TERMS OE THE GLOBE Per annum in nth once Fur. month, =2 A (mime to ntdif) a dizeendinuanco at tie exp. - at - ion of the tel al subset bed for It ill Io eard,dtded a new engage ta.•ut.. TRIMS or ADVERTISING. 1 insertion. : ito 4 .1.1 =I One slum e, (52 Imes.) , a)75 - I no Two squat, 1 OD - 1 53........ 2 10 Threr iquote. 1 50 .... 2 0 5 2 00 Over Unto stork owl It., ti nu tin to munthi, 25 cents per sylate rot ekelt ilea Lion. 2 00oltIli C, months. 12 luontloi. ..5( 50 <; 00 .55 00 El= ,0 S .11111 . • 7 00. 10 CO ........10 00 . . 00 "0 00 .12 01 40 00 ..... 00 . 20 00 '0 60........ ::.0 00 Th., • 1111:1eS, Four 1 lalf a column One column.... a•el 11lean, Ca 1.1.3 not esece,hng foul line-, ono year 5,0 A 4111111611 atels and E‘eentors . No Hoes, 0 1. 75 , . A.lvottigoinenti nut maili . ed oink the onnibet or 111 - .1 d Siled. AI ti be colitumed till fu. Lot out tlio, to Ins. I,c (iobc. HUNTINGDON, PA Thursday, Ssptembe,r 4, 1862. P rN3V;3POP NOTICE. 'We have not the time nor the ineli- nation, to dun personally, a large num ber of persons who have unsettled ac- counts upon our books of several years Standing,. We shall, therefore, from day to day, without re:Tea to per,ons, place into the hands of a justice for collection, all accounts of over two those who wi.h years standing to save expense, will do well to give its n. call. Ag- PF,, Our Present Duty. There is one Huth which men of all parties ought to bear in mind at the present time, and that is. the more the people are united in support of the Government, the sooner will the war be ended. It is the vaiun Df the rebels at the South which gives to them so terrible a power. There is no distrac tion in their counsels, no dissensions ;Inuring their leaders, no party organi- rAttion hostile, to their so-called govern ment, or to the men composing it; but the whole mass of traitors moves on, as by the impulse;of a single will, to its relemtless purpose. The government they have set up tolerates no opposi tion, will listen to no upbraidiw4s, but sternly exacts from all the most ha plicit .obedience to its behests. Hence the energy which they display in their military operations, and 'the hopes vi th -which they are inspired for the success of their cause. This unity of purpose and of action, however, among the traitors of the ; South, will avail them nothing, if only the North will remain united in its efforts to sustain the Government in putting down the rebellion. But here in lies the danger which we confess seems to have loomed up within . the past few weeks, until it has aSSUM a serious aspect. We have seen politi cal conventions held in two or more of ; the face state•l, the tendency- of whose proceedings, whether so designed or not. has been to stir up the embers of party strife, and thereby weaken the cause of the Union. Surely this is not only wrong in itself but will be ru inons to the reputation of those who take the lead in these unpatriotic move- ments. In the hour of our country's' trial the patriotism of every party, of every man, must not only be pose but above suspicion. In this time of war it is not possible for political parties at the North to array themselves against each other without detriment to the cause of the Union. In a free govern ment, political bodies will always strive against each other for the ascendancy; and in time of peace the interests of the country are generally in the long run promoted by the active rivalry of con tending parties. But in a time of war the case is totally different. War is so feat ful an evil that when it has once broken out it becomes the duty of all -parties to discard their differences and to unite in bringing it, to a close as speedily as possible. There may be, as there, have been, instances in which a government will be in the wrong in prosecuting a war, and in such cases it is the duty of the people to take the matter in a legitimate way into their own hands, and coerce their rulers in to a change of policy. So if, in the troublous times which have falleti up on us, greater interests could be sub served and greater perils averted by compelling our Government to close the existing war at all hazards, even to the disruption of the VIIIOII, the action of a peaceful political party among us, if it had that object in view, could not in justice lie condemned. But amid all the perturbations of public opinion this truth stands out in bold relief, that this war can only lie closed by waging it to the bitter end, and that there can be no peace until the rebels lay down their arms and return to their allegi- EMI So far as it concerns the present, the foe with whom we are contending will neither proffer nor accept any terms of peace which would not involve the dismemberment and consequent down fall of the Republic. The issue