BEDFORD GAZETTE.
B. F. EDITOR.
KRIDAY, MT. : V : .11 INE 20, 1863
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7 DELEGATE ELECTIONS.
The Democratic voters of the several election
districts of Bcdttyd county, and others who in
tend to act with them in good faith hereafter,
are hereby requested to meet on ,
SATURDAY, 21 ST OF JUNK, NEXT,
at the hour and place to he appointed by their
respective A'igilance Committees (who arc here
by requested to give written notice of such time
and place of meeting) for the purpose of elect
ing two persons as delegates-to tho Democratic
County Convention which is to assemble at the
Court House in Bedford, on TUESDAY, 24th
JUNE, NEXT, at 2 o'clock, I'. M., to put in
"nomination a County ticket to he voted for at
the ensuing election, .appoint conferees to meet
conferees from the remaining counties of this
Congressional District to nominate a candidate
for Congress, and attend to such other matters
as may he proper to be transacted for the bene
fit of the party. It is also particularly request
ed that active and earnest Democrats be elected
Vigilance Committees for the ensuing year and
that their names be carefully reported to the
President of the Convention.
By order of the Dem. Co. Com.,
JOIIN S. SCIIELL, Chairman.
Democratic State Convention.
In accordance with a resolution of the Demo
cratic State Executive Committee, TUP. DEMO
CRACY OF PENNSYLVANIA will meet in STATE
CONVENTION, at HARRISBURG, on FRI
DAY, the 4th day of July, 1862, at 10 o'clock,
A. M., to nominate candidates for A EDITOR
GENERAL and SURVEYOR GENERAL, and to n
dopt such measures as may be deemed necessa
ry for tho welfare of the Democratic party and
the country.
WILLIAM IT. WELSH,
Chairman of the Democratic State Ex. Com.
The Coming State Convention.
The Democracy of the State, are called
to assemble in convention, at Hsrrisburg,
on the coming fourth of July. The con
vention will nominate candidates for the of
fices of Auditor General and Surveyor Gen
eral, and will, doubtless, give expression to
its views upon the momentous questions
raised by the inauguration and prosecution
of the present unhappy war. We have no
doubt that a platform of principles will bo
erected by that body, on which all true, con
servative, constitutional union men can safe
ly stand. It will be the duty of the con
vention, as the representatives of a people
whoso dearest rights are desperately imper
iled, to make a free and bold declaration of
the political doctrines which have heretofore
ensured, in their results, alike, the protection
of the citizen and the stability of the gov
ernment. It behooves Democrats, in this
darkest hour of the trial of republican in
stitutions, to proclaim anew the principles of
the fathers and thus to take a firm and de
fiant posit Km in favor of the rights of the
citizen and in opposition to the centralization
nf power at 4hc Federal Capital. That fal
lacious and dangerous doctrine which holds
tiiat officials and presidential satraps are
the rulers and masters of the people, instead
of their agents and servants,- and that the
will of those appointed to execute the law,
is superior to, and more authoritative than,
the Law itself, has already well nigh wrought
its work of ruin. It is for the Democratic
convention, fresh from the ranks of the peo
ple, to_,rebuke and make war upon this mon
strous idea. It is for the Democracy to de
stroy this political dragon ere it becomes the
idol of a deluded and besotted majority.
Long enough has it flapped its hidaous wings
in the sunlight of liberty. Let it be scourged
hack to the dark caverns of the past, where
history lias marked its tomb and whence it
came to haunt us amid the gloom and dark
ness of civil war and impending anarchy.
Having fearlessly proclaimed the rights
of the citizen, it will be for the convention
to re-affirm the well-tried doctrines of the
party in regard to federal and free state in
tervention with the civil institutions of the
slave states. The issue made by Mr. Liu
cobi and his abolition co-adjutors, should} be.
squarely met. The people should be assu
rcdjthat when they vote for Democratic can
didates, they do not vote money out of their
pockets to purchase the society of a million
or more of superannuated, spavined, rheu
matic negroes. And to cover the whole
ground of this slavery question, the conven
tion can do no better than to adopt for its
motto, "The Union as it was, the Constitu
tion as it is."
