f yr-'-fgy'fic- pl r
The Toiien of
Mr.-Doreczo .Sabine lias-jttsi published a
work entitled “ Tfie Loyalists of the American
jfievolalidna.- fitter tide wotld have bren
“ The Tories of the Revolution.” The prelim
inary historical I 'essay is full of-Tacts which af
ford striking historical .pafalell? to some of the
cirmitnstances of the present ?Scde. The Chris
tian Register -says: •’ ' • <iltj •- . -
Jt-teaUhes that -not-a exists
bow but existed then' t-u-'a, great; V extent., Do
men now plot in secret against Htt'-governmeni ?
Thirty-.r-thed&nd attprcliiig to the
lowest computation, then against
the 1- government: and South , parblina forced
Governor Lincoln to surrendt 1 her Capital to
tho enemy in 1780- \
Are there men now to he fi igd who sell to
= the enemies of-their Washington,
■ while his'ormy was in rags lin'd starving at
Valley Dorge, writes to Cob i] Stewart, 11 1
am" amazed at 4he report I i make of the
quantity of provisions that gsds- laily into Phil
adelphia (then occupied by Hi t [British army)
fromthe county of Bucks.'l b , ' .
Du officers, through perfjmal jealousies or
a desire to , t.irV, now ibrob-Vp their cotamio
siohs? John Adams in 171
“ I hm .worried-- to' death Hth the, wrangles
between military officers, hi, ,b; arid low. They
worry one another like. u scrambling
for rank-dind pay like apes 1 jiftp nuts”' ‘ -
Arc'Sdrgeons now disrois ed for incompoten
oy or MCulafion? "Man’ rof the surgeons,”
says ‘Washington, are very} jreal rascals, coun
tenancing the men to shat?. 1 complaints to ex
empt them from duly, sid often' receiving
bribes to eerlifv indisposit ;Vris; with a view to
procure discharges or furloughs. They a|so
draw medicines and sforeijin the most pro
fuse and extravagant manner foe private .pur
poses." ‘ ’ , v • ’
, Have we "bounty jumper,*/" So bad our
fathers. Men enlisted only’to' get their thou-
Eind dolkrs and then desert.' Ajbouaand men
after they had peijured
themselves, in order to escape the service.—
Many deserters re-enlisted Jbder new recruit
ing officers. It* was no uebotnmon thing for
them to desert by the tweedy and thirty at o
time. ' 1 r"
Have-we now 'do elicd'4, -.contractors who
fatten;on fraud, and demag |;acs who foment
strife ? Bead motors of bis time.
“ I shouid in one word say_* i«t idleness, dissi
pation, and extravagance,* Jem to have laid
fast hold of most; lation, peculation',
and an insatiable thirst '$ r riches, seem to
have got the better of rty y order o£ men,
and that party disputes si} -personal quarrels
are the great business of : th f day."
There is,dn fact, no possible' discouragement
now encountered by American patriots,- but
existed in a greater during tbs Revolu
tion, and yet our fathers { iumphed over all of
them. ' ''{ 1
We do not press this si eject on our readers
to exense any rascality or treason, but to show
that our fathers had'to de r j with the earn* dif
ficulties which confront I r- And we would
warn those men who now^ blot against the gov
ernment, tjjst their namt’t, in company with
their companions’ of the Revolution, will go
down to posterity coverri iwith infamy.
We hope tbosd who at \ uaclined to exagger
ate the present evils by ‘|aleo contrasts with
the past, will -read the c chapter of Mr.
Sabine's .Historical Essafor, to use his own
language, it may be somj lung to correct the
exaggerated and gloomy'f ews which are often
taken of the degenerate - ’ pint of the present
times, founded on efronei s/beoause on a par
tial estimate of the vlrtut of a by-gone age.
£ st racts from ttiti moad Papers.
