objections on the slavery question, they, in the spirit ol patriotism and of feeling, preferred the lessei evil to the greater, and ratified the Con stitution without their favorite provision in re gard to slavery. Give them a chance to decide between the ralfication qf these proposed amend ments to the Constitution, and the consequences which your policy will inevitaoly produce. Why not allow the people to pass on these questions? All we have to do is to submit them to the States. II the people reject them, theirs will be the responsibility, and no harm will 1 have been done by the reference. If theyl accept them, the country will be safe, and at! peace. The political patty which shall refuse! to allow the people to determine for themselves? at the ballot-box the issue between revolution! and war on the one side, and obstinate adher-J ence to a party platform on the other, will as-l sume a fearful responsibility. A war upon aj political issue, waged by the people of eighteen! States, againat the people and domestic insti-. tutions of fifteen sister States, is a fearful andj revolting thought. The South will be a unit,' and desperate, under the belief that your objects in waging war is their destruction, and not the! preservation of the Union ; that you meditate! servile insurrection, and the abolition of slav-j ery in the southern States, by fire and sword,! in the name and under pretext of enforcing! the laws, and vindicating the authority of ihej Government. You know that such is the pre-j vailing, and, I may say unanimous opinion at! the South; and that ten million peopD are pre-j paring for the terrible conflict under that con-i viction. When there is such an irrepressible discon-j "tent pervading ten million people, penetrating; the bosom ot every man, woman, and child,! and, in their estimation, involving everything that is valuable and dear on eaith, is it notj time to reflect whether there is not some cause,' real or imaginary, for apprehension ? Iftherej be a just cause for it, in God's name, in the name ot humanity and civilization, let it be removed. Will we not be guilty, in the sight of Heaven and of posterity, if we do not re-J move all just cause before proceeding to extrem-j ities 1 If, on the contrary, theie be no real foundation for these apprehensions; if it be ail a mistake, and yet they, believing to be sol emn reality, are determined to act on that belief, is it not equally our duty to the mis apprehension ? Hence the obligation to the causes of discontent, whether real inary, is alike imperative upon us, if jve wish to preserve the peace ol the country and the Union of the States. It matters not, so far as the peace of the country and the preset vation of the Union are concerned, whither the apprehensions of the •outhern people are well founded or not, so long as they believe them, and are determined to act unon that belief. If war comes, it must have an end at some time ; and that termina tion,! apprehend, will be a final separation. Whether the war last one year, seven years, or thirty years, the result must be the same—a cessation of hostilities when the parties become exhausted, and a treaty of peace recognizing the separate independence of each section. The history of the world does not furnish an in stance, where war has raged for a series of years between two classes of States, divided by a geographical line under the same national Government, which has ended in reconciliation reunion. Extermination, subjugation, or separation, one ol the three, must be the result of war between the northern and southern States. Surely, you d —* -—r'-* ate or subjugate ten million people, the entire population of one section, as a means ol preserv ing amicable relations between the two sec tions ! I repeat,'then my solemn conviction, that war means disunion—final, irrevocable, eternal separation. I see no alternative, therefore, but a fair compromise, founded on the basis of mu tual concessions, alike honorable, just, and ben efictal to all parties, or civil war and disunion. Is there any thing humiliating in a fair comprom-j ise of conflicting interests,opinions,and theories,! for the sake of peace, union, and safety 1 Read, the debates of the Federal convention, which; formed our glorious Constitution, and you will! find noble examples, worthy of imitation ; in-' stances where sages and patriots were willing to surrender cherished theories and principles 1 of government, believed to be essential to the best form of society, for the sake of peace and! unity. I never understood that wise and good men ever regarded mutual concessions by such men as Washington, Madison, Franklin, and Ham ilton, as evidences of weakness, cowardice, oi] want