’ JAS. lOWReI «£: S. F. WIESOIf, cMfi?sellorsat law, win attend the poaj&oC Tioga, pottor and McKean counties. [WellBtyorejj|Febd-l, 18y3.] piCK.I»SOW HOUSE C OjK Kit K'G, N. Y. Jlaj. A. Field,], ...... Proprietor Guests taken to &nd f,y\nJtho Depot free of charge. if, ] ' OTERY, ' Attorney ANi*i coljnsedlor at daw Wellsboro, jlioA'i (Col, Pa. Will do role hie 'time exclusively {othlabractice of law. Collections made in any of the ggrlhetn, counties of Pcnnsyl rania. " *■■ ■’ f n0”21,G0 PINSSIXyASIA HOUSE. Corner e/ Mata Street on|f the Avenue, Welhboro, Pa. J. W. PROPRIETOR. This popular Hotel, fiijvifig been Ire-fitted and re furnished throughout, is open to the public as a first-class house. ’ 1 IZAAK HOPSE, \ET. C. r E Bill I PBOPBIEfOIt. Gaines/; TioB& jCotmty, Pa. VjIHXS is anew hotel locatpd’within easy access o I the best hunting grounds in Northern Ipa. No pains will (B sparad for tho accommodation ‘of pleasure seekers ' nd theltraycliug public. ‘April 12. 1860. •' < r :^A!3IPEUU, BABBEI f A SEA. IQ HOP in,the rcarrijf ?hV just Offoe. Erorything in his lino will hei'doUßjaVpotl and promptly as it • e an bo done in the eTfycialolms. Preparations for re raoring-dandruff, add;Jfea.i)lirying the hair, for sale 'cheap. IJair and TfbSspheljyed any "color. Call and ■ see. WellsborQ, iiak ri'ViaioTEi.. ' , THOMAS gA ■- '■si- Proprietor. .(Fsrmertj) . f (tie '(to nngton^otel.) THIS Hotel, koft for 4 liinig time by David Hart, ia being repaired Sod famished "anew. The subscriber has leased it fbf A term of years, -where he may be found repdy to wait upon bis old customers and the’traveling public His table will bo. provided with the besf Ja4 market affords. At his bar may be'foirtd the chownst brands-of liquors and cigars. ' "U ' Wellsbnro, Jan. 2], ISSjrtf. - . HOTEL. TJ. B. HOLLlDfifp ] - Proprietor. THE Proprietor having Again taken possession of the above Hotel, wit sppo no pains to insure the comfort of guests ant} the ’traveling public. At tentive waiters always featjlfj !fcrms reasonable. N Wellsboro, Jan. 21, 1#3.-sf. Q W. WELLIWfifoW & CO’S. BANK, N.. Y., (Located in th(j ipfCKixsox HorkE.) American Gold apd Silver ICoio -bought and sold. Now York.ExchangP,|l, ‘ • do. Uncurrent Money, J '*| *■’,* ,do. United-States “old issue" bought. Collections made in aj‘. gar la. of the Union at Cur* rent rates of Exchange?!-*' Particular pains wßUi'eiUlccn to accommodate our patrons from tho Tid£a&a|tey. Our Office will be open at 7A. M., clffe !ati TP. M., giving parties passing over "tho Xtߣ Bi <'Ifyil Road amplo time to transact their business &osre the departure of the traiddn the morning, -its arrival in (he Q. TV. TfiEJiWNGTON,president. Corning, N. Y./Ntyk 32, ,dS62. / • JERO.IIX: jib. “ arrqusE yA-‘vdv%spLLan at law, NH.E3 YALLUV, tfSa’A COUNTY, PA.,^ hwpsplf with a legal firm in Washington, he? first rate facilities for tho prosecution of Qlaim.^'for -Pensions, Back-Pay, Rounty, and all other* juiislemands against the Gov ernment. AU.guch cl'&lmtffi’lU be amended to with promptness and fidelity,land. “no charges" will he mado unless the applligdtidn'is successful. t MiddlobaryCcntro,;Kdy(’l2, 1862,-3m. . MANSI, A TJTORNE Y.. &' QOiInSELLOII AT-LAW, Xjl Cbudersport, attend ,tbe several Courts ia r Potter and McKean' gpuntics. All business en trusted to his care wUl'Seogve prompt attention. He has the ogency of good settling land and wiirattend to of tascs on any lands in said counties. r ] {S - Cuudersport, Jan. ItS) J. CAiTti’l ATTORNEY & AT LAW, kxoxrii.L e| yjpoA cousrr, pa: Prompt attention^,is Sit'-to llie r roeurin S of ren sions, Back-Pay of S/Atofs ic. Jap. 7, 18GJ.-Cm.*£ WOOL s*U|3q|l»lNCi AND SIN GK, jjf .TEE ,( KiOifj'OUMJllY AT WellsborougL, '’'fifga County, Fa. THE subscriber bavi&|mtcJ up the place for the purpose of Woql. Ca^ilug-.and Cloth Dressing, and also would inform thhSp'pjOplo that we will take, wool to manufacture ! dn‘sh|*s3 or Ivy the yard, to suit customers,.and would itbo people that we can card wool at any time, i|&ijr wonks run by steam power, and-also he carded for four cents per pound. will be taken for pav for the same. 1 M ; * N. B. Prompt he paid to all favoring us. We will give go^siiti»fyction. •TSlI.f CHARLES LEE, *4.hi t ' *LEE. Wollsboro, June ijMlf'. __ . 9?50 . BKS«* : PIANOS. ISO JOS. P- HALE &. removed to their now warerooms, ' '1 a ' * No. ini Roadway. are now prepared 1 to' public-a magnificent now scale full !” \[ ‘ ■ 7 OCTAtE ( U^E WOOD PIANO, containing all imprdv4vnoun ih this country or Europe, ovcr-jjtruUgi?«?V French grand action, hary pedal, full ipon for. CASH, , Warrant cA'Tar 5 Years. JUfth case?,' ■ vj , • " sm, siSjj & 8300, All warranted made o ,r thgacsl seasoned material, and to stand better than ijby gild for-SIDO or $-300 by the methods of '“mantfh(it . „ We invite teachers* In all parts of the conntiJ§| tci act as agents, and rto '•test these unrivalled IP,iajsp? with Steinway A Suns, ChicketiDg- &' Song£ cr ars|:firbt-cla?s manufacturers. - ' - /os. -p\ co„ 478 ItROAmVp, SEW YORK. Oct. 22, 1802.