BEDFORD GAZETTE. -HJ'III OK O, Pa.- FRID W N 7T7TT JIM; 11 Fs6l. -- Vm" ' B, F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. DELEGATE ELECTIONS. The Democratic voters of the several elec tion districts ot Bedford county .and others who intend to act will) them in good faith hereaf ter, are hereby requested to meet on SATURDAY, THE 15th JUNE, NEXT, ihe hour and place to be appointed by their respective Vigilance Committees (who are here by requested to give written notice oi such time Rnd f lace of meeting.} for the purjtose of elec ting two persons as deb-gates to the Den ociat ic County Convention, which is to assemble at the Court f? ;n B"df rd, on TUEijpA Y, THE 18th DAY OF JUNE NEXT, a* 2 o'- clock, I'. M...lnput in nomination a County TickeL to be luted tor at the en-uing election, appoint L®gi?iatiie and Judicial Conferees, and attend lo such other matters as may be ptopei to he *-attracted for th" benefit of the party. — ff j. arttculariy requ--ted 'ha' actiie and v j , -funerals ue elected Vigilance Com mit v fur the ensuing year and that their names bo returned to.the President of the Con vention. B v order of the Dem. Co. Com. G. H. SPANG, May 10th,'61. Chattir.an. NO FUSION. We have been informed, to our utter amaze ment, that a few persons calling themselves Democrats, are in favor of fusing with the "Re publicans," in the eleciion of County officer* at the ensuing elect'on. What lias the "Republi can" parly done, Gentlemen Fusianisfa, cince last fall, that you should now be willing to vote half a "Republican" ticket ? Is that dread re sult which you so wHI predicted and so earnest ly deprecated and resisted, become lovely in ynnr eyes, and are you, too, at las', enan.or.-d of that "irrepressible conflict'' which y ■ a t Id us would end in blood, deia-tatiori and tuin ? Or, to come nt-ar- r home tf p'>ssib|e. are-' you in love with Andrew G Cortin, and do you ap prove of his trea'ment cf the b-ave soldiers thai have gone forth to fight in defence ol the Gov ernment, and are you pleased w.th the devel opment of hit plans for the reduction of the State d"bt, his approval of special legislation, and the general course of h is pure and ineorupt ible administiation ? Is the Democratic party ULH goou euuugt) in tunes of war, as well as in times of peace, atid will it be improved by graft ing "Republican" iprigs upon its venerable atock * We can understand how Democrats can give their support to the Government in all its Con stitutional acts, and we can even perceive hew those of an impulsive nature can become en thusiastic in such support, but we cannot com prehend how any D'-o.ociat worthy of the name, can be willing to consort with "Repub licans'' in the election of civil officers, knowing that such an act would be claimed by the lat ter, and justly, too, as an endorsement ot their party policy and as a surrender cf all right on the pait ol Democrats to hold thvm responsible for the excesses and evil-doing ot their officials. Fuse us, therefore, none of your fusions. We are for a straight-out Democratic Union ticket, or none at aij. THE DEMOCRACY JF FAYETTE From the last number of the Genius of Lib er/y, we Jearn that the Democracy of Fayette co., have nominated a straight-out Democratic ticket, placing it upon the following platform which was unanimously adopted by Ihe Conven tion : Resolved , That as the Democratic party has stood by the Union and the Constitution, in peace and in war, thtough good and through evil report, we deem it a pleasant and patriot ic duty to declare our unwavering devotion to that party, its princip'eg and its usages. Resolved, I iiat we reaffirm and again pro claim with renewed zeal, our unyielding attache tnent to all the ancient landmarks end princi ples of Democracy, and especially at this time •n which the old federal idea ot consolidation has become a h ading tenet cf Black Republican ism, would we express increased devotion to 'he great doctrine of States Rights upon witch the Democratic party was founded bj Jefferson, and which has been lite bheet anchor of every Democratic Administration,anC the cornpf stone of every Democratic platform. (TFTHE Democrats of Greene county, have nominated a FULL Democratic ticket. Mr. Donley, late member of the House, has been nominated far re-election. The "Republican*" of Somerset county, have placed M nomination a full "Republican" ticket. The "Republicans" of Beaver have done likewise. TPTIon. Henry May, one of the Union candidates for Congress in Baltimore cify, has written a strong letter against the "Republic itj" paify and military coetctop, an J coincides ETT- With Judge TANEY'S decision IU the Mtrryn-AA rase the loud- t m e.'hed ranters on the sutjeel cf trea: is if.e Boston Lrberatory which bears at itc head these words •, "TG UNITED STATES C< NOTITITI S JS A OOVENANT WITH DEATH, AND AN AGFILBUL.NT WITH HCLL."' We presume that ; s not treason ;n Boston' CAUGST IN THEIR OWN TRAP. I -It seems that the rt-cenl seizure of tehgraph | ic despatches by the Government officials at N<-w york citv, has resulted in no development of ' importance, except the detection o! a veritable traitor 111 the Republican ranks, avho was re cently appointed to a high office (Minister to Portugal) by that far-sighted individual, Fjtl.er Abraham, it turns out that Mini-ter HARVEY, rup| sed to be remarkably "sound" on the R - publican "goose," telegraphed lo Charl.