of patriotism. On the contrary, this! spirit of conciliation and compromise has been] considered, and will in all time be tegarded as! the highest evidence which their great deeds and immortal services ever furnished of their' patriotism, wisdom, foresight, and devotion to their country and their race. Can we no: afford to imitate their example in this momen tous crisis I Are we told that we must not do our duty to our country lest we injure the par ty ; that no compromise can be effected with out violating the party platform upon which: we were elected? Better that all party p!at-j forms be scattered to the winds ; better that all: political organizations be broken up; better that every public man and politician in Amer ica be consigned to political martyrdom, thari that the Union be destroyed and the country plunged into civil war. It seems that party platforms, pride of opin ion, personal consistency, fear of political mar tyrdom, are the only obstacles to a satisfactory adjustment. Have we nothing else to live for but political position * Have we no other in ducement, no other incentive to our efforts, our toils, and our sacrifices ' Most of us have chil dren, the objects of our tenderest affections andj deepest solicitude, whom we hope to leave be hind us to enjoy ths rewards of our labors in a' happy, prosperous, and united country, under the best Government the wisdom of man ever devised or the son of Heaven ever shone upon. Can we make no concessions, no sacrifices, for the sake of our children, that they may have a country toflive in, and a Government tojprotecl them, when party platforms and politicial honors shall avail us nothing at the final reckon ing? In conclusion, I have only to renew the as surance that lam paepared to co-operate cor dially with the friends ola fair, just, and hon orable compromise, in securing such amend ment to the Constitution as will expel the slav ery agitation from Congress and the arena of Federal politics forever, and restore peace to the country, and preserve our liberties and Un ion as the most piecious legacy we can trans mit to our posterity. above speech, the last great effort of Judge Douglas io the U. S. Senate, is printed from a copy sent us under bis own frank . It! can be relied upon as correct.— Ed. BEDFORD GAZETTE. ■mi ii Ml—im " -BEDFORD, Pa.— FRIDAY : : : : : : : JDKE 7,1861. B, F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. The Democratic voters of the several elec tion districts ol Bedford county,and others who 'intend to act with them in good faith hereaf ter, are hereby requested to meet on SATURDAY, THE 15th JUNE, NEXT, at the hour and place to be appointed by their [respective Vigilance Committers (who are here by requested to grve written notice ot such time and place of meeting) for the purpose of elec ting two persons as delegates to the Democrat ic County Convention, which is to assemble at the Court House, in Bed! >rd, on TUESDAY , THE 18th DAY OF JUNE NEXT, at 2 o'- clock, P. M., to put in nomination a County- Ticket to be voted tor at the ensuing election, appoint Legislative and Judicial Conferees, and attend to such other matters as may be ptopei to be iransacted tor the benefit of the party. — It is also particularly requested that active and earnest Democrats be elected Vigilance Com mittees tor the ensuing year and that their names be returned to the President of the Con vention. Bv order of the Dem. Co. Com. G. H. SPANG, May 1 Oth,-*6l. Chaiiman. tcmwi ii MI ■ i ai-:U.sawwvnan>gBm-iLJ"Laii DEATH OF JUDGE DOUGLAS. The announcement of this melancholy and, deplorable event, has thrown a deep gloom overj the land, for the nation mourns an unexpected and irreparable loss. The death of no public man, since that gloomy epoch that saw Marsh field draped in mourning, has furnished so great occasion for the tears and regrets of the patriot citizen, as that of the noble, generous and true hearted man whose untimely end we are about to record. Stephen A- Douglas, the lion-heart ed defender of political truth, the steadfast and changeless lover of his country, the master of men's passions and prejudices,—alas! alas! that we must write the sad and solemn words— Stephen A. Douglas is no more!