-BEOFORP, Pa.—
FRIDAY FEB. 14. ISG2- J
B. F. Keyers, Editor fe
GREAT VICTORY AT ROANOKE ISLAND!
The Telegraph informs us that the Burn- i
side Expedition has taken possesion of Roanoke j
Island, on the coast of North Carolina, taking j
2500 rebel prisoners, and sinking and captor
ing the whole rebel gunboat flotilla. O. Jen- ;
nmgs Wise, son of Ex Gov. H. A.Wis?, is re- j
ported to have been killed in the battlp.
The Mffling on Monday flight
The gathering at th® C;urt House, on Mon
day evening last, was one of the largest politi
cal meetings ever held in this place at February
court. The speeches delivered on the occasion
were excellent, and did not fail in producing 3
favorable effect upon the minds of the apprecia
tive audience. Alti. CESSNA'S vindication of his
course in ousting Mr. Householder, was one of j
the strongest and most forcibl? efforts we have
ever heard on any similar subject. There was
no denunciation in the speech—not one word— j
but a vein of the keenest, subtlest satire perva- ;
lied it ; in humbUr phrase, it was a complete j
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"skinning" of those who are now making war
upon Mr. Cessna. The address of Map CRESS
WELL, was also one of much eloquence and ,
beauty. Messrs. TATE and PALMER made short
speeches, but acquitted themselves ably, as usu
al. The resolutions adopted are of the "right
•tripe," and were received with unanimous fa
vor. On the whole, the signs exhibited by this
meeting, are highly propitious for the Democra
cy. The people have made up their minds— :
dire necessity has taught them—to restore the j
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Democratic party to power, and they will do it
as sure as the sun will rise on the day of the
nest Presidential election.
A Truth well Told-
HON. A. HARDING, a Udion member of Con- j
gress from Kentucky, in a recent able and pa
triotic speech, made the following emphatic
•tatement:—
The ultra abolitionists, whether they know i
it or not, have been and now are giving the ,
most successful aid to the disunionists of the j
South, and nuking tho mot successful war up- j
on the Union. The great and prevailing ar- !
gument of the leading disunionist, in the South j
and in the border State?, has bpep, and still is
that the North, in violation of the constitution,'
intended, and was about to turn the struggle j
into a war for emancipation, and thus "plunge I
the whole population, white and black," into a j
remorseless and bloody struggle.—By this ar- j
gument alone he has succeeded in seducing and ■
drawing into the rebellion, thousands of mis
guided men. Without it, he would have been
powerless; and ibis argument has been furnish- i
ed and put into his mouth by the Northern abo- '
lilionisfs. This has been the grpat question of,
debate that loyal men have met "and battled a- j
gainst a thousand tim?s all ovpr Kentucky.
This is the view we have always held. Th?
handful of disunionists per se in the Southern
States, were furnished by abolitionists of the
'North, with the very arguments they most
needed and de-ired to make use of in consum
mating their dark purpose to establish a sepa
rate confederacy. Every intelligent mind in
the North ought to have been able to have grasp
ed at once this ROW undoubted truth. But
though the Democracy labored hard and long to
impress it upon the pcpuiar intelligence of the
North, 1 hough the most solemn and earnest
warnings came to us from the Union men of the
South, the people would not hearken, and the
dreadful penalty is now upon them. And,
now, whilst that penalty must be paid, let us
learn from the past and beware lest the fanatics
and fools who have already ruined us half, will
not finish the job through our patient and su
pine sufferance.
Vnion Victories.
The recent triumphs of the Uoifffi arms at
Somerset, Ky., and Fort Henry, on the Tennes
see river, throw a gleam of h>)pe upon the hith
erto gloomy prospect of the war. These suc
cesses, however, must soon be followed up by
movements on a larger scale, if we are to en
tertain any reasonable expectations of a speedy
suppression of the rebellion. A decisive victo
ry must be won before the 13th of April next,
if we would prevent the intervention of for
eign powers. At any rate, it is time that our
army shouid do something effective, and whilst
we have entire confidence in the military abil
ity of our commanding generals, we think there
is a "screw loose" somewhere that prevents
more speedy action. Is it in the Cabinet, or
are the contractors still in the way? We shall
see by and by.
An Acquisition.
