V’*/- i passed betvveo4 ndtwith standing the orders to the OonUt 1 ;y.„ ‘The rebels ofteir |u>o far as th.askqtir b|j'? for coffee, in which it'seems they are,seldtk indulged, ant).' consequently it is considered!! lij; groat luxury umim; them. They admit that they are heart ily sick of the war, and app'of.lif tee Cherish ho tsuolf hatred to' our soldiers ai ts often .spoken of. The majority of them aca. badly toff for clothing, especially shoos., ThcV’among them who are able to clothe themse, ids manage to present a decent;npfearance.' i -' The condition of our army is; good. The general .health is unusually ’good, and the army is daily increasing in of numbers by fresh arrivals-of the hospitals. 'Tii B bulk of ir encamped immediately in front of,; and; along, the Rap pahannock,' though' a consilerdhttr force is stretched along the railroad’ f to Aqohi, creek. Aquia Landingpreeepts an iUpokant appear ance. and|vs' ejaily increased'll impor tance. ft lids the appearancei {|a r regular port. Buildings for 1 various militai fi purposes have been built,-Tnoludtttg a Com| 1 .ssary Hospital; Soldier’s, Best; for .the acconj v-odation of con valescents whb arrive thereVfrom Washing ’tuii, besides, numerous, other [feommodatiohs, and , several cbmps. Tile fai’fuad has been thoroughly repaired , and 'iff ronning order op to Falmouth Station.;; 1 Transports are daily hhvering about the wWjff each w aiting Ipr its tuVn to unload its. burpfeh pf materials iurjtbe hritl'y. . " ■ ' 'lliiving.lfotie other than’the!small shelter tents, Bio boys have more thanfsupplied the’ deficiency by building huts, pf Idgs—the small tents answering excellently ’the roof; each’ cabin is. supplied with a-. Ainjn'ey, built of .podsi which answers for the' purpose of cook /iiigl and with the assistance w is ’plenty in these parts, is a good: guas at our. Cabin door against the entrartoe |f Jpck Frost, whoso visits are frequent pleasant, especially to the poor fellows whose lotr it is to be on picket where-there is,'ne|ther chimney ndr firo. The weather has. uide|3,'becn mild, 1 OS’ a general thing, this winter^'[Last Friday morning the ground was coverlid with about 5Ve inches of snow—it fiaTfpjpi fallen during le preceding dqy.apd night; it;however, soon nieUed. leaving, the roads in, such a condition that it was almost impossible itojstep out .with out going, in “shoe, deep.” ; lit'a few days,, however, ft froze, which, left & bard, but rough surface; This morning it began to'snow, which ; threatens to turn to rain before Sight; . j IVben we came here -the ebuptry along the river and • all nrputvd us wad one Vast forest of udk and’ pine, among Which; wad piled a largo \ amount of-cord {wood, of wkieh ttfc boys made good use;' Tu-day the country presents a dif ferent aspect! Inptead of. afforest we are sur rounded by a clearing which eitends faf and Wide, and is daily increasing in dimensions by the. fresh,incursions made by the boys to in crease the wood pile. Uncle flam furnishes 1 teams to'haul our wood, which'i| quite an tm-1 prbvementtq carrying it on ono’l' hick.’ j Out rations ttfq ample, and our clothing suf fii-ieht to satisfy all reasonable Remands ; and, us soldiers, we ,have ho, reasonf; to. complain. Ih' ihy opinion "the army whs never in hotter condition to- move' than, afl present, did the weather-admit. Those who ftre stuffing the paper's about the demoralhHtibn’oftbc Army of. the Potomac, write"’ahnn-l mitten of which they know nothing. j, - 'it! ! \othihg : is truer tbfin Hooker said, on assuming oomtoiintt, 1 : *iju equipment, ! intelligepCo and, VSlor, tho-ieue&iy is burinfe-j riot.” Av hat our futnremblements maybe will not attempt to predict if but'- the nature of "Fighting Job” will notfaUpW inactivity td rfeign here any longer than is necessary for the roads tfi dry, .which is how Hie! only serious impediment to action. ’ /f 1 ? The feeling of the opmy, jn regard to' the President's Krnanoipati m ’PrpCbui|iition are various.. So far as I can ascertain the majority of the soliliera'.aro, dissatisfied With it. Many denounce it in most bitter avowing that they never left their home a Id Resides to fight for the d —n nigger, while i few;, with whom I have met, affirm that th ;y " dlljltot fight at all under it. .tetjhete.a'6 %as||, very many, who are willing to fight" Union and Constitution, though thei slijve'sVbe freed by it. Such constitute the truly loyal,|vho afro willing to do'qvfcry'thing to sustain. -.lie President in h'is hottest effort to restore fhe^Onion, -.Many, da looking atj our, reverses, are and seem-to ioi into the future; They may haf&|- reasons for such forebodings, hpt so long asi|w|i have ,an army in the field, far" superior to that of' the enemy, resources to which thft SoutalrD Confederacy fiumthing'ip'comparison, and Justice un'd ilu njan\ly on our side, I shall- 'notidsapair, but continue,Jft - ' hope, trusting, to.lJrov.idence for the final ' * ~ *’v , Such jfi thj) opinion and penthnents of ' y-h . 