—We have no heart for comment,and feel that the distinguish ed dead npeds no eulogy. His praises are writ ten with the finger of love, indelibly, upon the hearts of his countrymen. After liie's fitful fever may God rest him in a peaceful and bless ed eternity ! How sleep the brave who sink to rest, with a:i itinr country's wisnes Blest! When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck tbeir mould, She there shall dress a sweets sod, Than Fancy's feet have evpr trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their diige is sung, There honor comes, a pilgrim grey. To bless the turf that wiaps their clay, And freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there." . THE DIFFERENCE, The administiators of the lately deceased " Republican" party, and their attorneys and .fuglemen, would preserve (?)the Union by any means whatever, whether in consonance with the Constitution, or in violation of that sacred instrument. They would carrv fire and sword among the people of the seceded States, at the cost of billions of money and millions of lives] on the part of the North. They would attempt] to cement the broken fragments of the Union with blood, knowing that the discordant paits could r.ot thus be held together. Thev would have their President usurp the powers of an au tocrat, violate his oath to support the Constitu tion, and crush with his fiat, the very ground work of the fabric of our liberty. They would have their officials commit treason in punishing traitors, and set at defiance the Constitution and the laws, whilst engaged in bringing to justice! those who otfended against them. Such are the doctrines of many of the fanatical and blood thirsty Jacobins that lead the Administration forces at the present time. On the other hand there is a Union party, not lately established, but coeval with the Union itself, that desires and contends for the restoration of the Union according to the letter and spirit of the Consti tution ; a party that holds that the Union with out the Consitution, is worth nothing, and that it we would preserve our liberty, we must not fuller any violation of that holy bond either by the private citizen, or the public officer ; a par ty that is willing at all times to aid the Govern ment in maintaining its integrity, provided the Government does not exceed its legitimate con stitutional powers; a party, in short, thai is ready to fight to the last gasp, for Constitutional liberty, and for any union of States, or commu nities, that will best subserve the interests of that unspeakable blessing to mankind. 01 this party we profess to be an humble member, and uoder its banner, the Stars and Stripes of De mocracy, we will fight, and die, if need be, for the restitution of the unity of our torn and bleeding country. ——Mam—i ■ iHiMWEaisggnH mi n ■ f mßvwnrm* itjP" -pk e latest and most audacious act committed in violation of the Constitution, by Abraham the First, is his authorizing a subor dinate military officer to suspend the privilege .of the Habeas Corpus , (a power residing [only in Congress,) and this in spite of the de eisions of the Supreme Court. He has thus usurped not only the law-making, but the law-I deciding power. If he is right, thert the Pres-I lident of the United States has grpater power! over the people than the British Sovereign and] is equal in absolutism to the Czar of Russia. I I ffF"*The Inquirer man denies that he ever sa'd that he "wished to God John Brown was 'alive now, that he might fulfil his purposes up on the South and that he exclaimed, "We're \got 'en now when a prominent Democrat {delivered an enthusiastic war-speech. We can [prove by as good witnesses as can be found in [Bedford county, that he did make use of both [the above quoted expressions. That in regard [to John Blown was made in presence ol Maj. [Davis, Wrn. Hartley, Esq., and other citizens o! kthis borough. The other was made use of in [the hearing of Mr. Nicholas Koons, of Snake [Spring tp. We can also prove that this same llnquirer scribbler declared on the street, that [Gov. Curtin is unfit for the office he holds and lihat he ought to be impeached, and, on one oc casion, that Curtin ought to be hung! Yet, dike a craven underling, he does not at tempt to [speak out against the Governor in his paper.! — Perhaps, however, he may do so, now, as Cur tin with his customary blindness, has overlodk ed the claims of his brotbe:-in-law, in selecting a successor to the disgusted Purviance. Apn vate face and a public face, nevertheless, ai convenient things, and we doubt whether in this case, the latter w ill ever look in the same jdirecfion as Ihe furrrer, unless it be through the [spectacles of interest. ■ ; .m> Ji u.um imur: I [CP" We earnestly and sincerely advise all [our friends, whether they like to do so,or oot, |to sustain the Federal Government in all its acts. So long as the servants Ifnct '.he rulers) of the people, do not overstep ■the limits of the Constitution, they are entitled jto'and should receive our commendation. Let jus all sustain the Federal Government, but let lus hold those who compose it within the pile ■of the Constitution. The President has mani |lesliy violated the