6lohe.
HUNTINGDON, PA.
Wednesday morning, April 22,1863,
W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor
Our Flag Forever.
" .11rnow of no mode in which a loyal citi
zen may 80 well demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the Flag the
. MakiNlL:ln and the Union, und#r all circum
-stances, and UNDER. ECERT ADMINISTRATION,
REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALL
ASSAILANTS. AT ROME AND ABROAD."-STEPIIEN
A. DoiaLts
THE WAR NEWS.
Almost everything we receive from
the army now is mere rumor. There
is nothing serious.in them however.—
'Movements and counter movements
and slight skirmishes. But Joe Hook
- er's army has moved, or is moving, and
if the roads will permit, and he is not
greatly overrated, there will be some
earnest Sghting soon. 'Up- to this,
Tuesday morning, there is no impor
taut news.
THE UNION COUNTY CONVENTION.-
' The Union Co. Delegate Convention,
which assembled in this place on Tues
day of last week, was not as well at
tended as it should have been—and
- would have been had the loyal citizens
of the county not been influenced by
a few persons wbo certainly woro not
acting in the spirit of the State Com
mittee. But that is past—the COUNT!).
tion did 'assemble, and in the spirit of
the State and county.calls, did elect a
delegate to the - Union State Conven
tion. No man will ddubt the loyalty
of any man occupying a seat in the
• Convention, and no man will doubt
the loyalty of its proceedings or the
Delegate elected. See the proceedings
. .of the Convention in this paper.
THE PERRY MOORE COUNTY COMMIT
TEE.—NOt having been furnished with
the proceedings of this Committee
Ineethig, we cannot inform our readers
what it did, further than it also elect
ed a Delegate to the Union State Con
venti9a. Andrew G. Neff is the gen
tleman the Committee elected. He
is a good loyal citizen, and if he had
'been elected in the spirit of the State
call, there could be no,objections to
him taking his seat in the State Con
vention as the representative of the
loyal citizens of Huntingdon county
without distinction ofparty. We now
leave the question with the good sense
of the Delegates and the Convention
to deterinine how and by whom the
loyal citizens of this county can be
best represented in the State Conven
tion. .We shall have nothing further to
say upon the subject.
P. 8.--114oCe tho above was 1 type, we have received
the prceeedbige r but too late for this issue.
The English Aristocracy Favor a
Southern Confederacy.—By late news
received we learn that the English
aristocracy are in favor of recognizing
the Rebel Confederacy. 'They will
favorlany Government which will de
prive the many of the enjoyment of
liberty. Once permit this Union to
be destroyed and the laboring masses
will be ima worse condition than the
black slaves. The poor of Europe
know this from experience and to a
man they continuo our friends, and
would fill up the ranks of our army if
it was possible to do so, without ques
tioning the Constitutionality of the
conscript act or other war measures of
our Government.
-THE rebel sympathlizers are eternally
prating about the right of free speech
being interfered with by loyal citizens.
May we bo permitted to ask them who
closed the doors of the Senate Cham
ber and .Rouse of Representatives
against the patriots Gov. Andy John
son and Ex-Gov. Wright?. To come
nearer home— will they permit us to
ask them who refused to permit John
Dougherty, Esq., to•speak in the Court
Renee on Wednesday evening ? Ac
cording to their practice, out-and-out
Rebels only should be permitted to en
joy the right of free speech.
AID AND COMFORT TO TILE REBELS.-
The "great speech" of Vallandigham
upon the war, delivered in * the House of
Representatives last session, has been
published in Savannah, Ga., by a pub
lishing house there, and circulated free
ly in the rebel army. It is by such rea-
ding that the soldiers are encouraged
to continue the fight against the Union.
• Valla:ndigham is the leader of the bo
gni Democracy, and has been named
in some counties in this State and in
Ohio, as their candidate for the Presi
dency. HOW can any sound Union
man supportzuch Democracy ?
TO THE PRESS OF THE STATE.—We
Ask it as a great favor that the press
of therState, announce through their
columns, that the Huntingdon " Globe,"
thtstrißt Douglas paper in the State,
has. been read .out of the. bogus Demo
cratic party. for being guilty of suppor
tinithe administration and the govern
ment, and for refusing to endorse the
Vallandigham &CO.Demoeritc,y. The
resolution reading us-out may be found
in another column.
