MERE ~;;i i_~ 7 .~ ~. .. voLgao XIV.--11TU BM POTTER ;TOU . PBPLIGISIIED no Hictiao•ney, P $l.OO, en YEAR, INVARIABLYI * * *Devoted to the enure of D. , the interests of Agriculture, :the .of Education, and the beet county. Owning no guide e Principle. it will erideay.er to ai of more fully Freedomizing our ADTVITISRMENTS inserted ni vats, except where special bartp 1 Square [ IO lines] 1 insertion, 1 44 3 lt. Each subsequent insertion less th ri Square three niontlia; • " nine " - ig one year, - - 1 Column six months, -- - - It . 44 II it 1 " per year. .} IL IL Asninittrator's or Executor's Business Curds, 6 lines or less, . lipecial and Editorial Notices, p transient l ad vertisein paid in advance, and no notice , of advertisements from a dislan; are accompanied-by th • valley reference. * * *Blanks, and Job Wo o tended I t o promptly and thithhi. IMHZ=EId EMA UA LODGE. N0.,3: 2, A. M. STATED Meetings on the 2nd and .4th Wednes days cif each mouth. Also Masonic gather ings oil every Wednesday Eve4ing,. fur work and practice, at their flail in Coudersport.' TIMOTHY IVES, W. 31. SAML'fil. ITAv'tv. See'y. JOHNS. MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several Courts in:Potter and Al'Kean Counties. All .busirfo r entrusted in his care will. receive prompi, attention. 011ice .. .corner of West and Third street. AR:TB:UIt . G, S'TED, .ATTORNEY St COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudefsport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted to his care, with promptnes and fia, its•. Office on Soth-Westuorner of Main and Fourth streets. JSA.N.O BENSON ATTORNEY AT LAIV. Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business entrusted !to him, with care and promptness. 011ic'e on Second st., near the Allegheny Bridge. F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will regularly attend 'the Courts iu Potter and the adjoining Counties. • " 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pa. respectfully informs the citizens of the vil lage and vicinity that he will promply re-. spout' to all calls for professional services. Office on Main st., in building formerly oc cupied by C. W. Ellis. Eq. C. S. & 1. AR JONES, • DEALERS IN DREGS,.NIEDICINES.PAINTS Oils, Fancy Articles, Slationery, j")ry, Good: Groceries, Coudersport, Pa. D. E. OL3ISTED, 'DEALER IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE Clothiug, Crockery, Groceries, &c.; Main st.. Coudersport, Pa. - _— COLLINS SM IT DEALER in Dry Goods.Grocerie.i, Provisions. Hardware, Queensware; Cutlery. and all Goods usually I:oun4i in a country Store.--'-. Couders ort, Nov. 27, ,1861. M. W. MANN, DEALER IN BOOKS .l• S t rATIONEBT, NAG. AZINES and Music. N. W. corner of ',laic and Third sts.: Condersport. Pa. COUDEIt•M'ORT iIOTEL; D. F. GLASSMREi Proprietor, Corner o- Main and Second Streets, Coudersport; Pot. ter Co. ' Pa. A Livery Stable is also kept in conned! tion with thisl Hotel. • L. lIIIID. - - . SURVEYOR, CONVEYANCER, &e.. I BROOK LAND,] Pa., (6)rmerly Cushingvill!s.) Ullice in iii. ,fore building. ' NARK GILLON, T.A.lLOR,mearly opposite. the Court; House— will make all clothes intrusted to him in the latest ands best styles —Prices to suit the times.—Give him a call. 13 41 ANDREW BANBER,G. BRo - s, TANNER. AND cuttittEtts.—llidei tanned ott the sh4fes, is (11 hest wanner. Tan nery on the east side. of Alleir.tny rarer. Couilersport, Potter county, Pa H-Jy 17,'0 g. J. OLNISTI , I) • ****** S. 'p. KELLY OLMSTED & KELLY, DEALER IN STOVES, TIN & SHEET : IRON WARE, Stain nearly opposite the Court House, Couderspoit, ra. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to ordet. in good style, on short notice.: " THE II .TION • ARCH STREET, ABOVE THIRD, Philadelphia. UPTON S. NEWCOMER, Proprietor. T . ll;s Hotel is central, convenient by Passenger 'cars to all parts'of the city, kind in every parti-ular adapted to the NI ants of the business public. Terms $1 50 per 4ay UNION HOTEL, COUDERSPORT, POTTER, COUNTY, PENN., A. S. ARMSTRONG • 11 AVING refitted and newly tarnished the house on Main street, recently occupied by It. Rice, is prepared. to accommodate the traveling public in as good style as can be had in4town Nothing that can in any way in crease the comforts of the guests will be ne elected. . Isec. 11,1861 _ .;•• ',.. i•i 1: --,-• -,- 1 ~ .1 ...:14: .i l y ::: • .`t ,i1,r,......3„, if! ~•.,.. + a... 'l' . l i 4,:... •,,,,, r.: - ...... - .1r , ..... - ..i . .--:;:;', 4.' .., . --- - ;'- ••i r . ,'.,' i ,"1: "I ' ..- ': , •,. ... • ri - -" L •• - •:, . _ ._., , . , •,. , ... .:: ~`:-..• ...•._ ,--?, ,-; :•! -. : : :.:,f- • • • •' - ‘4V ' I : . :.w k , 0 I, : • ~,!, . :: ; ' : •' ‘, ~,, , . ' 1 -- 11 •i• ': . z•:. ,:: .:•1 • : ~ ' ' 1: ~ 4. ~ il!, / • - _ 0 ''. ". ';- 7, :. , . , 1 44". e • ;• ' ' • ' 1'; eigls ,:, ' . . ' ' , ' . .• ...... -....•.. . . • „. , , ...,„ . , , _. . . • - :. - ' 1 . . BEA 16 NAL • BY JA3IE9 AINS,g,-LENVISDURG, PA. . • • : Wiirrior from Oldfathetland— • - I Champion of the tine and rightl See bira 'with his noble badd. • • • In the van of Freedom's.fight 1 0Priet0r. AUVANCJC. I publicanistn,. Indvaneetnent od of Potter !cept that of I t 'in the work Country.' Lion-like his German heart, Calm find clear his Gc rronnyrain 0,, well done , the Hero's part, Fighting on tim4Westert; plaint j he following ias are made. --- 50 ---$1 50 = n 13, 25 - - 5'50 - . 6 00 --- 20.00 - - - 10 00 -_- •7 00 - - 40 00 - - 20 On otme, 200 ler Tear 5 00 tipe, 10 Mil must be will be taken c, finless they • r 4atisfactory Boil on Eittope'slieopled strand, In the shade, or kingly power; Yet• his fait;t:'sublinioand - ,graatl; , Waits for Freedont's_dawnini, hour He would break th' Oppressor's yoke He would' every chain unbind,— • That brave Dutchman's sahre-stroke, Means.the Freedom of mankind. Lofty and enlightened soul? Seeking neither.power nor pelf: Truth and Right his guide his'goal, He loves Freedom for herself ! 0 my countrymen, behold . A La Fayette of German birth Uptitilding, like our sires of old, Freedow for the groaning earth all kinds, at- IM! The Closest Shave of My Life. The prison •at D= is eve' y way con sidered under a better organized . and surer system of administration than any similar inst;tution I have known. l', have! seen many, and looked somewhat closely into their methods of management and disci• pline, and have often seen much to ap proVe ; but the prison at D= surpas ses all the rest i . Visitors, of whon4 very properly, but few are admit ted, are aOtazed at the rtgularity, the order, and, iriusi singular of all, the air of security and or- der and quiet that prevails..: As we wandered through the chainber's ni the freer part of the pri-On, we icame to one, from the window : a Which, a 'Lau was linking so anxiously that he did net hear us cuter. When he turned round, his eyes were glstened with tears. warden said that he did ndthing but mand at that window. at all: timcs Whet) unueeuined. Ile was a saibi, we le+ned, w h ose o ffence Nvtts that he had beaten al most to death a comrade fur speitking slightingly about his wife.; Ehe was to fur three years, six months of which had passed, and he was one of the best Men in the prison.: They ,had found out that lie was aecomplishedz—that there was )1t) better bather anywhere; so ;he was. viited above his fellows, to thi estent of a dignified . position and the respunsii,lity of razors. , '•He has shaved me many a time bet ter than I eittld have d..ne tuyseir.