BEDFORD GAZETTE. B. P. MEYERS, EDITOR. f RIDAY, i i ? tits APRIL 4, 1862. Our County Expenses. Every community has its croakers, and Bed ford county has its full share of tlmt dissatisfied and disagreeable class of individuals. Former ly, headed by a few aspirants for oifiee, there ■was a secret clique of sore-heails in this county, who, time after time, made organized efforts to < •defeat one or another of the Democratic candi- I dates for county offices, by making false repre sentations concerning the conduct of affairs by Democratic officials, or those who were their subordinates. Tho clique of grumblers found, however, after several trials that their game would not work and gave it up in despair. For some two years we have not hoard much of the old cuckoo note that was wont to salute our cars so regularly every recurring campaign. The people saw and appreciated the excellent man agement of our county affairs, and treated the electioneering scheme of the croakers with con tempt. And, now, Bedford county is regarded .elsewhere as a model for economy in the admin istration of local affairs. ' She is quoted and lauded by her neighbors as better in this respect than themselves. Witness the following from a late issue of the Somerset Democrat: It will be seen that in the years 1857 and , ISSB, the average salary of Commissioners was ! about;l|>loß 00 each, and the expenses of aud-! iting about $46 00.—Last year each Commis- j sioner received $231 00, (we take Mr. Kimmel's | satary as the average, it being marked in full,) ; and the Auditors' expenses were $125 00—an i increase in the salary of each Commissioner of ; $123 00, and of SBO 00 in the auditing ex- ! •penses. The salary of Commissioners for IB6o' was about the same as last year, so that the lie- \ 'Kef Board duties could not have caused the great 1 disparity between 'GI and 'SB. | Now, compare the expenses of this county last year with those of Bedford county for the same time.—Bedford has about the same popu lation and valuation and it is therefore fair to presume that the business in the Commissioners'! office would be about the same. Take the ] same items. Mr. Kimmel's salary was $231 Off, that, of the three Commissioners of Bedford county $225 00. In other words, Mr. Kim mel's salary was sir dollars more than the Bedford Commissioners' —a fact not easily accounted for. Again, our auditing expenses were $125 00. the Bedford only S7O 00. These facts may account for the eight mills MfgpyWaff *3'fifVgf. Aflt?h"fiighVtfi>m in Bedford ? What has caused the great in crease in the salaries? Has the business of the county increased so much lately ?—These things need investigation and explanation. All sorts of theories have been advanced on the street corners to account for big salaries. It is asser ted that one of the Commissioners lately con ceived the grand theory of charging a day for corning to town and a day for going home, and that the theory lias lieen practically carried out, and was so much improved upon that one of them was allowed time whilst at homo thresh ing his grain. . A Groan From An Office-holder. The OnrjANs op that Democjj \cy which still reek with the disgraces of the Buchanan admin istration, such as the York Gazette, the Bead font Gazettee, Lancaster Intelligencer, and their kin dred eotemporarics, are howling and rejoicing in the most vulgar terms over the election in this city and York borough.— [Harrisburg Telegraph. The "Beadford Gazettee," as the orthograph ical monster of the Tcll-lic-graph, has it, did re joice over the late Democratic victories in Ilar risburg and York, but not in "vulgar terms" or in any thing like a "howl." That style of wri ting smocks a little too much of the favorite vein of the hired Hessians and paid parasites of the present delectable Administration to suit our taste. As for our Buchananism, we can say in defence of the Ex-President what the llarris burg Postmaster cannot say of bis master at Washington, viz: _ll hen James Bttc/uinaii disco vered the rascals in his Cabinet, he drove them out and sent them into retirement and disgrace. Abra ham Linooln, when compelled by the force of public opinion, to part with a corrupt Cabinet officer, Leaps honors upon his head and rewards .the unfaithful Secretary with a foreign mission, for his infidelity. Shrewd men, were they con nected with Cameron as is the Ilnrrisburg Post master, would say very little about "recking with disgrace;" but Bcrpncr, like the ostrich when it hides its head in the sand, imagines lie does not expose himself at all, whilst ho is real ly attracting attention to the very ugliest part of his.ugly existenre. lie might well be