log,me to go and see biro, he l| p| unable to |
c%M K f
•- My pcr»nn»V staffrCol.J; Dr feWer, Chi,p/
of Staff; Cal. J. Biggin, jr., i afimleef .Aiiij ,
ffifipjiiw; Aaristant Qen-
j** Lngojjf ji»nd : ffi. S. Hillyp>V :
Aidtat-ind Limit Ci>l. VtSS. Ml
Enfeitfder, dcaerrSjfe off wsonalrsWßHv ;i
tloW!« sd?er# if.. .‘’if,., *!
feferatjpa.jf nrgda W thMcpactao. Si\BBw«r*j
Medical Direoforimad Gwptoandi
and f‘dlaw? ; ft S
Yirt l&poetMlrl smr °>Kn Miitrrant. ‘
■- - .* ; tg-y.aawaarßjwfer-gwwm. •
r -7 gilßitjjPaaamw pp~-s -■]
Corretpmdews-ot thn,Aglt»lor. r; .., ..,,
B ucx-Tm Onr, fe\ v^2d,_lBo3»
- The pood new* nfthepastwoiiC'hiis brought
joy to the heart* of the ,inh'ahiiuh|s of the ftu
merons camps of the Army of Potomac.
Mud-boUnd as. we ai*e, it entries'jo 'ua Ijka a
stream of sunshine, for it -bfingti jls n promise
of a speedy termination to the vhaf-j of a return
at no distant day to. our friends'' and homes.
Scarcely bad we read of the bri'l|int victories
at Roanoke Inland and .Fort H|Wy, when we.
were agreeably startle.! hy'ithe’npps of a still
more glorious one 'at Fort Di'rteisftn. following
close upon this we hear’of thr gyneuation of
their boasted stronghold at Rdplieg Green, and
minors' of■'theifinjoking ’preparations to fall
back from their-strongly fun'ScSl .position at
Columbus, and just' now tho ram|r rfiaohee us
that the ReheU'are pulling tip,slakes atOen
tfevilteOtnd Manassas, bat thl* lied
firmatson, though it -is hourly espected. it is
almost too good to he true. excitement
•in thenampsis at fever heat, nn 3 Its each batch'
of nett-* comes in'it is reedy; d Ijwitbth'eut
most enthusiasm us it goes fr* mj]regitneht to
regiment and camp tp ; oamp,- oft ep; after cheer
awakes the echoes in : the aurnyifiding hills it
ir just such hew* as we want 1/ |war and can
pot dome to-fast, but like Of vfr Twist, we
would like some more of thews’ kh,sort.
The day has been icetebrfji IJ ] here after a
fashion,by all of. the campi. batteries
Jired a national salute this and about
rnnn the different infkr.trj hyhfSments were
drawn up'in a'hollow iijuarb jo listen to the
reading of- Washington’s Farewell Ad Ifess,
after which a number of the Regiments went
through the exercise of firingl'wish blank car
tridges, andthe manner in w,biep they went
through the. movements shows tba|;the Reserve
Corps is ju.jwell''drilled jib ariy|hf the, crack.
Divisions Tif 'jhe Army ofthe.FotSmao. ’
The outside line of pickets was jimaeked last
night when they, fell back upon, the inner line,
but thSidcisMi did not tlfitvk- besi - to follow, and
•o retired wiihout arfj'hody belßj ;hurt ! on either
side.- -This-morning a party oi l ||he Cameron
Dragoons wont out to see whattljfjt could .find.
They report,having, boen wiibin milesof
Centreville without seeing, anything of the en
emy, except now and then a stfafc, horseman.
They Bucceoded'in capturing these gen
try whom they brought’in to earn®.
Mr. S. B-. Elliott ; and J. B. Nfl|d, came into
camp this afternoon on a visit'/fii the Boys.,
they were heartily welcomed by kiieir-. friends'
arid gave as all the late news./rJfc old Tioga
and Harrisburg. Mr. Elliott 4n\* that in all
probability the Reserve wUJbittijjs sight of the
elephant within a short time, ftp■ the inten
tino*to send it to Leeslairg,; ■■ gjucb a move
would be a great relief fmm
life weare now enduring with, addling to break
the doll routine but. the arriv d tif -tba mail nr
the scramble attending.the cotairjg of a load of
wood into the quarters, they coms: 'down upon.
it like a swarm.of bees, and fill; fess lime than
it,takes to write it the \yagoh : js|emptied and
ready fur.another trip. fox chase
the other day. the first onh feyepiso.w,. without
horses qn,hounds, it lporping/ gnd
the regiiiieht was. drawn up far stho usual in,-,
j|op.. puff; tho had been
inspected and returned tu thef ’ <|uarters when
1 a large gray fox broke cover a-distorted across
the open fields in front of ln less
than a.minute there'was,two or three .hundred
Buck-tails in full chase J : *oroe;i.)| them, started
to head him off, : .n- which
Turnihgin the, direction (if uaS/pfhe ran, right
into that.partpf the was un
dergoing inspection. For a minlent all disci
pline was foOgotten and- they, Joined in the
chase. The fox. Coding himself in a tight
place, surrendered, and was captured alive.
