BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Pa. Friday Morning. XoV- 8, 1961. TND FREET 7 . OVlilt-Edilor and i'roiirletor. CASH TERIiiT" On account of the hardness of the times and the 5 ressing demands for cash upon us, ve bare de te: rained to come as near to cash terms as possible, Hereafter we must bare the cask for nil Orphans' Court printing ; Auditor's Notices, Estrays, fee . also nil Frotbonotary's printing, occasional adver tisements and handbills. All new subscribers are also expected to pay their sr.bscriptions in advance. We do not think Executors. Administrators, and Auditors hare need to complain at this change of terms. They can almos! at any time raise the few dollars that it will require to pay the Printer's bills. Jt will savo bother to them, and be ol immense benefit to us. Old Quarters taken at par on all kinds of ac counts. IE the relatives of John Adams, a cooper by trade, who removed from Bedford County to Mer cer County, about twenty years ago, will call on the subscriners, they will hear of something to their advantage. S. IT. TATE, Nov. 8, ISGI. JOHN MOWER. Our particular friend, Scull, of the Somer set Herald Sf Wktg, tskca our reply to bis '•cot-tbroat" article of a few weeks ago, very much to heart. Well, we expected be would, and consequently we are not disappointed.— He denies a couple of our charges, and docs not refer to the others, thus admitting their truthfulness. He denies that the Somer'ot Conferee* stay ed awsy from the Conference at Juniata Cross ings, hoping that something would turn up to her sdvun'ace that she might again have tha Judge for the next ten years, and says that he ran refresh our memory ''by the exhibition of n letter from Hon. Alex. King, in which he expresses his thaofe' for their staying out of that conference, baoause it insured Ms nomt station on first lalfot ." We don't know wheth er Mr. King wrote such a letter or not. We understand ho saya he never wrote to Mr. .Scull on the subject. \Ya do not design to drag him into this discussion, as we know he is aveise to it. What wa say ia regard to it, is en our own motion, without any authority from, or cocsuitatiou with biro. We presume that Mr. KiDg, when he aseertri ned that the Somerset conferees would not in any event at tend the conference, acquiesced. lie could not do anything else. Jf their staying out ol the conference appeared To injure Mr. KingQ nomination, uo first ballot, would it not have been doubly sure if they had tter.doJ, pro vidt-d they were his friends, as ihsy pretend! No; otter the Democrats rejected their offeri at Bloody Run, they determined not to at lend at the "Crossing*." Why did they attend tbe Democratic Confer ence at Bloody Run? Why did thoy attempt to dicXtr with then.? Did not Mr. Scull an* the TWO other conferees at Bloody Run dia ; ar.ige Mr. King, and say Somerset would doi .•npport him iu any event? After the Demo crats refuted to unite with them, it is said they met and ncmina'cl a Somerset man fci JaJgt! Mr. Seuil also deny* that ho and other were willing t<i sell ibo Bedford County can didate for tho Legislature for President Judge Tntir conversation end actions here on tha subject, oannot be misconstrued, and if we wen allowed, wu might name a Democrat of undoabt d character who was approached on the sub jeer. But it is rich, at soy rate! Somerset eonnty politicians complaining that they havi Lad tluir "throats cut and sre otbrrwi treated badly! 4*rai Flood. The tioud of Saturday night and Sunday morninj last, did an immense amount ot damage in Bodfori Connty. At Bedford, the wafer came into the Wes end of the town, destroying a portion of the bridge and damagod a number of the houses. At th( Springs, the loss in bridges, fences, fee., wil amount to SI,OOO. In Morrison's Gove, the losi of property was great. Dati'l. B&rc'a loss in injur] to his dam and Mill, will amount to SISOO JOB. B. Noble's Factory dam was destroyed, losi $500; Mcntxw'a and Potter's dams were injured t'oe loss to the Pattocsville and Woodbcrry Turn pike road is about SI,OOO. Nearly all the bridge! between Bloody Run and Hopewell wero destroy, e-i. The lore to tho Flank Road Company will t severe. The new rail road on Six Mile Run was completely washed away. Considerable damagt wcvsbo done to the Broadtop Rail Road between llcpewi II y.d Siutoa. A house on tbe Turnpike between Juniata Crofcßhi t fi and 6. W. lionacbol aler's. occnpß-d ty a Mr. Davis, was destroyed, ant bis bed clothing, and rurrrtfure washed away.