-'=r»«icnwi
"I. i-j
Tti/xatf i'‘•TTf > I. , > --v -.-- ,
jv>Bia -extent, then rooveej-eq (p«of -wo, u*t •
ft.«*B„-f-,al'^asperate.fight wfttfg4»®g' on iß^a;
jTel
'w^re'!ff’fu^T^lfiy lati3, I ati3, h.ppaVanti^r;|6J?
wbtte heavy'lolumnes
plainiy^visibte,; Wyaneingas
if®Bt^elps a f-f.'cQncealnijentV ®i° D s"! ®, r<,, c^ {
l)il||-?in the direction o
lt wjw'-at t lusspoin t of Ij ffte that Mo-g
.CM) an sent him'the oraer pbovo g yenr
jhla troop'swelt ® a.'portiPPf
vf;M) fictittstK'ti .the’front lift ; idfiHoed them
sritit««[S#W K feJcf 'themOataejef iff ned 'vigor,
die 1 ;' jhyi, 'iqCfrpntyj -t. Ehthe tojMjf
iwbich the nebels'llad inaintainei tbeir'inost
’Yhr : mievi ( |r*«ns
phi is hview’Of ; 'MaGteilnn’s as'
FrflDkiinirjoiP’Sfi 6thW side' sent | [its batteries
into BM field'■ a hmi ttbo - same tifi. Mfhe battik
ae’emed'6j--rip*rt' in : jSthgi'eateP
dotivity-tbHti oyer." <, . : '[J' !, *"'"r '
h TbeTiglit'iti the ravine was ip fj «1 progress,
the .‘batteries-* which Porter’ sop a|rted were
firing s with' he w ; ’vigor, Franklin* |jas blazing
niftiy oh thyhhpfhtj-'and everyhilhtibi'ridge anil
Woods nldtrg flfe’.'Tvhble I 'find - wa( tested'and
vailed with white clouds'of amok fit -.All j|hy
had''been’. elear ; and bright fin(.hl.;ihe : early
nr cloudy- rnofrring, "and 5 now' this w, jp-fa magnifi
pent, uneqtinled scene shone 'jritb,]§3 splendor
idf 'an' 'after rihun Septhinbef .gunC hpour miles
bf-battle,-its glory all' visibles i; jaborrors alt
jvailed, the-firte bf tbe’-Republic :hc pj;ing on the
Rdur—rduttß'any one bo |Bf its gran-
I deur.' '■ ■ " J ‘‘ ;; ■l||
j'' are iVpihllls op' tbe the road,
the'furtiiest the lowest., .The' Retf-s have bat-
Steries on .both. .Burnside ia ore ' fed to carry
'the nearest th him, which is' the ' yth’eat frmu
jthe road. 1 Ills 'guns opening fit M from this
new position in front, soon epiirlij controlled
land' silenced, the enemy’s a.rtillt.'p. The hi
jfadtry came on at once, mh.vinj -Rapidly and
jstekdUy .up.Tdrig dark Broad, dark,
ahasse’s, being' plainly . visible,’ a glass
be theif movqdover' s the green hiU-|ide.-, ,
i jTjje., next "moment.ihe.,rqa4.|jtj which the
Rebel battery f was 3 plahted - .was q;|opied with
iciouds-pf pwiftly, deaoepd fig into the
fpalley. *Ur)4erneath. was .a tuntucjgof wagons,
gqnsj,,horses, :apd- men flyihg-aOpeed down
the.l road. B.liie flashes of sdlpfif burst now
and then, among them,, a. a man or
half dozen went down, .an'd ; the whirl
jwind swept oq. ~ ■ ■' -ii, t; ,' t
i The.hill was carried, but ;cttila|t be held?.
The Hebei columns, before see i ihqving to the
peft-increased their pace.’ 'Tb's= gtms, on the
.sept an angryStompp it shell-down
jdmongi.Burtiside’a guns andjrti i?. He had
[Epgßted/bisjOoliimes apparently tljc ’ near an
glee, of two -fields bordering/ ie i'jroad —high 1 '
ground nhuut them everywhere fit «pt in-rear."
r:ln.another 5 -. moment a Reboi if^t/tie-line Ap
pears on tho/ brow of tbe: ri(lge nbove them,
moves swiftly doWn in ; the inedt JSrfept order,
and'though.-met by in’ceesaWt jfechargcH of
. raosketry, of wliich we plainly.; see .the Sashes,
doeshot fire.a gun.- White'sppctfejfibow where
men are falling, hut they clpse -ia instantly,
und still the line advances.’| Ti o brigades pf
Burnside are .in heavy coluijin'J (bey wilbnnt
give way before a bayonet charge fit line. The
Rebels think twice before th(V dtjsli into these
hostile masses. ’■ y |
s‘‘-'There 5 ‘‘-'There is'a halt, the'Rebel Ipft , twes way aiid
scatters over the field, the rest fast and
ftre. Mure 1 infantry domes,. ujk'Burnside is
trutnumbered; flanked,' yield the
bilWie'toot so bravply. His is,no lon
ger one or ntthok ; be defends ||inuelf. with
unfaltorihg'firmriess, bnt hei kerra to McClel
llafi for help. '’SlcQlellaq’s glhsilj'for- tbc.fifet
ihslf hohr liaj seldom 'been turn ]a away froth
I ftp left;' ; i
. , He .sees clearly enough ~tl.tai| JBurnside is
i pressed—neo’ds no messenger him.that,
i His'’face’ grows ; darker with anijpua thought.
