TbQ Tioga County Agitator: B7K.H. COBB. , Sg-wnt JOTUWj; ■ ■ injtlt icpoirt-offleej lo cat^( n coun|ies,lmni»diste|y ' e Tmr i'r tie QfjßciaVpaper^ of Tioga Co., B nd circulates therein. Sub scriptions being system, it oirou latosamong a class matt to 1 the interest ofadyertisers tai'daoh. Terms tb advert tSerSai liberal as those of fered by any r paper,of eqn-i oficnlation in- Northern Pennsylvania." • ‘•■■'jj f : 1 «av A cross on the -isiargin of a paper, denotes that the subscription i» abput-toeipire. ■' jea* vrhen'the'subscriptlon *bn a orders- their-coatina- m LOWBEt * S. F- WILSOS, A TIOBNEIS & POPNSfiLI,QES at LAW, t tli6‘' CbOrts -of Tioga,'Pbt’te/r and McKean counties. , ..... [-Wellsboro, Jan.-1, 1863.] “Wtoasr srpswif," Attorney * oodnsbllor it law, ~ Couderspoth attend'the several Conrts id Potter land- McKean cophtiea. -All bn sliest eni (trusted to his care will receive prompt attention. Be ihas the agency df large tracts of good settling land and will attend to the payment of taxes on any lands do said counties. . ■ Jon. 28,1803.* DKKDISON HOUSE, n.' r. i..; Proprietor. a TESTS taken to-aa#irom the Depot free * •! ■ , ■ [J)in>-l,:i8&a;] V.! V. PBSSftSWAJfI4 HOUSE, COB-VEB,JJAW |XBEEI. V> ,TJ?E iOSIB,^ TilS popular Hotel, having, ftesn; j»rflfcted and xe-funushad-throughout, is now open to the public as VArsVclklss house.' \ ■ Pan. V, 1863.] IZAAK WALTON HOUSE, Gaines, Tioga ConntyjPa. H. C. YERMILYEA,. Proprietor. THIS is a Dew hotel'lopatecl within easy ac cess ofthe hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. Jto'psdns will no spared for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and the trav elling public. - i v ' ' [Jan. 1, 1863.] « watches, Clocks and JpV ' - JEWELRY ! Repaired at iJUtLARD',S,& CO'S. STORE, by the subscribe):, in the besttnanncr. and at as low prices as the same'work can be done (dr, by Shy first rate prac tical workman in the State, i ’ Wellsboro, July.ls, 1863, t - A. R. HASCY. ' WELLSBOfio HOTEL. B. B. HOLIDAY,. Proprietor. TJIK P/oprietor bavuugtjgain taken possession of the above Hotel, will'spare ;no pains to insure the comfort of guests and the traveling public. At tentive waiters alwayirready. Terms reasonable. Weljsboro, Jan.2l, 1363 r ... , M. f’tfxk-jy. Watches/Clocks, jewelry, &c., fee., BBPSISBD 'AT OLD PRICES. POST OFFICE} BUILDING, NO, 5, JXNIQN BLOpK. WeHsborft, May 28, J 863. - 1 ■ E. B. BLACK; BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER, SHOP OVER C. L.'WItCOX'S STORE, NO. 4, UNION BLOCK. June 2A,1863*|* * FLOrR AJTD STOKE. WRKJHT & BAH.EY HAYE had: thdir . fyotongblj repaired and are receiving frqsh ground flour, feed, meal, Ac., every day at theii* atore in town. Cuh paid for all kind* of grain. • • -- - - x BRIGHT & BAILEY, Wellsboro, Apri129,<1863»; v ■ Wool Carding and; CiothDr easing. THE subscriber iaforins his old customers and the public that -he is prepared to card wool and drew cloth* ilhe“ola stand, the coming season, having secured tb\ j k services of Mr. J. PEET, a competent and experldf'jed workman, and also in tending to give i|att«ntioa to the business, he will warrant all work ifi&e at bis shop. Wool carded at five drifts par .pound, and Cloth dressed at from ten to twenty .cents per yard as per color ,and finish. «J* X. JACKSON. WeiUb0r0,.M»y.6,1563-fR nAßßiaa shop. lAM now receiving' ij,STOCK of ITALIAN and RUTLAND MAffiBLE, (bought with cash) tnj nm prepared to »inMrtlfiWtiirfl all kinds -of TO MB-ST ONES juS MONUMENTS at the lowest prices. , v HARVST ADAMS iz iny authorized agent and aQI sell Stone at (he same prices as at the shop. ' We BA.VE BUT'ONE PRICE. .. TWga, May iDj 1863-ly.; ' A. D. COLE. JOHN ROY, Dealer in4)Rugs and medicines, Chemicals, Varnish,‘ Paints, Dyes, Soaps, Per fumery, Brashes, Glass, Potty, Toys, Fancy Gopds, Ppr*. ;Wuacs, Gins, and other Liquors for medical use. Agent for tfja ssdepf all the nest Pat ent Medicines of the day*/ warranted gen uine and of the ,/ • ‘ BEBTQUALITY. Physioiqn’a compounded. The bejt Petroleum Oil -which is superior to any other for burning in Kerosine I*am‘ps» v Also, all other kinds of Oils usually kept In a first class Drag Store. . $3S* FANCY DYE COLORS ip packages all ready •compounded, fur of-private families. Also, Pure Loaf Sugar for mcdkal campoands. Wellsboro, June 24, 1565-ly. Q. W. WELLINGTto a 00’S. BANE, x CORNJIN'Qv n. y„ {Located *w tde *:DiokjnBos House,) American Gold and Stiver Coin bought and sold. New York Exchange, >_y ; - t do. Uncurrent Money, * 'do. United States “ old issue’* bought. Collections made in alLparts of the Union at Cur irout rates of Exchange? 1 . 