gtr Fie Wh, BELLEFONTE, TUESDAY, JULY 1L ¢ Here shall the press the people's rights main- tain, 5 Unawed by party or unbribed by gain ; Fledged but to truth to liberty and law, No favor sways us and no fear shall awe. C. T. ALEXANDER, P. G+ MEEK, | Editors and Publishers. Peace! Peace!! Like a cool stream in the mighty desert to the lips of the weary wanderer, or as a ray of light shining suddenly forth on the pathway of the benighted traveler, comes the first glimmering hope of compromise to the minds of the American people. Among the old mountains of Maine they have awak- ened the cry of peace ; and we now hearits hopetul voice sounding along our vallies and among our hills, while thousands of loving hearts whose brightest hopes have gone forth to the battle field, catch up the strain, and send it rolling on until it reaches the brightest spots in the far, far South, where it receives a welcome such as can only be given by an oppressed people” to the” first dawning of liberty. We are not among those who believe that the people of the North want war ; that it would be their delight to enter into a long and bloody strug- gle, the existence of which may involve the destruction of our present form of govern- ment, while the immeasureable evils that will consequently spring from it, will en- gage and disgust the attention of mankind . for generations to come. No, disguise it as we may, speak lightly as we please of the horrors of civil war, and cloak our feelings as much as possible under brave words and patriotic speeches, yet we cannot smother out that lingering, longing desire for the spemdy return of peace, and the happy times we have so ruthlessly thrown away, were a compromise entered into to-day, that would be alike permanent and honorable to both sections, (say on the basis of the Crit- tenden and Bigler proposition) and a proc. Jamation of peace issued, we believe it would be hailed with as much patriotic en- thusiasm as ever honored the Declaration of Independence, or made hallowed the Fourth of July. How truthful a saying that ‘<bless- ings brighten as they take their flight.’ and we would not dare venture the assertion, did we not honestly and conscientiously be lieve, that whatever may be the partisan or sectional animosities awakened in the pres- ent crisis, nine-tenths of the people of both sections and of all parties, long for peace : peace with her many golden blessings— peace a thousand times more precious and beautiful, now that the fearful realitics of war are upon us, than when reigning undis- turbed throughout the land. Can we not have it ? (lave the minds of the American people become so chuliced and the tender feelings of the soul so lost to all humanity, that they would willingly plunge into the horrid barbarities of a civil war, rather than make a peaceful adjustment of our national difficulties 2 We cannot belfeve it, but feel confident that should the present Congress submit to the people of the United States the Crittenden and Bigler or Border State Prop- ositions, they would be readily accepted. Our Government was founded and built up by compromise and concession, and can only be perpetuated on the same principles. some may say it would be a burning shame, an everlasting disgrace upon the pages of our nation’s history, were we to compro- mise now. We cannot look upoa it in such a light, nor harbor a thought of the kind for a moment. Let us go on with this war, and when the country is filled with widows and orphans ; when our homes are draped in moutning and we gaze upon the sorrowing brows of our aged mothers who mourn for the loved ones murdered on the battle field ; when the bread bosom of our beloved land has been desolated with the ploaghshare of 1uin, we will make peace—the peace of des- olation—when the effeets of conquering mil- lions of freemen has been tried and the sceds of unquenchable hatred have ripened to their bitter fruit ; when our people are borne down with enormous taxation, and bank- ruptey stares us in the face, we will be for peace—but it will be too late—our country will have received a shock that nothing can efface, the frightful consequences of which will be felt as long as time endures. The rebellion, which a few months ago, reared its head in one small State, has now assumed the fearful proportions of a mighty revolution. It has spread from heart to heart, from State to State, and joined in one united phalanx all the people of the South. We cannot treat it lightly. There are men oneereckoned among our greatest states- men, now in the ranks of the enemy. There are minds once viewed as a nation’s pride, now to be counted among the supporters of the Southern Confederacy. If we look upon it as a mere rebellion against law and order, and expect to quell it in a few short weeks by physical force, we will find out our mis- take when it will be too late to apply the remedy, when a broken and disjointed gov - ernment will be gli that is left of our once mighty Republic. Shall Mount Vernon, the mecca of Amer- { \ ica, and Monticello, where rests the remains of the auther of the Declaration of Inde- pand ence, beaome the scenes of blood and carnage, simply to gratify the ambition of a few misguided men? Shall the glorious remembrance of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and old Independence Hall, be forever separated from those of Butaw Springs, Yorktown and Cowpens? God forbid. Is there no way that we can escape the awful consequences of civil war? Is there no voice potent enough to speak ‘‘peace to the ragicg ele- ments ¥’ 0, that the very thunder of Om- nipotent Jehovah would