THE AGIT,iTOR.
HCQB lenrjra, editor i proprietor.
WEttSBOfibCGH, £A.,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JVM 16, 1862.
Postscripts
Jait #s we go to Tree*, we n?e handed a
communication from George Derby, of Com
pany A. E. Nile*,) dateigat Harrison
Landing, July fltb, to, a friend here, from which
we copy the following list of names, of
those that were captured by the during
the late battles before Richmond;'-also list of
killed, as far as known: .; • J
Tyt/onw.—Capt. A. E, Whe* Ist Lieut.
Lucius Truman, 2d Lieut. S. Mack, Sergt.
Wm. Taylor, Sergt. Geo. Lottlow, Sergt. Gil
bert R. Ohristnat, Qpr. Caleb J’ettt&t, Cor. Nad
Boogbton, Cor. Johnathan V.; Morgan.
Privates,— V. Borden, E. 'H'.Stone, A. G.
Bardvrell, Wm. S. Boatman, I h-Borden, Win.
Blackwell, Washington Can jAeS, Stephen
Campbell,' Lorenzo'. Gatlin, Ai *i)rt*Chrislenat,
Geo. Chaplain, Wm. English, Hi ,jB. Grow, S,.
Buck, Ohas. Headley, Wm. H.. jn|kson, Alon
zo Johnson, Andrew J. Kriner, Jcjjnes C. Kri
ner, Dewitt Lam pm an, Wm. Mnrnion, Wallace
Moore, Thomas Martin, Wm. Mdr|an, Ed. Os
born, B. B. Potter, H. C.- Roland, Fred. Rob
erts, Chas. SweeVGustavns S'»Mt, J. .Stark
weather, Jacob Snyder, A. Spicer. Robert
Steele, Ed. Wilcox; Hiram We bs John Wei
dle, A. Walters, Jas. West, “Jhuetus West,
Cyrus Wetmore. , !.
AtfZei.—Robert Kelsey, (prtbkbly) Henry
j. Rote., ■, r,d;j ;
Wounded.—Chas. Valance, ifiVjprm off. •
Mr. Derby farther- says, are twenty
three of our company bertlSwjth me, and
some five-of sis mote of the the hospi-,
tal," but'does not furnish usjtho i-name*. We
shall probably be-able to give fug particulars
by our next issue. ; i I?
The following boys hatre aUo reported them
selves by letters to friends and' Jptherwiae, as
still belonging to the army of-tbeTotomac.
, 0. B: Stone, Samuel D. Sattßrly, Jacob Cole,
' Henry Varner, E. B. Allen, Jbho J. Bassett.
. THE WAH KjBWS.
■ —The forces of Gen. a& posted in is
olated detaohmonts.-a few at-Mapahia and oth-
other plaoeaj; while den.-Riel’s division
ductgong to northern Alabama. | There soems
;to'so an ekpestatibn that the*) be.no sum
ipqr catkpaigh at all. • . |
ia by to be to
hold and operate the MemphiVand Charleston
Railroad daring the summer, Usii|r it as a new
base of preparations for a falhon^ipaign.
A brilliant little affair at &o|nville, Miss.,
on July Ist, is worth mentioning
dan of the 2d Mich, 728 men,
was attached by about 4,700 ;re|ois. and after
, seven hours’ fighting drove .them off with con
siderable loss. ; . \ |
All the troops on James Hl(|hd hove been
taken hack to Port Royal— at is lt would
not be strange if port of them tit least hnd gone
to McClellan.’ • j ■
Vicksburg lies in,a very da& bend of the
Mississippi, and opposite thfe'.ejfjtrenmy of a
long tongue of land between twd readies.; A
canal is being cot across this, peninsula by ne
groes collected from plantation* near by and
the habit* of the Mississippi Wake it .quite cer
tain thatin a very short tide |he river will
adopt this new channel, and Viclsburg no lon
ger be a river port. The has been
-bombarding the place, but w|;li|what effect is
uncertain. It is occupied ©iljl by fighting
men, all non-combatants having fi|en sept away.
What we now believe to Se actual
truth of the late movements Richmond,
is this ; the rebele, by the 'aid pp conscription,
of troops brought from the W)st|mnd,the recall
of Stonewall Jackson from ,Ith* Shenandoah
Valley, gathered a force not imjMibribly double
that of McClellan. thiy Juried one-half
of it upon -our exposed right,Jwhich was not
covered or supported by anything at all. For
tunately this move had and
measnres soocessfolly stores
trains round to James ‘ Riven ||Jut while the
supplies .were tbu* preserved,'tljge powerful at
taek was continued day by daylpnd our army,
though -fighting like an army a|f' giants, was
outmaneuvered, overweighted* ||eadily forced
farther and further back', and compressed into
a small space on. the bank of;th|'Jamee River,
where the army of the PoWmj|o would have
been totally annihilated, hadaoythe gun-boats
from the river driven book me -triumphant
enemy. " $ S
—A Union man, escaped rsbe|i|ly from Rich
mond, say* the Rebels had aboj| 220,000 men
there before the late battle*. ; Beauregard was
there, sick. Our dens. McCall Reynold*
were neither wounded, but weni in prison.—
Fort Darling was being strengthened by iron
plating the batteries; a whole’'elision is there
to protect it from astairit. J^kaon’s. forces
had gone North, it was though* to make an
other raid in the Shenandoah Valley. All the
guns captured from McClellan, jn number,
and mostly light pieces, had beihbroken up to
recast. Not a single siege gfl taken.