labeled, fts the chef de cuisine did the turtle which was to be served for dinner: "W here ignorance is bliss, 'tis-folly to be wise." Democratic Victory in Carlisle. The Democrats of Carlisle elected their whole ticket at the. late election for Borough officers. The majority tor the Democratic candidate for Burgess, was 66. This is the .first time for 20 years, says the Carlisle Volunteer, that a Demo cratic Burgess has been elected in that borough. We rejoice in this additional evideuee of the re turning. vigor of the Democracy. We hope, however, that the Harrisburg Telegraph will not take our jubilation over this victory, so much to heart that its Postmaster editor will not be able to make out his Quarterly Report, and attend to his customary misrepresentation and abuse of .the Democratic party. Bemarkable Surgical Operation. An Ovarian Tumor was removed from tho per son of Miss Catharine Glenn, of Morrison's Cove, in this county, on the 2 1 7 th of Starch last, by Dit. W. L. ATI.KE, of Philadelphia, assisted by the following medical gentlemen, viz :• Drs. Luden, of Huntingdon, St. Clair, of Indiana, Bloom, of Marlinsburg, Sidney Smith, of Pat tohsville, and S. H. Smith, of Woodbcrry. The Tumor was of 10 months standing, and weighed 35 pounds. .The lady is doing very well. • Democratio Triumph in Washington. The Democrats of Washington, Pa., elected their ticket for borough officers, at the late eiec- j tion, by from 60 to 85 majority. The Wash j ington Kirmincr says that tho county also went Democratio. The Harrisburg Telegraph will ol>- serve that we are still rejoicing. Shippensburg Democratic. At the late election for borough officers in the town of Shippensburg, the Democrats elected a large majority of their candidates. Shippens burg lias heretofore been a stronghold of Repub licanism. George Bcrgner, of the Harrisburg | Telegraph, and other Lincoln office-holders, will please take notice. Still They Come! The tide of victory still rolls on. TheTJnion town Genius of Liberty says: "The elections, on Friday last, were carried in nearly every town ship by tho Democrats by increased majorities." Alas! Poor Bergner, of the Harrisburg Tele graph J tW Wendell Phillips, the Abolition lecturer, was mobbed at Cincinnati, a few days ago. lie j was rescued by his friends. Rev. Samuel Aaron, I another Abolition preacher, was "egged" at Bur lington, N. J. He, too, was rescued by his friends. It seems that these bold and outspo ken disunionists have "friends" enough to take ! eare of them wherever they go. And yet you i can't get any of these, friends to acknowledge I that they arc Abolitionists. Oh! no! they arc ! only "Republicans." As for the mobbing, we I consider it all wrong. Even a murderer should not he executed by a mob. The. law provides : the same penalty for Abolition disunionists as I for Secession disunionists. If Abraham I.in { coin will not treat both classes with equal sever ! ity, we say let the'peoplc indict those whom the ! President allows to go scot-free, and thus jus j tiee will not fail to have its course. j . gsrWe publish, to-day, a communication from the Rev. S. Kkplf.k, of the M. E. Church, in defence of bis course during the late session of the E. Baltimore Conference. Whilst we have no desire, but, on the contrary, a great aversion, | to have any thing to do with the unfortunate j differences that are every where springing up in j Church organizations, owing to the growing in ! tolerance of political opinion, we give place to i .Vtr ntiUnlA as nr\ ft. i ....1 - * 1 1 . orend gentleman who is the author. It is a very ' i able production, and, to our mind, a full and ' complete vindication of Rev. Kepler's fidelity as , j- a citizen ifnd his sincerity as a christian patriot. i?Si" The result of tlie Spring elections in tins count} - , doesn't please the eiTitor of the Inquirer at all- Tie thinks that "in some countries the walls of a prison would he thought not badly employed in keeping such patriots within bounds," as those who were cruel enough to defeat the. "Republicans" for township officers. say you, citizens of St. Clair, Snake Spring, and other districts in which the "Republicans" were defeated, notwithstanding their former majori ties® Are you ready to go to jail for committing the great crime of defeating the "Republicans?" (Si- There "is no confirmation of the rumor given in our Inst to tlie effect thatCapt. llrisbin, of Woodbeny, was killed in the battle near Winchester. Capt. Gnllaher, of Blair Co., we regret, to learn, is among the unfortunate brave who fell on that bloody field. Lieut. Thomas Reem, who recruited a considerable number of men in Union and St. Clair