is one of life or death to the Nation. The Government of the United States has never swerved for a moment from its fixed purpose to preserve the Union. In the trials incident to events so startling and unprecedented as those which have arisen, it was not to be ex recta that all Ow (Alicial art' of men BEI 5 00 7 00 S 00 10 00 T 4 TTIV 'di or . .p •i: ~/ UL4 , 1` 1 !S 1• high in office, would be faultless, or that a public agent or contractor would not occasionally be found in compet..nt Or dishonest; but no un prejudiced or candid person will deny that the Government, as represented by the President and the members of his Cabinet have, one and all, been ac tuated by a sincere desire to see the war so conducted as to secure the most speedy and the most lasting peace, without impairing the rights of a sin gle loyal man in the Union. And in this high and noble purpose it is but just to say that they have been hitherto sustained with great unanimity by the two great political parties into which the people of the North were, prior to the war, divided. I3oth seemed con scious that, in the time of war, the on ly way to maintain the Union was to sustain the Government. And they were right. For if the Government is to be humbled and degraded amid the perils of war because the men who have been called to administer it are not the choice of a particular party, then there is an end to the experiment of the capacity of man for self-govern ment. :a< ,- ? c$ Ifenee it is that we deprecate, with great earnestness, the efforts which have recently- been made by some un scrupulous politicians to keep up polit ical organizations, and to foment par ty dissensions among the people. We do not suppose for a moment that it is the intention of any large portion of the people who form themselves into political conventions, and lay clown party platforms, to overthrow their own liberties ; but the practical ten dency of their course in so doing is un doubtedly to discourage the Govern ment and to prepare the way for the disruption of the Union. For noGov e•nmeut, resting for its support on public opinion, can be expected to bear up successfully against the combined power of external and internal foes, the latter gathering strength the lunger they are left unchecked. Either the domestic enemies must disappear vol untarily, under a sense of the common danger, or be put down by the strong arm of power—else the Nation must perish. The latter alternative is a remedy so stringent, that a free Gov ernment is always loth to resort to it. So long as there, is a reasonable hope of overcoming disatfeclion and disloy alty by mild and persuasive means, no appeal to the reason, the conscience and the interests of the deluded par ties should be 'withheld. BULL when all such appeals are disregarded and evil disposed persons continue in their course until they become guilty of in cipient or open treason, no alternative remains to the Government but to use whatever measures may be necessary to suppress the mischief. In no other way can the loyal people of the Union be protected in the enjoyment of their rights than by depriving the disloyal of all power to do harm. The Govern ment, in a time of civil war, as of peace, represents the nation, and the whole loyal portion of the nation must be a war party until the rebellion can be put clown and peace be obtain ed. Such is our deliberate judgment m the premises, separate from all mere partisan prejudice and from every other consideration not purely and un selfishly national.—Germantown Tele graph. "Democratic County" Convention. [We publish the proceedings of the "Democratic" County Convention, as we find them in The Jlonifor, the new partisan paper.] Pursuant to a call issued by the County Committee, the Democratic County Convention met at the Court House in this borough on Wednesday the I 2th inst., and was organized by the selection of the following officers, viz : JACOB ORESSIVELL, Esq., of Cassville, Pres Mow. J. GI:11111LT, of Porter Twp., Vice Pros. Pr. Win. P. MeNite, of Shirte3 - sburg, and J. Simpson Africa, of Huntingdon Seereta7 The following named gentlemen were ad mitted as delegates : Alexandria Borough--Nicholas Isenberg, John B. Porter. Darree—Silas A. Cresswell, Thomas Bell. Brady—M. S. Campbell, John K. Mete. Cass—Lewis Stever, David Hamilton. Cassville Dorougli—John Noble, Jacob Cresswell. Carbon—Samuel Brooks, Edward Mc- Thigh. Cromwell—Michael Stair, Enos McMullin. Dublin—John Jamison, IVin. A Caldwell. Franklin—J. D. Rankin. Henderson—Jacob Hetrick, John Rhodes. Hopewell--John B. Weaver. Huntingdon Borough—G. A,ll. Miller, J. Simpson Africa. Jackson—Blanch Mytnn, J. S. Oaks. Morris—Henry Chamberlain, Samuel D'un• nelly. Mount Union—John Ehy, John Ganglier ty. Orbisonia Borough—Richard S. Starr, It Griffin. Penn—Thomas Keenan, Anthony Beaver. Porter—Peter Piper, John Gemmill. Petersburg Borough—Abraham Cresswell, D'Armot. Shirloysburg Borough—James Johnston, Win. P. Mo Nite. .51iirloy—David MeGarvey, Thos. .I.lexan- . sf .'