jfTW - :rf • ;.f> efficient quartermaster in JoISt McClure, of Columbia, Lancaster comity. ? ‘ Tho boys are in excellent Mpui its and will rive a good account of tbemselvesrwhen occa sion offers. In conclusion, Tioga ,county has no cause to blush for the soldiery hhe has sent out to battle for the right, ; the, old Flags, - : I i “ Which tlioit forefathers can||d, to wave, . O’er the land of the free and the hoijo of the brave but she maywell be proud thht in the old 4oth, when all arq deserving, none arq hiore so than her own ions. Yours, j Company- Hi ' Fromthe 130th Sediment. Cakp near Beu.E Va., 1 Maivh i.,1803. Tbjend Agitator •- Anotl ftrjpfek his gone, -and we or© approaching tfaW tyejptfful Spring time. The snow we bad a tveik hgo has on tirely disappeared, though it loafed; longer than I predicted at that time, anjj w|;bad a day or two of winter weather, auot aairojßee and ex perience so often up Nor! h. fHkd we been 'armed with a hand sleigh,ps fehen a,school boy, we hastened through 4 je Mustering snow ■ tolbe “ old scbqol bouse,” j ;e should have bad a merry time, riding (low} bjft;; as it was, there. weip- a few 'matcbc ;|a|f show-balling, . which passed off in good pt f 4 apd created for, the time quite ah exciting |'ioeije.; i So now the snow is gone; we have had-a heavy rain storm, which caught many of ourr boyS.bnt on picket, less fortunate than the wf >k Afore, when we slid a couple of very fine l aj&EjgtWeen a rain . and khow storm—a thing <J hr this ■ climate at thia time. . . ! Capt; Hammond's resig-jt .j|h ,ia ’ accepted, and has been-eent to him a I). C. •He has ever b.een a. kind rp;,f|bh)iging officer,' and baa the best wishes .0 the boys, who regretted very- much to paA‘.!§th'him ns their Captain. Tbey yet kneWftb jibe’ was entirely unfit for the field, and wash;! i f.ufy and justice to himself, bound to ' yiePy® the prostration consequent upon a long and return to Ihie home, where tho : j-kiu3 treatment of fridnds, and good cafe, m/y s|pn fully restore hi«> health. -Lieut. R. C.'Bia®y, a'yefy suc cessful, watchful, aecuratf-j- aoM .-fine -appearing Soldier, is.promoted to fillj.hß 'place- Lieut. Bailey-has a high reputatioi? -aa;a "soldier here, and will make, an officer eyt||;|iady t 0 perform his duty .in camp or- on fM; fSttle field. He has,a military bearing, ajSarhikfis emphati cally a fine looking • officer; ’{[.‘i |i' | Of course there is nothib;; Iftintercst doing in.this army, unless it weiOSdpa’seen or- more fully, described than woub'ijfeafadnussihle in a letter, individualizing onlj of a company, farther than tl ,e"£igujar routine of 'supplying the army clothes, &c., and performing the nec BsjVff- dut-post end picket -necessary |)|htect it against surprise. The roads havg bad- that it has been very difficult to.'’doJ |®n thus muehir Oar sapplies have been by wagons, not more than four milk*’ an average, I judge, for this army weather as ,we have had for the.past fevoimonths, even this distance has required cohmdbV|tfcle activity and perseverance in the part.eTiw-jgpn masters. It is quitean undertaking fe, tike-half a dozen stubborn mule teams, in's; rs my day, and with the mud knee deep, mqho Jor circuit to the lartding, and bring up a liiidjMirations to sup ply-the regiment for There are landings at short intcrv ils fijpt' the river, or rather along the mouth of Pdtpfcao creek; and each 4s the' eentcr of, rfucfi iifctmty. I was down \he other day, to see |fbe boys (.about ■ half, the company) thereshn; detached service, and, though I found plenty ail the way, yetwhen I arrived there, I cOfipd it impossible to get round, only as I.ec’ulq Chamber from one wagon to another, with’ roll {lnking into the mud over boot. This j i riflrtrue” fact, as ■Jonathan used to saj—jmf;j|po wonder. A snow over ono foot deej;,'.cf*ia heavy fall of rain, had so covered tqjj gywlnd with water that, it was fast mixed -,lje|-h|h the crusliing Weight of many to and from, and a short time was to make mud most plentiful indeed, ji ''V® ' ; A. G. Elliott and MK T4&,';ot Wellsboro 1 , were here a day or tw , r|fca, and wo again heard from our old T )£ply! ] way of those with whom we are sou ’acquainted. I assure you that all arc o4||ih pleased any one from our own’ ;even if not ac quainted ; for they be acquaint ed with some peraoa or tratfsatilion, resident or incident 10 one’s own tovyvddr county; and from the'mention of become inter ested and pahs an Upon this principle it is that we' sea 'sqf inany who have relations in our own icftmirjcimty, in almost every regiment, and' soqtlTc&n, perhaps,, that they are school mates, or| cqgaintances; Who has not been oskedjwhei ’bechanced to pause by. the way-side, or in a Aidant village, when on a journey, “Are yo’fc tp 'son of V and when you reply, petfaptein the affirmative, he assures you that well acquainted with yout'father when', boys.” Al most every company froh, 1% West contains some one with familiar-kJWny.'and of old ac quaintance with one uioiher of your own company; and they aooiV f*j Out these depen dencies, and at a conyenit get a pass to exchange sentiments. , !’