The agitator. (Wellsborough, Tioga County, Pa.) 1854-1865, June 26, 1861, Image 2

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    BIJBAKXN& TREASON.
Certain newspapers in this State, {whose
sympathies are all with the insurgents no|v stri
..ving to brenksup tjhe Union, having been obliged
by stern public sentiment to modify tbei| hith
erto rapid emirse, now resort to the pitifid buai
noss of attempting to weaken the government
nnd array opposition to it, by hunting dp and
printing every little oceurrenoe which {might
’ seem to exhibit negligence or inatteptionito the
' comfort- of the troops.. these are] magnified
nnd commented bn savagely, as ehowing|ornel
- ty toward; tl 6 trends, of whose interests they
' assume to ij ike'exclusive possession!' | They
will not cbntf .or how impossible it is thyt, say
" iii Jn, where.thie most nimattiinl war
was suddenly upon u£ while in a wholly
unprepared t late, that fre should, ini thej space
t ,nf threo or 1 jar weeks; accomplish miracles. —
. No doubt pojfte of ite rations of the uoojg have
, not been as i all Snd Osgood as they should have
„• been and tb« jr ere entitled to ; and we ave will
. ing oven to admit,there may have jbeen a few
, wretcbedoH stores who have speculated and
. peculated Up3n'the wants and comforts |of. the
brave meh; \ levertheleas we venture ’to say that
in neafly.evfry instance of completion |n this
bead; (heir ofin Officers were- the Mape-worthy
. party; Manjj of the quarter masters o|f regi
ments and sjVgeants of companies have pad no
- military exp rience, and some of them, In oth
or respects L 1 competent for the posts thfev fill,
. ' have not <}t toted themselves to the important
. duty of feed ogtheir -men in the I manner and
. to the extenj demanded by the -regulations.
ka tS th{ uniforms, only a cbmpaiptively
Small numb! r of the aggregate body of] troops
Supplied, ha’e just cause to conlplaih. | Some
of them; wbi jnbw, were not only badly) made,
bat of very unsuitable material. But there is
• dVfin.sotfid excuse fbh this; in the burr? they
had to be jgdt up: There was net at all| times
sufficient material of the right'quality and col
- or-attainably at the start, and open sope lots
Vefyyonnig.girls were set to making up, who
' know very Jittle about sewing. It seems that
the Fourth fid Fifth Pennsylvania Regiments
were thus st {plied, as has been reported by an
’ agent sent bi | the Governor of the State |to ex
amine into tis matter. But if Col. Hakranft
.. fltld Col. Mci Jowell; who Command thesh regi
- meats, bad 1 If&sed this Clothing, and not have
‘ Jjavejnarehel until Other of good quality had
been 1 pro vid< I,- this complaint would hdve bad
no foundatio I. 'Wo have no .doubt' however,
that there fr| Tsoon be an end put to -thjs kind
«f wretched] llbery. As to rations]'wi shall
always hear) pmpldints, for which there will oc
casionally b| ■ grounds,- ns there are plenty of
Shylockaj Wh a, like the thieves of the sofa th on
adarger sctlldi’ frill bot hesitate to plundei wher-
they oatd|lay their habdS. •. {
All these matters are nuts for the fishi press.
They have eyesjonly for the shady side of every
question, j They condemn the troops for firing
on the insurgent rabble at St. Loqis as |a cruel
act y theyi denounce the coup d’ eictfe of tie Gov
ernment for seizing upon the telfcgrapijio dis
patches with h view to ferret out the tra|tors in
oar midst; they objected to the troops inarch
ing through 'Maryland; they see nothing in all
the proceedings of the insurgents, howeyer dis
honorable, treasonable and henious, to call forth
.their oondemratioh. Even the firing info Sum
ter and the .olher aggressive acts of tie ene
mies of the.X country, they pass with I mere
- narrative, cSpied from rebel sheets or those in
- tbe north of]the same fish-like smell 4s their
i own. - All I ;e documents issued by Jeit Davis
- and his felh v conspirators ; all the proceedings
■ - qf their Co4greso, nnd of the Legislatures while
• deliberating upon th& question‘of secession,
. their resolutions and ordinances, &0., are gree
dily seized upon and laid before their sew rea
ders in detail., 1
They alsb cdpy all unfavorable articles from
(Jfe English and, French press upon the civil
W»r,togetbSr with everything else presented,
"Caloitlated fa magnify the rebellion—the griev
rtnces Which the insurgents charge upon us—
the long pnlioti arid the immense expenditures
Of blood su treasure which must ensui before
the South elm be.subdued, and then-insinuate
that'they vial hot remain subdued., |
Ifthelofel press, justly indignant at-this di
rect aid ann comfort rendered to the jenemy,
hew down Spoil their ‘treason, they plfead the
freedom offhpinion, refer to their rights under
(he Constiti tion, assail your judgment and your
motives, n< l;wind up by claiming-to beiasgood
patriots as l ,he rest !—Germantown Telegraph.
