v; I !PHE PBNKSYIiVAJTIA. WAE _ Before the adjournment of the Be) of Pennsylvania u bill was passed aui a loan of $3,000,000,fur the purpose of (the State. - The bill -provides, for jl port bfthe fiimiHi's if volunteers, as! jthi Burnishing of fur the border c as will be seen bjtlfe following:" - XELIEP or FAHILIES BT COCNIV COMMISSIONERS Section 16. That the Associate jiidgesJof the Court of Common -Pleas, and the) Couijty Commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth, j'shiill constitute a Board (of Relief, to meet .monthly, or as often las they ■ find it necessary]; at ll J offipe of the Commjis sioners, and upoil--reasonable claim ox! Ruggis 'tioti, furnish sucjliimountpnf support jjr re! ef J ld edcb indiviJuQ case ns tKey may deem eq it table and prnperilpr the faniilies or forilpefson's resident in heretoft re in any degree Jo pendent uptfc such t( Itrhtet fs i as have been ear! lied and mustered into service from tboir seven: | counties, ijnder ordjsrs frtrh - the Governor of |ie Commonwealth, during t life existence of the jt-esent exigencies llf ihe Gen; erflt Government;? the blailnsor Suggestions lur so oil relief,, to be-Cinde in Writing, Settling fbr th tbd fnots of the thsfe with sdeh proof Und Ve i lioations os (lid Obafd may require, and to re filcd-in the office ‘pa vouchers for any p tymer Is which-may he nigde thereon, payments forie- T'lief to; be made jiy orders dtaivn in the usual ’form with, an cndiiksc.i.ent on the back pf eneb, ' (“issued by the 1 ' bard- of relief,” which en dorsement shall thfjngncrl by one of the nsso-. ciate judges;-ondf all the vouchers, and the prders issued thereon, shall be duly audited ly -, the county auditors or other proper authorities, ■ and published ih the annual statement of li e jublic expenditures of said counties; ifit shell bo.found requisite bylthe Commissioners of ary county within tfiis Commonwealth, they aie Jierebyynnlhorizcdi and empowered to jmake a tcmporhrv loan or! loans, rate of intere.it hot exceeding seven per centum per annum, to Lurry into effect the measures of relief provj (led by this act. Provided, That nil rtrrnngf ncnls made by (ije several'counties jof this State fur the support of- the families of jtbe unleers mustered iVtQ the service are hereby legalized and declhrayl to be ih full force, until fhc' provisions of this Section are carried info ■ | ! Section 17. That Wshall be lawful for tie proper’authorities’ tiffany county ’ within th s Commonwealth to assess’and levy a tax fur life payments of- suelj ap'ptoprfations ns may hat e been, or may hereafter*be made by such au thorities for the of volunteers, or’df the r ; families, or bothihwhioh volunteers shall have been or may be \ ietceivcd into the service )fj ■this State or of hie United States, in the pres ent exigency of '.lie country. Provided, Tbit such assessment Shall not in any one year et ceed two and onhjlnilf mills upon the dollar >f the taxable property iff ench.county; Provide), That nil loans hevetolure negotiated, orlmnneys. borrowed by ConiimtVioners of municipal ai thorUies, are hereby Validated. • ! I-'- - ■• V !■ ■TENSIONS TO BE PAID IN- CASE OF DEATH. Section-18. -Tliftt in case any soldier shell liio after being mdltcred into the servideof tlje United States, orjif this State, leaving i w-idoy 1 and minor or a minor child under the age of fourteen JsjtH, the mother uf such minhr * or minors shall rtfjeivo eight dollars per month ■ from this Slate fdr jhe term of five years, up- j less all sucb minbfv shall, before the esjpiration of-said five years] feeof the age of fourteen, |>r iinless she-or, they receive a pension from the- United States; if aticjb widow die or,m|nrry Ue fore the expiration,<)f said-five years, such, pem jsioh.'frum the limn of wh death or marriage, Khali go to the support of such minor [child hr childrsu rJ arc th|b living. ! S I 'AJtxsyor. { counties. j , Section 31. j Governor and Adjju thnt-General be ai - 3 are hereby authorized and required to.procure nod furnish, at thej-earliast ' possible lime RfteV the troops provided for jin this bill slmll havK' been supplied, not exceed- Eg- oho thousand! stand of modern approved, hm and'accoutrements for each of the coup 's of this State f bordering upon Maryland,, (Delaware and Virginia lines, to be received by tj,u Comity Commissioners of the respective counties, for the purpose of arming, organized; troops for the defence of-said counties), and fpr( ktiuh other military service contiguous to (l«|ir borders as they may legally be . called tupnp.jto perforin j and the County Commissihners |of .said counties shall,respectively execute a bqr|d,. -ih the name and.bjfmlf of snclTcounly. in su|th ■ i-um .as the Govevji;iv shall direct oonjdi tinned for the aafe-keepityg and.the delivery overgo (the Adjutaut-Gcneral nil such arms aiiii’ AcotVi -ftrements ns may do received by them! for the ipurpose aforesaid, at s s\icli times ns the Gover nor may direct, and the' bonds so executed . shall 'be filed in.