BEDFORD GAZETTE. -BKUFOKM, Pa.— FRIDAY ::::::: AUGUST 9, IS6I- B. F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. regularlSFmocratic NOMINATIONS ! For the Union, the Constitution and the Laws ASttOCIATK JUDGE, QEN. JAMES BURNS, JUNIATA. TREASURER, MAJ. A. J. BANSOM, BEDFORD BOR. COMMISSIONER, PHILIP SHOEMAKER. COLERAIN. AUDITOR, DANIEL L. DEFIBAUQH, SNAKE SPRING. DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Democratic County Com mittee, will be held at the office of VV. P. Schell, in Bedford, on WEDNESDAY 7 , THE 14th DAY OF AUGUST, NEXT, to supply a vacancy on the Democratic County Ticket, oc casioned by the declination of Mr. Henry Wertz, the nominee for Poor Director. A full j attendance is earnestly desired. JOHN S. SCHELL, Schellsburg, July 23d, '6l. Chairman. What of tke Night ? The all-absbrbing question, What is to be the result of the war 1 seems at present more than ever to occupy the public mind. The plough man pauses in his furrow to cogitate upon the gloomy prospect. The merchant sits listless behind his counter, speculating upon the prob ability of a bank-rupt law, and the utter ruin of bis business. The lawyer givps his opinions on the great issue at the same time that he gives advice to his client. What is to become of us 1 is the inquir,' upon the lips of the people.— We could give our own views in regaid to the end and consequences of the war, we might ex press our hopes, our doubts, our fears as to a j favorable issue, but to do so at present, would, ! perhaps, be worse than useless. L*t us cheer- ! fully await our fate. Lei us meekly bear the hur.lan. ntlavoinn and pufiini.'r '" eo "" obey the laws and support the rightful authori ties; but Dever, never while the free winds blow, or the glad sun shines, lei us be tound base and servile enough to be made the slaves of the corrupt, tyrannical and infamous political dy nasty thai now holds and perverts to illegitimate and unauthorized uses, the powers of the Gen eral Government. If we can predict nothing more in regard to the result of the war than the complete and eternal ovei throw of Black Re publicanism, let us at least make that one hope ful prophecy, and determine that, come what may, it shall be fulfilled. Dodging ! Week before last we asked the Abolition or gan a plain question, the purport of which was : If the present war should be made a war for the abolition of slavery in the seceded states, wilt you still favor Us prosecution ? To this the editor replies that he is in favor of Critten den's resolution adopted a few days ago by the lower House of Congress, which declares that the war is not waged for subjugation, &c. That is no answer to our question. We did not ask you whether the war is, or is not, wagpd for a ny paiticular purpose, but we asked you wheth er if it should he waged for the abolition of slavery, you would sanction it. We want no dodging. Give us a direct answer to this plain question. Slavery Abolished by Congress ! This announcement will not be a startling one to those of our readers who have watched the recent proceedings in Congress. Both Houses have passed the Confiscation Bill, which deprives every master of all his slaves found giving aid to the rebels. As slave in the Seceded States must necessarily, by his labor, g : ve aid to the rebellion, this is a virtual and practical abolition of slavery, and was so intended by its authors. The bill was passed against the protest of Crittenden and other con servative advocates of the war, by a vote ot 60 to 48. The Abolition of slavery will hereaf ter be a leading feature in the programme of the war. Retara of the "Taylor Guards." On Friday morning last, the "Taylor Guards," of this place, Captain John H. Filler, lately composing a part ol Gen. Patterson's di vision, marched into town, and wire "welcom ed home," by numerous friends wto had been awaiting their arrival. We aie rejoiced *o be able to record the fact that they have all return ee, safe and sound. Bedford county has now but one Company in the field, the Hopewell Company, C4pt. Eicheiberger, which we be lieve is at present stationed at Washington City. lE?"Peace Resolutions offered in Congress by Cox, of Ohio, were voted down hv 80 nays to 4b veas. QF" Complaints concerning the failure of our paper to reach our subscribers in different parts of this county, are pouring upon us thick and fast. What is the matter 1 Are we not suffi ciently meek in our submission to the decrees of Black Republicanism, that our paper has so much trouble in finding its way to our pations, or has ihe hot weather a soporific