The Tioga County Agitali# -BIT M. H. COBB, Published every Wednesday morning enbcribersat ONE DOLLAR AND -ILF] ' if CANTS per year, always IN ADVANCE. 'i ■ The papurisiont postage free to county Mr-jcribera, thoa 'h they may receive their mail at pot 'bdSees lo cated in counties immediately adjoining, f jjeonven- jjieace. * Ttic Agitatoh is the Official paper of; Co., and circulates in erery neighborhood the/, » . Sub scriptions being oa the advance-pay aystu circu lates among a class most to the interest of. tiVertiscrs ,to reacn. Teruis to advertisers as ‘ those of fers 1 by aay paper of equal circulation i* .Xorthern Pennsylvania. _ : A cross on the margin of a pap< ri denotes that the subscription is about to expire. . £33* Papers will bo stopped when the et 3 ascription time expires, unless the agent orders thp:’ i*|»’ontina ance. ‘ ’ * A 8 ; ' JAS. LOWUEV & S; F. Wl£SOlI, Attorneys & counsellors a? law, will attend the Courts of Tiogftj Ps*ter and McKean counties, [Wellsboro, Jan. *^s663.] DICKINSON HOUSE/* - CORNING, N. .Tr Maj. A. FIELD, •. PiYilrietor. GUESTS taken to and from the free of charge. ; ■ x [Jsn. ‘1863.] PENNSNETAiNIA HOU«3I, COHNER OP MAIN AND TUE V.< SNUE, Wellshoro. Pa. J~ ]i ; J. W. BIGONY, 1..'. P irpnetor. THIS popular Hotel, having beepj:‘e--fitted and re-furniahed throughout, is now i a \ JZAAE WALTOS 110^510, | Gainos, Tioffa County, Pa 11. C. VERMILYEA, E sfcrietor. fpIIIS is a new hotel located with!’. --.asy X cess of the-best fishing and bunting ( utbda in liortbern Pennsylvania. .No pains will be laved for tlic of pleasure seekers and Jje trav elling public. - ' [Jan. 1 1^63.] WELLS BO BO MOTEL.: B. B. HOLIDAY, TiIE Proprietor having a_gain taken pops '.ision of the above Uotelfwill spare no pains t.L-insnre the comfort of guests and the traveling puh.ie. At tentive waiters always ready. Terms roasui-yt.ble. • IVellsboro, Jan. 21, J863.-tf % it* WATCHES, CLOCKS JtIVELBI'! y.-l at BULLARD’S i CO’S. the .ci’bjvriber, in the beat manner, and at the e.ime work cun be done for, by any firs* t itjte prac tical workman in the State. ; - £ WelUboro, July 15, 1563. A. K. '‘T^pCY,\ A. FOI, E Y , • batches, Clocks, Jewelrv, SiciJ^c., REPAIRED ,AT OLD PRICE&.'T POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5. UNION- BLOCU?/; : Well.-boro, May 20, ISO 3. , 13. 51. BLACK,! V BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER, SHOP OYER C. L: "WILCOX'S ST UE, NO. -4, UNION BL \ ' ■ FLOUR AND FEED StDISE. 1 WRIGHT & BAILES- • ' HAVE had their mill thoroughly! ,’epalred and arc receiving fresh - ground C 1 ijr, feed-, ac . every day at. their, store in tows, "> , C-sh paid for all kinds of grain. • j • • B. -LEY VTutLboro, April 29, ISC3. ' . ‘ AGRIOULTUSAIi mPLEPII - fTS. I WOULD inform Dealers in. Agricnltnt.lmnle-' raenti-, that I havp Unrse Bakes of ap pnned ftjles and rnporjor quality. , AHand 11 ikes of a better quality than any manjilT iUired in t;.L sectinu, which I will furnish.in aTiy quantity ile sired, to dealers in the counties of Ting i.V-radford, Lad D. 11. 3£OUD. M.iinsburg, Nov, IS, ft MARBLE SilOP. > T AM now receiving a STOCK o.f IT ALIAN i mid JIUTLASD MARBLE, (bought,* ,'ili cash) and am prepared to manufacture all kiiu-.s tf ' TOMB-STON B J 3. and MONUMEN I S at tbc lowest - HaUVEY ADAMS is my authorized and Mill sell Stone at the same prices as at the -k&p. we have, but one pinery Tioga, May 20, 1563-Ty. A. D - tiOLE, CL.AOI -AGEWC ; y. THE undersigned will promptly nil cUimb against the Government for sm£ iocs n*h- Otn-d iu the Military or Naval Service of t£-j United rSt i , 05. Charges reasonable—will legal Lcccui-ary fees if No charge if n« .isuccess ful in the application. D. ; KCON. U'f n. arc 1 -: Hon. Victor Case, I. 'V- Be. .'Jwy, Ex aiunnng Surgeon at Knoxville, Pa., B. | t Cly.ner, P.t., E- Strang, Hector, Pa., S. Beebe, liarr.Mjn, Pa. ’ ?/< Westfield, Jan. 11, 1564.