.. - ,ts•..'qt-W4,..- - • -,-q-....t.14‘;- , c /// /7 "., 5 :4 - ---.. v .• ~,,-. „, ...„...., ..,,....„. ~,,,,,,,,,,, ..,.,,,„..,.R „ ,„ „ ‘z. r , ,, ----,ot r ., • ' -,------- . ~ :-.1. 1 .•.N,'- -.,,,,,,-,, _ , . —,,, , ,-7 , nry-1 , : ,, ,,•.:5 , . .. ...........---_, :.. . 4 ti 1. •:- .l ' C' t r.- ' 4 AV , g 7 4. -4, . - -.. - %`l--• ~:-.4 " ,---, , ,-, , ,,,- t,„_- ..,::.....--,;,,.„. .1 , ', .41:7 ,1 g.:A r fkOsz-;. . --''.., .1.. - .•,,,,,ii4...V , _ , , I . -, ~,_,,,, , , ',!, , : :+l, °,::t 4 - .1.- r,* _ 4 - : : .:5 , ... .. : .., , ._- ' '• :,:& - , ' 3i l 7 , r,.i.'' ....., ;C ' f - 0.... , a, • „,....,_ - v ..,,,. , 4 0 , • HUNTINGDON, PAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1862, Springfield—Lewis D. Evans, N. K. Car el f. Goshorn, \Vtn. Vann. Ted—X. G. Horton, W. W. Frond' Union—Thomas L yin, George Miller. Lower West—Jas. G. Stewart, James A. Stewart. Upper West—John B. Frazier, Mordecai Warrior's Mark—James Chambellain, Pe ter Kooken. Ou !notion it was ://c/ved, That all balititings for can didates for the several offices should be viva vuee. The Convention then proceeded to ballot, for Congress. 1?. Bruce 'OA kin, Esq, was declared to have receiv ed a majority of all the votes cast, wllOll, on motion of Mr. Dougherty, it was Re.so/red, That Major R. Bruce Pet rikin is the unanimous choice of this Convention for Representative in Con gress from the llith Congross Dis trict, and that Edward McHugh, Juo. 8. Miller. and John Dougherty, be and arc hereby elected Congressional Con ferees. with instructions to use all hon orable means to secure the nomination of the choice of this Convention, and that in case of inability of any of the said Conferees to attend on the day of the meeting of the district conference, that Major Petrikin be authorized to substitute others in their stead. Mr. Dougherty moved " that, .Tohn Scott, Esq., be declared the unanimous choice of this convention for the Son ato." Mr. Brooks moved to amend by ad ding " and that Mr. Scott be authoriz ed to appoint his own Conferees."— The amendment was accepted, and the motion as amended was agreed to. The Convention then proceeded to the selection of candidates for the sev eral county offices. The following named gentlemen having received on the first ballot a majority of all the votes east for the several offices, Were declared duly nominated, viz : For Assembly—Samuel 11. J3Oll, of Shirley Township. Dor Sheriff—David Caldwell, of Huntingdon. Por Commissioner —John Gemmill, of Porter Township. For Director of the Poor—Michael Stair, of Cromwell twp. For District Attorney—H. Milton Speer, Eq., of Huntingdon. For Surveyor—George :Noss, of Tell Township. For Auditor—James B. Carothers, of Morris township. On motion, it was Resolved, That a committee of five persons shall be appointed to draft resolutions and submit the same to the Convention. The chair appointed S. Simpson Af rica, Edward McHugh, Samuel Brooks, John Dougherty and John Geminill. The Committee after some time, re ported the following resolutions. which were read and unanimously adopted, _Weaved, Firet. As members of a Great Political Party which has ever been devoted to the welthre and per petuity of this Union, the mainten ance of the Constitution and the en forcement of the laws ; that we deplore the existence of this causeless and wicked rebellion ; and whatever may have been its remote or immediate causes, we now find the Government besot by two antagonistic political the ories: one national and individual wealth reposing on African Slavery ; the other, the reduction of honest in dustry to a menial condition where capital seeks to control labor as firmly as it now does in Europe. Therefore in order to restore repose to a country so distracted and extended as ours, we must resist error and make war upon all rebellions subjects. Second. That before we emancipate four millions ofheretofore usefully em ployed and relatively happy servants, and abandon them to poverty, which is akt ays slavery, that we widen the field of enterprise and open up illimitable sources of remunerative useful employment, by giving the en dorsement of the General Government to a currency based upon the whole productive industry of the nation;' transfer the care of bringing together the wealth of to-day and that of to morrow, front the individual to the State, (making the State financially, what it is in fact, the depository of all the fortunes—the treasury of the rich and the banker of the poor;) and thus preserve the people from oppressive taxation; make provision