effect upon the intellects of those happy patriots, the Postmas ters'' Perhaps Section 112 of the Postal Laws, may wake up somebody : Sec. 132. And be it further enacted, That if any postmaster shall unlawfully detain in his office any letter, package or pamphlet, or news paper with intent to prevent the arrival and delivery of the rarhe to the person or persons to whom such letter, package, pamphlet, or news paper may be addressed or directed in the usual course ol the transportation of the mail along the route; or if any postmaster shall, with in tent as atoresaid, give a preference to any let ter, package, pamphlet, or newspaper, oyer an other which may pass through his office, by forwarding the one and retaining the other, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months, and shall, moreover, be forever thereafter incapable ol holding the office of postmaster ol the United Stales. OF-Tnat fatal disease, Dipthena, has made its appearance in our town, but happily as yet no deaths have resulted from it. It is very con tagious. The symptoms are a brick red discol oration of the throat, small white specks on the tonsils, a leeling ol lassitude throughout the system, and frequently pain in the head and ears. If taken in it 9 earlier stages, it is said to be easily controlled. ANOTHER LETTER FROM " LITTLE BERKS." The following communication is from the pen of a young gentleman of fine abilities and great promise of future usefulness. We commend his letter to Ihe perusal of the public. Centrbvillk, July 31, 18G1. Mr. Editor : Dear Sir : I send you this com munication, with the hope that it may find a place in the columns of your highly esteemed , and useful paper. In writing this article, II have most unwaveringly endeavored to adhere ! to truth and justice ; to pen iacts; untarnish- j ed, unvarnished and undisguised facts. | As the past 4lb of July, the eighty fifth An- i 1 niversary of American liberty and nationality, j I drew near, I waited anxiously to receive a copy ; | ot President Lincoln's message to Congress. The Fourth finally came, passed by and within a few days subsequently, the Message j was obtained, being published at length in the various periodicals that reach our village ; but . never before was so I completely disappointed, and at the same time so thoroughly chagrined, j as in perusing that most inflammatory document. I had, previous to its issue, most sanguinely hoped that the President would, in considera tion of the imminent peril of the country, and j his oath to support the Constitution and Laws ( -mi 4k Unioo I V &oniTvtrnd to iVlflgffW 1 ! such conciliatory and peaceful measures, as j I would be best calculated to strengthen our j [ Southern brethren in the belief that ail this clash of arms, this hurried march to the field of j carnage and boisterous cry of " Union, Union," j is kindly intended to again restore harmony and ' tranquil peace throughout the length and breadth of our beloved and threatened Republic. But | alas! my cherished hopes and ardent expecta- j tions fell prone to earth, and passed away as things that perish, when I discovered that not ! a sentence, a word, a syllable of that Message j looked to a peaceful, manly and honorable set tlement of our present National difficulties. It must appear obvious to eveiy rational ob server, to all such as have the judgment to de termine and the honesty to admit, the aim, the letter, the spirit of any species of composition, that the iate President's Message is one ot the most extraordinary that ever reached the balls ot our national Legislature. There is no prop osition for reconciliation, no desire of compro mise, no lenity, no word ot real, earnest liviDg patriotism, expressed therein ; no, naught but the unhallowed and demoniac cry ol " Coer cion ! Coercion!" War and war only, seems to be its entire object, its breathing sentiment. Judging from its general tone of expression, we are irresistibly forced to the inference, that the President rejoices that civil war, with ail its train of concomitant horrors and crimes, is now deluging with fraternal blood, a land for the defence of which a Washington's arm was nerv ed, a Mercer's lite was offered up, and the soil of these States crimsoned with the clotted gore of men who marched freely forth to meet the warlike hosts of England's boasted Sovereignty. He now, without question,glories in the thought that Seward's " irrepressible conflict" doctrine is about to be verified in the most unlimited and unqualified sense of the term. May a righteous Providence vindicate the honor of