BEDFORD GAZETTE. ;
I " I
-BEDFORD) Pa.-
FRIDAY 4AS. SI. ISS2-
B, F. Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. ;
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DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
The Dfmocrate of Bedford Counfv are here
by requested to assemble in MASS MEETING,
at the Court House, -a Bedford, on
MOXDAY EVEJVJJVG, FES. T077/,
as required bv the rules of the party. A foil
attendance is expected. Addresses will* be de- ,
hvered by a number of speakers. Democrats,
To the rescue!
JOHN S. SCHELL,-
Chaitman Dem. Co. Com. j
IMllllS— ■■■>■ ■I,I ni ! 0 I lin 111, MT ■minim- aiw mnpaiw 11 r irr~nr or- j
MJ. JOHN P. PECK will give a concert in
Sacred Music, ai the Court Houston Friday
evening, January 3lst. No charge tor admis
rion, but *. collection will be taken up to de
fray expenses. Th? public are respectfully in
vited to attend.
PUB. DOCS. — We are under obligations to
Hon. EJ. McPherson, M. C., Hons. John Cess-|
na, E. M> Sarock and S. S. Wharton, of the
State Legislature, and G. W. Householder, Esq.,
(or valuable public documents.
\ Wrung Made Right.
TVe are not, nor is it necessary on any ac
count ihat we should be, the personal champion,
eulogist or apologist of Hon. JOIIN CESSNA, but
we fee! it to be our duty to applacd 'lie con
duct of that genileman in Uie good fight he lias
fought for the rights ol the people of Bedford
county. A great wrong, ri outrageous fraud
had been committed upon our people, by politi- j
ca! trirkst".-?, in connecting Bedford with Som
erset in the apportionment of 1557, Lr mem
bers of the House of Representatives. There
was but a very slight difference in the number I
of t3xables of the two counties, and the legis
lature, by giving two members to the district,!
conceded that each county was entitled to a
member. But in order to make good use of the
large Republican majority in Somerset county,
•u other words, to put it within the power of i
that majority 10 elect tiro members in/tead of j
one as it had formerly done, the two counties
ware hitched fog"lh?t to elect ibeir representa
tives rn common. This was intended not only
to elect two Republican m- mbtrs, b't also to
defeat the choice of the people of Bedford coun
ty. Our people were to be rendered practical
ly voiceless in the populai branch of the Gene
ral Assembly. Under this apportionment it
was a certain and fixed impossibility to have
any other representation of r.*r county a; ihr
tisburg, except such as the pnjple of Somerset
county in their superior knowledge of our lo
cal interests and t*i ir undoubted generosity in
.political matters, should fee fit to grant us. In
fart, old Bedford—the m other of counttes—was
disfranchised and mad*' a mere dependency, or
appendage or her daughter Somerset. Tiu
the-voters of Bedford county, though they went
to the polls from time to time and indicated
their choice for re; ese.ifatives Lv deci-h d rra
joti'i.s, were always overruled in their pref-r
--er.ces by the voters of Somerset. In 1557,
1858, 1859, and 1869, Bedford county cast a
majority of her votes fur candidates whose olec
* "
i:cn was oof. ated only by the people of Somer- j
set. Not once, until now, did the candidate'
who was the choice of the majority in this coon- |
ty, übii'-i i feat in the House. Not once since
the rus.- gc of the apportionment bill of 1557,
were the people of B■ dfurd coun'y represented j
in the legislature, bv the man chosen by 'heir j
voter. Was nut this monstrous"? Was it not :
really the most abject political s'avery to which ,
one people can bind another? Yet there are
those to be found who condemn and revile Mr. j
Cessna for his manly effort to lift this incubus J
from the people of Bedford county. There are I
those who, to their shame be it said, because
Mr. Cessna's success in cutting Mr. Household- j
er may prove injurious to their political plans i
or aspirations, denounce the act that restores to '
Bedford county the rights filched from her by j
the "gerrymander" of ISD7! Such men can
have none but venal motives. The standard of ;
right by which they measure the conduct of j
others, is poised invariably by throwing their
own interests in the balance. But their num-;
ber is few. Disappointed office-seekers may
mar! and growl "Republican" pol
iticians may fret and fume—but their i!l-humor
cannot affect the sober senses oi a thinking,
free and independent people. The great popu
lar heart heats in enthusiastic approbation of
the policy of Mr. Cessna, — not because it was
his policy—not because oi the personalities con
nected with it—but because thereby a great
wrong bus been righted, because it has restored
to the people oi Bedford county, the political
right 9 guaranteed thven in the fundamental law
•M the State.
