KEDFOfD GAZETTE. ;
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8. F. MSYERS, EDITOR.
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".FRIDAY, i. : y MAT 1, ISK3.
DEMOCRATS, ATTENTION J ;
Tbefo will b* n special meeting of the Dem
ocratic Club, at the court house, on
MONO.AT EVENING, 34AY 4TII. 1
Tho Democrats of the county, are particu- [
larly invited and requested to attend and parti
cipate in tho proceedings. Speakers from abroad j
are expected to be preeent. Let the Democrats j
of the county turn out en mas,v.. -'Rally for the !
good old Union 1" for the good old Constitution
and for the good old Democratic party.
TSTAT YIOfIEL !
1 'resident. |
RALLY, DEMOCRATS, RALLY 11 j
The Democrats of Wort Providence and vi- j
cinity will hotd a meeting at the hotel of Jo- i
scph Cessna, in Broody Run Borough, on
SATURDAY RVE.YIMG, MAY 9, 1863.
All persons oppose-1 to the present corrupt Ad- J
ministration, and in favor of maintaining the j
Constitution ns it i, and restoring Union :
as it was, are invited to attend 1 .
Able speakers will address the meeting.
Wist Prov. Bern. Vig. Committee. !
DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
The Bedford Democratic Club will hold its j
regular meeting in the Court House, on Satur- J
dv evening, May 2d.
ISAAC MESSED, Brest '
J L LJ—J—!L ■ . .. .
Rutnovo the Cause.
The skilful physician invariably acts upon |
tho hypothesis that the cause of disease must be j
removed in order to restore health to tho disor- ;
tiered system. If our political doctors would j
only study the lesson taught by this fact nnd I
apply it to their owu course of procedure when !
they prescribe for the country's ills, wo would I
soon have a healthy reaction in the body politic, j
But those who hitva been selected ns the physi- j
ciar.s of the nation, seem to be wilfully blind to I
all the teachings of governmental philosophy, j
all the warnings of tho past ami all tho solf-ev- I
ident and palpable necessities of the future.— :
Ihev are the merest and shallowest empirics j
that ever Mod and blistered a people to death '
Phlebotomy and cantharides are tho only reme
dies which they can discover for the fever un
der which Utt' nation is wasting and perishing.
They seem to know nothing of tho deep-seated
cause which first fired the blood and which still
impels the red curront in fierce and unnatural
vehemence through the veins. Their treatment
looks only to the outward, only to effects, not j
to a removal of the source whence tho disease j
draw-site nourishment and it 3 virulence. Hence, '
the patient, though robust in constitution and
strong in frame, pines and dies by inches, tho
blood-letting and blistering being done in just
sufficient measure to allow the sufferer to live.
Of course, the longer tho disease lasts, tho lon- j
ger the physicians will be in requisition and the |
larger their -fees will become. And this is, j
doubtless, the reason why they feign ignorance j
of the cause of the ailment and pursue a course i
of treatment calculated rather to confirm than
to remove it. The wasting blood of tho nation,
is coined into money for the pockets of theso
miserable quacks. It is not strange, therefore,
that they resort only to the peculiar remedies of
which we have spoken, preferring that the dis-
ease, & cession, shall not bo cured, but rather ir
ritated and aggravated, as the removal of the
cause, JlbolUion , would result iu leaving tbem
without occupation. But the patient has pow
er to discbarge these mountebanks and to em
ploy, in their stead, such physicians as will re
move the cause of illness, and by so doing re
store him lo health. The only trouble is to get
him out of his present delirium and make him
sensible of his perilous condition and of the ne
cessity of a change of doctors. We must rouse
him from l.is stupor and unstop his ears to tho
pleadings of that great political Jisculapius,
Common Sense. Then, there can be no doubt
that be will indignantly dismiss the scoundrels
who fcaro well nigh brought him to his death,
and will desire the administration of such con
stitutional remedies as w ill remove the cause, de
stroy the disease and restore him to henlth and
v igor.
The Meeting 011 Monday Evening Next. '
Our Democratic friends throughout the county
should bear in mind the meeting of the Demo
ratic Club on Mouday evening next. Although
a Club meeting, it is desired that in point of
numbers, it may be a mass meeting. I .et there
be a general turn-out of the Democracy from
all parts of the county. Several speakers from ;
abroad have been invited to attend and the moot- j
ing will, doubtless, be one of great interest.— |
Rally, Democrats!