— Would you like a: prison shave, Outle men ?" said the warden. ' I thought there was ?omethinr , huite taking in the idea, and neknri`wled7geii'my self to be touched favorably with the proposition. ...Johnson. will man?" said the 'warden threw off my coat, and settled My self comfortably in the bitr chair. ;John. son made 011ie preparations. , I always baled a razor. It was a vii- !shwas necessity. I wonder if aej•body thiriks it delightful, that hissing' of. the sharp steel over the cheek, and that slow scrape over the throat, with the skin drawn drum; tight. • When ,toy' face was 'alibiing with the, soap, the warden said-.• -We will leave - you. for five mia - nes, Mr.— Is that tittle enough Juimion ?" "Quite time enough,. sir," 'answered Johnson. The prisonerlapd' I were .left My cotypanions went away in another di reetiun from, that, we had been piti4uing, ;and the warden swung the dour wide open I as he passed through, leaving it unclosed. From top ptisitiot .t . saw them walk along. I the top of the wall; until they cave to a ;corner, where they spoke a little with the Lot:Ewer in charge.' Then they 11.0v I ed on, officer and - all, Out of sight. -• • • Upon each corner of the i)FisoP wall a gcard is always stattoned, well mined; to watch , that' nth-attempts "at escape arc wade. The moment this one disappetired, 11 felt ti sortof •a faint shiver of the razor 'against my lip. I Immediately after,' my l barber ceased operations, wdlkerd leisurely to,t he door and loOlccti out; and Tfeturn.. ..paued: an instant at' the Window where we had foUnd him when we had entered. Then he eawe back to Me and resumed his work. 4. felt Yiwuelvialarta. led.,. Presently I the prisoneri spoke, His I voice was vcrslnw,Auite whispieri in - deed, .and he, cut his words. shortL. But how distinct. they wire I. `"Do asked: I .DO you'h'ear uie, gr . ?"' he • "Y — " I. -[ „.es,” suit, "It's a'tieltlish this:shavirig,isre-t it ?" said he; •'}3ut toy. 14nd -is I always steady. I. can do what I please Tszor—just whkt 'I - please. Be, good enough to keep still, very Still just now. 1 - ,Qebotaa do it (kithi6iples of Trge Doipoeillell, 00 lig Pisetiliipticiq of ifforiiiitgi KiteNtili .o QilU ~iEgFI. en Lie ott starS this OURDERSPORT, POTTER -COUNTY, ,PA I , , WEDNEkULY, APRIL 2, 1662. . , 1 I'm ,close,on to a ..large vein, you .sec, right in your neck... Keep very still and -don't iotir. I know what, would..happen, < : rola so do you, if you stirred or bpoke•U word.'? . , Goad God These were hideous words; but the glare of the man's eye, as be came round' frout of roc, was apa:!ino.. I could not have uttered a sy,lable Lad died otherwise. " . , "New,", said bei, ,'listtt , n, but don't tneve,' be pressed the fiat blade against toy throat. as it by ysy.y of 'warning. "I don't like this..l eat,'t stand it, nit going! And : so help , ..tue God, if von lift a finger to stop we,. .nialte one noise,. both of us will have to die' I ' would a little rattier not, hurt you; but--retueroL bar !" . He . ; sprang away and caught up my bat and coat, which lay near, still keepilig the razor in his hand. The, moment its fright : ful contact; was removed, my iuertnesS van;sited. I leaped up, seized the chair to .which I had been sittit.g, ar.d shouted lustily. .Ho turned upon toe like a ti ; ger, "Ab, you will have it, then be cried, and rushee toward we. I thrust him aside with the- heavy chair, .and lifting , it: high; in the :air, brought it down crashing upon him. Lie sank fer a second, but mutt:oy rose again. Ile Wai heavier than I, and twice strung.'l suppose. Persons who have thus been iu positions of great, danger will not be,astonished to hear; that I for, got, after my first es v, to. call out. at all. Ltheught only of defending - ,usyself.; This state of things did not last a guar. ter of a minute. ;wool& have beaten me ! down soon endugh:, had I not, in sheer 'desperation, made tine t' ti trick which I had once before set ;ii ee.sfully e mpl r yed. I moved iny r eidy from hito,and stared wildly In u [ the space be- - hintC him, pointing at the game time be hind him, and in the same chreetton With my arm. By a lucky chance I pointed to ine window. I 61ink that movement savedi,riy lila. Hi stopped, irresolute, glanced at the windov flung his hands over his head, gaped as if he were choking, and, dash , in the raz.:r acainst.pie ,tune wall, fell tieu.hling upon h:s kiiees. As I stepped quickly across the;flutir, he called utit to we :] "bt,n't go, don't go 1" be said. "Stand at the dour . it you chuo:e..but wait,a ute. It's ail Over, now ; and pet harm if you ,hear we, you won't wuuder that 1 was driven. wad." hardly knew how to act; but ail iri coiunta:ily' checked my steps, he contin ued "Look out that window,.sir, and voull see, just over the road, a woman with a child in her arms, standitu 'in a door. way. , That's my wife and, baby—my p..ur, wife asta baby.. She doesn't knoW I'm here—thank God fir that. I came here, under a wrong name, anti supposes far away at sea. lot sure it would break' her !mart to know the truth.— that's, ley. boom.' I've . seen it, anti Vve seen her,, every . day cow, these three montliS It *used to wake me. crazy, bear it better- now; but this ehauee 7 —thiS great - chance—was too much Y'ur me ? ! .Attd - lit think that I came, nearios ing all hope of seeing.her again 1" . _ Could I doubt those, smuggling sobs , and tears? There use truth in, every tone, Hooked through the window, and saw, as he told me, a woman standing o . n a threshold opposite, wi It a little child. She, to s sed *up laughingly once or twine and then disappeared. "You won't tiast tile, • t know," said the ~prisoner ;, •fiit want to • beg vim not to lei ,t)te warden linow;of this. It's no use, I,kcow. Well t swear that be true to home after this.; Nothing bnt three years', soiittiry confinement now, and who can live through that ? No, no; let this go by, won't you? You nriv believe tue,-,you, may indeed." shuffling alettg the passages.'an corniced the return of tuy companionS.4- The prisoner endeavored to ealmlninself,: and I pot on an air of triconeern which . , I think - was very .successful under the circumstances. . "Nut shavod yet ?" Said the wardeb; astouished. It' he hadknoWn . how elOi3e a shave I,had been through! '4 have broken my razor," said John soni jooking• appealingly at we. ."80, sir! f must have another." -"Very well," said the 'warden, "will you wait ?" he asked me. • "I - think not," said I. "Aninther time will du fur me." - Su I wiped off my facea'ud we went on our, way. . Of course I; was.bound•to tell the war den what had happened - bt even, in that great excitementwhich naturally 161-, leiVed;so narrow an escape I think that I set for ward all that Leonid in the poor favor.. The warden received the story.with perfect composure. and assured ing.that he would act-in such a tuatutyr as be thought the occSsiini needed. lie condemned Condemned his hnodlassneEs in open. .. . . ing so evident ; au :opportunity for guilt,l Tar.y }... • . * k it, much mere earnestness ' than hey years since the Duke was sitctel..4. ar - his !spnk,e • ,o f the event, itself.' . ' .. . •1, lib'rary liable, when the. door 'opened, and • I could not re;list visiting the 'wife of 1 without janneunceinent iii stalked a * Johnson. l• di covered j that his •story was true, and !Parried' his real name.