Better Late than JSeeer
The question is asked, why did not Mr. Cess- j
: NA, or sdme of those who sympathised with him
, in his contest with Mr. HOUSEHOLDER, bring the ;
j constitutional question involved in the case to .
the notice of the legislature at former sessions ? i
We answpr that three years ago, we made in ;
these columns the very point upon which Mr.
Cessna has been awarded his seat. In conjunc
tion with a number of the leading Democrats
| of the count v, we frequently urged the propri
' efv of testing the mat er before the legislature.
But the conclusion was always arrived at, that ;
the people of the di-trict would eventually a
| iOi to the vindication of thru rights and re
: buke thpou f rageous "gerrymander" at th* polls.
At the Iste election it was ardently and confi
j dentlv expected, not onlv by trie Democrats of
the county, but by the very im-n who now an- j
: tagoniz- 1 Mr. Cessna, that the choice of B-dfor'
| countv would not be overruled by the peopieof}
: Somerset. So rieep-sea'ed was the hope, that
he! few of the Anfi-House'iol'.ler Repuolicans
entertained anv fears of Mr. Cessna's deieat
when it was found that his majori'y in this coun
ty, was up wards of 1009. hut this hope, nev
ertheless, proved i'lusory. The grand cflorl to
overcome the dictatorial majority of Somerset,
was u failure. Notwithstanding all Che Repub- j
can leaders in JJedford borough labored with a'! j
their might igainst Mi. Householder, —notivith-
s'&nding the unparalleled treachery to that can
didate of which the very men who assis'ed in
nominating him. were guilty—resulting in an.
overwhelming vote for Mr. Cessna— Somerset
willed that a icjority of a thousand for the
Democratic candidate in this county, should go j
for nought and mat J.!r. Householder and no!j
Mr. Cessna should represent us at Harrisburg. ;
It was, therefore, concluded that it would be
vain for the pe >ple of Bedford county to at- ,
tempt to express their choice for representa'ive, j
so long as it was admitted that Somerset had the j
right to annul that choice. Hence th a determi
nation was at last mnle to deny the right of
Somerset to this dictatorial power and to test ■
the issue before the proper tribunal, the House!
of Representatives, which could be done only
in the form of a contest of the seat of Mr. Mouse
holder by Mr. Cessna. This was the only way
in which the wrong could be righted. It it
was a wrong, then, fur Somerset county to die- j
tate to Bedford (her equal in every respect.) was j
it no! right that Bedford ,-hould have restored
to her that constitutional protection against such
dictation to which she is rightfully entitled ?
And was the restoration of that protection less;
proper because i'. was not claimed from the Jpg- i
islature at an earlier period ? All admit th°
wrong ; none will deny the justice of the rem
edv • iherefore, the righting of the wrong,,
though late, was "belter !a!e than never."
TFTVe have been overstocked, for some!
time past, with obituary notices alrposi inter
mifusM'- in length, generally combining ever v i
sty if of elegiac writing, m prose and poetry. It j
is impossible for us to publish at length; all o! ;
these productions, and we hop**, therefore, we j
will be excu?"d if we fak* the liberty to curtail j
some of them. Oiher newespapera make it ■
a rule to charge half advertising rates for a)! o- j
bituaries over ten lin a s in length. We have
never dpnr.anded this, nor have we ever received
s cent for publishing obit uaries. But we cannot
find room for so many long notices, as are show
ered upon us, pleased as we will be to receive
and publish shorter ones. We shall be tom
pei ed to decline half and quarter column obit -
uar.is in the future, unless paid for. M-an
•vhile we shall freely and gladly publish them
■f of proper *!. r.-^lh.
C F-KC RESS"ON AL3 ID L"OISLATI VE. Congress
js rimng nothing of much importance, except de
vi-ing how to lax th- people, investiea. iog Black
, Republican thieving and corruption, diecussiiyr
th,-, ",-ver!asi:ng N"-gger," an;! talking about
j .xpeiling members. Our State L gislature i>-
tn quite a "flutter" ov r the propo.jtions to in
vestigate the doings t f last session and the co
duct nf trie Executive authorities. N > impnr
'ani bills have yet beep passed. Th a Govern
or has signed the bid giving Geo r ge \V. House
holder §2l per day during his attendance npon
i the sesiions of the House.
About Our Exchanges.