As for the war, we would have the cau
ses which produced it clearly set forth. W?
would hold up to the gaze of the people the
malignant ddvilislincss of that agitation
which lashed the Northern mind into fury
and finally gave the few original diaunionistif
in the South the coveted touchwood where
with "to fire the Southern heart." We
would trace the histSry of shoddy spccula-
tions, Curtinian short-comings, Cameraman
plunderings, Fremontish extravagance, Lin-
responsibility lor frauds, and aboli
t ion Sieving generally. And when 1 lie long,
nlmor.t interminable record of the dark and
disgraceful deeds of the present Adminis
tration shall have been gone over, its enor
mities exposed and' denounced and their au
thors held up to merited execrat ion and scorn,
we would appeal to the people to come to
the rescue, to rise in then- might against the
corruption, fraud and tyranny which rule
the day and to hurl from power the political
knaves and statesmen charlatans who have
already steered the ship of state too long
toward the Scylla of Northern Ncgroisjn.
C;rUnsophisticatcd people and those who
arc fond of being "led by the nose," are
, horrified at the idea of any body suspecting
Mr. Lincoln of being an abolitionist. These
amiable creatures will hardly refuse to credit
their sense of sight when they rend the fol
lowing remark made by Owen Lovejoy, an
avowed and admitted abolitionist from Mr.
Lincoln's own state, in a speech recently
made by him at the Cooper Institute, New-
York city:
"I no more doubt his (Lincoln's) anti-sla
very integrity, his ultimate anti-slavery ac
tion, than I do my own."
new Democratic paper is about being
started in Philadelphia, by Thomas It. Flor
ence & Co., to bo entitled "Tho Constitutional
Union." It is to bo issued weekly, at the rate
of $2.00 per annum for a single copy, 2 copies
for $8.50, 8 copies for $7.50, 10 copies for 12.
50, 20 copic3 for $20.00. We doubt
that the new paper will be edited with ability
and that it will be of much benefit to the party.
C3~'l'he boys of the Bedford Classical Insti
tute will hold an exhibition at the Court House,
on the evening of the 4th of July. Admittance
15 cents, school boys and girls 10 cents.
For the Bedford Gazette.
It is conceded by all that perilous times are
upon us. The inquiry naturally arises, whence
come they? A slight pause, a little reflection
would point to the corruptness of our public
men. Have we not seen corruption rapidly in
creasing? Every annual election has exhibited
more and more of excessive party spirit, office
seeking, trickery of every kind resorted to, to
secure the success of unworthy individuals.—
Even bribery, through the use and influence of
spirituous liquors, has be n resorted to.
Another question presents itself, lias not the
time arrived when the people should set them
selves firmly against the spirit of political dem
! agogue-ism, by having the office seek the man,
instead of the infamous practice of using any
arid every dishonorable means to secure the suc
cess of persons unlit for the stations they seek?
Viewing matters in this light, and firmly believ- j
ing that the first principles of our Government
ranct ln ro.octnt.i;c,oa i,„ j
of our beloved country, permit me to suggest
the name of Hon. JOSEPH B. Nonr.E, of Bed
ford county, as a gentleman in every way capa
citated for the oftico of Stale Senator, sincerely
hoping that he may be induced to make some
personal sacrifice, and act as one of the pioneers'
in bringing about the revolution necessary to
purify the political atmosphere. His consenting
to serve the public in that capacity, will be most
cheerfully responded to at the laillot box by ma
ny of the citizens of this Senatorial district.
SOMERSET.
For the Bedford Gazette.
Ovarian Operation.