—There' was much excifiii|i)nt in conse
quence of the reportof the of Raton
Rouge by the Rebel*. The sttj-y is that Ten
Dorn had re-poseested the plaotjjnd taken IiSDO
Union prisoners. > -
-rQen.Curtis it not yet extUicft. A thousand
of his men were recently.attack‘ed| and nearly
all killed. Thji story is, Rebels cap
tured U 5 Unjoa *applywagori| between Mem
phis and Corinth. But, rofu-,
gee* isport'. that on the Curtis attacked'
and completely cat to pietf» ’]£d|l Confederates,
under Col. MoNeil.SO miltwia&of Bstesville.
•* v- ’g*
—Major-Gen, Pope’s ad his troops
breaths* a spirit pot too gWroljin our army, j
He seeWftfwfeftein the idia||tbat offensive',
armies tbo«i4 depend instead |
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of the spade, and that attack la s better word
than ■ intrench. With singular stolidity,
doqs not see that fields are to bo won and na
tloba subdued by fortifying in a swamp, or, tn.
fact, fortifying at all, - He believes in hunting
down the Rebels in the most expeditous and
efibetive manner. It is evident that Pope Is
not a politician.
OBOCKETT’3 LA.BT liETTEB.
Itt Camp mi milss trom Richmond, \
June 23. 1862. J
Friend Agitator; —The stolen moments
which 1 shall use this morning to inform your
anxious readers of the movements of this regi
ment, will be'too few to write one half that is
transpiring around us, _
Last Wednesday morning while the moon
was our only light, we left Dispatch Station,
traveled eight miles and encamped in sight of
the enemy*’ pickets and forts. - The cannons
-wets rattling around us-regiments and divi
sions were changing positions—men were busy
at work on forts and entrenchments, and every
thing looked as though a great battle was soon'
to be fought. At evcnmgiwe received orders to
be ready to march at a moment’s warning; and
at on# o’clock n. m., we Were called out and
hurried off without our breakfast. We trav
eled only four miles and stood picket guard on
the Rail Road which runs from Richmond to
Fredericksburg. - The object of moving us in
the night. Was to avoid the guns of the rebel
forts whiob were in less than one mile of as.
At this place we were in speaking distance of
their pickets, and in plaid sight of their guns,
with the Cbickabomioy fur our dividing line.
At the Rail Road where we stood, which is the
tight wing of McClellan's army, the Chicka
hominy is but a narrow creek and so shallow
that a man can wade it in many places; but on
both sides the land is low and marshy, which
is far worse than the stream itself. This Was
an interesting place to stand guard, and no one
bad a desire to sleep on bis post, for fear that
it might be bis last sleep. In Che afternoou,
regiments drilled in plain sight, and squads
were seen at any moment, but it being a viola
tion of former established rules to shoot, no
gun was fired on either side. Our order* were
not to shoot first, hut if they opened the ball,
we were to dance away.
During the afternoon a flag of truce came
in, hearing two large dispatches .to Maj, Gan.
McClellan, and a bundle of letters from pris
oners in Richmond, to their friends. The offi
cers who bore these dispatches, road’ fine hor
ses,-and were well dressed ; but the guards and
all the soldiers which appeared in sight during
the day,, were very poorly dressed, not one
tenth.of their number had a coat op blouse.—
Their pants were of all' colors, and ragged—
shirts the same. They would occasionally
drink, and then shake the bottle at our men.—
They .say they have no coffee, but lots of whis
key. ‘
It is impossible for one in these ports to give
any correct idea of the number of soldiers here,
and any of the movements except his own ; for
no one is allowed to leave camp, under any con
sideration, for we know not what moment the
ball .will open. Here we come down to the stern
realities of war.' No sutlers are in the camps,
for no one can get transportation. Not n drum
is heat, or a bugle sounded. No drills, reriws,
nr dress parades, but all moves on in silence.
