ft?.
■s*!
tbh new mtaTLi. .saw.
Th» new Militia Law just proved by the
- Governor, makes thirty-three of pamphlet.
Governor Curtin signed it cmjjhivjLSfb ult.. im
mediately on bis return and
at once issued his proclanutihij calling upon
tie people to organize undet the law. The
new law provides; i
First, That every' able-l>od itrwhite male
citiaen, resident in the State, . Jf, the oge of
twenty-one and under the tigV, of forty-five
years, shall be enrolled in the milif ia, with the
osaal .exemptions of idiotic idnatfcs, paupers,
Ao.id. -
Second,.Assessors shall annually,' and at the
«amo time they are engaged i!n taking the as
sessment of valuation of real dp personal prop
erty, record all names of those liable to duty,,
and place a certified copy in ths -office of the
County Commissioners of each county in the.
State, and such record.shall be deemed a suffi
eient notification to all person's whose names
are thus recorded that they -ba'i t'been. enrolled
in the militia. When the ro;l i l-complete, as
sessors shall put np in public places notices
similar to the United States. emCjlment.
Section third provides severe penalties for
any' assessor, clerk or commissi! ter, who shall
- refuse or neglect tef perform an; -of the duties
provided. * > -*
Section 4. The enrolled it jitia shall be
subject to active doty, exeeptAp case of war,
invasion, the prevention of invitfeion, the sup
pression nf riots, and to aid the;-oivil author
ities in executing the laws of fb# Common
wealth, in which case the Commander-in-chief
shall order out for actual service; b/ draft tor
' otherwise, as many of th? militia ns necessity
demands.
Section 6. Erery soldrc? ordfred pot for
*otire duty by the proper aatboiitie.s, who Has
not some able bodied substi'.ute',, shall serve, or
pay the eum of seventy-fivs_ du||ara within
twenty four hours from such tidie. Exemp
tions are similar to thote .provided by the
United States service, giving jnembe'rs of "the
Legislature exemption While On duty, and fif
teen days before and aUerrtbat time of their
actual term. ' ; v ’
iSection 10 provides thatiiPs city of Phila
delphia shall be divided' iiltt four brigades,
and the city of Pittsburg id Jylvs one brigade,
and the rest of the.countks abrigade each,
where thev have the minin-ilf i nfimbc#.
Section 64 provides’armorif i for companies.
Section 66. When a commander orders his
company for military duty foi' election of offi
cers, he.shall order one or commissioned
officers or privates to men belonging
to the company to appear at rjic.li time and
place to every persop whom' bp; is -[ordered to
notify; if be fails to do no, shall forfeit
not lets than twenty dollars f ‘>or more than
one hundred dollars. . ■
‘Section 67 projides for time of notice at
least four days previous to call—ton days for
election, and when the coto'plnj is paraded,
the commanding officer shall ’ verbally notify
the men to appear at a future dijy not exceed
ing thirty days from the titna o’’ such porade,
which verbal notice, shall be, a Efficient warn
-1 • ♦' ' ' •
> D S- . , _
Section 70 to section 81 prides for. disci- j
jpline, training, inspectionfcnd. .-amp duty.
Section 82 to 91 provides fd> rosters, orderly
'“books, rolls and returns.. ■ r
fiqetifTn tfewMiv l c ~~ tt'n mili
tia >n case of war, insurrection, tu
riiult or riots. May order out.-divisior.e, brig
ades, regiments, battalions, tof compniiies, ,or
may order to be detached, pari? ,or companies
thereof,'or any ifumber of men-to bo drafted
. therefrom ' ' ■'' h f
. Section 93 providei for compefisation, giving
pay and rotibna same as Cmiftd.Stafts Govern
ment. . ' ~ \-
. Section 97 provides that proceedings and,
courts martial and courts of nquiry shall be
' conducted in all respects as. p jridcd fur in the
\ Army of tbo United States, ; ‘and punishments
ns in like cases in said ail®yl, .Provided that
tbb same are not the proviso
ions of tjiis act.
' Section 98 provides that alt penalties, not
'i exceeding one hundred : 161 labs, by summary
conviction before any alderman of a city, shall
tie without exception or appeal.
Who' Jfanitaly Ptiir.
We ate getting along. -ihnttmngly with our
Sanitary Fait. Logan Sqnaro, In some respects
the most beautiful part o' Philadelphia, is just
Dow the most papular and the most familiar.
All its privacy and seclusions ate gone. Last
' summer Logan Square Was all retirement and
peace. Its themes were au’ distant from the
bam and clamor of city UiV; from the noise
■ and bustle and excitement, 1 1 any of our ru
ral Tillages. Children wlnt 'here on Sundays,
and poetic people, as wiifl c n» those given to
peneivqpess and- love-muliingand natural his
tory, regarded its trees, its \ >iks, its squirrels,
and as things-itacrsd to themselves.