Senatorial Delegate.
l o tire Democracy of the nineteenth Senatorial
District composed of the counties of Bedford,
Huntingdon and Somerset:
The Somerset county conferees respectfully
bog leave to state, that the misunderstanding in
regard to the meeting en the 11th day of March
last, at Bedford, and the several notices in fa
vor of and against the mar-ting of the Senato
rial Conferee# at that time have ben satisfacto
rily explained. Mt. Sehcll, of Bedford couotv,
and Mr. Roddy, of Somerset county, in orb r
to save the trouble of another mooting and to
avoid all (Record among the friends of the dif
ferent candidate# for Delegate in the district,
hive withdrawn- From the contest We] there- 1 ,
fore, as the S r.atonal Conferees of Somerset
ooonty, ratify and confirm tho upjxuntro'-nt of
R Bruce Petrikm, Esq., as th° Senatorial Tiel
gnte from this Senatorial district, as sr. id>; at
BedSprd on the llth .'in7 of March lost.
' J AMRB WIGI.E,
J" M HOI.DERHAUV.
■ ■ A. A TAYMAN,
Ver.V-aa •' joueY
I fty The Convention of School Directors, will
i meet in thin place, (bi i.evt Monday, for the
: purpose of electing, a County Superintendent,
i Everw;l%wstor should main it hi#%ueinesa t$
bo p "esenj' and see that no man of doubtful
charactensri capacity js chqsen.
fcj-Suveni' communications, otvin-fto the ab
sence of the editor, are postponed until the next
, issue.
' Guirn'a New Domestic Physioian.
' This useful and invahtablo book is now lav
ling introduced to our citizens. A thorough
1 trial by the public, and a careful examination
j by competent judges has fully demonstrated that
it is the best work of the kind now extant. We
j would advise every man who has a family to
; avail himself of the first opportunity to pro
j cure u copy. It may save him many a doctor's
j bill, besides even life, and prevent sickness.—
i The agents are. for the first time, in our county,
• and the work can not be had except through
. them.
The general agent is stopping in town, at the
Washington House. Any gintlcmun out of
employment, who has energy and perseverance,
will, we think, find it to his advantage to call
on him and get aa agency for this Gro.it Hook.
It is meeting with larger sales than any other
ten works
77//; SLAVES OF PREJUDICE.
Death Robbed of Hie Prey.
Then- are queer people in tho world; people
with tho most absurd, unreasonable and inde
fensible prejudices. Tor example, we have mot
with individuals who had a morbid antipathy
to .anything that was extensively advertiser!, wo
matter what might be its actual claims to the
confidence of tho public. These eccentrics
looked with especial disfavor on advertiser) med
icines. They could not see, for example, in
Dr. Tloixoway's magnificent system of adver
tising, covering, ns it does, nil the mediums of
publicity which tho world affords, anything but
a gigantic scheme of mere speculation. True,
they could not gainsay the testimony pouring in
Spontaneously from the highest sources, in favor
of his incomparable Pills and Ointment, but
still they shook their heads nnd muttered "hum
bug." Of course, there is no possibility of ar
guing with men who won't reason, Tho best
way is to let them alone. Fortunately, such
specimens of stupidity are "fow and fur between 1 '
in this enlightonod era. Tito general feeling is,
that if n thing is in itself excellent, its virtues
should be proclaimed to the four winds of heav
en, for the general benefits of mankind. Ilonce,
the prcWamations made by Dr. HOIXOWXY,
through too entire newspaper press of the world,
of the properties and operation of bis remedies, j
meet 3 with the cordial approval of thinking
men. Tho valuo of the preparations aa speci
fies fir the various internal and external com
plaints peculiar to different climates, or com
mon to the world at large, is conceded, not on
ly by the masses, but by governments, men of
science, and candid observers in every walk of
life. Can such remedies be too widely known 1 j
Impossible ! — Cincinnati "Dollar Columbian.''
ffij-The Democratic party is "Loyal League"
enough for every real patriot. Always true to
tfao Union, having devised and carried through
nine-tenthsof the great measures that have made
the country prosperous, never equivocal in its
sentiments, and perfectly faithful to all the
truths reposed in it, it needs not resort to secret
organizations, and midnight conclaves, to pro
mote its objects. Let all honest Union men
conucet themselves with it at once, for it is the
only party that has proven itself consistently
and unalterably devoted to the national clause
From the Freeman'a Journal.
Confiscation as is Confiscation.
NEW ORLEANS, April 4.
Kditur Freomaiis Journal:
You will remember that Baton Rouge,
the capital of this State, was evacuated by the
Federal forces last August, Beforo doing so,'
a large portion of the place was destroyed. Be
fore leaving, the officers considered it as good
au opportunity us might be met with to engage
in a little confiscation on their own hook. How
thoy succeeded generally I have no means of
ascertaining; but Ido know that Dr. Kelly, of
the 7th Vermont volunteers, was not satisfied
with his share of the spoils, having only received
two splendid rosewood sofas, with a carpet to
mutch their cushions. But ho determine] to
make up for lost time. So, 0:1 his arrival at
(..'nrrolton, where his regiment was stationed, he
went to the house of a widow lady named Les
ossicur, and ordered tho family whoso charge
it was in to vacate tho premises in four hours,
and leave every thing belonging thereto. The
owner of tiie property left the city on the arri
val ol the fioet.