| Looking down into the volley-t§here 15,000
■ troops are' lying, he turns a Maquestioning
. _j look, on - Fitz John Porter, whtv jsgands by his
side, graveiy scanning the fields They are
! Porter’s truops below, are freshpitm oniy. impa,
i tient to share in this fight,! -But 'Porter slowly
1 sbakes.his head, and one may liftljeve that the
! same (bought is passing througb-Jhe minds of
| both generals: ' “They.are the o i)y reaervhs of
1 the army ; they cannot be sparet 4*,
■ McClellap remounts his horse r ,a|id'with P.ir
j ter and a,dpzea.officers of hia pti|f| rides nwoty,
f to the le/t ,i» .Burnsides’s Sykor
| meets them on the road—a got djßqldier, whose
i opinion is worth taking. Th< teee.Oonerrtls
| talk briefly, together.. , ItTs easy |tpi see that the
; moment has, come when everytllitig mpy torn
! on. one.ordqr given .or the his
) tory.-of 1 the. battle is only, ‘4.j(sa wrltten-in
5 thoughts anil. purposea and of the Gen-’
; eral. ’ Tf f
|,. Burnside’s-messenger rides if »J Slis message
| is, "I want-tefoops and gunp.i (ff you do not
i send them Icanqot hold my for half
jan hour,’? McClella’n only ‘/ nsjwer for the
j moment.faa glance at the Then
, he turns and speaks very slowly S “Tell-Gen.
: Burnside:,that,-this Is the./batfifi of the war. '
.He must hold;bis ground till da(kjjat any-cost. |
i‘T will send him Miller’s hattt'fp:. I can do j
l nothing'tnera.;l ,hase,no infantry”- Then.as
Jibe messenger w»« riding qway tie called him
.i’-Teli himjf he liisiground,
then the bpidgo. to the last. mkh ?~-always the
. bridge,!—jf; tjie bridge it lost, 'al( Is lost.”
The etm is already down; notj/half-ati-hmiT
of.'daylight is left.-- Till Burnside’s message
came it had seemed, plain ta.erypry ono that
the battle -eoqld. not be, .finished - ba|day. Konc
suspected boW-uear. was the peril of defeat, of
sudden/sttaek op exhausted, forces—how vital
to the safefyriof .the army. an/Fthp'lnatifln were
those fifteen.- thousand waiting .-ffbops of Fitz
„Jofan Perbejfi in, ; thc/hollow.i i tbfr Rebels
jolted iwldftdjofcpnbhing on;'.their vindictive
'Cannonade died away,.as - the fight faded. Be
fore it -tew-.quite dark the. ipatile was over.
G.eJy a solitqjy. gun,-pf BurtfsiMs thundered
against, the .-gqemy,: and ; prpsoiSy this also
eeMedi-and stnii .. j! f ' . ,
’ .The peril.came.very near, passed,
and in spite, of the peril, at tbtj |lose the day
was partly a success—nut a- vioßlry, but an ad
. vantage -has. been gained, ani|Buraside still
held j. the bridge and bis pi u4°n beyond,
Pvorythin&iwns favorable for of the
fight in tbermernlng, if thep. S-sßf the battle
is «mqd f there: is every reason- MeClellan
. should win .it. He may chgose tjipoetpone'the
\ battle to await; bw - :
< - It is hatd;toestimate losses to *-field of sucb
extent, bnt T think ours cat;ji((kf be less than
( six thoosand„y!led and won id.bfi—it may. be
■.?nhUt% K :hA
| jnutb. jjrtstcr. Pri«oner» baW.&teb taken from
i .;ss enemy—l hear of a rcgim;ni'!. 'c«ptured en
| i -e, mi I doobt it. A!! tbo fritojer* whom I
; g that the)) wwlearmy is
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TIKE AG€T
' HTJGII EDIiOR A proprietor!:,'
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V WSiMBOKOOGH, PA.,
\g_EDK EaHAX~MQRM IK,G^.i}C3l-ILISfi2. J
Peoples: Slate' 3t
' £oR AUDITOR
'THOMAS E/ qOC
, - OF TOBK COtTNT*.
OF.MIZEEKE.COU^T
' . Counts Koaiinatli
- '■/: i’.j .FOB CONGRESS,
! W. It ARMSTRONG,’ bf'lZyedinin^dp,
■ , FOB, .SE.VA,ToB, . i .
STEPHEN F. WILSON, of WeHslJoro.
TOR REPRESENTATIVE, . I
CHARLES O. BOW MAN, -of Knoxville:
~K. O. OLMSTED, cf Potter County.
FOE -DISTRICT :UTTORKETF|,. ~= ; ;
JEROME B. NILES.; ofWddlelniry.-'
FOR COMMISSIONER*’ .
CHARLES E. MILLER, if Tioga J
~ , . , FOR AUDITOR, ,
CHARLES F. VEIL, of ‘Liberty.
FOR COROSF.R, , , ,
JOEL ROSE, of Rutland.. 1 i
FOR SURVEYOR, ’‘ ' 1 '
WILLIAM GARRETSOK, of Tioga.
General Election, Tneiday, October "14,
■ ggy- There is no war news., of importance
tliia weik.
