receipts and rj XATEMENT of the ikoseipts and Espehdi •Js tores atthe Treasury |of Tioga county for the yeorlSSi: M c jleo’d from collectors of SetjicSl tax for 1860, and preriouis.yeafs, - lo ■ 8492 U rfßec'd from- collectors of Sewed tax for 1861, 1,3 IS 38 . E ec’d from collectors .of Belief tax for 1861, 684 02 }l cc ’d from collectors of SeWetd tax for 1882,10,998 43 Eec'd from collectors of Belief tax for 1862, 1,618 72 Eoc'd from 'collections >(Sti’.!tJpsettted lands for 1860, ft ■ 1 .■ ' 2,640 70 jßec’d from collections ; ja|^3n i Seated lands. for 1861, ' g_ 3,378 22 Rec’d from collections in} unseated lands. Belief, forlSCl,. : 423 06 Eeo’dfrom collections <u felted lands re-- Beo’d\rom collections 00 ifilgments, 397 09 IVeo’J from collections d^jeommenirealtn Bounty l 6’aoo 00 lEec'd from-Boanty gift hffiKgn B. 8.-CO., 000 00 '", -■ ■ --If! •" = EZPSKBt^VBSS. . CammisSiortfrs’ Wages. Am’t-paid Ambrose Earlier* ' do. Job Itexfofdig f ,d». • ■ Charles F. Mdlerj. | Com nissiinefs 1 .Counsel. Am't *poid'*Xl. IV- ViHia'.n.s,; 1 1 , Coni m fsi jitter.} Clerk. -Am’tpaidJ.A.Knapp,!" a-.. jAiidiprf. Ain’t paid Charles ■F.iVeil, J i do. ’M, Bollard, ;i ■/. |: i J ■do, C. H. GoldsatiVS/ 1 1 •do. ’ James L Jaodt,on,’j do,' Justus’Beard I >,ii t do. 3. Emery, ao’t of public officers, 11 1 » . do. J. Emery/aUdiing ao’t of public officers, \ + ' a f 1 -I*o Trattr nrjitrors Ain’t paid J. C. Bedpan c<jnl., t Juror's. Ain’t paid J. C. Tf hittakj; ■, Am’t paid T. P. WmgaltJ f f . Constables IsJkpstates. Ain't paid E. Hart, et al., a | Ju&A . Am’t paid A. Growl, et al.-A : |; ■ • A sscgfbtS. Am’t paid- D. L. Aiken, e£o|; Am’t paid High Youngefflciiitract 1862, . ' do. do. ■ 1 .'blanks 1862, do. -Et Jenkins t - . 1302, Ehcifpris. » Ain't paid Israel- Stone;' st ol.j Commonwealth Costs. Am’t paid S, It Stone, < > a 1.,- ( ’ Sistru j Mlomey. •Ain't paid Henry Allen,3 do. J; B. Nilsa, - > :-' < ■ , . ■ r-’K Boitaiy on fjfM Cats. Am’t paid B. C. Mann, pi $.;• Bounty on Wolves. . Ain't paid 0(R. flconton, Xi . Bridge ■Am’t paid Benson! Tubbs, bfl&so, Oscdola, 15 00 do.. A. Sly,|Ot al, Tioga, 40 15 do. , A. M. Eppencer,*V 4 Spencer’s Mill, 65 36 do. C. IV, '■ Mansfield, 3 16 do.. W. C. Ripley,' t|*j Lamb's creek, 30 00 •do, J. 11. tiulick ': “ Bloss, 21 45 -do. CL H- Baxte.-, | ■Nelson, 2 50 do. glared DarU,|Jfi |i Knoxville, 10 00 ■ 1 *y* . , JJltcica. Am’t paid F. E. Emith, 1 *!! a Com’ra stages forlpiitvinfe sites, Ac.) 130 52 - ’ Nei6 ■ • Ain't paid G. W. Iforribgt jh. hriJ s » nrursn creek, ; ,‘fti ’ 160 00 do. Philips <t Close, ! , ; ‘l at Westfield, 448 50 ■do. Ja.e. King, ?d, ~" at Deerfield, 500 00 ’■do. AlXathrop, et a 1.,; “ atXawrence villo, - ,• ' i , 1 ; f 'M , Vantage io liphrotcmenis. Am’t paid B. B. Mosher, Jr 1J ?® do. Aloneo StoVebs, -i: 48 00 do, Charles Hall, J,| 38 00 do.- •’C. M- Dibble, I ', 30 00 do. David Carey, IJ ' . 500 do. S. P. King, , ; Vi "-i 1300 do. Wm. Watkins, ' I , • 25 00 do. George W. Phelpsl 30 00 do. ’ Joseph Walker,' j - • 65 00 do. B. Short, ■ft ? 25 00 do, Caleb Close, .t| 25 00 M 5395 °° - Rood |fww3- Am’t paid David Hcise, et W.j dll 1$ Am’t paid Charles Herringf®, 23 50 - ' Stationdry, &c. Am’t pud Andros, McChaßL et al., 89 37 ■<4) CUrli of’^ssions. Am’t paid XF. Dopal|so4,| - Sis S 0 Fees, Am'tpaid J. F<Donal'. bon;}] ... 17 93 Inquet Vonißodies. , Ain’t paid Joel Eose, 4 alsjron body of Miss , Stevenses' . U 75 ■do. E. J. BosW Irthjjfit al., on body of Kob’t Toliguee -do. . B. Kiff, et U., Ma body of E. JL. McCullifJ' *r|. ■ t' \| $45 04 .Ditirilmiing jsseqdpietU Book?, &c. Ain’t paid Ambrose Bl rkerij ’do. Job KcxforC,, do. Charles F. I iHe^l ts 39 08 e & Go. Grounds, 195 41 oard, Ac., 420 90 •Hi'Stowcll, carrying pris oners to Penijfirtiary, • 140 00 "do. . n. Stowcll,.Jr.^f. Carrying Meina Farrer toLap|tih Hospital, 39 38 do.' J. H. Bowen, et Ac, for clothes and t ’ v bedding for‘jfrSsoncrs. Ac,, 34 55 ■do. S. A. Mack ; . iropfcg prisoners, '3 00 ■do. L. M. Johosonj« al., for ?nedi cines, Ac., || • 17 50 -5T5 A.m’tpaid, ILStowetr, 126 00 1 Money pefiinded, Oim’t paid Charleston twp. i 'Ain’t collected bj Treas’r 'andJpaßd into’.Co. fond, 39 34 'do. • Brookfield twp.jjj f'« \* 53,75 *do. Binghatn Trusses, “ f' • 25 55 do. Fox, lesion A-Btonson, 23 66 do. Richmond Joses* • ¥ * 16 93 •do. William.-Ei . b‘ 20 ‘do, Lorcnzb Allen*] •' . « pj 30 no. S. Seeley,. |M ■ u 142 do. J. If. Bacbe, jf- « 17 0^ 'do. Fi. N. Bakcn*, *\‘i ' <• 115 do. B. M. Stcn„, H | *«. •de. W, A, Rofelweßi! ‘ ‘2 81 do. R’, C. H . 