61je Cartrin atm
Publiahed avery Wednesday Moritink, at - 2,00 a
invariably in advance, by
COBB & VAN GELDER.
s, e. con.j fn. c. ran' princa.
.es.3ZYTT3EiPLTI..S.I'I , I - Ca ..scs..2.ES.
laio. 1 6 mo. 0 too. t V mu. ‘l yr
1 5 1uA m.,..—....1.2,50 5.00 7,50 10,00 12.00
2 Sqoares 3;75 6,00 , 12.00 1.5,00 18,00
1-41.1010t00...... 7,00 10,031 15,40 20,00 25,00
1-2 Column 12,00 2040 ' 20.00 28,00 45,00
1 Colman 'O,OO 55,00 45,00 65,00 80,00
a Spare 1 Innen tl,OO —5O ets.tath week thereafter.
Ailadnlstrathre Stud EzeoutOre Notteas $2,00 each.
Business Cards of nee lines $5,00 p e r year.,
BusiNEss DIRECTORY.
- W.• D.• TE ELL
WHOLESALE DEUOGISTS, and dealers in
Wall Paper, Hernsene .Lumps, Window. Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and Oils, to.,
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1866.-Iy.
I =
NICHOLS as. lUTCIiELL,
ATTOENEYS : AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Mee formerly occupied by Ames Lowrey, Esq
Wm A. Nivuorz. join: I. MtruttraLL.
Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1568-Iy.
liniLtilAtii El. SMBITEC
ATTO.B.A.EY .AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Ineurenee, Bounty and Pension Agency,- Malls
Street Treinstero, Pa., Jan. 1, 1886.
S. -F. IVlrisoyz
WILSON & NILES,
ATTORNEYS t COUNSELORS AT — LAW,
- {First door from;Eituney'S, oxi 'the .A.vrieue)—,
Will 'attend t 9 bgainess. entiiitedto,,thelr,eaie
i n the eentitiee of Tiogs 114 - I f ilt'4i•
Wellshoio,.Jan. 1, '1366.
F'. W. CLAIM',
ATTORSZT >T Lew—MatlEfiekt, Tioga
May 9, 1868-Iy.
GEORGE WAGNER,
TAILOR. Shop runt door north of L. A. Sears's
Shoe Shop. - "ger Cutting,-frittin-CaTarepair
ing done pro:Aptly-end weli.
Wellebbro, - Pa., Jdn. 1, 18613.-Iy.
JOHN B. WHEAKSP.EAR.B,
DRAPER' ADD Stop civil' Beiien's
Store, second floor. ra.Catting, Fitting, and
Repairing done'prtimptly andln best sty/0.
Wencher°, Pa.. Jan. 1,1.866-1 y . _
JOHN 1. MITCHELL.
AGENT. fur the collection of bounty, back pay
end peneione duo soldiers from the Govern-
Went. Office with Nichols and Mitchell, Wells.
bore, Pa. . . m3e,
IZALAK WALTON HOUSE,
Gaines, TiOga County, Pa.
E. C. VTIIMILY.t.A., PEoParatort- -This is
new betel located within easy al.coees of the
best faidnic and hunting grounds in North
ern Penns.) , ifattin... No pains mill be-spared
for the accommodation of pleasure seekers and
the traveling pribl c. . [Jan. 1,1860.]
Pennsylvania Rouse.
ELM AXE ELs.tLETT PROPRIETOR.
T rnz popular hotel has been lately renovated and re
to.-nishel, and To) pains tral be spared to render lti
lia.paatitias acceptable to 4.ga.rons. . . . •
Welleboro, May 9, 18e6.
3. 'HERVEY E%VING, `.
ATTORNEY A-ND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
No. 1.1 Law Builiing,—St. Paul St , Baltimore.
RE'rEacircts.—Levin Gale, Attoroey at Law,
Edward Israel, A tt'y at Law,Rev. J. MeK.
Rues, D. D., Rev. Henry Slicer, D. D., Coo
field, Bro. & Co., F. drove & Co., Ludwig &
Mosherry, John F. Meillton, Eeq., Robert Law.
son, Beg, 3. Sutherland, Req. [Mr. EKING is
authorized to tratuait any•bneinetie appertain,
ing to this paper in Baltimore.] •
Jan. 1, 1858-Iy.
BACON, M. D., late of the 2d Pa. Cavalry, after
nearly tsar years of army servicel, Vtlebtia
emea. oil chi Juaypital ptactioa, u
• •••. for the practice of medicine and autliarls to all
fu brarcbsa. Patton* from a Cliittbee can find good
boarding at the Pennsylvania Hotel whoa &airs/
Will shut any part of the State In consultation, or to
perform sursucal operations No 4, Unt.n Block, up
stairs. Wei/snore, Pa, 'Slay 2,1588
VFW PHOTOGRA•Pti - GA.LLERY.—
~.'t - -
/ PRANK SPENCER
koo'the plearome to inform the citizens of Tioga
cointy that they have the best opportunity ever
effered them, to procure Ambrotypen, Ferrotypes,
Get* Cartes de Visits, Vignettes, and all kinds
of rainy and popular card. and colored pictures;
_ .. t.)Ais Gallery on Elmira Sheet.
liandeld, Nov. 15, '65-tf. F. M. FTENCUR.
A B. EASTMAN, SURGICAL AND ME..
.Ll.• CHANICAL
01tOr t i
Itt.
Weald. inform the' citizens of Wcilsboro and vi
dairy, that he has fitted np a desirable suite of
NO MA over John It. Bewen'ti store, No, 1, -Un
ion Block, where be Is prepared to execute all
work in his profession.- with a promptness and
style that will enable him to offer superior induce
zents to those requiring dental operations. All
work warranted, and at reasonable rates. Please
all and examine specimens. "
Wellebore. March 21, 1886.—tf
rd l-1 "-;14
' 11 14.a.0. N; D - A R-T T,
:WOULD say tp the pettlic 114 liede-pertna
nently located in Welleboro, (Office at his
'ft : Jaffee, near the Land Office and 'Episcopal
Crarch) where his will continue to do all kinds of
r;ti confided to his care, gnara.nteeing copiplete
iitiEfaction - where the skill' of the Dentist 'can
utd Sh the management-of cases peculiar to the
Re will furnish
. ARTIFICIAL TEETH ; "
set Danny material desired.
