CJc Centre Democrat.;
BELLEFONTE, PA.""""
Thursday Morning, Dec. 5 61. i
J. J. BRISBIN, EDITOR & PUBLISHER.
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W. W. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
Our Company.
Three week- ag'> we commenced railing a com- j
pany: We have been busily engaged in our daily
avocations to give our whole attention to enroll- i
ing men, nevertheless we have now some SEVENTY
men, and vre expect to be ready to march in a
week or t n days, So soon as we have 80 men on
our roll we will appoint a day for the gathering to- i
gether of the Sharp Shooters, i 1 Bellefonte,
. whence we will proceed to camp. Till then, wo
hope oar hi a.e to'diere will be patient, and in the
meantime prevail upon their friends to go along.
To the Patrons ot the Democrat.
We ucdorstand that the impression has gone
abroad that the CENTRE DEMOCRAT will not be
published after the first of January. This is not
' the fact. The DEMOCRAT will be published iegu-
larly every week as usual. We are going to war,
but the office we will rent to a good man, of whom
we will speak heareaftcr, who has the a'oili y, and
energy to make the paper what it always has b en
the only reliable p-.oplcs paper published in th)
County,
YYe believe tho good honest Republicans of Cei -
tre will sustain it. Anl while we are in tho
army a few letters every week from the soat of
war will bo interesting to our readers, and at tho I
Same time the DEMOCRAT a wolccmo weakly visi
tor. Wo hope our patrons will therefore, sustain
the paper, so that when we ail return from the
War we can resume our buisness ia peace and
quiet, aud maintain as heretofore Fans SPEECH, !
FREE SOIL, and Ftss HEN.
To our Paying Subscribers.
We feel that wc owe a word if explana
tion to our friends and patrons who have, I
during the time that we have been publish- j
lDgtba Democrat, paid ns promptly and well
for what they have Received nt our hands, i
and who, in fact, have sustained us and kept !
the papef afloat. We have frequently ad- '
dressed our Don-paying subscribers. In- I
deed we have published rot ices to delin— ;
quents until we lave got r,t of patience !
and giver their accounts into the hands of
tbeofficirs for collection. To our real ,ia- j
irons we have now a word to s y. These i
are irregular tiin"s, Businest of all kinds I
is more or less eff'c'ed by tie coVdilion iu-to '
which our count, y* lias Lac p. thrown by the
rebellion inaugurate by the traitors of the ,
South. That onr bu-iness has, for some time ;
been conducted in a very irregular manner |
•we need not t. ii jou. We have issued but
two papers during the last month. Forthis ,
we have two reasons. The first ig that we j
are helpirlg W, W. Brown to raise a com
pany of volunteers. No man, certainly, will i
fiad fault with us for 'doing this. This of
course takes most of our time. Another :
reason is that we have spent considerable j
tme in trying to settle up sine bad ac- I
counts. We hope th it our friends will bear ;
*vri>b us in our irregularities until we shall
start (or the army and give the paper over
into the hands of some person who will be
able to devote his time and attention to it.
Notice to Delinquents.
few weeks ago we iuserted under
our editorial bead, so that none might fail to
res it, a notice to those men wi.o were still
indebted to us for subscription. In that no
tice we stated that all accounts w .eh were
not settled before the expiration of the month
of November, would be left in .he hands ef
the proper officer for collection. The tiin e
specified has gone by and some few men
hive settled up their bilis aod thus saved us
tho trouble of collecting off them by law.—
But there are others—and their name is le
gion—who have paid no attention, whatever,
to our call. To these we have merely one
more word to say. Wc have asked them to
pay up, tbrsrogh our paper, times without
tsu-mbe?, many of them we have visited per
sonally ami asked them for money, we have
'ppealed to them in every imaginable way,
we have appealed to the'.r sense of honor,
we hayc asked for our just does, we have:
plead poverty, we have begged for what they '
shou'd have paid without having been asked, j
we hove threatened wi:h the law, and all j
without fba desired effect. For two years ;
they have- been reading our paper at our cxi j
pcuse and now when we are compelled to '
oak. that they should settle up, they torn-a
(deaf ear. There remains but one thing yet !
for us to do. Wo havo issued our last dun. j
We will now pioceed to collect what is due |
us as Lost we can. We will avail ourselves :
of all the aid the iuw afl ads. It is necessa
ry that we shou'd do sj in older that no may :
be able to pay our deb:f. These delinquent
gentlemen will th' refore I are some dealings
with the Justice, just so soon as weoiu get
our books into his ha ids. We ere determin
ed that we will be trifLd with to longer by
jaen who are abundantly able and who
shnld b< perfectly willing to pay us what
is j us tij due
South Carolina.
SouhCaio'ioa vras a tory Sas in the
Hi volution, and has been a pest to the Na
tion ever since. Site inaugurated this war,;
and ought justly to be the bat le ground.— >
It cost the her> s of '7(5 mucli blood and
treasure ta rescue that S ate at fi -st, and it ;
will cost th -ir dencendu its more. She has i
has now got the fi it sue has been laboring
after f>r thirty yeate. If the peo| Is of S .u'h !
UaiU iua are determined n a to let oilier |
bates lie at p'>ac", the nii. e that c< u itry j
is laid in ru o* t' e belter i f will be foi the
rest of ma kind. If the inju y which the \
war bis al eady doue to property, and sot, j
were a I concur.rated inSjuth Carolina, that j
abom'uahie b.a e would be a howling wi!- '
derness.
The secession of the southern states
is improving the fioanc s of the Post Office
I)°par:ment. Toe dificit the current year
w ill b° lews bv two aud a half millions this
than last year. I -an il l wind that blows
m body any good.
ISP The decrease of exports frcm England
i j .Je U.fii'ed b'Hieo for the nine .nonths end-
VOctober t compared with the sameperiod
bis' vaar. was ad >ut £11,000,000 and about
£2,000,000 with other counties from the same
c .use-the r.sb*lliv>a.
Fight Yourself a Farm.
Farms are no longer properties to be pur
chased. They do not eoter into the lists of
parter and sale, but are now up for a contest
of valor and devotion to the country, —
One favorite trick of demagogues was to in
duce men to believe that by casting a vote
for certain candidates, the voter would secure
himself a farm. The offer was attractive but
delusive. It never was realiz-d, and vanish
ed into the pockets of desperate political
gamesters, adding to their wealth, and in
creasing their power for mischief and corrup
tion. But farms can be had now by fighting.