4 U do. William 2SI ' do. r -E, Hart, JTI go! •do. J. M. Hamlrj-jiJ . • 163 • ’ ' ■ ' irOoM-Jbc. 'Am’t paid Bullard * so.,',o|al„ -Pennsylvania fyunatic Hospital. 'Am t paid John A. Wier,TrcaßV,for support of 377 54 'Ain't paid fierrlog do. Tioga R. E. Co.|et ah, freight, '' pi ‘ ’’ InsurMet; *f lld XneniwjW compau j, e t al., 109 59 .... County WttaSur&. . Am t paid H. B. Card, tef, on sales ot 1 xlil< arnottO to tfit Brtrnsioit of tftr a«a of ffmiom anil tbeSpeeaßof TSralttigßeform. VOT,. IX. unseated and sealed land?, 456 56 ■do. H. B. Card, oolotoisaion on $22,- 188 46, at,3 pennant,; , , . 665 65 do. H. B'. Card for receiring and dis barring Co. loan and expenses,. 200 06 $39,519 77 212 08 216 06 245 62 - Bonds. _ > - Am’t paid Koh’t Orr on bond No. 2, 8,333 33 do. Eob’t Orr, interest on bond No. 2, 233 -33 do. Kob’t Orr; interest on boncfKo. 3, 233 34: $673 70 40 00 Ain't paid Way, Palmer A Co., two Co. Haps, ' 10 00 do. H. C. Johns, two Pardon's Digest, 10 06 . do. B. T. Vanhorn, jury box, '6 06 do. E. S; Parr, et alt, express, ' 260 do. h. D. Seeley, settling with auditors, 530 do. J. A. Knapp, expenses, examining State account, 16 65 do. Hugh Young, etal., expenses in as certaining quota of soldiers for ' . county, Ac., . 24 35 387 54 SO 48 4 00 2 OO 36 36 41 96 24 00 24=00 Relief Fund. Ain’t o I Orders issued, 3,202 17 do. Bounty paid volunteers, 16,140 09 $m so 4527 74 766:58 Judgments. , - Am’t p’d J. S. Watroas.on Judgin’! rs. Co., 1,313 85 140 00 -Total Expenditures, 481 94 Ambrose Barker, Commissioner, in account with Tioga county: PR. To county orders, 212 08 To balance due accountant, 32 24 43 83 1 * 336 00 100 00 35 25 17 00 By 94 days service at $2, By 504 miles travel at 6c., By balance dne from 1861, $152 25 1,019 13 Job Rexford, Commissioner, in account with Tioga county: PR. Toicounty orders, To balance due accountant, 1,104 10 222 00 69 00 s§?l 00 By 107 days service at $2, By -460 miles travel at 6c, By balance due from 1861, 6 00 25 00 Charles F. Miller, Commissioner, is account with Tioga county: : DR. To county orders, » 245 62 To balance due'accountant} 17 74 By 98 days service at $2, By 380 miles travel at 6c., By balance due from 1861, $lB7 62 Tioga County, ss. . tVo- thfl Commiaainnara ft? —’ V’ U . U C ? •certify tba: ine foregoing ns a correct statement ot the matter therein sot forth. In testimony whereof, wo have hereunto set our hands 1 this 2d day of February, A. D. 1863. AMBROSE BARKER, ) JOB REXFORD, > Commit,ionen. CHARLES F. MILLER, ) Attest: J. A. KjtAPP, Clerk. 455 01 $1,568, 51 HENRY B. CARD, Treasurer of Tioga county, in account with said county from January 18, 1882, to January 22,1863 s [ DR. To am’tof judgments rendered on outstand ing County, Slate and Militia tax for 1860, and previous years r 52,055 51 To am’t of-judgmenta entered on county tax outstanding, 1861, 2,511 38 To am’t of judgments entered on relief tax outstanding, 1861.. 878 60 To am’fc of taxes assessed (county) 1862..... 16,940 49 To am’t of taxes assessed (relief) 1862 2,141 70 To am’t of taxes collected on unseated lands, 1860...., 2,253 84 To am’t of taxes collected on unseated lands, To am't of taxes collected on seated lands returned, 1860 To am’t of taxes collected on seated lands returned, 1861..* 37 To am't of taxes collected on (relief) seated lands returned, 1851 » 5 33 To am’t of taxes collected on seated lands returned, 1858 and 1859....... 288 41 To am’t of taxes collected on unseated lands (relief) 1861,..., 375 69 To am’t of taxes collected by sale of-un seated lands, 1800 and 1861,.. To am't of taxes collected by sale of un seated lands (relief) 1861 . To am’t of Commonwealth costs received... To am’t received of John W. Maynard on judgment To am’t received of J. S? Walrous on judgment, 1861 121 44 To am’t received on certificates issued by N - Commissioners for Bounty loan 16,815 00 To ain’t received gift by Tioga E. B* Co., bounty 300 00 To balance due the Treasurer 2,515 07 10 62 19 27 24 95 28 84 35 89 i CR. . By ain't of judgments ontcred on taxes of 1860 and previous years - 1,563 37 By abatement on county tax of year 1861„ 471 32 By. commissions allowed collectors 1801 669 44 By outstanding tax in judgments 1861 157 24. By abatement on relief tax-in 1861.. 71 33 By commission allowed collector, relief,’6l. 82 13 By ain’t of outstanding relief in judg't ’6l. 41 12 By abatements on seated tax year 1862. 416 54 By commission allowed collector 1862....... 340 84 By nm’t of outstanding tax for year 1862... 5,184 68 By abatement on relief 1862.. 