BEDTQRD^G^^E.
-BEOFORI!!, Pa.—
FRIDAY JAN. SI. 1862-
B.F. Meysrs, Editor & Proprietor.
To Our Patrons.
Friends, we must have money to pay our
debts. You who owe us four, six and eight
dollars aoa upwards, are especially called upon
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settle, and if you cannot pay your entire bill,
pay what \ou can. Administrators and Exec
utors who are in our debt for estate printing,
and candidates who owe us for ticket printing,
will please take notice.
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.
The Democrats of Bedford County are here
by requested to assemble in MASS MEETING,:
at the Court Hou", in Bedford, on
MONDJIY EVENING, FED. 1077/, j
as required by the rules of the party. ■ A full ]
-attendance is expected. Addresses will be He- ■
livered by a number of speakers. Democrats, ]
to the rescue!
JOHN S. SCHELL,
Chait man Dem. Co. Com. I
Mj. JOHN P. PECK will give a concert in j
Sacred Music, at the Court HodW,on Friday
evening, January 3lst. No chaige tor admis
sion, but a collection will be taken up to de
dray expenses. The public are respectfully in
vited to attend.
PUB. DOCS. —We are under obligations to
Hon. Ed. McPherson, M. C., Hons. John Cess
na, E. M. Shrock and S. S. Wharton, ol the
State Legislature, and G. IV. Householder, F.sq.,
for valuable public documents.
K Wrong Made Right.
We are not, nnr is it necessary on any ac
count that we should be, the personal champion,
pulogisl or apologist of Hon. JOHN CESSNA, but
we fee! it to be our duty to upplaud the con- !
duct ot that gentleman in the good fight he has ;
fought for the rights of the people of Bedford |
county. A great wrong, an outrageous fraud !
had been -committed upon our people, by politi-1
cal tricksters, in connecting Bedford with Som- i
erset in the apportionment of 1837, for mem
bers of the House of Representatives. There
was but a very slight difference in the number
of (axables 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 ot the !
large Republican majority in Somerset county, i
rn other words, to put it within the power of ]
Uiat majority lo eiect two -members instead of I
one as it had formerly done, the two counties
were hitched together to elect their representa
tives in common. This was intended not onlv
to elect two Republ.Can members, but also to
defeat the choice of the people of Bedford coun
ty. Our people wpre to he rendered [.radical
ly voiceless in the populai branch of the Gene
ral A ssemb'ly. Under this apportionment it!
was a cerlain and fixed impossibility lo have j
any other representation of cur county at Hai-'
lisburg, except such as the people-of Somerset
oounty in their superior knowledge of our lo
cal interests and their undoubted generosity in
political matters, should see fit to grant ns. In
fact, old Bedford—the mother of counties—was
disfranchised and marie a mere dependency, or
appendage of her daughter Somerset. Thus
the voters of Bedford county, though they went
to the polls from time to timp and indicated
their choice for representatives by decided ma
jorities, were always overruled in their prefer-1
nces bv the voters of Somerset. In 1837,!
1858, 1859, and 1860, Bedford county cast a
majority of her votes for candidates whose elec
tion was defeated only by the people of Somer
set. Not once, until now, did the candidate
who was (he choice ol I he majority in ttiiscoun
-Iy, obtain a seat in the House. Not once since
the passage of the apportionment bill of 1557,
wo re the people of Bedford coun'y represented
ic the legislature, by the man chosen by 'heir
votes. Was not this monstrous? Was it not
really the most abject political slavery to which
one people can bind another ! Yet there are
those lo be found who condemn and revile Mr.