It appears that Dr. Kelly was not content
with the use of the premises while here hut
concluded to send everything movable to the
North, for his use and benefit when he return
ed to his New England home, life did not
stop to ask whether tho furniture and other ef
fects of this widow lady were subject to the pro
visions of the sequestration act, but finding no
one to interfere with his desire to appropriate
other people's property, ho stripped the house
und kitehen of every article that could tempt
his stupidity. He went the whole uuimul, and
took many articles which would scarcely have
tempted the commonest petty larceny opera
tor. lie took live feather bods and nine
mattresses eighteen feather pillows, twenty-five
bed-quilts, two elegant lurge parlor mirrors, oar
pots, matting, etc., for a parlor and two bed
rooms, one work-table and writing-desk com
bined, one table and one fancy chair, one full
set French china, one large lot of elegant glass
ware, one book case, and 011 c hundred and filly
of books, a large quantity of bed and
tabic linen, and all the wearing apparel in tho
house, lueludiag the old lady's wedding drees
tho clothee of her rhildren wh' n infants, anJ
those of her two brothers long s.nce dead, and
all the little ornaments and keepsakes accumu
lated during a lifetime. Besides all these things,
'the Vermont d-vtcr took a.medical Übsa?/ .and
' n caw of B i.-pioal instrarn'mt insloiigmg in Mrs.
'Leet-sri.wjrV son-in-law, Ihr McGeohe, who
! (•■■rit with ber from the city. This is but one
of many fimnftr 00.-1: bf which '..10 people of
J this city have cause to complain. 'But what
more 'eeuM tw evpwted when the commanding
yeherifl lar -cl that tins people had tc
cither of ri-rson or-'projseriy, wad acted oeeor
dir.g'.y Svitir'all who''woold not cringe to hi.,
vfttrptttion and tvraany '
: Outrage at New Berlin"by a Federal Of
ficer.
Our neighbor of the Jnquwfr i* troubled w.th
visions of 'Jvnights of the Golden Circle." It'
t copies an article from a Middleburg (P.i.) AW>-
lition paper on the subject of an outrage which
I rebently occurred at New Berlin—-the truth of
t which we copy below from tho Hurrisburg Pa-
J triot jr Union —and beads it, "the Knights of
[ tho Golden Circle Resisting tho Caw I" Now,
there is nothing in tho article which the Inqm
j rrr -.copies, to justify the assertion that Mr.
! Hummel Is a member of that "Circle," even if
; such an institution exists. The assertion made
j by the Abolition papers that there is such an or
! ganizatfon in Pennsylvania as the "Knights of
j 'be Golden Circle," is false, and known to them
Ito bo lalafc. It is like the okl story of Morgan
j —a bugbear to frighten the people into thesup
i port of an infamous party of liars and plun
derers to which the Inquirer has gone, over body
and soul.
The following, from tho Patriot and Union,
embodies the truth of tho New Berlin affair.—
It was written by a citircn of that town.
Some time ago—say four or five months—a
certain James Hummel, of Snyder county, whose
sistet's last remains wer i inteir.d hero to-day,
. deserted from the army. And now, several
I days ago, a certain Sergeant Gephart, formerly
I from Centre county, wdio styles himself a mem
ber of the United States Provost Guard, camo
I to this neighborhood, alleging that it was his btt
.' sin ess to arrest deserters and send them to carnp.
j It seems ho knew that Hummel would attend a
' funeral at this place to-day, and thought this
would be a nice plaoo to show his prowess ard
, skill in nabbing deserters. He followed the
procession to the btirying-place, and from there
to tho church. While in the church, lie again
had Hummel pointed out to him, and asserted
to thoßO that were in tho secret with him tint
heps was the place to take hinv They tried to
dissuade him, but of no avail; this was tho
place to make a ehivalrie dash. Just before the
sermon commenced, he walked up to Hummel,
now sitting quietly in his pew to do the lust pi
ous honors to a dead sister, and presented a
Colt's revolver to his breast, mumbling some- j
thing Supposed to have been, -'You are my pris- j
oner." Hummel drew a Sharpe's four-shooter j
from his pocket. Meanwhile Gephart snapped ]
his cap, which burst to no effect. Hummel
then shot Gephart in the breast. Gephart suap-.
pod his next cap to no effect. After that, each j
discharged his remaining balls; also, a Mr. '
Smith, assistant to Gephart, discharged one ball.