for the pay ment of the National debt; disarm treason; eliminate from the Constitu tion of a free people by Constitutional means whatsooyer serves to disturb so ciety, namely: the antagonism of in terests, annihilate the tyranny of usu ry; render the industry of our own citizens independent of European Cap italists; open up illimitable fields of in dustry for the useful employment of all those who earn their fortunes by the labor of' their hands ; and transfer the helm of State to a Constitutional or ganization to which was trusted the ark of our political liberties, and which for three-fourths of a century securely directed and safely conducted the Ship of State amidst the shoals of fanati cism and secession. Third. That the Northern Demoe racy,plaeed between armed secession and :Northern prescription, are deter mined to defend the Union from the first throutsh the medium of the car tridge-box, and put down the second through the instrumentality of the ballot-box. Fourth. That the efforts Rf the Pres ident and his Administration to sup press the rebellion, restore the Union and preserve the Constitution, do, and shall continue to receive our hearty and earnest support. Fifth. That as long as a sectional party in the South is battling for so cession, and another sectional party : - " ""- - PERSEVERE.- in the North for dominion, that is, for the control and patronage of the Gen eral Government, the perpetuity of this Union is endangered. We there fore believe that the preservation of the Constitution, maintenance of law and order, and the permanence of our gloriouS Union, depend upon the resto ration of the reigns of Government to the Democratic party and the preser vation of its dine honored principles. Sixth. That in this, our Nation's trial, all party strife for place or pow er is hereby renounced as unworthy of a free, enlightened people. ,S'erclith. That we will give our earn est and united support to the nominees of the Democratic State Convention, Bold at Harrisburg. July 4th, 1862, and to the nominees of this Convention. On motion, the Chairman was au thorized to appoi.:t a County Com mil tee, and the C;nvention then ad journM. oln C 11 F. PONDENCE. ft, - NTINoDoN, Aug. 27, 1.86:3. Ste.. ?:arms:—ln the Philadelphia Inquirer of the. 25th instant, there will be ibund a communication from the special army correspondent of that pa per dated at Yorktown, the 25th, giv ing an account, of the march of the ar my of the Potomac on its recent re treat from Harrison's Landing. Rela ting the incidents of the passage of a foraging expedition " through Wil liamsburg, the writer amongs, other thing=, said: "As soon as we arrived outside the town we began to discover evidence of the grand battle of Wil liamsburg, as desperate a fought one as was ever known 11 1 )011 this (lOnti mint. And to whose credit should the suceeskfut issue he placol P To none oth er than General Joseph _Mao', aided by the splendid brigade commanded by Gen. Birney." The assertion embodied in this extract is a repetition of the great injustice done to the brigade of Gene. rat W. S. Hancock, which, by its conduct in that terrible battle saved General Hooker and the gallant troops under hint from defeat and to tal rout. No one having any correct knowledge of the events of that mor tal struggle will desire to pluck one laurel from the brow of General Hook er which a grateful country has placed there, for the gallant deeds performed by him at the battle of Williamsburg. But whilst justice is clone to him and the brave men under his command, let not injustice be done to others.— The army correspondent of the Inqui rer entirely ignoresilie part performed by General Hancock's brigade in sav ing the fortunes of that bloody day to the Union army. We, as citizens of Huntingdon county, and residents of file valley of the Juniata, will be deri lict in duty, to our own brave men who were engaged in that battle under the lead of ( ieneral Hancock, if we allow them to be stripped of the credit which justly belongs to them. The 49th, P. V. (commanded by Colonel Wm. 11. Irwin, compo3ed mainly of citizens of the valley of the Juniata, and partly by two companies front Huntingdon c 0.,) is one of the regiments composing (hen. Hancock's brigade, and as a part of that brigade, in conjunction with the other regiments led by that gallant officer, did the crowning work of rout ing the enemy on the ever memorable battle ground in question. The efficiency and brilliancy of the services performed by the 49th have not been surpassed by those of any other regiment—volunteer or vet:gni:tit —in the army, and it is duo to it and the brigade with which it is connected, that others should not be permitted to appropriate the credit which belongs to them. The writer of this has had in his