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_BUSINESS CARDS.
EOLALIA LODGE. ,No: 342,1+'. A. N.
STATED Meetings on the 2nd and 4thWe'dnes
days of each month. Also Masonic gather
logs on every Wednesday Evening. for work
and practice, at their Hall in Coudersport.
TIMOTHY IVES, W. 'M.
- .S.AutrEL- HAVEN, Sec'y.
JOHNS..3IANN;
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend the several
Courts in Potter and IPKean Cc:unties; Ali
businecs entrusted in his . : - ear,alwi/Vilitieeive
prompt attention. OfWee collier ot4est
and Third streets.
Ult- G. OLMSTED,
ATTORNEY' &COUNSELLOIL AT LAW,
Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all business
mtFusLed to his care, with promptnes and
pflice on .sOthwe'st,eornei of Main
and Fourth streets..
IS .13C BENSON
ATTORNEY - AT LAW, Coudersport,:Pa.,slll
attend to all business entrusted to him, With
care and promptness. Office on Second
,ht.,
near fife Allegheny Bridge.
F. W. .K.NOX;
ATTORNEY AT . LAW, Condersport,Pa., ivll
regnialy. attend the Court,s -in_ Potter and
the adjoining
O. T. ELLISO.N,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport,
—respectfully informs the citizcas of the .vil
lago mid vicinity that he will. promply:re
cpond to all calls for professional scrviees..
Office on Alain st., in building, formerly:oc
cupie.l by C. W. Ellis, FAq. .
C. S. & E. A. JONES
DEALERS IN DREGS ; MEDICII4.•,,.PAINTS:
Fancy Articles,Stationery,DQ;:.Good:,
Ci-roceries, kG, ?lain st., Coudersport, Y 4.
D. E. 0 DIS.TED,
DEALER IN DRY GOOD, READY-31ADE
Clothing., Crockery, Gr( . .,,eeries, Than st.,
Coudersport,
- COLT,INS SMITH; •
ElfSAIER.in•Dry Goods.Groceries,Provisio
Hardware, Queens‘i-are, Cutlery, cindi
Goods usually found in n country Store
N.cir. 27, Ha.
M. MANN,
DEALER T.N - BOOKS STATIC/NEM', MAG: -
AMES and conker of .gnir.!
and Third sts., Condersport,'Pn.' " I
COUDERSPORTMOTEL,I,'I
D.I.F.' , GLASSNIIRE, Proprietor, Corner lo-
Main and Second Streets, Coudersp,orb Pot
ter Co. Pa.•
.A.Livery Stable is alsolzept in connect
Sion with this Hotel. ,
MARK GILLON,
TAlLOR—nearly opposite the Court'llouse—
,will make all elothei intitisted itaiinl in
the latest and best it:yles —Prices to suit
•
the-times.—Give him a . , 1341
'ANDREW SANBERU &
TANNERS AND CURRIE R.5.- 7 -Dides tanned
on the shares, in the best manner. Tan
nery on the east side of Alletr:any
Diiudersport,, Potter, coup tv,, pa.,.4-.ly 17;61
=I
- OLMSTED. & 'KELLY,
DEALER LN STOVES, '&- SHEET' IRON
WARE, Main st., , nearly elipbsite the - Court
Flouse, l Coudersport, Pa. .:Tiw awl Sheet
hoa Ware made to order, in good style,
' shtirt notice.' • • • - •
Ulysses' Academy I
.
atm retains as PrincipaI,IIr.E.R.CAMPBELL,
Preceptress, Mrs. I!/',ETTIE JONfpB Gain)LEX j As
, 'leant, Miss A. E CAMPBELL.- •The' eip'enes
lier Term are :' Tuition, from $5 t0 . .56;•.600,
from $1.50 to $1.75, per week; Rooms for self
rboovAingtrom $2 to - s.t. Each term commences
; avert Wednesday and contimkes , :Foilyteen
weeks. Fall term.Aog.27th,l962;Wititer terni,
Dec:loth, 1862 ; and spring term, Morch 2514,
'• •0. R.tl3Ai.4soll, President.,
W. W. GRIDLEY, Seet'y.
July 9; 1862.