The Meeting olthe Bogus Democracy,
We say bogus Democracy, because
we cannot believe that genuine Demo
cracy teaches a man to give aid and
comfort to the enemies of the best go
vernment on earth. The men who
took part in the proceedings of the
meeting, and endorsed all the resolu
tions and the attacks of the speakers
upon the laws of Congress and the
measures of the Administration to de
feat the rebellion and to preserve our
country from destruction, either do
.not know what the word Democracy
means, or knowing, have determined to
remain deaf to the call of patriotism.
They should not attempt to insult the
ashes of the dead, and the patriotic
living Democrats of to-day, in the ar
my and out of it, by claiming to be
Democrats of the Jackson school.
The meeting took place in si the
Court Room in the evening of Wed
nesday, and was respectably large, ex
traordinary efforts having been made
to get out a big crowd. Semi. Brooks
of Broad Top, was called to the Chair
as President, assisted by a number of
Vico Presidents and Secretaries. The
biggest dogs in the ring were honest
Dave Caldwell, Horse Contractor Co
lon, Little Bruce and our modest friend
J. Simpson Africa. Owen was forced
by his keepers to take a back seat for
fear his " mixing in" might injure the
character of gentlemen who never as
sociate with him in daylight. He was
a perfect picture of the man who had
no farm when creditors called to see
it. After the officers had taken their
seats, R. Bruce Petrikin, John Cessna's
Senatorial -Delegate to the State Con
vention, moved for a committee to
draft resolutions, when a list of names
of gentlemen he wished appointed was
handed to the President, who of course
appointed the same the Committee.—
R. Bruce was the chairman, and hon
est Dave second on the list, the names
of the rest of the committee we have
forgotten. The committee withdrew,
when R. Milton Speer introduced the
first speaker, W. A. Wallace of Clear
field, ono of . the bogus Democratic
Senators who would not permit the
patriot Andy Johnson to address the
loyal citizens of Pennsylvania in the
Senate Chamber when on a visit to
Harrisburg but a short time since.—
Mr. Wallace rose and commenced to
speak, and continued to speak for an
hour and a half or two hours. He re
ceived applause frequently, especially
when ho would speak contemptuously
of the Administration and advise re
sistance to the laws of Congress and
the measures adopted by the President
to defeat the Rebellion. During his
whole speech ho never once found
fault with the rebels further than to
admit that they fired the first gun—
that they 'commenced the war. , His
speech astonished everybody within
hearing. A powerful speech was ex
pected, as knock-down arguments were
promised; but he faited,whether it was
that he was engaged in a bitd cause
or has not the ability claimed for him,
we will leave others to decide. He
certainly disappointed his friends, ex
cept in his opposition to time Govern
ment. He contended that Democrats
could denounce every war measure of
the Administration, and every war
measure of Congress, and resist them,
by appealing to State rights and the
Courts, and still ho the friends of the
Government. He called upon his
D-e-m-o-c-r-a-t-i-c friends, to not obey
the conscript act until the Courtsfrom
the lowest to the highest should decide
that it was Constitutional. This
shows how anxious he is that his po
litical friends shall take up ems
against his "Southern brethren." Out
upon such a sneaking cowardly sym
pathizer. We may next expect to
hear of this "big gun " of the bogus
Democracy advising the army in the
field to drop their guns and return
home to test in time Courts the Consti
tutionality of the proclamations that
called them to arms. Mr. Wallace
having finished his speech, be tool his
seat.
The committee on Resolutions next
reported_ They_ were read by Mr.
Petrikin, and on the motion to adopt
them, Mr. John Dougherty, ono of the
associate editors of the Monitor, a man
with more brains than an army of
such men as Bruce and honest Dave
would have, rose and commenced to
speak against the resolution denounc
ing the President's war policy. lie
had spoken but a moment when the
gag was applied by Colon, by calling
for a vote, but the President contended
that Mr. Dougherty had a right to
speak and requested him to go on with
his remarks. Mr. Dougherty com
menced again, but had spoken but a
few words, when the straight-outs, in
the midst of much confusion, again de
manded a vote on the resolutions, and
the President, giving way under the
presspre, put the question, and the re
solutions as reported were adopted,
Mr. Dougherty and three or four oth
ers voting against. them. The follow
ing were the remarks made by Mr.
Dougherty;
"If the President of the United states
"is entitled to credit for one act, it is
"that of compensated em - ancipation.—
:‘ This proclamation had already been
" endorsed by loyal Democrats in St.