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the dSfew Virginia Government
The NeW York Times has the following sketch
iol' ihe hew ‘Governor and Lieut. Governor of
' Virginia'; ‘I ■■
Frank H. Pigrpont, Esq., who has bpeh re
cently elected governor of Virginia, in place of
•John Letcher, Who Vacated his office by |is trea
son totheUnited States Government, isa resident
of ‘Marion, county, one of- the strong-; Union
bounties'of Noythwegt Virginia. Mr. Pjerpont,
we believiej has;been a member of the General
Assembly of the State, and has had considera
ble ■experiapee. He is a Counselor-at-|aw by
Orofe*sipii,>nd occupies a good position at the !
- Ear. He hyet in the prime of life, being about
years ohaga. He has a fine personal fippear
anCff^-aform, and florid complexion, and
is public speaker. He was ft warm
supporter! rif Bell and Everett at the last Presi
dential and is, now an unconditional
Union mknrivHe was a member of the first
AVheeling trinyention, and was a zealoui oppo
nent of MTi CaHislet in his efforts to! effect, at
that time, ithe I organisation of a Provisional
. Government. - j
Daniel Pajsley, the Lieutenant Governor, is a
much older man than ,Govi PiSrponff being
-about 60 ygsrs of age. He is a resident; and
we believe k native, of Mason Gounljr, ton the
Ohio Bivdr, a short distance North of dfe Ken
tucky line. He- has for many years occupied d
leading position; in the politics of North-western
Virginia. He was a member of the first Wheel
ing Convention, and' it was he who proposed, in
sien of a reparation of the State, that tne Con
vention then and there draw up a statement de
■nefaaoing tbe treasonable action of the Virginia
-authorities, and, based upon that action,ideclar
ing fhe government vacated by the State officers.
Having done this,' he proposed to organize a
‘ Provisional Government at once, and; a|k the
co-operation .of, the Federal Government in
maintaining it. Though his proposition was
j not acceded to by the Convention, owineto the
'I opposition of Gen. Jackson, and'Measrs.pVilley
' and Pierpopb jet its outlines' have bSenjclosely
1 followed by s»e GonVefition adW in session.
Obs. : Sexto’s BirthOaV. (Sehehv Scott
pM*ed hiß seventy-fifth birthday on Thiiretky.
Be reooived hi* friends at the War Departrtient,
t,ii appeared in excellent health find inoi t buoy
ant spirit* The congratulations tod good
wiete* touted oponJrimvrereof the mbsten
tfnraiMtfctmd earnest ehamter, |
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AGITAT
THE
HUGH YojlNO, EDITOR & PROPE:
WEI.LSBOROOOH, PA.,
Wednesday MORNING, JUNE,;
The war‘news is ‘uriintercstin
believed by »nie that the rebels frill
from Manasias, or 1 he atlacked at that
Gen. Soott before the end of this week,
think action of a decisive character
postponed until after the meeting of i
on the Fourth of July. 1
fiSjg-We direct the attention of the
the Wellsbon Democrat loan article in
column, from the Germantown Telegt
headed “Snet king Treason." We neve
ed, and do not now question the loyali
editor of the Democrat, bat he cannot!
in the last paragraph of the article refo
perfect photograph of one or two of bi
pondents. !
8©“ Froth; a private letter, we learn :
Wild Cat Regiment (whlci includes Ca
and Capt. Holland’s Companies) left
burg for thejSouth early On Saturday
last. It is Understood that their dcsti
Cumberland] Md. but of this nothing
lively known. The cOiise of their sui
parture was a rumor that Col. Wallac
ment was betomed in os all Sides by tl
and the Wild C nts and itUCthet regim
Camp Curtin wore sent to relievo thei
rumor is unfounded, and it is possi
both regiments will he ordered to tl
Camp at Frejedom; near the-Maryland
THE “UMTOH!' DODGE.
“ Deuocrsct, the sorts everywhere,
stereotype clap-trap of that party. J
however, tbdre seems to be a radical
between the leaders, if not the masses
party, Norik and South. , The same
is also-to be seen in Penbeylvania. Ii
•6fit county, ijrhero thetDemobrats bate
jority, they go for electing only a Don
Congress, (212 d inst.) in place of Col.
and they ilaim all the \ County OfSc
the highest tf) the lowest. : But in Unio
where they are in the minority, their 1
against “ party nominations,” afad or
to tvorm in tibe men they first select
taiichs, cn tihe “Volunteer” or “Unit
—anything to break down our party a
up theirs. And yet they Say “Dempcr
same everywhere. North Or South,” it
bia and in Cnion county)! Will any
cans fie hoodwinked by ibe wire-pnllei
'a party ? j j - .