Every pioneer is at work, and every pick, and
shovel, is being used in digging rifle pits, and
building forts. Yesterday was a day unlike
any Sabbath ever witnessed in old Tioga. Be
fore daylight we were ail out in line of battle,
and stacked our arms to be ready at any mo
ment , and during the day, every well man ia
this regiment was at work in slashing down
wood, digging ditches, and building forts, A
move was made during the night, which looked
as though they were about to attempt to turn
our right flank, and thus get in behind us; tyit
they hove not yet made the move, and “when
they do, they will find us at our posts, until the
last man falls in the ditch he has dug. ■ There
is skirmishing along the lines every day, and
scarcely an hour passes' away, but what the
cannons are thundering around us. Whenever a
new ditch, earthwork, or fort is commenced,
then the shells come, howling over. The other
day a shell fell within a few yards of Capt.
Claw’s Commissary Department, near where a
group of soldiers were standing; the Captain
looked up and said, “I guess that I shall have
to move my stores, or they will break open
some of the cracker boxes.” Monday forenoon,
while I was writing this, a well known voice
cried out “Fall in, fall in,” and you had better
believe we fell in, and in five minutes were in
line of battle, ready for anything. As we were
standing awaiting orders, our Major told us
that he wanted us to remember three things, if
we were So fortunate as to meet the enemy, vii.
“Be quiet, bo cool, and keep together, so long
as we are .united, we can never be conquered."
Then the woods rang l with cheers, which told
the confidence we lindi in our noble commander,
Major Stone, and how little we feared the com
ing struggle. But again we were disappointed,
for the excitement only,originated from a skir
mish io -front, and the shelling of a rebel bat
tery. i
I am ' aware that thousands imagine that
.McClellan is doing nothing, but alt I ask, is for
those who feel disposed to find fault, to come
and join our regiment, fur our ranks are now
open fur recruits, and do what we do—march
night and'day—stand picket—build forts, and
dig ditches, and if they don’t come to the con
clusion after the first month, that war is not
-boys’ play, and “onward to Richmond,” over
an army as large os our own, is much easier
talked x nbout than done, then I’ll own up that
McClellan is not the man for the' times. Do
not understand by this that I doubt the ability
of our army to take this city, fur I have the
utmost confidence in the army, and know that
when 6en. McClellan gets* ready, and says
“come on boys,” that! the walls of this Capitol
will crumble.
If any one wishes to read, not an exaggerated
story, but a bundle of lies let them read the
rebel description of their dash, through our
lines, described in my last. Many may wonder'
bow they can break our lines tike this, and
harass our army in the rear, but if they will
look at the matter as it is, they will not won
der, for every man ie a traitor, and aids them
in every possible way; they know all onr weak
est points, and every man they meet is a guide
board ; besides the area of country fur us to.
guard; is constantly increasing, while theirs is
diminishing. It mast also be remembered that
our army has been greatly diminished by losses,
■ sickness, and weak hearts, while they have in
creased theirs by scraping the last dregs from
every swamp and plantation. Bat the call for
more soldiers; will now give those whose only'
cry is onward, a- chance, to ’move-,- nowis th'e
time fur them to show their love for their coun
try, by taking their place# in the iraok# with
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
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ns, and (haring the. hardship* and dangers of
war. Come on boys, lead -the way, the Buck
toils willfoilowyon I ' Col. Crockett. .
Tram-the 6th BennsytTanis Bestmenti--
Extract* from a Private Letter.
Os Boaso StsamsbT" Jons Bkoos," I
Above Jahesiown, Ya., }
July 11862. i
• * * *—Last Thursday, at dark, Gen.
Casey who was at that lime in commnnd at
White House, where we were stationed, ordered
that we should be in readiness, for we were in
danger of an attack. 1 Everybody laughed at
Ahe idea, for nobody supposed we (way down
in the rear of McClellan's great army) wore in
much danger of being seriously attacked, ex
cept, perhaps, by Guerrillas such as made that
raid the day before we landed there, and ns
the point had been strengthened so that we,
could muster a couple thousand men, we con
sidered ourselves safe from intrusion. But at
one o’clock at night, were surprised at the or
der for fifty men to repair at once to the bench
for fatigue; hut that soon wore off, and all lay
down and slept till morning. (Friday.) I then
went down to the wharves and found the peo
ple all very mncb excited at the rumors afloat,
that ten thousand men were marching upon us,
and other such ridiculous stories as I supposed.