?I- I am asked the Which would you rather do, write or pf>d -.having fasted most of the day, and said, |Such more than I really-bad to-say (as is, not unfrequent cus tomy I.will panse'here.| , 5 ’ Respectfully, yourh, ' ' ■' "r «■ — From the iOJat Pen Regiment. 3 t 1863. - Fbibw Aoitatob : tWbenl-wrote yon my last I intended writing agajji ‘before (bis, but bare been sick in hospital,—consequently could not. The news in this is unimportant, no movement having.bilen Msde in consequence of baif weather which,i^oak^the roads impas sable fiat artillery. Tljb of the troops is very good »n this depilrlnabit,'—a few cases of camp fever being the opy sglsness. • The troops aro anxious for "do, buf a move ment of our forces by I andQt this time is im possible. - We have h^dia, great deal of rain within the last two woks, apd the low ground is nearly,all inundatei', 5 i’j . , , Washington's birtbr ty was celebrated here by the firing of guns tJofaj fleet and batter ies and the ringing of bells, The Foster fire was, out. It rain|d nearly all day, bat we bad a very pleasant time of- it notwith-' standing. Would Jib that we had an other Washington to loadqurr armies and sit in our Nationai'Oouncils, and jewerluch traitors as Gov. Seymour and, other leading Copper beads too numerous.to mention’. When, in this namaiof&ifeerty and all. that is'sacred to aa ’Ameripay Citizen, will this op position to the Adm|i# (ration >eeasef It is time , the loyal citizens of the, North were in earnest whilst thousands of oar brave boys are laying down their lives in defence of their coun try. The opponents; of the Administration are ever harpingon the negro question. I know by conversing with residents of the South that the, rebels fear the .Emancipation Proclamation worse than any other act that could be done by the North, and 1 thiTreason is very obvious, Tor it will deprive the South of nearly all their labor. Already the slave owners are hiring their own slaves L; and paying them monthly wages. ' We are told by the copperheads that emanci pation is unconstitutional 1 Is slavery a bless ing or a curse f If a curse} most it always be upheld ? Is rebellion constitutional ? If it is not, why shall we refuse to use all the' honora ble means that God has placed within oor reach to crush it out. 1 To talk of restoringilhe Union as it was is simply preposterous. What will bo done with such characters as Davis, Beauregard, Lee and Company? Are we to be told that we must take such vipers to our embrace? ■ The copper heads may applaud them, but loyal men never can. The question is, shall we save the Union? If so, arm all loyal mfen without regard to color. We are told bylsomo that we-should fnake the negroes fight but not liberate them. Truly this would be very nice,—to ask a man to fight to bind his bonds tighter. There is no such feeling among the soldiers. They want them to come in for a share of fighting and a share of liberty. May the. Lord of Battles prosper our cause for right and freedom. Since writing my last I have to record the death of one of our company Coporala—Solon H. Dewey, of Sullivan. He died at Fortress Monroe, Va. We deeply feel his loss. He was a brave soldier, and loved and esteemed by all. We truly sympathize with his bereaved friends at home. Mountaineer. THE AGITATOR. m. n. corns; editor and proprietor, WSU.SBOHODGH, PENN’A WEDNESDAY, The United States in executive session on Saturday after the reading of the journal, rind when the doore were opened at two o’clock, adjourned sine die . % The confirmation of Jedge Wilniot as a judge of the Court of Claims will he hailed with sat isfaction hy his numerous friends. It was a merited compliment to a deserving mqn, and the Tact that it was almost a spontaneous act on the part of the President increases the value -of the compliment. The position, under the new law just passed, reorganizing the Court of Claims, is next to the highest in the Judi ciary. The court is npw independent of Con gress, and its decisions are final, in certain cases, and in all others save by appeal to the Supreme Court. Formerly the Court was a mere appendage of Congress, and its decisions were submitted to .the action of both Houses. Its business hereafter will be very heavy, owing to accidents and incidents of war. We con gratulate the country upon the appointment nf the right man to the placemens who will not knowingly suffer a penny of-tbe common .trea sure to find its way into disloyal pockets. STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF COM- When Gov. Packer took the "State Executive chair it will be remembered that the patronage