Wo clip the abdte patagrapli from
ling Republican paper, the Lewisbarg
cle. It proves that the ‘‘Unidn dodge’ 1
extensively adopted by the forlorn Dt
fur the purpose of pulling doivn the R
party. It is not confined to this Icici
game is being desperately played evi
but to very little purpose. Every
man knows that the permanent safet
ourity of the country, whether in pe
war, is in tile integrity and loyalty t<
principles, of the Great Republican p
the South, Democracy has culminated
ion, proving what we have asserted 1
that in that section, Democracy mean
tection and i extension of slavery,
principles are to-day in the North, is i
we Can tell.
HANG THEM.
We have the utmost confidence ii
ministration ; in the wisdom and state
of each member of the Cabinet of Mr
Men of all parties and creeds profess
confidence and illustrate their sinceril
offer of millions of money, ships of 1
military stores. Nevertheless we fi
all humility 1 to those win} control sue:
that the programme of disposing of I ’
in arms, spies and pirates-oaptured by
troops ought to be changed. There 11
possible excuse for delay*. The pena l
laws on these subjects is ■ clearly defic i
testimony of guilt needs: but little 1i
We say, then-, as every loyal citizen s i
them; hang them to the yard arm, to I
est tree Or the street lamp. Why are
hung? Is It a harmless'occupation I
gaged as a spy, as a pirate-, as a thief ■
dorer, as an armed guerrilla against 1 1
soldiers of the nation ? Men who ai s
in either of—these very innoceht dm t
cdh have but little honor upon whi;
parole,—can haVo little Conscience Up;
to found an oath-. What does a trait j
amount to any way? If he peijurei
once, edn ho not do it again ? We ca 1
tention of our readers to an article in
part of this sheet froiih the Bichmouc
IfTtbe writer reflects .the sentiments
Southern bretheren” as he doubtless (
sooner a few of them are bung by v i
ample the better. Let us have I
Ohild’s play with these scoundrels,
are taken prisoners while on the sea a i
Or creeping i.reacherousiy to shoot oni
Or sneaking through out lines in va ■
guises as spies, let there be no red tn p
it: Hang them up, not revengefully, )
act of Jo sties; and as an example.
- .
GOV; CUBTHT. . . ] '
The toct-Foco newspapers of this State;
always on the' albrt to find something in the
conduct of the National or State Adpimstra :
tions to find fault with; are just now making
a great blon oyer the fact that the.mniforlnj
famished tojthe first tegtmefiis of pjnhsylra.
nia soldiers (were .ndt as good tts tnlght
have been. \By a process of reasoning wholly
their own, they draw the conclusion that (here
mast be peculation somewhere, and nothing is
easier for these oroakefi thSh to sdddle the
charge of stich peculation upon Gov. Curtin; |
When thel war for the tyiion first began, Gov. 1
Curtin thought with all other patriotij Citizens!
THE TlO Gr 4 CO U.HXYA HIT A TOE.
that party lines should, not bo. drawnlin ranging
tha military appointments of the State. This
magnanimity on hia part resulted in the appoint
ment, of-R. C, Hale, Esq.,, of .Philadelphia,. a
prominent Democratic politician ns Quarter Mas
ter General. It is needless to inform intelligent
rotifers that this officer lias entire-control of the
army supplies, makes and ratifies all contracts
for clothing, provisions, &eh and no frauds of
the nature charged against Gov. Curtin could
be committed without- this man’s knowledge.
No man believes! the Governor to he a fool,dnd (
it is not likely that he would lay himself o]sen
to such charges with the certainty of exposure
staring him in the face. ;We say then, thajt if
there have been frauds, neglect , or inefficiency
in idle Pennsylvania Army Bureau, the fault is
with Democratic Politician- Hale.
We do not say—have not said—that thpse
men or either of them, ore hlameable or blame
less. Inexperienced men cannot construct a
complete, perfect and harmonious military sys
tem in ten days.'and it is not surprising that
in the hurry and 1 bustle of the hegining, much
was done needlessly, and much which requited
immediate action, was left undone. Instead of
carping and howling and whining, and making
unjust charges, .the Democratic papers and pol
iticians, ought to have been thankful to the
Governor, and smoothed'lnefficient Democratic
Quarter-Master Hale’s pith as much as possi
ble! It is somewhat surprising, and strikesjall
intelligent people as somewhat ridiculous, that"
while John B. Floyd was engaged last winter
in stealing $BOO,OOO worth of Indian Bondsjfor
himself and his friends, not to speak of rifled
canjnon'-nnd ammunition for the rebels, these
same Loco-Foco papers had not a word to say
on the subject by way of censure.