• -, lllssolutlon, ' if
" Notice is hereby given that the Tartnetillit
.neretefore'existing under. the name of Winton
and Burtis, is this day dissolved-by •mutual
consent. The businees„ ,be gotkt l iaued b y
W. Bouto4:' .
- r.BOVTON;
7 0 OPS&TA.IFtTI1 I
.:White's'Corneri Sep-t4,0 ,
There's a_cry sweeps o'er the land—
. Who will now a coWard stand,
While his country needs his aid" •
Cowardice for fools was made.
SlioUlitel'AntganiT.l;Cl 3J ir.; ;D:7
Who's afraid to meet the foe?
Shoulder arms!
In the dust by traitors base,
Let him ever hide his face.
Shoulder arms I
I)rri3 a•CrOcid
Who would win the soldier'slame?
•'
Shoulder arms I
Who would bear a hero's name—
Let hiid 011,priplhigh
Now to strike or now to die—
Shoulder arms
5 50
See X ; 4i30. 1 1 11 0 1 3V,1F
Shoulder arms!,
Wake, man, from your guilty trance;
This is thee for action deep,
Not th Kaikitc_44:9t4ll.
Shoulder arms!
.Voices call you fromrthe grave—
Voices of the martyrs brave,
Who, amid the shocks of wars,
Battled for the Stars' and Stripes.
Shpirldo(4keere,
By the name of heroes dead—
Shoulder arms I;
, 1 -, ) ,•,-PFpciottl - h . eryrts yours.hpi , e bled
To the'Utiioh Y srtulgftl' - " ) '
Now it is your turn to smite—
Shoulder arms !:
• J . ;
'o6li - in. - a! onward to the van=' - = - •
Shoulder arms
Onward like al'eafless man! .
Stand not like orielleat and dumb
While you hear the appealing drum
Abpuitiet. Vms, I.' . r
God will bless the work you do—
Shoulder - . arms!
FIF yoa
.
'
EreryTeril, while,you fight
'" 1 FGainst-tliirt'uzig :t”.ophold: the - right:
Shoulder arms I •
Old Mother Bennet was pious,but poor,
In the'M Wabt, :her ;
tru.t and confidence was put in God.
It was late one chilly night in the an.
tutun of the year, when!, two rather wild,
young men were passing her cottage on
their way home. One Of them bad under
his arm some loaves of bread which
rr he,
had purchased at the iiillae store. A.l
faint light glimmered from Mother Ben-1
net's , easedient:L -.Said: the :,otte,-who,..hadi
the.leallas to his companion :
"Lei 'us' liave• sintre'run: with the old
woman 1"
"Agreed," said the other. •
The.y:appfnaOtid tltOlouse, , and peep : .
ling into . the window, saw lite old woman
upon her knees by the ,hearth, where a
few embers were tnoulderinein the ashes.
'Bliewas eng . ii, , 7eci In ii - fayitr.:ilithey listen.
cd and heard her offering an honest pets
tion for bread. She was! utterly destitute
jot* bread.: A ~1
In furtherance of their fun,ond of them
with the loaves climbed softly up the roof
of the cottage.:ankqroppetl,3tmloaf after
the - Oilier down the chimney. As the,
bread rolled down on the hearth, they.
caught the,lady:s r eve. t .od.in the fullness
of Iter t heart'She ) • :..1
f'TlA,ank the Lord; bless the Lord for
his bounty."
Bal-the =Writ) akl 04 'end: their l"
shouted a voice from the' chimney.
Yes he did," said she, undauntedly,
‘lttiltel 4;4004 Ithertt, nand ...Opt _ Devil
brought them." .
TIRe d Lord, help us to ißakc others
' happy,"'was a brilliant Seifettce 'littered
in fervent prayer by one. Of the most mi.:,
neat pastors of this city. No other words
in- as short •ti:ficifte:net,,ceutd possibly con:.
tain more of the spirit of real Christian
feeling. Elelp.us to make others happsi . l
The people who heard that prayer, knew.