" Louis; and all the border States. If
"that feature of the Administration
" had been carried out, We would have
"had no warand .1 say, all honor to
"Abram Lincoln for this policy: [Con.
" fusion.] If the gentlemen do not
" Wish to hear an` officer defended for
"doing what is right--if they wish to
"seal my mouth, I submit, but will
"find some other medium for the vin
dication of my views."
John Cessna, Esq., the honest Union
man—the honest war Democrat, who
declined serving as a Vice President
at the great Union War Meeting at
Harrisburg—the man who carries in
his breeches' pockets the Delegates of
the bogus Democracy of this county,
was,tho next speaker. He was heard
distinctly in every part of the Court
Room, and ho took the same ground
against the Administration and the
Government as did Mr. Wallace. At
the close of' Cessna's speech the meet
ing adjourned.
The Bogus Delaney Send Greeting :
That at a County Meeting held in
the Court House on Wednesday even
ing, April 15th, 1853, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted :
"Resolved, That the Huntingdon
"'Globe' is not now nor has it been
" for some time, the organ of the De
" mocratie party of this county, or any
"portion thereof; that we utterly de
" nounee and repudiato this newspa
"por and its editor, and wai;n all Dom
" ocratie citizens against being deceio
" ed by its teachings."
There, you have it, Democrats. If
this resolution fails to open your eyes
to the fact that we are no longer the
organ of the bogus Democracy—the
rebel sympathizers—then we do not
know what will. Wo had been per
suading ourself to believe that we had
long since—at the commencement of
the war—disclaimed being the organ
of that class of Democrats who save
the Southern traitors encouragement
to strike down our Ilag. But it ap
pears that it was necessary, in addi
tion to our oft repeated protestations
of being the organ of the Vallandig
ham bogus Democracy, .that a resolu
tion should bo presented by Petrikin,
Caldwell & Co., and endorsed by their
political friends, before we could en
tirely escape from their organization.
We hope they can now breathe iher
and sleep sounder. Wo of course now
feel entirely relieved of the odium
which naturally attached to us so
long as there were doubts in the minds
of loyal men as to our earnestness in
the cause of our country.
We have heretofore taken the broad
ground that the so-called Democratic
organization, during and ever since
the Administration ofJariles Buchan
an, was and has been treasonable.—
The secession at the Charleston Dem
ocratic Convention was the first open
act of the traitors to strike down our
Government, and ever since then the
majority of the then Breckenridge
Democracy have thrown their influence
to sustain the rebellion of the South.—
At this hour, where do we find the so
called Democracy ? We find them or
ganized, and for what purpose? Not
to aid our Government in conquering
the rebellion—no! But to strengthen
the rebellion by their bitter partisan
opposition to the Administration, and
their open sympathy for their " breth
ren of the South." We can not see
anything like Democracy in their con
duct; but we can see the evil effects
of their influence in our army and in
every township in the North. And
by such men—such enemies of our
Government—we are denounced and
declared to be no longer worthy the
confidence and support of any portion
Of the once great Democratic party.—
We thank our God that wo had the
nerve to resist the teachings of such
men as Vallandigham & Co. And we
are proud of the fact that the Globe
was ono of the first of the Democratic
presses of the State that repudiated
such Democracy.
If the honest masses of the Democ-
racy of the county will persist in sus
taining traitor loaders, even down,
down, to such small county politicians
as Owen, I'etrikin, Caldwell & Co.,
they must not complain if they too
are classed with rebel sympathizers.
Men must be judged by the company they
keep. And we again give notice, that
come weal or come woe, we shall con
tinue to give what little influence we
may have, to aid the Administration
and the Government, the army in the
field, the loyal citizens in and out of
office, and shall support for election,
without distinction of party, the nom
inees of the loyal citizens of the State,
Districts and County, against any men
put in nomination by the bogus Demo
cratic party now organized under the
lead of Vallandigham & Co.
The resolution warns all Democrat:
is citizens against being, deceived by
our teachings. What have been our
teachings ? Who that has read the
Globe since the first gun was fired up
oh our flag, does not know that its col
umns have been truly loyal to the
Union, and truly loyal to the Govern
ment? If the Globe has not been an
earnest friend of the soldiers, and nu
earnest friend of all loyal citizens, then
there is not a loyal paper in the State.
