TJie Tiofffltlonnlylfl.glt^or; BY M. H. COBB; iWiiNs.i avery Wednesday morning afid'maUed to ~r , ,r , 1,.,;.10.vg DOLLAR ASD PrPt&CENTS* ' cr *ierayii I-N T ADVANCE. . ,} 5> ‘ 1 I'd.- p ‘t ,s>r 3ent Postage tVeu to county subscribers, ;a > i-r r ‘ * r 1 •'*'****'* ibrfr mail at post- Jtficea lt>- ci**'-i in • ,, -intiea imuaaliatcly adjoining, fo*;conven^ tj eQce .v >ir-*.T j»i cne Official paper of/T.oga Co., o gi els mI i f *r= la nrery neighborhood thereto. .Sab 4.r,pt,'•&- kem;* 011 the systenif.ii circa >''* ,u i x , -'^ Sc to the intere?t at -t.lv-ertlsers i?.*fiatter acd hi counties. [Wellsboro, Jnn- 1, *s63.] oicri mon Hoirsu', ; CORN IN ii, N. Y. : z jlaj. A. FIELD Proprietor. aUESTS taken to and from the free of charge’, [Jan/ 1, t ]B63,] PifiNNSIXVANIA HOUS-S, CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND THE; AVENUE, WelUboro. Pa. ,T, W. BIQONY THIS popular having be£p re-fitted and -re-furnisbeiJ throughout, is now. 4pen to the pablic as s first-class house [Jan't], 1563. J D. HART’S I HO^Eji. WELLSBOBO. \lOGs COi fENNA. THE subscriber takes this metnocAo inform his ol'd friends and customers that' he has rc suuj-ii the conduct of the old “Crystal Fountain jj .fel/' and will hereafter give it his entice attention. Taankful for past favors, he solicits a rei\r val of the sane. . _ DAVItt, ;HAHT; iVellshoro, Nov. 4, 1863-ly. IZAAK WALTON HOtSE, Gaines. Tioga Chanty, Pa; C. VERMILYEA, -...P-oprietor. iTMIIS is a new hotel located tmhii ■ easy ac- X cess of the best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania.. No pains.will be sparedfor tee accommodation of pleasure seekers and 1 the trav elling public. ' ' [Jan. 1863,} A. FOLEIj Watches, Clocks, JeWelnr, &c., REPAIRED AT OLD ‘ POST OFFICE BUIL&jNG, NO. 5, UNION BLOCp Welltbnro, May 20, 1863. b 4 , WESTERN EXCHASOE iHftTEL. K.KOXVILLE, BOROUGH, THE anieragued having leased the have Hotel for a term of years would respectf lly inform the traveling public that ho has put the ! otel in first t'nss order for the reception of guests anl no pains sill be spared in the accommodation of travelers and as far as the situation will allow, he will iteep a first class Hotel, in all things, except pricey, /which will is modetale. Please try os and judgefor yourselves. Knoxville, Oct. 19, lS64~tf- J. H. MARTIIf. DRUGS Sc MEDICINES. SO. 3, UNION BLOCK, WELLSBOBO,-PA. P. R. WILLIAMS, BEGS leave to announce to the citizen* <*f Wells boro and vicinity, that he keeps constantly on band all kinds of DRUGS AND MEDICINES, -• , Coeinicals, Varnish, Paints, Soaps, Perfumery, Glass, Brushes, Putty, Fancy Goods, Pure Winesi-Erandies, Gibs, and all other .kinks of Liquors of the best All kinds of I . " PATENT MEDICINES] rjch as Jayne’s Expectorant, Pills,; Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Pills and Cherry Pectoral; Helm toid’s Extract Bncbu, Sarsaparilla and Wash ; Au. Winslowjs Sotting Syrup: Wrights Pills: Clark's and Ctceseman's Pills y Hall’s Bin der's London Dock Gin : Herrick's Pills l£nd Plas ter* • Brown’s Bronchial Troches, Ac., Ac. ** May 25,180-i-ly. F> B* WILLIAMS. - revenue stamp?. J~OHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector of Mans field. has just'raceived a largo lot of Revenue Status, of all denomination?, from one cent up to $5. Adv person wishing Slanps enn get them at ins’ office • e Mansfield, or of M. BULLARD, Assistant Assessor, st lYellshoro, Fa. ■ PHULPS. Mansilel 1, filay 2, ISA 4, , v P. JiEWELI, DEStirf(. UAKSFIELD. TIOGA COUKTF. PA-, IS prepared ■Ao operate in all the improvements in the various departments of SUing, ertsactmg, in fsrt'ng artificial dentures, Ac. - Mansfield.. agust 10, 3561-Iy. ~ ; COWAXESQIfE eoitsE. THIS House which has been open for convenience of the traveling public fur a cumber of years, us Uuly.bcen newly fdruUhcd throughout And fitted -p in as pou-d *!;, le as can be found in any country or uty iU-tel. The Proprietor docs not hesitate .in say- that there will be no pains spayed to nild tothe . -af »rt of his guests, end make It a home for them. ,Thebe:tof stabling for teams ; and a /good -, hostler olwoTi! in attendance, all of which can he found .re tr.Ho cast of Knoxville. Pa. J M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor. Jbcrffdd. May 25,.1564.