—BEDFORD, Pa.- FRIDAT ::::: t s : : : FEB. 14. 1862. B.F.Meyers, Editor & Proprietor. GREAT VICTORY AT ROANOKE ISLAND! The Telegraph informs us that the Burn aide Expedition has taken possession of Roanoke Island, on the coast of North Carolina, taking 2500 rebel prisoners, and sinking and captur ing the whole rebel gunboat flotilla. O. Jeo ningi Wise, son of Ex. Gov. 11. A.Wise, is re ported to have been killed in the battle. The Meeting on Monday Night. The gathering at the Court House, c.n Mon day evening last, was one ot the largest politi cal meetings ever held in this place at February court. Thp speeches delivered on thpoccasion were excellent, and did not fail in producing a favorable effect upon the minds of the apprecia tive audience. MR. CESSNA'S vindication of his course in ousting Mr. Householder, was one of the strongest and most forcible efforts we have ever heard on any similar subject. There was no denunciation in the speech—not one word but a vein of the keenest, subtlest Falire perva ded it; in humbler phrasp, it was a complete "skinning" of ihose who are now making war upon Mr. Cessna. The address of Maj. CRESS WELL, was also one of much eloquence 3nd beauty. Messrs. TATE and PALMER made short speeches, but acquitted themselvps 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, aie highly propitious lor the Democra cy. The people have made up their minds dire necessity has taught them—to restore the Democratic party to power, and they will do it 89 sure as the sun will rise on the day of thp next Presidential election. A Truth well Told. HON. A. HARDING, a Uaion member of Con gress from Kentucky, in a recent able and pa triotic speech, made the following emphatic statement:— The ultra abolitionists, whether they know it or not, have been and now are giving the most successful aid to the disunionists of the South, and makine the most successful war up on the Union. The great and prevailing ar gument of the leading disunioni.t, in the South and in the border States, has been, and still is that the North, in violation of the constitution, intended, and was about to turn the struggle into a war for emancipation, and thus "plunge the whole population, white and black," into a remorseless and bloody struggle. —By this ar 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 this argument has been furnish ed and put into his mouth by the Northern abo litionists. This has been the great question of debate that loyal men have met and battled a gainst a thousand times all over Kentucky. This is the view we have always held. The handful of disunionistsper se in thp Southern States, were furnished by abolitionists of the North, with the very arguments they most needed and desired 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 now undoubted truth. But though the Democracy labored hard and long to impress it upon the pcpular intelligence of the North, though the most solemn and earnest warnings came to on from the Union men of the South, the people would not hearken, and the dreadful penally 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. Fnlon Ulctorifs. The recent triumphs of the Union arm? at Somerset, Kv., and Fort Hertiy, on the Tennes see river, throw a gleam of hope upon the hith erto gloomy prospect of the war. These suc cesses, however, must soon he 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 bpfore the 13th of April next, if we would prevent the intervention of for eign powers. At any rate, it i 9 time that our army should 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 ars the contractors still in the way? We shall tee by and by. An Acquisition. We have the pleasure of announcing to our readers that Mr. DAVID BORDER, of Schellsburg, formerly attached to the Republican organi sation, has accepted the true political faith and entered his name on the great roll of the grand Democratic amy. Mr. Border wan a member of the Committee on Resolutions at the Dem ocratic meeting on Monday nigbt. (C"Gen. STONE has bsen arrested for high treason and incarcerated in Fort Lafayette. He ■•Hi ha tried by • court martial. TAG DHMUGIMS COUNCIL!! GRAND POPULAR DEMONSTRATION I i Pursuant to previous notice, the Democrats of Bedford county assembled in Mass Meeting at the Court House, on Monday evening, the 1 Oth inst., and on motion of John S. Schell, Esq., organized by the appointment of Col. F. D. BEEGLE, of St. Clair, as President; J. W. Dickerson, Bedford bor., T. Gepharl, Bedf'd tp., P. J. Shoemaker, Colerain, J. B. Anderson, Esq. C. Valley, W. Egulf, Harrison, Fred'k. Hilde hrand, Juniata, Jos. Crisman, Liberty, W. Bun nell, Londonderry, David Evans, Monroe,' P. H. Sludebaker, Napier, D. A. T. Black, East Providence, W. Foster, West Providence, John Feaster, St. Clair, Samuel Burket, Union, John B. Fluke, Esq.,S. Woodberry, D.