as well as!thed,ore ittherhoin it was
dressed, that they-kid abundant means
to make others happy, for. all through the
congregation who heard the earnest plead
ing of that watiWhetirted clergyman, thy,
evidence of wealth and affluence was un
wipAkehl r AlLtho storiu howled with
out', pastor. thought of
the L poor, and his „heart overflowed with
sympathy and solicitude for their suffer=
ing and wants. He thought, too, of the
ability beyond-this-wealth (for money is
not aliays potent in creatin g happinali
in its truest sense,) to make others happy,'
The happiness which flows from affection;
forbearancelleiiii4s'o)nfldence, and the
noble aid of patieironind encouragemeit;
This is what makes happiness. We hole
it was for these qualities that the prayer
dir,!tF nmle t fplovi t Lipp Oi : A ufl 10-. 4 ass IS
tanee ofqh e Irorfl ttoPfalp" Ili Vim ake
others happy," there would be no (mow
for a single man or woman to feel -the
plistitlestrogo iophppOevs. Tlitt seU:
'W104; 1 1414 lbw iialolatikeMitrMaP
py," should be inscribed !where it coutcl
be read daily by every man, woman atgl,
child the.ponfilanitli..fictr, Tel,
!iD. KELTX
405arIf a clock were to peak to a par:'
roc wpat i!oll I ticks.
4
ViiiiireS to 14,t12i4 .- 04(' ) I.l'o -
10gfrIOOPO ? . •':i1 0 ,,P)e : OisSoPfitAi l o l l'' tikalif9p:
INIVI
Brii
SMOULDER ARMS.
IV he ftat_:Theifi.
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-A. letterfirom 'the. 111_11141* . , ",...„.t.,„
I "loittieSitii‘oi,ii;Arat - Dde: irelB6g. :i
Abiende frettv'eainp-nneCtiiirkness butt
pr — ent d''ii e . _ rout w i ll m " T goober .
Bited'ini lakf
We liiiie seen Some "
r e . .teange
iniinifeStatitins,i' and' it-Will be m y linsi;
iiiis 'obi , ' in'ehienielelt hem as well as- I I
ati." 'On'SiiiidaYthe'2d_of Nov:-we were
1 ;Ali leid 1 - 'into t lie"'Ul. S. iferyibe in
. *irt ,
Erection with part ofoilitt"Tiogte'Menonif
tier.citt.'W`W.:Altill:of toga. `,.. flank
litigf'Sfeadeidn '6tfhirtison Was'verysieli,
n'nfible'ielieTpliiiiielf; ;116 was 'discharged
and, I, Wei'del6ll4:tti'take' hint hotnil..
li,.ifilini iii'flarriSonjWiaataketikieltfand
'detaitied - tWo4 . cleeke 'after my fu'rlotigli!ex
plied....,loli.getting.back tii:Catap.Curtitil
fotitid,illllldPotter County Men' thatewre
iettitiatiiither cotittiany; under Capture U.
..E,,fiditen` C0.'8.• - •-'l'here rte' brit'-few s left,
4 4 ' L lie06f Wheel. A'apiiend:te Odd.: We
hadltb'eil feriled into '•3. : rpgiiiient under
COldeel . r."Bierer an old . iohinteer Cap.
tiringthe'''66titinandout of tlie'- camp for
drafted. inCif:' 1 was still left in Co.' Q,
'under • Cafit,.'.',Hall.' ' I •hatm• 'kept 'along
with the regiment; although nimble to do
iriy-idittfj Itiini.',ii!js-niord than -probable.
ilrat` li.ileisi"' ilal I ihel ' But it Ito useless
io doiiiplaii!l"for they: . will' let lip' otte:go
bOtne now-unl'e'ss -Ilia , is , full- half i dead,
Witki surety .that he will;iteiter he 'good
lor`anything..''','; ' • ' , 1- ': .. 4.. - •.:
' Hottudi"on my return to Camp, a good '
deal of complaint in regatd Jo- the quan
tity and quality•of the ratiobs furnished:
The'bread was good, but eften• it' was
fentid 6. saving of hutnan muscles io drive_
the: eat to our quarters insiead'or carry
ing it: Theliatus and•haectti was spoiled,
'The attempt had beeu'inalle to put the
militia info the old regi mental:- They mu
tinied' anti-:the .result was the formation
''of Militia-regiMents'entire..'i. great many
of
, the militia, especially the subStitutes,
ueserted at every opportun i ty and'-tire
provost guard from Harrisburg were
brought up to guard. the camp.' This
ctitne near bringing oti a fight betwiten
tlictnilitia and. volunteers 9 1 the'2Bth,of
•gov.ithe day we left. t: )•Alm st every day
the guard lines-were changed and it was
hardly possible to keep track of them.