our adored and common country, and visit with blighting and mildew all efforts to rupture the bands which should bind with liga tures of fraternal love, these thirty four Stales into one solid, compact and formidable Union. T. B. CESSNA. The New York Day-Book, This Journal has long been noted for its con sistent, determined opposition to "Republican" doctrines, and it now not only combats the war in a vigorous style, but it attacks the very fun damental positions of the "Republican" partv, and exposes the errors of Abolitionism. Its cir culation, it is said, is rapidly increasing. All who desire a sound, " unterrified" Union Dem ocratic paper irom New York city, in favor of Peace, Justice and Fraternity, opposed to Mob Law, a Standing Ariny, Onerous Taxaliou, Na tional Banks, High Tariffs, the Suppression of Free Speech, and a Military Dictatorship, will find it just what they want. The Weekly Day-Book has all the "latest Telegraphic News, and as good a report of Cattle, Grain, and other .Markets as any paper sent out of New York. The terms during ihe war are: One Copy, per Copies, S2O. Any person who will st3rt a club at a post-office where there is none now, and send $5 for five subscribers, will receive a sixth copy gratis. Additions to clubs can al ways be tnade at $1 each subscriber. Speci men copies sent free. Address Van Evrie, Hor ton 8c Co., 161 Nassau street, New York. Changes in the Tariff -Direct Taxa tion. The new tariff and direct taxation bill has passed both Houses of Congress. Among the rates of dutv, as given in the Washington Sun day Chronicle, are the following : On raw sugars, 2 cents per pound ; on unre fined sugars, 24 cents ; rtfined sugars, 4> cents ; cloved and tinctured sugars, 6 cents; molasses, 5 cents per gallon ; teas, 15 cents ; almonds, 4- cents ; shelled almonds, 6 cents *, crude lime stone, $3 per ton; rolled limestone, $6; coffee,4 cents per pound . cocoa, 3 cents , cocoa berries and shells, 2 cents; chocolate, 6 cents; cassia, 10 rents; cassia buds, 15 cents; cinnamon,2o cents, cyane pepper, 6 etc; cyane pepper ground, 8c; cloves, 8 cents; currants, 5 cents; tartaric acid and Rochelle salts, 10 cents; dales, 2 cents, figs, 5 cents; ginger root, 3 cents; ginger ground, 5 cents ; licorice paste and juice, 5 cents ; mace and nutmegs, 26 cents; nuts, 2 cents; pepper, 6 cents; pimento, 6 cents; plums, prunes and raisins, 5 cents; Russian hemp, §4O per ton; Ma nilla and other herr.ps. $26; lead, in pig, $1,50 per cwt.; lead in sheets, $2,25 per cwt.; white and red lead $2,25 per cwt ; salt, in sacks, IS cents per cwt; salt, in bulk, 12 cents; soda 4 cent per pound; bicarbonate of soda, 1 cent ;, sal soda, 4 cent; caustic soda, 1 cent; chloride' of lime, 30 cents per cwt.; crude saltpetre, 1 cent; refined saltpetre, 2 cents; turpentine, 10 cents per gallon; oil of cloves, 70 cents per lo.; brand), $1,50 per gallon; spirits of grain, 50 cents per gallon; gum copal and similar gums, 10 cents per pound. The following articles are also rated at so much per centum ad valorem ; Arrow roo', 20 per cent; preserved ginger,3o per cent.; limes, bananas, and other tropical truits, 20 per cent.; Peruvian bark, 15 per ct.; quinine, 30 per cent.; rags, 10 percent., feath ers, 30 per cent.; hides, 10 percent.; sole leath er, 30 per cent.; India taw, lOperct.; India rubber, manufactured, 30 per cent.; vegetable and unmanufactured ivory, 10 per cent.; all wines, 50 per cent.; gum silk and partly manu factured silk, 30 per cent.; silu and partly vel vet silks, $3 per yd., or 35 per ct.; silk ribbons &c., 40 per cent. All importations beyond the Cape ot Good Hope, 10 per cent. All goods in store, or in bonded warehouse, will be subject to these duties. If not with drawn in three years, to be taken by the government and sold. DIRECT TAX. The bill also apportions a direct lax of S2O, 000,000 among the States. The President will divide the country into collection districts and appoint collectors, and ! alter the second Tuesday in February, the Sec | retary of the Treasury shall establish regulations ito govern the assessment and collection. At j tempts to evade the act or commit fraud will be j punished. The salary of the assessors ranges j trom $2 to $3 per day. In the event of a re | tusal to pay the taxes, the collectors 3hall col lect it by distraint and sale of the goods, chat ties or effects of the persons delinquent as afore said, at public auction. This distraint does not include tools or implements ola trade or pro fession, oeasis of the plow necessary for the cul tivation ot improved lands, arms, household fur niture and necessaiy apparel. Any collector guilty of oppression, injustice or extortion, shall be liable to a fine of $2,000. Any person guilty of perjury shall be liable to a fin* oi SoOO. All incomes over SBOO per annum are to be taxed 3 per cent, on the surplus over SBOO ; when such income is derived from interest on ! treasury notes, the tax shall be 1 i per cent.