr pillow, open or close your window blind at every turn of the road, point out every object of interest, ex PI ai ivtirrth and - do a thousand things to make your journey pleasant. The roughest laborer will step out wide deep in the 'slosh' to eiv€4iftt lave, thi;deeettiii id-hood- tin- I Lured face will, light up with as broad a smile as if you were doing him the great! estfever MOP - A QIiIPCIP.' ter drags the heavy old road gate—which he has just unhinged to mend—half+a dozen rodeAoTlMit(WOMMVdqruddle, ihat a women; to Whom he , never spoke before and propably never will again, may piss over dry-shod, it is false to say that the age of chivalry is gone.lTalk of Sir ' \Vatter Baleighls gallanlry ! .1 Say rather his shrewdness.'' Surely hiswas_ the most econoMical.use to.which, cloak was ever pute, • What ..', wooderfnl,-, politeness, was the i rean a yislti,..tigHl;fe s i! yardi i -of iliish to win the smile _ of a ectieieignwhOse smiles were 'money and Janie and troops of friends' 7_ ! i#, ,; . ,_ 1 . -4'.1.: iiit ' :lira r 9 tha t !this universal .polite4 ness has passed under the. ban of certain of my sex, who are pleased to consider and designate it mrdoll-treatment; and resent it accordingly. ` They ask no favors, des-. p"ise condescensions.: If I thoug,ht as they do, I should probably .act its they dm' Only I 'do not. 1 1 "Even if this Inourtesy were tt kind of • 1 quid pro grin - 4 superfluity - given for an essential taking; away—a Rolaind of itind nest: thrust,uponi us for an Oliver of right; ' l 'fraudtilentlYk'ept baelt—why,T am afraid I must make-the ignoble confession that 1 ..—:- -believel. like, , the Rolnd' better than the 'Oliver—that is; if we cannot have both•—if rights preclude courtesy. It is 'pleasanter, or, as linglishinen would say, .jollier,'. to sit by the flesh-pots of -Egypt, than -to starve legally ie the prom ised land. ~ Women would better improve the rights , they have; a little more, before going . mad after; others that they know not of - ,_ 'tee:ems to me that I hae business enough on iny hands new to oc bupy three persons at least ; and if men lied/ be so geed us to do the; law-making, and stock ,lobbing; and bribing and quarreling, and stump-speaking,- I w:11 be• greatly obliged to them. _lt ,sill thew eMpleywent, and take them ' off our hands !for a good , , pit of he, day, which is vary convenient. ~ -As the big man said, When asked why he , let his little wife beat him : 'lt amuses 1 . , •her and don't hurt mb.'" . The authoress having:made these frank atiMisshana,,turns :deftly about' and pro tests .against the; patronizing air which women are discussed by the 'stronger sex; ,"From _the confession (~ f - f aitli.whichl 'haVeniade, it Will ; readily be inferred that I have no petty spite to gratify, but that I speak more in sorrow than in anger when I say that meta do sometimes act like downright—persons deVoid of sense ' (dic tionary definition 'of a word which I re frain from using for eourteous{reasons,) and it really is necessary to fall back _on undisputed proafs'of their common sense in, other matters, Ito convince iourselves that this is onlvla , inonostulitia. 1 "I do not blame men for not under- standing women. ;It is, perhaps not in ; the nature of things. Two organisms so delicate, Yet so distinct—so often parallel, yet so entirely; integral—can ; perhaps never be thorougly understood objectively. But I do blame them for obstinately per sisting in i the belief that they do when , . I they don't. I "Do [ flatter myself that whit I may say will live the slightest tec;dency to modify the views, ter the .practiect of any one of my, masculine readers, should I be so fortunate as to have 'any ?• N'ot in the least. !Phonic!: I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, yet of six men who should do the the honor to read me, half a dozen, invited to ,' deliver an addrdss at the anniversary of a female boarding school, would rise Slow in their places, smile down a blalad and •benigolint compliment to the white-robed beauty before them, and glide gracefully into an oily enlogiuni upon woilan's' influence, per humaniiing and elevating mission', promulgating the novel atid`startling, .theOfy ' that her power is in' her heart, not'in tier min ; that ate judges by intuition rather 'than by induction; that her sphere is not in the rostrum, but, by the fireside; that she is to rule by love, not by fear; interspersing some ven erable fling at Woman's-rights.c . onventions and their s7troug• Minded; leadels, quoting with unutterable pathos,/ called hermagel,bnt he called hei wife'— (Query : What iight. has•iny man to be calling another man's wife angel ?h=and winding up gloriously in a metephorie conclusion." From this point the kr a,uthoreas pro ceeds td"idlfctiss, the .health, eddeation, literary nspirations,- eto4. (if woman, vig orously „ . 