proclaim from the mountains to the seas, ‘‘peace, be still.” rte pra, The Union Invincibles. We have hitherto refrained from giving this company, commanded by Capt. Cassidy, more than a passing notice, but think now that they deserve more. Their organization has been effected at a time when to be soldiers does not consist merely in turning out on a fine day, and after parading through the streets to display the neatness of their uniforms and brightness of their arms, set- tle down again with no anticipation of being called upon to march into active service, but while the cloud of war hangs ominously over the country, and in the face of a strong probability of being called upon to exchange the peaceful enjoyments of home for the dangers and vicissitudes of the camp and battle-field. The parade of the Invincibles on Thursday last (the Fourth) has been pronounced the finest military display that has been witnessed in this place since the encampment in ’58. Their uniform of red, white and blue, their burnished arms, the inspiring Yankee Doodle and Pennsylvania Volunteers, by their martial band, seemed to arouse our citizens to a new life. Their march to Milesburg under an excessively warm sun was amply rewarded by the handsome entertainment given them by her citizens. In the evening, after their return, they partook of a supurb supper, prepared for their exclusive benefit, by the wives of Messrs. James and Philo Ward and Nicholas Hillibish, Their evening parade was very imposing, at the conclusion of which they fired several volleys in the diamond and then retired to the armory, having marched, during the day, not less than ten miles un- der a burning Sun. The following preamble and resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the company on Monday evening :— Wugnreas, On the Fourth of July last, after a long and tedious march through the hot sun, we were kindly entertained by the Milesburg Light Infantry, and, Whereas, common gratitude should cause us to make Jue acknowledgement of the same, there- ore : Resolved, That our hearty thanks are due to those who so bounufully provided for and politely entertained us. Resolved, That we will remember, with 2. { pleasure, the time spent among them, and should opportunity offer we shall be happy to reciprocate their hospitality to the extent {of our ability. Resolved, Also, That to Mrs. Ruth and [Tannah Ward, Mrs. N, Hillibish and others, who spread the magnificent repast of which we partook with much pleasure, on the evening of the Fourth, our fervent gratitude should be given, and the Invincibles will ever remember them as patrons and encour- agers of the company. YES G8 em Our Lives in Jeopardy. On last Tuesday we received the tollowing letter from some dastardly coward, who thinks to intimidate us. He need only threaten, we give it word for word just as we received it. To the Editor of the Watchman Sir it is with Regret that I take up my pen to address you But duty Demands that Some one Should Reprove you in your pres- ent course of Publishing Slang in your Paper Which is Calculated to Rais trouble & Seces- sion I had hoped that at Least while this War Lasted our Paper would Be quiet on Politi & Judge or my Surprise When I Read the Watchman & found the Leader of our Pa- per to be not only hot in Politicx But utter- ing Secession Sentiments & throwing on the of the Present War When it is knowing By Every honest man that the Demecratic Ad ministration War the cause & the Sow] caus & yet you call the Republicans torys & trai- tors this you don in times of peace only Last fall at Mash C'reck in one of your Speeches But now War is upon us'& We as American Citizens will Submit no longer to be called iorys &e By a Set of vile Contemptible Scoundrels like you Whose Sympathy are known to be With the South the Republican Party has Born with your Slang untill fore- bearence has ceased to be a virtue & if there is Eny more of it in you pape: you may De- pend on Being trested to a coat of tar & feathers you may think I am hasty But I as- shure you [ 2m not But we as a ‘party are Deteimined to Stop Your Slang or stop your Paper altogether We are in Earnest & intend to do as We Sey unless yon Stop calling us torys & publishing Slang We want you to be men Enough to publish this Letter otherwise we will have it in the Press or Centre Dem ocnat hoping a word to the wise is sufficent I close for the present JUSTICE milesburg Pa July 6 61 In spite of the contemptible threats con- tained in such letters as the above we shall continue to advocate and defend the great principles of Democracy, and shall expose and denounce to the utmost of our ability the detestible doctrines of the Black Republican party. If the dirty whelp that dropped the above letter into the Post Office for us thinks he can frighten us from the position we have taken, by anonymous communications, or any +hing else, he has mistaken his game, err Harper's Nationan MacaziNe.—This popular monthly stands unrivaled among our historic, scientifiic and miscellaneous publications. No ofte book, probably, con- tains a more useful and instructive collection of matter than Harper's Monthly, and the ample manner in which it has been sustain- cd proves how highly its merits are appreci- ated by the public. Price 33,00 per annum. Republican Party the fault & cause of the |: on al & FETE Br [ConruNicaTrD.