.. ■"The Tioga County Agita-Uis;: BSV 11. H.' COBB. . , i , PablisliedeTeiT-WBtinosday morningtii i Called to .dbcriborsat ONEiDOLLAIt AND FIT H iCBNTS year, always IN ADVANCE. . : v C paperissent postage free to oountv.n jcribers, though they may receive their msll at sees lo cated in counties immediately adjoining.*! b) foonven- nience. .' " r •*' > Tue Agitator is the Official paper *ga Co., nnd circulates in every,neighborhood tbS-*c/\. Sub fcriptions being on system "it circu lates among a class most to the interest ‘advertisers to reach. Terms to advertisers -as liberiu istifaose'of fered by any paper of equal circulation 5 i Northern Pennsylvania. , <(r * • 'Zj** A cross on the margin of a' pq e* that the subscription is about to expire.- " ' ”*** Papers will be stopped when th%s ibbription Iliac expires, unless the-agent Orders their joatinu- ance, JAS. LOWREY & S. F. WO &OH, Attorneys & counsellors a ;Law, will attend the 1 Courts of Tioga, Pi iter’and J-IcKoan counties. [Wellsboro, Jan. I: 1883.] .wxcKiarsoif HocsiV' CORNING, N. Y. , Maj. A. FIELD,.; prietor. GUESTS taken to and from the y t: _ pot free of charge. ’ 1863.] . PESSSILVAKIA HOtf^E, CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE '.I rENUB, Wellsboro. Pa J. W. 81G0NT,.... i Pr ipriefcor. THIS popular Hotel, having been re-fitted and re-furnished throughout; is now -o K'm to the public as a first-class house. [Jan. >- j 1563.] D. HART’S HOTE,L WELLSBORO, TIOGd CO. Fl : ?NA. THE subscriber takes this methodinform bis old friends that . - i,has re sumed the conduct of ibe old “ Cryshfc* fountain. Hotel," and will hereafter give It his Attention. Thankful for past favors, be solieitsa renfT.al of Ibe same. DA.VXD.-'LAKT. IVcllsboro, Nov. 4, 1865.-ly* IZAABI WAI/TOK HOTi SiE, Gaines, Tioga County, Fa: 0, C. YERMtLYEA, THIS is a new hotel located within’easy ac cess of the beet fishing and-hanting |i;ounds in Northern Pennsylvania. Iso pains will be-'ipered for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and : fhe trav elling public. {Jan. 1,i1863.]' WELLSBOEO IIOTEIj. 1 B. B. HOLIDAJ, THHE Proprietor having again taken possession of j* the .vbove Hotel, will spare no insure tho comfort of guests and the traveling pa At tentive waiters always ready. Terms reasc fable, uellsboro, Jan. 21,'1863.~tf. •' fro WATCHES, CLOCKS i'AKD P|l 'JEWELRY! - Repaired at BULLAUD’S & CO’S. *3,* by the subscriber, in the bostmauncr, apd at as ]op as tho same work can be dope for, by any first S£te‘ prac tical workman in the State. * ' • Wellsboro, July 15, 1863. 1 A, R. j/ASCY. A • FOLEV, Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, fee., REPAIRED, AT QLP PRICED: POST OFFICE BUILJANjG, NO. 5, UNION BLOCKS: TVellsboro, liny 20, 1863. E. It. BLACIf., BARBER'& HAIR-DREf^ER, :SHOP OVER C. L. WILCOX'S ST* RE, NO. 4, UNION BLOCK. Wellsboro, Juge 21, 18(53. V£- AGRIODIiTURAI. mPLEE;l|rfs. I WOULD inform Dealers in Agrioulftir. J Imple ments, that I bare Horso Rakes of the.-most ap proved styles and superior quality. 'Hand Rubes of a better quality than any manuli l itured in this section, which I will furnish in any C4i JJtity de sired, tofdealers in the of-Tiog;, Bradford, and Lycoming. iD. sfl#oUD. Mainiburg, Nov. 18, 1803—9mos. s * . • s* CLAIM , TEE undersigned will promptly prosecute all claims againsUthe Government for seT’ ices ren dered in the Military or Na’val Service of United States. Charges reasonable —will' advance he legal necessary fees if desired. No charge if’ip,* success ful in the application. D. McNApG I*KON. /?-/crence»; Hon. Victor Case, I. W. i%' m|f, Ex nminmg Surgeon at Knoxville, Pa.j 8.. ijlrang, Clyraer, Pa., F. Strang, Hector, Pa., . pcebey Harrison, Pa. . *! ; • * Westfield, Jan. 11,186-1.-6mos* * « TREISIM DEIMRTtMT, Office of Comptroller of the rfency, WASHINGTON, 2-# J 864. , XTTHEREAS, by satisfactory -evidence to the undersigned, it has been msappear that The First National Bank, of V. eljifatfrongh, in the county of Tioga, and State of -Fore ?y|vania, has been duly organized under and,aeci'-uliig-to the requirements of thoactof Congress, entilleta***£n act r .u provide a national currency,.secured ly n pleuge of United States stocks, and to provide for circula non and redemption thereof,” approved ?7d ruary 25,_ ISC3, find has complied with all the proiUie is'of said net required to be complied with, before eoi ’inencing the badness of banking: ' • * NOW, THEREFORE, I, Been Etfc iirinoon. Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby ‘it-,ii£y that the First .National Bank, of Wcilshorvig)?,fcounty of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, is iirtJiotfzed to commence the business of banking nude ~ljbe .act aforesaid. " \ ' In testimony whereof, witness my band Huii £bal of office, this twenty-first day of March, Ificd;.'