The Tioga County Agitator;
BY M. a. 0088.
Published every Wedneiday morning and-inaiied to
.nbicriWfS »t ONE DOLLAR AND FIPTI? CENTS
*„ jeer. alloys IN ADVANCE. - . .
r jj,, paper ie eent postage free to county- eubseri
be», though they may receive their mall at p^st-offices
loeated ia counties immediately adjoining, fur conve
°*Xee Agitator is the Official paper of Tioga Co.;
circulates in every -neighborhood thermo. Snb
icriptions being on the advance pay system, it circu
. , e . among a class most to the interest of advvttisers
to reach- Terms to advertisers as liberal as ti lee of
fctei b) an)' paper of equal circulation in. Nut-thorn
Penney! vm" l ' - , ,
A cross on the margin of a paper, ' .hnotee
that the -uhscnption is about to expire. ; , y
3, Papers will be stopped when the rubt-f- iption
nme eiptres, unless the agent orders their cPbtmo
aace ._ _ i '
,4§. tOVVKEV &. S. F. WUSOJI,
* KORNEYS <fe COUNSELLORS at LAW,
/A. will attend the Courts of Tioga, Potior sod
lioKean counties. [Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1863.]
DICKINSON HOUSE,
CORNING, N. Y.
>IiJ. A- PIEC'D' Pflopt^etor.
/QUESTS taken to and from the-Depot free
Vjr of charge. ! . [Jan. 1. 1863.]
JOHN I. MITCHELL, .
Attorney and counsellor atjcaw.
Tioga Village, Tioga County, Penn’a. -T
Prompt attention to Collections. - i .
lisroh I, 18«6.-Jy. -
JEHONIE B. NILES,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AY LA If,
Wcllsboro, Tioga Coqptv. Pa.,
Having been specially licensed by the United States
[ r the Prosecution of Claims for Pensions, Bach
Par and Bounties.. 7
Particular attention will bo given to that class of
business. . J- B.- -NILES.
Tsllsboro, Feb. 15, 1865-ly» - -- .
PfiUJISItTASIA HOUSE.
CORNER of main street and the avenue,
Wcllahoro. P ? .,
j, W. BTGONY Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having been re-fitted
und re-furnished throughout, it now open to the
public as a first-class house. [Jan. I. IS.SS.]
». HART’S HOTEL
WELLSBORO, TIOO a CO. PEKNa/
THE subscriber takes this method to Inform
his old frjomjs and customers that fte hat re
lumed the conduct of the old “ Crystal Fountain
Howl, ’’ and will hereafter give it his entire attention.
Inartful for past favors, he solicits a renewal of tho
fame. DAVID HART.
Wcllsboro, Not. 4, 1863.-ly. '
■ ■ .. Sp. ■ >
IZAAK WALTOS HOU.V.IE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Ptr
H. C. YERMILYEAj, Pr£prifetor.
THIS is a hotpl located within '-day ac
cess of the best fishing and hunting gf .lands in
s"tthern Pennsylvania. I No pains will bo f tared for
toe oooommodationj of pleasure seekers and he trav
elling public. [Jan. 1. ififm.]
A. POLE Y,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, &c., &c.,
REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES.' -
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
NO. 5, UNION BLOCK.*
Weileboro, May 20, 1863. ■
• ■ ' ■ ♦ —-— 1
H. W. Williams, W«. HV ’SAith.
WILLIAM * SMITH,' '
iTTORNETS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
BocßTr «c PEwskonr agebtct.
Main Street. Wellsboro, Pa.
January 4, 1865-ly.
S. F. SBAIBLIN,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESSER,
Shop. Over C. L. Wilcox’s Sr*Rfi.
Welkboroj Deo 7, 1864.
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOVEL.
KNOXVILLE, BORODQH, PA. (.
THE undersigned haring leased the above Hotel
lor a term of years would respectfully yiform
tilt traveling public that he has put the Hotel in first
class order for the reception of guests and no pains
w.ll be spared in jbe accommodation of travelers and
rsfaras the situation will allow, he will keep a' 1 first
mu Hotel, in all things, except piioes, which will
te modetate. Please try ns and judgefor yourselves.
Knoxville; OcU‘l9, 1864-tf. J. H. MAKIXtf.
UEVESUE STAMPS'^
JOHN' M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector Cf v Jtfana
netd. has just-received a largo Jot of .Beronue
Siam,, rr .Hi denominations, from'one cent tip to £6.
.-.ny person wishing Staups cad get them alfjn;y office
•q Macji.t-ld, <.r of M. BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,
WeIUL/jru, Pa. J M. PHELPS.