As the day wore away, rumors of danger in
creased. In the meantime, heavy firing had
been heard in the direction of Richmond, and
we knew that severe fighting was in progress,
there. We, of course, were all anxiously wait
ing for a train that .would bring information as
to the fortunes of the day. At sundown,, it ar
rived ; a train loaded with wounded and si- k,
with, a little sprinkling of cowards, I am sorry
to add, came down, all agreeing in but one
thing, and that was that there was a severe
fight going on when they left. The wounded
seemed the most unalnrmcd, and said that we -
were holding our ground, though they had pret
ty hard fighting. The alarmists—and they
were those who considered “discretion the bet
ter part of valor," and run at the first fire—
said we were terribly cut up, and that we were
whipped—McClellan defeated—his retreat cut
off, and many more unprobable stories they re
cited. Yet movements did seem. to point to
something having transpired Wot as favorable
as might be. fur all day Friday, men, black and
white, were engaged in loading on all the Gov
ernment supplies they could find crafts to bold,
and shoving them down, the river. What could
not be put on board, were covered with hay
and that with turpentine. Three or four gun
boats that were there, - placed themselves in
tine of battle—.the sick and wounded were all
put on hoard. Geo. Casey removed bis head
hr the Steamer Vanderbilt, and at 9
o'clock, P. M., everybody bad become consider
ably excited at the movement of things, though
nobody could get anything correct ns to what
was really the trouble. Still I could not believe
that it was seriously contemplated leaving, and
we all, as usual lay down with perfect uncom
cern. Next morning at 9 o’clock, orders
came to strike tents, and pack up] This looked
serious. No morning .trains had as usual come
dojwn'from the army after supper. One went
up early, asd it was reported to have fallen in
to the hands of the rebels, who had got posses
sion of the Rail Road, and were coining down
upon us in force,' This looked more serious.
A little while after noon, we went on board,
and in an hour or eo. the right wing of our
regiment, which by the way was stationed three
mites up the Rail Road, came in on double
quick, and without knapsacks. That looked a*
though they were closely pursued, butthoy say
they saw nothing of the rebels, though the
cavalry scouts reported them very near and in
large force. We pulled down the river a ftw
miles, and anchored fur the night.
* • • * * * *.
We came down to Fortress Monroe, and
there received orders to proceed to City Point
.upon James River, and we are now nearly at
our destination.
July 4 tk. —We have joined onr division, and
we find they have been roughly handled,but in
good cheer. We are located a few miles below
City Point on James Hirer. Geo. MuClelan’e
head quarters are near us.
Yesterday, we were shelled by the rebels a
a little, but no serious damage was done.
Jusiah Cuolidge had a; bole cut through his
under lip, and three teeth knocked out; that
was all in our regiment that I have heard of,
though many of their shells came most un
pleasantly near. One struck within fifteen
feet of our company in front, hot did not hurst
—their shells are filled with bullets. We took
their buttery, and hare not heard from them
sines.
Ton people north, no doubt think that Mc-
Clellan is whipped, because he has fallen back;
hut not so. You will know, if you do not now,
the. object of hia fulling back ; if Beauregard
and bis army are not captured, it will be be
cause they “smell a mice”.nnd ran fur dear
life very soon.
We have had no mail in a week nr so.
R. HI. P.
Prom South Carolina.
£xtncCs from t Private Letter. ' -
Jake's Island, South Carolina, }
June 23, 1862. J
* * * —We wore much surprised at J.
Cole’s coming into camp last night. He has
been in the recruiting service fur four or five
months, and was shipwrecked on the Oriental,
off Hatterus. He came up from Hilton Head,
on board the Cosmopolitan, and told us there
was a mail on board of it. We took a lighter
and bad the pleasure (?) of rowing five miles
against the tide in the hot sun—hut the mail
was none the less welcome.
When I last wrote yon, I think tea were at
Otter Island. We came to North £dist> from
that place, on the Transport, Potomac-from
Edisto, we crossed Jiibn's Island, to ----- In
let, a distance of thirteen miles. The gun boats
hod driven the enemy from their battery, and
drawn the spoils from the Channel We crossed
the Inlet on Monday to John’s Island, and our
company and onmpany K. were-sent on picket
the first thing. On Tuesday, the rebels got in
formation of our position, and sent out a Geor
gia regiment to capture the pickets. There
was twenty- wen out of each company detailed
for camp guard, and! w«e one of them. The
rebels threw shot, and shell all day, and they
got the range so well, that thoy begaij to fall
into camp., The skirmishers came running in,
and said the rebels were coming. Tfae-picketa
formed in line, and droppeditm their knees,
jyhon the rebels came up cheering,* Bni the
TiogabdjsdTd hot flinch; and arkdph, as the
rebllssbowed themselves, shot tbeit) dow»jw
Our boys gave it to them, until they broke
ranks and run, Their officers rallied them,
and they (tame up a second time; hut they could
nut stand the Yankee 1 fire which was poured
into them, and they again tetreatedi The Rhode
Island battery now eame up, and gate them
grape anj minister, scattering them, and cpt
ting the limbs from the trite*. The guards came
op on double we formed in line of
battle, and Toadetlp but they had got enough
bjtfi&time. ~ ~
Oor regiment lost only ona man* Thos. Jones*
of company H. This was because they loaded'
and fired on their knees, while the reststood up.