59 70 By commission allowed collectors, relief, ’62 82 9" By ain't of outstanding relief, 1862 ...- 380 31 By ain't error, double entry on bill book, unseated *6 33 By ain’t paid Kob’t Orr in full of Bond No. 2, and interest i n No. 3 .‘... y. 3,800 00 By am’t irders cancelled, as per Commis sioners’ receipts. 14,946 59 By ain't orders cancelled, relief, as per Com missioners’ receipts - 3,592 64 By am’t receipts for bounties paid v 015...... 16,140 00 By om’t ef certificates redeemed 1,225 00 By ain't of receipts of J, S. Watrous on judgments - L 313 By ain't paid auditors, extra session, 1862- 11 62 By am’t paid auditors, Jan. 23, 1863 - 123 18 By nm’t allowed Tneas’r for receiving and disbitt-aing eoanty expenses..... 200 «l Bv am’t commission allowed’: Treasurer on 222,188 46 665 65 $225 82, 70 21* "We, the undersigned Auditors of .Tioga county,, haying audited,, adjusted dnd settled the shore ac count with Benny B. Card, Treasurer of said county, do certify that Vo find, ns aboye stafed, a balance due the accountant of two thousand 4tc hundred, and. fifteen-dollars and eeren cents, as witness our hands the 22d.day of ifannarjr, A.D, IMS. 121 00' 9 69 CHARLES F. VEIL, 1 JUSTUS DEARMAN, \ Auditor!. JAMES L JACKSON,] Wellsboro, Feb. 4~4t. $129 69' Concentrated lye, for sale at mrs DRUB STORE. f . WHILBTHERE BHAUi BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND ;tnmi, "MAN’S EfHtTIfAKITT TO MAS" SHALL CEASE,' AGITATION MCSTjCONTIKCE. WELLSBOROj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY HOMING, PpBUAM 11, 1863 ‘ $1,324 21 $3,800 00 , - i. Incidentals. $19,432 17 $41,283 92 $244 32 CR. $274 88 OR, $263 36 CR. $51,45.5-85 $51,455 85 Sir I ret ©ortirjjo THE PROCLAMATION, “T order and declare that all persona held as slaves in -thosaid designated States and parts of States are and hereafter shall be free and I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to he free to abstain from all riolence, unless in necessary self-defence. — Abea hjlu Likcols. Saint Patrick, stare to Milcho of (he herds '■ Of Salljrffleha,-sleeping, heard these nerds :• “ Arise, and file . Oat from the land of bondage, and he free! ” Glad as a. son! in pall, nho hearaftomheaven The angles singing of his sins forgiven, And, nendering, sees 1 His prison opening to their golden keys. He rose a dui who laid him down ft slave, Bhook'from his lochs the ashes of the gravei And outward trod .Xnto the glorious liberty of God. He east the symbols of his shame .away; And passing where the sleeping Milcbo lay, Though back and limb Smarted With wrong, he prayed, 11 Godpardonhim." -So went he forth, but in 6od!s time he came To light on Hilline a bills’* holy dame; - And, dying, gave The land & saint that lost him as a slave. 0 dark, sad millions, patiently and dumb Waiting for 6ed, your hour, at lost, has come • And freedom’s song Breaks the long silence of your night of wrong! Arise and dee 1 shake off* the rile restraint Of ages! bdt, like, Ballymena’s saint, The oppressor spare, ' Heap only on his head the coals of prayer! Go forth, like him! like him, return again. To bless the land whereon in bitter ;paim To toiled .at first. And heal with freedom what your slavery cursed 1' J. Whittier. $74 40 188 00 SO 24 26 08 $244 32 A SOUTHERN VIEW. An Intercepted Letter from Colonel L, Q. Wash ington to Ex-Ron. James 3L Mason —Row Things Looked in Octaber last. Although the following letter, found amongst the Sanders budget, was written at Richmond as long ago as the 29th of October last, its speculations are quite interesting, and we hast en to-give Mr. Mason the benefit of them: Richmond, 29,1862. MvDeae Sis: I avail myself of the occasion of sending despatches to add a few lines. The campaign seems almost to have closed. Bragg’s sloth and want of heart, and Van Dorn's, folly, have lost ns the results we hoped for. Bragg has given up Kentucky with a fine army of seventy thousand men, and we have nothing to show but the victory in the partial battle of Perryville. Bragg did not concen trate his troops; he seemed to have no plans; and, in the opinion of all qr has tnrown away the summer and the-finest chan ces for fame. Still, we have argood army in tact in Rost Tennessee, and more o£*Tennessee than we held at the start. 