IENNSYIiVASIA AND THE WAS., mtf T? A HTT A TAT)
How manylroops has now in -*■ -P-'-iM. *
tire field r This is oquesl ion which every ?eun
sylvanian should press uf onhis individual at
tention, for't|iB honor ofllhe’State is involved
in the answer. . '1 _
■ Illinois, wlthless than 1 iialf the population of
has now 5( j,009 men in tlie army
for the war; Indiana, i fithi one-third of our
population, has ‘40,000: Mow, bow many have
wef ; ■ " - -VJ ; 'I
At the time of the exjßration of the throe j
toon tbs’ service, Pennsylvania had not a single
Regiment in the fleld.fol: the war. Shortly af
ter that, .the Governor, upon the requisirion of
the-Preaidehjt, rsentr ’reserve Regi
ments, enlisted fdr State service, to Washington
to serve forthewar. These i fifteen Regiments
number 1,046 men-each,-making a total of 15,-
690 men, These are all the pen the State has
sent, yet, through the'agency of her State’-nu
tborities. Besides these,(however, several Heg
imeats have been raisedthyi individual enter-;
prise. We can now recaljto mind those of Ools.
Small, Einstein, Geary, }.eaanrc and Black—
five i there were probahljf, two or three others,
making say 22 RegimentA, and 28,012 men.—
In addition to these a I Seoond Cavalry Regi
ment is hbw neatly competed; there are about
four Regiments in Camp'purlin ; two at Hun
tingdon j one atLancastj one at Littanning j
one at Erie; ithe Eegiiplls of Cols. Rowley,
Ripley andJlaltz, in th. ; city, and probably
four others at Philadelpf ja and other points,
not yet full, hut in proci oof filling up. These'
will increase jthe.numbe{ /furbished and to be
furnished iiri a short- tiijje, to 40 Regiments,
equal to 41,840 men. There inay be other Regi
ments forming; .but’rf so, we have not beard of
them; and pe are confident that, while this
State has not over 25,000 pen in actual service
at thismbmebt, the number will not exceed 45,-
900, when the regiments in process of form
ation are filled. .1
Thisis but a poor exhibition alongside of Illi
nois and Indiana-, it compares as poorly with
Massachusetts and Maine ;; and dues not 1 com
pare favorably with any ott|er Slate.
It is of lio.'tise to' ask wh ise fault this is. It
- is not the fault ofany oneip particular, op of
any set of men. The people who, through their
organs, biive been pressing upon the notice of
.the Government the necessity for prompt and
vigorous action agains Itsf enemies, should not,
forget that IheGovernmrljt on-its part has an
equal right to lookfor p» pipt and vigorous ac-
Vmn from ihem. 'ifHHj is can furnish 30,000
toon, this State should ; ire at’ least 100,000 ;
and yet her people seemijnUing to settle down
into comparative apathy, letting the smaller
Elates outstep her. It 1 1 time the attention of
the people should be diluted to the aspect of
the question. It is nof Sj.pleasant. one to dis
ease; but Its consideration can no longer bo
avoided. —Pittsburg Oazettt.
, “ A Limited Monarchy." —Governor Browh,
of Georgia has been in aS(,?jarrel with President
Davis fur some time upo inflicting points, of
military jurisdiction bet" «en State and Con
federate authority. TK culminated
on the 2d ist M . in the ■ at Atlanta
of a commandedyjjy General
Governor Brown “ improved” the occasion to
denounce Jeff. Davis $' so., in the following
style'; ; 1
•'He, regretted to see so, many indications of
• dispOMtiojn on the 'part' of many persons un ; ’
der the nei Government to ignore the great
doctrine of State Right*, and-to treat the States
■which are the very authors of its existence, and
which have! infused breath into its nostrils as
it* mere provinces or"dependencies. .During
the .war was willing to yield everything
which could.be yielded without the violation of
important principle, ;but he feared, at the
end of the contest, that the great battle of State
sovereignty 1 Which was fongbt at the revolution
of 1776 bad to be fought ove again.
“We have now, then, -classes of states
men, each sustained by ipnny followers. The
one clbss desiropg of a strong central govern-
preferring, if they did not fear
to risk aaaybwal of their sentiments, a limited
monarchy-similar tor thai of Great Britain, or
other form of- which accomplish
the same-object tinder a different name.
•'He warned the people of Georgia and of
the South .to'watch with jealous eye, and to
oppose with determined-i>3oPtility, every efort,
whether by'construction jpr by bold usurpation
of powers, which may bepiaid by those in au
thority,-or by those seek jpg position, to consol
idate the power of the f sp)d in the hands of
the few, of to distfoyS'tatp sovereignty and
build upon its rains eltl .er a monarchy or a
consolidated aristocracy/
• (Jtm-Chest OmcEES.— Major Generals Mc-
Clellan, Fremont andHa lock, who' have been
appointed to- that rank in the regular army,
were all formerly officers-pf the army— two of
them Generals, McClellan and Hullock —are
West Point graduated, ajd were' foremost in
their class. General gW sopt achieved a repu
tation for himself as a dj/alry officer upon the
Plains andin-freqaent eigagements with Indi
an*. “The four Major,Gfl,ifeSrals for volunteers
are Hunter, Dix, and Butler. Gen.