; EDITORIAL CHANGE. — MR. A. GRAHAM. SR.,
; has retired from the publication of the vVest
r.oreJand Republican, and is succeeded bv
; MESSRS GEO. VV. BONMN and JAMES F. CA:IP
. BELL. The Republican , under its new pro
prietorship , gives fair promise of ability and!
usefulness. Vie wish llie outgoing and incom-1
ing edi'ors abundant success.
| !HE \ ALLEY SPIRIT. —T his able Democratic]
j organ has passed in'o the hands of MESSRS. C.
j Y. HAMSHER and P. S. DECHERT, our friend!
| GEO. H. MENGEL, the late proprietor, retiring!
j from the concern. The Spirit has always been j
one of the leading Democratic journals of the
• State, and, we have no doubt, will remajp so
| under the management of'the new proprie^rs.
i "May the Spirit's shadow— t f a spirit can have
' j a shadow—never grow less!"
I ERIE OBSERVER. — ANDREW HOPKINS, ESQ.,!
j late editor of this well conducted journal, ?e
--; tires from its control, and is succeeJed bv
i Messrs. WHITMAN and BRECIIT. We are sorry
• that our able friend, Mr. Hopkins, has seen!
fit to leave the editorial tripod, but console our-'
self for his loss, with the vigor and ability dis
played by his successors. May their'sbeet
soon become the favorably "observed of all ob
servers!"
CIIARLEY MURRAY, of (he Ebensburg Dnno
crat ami Scktind, is a brick , ar.d if he doesn't
want to be walled into the INtrple of Fame, he
had belter qui! corresponding with Old Abe,
rubbingdowo Barker and writing about "Dog
! Ex-President John Tylee, died sadden
few days ago, at the Exchange Hotel, in IS
tnond, Virginia.
THE MAGAZINES.
Ha area's Monthly Magazne —The I
i auary number of this best of ail the illustr;
t Magazines, ii upon our table. Harper is
j ways interesting, but the present n amber is
pecially excellent. It contains: "The Ci
Rangers of California;" "Making Bone;
"Qrley ra'm;" "Mfidemi/iseli "The pti
r. T :t VV.i . ' Was-''- ; ii.'un l.ving," "Gene
Fiar.kie: A Story ici Litt-V People;" "'j
Cai! 13 up," "Mistress ami Maid;** "The Wl
key iasurection;" "What caa 1 do;" "Si.
, wreck;" "The Adventures ol Philip;" "T;
gied Threads." "The Yard- M asuro Eit
{fed to the Stars." and the usua vaiiety u&j
the head ol Editors Table, etc.
Continental Monthly.— hit new can
dale tor p' blic favor furnishes uile an atln
iivp table of contents for Febr ary. It is c
' lately a very able and well i nd'.ieteu wo
The pres-Uil number contains rt.cleg by I
Gov. Houtw •!!, Horace Greeiy Oahey Hi
11. B. Kimball. H. T. Tuckern n, F. VV. Sh
ion, Cl G. LGand and oth ■ destioguish
writers, lue following are lading articl
' "Our war and qur want;" "1 its' and Tones
Paris;" "The True Basis;" The Hugnei
Farr.iiie? in Ameiica;" "J mnes issell Lowe!
"Our Danger and its Ca.j.e. "The Acfr
Wife," "The Biack Witch," ' even Devili
and "The Heir ot Rosttun;" a vwlJ-uritt
and in'eresting stories.
Atlantic Monthly. lVhalias become
our old friend, The Atlantic l JVe have xi
received the January number. I
TLe Press oq tlie Pigfc.t®f Bedfori
• Couuiy. J
Of the large number of favorle notices
the contest mad<* y Mr. CcssNAlr the right
separate representation for Bedlji county, v
have room, this week, for but thjfoHowing--
Hon John Cessi.
We are ir.u phased to ob<-r by the L p s
i-lr.!ive prore.-d' published t i.-Te, ~ti s
I e ' Littl ■ Giant" id D- rnoci acv i- H nuJoUi
Cessna, ot !)• ■' f >e.!, is.t.s bee;. .tWi t-J his se'.t J
the H Hbi- ol Rep . sentatives, vv ii he contesl
ed nit I. Mr. HjusHioluer, the Gmmittee 9
•• horn hi. case v. as r. . .1, hat g rep , ted |
his favor on Constitutional groun Mr.Cejsiji
is aa able constitutional lawyer, nd a powef
ful advocate. —He served sever; Hsions in tip
Legislature, several years ago, s h
He i 3 the best parliamentarian ii it her house.
Unfaltering in his attachment to • doe'rines ot
the democratic partv, he cannot ahured from
the ei.'i.usi3-tic del , ior. of his eat int* liecj
mal | f.v-T-, io f:. support of In icra:ic
ami measures, and in opposition > every i.-un
i and organization ol hostility to I Democratic
( party, thai has culminated in a A disastrous,
! destructive and disreputable ci 1 war. Ve
rejoice in his success, because it ustand right
i ino because it giv> s to the count ; of the Stat>
I a pur", highir.mded and able staup.an ot the
r;ght faith. — Grcensbitrgr Argu.i,
i
j Harrisburg Patric says; — k, T : ie
Committee of the.House ot repfen'ati ea in
the case of Cessna against Hie; older, on
Thursday reported thai Mr. Ceislwas entitled
to the seat as the Represents'!' of Bed lord
i ennntv. *l a appealed and was s :n in. ML
. Cessna's l. ii-ty, industry and leg alive expe
rience render him a valuable acosition to the
House." Mr. Cessna contested I. Househol
ders election on purely cousti'.u >nai ground.'