216 00 56 88 214 00 27 60 '.33 28 $274 88 196 00 22 SO 44 56 $263 36 After Van Dorn’s repulse at Corinth, mat ters have relapsed into inactivity in the coun try nest of the Tennessee river. And this quiescence seems to be followed west of the Mississippi. So, too, on the Potomac. Lee has awaited McClellan’s advance, but the latter shows no readiness for a “ forward movement,” although the Northern press (both friendly and hostile to him,) clamor for him to go over the Potomac and attack Lee. The latter will wait' awhile longer for his adversary, but, if he does not come, will, I conjecture, fall back to a point nearer Richmond and more convepient to sup plies. Thus, land movements seem to pause. What, then,a* to bo looked for ? First The Yankees are getting ready naval expeditions. They are conjectured to be for Charleston, Mobile, and Savannah. I regard it as quite possible that the first two may fall— the latter is hardly possible. But the fall of all would hava no appreciable effect upon the war. They would cut' off a few supplies, but at the most would be simply a demonstration of what is, now pretty well demonstrated, viz : that steam iron-dads can run by a fort where it is impossible from the nature of the case to plant obstructions. Any schemes of attack upon these places are felt by the Yankees to be a small matter com pared with the taking of Richmond. Rich mond is, in the opinion of the best judges, im pregnable to naval attack. A land expedition is the only thing that promises anything. I do not think McClellan would like to undertake it before spring, but public opinion may force him to do it some time in the winter. He may (admit for argument’s sake) bring a more for midable army than be did before. Per contra, a much larger force can be arrayed for defence than we had before, with stronger fortifications, more complete preparations, and the advan tages of experience. You may be assured that the war would lan guish the whole fall and winter ahead, but for the feat of European recognition in such case. If recognition should come- before the soiling of their expedition for Richmond (I regard an overland march as out bf the question) it is highly probable that the thing would be given up as a useless expenditure of money and blood. 669 36 47' 35 16 00 276 25 The Northern mind )s undoubtedly changing. The rapid and large depreciation of , their cur rency has startled the business men and set them to thinking. Thinking is fatal to foolish wars. So, too, the fierce divisions of parties, the triumph of tbs Democrats, and the fran tic excesses of the Republicans, all pat the North in that exact temper when European recognition would bo bailed by a large class— perhaps a majority—as a solution of a difficult problem. Reoognitionlbefore January Ist 1863, would,- I have little doubt, give us peace be fore spring. . Congress has adjourned to meet in January next. They failed to fix npon a permanent seal for the Confederate States. There seems to be a poverty of invention on each subjects. There are persons in. Europe whose studies on heraldry, <tc., make their ■suggestions valuable; perhaps one of these might suggest a good de sign. If yon can obtain one, 1 will place it be fore the committee next session. The President's health is good, though he works hard. I shall try to send yon files, though 1 am really ashamed to send snob a press abroad-..- The editorial profession has AGITATOR; stink low, indeed. After the war4t may im prove, Indeed it must, or we ■will run the* the. same course as the North. ' Messrs. Garnett and Hunter were ‘ well the other day when I beard from them. Both are inthe country. , ~ , , Would it not be well for some of our writers to. indite articles, showing the. insignificant ratio cities in the Confederate States bear to the Country at large;? New Orleans has 140,- 000; Mobile, say 15,000 ; Savannah, 25,000 ; Charleston, 35,000;! Nashville, 20,000; Rich mond' 45,000 ; ■ Wilmington, 10,000-; Peters burg,' 15,000; Norfolk and Portsmouth, 25,- 000 —total, 330,000. Our population is eleven or twelve millions. ; Suppose all our cities were lost, what would it amount to ? It is different in Europe and at the North. , London hes one sixth of the English population. Paris has not so many, but' to win Paris is generally to win France. It is, hard for Europe to understand that we are a people of farmers, who have had nearly .all their manufacturing and commerce done for them by factors and agents. The dis tinction is important. Mr. Adams says we have lost oor'principal city. If that city num bered five hundred thousand people, there would be something in bis argument. 