At this juncture the excitement bad become in- j
tense, and tho shrieks and cries of unprotected ,
and innocent females and children wen- almost j
heart-rending. Both Hummed and Gephart
now left the church. Humm>d went to his
home, whither two physicians soon followed
him, and found him hnving two wounds—one
through the lungs, supposed to be mortal, and
another slight, in the arm. Gephart fled thro'
a byway towards the mountain, and was dis
covered a while after, two miles from town.—
Some men, who seem to be rathor friendly to
those who deal in cold steel and blood, brought
him back to town, and, I am told, almost made |
a demigod him.
Indian Massacre on the Overland Route.
From the Rocky Mountain Newi, April 9.
We pre under obligations to Hon- Gordon
N. Mott, Federal Judge, and newly elected
delegate to Congress from Nevada Territory, |
for the particulars of a horrible Indian massa
cre and remarkable escape on the route west of
Salt Lake. Judge Mott left Carson City on i
the coach that arrived here on Tuesday evening
last, and was the only passenger to Reese river,
where an old gentleman, named Levertsori, and
his two sons, aged respectively twelve
and fourteen years, got in, bound for tuoir homes
in lowa. On Sunday the 22d ult, when ap
proaching a station eight miles west of Deep
creek, which is one hundred and sixty miles be
yond Salt Lake City, it was discovered that the
house was filled and surrounded by Indians.
The driver whose name was Hank Harper, for
merly of this city, we believe, reined his team
in towards its usual stopping place until quite
near, when something soemod to have excited
his suspicion, and he turned Imck into the toad,
at the same time giving his horses the whip, and
starling them in a keen run.
At the same moment the Indians opened fire
upon the coach, discharging some six or eight
rifle-shots and n perfect shower of arrows. Judge
Mott and the two boys were at the time in the
eoach, with the curtains close buttoned down.
—neither of the three were hurt. The other
passenger was on the box beeido the driver.
After going about half a mile, the driver called
to Judge Mott to come to his assistance, which
he did, opening the curtains and climbing around
on the box. There a horrible sight met his
view. The passenger was shot through the
head, and had fallen down into the boot, while
blood and brains were bespattered over the
front part of the conch. The driver was ihot
through the body in the region of tho heart,
but still manfully retained his post and perform
ed bis duty. Judge Mott took the reins and
assisted the driver down into tho b<x>t under the
sent, where he continued to assist and advise
the management of tho team until ho died, winch
was less than half an hour.
The race now became one of life nnd death.
The Indians were in pursuit, somo afoot and
Dome on horseback, firing as long and as fni as
they hnd any hope of hitting the. eoach, but the
team was a good one and seemed to appreciate
the emergency of the occasion,, nnd at the end
of half a dozen miles tho improinptn dr.ver
had the satisfaction of seeing the Inst one lade
from sight in the distance.. At the on of
eight miles is Deep Creek Station ; but when
it came in sight a new alarm presented ibclf.
A herd of animals were or. the plain near by,
which the Judge took to be Indian ponies, and
naturally enough supposed that their owners had
possession of and were lying in wait at the
vtatian also. He sobered his team down to a
walk nnd studied what best to do. Finally, he
determined to cut three of the horses out of the
tracea, pat tho boys on two of thr.au and nwinl
tho third himself, when be was natustiocl that
they could tfutrnn any Indians.
Having get all in readme**, opened his karie
nr. 1 communic ant! his plan to the boys, lie jt ld
tie iu to halloo as loud as they could—the Julge
was ffuffenrtg with hoarsenee.' and una' le to
•peak above his breath—thinking thereby to
' m'iko the occupants of tliuhous', whoever they
tsiigbt be, show themselves Tim nwe was suc
cessful and the result gratifying, as a iu:a
white men made their appear.mee. nnd th" ciach
was driven up and delivered into their arc.
?:.f driver win found to b-' dc id, but the
rtber mah *vao rill alive n to th- time Jir.gn
dter, although his brains were oozing from the
wound* in the top of his head. It subse
quently learned that the Indians hall killed,
stripped and scalped two men ut the station bo
fore the coach cuuve up.
