i r--' ■»#-.# ■t t .t A Letter from Sr. t&Vbbl Tbs following letter from Df. Webb to his *i£e, bss been.handed us for pibliieatisn: ; :■ Battl* Field, (bear Eelerjburg,)) ■ June 'Tlfi'iSO-i. ) I received your letter of Jtmo 9th last eve ning, ■was glad to hear you were will. It found a* well, bur in the midst of death and suffer ing, I-dressed the wounds of about one hun dred of Our boys yesterday, and i>bout ten this morning. 1-worked all night, li.fet night, but about two boars, from 12 to 2; v lhink about 300 of oor men were killed wounded.— Ransford was wounded,,l learn, not so se verely bat that ha staid with the. regiment.— "Bat they .are irT again to-day, and ibe Lord only knows who will fall. Maj. Merritt was woun ded just below the knee. I IHr : he may lose hie leg. The Colonel also wai? wounded. I send ydu a list of those I dressed yesterday, I never thought I could stand what I did yester day. I passed over heaps of dead and dying. I saw about 400 dead Rebs, whij.h the Back falls.slew the night before behind their breast works. I counted ten in one pile, as they lay , when left by the Backtabs,, led by the gallant’ Col.. Carlo., Gilbert Christena- t£as-killed in Tire cuuxgu. - - .... ■ Grant.is driving the Rebs to the ’wall; but -*r« are losing heavily. lam ilorie w ‘ l h our , regiment. The wounds are o£ohv(try .conceiva lile form. We have taken eeve,?l dines of for tifications, of great strength. -It is said this place is as strong as Richmond,. .-Wb have to charge on these'works and take them by storm. It was in one of these charges pur regiment lost, =1 cut oat two grape shot yesterday, nearly as largo as hens’eggs ; one frumlihe thigh of the Ist Lieutenant of Co. B, and tlio other from tie knee of a private. I did not (Smut the min utes. They say our regiment clutegcd like vct . crane. You may send [this list o names to the Agitator office, it is my report,is they came to roe, v' Theodore Boyles, Co. D, woup&d in the leg, .dangerous; Robert Boyles, 1,.f00,, slight; Asa Forest, I,'shoulder; Abraham tli/vry, D. hand, slight; Boss McClelland, E, William Glenn. E, arm ;Jobn A. Steele, !, leg; James Goodman, El arm; Samuel sarnpson.-K., shoul der ; Capt. Metsler,- H, side,. baj; William H. Nans, B, arm; W- H.'H. Lewispi, f.iot; John .Snyder, B, foot; James hand; A. .T.,Burk,U, leg; Jeremiah Hanojan, shoulder; W. E- Pyx, H, arm ;■ Henry iYutjng, B, side ; Basen McDonald, G. arm; Jnh+t I. Smith, 11, finger; Dan Hart, D, wrist 11. Gilbert, B, finger; W. D. Kriner, A, hip; Win. Collins, E, srm; Geo. S. Waiker, K, braasfWid font; Gep. Deane, R, hand; Chas. Mmief, K, hip; Web- K, font: John O-tw rd; 6, thumb; Peter Seigel.G, breast; A. A ' ljoae, G, bead ; Nathaniel Green, E, leg; Csatv Barnum, E, leg'; Cyrus C. Dort, A, arm ; 'Wwis- Watts, E, leg.; Pet?r Darling, E, leg; 'ihys. Graves, K, hack; James,H. Conard, G, liTgii’jsaac Torbit, B, hip ; sergeant Maper, hefid ; -Peter. Hellene Ireuse, E, leg ;. Jones', E.- foot; George Wanderly, E, lung; Benjamin Krislier, E, both legs; James GelUns, F, deg; Jofm Morton, A., leg; J. E. Henderson, G,<hip; Isaac Seely, F, hip; James Moore, F, head; Wtn. Torbit, B, ; Peter Connelly; F, breast; Divid Mo- Aliiater, E, hand and back jrJi-hn. Kindrced, D; thigh,; Nathan t». r 7’ a Rev amlds, 11, Inng ; A. Spedr, IC, lung; W. W. Spaulding,K, head ; John tlbitchcud, K, foot; 'll. C. Titos, H, thigh ; Lewis'Kay,.o, arm; Samuel Harp, F, side ; J. F. Ba)d« in, H, hand; Joseph Benne't, G, groin ; Dan* Cartwright, H, thigh and arm ; E. lf; knee ; L. Rod denhoffer.F, ankle ; Thorns .Collins, E, finger ; Henry Campbell, G, leg; J', E erling, F, arm ; A. Gatlin, A, arm and hes 7; 0, C. Johnson, li ; J. Edwards, G; Wm. ’ -ovdll, K, breast. I have just learned that, I Igor G. W. Mer rick bdS had his leg above the knee. 1 can give no account of tbe'Je I will write again soon. . I-must close,*as fse mail is ready toletart. Yours, is e er. . . The following!* another let cr from Dr. W. Vf. Webb, written to a friand n this place; B.vttlx Fieu), (Nhnr -etersbnrg,) \ June 20th. 1804. ] Sir :—Soon after I wrottlyc 1, Grant left Lee in bis -entrenchments be/?ve and after a three‘days’ sucbesslij Sarch, hauled up southeast'of Petersburg, -tcjtrary to the ex pectations'of all, the “ Jol 'JijJes” were here in abundance ; but Grant’s o-icumns. moved upon them, carrying all breaniwvrks befoee them, till the army took position icross the Peters burgand Norfolk' railroat, v-hicb we hold.— : Ou'r regiment lays about and a half miles from.the town. 1 can seethe-church spires from where I am Writing , i.d tbat is not all— I see shells going in that d r re ;ion pretty briskly from Grant’s guns. Our ha Series are playing upon the enemy tire whole of the line this morning. I look for at/ring times before night. In foot, we have a. little stir here .all the while, and expect it toiuralinue for about six weekVyet. . 