Hunter is a graduate frotr West Point, and was
appointed frdin the .regular army.
General Dix has serve?, In our army under
General Scott, while Gentjrala Banks and But
ler were appointed, from tjivil life and have been
universally approved. fX peso Generals have al
ready made evident not>oity administrative but
military talent, that has attached to them the
attention of the nation. .The brilliant adminis
trative ability manifested;by General Banks,as.
Speaker of tab House ‘of Representatives and
Governor of the Stajte ef Massachusetts, was
but an earnest ofw-hat fpjproraiscd in his roili
turv career. ;" ; , S T
Brigadier-Generals Jjiansfield, Mv Dowell,
Meigs, Anderson, Ripley, and Thom
as, are all gxioduatesof ' Vest Point, and were
all distinguished in their, glasses Thirty-sis of
the fifty-four Brigadier Generals appointed,, are
West Point graduates; twj? others were officers
of the regular army, andjftill four others served
with distinction as volun.sers in the Mexican
war. Thera are only jve of the Brigadiers
who have hot had.tbead of pither mili
tary education or actnaljjcperienoe in the art of
war. Brigadier. Genaraiijßurnsides is ■ detailed
to -of General Anderson, wtio.is
ordered to Kentucky; ,3| ,
■ ' ' ' ’ c t irj. ■
. president Lincoln,’.ln . jcply to Governor Ma
goffin, concludes his letter with" the folio wing
pointed remark:
I most cordially sympathize with your Ex
cellency in the wish'to reserve tbe-peafle of
my own native-State,pCi plucky, but H. is with
regret I search, and [sai hot find in your not
very short letter any Set Jaration or intimation,
that you entertain any i jsire for the preserva
tion oftbo Federal flnicbr*
HUGH' YOUNG, EDITOR & PROPBIETORj
v - WEILSBOHO!
WJSJSESBA^-MORJH
Count; Eto)
- TDIT ITtESIDEN
ill)BEIJT G. WHITE,]
y.fi ' ' FOR ASSOCUT3
Rf)YAL WHEELER,
VICTOR CASE,
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S . . EOR JtEPRESE
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B; B. STB A N <5,
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FOR SHE*
Ilf. STO WELL, Jn
I FOR TREA
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| FOR COMUI.
jjjOß REXFOfiI).
ISIOSER. ’ „
of ; Clymcr,
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FOR AUDITORS.
WjL" BULLARD. hfrWdhhoro,
CfIAS. GOLDSMITH, of\ JDeerfidd.
BESOLUTIONS
.-Whereas, Civil War with all Its honors and at
tepdant evils now exists injonrejountryi—warwaged
nguDsl the existing'government ond against free
invitations by armed legions of rebels and traitors
' inithe South, and by those, who, in the free Xorth,
palliate aml’cxcuse them, fchus giving them aid and
cojmfort;. And Wherena ult former party issues, vi-
as they nre in themselves, have sunk into insig
nificance by the side of the great question of Union
or Disunion. Therefor© oe it j
l&aolccd, That until peaqe shall be again restored
by a vigorous and successful wnr, there can be but
two parties —»oiw Tnaintaividig inviolate the Constita
tjonland the Union, and thd government established
by ii j'and the other directly in arms, or indirectly by
snecjring at the efforts of thojaJmimstration to enforce
thellaws, and palliating, dxcusing, apologizing, or
sympathizing with rebellion- conspiring to overthrow
tfco poDstitutiou and thereby destroy the Union of the
Stalks. 1 .
Wo Have the Utmost confidence
in president Lincoln—in bl{ ability, wisdom, and in
tegrity —and in the principles on which he was elected
to t6e first office in the wokd; nevertheless, we be
.lievl it to be the duty of alii men to merge the partl
zaa’in the patriot, and therefore we are willing to
meek'all men upon a common platform i The XJsion,
' for ihe sake of the blessings of freedom and good
, government j the Constitution and the wnr for its
maintenance until the rebel 3 lay down their arms;
and! the enforcement of the Ilaws, even to the
banking of traitor lenders. This is our only platform
andfwo invite all men to uni o with us, no matter what
parl|y they may have belonged to heretofore in sop- y
poribf these principles. ’ (
Itetotval, That if the Ujnion Democrats of this
‘Conjnty shall unite with us ip forming one party* npon
the nUtform suited in the above ( resolution, as they
have manfully-united with us in contributing volun
teer for the Wnr, wo shall ip the future, as evidence
of oar good faith, require qnly loyalty, honesty, and
capability, in the distributnyo of < offices, without re
gard lo party names. . .