Cesr.na lor his manly effort to lift this incubus
from the peopleof Bedford county. Thereare
those who, to their shame be it said, because
Mr. Cessna's success in ousting Mr. Household
er may prove injurious to their political plans
or aspirations, denounce the act that restores to
Bedford county the rights filched from her by
the "gerrymander" of IS.V7! Such men can
have none but venal motives. The standard of
right by w hich they measure the conduct of
others, is poised invariably by throwing their
own interests in the balance. But their num
ber is few. Disappointed oflice-seskers may
snarl and growl —small-beer "Republican" pol
iticians may fret and their ill-humor
cannot affect the sober senses of a thinking,
free and independent people. The great popu
lar heart beats in enthusiastic approbation of
tbe policy ol Mr. Cessna, —not because it was
his policy—not because of the personalities con
nected wi'h it —but because thereby a great
wrong has been righted, because it has restored
to the people of Bedford county, the political
sights guaranteed tbem tn the fundamental taw
W the State.
Bettor Late than Never.
The question is asked, why did not Mr. Cess-:
NA, or some of those who sympathised with him
in 819 pontest with Mr. HOUSEHOLDER, bring the
constitutional question involved in the case to
the notire of the legislature at former sessions?
We answer that three years ago, we made in
these columns the verv point upon which Mr.
Cessna has been awarded his seat. In conjunc
tion with a number of th leading Democrats:
of the"county, we frequently urged the propri
ety of testing the matter before the legislature.'
But the conclusion was always arrived at, that
the people of the district would eventually a- 1
rouse to tbe vindication of their rights and re-1
bnke the outrageous "gerrymander" at the polls.
At the late election it was ardently and confi
dently expected, not only bv the Democrats of
the county, but bv the verv men who now an- \
tagonize Mr. Cessna, that *h. choice of Bedford j
county would not be overruled by the peopleof!
Somerset. So deep-ea!e,l was the hope, that j
but few of the Anti-Householder Republicans(
entertained any fears of Mr. Cessna's defeat j
when it was found that his majori'y in this conn- i
ty, was upwards of 1000. But this hope, nev-j
ertheless, proved illusory. The grand efloit to j
overcome the dictatorial majority of Somerset,'
was a failure. Notwithstanding ali the Repub- j
can leaders in Bedford borough labored with all j
their might against Mi. Householder, —notwilh- •
standing the unpaialleled treachery to that Can- :
didato of which the very men who assisted in,
nominating him, were guilty—resulting in an ;
overwhelming vole for Mr. Cessna— Somerset j
willed that a majority of a thousand for Ihe
Democratic candidate in this county, should go
for nought and that Mr. Householder and no?
Mr. Cessna should represent us at Hairisburg..
It was, therefore, concluded that it would be j
vain for the people of Bedford county to at
tempt to express their choice for representative,
so long as it was admitted that Somerset had the
right to annul that choice. Hence the determi-!
nation was at last mde to denv the right of;
Somerset to this dictatorial power and to test!
the issue before the proper tribunal, the House j
of Representatives, which could be done only
in the form of a contest of the seat of Mr. House
holder by Mr. Cessna. This was the only way j
in which the wrong could be righted. If it
was a wrong, then, for Somerset county lo die- j
late to Bedford (her equal in every respect.) was ;
it not right that Bedford should have restored:
to her that constitutional protection against such \
dictation to which she is rightfully entitled?]
And was the restoration of thai protection less]
proper because it was not claimed from the leg- j
islature at an earlier period? All admit the
wrong ; none will deny the justice of the rem
edy ; therefore, the righting of the wrong,
I though late, was "better late than never."
SCF™We have been overstocked, for some
time past, with obituary notices almost inter
minable in length, ge.nerally combining every
style of elegiac writing, m prose and poetry. It
i 9 impossible lor us to publish at length; all of
i these productions, and we hope, therefore, we
i will he excused if we lalie Hie liberty t.i curtail
some of them. Other newespapers make it
a rule to charge half advertising rates for all o
biluaries over ten lin-g in length. Wo have
never demanded this, nor have we ever received
a cent for publishing obituaries. Rut we cannot
find room for so many long notices, as are sho'v
eret! upon us, pleased as we will be to receive
and publish shorter one. We shall be com
pelled to derline half and quarter column obit
uaries in 'he future, unless paid for. Mean
while we shall freely and gfadly publish them
if of proper [length.
