; OOU/W PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE, Tbflrtday Morning July 25, 1861. SMnteb soctrn. TO THE AMERIC APT PEOPLH. BV IiTIKP TAYLOR. • that late, in half Heap air. I sai.l: i. Nation's ancient life is dend ; Her rm ia wak. her blood ia cold ; bug* the peace that gives her gold- The shametul peace, thai see* expire Kaoh beacon light of patriot fire. And make her court * traitor a den"_ Forgive me thus my co untrviacu! 11. Ph. in yearlong forbearance grand. vi' l0 * to* sa-pvet the trees 'n planned. Enduring wrong, yet hoping good, For sake o olden broth, rhood. How grander. h'W >ublimer iar „\t tho roused etglft rica 1 are, Leaping from slumber t > the For freedom aud lor chartered . in. I Throughout the laud tin re goes a cry : I I A sudden -I'ien.lor fill* the .-ky ; From every hill tao banners bur>t, i ke buds by April breezes uur.-l; la tverv hamlet, home and mart The ::re-beat ola .-ingle heart ; v .1 t.a.v to -train- whose pulses mix J with that ol -v. vcuiy -ix I I I , -hot w hereby the o U tlag fell ' M.IJI Nimter - buttered citnivl, k dow a the iiue-- ol party crei J Asj m. e ye one, iu so.ii and deed— Ou m J.iy people, steru and strong the ce.u-aurmated wroug, 'a-. Jut with the wrath, whose rod u- a- the awful swe id of lion ! The cup i- full '■ They thought ye blind : The prop* of Slate they uiulcruiiued : Ain-ed your trust, your sticugth defied, tad stained the Nation's name of pride. N v lilt to heaven your loyal brows. -■ee.ir once agaiu y< ur ather-' \ ovs. A. i it through tiaite hearts a traek 7. aobier fame and fiti J-:n Lark ! VI. l'raw forth v mil! t. blades as or.e ; Comp'ete the uiUk ti.eu begun ! tiou fight.- with ye. and overhead K! at- the dear haaaer of your dead. They, and the g," • :es of the pa-t. T:;e ; tare, dawning dim and vast. And ai! the ho!;e-t hoprsof man. Are Learning triumph in your van h w to rr-o'.re. be -wilt to do! ■ Toich yc the f.iUe how fieht the true! I Kow bucklered I'enidy shall feel 1 a her Lta. k heart ttie patri >t's steel; H H>w sure the liolt that Justice wings ; I How weak the arm a traitor bring- ; How mighty they *h • steadfast -tat.'. For Freedom's flag aud Freedom's ... id! IHisttlhncous. A SMdier's Eimtion ia Battle •Gr citiyo,, soltiiprsiucxpcrienccil in thebat -i- i wiil fi ui the iu t terrible onvruents before the battle begins A soldier in '• rrat;on of personal adventures in the Mftican war, published iu "li tres Ackierr vvs • .Ist'ci iu," gives some interesting itms on this head in It s description of the vitic IF TJ.'J Alto, the ojtcning battle of the i\V; en a!! was ready, both armies stood still • aiiout twenty minutes, each waiting for it ether begin the work of death, and du th time 1 did not see a single man of 1 fiiv m ve; they stood like :*ve ia which wy were placed had op ' r d as he gazed, he said. " The Kiynnett t *'' rocks! the is tkt tkiagr* Tne I ■ u- 1 was that cf Lieut. Black, of the who volunteered to gallop along ~y'i line, in front cf both armies, and ami so close did he go that -- ■ "-ve been slot a hundred limes, -e officers of the enemy, doubtless H I 'J "-e had some communication to ra ike, * - to meet him ; Black, however, paid n to him. but rode on, aud then re " reported to Taylor. . 1 ' i iho-e two leliigerent armies, tee. Wrtat were the fee!ing< of those H .v many thoughts and fears * -"d into those few moments? Look -' os i a clammy swt-at is sett'"d a'! v zhtly pale, not from cowardly • 25 aa awful seose of peril, com * n A de'eroiiiiati >n not to flinch fre>ra L-;-e are tae raiments in which true re- ga t'uetnseives to the refiecliou * r ver may befal them they will act vv >" these are the moments when the i". ' *.■ suffers raor* than death— < certaia he would be shot iu the - . T '" - ■oald taru and flee. Fighting is . . work; the man who has passed , .."'j 1 hoar-' fight, has lived through tt Joiit of raent.tl and physical iwbor ---? tad of a battle I always found that I ■ ;' 'u-riv as to we; thraagll f '• * * en clothing, and w hen I had ' 5 *° re ai I had been heat . s rik. When the battie .