Constitution in several in stances, but let not that deter us froin sustatn ling him in what he does righfully and Consti jtionally. It is our desire to see the Union re ■stored according to the Constitution , fir if it be ■attempted to effect such a restoration outsidetpf land contrary to the Constitution, the essay cAn tend in uothing but destruction and rum. I ' h• ftrft". S'gi ltflt-■ -~T* I MR. EDITOR : Have all the subscriptions ■ made for the benefit ol the Volunteers been paid lup, and it so, how has the money been disbur sed ? As a subscriber to that fund, and one who has paid his quota, I would like to see a state iment ot the expenditure of said fund, and like wise of the subscription of $250 matte by Che County. j 'IP" The above question was asked of'the wrong individual when it was addressed to us. We know nothing about the matter, and are ignorant even of the names of the persons who had, or have the disbursement of the mon ey. We suggest that our friend hunt up the Blatter and inquire of them. . .. .GOOD FOR SORE EVES. —The lnquirertoi lst week, publishes a marriage notice under following head: "For Sore, Weak, inflated Eyes and Eyelids." That wedding must i* l " good for sore eyes." !. .. .CON. BY OUR IMT. —Why were a cer tain Clerk and a certain jour tailor, a few nightJ ago, like a well-known and popular dry-goods pedlar? Because they were bdth Eely Fish ers. I. .. .As our readers will perceive by this is sue, we have "started" a Teachers' Column.— The gentleman who supervises " this depart ment" oI our paper, requests us to say that all communications intended therefor, must be di-j reeled to Simon Syntax, Esq., care of Editor of] Bedford GAZETTE. ... .The receipt of the news of the death of [Judge DOUGLAS, on Monday last, created a sen sation of profound sorrow in this community. SThe bells of the churches were tolled, and all, fmeD and women, young and old, joined in the {general expression of grief for the loss of df- Iparted greatness. As we have no room [lengthy account of Mr. Douglas' disease and [death, we would here say that according to Ine [best information we can obtain upon the sb jject, he died of Inflammatory Rheumatism add [Typhoid Fever, at Chicago, on Monday morn ling last, at nine o'clock, in the J9th year ofhid fage. ....After the last Gubernatorial election, [the "Republicans" of thi a borough hung out a [flag with this inscription : "Only 32,000 #>, .Curtin !" Did they mean "only 32,000" cfoj lars of the public funds'? Judging front recent revelations they must have referred to monev, not votes. ... .MEETING OF THE BEDFORD BAR.—Th remains of JOHN L. FYAN, ESQ , a native*of Bedford, who died several weeks since at Tip ton, Cedar county, lowa, were brought to this |)lace, ana interred in the cemetery attached to [the Catholic church, on Saturday last. Mr. Fyan was a young man of fine talents, and gen erous impulses. He was admitted to the prac tice of the Law, in this county, a short time be fore his departure for the West. A meeting of the Bedford Bar was held on Saturday evening, at the Court House, at which HON. JOB MANN was called to the chair, and O. E. SHANNON, Esq., was appointed Secretary. The following resolutions were then read tty A. Kinjr, Esq., and unanimously adopted: Resolved , That we sincerely sympathise and condole with the parents and family of the de ceased in the sudden and afflictive bereavement they have sustained ia the death of a much iSw ed son and brother who ha 6 been cut off in The morning of his days, and at the commencement of a professional career that gave promise of much usefulness and distinction. Resolved, That the members of the Bedford Bar will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings |be furnished to the parents of the deceased, b) [' he President and be published in the papersol this Borough and of Tipton, lowa. O. E. SHANNON, JOB MANN, Secretary. Chairman. St. Clair Township, June 3. 1861. FRIEND BENJAMIN: Thee must excuse me for another intrusion. My ne'ghbor, whose com munication appeared in the last Inquirer, must wear brass buttons. Neither the spirit of the communication, nor the language is ouis.