There is an end of this. -Lqgan Square is a
city, a summer morning's Mecca, a place to
■ get lost in. Under the long, narrow, low-roofed
buildings that surround' the trees, all that is
beautiful and benevolent in Philadelphia life
has been bustling for many <hys. Little com
munities have grown up, rivaitjes and enmities
and •friendships have been created, and a little
world in itself, with grids and joys, life and
ideath, is now breathing its shut life. We won
«det as we pass through the hisaa.rs' whers all
’ the. people come from, aid wyy bo much beauty
has been bidden from the vytrld, and whether
there will not be married ‘ and feuds, and
life-long friendships, of thir Fair.
The place for a philosopher?!* Logan Square.
We do nut know whHher.’aa the reporters
■ay, the Fair has “ readied its’ appogee." If
they mean, by this, that the people base got
tired paying money, or that Mr. Welsh has got
tired receiving it they' ('o ild be more correct
in saying that it had scareely.passed its perigee.
We do not get a Sanitrr/ i’uir every day, and
vre are going to hold on to it, Mr Claghorn
vrants a few mure days to show his pictures,
and Mr. Orne will nof, be, svlistiod unless he
lias reached a miiion and |faif. The evvord 1
is Mill to be v'oted for, an , as McClellan
is out of the calculation.- the friends of Meade
and Hancock, are in H g herons rivalry.—
The firemen are having: thefr own time about
the hgrn; the politicians. aVd church people
are busy about the vase, 'whieh is worth hav
ing as one of the most variable presents in the
Fair and there are a groat smaller con
tests over knives, and t'otrifte,. and albums, and
baby After ail,ft; ihw voting not a dull
business f Can peoplefbot <bave sqrae other
*•7 of showing their taoiorlo esteem without
paying « dollar ? In l,otk it succeeded
bjr, *ome actadent, but ir.'cloejrnot eeam to sue
««d bw». W« are all ts, to a certain do
gwe, witch people, nwS-' -JnHld like to spend
oar umj «n roaetbfej; mfn tangible than
V'FW
adnjiration. New Jersey is doing nobly ; and
'Delaware, with her Blue Hen's Chickens, is
working harder and saying less than many
moro pretentions departments. Altogether,
we, have reason to be proud of our Fair—proud
that our Chief Magistrate has seen it in all its
glory and been cheered by this magnificent 1
voluntary contribution of the people.—Phila
delphia Press.
’THE AGITATOR.
M. n. COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WEDNESDAY, ; : ; ; ; -. JUNE 22, 1864.
■ BEPBESEST.AIIVE.
1 Robert P. King, 33 Eliaz W, Hall,
2 George M. Coates, 14 Charles H..Sbriner,
3 Henry Cumin, 35 John Wister,
4 William H. Kern, 16 David McCommghy,
5 Bartin H. Jenks, 17 David W. Woods,
6 Charles M. Kunk, IS Isaao Benson,
7 Robert Parke, 19 John Patton,
8 William Taylor, 20 Samuel B. Dick, '
9 John,A. Hicstand, 21 Everhard Bierer,
10 Richard H, Coryell, 22 John P. Penney,
11 Edward Halliday, 23 Ebenezer MeJunkln,
12 Charles P. Reed, 24 John W. Blanchard.
Whoever reads Gen.-'Fremont's letter-of ac
ceptance, will experience some difficulty in re
conciling the views and sentiments therein ex
pressed with the policy and General Orders pro
mulgated by the aaino individual in Missouri so
early as 1861. The letter of acceptance con
stitutes what may be termed* a “ begging let
ter,” addressed to the “ outs" in general and
the Chicago Convention, in posse, in particular.
It is in the nature of a collection of echoes
caught up from’ the speeches of such men as
Fernando Wood, Daniel Yoorhees, and others,
grumblers, tractors, end ingrained scoundrels.
We by no means presume, or assume, that Fre
mont sympathizes with such sentiments or such
men. Be simply exercises the politician's pri
vilege—that of pulling all the available wires
to further bis purposes. '
Least of all-does it become John C. Fremont
to arraign the Administration for -what are
known.as “ arbitrary arrests.” Up to the time
of the appearance of the letter of acceptance,
the “radicals” were loudest’ and longest m
their complaints of the failure of the President
to take care of traitors at home. By “ radi
cals,” we mean here those who salt under that
flag as a badge of distinction, and not the truly
radical men of the country. As for “radical
ism,” we claim to go as far as any other indivi
dual, or party, either of whom may have prac
tical views. We. do not agree with Wendell
Phillipps, Parker Pillsbury, or Poster. Wa do
agree with Wop. Lloyd Garrison, that Mr. Lin
coln has moved as fast as the people have de
sired him to do. And so far as radical mea
sures are concerned, Mr. Lincoln', by his acts,
stands much in advance of J. C. Fremont, judg
ing the latter by his letter.