B.
ITOR.,
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5 1861
It 1s
retreat
point by
Others
will be
'ongresß
iditor of
another
a ph, and
r doubt
y of the
ail to see
red to, a
corrcs-
that the
t. Niles’
Ilarris-
morning
nation is
is posh
Jdeh de l
i’s llegi
e rebels,
jpt from
The
hie that
eir new
lihe.
Gov. Curtin in justice to liis position and
character, has appointed, a Commission com'
posed of two Democrats and one Republican to
investigate these charges. The known char
ter bf these men are guarantees for the faithful
discharge of this duty. 'lf frauds or pecula
tions shall be proved against anybody, we shall
denounce the guilty party in terms fittinglhe
offehbe, without regard to his polities orpositibn. (
Wei shall wait for the proof, and advise Demo
cratic papers to do the same, as it is quite pcsi
ble the result may prove that the rascality—if
any] there he—is in the same party which has
illititratcd it so often during tho last eight
years.
” is tbd
ist tow;
division
, of tbd
variance
Coluiil
the ma
ocrat to
Scranton
its, ftotti
t county,
■aders go
3 trying
n secret
n” game
ad build
icy is thd
i.' Culam-
Republi--
s of such
tij'HE CONTEMPTIBLE YANKEES!
*■ When tho Yankees go to Lord John
Rjusscll arid tell him that Virginia, whichiin
augurated civilization and freedom on this con
linen t, is one of their rebel provinces—why, his
lordship, who is ns thin-visaged as a razor and
as scant of flesh as an Egyptian mummy, \)rill
givb them a grin, which will last them a life
time! They, the makers and vendors of jtin
cupls.iihd wooden clocks, the liege lords of the
Oldl Dondrrtoh—the' sovereign and independent
State of 'Virginia.! If anything could inflame
tho Indignation and scorn which this atrocious
war excites, it would be this Yankee pretension
to superiority and supremacy.' To be under
the dominion of a lady, like Queen Victoria,
distinguished by every virtue, would constitute
a-favorably exchange for the vulgar rule df a
brutish blackguard like Lincoln. To be qon
quebed in open and Inanly fight by a nation of
gentlemen, and subjected to their sway,
notldrive us raving distracted with rage and
shalne; but for Yankees—the most contempti
ble and detestable of God’s creation—the yile
wretches whose daily sustenance consists in the
refuse of all other people—for they eat nothing
that anybody else will buy—fur them to Ibrd
it us—the English language must be En
larged, new words mast ho invented, to express
the bxtent and depth of our feelings of morti
fication and shame. No, it is'not possible tftuit
we»can be reduced to a state which tiieie Ore
no Erords to describe. -1- •
Instead of, this, we must bring these enfran
chised slaves back to their true cbnditic h. They
have long very properly looked upon themselves
as onr social infernos—as our‘serfs their mean,
niggardly lives—their low-, vulgar and sofdid
occupations—have, ground tins convietipn into
them. But of a sudden, they have come to im
agine that their numerical strength gives them,
power—and they have buret the bonds of ser
vitude, and are running riot with more than
the brutal passions of a liberated wild beast.
Their uprisings has all the characteristics of a
ferocious servile insurrection. Their first aim
is demolition —"the destruction of everything
which has the appearance of superior virtue,
which fetches their envy and hate, and which,
by contrast, exposes the shameful deformity of
their oVn livie. , •
We, of the South, sought only to separate
our destinies from theirs --content to leave them
to pursue their own degraded tastes and vicious
appetites as they might choose, But they will
not leaVe na this privilege. They force us! to
Subdlie thfenpM be subdued. They give uslno
alternative, j They have stiggested to ns the in
vasion of tlleih territory and the robbery of
their banks and jewelry stores. We may profit
by the Suggestion, so fur as the invasion goes—
for tbat will febahl'e Its to restore thebr to their
normal condition of VnsSalage, find teach thiom
’that oap-in-hand is the proper attitude of the
servant before bis blaster; As to the robery of
the banks find jettelry Stoles; which the gallant
Col. Webb fiiuch insists on—that we shall
leave to their suffering poor;— Richmond Whig,
MayQ&. ' , ,
Peesest Force jtvb dr the Gdv
’ernseiL—The N.T.. Times states that accor
ding to a verbal statement .of Gen. Scott, last
tVeekj, there nre how under arms arid in the pay
bf the United States, 220,000. Nearly nll| of
Ibis itflihencc force Hasbefinraisfed and Equipped
in lei s then two! months, ' Td maintain this 'ar
my, will require §1,000,000 annualfy 'to- each
regiment, h yeah; , The
will require in addition, sit least half that atm,
So that vHththe ordinary expensed of the Gov
;ernrfient, We may safely pht down ohr national
expensed fit this tithe,•, at ,thb rate bf $303,000,-
’OOO si year, pr $1,000,000 a day. (
tat ster-
Chroiti
has been
mocraoy,
:puhlioan
lity; the
rywhere,
thinking
and se-
ice or in
its own
irty. In
in rehell-
jr years,
the.pro-
Vhat its
lore than
ttle Ad-
imanship
Lincoln.