--I"Wh'o're"l4giAle of singularly ill omen. l :l • .' . IMI was "happy; in her ignoranceyou?" asked thel Duke, in S - I soudht• to of hi-1 hIS short, dry manner, looking up . with real condition. , ascert a in 1..0u 1 1, the 11east change of countenance upon whether she was'Uble 'to,' stitain hercelt . the imqder. j: • : . Until she, should i j ejoin her;, and then she .., j li.er.ipollyeei."T . • told me that •Alif; • j, the warden 'Of !`.w.h want T ; " i ' ' !1 the pri . sou.ffAi had come to. her shell' -, I„`ltlel'eeta to kill . 0 11 - 1 ' 11 j . . • interest :11 her ::belialf,' for Which. she • !'Bill` me ?Hilary Odd." .ji could. not well aecnant, arid -assured - her • .•*!.1.-aiip,Apollyou, and must.put . you to of his aid.and priatectionlinMiy . need that de te ath." l ' j • ' j H , might .eoMe te, her. ;She was ,- most I'7-I.lliged to do.tl to-day 7" • .i grateful, but_ Wondered why he 'had done :"Laiii. not told V3C day or the hour, t so. . but 1•': must de my mission?! ': • 'Verly Inconvenient.—very- 4 busy,— great: Many. letters - to write-call again mid ',write *Me word--:-I'll be ready fur you?" And the Duke wentUn with his corresnendence. - The maniac, 'Appalled . probaily by 1 the stern, unmovable old inan,-baekedloutof the rocn, l anit in hall aU lions was safe in Bedlaiu•• 1 1 • A few months agp.the following,newg paper, paragrait!apPeared. It waslMu.eb copied, arid, I suppose, will be readily remembered : . . "It is the,. custom tit. the• prison of to permit prisoners .yr)ose.;terms are within a PIN, weeks ;of eipiration to: work uutsidt the walls• 'unifer the super yision of an officer. the privilege is in mot eases gladly ueeepted. ' A few; weeks ago, liuwever, it :was declined by &man, who, as .his title of freedom dreti near, appeared more restless under hisciiiiitte ment than any others. On,,intiniry, , was found this prisoner 'Lad a ;wife and child living' directly in view of the walls, and that. fr' nearly three year he had seen 'her daily,,Shejleing all the while ig norant•of his imprisonment, and SOppos ing that her husband, Who 'was a sailor was at. sea ou :a long voyage. Lie was that, at the last moment, the fact Should be revealed to her; and at his own retirtest, he 'c'uttinued: within. the walls . until, ItiS liberation, which took place last . week.' Except l on one. once, conduct hus .been without •a, blemish." '• • ; .MARCIIII. BY BAYARD TAYLOR. With rushing 'Minds and gloomy skies, The dark 4nd•Stnbborti :Winter Idies!; • Far-off,' Unseen, Spring fainily , Bidding her earliest child arise: By dreams still held in icy snare, On Southern hill-sides,'.melting bare, O'er fields that':motleY e,olors U•ear,, That summons!fills the changeful air: March! What though conflicting seasons make Thy days their field. they woo or shake .; The sleepink Lifi• And Hope is sit•ongerforthy • Aiarch l Then from thy rnountains,iibbed with snowl Once more thy' rlmsing'bugie blow, . ,And East tind_i_Viest, arni,lo'and fro, 'Proclaim thy Coming to thei r foe: March! .