Agitator! f V BY" ME. (H. 0088. 5 ADVANCE; ' The paper iaccnl poitage free to county subscribers, though they may recetve.their mail at post-offices lo oted in cpout'W-'immediptply adjoining, for conven ience. ■ Tbe i« .the Official paper o£ Tioga, Co., and circulates inovery neighborhood,therein. Snb seriptions boing On: the advance-pay system, it circa late, among a class most to tho interest of advertisers to reach. Terms to advertisers as liberal as those of fered by any paper of eqiial circulation in Northern Pennsylvania. . J , ' A cross on the lnargin of a paper, denotes that the subscription'is about to expire. • ’ Papers will be stepped when tbe subscription time expires, unless the agent orders their oontinn aane. : , * ■ JAB. LOWBEP * S. F. WILSOS, Attorneys &■ eduNsellors at law, will attend the Courts of Tioga, Potter and McKean counties. ; [Wellaboro, Jau. 1,1863. j jooi 8. MANN, Attorney •& counsellor at law, 'Coudersport, Pa,, will attend; the several Courta in Pother and McKean counties." All business en trusted to his care will receive prompt attention.' He has tbe agency of large tracts of good settling land and nillattend to the.payment of taxes on any lands jn said counties. • , , Jon. 28,1863.* ’ JF. CAMPBELL, JK., ( Knoxwillo, TiogaConnty. Pa-. A TTORKiEY &iOOtJNSELLOR AT LAW. JOL Pramptattcntioi given ho the procuring of Pon sidns; Back Pay of-Soldiers *c, Tan. TJ 1863.-dm. g ‘ DICKINSON HOOK, . -CORKING* N. X. Mai. A. F1ELD,....;. Proprietor. GUESTS taken to and, from the Depot free of charge. ~ ' , ■ [Jan.'l, 18G3.1 PJEI»NSri(VANfA HOUSE, COIWEE OF HAW STEBEI- AHB .THE ATBNUE, Welliharo, Pi J. W. THIS popular Hotel,; having been re-fitted and re-farnished throughout, is now open to the public as a first-class honsfc ' C Jan - L 18 ° 3 -] IZAAK WALTON HOUSE, Oaines, Tioga County, Pa. H. 0. VRRMILYEA,., IProprietor. THIS ia 4 hew hotel tocatedVlthin easy ac cess of the'best fiajiing and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania, No pains will bo spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav elling public. d ■ ,[Jan. 1, 1863.] ?agl)e; housc. THOJiAS GRAVES,*., (Formerly of the Covington Hotel,)’ THIS Hotel, kept for along time by David Hart, U being repaired and famished anew. The subscriber has leased it for a term of years, where be m«y be-fo«nd ready to wait upon hl» old easterners and tbs traveling public generally. His table will be provided with the best, the market affords. At hie bar may be foand the choicest bsonds of liqnors and cigars. . i ' fWellsboro, Jan. 21,1863-tf. WEI.L§BO%O HOTEL. D. B. H0L1DAY........... Proprietor. THE Proprietor havln/r again taken possession of' the above Hotel, will spare'no pains to insure the comfort of gnests and the traveling public. At tentive waiters always ready. * Terms reasonable. Wellsboro, Jen. 21, i863.-tf . A. FOLEY, Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c., See., REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES. POST OFFICE -BUILDING, ; NO. '5, 'UNION BLOCK. Wqllsboro, Slay 20,1863. , • ' E. R. EIJcK, BARKER & HAIR-DRESSER, SHOP OVER'C.- L.;PfILCOX’S STORE, NO, 4,‘UNlb’N BLOCK. Ifellsboro, Jane 24,. 1863. HABBLC SHOP. I AM now receiving A STOCK of ITALIAN and’ RUTLAND MARBLE,' (bought with cash) and am prepared to manufacture all kinds of TOMB-S TON ES and MONUMENTS at the lowest prices. , HARVEY ADAMS is my authorised agent and will sell Stone at the same.priccs as at the,'shop. WE SAVE BUT ONE PRICE. Tioga, May 20,1863-ly. A. D. COLE. F-tOFR AND FEED STORE. WRIGHT &13AILEY Tt*AVE had thejr. mill thoroughly' repaired Jt 1-' aftd are receiving fresh flour, feed, meat, ic v ekery'day at their store, in town. . Cash paid for all kinds Of gralni v ' WEIGHT t BAILEY. Wellshoro, Apri1'29,1863, , Q. W. WELLINGTON & CQIS. BANK, CORNIfIGK, N. Y., (Located in Dickinson House.) American Gold' and Sifter Com'bought and sold. New Yqrk Exchange, ‘ J - do * Uncurreut Money, . do.y„ United jStates Demaud&otes u old issue” bought, 'Collections made.xu all parts of the Onion at Cur rent rates of Exchange."**; , - Particular pains will to accommodate our patron* from the Tioga Valley- 'Our Office will be open at f, A. Sf.» and at 7P. M., giving parties passing over the Tioga rltaU Bead ample time to transact their business before the departure of the train in the morning, add after its arrival in the evening. Q. W,-.WELLINGTON, President. Coming. y.'Y., Nov. 1* 18621 HOiTU^STEAD: Anew stovb-akd tin shop has • Just-been opened in fcloga, Penn&A where may be*found a good assortment'of Cooking, Parlor and Box Stores, of the most approved patterns, and from the be?f manufacturers. The HOMESTEAD fa ad mitted to 'bo tbe best Elevated Oven Stove in the market. The _ . ‘ “ GOLDEN.AGE”&.GOOD HOPE” are square, flat top jiir tight stoves, with largo ovens, with many advantages ever any other stove before made. Parlor Stoves. The Signet and Caspion, are both very neat and superior stoves. 