. -i {- » 1 HUGH McCUUXNCH, 1 - ( ’ Comptroller of the fh rrcncy. MarSO G4~9t : f : • BOARDMABf AND CM A t»S CELEBRATED ; ; PATENT IMPEOy- :b INSULATED IRON KIM, AND ' fRAME PIANO FORTES! These pianos have the‘pure musical t( X- of the together with the strength of the .Jrnfcjhnd arc thu> far superior to all others. The -Overstrung giving in connection with the Aal *rit Iron Aim. full, round, powerful, and sweeT \* These pianos will remain in tone a greater lertgt'j of time •'.han any other pianos known, and are -w»M' nntfd for •the time ofcfive years. <i ©is ’these jdauos at the same prices as at'the want .rooms in •Albany or New York, saving the buyer-tins i spcnec of there to huy, and /will keep the <,f'three years, without charges. Fot a general 'JCBcripti on of these pianos send for a cjiicular, con talnlng prices, styles, I. G. IfpYT, * Osceola, Tioga Cul’afcy Pa. Ofceoia, Feb. 17, 1864. j Ohio Mjowcr and l&t tVyer. L’AIIMEItS in this vicinity can proco'rt this very -1. aluable Machine by calling on •, ] WRIGHT -BAILIE!^ bare a S ent y for Ihe sale of iL 'X. one of \ e best machines in uso, everybody prsi f ig*it that is ufced it, and it has taken the first pr3* i am' at all' _te and County Agricultural Pairs in V Union, t!j 1E > by all considered the best in ufo. T-t \ impossi y° £U Pply the dejnand’for this celebrate .Machine, tho&e that want a No. 1 Machinj;,, 6St in the or ‘u, must call soon or they will all be ,-c , . bci 1 » 110 fc tde draft; it does not w©sjci' upon the, chi** 8 Doc^ > * 8 3 P erfect ‘ durable, mu' Jieap ma- L ne ; sale by • * * „ BALDWIN, -'■ * * i* l - BAILEY, Mansfield. , • I• ; « KILHX & BAlLEY,'Wellsboroj Pa. . 1 - Jwelltboro, May !8, 1864-tf ‘ -* P°SCEKIRATED LYE, foraale at, T- ! v BOY’S BBl’a SIOBE. THE AGITATOR. VOL. X. DRUG STORE# Prince's Metallc Paint, , Pfizer & Co's .Chemicals, Thaddeus 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, - Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines, Schoolßooks, Stationery, ” Wall Paper, ‘ . „ " Wyoming Mills Wrap- ' Window Glass, 7 A 1 ping Paper, - ■ Dye Colors, 'Furnished at Wholesale Prices by W. D. TERBELL, Corning, N*. Y. NATIVE BRANDY & WINES, MEDICAL & COMMUNION PURPOSES. CATAWBA BBAftDT. THIS BRANDY has been-analyzed by the Medi ical Direbtdr of the Naval Labratory at Brooklyn, and substituted for .French Brandy, for nse in'the United States Navy; It is also used and recommend ed by Dr, Satterlee, Medical Purveyor in New York of U. St. Army, in the Hospital of bis Department, DRY CATAWBA Wim ..IVoprietori 1 THIS WINE has all the properties of Dry Sherry Wine, SWEET CATAWBA WIWE. .Proprietor. THIS WINE for its mildness is adapted fop Inva lids and for communion purposes. Messrs, zimmermann a co., .of cincin . nati and New York had 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* TERBELL, at Wholesale and Re tail, and by Druggists generally, Corning, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1864-tf. Farmer’s Catechism. Question. What is the best kind of Wooden beam Plow ? * Answer, -ThoWIARD PLOW, * Qnes. Wherein docs it excel all others ? Ang. In ease of draft, in being-less liable to clog, and in fact it excels in every particular. Qacs. Where is this Plow tn be found ? Ans. At the KNOXVILLE FOUNDRY, where they are made,.and at various agencies around the country. * ( * Ques. Are there any. other plows made at that Foundry? Ana. i Yes! Biles makes various kinds of.wooden and iron beam Plows, both for flat land and sid&hill, and ho keeps ahead of all other establishments by getting the BEST PATTERNS invented, without regard jo the COST.- Ques. Are Plows all that Biles makes ? Ana. By no means. He also makes HOUSE HOBS,* a superb-article for Corn, Potatoes, Ac. ROAD SCRAPERS that beat the world. Cast Cul tivator Teeth of a very superior pattern. Shovel Plow Castings for new laud, and Indeed almost every thing that is ever made at a Foundry, from a Boot Jack to a Steam Engine. Ques. Would you then advise me to buy there? Ans. Most certainly would I, for besides making tb© best KIND of #reryj thing, Biles makes those that arc the most DURABLE, and it is a common ex pression where his Plows baye been introduced, that they last as long as from two to four got fit any other shop; ho has always been at the business from-a small hoy and ought to know how it is done, and if you try his wares once, you will be ready with mo to tell all wanting anything in that line to go, send, or in some other way procure them of J. P. BILES, at the Knoxville Foundry. j Knoxville, March.3o, •1863-tf. THE