5 ' ThtrlSTth made a charge .on, the 18th lust., in which I think our loss wt.s about two hun dred in killed and wounded,' Ji dressed on the field thtfwounds of 98 .he'day find night of the’fight, (most of whufe names I sent to rhywife.as I registered th'Sni ; she will hand them Into’the Agitator olBcr;) several came in after I sent that list, amon;;whom was William Steele, 'wounded in the r ig-by a buckshot, which is still In the leg ; 1 could not find it; I fear it may cause him trot lie. He is a son of Iftobert Steele. The fight is said to hav 3 , been the most de structivefor ns, while it la?-ied, of the war. In the Ist and 2d divisions of the sth corps, jhe two divisions which mode'the charge, we lost one.thousand men in less tfiantwenty minutes. The ground was not and masked batteries were opened upoi the men with terri ble effect. Still our men 1 iarched to the fort, tihd would have taken it,, -ad not orders been given 16 fall back,' as an Johnnies were ske- d addling and unlimheriM;:; their guns to leave %hen they saw our .buliUms halt and nyjve back, •which of course : they. hailed with joy; and the canoiater and were goon poured trpbn onr men again wijUv terrible effect. But n-strong position was g \\ ed. Our men <unk themselves into the grtro-hd; have thrown up entrenchments, and are liudy for the Relis.— Tbe ; lB7tb did itself grfflUjoredit in the charge. •The veterans said, ‘ 1 Ti e r did not know when toey wtre-whipped."' Ibeweatherbere is ' {.t'r dry and hot. The tnln generally *»' verf'i fealthy as yet, and 1 think the army ** fojgcy : fighting trim; hot Ufo is icob'Hf to. Iwtigiije u ?S d^' b ? t J e r en of Ww # WO each j and I eco-io reason why 5t may oarepatiooe -AltboVgtnn the ttidet of this.rembie siissj {gle. I oannot loalae ii; iteeeme like a fteeiit r Xon». *o. . i " W. W. WEBB. %'f*- THE AGITATOR. WEDNESDAY, : : BEPEEBESTATIVE. 1 -Robert P. King. 13 EUqb W. Hall,. 2 George M. Coates, 14 Charles H. Shrineiv 3 Hcnrjßamm, ' 15 John Wister^ 4 William H. Kern, 16 David McCommghy, 5 Bartln H, Jenka, 17 .David W. Waods, -6 Charles M. Hank, . 18-Isaac Benson, 7 ncnjeiTT'atße, “ is Joiiu E-auon ti 8 William Taylor, . • 20 Samuel B. Dick, 9 John A. Iliestand, ■ 21 Everhard Bierer, 10 Richard K* Coryell, 22 John P. Penney, 11 Edward lialliday, 23 Ebeneter WcJunkin, 12 Charles F. Reed, 24 John W. Blanchard. Once upon a time there was a man by the name of John Smith, the descendant of a long line of Smiths, who. projecting a career of un common brilliancy for himself, bethought him self of the plebeian character of his name.— This was a great grief. John Smith might be come famous, but when the press should trum pet his deeds, ten thousand “John Smiths” woold stand' as fair a chance of reaping fame as “ the, real, original” John. So he cast about fur a remedy, and bit upon that of changing, his name in a legal way. He succeeded, and wrote himself thereafter “Fitz-roy Walraven.” However, while John Smith became Fitzrby Walraven in name, he was observed to have re tained all the peculiarities which characterized John Smiths In other w^rda —John Smith changed his name, but did not change his char acter. j- We are reminded of this metamorphosis of John Smith, by the assumption of. distinctive party, names in this emergency. In the Mis souri quarrel we beard much oboutrßadicals and Conservatives. In listetiing to, or reading the speeches of the leaders of both parties, wo never found discriminating power enough to define the difference between the parties, 7 in principle, at least. We discovered this differ ence, or matter of difference, rather—that both •■I Clonic ap|>aa«nQlinaa mndn n>n w Itpx other as upon individuals who had axes to grind. We found ourselves compelled to re gard the parties as separated by personal anti pathies, and not by widely differing principles and policy. • " In the.platform of priociples adopted by the Fremont Convention dt Cleveland, and that adopted a week later by the National Union Convention at Baltimore, tho country is pre sented' with a remarkable spectacle of meta morphosis. The Cleveland Convention claimed to represent the radical element in the country, at the same time charging upon the friends of the re-nomination of Mr. Lincoln, a 'halting conservatism. Let us accept the name of ‘‘Con servative,” for a moment, and by a comparison of the platforms, see in how much the charge is merited. We hove neither of the platforms before us at this moment, but having read them, we feel confident to < affirm that the Baltimore platform, in radicalism, is beyond question far ahead of the Cleveland affair. This is not an isolated view. It is the view taken of the in struments by the most confirmed anti-slavery men in So