They are offered as a reward of valor, A
home of broad acres—with their rivulets and
meadows—their orchards and gardens, are
offered to the soldier who simply renders to
his country the small service of assisting in
its preservation. This home is not transfer
e 1 to the soldier in trust, but is given to him
by his country in fee, to be by him bequeath
ed to his children as an evidi cce of the great
ness of that country and its gratitude to those
who aid-id in its ('dense. Such a reward was
never off red to any soldier in cause that ever
w:y battled for since war was made a means
of arbitration. Medals and ribbons sink in
to insignifi ;ar,cß when compared to such a
reward for patriotism. A farm—a homo of
one hundred and sixty acres of magnificent
land, is offered by this government, to every
man who sholders a tnuskator draws a sword
in its defonse. Aside irona that intense love
of country which animates every loyal breast,
thfs munificent offer cannot laii to stimulate
the valor of the federal soldieis in the hour
of battle. If he fails, he kaevrs that the
loved ones who are made fa htrless by his
death, will become the children of the Repub
lic to whom this home will descend promptly j
and as legally as does the entailed property j
of England descend from the father to the
elder son. Our soldiers must not forget these i
facts. They must remember that while they j
are gallantly lighting for their country, they j
arc neglecting none of that business and fro- j
gality by which mon usually provide homes 1
for themselves and families. Tbe govern
ment has premised to CX-TO'IS# that frugality
by attending to the buisness nf providing
homes for ail its brave delenders out of tbe
public domain, which is the right the proud
heritage of the bravo. Le; no soldier forget
these facts,
Slavery and the War.
Ii is highly amusing to see how certain
pro-slavery men in our midst wriggle aDd
tarn up the of their eyes at the pros
pect of the present war seriously interfering
with the peculiar institution. They hare a
holy horror of everything that smaoka of
" Abolitioni.-ra.'* They profess to bo in favor
of a vigorous prosecution of the war, but in
doing so the Government must take care that
it does not tread on the toes of the slavehold
ers, and that the right to deal in human flesh
must be guaranteed to them. These men
will soon have their eyes opened. They will
discover before a great while that the war for
the preservation of the Union cannot be vig
orously aod successfully waged against tte
Southern conspirators without disturbing the
institution of slavery. The Government, in
one way or another, wi'.l have to m ake uso
of the slaves to aid it in suppressing a wiek
ed and causeless rebellion agiinst the consti
tuted authorities, commenced by their mas
ters. And why should not this be done?—
Tbe slaveholders c ■ininencod this war. Fjr
the purcoss of prom >tio-g the interests of
slavery and securing for"tie institution great
er influence than it ale ady exercised upoD
the politics of the cour ;ry, they attempted to
destroy the Goveromp at and spread ruin and
desolation throughout the free States. They
concocted and set o i foot the great conspira
cy wli'cb was iate aded to sunder the Union,
and involve every section of the Confedercy.
save their own, in toe direst anarchy. They
inaugurated tb j bloody work and let them
now reap toe -consequences of their own crime
and folly. So man in his sobre senses can
long believf thai the institution of slavery
can come Cut of this war as it entered it.—
51 tyery if the weak point of ins rebels, and
it must VVJ turned against them sooner or la
ter. Iu order to check the rebellion and
save the Union, the Government will be con
strained to adopt this policy. Wc repeat,
then, that the iasti'u ion of slavery is likely
to ocuie out of this war seriously damaged if
not overthrown, This will be an enetitable
consequence.
If any one man believes that slavery is not
to play an important part in the war, let him
read an account of the state of things in the
vicinity of Beaufo - t, S-.-uth Carolina, where
the Fodeiai troops have cff.'cied a landing.
It is a densely pipulaied slave neighborhood j
and the " chattels," in tbe absence of their ■
masters, who have (led at the approach of
the soldiers of the Union, give evidence that ;
they are not docile, submissive crea'ures j
which they have been represented to be by ■
the upiioldeis of the peculiar institution.— i
They are troubled will) a vague idea of free- !
d mi, and seem to think that thiir day of de
liverance is near a - baud. The war cannot j
be pn seated in that locality without at
least temporarily overturning the institution
of slavery. Th's ,s pla'n'y evid nt.
Egy The rekeis, when ihey dpsire to show
there esteem for a favorite officer, present
him with a blooded race liors, by which they
mean to eonvey the advice with the admoni- j
tion, that it is well to be provided' with the
means of eieare while fighting their cause ;
surrounded with so many uncer'.ain'ies and !
dangers. In fact all the heroes used by rebel
officer! a.e noted for thirr swiftness of foot,
and in this respect thev have so well provided
themselves that pursuit an 1 capture is always
out of the question.
Those exposed .to Billious attaeks
csu-ed by miasma, as well as those already
suffering from them, and particularly those
convalescent, should at once have recourse
to Prof. Woods's Restorative Cordial and
Blood Renovator. It is pure healthy tonic
Cordial, and will at once be felt in all parts
j of tbe system, exnilarating and permanently
, buildsng it up and, thus not only cure, but
i render the constitution inyulnerabla to the
further progress of disease, as well a prevent
those new developments to which, in a weak
ened condition we are so liable. See adver
tifement in anpther ceiuran.
THE CETVTHE DEMOCHAT.
The Relief Meeting.
On Monday Evening a meeting of the citi
zens of Centre coun'v was held in the Court
house, the object of which was to take into
consideration the condition of the soldiers'
families, and devise means to replenish the
exhausted treasury, so that these families
might be provided for and the credit of the
county maintained. The meeting was or
ganized by the election of John Irwin, Jr.,
to the chair, a number of Yioe Presidents,
and Win- P. Wilson, and Adam lloy, Sec
retaries. Mr. Hutchinson stated the object
of the meetin and read the report of the
Board of relief.