IDs position \va that the constitbn secured
to Bt'dfmd a sepa Tie Represen- ie, and Irte
committee so decided. Tins d'•_ en. we pre
sums, v. ili charge our legisla'ive istrict. Mr- {
i Cessna is now the Represents vj of Bedf.nd
1 aori not of Somerset and Bedfl. — Somerskl
' Democrat.
i
Hr Cessna Tck:-s ni'iieat.
The Co.r-u ive of the House .|Rep; esenla
tivt-s in the contested election Cil of Cessna I
' against Hou&eiioloek repor'ed oiipriday last j
• it at Mr. Cessna was entitled tJ'he s-at a.
the representative of Ben. ird roilv. T ap
i peared and was sivorn in- Mr. Cessna will
' make an able, and boat legislator. |
Valley Spirit.
For the Fe lid Gatette. ;
Report of the President actl Irectorß o*
tbe Bedford Railroad Comiuy.
Office of the Bedford R. R. CIM/winy, /
Bedford, I'u., OtCember 81, phi. \
The President and Directors il
foid Rail Road Company," nouid respectfully ;
submit to the stockholders the toll wing report j
of Ihe a/Tair-s and proceedings of i e Company
during the year ending on ttie 3ls day of D|-
cernher, A. D. 1861, {
The Stockholders are aiyre ot lie fact tl.Bt
diflng the year i -*t>o, all vork uj ;n the r<an,
except In a smad tx'-nt upon sect .ns or.e and
livo, was etopp 'J. The same cam > which op
erated to discontinue the work duri j thi-t 3 var >
: prevented any thing bei :g dori" du iflg the tir-t
nine rrr ntli3 ol liie year jut cl -eii. Dull,
Collins &, C",, to wliom the rontfict for the
graduation and mason. -y of the rst twelve
' miies or seclions had been awarded n IBb9, af
- t p r doing a considerable amount ci wo:k, re
i itnquished their contiact, ,and th Company,
i owing to the refusal of a large majiity of the
| stock subscribers to pay their subtc •jitions, be
| ing without means to prosecute the enterprise,
t! it seeiruf| 'or a while, that ail hop- s of carry- j
mg it through would tiave to be ahaidoned. It;
had friends, Invwer, who would r it, and did
not, give it up in despair, although he difficul
ties surrounding it appeared to be iiLurmounta
bß, and tlie prospect was a very iiooiny one,
■ t tie worst fi-ature of it being that lle peisons
. who woulif'ue most benefitted, and i'-ho at one
, time were anxious for the success oil the project
had taken a position ol hostility to it. Noth
ing of interest transpired in the business ol ttie
company until the 24-ih of June last, on which
• day a compromise or settlement witli Dull, C
t litis ft Co. was effected, and all connection be
tween iheiu and the company then <va. nf. At
that tim", and scon n'tee, sis of the ncn-sesi
• dent directors, v\ ho had been elected in Janua-
I ry last, resigned their places, and the vacancies
were filled by the appointment of citiaeoaof the
untv who were known to be friendly to tije
iprovement. Abut the first of September l*ft
rough the influence and in valuable e*wti>*6
William P. Schell, E>q , who may with truth
called the lather of tie Be.: lord Rail Ria l,
id to whom, when it is CmpMed, the people
Bedford and its vicinity, will be more in
dited lor any advantages ij, may bring them,
an to all others beside, an arrangement Was
ade with the Pennsylvania Rvfi H r ad Corppv
p, by which, it is belie- ed, that the first Iw. he
lies ol our road from Hopewell io a punt near
ie turnpike about a mile fltod a half west -1
Joody Run, will be fim-hed and put,in com-?
lete running oider. The details of this at'-;
ingemeni cannot now be given, as the contract,
-tween the two companies has not yet been
illy consummated. I'he important provisions
I it are briefly these : fhe Penit'a. R. R. L>.