31any.young anew yould.pay very little regard., to the church' bells but lor the thou - gilt - of:the . church belles. The guerrillas of Iliisouri dO't like 'Col. Guitar at _all.. They ; are _probably afraid of getting tfieir necks 'entangled in his etrings. • .) • 1 - tn'surprised, My dear, that, have never seen you , The fabt, is; husband, that Was borti to - bltoih ' • - ..1 A tbtifty "wife wandare why themen caiii'inhnPie 'to 4 0` 8 ,2)ifething Night 'they _eat as wet! amuse themeel7ei larnoking hams ea. in smoking , eigare A - cußicf4 _arP tiever.itti when they are in the shrouda. . - • 10 6 fetus. 'I We have been permitted to make the full Owing extracts from a' private let er, written l)y W. A. Monroo: • Washington D] C., Nov. 3d '62. ' _ ,L—Dear Sir:—The sanitary condition Of !Myself and Regiment is very good, and 1 ihinlinn the mend at that. The weath criherelis rather cold. We have had a flail of three inches of snow, which laid tine day. There is a peculiarity in this Ittnate.l The bights' are disproportion - trily cold. . , The great obstaele in the way of rapid adianemi—forward Movement's arid reso- Lite continuance in well doing—has been removed. The career of this little Napo. preen has been markedby one continued series of delays. The:administration has tolerated him much longer than the best interesta of the country would warrant. Ii Will not attempt to throw any light up on his conduct in the Peninsu;a campaign; for durin g time that I was in another ser i. but , vice; but will only say that I lost faith hi him when he so king Hayed moving ulpen Manassas, and finally did move there to find himself opposed only by basswood guris—and -not manned at that. ' The things hoped for are still in the wo r th!) of theluncertain fuer°, and the things not seen have not yet made their appeararice. 411 a long time the soldiers were pOrfeetly iblitided by their devotion—and never . On-. ;tirrifter the battle of Antietam, his great:- 0.4 battle and only victory, did he appear th front of his. army without being en thusiastically cheered: Then he rode aleni the lines in full uniform, and the soldiers re, mined sullenly silent. A few officers who attempted to raise a shout tts n he ee l eedeci very poorly. Then a g a i n 1 .1 n reviewed his army near Bakersville Md. 14,r. 1 LinclAn was everywhere - cheered, and ,everywhere the little Napoleon was not. These men had come and seen and - con q eiled, and had been cheated of the I'rt its of their victory by the incapacity or iqzachery of their commander. The Small show of victorytctually gaihecl, was gained by their - personal valor and per severance against the fearful disadvantage_ 'of ib.rientimgement owttre - patt thuir'emu mhmier; and they were in. no humor to exult him Las a hero longer. They had too long h en made to believe that: his unaccountable maneuvers, were but the mamfestattone of his consummate ability, and that his shameful failures were 'only parte of a 'well digested system of strate- gy,ltoo choice to be revealed and too'pro fouod to be understood by othei inen, and in fact frilly conceived' only in his own NaPoleonic mind. This jokeLwould go don no longer, McClellan, worship was forO , ver at an end, -a change had Come If • over the spirit of the dream of every hom est idtellig6ut soldier in, the army. - I. ~- concerning the conduct of this quou danil two at Antietam, it might not be amirLfor one who had some opportunity Of seeing arid hearing to descant somewhat. Theiplan of that battle was riefly this. The enemy, was strongi y poste in front ofSfiarpsburg. We were to attack them tliere. We formed a line of battle four d , ~ , nies long with "old fighting Hooker" on th'o right, B urnside , on the `left, and Fitz Sohn "Porter's Corps in the center, to act as'reserves, and also make an artillery demriristration upon the enemy at that' point.' The enemy had two avenues of escape iii-c a se of defeat, I the Shepherds , towtr L road. This plan carried out the.en , , • emy pzust have been. ours. On Tuesday afters on Hooker crossed, the creek; and by a 's ries rif well planned and promptly executed movements, unmasked the rebel frontl; his eagle eye took in everything! at , a igfance; he at once' took the very ! strongest positirin nearest the enemy -- ; and! at Oneel proceeded to engage them which ' he continued in a very spirited manner until 'Ahrk, and then sent word to MeClel , ! lan that he 'should be.np and - at it again J at s daYlight, arid wanted Sumner to be on! the ground promptly at that' time. At daybreak he begun, be fought with a' skill end en,urane truly admirable until; nine 4 hen r 'he was wounded. . Sum- i rt ner arr ved at this .time, and took com tuandi 1 He went in headlong, and Was whihed in less than an hour. He had lost all !the ground gained by Hooker and 8,0001 inen in killed and wounded.— Burnsides attack which any fool might! know Ought to have been !made simulta neeustyl witliLHooker's, was now ordered,' or rather per !hied for the old hero of Newber i n, wo uld no r longer b-.! restrained He, lit ki the', otheis, - was I sent unaided against he enemy" whose ritterition was not til rted from him in the least, by . , 1, any of h r maneuver.' He *Co of course .'clieek" soon after crossing the bridge.' about - ; this time Franklin-'—but without ord i eraHreeonamenced thefight OD the right, h,ngained back "what Summer hid !psi.. 