—! " The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are] the hands of Esau." We could lament that '.ve, nave what my neighbor nanr.es "hickotiea," but ! so it is. " Hickory quakers," however, are] not still so plenty as hickory patriots. I mean by these, the men in our quiet community who' talk so much about war, the Union, Constitu-; tion, &c., &c. We would hardly know either of the last two was in danger, and about to be saved by these patriots, it they did not make so much noise about it. I know a great many if them, have seen some of them tried, and I know they have no notion, or desire, tosinell powder. I'hey might put their names down, but woutu afterwards have them taken off. Our people, and I think I am not very much in error, when I say a large and respectable majority of our best men the true, substantial, industrious por tion of our community, differ very much from soui friend Abraham and his advisers at Wash ington, about pushing on this fight of brother bigainst brother and father against son. The Suite portion of our community are nearly all [talking sotaiers. Thee must not get tired of Iso long a letter as this, till I ask my friend Da- Jvid, or his correspondent, to make a smali cal 2iulaiion about this war; and allow me to lunu la few articles to be set down (my friend fo fix I the amount.) On I lie credit side there is, 1. Glo ry ; 2 Scaring England and France ; 3. Emp tying the Northern penitentiaries, &.c. iNow, Jonjthe other side, of costs to the Government, I thee will put down among other things, these : a wooden Yankee affair made last summer at Chicago,called a platform ; Abraham's Inaugu ral built on that platform; William's irrepres sibles and inexpressibles piled up on thai platform*; Chase, Blair, Abraham and William each standing on a corner of that platform: William hiding from the Southern Commission ers under it ; the consequent fall of Fort Sumter on that platform and the crushing of the widows and orphans of the land whose hus-! bands and fathers fell under the same wooden' machine. I hee will add to these, my friend, 1 the hatred and everlasting enmity established between the sections. Two items more, and I Sam done ; the great cost, blame and shame up on our Senators trom the Ncith who opposed every compromise before the war began ; las?, [though not least, thee will leave a large space for the Government, State and County, taxes upon all of us. Benjamin, don't thee think the blacks have cost a good deal ? Thv paper pleas es us well —itis a good one. The city mobs can't disturb thee. In truth thy FRIEND. For the Gazette. SECESSION AND COERCION. To those why sincerely desire the harm >nious restoiation of the Federal Union and the main tenance of the Constitution and Constitutional Law, no inquiry can be more deeply interest ing, none more absorbing, than such as may lead the loyal citizen to a clear ascertainment of his duty in the present deplorable condition ol our country. On the one hand we are told by the South that they have a right lo secede from the Union, and to establish for themselves a separate and independent Government. On the other the North oeclares that no such right exists, that secession is a violation of the Constitution, and that they as conservators of it, have a right to coerce the South and by arms compel a return to Constitutional allegiance and duty. In vain have we examined the Constitutions for the rights claimed by the South, and equal-j 1y in vain for those claimeb by the North.—* Can any one paint out any Constitutional pro-| vision authorizing the right of an armed coer-Ij cion ? M VVe remember to have seen in the course ol* our reading that in May, 1787, when the Con-jj vention which framed the Constitution of ihej] United States met in Philadelphia, EdrnundJ Randolph, Esq., one of the Delegates from Vir-J ginia, presented for the consideration of the! Convention and as a basis for the Constitution,! fifteen resolutions, prominent amongst wfichl the sixth embodied the following: g " Resolved, * * * • j| )at National Leg-| "islature ought to be empowered to negative! "all laws passed by the several States, contra-g "vening in the opinion of the National Legisla-1 "lure, the articles of union, or any treaty sub-a "sisting under the authority of the Union ; ands "to call forth the force of the Union against! "any member of the Union failing to fulfil itsjj "duties under the articles thereof. I The last clause of tins resolution, "autkoriz-a an exertion of the force of the whole, a-% i 'go insl n delinquent State," being under Isideration, James Madison (who is called by| many the Father of the Constitution) observed,f that the more he reflected "on the use of "the more he doubled the practicability, theS :"justice and the efficacy of it when applied to 2 ["people collectivviyjand not individually. A| "union of the States containing such an ingre-3 "dient, seemed to provide for its own destruc-y "lion. The use of force against a State would! "look more like a declaration of war than ang "infliction of punishment and would probably si "be considered by the party attacked as a dis-$ ."solution of all previous compacts by which it:j "might be bound. He hoped that such a sys-5 ("tern would be Iramed as might render