; to pay to the Bedford K R- Co. the sum <d
IS,OOO, in cash, of which f3#W.re to M
, plied to the payment in j att 'of the
vhirh by the settlement above mehfiurie 1 wtu;
dull, Collins & Co., o ir company agreed to pay
Pern. The remainder, st-',00), is to be es
,ended it. finishing the Jgradua'ion and masonry"
.f these twelve miles. Tiife Pynn'a. R R. Co,
s also to furnish the micey to- .complete the
mt're superstructure, siding-, uunmns, water-,
t'ltion.-, turn table, Sec. The jj&llinl R. R. to
rn Us part, is to i sue, execute and deliver to
the P. R. R. Co. two hundred bonds for $:>Q9
each, with coupons attached—the principal
thereof to be pail at the end of twenty years
frorr the date oi said bouds, and the inter s , U l .
the rate ol 6 per cent, per annum, to be ; aid
semi-annual's". Tuese bonds are to be seen ed
bv a °* ,v * v ' vt * niit*?so4 ran rou.J,
real estate, ike. Sec. The Redlord Rr. 11. CJ- is
al-0 to execute a release to the P. K R. Do iiu
der and by virtue of the act, entitled -An Act
for the commutation ol tonnage du.ie#. Ut
the above mentioned sum of slS,Ut>o, the sum
of $13,000 has already been /rc-fved_6y our
poftrpa: y, of which the sum f been
h;. J upon the jtidgnienl ol Dull, Cntirfii Sc. Co.
Soon after the foregoing arrangement wa
made with the P. R- R- Co., it was determined
bv the board of directors to let the contracts
for the completion cf the gradualbu and mason
ry of the first twelve sections,-atul a letting was
accordingly advertised, and on the 25th ol Sep
tember S?-t, the contracts were awarded, as fo
lowtjr. viz: . .
Scions i & 2, to.Tam.-s Hefner at *2l . / t J
3, .f. Sc sto J M. Campbell it sf>2J 00
'C 'r Sit9to J. M Campbell ut 17:>7 40
r, v 7 tuThos B. lv-ating al 19 17 00
" 10, 11 St 12 " Keating at 4-23 00
Making tlie sum of 00
The wo r k to re done will co-l im.e than the
above sum, but, it is believed, that the $ 1 r,D j J
received will be sufficient tocmnph-t the grad
uation and masonry, not including the trestle
work, il It is to be consiifvred as graduation.
The contractors have been at work upon the
several portions of the road allotted !o them, ami
the vv4.rU do-• amounts, according to the ■>?<i
ma'e of the engineers, to'he sum of $3,'~4
of which the sjtn of §3,254 has been pail t
them. This does not include the work dons
daring the present mmth, as the estimates o
that month have i.t been received, owing :t
' ttm il'ness of Mr Butler, assistant
; Tim sum of £74-9 53, also been paid to tht
engineer corps. Sections 1, 10, II ic 12, at
completed, and ready for the jpe,>? imfure
(Some ol the nth r 2 ns are nearlv finished
and the fnurtda'mn . r the brmge wii! he r.-u iv
br the timbers in about four weeK?, iMd al:boug
'he whole -vorl; has not progressed as rap:Ay
as it should have done and a- W..S r- qmred o\
j the terms ol tb°.contract?, jet the boa::, cm-.i
j dolly expects ir-at tim graduation an 1 nusuo.j
will fee completed in time to hive tile super
structure put on so as to have l.e an in run
i ning order not later than the firs'- o.' June, prox
imo.
j The rrf th P. R. R. Co. hiUi adv*T
lised tor proposals for the cm?.-tie*, and t .
contracts fir the rs will no doubt b- m;;<: eaHj
in ts r.t month, and il no difficulty or delay art
regard ! s the trestiiog, CCtflCtff io|
e. if,VP re is a difference of opinion between
i companies, but which, it is beiieieJ
reconciled, we can see no rea •;
•a |,r h ' work should not be completed on th.
: above day.
The financial condition of the-company is ex
. hibiterl by the report ! the Trea?urer, a copy
1 of which i- hereto attached.
Th~.Pm.-i.ient and I):lectors deeply regrel
'bat (tie company cotibl not avail it ft ol tin
mefiis ol the act fm Ihe coo r,n*atun of to .
nage duties, but ils uifer inaf rdy to ob'.am th
1 means t . grr. le, as required bv tba' act, ' v *
j miles at each end of our r >ml, destroyed ai
hope of securing th" id vantages d; that law.
j The compietinn of tlm first twelve miles o,
' our road, being new, as we believe, a foregotu
conclusion, the question naturally arises, will il
|be extended to Bedford ■' How that tjuestioji
! shall be answered depends eutir-Iymon frit
citizens of Bedloni county. Ii lhe\ will pui
their shoulders to the wheel, and give to the eh
terprize that aid which ils i np'rlanre deserves,
there can be no doubt that, it) a short time. Ihe
B 'dftrd Rail tioad wilj be "an accomplished
fact."