-411!.’, ' gb] , HOMESTEAD. A NEW STOVE -.AND TIN SHOP HAS just been opened In Penna.; where may bo found a good of Cooking, Parlor and Stoves, of tho muTtdfiprjuved pattern?, and from *lie.UBt manufaclurerSLflW HOMESTEAD is od *m Lilted to he the Vctl JOfevkted Oven Stove in llifr •market, Tho . *4,,' “ GOLDEX GOOD HOPE” 'j are square/ flat tojf shoves, with la.r'je ovenp, ■with many advantagerjktrsrr e,ny other stove before rra.ulo, , Parlor Stove?.|fl|e fignct and Gaspion ire hath very neat and sueihrTpr Steves, : ■ Also Tip, Copper, app SWet Ironware, kept con stantly on handtand thrift to, order of tho best mate rial ahd woykraimsbi]j,eS|Sß which will he sold at the lop-cat figure for |r xcgdy pay, , Job it orb of all kiSds attended to on call. . Jlmga, i SJIEAD, PENSICwfejfAGENCY. I*o anb Their friends. THE undersign.ei}' , tij2Yii|g ind considerable expo rttnco ia proctor) ag I&nsion Bounties aud Back pay of Soldiers, wilM,t|ea| td.all business in that line entrusted to his cftec’ivUhtiproinptßess and fidelity, ' Mesons wishing to coaffr With me will piaaso call or address me by letofat j-ylynhia, Bradford County, ia.-. Charges reasonable. • ; j GEO. P„ MONROE. ,■ Befers by permission t<g ( I; H. B. Card, Pa. "• f. Pomeroy, 's* sy, 1 ?!.' A- H. Spalding, On, 16, 1862. 1 ! . ;5i Happy skater! jubilant flight I Easily leaning to left and right. Carving’ coasting an islet of sward, Balancing sharp on the glassy cord With single foot—ah, wretch nnsbriren! „ A new star dawas in the fishes’ heaven. Away from the crowd with the wind we drift, No vessel’s motion so smoothly swift; Painter and fainter the tumult grows, And the gradual stillness and wide repose Touch with a hue more soft and grave The lapse of jjoy’s declining wove. Pnro is the ice ; a glance may sound Deep through an awful dim profound , Of water-dungeon where snake-weeds hide, Over which, as pelf-upborne, wo glide, Like wizards on dark adventure bent— Masters of every.clement. Homeward ! How the shimmering enow Kisses our hot chocks as wo go i "Wavering down the feeble wind, Like a manifold thought to a poet's mind, • Till the earth, and trees, and icy lake, Are slowly clothed with the countless flakes* Bnt the village street—the stir and noise! Where long black slides run mad with boys : Where the pic u kept hot , in sequence due, Aristocrat now tbo hobnail shoe; And the quaint white bullets fly hero Und there, With laugh and shout in the wintry air. In the clasp of Homo, by the ruddy fire, Banged in a ring to our heart’s detire— Who is to tell some wondrous talc, Almost to turn tbo warm cheeks pale, Set chin on hands, make grave eyes stare, Draw slowly pearer each stool and chair? STARTLING EEISODE OE THE WAR. THE MYSTERIOUS Clr.L WHO TUBSS OUT TO BE A (Er-Y, JR., [Corrcspondonce of the Chkago Tribun^.] Helena, Ark., 17. Among the many scenes of the war which hare passed under my observation, my recol lection enables me to give you an account of one of the most mysterious and strange adven tures which I have ever heard of. During the month of August, in 1801, while our lowa regimenf was stationed at Kolia, in Missouri, our company was detached from the regiment, and sent to guard the railroad bridge at the MoZeille mills, which it was rumored the guerillas of that neighborhood wipe preparing to destroy. We had been upon the ground but a few days, when there appeared in camp, early one mofning, a very old, decrepid mule, which made direct for the door of a stable that ad joined the Captain’s quarters, from which it appeared he had recently been stolen by a guerilla and carried away, as a pack animal. Upon approaching the mule, a letter was dis covered secured to the throat-latch of the bridle, which, "being addressed to the Captain, was im mediately banded into his quarters. Upon opening the letter, its contents (written in the delicate hand-writing of a female) consisted of the following singular announcement: “'The temple of Jerusalem was destroyed on the firrft Friday before the full moon.” The Captain professed to understand it, and said, “ The guerillas will attack the bridge to-night,” and immediately ordered the company to be mus tered, pnd informed them of the imminence of an attack, which might be looked for at any moment. Ammunition was ordered tu be dis tributed, the. guards were doubled, pickets thrown out, and every precaution taken to guard against surprise. At the close of the day a drizzling rain set in, which continued until the next morning, causing the night to be intensely dark. Three picket stations bad been thrown out into the