I '
Tbeiolluwing are estr.U sfrom Richmond pa
pers cifj the Ist inst. Tbj r had not yet heard
of the full of Ad apt a; ,-- v
. QUESTION 05? IS ARMISTICE.,
I\x* Enquirer sneers -ft. the proposal of an
nrmisuue. It says: f; -
".There ir.but one way, toohtain nil we want
and to remain in lb 3 rig ft ; it is the adopt! jH
of a manly, - Btraightfotßard' coarse. Let as
reject all seegrujary. quw tions and refuse all
contingent The simple recog
nition of fay and absiThte independence of
the Confederate, great condi-.
tion t.y which alone ni'ean conclude.peace;
'we ash fur nothing mop^r! we can accept noth
ing less. AH other quest?' tis—of territorial lim
its, of. the payment of.tl | national debt, of com
pensation for losses—tn;; , even >tbe vexed ques
tioned emanuipation—Sr ks into utter insignifi
cance-by jtbel side of- t|f fundamental condi
tion}:.--Independence atjl peace is what wo fight
nnd pray ,-for. war anefleath ta wlmt wo are
equally .prepared for. -i.sir recognition yield
ed, we will discuss traction with oupen
emies, and when sd thgt'our interest
lies in once more try in’!; ne government, there
will be no danger of tf j ; -people disregarding
their plain interest. 11 pi lout recognition there
can be no armistice, m invention, no, disun
ion—fjotbing hot-war, Ivar, war. They must
choose, between reoogi tiion and war; there
is no middle ground. lore we plant, our ban
ner, and here, 'with Q d'e help, we mean .to
maintaiu it for tis and. itt r children."’
AN AfPEAL.
The Richmond says significantly:
“ The ■Confederates not powerless in pro
moting-results at the 't>nE in the interest of
peace* - Nojr is the titp it for us to exert every
energy to put forth- evi.iijr effort, to rally to the
support of; the governs « ht and the army, and
to prass-ppon tbe > ooe^y with all our vigor;
thus rehall their presen! t iespondency ns to our
subjugation be turned'jMuo despair, and their
inclinations fur peace I f Stimulated into n pas
sion.; .Let every abed | ee' from the army -at
once-copje , in.. Let a t*ry officer be doubly
vigilant 'and enterprise .■(, and on the alert to
guardr against and to' hjoke surprises and to
get in' a blow Enemy. - Let our sol
diers, remjj tn her- that a’ i fcoeea at this time will
be exceeded in its mili i ry by its political im - ■
yortcMtoa,;Bad‘ffiii da ‘jere to expedite peace
than half a (dozen .sip star achievements last
year urnexßvThe get eta of decision are hang
ing in ; oooorioip bulan, ts at the North ; let as,
by btUhapt exeriiodJ in war; throw what we
can on the side of ;pen lh"
_ Tat- Wise: Men on Caicauo.—When the
.ooltnnj no Chicago ha>|.|)ustponed their meeting,
it wah obvious that th t d dropped McCiell
an, and intended in i j 5e of victory to be for
Grant mid Mr; in defeat, for Seymour
and peace. As it fjfned out, neither were
available, and they'Lid-to return to their old
love.-cndThame McGj Ran. If Sherman had
won Aihpta ten doytj.iooner, what would they
■ V : ' r
~ ' -MSHtj ’famTOT « n»~
I ThE'Q-iaker-gi i party 'appears Vy he is
the old of the moon p Jiud just about how. "
THE AGITATOR.
M.M. COBB, EDITOR AND .PROPRIETOR.
r ~ WSUSBOROVCS, PEKfEAv
WEDNESDAY, : •- :
NATIONAL ONION TICKET. -
t .FOR .PRESIDENT: ------
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
OJ? ILLINOIS,
” rdR VICE :pRESIDENT:
ANDREW JOHNSON,
t OF TENNESSEE.
UNION ELECTORAL TICKET-
scsaTor.i.'.L.
Morton MoMiohael, Philadelphia.