The 97tb lost three men killed. I will not ven
ture to give the rebel loss.' They carried of a
good many, and we buried twenty to-day, one
of them a Captain. The most of them lay in
front of company I. .
The Colonel says our company is the best in
the regiment, as there is not a Coward in it.—
Gen. Wright and staff, cheered ns as we passed,
and asked if we were ever in action before T
It is about two miles to, the rebel batteries,
and when we get them, it wilt be short work to
take Charleston. Charleston is about five miles
from here, hid from view by a piece of woods.
We may ho in Charleston in a week; but I
think we shall lay here some time.
The rebels fired into company K, while on j
picket; nnd wounded two of them. |
CuL Welch is now acting Brigadier General,
and the 45tb is in his Brigade. Capt. Haynes
is in command of the regiment.
Major Kilboorn is at Hilton Head ; either he,
or Col. Beaver, will be here soon.
There is nut a sick man in out company, and
all are in the best'of spirits. M. A. R.
From HUes’ Company. •
Extract* from a Private Letter.
Caup ksar Harrison's Landing, Va., 1
July 6, W 2. )
* * * —£ have but a few momenta in which
to write, and can only let you know, this time,
that ILcamo out of the seven days’ fight all
right, I cannot give particulars, as yet,.more
than to say that fifty-four of company E, (the
ono to which I belong.) are, without a doubt,
I prisoners, and our brother,- Eugene, is with
them. They were taken during the second
day’s fight, about 10 o’clock, A. M. We were
in the possession of a rifle pit, and our shots
were telling.with fearful accuracy on the foe, but
fur all this, with vastly superior numbers the
rebels were outflanking us, and we were ordered
out. It. was then and there, that the roost of
company E, were taken prisoners. There are
twenty-eight left; of these. some are on the
sick list, and some are in the hospital; but how
many in each of these two places, I cannot
6ay ' ' T 1
How [ made my escape, is more than 1 know.
Death and carnage raged on every hand. But
I will not dwell on a subject so loathing and
sickening to the sight. Suffice it to say that I
saw many a brave boy go down to rise no more,
till the resurrection morn ; but they have died,
noble offerings to-their country. .•
0. M. Stebbins,-alias “Col. Crockett,” is
among the killed. He was a member of *fcom
pany A.
We have Inst all of our company officers, ex
cepting our Orderly Sergeant, Geo. Derby. We
lost our Brigade General, but we still have ns
good a Colonel and Major, as ever blessed a
regiment.
1 lost all my clothing, excepting what I had
on, in common with the rest; but requisitions,
I learn, are about being made out for a new
supply. They cannot come too soon, for we
are in greet want of them.
I have time to write no more, and I hope
these few hasty lines will be the means of let
ting you know something of the fate of com
pany B. I will'try to write you a more de
tailed nccount in a few days.
Love to all. 0. E. Stone.
ABMING THE BLACKS.
The South Carolina Regiment.
The following correspondence was laid before
the [loose to day, the reading of some parts of
which occdssioned much merriment:
Watt Department, ]
Washington Cite, July 2. ;
Sir ; In reference to the answer of this De
partment, of the 14th ultimo, to the resolution
of the House of Representatives, of the 9th of
last month, calling for - information respecting
the organisation, by General Hunter, of the
Department of South Carolina, of a regiment
of volunteers- for the defence of the Union,
composed of black men, fugitive slaves, &c., it
will he seen that the resolution had been re
ferred tn that officer, with instructions to make
an immediate report thereon. I have now the
honor to transmit herewith the copy of a com
munication just received from Gen. Hunter,
furnishing information as to his action touching
the various matters indicated in the resolution.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant.
Edwin 'M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
Hon. G. A. Grow, Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
General Hunter’s Explanation.
Headquarters of tub |
Department of the 'South, V
Fort Royal S, C. June 23. i
Eon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War
Washington, D. C.
Sib; I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of a communication from the Adjutant-
General .of the Army, dated June 13th, 1862,
requesting me to furnish ryou with the infor
mation necessary tn answer certain resolutions
introduced in the House of'Representatives on
June 9th, 1862, on motion of Hun, Mr. Wick
liffe, of Kentucky, their substance being to in
quire—
First. Whether I had organized, or was.or
ganiziog, a regiment of fugitive slaves-in this
Department?
Second. Whether any authority had been
given me from the War Department for such
organization, and ■
Third,' Whether I bad been furnished, by
order of the War Department, with' clothing,
uniforms, arms, equipments, &c., for such a
force. \ ■ .