Mjt EDITOR :
As the renders of your paper will
remember observing the announcement, some
time ago, of the removal of an Ovarian Tumor,
performed by Dr. W. L. At lee, of Philadelphia,
on the person of Miss Catherine 1). Glenn, of
Oberton, near Woodberry, this County, I have
thought it expedient as a spectator of' this dif
ficult surgical operation, to make known the
anxiously looked for result. Although she had
been greatly reduced in bodily strength, and
her recovery for a time given up, her friends,
expecting soon to see the monster Death, ap
proach her languid frame; yet, since the angel
of her deliverance from that mortifying, tempo
ral affliction (as she termed him) has visited her,
the restoration of permanent health, alleviation
from all pain, and a return to her former vi
vacity of nature, have been Iter experience.
On Thursday, the Ist day of May, 5 weeks
from the time the operation was performed, sho
visited one of her neighbors and partook of a
hearty repast, during which time her attending
physician, Dr. Smith, of Woodberry, paid her
a visit, and remarked that she was doing well,
and hoped that she might continue to do so,
which has been the ease to the present time.
On Saturday and Sunday following, sho atten
ded Divine service, at St. John's Lutheran
Church, and now attends regularly and faith
fully to the duties of a Sabbath School Teach
er.
The patient, and her parents and relations
offer their sincere and grateful thanks rto the
physicians, (especially Dr. Smith, of Wpod
berry,) who were present during the operation,
and so kindly offered their assistance. She is
also truly thankful to the neighbors and ac
quaintance who so willingly administered to her
during her afllielflki.
Yours Respectfully,
J. GLENN.
For the Bedford Gazette.
Huntingdon County.
I At a meeting of the Democratic County
Committee, held at the Jackson House, in the
| borough of Huntingdon, on Wednesday, 4th
inst., DAY ID CALDWELL was elected Del
egate to represent this county in the Democrat
ic State Convention to assemble at Harrisbnrg,
on Friday, the 4th day of July, next. On mo
tion it was
H Resolved, That the election of a delegate to
represent this Senatorial district in the State
Convention is hereby conceded to Somerset
county.
JI 'Resolved, That a county convention shall be
held in this borough on VVednesday, the 13th
day of August next, for the purpose of nom
inating a Democratic C'otintv ticket.
JOHN It. HUNTER, Ch'n.
DAVID P. Gwis, Sec'y.
HOME NEWS, ETC .
MINERAL FOUNTAIN. —H. C. Reamer has
just opened a mineral fountain at his Drug
Store on Juliana street. If our friends desire
a healthful, cooling, delicious drink, Reamer's is
the place to obtain it.
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CANNONADING. —Persons from different
parts counly, inform us that they beard
, heavy caWonading in a#outherly direction on
Saturday last. There was, doubtless, a battle
in tluj Shenandoah valley, but we have no news
in regard to it.
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BEDFORD SPRlNGS. —Visitors to the
springs are beginning to c.omc in. The prospect
for a lively season is very good. \Ve under
stand that Col. Anderson has made ample
preparations for the cntcrtuiiimciit of all who
may come.
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ST. LAWRENCE HOTEL, PHILADELPHIA.
—One of the best hotels in the United States,
is the St. I .awrence, 011 Chestnut St., between
10th and 11th, kept by our friend W. S. Camp
bell. Esq. We can recommend it from person
al experience.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. —The atten
tion of farmers and land-jobbers is directed to
the advertisement of Mrs. Margaret ltiffie, in
this issue, offering for sale the farm upon which
she resides. Persons wishing to invest in real
estate, will do well to attend this sale.
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LETTER FROM MCCLELLAVS ARMV.—
We publish in another column, a letter from Mr.
John B. Helm, of the 101 st Regiment, Casey's
division, in which our readers will find a graph
ic description of the severe and bloody battle of
Fair Oaks. John was in tho thickest of the
fight and behaved like nvcteran throughout that
dreadful ami trying day.