possession for some weeks a nar rative of the thrilling incidents thro' which the regiment and its brigade passed whilst the army of the Potomac was upon the Peninsula, written by a member of the regiment at Harrison's Landing. As the special correspon dent of the Inquirer has so unjustly ignored the brilliant deeds performed by the 49th regiment and Hancock's brigade at the battle of Williamsburg, please publish it as an act of public jus tice, that their deeds of noble daring . not only at Williamsburg but at vari ous other places where they have met the enemy in deadly conflict, may be known and duly appreciated by a I grateful country. It probably never would have been published but for the seemingly marked injustice of the In quirer's special correspondent. It is as subjoined. J. G. 111 E NAUILiTM. "Thinking a short history of the -19th Regiment, P. V., wnich numbers iu itsranks so many Huntingdon coun ty soldiers would interest you, I take time to give yon a brief account of its marches and battles since we landed on this celebrated Peninsula, starting out with the remark that we have had no reporter among us to chronicle our deeds. We had not the honor to be engaged in the battle of - Lee's Mills, April 16th, 1862, although we were supporting the troops engaged there, mid from the time, our forces en camped before the enemy's works on Warwick Creek, portions of our rcgi mina were frequently engaged with him on our picket line, with the loss of some of our best men in killed and wounded.. When the Rebels evacua ted their works on the 4th of May, our regiment was among the first to cross in pursuit. On the evening of that day our division (Smith~) overtook the rear guard of the enemy at Fort Ma gruder, and about dark our brigade (Hancock's) was ordered by General Sumner to carry that Fort by assault. Our lino was put in motion to storm the work, but the lateness of the hour, and the dense woods through which we had to charge frustrated the at- Lonna. We were halted before •w'e reached the line of the enemy's en trenchments and laid all night on our arms within rifle-shot of the fort. On the morning of the glorious May sth, we were moved to the left of the enemy's position where, under the command of Brigadier General Han cock, and owing to his consummate generalship our brigade and two regi ments of the 3d brigade, of Smith's division, had the glory of saving the day to our arms, and of redeeming by a splendid victory the reverse of our left. On the morning after the battle of Williamsburg the General comman (king the Army (neelellan) rode up to our Colonel and said : Colonel, I thanl: you for the magnificent conduct of your regiment yesterday; no men could have behaved better.' " And here permit me to say. (what is \veil known in the, army,) that Gen. W. S. Hancock at the battle of Wil liamsburg showed the most distin guished qualities as a commander of troops—the greatest personal gallant ry and attached himself so clearly to his Brigade, that I can safely say no officer in dur great army has so com pletely the affection and admiration of his men and officers. Had he been so fortunate as to have been supported and reinforced on that eventful after noon, the whole face of affairs on this peninsula would have been changed.— No man sees more quickly the time to strike. If he had been adequately re inthreed at Williamsburg, he would have swept into Port Magruder like a whirlwind, and in one brilliant evening would have inflicted a deadly and crushing blow upon our enemies, but his little command unaided at the pro pitious momenthadnot strength enough to push our victory home to the ene my. At the battle of Williamsburg, the 49th first met the enemy in a gen eral engagement; they attacked us in an open plain, and therenever was a fairer or more open field of battle. As soon as they were within range they opened a terrible fire of musketry, advancing with an unbroken line until within fif ty paces of our line of battle, and bore for a while the deadly fire from our troops who soon effectually broke and dispersed them. In this battle the -Oh held the left of our line, sweeping the plain with their fire as the enemy ad vanced to the attack. and literally mowing them down. On this memor able field we earned the right to in scribe upon our colors the glorious words: " JVilliantsbury, May 5111,1802." From Williamsburg we marched to the Chickahotniny, and crossed that stream in the morning of the clay of June, and encamped at Gelding's ficrm, with our pickets close to the enemy.