■f-"-'?l>-- \y:p r * -—' -- - ■, ■ . _ -
»■»: - _...
'.wr
invincible )3{atß. and.
' oaVCountryT so tend W «fon| .that they
shaU wafkAhronghont fee, "Ofld, and baty
So»*tte3 of destruction which they
,-M justly merit i.' But I amforgefting mylelf—
- •Imost.-imssinei Iwasape^iogtoanajrii;
• ~euce of Americana, 'voice could.
...bo heard, whilslam really sfttidg it A quaint
.(hel'aqt dying embers
v .*monldeting;ite -the chinlnejy|the:candle ‘bnrn
- iqg lawinthe'eQQke^ajsw.Domradaasloiaber-
arocod, dreamingol !boro& ,fricndi,ot per
r,-Jwps, Ibe holoyonr.daye.oflmppy peace in a
.{{-great and, prosperous csmtty.rto awak?, alas 1
hand find it,but a dream; writing a simple letter .j
. of information to myoldftii Ayttotor.”
. -Harland Protsmau.’ late{ fef erly of this com
pany,‘is promoted to 2d Lieutenant. He Well
. deserve* the. position he;'bps gained... His
brother of the 7th Wiscon ini received aaimi-
Jar hob or a few days sinJeji after- serving for
; nearly two years;- and' has. returned hotne on
leaye-of a few dayato visit his friends after on
absence of .eix or seven-years;, , ,j
- Respectfully yonrs, .- Jr®, I. Mitchell.
..Extract or a Letter from a Crafted Wan.
' [Vfe gladly avail our,selves of permission to
extracts fromla private letter to a
'. friend in this vicinity,-from adrafted man, and
. a honker at that. It w ill be seen-that even a
drafted Quaker connht; hink of a dishonorable
'peace'without disgust.-' •En. ,^diTATOR.j
„■ 17; 1863.,
I aminlfavor {of using every means
.■■whioh .Qod and naturoi it»B.rtit into our power
\ for thcjsoppiession of this tie foulest-rebellion
theflrbrTd-evef saw. • Ipy f<? r wap—a war for
/the'-sdlpogation and hjterolination of every
".traitor”in {'tbs land., ~1 wojild desolate their
{"fiftls apd.ynlUes, and-plow, fields with fire
‘ ajSf ! swora„- Then may vp:ld’ok,for a jhst and
< honorable peaesV without compromise of the
• principles for which wq < ‘a fighting. - Rather
: than shake -bands with , a Itraitor over the
graves of my nj ordered, fields and ocquain
tanoes. whose bones are %lekphing along the
Potomac and Rsppahanriofik, and while one of
my own first ootasins. Col/iJt sepb W. Hawley,
■ fell dangerously! wounded jvh lie gallantly had
ing bis regiment at Antiefent, I would stay in
the army until-I wasgrap, .. . . ,
■* .Our tbKltSft. id encamped a mile
south of the town of Newterh, between -the
Neuse and Trent-rivers ! on the railroad run
ning from Morehend City.,.to jGToldsboro ; within
four hundred yards in el camped the J7lat, in
which- there is one; compi ny frojnTipga county.
For the last two weeks wt: bavg had pretty hard
times; we have .just coi le off of a five day’s
scout, in, which we sc( nred, the counties of
Jones, Harrison and Oni low.;; We were lucky
.enough to get off-with nt.il-.fight this time,
though we took several prisfanerq, some cattle
.and-a considerable amoi it of. forage.. Scarce
ly had we -.returned* and rested when we" were
again lon the move; it eiirly seventh day
.niornifcg the Rebels apjLiared in force on the
Opposite{side of the river,-apd began shelling
tho camp offee92d {New York. Our gonboats
tan up and immediately began shelling the
■woods, and kept up a hohtinual v cannonading
all the morning. Toward.' sSon it creased by
the-.withdrawal -Of the- Robs.- We virere called
put several times. On first' day morning the
news came that they bad tofn op the railroad/
twenty miles Companies A, B, C
qnd K, of onr regiment,.{were immediately de
tailed, with one piece’ of the of the 23d New
.York artillery, under command of our Colonel,
lb go and repair it. Befere. [starting, the Colo
nel came to u»and said ,]ie ytpected we would
have some fighting to di) and wanted us all to
Ti.eop cool.. We went fl ad. {returned safely in
tjia.evening, without gel ting.a sight of Johnny
Reb, with tbe eioeption pf 4' guerilla we cap
tured on the way.' I nxobably, their
demonstration ..on this' plpoe lor this time is
{through, for it is useleslUTor them to attack it,
jea it is just walking ii to {the jaws of death.
It,is .fortified so as to : almost impregnable.
We have” built one fort and-dug nearly a mile
df rifla pits since we hf ro b|enhere. * ’*
- v ■’ I —i-KrTS i
-I~ t - [For the Agitator. ;
COUNTY SUP®; iI»TBNDJPNT.