-ston ; that Mr. Lincoln had abandoned his policy of with drawing the tioops from Fort Sumter and i.'hat he intended to attempt i's re-iuiorcement. i Tr.ua we have at fast the true cause of the at - tack upon Fort Suniter. To the treachery of 9 Republican office-holder, that attack is now d-ar!v traceable. We would not be surprised to hear of the unmasking of any number of these Black R-publican traitors. In ieed, we would take it as an atter of course, were we to hear that some e( them inhabit this section of coun try, even if we were told that they are the men whose patriotic bellowntgs and Uniori-saving snortings are now the loudest and fiercest.— The following from lUeJV". Y. Times, a Repub lican organ, will further enlighten our readers upon this subject: THE SEIZED TELEGRAMS —CCRTODS DEVELOPMENT. ft will be recollected that some weeks ago the Government seized a!! the dispatches on fiie a! the telegraph offices. The examination of these dispatches is now progressing. Some cu rious developments are being trade— for amonq (him is found a dispatch f rom Jtir. fJuive\, nur hittly appointed minister to Poituaal, no tifying the Government cl S .nth Carolina of the fitting cut of the m i /if arc merit of Fort Suvit-r, ana of its destination. It is found that J\lr. s dispatch was the first xlia ble info motion the mbe/s had of the magnitude and destination of the expedition. Mr. Har vey is a native 01 South Calir.a, but lor y-ais was a fesi.ii ni cf Philadelphia, and an editor of the Philadelphia North American. For many years he was the Washington correspondent ot the New York Tnbune, and heuas appointed 10 the Poitugal mission, because of hi professed devotion to the Freesoil party. lie must be re i-tilfed. This creates vacancies in two of our ' 11 lssions. THE GOVERNMENT MUST BE SUS TAINED. We desire, again, to say to our Democratic friends, that the Government must be sustained in every act that it performs with a view to the restoration of the Union, unless that act should be a flagrant \iolation of ihe Constitution al rights of the citizen. L tus lav no obstacle in tne way of the Government in the performance of its legitimate duties. The laws must be en forced according to the laws, and the Union must be preserved Recording to llie Constitution. There is a wide difference, n.aik between ihe advocacy of one mob to put down another and that of the Federal Government exerting us Constitutional powers to p*M down insurrec tion. For the last we stand a bold and untir ing advocate. For the first we have niching cut loathing and disgust. Let U3 bo cf one Mind. If there is one thing we d-sire more than another (next to the res'o-ation of the Union) it is that there may be unanimity of feeling a mong the people of Bedford county on the sub ject of sustaining the Government in all its le gitimate and Constitutional acls in prosecuting Ihe war in which the nation is now unfortu nately involved. Let us all stand by the Gov ernment, the Union and the Constitution, tor it is our duty to do so [CF* There are some men who believe no man a good Union man who does not swallow every thing that i done by Prtsident Lincoln's Ad ministration. These men are generally but late converts to the Union, and but a few months laughed at the idea of its being in danger. kV hen they will have sacrificed what we havej when they will have laid as.de long and cher ished friendships, dissolved even the dear rela tions of f.itni'y ar d con-anguini! v, standing read | !y to beggar themsehts, to fight on the sid- of I the Union, as we did when a mere boy, five | years ago, they will have some right to ques- j tion the fidelity to the Union of patriots at least as good AS themselves. Till then, for shame's sake, let them hold their peace. IF" VY'e Mint-time* hear of men saving that 11 they mut fight,they v.ill fight on whatever side they please. We do not believe tfiat any man in Bedford county has said so since the I ! commencement of the present war. If any ! | friend of uurs, has made use of any such lan- ' ; guage, we feel it our duty to admonish him of : his error. Since it has come to fighting, there | is but one side on which a Pennsy Ivjnian can fight, and that is on the side of the government. No I IGRI-T OF I HEIR* —lt seems thot the Ah oliti mists of the W.