. Tout of FubUCjfctlcm. (a n tfedaesdayMorning, and dialled to subscriber »<tt«Veijw*6iimble'itrfeß<if- sft : . : ■ ''•]& jot® : aK" per ■ ptBNTyis,'.^& , • f« ttSiditeir. ‘ If irlhtwi&d io notifyevery abxrtUr wbbh Che term for tthiftJ he has paid shall tbefigdres on thej tinted label onthe pfeaeh paper. The paper M |U, then be stopped 'farther'remittance be rpeflrad. By this ar-, r sapient,, an' aan'ean be debt to the Tii'AWWfcoi it the Official tip et ef;tbe County, srith'itlatge andstesdily circulation reach-, itthataam W&hh<>*<>ed la thedounty. , ■ ft**- tht cojmtyi UiU*. Iw wb()m mow r -> - iffy ■-■■ BuMms Satis, notexaeediagj: umi, paper incln- Vsdji 7 ; d-i«oPBiETd£. 1f i; r :-/ y ..~ PA., ’' XTMWESDAY MOBNiN«3, VOCT. 8, 1862; *■■'•“ V ■■ the B^apage. J%Qit yeßeguldr} Democratic Iti&iinee of Tioga : l County vat mfeolei-&iye , 6onferen.ce —How Safa'-vi w made ■ye sundry Weratirtg items to ye reader. 1 -WaftoDited oar readers lasifipeb to inform them how Mr. Henry Sherwoc|cj*‘the regular Democratic nominee of Tioga for Con gress, cawe'to be slaughtered ip the btmse of fail: .^TMIAsrS-ijowtbjf' D«adpn|i| Conference came to jptgtfcernb, nomination Sib—bow Judge .Hale, *weUmeaning, but weakly kind’ of became the ddepted qh|||;of a portlon of thffDsmocracy—how be waayi pudiated by utothtg portion—and in short, 15 iw the experi ment of nixing Republican oil [though of a Very poor tjndlity, with : very diity democratic water/dldnot succeed. _' s ‘T^ i o i weeks : ago, the Meeting jjif the Demo cratic Conferee* took place. Artrieapf Reso lutions WSla-adopted,' togethefrwit|| a,{|reamble sotting forth the usual zeal in bgbalf'of "the Constitution ds i&” (*hich is Jl|d s‘epdbli ■«an doctrine,)and “the Union (which is simply Democratic clap trap, Sflimpractiov bleasitis impossible.)’ One Refolotidn then ' •“'goei; ! W ,: , strongly against first, and then—against the rebaU.l/The second 1 and last resolution declares that't'ie Conferees ‘deem it inexpedient to make f».|iotnination in tfiir Congressional District, ■ an'united effort of the men Ipy tenths tutionand the Union, to elect . , representative who will fearlesi iyitisd faithfnl ]y aid the Government to resist; tbfe insidious encroachment* of secret foes, as to con quer the armed rebellion which threaten alike ■oar national'peace and We can imagine how proud James' T- Haupjjmust bare been to be selected by this handfit hbf pro-sla very democrat os their tool in ffluiijhg war up -on the Administration,.and through them upon tht Government, Hale’s have glowed with the same patriotic as when two’or three years go he voted f<jr,|j|hn A Gil mer, a North Carolina slave Speaker, whilst evepy -true-hearted Republican voted for John Sherman. But tbit plea tjf C|pediency, and the virtual nomination of ilfcfe, did not satisfy all the conferees, for we fl id lhat H. L. Di»ffenbaoh (of whom we shall present ly) offered an amendment fop v ir£f grave rea sons, “that Henry Sherwood be recommended for that position.” prop stition tba vote stood 4 for, and | igairist Mr. Sherwood, both the votes of JTiog*|®otmty be ing in the negative. We do not ~qp|]te under stand this move, for we will dcMt.fpberwood - the we believs.hiip to be a better man,every way than ady of that coterie. We do not agree with him in any of Ms political notions, bat no one who knows himjfloubta his patriotism, while everybody g:ves'| ;|iim credit for the shrewdness of his effort! tp lSeak down -the Republican party, of this ootiThe Con fcSnedof the harmonious demtcraoytnded by a protest from Mr. Dieffenbach tgairW ahe whole proceeding. !; This bringa ns to apeak of Die f®|>ach and his Protest. He is the editor of Clinton Democrat —the organ of the Democri wf of Clin ton County, and it is but justice to jam to say that he -is the ablest editor of that ||pe in this Diilrlct. Hi* protest covers oonsidei fS)le space, it may.be stated' briefly thus: > He protests against the action eratio Conferees,. ], r’fi 1. Because' it was irregular in djttj 8, and be cause it refused to make a democial Snomina ' tl«n. ,{|s 2. Because the Conference petSiiyjd a Ly coming County man to cast two vClej:jor Tioga County against the regular nominOet i|f the Ti oga County Democratic Convention \ |fr. Sher wood) thereby defeating him. "A\ j/ 3. Because the Conferees* wer»||\ected to ‘nominate a democrat, and for no othi Kpurpose. _ 4. Because by making no the 'object was to elect an Abolitionist. ‘Am. 5. Because by .voting for Hale .Jmocrats 'would .indorse bis coarse in i and be 'Wnse'he has been at different tin) os % Whig, Nothing,.Republican, Border tfeate Con "‘‘•ottetive, and Abolitionist, always atfinemy of democracy. ', ’ : •1 1 ' N ' 6. Because Hale in bolting the njmj Ration of &*«»n party, could not be truste I |y demo unts. - 'A ?