BEDFORD GAZETTE.
-HJ'III OK O, Pa.-
FRID W N 7T7TT JIM; 11 Fs6l.
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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 <ut> 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, m<V profit by his example.
| ... .Capt. J. H. Filler, of the Taylor Guards,
paid our town a .short visit last week. His
company is at present at Chambershurg. The
Captain looks w . 11, and talks well, especially
against Gov. Curtin.
| . ...Prof. J. VV. Dirkerson, of the Blair
i county Normal School, visited us briefly during
• the latter part of last week. The Professor is
wvii known in this community as a fine schol
ar, an excellent teacher anil a gentleman in ev
ery respect. Prof. Dickerson, as our readers
i rr.av remember, is associated with Prof. Osborne,
! the former able principal of the Allegheny
1 Beminarv at Rainsburg. Their School is rep-
I resented to be in a flourishing condition.
... .The Anniversary Exercises of the Al
' ieghenv Male St Female Seminary, Rainsburg,
w ill take place j tine 21st, 1861, exercises to
| commence at 6 o'clock, P. M.
. ~ .The HOWARD ASSOCIATION of P'tnlaM
-1 phia, announces that its Dispensary for the re
fief of the afflicted, will be maintained in fail
; operation during the war, without change or
diminution of effort, and its benefits w ill be ex
tended as usual, wherever the mails are contin
ued. This excellent Institution has performed
its best services in time of panic and yellow fe
ver, and will not fail to maintain its high posi
tion, during the present crisis.
. .. .The C'.rmr Stone of the Ger. Reformed
Church, in k he west end of Bedford township,
will be laid on Tuesday, June 2bth inst. Sev
eral Ministers from a distance will be in atten
dance.
| ... .Tn good taste—a certain editor's attempt
to make capital out of a funeral sermon. A
| man that can be guilty of sacrilege (ike that
would steal the nails out of a dead brother's enf
| fin to fasten the loose planks in the Black Re
j publican platform.
! ...."he Inquirer scribbler, not unlike his
illustrious prototype, Dogberrv, w ill " write
himself down"— a traitor ! He cails us and
others who sustain ihe Government in all ils
Constitutional arts, t>oiiors 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<t lose, and settle the
terms of our interc wrs" by negotiation after
the war why not initiate prudent steps for a i
settlement now ? Why not save the millions
of aching hearts, the vast amount of treasure
and n ore than all, why not save She remnants
ol confidence and good will still existing be
tween the two sections, as a basis for future
harmony ? G<> 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<q , of Berlin, to Miss SARAH C. LIVEN
GOOD, of Livengood's Mills, Somerset county.
1 he purest bliss, tbe sweetest joy,
B®r felt, or known in Hymen's dream
Are eet apart for this fond patr ;
May Heaven bletj the new-neatentd