country about half a mile from the opposite end of tho bridge, where the main guard was posted behind a pilaof railroad ties. It was our lot to be one of the six that compo sed the midnight guard at this station. We had been upon our post about an hour when one of the men observed: “ I hear footsteps.” We listened, and presently heard thfe footsteps of several persons approaching us, apparently with great caution, through a dense under growth that skirted the opposite side of the road. The darkness of the night was so great, that we could not see them even when they were within forty feet of us; but we could dis tinctly hear one of them observe, in a petiilent, hut suppressed tone, ” Jim, hold up that gun of your’s, that’s, twice you’ve stuck that bayo net in me.” At* this moment we opened upon them with all our guns. There was no gun fired in return, but we could distinctly hear them for some time rushing with receding steps through the thicket, in the direction of a corn field, in which stood a log-oabiri, occupied by a woman and two children, the husband and father of whom was a Union soldier in one of the Missouri regiments. The firing of our guns, which overshot the enemy, bad aroused the entire command and brought in the picket guard, when the log cabin alluded to was discovered to be on fire. loVanda-, Pa. THE Bchotetf to t&e szpttmion of the Uxm of Jfmhom anh the Speegft of ©enXthff l&efotnr. WHILE THEBE SHALL EE A WKONG UN LIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, VOL. IX. Select IMetti?. SKATING BY WM. ALLTSGRASf, The time of frost is tbe time for me I When'the gay blood spins through the heart with glee, When Iheroice leaps out with a chimiag_gonnd, And the footstep rings on (be musical ground; When the earth is gray, and tbe air is bright. And every.breath a new delight 1 While Yesterday sank, full soon, to rest, 1 What a glorious sky ‘—through the level west. Pink clouds in a delicate greenish haze, Which deepened up into purple grays, With stars aloft as the light decreased, TUI the great moon rose in the rich bine east. And Morning!—each pane a garden of frost. Of delicate dowering, os quickly lost ; For the stalks ore fed hy the moon’s cold beams, And the leaves ore.woven like woof of dreams, By Night’s keen breath, and a glance of the Snh Like dreams will scatter them every one. Hnrrah! the lake is a league of glass! Buckle end strap on the stiff white grass. Off we shoot, and poise antf wheel. And swiftlj turn open scoring heel; And our flying sandals chirp and sing Like a flock of swallows gay on the wing. The one low voice goes wandering on Through a mystic world, whither all are gone ; The shadows dance; little Caroline Has stolen her fingers up into mine. But the night outside is very chill, And the frost bums loud at the window sill. Seim 2*nsteUaiig. MASTER MASON', AND SAVES HER BROTHER’S LIFE, WHO 13 ABOUT TO BE SHOT. WILLSBOEOj TIOGA COUNTY* PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1863. Believing,it to be the incendiary work of these guerillas, the captain immediately ordered a command of. twenty men to doable quick through to the bouse and endeavor to rescue the family if in danger. Upon reaching the vicinity of the opening that surrounded the cabin, we discovered that a quantity of hay bad been placed against the door and .fired; and near the building a party of-eight or nine guerillas, armed with guns, were group ed together, apparently listening to a speak er. Our party, which had divided at the edge of the corn with -the view of surrounding the: cabin, now rushed in upon them and suc ceeded in capturing three qf their number. ! We had arrived too late to render any as- i sistance to the inmates of the-cabin, which had; already sunk down into a smouldering heap,! beneath which the mother and her children had perished. After securing our prisoners! with a portion of a clothes-line hanging from | a branch of a tree, they were conducted to camp, where the captain immediately sum moned a drum-head court martial to try them upon the charge of murder, assuring them that if they were found guilty they would be shot at sunrise, as a warning to their gue rilla comrades. One of the party, a short,! thick fellow, wjth a bushy bead of red hair, 1 and bloated expression of countenance, when; asked by the court martial if he had anything to pay, sneeringly turned away, refusing to make any answer. The second prisoner, a tall, slender person, of dark complexion, with' one eye! concealed beneath a handkerchief that was tied diagonally around his head, while bis face was scratched and scarred with fresh wounds, apparently the result of some bacchanalian' brawl with his comrades, observed“ This shooting a feller arter he’s a prisoner, for fight ing.for the freedom of Missouri, and agin the