-"BecaM» it is‘just that those a Kopresentative, should be held tp •fcility far hi* acts; and aa democrat# we ob •jeefeto being held responsible forthe. acts of E J but Democrats. ■ iM, ■This protest is signed by H. L. thhffenbacb, ®d C. T. Alexander; disgusted conferees, the <#» from Clinton, and the other £ v otU Centre v 0»«y. ij, The editor of the'Democrat “has’ btaod in hie , JJ*” if we may be allowed this pb ‘aif. Here way he talks to the Demoob CiApf’Clin- A. i■■ v| l fet-,the'D*meoratio'Banh«i:;T»ilil in the I.V God’s J»m, JT °«n thoogh there be but one rosjetlhfe C‘ v ® i* THE .UiITATOH ' • ' , , , , . 11 V. 1 1 ■■■' *~ J -»* -• •-IJTT- r J-. M l- ■», ■ |—i 1 ■ --»-' .»■> -"-■ ■■ I >■>* to tsrisptenoiim*of tbt &vta #t JfmOom ana tf>r&p&a& of ©raU&i? asrfovm. i, «• - • 1 . ■. 1 . 1 ..»"i i 'I T KeaßS3r,..<4' l y.. 7i. ■■ .r.iif nau i ;. WHILE: THhEE EHAI<L ; BS A WR ONQ ; UNftIGHTBJ),, AjND UNTIE “SUITS INSPMANITT TOMAN" SSAIiIi;CEABB, AGttTAXIOS JI7BX CONTINUE, mhi lx. «ke sign of lift; and' tbit the ballot 1 of tbs ¥3l- I . tor of the Clinton Democrat. Thkt singlehabd ' tit least shall boar it nloftwMlethere ik liberty or virtue in' tbe land. But weAhkllnot be left done. Already We bear of Detkokbats hr every quarter whomanfaby declare tbattheGEOßTi OUS OLD BANNER OF DEMOCRACY SHALL FOREVER PROUDLY WAVE AND SHALL NEVER BE SURRENDERED l; li aai'Lt BE ' FLCKQ ‘ PfibCDLT TO THE BBEE2E,'hnd vr'e will- have a democrat to support* forCob gress, in spite of all' weak-kneed Conferences under the sun.' We are met with tbe ; babjj ory of “expediency"—“break up the EepnblU cabsi” “divide them,” Ac. Break' them up and divide them! What fort They are al ready broken up in to'A thousand fragments, that are only held together by such stupid move ments as the refusal of tbe Democratic Confer ence to name a candidate. They never tvere any thing else than a patched up and pitched together mass of incongruities that would'crum ble to pieces as soon as the false ideas upon wbich.it was based were exposed to trial.” In the the classic language of Sir Lucius O’ Trigger, “It’s a very pretty quarrel as it stands.” We trust the earnest Republicans of Tioga County will let these “harmonious” dem agogues fight it out, and vote for Armstrong, the friend of Lincoln and Liberty HALE AT HOME. [The following letter (not written for publi cation) explain Jadge Hale’s position at home eo well that we cannot withhold it from our readers.—Ed. Agitator.] Bellefonte; Sept. 29, 1862. Dear Sir. —l have just returned from the Militia, Campaign in the Cumberland valley; and find that during our absence the aspirants for Congressional honors have been busy mar shalling their forces. The prospect now is, that between this- and the day of the election, there will be some strange scenes enacted, as well before as behind the curtain. At present j it looks as if is likely to be between Armstrong and Hole—the Democrats declining ! to nominate. I, of, course, cannot tell which of i these men you are most inclined to favor, and 1 therefore only write as a neighbor or friend, to inform you why I think one of these men should not be supported for that high office. The Hon. James X. Hale, as a man and citizen, is a first | rate man, and when, we put him forward as our candidate in 1858, we supposed he possessed all the qualifications requisite to fill the office of Congressman. Our nartv being in the mi nority during his first term, we were not sur prised that he accomplished nothing, but as jjs had voted for the Blake Resolution, we thought he bad exhibited courage sufficient to meet ajry question that could arise there, and consequent ly in 1860 we elected him again. How much we hav.e beqn deceived in him, relative to his qual ifications and courage, his course in Congress since the first of December,, 1860, will abun dantly illustrate. During the dark days that marked the commencement of. the Session, im mediately following Lincoln’s election, when Benjamin Hale, and other men'of courage and sagacity, were convinced that we were drifting ’intorebellion, where did we find Judge Hale? In the ranks of the Border State men, ready for * humiliating compromise. He was at once selected as a Pennsylvania Representative in that Border State Convention. That'Conven tion hue now passed into history, and the direct results are now a part of the history of the tiroes. How did the South construe the actions of that Convention, and whathave been