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From the 45th Pennsy; r,*nW Eegimeat.
• Aqpia Crebi Va., )
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Editor Agitator.— Tfiet fofJi|fffifdi hr® stiU
at Aquia Creek Station, bii ■ «s|l?liave not been
with our regiment Newport
News, until'quite recentlj| I cannot
give you a -detailed - account pfvfe'erything that
baa transpired at tlits post diieS-.onr regiment
has been quartered.here', Jiii|:pi will let.you
know what has been goij here since I
landed, Aug. 29, t On qrrivj I found the
boy* enjoying a soldier’s lijf. Com- ‘
panics I and K were guard doty
•at this point, while the QthTfe'-iagbt companies,
were in camp fire miles u’ . tito’ Kail Road in
the direction of Fredericks!mif.S Upon,going
to quarters 1 found our boy t ifijftading numer
ons barrels and' boxes of varfous sizes, tlic
question next arose, whatihrerTtheso apd for
whom ? when I'learned tboywere from Lan
caster County, and a presehtj^lthe 45th P.i.
■Tols. Upon investigation;'t^|> ! :parrels were
found to contain- new apples, eggs,
onions, beets, cabbage and tjmips, while the
boxes were filled with and pre
serves of various kinds, thosq -^lre - duly divi
ded out to the difieratat and then to
the boys-; the Tioga boyi : olHcourso, got a
proper share. This isthe time our hoys
have received .presents from While
enjoying these luxuries maiijj:% good- wish and
prayer has been offered fof tK© kind hearted
citizens of Lancaster. T 1 -pays from, that
county ask ns where is .1 wo answer,
coming.. • J'.f-V 1
The past week has be?b epj»oyed in ship
ping stores from this pl^e.-'lj'fredericksburg
has been cleared of all stores.,
Sunday,the 31st, was in anxiety
and excitement, all the troops tqj even the pro
vost guard .were--sent'ou.f .fowled Fredericks
burg to await the approach ci£"jt|ie enemy who
as yet has not been seen, i At.ipie all the Rail
Road and Government woV|Ss|f#®re blown up
and set-on fire, including tHe bridges crossing
the Rappahannock, and Po(opinio Creek. The
explosions were tor'rifio, and;frilcb'; this place the
scene was indeed grand and .imj&essing.'
The 31st was general but owing
to the ill state of the weathe4&t|ij the general
excitement wo were not mus|p|eii. The news
has reached us of a lata batj|s iqnd that Pope
has fallen back ito Centerviltt-'tjie battle was
stated to be at,bull’s Run, lpis fight it is said
■was a hard one, wo had 12,0Qi;ijten engaged af
the beginnings how it term'.n&ff we have not
yet learned. The questionarises, where
is McClellan and the 2Dtb of
August McClellan ift and is
probably at "Washington niCpraaptit, Burnside
is at Aquia Creek, what b’e is‘;(&ing I cannot
learn, but lie appears (o jp' fei|y busy. It is
generally believed hefe tliatifbe Rebels will
soon be at this point as out troop's in general 1
believe are trying the. plan. Our
sick are all removed to Alexandria. Out stores
are all going on ship board nsimst as possible
and all will soon bo an limpor
-tan't Blow, (hat is to eva«afj|. hfter -tojuching
the match to the nice buildings w e
have been solo.ng emplpyeflgff'bmlding. AVbat
the future movements will'vbcivbo can conjec
ture, but of course they wit’ ttfl-go to save the
Union.
Captain A. Curtin, of been pro
mo,ted'to the office of tfna if be does the
business ns well as his 1 pgedaeessar he will
; make a-good officer. Majqe'K.l*bourna was a
good officer, but was Tesign on ac
count of ill health. t . : Ki I-
I should have stated; befon{, this that Col.
Welsh is commander olj this ‘ Capt. Kel
sey of Company K, is; Prowiijsii Marshal, and
Capt. [fills is captaiq of Ffejvost. Quite a
squad of recruits havecorrte go jbis regiment,
but none I believe for |he lt
is hoped that Company I. will;'"soon be filled to
overflowing. Comb 1 boys ifajlie draft hasn't
caught you. ;■' ,r 1 • Charlie.
t Words ii» Sedsga.' !