Bv order of the- Board,
S. L- RUSSELL. Pres't.
Extract from Trra.ftrer's Report, ..Iccompuny
in% thz above.
The Treasurer tecei T ed, during
(he year ending Dec. 30,'6; $13,99! 97
Paid out on judgment, engineer
ing and incidentals, 8,027 5
Leaving in (he Treasury $0,96f 43
The assets of the company consist i i some
573 shares of stock subscribed in the county,
and a number of tracts of land subscribed, in
cluding one tiact bought. The domestic d.btt
of the company amount to $3,178 40.
To the above balance in the Treasury should
be ad-fid $5,000, due from the Pennsylvania
Rail Roan Company, aticl which siucejnakino
report has been patf into the Treasury.
JOHN P. RDED, Treasurer.
Tho r.lill Spring 3a t tle.
CuxciNNATi, Jan. 24.
This morning's papers contain full accounts
of the Battle of Mill Spiing. It was a lair opeti
battle. The Rebels Ought well and and were
.-ivercme only by s..p<. ;or figlilu g on our side.
Accural.ig to their own account, fhe Rebel
fj:cf ennsis' d of ten ii.l.-. r- regi.. ents, tnr.-e
f jftere an ! so'iie (b . .j T. a'lOul
10,070 rr.-eq.
They fcuglt ia lush-wac{img atyfn from ra
vines and behind frees, bushes, and roclts. The
brunt of the battle devolved on the +lh Ken
tucky. 2d Mimeaota, 9th Ohi-'*, and 10 intiiana.
-
?or oearl) thrwftwjw the roar of musketry •
watk-ptuo. Shortly after 11 o'clock U).
laskiu'succeedM in flanking the enemy on Hie
. S (wni- n-'ht, wU-n the 9ih Ohio ami 3J M.n
--charsr-d with the bayonet, with triumph
,,,t yells, which broke the rebel ranks, and ti.e
out hegao. They fled }tl-mell to their camp,
(trewintf the road With muskets, blankets, over
eats and knapsßci.,, and abandoned two guns
ind caissons.
he hear- at the ad of his stafl oy Col frv _of
t;e t-:n Ky. It appears that Gen. Znlicolhr
his way in lh< bushes, and suddenly emerg
•d before Col. Fry, who was accompanied by
iou.e VaflT officers. The two pait.es inutouk
•aeh Other for f trrds and approached wit! m
i jew yards offh other; when finding the.r
not us) mistake, bch parted and prepared t_>r a
land to hand conflict. One oi G •. /, dltcotfei
.ids shot at Cm. F-V but only brought ins
iorse down. Ti>" Federal Colonel
y drew hii *ix!shi>ter an 1 brougi.t Geu, Zd
♦CoiTer from hilfa idle at the fi.Si fie. } -
Rebel van es|:etf their chi 1 s '-My, v. . id;
was taken to Slx.rset the day after the bi lb-.
An East Tetfcrsv-ean writing to the Com
neu-ial s3/s:+"AH the credit and ho. ,r
rhu~Bj|Tlte IS d§' tn the 10 h Indiana, the h ,i
Thief the T'.h E liucky. ami the 2.1 Minnesota
R-giii--nts # 1 .riiev did all the fighlmg smgU
ban tid, with tie exception of what sup* t
hey received lr nn the artillery. They Jail
fought nobly ltd never wavered fio:n . <:
fixed deteriii:n®ton to gain the vic.ory. ii>
tombalaiils wJk so near ear!) other
tsaG'he fwder i'i-j r. :,:>c
p..-r;;ed their If
| Ths Nlsr Secretary of War.
•Hon. Edwtf M. Staa , "n,.wi: has be n ap
pointed by JYllLmc -In t<* 1! e imp i: ' lM {■ '■
on oisecVuai oi VVar,'ts a getp.feuian in whost
ibility and intftri'y the nation has reason u
place entiie cffidence. VV.-believe that the
c-unity wul ft in aM reap-cK * gainer oy the
change that til been made. Mr. Stinhui i u
law ,er, an ! ife '• e i f r many years a resiierd
ol Pit l shun*. I Pennsylvania. 11-acquired i,
[•is prcrfes-ionfcreputa'.i. i 1 >r gr--*t ah lity, in
dustry and adimnß ati ve skill, and th; se wffit
ire best acqufded vvtt . him unite with those
:,o know ..if by reputation only, in accord nit
. i.- high. 5". |f s- to his JUTS, .a!
uatiof and irtenty. Mr. Stanton is = . -;u:-
ificv, a D m lat, A a very firm prince !e. In
accepting o:;ift uud-r the Pferid-nt. it k
teraiuo l that I ■ makes no co nor muise ol hi
■ iiici: ies. present necessities of the ma
!, , n ,iU al'nftttier above political dis'i }!bti->ns
a'iv pi '< jpiame-s, and wh le the Pn- G • ,s
i Itepoblicat and Mr. Stanton a Democrat,
b.>th a •• ag:• 1 in d.-votioa to the Consntu'i ti
and the Unit , and in approving of a constitu
tions!. admin tratioo of the war. Or. tbe sla
very (tmstio it is well known that Mr. Stan
t- :S view?, it those oi the Pr-sident, si
firmly oppos to any of the rC"r.es o! pro
clai."t'in:; em icipation, or arming the slaves.