-Iy. - WELLSBORO HOTEL' {Oorner Mniv Street nnd the ) Weixsboko, Pa. B. H. HOLIDAY, Proprietor.- * , One of toe most popular Houses in tfte hountyi lua Hotel is the principal Stage-house '•“fee? leave daily as follows: for 'h at 9 ii. m. ; For Troy, at S ft. m.; For ci.r.'-c? Sh'>re every Tuesday and Friday 2*p. m.; It f’ouJerspnrt, every Tuesday and Friday at 2 p. m. 511''. e? Arrive—From at 12 o'clock F u From Troy, at 6 o'clock j). m. t.Frim'Jersey and Friday 11 a. in. :*Frcn':Cpuders. t st. Ti; v «,.i i-- aui-Fridny II a. nr. N’. B.—jjfn.nv Cowden, the ‘ well-knowi I-ratler, be f ucd nn band. ' , ellsbo’v. Oct. 5,TS6-l-Iy. : HIGH YOUNG, bookseller & stationer. AS D DEALER IN Clocks, American, English, and Swiss "e:chec Jewelry.'Siker Plated Ware. Spectacles, 1 t r«rac-?. Photographic Albums, Stereoscopes, Perfumery, Tankca . Notions, fishing anri Flies, ami Fancy and Toilet Artie???.' r £2** SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind aseflrinfhe -snfy. constantly on bond and sent by mnil^oroth* iii order. AV >- 5. rvr,X BLOCK. VTELLSnOR0 I; PA rcveNue stAmps- \ Large ASSORTMENT of ReveP so'Stamps -r*. f 'f ail dencrniiiatioi/s, just,received ;t-tbo First 7 ll '*ial Bank of WelUboro, in the-Stole building ‘‘ iJ. L. Robinson. Persons wanting Swops ere r, 3J e *f to c-ill and get a supply. - } • u ©Hsboro, May 25, 1864-tf.’ * i AUDITOR'S NOTICE—The undersigned hav ing been appointed on Auditor (o distribute the, bands cf Administrator of-Jacob Babb, de vril '‘ a *tsnd to tbe duties of Said appointment 7 1 ihc 9th day of December, 186-f, at the c ®nussioners' Office, in Wellsboro, at 2 o’clock P. M •Nov.ifi 1851. THOS.'ALLEN, auditor. O^LXIOX.— Whereas, my wife SANORA, Aas left and board without any jastoiiase or it' V ? Cllt * on: * hereby forbid nil personating)* Hng or I her on my account, a? I ?bnll pay' no lebLe of ** er c oniracting after ibis dnte- his 1 Y; . MARGIN X STWSNS. w,J* j present, D. Q. Stove ns. mark. Nov. 9,1864. i vf - THE VOL. XI. CLOTHISG! (SLOTHING! (One door below Harden’s Store.) WE have just-arrived in Wellaboro with a largo Slock of CLOTHING and Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, Also, HATS & CAPS, and a great assortment of LADIES’ CLOAKS, .) Proprietor Which we offer to (he citizens of TTelltboro and sur rounding couptry at 50 PER CENT. CHEAPER, than a'ny other establishment in this part of the country. Our object is to reduce dur WINTER & FALL STOCK OF GOODS. PRICES: OVER COATS from $4 to $4O. BUSINESS COATS from $3 to*s2s PANTS from $2 tn §lO. VESTS fmm s2} > to'sB, • Wo bought our goods a when-Gold was only L6tf and we can afford to sell our goods cheap. i i All our Goods are manufactured tinder our own su pervision and can not be surpassed in quality and durability. We respectfully invite every one whose interest is to be economical, to examine our before purchasing elsewhere, NAST & AUERBACH, of Syracuse, N. T., and Blossborg, Pa. Wellsboro, Dec. 14, 1864-tf. - E. AH. T. ANTHONY & CO., Manufacturers of Photographic Materials, :*A. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 501 BROADWAY, N. Y- In addition to our main business of Photographic Materials, we are Headquarters for the following, viz'; Stereoscopes & Stereoscopic Views, Of these we have an immense assortment, including War Scenes, American and Foreign Cities and Land scapes, Groups, Statuary, Ac., Ac. Also, Revolving Stereoscopes, for public or private exhibition. Our Catalogue will be sent to any address on receipt of Stamp. PHO TOO BA PHIC ALB UMS. We were the first to introduce these into the United States, and we manufacture immense quantities in great variety,-ranging iu price from 60 cents to s6o' each. Oar ALBUMS 'have the reputation of being superior in beauty and durability to any ethers. They, will be sent by mail, free, on receipt of price. Fin© Albums