Tha “Lqtmger,” in the IhstSoiimber Ilarpci's
Weekly, says; " y f \ |I .S'
‘•‘Let us suppress 'he ahpjftionists,’- cries
some slaek-witted orator, ■ the rebellion
■will end-?”. Of courseii.t wijf, you dear soul;
and if all your fellow citizenO.-til been of your
calibre'and kidney, thereWillloi have been no
rebellion at all. If Ifainpdegilkid bis'friends
had said, ‘‘Let us fellows who
cry out against ship-m(ncy,”jj|llngland would
hare quietly -submitted? to tHOyranny of the
Stuarts. .If Otis and Patrick|f,®irj had shout
ed, "Ilurpah for King Geots&i|tnd the'Stamp,
Act?” there would have bSpfno bloody rev?
olution. If Mira beau and people'
had bellowed, qllurrah fo| Starvation; aris
tocrats forever! all the troulils in France would
have speedily ended. To bSSsufc, every right
would have been anihililted, liberty des
troyed and a few rich ‘add tgpforseless people
would havo governed Ijriincl? but there would
have been; no difficulty/, rot and
general national decay., [j£* | V
“Let us suppress thij abofitronisls 1” But
suppose you begin at fhehcgiadiing. First-sup-'
due the common sense people of the
country ; then you may those who in
fluence it. It is not -what ybli caH with an
amusing persistence, aboilitioßisln, which onus
.ed the war,,but the opeqing qfi Jhe eyes of tlio
' people,-so that they sen. people of this*
country know perfectly well.jpht slavfery, is nt
the bottom of this.rebellion. ;§|there bad been
no slavery there would.have}se®i no war; just
as there would have -qeeu abolitionism.
The temperance movement from'drunk
enness ; and when a drpnkenShlan tries to hill
his wife, , don’t you think tb|t [the teetotalers
are responsible for it ? '} ’lslf,
“Slavery was trying to kraals country. II
had almost succeeded', ‘Al’atflb 1 watch!”
shouted the abolitionists. Slaivpry, maddened
that its crime was discovered,jmlot and stabbed*
right and loft. “There-1 l'-’ cry the sen
sible- Wiojfliffe- and Compati|2-|thia conies of
calling the" watch I Why (l|t devil’can’t you
bold your tongues ? Let us sijpiress these fel
lows that? cry watch 1 walch jrllbd all will be
quiet again 1 "111 -
Certainly; a dead deg or nation are
-both perfectly quiet. ‘Andathffcp of-freemen
throttled, with its own a slave sys
tem, like ours, is the deadest of all
’ dead dogs.”. ', ’ • i •
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SSjyHon. Qtjluaha A. so long tbe
popular Representative iii QhliWesa .for the
District composed of tbs CouljtiSs of Susque
hanna, Bradford and Tioga; Speaker of tbe.
House of Representatives Congress, -
has been unanimously for Congress
In tbe new District compo3edW.C|Sasquebanna
and Luzerne. .Charles Denis®, qf Wilkes
barre, is 'the candidate of tbe|i>ppolHiqn, or I
so-called Democratic party, fdrjltio office. No j
doubt remain* of Quon’f election,
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THE AGITATOR.
WBLtSBOKOnSH, PA.,
SEPT. 10, ,1802.
People’s State Nominations.
FOR AUDITOR GENERAL,
THOMAS E. COCHRAN,
OF YORK COUNTY.
' '» FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL,
WILLIjAM S„ ROSSi
OF LUZERNE COUNTY. ° ‘I ' : '
J General Election. Tae.day, October 14.
Ever since its organization the Republican
party lias professed none but the roost Union
loving sentiments. When defeated in the great
contest of 1850, it quietly and without a mur
mur submitted to the constitutionally expressed
will of the majority. No one now doubts in
view of the history of the past two years that
if the Pro-slavery Democracy bad Been defeat
ed then, the rebellion would have begun then.
When Fort Sumpter was fired upon and our
National Flag insulted, the whole North arose
like one roan .to wipe out the insult. Party
names and party issues were forgotten in the
general desire to save our liberties and our
firesides. For our part we were determined
then, and are determined now that party names
and party issues shall alike be forgotten until
the great question of the Union shall be de
cided, except so far as these shall be deemed
necessary to preserve our organization. We
arc for a united North on this question, and
we will not allow the opponents of this senti
ment to move us from our determination. They
tried it last year under thh specious pretext of
“no party”'—tho object being to divide the only
unconditional Union party in the county, and
thereby elect a few political hacks from both
parties into office. The people lifted the mask/
from’the face of the “no party” ticket, reoogi
nized the creature and sent it to rest in obsou-'
ritv
This year the concern starts np again under
new auspices with an entire change of pro-,
gramme. Tbe fact is ignored that tbe Repub
lican party in its call made no issues except
that of loyalty. But it will be found that the
whole secret of the movement of these so-called
Union party leaders to divide the loyal masses,
lies in the fact that David Wilmot, the repre
sentative man of Pennsylvania in tbe United
States Senate must be stricken down, and a Val-
Democrat elected in his place.
That is one of their objects, an object pub
licly avowed here on the day of the Conven
tion, and for which Dr. Webb, a pure-minded
patriotic anti-slavery man was' sacrificed, to
make room for a man who pledges himself to
further this scheme if he should be elected to
the Legislature. Thus the people may see that
in order to divide and defeat the Republicans ;
in order to strike a blow at Wituoi the great
champion of freedom and the Union in Penn
sylvania ; in order to help crush out the brave
men who hove stood by principle through good
and evil report, this “Union” ticket is formed,
and you are all urged to vote if.