Thi telegraph waa at one# put in requisition,
and in an hour or two troops were east
ward from Kuby Valley, ai*(l weftwuvd from
Salt Lake, toward the scene of the , tragedy. (
Tlie next day the Judge" came on atone, the boy s
remaining with their father, who would certain
ly soon die. There was a fair probability that j
the Indians would be overtaken and punished. '
We hope they may be exterminated. The ar-1
rows, many of which Were sticking in the coach,
were pronounced Shoshone arrows. The route I
west is doubtless safe now, and will be lor some
time, 10 that passenger* need have no tears. j
"Ooi'PKiiHEAi>s."-It is rumored that old Abe
will soon issue a proclamation calling fri all cop
per cents, because the head of I.ibortv is used
by the Democrats as an emblem for cop|* rhead
breast-pins! Ihe copperhead mania has become
so general that rare old copper cents havu recent
ly gone up considerably in value. The follow
ing is from a description of a sale of coats in
New York city:
"llut it was in cents and half cents that most
of the strong points in tho sale were made, and
we note several of tho sales: 'Link cent,' <if
17113, the first year of the cent coinage, Jiou
and very rare, brought $5.12; another of the
| same kind, $4.50; a 'Wreath ciut," of 1793.
'Une hundred tor a dollar' on tho edge, a verv
floe specimen, brought -KG-15; a 'fillet head' I
cent ot 1790, §0.25 ; a 'small wreath'of 1797,
$2.75; a cent of 1798, extremely fine and nuw,
$8.12. A cent of 1799, described as 'perhaps j
tho bost specimen that has been offered at a puU- ■
lie sale,' sold for §15.25!"
So much for copperheads 1 The Abolition-,'
ists and their nigger organs will be under thene- i
cessity of trying again. Everything, however,
that they oppose and abase seems to become in ]
tho end popular, while everything ihat they sup- j
post or endorse is sooner or later smitten witii ?
popular odium.-- Patriot <y Union. j
Rebel Raid into "West Virginia,
PENNSYLVANJIAJHREATENED.
Baltimore and Ohio RR. Destroyed.
Pittsburg in Danger.
llahrisuurg,, April 28.—The reliels in con
siderable force have marched upon and captu
red Morgnntown, Va., and threaten Pennsyl
vania with invasion.
The force is commanded by the rebel Jenkins,
and is said to be composed of 4,000 cavalry.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is destroy
ed between Cumberland and Grafton.
The rebel flag was floating from the Court
House at Morguwtown yesterday afternoon at
four o'clock.
Men, women and children are flying in nil
directions.
Pittsburg is thought to be in danger, though
the Cheat riwr, not being ibrdable, will proba
bly prevent their coming much further north.
This information comes dated Union town
and i% considered reliable.
War in Tennessee.
Successful Expedition to McMinnmlk—The Town
Captured with Tuo Railroad Trains and a
Tram of Wagons.
Muhfkeesboro', April 24. —Some refugees
who have been relieved from Rebel oppression at
McMinnsvillo, by a highly successful expedition
ot General Reynolds, have arrived at Ready
villo. — General Hagen telegraphs that General
Reynolds took the town, capturing two rail
road trains and a train of wagons. Among
the number of prisoners taken was Mrs. John
Morgan. The expedition has more important
results, as affecting the situation, than those
named.
The Chattanooga Rebel of the 18th says: De
spatches from Jackson, Mississippi, of the 27th
have, boon received, sayirtg in substance that an
early attack is to be made on Vieksburg, from
opposite nnd below the city, and for that pur
pose the Federals had passed eight boats on the
night previous. Later despatches intimate that
; tho Rebels expect General Grant to make dem-
I one!rations south from Corinth at tbe same
I time.
The Surprise of the Confederates at Mc.Wmns•
t %Ue.
NASHVILLE, April 21.-—lt is reported that
our forces aro now in possession of McMinns
villo. General Reynolds' force of one brigade
of cavalry and three brigades of infantry, en
tered the town ou Wednesday, and took tho Jteb
els by surprise, capturing Mrs. General John
Morgan and 250 prisoners: also two wagon
trains. The casualties on our side have not
yet been ascertained. Nearly the whole of
Morgan's force was stationed at Mc.Minnsville,
and upon being attacked sought safety by
flight.
Particulars of the Raid—lmmense Damage Done
to the Confederates —Capture of 300 Prison
, ers.
McnFREEhBORO', April 21. -General Reynolds
reports from Liberty, the particulars of the
MoMinnsvillc uthlir. II is main mounted force,
under Colonels Wilder and Minty, arrived at
MeMinnsvillo at 1 o'clock on Wednesday morn
ing, taking the place almost entirely by surprise.
A Hcbel force under Grigsby was in front of
the town, but this General Reynolds amused
while Colonel Wilder went iu. Grigsby es
caped.
Colonel Longworth, of the Ohio cavalry,
struck the rail-road and destroyed the telegraph
and bridges between Morrison and Manchester,
and burned a train of cars and a locomotive,
and other cars at several places, also large
quantities of wheat. Captain Wiekliffe, of the
2d Kentucky cavalry, who was in ekargo of an
important part of the expedition, got drunk and
wag sent in under arrest, discharged.