made to order. CARD PHOTOGRAPHS. Our Catalogue now embraces over Five Thousand dlfferopt subjects fto which additions are continually being made) of Portraits ef Eminent Americans, RXTG STORE, t Srtjqtfii to flic Sfroiuliori of to* area of ifmOoiti AnO ttic of mefovnji. ‘HKEK SHALL BE A WRONG UNBIGUTED, AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE-. STOCK AND PRICES MRS. J. P. URELL. WELLSHOKO.T.IOGA BOUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MOKfJTKG, JANUAEY 11, 1865. JWCocrllang, MONSIEUR DDIIAMBt’S PORTRAIT. Luuis Ner&o, a gay Parisian, about thirty five years old, was seated one April morning near noon, outside the Cafe de Paris, smoking his after-breakfast cigar, and reflecting upon the vagabond sort of life he was compelled to lead. Here and there, in his glossy black beard and hair, a line of silver gray was to be seen, and rheumatic twinges began to trouble him from time to time ; in -fact, he was becom ing painfully aware that he nas fast slipping beyond the, prime of JiXe, hastened On,.ton—by. the career which his position of u wealthy Parisian bachelor ncessarily compelled him to .pursue. "I must get married,” he mentally exclaim edand his thoughts constantly reverted to the different marriageable ladies of his ac quaintance. An April sun exercises as curious an influ ence on the human bruin, .as the first kisses of spring upon the'circulation of sap in tree trunks and flower-stems ; hot as chilling frosts accompany the warm sunshine, ao d|d a raw wind, despite the sun’s bright rays, chill Nerac to his bones, and c.wised him to sneeze. “ God bless you,” sweetly murmured* li lady who was passing rapidly by. Glancing at the ntferer nf this exclamation, he noticed that she was tastefully and elegantly attired. As she stepped over a gutter, and lifted her dress, a beautifully-turned ankle, he fol lowed after her in the direction of the Made leine. “ There is an ankle that I would willingly mar ry," thought Nemo : bat does it belong tp a young girl, a widow, nr has some brute of a husband a partial right to it ? Pnrbleu ! I I will follow her th the Place de Concorde if necesiary to ascertain. But bah I I bare hot seen her face, and she may be as ugly as a hag" Suddenly turning to speak to a little Italian greyhound, which was bounding franticai y about her, she disclosed a countenance full of charms. j - " She is adorable,” said Nerao; “ I will fol low to the'Barriere de I’Etoile, even. Turning again, she so excited his admira tion that he added: “ Yes, even to the bridge of Neuilly,” which, to an inhabitant of the Boulevard de Grand, was equivalent to saying- “to the end of the world.” Fortunately fur Nerao, the lady:did not lead him so far in his pursuit. Turning into the Rue de la Title. I’Eveque, she called to her greyhound—“ Follette, here Toilette," and en tered a'spacious mansion in-that street. Louis, with a smile nn his lips, and a five franc piece in his hand, approached a commis sionaire who was standing a little further on, and asked him - “ Dn you know the lady who resides in that house?" •• I do, was the reply. “ Her name ?" '• Madame Dubamel ” “ Is she mrried ( he again asked. “ She is a widow,” replied the commission- aire. “ Does she reside alone?” he again queried. “ She resides with an old lady—rher aunt, I think,” •Does she walk out often?” continued Ne- “ Every day.” he replied when the weather i= tine, and always accompanied by her little dog. Follette, to which ehe is so strongly at tached-” Louis Nerac went at once to the house, and ringing the hell, gave his card to Concierge, who opened to him the entrance of this Gar den of Hesperides, and asked if he could see Madame Duhamel. He was-sfipwii into an el\ egrtnt furnished saloon, decorated with several splendid paintings, conspicuous among them n portrait,, whose frame was draped with crape, the counterfeit presentment of the defunct Huhamel. Madame Duhamel politely’ asked him to he seated, and waited for her to explain the object of his visit. " Madame,” said Nerac, after a long