The rebels crossed tbe Potomac on Fri
day night and. Saturday morning at several
points above and below Point of Hocks,'
and before noon on Saturday were in pos
session of Frederick, the. capital of Mary
land. If is also reported that they have
crossed tbe Potomac west of Harper’s Ferry',
but this report is not confirmed. Fugitives,
who loft Frederick on Saturday night, re- 1
ported the city* to be in possession of about
5,000 rebels, under General Hill, who bad
issued a. prods mation, promising protection
to private property, and appointed a Provost
Guard. The 1 latest despatches from the
vicinity* says ;that the rebels still hold
the place in heavy force, under command of
Gen. Johnson, while Jackson was reported
to be 15 miles bejow Point of Rocks.—
Poolcsville was also said tq be in rebel pos
session—their forces being arrayed in line
of battle, awaiting an attack. The rebels
are represented to be very exultant, and to
express the determination to capture Wash
ington, butsay they will firstgofurther north
to procure supplies. '
A. battle took place at Martinsburg, Yd.,
about 15 miles from ferry, in
which our forces were victorious. Brig.
Gen. White telegraphs to Gen. Wool, at
Baltimore, thatdOO rebel cavalry attacked
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HUGH TOUNB, EDITOR i PROPRIETOR,
County Nominations.
j*OR CONGRESS,
lIESRy W, WILLIAMS, of Welhhoro.
.(Subject to jthe doMninn of Conferees.)
jrOR SENATOR,
STEPHEN rj WILSON, of Welhhoro.
(Subject to 1 the decision of Conferees.)
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
CHARLES Q. BOWMAN, of Knoxville,
(Subject to the decision of Conferees.)
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JEROME, B. NILES, of Middlebitry.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
CHARLES F. MILLER, of Tioga.
FOR AUDITOR,
CHARLES F, VEIL, of Liberty.
' i FOR CORONER,
JOEL ROSE, of Rutland.
FOR SURVEYOR,
WILLIAM GARRETSON, of Tioga.
PUHPOSISS OP THE “NO PABTY.”
THE WAS HEWS,
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR.
hisjMeition, and were defeated, with a loss
of 50 prisoners, horses and annß. Our loss
was two killedrand ten wounded. A des
patch frith Cincinnati states that General
Buellhas ordered the City of Nashville to
be evacuated.;■ ■* ~- i "
Gen. Pope was on Friday, relieved of his.
command at his* own request, in order to
give him an opportunity to prefer charges'
Against Gen; Fitz-John Porter,Gen. Frank*
inl and Genr Griffin; of' the Artillery. -It is
fUrther stated that he has been assigned to
the, command i of the .Department of the
Northwest. An official war bulletin, an
nounces that the quota of volunteers being
fall, and the enlistment of the militia having
been completed, the necessity for the strin
gent, enforcement of the orders of the War
Department relating to these .masters; no
longer exists. Arrests for, violation; of these
orders, therefore, will hereafter only bo made
upon the warrant of Judge-Advocate Tur
ner, or by . direction of the military com
mander or Governor of a State.
From Harrisburg we learn that arrange
ments are being made to forward to the en
trance of the Cumberland Valley, all boops
at Harrisburg.! If an atteiuptrshbuld be
made to invade! the State, a warm reception
will await them. Citizens arc organizing
themselves into companies under the Gov
ernor’s proclamation, which we publish in
to-day’s paper. The employees of'the Pa.
Railroad shopjs, numbering over 200, are
drilling on the |Cap\tol grounds. The Gov
ernor has messengers extended all along the
border. The' Rebel pickets are within a
few' miles of Hagerstown. Gov. Curtin is
doing all in his power. His hope j for the
future is based! entirely upon the prompt re
sponse of the citizens when called upon. A
large number bf arms have been sent to
Adams and Franklin counties.
Advices from Gainesville, two miles be
yond Bull Run; state that the rebel General
A. P. Hill, arrived there with 35,000
men from Richmond. They passed through
Culpepper Coprt House and Walrenton.
.The bridge oyer the Rapidan has been re
paired, and the enemy expect to have rail
road communication from Richmond to
Warrenton in a few days. A great, many
of our wounded were on the field up to Sun
day night—their condition dreadful—many
of them beipg in a state of starvation; Most
of them might; have been saved had proper
precautions and efforts been made. The
Bucktail Brigajde is in Washington, and
makes a fine appearance.
We have advices that the railroad depot,
at Aquia Creek, together with fifty cars
and a small anjount of stores, were destroy
ed by the National troops. The arms and
-engines wore all saved. Our forces hold
till Saturday morning.