We have the pleasure of announcing to our
readers that Mr. DAVID BOEDER, of Schtllsburg,
formerly attached to the Republican organi
zation, has accepted the true political faith and
entered his name on the area' roll of the grand
Democratic ar ny. Mr. Border was a member
of the Committee on Resolutions at the Dem
ocratic meeting oo Monday night.
iE?"Gen. STONE has been arrested for high
treason and incarcerated in Fort Lafayette. He
will b tried by a court martial.
TBE DEMOCR4CV IN COUNCIL! !|
GRAND JPOFULAK DEMONSTRATION!
Pursuant to previous notice, the Democrats of
Bedford county assembled in Mass Meeting at
the Court House, on Monday evening, the 10th
inst., and on motion of John S. Schell, E<q.,
organized by the appointment of Col. F. D.
BF.EGLE, of St. Clair, as President; J. W.
Dickerson, Bedford bor., T. Gephart, Bedt'd to.,
P. J. Shoemaker, Colerain, J. B. Anderson, Esq.
C. Valley, W. Egulf, Harrison, Fred'k. Hilde
brand, Juniata, Jos. Ciisman, Liberty, W. Bon
nell, Londonderry, David Evans, Monroe, P.
11. Studebaker, Napier, D. A. T. Black, East
Providence, W. Foster, West Providence, John
Feaster, St. Clair, Samuel Union, John
B. Fluke, E-q.,S. Woodberry, Dr. U. F. Oellig, j
M.Woodberry, M. Reed, Esq., Schellsburg, and
Thomas Donahoe, Southampton, as Vice Presi
dents ; and John G. Fisher and Jos. Horn, as
Secretaries.
On motion of Hon. W. P. Schell, the meet
ing adopted the following :
Resolve 7, That a committee of two from each
Borough and Township, be selected to report
resolutions expressive of the sense of thp meet- |
ins?, and to select a Delegate to the next State
Convention, and to appoint thiee Senatorial ;
Conferees to m°et Conferee; from Somerset and j
Huntingdon counties to select a Senatorial dele- !
gale to said Convention.
The following committee was then appointed: :
IV. P. Schell, John Palmer, VV. Leary, J. W.S
Tomiinson, Philip Morgait, P. J. Shoemaker,J
Perry Morgart, Samuel Boor, Thomas Growden, ;
James Elder, John Corley, jr., John Long, John j
Lowry, David Evans, Lewis Howsare, Robprt j
Taylor, D. A, T. Black, A. J. Morgart,W. Fos
ter, J. Aldstadt, A. J. Crisman, A. Ake, M.
Wertz, John Brumbaugh, D. B. kochenderfer,
Henry Gulp, David Border, John Bridges, Da-;
vid Walter.
On motion of B. F. MEYERS, the Hon. JOHN j
CESSNA was called upon to address the meeting, j
Mr. Cessna responded in an able and eloquent
effort, sustaining his course in the contest with
Mr. Householder, and refuting completely and ;
most triumphantly the charges brought against
him by his personal opponents and the enemies
of the Constitutional rights of Bedford county.
After Mr. Cessna had concluded, on motion i
of Mr. Meyers, MAJOR JACOD CRESSWELL, of !
Huntingdon Co., was introduced to the meeting, i
and made an eloquent, patriotic and instructive
address, assigning Abolitionism as the cause ol
the war, but denouncing Secession as the worst
of crimes.
Able speeches were also made by MajorS.
H. TATE, and JOHN PALMER, Esq.
Thp Committee on resolutions, through their
chairman, Hon. W. P. SCHELL, reported the fol
lowing resolutions which were unanimously a -
dopted, aftpr which the meeting adjonrnpd with
three hearty cheers for the Democracy, the
Constitution, and the Union:
Resolved , That the people are indebted to the j
Democratic parly for the greatness, the glory |
and the power of the Republic. That party, j
when the storm of night closed over the ship of
State, directed it 3 course with safely. All
parties are the mere barnacles which adher? to ;
the bottom of (he noble vessel.
Resolred, That if the wise teachings of the:
Democratic party had prevailed, the twin can-'
' ses of the present rebellion, Abolitionism am!
I Secession Pm, would have been strangled long'
ago.
Resolved , That we are in favor of giving the I
Government a warm and cordial support in its 1
efforts to crush out treason and rebellion, and j
that we will strengthen the arm of the Presi
dent in carrying out his conservative policy,
against the mad schemes of Abolitionism.