*•* Leiings undergo a change. M c *o® ever see yonr bouse on .' ' • Wl< then you rushed into great -..jj 5 * l5 then you weut over places. .'' T * 4 '• heavy loads, which VJ. i hive done -ia your cooler sn THE BRADFORD REPORTER. ments; you then have experienced some of the excileiueut of a soldier iu battle. I al ways knew my dauger—that at any moment 1 was liable to be killed, yet such was my ex citt-meot that I never fully realized it. All men are uot alike $ some are perfectly wild or others are so prostrated by fear that they are completely unnerved —au awful sinking aud relaxation of all their ener gies takes place, awful to behold ; they tremble like an aspen, sink into ditches and covert places, cry like children, and are total ly insensible to shame—dead to every emotion but the overwhelming fear of iustant death. \\ e had a few, and but a few, of such iu our army. As the two armies-were facing each other, it was remarkable to see the coolness of our men; there they stood, chewifig bits of I is cuits, and talking about the Mexicans—some wondering if they would fight; others allow ing that they would, and like demons, Ac. 1 kept my eye ou the artillery of the enemy; and happened to be looking toward their right wing when suddenly a white curl of smoke sprang up there from one of their gnus, and then I saw the dust fly some distance in front where the ball struck. Instantly an other rich curl of smoke arose, succeeded" by a booming sound, and the shot came crashing toward us. The euemy fired very rapidly, aud their balls knocked the dust about us in ail directions—some went over oar heads, others struck the ground in Iront aud bounded awav Our batteries now went to work, and poured in upon them a perfect storm of iron; L ent Churchill and his men began with their eighteen pounders, and when the first shot was tired, it made such a loud'rep .rt that cur men gave a spontaneous shou'., which seemed to inspire us with renewed coi.ii lence. 1 could hear every word the lieutenant said to his men Wiies the first shot was fired, he watched the bail, saying, "Too high, men: try another!"—"too low; try agaiu !—the third time is the charm!" The third shot was tired, aud 1 saw with ny own eves the dreadful effect of that and the following shots "That's it, my boy?!" shouted Churchill, jumping up about two feet; "you have them now! Keen her at thai;" and so they did, and every shot lore complete lanes through the enemy's lines; but they stood it manfully. The tuil chorus of battle now raged; twentv tbroe pieces of artillery belched forth their iron hail. M e were ordered to lie down in the gra to avoid the shot; this puzzled the enemy, and they could not bring their gun- to bear upon us, making our !o> very smell Many were the narrow esca|>es; one ball came with in six inches of my left side. The force of the shot was tremendous; a horse's body was no obstruction at all; a man's leg was a mere j-ipe stem. 1 watched the shot as it struck , the roots of the grass, aud il was astonishing how the dust fl-w. In about an hour the grass caught on fire, and the clouds of srcoke 1 shut out the opposing armies from view. We ■ had not as yet 10-t a man from our regiment. I In the obscurity tic er.vir.y changed tv.lr line, j and the eighteen pouuders, supported bv our regiment, took a new position ou a little rise of giound. As we moved on to the >pot, a six pound shot carried away the lower jaw of Capt. Page, and theu tcok off a man's head ou the right, us clean as with a knife. The blood of poor lhige was the first blood I saw; he wis knocked down in the grass, and, as he endeavored to ri -e iiim-e!f he pre sented such a ghastly spectacle that a sickly, fainting sensation came ov-r me. and the mem ory of that ugh: I shall carrv with uie to mv eying day A little later Major Ringgold was mortally wounded at his battery; 1 saw him just aftrr it. T:ie shot had toru away a portion of the flesh of his thighs; ,ts force was tremendous, cultiug off both his pistols at the loess, and also the w.li.ers of his horse a splendid steed, which was killed to relieve him of his misery. The euemy tried hard, but without avail, to hit our eighteen pounders. The battle continued unti l night put au end to the scene. We bivouacked where we were, and laid on our arms; we slept, however, but bttie, thinking we might be attacked iu our sleep. The enemy had been very severely bandied, owing to the superiority of our artillery. Tne gunners went in to it more i ke butchers than military men; each stripped off his coat, roll ed up his sleeves, and tied his suspenders around Lis waist; they all wore red flannel shirts, and, therefore, were in uniform. To see them limbering and uiilimbering. firing a few shots, then dashing through the smoke, and theu to fire again with lightning-like* ra pidity. partly hid from view by dense cloads of smoke and dust, w ,ih their dark red shirts and raiked arm*, yelling at every shot they made, reminded me of a baud of demons ra ther than of men. ARMED SENATORS.