Ho ve you got any bounds ip Moga'that can I
beat that? . . . ; ;J‘
In behalf of the Company,,wish .to ac
know edge, the receipt of a Lmx. containing a
number of useful articles prsserntcdi .to us by
the Charleston Ladies’ Aid Ladies]
you have our warmest thnrrkS. your , kind
present; and you may. be ;yuref>f the lasting
gratitude of those whose have in a
measure relieved; it reconers 7 i,i|s to tho hard
ships of. a soldiers life to ko ' 1 j|at,we are re
membered, and that* kind. f ' idtf are seeking
to relieve us as far as 'maycjjp. fhe discom
forts of a life in camp. 4 thank you,,
one and all. . ■, ,j% f-’
I take pleasure in annnurioSnglhe election pf
our former, townsman, Mr.lL 11%. Sturrock, to
' a Captaincy, in the Fifth Regiment, Pa. B. V.
0., in place of Cupt. Trout, irih-igned.. Mr.
Sturrock is.a gentleman and aw||l drilled sol
dier, aiid is fu Ily com petent for |fe position he
has been chosen to fill/ He has: held the posi
tion of Orderly Sergeant smc'e|bia company
was organised,and, in choosings him fur their
Captain, they, pay-a fitting triliuie to his. worth
and excellence ns a soldier aptfea man. Sue
oce» to him say* . j - Bor.
The most artistic and finlely colored portrait
we have yet seen of .Floyd is by the editor
•f the Philadelphia North JiifteMcan. We re
produce. the outline*: ;'' si .
There are many tribes of villi in% with varying
types of villainy,' from rauf prisoners,
and pirates'/to midnight foot i-ajgtfind mousing
sneaking thieve*.-Each tribc-hffl it* grade* of
criminalB,,eaoh type its pf crime, from
wickedness,- made almost, by tout:- .
age/ to ddphWity cro.wned by b &est cowardice
and by?twadhery to trhitore;’ ,§f the lowest
tribe, and the lowest in that trilg, i* one Floyd
—a fellow-mixed of'all theft -of mean
new, and who*o ■ Christian tifti >we withold,
eince It ie a shame to Cbristf]bd>s) that such a
tbing waa eeer bom within |t» Orders,or bap
tised with its holy symbol*. ; Hiicareerr—if we
msy so call his secret, slimy track
—has piaeed faim before*!! the rank,’
ef Uving ScoundrSlism, nudj up with the
Tilesttff buried-villains. jy. ■
oep, flalleck has Written. R lyiler to General
libnter, ockpowledging the] lar‘|»f some of the
letter’s Udops tu aid/ in tMS l>/pture of Fort
Done}son. To Gen, Hunter, otere than to any
Otbef man out tif‘his Gen Hiilleck
oy«, is das the B.acces(aM'Ui#<if 'Oube day*'
- I.''- S’- ' ’ '
f 1$
M i-PA
THE AGITATOR.
HUGJI/XOUNG, EDITOR &
/>. I . r -
WBUiSBOBOUSH,
believe that the UniSH/of, the Statea'is. ofi'hiSW
i -the-preservatlon-of-Slavery—.
any firm of treason against''the Govern
ment" divests the traitor of all claim to protec
tion. Some' of the .pro-Blnvory'-he'irspape'r*
are very much alarmed lest the rebels shall
lose their slaves at home either during or
at the end of this war. Well* suppose this re
bellion which was declared hy Alex. H. Sie
mens to have been inaugurated to extend and
perpetuate slavery, should result in the down
jfall of that institution, what then J Take the
picture of secession, which we copy from the
{Louisville (Ky;) Democrat, and in view of it
{will you ask that slavery—the cause of which
rebellion is. the effect —shall be protected : -
“ Wherever it (Secession) put its feet down;
there was desolation. Its line of ppwer is,
marked by Che fishes of farm- bouses and the
. debris.•'■<>{ desecrated Churches. ( It traced its
boundaries with a finger of fire; and marked'
its outposts by depopulated villages, Its avarii
couriers were esjlod women and children, flee-.
ing fur their lives. It laid its hand upon pop-1
ulous villages, peaceful and happy homes, and
they were cursed with the desolation of Sodom.