-6jnos* * STATE SORJIAL SCHOOL, [For the sth District, Pa.] * ■AXD Classical Semi: Jary. Rev. W. D. TAYLOR, A. M i^pal. ......1. XsPi tislees. LVM. HOLLAND, Secretary. * -jv Mm-field, August 5, ISG3. - TRKISIIRY DBPiRTM [ rKT, Office of Comptroller of the C 1 WASHINGTON, March Sr, 1864. "\T7HF.RF,AS, by satisfactory evident bresc^ted ■ IT to tlis undersigned, it has been miff-to appear Inc First National Bask, of \\"f ; borough, to the county of Tioga, and State of Pf> -fylvanin, hr.; been duly organized under- and uccoiv •ig to the fcpiirementsof the act of Congress, entitlT_* “ An act to ;r; ■, id e a national currency, secured by of laded Stales stocks, and to provide for try circula tion and redemption thereof,” approved 25, and has complied with all tbe proviso es of said *'-t required to be complied with before «o rmencing the business of banking: ; ' now, THEREFORE; I, Hucu M.JjcLLOcn, t-nmptrulier of the Curroncy, do hereby notify that the First National Bank, of Wolleberotf h,oonnty Tioga, jmd State of Pennsylvania, i B arfvioriaed to ■“’tamenco; the business' of banking nnd r tbe act. aforesaid. l J“ ltih '”wny ic hereof, witness my hand a, id seal of office, this twenty-first day of March, JB6i I us* I " HUGH MoCDW ICH, - { Jr Comptroller of tho rreney, ' ' ■ ji THE AGITATOR. VOL. X. TAKES! TREES! FOR SALE. Apple, Price 20 cts, Extra, 25 cts. ■SUMMER VARIETY. —EarIy Harvest, Red As trachan, Early Strawberry, Juneiing, Early Sweet 9ough, Early White, Jenkens’ Pippen. Golden Sweet. - AOTUMN'VAHIETY. —Autumn Bongh.Graven steinT*Porter, Autumn Straw berry, Hawley or Dowse, Pear, Henry, Prince, Canada Snow, Jersey Sweet, Stoddard, Fall Pippen, Mammoth Pippen, Kambo, Fall Junctipg, Neutral, Thomas Wells. WINTER VARlETY. —Baldwin, Fay's Kussett, Northern Spy, Boston Eussett, Golden Ru.-tctt, Payne Sweeting, Bottle Green, Sweet Pearmain, Peck's Plea sant, Bentley Sweet, Rfyodo Island Greening, Ilub bardston,-None Shch, S* Tollman's SweJet, Denver's Sweet, Tompkin's County King, .Esopus fipitr.cnhnrg, Wagoner. Lady's Sweet, Yellow Bell flower, Dutch Mignonne, Kewtown. Pippen, Ladies’ .Sweet. CRAB. —Large yellow and red. Small, do, do. Pears, Price SOc. * Extra, ex. Price. SUMMER 1 VAil/ETY. —Bartlett, Brandywine, Bloodgood, Beurro Gifford, Carpenter, Dearborn Seedling, Gangers Burgaroot, Golden Beurre of Gil boa, Harvest, Julienne, Madcliene, Roaticzer, Osborn Summer. Bummer Frank Real, Tvson. • ' AUTUMN VAIUETY.— Beurre Bose, Beurre Di el, Beurro Ganbault, Bezi La Mott, Beurre De Amilis, Buffon, Cushing, Dis, Dutchess de Angou leme, Flemish Beauty, Fon Dante dc Automne, Ful ton, Henry Fourth, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Maria de Louise, Napoleon, Onondago, Paradise de Autom ne, Seckel, Sheldon, Sweet Pear, Stevens' Genesee, Urbaniste, Woodstock, Vergalieu, Washington. U INTER YAltlEl'Y, —Glout Morceau, Passe Colmar, Winter Wadden, Lawrence, vicar of Wink field, "Winter Nelis. ' Blecker's Gage, Columbia, Coe's Golden Drop, Egg Plum, Green Gage, Imperial Gage, Jefferson, Law rence Favorite, Lombard, Magnum Bonnm, Princes Gage, Red Gage, Smith’s Orleans, Washington, Ru ling Superb. j , Peaches, .Price IS cts. Beigen Yellow, Meloeoton, Crawlortl'a Early, Early York, lied Rare Ripe, Sweet Water, Geo. the Fourth, Lemon Cling, Red Cheek Meloeoton. j CJi**rri ) set my hand and affixed my seal of office •< L, S. > the Ist day of February, 1884, (. ' j J. F. DONALDSON, Proth’y. February 18,1864. POTT? * WINDOW GLASS at BOY’S DRUG STORE. Sebotea to tin mmntiim of tfje Mvm of iTreriyom sun tlje M Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. Pi unis, Price 50 els. WHOLESALE DRUG STORE. Zimmermann & Go’s. 'FOR CATAWBA BRANDT. DRY CATAWBA WINE. SWEET CATAWBA WINE. WELESBOBOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORMNG, MAY 4, 1864. Select Dor tr#. Growing old. growing old! Do they soy it of me? - Do they bint my bright fancies are frozen or fled ? That my garden of life, like the winter-swept tree, Is faded and dying, or fallen and dead ? Is the heart growing old, when each beautiful thing. Like a, landscape at eve, !6oks more tenderly bright, And love sweeter seems, as a bird's wandering wing Draws nearer it’s nest at the coming of nigh ? Is tbd mivd growing old, when, with ardor of youth. Through the flower walks of Wisdom 'tis winning its way. Or seeking new shells iroro the ocean of Truth. • And shouting “ Eureka!” like childhood at p!ay ? Is (lie smd growing old ? Sec the