CONGRESSIONAL and LEGISLATIVE. —Congress
is doing nothing of much importance, except de
vising how to tax the people, investigating Flack
Republican thieving and corruption, discussing
die "everlasting Nigger," and talking about
expelling members. Our Slate Legislature is
in quite a "flutter" over the propositions to in
vestigate the doings of last session and the con
duct of the Executive authorities. No impor
! 'ant bills have yet been passed. The Govern
! or has signed the bill giving George W. House
holder §2l per his attendance upon
the sessions of the House.
About Our Exchanges-
EDITORIAL CHANGE.—MR. A. GRAHAM. SR.,
has retired from the publication of the West
moreland Republican, and is succeeded by
MESSRS. GEO. W. BONNIN and JAMBS F. CAMP
BELL. Tha Republican , under its new pro
prietorship , gives fair promise of ability and
usefulness. We wish the oulgoing and incom
ing editors abundant success.
THE VALLEY SPIRIT —This able Democratic
organ has passed into the hands of MESSRS. B.
Y. HAMSHER add P. S. DECHERT, our friend
Geo. H. MENGEL, the late proprietor, retiring
from the concern. The Spirit has always been
one of the leading Democratic journals of the
State, and, we have no doubt, will remain so
under the management of the new proprietors.
"May the Spirit's shadow—if a spirit can have
a shadow—never grow less!"
ERIE OBSERVER.—ANDREW HOPKINS, ESQ.,
late editor of this well conducted journal, re
tires from its control, and is succeeded by
Messis. 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 sheet
soon become the favorably "observed of all ob
servers!"
CHARLEY MURRAY, of the Ebensburg Demo
crat and Sentinel, is a brick, and if he doesn't
want to be waited into the Temple of Fame, be
bad better quit corresponding with Old Abe,
rubbing down Barker and writiog about "Dog
ITM."
EX-PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER, died suddenly a
few days ago, at the Exchange Hotel, in Rich
mond, Virginia.
THE MAGAZINES.
HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.— The Feb
auary number of this best of all the illustrated
Magazines, is upon our table. Harper is al
ways interesting, but the present number is es
pecially excellent. It contains: "The Coast
Rangers of California;" "Making Money;"
"Orley Farm;" "Mademoiselle;" "The priso
ner of War," Washington Irving;" "General
Fiar.kie: A Slory for Little People;" "The
Ball is up;" "Mistress and Maid;" "The Whis
key Insurection;" "What can I do;" "Ship
wreck;" "The Adventures of Philip;" "Tan
gled Threads;" "The Yard-Measure Exten
ded to the Stars;" and the usual variety under
the head ol Editor's Table, etc.
CONTINENTAL MONTHLY.—This new candi
date for public favor furnishes quite an attrac
tive table <f contents for February. It is cer
tainly a very able and well conducted work.
The present number contains articles by Ex.
Gov. Boutwell, Horace Greely, A. Oakey Hall,
R. If. Kimball. H. T. Tuckerman, F. W.Shel
ton, Charles G. Leland and other distinguished
writers. The following are leading articles:
"Our war pnd our want;" "Tints and Tones of
Paris;" "The True Basis;" "The Huguenot
Families in AmPtica:" "James RoJsell Lowell;"
"Our Danger and its Cause." "The Actress
Wife," "The Black Witch," "Seven Devils,"
and "The Heir ol Rust ton;" are well-written
and in'eresting stories.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY.— What has become of
our old friend, The sVlnnixc\ We bave not
received the January number.
The Press ou the Rights of Bedford
County.
Of the large number of favorable v notices of
the contest made by Mr. CESSNA for the right ol
s 'pirate representation for Bedford county, we
have room, this week, for but the following:—
Eon- John Cessna.
We are much pleased to observe by the Leg
islative proceedings published elsewhere, that
the "Little Giant" of Democracy, the H >n. John
Cessna, ol Bt dlord, lias been awaided bis seat :u
the House of Representatives, who h lie contest
ed with Mr. Householder, the Committee to
whom hit case was referred, having reported in
his favor on Constitutional grounds. Mr.Cessna
is an able constitutional lawyer, and a power
ful advocate.—He served several sesions in the
Legislature, several years ago, with distinction.