\ C. F. Oellig, M.Woodberrv, 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 : Reiofved, That a committee of two from each I Borough and Township, be selected to report j resolutions exprssive of the sense of the meet | ing, and to select a Delegate to the next State Convention, and to appoint thiee Senatorial I Conferees to meet Conferees from Somerset and I Huntingdon counties to select a Senatorial dele | gate to said Convention. i The following committee was then appointed: | W. P. Schell, John Palmer, W. L"ary, J. W. | Tomlinson, Philip Morgait, P. J. Shoemaker, | PerryMorgart, Samuel Boor, Thomas Growden, | James Elder, John Corley, jr., John Long, John | Lowry, David Evans, Lewis Howsare, Robert I 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, I Henry Culp, David Border, John Bridges, Da vid Walter. On motion of B. F. MEVERS, the Hon. JOHN CESSNA was called upon to address the meeting. Mr. Cessna responded in an able and eloquent effort, sustaining bis 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 of Mr. Meyers, MAJOR JACOB CRESSWELL, of Huntingdon Co., was introduced to the meeting, and made an eloquent, patriotic and instructive address, assigning Abolitionism as the cause of the war, but denouncing Secession as the worst of crimes. Able speeches were also made by Major S. H. TATE, and JOHN PALMER, Esq. The Committee on resolutions, through their chairman, Hon. W. P. SCHELL, reported the fol lowing resolutions which were unanimously a dopted, after which the meeting adjourned with three hearty cheers for the Democracy, the Constitution, and the Union: Resolved, That the people are indebted to the Democratic party for the greatness, the glory and the power of the Republic. That paity, when the storm of night closed over the ship of State, directed its course with safely. All other parties are the mere barnacles which adhere to the bottom of the noble vessel. Resolved, That if the wise teachings of the Democratic party had prevailed, the twin cau ses of the present rebellion, Abolitionism and Secession ism, would have been strangled long ago. Resolved, Thai we are in favor of giving the Government a warm and cordial support in its efforts to crush out treason and rebellion, and 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 machinationsofthe North ern Abolitionists to force the President into the position of making war, "for the abolition of slavery," rather than for "the preservation of j the Union and their traitorous and unholy j efforts to bring about the removal of General' McClellan from the chief command of the ar-! my, are (rauglit with great danger to the coun try, and should receive the condemnation of every patriot. Resolved, That however much we may differ in opinion as to (he right of the President to suspend the writ ol Habeas Corpus, we must admit that the imprisonment of such traitors as Beecher, Lovejoy, Greely, and others of that character, could be extenuated on the ground of imperative public necessity. Resolved, That we always have been, and j are now, unalterably opposed to any fusion or affiliation of the Democratic party with anv other organization. That we denounce the dec laration that Democrats cannot support the Gov ernment in carrying on the existing war, as a vile aspersion on our party. We deem it un necessary to renounce our Democratic ftith, 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 and Abolition parties unequal to the great emer gency. The war must be closed, and the conn 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 Parly," and by that name should he hereafter known in the his tory of their collapsed organization. Resolved, That these venerable, dilapidated, lame, halt and blind horses, which were pur chased for Government service, but died of old age before entering on such service, are entitled to the commiseration of all honest men for their unfortunate association with a band of thieves. Resolved, That we congratulate the freemen of Bedford county, on their successful effort •<> strangle Jordan's gerrymander, by which the Somerset mill-stone was attached to the neck ol the Bedford county