1 :, ; Auebica! , ... The Platform of osition. ' [ Ibßr Philadelphia. Press Sums up the leading features of the policy of t% opposition party now organised, under the t> ttaos'of “ Gonserva-, t}sm" and" Democracy," tr> ojbstruct-the action of,tbe Government' and, ao-operato. with the Rebels. thus! , f , • ' 1. Opposition to all attetfipfeto punish son, by arresting those who o :-t)claim trasonn ble sentiments. 2. the draft. '3. Attempts to demoralize tiu briny by fomenting aspirit of dissatisfaction v-ami mutiny- .4 A depreciation of..tJrt currently-djy, weakening the public faith; and producing h .distrust in the minds of those tfho buy add invest ,5. Oppo sition to the confisoatiou Dfjrebela property ; the emancipation of the sltiyfe of rebels; and the employment of negroes'® the army and liary. 0. Opposition’ to; the gewhus and' tds law. • 7. Propositions fpr armistice and the saspehsion-of the blookfT-ie. 8. - Invitations to the European Powers to fficiliate. in the affairs of the country. <9. Denunciation ortho gener als who msdmy'thcnisclved cohsp'cnQus in the cause of liberty, like Banks,', Butler.and Hun ter, and a disparagement of generals who achieve great military successes, like Rosccrans and. Grant. 10. Constant And malignant as saults upon the Executive-departments’of the .the Treasury, the War and the Navy. 11. Attempts to areafe revolutions by endeavoring to array the -Stafajuid- local au thorities against the GoveJ-tiraeifti t l2. A con stant repetition of the idfStfitliat-the destiny of the Middle and Western litres is ’with the Sooth, and that the trod, 'jpacy of the future will be to separate front; -England and unite under . i ;•’ ’ ' ■’ ■’ .;.■••• .Taslsmiaville Journal btyp ; “ We ettn have no-mapner of patiedce with r Bipse journals that araduoro shocked at the.idusStl imprisonment of ope rpbei in'.the United States than at the i lawless hanging of n huwrlldJnion men .ini the rebel Confederacy." 1 Mr*- >r 'J' ;* !■ THE AGITATOR. Mi H. COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. WEtLSBOROUGBt, PENNA: WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEB. 25, 1863. " ABOUT VICTORIES. Thing much talked about, celebrated with much waste of powder, or With .illuminations and quieter demonstratipns of joy ;• word on every tongue, in staring capitals in the daily papers, and flashing along the wires—VICTO RY 1 what is it!' And who will giro ns a defi nition of that word ? Brought down to the measure of military rules, - neither party to this war has won many victories. Fort - Donelson is, on all bands, ad mitted to have been dhe greatest victory for the federal forces during the war, by land forces. That of New Orleans ranks next; but that was a sea-fight, principally. Murfreesboro may be placed third, relatively: but Burnside’s reduc tion of the North Carolina forts, and , subse quent operations, is entitled to rank frith that. The battle of Pea Ridge was one of tho moat hdtlycoateated and unequal fights of the war; but life'-Fair Oaks, Mephanicksburg, South, Mountain und Antietam, it resulted in no per manent gain. - Unlike the last four, however, our force was much less than that of the ene my. In all, as' at Bull Run, No. lit 2, and Fredericksburg, and the several engagements during the " change of base” on the peninsula, tho famous retreat of Sigel, Pittsburg Landing, Lexington and Corinth—in all these there was most magnificent fighting. " . We do not forgot the series of undertakings which have unlocked the Mississippi, save at Vicksburg, and which must be crowned by the fall of that stronghold. But the-crowning act must come, ere those successes culminate In victory. It is -sometimes forgotten that what Is victory to one party mast be defeat >to the other; but what is defeat to one party is not always vic tory to the other." For example:—The first, | Bull Run was a defeat to our arms, but not a victory for tho rebels. They obtained no ad vantage by it. They did not follow it up. It is as if a man should go ' into tho forest, chop dawn ten acres, clear it off, put his crop, and then sit down apd let bis wheat go back into tho ground, instead of harvesting it.