T. Cunningham, Beaver county.
P-EPEESEXTATITE,
1 Robert E. King, 18 Elias W. Hale,
2Q. Morrison Coates, 14 Charles H. Sbrlntr,
3 Henry Bamm, 15 John Wister,
- 4 William H. Kern, IB David McConaUghy,
0 nartun 3i. Jwik., 17 Bavui W. W^jod#,
8 Charles M. Rani, 'IS Isaac Benson, •
T Robert Parks. 19 John Pat (on,
8 William Taylor,' 20 Samuel B. Dict,
9 John A. Hicstnnd, 21 Everard Bicrqr,
10 Ltiohard B.’Coryell, 22 John P.Penney,
11 Edward Haliday, ' '23 Ebeaezer Sl’Junkin,
12 Charles F. Reed, 24 John W. Blanchard.
LOCAL TICKET.
- ' . TOE CONGIIESS. ■'
Si P. WILSON, of Tioga County]
FOR ASSEMBLE. '
JOHN W. -G D ERNSE Y, of Tioga. ■
ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, of Potter Co.
FOB SHERIFF.
LEROY TABOR, of Tioga.'
■ FOB COSTMISSIONEB.
ELBAZER 3. SEELEY, of Deerfield.
FOB AtPITOR.
JOHN G. AHQOTZINGER, of Rutland.
; FOB COBOSEB,
DAVID. S, ’PETERS, of Mainshurg. ?
Hon. S. F. Wilson addressed a- meeting at
Muncy,'Wednesday evening last, and was re
ceived with unbounded enthusiasm.
To Unjon Leagues. —Several officers of
the various Union Leagues.in the county hav
ing written os ashing for further suggestions
touching, tbs duties of the Leagues, we tabs
this method of laying before them some of the
more important duties reqaired at their hands;
Ist—The division of their respective election
districts into 'convenient neighborhoods, and
the appointment of live men in each snob sub
district. whose duty it shall be to furnish teams
and see to it-tbat every Union voter is got to
the polls before 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
2d—The appointment of challengers to be in
attendance atnbe polls, from the’time of open--
ing until the time of closing. “•
■ 3d—The appointment of a .Committee to
mako out a complete list of the Union voters
in the election district; and to check off each
name as the owner votes. Those who have not
voted at I o’clock, P. M,, should be sent for.
These sro all important duties. They ought
to be performed without delay. ,
LOOK AT IT.
. Tas Chicago platform declares for an armis
tice—a suspension- of-hostilities, that is—and
then peace through compromise. Let ue see:
. There was a blank suspension - of. hostilities
on the part of the Government, from the mid
dle of December, 1801, until the bombardment
of Sumter in April, 1861. How was it with
the rebels f
The rebels, as every Intelligent man knows,
wero planting their batteries against Port Sum.
ter daring this whole time. They were per
forming all the essential acts of open war.
During a great part of this period of armis
tice on our part, and of open war on the part
of oor “southern brethren," a " Peace Confer
ence” was in session in the city of "Washing
ton. What was the object of this “Peace
Conference ”? And how came it to be in sess
ion ?
Briefly, then-, the Peace Conference was com
posed of prominent men, appointed by the Ex
ecutives of the several States favorable to such
a Conference, without distinction-of party;
and the object of the Conference was the amic
able adjustment of the difficulties which men
aced, .and have since resulted in civil war. ■
If a suspension of hostilities and a Conven
tion the States could have averted war, we sub
mit that then was the golden opportunity.
Every loyal State sent delegates to that Con
ference. Maryland, 'Virginia, Kentucky, and
Tennessee, and perhaps North Carolina, seat
delegates to that Conference.
But the other Slave States stood aloof. Sooth
Carolina.even refosed to send her Senators to
take part ’ n Congress.
Meanwhile the Conference was working vig
orously to perfect a compromise which Should
satisfy both parties, and disperse the rising
clouds of civil war. 'The conference proposed
to change the Constitution so as to give new
guarantees for the existence, spread, and per
petuity of slavery. . .
The rebels continued’vigorously at work at
the siege of Fort Sumter. . They captured ar
senals, forts, and Custom Houses, the property
of the United States. They did these acts of
open war, be it remembered, while a Conven
tion mainly composed of delegates from loyal
States, but in which all the_ States were urged
to participate, was offering most liberal terms
of peace through compromise.
Look at these facts candidly and dispassion
ately.' The McClellan patty demands a sus
pension of hostilities, and a Convention of the
States, as preliminary to peace. -The South
has felt the hard lash of desolating war and
the mortification of dofeat for nearly four years.