the same
ty by the
wtir, and
übmit in
If they
i pirates,
pickets,
ions dia
ls dhobi
mt os an
The To,, Indies; fortjr inimttrtjer,
are drilling for fight. Their captain'is Jdso
phine Swan. 1 ; What ,o jolly company to cap
ture i -, ’ ’ i
The United-States Senate will hate 22 vacan
cies at tbs extra session in Jaly. Of those i'in
attendance, 31 will be Republicans and 15 op
position; . ;
f'
r-yjs l*S H;’cyr ) *
A STATION BASED ON THEFT,
BV HORACE GREELET,
- The fundamental idea of the Southern Con
federacy,-as • declared by ks able’and ncijle
Vice-President,"is the necessary, inherent, nr?
eradicable.inferiority of Black,Men to Whiter
hence the essential fitness, universality, and
perpetuity of-Negro Slavery,, Even r were, the
premise admitted, the' condlusio’tf would mot
follow. Women are generally supposed infe
rior in intellectual as well as physical strength
to men ; yet this fact is not presumed to estabr
lish the rightfulness of chaltelizing women.-
history, of [lndia, and China, abundantly
proves the inferiority of their native races to
Europeans '; yet who'argues thence the right of
the latter to make the former their slaves? If
a rich and powerful citizen of any truly civi
lized oorntnunity were to make return to a ha~
beas corpus sued out in behalf of one he re
strained of bis liberty—“ Iso hold him because
I am strong -and wise, while he is weak and
simple," it would he difficult to protect the
traverser from i the indignation of - his neigh
bors.
it were idle to imagine that a single
wrong so fundamental and so flagrant as Sla
very could be cherished by a people without
■involving them in others still more revolting to
the nnbribed,-undrupged consciences of tha
Christian world. Tho man . who dooms'the
playmates of his boyhood to work for him with
out wages throughout Jong lives, and to sur
render their children os they reach maturity
to tho auction-block and tho coffle, joust have
his moral sense blunted to some of the most ob
vious applications of that far-reaohing Divine
mandate, “Thou sbalt not steal.’’ Hence
Whitney was deliberately swindled out of his
cotton-gin by communities which it had sud
denly raised from squalid poverty to boundless
wealth, but who could not realize that “The
laborer is worthy of his hire” so long as their
whole social polity was based on a primary de
nial.of that truth. Ilonce, while other States
have been stained with the guilt of Repudia
tion, none beside have plunged into it so deeply,
so persistently, so shamelessly, as have most of
those, which now rally around the black flag
of the Southern Confederacy and have commit
ted their fortunes into the keeping of Jefferson
Davis. p '
The sacrednoss of pecuniary obligations is
nowhere so generally, so profoundly realized
Us it should be. In every community, men are
found who make loud professions of religion
and would by a suggestion that they
are knaves, yet who prove themselves such by
their treatment of their creditors. To bo una
ble to pay an honest debt is la misfortune'that
may befall any one.; but to contract-a debt
under representations of solvency which Time
proves unfounded ; to leave a debt Unpaid, yet
live in elegant comfort on tho property thus be
guiled from confiding creditors, this is to com
mit a theft Whereof tho criminality is aggrava
ted by its immunity from Kgnl punishment.—
Yet how many are to-day living on property
thus acquired and held who imaginc'themselves
honest men and Christians?
Bat of all forms of repudiation that of refu
sal to make due provision for.the discharge of
public indebtedness is tho basest because the
safest.. Here is a state, a county, a cky, whose
people suppose that they can promote their own
welfare by borrowing the money wherewith to
improve a river or harbor, or construct n canal
or roilroad : so they borrow it, and fail in either
case to realize their sanguine expectations.—
The work does not pay : so they follow ifs had
‘example. They might pay their debt if they
would, but that would suhjest them to heavy
taxation—perhaps to the privation of some
things deemed essential to their comfort or en
joyment: so they let the debt go unpaid, inter
est and principal, and try to fancy themselves
honest and even pious. But they deceive them
selves only,, not their Maker—not one single
uncorrupt, disinterested intelligence. They be
tray their knavery under less provocation and
with loss excuse tbnn the private debtor who
could pay his creditors in part,.and dues not
because to pay would divest his family of com
fort and a home. "<
But to err is human, therefore pitiable, not
exchsahle; to exalt villainy into a principle
and glory in systematic wrong-doing, is the
nentfe of hardened guilt. If the subjects of
President Davis who have felt constrained to
' lot their notes go'to protest! and thus whelm
thousands of oar confiding merchants in the
abyss of bankruptcy, bad' evinced any regret
for the ruin they, were calling down upon hon
ored and innocent beads, their sin might have
been.regarded with compassion. But, as a ger -
eral rule, those Who have .wantonly plunged
into rebellion have seemed to exult in their
ability to add the guilt of swindling to that of
treason. Their letters to their‘betrayed and
ruined Northern creditors have, teemed with
insult to their dupes, and in glee at aggravating
frand by indignity. That they were robbing
those dupes of tho savings of lives of honora
ble industry—that they were subjecting their
gray hairs to dishonor and their children to
want—has seemed a fiendish joy to these cru
saders against public loyalty and private faith.