the re sults? In that Convention, we offered compro mises. ’ Did they propose any ? We proposed to change the Constitution. Did they saywhat changes would satisfy ? On the contrary,, while the Convention was discussing Hale’s and Crit enden’s resolutions, they were arming and dril ling their men. Tney construed the acts of that Convention, as the acts of coward* I and the results flowing from it, has been a pro longed war. Since the “Star of the West” was fired into, and the walls of “Fort Sumpter”’ were broken down, who in Pennsylvania have favored compromise; men only who-are in their nature selfish, or destitute of courage. —. Men of either variety are not the men fur Con-- gressmen now." Had all the men of the* North, from’ the date of Lincoln’s Inaugural, stood firmly by him, the rebellion would have been suppressed long since. Compromises compelled our brave soldiers to guard the plantations of rebels in arms, compromises compelled the President to adopt the no policy system about the nigger. They, in’ their wisdom, thought we could conquer the rebels without injuring them, and to-day they howl Because their system is likely to be abandoned. Hence we find them, just where Judge Hale stands, ready to affiliate with the Breckinridge Democracy,.if they "can by that means only get to Congress. Judge Hale claims to be a Union man; so is Mr. Armstrong. Judge Hale is yet for compro mise ; Armstrong is not. If he were I would not sustain him. Henry Sherwood, we know, is as good a Union man as his Honor, Judge Hale. Why did it not suit the fastidious dem ocrats to nominate him, instead of being so ur gent in reference to Hale. Are the friends of t£e Buck tails in favor of compromise ? Are they afraid to injure the property of rebels in arms ? Are the" friend* of those who sank in the swamps of the Chiokahominy, or have been re cently slaughtered on this side of the Potomac, .anxious to continue the last year’s policy in ref erence to the War J If so.yote for Judge Hale. Armstrong is opposed to that policy, and the means by which that system -was inaugurated. At the close of the late session of Congress, Judge Hale returned home, arriving here just as we received the news that Center -County' must furnish two hundred men to fill our quota of -the first requisition calling for 300,000 men. -Being a-tiiaid man, he at once aeked where.are yon to get them? Where dhn yon go to raise that number of men? Two days thereafter, H. N. McAllister, our leading attorney at this Bar, .returned from Saratoaga where he had Jheeß spending -a ’few ’Weeks -fa? the -bepefit of -his WELLSBOBO., TIOGA COUNTY, BAv I health; and comihg’home with a fail knowfc edge of tbe facts; as soon as-he arrireda •’pub lic meeting wa* called) and the re salt of bis t(an ; wfts, Centre Cffaotjr regiment was formed in less than a month from thattime, 001..8e% ver, (then Lieut. Col.ofthe4sthßegV’Jmada Colonel.and pot into service.- On, the 'l9th fest., the 23« l P»; High,' tjf V<fl. MtKiih; vwil fanned at Harrisburg, and in that’ three Companies from Centre.Coantj were lor eluded-; and ifrequired we could put another regiment into the field without the assistance of any compromise'men. Twice T have sup ported Judge Hale fdr Congress, and iti hi* personal character I regard him now, asT did , then, hat Us . a Congressman his record is against him. In that capacity he haspotserved hia country—he hos not served hi* How well he has served himself J ahd family, the pUblio fikely will be inforimbdif be persist* in hisde termination to defeat-Armstrong.^ 1 inolineto tiriukthatjust on the ere of the election, . wijl teach him a lesson that be little suspects at this tinje. The leader* of the party here in a single day withobtnoise or bustle, could utterly annihilate bis prospects, so well have they been drilled, andhy dividing our party between Armstrong and Hale, they, can command votes enough to elect theirinan. Behind all thisehow of Union sentiment, there is a scheme of thoßreokenridge Democracy of of some kind, which you. may taly upon will be developed. ~ . . .In conclusion, L.will only.say.that a)! Efr publicans who Cast a vote for Jabae* T. Hale, will in the end find that they hare been beau tifully sold, Beware of those who advocate his cause. J TO THE HEEUBLICAiradP THIS CON- GEESSIONAL DISTEICT, A brief statement of the facta connected with the announcement (bat Hon. James T. Hale is an Indepeodaut Union candidate for Congress in this district, is duo to all parties. No fact will be stated, -not known to some of the undersigned, with moat;of them we are conversant. The day previous to the meeting