-,‘t iVj
■li -il
■which (he -President/ah 1 bis Cabinet, are almost
powerless—and a^t’ms i the combined influence
ofthe press, all, thedepbnments of the govern
ment, dre nothing. ] ,* .
The common school does little more than fur
nish the keif to unlock the treasuries of the pa
per ,• nearly all the'lnformation the people get,
is derived from this source, and to the constant
reader, it becomes an orpcle-—the famous - Del
phic Oracle, had not so many, nor such credu
lous believers. ' If government is the organized
result of publio,opinion v may we not exclaito,
grcst fe the Press f T Q. ‘
The Completion op tb;f Teleoeaphic Line to
San Feancisco. by means of
telegraph wires is now complete between Cape
Race end San Francisco; and brief - messages
, tuny be sent, from one of those points to the
other, a distance of 5000 miles, within two
hours. This event marks an .era in the history
of our country. The wide deserts of the West
are now, in a great .measure, subdued ; and so
far as tljo transmission of intelligence iscon
cerned, the Bast and the far West have been
brought together, and ..piay speak as if they
stood .face to face. ■ ■
But one more step in bur country's-progress
is needed to complete its comraerclal grandeur,
and that is the construction of a railroad to
connect these heretofore; far distant, but now,
" iB effect, rapidly approaching sections. To. es
timate the i importance-of the improvement
which is now "accomplished, we .need but cast
the mind’a,sye back to the time, comparatively
in our hjstory, wjien expeditions were
, Ji.scnt to explore routes to tho^'Pacific const, and
“ when the 1 shortest aftd mot) cqnvenient method
of reaching that distant p’ ift |nf our continent
was-hy a voyage round Cape. Horn.
/Then, to send a oommujaication to that out
side portion of the world ; required many tedi-
ous months, and as many mure to return; now
n message may be.seal to'California more ra
pidly than the earth's surface is carried in the
uiurnal revolution of our planet. The differ
ence of longitude betwtien C.apo Race and San
Francisco is about seventy degrees,, or, in time,
four hours and twenty minutes so that a
message if sent frotnylie farmer to the .latter
place,;if two .hours be, occupied in' its trans
mission, will yet arrive, two 1 hours and twenty :
minutes, by San, Frajphisco time, earlier than
the time at which it parted. If despatched 1
Irom C.ipe.Raoe af tei /clock, it would be re
ceived in San Franoisa-pat twenty minutes' past
seven. j
The practicability'ofjteisgraphie communi
tion across the America! inserts- being now
demonstrated, the Russian Government will be
induced to, push forward its, lines aoros? the
Eastern Continent, to the mputb ofl the Amoor
river; to which point, by way Jf Behring’s
Straits, the American line will be carried, and
the union of the'two wilThmke
A girdle round about the Earth,”
which will realize the faify’s declaration in
Shakspeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
An achievement of thisS kind is one in which
the whole earth may rejtiice.
Assassination CoNTOJPhATED —The Char
leston Mercury of the lltirNovember has the
following sentence; “■!. Yankee prisoners
in South Carolina are" 'stjfeiy in jail, where
they will abide the iss\ < the trials of our
brave privateersmep-of ttb S Juth, .Should one
drop of Southern blood jfe Sjjed by the North
ernlCourts for defendingyhe South, on the sens,
is will be paid with infsrest in Charleston.”
From the Norfolk Day Soph' we also learn that
“Col. Corcoran, three and eighteen
lieutenants, all of whsnf wove captured in the
' action at Manassas, havf! been selected by lots
to bo hung, by way of retaliation for the hang
ing of Capt. Baker and the crew of the South
ern privateer Savannah,”,; Fhom the items wd
■ have quoted it Would appear that the rebels
have determined ■on murdering Col. Corcoran
and bis brave companions,!!! |;ase the Southern
pirates are hung. This threat is' no doubt
wade to intimidate the Government in the exe
cution of'the laws of the 1 country ; blit the re
bels must remember that ,th >re are thousands
of prisoners held up. whpm heavy band of
the Government may- fall should the traitors
proceed with ' their bloody . wor& of assassina
tion. Wo.do not say that siioh'will be the
course of the Government! but necessity may
compel it to resort to stringent measures, in its
endeavors to maintain tin supremacy of the
laws,and to remind traitor pthqt the power still
exists to ■punish those wl j) rebel against its
authority- With BeauforfUn the po-sCssion of
our troops, and Charlestyuu menaced, the Mer
- cury man and his rebel * Aborts, may hesitate
before they will murder innocent men only be
cause thoy have dared tojfight for th? main
tainance of their country’s’ honor, ahd their
country’s flag. Should they, however, seo fit
to not otherwise, the responsibility- must rest
with them; for, be assured, Ibe Government
will do its duty so far as jn itsipower lies.