-tbe tiffick of the Ajdjutoßtr GeneraL - _ t I ; I i Probationers. —Wiihin a.few days there hare been;.- several remarkable cases |ofvey sudtlen conrersiorj; Governor Hicks, (if Mary jland, has seen the.errorof his ways and ism W n Shouting Union man. Yestcrdiiy ColbnelAjp dersonj on bis wjiyj’lo take commanjl of lie Kentucky volunteers, announced to the peoj le !of n,.rrUbi.rg ; that I ,|ohn C. Breckinridge, wjio jbas labored with'.alii his ought to'tujrn Kiln- Uicky from that loyalty which her pdacpjaid interests, ns well as ii.er duty, make nd'cessany, had seen the emnfsof his ways, and ttasnjw ready to j..in the "great army of,Union men.i -j Prudent,churchmen do not altogether remet jeases of, instantaneous contersion— j .. | _ | V For while thc'!a|op holds out to burn, | j The vilest sioper may return.” . | | Bat experience hiw shownthe wbdoin.of ac cepting consorts of class only otj promt tjon, and.admitting to full, raenjiberahSp only w hen they hard pMetf, by continued gojd conduct, that their, reformation is sincere add from the huart, Meantime it is the duty of ail the faithful to keen these breaker bretnrhn opt of temptation, , , ’ V- 1 How to do it,— general Butlerhae thp pfopbf idea'of Jivbat shotfid. bo. demanded of a ci{y which ha* unco praioditaelf falsa to, the tlniop. jit , was the Sixth MSssachuaetts Begimei|t whish *wa* attuckad by the “gorillaa” of who oesasitinated two of its members. A nth accordingly it was the Sixth JlgMaiihusetits Ke "intent which led the march front the Bel4y Hou»e to B'itiwore, and was the first ito entM and paw through the city on Tuesday. I \ | When our insulted flag once more wnvfeg WftoefuUy. ojer the walls of Sumter anjd Mm|l :Wfc;?M?h<irle»tim harbor, we hope to see Cof>- m) *e«iro, for » time atleast,to hjis Cldbuigmand _• | I "f* Since Governor''Sfirngoe’s movement, tje Southerners eajr they can place nv;»we f*iu» fyfsp&tm .. \ _ ■ Mm n < TSB AGITA!TOII. BiXiii jgislaliro iltoriziVig [■ arming |tne stlp 'tVell |as ounties, I HCOHTOONS, EDITOR 4 PROPRIETOR, WELBSBOHOUGH, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 29, .I^ol. New Advertisements. Notice. —ltbi. W; Babb, Sibil. Dome, Wm. B icbe. Commissioner*. , Jt’vU'ce. —Julias Shferwood; ednno«7ictf»wftf«.—Morgan Seeley. s@“On Monday last, about, fifty rCci started for Camp Curtin under, .opmman Captain Shewood, and Sergeant G. W. Si They go to fill up tbp complementer the boro companies, accepted for three years; |gr THeFdurth at Knoxville;—We 1 received the following note which expl itself: • . Hugh Young, Esq., bear-Sir; Will please announce in the columns of the Ac tor the fact that the citizens of Knoxville vicinity, have resolved to .celebrate' the, A vereary of American Independence on the suing fourth day of July, at this,place, in patriotic spirit of the days of ’76. A full gramme of which will be sent yon for pub tion at an early day. Committee of Arrangements. —J.,11. Stu D. B. Closson, N. G. Ray, and others, , Knoxville, May 24,1861. gfiy* A Confidence Man About. —Van zen, the,popular Jlorsebeadslandlord, hash made the victim of a confidence man: lie a to his house on Wednesday, and blandly os to hire a horse' and buggy to go to Breesp Van,” always ready to accommodate guests, complied with the request. The fel being gone .was necessary, Dep Sheriff Staring was placed on his trail, soon discovered evidence that the suspicions entertained were correct. He followed bin far as Knoxville, Pa., when he lost track of scamp. It was a large grey horse, and boggy an open one.' —Elmira Preess, J®*What is the Cause ?