The people there, as soon as they beard of
the evacuation of Aquia Creek,seized seven
or eight men belongingtothc Railroad Com
pany, a'bd, to the number of about two hun
dredAnarchcd triumphantly about town.
vAVe learn from Louisville, Ky., that the
Rebels have burned three bridges over Ben
son creek, on the Louisville and Frankfort
Railroad. The National troops were attacked
at Salt River Bridge on Saturday,by a large
force of rebel cavalry with artillery. Result
not knpwn. j,
Maj.-Gen. Reno has been assigned to the
command of the third army corps, Maj.-
Gen. McDowell having been granted leave
of absence for fifteen days.
I' Extracts from a Private Letter.
From the S3d Pennsylvania Regiment.
Yorkiown. Va., August 28jT802.
1 * * * —l wjll now try and fulfill roy prom-
I ise, and give a brief nccountof our movements
; since we left Harrison’s Landing. All the of
| fleers’ baggage, hod the mens’ knapsacks had
j been shipped off! a number of days before we
• left,-and it was not until the afternoon of the
17th, that we received .orders to stride tents
| and prepare to march. We soon started, but
i after going about a mile, were ordered back to
| our old camp where we remained till midnight,
and then started again. This time we did not
stop going at a quick march until morning,
when we halted for half an hour, which the
men occupied in cooking and eating their break-
We marched very fast all and at
night were 15 miles from our old camp. This
may net seem much of a march to make in one
day, but you must remember that a tramp with
and without our guns, equippage, 60 rounds of
cartridges, and personal effects, is two different
things, and we were very willing to prejpare for
a night’s rest after having gone that distance;
but after we had baited, a# we eupposed fur the
night, our regiment went two miles farther on
picket, where we passed the night undisturbed,
and in the morning went back and joined our
brigade. A short time before we started back,
4 drove of hogs were discovered in a piece of
woods a short distance off, and in a few min
uted, mare'than a hundred men were after them.
It is against orders to fire a gun when On pick
et, unless attacked by the enemy, but this could
not stop us in our work of destruction, for hav
ing surrounded the drove, we made a [gallant
bayonet charge,'and in a'short time had as
much fresh meat as we could conveniently car
ry. The squealing made by a score of stack
bogs, 1 was deafening, and if there were’ any
rebels within ten miles of ns, they could have
easily, told that the Yankees were coming. -
Our army cami dnwn the peninsula: on the
line of the James’ River, till it reached the
Cbickabominy, and the rout lay through a re
gion hitherto visited by neither army, and un
til ours came the .large fields of corn and' wheat,
and orchard's bffrnit hadremained andistdkbed,
but oiir men took anything .eatable without re
straint from the officers bt their own conscience,,
for they fcpew the inhabitants are their conn
tr’ys enemies, ejen if not openly in arms—
know it.by our murdered teamsters, anil their,
refusal to sell provisions to our men, and, as is
natural, they toojt whperer they wisßod,Jthbn jb
in no instance have I known them to take any-?
thing but provisions. There wasjarge fields of
eornoir every plantation that was cultivated,
and which was in juSt the right condition for
roasting and boiling, and when our rest of fift.
teeh minutes came at the end of. every hour’s
m trchingj-fires wonld-spring up ae if- by -mag *
ic, and roast corn would be all the gonntil the*
ordef would come to “fall in,""and then if they
bad ears that were partly done, they would be
carried until the next halt and then finished.—
At the end of the third day’s march, our divi
sion lenoamped near a field of 300 or 400 acres
of cjirn, and 1 doubt if ten bushels of corncan
be harvested next fall from the whole piece.—
There was also an abundance of apples, pears,
peaoSes, and plums, mostly ripe, itnd these Suf
fered in a like proportion. .
Oor second day's march was as rapid ns the
firsli and about 4 o’clock, baited for the night,
f<'ur]miles on this side of the Chicknhominy.,
About noon, while marching by the side of a
movjng train of artillery, a cannonier attempt
ed tj> mount a caisson, but bis foot slipped and
his head came beneath the ponderous wheel of
the 1 wagon, and in an instant his life was'
crushed out as quickly as though he had
thrown himself before the idol Joggcrbaut, of
the Hindoos. His remains were, placed in an
ambulance,=and when the train stepped for the
night, were buried, and until the final resur
rection day, will repose on ther banks of the
Chicknhominy.
Man seems to take, a painful pleasure in de
scribing the borrow of the battlo'field, but it is ;
riot equaled by the sufferings of those acciden
tally wounded, and by the victims of linger
ing disease, which' mnkes death welcome when
it finally comes to tneir relief. In a great ar
my liVe ours, deaths from disease arc constantly
occurring. The solemn-notes of the death
march are ever heard—the wailing notes of the
muffled drum, are never silent. The blanket
that protected them from the cold and storms
in life, is now their shroud in death, and in the
rude soldier’s grave,.in a land of traitors, and
for away from their -Northern -homes, they lie
where no loving mother or fond sisteri can kneel
above their graves, and weep for those who
risked and. lost thoir lives in the defence of
the best government a nation ever had.