Town Council of the borough of Elkland, in the county of Tioga, hereby give notice,- That at a meeting of said Council, held May G l7lh, 1864, it was Resolved, That whereas the citizens of the borongh of Elkland suffer much Inconvenience in consequence of The running at large of cows, cattle and neat stock within the limits of said borongh i Therefore, be'it ordained, amL it is hereby ordained by the Town Council of said borough, that on and after the 25th day of May, 1864, all cows, oxen, or other cattle, sheep, bogs, or horses, found running at large within the limits of said borough, be seized and confined in a suitable pound, that shall be prepared by the pound master of said borough, and kept therein until the owner or owners shall pay or cause to be paid to said pound keeper of said borough, the sum of twenty-five cents per head for said cattle, sheep, hogs or horses, as the case may bo, together with the expenses of keeping the same. And in case-the owner or owners thereof do not pay the said amount as above specified, the pound master of said borough shall have-power to advertise and sell said cattle, sheep, hogs or horses at public auction, according to the provisions of an'act of Assembly in such cases made and provided in 1851. JOHN CHASE, Burgess. David Dccher, Clerk. DRVGS & MEDICINES. Lvo. 3, uiTion block, wellsboro, pa. P. R. WILLIAMS, BEGS leave to announce to the citizens of Wells boro and vicinity, that ho keeps constantly on hand all kinds of , DRUGS AND MEDICINES. Chemicals, Varnish, Paints, Soaps, Perfumery, Glass, Brushes, Putty, Fancy Hoods, Pure Wines, Brandies, Gins, and all other kinks of Liquors of the best quality. All kinds of PATENT MEDICINES such os Jayne’s Expectorant, Alterative and Pills; Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pectoral; Helm bold's Extract Buchu, Sarsaparilla and Rose Wash ; Mrs. Winslow's Sothing Syrup; Wright's Pills; Clark's and Cheesgman’s Pills; Hall's Balsam; Bin ioger's London Duck Gin ; Herrick's Pills and Plas ters; Brown's Bronchial Troches, <feo., Ac. May 26,1864-ly. P. R. WILLIAMS. MRS. A. J. SOFXELD desires to call the atten tion of life Ladies of Wellsboro* and vicinity, to her New Stock of Spring Millinery Goods, consist ing of the latest styles of Bonnets, Hats, Head Dress es, Caps, &c ., and a variety of French Flowers, Shell and Straw Ornaments, the latest novelties in the way of Trimmings. Infant's iiats and Caps, Old Ladies' Dress Caps, Grenadein Veils of the newest shades. Mrs. S. feels particularly grateful for the patronage of her friends, and would say that she has engaged one of the best Milliners for the season, and is pre pared to repair Straws in the best manner. She is receiving Goods constantly from New York, and will keep a good assortment. Her rooms will be found hereafter opposite Roy's Drug Store, in the building lately occupied by Miss Smith. Wellshoro, April 13, 1864-tf, CAME into the enclosure of the subscriber on the 16th inst., about four miles south of on the ‘ Cedar road, in the Cdolidge neighbor hood, one Large Red Cow, with white face, and some' other wbiCa;Bpots. The owner is requested to come, forward, projvo property, pay charges for this adver tisement, and take her away. JOSHUA PEET, Dclp|ar,ji|ay 25, 1864. DrhateO to tDe of the Errs of JFrrcOoitt stio the SpresO of fhealthg Reform. WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE WHOLESALE Zlmmefmaim & Go’s. FOR NOTICE. New Millinery Goods. ESTBAY. WELLSBOBOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1864. „ Select s©efts. The birds, 1 against the April wind, Flew northward, singing as they flew; They sang: ** The land we leave behind Has swords for corn blades, blood.fordew." M 0 wild birds, flying from the South, What saw and heard ye, gazing down?" “ saw the mortar’s unpturned month, The sickened camp, the blazing town! “ Beneath the tarry-lamps, - We saw-your march-worn children di©: _; j In'shfouds of moss, in cypress swamps. We saw your dead uncoffined lie. . , ** We heard, the starving prisoner'© sighs; ,\t . And saw, fro pi line and trench, your eons Follow our.flight with homo sick.eyes, Beyond the battery's smoking guns.* And heard and saw ye only wrong, And pain*" I cried. “ 0, wing-worn flocks?" “We heard," they sang, “ the Freedman's song. The crash of slavery's broken locks! “ Wo saw from now, uprising States, The treason-nursing mischief spurned. As, crowding Freedom’s ample gates,. The long-estranged and lost returned. “O’er dusky faces, seamed and old, And hands horn-bard with unpaid toil. With hope in pvery rustling fold, We saw your slar-dropt flag uncoil. “ And, struggling up through sounds accursed, A grateful murmur climbs the air, A whisper scarcely heard at first, It filled the listening Heavens with prayer. “ And sweet and for, as from a star, Replied a voice which shall not cease, Till, drowning all the noise of -war, It sings the blessed songs of peace !