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»"• Tram' the iStli Peimsylfanl* BeguHent.
CiMP ifIAE Newpoz&Nsws.'Vs., 1
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.■ • Fbiehp AtCnivoß; This pli oaant
finds me is my tent, seated' oi - the -wood .pile,
; with paniniand, about toiWlStelVor the reod
, era of thb-Agitator. Beside me is- a brisk fire
which , threatens 'to reduce- thy seat I
gee through; ■ should that %e the case it trill
ba a good-excuse for the blitjiderei I shall make.
So little of importance h£s transpired since
>my l^st, that were I not psored that a sol
' diet's letter is always acceptable I should think
myself in poor-picking.' s
-pn the,2sth’ ultimo oar porpswas reviewed
r by Mfij.-Qen. John A. Dir.} The-morning was
warm and,pleasant,.and wo all anticipated- an
‘ agreeable - time, in which we .weref-not disap
pointed. By 10-q’clook-Wtfc had' marched to a
i.suitable position’for executing the different
manoeuyree-O'f.tbe review, and after forming in
; line,! awaited the booming of cannon which'
.would announce the apprpachof the review
'd ng genefok At 12 it. the long expfccted sound
. WasTbeifrd echoing far ovifr {he .waters of the
Jambs fiver, andiover the jplain into the forest
. beyond.. Immediately the old (general; with
. partj of his Staff, accompanied cy Gen.Wilpox,
Ofltne galloping towards ns,.; •- |
, .After the usual ceremonies the review open
ed 71 First,[General Dix, ftSiowedby hia escort,
rode along our lines-rfirlt in ' front, then in
, rear of us.; As he was pissing Our regiment,
our {appearance elicited from (be General a re
mark, intimating, that - ojirs was a, splendid
regiment, looking much life regulars. Having
finished his observations d» onrUmes and gene
td appearance, the Gemwal took -a, favorable
to review us as wj,' matched pastTiim.
. The beautifal lines of glistening bayonets,
the! eteady 1 regular ,tramp|sf. twenty thousand
soldiers -as we marched by venerable old
General, and especially the' stars and stripes
waving over , the decimated ranks of the old
Ninth Corps—the name of moiiy a memorable
battle, coming .to. view, |on. .-ijjji folds, as the
battle-torn and riddled Eanpet spread them-,
selves to the gentle breeze, ' All had 1 an inspi
ring effect-on the which could be seen
in tbeir'bearing and firthjstep, keeping beauti
ful’itime to the not . Very jfiqgd inusic of a few
-aid (drums, ‘j which ate a? poor-substitute for
music from a regimental -riband, as be
longed to the 45tb bofolSjUncle Sam took it
into bis head that if waa|( J‘ expensive. .
Wbnt soldier's beartJiites net throb with
pride on suchTiceasions ?!$ With.-pride that be
is atdefeedUT of -that goo|.<!jd fljsg*? ■*’ fhaster
ror of tyrants'ah3 the ffttbng|h of the free"
•wherever ' it appears—wifi pride- that he is
risking all for the. maintenance and perpetua
tion of these established
by the heroes of the Refelutfoji, tbe life and
death of-vrliich aro identical with the triumph
and failure of that standard snails defenders?
The' weather being favofnbld.every manoeuvre
Was executed admirably jt&d without, accident
AH were well pleased; ;j|
No materia} changes have taken place in our
ramp, except that it has-iinprovedmuoh'in'ap
pearance and comfort,' especially the,officers
quarters, the most of which are
surrounded by pine delicately arrang
ed to'moke the best appesrqnod possible. Our’
city is regularly kid ouit|in streets, each com
pany haying a Street of jib bwti, , -AII are kept
in fine order and well jsw.cpt'St least once a
day. Oor camp is .ajnfest dtt|ly Braced, with
the-sp'peafanceofsome-^adyvisitor from tlje
North, having edtae tq v|sit dome dear one con
nected with the army. I,'
Hafirfg completed ourihntnble dwellings and
every thing else neceesnay to oqr comfort,-Col. .
■Welsh has Sbt us to drying. AYa bavo com
pany drill' at Jeasti day, and battalion
or brigade drill once osTtwice a day—that is
when the weather pcfmfte. i A regular routine
f(/r the manual of beeh adopted-in
oar regiment; each is performed by
the tap of the -drum, without, a word being
said. At certain fiours*|f the day nothing can,
'be heard but the tap-|mpr-o.f the drum; old
barrel, frying pan, orljtbafever else may be
most handy. Once leashed. it will be. an. ad
vantageous lesson, ifespanally for the officers
who have Weak lungs. MJomingfrotn the Colo
nel the boys have full confidence that it will be
all for.tho beat; ( -
Col. Welsh has won jfotjpnly the admiration
but full confidence tf a|t bjsinien!. No father
conld expect hie children
than Col. Welsh gets fjfcm his boys.' Though
Strict jq bis enforcemjn4 of Sveiy order, the
well-being of bis men sterns always paramount
in his affections. -His f igh-toned nature being
Shave- every thing tha%is debasing, he allows
• no practised vice to' cifcape ibis vigilant eye or
,go-unpunished-.' , i* _ ;!