Its leaders are; of coarse, maddened "and in*
tractable. They .rejected the olive branch ere
the Government'had lifted Its hand j ; when it
THE TIOCtA COUNT Y AGITATOR.
lay, in the person of James Buchanan, a stupid,
weak, and imbecile tool of the thpm
selvee. The South was then without any ex
traordinary degree of passion. It had chafed
itself into'a species of frenzy, but it had no
especial cause of anger against the Govern
ment. Then,.if ever, jt might have accepted
compromise. It rejected compromise under
those favorable circumstances.' Is it reasona
ble—ia it not unreasoning folly, father!—to
expect the rebel chiefs to accept propositions
of peace and union now that their passions arc
inflamed, their, pride- wounded, and their lands
reduced to sterility ’by the fire and brand of
-war? |
"We apprehend that the expectation of peace
tbrongh compromise is as utter madness as
that which burled the South into the grasp of
this terrible war. Peace can only come through
the fearful persuasion of decisive battle I
SEPT. £B, 1864.
But other offers of accommodation were ten
dered the South before the Government resort
ed to coercion. .
•Thc'jDnttendcn Compromise measures were,
adopted by the House and sent to the Senate
early in the session, of '6O-61. They were re
jected by the Senate by the small majority of
3. Yet, at that very time, the South Bad a
majority in that body. What are the facts:
Tbe facts, are these: Six . Senators sat in
their seats and refused to vole.’ But for their
refusal to vote against the Clark amendment;
the Crittenden Compromise weald have been
adopted. The failure to adopt that Compromr
ise, then, rests upon tbe shoulders of those six
men. Is it not so ? -
Those Senators were—HVmpfoT? andWigfaU
of Texas, Iverson, of. Georgia,-Slidell and Ben
jamin, of Louisiana-, and Johnson, of Arkan
sas. Every one of them. REBELS TO-DAY I
Nor is this all. President Lincoln, before e
single hostile foot trod the soil of a rebellious
Stat?, called nponfthe Sooth to abandon its hos
tile attitude and return to its allegiance. The
rebel chiefs declared that they would have in
dependence, or war.
. The Sonth never proposed to compromise the
difficulty. It set oat with a declaration of i n
dependence, and broadly atated its ultimatum
as involving nothing less than complete and ir
revocable separation. Disunion was the price
of peace then ; it is the Southern demand to
this day.
"What, then, is to .be done? Is there any
considerable number of men in. the North, eo
utterly vile, so ehamdessly craven, as to med
itate a purchase of peace at that ruinous price ?
~' 'Lst-every man serlooslyconsider these mat
ters. Each freeman mast rote for disgraceful
surrender and a divided country,,or for honor
able war, through which the integrity of the
republic will be secured forever.
Gen. Sheridan, ob "will ba seen elsewhere,
has completely routed and destroyed the rebel
army in the Shenandoah, in two pitched bat
tles. Tho news came too late for last week’s
paper. It also came too soon for the comfort
of the Coppers hereabout. Verily, tbs Valian-"
digham “ mourners go about the streets.”
Sheridan killed two birds with one bullet.
He has routed Early in his front and the Cop
perheads in the rear. One of them,said in onr
streets, after the news of Sheridan's second vu-»
tory came, that he had concluded to go to £1
That would be in the nature of a return' to
Erst principleo. Facilis descensus Atenti, - -
■When Copperhead, orators proclaim that the
election of McClellan will, reduce the burden
of taxation,.they either mean peace through dis
graceful 'surrender to Jeff, Davis, or RZm>u
of the Public Debt, or both. That their
The Chicago platform answers that question.
It means unconditional surrender to rebellion
or it means nothing. Its candidate is pledged
to that, or he is pledged to nothing. He stands
on that platform, or he stands on nothing.
THE TICKETS are printed, and ready for
distribution. Candidates are expected to call
and got, and to.eee that they are placed in the
hands of careful and reliable men in each dis
trict IMMEDIATELY. The Union Leagues
are expected to out, fold, and pack the votes
before the day of election. There are SIX
BALLOTS IN THE FULL TICKET.
