BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Pa. rrlitay IWort In?. Ocl. 25, 1861. "FEARLESS AND FREE." D. OVER - Editor and Proprietor On recount of the hardness of the tiroes and tho pressing demands for cash upon US, we have de termined to come as near to cash terms as possible. Hereafter we must have the cash for all Orphans' Court printing ; Auditor's Notices, Estrsys, &c : also all Prothonutary's printing, occasional adver tisements and handbills. All new 6ul*ciibera are also expected to pay ibeir subscriptions in advance. We do not think Executors. Administrators, and Auditors have ro;ed to complain at this change of terms. Tbey can almost at any" time raise the riw dol'ars that it will require to pay the Printer's bills. It wi'l save bother to them, and be ot immense ber<fl r to us. Old Quarters taken at par on all kinds of ac counts. * '■ ■ ■ . ■ 1 —■ — We have received a letter intended for pub lication from Mr John W. Mittong, dated at Camp Cameroo, Eiarrishurg, Oat. 220 d, in aGßirer to the advertisement in the Gizette, over the signature of B. F. Meyers, offering one cent reward for his arrest. Mr Mittone slates that be was never bound to Meyers, and CDtph'lns seriously of his treatment. The let ter is too personal to publish. SOAP, SOAP. —Mr. Charles W. Doll IS now in (his place and is the Agent for the best toi let and washing soap, we ever med. If any me dcr't believe us. joft lei them go to Mr. Doll, and be will give them a cake gratis for trial. Ho sells it ID quantities, and a'so be wishes to dispose of Township wrigbts.— Money any bo tusde out of it. ANOTHER COMPANY FOR THE WAR. Tbo "All Hazard Bya" of Colerain T"wn sbip, under tbe aimmind of Capt. Alexander Coinpber, will leave for HarrLbu'g on Tais d. j morning, next, tbe 29tb inst. This is a fine company, and Captain Compiler i* one of the best drilled officers in tbe County. A rare chance for patriotic youog men who wish to serro their eoontry. ACCIDENT. —Mr. Thomas Knox, severs! days ago, whilst coming dowu Dry Ridge with a load of boards, met with & eerious accident.— In attempting to get on one of tbe horses, bo foil and the wheels of one sido ot tbe wagon run over bis thigh, breakiog the bone. It is Supposed be will reoover. THE LEGISLATURE.— Tbe Hsrrisburg Tele graph, sums up tbe Legislature as follows: Senate, Rep. 23; Dem. 10—House, Uoion 58; Dem. 42. We will publish a correct list when we reeeire it. BLAI& COONTT WHlG.— This piper has passed into tbe hands of .Mews. Brotberlise k Keatly. It will, no doubt, b well conduct ed under them. AN EXCELLENT MAP -Lloyd's Military Mup of the Seutbero States. For Sale by 0. W. Greene, Bedford Pa. We received, tbe other day, a couple letters from Camp Crossmai., Huntingdon Couuty dated 19tb inst. one from Mr. Samuel Tobias, a:-d tbe other from Mr. W. A. Gates. Mr. Tobias was formerly a band in this office. He says: "Wf have elected part of oar field offhers, Oapt. James 8011, Lieut. Colonel, Captain James Crowtber, Major. YVi h tbam at the heid of it, wo expect to become the beat drill ed regimint iu the State. We have received part of our uniforms. Such as shoos, caps, ♦on kings, drawer-, shirt* and blankets, and expect 'be rest in a short time. Ooa of our boys, named S. Blake, was shot on the 18tb rust In the leg, by one of the guards whilst b9 was, coming into cauip, which has caused a great deal of excitement. Our officers ate well liked by the wen." Mr. Gates says: •They are in the gayest spirits. There are shout twelve hundred inso in oauip. The name of the Rogimant is the Juniata Regiment, and it is composed of good and brave men. We have plenty to eat. There have been a grear many lies oirouiated lb rung b Morrison's Cove in relation to our •iffioers. They are false. Oar officers do all in their power to make as oomfortable. Too much praise eauaot be bestowed on Oapt. E. I>. B.isbtn for bis generosity and kindness." fcyR.iCP.-j5, Mo. Oct. 18.—The rebel Gen. Uardeo, who has rceetstly been reported in K -ntoeky, is said to be marching to the aid of •i: nernl Price, with twenty thousand troops, on i is exacted to reach him bv next Fuoday. Netting has been heard from our advance guard beyond the Osage, tosduy. 1 BOWTON, Mo., Oct 17.