Too ronch.cnnnot belaid ip favor.of the gal
lant,.the amiable Liefet.-Col. John ,1. Curtin.
His kind and unselfisfe nature,-' and good con
duct, him |}ie good opinion of tbe
whole regiment. ' . J J• ■
• No changes .among j|he officers of thoTiogd
boys have taken plaq|, qkc|pt that Sergeant
Seely of company H, been promoted to 2d
lieutenant of that oompahyi’' Cap't. Richkrda
still, remains at his ptjst lailfifnlly performing
tho duties of his- position',,as Captain of com-’
pahyG. The healthf*f- the- regiment is unu
sually good.' Convale&enls iffom the hospital
arrive from tidie-to time/
The weather bha ,'b«Sm veiy- fluctuating—one
day it Is Warm and stariff, the birds will sing,
and every" thing as sink fee appearance of
spring;' the next it «sy be-so cold that it is.
impossible to drill without gloves, or stand out
witboot'an overcoat., f;; -.nj
’ Aq yet ndthing hasihee'nijjeveloped as to our
fbt&re movement. Iff we mpy "trust to appear.
. knees, tbe nnutoal and care taken
In building quarters terrijdih'man and beast,
Would seem -to indiclfta*th'at we are to make
this oor bomd for soipd tijoe to come. It is
certainly the bes t oanfp We| have . bad, and we
ate of course not anxiburftd part with it.
- 1 Boh my seat, : tba wffdd pife, is getting pretty
low, and I most closed •i' -, }’. -
1 Yours, respectfully, f pouno Ausrica.
ils .noW buying land in
Chester eountyi Pa., ii is aaid,»is going
extensively Into the cuUiyation of flax, for
what-purpese is left open tji, public Suspicion.
It is a natural presaijjjptiottf tbat lie means to
make ropes to bang tt|o rascals who nominated
him for the- Presidettby; and he now
regards as the WQthq|diof'Ml s hls woes. But
for .them,'he -might Jaj?e pied in peace, and
been honored In memorjafiet a fashion. Now- -
'he is likely to -go dovlni'to;sorrow,, unless his
rope bußinrss is ,re**ly a jpenitontial dodge,
signifying his TsadmcHf to facilitate the hang--
ing of his old friendsi, b ] -[•
s- As oil refteery in BdSalh has becn confisca-
wiib it« an ottempt of the
proprietors toerade £$ taximeter the Unit&d
gtat*sTaxlaw.. #'] .
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THE AGITATOR.
_H. H- COBB, EDITOR AND PBOPKIETOB,
wsusßosonaa, penn'a >
WEDNESDAY, : ; ; : MtfRCII 25,1863.
There was never a State stabbed to.' the
heart that the patricide did not ; mnsk his mor*
derous intention with a" high-wrought devotion
-to its organic law. Traitors always borrow
language from heavep, nnd motives from, the
lowest hell. _-
The dietinctive feature of copperheadism'is
its nltra-devotion.toy and 'simulated respect for
the CoDStitatibn. They tell os that the Con
stitution is the palladium of our liberties; the
sheet anchor of our hopes, the chief good of
all that can accrue to mao from a written kw.
Do they believe it ? Let us-see:-
Did Frank Hughes believe it when be boldly
advocated Mlid cause of secession ? Does Wm,
B. Heed believe it when be, and Randall, are
fulminating pamphlet-treason < — dissertations
witb no rebuke for traitors in arms, but fall of
abase of the government which gives them a
living while -it owes them a halier ? - No. None
ef these men, believed of belieVe in the Consti
tution as the great charter of onr liberties.
Turn a moment to .the not distant post. How
long is it since these defenders of-tbe Constitu
tion were openly engaged in violating its plain
est provisions ? How long agoCmitw&ce they,
led' by Pierce and Buchanan, were foremost to
justify the stupendous election frauds perpe
trated, in Kansas ? When the majority in that
State—and it now to late to deny it, for it is o
part of the history of the country—petitioned
•and protested against tfie injustice of being
overridden by a minority, be cans? that minor
ity was abetted by the government, what word
of rebuke for outrage open constitutional law
was uttered by these second lovers of the. Con
stitution ? Not one. !
They rage about the violation of the liberty
of the citizens by arbitrary arrests during this
war. When tbe prominent free state men of
Kansas were arrested and kept imprisoned
witbont trial for - months, who among these'
jealous constitutionalist's ottered a word of
protest ? None. These men were then clam
orous fur the destruction of those citizens,
guilty of no crime, as alleged or attempted to
be alleged, in any court of competent jurisdic
tion. Wherq then was their zeal for the liberty
of tbe citizcb ? Did the government even afford
tbe privilege of the habeas corpus to those citi
zens of Kansas ? Did it at any subsequent
time, arraign them and convict ? Never.