March 29, 1863.
r ’ - Ms. Agitatob i Asrie term "of office of the
.present Superintendent* if GCromon Schools is
drawing near a | ie Directors are called
upon to iparform a mpaf.{important duty. One
for- the, conscientious of which
they will be held responsible by tbe teachers
and parents of the idling, generation of our
county, namely: the of a competent
person to- fill the office sp .'ably filled by the
present incumbent. The present condition of
Common! Schools; and - thelstandard to which
the qualifications pf teachers have "been raised,
are, we imagine, chief J 1 owing to that perseve
ling industry and aeafeastapplioation to duty
which so far have charaoterlred onr County
Superintendents, -These afe the agents which
have imparted .that impgtuq to tbe school sys
tem which - places the, jpotfmon Schools of to
day so far in advancelof what' they were tea
years ago. The elevation* of the teacher’s
standard of qualifications necessitates the same
in regard* to those of,a superintendent.' What
is necessary to make it competent officer now
> was not strictly necjistary ten years ago.—
Hence, if the moetienergejtio, beet' practical
teachers have been aefehtedifor that office here
tofore, ,tha merits to* deiDand that
qothiiqpbat tbe besj tolent be selected now.
Td the common sohoi Is of our country we owe'
much of what wo ai) jta'tji nation. To them
the masses look as tl i i piy meana within their
reach of obtaining -j es;j education essential to
make-them good am , .useful members of socie
ty.- As the working dadaesiconatituta the bone,
and sinew of onr. 7. if ilkry,? whatever tends to
' elevate them to tha de elfor which they were
created, shonld on with * will.-r
This, I contend, is the -mission of the Common
Bohools. In ibtder tp -sshore that oiocess for
which we al! b6pe, the! election of. an efficient
man as the head of the'educational interest of
’opr county is of the highest,importance. One
- whose whole .soul will )be in his work. Snob
an officer, T think,'mayf be found in the person
of Jnm -I. Mitchell.' At .the earnest lolioitaV.
tion of tbe friends of ieducation,, in the county,
he has allowed his name to come before the
people as a candidate for that office be is so
eminently Calculated .fill. AJI-wbo are ac
quainted with tbs educational'affain of-onr
county, know- him to bc a joufig.man wfio has
the cause at heath: 4 1 * a bfipporter and work
ing member,of our Co >nty; institute, he has
- very few ’eqoalß--.hia -presence being almost
- deemed necessary to.t m. fnll sncceas of the
session, jlis abili|t3s Os a praofioal teacher
am unquestionable. ...I Se teaders ofthe Apito
h iar can, judge of hie lil wafy attainments from
tiiosS exeellent letters wlth which they have
bistoifevorsd ftsm rtu> ]sn,{|inc* he laidaaids
the peacefulgarbofacitizon »^dartomed|be
sternet'dntiOei of a defender of onr
rebels. ■ Thathe is a good
eoldietOnd kind officer, has been proven since
he enjlaied. ijjut the wpn foryHiioh be enlisted
expires in AprilTwe hopeTfobn to see him re
_wnrft hifl flphcrfl of.
We know of no greater recognition of his sflr
vices, and^-citizen, than in
placing bim at the bead of oor educational
affairs. This would "not only show a due ap
preciation of merit. but also ft* departure- from
that rule which so long iias, make .officers and.
ojfiee-teckers synonymous terms. ..
.U'f A Fbiesd is Education.
THE AGITATOR.
Mi H. COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
wbxxsdorodgh, pewita«
.WEDNESDAY, ::: : : : »APRIL 8, 1863.
STATE COW;V ENTION.
The UOlon State Committee bare isned tbs following call
. „ - .
The'loyal eltfcens of witbpat distinction of
party, wbo desire cordially to -unite In sustaining the Ka*
tional and State Administrations in their patriot Ip. efforts to,
suppress a sectional and noholy rebellion against the unity
of the Repnbllc, and who desire to support by erery power
of the Government our -heroJcbtetbrtn' In anas, who are
bntvlng-disease and the peril of the field, to pfeserre the
Union of our fatherSrara requested to select the number of
delegate* equal to the Legislative reprS*eDt«tk>Mof tbe State,
at such times and in soch manner as will best.respond to
the splritortbU call, to' meet i» ; State Convention, at Pitts
burg, on Wednesday, the Ist day of July next, at 11-o'clock,
A. Jf., on the saldday to nominate candidates for the offices
of Governor and Judge of the Supreme Court; and to take
such measures as nmy be deemed necessary to strengthen
the Qorernfiient In this* season of common peril to a com*
mon country. C. P» MABKLB,
1 Chairman of the Union SUxU CbmmiUte.
Geo. W. TUmmisLZT, \ i o_ /rtrf>jr
Wu. J, Howard, J Secrttartet ‘
The folloerlo, resolution vei adopted by the Committee;
iTtioJt-i/, “That ft he ncommendod to the to,el cltinns of
benneylTAnlit. without distinction of pert,, to, organise in
each election-district of the- State a 'Union- league, for the
purpose of sustaining the OoTcrnmcnt in mppreeting this
causeless end wicked, rebellion, which bow socks to divide
end destroy the Bopnblic. -
DBBTimr.