I). J. McCann, Chairman of the Commit
tee on resolutions, reported the following :
WaEitis the cuiztat it'G u; re county, who
have volunteered their services for the main
tenance ot the laws and institutions of our
common country and who are now absent
from their firesides enduring all the hardship
incident to the life of (lie soldier, left their
homes aud those dependent upon theua with
tbe assurance that aid should ho rendend
from the county treasury for the support of
their families ; and whereas the fund from
which such necessary a d his thus far been
derived is found inadequate to supply all the
demands upon the Board of Relief, and the
Board have deemed-it their duty to call upon
their fallow citizens for advice and direction
in the further discharge of the duties devol
vin unon them, therefore
Resolved, That we thu citizens of Centre
County do hereby approve of the action of
the Board of Relief and the policy adopted
by them in thedisoharge of the ardent duties
imposed upon it.
Resolved, That we are opposed to arv re
duction of the amounts now allowed by t', e
Board to the respective families now depen
dent upon this fund for the actual neoess
of life until the first of March npxc, r, o j* v ,- e
pledge our most active arid earnest efi' l)r ts to
sustain the Board and replenish the exhaust
ed treasury.
. Resolved, Ihnt in order to sustain the sred
lt of the county and jQabie the Commission
ers to discharge ; ne duty devolved upon
them our cit'~ e r, 8 throughout the county be
severally led upon to lo rt n the county such
sums jS jhey can respectively spare on eer
of indebtedness issued by the Com
missioners redeemable in tb ee years with
interest payable semi-annually. Certificates
for the semi-anuual interest to be received
in payment of the county relief tax.
On presenting the resolutions Mr. McCann
made some very appropriate and patriotic
remarks in which he pledged himself tostand
By the soldier and by the soldiers family. Ha
hoped that no man was so lost to all sense
of honor as to think of breaking the pledges
made by tbe citiseus to the soldiers before
their departure.
Speeches were made by lion. Jas. T. Hale
11. N. McAllister, and W. W. Brown.
The reso'u.ijns were passed unaimously
Mr- McCann offered the following, which
was passed :
Resolved, That a committee of fivs of tbe
citizens of this county be appointed whose
duty it shall be to visit Harrisburg during
the session ot the Legislature aDd urge the
passage of an act for the assumption of the
relief Tax by the State, thus equalizing the
burdens, which are new bjurue by those
portions affording the largest number of vol
unteers for the service of the country.
D. J. MoCann, John T. Iloover, William
P. Wilson, W. C Duncan, Ed. Blanchnrd,
were chosen to compose this committee.
It was then asked that those persons pres
ent who were willing to loan money to the
county, on the terms specified in the resolu
tions, should give in their names with the
which they were willing to loan.—
A oneiJerable sum was subscribed.
On motion of Mr. MoCann a Committee
o: three persons in each township, was ap
pointel to solicit subscriptions to the eonn-y
Relief L ai. The Committee consists of toe
following persons :
Bellefonte Borough—Win. 11. Ilumes,
Geo. Livingston, Adam Hoy.
Mdesburg- T. M. Hall, C. G. Ryman,
Harrison Lvy.
Spring—M. Waddle, John Hoy, R. B.
Valentine.
Miles—Thomas Wolf, Samuel Frank, Dr.
Stroheeker.
Haines—James P. Copburn, John C. Moats
Thonas Yarriek.
Penn—W.C. Duncan, John Foster, John
Smith,
Gregg—John Rishel. R. 11. Duncan, Goo.
BuehanaD.
Potter—Samuel Yao'rees, A. McCov, P-
Hoffer, Jr.
Harris—Geo. Boal, Moses Tboirtson
Samuel G lliland.
Ftrguson—Conrad Struble, Samuel Stover
John Baily.
Ilalfmoon —A. R. Barlow, John A. Hun
ter, Geo. Gates.
Patton —P. B. Waddle, S. P. Grey,
Chirstian llartsock.
Banner—William Marsha', William Irwin
Jr., Jn . Way.
Walker—Andrew Gregg, Geo, Swartz,
Jacob Struble.
Marion—Win. II Swaczey, Nathan Beck
John McCalmonf.
li berty—Daniel Koons, Benj. Ligget, W.
A- Foresman.
Howard—Robert Ciok, Wm. E. Irwin,
John P. Packer.
Jfoggs-r—J-. 11. Lion, Roland-Cnrtio, Mar
tin Dolan.
Uuiouville—Geo. Taylor, John Bin<,Cer-i
Rich. |
Union- Jacob Peters, John Alexr .er,
George Huston:
Huston —John Adams, John W. Richards
Maik Williams.
Worth—Robert Campbell, C- Beckwith,
R D Cununings,
Taylor—John Copenbaver, W. Adams,
•John Vannool.
Rush—J. C. Williams, Chester IflutisoD,
Charles It. Foster.
Snowsboe—F, P. Hurxthall, Austin Uin
on, Adam Ciissman.
Burnside—Jas. G. Marshall. Wm. Stew
art, James K. Boak,
The Supreme Court of the State of New
York havo issued a perpetual injunction against
Eaton and Jenkins for counterfeiting Ayers Ca - :
thartic Pills hold in gthem responsible for the cruel |
impsition in what they done an 1 restraining thoin
from further like injnry to the public. If any
class of our pecpla more than another needs the
interposition of law to shield from imposture it is
the sick and sufferinf who are unable to proteot
themselves. A remedy so universaly employed,
as Ayers Pills by all olvsses both to cure and pre
vent disease, should as it does, have every securi
ty the law can afford it, from counterfeit imitation
TROOPS AT FORTRESS MONROE. —Thirty
thousand troops are expected shortly to ar
rive at Fortress Mcnroe, aDd an order was
read to those already there to tbe effect that
they would riot be furnished with winter
qarters. This would seem to indicate an
advance, especially as DO more flags of truce
will save that post for three weeks.
?sSi.Reader, have you seen Prof. Wood's ad
vertisement in our paper. Read it; It will inter
est.you-
I ARMY CORRESPONDENCE
HEAD QUARTERS, PKNNS VALLEY INFANTRY, 1
CAMI- GRIFWN, VA., NOV. 23d, '6l. j
MR. EDITOR : —We havo been looking for march
ing orders, as anxiously as our friends have been,
lor some decisive news from the Grand Army, but
as yet we are silently watching our rebel foes
from almost the same outposts that we occupied a
month ago. We are healthy and as jolly as we
possibly could bo if we were at home going to tte
singing and apple cuttings, common to the season
in our native valley, though no doubt just now
we should set a peculiar value on an experience
of that kind, juit by icuy of variety. We have lost
two men of the 49th Regiment, both members of
Cupt. Green's company, Messrs. Null and Confare,
both died in the Regimental Hospital, of typhoid
fever, or a disease of similar nature. Yet we have
been remarkably heaity compared with other reg
iment/, and have no men seriously sick at pres
ent.