■ Bgp* A correspondent wants to know of ns
whether the Potter County Convention begged
Mr. 0. F. Taylor to : go over there and accept
the nomination of that county, or whether 0.
F. went over there and begged to be pomina
ted The people of Potter Will reply to this
question in’a couple of weeks
S6TJas. T. Hale the present - member'of
Congress, from the lower part of this District
has been induced to run on the Democratic
ticket against Hon. W. H. Armstrong, ilbe teg
ular Republican nominee. Tbe Clinton Demo
crat repudiates him, and gives’fiotice that there
will be a regular democratic nominee in tbe
field. We will explain next week bow Mr.
Henry Sherwood—tbe regular Democratic nom
inee of-Tioga County, as the Democrat calls him,
came to be slaughtered in tbe bouse of his
friends. AVe expect to give a rich chapter on
the Congressional question in our next issue.
S@”By reference to the proceedings of the
Senatorial and Representative Conferences, it
will be seen that the Republican ticket is now
completed. In opposition to Mr. AVilSon, the
Democrats have trotted out as “independent”
.a low lived, bar room demagogue named-Seth
Backus of McKean County. This fellowwaS
the author and defender of the celebrated St.
Mary’s Resolutions which we shall print next
week. Every vote cast for this small potato
pro-slavery fanatic may be fairly put down as
the exact number which could be polled for the
adoption pf the Montgomery Constitution.—
Men of talent and respectability like Fred.
Smith must be proud of the ticket which con
tains both their names. Politics like, poverty
sometimes makes strange bed fellows.
For the other Republican Representative the
people of Potter County have presented tbe
name of A. G. Olmsted, Esq., who is a good
lawyer, a thorough Republican and, a tolerable
speaker. Messrs. Olmsted and Bowman will
do credit to themselves and the District. Wa
learn that the no-party patriots are pursuing
the latter pith calumny and detraction, but
this course has so disgusted the. respectable
deuiocrats of the Cowanesque valley where he
is best known, that they will vote for him to a
man
M u'V of our readers have already perused
■ tlie rmclmation of Freedom which we print
relsewhere. It. was issued on. the 22J of Sep
| teinbor, at a itmo when our. arms. were triura-
I plmntly The occasion was one of
deep solemnity, for that victory was 'purchased
by the life of one or more loved ones from
every community in t(ie North, and anxiety
andsotrow covered almost every family as with
a pall.
It will he seen that slavery is practically abol
ished. This unholy w'ar, commenced to perpet
uate this cursed institution upon, the continent,
has already cost the loyal people .one life for
every slaveholder in reholdbm. It has imposed
upon loyal tax payers a debt equal to one third
the national debt of England. Civilization
has long since sot, her ban upon it, and it must
now go to the wall- .‘'Godgbless Abraham Lin
coln” and every other man who has earnestly
worked and will work tn* attain this''glorious
end. __ f
Now that the President has,indicated .a poii-,
cy on this slavery question, we wi)l soon see
Who are nnd who- are not fur suataining him
and hflldibg up hiahands. lie has now ral
lied to ; the support of his administration, every
Republican in the country. , Many, ourself
among the number, would have preferred'the
first of October to the first of January, as the time
fur the proclamation of freedom, hut we: bow to
the will of the Coinmander-in-ebief, and instead
of murmurs at bis tardiness, we shall give him
earnest, hearty, unqualified support.
The Herald, World, Joumal of- Commerce,
Express, Patriot and Union, are, of course, op
posed to this orany othbr earnest ■bio'W Bt tbe
for- surveyor genera
The End of Slavery,
. % s 1 £r"' pH V-i . ' r 's
rebels, and qjlithe litile jeountjw papers in the
interests of/ijemccracy.’take (M|eir inspiration
from soawes. The
everywh^kß''is noii made upoirlthis Prool&aa
-tien. ~TfaeddepobnCTm partyis'WiHing to-gtahd
. -or-fall.upon.it.
Every lt£p\rt>lican‘ pjpfer in InlS .DfsTrictT
T thenomihationofthPagentle
manfor Congress. ‘ The took' Havenr JB erj
•aays-ofbim-:
: Opr caipfidate'isjwqll kn'tfwjto jail- Offer (Jiii
district to be a man who holds the preservation
ofTbis, Union to ba.tbe great and leading object
before th^American (people '; dn’d we point with
pride: to the patriotiplvotes ampspecches record
ed in his favor, while he so ably represented; us
aUHarHsbargj i:woli| .toco "•-(■'d;
“IbthVgreai etsei-gefltfy how- upon uar,’we :
Wahi.nfen dTcapaciiy, jptegrify Tmd unquatf
fied'dayotipfl to tlie’lCnlpn to represent usln
tiie National Congress—we want men whom’
the-people Can trusty-men who bare been tried
And pot found wanting. Such a man is Mr.