Only boring received the letter containing
these inquires at a late hoar oh Saturday night,
1 urge forward my answer in time fur the
steamer sailing to-day (Monday.) This haste
prevents me from entering, as minutely as I
could wish, upon many points of detail, such
as the paramount importance of the subject de
mands-; but in view of the near termination of
the present session of Congress, and the wide
spread interest which must have been awakened
iy Mr. Wickliffe’s resolution, I prefer, tending
this imperfect answer to waiting the period
necessary far the collection of fuller and more
comprehensive data,
Jo the first question, therefore, J reply that
no regiment of fugitive slaves hoi been or is
being organised in this Department. There Is,
however, a fins regiment of persons whose late
masters are "fugitive -rebels," men who avery
where fiy before the appearance of the National
flag, leaving their servants behind them t$
shift® best they cam for themselves. So far
bftderfi, are the k>yalpersonß composing this
;tegi««nt from Making to avoid the presence of
their'iate owner?,) that they are now,.one and
All working wltbremarfaihie induetryitoplace
themselves in a pp»ili»n to join in fall and ef
fective parsuTt df "these fugitives add trftituroda
To the second question, I have the honor to
anavrer that the instructions given to Brigadier
General T. tV. Sherman by the Hon. Simon
Cameron, late Secretary of War, and turned
over, to roe by succession for my guidance,, do
distinctly authorize me to employ all loyal per
sons offering their services in defence of the
Cnton r and for the suppression of this rebel
lion, in any mwmtier I might eea fit, or that the
circumstances might call for. There is no re
striction as to tbe|characier or color of the per
sons to be employed, or the nature of the em
ployment, whether civil or military; in which
their services shall be used. -, !■ conclude, there
fore that I have been authorized to enlist fugi
tive slaves as soldjiers, couldnny such be found
in this Department, No such characters, how
ever, have yet appeared within the view of our
most advanced pickets; the loyal slaves every
where remaining! on their {plantations to wel
come os, aid us and supply us with food, labor
and information.
It is the masters who have in every instance
been the fugitives, running awny from the loy
al slave* as well ?s the loyal soldiers, and whom
we have only partially been able' to see, chiefly
their bends over ramparts; or, rifle in hand,
dodging behind trees in the extreme distance.
In tfae absencel of any fugitive (master) law,
deserted slaves would ha whooly without reme
dy, hpd not the 1 crime of treason given them
the right to pursue, bring back
those 1 persons of whd|e protection they have,
been this suddenly bereft. _
To jthe third linterrogatory it is mj painful
duty 'to reply that 1 have never received any
specific authority for issues of clothing, uni
forms) arms, equipments, &0., for the troops in
question, ray general instructions from Mr.
Cameron, to employ them in nny manner I
might find necessary, and the military esigin
cies of the Department being my only, but in ;
my judgment,-sufficient justification. J
Neither have.! had any specific authority for
supplying these persons with shovels, spades
and pickaxes when employing'them as laborers :
with boat* andiuars when using them as light
er men ; but these are not points included in
Mr. Wickliffe’sj restrictions. •
To me it seemed that the liberty to employ
men iis nny particular capacity implied with it
iibcrtjj also to supply them with the necessary
tools and acting upon this faith, 1 have clothed,
equipped-and armed the only loyal regiment
yet raised in South Carolina.!
I mfiat say in vindication of roy own conduct
that hhd it not been for theimany other diver
'sified (find imperative claims on my time and
attention, a much more satisfactory result might
have bteen hoped for, and that in place of only
one,- njs at present, at least five or six well
drilled! brave and thoroughly acclimated regi-,
mentS'shnuld by this time litave been added to
the loytal forces of the Onion. The experiment
of anping blacks, so fares I have made it, has
been a complete, and eren marvellous success.
They are docile, attentive and enthu
siastic! displaying great natural capacities for
hcqnirjng the duties of a fjoldier. They are
eager:beyond all things to take the field and be
led into action, rind it is the pnanimous opinion
of the . officers, who have had charge of them
that |n the peculiarities of the climate and
country, they will prove invaluable auxiliaries,
fully equal to the siroiiav regiments so long and
successfully (used by tbe British authorities in
the lndia Islands.
jn conclusion I would say ! t is my only hope,
there appearing'no possibi ity of other rein
forcements, owing to the exigences of the cam
paign in the Peninsula, to have organized by
the etid of the next fall, and do he able to pre
sent the Government from 48,000 to 50,000 of
these Hardy and devoted soldiers.
Trusting that this letter j may form part of
yonr answer to Mr. Wickliffe’s resolution,
I hare the honor to be, ; ,
D.j HUNTER
, ! Major General Commanding,
DEMOCRATIC STATE ' CONVEHTIOK
Thii Breckinridge Democrecy met ip State
Convention at Harrisburg u (he 4th Jnst,, and
nominated the following ticket:
For Auditor General—lsaac S. Slenker.
For Surveyor General—Jaimes P- Barr.
The>following Resolutionsjwere adopted :
■5 ' Resolutions.