placed of even, "When firing nt morn, melts in glory above; Thus turning from earth, we creep closer to Heaven, Like a child to its father’s warm welcoming love. Does the mortal grow old, as years roll away ? • 'Tis change, not destruction; kind winter will bring Fresh life to the germ, and perfect it. Decay Holds the youth bud immoiiTjAL, and heralds its spring. Growing old, growing old ! Can it ever be tmo, W joy forlile’s blessings is thanklul and warm, And Hope’s sown for others and blooming anew, And the rainbow of Peace smiles over the storm? Growing old, growing old ! Ko, we never grow old, . If, like u little children,” we trust in the Word, And,'counting earth’s treasures by Heaven’s pure gold, We lay our weak hands on the strength of the Lord. -Setters from the Bvmp. From the 45th Pennsylvania Regiment. Camp near Annapolis, Md. I April 18, ISG4. J Friend Agitator: —Being still in our old camp, with but little news to communicate, I shall trust chiefly to the indulgence of your readers, in hoping to make this acceptable. Occasionally the general, and often principal monotony of camp life is broken by incidents, which, though trivial; are destined to' become nliitters of history, and leave an impression on the mind of-the soldier which time cannot ef face. Wednesday last (loth inst.) broke dull and cloudy, and until late in the forenoon, when, wc were ordered to be ready to fall in rank at a moment’s warning, which gave us.to understand that something was in the wind. The dsy promised to be one of those fraught with ennui and cheerlessncss, that occasionally haunt the soldier’s life. But the gratify ing-intelligence that Lieut. Gen. Grant would be present to review us, at 11 A. 31., soon spread through our camp. Long before tbe designated time, notwithstanding a drizzling rain and the threatening aspect of the clouds, nil who were able to rill their places in rank'were in line. Punctual to the nppoint m.cntj at precisely 11 o’clock, Gen. Grant, ac companied by Gen. Burnside and a part of his staff, came dashing up from the city. Biding in front and rear of each regiment, with as lit tle ceremony and pomp as possible, during which vociferous and hearty cheers filled the air, the distinguished cavalcade passed on, and the review was over. -In appearance, General Grant is the acme of simplicity and modesty. Without the well authenticated history of his achievements as a soldier, none would, from his appearance, take hint to bo the great military genius which he has proved himself to be. That part of our florps which wan left in East Tennessee, having joined us, and the ranks of veteran regiments being filled to nearly the maximum standard, the old 9th corps has again assumed- something of its wonted furmidable ness and strength. General Burnside is at the city much of the lime, and occasionally rides through our camp, when he has to keep his bat continually off, to receive the vehement cheers and unfeigned demoustmtions of joy and con fidence, which every'man in-tho corps gives vent to' at his ' We have, at last, received our arms, (row Springfield tifles,) with the aid of which we hope to give a good account of ourselves when opportunity offers. Things in general denote preparation for an early movement; hut it is not ray place to pre phesy, and I will he contended with recording events as thsy transpire. The-weather is more moderate and quite settled to what it has been. The general health of hur camp is good. Oc casionally,’however, some one of out number is borne to his lust testing place. On the Ist instant, Wm. 11. Jones, a recruit offour com pany, died of measles* and typhoid pneumonia. Willie had been a soldier less than one month. He was a bright ‘and intelligent young man, who, previous to his illness, bid fair to make his mark as a soldier. • . - Being in close proximity to Camp Parole, where tbe unfortunate, released prisoners, who have spent the winter in Rehcldom, are re r ceived and cared for, we often come in contact with some poor emaciated victim, who gene rally has a fearful story to tell of barbarities and abuses committed on our soldiers by the Rebels;’ which, were it not so well authentica ted, would, in