— Now, a passer-by that ten-acre field, while the grain was in prime growth, might well think, that its owner had gained a victory over the forest. A month later he would reverse hie judgment. Again—the battle of Fair Oaks, though a defeat to the rebels, was a victory for oar arms ; the fruit hnng within easy reach-of our military leaders, but a day’s hesitation to ad vance, lost it to us. It is now admitted, with out ouiHcuvovsy, .l,„t iiiec-ieiian could liavu taken Richmond - the next day, bad be pushed on. But bo did not push on; and thus Fair Oaks, though a splendid fight, a great slaugh ter on both sides, and a defeat to the rebels, was in no sense a victory for us. And Corinth—though a defeat to the rebels, was still no victory for us. We thrashed them soundly, and thon'stood still. Dad our gene rals pursued the enemy be must have been utterly destroyed. Tho second Bull Run was really a drawn battle—both parties withdrawing. But for the misconduct pf Fitz-Jphn Porter, now cashiered, (for which, thanks,) the rebel army must have been destroyed. Tho battle of Antistam rants with Corinth and - Fair Oaks, and Pea Ridge. Wo repulsed the enemy, drove him, but did not prevent i him from going off in tolerable order. Burn side served Lee at Fredericksburg as Lee ser ved McClellan at Antietam'.. There was mote generalship displayed in both retreats than in Aha battles of the previous days. We gained just such a victory at Antietam as Leo gained at Fredericksburg. So ranch fur victories, rightly called and falsely Called. If the negro will fight—ami there is no evi dence to show tho contrary that cannot bo brought to impeach the courage and valor of tho white man—why not let him fight? Ah,, but it will put the black man on an equality with the white man—say tho oppo nents of the measure. How 1 If not entitled to such nn equality ho cannot maintain -it nr day. If entitled to such equality, what rule of right and justice can justify us in keeping him from it? • But look at the folly of enob an argument. When inferior, intellects were sent to sit in the Senate with Webster, Clay and Calhoun, did such an election constitute them the intellec tual equals of Webster, Clay and Calhoun? By no means; it simply rendered all these men official peers, and nothing else. Man can* not make men equal. God does that. But ‘look at the exceeding folly of tho argu ment again; When you hire a negro to swing the sythe in a field where there are a dozen or more white men, do you, by that-hiring, con stitute the negro the equal of the white man f If “yes," then by making a soldier of the negro you make him the equal of the white man. If -‘no,” then you do not confer any .such equality. Itsdoes not require any great intellectual effort? to tell the plain truth. It dock require some effort of the brain, and rough handling of tho conscience to make a lie out of whole cloth, or to wrest a plain troth from its pur pose, or to make black white, and white black. There has been a fearful amount of labor ex pended by the .opponents of negro soldiers, and -croakers about negro equality. Gentle men, the philosophy of equality is very simple and easy to comprehend. You do not desire i that it shall be comprehended. That is the plain troth. You want to misrepresent, and lie, and cheat the people into believing tho lie. THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. The triumphs of peace are grand, aud its victories, though Bloodless, decisive. Peace His the land with plenty, develops its re-’ i sources, and leads Art and Science -in their j triumphal march. Its blessings, are innumera ble, though seldom appreciated until put iu contrast with war's desolation, and wo cannot winder that thousands and tens of thousands yearn for a glimpse of its snowy wings amid the gloom of war. But wo arc speaking of a true peace; peace hosed, upon the arbitration of justice and righ- ratified by the assent of a peck 4 pie who can. afford to put a higher estimate upon the interests of the race than upon pji-' vote’and pecuniary interests. Any other sort of peace is but a trace, liable to he broken at any moment when the passion and caprice of either party become ascendant. The peace demanded by. the rebel leaders in the North is of the kind dost named, snperfi. cinl, dilatory, and inoperative beyond a few. months of repose. Consent to euch a peace,'; and you inflict upon tho people of this coun try a war three-fold more destructive and ex hausting than .any they have yet seen. This is a conflict between a good and evil principle. It is not a 'strife for dominion over some dis puted square miles of territory, primarily.