1 - Particular pains will oc,takdi. to accojnmodate our' patrons from the Tioga Valley. Our Office will he •open at? A. M., and close' at 7 F. M., giving parties Over the Tioga Jltail Road ample time to rtra&saet their business before- the of tbs rtmn in the morning, and i after its arrival in the Q. W. WELLINGTON, President. *Caming, N. Y., Nov. 12,1862. -STATE WORJHAIi SCHOOL, jTorihe Mh .District, Pa.] - -A^D fl&niflcjd CXatslcal Semlsary* TAYLOR; A- M. Principal. i} P * v*.—Aesistant. Sr** g* S. Taylor,..vy.., ; -Prewpirw*. Model School. - Teacher- of Mode. Si tbis'ftngtutioa will open Sept. The Spring Term, Jfift, l|Bt.. Bach ternr to ettetinae thirteen gT^nfi<m ’ “ d for tbeci“,i *Sdmu»ev. W. D. Tatlob, Hans aeli, Tioga County Pennai Send for a Circular. ■*• r at: w. COCHRAN, •wu Pr **Kfaattf.the Board-of Troeteei. HOLLAND, Secretory. ‘ _ MaortsW. Agguat S. im. fttQP that eoaghbj,«umg Glide's Vegetable £*« ilwtiMpaTOt Inauother col ww. Sold by i (*«*>• **> 1M3.1 ' ' V I- . THE defeated tfe tfee Sjrtcnflion of s»e avif tfee Spreafe hi feg »eier«u WHILE THEBBSHALL BE A ’WEOIfQ UNBKiHTBD; AND UNTIL «MAH’S ISHCMANIIX 10 MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. VOL, X. t eNigtnal Jloetrg. A DB.E.AM BT BEETA BELOBOVJ. *’ I dreamed in the dusky twilight, A strange andchanglng dream f. Afetheught I stood on a mountain's brow, : WberVthe water* danced and eddied, , *. - - And the wbite sdrge warpa.grewhjghj 1 And I knew Uy the eagle's fitful / T. ' ,Thata’hight of storm Vtt ing^.'. -T.- the rail ’ey* wefcd gn»a *' ‘ ' Theowncrehappyandprood; ' 1 ' Bat f listened with c«re to the raried sdnfcd, ' That came from a gathered crowd; For raethoaght that amid the clamor, - ■ Rang a waf ttote lood and clear; ’ . And th* gleaming folds of a banner bright, Wared free in the morning air. I gazed with a speechless-^wohder, 'TUI the sweUing'orowd came nigh, r r And then I read on their banner broad,' */ r VWe copquer or, —tpe dieJ - • , . And the martial tread grew- loader. And the starry flags wared, high; And I clasped my hands in a speechless prayer, A* the kingly host swept by. ThettATnstJipg sound cane near me, - - • Like the whispering of A breeze ‘s ” And a voice fell on my listening ear, In words 1 like unto these* u Ho! now the conflict rages. The battle cry is long; And the hoarse death-shriek of thousands Comes from the warring throng." A soft voice said In answer, “Ob brother must this be ! Can blood alone bring'buds of hope, To Liberty’s proud tree!*’ And then Ijgrtr that the swelling stream Was red with human gore ; And a death dirge mingled in the breeze; With the booming cannon's roar. And the war-steed neighed in terror, By bis hapless owner’s side ; , . And mourning friends with white lios brtatbed In freedom’s cause they died. And mercy shrieked, as her eyes she hid, While the broad swords flashed on high; u Ob Freedom! when shall this strife be stayed, How nigh the time, —how ni^h-l” " Not yet!" was sternly answered, ; “ For the banner of tbo free; Must wave o’er all my rebel sons. From sea to distant sea. All ages, sex,, and color, Upon my broad domain Must be free from the tyrant’s haughty grasp, From the scourge and the clanking chain.” Then the bugles blew still louder, Aud the broad stream redder grew; And I wept in grief o*er the millions slain— I wept for the living /eu. But now, a clarion soft and clear, Hang plaintive down the vale; And 1 caught the tone of Freedom’s voice .On.tb* breath of the flying gale: “Ho i noble sons of Freedom, Peace now year your guide shall be; Tour ‘ sac red Union’ stands secure, And man is proudly free. Hail noble sons of valiant sires, Oppression’s reign is o’er; Kneel thee and bless the God of all, That Slavery rulee no more , Texas, 1863,-- - Stiett Sto TOILS FIRE. nr s.poupToy smith, k. d. It is now almost twenty years since occurred the terrible event I am abtait to narrate ; yet every circumstance connected with it, stands out as vividly in memory, as if it happened only yesterday. _ ; I Wa» then journeying with two Companions, over a portion of that vast plain,' that like a ees, stretches from the marshy shoresof the Mexioah Gulf, westward to the sterile moont ains of-New Mexico. Wo had crossed the Colorado, and were journeying at easy stages toward the Goadalope, which was onr destina tion. Upon the eastern bank of that strew, the little town of Victoria was then attracting some attention, as a favorable point for new settlers. While encamped oh theNavodad, where we had baited for a few days to recruit oar mus tangs, and bant wild tarkies, we were joined by a caravan of four wagons, containing os many families, all bound to tbe same point as