of the democratic conference to nominate a can didate for Cnngressj a proposition was made by men of that party of the highest character and influence, that if Mr, Hale woold consent to be a candidate without any' party; nomination it was believed-the Democratic conferees conld be induced to make pone, and thus all parties would unite on one [candidate and a real union of the loyal people if the district open nation al questions would be secured.' ‘ This offer was submitted to leading republicans who could be conveniently assembled, and it was at once cordially andunanimousiy assented to as a most desireable result which the Republicans every where hud been most anxious to effect,, and which thev Hpliesod:.to he of th» n»n highest importace to the welfare and safety, if not the very existence, of Ottr Government. Mr. Hale, who, as some of us at least know, had positively declined to have bis name used in any way as a candidate, was consulted on the subject, and, upon a representation of the great service he could do the country by allow ing his name to be used, finally consented. The contingency of a refusal on the part of the Republican candidates by conferees to ac cede to the offer was suggested by the gentle men of the-Democratic party then present, who said it would dot db to lettbeir conferees ad journ without making a nomination.if there' would be any uncertainty abodt Mr. Hale be ing a candidate. Tu|tbJs it was answered that the' Republican party could not object, and would not, as they bad always professed, and we believed truly that they ardently desired this very thing, and that no man would be per mitted to. let his personal feelings or private ambition stand in the tfay of so grhat a public good as a union of all parties for the sake of the Union would be. ! The conference then end ed. The Democratic conferees, as is well known, met the next day and adjourned tint die without making any nomination', thus per forming their part in good faith. A committee was immediately selected to see Mr. Armstrong and the Republican Conferees and represent.to them the unanimous feeling of the Republicans of this County in favor of making no nomina tion. I Accordingly two of the ondersigned vis; George Boat, and E[ C. Humes, visited Mr. Armstrong, at Look Haven, by appointment and proceeded to Williamsport, where they met the Conferees and stated to them what bad been done in the matter, and what the public feeling was among tli» Republicans here. The Conferees from this county were so unanimous and earnest in their efforts to' effect the object, and moved and voted for an adjournment of one week, in order that time might be given to satisfy all doubts as l to' the genuineness and good< faith of the offer on the part of the Demo crats. SufSce to say, that Mr. Armstrong and bis friends in the Conference refused to accede to the proposal, and insisted upon a party nom ination, which he obtained. Two questions then had to be met; = First—Was Mr. Hale bound in honor and good faith to bo a candidate, after the Demo cratic Conference had adjourned without ma king a nomination op the strength that he would run as an Independent Union oandidate, without any patty nomination T Second—Would his' running as an Indepen dent Union candidate- have a tendency to strengthen. the bands; and unite the feelings and efforts uf true loyal Union men in the dis trict ? [ - ' After mature deliberation and consultation, we felt bound to answier both questions in the affirmative, and so advised Mr. Hale, who, iii accordance therewith,; consented to be a can didate. In all we harp done in this matter we have had no motive whatever but the good of our country. ? ■ We, believed that no party or ganization or personal ambition onght, for one moment, to stand in the way of a Union move ment such a# this. -Our country, in this dark hour, needs the support of all bier loyal sons, and any effort which unites them in that sup port deserves onr hearty and earnest co-oper ation. It certainly was no good objection to Mr, Hale that be had the good will of the loyal Democrats of the District, while we were cer tain he bad also that iof the-Republicans'who bad bnaniteooely endorsed 'bio in their t?sp- IDMSBAY MOBMKG. OCTOBER S/IS6I • . . , - w.- ’. -•» f ventj(«)-h«tufewySßeka piacb, ;We;otfldd not ask or expect.lhp Democrats,to vote for a man obnoxious to them. Xf the situation was re versed wb could pot dp it, and, we will not ask them to doWhat.nndeT the' satne circumstan ces, we would not do ourselves. He was the duly man spoken of who could unite the people, and -we 'therefor®' balievefl it to be bis duty to .be a. candidate. 