To inform their Northern- creditors that they
had invested the umonnt of their several obli
gations in’ the war-loan bf the Southern Con
federacy—(usually a moat superfluous false
hood)—bias beon the standing joke of these
pattern rascals, who would not have deemed
their villainy perfect had they not volunteered
tho supererogatory assurance that it was wholly
unnecessary. The fact that most of the North
ern merchants thus swindled have been devoted
champions of the South throughout the past
years of sectional controversy has pleaded in
vain—they were Northern in location, there
fore to he robbed,-no matter how Southern in
principle; and political action, i Never before
was repudiation so general or so gloried in as
by the Southern debtors of Northern merchants
since the formation of the Southern Confed
eracy.
Mississippi, Arkansas,, and Florida were
among the earliest, the most ; inexcusable, the
most impddent-repudiators of public debts.—
The fact that a leader in that most shameful
robbery of the creditors of Mississippi is the
cfadsen President Of. the “ Confederate States,”
fads been one invincible obstacle to their obtain
ing any sort of credit'in Ecrope.; Bankers and
-capitalists who cared nothing for Slavery, and
iwere-mmido unwilling to see the Cotton States
severed from'the Unioti, and thus placed-in
commercial relations with the.
factories of the Old World,, were repelled-.by
names so unpleasantly fragrant in their memo
ries as those of Mississippi and her Davis, apd
peremptorily refused to have any dealings witk
‘so unpromising—or rather, ea.unperfonning—
a partnership..
Two creations are. suggested, by the notorious
facta in the premises which' commend them
selves to general aifd - earnest consideration.
They ate— •
1. Is repudiation Cvof a profitable “osppri-
meet? Does not the peßnancnt and inevitable
loss o£ credit—the -inability to command re- ■
sources in time of urgent need—fully coun
terbalance —yes, overbalance the immediate
gain—-■
2. Can those who refuse to Labor its due
recompense of wages be relied oh, in the face
.of sore ,temptation, to do justice to any creditor
whatsoever ? > .
That the country, 1 ■doomed to enumorous, un
precedented loss and-waste by this most wan
ton. fiagitious rebellion, should clamor for its
summary suppression, is natural} human, una
voidable. That .young soldiers should, insist on
being led to battle the T day : a{ter their enlist
ment need excite no surprise.. Having volun
teered to fight for the Union against. Secession,
they-cannot see why, since there are Secession
ists in arms against the Government, they should
not be allowed to.let drive at those rebels. But
the considerate must be aware that a great ar
my is a vast and complicated machine, which
cannot be properly constructed in a breath.—
Men are first and most im
portant fequisite-T-bot arms, provisions, muni
tions, uniforms, equipments, are likewise essen
tial. Nay, tents, wagons, pontoons, forage,
must also bo provided. And for a nation-so
peaceful and unarmed os ours to call Two Hun
dred and Fifty Thousand raw Volunteers into
the field, guard .securely a belligerent frontier
of over a, thousand miles, and prepare to as
sume a vigorous offensive, with amain army of
One Hundred Thousand strong, sustained by
formidable and active columns on both flanks,
is not very slow work for two months, which is
about the time which has elapsed since the fall
of Fort Sumter.
Not our soldiers only,- but our people also,
should realize that the time is not wasted which
troops not yet a month from their own firesides
devote to drilling, marching, accustoming them
selves to move by brigades and divisions, and
learning bow to handle and carry their arms so
that they, shall be dangerous to the enemy, and
to Him alone. Every regiment tbat has had two
months of tont life, well improved,,will go into
battle more effective with eight hundred men
than an utterly green regiment with -one" thou
sand. Courage, most men and nearly all sol
diers possess; but courage alone is no security
against panic and flight, when suddenly opened
upon by unsuspected and inaccessible batteries,
or decimated by rifle-shots from an ambuscade.