FILLING ka,IRACTING TEETH,
I.:tended to on shortest notice, and done in the
beat anti most approved style.
TEETH EXThACTEDAVITHOUT PAIN
Ly its she use of Ansestketics which ftli'pei r :
Itezly harmless; and will be ad minietesea r io every
ctss *hen desired.
1i 70 .1.5b,,rh, Jan. 1, 1865-Iy.
ATTENTION SOLDIERS..
WM B. SUITE, Knoxville, Tioga County,'
U. licenffed Agent; and Attorney
!•tt'elebers and their friends throngheat all the
1 .91.1 States, tciil uneocate and collect - with
relied success.,
SOLDIERS' CLAIM AMPD,US,',S
T
a , l kinds. Aleo, any other kind of claimt~a.att
the Government before any oL
;o:meat: or in Congress- Terms moderate, All
y - mardeetions Bent to the aboveaddrese will re.
IJrc,uapt attention. . Jan. 17. V.:66.
UNIMED ' , STATES HOTEL.
Main street, Will2buro,
• D. G. RITTER,. ProntazTUß.
, •r '
. .
s th , Y:ng leased this popular Lintel. property,‘
occupied by Mr. ...Zelson Auetin) i 61.4/11 '
, Gr to 'nuke it truly the traveler's
Lar.l attention will .bo given to the table,
the corafvrt of guoeta will bo u prime object.
". 5 [tablet will be under the care of an experi.
‘Ltel butler. •
Ztll.tb , ,ro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
tivrvizir.amd. Hair-Dressing _Saloon.
T"
tiitsctib.rn take pleat re to onnon nctng to the
/krciil. of Welloboro Lod vlcidaffy that they lakve
".tpct F.lute hurber,tinst hair.
%,eilel.nro, end. Lime Sated op zest Sod
' viTacox'e store_ where they,
ou hand to wait oa their euetomiens;
will there no - pits to plehee, they bops to
latr: , zage , of the coirrmunity.
44 Ttler et tenttott pato WSW hodr-enttitbs, shau,-
dy. Ladles' brutal, puffs, salebee, cobs
tri,
thi ou band, or =dello order,
. DOLtZt. Jolitstiox
2.% 1866.47
VOL
c. r q SWAN,
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A 4ENT, for, the Lypoming County, inauranoo
1:12 krp'mliany,Jet Tiottti,-Pu.
June 1886.-3mt,
FARR'S HOTEL- '
T I - 0 G A Tr° 43- A c o trx P A
Good stabling, attauhad, 'and - an "ittatitiv'e hea
-1 tier always in attendance.
it. 8. FA1111,..:1 . . . Proprietor. - •
:01111 L. )ILTCELLI.:
MINOR •--W, AU 'MAI , . Proptletot:l xbia.ilouse
ie situatid'Ori Xasn Street, in Wallsbore, and je
surrounded with beautiful Shedd Tries, and bag
all the : npreirgy aosomranSatbins for man and ,
beast--aug..2; ly,
WELLSB ORO lICYTE‘4-
- (Crs67:;!doi?: 4 3trpyan4i tht Avenue.)
WELLBBORO,
Troprjetor.
THIS is
,911.4.0 f inoistakopular lioness Itij
the county. This Hotel is the principal . ;
Stage-house in Wellsboro. Stages leave daily
as follows :
J:-B. NTLE.B
POT Tioga, at 1Q ; For Troy, at 8 a. m;;
For Jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday at.
2 p. m.; For Coudersport, every Monday- and
Thnraday stT p. ru2 - '
STALess .Apseprre"-From Tioga, at 121-2 o'clock
p. m.: From Troy, at p. o'clock p. m.: From Jer
sey nitre, -Tneidaj and - Friday 11 a. m.: From
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday Il a. m.
N. B.—Jimmy Cowden, the wall-known hoot , '
ler, will be found ofi hand:
Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy. . •
NEW FIRM & NEW GOODS AT TIOGA
~
Woeld reepectftilly • announce tto " all whom 'it
may conoprit,' that they,lreep ponetantly on hand
a large and well selected aelortment of
DRUMS AND ItIEDICINES,
GLASS AND WALL PAPER.
JI!E STIFFS, FAMILY DYES , LAMPS,
(44,4 35 - Adr:KA.T.E.D.:WARE,
=rack aeMASTORS, SP6ONS,
CAKE titS . HES, &c.
• WIIIITI,NG PAP/PA,
'
ENV LOPES, SCHOOL-
PATENT MEDICINES,
Tea, Coffee, Spice, Pepper, Gin
;ter, Saleratut, Starch,
TOILET AND WASHING SOAPS,
YANKEE NOTIONS:
Tioga, Pa., oaf. 4, 1.865-1y1.5.
, .
Seelei's Third Rubber Truss'
cures rupture, frees the cord from, nil press
ure: will never-ruse break, limber, chafe, or be
come filthy, (the tine steel spring being coated
with herd rubber); spring made any power re
quired; used in bathing, fitted to farm ; renhVes
no strapping; cleanest, lightest, easiest, and seat
Truss known. Send for pamphlet. •
I. B. SEELEY, sole Proprietor,
apll 98 1347 ebestnat at., Phila'a, Pa.,
THE THIRD LQT
New Spring Goods,
JUST - RP:CEIVED AT
UN NUE NUM
~,,-;‘,- 7'.? - Qa*,.4'+ . - FT-;:i
• •
UTE 'lJl3Bl`.. ..11-EO3l,lVEti 1•114 W
TT Acd:.well minted. ctook of gotide:i , : which
we are selling very
LOW FOB CkS2f.V* 1 144b1,;;F:kt1
Good ja i rctlvide sheeting
Heavy yard wide sheeting for
Delninea,
Srandarct print!