At McMinnsville Colonel Wilder destroyed
the bridges, 600 blankets, 30,000 pounds of
bacon, two hogsheads of sugar, three hogsheads
of rice, eight barrels of whiskey, two huudred
hales of cotton, one large cotton factor) 1 , and
oD" large, r.r.d one ftoall flour mill. lie also
destroyed one ramp at Charley's Crock, and
subsequently one at Liberty, und took three
hundred pris .nc ra, among them Dick McCanu,
who subsequently escaped. Lieutenant Colo
nel Mai tin, alb. j> 1 officer, was soort by weun
ded.
General K#' nt ids moved towards Carthage,
near Alexandria.
Our scouts arc picking .up Rebels every bait
hour. Among the property d"strcyod by Geti
er a I Reynolds was a mill at Liberty whi h
h..r. bv-n dc.igi go A servi.e for tiia yviv-'#.
From the Army of tho Potomao.
Spina! CurteipardeiiCi- t.> the r^Wf-lpM*nJLnqui
tn. .T* ,
A KMT or THK POTOMAC, OPPOSITE EhHDER'
leivSßtJiio, April jtL —A tliilliiig inijt!i.iasi. wind
and ruin prewijJed yeifiprday nik* liJEhtm|it|
which rendered our MtUHtiot^^aeetd ihjlv Un
copA)rtabl.—Warm, weather the
latt#r part i>t' last vveek, cnuMfi the blossom* to
spring tbrth from tti lew fruit trPSrthat retnain
in this desolated wit lion, ami we began to in
dulge the hope that wo should have a continu
ance of fine weather; but this hope was dis
pelled effectually yesterday, for the air was
more chilly, raw and disagreeable than it- him
been for soma time past . Many otlieors and
men, upon the first advent of warm weather,
had dismantled their cabins, Mibley tents, and
cast away their stoves as useless lumber, but
this sudden change has made them regret that
they had been so fust, and many now would
gladly replace their little sugar-loaf stoves if
they had them, but it is too late. However,
we console ourselves with the reflection that
tho "cold stiap" will not lust long, and that
there in a better time coming soon.
, The spring has been unusually backward, e-
I ven for this region, and the oldest residents say
they have never known such a "late" season,
ias they verm it. They bear it philosophically,
j however, and say it is a good thing that they
■ have no crops in the ground, and no orchard
! fruit trees to lament over, for tho weather, so
tar, would inevitably have spoiled their pros
[ pects of even a fair yield of fruit or grain.
[KEBELS OX THE ALF.KT—IIOW IX) TUET GETT THEIK
INFORMATION ?
It would loom, from what transpired a few
days ago, that the Rebels are fully posted as to
what is transpiring on this side. It is current
ly reported that tho Rebel pickets along the
Rappahannock, above Falmouth, on Saturday,
saluted our pickets with the inquiry—"Well
Yanks, ain't the day's rations you were or
dered to carry in your knapsacks almost got •
mouldv T" I
i it seems a settled fact that information of nl
i most every movement, or intended movement, on
! our part, is conveyed to the Rebels in m man
j nqr, which it would be well for the military au
| thoritics to ferret out. It is well known" that
| during the latter period of the time when Gener
al Burnside was in command of the army, on
several occasions throe days' cooked rations
were ordered to be prepared, in anticipation of
a movement; yet, strange as it may appear, no
sooner would the order be i.-sued than the Reb
els wmi Id tnko means to notify us, by these pick
et conversations, that they had also been order
ed to have three days' cooked rations prepared
sons to be ready to meet any movement that
our arruy might make. Further than this, it is
curjttitly reported in coni ersation, but I know
not with what truth, that the printed circular
issued by General Burnside, previous to the ad
vance movement made on the 21st of January,
was known to the Reliels, and that copies of
it were in their possession even before they wore
ir-sued to some of the divisions of our own ar
my.
A Rebel Telegraph Office in Hooker's
Camp.
Intelligence from Falmouth discloses the fact
that a telegraph office has been in operation
there, right under tho nose of Gen. Hooker for
some time past, from which information of
Federal movements and designs has been regu
larly sent by a submerged wire across the Rap
pahannock. This rebel telegraph of hoe was
discovered a few days ago, and four or five
Operators arrested.
Interesting From the South.
KEfOJtTFJJ REi'L UIKOF THE UNION TROOPS ATCOLD
WATRK, MISS.—A REBEL VIEW OF THE ATTACK
ON CHARLESTON —THE SITUATION AT VICKaBCRO
—TOUNAJW) IN LOUISIANA.