ourselves. .This party composed of eighteen persons, made their camp in onr vicinity; and as the grass and water were excellent, they also concluded to halt and. wait for oar compa ny, as it was the season of the year when the Indians were liable to be abroad upon their autumnal hunt, and the stronger the party,ihe less the ,danger to be,apprehended ftomsan at tack by them. The men of this party soon made our ac quaintance. They were from tbe Sabine country, having their Wives and children (dong, 'each with a negro man to drive their mole teams. Early in the previous spring they had removed their stock and servants to the Guada ippe, and were now prepared to make their permanent settlement there. On the third day oortrail led through along stretch of prairie, beyond which no belt of timber could bo discerned ; only a clear line of horizon opened before us, where the,bloc of the cloudless southern sky, melted softly into -the green tint of the swelling plain; while the fine, waving grass had been exchanged for a tan gled growth of coarse reeds and sedges, almost impenetrable to our animals. The trail, and old ‘lndian war path, which bad been passed over perhaps for. ages; ran straight through this heayy'growth,- while, in that luxuriant soil, tbe stifiV wire like reeds almost met, over our beads. - - - We knew that across this dry “ weed prai rie” etretebed a long and- tedious trail upon which would beencotftrtefed neither grass nor water. We therefore Jeft camp early,—my two companions and myself, While, tjbe-wagons families were to follow soon after., We fend proposed to reach n small arroyo (the bed of a dried np stream) in the* bottom of which we bopedto find water, and pitch camp, to await tbe coming of our friends. This water course was a western branch of Gsrcita’s creek; an Ingraham, one of par com pany, promised to treat tbe ladies to a sapper of fish, which he said might be found in abun dance in the deep water holes that remained at intervals along the bed of tbe arroyo, ' .ntrv.Ar.i-vji WELLSBORO., TIOGA.COUNTV* BA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28; 1863. ' We had heeb.in’the'saddie about two boors, when on ascending a grad dal rise of the prai rie,'and looking 'behind, we caught, a’glimpse bf the white wagon tops, ob they showed above the reedsbiat soon after, from the nature of the ground, we lost sight of them.' But know ing all Was right, we continued to pifgh along till the middle of the afternoon. By.thistiine We had’arrived ,at the spot where wehsdde terdoined 'to • encamp ; and /. we staked thb'horses out in the graasvliottom of Mim.'.'-*': . //,/ ‘'‘a: v-.,;: Here, as Ingraham/hod .iptimated, we found tbe waier Staoding in deepholef, wbieb.'wejre literally jiliye’ with !fish.' 'During! the dry' seit Boh; the'orgek, which at. other times is a.run- Ding stream,‘had partially dried dp leaving the water only In poofs, in which had congregated vast numbers of their ~bnny inhabitants, and the green .sward’ encroaching' upon,the bed’of the brook,’ furoisbe’d a .rink and welcome pas turage to pair animals. . ' / Selecting a spot upon tbo edge of .one of these [ deep- pools, .'where the low creek banh partially broke off the 'strong westerly, /breeze, wekindted a small fire, and prepared for arrival of the wagons. . . '/ In a few moments our camp arrangements were completed’anti each of’os famished with book end line attached to a stem of the elastic hdianihus, and a few grasshoppers, busied por selves in the exciting sport of drawing’the scaly gametmm their element, and depositing them, struggling and gasping, upon the-grassy sward., They were a species of carp or cypri nuts. ' For the Agitator. So absorbingly interested were we in this employment- that we bad,not noted the flight of time, till suddenly aroused by tbs excited con duct of our mustangs. They had ceased to crop the grass, and with .heads stretched into the air, and dilated'nostrils, stood snuffing in the breeze, while their eyes were glaring with an expression of excessive alarm. Suddenly they sprang upon their lariats, and straining at them, endeavored to escape, at the same time giving utterance to a peculiar cry, which I - instantly recognized' as tbe signal of ap proaching danger. “ It’s Indians, or' wild mustangs;" exclaimed. Pearson, as ho threw his line from' him, and’ ran td the top of the bank. ' '■ ‘ *' ' ■■ 1 followed him as quickly as I coaid; but In graham, who was hearer to it,' reached the higher ground Erst, and shouted: ' \ ' “My God 1 the prairie’s on fire 1” \.' ' Had we been fast bound in the interior of a powder magazine, and seen tbe igniting brand descending, which