9tOit
We *leo keep aonstantiron head fi-oboice
stock of
GROCERIES; T.LOTTR„"MiN.,
At very . kite
A LL pansonstaving=knowlede opfacts coin ruing
lA_ killed 1014 voinided taldierajriitio -Tnim etn4tY,
aro reepecifdllii:eputehtl tov.farritali:ColAL.C.Vlark,
of Man.fii4dl Pa., with the folltwlng stati.tica : .
':sine* of Soldiers. ptaco ot resideac,... , .„.„date of enlist
ant and muster Jetltt_thailliiiled , 'State* eirrvice ' letter
company, number of egiment, when wounded, and
what engafament. date and place of death, andcangte ,
pa w*. i n . CLAII.I7. "
„ s - -.I.I,.•MSEELY, ,
NT: D. MATTESON.
THOS. J. DAV/ES,
August, I, 1046. COMMtttoe'ciii Statistic*.
T -1 1:7 - 0 ICE.—.Netiee ie hereby given, that Roh
-1 IN ert Custurd,'Senior, has been placed in
eberge of tract. Zio. 1590, and those parts oflrett
No- 1589, in the yielblWof -tables eretai!; belong
ing to the heirs of bike I , 7,lslOrris'r and all per
eons ate forbid trespassing thereon, under pennity .
of pruseration.
ELLISTON---P.-MollRtg;
805 Markerst:TPßiltidelphia.,
I , Joky 4,11880.-04 n '
-
GOLD yeeoived on deposite, for which oertie
eves will be issue 4; bearing intertat in gold.
E. W. CLARK & t 0, Bankers,
• no A 5 south Tkipj. street sPbila:
Vt.B. CHRVAUFSIII.4.IR'TO29I,Id!4/5p
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AND EAST 71 . 4*E•ISES,
and Are 'prepared to execnti, zeo.-tly and rem? .''''''....
POSTER", HAlsi DBILLS, (Ii LL LA R." C.. 4 RILI, BIL
HEADS, LETTER HEADS, :OTATE.3I7.NTS, ,
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Desch!, Mortgage q, Leit , wl. and .1. cult lc:or/mow. of .*‘.. ..!
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Constables' ttnct Justices' Elltilt...,c , nitrintty ..n .11.1 r 1.
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work dons promptly-, and illlt ba.cic in v3turn „ILIA.
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VIII. ''- ' . ' 1, ,- - :•-, A= -• t - '''`, ' .WELLSBORO.' PA SEPTEMBER 5-1866. _
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ADPOirroc—RoVs block, Secon.lT.lccr.
,
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introit novsE.
[Formerly Hares Hotel.]
BORDEN BRO'S
PAINTS, OILS,
TEA. fr,"TABIE, FORKS,
and an.eadiese variety of
: ;
MEM
25 ,`
May 30,180,
TO SOI~nTFRS.
LINES or , TRAVEL.
Elan - ELAILWAT
•
' and nouda:y, Juli-,19,18843, Mini will 'ciao
'Corning at the followinv bocat:
trr,giraan ammo. 1
7:05 aa? Night Expreee, Dlonda3 - )0 excepted, for Nochl
ester; Stiffen, Salamanca; and Fn ,kirks Malang di
rent tionneetion-viith trains of the 'Atlantic & Great
Western, Lake Shore, and Grand Trank Railways, for .
111 1 Pomp -Wear,
t:.28 a. o,,joightuip4,l2xpre,o2, Dally, for Sechtetv
Bnf
&to, Sareatica,Dinokirk and the West.. ,
10 . 123 Mail Trait, Sundays excepted ; for Itarttio .
tens fir.• ' • _
_
lith p, rs , .Rinhmmut Oohs, Daily, for the Wert. -
tivie,p! Day toprose, Sundays excepted, for Roche..
tar, Buffalo, Saltimansti. end the West, connecting -ot
Salamanca with the Atlantic 9, W. Railway, and
at
, Bmtialo with -the„ pator.Shcre tied Trunk
' for pointitzekt end eolith.
pall a. at., Express 91x31, Sundaya ascaPtad, for Bun:
10, Salamanca. end Dunkirk, commtothig with trains
for the West.- --' • '"
$44 Cincinnati.B.xpreas,--Mondayaexcepted, eon
, ! ;tenting at Ilitira-lor ffitirfahurg,Thiladelphia, aad
SouthiAtTheregu for Ithencal atT Cpshamtop for Sy
retiree; at, Bend for Scranton and Philadelphia-,
At Laciaterixtui::'fo.t ilittuity; and , at GraYobilrt for
illetrburgaz4Wargricl;-: ,„ - Li.
`1244. - di,l:Partxprate,Bundayatitapted;o:annecting
liStlfitiV42 - WOO for,soll•4l67l,MabaelzhitAttSonth'
4:15 p. m., New Yorlr and Baltimore Mail, Bundaye'es,
toted, ColinnotingatlAntirn for Efarrialrargir,
Phila—
delQbiatind Strath.'
"t:10 pp.. Yn., Lightning Lipreia; atuadaya axeepted.
1212 A. ria; Night. Exprece, Daily; connecting at
court for Ware:lot,.
12:25 v. at. way i+ fight, Sundaya excepted: '
_BABB:, I - ~ -.H. Bllttn.i.,
Pass.-Aguut. Garet Sart.
• •Blosiburg &.Corning,-& ,
COrning.
Esti 800 a in ail, u.
Aciaommodapotb 530 p miaccoramodation4o as aza
L. H. SHATITCA - Supl.
;' - it:
Traine.mill arr.and depart at WilliainiPort at fellow ,
- , Eastiyard ,Westward .'
