BEDFORD GAZETTE. -BEPFOKP, Fa.— Itttl?77: : JILV 10, UN. B.F. Meyers, Editor St Proprietor. "REGULAR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS ! For flie Union, tiie Constitution ami tlie Laws ASSOCIATE JUDGE, GEN. JAMES BURNS, JUNIATA. TREASURER, MAJ. A- J. SANSOM, EEDFOED L'OR. COMMISSIONER, PH it-IP SHOEMAKER. COLE R A IK* POOR DIRECTOR, HENRY WERTZ C. VALLEY. AUDITOR, DANIEL. L.. DEFIBAUGH., SNAKE SPRING. IBW volume""' NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSI'KIEE ! A new volume of the Bedford Gazette, will be gin on the 2d of August next. All of our present subscribers who will pay by that time, or by next Court, will get the paper for $1,50. This rule will be'strictly observed. EC?*Ait persons who are in ar rears, are respectfully {requested to pay up, as we need money. This request is not intended for those who pay regularly, but for thosp who allow their accounts to run too long. Ail Administra tors ar.d Executors owing us for a longer time than three months, for estate printing, are expected to call and settle by next Court. People and Agent. Whilst it is unquestiortabiy our duty to sup port the Government in its efforts to maintain its Constitutional authority, it is also our right, as well as our duty, to canvass and discuss the measures of the Executive and other depart ments of the Government, whether those meas ures relate to the Southern rebellion, or anv other subject of public interest. In common, therefore, with the great mass of Democratic editors throughout the North, we have thus far freely and fully criticised the movements and conduct ot the powers that be, and now that we have before us, in the President's Message, what must be taken as the programme of the Legislative and Executive Departments of the Government, we deem it only right and proper to indicate our impressions of its correctness and propriety. The general tone of the Message—that is, so far as it relates to the right and the obligation of the Government to defend itself and to put down those in rebellion against its authority— is entirely correct. No sane man, at least no friend of Constitutional liberty, can doubt for a moment, that those who have been chcs-.n bv the people to administer the Government, have the right and are charged with the duty, to preserve the Government. There is, however, but one mode by which it can be preserved, and that is the Constitutional mode. The agents of the people who are to administer the laws are themselves sworn to obey the laws. Whv I Because if they were to trample them under loot, not only would they be as guilty as those against whom they are appointed to enforce them, but our Government would be at an end and anarchy and confusion wouid reign in the land. Hence, every public officer, from the President down to the lowest corporal in the army, engaged in maintaining the authority of the Constitution and enforcing the laws, must himself obey fhe Constitution and latvs, or he is no better than the veriest rebel in the army ot Davis and Beauregard. Hence, if we would have our Government maintained, if we would have order come out of the chaos of the present unfortunate civil war, if we would have our libeities preserved and our national integrity restored, we must cleave to the Constitution and compel*!he Executive and Congress to stand upon it as the rock of our political salvation. For these considerations we find it incum bent upn us to express our emphatic disappro bation of the cour.-e of the President in assu ming the power to authorize a military officer to suspend the sacred Constitutional privilege of the Habeas Corpus. The Piesident attempts to justify his action in this matter, not only by the plea of "necessity," but by a somewhat sophistical legal argument. We think the fol lowing eminent authorities should be sufficient to satisfy lawyers, as well as the most illiterate citizens, upn this subject. " Next to personal security," says Mr. Jus tice Blackstone, " the law of England regards, "asserts and preserves the persona! liberty of" in dividuals. This personal liberty consits in the "power of locomotion, of changing situation or -•moving one's person to whatsoever place one's "owr inclination may direct, without impns "onment or restraint, unless by due course of "law. " By the Petition of Right, 3 Car Ist. it i 3 "enacted that no person shall be imprisoned or "detained without cause shown, to which he "may make answer according to law. Bv 16 "Car. Ist, th. 10, if any person be restra ied of "his liberty bv order or decree