this! '"resource unnecessary, and moved that thes "clause be postponed. This motion was "to unanimously." And when a few days af-5 ter, Mr. Pinckney moved in the "That the National Legislature should have au-3 "thority to negative all laws which they should! "judge to be improper," Mr. Madison amongst other things, as follows j " "had evinced a constant tendency in the 5 "States to encroach on the Federal authority ;1 *"9 violate national treaties; to infringe "rights and interests of each other; to oppress-? "tne weaker paity within their lespective ju-jj "risdictions. A negative was the mildest ex-[ "pedient that coufd be devised for preventing? f'thpse mischiefs. The existence of such a check] "would prevent attempts to commit them.—! "Should no such precaution be engrafted, the' "only remedy would be an appeal to coercion. "Was such a remedy eligible? Was it practi cable ? Could the national resources, if exe cuted to the utmost, enforce a national decree 1 "against Massachusetts, abetted, perhaps, by "several of her neighbors ? It would not be "possible. • * * Any government for the States, formed on the supposed practi cability of using force against the unconstitu tional proceedings of the Slates, would prove "as visionaty and fallacious as tbe government "of Congress." - Again and again was the Right of coercionj Tof a Statp, or Siat.s, attempted to be incorpora-a Sted as one of the powers under the constitution,j |and Uf on every such attempt it was defeated.j Elf this be true, whence do our present statesmen] gderive the powers they are now wielding ? Howl gdoes the North acquire the authority to say toj H the South, you are doing wrong and we will) b whip you for doing so and compel you to do as] Bwe think piopef ? and what right has the South] Slo resist such whipping? Can any freeman] Samwei ? J Is it not pretty e\ident that both paities art] Sfighiiog ouiide of the Constitution and Consti-j gtutional Law, and the people involved in a civil, s|war in which the Right is to be determined by! lithe Might ? And is such a war amongst broth' Sers to be cherixhe.il by the North, or by the; gSouth. rather than to fall back upon the old] doctrine, that to secure the ligh's 3of " Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, 1 Lj"gover nmerits are instituted among men, deriv-j £"mg theii just powers from the consent of the S|"governed ; that whenever any form of gov-] w"ernmeni becomes destructive ot these ends, itj ST'is the right of the people to alter, or abolish 1 B"it, and to institute a new government, laying/ jte' ; its foundations on such principles and organi-j £"zing its power* in such form, as to them shailj ■"seem most likely to effect their safety and hap-: a|"|iiness." J There are now eleven States which have sep-j pirated then,selves from their sister States and that they can no longer remain in thej SUnion, and that to secure their " lives, libeily Qunrl happiness," <liey have determined to es-j such a government as will guarantee: Ihein those inestimable rights. They declare] hey wish not to encroach upon the rights oil he North and desire to go in peace leaving thej do Constitution under the care of its s-*tf-con-j tit tit ed protectors. Will the remaining twen-j y-three Stales permit this, or will they attempt] irmed coercion, ami compel the return of the] lleged delinquents ? Il the latter, by virtue ofj what Constitutional authority will it be attempt ed ? Can anv freeman answer ? [for the Gazette.) Cumberland Valley, May 27th, 1861. I see by the Bedford apple-butter sheet (the Inquire/) that politics have been dropped in the County, yet it appears that the negro-worship pers are going to hold a County Convention to nominate a county ticket. This looks as it par-J atyism was dropped, don't it ? It is no use to be-jj 3lieve any thing thai you see in that negro-wor-j ■shipping sheet. The Inquirer goes so far as to! Bsay that the North never violated the Constitu-| Ration. This is a downright falsehood. It also]] ■says tiiat the South never did anything but vio-1 lete the Constitution, and that the South have* never had anything to complain of at the hands! of the North. This is another untruth, if ever there was one. The South were willing to a abide by the Crittenden Compromise. But, no! the North were determined not to abate one 1 tithe ol the Chicigo Platform. Ever since the Republicans have been uppermost in the North,! they have been continually violating the Con-! stilution and oppressing the South by their ma joritits in Congress. If the truth could be known, their leaders have given to runaway negroes thousands upon thousands of dollars to carry them out of the reach of their masters. If they wanted to save the Union as bcdly as they say they did, why did they not, through their Siate iegitlatures, instruct their Congress men to vote for the Crittenden Amendments?, No! they did not want to save the Unibn ! —? 