that, at present, “ Con servative” Lincoln stands on a “ radical” platform, and “ Radical” Fremont upon a f‘con servative” platform. But a better definition of the latter instrument would be—a gill-net plat form, intended to catch all sorts of discontented gudgeons, whether they bail from Boston or Egypt. But the chief purpose of-this article, is not so much to criticize men, or their actions, as it is to enforce upon public attention the fact that parties, like men, must be judged by their cha racters, and not by their names, or professions. The huggermuggeringof the Copperhead jour nals with the Fremont journals, means, simply, that the enemies of the country hope for noth ing save division in the ranks of the great Un ion War Party. They know that, if uoite|l,. the Union forces will sweep the field so clean that Copperheadism cannot show its head again as an organization. They hope to foment dis cords and create heartburnings among loyal men, and so have one more chance to conquer and ruin. It remains with the people to say if this new application of'an old device of the de vil shall succeed. The people are supposed .to embody the integrity, as well as the sovereignty of the nation. They have now to.decide whe ther they will ;soffer treason to do covertly, what it has failed to do openly. But we have no concern as regards the action of the people. We have yet to' meet with a loyal map among the voting population, who is at all in the dark about the object of this new diversion. We do not feel disposed to regard the men who lead in the movement as altoge ther dishonest, but rather infatnated and im practicable. They profess to, believe in storm ing fortifications, when the same may be taken wuhout loss in some other way. It is a slight error in Judgment, which the coming campaign will correct, once and for all. - - ■« , W. WEBB, 21 V H. COBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR, WELLSBOROUGH, PENBTA: NATIONAL UNION TICKET. - ' FOR PRESIDENT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS. FOB VICE PRESIDENT: . ANDREW JOHNSON, [ OF TENNESSEE. UNION ELECTORAL TICKET- ii SENATORIAL. Morton McMiohael. Philadelphia- Thomas H. Cunningham, Beaver county. Constitutional Amendments. SPECIAL ELECTION, AUGUST 2, 1364, In Favor of Soldiers Volins. BAKES. The Copperheads of Daytoß, . Obio, have oboMßuTaliandighara to represent them in, the Chicago Contention. THE TI O(x A COU NT Y AGITATOE. editorial coekespondekce, I will send a brief bulletin of the health of our boys in the hospital. Yesterday, J. B. Potter, Lieut. Rockwell and myself, equipped with supplies, visited Finley, Hurewood and Carver. - JUNE 29. 1864. Fiklev.— Saw Joshua Ingalls, of Charleston, shot through right lung. In plucky mood, and recovering rapidly.' . . , Saw Thomas Skelton, of Delmar. Resection of elbow joint; lias had a bad arm, and is still obliged to lie very still on his back. The wound is doing first rate, sloughing off and healing as fast os is desirable. Thomas is plnoky and pa tient. Harewood. —Saw serg’t Robb, Co. n,4sth. Wounded in the shoulder, buf doing well. Is in excellent spirits. Also private Herring, of Middlebory. Amputation of two middle fin gers of left hahdi Doing well ; in good spirits. Both will soon go home on furlough. Also, Calvin Roosa, of Middlebory; shot through right lung. Severe wound, but is do-' ing well. There has been some| irritation of th'o lung,.but it is getting better. GHe is patient, and in pretty good spirit's. I . Also, private Riebsam, of Shippen, shut through both hips. He is severely hurt, but is recovering in good time. Ho is plucky; too. Also, Fletcher, of Middlebory ; left arm off above elbow.-. He is in glorious spirits.' Doing well. Also, Peter Mcrricles, of Rutland; shot through hips ; was asleep, and reported doing first rate. Also, sergeant Rogers, of Charleston ; shot through the bowels. This case is the worst to speak of, as it is the most severe on the fist.—• He is a strong man, and of great pluck, and may overcome the difficulty. The doctor says he will. His brother is wounded in thearmor band, and was sitting by him. * _ , Also, private Donnelly, of Pino creek, (Pike township, Potter county); left logoff below the knee. Is doing first rate, and is full of pluck. ' Carves. —Saw Josiah Butler, of Deltnur, 45th regiment. Wounded in the shoulder, three' inches of the upper, bone removed.