Sketch of Captain Charj.es Wilkes.—
Captain Charles Wilkes, the ’captain of the
San Jacinto at the time when, ;she overhauled
the Trent, is a native of New of which
- Stato_he is a citizen,,, and fronj which he was
appointed to the navy. ■Hi yeas born about
the year 1305, and at the early age of thirteen
entered the naval service, :>is original entry
Therein bearing date I’Jaqullfj-1, 1 ’Jaqullfj- 1, 1818. He
stands, according to last nary list. No. 51 op
the list of captains, his prose U commission has
been of short duration, his I iotal sea service
being ahout ten years. He |aq been on shore
and other duty about twenty years, and
inis been unemployed aboutsevpn years, thus
waking his whole service jid^ l the Govern
ment of the United States,', at&mt forty-four
years. Previous to his preeenpr jrvice, his last
duty was in. June, .1842. Hie -principal em
ployment from that time,.till ordered upon the
S.in Jacinto was upon special fiuy at Washing
-I,m, Captain Wilkes is also notda as the groat
explorer and navigator, having, inconsequence
of well-tested scientific ability, b£en appointed
by the Government upon of the
j.-aval expedition gotten up Pr the purpose of
t spluring the countries bqrdeting on the Paci
fic and Southern oceans. « ..* 1
Dr. Gwin, fur many years a jLa &. Senator
.from California, and all tbeji'mj.a malignant
iunspirator with Mason, Slf'cl) and other
traitors, lias arrived at New Jut k a prisoner,'
where he is held by order of Ije
tiwin can. command no «ymj athy from any
Diend of the government. - legit was that,
hissed the desperate slavery sol jinQrels of Cali
fornia on to the murder of B tderiok, one of,
the noblest men that ever ma e his home on
toe Pacific, and a kindred spii (t with the late
Cul. Bakor. Broderick, with k.s dying breath',
declared he was the victim of ■•the slavery con
spirators and of the oorrapt administration of
Buchanan. If Gwin should be-thilled upon to
guff-r the extreme penalty erf treason, he would
pof get more then ho deserves.
; ...
THE AGITATOR.
HUGH YOONG, EDITOR <t PROPRIETOR.
■WELLSBORODGH, FA.,
WEDNESDAY MOKNiNG, NOY. 27,186 L
J®* It will he remembered that-Mr/ Rich
ard Jenkins, the proprietor of the Democrat,
was an active member, of the so-called Union
Convention which met .in this Borough lately
in September last. He was their Secretary
and - their Chairman of the Committee on Reso
lutions. ' One of the resolutions, passed unani
mously by that Convention, affirmed that the
confiscation, of the slaves of rebel masters, met
with their! entire approbation. Upon the
strength of this resolution, Dr, Webb and other
gentlemen Wfent before the people, and in their
speeches claimed that the members of the new
ly organized,Union party, were fare in advance
of the ‘Republicans on the Slavery question.
The day of 'elc’ction came, and the people by
an overwhelming majority, indicated their want
of confidence in the professiohs.of these newly
converted anti-slavery resolution writers. Since
that time the course of the Democrat on the
no-party question, and more particularly on the.
slavery question, Ims tended still more than
ever to leave the people still in doubt
Whether the snake that made the Irmk,
Is going South, or coming back I
' Last week,! however, the Democrat relieved
its readers of all such doubts. It is ,coming
bach! It repudiates the idea of confiscating
slaves, and depounces all who believe in-that
doctrine, as abolitionists! -
We recommend the County Standing Com
mittpeof the so-called Union Party, to call a
meeting at once for the purpose of agreeing up
on its"principles ! If this course, of action be
not taken, then the public will believe that one
of two things is true: Either that the Pro-Sia
very Democracy (one of the high contracting
parties in the l(ite Convention) has acted In bad
faith with the Republican element; or that the'
whole thing whs—what we always affirmed in
regard to it—ah immense political, sell.