Democracy. Hereafter old Bedford will hold herself erect constitutionally among her sister counties of the State. Resolved , That the course of the Hon. JOHN CESSNA, as our Representative in '.he Lower House of the State Legislature, has our emphat ic endorsement, and we especially commpnd 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 to the next State Con vention : and that John Palmer, VVm. Foster, and William Keyser, be appointed conferees to meet simitar 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 benealh 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, sth insl., at his residence in South Wood berry township, alter the brief illness of four days. Mr. Miller was a man esteemed and bploved by all who knew him and especially goby his near neighbors and intimate acquain tance. He 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 simple and unobtrusive piety, and for its con sistent adherence to that sacred humanitarian annunciation, "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men," and was looked upon as a leading man in its councils. Peace be with him! Letter from a Soldier CAMP 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 sky, 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 soil 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 lor the feet. Thinking that, per haps, your numerous readers would like to bear from the Bedford county boys, through the col umns of your excellent paper, I thought I would occupy a lew leisure moments in wiiting some news, which if you see proper to give a place 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 I cases, the boys are all well ; those that are sick, ! are not very seriously so, mostly bad colds. They are all "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 j this side of the line that separates us from the | "Land of Dixie." But every thing must have j its lime, and it takes a great deal of time to e quip aod prepare a regiment of cavalry for ac tive service, and I think IJncle Sam must be very flush of "Spondulicks," or else the contin ual heavy drafts made upon his purse would have emptied it long before this time; be that 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 to-moirow to hand over some, of the "needful ;" but it seems that we will be. disappointed again, as the report is contradicted (his evening. The mon are wrv anxious for Iheir 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 nine hundred, all told, j The Colonel is an excellent drill otficer, and I a whole-souled gentleman, and is very kind to j his men. The Quarter Master's department is I in the hands of John A. Ellison, who is also [ a fine man. The citizens ol Philadelphia have presented him with an excellent sabre and sash, the scabbard being handsomely decorated. The ! dfficeis commanding the regiment are all well drilled and fine men. Our company is cotn ! manded by Capt. G. Middleton, VV. VV. Ander son being first Lieutenant. The Captain is a good drill officer. He belonged to the First Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, which was in the three months service. II I mistake not, the Colonel was also in the three months ser vice. as aiJ-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 best. Our captain is very much beloved by all the men. There is an Irishman in the company who says it is an offence punishable with death, to stop a cannon ball when dis charged from '.he mouth of a cannon. Our camp is situitted between the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers, on a neck of land called Point Breeze, which runs to a point where the 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 tains and hills, we have an almost level coun try, sufficiently rolling, however, to relieve the eye. We have what are called Sibley tents, with a stove in them, which keep us very com fortable llirouglklhe inclemencies of the weath er. To-day we have fine sleighing, and the lads and lasses of Philadelphia, are having a fine lime of sleighing past our camp at a 2.40 pace ; while we, poor soldiers, can do nothing but look on and admire. But pever 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 for the rest of mankind. The way the girls will have to suffer when we get home, will be a cau tion to old maids, as we have no chance lor a "squeeze" down here, and we will have to make up for lost time. We all 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 felt thanks and three rousing cheers into the bargain. We