RECEIPTS mid expenditures. STATEMENTof fraßeceipta and Expendi ture* of Tioga county f or the MscntP TS. BjydfTrom collectors i if Veiled tax Tor 1860, prtTifofrjffcWß*' '•*' $49214 Bao'djrdin coUectorspfSe&ted ta£ for IB3lj 1,318 38 Keo’d fromcolleotors jof Relief tajtfor 1861,, 684' 02 Itec'd'from collectors of Seated. l ® l f° r 18*2,10,998 43 Boo’d rf«ln : collectors of Eelteflax for 1882, 1,618 72 -Reo’d from collections on Unseated lands ■ forlB6o, - 'l l '.: ■■ ’ ' Boo'd from collections, on Unsealed lands 7*flBisir' ■ " 3,378 22 Beo’d from collections lends, 11 ' Belief, for 1861, . :f; ■ - 423 06 Boo’d ftaineoUectlonion Seated lands re-, turned, ,’■ '] ■’! * 342 42- Bti'd ftnm' ieelWctions oa S ndgmenfs, '' 3*7. 89 BaOftfcftoSaicillnoliopa-lpn'iCoihmgavreallh . 1 S???®**?; It Co.,- 660. do 'i'- ; J -' 889,8.19-77 *'■' Wages. 'iXnf’Vpaid AmbrinajiaHKif . .', '.■™4o."‘ ,J, Jol» Bsxwri.r , : , V- i'd».. ... ' ;' 5 '-ii#-?;--- ■•■■■ • '| ■■• • '•£ ' - . ! ■ Counstl. Ain’t paid H.' Vf. ■ ' Com nit ; |h|#V Cleric, Ain't paid J- A'. SiSi'pp ‘ , -••• ; ■ '■ 'i, J iimfcrtJ ■ ' JMai’tpaid Charts"*!. ? : ’ Jo. C. H. Goldamilhi ■ ; James I. , . do. Justus Deartnrf&i ao. • J, Emery, of public officers, ISSL-1, do. J. Emory, audkfug ftp’t of pobKo i ‘ • officers, I 868& i < , **IV, ‘ ' * Trax $$ Jurors, ■ _ Aux't paid J, G. Bcetn^-p^ataL, Grtfiwtyrors. Am't paid J, G. al.. Ain't paid T. P.- Wing ConsiabU i'tfntf Tijpsiatesi Am't paid E. Hart’, -*. - . 'Justices. Am't paid- A. Growl, e(fL» AisMprs. iAm’t paid D. L. Aiken,ti| al., V. i, t jfrikHng, Am-’fc paid Bach Toune bH contract 1862, ‘ "do. '* do. Wants 1862, do. B. Jenkins - f 1862, Am’tpaid Israel Stone, Sfljjal., Cofomqnpgilih Costs, AmVpaid J. D. StoneJ Visti'icz lAitortxey. Am f t paid Henry Alltfjr,/ . do. J. B, Niles,* T'f ;■ | Bounty iJFtfd! Cats, Aifl*t paid B. C. Mann, bVrh., BounfyloTi Woltts, Ain't paid C v JV. Scoutoti). } Bridfa Repairs. Ain’t paid B*fy|idgc, Osceola, 15 00 Jo. A. ap.-: “ 'Tioga, 40 15 do.. A. M, Spedif*jr,i ] “ Spencer'S Mill, 65 36 do, C. W. BaHeS; *|* tflansfield, 316 do: W. C. -L‘ 1 Lamb’s creek, 30 00 do. Bless, 2145 do. a. U. ‘“'Nelson, ' 2-50 .do. ■ Jared 15dVk i'Jr.'“ lO 00 ■ ’ -Mi ■ paid (including Com’rs , wagcajro*’-yfejn D S sites, Ac.) 130 52 iVVv fridges, Am’t paid G, W. UkrrivjAO o, bridge at Marsh creek, < 165 00 do, Plillips £ ClAe, “ atWeslfieW, 443 50 do. Jaa. King, 2d» £\J “at Deerfield, 500 00 do. - A. Latbrop, “ atliawrence. ville*. \ u " ■ \[A . * 51,568 61 Damage to'lmproTenients Ain't paid R. S. Mosher^; 1 4 do. Alonso Stevens/ do. Charles Ualljy ’ I do. C. M. Dibble* \ do, Pavlh Carey .n i do.- S. P. King,; Ip do. Wm. Walking; . do. George W. P helps, do. Joseph WalkoH do. B. Short, 't ! li - do. Colet Close, ‘{ ; r |f- Views. Am't pnidDarid Heisb/et-nl., - , Am't paid Chariot itcrriogtpn, , Stationary, <tc, Am’t paid Andrus, WcClminCet al., CWrk of Sessions. Am’t paid J. E. Dot aMgon, ' ' ■Proi\o wary’s Pees. Am’t paid J. F. Dgikali ton, I Inqtieij |ul Bodies. Am't paid Joel Rose, etpl v on body of Miss Sterons, !,, do. E. J. Botwoefjh, et al., on body of R'ob’t Tongue, . do. E. Kfff, et al., on body, of E. M. McCniliff, ■ , ; Districting Afyeshmeni Books, < fcc. Am’t paid Ambrose Barker, .- . do. Job Rexford, t“ t do. Charles F. .Miller, . .{.I ' $39 68 Repairs on Jail, *Cp)LfI M&ise <& Co. Grounds. Am’t paid S. B, Elliott, eL'ui., * 193 41 JRrion er f‘ Am'tpaid H. Ji&fjW board, Ac., 420 90 do. 4 11. Stowe!’! J.r|npr ( carrying pris oners tr.|Potyhfcniiftry, do. 11. carrying Meina •Farrer |i> Lfenitio Hospital, do. J. U. Bow|m, eCa4., for clothes and ' beddiDg'fo,r-3>risoEM»rs. Ac., do, 1 S. A. ijpKujg prisoners, «do. I/. St. Johnsoe/et al., for medi cines, Ac., , } - *Am’tpaid ELSlowall,in.WyjfeuialSohingjaryj 126 00 Mont i\p&fund£d. •'Am’t paid Charleston collected by Trcas'r, cnto Co. fund, 39 34 v §*- Brookfield il “ " 53 76 *ho. Xjdstces, u ,l 25 55 do. ’ Tos, Wo> i‘Aronson, " 23 C 6 •do. (t 16 93 •-do. William' B BbUie, " 23 20 '**• “ • 1130 'do. B. S. l i[i * it j%o ;do. J. N. Baihei iil « I? 08' •do. E. S. BaJce^i.J . u 115 do. B. M. Stlrn,*’ -1 110 do. I W. A. RbckM do. R. C.* Shaw, 1 11 ‘j. 1 : do. William 'tboiLa^ ' do. E. Hart, j ;;' ■’ f ■do,' 3. H, Humbiiy, 1 { • • . ... ' .fyfej" he. ain’t paid Bullard 4 j osj uti al., ■ Pennsykm. Agnatic Hospital. Am’t paid John A. fl i&aWs’r, for aopport ■of Mar ? r a»urk<i, 37? 54 y&iete. •Am t paid Herring A , e a % \*Qoqjet pl-i^reight, • V ri ‘]^ u i «• . ’ Insurance* 309 59 €V« nty ffieasurcf. Am l paid H. C; Catfd, d’cids, Ac., on sales of THE AGITATOR. ScWteiMo M)e of tf>t area of iFm&on* a«sr of f&ealt|*£l&cfo*m. 2,640 70 toil ix. ~ and ficated landgj4sB 56 3b.' H: B 1 Card, c«mmiEsion bn' $22,- : 18& 46, per cent, 865 65 ■ do. ’ * H.