At any rate, ;if the lately born Union party
expects to bavela future, let it preserve its char
acter, if it has Buy; let it not forget that con
sistency in carrying out its declaration of prin
ciples, is its' very life-blood.
LATEST WAE HEWS.
We extract the following
ry of the state pf the campaign in Kentucky
from Forney's .Press. It seems that General
George 11. Thomas, who, as senior Brigadier
in Eastern Kentucky-, ranks Schoepff and Nel
son, and Who has his headquarters at Camp
Dick Robinson, has recalled the columns of
both these Gencijals, and ordered them to join
his. Zoilicoffer Pas evidently retired with the
main body of hip forces into East Tennessee,
in the direction ;of Knoxville. His defeat at
“"Wild Gat Camp," the rout of William’s guer
rilla band at Bjketon by Nelson’s force and es
pecially the burping of the bridges upon the
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, have forced
~ t
his retreat. .
Gen. Thomas seems to have issued this order
to prevent Albert S. Johnson, now in command
of the Rebel foreps along th? line of the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad, from making a
flank movement Gen. Buell’s column,
stationed along the same line, by way of Dan
ville and Lexington. A ready, there have been
serious demonstrations n ade against Johnson’s
column toward ifcopkint ville. lie has, ibere
fot% been forced to make a counter-movement
upon Shell's flank. This counter-movement
has grown into so; strop
Buell has been forced ten'
as possible, a force near K
as that which he has aW;
Nolin.
It is, therefore, his :
strong enough to resist Jit
those lines, if he chooses
His second purpose is, (
with tw<fcs§trong ciilumns,
Nolin and Danville, uponS
the accounts which; reach j
formed sources in Keritt
upon, Buell baa atL'iuisvi
point and Camp.Nolin, ful
Sehocpff’s column and
Thomas’s force, thd latter will have full 20,000
men. "Vast re-enforcemer ts from Ohio, Indi
ana, and tho loyal parts of Kentucky, are pour
ing into their camps constantly. As an evi
dence of this, three regiments reached Louis
ville from Cincinnati but four days ago.
Should the rebc!s|not ni ike an attack, this
powerful force must make an advance upon
Bowling Greeti between tie Ist and 10th 0/
December, one. of the mosb lovely seasons of
the year in that part of Kentucky. There can
be no reason at that time for a non-advance.
Cavalry and artillery, in abundance will be
present, and the troups tolerably well seasoned
to tbe use of armsr-iat leant quite as well as
their enemies. I [ -
r There are now no regular rebel forces upon
the soil of Kentucky, save toe small portion of
her southwestern boundary tremulously held
by the columns of Johnsoi and Polk. The
latter’s column has retired,: ince the battle of
Belmont, entirely out of Missouri. That baf
tie seems to incline them U> .’believe that the
soil of Missouri is unhealthy. The retirement
of Fremont’s (now jHallecCs) column from
Springfield, and the concent ation of much the
heaviest part of it atilt. D,»u is, indicates a dis
position to move dowilr the: Mississippi, simul
taneously with the forward Movement of Buell
upon Bowling'Green. Tbcs 3 movements will
both depend, in pointof tiroo, upon the finish
ing and equipment of; the hqavy fleet of gun
boats, now near completion, at various Western
cities. These are all oxpcv.leii to be'ready for
active service-before the lOtjh of December.—
The fact that 500 marines hayo been sent from
the East to Cairo shows that! the Government
Friend Agitator. —l am seated in my little
tent, which waves and flutters in the gale, that
is constantly blowing from the north-east—with
my overcoat tightly buttoned around me—a box
of guns on my right, and my tent mates cud
dled down among the blankets and straw on
my left, shivering u ith the cold.- This is by
far the coldest day we have had. Friday, was
a nasty day; it rained until nearly_
night, when it cleared off, and the wind com
menced to whistle through our little city, freez
ing (he mud bard, chilling the inmates, and
making the sentinel upon his lonely post, think
of the warm and pleasant firesides of home.
The cold winter which is fast approaching and
will soon wrap this earth in its icy arms, plain
ip paints out the discontented, faint-hearted,
and sun-sl)irie soldiers —those who are only
willing to sacrifice comfort of home, and serve
their country when the sky is fair—those who
enlisted without ever reflecting that a soldier’s
life must be filled with hours of toil and danger.