townships, in this county, is also among the killed. Gen. Shields, we arc happyto state, has not died of his wound, but is recovering rapidly from its effects. er Judge Nil A has refused the application made by certain parties for a writ of Quo ll'ar vanto against the Bedford Rail Road Company. The Judge, we arc informed, takes the ground that as corporations are created by State author ity, they can be dissolved only .by the same au thority, and, therefore, dismisses the application for want of jurisdiction. In our opinion, we had better go to work and make our railroad without any more quo warrantos about it. 3R HON. F. M. KIMMEM, late President Judge of this district, has removed to Charnbcrshurg, at. which place, wc learn, he will hereafter lie associated in the practice of the law with Wm. MeLcllan, Esq. The return of Judge Kimmell to the practice of the legal profession will prove an important era in the history of the bar of the district. 43T Wo had intended giving a list of the town ship officers elected in this county for the ensu ing year, but have been compelled to omit it tins week, on account of a press of other matter. BS* DB. J. E. MCGIRK, for a number of years a resident of this county, removed, on Tuesday last, to Latrobc, Westmoreland county. The Dr. is a man of learning and ability and will make his nuirk wherever he goes. Us"There is nothing of importance from the seat of war except what is contained in our news columns. ®3TWC arc under obligations to Mr. Francis Grove, of South Wood berry, for the addition of several new names to our Pattonsville list. . For the Bedford Gazette. The Vote at the E. Baltimore Conference. MR. EDITOR: During a ministry of more than thirty j years, i am induced for the iirst time, to invoke ; the aid of a public journal for the purposes of | explanation and defence. Nor should I ■ tres pass upon your kindness, Mr. Editor, even now, ! nor thrust myself before the public in this way, < but for the fact, that the voto I felt in conscience compelled to cast at the recent session of my Conference in Baltimore, has created some sen sation in the public mind, which many valued friends think will be entirely removed by a brief analysis, both of fact and argument, With . | regard to the grounds upon which that vote | was given. Even at this early period, crrone-1 ous impressions have been so completely dissi- j pa ted by some, private letters to some of mv J friends during my absence at. the scat of Con- j fercnee, stating the reasons for my course in the ! Conference, and which have already been cir-! Culatcd in community, that f am almost led to conclude that any further agency on my part, 1 cither public or private, is at ibis time no longer ; a necessity. Lest, however, any lingering doubt! should remain iu any quarter, with men of can- | did and ingenuous minds, I submit the follow- j ing brief course of remark.— Ever since my connexion with the sanctity of j the Ministerial Office, I have been jealous of ! the doctrine of the Union of Church and Slate; | always looking upon such a doctrine as utterly subversive of the constitution of the Church of i Jesus Christ, and as tending only to anarchy and confusion, to pride and vain-glory, to des potism, irreligion and high handed misrule and oppression in their most odious ancl ruinous forms. I presume, Mr. Editor, that none who may read this article, will deny that such arc the legitimate results of the doctrine referred to, who have either any acquaintance with, or any faith in the plain testimony of history.— With these unalterable convictions, which I dare not sacrifice, 110 matter how plausible so- i ever the reasons may be for so doing, even though they approach me under the very grab of patriotism itself (a word, by the way, which enkindles my heart even into glowing raptures, us a citizen of the State) 1 was most uncxpcc | tedly called upon, the very first day of the j Conference, to act with my dear brethren, upon a State document, political as I firmly believe in its ] bearing -, and entirely fantign to Conference business. j —Under such views and sentiments, What was Ito do ?