-~Mr. Editor: passing by the farm of Mr. !J. Vermilyea, Elk Run, I noticed several times the last weeks, that the waters of a sjnall stream i ning through the farm werp muddy, at same time the water of other i streams oeai was perfectly clear, and the ! weather dry much so that some burned their fallows, going up said stream to ascertain the cans discovered that a spring came out of a si bank (about forty rods from the month) water of which was quite turbid, while water further up the run was qqite clear, 1 some of your readers find out’ and state cause? Yours, &0., Gaines, May 25, 18G1. Tri.E “ AlLAfitlc”—A MiKTIAL Num: The June number of the Atlantic Monthly been pfepnrcd for the army. 0. W. Hul has written fot the ntifnber a ntngnifie “ Army Hymn,” to the tune of ,r old Hundl which can be sung by the troops. James Kus sell Lowell baa prepared a mqst scathing i arti cle on the Jeff. Davis rebellion, showing the patriotic soldier what he is fighting agdinsl this encounter between civilization and ba nsm. T. WentworthHigginson has contrib a graphic account of the Charleston in'sui tion ih 1862. B. H. Derby has written a ' complete paper on American Navigation, i most marked tind strikingly appropriate ar in the Army -Atlantic, however, is a descrip of the march of the New' York Seventh mant to Washington, written by- one of ndmbSr, a private soldifer. - 865“ Ttife FoI-rth is MAh-srifei.b.—The zens of Manstield ftet at the M. E. Chu on the 21st hist, fur the purpose of n ing arrangements t(J celebrate our Null Birth-day at said pliic'C, oh the fourth da July, next. On motion, Prof. Wildnian chosen president of the mentiHg, .and H< Allen, Secretary. On motinn of S. B. EM it was resolved to celebrate the American nlversary in the forenoon of Said day, ahi dedicate the Mansfield Classical Seminarj the afternoon. On motion, S. B. Bllintt, t£, Allen,John Fox, J. P. Morris, Lewis Sniitl , F. Donaldson, A.|Pitts andT. L Baldwin, \ appointed a conrjmittße oT arrangements the celebration jin the foredonn, and I Wild man, A. P. Ross, Rev[ R. Jf. Drake, ] L. N. Reynolds, Rev. R-. Videnh, Rev. N. lows, S. B. Elliott and Lyrtian Beach, I were appointed committee of! arrangeme for the dedication in lh'e‘ after jhoob. On -Tb'in it way resolved to publish the proceed (jf the meeting in the Omlrity papers, On trt>n, the meeting adjourned to,meet on evening of the 2d of June next, to hear re of committees, j 1 Beset AllE Jgy-FftciT Par shEcis.—The'To'wanda Rt por hf lOarhs from pcrsohs coining from different .-Sections of the cointrj, that the prospects tor fri|it is very poor The apple tree? are bbt 3tit ting out blossoms) os generally ns .was the :as6 last year, although in some sections the trees are tolerably well'lpaded—in other port one there will be but it very few apples this "autumn, even if all.the. blossoms produce ripened fiuit. There will be tin entire lack.of all other k nds of orchard fruits except the apple, The pe’ich, pear, plum and cherry are a total failure.. The cherry, more particularly, appears to have had fruit buds started Quite early, perhaps during the warm weather in February and March, but they were killed by the succeeding severely cold weather tvhirh lasted several weeks,- and even the leaf bud i, on the cherry, plum, pc acb and pear trees, appear to bavg been frozen and destroyed, so that new ones ate just" form ing, and in many cases these trees appear to 1 ave died, still, by close observation todtebuds will be fodnd. The * heat,- and eveh the grass, in many; places, in newly seeded mendofrs, is i aid to have been killed by tbe bard freeze in the forepart of March;, .Still the wheat is said to be looking weil in many portions of the. ooußfrj'r’ 5 ' ■' • xHE TIOG A: - GOU KT Y A GITA T 0 E. j BUMMABY OP WAB HEWS. The news which has arrived since our last is is of the most important' character. A brilliant and successful movement-haS pal the Government in possession of the Virginia hills, -including the City of Alexandria and Arlington Hightg. The first advance into |he,‘enemy’s territory has been made, and Secession flags no longer flaUnt in the face of the National Capi tal. The inost insolent of these now lies at the feet of a young and gallant officer, who was murdered while flushed with, the excitement -of its capture. In place of it; however, floats the. Stars and Stripes; and the dead soldier goes to a grave indeed honorable. , ■ ‘' For twentjr-fditf hbllra mahy Hgitheilfs of the Washington troops 'had been ih readiness for instant departure, though nohe knetV the na ture of the service to be performed; At last, on Thursday night; at midnight, the order came to .move. The Firemen SSouates, under the la mented Col. Ellswdrth, proceeded iin steamers from the Navy Turd to Alexandria. The 7th; 12th; 25th, New York ; ,Ist Michigan ; let, 2d; ~3d, 4th, New Jersey; two corps of regular hav alry ; two guns of Sherman’s battery; ahd Sev eral companies of District Volunteers, passed (irver the Long Bridge to the Virginia shore.