Nothing has given our boys so Jmuch satisfac
tion 1 ttcly as tho recent visit of the Paymaster
and his liberality in dispensing the bounty of our
venerable Uncle Samuel. All our boys have been
sporting pockets full of the aforesaid Uncle Sam
uel's " promises to pay," and they have been ex
hibiting their good senso by remitting a large por
tion of it to their friends at home. Our company
of seventy men have sent, in all, about, eleven hun
dred dollars to Centre county of their tirst two
months pay. Me received Treasury notes for the
who e amount, for which gold was procured by
those who preferred it f rolu t i, e paymaster after
the payment. \ e-y f CMf 00 j. q ie trouble to ex
change their paper for gold. Wc have unboun
ded iaith ",n our Government, the soldiers remark
ing that " if we allow our Govornmont to be over
thrown We do not deserve any pay." Our men
, havo oeen preparing themselves with many sub
stantial comforts siucc pay-day, and hare gener
j ally exhibited great judgement and good sense in
tbe use maue of their funds, and have been as qui
-1 ot, tobtr und orderly as before thoir payment. In
| fact, Mr. Editor, we fell inclined to boast a little
i of our gallant little company. Wc have but four
; married men in it, ami only a few others who are
; old enough to be considered candidates for that
interesting state. Half of the company are under
: the age of twenty one years, and of the rest but
! yire are over twenty-five. Those who havo not
seen active service might think this a disadvan-
I tage, hut experience preves that these young men
| endure far batter tlian older ones, the rigors of
military service and are more ebcerf ul and conten
| ted than th se whose rudely broken up habits had
become almost a necessity of existonce. I cannot
dismiss this rather egotistic topic without convey
ing to the friends of our merry boys at home,
the assurance of those who know that we have the
most obediint, prompt, intelligent, and pleasant
| company ot uicn, 1 honestly believe, there is to bo
; found in th <■ Grand Army of the Potou/ao. Th cir
friends, I doubt not, are proud of them, and they
ought to le. Tell all your lady readers that if for
tune favors us we will be young and free after the
! war, and that we accordingly expect a warm wel
j como from them to those of us who may return,
after the booming can non shall be silent in our
borders, for until then we linger to bear the stern
music of war.
The Forty-ninth has a pet —a trouldesome pet
it has been, too. We are detailed as the support
of Molts' Battery, and it is understood that the
I Forty-ninth and Motts' little bull dogs aro to trav
el together on this trip. Our Battery is posted on
j the hill, which was once tho rtsidenee of Doctor
Maekall, now a Surgeon in the Rebel Army, is
now our Brigade Head quarters. The hill is a
beautilul natural mound, commanding a view of
ibo country around for two or three miles, cover
| ed with forest trees, a goodly number of which we
have removed, and having a good frame house on
its summit. Our pet is a ditch or earthwork run
ning around near the summit of tbe hill, and just
i long enough to bold the Regiment in two ranks.
! At first two of our companies were compelled to
sleep in, or at tho ditch, every night, which was
| all well enough iu pleasant wea-hor, but unpleas
ant when it rains. At first the boys were in love
j with the ditch, but, this guarding it wa? a serious
1 item of duty, and Our kind General was highly
pra sed when he excused us from all but the nec
essary guard duly.
Your read rs have, no doubt, all heard of the
Grind Review of the seventy thousand, and read a
dozen different accounts of it. It was truly mag
nificent, and a spectacle which we shall have to
livelong if we ever ceasj to remember. As far as
tlie eye c iu'd reach the dark lines of our Batal
ions, their movements scarcely discernible in the
distance met the view. The column presented a
front of about eighty men, aDd being in divisions
of two ranks within six paces of each othei, it re
quired this column, inarching in quick time, about
four hours to pass tbe Reviewing Officers. We
I had a review of our Division again yesterday by
; Gen. Smith, at the closo of which we were formed
in liue of battle, and with our Artillery and Cav
alry properly disposed, we went through tho dif
ferent firings with blauk cartridges: the Cavalry
charging, und all the evolutions tf the battle field
jbe ng observed. Our front was over a mile long,
j When we go down to Centrcville we expect anoth
| er such a drill, with the music of our rattling
j musketry varied by the whist ing of Rebel bullets
and the bursting of bombs. May we be as cool
and suceesful as yesterday.
It is uo small matter to fare the dangers of a for
eign ba'tie field. No one doubts that
courage is a very common endowment of men, that
it is not so noble a quality as moral courage, and
that tho worst of men m.iy he found (as the most
reckless generally are) to possess it, yet it does j
requite nerve and a very respectable degree of |
courage to march cut awnv from home and its ;
comforts to a field of death. Atul yet while there i
is no boasting, no bragging tcish to bo Called out, :
there is reliable determination, and an alacrity to j
respond to a call for picket or scout duty that tells i
us what these men mean by being here, and gives 1
us confi lenco in the future. Jut-t before tbe en- |
counter at Bads Biuff, most of us cou'd see indica- '
tions, which a soldier understands very readily, of ;
a movo Those indications are before us again, I
and you need not be surprised if you hear news '
from the Grand Army wbicli will send a thrill of j
joy through loyal hearts, and mayhap also drape !
in mourning the hearthstones of our native Pen l- \
sylvauia. But it may be otherwise. Wo cannot !
decide anything here front appearances alone.—
But I must close my letter, und in doing so, if it :
were Dot forbidden, I would testify to the great !
worth and real kindness of our handsome and pop- I
•ular Captain, and convey to our friends the assu- ;
ranee that in tho coming engagement we feel sure I
of being properly handled, so great is our confi- j
denco in Gen. Hancock, uhdor whose command we
march. A rough spoken, plain, industrious, and
highly educated man, a regular officer, he has few I
superiors in tho army. We feel confident that no 1
blunder of his will be the cause if we fail to sue
'cied as we expect to. For the information of
these coneernod we will state that tho funds of our
company were sent by James ManD, Esq., of Lew- •
istown, and will be distributed by Judge Boal, of
Boalsburg, and Thomas Ilutehison, of Centre Hill,
iu their respective neighborhoods, aaid tho lemain- !
dep be deposited in the Bank of Humes, McAllis
ter, Hale it, Co., at Bellefonte. Some has been
entrusted to the mails. Hoping our friends may
hear no bad news from or ooncerning us, with as
| euranccs of our interests in our homes, and the
friends we left in the old Keystoue, we bid them a
j cbeerfull and hopeful farawoll.