-Man.-mcM, May 2, 1864* _ . . (
P. SEffELL.'DENTIStii
XAXSFIELD, TIOGA COTJKTY. fA.,
V
I-' prepared to operate in all the improv&aeots in
the various departments of filling, extracting, in
duing artificial dentures, Ac,
Mansfield, August 10, X864-ly.
COWANESQUE HOUSE.
THIS House whjch has been open for convenience
rf the traveiipg public for a number oDyears,
c&slau.*‘.y been neWly furnished throughout. afijLlitted
“P in us good style as can be/oand inacy coubrrj or
c, ty Hoiel. The Proprietor does not hesitate in say
•-S that there will.be no pains spared to ad<Lto the
comf»,rt of his guests, and make it a home for-'tbem.
fae bc<t of stabling for teams 1 ; and a gOfrd loader,
in attendance, all of which can.-bo
oae mile east of Knoxville, Pa. ...
M. V. PURPLE, feop'letor.
Deerfield, May. 25, 18C4.-ly,
WELLSBORO HOTEL -
v Corner Main Street and the Avenue.j
Wkllsboho, Pa.
B. B. HOLIDAY, Proprietor..
One of the tno£t popular Houses in the county.
Tbi« Hotel ii the principal Stage-house in
Stages leave daily as (follows: * j‘
For Tioga, at 'B a. m.; For‘Troy, at Ba. thJ; For
Jersey Shore every Tuesday and at 2,p. m.;
For Coodersport, every
stages Akrivb —From l2 o’clock
I-m.: From Troy, at 6 o'clock p. oi.>
fncre. Tuesday aad Friday II a. m. r FroufCoudera-
PoaTue«day and Friday II a. m.- *_' * /
.N*. B—Jimmy: Cowden, the woll-knoT^'• heftier,
be found on hand, *,
Ashore, Oct, 5, 1864-ly. • • >'
HUGH YOUXfc
BOOESELJ-ER & BTATIBMIEB,
AsiD DEALER I N
American Clocks, American, English,'(And ‘Swigs
Patches,, Jeweliy, Silver-Plated-Ware, Spectacles,
Pictore Frames, Photographic Album;,' Stereoscopes,
flitroscopds, Perfumery, Yankee Notions,' Fishing
taskle and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Articles.
23t- SCHOOL,BOOKS, of every End need in the
Coonty, constantly on hand and gent by mail or 6th
er<r>,‘e, to order. ' "
■ y o- 5, UNIOy BLOCK ± J£ELLS»OIW, PA-'
TO FISHERIES.
THE subscriber begs leave to_ inform-the public
that be baa' a fine assortment of tbo celehjntcd
ROCHESTER TROUT FLEES, : . ”
Hew York Trout l Flieg, Silk Braided. Lines, Sea
ytttt and Hair Lines, Kinsey Hooks on Snells, Keels,
headers, Gut, and a fine lot of ’ ■ ,
ROCHESTER FLY ROP& h
?**»’ to., io.i Bhop in rear ef Wj».'3?sSh»’.T«w
-*°4 Stove Store. - , L. A.iSKAES. *
n ellsboro, April 19,1895-Sm.
-n U '.l ifi )Tj ■■ { 1 -J 0 !-■ /. ati j 1 - r ■“ '«
THE AGITATOR.
aefroteO to tße Smnsion of tße &rea of ifmßom atm tßr %;prraß of IDraltßi) Mefoem
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL -MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE.
VOL. XI.
Richmond has Fallen i
And co Lac the price of
DRY GOODS
LEE HAS SURRENDERED, AND ,WE
HAVE,SURRENDERED THE
TEME HIGH PRICES OF "
QOODS. ’
THE PEOPLE’S STORE,
is now receiving additions to their stock of
GOODS. BOUGHT DURING THE LATE
DEPRESSION IN PRICES,
j
and they will be sold at
THE LOWEST MARKED RAXES.*
We have made arrangements to get Goods every
week, and as we keep ported in regard to
the N't 10 York Market, we shall at
all times make the stock on
) hand conform to
new prices, s ' ,
REGARDLESS OF COST,
and we wish it distinctly understood, that however
much others may blow.
WE DO NOT INTEND TO BE UNDERSOLD
BY ANY,
quality of goods considered. It shall be jour aim fo
keep constantly on hand's good stock' ef
such goods as the oomtnnnityl'
require, and
SUCH ARTICLES AS WILL GIVE SATISFAC
TION TO THE CONSUMER. „ ’'
THE ONE PRICE SYSTEM
under which our •business has constantly "Inoseased
for the last ten years will be adhered to,
as also the
READY PAY SYSTEM
more recently adopted. Don't buy until /
;Toy6> HAVE EXAMINED OUR STOCK . AND
■ PRICES. ...