— The sth, Bth, 28lh, and 09th, New York, went from Georgetown over the. Chain Bridge. , In all, there were about 13,000. _ ■ ; •nits for :are. ells- luns yon ITA und Tbe troops,- on reaching the Virginia side, were stationed df vrtrjons points to guard their position, while tbe Zouaves landed in boats.and took possession of Alexandria; the two guns of Slierman’s Battery cleared the streets by their single presence,- and a troop of Secession ist Cavalry, a remnaiit of the Rebel forc6 which fled from the town,- was captured. On landing, Colonel Ellsworth, with tt party of five picked men, immediately proceeded to the telegraph office, in order to prevent any in- j formation of the arrival of Federal troops from' being sent into the interior of the State. They proceeded, for this purpose, up King street, at double quick time, and on passing the Marshal) House, and observing a large Secession flag fly ing from a staff On the roof, they at once en tered the hotel, and went up through the house to the roof, and the'Colonel at once hauled down the Secession flag, and taking the American flag they.had with them, he fastened.it to tbe run ning-gear of the staff and attempted to haul it up; but,.from some unknown cause, he could not raise it higher than at half mast, where it remained flying, omnious of. the fate of its gal lant defender.. un the by iep the the On retiring from the roof, the party were met on their return by Mr. Jackson,.the proprietor of the Hotel, who issued from a side door of the, f- 1 upper hall, just as Brownell, followed by. the Colonel,Was coming down the ntti* stairway, Jackson at once raised a double barrelled gun he had in his hands, and aimed ib at Brownell, who immediately struck the gun on ono side with his snbre musket. Jackson then turned his nim on Cul. Ellsworth, who was in the act of rolling Up the flag in his possession, and fired, the shot faking effect, and literally tear ing the Colonel's breast to pieces, penetrating ois heart ond causing instant death. Almost simultaneously with the aiming of Jackson’s gun at the Colonel, Brownell aimed .and fired at Jackson, and ns the latter fell forward dead —the bill having penetrated his brain—Brow nell caught him oh his sabre bayonet and made sure work of him. the flag that Cul. Ellsworth hauled down was a very large one, no less than 17 feet in length, by about 6in width. It had the death's head and cross-bones ; marked across ihe bars of the fag. tv. Watrou ent ed” ery Ihb icl'e : non egi b6ir When the Colonel was shot, he dropped the flag, tore open his dress at his breast, and fell on his face declaiming, “My God 1” The blood from the terrible wound deluged the accursed flag on whirih ho fell. Our informant took his Lowie-knife'and out a piece of the blue portion of the flag from it, and has it now ih his pos session. It is bathed in the blood of the mur dered Colonel. He states that there are four teen prisoners confined ih the upper rooms of the Marshall House, and the only view they have in sight* is that of the dead body of the murderer, lying on the floor of the hall where he fell, pierced by the bayonet-sabers of the re mainder of the party, who Were With the Col onel on the rbof; A cannon is planted in front of the horise, and the building guAided strictly by a large force of the Zouave's. The body of the Colonel woe taken to the Navy Yard, under the escort of a party commandedjhy Lieut. T. B. Prcndcrgast of the 71st, formerly a vocalist in the troupe of the Bryant Minstrels. Col. Wilcox of Michigamnow commands ih Alexandria-. The 69thNew-Y’ork Regiment, in the course of yesterday;, took several hundred rebels prisoners. Other capturefe of met! And property of various kinds were also made.— Among the prisdnerS taken-, were SebSrdl hoto riohs Secessionists; including t>r. Boyle and Copt. Shaffer, long the pests of Washington, on account of their cowardly treasonable senti ments. i reh, : iak inal WR3 (nry I ott, : rof. llev. Fel isq., ;nts, mo ngs mo the lort It is said that 0,500 Confederate troops are between Point of Socks aud Williatnspnrt.and that among them are 30f) Cherokee Indians, armed with the ancient weapons of their barba . com warfare; Betweeh Point of Books, eight miles below, and, Williamsport, twenty-three miles above Harper’s Ferry, there ore 35 pieCeS of. cannon, Washington was fall of rumors of fighting in various quarters, and of moverilOnts on the part of the Federal troops; But none of them were weirfoanied; It now seems prob able that ah advance is vefy soon to he thade on Harper's ferry, which is said to be comman dedrby oatmon ■ opposite. Great apprehension eiistSiti tire Cumberland