But Fremont bad in viewvthe return of Ar
guelles to Cuba, in his condemnation of “ arbi
trary arrests" and violation of the right of asy
lum. ' We have seen the papers in the Arguelles
case, not yet made public, and may, therefore,
form'something of an intelligent opinion as to.
the merits of the case'. The demand for' the
rendition ot Arguelles was made - uponJ the
ground that he was engaged in the slave' trade,
proof of which was made to the satisfaction of
all parties concerned. Arguelles, a Spanish
official, first notified the Cuban authorities of
the landing of several hundred slaves on the
coast of bis department, for which act be was
allowed and paid the sum of §15,000, ae prize
money, i But after his departure for New York,
ostensibly, bn business, it was discovered that
he had sold one hundred end fifty of the ne
groes into slavery, and pocketed some §70,000
by the operation. Hence the request for his
surrender, • - j
Now, according to the law of nations. At
guelles ie guilty of piracy, and therefore enti
tled to no right of 'asylum here or elsewhere.—
A pirate is an outlaw. His crime ia indictable
in the courts of any civilized country. He was
rendered up to the Cuban authorities, because
proceedings had been commenced against him
there, and those authorities were entitled to
deal with him. In expressing sympathy for
him, J. G. Fremont sympathizes with a slave
trader, a pirate, an outlaw. This may be ac
cording to the new gospel of “ radicalism,” but
it does not jibe with our anti-slavery notions.
Those who raise a fuss about the rendition of
Arguelles, do so because they are in- sympathy
with slavery, or because of being blinded by
ambition so that they cannot see the sbsnrdity
of the position.
As to other “arbitrary arrests"—we were
struck with the justice of the remark of an old
•lawyer, and one of the best thinkers of the
time, made in our presence the other day.—
Said he—“lf any man will get together the
statistics of arrests on regular process, and
comparer the aggregate with the aggregate of
convictions and acquittals following upon such
legal arrests, he will find that the false deten
tions under color of law will be to those known
OS ‘ arbitrary arrests,' as"ninety-nino to one,”
This may be too liberal; but a comparison as
above will, beyond the’shadow of a doubt, show
WBLLSBOROOGB, PENN’At 1
NATIONAL ONION TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OP ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
,[ANDREW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
ONION ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL.
Morton McMicbael, Philadelphia.
Thomas K, Bearer county.
Constitutional Amendments.
SPECIAL ELECTION, ADGCST 2, 1864.
In Favor of Soldier* Toting.
A CASE OE ABERRATION.
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR. -
that nearly every man arrested summarily has
been guilty. And every maxi of observation
knows that of the aggregate of arrests upon
legal process, three-fourths result in acquittal.
Why should not the acquitted raise a hulla-ba
loo about false imprisonment? Eor the reason
that in a majority of instances the arrested are
found connected with parties who are no letter
than they should be. " ■
The same is true, only in a greater- degrer,
of tbe men arrested summarily by the Qovert
ment.
BDXTOEIAL COBBEBPONDENCE.
Washington, June 14,1864.
I owe the following list of wounded Tiogi
boys, in the 45th regiment, to tbe enterprise of
J. B. Potter, Esq.:
At Carver Hospital. —Josiab F. Butler, Co.
G; Hiram Davis, Co. H ; Albert Handy, Co. I;
Ira Odhll, Co. H.
Harewood Hospital. —Calvin Roosa, (breast) j
Peter Gnerricle, (hip, severe); Sergeant L. Ri
Robb, (shoulder, severe); Sergeant Briscoe,
(lungs, severe) i Allen Thompson, (slight); J.
Riebsam, (hips, severe) ; Serg’t Rogers, (ab
domen) Thomas Rogers, (slight); Jos. Bow
ker, (leg amputated); all of Co. H.
Third Division Hospital, Alexandria. —J. W.
Buckbee and E- W. Blanchard, Co. H; Chas.
H. Terbell, Co. G. , -
These men were wounded; mostly, on the 3d
inst. The proportion of severe ' wounds, as
will be seen, is larger than usual. Nearly all,
if not' all, will recover, I tbinkJ They are in
good spirits, and most of them ilfiave written to
their ifriends at home. I saw Darios Hotchkiss
yesterday. He is doing well, but bis injury is
one that will requite time, to repair.