1 So far as wo have been able to acertain the sentiment o'f'otir party in this cbnrify we be lieve a large majority heartily endorse all we have done,. Respectfully, <fcc., ~ EdwaroD. J. M, Jrlctpf 1 ’ , H. N. McAttisTiß. Geoboe Boal, ’ • Gkoroe Litisqston, , Mosss.Tsospson, Weprint tbo aboye at the request/pf Hale's friends in Centre County: In explanation ’ of the above. it might be as well to state the relations of- the stgriefs of the above suspicions document to the subject of it. i We call it suspicions because it sounds ; very i much as if'Hide wrote it himself. Humes and; McAllister ate Hale’s partners in the Bank at Bellefbnte and neither of them are-politicians- Thompson and McCoy:, are Iroq Masters, and per consequence are borrowers of mopey from said-Bank. Geo. Boa! is the Assessor.for this District, and-owes his appointment to Hole who is his relative; and'Livingaton is 8 book-seller and enjoys the patronage of the lot. So you see there Is enlitidisinieresiednesa id’ the whole thing. %t£' tre assure our'readers'that the friends of the Administration' and the Govern ment—the friends of the'President’s Proclama tion of Freedom—are earnestly and vigorously working jfor Armstrong, and against Haie.— The latter has struck hands with the enemies of ths Administration, and has the audacity to ask Tioga Republicans to thus strike at the Ad ministration by voting for him. Mr. Hale will find that the people of this County take the pa pets and read them, and though he should flood the country with these documents, as we learn he is doing, be cannot deceive a Single Repub lican into'the, belief that he is other than the enemy of the Administration. From Hammond's Companp, Benning’s Bridge, Near Washington, ) Sept. 25, 1862. } Fbirn»' Agitator : Company A, of the 136th is ail right, and as I write, jubilant with the pleasures of real cam]) life. It is a pleasure to me to observe these simple transactions, which in themselves are unimportant; but which at the.sam.e time teem with a wild, ro mantic Beauty, wbicn never nago. ’ This morning, after a drill of the non-com missioned officers for an hour, we were just comfortably seated upon qur bed of cedars, luxuriating in the sublime' narcotic in a meer schaum presented me by my very, companion able friend, the First Lieutenaant, and turning over the criticisms of the press upon the Presi dents late Emancipation Message,.'when orders to march were received from the Colonel com-, mending brigade. It was only a short march however; and I judge, from the Confusion in which wu have been through the day, might more appropriately be called a move.' -Yes, we were to march, but only across the river, to get rid of the heavy, and unhealthy dew and bad air which prevailed in our former position over the river. We were loth to leave our little camp which had become a. second'borne to us; and yet we thought it would be better for os. Over the-river, vte bad a nice level piece of sandy ground for our camp nod drill ground ; and had planted trees along our little -streets, till it looked beautifully and was really an in viting place. Still we need the practice, and cheerfully obeyed. We bad no teams, and were under the neceseity of carrying everything’ by band, for the distance of half a mile. This: the men did with a will; and at fonr this after noon we were again settled in our cloth bouses. We brought most of our furniture made by qur own bands, with us; because if we should make a requisition for more lumber, wo should have tu carry it farther than that, for we do not find boards as-plenty here, as in our own woody, country, and would be glad to get them in such quantities as we need by carrying a mile. Then there is another reason ; if we should find them near by, there might arise an inference that we hud drawn them on a requi sition not properly authorized; so that we may well walk a little further to escape an imputa tion so serious. We are now encamped upon a gradual, slope, a short distance from the Bla densburg road, where the ground is'So bad that you would be compelled to sharpen the nose of a streak of lightening to penetrate it, unless ypu were blessed with 1 an insinuating disposi tion more than equal to that of most people. We have neighbors near by who are very choice of their vegetables, and whose peculiar feelings we will of course respect; and if they suffer it will of course be by the depredations of others. The soldier, leaving bis home, has left behind all its many luxuries, the well-kept.gar den in Summer, and well stocked cellar in Win ter ; and it. is sot in harmony