sileSice, miu do not seem to recognize me?” "No, sir.” she quietly replied. “ Not at all ?” “ Npt in the least." “ Were yon not promenading the Boulevard a short time since?" - " Yes sir, I was/’ “ And yet you do not recognize me ?” " I did not.” “Do yon remember saying, 1 God hlesFybuT’ “ Perhaps I did,” she said, smilingly—but I have no recollection-of it.” , VV cl!;.:Madatne. you jdid utter That'expres sion, und you made that pious and charitable remark in mv behalf. Madame UuTTaiiieT. gazing at her visitor Til astonishment,. exclaimed : .... Admitting, Monsieur, that I did, what does it prove ?” “’Whatdnes it prove?” reiterated -Nerac.— “ Certainly,” replied the widow; you were suffering undoubtedly from a severe cold I passed by you; you sneezed; I made use of the common-place, polite ejaculation, cus-.. tomary in such cases, of ‘ God bless yon i’ What could be more natural ?” Then, Madame, I inn to understand that you cast the expression at me, as you would throw a sou into a beggar'a'hat. “ Precisely,” she haughtily replied, "Ah, Madame, what a cruel deception,” said Nerac. .1 “ Deception, sir, replied the joung widow, “I do not understand you; explain. 1 ' “ I thought—l dared to believe—l hoped— indeed, I still hope,” stammered Nerac. Madame Duhamel immediately rose and said, •‘You must excuse me, sir, for listening to you longer.” J " But," pleaded Louis, “ will you not per mit me to call from time to time to see you, and enquire after your health ?” j “My health, fortunately, is -good, and I ■receive only my friends/’ ‘ “ Let me,” exclaimed Nerac, "gallantly, “be come one of them : To aehieve" such a happi ness 1 would brave a thousand dangers.” AGITATOR. ar - Madame Duhamel made no reply, but ring ing the bell for,her servant, said to her as she entered TFie room, “ Marietta, show this personate the door." During the next three weeks Louis called in the Rue de la Ville I’Eveque a dozen tithes at least leaving his card each time. The day he left his twelfth card he muttered a great oath through his heavy black moustache, as he turned from the door. “ i begin," said he, “ to be desperately en amored of this pretty widow, who still refuses to receive me.; and marry her.l will, or avenge myself upon her only Jove,-that whelp, PoU ette." He had no sooner uttered this threat,, than, rubbing bis hands with satisfaction, he ex claimed: 'V I have it. Victory shall be mine, and not a hair of Foliette wit M-have to injure.” Stepping into a Obtained a large lump of sugar,”which he attached-taa lona cord and hastened to the garden- of the Tnilleries, where the young-.widow was accus tomed to walk every afternoon. Seating him self behind one. of the large orange trees on the Terasse d?a he awaited her ar rival. She, accompanied by her inseperable Foliette”, soon arrived, and sat down on her ac customed bench. Louis, by a use of his sugar decoy, drew Foliette away from her mistress to a gateway, but a short distance off, and seizing her,' jumped into a carriage and hastened to his lodgings, the noise of the wheels rattling on-the pavements of the Rue Costiglione, drowning the piteous cries and moans of the cherished Foliette be bad so cru elly entrapped. Fullette’s disappearance was a great afflic tion to-the widow. She advertised her loss in all the journals of the day, and even had band-bills, offeiing a.munificent reward, posted on all the walls and fences in the neighbor hood. Two weeks elapsed, and Madame was almost inconsolable for her loss, until one day Nerac called upon her, leading Foliette by a cord ’’.Foliette 1 here is Follete I” exclaimed the servant who answered Nerac’s ring, and ran instantly to acqusint-lhe widow of the grey hounds safe return. Madame’s joy was mingled with surprise on.seeing Nerac; embracing her dog, she in quired of her adorer where he had found her pet. ) “ Some two hundred leagues from here,” he replied. j “ Two hundred leagues,” said the astonished widow " Yes. Puiotiers is two .hundred leagues from Paris. Learning that your greyhound had. been, fttbleqjjy. a .. -..1 conveyed , thither, I, immediately on receipt of the information, posted down there, and re covered your cherished Foliette. Happy Fol iette,” he murmured, “to possess such a mis- tress," •• Ton must have incurred considerable ex penso,” said,Madame Duhamel, hesitatingly “ A mere bagatelle,” said Nerac. ” But, if I cannot offer you a reward for ynui services, I most certainly fully repay you,” continued the widow. " Madamq,” said Nerac, as if butt, “my profession is not that of a dog-catcher, and the question of a recompense or restitution need not be mentioned in this affair. I am already sufficiently rewarded by yonr kind wish of some months ago! that God would bless me, and if you only consent to receive me ns a friend, as an acquaintance hereafter, I shall feel myself indeed blessed.” “By the by,” said she, smilingly, “How is vour cold now ?” “ The bl ssing you evoked in my favor, Madame, effectually ‘cured me, I have not sneezed since.” j From this time forward Nerac was on the list of Madame’s visiting acquaintances; she ''found, on inquiry, that he was a gentleman worthy of admission to her saloons. Louis soon, observed, however, with consid erable delight, that the crape was removed from her deceased husband’s portrait. One morning in June, Madame Duhamel announced to Nerac that she intended going to her country residence to piss several months. Nerac determined to thwart this intention, as he could not bear to bo separated so long from the charming widow; he feared, too, that in thp interim of her absence, some one else might carry off the prize he was so anxious to ob tain for himself. Follette mysteriously disappeared on the day that had been fixed for the widow’s de parture. Maffcme Duhamel had recourse as before to advertising and to hand-bills, .and sincerely bewailed! the loss of her dear little pet. Ne rac calleil every .evening, and accounted to the afflicted widow the weaiisorae, fruitless .search es he' had-been_ making during the day. She, touched by his zeal in her behalf,'thanked him heartily for his persistent efforts to recov er the lost greyhound, and Louis was glad to see that the portrait of the defunct was re moved to the dining-room. Fully persuaded that Follette was lost to her forever, Madame Duhamel renewed her preparations for departure. Nerac desired her to wait yet a little longer. “■Wait? why wait?” said the widow, “I will never see my poor Follette again.” “ Who knows ?” said Nerac mysteriously. “ Monsieur Nerao,” said thje widow, “ you have news of my poor lost bQsband .- do not deceivame—do you know if She Jives ?” “ Really,” ho replied, buf would you like to have her image once mors; even if she be dead?” f . , " What, Stuffed?” ; j. No, painted.” - “ Painted, and by whom ?” j “By .me. But painting as I do, without a I , model,.and from her recollection only, it will, 1 necessarily consume considerable time to fur-_j nish you the picture; yet, if you will defer „ your departure two weeks, I , will engage' to i present you, by that time, with a life-like por : trait of Foillelte.”. At the appointed time Nerao brought the '■ promised,picturej {which, by the way, he had painted from life hy Jadin, the rrenchJjand- seer), and was delighted to find fhatths por trait of Monsieur Duhamel was removed to the ante-room. The denouement can be safely divined. — Instead of joining her aunt in the country, Madame Duhamel Vrote to her to return to Pa 1 is, and Louis Nerac was married to the handsome widow a short time after. Among the wedding presents be sent her was Foliette herself, alive and well, wrapped in a splendid Indian Cashmere. i And now, wheif you pass along the Qua I Conti, some day, look into the window of one lof the second-hand shops that line it and you I willseen portrSit on’eanvass, vt[thoiit i-frame, | grimy, dusty, and cracked by the glaring rays ! of a Paris sun. It is, alas, the portrait of Mon ! sieur Duhamel, deceased ! i FROM THE SoiDIEH BOYS. From the 45tb Pennsylania Regiment. Deo. 24, 1864. Friend Cobb ;— We had barely experienoed a feeling of comparative