The Tioga, Obttnty Agitator:
* |yle COBB.
Pablilh/LevejyWednesdsy morning and mailed to
auescribersa't OffE. DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS
. per year: alwiyijlN ADVANCE. .
: TSe free tocountjr subscribers,
though they may receive their,mail atpost-offices lo
cated^counties. iijnjadiateiy adjoining, for conven
!•■«« sci.’-*nt?.',
- Tbs Aairaton icthe Official paper of Tioga Co.,
and circulates ip every .neighborhood therein. Sub-
BcrlplioEß being bn the advancetpay system, it circu
late! among a olaas tnosgto Ibo interest'of advertisers
to reach.' Terms to advertisers OS liberal as thosoof
"ferod by any papet Of eqnal circulation in Northern
Pennsylvania,
gat- A cross' on the marginvof a paper, denotes
that the subscription ip about to expire
- jKP PaWe will bestoppeci when the subscription
- time expires, unless the agent orders their continu
mnee. ' >-■" - ' ' - '
»AS. DOiVREY & S. r. WILSON,
‘ \ TTOENEYS'A CO.UNSELLOES AT LAW, will
attend tjie Court of Tioga, Pottor and McKean
Canties. £Wellsboru , Feb. 1,1853.]
BICKlisOl HOUSE
O'OKN.INQ, IT. T.
Mu. A. Field, . . )5 ... . -... . Proprietor
Guests taken to andftom the Depot free of charge.
J. EMERY,
a ttorney 1 counsellor at law
Wejlsboro, 'Tiojfa Co., Pa. Will devote his
kiioe exclusively to the. practice of law. Collections
made in' any' of the Northern -counties of Pennsyl
vania. • v nov2l,gQ
PEHKSTHTAXU bouse.
•Corner of Main Strcet'anai tie Avenue, Welleboro, Pa,
J. W. BIG9NT, PKOPEIETOE.
This popular HtteVhavingbeeh rp-Slled and re-
Turuished throughout;. Is now open to the public as a
flrst-olaM hoose.
IZAAK WALTOJT BOCSE,
'B. e. vejbmilye'a, proprietor.
■ ■ Gaines, Tioga County,' Pa.
inplHlSiraneW hotel%loc*ted within easy access o
’ll the’best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern
iPa, Nt pains will berspared for the' accommodation
.pleasure seekers an-d tho traveling ppblic. -
- April It.
* ... G. C. C. CASPELI,
BABBES AKt) BAIB-BBESSEE.
SHOP la tho reapn£ the Post O&co. Everything ih
his line will be ddae.as well and promptly as it
•can be done in the city Saloons. Preparations far re
moving dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale
-cheap. Hair andJrhigkera dyed any color. Call and
■see.' Wellsboro, i£pt. 22, 1859./ .
HALT'S HOTEL.
THOMAS GRAVES, ; - Proprietor.
[Formerly of, the Hotel.)
TpHie Hotel, kept for tt,long, time by David 'Hart,
| is l>eiDg Repaired a,nd (fdrnUhod anew. The
•subscriber baa leased it for a term Of years, where he
may be fSund reacly'tq wait upon hia old customers
ind the traveling puhliq.gbnerplly. ‘ His table will
be provided with the theimarket affords. Atfhis
bar may be found tho;ihoicest brands of liquors and
•cigars. ! l ,
lYellsboro, Jan.
HItES,
ATTORNEY & COmSELLOR AT LAW,
NILES TAELBY* ijlOffA COUNTY, PA.,
HAVING Associated himself with a legal firm in
Washington, ho possesses first rate facilities for
the prosecution'Bf dlaitds for Pensions, Back-Pay,,
Bounty, and alt other |ust demands againstMhe Gov
ernment. All such clainjs will'be attended to with
promptness and'fidelity/and “ nb charges” will-be
made tin’fcn tie application is tuccenful.
Middlebnry.Centre, 'Ndy. 1882.-3 m.
’’ WEL*LSiBOpU> HOTEL.
B. B. HOLLIDAY, - Proprietor.
Proprietor havipg'agaiD taken possession of
\pu , -~~
in Potter and McKefn? Counties. AU bosmeas en
trusted* to his core will receive prompt attention. He
has the agency of litterfyacts of .good ' settling land
and will attend to tfrcspifrment of taxes on any lands
in said t * ■ 1
.Coader&port, ; __i
. ' J. CAl£|*|®ElX, JR-,
ATTORNEY & AT LAW,
. KXO'XriLlhr yp6A COUNTY, PA.
.Prompt attention? giro'll to the of Pen
iloas, Back "Pay of££soljiierB Ac. .