Armstrong! and WO feel asstired that loyal old
sens throughout this entire district,' without
distinction of will give him, a, cordial
and efficient- , h ...’.-
£ The’Harrisburg' Telegraph —the' organ of
Governor Curtin and of the Republican Party
of. this State—in speaking of Mr? Armstrongs
says; > '
~f‘‘ The conferees off the Congressional District
composed df Clinton, Lycoming, Centre, Pot
ter and Tioga, have "nominated. Hon. William
11, Armstrong, of Lycoiping,' as the, Union
candidate-for Congress in that District. Mr,
Armstrong was si • member of the Legislature
for two sessions, in which position be made
himself a reputatieii as a legislator and debater
of which any, man might be proud. 1 But this,
of course, is not hiaonly merit for the position
for whin b he has been nominated. It is his
great ability; his stijl greater integrity, and bis
enthusiastic devotion to the cause of the coun
try, which have wan for him the admiration
and the confidence- of the people of his dis
trict. I
We trust that thei loyal men of that district
will not allow themselves to be deceived with
any plan by which) the election of Mr. Arm
strong* may be placed in jeopardy. Nothing
can be' urged against bis nomination, that is
worthy of a moment's consideration, and much
less can any , theory bo Urged in favor of any
other man, to defeatl his election.”
The cf Peace.
We offered a few remarks last week in reply
to those who were continually carping against
one Horace Creelest. Not long since a would
be leader of the Democracy (better known as
the Union No-Party) of this County, stated
publicly that Horace was an Anti-Constitution
al Republican, whatever that is. We suspect
that the-gentleman meant that be was an anti
slavery Republican, for somehow or other these
fellows nave got slavery and the Constitution
so much mixed up together that they have
graven into the belief that these words mean the
same thing. However to sbow hoit: anti-consti
tutional Greeley is>we print the fallowing arti
cle frotn his pen-in Friday's Tribune. A mem
ber of the Rebel .Congress proposed in that
body to embassy to Washington to
make a treaty of peace. Greeley’s comments
upon thisi proposal will fill with delight the
lovers of the good old Constitution of the Uni
ted States; •
“ There must, Ihfn, be an accommodation,
and-that fact established, it seems to us very
easy to settle the terras. The obvious basis of
an-adjustment is the: Constitution of the United
Slates without note or comiiienl. That is, at the
very lowest estimate, a" treaty;' but call it a
compact,- alliance, or what you will, it is a
binding and valid contract. Out fathers made
it freeley and heartily, arid it sannot degrade?
their sons to reaffirm and. abide by It. If we
repudiate that, what assurance can be given
or trusted that any new bargain would be lived
up to 7 • i
“ Whenever the rebels really desire pence—
which we think they very soon will if! they do
not already—they have but to notify the Gov
ernment.that they are ready to return to loyal
ty; and to that end have abrogated all.ordinan
ces, Acts, and oaths of allegiance.inconsistent
therewith. President Lincoln would thereupon
feel warranted,' we doubt not, in issuing a
Proclamation of Amnesty, inviting the States
lately in rebellion to elect Members of Con
gress.as if no rebellion bad existed. The rebels
would need no farther assurance bf immunity •
their friends of the Vallandigham persuasion
would guarantee them a. practical ascendancy
is the House, if not in. the Senate also and thus
shield them from all serious harm. And, if
they should choose-to have a convention to re
vise thgtFederal Constitution; w# have ho' doubt
that this would be easy of 1 attainment” though
we should prefer to have no stipulations on the
subject; They might bavebad one witbaat ob
jection in 1861 ;' they can have one hfithoht
stipulatioh'in 1863. But the true and sufficient
basis of immediate peace is ‘ The Constitution
as it is.’. Map can-devise no better.”
A Protjjtnuatioa by; the President of the Uni.
tsd States,
By the President of the United States of Amer
, i tea .• - ■ 1 -
A PROCLAMATION.,. ,
I, Abraham Lincoln, -President of the Uni
ted States of. America, and- Coromander-in-
Chief of the Array and Navy thereof, do
hereby proclaim and declare, that hereafter, as
heretofore; the' object of practically restoring
the' constitutional relation between the United
States and the people thereof in which, States
that relation is, orj may be suspended dr dis
turbed; that it is piy purpose, upon the .next
meeting of Congress, to again recommend the
adoption of a practical measure tendering pe
curiiary'aid tt> the' tied acceptance or- rejection -
of all-the slave States to'called;'the people
T, f * t ~
whereof may.joot then,fid in rebellion against
thd United States, and?which States may then
bMO-volunipialy adopted, or thereafter may
voluntarily {adopt, tpf Immediate or grading
abhiiehnieufbf slavery within their respective;;
and th a tTneeHor EsTo colonize persons
.oLACrican ..descent, .with., their .cflnaeuV-upon
the Continent or elsewhere, with the previous
ly, obtauied-oonseßt of the
will'be continued. '
; -That on the first day off “January, in theyear
,o£ our Lord. pn9;thouspnd eight hund^d.-and
sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within
any SlaleJ the peopTe whe'rSdf sTfiiTf then' be in’
ofebpllioni againit/the - United. StetCT.fehall; be*
then, thenceforward, and forever, free; and
including the .military and -naval authority
thereof, will recognize and maintain-yhe free l
dom of such persons,' and wi|l do TiofttJtor
oetrtoropress such perso6s,oranyof them, In
any : effoits they hmay ’ make-’for tbeiractual
'frfeedom. r ‘‘■•.'he
= That the Executive willjion ibefiwf day of;
Jan«fty : aforesaid/ by 'prtrelamdtienv
the-States or'parts of States, ifi anyj in which'
the people ’’thereof, respectively, shall ' then be
ih rebellion against the United States;" and the'
fact’that’ any -State, or the people thereof/shall
on ih&t day he in good faith; represented in the
Congress of the United States by members
chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority
of-the qualified voters of such State shall have
participated, shall, in the absence:;of strong
countervailing testimony,- be- deemed- conclu
sive evidence that snub State and the-people
thereof have not been in rebellibn agaipst the
United Slates. "• T-:
-That attention Is hereby called', to an nctof-
Congress An act to make an'ad
ditional article of-War,” approved ■ Match 13,
1862, and which acti'sin the words and figures
following :' ‘"' ' - ■ ' "~
■Be it enacted by the Sedate and House of 1
Representatives of-the t/hiled States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That hereafter the
following shall be promulgated as an additional
article of war for the government of the army
of tha United States, and shall be obeyed abd
observed as such. r‘ ,ft ' ?! '•
Article —All officers or persons in the mili
tary or naval service of the United States are
prohibited from employing any of the forces
under their respective commands for the pur
pose of returning fugitives from service or la
bor who may have escaped from any person to
to whom such service or"labor is claimed to be
due, and any officer who shall be found guilty
by a violating this article, shall
be dismissed from the service.