It must be because the Globe is a loyal
paper, that the bogus Democracy—the
traitorslo their country—warn their
friends against being deceived by its
teachings. We would sooner to-day,
see our office in flames, than that the
teachings of the Globe should ho any
different from what they have been.—
We do not intend to give our Govern-
ment a cowardly support. We intend
to be in earnest—and that man who
cannot endorse our course, is not Ask
ed to encourage us.
A big thing, if it could be found,
" that farm "—but " Owen " to some
" mistake in the printer," we think
the party will be compelled to dig for it,
That Petition.
We find the following item in the
ast Monitor :
" Lewis carried a petition for sign
ors,
asking that the use of the Court
House be refused the Democrats for
their mass meeting in the evening."
We did carry a petition for signers,
and wo will do the same thing at any
other time for the same purpose. The
following is a copy of the petition, and
wo ask loyal men to read it :
To the County Commissioners of Hunt
ingdon County :
The undersigned, citizens of Hunt
ingdon County, respectfully remon
strate against IV. A. • Wallace being
permitted to speak in the Court House
this Wednesday evening, he having by
his vote as a Senator, refused to grunt
the Senate Chamber to Gov. Andy
Johnson, a loyal Democrat of Tennes
nessee, for the purpose of addressing
the loyal citizens of Pennsylvania on
the questions agitating the public
mind, and we ask that. the o ßoard di
rect that the House be closed against
said W. A. Wallace.
Huntingdon, April 15, 1863.
Here is a petition offering an indig
nity to a man who offered a much
greater ono to the distinguished patri
ot, Andy Johnson, and to all the loyal
citizens of Pennsylvania. And we
say the County Commissioners would
have been sustained by the loyal peo
ple of the county if they had closed
the Court Room against W. A. Wal
lace. The Senate Chamber is the
property of the people of the State—a
Senator is but a servant of the people.
The Court House is the property of
the people of the county—the Com
missioners aro their servants. If a
Senator has a right to refuse the Sen
ate Chamber to a loyal man.— a friend
'of the Administration, the Government
and our army—and an enemy of the
rebels, have not our County Commis
sioners also the right to close the
Court Room against a man who teach
' es opposition to the war measures of
the Administration, Congress, and the
Government? The refusal to hear
Andy Johnson in the Senate Chamber
was not only an insult to the loyalty
of the State, but also a gross outrage
upon the rights of its loyal citizens.--
A man who would offer such an insult,
and commit such an outrage in the
face of loyal representatives of the
people, should not be encouraged to
insult the loyal people of any conunu•
nity. Though the principle of return
ing insult for insult may not be right,
yet in this instance we contend that
Wallace would have been treated with
proper indignity had the Court House
been closed against him.
But the' political friends of W. A.
Wallace,—the men who have organiz
ed to resist the laws of Congress and
the war measures of the President to
conquer the rebelliem—say they would
have N{-alked over the dead bodies of
our citizens and forced an entrance in
to the Court Room. We have no
doubt of it, as we have evidence from
every county in the State that the
men who endorse opposition to the
Administration and the Government,
are always more ready to riot, and
shoot down loyal 2itizens at home,
than they are to fight their "brethren
of the South " who are in open rebel
lion against our Government.
We are informed that messengers
were sent in every direction during
Wednesday, calling upon the faithful
to hasten to town well armed. They
did come, and they came armed, and
several admitted the fact. They came
in the same spirit that governed the
mob that lately entered Reading—
they went home. however, without
drawing blood or frightening anybody.
Gov. Curtin declines to be a Candidate
for Re-Nomination.—Gov. Curtin has
publicly announced that having been
tendered by President Lincoln a high
position at the expiration of his pres
ent term, and not feeling himself at
liberty to do otherwise than to accept
it, he will not be a candidate for renom
ination. Gov Curtin has proved him
self a truly loyal man, and a warm
friend of the soldier. We had long
since made up our mind to &ye him a
warm support in opposition to any
man the rebel sy.mpathizcrs might
nominate. Several prominent loyal
men will be brought before the Union
Convention—the nomi natiort i sf either
will be endorsed at the ballot box by
the loyal citizens of the State by a
majority of thousands. The nominee
shall have our warm support.