with the nature of .the best, to allow things to decay for the want of some one to take care of them. Then I suppose it is the jmvilege uf those who choose after they have performed the duties of their station, to make what they can gathering crops on shares; especially, since the Emancipation act has produced a scarcity of labor, and an offer of this kind would only be an aot of -phi lanthropy to those who have scarcely time and labor to take care of their produce. Sweet po tatoes grow about here, and yield pretty well. I have seen them puse to market, and ean say they are worth alt they cost. The nights are quite cold, which gives a fel low-the satisfaction of seeing the fliesand mo squitoes humbled. Sometimes we fear that we will stay here till they come into power again,' after the frosts of winter shall have melted into the gepial warmth of spring. We are like all others; we wish to have un opportunity to do that for which we came here: march against •the enemies of our . country, and’not .wade through the dread oil a Virginia winter. The President (ibs now pome out with a .policy, and such a policy.as speaks volumes of praise and honor to, hisl name. We have no\j-, indeed, some thing to tight and even die for. Before, we could fight for pur Country, to restore* its Con sfilmiah and laws; now, we are, engaged in the holy cam e of hmnanity, philanthropy and true freedom We hailed those ' words of the President wlib'cheers, and the deepest grati tude. It gives ns' something more, and even ‘heifer tb fight for; while we believe it is the 'shortest way to accomplish -the great purpose Uf reStoringitpe, Union and a true and lasting peace to the'ebuntry. I have never for one febthenl doubted the - integrity of Abraham Lincoln upon this vital question; but, always belived that heiwas only waiting the order of tithe!. - Indeed, We may have seen no reason '&{■ so Ibn'gdelaying an act which we well knew mast be done, and yet we.even now find pow erful opponents to this doctrine. The great feature of failure in tins war has been and is the' diversify of opinion as to the best means of ending it.'We all agree in supporting the ■gbTernmept; bull we disagreed upon the poli oyl by which we should be governed in doing •soj Seine said slavery was the cause of the war, apd bidat'fi^l;, or the country must be de stroyed: others said it was only the pretext, and thAt we had n<> constitutional right to inter fere with it, while soma said we had no right at all to touch thfl : institution, though it be the Copse of all our t:cubic 1 This contention is our chief sdofce of weakness; we most fail, so long as it continues. The President bad the right and power to say which should be the policy of the country, and has exercised them. Now let us give the Rebels their due, and strike for,humanity 1 'there is. some lii but 1 nothing as yet Respectfully, , tie sickness in onr company : serious. Good night. Very Avatob JI'STITIAE. 15th Fa. Begtment. From the Slue Mountain, : M. D„ ) Sept. 20, 1862. i Friend Aoiiato so does the s 4sth. Acquia Creek. we 1 t t; —Time still mores on, nnd Since my last letter from have burned that place and i of our nihnber prisoners, il M. M. Maynard, Privates y. E. Tyler. I might give Iption of our last days at this is not necessary at pres- left,j leaving three Thejy were Corporal C. Saxbery and you a long de'sct Acquia Creek, but ent;| ' - 1 . Far the past'two) weeks wo have been on the march. We arrived at Washington from Ac quit Greek on Saturday, Sept." Olh. The next morhing .we started on a lung and tedious march to Western Maryland. ■ Friday, the 12thj finds us in the vicinity of Frederick City, where our met the gray backs, which theyirouted very tpoo. The next day the bat five miles dUtaat7andT when the Rebels were obliged ;to leave their position on the mountain tops and retreat in greet disorder, out* cavalry greatly barrassing their rear. I Again the grand army moves on, over bills, through valleys,' and up one of the highest of' the Blue Ridge Mountains.; : Sunday, the 14th,'we move up the mountain, to-near the summit, coma to, a. halt and throw out skirm ishers. For some time we lay inlthis position, whep all of a sujlden crack l crack 1 comes from lour 1 skirmishers, and we were ordered to their! support, vrhen lha long lice of troops moved up through the woods to the summit of the bill, where Ijhp, enemy poured a volley of cold load into us,y We soon learned that the Rebels were concealed behind a stone wall, hut this did not daunt us, uud on we went to with in short musket range, when we came to a halt and poured it intio them for nearly