1 Also* Tin, Copper, and,Sheet Iron ware, kept con stantly on hand and made Ur order of tbe best mate rial and workmanship, all gf which will be sold at the lowest figure for cash or ready payl Job work of all kinds attended to on call. Tioga, Jan. 14,1863. GUERNSEY A SMBAD. Wool Carding and Cloth Dressing. fIPHE subscriber informs his old-customers , and,lho public generally .bat h« is prepared to card wool aad dress doth at tk© old stand, tbe coming season. Caving secured sb© services of Mr. J. PEET, a competent and cxpfr’rinced workman, and also tending to give his pg ,a -nal attention to the business, ho will warrant all.tfvf do.no at his shop. Wool carded at fira'tce.nts per pound, and Cloth dressed at from ten to iffenty. cents per vard as per co '°. r finish- ' J. I. JACKSON. ■ w eiisboro, 31ay 6, 1883-tf. JOflS “A. HOY, T\EALER in DRlffifS AND MEDICINES, ' Z 1 ch ® mi '<As Vatnisfi, iPamts, Dyes. Soaps, Per & Toys, Paney Goods, ' Brandies, other Liqnors for ■ A r S< L nt tl)s Eo ’ eof all the st Pat uiao M and of thf ** M ' cdidn6B ™rranted gen- p BEST] QUALITY. TK a if Bl f t* o 8 Proscriptions’, accurately compounded. Oil wklohis superior to any other of nn? lD ** *,? erosiQe Lamp*. Also, all other kinds usually kept in aflistjolass Drug Store celCOLjOES is packages all ready for w « prirat* families. Also, W.n for compounds. 'Ullßboro, June 24,1563-I>. THE AGITATOR VOL. IX. &vgtn&l 3loctvg* [For the Agitator.} MQRE BEN FOR TBE FIELD! Hark ! the blast cf tbe trumpet, tbe roll of tbe dram: 4 More meh fbr the field! more men for the field! Frotp mountain and Talley in proud haste they come. With hearts brave and manly, these men for tbe field. Shall the banner'of liberty, fall ?—is their cry; Shall we hesitate now, shall we tremble'Und yield? Oor armies are valiant to do, or to die! Then, help, freemen, help tbe braves in the field! Oor hosts falter not in each deadly affray, . Bnt boldly go forward the foemen to meet'; They’ve faced tbe dread cannon, they face them to-day, Then haste, ere dark’nnmbers enforce their retreat. They have laid- in the swamps till their ruddy cheeks paled; I- Have met the fierce foe and have held him at bay; Their blood cries aloud from mountain and vale. And their Hearts torn to home in this periloos day. There is room, ample room, for the noble and brave; .Sons, brothers, end sires will ye hesitate now ? Dabs toubtate, tbo’ H lead, to a soldier’s lone grave, And tbe victor’s red .seal 1 nay gleam on yonr brow. Great God of our fathers 1 and shall we despair? Shall tbe blood of onr heroes be pour’d out in vain? Shall we shrink from tbe perils they valiantly dare, • Or go forth like freemen onr rights to regain J 0, no longer delay at Honorii last call, But rash to tbe flag and your manliness prove; ’ i Till the star-spangled banner ' shall .wave over alL—' The homes that ye fight for, tbe country ye level • Texas, July 12. 1863. ' j Meeta Melgeote. And they have gone, the trne and brave, •Responsive to their country's call, Their good right arms, their hearts they gave, And for us sacrifice their all. They hid adieu to friends and home. And as they go we bear them cry : ' “Beloved country, see, vre come, ■ Resolved for thee, if need, to die!” . i' Brave boys, march on! and may the cause You have espoused, be nobly won; Protect our flag amid her foes, And in proud triumph bear it on. Yes, brothers! go! and may the best Of Heaven’s choice blessings with you be; ■Where e'r ye march, where; e'r ye rest, Our prayers, our wishes follow ye.—H—. Mansfield, July 1,1863. .......Proprietor^ stars of tfjt Wlnv. ‘‘Bat a remnant remains—only fifteen left!” Such were the sad words coming up from the bloody, field of Antietam. More than one long year before, a* the first echo of Sumter’s warn ing voice roused the unconscious nation to a sense of its peril, brave spirits from a hundred homes, moved by one common impulse, rushed fortb-to help stay the uplifted arm of desecra- Bat it fell ;.and with It many noble lives, hut a bright halo marks their going out; and now come the cruel words, telling sorrow fully of the thinned little band, all that is now left of the once full company. They have fal len for their country, and it will cherish their memories. '' Tha ? history and fate of this company, is the hiatory and fate of thousands of others; and What is true of companies, is proportionately true of regiments, separately yr in divisions; and if one division has been repeatedly decima ted by disease and battle, each may be the standard to rightly judge the strength of