1 think this view important to be pressed. Please speak of it to Mr. Hotze. ' Yours, very truly, L. Q. WASHINGTON, Hon. JavesM- Mason, London. THE FOOB DIBT-EATEBSI The. “ peace-at-any-price democrats” in the Free States get little comfort from their friends the rebels. The following is the reply which coines. up from Richmond, in the Dispatch of January 10, to the peace propositions made by Mr. James Brooks recently in this city : ■“Mr. Brooks appears to be in earnest in these extravagant propositions, strange as it may ap-' pear to any man'! who has possession of his senses ; 1 for, opon the occasion of presenting" them, he made a long speech, and expressed, himself confident of their snccess. Are the northern people all natural herd 1 fools, or are they only stricken with That judicial madness which we are told the gods always inflictupon the victims of their wrath preparatory to their ruin 7' Can they suppose that the South are as galles's and as lily-livered as themselves, and that they are willing, for mere considerations of interest, to forget the unheard-of outrages under which they have suffered during the war 7 Can they believe them capable of so soon bury ing in oblivion all that they have done, and all that they have suffered 7 1 * * * “If the whole Yankee race should fall down ■'*dust to-morrow and r —- - —■ masters, we would spurn them even as slaves. Our only wish is to be separated from them finally and forever—never to see the face of one of them again—never "to hear the voice of another Yankee on the south side of the Poto mac or the north—to have no traffic and no in tercourse of any description whatever with them. We are fighting for separation, and we will have if, if it cost Hie life of every man in the Confederate States, “We are aware that many persons believe that the party of which Brooks and Van Ka ren are representatives, desire and design to restore peace, and that at present they dare not speak out their real sentiments, which.are in favor of sep'aratioh. We do not believe they are in favor of any such thing. They would like p6aca on Condition,'of our return to the Union, and they' are fools enough to believe that a majority of the people in the Confeder acy are in favor of reunion. They would like peace on these tefms, because it would restore the commercial supremacy of the North, and especially of the 1 city of New York, which is gone forever if the Union he not restored. Biit they are as bittetly opposed to separation as Lincoln himself, or any of the thieves and murderers who lead his armies. In the event of a refusal to return to the Union, they would, to a man, unite in hounding on the assassins who are desolating oaf country and murdering cur people, as fiercely as they have ever been hounded on by Beecher and Ilalel They look only to their pockets when they preac\of recon ciliation and restoration: If the same object could be effected by entirely destroying the people of the southern states, and they thought it as easy to do, they would reccommend it as the best of all possible policy. Let them be satisfied, however. President Davis expressed the sentiment of the entire Confederacy, in his speech the other night, when he said the people would sooner unite with a nation of hyenas than with the detestable and detested Yankee na tion. Anything but that. English coloniza tion, French vassalage,- Hussion serfdom, all, all are preferable to any association with the Yankees.” ‘ To any one who still retains a decent self respect such a rebuff as this would be sufficient. But such spaniels ss John Van Buren and Brooks can taka a dozen such cuffs, and be dragged through the spittle afterwards, and then tarn round and lick the hand that smote them. Docs any one believe that this contempt uous retort of a Richmond rebel will bo resent ed by the poor creatures at whom it is levelled ? Not at all; they will go on fawning, begging, getting down on their knees, and whining, just as before; it is the nature of some persons to like kicking; they even plume themselves on the contempt of a gentleman. Like those un fortunates in tlie southern states who are known as " clay-eaters,” they have contracted a filthy but unconquerable habit of eating dirt; tbeir constitutions are habituated to the viscous practice, and there is no hope of tbeir restora tion to tbo healthy rectitude of Manhood.