an hour. The fight raged hotly, when our boys started over ;tbe fence and through the field on a charge. The Rebp. of course could not stand' this, and they fled|down the hill in great disor-, 3er, when loudly rpng the cheers for the Union. Our boys fought nobly and valiantly. The whole loss to our troops I have pot learned.' The lossjof the 45th was 112 wound ed anp 38 killed. Company l’s share was four killedi five wounded. The killed were Lieiits. G-D. Smith and J. M. Cole ; Privates, George English, D. Fitipktrick. The wounded, Ser geant, Wm. Chase; Privates N., C. Morton, Charles Sofield, J, Cowden, J. Burr, slightly. While wc mourn the loss of our, brother sol diers and our valiant officers we rejoice to know that they died for their country in a good and glorious cause.* The wounded are all in the way to be with ns again soon. The next day we moved on in n| westerly di rection, meeting po great impediment until Wednesday, the 17th, when the enemy were found in great forep at a large stone bridge on the; Ahtietam Creek. They were Soon started from this place, v hen the 45th was ordered over with the rest. We soon found that there was more work tj be done. We wero drawn up in line of battl<when we were ordered to charge, and at it wo! went—npb’ills.jover fence', through gutters," aiid all other such obstacles. At every charge w» were sale ted by the Rebs., and heavily presf nted with grape," canister, shell and railroad iron. This did pot daunt us in the least, but on Ve went till the Rebs. were obliged to limber up and fly, while we bade them farewell with! ;botb mouth and gun, and they were gone. We did not lay long in sus pense, | but soon found that they were playing Ball Run with n« by trying to flank oe on the left and once more regain the bridge. The , next two hours told fearfully on both aides. ( Regiment after regiment went in,' emptied out sixty rounds and, were relieved. At last the Rebs, led, finding Bull Run was played 1 not with nsl' That day-our regiment lost, in! killed and wounded, probnbljl 40. Company l’» losa was ■only two wounded-)—they were J. Kirkpatrick, mortally, and C. Handy, slightly. The next day the) attack waa.not led by either -party, hot a brisk skirmish was kept up on both sides—the regiment losing several. Private Wm. Thompson of 00. I was slightly wound ed in the head, but he is still able to hold bis position in the rucks. i Yesterday we followed the Rebs. all day, but. found none. Thai Have fled to Virginia.. We win probably find the® tOßfiwhcra teta’ceo tha Rates of AdverUsing. b» charged $1 p«.r«ipiare of 10 lines, one dr three ipwrtiqst; and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. Advertisemertsof less the 810 lines considered 8s a square. The subjoined rates «41 be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements; , 5 3 aosTßj.. 0 Moaraa. U itor/yae Square, - - 43,08 - $4,80 $6,1/0 J do- - 8,00 6,80 B,o* * do. . ' r,OO 8,80 I*,o# i oolamn, ... 8,89 9,80 : 13,8* i - .do. . , 16,00 ... ‘ 30,90/ , 80,00 Colnten, ' 35,00 ~ , 88,08 ;■ | 80,0 f. • AdVarttsemeiria not having tbeOum-berof Intertiena desired marked npoatbein, will b-apnbliihed antiler dered ontaud obttgedabeordinglT. - , Posters,Sandhills, SilT-Heatls, Letter-Heads eadsil kinds of Jobbing done in coqntn eatablllhßents, «s. eontod neatly and. promptly. 'TnstjcesConatsblF* and other BBINXE Constantly on band. NO. 9. Potomac and 1 Richmond, wherethey ■will fetch us to a short "bait. We Irtish it will bo short. We are note under a man that knows hoi' re treat. Perhaps, .you. have heard of him—hia name Is Burnside. We expect 1 soon to cross the river into Virginia; perhaps to-day. From Capt,. Phillips', Company, Fort Bdnkb Hill. Sept; 24,1862. , Editorov Agitator On Wednesday, the ISth day of August, a company of boys left the quiet little village of Westfield,, to try them fortunes as soldiers in defease of onr noble Government. After passing through witb-the usual Forms of'inspection and mustering into the service at Hsrrisburgh, they were organised into n regiment and soon sent forward to our nation’s capital. Butthey wers not allowed to let their gaxe linger long on its snow-white walls, when orders came for them to march- to Fort Lincoln, about five ;miles from the eity. With aome reluctance the heavy knapsacks were slung, and. just as the shades of evening were falling around, they arrived at their pinto of destination. While engaged in erecting theif tents' the news was whispered through the camp that 600 Rebel cavalry had been seen the day before upon a hill three miles Soon all was excitement, and each man was wondering where