-B. Cord,for receiving and die burring Col loon and expenses; 200 00 212.08 21000 245>62 rAm’tpaid Rob’t Orr on bend No. 2 r ■ * 3,333 33 , do. .' Kob’t Qrr, interest on bond No. 2, 233 33 ... do., Bob't Orr, interest on bond No. 3, 233 34 $673 70 40‘00 Am’t paid Why,‘Palmer & Cb., two Co. Mops,- 10 00 do. -H./C. Johns, two Purdon’s Digest, 16 00 j; ~do.;, - ,B. lE. Vanhorn, jury .box,. . r fc,qa . . \E« 6. Fo?t, .Otj pU» express , . , 2,00 do. ; Sceley^^ettUng 1 with auditors,. 5 80 ’doW * J.- examining \ State account, , 16 65 do, . Hugh. Young, et al., expenses in as-, ‘ certaining. quota of soldiers fop county, &‘c ‘ ’ 24 35 387 50 ,50 48 V 4 00 • r -, 200 '.‘SB 36 4l 96 24 00 24,00 , - Relitf Fundi Am’t of Orders issued, do. Bounty paid Tolauleers, SlB2' 80 4527 74 760 58 Judgments. Am’tp’d J. S. Wetrons on Jndgm’t •«. Co,, 1,313 85 140 00 Total Expenditures, 481 94 Ambrose Barker, Comtnissionor, in account with Tioga county! DR. iTo county orders, To balance doe accountant, 43 83 386 00 •>: 1 : cr. By 04 days service at $2, 188 00 .By 504 miles travel at 6c., «■ 'BO 24 &y b’alance doe from 1861, 20 OS 100 00 35' 25 IT 00 §155 ?5 1,010 13 Job Rex-ford, ComnlisEiooeT, in account with Tioga county; * DR, To county orders, 1 218 00 To balance due accountant,' 58 88 1,104 10 222 00 60 00 OR By 107’ days service at $2, $291 00 By 460 miles travel at 6e., By balance due from 1861, * % G 00 25 00 Charles F. Miller, Commissioner, in account with Tioga county; , I)K; To county orders, To balance duo accountant. By 9S days service at $2, By 380 miles travel at 6e., By balance due from 18GI, §IBT 62 Tioga County, ss. , \Ve, tbe. Commissioners of said county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct statement of liffS-nmHer therein set forth. In testimony whereof, wo •bare hereunto set our hands this 2d day of February, A. D. ISC3. AMBROSE BARKER, ) JOB REXFOKD, V CbmmtMvottcrt. CHARLES F. MILLER, J Attest: J. A. K.s ut, Clerk. 455 01 30 00 4SHW) UENRY B, CARD, Treasurer of Tioga county, in account with said county from January 18, 1562, to January 22, 1863 : Dll. To am’t of judgments rendered on outstand ing County, Slate and Militia tax for 1860, and previous year? $2,055 51 To ain't of judgments entered on county tax outstanding, IS6I 2,511 88 To am’t ot judgments entered on relief tax . outstanding, 1861.., 878 60 To am'tpf 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 ain't of taxes collected on unseated lands; 1861 2,995 74 To am’t of taxes collected on seated lands returned, 1860 11 10 To ain’t of taxes collected, on seated lauds returned, 1861 37 58 To ain't of taxes collected on (relief) seated lands returned, 1861 5 33 To am’t of taxes collected on seated lands returned, and 1559 288 41 To ain’t of taxes collected on unseated lands (relief) 1861 375 69 To am’t Of taxes collected by sale of un seated lands, 1860 and 669 36 To am’t of taxes collected by sale of un seated lands (relic!) 1861 47 35 To am’t of Commonwealth costs received... 16 GO To ain't received of John W. Maynard on .judgment....* 276 25 To ain’t received of J. S. Watrous on judgment, 1861 121 44 To ain't received on certi6cates issued by Commissioners for Bounty loan 16,815 00 To nm’t received gift by Tioga it. B. Co., -bounty 500 00 To balance due the Treasurer 2,515 07 30 00 30 00 5 00 32 00 25' 00 30 00 65 00 26 00 25 00 $365 00 411 75 23 50 89 37 348 30 17 93 15 15 10 62 19 27 $45 04 24 95 28 84 35 89 CR. By am’t of judgments entered on taxes of -1860 and previous years 1,563 37 By abatement on county tax of year 3861.. 471 32 By commissions allowed collectors IS6I 569 44 By outstanding tax in judgments 1861...... 367 24 By abatement on relief tax in 1861... 71 33 By commission allowed collector, relief,’6l. 82 13 By am't bf outstanding relief in judg’t ’6l. 41 12 By abatements on seated tax year 1862 416 54 By commission allowed collector 1863.. 340 84 By am't of outstanding tax for year 1862... 5,184 63 By abatement on relief 1862.,.., 50 741 By commission allowed collectors, relief, 'O2 82- 97 By am’t of outstanding relief, 1862 380 31 By am’t error, double entry on bill book, unseated •••♦• 16 33 140 00 39 38 34 55 3 00 17 50 $655 33 By am'l paid Kub’l Orr ip full of Eocd No. 2, and interest (n No. 3 3,800 00 By’am't crders cancelled, as per 'Commis sioners’receipts 14,946 59 By am’t.ordirs cancelled, relief, as per Com missioners* receipts 3,592 64 By am’l receipts fur bounties' paid vols 16,140 00 By ain’t of certificates redeemed 1,225 00 By ain't of reeeiots of J. S. Watroos on judgment 5..,.............. 