AgitatorT™" " . =sss=s tv !=s=!ss: ~’ ' " '.. ~ :J , “ ' .. . ~ “
sin-• A Ct IT A TOR
■-A., A.AA-J . -,;j£3l> VA AJL JZjL:. JL V_/ A\j
ienofr.,-; “ [it .. r , ; .• “''■■* ’ * - >.. .•' “
Thß AfflTAxOn Official ..paper o i Tioga Co.,
and circulate? in, therein,; Sub.
soriptio'ns being dntbb.edTince-pay, system, it circu
lates »mbn#:aeias&nwatt'o the inter est of advertisers
to reach,■ Tar®» to sldvdfrtisere psßMrWas those of
fered byany.pa!p e foi equal cirqalajian in Northern
Pennsylvania. " "■ ? ‘
eg- -A on the margin, of * paper, denotes
thattbs.fibsorip'tteaiis obont tooipite. i".
■rtzr- Papers will ba si ipged when Jho snbserlption
time expires, unless*ihV agwt brdera thsir continu
ance. ■■l, * I
JAS. XOWREI * S.; F. WII.SOH,
CWNSELI-OES at LAW,
J\. yriu attend thj Cruris >of Tioga, Potter and
MoKfeancfltiQtiftg.-- v j ;pff~.eUri)Oyo t 1863.]
JQHM M AWIf,
Attorney & pQ pnsellor at law,
Coader»po,rt, Pso.' P »ttend the several Courts
in Potter , and j.AUhusineaa en
trusted to Ms car6,wi|l*iJl»lvo prompt'attention. He
has the agency of latte tracts of gohd-settling. land
and will attend to theTpsUinent of taxes op any lands
in said oonnties,- . 1 • . . Jon; 28, 1863.*
„J. CAJtPBBfct, JTB-, ;
' ■ KaoxviUb, TUijfa Cotiiity, JPa., '
A yrORNBY I * fcUONSE£LO6/AT LAW,
gi*-Bn‘to (he of Pen
gions, Back Pajof &?•.
Jan. [ ?.{, - ; v •':
Dics;nr*oj[ jotouse, ,
■••• <rORH|lN'Gj N. Y. - '
Mat A. rnS|ep,...i;,y4..M.
GUESTS taken fatndrfrom the Depot free
of charge.' ,t,• -C ".;[3hn;l. 1663.]
PESSiSYttiMIAHOIJSE,
COKNEE OF MAltf STB 6ET AJTO THE AVENUE,
Wtlb)U«. F*. '
J. W. BIGONT,. /Proprietor.
THIS popular Hite; haring been refitted
and re-furnished Ibr lughout, is npw.ppento the
public m a first-class hjmtd.~.- j [Jan. 1, 1863.]
wuk wjUiToii house,
Bainii, Tjdj h Cpwity, Pa.
H. C. VERMILYBA, Proprietor,
THIS is a new-.hptci located within easy ac
cess of the best ffishihg and : hnntiug grounds in
Northern Pennsylvania "No pains will .be spared for
the accommodation of nlsasurtf-seekers and the trav
elling public. { ■ .Pa 0 -1* 1863.]
- WATCHJ£ w |lOCip ATO
IkSirtd »t BCLIisS B’S i GO’S. STORE, 'hy the
Bubscribwyin the finer, and-at as low prices as
the samel work can be Mol.'a for, by any first rate prac
tical workman in the pU b.
Wellsboro, Jnly 15, aBt3. .A. JR. HASCT-
lo' HOTEL
B'. B. HOLIDAY,]...;
THB Proprietor bavin); again taken possession of
the above Hotel. Wl! : spare Bo paint *« insure
the comWrt of .guests-ini the traveling public. At
tentive waiters always re idy. Terms reasonable.
WeH«boro, Jan. 21,jiSfJt.-tf. --
ole-Iv,
A ’A
Watches, ciders,: Jewels, fee., fee.,
REPAIRED, jAS OLD- PRICES.
POST OFFP3E .BUILDING,
no, s, t?moN. Slock.
Vell«hero,-May2fl,pfcB,
. E. K.i BLACK,, .
BARBER &IF AIRvDRESSER,
,•: ■ bhofover c l; WILCOX'S store;
NO. 4, UN#ON BLOCK.
Wellaboro, Jana f"
MARBLE SHOP.
T AM now receivitjg i STOCK, of ITALIAN
X and RUTLAND (bongbt with cash)
and am prepared to nmbSfacture all kinds, of
TOM Bj-S T QN E S
and-MONUMBNIS at th# lowostprices.
RARVET ADAMS isjluy Agent and
will sell Stone at the sptna prices as at the shop.
WJS SAVE Jlif-T OSE FRICE. *
Tioga, May 20;i863-IJ, A. D. COLE.