He is the best parliamentarian in either house.
Unfaltering in his attachment to (tie doctrines ol
the democratic party, he cannot be allured from
the enthusiastic devotion of his great intellec
tual powers, to the support of Democratic men
and measures, and in opposition to every ism
and organization ot hostility to the Democratic
patty, that has culminated in a most disastrous,
destructive and disreputable civil war. We
rejoice in his-success, because it is just and riglr.
and because it gives to the councils of the Jrlate
appup,r p , highminded and able statesman c,f the
right faith, — Grcensbuiq *tfrgus.
Committee of the HOUSP of representatives in
the case of Cessna against Householder, on
Thursday reported that Mr. Cessna was entitled
to the seat as the Representative of Bedford
county. Re appealed and was swotn in. Mr.
Cessna's ability, industry and legislative expe
rience render him a valuable acquisition to the
House." Mr. Cessna contested Mr. Househol
der's election on purely constitutional ground.
His position was that the constitution secured
to Red fold a separate Representative, ami the
committee so decided. Tins decision, we pre
sume, will change our legislative District. Mr.
Cessna is now the Representative of Bedfotd
and not of Somerset and Bedford.— Somerset
Democrat.
Mr. Cessna Takes His Seat.
The Commitee ol the House of Representa
tives in the contested election case of CESSNA
against HOUSEHOLDER reported on Friday last
I that Mr. CESSNA was entitled lo the seat as
the representative of Bedford county. He ap
peared and was sworn in. Mr. CESSNA will
make an able, industrious and honest legislator.
~~Vttlle.y Spirit.
For the Bedford G.vzetre.
Report of the President and Directors of
the Bedford Railroad Company.
Office of the Bedford R. R. Company, I
Bedford, Ta., December 31, 1861. j
The President Hnd Ditectors of "The Bed
ford Rail Road Company," would respectfully
submit lo the stockholders the following report
of the affairs and proceedings of the Company
during the year ending on the Slst d3y of De
cember, A. D. 1861.
The Stockholders are aware of the fact that
during (he year 1860, all work upon the road,
except to a small extent upon sections one and
two, was stopped. The same causes which op
erated to discontinue the work during the! year,
prevented any thing being done during the first
nine months of the year just closed. Dull,
Collins & Co,, to whom ifte contract for the
graduation and mason.y ol the first twelve
miles or sections had been awarded in 1809, af
ter doing a considerable amount of work, re
linquished their contract, arid the Company,
owing lo the refusal of a large majority of the
stock subscribers lo pay their subscriptions, be
ing without means to prosecute the enterprise,
it seemed, for a while, that all hopes of carry
ing it through would have to be abandoned. • It
had friends, however, who would not, and did
riot, give it up in despair, although the difficul
ties surrounding it appeared to be insurmounta
ble, and the prospect was a very gloomy one,
the worst feature of it being that the persons
who would be most benefitted, and who at one
time were anxious for the success of the project
had taken a po-ition of hostility to it. Noth
ing of interest transpired in the business ol tlie
company until the 2-f-th of June last, on which
day a compromise or settlement with Dull, Col
lins fk Co. wa3 effected, and all connection be
tween them and the company then ceased. At
that time, aod soon after, six of the non-uesi
dent directors, who had been elected in Janua
ry last, resigned their places, an d the vacaneiec
.were filled by tbe appointment of citizens of the
county who were known to b friendly to the
improvement. Abut the first of September last
through the influence and invaluable exeitions
of William P. Schell, E-q., who may with truih
be called the father of the liedford ltail Road,
and to whom, when it is completed, the people
of Bedford and its vicinity, will be more in
debted for any advantages it maj bring them,
lhan to all others beside, an arrangement was
made with the Pennsylvania Rail Koarl Compa
'ny, by which, it isbelievpd, that the first twelve
miles of our road from Hopewell to a point near
the turnpike about a mile and a half west of
Bloody Run, will he finished and put in com
plete running order. The details of this ar
rangement cannot now be given, as the contract
between the two companies has not yet been
fully consummated. The important provisions
of it are briefly these : The J'enn'a. R. R. Co.