• . Say to the picket, chilled and numb, Sil,y to the camps impatient Imm, Say to the triiiiiva and the drum Lift up your hearts, , l erdme,'l comer, 'March I • Cry to thOicaiting hosts that straY, • Oa sandy sea-sides far !away, „' By marshy isle hod gleaming Lay, Where ,sotitherri March, is NOrtliera May March Announce thySgif with welaine noise,l There Glory'sjvictor eagles poise Above the 'prOial, heroic bo} - s Of lona and Illinois Titer' down the long Potomac's line, Shout like a storm on 13ills'of pine, Till ramrods ring and bayonets shine: "Advance I the Chieftan"s call is Mine: 111/ncit!" To. make a girl love. you, coast her .to lore setuebotiv . elie. . ; ' Funeral knells arc only, the door-bells of the other wand. ' . . Each day is la nets life. let: it be regard ed a: au epittrile of the *hole. , Despise nothing in nature; all things in her kingdotii are God's thoughts. Beautiful flowers are the sweet fame of departed showers and stinbeams. houghs abliOr brutes as mach yOu or 1, do., Roughs are only patine brutes are sin. The practical joker is one whOlhioks you area fool because yuit,don.'t,know he is, a knave, , • Ignorance is a much more quiet, man ageable- aud, contented thing than half kitimledge: ; • Ties, of choice i are, closer than ties•of unless hea.Tts are, kindred as well as the bo . ilies.• • * ' If fnte deFtgeis si , .. mari to teach,sbe coat hiUrto tiru--bit t9il6sons Coo; svbe 7 ther be wilivi 4 net: . ; - .. .. , 1 , .ii . p3iAN LlF.V—...u.en seldom think of the gli2iiit event bf death until the shad ows fi:..11• across ;their own path, hiding 'forever" from their own eyes the traces of loved ones whose living smiles Were the sunlight of their existence. Death is the goteat, :antagnnist of life, and the cold thUnitht of the' tomb is the 'skele,on of all feasts. , We du nut want td go through thetl9 i ls valley. although its passage may 10d Itol paradi-e i and with Charles Lamb, We do 12.1 t want to lay down in thb muddy tr,rae, yen 1 1 with kings and; princes fur our be fellows.: But, the Gat of nature iS iticsl.fttble. There is toi:appeal frnt the . gt . ieat law which &oink us to dust. We 'fb,nrish'and fade as thdeanes of 'he fore,, , t •,•1 and the .fluwers that bloOto,and Witherlin a day have tint a dfrailer hope t l tiptin'i. ife than the mightiest monarch tinit.e er shl.mk the earth with - his foot.' steps.,; Generations o p ' men: appear and Vanish: as :.the, grass, land the,eountless . matte:de Which fills the world to-day, on the',shbre. - I ' , : DIP , THERIA.—The :prevalence of dip therizr ,tti 111Ully places, and its fatal, re- SultS,lnduees we tosend yon the foliow ings,e:Oraet fruit); the report Of the Board Of',CruStees h 1 fl rt..t _tic ,cers of , the Ohio In. IttutiO for the EducLitiOn of the Blind: 'l,'ollyi one third of te pupils had one or l• inereAttz.cl; of dipth rill; but such was then care and .watelif loess iesereised by the.licitronsj and otht..rs in i ,eharige, and t.he ~ . ,sltill and promptriess of our vhysi- Otitis, that not one prved fatal, Only one dr tool wti.relprotraeted beyond a t'3y, days, ' 4iiil only one was followed by any serious , ilmuinatie,Or other all'ection2. Our 'expo i • rieneeywit t this tsetse, new including 6iie hundred eases,- h• s sltoWti that, even with those enfeebled , Many 'of our pu ... pibi arc, a prampt us t., oetliti proper rem edtesat the! very lirse appearance of. the Sylnptoins, if it dt.es clot entirely arrest the di ease, 'will at !east sherten its eon- 11010 a :et!: prevent O l e serious conatitu. ' tionalleffee.S it often-produces; and avoid the - liabilitly to those other affections 'Which so often follow! it in'.serere mn•es I 'Oblot ate of:potash. 