*’ So to me, in a doubtful day Of chill and slowly greening spring, Low stooping from the cloudy gray. The wild-birds sang or seemed to sing. They vanished in the misty air, The song went with them in their flight; Bat lo! they left the sunset fair, And in thp evening'there was light. [From the Tribune.] THS RETURNED. VETERAN. This is an account of one of Major General John Logan’s men. Geri. John, when a boy, was in the Mexican war. "When bo returned he studied law, and at the age of twenty-five he was elected a Congressman by a vote almost unanimous. Ilia district included the whole of Southern Illinois. His home is in Carbondale, Jacksoncouhty. He was the people’s idol.— He know everybody,-and everybody knew him, lie can make a good speech, be Is a first rate lawyer, and is one of the best dancers in the country. 0, how he can dance. He ' looked like a girl, and yet, with dark complexion, ev ery one took him to be part Indian. - One rea son why the'people liked him so well, was be cause be was a democrat, and hated the ’aboli tionists. He used to give it to them bard.— Once, when he spoke here on popular-sover eignty, I asked him a question or two, such as Lincoln used to ask Douglass at Freeport,Which concerned him but he called me a Yankee- Abolition-Preacher, which made' the people laugh and say it was good enough for me'.— However, they all went against Douglass, and that was bad for- Logan. Whenever he under takes a thing he does his best. At this time he commands in Northern Alabama, and has his headquarters at Huntsville. When the war broke out, he-fignred the mat ter to see how it was going, and then went for the Government with all his might, soul and strength. ; Thousands deserted him and called him traitor ; other thousands stuck to him.— Some of his relations fairly shine with copper. He has a younger brother, a good deal like him, who is true. lie raised one of the first regi ments, and became its colonel. It is now the 31st Illinois regiment of volunteers. Then he resigned his scat in Congress,’and our beautiful friend J. T. Allen took bis place. In those early days of the War John was at Springfield, when a Mr. Grant came to him to tell him his troubles. This Grant was a tan ner, and, having an idea he could fight a little, had raised a regiment and brought it to Spring, field, where it was in camp. But the men bad not been swornin,' and finding it a harder busi ness than they expected, principally on account of poor beds, they were going to back out and go home. This was Mr. Grant’s trouble. He could’nt see how to get along. It looked as though he would have to go back to his tan yard. Perhaps Logan could help him. “Can’t you talk to them?" said John. “No,” Soys Grant.” “ I can,” says John. “ Call them together.” i They had all heard of him. He made thbm a speech two hours long. He told them all about our government, and how the war dom menced. The sweat rolled. He jerked uff-his coat and handkerchief. You never saw a man work harder in your life. He related stories which made them laugh, and then he described a soldier’s life,in such beautiful langueg’e that one would think no other life had so many charms. When he got through, the men were impatient to bo sworn in, for fear they might lopse.the chanoe. This was the way Mr. Grant got a start, and he has done middling well since then, for-now he commands all the armies of the Great Republic. • A short time since John Logan’s old regi ment, the 31st, cams'home on a furlough to see the folks and to recruit. One of the companies was raised on Rose Prairie. Here lives ’Squire Clifford; be is an old'settler; be has been a Justice of the Peace for many years, for he can read \ he has a large farm, well managed ; he is rich, and bis only sod 1 Andy is an officer-in •the'3lst. The old man set on tlig' porch smoking his home made tobacco, waiting for the wagon. — Andj married a few months before be went into the army. And his wife also sat on the porch, while her baby, nearly two years'old, ran from her to its grabdfather. Susan’s father keeps store in the village of Prairie Eose ; he fs postmaster, and one of the bead men; She can read and write. Being brought up quite a lady, she never works out doors except to pick cotton and to bind after the cradles,’ and sbe holds up her bead, as she might, for she isreal WHAT THE SEEDS SAID, BT JOHH G» WHITTIEE. ifftCacellang. handsome, and if anywoman ever loved her husband, it is she. # “ I doni^knqw how Andy would like that kind of talk,” said she, “ for he writes 'in his letters altogether different.” “Don’t you be troubled, gal,” said ’Squire Clifford; “he writes so just to please the offi cers, for they open all the letters.” “I hope they don’t open any of mine, though there’s nothing bad in them."' “ You just wait and see how I’ll talk to him, I’ll bring him,around, sure,” ..