Jan. 7q 1863'.-6m.»- J X
Q. W. WELliflj&fON & CO’S. BAMK,
• cobi&l&g, n. y., ■
(Located-is liSb! Dickixsos House.)
American Gold andjSifver Coin bought android.
• New York Exohongd, i . do.
Uncuirenl Money, | ' „, , .
United States Demand Notes “ old issue bought
Collections mado in aU partaof the Union at Cur-
Tent rates of Exchange.
Particular pains will bo taken to accommodate our
• patrons from the 'ftdgp'yilloy, Our Office will be
open at 7 A'. M.*, ami close at-7 P.;M., giving parties
- .passing over the. Tioga/ Ehil Road ample time to
transact.their" bukicbss before tho departure of the
- train in the morntr?, and aftpr its arrival in tho
■evening., . Q.IU.WELLINGTON, President.
Corning, N. jv. 1!j, 1862.
WOOL tABDISG AND
cloth! II.RESSIN g,
ix theDID- F.avN&n y at
Well3]ioroTi||,' ijloga County, Pa.
THE subscriber■feaVinilfitted up the place for the
purpose of Wool 1 Ceding and- Cloth Dressing,
and also would iafotui-tha people that we will take
wool to manufacture cm shores or by the, yard, to suit
customers,and would inform the people'jhat we can
card woo Tat any dime, ad- nur .works run by steam
power, and also that ull wool wiljpbe carded for four
cents per pound. (Wotfiapd produce will be taken for
pay. tor the same. ;* '
■ H. B. Prompt ittenticjjj will bo paid to all favoring
us. Wd will give 1 good-satisfaction,
r i jii CHARLES LEE,
" ‘ V[ JOHN LEE. •
‘ Wellsboro, June 11,1852.
HpIUESTHAD.
ANEW STOVJIpAND TIN-SHOP HAS
jn»t been oiienSdim Tioga, Penna., where may
lbs found a good imsdrtnSnt; .of Cooking, Parlor and
Box Stoves, of the Approved patterns, and from
itlie best manufacturers, i[rv.o HOMESTEAD is ad
mitted to bn .the best jSlevatcd,-Qvei).Stove in the
anarket, The* i f-.- * r
“ GOPDEK A(M’ & GOOD HOPE,”
are square, flat lop airqtaht stoves/,with .large ovens,
erlth many 6dvantagea|over any otljer stove before
aaade.- Parlor Stoves, Signet and Caapipu are
iboth very neat and supenor stoves.'”’ «T
Also Tin, Copper# atMfpheet Rob ware, Iflspt con
stantly on hand and njatJe to order of the best mate
rial and workmanship,jili of which will be sold at
?tbe lowest flgnre for’ taslj or ready pay.'
-Job work of all to on call.- -
Tioga, Jan, U, 1863. ji.G-UEBNSEY & S^EAD.
PABISET
W-|.BE ROOM.
THE Subscriber mosl tesp^ctfallj 'announces that
he has oa haucj old stand, and for sale a
Cheap Furniture.'
eomprising'in part-' 1 • j | ‘
Drtiiing a«d Cotin/'iJ Secretaries and Book
Zy* u > Center* Caii nnfi Bier Tailie, Dining and
SrcalfaitTahiti, jfarpie-toppedand CommonStanda,
Cnphoardt, Cottale aifi other Sedateada, Stttnda , So
f*a-and Chain, tfaC.ajtd Soaeieood ilouldinga for
Pt'laraSramea. 'i ,
corrals m(v « .te lerdet on short notice. A
«c*re» will boforni -iedifdesired. .
?■ B. Tnrning,«il Sewing done to order.
11,1859. -1 .- B. T, 1 VANHORN.
gTOP’ttat eoagi by/aing Cline’s Vegetable
Embrocation, lienailreriiseiment hi another col
m°' Sold by • [Feb. 18,1883.] -
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Till', A(iITATOR
Sebotetr to istttmim of tbe Mvm of iFmbow anb tb* Spmb of a&efotm.
ITHILB THEBE SHALL BE A" WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIE “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
yol. n.
( ttr »YT9 W-n AHeboic Iscident. —A young man named
. ,r *** w s* - Austin Macy. o£ Montgomery county, ; 9b»,
‘ ‘ stationed at Camp Dick Robinson/Ky., with
bis regiment, was recently, senVouMin a, scout
ing expedition, after -a time he became sep
arated, and soon discovered a party of secesb,
who did not notice him. Concealing himself,
ho fired on and suceeded in killing seven of
them before they saw where he was hidden.'