Resolved, That the machinations of the North
ern Abolitionists to force the President into the
i position of making war, "for the abolition of
j slavery," rather than for "the preservation of
th • Union and their traitorous and unholy
i ellorls to bring about the removal of Genera!
j McCieilan from the chief command of the ar
! my, arp fraught kith great danger to the coun
i try, and should receive the condemnation of
I every patriot.
j Resolved, That however much we may difTer
in opinion as to the right of the President to
; suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus, we must
' admit that the imprisonment of such traitors a;
[ Beecher, Lovejoy, Greely, and others of that
character, could be extenuated cn the ground of
| imperative public necessity.
Resolved , That we always have been, and
| are now, unalterably opposed to any fusion or
! affiliation of the Democratic party with anv
i other organization. That we denounce the dec
; laration that Democrats cannot support the Gov-
I erisment in carrying on the existing war, as a
j vile apersinn on our party. We depm it un
: necessary to renounce otir Democratic faith,
i and embrace the errors of Republicanism, or
! Abolitionism, in order to discharge the duties
: we owe to our country.
Resolved, That we consider the Republican
j and Abolition parties unequal to the great emer
! gency. The war must be closed, and the coun
i try must be saved, through the instrumentality
! of the Democratic party.
Resolved, That the opposition party, by their
extraordinary Horse Policy, have justly earned
' the appellation of the "Horse Party," and by
that name should be hereafter known in the his
tory of Iheir collapsed organization.
Resolved , That thpse venerable, dilapidated,
lame, halt and blind horses, which were pur
| chased for Government service, hut died of old
age before entering on such servicp, are entitled
; to the commiseration of all honest men tor their
unfortunate association with a band of thieves.
Resolved, That we congratulate the freemen
of Bedford county, on thei. successful effort o
strangle Jordan's gerrymander, by which the
| Somerset mill-stone was attached to the neck of
• the Bedford county Demociacy. Hereafter old
; Bedford will hold herself erect constitutionally
; among her sister counties of the State,
j Resolved , That the course of the Hon. JOHN
j CESSNA, as our Representative in '.he Lower
House of the State Legislature, has our emphat
ic endorsement, and we especially commend his
truly splendid and laborious efforts to restore to
our county her constitutional right to separate
representation in that body.
Resolved, That Jacob Reed be selected as the
Representative Delegate ♦.> the next State Con
vention ; and that John Palmer, Wm. Foster,
and William Keyser, be appointed conferees to
meet similar conferees from Somerset and Hunt
ingdon counties, for the purpose of selecting a
Senatorial Delegate to said Convention.
DEATH OF Mr. DANIEL MlLLEß.— Another
good and useful citizen has fallen beneath the
hand of Death. Our respected and cherished
friend, DANIEL MILLER, of Morrison's Cove, is
no more. His decease took place on Wednes
day, slh inst., at his residence in South Wood
berry township, alter the brief illness of four
days. Mr. Miller was a man esteemed and
beloved by all who knew him and especially
so by bis near neighbors and intimate acquain
tance. lie was a patriot of the true stamp,
ready at all times to sacrifice his own personal
good for the welfare of the community. He
was a member of a sect well known for its
Hmple and unobtrusive piety, and Fir its con
sistent adherence to that sacred humanitarian
annunciation, 4 -Peace on Earth, Good Will to
Men," and wa; looked upon as a leading man in
its councils. Peace be with him!
Letter from a Soldier
CAME PATTERSON, Feb. 4, 1862.
MR. EDITOR :
Alter being obscured for two or three weeks,
almost all the time, the sun rose this morning
in a beautiful skv, his appearance being wel
come, indeed. With the exception of Sunday
last, this is the most beautiful day we have had
for three weeks. The snow is about five inches
deep and sufficiently soti for the soldiers to in
dulge in the very exhilarating amusement of
"snow-balling" each other, which is about all
we can do, now, as the snow prevents us from
drilling, except in the sword exercise, and then
it is too cold tor tfie feet. Thinking that, per
haps, your numerous readers would like to hear
from the Bedford county boys, through the col
umns of \our excellent paper. I thought I would
occupy a few leisure moments in writing some
news, which if you see proper to give a [dace
in your paper, you may do so.
And now for what little news there is. In
the first place, with the exception of one or two
cases, the boys are all well ; those tfiat are sick,
are not very seriously so, mostly bad colds.