—N0 other bridge than that at Rig River bar been interfered with bj the rebels on the Iron Mountaiu Railroad, and no rebtle are now kcowu to be nesr ihe road- Tie Eighth Wisconsin Regiment is now here, and another regimeut, with AJ j:r Babof fieid's lattery of artillery, is understood tu be on lira rend, which will make this point secure against attach. Tbo rebels are reported iu large fores twenty five miles below Uiis poiot, but not ing d.fi-. jiite i? knowu as to their number or design. ■ 1 *+ at oC?"R':ader have you seen Prof. Wood'* ad -vertiseiucnt in our pagrcr. Read ♦: it will in terest rcu. > - FKOJI tYASHIXWTOX. IMPORTANT FROM GEN. STONE'S COLUMN. COLOmetKEft KILLED. The following despatch from Gen. STONE'S command to the headquarters here bat been received: EDWARD'S FERRT, Oct. 21. —This morning at 1 o'clock, five companies, of the Fifteenth Massachusetts crossed the river at Harrison's Island at daybreak. They bad proceeded to within • uiile and a half of Leesburg without meeting the enemy, and they still hold on, supported by the remainder of the regiment aDd part rf the Twentieth. A gallant reconnoisar.ee was made early this morning by Major Mix. o! Col. VAN ALLEN'S cavulry, and Capt. PTEWAUT, assistant adju tant general, from E-lwara's Ferry towards Leesburg, with 30 cavalry. They came on the FoUiteeith Mississippi rebel regiment, receiv ed then ti:e at 35 yards,returned it with pistole, and fell back in order, bringing in one prisoner. V have possession of the Virgin la side o: Edward's Fi-rry. Additional accounts say that, up to three •o'clock to-day, General STONE held his posi tion satisfactorily, though bis comparatively small f.'roe uprn tie island is cngageu with 1 seme four thousand of the enemy. A despatch, received late thit afternoon, savs: •♦General i/VANS (to crorotnd of the reb,l forci#) hue torn li Id poets and three pieces m-tsked, with about 4.000 unit. A prisoner who was taken mentions that be has 4 000 rebel uoops, and expects reinforcements." General STONE at that time believed he oould occupy Leesburg to day and bold it. The despatch is datod Edward's Ferry. LATEST AND IMPORTANT PARTICU LARS. WASHINGTON, 21.—Midnight—General Stone erossed ihe Potomac, tois morning, with one portion of his ooromsutf, at E iward"# Fer ry nnd another at Harrison's I-land. SkiruiishiDg began between the enemy in uuoeitaio numbers, and a put of General fe'ooe's command, as early a- niDa o'clock in the morning, ana continued, with >ut much ef fect, until about five o'clock in the afternoon, when large reinforcements of the enemy ap peared upon our right, whiou w->s commanded by Colonel Biker, (Sn.tor froui Oregon ) Tho U nioo force engaged numherid about 1,800. m! w re attack dby a lurce supposed to t e from 5 000 io 10 000. Jit this juncture, Co!, tinker fell at the head of h>s b i;ade, nallantly cheering on his men to tkr conJlict luiui->,i trly before ho fell, he desp,tcbod Major y.'Ung to GeneraNSiouo,io appris d him of ihe conoitiru of affairs, and Geueial Stoue immediately proceeded in person toward the right lu tke command, but in the confuse u created by the fall -f Coluuoi B .ker, th* right wmg susttt'aed a repulse uu cusutorsble loss. Gen. Stoue reports that the left wing retired in good order. He wiil hold po-iiesai-.u t Harnsou Island and the approaches thereto. Strong reinforcements will bj sent forward to Gen. Stone during the umht The remains of Colonel Baker were remov ed to Poolesville, and wiil be biougiit to this city ou Wednesday. 118 hold hi# uouitnissiou *s coloDtl from the State of PeonsylvauiH, having late'y received it at the hands of Gov ernor CcRTUf, as oouiuiander of the Califor nia Regiment. TBK FIGHT NEAR HARPER'S FER- Rf. A HANDSOME UNION VICTORY. SIX WHIP 3,090 REBELS. WASHINGTON, Thursday, Oat. 17. Col. Geary, in his dispatch about the affair at Boiivar, near Harper's Ferry, of which we gave substantially the same acoouut last night, states that he crossed the river, with 1,000 men from his own aud the 13'h Massachusetts Regiment, surprised a rebel force two or three times as large, charged it with bayonet, aud drove it three miles, capturing a 32-pounder, •killing or wounding 150 Rebels, loosing 4 ano killed and 10 wounded, one to >nal)y.