STORE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE .DICKIN
SON ' HOUSE, •--- ' -—■ - ,
and first door east of Huogerford** Bank.
Jfc-JKAIIiL-, -
Corning, N. T,, May 17, 1865 r - ' '
THE * GIG FIGHT having been closed up by
Messrs. Grant, Sherman Sheridan, A*CTo.,
KELLY & PUR VIS, r
have volunteered for & war of extermination against
high Prices, and will be found entrenched behind a
huge pile of
NEW AND CHEAP GOODS /
at the old OSGOOD STAND, where their cothmuni
tions with New York cannot be interrupted. |
They have just received a good stock of I
SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS, '
such as Prints, Delaines, Bareges, Muslins, Hosiery,
Notions, Boots and Shoes, etc., in fact everything in
the Dry Goods line may be found at. our counters,
and purchased at prices corresponding to: the late
HEAVY FALL IN GOODS.
We also invite purchasers to examine -our fine
stock of- .
GROCERIES.
Can't b© beat this side of New York.
Remember the place. “ Osgood's Corner." * - 1 ' ‘
KELLY A PURVIS.
Wellsboro, Apr. 22, ., . r
TAVERN LICENSES.—-Notice is hereby, given
thaUtho following jtmed-pejtoQS fiiect
their petitions to the Court of Quarter Sessions of
Tioga County to grant to them Ligtfaies for bouses ,pf
public entertainment, and for eating bouses, and that
a bearing upon the same will be had before said
Court, on Wednesday, the 31st day of May fipxi,. at
2 o'clock P. M.
!
.lab«Etjrr-H*JLfilieffer,* Joseph BeetL
Blossbarg—Bnfua Farr,* Joe. Tonkin, Jnp.-Sbields.
Delmar—James 8. Coles. * * ” '"~ I
Elkland—Benj. Barse,* diaries Ryon.*
Westfield—A. L. S. Leach.* zt ~1
Ward —Myron Nichols.* >,.•>'
Covington Boro—Anson L. Johnson.’ , „ . ~ 1
Wellsborhr-B. B. Holiday,* Nelson
Bigoney- ' ■ - , . u . • 'ic
“ So have I children,” I said,'very decisive
ly ; “ four of them; and I intend that they
shall occupy the same house with ms during
the next twelve months, at all hazards. So if
that is the objection, J; believe we- can
thajubjeotwbere.it ja." ....
I [ -‘‘ Ah, yes,"- said-the agent, blandly. •* It is
i only an objection of principle, however. " The :
. owner is opposed to renting bis houses to faaai
■j lies with children, Qn principle,. The house to
' which I refer forms. the on(y exception to this
rule.- I have hoddabt.he.could he induced to
} mate tba-same exoeption in your favor hit.".'
; -“-But if-for-mej-why-nob-for -hij-present-ten ■_
T> BLISTER'S- SOllCE.—Netics ir-tarobVariven p ntJ ” fasted, .-c i
their ac- , I • “ Qh, be would for hiS'p'tesent, he told m'eV
K^ur 1 . and but lhe gentlerhan refuses to pay the'ingfeasdd
that the same will be presented to-,tho Orphan’s Court t.JL - . • . . . “f
of said county, on Monday, tho day of Juno J 865, TOl5t t ln * ortne «» an< * fodnd- another
for confirmation and allowance: * ; ,hous£. * v \ _ , r * “ | :
Account of Martin Reppard, Execntordf Some farther I was
of Joseph Keppard, deo’d. - shown apian of the offered house, andits
Gaines—H. C. Vermilyea.*.
Liberty—-Joel H. Woodruff!.* -
Pall Brook—W. W. off a ’-; (
Mansfield—Albinus Hunt*
Knoxrille—G. W/Mattison.* ' ‘t . v
Eatiwo Hbotes... . ...
Blossburg—James Morgan,* Horace W. Bolden,*.
Elijah Plummer,* Joseph P. Monell,* Elizabeth
Conley. ' ' ' * " -
Wellsboro —Q. Hastings- 4 Co., Wmr-TyMathers.
To Seix-bt tbb "Qcaßx. ;
Bloss—A.' t. Bodine. ' f "~ ' -
Ward—Abel Si Manley.," - . ; .
Jr F.-DONAEItSCtN^CIorIr.
Account of Charles Sherman, Adm’r of; the estate
of James Dann, deo’d., .. .. '
Account of 0. Bullard, Adm'rof the'estate of Mor
timer Bollard, dec'd.