'ln some respects men arc but children from
the cradle to the grave. The infant, in its wa
king hours, is ever heating the air witfa it* lit
tle bands, or stretching them upward aimlessly,
typing the outreaching ambition of the human
sonl to grasp something higher, firmer, end bet
ter than its unassisted self.,
We call the child blind and unreasoning.
A higher race of beings than men would ren
der a like verdict touching men, after a calm
examination of bis best-advised actions.- Two
thirds of man’s' longest term of existence is ex
pended in wrestling with seeming evil and mis
fortune, and tbe residue is pretty equally ap
portioned between infantile and -senile repose;
It may be that much of tbe strife of life is
an objective resistance to an inevitable destiny.
To the wisest, human destiny is yet a problem:
for tbe mind is touched by conviction only thro'
experience, or tbe duta*on which all just rea
soning is based. The sum of positive knowl
edge, great as it may seem to be in the light of
progressive ages, is small. So wo are but chil
dren, beating the air with oor hands, and stri
ving after we know not exactly what.
Bat this all know, or may know, at some
- period in life: all wrestlings witu aoubt sue
difficulty, oil struggling with untoward fortune,
alj bnSetings, all losses and crosses—whereby
we seem to lose everything without compensa
tion—all these unhappinesses ore fraught with
incalculable good to men. They are the proc
esses through which tbe individual reaches bis
utmost mental and psychical stature. Without
them be would recede into the monotony 'of an
imal life, his distinguishing faculties perish
with rust and disuse, and the great boon of im
mortality pass forever beyond bis acceptance.
''Therefore let ns be taught: Tbe life-expe
rience of a man is the life-experience of a no
tion ; and this is no new doctrine. 1 Haw can
it be otherwise? Nations are but man in the
concrete—individuals massed—each consciously
working for his own advancement, bat uncon
sciously laboring for the good or ill of all.
Tbe massing of individuals strengthens and
modifies, but docs not change the nature and
attributes of man. So, tbe experience of a na
tion becomes tbeinterblended experience of the
masses composing it. Its ambitions, its hates,
its loves, its jealousies, its wrestlings, its tri
umphs and its failures, are tbe faithful copies
of like qualities, sets and 'passions which are
common in individual experience. - Separate
them, draw the line of radical distinction, and
teacb men;soi,tind society wodld tumble into ir
retrievable ruin. Such a teaching strikes at
man’s individuality, which is bis being.
Thus a man becomer a responsible part of
the nation and must learn to regard its trials
and tribulations ns he regards his own. if he
be a hero, he will breast tbe storm and consider
ultimate triumph sure. If he be a faotbonse
plant—one whose victories have come ready
made to bis band, from bis fathers—he will let
bis soul take color of tbe April skies of fortune,
and have reputation among men-as a grumbler.
Some men are like thermometers in times of
trouble. At every sharp blast of misfortune
their soels go down by the ran, and their con
versation is suggestive of icicles and nnfallen
snow. It is -to be. feared that such men believe'
in nothing that cartnot be seen with the eye
and grasped with the hand.
Others seem to forget this snggessive fact:—
Though a man may not attain to bis best idea
of wisdom and happiniess in a lifetime, he xhay
go forward to that ideal in tbe life to come;
and though this nation may not, and doubtless
will not attain to its greatest excellence in the
lifetime of any actor in, or spectator of tbit
bitter strife for national life, tQme&dy’t chil
dren will assuredly behold the exceeding great
glory that shall accrue to tbie now wrestling
nation. Is any -man so selfish as to begrudge
the children of his.cbfldren’the fruits of a vic
tory purchased with-the Hood and treasure of
this generation? tfho so impoverished in
manhood as lo mni'mur and repine because his
generation is .put forward to take, tbe brunt of
this war for a true freedom? ..
- Destiny cannot be avoided..: Jt is an Organic
la’w of life, enacted.by the Almighty, and left
fob hiaaan energy to folfil. It U the' province
TIOGA
• ... tit y •
<jf demagogue* to sei|e upon present digresses
and maltiiheta a subject of-dissension, for the
insensatcpexposes of selfishambition. -. Now,
os In •Uptime, (be weak wittliaten; andsome
willmakerecbrdi that wUfoanee their children
-to-walk backward when they cssey-to-eoverup*
the shame of . their progenitors; Nojnan can.
escape hit record.'- He may be
to cam aplaoe in written history ; bat his fel
low men will weigh his words, and judge his
actions; and his record trill, become traditions!
among his] neighbors, and-pursue him tothe
grave; and iipon his children his reputation
will-descend as a mantle, of honor and* glory
if the sire was true and strong in this trial, :of
-disgrace and shame if be was weak and unde
cided, or openly a traitor, Hiatory.grants nei
ther amnesty nor forgiveness -to any roan who
fails in loyalty or wisdom -in troublous times.