Tilsit day a prit'atein Co. 1')I, Capt. Hin:
than ; 'manned illiren 'Killnor, had ' been:
sent to the-Commissary on an errand, and
cis- his'-return had been I/unto - et:l byan
arrival-of cavalry-horses, and' on attempt-
I ing to get a better view of tl em acciden
i tally-Crossed one •of • those new, -cross
cilguardlines. He was orders , te halt, and
on turning • arciund to see what was• want
ed, the guard deliberately drew, cm-hint
land shot him through the ki,g, inflietinct
•a severe wo-ind. T w
his was ore th'un the.
militia •could stand, the old grudge was
revived, 'and several compvnies armed
theniselveSi- !unrolled to the headquarters,
where' the puard had fled and demanded
hint, he liad however fled to IfarriSburg
At. this moment the Order was gi'ven to
strike tents and prepare to In rch, which
f prntiably saved quite a fuss in Ha7iSbtirg..
l i WO paCked tip marched to the railroad,
land just. at dark 'started for Washinfzton
i•by way of- Baltimore. The really bad Na
tl:di:el:4' this ride•was there wits not ears'
•,
enough 'furnished; • we, were "'peeked to
'close; seine, myself 'among the res t; and
sick'at that,' -being -obliged to stated up
mostAif the night. Arrived at Baltimore
hefore - daylight; nartrelfed-throngh to near
The•lyashington Depot', b,n43"took a little
I:rest on 'the 'side.'witlk.-. , All -Itroixgh the
vay; Unicidq s lap; were huo l m out and
swaved to us, 'and cheer uponrcheer•Wel
coined- tis to her once inhospitable-streets.
Soon after daylight we Were _nardlied to
the 'Union I.i.mief , buildina.,,,s I mid • a good
breakfast served te"the`whole regiineet
at once. Some of us then took '''look at
theraity Until noon': "Everywherel 'was
Saluted respectfully and- spoken_to kindly
by-ail Classes Of citizens; all seethed ani
ious'io cOmmunicate anyitifitintation de
sired, • and - I -could 'not - .help eontrasting
our treatusent,svith that of the Brit isda.s.
•SachusettaitroopS , Who marched through
there.'
FM
''' , Soon 'after noon we took a slow train
of freight cars and - started for Washing
-tom .I.lere, , for the first, we bigair to See
tlio country and the Institution... The
land looked exceedingly_ poor;. and the
- people 'generally poorer. • The soilis'a
yellow , or -red clay, in many'cases:Proti
-ping' out' 'over whole fields, • giving' the
whole con-ntry -a desolate ap - Pearanee.
The: Cm:ifty is! much - of it: - wooded al
,though-it has once been iinder 'cultivtv
thin. Extensive fields are: thrown , out to
common and grownup to:Weeds:in& oak
shrubs, ,after-:the slave has drained: the
utiper -thiee inches of - t he': soil with corn
and- tobadco. - -There were -two .or
very - geed - looking - plantations, -but ge ei
ally-they were is - i.v . ":42n the trait ones
Were & few -acreS:of wheat and schigtquite
extensive cornfields, bull saw:mine w.heat
and corn
,in ; five wiles. in Pennsylvania
than all roueti ` ~raryland : School hou- ,
"s'es' iheie 'nntie; no hare . s;: : j.'saw •
perhaps a dozen bead of cattlestid'a sled!