— Wourid very healthy, not much inflammation, appetite good, spirits good, patience great, and full of hope. -He is gaining fast. ■Also, William L. Stone, of Delmar, (187tli',) reported for duty., , Stantus. —Brewer Stone, Co. E, Bucktails, shot through the thigh. A flesh wound, and doing well. ’ M. 11. C. The attack upon the 2d corps on Wednesday did not result so disastrously as at firafsup poeed. It was expected that the Glh corps would con- UCVI OU ttsv WV...V vjultO It left, into which the rebel corps entered, and be fore our men were aware of it they received a volley in the rear, which caused a rapid retreat to the woods. - " , ‘ This, left the flank of the 3d division unpro tected, and the enemy charged through and fairly into our pits, ordering the men to surren der. The troops however left the trenches and fell back rapidly, but.many of them were cap tdred, and quite a number were killed anti wounded before they got away. - The numbet of our loss ih prisoners is re ported at 1000,-and the killed and wounded is probably 1500. Some four of our officers engaged in this fight had just joined their commands after be ing exchanged, and when surrounded and or dered'to surrender, replied, “Never! 1 Death rather than the Libby Prison T’ and, fighting their way out os heel they could, many i.f them succeeded in getting back safe to bur lines. At 8 p.m. a charge was made by the 2d corps, and the lino of works from which they had been forced in the afternoon, was recovered. We lost scarcely a man in this advance. A number of prisoners were taken. The only fighting that took place yesterday, was an attack made by the enemy on General Burnside. They opened with a heavy fire of artillery, which was returned by our batteries, and the Rebels, making a charge, were' driven back in confusion, upward of 100 being taken prisoners. •' ; . The War Department to day received infor mation from Gen. Hunter’s- command, which, having fulfilled the mission upon which it wag sent —the destruction of the Central railroad in the vicinity of Staunton, of the. Gordunsville and Lynchburg railroad, and of an important portion of the James River canal—ia success fully pressing forward .to the' point in Western Virginia to which' he-was ordered. A dispatch from Gen. Grant’s headquarters, received to-day, states that yesterday’s Rich mond papers say that the Union cavalry forces under Gen. Wilson, after tearing up some miles of the Petersburg and Weldon railroad, moved next for the railroad connecting Petersburg with Lynchburg, and were tearing that up also. -Practical Amalgamation.— We find in the Boston Commonwealth the following' statement of a history just brought to light in Virginia, which we commend to those pro-slavery men who affect to dread a mingling of the races as the result of emancipation; •• W , p has just enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment. He is as white as half the white soldiers in our army, but in reality has a mixture of African and Indian blood, and is the son of a white man. This white man Samuel Rector by name, living at Culpepper Court House, and a mem ber of the church there, is both the father and and grandfather of F ,who is the son of his sister by his grandfather." That f 8 to, say, Mr. Rector first committed adultery with one of his. slaves, then after a sufficient lapse of time, committed incest with his daughter by this slave,'and to crown the whole, when the issue of his second connection was in rebel pris on at Richmond, bo' cams' forward and' testi fied against the young man, to prevent his' be ing discharged with other prisoners.” The Commonwealth pointedly says: •< When the copperheads wish to give a sermon against amalgamation,..W£,Jtiyie9,_them.' to go to Cul* pepper; Virginia, and take Saoniel Rectoe .for. so illustration of the subject.” "Washington, June 20,1864, WAR NEWS. Abut or the Potomac, June 23, 1864. Saturday,- June 25. Washington, June 25. Prom the 45th Pennsylvania Regiment. I Camp in the Fiei.d, 1 | (Near Petersburg, Va.,) June 20, 18G4. J Friend Cobb; —The plnns’of our Generals and the consequent movements of nur armies, not only puzzle and keep in .painful suspense the public mind, hut often bewilder and aston ish’the army itself. The private soldier, and even all bin the commanding Generals, know but little of the movements of the army of which we form a part,' more than what passes under nur own observation. A good soldier should obey orders, as they are issued, and nist enquire into the expediency or propriety of what be is told to do. On the evening of the 12th Inst., while qui etly resting in our pits, in front of the enemy, near Cold Harbor, we received the order, which every old soldier has learned to dread, to ‘"pack up.” Not until the head of our column was directed fronj the enemy, did, we believe that we were not about to make a night attack.