1 hey w anted a chance to punish the South tor] having the intelligence to know their rights and] ithespiiitto maintain them. Oppression has' always had an end, and the North's appressingS the South has had an end, and I pray God it' may never have a beginning again. I wouldj have liked to have seen the Union stand, and? it would have stood, if the rights ot the South! bad been protected as those of the North have] been protected. Had the North given the- South tier rights, let slavery alone and minded] tier own business, the South would not have se-j ceded Ironi the Union. I don't think we have a] Union any more. We have nothing but anarchy. Ilf Mr. Lincoln had wanted to m3ke peace, he ■could easily have done it, for the Confederate ■commissioners were in Washington long enough (or the purpose of making ppace, but he did not want to do it. He and his clique around him, wanted wai ; they have got it; upon their j heads rest the consequences. YOUNG AMERICA. . .. .Considerable rain has fallen during the last three 01 four days. Young ducks are in i their glory. SIIIUUM \[AR NEWS. A SEVERE ENGAGEMENT AT AQUIA CREEK.L FIG Hi AT FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE SEVERAL KILLED ON BOTH SIDES. A SKIRMISH AT ARLINGTON MILLS. On Saturday morning we received a brief ac count ot the commencement of an attack made by government vessels on the southern battery erected at Aquia Creek. This announcement was followed throughout the whole day of Sat urday with dispatches received in rapid success ion, recording the progress not only ol the en-J gagement at Aquia. Creek, but also giving ac-S counts of a severe engagement and loss of life all Fail lax Court House. The several accounts! are • xceedingly conflicting, and some of them! doubtless greatly exaggerated, if not improbable.! We give them all, however, as they have reach-1 en us, leaving the reader to draw his conclu-l sions as to the real result of the CDgage-R ments, if such they may be styled : THE BATTLE AT AQUIA CREEK— SEJ VERE FIGHT—STEAMERS FREEBORNE AND ANACOSTIA RETIRE TO A-l WAIT REINFORCEMENTS. ALEXANDRIA, June I—The steamer Gip-I sey, from Fort Washinglon at ltt o'clock this! oloining, brings information, recieved there,! lhat the engagement at Aquia Creek with the United States chartered steamers Freeborn and Anacoslia was a severe fight, in which a number had been killed on both sides. The steamers, after a short contest, arrived to await the arrival of the steamer Pawnee. Ttie captain of the Gipsey says the Pawnee stopped at Fort Washington, and awaited the arrival there of the steamer Baltimore with troops; which are supposed to have been the New York 71st Regiment, when they proceed ed in company to the scene of action. A cartman brought three wounded soldiers in here this forenoon from the neighborhood of Fairfax Court House. l From the Washington Sunday Chronicle.^ AQUU CREEK ~ FUETNER JJ FICULA RS. ' B,lh. arrival ol th. V. S. •V u pu j po "'* M,on of hinher devils 0 f th, ..t.ck upm th. r , b „ ol creek, by (he U. S. steamers Freeborn an? f acostia. The Frcbyrn approached the sir as near as ber draught of water would permn openirig her fire 9 f. et water " ->OO , ' distance from the water battery? K-- *!' bow on with a View oot to expose her broads & to the enemy's fire, the forward , w ( 3 >_ ljon , ■illhe F,„born w„ bri.kly °7 . .i,r„r. d , „ h ,l *'^ e '"'h h opened with ef-ct SShe fired ,n all e.ghty rounds, of which forty, jifour were With shell. The Anacost.a deliv/r --3ed fourteen rounds, four with shell, at eflecl.ve ■distance. The battery was tho^ouj Ii Iv ,G ! L",!, .HERN,! OF.K . liommg the battery, was quite knocked auav 1 The enemy's shots had slight or no effect on 5 vease ' s " 0n boar d the Freeborn one of the fcmen was struck in the wrist bv a ball which ■ ricocbeted from.be water and'passed through ftlhe bulwaiks. The man was not 1 urt ri, iball falling on the deck, was retained asa tro- Bphy. Lt pendergast, TJ. S., not attached to ■ **' but casually on board, had his lhat knocked off by a ball, whose whistle wa aliveiy to the ear, but whose contract was for fUinately not felt. I The Freeborn, together with the Reliance Shave proceeded oelow, blockading the mouth' ■ot the Rappahannock. IiFUJtTHER PARTICULARS OF THE AF FAIR AT FAIRFAX-ONLY ONE CONFEDERATE RILLED ■ LEXANDR,A > untf '•—A loyal citizen ol Wellington, named Williams, who has been imprisoned for four days at Richmond recent ly as a spy, chanced to be at Fairfax Court I House last