is to pav to the Bedford ft. R. Co. the sum of
SIB,OOO, in cash, of which $3,000 are to he
applied to the payment in pari of the su,ooo
which by the settlement above mentioned with
Dull, Collins & Co., our company agreed lo pay
them. The remainder, $ lb, ooo, is to be ex
pended ir, finishing the graduation and masonry
of those twelve miles. Tne Penn'a. R R. Co.
is also lo furnish the money to complete the
entire superstructure, sidings, turnouts,'water
stations, turn taide, &r. The Bedford R. R. Co.
on its part, is to issue, execute and deliver to
the P. R. R. Co. two hundred bonds for SSOO
I each, with coupons attached—the principal
j thereof to be |i I at the end of twenty years
from the date of said hoods, and the interest, at
the rate ot 6 per cent, per annum, to be paid
semi-annually. These bonds are to be secured
by a mortgage of said twelve mil-sol rail road,
real eslate, &c. &c. The Bedl ird ft. R. Co. is
alio to execute a release to the P. R R. Co. un
der and bv virtue of the act, entitled "An Art
for the commutation of tonnage dtr.ies." Ol
the above mentioned sum of SIB,OOO, the sum
of $13,000 has already been received by our
company, of which the sum of $3,000 has been
paid upon the judgment ol Dull, Collins & Co.
Soon after the foregoing arrangement was
made with the P. R. R- Co., it was determined
by the hoard of directors to let the contracts
for th completion of the graduation and mason
ry of the first twelve sections, and a letting was
accordingly advertised, and on the 2 >th ol Sep
tember last, the contracts were.awarded, as fol
lows, viz:
Sections f &2, to James Hefner at $2117 CO
" 3, 4&,5t0 J M. Campbell at 5821 Of)
BJc 9 to J. M- Campbell at 1707 40
6507 to Thos. B. K'ating at 1947 00
10, 11 &, 12 " Keating at 423 00
Making the sum of $11,8)5 00
The wo"-k to be done will cost more than the
above sum, but, it H believed, that the $15,000
received will be sufficient to complete tlie grad
uation and masonry, not including the trestie
work, id it is to be considered as graduation.
Tl>e contractors have been at work upon the
spveral portions ol the road allotted !o them, and
the work done amounts, according to the esti
mates of the engineer®, to the sum of $3,724,
of which the sum ol $3,254 has been paid to
them. This does not include the work done
during the present month, as the estimates of
tint month have not been received, owing to
the illness of Mr. Holler, assistant engineer.
The sum ol $719 sb, has also been paid to the
engineer corps. Sections 1, 10, 11 & 12, are
completed, ar.d ready jor the superstructure.
Some ol the other sections are nearly finished,
1 and the Inundation of the bridge will be ready
! i: >r the timbers in about four weeks,and although
j the whole work has not progressed as rapidly
as it should have done and as was required by
i the terms ol the contracts, yet the board confi
dently expects that the graduation and masonry
will be completed in time to have the super
structure put on so as to have the road in tun
I ning order not later than the tiis*. ol Juiie,jiroX
imo.
The engineer of the P. R. R. Co. has adver
! tis-d lor proposals for the cross-ties, and the
i contracts fir them will no do.iSl be made early
| in next month, and il no difficulty or delay ari
i sea with regard to the trestiing, concerning
which there is a difference of opinion between
the two companies, hut which, it is believed,
will he easily reconciled, we can see no reason
why the work should not be completed on the
above named day.
Tlu financial condition of theeompany is ex
hibited by the report of the Treasurer, a copy
of which i- hereto attached.
The President and Directors deeply regret
j that the company could not avail itself ol the
| benefits of the act for the commutation of ton
nage duties, but its utter inability to obtain tbe
means to grade, as required by that act, five
miles at each end of our road, destroyed all
hope o| securing the advantages of that law.