'Wien internally, . and 1 apinied as al_,;argle .. , afid the !use of; gut nine and other approPriato' tonics, have been the main reliane" ! ' - 1. , March! I, . , ! ,• n „ 'I..Oi,TE FORME dEAD.,4-"'.l. r.e icive which siirvivles the tomb," , Says Irving,. "is one ~, Of tholuoblest amity tea of, the soul. , If , it - bas:us }cries, it has iltew *its delighis'; anti •:ivhen the eve wheltning burst' of grief .is calmed into t le geade tear °free. 'ollectihn ; when the •uddi:nl'angnish and tite convulsive aionif ove r , : the present I.'Ultft!.of all' that- %veiniest roved, is soft 'enetiivvay itito pensire inOitation on 4111, 'that tt was in - tlie dad's of its loveliness] -- . wlio would root out such sorrow !Yowl ;the heart r Though it may sometimes; Ora*, a passing erukal over the bright' hour - cif pity, or spread a deep' sadness over the hour of glootm; yet: who Would celtange it even for the solid of Pleasure, Or the, burst •of' revep3 'l , iiTo ; there is a;VOiee front the tom sweeter than sung; 1 there is a remembrance of'Llte' dead for Which we tutu even troutdie ,charms di the liVing." . • j i '' . 1 Mar!ell I .Trlb PRAYI,7O CILONEE —Col. - Gar. field, the Kentucky itertillvhe routed Uwnphrey Marslaill. is qu i ite a young Matt, and aTew;yearS ago, I,vlicit a stu. dent at William's ollege, was in ;the habit - eftuming over to the "Disciples" eltnrces at Poostelnkill and ?,fidlville, and 14e:1:citing to thine coagregatiens,— Oii leavhtdcollege, helwek!to 01.io,.and 134caMe .President_a_ an :institution ,of lei arnng—abandonnig that,'positlon, how. 4.i4er, at the call of lds country, .Ile i s knuive in the arwy as the, , Traying; and is a wan of tt4td piety yet, high courage. • . 1 ; The N. ; Y. Eve/ Gen., McClellan con + doistrini th Slaiery ~,i , 1 1,1_!:, - t- .. ., : •:.4,-,,, ! r-,. - ,, , .e ,, ,:1..H,i.: , ;..F;:k- , :f , :.N:rt:•. : s:Ap.zyr r i : l , , , 7. : ,,;-t, , r, -, -, ,, ,., ,,, ',v•1it , _,ak. ~ FRAM PCIVIIS' BATTERY.,,NIIIPIELL'S..Di ISION . NasmariF, TiNK-, March 5.:= • -- UN&:'N'.: - Yea , litowskOW thin irt general stand 'better thatil thi;:iet II may write yrfil a few 'Minor items Whiehbavit .not found 'their Wei into plant. :i The day We i•eatlied Bowling Green we' marched 22 miles - - iti 44; 'hours, teed' the. last 4 miles - in 35 iiiintitetti. We threw a few . 5,_ shells ,at the retreatingltebels an ,de : laitiedi;ix .'locomotives ' and' ,ears.. - The Rebels' , earned 1500 stand of armsl all they could of their stores' and `head utie third of the town:. Til.l day wetaine to Nashville, I marched 45 miles—teioadi aro splendid macadaniiied pike. 'We ride all the. titire. , This -eliiih t to . arees with we mach hetterthan Virguite.:a4 Limestone soil and. hard water, the} rim, i her is.beach, maple, hickory. walitut but ternut, elm, sycamore , ash, &c.; the rape grows wild South of the Ohio. 1 saw beach trees nearly three feet in•diatieter. The Rebels had a remarkably lroiig position at Bowling. Green by mit& ,*lll strengthened by forts and redoubts, hi all Mounting about 70 guns of all sizes. At Louisitille !I visited the tomb of Gen. Taylor. On the march to liooing Green we were within four miles Of the - M 4 aannoth Cave but could not see „not, I am within sic Miles of the Her itage and if possible wall 'visit it. We nie eirs camped four mile's, from Nashvilletft is ;,,city of 25,000 inhabitants, with very narrow streets and poorly laid out how+. ever,.it contains Some very fine buildings —ftc State - Hoii.e being the finest itig I ever saiv. iWe are naw feast O ng Rebel provisionS, having . capture oyez ,$2,000,000 worth of Stores in and around 'Nashville. The climsate .and •conetry is ;delightful,. th e land is rolling, Wit, i 'nu I . - met oils springs and 'creeks: The fal l im rers have cow tnenced their • ploughing, ' , toots the trees will be In full - bloom; the cip. angeseitid lemon ite used for . ornarnefitel trees in the eity. , :1.