— We had no severe fighting here, al though frequently shelled until the morning of the 27th Juno, when our brigade was ordered to hold an eleva ted piece of ground then occupied by our pickets. We were scarcely in po sition on this ground, known as Gar nett's Hill, when the enemy opened up oil us one of the hottest artillery fires we have yet suffered from. The 49th ti-as upon the left of the line, and was more directly in range than any regi ment in the brigade, but at the word from their colonel, the brave fellows prostrated themselves upon the ground and bore the iron hail without a sign of confusion or dismay, although com rades and friends were killed and wounded at their sides. After an hour or two's practice upon us the Rebels grew tired, sooner, I think, from the fact That our batteries gave them shot for shot. We held our position quietly until about 6 o'clock, I'. M., when the enemy again opened a furious fire of Artillery upon us, this time enfilading our position. Again our men laid dovi-n and bore the storm without flinching. This artillery fire was only intended by the enemy as an introduction and a feint, for, after shelling us a short time, they suddenly threw a heavy body of infantry against our line, and in a moment they swept over our pick ets and attacked our position, but, as at Williamsburg, our General was ready, and waiting for them, and scarcely had they appeared on the crest we held, when our entire line was a sheet of fire from right to left, the enemy struggling in vain to gain the crest we occupied. lion each's 191.oade, commanded by their beloved General, was then supported by the gallant 4th Vermont, and al though the enemy continued the fight until after dark, and rallied again and again to the assault, they could not withstand the storm of balls that swept the crest and piled their dead upon the field. They were finally repulsed with heavy loss, and driven staggering into the ravine from which they had at tacked us. The Richmond papers of June 30th, acknowledge that Garnett's hill was a sore defeat to them, with great loss in men and officers. This was our infantry fight at close quarters, one of the most desperate of tho war, and in it the gallant little 49th pur chased, With the blood of some of its best soldiers, the right to inscribe an other bright name upon their flag : "Gap/des Rill, June 27, 1 . 862." The bravery and gallantry of that regiment at Garnett's hill, as illustrated In the death roll of the rebels, assisted to compensate somewhat for the dioaslers which had befallen a portion of our ar my on the other bank of the Chicka hominy. On the morning of the 28th of June we remained in our camp un til about 9 o'clock, when the regiment was again ordered on to the picket line, and hero four companies of the 49th had a most brilliant affair with the enemy, repulsed them, drove them out of rifle-pits, and in conjunction with the 33d N. V. Vols., killed and wounded a large, number, making ma ny prisoners of officers and privates. Among the captured was Col. Lamar, i of the, Bth Georgia regiment., his Lt. Colonel and the colors of the regiment.. Them.: four companies in this action TERNS, $1,50 a year in advance. were commanded by Captain 31iles, Captain Campbell, and Captain De Witt, under the command of •Colonel Irwin. In this engagement some more of our brave men fell, gallantly fight ing for the cause of the Union and for the principles upon which it is founded. On the morning of the 29th of June we were ordered' to march towards Trent House, and we slowly fell back that evening to Savage's Station, where wo were present at the battle fought there. After the action, and when the rebels were falling back, we took up the line of mural for White Oak Swamp, which we crossed about midnight. All day on the 30th June we remained drawn up in line of bat tle at White Oak Swamp, and received from the enemy one of the most tre mendous artillery fires that has ever been witnessed. At the same - time the rebels threatened to cross on the bridge, but our brave troops stood the storm of shell unmoved, and presented a front so firm that the enemy dared not advance upon them. We remain ed in line of battle at White Oak Swamp until Into in the night of the 30th, and then cautiously and silently withdrew long after the rest of the ar my had moved, (our Division having been left as a rear guard) and march ed with fixed bayonets that long and gloomy night, expecting every mo ment to be attacked, until we reached Turkey Bend on' James river just at day-break on the morning of the Ist of July. Here we again presented a line of battle to the enemy, and held him in cheek until near morning on the 2(1 of July, when we marched at the rear of our army to Harrison's Landing. Oa the 3d we again march ed to the front and offered the enemy battle on the ground we now occupy, which they refused. And thus in an imperfect ITU/111107! I I have told you how the 40th, during these memorable seven days, marched and fought, under fire every day, some times giving and receiving