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SOME STRAWBERRIES. —We were prc
| sentcd, a few days ago, by Mr. A. 11. Cramer,
j of this place, with a dish of very fine straw
berries raised by that gentleman. In fact, we
believe they were the largest we ever saw and
• very luscious into the bargain. A number of
them measured each 1 h inches in circumference.
Beat this who can.
NUMEROUS —the Republican patriots who
are willing to serve their country in the State
Senate. This county boasts of at least four
candidates for the empty hotior of a Republi
can nomination for that position. Among them
is our friend, G. W. I louseholder, who may get
the conferees from this jaunty as a kind of
balm for the wounds inflicted upon him last
year by the leading Republicans of thisborough.
RETURNED. —Our jolly friend, O. E.
Shannon, Esq., and his estimable lady, return-1
od on Saturday evening last, from a pleasure '
trip to INiagara F alls an<t the Eastern cities.
We missed the rotund countenance of the late, 1
"disloyal" candidate for school director, very
much, during his absence, and hope ho will
not soon again inflict upon us such protracted
desertion.
IKON CITY COLLEGE, PITTSBURG, PA.— J
This Institution enables young men at the least
expense and shortest time to gain a solid busi
ness education for reliable accountants, in all
classes of business. That its superior merits
are appreciated by a discerning public, is shown
by its being the largest and most popular Com
mercial School in the United States. We re
commend it to the young men of dfir county.
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COUNTY CONVENTION. —The Democrat
ic County Convention will meet at the Court
House, on Tuesday next. We hope, that har
mony and good feeling will characterize tho sit
tings offthat body, that good men and sound
democrats will bo nominated as candidates and
that the whole action of .the Convention
will he sncli as will ensure a sound drubbing to
the abolitionized republican disunionists whoarc
now, unfortunately, in possession oft he reins; of
government.
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DROWNED. —On Friday last a lit'le son
of Mr. David Border, Jr., of Sehellsburg, this
county, was drowned, while bathing in Mile
Hill Creek, a little stream which flows near
that place. Ho was accompanied, at tlie time, by
another lad, who, upon seeing bis little comrade
sink, ran homo immediately for .assistance, which
however, arrived too late. The unfortunate
child was a bright and promising boy, nnd it is
truly painful to record the sad circumstances of
his death.
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SLANDEROUS. —That peculiarly dignified
nnd singularly cool specimen of the genus edi
tor, Simon Syntax, Esq., who presides over our
School Department, we observe, informs his
readers that "this office" has not "piece frac
tions" enough to "sot up" certain solutions to
problems which he desires to publish. This is
a positve slander, as we have enough of that
"very small breed of type," as our imp has it,
to set up the abutments of the Pons Asi norum,
if that could be reddled to any sort of fraction
al arithmetic. Our fractions arc not vulgar,
either. So, bring on your solutions, Mr. Syn
tax. ' 4
A CASE OF YELLOW FEVER. —There
was a funeral at New Orleans, a few weeks
ago. A long line of mourners and a large con
course of peoplo followed tho coffin to the grave.
Gen. Butler hearing of the melancholy event
repaired to the scene and inquired the cause of
the dentil of the person about to lie buried.
The answer did not satisfy the general and he
ordered the coffin to be opened, which was ac
cordingly done, and lo! instead of the grisly
features of the dead, there appeared tho bright
and shining facos of a largo number of gold
coins! This was the first case of yellow fever
since Picayune Butler took possession of the
Crescent City. *
OFFICIOUS. —We are informed that some
kind friends ami admirers of ours, living not a
hundred miles from this place, make it a point
to send weekly a copy of our journal to the War
Department at Washington. Wo thank thorn
most cordially for the interest they manifest in
our welfare, and, though their kindness is some
what officious, wo assure them that we appre
ciate it fully. We have 110 doubt that Mr.