security from~intrit_ sion in our snug quarters, near Poplar Spring Church, when the oft-repeated and much hated order, “pack np,” in less time than it takes to write it, converted the tranquility of our camp into that bustling activity and confusion invariably preceding a genuine’move. By 12, M., having shouldered arms, accouterments, bed, board, apd as much of our furniture as we could stand under, the 9th corps marched quietly away from the breastworks, being re lieved by a part of the 2d corps. -A circuitous march of about six miles brought os again be fore Petersburg, near the spot we fought for and occupied during the hot months of sum : mer, made memorable by the famous Burnside mine. At nine the next rooming the different ' regiments and brigades had been distributed | in the works formerly occupied by the 2d corps. Our regiment was ordered to occupy some par tially completed cabins, some, distance in the I rear of the main line of works: These cabins, i or huts, of which we found but the mere akel ! etone'have since been converted into comfort | able wiqtdr quarters. The scientific and skill ! ed mechanic would be both amused and sur * prised oriiseeing the rapidity and ease with I which the soldier makes himself comfortable, i Leave ns in a pine forest, with a few old axes | and shovels, such as our well-to-do farmers cast ! away as “ played out/’ for forty-eight hours, I and if, on returning, you don’t find us comfor- I tably domesticated, with a good chimney and 1 fireplace to warm your toes by, it will be be j causa we are under marching oifders, or that j there are too many recruits amorut us.’whom I it takes weeks to accomplish what an old sold ; ier can do in as many days. In establishing j camps, convenience and taste are, when prac ticable, not entirely ignnied. The streets, , which are usually regularly laid out, are in ! tended to be swept once a day, thus keeping ! them free from all refuse and offensive matter. The several cabins are made convenient and ornomental to enit the taste of the occupants. Cracker boxes make good doors, tables, seats, &c., and if snob things are not obtainable oth erwise, he is a poor soldier indeed who hasn’t pluck enough to press these little necessaries into his service. If any of you, readers, will come down to your humble servant’s domioil, he will find tobacco, pipes, and matches on the shelf over the mantelpiece, and if by any chance ho casts his eye on the shelf over the door, he will see a couple of slices of pork, as long as yonr arm, a whole codfish, and.about a peek of hard tack, besides an assortment of tin dishes— of course, as we take turns in washing them. On another smaller shelf, over the table, ire writing materials, pens, ink, pa per, the last number of the Agitator, and per haps some neatly folded envelopes with " Wellsbofo, Pa.,” stamped on one corner. Don’t touch it I the owner is on picket. It is from his mother, brother, sister, or, perhaps, from “ somebody else’s sister.” Let it be from whom it will, when you enter a soldier’s shanty don’t meddle with his letters, unless yon want to get hurt. Suspended on nails, in one comer, are our haversacks, ready packed, and canteens filled while in another corner near the fireplace, not most prominent nor least useful, are the frying pan and stjw dish, each vicing with the other :as to which shall look the blackest: and to fin ish off, on a shelf by themselves, are the black ing and brush, without which no soldier’s mess i is complete. So for, we ha’ve been amply supplied with fuel, such as it is,—green pine—which, how ever, on account of the large quantity of pitch lit contains, burns tolerably well. We have to go quite a.distance for it, and I predict that, I should the army winter before Petersburg, the 1 vicinity for -miles around will be stripped of ■ every vestige of timber and combustible mate- rials. Yonr readers have ere this heard all about the last grand raid of the army of the Poto- mac, on the Weldon railroad. On the night of the 10th inst., the expedition, consisting of