,
Erie Mail Train... 9 65 p m Erie Mail Train... 7 20 azu
R. Express Tiain.:4 20 a m Erie EVee Train..o 00 pln
Elmira Hail :Train 845 ata E 1,.. t
lmit Taas,
o 1 s
MailTr e a n tn 8,,5 u 0 p p in
Supt
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Elmira & Williamsport R. R.
Trains will Arrive and Depart from Troy as follows
- Mowing South. • • -Moving-North.
t Ex ,
6:45 P zalExpreas, 10;23 P M
3181tf 4:21 - Xtili 0:30 P M
gay - 8:118 n Way Freleir, ' P
Coal Train, irlB.A. id Coal Train, 4:26
• - •'l.roy; May 16, " STOVER; &Wt.
:IY4HOLEPktf - : DPOVSTfift.t.;
,S.`
CORNING; Y.
ORM
pa, 11=H,
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TIRDGS AND MEDICINES , PAINTS
1! AND OILS,
TRADDEIjA 04.*Ite WKS, „ tONPEN
TRIATgD
CINNATI WINES- AND- ;
KEROSENE LAMPS, PATENT.:KEDI-
OrNESzPNTROLEMILOIL,. ;At.
ROCHESTER PER-
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AND F 'O TO EXTRACTS,'"WALL
' , ANDOrarx.A.44BS7
- 4 ND D A VE
Sold atlllLiblile4td . Ande‘tihrietra'atitliequeeted
to call audf.tet quotatididi befartr gobig further
Bait: 4`4 ; 7 : ,fr
W ABELL & CO.
‘q: - 61 • r
S4Y4 YOUR
' • ...'.&.Nrr GALL- coti—zist AT
' 2." i
..11Tast - ac , Anerbach s.
.ostrAp'clau pirpAt,-
Vittere.you:cairAhrays die! bt"Ltititiiteci
DOMES? 6 &
'FANCI ))13,17 GOODS
CLOTHS,
• NOTIONS,: RE~DY
--i;,- OLOTHiNG;- •
.•J
litantiractutea tii'dißetteir ifs ,- vn‘
Aiso furtiMing goods , tE•c'
~d their
ixieichwit tafinring establishment th.ep tiefy
competition; Leving the beet t allots - of ,Neie ,
'dd ten -extertenee.4 cutteP, Mr. R:P. -- Zioin:lfeti2loc3-
•. - - -
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NEW-SPIIINW , gO,I I OiI'S I,'l
AT REDUCED PRICES.
areEkt Inducements to the Pnbiial
O,T, having big stock of OLD GOODE tai N bbof off- at auction; I am , enabled tot take
advantage_ of the presentliir prices, and am'rea
dy to supply_ the public with a splendid stock ..1
NE W. SPRING DRY -GOODS LATE*
Styles;o_9febE9ed_tp agFtztnmudatathis mat,
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k e t. -
•. • el Laii,rit)
► Partianitirlettpiatiodi.i'fireetaq i niiipi
4iratas'efiiii;ll!,'Ot GOWS,.
l AlpaCeaa, Poplins, Prints, Detainee,
Added tn vrbieh I: am offering' it Ittrie .
and apiendid ateck '
GROCVRIES,B'i*ind
and' CAPS. ,
at Oices to suit the 1,000,000,„ at Osgood's
old etaach.Wellsboro, Pa:
C. B: KELLEY. '
. Ap 114,186:' •
CE CREAM!, ICE 'CREAM !!—Every ov.or
1. nieg, - (SobSapk.excepted), et S. S r Epencex'c,:
Drat door Iceloe. hop's block, :Wellabo_ro..EA,
Ales' wisbing. fee cream, can .be
'any time AitY'itee'!'enit%-i'l'ciasi 75, AeAte.,per
quart creams 15 ceoll. Talk
vake atd l edogliike2s*ti., July 18,1886.
LAJ37WAJID BOtUD
IIIII!
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BRANDY, WHIT
WASH LIIIR,
lINIMINIMIII
Origin" al netre
LITTLE HANDS
littic: banal, dial Died to come
And eoothe mo with eares2ing,
Afititteriug o'er my burning brow--
0 dainty bands ! where circle now;'
With calm, and balm,-and blessing—
With :weet charm .. of ,caressing,?,
lily- iloogo.tbat pulled ..the ilovers,
That coaxed them into,blcoming—, -
That ea,lo LW . cibior"froui tic&
And brought-its sweets fur - yoti and mei': ;
When ,June wait, st noon/Lig,.
And rare; roses, blooming.
Q preeioue:bandal,.o:wee white hetida,t -;-
The clocr now is bluoi . zing;
The d„ - urway"vine'ie t:tw ,
The orange drops its seenced snow ; "-- •
1:11e summer's '
And smiled) in its going. _ • -
• .
pearly beitdstt 0 •anspal and s•!:
Xwch with divine caressing,, ,
Ala seo inh'te:„Piat heavenly shore
•Wliere , elniied•Atints areeiert no'Mokb, l ' -
BLitt e.serlibtteit I.llcesiril—;. l -
In calm, and balm, arid blessing.
E.-S. S.
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lit lit. ri tell
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EtTE;C q - E9ftir,=T l E -...1341TT,LE or
KM AU E3i ATCIIIE
Louis, Aug. 10, 1b66
To'ttd' Editors of Pittsbii,•g Gazette:
_
'•Gentlemen-v 4 4 any a AVestern man,
and have-pover li.ved.ift your-noble-old
E - -Sateolor.arn:l a politician—having vo
ted but once during the twenty odd
wears since the light first accrued; but.
l Wish to give honor where honor justly
belongs, and-to - refute , route -of the un
el-writable aspersions against ttuthipol
ished gentleman anti tried titaldivr, Gen.
John W. Geary.