—A Washington corres pondent of the Providence Journal tbu- de -cibes a funDV scene iu the Senate Cham ber : " When I entered the Senate Chamber, the seats were mainly filled by Now York volunteers who were holding a imxk ses.-ijn. Tue presiding officer was just patting the question on a resolution directing the ser gvaut-at arms to proceed .maiediately to the White House, aud to requtst the President, if iu his opinion not incompatible wiih the public interest, to send down a ga.loo of fc . best brandy Motion to strike eat the word •• brandy" and to substitute " old rye" was voted down on constitutional grounds and be cause the Hou. Seaator from South Carolina, who offered it, had both his legs on the desk while the rules ouiy permitted one. And fiuai iy a motion was made to clear the galleries, as disorderly persons were looking on, evident ly with a Tiew to ridicule the proceedings and otherwise behaving iu a manner not coo-.stent with the dignity of the Secate. I have sel dom seen the proceediugs in that chamber so amusing. I have often seen them as little profitable to the country, and less creditable to some who took a part ia them PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E 0. GOODRICH. Letter from Fort Pickens. [The following letter from Fort Pickens, written by a young man formerly from this County, now in the Engi neer corps, though net written for publication, will be found interesting :] FOKT PICKENS, FLORID A, 1 Juue 16, lsct. j DEAR FRIEND ROLLA: —It is Sabbath after noon, and I have nothing to do until 6, P. M , —parade and inspection—l, therefore, de vote ray leisure hoars to a pen aud ink talk with you. From Monday morning to Satur i day uight, we are all busy as beavers, in the i work of fortifying our position and strength i euing the place. Sunday morning is devoted to the washing of clothes—sewing and repair i ing generally, and the care and cleaning of 1 our arras. Th s raoruing, I washed eight pieces, in a tub of ditch water, and rinsed them in the Gulf of Mexico, besides I washed . and scoured my blanket, sewed up a hole in ray pants, and made for myself a white canvas cap and cape, unpacked and aired the duds in : ray knapsack, cleaued and scoured out mv ri tle, polished and sharpened ray sabre-bavouet and bowie knife, lired off the loads in ray re volver, cleaned and re-loaded it, and swept out and put things to right.* about ray bunk, and if that is not a good Sabbath raorniug's work, I aui no judge.. As regards myself, thus far, 1 am healthy, hardy, and cheerful, though there are some four or five of our company in the Hospital, and looking much as though the glacis would le their resting place soon. Fet, as a general thing, the health of the garrison is good. Quite an event occurred a few days since. One oi our soldiers, a native of New Orleans, I hear, attempted to desert to the eoemv, bv swimming the bay to the other side. Heac couiulisiied about thrte fourths o! the distance, 1 14 miles, and sank to r:.-e no more. It is thought he was taken by a shark. The wa ters in this vicinity being full of them—at a!! events he d:d not live to accomplish the pur pose of his black and false heart. Yesterday, we lost a man on the Galf beach, who was taken by a shark, while bathing. I bad only left the water a few moaieuts when the event occurred. The loss of a soldier, by accident or disease, seems a melancholy eveut, but such a death is truly terrible; yet among men who are accus tomed to see such things, and are as familiar with death as with any other companion, the eu-nt occupies the tuiud only during the pass iag hour, and with a " poor fellow, be was a good soldier,'' or some other expression, he passes from the mini aui never again oceu pies the thoughts, except some circumstance connected with his life, or a similar event, cause him to be recollected for the moment. Up to this date, the position of affairs here remain the same, except that we continue our work iu ere ting batteries and mounting heavy guns. We have now mounted ten 10 inch Coluaibiads. Five in tfce fort and five in the batteries outside, bes.des four 10 inch Sea Coast mortars, six or seven 10 inch -eige- mor tar.