are determined to prove true to Ihem and our country, and if they (the stock ings) keep our feet ns warm as our hearts are towards the fair donors, thera will be no danger of our toes freezing. It is not known when we will go down South. We are anxiotft to be in actual service, and I think there will he more satisfaction among the soldiers, when that time 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 both and Iho very best that Uncle Sam can afford. But I must close. More hereafter, if this is accep table. Yours truly, BLOODY RUN. | REPORTED CAPTURE OF SAVANNAR. —There j is a telegraphic report, as we go to press, to j the effect that Savannah, Ga., has been taken j by the Federal troops; also, that Fort DoneUon j has been captured. This looks like work, if i true. MCCLELLAN seetns, after all, to have •! known what he was about. PETERSONS' COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTE DETEC TOR. —This admirable publication is the best of i its kind published in this country. The quo tations are reliable and the descriptions ol spurious and bogus notes are arranged in such a manner that they can be easily understood. 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All letters must be addressed 10 T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, 306 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. ) Bly Telegraph [From the Agents ot the Associated Pre3s.] ! Highly Important Wat" News. SURRENDER OF FORT HENRY- Gen. Tilghman and Staff Taken Prisoners Yesterday about noon a brief '.elegtapic dis- i patch was received that Fort Henry, on the i Tennessee river, bad, alter an engagement of over an hour, surrendered to the Federal expe- j dilion which recently railed from Cairo. Last j night we received, through the Associated j Press, the subjoined dispatches, giving some j highly interesting details. It will he seen that ! General Lloyd Tilghman, formerly of this city, j who had the command ol the tort, is a ptisoner | of war, wit> his staff" and 60 men: Particulars of the fight—Two Rebel Generals j and Tnree other Officers, with 100 Privates, Made Prisoners—The Memphis and Ohio Railroad Bridge taken Possession of. CAIRO, Feb. 7th.— Fort Henry, on the Ten nessee river, surrendered yesterday at two o'clock, alter a determined resistance. I'lie fight lasted one hour and twenty minutes, and was conducted on our pait by the gunboats 1 Cincinnati, Essex and St. Louis. The Cmcin- ! nati fired 125 rounds, arid received 3iflshots ! from the .rebel guns, hut had only one man kill- ' ed. The St. Louis fired 110 rounds and receiv- J ed no damage. The Essex was disabled at the tenth round by j a ball striking her boiler. By this occurrence I she had 32 men killed, being scalded to death j with the hot water and escaping steam. Capt. Porter was badly scalded, but not dan gerously so. Two rebel generals, one colonel and two captains, and ]OO privates were taken priso ners. The fort mounted seventeen guns Our land forces did not reach the scene ol action for two hours alter the surrender. The Memphis and Ohio railroad bridge, fif teen miles above the fort, has been taken pos session of by onr troops. Interesting Particulars of the fight The Sur render of the Fort. CINCINNATI, Feb, 7. —The Gazette and Com mercial Cairo correspondents give the follow ing interesting account of the bombardment and capture ol Fort H-nry. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock 33 minutes p. m , the gunboats Cincinnati, St. Louis, Carondelet and Essex, the Tyler, Conestoga and Lexing ton bringing up the rear, advanced boldy a gainsl the rebel works, going to the right of Painter Creek Island, immediatly above which, on the east side of the river, stand the fortifi cations. Keeping out of range 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. Every ear was strained to catch the flag of ficer's signal gun for the commencement of the action. Our line of battle was on the left, the St. Louis next the Carondelet, next the Cincinnati, (lor the time being; the (lag-stiip, and having on board flag oilicer Fogle,) 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, and immediately the three nccompaying boats followed the example, and the pnemy, no ways backward, gave an admir able response. The fight raged furiously for half an hour, hut we steadly advanced toward the enemy, receiving the leturning storms of shot and shell, when, getting within 300 yards ol the enemy's works, we came to a stand, and poured into