Its laws were the sword and the bayonet; its
pecans of triumph the wailings of women, and
the voice of Rachel crying for her children.—
Evgry living thing was blasted by it. Wide
fields, spreading in beauty, were,the camps for
destroying armies; fine buildings the barracks
for soldiers. ■ A brutal soldiery had no law but
their own lusts, no God but their own passions.
Everything valuable that they wished was
seized, and what they could not carry off was
destroyed. Commissions of plunder were is
sued, and armed bands searched and stole
under the authority of- law. No place within
the-narrow circuit Was safe from devastation.
Commerce and trade were -destroyed, for they
had no need of them. Everything they touched
withered. In their flight they destroyed, with
intHscpl nil cate outrage, whatever-wps most-val
uable. If made-no difference’ whether ittvas
the property of Union of secession, the fell
spirit of . organized mob struck ft. The mere
fact of its being property was enough to de
mand its destruction.”
;At the beginning of the Government, sla
very was recognized only as a local institution,
subject to local laws in the States whete it ex
isted.. In the course of time the slaveholders
and their Not them allies began to assume that
this cursed institution was national; and upon
this hypothesis. Chief Justice Taney''declared
that the Constitution protected it every where!
That this rebellion will result in its utter ex
tinction, or at least in depriving it of all po
litical significance, let all patriots pray. We
shall then have no such horrible pictures of the
effects of secession nr is/given above.
The .news of last week is quite important.—
From Burnside’s Expedition- it is reported that
the Navy Department has a despatch from
Commodore Goldsboroogh conveying the in for-,
(nation. that ; the Union, forces were ip, possession
of the-Seaboard Railroad, and bad destroyed
the bridges across the Backwater and Notto
way rivers, cutting off communication between
Noifolk and Richmond and the souther sea
board.
t By nn order from the'Wnr Department, we
ianrn that Mnj. Gen. Dix, imd the Hon.Ed wards
Pierpont, have been appointed Commissioners
to examine the cases of the men still remaining
in confinement in the custody of the United
States, and to decide whether they should he
released, neiain'ed.or turned over to the civil
authority.
Gen. Halleck telegraphs to Washington that
Gen. Curtis has taken Fayetteville, Ark., with
numerous prisoners, and .great quantities of
stores, tunmauition, baggage, and the like. The
■'etfeniy-retreated in disorderly-haste over the:
'Boston Mountains. , The Union-troops in that"
’section, ar6 perfectly enraged at a dastardly,
savage the Rebels; 42 officers and men
, of the stli MissourLßegiment vvere-poisoned at
Mudtown by eating-uf provisions left behind by i
the enemy, who bad prepared the food for the
purpose of causing a general murder.
' 'fits Confederate Congress, is evidedtly in a
State of alarm. On Wednesday last, in the
rebel Senate, a.rcsolution was offered abolishing
; all ports of entry, repealing all duties upon im
ports and forbidding all exports, except by the
special permission of the government; and an
other, •‘encouraging'’ planters and owners of
cotton and tobacco |o destroy their crops, to
prevent them from falling into our possession;
the encouragement proposed consisting in a
promise of indemnification hy the aovernment.
.The rebels have never been noted'as political
economists; hutJthere is a.deUeiQUs and pecu
liar simplicity about the last proposition, which
■ is fferiously .urged by a contention of planters,
as well as soberly considered in their Congress,
It that .the. Confederate loan
was thought particularly secure, because it was;
founded Upon cotton and.tobacco,two great sta
ples always tn demand. Sh-many million dol
laps, so many hundred thousand bales, of jet
ton, said Mr. Memminger, and asked: ‘‘What
better security can yov gejt ?’* Very well; and
how it is neoommended to the planters to de
stroy their cotton—which jislho security—and
not only this, but', with a fatuity which is al
most incredible, the planners propose that the
Confederate government filial! pay to them the
money it has raised on thp security of .this cot
ton, fur. destroying that which olonegives .value
to the notes they-will receive,
bwolistapwi
BecEss:
LATEST WAS HEWS.
THE TIOGA COXJXI
SENATOR BAKER'S SUCCESSOR.