FLOUR AXI# FEEJ> STORE.
WRIGB® |fe pMLEt
HAVE had tbei|-‘isill fthbrongbly repaired,
and are ground flour, feed,
meal, <fcc. ; every day 5 at teeirfcttfre in t6wn.
Cash, paid for all grain* =
, • i'f * BAILEY.
WelleborOy April
Q. W. WELLINGTON & GO’S. BANK,
GORNtefGi -N- Y-,
, (Locaixd is.;ifeE -House.) .
American Gold mniSUver Com bonghtand soldi'
New'Tbrk Exchno^i.. do. i
Duourrent Money,s . ' d °\ ,r
United StatesDettfWliSetss "old wsuo”
CoßeotionS made In-Bl ports of the TJmon at Cur
rent rates of Exchange! 1
Particular pains trip. betaken to accommodate onr
patrons from the TioSa Valley. Our Office will be
open at 7. A. M., andlblose at 7 P. M., giving parties
passing ever the Tifita'llail Bond ample time to
transact their basinej® before ;the departure of the
train,in the'mornin|rand• after its,arrival in the,
evening. ■ Q, W-fI"KLLIiiGXON) President.
Corning, y. Y., 80ic.X2, 1867. '
- HOMESTEAD.
Anew stoy-E and tin shop has
just been 1 opened in Tioga; Pcnna., where may
be found a good assortment of Codklng, Parlorend
Box Stored of the moat approved patterns, and from
the best The is ad
mitted to be the best Elevated Oven Stove in the
•market. The ,'I
“ GOLDEN AGE” A GOOD HOPE "
ate square, lai lop aip tigW stoves,'with large ovens,
with'many advaetagpi-ever any other stove before
made, ■ Parlor Stovesj The Signet and Caspion are
both very neat and superior stoves. .
Also Tin, Copper, send Sheet Iron Ware, kept con
stantly on hand and &adb to coder of'the best mate
rial and Workmanship) alt nf which' will be sold at
the lowest figure for <ja*b or ready pay.
Job work of all kinds Attended to on call.
Tioga, Jan. U^B«f. GUERNSEY k SMEAD.
WQOI Dardlnjj Cloth Dressing.
THE «abscriherj!w ( i<iima‘ his oM customers
lb« public ia prepared to
card wool at Ike old stand, the coming
season, havibg seotrfeTthe services of Mr. J. PEET,
a and’erjwrienced workman, and also in
tending to gire fell .personal nltenti,op:to the business,
he mil warrant allwbrlt,done at his shop/
Wool larded at cents .per pound, and Cloth
dressed at from ten Jbw twfentj cents per yard as per
color and fiafsh. I \ . i, I. JACfCSON.
' WdlsboroyßUy; *
_ JQHM KOY;
TVEALBRIN DpDGS AND MEDICINES,
, Chemicals, Variiiah, P,ainto, Dyes, Soaps, Per-
Taney Goods,
?"?. Wines, Brandies, Gins, and other Liquors (hr
modieal use. Agent for (ha said of all the best Pnt-
R- " 6dMnM Y 4rlmnted B™-
p . .BESTiIQUAICiITY. ,
Th« v. S 1 . C D n .f ?i MO^P^ ons Accurately compounded,
for whiofits superior to any other
for bnrmog in Ketosije Lamps.' Also,all othorkinds
of Oils usually kept i| a&st-elass Drag Store.
_ TANCY DYE;CbLOKS inpackages all ready
PaTwl’ fSr Cuies. Also,
W.M/ fBr t&Aiaal compounds. , ‘
_ uellsboto, Jqae 24p883-ily., . ~ ,£ ,
Hn>«s,AHDvi
nizkest mmrke
««OOKLYN lANNL
J °'y I, 1863, f |
Ml BKEfS FASTajp.-f'fts
■ jirice: pai it znoiej' si the
!RY srar Tioga.
3e&ote«J to t&e SjcttnaCon of tit kven of ifmfcom tie Spesti of f&ealt&g »efom.
WHILE THERE'SHALL- BE A WRONG UNRIQHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
VOL. IX.
Original SietVs,
- ~ ~IWr IbSAgttotor.;)
TO TBE MEMORY OF JOHN B. MILLER, OF
JERSE Y MILLS—Jk SIGNAL SOLDIER.
Fold the glorious banner round him,
LsyMmluthstilenttorab-;
Fqrilnakghe left bekind him,
AH thequiet joys of homo,
And a heart more true to duty,
Beat there not boneath the snn *
Fold the glorious banner round him, ’ - -
_ For hlswprk ia, nobly dpne. .