— That is a secondary consideration altogether. | It is not a war for the emancipation of three or four millions of negroes; but rather for the emancipation of the virtue and intelligence of a great nation from the bonda of a shameful subserviency to tho ministers of a great wrong. These advocates of peace, let it be 'romem hered, are the-leaders of that party which, after nearly thirty years of uninterrupted rule; plunged the country into this struggle. If they could not avert the war, how can they ha trusted to bring it to an end in an honorable way f If. they could not preserve peace, how j can they restore it? i These are serious questions. Lot them be seriously considered Look at Missouri ! while men born and reared in a free State, and who never, saw slavery in even its mildest form, are fretting, and faming, and abusing the administration because; of its leaning toward emancipation, the people of Missouri 'are proposing to put the State in a way to become free. Who, oppose this movement in Missouri? Not loyal men, either in that State or in Con gress. Vallandigbam, Ben Wood, Voorhees, Powell, Saulsbnry, Wickliffe, and their kind, in Congress,-oppose it. They are not willing that a majority of the people of Missouri shall rid themselves of this incubus. Why? Osten sibly because they are opposed to compensa tion, alleging thpt it will be a burden on the people. Really,'becanso they are rebels in . Now this war has cost more money than would have l been adequate to purchase the slaves. of every loyal man in the South and West, at a fair valuation. It will go on cost ing, and costing, until slavery is wiped out. War is a costly, as well as a dangerous pas time; Is it bettor to keep the cause of war as tenderly as if it were a great good, or to leave ho reasonable means untried to destroy it ? But slaves are property. Admit it, oud what then ? Are not horses and sheep proper ty? And hay and grain ? Certainly. But in this war millions on millions of these latter kinds of property have been taken - from rebels never to bo repaid. Why not make a fuss about tho confiscation of this kind of proper ty ? Is one species of property more saerad under the Constitution than another ? The troth is, the men who cry ont'against emancipation and confiscation are not honest. They are simply factious. They would soohfcr see tho government overthrown by the armed rebels, than that this war should be honorably concluded by the present administration. - “My brother is too good to die for the nigger!" • So remarked an individual of onr acquain tance not many days ago... This .individual is intelligent, respectable, of full average good ness of heart, and a member of an orthodox church, in good standing. Now we propose to. take this individual re mark and show that the author does not thoroughly believe in one of the essential arti cles of the creed alluded to. We shall shock this iryiividual, no doubt. But if the showing serve fo arouse thought in the right direction, we can afford to shock a score of like minded persons. , The essential article of tha creed alluded to, declares that Jesus Christ died for the entire family of man. As there ia no qnalification dr reservation made, it follows that Jesus Christ died for the “nigger.” Of course, then, the individual alluded to, does not believe in tha atonement, or, believing, regards a brother as better than the Saviour of all men. Such is inexorable logic. Such of us as aro prontf’ to despair of the republic, would do well to remember that his tory nowhere records an instance in _ which a great nation sprang into existence, waxed pow erful, and perished, ail in a century. We are not yet, as a nation, one hundred years old. And this struggle,, in no essential, save in magnitude, differs from the bloody civil wars out of which Great Britain emerged ■ into’her present peace and national greatness. Therefore, we have no cause to repine or 1 de spair. The phenomenal convulsions which precede an era of cajm, correspond to