litaolved,. That “ the pradtlco which seems to have
groW up i)n this county furjthe last ten years, of per-'
sunk selecting themselves ftjv office, advertising their
names to. the public” through the county papers, as
candidates,, of itself ridht and proper: but that
44 tHe practice of traveling ever tbo county In oil 'di
rections beggirg and pleading the people to elect del
egates instructed for tbemi, has become a nuisance,
on4,oughtto he” abolished 5 that “ the effect of such
b piactico is demoralizing, itending to promote bar
gains between the candidates; td provoke strife nnd
discord, nod imhe end to ptacC candidates before the
public who are sometimes nlnworlby of public trust;”
that the people and | not political wire
pullers who take advantage of a;bad system to pro
mote their own selfish endsJ should be allowed to say
who their candidates for .ofpee shall be. That to re
mote these, ami other abuses, this Convention hereby
abdSi.'hes, so far as the County Republican organiza
tion is concerned, the present Convention system, and
thhi wo, hereby adopt the in its stead ;
The people of cneh township and borough will meet
at the usual place of holding elections, and at a cer
tain time agreed upon by tl e County Executive Com
ojigtuo as heretofore, and sh ill cast each man for him
self one vote for the person he Jesjres to be nominated
td Any given office* It sha Ibo the duty of the.Vigi-
Committees appointed by the County Executive
Committee as heretofore, to constitute themselves as
an election board, to countjtho votes given for each
candidate at the close rtf the election, and to meet at
the Court House in Wellshkroagh at four o'clock P.
M.iof the Friday following such primary election.
After proper organization, dheso committees shall pro*
ceeil to count the votes case ftjr each condidate in the
*fier|cral townships and boroughs in , the county, and
thqi person having the highest number of votes capt
for* him shall be declared the nominee of the Repub
lican party for that office, and shall receive the hearty
support of all the Republicans at the election which
• follows. {
fatolted, That, os the ijbovo system, if properly
carried oat, will represent piore faithfully the wishes
oflh majority of the people than any other, and, as
it |i once docs away, with delegates, and political
trafrio in any shape, we cojl upon all Republicans to
aits us in carrying out this £nuch needed reform.
|gyThe Democrat snd its correspondents
kefp harping about the Tioga Union Republi
can Convention’s Resolutions, but it dare not
let its readers see them They take the wind
ou£ of. all bogus patriotism and party dodges,
anji so the Democrat keeps them out of sight.
The senseless lucnbrdtions of Old Mias Dora
Dole, under some other alias, is of more impor
tance to the readers ojf that very consistent
sheet.
iJSf'W’i! print e!sewb;ro an article from the
Democrat of August 14,h, in which one “Dora
Dcfc,” a frisky old trainr at Lawrenceville ven
tilates bis little flemoert tic opinion of the war.
Wu have asked the managers of that sheet to
disclaim or repudiate he sentiments therein
expressed, but they refuse to do eo. AVe conclude
thi refore that they endorse sOch sentiments. At
an j rate the people of tiis oodnty can see how
sincerely patriotic the loaders of the so-called
“linion” party can bo, When they permitted the
publication of such atrocious sentiments, only
fir? weeks ago. •
I tfHE "NO PASTY” DODGE.
|n our last issue we pronounced the Demo
cratic-Union Convention a conglomeration of
ab|urd inoonsistanciee. The democracy cannot
understand why wo shoiuld say so. .This is not
•remarkable. Men who cannot'understand why
democrats should support one ticket pledged
only to the Union the Constitution and the en
forcement of the ■ laws 1 , unless the whole or a
part of that-ticket had|heretofore been called
defmocrate, are nut expected to understand a
gijeat deal in these times, especially when by
assuming a profound niental obfuscation.there
may. be, aichance to get at, the spoilg,.'or build
' u 6 the shattered fortur cs of the forlorn demoo
ri|oy for future, action. We, know that the peo
ple- understand these matters if the'leaders
dilri’t, ,'and this fact ap“ urs badly for the latter.
L|t u|,ehow them one j ;laring inconsistency,
jibe Jkmcrat fur 8« erol months has-been
tjffeir, fa., '
-NO; SRP t- 25 r 1861.
iiaatlons.. ’ ;
It jcdce, •
, of Wdhhoro.
! jCdges. '
of LaterenceriUe,
of Kiioxeille.
iTATIVES, :,
of Mansfield,
of Cljfttter.'
n cf Ccmfonxs.)
i., of Delmar.
SURER.
D, of fSttllkt
THE TIOGA COUNTY AHIT A T 08.
especially severe on nil who should cling to
party i in these times of our country’s trial.
This was the-hnrden of Mr, Henry Sherwood’s
speech before the-late Democratic Convention ;
this is the "burden of'the paper’ which but a few
weeks ago containedan-ariicle which we pub
lish elsewhere, trying to prove .that the " black
Republicans" brought on this unhappy war.
And yet under the guiseof the Union these un
easy democratic leaders have tried Uo~organize
a new party, which, the knowing ones say, if
it be hot successful this year,-will be,a nucleus
for a successful, party in the future. The lead
ers preach i “no party"’ for the purpose of
blinding honest and earnest Republicans to the
real object of their operations. As Daniel S.