of anv illegaf "court, or by the command of the KING'S I.IA "JESTY in peison, or by warrant of the council 1 ''board, or of aay of the privy council, he shall "upon demand of his counsel, have a writ of "habeas corpus to briDg his body before the "Court of King's Bench of Common Pleas, who "shall determine whether the cause of his com "mitment be just, and hereupon to do as to jus "tice shall appertain. "To bereave a man of life, or by violence to "confiscate his estate without accusation or tri "a! would be so gross and notorious an act of "despotism as must at once convey the alarm of "tyranny throughout the whole kingdom, but '•confinement of the person by secretly hutry "ing him to jail where his sufferings are un "known or forgotten is a less public, a less stri "king and therefore a mare [dangerous engine "of arhitrary government. And yet sometimes, '•when the State is in real danger, even this "may be a necessary measure. But the happi "ntss of our own Constitution is that it is not to the Executive power to determine when "the danger of the State is so great as to render "this measure expedient ; for it is Ike Parlia "mcnt only, or Legislative power, that whenev "er it sees proper can authorize the Crown, by "suspending the Habeas Corpus Act for a short '■• and limited time, to imprison suspected pet - "sons without giving any reason for so doing." —Commentaries on the Laws of England, Vat. 1 . pp. 135 l3fi. Chief Justice Marshall, in the case of Boll man, 3 Craneb, 100, says: "If at any lime ■' the public safety should require the suspen sion of the power vested by this act (the pow "er to grant writs of habeas corpus) in the Court "of the United States, it is for the Legislature "to say so. That question depends on political "considerations on which the Legislature is to "decide. Until the Legislative will be express ed, this Court can only see its duty and must '■'■ obey the laws." This was in a case of Trea son, „ Judge Story ; n hi* Commentaries on the Con- sec. 1336, says. " It wouid seem as "the power is granted to Congress to suspend "the writ of habeas corpus in case of rebellion "or invasion, that the right to judge whether ••'the exigency had arisen must exclusively be "long to that body." In 1807, when great alarm existed as to Burr's conspiracy, a bill was brought before the Sen ate lu secret session to suspend the writ ofha beas corpus. When brought in the House ot Representatives, that body refused to consider it in spcret session, and by a vo'e of 113 to 19 rejected the bill on its first reading. On that occasion Mr. Dana of Connecticut used the following language : " This biil authorizes the "arrest of persons not merely bv the President "or other high officers, but by any person act ing under him. I imagine this to be wholly "without precedent. If treason was marching "to force us from our seats, I would not agree iL t/tus to destroy the fundamental principles of "the Constitution, or commit euch an act either "of despotism or pusillanimity." Again we might refer to the seizure of pri vate despatches in Northern telegraph offices, by the direction of the Secretary of War, which the President does not even attempt to excuse, and as a suitable sequel to which, the right of petition has been denied in the very metropolis of the North. But we will confine ourselves to the Message, for the present, and ask the at tciil'fin nt It a ■ .u.l. ~ for a moment, to a very important feature of the policy foreshadowed in that document. Mr. Lincoln, in his roundabout, circumlocutionary discussion of the right of Secession,tells us that "the Union is older than any of the States, and in fact, that it created them as States." Every school-hov knows that this is not true. Histo ry tells us that the States formed the Union that as soon as the Colonies became independ ent of Great Britain, they became sovereign and independent States—that as States they formed a Confederation, as States they repealed the Ar ticles of Confederation, and as the people of the several States, they adopted the present Consli i tution, the several States latifyingit separately. Mr. Lincoln also asserts that " the States have | nether more nor less power than that reserved to them ia the Union by the Constitution."