Stanton is also very grateful to those gentlemen
for furnishing him with a little streak of truth
amid tho "blackness of darkness" which the
falsehoods of modern journalism fling over his
official pathway. -Of course our Christian
friends do not desire our paper to be suppress
ed, or ourselves incarcerated in a dungeon or
hungup by the heels by one of those pious mobs
which they are wont to invoke. That would
hardly Win accordance with their religious
professions. They only want a little light shed
upon the dark recesses of the 'War Office.
Their purpose is commendable. T'fs I'espionage !
ARMY HOBBESPONDENCE.
DISMAL SWAMP, Va., )
10 miles from Richmond, June 7. J
DEAR MOTHER:
I suppose you are anxious to know how
I came off in the last big bnttle 6 miles from
Richmond, called Seven Pines. 1 have just been
down to the Dismal Swamp and washed my
shirt nnd stockings, and concluded I would write
to let you all know the result.
Gen. Casey's division was in the advance,
and, of course, I was there, as our regiment
compose part of the second brigade of his divi
sion. We were all lying about our tents, dry
ing our clothing, having been out on Friday,
30th ult., in a skirmish, when we had to under
go a drenching rain from 12 o'clock until 7, be
fore we got back to camp. After we got there
it was not much better, for it rained on us all
night. They took us by surprise. We did not
think it any more than a picket skirmish, at
first, until they began to shell our camp, and
wc were run out in line. Two or three, men in
our regiment fell wounded before wc got prop
erly in line. The enemy was advancing into
our camp. The old 101 st marched down in
front of them, where a good many of our I jovs
bit the dust. But I think we paid them hack
with a large per ecntage. Our whole division
did not amount to over six thousand men, so
many being sick in it,-They pressed us with
about 50 to GO thousand strong. As fast as we
would cut them down they would close up their
ranks on us. Our regiment was in the front.
They had us almost cut off at one time. They
flanked us on the right. They poured in on our
front and flank. Our regiment staid until it
was ordered back. They would never have got
us out of our camp, if our rc-inforcements had
come up in time. But six thousnnd could not
hold in cheek 50 or GO thousand men, coming
into them like roaring devils. They played the
mirnn „lrt rlnilgp nn us, hv coming up to US with I
a flag of truce, and pouring death into our ranks
for a little while. Our officers in command
would not let us fire. But we fired any how,
for their flag with the. cross-bones on it, was
within 25 yards of us. It was life or death any
way that you could coino at it. For if we would
not fight, they would shoot us, and if they took
us prisoners it was death any how. Our com
pany went into the fight with 25 men, commis
sioned officers and all, and came out with nine
wounded, one mortally, and the balance pretty
bad. There arc some that will never be fit for
duty. Among tho men from Bedford county
wounded in the company was: Augustus Light
ningstar, in the hip, with a shell, pretty had;
Beerkamp in the thigh, serious; William Hoff
man, in the side and arm, serious; Brown, arm,
slightly; William Knipple, on the lower rib of
the left side, slightly. Wc have not yet ascer
tained whether we left any on the field or not.
Gn the next morning, (Sunday) we were march
ed up again, but we did not get to fire at them.
Our regiment of 850 men, now numbers about
210, as far as heard from. On Monday follow
ing I visited the battle field. You could see
dead men and horses lying in stacks It was
sickening to walk over it. The rebels buried
sonic of their dead, and put Sx and eight in a
hole together. The rebel loss, in killed, wounded
and taken prisoners, amounts to about 20,000,
and ours to about 10,000, in killed, wounded
and missing. Well, two days of the fight of the
battle of Richmond, arc over. I think every
inch of the ground now remaining unsoiled, be
tween the two contending armies, will be hotly
contested, before we get to Richmond. Our old
flag that was present'ed to us at Ilarrisburg, has
the honor of receiving 30 bullet holes through
it. It is very hard to shoot a hole through a
silk flag. Wo lost every thing wo had in our
camp, and came off the field with nothing but
what we had 011 our backs at that time. lam
writing while my shirt and stockings are drying.