Valley of dd invasion from Tirginia.' Vhere are great' numbers of cattle and horses which' boafd be,seized, 'and something like a panic prevails... Campbell’s Flying Artillery, six companies, have been or dered to Chambersfcorjf, Ps/ Sewrof sstortling I character comes from Baltimore. It is said that ‘the Government has gained full and accurate in-; formation of a deep conspiracy in that city against tbe'Federal authorities, in which are' invojvedjnany of the leading citizens. If this' is the reward, the leniency hitherto shown,"is to meet very little furtiher forhearande will be’ extended toward these traitors. Our latest. Washington dispatches report nil quiet in Alexandria, ar far as any rebellious dis-i turbance it concerned; though’ the troopswera ’ busily engaged all along the Virginia-side, of the river in making, entrenchments. It is cot known how farthe advance troops" have gone into Virginia, but it is thought that they have pressed on to the Mannassas Junction on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, 27 miles from Alexandria,. This point is of importance, as tHd passage of- rebel forces northward could be prevented by holding it. If this movement has taken place, there will probably be an en gagement soßh at or near that point. It is said that there were on Thursday 12,- 000 troop? at Richmond, with others arriving on every train; some of those were leaving prob ably for Ctilpfepper. —As to the position of the British Govern ment, the declaration of Lord John Russell in Parliament; that as to the letters of marque, there was a precedent in the case of Greece, when it separated froth Thrkey; (he right of that country to issue, letters of marque was allhwed, and the law officers Of the crown, who hail been consulted, had declared that such a right would belong to the - Southern Confeder acy, comes with a eomme'ntarj which at once explains its meaning, and pro+es that the Brit ish governihent'is only" taking a position which it has the right to assume tinder the law of nations. The Commentary fs in the -shape of proclama tion, which Warns British subjects against ac- Ce'ptihg of letters of martjue, or sailing in Da vis's privateers, and refuses' to protect these who do; froth oiny punishment which may be inflicted upoft them, as pirates by our govern ment. It also refuses to the condem ning of prizes by Confederate privateers in British ports This, though, perhaps not strictly demanded by the law of nations, is an , act nf courtesy which we have a right to expect from England and France. In the Crithean war, tbose.goverh ments requested the favor of a similar restric tion from the United States, and their request was at once granted. Should they refuse now to reciprocate in the matter, we would have a right to regard it as a lack of courtesy and con sideration on their part. , What the British government will not do, is to assist in destroying the privateers of Davie, as pirates under the law of nations; and this we have no right to dhmand of them. this point the Evening Post quotes from Wheaton’s Law nf Xatlona; i; “Until the revolution is consummated, whilst the civil war involving a contest "for the gov ernment continues, other states may remain in different spectators of the controversy, still con tinuing to treat the ancient government as sov ereign, and the government Se facto as a socie ty entitled to the rights of war against its ene my ; oh may espouse ‘the cause of a party which they believe to have justice on its side. Ih the first case, the foreign state fulfils all its obliga tions under the law of and neither pnr ty bos any right to complain, provided it main tains ah impartial neutrality.” And Further- “If the foreign state professes neutrality, it is bound to allow, impartially, to both Belligerent pnrties thh free exercises of those rights which war gives to publia enemies agkinst each btheV ; such as thenight of block ade, and of capturing contraband and enimy’s property.” , Wn.vt ThEV Have Dome. —The chivalric "gentlemen” ' who have mutinied against the Union and the-Constitution, because they can nbt bear to be on An e'quality with “mudsills,” have beeh now six months under arms and preparing for their boasted military subjugation of the nation. In these six months, besides a great deal of bragging and some lynching of defenceless men and women, Ih.ejt hnVe accom plished the following things : Seven thousand Uf them, after months of preparation, fired on out flag, and after immense efforts succeeded in '■ dislodging seventy men froth from Port Sutoter. They haVe poisoned two’CnitedStates soldiers. They have stabbi d one in the night; Tlfey have succeeded in placing one keg of pow der under one of the natishal buildings. They have, made an unsuccessful attempt to poison a regiment of United States troops. These are, warlike achievements, of which.th'e Thugs or the mutinous Sepoys of India would not have boasted more completely than do Da vis and his crew. There is every reasdb to heliet-C that the Mont gomery mutineers are a very warlike set of people. Short Com bents.