— Ercj* sH parts of mr county, we bear of great do '-traction of propctfy. Thu less to the Chambers Lurg an i Bedford Turnpike Road Company will be heavy. TMs ia tho most '.destructive flood thai has occurred within the memory of tbe "oldesi inhabitant*" Y OLCNTEBRs. —Quite a number of our brav volunteers are cow visiting their friends ic tbis County; among others, Capt. Thoe. H. Lyor.s, Liente. Ww. i'. Barodoihr, Sol. 6, Metzgar: Sergio. Bowman, Mower, Middletoo jand Heiiry BriJentbaL and Alex. Boor. SAD CASE OF DROWNING On Saturday eveuing daring the heßvy rain, Mr .3. Barusley, a discharged volunteer from the three months service, had went to Hope well, with Mr. Wm. Dibert, lo reyilist. He in company with three others, left their board ing near Hopewell in the evening, and while at Hopewell, the river had risen considerably; end in the endeavor to return had to wado the creek to the ellow Creek bridge, and cross the bridge and again had to wade* when they came to a log which had drifted n-ross the road, three of the men step ped over the log. Mr Barnsley undertook to go around it when he stepped olt !he Pike and the water being so deep he was thrown over by the current, which was the laat sen of him. He had a Uutern in his baud when he fell. He was aged about 34 years, and we believe had no family. In our paper, to day, we publish tho letter of Lieut. Gen. Scott, and ceremonies in rela tion ttf his retirement from active command of the army. He spo*ks highly of his treatment by the President and the Cabinet, it is a sad thought that he is compelled a' this time of gieat peril to the Republic, to rcsigu on ac count of his great ago and bodily infirmities. He is still as ever, a firm and unwavering friend of tbo Uuion, and io favor of crushing down the great rebellion. The country will not altogether lose his services, as ho will be con sulted on all important warlike measures.— Tho people of this country can never repay Geu. Soott for bis great services, and his name will be ever held iu grateful reincmberanoe. LAND SLIDE. A small land slide occurred OD Saturday night, olose by the old Stone mill at the Springs. The slide brought down three tolerably large trees and left them ; .B tbo mid dle of the road, as though they had grown tkore. Messrs. Reed & Johnston, have entered in to the butchering business in W codbrrry, in this County. They always have ou hand the test meats, and are accomniodoting geutlcuien, and will give general satisfaction. Cant some of our subscribers bring us some wheat, flour, buckwheat flour, potatoes, and a few loads of wood? Rosecraos has had a battle with Floyd, and it is reported that Floyd has been taken priso ner. Messrs. A. B. Cramer & Co., have a lot of splendid, cheap goods. Go and see if they aint. Mr. Fetor Reed advertises new an.l cheap goods in to-uays paper. Give him a call. It is reported that Sam Houston is dead. Highly Important from Washington. RESIGNATION OF GKN. SCOTT. The IVor Worn Veteran's Letter—Cabinet Council in the Mutter—The Resignation Accepted—Hen. McCltUnn Placed in Com mand— Interview Between the President, Cabinet, and Gen. Scott. WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 1, 18G1. Gen. Soott, leaves Washington to morrow. He and his stiff, ocoouipauied by tbe Secreta ries of War and Treasury and the Adjutant General, will take a special train at 5 o'clock in the morning for Harrisbnrg, where 'he old hero will rest, and receive the hospitable cares of the Secretary of War, Cameron. From there bs will go to Elzabothport. and thence to New York by tbe evening boat. Gen. Mo , Clellan has rrquested bis Btff to be io atten daneo at tbe depot at 41 o'clock. At a special Cabinet meeting, held at 9 ; o'clock this morning. Gen. Soott announced | hts purpose to retire from the command of tbe army. At a later hoar tbe President informed j Gen. MoClellan that in conformity with the | expressed will of Gen. Scott and the unani -1 mens desire of the Cabinet, he conferred upon ' him the command of the armies of too United I States. (eu. MeClellan has issued an order assum j ing tho command io which ho eloquently re views the history of his veteran predecessor's | military life, and expressed tho hope and trust that his last days may not be embittered