abelitionere, aint accorden to law.” Here a member of the court martial usked him “if the murdering of ft helpless womnn and l her children, at the midnight hour, by hurtling them to death while sleeping, was fighting for the freedom of Missouri The fellow turned away from this question with a dejected look, muttering that “her husband was; a darn’d Abolitioner.” The third person was a young man or boy, apparently about sixteen years old. From his dialect, and the nationality of expression on bis countenance, it was easy to discern that he was of Irish descent. He was well dressed, and appeared to be greatly distressed at bis situation as a prisoner. lie observed, with much alarm ex pressed in bis countenance, that, be was an Irish boy, and that he bad taken no part in the war; that the man who had burned the house had called upon him that evening, and asked him to join them in a coon bunt, and that, it was not until -they were fired npoh at the bridge that he was aware of cnanicrer and object of the party. He would have left them there, but the night was dark, and he did not knotf the way home. Here one of the court arose and informed him :that his story partook of the character of nil guerilla picas of innocence, and that it availed him nothing. He had been caught, with, others, in the very act of committing this cruel and unfeeling murder, and that it only remained for him to say that the court found all three of them guilty of murder, and sen tenced them to be shot at 0 o’clock the next morning. The prisoners were then ordered to the guard-house—a log dwelling—and placed in the cellar beneath the building.; 1 The der of the night was devoted to, the making of the coffins and the digging of a grave of suffi cient dimensions to bold them side by side. When the morning returned the rain had - ceased—the clouds had passed away, and soon the sun rose with n warm and genial glow. All nature seemed refreshed with the murky shower of the night, while all around, the blades of grass, the lilac bushes, and forest leaves drooped under the sparkling rain-drops that glittered on their folds, and the birds caroled wild and loud their morning matins. All felt that it was a day to live, and not to die in. The drum was beat at early dawn, mustering the company tinder arms to witness the punishment; and a detail of twelve men was made as executioners, under the command, of a corporal. As the time drew near for the 1 execution, it was discovered that two of the prisoners had made their escape by forcing a passage through the partition wall of the cel lar of an adjoining bouse. The boy, however, was still a prisoner, and all were determined be should be made an ex ample of. Accordingly, about eight o’clock be was brought oat to be conducted to the place iof 'execution. Upon seeing the soldiers drawn *up to receive him, he commenced wringing his hands, crying, and calling to the captain, say jittg, “Oh, Captain, I am not guilty. Do not let them kill me. Don’t Captain, you can save me. ' I will give you my watch ; my sister will give yon money. Oh, God 1 Oh, Holy Mother ! Oh, Captain, speak to them quick, they are taking me away With a soldier upon each side of him, he was now led by the arms to wards the place of execution, still calling upon the captain to save him. When he discovered the coffin and the grave that bad been prepareji for him, he gave a wild, frant’ic scream, and then; for the first time seemed to realize that, ih a few minutes, he would be no more among tho living; far, in a moment after, he became calm, when, turning to the officer of the guard, hie be requested him to ask the captain if bo woulp give him time to write to his mother in Ireland. . The captain, who was standing 1 on one sidb of the hollow square of soldiers that .surround ed the prisoner, hearing this request, immedi ately answered “yes; let him have writing materials,’’ which were immediately brought; when he kneeled down, placing the paper on the coffin lid, and as his pen dashed off the words '“ Dear Mother,” tears fell upon the pal per,‘which, in brushing away with hip coat sleeve, erased the words-fae bad written; when springing to his feet, be commenced wringing his hands, saying, “ I cannot write: oh, sol dier will you write for me f” addressing the Corporal of the guard. ' j At that moment there arose upon] the still ness; of the. scene the Wild, piercing shriek of a female, as ihebtjrst through the rink# of the AGITATOR. soldiers,-and swept ont upon the hollow square, in the direction of "the prisoner. It was an Irish girl, apparently about eighteen years old, without bonnet or shoes, her dress bespotted with rand, and her long dark [hair streaming in the wind, as she rushed forward with a wild, heart-rending scream, saying, “ lie is my brother I he is my brother J” [ In