On Stark, the success-
of Oregon?*a*
Senate by.a votejjjl 26 to 10. Mn
oed bj thirteen respeotable citizens
the Seniitf. wiiicb declnrrcl ftraT
. .. teeMakm trJisd tiwi jbs,
or sjTnp Sltf*
aresoW.tO.theijftfnprißiy ’of ;Jsis7 taking s S eat
Inthe Senate,- Tbe-debate-lasted a numbar.of
dtvjs and veas/poff;<(lpnted in' j]jk6sende& r
Sumner, TrUmfiull, Wilmof, Hide and others.
Tbyefiy r .injy
from the following remarks, at the close, of rthe
debate:''.
Mr. President, I suppose it is proper to come,
back again to the question, which I understand
to. be this: The gentleman from Oregon ,pre-'
seats, himself here claiming a seat ns a Senator;
he is met upon the threshold ' by' representa
tions from very respectable sources in his own
State, declaring his disloyalty, The point js..
| whether we shall admit biqi without investiga
ting" thntm sitter. , It may bn proper to attempt
a definiiTcm of disi»y alty, ns it is called for -by
my colleague, ,if l shajll say that it is un faith- r
fulness to the. and to the
i he may require a definition <if thnt; iot subr,
| stituting the’word disteyvi
iiltyq be understands tip;’
deratunds it. It. is Infidelity to UiQ-cuuDtty,'
sympathizing :with, and adhering and
! porting- its enemies, nof,. hy overt, asps which;
constitute treason,.hut. by open expressions pf
sympathy and support. We,-
are not now trying the question of the loyalty
of the Senator from Oregon; we are merely
determining when we .shall enter nppn that
question. My qqlledgue, and other Senators
here, say they will enter upon it, if ever, after
he shall have been admitted to a seat; than
they will try the question of whether he be a
loyal man or'whether he be not. If I under
stand, that is the position they take.
Now, air, would it not be a farce to admit to
a seat in this body on acknowledged disloyal
man, a man that every one of ns was ready to
pronounce disloyal, unfaithful to the country
and to his obligations ns a. citizen; to permit
him to be sworn, and then to turn him out? It
most certainly would, in my judgment. There
can, be no reasonable objection to trying the
question of bis loyalty or disloyalty bora, when
he presents-faimself. This is not. like the House
of Representatives. That is -a,; body Uhnt is
disorganized every two years; ; for kjqglhy: pev
rinds of time, ithas not organi&fd ezhitdnce?
and if every member ofilht .Hi UJo: bf.ibqre-! '
sentatives were to bametby the same objection,
and were it to be. tried, the House, could
never be organized,- This body, however, is in
permanent organization ; it is never disorgan
ized, wnd hence the distinction between the ac
tion of the two Houses,.is a clear.one, and a
very proper one. A, gentleman presents him
self bore to b,e sworn as a Senator; be is met
by representations of bis disloyalty. Now,
suppose the claimant to this seat were admit
ted to this floor, and be-should, os a Senator in
this body, assert what these, respectable gen
tleman say be asserted in Oregon, would you
permit him him to continue to sit here ? 1 im
agine not; I imagine that not a member of
this body would permit him to sit here lunger
under such circumstances. The simple ques
tion is, when will Jon inquire into the fact 7
We do not by the tote on the pending propo
sition pronounce him disloyal ; we know noth
ing about it, except from the representations
which are, made to us; and wp propose.now,,
jo the very outset, *q inquire .into thq Dipt,;,,
anil if it turns,ouf to be tru3ih,u hp is dinlojQ...
that/ho js unfaithful to the,country apd.ty -the
Coafttitution, wa tljen propose do,refuse him. a
seat,in .this body'. , Certainly, it seems to n(e I
entirely proper that, we should - do' so. ifhe
weret.admitted hare, atulAlly disloyalty were,
made perfectly manifest .and clear! if he d<h
dared here in the Senate.tbo.sentipvepts which,
it is represented that he proclaimed,in Oregon,
mortt oertginly , the Senate would expel .him i
there can be no doubt of it,. Thonuro we to
admit a wan for tha.purpose of going through -
the form of bis expulsion ?■• Mycolleugue says
we do not try the religious qualifications of a
man; we do not try his intelleotuil qualifica
tions——
Mr. Gowas. Will my colleague allow me to
ask him whether there was any motion made
in the Senate to expel Jeffersoti Davis, Robert
Toombs, end divers other gentlemen who
talked infinitely more- mischerious talk than
all that is alleged against this gentleman ?
.' Mr. Wither. The Senate then had really
no poweir to enforce any such expulsion.