1,313 85 By am'l paid auditors, extra session, 1862.. 11 62 By am’l paid auditors, Jon. 23, 1863 ' 123 IS By*atn’t allowed.Trens'r for reeeiylng and disbursing county loan and expenses,,,,. 200 00 By am’t commission allowed Treasurer on $22,188 46 665 63 2 81 4 II 2 51 1 53 $225 82 We, the undersigned Auditors of Tioga county, having audited, adjusted and settled the above ac count with Henry B. Card, Treasurer of said county, do eertify that wo find, as above Stated, a balance due the accountant of two thousand five hundred and fifteen dollars and seven cents, as Tvilnelfi our hands the 22d day of .January, A. B. 1863, 10 21 126 60 9 89 CHARiBS.F. YEIL, ) JUSTUS DEARMAN, > Auditors. JAMES I. JACKSON, J y. Wellsboro, -Feb. 4— 4 t. . • $129 69 if"’’! ONCfiNTBATED LYE, for sale at Vj fU>V’* DRUG STORE. WILE- THERE SHALE BE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. rELLSBOiIO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 18, 1863. $1,324 21 Bonds > 1 $3,800 00 Incidentals, $74 "40 3,292 17 16,140 00 $19,432 17 $41,283 92 212 OS 32 24 $244 32 $244 32 §274 88 ' 214 00 $274 88 245 62 )7 74 $263 36 196 00 22 80 44 66 $263 36 $51,455 85 $51,455 85 THE BATTLE BEFORE "WASHINGTON. General Hope’s Official Report, 1 General Pope has Bent to General IXallepk his official report of his campaign in Tirginnia. The document gives a complete history of-his plans and. the operations before Washington. The General states : that -when he assumed cont ra ahd of the army- of Virginia on-the 26th of Jane, it consisted of three corps, under Gener als Fremont,Banks, and'McDdwell, as follows: Fremont's corps, 11,500 strong; Banks’ corps, •reported at 14,500, but,in reality.only 8,000 ; McDowell’s corps, 18,400—making a'total of 38,000. The .cavalry, numbered about 5,000, bnt most of it was- badly mounted-and armed pnd in pbor'condition for service. These forces were scattered over a wide district of country, not within supporting distance of each other, and many of the brigades and divisions were badly organized and in a demoralized condition. This was particularly the case with the army corps of Major General Fremont, a sad report of which was made by General Sigel when he relieved General Fremont in command of the corps. The object of the campaign is thus sta ted : ' . i “It was the wish of the Government that I should cover the city of Washington from any attacks fVom the direction of Richmond, make such dispositions ns were necessary to assume the safety of the valley of the Shenandoah, and at the same time os to' operate upon the enemy’s lines of communication in the di rection of Gordonsvilie and Charlottesville ns to draw off, if possible, a considerable force of the enemy from Richmond, and thus relieve the operations against that city of the army of the Potomac.” As the best plan for .accomplishing the re sults desired of him, General Pope concentrated all his forces, except that part of McDowell’s troops guarding Fredericksburg, on the line of the Rappahannock, and tbward Culpepper and Gordonsvilie. After detailing these operations, he goes on to. speak of General McClellan’s movements on the Peninsula, and the offer of I co-operation which bo made to that officer as fpllows : “ While these movements were in progress the series of battles began which preceded and attended the retreat of General McClellan from the Ghickahominy toward Garrison's Landing. When General Mcobllan first began to inti mate by his dispatches that he designed making this movement toward James river, X suggested to the President of the United States the im tpulicy of such a movement, and the serious j consequences which would bo likely to result from it, and urged upon him that bo should send orders to General McClellan that if he were able to maintain his position on the Chick aborning, and vrero pressed by superior forces , of the enemy, to mass bis whole force on the north side of that stream, even at the risk of i losing much material of war, and endeavor to I make his way in the direction of Hanover I Court-House, hut in no event to retreat with , bis army further to the south than the White House on York river. I stated to the President that the retreat to James river was carrying Gen. McClellan away from any reinforcements that could possibly be sent him, within a reasonable time, and was absolutely depriving him of any substantial I aid from the forces under my command ; that j by this