— The dispatch was written ou the top ot" the cannon captured. BALTIMORE, Tbursdvy, Oct. 17 Passengers from Harper's Ferry state that there was quite a battle yesterday, near ibt pta<v>. between two Regiments of Mississippi and Alabama soldiers and the Ist Regiment of Wisconsin and some comptuies of the 13 b Massachusetts R-gimont. While thecmiioii ading was going on across the river, Co'. G>.;% ry crossed with a force and stortnwd t.c bat tery, aud succeeded iouapiurao? one 32 joumi •r, which ho brought baon witi him auro- ihe river into camp. A considerable number ware killed and wounded on both sides. The capture of the cannon is oonfiruocd by a diß patob from Geo. Banks. ANOTHER ACCOONT. A gentleman from near Harper's Ferry furnishes tbo particulars of a fight between six companies, consisting of parts of the 28'b Pennsylvania Ragiuicot, the 3d Wiacousiu, and the 13ib Massachusetts R giineot, under command of Col. John W. Geary, and 8 000 Rebels. Early yesterday morning the Rebels showed theuasdvea oo Bolivar Uigbts, at Harper's Ferry, and commenced an attaok with artillery upon three companies uuder Major J. P. Gould stationed on the north side o( the Potomac. A constant fire was kopt up for soma hours, when three companies of the 3d Wisconsin Regiment crossed the river, formed into line, and drove the enrmy back, and succeeded iu capturing one of their heavy guns. Tboy were, however compelled to retreat, which tbry did io good order, to tbo river. Here they were reinforced by three other companies, and lbey then, with Col. Getty at their head, marched upi.u the enemy, and, after hard fight, iug, drove them frctu their position and recap tuied tire 32 pounder, a Columbian. Our f.Tees bad but three pioees of artillery, <nd these wer tired from this side of the riv er until the cot'my retreated. Ibe enemy bad eeveo pieces of artillery, 600 cavalry, together with their infantry, and were completely rooted and driven back acme throe milea. BKBFCRP IMQWLK&R. Our loss in kiiled and wounded is cot over seven, while that of the enemy is at least one huudred snd fifty. Col. Asbby, who was at tbe bead of the enemy, is among the rebels killed. POINT OF ROCKS, Md., Thursday, Oot. 17. Col. Geary, with a part of tbe force under bi command, achieved a glorious viotory yes terday at Bolivar, Va., against a greatly su perior force of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, capturing one 32-pounder, and some prisoners, who repoit tbat tbe rebel loss was not less than 150 in killed and wouLded. Our loss was four killed and seven wounded, one mortally, and one missing. Col Geary was slightly wounded by a shell. The fight lasted five hours. Affairs in Western Vrfgioia. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com mercial, writing from Elkwater, gives tbe fol lowing account of the retreat of tbe Confed erates, undei Floyd, and tho destruction of their camp equipage, djre.: Wile., wo arrived at the summit of the moun tain commanding a view of the scene, a uni versal exclamation of admiration burst from the most unpoeiio of our jaded soldiers. But our loog msreb wes unrewarded by sight of the Secessionists. They h,d 'I fl -i, Tbti MO qxl*:ue>i w.eif tiinst and tilled it*ir can from beautiful sneaui ot orvstai water tha' gushed iri tu ifafl moootain side. While the party was partaking ot a hasty meal, Cot. Marrow, with a pottion of the cav alry, proceeded to Big Spring - ,, where the eo cmy's headquarters had been at the time of our former visit. Here ruin and desolation, io strong coutrast to the beau'ies of tbe scene they bad jusi left, st irod us io the face on ev ery bund. Froiu a farmer whom we found io the vieinity we learned ttiat the enemy fl -d ituinedi.tely after our former m-ouooisam-e, supposing our party was thi advanoc guard of a large army. Their flight must h-ve been precipitate tor their tents were left standing, though slashed and riddled so as to render them useless to us, and army stores of all kinds were acatterod ID the wild confusion arouuJ. VVe also found the charred barrels of a great number of guns, bowie knives and other weapons that hud been COD signed to tbe fl imes. From thi ■ unusual sign, even in a repeating otuiy, we infer Hint there lias bt-eii iosutmrui* nation in CMmp, and that a portion of tin troops b iv unhanded and gone home in dis gust. This belief i str< ogihcued tj some | seurasiou litters f >und upon toe ground. : • The correspondent expresses tiie opinion ! that the campaign in Western Virginia is ai no end f> r Ibis season. [Je Bays: From this point the road become# imp-issu bie. The uiud is be 1? deep to a horse, and precludes all possibility of a further adv u<;e toward the retreating fjc. The great number u; wagon*!