We crossed the Chickahominy on a pontoon
bridge, which was built across the stream about
two miles from its month. The river here ip
over half a mile in width, but it retains its un
usual width only for a short distance above the
bridge, and this is caused in a groat measure
by the tide flowing np from the James River.
As you may not be acquainted with mode of
constructing pontoon bridges, I will give yon a
short description of the one on which we crossed
the Chickahominy.
The boats that support the bridge, are about
30 feet in length, and 8 in width ; they are
built flat on the bottom, and are rounded on
only a few- feet distant from each end. These,
with their portion of the bridge, are rowed to
their position lengthways the stream, with a
distance of about 15 feet between ench boat.—
Timbers are laid from one boat to another, and
on these the planks are laid and secured ; each
boat has its anchor, which is cast to' prevent
the bridge from being carried away by the cur
rent. This is but a poor account of them, but
1 have had but a poor chance to learn their
mode of construction.
After leaving the Chickahominy, our route
lay more to the left and toward the interior,
and about 10 o’clock, we reached Williamsburg,
8 miles from our camp of the night before.—
Hero a few of our company bought a good
meal for 50 cents each, and 1 .happened to be
one of the number. It seemed very awkward
to me at least to sit at a table where we ought
to act like decent folks, and I guess they
thought we were a pack of starved savages, by
the way the warm biscuit and butter, and oth
er, good things disappeared, which our secesh
landlord provided for us—and with our gun
equippage on, and gray with dust, wc certainly
must have been a pretty hard looking set. But
it was the first soft bread we had tasted in over
four months, and if Jeff. Davis could have seen
us eating, he would have though fora certainty
that,his supplies were being cut off, and his ar
my in danger of starving.
The inhabitants of Williamsburg have most
ly remained at home, still they are thorough
secessionists, as has been plainly shown by
their actions, for when our army passed through
there last spring, nothing was to be seen of them
except by an occasional glimpse through a half
closed shutter. The darkies only showed their
bonds above the tops of. the walls but no re
straint could hinder them from showing their
ivories to their fullest extent. ..Now, however,
when our army was on the Backward march,
they swarmed at the doors and porticoes, and
grinned with a fiendish delight on our dusty
and sunburnt soldiers, who plodded wearily
through their dusty streets.
Two miles this side of Williamsburg, we
came to the battle field of the sth of last May.
You may remember my having written to you
after.the battle, stating that for two days I was
engaged in helping bury the dead of both ar
mies. The graves of those that were buried
in the cleared (land, are now covered with thick
weeds, five or six feet in bight, and the graves
can only be found by parting the rank weeds
from above them. Part of the battle was fought
in a largo body of fallen timber that bad been
cut by ijie rebels, to give their guns on Fort
Magruder, a wider range. i
In this the rebels were posted, and into this
the Jersey Blues of the Excelsior brigade, made
their resistless bayonet charges, and where the
finest of our men were slain. In removing the
killed and .wounded from the fallen timber we
often found the bodies of- those that had
been wounded, 'and who J had crawled into
the thick tree tops where theyhad died, and it
was with great difficulty that their bodies were
found; in fact, they were never all found, for
in .going to a spring to fill, my canteen with
water, I passed over a portion of the ground
which has behn burnt over during the summer,
where I saw the white and burned bones of. a
number, who, in the agonies of death, bad
crawled beneath the thick fallen timber,"' where
they had died. In some instances, the long
bony fingers still clutched the barrel of the
deadly rifle, and which they thus retained in
their grasp, long after the life of its owner had
departed. I have seen men go down never
more to rise, when struck by the’ demon, minie
ball, and torn in pieces by the bursting shell,
and in every stage of decomposition, but I have
never seen anything half so horrid and repul
sive, as were these charred and ghastly skele
tons, whose eyeless sockets'and cheekless faces
still seemed to gaze, and grin with a ghastly
power at the looker on.’- - Thus they lie-and the
bones of friends and foes ore mingled together. '
After having marched six miles this side of
Williamsburg,’- we_ Halted and staid'there the
>rem> inder of that day, and the next. Near j
our camp was ati apple orchard' that was well!1
loaded-withr fruit, and after we grew tired of
eating it, our Yankee bojr rigged up, an oli
cider mill and went to making cider. -Ilia fear
of the Yankees must have, been great by the
owner Of the plantation, for when they came
i he emigrated in such hastens to leave bis stock
ancTriearly every thing else to the mercy oT the
vandals which was not very lenient, if lam to.