Wellsboro, May 10, ’«5. H. S. ARCHER, rßeg'r;
TilOR THE LADIES.—BABBITT’S, GELEBR4-'
JO ‘TED SOAP POWDER,or washjng made way
■and stains. removed Grom ■ Table Linen, Maekine; 4c.- '
Tor side at Roy’s Drag Store. ''
el*-;- —•-"
WELLSBORO,. TIOGA COMFY, BA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY U, 1865.
Eureka !I have found -it!’’ I cried, aVj
entered the house. --
'• Found what ?” queried. Mrs". Dohb.
The house, my dear. The very bouse we
want.”
' “Oh ! have.you?” exclaimed my wife, with
an intensity of emphasis that, sufficiently .ex
plained her appreciation of the horrors of house
bunting in April.
" I ,am au glad ? If relieves iny mind of
more anxietythan youth ink, James. Where is
it ?”
“Here, in, the paper.”.- And I palled the
morning paper from my pocket, where I bad
carried it all day, and- struck it open trium
phantly with one sweep of my strong right band.
“ Oh!—James !”
J despair of conveying in clear idea
of ! the expression' my wife put into the utter
ance of those two words. It was the cry of a
debieved and wounded spirit. Mrs. Dobb’e
face looked almost ghastly. It reemed as if
thp light was. all struck out of it as by the crash
of: sodden woe. ■'
“ Yes, in th paper," ■ I went on, feigning not
to;peroeive jhe havoc I had created in the sen
sitive breast of woman. f‘ An .advertisement
you know. What a blessed institution the ad
vertising system is !”
. Well, read it,”
| I read it,.
“ To rent. —A BBog, cozy boose in tbe sub
orbs, handy to a line of horse-cars, will be,let
tot a careful tenant at fifteen dollars' per month.
Apply No.—That Street. Take a blank
street car."
j“ Now then I’.’ I cried exultant.
“■Ridiculous !" said Mrs. Dobb.
. Ridiculous, Sman I Not 9 bit of it. I be
lio»e that boose to. be a prize. ; I’ll go at.once
and see it. There’ll be a hundred, app icants
for it.” —ic
Mrs. Dobbs smiled incredulously
And so cheap too 1” said 1 I. “ Fifteen
dollars a month 1 1 Did you ever bear a
thing?” " ' ■ "•
But Mrs. Dobbs was by no means favorably
impressed with my new enterprise. She ar
gued ther-point long and earnestly with me,
minding me that cheap thingswere ihvdriably
dearest in the end ; and at last, in the fervoii of
discussion, I did a very rash thing.
Il agreed with Mrs. Dobbs that if, on visiting
the.house I bnd.io riews.it did.not prove every
way desirable, I would release her in toto from
all further trouble regarding a house. I would
do the house-liuntitig this year myself. . ,i.
I need not recount my sorrowful experiences.
TO those who know what house-hunting is I
could tell nothing new ; ana to mose who ao
ncft 1 have only, to express the kindly hope
that they, never will- ,1 had hanged in
my face by irascible'housekeepers; who de
clared their carpets were being ruined;! 1 was
asked what my Dame waa ; what my .busi
ness wasbow ■ tbanycbildren I had; where
I. lived 5 in feet I never had so many-questions
osked me in the same number of hours before
since I was examined by a life-insurance phy
sician. One man even asked me to lend him
hve dollars, but he had uo house to rent.—
At night I came honlO wearied and worn, and
no nearer .my object than when I began.
“This is unprofitable business,’ Susan,”
said I. “ I shall pursue it no longer.”
■‘But what will you do, James? Stay
.here ?”
; “ No; we pan t stay here at the advanced
rdul.” r- ‘~ - - -
! “ Then what will you do?”
j•• I’ll go to a house-agent. I ought to have
thought of that in the first place."
II culled on- au agent the next <Uy, and had
some conversation with, him, __ i
! “ If you-will telline itboof J -wnat sum you
Wish to pay fur a house, Mr ”
(‘‘Dobh is my ; name.”
111I II Mr. Dobb, I have no doubt I can suit you
th a T.”
I 1 named a sum a little in advance of what
11 have paid the past year lor, the bouse I now
obcupy ; ahd-tbe replied"
1 •• There is a house in one of the most genteel
arid agreeable neighborKbods in town, which is
to be vacated on the first of May, which I can
let you - have at the price you name, and it is
really a treasure at that figure. It has ten
rooms, with a stoop and inclosed piazza in front,
■overron with vines in summer, and is two
sthries high. -I-can recommend l it in' every re
spect, sir. The conveniences are such as to
admit of no criticism, mid I promise you, and
stake my reputation on the event, that you
Will find it quite to youc-likipg. . The rent is
Dow low, to be sure, as things go ; hut the
neighborhood is one of- the choicest inthe city.