If those whining summer-pimps, who are con
stantly complaining of their lot, and thus sad
ning the heinrts of their friends at home, will
take a look back to that cold and dreary winter
of ’75-6, and behold [that noble band toiling to
place America among the free and independent
nations of the earth, through drifting snows, i
living upon scanty fare, and leaving their foot
prints marked in blood upon the frozen earth,
they will “dry up” their whining over such fare
ns we have, and feel proud that they are sol
diers from a state that can boast of 100,000 j
men,.with a McClellan, a McCall, a McCal
niont, a Reynolds and a Biddle to lead them
on. Lot them take courage and remember that
the darker the night, the brighter will appear
that day which will soon dawn upon us.
The excitement which has prevailed through
out these encampments during the past week, I
has been toujintense to describe,. The rush fur !
the news boys in the morning, reminds me of I
school-boys, every one 1 trying to. get nut first. '
The thundering of cannons, martial music, |
playing of bands, and the deafening cheers, j
all reminds us that our insulted flag once more !
waves over that rebellious state where it yaw j
first trampled in the dust, making those South-;
ern demons ‘lflee from the wrath to come.” I
I proraiscdito give you the names of the boys
who were to get a discharge, but ns they have
not got them yet. I will wait until they do.
Dr. Humphry from Osceola, is now sick in
the hospital with the.typhoid rover. Hisilness
is very much lamented! by this regiment; for
he is kind to all, and has nobly done bis duty,
bis position is, one of importance, and no man
in the regiment will be missed more.
Many of thfe boys liaye made a little fire-place
in their tents; this is dpne by diging a'bnle on
the inside, and then making' a flew that runs
out under the jtcnt, and a chimney out of sods.
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
Capt. Whiskey has been in our regiment for
the pa.-t two weeks, recruiting, Quito a num
ber have enlisted. He took up his bead quar
ters in the guard house, I am proud to say
that not many of the Tioga boys belonged to
bis crew.
a, menace, that Gen,
Capt. expressed for his Company
last Thursday, tu their friends at home, over
$l,OOO.
concentrate, ns soon
ilXmville as powerful
ig his front at Camp
The army along the Potomac, must either go
South soon, or 1 into winter quarters; for our
tents will soon ! be unittdorable.
3rst inten tit be
fbnson along hither of
to advance in force,
vidently, to advance
simultaneously from
1 Bowling Gredn. If
us from 'the best in-
I will soy for the bent lit of the speculating
young men in Tioga County, that if they wish
to make a fortune, they can do so by getting a
Suttler’s Commission in ‘a regiment. It is
worth ten thousand dollars a year. This is
speaking within bounds-t-you have no bad ac
count, but have only to hand out your goods in
one hand, and take your gold in the other.
I trust the tepchers of “Old Tioga” had a
pleasant and useful time at the .Institute. My
heart was with ilhetn, And the noble cause in
which they were engaged; Last s[ ring, when
the war-trumpet sounded for the freemen of the
North to rally to arms, and defend the honor of
the nation, I, with many others, left an unfin
ished school to take upon myself the more re
sponsible duties of a soldier, and I have never
had reason to regret that step, not that a sol
dier’s life is as pleasant ns a teacher’s, not that
it pays as well, but because I know it to be a
duly that I owed, not only to myself, but to the
country that never had an equal on this wide
earth. Cot. Crocket.
icky, can be relied
lie, and between that
■ 30,000 men. When
(iolson’s unite with
Friend Agitator. — l do' not claim to bo one
of your correspondents, but I thought perhaps
you would like to hem; from the “Fremont gan
gers” of Tioga County. They are mostly jvell
and in good spirits. The life of a soldier! ap
pears to suit the most’of the boys.
There has nothing of importance passed in
this Company since we left Camp Curtin, and
I suppose you have hoard what there was,'by
way of Company G. One thing I must tell you
of.
Saturday, Oct. 2d, we received marching or
di rs. We were ordered to pack our knapsacks,
till our haversacks! with two days’ rations, our
canteens with water, and tu> be ready to march
at a moment’s warning. We Slept that night
with beating hearts, expecting soon to get a
peep at a “secesb.” Early Sunday booming we
were formed in battle Hne, and were under way
at an early hour. ! Many were the questions
put to the officers to know where we were going,
but no one knew; to we journeyed on-in an
easterly direction. Before we were out of sight
of our camp, we were ordered to load our pon
derous Harper’s Ferry muskets; this helped lo
pull the' wool over our eyes, yet we marched on,
putting the utmost confidence in our bravo lea
ders. The traveling was very bad on account
of tbe recent heavy rains, therefore our prog
ress was necessarily very slow. We wore
obliged to ship often for the purpose of building
THE TIOGA A(I I T ATOII.