movement the whole army of the enemy j *ould be interposed between his army and i mine, and that they would then be at liberty l to strike in cither direction, as they might con j aider it most advantageous ; that this move ment to James river would leave entirely un protected. except in so for as the small force ! under my command was able to protect it, the j whole region in front of Washington ; and that it would, therefore,, be impossible to send any of the forces under ray command to reinforce Gen. McClellan without rendering it certain that the enemy, even hn the worst case for them selves, would have the privilege and power of exchanging Richmond for Washington city ; that to them the loss of Richmond would be trifling, whilst tbe loss of Washington to ns would be conclusive, or nearly so, in its results upon this war. X was so deeply impressed with these views that X repeatedly and earnestly urged them up on the President and the Secretary of war. ' After General McClellan had taken his posi tion at Harrison’s Landing, I addressed him a letter, staling to him my position, and the dis tribution of the troops under my command, and requesting him, in all earnestness and good faith, i to write me freely and fully bis views, and to suggest to me any measures which he thought desirable to enable me to co operate with him, or to tender any assistance in my power in the operations of tbe army un der his command. X stated to him I bad no ( object except to assist his operations, and that I would undertake any labor, and run any risk ,for tjiat purpose. I therefore desired him to feel ho hesitation in communicating freely with me, as he might rest assured that every sug gestion that he would make, would meet all respect and consideration nt my hands, and I that, so far as it was in my power to do so, I would carry out his wishes with all energy, and with all the means at my command. , In reply to this communication I received a letter from Gen. McClellan, very general in its terms,.and proposing nothing .toward the ac complishment of the purpi.se rhad suggested to him. It became apparent that, considering the situation in which the army of the Potomac and the army of Virginia were placed in re lation to each other, and the absolute necessity of harmonious and prompt co-operation with each other, some military superior both of Gen. McClellan and myself should ha called to ' Wasbihgton and placed in command of all the operations in Virginia. In accordance with these views, Major Gen eral Halleck was called to Washington and plased In general command.” • General Pope defends bis famous order for bis troops , to subsist upon the country f and Complains that itlins been wilfully construed ■ns authorizingindisoriminata robbery end plun der ; when no such license was intended or ex pressed. He declares that “the long delay and embarrassment of tbe army under General Lee, in its subsequent movement toward Washing ton, occasioned largely by the wapt of supplies 27 60 33 28 ■ takenfrpm the conntry under this order, fully justified its wisdom." Details are given of the operations for pro tecting Washington and the Shenandoah Yal ! ley, and for drawing sufficient forces of the -enemy froin Richmond to enable General Mc- Clellan to transfer.his trpop.a fronj .Harrison's f Landing .to Aquia Creek,. These t comprised ' several successful cavalry .raids upon tbo Vir ginia Central railroad; the successful move ment on Culpepper Court House, and beyond, 1 towards Gordonsville; and lastly, the expedit ■ ion ordered, under General Hatch, to capture Gcrrdonsvitle, nnd'-destroy the-railroad toward , Charlottesville.: This failed, through the incar [ pacity of General Hatch. Of the work laid out for General Hatch, the report says; ■ “Meantime, on the sixteenth of July the ad : vance of Jackson's forces under Ewell had reached Gordonsville, and the proposed move ! ment, as ordered, became .impracticable. Ho satisfactory explanation has ever been made.tp 'roe of this departure from my orders on the part of Geh. Hatch! Finding it.no longer prac ticable to occupy Gordonsville ha-1 had de signed, I sent orders to General Banks to di rect General Hatch to solect.from his own cav alry and that of General MoDowell, which ! bad sent forward, fifteen hu'ndred to two thous and of the best 'roountej.meh, .and to proceed from Madison Court House around thew'est side - of the Slue Ridge, ti a point whence he could make ah' easy descent upon the railroad westuf Gordonsville, and,,if successful, to push • on to Charlottesville, and if possible to destroy the railroad