— Evening Post. Two HUNDBEb of the prisoners taken at Mur freesboro, and now at the Gratiot Prison St. Louis, have inloirmed the Provost-Marshal they wish to take the oath of allegiance. They are mostly from Kentucky and Tennessee. The Provost-Marshal decided to exact bonds from part of them in addition to the oath, and make them reside in the Free States. Gen. Bonks is carrying out all the orders-of Gen. Butler. The conciliatory pslicy would not do- ' Gen. Butler’s plan is again adopted. V'iv V:i X From the 101st Pennsylvania Eesrfmcnt. , ‘ ■; N. C., Jan. 15.18(13,,. . FpiEN’n Agxtatob : , ; As Itbaye not seep any articles in yduf journal from company B, lOlst Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, organized in Tidga county, I thought a few lines 'might not be amiss to some of the.numerous readers of your paper. ' • I have bo news to write that will interestlhe citizens of-Tioga, I fear, - for it is too old ; but, perhaps, I might give you. soma accounts that will be a little interesting. We left our camp at Suffolk; Va.,- onthe sth of December, and traveled;to the landing on the Blackwater river, a distance of thirty-five miles, in one and a half days. There we shipped for Newborn. .Arri ved on the lOth. and on thollth we started Tor Goldsboro. The distance from the former to " the latter place is eighty miles.' The first day out we drove in the rebel pickets, and captu red four of them;;,, That was pear Trenton.— They bad filled the road with, fallen timber fob nearly three-quarters of a mile, but oar .negro pioneer corps cleared it out by daylight.' Next morning we again started at daylight, and be fore 10 o’clock!we were:on their pickets and kept npiarpnrving fight with them for several miles, capturing five and killing and wounding eight. The next day we came on them at South creek, in strong position on the opposite . bank, posted with infantty and artillery. That was six miles from Kinston. We quickly drove them from this place, and captured two pieces of artillery and.a number of prisoners, and some piid the Penalty .pf .treason with their' lives, tip to this time we lost but one man killed and three taken 'prisoners." After we Crossed the creek we pursued ihem three miles and camped. - Our pickets were within three miles of E i stop. Your hutnble servantwas on picket tuat highl and we coold bear the. tread of their sen tineling they paced their beat. They were being reinforced all nigbt, and we coaid hear them Cheer as' the trains, of cars came pouring in troops from Goldsboro, Weldon and;Wilming ton, They felt sure that they would give the Yankees a good threshing the next day; bat, alas! for human expectations, they were doom ed to a great disappointment; just As I hope and believe that all. their schemes for the de struction.of one of the best and most glorious governments in the world will bp. The ncxt nforning the first shot was fired by one of the rebels at the Major of our Regi ment as be was strolling on the road , a little beyond :our lines, to see how the land lay.— It was quickly returned by'one of oar boys. At eight o’clock otoe. company of the Massa chusette regiments was deployed os skirmish ers, and. than anpimd tn. npod. earnest, uor. nrigade was ordered in. It is composed of the 85th, 103 d and 101st Pennsylvania vol unteers; and thoSotb, o.6th and 92d New York regiments. By 9} o’clock the engagement be came general—artillery replying tp artillery, andinfabtry to infantry. But the superiority in artillery was on our side. The battle lasted j until two o’clock,-when the rebels broke and fled, in every direction. We captured about four hundred prisoners, eleven pieces of artillery, several hundred stand of arms, Resides a large amount of commissa ry stores.- The rebels attempted 1 to burn the town, but bur, boys were too smart for them. We got ibtu the place in time to extinguish the fire, although they burned some of their King, i cotton. They seem, to think that the move of their King'they can destroy! the sooner ihey can whip Undo -Sam. I thihk Uncle Sam can get along without it better than they'can afford to lose the money it would bring them; 'for your correspondent has traveled through the best portion of the State—at lspst, so soy the inhabitants—and I am satisfied that it would subsist our army but a few days ; I mean what is in this corps. They most snffer’and Starve before another crop can be raisfed—at least some of them. On Monday, the Isth, we pursued.them to White Hall. On Tuesday they made a stand at that place. They burned the bridge across the river, so that wo conld not cross after them; but there was a sharp fight kept up from our artillery anti theirs, and one shap shooters and theirs, from each side of the river, and a. number of men were killed on each side. Wednesday, the 17th, we arrived within three miles hf Goldsboro, on the opposite side of the river Neuse. There we came to the Wilmington and Weldon and Petersburgh, rail road. Our object was to destroy the bridge across the Neuse, which we accomplished.