Courage alone may make a fair soldier, but dis
cipline must be added to constitute an effective
army. To advance through a hostile country,
swarming with foes who prefer firing at senti
nels to fighting battles, and" who devote their
mental energies to contriving traps and dead
falls, is to brave hazards which undrilled troops
are rarely fitted to encounter with safety."
We have been, and still are, anxious to hur
ry forward as many good, thoroughly equipped
regiments os possible, for we believe they will
drill more earnestly and improve faster on the
Potomac-than bn the Connecticut or Hudson.
But whenever General Scott shall say he has
men enough in band, our hurry will be over.—
Henceforth, we rest in our confidence in the
rare abilities and half century’s esperienoi ,of
the, Lieutenant-General. If he says ‘Advance I’
we shall feel sure that the signs are right; if
he says 1 Halt I’or says nothing, wa shall be
lieve that he had excellent reasons for just that.
If he shall, be enabled, by waiting a month, to
take Richmond as.cheaply as he.toofc Harper’s
Ferry, who would not prefer to wait? . Mean
time, the rebel treasury is empty, with over
One Hundred Thousand names on their pay
rolls, and provisions twice as dear -with them
as with us. Rely on it, we can better afford to
wait than they can, and will gain thereby in
relative strength. . Let the campaign be prose
cuted with energy, hot. let no, forward step be
taken that will,have to -be retracted. Let us
proceed surely, at all events—that secured;
then so fast as may be. Remember Big Bethel!
—A'. H Tribune. .
Eleven - Months.—rWe arc able lo announce
on unquestionable authority, that Lieut. Gen;
Scott has so far matured’bis plans for the war
as to inform the President and Cabinet that the
Inst secession flag s’hall" be torn down; the au
thority of the federal government reinstated on
every foot of American sdiL and Jeff. Davis
hung or driven out' of the country, within
eleven months from the day when Fort Sumter
was surrendered. About the 4th of March
next ho will hand over the Union, safe and
sound, to its constituted and constitutional au
thorities. Old Lundy Lane tabes his time to
map out the campaign and pnt his fbroes in the
best fighting trim, and then he always wins at
the time of day he agrees to. Ho has taken
the contract to wind up the disunion business
within 11 mouths from the thirteenth of April;
and he ieill da it'.
We understand that it is a part of. General
Scott’s plqn to occupy Virginia and Tennessee
completely on or beforetthe twentieth of July,-
Sixty-five thousand Northwestern troops will
move down the Mississippi as far ns Memphis,
under Generals Frerporit and McClelland; and
remain iq cSmp until thjj sickly season is.pasf,
when they will "move on toward the Balize,
there meeting ths conquering army of the East
and celebrating 'Washington’s birth day in
New Orleqns.— Chicago Tribune.
Parole.— The Earole of Honor, which is
bought to be made binding by nn oath of alle
gienoe, is becoming more and more ridicnloiis
every day. The idea of ndministering nne oath
to a set of menrwho have already violated an
other, strikes u's as had policy; The traitors
Who are taken prieeners while in the act of as
sault On the troops of the government will he
willing to accept any terms to be released. An
oath is of no cons'equence to them. If Jeff.
Davis was in. the hands of General Scott to-day,-
ho would pawn his soql to be released to-mor
row. He would swear any oath -to be permit
ted to go free on his parole of honor. What
would such a perjury he to the peijury that has
already sealed his eoul for an awful punisli
iient ? mere nothing, when weighed
in the balance with hie other crimes. We trust,
then, that the farce of administering oaths of
allegiance, and setting men ftp as good and loy
al citizens who arc arrested in l armed hostility
against the government, will stop. It ig a moc
kery in the sight of God and man. If we have
not thc/odrage to punish these traitors as the
law provides, let ue not assume the audacity of
inventing pinjured excuses for their crimes, by
giving them daily evidences of out weakness
find credulity. The policy of “Death to : Trai
tors” alone will restore peace-to the country.
A Union man, lately froin Tennessee, re
ports that the private secretary of the Govern
or has already written out-death warrants for
leading Unionmen, among them Etheridge and
Johnson, to be issued on the 9th. The tone, of
the Memphis journal* seems to corroborate this
statement,’ especially as to Etheridge,
• SLOW AUD SUEE.
A New Use foe Niggers -T t •
stated by persons in the vioinib
batteries at Vienna, that the L \
troops placed in front of themseT,
dred and fifty negroes to receive tb!
Ohio men, but that the former fen
faces when the -muskets of the ktf
ted in their direction, and that th *
passed oyer them apd killed ei x of 5 ,
whom they were set np to protest.