I wish to - prove in 'the just equity of
things, that not 6nlY big native state,
but that; the, whole:United -States (Ave
him g debt of gratitude
_that fionl.d,for
ever endear and,ini tam talize.his name;
and place it 'among the um - A
-Must rious
of their-Eork- - "
-Tile:country can, well remember the
•loom and anxiety that pervaded• the
orth after the disastrouaday of Chick=
anatiga. ,Kentucky = and Tennessee
Swailned With - Predatory bands 'of reb
els. Bragg, flushed with' victory, had
•hurleti - back our •silattered columns on
ghattanooga, stud :Boecc ra US, on the first
paralysis of 'defeat-, .(ur perhaps of fear,)
had ig at a rid o n - ed Lookout 'Moun
tain, the - key - to - the - south' banks - Of the
river, as far as Bridgeport, where the
railroad crosses the Tennessee river,
and from whence all our supplies had to
be draivn. This moral error and mili
tary blunder •netessitated the drawing
of all our supplies from. Bridgeport to
• Chattanooga-by a circuitous mountain
route, (up the Sagnatchie valley, near
Maclamonis cove, thence over the rug
g-cid nitiontaios to the north bank, of the
ricer by a pontoon bridge to 'this city.)
some sixty-Miles in length. The coun
try around, :even In times of plenty,
scat cals produced enough to teed its
'scattering 'papal/at:3:i, hut now Ulu:a
ided,' broken, crushed and devoured by
the oscillating tread of hostile armies,
it was thoroughly denuded of all kinds
of subsistence, and eSen the wretched
inhabitants held daily struggle with
famine, 'and looked with despair to the
rigors of approaching winter.
• • From Bridgeport to Chattanooga by
the South Bank was less than thirty
miles, and by the North Bank, 437 which
the Confederates forced us to haul, we
Were compelled to make an elbow of
more than sixty miles, and that over
the most e.xecratte . , roads imaginable—
either through the slush of swamps,
rendered doubly dangerous by the rains
of autumn,' or over StonyheightS, so
steep that a cat cdcild scarcely craiv
with rocky ledges' cropping out, often
three to four feet perpendicularly, at
each one of whieh•the wagons had to 4e
inilOaded and hauled up by hand.
-•- The OhlO'riVer waS really
,our base of
'supplies'; and'a: wretched single track
railroad from thence through Nashville
to Bridgeport, Alabama, a distance of
„nearly four hundred rniles,,requiring
full army corps 'for its defence, was our
Sole dependence. • - ' _
Our di-pirited army, thus cooped up,
and half, beleaguered in 'Chattanooga,
was wholly
,unaiile, either to meet_ the
enemy in the open field or. to wrench
from him the southern bank of the riv
er, and :thins orfety a gate: for -food and
4nunitions.• „'r•
Rein foreemen ts had.:_been: ordered
frOM Mi:.,sissippi and from the army of
the Potomac, and to hold their position
and with it the grea t of -Tenties
see-and - Kentricky,' - 'with 'all the'UntOld
resnlts , -thereanto belonging,: until-the j
pronataed aid .could arrive, was the gieat
problem of both Gen- Rosecrans and
Glen.. Thomas, the latter of whom about
this'iiMe had assunied the Chief - cow.-
mend.- The depot supplies of Chatta
nooga were rapidly meltingaway ;. eve
ry energy, • every resource, and every ap
pliance in the,rettai of the (3T.:ernnaent
was set - fir motion to feed our starving
forces' and enable Its to hold on-until the
expected succor-came to hand. • ` • - j
Our army was too weak. to light, and•
our means of transportation too limited
to feed it or to keep it hi munitions for
its proper status for the field; and to re
treat under the eireirmstanees ; would
probably produce the .most unheard. of.
disasters,. perhaps millihilation.-
and in its train woes unnumbered and
unheard of; for to retreat-would not on- .
ly bS-to. saerillee the' thirty its`
etquipruents.,• but all our "-vast' chain of
depot4aiid detacionentstnronghout.the
states named, with the . .touritiess nnlh
iohs they : cost," but`also - the scope of ter:.
ritorY they covered; and with the grand
inoratetiects of: Victory, • .w.hietrs:at that
juncture would inevitably have turned
the scale4igainst us ; for just at that ino.„
uientous,be ribd Of oar struggle the scares:,
or s Cern ed 1. 4 0 - vibrate. with Such au
. even beam that the breath of an infant
Might htiVe changetrtliTtillance. The
national destinies hung on. single
thread, and dangled suspended- on,:the
tieeident.4 of chanee f or the moral tour
age and valor of m`sinele - heart and arm
In this case necessity. ,W . inexorable:-
Thearmy must be fed. Thelildee must
sustained at every sacrifice;:possible.
Lavery ration, every round of - Anamipk.
and'eVery pound Of forage required
/uu't'be broUght frain the distant - line
of- the Ohio, and it bec 4 meapainful
et:dation between resistance and -enda
rance--between, the -lives ,of rue,n , and;
the con.suniptniii,a Mures ; Mr. as,.con
stalit ifs e des& roYO.d the ward,, it required
tweiVe iirsoirteen. - thilletti to haul - a' sin
gle ton .of freight over the. Intblerable
roads, ta say nothing—et- provisions,
which could not be carried, and for want
of which the poor anituaL, died by thou
sands' and tens of thousands--beyond
anything recorded in history, save per
haps the retreat of the Frenchfrom Mos
cow. In spite of this frightful sacrifice,
the subsistence in the depot at Chatta
nooga became daily lower, although the
army was reduced to half, and a large
proportion of it even to quarter rations.
§till the-mules died. Still our means of
transportation melted away. Our fam
ishing army became hourly more gaunt
lattd hollow-eyed; while the pale, over
floWing throngs in our hospitals found
vent in our. crowded graveyards.
[For the AzltAtor.]
At this critical:juncture Gen. Hook
"er,'with General - Grant, who had about
this time been appointed to the supreme
command of-our armies, arrived at
Nastiville s with - the nth and 12th corps
from the armysof the Potomac, and pro
ceeded at once to Bridgeport, to concert
with the veteran, Thomas, as to the most
`fettsilble, mode of relieving his sorely
,pressed. and , ,fardishing forces. After
-brig c,onsultaticm, the, llth corps and
`the. 2d division (Geary?s) of the 12th
last'atGeafy's earnest re
quest—were ordered to Bridgeport, and
after a hurried preparation, crossed the
Tennessee on pontoons at that point.