Section 2—And be it further enacted, that
this act shall take effect from and after its pas
sage. - ‘ - ■
Also fo the ninth and tenth sections of an
act entitled “An act to suppress insurrection,
to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and
confiscate property of repels, and for other pur
poses,” approved Jvly 17, 1862, and which acc
tions are in the words and figures following:
Section 9—And be it further enacted, that
all staves of persons who shall hereafter-be en
gaged in rebellion against the government of
the United States,’or’who shall, in any way,
give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such
persons and taking refuge -within the lines of
the army ; and all slaves captured from such
persons or deserted by them and coming under
the control of the government of the United
States, and nil slaves of sdeh persons found on
(or being within) any place occupied by rebel
forces and afterward occupied by the forces of
the United States, shall be-deemed captnres of
war and shall be forever free of their' servitude
and not-again he) as slaves.
Section 10—And be it further enacted,
That no slave escaping into any State; Territory
or the District of Columbia, from any of the
States, shall be delivered, up, or in any way im
peeed or hindred of liis liberty; except for crime
or some offence against thp laws, unless the
person claiming said fugitive shall first make
oath that the person to whom the labor or ser
vice of such fugitive is alleged to be doe, is his
lawful owner, and has not been in arms ogains
the United States in the present rebellion, or in
any way given aid and comfort thereto, and no
person engaged in the military or naval service
of the United Stated shall, under any pretence,
whatever, assume to'decide on the validity of
the claim of any person to the service’ or labor
of any other person, or surrender up any such
person to the claimant; on pain of being dis
missed from the. service.
And I db'hereby enjoin upon and order all
persons engaged In the Military and naval ser
vice of the DUSted Slates, to .observe obey, obey
and enforce, within their respective sspheres of
service, the aotand sections above recited.
And the Executive will in duo, time recom
mend that all citizens of tho United States who
shall have remained lyal thereto throughout the
rebellion, shair(upon the restoration of the con
stitutional relation between the United States
and'their respective States and -people, if the
relation.shall-haVe been suspended or disturbed) ;
he compensated for -fil!' losses by acts of the
United States, including the loss of slaves.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the,seal of the United States
to he affixed. !
Done at the City of Washington, thisTVenty-’
second day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eiglitjhundred'and sixty-two,
and of the, Independence of the United States
the eighty-seventh,'
By the President.,., Abraham Lincoln. '
William U. Sewa|d,. Secretary of State.'
THE FORTY-FIFTH JK BATTLE.
Camp near SnAttpsBCRGVMD., 1
-. 'Sept. 28,1862. J
I Friend Agitator 'Once ( more I attempt to
I compose a few line's which cannot fail to be of
interest to thoae-'of yan’r. readers w.ho have'
friends in the '4sth. Ai r the date of my last to
you we were quietly lying inactive at Brook’s
Station, listening to' the cannonading’from-the
battles of the Rebel- campaign against the Na
tional capifal,- which resulted in their final re-'
puled, and - foreveir ■ destroyed : their hope-of
taking Washington. While there' we had the
pleasure of witnessing the' transportation-of
that part of McClellan’s army that 1 reinforced
Gen.-Pope by-way of-Acquia Creek. For at
least two weeks the oars passed our camp two
or three times a day laden with soldiers and
provisions, while the'roads-were- crowded -with
artillery and baggage, which plainly demonstra
ted that the National Army, though foiled in its
designs against the Rebel Capital was neither
worsted nor destroyed; ' From the 28th of Au
gust, the state of things took-a different aspect.
'He troops and ether -materials of war instead
of proceeding up to Fredericksburg, began to
ty) transported from that post, which it had be-*
come a military necessity to evacuate. On
Sunday night, Angujet 31st, three heavy explo
sions were heard in the direction of Falmouth,
wßicij. signalized the destruction of. the bridge.
and depot at that place.-, Monday saorning
ie»t. Ist, the roads from Fredericksburg tb
Ae’qnia Creek presented ;0i funny appearance.
Stragglers, both* soldiers bind citizens—negroes
of all ages and description, crowded thd roads
afi'drach'oheOf tbrdartrfe's having ff'large'bun
jDp nn bis.ochfir head,which .probably contained,
all their earthly property which they bore off
in-triumph to-some/plapetof’safety.