Mr..Cowan. It seems to me that It was .the
doty of somebody to try.
i Mr. Wii,iior.-My. impression .is-tbat some’
motion was made.with that view.? bat it mat
tent, not. ■ When 'the Senate'was powerless to
carry out its purpose of expulsion, the fact
that it was not dune furnishes certainly no ar
gument that the Senate has no power to db it.
Are wb to be the victims of any and erery
man’s disloyalty on this floor? la every map
here privileged to rise in the Senate and declare
Hhnt in his judgment ours is not a Government,
that the true Government of this country is
the government of the confederated States,
that Jefferson Davis is its true President, and
that he stands ready to; sacrifice bis life and
bis property in the maintenance and support
of that goveernment? Is at liberty
to stand up here and say that? If‘be is I
bare misconstrued entirely the organization of
this body and the duty of its members.
Now, sir, as to the constitutions! test. My !
colleague says that we do riot .try the inkellec
tuei capacity of the candidate’ Surely not;,
neither at this nor any other time uo we-try-it;
we are nerer privileged to enter upon it. Nor
do we subject him to 'any religious lest either
now or at any utheK fitrie. J For aught'l know ■
it may- be made perfecilytdcar t hat the Seniifar
from Oregon is entitled folds sefctt'bnt'whnt r -
L contend for is. that if be be disloyal, if he be
not- entitled to . his seat, or if there be any
question as to this point, we may now.enter,
upon the inquiry of his Juyalty or disloyalty 5
that this is the proper -time; that it would. her
a perfect, farce to admit, him to a seat on this
.floor, then institute an inquiry as to bis loy
alty, find out tbat .be was disloyal, and then
expel him.
A Californian otnmbuegrsnted aninjano
lion restraining proceedings under the will of
the late Senator Broderick on the ground that
there exists strong evidence of its hnving heen'
manufactured in the city of New York, TbK
property is worth over $300,000, arfd whatever,
of it is left by tUe lawyers willprobably revert
to the State,' " *
>' «-'■ f i
Y AGITATOR.
A'Kay and Night with oar Boys on the bidding’them a basty “ 6dod-b’y e.” we turned
Potomac. our—hdraes soutbwardand were soon-pot of
.. sight. 'We passed through Gen. Smith’s Di-,
iff ii/' BaMsbvbol Feb. 26,1862. vision ?and for mj)ca pawed through a
U-afl ii,jthff. „,ji ntfthiicmhcra of tbe'-peofeePCito of soldiers^dThe-countty-isgautly
Z 0;„, founcl opr lin -?;?U s e J*:
sirs
body’s muting for thd Union tn Wrong,ooh'- hyttlanynnce reisidencea
trasr'ol theirdfeTmmhie cmrfuct of-tet April. - S,me/arm^*«^^^
The la e victories!, have brought- upon a,si.pk of fence or »
tbean.tc a realising-sense of tbficConditiOn, would l)e leftetiinjiing-. ~^p p u»
Yet the Government mustvalne their unidnfcmi. property .pf.flmon men, but
Torv-.bfchly/fur upon the cdrneOof erery,square' they appropriate to. them use w thout mueh
you w’J find a filemf ■ federal! soldiers, besides , ceremony, Pass.ng along tbetu W. ,k ®.J e
6000 th it are encamned in ,llie. iguhurbs of the, soon came p Munsop sdLAvph oh.ie thp.high:
wuuinmarecm, «u D , y . egt point of land,l,sd« in Yirgimii.t Here, as
01 We arrived in Washington U QjVelock, on atPierpoot., tents, greeted,.ones eye as fay as
Salurdry morning, and set to work.thbavp our you-could see,- This plage is .fpttified hy
passer put in proper conditibn for passing into earthworks, and can be,made
the lines.. We got our. passes after consider* Just beyond we came to Bailey s X Hoads,
ble hunting -for 1-the Marshal, and hired li where the grand review took P lace -. Here we
couple iff burses.to ride to- Gamp -Pierpont for left the “Pike” and went across into Blen
it is’ nei.rly impossible to go in any other, way. ker’s Brigade and reached the Potomac V Ar-
NooneW Tioga .County can have the faintest lingfon Heights, which are strongly fortihed
idea of of. tbs roads.:. From. with.B inch C.duml.mdsand came into Wash-
Geoxgetownafo Ctetm-Bridge.’the-inull is.pearly • ington by way of .Lmg Bridge, and Monday
lSee-de»p in a hwafto /Two. bales’ of ; bay* eeoh- .ntmpiCound, us, here safe and sound. ... ■.