the tra vail of nature in its effort to purge the system of a man of fever poison; only in this case the patient will become quickly vigorous ghen the fever subsides. The domestic distresses of this war are many and hard to bear. We comprehend that; and PEACE. if-sympathy could heal the'many wounds, 1 they should ho healed. The record of the deed is glorious, jvnd their deeds. Uke their, names, shall brighten forever. THE HOEHOES OF SOOTHESN XlfSTX totioms. Under this head, the Troy Times . prints a letter from Mary F., Clark, in support of the statements of Gen. Butler, as to the horrors of Southern society. The Times vouches for Mrs. Clark; whose -position and character afford suf ficient guaranty of her truthfulness. We con dense-tbe following statement from her letters «I once resided in South Carolina; returned to my Northern homo hut two years before the present rebellion. T was governess for six years in the family of the son of ex-Goyernor Bicbardson. While there I was told by Col. Bichardson’s own jvhito daughters all I know of the degradation occasioned by slavery. I de sired to tell its most degrading features to those whom I have so often heard advocating a con tinuance of negro slavery; but I dared not, for the facts seemed too indelicate for a female to publish. Bat, sir,-these are. remarkable times, and should L hold my peace, even the very stones would cry out; for slaxeri/ is a wrong to the planter's slave) audio the jplanf er’s daughters." • i : 1 Eefering to Gen. Butler’s statement, (that a Judge of New Orleans debauched his daugh ter, and then married her to a slave, she says: { “ I wish to state that it is the custom of the South Carolina aristocracy for fathers to have criminal intercourse with their own daughters. Col. Richardson had four beautiful daughters, two of .whom yielded to bis hellish persuasions. The third'daughter had for four years refused to listen to the base propositions of her father. He hunted her from room to. room, until in very anguish of spirit she came to my room, and hid her face in my lap, and told me all her awful trial. I could not believe the child; but she toid me it was true—that her.father would give her no peace, lie seemed'deter-, mined to gratify his hellish lust. He would come to her bedside when she was suffering from sick headache, and attempt to take im proper liberties with her person. She begged me to come and sit with her in her room when ever she was confined to her bed, because she was afraid of her own father, who had.ruined two of her sisters. She said that one day (her cousin Camilla came to visit there. She', told her cousin bow her father had behaved for the four years past toward her hoping her cousin Camilla would strengthen her. But,Camilla had been ruined by her own father, years be fore, when she was young, and dared not be woman enough to refuse her father anything he might wish. Her advice to her cousin Mary was this— ‘ Die before you yield.’ This is the effect of the institution of slave l ry. Some may say they cannot see how slave ry is responsible for these family evils of which Gen. Butler speaks, and of which I affirm.— The secret is just here ; from Very infancy the planters’ sons are gratified in everything they desire, I could tell you some startling facts of the boyhood of these planters’ sons—facts com municated by Col. Richardson's own white daughters—but T 0,rV,.,„r From voutb to man hood they go on, gratifying every lust, simply because the-institution of human bondage puts it in their power to do so ; when they become fathers of black and white children all must bo sacrificed to their overgrown lust. Shall not the prayers of the fair daughters of South Car olina ho heeded ? Shall not this evil, slavery, be rooted from our land ?” Arbitrary Arrests in-Time of tbe Revolution. [from tho Journals of Congress,-*7(7.] I fhereas, Tho States of Pennsylvania arid Delaware are threatened with an immediate invasion from a powerful army, who have al ready landed at the head of Chesapeake Bay ; And, whereas, the principles of policy and self preservation requite that all persons who maf reasonably .bo suspected of aiding qr abetting tbe cause of the enemy, may be prevented from pursuing measures injurious to tho gener al weal :■ - Resolved, That the executive authorities of the States of Pennsylvania and Delaware bo requested to cause all persons within their re. spcctivo States notoriously disaffected, forth