judge by the amount of fresh meat that was
brought into camp whil? we were there. - •
' After remaining hero about one and a half
days, we again started, and after a two hours’
march, reached Yprktown. We were told wc
would take shipping at Yorktown, and the men
were very willing such should be the case, for
their long marching in the dust and sand, had
made most of them foot sore. But when we
reached-the towri, we did not halt, but passed
it and its immense breastworks, and forts, and
the men began to put on long they
came to the conclusion that they would have to
march to Fortress Monroe, 20miles distant. —
After going about three miles, we halted and
formed our camp, but next day, removed it
within half a mile of Yorktown, arid the next
day were ordered inside of the fort. Until with
in a few days, the town has been guarded by a
regiment of‘French and German Zouaves, and
the.Sth N. Y.- Militia. This is a 3 months’ reg
iment, whose time has- expired, and they left
yesterday for home.
Yorktown is not ns large ’as Wellsborp, but
ns small ns it is, it has drawn the attention of
the civilized world, for here it was expected,
and with good reason, too, that two mighty,ar
mies would meet in the deadly shock of battle,
and decide whether slavery or freedom should
rule the Western Continent,
The main fort that surrounds Yorktown, is
by far the 'strongest of .any I have yet seen ;
Fort Monroe, excepted. The walls near the
main western gateway, are full 30 feet in highth
on their front, and with an everago width of 18
feet at the top. Most of the way the walla are
mounted at short intervals with 8 and 10 inch
enlmnbiads. Part of the way on the water bat
teries, these immense guns are not over 10
‘yards apart, and with furnaces for beating solid
shot,, directly in their rear. These guns are
nineTeet in length, and about two and one half
feet in diameter at the breech. They are moun
ted on a huge revolving carriage, and can Be
ranged in any direction; Each carriage is
qiarked, “General Magruder,”..while on the gun
is stamped the names of the iriakors. The co-
Irimbiads weigh 8,800 pounds each. The were
spiked by the rebels when they evacuated this
ijdnoe, but Yankee ingenuity has drawn the
spikes, and they are now in perfect order.
_ Our whole regiment has been turned into the
, artillery service, .and we now have three drills
daily, of one hour each, on the heavy guns of
of the fort. Heavy artillery and iight infantry
tjictios,-are entirely different, but the former is
quite easy to learn, and we are rapidly acqui- -
iring skill in their use,-to enable us to make a
big racket with them, if necessary.
* * * * * * *
I We received ore mail the day after we got
here, but have not received any since. • The
reason given for its non arrival, is because the
;ahthorities at-Washington do not yet know
where to send it. Our brigade contains all the
troops now here, and we are told it will remain
lapd hold this place. Cecil. A. Deave. ,
'PROCLAMATION OF GOV. CURTIN,
1 Harrisburg, Sept. 4, 1 P. M.—Govern-
Icf Curtin .has just issued .the following
proclamaton :
i 'Whereas, In the present position of affairs
if is expedient that mcasuresshouldbc taken
fp arm and prepare our people for defence :
1 | Now, therefore, I do earnestly recom
mend the immediate formation, throughout
tl|ic Commonwealth, of volunteer companies
apd regiments, in conformity with the mili
tia act of 1858. -Arms will be distributed
to the organizations so to be formed, agree
ably to the provisions of that act.
| It is further recommended that, in order
to give due opportunities for drill and in
struction, all place of business be closed
daily at three o’clock, P. M., so that persons
employed therein may after that hour be at
liberty to attend to their military duties.
The cheerful alacrity with which the men
of. Pennsylvania, have hitherto given 'them
selves to the service of the country has pres
sed heavily on her military resources. I am
reluctant to ask her to assume further bur
dens ; but as their safety requires that they
should do so, it is in their behalf that I put
forth the reroramendationsherein-contained,
aud urge a prompt compliance with them.
Eli Super,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
GLORIOUS NEWS ! 1
to 'The Public!!
Twenty Thousand Dollars
Worth of New Goods,
bought for CASH, at Auction Sales, and from bank
rupt jobbing houses, at 25 per cent* bolow tho pres
ent market value now opening at
DORHAUUS BEE HIVE,
Holden's Block, Elmira,
Look at these Prices.
500 Balmoral Skirls, magnificent colors $1 50 to $5, 00
Black Dress Silk from 75c to ?2 00 pryd.
Rich Plain and Fancy Silks,' 50c to 3 00* M -
New Fall DeLaines, Is, 20c, worth Is o d, 250;
Figured ParameUop,
Wool DeLainos,
Elegant Fancy. Dress Goods, 2a u 50
Fihc French Merinos, ' 75 u 1 00
AH Wool Onssimeres; 75 <f 100
AU Wool Broadcloths, 131 “ 1.75
Black and White Chock Shawls, 350 ** 500
Heavy Embroidered Drapery, Muslin. Is to 6« pr yd.