—Could I repudiate, at once, all the • antecedents of my ministerial life, and endorse j j the paper as part and parcel of the legitimate | | business of a court of .Jesus Christl No. Mr. ; j Editor, I could not. thus betray, what 1 believed j | (at least for myself, without judging my dear ! i brethren who both thought and acted otherwise) ■ Vas my own stern trust and duty, both in my conscience, and in the sight of my Great Mas ter, who had Siiid to me many years before— '•My Kingdom is not of this world, else would my servants light." Accordingly,when my name was eoljed by the Secretary, 1 made a brief statement of my views concerning tho paper so j unfortunately introduced, in my judgment, into Conference, and, looking upon it as a political j movement exclusively, gave the following, as !my reasons for a negative vote :• That the pa per was in itself', Unnecessary, 1/.appropriate, 1 Inexpedient , and lastly, would, if passed by the j Conference, tend to the most mischievous results. ! In thus voting .Vo, I fell that it might possibly j "-"A*" • * 1 rial and relative bearing very dear to myself, but j I felt, best of all to my bleeding heart, that I j was acting under the approving smile of the I Great Head of the Church, and thus "confess j ing Him before men," with some little fidelity j at least, as an "unworthy servant."—lf, in ail j tliis, I have erred, and I claim no exemption from the maxim, "Firareet nescire hui'nanum est," I have only to say, that after the most earn est and patient examination of the question mooted, it ic an error, of the head and not of the heart.—But is it really necessary, Mr. Ed -1 itor, that I should .say anything on the subject ' of love to the country which gave me birth, \ and wiped as a tender mother has nursed mo I in infancy, watched over me. along tho dangerous 1 paths of inexperienced youth, educated me in' j one of her literary Institutions, and ultimately, in the wonder-working Providence of God, ele vated me, though unworthy, to a name and a place in the Church of Christ, in connexion with the high functions and responsibilities of the office of the Christian Ministry ! If my testimony, then, be asked for by men of honest hearts, 1 frankly and cheerfully and cordially give it.—With a loftier, because a more hallowed and sanctified sentiment than that which promp f) ted the ancient to mean every thing in the doe ' la rat ion, "I am a Unman." do I respond from j the very depths of my heart, I ain an "Ameri can citizen." I say every thing in this. —l moan, ■ that I am true, even as steel, if you say so, to '•Constitution, the Union and the laws." I mean, that I am no Abolitionist, and that I am no Secessionist-, and I mean, also, that lam no ad vocate for the introduction of politics into the ('hurrh of our lsrrd Jesus C/irist. In a word, I mean with all my heart and mind and soal and strength, that I am for "the defence and main tenance of the supremacy of the Constitution and tJic preservation of the Union, with all the dignity equality and rights of the several States unintpairetl, without overthrowing or interfering with the rights ur established Institutions of any of the States." Yes, J am for the American Union forever ;—and I am happy in the belief, that my vote in Balti more, was in keeping with all these great posi tions to the judgment of multitudes of men of the brightest intellects and arid the most refined sense, both in church, and State. May I refer in this connexion, to tho views'of a distinguish ed Cabinet functionary of the present Adminis tration ? During the session of the General Assembly of the Pres. C'h., hist May, in Phila delphia, Rev. Dr. Wines of St. Louis, thus tel egraphed to Judge Bates.—"Hon. Edward Pates, Washington City : —Have you said that in your opinion, and that of other members of the Cab inet, the best tiling our Assembly can do to sns tain the Government, is to preserve the unity of the Presbyterian Church, by abstaining from any discussion on our present troubles"'." To this, Judge Bates answers thus : — "Yes; for myself decidedly; and I belierc for other members of the Cabinet." This answer requires no comment, but I desire it may be looked at in its bearings upon the paper introduced into tho Conference of my own Church. I will further quote, in this con nexion, from the great Richard Watson of En gland, whostands prominently in all the Church es, among "the immortal names that must not die." In his sirmon on "the coming of God's Kingdom," 2 Vol., page 432, he uses these | words. "Seme persons have supposed that the Kingdom of Christ would destroy all proceed ing empires by violent opposition, by tbe shouts of warriors, and by garments roiled in blood. I 'lioro than iloubt this. I know that Christ has Kingdom of providence, •as well as ot' "trace, and that "the operations of this King dom are in many instances regulated in refcr crcnoo to his mediatorial government. As ho is Lord' of heaven and earth, ho 110 doubt often visits t|ie nations, —remoVoth and sottetii up kings, but when for these purposes he employs human agency, it it: not the agency of hi*people. The axe by iphich he heWeth the forest of the f eld has not even its handle fitrnished