WATCH FOE, FKAUDULENT TICKETS.
We are dealing with desperate men.
'Tas 1 New York papsrs-of Saturday publish
rumors of a proposition by Jeff. Davis to sur
render and return to the Union, conditioned on
preserving the status of Slavery as it exists to
day ; that is, slavery to attach to the negroes
within rebel lines, and those freed by 'our ar
mies to remain free.
■ It is hardly necessary to soy that, the wholo
thing is a Wall street canard, gotten np to af
fect the price of gold and stocks, and to influ
ence the elections, possibly,' The loyal North
will accept nothing short of an unconditional
surrenderjfrom the rebel chiefs,. Grant, Sher
man, Sheridan, and Farragut are the Peace
Commissioners on the part of this Government.
BEWARE OF OTHER COPPERHEAD
YARNS JUST ON THE EVE OF TfiE OC
TOBER ELECTION!
The Williamsport Bulltlin, in placing Mr.
Wilson's name at the head of Its ticket, among
other good words, says: •
“ Id Sir. Wilson we hare a candidate who Is universally
popular among the people. Ho haa stood firm In tho advo
cacy of Republican principles from the first organization of
the party. He Is one of the veterans who has been found
tried and true, through evil and good report, through'pros,
jre’rtty and adversity. Since tho commencement of this war
Jehu known no party bat that of tho loyal frlendTof the I where it belongs.- Let Gen.- McClellan ■ assert
Government. As a Senator of tho State, ho baa sustained I 7,7-7. 7 j , , ~ , ' ’ *
every measure calculated toetreogthenalid euatuliT tho ‘ does privately, that he-Will favor
n L!,V' a “ tr °BB le with >hia great rebellion; Ho baa~ 'an immediate cessation of hostilities and a eon
never been found wavering or deubtfm. *•« la electing'’-- - c n.. o “ J “ » T
Jlr. Wilson—and Ms eleetloh Is sure as the day of voting— ! Tentlon °* all the States, and the Daily News,
wm^a’medu^otromaw 1 ’ 0 * ° nd loyal who ; and we believe the entire Peace party, will ad
ur. TO;io«« s ' „ , ,:■ (• mit that be stands upon tho Chicago Platform,
Sir. Wilson teo,is a man incapable of be- t-, nd will give him their earnest, support."
traymg either friend, or trust reposed in him. | Gen . McClellan does stand upon the Chicago
He is untainted with even a drop of the blood P]atform> and the Daily NeW3 , and t6e entire
of the scoundrelism which distinguishes this p eaCo faction will
give him their earnest sup*
.• port. That parly Las not had a Presidential
candidate since Yan Buren, who did not owe
one-third of his vote to just such a private or
rangement as the Hews discloses.
promise of a reduction of taxes means Repu
diation may be safely ..inferred, from the fact
that Jefferson Davie, whose work.they are do
ing, is the Father of Repudiation. He has a
European reputation in that respect,
The 'patriotic men and women of the North,
who have so nobly come forward with their
money to the aid of the Government in its day
of need, have really to choose between Lincoln
"and financial prosperity, arid McClellan and
financial ruin, through repudiation.
We desire to call the attention of Republic
ans to the fact, that the Copperheads of this
county are throwing their entire strength into
the local contest, for the purpose of defeating
Mr. Wilson for Congress. They intend to try
the plan of trading every candidate on their
ticket for votes for Wright, Wilson's Copper
head opponent. The election of such a man
as Wright would be.hailedasa great victory
by the Jeff. Davis sympathizers everywhere.
Now; we cite attention to this contemplated
trick, not from any distrust of the Union mass
es; hot to warn the thoughtless against this
new device of the devil, to be employed by bis
faithful, agents, the Copperheads. Trading on
election day is a vile business. Any man who
offers to vote for any candidate on the Repub
lican ticket in consideration of a vote for any
candidate on the Copperhead ticket, advertises
himself as an unprincipled trickster, whoso
word is worth nothing when given. No honest
man will propose sueba trade, no man of prin
ciple will be a party to such a corrupt bargain.