a moment she had crossed the square. nnd clasping her broth er in her arms, she continued with an agoni zing scream, “ Oh, soldiers! |oh, holy mother! gentlemen! for the love of Jesus, do not kill him I He is innocent; he isjihy brother I” I never wish to look upon'a scene like that again; and many n-bardy hunter from lowa’s 'border, while gazing bn it,-felt theinvoluntary tear course down bis manly; cheek. Bat yte were surrounded by murderers and The hand that had received pay from a soldier frr a draught of water had been known to strike him 'in the back with a dagger as be turned away; arid our officers had determined to make ah example of the first murderer that fell into onr hands. The girl at length was or dered to be removed. ■ When 1 two soldiers ad vanced and unloosed her grasp upon her broth er, her screams, her appeals to all for mercy, were terrible. , ' They had dragged her but a short distance from! him, when looking back and seeing a black handkerchief already tied over his eyes, with one’wild frantic scream she flung the sol diers from her, and bounding; back to her broth er, she tore the handkerchief'from his eyes and again enfolded him in her Urms. As the sol diers were again removing her, the coat-sleeve of one of them was torn durlng her straggles, and her eye fell upon a breastpin that ho had fastened upon his shirt sleeve, perhaps for con cealment and safety. In an instant all her physical powers were relaxed, and, in a calm, subdued, and confident tone of voice, she observed, as she pointed to the pin, “ Soldiers let me wake one more effort for my brother.” The soldiers, startled at the strangeness of her manner, unloosed their grasp upon her, and, in a moment,, she bounded away to her brother, shielding his body again with her person at the very moment that the guns were descending to receive the word " fire.” Turning her back to her brother, and facing the file of soldiers, she stood forth a stately woman. There was no scream, no tear, no agonizing expression,.but calm and erect, she swept the field with her eye, and then ad vancing three steps, she gave the grand hailing signal of the Master Mason. None but Ma sons among those soldiers observed it, and there were many of them in that command, who now stood mute with astonishment at the strange and mysterious spectacle before them. There was a grouping of the officers for a few minutes, when Jthe captain came forward, and. m a loud voice, said, “ that’ owing fo the dis tress and interference of the young woman, the execution would be postponed until nine o’clock the next day.” The guard was then ordered to be doubled, and a strict watch kept over the prisoner daring the night. Notwithstanding this precaution, it was dis covered in the morning that both the boy and the sister had made their esohpe ; in what way they accomplished it, has been a mystery with the company from that time to this.' During the early part of the evening there was a meet ing of the Masonic members of the company at the captain’s headquarters, where the girl was examined, and found' to have passed all the degrees in Masonry to that of a Master Mason. Where or how she had acquired these degrees, she declined to say. She and her brother had been in the IJnitcd States but about ten weeks, having come from Ireland for j the purpose of purchasing a farm, intending, when they had done so, to send for their moth er and younger brother. The boy did not know that his sister was a Mason, and only knew that his father, when living, was master of a Iddge in their native town in Ireland. “THE ACCUE3BD YANKEES.” The following precious specimen of slave holding wrath and billingsgate, is from the Richmond Examiner of Jan. 20. Wo beg our readers to observe that it is not alone or spe cially the people of New Englmd who are thus anathematised, but the whole North: “The custom of denouncing the Yankees is becoming common. Under the soft influences of a serenade, President Davis likens them to hyenas; Gov. Letcher, in his mild way, insists that they are a heaven-defying, hell deserving race, and pleasantly consigns their Chief Mag istrate, Abe Lincoln, to a doom 4nora fearful than that of Devcrgoil. Is it to be wondered that Mr. Lincoln has had l a trouble on bis mind ever since this fearful doom was pro nounced upon him ; that he is getting gray, and finds it difficult to tell a dirty anecdote every ten minutes during the day ? “The practice of villifying tho Yankees has gotten into the newspapers. Editors spend most-of their time in concocting diatribes against a contemptible race, whose only defect is a proneness to all that is foul and every thing that is evil. Why should a people sq despicable bo aspersed ? Even this newspa per, careful as it is never to say a word that would disturb the most placid