by the trees of righteousness the planting of J/r Cord. The di rect operations of the Kingdom of grace for which wo pray belong to a rule whichis not of thisworld; nor- do the servants of Christ fight for it. An ar my of real christians fighting for Christ's cause, lias never yet been seen. On such a spectacle the eye of the world has never fallen; on such a spectacle it never will full? Tho Christian ; Church possesses no such apparatus of means. Such worldly plans wove sft t.tr from the view | 01 i'aul, that even when the imago, t lie Roman power, was yet standing upon its legs of iron, he exhorted not to hostile conflict, but to sub mission. WARS AND REVOLUTIONS UELONG TO ; ANOTHER DISPENSATION, TO A VERY DIFFERENT 1 ADMINISTRATION OL' AI.MIdIITV GOD, THAN THAT SOF THE' KINGDOM FOR WHOSE COMING IVE ARE i TAUGHT TO L'RAV. Willi these, AS CHRISTIANS, jWE HAVE NOTHING TO DO. Let the dead bury ; their dead."— In addition to all this, I shall barely remark without comment, that the genius and spirit of our holy Religion confine christian ministers and christian churches to those questions exclu sively, which belong to the Kingdom of Jesus Christ; while they leave to the State, the man agement of all those questions which are politi cal in their nature and which belong to the Kingdoms and governments of this world a lone.—"Then," (to quote from, a most excel lent article in your paper of the 21st ult, Mr. Editor, headed" Church and State, and which cannot he rend too often) "let Church affairs and State matters be kept apart, and let ministers attend to their spiritual culling, whilst politicians and legislators attend to the things which "are of the earth, earthy." Having thus frankly referred to the war res olutions passed by the East Baltimore Conference at its recent- session in Baltimore, and stated the TREE GROUNDS of my vote respecting, them while claiming a patri .tism as lofty and glowing as that which burns in any American heart, I ought perhaps to remark before closing, that among the members of Conference voting in the major ity, nearly one hundred, it has been supposed, did actually vote I*NDICR PROTEST; some object ing to the introduction of such a question ifito an ecclesiastical body at all, others to some of the strongest resolutions passed and others to the muteness of phraseology inyvliich the paper was '■ couched. And I may further add, that for iny j own course of action, I did receive from some I gentlemen among the strongest advocates of tho present war policy, warm and cordial congrntu , lotions, for my opposition to any church action |on such a question, simply 011 the ground, that it was altogether foreign to the work of men, whose one and only business was to preach "Jesus Christ and Him crucified." I hope such may be the views of nil who may glance at this communication, which, in MV CAPACITY AS A CITIZEN, claiming the right to explain when mis understood, I how, in all kind feeling, commit to a generous public, who, I feel assured will sympathize with me under the trying circum stances in which I was placed. If however, ' fnk 1 xr> ■ - £ 41-I wl.do flltljci'l I IHYV C unfortunately failed to convince any of the pro priety of my course, whose favorable opinion i highly value, and would he most happy to main tain, I have once more to repeat that the error committed was one of the head and not of the heart; and now, at the parting word, I have to say, without mental reservation, that, if hereaf ter any better light should visit my mind, I vvili most cheerfully abandon my present views, and follow the guidance of tho superior beam. SAMUEL KEPI,EK. McOlellan Moeting. The meeting of the friends of Gen. McClel lim re-assembled, pursuant to adjournment, in I lie' Court Room, on Saturday evening last, DR. F. C. REAMER, Chairman, - John A. Mow !ry and Sam'l Vondersmith, Vice Presidents, and A. J. Sansom and Thomas Jamison, Sec retaries. On motion of Hon. W. P. Schell, Mr. J. R. Jordan was appointed an additional vice presi dent.. The report of the Committee appointed at the first meeting to draft resolutions, was then submitted by the chairman, 11. F. Meyers. The resolutions reported are as follows.: Resolved, That the military plans of Major General McClellan, as unfolded by the recent victories over the rebels in 'Tennessee, North Corolinn and Arkansas, should command the hearty approval of every citizen who desires that the present war shall be brief in duration and humane in spirit, as Well as successful in its issue. llcsctved , That the evacuation of Manassas proves that the strategy of Gen. McClellan has won a greater victory for the Federal cause than could have been achiev ed