There being no further chance Macy attempted
fo escape, but unfortunately his horse threw
him, .severely injuring and diaabjihg him. In
this way,he was easily captured by the rebels:
■who deliberately shht him seven times, wound
ing and mangling him in a most dreadful man
ner, but not killing him. He was still able,to
raise up, (mdshoi his eighth man ! Ah end
was then put to this gallant hero by bayoneting
him, and bis mangled remains were- thrown
into a mud bole. Macy was, between 21 and
22 years of age. The above particulars were
obtained from a Union woman, who witnessed
a part of the affair. It occurred on her farin.
She pleaded unsuccessfully with the leader of
the rebel party for the privilege of burying
Mr. Macy’s corpse, but was refused. .
Growing Stoat Crops.
The Juan who can awake our millions'of
sleepy .farmers to the importance of growing
more root crops, in which to' feed their stock
uf the fall, winter and spring, will be a bene
factor of his country, and his name should pass
down to posterity’,' with that of Washington,
Laiayette. 'and'others who. have done so much
for the .benefit of mankind. ■ . . •
. The averfi&tmg 'old routine Of Oats, corn,
rye, barley, and grais, stillcon-'
tinnes/vrith'al few “bushels of turnips, beets,'
and carrots for family use, and will - continue,
apparently to the end of time in this country.
A few enterprising farmers hare shown that
one 'thonsand bushels of carrots catj be grown
to the acre, at an expense of about- five cents
per bushel; —that enough beets (MangelWurt
zel) can be produced on that quantity of land
to feed twenty head of cattle for three months,
at half a bushel, a day to each; —that twenty'
to thirty tons of turnips may also be grown to
the acre, at an expense of about three cents
per bushel, and those farmers who go into
root culture thoroughly, always mako’ money;
and yet not fine in ten opens his eyes to the
fact, and if questioned on the subject, they gen
erally reply: ‘‘Small business' to be weeding!
out such things—l raise something that don’t |
require so much labor."
It is folly fora farmer to grow a. thousand or
two bushels of root crops, unless be has a cel
lar to put them in, where they will not freeze,
and where 1 they will not be inconvenient to his
stables. A large cellar under the barn is an
excellent place, hut when no such cellar exists,
a building may bs constructed on the surface
of the ground adjoining the stables, in which
roots may be kept without freezing, with a door
opening directly into the stables. It should
be sided up with two walls or courses of boards,
about eight inches apart; and the open space
filled with sawdust, packed in firmly, A floor
should be laidl across from„the upper sides ,of ,
the plates, on which a bid of sawdust one
foot thick should be laid; and if the building ;
be Constructed with care, it will preserve root;
crops from freezing in any weather. —Farmer j
and Gardener. \
Chinese Fortune-Tellers- —These men car
ry on their profession in the streets of the city
also, where there is space available. A mat is
spread on the ground, with a stick fixed at each
coiner, around which a strip of cloth is cast to
form aiHqclosure for the fortune-teller and his
hen,' small bamboo cage. By his
side is an open box containing a number of very
small rolls of paper with sentences or single
characters written on rttem. In front of him
is a long row olf fifty or sixty small pasteboard
envelopes, which also hold single characters or
the divination Sentences. A little'.board paint
ed white, for jWriting on, and the “ inkstone”
and the penciliare at hand ready for use. An
inquirer who wishes to consult him, squats
down on his heels outside the inclosure, pays
three cash, (half a farthing,) and tells bis jtory,
stating what he wishes to know. He is told to
pick out a roll from the boS, which having
done, he hands it to the man, who unrolls it,
and writes it| contents on the board. He
then opens the, door of the cage, and the hen
marches forward to the row of envelopes; after
peering over them inquisitively, she picks out
one and lets them fall to the ground. A few
grains of rice are thrown into the cage, and
ehe returns. The envelope is opened, and the
characters inside also written op the hoard,
from the two inscriptions on which the consul
tor's prospects are announced. The henris re
garded as the arbiter of- fate, incapable of
mofal motive in the selection of the roll, and is
therefore supposed to give the decree of fate,
without the possibility of collusion or misinter
pretation of any kind. —The Medical Mission
ary in China.