-. and any quantity f 8 inch llowitzars and >eige guns, and smaller cannon " too nu mer>us to mention," and we shall soon have a dozen ritb.d cannon, with which to pav ocr v - .v I ART: Rl. Att RE-I-ECTS to Gen, I>R AGO. Fnree nr Sir : —The Sixth R-giment Feut.-ylvania Reserve Volunteers !ef; Camp Car tin July 12, at 12 o'clock. M . and arrived here over the Cumberland Yaliev R R at 6 I*. M. Soon after our arrival, it commenced raining, and rained hard all night. Tne boys had rather a hard time, as it the fiest time they had camped out. and tuauy of them never pitched a tent before. Some of the Com; anics w r t short of ten's, a L j many of the meu laid out all i..ght. We have mov. Ed our camp once since we have been here, and the meu cau now strike their tents like old soldiers. Capt. GORE'S Company are all we'L, aud ia gcod health and spirits, with the excep tion of -Pght colds taken from the exposure in the rain. We are encamped in a grove— a much better place, than at Camp Curtta.— How long we may s:ay here, you can judge better than I, as I hare not seen adap'j paper sic.e I left Harrisburg We are nine miles from Hvgerstown. Md , and five from the State liue When our friends from Bradford write to us, they must direct their letters iu care of Capt. GORE, Company I, Sixth Rcglmeut P R V. C , Col. R: srrrs commanding. The following are the officers of our Regim-at ; >V\ M. R.cxrrr=. ColiinbiaCo. Hirst.'. Co.'.—W. R. CWstberted Co. YFJ*r-H.J.¥AILL! BNL? -DCO. I HSX'J-SI -ii B. M.KAAS •id britt Mat'er-H. C. MCKAY. Clinton Co. Surgeon —Cuts. BOWRRS. Juniata Co. Aui*ta>U— Z. R. JUNKS, Philadelphia. Ihis is a beautiful couutry, with fine farm* well cultivated. There are a few secessionists about here, but they keep very quiet. There was an alarm in Camp last night. Each man was provided with twenty rounds. Capt. SHER WOOD of the Tioga loviucibles, was sent out scouting. It proved to be a false alarm. The j boys are all anxious to draw a sight on the rebels. You can say to our friends that the Sixth will give a good account of it self should au opportunity occur, which will probably be soon, as many of the three months' men are returning home, their time having expired. CAMP BIDDLE. Human Beings do not liko to be Classed. One thing very slowly learnt by most hu man beings is, that they are of no earthly ooustqueuco beyond a very small circle indeed, and that really nobody is thinking or talking about them. Almost every common-place man and woman in this world has a vague, but deep rooted belief that they are quite dif ferent from anybody else, and of course quite superior to everybody else. It may be in on ly one respect tliey fancy they are this, but that one respect is quite sufficient. I believe, that if a grocer or silk mercer in a little towu Las a hundred customers, each separate cos turners lives on under the impression that the grocer or the silk mercer is prepaired to give to him or her certain advautages in buying and selling which will not be accorded to the other ninety-nine customers. " Say it is for Mrs. Browu, is Mrs. Bi owu's direction to her servant when seuding for some sugar ; " sav it is for Mrs. .Brown and he wiil give a little better." The grocer keenly alive to the weakness of his fellow-creature, encourages their uotion. " This tea," he says, " would be four and six a pound to any one else, but to you it is ouiy four aud threepence.'' Judging from my own observation, 1 should sav that retail dealers trade a good deal upon this singulur fact in the constitution of the human mind, that it is inexpressibly bitter to most people to believe that they stand on the ordinary level of humanity—that, in themaiu, they art just like their own ueighbors. Mrs. Brown wonld be filled with unutterable wrath if it were representted to her that the grocer treats her precisely as he dose Mrs Smith, who lives ou one s de of her, and Mrs. Snook, who lives ou the other. She would be still mere angry, if you asked her what earthly reason there is why she should io any way be distinguished beyond Mrs. Saooks and Mrs. Smith. She takes for granted she is quite different from them. Human beings do not like to be classed—at least, with the class to which in fact they belong. Mas. PARTINGTON VISITS THE TENTED FIELD —We take the following from the Bostou Post: " Did the guard present arms to you, Mrs. Partington ?" asked thecomissary of her a; she entered the marquee. *• You mean the century," she said, smiling. " I have heard so much about the tainted field that I believe I could deplore an attachment into line myself, and secure them as well as an officer. You a-ked me if the guard presented arms. He didn't, bnt a sweet little man with an epilepsy or. his shoalder and a smile on his face did, and a-ked me if I would not go into a tent and smile I told him that we could both smile outside, when he politely touched his chateau and left me " The com rnis-ary presented a hard wooden stool upon which .