- 1 must, in this letter, do what I intended to
do in my last before—an act of justice, to one
of our own citizens, now a resident of Wash
ington, I allude to the deep interest and unti
ring zeal of Jerome B. Potter, in the work of
visiting oor wounded boys in hospital. He was
among the first to volunteer bis services / at
Fredericksburg, during the battles of the Old
Wilderness, and the last to return. 1 heardTof
him there from persons who were co-workers,
and all bore testimony to his-great energy and
efficiency. Since his return he has been a bro
ther indeed to the Tioga boys in hospital, visit
ing them often, discovering their wants, and
getting the paymaster to go to them and pay
them off. He is one of those who realize V the
luxury of doing good,” and comprehend the
value of practical Christianity. I confess to a
most unhesitating and unqualified admiration
of such men. They are “ apples of gold in
pictures of silver.” I can conceive of a no
greater privilege than this of ministering to the
needs of heroes. Ido not feel at ail presump
tuous in thus publicly acknowledging a debt of
gratitude for myself, as well as for' those more
nearly concerned,
x cannot learn that’ any ot our Co. I boys
were killed on the.3d,- though-it is possible.—
The 45th suffered considerable lose, as will be
gathered from the above list; but Ido not think
Cos. 1 and G suffered so heavily as some others.
The 45th’wn8 the regiment that found the
“ silver mine" the other day. The deposit was
in an old ice-house, and foots up some thousands
of dollars. 1 have seen some of the, *• quar
ters," and they remind me of what was used as
money four years ago.
The weather for a week, has been very cool
—almost like October with us in Tioga.
Washington, June 17,1864,
Visiting Finley Hospital last evening after
the adjournment, I found Thomas Skelton, Co.
A,-149th P. V., Joshua Ingalls, of the same
regiment, and a Mr.. Smedley, also of the 149th.
Skelton was shot through the right arm, caus
ing a bad fracture of the bone above the elbow,
which has been entirely removed. His esse is
somewhat analogous to that of Darius Hotch
kiss of the 45tb, though not so severe in char
acter. Hotchkiss] suffered a resection of the
elbow joint. But erysipelas renders Skelton’s
arm more painful. Ha is doing well, however,
and in a month will probably be in condition to
go home on furlough.
Joshua Ingalls |s shot through the right lung,
but is improving rapidly. The hall passed en
tirely through the body, and escaped near the
spine. He is in excellent spirits, and good for
another Wilderness campaign at the end of
three months, if any such campaign shall then
be necessary.
Mr. Smedley has been suffering from erysip
elas in the left atm and hand. He is recover
ing rapidly, and will soon go to the front. I
learned from him that William Smith, of Del
mar, Co. A, 149t1i, was killed in a recent fight.
The. 149th has ntjt suffered so much as the 45th
up to this time, however. There seems to bo no
great doubt but that John Pond and Dan. But
ler were taken prisoners on the first day’s fight
in the Wilderness.
I have time to write-bu£ these brief lines to
d»y- m. a. c.
Soldiers Voting Election. —Every Union
- man should bo awake to the subject of tbe
vole on the Constitutional amendment elections
to be held on the first Tuesday (2d day) of
August next. The vote that day will decide
• whether the soldiers who have fought our bat
tles shall bo entitled to a vote in the election
{ of officers. Soldiers must have the right to vote.
The copperhead' traitors are determined they
shall not vote if it can be prevented. Their
• secret conclaves are already devising p i ang t 0
. prevent a majority of votes from being cast for
! the amendment in this state. ■ They dare not
show their hands openly, but they are arrang
ing for quiet but concentrated copperhead vote
to defeat it. Let the Union men of every elec
tion district be on the alert. Let every arrange
ment be made to oall, out the Union voters and
have a full vote and let tbe soldiers in the field
know that the people of the old Keystone reo--
ognizetbe right of tbe soldier to vote. Ar
range for a thorough election and full vote
on that day.
PROM TDE JR3IY.
WAR DEPRTJIENT OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
War Department, Washington, 1
, June 18, 10 P. M. i
• Maj. 6en: Dis. ;—The following dispatch
from Gen. dated yesterday, 11 a.pi., at
City Point, bits been received by this Depart
ment ; 'i 0, >
“ The 9th corps this morning carried two
more redoubts, forming part of the defenses of
Petersburg, capturing 450 prisoners and four
guns.
“ Our successes ate being followed up.
“ Our forcds drew out from within fifty yards
of the enemy’s intrenchments at Cold Harbor,
made a flank movement of about 55 miles
march, crossijng the Chickahominy and James
rivers, the latter 2,000 feet wide and 80 feet
the pbint of crossing, and surprised the
enemy's rearj at Petersburg. This was done
without the Ipss of a wagon or piece of artil
lery, and only about 150 stragglers were picked
up by the enemy.