a deadly fire of musketry at short range, at others, standing for hours under the most dreadful fire from artillery, see ing their comrades killed and wound edat their sides, but always firm; qui et, and ready at the command of their Colonel to sweep forward side by side with their brave comrades from Maine, Wisconsin and New York, end to prove to the enemy again and again that they could not advance while Hancock's Brigade was across -their path. Col. Irwin led his regiment to Harrison's Landing unbroken and " closed up," and on the 8d the Cieneraroommandinythe Division ordered that a "roll of honor " should be made of those who had so nobly borne the fatigues and dangers of these terrible seven days. " That the .40th has so nobly sus tained the honor of our State and the cause of the Union on so many battle fields, is clue, first, to the unflinching bravery of the men ; second, to the fact that the utmost care has been taken to discipline them, and third, because of the gallantry with which their offi cers have always led them when in tie : tion. Our Colonel Win. 11. Irwin was a soldier of distinguished reputation for gallantry and ability long before the unhappy , war commenced which now covers our country with horrors. During the war with Mexico he was a Captain in the 11th Mgt. U. S. infan try, and was present in the great bat tles in the valley of the City of Mexico. He received a severe wound while leading his company at Moline,, Del Bey, and was rewarded with a brevet majority for gallant and meritorious conduct, and won ibr himself the highest praise of his commanding offi cers. When the present rebellion broke out Col. Irwin marched with the first volunteers to Washington.— He commanded the 7th Penna. Regt. in the three months service, and as soon as its term expired, be at once en tered the service for the war. Since the 40th has been in the field Colonel Irwin has brought all his long experi ence to bear in drilling and disciplin ing his regiment,and well has he been repaid for his untiring exertions at " Williamsburg," at "Clarnett's at "(holding's Farm," where on the 28th of June lie placed another name of glo ry on his flag, at "Savage Station, at " White Oak Swamp," and on all oc casions when in the presence of the en emy his regiment has been cool, and prompt,and always ready to meet their foes. The 49th has never gone into danger or battle without its Colonel at its head. At Williamsburg and in all the desperate fighting before Rich mond he was always in the hottest of the fight, and exhibited to his offiCers and men a splendid example offearless gallantry. In all the efforts of our Colonel for the improvement of his re giment he has been nobly seconded by his field and line officers, Major Thos: Hulings, Captains Miles and Campbell, both of whom are from Huntingdon county. More gallant soldiers' never faced an enemy. Indeed, I believe there is not an officer in our regiment who has not been mentioned for bra very and good conduct in the presence of the enemy. The gallantry, patri otisni, obedience and devotion of the men to their country is beyond praise." A .1/o - ther Dcowns herself and Chil dren.—The Bellows Falls Tinter states that a sad and distressing affair took place in Springfield, Vt., on Monday evening of last week, at Gould's Mills, some two miles helm the village.— The wife of Mr. Jackson Gould took her two children; tt little lioy aged six years, and a little girl aged fouryears, and drowned herself and children. In the house on a stand was found a note, saying that herself and children would he found in the river. 10—Lawyer—a man to pay tq res cue your estate from others and keep it himself: THE G - 1.3013 - JOB PRINTING OFFICE. rpHE "GLOBE JOB OFFICE" is the most complete of any lii the country, and poi- eases the tnost ample facilities far Kemp* executing In the beet style, every variety of Job Ptluting, suchltS HAND BILLS, PROGRAMMES, BLANKS, POSTERti, CARDS, CIRCULARS, BALL TICKETS, LABELS, &C., &C., &C NO. 14. CALL AND EXAMINE SPECIMENS OP WORE, AT LEWIS' 1300 K, STATIONERY & MUSIC STORE A 'faun PATRIOT.