Ithas been occupied "the paatjyeiir by a very
careful tenant, to wbom.no objection is enter
tained that I- can learn except than'ho baa chil
dren.”- : • .
-tS f w
various excellences were explained to me? 1
I was full/jßdanncedvit .wasXatt exeenerit resi
d9P9?:s;- add after.-,my weary experience in
house-bunting, I felt ..quite a glow of -satisfac
tion at-the proapeot- -of release on suohoom
pafitiovely reasonable terms'; --1 engaged the
bouse at once. V-'I.V .“'V/ r 'J''
“Hare a tease prepsuted'to-day7’ saiaX to
j&isceUang.
OCR NEW -HOUSE.
the agent, “ and to-morrow I will call and sian
it.” • B
Mrs. Dobb was overjoyed when I told her all
about it that day at dinner. . It was plain to
see that we had secured a good home for the
coming-year. ' . •
' “But/Janies,""iaid. my wife,, “-you haven't
told me .where the house is situated.
“ Well, that’s a good joke.?”.said I. “ Upon
my word I never thought to esk ! I’ll do so
after dinner."
I did. The agent said -it was on Stucha
street.
41 Is it?” said I. . 44 Well, that’s pleasant.—
We shan’t have far. to move, then, probably ;
for I live in Stucha street now—and a delight
ful street it is I ' What did you say was the
number.?’’ r , -
“ The number, is seventeen."
44 Seventeen 7" I cried, in astonishment.
44 Yes, sir,”
4 ' Between Bolivar and Gulliver streets ?”
44 Yes, sir.”
44 West side 7”
“Yes. You know the bouse; perhaps ?”
44 1 should think I ought toi” was my re ■
spouse;in a hysterical tone; “ I’ve lived in it
for the past year.” |j.
Yes; I h«d r6nted,my own house at a com
fortable advance "on last year’s figures. When
I told Mrs. Dobb about it she laughed till she
cried.
I went roaming over the house, examining
its merits critically, and scrutinizing the rooms
with quite a new and peculiar interest.
44 It is a good house, Susan, at any rate. That
we"know.”
44 It is, James. lam very well satisfied. To
be sure, the kitchen is rather small, and there
is more room up stairs than we really-need ;
but I don’t believe we could be better suited on
the. whole. .
44 And then, my. dear wife,”., cried I, in a
tone bfexultation, 41 think what an escape from
the' horrors of the first of May ! No exorbitant
charges fbr-draymen—no broken .mirrors and
scratched furniture—no sleeping on the parlor
floor—no going to.a restaurant for ,a dinner
en/amille. We can he as happy next first of
May as the shepherds of Arcadia. -We’il have
a regular merry-making in the back-yard if it
jiott’t rain.”
A Romance of Real. ldlo.
Many yeal s ago a Mr. G., of this eonnty,
after a Tong sickness died, and left a wife and
two small children—a boy and a girl—in hum
ble bircnmstancee, to fight their own battles
through life. A little cot by- the hillside, near
the’ Brandywine, was secured to the widow
and-children. Time past, the girl became a
woman,, married a very worthy man-and moved
ta-Philadelphia-. , waanlrictpri dnwn ):v rlia
ease, and after a long sickness died, leaving bis
young wife witb two. small children to return
to mother by the “hillside near the Brandy
wine.”
The boy also became a man. Not satisfied
with bis prospects, and surroundings, he—the
boy Henry—one spring morning, with the
blessing of mother and sister, started' for the
gteai West to make his fortune. Time passed,
and mother and sister received letters from him
as he journeyed westward, until be passed Fort’
Independence, when ’they failed to receive any ;
yet son Henry was traveling, not satisfied with
his prospect. And so he traveled on until he’
came to the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, stop : '
ping at Oposura for a few days to recruit,—
Henfy became acquainted with one dark-eyed
signoretta, and before, long be'was able to say
ho had found his Eldorado. - And Henry being
married, settled among his Mexican friends.—
Being a man of an ingenious turn of mind,.be
suiin astonished the natives, made money, and
was a loading man among them. Years passed,
dtiring all of which time mother and sister still
plodded along in the cot by the “ hillside near
the Brandywine."