-ft b, the roadside attests with wiiii difficulty ibo enemy !.*. retired. In or der io reittlei Irauepoititicn at all possible they bud been oomp-ilvd to split trees, and by laying sbem close tegcihor nuild ttie rotd lor a distance of too mites at lcst. - Thi* will, io all probability, close the cam paign in Western Virgiuu. The enemy has bad but poor luok io this part of the country. Ti.ey have been defeated in every instance, and are now rapidly failing back upon Stsuu lon and beyoud. Pursuit is impassible, even with suffi ient force to meet, theui in o open held, lor the roads *re impassible. A Federal Victorj ia Missouri. JEFF THOMPSON J.YD LOWE ROUT ELK FOUR BIG GUNS CAPTURED PILOT KNOB, MO., Oct- 22.—The following despatch was received here tbis morning, and forwarded to headquarters stSt. Louis. FIELD OF BATTLE. } FREDERICKTOWN, Outooer 22D. J In company with Col. Piuminer's oommind, we have routed the rebels of Thotnpon and | Lowe, estimated ut 5,000. Their loss was heavy, while ours was sou >ll, and confined principally to the First Indiana | Cav dry. We captured four heavy guns. Lowe, the rebel leader was killed. Maj.rGavit' and Hymen of the lodisoa 1 cavalry were killed in A charge on a battery. The command of Col. Plummer, referred to above, was on Friday morning last, ordered from Cape Girardeau with iustrucions to move towards Frederioioo, aui cut off the retreit of Tboomron nod Lawe's army. This tnrce cousisted of M r-h'e K-t iinn'b Illinois re -im tt , aatoiiiui of TaylorV ut r, aild Ritwarf. od Uij liuan s oeuiff oie of cavalt ,all f,(ui Cairo. Also part of Pium. .nor'* Eo ienlh Missouri, a part of Ross's I'wi-ut. first Illinois and a section of Camp bell's bat>ery all from Cape Girardeau. Tbo force from tbis point was composed of the Twentieth Illinois, Col. Carlin, Thirty third Illinois, Col. Hovey;J 4 Twenty-first Illi nois, Col. Alexander; Eighth Wisconsin, Col. Murphy; First Indiana Cavalry, Col. Baker; l-aptain Hawkins's Independent Missouri Cav ahy, and four six-pounders and two tweuty* fonr puuuders, under Major Sobofield, of the Fust Wisconsin Light Artillery. (Fiedericktowo, where tbo action above mentioned took place, is the county seat of Madiaoa county, end is about twenty miles southeast of Pilot Knob.] FROM HAMPER'S FERRY. We learn from a gentieoiau direct from the vioioity of Harper's Feny that tbe Rebels again appeared upon Loudoun and Bolivar Heights yesterday morning, end rei-w<>ti tlufir attack upon tbe Union forms a&uer Major Gould with artillery. Major U aid fired upon tboua with the columbiid cspiuieo from them on 'luesday, and drove them bauk, butu-t uu- j til they bad named the large mill ot A. \V* t E-q., and took the miller piisooer, whom tli- j chftige having given information to j •be Uuioa forces of the twelve thousand hu-b- I els of wheat brought there to be ground. The firing was progrestiog wiieu oar tofctutaut left. The enemy notified the oitiaens of Harpertt Ferry that they intended to fire tbo town, and io consequence of this tbe women and ehil* dreo were fleeing in terror to this side of tbo river. Msjor Gould was throwing shot- and shell from Maryland Heights after the Rebels, and was satisfied that he could keep the u off una til reinforcements could reach him. Col Geary was slightly wounded in the calf of the leg ou Tuesday by the explosion of a shell. Colonel Kenly's First Maryland Regiment passed near Frederick no Thursday on it* way to Daroestowu to join General Banks' column. This regiiunit, has obtained a high character for discipline aril .ffijiency. More Veudalfsm at Harper's Ferry —llerr'S Mill Burnt by (be Rebels - A Rebel Force Driven from Loud o ill Heights by tbe Federal Ar tillery ou th t Maryland Miore. BANDY HOOK, Oct 18 — The spacious mill of Messrs. H-rr & Welsh, at Harper's Ferry, was fired this afternoon by tbe Rebels and is now in flitnes and will be completely destroy ed. The mill was burnt by a force under Co'ooel Ash by after our troops had t.ken twenty thousand bushels of wheat, collected ! tbeie ly the Rebels. After removing lie wheat the Federal troops retired to (heir on ginal position opposite the Ferry, after their victorious engagement at Brrliu. As soon as the Rebels commenced their work of deett action Major Gould, in command of this post, ordered bis turoe companies, C, I and K and a detachment of Col. Ueary'a Peau-yivaiiia under arms, and '•••pi Tompkin-, of ib, Ro-.ti 1-lund Artillery, p uru die iioai the Maryland Heights, wbilsi Capt. Bln Ret, of the Tniitueiuh Massachu setts Regiment, also opened with bis two twelve-pounders and the thirty-:wo-pouuder, all pouting a telling fire into the Rebels, who made their appearance on Loudonn Munuttin, driving them back so as to prevent tho further destruction *of Harper's Ferry and Bolivar, which is thre-t-ncd by Col. Ashfcy. The few remaining residents at the Ferry are rapidly emigrating iut• Mirylaiid. FROM lU DEFEAT OF THE REBELS OV LYNN CREEK. SYRACUSE, MO ,O t. 20.— 1t is reported that an'ing General Wyuiau, who left Rnila several days s tice with about twenty fi7e hun dred men, bis arrived at Lynn Crock, where he dispersed a body of rebel*, kii.'ing a con nideruble uuinher, and tilting over two bun dred prisoners. He al-o captured eight,*>i. wagon loads of goo-is belonging u> M. Clurg & Co., a prominent Union firm, wh.ou the rebels bid robbed. The ndviops from (ien. Fruiont are to 7 , o'clock on P-iday night. He is anil at War s-w, and tiie pontoon bridge across ibe Osage was to he fi;.i*lied on Saturday. - Gen. Sigel'a divisiou had crossed the riv er. It was ictortcd in our camp >.t Warsaw lint ben. Piic bad 1 cn largely reirf .reed by the rt tela under McUullocb, and thai the combined fnic s were fortifying Oacola, where iliey lot tided t> give Fieuioui battle. FROM Missouri. FT. Lot H, Oet. 2!f.—The folio wing des patch has been received from an officer at Pi lot Knob, dated 10 o'clock las' niubt: Mjor Gavitr, ot the First Indiana Cavalry, n. .dean iit'ack ou tbe enemy ibis morning, when, discovering the strength and i-o-.iti.rn >r tbe rebels, he fell bick upon o*l. A sxaud r's force of infantry of the Twenty-first, Illi nois Regiment, snd one piece of artdl-ry. Tbo enemy fodowed, fighting nil the way. M*j ir Gavitc ih-ii got his gun ia position, Mid, coiice-ling his infantry, caused a part of his command to retreat further, thus drawing she enemy into au ambuscade, and forcing them to fall back with heavy lost. FROM HEXTUCKI. CINCINNATI, OJI: 18.—Yesterday, Genetal Sbermau telegraphed an urgent deuiiud for roioiorcem' nts, and in the evening, wb*n Sec retary Cameron aud Adjutant General Thomas etrived in ibis city fruiu Lonisvilie, despatch es wete iiumedi itefy sent to Pittsburg, Indian apolis, and Caio .go, ordering 8,000 troops to be lorwaided to Geueral Sherman by special trmos > These Iroops are doubtless oow well on their way, and apprehension for the safety of Louis ville tay, therefore, be dismissed. Everything indicates uction in that direction, and important news may be expected speedily from the Ceutral Kentucky column. FROM WASHINGTON. WiillMOro., O't. 19, evening.- Gen. .nvn having 0 ordered to n more iuipn laut field of uu y, be will Oe followed by the U-'ginmt, which be bat recently uoiuiuauded as Colonel. A New York and two Pennsylvania regi ments aro alteruat 'y on picket duty at Vienna, where tbe Highlanders have been similarly employed. Persons attached to the steam tug R solute report tbot about ten o'clock this morning, while off Occoqaan creek, near Bud J'* Point, the cable by which the Resolute wis towing the echoouer Fairfax, troiu Philadelphia, hmke, when the Lt'cr drifted towards the shore, and tbe rebels started out in boats and captured her. The Resolute was, it is added, firod at from the latter; io that vioiuity, but being unable to reuder assistance, tuado her way to Wash* ington, where she arrived this evening. The Fairfax was heavily laden with hay. It is reported that the rebels had stretched a chain over tbe river to impede the passtge of vessels. Tbe Resolute being of lighter draught ibio the Fiirf'X pissed ever u, Geo M Call, wiiii the Penu>y!vanii Reset v ■ Corps, together with cava ry ai.i artillery, left 1 Piiiapeot Hill early this morning on u rt-ouu* ! uoisrtoce. luferiuation received tonight i-tiiea tht they had reached Dtiinsrilk, about t'it tnies I'roui Pro-peet liill, without opposition.