-stern R-serve, Ohio, have no cone- rn to the struggle now going on in this country. They stand aloof—won't enlist and are si ill " considering" whether they shali fur nish any tioops for the Union, the Constitution and the Laws. They probably regard this as no! fight of theirs. The Secretary of War has become tired ot waiting lor contingents f r „ m that quarter, and the Cincinati Commercial sa> has written a Mte r to Gov. Dennisnn, in effect directing him not to wait on the Western Re serve f.r troops, but to take them as they come. These negro-worshippers should have a few vtnv contracts sent on to them to arouse the.r patriotism. Though r,served they may not be modest.—J. 'jmnl of Commerce. At a meeting of the Democracy ot Mont gomery County, N. Y., the following resolu tion was passed : f hat the liberty of the press and .he Ireei of speech tfre constitutional guar anty-:. r. 4 we raor, i consent to their abiidg men. . ii we de>ou.,ce mob law ( r> any form and vleranv pretext whatever, as detrimen !•' o our Republican inktiutions, dangerous to civ.,' liberty, in tendency, and barbarous in ef fect, and should be Ifowovd down wherever ex hbf^ed.,' Local and Misctll ineotis. ... .0. H E q., r l ' is > lace, has joined the Arli 'ejy, a >d is now with that Ocnpai y a strong advocate and |us the man linesss t > earn his theory into practice. OMer and loud r wai-talkers, here a* well as else where, moiiors and secessionists. Why ? Because w- will not 1 -rs-ar our cit izenship and support the Adrnini ♦ration in its usurpation of power in violation of 'he Const! tution. Then fore, ht is the -. The only difference IS nor *' gainst ihe • Republican" pa i '.be Constitution of the Unim . of il traitor," on his part, is on , *•"" j used by all frightened mwer ■* ;■> divert • i tent ion from their own guilty acts. ~. A waggish correspond.i" ?h i the article over the signature cf Simon Svotax, j in our last, is "ri'tk treason." We don 1 ! know The great constitutional lawyer who edits the j Inquirtr , can tell. He knows. from 'he Journal of Commerce. MESSRS ED :—Tne pr.Mi.- t in hp inaugural, uses th= following language : " Suypose you go to war, y u cannot fish!! always, and when after much loss on bulk sides and NO gain on either, you censi fighting, the identical questions as to terms o) intercourse ore again upon y< u " Then why go lo war? Why, if we rannct gain anything, but mu on wit h the war, and, conquer ed or not conquered, here will be no more UNION. Robinson truly said, We will fight them, th. n give them all tney a-k, and all the world will say, " What fools we were not to doit nt i the beginning." OCR VOLUNTEERS.--Nearly all of the Vol unteers who left this County week before last have returned. The several companies had, a they supposed, enlisted in obedience 10 thecal! for 3 months volunteers. Arriving at Harris burg, they Irarm d that they would not be ac cepted nnless they would enlist for three years or during the war ; so the companies conclu ded to return with the exception of some ten or twelve members of the Montrose Guards whose names we have not yet learned and one member, Geo. Dooli'tle, of the Union Volun teers. T. k ere has evidently been mismanage ment somew here. W> understand there is a movement being made Inwards raising a rom pany for the campaign.— Montrose Rtpubii- C an. all the Volunteers from Brad foi d, Tioga, Potter and Susquehanna Counties, hai returned from Harrishwrg to their homes refusing to enlist for three years. This dries not -p-ak very favorably of the influence i'l such ponderous Republicans as Jejsup and Grow. Tliese Cotllit !eS boasted ot their fifteen thousand semi-military Wide-Awak-s last fall, and, all told, have only part of two volunteer companies now ir camp —numbering a little less than one hundred men. Do these strong Lincoln Counti-* nalhj want the South to get away from the Union, or do they /for the job of fighting them back f Wayne County Herat J. PARTY LIWFCD OBLITERATED, —At the Phila delphia Custom House, on Saturday U*\) forty two Democrats were removed, and their place* supplied by rampant Republicans. Another ha'ch of removals will be made on the 15th of the present month, and in few than three mos , thre will scarcely be a Democrat in office. The same proscription has been prartired in Boston and New York, but (till the Republi cans try no partyism ' Let party lines be oblit erated ? The Republican party is an adppt in the practice of hypocrUy.— Juniata True Dem ocrat. For tbe Bedford Gazette. j -TIIE RtGHT OF REVOLUTION, &C. lam wvll aware, Mr. Editor, that you a r e I averse to any recognition t.y the U S Govern j merit of the nghl of .recession, and I have u i d ene to enter'mtoa disjiute with you upon 'hat subject. But, if you will allow me the space, I would like to set clown a few general thoughts for the benefit of your friend and "fel- I low pitcher," the Elitor of the Inquirer. 