the sth corps, a part of Gregg's division of cav alry, had been gone General Meade, apparently uneasy for the safety of the raiders, ordered as much of onr division as could be spared from before Petersburg, to march as far as Nottoway river, evidently for the purpose of protecting communication be tween the expedition and "the main array. It was after nine o’clock before we were fairly off. The roads were in miserable condition, the mud being everywhere from ankle to knee deep. It had rained, more or less, for several days, and continued to 'pour down in torrents throughout that long end dismal night. Still, on we marched, rapidly but uncom plainingly, until 5 o’clock the next morning, when we arrived at, and bivoonced near——. having marched at least twenty.miles since we set out. All were tired and footsore, and drip ping wet. Fortunately for ns, a rail fence was ndar by, of which we made good use. In a few minutes hundreds of camp fires illumina ted the pitchy darkness, diffusing warmth and comfort among the chilled, huddling groups, who were watching the big black kettles from which, .we were soon supplied .with what every Ratesof Advertising, Advertisements will be charged $1 per sqaare of 19 lines, one orthreo insertion!, end 26 cent* for every subsequent insertion. Advertisements of lets then 10 lines considered ea a square.. 'fire subjoined rates will bo charged tor Quarterly. Hal f-Yearly and Yearly advertisement:: 3 MONTHS. 0 MONTHS. 12 MONtHS 1 Square,,.., s4,ou $3,75 , *7,50 2 do 8,00 3,23 10,00 3 do 8,75 10,76 12,50 i Column, 10,00 IS,OO 13,76 J do. 18,75" ‘ 25,00 31,60 1 do. 30.00 J 42,00 00,00 Advertisements not haying the number of inser tions desired marked upon them, will be published until ordered out and charged accordingly. Pasters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Letter-Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Jnsticaa’,Constable's and other BLANKS, constantly on band. im-so. soldier bus learned to worship, when wet and cold—a cup of hot coffee. The forenoon was spent in drying our clothes and blankets. Shortly after noon tbe*oth corps began to march by on its way to camp. All appeared to be in fine spirits, and well they might be—-nearly every man having a canteen full of courage (applejack), while turkeys and chickens, mutton, fresh pork, and other good things might have been seen sticking on the bayonet of more than one adventurous raider. By 2 P. M., having accomplished the dnty assigned us, our division was returning. We expected an easy march back, of course; but we were- disappointed. Gen. Potter, on bis horse, led the column with rapid strides, as though the fate of the nation depended on our making camp by a given hour. The number of stragglers was prodigious. Nothing bat sheer inability to keep up compelled these poor fellows to fall out. Many were badly shod ; indeed, all who hadn't good boots suffered from wet, and consequent sore feet. Darkness came, and still the column pressed relentlessly on. Your humble servant was making the beat time possible in a somewhat dhoughtfuljpood, when, on looking up, he found the column,'wittr-his- regiment, had disappear ed ; and your correspondent was numbered with the stragglers. 1 had plenty of company. On both sides of the road were men lying down, completely " bushed,” some with shoes on and some with shoes off, being unable to wear them on account ef acre feet. Ambulan ces, some filled, others empty, went whirling by us, .hut it required just so much rad tape to get into one of those accommodating vehicles, and the desired article was not obtainable, aa the shoulder-strapped gentry, who alone were competent to grant passes, were riding toward camp its fast as possible, to avoid the cold, which,'|as night advanced, became intense. After several hours of tedious* marching in .he dark and by moonlight, the sound of drums I and irregular musketry before Petersburg, so ; odious to us when in camp, now fall encourag ingly on the ears of hundreds of weary, eager listeners, telling ns camp was near at