with Ijo be apprehended, disarmed, and secured till such time as their respective States think they may he released without injury to the. common cause. • Mesqhed, That it be recommended to the Su preme Executive, Council of the State of Penn sylvania to cause a diligent search to bo made in the houses of the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia; who have net manifested their attachment to the American cause, for fire-arms, swords, and bayonetsthat the owners of the arms so found bo paid for them at an apprais ed value, and that they be delivered to such of the militia of the State of Pennsylvania who are at present unarmed, and have been called iatof the field. On the above preamble and resolutions, Mr. Fisher in bis admirable work on The Trial of i The Constitution, makes these remaks: j | A case ocoured in Philadelphia in 1777. — | Some twenty gentlemen, of high respectability,, were arrested by order of the Supreme Execu- { tive 'Council of this State, at the . instance of i Congress, banished to a town in Virginia, and j I there detained. They wore not treated as criminals, but withoonsideration and kindness. Those who chose to declare- their allegiance to the’ Government were released, and all were permitted to return to their homes when it was thought they could be no longer dangerous. These arrests were made with the knowledge and approbation of Washington. A writ of habeas corpus was issued at the instance of the prisoners, but it was■ disregarded by the officer in charge of them, and soon afterwards, Sep tember 16th, 1777, the Legislature passed a hill indemnifying the Executive Council, and sus pending the, writ of, habeas corpus. ~ * One of those thrilling events which from time; to time stir up the enthusiasm of the dwellers in the whilom phlegmatic, city of New Amsterdam, alias New York, has just tran spired, Tom Thumb is married- On Tuesday, February 10th, A. D. 1803, at 121 o’clock, in Grace Church, non Broadway,, in the City of New York, in the presence of Almighty God" and several, thousand other witnesses, the Rev. Mr. Wiley, of Bridgeport Connecticut, assisted by Rev, Dr. Taylor, of New York, performed the ceremony which united for life Mr. Charles Strattonr {otherwise called Gen, Tom Thumb,) and Mies Lavinia Warren. ; The whole'thing was superbly managed by Barnnm, Prince of Humbugs, who contrived to create atremendous excitement throughout feminine . Now York over the loves of the Lilliputians, and to make the show one of the most successful ever ex hibited in the City. (THE Cokbcbietxon bill. , The New York" Tribune gives the foljowing synopsis of this important Bill. " slf. bill, which p'assed *the Senate •on Monday night, provides, as regards conscrip tion, in substance as folio,ws: All able-bodied male citizens, and those who have declared their intentions such, or have exer cised the right of suffrage, between the ages of 20: and 45 years, constitute the National forces of the United. States, and ate liable to perform military duty- when called out by the Presi dent. The exempts are those who ara physi, .cally, or mentally unfit, the Vice-President, heads of Executive Departments, United States Judges, Governors of States, only son of , an indigent widow, or infirm parent, or one such son, where there are two or more, to he select ed by the parent, also the* only brother of orphan children under twelve years, also the father of motherless children of the same age; and where two of a family are in military service the remainder-of such family not ex ceeding two, shall be exempt. No person con victed of felony shall be enrolled or permitted to serve. The National force not now in ser vice is to be divided into classes, the first class embracing all between 20 and and 35 years .of age, and all unmarried men between 35 ahd 45 years of age. The second class embraces all the others and will not be called into service uhfil after the first class. For convenience of enrollment, districts are made corresponding with the Congressional district; • in each of which the President appoints a Provost Mar shal with rank and pay of Captain of Cavalry, or be may detail an officer of similar rank who shall have a Bureau in the War Depart ment, and shall make the needful rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions-of this act. These Marshals are to arrest deserters, report treasonable practices, and detect spies, Sea. In each district there is to be a Board of Enrollment, consisting of the Provost Marshal and two other persons, appointed by the Pres ident, one of whom ir to be a physician and surgeon. This board shall divide the district into convenient sub-districts and perfect an enrollment once in each year, each class to he enrolled separately. Persons thus enrolled are subject for two years to he called into service to servo for three years or-during the war, on tho same footing with the present volunteers, advance-pay, bounty money, &c., included.