weieHraj SQOdbs, i*i load fur 6or 8: mulfsi—: -This afternoon Gov..Curtin presented Eegi;
Wa croißed-,WDeiain"BHdgp.'nfme-!hfttfa)p mehtoLfiags, to .four, Regiments which \yere
our passed! catefoily ■ etthrainetLyftßd. at once, drawn up in front of the Arsenal on the Capi
fmtnd lior&lves’ -upon' arias fatriouT-LeeWAg' toi grounds. The; Gov. delivered one pf the
turnpike.. This, was-about 2, : o’clock. P/Mii h«t speeches l ever listened to, which was re
nnd the hour set apart for firing a saiule. and by the 4,000 soldiers
tbere wm nothing .bnfc onfe iocesaanfeTToar of before him. order feoro Jien.
artillery from.one end of our lines {b the other.- McClellan this morning to Trend i, him at once
Our rouie took us directly under Fort Marcy, all his available force, and at tbit moment the
and going a little bevond, we ascehded n littlo telearaphannounces that our, troops are mov
eminence and as far as tboeye could reach, in ing upon Ceptreville. Ojv. C., replied to the
hither direction, tbe whole country was* vast order that he hadmbout 8000 more men that
sea of tents,-thickly interspersed with heavy could be sentf-to Washington, as fast as 'they
fortifications. While we were viewing this, could be transported besides the 100,000 Penn
scene, si novel to us, the very earth’seemed to sylvania already has in . the field,
tremble from the effect of such cannonading. Hoard’s Company, frnnn' Mansfield, hag elect-.
Any one that thinks, our government’ has. not ed V. A. Elliott, who is in a cavalry Regiment
done "anything ought to see the forts that have at Fortress Monroe, Captain of their Company
been erected—the arms and munitions of war and has been com missioned, by the Governor,
that hate been furnished—and then theywill I think the Legislature will adjourn on the
be satisfied. From Washington to., Camp Pier- 21st of March.. Frank
pont tbe roads are perfectly thronged with
army wjignns, and the same thing is to be seen
at all points oeoopied.by nnr troops. Just be
fore we reached: Ganip Piacpont we tnef a body
of.odr cavalry bringirigvin eleven “soeesh’V
prisoners, whiebrthey hiid captured that morn- 1
ing at Hunter's! MUht'' They'were as poor, for-,
sabetl booking follows' ns 1 ever. enw. They
were sbkbbily- dressed, and. nppbirred to have
no. distinctive.Jihifurra. Thcy did not lift their
eyes .from.the ground as. long as we-could sea
them, We reached camp- about 3} o’clock
and the first roan we met from Tioga County
wnsiFrenk Bailey of 06- “H.” ; ■ 1
•! 1 T
We calls * at a tent at the head of the street
and found <J. W. Merriok, R. M. PrattW.
Sheiffeljn, A. A. Soudder', Goodman and' Mr.
Coolidgp eating dinner. They appeared to ,00
glad to jeeeuie, and I know wa were glad tn see
them. This, to roe, was one of the -happiest
meetings of my life. In a few -moments we
had gnJspod by the hnnd-'many old and valued
friends—many with whom I had passed many
happy pours in days gone hy. What thought,
this meeting called to my mind! It seemed
almost tike meeting friends from another world.
After staying a couple of hours, we went over
where the Bucktaiis were encamped and.tbore
we,.had another happy meeting- ThiA was
worth moreen me than ail! the- glitter and pomp
pf ft city -celebration.- And howeagerly the
lidys inflhired.of'.their 'friends! (How their
tjgs, glistened wheni-wee recounted to them,
some message Sente-by the “ loved -ones at.
h rate. H W'B.f:>bn3.r‘-Qd.,Crotdco!l!“-inspecting
the Urals of -his-company, and: so intent was
he upon his work that he-did nht notice, us for
a long time, although'we stood-' within• n.iew
feet of jhim. Mr; Elliott stayed all night with,
the Bucktaiis, and in the evening I went hnckto .
the fithj Regiment-. In-the evening » nuraber'
of the-Boys came in and ave spent ah . hoar or
two very pleasantly.!' - ■ ’1 -it .- 3i
And [in- tliiareimhexion let me snya little
about tne- dark sidooftho life. of. a'soldier
Many of the letters have portrayed the bright
side merely. In the-first place, I Would say
that 1 did not hear nne-of them utter one word
of cnmplaint. Their only wish was that they
would soon be-allowed to advance upon'the
RebelsJ And they appear fu enjoy excellent
.health ind are contented, but that.they rtre en
during jmany privations fur their country can
not be denied. 1 j
- Their cabins are about six feet- by seven
built with.logs op about four feet, and over the i
top they.have'stretched their summer tents.—
Ftinn. rooqt. in .each .of -.these. They have |
pauill-s teefiron stoves, bought by themselves. !