— Silently and quickly the main body of" our corps withdrew from before the enemy's works—a heavv skirmish line covering oar movements.' A-rnp'.d all night’s march of about 15 miles, brought us in sight of the Chickahominy river. After halting a few hours, to cook coffee and get a few momenta of rest, we resumed our march, shaping our course southward, and nearly parallel with that of the river. A 6 one a tn.j on the 14th, we bivouacked near Jonas’ bridge. During the forenoon of the same day wo crossed the Chickahominy. During the afternoon we crossed the penin sula, and, at 10 p.m., encamped within two miles of James river. On the 15th, we were allowed to rest until 9 p.m., when, having drawn rations, the ,9th corps marched to the river, and crossed on pon toons, between the hours of 11 and 12 p.m.— A forced march of about 25 miles brought us b.efore the - enemy’s works around Petersburg, at 4 p.m., on the 16th. We foundthc 18ih and 2d corps already in position. Shortly-before dark our forces attacked and turned the enemy’s right. ■ Firing iwas kept up alt night, during which our corps was con stantly marching and countermarching to get in position for the morning assault. At daybreak on the morning of the 17th, the 9th corps charged on and carried the Kehs first line of entrenchments —a strong position, de fended by artillery. Several hundred prisoners were captured, besides five ; pieces of artillery, whichtbe Rebels abandoned having time to spike them. Our brigade participated in the charge, and was hotly engaged. Our loss was very slight, considering what was ac complished. The casualties in our regiment were few—none in Co. 6. Skirmishing was kept up aii day ; the Rebels, under Beauregard, presenting a bold front, though driven from tbeir works. On the morning of the 18th, the sth corps baring conig up, a general advance was made all along the line. The Rebels hud retired du ring the night, but our skirmishers soon found them about half a mile aheadt During the af ternoon we made several charges, driving them about a mile, within tbeir second lino of works around the city.' As we advanced. On a double quick, a perfect shower of bullets was poured into our ranks from the enemy’s pits. Colonel Curtm, u-Kiio leading our through the hottest of the fire, was struck in (he shoulder by a niionic ball, inflicting a serious but nut dangerous'wound. Corporal Charles H. Mill day, of Co. G, was badly wounded;; a rainuic ball, entering his right arm, passed clean thru’ bis side and knapsack. The casualties) ih the 45th were,3 billed and 18 Wounded. We are losing men every day from the fire of the ene my’s sharpshooters. Our regiment has now but 260 men fit for duty. The steeples of Petersburg nro -plaihly seen in front of us, while the shrill note of the whis tle, ns the ?ars run to and from tho town, re mind uS that tie have smuelhing to do, Ore the enemy’s communications;.are severed. The en emy, here, has not the advantage ove r us which the impenetrableforestsandmountain fastnesses of the “ Wilderness?’ Spottsylvania, and other chosen tebel positions in northern Virginia, af forded him. The ground being favorable for the use of artillery, our superiority in that im portant- branch of warfare is being sureiv felt by the. Rebels. Tho city is at the mercy of our guns, and can bo shelled to pieces whenever our artillery opens on it. The Appomattox is in jtho enemy’s posses sion. Our army is fast concentrating here and closing in around the city ; and as Lee’s forces are also gathering for its defence, a desperate struggle ,will doubtless take place for its-pos session,ere many days. iThe Rebels still fight stubbornly, but are evidently getting disheart ened, and give themselves up as prisoners at every opportunity. ') . In,this they have the advantage over .us;— when they get in a tight;plaee, they can throw down their arms and surrender themselves, with tbcjjssurance that decent treatment awaits them. With us it is different. ' Tli6 dread of being coat into some Southern dungeon, there to starve and perish by degrees, in filth and tor ture, is enough to make one fight to the last for his life, rather than capitulate to Southern chi valry. " Since joining the army of the Potomac. I have learned a few facta, which, though often mentioned, will probably bear repetition by an eye witness. The boasted Rebel army, though composed of the flower of the Southern soldiers, is no better to stand firo than that composed of our Northern boys. The men, though brave and deterniined.jare as much'afraid of bullets ns we are. It ifl the impetuosity of their lead ers, and not the superiority of the men, that has given them success. Their dashing charges and demoniacal "yells have lost their terror, and are no longer irresistible. During the present campaign, they have almost universally been repulsed and driven back with slaughter, in their assaults on our works, while, when we have attacked them,- with 1 any thing like an equal chance, we have been successful. It is their bullets, and not their yells,' "whiiffi after all are nothing but “ moothsfull of spokem wind,” that we fear. ] •' Much has been said and