in h;s control was withdrawn from Republi can holders and enjnyers, and given to mem bers of his own party. We do not know that anybody complained of this. It was expected, and acquiesced in, os a thing of course. What ever may bo said of the democracy, as a party, it was never forgetful of its own interests. It was true to its constituent members always ; never ashamed to bestow its favors on its own family, and never making any show, or pre tence of magnanimity to its foes. When Gov. Packer went out, or in the spring preceding his going out, he gave the able State Superintendent of Common Schools, Mr. Uick ok, the privilege of resigning. Mr. Hiokok re signed, and the present incumbent, Mr. Bur rowes, was appointed in his stead. Wo regret ted this. Mr. Ilickok, was the ablest, the most indefatigable worker in the cause of Common Schools in the State. He had entered upon bis office in a dark and trying period of the cause, had overcame great obstacles, uprooted prejudices, and fairly set the machine a-going. But he was not a democrat. Not would he stoop to hide has political opinions on any pro per occasion for revealing them. Yet be was not a politician. He meddled with no man’s belief, nor did' he promulgate bis own except in proper places. But democracy demanded his removal. He was removed, in a polite way. There were no charges of incompcten oy, or other unfavorable charges against him. We do not suppose obv. Packer objected to him personally. But Gov. Packer was only the agent of a power behind the throne. jp. I "Mitchell. We now desire to call the attention of Gov. Curtin to these facts ; and to suggest that ret ributive justice is the only sort of justice to deal out in cases of this kind. We know_po great ill, in particular, of Mr. Burrowes; but then, wo knew no ill of Mr. Hickok. Ye; Mr. Hickok was removed. Why should not Gov. Curtin quietly send into the Senate the name of some excellent Republican, and so quietly remove Mr. Burrowes ? We are not aware that Mr, Burrowes has become a fixture, nor that he-has distinguished himself greatly in • his official capacity. He is not entitled to any favors .above other men of like capabilities and attainments. And the State has dozens, or scores of men ns talented, and as well adapted to the position ns he. The name of Prof. Ohae. R. Coburn, of To wanda, Bradford county, has been suggested in connexion with the office of State Superin tendent. Most cordially do wo adopt the sug gestion, and urge bis appointment upon the Governor. Prof. Coburn has -admirably filled the position of County Superintendent for sev- MARCH 18,1863 HON. D.jWILMOT. 808 SCHOOLS, THE TIOGA COUNT eral years. He is a man of collegiate educa tion, of culture, and bis devotion to the cause of education is unquestioned. He is a resident in that quarter of Pennsylvania which has ever cordially co-operated with the State -Superin tendent in-establishing nnd-sustalning thenew system. The claims of the northern tier to distinguished recognition in such patronage as the -system affords, ought not to be ignored. As an advocate of all kinds of justice we most earnestly urge upon Governor Curtin the para mount duty of removing Mr. Bnrrowes, and appointing a man in his place who will sur round himself with loyal subordinates and popularize the system. The times require live men, and not effete politicians, who savor of the must of half a century. If we would have a liberal harvest we must sow liberally; and this cannot be done unless the head .of the system is a man of broad views and enlighten ed understanding. We trust that the Senators and Representa tives from the northern tier will lose no time in urging opon the Governor the appointment of Prof. Cbos. R. Coburn, as State Superinten dent of Common Schools. PSOCLAMATION BY THE PBESIDBNT. Soldiers absent from their Regiments ordered to return immediately. By tns President of the United States A PROCLAMATION. Executive Mansion, March 10, 1863, In pursuance of the twenty-sixth section of the act of Congress entitled An Act for enroll ing and calling out the national forces and for other purposes, approved on the 3d of March, in the year one thousand eight ; hundred and sixty-three, I, Abraham Lincoln, President and Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, do hereby order and com-: mand that all soldiers enlisted or, drafted into the service of the United States; now absent from their regiments without leave, shall forth with return to their respective regiments. And I do hereby declare and proclaim that all soldiers now absent from their respective regiments without leave, who shall, on or be fore the Ist day of April, 1803, report them selves at any rendezvous designated by the General Orders of the War Department, No. 58,. hereto annexed, may be restored to their re spective regiments without punishment, except the