-■ ThegroundhnS'n'ot been Woken up this 1
winter, and for two months itlmsrained nearly'
everyday. TbC-Still ie a species of clay, and
by carrying'shch'‘heavy' loads oVerilin every
direct!; n it is more like a mortar bed than any
thing else. The mud in and ardundthe camp
ot the “Invinoibles'’ is from ten to- twenty
inches deep. In'the Clroots of Co. “ ll,’' one
is in do nger ($' going ' in over tbb top of his.
bools ®i*p,nnd ; they say it is not ns
bid now ns itwas a month ago. How they
can get around at all is a me! The
Commlisary Department does not furnish them'
what wood they need, and then they have to
carry green logs- upon their backs from one to
two miles and that with mud nearly k;nee deep.
Those lhaf think (if there are any) that a sol
dier’s life-is ail. sunshine ought to try it fora
few day*. One remarked to me that he had
awakened many a time and frond a stream of
water running under him. The night wewere
there itlrairied the most of the time nnd was dark
as pitch-."ln the morning, one of them who bad
been upon guard all night beating his “Venry
round”l came intohis-teht wheral waspntting,
re&fnVked-thnt lie-cohW undergo ronyamount
ter but 'that those who
thought's sOldiCr’sli’fe all I ‘poetry were sadly,'
mistaken, and herC allow mo-toVsay that we;
can never' be grateful- enough tO/oUtr -noble Vol
unteers! and when one looktrUponthem-in their'
little opbins—far. Froibbomc apd friendsi—hav
ing lefti every thing near and dear to them on
earth fir ""the maintenance of our country; one
becomes faintly‘impressed with their worth-
May G id 6less tßehf, and spare them -from the 1
calamities of-war,-and may tboy ero long re-;
firth to their famine's and ‘■friends withylctnry
written upon their foreheads.* 1 ' - - -
About eleven o’clock Sumlay : morning ■ we
bid adi ro-tb'-ihenv.'-hrni if- opr meeting wns jOy~
nus, our parting 1 was “correspondingly sad. I
hWt beat heavily and uiy eyed Imeit
sil J claaped them %'this band;.* My
hat I oopnOt here exprtu, and
felt my
teawb
feeling
FEOH THE BUCK-TAILS,
Camp Pier pom, Va.. Eeb. 23, 1862.
Fribnd Agitator.— This is one of the most
quiet Sabbaths that I have-seen fur months, the
mud is so deep that we bad no Sunday morn
ing-inspection, and all are exhausted over. the
excitement of the past week, and feel disposed
to rest to ; \3ay.
One - of our Representatives, (S. B. Elliott)
accompanied, by J. B. Niles, came into camp
last night—shook hands with all the boys—got
their boots and legs op to their knees, well po
inted with old Virginia mad—camped down
upon a hunk of poles—gut up this morning
rather the worse for wear—ate a good break
fastof Uncle Sam's beef—hid the boys good
by, and started for a northern dim ;. Their
stay was -short, and 1 trust, sweet. Urgent
business in Harrisburg compelled them to re
turn) long before they had time to iodize the
realities of a soldier's life. It is b ird lor our
friends at home to draw a contrai-t between iheir
condition and ours.. They are a thousand miles
away from the dangers of war, surrounded
by all the comforts of life, with business at a
stand still, so. that they hare nothing to do but
tu skedaddle over the frozen snow, and
“Let the wide world wag as it will,
They’ll be gay nod happy still,”
whilp we are wading through mud' two feat
deep, and spending a lung dreary winter, in
little Llottentdt huts, with the ground flooV'a 1
I damp and cold, mo sleighing, no place of amuse
; rneut to wear off the gloomy hours, no pretty
i girja to help us chat away the long winter
nighte, but here tve roust ait, shiyering o»er
little cold stoves, talking over other times, and
looking-beyond ton brighter future.’ But not
withstanding the gloomy hours which wo some
times-have, we have this to console us ; we are
engaged in a holy oause. it is the last great
" struggle of America for independence, and that
struggle will soon be ended, fur one by me
their forts, ibeirearth-works, and tie r emba:-
tleujeuts of war, erected by tr.utoo’ hands to
extinguish the vital spark of liberty, are faUnt
into our hands, ns our victorious legions march
ijn.from conquest to conquest, and one by one
their chosen chieftains, and thousands by thou
sands their ignorant and deluded followers are
being brougltt to justice: and one by one their
air-castles crumble back to nothingness, and