was instantly to' hurl us into annihilation, we could not have'bceh'more horror-struck, than at tbat appalling, cry, jho praine’s on fireT And ' m'tne direfcHon tne wind was blowing there was bo possible es cape fpr ns, oat of that wilderness of combus tibles 1 . " “ The “prairie’s on fire!” I repealed,’scarcely knowing what 1 said. It was'so'!, The son was near its'settingup a dull, bipod red sky; and between' its rsy less disc and the horizon, there rose up a heavy black mass of vapory smoke, that extended'in a vast curve north and south, as far as the eye could reach, while along thedistant line, waves of white flame rolled down toward.ns, like the breaking of the billows of tbe sea upon, a rocky shore. Here and there along the' ad vancing line, some great tongue of flame would leap upward in jets of fire, as it fed.upon some clump of matted vines and flower stocks, more luxuriant than the surrounding herbage. These stood out in sharp relief against the dark back ground, .and gave a more terrific aspect to .the scene. " While for an iostant, we stood spellbound by the sublime, but frightful spectacle, the west erly breeze brought down upon os toe strong pyreumatic odor of tbe. borning annuals, and the air became dry and heated like the suffoca ting breath of the African sirocco. At the same moment, a roaring sound, like that of tbe ocean lashed by a tropical tornado/ reached our ears, and vibrated upon the heated air like tbe waves of distant thunder.., -7 ". ■ At this time the line of thp advancing fire, must have been seven miles, if notleagoes, off; but tbs strong westerly wind, 1 which was mo-, mentariiy fresh impetus from the ex pansion . of the heated air, brought its sound with startling j distinctness to our ears; and the.increasing | obscurity of tbe sun now low toward the horizon, made .the billows of fire glpw with abrilliant light. The-conflagration, though still distant, was. travelling toward us with tbe speed; of. a.runaway locomotive, and in a few moments, at tbe-latest, would be npon US. 1 ■ ' “ God have mercy upon our poor friends with the wagons,” we involuntarily .exclaimed, ga in a group we stood gazing for an instant at this terrible vision. But there was not a moment to lose. Pearson and myself were uroused.to our own immediate danger, by, the voice, of In graham: , i • i, “ Cut hose yont horses,'” he shouted, as he leaped down the bank, and drawing hip knife severed the strained lariat, where it was .tied about the . neck of his own mustang,—“ out loose, your horses, boys {“they’re of no use to us now, and may be the poor brutes, may yet save themselves in some of the water boles alpng the creek bottom. . i . Scarcely were the words out of his 'month when our three mustangs; snorting and fairly shrieking with affright, were flying headlong down the bed of tbe urroyo. We could hear them, dashing and plunging through the water pools, in their mad race to escape the terrible element threatening to. devourtheih. ! “ Nowinto the tenter with your saddles slid traps;!” again shunted Ingraham, whowas the most' collected inditlidßal among us, as r be gathered op the flr,st of "those articles ooflld lay his hands 6t>, and pitched them into the nearest water-hrde. .. We followed bis example, and were about to toss onr blankets after them, when wo again heard bis voice— - : “ No, ho, hot them. Now boys, do as I do, and with your knives work for dear life." WhUe giving vent to these words, tbs brave Texanjiad,thrown himself-nn the ground under the western bank of the where it was somewhat shelving, and Working with his t TvT A-rJOll'- i J[ ' GfTJtTQB: v*..:s3£- ■a. Vi. o hands, assisted by the broad blade of hi* knife -via engaged inexcdvating an opening into the yielding-soil. .... , ; ; - ; r Instantly divining bis object, Pearson and myself each seleoteda.fasorahle spot, one above Ingfabwn. and .the other below, andwprked away os men have .seldom worked before.,: l,t was ss '{he'Texan had said “ for dear' life," - and in’'almost as'Bfiefa ; time as it takes to relate WCbad dug'away ! so’ much of the light and Sandy soil, aa: to make openings sufficiently latgp,{o recelTe; one bodies.; in a cramped posi tion,, , . . •. These thus Tastily completed,* .jngrabain led the way to where We bad thrown odjt cstched op' one' and dipped it into the’ witter, and having completely saturated if, started bocktohis artificial cavero. We repeated bis imoiiopß and in another momenMhe dripping blankets were suspended as screens, in front pf the excavations. ■' By' this ' time the fiver bad approached to Within a few : htindred feet* of tw ; and the -crackling of the dry,'stems ay they exploded from the expansion of the steam wi.thiptbeijr burping joints, created a .confusion of sounds like the continuous rattle of musketry, that 'inade bur voices unheard by each other j ihd the heated wind, loaded with corrosive smoke and. gases, threatened instant - suffocation. This was the-rooment for ns to take the ebelter of our excavations'; and. throwing ourselves into them, We drew the dripping blankets over their months, and Waited the passage of this fearful flood of fire. ’ Soon that sea of flame was dashing its sing ing bil)ows over ns..