Too GOOD TO KEEP.-Ou Wednesday
last, a Democrat who had come to
town for the purpose of attending the
bogus Democratic meeting, and giving
way under the pressure of the Monitor
faction, gave us a call and discontin
ued his subscription to the Globe. He
attended the meeting, but took no ac
tive part in its proceedings. The next
morning be gave us another call, re
newed his subscription to the Globe,
denounced the proceedings of the moq,t
ing as treasonable, and requested us
to pour in hot shot until such traitors
to true Democracy and true loyalty
shall be made to feel that we have a
country to save. We shall endeavor
to keep our promise.
GENERAL Burnside has issued an
order pronouncing the penalty of death
on all persons found guilty of aiding
the Rebels. Persons sympathizing
with the rebels are to be arrested and
tri,e4l,; be adds, " it must be distinctly
understood that treason expressed or
implied will•not be tolerated in this
Department." This is a wholesome
order and . we think is just the kind
that should be issued a logic nearer
home.
A. W. BENEDICT.—We have paid
'very little attention to the Legislature
during the last session, for the reason
that we had the war upon our hands,
and traitors in our midst. We may
give a summary of what has been done
if of any general interest. A- W. Ben
edict, obr member, has been attentive
to business, and wo are gratified that
he was considered ono of, the best
members of the House. An able speech
of his will be found on the outside of
this paper. We copy tho follow ing com
plimentary notice of Mr. Benedict from
the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph:
" We print, to-day, the speech of A.
W. Benedict, of Huntingdon, delivered
in the House of Representatives on
Thursday, April 2d, with direct refer
ence to the state of the Union, and in
discussion of tiro recent treasonable
resolutions concocted in a Demooratic
caucus and introduced int() the Legis
lature as expressive of the sense of
Pennsylvania in this most momentous
crisis. It is not necessary for us to en
large on a topic to which we have
heretofore referred,and which Mr. Ben•
edict now so ably discusses. He takes
the issue as it is made by the leaders
of the Democratic party, with the Gov
ernment, with the constituted authori
ties of the land; and with the efforts
of the leaders of .that Democracy di•
recited entirely against the Govern
ment. Mr. Benedict makes a broader
issue, on which he convicts all their
leaders of the foulest treason.
We cannot refrain in this connec
tion, from writing a word personally,
of Hon. A. W. Benedict. His course
in the Legislature has been such as to
elicit for him the admiration not only
of his loyal colleagues, but to force from
the frank men of the copperhead ma
jority in the House the respect and
confidence which a man of genuine in
tegrity never fails to win. His legis
lative career has been eminently states
manlike and patriotic. Rising above
mere party, he devoted himself wholly
to the interests of this Commonwealth
and the district he represented, while
from these he wont on boldly to - the
discharge of that other duty which we
all owe to the nation at large. It would
be well for the people of every county
in the State, if they were always rep
resented in the Legislature by just
such men."
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
CALvirt, April 13, 1863.
Ma. EDITOR:—In looking Over the
columns of the noted _Monitor I find a
letter dated Calvin, April 6th, 1863,
signed John Mie•ly. Now, in order
to do justice to the balance of the com
mittee and to the officers of the meet
ing referred to by J. M. that was held
at Calvin, the 19th March, 1863. In
his letter he says. that he did not
serve on- that committee that drafted
the resolutions which appeared in the
Journal & American and Globe, dated
March 19, 1863. J Mierly should not
have been put on that committee, but
he knew that the resolutions were
prepared before he was nominated and
elected as one of that committee. Why
did he not object at the time he was
nominated and elected as one of that
committee ? The chairman of that
committee presented the resolutions,
and they were adopted unanimously,
not even objected to by J. M. Now
the course pursued by him shows ex
actly where he stands, and how he
stood at all previous meetings. He
also says that he was no speaker at
that meeting; that was his own fault.
The meeting was appointed at the in
stance of his colleague, S. C. of Cass
ville, in order to have another hearing
of their principles. The Union speak
ers at Locust Grove, at a previous
meeting, beat them out so badly that
they, J. C., J. M and Sipes, begged
for more time after the meeting ad
journed, and after being allowed thirty
minutes each, the same as all the rest
of the speakers, they mourned that
night, and for-a day or so afterwards,
over their defeat, when finally. I. C.
took up heart and challenged the Uni
on boys again, which was cheerfully
accepted, to meet at the Calvin School
House, the evening of the l9th March,
1863,—the meeting referred to by J.