he was toget ammunition to load his. musket. This was' soon remedied bji the sudden appearance of a wagon-load of ridges upon the ground. Forty rounds were given to each man, with the order that all should sleep upon their arms. It was pleasing to witness the many cases of sickness in the hamp ofthe 130th Regiment during that event ful night. But the long weary hours of dark ness at lost passed away, with no rattle of musketry or booming of ednhon to disturb the slumbers of the soldiers. As morning dawned active preparations were mode to make camp life as pleasant as possible. The.next day-Co. A. Capf. Ifammond, was ordered to the Long Bridge. l .Three days after Co. I) (the subject of our hist-wy) was sent to Port Bunker Hill, .where they stil] remain encamped, arid where;- for’tbe'past two weeks they have been fighting; pick and spade battles, which I thought weftr ended last Spring by McClellan while upon the Isthmus.' It makes but little difference what • great general originated the idea, but after oup hard labor, with the help of several hundred other companies, we have a chain of rifle pits’ exteriding-eight miles, and forming a connect lion with all ef the forts this side of-the Poto mac. / ’ - 1 . • This may appear to some of the readers of your paper to be a good plan, especially when \ the Rebel army is forty miles away,- strivirrg to j regain their oldbattle grounds near Richmond! What, let toe ash, has-been accomplished da ring the year’s campaign in Virginia? I fallen upon the battll "Klaras fur their country, and our army is to-day far ther from their place of destination than they were ,one year ago.. Think not for one moment , that ! would distrust the ability of our Govern ment to provide means to’crush this rebel lion. But I earnestly pray that ail party distinctions will be thrown aside, nnd with the thousands that have lately answered to their country’s call move on in one solid phalanx and put so end to tbis unholy war. - Mazeppa. ' Prom C&pt. Sofield’a Company, Washington, D. C., Sept. 21, ’62 Friend Yocnq It is too bad that we cant not see the Agitator in our camp. I have not seen a copy since we came to. Washington. Just.send me one. Perhaps my paper is yet sent to Harrisburg; if so, please’ have the ad dress changed to me here—Co. A, 149tb Regi ment, in care of Capt. Sofield. I hard not time to .write much now. With but few exceptions our boys are .well; none se- - riously sick. We received a visit lost week from J. Sherwood and Robert Roland, both of whom were heartily welcomed, and many a heart was made merry J>y the kind words and salutations from friends at home. " Jule” bos gone up the Potomac to the battle-field, and “Bob” is now in camp with ns—be leaves to morrow for Frederick. Lieut. S. Haynes left us on Friday lest for his regiment, be hav ing regained his health. We all begin to feel like soldiers as we advance in drill and perform the routine of camp life. It will not be many weeks before we will feel anxious to have a chance at the Bebs. in the field, and prove the valor of the ” New Bucktails,” as we are' called. Whenever the time comes you may be sure they will make their mark. The of. Co. A manifest a spirit of pride and emulation. r Every one wants to be a good soldier. If any of their friends, having, military.;knowledge. . could see them go. through the manual of arms and evolutions of the march they would be proud of the young soldiers of Tioga County, Capt. Sofield deserves all credit for bis cease less efforts to'bring bis company out os not. only Co. A, but A No. 1. Every want has been supplied by his watchful care. We love him, and only wait the time when we can display our care and protection over him, as nor com mander, on the field. Officers and men alike want to serve , their country with credit to themselves and their friends. - F. D. A. A Gentle Beuinder,— lfyour while engaged with her sweetheart, asks you to bring hors glass nf water from an adjoining room, start on the errand, but you need not re turn. You will not be missed. Don’t forget this, little boy* 1 A home without, a girl in it is only ha'.f blessed; it is an orchard without blossoms, a bower without a'bird, and a bird without a song. A,house full of sons is like L:banca withits cedars, but daughters are- like the ro> aes in Sharon. Night brings out the truth as sorrow brings out truth. We,can see the stars till we can see little or nothing else. Su it is with truth,, It is said that the pulp of potatoes- scrapeft into water cleanses the finest kin' 1 without injury to jhejat- Chablix,
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