by the defeat of tbe armies of which be has been so long tho distinguished commander. At 4 o clock in the afternoon the President, with all bif Cabinet officers, called upon Gen. Scott to bid him adieu. His aids and the Adjutant- General left the room where tho final interview was to take place. Tho Pres ident was the first to emerge from the sad scene, and in tears. Tbo full particulars of what transpired within is known ouly to the participants in this last interview with the he ro of Lundy's LaDe and the eonquerer of Mex ico. A dinner, celebrating Geo. MoClellan's as aumption of tbe command, was gtvon bim to night by tho Secretary of State,at which all tho members of the Cabinet were present.— During tho evening Gen. MoClellan was ab sorbed io his new duties, tbe President boimg with bim for several hoars. The question of Gca MoClellan's suooessor in tbe couimaud of tbe army of tbo Potooiae lis already under discussion. Gen. Hallcck, , now on bis way here from California, is most | talked of. WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 1, 1861. \ The following letter from Gen. Scott was j received by the President on Thursday after noon. "II EADQUABTE&S GT THE ARMY, 1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, ISGI. j "The Hon. 8. CAMERON, Secretary of War: 1 "SIR: For more than three years I have been unable from a hurt to monnt a horse, or to walk more than a few paces at a time, and that with much pain. Other and new infirmi ties, dropsy and vertigo, admonish me that re pose of mind and body with the applianco of ; surgery aud niedjoioe arc ucceisiry to add a BEDFORD JWOGiRER. little more to a lire already protracted muoh beyond the usual span of man. It is tinder mob . circumstances, mode doubly painful by the unnatural and unjust rebellion now raping in tbo Southern States of our so lately pros - perous aDd happy Union, that I am compelled to request that my name shall ba placed on the list of army officers retired from active service. As this request is founded on an absolute right, granted by a recent act of Congress, 1 am outirely at liberty to say it is wish deep regret that I withdraw myself in these momentous times from the orders of a President who has treated rue with much dis tinguished kiodoess and courtesy; whom 1 know, upoo tuueb personal intercourse, to be patriotic without sectional partialities or pre judices; to be highly conscientious in the per formance oyery duty, and of unrivaled ac tivity and perseverance- ond to you, Mr. Sec retary, whom 1 now offioiaiiy address for ihe last time, I beg to acknowledge my ob ligations for the uniform high consideration ] have received at your hands, and have the hone or to remain, Sir, with high respeot, v. "Your obedient servant, "WINFIELD SCOTT." A special Cabinet Counoil was convened on Friday morning, at 9 o'clock, to take the sub ject into consideration. It was decided that Gen. Scott's request, under the circumstances of his advanced age and infirmities, could not be declined. Gen. MoCleilan was thereupon, with the unanimous agreement of the Cabinet, notified that the command of the army would be devolved upon bim. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Cabinet again waited upon the President, and attended him to the residence of Gen. Scott. Being seated the President read to the General the following order: "On the Ist day of November, A. D. 1861, upon his own application to the President of the United States, Brevet Lieutenant General Wiofiald Soott is ordered to bo placed, and hereby is placed, upon the list, of retired offi cers of the artny uf the United States, without reduction in his current pay, subsistence, or allowances. "The American peopla will hear with sad ness and deep emotion that Gen. Scott has withdrawn from the active control ofijbo army, while the President and unanimous Cabinet ex press their own and the nation's sympathy in his person*! eflliction, and their profound sense of the important puhlio servioes rendered by him to his country during his long and bril liant career, among which will ever bo grate fully distinguished his faithful devotion to the Constitution, the Union, and the flag, when assailed by parricidal rebellion. ABRAH AM LINCOLN *' Gen. Scott thereupon rose and addressed the President and Catinet, who had also risen, as follows: "PRESIDENT: This bonr overwhelms me.