— The men of war block siding the mouth of Pensacola Bay, have stopped the supplies of the rebel forces inves ting Fort Piekfens. General Brogg has' hither to obtained his provisions from convenient db pflts nt New Orleans and Mobile. Hereafter he will have to get them from Montgomery. Un fortunately, the railroad which has projected some years ago Betweeh Pensacola and Mont gomery,' and which is the only railroad connec tion Penftadola Ktis, is l not yeT completed. At last advices, fifteen or twenty miles of very bad ground; remained to be graded and laid with rdils. 1 It is dot impossible; therefore, that the *‘gon tlemen" Who have been enjoying oahtp life Be fore j?uf{ Pickens, ma y presently oortie to short faiions—iwhich the gentlemanly Stomach id hot ncchstomed to. “A little niore bread and pork; General Bragg,’ 1 will be the cry in camp ; add it may happen-that these chivalrhUa men" will be set to thh ignominious ; work of digging and carrying; dirt, lying sleepef's, and fastening rails. It will be a novel experience to them to be thus working for their bread and bntter. It may have a wholesome effect. At the South the rebels bang loyal men. At the North we only make dis-loyal men hang oat the stars and stripes,- THE EETOENED VOLtTNTEEES. PLAIN WORDS PROM ONE OF THEM, Editor Agitator, Dear Sir : I -never before had pecasli'p .to, pjako.noy “ persona] explana tions” • (as they are called in parliamentary as semblages) ; but 1 deem it. bat jast that the ■irulh should be known- about an affair, which now seems only a-suhject for slander.'. • I One.month ago there was a scene took place j. in our pleasant village, 1 tfie like of which I ■ never before hatbseen, and which I hope never ' ■ again' tof see. About sixty young men from our little village and Jts vicinity, were about to leave their homes in suppnrt nf that great cause which has so suddenly aroused such -a Commo tion of popular, feeling as the world-has never before seen'. A mighty revolution was upon us—armed rebellion in support of Secession and Slavery against Freedom shook our great Republic.to its very centre, and that beautiful temple of Liberty which our fathers reared, seemed about to crumble into ruins. Carriers by night, and the regular mails by day, brought us the most exciting and alarming pews. Our 'Capital, christened'by the sacred name of Washington, was in imminent arid immediate danger of attack from the hosts of Secession, ".and every newsletter but pwnkened keener ap prehensions for the safety of the whole country. Men were besought to lay down the implements by which they gained h livelihood by- honest toil, and to come np immediately, to the de-' fense of theijr country, and, as they had reason to expect, their homes and the treasures dearer than life, which they contained. Patriotic and worthy gentlemen promised that the wives and children, and in such an event, the mourn ing widows, (for we had every reason to expect such results) should be well cared for. This sacred appeal to the patriotism of the young rind old; was responded to with enthusiasm j and the. noble-hearted mother, often the gray haired father, took the hands of their dearly loved sbwf.'and with tears rolling down their oheeks, bade them “Good speed” incite noble cause which they had espoused. It was indeed a severe trial to break so many tender cords—to desolate so many happy fire sides ; but the sacrifice was cheerfully made,' under the impulse that the cause which de manded it, was the cabse of human right, freedom and civilisation, and that the God of battles would support and care fos.us in the hour of danger. Soon we were on the way. Unmet friends, the generosity of (hose who ministered - to.our wants in so trying an hour, all bound us {iaore firmly than ever to the mission. which bad set out with best intentions, io accomplish.