this age of civilization, stagger belief; but their appearance fully vindicates the statement they makp. Some are dying off daily ; as the doleful sound of the death march, or the" report of vol leys of musketry, which arc- heard from the direction of the graveyard, where the last ho nors to the soldier are performed, amply testify. Recruits for the regiment continue to arrive. Since my last, Go, G has received six/ namely. James Morse, Morgan D. Burley, Francis R. Kelley, Henry N. Gile, Josiah L. Butler and Patrick Kelley. More are expected soon. Those of oar regiment who were temporarily attached to the 79th N. York volunteers, hare rejoined us, and taken their places in the re spective companies to which they belonged. Those from company G, were Sergeant Lyman Thompson, Corporals Ebenezer Peet and SomT R. PiOgers, and privates Allen Thompson, Mor-' ris Smith and Tihemas Culver.. The boys look “ tough," though somewhat haggard .and fa tigued, which is not to bo wondered at, coming as they do over the mountains from that starv ing part of Dixie, East Tennessee. Their term of enlistment expires in September next, when they may be expected home to enjoy their fur • loughs. . The term of enlistment of the-79tb New York (Highlanders) expires gome time tp GROWING OLD, BT SARAH JdSEPHA HALE. May, and as they have notrs-enlisted, will un doubtedly be mustered out of the service. By the way, I take this opportunity to cor rect an error committed in my last. Our mu sicians names are, John W. Fenn, instead of Fertie, as it appeared in your Columns, and John H. Rice, instead of John C.-Riee. “John ny” Fean! is acting Drum Majof of the regi ment, the duties of frhicb position he has per formed with 1 honor for upwards of a year.— Lieut. Jeffers arrived here on the ICth instant, •in tolerable health. The Agitator is a regular, visitor to our camp, and always welcome. Let ters from home come quite regularly by mail, for which we are grateful to the writers. Let fiignds write often, and we will gladly respond. ' Providence, permitting, I will apprise you of anymovemeqt we may make in future. Until then, I remain yours, respectfully. [From the Philadelphia Press.] BETTER FROS3'“OCCASIONAL.” Washington - , Apil 22, 1864. It is the greatest mistake to suppose that the perpetuity of this Union is to be decided by tbe disaster of battle; and I desire most earnestly to protest against this dangerous theory. It is true that a great defeat saddens the heart, and, for a time, depreciates the pub lic securities; but no such cause as ours can be expected permanently to win without encoun tering fearful reverses. “It is tbe rough brake that virtue must go through.” I think I understand the feelings of my countrywo men when I utter this opinion. I know right well how anxious they are for peace. I know how they mourn over the loss of, friends, and the dire disasters of tbe war; and I know, too, Bow frequently they exclaim: “ Would this, conflict were over 1 Why cannot this war be stopped ? Why do not our public men interpose and settle those difficulties V’ The answer is a sad and plain one ; the only way to peace is hy the path made hy successful war against the re bellion. The most timid man or woman who prays that the war may end, must at lust con sent to this stern proposition. Peace upon the basis of recognition of the Souther Confedera cy would be an immediate division and parti tion of the American Union. Tj]a very pre liminaries to a longer and bloodw war. We must conquer slavery, or slavery will conquer us. I disdain to repeat the arguments of the-' early Fathers of tbe Eepublic, or-bf the great men who lived in the generation that closed with the Compromise measures, against such an idek as of a peaceful disunion—for their ad monitions should be familiar to all loyal metj and women—but I present to them toe fresher fact: Cun they consent to that which is a per sonal degradation, a personal outrage, and a galling and overwhelming sense of inferiority? There is nothing so terrible to an individual as the loss of his good name. A soldier dismiss ed from the iervice, be be never so low, strug gles to obtain vindication, and, failing in