— The Constitution does not define, or describe the powers of the States. It does, however, define, describe and limit the powers of the federal Government, at the same time asserting i that aii powers not expressly granted in it to | Ihe Federal Government, are reserved to the | States. The fact is that the President is a Fed , erahsf, a Consolidation ist, and he could not forego an opportunity ol lev el tog a blow at the Democratic theory of our Government. The agent of the people in the white House, chosen by Electors appointtd within certain State lines, be would biol out of existence the verv fact from which he derives his authority. If it : had not been for State fines Mr. Lincoln would | not this day be President of the United States. It had not been tor State lines, Washington City would not have been protected in the hour of its pei il, by Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania bayonets. II it were not for j State lines, there would be anarchy in the | North, and worse than anarchy in the great cit ■ ies oi the East. We warn the people, therefore, to be vigilant jof their rights. Distrust everything that is | 'lone by public officers in violation ot law and jof the Constitution. Discard ever}' thought ' !hat v ' 6lts jour mind in apology for the assump j lion of power on the part of your servants in I office. Guaid continually against encroach ! mentsof the Executive, and firmly retain the riaht of the individual as against the tyranny of the majority, in the dark maze that is be : fore us, let us find our way cautiously, yet bold | iy and without faltering. i KT-We have been shown a" letter" from a Union . man in Western Virginia, recently received by a j gentleman in this place, from which we learn that I the people oi that section are divided into three parties, viz : Union men, unconditional, comprising j about one fourth of the population; Union, men" with guarantees fiora the Federal Uovernment and oppoe.. to military occupetrou, comprising one ba'f the population ; the remain : g fourth being Secess ionists. The letter eomplai ;s t tat the Republican newspapers from Ihe North circulating ir. that di tection, bringing wholes; ie statements of Detno c.ats in the North being traitors, fyc.y give much encouragement to the Secessionist*. (':, e of these j published net a hundred miles from this p.ace, is , nam >d in the lettei. We may pub sh i in our next. Hon. John Cessna. The Democratic party of Bedford county held a convention on Tuesday, June 18th, and put :n nomination a regular parly ticket, to be supported at the approaching election. The spirit which characterized the convention was more partisan than patriotic. Little was said or done that showed loyalty to the Union rath er than fealty to party. After the regular nom inations were made. Hon. John Cessna present ed a series of resolutions, breathing a spirit of patriotism and loyally to the Union, which were almost unanimously voted down, and him self, by some of the convention, declared to be read out of the party, and no longer to be re garded as a true and faithful Democrat. Is this because Mr. Cessna had moral courage enough to forsake party, at this eventful of our political history, and at a time when every loy al citizen is active in doing what he can to pre serve the noblest, freest and best Government on the face of the earth ? Is it because, in the Charleston Contention, he dared to offer a se ries of resolutions embracing the Tariff, which was so much needed at the time ? Or was it because he was resolute enough to face a faction of his party, and support the late lamented Hon. S. A. Douglas in his past herculean efforts to establish the doctrine ot popular sovereignty, and with him to speak in thunder tones in be half of our present Administration ? Was it any or all of these that called forth the |iower of the convention against this patriot? No matter what induced it, Mr. Cessna was tight. He proved himself a patriotic and hon est man, and the world has not beheld his course in vain. *. loyal people will reward him; and whether he becomes si ill a more zealous sup porter of Mi. Lincoln or not, we shall not for get him for the loyalty and patriotism he has already evinced. We copy the preceding article from the Chambersburg Dispatch, of the 12th inst. The falsehoods contained in the above, are sufficient to determine the political bias of the editor of the Dispatch, and it is, therefore, needless to say that hp is a rabid, ultra and uncompromis ing " Republican.''' It is false, Mf, Dispatch , that '' iittle was said or done" in'the lale Democratic Convention, " that showed loyalty to the Union rather than fealty to party." The resolutions passed <y that Convention breathed the spsrit.of true patriotism, pledging the Democracy to the strict observance and fearless vindication of the