Mr. Stan: i was Attorney General in tne
Cabinet of A . Buchanan, ai the close of tht
last A : . i ll ati m, and was then distinguished
for the firn and patriotic course which he a
dopted.
The ajipi llTlent is said to be highly s itis
"Jactory toG i. McGleilan, and the entrance d
Mr. Stantor ipon office, will, jierhaps, be stg
naiized ov ; ..v mov-men's, which will show
;ba trie Cm na. der-in-cbtel hi. o< n a lag
ra,d 11. tie ear win The War D-pafrlmm'
S- em now '< je entitled to the cnnfideoce c:
of the natii i.— Journal of Cz^imertt.
\ ar a:.d otlicr T'ews-
In the U tied States St air h rei ontiot! was
introduced refer the credentials of Mr. Wl
--? HI, tbe ue\ Senator If. ".i ' lisso iri, to in-* JU
dietary Coi i.itve, but was s with
drawn, and vlr. Wilson after being duly -v.orr
in took his rat. — The ca>r of Air. th'g ' v. a 1
again taken ip and Hi bated at great 1- ng n.
°T tie new It root the South as deiived ft on
S iutln in pln-r-i via Fortress Monroe is very
in-ng.e.— J .thing definite appears to be knnwr
vitfT reg-ii Jro the Burnside expedition. Tfi
v, ■ „~jj\ Book doubts the tnrh of.the des
untchrs prrtsoiislv receiveu, and which s at-r
thai u portt i .1 the fleet wat (>fl IGtleras an.,
the remaim rin Pamlico S >und. The militia
of the Gist, n -f North Carolina hav,
Wn ordere out to repel .invasion, and itw
R ileigti I et itfer of a draft having bee;
made in Wi .e eoi of y. ,
A te!- - g!; I fr.t'ii Ssvaunah state; lhit,L.-oai
K-v s. Ti ir. ii, was ca,cured by the Fetb-ra
:r opj oh T ursday. A teb-gram from M -biU
rej a, 'ore of the schooner Wilder,
from Kaya i, whilst attempting to run ths
block tide.
The Not die Dnj Bock publishes the Feuera.
account ol defeat .Z ducoflbr but ex,
ses, at the >me lime, its disbelief in in'ruth
If anythir.f is known at Richmond with re
gard "to the .flair, It has evidently not yf been
nir.de pubii. A despatch from Savannah an
nounces lb the i t'Ut'ral tro pstiave .axeti JlOS
session of ( Jai Keys, t lorida. \ igue * i.r..:
tle approa i of i'ertr.al troops Iroin ( iiio, <■
Were curre tat Nashville a*i.i Memphis. I*.
was <i übti. i-. the advance ol Mc'-'lernaud s di
vision upoi May field, which give rise to tin
report that a* object of the movement ,wa;, 11
ail pmhabi itv, to sieze ttre railway aid buin
the bridges and thus cut (iff communicant in be
tween Col.mbus 3:ul Bowling Gr.Mi. Ai
McClernai il has returned M Cairo withoof ef
tectmg ani Ihing, the people ot NaifiviUe and
Memphis, rtav resf easy, at h-osi for the present
We can dii but little to what is already pub
ficheri m rt.;ard to the d. feat ot Zoliicotler. Tin
correspond u t of the C inciona't Times iiirnishe:
some lew | uticulars qi the figh'. hot there i;
nothing to >1 cw that the l-jrlitications on tin
SouGi bank?of tbe Cumberland have been cap
tuied. Tff- Confederate General Hiudman i
said to hudc been arrestejl, by order of General
Hardee, fir burning houses at Cave Citv and
*>l ev\ !;ere. It is also reported that the Con
federates at. Bowling Green are suffering lot
want of Money.
An i;rpir'.jnt order has been issued by tin
War Department in relation to the I- ederal pris
oners now ,n the hands of the Confederates
B. - order ot the Secretary ol War two Com
missioners are to be appointed, whose duty i
will be lo visit Richmond and other Southerr
Cities where the prisoners are confined, for tht
nurpose of providing for their wants and con
tributing to their comfort.