■ Wellington’s Strategy. —On a certain ocoa
Aioil during Wellington’s campaign on the Py
renees, that “ Great Captain,” being displeased
‘with the dispositions Gen. Pfoton bad made for
receiving the assault of Marshal Soult, who men
aced him in front, ordered the plan to be entire
ly changed. Bat the difficulty was to delay.the
attack of the French until the change should be
effected. This the “Iron Duke” accomplished
in person, in the following manner: doffing his
cocked hat and waving it in the air, he rode
furiously to the head of a regiment, as if about
to order a charge. Thereupon arose a tre
mendous cheer from the men, which was taken
up by corps' after corps, until it reverberated
along the whole extent of Picten’s line. As
the roar died away, Wellington was heard to
remark, musingly as if adiressing-himself—
"Soult is a skillful but cautious commander,
aad will not attack in force until he has ascer
tained the meaning of theae, cheers. This will
give me time fbntbe sixth division to come' up,
and we shall beat him.” It turned out as he
anticipated., Soult, naturally enough supposed
these tremendous shouts announced the arri
val of largb reinforcements; and did not at
tack until too late. Had be struck at the right
moment he would have won an easy victory; as
it was he met with a- bloody repulse. This was
strategy. Not the strategy of books, but the
strategy ofj genius, engendered and executed,
in tho same moment.
A FAT GIRL bes jost tamed up in the person
of Miss Rbsinfl Delight Kichardson, the only
daughter of Nathaniel Kichardson, of East Ai
sled, ,’N. H. Miss Basina is 19 years of age,
• is five feet 3 inches in bight, measuring five
feet three and' a quarter inches around the
waist and two feet ten inches in a staigbt lino
.'across . i the shoulders. Her ' weight iq 478
pounds. For a full rigged dress on winter’s
day, she requires 20 yards of i yard wide cloth.
A 'ladt, upon being told a friend wished; to
see. her, desired her little daughter, about eight
or nine years of age, to say that shewss not
in; upon this, the friend being anxious to hate
an interview, asked the child when her'mother
would he Jikely to' return. ‘ The lUtfe, fting
very innocently said, calling up,stairs, “ InCin
ma, the lady wishes to know when you teiS he
in?”
WEDLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY,. PA,., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1863.
_ Lord John Russell has given his opinion in
regard to the rights of belligerents to overhaul
and visit merchant vessels of neutral nations,
in which ho says they have the right to capture
ajl “ vessels reasonably suspected of transgress
ing international law;” and adds that a cap
tured vecssel cannot be withdrawn from the
consideration of the prize Court of the,captor;
and the decision of such court must be final,
and a neutral government cannot interfere, 1
unless such court should have-refused redress
for a capture which the evidence shows 16 have
been unjustifiable.” He concludes by saying;
“Her Majesty’s government cannot, upon ex
parte statements, deny the belligerents in this
War the exercise of those rights,'which in all
wars in which Great Britain has been concerned,
she has claimed herself to “ exercise.” The
case specially referred to, though not named,
is the Pelerhoff, now before the Prize Court at
Key "West
‘A remarkable instance occurred recently
at Trenton, a station on the Detroit and Toledo
Bailroad.' A little girl, about two years of age,
a child of a brakeman living near the Toad, got
upiu the track, and.waa in the act of crawling
across the timbers that span a cattle-guard,
when the express train appeared in sight, com
ing at full speed. The engineer saw the child,
and whistled down the brakes; but the train
was. under such headway, and sorrear, that its
destruction would ’have been certain had not a
little dog, a playmate of the child’s, ran out,
caught the child by its dress, hud dragged it
from the track into the ditch, where it held it
until the train passed- by, This is one of the
.most .remarkable occurrences we have beard
in a long time, and one we could hardly credit
cqming'from a less reliable source. ■■'
Copperheads Kenning to TnEiij Uoy;?.—
The Boston Traveller says letters have been re-'
ceived in that city from St. John, N. 8,, an
nouncing that crowds of young men are daily
arriving 'at various porta of the British provin
ces from [the United States in order to avoid the
impending draft. One.steamer arrived with two
hundred,passengers, and another with six hun
dred passengers.’ There is no employment far
them at present in the provinces, and unless
they are provided with the means to live they
will fin (Bit necessary to return to this country.
Bey Goods. —The following incident occur
red, as -we learn from good authority, in one
of our stores the other day:
.“Buy any butter here?” said a country cus
tomer, who walked into a dry goods store on
King-street and looked much like a character
who knew a vast deal more of himself than be
cared to tell.
“ No, Sir,” replied the merchant "we don’t
wish to huy any.”
. “’Want to buy any eggs?”
“No, sjr,'we keep a dry goods store here.”
“So! ’Wall then, maybe you’d like to buy
some chickens—fat as pigs, and a mighty sight
nicer too.”
f No, sir, I tell you we don’t deal in ony
thing but; dry goods.”
Couldn’t I sell you a nice hind quarter of
popk.”
“ I tell you'sir, we deal in dry goods exclu
sively here.”
“ Wall, what’ll you give for dried peaches?’’
A Proud Parson and bis man, riding oyer
a common, saw a shepherd with a new coat on,
tending his flock. The parson asked him, in a
very haughty tone, who gave him that coat.