if an earlier advance had been made upon that late stronghold of the rebels and after hard fighting its capture had resulted. Itesolved, That, therefore, we have entire con fidence in the ability of Gen. McClellan, if not interfered with in his plans, to conduct the win to a successful close, and that we will stand by him and defend him against the assaults of the. fanatics who would bailie bis efforts, so long as he lead - on our armies for the vindication of the Constitution and restoration of the Union. Resolved , That we recognize in the military policy ot Gen. MeCleilan, a strict compliance with the wishes of the people as expressed by their representatives in Congress, to wit: 'That this war should not be waged in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation or of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of any of the states; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several states unimpaired; and that, as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease. Resolved, That wo deprecato the agitation of the subject of the emancipation of slaves, as calculated not only to dispirit and alarm the Union men of the .South, but to demoralize the army and embarrass its operations as well as to impede legislation necessary for the support aud maintenance of the Government. Resolved, That the gallant men who have left their homes ami families to peri! their lives for the -restoration of otir once happy and bless ed Union, should be held in the most patriotic j regard by all who love their country and hope for its future unity and prosperity. J The report of the Commit too was unani-l I inously adopted. | Maj. S. 11. Tate offered tho following alii-; j tional resolution: I lb-solved, That the people of Pennsylvania] and partioulaiiy of Bedford county, are under 1 many obligations to Hon. Edgar Cowan for 1 the distinguished and patriotic stand lie has ta ken to uphold and sustain this, Union. It. D. Barclay, Esq., raised the point of or-j ' dor that as this Was a McCtdhui meeting anil 1 nothing else, tho resolution was out of order. The Chair decided that Mr. , Barclay's point | was well taken and ruled the resolution out oi l order. j ( Able ami eloquent addresses iron then duiiv- j civil by Hon. W. P. Sshell, R. D. Barclay, Esq., and G. 11. Spang, Esq., Mr. D. Over offered a resolution endorsing the Administration of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. S dirll moved to amend it by ten lori ng.the tluuiks of tho meeting to Mr. Lincoln for his j repudiation of the Abolitionists headed by Choe- 1 ver, Becehcr, and Greeley. .dir. M oyevs rose to a point of order, "(he I ■ resolution and amendment were just an much, ■ out ol order as tho resolution offered by Maj. 1 , Tate, which was ruled out by the Chair at tire instance of Mr. Barclay. The chair decided the resolution and amend ment out of order. 011 motion, the proceedings were ordered to ' be published in the borough newspapers. , I-'. C. REAMER, President. * ; I A. JfSansom, I ... .„ Thus. Jamison, j : , The War News. The intelligence from the southwest is inter - esting. Tho Confederate,army under Gert.Van j Dorn is reported to have retreated across the II Boston mountains to Van Buivunnd Fort Smith, > j about fifty miles south of tlie .Missouri line and 1J near? the borders of Kansas, where reinforce ' j meats and supplies were reaching them. The! ! army was only thirty-live hundred strong, and it is believed iii.it it will be six weeks before live ■ thousand fresh troops eau join it. The Texas ( troops arc said to be much disheartened by the j i death of Gen. Ben. McCulloch. Albert Pike's 1 Indians have returned to their homes. Tke'Fed ' eral forces under Gen. Curtis had retired to a : j point in Missouri to secure a good • supply of ; 1 water and forage. Their pickets, extend to the •I Arkansas line, and theConlederale outpostsare , ; stationed 011 the summit of the Boston uioun- I tains. But little Union sentiment has been nian -11 ifested in Arkansas ; A guerilla band of two hundred Confederates • | attacked a regiment of Missouri militia at War ; 1 ronsburg on Wednesday last, and wore repulsed, ! but again attacked the place 011 tho following : j day. the result of which is not known. V/.ir s, rensburg is about ninety miles west of Jefferson -1 city. 1 j On the same day a body of. Confederates at . - tacked four companies of militia at Hammors -1 villo, .but were defeated with a loss of fifteen I ; killed and many wounded. The Federals had II none killed, but a number were wounded. j- The battle at Island No. 10, was vigorously I I renewed on Friday. The Confederates, opened - j from a.new