- We could bear the fierce sounds, and, the lapping of fiery tongues over our heads, and felt the earth beating and baking above us, and around us. But fortu nately there was* no moisture in the porous soil, or. we mlght have been suffocated-with tbe eteam, while the moistened blankets, not only kept the heat from penetrating in front, hint cooled and fitted the air .within for our lungs. I know not how long we were thus obliged to remain in ohr.little ovens, it could not have been many minutes, '‘however, for, long as it seemed, the wild fire ran swiftly over the plain. The dry and ooUbastible materials that fed tbe flames :were; soon consumed; and naught re mained ,hnt tbe black soot and ashes that now covered' the land 01 far as the vision could stretch' to the westward';' while still 'to the eastward that sea of fire 1 was rolling and tossing its mad waves with resistless fury. Boring all these fretful moments, when act ing under the impulse of that wonderful in stinct, self preservatioß,-none of bad for a mo ment forgoUeO our poor fellow travellers with the wagons, o But .among; tbaroiegiyings,tb»t V>o«o out* rmndft f)Q tbolr aucuuirt, frv,lmped that they had discovered the smoke of the burning prairie long before we bocf observed it, and had time to-fly on the back ttack. be yond tbe extreme edge of the weeds, where in tbe grissy plain, they oonld have recourse' to tbe ordinary modes of escaping from the fire, familiar to every Texan. As we emerged from oof sheltering caverns, and by degrees accustomed our lungs' tb fiery atmosphere, we watched the fire as itswept eastward, each offering-npan unspoken prayCr for the safety of-thosewith -thrwngons. Had they kept.along tbe trail after we bad lost eight of them in the morning, they'should have ar rived at the creek by the time we first perceived the smoke of tbe burning prairie. Cut their non-arrival led ns to. hope .’that they hod ere tbis escaped beyond the reach of danger. In the' rear-of ns, the fire subsided almost os rapidly as it kindled; but - for a long time tbe air. remained almost suffocating; while the breeze-kept the light cinders and ashes in con tinual • motion; and in a few minutes onr clothes ;and faces were as sooty andbegrimmed as- the surrounding plain. ' - . Still eastward rushed that roaring sea of fire, impelled by the wind-storm its ownheathad created; onward still that broad extended line, as when it bad swept down upon ns. Tbe ho rizon on three sides bounded a black and herb less waste, on which no living being or plant existed,--while -upon the fourth the vision was obstructed, by the blinding flames, and the as cending smoke and vapors, mingling with’ tbe shadows of night now creeping over the fright ful scene. ' ,- ‘ While we thus stood gazing- upon this sub lime yet terrible sight, there suddenlybroke open oureats, above the roaring of the- wind and fire, labdve tbe crackling and explosions of the hursting.reeds,** wild end prolongedseream of agonized terror, a fearful ‘ Sound, the like of which I.pray CJod I may never hear again, that seemed to, come rightolitfrom the midst of tbe flame and smoke of the burning weeds and In the direction of tbe trail we had recently come over. • . “It is the tcagcm 1 " we simultaneously ex claimed, “ God of Heaven, have mercy on those defenceless ofaes, those women and little ones 1” was the next emotion that found vent from oar lips. This was the most moment ofay life, os I know It was with .my com panions. . But it was a moment, too, that called for action, all hopeless though it wits; we could not coneolt oar. own safety, with that agonised cry ringing in our ears; and Once more sSfhrating our . blankets with water, and hastily enveloping ourselves in them, we etart ediover the still smouldering .plain, in the di rection of thie soan<l. . . The old hard-beaten trail laid before us.an scorched, hot the surrounding atmosphere was still heated to aooh a' degree as almost; to Stop our breathing. - Bct-with onrhlankets.preszed closely :over , our /mouths, we sped along: It was a race fur life, the live* of some