Constitution. a* well as to the support of the Government and the maintenance of the Union. But, of course, they could not receive the endorsement of a blinded, bigoted and besotted zealot who is rea dy to throw the Constitution to the dogs, rather than give up his adherence to a political favor ite elevated to office by a minority ot the Amer ican people. It is false that " after the regular nominations were made Mr. Cessna presented a serie- ol res olutions," &c., which were voted down. That, gentleman was not a member of the Convention nor was he present at any time during the sit ting of that body. No other jesolutioos than those adopted, were submitted in the Convcn- J lion, and every member of the Convention vo ted for the series which was abopted. It is false that Mr. Cessna was " declared to he read out of the party." His name was nat even mentioned in the Convention. It is false, likewise, that Mr. Cessna is "a zealous supporter ol Mr. Lincoln." We take him at his word when we say that he is for the Government , and not tor any particular officer whose province it is to administer it. The Dispatch informs us that Mr. C. was right m his support of Mr. Douglas. Why, then, did not the editor of that paper support Judge Douglas ? Had the loaves and fishes anything to do with his apostacy from bis own convictions of right ? In fine, we think ttie Dispatch man had bet ter act on the principle ot non-intervention, in the future, (a principle which Mr. Douglas and his friends, also tried bard to establish,) or, in other words, he had better mind his own busi ness and let other people's alone. At any ra(p, if he must meddle with what does not concern him, let him be a little more particular, here after, as to his facts. With this admonition we leave him to his own reflections. An Important Admission. I tie following from the last issue of the Bed ford Inquirer , should forever set at rest the question as to whether the Democratic party is in favor of the Union the Gazette says that we take "great pains to prove that Democrats are Union men," and that "■ u ttlis end we publish the letters and speeches of eminent Democrats,'' and ''that Democrats have al ways been for the Union." Now, we plead guilty. Wo r.o ptibiish the letters and speeches of "eminent Democrats" "to prove that Democrats" aad the Democratic party is for the Union. 'I he course of the fcedlbni Gazette is an exception. It is a se cession, disunion paper, and publishes the 'reason a messages ot Jetf. Davis, he. An a parti/, that party loyal to the Constitution and the Union, and to prove to Democrats who see no other paper than tire Gazette, that this is ihe (act, we publish these articles. The admission in favor of the Unionism of the Democracy, contained in the above, is as im portant as the logic of the Inquirer on the sub ject ot the secession-ism of the Gazelle, is pro found and iiresistible. Because we published the Message of JeUeisou Davis for the iinfoirr.a tion of our readers, a3 did those good Republi can papers, the Philadelphia Bulletin , and Philadelphia Inquirer, we are. forsooth, a se cessionist ! By a parity of reasoning, we must be a Republican, because we published Lin coln's message in our last. The Democrats of Bedtord county had better k< ep an eye on u-, as according to the logic of the Inquirer, we must be bolh Republican and Secessionist To be such a monster wouid be enough to cause one take fright at his own shadow ! KF*O ;r friend, of the Somerset Democrat are entitled to our "best how," for the flattr-- ing notic- given u in their issue of July 10th. On the question of pup, they; . ill please con- ! ici'-us Bacr-hezded. Long may the Dcr.o- j cr. wave, and long may its able 'and fearless i ecitcrs live to b? champions of the truth ; and the right. Collecting the Arms Maj. Sansom, Brigade Inspector for this coun ty, is at present engaged in collecting the arms in possession of the various military companies in the county. As some persons have an erro neous notion that the Major is doing this of his own motion, we publish below the order of the Military Department at Harrisburg. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OIFICB, Hairisburg, June 23th, 1861. Dear SIR ; I have been appointed Aid, by the Governor and Adjutant General, and au thorized to demand and collect all the Military arms of the State, and give receipts for the same. Vou are instructed to make out a Report, giving Ist. The names of Captains of all Companies in Bedford County. 2d. Name of the Company. 3d. The Post Office address. 