expects the river,fleet to. move at a very early
day. The real, earnest, vigorous work of the
Western campaign will soon begin. As soon
as the: result of the conjoint movements of
Buell and Halleck arc known, then the grand
movement upon the Potomac must begin.-
The naval expeditions, under Butler and
Burnside, will bo' ready to strike about the
same time. No operations .of -modern, times
will be ’ more extensive or grand. Indeed,
Sherman may be;fully expected, at or near the
same time, to be thundering at the gates of
Savannah or Charleston.
FHOM THE BUCK-TAILS,
Winter weather—A word to
logs hear the Port Royal News—Dr. Hum
phrey sick—The tent Jire-place—No Buck
tails discharged yet—Capt. Holland sends
home §l,ooo What a Sutller's Commission
is worth—Crocket greets the Teachers’lnstitute,
&c., Ac.
Correspondence of the Agitator.
Gamp Pierpont, Va., Nov. 17, 1861.
From another Correspondent. *-
Camp Caset, Va., Nor. 15, 1801
A-' •
bridges over turbid streams, &., &e- That day
we marched only [fourteen miles, and encamped
in a pleasant oak-grove* near the town of. Cem
terviile. This day was very warm, and caused
'some,of our bays;to drop out of the linos';; but
they afterwards ‘fotched op” wi tli_ the regi
ment. That night,we slept sn the ground
sleep, to ns, was aweet that night. Early the
- next morning, we were in the ranks, and on
the march. Tfiatlday we made one of the lar
gest marches of the present campaign, nuking
twenty-seven miles arriving just at dark at
Gamp Starvation, j That night we were neatly
what the boys call, “bushed.” At noon, the
second day, we stopped at a place call “Hill’s
Landing,” where Our boys were much elated by
(he sight of tr steam-boat, which was quite a
sight to some of oilr back-woods boys—but .to
proceed on our rooie. The next Tuesday moijn-:
ing we were upon pur way—but with thanks to
Uncle Sam, he fuijnisljed government wagons
to carry our- baggage. That day, we traveled*
only eighteen miles, making in all, sixty tnilfes
in three days. On the eve of the third day,
we arrived at Princp Frederick, Calvert County,
in good spirits. Hjere, we learned fur the first
time that we were qt the end of our journey,
and that we were hjere for the purpose of de
fending the unionists of that County. That
night we encampedlon the village green, under
a heavy guard; the next morning was the;
morning of electionl There was not-much of
importance passed there that day, except thja
quelling of several i iots, and taking a few pria- ;
oners. Several'times daring the d«y, we ex
pected to have alittle brush, but w,e scared them ,
all out. Wo did not get a, chance to tty outt
pieces, only by firing at a mark. - |
The next Thursday morning, wo started oh
our return trip, taking with us a few' prison
ers which we kept with us the first day, but on
the morning of the next, we met Brigadieij
General Howard, wh'3 let the prisoners go on
paroll, and their pledge of honor. I will only,
sayjthat we made gjood time, and arrived inj
camp Saturday often oon, being absent from-
Camp Casey, seven d!ays.
The country we passed through on ourexpe-.
dition, was almost desolate.' The inhabitants [
appear to be almost heathens. This country,
(you of course know) is a slave country, hence
the results. .1
I mast mention a little circumstance. When
we were returning wp saw a man setting out
cabbage plants. This amused the boys -con
siderable. Mr. Editor, what would you think,
if you should see,one of your neighbors setting ;
out jyoung cabbage plants ? -We are now stay
ing in camp, waiting fir further orders. I will
now,"say a few words regarding our officers.
Col. Welsh is one of the best of men that ever
mounted a horse. lie is experienced and so-, -
ciahle; we can say the same of our Lieuten- ;
ant Col. Beaver. lOur countryman, J. M. Kil
bourn, from Potter County, is an esoclent offi-, i
cer, well suited to his situation ; wo wish him '
success.