flock .of . sheep' in' the whole' . distance.—
/Slack faces and curly teaddappeared all
ti.ong :the , ,.riaad'ati at every cabin; , and
the tnevitablO'Sligtby Mansion' and While' ,
• •
a*cl n i i , laVeeabims ' - inet -lour eyes at-Tv ,
. - ,Blavei are getijing, thini
'A ' Contrabdod' ,
ju - niilifrBiii hope', now with iii,'Says'nigri
oi k : to t e, hnVe pot al band left,' grid
tlNlassar made more tobacker dis year
"fOre; - kinso he tray'-he know 'he
'Shati!inake,nominnie
Arriving In `Wustiin'~tbu
ju. tlYinitrnt &irk;
Saturday , . the 2 9 th, we wp.e-ttihedfirifj
ligirack were,' Ilk whole
re el Men t tenni cbem ni Mfg I '
,tionslbmt•the 17
hving a S deteslabld. , : ll Wel
:iinkr'T. fe d ra t *find gi a roiled r egu :rr
building' to receive: 'and' eat'
-our rations: ' °This consisted of about
itglf;aininclil good bread I,tina the Most ;pi'
us. erived; a piece of'-kenerally 'rotten
wear, pork of ham,.. anal pails
called coffee, dregs and all,:unsettled and
fi'eqUently as bitter as gap. But I sup{
pase',we tousCiaief . complain ; for . the old
psalm says we l'diust take the bitter with
the stmt." 'in •the"niorning we•hanith
privilege of !oinking - arou nd the' Capit a and'its'grOunds. This w'as new t o : th
' • '
Host o .us, a ;was 'a source of pleasar
.we 'had latelvrbeeti unused to. Here to
'pre Mei . ManYlPotter counitY'soldiefs,, do;
ing duty,in the City. • The Bucktails tin;
der Capt. Johnson'are'stationad here-and
I
hereabouts. met'yourl old toWnsinan
Lewis Mann, and'was right glad to see
hith. .Motiday morning ”tve marelned
,tO
the wharf and took passage on the .trans
port steamer John Warner for Fortrcs
Mbriroe.' :The emotions of-many of us'a9
we_sailed down the noble !Potomac, once
the pride , of ,our Washington, and thq
scene, in this .trite;' of so 't.nanv conflidisi
an - d 'the thought that we Might be called
upon to pat tidipate in others, were Buell!
as to Canso most' of us tn- think of thei
heatlihstone pt.-home, and the Inous'ehold
ged4'that •tnight be shivered before our
return. 'We Stilled 'about CnD miles •slont
day and anchored in• unidriver for they ' '
night. The station , of our compa'ny,vrasil
on'deck, the wind • bleti bard and
and j isu
,'passed the night any way but
pleasantly:- litlethis was nothing to what
we endnired afterwards. The rations lune
took' front Cann p:Curi in were now all cou•
sunned to piece out our scant rations' at
Washington. The amount we drew on
hoard the Steatner were barely F,ufricieut
to excite hunger, and tin& ta• to of warm
drink we knew no more, :Confined to our,
(=intners on deck or in the cabios • packed'
like so many lio:(.Zni.on a train with i
scarce
room enough : to, turn around, this was
our pleastire and holiday ''going to Fort 'I
Monroe. - '
. , •
• The river, is.very, wide, ,from three to
six Miles ; und , ,occastonally widening lout
for a long distance •to deuble or treble
that distance; tho:,atroolphere smoky,
and,titoshores, low, so that but flute Was
to - be seen':exnelit the forts{ batteries and
'camps on the elevations ; all the rest from
the InWness andeve ; nuess.of the banks ari
pearled, wooded. Occasionally .we •}ouiti
rum in nearer the shore ; When
. we wonld
,catch a glimpse of a:nobie.mansion !it'd a
-,Whitewashed. aegrt Cabins
,Would
suddenly:burst, npon .? . ur Vicw„revettling'
it a scene of:pachantimi beauty: Ali
: Our attontitin 'MO; called to the ruins
of Ihimptoo and the,, blackened remains
of the rebel: camp on the: shore. • Soon
here; for the first time, ,most of us ' , were
out'ofsight,et latid-, and :as, the itutnensi 7
ty .of the unfalietuable deep burst , upon
'is, a sense_ of awe and our littleness took
bold of us. 1\14:14 approached and so
did we toj. Fort door,-e. 'here we es,-
peetect tit tild'bur pilgrimage fort he pre ! t!,
era, but -we were douini4 to -be disap e ,
.tiointed.. ...Dare !talons of comfortable
quarters and hat.coffee were but, idle fan
cies•or thobi : ain. We stopped at the,
wharf: for' a few ,minutes t the Colonel re
ported to his, superior;' and we were or;
dared . out ' into .the harbori or ihe - night.