1 j shall speak my mind treeiy, not having the fear j <-f the mob before my eyes, and as I have a de sire to lea; n as w ell as to teach, I would like to know how the Inquirer will meet the points J ; shall make, and whether its Editor does not | aeree with me in most, if not alt of them.— j f *Come, h t us reason together!" The right of revolution is one of the mo.-t sa i Cted of rights—the light which I believe is yet to emancipate the world ; the r.ght of a people, : if they have a government they do no! like, to i rise and shake it of!. In the exercise o/ that ; nght, the IVxans shook of! the Mexican yoke. But how far ? Did. the nation did the people j revolutionize by ItWs ? Certainly not. They revolutionized exactly to the extent that they | took pait in it. When they ros>* up and shook j off the old Government, so much of the coun ! try was theirs. A.nd where were the people i that did not rise t They remained with the | old Government. I was this right of revolu i lion, and it could not be a perfect right if it . could not be exercised until ewry individual inhabitant was in favor of it. It would be no I right. MtnorUies must submit to majorities. Just such was the case with the Tories in the American Revolution. They were obliged to submit to the majority the great body of the people, who rose and put them down by force. When the people rose up and shook off the Mexican G >verninent, they put down the minority among them who were not disposed to Igo with them and became owners of the soil ! themselves ; the country belonged to Texas | No rule could be more just, mote republican, more in conformity with natural right. Why, under the rule that one poition of the people have the right to rise and shake off their Gov ernment, another portion have precisely the same right to remain as they were. When j they ri-.e up, they have a right to put down the • minority. That is my understanding of the subject, and I believe it is the right uodeistanding. It I were a member of Congress, I would ask the President of the United States to talk to the House on this point, which he seems exceeding ly anxious to avoid. Other people talk about it ; I would like to have the Presi lent talk a bout it. I now here declare, that if by party z-al, if by listening to representations which were erroneous, I have been induced tcfsuppose what was not true in relation to the una rmdy 0/ the people in the Seceded Stotrg ; if the Pres ident will come forward and give us facts not arguments, remembering that he sits where ! Washington sat, and answering as Washington j would have answered remembering that a nation should not be evaded, that the Almighty : win r,oi bcr ; and will show that he sends the army among a peop e acknowledging allegiance I tous—if he will show this by (acts, I will be , most happy to teverse nr y posilfc&u. 1 will go , the other way—will go with bim. But if he cannot, or will not • if on anv pre- , ter.ee, or no pretence, he refuses to do tf, I shell , then be fully convinced of what 1 have more i iitarn suspected, that the President is deeply con- i xcintis 01 oeing in tne wrong m tnis matter ; \ thai he feels the blood of this war, like the blood of Abel,ls crying from the ground against him; that originally he must have had some j strong motive what it was I w ill not now stop • to inquire—for involving the two lections in war ; that, having that motive, he trusts to a vnid the scrutiny of his own conduct by dice ting the attention of the nation, by fixing the ; public eye upon military.glory—that rainbow , that ti-ej in showers of blood—that serpent's eye 1 that charms but to destroy ; and thus calcufa ting, had plunged into this war, until dis3p- j pointed as to the ease by which the South could I be subdued, he finds himself at last he kn .ws not w here. D >es not the Editor of the Inquxrtr agree ! wftn'me i-i this ? If not, is there any "trea | son" in the above? Bedford, June 1 lib. ONE OF THE TWENTY. iTP"V/e give the above 83 communicated, word for word, but expressly withheld anv en dorsement of its sentiments. The author alone is accountable for them.— Ed. The l ate Senator Douglas- STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS WAS born in ; the town of Brandon, in the State of Vermont, on the 23d of April, 1813, and was therefore, at the time of his death, only in the forty-ninth year of his age. His father, whose Christian nam he bore, was a native of Rens->e!sr county, New York, had removed in early life to Ver mont, anu was educated at Miridlebury Col lege. Ife was a physician oj some eminence, but he died young, leaving two children, one of whom—the late Senator—was then but two months eld. For the first fourteen years of his life, he lived with his mother and a batchelor uncle in the Green Mountain State j but the j uncle having then taken to himself a wife, it became necessary for young Stephen to look ; out for himself, his mother and sister—but eighteen months his senior—and so he appren ticed himself to learn the trade of a cabinet maker, in Middlehury. At this trade he re malri.