Tut' Richmond Whig of the 21st contains the
annexed dispatch:—
JACKSON, MISS., April 20th, 18fi3.—Gener
al Chalmers* command has gallantly repulsed
4,000 Yankee cavalry, artillery and infantry, at
Cold water. The enemy retreated in grout haste
and confusion, General Chalmers pursuing en
ergetically. The roods are very heavy. Our
men behaved wull, though many were under
fire for the first time. The enemy's loss is un
known. Ours, one killed and six wounded.—
Coldwator is iu the northwest county of Mis
sissippi.
The Whig also contains the following edito
rial on the attack on Charleston:
KECONNOISSANCES IN FORCE.
The report on tbe evening of the bnttle of
Charleston sets at rest all questions as to the
character of the assault. "It w:ts no reconnois-
I'.nce in force, as some have supposed, but the
very best fight they were able, after two years'
preparation, to make for the occupation of the
harbor and the reduction of the city of Charles
ton. This is established by the official order of
battle published by "Rear Admiral" S. F. l)u
--pont, in which, among other things, he says:—
''After the reductiou of Fort Sumter it is prob
able that the next point of attack will he the
butteries on Morris Island." Tho Roar Ad
miral didn't reach the second step in his pro
gramme.
But it is not surprising that tho opinion
should have obtaihed some currency that this
was only a rcconnoissaiico in force. We tho't
the same as to the battle of Fredericksburg at
first. Even Gen. Lee seemed to be of that o
pininn. We whip them so easily that it is haul
to distinguish between their battles aud their
rocotinoissances, their fights and their feiuts. It
was not to be supposed that little Beaurcguard
would, in two hours and thirty minutes, by the
watch, have repulsed and defeated a grand
assault that was two years preparing-, but he
did.
[Correspondence of the Augusta {Gi.) Chronicle,
April 12]
TUP SITUATION AT VICKiBCRG.
It is now an acknowledged fact, by the feder
al account*, that the canal is an utter failure,
and has been entirely abandoned, ami, further
more, that the project of getting transports be
low by any other means th in by running the
butteries has been given cp. The enemy :s act
ive ia scouring the country opposite, and a
force,bf cavalry a few days ago got down the.
river as farms Kcwt'nrthvge, adistanceofsoafo
thirty miicr , whfr& tftay woty s---t tfpon by .
Coaf .ior.w cavalry uaiur Cap.t HarrU
son, and driven tack.
These parties :.r?, no doubt, engaged in rfl
connoltering and robbing, arid are ft-rt so mm u
intent on u fight us on plan wr- , n#u tl
number of bo.tr. have bin tjoti-vi ' th* 1
ir.g above, an : also iodt ...j-oh r.; a .
iter; • pel it, Jvoi r.
'"• dircoi-ma. 'Everything ir awaiting
the denouitct nt of the approaching tlrtrt. nn.l
■ a dew da;st will prubuUv biing it to our
! doors.
| Tneftw.>-.< t*.<.*fctafcv*ix,
| The Lake City Columbian give* the lyflyw -
ing account of the destruction of Jacksonville
Florida, by our forces
Probably orta-third o>f the town was destroy
ed by fires, set by the enntty, A heavy min
and the etlorts of the tew citixens remaining,'
with the ready aid of our troops, as soon us they
arrived, extinguished the llaines in many of tho
buildings. Of tho churches but (wo we're bur
ned, the Episcopal and tho Catholic. Tho re*i
deuce of tho late Judga Pearson, arid another
dwelling near the former, were destroyed. A
round tho Catholic Church, pretty much all the
| buildings tor the space of two blocks, were con-
tamed.
Tbe Washington Hotel, and the former roes
deuce of Mrs. r oxter, and all for thu spaco ok
two blocks in the rear were doatfoyed, with the
exception of Mf. Hern's house on the tipper
corner. The Court llwuso and Jail were con
signed to the flames. The tout- store* in the
two story brick block on Ocean street, north of
Hoey & Ambler's block, were entirely dastrov
ed- On Bay street the following buildings
were totally consumed: Bigbwj & CnnOva's
block, T. O. Haines' block, Mr. Kipp's house,
Mr. Bisbee's, Judge Dorman'r, Mr. Baldwin's,
and the four brirk stores below Hoey <fc Am
bler's, owned by Messrs. Canovn, Black well &
Miller; also a brick store near, on the rtrept
running north.
On the hill above the late Judson Houer tho
buildings were entirely swept away, including
the residences of Messrs. George R. Foster, K
merv, Gibbs, Fairbanks, and several other.-,
whose numoe are unknown to us. In fact, from
the railroad depot to Mrs. Haddook's place,
a distance of two miles, there is not a building
of any description left standing, even tho brick
church being burned and the brick yard des
troyed Besides this, an almost irreparable in
jury lias beep done to Jackipowjle by tho des
truction of tho beautiful shade trees! It was
evidently tbe intention of the villains to
troy the whole town; but, as usual in their in
famous and cowardly undertakings, tbcv parti
ally succeeded.