“ In covering this move, Warren’s corps and
Wilson’s cavijlry bad frequent skirmishing with
tbe enemy, eiich losing from 50 to 60 killed and
wounded, but inflicting an equal, if not greater
loss upon the! enemy,
“The 18th'corps were transferred from the
White House’to Bermuda Hundred by water,,
and moved out near Petersburg. The night
of their, they surprised or rather cap
tured the very strong works northeast of Pe
tersburg, before a sufficient force could be got
in them by the enemy to join them. He was
joined in the night following th's capture by
the 2d corps, which, in turn, captured more of
tbe enemy’s redoubts further south, and this
corps was followed by tbe 9tb, with the result
above stated. 1
“All the troops are now up except two divi
sions covering the wagon trains, and they will
be up to-night.
" Tbe enemy in their endeavors to reenfopce
Petersburg, abandoned their intrenchments in
front of Bermuda Hundred. They no doubt
expected trohps from north of the James river
to take their place before we discovered it.—
Butler took advantage of this, and moved a
force at once upon tbe railroad and plankroad
between Richmond and Petersburg, which 1
hope to retain possession of.
“ Too praise cannot be given the troops
and their commanders for the energy and forti
tude displayed the last fire days. Day and
night has beep all the same, no delays being
allowed on apy account.”
E'.'jjM. STANTON, Sec’ry o't War.
j Washisgton, Jane 18, II P. M.
Gen. DO;: —Dispatches from Gen. Sheridan
have just been received. lie reports a victory
over the epemy at Treyilan Station, on tbe
Virginia Central Railroad, a few miles south
of Gordonsville, where Gen. Lee, a few days
ago, reported o rebel victory. The official re
port is as follows : '; '
“ I haveithe honor to report to you tho arri
val of my command at this point; and also tn
report its operations since leaving Newcastle
Ferry.
“On the 10th 1 arrived about three miles
northeast of Trevilan Station, at Buck Childs.
-My intention was to break the railroad at
»v.;« station, ■ —oh through Mechanlcsvilie.
cut the Gordonsville and Charlottesville rail
road near Lyndsay’s' House, and then to march
op Charlottesville, but on our arrival at Buck
Childs, I found the enemy's cavalry in my im
mediate front.
“On the mornfng of the 11th we attacked
the enemy. After an' obstinate contest, we
drove him; from successive lines of breastworks
through an almost impassable forest back on
Trevilan Station.
"in the meantime Geo. Caster was ordered,
with bis brigade, to proceed by a country road
go as to reach the elation in the rear of the en
emy’s cavalry. On bis arrival at this point,
the enemy broke into a complete rout, leaving
his dead and nearly nil his wounded in our
hands ; also 20 officers, 500 men, and 300 of
his horses. ,
M. H. C,
“ These operations occupied the whole of tho
day. On!the morning of the 12th, commenced
destroying the railroad from this point to Lor
raine House. This was thoroughly done
—the ties| burned and the rails rendered unser
viceable. ■ i
" The cavalry engagement of the 11th, was
by far the most brilliant one of the present
campaign;" -
i E. M. STANTON, Sec’y of War.
War Department, Washington, )
| June 19—9:45 o'clock p.m. )
To Maj.-Gen. Drx; This evening a dispatch
from City Point, dated at bine o’clock this mor
ning, reached the Department. It reports that
our forces advanced yesterday to within about
a mile in front of Petersburg, where they found
the enemy occupying a new line of intrench
ments, which, after successive assaults, we
failed to carry, but hold, and have entrenched
our advance positions.
From the forces of the enemy within the en
emy's new line it is inferred that Beauregard
has been jte-enforced from Lee's army.
report has been received by the Depart
ment concerning the 1 casualties of our army
in its operations since crossing the James River
except the death of Major Morton mentioned
yesterday.
Gen. Sherman reports to-day that the enemy
gave way last night in r the midst of darkness
and storm, and at daylight our pickets entered
his lines,from right to leftC The whole army
is now id pursuit ns far os the Chattahoochee;
Gen. Sherman adds: I start at once for Ma
rietta.
No military intelligence from any other
quarter has been received to-day.
Edwin M. Stanton,
Extract from A Private Letter from Dr.
Dear Sir:—l have a few leisure moments,
and willj let you know how we are situated.—
We left Port-Royal, on the Rappahannock, on
the 30ih of May, and were five days marching
across to Grant’s headquarters, through as fine
a country as I ever saw. The inhabitants have
plenty of everything-to eat, drink and wear,
but tbeiiv clothing is coarse. Corn is worth
about $35 per bushel, and there is plenty of it.
The high price does not depend fipon a scar
city, but upon the worthlessness of. their mo
ney. The rebellion never can be starved to
death, unless we get possession of their whole
country. . Their army is well fed to-day. Cof
fee and sugar they have but Util* of. Grant's
Secretary of War.