— The bridge and trestle is half a mile in length, and is said to have cost one hundred thousand dollars. It will take them some time to rebuild it. After we had accomplished' the destruc tion of the bridge wo left two batteries of brass pieces, and some infantry on' the field The rest of the column took up their line of march for this place. We had not marched more than (wo miles when we were about-faced and marched back. It seems that the rebs had termed that we were falling back, and they had been reinforced by one or two brigades, and crossed the river above us, and made a charge on our batteries. Our brave boys stood (firm while they made a dash at the pieces, yell ing like demons ; but it wSa the lost yell that a great number of them ever made in this world. When they were within two hundred yards, oar twelve pieces opened on them with double charged canister—and this they could not stand. Thfey tried.hard to rally their shat tered ranks, but two or three .well directed volleys from the artillery sent them flying in every direction'. They immediately sent in a flag of truce, and asked permission to bury their dead and care for their wpunded, which was of course granted. The column (then mo ved back aud was not again molested by tbo rebs. We arrived in camp, at -this place, cn Sunday,’ the 21st, having traveled one hundred and sixty miles, fuugbt four battles, and two picket skirmishes. Our loss in- killed and wounded amounted to about four hundred.— That of the enemy to twice that number, be sides seven hundred prisoner* we took from them. The expedition proved a perfect success, and our loss was small, .considering the disadvan tage wo wren under—being the attacking force.: Out force* numbered eighteen thousand—in- 1 1 fan try, artillery and cavalry. 'That of the enemy was much larger. Oar forces were commanded by Maj. General Foster—the ene* roy’s by-Moj. General Evans, ' MobBTAtMEBBi p'rom Itammond's dtimp&n/. Camp sxau Bim. Ptirif, Va.,| January 1862. -i Fribkb Aoitatob: After-a‘ time- again I write yoanFevr.words concerning this earn-* pany,! which-rnsy repay a perusal by- oaf fri ends: at bome„ ■ ■, • •• - ' Oftfifi prospects’ of a march' so long and eagerly discussed among our soldier. 1 friends here,sOrnethingover avrtek agb-^bf : the fre* quont inspections, of the great activity in the quartermaster’s department in supplying this army with all tilings necessary to its efficient cy, of the largo fatigue 1 parties employed in the construction of rtiiids, all precursors of an, active movement, and at last, of the perempto ry order,three days rations cooked; and to be in' readiness to march at a momenta notice’* these it will perhaps he unnecessary to speak, for* yoii will have talked them all over long’ere this reaches the'public. ‘ Even when the 1 ordbr came, the probability of an'actual move was disputed, for “ inarching orders’’ is a phrase which creates more excitement among new,recruits than even among ns, who knoW comparatively little of soldierings and wo should scarcely have belinved it plausible, had il not occurred' to us; that Mr. Tabor, our sutler,' hod but recently joined us at this place, after running from here to Washington, and fronf Washington here, spinning " red tape” for the last month, and that it wotild be unreasonable to suppose that we should remain in one place tt sufficient length of time to receive any benefit! - from the limited luxuries pne might get even at sutlers prices. It was a long time that there were np sutlers With this army; and s piece of butiSr, a cake, a cigar, an apple, Ac,,' were things entirely out of 'season. Nothing of the kind ifould be' obtained at any price p and when sutlers, after lying idle for months,' with no ’ inconsiderable expenses, and with 1 stocks on band, succeeded by dint of much' exertion, in getting herd with scanty stocks,; limited by Wilson bill,’’ 1 it would hark been ungenerous to have expected other than' exorbitant prices. - Thus,- it was a long titans before sutlers were allowed to come down with stocks nt alt; and when they did come; they' were allowed to bring on such articles as were specified in that bill. Instead of mentioning what mhst’floi be sold by sutlers, (». whati* contraband,) they undertook to specify whet' might be, and failed to include many thing* really necessary to the comfort and health of the soldier. This encouraged-smuggling; and I was told that contraband goods would be furnished in'quantities, at rising 100 per cent, in advance of Baltimore prices.; ■ add- thus things were sold without license by foot ped dlers,' and. soldiers, and eagerly benght at any price. m '26, (,But to return,to the subject whiehonly is' pertinent at this time, if it. be bat to mention' it, viz.; mud,' A"sufficient elucidation of this topic is comprised in the question, " Why don't’ the Army of the Potomac move ?”