forfeiture of pay and allowances during' their absence; and all who do not return with in the time above specified shall be arrested as deserters and punished as the law provides. And whereas. Evil-disposed and disloyal per sons, at sundry places, .have enticed and pro cured soldiers to desert and absent themselves from their regiments, thereby weakening the strength of the armies and prolonging the war, giving aid and comfort to - the enemy, and cruelly exposing the gallant and faithful sol diers remaining in the ranks to increased hard ships and danger; 1 do, therefore, call upon all patriotic and faithful citizens to oppose and resist the afore mentioned dangerous and treasonable crimes, and aid in restoring to their regiments nil sol diers absent without leave, and to assist in the execution of the act of Congress for “enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes,’’ and to support the proper nuiKouitzuo la 11, 0 anti apf of offenders against said act, and in suppress ing the insurrection and rebellion. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. Dune at the City of Washington, this 10th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-seventh. ■ Abraham Lincoln. By the President: j Epwi.v M. Stanton, Secretary of War. ■, THE WAS NEWS, The Arrival of the Arago furnishes na with interesting news from Port Royal - General Hunter has issued a stirring general order to his troops, signifying an early forward move ment. Gen. Naglee has been ordered to repair North and report to the War Dep’t. The cor respondent of the associated press furnishes an account of the difficulty between Generals Hun ter and Foster which seems impartial, and which convicts the former General of injustice in his course toward General Naglee. General Tuttle, at Cairo, has received a dis patch from Fort Donelson, which says ; “ Our cavalry report 12,000 rebels within 28 ytriilea of Donelson. The country people for mile's around are coming to Fort Donelson with vari ous reports. The rebels are reported to be well armed. Our forces are ready for any emergency.” According to a Louisville dispatch apprehen sions exist in that city that a formidable rebel invasion of Kentucky is imminent, with a view to a permanent occupancy of the State. Cincinnati, March 16, 1803. The Gazette’s Vicksburg dispatch says the Yazoo Pass expedition has captured twenty-six steamboats, eighteen of which were destroyed. The gunboats have' arrived above Haines’s Bluff, and would soon commence the attack. Rumors were rife of the evacuation of Vicks burg, and it was supposed that the greater part of the r?bel force would go to Chattanooga, and endeavor to overwhelm General Rosecrans. Genera! MoClernard’s troops were compelled to embark for Miliken’s Bend, sixteen miles above Vicksburg, owing to high water. Recent operations at Lake Providence, and elsewhere resulted in inundating more than one hundred miles of Louisiana territory, de stroying millions of dollars worth of property The guerrillas were completely drowned put. A refugee from Georgia, who arrived at Mur '«boro’ yesterday, reports terrible destitution .Alabama and Georgia. brigade arrived at Cairo On in Nor Eliot's Jlarfn Saturday. Cincinnati, JHSfi The Commercial’s Murfreesboro’ "dispal. says Col. Minty returned 1 on Saturday from a seven days’ successful scout through the ene my's country. He dispersed several bodies of Abe enemy’s forces, captured prisoners, wag ons, and camp equipage, and penetrated the enemy's : lines at ShelbyviHe, . ObediEst. —General Beauregard' issued an order, some months ago, that aTT friends of the Union should be called Abolitionists. The obedient copperheads of the ,North, are o^c y. ing the order with the strict obedience of slaves. Beanregard is. undoubtedly, gratified with these “ mudsills.” The Rome Sentinel abuses John Tan Buren because he is “ preparing the Democratic party to support the war again.” Y AGITATOR. LBTTBB PBOIS iT. BMEHt, ESQ'. Washington, ilareh 1,-1863. Dear Agitator : L think I wrote-yon last from Fortress Monroe, on the 24th ultitho. Since then ;I-have divided my time between the Capitol and the field.- Of the doings of Congress I heed not tell you. Too will learn them from other sources. I can. say that .they have traitors there as elsewhere; hut^ appear ances indicate that they are sinking in influ ence, and that a very healthy-reaction'is taking place against the copper-heads. The term is not, bqWever, correctly applied to snohj men as Yallandigham, Powell, DaVis and some others, for the copper-head strikes without warning notes, {while these men in every sentence they jutter, give clear indication that they are of the poisonous reptile class. - • To-night I am tired, weary, used ! up. A walk pf twenty-five miles to-day, and ia'some wfiat shorter walk of yesterday, the bat tle grounds, and among the fortifications over the river,' might have wearied out a younger man, especially in the tenacious mud, of Vir ginia.