’’ “Ob thb afternoon' of fhelst/oOr sick were
put on board thesteamer Portsmouth bound for
Washington.,Thpy were taken to tSe Ciiffbnrns
Hospital above Georgetown. Being one of tbe
ntrrtiber' < who werd~detaite’dtO'
i them’(the; ejok) I can assure the frtendf Ivhh
have afflicted relatives in the different "army
trofepitalsrthatTro-paTnr'HTs •hjwwd'itjr ehhsr
physicians oraftendaiitS to irfake them com
fortable. One important-feature of ,tbe Oliff
burne Hospital is.the,’“ Sisters of .Charity”—
constantly busy, preparing dainties and luxu
ries for those .most’afilictfed, which, none.can
ad (well administer as'themselves. They are
like angels of mercy; sent to comfort the poor
invalids from whomj they'often draw aa -'invol
untal-y smile. , The mojorityof them are- quite
yduijg and seem to possess all the good quali
ties df our most refined women.’ They, are
mostly Roman Catholics. On the 7th; inst., at
the above named hospital. Corporal R. E. Smith,
of 1 our Company (G}' died of -fever. Corporal
Smith was much beio.ved hy h)j comrades as a
soldier and a man of amiable qualities. On
tpe 4th inst., our regiment evacuated Brook’s
Station, leaving three of Company I, prisoners
id the enemy’s hands, namely: Marshall-May
nard, Cornelius Saxbury, and Ward Tyler.—
The young men Were captured by. guerrillas
who had been allowed to visit our camp at leis
ure dressed in citizens clothes.
■On tbe 6th inst./Acquia Creek was evacua
ted by our forces. Every thing that, might be
of value to the enemy was destroyed, including
tbe dock, all the buildings find a considerable
quantity of commissary stores' and baggage.
Passing,over tbe usual incident of a general'
move, I will come to tbe iroportant part of my
letter.
After marching about-50 miles from Wash
ington we found ourselves on the. 12th inst.,
ehcnmped near the chy of Frederick, forming
aipart of that grand army whose abject it is to
drive the impudent enemy from the soil of
Maryland. Ail along the road the citizens dis
played symptoms of their loyalty by cheering
for the old flag, waving handkerchiefs and gay
banners, wherever our troops passed, The>ene
my made but little resistance at Frederick. A
few pieces of artillery were planted on a.bluff
beyond the city on the rbad to Middletown, in
tended to cover this retreat, but they were soon
silenced. Frederick-was occupied by onr ad
vance under Gen. Reno, on the I2th. Our
regiment entered the city at sun set, on the
13 th, and marched through it with colors fly
ing, wliile our band gave them a few patriotic
tunes, to which the citizens responded by sing
ing " Hurrah- for the Union,” and other loyal
sprigs and cheering fur Burnside and McClellan,
wjhile from nearly' every building floated the
Stars and Stripes. 1 was disappointed .at the
size of the town, for instead of finding a small.
insignificant place, we saw a real city, with all.
the luxuries and beauties of one. After march
ing until midnight we encamped near Middle
town. Next morning by 9 o’clock we were ad
vancing. A couple of miles brought us to the
enemy w.ho were on a hill inhere he had planted
batteries intended to annoy us as we marched
up. the hill. Shells burst over and all around,
up, but we pushed Steadily on and formed in
Pipe, behind a stone fence where we lay down
to avoid the shells, grape and canister, which
tail around us like hail. Between the-position
of :our Regiment and the enemy, was a corn
fihld and a piece of, woods beyond which was a
stone fence whew the enemy lay concealed. A
taw of our pieces had. gone ,up the hill to si-
Ipnde the rebel battery which so much annoyed,
us jj. when suddenly, a .masked battery. opened
on them with grape and .canister. The gun
ners left their pieces and the cavalry in their
aupport skedaddled down the hill, and for a
moment a general panic was imminent, but
the prompt notion of the officer soon brought
order out of confusion. At 4 o’clock P. M.,
all had become ominously silent, when our
skirmishers (Co. A and K) were driven fn.—
Our Regiment was immediately ordered to
charge! Up the hill, over stone fences, through
bpafs and hushes, we marched steadily until
wfe. made the summit, which was covered with
sipjiU trees. The enemy’s shells burst around
us and the minnie balls whistled by our .cars
thick and fast,- but our volleys of musketry
were sent in return. Again tbe&istarwasgi.v
en to charge and in good order our'battnlion
pressed steadily'on. when a shell bursted di
rectly in front of our Co. (G) throwing the dust
iqour eyes but failed to slacken our pace until
we came to a- fence, i&hind which we knelt,
and poured volley after volley into the enemy’s
ranks. It was there that our,Regiment suffered
most. After firing away nearly ail of our am
munition, and. just as tho 100th Pa. Ynl., came
to our support tire grey-hacks were seen leaping
thd walls, but" were cut down like grass while,
attempting to skedaddle. At this the 17-th
Michigan appeared on our right, dealing de
struction to their broken ranks. They were
from their pieces. ’Co. D,.of oiri- llegi
mont capturing their flag. t Their rout was com-,
plele. Dur loss, was .seven—but we accom
plished our design— r to dislodge the enemy for.
which our Colonel received the highest compli-,
ments of Gen. Burnside, Wo jypre command
ed by Major (now Lieut. Col.) pjirtin, hut our
Col. took particular pride in per«m:il]y. leading
us,into battle. Amid the showers
canister, and minnie balls,ho walked.'from'one
end to the other of the Regiment,' jwhlle a
glimpse at his commanding yet pleasant .fea
tures would infuse strength and courage into
his men, whose.confidence and love for him.are
unlimited,. The Jbss of our Regiment was 21
killed, and 1J.5 wounded, ' Among the killed
were Gen. Reno- apd acting Adjutant Gen.- G.