They are ali "spilin"' for a fight, anxious for a
chance to measure swords with the rebels, and
it is with difficulty that they can be kept on
this side of the -line that separates us from the
"Land of Dixie." But every thing must have
its time, and it takes a great deal of time io e
quip and prepare a regiment of cavalry for ac
tive service, and I think Uncle Sam must be
very flush of "Spondulicks," or else the contin
ual heavy drafts made upon his putse would
have emptied it long before litis lime ; be thai
as it may, it was thought that to-morrow there
would be another draft made on his purse, as it
was very generally reported that the pay-mas
ter would be here fo-motrovv to hand over some
of the "needful but it serma that be
disappointed again, as the report is contradicted
this evening.
The m p n arc very anxious for their money,
as it is very inconvenient doing without money.
Our sutler issues tickets and sells at two prices.
Our regiment is commanded by Col. R. But
ler Price, and consists of twelve companies,
some of which are not quite full yet. The re
giment numbers about nin- hundred, all told.
The Colonel is an excellent drill officer, and
a whole-souled gentleman, and i 3 very wind to
his men. The Quarter Master's department is
in the hands of John A. Ellison, who is also
a fine man. The citizens of Philadelphia have
presented him with an exceilrnt sabre and sa*h,
the scabbard being handsomely decorated. The
dfficeis commanding the regiment arc ail well
drilled and fine men. Our company is com
manded by Cant. G. Middleton, VV. W. Ander
son being first Lieutenant. The Captain is a
good drill officer. He belonged to the First
Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, which was
sn the three months service. It f mistake not,
the Colonel was also in the three months ser
vice. as aid-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Patterson.
Our company consists of 83 men, and is one
of the best drilled in the regiment, if not the
very hot. Our captain is very much beloved
iby all the m-m. There is an Iri.-hman in the
; company who says it is an offence punishable
\ with death, to stop a cannon bail when dis
! cha-ged from the mouth of a cannon.
1 "
j Our camp is situated between the Schuylkill
j and Delaware rivers, on a neck of land called
! Point Breeze, which runs io a point where the
I two rivers unite, and hence the name. We
| have a very pleasant camp ; it is within the
| limits of the city, though some distance from
| the city proper. The country down here is far
| different from Bedford county. Instead of moun
'ains and hiils, we have an almost level eoun
i try, sufficiently roiling, however, to relieve the
' eye* We have what are called Sibley tents,
! with a stove in them, which keep us very com
fortable through the inclemencies of tfre weath
er. To-day we have fine sleighing, and the
lads and lapses of Philadelphia, are having a
! fine time of sleighing past our camp at a 2.40
; pace ; while we, poor soldiers, can do nothing
but look on and admire. But never mind!
we'll have our fun when the war is over and
We shall have done fighting. The way we will
put things through then will be a sample fo"-
the rest of mankind. The way the girls will
. have fo suffer when we get home, will he a cau
j tion to old maids, a3 we have no chance for a
, ''squeeze" down here, and we will have to
make up for lost time. We a!! were the recip
ients of a neat pair of hose-, knit by the fair la
dies of Bedford, f>r which they received our
heart fell thanks and three ronsing'cheers into
the bargain. VVe are determined to prove true
to thern and our country, and if they (the stock
ings) keep our feet as warm as our hearts are
towards the fair donors, there will be no danger
of our toes freezing.
It is not known when we will go down South.
We are anxious to be in actual service, and I
think there will be more satisfaction among the
soldiers, when that tim-* comes, as they are dis
satisfied with this "masterly inactivity." We
have nothing to complain of in the way of clo
thing and food, as we have plenty of hoth and
the very best that Uncle Sam can afford. But
I must close. More hereafter, if this is accep
table. Yours truly,
BLOODY HUN.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH. — THERE
is a telegraphic report, ii we go to press, to
the effect that Savannah, Ga., has been laken
by the Federal troops; also, that Fort Dorielsoii
has been captured. This looks like work, i!
true. MCCLSLLAN see.ms, after all, to have
known what he was about.
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Highly Important War News.
SURRENDER OF FORT HENRY-
Gen. Tilghman and Staff Taken Prisoners
Yesterday about noon a brief lelegiapic dis
patch was received that Fort Henry, on the
Tennessee river, had, alter an engagement of
over an hour, surrendered to the Federal expe
dition which recently sailed from Cairo.— Last
night we received, through ttie Associated
Press, the subjoined dispatches, giving some
highly interesting details. I' will be seen that
General Lloyd Tilghman, ioimerly of this city,
who had 1 fie command ol tile fort, is a piisjner
of war, with his staff*and 60 men:
Particulars of the fight—Two Rebel Generals
and Tnree other Officers, with 100 Private**
Made Prisoners—The Memphis and Ohio
Railroad Bridge taken Possession oj.