of. those bolpless ereatures in whose .company we .were happy and thoughtless of danger, but a few brief hours before. Ali i what an awful sight met our eyes I Then Jay the. charred and still burning wagons and .thejr freight; and among their ruins, and scattered along the ground. the bodies of men. women and children were lying, parched and baked and blackened by the pass ing billows of' flame they could not escape. The corpses were, .of course, entire. Some were found lacked in the embrace of each other. Others appeared to have fallen while still essay ing their escape, or in vjain attempting to pro toot the children from the effects' of ithe scorch ing beat. But they bad evidently-died of suf focation horn the smoke and' vapors; before the -fire had reached thenr., . t • . ' It was.- a sight, which -neither of us will be likely jto forget, to our dying hour. The four negro, men and two of the white men were still alive, but unconscious; ond beforb one of us could return from tbearroyo : with Water, the/, too,'bad Ceased to .live, ;)!( I - They were, new, sll.dearp of that party of twenty souls, not one survived that fatal hour. The’ mules were inisying; and thesecret of ‘the.detention of'the .party was now apparent.. Ttiedeading -wagon in passing a-golty had bfo-' -ken do»n,«nd’the*iaeo bad remained tn'repair it, tHI- too late to escape. the conflagration. We returned to the arroyo, Where after spending-a rriclancholy and sleepiest night, we once more sought the scene of fearful but brief suffering,■ and - collecting the remains of our late ■- friends,, deposited them as best we could in: one grave; their -last borne being the spot wherqthey bad.fsllen. ’J; • . . LETTER- FROM KUN'X'UUBT. BowiiSoGbxen, Kr., Got. 10,1863. ■ 'Films' Cobb: I firmly believe that the masses of Kentucky as a 'State are inclined to bo loyal. Evidentlymuch depend* upon the success of the Federal arm;. ~ A defeat baa a very perceiyably unheal thy effect upon tbe loy alty of tbe people as’ we bear it expressed id 'this eeotion of tbe State. Should the present expedition of Roseorans result disastrously to tbs Fcderals, and. other events transpire at all favorable-to the success of the rebellion; this part of the State l am confident wpuld make their election With the Sooth. Let things, wear their present aspect however, and Kentucky is -safe'for tbe Union. Owing to this 'unstable position of public opinion—ithis “ halting be tween two opinions,'-' it is difficult to daguer reotype its true “status,” Ever since the last Presidential campaign, opinion bas been flap ping like a fish Pot'of water, changing sides and turning “ summersaults" ond. it seems, bas not yet found its element.' 1 was Here in the breaking.out of the rebel lion. When it was announced that South Car olina bad seceded, the universal and prily desire was that with Pbo lash of tbe Government she might he whipped baok into the harness. But time passed, secession waa diseussed, secession documents fresh from the presses of Charleston, circulated freely. The people hesitated ; soon the Message of President Buchanan was sent forth; dictated no doubt by arch traitors, or byßuchanatf under duress,, declaring the inu bilityand illegality of the Government: to in terfere. The .Gyyerprneot itself; rhus tpok, no stand tn.sustsip-itself, could it be expected that the people would?" Emboldened by this last guarantee, by the President, of their proceed ings the enemies of 'the Government seising the favorable, opportunity, when the public mind was; undecided, thrust with fearful, ra pidity secession upon tbe people. CopveptioDs, sometimes small 'and meager, but numerous, were:'held. Secession flags hoisted "mid in many instances defended by armed men, reso lutions load and bold were passed, and ere tbe people, recovered, Tennessee hadseceded and Southern Kentucky, wpa clamorous to do so.— But u counter excitement came frdm [the North and roiled back the wave of secession 1 ere Ken tucky was quite inundated. The call to arms after the attack on Fort Sumter staggered these mad-capa as little, for they had bcen|led to.be lieve that' “ coercion” would not he attempted. At this time time there was no stability in the people; A man .would found one day in favor of sustaining the Union, and the next fpr secession, owing entirely to the; tenor of despatches in the meantime received.. Every body'knows bow'unstable, as a State, Kentucky has been ever since. Now seeking safety in “ armed-neutrality,” now courting the favor of the pew Government, and now clamorous and eloquent fur the Union. The success or failure of the Union arms all the while being the index