4th. The number, kind and qualify of the Arms, Nc. You are now authorized to collect ail the Arms, good and bad, in your County, to wit : Muskets, Rifles, Swords, Pistols, Tents, Cannon and equipments, and box them up and direct to E. M, BIDDLE, Adjutant General, Harrisburg, Pa. When the Arms are remodeled thev will be properly distributed to organized Companies. Please keep exact account of necessary ex penses, and the time employed, so that you can make oath to it if requited. Indorse on boxes number of Brigade and Di vision. Report to me when the Arms are shipped. Verv Respectiuliv lours, O. H. WHEELER, Major. Maj. A. J. SANSOM, Brig. Inspector, 1 —l6 Div. For the Bedford Gazette. Fourth of July Celebratiou at Woodberry. MR. EDITOR ; You will confer a favor on your friends in this neighborhood by giving a place to the following brief account of how wr spent the fourth in Woodberry. In the first place let me state that a celebration of our na tional birth day on a grand scale was contem plated, printed handbills were circulated—and the people called upon to turn out and show their patriotic devotion to their country by a general paiticipation in the exercises of the oc casion. The call was nobly responded to— from the hills and vaileys ttiey came—citizens add soldiers—all departments and professions of life were fully lepresented—in a word the town was alive wjlh flair women and brave men." About half past ten o'clock Sam'!. J. Castner, Esq., finely mounted on a large iron gray horse, dressed with badges appropriate to such an oc casion, formed the procession in the town in th following order near Dr. C. F. Oeileig's : First Capt. Dan'l. M. Bare's Pi'tonsville Rifles, 2d Potter's Creek Guards, commanded by Capt. John B. Fluck, 3d Milierstowr. Guards, com manded by Capt. J. x\"icodemus,Jr.,r. 4-th the Woodbury Zouaves, Capt. E. D. Brisban, all in full uniform, sth O.ators of the day, GIH the Sunday Schools; 7th Ladies, Bth Gentlemen, four abreast. The military companies, by the way, r.rvo particular mention, for (heir very gentlemanly conduct and soldier-like appear ance, and the great proficiency they have at tained in their drilling, in the short time they have been practicing. The procession being formed about halt a mile in length, coutiler marched through the town, and then proceeded lo the splendid grove of Dr. Sam'l. if. Smith adjacent to the town, where a stand had been erectfor the speakers. Ihe meeting being called lo order by Rev. John H. Wilkinson, who, according to previ ous arrangements announced the officers ot the day,' 01. John C. Everhart was called to the chair, Isaac Burger and George Soulsby, were male vice presidents and Jacob Brer.neman, E.- j., secretary. The meeting being organized the fife and drums played a beautiful national air. John E. Satterfield, Esq.., was then called upon to read the Declaration ot Independence, which he did iu a very clear and creditable maaner. The Star Spangled Banner was then sut£ by the Ladies in most excellent style. G. H. Spang, Esq., being then called lo the stand, delivered one of the most heart stirring and pa triotic orations that it has ever been your correspondent's pleasure to listen to. Com mencing at the settlement of the colonies, he give a graphic description of the history of our forefathers down to the framing of the Declara tion of Independence ; his picture of the trials and hardships, Gen. Washington and his little bind of patriots had to endure in. achieving the liberties we enjoy, caused the tears to start in the eyes of many of his hearets. Following the course of events down to the present crisis, which he dwelt upon at some length, he plainly showed that the whole difficulty arose from "a tew traitorous aspiiants who are lusting for un- I holy power; his speech was intenupled with rounds ol applause at different intervals. i The ladies being again called on sunc the ' Ked, White and Blue, very beautifully. "The ! unner was now announced. The "speakers I then by order of the Marshal headed the pro ! cession and marched to the table, the militarv j sod citizens folliowing, and partook of a sump tous dinner such as we have never seen before. " tvo tables, one between two and three hundred feet long, were put up in the grove—and liter ally crammed with loads of finest substantial and choicest delicacies ; everything that could satisfy the hungriest appetite or tempt the most fastidious epicure was theie in abundance.