(I,• with scores of others,'witil only ascent
rati!fiii'„ of 'hard' ,cieekers--jUnele Sattt'S ,
tothh-stends
: We call' them--iwiapitedour
, selves . in our blankets aud laid down . on
't e a cl - t ie putt r s , cold ' clscare
-
j ing:ereri thread ei - our clothes.. About
Lutidnig,ht'itt commenced jraining, and
ribany 4 `iis'fier6' wc:t` to 4he skin. , Tit;
[men in goad health :it ' - was''ltard,' but tol
the iiCir ttlivits - terrible.' 'The light of
day was :ilutile& with joy- , Shiveiing
wretches, ereirching under the. eaves oft
the•Pitet-'iltiuse, or shuddering:around
thelioilei curb, • exeited the envy ofJle j tO3'
fortunate
lfar : efieltert.orfreotufert.J ...After , a, godd
'while it- witi annenneed thatl'we -were tit j
sail'ap: thefElizatieth. river unclar , seale t t
Orders. I :'We-got up !steam - dod.away for,
'Mile: , 71te gatibols Of the Purpous and
j theqllyster' -rakers AtUraetedi a gond deal
of attention.. We had passed the abene
of.‘ the fight , df :the; iderritune, 1 with 'the
COng,reis,:and-.Cumberlauct.landiel- the
tilionitoriand .3/erriMee,,lendlshould•soon
- sea where .tbe - latter Mos. - J: 1 0E14. 6 PP9 8 44
:Norfolk. at tPortsmouth.% We, ,:have Jar-,
As:mit:l.slx ancient , : but, new., deseried
city of Norfolk , is at our side: : Ai few
G AVVR IneI 4LOP: 1110,
"
MI
any
. number bf.- negraes -met lus at the
whari. - LTlte city lotilis as thciugh it Was
fiiiislied - ii huTidred 'years, ago; .: Seardely
a Whiteman tip'pearedexcepfioldiers,bnd
I had passed nearlY throughlthe city:l)e',
fore .. I saw a - white: Woman.' Immense
nuinbers of 'blacks came "put on every cox.,
ner to see.us and offer - various couUnodi.
ties ito sell; but - like = the yatikees they
Erne* Weill' enough , hciw to 'charge: the
hi&hest price 'fin' 'everything, _Mite. gov.-
eetitnent} tatie'lthernsiiid:- , for °Light 'I
ltuo've fieoliebough Tdr - them.lado, bat it
'sterns to me ;118 . -- tholigh they bad better
he in our'plaeds,'•eartying the . knapsack
and ; musket, I•tharir be living _at govern
ment charge and
_doing nothing:, while
thousands.of us have left dependent fain
'ltilie's i-tit- home . and been forced to come ;
out_ here and fight (it May he only Wei
, dentally) foe the, advantage of these
4ilaeks. This is the opinion of every sol-
Hier of the militia, and of the volunteers
f here, so far as I have heard it expressed,
I have spoken to a great. many;' and the
blacks too, are willing to fight: I have
tinted with a good many cf! them DO
they;all sav, "Pive.us guns and train us
and we -will do our best'to vindicate :our
freedoth and free you from the bazzards
and Privations 'of a war. for as indthe
-Union.? --We expected to stay in Norfolk,
but here again we were disappointed, and
we came to the conclusion tlidt.inwarea
' pecial!y, .all that we kuow lis nothing
, i can- be known.? - It had rained all the
forertoon - and- still rained hard'when we
were ordered, to disembark and march to
; the 'cars- for Suffolk. These were :plat-
Iform;lumber ears; no protection against
;the storm which .had become yery. cold.
!We unslung our knapsacks, and seating:.
I ourselves upon therdwere whirled rapidly
I 'away; through the great 'Dismal Swathp to
1 camp Suffolk.
.There was but little thrift
shown upou the farms around that must
have appeared when Norfolk was the gar
den of the northern cities. A few,acres
of cabbage, beets and turnips was all that'
1 the season had left, ,or- the hand of war_
. ct
spare. The country all along the road
looks rich but rather, low and-marshy, and
we now and then catch a glimpse of the
great swamp, and of the ditches, and fur
rows; on what had been once cultivated
fields, hat' now was extensive forests, with
trees; from ten to twenty inches in ...
diam
eter.; The tide water sets back across the
I roads for miles in-some
,placds forming
,finite extensive bays, creeks and lagoons,
all fall of'oysters. - The marginn to(every
'pool showed where they had been raked
'from the .mud and sand, and often great,
goantities of them lay strewn open the
alleles. We now crossed the Dime'
Swamp Canal,. whose staters;as'
black; as ink, are,. in hot Weather (Jaded
"with pestilence and death. The i , i-ound
now became higher and dryer, old 7 level,
4Crest; grown plantatious appeared on el
; ther hand, and the railroad, as stsaight as
~, t he road to the celestial, city, "as straight
Pas a line could make it.? ; runs on for miles,
, 11 .6 iiho r tit other -sign that man had et er
ilbeen there. We were just thinking that
j!the forest was interminablgi when -the
i
liscreeeli of the•erA ine announced flthily()
l 4
coming condo out somewhere; we looked
;forward bola strong fort with thousands
14- soldicis.--"lierse, foot und 'dragoon"
Ihurst on our. sight. -Ten thousand hats
were waved; ten then-and throats - were
lilptit with hurrah's for the 171st. The
l ltfrain sniped tor a fete minutes, and "who
T are you ?iivlien are yonfrotu ? low many
t f you are there r,are there any more
I 1 owing? hurrah' for the old Keyst one?"