To make their movements perfectly
intelligible, it will be' necessary to min
gle with the account a cursory view of
the scene of their , operationa on the
south bank of the Tennessee, where the
enemy bad destroyed the railroads and
bridges. - - -
The road from Bridgeport to Chatta
nooga, after crossing the river, occasion
ally hugs its banks and passes by Shell
Monad:and through a-series of low roll
ing hills, and then eaters the .deep val
ley formed by Lookout MOuntain on the
right, and by Raccoon Mountain on the
left. The latter rising bold and rugged
from the river, is in one or two places
pierced with gloomy gorges, and raises
its wooden heights almost to the level
of its more renowned neighbor, the
Lookout, which, starting almost in the
suburbs of Chattanooga, towers abrupt
ly, into the very clouds, and stretches ,1
away, diagonally from the river many
nille4 to the souths'est. The river oere
is exceedingly hirtuous. Passing the
city, it stretches to the south, then don b- -
lingback to the north, and then again
to the south, and then to the north once
more:•:-it tbrins the long tongues or pe
ninsulas below the tow n—the first on
the northern side, locking into one ano
ther like the cogs of a wheel. Opposite
the town stretched a pontoon bridge.—
The plan of the assembled Generals was
to let a large force under Hooker ad
vauce up the valley, while a commen
surate force from the town, under Gen.
Hazen, dropped down the river in the
pontoon boats to Brown's ferry, at the
lower bend of the first peninsula, where
they hoped to surprise the enemy and
effect a permanent lodgment, and at the
same time form a junction with the for
ces under Hooker, which were to leave
Bridgeport the morning before, and pen
etrating Lookout Valley,' drive in the
scattering outposts of the Confederate,',
uncover the gorge through Raccoon '
Mountain to the river at Kelley's Laud
ing, to which boats could then ascend
from Bridgeport with supplies, and
there fortify theifp3aitions. This land
ing on the south side, at the base of the
lower peninsula, to which I have allu
ded, to cut a road across this base to
Where Hazen was expected to make a
foothold and then cross on pontoons to
the northern side, and thence across the
upper tongue tothe bridge at Chattanoo
ga, would give only six miles of land to
travel against sixty miles over the worn
out route on the northern bank—:is
boats could transfer everything from the
railroad terminus at Bridgeport to Kel
ley's Landing which, as I said, is only
six miles from Chattanooga, and just
opposite and only two and a half miles
front Where the Trenton branch joins
the Nashville and Chattariciogarailroad,
in. Lookout _Valley, about five miles
from the point that frowns over the city.
This plan seemed the most feasible one
for getting immediate supplies to our
army in Chattanooga. Time - was pre
cious, and Hope - gambled - with Chance,
while Fate seemed-to verge on Ruin.
On the 28d of October, 1868, all being
ready, Gen. Hooker crossed the river-at
Bridgeport with the Ilth corps - under
Gen. Howard, and boldly pushed - for
ward into the gloomy recesses of L'ook
out Valley. This _corps, composed. al
most entirely of Germans, was still suf
fering. under . the oe.moralizations. of '
Chaticellorsvilles'and only 'numbered
about nine thousand Men; hut about
four, miles ,in the rear followed about
two thousand two hundred of the:2d
division
,of the 12th, corps, a splendid
body of-veterans, with - brdnied faces
and iron-nerves, under- the immediate
command. of .the indomitable Geary
himself, proudly. hearing_ the " white
star," destined to be the "star of the I
east," and - of hope to thehaticin and to
the beleaguered army ahead. "
- So exhalisted-had become the Means
of, transportation at this time, that the
Quartermaster
,at Bridgeport could only
furnish Geary'a Whole
. counnand some.
four mule - teams, which, with a scout
improvised train, picked up on the route
from Nashville, was all •the -command
' had.for . their iationa and munitions-on
this expedition. The poaitions_ of the
enemy Nvere unknown to them. They
were supposed to be large force at
Trenton, and might come in on their
rear, after they bad passed the junction,
or descend, their flanks . from the
heights of Lookout, for we did not then
know' that' this was _itiaphsgble, and
hence moved - with cautious step. Hook
er acid; the 11th corps, unencumbered
,and , well"in the_ advance, and Geary
itli his ren zed veterans guarding the
trains; repairing the way and coming
on as fast as they could; never in the
history of this,-nor- indeed of any war,
did there hang more mornentensse_veuts:
on - the success, of an enterprise. The
failure
"of one of its parts 'would - involve
the-failure of the Whole ,"and the failure
of the whole the loss of Tholtias's army,
and the loss of the latter the loss of Ten
nessee and Keil-Mei:v s -and-with them
the probable loss of our eause, with .re
sults before which the heart and imagi
nation-stand appalled: :But Hazen was
: Successful, and not only surprised the
:enemy, but-after routing - i him • spanned
'this - river; svithshiaspontoons, and pro
ceeded:to:fortify his position, and estab-
Colaftislifsicatione with Gen.
HoOker and which
ar
rived in due time,- the Et 's outposts
retiring before - them: ---
The, - road from Cba,ttanooga.to Bridge
port crosses the road thatleadsfrom the
toWn - te 'the' tiumiliit: Of. .LO - okout, and
tiSen winding . round 'the point of the
mountain close'linderitsA frowning hat
tleraent4,...lQ4dh oti wn,into.thP valley,
and erosing th,e,,f4rocTs Yi'mamtchle
creek' ' by a bridge, fbllawa tlae, raill'ors4
track-on towards Bridgeport Just be
low this bridge a fork from the road led
off to the left, up the valley to Brown's
Ferry, where Hazen had made his lodg
ment. Hooker, coming up the valley,
followed this road, and leaving the fork
unguarded, encamped about a mile from
it, above and towards the river. Some
three miles below the bridge, as you
come down, another road sprang off at
right angles and led down through the
gorge at Raccoon Mountain to Kelley's
Landing, and aboutthreehundred yards
farther down the railroad forked, the
left branch following the bend of Look
out off to Trenton, and the right thro'
the appendages of Raccoon Mountain
off to Bridgeport, some twenty odd miles
distant.