— Not less than eighteen hundred persons partook of dinner at the one table, whilst about two hundred connected with the Sunday Schools, teachers and schollars occupied the other which was almost seventy-five feet in length. Cold turkeys, hams, chickens, beef, bread, butter, cheese, pies, cak°?, pickles, preserves, fruit c . were there in prolusion and plenty of goo;) hot' coffee lor ail. Alter all had ea'en and were j satisfied there were still many, many /u „ h33 . | kets ot provisions lett. Tfi ls was distributed a , mong p.rsons in the neighborhood who receiv i fcd . U ' n kintl s P' rit in which it was .given. This elegant, free dinner, reflects great j credit upon the hearts and hand? of the good j people of Woodbury and the surrounding couo j try by whom it was furnished and prepared After dinner the marshal anain formed the • military in line an i marched to the stand ; Maj A. J. Sanscm being called upon, sung the •'Mar Spangled Banner" and "Gay and Happy" in good style, which was highly applauded by I 'he audience. Hon. Jul,a Cessna being then I loudly called, took the stand and delivered one i oi the most patriotic speeches we have h=>ard ' since the country's present crisis, indeed he did I c. di to himself and to all who heard him,' dwelling entirely on the present war, and diffi culties now at issue let we-n the Government and the Rebels. Tears were seen coursing the cheeks of stout hearted meu during the delivery of his speech ; lie showed clearly that there were but two sides to this question, that all good and loyal citizens must support the Constitu tion and the Government, proving to a demon stration that the secessionists are in the wrong, and that the Government is in the right, that theie is no middle course, that every man must be either a Patriot or a Rebel. At the conclu sion, three hearty cheers were given for the speakers. A number of toasts were then read by J. R. Durborrow, Esq., which were heartily responded to by John B. Fluck, Esq., J. E. Sat terfield, Prof. i. VV. Dickerson, and John Wil kinson, at the conclusion of which the hand played another national air. The military was then again formed into line—headed by the marshal, ttie orators, ladies and citizens, falling : into ranks and again marched into town, coun termarched tkreugh the streets, and were dis missed in regular order by the marshal, S. J. Caslner, Esq. In conclusion, we must say that the whole afuir did credit to Woodbury and the surroun- I ding country. There was no disturbance of a- j ny kind, not a drunken man to be seen during i the whole of the celebration. Indeed we must | say thai we had a happy Fourth—a day that j will long he remembered by all who were pres- I ent. Maj. A. j. Sansom organized the Wood- j berry Zouaves into a military company, JACOB BREN'.NEMAN, Secretary. j WJR SEWS. FIJOM WASHINGTON. The following dispatch was received to-day at the Army llcad quarters trom General Mc Cleiian : BEVERLY, July 13, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Washington, D. C.: Tlie success ol to-day is all that I could desire. We captured six brass cannon, of which one is rilled, and all the enemy's camp equipage and transportation, even to hi*cups. The number of tents will probably reach two hundred, and more than sixty wagons. Their killed and wounded will amount toiully one hundred and fift£, with at least one hundred prisoners, and more coming in constantly I know already of ten officers killed and prisoners. Their retreat was complete. 1 occupied Beverly by a rapid march. Garnett abandoned his camp early this morion, leaving much of his equipage. He can e within a lew miles of Beverly, but our rapid march turned nim back in great confusion, and he is now retreating on the road to St. George. General Morns is to follow him up closely. I have telegraphed for the two Penn sylvania regiments at Cumberland to join Gen era! Hill at Rowlesburg. The General is con centrating all his troops at Rowlesburg, and will cut oil Garnett's retreat near West Union, or if possible at St- George. I may say that we have driven out some ten thousand troops, strongly intrenched, with the loss of eleven killed and thirty-five wounded. Provision returns lound here show Garnett's force to have been ten thousand men. They were Eastern Virginians, Georgians, Tennesseeans, and 1 think Carolini ans. To-morrow I can give full details as to prisoners, Ccc. I trust that General Cox has by this time driven Wise out of the Kanawha Valley. In that case I shall have accomplish ed the object of liberating Western Virginia,— I hope the General-in-Chief will approve of my operations. G. B. McCLELLAN, Major-Genera!, Department of Ohio. The fulbvving was received July 13th, trom Beverly, Virginia : REI-ORT OF GENERAL MCCLELLA.M TO LIEUT. GI N. SCOTT.