Tne Bermuda Gr.ztUe announces thes? arriva
thejeof Messrs. Mason and SluMI, and give:
a i-.id'c. i.-s de.-ripM*n "t ne ..u.mer m whicf
they tteie traust-:red f. >m Port Waneu t ■ n.
. riti-h war rtea*n t -.iini.!-: fir- iJouttj. rr
CnrnrniaSiotiers wi.h their Secretari-s, durin;
their brief s jouro at Bermuda, wt re fj.resoo
at a dinner which was givea to th-.-m a|id otn
ex in vile J quests, by Admtrsl Fir AJexitvT'i
Milne, the naval Commander-in-Chief on the
Wert India Station. Mr. Seward's letter to
Lord Lyons, surrendering 'he Commissioners, is
sharply criticised n the Gaz'ltt, which exp-es
seathe opinion ' that the British Government
will b- satisfied wnh the act done, but dissatis
fied with the way :o which it has been accom
plished.
j The Wheeling Journal in alluding to th
state of affairs 00 the Upp-r Potomac, placaa
, nearly ail th- Confederate f'jrc3 under Jackson
at Somney, (he Federal troops under Lwider,
; being nine miles distant. Ii speaks som-what
j confidently of a collision occuriin# between the
two f rces as s >n as the high water in the Po
i tomac mbride?. Such too, appear? to be the
: cr-n-ral impression of other western journalists,
who pr -diet that a powerful movement on that
fljnk of the Confederates will take place at an
earlv day. They assert that the possession of
Winchester is indispensable to the protection
and reconstruction of the Baltimore and Ohio
Kail road. G-neral Kelly has returned to
Wheeling.— .Maryland .Yews
- sm;-
FNGLA N D —On Ihe I7ih inst, in Friend's
Cove, Miry Ann, daughter of William Eng
i land aged ten years, ten months and twenty
six days.
SMITH.—In memory ot Lily Smith, daugh
ter of Air. R-iben Smith, ut Friend's Cove,
who departed this lit-* on the 14-th day of No
v- ruber, i Hti 1, aged 7 years, 10 months, and
I 23 days.
H' C di-'ase v s diptheria, which proved
br:el but fatal. Lilv was an uncommon child,
s.es,! .g gtr-at knowledge for one of hr ag".
Sn- bore her affliction with a great degree ol
f irtituJe for so iend-r a youth, and was often
hear ! during her illness to of heaven and
w ring home to heaven to grandma, and wonder
uig if gr.'.udma wruid know her when she got
| Pome to heaven. VVhen she would see her dear
' mamma shed ling tear? over her, she would take
her own little band and wipe them from" her
| 'ace and sav, "why do you fret so? It is better
fn;e to die than for you. DJII'I cry tor me,
[ am g-.-Mg home to heaven to grandma and to
• a ,< M . tl:a." And when the scene was about
jc os g, her tender ever glowing with affection,
her bijofT.ing cheeks growing pale, her pulse
' weak, her voice faltering, she said, "Raise me
:up for I art dv ing, iam dying," and emoracmg
: he dear ones at mind her, and with her little
• oroth-r in h. r arms she peacefully breathed her
fast, flnd r are nls, dry your tears and be com
forted with the words ot Jesus:
t 1 tpke these little lircb3, said He,
And I y them ii: my breast ,
' Protect ion th-y etiaft find in me,
Ami be forever blest.
Death may the bands cf life unloose.
But can't dissolve my love .
1 Millions o£ .infant souis compose
The larrffiy above.
These wcrd- ye happy parents hear,
And shout with jays divine,
Dear g tvior, all M have and are.
Shall be forever thins.
LINES
UN THE "F..vra OF ANN IF. AMANDA COOK,
respectfully inscribed to r.tr bereaved parents.
\V<-ep not for Annie- the darling one;
Tnev've laid her down fo rest,
He; body's in '.he quiet torr.b,
Her spirit's with tae blest.
VV.-fp rot for Ar.n-.e; the sainted one. „
Da not in antttiish bow;
For, tho'ish thine idol's torn awiy,
Si.e is aa angle now.
Weep not fo- Annie: she dwells or. hirrh,
Where sorrows never come;
Fa" from ttais eaitti of sin and care,
iler Savior called her home.
1 Weep not lor A'M r i to- lovely child,
E'en though trie tie is riven,
'< The but i 3 only nipped on earth;
The 1 lower blooms in heaven.
Weep, not for Annie; with thy heart.
Let r.o wild ro low.stii;
She never more return; to us
But we can go to her.
Bchetlsburg, Jan 9, ISC'.
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