Three weeks ago last Thursday, Mrs. G., on
going to the post office, found a letter there from
her son Henry, in Mexico. As it bad been so
lung since bearing from him, she opened it
without much ceremony.
e A piece, of tissue paper fell out—she pioked
it uppand examined it ; it contained a'coat of
arms.bad figures and dates written in different
colorings—-it read : 44 Wells, Fargo & Co. pay
to Mrs. G., or order, the sum of-five thousand
dollars, in gold, and-oharge the same to Juras,
Castinos & C0.,-bankers, Mexico." '
The letter informed her that he was married,
had made, money, and that the enclosed draft
was to. enable her to buy a house, for, be said,
“I am coming-to see you next summer, and
wish you lo.be nioely fixed, because 1 am going
to bring my wife and children with me.
-■The same day Mrs. 6. took the letter and
draft to Mr. P.,-a-gentleman who had been her
friend-sinoe her husband's death. The consul
tation-over, the following took place ; The next
day Mr. P, sold the draft in Philadelphia for
over 'eleven thousand dollars; six thousand
dollars of; money was- invested in 10-40’s, a
house and lot -.-bought in the-anoient- town of
Coatesville, and the loose change taken to re
furnish it; To-day the hqose is in order, and
motherland sister are waiting- patiently for
Henry, who. left them many years ago, one
spring morning, to seek bis fortune in the West,
wben they lived in the cot by the 44 hillside
nsar.'tha .Brandywine.” —Westchester Record,
•Goon Anvrcx.—lf the body is tired, rest-;-if
the brain is tired; sleep. If the bbwels are loose,
lie down in a-warm bed and- remain-there, and
eat nothing until -you are-welt. If ah action'of
the DOtseto does not oooofat the usual houij'eat
notfcwfattlnrtiU-they do. Oct, at least for thirty ■
six hours; meanwhile -drink-’largely-of cold
water or hot jhe open air to
the extent of a gentle perspiration and geep
this r up till things are righted y this ono sugges
tiohyif practiced, would save myriads of lives
every year, both in the city and the country. —
The best medicines inThe world are warmth, ab
stinence and repose.— -Hall’s Journal of Health.
An lrishman oaught a -hornet inhia band,
apd exeolaiined, “ Bejabers 1
wbat kind of teeth db'yodr birds have io Amw>
iky?"
Settee.
• - [Written for The AgiUtor.J
HOW I GOT INTO OUT OF A jIEBEL. PRISON
BY .CAPTAIN H. B. 8., OF TIOQA COUNTY.
I was captured at the.battle'of Gettysburg,
on the 2d of July, 18C3. Being relieved of
our arms, and as many valuables as our cap*
torS pleased to demand, we were sent to the
rear, by order of Col. Hodge, of the 17th Ga.
We-had not gone far, however, when wo
were met by a squad of toffians who had fall
en out of the’advancing line of battle, and ap
peared to be plundering the dead and wounded
without regard to friend or foe.
The Cului.cl to wtam I tud oroH )iQ/t
(accidentally, I suppose,) left me my belt,
ecabbard and revolver. One fellow, seeing it,
cried out with an oath, — 44 come out of that
belt I” whereupon I told him I had already
surrendered and should not give np my belt
until I saw an officer. This attracted the at
tention of others of the gang, and one fellow
brought his piece to a ready, with— 44 None of
yonr d—d etiquette here 1 that's played out.
Come out of that belt, or I’ll make a dead
Yank of you d—d quick I”
I was never more fully impressed with the
truth that 44 delays are dangerous,” and accor
dingly came out of the belt. Wo were then
taken to the rear, into a ravine, with orders to
remain one hour, and then join the prisoners
captured the day before. A few minutes were
sufficient to prove we were not ont of reach of
Yankee gnus, as our forces got a battery into
position and shelled us furiously. I told the
sergeant in charge that ‘ I was not partial to
Yankee iron, and would prefer to get ont of
range. He affected great bravery, and said he
knew his business and must obey orders. Pres
ently a shell struck a small tree against which
be was sitting, and produced, for us, a very
favorable impression upon his nerves, many of
ns having already been wounded. He got his
goard info line, ordered us into ranks, and
moved ns| to the rear at a double-quick, where
ws found about a thousand prisoners, captured
the day previous from the Ist and 11th corps.
Here we baited for the night. Some of us,
in attempting to escape, occasioned an alarm,
when they gof a battalion of infantry and two
pieces of artillery into position, with orders to
fire upon ns ip case of further demonstration.