our first armies. The company to which allusion is made, forms a portion of that veteran body of troops, the Pennsylvania "Reserve Corps, than which no braver, truer, nobler men ever drew sword in 'a good cause, and they need no better one. Veterans, not alone in tried disi pline, but in valiant deeds. Distinguished no. less for their daring valor, than their unmdgt muring endurance. Reserved, on account of the dependence to be placed in them, for the critical moment, in the-many battles where they have borne a part, their losses much exceed that of many other divisions. In many a “deadly breach,”- where death rioted in fright ful carnage, have their torn and gapping ranks carried victory on their banners. In some sent; blance, they are but the shadow of their former strength; they little more than, exist but in name ; yet shall they live as long as heroic deeds are remembered. ■ Let ns go back and follow them through one short month of their eventful history. Tbe army lay at Harrison’s Landing, seeking a little rest at tbe close of tbe memorable seven days battles before Richmond. The Pennsyl vania Reserve Corps earned a proud name in those hard fought engagements, and right no bly did they do it. How they gallantly and re peatedly rolled back the triple forces of the en emy in their massed charges on their camp at Mechanicsville—bow they stood like a bulwark ! of steel in the unequal conflict of Game’s Milt —how they steadily repulsed under a deluge of shell, every attack at Savage Station—how they acted their part in tbe crowning victory of Mal vern, where tbe excited enemy, flashed with the pleasing hope of captaring our whole army, was burled back like a broken wave, on his whipped, confused and disordered masses—and of the incessant watching and night marching, it is nft our purpose to speak. ' The damp, oold nights, long, hot days, low, morbid water, and miasma of tbe Peninsula, were.wasting the army Uke a pestilence. An of tbe most unrelenting character, prevailed to an alarming extent. Many strong regiments conld barely furnish their own camp guard, A picture of vigorous health, was a rare thing to be seen. Sick, wan and emacia ted soldiers, met tbe gate on every band. And yet, thank Heaven I a helping hand stretched o.ver all; hovering on the bosom of that broad river, were messengers of mercy, soldiers’ good angels, the ever present Sanitsry Steamers, bringing cooling draughts, cordials and medi cines to the sick, and bearing away disease— Stricken ones, where gentle bands and warns hearts were waiting to offer sympathy, encour agement and health. - In the midst of this wide, spread disease and debility, came tbe order "for tbe army of the Potomac to join the army of Virginia. How ever secret onr commander may have endeav ored to keep this movement, tbe wily enemy divined it, and began his own, ere onr slow and . tedious preparations were nearly completed. Everything now depended on celerity of movement. Spaed was safety. The little ar my of Pope, rested quietly on the north bank Sebotehf to tfyeMf tension of tfje of ifmbotti anh the SprtaO of Reform. ?— r • i WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE, WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1863. [For Th* Agitator,]. 0 UR BS OTHERS. [For the Agitator.] A. .eemihiscence. of the Bapidan, If the enemy in the rose should outstrip McClellan, and throw bis uni-; ted and vastly superior force uponPopo, which he was straining every nerve to do, what would become of'our. army and the Capital? Their success, and our -discomfiture, seemed inevita bly certain. For while the line of transit adop ted for our artny, carried it around nearly three hundred miles to reach the Bapidan, the enemy could rapidly hurl his forces along the base of this circuitous rout, aided by double lines of . railroad communication, and with less than one third the distance to compass. The confederate legions stand upon the south bank of the Bapidan. With obaracteristiq.se creoy, its massed columns begin to unfold around the flanks of oar trebly outnumbered army. But Pope is on the alert, keeping, a bold front, until the impending blow seems about to fall, when by a sadden and rapid night march, be«slipg from the tightening coil, and places the Bapahannopk between him and his baffled foe. While a deep river' separates him from his powerful adversary—all is well; but should he be hemmed in between bis pur suer, and an nnfordabls river, inevitable de ’ struotion awaits him. But the confident and ' sanguine, enemy reckoned too surely, and his l prey slipped through his fingers; his-. strategy came to naught. The Pennsylvania Beserves—among the first to leave the Peninsula—have reached Fred ericksburg;, feeling invigorated, to be sure, by