-he reposed herself. " This is one of the -eats of war, I sup;>oe T' she said. " Oh, w hat a hard lot a soldier is objected to. I don't wonder a mite 8t the hardened influence of a soldier's life. What is that for ?" said she, a* the noise of the cannon saluted her ear. *' I hope they hain't firing on my account." There was a solicitude in her tones as she spoke, and -he was informed it was only tfle Governor, who had just arrived upon the field. " Dear me," said she, " how cruel it most be to make the old gentleman come away down here, when he is so feeble that he has to take his staff with him wherever he goes." She was so af fected at the idea that -be had to take a_few drops of white wine to restore her equilibrium, and to counteract the dest frcm the " tainted field." SHERIDAN AND THE B T- —lie had always a taste for the art of duping, and he begun eariy in life—soon after Harrow. He was speeding a few days at Bristol, and wanted a pair of new booG, bu'/cou!d not afford to pay for iDem. Shortly before he left, Le called on two bootmakers and ordered of each a pair, prom sing jmyment on delivery. He fix ed tae morning for Lis departure for the trades men to send in their goods. When the first arrived he tried oa the boots, and coraplaiued that the " right" foot pinched a little, and ordtred Crispin to take it back and stretch it, and bring it again'at nine the next morning. The second arrived soon af;er, and this time it was the Loot for the "left'' foot which pin hid. Same complaint ; -auie order gives ; each bad taken away or.ly the pinching boot, aud left the other beh UO. The same after noon Sheridan left in his new boots for town, and when the two shoemakers called at nine next day, each with a boot in his Land, we can imagine their disgust at fL.dmg how neat.y they had been duped. KANSALMSS POISON. —The following if true is valuable > —" A poison of any conceiv able description and any degree of potency, which has been intentionally or accidentally swallowed, may be rendered almost in-tai.t.y harmless by simply swallowing two gills of sweet oil. An individual with a very strong constitution should take nearly twice the quan tity. This oil will most positively neutra.ize every form ot vegetable, animal or mineral poi son with which physic.ass and chemists are acquainted." KS" FT'.-everac-s conquers obstacles VOL. XXII. NO. 8. (firatittional jjßtpnrtmenl. Fictitious Reading. This is a subject worthy the consideration of every one Our country i 3 flooded with works of fiction. Thousands thoughout the world, who call thernselve philanthropists, are daily swelling the tide. Thousands, leay, are now preparing this literary poisou for hungry minds. Some say such works are beueftciaf. I deny it. I kuow them to b deleteaioos, from my own experience cftd observation, and the experience of many with whom I have con versed on the subject. A short time ago I heard a very intelligent young maa remark, that when he was growiug up his parents ad monished him to never read any kiud of trashy literature. He took their advice. He was fond of reading. His books were histories, bi ographies, travels—such as all parents should select for their children. He found an un ceasing pieasnre and edification in such works as I'iutarch, Rollin, Burke, and Bacon. Af ter a while he went to a boarding school. His room-mate was a novel-reader—-had scarcely anything else in his room. The young man's words were, " Having a little leisure—l read a novel of amusement —I read another and an other till my mind and heart became absorb ed in them. My recitations became worse— my precious moments flew unconsciously away. It was novel-reading. Could I live over my life again, I never would read another." Such is the experience of many. A young lady once told me she had read ninety four 'novels ! She was only sixteen years old. What a vast amount of knowledge