that, becomes a vagrant and a vagabond. The vilest in the deepest depths of shame envies the vir tuous and the good. What, thep, of ri great nation, whose cause is righteous, driven to a dis honorable surrender? It would be a nation tilled with a people consenting to their humil iation ; an aggregate of confessed subordina tion to.a weak and desperates aristocracy. As it is of individuals, so it is of communities. If we cannot conquer an honorable peace in ibis generation, we must conquer,it in the next. E|ien the! worst opponents of the war, recently so ready to consent to any terms—even the N. Y. J Vorld, even Fernando Wilod—now in sist that they are against peace on the basis of recognition and separation. This is their pres ent position, and they are driven to assume it because the reverse theory contemplates an im possible contigency. Remember that the South ern leaders are lighting for their own lives ; and remember, also, that their hold upon the massda in the seceded Stales is like'the hold of those ancient chiefs who managed their follow ers with fanatical and despotic sway ; and re member, too, that this‘feeling is fed by the hope of»foreigu aid and comfort. France is about to establish itself upon the -soil of 3ltx ico, and England-is so doubtful a friend that her presnt ministry will probably retain power only by concession to Southern slavery. There has been such an intense and'bilter hatred and envy of the progress and prosperity of the- United States among foreign nations, with the exception of Russia, that loyal' America can look for no favor or countenance from them. T Vc.must depend upon ourselves'. Our fortress is in our own unity, patriotism, and sgif ro banco. Now more than ever must wo learn to depend upon ourselves. Now more than ever must we learn the great practical lesson of expect ing mo assistance from foreign countries. Blessed beyond any othrr portion of the hu man race, the bloody war that is on tis must be continued to secure tjiis blessed condition to our posterity. We must not onlyjoonsent to be taxed, but we must ask to ba taxed. Who can doubt that our people are ready for taxation, as he reads over the marvellous voluntary con tributions of our people to the sick and wound ed soldiers of the Republic, and to tbe families of those who have died in this holy cause? We must insist upon a high and prohibitory tariff, and, if necessary, a close and inexorable embargo. We must have a sound National currency, receivable and convertible in Maine and Louiasiana ; and those who stand in the way of this and other great measures must re alize that in giving a few of thpif personal ad vantages they do not give a millionth part that the brave, men do who are lighting for the perpetuity of the Unic(n. In a yrord, we must remember that nearly ill the loyal Slates have been, as yot, untouched; by the bloody hoof of tbe slaie rebellion. They are, at this writing, safer and more comfortable, with all that they have lost, than any portion of God’s footstool. What is asked of them and their people is so little, and what they- ipay lose if they refuse to give it is so incalculable, that I will not pause to doubt that.they intend to give all that is ex pected from them.. Why is a humming-bird like a' fashionable confectioner ? ' Because be' lends' in a' ' long bill for the sweetsi - The London News on tho Re-organization of the National Anby. A general order appeared from Gen. Grant yesterday morning, announcing that ho takes the command in chief of the army, and that his headquarters are for the present with tho_Army of the Potomac. This js, to most people, both a surprise and a relief. Rumors of General Meade’s removal have been afloat for several weeks, and thjj Congressional committee at pre sent engaged tn an enquiry “ into the conduct of the war,” have for the Inst week been occu pied in a most absurd and unprofitable investi gation into a charge against him of havi na in tended to retreat before the battle of GoKys burg, mainly supported by Gen. Sickles. The public was beginning to fear, therefore, that Meade was about to be sacrificed, as Generals Pope and Burnside and Hooker undoubtedly were, to the