The completion of the first twelve miles of
our road, being now, as we believe, a foregone
conclusion, the question naturally arises, will il
be extended to Bedford ? How that question
shall be answered depends entirely upon the
citizens of Bedford county. Ii they will put
their shoulders to the wheel, and give to the en
t#prize that aid which its importance deserves,
there can he no doubt that, in a short lime, the
Bedford Rail Road will be "an accomplished
fact."
Bv order of thp Board,
S. L. RUSSELL. Pres't.
Extract from Treasurer' Report, Accompany
in % the. above.
The Treasurer received, during
ttie year ending Dec. 30, '6l, $15,991 97
Paid out on judgment, engineer
ing anjJ incidentals, 8,027 52
Leaving in the Treasury $5,964 45
The assets of the company consist in some
573 shares of stock subscribed in the county,
and a number of tracts of land subscribed, in
cluding one tract bought. The domestic debts
of the company amount to $3,178 16.
To the above balance in '.lie Treasury should
be added $5,000, due from the Pennsylvania
Rail Road Company, and which siuce making
report has been pai I into thp Treasury.
JOHN P. REED, Treasurer.
Tho Mill Spring Battle.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 24.
This morning's papers contain full accounts
ol tho Battle of Mill Spring. It was a fair open
battle. The Rebels (ought well and and were
overcome only by superior fighting on our side.
According to their own account, the .Rebel
force consisted of ten infantry regiments, three
batteries and some Cavalry; altogether, about
10,000 men.
They fought in hush-wacktng stylo from ra
vines ahd behind trees, bushes, and rocks. The
brunt ol the battle devolved on the 4th Ken
tucky, 2d Minnesota,. 9th Ohio. and 10 Indiana.
' For nearly three hours the roar of muskefry '
! was kept up. Shortly after 11 o'clock Col.
Haskin succeeded in flanking the enemy on the
extreme right, when the 9th Ohio an.! 2d Mitt
-1 nesota charged with the bayonet, with triumph-
I nrit yells, which broke the rebel ranks, and the
! rout began. They fled pell-mell to their camp,
strewing the road with muskets, blankets, over
coats, and knapsack", and abandoned two guns
and caissons. Gen. Zollicofi'er was shot thiough
lite heart at the head of his .stall'by Col. Frv of
the till Ky. R appears that Gen. Zillicoffi r
lot his ivav in the bushes, and suddenly emerg
ed before Col. Fry,'who was accompained by
i some atalT officers. The two patties mistook
I each other for fiiends and approached within
j rt lew yards of each other; when finding their
1 mutual mistake, both parted and prepared tor a
i hand to hand conflict. Or.eof Gen. Z rllicoflet's
| aids shot it Col. Fry but only brought his
! lior.se .town. The Federal Colonel immediate
i lv drew his six shooter and brought Gen. Zd
! licoffer from his saddle at the first fire. Ttie
: Rebel staff deserted their chiefs bodv, which
; was taken to Somerset the day after tne battle.
! Ait East Tettnesseean writing to the Com
! mercial says:— "All the credit and honor of
| this battle is due to the 1 0th Indiana, tne 9th
i Ohio, the 'lull Kentucky, and the 2d Minnesota
1 Regiments, for they did all the fighting single
| handed, with the "exception of what support
j they received from the artillery. Tltey all
I fmght nobly and never wavered from their
; fixed determination to gain the victory, lite
■ combatants were so near each other at one
time that the powder from the discharged pieces
; faces."
New Secretary of War.