tea-party, has been known to speak disrespectfully of a race which the civilized world, with one consent, acknowledges to be “ its last apd vilest pro duct.” One would suppose that creatures so abounding in the stenches of moral decomposi tion would never be,alluded to in decent socie ty. But somehow the habit of expectorating upon the vermin that swarm the Northern dunghill, has gotteii the better of gentle na tures, and the time drags heavily on the South erner who refuses indulge himself some twenty times a day in a volley of direful an athemas against the Yankees. “ Reflecting persons tell tis that this is alto gether wrong. We should restrain ourselves, and be scrupulously polite when speaking of these abominable, villains. ;We should recol lect that these infernal scoundrels are human beings, and bear in mind the fact that they never lose an opportunity of heaping the most ungracious abuse upon ourselves. Nor should it be forgotten that they have attained an almost inconceivable perfection and dexterity in lying, so that i£ it, were possible for us to match them in billingsgate, we would still be at their mercy in the trifling matter of false hood. We are told by our philosophic friends tbat.it should serve to cool the intensity of our hatred to remember that they are hourly com mitting every crime known to map, and some with which even the fiends are not familiar; that a thrill of delight should pass through ns, when we. recall the pleasing circumstance that upward of a million of these incarnate demons are hired by the year for the sole'purpose of murdering us, burning our houses, killing our cattle, atealing-our slaves, destroying our crops, and driving our. wives’and helpless children into the waste-howling wilderness, in mid- Winter; that n genial glow of the purest love should pervade our hearts at the thought, that they candidly avow their purpose to extermi nate ns, to kill every one of ns, men, women and children, to take onf possessions by; vio lence ; in a word, to annihilate us, to destroy ua from the face of the earth, so that' onr names shall no more be heard among men. There is another view which should en courage ns in the purpose henceforth to cherish an affectionate regard for the accursed beings at_war with us. To. the well-regulated mind, the beastly practices, of beasts excite no disc .gresable emotion; aud it is said that the scien tific intellect finds a world of enjoyment in the contemplation of the disgusting utility of the lowest order of Creatures. Surely, the feast of the vulture upon carrion is not reprehensible, and occasions in the beholder no special won der, and never any animosity against the bird for gratifying bis somewhat peculiar tastes. So the tiger that laps blood, and the beetle that gorges excrement, are but Yankees of the ani mal kingdom, accommodating the wants of na ture; and it were folly to impute to them im proper motives in partaking of their ghastly and sickening repasts. It follows that our feeling toward the people of the Nonh, the scarabmi and vipers of humanity, should be charactized neither by rage or nausea, but by a cheerful Christian determination to in terpose sufficient obstacles between them and out-e^lvoa; to curb their inordinate and bloody lusts| by such adequate means ns natural wit suggests, and, as a general thing, to kill them wherever wo find them, without idle questions as to whether they are reptiles or vermin. A certain calmness of mind is requisite to their successful slanghter. The convulsions of pas sion are out of place when one is merely scald ing chinches. “ The foregoing reflections are suggested nat urally enough by the accounts in Yankee news papers of Butler’s triumphal progression from New York to Washington and back again to Boston. A great hue and cry has been raised at the South because the spawn of Northern citiesjsnw fit to prostrate themselves before this new Ilaynau, mis modern -Verres, returned from Jiia conquests—this beast emerging from his cave filled with dead men’s bones. Why this outcry? Wherefore assail the brute clot ted with gore, Or the chimpanzees that danced and chattered at his coming, and beslobbered him with praise? What had this hog-hyena dona contrary to his instincts, that we should so borate him and his worshippers ? He hanged Mumford. That was true Yankee courage. lie had issued a hellish order against the Indies of New Orleans. That was unaffected Yankee gallantry. lie had pnt the Mayor and hun dreds of others into dungeons. That was the Yankee conception of the proper method of ad ministering the laws of “ theXbent government the world ever sow." lie had banished from IHO city moiV than twenty thousand people, who perjure themselves by taking the oath of allegiance to the United' States.