written about the ignorance,of ,the Southern soldier, which, as a general thing, is true ; but I have seen enough to convince any one that there are many intel ligent minds in the rebel ranks. There seem to be two extremes ; those who are educated at all, are good scholars, while those whose cdu-. cation has been neglected, are very illiterate, the large majority of them not being able to sign their names, or even read print. General Lee’s army is composed almost delusively ! of vigorous, active and well fed men. On enqui ring.of-a Rebel captured at Spottsylvania, bow much pay. they got per month, he answered thartheygov eleven dollars, and ' that it took ten dollars to get- a plug of tobacco, leaving them one dollar to " spree It on,” which would' not get them a -drink of whiskey. Many of them do not call for their pay at all. During our march from Cold Harbor, we passed through the most-beautiful and fertile part of Virginia I have yet seen. Large fields of waving grain, (wheat and oats,) nearly ready for.the sickle; immense plantations, made beau tiful F.y the luxuriant crops of green corn with which they are covered ; thick, shady groves, of beautiful pine, oak and cedar ; orchards, la den with all kinds of fruit, —remind us, that unless we overrun the South with, our armies, the rehelliop can still live on the production of its own soilv; and that Virginia,'in parts where dUr army pas not extensively penetrated, is neither desdlated nor entirely robbed of its for mer splendor. As our columns advance, the growing crops are mercilessly trodden down, and much other valuable property destroyed, or put to use by the soldiers, despite tbh guards which some of our Generals insisjt on placing over secesh pro perty. Early fruit, such as cherries, mulber ries, &0., nre.fully ripe. Apples, peaches and pears are plentiful, and growing finely. Grass is a good crop, and makes excellent feed for our beef cattle. ’ As jhe season advances the weather grows warmer, making marching and manoeuvering, or fighting in the open fields,'TWhen the sun is up. very exhausting and laborious to the troops. The-roads are generally good, but very dusty. We have hitherto been confined to rations of hard bread and beef only, which, during forced marches and night work generally, is not suffi cient to satisfy the 'demands of exhausted na ture. There are plenty of rations in Washing ton, and, except in extreme cases, nothing but wilful neglect on the part of our Commissaries, prevents us from getting what is due us. To day we got half a gill of whiskey to a man, which I understand is to form a part'of our daily ration. ■ Sergeant Gatlin, of Co. I, has been promoted to the 2d Lieutenancy of that company, vice Hoig, deceased. Our division is now resting in reserve. We shall probably be called .out to night to relieve troops at the front. But il is night, and I must close. Very respectfully, VETERAN. Grand Lodge ot Good Templars. The annual session of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Independent Order of Goad Tem plars, recently convened in Harrisburg, adopt ed the following resolutions unanimously, as reported by the committee on the stkte of the country. They take the right grouhd on the great questions of the day, and, stamp the or-, det of. Good Templars os among ihejmoat loy- - )al of our great secret organizations: -Whereas, We have again assembled in Grand Lodge session, and, contrary to our most ar dent hopes and wishes, rebels and infamous trailers are still threatening and aiming at the very vitals of our once peaceable and happy country, and seeking to destroy the greatest and noblest Government that "ever existed up on God’s footstool; therefore, at this time all public organizations should stand fairly and. .unmistaljjjbly on (ho side of liberty and free 1 government; therefore, 1 Resolved, That tho members of this Grand Lodge feel it a privilege as well as a doty to again renew our vows or naemy to our couo- Iry. Resolved, That wa heartily approve of all the measures that have been Adopted by the Government to purge the Nation of the cause of the rebellion—slavery, and. that tho future peace and prosperity of our country can only be permanently attained by conquering or de stroying the armies of the rebels, and enfor cing Submission to the powers thai be through out the entire land. " Resolved, That we believe that much of the inhum-m ' barbarity committed by the reb els in violation of the usages of war might be traced to excessive indulgence in alchuholic drinks, and we further believe that the use of liquors ih our own army has already caused mure decrepitude and death than the pesti lence of hospitals or the malaria of swamps ; therefore be it further Resolted, That it is the duty of the Govern ment tolbanish entirely from the army intox