■■ But where was-, this jealousy of tho liberty
of tbe citizen ? Not in administration circles
manifestly ; nor yet in the minds of the Bay
ards, the Saulsburys, tbe Powell’s and the
Richardsons. . No five column speeches in,-tbe
Olobe then attestfed their high respect for the
rights of citizens ? Now it Is different. TUe
fact .is that these constitutionalists are traitors
now as they were traitors then. And this class
of democrats were born alien to any ennobling
love of liberty, law, or rational privilege.—
Corrupt practices and natural deformity con
joined, do not suffer, tho vital spark of virtue
to exist in such souls. They are rebels against
every good thing, haters of every ennobling
virtue, and their lives full of rottenness.
It was only' tbe other day that they lashed
thcmselve^ - into a fury because they were re
quired, some of them, to take the new oath of
allegiance before entering upon their senatorial j
‘duties. Bad as they were, they did not desire
to add another perjury to tbe catalogue of their
official crimes. , .
AYith such men liberty reveals itself, in the .
guise of license.. They love liberty which
drags men into the pit, not that which exalts. •
Ami this js Copperhendism.
Looking over one of oor copperhead exchan
ges wq chanced upon a paragraph making
mention of tbe secret cose of conscience by |
virtue-of which some hundreds of dollars were -
returned to the Treasury of- the United States
by some unknown person'in New York, with a '
confession that the money was dishonestly oh-1
t.-imed. The exchange cites this os evidence of
the turpitude of the party in power. j
It occurs to us that confession and restitution
are not Usually regarded as evidences of turpi
tude in - Christian communities. On tbe con
trary, concealment of, and compromise with
crime is rather more indicative of moral-de
generacy.
But the mistake of our copperhead critic is
not very surprising. Ho belongs to s class
which-sees nothing to bo n'shamed of in crime
in the-abstract; or in the' concrete, as for that
matter.. It is only iu detect ion that such people
discover anything to apologize for, . Tbe ras
calities of Floyd, Thompson, & Co., "the advisers
of Mr. Buchanan, though stupendous above
all cotemporary frauds and villainies, never yet
provoked a word of rebuke from tho individual
who indited tbe paragraph nbovuiulluded to.
AYith accustomed (logic he jumps ttS-Mhe conclu
sion tbat the repentant sinner referred to was
an abolitionist. Since.tbe name oi tbe person
is unknown op to tbe present time, we think
tbe conclusion savors of copperhead intellectu
ality as well as of conscience. AVe can assure
him that the biggest frauds of contractors du
ring this war. have gone to swell the ill-gotten
hoards of life-long democrats. If that fact
comfortsTiim he is welcome to-it, '
We like tbe ring of tbe closing sentence of
a protest by tjic 81st Ohio Regiment stationed
at Corinth, Miss.:
“ AA’e want every man,-woman arid child-in
Ohio to know <that our regiment, is opposed,
bitterly and forever, to treason in its midst, in
its front, and in its. rear.” |
Tnt Union State -Convention will assemble
at Pittsburg on the ltt -day-of July next,-in
stead of the 15th of July, as at first reported.
ooppebheadibm,
Tk Tlt©©A COUfJTTY AGITATOR*
-tse wAb ioewb, '
The ptet week ha* notbeen prolific ofstjr
ring events. There has been a cavalry raid
by onr trooprtfn the Rappahannock, in which
onrcnvalrymetand handsomely whipped, the
rebel cavalry'and artillery npder Gen. Stoart.
Otar lose Was 50'in : kifled,-wounded and miss-!
jug'; the rebel loss was upward of 200.
The rebels made an attack in force on New
bern, N. C., last week, but were repulsed with
•considerable damage. -
* In the West there have been several sharp
■skirmishes,- in which the Union troops were
victorious. The Yazoo expedition is not yet
ont of the woods, nor had Vicksburg fallen at
latest accounts. ' . ,
' The fight at Port,Hudson did not result in
either victory or defeat. We lost some vessels,
among them the gunboat Mississippi.
It is reported that the rebels are about to Tall
back from the Potomac open Richmond, fear
ing an attack from tbe Janies riper base,,
Major-Gen. B] V. Sumner, died. &t tbe resi
dence of his son-in-law, in Syracuse, on Fn
-day last, of congestion of the longs. He was'
on his .way to tbe department .of Missouri.
UU loss is much regretted in army circl.es.
There was a smart skirmish on the Black
water, Virginia, between a detachment of oar
troops and a'.rebel’ force in entrenchments.
Tbe rebels proved too strongly posted to be
dislodged by our fofooa. The loss.was small.
Tbe copperhead democracy in Ohio and In
dians. are combining with the deserters from
the army to resist the authorities., Several de
serters having been arrested by the provost
marshal injndiana recently, a company of 100
copperheads, armed with rifles, rescued them.
Whereupon the citizens took up arms and dis
persed the. copperheads, and reclaimed tbe re
cusant soldiers,handing them over to the Uni
ted States.