Every candidate on the Republican' ticket
can and will receive an overwhelming majority
of the whole vote of Tioga county. Majority
parties- never find it necessary to traffic and
trade at the polls. Minority parties do that
sort cf thing, when they can find anybody green
enough to trade. We have no fears that tbs
trick will work in Tioga, but it is a part of our
duty to strip the cloak, from the faction opposed
to .the Government, and leave their repulsive
rascalities to the searching analysis of dlaylight.
- Last Thursday, a lugubrious procession of
about 40 Valtandighammers, departed from
Wellsboro for the long advertised Mass Meet
ing at Mansfield. It appeared to be the result
of great effort. The victory of Sheridan over
the rebel army under Early, in the Shenandoah,
operated as a wet blanket npon the disciples of
that eminent martyr, Saint Tallandigham.
Whether the mountain ait revived their droop
ing spirits, or not, we cannot say, as we neither
went nor sent a reporter, j
Briefly, the meeting assembled as per notice.
The Honorable Dininny was not there; an<d
some of the uncharitable whisper that that
great Addisonian was not expected by the get
ters-npof the meeting; that the local orators
of the party, having a small capital of their
own, are trading on Dioinny’s limited capital.
Be that as it may, Dininny did not draw.. The
crowd was limited, like the capital alluded to,
which goes to prove that the sopply is regula
ted somewhat by the demand. Accounts vary
a trifle ; but from a careful weight and average
we conclude that 400 is a foir estimate of the
nqmber present. The composition of the mass
has been stated to ns as follows: One third
Vallandighammors, one third Republicans, and
one third women and children. We give it as
received.
’ The meeting was a failure; not only in num
bers, bat in enthusiasm and in its intended ef
feet. Some of the speaking disgusted even
the better class of Yallandighammers ; none of
it rose above (be twaddle of the heartless dem
agogue. Xb ere was the usual talk about the
"bugbear of taxation, and the usual hypocritical
whining about the “ oceans of blood” spilt by
. this *' unholy war.” Our readers can hear the
same talk in the corner groceries, or on the
street, from the same sort of men. But we ad
vise them to miss no opportunity to hear these
orators in public,- whenever to do so will not in
volve a great waste of time and shocleather.
‘Hhb protended disagreement between the ul
tra Whitefeathers and.McClellan is a most stu
pendous deceit. Whatever public disagree
ment there may seem to be, privately there is
perfect harmony. If any extra evidence were
necessary to convince the people of this fact,
it can be found in the following 'extract from
an editorial in a late number of the New York
Daily News, the chief organ of the ultra Peace
faction. Here ie the extract•
“ There are thosa who would make the Daily
News responsible;for the division in the Detno-
I cratio ranks. rWe can briefly and effectually
1 disprove the Charge, and fis the responsibility
The tone of the Unit® papers in Lycoming,
Clinton and Center counties, indicate the vig
orous and united support of Wilson for Con
gress. This makes his success certain. The
Clinton Republican, one of the most vigorous
papers in the State, upon hoisting Wilson’s
name to the head of the local ticket, says:
“ The result of Mr. Benson’s declination will
be to leave the contest between Mr. Wright, of
Ithis county, an uncompromising Copperhead,
-and Mr. Wilson, of Tioga, whose soundness
as a friend of the Aministration has not been
impeached. The decision cannot be doubtful.
No true friend of his country can long debate
which of the two to choose."
Tfls Copperheads sport long faces since den.
Sheridan etove the Chicago platform.
TICTOHY!
Olorious news from Sheridan —a splendid Vic
tory in the Shenandoah valley — Early’s army
totally routed —s,ooo rebels killed and mound
ed—Over 10,000 prisoners captured—Four
Rebel Generals killed.
WiNCHESTeK, Va., 7:30 P.M, Sept. 19,
Lieut. Gen. U. S, Grant :
I have the honor to report that I attacked
the forces of General Early, over the Berry ville
pike, at tho crossing of Opequan creek, and af
ter a most desperate engagement, which lasted
from early in the morning until five o’clock in
the evening, completely defeated him, driving
him through Winchester, and capturing about
2,500 prisoners, five pieces of artillery, nine
army flags, and most of their wounded.