-d for a couple of years, though not with the same employer, until finally he wearied oi i', and thought rather of procuring a good ed ucation. His mother and sister having mean while married and moved to Ontario county, N-nv York, he joined the Cananadaigua Acad emy and entered upon a course of classical studies, and at the same time studied law with the Messrs. Hubbell, in that village. While 'here he seems to have evinced a fondness for politics. In 1833 tie moved to Illinois, and for some time taught school in the village of Win chester, :n that Stale. It is said that when he arrived there he had but tbuty-seven and a half cents in his pocket. While earning <* liv ing by teaching school, he continued -his legal studies, and was finally admitted to the bat in the • s'iing of 183J-. In the following year, when was but twenty-two years old, the Legis lature elected him Stale's Attorney, which office he resigned in 1836 to take his seat in the L-'gis'ature. H- was the youngest mem ber of the House, but soon distngushed him self by hi industry and ahilitv. In 1837 pTH.-jd.-'-.t Van Fluren app; inter! him Register of the Land < Ifice at Springfield, 111., and in the same vear the Democrats of Illinois nomi nated him for Governor but being under twen ty five years of age, he was declared ineligible. Nevertheless, as he attained the desired age be fore the election day, be we# defeated by only 5 votes where over 39,000 were cast. In 1840 Mr, D.nglas entered heartily into ! the Presidential campaign, and to him mainly ■ was it due that Illinois remained then laiitilul ;to the Democratic party. In December of that , year he was appointed Secretary of the Slate of Illinois. In 18+1 he was eVcted Judge of ; the Suprertfe Court of that State ; and hrnce j his familiar title of "lodge." In 1843 he was : elected to Congress, and t e-elected in 1844 and 1846. In 18+7 he was chosen United States j Senator, and he continued to be a member of j that body to the time ol his death, having been | las! chosen in the autumn ol 1858, when ! Abraham Lincoln, now President ol the Uni j fed Stales, was his competitor, j So early, we think, as 1844, whej barelv ' more than thirty years of age, Mr. Douglas was i regarded as a probable candidate for the Presi dency; but he was not earnestly pressed till ! 1852 when he received, on one ballot in the ; Democratic National Convention, more votes than any ol his competitors —92 out ol 288. i A partv exigency finally led to a concentra tion of the vote on Gen. Franklin Pierce. In ! 1856, he was again a candidate, and on the Ih'h ballot received 121 votes to 168 for Mr. Buchanan arid 6 for General Cass. Again the J prudence of the Convention overbore its more generous impulse, dictating this tim- the nomi nation of Mr. Buchanan. In 1860, he was a I third time brought forward, and now led on ev- J ery ballot, being at length declared the regular nominee. Rut meantime a considerable number j >f the Delegates had left the Convention, or ganized separately, and nominated Vice-Presi j dent Breckinridge to run againrr .Mr. Douglas, 1 winch he did and both were defeated. Mr. Dniglas had the larger popuirr, but Mr. Breck inridge the more considerable electoral vote , Mr. I) Higlas—on whose naturally strong con stitution the excitement, excessive labor and tree habits of nearly thirty years of political | gladiatorship had already made a deep impres sion, at the close of the late session went home ! Irom Washington —to die, a* it has proved. Notwithstanding the (a.lure of Iris Presiden- ; ; tial aspirations, Mr. Dong'as served during the .las! s-ssion of Congress with h ; accustomed Ef-a! and ability, although lilnes, caused him to be frequently absent from his seat in the S nate H- was in favor of the Crittenden or any other J moderate compromise, and even after the de iiveiy DI Mr. Lincoln's inaugural address he made a speech in the S> nate raking the ground that the inaugural meant conciliation, not co ercion. However, when the time lor pailky ing had passed, and when it became evident that the only means of saving the republic was by the exercise of the military power of the gov- | eminent, he accepted the alternative, and gave personal assurances to Mr. Lincoln of his appro- j val and endorsement of the war policy. This , may be said to be his last public act—the close j of his briiliant career. Mr. Douglas was twice married. He mar | fied first, in April, 1847, Miss Martin, the on • ly dau. liter of Colonel Ruber l Mai tin, of Rick mgham county, North Carolina, by whom he '.a i two children, who inherit from their moth ; era large property in Southern lands and slaves. And again, in the winterof 1856—7, he married Miss Cut's, of Washsngton, a young, handsom and accomplished lady, who survives him, with one child. FUNERAL OF SENATOR DOUGLAS. CHICAGO, June 7.