pure water and fresh mountain air, yet far from being fit to endure an active campaign. But as the heavy booming of Pape’s distant guns strikes on the ear, the grasp of each band involuntarily tightens on its weapon, and a light beams in every eye, not difficult to under stand. As the hot August sun nears the west ern horizon, an Orderly, begrimed and dusty, and his horse covered with foam, dashes into camp, boaring dispatches to head quarters; and soon the busy hum of harried preparation resounds through the camp. The night sets in with a drizzling rain, murky and law ran nig clouds ; and a deep, pitchy hue pervades everything, broken only by the falling rain, ’till the command rings out, and the column is in motion. But to march through a new and unknown country, such a night, was a physi cal impossibility. The darkness was intense; regiments became separated, some taking wrong roads, and others, none at ail. Aids and other mounted officers rode hither and thither; lost parties called to each other ; cav alry, infantry, batterries and baggage trains became inseparably intermingled; officers fidgeted at the delay, and finally after march ing, counter-marching, and toiling through the storm until nearly morning, only advancing three miles, the "halt” was ordered, and. the already fatigued division lay down In the road and snatched an hour’s sleep. At early dawn the march was resumed, continuing without interruption, through the weary length of a long, hot, sultry day ,-making a farced march of thirty-six miles. In the then weakened condi tion of the troops, numbers, pvercome by the beat and exertion, faint and exhausted, gave oat and dropped down by the roadside, unable [ to proceed farther, until revived by rest and food. The tired fellows, throwing themselves upon the ground, slept soundly that night in the drenching rain, that wet- their garments through and through; forgetting in slumber, their blistered aud swollen feet, aching limbs and utter weariness. Then morning broke over the beautiful landscape of river, field and wood, far away up the winding, fog-oovered river, fame the boom, boom, boom of Popels batteries -at the upper fords. This early summoned the ' tired column again to work, and soon it was in motion, hurrying on. For several days, Pope stubbornly contested the passage of the fords, slowly ascending the river as his powerful an tagonist attempted to fiank him by lapping his lines around the right of our little-army, for like true soldiers, they fell back with their fa ces to the foe. But our inferior force could only retard the enemy’s progress, not prevent it; and every cunning artifice, feint, and deep laid scheme, was frustrated by our sleepless commander. Bat the übiquitous Jackson, stealing like a stealthy brigand up the mountain gorges, sud denly emerges on the plains of Mannassas, twelve miles in the rear of our now seemingly fated little army, cutting off its communica tions, destroying its supplies, and threatening its retreat. To hold out longer on the banks of the Rappahannock, would be certain starvation, and the retreat is ordered. In Washington, all is doubt, uncertainty, alarm and apprehension. The enemy’s scouts are seen almost within the very line of entrenchments ; and nothing can be heard of those slender, battling, isolated columns. Is, then, Pops and his brave army lost? Judge. Surrounded by a’, wily, elated confident enemy—thirsting in the heat and dust of the long march, staggering and weak from hunger, that noble, undaunted band of heroes, struggle with strong hearts unmurmuringly on towards the threatened Capital. The lost mor sel of their only ezpiringrations are consumed, and as night sets in, the bead of the column— led by the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, now on the advance—is greeted by a discharge of shell from Jackson’s force, bolding a strong position on the turnpike directly in front. The division is quickly deployed in line of-battle, and the long range parrot battery nnlimbering to the front, delivers such a rapid and accurate fire, that the enemys’ guns are soon silenced. Un der this feint, the Reserves, by a flank move ment, and detour of six or seven miles gain, daring the night the opposite side of the. rebel position. Writes one who bore on his uniform, the well known letters, P. R. Y. C.: “Already twelve hours without food, our ra tions expiring on the morning of this day’s march, hunger began to make laud demands on our haversacks; bnt they were hopelessly empty —thanks to Stonewall for that—and wo lay on our arms that night, glad to get even a few hoars broken rest, as*onr usual allowance of sleep had been cut short and very irregular within the last) fortnight. The nest day onr corps seemed to