between that place and Lyneh-1 ■ bnrg. fn compliance With this order General Hatch commenced to make the movement as di i tected, bnt abandoned it very isoon offter he started, and returned by way of Sperryville to bis post. As soon as l.had received the report of this second failure I relieved General Hatch from the command of the cavalry of General Bank’s corps, and sent Brigadier General Bu ford to report to General Banks as the. chief of cavalry of his corps." On the 7th of .August Gen. Dope had all bis forces, with the : exception of King’s division, left on the lower Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburg,, stationed along the tutnpike leading from Sperryville to Culpepper. They numbered aboutl2B,ooo men. On the 9th oc curred the Cedar Mountain, of which the following version is given : “Early on the morning of the 9th of Au gust I directed deneral Banks to move forward toward Cedar Mountain with his whole corps, and to join the; brigade of| that’ corps under- General Crawford, which had been pushed for ward on the day | previous. I directed General Banks to take UjJa strong position at or near the point occupied by that brigade, fco check the advance of the enemy, and to determine his forces and the dharacter of bis movements as far as practicable. The consolidated report of General Bank’s, corps, received some days previously, exhibited an effective force of some thing over 14,000 men. Appended to this re port will be found the return in question. It appeared subsequently,-however, that General Bank’s force at that time did not exceed 8,000 men. But although I several times colled Gen. Banks’ attention to tho discrepancy between this return and t{ie force he afterwards stated to me be had led 1 totho front, that discrepancy has never been explained, and I do not under stand bow General Banks could have been so greatly mistaken as to the forces under bis im mediate command. I directed him! when he went forward from Culpepper Courlj House, that if the enemy ad vanced to attaqk him in the strong position which I had instructed him to take up, that be , should posh bisiskirmishers well to the front, and notify me immediately. Three miles in the rear, ami wilhin easy supporting distance, Ricketts’ divisit n of McDowell’s corps had been posted at the point where the road from Madison Court House to Culpepper intersects the road from Culpepper to Cedar Mountain. This division wak so , posted because it was not certain whether donsiderable force of the enemy was not advancing on Culpepper from the di rection of Madison Court’ House, General Bu ford, having reported to me very early on the. morning of theOth, from Madison Court House, that the enemy was in heavy force on his right, his left, and partly on his rear, and that be was retreating in the direction of Sperryville.” Gen. Pope gees on to say that Gen. Banks fought the battle; by advancing from the strong position to which he had been ordered ; that the battle was fought at that time and place against his wishes, that fhe men under Gen. Banks be haved gallantly, [but that the battle was not de cisive, and so interfered with Pope’s plans. Full details are given of the movements follow ing this, in which Gen. Pope’s little army, pressed by overwhelming numbers of the en emy, were compelled to relinquish the line of the Rappahannock,- but they a C too voluminous for quotation. [When the rebels crossed the Rappahannock, On Pope's extreme right, Jack son’s corps advanced, and by some excellent maoeavering Pope inserted his forces between Jackson and Lee, and would have entirely cut off the Stonewall General’s retreat, if Fits John Porter had not failed him at this critical moment. The rpport’says: "While this attack was going -on, the forces under Heintzelnian and Reno continued to push back the left of the enemy in the direction of Warrenton turnpike, go that about eight o’clock in the evening -the greater part af the field of battle was oooijpied by our army. Nothing was heard of General Porter up to that time, and his forces tciok no part whatever is the ac tion, but were suffered, by him to lio idle on their arms, within sight and, sound of the bat tle during the whole day, so far as I know, he made no effort Whatever to comply with my or- , ders, nor to take! any part in the action. “ I do not hesitate to say that if be had dis charged his duty as became a soldier, under the circumstances, eind had made a vigorous attack on tje enemy, ok he.was expected and directed totfo, at any time up to eight o’clock that night, we ,shon|d have utterly- crushed-or