—The obs-qiies of Hon. 'Stephen A. Dougtas Took [dace to-day hi this city, with much solemnity, according to theser | vices of the Roman Catholic Church, of which | his w : dow :s a member. The turnout of peo- I pie was immense, and all bu>m"ss was suspend ed. He was buried at Cottage Grove, south of ! the city, on property belonging to him near the I shore ot Lake Michigan, where the Baptist U ! niversity is situated, cf which he was a libera! | ben factor. from the Philadelphia inquirer, Republican. Appointments "of Fit to be Wade. Almost every telegram from Washington ! prings intelligence of some appointment to : high intlitary commands of persons totally un ; fit by any previous training to be entrusted I with even the smal-st squad. Many of these j are persons in other States, but some of them J are taken from our own, and of these we design j to speak, because it is a local duty. A few days azo the public mind of Penn sylvania was shocked bv the telegraphic intell igence that a certain B.RUSH PETRIKEN, had j been appointed to the command of a regiment j in the regular army, over the heads of a vast J number of me-iiormtis officers,who had seen ser vice in the field. To justify such a proceeding Mr. PETRIKEN should have been a gentleman of J military qualifications, but he is nothing ol the j kind. We use mild language whence say that he is totally oafi* for the responsibfe duties of a Colonel in the regular army, and is distin guished only as a locai party politician. Yesterday the people of the Slate were sub jected to another and similar shock, by the an ; nouncernent that JOHN P. SANDERSON, formerly [of this city, had been made a Lieutenant-Col j onel in the regular line, with rank next to Col. ■ ANDERSON. Mr. SANDERSON is widely and not unfavorably known in Philadelphia as a law yer and a. an editor ; but it wall be news|p the people here to learn that he has any sort of qualification for a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the regular service. In this care, also, it is | using temperate language to say that it is u an ! appointment not fit to be made." To-dav Philadelphia and the Commonwealth will be surnrised by the official bulletin an nouncing the appointment of ALEXANDER CDM- M-INGS, E-q., to a Brigadier Generalship.—.— While we share in the general appreciation of Mr. CUMMINGS' abilities in the sphere in which he has had long practice and training, we feel it to be a duty to declare that we have never heard, that he has the first element ot either education or experience for the regponsiole pos ition in which he has been placed. Let us place these appointments in the broad light ol contrast. Lieutenant SLEMMER, whose soldierly skill and decision saved Fort Pickens from the grasp of the trators, remains still a Lieutenaut, while JOHN P. SANDERSON is made a Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Dou BLEDAY, ANDERSON'S brave and experienced brother officer and valuable colleague in the defence of Sumter, and for whose" life-blood the Palmetto traitors were fairly panting be cause ol his bountiess z*ai and energy, has just marched bis men again to the field, but is still only a ( aptin 4 while B. RUSH PcriuKEti :s ma'h' a alone). Major ANDERSON, whose dis cretion and ability as a miliary commander, displayed through the trying siege in Charles ton harbor, was, after long delay and apparent hesitation, made a Cnlonel, while ALEXANDER CUMMINCS is, at the first leap and with no claim to soldierly science, made a Brigadier-General. Such anomalous and reprehensible conduct in the administration ol the W ar Departing invites examination, scrutiny and remark" Much of the public censure which it wW be sure ,o provoke, may be j, h Lxecut.ve t for to him the appointing power j belong*. But those who are well of j Rations between the persons we have named arid the Secretary of War, car, not fa.l Iso trace the influnce through which these an < -.ointments have been made and they will j lodge tf:e responsibilitv upon the proper head ! It gives us no pleasure to indulge in such cml merits. We were among those who hoped ar.d expressed the belief that the Secretary of War would, in the adminiitratiof. offiis fiGs office, falsify al! the aspersion*of his !if, toes. Cut we have misgivings that this hone .snot to be iea liied. Thus Ur appearand* indicate that the powers of the War Dp ar t merit are to be directed