battery mounting very heavy guns. II They are pushing forward various works of de -1 j fence, and are daily getting more guns in posi - j tion. It is reported that four ironclad gunboats , | had appeared below, but it is not believed that - I Uiey vim force a passage. - j An arrival from Port Royal brings important I j intelligence from the Florida coast. Fensacola, -j including Forts Barancas and Mcßea, have been r evacuated by the Confederates. In East Flori- II da the Union feeling is represented to be very 1 j strong. A Federal gunboat ascended the St. - I John's river one hundred and twenty miles witli- I ■ out meeting with opposition. Gen. Sherman , j has issued a proclamation assuring the people that the occupation of the State by the Federal forces is for the solo purpose of restoring tho authority of the government. A meeting of the I loyal citizens of Jacksonville was held on the -! 20th. Resolutions were adopted declining that 1 no State has a constitutional light to separate , from the United Suites, ami that the ordinance - of secession adopted by the State Convention is , void, being in conflict with the constitution, nev er having been submitted to tho people. * The latest advices from the Confederate camp . I at Corinth estimate the strength of the army - there to he seventy thousand. It instated that Gen. Buell has assumed command of the Fede- L ral army, advancing on Corinth, and at lastae -1 counts was within fifteen miles of the town. On Monday last an engagement occurred between two Federal gunboats and a Confederate battery • near Eastport, Miss., on the Tenia re-cc river. : No great damage was done to the boats, and it 1 was not known what effect tho firing had on the • fortifications. The confirmation of the report of the occu pation of Beaufort, TN\ C., by the Federal for ces lias at last been received, but no dates aro given. Fort Macon was not. blown up, as re ported, but is occupied by the Confederate for ces, who retired from the town on the advance of Gen. Unmade. They are supposed to have not more than one week's provisions. Reports from Fredericksburg state that the people there are greatly alarmed at the appre hension, of an early advance of the Federal ar my 011 the place. It is believed there that the Confederate army will full hack towards Rich mond and give battle. The Confederate Col. Morgan captured ano ther railroad train in Kentucky on Friday last, and took several Federal olliccrs prisoners. [Raltimors Sun. The Bombardment of Island No.lo. CAT 1:0, March 28. —(Special to (ho Chicago Times —An arrival from Island No. 10 yester day, .reported the effect of our fire on the Rebel batteries was very serious, and the upper bat lory was entirely silenced. Sixty-one men have been killed, and twenty or thirty were killed on the Island. , The Rebels continue to fortify. Steamers can be seen continually running up and down between the Island and main land. There have been no tidings from General Porn. Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial. IT. S. FLAG SHJP*'BENTON," March 25, 12 M., 1802, tbreeiuilcs above Island No. 10 Miss issippi River.—From army officers who visited the Benton we learn that our mortar shells have n several instances, prßvod very disastrous to 1 the enemy. One shell fir:d from a mortar moor- 1 cd low down on the Missouri Point., yesterday afternoon, wan seen to bufst directly ep one of their eampr, oa the miviir (Kentucky) store, j Limbs of the dead and wounded couUl m- ( ;,y> n . flying in the air in the air, while the enemy ear-' ricd off several of their unfortunates. During last ftightjtfiey likewisertuicvodcyiny [ of ihelf tents father buck fan® the shore • cvi dently to get out, of the r.uigc of oar uy.Xv: ;'io!h. li p jib.e. A little m >reelevation, how ever, will reach tVir aw rfhm4ev3. The enemy nightly .-.end samM or pickets to the sunken Wentivr H'/witwft*, lylfijr In th-.. no' Vr chute, on the M'raiuiH sh'ote, to'observe our'-uV' boats attempt to rnit the Hock tie. From 0 to 8 o'clock -I'. M., yesterday, fi-rhtj in the cast :tnd from ceinp . on No. ly j,, Uj '.i.c that the enemy were eomniunioutiii'•. From 12 to 1. A. M., to-.hiy, tho firing of gn-nt guns, in direction of Point t'kevunt wns dlv tinctly hstlrd. Tho mortars have, been paying their respects t i the on ny ut intervals all day—i number of the shells, apparently, doing execution. Important from the Mississippi, i Sr. Lous, March 28.