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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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- 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,
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NO. 14.
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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,