—I have received from Coi. IV gram propositions for the surrender with his officers and remnant of his command say GOO men. They are said to be extremely penitent, and determined never again to lake up arms against the General Government. I shall have near 000 or 1,000 prisoners to take care of when Col. Pegrain coines in. The latest ac counts made the loss of the rebels in killed some 150. FROM BALTIMORE. i BALTIMORE, July 13. John Merriman was to-day released Irom custody at Fort McHeury on" forty thousand i dollars bail. WASHINGTON, July 15.—The following im ! portant despatch has just been received by the ! vv ai Department : HUTTONSVILLE, July 11th, ISGI. To Col. E. u. Tow mend, Assistant .Idju tant General : DEAR Sin : Gen. Garoelt, ot the rebel for i ces has been completely defeated. We have j taken ait his baggage and 7 guns. His army | is completely demolished. Gen. Garnett is amOng the killed. I The rebels are r.ow completely annihilated ; Western Virginia. Our loss is thirteen kill ' ed, and not over forty wounded. The enemy's loss is fully two hundred killed, and we have taken over one thousand prisoners. ' Seven guns have been taken in all. I still } look with hopes io the capture of the remnants | of Garnett's army, by Gen. Hill. The troops defeated were the crack Regi ments of Eastern Virginia, aided by Georgians, Tennesseeans and South Carolinians. Our success is complete, and Secession is killed in this pa't of the country. (Signed) GEO. B. McCLELLAN, Major General U. S. A. Eight American Aessels Capered if, I'riiatcer Sumter 7 ibe U.S. Mail steamship Columbia Capl. A'-ams, arrived yesterday, after a passage of (Liree days and fourteen hours from Havana ; which port she left on the 10th inst. j VVe are indebted to the Purser for the foi | lowing report of the captures by the Confed i erate States pi ivateer Sumpter : The privateer steamer Sumter, to J the Confederate States of the South, came into I the harbor ol Cieniuegos on tne morning of the j fitb inst., bringing in as prizes the brigs Cuba Mac bias, Naiad, Albert Adams, Ben Dunnine and the barks We.t Wind and I. ■ isa Kiihain. ihe same steamer 1 m with the ship Golden Kock-1, at sea, and set fire to her, having pre viously taken off her crew. Com. Semmes, of the Sumpter, sent anoffi-' cei on shore with a letter to the Goveruo- if' town, who telegraphed to the Captain General 1 'or instructions. The American Consul at ' once telegraphed to the Consul General at Ha- ! vana. The Steamer left again the next day 1 having received a supply of coal and water. I ANOTHER ACCOUNT. I HAVANA, July 10, 1861 ' Nothing new of local interest." The p r iv a t-er Sumter, of the Confederate States, has made capture ot eight American vessels on' the South Side of Cuba in the last 10 days, all of which have been sent into Cienfueg o 3 as 'prize* except one, which was burned sea. Tne Baiks West Wind and Louisa Kilham, from Crenfuegos lor Falmouth and orders, brigs Ben , Dunning, Albert Adams and \aiad, from Cie n - I lugos tor New York, taken, as Consul General | Shuleldt says, but a short distance f,om Cien- I fuegos; brigs Cut a Machias, lrom Trinidad jO - York, also taken but a short distance i lrom the coast and sent into Cienfuegos the ; ship Golden Rocket, from Havana for Cienlue gos, taken and burned near th e Isle ot Pi nes __ | officers and crew landed by the privatee-' • Cienfugos. It is reported that the privateer which has done all this mischief was the for mer steamship Habana, but many seem to think it was the former Marquis de la Habana. iXWIHh tougrss—Extra Session, In accordance with the President's Procla mation, Congress assembled in extraordinary session on the 4-th day of July iustant. Including Andrew Johnson of Tennessee there are forty-five Senators, ot whom thirtv are Republicans. The number ol membeis ot j the House ot Representatives is reduced by se cession from two hundred and thiity seven to j one hundred and eighty. Ol these one hun dred and four are Republicans, with two in i California to hear from. | In the Senate on that day thirty-nine Sena | tors appeared in their places, including Messrs, | Breckenridge and Powell, of Kentucky; John ; son, of Tennessee; and Polk and Johnson, of Missouri. The new members having been qualified, Mr. Wilson gave notice of the fol lowing important bills : 4-. A bill to ratify and confirm certain acts of the President for the suppression of insurrec tion and rebellion. 