On thohelddre nerer AiUertsd, :
; r;;■ itiljhoowfethfchotUMUdodwmnd;
Alwjra of _duly, -jq' ■ •
’ On,the battle-ground.
• Through th'e'dreary uwainps bewnndoii,
With his comrades -boW&ad-braTe ;
Watohing tor tboooraing signals, .
,’Tbongb they beckoned to the grave.
Butsignala of a ioorchingfeTer;
Burned on his brow,,flndin : his brain; :
Alaa j .for him thore’e no returning,
‘*■ Hunraltihg fribnds ninst wait in rain,
, Beyond theblue Potomac’* watbra,
, .On fair Virginia's distant ahore;
He alaeps.tbe sleep tbst knova no walking,
. A signal soldier—nerer more. w
Father, mother, sister, brother,.
JVeep, oh weep for.him. who's gone 1
Tor a better and a braver, t
Morning sun nee're shone upon,
- But npon his country’s altar, - - .
. „ He, bii life, has proudly Jain;
Pray ye to the God of battles.
That each deaths be not in vain.
Thon.above bint drape the banner.
Though your hearts grow.grey and old j
And if in your eyes, (ears tremble,
Dry them with its starry folds.
For though’ lost to earth forever,
He will long remembered be; ■
For beneath his name is written
"Lo 1 he died for liberty.^
Texas, July 31,1885. , Meeta Mbebuove
of a®at.
[For the- Agitator!!
A SOLDIER’S RETUBE.
There was weeping beneath the old roof, and
the wail of broken hearts. The death angel
met Walter B. on his way from the hospital to
his home, end pitiless of the dark shadow his
wing would cast over loving hearts, bore him
silently within the gates of the “Beautiful
City.*’
.Walter’s was a brave heart, and at the first
call of the President for volunteers, bade adieu
to his class mates at L. College, hastened to his
home, and after spending a few days in the
cherished circle, went forth in bis manhood’s
strength to the protection of the glorious old
flag. We will not follow him through all the
changes of camp life; let it suffice that his no
blenoesof-beart soon won the love of the entire
regiment. 5
In the memorable contest.at Manassas, he
received a severe wound in the side, and when
weakened from the lops of blood, and near
fainting, begged of tbem, not to carry him from
the field. “Let me die here,” ho said, “with
the noble slain; and in my last hour let me see
that starry Tag waving above ,my bead, and
then shroud me in it for iriy last long sleep.”—
But he was not then to die. Inn few months
he is well and strong again, and worthily pro
moted to.the position of Captain'of his compa
ny. Again -we see him on .the morn of the
struggle at Antietsm. Behold that noble form,
bis eye lit by the fire of patriotism ; his coun
tenance glowing with undaunted courage, rush
ing into the hottest of the fray, shouting “come
on my brave boys to victory or death.” The
deadly missiles are flyingthrough the air, thin
■ing the ranks of bur noble- men; bnt ever and
anon that bravo commander’s voice is heard—
“forward, never give np ’till we win the field!”
Walter passed through many hard battles,
and. Providence shielded him from danger.—
And it were well; for onr noble brave could
illy spare the services of-so daring and efficient
an officer.
_ Once more let ns follow him to the.deadly
combat. On that bloody, field where fifty thou
sand strong men are fighting with most desper
ate courage; and while a portion of our troops
are being driven by-the overpowering numbers
of the enemy, we behold the proud form of
Captain B. at the bead of his company; his
eye" flashing fire, his voice ringing out clear
above the din of battle, "onward to victory.”—
But, oh God! before the last syllable was ut
tered, a well aimed bullet sent the gallant fel
low reelingHo the earth.; *
* *. * "Oh comrades, are we al
most there? Lef ns haste, for it will he so
sweet to die in the old home. It will be far ea
sier crossing tho dark river, if on this side my
last gaze behold those loved ones—father,
mother, sweet sisters, Nellie and Kate.” His
eye now moistens, 'his lip quivers as he puts
his emaciated white hand in his bosom and
draws forth a small miniature, and unclasping
it gazes on the features JSk lovely girl. Then
raising his eyes toward Heaven with a beseech
ing look, he murmurs, “oh God 1 stay the sum
mons ! Let me but once clasp sweet Helen in
one last, long, loving embrace v. Let her breast
pillow my dying head, her hand wipe the death
dew from off my brow; and the last’ sounds
that fall on my dying ear, be ‘Walter, I loved
yon to the laat, and will come to 'you on the
other shore 1’ ”
The feeble breath , comes more faintly each
moment; the eyes are fixed heavenward ; the
pallor that never but once comas over the fea
tures, is coming over that brow. But hark!
ho whispers! Catch,the last feeble murmurs;
for, like precious balm, will will they come to
crushed and bleeding hearts. “Mother, home,
Helen, heaven—all come to me thereand as
brave and noble a spirit as ever dwelt in human
form, is gliding across death’s dark waters.