Thinking! discretion tho batter part of valor,
we lay down to rest. The morning of the 3d of
July dawned upon 1,900-anxious and hungry
prisoners. l At sunrise Gen. Lee came to the
officer in charge and ordered him to remove
os to the rear. They moved us about one mile
south of the Emmittsburg road, and two from
ibe battle field. ■ We ware still in sight of onr
uatiei mr-zm left and oen ter could Bee
the troops maneuvering. The battle opened
soon after sunrise, and raged with terrific fury
until 11 o’clock, when it lolled for abont an
hour. We,were anxiously waiting some news
from the front, when Pickett’s division of Vir
ginians, 11,000 strong, marched past us on the
mission of death. It was a fine division of
troops, well armed and equipt, general; field,
and staff “officers, splendidly mounted, and with
that reckless tread and expression of counten
ance peculiar Id Southerners. They went for
ward, taunting us with insulting epithets, sneb
as— 14 Halloo, Yanks I we’ve got .you caged ;
you wear fine feathers, but are very tame birds.
How’s Old Abe and Mr. Seward ? Have they
gone to Richmond, New York, or Boston 7
Think yon’ll get a safe passage to Richmond ?
How many milish you got up here? We’vfc
whipped the Army of the Potomac with Geop
giane, Louisianians, Alabamians and Texans;
now here’s a division of Virginians to do the
business for you New York and Pennsylvania
milish ! bring ’em on if you want ’em whipt!
We rather fight yon in Pennsylvania than in
Virginia.j We whipped you from Bull Run to
Chancellprville, and we can do it again here ;
and then op goes Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
Washington; and then poor Old Abe and Mr.
Seward will have to seek better quarters, per
haps in (jJanada. But never'mind ; Lord Rus- x
sell and Sewnrd can make it all right. By the
way—who commands your army, Old Joe, or
Little Map 7 or haven't you got any comman
der?” &c.', &o.
But pdor fellows, they little knew the doom
which awaited many of them. Little thought
they that a single division of 5,000 of the same
armyof ithe Potomac which had caused many
q f themjto bite the dust of Ya., were anxiously
waiting to meet them. The artillery opened
more furiously than before and continued for
about ode hour, when it again ceased and a
Rebel ybll, which is familiar to every soldier
announced to us that the charge wjas about to
be made: They moved forward oyer the open
plain which intervened between them and the
heights on which our army was posted, with a
determination and bravery worthy of a better
cause, to within a short distance of onr lines
when they received a deadly volley from the
allies of Abraham, who were strongly posted
-in earthworks which bad been thrown up du
ring tbd night. Nothing.daunted they pressed
forward with a reckless determination to carry
the position ; but the steady bearing of the
veterans'behind the works and the tremendons
volleys Which they dealt, soon tshgbt them that
it was a fruitless attempt, and they fled in con
fusion, crying, 44 Army of Potomac I Army of
Potomac I” (So says an English officer who
was present with Gen.- Lee.) In vain did the
officers I attempt to rally them, and they were
marched to the rear—not by thousands, but by
hundreds, -tnd. more than two-thirds of that
• splendid division which a few hours before had
marched to the battle so certain of success, so
buoyant in spirit, so free to tantalize a Yankee
prisoner, now layTnany dead and dying upon
a bloody field. This decided the battle, and a
retreat was at once commenced, not however
until they bad made an effort to parole the pris
oners ; but as onr Government bad issued or
ders forbidding any prisoner to give a parole
under such circumstances, our only alternative
was to march to Richmond. The remainder of
Pickett’s division was detailed as a guard, and
we were started immediately. All was confu
sion ; and the different corps and divisions
seemed to vie with each other to see which
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should get there first. The wagon train heavi
ly laden with plunder taken from the merchants
and wealthy farmers of Pennsylvania moved
first; then came the prisoners, 3,500 in num
ber, including. 200 officers of all grades, from
a Lieutenant up to a Brigadier General. In
their anxiety to get us to the rear, they had
forgotten (I Suppose) that rations after a fast of
two days, are as necessary to a prisoner as to
a soldier under arms and accordingly marched
us on without any.
Fourth of July there, seemed, to be some
trouble with the train in front and we halted
about noon. At the earnest solicitation of Gen.
Graham, who was prisoner with us, they is
sued a little flqur, fresh beef and mutton. The
first question was, what shall we carry it in ?
but a still more important one was Jtoyv shall it
be cooked, and what shall we cook it in f One
suggested one thing and another something
else, while some bad heard their grandmother
tell of baking bread on boards and sundry ways.