Whereas, The American: Constitution was
ordained and established by jour fathers, in’or
der to,form a more perfectCnion, establish jus
tice, tpsure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defense, promote the general wel
fare and secure the blessings of. liberty to pos
terity,*; therefore J
U Resolved, .That the ohly object of the
Democratic party is the restoration of this Un
ion ha lt was, and the preservation of the Con
stitution as it-is. ||-
2. Resolved, That to the end that the Union
be restored and the constitution and laws en
forced throughout its whole extent, we pledge
our hearty and unqualified support to the Fed
eral Government in the energetic prosecution
of the existing war, ji
3. Resolved, That the true and only object
of the 1 war is, to restore tbejUnion and enforce
the laws; such 11 purpose t(!one. is worthy the
awful sacrifice which it costs us of life and
treasure; with euob a purpose alone can we
hope fur success, and those who from sectional
feeling or party or private motives would give
any other direction to the efforts of our armies
are unjust and unworthy to. be entrusted with
power, and would cause alt our exertions, ex
traordinary and unpatulolled as they are, to
prove futile in the end. !•
/ 4.' Resolved, That we jnstly view with alarm
the reckless extravagance which pervades snipe
of thadepartmonta of the Federal Government,
and that a return to rigid-economy and.aq- j
countability is indispensable, to arrest the. sys
tematic plunder -of the public treasury by fa
vored partisans;-and that,;in,view of the re
cent startling developments|of frauds and cor
ruptions at the Federal metropolis and through
out the country, we hold an entire change of
administration to be imperatively dent mded.
5- Resolved, That the party fanaticism or
crime, whichever it may be called, that seeks
to turn the slaves of the Southern States loose
to overrun the north and enter into competing
with the white laboring masses, thus degrading
And insulting tbeir manhood by placing them
cn an equality with negroes in their occupation,
is insulting to our race, and merits our most
emphatic and unqualified condemnation.
G.' Resolved, That we denounoe northern abo
-1 litiobiaiD and southern secession as the 00-op
j eration sources of our present calamities, alike .
treasonable to the Constitotieti »ad
the Union. The only way tr> a wtton«4ii.**
and a respected Conatittrfmn, rtith
peace and prosperity is thiwglube ori»u!!*
_»ne of bothi , | V^*-
7, Resolved. That the Bsmomey of
vania is equally opposed io »U ssetioaal £?'
lation and geographical parties, erhioh
their hope for continued partisan sooceiaoiwu
agragrianism of emancipation and
ioal philanthropy—abolition : Wans/
i< known to the constitution, and both s' ■
tended to aid hi subverting tbs CoaefaJ*
and to prevent the -restoration of unit? Bo *
and concord among the Skates mitbl'J**?*
8. Resolved, That the Ounstitßfioi.Jffl*'
aresufficient for any emergency,
suppression of" the freedoin of speech and
the press, and the unlawjful arrest of cifaJ,
and the suspension of the
in violation of the Constitution, in 3m
the civil authorities are ph'impeded, «
dangerous to civil liberty, and should ben,
sisipd at the%allot box by every freeoeaiatu
land. W .
9: Resolved, That this is » government
white men,"'■and was established exclusive!,
the* white race, and that the negro race ms sot
entitled to and ought not t ot to be, adaittedto
political or social equality with the while n»
but that it is our duty to t -eat them with kis&
ness and consideration at an inferior-juddi.
pendent race: that the right of tbs termf
States'to determine the position and duties of
the race is a sovereign right; snd the pledgw
of the Constitution require us is loyal eitispt
not to interfere therewith.
10. Resolved, That Congress hss no power to
deprive any person of h » property f ar (B .
criminal offence unless that parson bashes#
first duly convicted of the offence by the ver
dict of a jury, and that jell acts of Conneu
like those lately passed by the House of Rep
resentatives, which assume to forfeit or coat*,
cate the estates of men for: offences which they
hay# not been convicted by due trial by Jory
are unconstitutional and lead to oppression tni
tyranny. It ia no justification for each acts
that the crimes in the proiecatiia
of the rebellion are of unexampled atrocity,
and there is nosuch justification os State nteu*
siiy known to our government or laws.
11, Resolved, That (he Constitution, the Un
ion and the Laws must be preserved and Weis
tamed in all their proper and rightful supreo
acy, and that the rebellion now in arms against
them must be suppressed and put down; sad
that it is our duty to aid in all measures neces
sary and proper to that end.
12. Resolved, That the Soldiers compoiing
niir armies merit the warmest thanks of the
nation. Their country edited, and nobly did
they respond'; living they shall know &oaiion’,l
gratitude, wounded a nation's care, and dying
they shall live in mir memories and monument*
shall be raised to teach posterity to honor the
patriots and heroes who Offered their lirei si
their country’s altar Their widow* and or
phans shall bo adopted by the nation, to b»
watched over and cared for as object* truly
worthy a nation’s guardian! hip.