'support_ was sent him and be ~ - o Could 4 no more. This miags it down 1;1 1:1 t 0.4 P:lrn.oo general attack or conesntra tetileffartimdl yet been : made. At , this time. )31nroside was informed—and be kilt* it lbsfereL,that *hie 'Was the battle of:th e eiar anit he must airy the hill at an "y, ' -' the sr Franklin to ... i.\ , t. . 1 711 k BEE TEREES.--SI.OO•PER whese cprps / then belebued—tive4Order ed to carry the woods on the riglit,'sntn ner replied that he could not seippert, hip ,if repulsed (but did not S - ay why) andp Ihe was ordered to run. no risks. 4 . ~ The brave 13urnside with the remnant of 16,000 men, without co-ciperation 4;1 support of any kind,,weiat - willingly, foe. ward to the decisive movement of. Vie great battle of the War. ' Mawr,' 'Mimi aeld,..Suioner.and Franklin on iIM , right with 70,000 men were' ordered le rennun quiet, and merely "holci their Op." : Th'e 1 rebel force unoccupied' in the centre end ' on the right, and in full view:of•MeClet ' lan, moved like an avalanche up on Burn. side, and drove him from the hill.' Ho fought as bravely as man may fight-44t, against impossible odds, he . sent word he could not hold out haf an hourlionger unless reinforced. Porter's Corp. fresh and impatient lay inthe hollow. • They were reserves,. were sorely needed, and were not sent—but instead ward to "hold the; ground at any cost, the bridge to the laift man. If the bridgels lost all isloat." Blarnside strained every nerve-::- . held 'on for dear life—for more than life for 'llia country. He fought till dark; the enetny was' whipped but not captured. Thetttvo roads were hot tarried. The soldiers be- hayed nobly. _Borne of • - the:;'geoerals showed skill and courage of the first or!. der,. yet all this valor and ability brought to bear against inferior numbers did not succeed—did not gain a victory worth the .fifteen thousand brave men lost there: r; It was the great opportunity, such an= e:her may never occur. Decisive victory would have sent Rebellion hoWling to the shades below. • . . . Then too on, Thursday Much might have been redeemed by attacking in force. The eneniy were reinforced •by 80,0001 . (whom the bad manag ement at - Harpers Ferry • had permitted to- cothe np) and were now 60,000 strong to our 90,000. These ,figures "don't lie," the fought ail , day Wednesday and held t heir ground' all day. Thursday—by* McClellan's 'trai.' • torous neglect to make the attack either _general Fn ." , 314tionlrated 5- acid then "PLO- urely 'walked off on Thursday night:an& Friday, and told Weir friend l y they had' whippcd us. Our ;men Ime they had`• been poorly handled. The ar y had lost' their confidence in their 'Gen rat. The • [stormy winds of Antietam ha lifted the' ' veil. There was 'no More"seei g through a glass darkly but face to face. Cheer ing from that hour was played out. Let"' me say that some of the seini-s'eeesh offi.- - cars would be glad to get theiriyouog gi - -; ant back but if the wishes of the great masses of the army, the privates iu the ranks are respected,'what has been done • wilt stay done. ; , - Well • I was speakin g somewhat of Washington;4 is _a great p lace, the Smith- - sonian Institute is My favorite place of resort. Fearing a detailed description might include, much that you already know I will pass. Pennsylvania Avenue • is the principal street. It is an interest. ing spectacle to stand somewhere near the Washington louse and watch the \ great human tide as it, rolls along, ebbing ' I and flowing through this great channel- - of life. Perhaps nothing would better , gtaraeterize this mottled crowd of alt nationalities, and all characters, than the one word "seeker." ' Here you see men seeking honest, livelihoods—bat they are few. Many alas l are seeking what they will never and, ambitious men , • are here seeking \ office, 'officers are here seeking gloiy, pale faced, almost broken • hearted wives, sisters 'and mothers, are seeking their dearest earthly treasures, among the sick and wounded in the hos pitals. On, the faces of some of these the rav of hope beams brightly, and on oth'e'rs it - has almost faded. God help them I .___ Silver is never a drug except when used as the coating of pills'. Half the iailnres in life arise froin pull rig in one's horse as he is leaping. Slander is as mach more accumulative tan a snow-ball as it is blacker. "Trust" is a gcod motto for a Chris an; "trust not" is a good one ..for a tai- A man cnt off by his baker for non- pay went of his bill, is' "struck off the rolls." , • Doctors should dearly love our good mother Earth, fur she kindly hides ° their evil work. The ladies - should consider that to kis* the a swearer is a kind of . profini. • s ty•-:, , - The, railing of a arose': WOMltrty like flay ' railing of a garden, keeps people at wet's, ..;'- tance. , . It is a parades that loose "habits • gener. al:y stick tighter to al feLaw than any - s . other kind. _ 1 A patient is untioubtldly in a hdt.Tiiiiy when his disease is aence and his civet.** ' - 111 -.:. 7 ,,'.>•• - ..i11 - , , i.i'f.r ME ME liEll •• fr = WM MEE
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