And be who halts in the track of national des
tiny, or seeks to bbstroct the operation . of the
law of human progress, will be ground to dust
between the upper and netber millstones of the
mills of Sod, - .
We take great pleasure in giringio tbe pub
lic,-portions of a private letter written us by
an officer of the 1491 b Pennsylvania Volun
teers. Tbe writer is a man of liberal education,
a thinker of . the first Order, with noble, smbi
tions. There is no purer man in the Service.
He entered it neither for pay nor glory, bat in
tbe spirit'of a purs patriot, or as be expressed
it in the early days of -our acquaintance—“be
cause tbe country baa a right tothe service of
every young man." He writes:
“ Now,'when our ship o£ State was in dan
ger, we came out to work her through it, leav
ing sore ballast of wise and experienced beads
at home to keep her trim, while Clod steered her
toward the haven of-Peace. We look to you
at. home to hold tbe ship steady against side
currents.- In brief, we expect yon to frown
down jf may be, Or put down,'if need be, tbe
cowardly traitors .in tbe north, while (re fight
down tbe nobler rebels in our front. It is your
tolerance of men who would discourage the ar
my, who would divide tbesentiment and coun
cils of the north, who oppose the Administra
tion, vl would make our sacrifices vain sacri
fices, for the endr of (heir base ambitions: it
is your tolerance of such men in your midst
that censes ns more regret and pain than phys
ieal'suffering and 'peril. Pat those inetdious
‘ peace men' and copperheads down, or send
them beyond barline's (hat (hey may meet ns
in fair fight ■ [Don’t look for them where there
is a prospect of a fair* fight.] if that be im
possible, hold them in check till we fhall have
extinguished tbe fires of tbe rebellion with our
blood, and then let succeeding armies war at
their doors until 'northern, as welt aa southern
treason shall be extinguished. It is tbe only
road to a permanent peace and a secure footing
for our form of government. Let treason bb
put down, say I, though the lights 'of house
holds be extinguished, and we know that terri
ble silence in one land that followed the wax of
the Carnatic!”
It would seeni that the natural order of law
in these .matters,3* »»«»»ed- Ordinarily the
soldier is expected to receive counsel and cheer
from the friends at home ;• but the friends at
home are to receive counsel from the noble fel
lows in the field. We can assure our friends
in the. front that the loyal north will, through
their rapidly perfecting organisation, extract
the fangs of Oopperheadism and render the rep
tile comparatively harmless. Labor will accom
plish it.
ALL HAIL, BEODE ISLAND HI
Since oar last issoe we hare bad glorious
news from tbe gallant little Slate of Bbode Is
land, which, on Wednesday of last week, elect
ed tbe entire Republican Union State ticket,
by a majority of, 2800, two Republican mem
bers of Congress, aoj!« Republican legislature.
This is tbe more gratifying, as tbe copperheads
sailed under false colors—cutting it on tbe con
servative order.
It is a little curious to note that, while every
loyal New York paper had the news from
Rhode Island on Thursday, the World had not
heard anything about it so late ns yesterday.
Verily, it is a funny World.
And how popular it- is getting to be among
the mildly loyal I And out - and out copper
heads abandon tbe jßeraW, their first love, end
receive this joint-stock-theological drab, which
has played the barigt with all the pot-house pol
iticians and sneak-thieves in New York, with
manifest delight. They are right. If that
concern cannot do tbfi dirty work of tbe party
it represents, none can.
Tbe copperhead lower House at Harrisburg
has covered itself with glory as with a garment.
True to its cowardly instincts, it directs its en
ergies at the under dog in. the figl^t—tbe negro.
Modern democracy has never forgiven the col
ored man for supplanting it in the lender aff
ections of its dear' old southern taskmasters.
..For it well-ascertained that the only
serious question considered by the rebel chiefs
on the eve.of secession was—“ Northern Dem
ocracy, or the negro t" —and they chose sepa
ration from the Democracy, rather. So tbe
jilted copperheads omit no opportunity to per
secute their successful rivals. In testimony
whereof reed the following section of tbe new
measure which recently passed the House:
“From and after the passage of this act it
shall not be lawful for any negro or mulatto to
come into this State, from any other State or
Territory, with the intention of making it their
permanent or temporary place of residence;
and any negro sa offending shall be liable to be
punished by indictment, find on conviction, be
fined in any sum not exceeding one. hundred
dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail
for s period not exceeding one year, or both or
either, at the discretion of the court."