to their notions. In three State elections, how ever,: Kentucky' has given promising Union majorities,' But we must remember that there has been all the customary engineering, assist ed by the patronage of tbe Government to se cure ' them. As an instance, from 1 Bowling Green have been commissioned eight Colonels, six Captains, several Lieutenants, and One For eign Minister has been chosento say. nothing of tbe numberless and important contracts let. But “ nary a private’' has Bowling preen fur nished ; showing that the Union can have friends in Kentucky, so far as it can bestow shoulder-straps and official position.; also show ing .the way in a great measure Kentucky has been, kept fpr the Union. I Before the defe r if R> ' obs r before the defeat 01 .tosecrans an observer would have pronounced Kentucky for the Union, unmistakably. Since the defeat, this section seems more like the heart ofjlSeoessis. Sympathisers are on every corner with joyful faces; the whole population seems !; to catch their spirits. Grapevine rules triumphant, and newathat Rortcrana's army is totally lost, that France has intervened, and other stories as ab surd find rapid cirenlation, and even “ bets” are offered that Tennessee will bp reclaimed to the South in three weeks. The intelligent men are not expected to believe all the floating Grapevine, yet it shows the sentiment of those who circulate this kind of news. ■ The return to. Bowling Green last week of One of the member* of .the, Hebei Provisional Government of Kentucky, is a deadener to sympathizers. Judge Burnum, Treasurer of the dew Government and former" citizen'of Bowling- Green,-destitute, csrtf-Wdrn, and "tilk jugaied, has returned, and thrown himself upon the clemency of the despised Lincoln .Govern ment. He ranks in the .Laws, Uotb State and Government, os a traitor of the deepest dye.— Intelligent men say, clemency in the authori ties alone, will, or can save him. lie has re turned among his former friends who have suffered muph through him, been jeopardized in “ life and limb’’ many of them among such injured friends and with such chances fir " swinging’* be has chosen, cast bis Jdt, rather than with bis friends. What a conclusive refu tation of the assertions daily heard here, that the Lincoln Government ia Imbecile, despotic, tyrannical, and wh'at glorioui things' doe# it Bata of Advertising, -- A dr»rtli«m«UJWi lib* charged tl per It)*ar« 4f It lines,.epew every •übeequent Iniertion. Advertisement* of Ism then IB UnM eCßildirea ae * »<jß*r*. Tb* snbjoinedme* Hdv *** fo r-Q “r t *r l7> Salf-Tcorlyand Veerly ! S aoanM. 4 *oirr»*. 12 *««»*. I 8«w r ..u.. *mo u,so s#.eo„ 2 do. - 5,00 «,S0 «,()« * f°- - - 7.°0 8,50 - 10,OS/ 1 Column, „ 8,00 9,5 ft JJ.SS 4' jo. 16,00 20,00 JS.Ofl I do. 26,00 *5,06 46 *o' ■ . Advertisement* n6t baring the number of * rT tf tien« desired marked upon them, «UI be published until ordered obi and charged accordingly., p ™ Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, LotterHeadj, ’«ng all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishment! executed neatly and promptly,. Justices’, Cosstebtele and other BLANKS, constantly on band. m 10. foreshadow in the result of thia war ! Ooghi not every true loyal heart to beat with joy, when the arch-traitors to jour Government, the insti gators,of this bloody- and unnatural war, begin to return, subjugated, repentant and on tbev knees, throwing thoiasalvea upon the mercy of the glorious Government they have injured, and seeking; the earliest opportunity to become reconciled before the day of fearful reckoning, which they begin to feel is neat,evW»dfc He does no; demand a repeal of the Confis cation and Ema ncipation policies before he cap come into the Union again. HejJoes not de mand that o'egip property, be guaranteed him before .'he cap come ondertfceold fiag. No, hie language is, or the language of his actions iv take roy property, take the .accursed negro, thp cause of ell our trouble end grant me the privilege of living out my days under the old Government and in the Union, And this is the language of all Tennesseeans recently dis enthralled by the glorious march of Bosecrans. I have talked with many. The contest with them has risen to a magnitude far beyond prop erty or negro considerations and they consider it puerile gnd week in any one to interposa those .considerations now. They are for ..no “ armistice” either. Their only fear ia that Boseorons will be obliged- to retreat, leaving them again ont of the Union. What an argu ment against the sympathiser* of Kentucky, end the Peace Party of the North, who insist on favors for returning rebels which -they da not ask or do.not want. . But subjugated m the rebels are evidently becoming, then is palpable danger yet to the Republic. Not so much from enemies in tike front,'nor from Foreign .Intervention, but from enemies in the ,r?»