— It overpays ail services I have attempted to render to uiy country. If 1 bad any claims ; before, tbey are all obliterated by this expres sion of approval by tbe President, with the remaining support of bis cabinet. I know the President and this Cabinet well. I know that the country has placed its interests in this trying crisis in safe keeping. Their coun sels are wise; tbeir labors are as untiring as they are loyal, and their course is the right one. "President, you must exouno roe. I am unable to stand longer to give utterance to the feelings of gratitude which oppress me.— In my retirement, 1 shall offer up my prayers to God for this Administration, aod for my countiy. i shall pray for it with confidence in its success orer all enemies, and that speed* ily." The President tbeo took leave cf Geo. Scott, giving him his hand, and saying he hoped soon to write him a private letter ex pressive of his gratitude and affection. The President added: "GENERAL: YOU will naturally feel solici* tude about the gentlemen of your staff, who have rendered you and their country such faithful service. I have taken that subject into consideration. 1 understand that they go with you to New York. I shall dsstra tbern at their earliest convenience, after their re turn, to make ibeir wishes known to me. I dosire you now, however, to be satisfied tbat, except the unavoidable privation of your coun sel, and society, which they have so long en joyed, the provision which will bo made for thorn will be such as to render their situation hereafter as agreeable as it bas been hereto fore." EHOIQ member of tbo Administration then gave his hand to tbo veteran, and retired in profound sileuce. The Secretary of the Treasury and tbe Seorotary of War accompany Gen. Scott to Now York to tnorrow by the early train. Tho following is the response of the Secre tary of War to the letter of Gen. Scott" "WAR DEPARTMENT, J "WASHINGTON, NOV. 1,1861, ) "GENERAL: It was my duty to lay before the President your letter of yesterday, asking to be relieved, under the recent act of Con gress. In separating from you 1 oam.ot re frain from expressing my deep rogret that your health, shattered by long service and repeated wounds received in your country's defense, should render it neoeesary for you to retire from your high position at this motnentious pe riod of our history. Although you are not to remiiD tn active service, I hope that while 1 continue iu charge of the Department over which 1 now preside, 1 shall at time* bo per mitted to avaii myself of the benefits of your wwo counsels and sage experience. It has been my good fortuno to enjoy a personal ac quaintance with yon for over thirty years, aDd tbe pleasant relations of that long time hive been greatly strengthened by your cordial aud entiro cooperation in all tho great questions which bave oooopied tho Department, and oouvulsed tbe oouotry for tho last si* month*, la parting from you, J oan only express the hope that a merciful Providence, that has proteoted yot* ami J so many trials, will im prove your beahb and ooatinae your life long after tbu people of tbe country shall bave been restored to tbeir former happiness sod prosperity. 4, l am, General, very sincerely your friend and servant, "SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. "Lieut. Gen. VV INFIELD SCOTT, Present." Mjor Gen. MeCiellso to-night issued the following order: HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMF, ) WASHINGTON, NOV. 1, 1861. ( GSNKTTTTJ ORDER No. 19.—1n socordaoce with General Order No. 94 from the War Department, I hereby assume command of the armies of the United States. In the midst of the difficulties frdiieh en compass and divide the nation, hesitation and self distrust may well accompany the assump tion of so vast a responsibility, but confiding as I do, in the loyalty, discipline, and courage of our troops, end believing as I do, that Providence will favor ours as the just cause, 1 cannot doubt that suecess will crown our efforts and sacrifices. The army will unite with me iu the feeling of regret that the weight of many years, and the effeot of in creasing intfriJtties, contracted and intensified in his country's service, should iuat now re move from our head the great soldier of our nation, the hero, who, in his youth raij"d high the reputation of Lis country in the fields u! Canada, which be sanctified with his blood, who