their last hopes are fading like.a fallen star.—
When the last great battle him been fought and
won, and the bankrupt South is, weeping like a
“burnt child” over the folly of its ways, then I
am willing that the masses should he forgiven,
but bang or banish Che leaders of this midnight
concocted rebellion, to some lone, barren isle,
i. in soma remote corner of the frozen ocean,
i whereuhe light of civilization never she.nc, and
, where’no ill Wind can ever waft their' thoughts
back’-a Arriorica. I mean all of the leaders
except Wise and Davis; them I want handed
over to the, Bucktails to be disposed of. Wise,
wo will bang heels up, upon the same scaffold
where he. bung old John Brown. Davis, we
Will cage him and exhibit him as <ve would an
OraiSg-out-ang, through every northern state,
and ip. every t-wn and city, and then upon
somSi fourth of July, we will bring him to
Washington and crucify him-upon the dome o£
the Capitol; the same Capitol which hot a few
short monthsiago he prayed to God (if ho ever
did pray) that the northern Goths and Vandals
would not lung have the privilege of polluting.-
Yesterday, was .the anniversary of the birth
day of the Father of our country. ’■ It wag a
day that will lung be remembered by thousands
on account of the grandeur of the scenes, and
the noble cause fur which they were performed.
The morning was dark and gloomy, but the af
ternoon'was much mure pleasant. At midnight,
the low peals of distant, guns were;.heard, and
M’daylight it mingled with the soft;, sweet mu
sic in every camp, and in every fort. The day
was one of universal joy and-gludness; it was
celebrated by every regiment, and that inimori
tul-fare wsll address was.read in every camp.
Nothing uoaid be hcard during the whole day
but bands of- music, the sharp crack, of the ri-
Se, the valleys uf musketry, and the deafning
peals of artillery. - As I listened to the wise
counsels, and the fatherly advice of that good
old. hero of other and thought of tfie
hardships and blood this country cost, I .could
not but flunk, that it was worth the present, to
save.. But-wbal a cuntcast thfirold Dominion ;
presented,, for at the same thne. while tbiigraat
army-upon the.banka of the Pdiomafc was cele
bratirig.the. birih.day 1 of-.that beef: who planted
. the tree of liberty upoit this, bnutinent, .in an
other portion was nesembied a. band of ambi* [
s r ' re
tidustraitors.inpomp and failitefT^y s
were inaugurating as President of afe* S
ious states, the arch traitor of every 8 J-■
every nation, whose sole objoct is to ti; cf
this fabric oE liberty, and ..build „
rums, one founded upon- the HiequnliWof 14
I presume-he was marched tjj the oUe. .??>
tune of Dixie; if so, the death' mat,h Ilf!
have been much more appropriate, f ot ' ■
did an’ambitious tyrant, op a
traitor,' grasp a more barren sceptpg-Sr
during the midnight riot, an unknown
traced hi? destiny upon the wall, we shoulS
be surprised, for his wild course is neatU,
and the sun of his life is fast sinking ia
ness wild in blood.- “**•
Monday Night.As Ldid not get this taJ
for"the mail this morning, will try
scribe the day. The morning was dark
gloomy, black clouds rolled up from tha
and about 10 o’clock it begun to *s
only a short time and the w ind began to bio
it blew harder and- harder, juntil it came in*'
perfect gale ; tent after- tent was taken fomit
foundation, barrels went Abasing each oft*
through the field, every man was onttrymjo
hold his house down.; My old tent bonw
assun Jer—down came the cupboard andsiaJ?,
ed Adel’s old bunk all to thunder. The Co#!
missary "Department was Mown down, themed,
ical tent, many of .the small tents, besides«
chapel tent purchased by j contributions faj
the regiment, which cost $175; this was re,
badly injured, , Other regiments suffered lb
same Tate. I thought the Southern Confedny.
ay was drawing its last, breath. The diylm
been disagreeable beyond description,
■Well, I guess I’ll close by quoting a r»w
written upon the death-bead of Napoleon,with
a few variations nnd modifications, to mskl it
appropriate for the occasion.
‘•Wild is the night, yet a wilder night
Hangs round Jeff. Davis’pillow,
In bis besom there rages a fiercer fight
Than the fight oh the wrathful billow."
Col, Croc tit, ’
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