1 Yours, FENNSVALLEY.
HEAD QUARTERS, PENWSVALLET INFAHTRT, )
CAMP GRIFFIN, VA. NOT. 26th., 1861. J
MR. EDITOR • —Tattoo is playing. The Bands
are sending over our dull camps this wet, cold,
: November evening their chilly uiusie, reminding
, us by their familiar melodies of different, and
more peaceful scenes. Orderlies are calling the
roll of their comrades names, and as yet they find
"a 1 present or accounted for" another day. To
i the picket guard walking in the thick darkness
his lonely beat, the tattoo, of the rattling drum,
or rssounding Band, or shrill Bugle of the Dra
goon, comes as a worker of the lapse of the weary
hours, and his quickened ear listens for the slight
est sound, " outside the lint." Soon the monitony
taps will command by their strange language,
our camps to be left in darkness and quiet, and
our hosts to sleep: Be watchful then and sleep
not Picket Guard, for the army of the Constitu
tion is asleep under your protection.
" All is quiet along our lines." So says the
signal, and so repeats the Telegraph, from post to
post a single shot, and ball or two whistling by
the picket, and one and another wonders where
they come from, and then the report is "all
quiet along our lines." Is not this soldier life a
straige one ? " Our moss" " are going to do this
to-morrow if we dont move." " Let us buy some
thing good and have one good dinner." Wha *g
the use keeping our money ? We'll be shot one
these days and some rebel pick our pockets
W e may as TV nil live well, we're uot sure of living
long anyw d y." g uc h are the remarks yoi. hear
day day, yet. we soldiers do not more than
halt oelieve it. You would not suppose they ever
reflect for a moment could you sec them in their
careless games, and fun, and practical jokes. To
hear our plans for rides and dinners and parties,
aDd "good old times," when the war is over, you
would not think that tnese men were by their
own deliberate choice to risk the sacrifice of life
und health, beautified as they have been by the
| scenes of peaceful enjoyment so often pictured as
the reward of a faithful service of country while
j our trouble lasts. So bright and beautiful is hope
| to the young immagination ; always pointing to
| a future of reward for a present of labor and pri
! vation. Ibe First Pa,, Cavalry, in which our
i Centre County company is serving, made a recou
; noisance last night and drove in thj rebel pick
i ets. They captured the officer of the picket and
j some twelve ot the guards. Two of our men were
; killed, and the Culouel and Asst. Surgeon, Dr.
' Alexander of Milroy, were wounded. It may
I seem a little remarkable that the surgeon should
! be among tne fir.t. to suffer, but he was probably
! mistaken tor the Colonel. lie was wounded by a
| picket who n d concealed himself, when ihe troops
I w ere returning, alter they had driven in the guard.
' Biding back in advance of the rest, he was fired
upon from the bushes in which the rebels lay con
cealed, as the Cavalry could not penetrate it.
This frequent fireing on officers by sharp-shoot
ers, in every skirmish must be recrossiny to the
enned wearers of stripes and straps.
■ We have some rough weather now, and the
| boys are fixing up for cold weather. We do not
I suffer however and our friends need not pity the
soldiers untoward fate as much as they do, though
i this is not as pleasant a home as those we left,
, and seems very unlike when •no is sick, though
iwe are careful ot one another as wo can be. I
have looked abroad over this once beautiful coun
j try, and realized how terriblo is war, men in its
j most civilizeu and humane aspect. What deser
ted home.u. fields trodden down, fences all gone
j lor miles upon miles, nouses surrounded by
i camps, and their owners sent away to make room
] tor the sick. Every private interest so sacred in
i the lyes ot our liberty loving common law, sacri
ficed to the preservation of tne law itself and the
j security of the future.
Are we going on or ba?k ? Will we winter
' here or go south ? are questions of great interest
| to the soldiers about the Capitol. All want to b
where the fighting is. All search the papers f r
| news about " our Division," and every rumor is
, spread abroad that looks to a move. I can see
| IK w no indications of any movement whatever.—
The reported occupation of Leesburg by McCall's
Division, has resulted in a simple reconnoisance.
; f cw men have lost their liberty, a few their
lives, and all goes on as before in this time of
great events ; " nil is quiet along our lines." The
j Grand Army is asleep on the banks of the Poto
-1 mac, and another is asleep in its front. Which
J will dare to rouse the other and droop our assem
j blics, from North to South, and East to We t in
i mourning ? Wo have no order to go into Winter
j Quarters yet w< are fixing up just as we please
j aud without hindrance. May we be enabled next
I winter to go into our old peaceful Quarters up
j among the Blue mountains of our Keystone State
conscience of duty done, and success unmeasured
| ' n blessings. We soldiers get credit for a
great deal of endurance, patience, and parriotism
from our friends at homo, sometimes perhaps more
than we deserve. It is no idle task ro soldier, it
is true, and we foel the gavity of the work we
have undertaken, and the risk we run, bnt there
is a pleasureable excitement in it, and we are do
ing no mere than our duty at best. When so
many neglect duty we may deserve credit for do
ing ours, but that is all. Yet we must say that
no one despises so heartily as the volunteer, the
eoward or traitor who selfishly stays at home to
enjoy his ease in this crisis of events. If there
is any mau who does not love his country well
enough to be an open and active friend noto. doing
what he can to advance its interests, if there is a
man who is indifferent, who, untraraelled by
weighty business or domestic ties fails to give
less energies to the pr. sedition of this war, let me
tell hi n the time is coining when he will wish the
native hills he is disgracing might eater him and
hide his shame and keep off from him the indig
nation aud contempt of all true uie.n and all honest
women. The man whose patriotsin is not " known
and read of all men" is a disgrace now to himself
und to his posterity.
" By their fruits ye shall know them."