— This was thevYankee idea of justice. “ lie drove these people off without a change of clothing and with only fifty dollars in money. This was tho Yankee idea of humanity. lie confiscated property by millions. This was Yankee honesty. He supplied tho rebels in Texas-with munitions of war and pocketed the proceeds of | tho cotton received in exchange. This was a Smart Yankee trick. Ills troops were whipped at Baton Rouge while he wos in New Orleans; he was never under fire and never smelt gunpowder; except at Ilatteras when the-'ljong range guns of his fleet opened upon, a mud, fort which had no ordnance.that could rensh, him two miles off; and on the strength rff this he issues an address as pnm-- pous as speech to the legions in the bottnmlestf pit. This was making material for Yankee history. After inflicting innumerable tortures upon an innocent and unarmed people, after outraging the sensibilities of civilized hu manity hy his brutal treatment of women and children, after placing bayonets in the hands of slaves, after peculations the most prodignus and lies thelmost infamous, he returns, recking with crime, to his own people, and they receive him with acclamations of joy in a manner that befits him and becomes themselves. Nothing is out of keeping ; his whole career and its re wards are strictly artistic in corruption and in execution. “He wasa thief. A sword that be hnd sto lon from a woman—the niece of the brave Twiggs—was presented to hi (to as a reward of valor. Ho had -violated the laws of God and roan. The law-makers of the United, States voted him thanks, and th& preachers bf the Yankee gospel of blond : came'to him and wor shipped him. lie had broken into the safes and strong boxes of merchants. The New York Chamber of Commerce gave him a din ner. He had insulted women. Things in fe male attire lavished harlot smiles upon him. — He was a murderer, and a nation of assas sins have deißed He is at thiMime the representative man of a people lost to all shame, to all humanity, nil honor, all virtue, all manhood. Cowards by nature, thieves.up on principle, and assassins at heart, it woujfl be marfelloas indeed if the people uf the North refusecTto render homage to Benjamin -Butler — the beastliest, bloodiest poltroon and pick pocket the »world ever saw-” Baries being a sort of marriage certificate, under the new law it will require a ten cent stamp to be affixed to them.. Hope Ox, Hope Ever.—Naomi, daughter of Enoch, was five hundred and eighty years of age when she married. Courage ladies !• acUtva from tijt &rntD. From the 45th Pennsylvaai* Beyimetrt. I Newport News, Va., March 2, 1863. J Friend Agitator— l will with permission, through your columns toll the people of Tiogit county something of the whereabouts, situation and doings of the 45th regiment Pa, Vols., officers and meii; premising that they are some what interested in the .regiment in which are so largely interested. ~ ■ Their present location contrasts most favora bly with their former one opposite Fredarioßs | burg, and although we hare been favored with our share of rain and a little snow, yet-we es cape the horrible mud of the country adjacent to the Rappahannock. We. arrived here the 13th day of February—debarked at Newport News and marched about two miles above and formed our encampment. We have a very smooth and level camping ground on the river, with plenty of wood and water. On arriving, here, the boys immediately set about building themselves hubs by splitting ont pine slabs and laying them up-nbont four feet high in the man-” ner of putting up log houses, and using tbs' shelter tents that they carry in their knapsacks for covers, from four to six men occupying each. By this method they have made for' themselves very comfortable quarters. The’ camp is laid out regularly, each company occu pying its own separate,'street and row. NeW’ tents have been issued to the regiment since’ arriving here, but the boys prefer the houser built by their own hands and have not used-’ them. no. si. It would prot ly Ji'e great satisfaction to" those who have relatives and friends in the regiment to know how clean, neat, and com fortable they are, even in.the army; Uncle Sam is a great provider of grab down 1 here. Coffee, sugar, beans, rice, potatoes, Oh-' ions, dried apples, molasses, salt pork, bacon,' fresh beef, and fresh baked bread, butter dtf' from thirty to fifty cents per pound, together' with cheese and green apples, also the very* finest oysters at reasonable rates"; but lam sorry to say that the 45thas well as other regi-' ments, have not always been so well provided for—as the march through Maryland and Vir-' ginia last fall bears witness. The health of the regiment is first rate, o#-’ ing to the excellent sanitary regulations" rtf the Colonel, in a great measure. Of S3O raen« present, all are fit for duty but two or three' who are in the hospital, but not dangerous. In fact and truth the 45th regiment P.