— Our sympathies never went out in such profuse and earnest support, ns to those generous wep and women whom we left behind. Arrived in Cump Curtin—the situation of af fairs began materially to change. Insufficient authority! and ungarded enthusiasm, had hur ried more than three times the number of men from our County, which the Government could accept for any length of time, or upon any con ditions. It soon became apparent that we were just 100 late to. get into the service upon the conditions under which we left home. The quota of United States troops was.obtained, and it was found that we could not get into service in accordance with the terms of our en listment. We went for three months, it was all that was required ; of course wevyould have been just as willing at the end of that time to go on for another term, and undoubtedly more so, for the trials of parting were over. But we were required to enlist for three years, entirely unexpectedly to us, ns the proclamation of the President was only for three months. By com petent authority we were told “that the State already had more men than it wanted, or could care for';” that our County would not be al lowed to furnish, probably, ipore than three companies, (and now it seems only two,) that we would be honorably discharged, and might return to our homes ; that men wer.e being dis charged every day. All these conditions were laid before us, and we were called upon tQ-de. cide for ourselves. We had been three weeks froin home, wearing out our own clothes,, and haying spent all of our m >ney, wo were nl-‘‘ ready almost in a destitute condition for the fu ture', as far as we could see, ns we had no prom ise of any pay from the State, and our pride would lead us to refuse further contributoo s from our friends at home, so long as our futuie course was uncertain, for we had already been quite an expense to them, (thanks to their time ly aid) plainly seeing that the cause in support of which they contributed was out of our reach ; that we could not even have the privilege of risking our lives in its defense. Do our town people think that we eter would have turned back; if we had seen the least reasonable chance to do as we expected to do when we left our homes ? Then why -trust ns iki so sacred a cause ? Why hot have put it in safer hands— in your own hands 5 We were roost of u? tnen —we left you in tears, as we are not ashamed to own, for our hearts are in the have no fear of death, more than other mortals— then why hot believe us When we say wq would cheerfully face death for such a purpose? We had lived upon uncertainty for three weeks, and it was pretty haid feed, for we were oh out own expense, and have no prospect of getting any remuneration for our time, though We were willing, and would have been glad to have completed the contract on our part. Wo did not consider, it to bo to the interest of the Stale, or o u r own interest, for us to lie in Camp Curtin, wasting our time; and eating up /the bread and beef which we have to help pay for, when we might he hooie, eiirniry» something, and taking care of those' interests which are just as important as fighting for oar country,-w- Our duty was then at home—-we' came—hut though we have had to foot the bill this time, both in means arid in reputation to a.great ex tent. Still we are ready any moment, to rislc our livbs; arid leave our homes, if we are need ed to defend the principles Which ate at stake in this conflict. The, K. I r . Expre'sS ias seen fit to ridicule oiir (Grow’s) Congressional District, for the ac tion we have taken in this case;. We assure, the worthy, (f j-condUctors of that Journal, that oiir sentiments at the inauguration of the pres ent lamentable crisis, were not such that we. were forced by the pressure of popular eentv meht.to raiaetfieFlag of our Country'through fear; hilt that our hearts were on the right side alfeody, and we were saved the humiliation of of turning so Ignominious a summer-sault in the sight of outraged civilization; That we are Sincere—that we will turn out to a man (there are four readers of the Express in this vicinity) 1 when needed, withoUt regard to time; of turns. We are not cowards, though the Express (hav ing had considerable experience in the booking down system) may think us such. We perhaps have enough enemies already, but we had rather meet our open foe, than a concealed miscreant, spd'we heartily wish fop the good.of the conn- Tioga, May 23,1861. 