in more mature yeara proved to the world that American skill and valor could re peat, if not eclipse, the exploits of Cortez in the iar?d of the Montezuma?, whose whole life has been deve'ed to the service of his country, whose wheiti effort? have been directed to up hold our honor at tn> smallest sacrifice of life, a warrior who scorned tbo selfish glories of the battlefield when his great qualities ns a statesman could be employed more profits!, 'v for his couutry, a citizen who in his deoimiug years has given to the world the most shining instance of loyalty in disregarding all ties of birth and clingiug still to the cause of truth and honor, bucb has been the- career aud oharncter of Winfield Scott, whom it has long been iho delight of the uation to honor, both as a man and a soldier. \\ hile we regret his loss, there is one thing we cannot regret--the bright example he baa left for our cmnlatioD. Let us all hope aud pray that his declining years may be passed in peace ond happiness, and that they may bo obcered by the success of the country and the cause bo has fought for and loved so well. Beyond all that, let us do nothing that can cause htm to blush for us; let no defeat of the army be has so loDg commanded embitter hie last years, but let our victories illuminate the close of a life so grand. GEORGE B. MeCLELLAN, Major General Commanding U.S. A. FROM WESTERN VIRGIN!!. THE RECAPTURE OF SIO>|XEY. FOUR HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN. The i\ heeling Press of Tuesday gives the following account of the attack *of~General Keliy on tue town of Romney, aud the defeat and rout of the Rebel forces: Wo loam from a gentleman direct from Rouiney that the fight took place near Mill Creek, 6ome four or five miles from Romney. The Rebels were soon repulsed, and General Kelly after them at "double quick." The only stand the Rebels made was near the Indian Mouod Cemotry a*d in the town. The enemy threw shell but could do no damage. Our troops then txiide an entire rush at tbetn with suob vociferous yells, passing under their fire, that they gave way. The Rebel infantry now fled towards Winchester and the cavalry to wards Springfield, but wero checked at the wire suspension bridge by a detachment of Uuion troops detailed from Cumberland. They fore up the bridge to prevent our troops from crossing. Geueral Kelly captured some four or five hundred prisoners, among whom is Col. E. M. Armstrong, late member of the Richmond Convention, two hundred hordes, thtee wagon loads of new rifles, three cannon, a large quautity of corn, tents, and in fact everything they had. The loss on our side was but one roaD killed and five wounded. The loss of the eneuiy is not known, but must have been con siderable. The expedition has been truly suc cessful. The Wheeling Intelligencer gives the above particulars, with the additional announcement that General Kelly still occupies RomDey with a forco of 2,500 men, consisting of two Ohio ' regiments, six companies of the Seventh Vir ginia Regiments, oue company cf tbe Third Virginia, end two cavslry companies. A MOVEMENT FOR A DIVERSION—WELL CAR RIED OCT. Ere proceeding against the enemy in Rom ncy, a few days eiuce, Brigadier Gen. Kelly arranged with General Thurston, commanding in Cumberland, Maryland, that a pertion of the latter'* force should ruako a feint against Romney, while his (Kelly's) troops made the real attack upon them. Gen. Thurston, in sc cordanee with that plan, sect Col. Johns with portion of his regiment to make tbe feint— flow it was executed the following report tell*: HEADQUARTERS SECOND REGIMENT, J POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE. ) Brigadier Gen. C.'M. Thurston: General —la compliance with verbal orders received after consultation between Gen. Kel ly and yourseP on the night of the 20tb inst. I concentrated seven hundred men of my regie ment at the North Branch bridge, and on tbe following morning, at five o'clock, marched in the direotiou of Romney, passing through Frankfort- Upon arriving at a point one and a half miles from Springfield tbe roar of my column was fired upon by the enemy, from tbe heights of the wo%d, sevorely wounding two men, detaining the column about an hour, which was occupied iu clearing the woods of the enemy and dressing tbe wounds. We tnarobed tbenoe through Springfield, seeing frequent signs of the enemy's