—George Wilkes, a loyal, whole-souled Democrat of the Jackson school, in his ,Spirit of the Times, alluding to such smirking hy, pocrites as Vallandigham, .I.lahony, the Woods, and the editor of the Chicago, Limes, uses the following language : " They have no words but those of tenderness for Treason, and while they lavish slur and condemnation on the Government, they sugar-coat their poison by specious devotion to the Con stitution. These creatures, however, are not the true leaders of the Demo cratic party, and we indignantly deny that they represent any wholesome part of it. Most of them are mere third or fourth rate curs of office, fel lows who never inhaled an honest or unsordid breath, but who, with a mock pretense of principle, and sad shakings of the head, assume to be jealous of every invasion of the laws. They aro shocked, forsooth, at the suspension of the habeas corpus; they rave at the idea of the draft; they denounce every new measure of the Government as a dangerous precedent; but they aro never struck by the idea, that the war of the rebels is a dangerous precedent, or seem to comprehend that a man, stir prised by an assassin, had better thrust a knife into the vitals of the miscreant, than desire him to loose his hold and go quietly to court. - These sensitive patriots are very fond of directing attention to the abol, itionists. They would have us believe, perhaps, that - it was the abolitionists who passed the Lecompton Constitu-. tion ; who basely betrayed the Demo, cratic party by nominating Breckin ridge ; who made the South secede when it had practical possession of tho Government; who seized the arsenals in a time of ponce, stole the public treasure, fired upon Fort Sumpter, and sent forth red-handed pirates to sink peaceful merchantmen beneath - the waves ! These lurid images might well inflame an honest patriotism, but what shall we say when we learn that such shuddering crimes are the guilt of the friends they patronize, instead of being the acts of those they would condemn ? How shall we resent the base attempt to fix the howl of a par, ty upon a set of weak and uninfluen 7 tial zealots, for the purpose of giving shelter and license to the unspeakablyi damned villains who have dragged their country from its poise of peace and stabbed it to the heart ? It is against the wicked and mischievous arts of such insidious knaves as these, that we, as a democrat, would warn the loyal, honest masses, of our coin-, mon party. - Terrific Adventure with a Boa Con- [From this Columbus (Ohio) Statesman.] One of the most thrilling incidents which has ever come to our knowledge, occurred a few clays since. in a "side show " with Van Amburg & Co.'s Iklen agerie, where two enormous snakes —an anaconda and a boa constrictor —are on exhibition. Both of the rep tiles are kept in one case with a glass top, opening at the side, and the keep er was engaged in the act of feeding them when the event occurred. The longer of the snakes, the boa constric tor, which is some thirty feet long and as large around the middle as a man's thigh, had just swallowed two rabbits when the keeper introduced his aria and body into the cage for the purpose of reaching a third to the an, aconda, at the opposite corner. While in this position the bca, not satisfied with his share of the rations, made a spring, probably with the intention of securing the remaining rabbit, but, in stead, fastened his jaws upon the keep er's hand, and with the rapidity of lightning, throw three coils around the poor fellow, thus rendering him entire ly helpless. His shouts of distress at once brought several men to his assist, mice, and among them, fortunately, was a well known showman named Townsend, a man of great - muscular power, and what was of much more importance, one who had been familiar with the habits of these repulsive mon sters all his life, having owned some of the largest ones ever brought to this country. The situation of the keeper was now perilous in the extreme.— The first thing to be done was to un coil the snake from around him, but if in attempting this the reptile should become in the least degree angered, ho would, in a second, contract his coils, with a power sufficient to crush the life out of an ox. A single quick con, vulsion of the creature and the keep er's soul would be in eternity ! This Townsend fully understood; so with out attempting to disturb the boa's hold upon the keeper's hand, he managed by powerfully yet extremely cautious movements to uncoil the snake with, out exciting him, after which, by the united exertions of two strong men the jaws were pried open and the man released in a completely exhausted condition. The bite of a boa constric tor is not poisonous, and although the bitten hand was immensely swollen the next day, no serious results were apprehended. A more narrow escape from a most horrible death it would be difficult to imagine. A Novel Case for the law Courts.--: A curious case at law recently occur red at Shrewsbury, Vt. A man was arrested for passing a twerhy-dollar Confederate-States note in exchange in a horse-trade. The complaint was made under the statutes against offer, ing money or goods under false pre-. tomes. The man was bound over tq appear at the county court and answer to the complaint. The case may yet figure on the pages of the Vermont Law Reports. IrS^ The earth is 90,00000 miles from the sun. BILL HEADSt strictor,
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