As I said, Hooker's command, being
unencumbered, formed a junction be
fore dark, and quietly went into camp.
His instructions to Geary were to come
on as fast as possible, and if be did not
overtake the 11th corps, to encamp at
the fork ,that led off to Kelley's Land
ing, unless night sooner overtook him,
in which case he teas to bivouac for the
night and conic on next morning. It
so chanced that he reached the Forks
just at dark, (liut without knowing it,)
and made a hasty bivouac around some
farm. houses in the margin of an old
held on the north of the road, whilehia
wagons were parked in a wood on his
left, and his artillery, consisting of two
sections of Knapp's Pennsylvania bat
tery, was on a knoll in the center of his
camp. Geary, ever vigilant, knew he
was in the face of an enterprising
yet he hardly suspected that General
Hooker had uncovered and - left unguar
ded the road leading down to him; from
the summit of lookout, but rather ex
pected danger from the rear ou the Tren
ton side, and made his dispositions ae
cord i ugly.
. Sentries were posted and the men had
their suppers, but weary as they were,
they seemed impressed with some great
impending danger; yet how little did
they realize its magnitude, or dream of
the mighty results that hung suspended
in the gloom of that: autumn night!—
It was a fitting time for the phantom of
ruin to battle with the exaltation of pa
triotic resolution. The men were or
dered to sleep on their arms, and it was
welt they did, fur while Geary's hardy
veterans were wending their way up
the valley, and while the sun yet cast
long shadows before them, a group of
Confederate officers stood on one of the
boldest projecting crags, hanging over
'the valley nearly 3,000 feet below, watch
ing their progress until the sun's last
rays lett the castellated rocks around
them, and the depths of the valley deep
ened into night. Their position com
manded bird's-eye view of the whole
length, and they saw at a glance the
' fearful error of the 11th corps in passing
-beyond and leaving unguarded the
junction of the road leading to Brown's
Ferry and around the point to the sum
mit of Lookout. They saw Hooker en
camped among the wooded knolls away
above, and Geary and his handful of
men far below ; and counting on the
paucity of their numbers they reckoned
it feasible to here enter a wedge, that
would split the hopes of relieving our
army in twain ; for what was easier
than to dispatch three strung Confede
rate divisions of infantry to sweep down
from the summits where they lay, and
while one guarded the bridge over the
Wauhatchie creek, and another' the
forks of the road, let the third press
over, and by a night attack in over
whelming numbers crush Geary's little
isolated detachment of veterans, while
the division at the Forks kept all rein
forcements from Hooker from reaching
him; then quickly retracing their steps,
form a junction with both the divisions
at the Forks and the bridge, and push
ingup the valley, fall on the skeleton
-11th corps, and by their numbers and
the bayonet, annihilate or drive it with
Hazen's command over the pontoons at
Brown's Ferry, and thus precipitate the
retreat or surrender of Thomas. That
'knot of officers thought the plan both
simple and easy—and we afterwards
learned the knot was composed of Gen
erals Polk, Longstreet, Breckenridge,
Hood, Cheatham and Claiborne, and
I numbers of their respective stark. They
could see that our united forces would
hardly reach 13,000 men.
Three well-tried Confederate divisions
were promptly set in motion. It was
' an hour pregnant with danger to the
Union. Our cause, with all its hopes
and- aspirations - for all time to come,
hung upon the vigilance and nerve of a
single man, and that man was Geary.—
The enemy knew the locality well, and
Marched with stealthy tread. Long
street,- from amid the clouds and chill
ing night- winds high over head, anx
iously listened for the tirst fusilade of
battle to reach him from the abysernal
darkness below.
It was about nine o'clock when the
hush-of our-camp was- startled by the
report of muskets from our line of sen
tinels, quickly followed by others, and
the call of the long roll, and the hoarse
cry of " tall in" broke the stillness of
night; but our men, tempered by disci
pline and experience, were soon in line
ready for the foe. It proved to be a false
alarm, and investigation -revealed the
body of a - donk6y, that browsing too
near the sentinels and disregarding their
challenge, had paid for hiStemerity with
his, life, but in the words of the old
hymn we can truly say,
" Great God, on what a slender tht4ad
Eternal matters hang."
Fur, but for this incident, the fate of
the battle might have been. very differ
ent, for it influenced Geary to take ad
ditional mbilsures against surprise, by
strengthening and extending his line of
sentinels ; and tearing down some log
houses tilid.feuees onhis front, and with
the.materiarsr construaing a rude barri
cade at the foot of the., knoll = touching
.on; the railroad, an. -elalkaniuneut here
some six or seven feet higli,and stretch
away'at 'right angles to it on the
north. Thus our right was protected.
by the railroad, our rear by aguish and
swamp, and our left rested- on our little
train ; our four Parrots being on the
knoll in the center of our - camp. The
men were ordered to sleep on their arms
in ready line of battle. when the Gen
eral retired to a tent that had been erec
ted for headquarter uses, just in the rear
of the barricade on our left. It was
now near eleven o'clock, and all was
once more still, when we heard a senti
nel some distance in our rear shout out
" who 'eomes there?" followed by the
report of a musket, which was quickly
succeeded by a startling and most un
earthly yell—the,Coufederate battle cry
—which must be heard under like eir
eumstanci.s to fully realize its appalling
discord: Without artillery or cavalry,
or throwing out skitraishers,. they had
.t 3 t*llf.WW_**.llurtitttkey Rat our senti.
nets, and then rushed forward with their
demoniac yell in dense quadruple line
of battle. Getting into the open field
in our front, and seeing some o f our
camp fires yet burning on the rising
ground behind our breastworks, they
paused and poured in a volley, and then
charged tumultuously forward, fuily ex
pecting to finish us at once by their
numbers and cold steel, and probably
would have done so but for an obstacle
as little expected as the sunken road
way at Waterloo by the French cuirass
iers. To oar left, and about midway on
the northern side of the field, commenc
ed a gully, which traversed it, parallel
to our front, and about sixty yards dis
tant, and passed under the railroad by
a stone culvert. The rains operating on
the friable soil, had worn it from seven
to eight feet deep, and there was noth
ing to mark its existence.