Real Nottingham Dace Curtains, £3 00 pair,-worth
double the money.
An endless variety of Broche and Woolen, Square
and Dong Shawls*
Hoop Skirts of the most celebrated makers.
Jouvins genuine Kid Gloves, best in market.
House Furnishing and White Goods.
Domestic Goods, a full assortment.
Tranks, Valises, Traveling Bags.
millinery Goods,'
Wholesale and Retail, and in fact "every article
nsaaliy found In a first class Dry Goods House.
Please 1 remember that wo do all we ;advertise.
Don’t forget to call at
DORMAPL’S BEE HIVE,
'. Holden’s Bloch, Elmifa.
N. 8.. Milliners,. Country Merchants, and Ped
diets supplied at less than New York Jobbing Prices.
, DORMAUL’S-, BEE HIVE,
136 Water SL, Elmira, N. T.
Elmira, Sept. 10, 1862.
NEW COOPER SHOP.—The undersigned
respectfully informs the cttiiena of Wellaboro
and vicinity, that be has opened a COOPER-SHOP
opposite ,
CROWIB WAGON SHOP,
and is ready to do all manner of work prompt and te
order, from a gallon teg to a fitly barrel tub. Re
pairing also done bn abort notice. O. FI ELMS.
Wellsboro, May 8, 1861. ; -
vtiWUP*',
It Cutes Headache
! CLIP’S VEOETABIB
rU'OR tic *nre me of Headache r~,.u ‘
JP Kheofmitlaoi, eore Throat, S«nrauiT°t. U l* <lu ' ’
Back or. Stomach, Cramps, Cute,
Wonnds, &c„ Ac. Also for all lind« irf* 1 ’ ’
TRY IT—IT CARNOT
4i“ Tbe wimerOtw cures th*t sre d,n
use of thel Vegetable ISinbrocafioa,
its superior excellent Tirtue*. VurttJwir'
tlop doe* notcotoUlß aij potato usfflSS:
drugs. ,*
From Frof. Williams, Pri neipg)
Musical Insliiute.
B. Cun—Dtar Sir;— HarjTgwitnesswi
result, from the use of rom Vegetal, iTvL',
self and memhere of my family In qu. „?
and hoarseness, I cheerlully give yon : -
"■orth, ond can confidently recommend a -'
rro, Y < n t e rn!y, knoß,Cd£ ' *
rjtica, June 4,1801, .
Good Mews from Home-.fri
See What They ssr
We, the undersigned citizens of Cite. b.
Vegetable Embrocation in our familiesT!
most salutaryremedy, can cheerfully rer,,;
public generally, as being on IndispeniiHj
me. We do not wish to underrate anyoth.,
bnt can truly aay that wo never before
to tliia Vegetable Embrocation, and would,
lly to keep a bottle ready for immediate nil
Mrs. Ml A.’Hill, Schuyler et. Mrs I iv,
Mrs.EmilyGonrin, “ Mrs f'ruT
Mrs* Rachel Roberts, “ M r . . w 1?. 1
D. Bacon, Catharine et., D 1 iiZt *
T. S. Robinson, 72 Genesee st,* • Mr. M g i
Jas. Marsden, Hnnllngtoa si., N. ji ncT
Mrs. George Bancroft, “ Mrs SI w!
Sirs. Alvird Lene, “■ Mrs.Am,,
Sirs. Mary Vanghan, “ B. Vanralk.
llHi, V.rick st, JohnS
F. C. Hnrtwcll, “ Jaoe Baviioi
Mrs. J. Walker, “ RoberTun.
Mrs: Eliza Sbott, Genesee st,, Priscilla Mci
Elizabeth Oranta, Catherine st. Margaret M,
Selina Simmons, Barbosa st, Ann Bin. y,
The abore names are from well known rti
and a thousand mote names might bs add.
rontion had in reference to tiie
formed. (
Prepared and sold, wholesale aed retail
50, Genesee street. Marble Block, Cties \
by JOHN E. JONES, of Cherry Flails,
August 13,1&52.
SPECIAL COURT.
■ A SPECIAL COURT will be held .*
-CA Court House in Wollsboro, by the Hon HI.
Mercnr, commencing on Monday the 20th dti or
iober next, to continue two nooks, for the trial!/
following causes, tiz : , ”
H H Dent, " ' , ts. Stephen BahcosV.
Bingham Trustees, ts. Stephen Potter
J N Bache, rs. A C Ely, ’
Bingham Trustees. ts. Timothy Braee,
A S Turner, rs. John Drew et al,
Bingham .Trustees,. vs. Stephen Potter et eh
“ rs. ‘
James I Jackson, ts. J If Bache. Ext,
Abel Nickerson, vs. Peter Green,
H M Lattin et al, Vs. A H Foster,
JN Bache, ts. W. E. Dodge,
M3l Converse, T «. Henry Colton,
SECOND WEEK.