When we hear men speaking of the '‘Union
Democracy,” -we understand tbem to mean the
Democracy represented by such life-long dem
ocrats ns Andrew'Johnson, Joseph Wright, of
Indiana, Daniel S. Dickinson, and Benjamin F.
Butler—not to mention others of scarcely less
note. But it seems that we are mistaken.
These men are ndt recognized, scarcely tolera
ted by the ‘‘Union Democracy.” It is bat the
other day that the legislature of this State de
liberately voted not to lend the Capitol to An
drew Johnson and Gov. Wright for the purpose
of making patriotic addresses; not for the pur
pose ‘of making partisan harangues, bear in
mind, but addresses calculated to enlighten
and encourage the people. Yet that legislature
halls itself n-“ Union Democratic” legislature.
Precisely at what time these life-long demo
crats forfeited their right to recognition among
democrats, as well as to the ordinary courte
sies usual to be observed between public men
of the same political family, does ndt, at first
glance, appear. Bat actual and undisguised
bootilitj tu iUcui nao ituycc mEHiifesieu toward
tbem until they publicly arrayed themselves
on tbeside of the government and declared for
uncompromising hostility to the slaveholders’
rebellion. From that day they lost caste with
the “ Union Democracy.” You will never
bear a word in praise of Andrew Johnson and
bis sturdy compatriots from tho so-called “Un
iott Democracy.”
And for this reason we consider the differ
ence between a so-called “Union democrat”
and-a sympathiser with treason as of no mo
ment whatever.
The “ virtuous 7 ' democracy are about to es
tablish a new paper in Washington for the
purpose of saving the country from utter ruin.
Those who know »o well how to destroy oogbt
to know how to restore. Such adepts at plun
dering the Treasury ought to prove apt at ex
posing schemes of plunder. AVe wish them
success in that direction. But the following
morsel from the prospectus of the incipient
thicf-killing-fiery-nbyss-rescuing journal is ne
cessary to a full comprehension of the object of
its projectors:
" The madness and folly of abolitionism have
not only involved ns in a deplorable civil war,
but they have brought ns to tho very verge of
anarchy! It ie the high and holy mission of
the Democracy to rescue our beloved country
from the-fiery abyss into which blind fanati
cism and mad. ambition would hurl it. And
the Demdcracy can and will do it!"
Taking into consideration the'fact that this
great “ antiseptic” party had control of the
government for nearly balf-o-centqry preceding
this rebellion, and for several months after it
broke out, the foregoing is cool and refreshing.
However, if any set of men in the country are
more fully qualified to explore ,the “ fiery
abyss” in search of lost men or.nations, we
Have yet to bear of them.
We have yet to meet a soldier, either in field
or camp, whodoes not rejoice nt the possagj of
the law for calling put the national forces.
And Wa have yet to find a fair and square, oat
and out, loyal man, who does not acquiesce in
its provisions.. The Copperhead prejs is on the
rampage, dbout the payment of a snm of mon
ey to the government for a substitute; bat no
conscription law ever existed that did not pre
sent the alternative of, substitution in lien of
service. In this cue the government takes the
money and provides the substitute. Sacb is
the intention of the l»Jr, such the spirit of the
debate upon its provisions/and such,the under
standing of the law by its maker*. Let every
non-exempt either “ fight, pay, or emigrate.”
The municipal election in Harrisburg on
Friday last, resulted in the election of Boom-,
fort,. Copperhead/by a majority of 38 votes.
The usual democratic majority in Uarrishprg
is not less than 230. A fair gain for the Colon
mem ' •
Secret jvrt Cjjasb has received from a cele
brated hanking firrain Germany, an offer of a
loan of'Sl,ooo,ooo worth of "bonds’at seine
thing ahtvc par htenrfehcy;, .
JjETTEB FBpU if, BMEBY, 883.
• ' Wasbinoton, March 6,18G3..
Bear AeuriioK: I wrote you last evening
on my return fromOVOiTtbp river, and thought
then i Bhould retutn.immfidiately .home,, but.
have concluded to extend my walk and visit,
,at least,,to the Army of the Potomac, or as
the people say here, “ go down to the front."
I ended my firsfdays walk in Gen; Heintzle
man’s department in a seaoh after a hotel in ■
Alexandria, and brought up at tbe Marshall
House, where. I got a poor supper, indifferen t
’lodging and a worse breakfast, by paying for
it in advance.
HadfT known at the time that it was the
famous house where Ellsworth was killed, I
might have lingered to view the staircase and
spot where be died, but ns it was I went away
unconscio.os that I had eat and slept where a
martyr fell. Port Ellsworth is named after
him to commemorate his braveryand though
rash, he will always be held- in grateful re
membrance as one of the men whose lives have
-been sacrificed to gratify the Moloch of, slavery.
i I was off as soon as I had swallowed my
poor breakfast, taking the advantage of a hea
vy freeze during'the night to walk over the
seas of mud that lay beneath, and sdcceeded
in reaching the Alexandria heights before the
sun had rendered the flats impassable to tbe
pedeOtri&m One can now hardly judge of the
bottom lands between the river and the heights,
bntthey looked ns tfabogh they might be very
productive. They were without fences or in-
Slosures, and were cut up by roads in every
direction. One, advantage : they will • derive
■ftoin. this war: they will become heavily ma
nured with dead horses, if with nothing else.