horsemen iu re treat towards tbe bridge over tbe South Branch of the Potomac. Upon arriving within half a mile of tho bridge my flinkers and skirmishers on the left and front discovered the c-neiuy on the opposite side of the river, when a brisk fire at once oommenoed. About this time tbe guns of Geo. Kelly's column, in the vicinity of Rom ney, were heard. After skirmishing with tho enemy across the river for about half an hour, 1 determined to foroo away over tbe bridge. The enemy, tho best informa tion we oould gety from four to six hundred inolading cavalry, having beforehand prepsr> ed to defend its passage, had arranged covers for his riflemen on an eminence immediately fronting the bridge. Captain Alexander Shaw of Company A, who led the advance of the column to this point, was, with his company, directed to lead the way across the bridge a: a) double-quiok step. Supported by tho remainder of tho i regiment. Captain Shaw promptly his ooinpiny as directed, and when about half way across tbo bridge discovered that a por- tion of the plank flooring on the further side had been removed. The enemy, on discover ing the movement opened fire Ly volley, kill ing one aDd wounding six of my ir.cn, ceasjrg the company to seek shell er behind the para pet? of the bridge. Aftet skirmishing some time from the para pets of the bridge and an eminence on our left and Dot hearing the fire of General Kelly for the previous hour, I concluded he bad carried Romney: and the object of my march to create a diversion in his favor being accomplished, 1 determined to retire, which wc did in good or der to Oldtown, in Maryland, arriving iLere ebout 9 o'clock P. M, altera march of twenty five miles. It is with pleasure that I speak of the good behaviour of all my officers and men, and would oa 11 your atteotion particularly to the charge led by OaptaiD Alexander Shaw. Captain fW r °f dragoons, with bis company, rendered very'cffic,T n,: drawing the flro of the enemy from u." regiment at tbo bridge. I was muoh gratified at iudebttL 1 to Mr. Grehan, who volunteered to ruaren w ''h me, for his prompt ond cheerful assistance.— Mr. Grehan was frequently exposed to severe fire of the enemy, I aui, with great rcrpcct, your obedient ser raot, THOMAS JOHNS, Col. Second Reg. Potomac Re me Brigade. The Great Naral Expedition The great naval expedition sailed on tie 29th ulr. with sealed orders, for some point unknown to all but the heads of departments. It exceeds in magnitude anything of the kind heretofore attempted on this continent. The expeditiou consist?, in all, of eighty vessels.— Of fhesj three are steam frigates, six sailing men-of-war, twenty-six, gunboats,? twelve fer ry-boits, and thirty steam and six sailing transports. They cairy, besides their full crews, a force of between 30,500 sad 40,000 picked soldiers, half of tbem tbo beat trained tfoops of Gen. McCleiian's command. The fleet oarries with it about five hundred surf boats and a number of ferry-boats strengthen ed by iron bulwarks, manned by experienced wreckers and New Etigland fisherman, for landing troops. Tho transports bear at least three nud half months' supplies of food for the army which ;s to be landed. An itumeD.se quantity of the heaviest and most improved guns, shot, shell, furnaces, and othct parapher- j nilia of war, is carried along: extta transpor tation wagons, camp equipage of all drscrip j tions, arms, infantry equipments, Ac., for arm- i ing the loyal inhabitants; form port of the! cargo. All the best pilots of New York oily nd other northern port?, who are familiar j with every landing on the coast, have been sent down. Fifteen hundred horses are aboard, j Several of the largest traasports are laden with i ammunition. The expedition takes about one thousand stout negroes, contrabands who j have come in from Virginia at different times. j Among the troops aboard are two regiments from Pennsylvania— the !, Ronn dbeads" prin- j cipally made up in Lawrence county, command I ed by| Col. Dan. L*asure, end the Penney!