(y , The; sympathisers in Kentucky are dangerous. They are numerous too. ' Let the vicissitudes of war bear any con siderable success to the Rebellion ; let a party in the North show by action any sympathy with the country’s enemies, and depend upon it, these sympathizers then will be active ene mies, They are now on the. qai cite,for an op portunity to show their attachment to the South. Nor are the country's rear enemies confined to Kentucky. They are found in every State in the Union. That old party which badso many years served the Slave Power in these States, bos not yet left its service. Their hearts yet yearn in tender Sympathy for. their old masters now pushed hard by the Federal armies. Too, in Tioga know, if a rebel to the Government ip placed in custody, bis property confiscated, bis negro armed against him, or his feelings butt by harsh words; the* insult is echoed ;in hearts all over Kentucky, the plains of Ohio and In diana, and resented even in. Pennsylvania. ' A sympatbeUc nerve is touchedrthat ramifies not only States in rebellion but pvery Stats in the Union. is jt that they are sohurt when a rebel, who by the law of nations has np rights, save those of .common, meets his deserts ? The abswer is obvious. Thera can be bat one reason. They sympathize with the rebel cause. The rebels*.,interest is theirs. The rebels’ cause is theirs, consequently the rebels’ enemies are their enemies. Both are enemies to the Government, and both woul£ enlist against it were there any possible «h«nce of success. ’ It i» alfact, Mr. Editor, that can no longer be denied, a fiot that, for myself I have, been slow to believe, bat am' now forced to know ; that there are combinations throughout' the loyal States traitorous to the Government.—- Combinations whose ultimate otgect Is the res torationof tbeSouth and the Democratic party (for they are wedded) to the helm of State; Every no-more-men and no-more-naoceyciti sen of Kentucky; every TaUandighammer of Ohio; every Peace Democrat of the’North; everywhere, is an enemy and a traitor to his Government; This war is not altogether a •• Slave-holder's Rebellion” and impartial his tory'will- not eo record it; but * war of the, Democratic party- for position*. Always accus tomed to rule, it claims the right, as it were a “■ Divine -Right!” The people pursuant to their 1 constitutional right said it shall nile no longer; The party appealed to arms, retying on* the puissant arm of the Slave Power, to succor and reinstate it. That arm and powerful ally of the Party is now in the lust agonies, reduced . by Federal soldiers. It remains for the patriot soldiers at home to conquer the last enemy, the Democratic party. That party ie unmistakably in the interest of the rebellion. Listen to die conversation of this group of sympathisers, or who are known as “ Secesh.” How anzioqsly and minutely they dieenes the campaigns in Ohio and Pennsylvania,.as though they bad an interest there and hoped much. How ardently they hope for Bragg to succeed in driving , Roseerons hack upon Nashville, when they* assert they could easily carry Ohio and Penn sylvania. Yes, friends in Tioga, these professed sympathisers of the Rebellion when'speaking of that emergency say “toe can carry Penn sylvania," thus dossing yon Peace Democrats with themselves. In view of these numerous and maskod ems raies of the Government, I say there is yet im minent danger to- the Republic. It is high time that, throughout the whole country, the position of every man was placed' beyond a doubt. As Cicero said pit a similar occasion, “ Let every man be in the forehead, whether he is a friend or an enemy to the Re public.” I X ,V! A Dutcdkan bid an extraordinary price fur an .alarm clock, and gave as big reason, *• Dut as He luff’d to rise early, be bad now nodding to do,bpt” to pull a spbripg cod be could take bjmtelf.” , AaitarcAjt GESTUtaBN to bis Hibernian ser vant :“Pat,bere comes a funeral; do, you know who ia dcad 1” “Faith, I goers-sir,” waetbe'rspjy, "itmust be the gentleman in the coffin.” CnaaLis. Lmib’s opinion of water ears—" It is neither new nor wonderful, for H is as old u the deluge, When, in my opinion it killed more" than it eared 1” " Where there is .enough for rix, tbereis enough for eight,” eaid e gentleman. " Xe •£* rreplied Alexander Hum**, '* if you arsepeefc fog. of eandlee.” vs-'sn^wra^.'
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