have been nsed os a sort of feeler —pushed bat in one place, until concealed batteries would open upon ns with grape and shell at short range, then “abont face” mid -march back, sustaining a hot fir* while march iog, perhaps, the distance of a mile. Then another place would be tried with like result, and soil was worked during the day, keeping us constantly nnder a close destructive artillery fire, solid shot plunging through .the lines and ploughing great furrows in the soil, bursting shell filling tbe.lair with clouds of ddst, or stri king down bere and there, some brave-fellow in the ranks; and worse than all for a soldier’s patience, oar batteries following us about with no liberty tp fire a single shot in return. Beo onnoizance was doubtless the object. Again with little change of position, we slept on our arms, ah slept 1 else exhausted nature must have given ont—no morsel of food had passed oftrdipajbr.two days. Haggard and weak, oh the morning of the third day, we are moved to the center, driving the rebel skirmishers back into their main line, and ear splendid division batteries advancing with us, opened at close range, drawing a quick, savage response from the rebel gone. Many comrades are left lying there in their last repose, os death hurried here and there with his hoarse dirge of billowy smoke, and sadden crash and screech of burst ing missiles, seizing his victims even as they, lay calmly -Sleeping in the ranks. At midnight we were relieved from this position bybther troops, and at one o’clock the roar and clash of battle rolled over the field like a horrid din, as Lee’s whole army was fiercely hurled upon the small, half-famished army of Pope. The deep voiced guns, the rattling voilies, the hoarse command, the shouts aud yells, as one side or the other rushed to the charge, rose and fell, and railed, and flashed along the lines, but our intrepid troops were swept back, despite tho most obstinate resistance. | But,look! our toft flank is turned, and the weak lines then are borne hack like chaff before the impetuous charge of Jackson’s swarming brigades. If they rjmch the roads to our rear, the army is lost 1 On, on they come, in solid columns closed in inass, yelling like loosed de mons, as they swoop down on the broken and flying fugitives. Who shall roll back this vic torious onset? Who shall check this sweeping tide that threatens to engulf the struggling lit tle army ? Give us trusty, ah, give ns cool, resolute, tried regiments, if they are to turn back that fiery assault, flushed and excited with success, as it dashes headlong over every bin. drance. Who will do it, who? It must be quick work now! A mile down the line, the brave old Pennsyl vania Reserves are doggedly holding their ground, (the enemy fall back,) they will do it. Can they stand before that flashing, rolling rent? Never fear. Wheeling from their lines in the center, excitement nerves their tottering limbs, aa the short, heavy tramp of the “doub le quick" brings tboro face to face with' the bold, exultant enemy. Now the whistling balls cut through the ranks, and our batteries hurl in a murderous discharge of grape and Banister; but the gray masses of rebel infan try never flinch—like a howling legion of hun gry wolves, they make a running dash for our guns. “Cool men, cool; double charge every piece, aim lowand the crushing metal screeches and screams aa it speeds on its errand of death. Again the batteries flash fortlutbeir hot breath of scathing flame and iron, and again the torn columns close quickly in, only baiting while a terrible, low aimed volley leaps from the muzzles of their flashing guns, and our crippled batteries but feebly return the fire. Right here, one year before, six splendid guns were lost, and our broken army rolled back across Bull Run. Shall our guns be snatched away, and we scattered, routed and driven into Washington? Not yet, not yet. “Steady men, steady," and the bravo old 1 Reserves close sternly in front of their silent guns. “Fix bayonets,” and the clanging steel rings down the line. “Forward,” shouts the gallant Reynolds, and his waving sword gleams through the gray clouds of smoke, as the dark column, reeling, faint and staggering for want of rest and food, rush up the ascent at full charge, after their intrepid leader. Volley after volley burst through their closed ranks; strew ing the ground with the fallen, but tho daunt less column never wavers; never falters, pres sing on with shouts and cheers which rend the air, high above the clash of battle ; on, on they go, up the ascent, over the crest, down the de clivity, pushing everything fiercely before them. In vain the broken masses of gray rebels, ral ly, break and rally, in reckless, desperate, una vailing efforts to