“ The same that clothed you—the parish," said
the Shepherd. The parson, nettled at this, rode
on ! n little way, murmuring, and then bade hjs
man go back and’ask the shepherd if be would
come and live With, him, for be wanted a fool.
The groom went accordingly to the shepherd,
delivered his master’s message, and concluded,
as he was ordered, that bis master wanted a
fool. “Why, ore yon going away, then ?” said
the shepherd. “ No,” answered the other.
Then,” said the shepherd, “ you may tell your
master that his living cannot maintain three pf
ns.” ■ .
, ’ Lithe WiiXie having bunted in all the cor
ners for bis shoes, at, last appeared to give them
up, and climbing on a chair, betakes himself to
a big book'lying on the side-table. Mother
says to Win, —
V What is dar)ing doing .with the book ?” -
“It’th. the dictionary; papa looked in the
dictionary for things, and I’m looking to see if
I can find my shoes.”
-A FBi.tow wasone day boosting of bis pedi
gree, whett a wag who was present remarked,-
•very BsntehtibnßTy;-“Ah. I I have no donbl.
That remindsme of aremark made by'Lord
Bacon, tbst th'ey who derive their worth from
thair ancestor! resemble potatoes, (he ngnst val
uable part of which ir under ground.”
■' A-'Vai f being arifed tit he him
self -on thelgtass what wn< the hrghtofhisam
bition, replied, “ To marry a rich WidowVith a
bad cough.”
Camp of the 136th Pa. Vol., ]
Belle Plain, St. Geobqe Co. Ya., >
'March 9, 1863. S '
Deab Agitator ; I tame down to Aqoia
Creek on the John Brooke steamer and thence
-by another steamer to Belle Plain, on Saturday
the 4th instant, and was extremely lucky in
Hading there’"the Quartermaster of the 149th
with an extra horse ready saddled for mounting.
Of course - F did not go on foot, when I could
justas wellride, bat I assure you-that the next
- time I ride' each u hard trotting nag, I shall
most assuredly walk. A general order has just
been, issued that- all civilians having passes,
should report to the Provost Marshal wherever
they landed. Wishing to ascertain Whether
such an order meant-any thing, I negleoted-to
report either at Aqoia Greek or Belle Plain
end found no inconvenience. I suppose the
guards psssod pie on roy Face. s
Prom Washington to Aquia Creek, on hodrd
a steamboat in the day tipe is-nolran .unpleas
ant trip. Not much can be seen of beautiful
fields onthe banks of the Potomac for those are
few and far between. You pass however, many
■yointa.of interest,- the most, important of which
are Meant Vernon and Fort Washington. Ido
not think there is much land worth cultivating
i bn the Virginia side from Alexandria to Belle
I Plain. Even a Yankee would starve on such
I land as Tsaw for two miles back from the latter
I place. It is a succession of high sand hills
covered with ‘pitch pine, with- intervening val
lies, the very personification of poverty, -c
-■ I found the 149th encamped about two miles
from the river, partly in a valley and partly on
a side-hill, in a position where it seemed im
possible to farm in line even a small battalion.
On the top of the hill Beyond, however, was a
plateau of reasonable extent, where they might
form, and if skillful, might maneuver without
any great danger of getting into .a snarl. lam
inclined to think the position not a very healthy
one —certainly the water was most miserable.
Few however, are on the sick list, though colds
were prevalent, and many looked as thongh
they had just been through a hard siege.
I bad the pleasure on Satnrday night of sleep
ing in the same bed with Capt. Sofield and
Litat Bodine and though I slept as comfortably
as I could, justice compels me to say that Tioga,
covinty pine boards are a good deal softer than
Virginia pitch pine logs though they'are split
opeqnnd the soft tilde turned up. Our feather
bed-boy at home don’t know exactly-how the
soldier boy sleeps. If bp.wishes, ta loom, lot
blsv first go oat, split open a log, turn the flat
sides'up, spread bis blanket, lie down on his
bed and go to sleep if be can. The next night
let hin spread his blanket out in the corn stub*
ble between two rows, go‘ to sleep in a rain
storm and wake up in the night and find him
self in a pond with the water just beginning
to ran into his mouth. I|or the next lesson let
bin gef under a small shelter tent in a cold,
dtfnp driving snow storm, sleep through the
night and wake up in the morning to find him
self six inches under snow. For the last les
soi let him try a farced march of twenty-five
rules with a heavy .load of fifty or sixty pounds,
Wth nothing to eat but hard tack and little of
flat. Tired and hungry, when a bait is called,
the soldier—l don’t know what my learner
wfuld do—drops down-on the ground—perhaps
a moment he thinks of home as you :who
mver hare been soldiers, never can think of
it—perhaps he may shod a few bittay tearsj-but
steep soon relieves him and he slumbers on till
called to perform to morrow’s march, little par
ing whether he wakes - or sleeps on forever.