I " lie who is not for us is against us.'' If we
i deserve little credit for leaving performed uu iin
j portant duty. How much censure is due those
j who neglect it. He who is not a Patriot now, is
} not a man , cannot be a Christain , ought not to be
tru.-ted. is devoid of every honorable principle
and totally unfit for society of eivilized men. Ig
norance in Pennsylvania is no apology to be i .
uorant in a land ot iiirht and liberty is itself a
crime.
Yours, PENNSVA LLEY.
CAMP HAMILTON, FORTRESS MJNIIOE, 1
November 28th, 1861. J
MR. EDITOR:—The people of Centre county, T
know, must tike a lively interest in a regiment in
which are many of their sons and brothers. I re
fer to the 45th Tcnn'a. Regiment, of which Col.
Welsh is the efficientand beloved commander, and
our own young friend Jas. A. Beaver, the Lieut.
Colonel. Major Kilbourno, the third officer as to'
rank, being from Potter county, is not, of course,
so wed known to our Mends in Centre. The reg
iment is composed of three companies from Centre
county, command d respectively by Capt's. J. Ir
v.a Curtin, Austin Curtin , and Henry Stevens; 2
ful 1 conipanie from Tioga county, commanded by
C apt s. Hiils and M hitaey ; one company from
Wayne and Tioga, Capt. Charles E. Parker; two
from Lancaster county, Capt's. E. G. Sehieffelin
a nd Henry A. Haines, the latter company having
iu it some privates who hail from Bellefonte and
other parts of Centre county, aud one company
from Miffi n county, mostly Irom the west end of
Kishacoquillas Valley, of which company Capt. i
W. G. Bigelow is the commander.
And now, while speaking of the several compa
nies and their officers. I will be allowed to say
in all sinceaity, that I do not believe that there
are a more civil, gentlemanly and moral set of of
ficers in any regiment in the public service. And !
as to the private soldiers, the great majority are
men of good morals, many members of the church,
and only a few comparatively who are offensive
on account of th sir habitual profanity. And in
relation to this wicked and senseless practice,
there is a marked gradual improvement through
out the regiment—or rather chang for tha better
in the discountenance of tho vile habit. A gen
t.eman who is now on a visit to our camp, and
has just come from a visit to several regiments in
the neighborhood of Washington, expressed his
admiration of the comparatively superior morals
of our camp ; and not only in regard to the evil al
luded ta, but also the vice of drunkenness; not
having witnessed one case of drunkenness about
the camp ; whereas in passing through other reg
iments to get to us, he saw soveral cases of drunk
en soldiers who had to be supported by their com
panions in thoir attempts to reach their quarters.
And I, who have been with the Regiment ever
since it left Harrisbnrg, can assure our friends in
Centre county that I have yet to witness the first
instance of drunkenness in or nut ef camp; ia any
! seldier connected with the Regiment. And I do
i not believe thrre has been one instance during the
! two months that are just now closing.
I attribute this to the example of the officers,
i and the stric'ness of the discipline in
i the camp and elsewhere. We have not one drunk
; en, swearing officer in all the respeets referred to,
j and in others not mentioned,. im
proving. If this state of things continue we will
send you home men, if God is pleased to spare
their lives, in many respects reformed, as it re
gards their former habits ; contrary to all the foars
1 entertained by their friends on their leuting home,
| the usual experience of the demcralizing influence
, of tbu cainp.
As to tho health of the Regiment, it is improv
| ing since we loft the camp at Bladenaburg. There
we were encamped in a place which proved to us,
at least, an unhealthy position. We had an un-
I usual number of sick on tho list when we came
here; but if it were not for the measles which
] somehow entered oar camp at Bladensburg, we
would now be almost entirely frco from disease,
and our hospital empty. This has proven to bo a
very healty position, and the country around very
pleasant and beautiful. Ido not mean that the
i inhabitants are pleasant and beautiful, for I do
j' not know that I have seen one the original resi
dents since we came here—except it may have
j beon the contraband*, who seem to bo numerous,
j The soldiers seem to be contented and happy, in
general, only all their Mentis have been cxhaus
| ted which they brought fromliomc, and are com
-1 plaining that they have not received their two
months' p y. It Will be very injurious to the
spirit of the Regiment if this withheld much long.
; er, while other Regiments are being paid off. I
close tho present communication by referring to
our Sabbath services. We have ordinarily one
public service on the Sabbath, which is well atten
ded by both the officers and the privates, and pruy
er-iueetings during the week. The climate here
| is probably much milder than you l.avc it at this
season in Centre county; but still we, who dwell
i in tents, think it quite cold enough.
Yours. Ac., WW. J GIBSON",
Chaplain, 4bth Hcyiment, I'. \ r .
' P. S.—l have not time to write a longer letter
at present, bat hereafter you may expect to hear
1 from mo with some regularity, if you desire it. I
would have communicated with some of the papers
I published in Centre county before this time, hadl
j been requested to do so; but this not being re
i quested on the part of the publishers. I supposed
1 they were supplied with their regular cirrespon
' uents from the army. A gentleman from the coun
i ty now here, suggested to me that it would be
gratifying to the friends of the soldiers to itear oe
j casionally from the Regiment.
We would be glad to see a Belief >nte paper oe-
I cafiocally. We will not remain long here, prob
ably ; but is likely that all papers and letters will
bo forwarded to us from this place, should we
leave. W. J. G.
CAMP GRIPFIX, VA., Nov.l7th, '6l.
Mu. At KXAXDGR KNOLL:
Jltur friend: —l am called upon to per
forin a most painiul duty, and I pray that God
tnay look upon you in great mercy, as you aro
| more particularly interested than any other one.
j and 1 beg of you my dear friend, to bear up as
! well as possible under tho circumstances. Be as
sured, my heart feels for you wuui I tell you that
yonr nobl* son, James, died in the hospital on yes
terday evening at six and a half o'clock, after an
ill. ess of two weeks. I atn g'ad to say to you that
be received every attention that could have poa
; sibly ben given to hint. His brother John was
| constantly at his side to minister to all his wants.
| To-day we carried him to 11 beautiful spot,hurried
1 him respectably and should you desire to remove
I his remains to his home you can do so at any time.