TORXhIeQ
(From the Opehusa (Li.) Ctysru.-.;
On Tuesday lust, at about twelve o'clock, M ,
a tornado passed Barry's L-nding, breaking and
throwing down tbe house of Mr. Honors IV
jenn, his large warehouse and some negro cab
ins. From under the ruins of Mr. D.jean's
house, were extricated the dead bodies 0 f his
wife and son, Finite Dvjetiu, a promising young
man of nineteen or twenty, with two or thre
others. Mr. Honore Dejeon himself had one
leg broken and tho other badly injured.
Soldttrt, to the resent! — Young men, rushing
into the exposure and dangers of a Soldier's
life, should prepare thomseivws for the fatal Fe
vers, the Dysentery, the Soros and Scurvy,
which are almost curtain to follow. HOL
LOW AVS I'ILLS, usod occasionally during
tho campaign, will insure sound health to every
mim. Only 25 cents per box. 214
-HARRIED
STAIR- RUSSELL.—On the 23d ult , bv
the Kev. 11, llgckerman, Mr. John Stair to
Miss Ann Eliza Russell, both of Bedford to.
ARMSTRONG-GA RDNER—On the 38th
ult , hy tho same, Mr. Jacob Armslrong to Mies
Margaret Garduor, of Bedford township.
-DlED
uMr*prarwr •segsm M nvmi —i
SLEEK—On (lie ICth ult., in St. Cla:r
ville, of croup, Levi, sou of Charles and Char
lottc Sleek, aged 5 years and 19 days,
Children oxor, miek of their Siaintst la Co! Jr—
. matter where the disease may appear to be levi
ed, iti origin may be truced |o suppressed perspiration
or e Cold. Cramps and Lung Complaint* are di
rect products of Coldi. In ehort Colds ire tbe har
bingers of half the disease* that afflict humanity,
for as they ate canseii by checked perspiration,'and
as five-eight! of the waste matter of tbe body es
capes throvgh the porea, if these pores sre clossd,
that portion of diaeases necessarily follows. Keep
clear, therefore, of Colds and Cough*, the great
precursers of disease, or if contracted, breax theai
up iinmetfintely, by a timely use of Madame Par
trr'r Curative Balsam. Slid by all Droggists, at 13
cents and C-t cents per bottle.
Jan. 33, 1863. iy.
NEW J EASE? LANDS FOR SALE—AIso,
GARDEN OR FRUIT FARMS.
Suitable for Grapes, Peaches, Pears, Raspbenieo,
Strawberues, Blackberries, Currants, {sc., of 1,21,
S, 10 6r 20 acres each, at the following prices foe
the present, vltt 20 acres for S2OO, 10 acres for
sllO, S acres for S6O, 2$ acres for (40, 1 acre for
S2O. Payable by one dollar a week.
Alsn, good Cranberry lands, and villaite lots if
CHE I WOOD, 25 by 100 ieet, at $lO each, payable
by one dollar n week. The above land and larmi
are situated at Ohetwood, Washington township
Burlington county. New Jersey. For further info'
malion, apply, with a p. O. Stamp, for a circular, t>
B. FRANKLIN CLARK,
No. 00, Cedar street, New York, N. Y.
Jan. 16, liG'J,—l y.
Great Excitement 1
Farquhar has Caught the Kitphant *
Cheap Corner, Juliana Street.
The F.lpbant having crsatf it,*#reat pn>e anioue
buyers in consequence of bis high price frtaks,
Farquhar, by his first arrival of t'liiur Gnnps, cap
tared the old chap, and those who wish to buy cheap
can be accommodated at
CHE.III CCRXEJi
are selling LADIES' DRESS GOODS,
D'liitftt, &'Aallies, Lawn*, Lustr;..
and Shepherd* Plaids,
n low as tfiey warn twelve omnthr aip<
Cc.litnts, 81-achr.d an/ Brosnn. Maelim,
and ail kinds of Men*? Ww*,
Reaily Made Clothing;, Src.,
35 Tt> L : 'aai; Trlx
■ Our etc;* srUvTu ai.t CMC-let*,
[arul en.Urat.. ,ry .i* arid ml cf the
bert qui..:-,-. , I
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Ceffsv, o'Ua - , Jai; Y. 15 o4 RUtlt tn, best
WvTden oyrqp, Pk nj; "ii'l'ii.ej, ant every variety
ci Spices.
"i . A* ft i*
Shad,'.M '"<.efi'l >nd i,iinr. tn b<ro'a ant half
f.-v!.- -'it - ■ . -n'MviK ,iiy fait.
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