CAIRO, Feb. 7th.—Fort Henry, on the Ten
nessee river, surrendered yesterday at two
o'clock, alter a determined resistance. 1 fie
fight lasted one hour and twenty minutes, and
was conducted on our put by tbe gunboats
Cincinnati, Essex and St. Louis. The Cincin
nati fired 125 rounds, and received 34 shots
from the rebel guns, but Had only one man kill
ed. The St. L)Uis fired 110 rounds ami receiv
ed no damage.
The Essex was disabled at the tenth lound by
a ball striking her boiler. By this occurrence
she had 32 men killed, being scalded to death
with the Lot water and escaping steam.
, Cant. Porter was badly scalded, but not dan
gerously so.
Two rebei generals, one colonel and two
captains, and 100 privates were taken priso
ners.
The fort mounted seventeen guns
Our land forces did not reach the scene o!
action for two hours after the surrender.
The Memphis and Ohio railroad bridge, fif
teen miles above the fort, has been taken pos
session ol by our troops.
Interesting Particulars of the. Jight —7 ic Sur
render of the Fori.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7.—The Gazette and Com
mercial Cairo correspondents give the follow
ing interesting account of the bombardment and
capture ot Fort H nry.
Yesterday, at 12 o'clock 3) minutes p. nr.
the gunboats Cincinnati, St. Louis, Garondeiet
and E.-s 'X, the Tyler, Conestoga and Lexing
ton bringing up the rear, advanced boldy a
gainst the rebel woiks, going to the right of
Painter Creek Island, iminediatly above which,
on the east side of the river, stand the fortifi
cations. Keeping out of lange till at head of
the island and within a mile of the enemy, and
then passing the island in full view of the reb
el guns, we steadily advanced, every man be
ing at quarters.
Ever) ear was strained to catch (lie flag of
ficer's sigual gun for the commencement ot the
action.
Our line of battle was on the left, the ss.
Louis r.ext the Caronrlelet, next the Cincinnati,
(tor the time being the flag-ship, and having on
board flag officer Foot?,) and next the Essex.
We advanced in line—the Cincinnati a
boat's length ahead, when at 12.30 the Cincin
nati opened the ball, an 1 immediately the three
accompaying boats followed trie example, and
the enemy, no ways backward, gave an auinir
able response.
The fight raged furiously for half an hour,
hut we steadly advanced toward the enemy,
receiving the teturning storms ol shot and shell,
when, getting within 300 yards of the enemy's
works, we came to a stand, and poured into
them right and left.
In the meant the Essex had been disa
-1 bled and drifted away from the scene ol action,
leaving the Cincinnati, Carondelet and St. Lou
is alone engaged.
At precisely forty minutes past oue o'clock
the enemy struck their colors, and such cheer
ing and such wild excitement as seized the
throats, arms and caps of the four or five
hundred sailors of the gunboats can't be imagin
ed, much less described.
After the surrender—which W3s mode to
Com. Foole by Gen. Tilghman, who cMi-nd-ll
his fort in the most determined manner —ye
found that the rebel infantry encamped outside
ol the fort, nunrb'Ting four or five thousand
men, had cut and run, leaving only anaitillerv
company in command of the fort.
They mounted seventeen gum, mostly 32 and
31-pounders—one being a magnificent 10-inch
CoJumbiad.
Our shots dismounted two guns, driving th*
enemy through the embrasures. One of tVir
rifled 32 pounders burst during the eng-Jg.-
ir.ent, and wounded the gunn- r-\
The rebels captured cliitn to have hj i b.t
eleven effective gon*, worked by 51 m <. •. j
! number, all told, < t the pi is tiers taken. Itw v
. lost five killed and ten bally wounded.
The infantry left everything behind them io 1
; their flight, atid a va-l deal ot their plundei has
fa I icn into our hands, including a large ami
• valuable quantify of ordinance siu*.e>.
Gen. Tilghtnan appeared ibshea-t.-n*d. .'I"
thinks the capture of the t >rt is one of (In
most damaging blows of the war. Io surren
dering to Com. Foote he remarke d, 4 1 am g'al
to surrender to so gallant an officer.'*
Com. Foote replied, 44 You do perfectly light,
sir, in surrendering, but vou should have blown
! my boats out of water before I shoul i h tve sur
rendered to you."