• have been' •ttild by lhe citizens that. before we - tame] they had to pay $2 per pound for •eqffee if I bought by the seek - and $3 by the period., land gunpowder $1 per once. _Whit - do I you think of that? We find - many 1.7 - niorf people in the SOuth, and treebitie. t would like to have the war ended and Celebrate the , 4th of 'July. at hone, but hall think myself well-off if 1 getlhome ,le spend Christitias. ~ Yours, Me. ~ ED JOURNAL: On Sal'y at 12 -47i1.11.1e l'ia . st Brigade of Gen. -Williams Division [left thiS place for' Centreville,, the I -other Brigade' having left or. the Thin-sail, end Friday preceeditt. - Gen. 'Witliame 'emu mantis the-Division latelteonmanOed by i Gen. Banks: whiCh together with Gen. SltieldS forms the sth army cepa tom- Imended by Maj-Gen. Banks.. • .Gen, Shields' Division remind here itaving returned on 'Friday the 12th inst.i front Strasburg. distant 18 miles. litrUistered Strasburg withuut opposition, it being al- I Most entirely deserted, advanced six ;miles beyond, saw nothing save a, few ()tempt. riv s of Cul Ashby's Cavalry, which'were supposed to be covering Gen. Jeckson'a *retreat. This lead them to the belie that they had nothing to fear'from this quar. ter. Fullowingthis came the otvier - for Gen, Williams tolmove to COntrerile.— there is a pike • road from Hagerstown, crossing the Potomac at pOrt passing thriugli Martinsktnrg,'Bun , kerhill. this place, and, on 'to : Strasburg. Gen.! Williams occupied "the townno the Strasburg side ;,extending out the pike o ne mile. Gen: Shields occupied the op. Pusite - side toward BunkerhilLl Gen. Williams having left there was-no forco On the Strasburg side but four companies of inf.ntry and one of cavalry. On Sat. urdav our .picketi 'were driven•in ty Go?, Asliby's cavalry and news came that he Was advancing upon the town. went Out and saw that the' Rebels had 4 - pieces ...„ of cannon in position on an eminence Mr: inile from town.: They COLCinfeupe.d firing a% our, companies who ,had depl4yed to Iceeo l tliem in check until 'Geri. Shields Came up. Our cannon were - tc;po•in pog ition when they opened 'apon themdrifa wig the Rebel back three tniles and plats. ing Our cannon where theit'e. luid been. It was now dark and hosti'li'ties lensed, It boys being; ordered to • "test 411 their arms Our 144 was one man killed ) and Gen. l Shields had his arm broken-. : Tat confederates lost in killed-and *ennui" 29.,. .• " The rebels having been teitfo i rced re, sutneti the fig lit in the worniti and front 9 a. tn. until 3 p. nt. it wastnecontinual roari of ;cannon, the pieces on each sidtk were of about -the same Inituber tind bre.. We' had five batter:les, 3 in! 6ght, in renrre, all supporred by They thrice attempted to turn l our iggs, flank but.withou: socceeding;".they thaw tried to turn our right flank and here/ota may; say the fighting' vrais line,' iFor 0130 an ct s , tt: h all hours this' fight • con t necl; iaJ 1-lst Mates that are. with the Pribi yiestion. ) MEI ISE IMRE TERIff6I.-SLOOIPER:ANNMR.I Otir Lett:6-I;.st From the 446th at Winehesittri, WINCHESTER.. Mar - Oh .24. BEE !MU PAGE. H EIS 31' li:~ i - ' 1111 ME Nil
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