M. in his letter. On that evening the
house was full. , The Union boys wet'
all there, but lo! and behold ! we foun -
none of the Breckenridgers there but
J. M., who apologized for J. C. of Cass
ville and himself: All could have been
there as was ascertained afterwards,
but the truth of the matter is, they
were afraid to meet the Union boys of
Calvin. In order to keep their heads
above water and try to get the people
outside of the valley to believe that
they were still living, they resorted to
the noted Monitor for assistance. I
tell them that Secessionism will die
. out here, if they will only attend one
or two more of those meetings, which
they aro afraid to do, after getting
combed down so completely at the
previous meetings. There are
ouly
abott four or fly* of the Huberitas
our valley and neighborhood.
I pity Mr. If he had not re
sponded by his letter, through the
Monitor; he might have passed off to
the public for a good Union man, by
being appointed as one of the commit
tee on resolutions at the meeting, re
ferred to by his letter. Wo aro glad
he defined his own position.
I also see another letter dated Ones
rine, March 27, 1863, signed "Incog."
Mr. Incog. must have been at the meet
ing with his colleagues, J C, the would
he army officer, and everything else
politically, J . M, C G, and Mr.
Sipes, the latter being the man after
getting heat so bad, drew out ten dol
lars from his pocket to give any man
that would convince him that his Val
landighanuprinciples were not right;
no man could do it, and if a man
would do it, his head would not con
tain the fact. That prominent Demo
crat used the most vulgar language
over• used by any white man before
an audience of decent people in his
speech. Mr. Incog. would be more
capable of acting as a critic of the
king's English, if he would go to some
of the African schools in South Caro
lina and graduate. Ile overlooked
the speech of his colleague, the promi
nent Democrat. I can produce, Mr.
Lilco... thirty witnesses to prove that
the tall man froth the Three Springs
used no such language in reffireuee to
the Bible and Constitution. But no
wonder a drowning man will grasp at
a straw. Dr. A Smith, Geo. Smith,
Postmaster end brothers, are all Union
men:• PN lON -
TELL TOWNSHIP, April 15, 1863.
MR. EDITOR :
A communication from
this region in the " Monitor" of the
9th inst., does not fully represent the
victory achieved at our last' spring
election. The author, it is true, jolli
flea over the defeat of the wooly-heads,
but has omitted to mention the more
material fact that the Copper-heads
were also defeated. In speaking of
Mr. Smittell having rode the township,
electioneering for the office of Inspec
tor, he might also have alluded to the
circumstance that a very prominent
Copperhead did the same thing to se- I
cure the Judgeship, and was in the end
thrown from his nag, being beat by a
loyal Democrat. This was the case,
too, with the office of Constable, and,
in point of fact, so far as the election
as a whole is an index to the state of
affairs in the township, it speaks well
for its loyalty, and indicates not only
that Abolition traitorism, but also De
mocratic treason, is unpopular here.—
Poor B—b—y has certainly been un
fortunate; one could have wished so
clever a man a better fate than to be
so grievously disappointed in securing
the place of Surgeon, Assessor, and In
spector 'of Militia, and then fail of the
grave Judgeship, all, too, after riding
faithfully and long at the tail end of
Government transports, professing loy
alty as long as it was thought it would
pay. But it's a consolation for his nu
merous friends to know that it was
all at the expense of the Government.
Thus, Mr. Editor, yon will see that
Tell Township is erect—" column
amidst a acne of ruins."
Our Army Correspondence.
4. Prom the 149th Regt7P.V"
Headquarters Backtail Brigade,'
April 13, 1863.
DEAR GLOBE :—I address you, for
the present, from the Headquarters of
our brigade, known hereabouts as the
Bucktail Brigade. It is composed of
three Penna. regiments; the 143 d, Col.
Dana, 149th Lieut. Col. Dwight, and
150th Col. Wider. The Brigade is
commanded by Col. Boy Store, 149th
fbrmerly major of the Ist Penna.
Riffes, the old Bucktails. A more
popular officer. than Col. Stone is not
to be found in the service, and we ex
pect soon to hear of his promotion to
the rank of brigadier general.
Of the three regiments of this brig
ade, ours, the 149th, though second in
aggregate numbers, is first in the HUM
ber of men fit for duty. Our sick
list numbered, yesterday, sixty-seven,
that of the 150th the same; while that
of the 143 d was one hundred and fifty
three, 1 know no reason for this great
disparity. The camp of the 143 d has
a nicer situation than either of the
others. We must have stronger men,
or hotter doctors, I will not attempt
to decide which.