icating liquors of every name and kind, and thereby prevent the many sad and fatal blun ders of drunken officers, and save ihe young and unsuspecting in the army from contract ing habits thay will destroy their future 'use fullness in this life, and rub them of all hope of immortal joys in the life which is to come. The Expulsion of German and Irish Women from Richmond". —We have previously had occasion, incidentally, to notice that class of Irish and German women in our midst, whose husbands have gone over to the Yankee service. These woman and their children, some fifteen hundred or two thousand in number, are whol ly supported by the public and private charities of the city. They do not pretend to do any kind of work, and spend all their time in running from one place where charity is dispensed to an other, just as hogs, in. the fall of the year, run from :one apple tree to another. If we had abundance of food, the support of this worth less class might be passed over in silence ; but seeing'that there is barely a sufficiency of food in the community to supply our own—to beep from absolute suffering the wives and children of our soldiers—we should have nothing—to give these people. It would not answer, it |is true, to let them starve in the streets; but such an event could be easily obviated. We recommend that a census be taken of them, and their number and names ascertained, that they may be sent in a body beyond our lines, having first been supplied with rations neces sary to support them till they could reach some Yankee post. This would be a harsh measure, but one fully justified by our necessities. —.Richmond Whir/, June B lh Let Oue- Soldiers Vote —Oor friends— the friends of the soldiers—must not forget the election which comes off on Tuesday, the 2d day'oVAugust|next. On that day the ques tion, whether" the soldiers in the field shall or shall not vote, will be submitted at the polls to the people. The question is in thoTorm of an amendment to the Constitution. The pro posed amendment is in these words: “ Section 4; Whenever any of the qualified electors of this commonwealth shall be in any actual military service, under a requisition from the President of the United Stales, or .by outfaority of the Commonwealth, such electors may exercise the .right of suffrage in nit elec tions by the citizens; under such regulations as ore or shall be prescribed by law, ns fully os if they,were present at their usual place of elec tion." ’ .What true man is opposed t& this? This section will coVer the whole ground, and will give our gallant soldiers a right that nerer should have been withheld. There are those wha oppose this. They d 0 it secretly, and hope by working quietly t 0 feat the measure. They know that the so) diera ate for the Onion and will vote the {J n ~ iot*ticket. They hope to lull the Onion into apathy by the belief that there will be no opposition, and then on election day poll (belt full party vote against it. “ To be forewarned ij to be forearmed.” Let every friend of th e , o j_ dier be out and vote “ For the Amendment” FOIRTH OF JOLT BAIL. TO BE GIVES AT TOE JOHNSTON HOUSE, IN TIOGA, TIOGA CO., PA., * On Monday Evening 1 , July 4th, 1304, MUSIC—HUMPHREYS SA.W.. BILL. $3 00. E. S. FARR, Proprietor, TO THE PUBLIC. NOTICE is hereby given that ihere will ho i meeting of Commissioners appointed to organ, ize the “ Tioga Telegraph Company,” at the Home 0 f E. S. Farr, in Tioga, on SATURDAY, the Bth day ot July, neat, at ono o’clock P. M., for the purpose of organizing said Company, and transacting each other business as shall be laid before the Commissioners. A. S. TURNER. I „ . . JOHN W. GUERNSEY, J Comr Bat T *°B a ' Tioga, June 29, 186-4. Arrears of Pay, Bounty, & Pensions. ED. WELLS, of Lawrenceville, is regularly ]L t cemed to obtain ARREARS OP PAY, BOUN IY/and PENSIONS,, for soldiers and their friend*. Also to supply the people with aH kinds of House! hold Furniture, Carpets, Ac. . Luwrenjcerille, June 29, 1864-4^.* Orphans’ Court Sale, IN pursance of an order of the Orphans’ Court of Tioga county, bearing date June 1864, there will be sold, cn the premises, on the 23d day of j Q u nest, at one o'clock p.nr., lb© following described pro perty : - A lot of land in the borough of Mansfield, Tioga county, Pa., beginning on the Williamson road, thanes north, 78 degrees east, * 10,7 rods; thence south, one degree cast, five rods ; thence south, 78 degrees west 9 5 rods to said road; thence along the same, 5 rods to the place of beginning ; containing three tenths of an acre, more or less; on which is creeled a brick tannery, with water power attached : being on the east side of the Williamson road and bounded north by John Kobo, sooth by the saw mill lot, and east by lot of Ezra Davis, Jr., deceased. Terms, cash, on confirmation