- Mud, mud, mud I It clings to you with the tenacity of a politician asking for office, but after it is thoroughly dry it gradually drops < off like political friends after your infln-> enoe is gone, leaving, however, a stain be hind to remind you of the company you have been in. Yesterday, with a pass in my pocket—for everyi man must have a pass to go almost any wheri—l took the steamboat for Alexandria, visiteii the Provost Marshall there, got a pass to go'any where within oar lines, end started out for a stroll. It was too late in the after noon! to go far and return. I, howeydr, went to the hill west of the town, to take a view of the surroundings, where I could see Fort Ells worth, Fairfax Seminary, and other points and Forts in the distance. The country around me looked as though it had once been one of the Lord’s pleasant places on earth, but now, though not depopulated, for soldiers, and sol dier’s tents were in every direction, it was a scene of ntter desolation—impressing forcibly on the mind the horrors of war. No fences or farmi houses, fields trenched and tom up, roads but 4 quagmire, over which it was unsafe for a footman to pass, excited in the mind most un pleasant sensations, and turned the thoughts to tse happy homes of the North, where the footsteps of this mad rebellion have not cursed the soil. I visited the interior of, Fort Ellsworth, took a survey of its guns, and made up my mind that were I in the army of rebelldom, I should not undertake to storm its walls jrilh.a less force than fifty thousand, and then with very faint hopes of success. All the earth work forts across the river are of the same charac ter, nt least as far as I have seen them, and though in some features they may vary, yet wbpn you have seen one you bave'seen a speci men of all,- The spire of the Fairfax Semina ry appeared to. be about a mile northwest of this, point, and as the sun was not very low, I started out in that direction, bnt when I had wandered a mile, it was still more than a mile' distant, and I contented myself with examin ing.the Distribution Camp, where were gather ed stragglers from the various regiments, to await an opportunity to be sent to their vnri ous destinations. The company of the soldier is the soldier’s home. -Out of his company be is a houseless, homelebs, defenceless being. There is no safe ty for nj soldier’s morals, or bis health, away Cmtn Mo regiment and his company., I know that among many it is considered a,lino thing to jbo stationed at a oily, but I venture to say that a regiment would be more demoralized in one month, if encamped near Harrisburg or Washington, than in one whole year out in field, distant from any such sink of corruption —far from the enchanters syren voice. The health, too, of the soldier.-is much bet ter, in the field than in the city, illis duties in the former are more uniform —his living, tbo’ it may he sometimes hard, is yet healthy, and the fresh bracing air of the country is the very balm of life compared with the pestilential air —morally and physically of the city. There is another thing about the soldier’s life, in camp, worthy of notice. While his mind is kept free from the corrupting influen ces of the city, there epriugs up among mem bers of the same company and regiment a brotherhood of feeling that is seen no where else in life. In proportion as their minds are kept free from the contaminating influences thjat cannot he avoided near a large city, so in proportion, other things being equal, are their soldierly qualities. The government, as a general thing, furnishes plenty of wholesome provisions, and though there are some things that, in my opinion, might and ought to bo added to their rations, the soldier who has been well, fed at h6me does not complain. Give our soldiers plenty to eat, plenty to do, a good, firm, but kindly discipline, and let them feel that they are led by officers who have military skill commensurate with their command, and whose heart is in the work of putting down the rebellion, and they will be invincible —a better army than any chief ever hod under his command. I am sorry to say it, but it is nevertheless {rue, that we have a host of incompetent offi cers, high and low, whose ignorance is a dis grace to the profession of arras, and many whose immorality ought to exclude them from the pale of decent society. Another great fault among our officers is absenteeism. In every city, and village, and hotel, you find shoulder straps, and I presume in every brothel and grogshop. If such is the example of the officer, is it to be wondered at that the private soldier goes astray? While officers are absent from their post .of duty, is'it surprising that soldiers stray away, stay over their furloughs, or are