Since- I last wrote, our company has
been called to mourn the loss of a com
rade. George W. Rhine, of Blair's
Mills, Huntingdon county, died of fe
ver, in Division Hospital, April sth,
1863. He was a young man; of quiet
deportment; a good soldier; an agree
able messmate, and prompt at the call
of duty. And he is dead: yes, dead !
0, how many thousand times that
word has been sent from this army to
fall like the knell of despair upon wait
ing anxious hearts. I have been sit
ting here, just now, in reverie, trying
to bring before me the feelings of those
to whom that message comes. God
comfort them, and doubly avenge the
patriot blood that cries from the
ground to heaven. Is that a cruel
prayer? Listen to me. All along
this line, and all over the wide arena
of this war, are seen the graves of
men. They were our friends, our
brothers, the choicest of our country's
children, and treason, born of Lucifer's
dark sin, has foully murdered them,
and watts with reeking dagger for
other victims. Many a circle has been
broken, and from many a life the light
that cheered it has gone out forever.
Our graves may soon be seen; our
home; may soon be bochims; this week
shall see us marching on the foe; and
we mean, by God's help, to do, though
we die. We are not insensible to the
greatness of the offered sacrifice; but
out our Country requires it. All this
has treason done. Wo hate treason ;
we hate traitors; we hate their accom
plices; do you wonder ? And we pray
God to measure to every traiter a
traitor's fide; and wa mean to stay
here until the answer is vouchsafed to
our petition. Ana ;hem who have ta
ken the sword perish by it; or if one
find refuge in foreign lards from the
meet award o,
_justice, let him wander
"condemned of God and scorned of
men," the brand of Cain upon his ford
head. Whatever differences you may
find among the men of this army, you
will find them till agreeing in deep
and bitter and increasing hatred to the
authors and sustainers of this foul re
bellion. And the copperhead is more
loathed than the open rebel.
From the 6th Regt. U. S. Cavalry.
CAMP GTII U. S. CAVALRY,
Near Falmouth. Va.,
April 9, 1503.
DEAR GLOBE:
Again I grasp my
pen to transmit a few thoughts to you
and your readers. Since my last, very
little of special interest has transpired,
and news is . scarce; but for two or
three days past President Lincoln has
been reviewing the Army of the Poto
mac. Yesterday thousands of our
brave boys made their appearance
near our camp, and continued till
about ten o'clock, when suddenly
cheer after cheer rent the air, accom•
panied by music from some of the best
bands in the service, as the President
and General Joe Hooker, with their
numerous attendants, rode by. Line
after lino of infantry, cavalry and ar
tillery wore placed in position so as to
show off to the best advantage,—and
most splendidly and gracefully did
each arm of the service perform its du
ty. The review was kept up until
late in the evening ; when . the troops
were marched off to their camps in the
best possible style. The Army of the
Potomac is indeed a (*rand one, and no
doubt the President thinks as much,
far lie told fighting " Joe" that ho had
never seen the mon sacleanly, well dis
ciplined, and in such excellent spirits.
Gun. "Joe " is " very much pleased,"
and we all arescady, willing and wait,
ing to be' led forward to combat, and
know that when the rebel commander
(Lee)_ meets usagainNie will find some
thing to do which he.bas not in the
past. Our watchword is "Onward to
Victory!" and we do feel assured that
our efforts must prove successful be
yonadoubt. . And while those pure pa
triots in our army are doing all in
their power to crush this wicked re
bellion, we are sorry to hear of a mob
of Copperheads doing all they dare
against us and our cause. They are
more to be detested than those who
openly tell us that they are our ene
mies. The time is now when it is the
imperative duty of every one in the
North to stand firm and steadfast in
the great work of liberty against bon
dage; peace and prosperity against gi
gantia rebellion; present and future
welfare of the nation against war and
anarchy; and while the blood of the
nation is oozing from a thousand
pores, and thousands of the- patriotic
braves are combating the stubborn
and determined foe, and suffering or
body and of mind beyond all compari
son is endured by their fathers, broth
ers and sons, therefore they oughtrthe
more to be interested (and dOtibly too)
in the salvation and redemption of our
once peaceful and happy' Republic.—
And now, let me ask, shall all those ,
noble sacrifices made, sufferings endur
ed, battles fought and blood shed, gcr,
for naught? God forbid 1 But as long
as there remains one rebel who shall'
persist in fighting against us, let us, one•
and all, rally around that glorious,ban
net. of our country, and firmly rCsolve'
to die in its defence, rather than give
our merciless antagoni4t one shadow of
611:Inc° to escape the castigation so•
well merited. The " peace at any
price" party forget all those things.,.