* * * “Mother, do yon think he
will be here- to-night? Let me arrange this
sofa where te can lie and look down the ave
nue, and catch the sun’s lost rays through the
branches of the elms. Then the -feelings of
olden time will come over him, and he’ll'forget
his pain for-a time.” And the light form of
Nellie B. glided more swiftly fjom one apart
ment to another, as the hour. forlVal let’s «i
-val drew near. The shadows of evening are
creeping on. Anxions eyes are at the windows,
and Itttte Ka'ts’s fairy feet are tripling'op the
faillriEatshemay get the first kiss, and he the
first to welcome dear brother Wallet. The
WELLSBOEO, TIOGA COUNTY* PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGIITS 5, 186:3.
stare are coming out one by one, and still the
-watchers are at the windows with almost sus
pended breath, to catch the sound of , carriage
wheel). At ipst Kate’s merry voice • rings out
clear on the night air,“they are coming! Ob
father, mother, Helsa, Walter is, coming I”
With one impulse, all are running down the
avenue. But; oh heavens, what a scene 1, In
stead of Walter’s welcome voice, a pall, a
shroud, acoffin. One wild shriek, and Helen
Raymond falls fainting to the. earth. Father,
mother, and Nellie, stand in',speechless agony,
and: dear little- Kate’s first kiss—the' angels
k»p«d the spirit away a few brief hours ago.
'l)k When wiTfmSetihgs, mors sad- than part
ings,' have come to an end 1 Maud Lintos.
Reply of the! President t» the Ohio, Com-
F mittee, ’
WAsiiNGTOir, D. C., /une 29,1863.
The resolutions 'of the Ohio 1
Democratic State Convention, which yon pre
sent me, together with your introductory and
closing remarks, being in position and argu
ment mainly the same as the resolutions of the
Democratic meeting at Albany, New I York, I
refer yon to my response to the latter As meet
ing meet of the .points in the former. , This
response yon evidently used in preparing your
remarks, and.l desire no more than that it be
used with accuracy. In a single reading of
your remarks, 1 1 only discovered one inaccuracy
in matter which I suppose you took from that
paper. It waa where you say, “The under
signed are unable to agree with you in the
opinion you have expressed that the Constitn
tioh is different in time of insurrection or in
vasion from what it was in time of peace and
public security.”
A recurrence of the paper will sbpw you
that I have not expressed the opinion you sup
pose. I expressed the opinion that the Consti
tution is different in its application in cases of
rebellion or invasion, involving the public safe
ty, from what it is in times of profound peace
andfhblic security; and this opinion I adhere
to, simply because by-the Constitution itself,
things may be done in the one case which may
not be done in the other.
I dislike to waste a word on a merely per
sonal point, but I must rsgpactfully assure you
that you will findyourselves at fault should you
ever seek for evidence to prove your assump
tion, that I “ opposed in discussions before the
people the policy of the Mexican war.”.
You say: “ Expunge from the Constitution
this limitation upon-the. power of Congress to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus, and jet the
other guarantees of personal liberty' would re
main unchanged.” Donbtiesss, if this clause
of the Constitution, improperly called,,as I
think, a limitation upon the power of <J*Hgress N
were expunged, the other guarantees would re
main the same ; but the question is, not how
those guarantees would stand with that clause
out of the Constitution, hut how they stand
with that clausa remaining-in it, in oases of.
rebellion or invasion, involving thejoublio safe
ty. If the liberty could be.Jndipfed of ex
punging that clause, letter, and spirit I really
think the constitutional argument would be
with you.
. My general view on this question was stated
in the Albany response, and hence Ido not
state it now. 1 only add that, as seems to me,
the. benefit nf the writ 'of habeas corpus is the
great merits through which the guarantees of
personal liberty are conserved and made avail
able in the last resort;' and corroborative of
this view is the fact:that Mr. Vallandigham, in
the very case ill question, under the advice.of
able lawyers, slaw not where else to go but to
the habeas ocjrpus'. But by the Constitution
the benefit of t{he habeas corpus itself may be
suspended, when incases of rebellion and in
vasion the public safety may require it.
You ash, in Substance, whether I really claim
that 1 may override.all the guaranteed rights of
individuals, oh the plea of conserving the pub
lic safety—This question, divested of the phra
seology calculated to represent me as strug
gling for an arbitrary personal prerogative, is
either simply a question who sbal}. decide, or
an affirfnatien that nobody shall decide, what
the public safety does require in cases of re
bellion or invasion. The,Constitution contem
plates the question as likely to occur for deci
sion, but it does not expressly declare who is
to decide it. By necessary implication, when
rebellion or invasion comes, the, decision is to
be made, from time ,to time; I think the
man whom, for the time, the people have, un
der the Constitution, mads the commander-in
chief of their army and navy, is the man who
holds the power and beats the responsibility of
making it. If be uses the power justly, the
same people will probably justify him; if he
abuses it, be is in their hands, to be dealt with
by all the modes they have reserved to them
selves in the Constitution.