But the soldiers life is not all hardship. It
iys its pleasures and excitements —such os aro.
mt found in the dull routine at home and be
flels too that he is fighting for his country.
'On Sunday morning leaving the 149th ,I
ffund my way over to the 136th who are eh
cimpod in a very pleasant valley, by the side
of a beautiful stream of wafer and who have
tlings fixed up os thongh they intend to hje at
hitne. On my way-over4-came across a farm
hjnse and foil into conversation with the owner,
ai old man -who wjas a native and a secession
i±. He was fortunate in owning only a small
firm, for I should judge a, man to' be poor in
proportion to the amount! he owned of such
laid.
Do you own this farm my friend?” eaidT.
‘ I reckon I do.” . ,
How much land have yon ?”
‘ Oh, not a very smart of it.”
t Haw much corn do you. raise to the acre 2”
About three barrels, I reckon.”
“Bo you own any negroes.” .
“ No the land wouldn’t live niggers.”
“ Wiioh side are you on in this war f”
“On our side I reckon. ,I’m for the South.”
“ Wlat’s the war for ?”
“ Oh for the rich man, so that he can have
more niggers;” ■
■ “Well then,why are you for.them. They
don’t benefit you, do they ?’,’
“ I reckon not.” ;. ; - -
“ Are those children all yours ?”
“No they are my son’s. They took him
away into the army and I have to take care of
thorn.” -, . i
“ Hava you anything to eat?”
“No.” -
“ How do you live then f” '
“ I reckon I don’t know. Onr -folks took
away all I had'. Then your troopers took the
rest and what was left we’ve eat up."
“ And yon ore on the judo of the rebels, are
yon?" '
“ I reckon I am."; '1 ’
■This man is a fair specimen of the’ southern
sand billers only a little more intelligent .than
the majority. j ,■ . .
This regiment is in very good order andl
should think well disciplined! ' They ,were in
the Fredericksburg fight,'and- f-understand be
haved with a good deaf of bravery. ’ The 149th
have been, for along- time -in’ Wash
ington and have just come down tq Belle Plain
antfoof course bays not yat.gpf into ship shape
in their newqudrters. I Hey have, excellent
mstenal and will no donbt, make their mark
when brought into the battle field. Last night
I bad the pleasure of sleeping in the same bed
E-ettccs from ti&e arms.
LETTER FROM 3. EMERY, ESQ.
with the gutter of this regiment and his gen
tlemanly clerics—that is to say, we all slept on
the ground within the same tent. • -
It is very pleasant 'this morning and X am
about 'starting oln foot for Fredericksburg, or
rather for the Rappahannock opposite that
place and will finish my letter on my return to
Washington.
Washington, March 12, 1863.
As yon leave the Potpmac, the land gradually
improves till you reach the Rappahannock. I
saw awpe very excellent farms and some quite
extensive fruit orchards.- The average yield of
corn is forty bushels to the acre, and judging
from the method they had adopted of planting
I should think a northern' farmer would raise
sixty bushels. With good Northern society,
free labor and free schools this part of Virginia
wonld" be a pleasant place to live in. I under
stand quite a number of northern people had
settled farhter np the river, an 3 before the war
were doing exceedingly well. -The country,
however. Is desolate now and it will take a long
while after the war to hringit up. All the land
opposite Fredericksburg is entirely stripped of
lumber and fences and nearly so of buildings.
Fredericksburg as seen from this side of [ the
-river does not show much wear and tearof war.
Von would hardly think as you go down to'the
bank and look over that it had beqn the scene
.of-so much havoc and bloodshed. • The batter
ies beyond ifdo not present so formidable an
appearance as I bad expected, especially on that
•part where the left of our army were engaged
and where the Penp’a Reserves carried the en
, emy’s first line. The ascent is not much if any
•greater than the Main Street in Wells.boro.
We lost the battle of Fredericksburg, I have
ino doubt, by the treachery, cowardice or imbe
cility, of the directing mind on the left. Our
advance had carried the enemy’s first line and
'.Would have broken entirely through had they
been-properly supported-; bat yet they wore
left to be butchered, and'the. day was lost. I
have not heard a dissenting voice in the army
to the opinion, that had Gen, Franklin properly
supported the advance, the day .wonld have
been ours. Yet he stood still with four lines of
battle formed, sow the Reserves victoriously
advancing—cross the railroad, drive back the
enemy'from their firstline—saw our ranks be
ing thinned by a terrible enfilading fire and
knew that they mast fall back If not supported.