The rebel Generals Rhodes and Gordon
were killed and three other general officers
wounded. Moat of the enemy’s wounded and
all their killed fell into our bands.
Our losses are severe ; among them General
D, A. Russell, commanding a division in the
Gth Corps,- who was killed by a cannon ball.—
Generals Upton Mclntosh, aad Chapman were
wounded,-' I cannot yet tell our losses.
The conduct of the officers and men was most
superb. They charged and carried every po
sition taken up by the rebels from Opequan
creek to Winchester.
The rebels were strong in number, and very
obstinate in their fighting.
P. H. SHEBtDAN, Major Gen. Com’dg
Hahpeb’s Febbt, Va., Sep. 20, 1864.
To Son. E. M. Stanton:
Just receivsd the following official from Gen.
Sheridan, dated 1 o’clock this morning;
“ General ; We fought Early from daylight
until between 6 and 7 E. M.
“ We drovetim from Opequan creek, through
Winchester, and beyond the town,
“We captured from twenty five hundred to
three thousand prisoners, five pieces of artil
lery, nine battle-flags, and all tbe rebel woun
ded and dead. Their wounded in Winchester
amounts to some three thousand.
" The rebels lost in killed tbe following gen
eral officers: General Rhodes, General Whar
ton, General Gordon, and General Ramsenr.
11 This army behaved splendidly.
" I am sending forward all medical supplies,
snbsistence stores, and all the ambulances.
John D. Stephenson,
Brigadier General.
LATER FROM SHERIDAN,
he whips early again j
WoonsiooK, Va., Sept. 23,1864 —8 a.m,
fo Lieut.-Oen, U. S. Grant, City Point:
I cannot as yet give any definite account of
the results of tbe battle of yesterday. Oar
loss will be light. Gen. Crook struck the left
flank of tbe enemy, doubled it np and ad rani
ced down tber lines. Ricketts Division of tbe
6th Army Corps, swung in an£ Joined Crook.
Getty’s and Wheaton’s Division took up tbe
same movement, followed by tbe whole line,
and, attacking beautifully, carried tbe works
of the enemy.
The Rebels threw down their arms and fled
in the greatest confusion, abandoning most of
their artillery. It was dark before the battle
ended. I pursued on after the enemy daring
the night to this point, with the Sixth and
Nineteenth Corps, and have stopped here to
rest the men and issue rations.
If Gen. Torbet has pushed down the Luray
Valley, according to my directions, he will
achieve great results.
I do not think there ever was an army so
badly routed. The Valley soldiers ere biding
away and going to their homes.
I cannot at present give you any estimate
of prisoners. I pushed op regardless of every
thing. The number of pieces of artillery re
ported captured is sixteen.
■, P. H. Sheeican, Major'General.
Washington,. Sept. 22,1864,
Feienb Cobb; Straws are said to indicate
the drift of the current; last evening I hap
pened to be in a drift so strong and impetuous
as to carry whole “ bundles.” It was a pclii
ico-military hurricane.
The 211tb Pa. strong, command
ed by Col Sickles of the old 4th Reserve Regt.
passed along the avenue on their way to the
front. As they passed under the McClellan 1
flag in front of the Copperhead bead-quarters
the whole regiment, (solid) groaned and hissed,
pointed their muskets and snapped them at
the traitorous emblem. A little farther on are
suspended the stars and stripes, bearing the
honored names of Lincoln and Johnson.—
This banner was saluted with the wildest and
most vociferous cheering I ever beard from a |
thousand throats. It was a demonstration
and expression eminently calculated to cause
still greater disgust and contempt among our
“ quaker gnn” peace-shriokers, for anything of
a war-like nature. The Colonel informed me
that there was not twenty men in the Regiment
that would vote for McClellan.