The earnestness with which yod insist that
persons can only, in times of rebellion, be law
fully dealt with, in accordance with the roles
for criminal triala and punishments in times of
peace, induces me to add a word to what 1
said on that poipt in the Albany response.
You claim that men may, if they, choose, em
barase-those whose duty it is to combat a giant
rebellion and i then- be dealt with only jn torn
as if there were no rebellion. The Constitu
tion itself rejects this view; The military ar
rests and detentions which have been made,
including those of Mr. Vallandigham, which
are not different in prinoiple’from the other,
have been for prevention, afid not for punish
meni-r-na -injunctions to stay injury—as pro
ceedings to keep the peace—and hence, like
proceedings in such oases and for like reesons,
they have not been accompanied with indict
ments, or hills by juries, nor, in a single cose,
by any punishment whatever beyond wbat is
purely incidental to the prevention. The orig
inal sentence of imprisonment in Mr. Vailan
digham’s Oise was to prevent injury 1 1 the
military service only, and' the modification of
it was made as a less disagreeable mode to him
of,securing the same prevention.
I am unable to perceive an insult to Ohio In
the case of Mr. Vallandigham. Quite surely
nothing of this sort was or is intended. I was
tyilHitUl. \
wholly unaware that Mr! Yallondigham was,
at the time of. his arrest, a candidate ipr the
Democratic nomination for Governor, until so
informed % your reading to me the resolutions
of the Convention. 1 am grateful to the State
of Ohio fee many things, especially for the
brave soldiers and officers she has given in'the
present national trial- to the armies of the
Union.
Ton claim, as I understand, that according
to my own position in the Albany response, Mr.
Vallandighamshaold be released’; and tliilhe
nanee, ssyouclaim, he; bas. not. damaged - (be
jßilitary bj enlUtmentSj
encouraging {desertions, or otherwise; . and
that if be bad, be should have been turned over
’ to the civil authorities under the recent acts of
■Congress, ■ I certainly do not know that Mr.
Vallandigbam bas specifically, and by direct
language, advised against enlistments, and in
favor: of desertion and -resistance*!*) drafting.
We all know that combinations, armed in some
instances, toTesist the arrest of deserters, be
' gan several months 1 ago ; that more recently
the like bas'appesred in resistance s the enrol
ment prepartory to a draft; and that quite a
number of assassinations have oocured from the
same animus.. These had to he met by military
force, and this again has led to bloodshed and
death; And now, nnder a sense of responsi
bility more weighty and- enduring than any
which is merely official, I solemnly declare my
belief that the. hindrance of the, military, in
cluding maiming and murder, is due? to.the
course in which Mr. Vallandigbam has been
engaged, in a greater degree than to any other
canse; and is dne to him personally in a great
er degree than to any other one man.- These'
things have., been notorious, known to nil, and
of course known to Mr. Vallandigbam. Per
haps I would not be wrong to say that they
originated with his especial friends and adher
ents. With perfect knowledge of them, he bas
frequently, if not-constant)y, made speeches in
Congress and before popular assemblies; and
if it can be shown that, with these things star
ing him in the face, be has ever ottered a word
of rebuke or counsel against them, it will be ‘R
fact greatly in his. favor with me; and one of
which, as yet, lam totally ignorant.. When it
is known that the Vfhole burden ofAna speeches
bas been to. stir up*men against the prosecution
of theiwar, and that in the midst of resistance
to it he has not been known in any instance to
counsel against such resistance, it is next to im
possible to repel the inference that he has coun
seled directly in favor of it. With all this
before their eyes, the .Convention you represent
have nominated Mr. Vallandigham for Governor
of Ohio, and both they and you have declared
thefrarpoM to sustain the National Onion by
all constitutional means. But, of course, they
and you, in common, reserve to yourselves to
decide what are constitutional means, and, un
like the Albany meeting, you omit to state or
intimate that, in your opinion, ah army is a
constitutional means of saving the Union
against a rebellion, or even to intimate that you
are conscious of an existing rebellion being in
progress ivijh the avowed object of destroying
that very-Union. At the same time.your nom
inee for Governor, in whose behalf you appeal,
is known"®’ you and to the world to declare
against the’use of an army to suppress the re
bellion. Your own attitude, therefore, encour
ages desertion, resistance to the draft, and the
like, beeansa it teaches those who incline to de