I I will mark his gave by placing aboard at its
I head, and will make a note of the number of his
| grave, lie is burriud near Mac-kail's 11 ill, Fairfax
: county. Va
I kin.wr you will bn desiroui of knowing sumo
thing abjut bis last hours. lam happy to say
that he gave evidence of having made his peace
w th God, and said he was ready to submit to the
will of tire Lord. He died vaiy peacefully. Ido
hope you will be comforted, and try, by the graco
of God, to meet him in Heaven. May tiie good
Master bless you ana keep yon in his favors until
death shall call you away from earth, and then
tak you to himself.
I would just ray that James had a number of
things that will be sent to you, with two months'
piiy. His bible wiil be sent to you also. It
will be comforting to you to know that the officers
and men of fhe Regiment wore all deeply interes
ted in the life and death of your son.
You have roason to be proud of to such a son.
He left all to fight the battles of his country, and
! died in its service While it is true he d.d noidie
on the field ot bitile, yet he was willing to do so
if necessaiy, and be assured, his memory will be
| honored by all thai knew him I wuu d .-ay, bo
! fore 1 close, that your son John is in the tent
with mo while I pen these lines. He is well, sends
| his love to you, and wishes you not to grieve to
much over this great affliction. Any information
you may ilesiro further, I will be ready, at any
time, to impart it. May God bless you.
Your Friend,
WM. EARN3HAW,
Chaplain 49(A Hoy intent, I'.
Hiyhly eot tented and worthy friend W. It' Brown:
Through grief and distress, I as well us the
majority of iny fellow soldiers who hive left fim
! ilies behind make too strongest appoa to you in i
behalf of my family. From tho most roiishle I
! source, I am informed that our families receive
nothing from the hands of our commissioners for i
| their sustinance. Now if this is the case it is at '
truely lamentable. Now sir, I trust you will '
nggrco with rue that I have a sufficient amount of I
trouble and consern of mind without heaping '
more upon mo, particularly coining from whence |
it does—hoiue. We, as loyal nun, h ivo sacrificed
our homes, our fires.des and even our livas and i
have gone to do h nor to the Stars and Stripes j
that have so long waved in triumph ver oar onco ,
glorious and happy country. In go doing we had
the assurance that those who are near and dear to I
us—our families would and must he well cared i
for. Now sir, under thorn circumstances we as j
true Union loving men hat a volunteered to face j
the black-hearted traitors fire.
Now friend Brown I ask nothing more tlion ;
what I think in my humble opinion is honorable.
" Iloncr to whom honor is due." Upon my right ;
in rank is a fellow soldier who has left a family
who look up to him for their sustinauce; and up
on my left is one equally noble-hearted but a sin- ;
gle man, which [ tuink makes hitn no less bravo ; !
but he draws from tho Government the siuio j
monthly wages that we do who have families i
which are depending upon us. Now his after ta
king but two dollars from our monthly wages to 1
obtain small notions that many of us stand in j
need of, leaves a balance of eleven dollars to sup- ;
porta family daring our northern winter. We ,
w uld feel satisfied wcro our families to draw
what they have heretofore drawn, bat when we 1
hear the news that they can no longer draw any. :
thing it is truely alarming
Now my friend, I am a man, I trust to say, like I
many others who Carries a heart wiLhiu ipy j
breast cfosely attached to the littl family I left I
behind.
Friend Brown, I have the faith and confidence
in you, that wiil take the matter into oonsidera
tion immediately and report to me a warm heart- '
ed friend and relieve me and manyof mv fellow
soldiers
Yours, truly, JOHN WALTER.
JOHN BURG.
JAMES BRADLEY.
HARVEY HINTON.
HENRY M'CAUSLIN- \
LEVI SYEETWO )D. j
JOSEPH SWIRES.
UURTIN GLENN. ■ !
SXOWSHOB Dec. 2d 1861. |
MR. EDITOR :—You have doubtless heard of the '
death of 11. N. Lucas, a soldier in the servioe of I
the United States, fiom onr own county. In or- i
der that your readors may have the true story of
the death I transmit to you the following panic,
ulars:
Mr. Lucas enlisted on the 25th of July 1861, ,
and at the time of his death was in Company K
sth Regiment P. V. R. C., under command of'.
Col. Simmons. He was sick about two weeks j
with camp Fever, and died in the Hiapital at
Camp Pierpont Va. His remains were brought '
homo to Snowshoe by his brother F. B. Lucas, a
volunteer in the same company, and was interred
in tho Snowshoe grave yard. He loaves a wife
and three small children to mourn the loss of'a
husband and father. S. Y. LUCAS.
Proceedings of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec., 2Q4.
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
j Ihe House was opened at noo/i witb pray
jer by the Rev. Mr. Stockton. The roll was
i then called.
One htmdred and fourteen members an*
swered to their names.
Mr. Dawes (Mass..) moved that Mr. May
nard, of Tennessee, be sworn in as the meta-
I ber lrom the second district of 1 Tennessee.
Mr. Stephens, (Pa.)' said thai
mav have been properly elsotsd, but we all
| know the fact that Tennessee was a's far as
I it could be out of the Union. He thought
, tu h cases should be rel'-rred to the Comuait
' tee on elections.
Mr. Dnweg said that Maynarl was eleo
! ted before the State attempted to secede and
at the time fixed by law.
Air Stepnens then withdrew his objection
and Mayoard was sworn in as M. C. fcm
l'e messes.
On inotiun of Mr. Fenton, (N. Y.) a reso
lution was adopted appointing a Committee
to join such as might i>e anpointed by iho
Souate to wait on the President and inform
I him that a quorum of both houses were ai
j seinbled and ready to proceed to business.
The case of Mr. Foster, elected from the
j Provisional Government of North Carolina
i was referred to the Committee on elections.
Mr. Watts, delegate from New Mexico,
I was swam in.
The case ot Mr. Segar. of Virginia, WAS
referred to the Committee on elections.
Mr. Lovejoy, (111 ) offered a joint resolu
tion tendering the thanks of Congress to
Captain Wilkes for his arrest of the trailers
j Slide) 1 and Mason. It wi.s adopted.
Mr. Blair offered the following as a que*-.
| tion of iiri vilego :
ftesolval. That John \V. Reid, member of
; the House from the Fifth Congressional dis-
I trict of Missouri, haviug taken up arm*
j against toe government of the Unite 1 State*
i he is hereby spelled from tie hou-e, auj
; the Sp'aker notify ths Governor of Missouri
lof toe fact. The resylu'ion was ad p'.id.