The sun comes down 011 the bare skin pretty
hot. In this country you have 011 c real hot day
for two rainy ones. As sure as there is a skir
mish or a baH|p then you can look out for rain.
On last .Tuesday, (the 3d of June) wc were sent
to the extreme left wing of the army. We are
now 10 miles from Richmond ; when wc were
on picket at our old camp wc were only 5 miles.
This place is called the Dismal Swamp. It is a
very large, swampy piece of land. You can
see it, I suppose, 011 the map of Virginia.
Lieut's. Mullin and Conley wore in command
of our company sit the fight. They are good
officers, and stood the smell of power and lead
first rate. They kept cool all the time. Lieut.
Conley was the only commissioned officer in
command of our company at the battle of Wil
liamsburg, Lieut. Mullin being sick at the time,
and not able to get along on account of the big
marches. Yours respectfully,
J. B. HELM.
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Scrofula, Erysipelas, Salt-rheum, Kings- Evil,
Barber's Itch, Ulcer, Sore leg, Ringworm, and
all skin diseases would be deemed incredible,
were it not substantiated by"a cloud of living
witnesses." Such beneficent results cannot
fail to challenge our admiration for the genius
which displays such science in the extirpation
of disease and in the triumph of health! Sold
by all Druggists, at 25ets., G'2cts., and ijj>l per
box or pot. 163
Important from the Shenandoah.
ANOTHER BATTLE!
Defeat of the Federal Advance Under General
Shields /
PARTICULARS OF THE BATTLE ON SUN
DAY.
DESPERATE FIGHTING!
Important from the Shenandoah.
WASHINGTON, June 11.—Advices received at
the War Department state that Jackson's army
attacked Gen. Shields' advance 011 Monday
morning, near Port Republic. The conflict is
said to have been maintained for four hours by
about 2,000 of our men against the main body
of Jackson's army.
The enemy's force became so overwhelming
in number that our advance was compelled to
fall back, which it did in good order until it met
tho main body of Gen. Shields' command, near
Conrad's Store. As soon as this was effected
the enemy in turn retired. The lighting is said
to have been very severe and the loss heavy on
both sides. No particulars have reached the
Department.
A private letter states that General Shields
had previously succeeded in destroying a large
quantity of supplies belonging to the rebels,
found at Milford and at Conrad's Store.
The damage by the recent rains, including
the carrying away of bridges over the south
branch of the Shenandoah river, materially in
terfered with the commissariat arrangements and
the movements of troops.
DETAILS OF TNE BATTLE AT POET REPUBLIC.
LCRAY, V A., via Washington, June 10.—Col.
Carroll, commanding the Fourth brigade, con
sisting of the Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania, Elev
enth Pennsylvania, Seventh Indiana and first
Virginia regiments, altogether about 1600 strong,
reached Port Republic on Sunday. Ile imme
diately rcconnoitered and found the enemy in
the town, and a skirmish ejisued.
Col. Carroll concluded to hold the bridge, and
ordered it not to be burned, putting guns in po
sition commanding it. The night was passed
quietly, but at six o'clock 011 Monday morning
lie was opened upon by some twenty heavy guns
which the enemy had put in position during the
night.
Our forces then tried to reach the bridge re
peatedly, to destroy it, but were met by storms
of bullets, nnd had to retire. A large cavalry
force then crossed and attacked our troops,
while their infantry followed, our men opposing
them at every step, often driving them back with
heavy loss. Our numbers, however, even after
Gen. Tyler's Third brigade arrived, were much
inferior to the enemy, his force being at least
five to one, and our position became unten
able.
Colonel Carroll, discovering the force of the
enemy to be so overwhelming, ordered his com
mand to fall back, our men fighting every foot
of the way. After falling back some three or
four miles, a body of cavalry were sent to at
tack us, but were received in such a manner as
to compel them to retire, when the engagement
ended, having lasted about five hours.
Our loss in killed and wounded is not known,
but it is large, as is also that of the enemy.—
We lost a considerable nnmber of prisoners.