sert and to escape the draft, to believe it is your
purpose to protect them, and to hope that you
will become strong enough to do so. After a
personal intercourse with you, gentlemen of
the committee, I cannot say I think yon desire
this'effect to follow your attitude ; but I assure
you that both friends and enemies of the Union
look upon it in this light. It is a substantial
hope, and by consequence, a real strength to
the enemy. It is afalse hope, and one which
you would willingly dispel. I will make the
wayexoeedingly easy. I send you duplicates
of this letter, in order that yon, or a majority
of you, may, if you choose, endorse your names
upon one of them, and return it thus endorsed
to me, with the understanding that 'those sign
ing are thereby committed to the following prop
ositions, and to nothing else:
1. That there is now a rebellion, in the Uni
ted States, the object and tendency of which is
to destroy ths national Union; and that, in
your opinion, an army a denary are constitu
tional meaok for suppressing that rebellion.,
2. That no one of you will do anything which
in his own judgment will tend to hinder the
increase or favor the decrease, or lessen the ef
ficiency of the army and navy, while engaged
in the effort to suppress the rebellion; and
3. That each of you will, in his sphere, do
all he can to have the officers, soldiers, and sea
men of the army and navy, while engaged in
the effort to suppress the rebellion; paid, fed,
clad, and otherwise well provided for and sup
ported. - ..... ""
And with the further understanding that up
on receiving the letter and haknea thus endorsed,
I will cause them to be published, which pub
lication shall be, within itself, a revocation of
the order in relation to Mr. Vallandigbam. *
It will not escape observation that I consent
to the release of Mr. Vallandigham upon terms,
not embracing 'any pledge from him nr from;
others, as to what .be will or will not do. Ido
this because he is'riot present to epeak for him
self, oq ■to authorize others to speak foj l , him ;
.and heriee, I shall expect, that on returning,
he would not put himself practically in aiitngo
nism with the. position of his friends. |But I
do it chiefly because t thereby prevail on other
influential gentlemen of Ohio to so define their
position os to'be of immense value to the army
—thus more than compensating for the conse
quences of any mistake in allowing Mr. Val
landigbam to return, so that, on the whole, the
public safety will not have suffered by it. Still,
in regard to Mr. Vallandigham and all others,
I most horeafter.-ns heretofore, do so ranch as
the public service rony seem to require. I have
the honor to be respectfully yours, etc.
A. LINCOLN.
Flints may be melted —we see it daily—but
an ungrateful heart cannot—-no, not by the
strongest and noblest flame. -
To’grow up to the skies we most be planted
low in the dust, ■ -
Rebel Atre cities in But Tennecwe.
The editor.cf the Memphis. SuU&>n, wbo-has
been on a visit to Nashville, communicates the
following ts hjs paper, in reference to rebel
tnle in East Tennessee. Colonel Crawford, the
gentleman from whom the faces' are obfaineU,
has a personal knowledge of some of the cir
cumstances, having left the'scenes of their en
actment quite recently, and vouches for the
trtrtb of.all of; them, —}
Jn, the month; .of January, 1863, at Laurel,
C., near .'the Tennessee; tybrdetv oil the Salt
was seized, , for - ’ distribution by Confederate
cammiasroners. Silt’-Was selling ,at seventy-'
five io one hundred dollars a’ sack. The. Co
mmissioners declared that the “ tories should
have hone,” and positively refused to give
UmoU men their portion of the quantity to be
distributed in that vicinity. This palpable in
justice roused the Union men ; they assembled
together and determined to seize their propor
tion', Of the salt by force. They did so, taking
at Marshall, N. C. what they deemed, to be
their just share.
-Immediately afterwards, the 65th NorthCar
olina'regiment, under command of Lieutenant
Colonel Keith,.woe ordered to Laurel to arrest
the offenders.
L. M. Allen was colonel of the regiment, but
bad been -suspended for six months tor crime
and drunkenness. Many of. the men engaged
in the salt seizure left their homes. ..Those who
did not participate in it became the, sufferers.
Among those arrested were Joseph Wood,
(about sixty years of age; David Shelton, sixty;
James Shelton, fifty ; Roddy Shelton, forty
five ; Elison King, forty ; Halen Moore, forty;
Wajle Moore,thirty-five; Isaiah Shelton,fifteen;
Wm. Shelton, twelve; James Metcalf, ten;
Jasper . Channel, fourteen ; Samuel Shelton,
nineteen, and his brother, ajged seventeen, sons
of Lifus Shelton—in all, thirteen men and
boys. Nearly all of them declared they were
innocent and had taken no part in appropria
ting the salt. They begged for a trial, assert
ing that they could prove-their innocence.