Yet he never moved a single line and suffered
a defeat which be might easily have prevented.
Thank God, he is out of command now.
I hardly need say that such an army as the
army Of the Potomac covers a large extent of
ground and cannot nll ha visited in a day or
even in lwp or three days.' The supplying the
army with! provisions, forage Ac., is a vast bu
siness and .makes Aqnia Creek, Belle Plain,
and Falmouth Station appear almost, as far os
business is concerned, like cities.
1 cannot but think tbat the force encamped
beyond Fredericksburg is mnch over estimated.
The atmosphere beyond the city does not indi
cate the presence of so vast a number of camp
fires and from conversation with refugees,
whom I have seen for the last week or two, I
am satisfied that aJarge force has been moved
to some paint further south or west. Great or
small, when Hooker moves, I think he is des
tined to conquer. He thinks so too, and all his
soldiers are of the same opinion. Ho is get
ting his army into excellent condition and they
all have the utmost confidence in “fighting
Joe Hooker.”
From Falmonth to Aqnia Creek .'is eighteen
miles by railroad. I left there' in the forenoon
yesterday, caine to Aqnia Creek, left there at
one P. M., and arrived at Washington at five.
By the bye, I had to report to the Provost
Marshal General Of the Department and get a
hew pass before I could leave the army. As
some may he curious to.know what snqh a trip
from Washington to the army of the Potomac
and back costs, I will jnst say for their informa
tion, that the utmost I could contrive to spend
was jnst six shillings. Would you have it any
less? Cation me, then,.and I will give you
the items. Yours truly, J. E.
From the 171st Pennsylvania Regiment.
At a meeting of the Officers and men of the
171st Regt. Penna. Militia, at their Camp near
Newberne, N. C., April Ist, 18C3, presided
over by Col. Everard Bierer, a committee
consisting of Lieut. Col. Humphrey,.‘Major R.
G, Coz, Surgeon Theo. 6. Lashells,- Chaplain
N. B. CritcbSold, Quartermaster I. J. Post,
Capts. Amsbry, McClellan and Bierer, "and
Lieut. Wood, reported the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:—
Whereas; our Government, the wisest and
best ever devised by the wisdom of man, is
now struggling for the perpetuity of its glori
ous institutions, for the God given right so dear
to every true American heart, the gre%t princi
ples of Human' Freedom ; '
And ichereas, we bear with feelings of disap
pointment and indignation, the hovel of parti
san spirit, and the open avowals of insidious
demagogues that endanger opr National Safety,
and embarrass our Federal and State authori
ties ; and we hear of the “ sympathizers" at
homo and their hired 'correspondents, in the
Army—the aiders and abettors of this unholy
rebellion-—circulating the foul slander that the
Drafted men of Pennsylvania are
nffected, and opposed to a further prosecution
of the war. Therefore, ’
Resolved, That the Confederate States left
the. Union without any just cause, and' that no
terms of Peace, other than the unconditional
surrender arid return of the Traitors to their
allegiance, should be offered by our Govern
ment. : ■
Resolved, That’ having left onr peaceful
homes, the hearthstones of our fathers, our
wives, pud-oat children, we> are determined to
defend the interests of our Country, support
its claims and uphold its war policy, until the
emblem Of bur national power and greatness
shoU ropresent every State and Territory ofthe
Union; and every Traitor, North orSoutb, yield
allegiance to tbs will of the people:, - T
Resolved, That this Regiment, composed of
Republicans and Democrats, (bot.no croakers
or Copperheads,) will pppose not only here,'but
at the “ballot box,” any matt who’does not
heartily sustain in this war, the old fashioned
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doctrine Of all true Patriots, “No terms with
Traitors,” but submission to the rightful au
thority of the Government.
Resolved, That wo have no-sympathy with
“War parties in time of Peace, or Peace'par
ties in time of War," because' in our past his
tory they hare always given .“aid and comfort”
to our enemies, and" in the present instance
they are both the apologist and supporters of
the traitors in their treason. ' , .
Resolved, That we spurn with contempt all
propositions made by Northern- copperhead*,
that we ought to approach armed traitors with
terms of compromise or offers of peace; be
cause the only honorable compromise that, we
can mate’with them is, . that they lay down‘i
their arms and return to their allegiance, as
~loyal citizens.
1 .Respited, That the opinion prevalent in tbs
Northern States, that the drafted men from the
bills and valleys of the old Keystone State are
becoming demoralized and will-not fight, is
false and slanderous, ap/i is no doubt the ma
licious publication of those Northern traitors,
who are : too cowardly to strike ns in the light
of day, and face to face.