Tlie Seminary, which is a very large and
prominent building, can be seen from a* great
distance, and looks'from Washington to be not
overitwo miles distant. It is about west from
the Oortbern point of Alexandria, and distant,
perhaps, about three miles. It is id a most
delightful situation, , nearly in the midst of a
fine grove, which seems to-have been untouch
ed by the hand of wad. The building,- how
ever, is converted into a hospital, and nejir it is
quite a number of other buildings,-which have
beeri. constructed for the same purpose; In
tbe'grove near the Seminary the American flag
floats over the headquarters of the general
commanding.
From the Seminary you strike northerly to
the road, leading in a northwesterly'direction
from Alexandria to Falla Church. .All through
here, with the exception of the Seminary and
its surroundings, the country looks dreary and
desolate. Almost every thing is swept away—
fences destroyed, buildings stripped or torn
"down, and the. land apparently a dead waste.
A few miles above tbe Seminary this road
crosses tbe Colombia turnpike leading from
Burke’s Station to the Long Bridge] The in
tersection is tbo famous Bailey’s Cross Roads,
and a short distance beyond this, on. tbe turn
pike is Bailey's house. His buildingrare un
touched,' and all things about him look as
though jthey had been scrupulously guarded,
from the footsteps of tbe destroyer. The secret
of this ■ is, I suppose, that Bailey held his
tongue, was a go.od friend to every body, rebel
or loyal, staid nt 'home and minded bis own
business. At all event* I don’t think be is
much worse Off for the rebellion.
• Beyond here still, in a northwest direction,
is Munson’s Hill, famous for its wooden guns,
wlifctif fur a toog fimo, frlgMcoed ortr p«oph
apd kept tbem at hay. The earth-works on
the hill still remain, and within is stationed
the Provost guard of that region. It is.a dirty,
desolate, miserable, foul-smelling elevation, pre
senting near it only one redeeming feature, and
‘that is Munson’s nursery south of the hill, by
the side of the Fall’s Church road, it is a
vpry large, well trimmed and well dressed
nursery of peach, plumb, cherry, and apricot
trees,; entirely nriiucloscd, and yet in an al
most perfect state of preservation. WJierever
I have traveled-! have noticed that fruit treos
Were generally undisturbed.
Nearly northwest from Munson’s Hill is
: Fall’s Church, from Which is a very good road
leading to Fairfax Court House, about eight or
nine miles distant. 1-should have gone down
there to visit the- old Bucktails and the Gth Re
serves, but I had reserved that point and Bull
Bun for another day, intending to go by the
Alexandria and Orange railroad, If I could suc
ceed in getting a pass and transportation to the
latter 1 place from Gen. Heintzlemah, who had
just received orders to grant.no transportation
and no passes beyond Fairfax Station. -
<At a small distance from Munson’s Hill, in
a northeasterly direction, is Upson’s • Hill, and
still further on towards Georgetown, easterly,
is- the Commissary Headquarters of that Divi
sion on the Loudon and Hampshire railroad,
Most of tbo troops stationed in this region are
Pennsylvania Reserves, a bare' remnant of as
brave a body of men as any army over had—
npw reduced to mere skeleton companies apd
regiments—-for they have been in the front of
nearly every battle that has been fought .any
where in the region- of the Potomac. More
than half of their men sleep in death, and half
the remainder have been sent homo with mu
tilated limbs or broken constitutions. . .
From Munson’s Hill on towards Georgetown,
from some .cause or other, the country is not
desolated as in other parts. The, fences, per
haps, in many.places are gone, but from the
railroad east X do not recollect of seeing any
appearance of buildings destroyed. Tho ene
mies pickets, 1 think, were never stationed
nearer the river -than Ball’s Cross Roads, and
no battles or skirmishes took place in this
part. From Munson’s Hill across to George
town the land is mostjy sandy, and the timber,
I should think l)pd been mostly pitch pine;
the forms being, comparatively, less valuable
than nearer Alexandria,
i It was near 2 o’clock. 1 had arrived within
sight of Georgetown, near Fort Corcoran—was
hungry—looked into an eating shop—tho sight
had a magical effect in allaying toy, hunger, as
the sight of the forceps often stops the tooth
ache, so I concluded I would file right, take
Fort Woodberry, Cass, Hie Arlington House,
Fort Runyon, Albany, &o.f and haul up again
at Alexandria! That would make about thirty
five miles, including the ins and outs, certain
ly not a very heavy days. march for an old
soldier. '
■ Ffom Fort Corcoran, hear the Acqnedabt
bridge, south and southwesterly the country'is
completely barricaded with forts and'breast
works. It would seem to be impo&ible for
any army, however large, to’get into Washing-,
ton from’this direction. Fort Ellsworth and
another obtho hill sonth, completely command
the Orange railroad and the valley through
which it runs, and every approach to the north
of that is commanded by forts and gans brist
ling on every height. No man in one day can
get more than a bird's-eye glance of the de
fences, but even such a glance will convince
him that Washington is in no danger by the
ypy of'Alexandrhvcounty. - - v -
I C
From the point whwo I turned pootb, you
pass over a succession df hills and valleys, all
strongly fortified. Here the timber is not
much'destroyed,-and there is not that appear
ance of utter desolation as further west, but
'y eUair agricnltural operations appear to have
been utterly suspended, and to one set down
there from Tioga county, without having seen
any other place where the army had .been, it
would present a desolate, appearance.