— Tins tax goes into effect Jan. 1. 1862. All taxes ! riot paid June 30, 1862, shall draw interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. Neglect or i refusal to pay this tax tenders the offender ha i ble to imprisonment until the tax is paid.— Should any of the people be in actual rebellion | at the time the act goes into effect, the Fresi | dent shall cause its provisions to be executed within such limits whenever the government authority is re-estaolished. All taxes thus col lected shall bear interest. The act authorizes the apjiointmeDt of a com missioner ol taxes in connection with the treas ury depaitment, who shall be appointed by the President 011 the recommendation of the Secre tary, and receive a salary of $3,000 per annum, j and shall have a number of clerks, whose ag | gregate salaries do pot exceed $6,000. NORTHERN CONSERVATISM ! COMMON SENSE REVIVING ! A gleam of hope for the Country! Immense peace meeting in jVew Jersey. —l,soo Jersey Farmers in Council.—Great entkusi \ asm. An immense and enthusiastic Democratic Peace Meeting was held at Schaalenberg, Ber gen County, New Jetsey, Tuesday afternoon, July 30th. The meeting was called ?o order by N. H. Blauvelt, Esq, who nominated the Hon. Ralph Demarestfor President. The meeting was addressed by Thos. S. ; Lawrence, Esq., and Thomas Dunn English. The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That as citizens of the State of j New Jersey, a sovereignty always faithful to ! the compact which she entered into with the | other States, her peers, and which has always strictly sustained the Constitution, we are loyal to the General Government to the full extent of its limited and specified powers, and devoted to that Union which was foun ded on the consent of its creators, and ratified by the several States, its members. Resolved, That loyalty to the Union is only compatible with strict fidelity to the Constitu tion, and that those who violate the provisions of the latter, even under the hypocritical pre tense of preserving the former, are enemies to be confronted and resisted. Resolved, That we firmly protest against the attempts made, under color of the tyrant's ex cuse, "necessity," to consolidate this govern ment, to reduce the rights of States to subjec tion, and to rob free white citizens, for whom this government was formed, of their constitu tional rights and privileges. Resolved, That the Union based on the consent of States, and the good will of the people, cannot be preserved by the bayonet and sword of the soldier, and that the result of con tinued civil war can only be permanent dis solution of a Union which, up to this period, was a blessing to the people, and which would continue to be so throughout all time if admin istered according to its true spirit and intent. Resolved, That we charge the awful respon sibility lor the pending Civu. YV&a, for all its sacrifice of valuable lives, its lavish waste of treasure, and the deadly blow it has stricken at our prosperity as a people—upon the agititojs in the Northern States, who through the press and popular assemblages, and, most of all, from a prostituted pulpit, hav exerted themselves to "educate a generation to hate the South;" and and who are to day gloating over the spectacle of Americans hounded on to slaughter by the very parties who are witnesses of the contest but too cowardly to participate in it: That the aggressors among the States have been the transgressors of the bonds of the Union; and that upon the heads of the anti-slavery fanatics and demagogues of the North, who are playing into the hands of equally unscrupulous men in the South, rest the crimes ot fratricide, blood shed and treason against the liberties of the people and the Union of the States. Resolved, That the suppression of the writ of habeos corpus by irresponsible soldiery, through the orders of the Executive; the seiz ure ol respectful petitions without color of law |by the police of New York; the unlawful in crease of the standing army; the stoppage of newspaper presses in Missouri; the incarcera tion of citizens without wariant, and the sys tematic attempt made to repress free speech by the tools of the President, meet our severest condemnation, and cannot be cured by the pas sage of laws which are themselves equally un constitutional, and therefore void and of no ef fect. Resolved, That the whole course of the ex ecutive, and of Congress ol the United States at his instance, betrays a settled purpose to des troy the rights of States and individuals, and valuing the freedom bequeathed to us by our fathers, we are prepared to resist usurped pow er in every legal and rightful way that our de termined hatred to tyranny may suggest. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Hon. George T. Cibb, the repre sentative in Congress from this District, and "that he be requested to.use every means to stay the progress of this fratricidal war, and by a return to the letter and spirit ot the Constitu tion, to preserve the Union of States, and give it due force, efficiency and stability. PEACE MEETING AT NEW CITY, N. f. IMMENSE DEMON STIt A TlO N ! DECIDED RESOLUTIONS. Pursuant to call, about a thousand of the sturdy farmers of Rockland county, assembled in mass meeting at New City Court Hous, on Saturday, July 20th, at noon—this being the third Peace demonstiation held in that county. Hon. Thomas Lawrence read the following resolutions, among others : Resolved, That our reverence for the Con stitution of the United States, as framed by the ! Fathers of the Republic, has been proved by our i individual life-long adherence to its letter and j spirit, and requires no new oath of allegiance j to prove our fidelity. Resolved, That we still delight in the title !of "Union savers," as given to us in derision | by those who have heretofore been willing to "let the Union slide." That we still cling to the faith of our fathers , that the Union of our States would best "promote th* general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,", and that, while firm in this faith, we believe our Union can only be pre served by peace ; that "War is disunion ; is final and eternal separation !" Resolved, That in the unnatural strife now pending, provoked merely, as we believe, by the fanaticism of the North, and urged on with blood-thirsty eagerness mostly by unprincipled pclitioiAao and political jobfcKTOj WP rfCOgliil!^ the fulfilment oflhe prophetic warning of An drew Jackson, as declared in his farewell ad dress, to wit : "If such a struggle is ever begun, i and the citizens of one section of the country are arrayed in arms against those of another in J doubtful conflict, let the battle result as it may, ; Jhcre will be an end of the Union, and with it i an end to the hopes of freemen." Resolved, That we witness with dismay the Constitution violated in many of its plainest provisions; the military power over riding the civil ; the liberty of speech a.nd of the press, the writ of Habeus Corpus, that veneiable and al most sacred safe-guard of the citizen— all, all swept away, or ruthlessly trampled upon by those in power under the specious plea of a military "necessity." Resolved, That the army of five hundred thousand men, proposed to be raised, must ne cessarily be taken from the productive energy of our country ; and we believe must prove in any event destructive to our interests, an! alar mingly dangerous to the liberties of a free peo ple. Resolved , That the cost already incurred in the prosecution of this war, imposes a burden upon the people hard to bear; and the increase proposed must prove so fearfully distressing to every vital and laboring interest of our coun try that a century of prosperity will not erase it. Poverty already stares us in the face, and utter ruin and starvation must be the final des tiny of the great mass of out people, These resolutions were put to the meeting and adopted unanimously, andjwith great cheer ing. Mr. Law-ence, District Attorney of the coun ty, then addressed the meeting, and was follow ed by C. C. Burr, Esq., of Bergen County, N. J. Their remarks were enthusiastically re ceived. PEACE MEETINGS. Oil Saturday last, thirty ladies of Danbury, Conn., headed by the Danbury Brass Band, in a carriage drawn by six hotses,proceeded through the principal streets of that village, followed by a large concourse of citizens, marching to the stirring notes of "The Star Spangled Ban ner," until they ai rived at the "Hickory Tree," on which they caused to be raised e large white banner bearing the motto, PEACE AND OUR COUNTRY." In this small and feeble effort on the part of the ladies here, for the promotion of that good old doctrine, "Peace on earth, good will towards men," they will receive, says a Danbury letter in the Bridgeport