them right and left. In the meantime the Essex had heen disa bled and drifted away from the scene of action, leaving (he Cincinnati, Caroncielet and St. Lou is alone engaged! At precisely forty minutes past one 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 was made to Com. Foote by Gen. Tilghnian, ho defended his fort in the most determined manner—we found that the rebel infantry encamped outside o! the fort, nurrbering four or five thousand men, hail cut and run, leaving only ail artillery comparer in command of the fort. They mounted seventeen gun, mostly 32 and 31-pounders—one being a magnificent 10-inch Columbiad. Our shot? dismounted two gun*, driving th enemy through the embrasures. • One of llnir rifled 32 pounders hurt. dining the engag.- ninnt, and wounded the gunn-iv. The rebels raptured claim to hive hai but eleven eff ctive guns, vvorUd by hi run: the number, all told, < I the pi is nun taken. I'h-y | lost five killed and ten bally wounded. The infantrv left everything helnnd them in their (light, and a vast deal ol their plunder has ! lallen into our hands, including a large and I valuable quantity ol ordinance siores. I Gen. Tilglmian appeared disheartened, He thinks the capture of the tort is one o! the "most damaging blows of the war. In surren | deling to Com. Foote he lennrked, 1 1 arn g'a I I to surrender to so gallant an officer." I Com. Foote replied, "You do perfectly right, ' sir, in surrendering, but you should have blown j my boats out of water before I should have sur • rendered to you." In the engagement the Cincinna'i wa in the lead, and flying the flag officer's pennant, | which was the chief mark. Flag officer Foote j and Capt. Stemble crowded Iter defiantly into ! the teeth ot the enemy's guns. She got thirty j one shots, some going completely through her. I The Essex was badly crippled when about I IIJII throng the tight, aid crowding st-adily n gainst the enemy, a Call went into her port side j through a forward port, then throng the heavy j bulkhead, and going squarely through one of jhr boilers, the escaping steam scalding and ; killing several of her crew. | Capt. .Porler and his aid, S. P. Brillon, Jr., I and Paymaster Lewis, w *re standing m the di j reel line of the ball's passage—Brillon being in ! th" centre of th" srronp, the shot struck hint on ! the lop ol his head, scattering his brains in ev ery direction. Tit" escaping at earn went into j the pilot house and tnskan'ly killed Foril and 1 Ihide, the pilots. Many of tit- soldi'is, at the I rush of steam, jumped overboai'd an I were drowned. The Cincinnati had only one mm killed and six wounded. The Es-'ex had six seamen killed, two officers and seventeen nr.en wounded an I five missing. There were no casualties on the St. Louis or j Corendelst, though the shot and shell upon I them like rain. ; The St. Louis was commended by Captain i Leonard Paulding, who stood upon the gon j boat and fought his guns to the last. Not man flinched,and with cheer upon cheer sent i shut and shell among (lie enemy, j Official Account of Hit Surrender of Fort Henry—Gen. Tilghman and Staff and Six I ly Other Prisoners Taken Twenty Cannon ! rind Seventeen Mortars Captured. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— The Navy Deput , ment, at two P. M. to-day, received the lollotv i ing important dispatch: i U. S. Flag Steamer Cincinnati, I 0(1 Fort Henry, > Tennessee Hirer, Feb. fi, 1862 ) To Hon. Gideon Wells, of the Navy. I The gunboats under my command Essex, Cnm j tr.ander Porfer: C'aronrielet, Com'r VValter; Cin (cinnati, Commander Steuebel; St. Louis, Lt. Cotnd'g Paulding; Cnnestoga, Lt. Commander Phelps; Taylor, Lt. Commanding Gvvinn, and Lexington, Lf. Comd'g Shirk—after a severe and rapid fire of one hour and a quarter, have captnrrd Foit Henry, and have taken Gen. Loyd Tilghman and staff and CO men as pris oners. The surrender to the gunboats was uncondi j tional, as we kept an open fire upon them until their flag was struck. In ha IT an hour after the | surrender I handed the fort and prisoners over to General Grant, commanding the army, on his | arrival at the fort in force. The Essex had a shot in her boilers, and after fighting most effectually lor two-thirds of the action, was obliged to drop down the river, as 1 hear that several of her crew were scalded to death, including the two pilots. She, with th/ other gunboats, officers arid men, fought with the greatest gallanlrv. The Cincinnati received thirty-one shots, and had one man killed and eight wounded, two se- • rionslv. The fort, with twenty guns and seventeen j mortars, was defended by Gen. Tilghman with I the most determined gallantry. I will write as soon as possible. I have s>nt Lieut. Commanding Phillips anil three gunboats after the rehel gunboats. A. H. FOOTE, Flag officer. The Star of this evening says: "The rebels had a sustaining force of some fifteen thousand (as believed here this morning) hovering around Fort H f, nry to sustain tt.