cap tured the larger portion of Jackson’s force be fore be could have been by any possibility suffi ciently reinforced tn- have made any effective resistance.” i 1 , . . General Pope states tW ha Wd wore than 20;500of the army of General McClellan to help him at any time, and part of this force was Porter's, which did'not help, but failed at a critical mqment. In conclusion he says s, - ,“ Such is the history of a campaign, sub stantiated by documents written during the op erations, which has been misunderstood to an extent, perhaps, Unparalleled in the history'of ■warfare. I submit it here to the public judge ment, with all confidence , that it will.be fairly and deliberately considered, and a just verdict pronounced . upon it .and upon the army en gaged in if.’ upon snob ‘unbiased, judgment I am willing! setting aside any previous record I have made during this war, to rest my reputa tion as a soldier. I shall submit cheerfully to the verdict of my countrymen, but I .desire that the verdict shall be rendered upon a full knowledge of the facts.” “I well understood, as does every military man, how difficult and how ■ thankless was the duty, devolved upon me—and Inm notashamed to say that I would gladly have avoidedit if I could haye done so consistently with of duty to the Government—to confront with q 'small army vastly superior forces 1 ;' to fight baR lids without hope of victory, but : only to gamf time and to embarrass and delay Thefomard movements of the enemy, ia of, nil- duties .the most hazardous and the most .difficult,which can,ho imposed upon or anytjrmy. While such operations require the highest courage and' endurance on the part'of the troops, they are, perhaps; unlikely to be un derstood and appreciated, and tbe results, how ever successful, bave-littlo in them to.attract 1 popular attention or applause. .. ' .-• At no time could I have hoped to fight a sue-, cessfiil battle' with the immensely superior force of the enemy which confronted me, and which was able at any time to outflank me and bear my small army to the dnst. It wospnlyi by constant movement, by incessant watchful; ness, and by hazardous skirmishes and battles, that the forces under my command were npt overwhelmed ; while at the same time the • ms was embarrassed and delayed in his adti&nbe upon Washington, until the forces npon the Peninaqla. were at lengtb.assembled.for the de fense of that city. I, did hope that, in.the • Course of these operations, the enemy might I commit some imprudence, or leave some open; ing,’ of which I could take such advantages ad to gain at leasts partial victory overbisfforces. This opportunity w.os prevented by the advance of [Jackson upon Manassas Junction ; but.al tbough the best dispositions possible under the circumstances were ordered, the object was frustrated in a manner and by causey noW well understood. I am gratified to know that the conduct of- that campaign, (every detail of which was communicated day by day, to the General-in-Chief) was fully npproved.by him an(i by the Government, and I now gladly sub : mit the subject to the judgment of the country." i LETTER FROM MAJOR COX. Cabp near Newbern, N. C„ 7 February I, 1863. j Friend Agitator: I seat myself.a pensive hour on this Holy Sabbath day, (so .quiet, and still at pur homes in the North, but so little) respeeted and so full of activity in the army,) to let you know the whereabouts of the 171st Pennsylvania Regiment. Wo left Camp Sim mons, at Harrisburg, on the 28th of Nov’r last, with orders to go to the District! of Columbia, where we expected to remain at least for days. We arrived at Washington on Saturday night, the 291 h, and on the following Monday morning we were ordered to take up our line of march to the banka of the noble old Poto- Mftac, to embark on board the steamer John A. Warner for Fortress Monroe, which we did, and landed at the Fort on the 2d of December) and,.after reporting ourselves to Mnj. Gen. Dix, werwere consigned to Gen. Peck’s-Diviaion, and ordered to go to a place colled Suffolk, at which place we arrived that same night; and.after being led out into an open field or cleared place, about two miles from the town, we were left to take care of ourselves the best we could. We bad nothing to shelter us, and aa it had been raining nearly all day the ground was cold and wet. Some of the men slept, and others walk ed about the camp all night. The next morn ing our tents came, and they were put up in a hurry, and the camp was soon made exceed ingly comfortable. 