D. Smith, and Lieut. James Cole, both of Co,
I. . Th» list of killed and wounded in Co. G, is
as-fullows;
■Corporal Henry Fenton, and private
W. Brewiter,, were instantly killed; Jacob F.
Squares, mortally whundqd in the head t Thos.
J.-Davies, in thehegd Derbyshire. in
the left leg; George Harriet, in the left leg;
Hiram Wilcox, in the- right Jeg; James. S.
English, in tbeleft arm t Washington Munn,
in the left arm, slightly; Herman Jennings, in
the chin, slighly; David .Belcher, in. the left
side, slightly. ■
Thursday was set aside for the sortowfbl task
of burying tbs dead, which woe done ingood
order. In the -absence' of- Lieut. Haynes, the
of ourCampkny devolved-on -Lieut.
Kcbards. Immediately 'after the battle be pas
promoted to a Captaincy by> CoU Welsh for
meeritorious conduct dnring-tbe battle.' Capt.
-Schieffelin was also made Major of the Regi
ment. ■ ’ ‘ - - =--■; i
-«ww [‘'fww'
fheb6rBdifc..wa8 re«nniod
arrited near Sharpsburg at 3 o’clock *-17*
morning., Therewas more or,less aannrm!!r*j
during, thoday in which onr force»TbokH? ?
ce* of artillery and goam prisoner*,
day morning the battle waa reamned in
The. enemy was strongly fortified oh id i •
site eidc of Antietaro Creek, H s tru
from his position early in the day
ternooh Col. Welsh’S brigade, consign,
45th P. .T., 46th N. X, 100th J t*
Michigan, and tlie remainder of WiW?V
merly . Jlepo’s) division, crossed li« V■i foS
when the enemy assumed a new fioriij, .'&
, Which shoWers' •of ‘ graph-- and caniif. 0 '
poured into onr rank, bht fortotm!], /."*
KttTe f famager"'At' this, critical
Regiment’Was ordered to charge over'
Regents np, ; the Aill, driving the SSf
confusion from till} position and wereonUu S
from ut.ter roof from onr jack .of
bnt onerdf iM, KhglfcenVwas' killed
wounded,_pone : of oar’ Company, ‘ YetuJ,
oUr inarch wag-]rdsamed, wh marched
miles-and findirig; no enemy ‘encamped gW
a mile from AntjhtTOsfor* oouhe P o toZ
No nnemy in ,sight. ; Chabi.wox lUssj*.
PROC LAMTIOIf. ;
&ENEHAL ELECTION
WHEREAS by an act of the General i.. ~
-ri/«WUoto4onWth of
tied “.An ait• t«| regulate the General®ectim?,l/
this Commonwealth,” enacted on the second dsv J„i
. one thousand eight hundred arid thirtj.niee til J>
joined oh, me’to give public notice of uneh
| be held, and enumerate in such notice »bet Jtsll!
are to-be elected: Therefore, I, 11. STOW Err T*
High Sheriff of the County of Tioga, do hmbT».w
known addis-fablic,notice- t 0 the-’ffILSH
said-. County pf Tioga, that a General Election .mi!
.hrild the County .on the second Tuesday «f
hhit, which will 1 bo thoT-Jth day of sal/maoth
the several districts within the County sfoteui^
a Ist. Delrnar, at the Court House,-
Y 2d. Tioga, at the house of Lorenzo Tayier, •'
3d. Deerfield. at the bouse of A. Purple " ■'
’ 4th. Nelsoo?atlhS'Tlatßhohc School House
1 6th. Covington,at' the house of A. L. Johnson.
6th; Sullivan; atthc house of D. James. ■ ‘
: 7tb. Juckaon, at the house of James Miller.
Bth. Lawrence, at the bouse of C. Stetson. ’ ’’
oth. Middlehury, at the Holliday School Host*
‘ HUB. Shipped, it theeßk Meadow School Hom’. ,
1 11th. Liberty, at the house of J H Woodruff. ■
12tb. Westfield, at the house of J K Sayles.
13th. Richmond, at the Mansfield School Hmn -
lltb.Eatlanll, ar'Die holite.of R'Eerie..
16th. Brookfield, at.the South Road School Hems.
16th. Union,"at the house of George’ W Tsylor
17th. Farmington, at the house of John AKemal
18th. Charleston, at Dartt Settlement Schl H«W
J9th. Morris, at the house of W C Babb.
■Sfltli, Chatham, at the house of E P Diagmw,
21st. Gaibes,jat house of H C Vermilyea.
22d; Wbllsbjpro, at the Court House.
23d. Bless, at the Union School House.
241 h. Lawrenceville, at the bouse of C Slosbob.
251b,4?1ym«r; at-the bouse of C P DoogJaii.-”
26th. Elkland Boro, at the house of L. Calm.