— Dr.iusviiic is Within about fifteen units oi Lscsbntg Sam Houston is at last tbotuughly concert* ed to Secessionist!!. Iu a letVir to t!i* Rwb u*>ad Inquirer he avows his emirs sympathy -rv.hrihw sohlii.)o r and ry* that ho opposed Hccesaicn watiUVxw voted herself out of the IJitMM}, but that m*e tbattsiric he bae obcyod tbo wilt of .bis eoiwtituentir, audi bv '•perform ed all-tlia acts of a dutiful and loyal eitiacn of tbo RootWm Ooafederaay." Kara! Success at f hiucoteag UP. The United States steamer Louisiana, Com mander MURRAY, which has BVEU on doty for some tijuo p is' off Cbiucotesgue Island ha* captured & dozen schooners which had no clearsoee papery. Ou the 5 li instant two boats' crews from the steamer had n spirited encounter whilst proceeding to capture* Confederate sshoooer in Cbiocoteagiiu Inlet. It appears by the offi cial report of Commander Murray to Commo dore Uoldsborough, tbat the boat expedition -rot to cut out the *oboooer fell into a trap.— When the boats, containing twenty-three men, had got within three hundred yards of the schooner, they were attacked from the -shore by sjbroe ot three huodred Confederates Instead of retreating under the p-dtiog fire of the enemy, the spirit-"! leader of the expedi lion (Acting Mismr Famis ) gave the order to ptiii ahead, aud the boats were rushed through the tire until they got alongside under cover of the schooner s sides. They touod her sgroun 1 and so they nude a breastwork of her, and opened a destructive' fire upou the caeuiy.— 1 his and a few shot from the long gun of the Louisiana, which bad prudently followed her boats in as far as the depth of water would permit, obliged the r -oe s to retire; whereupon he achooiitr was burnt. Mr Fsr#i, c* iuiitea the lo*s of th" r Wh at riihr it, |ei'| , d r. id won d"J, be s w to* cumber carried off. Our loss wis one eriouv • y wounded, (Acting Master Hooker,; and bre very biigtitly. In coticludiug bis report Oapt. Murray says: 4t l have nothing but praises to bestow ou those engaged in the boats for their cooloess aDd iu trepidity, when assailed by such overwhelming odds. J'h-y were y*t aune three bundreo yards troui the schooner when fired open, hut they preferie ! pu-hiug on sod teiuriiiog tbiough l', rather thao lull in accoibplishiug their Ob ject." Cbiticotaga* lulet, where it occurred, is in Aeooiuac county, Virginia, on the Atlantic *ide ot thai narrow strip of land whose extreme point is called O.pe Charles, and forms one limit of the nnuth of Une-epdke Biy, Chiu ootuguo liesjiiat on the Maryland and Virginia line. This peninsula, separated by the wid'b of the Chosepeake from ihe uiaiu laud of Vir ginia, hut at-i'cl tu Maryland .ud D ff rds the iu-urgetus unu-oal eb.ny. a :o< di p.tehitig small oraH with s tpp.ie* to t><>iota iirt|,-r S ni'h. Ii i* ii t -urpi i.-iue. Ihvrelor,-. t tttis L •ii-i.u. h*. cipiorei a dox-ii ecuoou eis t tie I e Wl'blU a few weeks NEiV BATTERIES ON THE POTOMAC. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19^—Eveuts on the Po totuac are i ipidly diawing to a head, The enemy occupied themselves iu the erec tiou r>f uew batteries on the Virginia shore ot the river so that the navigation is mote peril ous to-day than it Ims y; t beeo. I'ne Federal guu-boai Uoioo w ut d >wti the river 1 .-t uight, Willi an aroi> piyuiist-r on ti-wd, nut retuiued thi* morning, uiviog been Un >1)1-3 to pass ttie Oil eri;s, TELEGRAPHIC MESS IGE FROM - BRIG HAM YOUJYG. The following tnessag* by telegraph was re ceived at ClevcKrid I*m evening; GREAT ?ALT LAKE CITY, I Fuday, ut. 18. 1861. J I Hon JH. Wtrie, President P-icifi; j ttraph—-Su: P- rum uie io congratulate yon jon hc coilfiit iicii iif lite Overlmd Ttlegrapb i line West to this ci'j; to commend tbo energy ! displayed by yourself and associates iu the rap d and successful prosecution of a work so beneficial and t> cxpross the wish that its use | uiiy ever tend to promote the frue lutnests of , the dwellers oa both the Atlantic and Pacific | slopes of our coctiuent. Utah has not seceded, hut ii is firui for ihe | Constitution and laws of our once happy C"Utt try, and is warmly interested in successful en. piises as too oue so far eomplete'i. KHIOHAM YOUNG PEXNSTLV.IXIA QUOTS FILLED. HARIUSBLAU, Oct 