In conclusion With these Resolutions the Td
tgraph prints the following which was puied
unanimously by the Democratic Contention
last year: ' ;
“ResolveS That we will by all proper sad
legitimate means, OPPOSE, DISCOUNTE
NANCE and PREVENT, any attempt on the.
part of the Republicans in power Jtn make say
ARMED AGGRESSION UPON THE SOBTH
ERN STATES.” ■
MAP OF THE WORLD
OJf MERCATOR'S PROJECTION.
THE undersigned has been appointed Agent ef the
New; Illustrated and Historical Copper PUta
Map of the World, on Mercator's Projection, compiled
frmn the latqst and roost authentic source*, eihibit
ing the recent Arctic, and Antarctic, African and
Australian Discoveries and Explorations.
Ist. This Map shows the world as it is.
2d. Shows the rapidity of the ocean enmitt aid
streams per hour. ' 1
3d. Map of the Earth, shewing the cantata of
the winds and streams of the Ocean. Alio the .ItaMv
of eqnftl seasons, equal summer and equal wiattf,
teroperatnre*attacbed to U. ;
drb. Timo table of the world, elevation* ef
Ear(h )t leugths of the principal rivers of the world
sth. The world in four hemispheres. Abe
world as apprehended by the jAncient Greek*, Cao*
merit in Homer's rime 900 years before Chrlit
6th. Description of the principal sources, dirinoa
of-the principal creeds in the world, table tbcriaj ,
the moan annual fall of rain in the U. America |
statistics of the.whole woi)dv j
7th. Hyeteograpbical Map q( the World, exkwb
Ing the-mean proportion of rajin distributed in diMt*
•nt Zones. Table showing Ihq relative proportion «f
land and water, j
Bfch. The phases of the Moon, and Chronolcjfcw
table stating the mostiroporUpfcglubular ciren»nen*
g&tibns. Everything that hoa been recorded is on
thig map. This map is designed for School* and
be furnished to School Directors and cUiten*st» TW J
reasonable rate. The County ik now being c » of JJ etf
-Delmar, July 16.1862. )A. BACOS
AUDITOR’S KOTlCE.—Notice is hereby
that the undersigned Imaboen appoinW by“|
Court taaufiit and distribute the assets raised »J* M
sale of the real and estate of Stephen M«*
sier, dead.. will attend to thaidatiea of his
ment, where'a hearing will be iiad in the *
the office of A. P. Coho, Esq., in Wellsboro. oo Tier*'
day, August 21st, at 1 o'clock p. tn., to distribute 41
said fund THOS. ALLEN, Aaoiltf*
Wellsborq, July 2.1862. 1 •
A EDITOR'S NOTICEJ-Norice !• W*bj
given that the undersigned hasbe«B
ed by the Court an Auditor to [audit and dmtnbute>
moneys in the band* of the Administrator of **• ‘
tate of John Evens, deo'd., will attend to the
of his appointment, where a hearing will be ns®
the premises, at the office afrA. P* Cose* ■
Wellsboro, on Wednesday, this 20th day *.*
next, at 7 o’clock p. m., to distribute th* said we*
ALLEN, Atdtto!
WeUaboro, July 2,
7\RPHAN , s'cI
\ / an order of. the Orphan . ;oort to me dife*-
will sell'fttpnblio vendue on Saturday the **“ ,J
August 1862 J on the.premises in Jackson*.***
P. M.. the following described jfeal eitete, to wi •
A tract of land situate in the township of J**
beginning at a post in UneotjJett* B R®y**» -
north 1$ east 159.7 per, to a post la south'bee <-
Beggott; thence sooth 89$, east by said
perches to a poet j thence south 665, »**%*?
101.3 perches to a post; thepe© sonthg.' «•*
perches to a post; thoooe sontjh 65$
(a a post; thence south 61, by lands# .•
Slardernnt end VoorbeeS 178.8 perobM
place of beginning—rontaimcg 78.JJ
- • ■ ■ AtLEN BJ SKYAK, B*** 1 "
Jaoheon, July 2, 1858. ;
859 REWARD!
BROKE ont of the Tioga Cfmnty, Pa.,
30th of Juno last, a roan of the n»m» « "Vj,
T. Keeney, about 25 years of j m«, 5 * io op-f .
bight: blank moustache; no whiskers. ji"
anoe indicate that bo is slightly marked. t
smail-pox. Rather good looking.
military olotbos. Is a native of Middle*®**
CoQRty> ■ iisA ittdt
ALSO, a man ahont 40 yearsof age of ta»
Asiol Styles, a native of Clymer, tMs caooty.
5 feet 8 inches in bight ind well bnllt, Brt*“ -
ha* a yognish appearance. Had with bto
l * Tho°ahove reward will be paid for the tppwh« Mil
of the prisoners, or 525 sheriff.
Wellsboro, July 2, 1862, i