Dickinson said in his speech at Ithaca, of the
Democratic leaders of his own State,
wire in and wire out,
leave lhs people still it) doubt*
Whether the snakes that made the track
Are going South Or coming back. ’ ‘
So it is with the restless and uneasy leaders
of the forlorn democracy of this county. They
are continually wire-working, and it is a ques
tion with them of spoils only.-’ We ore qnitc
confident that' if they were earnestly for the
Union, and for that alone, they ,would qt once
have accepted the patriotic and magnanimous
offer made by the Tioga Convention, to support
but one ticket pledged only to “ the Union the
Constitution arid the enforcement of the laws.”
This they refused to do, and with them, rests
the responsibility. Let them talk “no party;”
the intelligent Republicans of this comity un
derstand very well that there would bate been
no party feeling, no criminations, nor recrimi
nations, no divisions, nor excitements, had not
the democracy invented, concocted and set on
foot this hypocritical v Union” dodge! party
for the purpose of trying to divide and destroy
the only really unanimous Union party in the
country. .
LATEST WAE STEWS.
The latest news from Lexington reports the
surrender of Col. Mulligan. The intelligence,
however, is received with doubt both at Wash
ington and St. Louis, and at ihe latter place re
enfurcements were still going forward yester
day. The report comes in a dispatch to Chi
cago from Quincy, Illinois, where it,was brought
by the mail agent of the Hannibal and St.
seph Railroad, and is confirmed by passengers
on the same train. It was brought to Hamilton
about 50 miles froni Lexington, by stage. Ac
cording to this statement, Col. Mulligan was
compelled, at last to yield to superior numbers
after four days hard fighting—his men having
been, for the last two days, without a drop of
water. Tlie report of the loss on both sides is
about the same as that previously received.
A part of the story is that a body of 4,000
Rebels had encountered the lowa 3d, and after-
ward the hands of General Lane. The
date of thi’S'battle is not given. It had not,
however, been heard of at Jefferson -City -on
Friday, a dispatch of that data to The Si. Louis.
Democrat reporting that Gen. Lane had arrived
at Lexington. But of the truth of thd state
ment there seems to have been no positive
knowledge in St. Louis on Saturday. On the
whole, considering the roundabout way in
which the report of Mulligan’.s surrender comes,
the fact that it is said to have taken place early
cm Friday morning, and that_ no such informa
tion, in any other way, had reached St. Louis
Sandfly morning,.' there is certainly room
for hope that it is without foundation.
At Blue Mills. Landing, on the Mississippi
River, on tho 17th inst., a disperate fight took
place between 500 of tho Ist lowa Regiment,
■under Lieut.-Col. Scott, and about 4,000 of the
Rebels. After an hour’s fighting, Col. Scott
retired slowly and in good order. Afterward
Col. Smith’s command came to his aid,- but
night fell before the fight could be renewed ;
when morning again came tho enemy bad! re
tired, and there was no one to strive against.—
In this engagement Lieut. Scott fest 5 -killed,
84 wounded, 6 missing.
From Kentucky we have a proclamation from
Gen. Robert Anderson calling on the loyal citi
zens of the State to sustain and fight fur the
Government. The Rebel General Bockber has
also issued a proclamation, wherein he makes
a lying pretense of aiding the State to preserve
a neutral position, and promising to depart
with his troops as soon as the. National forces
leave. Private advices from the state speak of
the spread of the Union feeling, and say that
■ the approach of Gen. Buckner has aroused the
indignation of the people, who are rushing to
arms for the purpose of assisting to drive the
Rebels from their soil. -
A deserter from the Rebel army, just arrived
in Washington, says that Beauregard has 185,-
000 men under him; that they are well fed,
well shod, well clothed, that they are regularly
paid, and in excellent health and spirits. On
the other band, a person described as a most
intelligent man, just from Mannasas, states that
the Rebel army is demoralized, that great num
bers of them are leaving for their homes in the
Gulf States, and that they have not oven forces
enough to defend themselves from our attack,
to say nothing of moving bn Washington,
Vermont Election.— The vote for Governor
in this State is reported to be about 40,000’for
Holbrook/ Republican and Union, 2,000 for
Tracy, Union and Republican, and 3,OCK) for
Smalley the Democratic candidate.
Maine. —Returns from 400 towns in the State,
foot up as follows:. Washburn, 52,000; Jame
son, 19,179; Dana/17,729. • ■
CALiFOENijiu— Returns from this State indi
cate that Behind Stanford, the Union Republi
can candidale for Governor,-is elected by a plu
rality of 3,000. Both' Houses of the Legis
lature ore Republican. '
Gov. Gamble of Missouri has summoned the
State Convention, directing it to reassemble on
the 10th of October, at St. Louis.
j For the Agitator.
OUB CABDICATES.