In the engagement the Cincrnna i via- in
tlie lead and flying the fl,.g officer's penn •in',
wfiich was the chief mark. Flag officer route
an I Cap?. Stemble crowded her d -fiamly into
the teeth ot the enemy's gnus. She g t ihirty
■ on- shot, otre going completely thr ugh her.
The Essex was badly crippled when a .out
halt throng the fight, a.id crowding sba Jily a
gainst tile enemy, a ball went into her port side
\ through a forward po.t, then throng t.t • heavy
j bulkhead, and going squarely through one of .
|h r boilers, the escaping steam ?r a! dug and
: killing several of her crew.
J '.'apt. Porter and his aid, S. !'• Britlon, Jr.,
and Paymaster Lewis, w -resla ding rn the dt
: r-ct line of the bail's passage—Britlon being in
' the centre of th" group, the shot struck lurn on
the top of his head, scattering his brains in ev
ery direction. Th escaping steam went into
tile pilot house and instan'ly killed I -id and
B' ide, (he pilots. Many of the soldiers, at ine
: rush of steam, jumped overboard act were
1 drowned.
The Cincinnati had only ou .• mil .ieu a .id
six wounded.
; The F.? ex had dx seamen killed, two ofiie- rs
■ and seventeen rr.eo wounded and live missing.
I There were no casualties on the St. Lotus or
Coicndelst, though the shot an i shell upon
j them like ratn.
i The St Luis was commetrls'd by Ciptatn
Leonard Paulding, who stood upon thr g-.rr
i boat and fought his guns to the lie*. Not a
man flinched, and with cheer Ujwn cheer sent
shot and shell among toe enemy.
Official JJccount of the Surrender of Fort
Henry—Gen. Tifhman and Staff and Sic
tij Other Prisoners 'Taken—Twenty Cannon
; and Seventeen .Mortars Captured.
WASHINGTON, Feb 7. The Navy Depart
ment, at two P. M. to-day, received the fallow
ing important dispatch:
U. S. Flag Steamer Cincinnati, j
Off Fort Henyv,
Tennessee River, Feb. 6, 1862
To Hon. Gideon Wells, S->c'ry of the Navy.
The gunboats under tr.y command Essex, C vm
-1 tr,under Porter: CaroudeJet, Com'r Walter; Cin
cinnati", Commander Stenebel: Si. Louis, Lc
Comd'g Paulding; Conestoga. Lt. Commander
Phelps; Tav lor, Lt. Commanding Gwinn, and
j L-xington, Lt, Comd'g Shirk—after a severe,
! anil ia|ud fire of one hour and a quarter, have
| captured Foit Henry, and have taken Gen. •
| L->yd Tilghman and staff" and 60 men as pris-
I oners.
'l'tie sorrtnd.-r to gunboats was UOCondi- j
tional, as we kept an open fire upon them until
their flag was struck. In half an hour after the j
sirrender I handed the fort and prisoners over j
to General Grant, commanding the army, on his •
arrival at the f -rt in force.
The E->sex had a shot in her boilers, atid aftei
fighting tnost effVctualh' for two-thirds of th.e .
; action," was obliged to drop down the river, as !
i I hear tii'it several of her crew were scalded to
: dealt., including the two pilot-. She, with the
olhii gunboats, officers and men. f night with t he :
: greatest gallantry.
The Cincinnati received thiity-one shots, and
' iiad one man killed and eight wounded, two se
! rionsly.
Th>* fort, with twenty gtins and seventeen ;
mortars, was defended bv (mn. I tighman with I
! the mo-l determined gallantry,
f will write is soon as possible.
I have sent Lieut. Commanding Pliiili, s and .
. three gunboats after the rebel gunboat?.
A. H. Fo Tr, Flag officer.
I The Star of this evening fays:
| "The rebels had a .-u-t,lining force of some
! fifteen thousnn 1 fs believed here this morning) j
hovering arotin ' V T? Henry to sustain it.—
That ttiis f.rce ha? either been rontr.-i >v G -n.