Colonel Allen, who was with his troops, but
not in command, told them they should have a
trial, bnt '.they would be taken to Tennessee
for that purpose. They bid. farewell to their
wives, daughters, and'sisters, directing them
to procure the witnesses and bring them to the
court in Tennessee, where they supposed their
trial would take place. Alasl how little they
dreamed what a fate awaited them !
The poor fellows had proceeded but a few
miles when they were turned from the toad
into a gorge in the mountain, and halted.
Without any warning of what was to he done
five of them were ordered to kneel down.
Ten paces in front of tlmse five, a file of sol
diers were placed with/foaded muskets. The
terrible reality flashed upon the minds of the
doomed patriots. The old man Wood (sixty
years of age) cried out: “ For God’s sake, men,
you are not going to shoot us ? If you are go
ing ‘to rounder ns, give us at least time to pray."
Colonel Allen was reminded: of his promise to,
give them a trial. They were informed that
Allen htijl no authority : that Keith was in com
mand ;.and that there was no time for praying.
The qjdpr wa&given to-fire. The old men and
boys pn{ their bands toftheir faces aod rent the
air with 5 agonizing cries oOdospair ; the sol
diers, wavered, and hesitated jo obey the .com
mand." Keith said if they di(Fnot fire instant
ly be would make them change places with the
prisoners. The soldiers raised their guns, the
victims shuddered convulsively, the word was
given-to firs, and the five men fell pierced with
rebel bullets. The old men, Woodand Shelton,
were shot in the bead, their brains scattered
upon the ground, and they died withont a
struggle. The other three jlived only a few
minntes.
Five others were ordered to kneel, among
them little Billy Shelton, a mere child, only
twelve years old. He implored the men not to
shoot him in the face. “ Y6u .have killed my
father and brothers,” said be; “ yon have shot
my father in the face ; do not shoot me in the
face.” He covered his face with bis hands
The soldiers received tbs order to fire and five
more fell. Poor little Billy Shelton was shot
in .both arms. He ran to ■an officer, clasped
him aronnd the legs, and besought him to spare
hielife. “You have killed iny old father, and
my three brothers ; you have shot me in both
arms—l forgive you all this—l can get well.
Let me go. homo to my mother end sisters.”
What a heart of adamant the man must have
who could'disregard soeh ah appeal. The lit
tle bey was dragged back to the place of exe
cution ; again-the terrible Vord “fire!" was
given,'and he fell dead, eight balls having en
tered his body. The remaining three were
mujrdered in the same manner. Those iu whom
life was not-entirely extinct the heartless offi
cers despatched with their pistols.
Old Mrs. Onus Riddle, aged eighty-five years,
was whipped, bung, and robbed of a consider
able amount of money. Many others were
treated with the same barbarity.. And the
men who dijd tins were called soldiers 1 Tho
daughters of William Sheltdn, a man of wealth
and highly respectable, were requested by some
of the officers to sing and play tor them. They
played and sang a few national airs. Keith
learned of it, and ordered jthat the ladies,b[e
placed under arrest and senpto the guard house,
where they remained all night. •
Old Mrs. Sullie More, seventy years of age,
was whipped with hickory pods, till the blood
ran in streams down her back to the ground;
and the perpetrators of this were clothed in the
habiliments of rebellion, and bore the name of
soldiers! . .
One woman, who bad an infant? five or six
weeks old, was tied in the know to a tree, her
child placed in the doorway in her sight, and
she, was informed that if she did not telhall ebe
knew about the seizure of tibe salt, both herself
and the child would be; allowed to perish.
Houses were hurried and torn down. All kinds
of property was destroyed or carried off.
All the women and children cf the-Union
men who were shot, and of those who escaped,
were ordered by Gen. Alfred B. Jackson, head-,
quarters atJonesboro, to, be- eerit through the
jtpes by way Of When the first of
them arrived at this place the officer in charge
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There was .. a poor widow who had a son
■named HtTry. Now Harry was a very goad
boy , and whew, he-saw his mother working hard
for him, and also perceived that She was Row
ing paler every day, he determined to do some
thing to support Bimkclf, so that his mother
would not have to work so hard.. He could not
think of anything that be coold do, but deter
mined to look for work the next day. So After
saying hiu prayers, he.lay down to sleep.’-
Next day Harry was unsuccessful-in his en
deavors to obtain work, and was returning
home, feeling sad, when he met a hoy selling
matches. This made Harry think that he too,
might make some money in- the same way.
When he reached home he told his mother of
his design, and persuaded her to lend him a
littlajnoney to begin with. She kissed him
good night, and promised to do so; and Harry
went to bed happier than he had been for many
days. ;
The next morning Harry went with a basket
on hia arm to the match factory; and haying
p'rponredas many matches as oonld be bought
fo£ his limited funds, he' set off to sell them.