1 Suffolk is 38 miles from Fortress Monroe,- and is the county seat of Nasemond county,' Fa., and I think it the hardest looking speci men of a place to be called a city thas I ever saw. It contains about three churches,*’one hotel, (which ia kept by an old sesesh,) court house, jail, and almost any number of negro huts. Our brigade, at that time, was compo sed:of the 158th, 175th, ,168th and 171st Penn sylvania, and the 132 d and 158th New York. We are commanded by Brig. Gen. Spinola. He is a New York man, and I have understood has had but little military experience; but be is a very active man and will, in time, make a good officer. We left Suffolk on the 28th of December for this plaCe) after being under marching orders for several days; and tbq change ho£ been a good one: It is much heaik thier here. We marched from Suffolk to the' Chowan river. It was a very hard march, ns the roads were muddy roost of the way; nhd the weather warm.- The first day we marched eighteen miles, and had to cross a deep, swamp that took us till 11 o’clock at night before we ( all got across; the balance of the night we en camped near a corn field. The corn not being husked we bad no trouble to find a full supply for our horses and-mules. Many of the then, took corn fodder to lay between them and the cold .wet ground, and in the morning we were surprised’ to see that there was at least eight acres of the field completely cleared—corn, fodder and all. We again starred on the inarch over the snored’ soil 6£ old North Carolina ; stopping about every, three miles to let the men rest=- they baying, to carry about sixty-five pounds on their which was very burdensome. About 11 o’clock the news came from the front that the enemy was close at band, twd thou sand strong, and had one piece of artillery. Our cavalry being in the rear guard, was bru’(> up in double-quick time, and one round from the artillery in out front jmt them to -flight. and the brigade vent on Sta way rejoicing; ThatnfgKwreoeanipediieatGatesVille, where wp'hldio thro# out pioketr.andtbtr tnen Wert all'ofdefedtefoltd ibeil'. pieces, and hake them close by thetr Sides all knight bar Genera] w»4 of the bpiniotf that tvs would be attacked be* fore nioroing; but the night j»ssed r *fidwd Were not molested.' The greater Jrtrtrbf the •march Thr-twa dirt was through the Great Ditto al-Swatnp. 'About this time bUr katioite began to 'get scarce and our journey hot yet finished- Thenext morning at daylight found us again on the march, and about noon the boys began Id get hungry, and their havers Sachs .were empty* and. there was no remedy left but;to, resort.to foraging; and it was a aighjirto seohettery .chicken,, goose, duck, ,or Jowl,of whatever kind it might be, that was found along the road, pursued by. a soldier-. Sweet potato holes were torn open,;nbd every, thing that was eatable was discovered and brought out. At; one place where we stopped tq rest, : tbe boys discovered threat or' four beC hives, and-, they .dove, right into them, the bees fly ingall, around and stinging them, which they did not mind in the,least. Some of them were besmeared.with;honey from their fingers to- their elbows. But in no case was there anything taken except from those that- wets in,opposition to our government; but we found the people, generally of this kind. Such were the scenes ;aIL along the road that afternoon, ife .arrived at the: Chowan river that.night about 9. o’clock, and took'shipping on hoard government transportfl.for Newbern. . no. §7. Our " march by lend was abont sixty miles, - where we took the boats at a place called Hoi. ley Landing. We went- down -the Chowan river through Albemarle Sound, Pamlico Sour,d and up the Neuse river, and arrived at this placq on the first day of January—distance frog,; Suffolk said to be two hundred and sixty mjlea. • Thg New York regiments have, since, we bave. here, been stricken, off, and,yre. are at .-present a Pennsylvania brigade—alt drafted, few exceptions. , ; . : ; Major Gen,- Fob ter has been among os, and says .tba| we.are-.the finest looking set.of men that he has seen in the service; nnd l tell you that, if w.® shall ever meet the rahs in open combat yon .wiU hear tell of the One Hundred qnd Seventy-First walking right up to therack. fodder, or no fodder,:. There is no mistake, we have a,noble set of men, and -our, Colonel-is ft— xiirdcianlifications. He baa been well, tried beibro Richmond, Fair Oaks, Gaines’Hilt and South : Mpuntain, where be received at severe wound while bravely defending his posi tion. ii-s n general thing we have a good sot of fine officers, and. the One Hundred and Seventy-First is considered a No. 1 regiment. The men ore well, with very few and in good spirits, and anxious foraoofrething more .to do-.. They are becoming quite.