- This army* did mote, ftnd counler-move. OnffheSOth inst., at about mid-day, onr brigade Set out oa the march, predestined to be nnsoccessfoL | For a month we had lain here, the weather, meantime,"though somewhat wintry, being very Dleasant— DOjfl. nao r token advantage, id order to build comfortable homes, as they hoped, for, the wet season—and 1 assure you that they left.these comfortable quarters with much relootanee.— The roads were very good,and-good progress was made through the day. ■ The opinion gen* | ernlly prevailed that we should succeed intna king a safe crossing; and should carry the works whicb cost us so much to no purpose, on the 13th of December ultimo. Some doubt* j ed, and many took advantage of the occasion I' to sow' the seeded of. discord and mutiny, by asserting, that we could never overcome the rebels at .Fredericksburg. It was with difficul ty that I could keep even pace with the wih rving foroes.end towards eveningMiinongt) there,'. I “fell-out,” (to use a,teem eobgraon here,) and found myself in company with .“ strag glers,” generally. Perhaps it is due to myself to say what I would of another, that 2 hod been unfit for duty the past month, and had not folly recovered. I only-mention thin to' given reason for representing ai phase of sol dier life which I had never before; seen. I doubt-whether there was over mere straggling- . in- this army than during this march. Many evidently were unable to march—that could - plainly be seen; but many more were ‘‘ non combatants,”. or soldiers with disloyal sent!-' monts.' They could run . through tljd pedigree of every important Republican official, blam ing the Secretary of War, the ie, for every failure of the war,’ and extolling de mocratic generals to the highest point of their " powers of eulogy. They condemn the. anti slavery policy of the President, chuckle over Union defeats, praise the counter-revolutionaVy party of the North, and hope for.a speedy res toration of peace, under the pbtioy of the no-, tionalization of slavery, and a concession of all the principles involved in this war., I have, often talkedi with officers, and soldiera df this army when coming_jn contact withthejnon duty,,or during a march; but 1 have-never, seen crowd of traitorous slinks, so clamorous in a bad chase before, whom I. so, thoroughly detested as those 1 saw on the lata unfortunate march. For my part,’ I think the sooner we are rid uf such men, especially snob, men in responsible official positions, the better. The troth is, that the government at last, has; a distinctive policy; and nothing, is plainer than that it is emphatically neoeassry that the; government have agents and ministers in re-, sponsible positions who will support, ay«, and defend that policy, and not trust it and all oar, great" interests in the hands of those who op- . pose it, and really do nil they can to subvert’ it, by placing those in power who believe the, contrary. 1 stated, in my lost, some facts and reasons, endeavoring to show that many officers and thousands of soldiers in this army, to-day honestly believe that they are fighting for prin ciples which they would not all support, were they -not bound by the most solemn obligation (having sworn to serve their gpuntry for a. given time, not yet elapsed) to do so; and that they therefore oppose, by all the force of argu ment and opinion that they can command, the. policy of their own government, as declared by Congress and the President, while they in real ity ate bound to lay down their lives in its support! Thus it goes from the officers to the men, and demoralization the most dangerous follows, so that the general who -accomplishes a success, has to overcome, in addition, to' his enemies, this opposition in ins own ranks.— Now, I believe that though ear common sol diery are of a most inteligentnnd worthy class,' they are yet influenced by their leaders, and are often lead to condemn,, where,- were the > agents of the government,’tAetr officers, expo-
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