picked up and sent to camps for distri bhtion to their various regiments 1 The good officer is at his post of duty, and in proportion ns he is found at his post of duty is he meritorious. I am happy to say that these censures apply to. but few of. the officers of Northern Pennsylvania. We have officers in some of our companies who have never been absent a day since they have been in the ser " ' And this may, in some measure, account ■■hat our soldiers compare so favor disciplined part of the 1803, ably with nnny. The reforma now being introdoeetH)j_C!en, Hooker and other generals will* in a greSt raeasnre, core these evils, by reforming the curable and by sloughing off those who are originally worthless, or who have become so diseased that they arc worse than worthless. The soldier never, or ’ seldom, finds fault with a firm discipline, ifrU be kind and not tyrannical.- The influence of the officer who stays with his men, sees that every thing around them is as comfortable as circumstan ces will permit, and insists that] every duty shall be promptly doue, never loses the confi dence of his. men. They will fight for-him,- and, If necessary, go with him', unflinchingly, into the very jaws of death. No officer who thus performs his duty, whether Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel or General, ever fails to com mand their rfespe.ct. And that respect is never lessened unless they discover in some, perhaps, terrible emergency, that though in all: else good they lack , the military ability their position implies; There are in the army numerous excellent officers who would do hon or to any post beneath the one they occupy, but are JUst one or twb grades too high.— Many a man has gone down to the grave a dishonored General, who, bad he not been pro moted, would hare died a hero-Colotiel. And the name of many a Corporal has been glori fied in the ballads of a country, who might have been dishonored in song had he been raised to the rank of Captain. . But I have nearly filled my sheet with this episode on officers and soldiers, and I must reserve for my next the adventures- of a day among the forts and breast-works- opposite Washington. Yours, truly,. .J. E. A NOBLE APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE. , The People’s Regiment (the New York 4{lth) has spoken, rank and file, upon the great ques tion of the war to the end. The following Address was signed this morning by every member of the regiment: 2b the people of the Stait of New York; We can no longer keep silent. A sacred de votion to our country—an ardent love for our homes—and, above all, an abiding faith in God hid us speak. For nearly two. years we have suffered ail things, periled all things, endured all things, for the sake of our common country. We have left our business, our kindred, our friends, the firesides of our "youth, the sacred places of prayer, and all the nearest and dear est relations of life'to serve our country. We have endured hnnger, thirst, cold, and heat.-r- By day and,by night we have borne tlie weight of our krfapsaoks and the weariness of the march. We have worked late and early in the trenches ; we'have bivouacked in the'swamps; we have suffered sickness in the hospital; we have not been spared from' “ the pestilence thpt walkoth in darkness,” nor from “ the de -trUction that wasteth at noonday.” , We have never shrank- frbm duty; but rather have again and again cheeffully sought death, even at the cannon’s mouth, to save our Union from de struction, our 'homes from disgrace,) and you and your children from eternal ahamb. When we came to the field, we came with your bless ing. You told us to go ; that God would be with | us, and that your most fervent prayers should : follow us. Encouraged by your words of pa triotism, of hope, of faith, we-oame to the war. After suffering thus much in behalf of you, and your children, and the nation’s honor, dear alike to us ail, will you withhold from us now your sympathy and support? Will you join with those, more than traitors at)the North who cry I’eace, when they know (there is no peace, nor can be none till this unholy rebel lion is crushed ? Will you ally yourselves with dhose, who,- by words of discouragement, are prolonging the war, and who are thus becom ing in the fight of both heaven and earth the insidious murderers of your sons and brothers in the field ? Why should you suffer none of the dagners, none of the privations of field or camp, be less patriotic, loss faithful, less hopeful, less confidant in God and the holy cause' in which wo are engaged, than we who endure ail? Shall the future historian, in writing the re cord of this great stuggle, declare with truth fulness, that the people of the North, having sent their sons to the field to peril their lives for the safety of their homes, their property, and the National Government—having