•'V.,-BWStfo= - ond to none in the corps in discipline, soldierly appearance and cool courage in face of tho ; enemy ; as James Island, South Mountain 4 , An tietsm, and even Fredericksburg testify. We have been favored with n short visit from Esq. Emery, and Mr. E. Farr, from your tiwii and Dr. Borden, of Tioga, the first of whothv remained several days. The weather too at the time being very unpleasant for' those nnao-1 customcd to a camp life. The boys were all ■ glad to see them and would be much pleased' 1 with more visits of the same sort. To show yon that tye have something to do, now that we have fair weather, I will note down the various daily calls for duty in the' regiment and by which we are governed. Re veille G o’clock, a. u.; police 6.30 a. m. ; breaks' fait 7 ; guard mounting 8; company drill 8.30 to 9.30; battalion drill 10.30 to 11.30; dinner 12 si.; company drill 1 to 2p. n.; battalion drill 3to 4; dress parade 5; retreat at sunset-; tattoo 8.30; taps 9p.h. ; brigade drills from 1' to 4, each Wednesday and Saturday, besides two inspections a week, often, and an occasion- 1 al review. The drills are all dispensed with on Sundays, and time is' given to do washing' through the week. I think you will pee that we are not altogether idle. Col. Welsh is a strict disciplinarian, than' which there is none more so- in the service.— lie chalks the boys up to regulations, but there' is no dodging the fact that they are proud of him and think him the very best officer in the army, and in return, he is proud of his regi ment and daily proves himself their best friend. 1 - No one can make the acquaintance of Col. Welsh without'becoming convinced that be ie every inch a soldier, one whose heart is in the' cause and of rare'military capacity. • ’ The boys, now-a-days, are keeping sharp eyes on the reports of Congressional doings. They' recognise in the Conscription and Finance bills a determination to uphold the Government, and furnish it with mtiana to carry the war to a successful issue. They are also somewhat nnx-- ionsly awaiting the passage of the bill authori zing the appointment of additional Major and Brigadier Generals. They both hope and fear that Colonel Welsh will be made a Brigadier.- They hope that be may be, as some acknow ledgement of bis ability, and of his merito rious services at South Mountain and Anti*-' tam, Md., in both of which actions he com manded a Brigade that did yeoman service,- and the 45th particularly distinguished itselft- Colonel Welsh on both occasions receiving the' personal - congratulations of Generals Wiloox : and Burnside. Their is lest he might he’ appointed to a command that wonld nrtt in-- dude bis own Regiment, although in Lt, Co).- John I. Curtin they have an excellent officer,- and one in whom they have all confidence:- In the event of the promotion of Col. Welsh' he would doubtless strongly urge that the 45th' should be included in his command. He has'* been with them too long lo wish' to leave them. They always knowwhere tolook for each other-' on the battle-field. ' Colonel Welsh has not always occnpied tbs' prominent position in command to which his' services and the date of his commission entitle him. A Lt.-Colonel in the three months ser-' vice, at the expiration of that period, and im der the call for three years’ men, he wag one of the first to respond and offer his services. He was commissioned a full Colonel and placed ini command of Camp Curtin, where he rendered 1 , the State and General Government good ser-- vice In promptly organizing and forwarding' Pennsylvania regiments, to the seat of war, the Colonels ’of which now outrank him iti this United States service, although the dole of Ms commission would give him precedence in the' State service. He was not mustered into the - United States service until some three months later, owing to his being detailed in command’ Camp Curtin, and, upon taking the field,- with bla regiment, the regular army decisions -make seniority of.muster seniority of rank, Capt. Ilillj of company I, has retiirned froin, his short run home, looking and feeling well. Ho is the senior captain of the regiment andt a good officer. His Lieutenants, Chase and’ Hart, are always to be found where doty calls.- Onpt. E. G. Richards and Lt. Sam’l Haines, of company G, and Lt. G. P. Soudder, are second to none. Serg’t Luke Seely, of company S*- has recently been promoted by the Colonel to’ be 2d Lieutenant of company H; his appoint-- meut gives general satisfaction to the company, . and he will make an effective officer.- 'We are fortunate'in haring a good surgeon in Pr. X. S. Christ,, of Lewitbnrg, and a meat M (
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