}* The War and Its Consequerces. We admit that no State has a right to se- cede from this Union, unless ber constitu- tional rights have been invaded, and when her legitimate grievances, stated in a consti- tutional manner to Congress, have failed to receive redress. In an event off that kind, there might be a plausible pretext for seced- ing from the Union that would not guarantee all the rights belonging to a State. But when eleven sovereign States do secede from the Union, as has been the case, and the remaining ones follow, as they will in the event of this war continuing,. we ask, what are we going to do? The object of the Administration seems to—yes, has fully determined on-—subjugation, as the true means of bringing them back into the Un- ion. We ask, will that doit? Alas, no! the last glimering ray of hope has fallen as regards that. We must take facts into con- sideration—be governed by reason, not pre~ judice. We are fighting no'common enemy, but men physically and intellectually our equals ; that we are now standing upon an aggressive warfare, and that it requires twice the number of men and double the amount of treasure to wage it that it does to stand upor the defensive ; that we are going into an enemry’s country, to be surrounded by enemies; in a climate that, during the months of August, September and October, is pregnant with disease of a nature defying almost medical skill, 2nd there are a thou- sand more things of a still greater magnitude to be noticed and ¢xperienced by our army. We may go on and fight them, loss thou- sands of good, true and brave men, spend millions of money, prostrate the busines of the entire country, make desolate the once happy homes of our citizens, send desola- tion to many a fond mother’s heart, lay waste tu once beautiful farms, plantations and cities of the Sunny South. Ih turn have ours laid low by the ravages of war, and still the end will yet not be. Requisition after requisition will be made ; the farm, the store, the shop, the office and the counting- room will have to respond to the call, and the end will not yet be. Victory my be wreathed around our brows to-day ; a girdle of glory may encircle the brows of our chieftains, and to-morrow they may lie in the dust.— To-day we may drive the enemy from their strongholds ; to-morrow we may" share a similar fate. Such, gentle reader, is but a mere inkling of the commencement of this. unnatural contest, and where is it to end ? The people of the Somth, no matter how much in the wrong. still think themselves in the right. With that belief indellibly im. pressed upon them, a consciousness of their rectitude and the justness of their cause, they will fight unto death. When reason nas left her throne, when prejudice and pas- sion obscures the mind, when our leading Republican journals say that the war is not for the subjugation of the States, but for the institutions of those States; “4hat it is the army of freedom, marching nto the land of bondage to place cvery Living human being on a perfect equality, what are we to ex- pect? Why nothing but madness and war at their hands., Warfare, and a war upon them will never again restore and cement fraternal feelings between us, it will not re- cement the bands of Union, but it will every day widen the the breach, and draw us nearer the vortex that will eventually core summate our ruiz. Jackson, in his farewell address, said that ‘in the event of a con: flict between the North and the South, caus- ed by a sectional party, that it was the last of the Union.” We have not taken this view of it from anything of a partizan na- ture, but merely from a true and just sense of our duty to our God and our country.— Believing that by the presentation and advo- cacy of a just and equitable compromise, at this time, would still tend to the restoration of fraternal feelings throughout the length and breadth of the land. * eA ee er The Successor of Judge Douglas The Governor of [lhnois has appointed O. II. Browning, a straight-out Republican, to fill the seat in the Senate made vacant by the death of the gifted Douglas. This action on the part of the Executive of 1llinois, does not accord with the proclamation made some weeks ago that there was “no party. The Fremont Messenger, speaking of that dodge says : : The cry of “no party’ 1s alla grand, vine, BAREFACED humbug. The democ- racy everywhere are ready te ‘uphold the constitution and laws of the country, and ever have been. They have a clean, untar- nished record, upon tha: point; but have never been, ARE NOT Now, AND NEVER WILL BE ready or willing by act, worp, or DEED, to endorse the unconstitutional dog- mas of the Republican party. The Democ- racy have no sins to repent of—nothing to take back or amend—théy form the great, constitutional law-abiding Union party that it ever has and we pray God ever will be. — This is their great sin—ever has been in the eyes of men now in power. The Democracy have shown their readiness to stand by the coustitution and laws of the country and assist in putting down the great rebellion now in progress : but in doing so, they do not—wiLL NoT—CANNOT endorse the doc- trines preached by the republican party. While the Democrats of the North will shoulder their muskets to support the con- stitutional authorities of the country in all legal efforts to put down rebellion, they will stall hold fast to their organization, believing that the party now in power 1s totally inca- pable of restoring peace to our now distract. ed but once happy and prosperous people.— Mr. Lincoln knows this, hence his opposi- tion to the appointment of a friend of Judge Douglas to the Senate. ay Hon. Wm. L. YANCY writes to the Mont gomery Post that Engiand will recognize the independence of the Southern Confeder- acy carly in August and that he will be Address, Harper & Bro., New York. howe in September. PEN, PASTE AND SCISSORS. 