poured odt, at the first blush of their patriotism, their treasureTind blood with the freeness of water, at length, through indifference and apathy, and the love of case and luxury which, the war en gendered, sought the unstable terms of an in glorious peace, and finally became only subser vient to those whom they attempted tosuhdu'e ? That this shall not be the record of tho Em- with your sympathy and hearty co operation, we, tho undersigned Officers, non commissioned officers and privates of the 44th Regiment of Now York State Volunteers, rep resenting every county from Lake Erie to the ocean, here pledge anew our lives and our sacred honor. For we feel assured that if you seek peace now, upon any terms less than those of entire submission on part the of traitors in arms to the Government of the United States, that that peace will only be temporary, and that, sooner or later, you will bo obliged to sind your younger sons mid brothers to enrich this soil—already fertile with the dead—young eij and fresher blood to reorimson these streams, already red with slaughter. [Names omitted.] “ Terribly in Earnest!” The resolutions passed within | the last few weeks by the Pennsylvania volunteers in the army, denouncing the Southern rebellion and the factious course of the Northern copper heads, showfhat the soldiers of (he grand Union army are, indeed, “terribly in earhest” in the work'of destroying' treason and traitors. A fetv worthless cowards and shirketjs way write homo disloyal letters, but the glorious army is as enthusiastic and as resolute to exterminate the last relic of the Southern rebellion, as when the fall of Fort Sumpter fired the jwhole land with patriotic indignation. The voice of the army exclaims : “No armistice ! No compro mise! The Federal Union shall be preserved though every rebel in the land perish/” ■ To theso expressions of loyalty nbd patriot ism on the part of the soldiers, wje have the fruits of * groat change in popular feeling throughout the North, as manifested in the meetings recently held in all the targe cities. The fruits of this display of popular feeling have already begun to manifest tbeihselvea. A renewed confidence in the ability if the Gov ernment to accomplish its undertaking is ex perienced, and doubtless the rvonddrlal change which has recently come over tbej'tpne of so many of the late peace advocate of] tl|b North, is attributable to the same cause. Treason is as cowardly as it is guilty, •anU-iirothing has been needed but a firm display of/popular op •position to put an end to all-its outward mani festations. We should not deceive ourselves, however. Treason, because it iA not seen, is not necessarily dead, When driven from the open field we hav.e reason to believe it will plot -nnlylhe more in secret. It will still find ex preBSidtr4a__t}m criminal gatherings of the Knights of theUoldcn--Cirole and other secret orders. These should bewStched__and their machinations promptly oounteraoted7~Tt'~w cfaeering to see that in ladianal which has been infested with treasonable societies,as thorough ly as any other Northern State* the courts have begun the work of purification, by bringing some of the offenders to justice.' This is right, and should 1)6 vigorously followed up. Those should be taught thu virtue of patriotism who have it not.— l‘a. THeyraph.. : A Demoniac Scene In Detroit—Awful - tempt to Burn Human Beings Alive. Thfc Peace Democrats of Detroit hove for sev eral months been feridfiaVorihg to incite, for political effect, a Wob against the negroes They were unsuccessful until a few days ago, when a brutal negro was found guilty of a very heinous offence. The community naturally sought vengeance upon the anther of this out rage, but the revolutionists were not satisfic'd with that. Distributing whiskey freely among the low and degraded of their followers; they incited them to deeds that would disgrace the most brutalized savages on the face of the earth. They were urged to exterminate the negroes* of Detroit. The mob proceeded first to an old; cooper shop, where some dozen negroes bad congregated. The negroes were armed, and fired upon the ctowd when attacked. Then* followed a scene which the Indian wars caff scarcely excel. .The account of the Detroit* Free Press says; “ Finally, finding that they could not be forV ced out of their hiding place in any other man-' ner, the match of the incendiary was placed at one end of the building, and in a very short time the flames spread so as to envelope almost the entire building. The scene at" this time' was one that utterly baffles description. 