.Grant, (who v. is 00-np-r.it t: r " ' <■ •.:'■
I'oi.t-.'s gunboat--,) or (1 d h* I re Grant's are),:
J leaving the fort to its fa!- 4 , if j am from the (art j
j that Grn- t i lod r-a iv ,\o 1 aole to r"Ceive ti
j }',:t an i pri-on-t- from tiv- Commodore halt an ;
! hour after the latter l.ad takr n them. '
I ff2f~PROTESTS AGAIN.-T THE Ab >EI rioM- r-
DESKCRATING TUB SMITHS -MAN In-TITUTB. —
\\ e are glad to see that Piofessor Henry 44pro
i tests" against the perversion oflhe Smithsonian
i Institute to the purpos" of Abolition lecturing.
I Smithson left his rragnificent legacy to found
;an institution t4 for liie increase ol knowledge a
i mong men," and not to open a hall for the
| brawling politicians to harangue in. Titos
hnu'linw dervishes, Greeley and Cheever an .
Garrison are odious enough any where, but tHu
; !a<t place they should presume to desecrate is
'an institution intended lor the prosecution of
those studies and reseaiches which benefit man
j kind.
(TY A DILEMMA. —At the recent election in
Illinois for members of a Constitutional Con
vention, the Democrats achieved a glorious vic
! Tory, literally sweeping the State.—Conse
quently, the Convention, wh'ch has just con
i vened at the State Capitol, contains a large ma
jority of Democrats—in fact, nearly three
fotirilis of the body are memb-rs of that paity.
The Republicans are very much vvoriied at this,
! and are fearing (poor souls ) iest the Conven
| tion should bv its action secessionize the State,
i But a lucky idea occurs to them in the midst of
their gloom and despondency, which is, that the
; government should arrest or a leilre.de cuciint
\ the Democratic members of the Convention and
confine in Fort Warren. This ridiculous
proposition we find in a loiter to (be New Y >:k
Tinus from Chicago. Such a proceeding would
be a s'ight stretch of power, the letter admit ,
hut then just to think of tile unp.irallelled uudc
cily of the Democrats in out-voting the Rrpub
s(CP**li is reporied that the division tinder
! command of General Thomas lias commenced
a forward movement, into Eastern Tennessee-,
i from three diOerent points,
England th'tfrmiafd on lutfrvfot;>-
[Correspondence ol the New Ywk Time.
I. xdon, Jm. 2 >.— l ' is } ossibh- that
I'SW cted, when fvt I. Mis *s an i Siui.
their respective S--cie!3i ies were sirretc:
•to tic Hi i! id G ivcriiu- nt, tti.it the pi,
trr > fur war with Atn net wwuiJ be a'
, *us.- ml ••!, ami ehips a ><l segim-nts re... .
I-s>, v -n hav - r-viv i .e.) with.nit yom
J >iin HiiM has s[int j-mr millions ol |>our.
ttt' t lv mi'lion> of dollars—to rescue
and Sli h-il, and you rrav dene ml upon it
! an a';solute certain!v, thai iie will :ti som v i
get the w nth <>i Lis money.
The war prepraa.itions are in no degree
lax-d, much 1-s--suspemted. The si pel > .
Warrior has gone to Am'lira, via Listion, ■
no Englishman ri mhts that she ran
- raigtu op (tie N ivro vs, past vonr seven .
and through their concentrated tire, take
position in th.* North River,opposite Hobo
and hall New York at her The G
I eminent Arsenal a! Woolwich is sending
one million ,;f u ir,ie-ca:tridge% a day.
and material are going forward to Amur
just as i| the "rebel Commissioners" or *•
tend d Ambassador!'," had not h.en surreni;
ed, and just as it the* Government had no do-,
that th- war would go on just as it would h
done had Mr. Lincoln hesitated to reverse
decisions ol Northern jurists.
D - you wish to know the reason why?
have wry honestly endeavored to enlig
yon—that i*, if yon are in any darkness or
doubt about it. England POTENTIAL / :-g
j LAND — ALL op ENGLAND THAT HAS ANY khv
TO ACT IN THE MATTER, WANTS ONLY a DL . .