Pliny Burr. vs. Adpirs ef E B CernH,
Bingham Trustees, . rs. Anson Bnek et al, j!
George Corlies, vs. Edwin Dyer, ’
J W Maynard, vs. H Davis st al, i
J F Donaldson, ts. A P Cone,
Bingham Trustees, ts. David A Clark,
“ . vs. Martha Jh Clark«tal.
" rs. George BColegrortit^
“ rs. Joseph Stafford stab
Wm Bache, ts. H. S. Uestings, .'!
Bingham Trustees, ts. Augustus Andrei el si
*' ts. Edwin Inschoet ah
Aug. 20, 1332. JF. DONALDSON, Pretty.
STOVES AND TINWARE#
WILLIAM ROBERTS
H AS-opened a Dew Stovo a®d Tin Shop fov,
Store opposite Roy** Building, wb«r« Ke it pat
pared to furnish his old friends and cuetoain.m
the public generally with everything in his lined
business, including
Cooking Stoves of the most approved styles-;!
lor. Dining Room, and Coal Stores; Tinwin u-
Kitchen furniture of all varieties,
' JFQ" Gall and see our new stock. /
■'Wellsboro, Feby. 5, 1562. *
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
THE LADIES are the ones 1o select Hennki
Furniture, and it is so much easier for tbm>
take a carriage and ride a few miles and return tin
to go 40 or 50 miles for the purpose, that tbajutari
ber would inform them that he has just
STOCK before the tariff and tax prices arespeßnj
and has a large and inviting assortment, wiiik k|
will be happy to show to those who nay fam Ur
frith a visit.
MAHOGANY SOFAS, $2O, $25 and S2S. TtU
Tele*, $22, $2B and $32. Huudtomf. ingrain Car
for 4,5, 6, 7, S and 9 shillings » yard. Seving i
chines. $lO nnd $l2. He bus also 10 different style
of. Bedsteads, with mntrafjee and spring bottems,ail
16 different kinds of Chairs with everythin elicit
the Furniture lino.
Ho is also Agent for the sale of Prince i
ebrated Melodcons, School and Church Organs »
Buffalo, N. Y.. the oldest and largest ,e?tabtisJißii
iu the United Stales. E. V. WELLS.
Lnwrencenllc, July-SO, 1862.
SPRING- FASHIONS,.
S. P. QUICK, HATTEIt,
Ifo. 135 Water Street, Elmira,
keeps constantly on baud a general assortment of
FASHION SILK AND CASSIS!ERE MTS.
Also all kinds of Sofb*Bats and .Caps, Fan for Ladiei
Ac. Hats mode to order. Call and leave year mew
are, and then yon can hare a Hat to fit-yon. PH* l
to suit the times. Quality warranted.
Elmira, March 19, 1862,
WM. B. SMITH,
PROSECUTING PENSION ATTORN#
and Bealer in .
LAND WARRANTS,
Aiyl General Collection and Claim A?® l *'
KNOXVILLE, TIOGA CO.. PA.;
Will attend to business in the Supreme Ceurt W
Court of claims, and lo tho prosecution of eliiroi
fore the several- Departments of Government. Ejf
oioT attention will b© given to claims for BOUx TJ
LANDS.and ARREARS OF PA Y; $lOO BOb*
TT andIPENSIONS, tn iKt LAND end UWA
OFFICES/ke/ore the GENERAL POST OFKW
and MILITARY CLAIMS generally. . . i
the Subscriber having been engaged for th« rj
four years in the prosecution of claim* before the
partments in Washington, will give particular
tion to
18c worth 31
31, “ 44,
for Pensions and BOUNTY LANDS, especM? «
eases where the soldier or .widow is unable to*
the officer's name* - In oil such cases no chaff*
bo made unless successful. Unquestioable wW*
will be given in oil cases. All business
matters above referred to can bo done by corf tfrf)
ence with the subscriber, and all letters addf«*»®
him at Knoxville, Tioga County, Pa.. w .“J f /JjT
prompt attention*' WM, B* S3^A
August 27, 1862.
IMPORT AH T TO COSSI
OF TOBACCO.
Persons desiring to .abandon its use, should P*
& package of‘the r
ANTIDOTE- FOR TOBACCO.;
This antidote is tho means of destroying ih»
tobacco, and thereby every one
MAY ABANDON ITS USE!
Price, SO cent? per package,'tent Poet-paid. .
Agenta wanted for tbia and Are other new «
commanding ! ,
READY SALES A?iD GOOD PKOFH»
For partionlart, encloee atamp and tend for
Addreaa, - G.M.DBWITI.
West Bdelisctos, Pa.
Ang. 27, 18*2.
QOKCBNTKATED
» ' *■ ’
SUSPENDED CLAIMS