■ .. - The ’Squire-was a peace democrat. To .tell the truth, he belonged to the Knights of the Golden Circle, a lodge of which was organized by the lawyers at the county seat; and, being an influential man, he and a few others had made Rose Prairie a hard place for Union men. It astonishes one to see how plain men, hopest in their dealings, and neighbors, but ig norant, can be moulded by the intolerant and designing. When slavery made the people ignorant, a foundation'Was laid for every spe cies of intolerance—even of infamy and'eriine. All at once the wagon came-through the yard with’the horses trotting, which they had seldom done before, and it was*filled with soldiers, who were the Rose Prairie toys, and Andy among them. Almost in a moment Andy had jumped over the bars, and was I near the porch, when Susan gave a spring(around his neck, and* would have thrown him over if be had not been tall and strong, and if he had not braced him self; and -there she-hung,, lifted up frdta the ground. “ Now, I want to see my boy,” said Andy, , as he gentlybeld him up, and, for the first time, gazed upon him with dyes as clear and as full of satisfaction as they were on the blessed Fourth of July last, when, with his compan ions, he stood on the ramparts at Vicksburg. His mother and his sisters also came around him, and there, was a great time. - They all kept looking at him. He was.older and tanned. There is scarcely a person in the whole North, old or young, who does’not know the exact co lor of the Vicksburg tain. It is said' that the rebels were worse tanned, which is likely, since Gen. Grant is a tanner, Andy’s'- clothes were so clean they seemed, new, and the blue cloth was very fine. The women thought bis beard was so very funny, for it was only.'a little bunch around his mouth. could not keep their eyes off thefbright, round little buttons on his blue vest,.and his sfainipg patent leather sword belt. His hair was cut so as to make him look as smart as Gen. Logan. . His father was proud —he knew his boy was handsomeland smart, — hut he had returned handsomer! and smarter than he expected. 'After the first ’ few -ausanijoia tittle.for she'began to' hurry'-the supper; but one conldjsee by the glimmer of her dyes, under their lashes, that she. had plea sant thoughts. ; Then they had a good supper. It should have been good, for they had been preparing victuals for several days. Everything on the table and around the bouse looked as though there had been a wedding. It was very nearly a wedding. ~ . j As spon as supper was over the .old man com menced. He spoke ofjthe wickedness of the war, : of high taxes, of the - overthrow of the Constitution, and the ruin of the country; and concluded by saying that we ought to a let the South go. Susan and the women tried to get him to talk of somethir|g else, while Andy in terrupted and tried to explain, hut he would listen to nothing; and hie talked till he had do thing njiore to say. He made out a terrible case. Then Andy said : ; “I see bow this business . Some, of them lawyers up to theicounty seat'have been larninwyou these thingjs. Andnow let me'tell you, though they sound mighty big, there’s scarcely a word of truth in them, from one end to the- other.” I “What’s this, what’s this?”', said the old ’Squire. *; Do you mean to call your father a liar? Say, sir, am I alliar ?” Andy's bunch of beardj began to work in a curi ous way, and he waited] a little before he spoke. “ Who talks about liars but yourself? I’ll tell you what the army would say of you,, if you talked like that strong (hem. They’d say you wa? a d d traitor ; and if you didn't happen to have a first best friend by ybu, .they would string you up. !And I’ll tell you,’ too, we think a heap more |uf on out-and-out rebel than we do of the traitors athome, who, when we strike the rebels a lick, help them to strike us back.” “You git out of my house. If you ’are thy own son, you shan’t insult me in it. I have -done,with you—you shan’t have none of my property—not a bait-|—out of-my house—l'll have nothing to do with you 1” , 1 “.That suits me if it does you. Susan pick up what things you want now, and leave the rest for another time, j We’ll go to Bob Rey nolds’, He’s a good Union man. Your dad’s a Copper, I know. You’ll hear a different story one of these days, dad; mind I tell you.’’ “ You may go to the devil, for all I here.’* Andy buckled oh his sword and §tood wait ing fur Susan. She was running around taking care of her things; hijr sistirs-in-law were hel ping her; while Mrs.-Glifford tried to soothe her husband. - He would listen to nothing; his son had turned out to |be a Yankee nigger, and most be he Vvanted a nigger wench; he wouldn’t speak to him, and never wanted to' see him again. ! The house, lately sjo joyful, had become a house of mourning. ■ All the' women folks cried, and the baby, seeing, something was wrong, cried lounder than anybody else.' • • At last Susan was jready, and, crying, she left the house with And j’!; and they through the lane. In addition to. this trouble Susan had another, which was on account of - a piece she had just got in'the loom, and she had thrown the shuttle only a few times to see how it would look. Her father-in-law had planted a patch of cotton for-her and plowed it, and •she had hoed, picked, got it ginned, and sphnl almost all winter in spinning and coloring.— She was going to have a piece of cheok for dresses for herself and baby. .Now she did not know what would become of it. Perhaps the old man'would outit out of the loom. They had gone quite a distance, when-Mis. Cliffurd came ihto the porch aiid called her. “ Susan, you forgot your pocket handker chief.” .... c She went back, while Andy waited. She was gone-a-long time. -Once -she came out, lingering; and then very hastily, wont back;— At last she came running, and, looking pleased, said his father wanted to speakwith him. He turned rather reluctantly, and found his father filling his pipe by the fireplace. ‘CI want to ask you one' question, Andy.— Answer me now, fair.- Sayin’ nothin’ about them Northern chaps, ain’t it a shame to us as comes from the South to be fightin’ and killin’ our'own hind of folks, and some on ’em our own kin ?” . ' “ I don’t want no dispute with you, dad, but I can answer that mighty sudden. Itis a shame —but thebhame is theirs, not ours. It is they that’s fightin’ us. We didn’t strike the first lick, we didn’t want no war, but they did, and they’ve tried to break up-the Government.— When they want peace, and to have things as they had 'em'before, excepting one little thing as has gone up, all they’ve got to do is to say it. But if they’ve got an idea they can make two Governments out of one, that belongs to both of ue, they’ve got a bigger job on band than,they’ve got an idea for—in fact, the thing can’t be did. I’ll tell you what all John Lo gan’s men, and the rest the sojers say ; we say we’ll sweep ’em from the face of the earth, be fore we give np to,’em. And we can do it." “That’s dreadful hard;talk, Andy, but there seems to be something in what you .say about the first lick. I handn’t thought of that. 1 say, Andy, you ain’t a gain’ to desert vonr old father fcase he got riled and spoke kinder sharp. Let’s argerfy this business. I’ve got the hand somest clover lot you ever seed, and the primest wheat you ever set eyes on. I want you to-look at ’em. You shan’t go—what a talk it’ll make. We’ll argerfy and keep cool.” So things quieted down. Tbs women were happy as crickets, and Andy went through the story of the fights ho bad been in, at Belmont, at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, where Logan was wounded at Shiloh, at the Big Black, and Champion Hills, and finally at Vicksburg. But even then be was not done. There, was not time that evening to tell all. In listening, the ’Squire was so proud of his eon and of the suc cess tif the Northern army, that he almost for got ho was a Democrat. . , Next morning before they started, Susan had to show her husband her piece, and how she coaid weave. He left her weaving with all her might. A woman needs strong ankles to work -the treadles, and, in weaving, she gets, them.- They went out to look at the wheat and clo rci« cuw tlfom TTtllKiug IWUQd^, and at lae't.to'stopby a pair of bars. The old man held down his head a good deal, as if lis tening, while Andy made gestures, as if en gaged in telling something. When they came to dinner, of greens and plenty of other things, tlile ’Squire said: “Old woman, if what, Andy’s been telling ine is tine, there’s some mistake about this Golden- Circle business; and*l’ve guttodook into it; and if it’s-so, and it seems to he So, then them lawyers to town has been lyin’ to me the cuseedest.”' When Andy’s furlough expired, and he had started,to return to the army, His father gave him his best wishes and hoped hia safe return. He hoped too that be might be victorious over the rebels in,every