- 1 vania Fiftieth, composed mostly of Beiks an i i Schuylkill men, commanded by Col. H. O. i Christ. N. Y. Seventy-Ninth, (Highlanders) formerly coounanded by the Lie Col. Came* ' roo, is also with the expedition, with Rev. P. Riser, of Sunlury, as chap] tin; and Dr. Geo. I S. Kemble, formerly of M'ffl nburg is one of j the Surgeons on board. The naval parts of the expedition is under command of Commodore J. F. Pupont, oDe of tbo ablest officers of the navy, a resident Delaware, and who has been in the service forty-six years. The fleft'captnin is Commsn der Charles H. Davis, of Massachusetts, who baa been in the service eightetn years. Tbe land forces are under commend of Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, of Sherman's battery. Its precise destination, and whether it will strike at ODe or a doaeo points at once, are un known, except to those who have the"seaJed orders," which aro probably opened by this time. With reasonable fidelity and success, it seems sure they will make a great impression upou the Rebel seaboard, and itiiv tend stroDgly to hasten the termination of "the In surreetion. FBTDAV, Oct. t 25, 1861, the Telegraph Lice | was completed between the Atlantic and tbe i Pacific. Tbe first Message was seDt by the I Chief Justice of California to President Bin- ; coin at. Washington. New York and San ■ Fruncieca have been interchanging compli ments. Ibis is a great Work—this a glorious Union! , May it be perpetual! Confusion to Ilehel* ! and to traitore' Washington JYOV. 3 1861. Count de Sayre, graudaon of Count do ! Rocbambeau, who was with Washington, tad I Baron de Schonen, grand-nephew of Lafayette, each the lineal representative of his distin* i guished ancestor, have tendered their services ! to the Government, saying that they arc proud ! to fight with and for the same people, of whose i early history Lafayette and Rocbambeau are a part. M*j. Gen. Haveiock, who has just ar rived from England, has also offered his sword to tbe country. CALIFORNIA—FuII, official returns for Governor, foot up as followe: LeUud Stanford, Republican 56 336 M'Coonell, Breckiondger 32,751 Conness, Douglas! te 30,009 Repub. plurality, 23,585 Union majority(Stanford and Conness over M'Contiell, for whom every shade of Srccsaion isui voted) nearly FIFTY-FOUR THOUS AND! California is safe! OHlO.—Todd baa FIFTY THOUSAND ma jority for Governor over Jewott, "the regnUr Deuiooratio candidate," professing also to be aD Unconditional War man, yet was support ed by Vallandigbam, whose District repudi ates him by 2500. Todd was a Douglas man, but thinks "the Administration of Abraham Lincoln equal to that of Andrew Jackson," and was taken up by the Republicans as a Un ionist. RUMORED DEATH OF SAM HuUSTON. A letter from Louisville to the Cincinnati Times says: .'A Nashville paper, cf the I9ih, announ | ces the death of Sam Houston on tho Bth ult. •in Texas. He should have died before be | wrote his last letter, or lived to see our glo rious Union once more restored." ' Tbe firtt Telegraphic dispatch from San Francisco over tbe overland telegraph read# a* ; follows: I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.— A D announce ment made ID relation to the completion of the last link in the Overland Telegrapli, says: ; The PaciGo to the Atlantic nerds greeting— j may both oceans be dry before a foot of all the land that lies between them shall belong i to any ether than onr united conntry. LOYALTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. There is a loyal movement on foot among ; the people of Hyde County, North Caroline, wti<*h if properly sustained by the Govern* i ment, r ay benonie wide spread and important lin the old North Slate. The leading citizens i of that county met at HatteTas Church, Oct- I I2ib, and adopted a declaration of iodepen- J dence from the Southern Confederacy. They i have never acquiesced in the rebel movement, and the capture of Hafferas Inlet by the TTni j ted States fcas enabled them to throw off the ' despotism of the oppressor. A messenger in j their behalf has been sent to Washington by I (3er. Wool an* President bas promised to i use bt's almost efforts * n prefect Ibe loyal ei.i* 1 zrns of North Carolina, ana * tben ; with nesponfl with whicb to make * CWQ against tbc rebellion. , The people of Hyde county have been re ' dncrd to a destitute condition, and Gen. Woo! has authorized Rev. T W. Conway, Chaplain if the Ot'n New York Volunteers, now etas tuned at IfsUeras Inlet, who has also the approval of the President and Secretary of War, to appeal to the people of the loyal Stßles for aid for these sufferers in the way of fhoe, clothing,provisions or money. h Tlil K I'ATniOT, GEO. D. PRENTICE, the Editor of the Lotnsville Journal, has