Now to come down to our Company Officers ;
I could swy much in ibeir praise. Our com
pany (company I,j) boasts of having the best
officers of any on the ground. Our
Captain is a daring little man ; we place greajf
confidence in him, .we ejepeot be will show as
much bravery on the battle field, as his men do
with hard crackers]; too] much cannot bo said
in bis favor. Oar L’.outjen.ints, Smith and Ack
ley, are men capable to fill thbiß stations. The
next in the list, is ( Our Sergent, Sam
uel Haines. Ho is a good officer—does the
thing up finely. - '
Our other officers, such as Sergeants and
Corporals—they are ail tjrue blue.
Your informant Jtaies' the Responsibility to
say that the most of the jboys like the life of a
soldier ; it just suits the back woods boys of
{Tioga. -I think the boys from Pine Creek, stand
jt a little the best, they are a set of tough, rug
ed fellows.
But I close, honing thik will meet your ap
probation, and.that wej all, may hear often
from our friends in Tioga County. 551
Charlie.
I j
From another Coirkpondcnt. '
oami’ Pieueont, fTa., Nov. 20, 1801
Fr.iE.vn Agitator —Fori the last few weeks
the army along iho Potomac has been quiet-,
but I think-the lime has iearly arrived when
this will give-way to different scenes. ~ The so
lemnity that precedes a storm has nearly past,
and W& can distinctly hea? the low rumbling of
the storm that ii to followj and when it comes
it will strike terror deep into the hearts of the
Secessionists, like some gigantic wave it will
carry death and destruction wherever it goes.—
Our men at Bealifurt have[taught "them hotter
than to chuckle over our downfall at Bulls
Run. Being a private, of bourse, I know noth
ing of the plansjof our Generals, but I think
there will a forward movement in a few days.
I don’t know whether they intend to rout them
from Sccesh haven, Bulls Run, or not, but I
think wherever they Strike it will not be a
heaven to them.
The paper states that they have hoisted tjie
black flag. If jii be true, Gbd-be praised, for it
is better to exterminate them, entirely, than to
leave anything that will grow up into disunion
in after years.- If we wipe them out of exist
ence there will be no more trooble with them,
but as long as there is a traitor left there will
be trouble. All-eady the Stars and Stripes
proudly float from the ramparts of two forts in
the first State to secede, arid I think ere the
forest puts on its'|'fObe of green again, it will
wave over every fort in the
The Pillaging of Beaufort.— A letter from
Beaufort, describing the pillage by slaves there,
says every article of property which was valu
able and portable was carried off, tbe beds and
matresses having been cut up in order, to pro
vide wrapping niaterial fdr the
packages, and Ihb feathers 1 thrown from the’
windows. Piano fortes stood) out on the side
walks, guitars arid other instruments lay in
different stages of jdilapidatiob upon the pave
ments, and the 'lentire place] seemed the very
picture of ruin and desolation. The houses
outside were as beautiful ns ever, and the
flowergardcnsjwcre uninjured, but the Interiors
were in an awful state, little better than a chaos
of broken furniture, torn books and engravings,
old letters, &o.
Who are the Traitors? — A telegram found
by our officers at pile of the forts captured at
Port Royal clearly confirms the report that our
secrets arc knowjni to the rebels. Jeff Davis
telegraphed that (he fleet had sailed, and that
the destipation was Port Royal. That our
Departments are infested withj spies, says the
corespondent of the Press, hag now become a
palpable fact, and the interests of the cause
demand a most searching investigation, to bo
followed up until the parties arb discovered and
hung. Who are the-traitors ? |
j Tub Emancipation op the Slaves.- —Col.
J Cochrane’s Regiment received recently its Win
| ter clothing. Tbe new and beautiful uniforms
made a gala day-in the camp. The regiment,
after evening parade, was formed in a hollow
square and addressed by its Colonel. Tbe Sec
retary of War was present, having ridden out ex
pressly ibr the pleasure of seeing the.Chasseurs
in their new uniforms. Col. Cochrane made a
speech, in the highest degree eleqnent and pat
riotic, in which .he placed himself squarely* np
on tbe doctrine of the “ military necessity of the
emancipation of the slaves.” The regiment re
ceived every-eentence of this vital part of his
speech with enthusiastic clamor. Immediately
after the speech of Col. Cochrane there was a
tumultuous demand for the Secretary of War.
Mr. Cameron came before tbe regiment and
said:
-Soldiers : It is too late for me to make you
a speech to-night, but I will say that I heartily
-approve every sentiment uttered by your noble
commander. The doctrines which ho has laid
down I approved as if they were my own words.