intrigues of his subordinates, and that we should see him succeeded by one of the latter, jrho in bis turn would make way for somebody else in a few months. Ever since McClellan’s day, that army lias in fact been a hotbed of intrigue. McClellan filled all the principal posts' with bis own creatures, and they never forgot their benefactor, and never ceasedgo feel that their fortunes were hound op with his. After bis remora), they determined that nobody who took his place should do bet ter than he did ; so that they betrayed Pope, Uncarted Burnside, and intrigued against Hoo ker. A large number of them have, of course, been gradually weeded out.ao that it can hardly be said now that any high command is filled by a McClellanite, properly so called. Rut the spirit which they created remains liebind them, and it may safely be said that tl;erc is hardly a General of a corps or of a division in that army who does not aspire to the chief command, and is not constantly engiged in pushing his claims to it; not by positive disobedience of orders— no one has attempted this but Fitz John Por ter, and he was cashiered fur it—but by-want of diligence and energy in obeying them—by a want, in short, of all hearty co-operatiun. And there is a constant tendency amongst them to take the responsibility of making little coups on their own account, with the view of getting up a reputation distinct from that o f the Gen eral in command. .It is believed to be this which led Sickles to advance his corps at Get tysburg 000 or 700 yards beyond Meade’s line, thus leaving a gap into which Longstreet threw himself with terrible effect. This Ipirit of in subordination ha», of course, beep developed by the frequent changes in the Command in chief. The insecurity cf each iommauding General naturally opens np tempting possibili ties to all. around. I Everybody feels that the choice'may nest fail on him, and he longs for a fresh change in order to have bis chance.— You may imagine the effect of all this upon discipline, and upon the General’s 'power of executing combined movements in such a coun- Vfyuis Virginia. What has been wanted to put an*end to ibis state of things, was the acces sion to the chief command of a man of suffi ciently high reputation to place him above ri valry, and silence caviling and criticism. This Grant possesses; and it is generally felt that he will now get out of the Army of the Poto mac morn, than anybody else has ever got out of it. The morale of tho rank and file is, I hear from every side, excellent. The men have grown into real soldiers, and advance, retreat, and fight as a business, cheerfully and tran quilly, without much regard to who leads them. General 1 presume, will still retain the command under Griuit; and as the two best Generals on each side are now pitted against each other fur the first time, we look forward to a campaign of extraordinary interest in Vir ginia. It is believed by persons whosel opin ions on these matters are usually valuable, that Grant’s plan involves the cessation of offensive operations in Tennessee, beyond vigorous cav alry raids ; the maintenance of a force at Chat tanooga sufficiently strong to hold Johnson in chock, and threaten!Georgia, now the Southern granary and arsenal ; the keeping open iof the Mississippi by vigorous operations ngairjst the bands that still infest 'Western Louisiana and Arkansas; and theiconcentration of all! other forces, except those nt Charleston, fur an at tempt to finish Leo and toko Richmond, and drjve the enemy into the eastern cotton States. I think this-, or something like this, is tho pro gramme for the summer ;' so that the next cam paign will be fought fur the possession of Vir ginia. Ou what linp Grant will operate against Richmond I tJm unable to predict, and I d> übt if any one knows; but I om inclined to think that he wilt combine an advance against L-c's position in front, with a tnuvemeut on his com munications from the peninsula. I understand that, after having fjxamfned the situation on his recent visit to Washington, he insisted-on the immediate formation of a strung reserve. • and 200,000 more men have accordingly been called for. The general belief