— That this force has either been routed bv Gen. Grant, (who was co-operating with Commodore Foole's gunboats,) or fi d b fore Grant's army, leaving the fort to its fate, is plain from the fact that Grant stood ready an I able to receive the f >rt an ! prisoners from the Commodore half an hour after the latter had taken them." IFF*PROTESTS AGAINST THE ABOLITIONISTS DESECRATING THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.— We are glad to see that Professor Henry "pro tests" against the perversion of the Smithsonian Institute to the purpose of Abolition lecturing. Smithson left his nr agnilicent legacy to found an institution "for the increase ol knowledge a mong men," and not to open a hall for the brawling politicians to harangue in. Those howling dervishes, Greeley and Cheevei and Garrison are odious enough any wheie. but the last place they should presume to desecrate is an institution intended for the prosecution of those studies and reseaiches which benefit man kind. [CP" 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 vened at the State Capitol, contains a large ma jority of Democrats—in fact, nearly three fourth? of the body are members of that party. The Republicans are very much wortied at Ibis, and are fearing (poor souls ) lest the Conven tion should by its action secessionize the State. Rut a lucky idea occurs to them in the midst of their gloom and despondency, which is, that the government should arrest by a lettrc de cnc/iet the Democratic members of the Convention and confine them in Fort Warren. This ridiculous proposition we find in a Utter to the New York ; Times from Chicago. Such a proceeding would : be a slight stretch of power, the letter admits,' bnt then just to think of the unparallelled auda-! city of the Democrats in out-voting the Repub Means [CPTt is reported that the division under! command of General Thomas has commenced . a forward movement, into Eastern Tennessee, I from three different points, Kuslnml Ih-itrmiurd on litlmrnu#,, [Correspomtenra of the .New y o; |, Ti mes j Lo.W-,J,n. 20.-11 ~ possible thai Vllll , "*P'Cted, wlirn M -ssrs. AJ.H-M, „ ~V'.p hav- r„ikoue,| with nit youi | los i I ( John Hull has spoil lour millions ol pounds— I t went v mi'lions of dolla's —lo rescue MAS-,,, ; ; and Slid-11. and you may d-qwnu upim p vv , ar ) absolute cerlai.nly, that lie will jp so . nt , w get the worth ol his money. ' I | I lo* war prepraaal ion* are in no degree re j lax 01, much l"ss suspended. The sierl | | atKl j j Warrior has gone to Am-iica, via Lisbon, and ; : <> Englishman ikmlits that shy can s'tea,,, ; straight up HIP Narrows, past your seven li.rip ; a 'i'l through their concentrated (ire, take her i j position in the North River, opposite Hobnken | and hold New York at her mercy. The Gov j i eminent Arsenal al Woolwich is sending 0 (T ; one million of trinie-carlridges a day. (Vten ; and material are going forward to America, jus! as it the "rebel CnmmisMon/rs" or '•prel | ; lunchd Ambassndnrs," had not been surrender , ed, and just as il the Government had no doubt | that (he war would go on just as it would have ; done had Mr. Lincoln hesitated lo reverse the j.j decisions ol Northern jurists. I ; Do you wish to know the reason why? [ have very honestly endeavored to enlighten 1 von— that is, if you are in any darkness or any ' | d.nibt about it. ENGLAND—POTENTIAL ENG~- 1 LAND—ALL OF ENGLAND THAT HAS ANY POWER j TO ACT IN TUG MATTER, WANTS ONI.V A DECENT j BXCU.sC TO INTERFERE, SECURE THE INDEPEN DENCE OF THE SOUTH, orcN THE BLOCKADE, AND BRING THE WAR TO A SUDDEN TERMINATION. Jf ; !lie North submits to her interpretations of Na tional la*', that is all lor the p->sent; if the North resists, England goes for a ratification of boundaries, such as will give greater security |to tier North American provinces. She is not ■ satisfied with the Northeastern boundary. She ; watt's a good harbor on the Atlantic. Port . laud would suit very well. She is not satisfied I Yvi.'hlhe proximity