Hon. Edwin M. Stanlon, who has been ap
pointed by Mr. Lincdn to the imp riant posi
tion ol secretary of'War,is a gentleman in whose
ability and integri'y the nation has reason to
I place entire confidence. We believe that the
i country will be in all respects, a gainer by the
j change that has been made, Mr. Stanton is a
. lawyer, and has been for many years a resident
10l Pittsburg, ill Pennsylvania. He acquired in
j his profession a reputation lor great ab lily, in-
I duslry and administrative skill, and those who
' are best acquainted with him unite with those
j who know him by reputation only, in according
; the highest praise .to his personal character,
I honor and integrity. Mr. .Stanton is in pni
■ dies, a Dem icrat, ot a very firm principle. In
I accepting oflice under lite President, it is ttn
j Jerstood that he makes no compromise of his
! principles. •The present necessities ol the na
11iin tise altogether above political distinctions
l and any pa~ty names, and while the President,!?
1 a Republican, and Mr. Stanton a Democrat,
both ate agreed in devotion to the Constitution
and (he Union, and in approving of a constitu
; lional administration of the war. On the *!a
--• very question it is well known that Mr. Stan
| ton's views, like those of the President, are
firmly opposed tonny ol the scemes of pro
claiming emancipation, or arming the slaves.
Mr. Stanton was Attorney General in I tie
I Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan, at the close of the
last Administration, and was then distinguished
' for the firm and patriotic course which lie a
-1 • dopted.
The appointment is said to be highly satis
-1 factory to (Jen. McClellan, and the entrance of
i Mt. Stanton upon office, wilt, perhaps, he sig-
I nalized by armv movements, which will show
! that the Commander-in-clted lia" h-en no lag
; gar.l in'he great war. The War Department
s"em now to he entitled to the confidence of
!of the nation. - Journnl of Commerce.
War and other Wows
{ In the United S'ates Senate a resolution was
I introduced to refer the credentials of Mr. VVi I -
: son, the new Senator from Missouri, to the Ju
j dietary Comnnttee, but was subsequently with
] drawn, and Mr. Wilson after being duly sworn
j in took his seat.—The case of Mr. Bright was
again taken up and debated at great length.
The news Iroin the South as detived from
Southern papers via Fortress Monroe is very
meagre.—Nothing definite appears to he known
| with regard to the Rurnside expedition. The
| No'do Ik Day Book doubts the truth ol the des
i patches previously received, and which stated
I that a portion of the lleet was oil Hatteras and
i the remainder in Pamltco Sound. The militia
I of the Cistern counties • f North Carolina have
| been ordered out to repel invasion, and the
i Raleigh hegii/er speaks of a draft having been
■ made in Wake county.
| A telegram from Savannah states that Cedar
j Keys, Florida, was captured by the Federal
I troops oil Thursday. A telegram from Mobile
| reports the capture ol the schooner Wilder,
i from Havana, whilst attempting to run the
blockade.
] The Norfolk Day Bock publishes the Federal
' account of the dele.it ol Z dlicoffer but expres
ses, at the same lime, its disbelief in its truth.
llf anything is known at Richmond with re
gard to the affair, it has evidently not yet been
| made public. A despatch from Savannah an
; noiinces that the Federal troops have taken pos
i session ol Cedai Keys, Florida. Vague rumors
| the approach of Federal troops trorn Cairo, ol
■ were current at Nashville and Memphis. It
was doubtless, the advance of McClernaud's di
vision upon May field, which gave rise to the
I report that the object of the movement was, in
all probability, to sieze the railway and burn
the bridges, and thus cut off communication be
tween Columbus ami Bowling Green. As
McClernand has returned to Cairo without ef
fecting anything, the p.-op!e of Nashville and
Memphis, may rest easy, nt least for the present.
We can add but little to what is already pub
lished in regard to the defeat ol Zollicoffer. The
correspondent of the Cincinnati Times furnishes
some few particulars ol the fight; but there is
nothing to show that the fortifications on the
South bank of the Cumberland have been cap
tured. The Confederate General Hindman is
i said to have been arrested, by order of General
Hardee, for burning houses at Cave City and
elsewhere. It is also reported that the Con
federates at Bowling Green are suffering for
want of Money.
| An important order has been issued by the
; War Department in relation to the Federal pris
oners now in the hands of the Confederates.
By order of the Secretary ol War two Com
missioners are to be appointed, whose duty it
will be to visit Richmond and other Southern
Cities where the prisoners are confined, for the
purpose of providing for their wants and con
tributing to their comfort.