is that his in tention is to “ force! the fighting,” and to force the Confederates to derelope tho whole of their strengtluut, whatever cost, so that the result if unsuccessful may be fatal. There is in his mind, as: well as in that of the public, a pro found conviction of {the necessity of putting an end to the war on a 1 great scale this summer; j and tremendous efforts will be made todu it, so i that I look for, perhaps, the bloodiest campaign of tho war. Sherman takes Grant’s place in edmraand of the •• military division” of Mississippi, lie is | unquestionably an able soldier, and enjoys more i of Grant’s confidence than perhaps any other | officer. Ilis. fault is that he is hard to the verge I of cruelty, a man of iron, who in war sees no ! thing but war, and is disposed to lay a heavy hand on.the South., VETERAN. The system resorted to by the Confederate Government of " impressing” supplies for their own army amongst,their own people, and forc ing the farmer;- to cart them to the nearest rail way station, besides levying tithes in kind, and making their delivery at the Government de pots obligatory in the same manner, has, as might have been expected, furnished the Fed erals with an excuse for destroying all kinds of private property likely to prove of ahy service to the enemy—cotton, corn and forage, besides carrying off moles, horses and saUle, The no- m. 36 New Tore, March 19, dates'of Advertising. Advertisements will be ehargeo SI per square of 1 if lines, oilc_orjhrtc l&jttTUon,-, and_2u cents Isr i v<*yv subsequent insertion. Advertisements ol 10-s tßonTu lines considered as a square. The subjoined rates will bo charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advortiacineata: 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 32 iotUfi* 1 Square, $3,00 si,so $6,90 2 do 5,00 6,50 8,00 2 7,00 8,50 10,00 | Column,- v 8,00 9,50 12,50' i “°* - 15,00 20,00 25,0(1 1 V - 25,00 35,00 50,00 Advertisements not having the number of inser tions desired marked upon thim, will bo published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and ell kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable* and other BLANKS, constantly on band. fortunate inhabitants are thus pjlaoed between two fires. If one side does notj despoil them, the other is sure to do so. Lcngstreet has just cleared the mountainous district of East Ten nessee of everything of value.’ Western Mis sissippi was settling down into an approach to peace and quiet, and the farmers were planting their crops with a strong expectation of reap-- ing them, when Polk gave indications of an in tention to move down amongst them ta levy taxes and bring in conscripts. This gave Sher man’s raid a character of unexampled severity.’ lie stripped the country of everything on the line of his march, and laid it waste on each side' of him for many miles, besides destroying over one hundred miles of railroad. Polk will not come now y bat the unfortunate people are much in tho same condition as if he had. Sherman is in fact the representative of tho “ root and branch policy,” and any portion of the Sooth which is subjugated by him will certainly not give much trouble after the war is over. It ia folly to moralize or declaim over this. If this mode of carrying on the struggle is likely to end it sooner than any other, it is mercy to re sort to it; and thero-seems little question that from the condition of the Confederate armies and their mode of supplying themselves, the wasting of produce is one of the readiest and surest ways of exhausting them. .Onions for the Soldiers. A COUNTRY GIRL TO COUNTRY GIRLS AN’D EOY3. Not long since I heard a soldier say that sol diers like onions ; that he had, atone time,paid twenty-live cents for an onion. Onions aye good for soldiers, and many of them crave them. You and 1 do’nt, may be j we like them only a long way off; but the soldiers do. Itown in;a corner of our garden, behind the currantbush es, in what I recognize from surroundings as long neglected corner—a spot unoccupied save by our dogs, who hare considered it their own peculiar playground,'and from which our boy has taken many a load of bones of their strew ing—l