' The Arlington property, where! I lingered
sometime, is a most romantic and beautiful
situation. Tbo buildings are on the brow of
the hill, in full sight of Washington, and ex
tending back of thorn is a very extensive and
beautiful grove, of open timber. .To the front
is a descending slope to the bottom lands of
the river, covered with numerous evergreens
and trees of various kinds. The house in which
Gen. Lee resided, when be was not a rebel, is
now occupied as General Heintzleman’s head
quarters. Back of the mansion are the negro
quarters, and I saw quite a number of women
and children, who, I presume, had been Lee’s
slaves, and who now remain on th& plantation.
Some distance,back of the Arlington House,
in tbe oak grove, -are two marble monuments;
on one of which is inscribed—" George Wash
ington'Parke Custis, born April 3ft, 1781, died
October 10, 1857-.
■< Blessed ore tbe merciful tot they; shall obtain
mercy. ” -
On the other is inscribed—“ Mary tee Cns
tis, born April 22,1788, died iSpril 23,1853.
< Blessed are tbe pure In heart for they shall see
God.’”
Slaveholders, as they were, these, simple in
scriptions no doubt Indicated their true char
acters. . li
There were no enclosures around the monu
ments, and no appearance of other nemberg|
of the family having been buried pear; but a
few feet off there were other graces—the graves
of soldiers, who bad died far away from hope,
and were botied by the side of the relatives
of the rebel General, who now heads the
armies, of that rebellion, in the effort to put
down which they had lost their lives. Side by
side they slept, and I thought, as I stood there
all alone,' how eagerly, if fe the grave it could
be done, these relatives of Washington would;
clasp, in love, the bony bands of the dead sol
diers, while their skinless lips would curse the
degenerate Lee. - i
Gen. Helntzleraan was hot at his headquar
ters. It was getting late in the afternoon. I
was tired and hungry. Washington looked ex
ceedingly pleasant in the distance. Alexandria
was a good way off, and the Marshall House
not very tempting. I could sjee the Long
Bridge, which a soldier told me was only two
miles off across the flat. I knew that Virginia
miles, through the mud, were somewhat leng
thy. Washington or Alexandria)? Washing
ton carried the day, and I started for the Long
Bridge,
It -is getting late.. I must hurry up. One
tells me I shall get mired if I take a bee-line.
No matter, I can't go round by the high lands,
and so I am off for my pleasant hoarding
house in Washington, " by the nearestroute.”
Gentlemen, readers of the Agitator , I would
like for your entertainment, and for ray own
relief, to give your a description of my journey
over that two miles, but the women would
read it, and it wouldn't do. “Mud?" Why
yon don’t know any thing about mud compa-,
red to what I do. Dead horses 1 : Ugh I ■ What
an atmosphere. Did you ever run plump into
a corral of sick horses, where yoh had to wind
in and out to avoid carcases 7. 1 recollect of
feeling a sense of. suffocation—of thinking I
had not mode* my will—of compressed nos
trils—and a despairing effort to, run through.
Ten. thousand crows, as I |odj on, were all
around, on the ground and in the air, crying
like so many demons—“ khaus! khans I”
as if inviting me to the feast of death.—
Thank heaven, I escaped. I bad got-into a
belt of purer atmosphere. 1 stopped to breathe
and shake myself, and then polled ahead.
The atmosphere gradually began to change,
but I was sure it was not a dead horse odour.
Suddenly a black cloud rose each side of me,
and ten thousand black demons began to cry
“ Caoow!, cauow!” I was in an open triangle,
hurrying on to its apex, the legs of which were
offal from the great slaughter, house just a
head. I bad ffone through dead horses and
thought I could go. through this. Escaped at
the apex over a platform of blood, and bad a
clear field for the bridge. But the horrors of
those two Virginia miles 1 I would. like hj de
scribe them if I could. \
I reached the city. Made direct to a bar
ber's shop. Got shaved. 5 Boots blacked. —
Clothes br.usbed. Asked tbe barber if I’d do.
Said I'd better go and buy a. pad of musk.