could she have ac cumulated, bad her attention been directed iu the right channel. Why does any one read such works ? Some will answer, to improve the style of reading, to acquire language aud knowledge of human nature. All this can be obtained from histories of nations and the biographies of men who, in turn, have acted In every imaginable conditions, now for thous ands of years. But the greater danger of no vel-reading is, that it has a tendency to lead the mind Irctn truth. There are generally two characters, a bad, and a good one. llaman nature scarcely ever becomes so degraded as is commonly represented iu the bad character, ar.d less seldom does it arrive at the perfection represented in the good one. How many are theie in our land to-day, picturing to them selves in after life that glowing and unruffled happiness so eloquently described by writers of fiction. The object of the writer is to create a pleasing excitement. He presents only the sunny side of the picture. The vexations, dis appointments, and tears, which lie thick along life's pathway, are never presented and im pressed upou the mind. Fiction not only de ceives the mind with regard to what is real, but it leads it away from the investigation of troth. Show me a habitual novel-reader, aud I will show you one that does not love to read the Bible. Listen to words of a wise man ; " When you have all that is comprised in what describes the biitory of a man in all the lights in which he has ever been placed, then betake yourself to works of imagination." The question in r gard to works of fiction, usually has definite relation to the works of Walter Scott. There is such a magic thrown aroood him, we cannot bot be safe there. Is it so ? Because the magician can raise migh tier spirits, and throw more snpernatoral light about him than others, is he therefore, lew to be feared ? No. The very strength of the spell should waru you that there is danger iu putting yourself in his power. While I confess that I have read him— read him entire, in or der that I might show that I speak from ex perience— I cannot but say that it would give mc the keenest pain to think my example wonid be quoted—small as its influence is—when I um m the grave, without this solemn protest accompanying it : " Fictitious reading is hart ful to the mind, to the heart, &Dd to the hap piness of life." In imagination, I see some young man or lady, at the lone hoar of mid night, bending with absorbing interest over some high wrought romance, some exciting no vel, drinking fiom its pages that " which will shortly starve the most vigorous intellect, be numb the finest sensibilities of the heart, cre ate a morbid desire for fiction the most impro bable, adventures the most marvelous and on natural, deeds the most fool-hardy, and scenes the most revolting in an noble heart." Sack are the consequences of novel reading.— South ern Teacher. BKtT We call the attention of our teachers to the meeting of the State Teachers' Asso ciation, which will take piace at Lewisburg on the 8:h, 7th at.d Bth of August. It will afford teachers a pleaseot vacation, and enable thtm to vis.t the interior of tbe Commonwealth at very little expense A vacation of a week in the " heated term" wiil be no detriment to the school, bot it will be cf at.fity to those who attend this meetitg. They wtil have an opportunity of forming pleasant and profitable acquaintances, resus citate lotir poysteal nature, and will come back prepared to take hold of their work with renewed vigor. Arrangements bare beeu made w.th all the raiirords leading from tn.s part of the State to Lewisburg to del egates fur half fare. Ttey will be required to pay full fare m going, and will have re turn tickets free. Cert Scates will be furnish ed by the Secret, ry of the County Assocta lion to a.i who shall attend. Blank certifi cates wiil be taken by the Secretary to Troy, and w.JI be filled and delivered either there or a: Le*iborg. The Superintendent will oe a: Troy on the morning of the 6th, so as to go out iu the traiu that leaves that piacw a: about 8 o'clock Teacher? desirous of ta king the railroad at that point had better meet bun there, and he will see that tickets are provided. Those who prefer taking tbe cars a; Canton can do so, and they wdl be furnished with tickets from that point. CaT As eas.iy expect oaks from a muan room bed. s great and dnnbie products from email and hasty effort*.