see, in vision, the morning sun gleam brightly on rows of tiny green blades; and, as I look, the rows seem to form themselves into great characters, which presently I sea are fob the soldiers'. Henceforth, for this season.at least, that bone strewed plot has a nobler des tiny. The vision shall be realized.. The doga must sec-ii another playground ; this plot is. to bear onions for the soldiers. now. ia stiff sod, shall indeed be mellow soil, where onions shall take to' .themselves size, and sap, and odor. In due time, the green tops may fla vor soup for the Homo Guard ; but every bnlb lying concealed in the dark mold shall be sa cred to such as have seen actual service. Kar er, since exiled Israelites landed and sighed for the leeks and onions of Egypt, has there beea so grpt a glorification of the odorous, (pr-pro vokifig bulb, as there shall be in this gardjq corner. This sounds well,'say you: but talking no bones does break, and that frozen soil is not yet broken for those onion beds. You’re right.— When the barrels, (nr shall it only be barrel?) containing them shall have been directed to the Sanitary Commission, will be a better time for talking of these onions of mine. But just, one word to you, girls and buys. Have yon a neg lected corner in yoar garden, in your yard, of a place hitherto given to the cultivation of flow* ers only ? That patch is not yours, I beg leave to inform you. The soldier has a mortgage on it. Waste soil is not to bo tolerated about out homes in these times, and the tulip, though a lovely ministrant, must-give place to a root which may be put to nobler uses. Dear friends, can’t you, won’t you, work these spots for the soldiers? Think 1 for any slight weariness wo shall so suffer, they have known enduJ ranee, the wear of long marches ; for every ■ drop of oozing sweat while bending at our toil, 1 the crimson life-current streams from them fot country, fur home, that we may have them.— Let us give freely what,we can ta those who are giving life, some of thtjm, for us. Glancing over a newspaper, my eyes fell upon a statement that in thelArmy of the Cumber land there is much suffering for want of vege tables. In several regiments scurvy has bro* ken out, and an urgent appeal is made to the Sanitary Commission for vegetables. Should each of us country girls and boys furnish a bushel, even, of vegetables—wo won’t insislj, upon the qju'ons from all, if sotneof yon prefer potatoes fur your patch—and put them nil to gether, those from, each village sending their .barrels, bow the barrels would roll in ! This serins humble work for some of ns, does it?— No work fur country is mean ; no work for its defenders is mean. Lot us pledge ourselves, girls and boys, that we will do what We can, anti that with tha enthusia-m with which we pieced together, and flung out to the breeze our first miniatures of the “ dear old flag,” in tha beginning of these strange times, when it is ' defended from those whom it has so long shel tered. A Noted lloo. —They’ve pot down in Court lend counry, an old former, noted for hie gree diness hnd his keen lookout for a spot wherein to turn -a penny, honestly, or (ha is’nt very? particular.) the reverse. A while ago he suc ceeded by accident in raising a very large hogs It was soon noised nbpad, and the people in that vicinity began to call on the old man to see the “ monstrosity." A gentleman from our “ taowh” was stopping awhile in the village, and hearing of the “ porcine" and so much said about it, desired to see the sight; and ha ving obtained directions as to locale," started for the' spot. Arrived there, he anet the old gentlemea, and enquired about the animal. •• Wall, yes,” the old fellow said ; “ I’ve got sieh a critter; ’mi’ty big ’un but he guessed he’d have to charge him about a “shillin’ for lookin’at him.” ; The stranger looked at the old man for a mi nntelor so, pulled ujit the desired coin; handed it to him, and started to go off. “ Hold on," says the other; “ do’nt yon want to see ihejmg?” • ■ “ No,” said the stranger; “I have seen as big a hog os I want to see!” and off bo went.- The heart can leap, flutter, sing,' and danoe joyously in the dark cage of the bosoa*. '