Mr; tlbiiDk.—lt may not be amiss at this
time to speak of thfi taiididates that are now Be
fore the people awaiting the deeision of the
coming election. As ifar ns Beard from, trio
masses are entirely favorable- to the nomina
tions, and are confident that no better men
could hare been selected to discharge the du
ties incumbent upon every candidate if elected ;
and as far as party prejudices are concerned;
we hare always intended to stand strictly by
■the regular nominees, bnd in no wise bolt, be
cause some one was nominated over our choice ;
we intend to be governed only by the majority,
and this maxim holds| true in conventions, as
well as at the elections; for generally speaking,
the one is only the prelude to the other. Con
sistent men of all parties, hate always held it
to be the most corrupt and infamous practice
thought of. <o holt and withdraw from a con
vention, because bis compejitor chances to out
run him, and much more corrupt is it, after hav
ing cast lots and been [found wanting, to With
draw and ask another set of : delegates for their
support. But far be it| from us, at this time, to
malign the character, | standing or motives of
any man, or set of men, who set themselves
up in opposition—-lor njs far as consistent with
the welfare of good government,- a man has a
right to do and act as ho thinks proper. But it
does become men who) wish to he popular, and
receive the support of be peple to elevate them
to a position or office, lo act as men, and men
too, who" are governed by the best and safest
policy, which should guide and lead us'in accor
dance with the teachings of the past policy of
all parties. We, therefore, wish fo speak of the
acts and qualifications of the men who ask our
suffrages to place them in office. .Wo wish
more particularly to speak of the candidate for
Associate Judge, R; Wheeler of this place.—
We understand that tjhfi candidate in opposition,
who asked the support of the Republicans of)
the county at the convention for the offices, and
after having an impartial trial and been defea
ted, has repudiated the party, and fur the sake
of office has gone over'ito the Democratic ranks,
and thrown himself a Whiffed candidate at the
door, and asked them {o support him for this ;
office, and they being fo favor of “conciliation
and compromise,!! apd[ thinking perhaps it may i
act as an incentive to break tip otir ranks, and ,
defeat Mr. White, too'k him in “swallowing |
pill, spoon and-all,” anjd placed him in nomi-1
nation". He has, We understand, taken the re-)
sponsibillty of injuring Mr. While, by repre
senting him to be a man wholly unfit for the
office, saying that he allowed bis name to go be- ,
fore the people. Only (lo Save the Rcphblican
party ffom IhedisgraceWhich he (White) would
occasion. To these assertions, which are the |
promptings of a defeated and jealous heart, we
have no answer to makio in retaliation ; only to
say if stability is any criterion of
he stands la?t, and Mri White first and forever.
Evqry man who is acqiiaited with Mr. White,
or ever came in contact with him, knows him
to be a man of strict integrity. His qualifica
tions for the position, are beyond question.—
He possesses good intellectual faculties) and is
well read and studious.j He is a man of energy
and of character, and no one, save a jealous op*
ponent —ever questioned his ability to perform
the doties of this office- H' B political princi
ples have always been such as to commend him
to the support-of every !republ : can. Hebasever
since the organization of the Republican party,
been an active and energetic Worker in : tbe
ranks. He espnosed this cause from no selfish
motives, having -never) hitherto, asked for an
office,-and no such stigpia can ever be attached
lo his motives, as bartering away principle for
office. He has always iworked to advance-and
propogate the great-vital principles of the Re
publican party, and his record so fury has been
dear, not contaminated by associations with
“wire pullers, and poliiical hucksters, 1 ’ and no
man in the county is stronger for the Union
than he. From tbe'firgt movements of the Reb
els, down to the-preset) t time, he has favored
every act of the" Administration to’suppress the
rebellion. Ho stood wjth sill the Republicans
opposed to compromise with" traitors, and no
man however prejudicejd can asperse his loyal
motives; and no one ed venal oould be found as
to oppose him on any gjround, save that of par
ty prejudices. > 1
Attempts will probably be made to defeat Mr.
White, and we would ask every true man to be
on bis guard ; give him his proportion of sup
port, and no better evidence of his popularity
or qualifications could I be given, than that he
will receive the entire Support of the people of
this township. They knriw him to be a man
every way competent, tjnd be is truly deserv
ing. ' v 1 • A. Citizen
Lawrenceville, Sept. 20, 1801
Republican Judicial Convention.
The Conferees from the several counties com
posing the 4th Judicial District, met at the
Bennett House, Smelhport, on Saturday after
noon, the 2lst inst., and organized by electing
Hon. Isaac.Beksox, President, and C. D. Web
ster, Secretary. ! ‘
The following gentlemen presented their cre
dentials and took their as conferees of the
counties named: ] ! '
Cameron. —E. B. Eldred, L. G. Cook.
■Elk.—Henry Southed, I. A. Ross.
McKean .L—C. D. Webster, D. J. Keys, N. F,
Marsh. | !
Potter.— lsaac Benspn, A. F. Jones, H. J.