-apt in drill, basing .four drills each day, and that keeps.them quite-busy. We are encamped about one imile eost'of Newbern. The Neuse, river separates ns from it. We bave just fin ished a splendid line of rifie.pits about half a roilo long, w.bich are in front of our camp, behind.which we feel quite secure. . Newbern can be justly called a fine sontherri city, .qs well ,as a place of considerable busi ness, but it contrasts with every northern place of. fha same importance. The bouses.are gen erally built of wood and detatched, affording room Tor, fine yards and flower beds. The streets are wide, running at right angles, and ornamented by .rows of shade trees on each side,, giving the. place, a fine appearance. It contains, several churches, where the people, in times of peace, worshipped God and slave ry. J It never could have been a manufactur ing town, as it only has one, manufactory—- that is a sash and door factory. The court house, is an old. brick edifice, standing in the centre of a square, surrounded by forest trees. The place is-well provided with store*, shops, 4c., which are principally occupied by northern! men. .Yours, It. C. C., Maj. 171 s! Reg't. From tio 101st Pennsylvania Begimenti Newborn, N! o.', February 3, 18C3. Friend Agitator ; In my last I mentioned an expedition of our land forces tbai' was then out.' They returned after being absent five days, and capturing 40 prisoners arid destroy-' ■ ing a rebel nest or two. The places destroyed were Trenton arid Pollockaville. They also captiired and destroyed -considerable amoiintof commissary stores and look.'! two pieces of ar tillery; The expedition was a complete -suc cess. ftnr loss was pne killed and two slightly wounded. It baa been stirring times here for the last, few days. Twelve thousand troop* 1 have left this place and were jpined at Bcaftfhrt’ by 13 thousand more and three iron pHdst. Of course their destination is unknown. It ispre- - snmed that they will payWJmiiigt'on ftvisit on' their way.- Most likely CtaWestbri- df Savaft-" nah is thefr.destination. We shrill sh'ditljjHwr’ from-them,'for they are rihder the command'of Geti. Foster, and ho is a fighting man. Our division expected lo go, but our’general was selected to command this, pest, and if th an rebels thirik fit tb pay uft a- Visit Gen. W«-s" la will be'ready to give them a warm reception. We-are fortifying at this place v'ery strongly.- Our picks ISart almost daily attacked on tlie' raijroad Ifeading from'this place to'Kinston, t think no attaokbf any magnhilde Will be madtf from this point., It is Trot advisable ,& StSlif the number of troops left here at present.- If we are not' attacked in ten days, I think onsf hundred thousand men cannot drive us. We have had no snow here yet, and brit very Hide fro St. The, wind blows nearly all thti time, and of late vfe have had considerable fain.- Moat pf the troops here are conscripts, of nidi _■ months volunteers. They are a healthy looking set of men and look aft if they could give bit Jeffa’ miniona asound threshing. Sfostof tflent arc untried yet, but seem to be eager for ft fight; The h.ealth of our company is very good anti has been since we came here. We left 'our sick at 'Suffolk. Corporal Solon Dewey pf 1-- vates Palmer, Peters and Hourka are sick. Id hospital here Corporal Burr and-R. Briiley We .report forty rank and file fur duty. We have beard a report that the government bad at last concluded to let the oontrab'iifids 'opme.in for a share pf the fighting. If thift is. so we shall begin at last to do what shtMld have been, done nhe year ago. lam safe by what I have leafbfid by talking with the 8(4- diefs that ot least nine tenths of them ieii'rft that the negroes should be armed. Art they any better than we, that, they, should 1161 lift allowed to fight? ■ It is the sootimen't of the army that this rebellion sloiild be crushed if it costs every slave in the south, arid' that speedily. If the citizens at home will (list in concert'there is no use of this war lasting lon ger than six months, for it is certain that si !soon os the South dees that the Nurthis united and are going to 'Use'their pbculinr institution to crush them out, that they, will yield. And - what reasonable excuse can you at the North! ■have for rieft arming the negro. They harp fought heretofore and, inrule good, soldiers.— They are well acquainted with the location vd"
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