proved himself incur* j niptible. Among the many sch-mes for car rying Kentucky o U t of the Union, was a per i severing attempt to bey Prentice, or, failing j that, to buy his paper. Ho was first approach ed with the modest offer of $25,000, which vrrs promptly declined. The anxious buyers, thinking perhaps their bid had bean below Pre elite's estimate of bis lienor, increased tbeir off< r, and through an old political frieDd, (since quartered at Ft. Lafayette) bo was in formed that $150,000 were in a Ijouisvil.'c bank suhjct to the draft of Geo. D. Prcotree, pro vided tiie Journal was henceforth conducted according to certain terms. An lucreased severity upon Ibe Pisuniouists in the columos of the Journal, was the response to this pros po*al. Next coine a railroad man from the far West, who eschewed all politics, and wani ted an influential paper tu support the Paeifie Railroad enterprise. Ho would give Prentico $250,000 for the Journal. This bid was too low, and Geo. I>. Prentice remains uubougbt we hope unpurchaseable. WEAK DEMOCRATS, read this from one who has been a leader in your pirty. Perhaps it will invigorate you: '•Gen. B. F. Butler made a speech at Bur lington, Vermont, on Wednesdiy evening.— lie said that if any foreign nation dated to interfere in our|!Dtesttoa war, we would ceaso dealing with southern traitors as erring troth* ers, delicately and tenderly, and should arm every loyal Unit n man, North and South, both black and icbile, bond and Jree, until treason aDd its abettors are exterminated, and the med? dlesotnc world was taught a salutary lessen— This aontiaicot was received with overwhelm? ing plaudits.'' WHAT SHOULD WE DONE. Every young man uot pngsged in the ser vice of the country, should strive with all poa sible dispiteb to prepare hiWßelf for usefulness by attending some good School adapted to the wants of the present ngo: and this respect the IRON CITY COLLEGE of Pittsburg, Pa. sustains a high reputation, n is shown by the Duinareus prominent and responsibla positioos now filled by graduates from this School.— Send for their catalogue, and examine for your selves. l£F"Riader have you seen Prof. Wood's ad vertisement in our paper. Read it; it will in terest yor. $"25! EMPLOYMENT ! $75! AGENTS WANTED! '.YE will pay from $.23 to 75 per month, and sll :xpenses, to active Agents, or give a commission. Particulars sent tree. Address ECIE SEWIXO MA OHIXK, CoMP.tsr. It. JAMES, General Agent, Mi lan, Ohio. Ang. 6, 1861 .-Z7. "MATHL Jfcilßib. At Chambersbnrg on the 2!Hh nit., by the Rev. Bausman, Nr. FREDERICK C. TRITLE of Waynesboro, Franklin County, to Miss LIZZIE A. .MAXWELL, step daughter of the Rev. 0. F. Ilofl'meier of Friends Cove. On the 3d isst., bv the Rev. J. Zimmerman, Mr. THOMAS STINMAN to Miss CATHARINE E. GIBLE, both of Bedford Co. Pa. On Wednesday evening, Oct. 16th, 1861, by Rev. Abbott, Mr. James Mcitulllu (formerly of this place,) to Miss Nancy J. Arthurs, of Jefferson County, Ohio. NEW GROCERY, Corner ol West Pitt and Juliana SL TIICI subscriber Is opening at this well known stand, a well selected stock of Confectionaries, Tobacco, Sugars and Groceries, consisting in parr of coffee, brown, crushed and pulverized sugars, refined and golden syrhps, baking molasses, young : hyson, imperial and black tea, chocolate, corn ! starch and flavoring extracts, cheaso, corn brooms, ■ painted buckets, dusting, wall, scrub, horse, shoe, ! tooth and hair brushes; Coiif/ttio*aries, such as phin and fancy candies, fruited candies and flavor ed jellies; water, butter and sweet crackers.- Foreign fruits, oranges, lemons, figs, raisons, prunes, dates, currants, citrons, filberts, walnuts, cream nuts, almonds, poa nuts; Tobacco, congress plug, sweet plantation, natural leaf, rough and ready, Lynchburg, smoaklng, a superior article, cut fend dry, &c., lie., Ctgars, opera, sixes, half Spanish, and a variety of other brands. The pub lic arc respectfully invited to give bim a callJf; All kinds of country produce taken at the high est market price. But no goods sold on credit. J. B. FABQiniAK. Nov. 8, 1861. CASB STORE. I THE undersigned has purchased J. Reed's stock i of Merchandise, and will continue the trnde at the j old stand, and sell positively for ready pay only ; Goods soli! low for cash, or approved country P ro I dnce. P. A. RKEP ' Nov 8,1861.
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