Olmsted, j
Tioga. —John R. Bowen, Hugh Young.
Onmotiojn, each of the counties \fbre allowed
three votes} some of the conferees not being
present. i ,
The Conference then proceeded to make nom
inations. Hugh Young nominated lion. R. G.
White of Tioga. E. B. Eldred nominated Hon.
C. B. Curtih of Warrep.
There being no other! nominations, the Con
ference preceded to ballot with the following
result: For White, 12 ;i for Curtis, 3. Judge
White was therefore declared nominated as the
Choice of the Conference.
On motion of E. B. j'Bldred, Judge White’s
nomination [was declared unanimous by accla
mation. !
On motion, a eomrailttee, ‘composed -of one
from each chanty, was Appointed to wait upon
Hon.R. G. White, and jnform him of bis nom
ination. The Chair appointed Henry Souther,
E.'B. Eidred, John R. Bowen, D. J. Keys'ahd
H. J. Olmsted. The Committee, after a brief
absence, reported' that tfiey had performed the
duty assigned them—thjat Judge White had ac
cepted the nomination] and desired through
them to express his thanks to the Conference,
and to the'people of the District; for this re
newed expression of their confidence.
On motiph,,tbe proceedings "of this Confer
ence were ordered to ,ba published in : all the
thiB Distinct. •
On-motion, lbs Convention adjourned sine
die. Isaac Besson, Prea’i.
C. D. Webster, Sec'yi
TEOM THE TIOGA BOYS:
Corespondence of the Agitator.
Caup Union Md., Sept. 15 tb, 18G1.
Friend Agitator.— ‘“Old Sol” has mounted
the mttridenn, and is pouring his burning raya
down Upon the inhabited-fields which snmmnd
Pleasant Hill, as I seat myself upon thegrqund
behind my little tent, to commune through the
columns of yobr paper, with oar friends in “Old
Tioga;” and to-enjby this quiet but sultry Sab
bath day. Quiet, yes, ’tis quiet to us, but it
would be a tumult in Old Tioga. Gen. McClel
lan’s orders are bein£ eiec’jited, and for the first
time since we bare been in the army, wd hare
found that the Sabbath ih a day of rest as much
for the soldier as any other man.
But little of importance has transpired du
ring the past week. We are still living under
marching orders, with three days’ rations con
stantly on hand, ready to move af a moment’s
warning. The men are getting very -uneasy,
and are anxious for more active servibe ; not
but what we have exercise enough, but they are
.now ready to;fight.
; ■ We are at the present time spending about
four hours a day in the skirmish drill,-executing
our-raovements at the sound.of .the bugle, with
Col. Kane for our teacher. --This is a very use
ful and splendid exercise, but ’tis no fun for a
lazy man. .
A man by the name of Metcgar from Stony
Fork,-in Gaft. Niles’ Co., was shot through the
leg this morning by theaocidintil discharge of
a pistol; the ball also , drew the blood on the
leg of another man who near by.
Orders were immediately given for all pistols
and revolvers to betaken from the soldiers.
The prisoners from the N. Y. 19th, who have
been in our custody for the past month, have
all returned to tho service, except 24, and they
have been sentenced to go to thd coast of Flor
ida and work out their* time (two years.) They
start to-morrow morning, via. Washington, in
the charge of a squad of Col. Biddle’s men.—
The only reason, now,; they have for not return
ing to the service, is they do not like their offi
cers. They sny they are ready and willing to
fight for their country, if they can fight under
officers in whom they can depend. lam aware
that we have very many officers who are unfit
to command an army, or even a .cOinpany, and
why should it be otherwise? Thousands of
them never knew how to shoulder arms until
after the thunders-of Sumpter startled them from
their fields,and work-shops in the North.
There are now in this vicinity not far from
twenty thousand men, besides there is one con
nected chain fromdlarper’s Ferry to Washing
ton. • , 1
Yesterday there was a soldier shot a(>out two
miles from our camp by a citizen. I hate not
learned the particnlars.only that he is not a
memtiar of our Regiment. He is not yet dead,
and I was informed by Surgeon Humphrey but
a short time since, that there was a prospect of
his recovery.
The general health of the soldiers in this sec
tion of the country Jsgood. Our camps are all
on high ground where the water is clear and
soft. Col. Crocket.
Common schools,
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
Examinations will take plaee as follows: '
Oct. 9
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1 Tioga, - - -
Farmington,•'(Gee School House)
Chatham, (Treat School llonse) -
'■ Middlebury, (Hollidaysburg)
i Dartt Settlement, ■ -
j Covington,
| Bloss,
|-B!ock House; »
I Union, (Swamp School House)
’Ward, (Denmark’s School'House)
Roseville, - - -
Jackson, (Millertown) -
Lawrebceville,
Nelson, - - ! -
Elkland and Osceola, (Osceola)
Knoxville, (School House) ; -
Brookfield, (Red School House) -
AVcstfielJ,
Clymer, (Sabinsville) - - -
Shippen, Gaines & Elk, (Vermilyen’s) Nov
"Wellsboro, - - - - - “
Delmar, (Butler School House) . -
Mansfield, -
Mainsburg, -
Tioga County Teachers’ Institute at Wella
horo, the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th of Novem
ber. Prof. Stoddard, of New Nork City ancs
others will be present.;
1. There will be no examination at the
County Institute.