-The Southern gentry are intent
the most of their negroes. The id*,
them as a sort of living breastwork'
But Coffee,- having, bean taughi hamir
'very low at tjbe approach-of armed
1 The device warworthy South Carols
The inancenvers of the ; darkies,
cording to' tho “ School -for tho <
their-master^
groes object, ip. a.ypr^.prp ! :,ti'p - nj’^ y s
between the Rebels ahd'danger, '
The Virginians hare always Least
F. F. V, conid worst a dozen mui
has been proven to be a mistake bv
testimony. When Ellsworth's Zonal
to attack Alexandria, a despatch
Richmond'saying that- thousam
marching on Alexandria, therefore,
thousand good and true men for dete
to one is now the average, ten “got
F. F. V.'s to oreteomo one mud-sill,
difference, which our brave volantw
dily accept.
Military men have discovered si
for intoxication, which, we bgiieti
down in the books.” It is nothing
raw potatoes, which are out up in
eaten without, salt. An ordinary ‘
it is saidj.will cure the most obstinai
half an" hour. ' ■ - ■
Anuoujiceiucnts,
We are atithorixed to announce the named
FOKD, of Clymer Township, as a candidate fo
Commissioner, subject to lb© decision of tb-
Convention
We are anthemed to announce the *.
F. MILLER, of Mitchell's Creek, (Tioga
as a candidate for the office of Commissios
to the decision of the Republican Convenfe
Wo arc authorized to announce tbo name
BLACKWELL, of kelson, as a candidate for
Commissioner, subject to the decision of tk
Convention.' s
' Wo aro authorized to announce that
BOWEN, of Deerfield, will bo a candidate foi
Treasurer, subject to the decision ofc-tbe Repot
Contention^
We are requested to state that IfOROAS
Osceola, will be a candidate fpr the. office of Con:
rer, subject to the decision of the Republican
vention.
UNION STORE,
WELLSBOUO. Pi,,
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Dealers in ■
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STRAW andAIILLINERY GOOI
- PATS, CROCKERY, '
GLASS and TlAnni
.PAINTS and 0.
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
i HAMS, PORK. FLOUE,
and all kinds of
FARM PRODUCE
at the lowest dfesk Prices*
Welisboro, Mny 8,1861,
NEW GOODS!
YEKY CHEAP
FOE READY PA
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SjPtiLYO AND. SUMMB
%ip; rtc d and is
Cbmposed of
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARP
BOOTS and SHOES; HATS aid
' ' READY sii)B CtOTH^
WOODEN WAKE,
and in fact all Merchandise .called for in
all of which-will be sold af the PAMCP
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‘All pfersofis- Semiring tobuy Goods for
do well to call and examine my stock of
MRU CM4MDJSE
before making jgurchascs elsewhere, as the
be disposed of'dt idfesuSUy low prices In r l
Tioga, May 8,18,61. T. L.
im
ISDEPESBESCE DAT.
The Coming Anniversary of our
deuce will be celebrated in
FARMINGTON, TIOGA CO.
in the,Grove near the Methodist Cburcb,in
patriotic citizens are respectfully invited tc
OFFICERS OF TBE BAY-
President —o. H. Blanchard. *
Vice Presidents. —R. H.Butler, B. S. -1-
A. Kemp.
Secretary. —H. B. Turk*
MarsiaL —R. T. Hall.
Assistant Marshal. —R.' W. Hall. .
Committee o/^jirrangemtnts, —L. P *'
L. H. Crippon, L. Robb, Geo.Cr ppeo,
Ovatoyfo/ tjie -Day.—-John ‘WV RvaD, wl*
rencevillgt '
Reader&t tKe Declaration. —H. B*
Good music will be in attendance. T/
Jqqe 12,-*S6l*4w.»- By order of the ‘
KNOXVILLE
’ BOROUGH ORBIH-iXW >
enacted by authority of (^c,Fo'S tl,t,
Council of the Borbttgh'of KuoxrUU •’
That the act of thj said Council,
A. D., 1851, and amended and pnblisH"
1853, be further amended so as to exelo
of the side walk on the south side of
tween WaterstTpet j»pd the-west end of
the provision's of said ac£. y
" And alto to extend the .side' walk
line of H- G. Shorts lot to the east line e
Also that tha side walks shall be grade'
ling, so that the .top of the pavement w
ithan six inches, nor more than lon iocni
grade of the ditoh alongside as fixed of
Also that good plank or gravel mux?
the Strept. Commissioner and Council w
in lieu of Flag pdvemonts if desired cy
-i -Also that the time for completing tjjo
tended.to Jet -Sept 1801. J. P- hfu‘
Attest N. G. RAY, Clert. ' ,
Knoxville, Juna 12,1861.
FOB SAJjE*
large FAMILY CARRIAGE;
cosy terms. Alao a BUGGY. EntjCi*
Bate Office. J
' IVensßoro, May 22, 186 K - \