Webb.
Army of the Potomac, ]
(On the Chickahominy.) r
June 8,1864. )
army lies precisely where McClellan’s lay in
'62. I have passed over two of his battle fields.
You can hardly conceive of a worse country for
offensive operations. p Still Grant seems deter
mined to go, to Richmond, and the army is in
the best of spirits, and say they think they will
see no more as hard fighting. All those yarns
about the rebs giving themselves up, &0., are
sensation yarns,—they still fight like devils,
and will till every bugger of them is killed.—
You need not look for Richmond to be taken
yet for several weeks. Cannon have got much
to do now, and their work is always slow, as
tbe pick and spade roust work ahead. There
is more or less fighting every day, and has been
for thirty-four days. It is worth a trip to the
army just to look upon these war-worn vete
rans; their clothes are torn and full of minnie
holes; their faces ars-dark and powder-burnt.
I piet many that I was well acquainted with,
and I did hot know them ; and still they seem
cheerful and full of hope and courage, j Thirty
four days of continual marching and fighting,
by. an army of about 200,000 men, and still the
work goes on, .with a prospect of" as many days
more ahead, and you hardly bear of a strag
gler. History furnishes no parallel to such
courage and endurance. And how, while lam
writing, the rebels have a battery that sends a
screeching missilejiinto our camp every few mo
ments, end the {{pen have become so used to
such things that'they care no more about it
than boys do for the bursting of a fije cracker
in their little huddles on the 4th of July. * *
. Yours, &c. W. W. WEBB.
Lincoln on tho Nomination.
Gov. Dennison, at tbe bead of tbe committee
appointed to notify President Lincoln of his
nbmination, waited upon Mr. Lincoln' and offi
cially' informed him of it in an appropriate
speech. To this the President replied as fol
lows : ,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com
mittee ;—I will neither conceal my gratification
nor restrain the expression of my gratitude, that
the Union people; through their Convention, in
the continued effort to save and advance the
nation, have deemed me not unworthy to re
main in my present position.
I know no reason to doubt that I shall accept
tpe nomination tendered ; and yet, perhaps, I
should not declare definitely, before reading and
considering what is called the platform,
i I will say now, however, I approved the de
claration in favor of so amending the Constitu
tion as toprohipit slavery throughout the na
tion. When the people in revolt, with a hun
dred days of explicit notice that they could
within those days resume their allegiance with
out the overthrow of their institutions, and that
they could not resume it afterwards, elected to
stand out, such amendments to tbe Constitution
as are now proposed, became a fitting and ne
cessary conclusion to the final success of the
Union cause. Such alone can meet and cover
nil cavils. Now, the unconditional Union men,
North and Sooth, perceive its importance, and
embrace it. In the joint names of Liberty and
Union, let ns labor to give it legal form and
practical effect.
The President was at the same time notified
of bis nomination by theNationalUnion League,
through Col. Beard, of New York, to whom ha
replied as follows:
Gentlemen:—l can only say in response to
the kind remark of your Chairman, that 1 am
very grateful! fur the renewed confidence which
has been accorded to mo both by the Conven
tion and by ihe National League. I am not
insensible at .all to the personal compliment
there is in this, and yet I do not allow myself
to believe that any but a small portion of it is
to he appropriated as compliment. That really
the Convention and tho Union League assem
bled with a higher view—that of taking care of
the interests of the country fur the present and
the great future, and that the part I am entitled
to appropriate as a compliment, is only that
part which I may Jay buJd of as being the opin
ion of the Convention and of the League—lh,at
Lam nut entirely unworthy to be entrusted
with the place which I have occupied for,the
last three years. But Ido not allow myself to
suppose that either the Convention or the Na
tional League hare concluded to decide that I
am either the greatest or best man in America,
but rather they have concluded that it is nut
best to swap horses while crossing the river,
and have further concluded that I am not so
poor a horse that they might not make a botch
of it in trying to swap. [Laughter and ap
plause.]
Drafted Men, Sec Here!
Your attention is particularly called to the
22d section of the amended Enrollment act,
approved February 24tb, 1864, as follows:
Section 22. And further enacted, that
the fees of agents and attorneys for making
out and causing to be executed any papers in
shpport of a claim for deration from draft, or
for any services that mayi be rendered to the
claimant, shall not, in any case exceed five dol
lars, and physicians or j surgeons furnishing
certificates of disability to any claimant for ex
emption from draft shall not be entitled to any
fees or compensation therefor. And any agent
or attorney, who shall, directly or indirectly,
demand or receive any greater compensation
for bis services under this act, and any physi
cian or surgeon-who shall, directly or indirect
ly, demand or receive any compensation for
furnishing said certificates of disability, and
any officer, clerk, or deputy, connected with
the board of enrollment, who shall receive
compensation from any drafted mao for any
services. Or obtaining the performance of such
services required from any member of said
board by the provisions of this act, shall be
Ideemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and up
on conviction, shall, fur every such offence, be
fined not exceeding §5,000. to he recovered
upon information or indictment before any
court of competent jurisdiction, one half for
the use of informer who may prosecute for the
same in the name of the United States, and
shall also be subject to imprisonment for a
term not exoeeing one year at the discretion of
the court.'