The Berrruda Gazette announces the arrival
there of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and give
a ludicrous description of the manner in which
they were transferred from Fort Warren to the
British war steamer Rinaldo. The Southern
Commissioners with their Secretaries, during
their brief sojourn at Bermuda, were present
at a dinner which was given to them and oth
u invited guests, by Admiral Sir Alexander
Milne, (he naval Commander- in-Chief on K
JVest India Station. Mr. Seward'. | rltr . J*
Lor,J Lyons, surrendering (he Commissioners i,
sharply criticised in the Gaulle, which exn'-'-l!
Bes the opinion that the Britiah Government
will be satisfied with the act done, but r!ti
tied with the way in which it has been accom"
plislied.
The Wheeling Journal in alluding to the
slate of affairs on the Upper Potomac, p| acgs
nearly all the Confederate torcea under Jackson
at Romney. Ihe Federal troops under Linder
beine nine miles distant. It speaks somewhat
confidently of a collision occurring between the
two forces as soon as the high water in Ihe Po
tomac subsides. Such too, appears to be th e
general impression ol other western journalists
who predict that a powerful movement on that
Hank ol the Confederates will lake place at an
early day. They assert that the possession o|
Winchester is indispensable to the protection
and reconstruction ot the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. G-neral Kelly has returned to*
Wheeling.— Maryland News S/icrt,
"DIED- ™
ENGLAND—On lit* 17th inst, in Friend's
! Cove, Mary Ann, daughter of Wiiliam Eng
land, aged ten years, ten months and twenty
six (lays.
SMITH.—In memory of Lily Smith, daugh
ter of Mr. Reuben South, of Friend's Cove
who departed this lif-* on the 1-f.th dav of iNO
- mbei, 18GI, aged 7 years, 10 months, and
23 days.
Her disease was diptheria, which proved
brief but fatal. Lily was an uncommon child,
possessing great knowledge for one of her age.
Site bore her affliction with a great degree of
fortitude for so tender a youth, and was often
heard during her illness to speak of heaven and
going home to heaven to grandma, and wonder
ing if erandma would know her when she got
; home to heaven. When she would see her dear
mamma shedding tears over her, she would take
her own liitle hand and wipe them from her
I face and say, "why do you fret sol It is better
i for me to die than for you. Don't cry tor me,
I am goi.-ig home to heaven to grandma and to
[ aunt Martha." And when the tcene was about
closing, her tender eyes glowing with affection,
tier blooming cheeks growing pale, her pulse
weak, her voice faltering, she said, "Raise me
up for I am dj ing, I air. dying," and embracing
the dear ones around her, and with her little
brother iu her arms she peacefully breathed her
inst. Fond parents, dry your tears and be com
forted with the words of Jesus:
t tnke these little lambs, said lie,
And ley thern in my breast,
Protection they shall find in me,
And be forever blest.
l
Death may the bands of lite unloose,
But can't dissolve my love ,
Millions of ilnlant soul? compose
The farmly above.
These words ye happy parents hear,
And shout with joys divine.
Dear Savior, all we have and are,
Shall be forever thine.
LINES
ON THE "HATH OF ANNIE AMANDACOOK,
respectfolly inscribed to ner bereaved parents.
Weep not for Annie the darting one;
They've laid her down to rest,
| Her body's in the quiet tomb,
Her spirit's with the blest.
j Weep net for Annie; the sainted one,
Do r.ot in anguish bow;
I For, though thine idot'o torn away,
She la an angle now.
Weep not foe Annie; she dwells or. high,
Where sorrows never come;
Far from this earth of sin and care,
Her Savior called her home.
Weep not for Annie; the lovely child.
E'en though the tie is riven;
The bu.l is only nipped on earth;
The tiower blooms in heaven.
, Weep not for Annie; with thy heart,
Let no wild sorrow stir;
She never more returns to us
But we can go to her.
tJchellsbttrg, Jan. 9, ISG3.
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