'With' the building a perfect sheet of livid flame, and outside a crowd of bloodthirsty rioters, somt of whom were standing at tiie doors with re volvers in their hands, waiting for Itheir victims to appear, it was a truly pitiable and sickening' sight. “ The poor wretches in the inside were al most frantic with fright, undecided whether to remain and die by means-of the devouring ele ment, or suffer the almost certain terrible fate which awaited them at the hands of the merci less crowd. There was no more mercy extend ed. to the suffering creatures than would have been shown to a rattlesnake. No tears could move, no supplications assuage the awful fren zy and demoniacal spirit of revenge which bad taken possession of that mass of people. One colored woman made her appearance at the door with a Utile child in her arms and appeal ed io the mob for mercy. The monstrous fact must be'told, that her tearful appeals were met with a shower of bricks, stones- and clubs, dri viny herself and the babe in her arms bach into the hurniny building. “ At this juncture, one man, moved to mercy at this cowardly and inhuman act, rushed to her assistance,' bravely and nobly protecting her person from the violence which threatened her. Hut the negroes found no 'such pro tection. They were driven .gradually to the windows and doors, where they were mnrder ously assailed with every species of weapons, including axes, spades and clubs and every thing which could be need as a means of at tack. Tiro were almost as insane with terror as their persecutors werev with madness. As they came out they were beaten and bruised in a terrible manner, their shrieks and groans only exciting the mob to further exertions in their brutal work. Several of them were knocked down with axes and left fur dead, but who only recovered only to be again set upon, and cruelly beaten to insen sibility.” - Then followed a general riot throughout the city, housees being fired and plundered until at one time it was feared the city was doomed to destruction. Metj roamed the streets, bespat tered with the blood of innocent victims, bawl ing like fiends, and demanding more blood. It became necessary to call military from a dis tance to restore order. To such scenes as these docs the fanaticism of blind partisanship load us. ’ Such heralded the rebellion in the South,-and hare resulted in the destruction of law, liberty and peace there. .Shall we invito the same terror to the Joyal States, or will wo throttle the monster at once ? Faulkner not a Neoro. —The Detroit Adver tiser says that Faulkner, the immediate cause l of the terrible outbreak at Detroit turns eat 1 to bo not a negro after all. He is a dark skinned man, with blue eyes and straight hair. -He is not however a negro. He claims to he Spanish and Indian, lie has never associated with the negroes and has not been claimed by them.— He would never allow "any of them to enter his saloon, and has exhibited great hostility to them as a race. lie has been a registered vo ter in the Third Ward, and has voted uniform ly the Democratic ticket. A Tribute to Hew England. The Chicago Tribune, in the course of an eloquent article, provoked by the quasi-secesh nonsense about “leaving New England out in the cold,” says : It is too late to quarrel about the character of the Puritans, because they were history, and the six States of New England stand everlasting monuments for the perpetuation of the memory of the great qualities of the men who built on a Puritan basis. And in spite of the old story by which the pioneers of tho Mayflower have been assailed; in spite of that of criticism, which, in sneering at long pray ers, forgets the godliness of the men who made them, and that, in estimating characters, takes account of the blemishes' only, and converts the peculiarities of an era into the special vices of the individuals who flourish therein; in spite of the despotic reaction against what New England has fought and lived, the fact remains, and is now confessed by all the word— That nowhere does God’s sun shine upon any political community, containing an equal number of people among whom liberty ,ia so secure ; Among whom law and justice are bo impar tially administered; Among whom property is so well guarded';- Among whom education is so universally diffused ; Among whom there is such care for the growth and development of the religious senti ment; Among whom there are so few poor; Among whom there is such no tiring, com prehensive, and healthy philanthropy; Among whom is such an amount of wealth so equally distributed ; Among whom there is such promise of phys ical progress; Among whom the ownership of land in fee simple is universal; Among whom labor is so much respected, and so well rewarded; Among whom progress, in all that ennobles itnk'nd, is so rapid and :mong whomwoi yjrtuous'; [ -IrAmong whom government bears so easily, •imd is so cheaply administered; j, Among whom happiness, in the state, in the family, and in the individual is so firmly foun ded on an indestructible basis,' .so honored, or so
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