All very nice j r bht what if a colored citizen
of New York shOuld come into'Pennsylvania
to domicile; what is to be done'with him un
der that clause of the Constitution Vhieh. de
crees that “The citizens of each State shall be
entitled to all privileges and immnnitieß of the
citizens of the several States "? '
COUNTY AGITATOR,
A WARNING.
y-.GBiraaiilf HEWS,
~,*Xbe wlrnews onr laat iaaue la not very 1
SjpportanS? |ron» the SontWpatl
I templating a- raid into Missouri, and Van Dora
li trying "to flank Rosecrans. No farther from
Vicfabßtg,»srt
position to bombard the city.
iTho preliminary measures for an attack on
Charleston had been taken, the land forces of
Qen. Hanter'htwlfig driven thoreherpickef*
back ppon the main body. i ■
Pensacola wasburned by 90r.trQ9ps.hn, the.
22d ultimo.
A rebel capip was destroyed by onr troops, at
Woodbury, Tenn., on the leHnslant. : ■
i A sharp skirmish between a of
onr troops and guerillas, took place at Dtanes
ville a few days ago, the latter being worsted.
\ A rebel raid into Westerp Virginia was re
cently repulsed by-Capt, Carter and a detach
ment of-63 men./ Seventy-two of the rebels
were killed or captured.
I Got. Tod, of Ohio has been arrested for kid
napping one Edson B. Olds, a copperhead, last
summer. ■ The fugitive slave law ought to have
beepresorted tu in Olds’aease. > v-'-.
The Polish revplition has retseived a chock
in thedefß.atbfGen. Langiewici.
Tbe New York papers of Monday contained
the reportof the Committee on the Conduct of
the War. It is an interesting document and
will be extensively read.
' A year ago last fall, the State Teachers’ As
sociation appropriated $3OO from its treasury
: for the purchase of a cannon to he presented to
the Government. This snm was placed In the
bands of State Superintendent Burrowes, and
being found insufficient for the purpose, con
tributions were made by the County Institutes
until the sum was presumed to be sufficient for
the purpose. Up to this time, however,. Mr.
Bojrrowes bos foiled to account for the money,
or .to purchase tbe 'cannon.
A Writer in the Harrisburg Telegraph sug
gests that Mr. Burrowes may still hope that
bysome “ strategy” this may be made a blood
less war, as be expressed himself in that mee
ting of tbs Association. The notion.is pleas
ant,- and worthy of a philosopher of the Uto
pian Age'; bat .to pray for a “dry rain,” or a
tropical winter,’ r would be quite as reasona
ble, There is no record of a “ bloodless war,”
most respected grandfather Burrowes.
The individual who introduced Know-Noth
ingism Into Wellsboro and vicinity, was a dem
ocrat Of the purest modern style, as were most
of-his helpers and associates.. Be is this day
a copperhead of the Fernando Wood stripe.
And the shabby-genteel organisation was in
troduced-into several other' villages in this
county by democrats, upheld and puffed by
democrats, and .only abandoned by its demo
cratic founders when they- lost control of tbs
• . . . . : . ‘ .... i
We mention tbeje facts, to refresh the memo
ries of each as,.presnming upon tha destruotion
of the record*, misstate the foots. \
No studied misrepresentation of the objects
of the Loyal Leagues can alter a single fact in
connection therewith- We cannot afford any
so i great expenditure of time , and space "as
is required “in the correction of every palpable
.breach of tbe laws of truth-by bad men. Our
duly.is plain—a straitforward, fair and square
-and open figbt against traitors everywhere.
And so far as we are concerned, tbe fight will
be as unrelenting as 'a hearty hatred of hypo
crites can make it.- . .
We shall publish the great speech of'Gen
oral Butler at Cooper Institute, New York, in
next week’s paper. It is a grand talk.
-There are 500. Loyal Union Leagues in Illi
nois, and the organisation is spreading with
surprising rapidity. -
The First Treason Case in Kentucky.—
Thomas C. Sehrfoklett, of Meade county, Ky.,
has been foond guilty of treason by tbe United
States Circuit Court, sitting at'Loaisville. This
Schacklett has been goilty of murder and trea
son. He was convicted of thedast-named crime.
Tbe Louisville Journal says:
"This is the first indictment, and the first
conviction since tbe -rebellion broke out, and
we trust that no mistaken clemency will pre
vent him from being the fiist to .expiate his
awful crime on tbe gallows.”
Medicines that Cube. —One of the special
peculiarities of Dr. Ayer’s preparation is, that
they accomplish what is promised for them.—.