Followed bis advice. Paid for a glass of ale
to settle my stomach, and went to my boarding
house. . Stomach somewhat nauseated, but
made out to eqt a little. Feel very much re
freshed. Shan’t complain if my landlady,
charges me the price of three. meals for this
one.
Ain going down the Potomac to-morrow to
stay a few days, if I see anything of interest
will write you. Truly, kd. J. E.
A Onion League.
Editor of the Agitator ;
Dear Sir ; I noticed in q late issue of your
paper a suggestion that Union Leagues be or
ganized in this and other towns in the county.
I regret that yon did. not also suggest a time
and’ place for a meeting to organize.
In New York and elsewhere, Ull patriotic
Democrats, who vainc the integrity and honor
of the country, more than the success of the
Democratic Party, are anitiug in [these Union
Leagues with Republicans,' and are pledging
themselves to sustain the Government in; put
ting down armed rebels in the South, as well
os the dangerous, insidious, sneaking rebels of'
the North—now known as Copperheads. - ’
: The Copperheads are organized all over the
North itt-ajecret society known ns The Knights
of the Golden Circle; and this society has bent l
all its efforts lately in sowing: distrust in the
army, by the circulation of snob papers as the
Wprid, Argus and their the small Cop
perhead'papers in the country. It is tho obvi
ohs duty of loyal men to defeatjtbese traitorous
schemes. Let Union. Leagues, therefore, be
Termed every where, and thus create and sus
tain a healthy pnblic sentimeht in favor of the
-prosecution of theAVar until peace is attained
by subjugation. Peace attained in any other
way now, con only be at the sacrifice of honor.
: ' Lotalit.
The town of Itichmond, Indiana, was visit
ed by one of thd noblest bodies of invaders
ever seen, on the 2d instant. Thera were 125
wagons/ loaded with 100 cords of wood and
3,000 pounds of floor and corn meal, all of
Which were distributed to the families of sol
diers. National flags were flying, bands of
music playing, and better than all, the hearts
of soldiers’ wives and children Were beating
gladly,- ~ ;
TEST VOTES.
. No man- in tho Rebel States "has done more
for the Union.,' or suffered much more from the
Rebels, than the man (once poor, and a tailor
bytrade), Andrew. Johnson, of Tenn. Fore
most, in fighting traitor sympathizers in tho
Free States, is Joseph A'. Wright,- of Indiana.
These gentlemen passing through Harrisburg,
it was thought all men professing even a spark
of loyalty, would be glad to' honor them, aad
that the. State authorities should officially re
ceive them. Accordingly, oh-Friday, Major
White, in Senate, moved that thp use of the
Senate be tendered to these gentlemen. It waw
adopted by a vote of 20 to 10; every Democrat
voting against the measure except the patriotic’
and respected Kinsey, of Bucks. The follow--
ing are the names of the miscreants, who,-
claiming to be Union men, voted against the'
measure: Bucher, Ciymer, Donovan, Qlatz,.
Lamberton, Mott, Smith, Stark, Steine, Wah
lace. All Democrats !| Let them bo branded
with the brand of Arnold 1
In-the House, the sjma honor was - proposed'
by Mr. Vincent of Erie. After ah animated
discussion (it requiring a two thirds’ vote to
carry) the proposition was lost, by the follow
ing vote (Republicans in Roman, Democrats in
italic;)
Yeas— Messrs. Beebe. Benedict, Bowman (Laneas 1 --
tef), Bowman (Tioga), Brown (Mercer), Brown (War--
ren,) Champneys, Cochran, Coleman, Craig, Foster,
Freeland, Gllitlllan, Graham, Grant, Gross, Harrey,
Henry, Bopkine (Philadelphia), Bopkine (Washing-'
ton), Huston, Dutchman, Jaeohy, Johnson, Ker:>-
(Philadelphia), Laporta, Loo, Lehman, Lilly, M’Clay,-
M’Clellan, M’Coy, M’Murtrie, Mayer, Magee, Moose,.
Mussulman, Neteo a, Olmsted, Pancoast, PcrtMvg,
Ritter, Schofield, Slack, Smith. (Chester). Smim
(Philadelphia'), Stronse, Sutphin, Twltchcll, Vincent,
Wakefield, Warner, While, Windle, Young and £V«-
na, Speaker —s 6,
Rep. 44—. Dem. 12.
Nats —Messrs. Alexander, Barger, Barron; Beck,
Soileau, Brown, (Northumberland,) Delone, Ellis,
Glenn, Umber, Hess, Hoover, Horton, Jackson, Jo
sephs, Kaine, Kerns (Schuylkill), Kline, Labor, My
ers, Neiman, Noyes, Patton, Quigley, “Rex, Rhoades,
Robinson, Rowland, Trimmer, Walsh, Weidber, and
Wolf—23—ALL DEMOCRATS.
Here we have 12 oat of 67. Democrats i who
tote to hear Andrew Johnson and Joseph A.