Mr. Colfax, (Ind ) off-r. d the following ;
IVhereas, Col. Michael Corrortn, who wi 1
taken orisoner on 'he battle fi-dd of Monas
s is, has. after .Miff-ring ot|o rind gnitiss,
been confined in a cell of a ctnvistel felm
therefore, be it
Re.iolced, '1 hat the President of the Unit®!
States !e n quested to confine J ime- M. Ma
s in, late of Virgiuia. now in cu.-t nly at F r;
Warren, until Co'. Co'cornn shall be treated
us :he United Stares bnvi treated ail prison
ers taken by them in Ba'tle. Applause in
the galleries) Tue resolution was uiiAni
mously adopted.
A similnr resolution was adopted in rg;d
to -l.ihn Slidell.
Mr. Eliot, of Matt., then intruduoed a serins ot
resolutions, which created some excitement.
They declare—First; that the war is to pu' d*wn
tne Rebellion and re-estal) i h the authority of th*
Niitaoi al Government in the insrrgent M*ta.—
Second : That the war.-hall be conducted accord
ing to luiiiiury usage and in recognition of the
maxim that the safety ot the Slate is the highest
law • and, third : That the President his the
power, and should issue nu order, to emancipate
all slaves in insurgent district-, whenever such
act wiil weaken the P.ebels ail strengthen the
Government. A motion from Mr. Dunn, of Mary
land, to table these resolutions, waa deijatad, b*
70 noes to 56 ayes. Subsequently, Mr. Exiot
inoJitied his resolutions so as u include only the
slaves ol disloyal citizens, when the vthola sub
ject was puspened until this day next.
SENATE.
Ths Vice President called the Senat" ta
order a: uoun. About forty u.e*iber were
present.
On motion ol Mr. llD, 12 o'eh ck u . was
fixed for the hour of opeuing the daily sei
sion*.
On motion ot Mr. Grimes, (Iowa) a mes
sage was ordered to be seat to the If. use to
■otify that body that a quorum of 3 nttors
was present and the Senate was iady tu *
proceed to business.
An informal rece was then taken.
Mr. Trumbull (IP.) gave notice that he
would iutronuee a bill to confiscate the pre
pcrtv of rebels ngainst the authority *f th®
Government and give freedom to the ptracn*
bold to labor in the slave states.
Mr. Wilkinson (Minn.) gare nrtici that
he would introduce a bill to abolish the dis
tinction existing between the legulsr and
volunteer threes of the ■ rmv.
Military Meeting.
According to previous announcements a mi-t
--ing was held Tuesday, Nor. 'Jfttb, at lbs Court
House, for the purpose of enlisting men for ths
company uoiv in course cf tnl stment under the
ouspiccs and control of our distinguished feiluir
citizen Col. \V. W. Brown. The meeting was or.
ganizedby electfhg D.J. McCann, K.-q., Presi
dent; Joseph M. Wilson. T. Brew, and Jeremiah
.Maya, Esq-., Vice P.res'd nta, and 11. S. I,ingle,
M. L. Lenzcl and W, S, Jobnatoc, E-qs., Secreta
ries.
The meeting wis enlivoned by the music of the
Belief mte Bras- Band, discussed in their nsuil
uiasteriy manner. Speechus were mads, ami wtll
received. Among others wo noticed tLuse of
Messrs. Hale. McAllister, Brown and tvovor, as
being the most eff:ctivr and as rccei.iug the un
tlividod attention of the entire audience, which
was unusually largo, and well utiend d by th*
other sex.
Ju l'go Ha'e, in h s us al j lai , * rat; b "srv-a'd
manner, enjoined on the young mm of tne coun
ty the duty, ihe necessity i t meeting the la&t re
quisition of tho Governor—the fi lin-up the ranks
to preveDt the rcpetion of such disastirs as Ball's
Bluff, and the necessity of being able to meet the
enemy hereaft-r with equal nvmb :rs, closing with
pressing the audience to take advantage of this
meeting and enlist while, they bars a chance, un
der the gallant Col. Brown.
Col Brown next addressed the meeting, stating
his intention regarding his e impany and th stylo
of their service Mr. Brown proceeded enlarging
on the causes and effects of the war. and closed
with an eloquent and stirring appeal to tho mu
of Centre to come up and enroll their names.
Mr. Brown was succeeded by Mr. McAllister,
who with eonciseness, feeling and spirit, addrcssj
cil the audience on the affairs of the nation. Mr.
McAllister enlargedookn k and impressed his audi
ence with the benefit of the Uuion, calling ou
them to enlist for the war, to crush itiut with
overwhelming number, and the sooner they done
it the better; expressing his earnesf belief that if
they would thus come out Tho legion of the
north, which now surround and bo'ieger them ot
every point, would, with their increased number,
with her bioadshed coutract its folds, and crush
out this unholy ruboi ion.
Major Stover followed with on Interesting
speech, enlivened tlic audience some thrilling re
lation of the services of our troops of the Poto
mac et Balls Bluff, and calling forth frequeut ap
plause. The audience wa quiet and orderly, and
paid the most grave attention to the successive
speaker. The meeting adjourned at about 10
o'clock, and Mr. Brown, no doubt, occurred groat
benefits to himself and company by its conaeoiiou
We -jiish our gallant townsman success in his en. ,
torprise and believe that in his own word* b*
•' means to fight and must do it."
H. S. LIX.GI.E.
M. L. I.Ell ZELL,
W. 8. JOHNSON.
fta?" The greatest blessing; of the ag*. is
the discovery of a perfect cure for Rheum i
tism.Guut, and Neuralgia, and the pernioious
efleots of Mercury, which is effected without
any inconvenience, or the use internl medi
cines. We are satisfied as to its adaptation
to those heretofore inenn de complaints, and
take pleasure in calling the attention of our
readers to the advertis iment in another col
umn of our paper, of Doctor Leland'a Anti
Rheumatic Band-
jsa- Honfland'e German Bitterscontaln no alco
hol or bad whiskey. They are ectimlcy a media!
prcaratioc for th® care of Dyspep.-ia and diwa-si
ef the Stomach. Read the- advu i-mnt in n
sther lnma.