Resolved, That we are willing, to bear onr
full proportion of the sacrifices which our coun
try demands in this crisis, from any. good citi
zen, nod we are utterly opposed to any policy
or party which counsels either “ negotiation,
the withdrawing of onr armies, or an armistice
preparatory thereto," so long as on armed
traitor to the authority of the federal Govern
ment remains in the iapd.
Resolved, That our present State Executive.
Gov. A. G. Curtin, deserves the.thanks of ait
trne patriots, for ,tho -energy and patriotism
which he has displayed in raising, arming and
equipping the troops sent forth by the old oom
mouwealthat her country’s call, and especial
ly for bis efforts to have the sick and wounded
returned’to hospitals within the State, and to
their homes until,fit.fur duty.
We offer our earnest and Honest support to'
the Executive, the army, and the loyal people
of the country in crushing out the unholy
power that renders this the.darkest day ofreur
national existence. The power that fills onr
land with mourning, death-and
glories in the blood and triumphs, over the
graves of .men to whom principle and tho vSbn
or of their country is dearer than life. Trust
ing in the power and justice ef an Eternal God, ’
we offer ourselves with the thousands of out
armies, to the war that will result in the down
fall of Treason, whether in- the North or the'
South, and the establishment of peacerliberty
and equality in a united and glorious Republic.
Resolved, That these resolutions be publish
ed in the papers of the different connties re
presented in this Regiment, the Harrisburg
Telegraph, Philadelphia Press, and Inquirer ;
E. BIEKER, Chairman.
W. R. Hull, Ass’! Surgeon, 1 . -
S. D. Sturgis, Adjutant, >• Secretaries.•
Lieut. Sah'l Love, , J
From the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Army of the Cumberland, , 1
Camp Stanley, Near Murfreesboro, }•
April 15, 1563.- ,)
Mr. Editor: With your permission I wfll
avail myself of a small space in your columns
to converse with some of the citizens of Tioga
county. '
Humors, too well authenticated to be witboaf
foundation, are' rife not only in our army, .but
throughout the entire South, that there are
many in the old Keystone State who give but
doubtful evidence of loyalty to the Federal,
Government, and ,to all such I submit a few
serious reflections. I will enter into no details,
but will adopt brevity as the most consistent
with sincerity. Who are the persons that so
loudly denounce the administration -for suppo
sed departure from the Constitution, incite
efforts to suppress the' rebellion? and will their
blatant professions of loyalty to the Constitu
tion bo accepted as consistent with their for
mer actions ? I will answer the above inquiries
by saying, that the very persons whose cry of
compromise was borne on every breeze at the
breaking out of the rebellion, are the very ones
who now cry “ Constitution.” Is is possible that .
there is so much stupidity and- presumption
amongst copperheads, or do they consider- All
others fools, that they suppose .theif hypocriti
cal white-washing cannot bo penetrated. They
were not backward in denouncing all who did
not advocate a compromise that was a direct
innovation on and violation of that sacred com
pact, and charged them with plunging tho-na
tion into a fratricidal war, when : a direct, ad r
mittedtnd unmistakable violation. of the Con-'
stitution would save it. Although it would be
but little to their credit to admit this, yet we
ora mot prepared tor .believing a word of it,
except they admit that they favored tbe divi
sion of the Union and the establishment of a
Southern Confederacy, for we know that every
overture that did not point directly to this
conclusion was spurqpd with contempt.
Now, if the rebels would not stay in tbe
Union when the Constitution, untarnished, was
the supreme law, what hopes can. reasonably
be entertained that the continued offering of
it to traitors will have any beneficial effect,.
and more .particularly when it is known,' and i
well appreciated, that those who make such u
Joud overtures hove been consistent, hypocrites
in tbe Union; and Lave sinister purposes to
accomplish.
It must certainly bo very gratifying to' the -
minds of copperheads at home to. know that'
those of tbeir'own household are.turned against
them, for we know that the rebels of;the South
hold them, if possible, in. greater contempt than
-wo do, aid I assure you that contempt is- a
very inild, term to express the feelings of tbe,
soldiers against copperheads.
We called on the citizens for
which, I rejoice in Baying, was nobly respond
ed to by thousands of brave men. Yet we. find
these'some, men who advocated compromise,
with rebels outside of and in violation .of the. '
Constitution. . , Boasting that they were over
ready to. defend the-Government as.it was, and,
the Constitution aaat is, - But instead of lend!,
ing .a hand to put down those who were oe4K,
every effort, to bury our noble, iiustitutionh!
deeper than hell—they throw every obstacle in
the way that sympathy, with treason, mm de-
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