i choed on every side. We , proceeded on
1 'mile or two through one continons.camp,
nd then set our feet in the mud of the
I "
ncic,nt and straggling town of. Suffolk. l ""Fair in there, full in.—right face-for.-
7 1 ard tuarch,—by the tile righ t--,tuareli—
circus bt ease and.march ;at .will,"--and
about 1 a mile took us -to our camping
,Yround,iwhere we-were tomplaeently told
lto make ourselves /IS comfortable as pos-•
eible ; which.we did, wet and shivering
as we were, by 'stacking Cur guns, string
ing the bayonets with haversack and can
ieens, buntline fires with the interatina
tile pitch. pine, laying..poles amiss our
lend stacks, and stacking. pine .brush 'on
them , for wind breakers. . Then picking
arsine brush for our beds, we lunched on
three or four-of _Uncle Sams' tombstones.
tilias.crackers, laid down fi nc! slept sound
-li} for the night. Thursday 'morning, the
4 h of•Dea broke.-bright atrd clear, and
4.awnlie to find ourselves established U.
S t i , •soldiers 'in the , land ,of Dixie. , .I
't, bbed' my, eyes and mentally exclaimed,
it hat:a beautiful land and ~ how icnrsed3,
T, e robins were:singing as sweetly.asin a_
'Allay morning iri •Potter i the fresh morn
;ing4stearued up to -our grateful senses as
iniviving as4when orcisome, snotiy.morn
nig; with our , Wivesand children - . =we Went
''ads into-the pastures to count the lambs.
felt.liontegick :and would .have • given
more --than the pried.!oto substitute to
,Italtieleen at home::-.During the day we,
itelied I par:ten - ill and' went tali ousekeep
iOk egalri.: Allis- is-quite .ani eitenaire
,
chin); embracingfiome! 40,0001nan,,sev
iiii fertay , extenaiircibrnaatwerka and long
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:TERNS,- -$1.50 PER lINITUnIsta.I-77
lint-Sof ,rifle oa7 ,IPo.!q t 'g
-
parties are sent on.t liarressini , :tuu cum
•
arid bringing-in prisoners,
,an,d „ nne. ,, ay
since-
Dap and 20 prisoners , wer,e, j . papCurtal-rod
the; .131pek I,Water, rep4rdaY-:1147-61Pgi
the ith,-.2Boo,ineri (cput;
lug party to be gone , several. dayil;
this morning heavy ; cannon firing); go , t
tag on good mar, eff,...,..,Y,natertlas l ,.. , we
drew 40 rounds of i atainunition, ,vrh,t4
looks..setriething
natctir
arms are the old Harpers V.eiry„.t'skel
rifled. „Tbetnei.t of our, wen are rale/nen;
and‘ would he .liet ter plealecl' c rith a bc;:it:_f
.weapon. - Thia, is,,eetiipcsed or,utit
lisnally large wee At BeltfinCitb s
,size.and, ;cod bearing,Waa
,thciy gave, us credit ufbeing.the greafgst
troops that had !parched' !lii.ough:Aerci.
Hire again 'tiro, same. . thing initieed;
and :1;• have, frequently becri atliectif
iylvania,risare all sueli laige Men...* I hatici,
replied, that we , were mere babe's.-'''ba'f
it. #as.requi.iecl 'Om; the old' ftilkesiniii"fd -
cotile d own here , ther would ice"
ME,N . sirohat would take ii."boys mid the
Southern Canfeclera,ey too, across.
