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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
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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
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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,