’ 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
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