Let all drafted men be shown the above, so
they need not be jobbed, either by outsiders
nor insiders.
Esrst Election tor Congressman.; —Oregon
leads off, and selects a Republican for the Na
tional Connsils. We are sorry that the defeated
man (James K. Kell ay,) should be a native of
Kelley township, in Union Co., Pa. But,
(though a good man, who had fought for Jiia
country,) if his obstinate old party convictions
misled him in this trying hour, be must taka
the consequences.
rMoßGAN.hasrgot out of Kentucky with a few
hundred men.
STRATEO OR STOIEnTT'
FROM the enclosure of R. R. AUSTIN w,,
borough, on the night of the 13th Inst.' a I tome
BROWN MARE, with star' in forehead, and A,®*
bind feet,. 7 years old, and about 13 bands high ■?' te
one returning or giving any information of .fsa k. 7
i will be liberally rewarded. 0.1) STirpo l **
Wellsboro, June 15, IBfi4-3t* '
Executor’s Notice, " '
LETTERS having been granted t
the subscriber on the estate of Philander E l
Into of SuUivan township, dec’d, notice is berebv ■ ’
to those indebted to make immediate payment Bl ’'!*
those having claims to present them prQperlvan.k *?.
cated for settlement to HENRY B riutC* 011 '
June 22, 1864-6t* "
Executor’s Notice.
LETTERS testamentary having been granted i ■
[be subscriber on tho estate of Tilly Marvm I*S
of Covington, township, dec’d, notice is hereby"
to those indebted to make immediate payment an*
those having claims to present them properir Hath,*-
Ucated for settlement to * * aea ’
RICHARD VIDEAX.) „
EDWIN DYER, 1 Executor}.-
Covington, Jane 22, iS64-6t»
CAMPBELL & EAEYEY
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
UCENf>£D CJLAIRI AGENTS.
KA'OX TILL E, TIOGA COUSTY, PA.
WE have formed a partnership in the practice of
tho La IT, and will attend strictly to all legal
business entrusted to u». We shaU also engageV
the prosecution of 9
SOLDIER’S CLAIMS for PENSIONS,
BOUNTIES, BACK-PAY,
and the procuring of AnijicM Limit for such as ~,
entitled to them from tho United States, and Ka ,
rally will perform all the duties of Lawyers and
Claim Agents. The Junior Partner has devoted mack
of his time during the past four years to the Pension
business, and we think from the facilities we possess
ive can make our collections as promptly, as correctly’
and at less rates than nuy who are here engaged id
that business. Our office is in J udgo Case's Block
at Knoxville, Tioga coumy. Pa., where one of thi
Sim may be found at all times.
JOEL CAMPBELL, Jr
|RVING HARVEY.
Jt EFEmEU OE3;
Knoxville—Hon. Vidov Case, Charles Goldsmith
M. D. Wilhelm. ’
Elkland—Joel Parkhntst, Major Ryan,
Lawrenceville—Key. L. S. Adams.
Nelson—*A. M. Loop, M. D.
WestSeld—James Maston, it. D.
Knoxville, June 22, 1864-tf.
NOTICE.
A MEETING of the stockholders of the State
Normal School of the fifth district, situate at
Mansfield, in the county of Tioga, Pa,, in accordance
with tb© provisions of the general 'appropriation act'
of May 4tb, 1864, will be held in the seminary, at
Mansfield, in said coanty, on the fifteentb.day of July
nest, at one o'clock P. M.; and as a condition to the
acceptance of the sum of five thousand dollars, graf
ted by the Slate to the Normal School of the fifth diV
trict aforesaid, by said act, and in consideration
thereof, the capital slock of said Norma] School eoli
tied to dividend, shall be reduced by an amount equal
to said sum of five thousand dollars.
W. C. RIPLEY, Pres’t
Attest— Albeut Clark, Sec'y.
Mansfield, Jane 13, 1364,
Orphans’ Court Sale.
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court of
Tioga county, bearing date the 2d day of June,
1b64, the following described real estate, late lha pro
perty of David Taylor, deceased, will be sold on the
premises, on the X2th day of July, 1864, at I o'clock.
