The Tioga County Agitali#
-BIT M. H. COBB,
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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 <r jmj to tho
public as a first-class bouse. [Jan. i jvfs63.j
D. HART’S HOTEL - ;
WELLSBORO, TIO&x CO. PE 'Tyi-l.
THE subscriber takes this method to, [hform
his old friends and customers that be ;jas re
sumed the conduct of tho old “ ?? juntain
Hotel,” and will hereafter give it his entito
Thankful for past farors, he solicits a Tenovji l - of the
same. 1 DAVIIf ftUHT.
* tVellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-ly. ' . - .I->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<?OK.
Y elUboro, June 21, ISG'L > \ '
■ 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 <ivnt.'
i.Pr^j^plTess.
Mr?. 11. S. Taylor,..
Miss H.,A. I l 'a lixs'vvoßTU, AnS'tunt.
Assistant, and Teacher in Mod; ’School#
Assistant, and Teacher of Mnr * +
The Fall Term of this Institution wiU!-i‘ien Sept.
2d. Tbe Winter Term, Dec. 2d. The Sj rog Term,
M.ireh 16th, 1564, Each term to contint < j thirteen
\.cek«. ( -
A Normal School Course of Tj'idtmtion,
'■‘.mbr.icing two years, is adopted. * . .'*•
nudents for Course, and for.' le Classi
cal department, are solicited. - ■ l v ; ; ,
p)r particulars, address Rev. TV. D. TaV
iiC.il, Tioga County Penna. Send for iii Cl ; Ular,
W.
President of the Board'of i> 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<!s, Price SS cts.
BJack Heart, Black Eagle. Black Tartarian, Down
cr's.Late Red, Moyduke, Guignc, Elton, Late Black,
(irey’a Early'Whiie, Napoleon Bigercau, Amber, Yel-
Ipw Spanish, Benuman’s.'May, Holland Bigarcuu,
Golden Drop of Herrington.
GRAPES.—lsabella, Diana. Hartford Prolific, Ca
tawba, Rebecca, Delaware, Concord, White Sweet
Water, Black Burgundy.
..-Proprietor.!
AiW
GOOSEBERRIES- —Ed-dish—several varieties.
CURRANTS.—White. Cherry, Dutefc and Red.
ORAAIttEiVTAL.
Norway Spruce, BaLaia Fir, Scotch Fir, American
Arborvitce, Siberian do.. Weeping Mountain Ash,
Mountain As-b, Horse Chestnut, European Larch,
Green Forsytbea. White Flowering Deutsia. Graceful
D’eutzia, Chinese Wicgclia, Roses, Basket Willows.
The above 1 offer for sale, at my Nursery. They
arc al| of superior quality. In digging and packing,
care will bp taken ; and the charge packing will
be the cost of materials used. Trees will be delivered
at the Tioga d(?pot free of charge. Cull at the Nur
sery, and look at the trees for your own satisfaction.
B. C. WICKHAM.
Tioga, Tioga Co., Pa.—Mnrch 9. ’C4-3m*
Prince’s Metallc Paint, Pfizer & Co’s Chemicals,
T-haddeus David’s Inks, Fluid Extracts,
Concentrated Medicines, Rochester Perfumery and
Cincinnati Wines and Flavoring Extracts,
Brandy, Paints and Oils,
Whitewash Lime, Petroleum Oil,
Kerosene Lamps, ' Drug? and Medicines,
Patent Medicines, School Books, -
Stationery, Wallpaper,^
Wyoming Mills Wrap- Window Glass,
ping Paper, Dye Colors,
Fumlfcbcd at Wholesale Prices by
W. D TERRELL,
' *' Corning, 2?. Y.
NATIVE BRAKffiY & Wtf&ES,
MEDICAL & COMMU-NION PURPOSES.
THIS BRANDY has been analyzed by the Medi
ical Director of the Naval Labratocy at Brooklyn,
and substituted for French "Brandy, f.-r use in the
United Slates Navy. It is also used ijnd recommend
ed by Dr. Satterlee, Medical Purveyor in New York
jof U. S. Army, in the Hospital of his Department.
THIS WIN-E has all the ot Dry Sherry
Wine. “
THIS WINE for its mildness Is adapted for Inva
lids and for communion purposes.
ZTMMERMANN & CO., of Cinoin-
It I uati and New Y'ork bad formerly partnership
with N. Longworth of Cincinnati the wealthy Native
Wine producer, and therefore enables them to furnish
the best of American production, at moderate prices.
Sold by W. D. TER BELL, at Wholesale at]d Re
tail. and by Druggists generally.
I Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20, ISO4-tf.
, ’ , NOTICE.
Joseph R. Ingersoll ]
and others, trustees of | In the Court of Comnion
the estate which was J Pleas of Tioga County, State
of William Biugham }of Pennsylvania, of Scptem
deceased, her 282.
Edwin Tnsoho'et al. J Ejectment for a tract of land
in Deerfield township, county
aforesaid, containing thirty-three and five-tenths of
an acre or thereabout?, bounded ,and described as
follows, viz Beginning at tho south-east corner of
lot No. 8 in the allotment Of tho Bingham lands in
Deerfield township aforesaid, conveyed to Caleb B.
Smith ;■ thence along lines of said lot north three
fourths of a degree east eighty perches, east ten
perches and north twenty four perches to thenorth
east-corner of said lot'JTo, 8 ; thence south seventy
nine degrees east fifty perches and Tour-'tenths of a
perch to the north west corner of lot No. 10 j thence
along tbe west line of said lot south one degree west
ninety-four perches and four-tenths of a perch to the.
north-east corner of lot No. 7; thence along tho north
line of said lot west fifty-nine perches and two-tonths
of a perch to the place of beginning—it being lot No.
9 of the allotment of the Bingham lands in Deerfield
township aforesaid, and part of warrant numbered
2020 in the name of Thomas M. Willing.
And now, to wit, January 25, 1864. rule on John
Ward and £li» his wife, and Benoni Watkins and
Mary Ann, his wife) to appear and plead, by the first
day of next term.
TIOGA COUNTY* SS:
I, John F. Donaldson, Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas of said county, do certify'the above
to be a true copy of a rule entered in tbe foregoing
entitled suit. In testimony whereof I hhve hereunto
f /—■■*•—> ) 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-
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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*. '