Who-in this community, does not know that of
all the congh remedies the Cherry Pectoral is
by far the best f Who that ever uses pills hot
will tell yon that Ayer’s Fills are at once the
mildest and most searching, most effectual of
allj?. Did anybody ever bear of his Ague Caro
failing in- a single ease f Not an instance has
been' found where Fever and Ague has resisted
the faithful trial of it. This may seem a bold
assertion,, but we are assured it is true. And
still more important are the effects of his altera
tive called Extract of Sarsaparilla. One after
another, patients come forth from their ieprqpy,
cleaned and purified into health, by this witch
ery of medico-chemical skill. Saturated with
the accumulated' rottenness of years, and poi
soned by. the corruption of. their own blood,
they could only live to suffer. This master
combination, purging ont tbe fonl imparities,
has instilled tbe vigor, of health, and restored
them to the enjoyment of life again. If these
ere truths, and they are, should not our readers
know it ? What facte can we publish of. more
vital importance to them ?— ‘Courier, Princeton,
Kentucky.
Jr is currently-reported, by reliable men,
says the Philadelphia Press, that there is a
secret' organization of Peace Democrats in
jßerks county, of this State, for the purpose of
opposing,the Government in its efforts tocrush
the rebellion, and especially any future, draft
that may be ordered by tbs'proper authorities.
Abtskas Ward says that Africa, is-celebra
ted for the fragrance of a rose it produces—
pegmes,. .. •
nex babbisbvbcf
; Ba&bissobo, March SO, 1863.
. *Sh. AomTCft—Deo^/Str : Below-1 give a
synopsis of the resolutions introduced into the,
-Hofisl'by the oti'Anfmohs voice of'the' go-called
demneraaT. Wi t&,their.wan
for freedom of speech, and with a majority in
IbejHotJse/theyrout off a|l; debate and amend
ments by demanding the previous question.
Seotion l. cemplains of the' “ unconstitu
tional actsof Congress, and the startling usur
pations of power J>yJhe Executive.” ,
' Section. ?, declares that Pennsylvania has al
ways been true to the Constitution, and that
the democracy will keep her so, spite,of do
mestic anT foreign foes.
Section 8,-’makes a metaphysical distinction
between the Administration and the Govern
ment, and virtually proclaims that hostility to
the agent acting for d principal, is not hostility
to the principal in this emergency. In other
words they hold that to embarass the operations
of the Government is no embaraasment of the
Government.
Seotidn 4, protests against tbe Emancipation
proclamation.
Section 5, denounces tbe suspension of the
writ of Habeas Corpus [which has not been
suspended. Ed.] and 1 tba establishment of
martial law, as tending to overthrow the free
institutions of the country. [Qen. Jackson did
both these wickednesses, and the
didn’t see any orlme'ln tbe aota then. , Ed.]
Section 6 protests against compensated eman
cipation 1 . - y '
Section 7, declares that the Democracy will
hail with delight any manifestation of a desire
to return'to their allegiaocaon.the part of their
“erringfbretbren” at tbe Sooth, and in euob an
event, wilt hasten to give them ample security
for all their domestic institutions.
Section 8 is hot a transparent and sham pro
fession of defotion to tbe ” Constitution and
tbe Union.” - -
Section 9,' “hails with pleasure and hope the.
manifestations of conservative sentiment’' as
exhibited in the triumphant “elections” of
copperheads in some of the northern States.
Section 10, “ proposes to call a convention
for the purpose of amending the Federal Con- ,
stitntion," that “ that instrument may remain
in the spirit and meaning intended by its foun
ders,” which “ meaning and, spirit” the De
mocracy interpret’ to the perpetuation and
spread of slavery.
Section 11, is “condemnationand denuncia
tion of the fauitaof the Administration and the
encroachments of the abolitionists” and a feeble
rebake of the “ heresy of seceslion.”
Section 12 is an appeal to “,ail constitutional
means that the laws of the State may be main
tained and enforced.” ,
Or in other words, the Democracy do not like
tbe idea' of their “freedom of speech]being
abridged” by arrests,fpr preaching treason.
Tbe spirit and intention of. these resolutions
are most obvious. Copperheadism Shows its
features in unmistakable terms. That they
were intended to divide tbe North, neutralize
the efforts of tbe Administration to crush out
this rebellion, and give encouragement and sup
port to Jeff; Davis 4 Co., no thinking, unbiased
man can doubt.
’ This is the platform upon which the copper
head party of this State, intend to elect the
next Governor. But, if a majority of the peo
ple of Pennsylvania endorse, these principles
ip the next gubernatorial election, it would be
bum! *'*'-* 1 c
sion to the Southern Confederacy.
Query. What has become of the Union par
ty iii Tioga county T I see their Chairman, Mr.
M. F. Elliott (a Union man of course) has is
sued a call for a “ democratic?' meeting of the
Committee.- ' Sulmtaj!.
.The Vote in Western Virginia. —The vote
in Western Virginia, on the acceptance of the
new state constitution, appears to have been
very nearly unanimous. Preston county gave
1,709 votes for and 53 against the new state;
Tyler county 749 votej for and 5 against—the,
largest vote ever polled in tbe county; Monon
galia gave 1,300 majority ; Fairview, in Han
cock county, 125 for and 3 against; New Cum
berland, in the same county, 132 for and none
against. ' The soldiers’ vote, so for as, heard
from, stands 6,234 for the Willey.amendment
excluding slavery, and only 110 against.