Several weeks went by, in which Harry was
qnite successful. One winter, day, when it was
bitter cojld, Harry, shivering with cold, for he
was thinily clad, was. yralking up the street of
fering his matches for sale to passers-by, when
a gentleman came dnt of a very fine looking
house, Harry offered, him his matches. The
gentleman seeing that he was very thinly clad
and wishing to help him, bought a penny’s
worth, giving him what- he' supposed to be a
cent, buji was really a twenty-five cent-piece.
Harry perceived the mistake and stdpd unde
cided whether to run after the geht^|ilkaa„or
ii coin. The evil spirit whispered that
itleman had plenty of money. Bat
(new it would .be wrong to keep it, go
r.fter the gcntltnan, and gave him back
nty-five cents.
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day the gentleman went to gee Harris
I and offered to send Harry to school.
!r was gladly accepted, and Harry went
il. i •
When he was sixteen years old, thie gentle
man took him into his store, where, by his hon
est nnd| upright behavior, he gained the confi- ••
dence of his employers, and afterwards became
a partner in the firm. He is now a merchant
•and givjea liberally to the poor.
Boys| be honest. When yon are tempted to
to do dishonest thing, remember that God
sees you, and that his favor and blessings ara
worth far more than anything yon could possi
bly gain by any dishonest act.
One Goon Torn Deserves Another. —Mr.
PilkiD! ton, a small, farmer in Pennsylvania,
was some time ago drafted .for the service of
his country. The wife, though she possesses
but a Ismail stock of general information,ls
one of | the best conjugal partners, and she was
much troubled at the thought of parting with
her husband. As she was engaged in scrub
bing off her doorstep, a rough-looking stranger
came tip and .thus addressed her:
“I hoar, ma’am, that your husband has been
drafted.”
“ Yes, sir, he has,” answered Mrs. Pilkin
ston, “ though, dear knows there’s fsw men
that couldn’t better be spared from their fam
ilies,”!
" YVjell, ma’am, I’ve come to offer myself as
a substitute for him.”
“ A) what ?” asked Mrs Pilkinson with some
excitement.
" I’m willing to take his place,” said the
stranger. , . ~
“ Yon take* the place of my husband, you
wretch 1 I'll teach yon to insult a distressed
woman that way, yon vagabond!” cried Mrs-
Pilkipston, ns she discharged the dirty soap
suds in the face of the discomfited and aston
ished substitute, who took to his heels just In
time to escape having his bead broken bythe
bucket. i .
It is not all the world that can pull an hum
ble man down, ' ( becaose God will exalt him.
Nor is it all the world that can keep a’proud
man up, because God will debase him.
Yoc can depend on no man, on no friend,
who cannot depend upon himself. He only
who acts conscientiously toward himself will
act e) toward others.
" au like Balaam," said a dandy, on meet-,
ing « pretty girl in a passage, '• stopped by anft,,
angel.” “ And lam like the angel stopped by
an aiss.”
Id making friends, consider well first; and
when you are fixed be true, not waveringby
reports, nor deserting in affliction, for thst be
comes not the good and the virtuous? j■, ,
aViovg the drafted men in Boston, are two
catholic clergymen, sis editors, the U. S.His
trict Attorney, the Provost Marshal General,
an artillery armorer, and three John Smiths.
Childhood has little retrospection ; its heart
and soul are in the future, a glorified dream.
Memory, with , all its pleasures and pains, is
for the old, and chiefly fortbt prematurely old,
but youth is a vision, the. islands of the
blest; it tells its own fairy tale to itself, and is
at once the innentoe and the hero;
The editor of the Scientific American bas re
ceived from California a piece of wood from a
tjeO 30 feet'in diameter, the annual rings npon
which indicate the age of the 6,300
yealcs! .This leaves tire saplings of,iMr ancient
friends, Nebuchadnezzar and Sobratos; 1 stand
inn,out in the cold, and carries onr iiind back
to the period when Eye.at the stojen/fruit.
3 MONTHS. 6 KOSTH3. • 12 KOKTHS.
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IM.U not havmg tte number. of inser
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1 out and charged - accordingly,
landJ)iU?, BtU-Heada, Letter-Heads, and
Jobbing dons in chantry establishments
itly and promptly., Jua'tjces’, Cons table’s
EjANKS, constantly on hand.
iSen. Donelson (formerly speaker pf
of Representatives at Nashville,) to
'bicb route they should be sent from
then by Cumberland Gap or Nash-
Sn. Donelson immediately directed
0 released and, sent home, that each a
■)» unknown' jn fivilized countries.
!tben sent,home, and alb the refugees
i. road were, also tOrned back.
le Honest Watch-boy.