2. Examinations will commence precisely at
9 o’clock, a. m., and no candidate for a certifi
cate will be admitted to , the class after 9J
o’clock. Teachers are requested to present
themselves for examination os far as possible
in the District where they intend to teach.
Each Teacher should bring a book of a half
dozen sheets of ordinary size note paper ; also
pen and ink.
3. By the instructions of the State Superin
tendent, applicants for a certificate, must pre
sent testimonials of , good moral character, of
be known to possess such, or no certificate will
be granted.
4. The State Supt. has held that no certifi
cate shall be granted, in this County hereafter
with a lower average than 3, nor with a lower
figure than 4,-“-also that no certificate shall be
granted when the figure in Orthography, Read
ing, Writing, or AVritten Arithmetic, is poorer
than 3. (See, Pa. School Journal, June No.
pages, 363, 365; and Sept. No. page 72.)
5. Teachers will be examined in the science
of teaching in addition to- the branches of
former years.
6. In conformity to the practice in most coun
ties of the State, the State Sup’t. has autho
rized me to bold hut one series of examinations
for this school year. No examinations, there
fore, will be held next Spring. The standard
for certificates will be hereafter that prescribed
for a winder school, and none given for Tess
than a year. ,
7. Teachers intending to tench in the CoSi
mon Schools of this County the coming winter
or summer, must attend these public examina
tions, for the labors of the Superintendent are
so. numerous and arduous that ho .cannot stop
to examinq. teachers during the time fur school
visitations. Should any individuals intending
to tench, willfully stay away |frotn those exam
inations, they will be debarred by the very, act
itself from^ a private examination; for the
.School Law is explicit that' "Superintendents
should’refuse to make private examinations, ex
cept in cases of sickness, or other equally satis
factory cause;. and not then, unless applicants
bring a written request from at least three mem
bers of thq board of directors who desire to
employ them.” Private examinations have
sunk into disrepute in this county, greatly To
the benefit of the schools and the system gener
ally. I feel yery. greatful to the teaches of the
county,for. the promptness with which they have
responded-to.the_ calls for public examinations.
i 8.1 The School Law is explicit
that teachers shall be examined before -
mehoing scbeol, or forfeit their wages t?'
School Directors will require a certificate Jo!
produced before any contract ig cofiin 10 “*
With applicants for schools. , h
, 9. Candidates for a certificate must tale
the class, the first examination they atu*a
The practice of following up the examinafi '
for a week, as has been attempted in a f e , Q -' a
stances. befoSe Coming forward for examine' I ''
will hot be tolerated, . ; b ? B >
10. It is recommended to School Direclo
first, to grade the wages of teachers aocorii”’
to fhe ’grade of the chriificate they hold, j?
is but equal justice to all parties. This an
tice has produced excellent results in ‘all
tricta where adopted. *
Secondly; to organize a district or townshij
Institute, and allow each teacher one dat’
two weeks to attend it; and in case of
require, the delinquent to teach an addition
day; Let at least one member of the toi,s
be present at each session, to keep a record c(
attendance. Siich an organization in each da
trict in the county, would have a decidedly
effect upon the schools, and unquestiohjwl
would baa wise_ outlay of time.
hold teachers strictly responsible for the
keeping, and return of the “Monthly Repotj,
in book form.”
School Directors and the public ge'ncrslh
arc cordially invited to attend these
! j Hiram C. Johns, Co. Sup’t, '
Mainsburg, Sept. 23,
i j [From tbe "VTellsboro Democrat. August Hth.]
I&e War Against the South.'
Editor Democrat—We 'hertr it asserted, #'
well % printed that slavery is the great soorte
of all our troubles: which is true in the ssai
sense,(and no other, that money is the earned
all our thefts and robberies. ■ The robber «.
claims, “ Had it not been for tire money in
your pocket I should not hate robbed you, ard
beenlcDpdemnetf to years of imprisontnenU
So, if there bad been no involuntary .servitude,
we should not have been troubled with those
agitators who hate been instrSmental in bring
ing about the war, and arraying brother agaieil
lirother, in this unnatural Conflict. These agi
tators have for years denounced the goffstJhf'
tion ns a vjjs instrument, and by so doing hats'
played into tfie bands of the secessionists of
tbe South. Calumny and misrepresontatioj
have (accomplished'its work, and civil war, with
all iti horrors, is upon us. As to the war, ■
few words will give you my mind; Suppost
one of our chivalrous beaux should take a rav
hide under his arm, and wend his way to the
residence of his “ladie love,” and say, “Ara
bella, I have waited some time for a favorable
gnawer from yon, and I want to know whether
you will have mo or not ?” She answers, “ No;-
I vvill not.’ r “Bat why?” “I dpn’t like yon, 1
iior the company you keep.” “ But yoa-nmi'
baveyme." “Ishall not!” “But you shill
brd will lick you with this raw hide until yea
hay Yes and be attempts to put ~hia threat
into execution—how would he fare? In uj
opinion he would come out Of the contest with
|me or both eyes scratched out, and not hair
enough left on his cranium for a scalp locL-
But, suppose he should by some lucky or eo
iuoky blow, so completely paralyze the- tongue
jjf hie “dulceno,” that'she could not eayJo,
jwhnt kindof a life-partner he would get, 1 bate
to your readers’ imagination to picture,
j • Doea Del
j Lawrcnoeville, August 12, 1801.