The charges so freely made in certain jour
nals, that the opponents of the new state were
nbt allowed to vote, having been menaced with
violence in case of their attempting to do so, is
utterly disproved by the facts in the case.—
-Every citizen woe allowed, without let or hind
rance of word or deed, to vote precisely as b$
pleased. Governor Pierpont, some days before
the election, and in order to meet and utterly
annul tbe cavils of tbe disloyal, issued a proc
lamation guarantying to every man, irrespect
ive of his. sentiments, the fullest privilege of
voting as he pleased. And no voter in tbe state,
Says tbe Wheeling Intelligencer, can rise np
and say that be did not enjoy this privilege.
Evert Word True. —Senator Wright of-In
diana, in a recent speech at thus
defined Democracy the present day as follows:
“Much has been said about tbe Democracy.
When he was told that a man was a Democrat, :
he wanted to know what kind of a Democrat
he was. His Democracy told him to stand by j
the Government. There were twd kinds of j
Democrats. Jefferson was a Democrat andj
Vice President Aaron -Burr was a Democrat in
side tbe same organization. Jackson was a
democrat and Calhoun was ■ a member of the
same organization. Breckinridge was also a
Democrat. The question now is, do yon follow
Jefferson, Jackson and Douglas, or Burr, Cal
houn and Breckinridge. No man is a true
Democrat who talks peace, while there is a rebel
with a gun in bis hands.”
An Anonymous' Lktter.4-N. York, March
16, ’63.— John Van Suren —Miserable nnprin
cipal demagogue A imbioele sot.
Yon said in your speaoh in Broklyn, that if
Oenl. Jackson bad hang Calhoun, we would
not no be in a Cival War. To tbe contrary, if
you your father, Diz A others had been hung
in 1648—we would nevr had a sectional party,
and would not now be engaged in an Abolition
would now be a.happy people ds’at
peace. What office have the abolitions! prom
ised yon, or how much money bare yon reo’d.
Democrat.
Tax screw transport Seine anchored on/ the •
25th'of January in tbe,joads of the island of
Maderia, on its passage' from Alexandria to
Vera Cruz, having on board the battallion of
negroes supplied by the late Pasha of Egypt.
The Seine soiled again from Maderia Jon. the
27th of January, her commander having the
intention of touching at Martinique, j It is
said that there was. no sickness on board the
Ssins, and that the best understanding pre
vailed between the French crew and the Egyp
tian troops. ‘|
The Tioga County Agitator ;
, . BYM, H. COBB.
Published every Wednesday mornieg end mailed u
sucieribertat ONE DOLLAR ANDPIPTY CBBTs
per year, always IN ADVANCE. 8
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theugh they may-reeeivetheir mail at poit-offieei lj
cated.in eounties immediately adjoining, for conren.
lence.
Tin; Aoitator is the Official paper of Tioga Co -
and circulates in every neighborhood’therein. g n £
■eriptiofie being on the advance-pay system, it circu
lates among a class most to the interest of advertisers
to reach. Terms to advertisers os liberal as these of.
feted by any paper of equal circulation in Northern
Penaeylvatiiit.
SSB" A croes oti th 6 tbargln of a paper, deneter
that the subscription is about to expire;
jZSr - Papers will be stoppbd fttibU the subscript!®-
time expiree, unless the. agent orders their eentiau-’'
anee. .
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ON and after JULY Ist, 1863, the privilege
of converting the present issue of LEOAT,-
TENDER NOTES INTO THE NATIONAL SIX
PER CENT. LOAN (commonly called “Five-Iwea.-
ties") will cease. >
All who wish to invest In the Five-Twenty Loan*
must, therefore; apply before the let ef JULY next.
JAY COOKE, Subscripiios- Assn,
No. 114 S, Third Sr., Philadelphia.
. April 8,1663-3 m.
-Editor of The Agitator:
. Deab Bib : With your permission I wish, to iay'
to the readers of yonr paper that I will tend by return
'mail to all who wish it, (free) a Recipe, with full di.
reetione for making end using a elmple Vegetable
Balm, that wiHeffieotually repovepin ao daye, Pint,
pies, Blotches, Tan, Freckles, and all' Imparities of
the Skin, leaving the same soft, ole*r,-imooth and
beautiful. ;
I will also map free to those basing Bald Heads
or Base Paces, simple directions and information that
will enable them to start a fall growth of Luxurinl
Hair, Whiskers, or a Moustache, in less than 30 dayi.
AU applications answered by retom mail withnt
charge. Respectfully yours, '
THOfi. P. CHAPMAN, Chemirt,
Feb.25,1863-3m. No. 831 Broadway, New York,
CHILDREN OWE MUCH OF THEIR
SICKNESS TO COEDS,—No matter where the
disease may appear to be seated. Its origin may be
traced to suppressed perspiration, or a Cold; Cramps
and Lang Complaint} are direct products of Colds.