Far mer, " the support of the sir hundred and thirty five good and loyal Democrats of this town." The following resolutions were adopted by the Committee, who requested their publi cation in the Peace Journals of the State : WHEREAS, Civil war is now raging in our midst; laving waste our land, demoralizing our people, prostrating all business, and carrying death and destruction to the fire sides of many a once happy home—a war as wicked as it is unnatural, waged without regard to the Constitution, or the sacred rights of the people ; therefore, Resolved, That every emotion of patriotism and true love for our country, and her cherish ed institutions, and the respect which we owe to humanity demands thai this civil war, the most terrible of National calamities, should be brought to an immediate close. That peace aad "good will to all mankind" should prevail in the hearts of all, and that a spiriiot brother ly love (the only safeguard ol liberty) should once more assume its sway in the Councils ot the Nation. Resolved, That we as wives, mothers, anil sisters, ere ever to sacrifice all that we hold dear on eaith, upon the altar of our com mon country; but we cannot believe that a war like the present can ever reconstruct the Union, that glorious inheritance of our fathers, that gem of hbert, for which they shed the best and purest blood that ever animated lite, that they might leave to their posterity this princelss boon of lreedom. Resolved, That we believp with the lamen ted Douglas "that War is Disunion, certain, irrevocable, and eternal separation;" and thai peace, reconciliation, and compromise, are the only honorable means by which the Union can be saved, the government maintained,and the laws enforced, and to secure these happy results we pledge our unceasing and undivided efforts: believing that whatever the public feeling may be at present, the tune will come who all humanity will applaud the course of those who now advocate peace to our country. After the adoption of these resolutions the band struck up a tew lively tunes, and the crowd dispersed. The utmost good feeling prevailed throughout the entire proceedings. Peace meetings have recently been held in Alargaretville, Delaware county, N r . Y., Venan go county, Pa., in Wayne county, Pa., and doubtless in many othei places. The follow ing are some of the resolutions adopted : IN MARCARETVILLE, DEL. CO , N. Y. Resolved, That we view with alarm the piesent attitude of the Republican party, in their refusal to entertain any propositions to restore peace to our distracted country. Resolved, That of all wais, a civil war is the most repulsive and inhuman; and that we regard it as the worst of all possible mean 3 to to be used in the settlement of oar present troub les. Resolved, That a peaceful separation ol the j States, though much to be deplored, is far pre ferable to a forcible union, where harmony and fraternal feeling cannot be maintained. Resolved, That we are in favor of the Union as it once existed, and belive the if prolonged, will lead to its destruction. therelure trust that Congress will devise a peaceful compromise, by which may be brought about a speedy s. ttlement of all our difficulties. Resolved, That we believe it to be our duty to support the government in every emergen cy, and are willing s> to do, yet we declare t the world that we cannot be dragooned into! the suppoit of Aoolitionism or Federalism irJ any form. VENANGO COUNTY, PA WHEREAS, .Many of these sacred rights have been wantonly and maliciously assailed by abo litionists, Republicans, preachers and until they have goaded the South to rebel!iom and sece.-sion, and by refusing to offer and re jecting all compromse for a peaceful settlement of difficulties, have involved the nation in an unholy, unnecessary and fratricidal war, which will desolate our country, cripple our com merce and manufactures, destroy the" lives of thousands of our citizens, and involve us in an overwhelming national debt, therefore, Resolved, That we regard the Constitution as the fundamental law ot the land ; and as law abiding citizens will give a hearty support to all laws passed in pursuance thereol. Resolved, That the taking of human life un der the frivolous pretext of war, before all rea sonable means have been resorted to which hu man wisdom can invent to avert the evil, and belore Congress has made a declaration of war in a legal and constitutional manner, is as un justifiable as the taking of life contrary to civil law. Resolved, That we have entire confidence in the disposition and ability of tbe