19. —ln eo><B( quence of •; the t'-cetit r*qui>i(iott uiade upon Pennsylvania ; by the N'tiotial Giverntucnt, the impression , stems to have gmo abroad that a large num ber of regnuouts are still requited, and Gov eruor Ourtiu is beset with applications to ac cept new regiments. Tuts is an error. Penn sylvania has already a euffi dent number of regiineuls to meet all the r> quisitiou* made upon her by the Nations! Government, and lliey are now being Ulied arid equipped HS rap idl> as coiil'.t be desired G iv. Cjrlin, there* fore, has no power to accept any new regiments at this time, OCTOBKB IELKGTIOMS. PENNSI LVANIA this year elected only Representatives, part of a Senate, Judges in eouac district-, and local o&cera The new Senate is Republican or "People's" by nela three 4j oue, the House ditto by a sunlLr tu .a jority. The ReonsjlvaiiL soldiers in the Uca ion armies were euiitied to vote as if at home, and the owietum of their votes leaves many local results in uncertainty. Ouio elected a Union War Bute Tioket by some 50.U00 UJ j nty Dvtd Tod (Democrat) Governor It is but justice to his Democratic op ponent, U. J. Jcwett,to state that he also decla red himself for a vigorous prosecution of the war. The new Legislature will of course be strongly "Union," though pretty equally divi* ded as to political antecedents. IOWA has reelected Gov. K:rkwod sbd Uhief Justice L>we (II publicans) sut. a R.-. pubito m to take C>! './Uitts's place to Con gress, t House ) The Legislature is iiU'Lret .<M j to be ul" Ii pa 'li<*ao. 1 MINNESOTA ha* re-eiected G >v, , (R Uf• ite oj ill l go'i> R.|uh .o ti r ..-ii r a i; iy a.heavy to j rrv. lit all a* w• b *.i vo tbe Viit • i light. Ball/m re C'lfjf ti .s cbocii U<ti>>ti;-> t • ti I hr Mu <u<pai U 'uccits (ii,l| etoeted thisyeir.) T.ie S "Oem,oiiiH!s ilnl ioi sou fi' to contest. F.uui So s-i.l, le..!ti <ha GtOitQiA has r*-i-ljeted Joseph E Brown G iveruar by tr<uu 5.000 to 10 000 iii-j iiity. Ha is a great s.tckier tor Bute R'gitis, uud, though a Seces sionist, Jeff Divisonly when ho sees fit.- -Ntw York Triauiu. ' OF*OUT eao he permanently cured by u J)r. Inland's Anti Rheumatic Band." Bea Ad verHseioent of " io another col umn. * * October, 4th, 1861 IXTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH. New Orleans and Memphis papers lo the 21 instant tarnish ibe following intelligence: The M<-biie Register has a letter fro TO Pen scnla, wnder dt of 25fh ultimo, which says: ••We have reports of several expeditions to the South. Let tbeo com*. Their tombs are open." Tbe Memphis Appeal (i'sMcs not owrs) says: ••The roiwors relating to no attempted raid by a L;o"o)n horde of 25 000 vandals oo OQf Southern coast are not without plaussble prob ability Toat the expeditian will meet with a warm reception is most certain. Governor Brown and Gen. Lnnton have Lad their eyta on the stragetic points of tbe coast for some time, and what they have done in reference to auoh proposed visits will be known when fbt arrival take* place. We harp no doubt the reports from that quarter will lie only eucb re ports as cn be caused by tbe right sort of gun* in the right place, served by the right sort of artillerist*. It will be no Hatteras affair. The New Orleans Delta states that Cap!. Dm H'.ckok had made a requisition on the proper authorities for six rifled cwirtiooa, to be placed at the pickets stattuufd ui the approach es of the pew epnsi The e.itor adds: "The c ptiin k Mi-picim*of gun boats, ami wau's t. give ii.eui - hot reetprion if tiej come pok* tug i-bout there." Tbe aime paper baa a full and accurate deaciiption of me new gu u boat fl-et built and building at the Government Navy yards and private ship yards North. Tbe tou age, number, and calibre of gutfa, 43. am given in detail. Confirmatory of tbe verlul reports, wc find in the N-w Orleans Crescent an order from be G"V-ruor of tbe State iu regard to the o-ginix-nou of tje State militia, • i in order" (we quote be Orescent) "to prepare for eu emergency that may come upon us." It is not Ooubi'ed by the same authority that "there i force enough iu the State to repel au iova au>u, some fioui whatever quarter it may."