27th. Covington Boro, atlhe house of A L Jo^ihb v
28lh. Knoxville, at the bouse of II G Short ‘**
. 29th. Ward, at the house of W K Lyon.
SOthJ Elk, at the School House near John SaTuVi.
3 1st. Osceola, at the bouse of Frederick Cahir.
S2d. Mansfield, at the School House.
83d. Mainsburg, at the house of B; James.
. At which time and places are to be eleetsd fbstih
lowing State and County officers :
One person for Auditor General of the Coarmoi.
wealth of Pennsylvania.
One person for Surveyor General of the Cobmi.
wealth of Pennsylvania.- * , * _
One person to represent the counties of
Potter, Lycoming, Clinton and, Centre CoaDtiii;ia
the Congresss of the V. S.
One person to represent the counties of Tioga, Fok.
te-J, McKean and Warren ip the State Senate. -
Two persons to represent Tioga and Potter Com.
tins in the General Assembly,
One person for District Attorney of Tioga Coaly.
One person for Commissioner of Tioga County.
One person for Auditor <»fiT*oga County.
On© person for*Surveyor dt Tioga County,
One person jfor.Cortner of Tioga Coupty.
It ia/urtber directed that the meeting of thereto*
Judges at the Court House in IVellsboro tomakeatft
the the general returns shall he on the first Frtiiy
succeeding the general election which will be ih» lift'
day of October.
And in and by said aef, I am further direci®£t®'
give notice that every person, except Justices'of tkr
Peace, who shall hold any office or appointment of
trustor profit’Whdef tfie (-rovefnment of the United
Stales, or of -this State, or of any city or incorpora
ted'district, whether a'commissioned offiper or®lbtf*
wise, a subordinate officer or agent who is or riraflW
employed under the legislative} sxecutire, or jodieii
ry department of the State, -or of any ineorppratid
district, and also that every member of Congress,*«o
and of the select and common council of any city,
commissioners of any incorporated district, is by U#
incapable of btddingfor exeroierag at tbc Bam® ti*«
the office or appointment of judge,-inspector or-clltk
of any eleetion of this Commonwealth, and that n
inspector, jndgs>Of iij^. ? dtß|ifbffiter of any such elec
tion shall be eligible to any office then to bo voted &*•
For instruction in regard to the orgnnlrttioa ef
oleetioitbwds, etc.,, see Act of Assembly of 2d,J»ly*
1839 pamphlet laws/ymge 219: likewise eoftaibed
in a practical digest of the election lav* of Uub Co«-
monwealtb, furnished at every place of
Oral elections, page etc, -
Given under my* hnntl at TTellaboro, this 22ddiy
of Soptcmben A; D., 18G2. H. STOWELL, Jr.*_
Sept. 54,1862. , r . - SheriffT"
GLORIOUS NEWS!
Important to The PublicJt
Twenty .Thousand Dollar# ■
Worth of New Goods?
bought for CASH, at Auction Sales, and fr°m
rupt jobbing bouses, at 25 per cent, below lb® p«*’
ent market value now opening at
HO X HAUL’S BEE HIVE,
Holden's Block, Elmifi'
. took at these Prices-
500 Balmoral Skirts,, magnificent colors 50 to $5 H
Black.Press.Silkfronr ; 750 to $2 60 prj«
Ilicb Plain and Fancy Silks, 50c to 300 ■ ;
New FaU Defines, Is*, 20c, worth If M, • 2”»
Figure'd-Piraiaettof, _lBoirorth«l
Wool DeLainee, , 31 t{ **
Elegant Fancy Dress Goofds, J} , “ , J;-
Fine French Merinor, /5 'J J
AU Wool Cossimeres, Jfi .“ J ®
AU Woul Broadeloths, • l'Jl rt ]J* J
Black,nnd White -Check Shawls, 3 W " 5 OP V
Heary EmSroiderid'D' Muslin,-^to 6«prJ/
bleary . _ y *uiaeriL. drapery , ;,v
Real Nottingham Lace Curtains, $3 00 pwL
double the money.
An endless variety of Efocho emit Woolen,
and Lopg Shawls.
Hoop Skirts of the most celebrated makw*.
Jouvins genuine Kid Gloves. best in markeU
Ho.use Purnisbing and. White Goods..
Domestic Goods/a full assortment.
Trunks, Valises,- Traveling Bags. :
millinery Goods, .
Wholesale nnd Retail, and in fact erery vM"
usually found'*in a first class Dry Goods Honsi. _
Plense reraemTjef that wo, do all wp.
Don't forget at r f
V DORiIAUL’S BEE
. Holden’s Block, Sw*"
ST. B. Milliners, Country Merchants, and ?•
dlers supplied st Jess than New York Jobbing rn
DORMAUL’S BEB HIVE- .-
13« Water St, Elmira, »* *•
Elmira, SepblO, 1862. _
A BMINISI-RATOR’S NOTICeJ^^"?[
A adm p nlstration*baTibg been granted to *®® T k ;
scribet bnthoestate ofrA. B. Howland; la* B ™ *. 01t
son Township, deo’4., notice is hereby given *° »
indebted to said estate, to nlnke immediate
and those having claims to present them property
tbentieated for settlement to, the subscriber.
W. C. RIPLEY Ador.
■; Richmond, Augest 27,1862.
■ A NOTHER fresh, assortment.of tWr
-elegant ll.rent CALICOES-just received
Jane 18, 1862.