Col. Carroll's horse fell during the fight, in
juring him badly. C'apt. Reilly, of Gen. Shields'
staff, was badly injured in the head. He re
ceived praise from all for his gallant bearing du
ring tho fight.
Col Buckley, of the Twenty-ninth Ohio, was
badly wounded. Ilis men charged throe times
to get possession of him, but be was carried off
by the enemy.
Gen. Ash by, of the cavalry notoriety, was
positively killed during the fight at the bridge
over Middle river, as we learn from prisoners
taken. This was one of the most hotly con
tested fights of the whole war, as indicated by
the loss compared with the numbers engaged.
The men on both sides fought like demons.—
C'apt. ICeogh charged with a body of cavalry
nnd bold the bridge for a considerable time un
der a considerable storm of grape.
LATER FROMjGEN. FREMONT.
Further Particulars of the Late Battle.
Heavy Loss Sustained by the Enemy—
The Federal Loss 125 Killed and
500 Wounded.
HEADQUARTERS MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT, J
Port Republic, June ft—noon, I
(via Martinsburg, .Tunc 12.) J
lion. E. M. STANTON, SEE. of War:
There was no collision with the enemy after
dark last night.
This morning we renewed the march against
him, entering the woods in battle order. His
cavalry nppcared on our flanks. Gen. Blenker
had the left. General Mi troy the right, and
General Schenek the centre, with a reserve of
General Stahl's brigade and General Bayard's.
The enemy was found to lie in full retreat 011
Port Republic and our advance found his rear
guard barely across the river, and the bridge in
flames. Our advanoe came on so suddenly that
some of his officers remaining on this side es
caped with the loss of their horses.
A cannonading during the forenoon apprized
us of an engagement, nnd I am informed here
11 wit Gen. Jackson nttackod Gen. Shields this
morning, and after a severe engagement drove
hi pi down the river, and is now in pursuit. I
have sent an officer with a detachment of cav
alry to open communication with Gen. Shields.
This morning detachments were occupied in
searching the ground covered by yesterday's ac
tion at Cross Keys for our remaining dead nnd
wounded. Inm not yet fully informed, but
think 12.) will cover our loss in killed, and 500
that- of our wounded. The. enemy's loss we
cannot clearly ascertain. He was engaged dur
ing flic night in carrying off his dead and woun
ded in wagons.-
This morning upon our march upwards of
200 of his dead wore counted in one field, the
greater part badly mutilated by cannon shot-
Many of his dead were also scattered through
the woods, and many had lieen already buried.
A number of prisonors had been taken dur
ing the pursuit.
I regret to have lost many good officers. Gen.
Rtahl's brigade was in tho hottest part of the
field (which was tho left wing) from the begin
ning erf the fight. The brigade lost in officers
5 killed and 17 wounded, and one of his regi
ments alono (the Eighth New York) has buried
f>s men.
11)0 Garibaldi Guard, next after, suffered
most severely, and following this regiment the
*orty-I;if h W York, the Bucktail Ifcfo* of
General Bayard's and General
gades One ot the Bucktail companies 1
lost nil its officers, commissioned and
missioned. The loss in Gen. Scl,cock's
was less, nltfiougfi 1 U ; inflicted severe loss on the
enemy, principally by artillery tire. Of mv
staff, I lost a {rood oflicer killed, Captain Nich
? Duiinka. Many horses were killed in our
batteries, which the enemy repeatedly nttemnt
oil to take, but wore repulsed by canister fire
£L'nerully. "
I feel myself permitted to say that all our
troops by their endurance of this severe march
and their splendid conduct in the battle, aro
entitled to the President's commendation, and the
oilicers throughout behaved with great gallan
try and efficiency, which requires that I should
make particular mention of them, which I trust
will receive the particular notice of tho Presi
dent as soon as possible.