of sale. Also, will be sold, at the same time and piece, all the tools, fixtures, Ac., belonging to said tannery, JOHN A. HOLDEN. WARREN S. Adminis’s u de bonis non” of Ezra DavisJSr., dec’J June 29,J554-4t 1 Wheeler’s Horse Powers land Thresh’ ers and-Cleaners. rrUIE subscriber would respectfully announce to I to the Threshers and Farmers of Tioga and ad. joining counties, that he still continues to sell tho above named MACHINES, and that I bare tbs pleasure of offering this season some valuable im provements on the old machines and a largo addition to the variety. X uow have for sale Railroad Horse Powers for one, two. and three horses, three different sizes of Wheeler’s Rake Cleaners*six horse Lever Powers, Howard's .Mowers and combined Mowers and Reapers, Smith’s Green Mountain Shingle Machine, Palmer's self-sustaining Horse Forks, Clover Halier', Feed Cutters, Circular and Drag Saws, adapted la b »rse powers. Horse Rakes, Ac., Ac. All of which will be sold strictly at the mnnufti?- turor’s prices, adding transportation, and will be war ranted to give entire satisfaction or no sale. Extras for repairing old machines kept on hand. WM. T. MATHERS, of Welfeboro, and G. 11. BAXTER A CO., of Nc! son, arc my assistant ageau for Tioga County, where Forks will be kept on hand and orders.left for other Machinery will be promptly attended to.- Descriptive Circulars containing price list sent to-all'applicants. B. S. TEARS. Troy, Pa., Jane 29, 186-4-tf. STRAYED OR STOLEN. the enclosure of R. R. AUSTIN, in Wells . borough, on the night of the loth lustra LIGHT bROWN MAKE, with star iu forehead, and white bind feet, 7 years old, and shout 13 hands high. Any one returning or giving any information of said horse will be liberally rewarded. 0. D. STILES. Weltsboro/June IJ, 1564-3t* M Exccntbr’s Notice. LETTERS testamentary having been granted to the subscriber on the estate of lute of Sullivan township, dec'd, notice is hereby given to those indebted to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them properly authenti cated for settlement to HENRY B. CARD, Juno 22, 1564-61* Executor. Executor’s Notice. LETTERS testamantnry having been granted fo the subscriber on the. estate of Tilly Marvin, late o|’ Cov ngton township, dec’d, notice is hfereby given to those indebted to make immediate payment, and those having claims to present them properly authen ticated for settlement to RICHARD VIDEAN,) ~ * ‘ EDWIN DYER, J Exeontors * Covington, Jane 22, IS6I-6r* CAMPBELL & HARYEY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. LICENCED CLAIM AGE ATS. KNOXVILLE, TIOGA COUNTY, I'A. WE have formed a partnership in the practice of the Law, and will attend strictly to all business entrusted to us. We shall also engage in. the pruspeution of SOLDIER'S CLAIMS for PENSIONS, BOUNTIES. BACK PAY, &c., and the procuring of Jittijidal Limbs fur such as axe entitled to them from the United States, and gene rally will perform all die duties of Lawyers and Claim Agents. The Junior Partner has devoted much of his time daring the past four years to the Pension business, and we think from iho facilities we possess, wo can make our collections as promptly, as correctly, and at Jess rates than any who are. here' engaged ia that business.- Our office is in Judge Case’s Block, at Knoxville, Tioga county. Pa., where one of the firm may be found at all times, JOEL CAMPBELL, Jr., IRVING HARVEY. BEFEREXCSS: Knoxville—Hon. Victor Case, Charles Goldsmith* M. D. Wilhelm. Elklnnd—Joel parfcbursr, Major Ryan. Lawrenccville—Rev. L. St Adams. Nelson—A. M. Loop, M. D. Westfield—James Maston, H. D. Knoxville, June 22, 1864-if. Eobbed from the Safe of the Tioga Co. Hazrir* ON Wednesday night, May 25,1864, the following • described bonds and notes: 1 U. S. 5-20 coupon bond, 4ih serins, letter F, No* 14,719, for $5OO. 3 U. S. 5-20 conpon bonds, 4th series, letter C, Nos* 36,150, SI-S 2, each SSGO. 17 U. S, 5-20 coupon bonds, 4tb series* le^ er Nos. 73,879 to 73,895, each $lOO. 14 U. S. 5-20 coupon bonds. 4th series, letter M* Xos. 19,824 to 19,837, each $5O. 3 U. S. 5-20 conpon bonds, 3d series, letter A, Nos« 5,804-5-6, each $lOOO. 4 U. S. 5-20 coupon bonds, 8d series, letter A, 3,050-51-52-53, each §6OO. Tioga County Bank notes, old issue, s’s, H* 3 * n , 20*s—$5,000. Signed by former officers of tbeb &D *' all punched through centre of vignette, and bad been retired for three years. ’ No other notes of this ban* had ever been punched. The public are hereby wp' tioned against purchasing or taking any of the J* l bonds and notes. A. S. TUBNEIL Tioga, May 28,1364. ■ Cashier. FLINT CHIMNEYS, extra) quality for Kerosine Lamps, just received at ROY’S DBTTS STOBE-_ ALAEdE STOCK of QARDENaod AGKICCI TURAI< SEEDS at ROT’S PRES STORE.
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