check the rapid advance. But on sweep the dauntless brigades, their tattered Colors floating over them like an angry wave, and the routed columns of the enemy, repulsed and dismayed, recoil upon each, other before the impetuous charge. The yawning danger which a little while before, driving in like a wrathful storm, threatened to swallow up our half-starved little army, was dissipated, broken and hurled back upon itself in overwhelming disorder, by one weak and exhausted, but res olute division. The ground thus recovered was held until night in mercy drew her mantle over the agoni zing scene of onr beartless defeat; aye defeat, for such it was to the little army ; and heart less, for who can dqubt that a great and signal victory would have crowned onr arms, bad one half the army.only six miles away, bieen moved to the aid of Pope ? Reinforcements withheld, and food denied those nobly slribfng, Ibrave and starving men.! What fate should! not meet such soulless, brainless, treacherous ingratitude?. Left to “get ont of the fix” as best they could. Pope’s bleeding lines drag their Weary foot steps, under cover olf night, behind Bull Ron ; and spent with theftrials, toils and perils o' their long retreat, they sink down on the bank of that storied stream, nerveless, shattered, bruised, but defiant still. The wounded lay up there on the crimsoned field, starving and dying 1 The hot breath of battle _ floats down in snlphnrons, stifling gusts; and the rankling bitterness of brave hearts breaks forth in muttered corses on the head of the culpable author of such terrible double dealing, if such there ho, and who’ll deny it ? Late into the night of the third day eiHce they had tasted food, a ration of hard crackers were drawn, and think yon that the rare, choice dainties, ladening the tables of the opulent, ever tasted sweeter than that bread, to those worn, hungry soldiers t Tor two days I the long lines of army ambulances and private carriages, from the Capital, came and returned from that terrible battle-field. At last the six thousand wounded are safely removed, and the army moves on; Pennsylvania’s favorite divi sion still holding the post of honor, bringing up the rear as the army retreats. night and storm they hhrry on, as the gnns at Chantilly signal the conflict,'but they are tod ,lat« to take part in the action. The (Srmy ar* rive at Washington and sink down, hoping for a little rest, bat vainly. , The rebel brides have invaded Maryland, and the foot-sore, lame and aoldleta havin£»e»rcely loodened their clothes or aoountermsnta far, twoSjaa-weaks, again take op their weary match. Gf,,. - uf . r~— [For tbo Agitator.! HOSPITAL SCENES. BY MEETA BELGROVE. It was a long night—the one preceding my arrival at the hospital. All night had the life like engine shrieked, andsnorted, as the crowd ed train swept along, and I sat with weary and fainting heart, wishing far Us speed to increase. At; length day dawned, and I eagerly'threw np the sash to catch the early morning breeze. Soft and pare came the September'air, and my aching brow, now throbbing with excitement, gratefully received its refreshing breath. The sun rose with unusual splendor, and the soft sweet carol of the morning birds, rang in musio calls through the trees'. I strove to for get for the moment what | had brought me on my lonely journey, and looked drcamiogly npon the panoramic sun.; Soon however the distant spires of the city told of a speedy arri val ; and a few moments mors found me or dering breakfast in a quiet well furnished hotel. Mechanically I passed through the doll rou tine of breakfast,-bills, and directions, and en tering a street car|l asked to be set down at B Hospital. Tpe well dressed guards were slowly promenading before'tbs door on my ar rival, and “ the corporal,” met me at the en trance, and politely enquired for whom I sought. “J. H. A,” I replied. “Of what regiment?” “ The Bth Cavalry, an officer iff Company B,” I answered. The next-five; minutes seemed an age, and then the orderly returned with the surgeon’s books, in which he found the name of my friend. Then came .another pause while the ward-masters were questioned, and answers returned. “ Occupies ward B, is too ill to de scend," was the final reply. . A guide conducted me dp three long flights of stairs, and pointing to one of the beds turned and left me. I approached the bedside. Ob, the agony of that moment. Fear that death bad preceded mb, nearly withheld the whispered namebut summoning courage I pronounced it. Feebly, the sufferer raised bis languid, bloodshot eyes, then a quick gleam crossed them, and he stretched fojrth his thin arms; with the single word—“ Mafiy I” faintly spoken and reeling in my arms ; the sick man sobbed like a weary