A
knees. mong - the timber 'here' fe4l.iii
evergreeb anti beautiful holly , whiCiiJvith
' kts '4aik green leaveil - add
looks ',hi the leafless forest.
t.eriug angerat the c o uch`
.
cannot see, Why this country shoiild'hit
be made a perfect _ garden ; o che sail"is rich ;
the; end level. A fdw hundred yatigees
would soon - pnt a diffefeet fate tie
matter.: • ,
(15eceinber 9tb. l tor three I daiis ' pail 4
the weather has - been extreineljeold; tad
•
two, nights I have been obliged with eel , :
. eral others to leave the tents - and statici
or 'sit around the' fire all 'nigh 'has
cost a good deal to equiP the nain'alicl
get them “thtis far ii!to the . bolelsbrifie .
tand,'! . and it seems to, me as thotigh'it
would he, good economy "to furniih thittl
a little more comfortable quarters and
serve their health, which many must
loose exposed as they are. But I irinst
bring this long rambling letter to aelae.
Much - of it -will In . epititutibplace to thisid
wini.have been in the artny i ,nr hat. 6
ited it. Per such it is not ilitended, - bOt,
for,our friends and nekhbors who are
wore confined at home. - I herewith-Vv.
pend a list of all the Potter men who ird
I stilt vvith us :
Cotntrany B r Capt. C. E..Rdrten, - Benj.
Boo!: and N. B. Carson, Corpiwals; - '4:
B. Logue. George Clinton; W. W. Reek. ;
Lyman Clinton. Win. . St ratham, ,ylvesterl
Claj•k, Manassa Courtright, Thos.J. Kib.- ,
bee', Lieut. Wm. Brown, Seymour
ton. Corporal; Roscoe Nichols, T. B.'Ma.
son, A. 0. Bull, Rinahlo East wood; Uri
ah Robinson, Betij Cies°, W W. Dwigitt i
DaVid Evarts, Thos. FiSher : nd E.
•Company C, Capt.' Wm. B E.
MJ.3aipenter and E. 0: Austin. ' Wa
are tu the 7th Army. Corps, geueriil Dix;
Pecks Division, 171 'Begin:cut, Pa. 'Mi.:
litia, Col. E • Bierer.
.
It . will be seen that a good many ofthei
men' left are sitWiiitits.., 'There •
, mod deal of .
manife-sted
against the hroJtets' who breught nod
soid substitutes, iit;ine of wlrotir tvere rode -
Mi . rails, or dumped • in the prtcies, 'find
uiorg would have been bad they nOtli,ok
the hiot and lett.
,• The rest must be left
for
.their ueighbore - home,
and .writeyott again "as,we,g6tuarehlng
on."i •E 'A,
A hunchback meta man iitsti r lhitl 'but
1 one eye, very,,eari , in. the . nip'rning.
"Guud morrui,'str.':•saicl tke ore eyed
man ; "you have gut your lcau , Yout
pbit
shoulders very early.'.' .
.• - -
~ .Lt is sci . early," re'plietFthe hundlihack i
"that .1 sec you have" Only ca.e - - n:iUduvr•
open.' • •
"I - couldn't got:n wink ofsieep,'', maid
la 'newly blessed Benedict; account of
a discordenn that kept playingall-night." .
"Dtsoordeon !" inquired. 'instill& nt of
his troubles. , "What new inm.rui4ea 4 t is
that 1'! • "Only, the baby," ,was.tbe !yarn.
ing reply—Punch!: f
"NY,timeti," replied the Cobfetupla'prd
man. at Cape Island. last .seasun,'ait as
deep as tlVe'blud'viaters of that
.sir," rejoined the"- disappoiqted
'wan,: and as full of iircifp!'''
The tongnoidiscpsers,,i_htstate,pf:tild
mindbo,ke§s..than tha t of i)le, ; bOily) in
eFther case before c,p4 10,opl; ,tr ir ttai
physician can jiitig . e,.....oo,4)pobut. 7 nt pat
open, his mouth.
A man who has:arida:alai stranger
by Mistake, apologises by saying.',.,-,‘....bwas'
mistaken in the person." , ' itl . tnar;
'Fied . eouplo migliviriaketbesiiinetkology'
to eadb ' ;' : ' t :i • .
, -Mark what ion
_renaernber yens
finger, nails ; .they,inakeleonventatiliorn
ho9.l you have' lour' lei ,
a'aa ' at
your •
, - cif
.Day doetin't beet:33 , 44e. to ltvrk
upon the' eynipatitiesif i bis peinkte,; But
when I be: bserglo-milllteggh c 1 fight
tea 1•••!,
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