and only think of weakening. the Gov
ernment and filling their own coffers
with ill-gotten gains. But how long
would such a peace last? how long
would- wo, as a nation, be happy. un
der such circumstances? ' Are they
certain that the least benedbi would
fall to us if our present difficulties were
settled as they propose? Would they
(the " Copperheads") be perfectly hap
py and secure under such an order of
things? No! it cannot be,—it will and
shall not be, and the only way to se
cure honorable and lasting peace, is to
crush the rebellion in such a manner
that it shall never again be able to
rise.
I would say, however, that ',whoso
ever is without -sin, (in the forked
tongued, "Copperhead" tribe,) let him
east the first stone ;" and as won as he
does so, snatch him off the "globe,"
foethen you will have an "Israelite,"
indeed, "in whom there is no guile."
The rebellion shall be put down, and
that ere long, and those who survive
this war will return to their homes,
and punish severely those who
,took
part against them, more particulary
the Copperheads, who; with all their
cunnino-, deceit and treason, cannot
ityluenre, much less divide, our brave
and gallant army, or the least portion
of it. I believe that every soldier,
(truly-speaking,) is determined to cion
quer the common enemy or dieit4it the
attempt,—or fighting them till they all
shall have received their just doom for
committing treason against the best
government ever organized=the pur
est and proudest banner ever unfurled
to the breeze of Heaven—the most sa
cred Constitution ever framed. But I
mast close by giving three cheers tier
"fighting Joe," three times three "for
the Union, and three times three and
a "tiger" for the tricolored and span
gled flag, the Stars and Stripes.
Adieu ! Yours truly,
PLINY Rex,
Co. I), Gth U. S. Cavalry.
Hear a Soldier Talk,
The following letter has been han
ded us for publication. The writer
has been in the service since the war
began, and has been in nearly every
battle. • The letter is dated at Fal
mouth, Va.
DEAR COUSIN : In regard to the chan
ges of Generals in our army I think it
is all for the, best,. as Joe Hooker has
the confidence of the army—theyall
know that he will fight the enemy
wherever he finds him, and if wo ever
get engaged while he has command
you marexpect to hear of great many
men being killed before he gives up.
I am in favor of the conscription law.
because it includes all classes and col-
ors. I never could see why the negro
had not a right to fight, and endure
hardships, and' lose his life in defence
of human liberty, just the seine as a
white man. This war is a struggle
not only in this country, but over the
world, for every nation is lookingwith
anxious eyes at this struggle. If wo
don't succeed, then all demoeraticger,
eminent is gone down; bat this will
not be the case; wo are going to main
tain the Administration, and put down
this rebellion. The loyal men of this
country are going to do this in spite
of the hyena's in the shape of men, at
the north, who style themselves con
servatives, with men like Vallandig „ .
ham; Vorhead, Powel and other arch
traitors at their front. I can tell you
that the soldiers have these liars ant/
cowards marked oat over the wholes
country, and their contempt and ha,
tred for them are much greater than it,
is against the rebels who have arms iu
their hands. I would rather shoot ona
of them than to shoot Gen. Stonewall
Jackson of the rebel army—he is a,
saint compared to Vallandigham.
The time will come when the spa,
patbizers will be ashamed and afraia)
to look a loyal man in the thee. You
will always find me on the side of my
country, under the stars and stripes,
and for liberty to all. I feel proude.
to day than ever before that I beIOUR
to the many thousands that ara cudur-.
ing,privafions and hardships for. the.
best government that God ever ppr,
[flitted man to live. under, and woo be,
to any traitor that comes my way, as.
have sworn eternal vengeance against
them. I have written to. roy wife to,
teach our children to despise them and,
point the finger of scorn . at them.
But the war will 'end. sometime, and,
I believe before long, and 601110 of its
will get home again, and then, we will,
see whether these conservatives will
rule, or the true and loyal. I Would
not quit the army now if I couldr—it,
would bo impossible for me to leave my.
country in its darkest hour. My, pray.,
er is, may God speed the right ands
bless our leaders—show them the right.,
course to pursue and punish our ene-,,
ST,
J. S. B
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