child. . ' Locating myself at a convenient distance from the hospital, I became a daily visitant, and during the intervals in which my patient slept, I had leisure to observe its inmates. On a low cot in the same ward, lay a yopng man, whose almost constant moans attracted my at tention. I approached bis bed, he was sleeping, and I gazed upon him for.a moment in surprise, His face was fair and smooth, his features reg ular, and beautiful as those of a yoong girl, end his soft brown hair was tossed back from dLbrow burning with fever. One small hand lly npon the cheeked counterpane, while the oiher, heavily bandaged, fell powerless beside him. With a sadden start he opened bis full blue, eyes, and looked ddnbtingly at me for a moment, as if be thought .me some expected friend. “ Can Ido anything for you ?” I said, “ you seem to be suffering.'’ “ I don’t know Miss,” he replied, “ they are all very kind hero, but oh, if I could only see my mother.” Then taking my hand with sudden energy, he pointed to the friend I had just quit, and asked, “Is he going home ?” “ I hope so,” I Ireplicd,, “ I am trying to obtain his discharge.” : “ That is it,” said he, “ that is- what you can do for. mo, oh, persuade them to give me one, I am sure 1 should get well if I could once more see my mother, and hear the gentle voices of my little sisters, but here, I shall die !” “What is your namel asked, “ and how are yon disabled?” Tasked. Willie French,” he re plied, “ and I am shot, in my wrist and side.” I promised compliance with his request, and after bathing hie brow with water left him. Days passed, in which my poor suffering friend absorbed the most of my attention ; still, 1 fonnd frequent opportunities of visiting the bedside of my acquaintance. He grew daily worse, and it soon became evident to me that death would soon discharge him, al though I presented his case to the head-sur geon, of the hospital, who gave a favorable reply, which I duly reported to Willie. He now came to expect ms daily, and I al ways met thegaze of bis mournful eyes, as l entered the room. He was not quite eighteen' years of age, the only son of a widowed moth er, tenderly beared, and now dying in a hos pital, far front bis homo, and ail he held dear, save bis country’s honor. , He belonged to a New York Zouave regiment, and was wounded in the battle of, An detain. ; One morning be seemed much worse, and when the snrgdbn of the came round, he said he eoold do nothing more for him. Ihad just been writing a cheerful letter of his dicta tion, to his mother, and I dreaded the task of adding a postscript of myj own, to tell her of the death of her only son. { He had heard the surgeon’s remark, and" looking op with a sad smile be said; “Tell my mother I would have died for her, as I shall now die for my country, bnt oh, it is hard never to see her blessed face again, please send a lock of my hair In that letter, and tell hep it is the lost of- poor Willie.” With fast falling tears, I severed a lock of hair from hia white, damp brow, and bending down, kissed him silently. Be looked dp with pleased surprise, and taking my band he said. “I do not fear to die, bnt it seemed dreadful to die alone, with none to. care for me; —Oh that la the heardest part of a soldiers' fete, a loatly death, far from home and all Who love them*; • Rates of Adverttelßg. 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' I watched beside him witb but short inter vals, until I saw his bias eyes curtained close ly down by tbs, chill hand of death, and then four soldiers bore him solemnly to the dead house and I.sa|w him. no more.' As I enclosed the little look of hair that would be so tearfully and despairingly wel comed, and added a few words of my own to my lettet of i.he morning, I. oonld not help wondering why the last hours ofthe dying soldier must bo thus, embittered; why Twhen even life itself had been cheerfully laid upon hie conn try*» a.l*ar. when deatfa-wonnds plena h.Etbody.inrl ia that--last, strngglr-when tha old childish longing for home comes over him ; where is the humanity that holds him a pining captive in a hospital, with heart tendrils vainly reaching to loved ones far away I Why not soften to the utmost of human ability that sharp heart-agony, by sending the faithful sen tinel of bis country's peace, to die within the cherished fold of home. Oh I ye who hope for pease in that dread hour, look well to this! Texas, 1863. tfOlUf.C'Bl. The Record of Mr. Justice WoedWsrd. It is not without a degree of hesitation that we dud flprselves called npon to criticise the course of a gentleman seated on the Supreme Bench of ’Pennsylvania. We have an instinct ive respect for! the ermine, which prevents hi from saying Anything that may = tend to weaken the