P. M.:
All that lot of land situate in Deerfield township,
Tioga county, bounded aa follows, vhs ; On the north
by lands of the heirs of Silas Bi3ing» deceased, on
the cost by lauds of Emroer Bowen, on the South by
the Cowanesqne river, and on the west by lands of the
heirs of Silas Billings and lands of the heirs of JaVms
Seely ; containing about 100 acres.
Terms of saffe, cash,upon confirmation of sale aui
delivery of deed. JAMES TDBBS,
Adtn’r de bonis non of David Taylor, dec'd.
June 15, 1864.
Orphan*’ Court Sale.
IN pursnance of an order of tbo Orphans' Court of
Tioga county, bearing data the 6th day of June,
1864,-the following described real estate, late the pro
perty of Honfce Davis, deceased 1 , will bo Aid on the
premises, on the Dtb day ef July, 1364, qb 2 o’clock,
P. M.;
All that lot of land situate in the borough of Mam
field, Tioga county, bounded as follows, vis; On tbe
north by alley, on the east by the Williamson
road, on the south by C. V, Elliott, and on the west
by ——- street j with a shop erected on the same.
Term of sale, cash, on confirmation of sale and de
livery of deed. A. J. ROSS,
AdmiDis’r of Horace Davis, deceased.
June 15, 1864.
Orphan* 9 Court Sale
IN pursuance of an order of the Orphans' Court of
Tioga county, bearing dote June 2d, 1864, ibe fol
lowing described real estate, late the property of Isaac
Hagar, deceased, will be sold on the premises, on tbo
19th day of July, 1864, at one o'clock, P. M.;
All that certain Jot of land lying in Sullivan town
ship, Tioga county, bounded and described as-follows,
viz: On the north by lands in the possession of Al
exander C. Smith and Joseph R. Bradford, on the eag
by lands of R. F, Baker, widow SHngulaod and Ca
leb Hagai", and.on tbe west by lands of Caleb Hagar,'
containing about 70 aeres, with about 50 acres im
proved.
Terms of sale, one-half cash on confirmation of
sale, and tbe residue in one year thereafter, with in-
terest.
1 Executor of estate of Isaac Hagar, dec’d.
June 15, 1864.
Robbed from the Safe of the Tioga Co. Bank.
ON Wednesday night, May 25, 1864, the following
described bonds and notes:
1 U. S, 5-20 coupon bond, 4th series, letter F, No.
14,719, for $5OO.
3 U. 6, 5*20 coupon bonds, 4th series, letter C,Nos.
36,180,81-82, each $5OO.
17 U. S. 5 20 coupon bonds, 4th series, letter ?,
Nos. 73,879 to 73,895, each $lOO.
14 0. S. 5-20 coupon bonds. 4th series, letter M,
Nos. 19,824 to 19,837, each $5O,
~ 3 TJ. S. 6-20 coupon 3d series, letter A, Nos
-5,804-5-6, ehch $lOOO. !
4 U. S. 5-20 epapon bonds, 5d series, letter A, Nos.
3,050-51-52-53, each $5OO.
Tioga County Bank notes, olcf Issue, s's, Io's
20*8—55,000. Signed by former officers of tbebaok,
all punched through centre of -vignette, and bad been
retired foi; three years. No other notes "of this bank
had ever been punched. Tbe public are hereby cau
tioned against purchasing or taking anjj of tbe said
bonds and notes. A. S. TURNER,
Tioga, May 28,186 4. Cashier.
REaorAL.
MISS PAULINE SMITH has removed to Ow
house (late tho residence of Cbas. Williams*)
opposite the United States Hotel. I wish to inforia
my customers that I have just received my .
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
and can bo found at tho above place, read/ to do work
in the best manner for all who may favor me "1“ a
call. PAULINE SUITS. 1
Wellsboro, April 13,1864-tf
I have started a MUlinery Shop at Maiaabnrg,
'Which I invite the attention of people in that section
of the county. It will be under the management 0
Miss Ellen Green.
COWAAESQEE HOUSE.
THIS House which has been open for convenience
cf tho traveling publio for a number of
baa lately been newly furnished throughout and
up in as good stylo as can bo found in any country 4
city Hotel. Tfie Proprietor docs not hesitate in say
ing that there will be no pains spared to add to tn
comfort of his guests, and make it a home for i ° e ®‘
The best of stabling for teams; and a good nosu ,
always in attendance, oil of which can be
one mile east of Knoxville, Pa.
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor.
Deerfiela, May 25, 18<H.-Iy.
FLINT CHIMNEYS, extra, quality for Kerosisa
Lamp., just received at
ROY'S DRUG STORE.
A LARGE STOCK of GARDEN and AGRICCL'
TUBAL SEEDS at BOY’S DBFS STORE-
ISAAC SQUIRES,