— The Governor's order directs that captains fbill drill their companies each dy, and em power* them to force the attendance of their men by pGciug all who refuse to do da'y up "ii ho Ji-t of persons who arc su*p<ctei of h-'iug UUH >uu i iu their all'giaaee ti tbe Cm tci may. The Crescent "hopes tl*' ail per -ou- wt-i -.i on t lerpond to tins order from the Go'-ru ir, so tuat ther" will hi no u<'Ces -!ty tor a hick h.-t of recreao sand renegides. l! wc expect to save our citv from capture and pillage, our wives, daughter*, and sisters from the fte of the unfortunate women of Maryland, we must *]] shoulder our guns and prepare for a terrible struggle. We can beat off any invading force if true to ourselves, and (hat we witi do it is as sure at anvihiug in the future eao be." The Bal Si Ttlogrspb on the 80 h announc ed. "A sLop of wr, name unk iown> off tbe South B ir, steiin frigate RijLinood at tbe Southwest Pass, about one mile above the pi lot station: sloop of war VtuceuDss ana sfeain gunboat Water Witch at anchor outsiJe tbe Southwest Jiirj tic fruited States ste.ui frig *te Niagara end a store-ship iff Pass-TO tre." The Louisiana Governor's "Order" calls in to active servtee all persons from 18 to 45 except tbe subjects of o foreign Power or Gov crumeut. SENDING BACS TUB COTTON. Tbe Richmond Equirer of the 14tb ics'aLt stja: "The uilirry authorities, acting with , (be advice of Generals Beauregard end John | ston, some weeks since published RU oficul | notice, iu which they requested planters at tho extieioe S >uth not to- forward any rmre invoioes of cotton into the State of Virgiaii, but to bold it until further advises. Contra, ry to this request several dealers forwarded by rail to Richmond several buudred biles, nod it was immediately returned, and that, too, at tbs expensu of the shipper-, una it is tho order of Provost Marshal, Gibion, of lt:eb* 'liOvd, to send bark every bale which uny hero a'ter be forwarded," CONFISCATION or southern DEBTS. The Richmond Enquirer of (be 14th insttst says: "It was understood at Richmond by a geutlemm who is connected with tbe Depig ment of tbe Joterior, that the returns were tiring nude of debts due to tbe alien enemies with the utmost proiuptitudo, and that from the city of Petersburg tbere would be realise.! miui not less than six hundred thousand doi- Urs. As for Kiohuioud, it was difficult to estimate the aggregate, but tbe lowest esti mate placed't at two millions of dollars." TVT A RaiED. On tbe 16tb tost., at the residence of A. 11. Hull, Esq , in Uni-n Tp. l\ A. H Hull Kq. Mr. Tuoi'AS SLKIK to Mi-s MAHT Smith. bo h >t d O. iirsvillt, lijdfar . Or. Pa. i w . „„ r v _- r m m anMarm| DIBP. On the 19:1) day of Oct. inst., Mr. GfiOROR IckeSi egrd 61 years, 8 tremfbs and & days. Mr. Ickes was married Jan. )6tb, 1820, to Susan Sleek, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Sleek, and lived a ta.oiti:d life 41 years, 8 mootbe end 10 days. Fuaeral sertuon preach ed by tbe Rev. ff. 11 Gj tea, from 2-d Samuel, 14 Ohafit, nod 14 verss. COURT PROCLMAT2OZ7. HEREAS lhe"'lltitier:;bie FBAMCIS W. R&tJt- Mbti. list'SideT.t o< the several Courtsot Cow nit>ii ] !• >■> hi tt-i; iciii tf. a ioni| the 10th Jti ••ii-i.'i hi d 'lis:id <>i ii.. Comts oi'Oyer Mint I't ill: ,i,-r. I.i ■ G'tir.t) J d Peiivt-tv, ftrtbo til Ini rip f.l ri I'jitir tf t lorS i't th-s.i l).- trn —iiiv A.-. Kiraur ..nl JOHN :.r*,oa Ks tinirt 1 -, .lu ig. s i.f tin- t'-.-nrh <•' G > s • I*l.as t.f t Just .eon <>f th-! Com tofOy . r mi Tur.uuor, , Hut! gi-iur.it J.ul Di-ltr.-ry, for tbt trial *f *ll capi tal aij-l oth,-r offendem in th- county to 13 -dford— li.ivi-<i.sMi<-il their ;>ri-ept and to me direct'd, for hold hi r a Court of' Common .Fleas, and (fo.ieral Ja>l Dciirery, and (Jft uft of Oyer and Ti-roiiDer at Bctif-'ro, on JUO. t'Ajf tho 18th day of Not next. No-riow w t eye by giv.-n to aH tbe Justices of the Peace, the Coroner and Constat lea wtlbiu th,. Said County of Bedford, that they bb thoawad AhefW in ibelr proper pt rtions, with tbelr roilw; Jftsawis® ami i. (jaikitigus, yasd. otiptf . , bruueos, to do jUiose things which lo their ™:es rod in tint behalf apt* ruin to be done, and also they wlw will pro#- cute against the prisoners that arU of aba 1.1 "be in the Jail of Bedford County, to be -tbt-n Siul there to prosecute against them as abil be Just. - . JOHN J. OEShNA, Sheriff. SbenQ's Office, Bedford, 0:1. 2-3, 1851.
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