battle. Susan held up her baby as high as she could, that he might see it to the last. It would be bard to undertake to fell how’much encouraged Andy felt. -Soon after this, it was talked about among the Copperheads that the furloughed soldiers bad been converting the people of Ruse Prairie to Unionism, and a couple of lawyers came dqwn from the county seat to see about it. Mr. Clifford being the most influential man, they called on him first. After going through a considerable long, smooth and slippery intro duction, they told him their business. Ue con fessed he bad changed bis mind, and he thought men of learning ought to know better than to be deceiving plain farmers who couldn’t be ex pected to know all about politics. And how could they know, when they never had much schooling—and this was because the blasted old slaveholders where they came from didn’t want no schools. One of them, who is figuring to go to the Legislature, let;out, in quite a speech filled with genuine copper democracy? telling about Lincoln’s tyranfiy, the overthrow# of the Constitution, high taxes, tha ruin of <jhe coun try, and concluded by saying we ought to let the South go. ' “I’ll tell you,” said the old man, “what theyMsay of yon down in the army, if yon talkea that way to ’em. They’d soy you was a damned traitor; and if you bad no fust best friend with you, they’d string you up; and if I was with ’em, I wouldn’t kere much to help ’em. Them’s my sentiments, fair and square.” ■“ This is very strange, ’Squire Clifford ; very strange, indeed. Wby, sir, you belong to our order of the Knightaofhihe Golden Circle, and you cannot have forgotten, the solemn oath you have taken, nor the dreadful penalty which at taches to the violation of that oath.” This made the ’Squire mad. “ Git out of my house, you infernal scoun drel—you traitor to your God and your coun -1 try. You lied to me to git me into it. Git out of my bouse! And if auy of you Golden colors touch a hair of me or mine, I’ll send for Andy and the l rest'of the boys, hod, by the Je hokn, they won’t leave a greuse-spnt of your whole gang. Git out of my -house; I’ll have nothin’, to, do with, a traitor to my- country and the old flag of the stars and strines.” The lawyer went—they both went. When he'was getting on his horse, he said : ! ’ “Good-bye, Mr. Clifford. You’ve gottobea ! Yankee nigger, I see. It must.be you- want a j nigger wench.’’ “ Yea, 1 do, I want a thousand of ’em. I | ain’t afeared of niggers as much as I was. I’m. asbamed, though, I ever was a traitor, like you are. Yes, I was a traitor, and I helped to fight ■ agin’ . Andy and Susan'and her baby there.— But, thank God, la bia mercy, I’m a traitor no longer." , . ■ ■> • . ■ It would have dene you good, bad yo.u seen ho w pleased the women were to hear the’Squire gfv3 the lawyers his mind. ■ 'N.G. M. , ■ l)of<eoi.A, Unich Co., 111, April 2d, 1864. - Advartitamenttwiilb9BturgtsdtlTS»* Milsatu,t 19 linos, one or three insertions and 25 ccnl; for every subaeqnenUhsettion,..Advertisements of itfsthan 1# lines considered as a square. The anhjoinSd rates will be charged for Qusiferly,Half-Yearly and Yearly advertisements: 3 sosths. 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CiJtP, 12T THB FIZL», > (Near Bermuda Hundred, Ya.) v May 29th, 1864. ), Friend Agitator: —As Butler's movements oh the river James are attracting a good degree of the attention of our people at home, in the absence of-any particular details from this locality, a brief account of a trip up said river from its mouth, might bo found of suffi cient interest as to warrant its perusal; at least I flatter myself that such might be the case. > Sunday, May 22d, at 2 o’clock P. M., we em barked on board the Golden Eagle, (a 2d class ferry boat,) at Portsmouth, Ya.; and ran down as far as Fortress Monroe, where we took on board a skilful pilot, and about 5 o’clock P. M. entered the spacious mouth of the James river- Just here is a point, or rather an obtuse angles known as Newport News, and is the site d£ a strong Union battery. It is celebrated as the scene of the dashing debut of the first rebel ironclad, (the Merrimao.) Within a few yard* of the beach, and a trifle below the battery, lies the bulk of tbe’ill-fated Congress, (plainly vis ible at ebb tide,) while directly in front, and about forty fathoms from shore, the gallant Cumberland went down, but still unconquefe’d, —her stars and stripes still proudly floating, from the masthead. It seems but yesterday that I saw her struggling with the rebel mop. ster ; and I can still hear the yells of deflapea that wont up as the ship went down, carrying with her the scores of dead and wounded.