confidence of the people in-the most sa cred office that a citizen can bold. If wa do otherwise now, it is our misfortune and the fault of Mr. Justice Woodward. It that gen tleman so far forgets the dignity of the jurist as to enter itjto an exciting political canvass without relieving himself of the responsibility of his judicial station; if, in ether words, he comes before the people in a position demand ing criticism I and investigation, and looks to the bench, to give him immunity, be shirks his own duty and makes'-onrs. unpleasant bat im perative. Many years’ seclusion on the bench render it difficult for Judge Woodwaed to have a record ; £>r his position entailed silence in every time of doubt, and freed him from the necess ity that allbrave men most sometimes meet— of speaking with boldness and decision. . The country has Keen for two years in an agony of war, and although patriotic and good juris ts elsewhere have given their influence to the cause without at all disparaging their dignity, Mr. Justice Woodward has been so devoted to the law and Its etiquette, that be has not found it proper fo ivow bis patriotism, or to utter a single word it sympathy with the people. If bis Gubernatorial candidature has no other ef fect, it will give him this opportunity; for there ‘are words and speeches of this gentleman which must be explained before he can assume to be the chief executive officer of the loyal State of^Peqpsylvania. After ~/thej election of Mr. Lincoln- to the Prisidency, and before the treason of Mr. Bu chanan bad ripened into war, a demonstration of the citizens of Philadelphia took place in behalf of the Union. Many good men of att parties participated, and there seemed to be it' sincere and earnest desire to assnre the people of the South' that Philadelphia was without hatred to them or their institutions. ■ It was one of those lingering evidences of peace and love which marked the opening of the war, and showed how much a .free people could suffer before acceding the I arbitrament of blood. Mr. Justice Woodward took part, and made a speech that contained cafe and study. He was so much pleased with it as a declaration >f his faith, or, what is more prob able, os an inducement for the nomination be then sought and subsequently obtained, that* 1 he printed i; as a pamphlet and gave it general * circulation. His sulpect was the troubles of the country, and in showing how the country bad wronged the South be said these remark able words: “It seems to me (hat there must he-a time when slaveholders may fall back on their natural rights and employ, in defettee of their slave property, whatever means of protec tion they possess or can command.’’ For ns jpg language like this Jefferson Davft and his friends were called Secessionists; for obeying the opinion of this judge of a Northern Su preme Court , the world baa called them trai tors. These words were spoken in December. 1860. The Southern States were then taking up arms; Port Sumpter was being'in vested, and all over the South angry wordrand threats were beard. There were men here base enough, as all wilf remember, to give the traitors of the South comfort and encouragement, and we now-, see that protninent among these was the Dem ocratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylva nia. Hoy sincerely the slaveholders of tha South have followed the advice thus given by a Pennsylvania judge two years of weary war have shown J , As we wish to deal fairly with Mr. Justice ' Woodward, we shall more particularly define his position. He might hare innocently held the opinions now on record, for such- sentiments were frequently uttered by good men.'who had been betrayed info their advocacy byj the falss philosophy that then controlled the Democratic party. Whan they saw, however, their fearful effects; when they saw that war and treason formed the only logic that followed them, they spnrned the belief, and atoned for the past by persistent arid consolations loyalty. General “Butler, Mr; Dickinson, and others, are ous' examples. But Mr. Justice Wood ward yae careful then, and bas been careful since, to] prerent any misapprehension of bis true po sition. None can say of him that he ever changed 1 tbej opinions thus boldly erprsmd Since tfce slaveholders, of begantfce war he bas been silent. Amid danger, defeat; and- death, when tbs community was oppressed with grief and shame, - whsnetery loyal man felt it a religious duty to make profusion of hisdsrotion 'to the country, this cold, unsym pathetic, and selfish man has held ids peace. ■ Be had made hitwelf. the champion of human ; slavery. " The world," he said, ■“ eannot lire without cotton, and cotton ean only ba raissd
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