of Fort -Montgomery at j Rouse's Point to Montreal. She is sotrv she ever gave i.p the Columbia river. She wants I tree trade. More than all, she wan's cotton. Even among the mod zealous abolitionists I i have met here, I do not find any great sympa thy with Northern efforts to preserve the IJn- I ion. They have heard that Union denounced t,r j'' ars, by tli'i-ir own, and by American Ab ' olilion orators, as a compact to uphold Slavery. They see no sense in fighting f,r a C institution which they have always understood lo be a j "covenant with hell." If you will throw the I Constitution overboard, with all its engage j menu and compromises in It-half of Slavery, j and figlilon the John Brown platform for the destruction of SI ivery, pure and simple, there : will'be no lack ot abolition sympathy. But 1 this will not h"|j) you with the Givernment jor governing classes. The Abolition sentiment of England and France has never hindered the j purchase of one pound of slave cotton, or rice. !or sugar and tobacco. They may preach in a I thousand pulpits, and publish through a lilin j dred Presses, that Slavery is theft, but they I have never applied to themselves the maxim I that "the receiver is as bad as the thief." All I the abolitioo sentiment in England will not j guarantee one p*nnv a pound preference to tree I cntlon. It is therefore of no practical value, j ami not to b' taken into account in the esti- I male of political probabilities. - The Treatment of Dipt'ieria- We notice that this insidious disease is be coming quite prevalent in some pails o( the country. It-is a malady that it not arrested at i's very outset, is almost crlain to prove fatal. As soon as the fu st symptoms appear, a phy sician should bo instantly summoned. Mean time, until the doctor arrives, temporary re lief can he afforded by garglyig the throat every ten minutes with a strom* decoction of common suit and water. Make it as strong as the pa ! t'ienl can endure it without strangling, sav a | leasponnful ofsalt to two tablespoonsful of wa- I ter. In many instances this simple remedy ! has been known to entirely check the disease, j without the aid of any further prescription.— Chronicle. THE SLAVES OF PREJUDICE DEATH ROBBED OF HIS FRLY. There are queer people in the wotlj, people with the most al surd, unreasonable, and inde fensible prejudices. For example, we have met with individuals who ha I a morbid antip athy to anything that was extensively adver tised, no natter what might be its actual claims to the confidence ot the public. These eccentrics looked with especial disavor on advertised med icines. Thy conhl not see, (or example, in Dr. HOLLO W AY'S magnificent system of ad vertising, covering, as it does, all th mediums of publicity which the world affrrds, anything hut a gigatitic scheme of mere speculation. Till'*, they c uild not gainsav the testimony pouring in spontaneously from the high est sour ces, in favor ol his incomparable Pill t and Oint ment, but still they shonk their heads an I mut tered "humbug." Ot course then- is no possi bility of arguing with men who won't reason. The best way is to let them alnne. Fortunate ly such specimens of stupidity are "few and tar between" in this enlightened era. The gene ral feeling is thai if a tiling is in itself excel lent, its virtu s should he proclaimed lo the four \v inds ol heaven lor the general benefit ol man kind. Hence the proclamations made by Dr. HOLLOWS R through the entire newspaper press ill the world, ol the propertiesand opeialion of his remedies, meets with the cordial approval of thinking men. The value of the preparation* as specifics for the various internal and external complaints peculiar to different climates, or common to the world at larger Is conceded not only by the masses, but hy governments, men of science, and candid observers in every walk of life. Can such remedies be too widely known 1 Impossible! Cin. Dollar Columbian. EIO! FARMERS, LOOK TO YOU II INTERESTS- Buy an individual i ight tor a Horse Rake. Anv farmer that can make a common harrow can make one. If made according to my in structions, I will guarantee it to work as well as any oilier spring tooth rake ever invented, and this will cost only from S"' to $U>, accorri ing as you manage in getting it made. I will send hy mail a certificate of right for one rake with full instructions for $2. Address (with, stamp,) C. F. WALKER, Benfonl'a Stow, Somerset Co. Satisfactory references ran be given it required.