people, to make a complete and satislactory settlement of all dif ficulties, if they are co:>lly and dispassionately consulted, and their representatives guided by their counsel. Resolved, That we recommend to Congress the calling of a National Convention, for the purpose of settling our national difficulties. WAYNE COUNTY, I'A. VV limiEAS, In view of the overwhelming e vils of the present war, endangering the Union ot the States, threatening ruin and bankruptcy to the happiest and most prosperous country on the earth, therefore Resolved, That the preservation ot our be loved Union by fighting, under present circum stances,.is preposterous, and while we deeply deplore the resolution which has severed elev en States from the Union, we prefer peace to civil war, and believe that coercion can never carry with it the least weight in favor of recon ciliation and peace. Resolved, That we earnestly recommend that our members of Congress, now assembled, use their utmost endeavors towards a peaceable and honorable adjustment of our present troubles and that we will sustain them in their acts to save us from a continuance of civil war. Resolved, That the course pursued by our army, apparently endorsed by the administra tion, in allowing, slaves to pass unmolested in to Hie free States, ought to be considered prima facie evidence that the object of the war is more for Abolition than Union. 111 IE U BATTLE OF POCA CREEK. The interest in the great battle near Manas sas, seems 10 have shut out almost entirely from tire press, the account ol another considerable battle in Western Virginia, which we give below. The Dunleath arrived from the Kanawha last night, bringing intelligence of an engage ment disastrous to our arms. It seems that a force composed of the 12th Ohio, the Iron ton Calvalry under Oapt Rogers, and a por tion of the Cleveland Artillery Company with two guns under C'apt. Carter, was sent out by (len. Cox to reconnoiter. These troops were oidered up to reconnoi ter and ascertain whether the enemy had any ' batteries and entrenchments, and to draw out | the enemy to return and report to Gen. Cox | that night. These troops had proceeded about four miles i from their camp when they came upon the en j emy strongly intrenched on Scary Hill, near ; the mouth of Poca Creek, fifteen miles below Charlestown. The enemy were partly hidden : from view, by trees cut down, and they had a | masked battery of two rifled cannon. Thev were supposed to be about 700 strong. They had burned the bridge over the creek, and had fortified their position very strongly. Our ' troops had reached the bank and were about noshing, arid when within three hundred yards ot the enemy's battery, the latter opened fire, with both guns. Our boys returned the fire, but the enemj being strongly entrenched along the edge of the creek, and under cover of the trees, did not suffer much. Our men were seriously annoyed by flank firing, and by shots from an old log house oc cupied by a portion of the enemy. The strength ot the enemy was not apparent, and could not have been less than fifteen hundred Two companies ot the Twenty-first and two o| the Twelfth gallantly charged down the hill and along the edge of the river bank, routing the enemy who had annoyed their flank. The enemy were now reenforced by five companies of five hundred men, from Charleetown, mak ing their whole force over 2,000. Our troop 9 continued their fire until their ammuniticn gave out, when they were compelled to retir . Four of our men were killed in the skirmish, j and seventeen wounded. Of these we have j only a partial report. The killed include: George Blen, of Com pany L, 21st Regiment: Lieut. Guy Pomeroy, |of CompanyD, 21st, wounded, and since died Capt. Allen, of Company D. 21st Regiment. There were seventeen wounded and tree miss ing. Capt. Hill, ol Middletown, was wounded in the leg. Capt. Sloan, of Hillsborugh, was shot in the body.