They are my sentiments—sentiments which
will not only lead you to victory, but which
will in the end reconstruct this our glorious
Federal Constitution. It is idle to talk about
treating with these Rebels upon their own terms
We must meet them ns our enemies, until they
shall learn to behave themselves. Every
means which God has placed in our hands it is
our duty to use for the purpose of protecting our
selves. lam glad of the opportunity to say
here) what I have already said' elsewhere in
these few words, that I approve the doctrines
this evening enunciated by Col. Cochrane. —
[Loud and prolonged cheering.
The personal affection and respect manifes
ted to the Secrtary of War by the officers- of
the Chasseurs as he stood in their midst, gray
hnired and worn with the exhausting labors of
his-Department, was a sight will not soon be
.forgotten by the hundreds of visitors who hast
ened to catch the key-note of the war.
Slavery Vanishing. —The St. Louft° Hom
ing News says : Slavery is vanishing from
Missouri more rapidly. than its enemies pre
dicted. Secession has made the State too
Lot for the institution, and secessionists are
daily leaving the State for the South with their
qlavcs, to escape the very dangers they thein
,-ae)ves madly invited and provoked.
We argued six months ago that secession or
attempted secession in Missouri I 'would over
! throw slavery in the State, aud hurry the in
stitution to its doom. But the secessionists
1 would not listen to us. They are now verify
ing our predietians by fleeing with their slavea.
ifrora the consequences of their own fully.
■i Benjamin Stark has been appointed from
■ [Oregon to fill—or rather, take—the place of the
Col. EdwardT). Baker, in the Senate
lof the United States. Mr. Stark is said to be
ia “ Peace” Democrat—is hail-fellow with Tal-
lindigam and others of that kind
[! A lady in Northwestern Missouri .offers a
premium fur enough Yankee scalps to make a
,|iedquilt!— Wheeling Intelligencer.
j Perhaps she would like to lake a whole Yan
kee as a comfort* —Erie City Di-patch.
WELLSBORO BOOK STORE.
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i AT THE OLD STA3VD,
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all the Literary Weeklies, and
The Monthly Magazines,
Including Harper's) the Atlantic, Godey’s, Peterson’s,
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Blank Books, Paper Hangings,
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in'which may bo found everything in use in the
Schools of the County.
HEAbKßs;—Sanders' entire scries, Porter’s Reader,
Sargeant'a, Town's and Willson’s Readers.
Spelling Books, —Sanders’, Ac.
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• existing between John R. Bowen, M. Bnliard
and A. Howland, under the firm of J, R. Bowen &
Co., ts this day dissolved by mntnal consent. Tbe
Books and Notes of the firm will he -found at tbe
Empire Store, and will be settled by eitherof the late
firm. All those indebted will please call and settlq
immediately, or cost will bo made.
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e M. BULLARD, 5-
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Price 25yce&t8 per box, or 5 bozei fofsL
Prepared by Dr. 3. C. ATEB & Ce..
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Borden, Tioga; W. Q. Wilier and C. Parkhnrst, Ur
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Nor. 6, 1561.-6 m.
Tioga co. couifr proclamation.—
-Whereas, the Hon, Robert G. White, Presided
Jutfge'for the 4th Judicial District of Pennsyltani*>.
and, HL T. Bentley and J. C. Whittaker, Esq.'s, Asso
ciate Judges in Tioga connty, have issued their pre
cept, bearing date tho 14th day of Sept, 1801*
and. to me directed, lor the holding of Orphan’s Court#
Court of Common Pleas, General Quarter Session*
and Oyer and Terminer, at .Wellgboro, for the County
of Tioga, on the first Monday of December, (being
tho 2d day), 1801, and to continue two weeks.
Notice is therefore hereby given* to the Coroner-
Justices of tho Peace, and Constables in and for the
county of Tioga, to oppearin their own proper per"
sons, with their records, inquisitions, examinations and
remembrances, to do Ibofc) things which of their offi
ces and in their behalf appertain to be done, and all
witnesses and other persons prosecuting in behalf of
tho Commonwealth against any person or persons,
required to be then and there attending, and not to
depart at their peril. Jurors are requested fo be pane?
tual in their attendance at the appointed time* agrw*
ably to notice. J
Given under my hand and seal at the Sheriff’s Office,
in-Wellsboro, tho 15th day of October in the ye ap
of nur Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
m* ' g. I POWER, Sheriff*
J. B. BOWEN,
Sewell, lira.