— When necessary to make a draft, tho President shall indicate tho number' for each district, taking into consideration the number already furnished since the beginning of the war, so as-to equalize the burden ; tho enrolling officers shall then make the draft with 50 per cent addition, and -within ten days serve noticed upon the drafted men. Substitutes may he furnished, or commutation mado not to exceed three hundred dollars, at the discretion of the Secretary of War. Any person drafted and ■ failing to report, or furnish a substitute; or pay his commutation, shall be deemed a deserter, ahd subject to immediate arrest. The bill provides for the proper- surgical examination of drafted men, and the punishment of sur geonSj-who receive bribes. When tho draft is finished, all those not taken are allowed travel ing pay to their homes.. Those who furnish* substitutes are exempt for the entire time of the draft, and the substitute has the same pay, evo tliwugl) Ol I The bill also provides that volunteers now in service who re-enlist for one year shall have a bounty of §5O, one half paid down; those who enlist for two years receive §25. of the regular §lOO bounty. There are also provisions for the consolidation of skeleton regiments; also that Generals in the field may execute court-martial sentence against spies, deserters, muptineers, : or murderers, without reference to the President; courts-martial may reduce absentee officers to the ranks; clothing arms, &c., shall not be sold, pledged or given away, and may be taken wherever found in illegal hands ; persons who entice soldiers to desert, or harbor them, or buy their arms or uniforms, and ship captains or railroad conductors who knowingly convey deserters, may bo fined §5OO and imprisoned from six months to two years. Any parson who resists a draft, or counsels others to do so, or dissuades them from per forming military duty, shall he summarily ar rested, looked up until the dyaft-is finished, then ho tried by a civil Court, and fined §5OO or imprisoned two years, or both. The President, on the passage of this act, shall issue a proclamation recalling absentees from the army, who may return without pun ishment within the time indicated, except the forfeiture of pay for the time of absence; those who do not return, will he deserters. Officers absent with leave, except for sickness or wounds, receive half pay ; offioars absent with out leave, no pay at all. There are other pro visions, but chiefly of details not particularly important. THE WAB NEWS. Chicago, February 23 A special dispatch from Memphis, dated on Saturday, furnishes us with advices from Vicks burg to'the 18th instant. Active hostilities against Vicksbnrg com menced on that day. The mortar boats were towed into position and opened the ball by firing briskly. The effect of their shots was not known. The firing was responded to by three confed erate batteries, when onr position was found to be too much exposed for effectual operations, and Was changed. The bombardment was then renewed. The gunboat Indianola which run the block ade had provisions and coal sufficient to last her three months. Abe Negroes Enlisted in the Rebel Army ? Upon this point, which has been already con clusively established by indubitable evidence, the following additional hit of testimony is furnished by the advertising columns of tho Savannah Republican. <Jhe rebels-have no sort of scruples as to employing negroes in carrying out tbo murderous purpose of the rebellion: “ Thirty Dollars Reward.