On they came. The hail of lead over
and around us was truly frightful ; but,
deceived by theglimmering lights on
the rising ground behind our lines, their
aim was generally too high. But the
white walls of the General's tent were
a conspicuous mark, and quickly riddled
into shreds, it became the focus of death,
and to remain near it was suicide.
With the first challenge of the senti
nel, Geary, already booted andspurred,
threw himself into the saddle—for his
horse was ready hitched and at hand for
the emergency—and with the only three
of his staff present, rode up and down
his lines, encouraging his men with
stentorian voice, heard even above qie
din of battle, and ordering stteh fresh
dispositions as his cool and fertile brain
and the emergency of the moment re
quired. While his battle line replied to
the enemy, his reserves, laying down
their arms, tore down all the huts and
fences within their reach, and pressed
every rail, log, rock and chunk they
could lay hand on, into strengthening
and extending their breastworks. Bits
stalwart. form towered above the lines,
a conspicuous mark for the rebel rifles,
and both men and officers besoughtbim
to dismount and not wantonly expose
himself to such inevitable peril ; but his
heroic reply was, " Defeat is death to
us all, and death is preferable to defeat.
The fate of our country hangs upon our
success to-night. Never mind me, for
can work best in the saddle. God is
my shield ; by His Grace we will make
a't'hermopylie, or win the tight."
He continued to move amid the
smoke and uproar as imperturbable ns
an iron statue, although the enemyls
charge promised to be irresistible, and
annihilation seemed inevitable, while
despair alone gave us courage to die
with honor.
On came the enemy, mad with excite
ment and the flush of anticipated vic
tory, little dreaming of the treacherous
gully, into which they plunged and dis
appeared as if swallowed by au earth
quake. Whole ranks plunged into the
yawning wash, and those behind press
ed forward to a like disaster. It was too
wide to leap, and once in, too steep to
crawl out, And amid the roar of con
duct came curses, groans and shouts
from its muddy depths. Geary, prompt
to take advantage of this obstacle and
diversion in his favor, immediately or
dered his men to lay low and sight along
the surface of the ground, and thus
keep the rebels imprisoned in the trap
into which they had so - unexpectedly
fallen, and at the same time ordered his
artillery to shell the dense woods be
yond the fields in front, in which the
enemy seemed massed in great num
bers; and as the shells were screaming
and crashing through the tangled wood,
they became a fit bass to-the rebel yells
and the patriot shouts, and the incessant
rolling musketry that reverberated a
gainst the rocky heights on either side
with prolonged and - deafening roar, and
rumbled far away in many an echo.—
The conflict was fierce anddetermined;
hilt the fatal gulch and the sheeted
flame of fire that leaped along our line,
carrying a storm of death over the brink,
and the hoarse execution of our heavy
guns among their crowded ranks be
yond, was too much for even Confede
rate enthusiasm and desperation, and
backward they reeled, sullen and disor
dered, into the obscurity of the woods
beyond, leaving the field strewn with
their dead and woundedond hundreds
of' their comrades imprisoned in the gul
ly in front, who dared not raise their
heads for fear of the leaden hail that
swept just above its brink.
Their charge was fiercely made and
bravely repelled ; but the confidence of
assurance and their overwhelming num
bers, added to the importance of suc
cess, made, - them quickly- rally .their
shattered columns and make ready for
a second assault. Our dead and wound
ed were speedily removed to the rear.
where a farm house was improvised for
a hospital. Our breastworks were now
strengthened. Troops were shifted and
every measure taken that could add to
our hopes of defence. The interlude of
battle hummed on the night air, but did
not last long, for pressing up dense mas
ses of troops to the very edge of the
gulch, they poured in an incessant and
deadly tire on our barricades, while
strong columns deployed right and left
to turn our wings, and if possible at
tack us in thank. That on our right
partly rushed along the railroad em
bankment and partly to the right of it,
while that on the left crept along the
margin of the wood, turning the head
of the fatal gully and feeling their way
along the margin of the swamp, struck
us heavily on the left wing autl stub
bornly forced it back inch by inch—it
turning as if ou a hinge about one-third
of the way down the line, thus forcing,
us back and back until we Overeat right
angles to our original position, and our
condition of battle being on three sides
of a square at once. Tina forcing back
of our leftwingtothe weak-.
-ness ouralefenceee diatadireetion,
emit awung.us around through Our trains
parketbond hat side, and left. them' en
airely uncovered,. and outside of our
litre; and, strange,-to say, it .created
diversion in ou?favor.
As soon as our troops swung fairly
clear of tile wagons, the.-rebelia ceased
firing and'comnienced plunderingathus
giving our sorely pressed • veterans a.
chance to rally at the foot of the knoll
on that side. But 8111.1 • the tight was
fierce iudeed, and along the frontitava.s
1. one incessant :sheet of tingly lightning;
sleaping up and down tae lines and
'_flash: u g on the miduight darkness with
vivid and constant play. Again the
artillery came iu need. It swept the
railroad embankment on MIT right, and
one gnu, ient)l-al over rha grade by hand,
enfiladed' their advancing racks axed
mowed them down:by!aceres. until baf
ded anti bleeding they.oar,e-paore.
back on their reserves-in'lyi, - dbsetirity
of the waiod ; wlien Ci6tf•g#lbg our
trains - Captured and onr Idft-OraiserY press
ed, ordered our guns to lire cauibter add.