— Full a score of the crew were clinging to the shrouds and other parts of the rigging—ami these ware saved ; —but out of a crew of 300 men, two-thirds found a seaman’s grave. On our right, lying at anchor, with her broadside toward us, we have a splendid view of the new ironclad “ Roanoke,” it being the tJ. S. frigate Roanoke, cut down, razeed and re fitted, until not one particle of her former shape) can be recognized. She is a powerful vessel, of perhaps 4,W)0 tons bnrthen, and sports three immense turrets or cupolas, each of which mounts two guns, of fifteen inch caliber. At a distance, her side resembles a beautiful gra. nits wall, surmounted by pleasant little sum. mer bouses; but the romantic fanSy is sotQ£ what dispelled, upon a nearer approach; * Leaving this hard shelled baptist behind we continued on. our way up the river, passing James river lighthouse No. 1, which is a neat little cottage, about eighteen feet square, stan ding in the center of the river, but to the. fight ol the .main channel, and mounted upon an iron, structure, so that the floor never gets damp; There is a beautiful piazza running entirely about the- house, and upon this we beheld a couple of bright faced urchins at play, having no fear of being drowned, as an iron railing or latticework precludes the possibility of any of the smaller fry tipping overboard; At the side of the house, and suspended by a couple of stout halyards, hangs a beautiful little “ life boat,” no doubt entirely at the disposal of the mistress of the place, (who, viewed through a fine opera glass—and 1 beg her pardon for be ing so rude as to gaze at her—seems to be quite) good looking,) and answers instead of a coach and four to carry her on her visits to her near est neighbors, only two and a half miles away< Indeed, she seems very fond of music, for, as we steamed by, the band struck up, •* Listen to the Mocking Bird,” and she leaned oat ovsf the terrace, and bringing the glass to bear, wa could see her watching until the last distant strain died away, when she disappeared within.- Ean until eight p’clock P. M., when we drop ped anchor off Warwick Court House. A de lightful gale set in about nine P. M., causing us to lie close to )he decks, and to hang fast to everything having a permanent location, for fear of having to make a bed in company with the finny tribes, (we have no evidence that mer maids existas far np as the James river,) and your humble servant does not think the change a very desirable one. Tripped anchor at day light, and continued on our way. Nothing of interest occurred fur thirty miles rub; Not it single guerrilla deigned to fire a shot, although we were totally unarmed. About ll o’clock arrived off Fort Powbattan, where we fell in with the captured rebel ram Atlanta; taken by the ironclad monitor Weehawken on the Ogee chee river, near Savannah, Georgia. This ves sel is built, os are all rebel ironclads, after the style of the Merrimac, with sloping sides or 1 decks, while fore and aft there is an immense prow, built of wood, and covered with thick plates of iron, the whole surrounded by circles of band iron about four inches i thick. She mounts six heavy guns, (100 pounders,) and her ports are closed from the outside, by heavy wooden slides covered with iron armor, and fas tened to the deck at the top by heavy staples. The bottoms of the slides are connected, thro’ loop holes, to the carriages of the guns, by thick iron cables, so that on running out the pieces in time of action, the port holes are un covered, while the recoil of the piece slackens the chains connected with the slides, and they fall by their own weight, thus closing the ports. This formidable ir.,n monster was built by ihd of Savannah, who gave their jewels and family plate for that purpose ; but the uugal lant Captain of the Weehawken boldly faced the withering storm of female indignation , and carried off the trpphy, amid the gnashing of all the beautiful teeth in the Confederacy. - r At ten o’clock P. M., Monday, dropped, an chor at the wharves of Bermuda Honored.— This is an insignificant, miserable little place, or was until the arrival of Butler’s armada gave it a show of importance. It contains about a half dozen miserable bouses, and mud to na astonishing depth. It is separated from City Point, another apology for a town, by the -Ap pomattox riv'er, which at this place is about 14 miles in width. Butler’s forces are advanced from this place about six miles, where ho has excellent fortifications, and can hold the whole' of Lee’s army at bay. But I will not bo tedi oos, hot reserve the remainder until some fu ture time. M. I>. 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