—Deserted from Company A, Twenty-ninth Georgia regiment, stationed at Dayton Battery, on Savannah riv er, John Boss, twenty-two years of age, about five feet seven inches in height, complexion a brown black. He is a free negro and an excel lent drummer. Was enlisted October 10th, 1861,-and deserted November 13tb, 1862. He is at present concealed in Savannah. W. JE. Billapb, , , Captain Commanding Dawton Battery.” . The movement for a national peace conven tion at Louisville has fallen through" inytho Illinois legislature. Illinois, therefore, should any conference over be held, can only be repre sented by irresponsible parties, whoso actiop will have no significance whatever. “ Unquestionably the best sustained work of the Mud in the World." HARPER’S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. cnmcAii notices' or tee rntss. THE volumes bound constitute of themselves a li brary of miscellaneous reading such as can 'not bo found in the 'same compass in. any other publica tion that has come under our notide. —Botion Courier, - The most popular Montblyia.tboiworld.—AVto York Observer,' Wo must refer in terms of eulogy to the high tone and varied excellences of Magazine a journal with a monthly circulation of about 170,000 copies—in whose pages are ta bo found some of (ho choicest light and general reading of the day. 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IAITCftA'AIi JttEVJEUfTE. 1 NOTICE is hereby given that the duties and taxes under the Excise Laws of tbo United States bate become duo and payable, and that the Deputy Collector for Tioga county, will attend at tho;times and place? hereinafter mentioned, for tho purpose of receiving the same) between the hours of TEN o’clock in the forenoon until FOUR o’clock lathe afternoon, vi 2; In MansficM/at the office of Ross & Williams, on Saturday, the 21st day of February, 18G3. In Mainsburg, at tho -Hotel of'D, James, oil Mon day, the 23d of February, 1563. • • In Jackson, at the office of 0. B. Wells, on Tucs ,doy, the 24th of February, 1563. In Liberty, at the Hotel of J. H, Woodruff, on Wednesday, tho 25th of February, 1863. In Blossburg, at the Hotel of A. X»\ .Bodine, on Thursday, the 26th of February, In Wellsboro, at the cffileo of ATasscna Bullard, on Friday and Saturday, tho 27th and 2Sth of February* 1863, of each day. 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Mansfield, Pa , Feb. li, ISCii. • ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTlCE.—Letters of administration having been granted to the sub scribers on the estate ot Albert S', Shicves, late of Jackson township, doc’d, notice is hereby given to those indebted tv ennV estate to make imntfTflHato pay ment, and those having claims to present them prop erly authenticated to the subscriber?,’ ' LOULSASUHIVES,*) - JACOB SHEIVES, VAdm'rs. A. G. GARRISON, j' Jackson, Feb. 11, ISCS-Ctr* x vmynsTßATou’s iVoncE.— Tetters of £x. Administration having been granted to the un dersigned on tho estate of Delinas Walker, late of Tioga township, dcc’d. all persona having claims against said estate arc hereby notified to present them properly authenticated to the undersigned at-hcr res idence in said township, and all persons indebted to said estate are respectfully requested to mako pay ment to tho undersigned ns spncdily as.possible. , CATHARINE WALKER, Administratrix, Tioga, Feb. 13, 1863-61?. EXECUTOR’S N OTICE. —Letters testamen tary having been granted to the subscriber on tho estate uf Lewis Miller, lato of Dclmnr town ship, dcc’d, notice is hereby given to those indebted to said estate to mahe immediate payment, and those ; having claims to present them - properly authentica ted for settlement. ISRAEL STONE, Ddmar, Ftb. It, 1663. Executor. More light on the subject.—au persons interested in light materials should certainmcaU at Roy’s Drug Store and soo that fine, pure specimen of Petroleum Oil for burning In tho Ivcrosino Lamp. It is not only safest but the cheapest nnii pleasantest light that can bo procured. WelUboro, Feb. 11,1503. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTlCE.—Letters of Ad ministration haying been granted to tho subscri bers on tbio estate of .Cornelius Pierce, lute of Jfann ington township, deceased, all.persons indcbtod'tp said estate are hereby requested: to make immedi ate payment, and those having claims to present them properly authenticated for settlement to tho subscribers. f G-EO. M. BALL, ) , Feb. l$ r 1863-Ct. NOAU CORWIN,] Sove Throat aud Diphtheria. ANEW and powerful remedy to be used only has justjbocn found. It must be applied' when tho first symptoms appear, and it will certainly reduce tbo swelling and ioflamation. Call fur the Lethean Ointment at Roy's Drug Store. Directions accompany each bottle. Price 25 cents. WclUWo, Feb. I, 1563.
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