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[From tbo Wollsboro Bvmocrat, Ausait. 21at.] ,'
- 1 Republicans Cause the War.
This abolition editor (Hugh Young, the edi
tor of the Agitator).pretenda nowto be a Un
ion-Savers, and so did his co-laborers for veaii -
His paper is rightly named the “ Ag!T.itor”-V
It was established, and like many others of
(pike stripe in the North; Us sole oljid his bait,
to agitate the slavery qaeslion~to prtjudia Hi
'Northern -people against the Southern; to emit
v bitterness and a hath between them. Tint ta
li EOT HAS BEEtf ACCOMPLISHED;-' WE HAVE
[THIS WICKED REBELLION UPON DS.
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Tnp New Teeasct Notes.— Tire first issoiftf
.treasury notes has been made'. There aret»»
jkindsl of treasury notes—the “demand tilt
]for general circulation,- and without inteml,
land the treasury notes which bear!3-10thpw
icent. interest, redeemable in three years,
i The denominations of the' “demand biDi
are $O, $lO and $2O ; while Jhose bearing-in
terest are $5O, $lOO, $l,OOO and $5,000. .
There are five kinds of fivu dollar notes, pay
able on demand in New York, Boston, Philadel
phia, jSt. Louis and Cincinnati, and of course lot
nil business purposes are better than- spetie.-
i'he name of the place where the note is redeem
able is engraved onithe face. The $3 note
emblemished on theimargin with full length cf
Crawford’s “America,” with the motto’‘-A
Pluriims Umtm,” and on the right a portrait of
Alexander Hamilton.
Thejre are also'slo notes, made redeemable*!
aliovej On the left is a likeness of Preside ll
Lincoln, in the centre thp American eagle,
on thfej right a full length figure representing the
Arts, j These notes have been put into circula
tion. |ln the centre of the $2O notes there u*
full length figure of Justice They are a W
larger than ordinary bank notes, and tom!,
redeemable on demand, will be highly P 1 * I *"**
a circulating medium, and therefore bolded
should not submit shave.
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WHO SHOULIS tfSl
DK. J. BOVEE DOBS’, VEGETA®'
. IMPERIAL WINE BITTERS?
All who artTfaffllcted with Incipient Consinripi* oll or
Lung* should use them. . 4 ._ nffr??'
All) who suffer from weak Stomachs, Indigestion, j
sia, or Files sltonld use them. . Resti^
All, who suffer from General or h’orvous
ness-it night, want of Sleep; Ac,, should use tneoirs?
All persons who are comaiesceht after fc' er or
nt*SH should tfsc them. . -»j pa^
Ministers of the Gospel, Lawyers, Lecturers, atw
lie speakers should use them. ,»nurjfl s
Book KeeperHj Snd all persons- leading * 8 C
should ns© them 1 .
The aged and infirm should use them. thc8 j.
All who require a stimulant or tonic should use rj#
All who urn addicted .to the use of a.dent sp* rl
to retbnb, should the theft. , , fhB niti*
They are made of a pure Sherry 'Wine, and f
plantp apd herbs of fbe country, and shonlq, p® r
ed byi temperance societies-, clergymen, pbysicia i
friends 6f humanity. , .♦ pJ*
They are prepared by aYf experienced and ssi %
clan, hod aside from thefr medicinal property
delightful beverage; and yet/as a mwJrelne» «r®
and ijannleSs as the dews of heaven.
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! 78 William «U .
Ba(«lwifr,LoweH A Go., Agents at Tioga. .J n{ V*£
tfQUI2r,H. H. Bonlcn, of Tloga f is General Ap»
gaCauifty, to whom all applications for agenci
made.' 1
j RECRUITS WAffT®® 1
H’ A VINO just returned.from Camp C , ar , ti ”/'dtf'
I have had sixty-two men accepted.
rouajof obtaining a few more yocD to “J? .j V
pany. Persons wishing t ■ join this
reqnesfcd to meet at Hollidaysbnrg or TwP£ jreJ dj.
day wod- Saturday, Sept. 27th and 28th, »S 1
to Wave on Monday Sept. 30th. _,._rT:El£v
• Tjoga, Sept-25,1841. E. G.
SPECIAL- NOTICES-
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