Wright, illustrious Union Democrats—‘and 42
out of 67 who vote against that testimony to
those honored men in this day of trial—and 12
absent, pr dodging the vote. ,
While this was going on the Committee of
Arrangements- had quietly secured the larger
and more commodious Court room for the re
ception, so that the opposition of the Copper
heads only served to get them on tlio record
properly, but did not prevent the intended de
monstration. i
Friday evening, atian early hour, the commo
dious and elegant Court Hoorn was crammed to
suffocation, and the speeches of the two guests
kept up until after eleven. , Gov. Curtin pre
sided, assisted by Judge Pearson, Speakers
Lawrence and Cessna, and other eminent men.
The attention was most excellent and the ap
plause'roost rapturous; "-Andrew Johnson is a
stont, hearty-looking man of about fifty years,
I should think, who spoke earnestly and.im
pressively, but somewhat in the Southern de
fective oratory, in that aipsjrt of his articula
tion was,v#ry low and and conse
quently not heard at a distance, many hearers
thereby losing the thread of bis argument.
Gov. Wright.is an erect, white-headed, strait
forward, logical speaker, forcible and patriotic.
—Lewishurg Chronicle. ' i
Chasid nr a Panther. —A panther bos been
seen several times recently in the neighborhood
of the road leading from Coohrantoh to the Mer
cer and Meadville turnpike. 0a Thursday of
last week, Mr. IVm. Lytle, of Fairfield town
ship, Crawford county, was passing along the
road on horseback, when his horse took fright
at something, and looking for the cause, Mr. L.
saw the panther making ready for a spring.—
He gave hiahorse the rein, and after-tt ra'-e of
half a mile the panther gave up
and started, off in the direction of Conneaut
Marsh. The citizens of that vicinity should
get up a general hunt and exterminate the ani
mal ,- otherwise be may do some damage in the
neighborhood. —Harrisburg Telegraph,
A Mas. Howe, in Portland, Maine, had $630
in gold deposited in a hank. A “ friend," one
John Clancy, told her the bank would proba
bly break, and advised her to take the money *
.out and bury it in her cellar. Sho did so, and
was happy until the time Arrived when sho
wanted the'*' brads,” and on digging for them
found that they bod disappeared. Mr. Johd
Clancy is under bonds of $1,200 to appear arm
answer to some questions concerning the re
appearance of the treasure. *, ;'
The Supreme Court of the United Stales has
decided that the stocks and bonds of the Gene
ral Government cannot be taxed by the States.
The case was that of the State of Now York,
against the Bank of Commerce. All the State
courts bod decided that the stocks held by the
bank should be taxed, and the bank appealed
to the United States-Supreme Court. Of course
the decision is linal and settles the principle.
Panning Land & Saw MUlforSale.
THE subscriber offers .for sale a 1 valuable
Water Power Saw Mill in Union township, Tioga
County, Pa., within half a", mile of the Roaring
Branch tnrnont of the Williamsport and Elmira Rail
Read. Also five hundred and sixty acres of land in
connection with said Mil) and upon which tho same
is bailt. Tho Mill and land together with a good two
sigrj frame house and somo other improvements wilt
sold very low for cash, or a liberal credit will bo
given if desired. Enquire of ttife subscriber at Wells
boro—or of Augustas Gastlo living on the premises. •
Wcllsboro, March 25,1863—1 t. BACHE.
Bradford Reporter and Williamsport Bulletin
willpublish four times and send*bills to Jhis office.
Tioga County Teachers’ Institute.
THE next meeting of the Tioga County
Teachers’ Institute, will he held at. Tioga, the
7tb> Btß,-9th and 10th'of April, commencing Tuesday*,
at 9 o'clock a. *f.
Bev. Tjios. K* Beeches, of Elmira, who is
iarly and favorably known to the teachers of tbia >
an experienced and efficient worker In In*
as a zealous and devoted friend to Com
mon Schools, will be with no tbd whole time, oud-ia
addition to other labors, will lecture eremrty**
"• Not a single teacher in the county, can ajford to
stay away from this Institnte.
The manuscript books, furnished mo at Examina
tions, will bo returned to all teachers who actual?
attend the Institute.
* A class will be formed daring the Institute, for sucb
Teachers as were sick or necessarily absent
county during the regular cxaminataonVlast fall,
this class will be examined at Tioga, on Saturday,
the llth of'April, the day following the Institute. 1
School Directors and'the educational public
‘rally, are cordially incited to attend.
‘ , HIBAMC. JOHKS; Co..Suptj
March 18., 1862-rt*..
■VTEW COOPER SHOP.—The undersigned
respectfully Informs the citizens of Wellshoro
and vicinity, that ho has opened a COOTER*SBQ*
opposite * i
GROWL’S WAfiOII SBOF,
and is ready to do all manner of work prompt »ad to
order, from a gallon keg to a fifty barrel t«l>. I' c ‘
pairing i ’so done on short notice. 0. F.BLUS'
, Wellt'boro, Jlay B,IS Cl. ’