I had my floor tied up in my handkerchief se
liberating upon the beet plan, when one fellow
cried out (holding up a round stick) “ Boys,
I’ve made a discover." “‘What I what! what 1"
“ Why don’t yon see ? I can bake aa good
bread as any woman living except mother.”—
Explain we are all ready to learn. “ Just pour
flour on this rubber blanket, put in the water,
mix the dough, then wind it round this stick,
hold it to the fire and bake it as you would
roast an ear of corn. This is a sample of it,"
and he banded os a piece of the bread thua
prepared, _ Down wont the rubber blankets—
on went the floor and water and a more novel
sight I never Witnessed, and am not particular
ly anxious to witness n similar one. This
question settled, we did very well while the
rations lasted ; but when they failed it was not
so easy a matter to procure rations as in the
case of the cooking utensils, and we marched
on without them. Many beoame exhausted
and fell by the wayside before we arrived at
the Potomac; but the rebel bayonet was inva
riably brought to their relief and they were
compelled to march on or die. We arrived at
the Potomac on the 9th of July, but the river
being greatly swollen by the heavy rains they
were unable to cross until the 11th.
They had a pontoon bridge id process of
erection at Falling Waters, where they hoped
to cross; bat as oar cavalry bad succeeded in
destroying it, they were cetnpelled to cross at
Williamsport, four miles above. This was done
by means of a fery boat, but they bad only
succeeded in getting the officers over when the
line broke, and the boat went down the river,
and they waited nntil the water had fallen, so
that it was fordable before the enlisted men
could cross. I have neglected to mention that
oar cavalry made several attempts to release
os before crossing, and in one instance had a
severe fiffKf ■».*- *Vv «««ort in front of
us. .In this skirmish they killedseveralor onr
men, and I remember of passing one house
where two ladies lived alone, and several dead
bodies were lying near the house; one was en
tirely divested of clothing and thrown into the
porcb, while another in the same condition was
thrown into the street, and we compelled to
march over it. As we passed the hgaae one of
the ladies came out and asked the officer in
charge to allow one of us to go and remove the
body from the porch and bury it; but be cursed
her and told her to mind her own business or
she would need somebody to bury her. This
is but one of the many instances of the treat
ment of our chivalrous enemies to the weaker
sex. I might tell and truthfully ioo, did not
common decency forbid it—of the many out
rages committed upon them by these ruffians,
and simply because their brothers, fathers, sons,
and husbands were in the Federal army, fight
ing for the old Flag. v
Nothing of importance occurred after wo
crossed the river, save that hanger and fatigue
did its work with us. I had suffered considera
bly on the march from a lameness in the foot,
ocasiooed bjy a hurt at Chanoelorsville, and with
many others when we arrived at Strasbnrg
were exhausted and unable to march farther.
They camp to our relief with bayonets ; but I
told them the remedy was of no avail in my
case, as I could and should march no farther.
The gnard told me 1 must march or they bad
orders to bayonet me, and would do it. Jnst
at this moment a surgeon came np, who was a
little more humane, and asked me what was the
matter. I told him that I was .lame and una
ble to march and weald consider it a great fa
vor if be coaid get me into an ambulance. He
told me be bad no transportation, but if I
could do any better, he would give me a parole
of six days to report to Stanton, a distance of 72
miles. I finally consented to do so; he gave
me tbe parole and left me. After this I knew
very little of tbe rest of tbe prisoners, save two
others who were with me till w» arrived at
Stanton. Here we were closely packed into
cars and sent on to Richmond. 1 think some
of tbe rebel boys on tbe train could out Yan
kee any Yankee I ever saw by way of trade.
It was astonishing to see what a mania they
bad for buttons, knives, pencils, pens, green
backs, or anything belonging to a Yankee.—
They had pies, gingerbread, cigars, tobacco,
and Confederate money, to exchange for snob
articles.
We arrived at Richmond on the 18th, and
although we had been struggling so long to
reach the Rebel Capital, it was by no means a
welcome sight to us under the circumstances
by which we were surrounded. We were
marched to the Libby Prison, which was form*
erly a tobacco Warehouse, ISO feet long by 100
wide, and four stories high. Here we were
subjected to a rigid search by a fellow named
Turner, who as we afterwards learned was the
inspector of the prison. Some of the officers
bad succeeded thus far, in retaining their can
teen, robber blankets and overcoats; these
were unceremoniously taken from ns and many
of the officers remained without blankets nntil
late in winter, when some were received from
our government and Sanitary Commission. His
mania for greenbacks was only equalled by the
boys before mentioned.
He first demanded oar pocket books, and
when we refused to surrender them to him ho
subjected us to a search more rigid than before;
commencing with onr boots and terminating at
the crown of the hat. I retained what money
3 MONTHS, S MONTHS. 12 MONTH!,
.....,$4.00 $5.75 $7.6*
.... 6.60 8.25 10.00
8.75 10.75 12,50
lO-00 12.00 15.76
18.75 25.00 31.60
....30.00 42.00. 60,00
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