—A Cairo despatch I rays that heavy tiring and rapid cannonading : i i Point Pleasant mi; hoard at the fleet, night ho- I litre inst. Point Pleasant is on the Missouri side oi the I Mississippi, about seven allies h'lowNow Mad |ri 1. It is occupied by (xen. Pope, who has i -1 rented batteries far the purpose of preventing ! the* Rebel transports and gun-boats from passir.' I to and from Inland No. 10. * Captain Muynadier and Colonel liuford, who accompanied Professor Steiner in hi* balloon re connaissance on Tuesday, discovered that the shell., from our mortars have generally fallen ; beyond the enemy's batteries. ■ The elevation of the mortars and'the charge lof powder have, both been too great. This will I lie remedied immediately, and greater execution may be expected hereafter. The Latest from Island No. 10, ' Tin: I'.o.nn.UiDjnNT kkxkwf.d C'aii.'O, March 29.—After a lull the bombard ment of Island No. 10 was renewed vigorously yesterday. The rebels appear to have received and put in position new guns of longer rang.' There is nothing important from Tennessee. An arrival from Memphis to-day reports a ti.*cl ing of general despondency there. But little Confidence is felt even in (lie ability of the largo rebel force concentrating at Corinth to stay tin. progress of the Federal arms. LATER. j Sr. Lor is, March 30.—The army correspon | dent of th* Republican, writing under Jure I Cairo, March 29, says the firing on Friday at | Island No. 10 was quite heavy. Tins rebels am i opening from a new battery mounting, it is *.;>•>- i piped, 1 US-pounders. They are cutting away I trecrand rapidly pushing forward their means ! of defense, with apparently no idea of evaeua- I ting the place at present. Tliev are daily get ; ling mere cannon in position. From Sfcvasburg. En: vstu'BO, Va., March '23. 1 The rebel Asliby, with four guns, appeared I near Strasburg yesterday, and threw several i shells into our camp, killing or wounding one of ; our men. His position was such as to prevent ! any attempts to cut liiiu off—but our guns d ove l him awn v. | Gen. Banks reconnoitercd all the position" i within several miles of the camp, returning af- I tcr dark. Jack son is suv posed to be keeping very quiet i below Ediu'ourg. j Most of the people of S trash a"g have I been Unionists throughout tho war, and r:c 30 ' still. | An agent of the Manassas railroad, who lias I been hiding in tlie.mountains for weeks to avoid j Jackson, lias returned and given valuable aid to I Gen. Banks. Many of the inhabitants have been residing J for weeks in tho mountains and caves. | All'is quiet to-day, An Abolitionist Mobbed. Iluni.ixoTOX, N. ,7., March 23. The Ilev. Samuel Aaron, a Baptist pr a h.-r i of Mount llollv, X. J., attempted to deliver liti i abolition lecture at the city hall last evening. !He commenced by denouncing th? Ad*uiai <ir..- ! tion and avowing himself opposed to the linui j ncr in Which the war was conduct 1, wlterC j upon tho crowd comnienee.l hissing and slortn i ing liim witii eggs. This produced much ex* | citcmcnt, especially among tlrr lndiC3 in the au dience. Several of them jumodoiitof the win dows. In tho meanwhile the crowd was cry ing, "Kill him, far and feather him " The Mayor of the city was present, and endeavored to slop th? confusion, but did not succeed. Fi nally Mr. Aaron withdrew, and was taken a way by his friends. No one was hurt so far as is known. RELIGIOUS, By divine permission the Rev. Mr. HofrTii'.'icr* wilhhuk! the communion of the Lord's Supper at Bloody Rrtn, on fhesecomltSsbbuth (!3th)of i April. Services to commence at 10 ok.ioek, A. M. Preparatory service on Saturday previous, at I o'clock. S.uiaEns, Attention I—Rain.'diseases, ami ex-, posure, with a hot climate, muddy water and bad diet will he unavoidable, hut. turtned with HOL LOW A\ S' PURIFYING & STRENGTHEN ING PILLS you can endure all these and still retain good health. Only 2J cents oer Box. T)RI!*CK ALBERT POTATOES, JL For saH at Hartley's Hardware S'or®. They virld equal to -'lay overs," are on excel.-, lent table potato, and not apt •> r-i'i. ALSO, CHOICE SEED BARLEY, (re from oal* for sale at Hartley's. ALSO, Choice Philadelphia Garden Sesdrt, for sate at Hart lev'* Hard ware Store. , April 4, J862. 3t. J? RESH GARDEN SEEDS at Blyrnir* and _T [March 53th 1862. r j" URPENTINK. LINSEED OIL, and OILS an.t j PAINTSIN GENERtL, tor sale at lily-mrs and Son's. [March 28th 1,362. i T) ASKRTB, BROOMS, TO IIS. CHURNS, tVIU { > LOW and WOODEN WARE of every ilesirip | tion, to bo had cheap at Blytnlre anil Soni. , | Wacci, 38lh 1882. I? RUSHES, a large assortment, at Wvmire ar.rl I) Sin's [March l#. [JADPLERY & SHOE FINDINGS, a goo! etock. j at Blyiliue aud So.l'j. March 28'h .1862. J AMI'S, LAMP CHIMNEYS, COAL OIL. .th? J t first in vreut varrety. ratd the last of vxceHeirt quality, at [t'yruhe and Son i. March 23th
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