night. From his statement it ap pears that the only one killed in the Confederal camp was Capt. John Q. Marr, of the War renton Rifles. He heard the federal troops coming up, and ordered them to halt. They replied that they were Capt. Powell's cavalry ■ company. Ihe captain ordered hrs men to Sarins, when the dragoons fired a volley and Skilled the captain instantly. I -The Confederates rushed out in madness anv ■disorder and fired at random. The cavalrv jcharged and having fired three volleys retrea*. Jted. The Confederates pursued them some .distacne and subsequently returned to camp with |t wo dragoons as prisoners, with their horses. Williams says he is certain the reports of killed puclisheri in the Washington papers is greatly exggerated. At roll-call this morning fifteen of Wie Con federates did not answer to their names, but their absence was accounted for by there be ing a number on picket duty. During the skirmish, messengers were sent to Centrt-vilfo where there are two thousand South Carolina troops, it being supposed that the Dragoons were but the advanced guard of the grand army. Extra Billy Smith figured in the fight. The Colonel in command of the Confederates was wounded. A heavy rain commenced falling here this evening. There are no anticipations of any atack in this quarter to-night—the campaign for the present being cofined to guerrilla war fare. A SKIRMISH AT ARLINGTON MILLS- A ZOUAVE KILLED. i Alexandria, June 1, 9P. M.—The follow ing are the particulars in regard to last night's doings on this side of the Potomac. Shortly before midnight a skirmish took place at Arlington Mills, between a company ofZou aves anJ Capt. Roth's company E. of the Michigan regiment, and scouting party of nine Virginians. The Zouaves had just ariived to iielieve the Michiganders, and post*dtheir sen tinels,' when the Virginians attacked them. The lederal troops drove them away, but in the conflict one Zouave was killed and one wounded. It was supposed lhat one of the Confederates was killed or wounded, but he was carried off by his comrades in their retreat. The Confed erates retired to the woods during the night, and in the morning took themselves off in a hand-car. The federalists endeavored to pur sue them, but without success. An employee of the mills, named Mortimer, was shot early in the evening by the same scoutiug party. HEALTH AND PURE BLOOD ARE INSEPARA BLE. —Reccollect that all sickness arises from impurity of 'he blood, and that Judson's Moun tain Herb Pills wiU so surely find out and cleanse these impurities from the system, that disease cannot exist. So simple and innocent are the herbs and plants that compose them that it is not necessary to have them sugar coated in order that the stomach can bear them. In most cases, Pills are sugar coated because the mate rials of which they are made are so griping and malignant, that otherwise a delicate stomach could not Dear their^ These Pills deal with disease as it is, and will not only cure by removing the cause, but will build up and restore the broker, tion. There are many who have so trifled with their constitutions that they think medicine cannot help them ; let not even these despair , incredulity and skepticism is overthrown by a mass of testimony which is truly irresistible.— At first the virtues ascrioed to these MOUN TAIN HERB PILLS were deemed fabulous. — The public had been so often deceived that they Could not believe the simple truths advanced by their discoverer. Yet facts undeniable, attested by witnesses ot the highest character and re spectabilily, have proved, and are proving each day, the virtues of this "mighty healer." They mark by their miraculous efficacy and power a new era tn medicine. BV ALL MEDICINE DEALEKS, C £J lEP* A corres|>ondent of the Steele Paris, the government oigan of.France,writes trom Tunis, Algiers, as follows : "Our College of philosophers at hoine, may, and probable do accomplish a great deal for ths cause of science, but the Americans are the people to turn these discoveries to practical ac.- count. Many of the modern invention* in use here are American, and one American chem ist, J. C. Ayer of Lowell, supplies much ol the pedicine consumed in this country. His Cher ry Pectoral, Pills, Sarsaparilla and Ague Cure constitute theEtaple remedies here, because they are of easy application, sure in their results and have the confidence of the people. While the science of Medicine is carried to a higher perfection in our own country (France) than .any -ither, it strikes a Frenchman as a little sin gular that an Aineiican Physician should fur- Jnish the medical skill and remedies for our Principal Province
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