111 ; try, that all their false pretenders skulking" around'behing the pc' w the North, were! among their-old f r ; e laborers, the Secessionists of thechi/i where they would soon receive their jnl ■ There may yet be a time which »;» true patriotism and courage of all } j that time coipis, I give it as mj those who soj recently volunteered in will, cheerfully come up to the defense country. In the mean time f let us be let us question the bravery of no om n he sees fit to change his course for b; f ’ sons, so liing ns be is hot actually nei _ Jobs I. M ltl . Cqmic Sta!te| op Things at Montcohi Capital witliout any capital. A ' without ttoy. precedent, A' Secrpti Treason without any treasure. A of the withoulj any navy. '• A , of the Interior without any Interior, tnry of Foreign Affairs without ntiy f or ‘ ?i fairs. A Postmaster General witfjnnt - office. -■ A; Judiciary without any ji and, in fine, an] [Administration without or tail. | 1 - ■_ De. Bellingham’s Ongcenx.— The. agency of this universally famous ani stimulating the .growth of heard, whis! scalp hair, is now confided exclusively highly respectable fine of Messrs Hoi Hegeman &Co., of New York, thus givii American p urea a ier a double guarantee usual recommeMatory merits. The am mentpf the : York, agency, is. a feature in our adyeftiaing columns, : ' ** Uabbieo, In Wellsboro, at the Presbyterian Charcb. 23d inst., by Rev. J. F. Calkins, Mr. CHARI OSGOOD, «hd Miss MART' JOSEPHINE both of WeUsbOToj Pay ; ■ - In Oxford, N. gi on the 15th inst., by Ret, Cobb, Mr.-CLARK] L. IVIX.CON. of Wellsbor to Mrs. HANNAffiIL COMSTOCK, of Osf w ford Timet. il* . Just as me oxpeoted. , E> IE 33 , At Pa., on; Friday (renin, inst., SARAH UllSljm, Widow of Hon. hi bum and mother olf Mrs. Johit C. a’udiii L. Kitburn, 1 jj. S.' j|jr[ * ' , . ouir^iu^uts. Tf«sare requested to "state that_MOIKU!LSE! Osceola, wjU-faTrcapdidate-for the office of Count,’ rer, subject to the decislo'u of the Kepublic«i-€st YeQtion/ NOTICE. —Persons indebted to__ me, by* judgment note, or'book aeeoaßtfbiu at once, or the claims aill be pat hi’process, lection. Call upap eittiar H. Sherwood, jitlorne Mrs. Julius Sherajoud, at Wellsboro. May 29, 1861. ! . JUIIUS SHEEWfif NOTICE —Proposals will be received, bonstractiou.of apublic road in pursue recant act of Assembly, from Babbs Creek • house of Young Campbell, tu the County lie: Southerly direction, by the way .of Harrison m: a distance of ajbout three and a half mile,, particulars will bf communicated on applies! the subscribers. WSI. W. BABB, ) ■ r: !■ ■ SAML. DOAXE WM. CACHE, j May 29,1561. ilELicixoib Nbxxcfc REV. W. BULLARD h& just returned froi where he has beefl lecturing fur'Several weeU; will give A WAR LECTURE at the Court Ik this Borough on Suhday (.veiling, June 2d, ISSL May 22, 1861. 2tf. UNION, STORE, WCLCSBORO, PA., J. W. BAILEY & CO.] Proprietors. Dealers in STAPLE arid' FANCY DRY GOODS, ~ STRAW and MILLINERY GOODS, HATS; CROCKERY, NAILS, GLASS and HARDWARE ■'' PAINTS and OILS, E CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, Tf- ; haMs. pork, flour, and alUjnnds-Yi'f l ; ; FAr!jl PRODUCE, at the lowest Cash Prices. Wellstoro, M-ay S, ISSI. mw GOODS! VpRY CHEAP FOR 4EADY pay'. T. X* BALDWIN lias ftnd is pow receiving a large and various ■ BPSI&G AND SUMMER ai b it c n a ar disC) (Composed of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARD' BO.OTS and' SHOES,. , H ATS and C iPS > READY JUDE - CLOTHES, . WOODEN WARE, and in fact all Merchandise called for in the - all of which will bp sold at the PAXIC PHI®; RI3 Y t* AY • _ All persons doslrlr g to’ bd£ Goods for CASI do well to calland e! amitth my stock of MERC HA NDISE beforomitbirg purchases elsewhere,. as the il' bo diipbseH' of at (liruntmlly low prices for C«b , tiogo, May S, ’ T. Ii BAbD«^ A IMPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE.'!’ lowing persons have filed their P ol ' Court of Quarter Su.4i.ons of Tioga County lo see to keep inns or taverns in their re!pcch ,e ships, and a hearing upon tie sppiieenetj’ had at the coming in of tho Court in the aft? 1 ' Wednesday, of first week of Juno Court, net • Mtddlebury.—H. H. Potter. , Bloss—Daniel McVoy, B. R. Hall, Jose? 1 Morris.—James S, Campbell. ■ , *■ Wellaboro.—J, W. Bigoney.E. S. Farr.Boi- Jackaon.—Hates3lHi.;' ' Knoxville.—J, H. Stubbs.,. •' Gaines.—Hem. Barso, IL C. Vermilvca. Delmar-—tJamea.Sl pole.. Liberty.-i Joel H. Woodruff. nA. Miy S, 1861. ; . J. F.DONALDSOh,^ IVTEW COOPJEfV SHOP.—Tho unip E « respectfully- informs OUifens,af g j and 'vicinity, ihathp has opened a COOr* opposite’,' ' 'V, tROWII’S WA«fl» SBOPi andia tCAslj,to <lp all manner of work pf® order, from a gallon keg (o’a fifty "J”* 1 jj pairing also done on short, notice. "• *• Wellaboro, May 8,1861. Ten thqusand barbels -Pork at $lO per barrel, or 10 fh»- -
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