I will send in a full report; but in this respect
lam unable to make any more particular dis
tinction than that pointed out in the descrin
tion of the battle, Kespeot fully,
T. C. FREMONT,
Major General Commanding.
From the Mountain Department.
M AsitiNGTON, June 13.—The war Depart
ment has received the following:
Headquarters Mountain IJe/Mirtrnent , Harri
sonburg, Va., June 10.—In my despatch of
yesterday 1 omitted to state that Col. Chcscret's
brigade, consisting of the 60th Ohio, Bth Vir
ginia, afterwards supported by tiie Garibaldi
Guards, formed our advance and commenced
the battle of Cross Keys by sharp skirmishing
at 6 o'clock in the morning. During the day
they obtained possession of the enemy's ground,
which was disputed foot only with
drew at evening, when ordered to retire to a
suitable position for the night.
J lie skill and gallantry displayed by Chcscret
on this and frequent former occasions during
the pursuit in which we have been cngagod do
serves high praise. Respectfully,
J. .C. FREMONT, Major-Gcncral.
Casey's Division at Fair Oaka.
The following important dispatch has been
received from Major General M'Clellas:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OK THE POTOMAC, )
Thursday, Juno 5, 186*2. J
To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
My dispatch of the Ist inst., stating that Gen.
Casey's Division, which was in the first Kne,
gave away unaccountably, ami discreditably,
was based upon official statements made to mo
before I arrived upon the field of battle, and
while I was there, by several commanders.
From statements made to mo subsequently,
by generals Casey and Naglee, I am induced to
believe that portions of the division behaved well,
and made a most gallant stand against superior
numbers, but at present the accounts are too
conflicting to enable me to discriminate with cer
tainty. When the facts are clearly ascertained,
the exceptional good conduct will b.: properly
ackowlcdged.
(Signed) GEO. B. MOCLEIXAN,
Major General Commanding*
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REDFORD COUNTY, SS. '
AT an Orphans' Court held at Bedford,
in and for the county of Bedford, on the sth day of
May, A. D. 1802, before the Judges o3 the same
Court,
On motion of Attorney Shannon, the Court
giant a rule upon the heirs and legal representatives
of James Smith, late of Southampton township, de
ceased, to wit: John, residing in Fulton county, Pa.,
Klirba, Hetty Moss, intermvried with Philip Moss,
Priscilla, intermarried with William Wigfield, Jolly
Murphy, deceased, leaving a husband, James Mute
phy und issue five children, a to wit t Sarah, James,
Philip, Klias, Jolty, Harrison, Gideon and Harvey;
Sarah, intermarried witfc Henry Smith ; Morgan,
Nathan, row dead, leaving live children, to wif:
Sarah, James, Philip and Emanuel, who reside in
Fulton county, to be and appear at an Orphans'
Court to be held at Bedford, in and for the county of
Bedford, on die first Monday (Ist day) of .Septem
ber next, to Wcept or refuselhe real estate of said
deceased, undisposed of, at the valuation which has
been i alued and app aised in pui suance of a writ of
partition or valuation issued out Of our sail Court
and to the Sheriff of said county directed, or show >
ceuse why the same should not be sold.
Ir. testimony whereol I have hereunto
j| wpuSu?! set my hand and the seal of said Court
vBBBSr at Bedford, this Bth day of February,
A. D. 1802.
Attest— S H. TATE, Clerk.
JOHN J. CESSNA, Sheriff.
~ ESTATE"OF HENRY ICKES~UKC'D.
ALL persons interested in the estate of Henry
Ickes, late of Union township, dec are hereby
notified that the subscriber, appointed by the Or
phans' Court of Bedford county, aiiuitor t make
distribution of the balance in (he hinds ol Jo.eph
Ickes and Heniy Ickes, administrators (if saidestate,
will attend to the duties of his appointment at his
office in the borough of Bedford, on Tuesday, the
35th day of July, 18(12, at 30
June 20, 1802.—3t Auditor.