2. A bill to authorize, the employment ot volunteers tor enforcing the laws and protect ing public property. J. A bill to increase the present militaify es tablishment of (he United States. 4- A bill providing for the better organiza tion of the military establishment. 5. A bill to promote the efficiency ol the army. 6. A bill for organizing a volunteer militia force, to be called tlie National Guard ot the United Stales. In the House 157 members answered to their names. Without delay the House proceeded to business and on the second ballot elected Galusha A. Grow ot Pennsylvania, Speaker, and Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee, Clerk Edward Ball, of Ohio was subsequently chosen Srrgeant at-arms, and Ira Goodenow, of New York, Doorkeeper. In the Senate on Friday, G. T. Brown was elected Sergeant-at-arms. On Saturday in the Senate, Mr. Wilson pre sented the several bills of which he gave notice on Thursday. In the Senate on Monday, Mr. Wilson, from the Military Committee reported back the bill legalizing the acts of the President, and also the bill authorizing the employment ot the vol uuteers in enforcing the laws and protecting public property. In the House among the bills introduced was one to repeal all iaws establishing ports of entry in the seceded States. A resolution was adopted instructing the Committee on the Jud iciary to report a bill confiscating the prepar ty ot every officer tn the service ot the Confed erate States. The House on Tuesday passed the bill ap piopriating sis millions ot dollais for the pay ment of the three months volunteers. The res olution ol Air. Lovejoy declaring it to be no part of the duty ot soldiers of the Uuited States to capture or return fugitive slaves was adopted —yeas 92, nays 55. In the Senate, on Wednesday, Mr. dark ol lerred a resolution providing for the expulsion tram the Senate, of Senators Mason, Hunter, Ciingman, Bragg, Nibeolson, Sebastian, Mitch ell and others, tormerly Senators Irotn the Seceded States. Adopted. Ihe Senate took up joint resolution No. 1 acknowledging all the acts of President Lincoln relating to the present rebellion. A prolonged and interesting debate arose up on tiie bill which was participated in by Sena tors V\ ilson, Hale, Fessenden, Kennedy and Polk when Mr. Wilson moved that the bill lie over until Thursday, to allow Mr. Polk to continue iiis remarks in opposition to the bill. The Senate then tools up the Force Bill.— Mr. Saulsbtirv, of Delaware, moved that two hundred thousand be inserted instead of five hundred thousand men. This number he said was sufficient to protect the capital and all the loyal States from invasion, and if more than this number was required they could be easily obtained. The amendment was disagreed to. The bill was amended by increasing the num ber of the army to 500,000 men, and by auth orizing a loan ot $500,000,000, instead oi $100,000,000, and finally passed. The House after the expiration of the morn ing hour, resolved itself into Committee of the \\ hole on the State of the Union, and took un der consideration the special order, a bill auth orizin* a national loan 55 J In; ol| ilj.j,. * ."' ■>' Ohio, addroLj .no c :.- an -vie and eloquent speech in oppo 101'- t0 the bill. Aler the conclusion of Mr. v allandigham's speech, the "previous ques tion" was called and the bill was passed by ayes IT6, nays 5. The nays were Messrs. Burnett, of Kentucky -Norton and Reid of Msssouri, Wood, of New York, and Valiandigham. All the Maryland delegation voted in the af firmative except Mr. May, absent. A Bill ha passed theJSenate authorizing the President to employ a force of 500,000 men, and to make a loan of Five Hundred millions J°' dollars. It will also pass thejHouse. Notice of the introduction ofa bill forageneial Bank rupt Law, has also been given. A Resolution offered by Mr. Lovejoy, to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law, received the votes of 62 Republi can members of the House, being a large ma jority o I that party in Congress, hut failed to pass. A Resolution offered by Mr. Burneft of Kentucky, to fbe effect that the present wi" is not waged lor the subjugation of the Si t ut m rely for the maintenance ot the Govern ment, was lost, all the Republicans voting a gaiust it. Resolutions offered in the Senate to confine the appointment of high officers in the army to graduates ot West Point and persons having seen military service, were voted down by the Rnub!ican®
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