Here is another item: A day or two since
a largo squad of rebel prisoners on their way
to the “ Old Capitol” cheered the Chicago
platform “ jlag of truce, n our soldiers guarding
them cheering that other standard sheet, which
means;
** Down with the traitors op (with tho itan,"
And still another “straw.” A squad of
twenty of that peculiar class of “ peace" men
known as “bounty jumpers" on their way to
one of “ Lincoln’s Bastiles” (oases of arbi
trary arrest} paid their devotions to the afore
said "flag truce."
I have given you but a few of the indica
tions daily manifested at this point of the set
tings of the current.
It is said here that Gen. Phil. Sherridan got
up “ Early” last Monday morning.
The “ Cbieago-snrtender-itea" are indignant
about it. They say he got up to(o) " Early”
and in altogether a belligerent a manner.
Its a habit the General has fallen into; he
cannot help it.
God bless him, and bis victorious host I
Their two-edged swords have dealt the ene
my at the front, and the meaner one in the
rear.a most deadly blow.
A nation’s heart beats warmly for him and
bis gallant little army. This is another “ fail
ure" according to onr •' peaoe” friends. A
fair time for the proposed "armistice."
I Yours, 40. P.
Gsiri' McCall, the first‘commander of the
Pennsylvania Reserves, and two years ago tho
democratic candidate for Congress in the Ches
ter and Delaware district, is out against Mo
Clellan and in favor of Lincoln, den. McCall
is a democrat hut not of tbs copperhead stamp,
and, therefore, cannot support a war democrat
on a peace platform. ,
~ jt _ •
A Coppebhiad Meeting Dispersed
copperheads of Ithaca, New If ork,availed them
selves of the presence of a circus to gat togeth
er a crowd last Saturday and throw out a Me-'
Clellan end Pendleton flag. While the ooera
tion was going on. the news of the fall of At.
lanta was received. The Ithaca Journal te)|,
the rest of the story as follows ;
When the band stopped flaying, a Union
man stepped forwardmn the balcony and an
nounced tha news from Atlanti, read Secretj.
ry Stanton’s official dispatch containing tbs
thrilling intelligence, and then called for 11 throe
cheers for the Union army.” Tha men wb o
had just cheered for McClellan stood appalls
dumb. Had a shell flora one of Sherman’!
great guns exploded, among them it eouid act
have created greater consternation, nor diaper
sed them more suddenly. Recovering a liul s
from the tremendous shock, they gave a few
dismal and heartrending groans for Sherman's
army, and fled in every direction, hiding i n
holes and corners and burying themselves ia
cellars and basements—and in less than three
minutes alter reading of the dispatch not a cop.
perhead was to be seen, the meeting bavins
vanished. The speeches remained undelivered
for the want of an audience.
Governor Sevmocs. —This model Governor
has been renominated for the position by his
“ friends." He peremptorily refused the use
of his name, but finally, from patriotic motives,
yielded to solicitations, and became the
guited of beguilers. We find an eiactly par.
nllol case in one of Byron’s poems:
“ A little while ihe strove, and then repented,
And whisperlngshe would ne'er consent—consei
Armistice and Convention.— Proposing an
armistice sis months hence, is merely emoty
words and so is a convention after the war is
ended. All the rest of the Chicago Conven
tion, so far as it is anything but empty rant,
is little else than a bitter reflection on their
own candidate. So that it may be likened lo a
sknnk, more disgusting than dangerous.
WILD LAND FOH 3ALE.—The subscriber oil.
era for sale on reasonable terms, a lot of Wild
land in Delmar, containing about 63 acres, 3 acres
cleared. Timber chiefly oak and chestnut.
JEHD3HA WILLARD,
Delmar, Sept. 23, 1864-2 t
AT the foot of tbo hill in Gray's Valley, on or
about the last Monday In August, a Crimson
and Geeen Woolen Shawl, both aides" alike, red and
green stripes, about half worn. The owner will please
prove property, pay
ber.
Lafayette a bay.
Gray’s Valley, Sept, 23, 1354-31®
LETTERS testamentary having been granted ta
to the subscribers on the estate of John Good
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those having claims to present them properly aathen*
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CHARLES GOODSPEED, WeatSald, J tiri '
Sept 23, 1864-Bt®
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Sept 21, 1864.
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