to the aggrandizement of mere peroral adherents, regardless c f t k e superior demands of the public service, and t(>„ safe' yof the brave soldiers whose lives •P --trus'.ed to incompetent hands. FROM WTSJITfiTBL GENERAL CADWALADEK SI'PFRSFnf . it BALTIMORE. ' A '~ GENERAL JA.MER COOPER TO SUCCEED HIM.' BEAUREGARD AT MANASSES JUNCTION! Washington, June 10. There is military authority for stating that the Ist regiment of cavalry and the 2d regiment of dragoons of the United States army have been ordered from the department of the West to this neighborhood. At Acquis Creek two small batteries, With some 500 or GOO men, were distinctly E een by a recouoitering party. It is understood that iMr. Harvey, the newiy , appointed United States Minister to Portugal, who is charged with carrying on telegraphic correspondence with the South Carolina* rebel*, wii; be recalled immediately. .Nothing positive is known concerning the military movements to-day, up to this hour, i J Here aie all sorts of rumors in circulation, j It is thought that the action of the British Government in its recognition ol validity of letters of marque and reprisal from the Confed erate States was discourteous and unpreceden ted ;n diplomacy, in view of the fact that its decision was hastily announced, without first vailing the arrival of the new American Min ister. Mr. Adams, who was prepared properly to represent the policy of the Administratian. But for the depredations of certain volunteers on private property in Hampton ana for miles around, as well as in Fairfax county, >t is rep resented here that the Union feeling in Virgin ia would have been considerably strengthened Efforts are now be,ng made to remedy these just complaints, and to assure the inhabitant* of protection. Although Austria has not directly protested against Mr. burlingame, our new Minister to that Court, it is known that some other gentle man, t-nobjectionable than himself on account of his legislative prominency in behalfof Italv, would be acceptable. G-neral Cadwaiader, who ha? been in com mand of the Federal troops at Baltimore, has been superseded by Gen. James Cooper. Gen. Cooper was formerly U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, but has lateiy lived a Fred erick, Maryland, where he has' been actively raising troops for the Federal service. From Virginia. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, June 10 There is a good reason to beiieve that, but for the recent change in the movements ol the rebel troops, large forces having been centered at Mannassas Junction within a few days, an advance of Federal troops from Alexandria and this point would certainly have been made da ring the past week. On Monday last orders to that fffect were received, and the troop# have been in momentary expectation and read iness since then to march. The skirmish which tuck place at Fair/ax Court House be twren a party of dragoons and rebels was un fortunate, having the effect to direct the atten tion of the rebels to thai point, and since the occurrence large have been made to their force in that vicinity. Gen. Beauregard has arrived there, and assumed the command. This change in the position of affairs will cause some delay in any active operations of the Fedetal troops in that direction. As to the purposes of the rebels, of course all is conject ure, yet the apparent security manifested by the people still remaining in Alexandria—a bont -1-.000 out of a population of 11,000 givrs assurance that no immediate attack is projected. Communication between that citv and the rebel camp is without doubt still car ried on secretly, and the inhabitants will be able to r-ceive warning if any attack from the rebel forces is contemplated." LATEST WAR NEWS! A telegram dated June 11th, announces the sad intelligence of a severe and destructive con flict fought in mistake between Col. Duryea's Zouaves and a German Regiment, and other U. S. Troops, resulting in the death of 25 men and the wounding of 100 more. The fight took place hear Hampton, the troops having beeu sent out by Gen. Butler to dislodge a rebel force reported to be stationed in that neighborhood. By some discrepancies in this dispatch, wc are led to hope that it is incorrect. [LATER] It turns out that the U. S. troops eugagmg '■ach other as above related, soon discovered their mistake, having but one man killed sod •wo fatally wounded. They then moved for ward to attack a masked battery of the rebels, at Great Bethel, but were repulsed, having 30 killed and about 100 wounded. The rebel battery was so completely concealed that noth ing but the Sashes of the cannon could be seen. Bad news, this, but we hope to bear of better. Particulars of the battle iD our nest. ni it((l EI)- BROLLIER—LIVENGOOD—On the 30th ult., bv the Rev. D. Livengood, G. W. BHOL LIER, E