—Capt. Smith, of Xerua, re ceived a shot from a musket. Lieut. Biown, of Dayton, was taken prisoner Perry Taylor, of Xenia, was wounded. Tim berlake, of Xenia, was reported missing. Col. Norton, was wounded in the leg, and was ta ken prisoner. It was reported that Col. Woodruff, and other officers of the Second Kentucky, who went to the assistance of these men, were cap tured, but the statement needs confirmation. The sterner Dunleath brought down the body of Lieut. Pomeroy, and it will be forwarded to his friends in Putnam county. LATEST FROM FORTRESS MONROE. The steamer Adelaide, Capt. Cannon, arrived yesterday morning from Old Point Comfort, but brought no news of special interest. A difficulty occurred at Newport Newspoint on Thursday, in which a private made an at tack on an officer. The latter fired on his as sailJßi, the ball entering his face and passing out oThis neck, producing a serious if not a fa tal wound. The whole army at that point is said to be in a slate of insubordination, and it is apprehended that there will be a general revolt against the authority of the officers, TIIE EXPEDITION TO THE>*eOS<OKE. On Tuesday afternoon Butler sent ihfte armed vessels to the mouth of the Poco maW river, on the Eastern Shore, for the pur pose of capturing the steamer Wilson Small and other vessels suspected ot affording " aid and comfort" to the Confedeules, by carrying pro visions. On reaching the tnouth of the river, inside of Watt's Island, where the channel is intricate, and approaches near lo the Virginia shore, a battery of heavy guns opened fire on them from the shore. They attempted to escape when the whole of the gunboats run on a bar and there remained. The Virginians immediately sent into the in terior for reinforcements with a view to the cap ture or destruction of the vessels. They had not been heard from at Fortress Monroe up to Thursday afternoon, and it was supposed they had fallen into the hands of the Confederates. Where the Federal vesseis grounded is only about a mile from the point wbere a sanguinary battle took place in 1814 between the large flo tilla under Com. Whaley and the English for ces. THE RETREAT OF GEN. WISE. The Wheeling lutelligencer, of Thursday published the following special dispatch receiv ed there by Governor Pierpont from General Cox : Gaulei/, Fa., July 29, via Gallipolis, July 11.—The Kanawha Valley is now free fromtha rebel troops. Most of the torces raised by Wise in this valley left him between Charleston and ' this place. I had sent them assurances that if they laid down their arms they might go quiet ly to their homer, and many have done so, as serting tiiat they weie cheated into the rebel service. I regret lo have to say that in lus retreat, has burned a number of vaTiTaMe bridges, and carried off most ol the wagpnsJtmL j teams of the people of the valley. All parties y denounce him for his vandalism. I congratti fcte you on the success of this expedition. ™ J. D. Cox, Brig. Gen. Com'g. CAPTURE OF FORTY FEDERAL TROOPS. The Boston Herald publishes the following letter from the adjutant of Col. Cass's (Mass./ regiment announcing the capture of forty men of that regiment by the Confederates :" Arlington. Heights, July 29. Editor of Boston Herald :—I have to inform you that forty (40) ol our men werecaptui ed this morning by the rebels. The men were sent out on picket duty yesterday. Our mail messenger, Sergeant Maloney, who left hera last Saturday to get the mail at Washington, was taken prionei by a skirmishing party be longing to a Mississippi regiment situated with in eight miles of our camp. Yours respectful ly, GEO. W. PERKINS, Adjutant, 9th Mass. Regt., Col. Cass commd'g. THE BLOCKADE ON THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA. A letter to a gentleman in Fall River, Mass , from a gentleman in North Carolina, slates that the port? of Wilmington, Beiufort, Wash ingon, Plymouth, Hereford, and several other smaller places, have no actual blockade. An English brig is now in jiort at Wilmington, loaded rnd ready to sail for Liverpool. More over, asteamtug, called the "Manner," sails in and out of Wilmington constantly. She is now on a privateering cruise off Cape Hatteras. The Sounds of Pamlico and Albermarle, according to the same authority, are strongly fortified.— Fort Caswell, at the mouth of the Cape Fear, has been strengthened, and now mounts fifteen guns. There is, however, but ono company of soldiers stationed at the fort. " Federal Point" has been changed to " Confederate Point, ''rTnd q is also strongly fortified. RETURNED FROM RICJfcMOND. Mr. Julius Bing, a German, who accompa nied Senator Foster, of Conn., and other civil ians, on the field at Bull Run, on the memora- 0 ble Sunday of the battle, and was made a pris oner, returned to Washington yesterday after noon. He says that having been forwarded to Richmond with other prisoners, he was relea- I sed 011 the interposition of the British Consul, i beings British subject. He repoits that the j Hon. Alfred Ely, of New York, and Co!. Cor | cenTJtryxifftiie New York. 69th, are both priso ners in Richmond, and though con6ned, are not kept in the ja"il*or common military prison, but quarters.
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