In short Colds are the harbingers of half the disease
(hat afflict humanity, for as they are caused by cheek
ed perspiration, and asjfiTa-eightbs of the waste mat
ter of the body escapes through the pores, if these
pores are closed, that proportion of diseases necessa
rily follows. Keep dear, therefore, of Colds and
Coughs, the' great precursors of disease, or if eon.
traded, break them up immediately, by a timely mi
of Madame' Porter”» Curative BaUam. Sold by all
Druggists', at 13 cents and 25 cents per bottle.
March 11, 1863-ly.
The confessions and experience
OF A NERVOUS INVALlD.—Published for
the benefit and at a caution to young men,and others,
who suffer from Nervous Debility,-£atly Decay, and
( their kindred ailments—supplying the means of sell,
i cure; By one who has curpd himself after being a
1 victim of misplaced confidence in medical humbug
land quackery. By enclosing a post-paid directed
envelope, single copies may be bad of the author Ns-
ItbanieKUsyfair, Esq., Bedford, Kings Connty, New
lYork.
j Jan. 28, 1863.-Iy.
[ To Teacher*.
fTHE School Directors of Charleston ;School
1 District will meet at the DarttSettlemont School
House, on Saturday, April 18th, ISft3, to hire Teach
ers at 12 o’clock. - ,
j Contract for supplying woqd will bo lot at 9 o’clock
A. M., same day. I. S. BARENESS.
' Charleston, April 8, 1863-tw. f
SPECIAL COURT.
"VTOTICE Is hereby given that a Special Court
will be held by the Hon. Ulysses Mercor, at the
Court House in Wellsboro, commencing on the 2d
Monday of June next, to continue one week, for the
trial of the following causes, viz: ' .
Piiny’Burr " i e.-a mar's of'fiTSr Jeronld,
H. H. Dent vs. Stephen Babcock,
J. N, Bach a vs. A. C, Ely,
Bingham Trustees vs. Anson Buck et al,
A. S. Tumor . vs. John Drew et al,
James I, Jackson vs. J. N. Bache Ex’r,
A. M. Lattin et al. vs. A. H. Poster,
M. M. Converse vs. Henry Colton,
George Corliea vs. Edwin Dyer,
J»W. Maynard va. H. Davis et al Ex’rs,
J. F. Donaldson vs. A. P. Cone,
Bingham Trustees vs. David A. Clark,
“ ’ vs. Martha J. S. Clark et al,
vs. George B. Colegrove et al,
“ VS.' Joseph Etifferd et al,
" vs. Edwin Inseho et al,
J. N. Bache r*. Job Wilcox et al.
,! April 8, ,1863. J. F. DONALDSON, Proth’y.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post
I Office at Welisboro, Mareh 31, 1863 s
Benson, Miss Elisa Harrison, W. H.
Beaoh, C. W. Jones, Helen . r
Brown, C. M. Lockport, R. C. -t-
Beach, Clark Meßrighton, Thomas '
Bulloch; Ira C. Biebessam, Joseph
Barker A Brothers, Spanogle, Peter D,
Blaekwell, Mrs. Martha Simmons, Mrs. Ann
Borden, Miss Henritte Sheppard, Horn
Campbell, Geo. W. Sherman, Hnleigh 2
.Campbell, Thomas A. Swan, Julia A.
[Dare, C. V, Smith, Zepfay A,
Furman, Merrick Thomas, Francis
Gleason, H. B. 1 Tandine, Isae
j Glenn, J. B. Wood, Wm. H.
I Harris, E. T. . Warner, Jno. A.
Harrison, Jno.
Persons calling for any, of the above letters, will
please say they are advertised,
HUGH YOUNG, P. M.
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post
Office at Tioga, April 1, 1863 :
Birsb, Mrs. Elvira Moore, Mra Eralins
Ballard, Cyrus Mosher, Mr. Cnmfort
Bish, JobnM. McCumber, Bavid
Brown, George Potter, Mary Susan
Beckwith, Levi Phlip, Mr.
Caffald, Miss Fannie Spoor, Miss Alice
Cleaver, Isaac Rowley, Miss Sarah
Caiman, Abgee 2 Raeae, Miss Mary
Cbariog, Miss Anna Rerriek, Miss Martha A,
Greff, H. B. Williams; Ezra 2
Howland, D; B. White, Hamilton
Linstloy, Mr. P. Waters, Augustus
Meizner, Mr. Peter Wilcox, Oeooge .
Persons calling for any ototho above letters, will
please say they are advertised!
I LEWIS DAGGETT, P. M.
A non COK3S 0F UEULQCK BARK wanted
fBvyWW at the Tioga Tannery, fop which the
highest Cash Price will be,paid by
Tioga, March 18, 1863-3 m. H. F,A X. WELLS.
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