EXCUsB TO INTERFERE, SECURC THE IN lit ,
DENCE OF THE Sue Til, OPEST-THE LLOCKADL
BEING THE WAR TO A SUDDEN TERMINATION
j the V rth submits to her interpretations of
uonal law. that i ail for the p-tserit; it -
North resists, England goes for a ratifi
of h in. iaries. such as will give greater si
to her North American provinces. She, ■
- F.sii d with the .Northeastern boundary,
u ansa good harbor on the Atlantic,
land would suit Very well. She is not sr.".
wi'.b the proximity of Fort Montgoni"
no ise's Point to Montreal. She is sotr
ever gave up tile Columbia liver. She u
t.ee tiade. More Inan ail, she wa.n's i
Even among the mod zealous ab iliti
have :rei here, Ido nut find any great -
thy with .Northern efforts to preserve lb
ion. They fiave h< ard that Union denc
f ryars, by their own, and by American t.
oiitiun orators, as a compact to uphold S n
fhey see no sense in fighting fur a C nt
which they have always understood to
"covenant \x ith hell." If vou will th r
Constitution overboard, with all its •
, men's and cuu.promises in b half of S
and fight on the John Brown platform
destrucl ion of SI ivery, pure and simple,
will be no lack ot abolition sympathy.
this will not h ip you with the Give,
or governing classes. The Abolition sen.
of England snd France ha never hinder.'-,
purchase of one pound of slave cotton, o
or sugar and tobacco. They may preaci,
thousand pulpits, and publish though a ;
dred Presses, that Slavery is theit, but
, have never applied to themselves the m.-• •
iCnt "t!ie receiver is as bad as llie thief."
j (tie abolition sentiment in England will
i guaranUe one penny a pound preference',
i cotton. It is therefore of no practical v
arid not to be taken into account in the
; male of political probabilities.
The Treatment of Dipflitria.
We notice that this insidious disease i"
j coming quite prevalent in same par's o!
country. It is a malady that if not arrest' .
i' veiy outset, is almost certain to prove
: As soon as the first symptoms appear, a p.
sician should be instantly summoned. M
; ;i ne, until the doctor arrives, temporary
; lief can be afforded by gargling the throat ev
i ten minutes with a slron* Jtc-.-chon of cornn .
tn'l an I water. Make it as strong as the ;
t i-i=t can endure it without strangling, say 4
,' teaspoonful of salt to two tablespoonsfu! of .-
I ter. In manv instances this simple r p nid
I has been know n to entirely check the disease
j without fh.e aid of any fur.tier prescripts in.—
j Chronicle.
Till: SLWES OF PREJUDICE.
DEATH RoRRED OF HIS PREY.
There ar- queer people 10 the v pent '
wiih th ' most a'surd, unreasonable, and it; -
fensible prejudices. F<r example, we I ■ e
, nut wit'i individuals who ba i ,1 no, dd an
a'hv to anything that was extensively a i *-
. tived, mi n ait. r wk ;t mi'-h' b" its actual c'a rns
j to i t|- CO tl I lite ol ih J public. I'us OCinfV
! looked if• esp-ci.il ilmvor on advertised o.
I ■\ t mid not i ■ •xi j. le,
, Dr. HOLLOiVAY'S - g nt stystem ofa -
j v< ' ! c iv-n as it !.>••<, att tr- in •ditims
j>f publicity .vhich the wor'd all: v i>, anyti. g
[ hut a gigantic scheiri' of mere spallation.
; i'ru", they c t f n ' the testinv >y
i |>v .ring in spontanvoiisly tron; ti-e 1 I •! sour
ces, in lav. rol his incur payable Pit' and Omt
me: but slili tliev shook their heads and mut
tered ''humbug." Of course there is no possi
bility of arguing with men who won't reason.
!'he b' st way is to let them alone. Fortunate
ly such specimens of slnpiiHty are "few and tar
between" in this enlightened era. The gene
ra! feeling is that if a thing is in itself excel
lent, its > 1 rtu s should be proclaimed to the four
winds of iieaven tor the general benefit of man
kind. id- nee the proclamations made by Dr.
HOLI.OWAT through the entire newspaper press
"I the world, ot thp properties and opeiation of
I ins remedies, meets with the cordial apptovalof
i thinking men. The value of the preparations
I as specifics for the various internal and es'ernal
| complaints peculiar to different climate®, or
j common to the world at large, is conceded not
j only by the masses, but by governments, men of
i science, and candid observers in every walk of
life. Can such remedies be too widely known*
Impossible!— Cin. Dollar Columbian.
gats: FAEtMItUS.
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struc.tions, I will guarantee it to work
as anv other spring'ooth rake ever inx
and this will <:o.-t only from s.' to sls,
ing as you manage in getting it made. I w
j send by mail a certificate of right for v - r
; with full instructions foi $2. Address { i t
i stamp,)
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PenfoH's Store, Somerset C'f>.
retVrenceg can be given it
required.