band. By ten o’clock your correspondent was ait- ting in hia tent, mooching bard tack and fat pork, baring outstript many who probably oar er reached camp, falling rictims to goerilla atrocities. On leaving camp the night previous we bad orders to leave oar tents standing, ready for reoocopation. Never was home more welcome to returning prodigal. The march, though but short and not very severe, ordinarily, by-its rapidity, the nature of the roads, and the in clemency of the weather, will be remembered bj- miraj- irlio suffered during its progress as never before. We are again settled, with or ders to prepare winter quarters. The animosity which has existed between onr boys and the-Johnnies on this part of the line since the capjture of the rebel pickets last September by the 2d corps, has somewhat aba ted, but .not entirely subsided. During the night a constant and more or less vigorous fire is kept up by the pickets on both sides. while during the day Ports Hell (Sedgwick), and Bice, in our immediate front, spit forth their spito of fire and shell, toward and into Peters burg, which, at this point is little moye than a mile distant, the towering steeples of the long enduring and sorely tried “ Cockade City”, be ing plainly visible over the magnificent works of the enemy. The rebels are also well sup plied with heavy ordnance, and an. artillery duel of magnitude is generally sure to take, place every afternoon. Occasionally, some poor fellow is wounded or killed by a fragment of shell, or the bullet of the sharpshooter; but the list of casualties has been surprisingly small. Notwithstanding the constant firing, deserters continue to come in, singly or in squads. They tell but one story—sick of fight ing, and will risk anything to get away. Recruits continue to .come in daily. Abent seventy, composed of substitutes, volunteers and drafted men, have been assigned to] our regiment, swelling onr ranks to 320 present for duty. A new flag is to be sent from Har risburg in place of that lost in September near Poplar Spring Church, where a large propor tion of the regiment was captured. A letter has been received from the War Department, tendering to Lieut. TJol. Gregg, now prisoner of war, a commission as brevet-Colonel of Volun teers, for meritorious conduct on the 30th July last. Several changes in the organization of the regiment are taking place; among others Sergeant-Major Decatur Dickinson, formerly of Co. I, hos;been.commissioned Adjutant of the regiment. ’.He wilbmake a good one. Sergt. Rogers, who was desperately wounded last June,, has returned to doty, and accepted a commission as Ist Lieutenant in Co. I, On the 10th inst., Edward Rowe and Daniel Smith, Co. C, 179th N, Y. Volunteers, were bung at headquarters for desertion. They were athletic, fine-loooking young men. One of them coolly smoked a cigar until ordered to mount the scaffold. Both were very cool. It will serve as a warning to bounty-jumpers, too many of whom have shown a disposition to change their base to Dixie of late. The year is about to close under auspices of national plenty. Four years of devastating war have failed to cool the ardor of the army and navy, or exhaust our resources and power to deal the finishing stroke to tho rebellion. No unbiased mind need have cause for despon dency. A few more such invasions as that of Tennessee by Hood: a few more such retreats as that of Sherman through Georgia, and the haughty rebels who speak of Yankees only in terms of contempt, will grasp tbirhand of friendship, and talk no’more of war. i The Fee.vch war or Bfctrnro Corns.—Put into the coffee-pot a» many cups of water as you wish to make coffee; Jet the water* boil ;: then put in as many table-epoon-full of coffee as there are cups of water; stir it in, and let it simmer till the head falls; .then take it from the fire, pour in a cup of cold water, and let it stand on the hearth ten minutes, when it will be quite clear. A pup of this coffee added to a cop of boiled milk, and sweetened /Wor ding to taste, will be found a luxury. Veteran,