7 Advice for Gen. Scott—¢Put none but Americans on guard to-night.” —Centre Democrat, 1856. I~ Why is Brigadier-General Schenck like Burlingame ? Because he was rejected at Viena. JZ= We noticed a lady parading the streets on the 4th, arrayed in red, white and blue. She had red hair, a white dyess, and blue stockings, 07 The cost of the war now going on, is estimated at $34 per second, $2083 per min ute, $50,000 per hour. Rather expensive. 0 The Rev. Henry A. Sizer is duly au- thorized to act as agent for the Underground Depot in Albany.—Pine and Palm, Aboli- tion paper. I~ Democrats will please fake notice that until the war is ended, no party lines are to be observed except in the distribution of offices. 17 Another General in the Field.—It re~ quires more skill on the part of Gen. Scott, to shield the Administration from General Indignation, than from the army of Jeff Da- vis. 1 377 Judge Taney, of the Umted States Court, is about as much disheartened and annoyed by the corse taken by the Central Press, as was the Pope of Rome by the Centre Democrat, in 1856. [77 « Overgrown military establishments under any form of government, are 1nauspi- cious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.” — Geo. Washington, Jan. 1st, 1796. 177 A Republican paper insists that Chief Justice Taney has committed treason against the United States Government. Who is the lawful judge of what treason is, the Su- preme Court, or some scullion editor of a negro newspaper ? . ‘7 An exchange states that six abolition journals in the Eastern States have sus- pended since the 4th of March. It would have been a great blessing to the country, had their editors been suspended to the end of a rope at the same time. 7 Who are the worst enemies of our country ? Let the patriotic dead answer. ¢ Any man who hesitates in granting and securing to every part of the country its just constitutional rights, is an enemy to the whole country.” —Daniel Webster. [77 Vatuable Information.—A new article of cement has lately been discovered, com- posed of gun powder and lead. It is war- ranted to unite bodies entirely dissimilar, and is now being tried to fasten together forever, the dismembered parts of our Gove ernment. 17> What about the Harvey treason ?— Is everybody satisfied with Iarvey’s expla nation of the information he gave the ‘“reb- els” about the reinforcement of Sumter, or is it hushed up because somebody else high ib power new might be implicated. How could Harvey know the sccrets of the Cabi- net if he had not been told ¢ There is a mystery about this whole business, that requires a full explanation. Either some body high in power divulged the secrets of the Administration, or there was an under standing that Harvey should send the in- formation contained in the despatch, to in- duce the “rebels” to fire upon Sumter, pre- cipitating the war, and placing the Admin- istration, to all appearances, right before the people of the North. a a Rememser that the present civil war could have been averted, and the Union restored, by timely and just concession on the part of the Republican Parly of the North : but their traitorous leaders refused to “yield an inch.” And, remember, that Virginia, and all the border slaveholding States could have been saved by the adoption of the Crittenden Compromise which the leaders of the Repub- lican party refused. The leaders of the Republican party are therefore, the wicked authors of the dissso~ lution of the Union aud the civil war. Hold them responsible before God and the people for this huge crime against ljib- erty and Humanity.— Democrati ¢ Standard, Concord, N. H, : te a Bret WHAT party is the trae Union party of the country ? The Democratic party. Why so ? Because it is the Constitutional party. . What is the object of the present war on the part of the North ? . According to the interpretation of Republi- cans, itis to abolish slavery, to exterminate Demotracy, to desolate the South, and de- stroy forever the Union of the States. Who was the first President that violated his oath, that usurped Constitutiona! powers not belonging to him and made himself dre- tator ? Abe Lincoln. How long did the Union exist in peace and prosperity under Democratic Governmeut ? Seventy-four years. How long under an Abolition Republican Administration ? J No time! because the principles of that party are antagonistic to the Constitution and the Union of the States. Where, and when was Secessionism first broached ? 1n New England, and as far back as 1796, and again 1n 1803-8-9-12-14, when they de- sired to form a New England Confederacy to be governed by one of the royal family of Eogland* What states first broke the sacred compact that held the Union togather, and how ? The New England and other Northern States, and by annulling the Fugitive Slave act, which is a part of the Coustitution. Lincoln a Secessionist. The following extracts are taken froma speech of President LiNcoLN’s m the house of Representatives, Jan. 12th, 1848. Lest | any should doubt the fact of his haying given i expression to such sentiments, the speech | may be found in the appendix to the Con- gressional Globe of the 30th Congress, first session, page 94: y «* Any people, anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.— This is a most valuable, ajmost sacred right —a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confin- ed to causes in which the whole people of an existing gogernment may choose to exercise it—ANY PORTION of such people that can may revolutionize, and make their own of so mucn of the territory as they inhabit. More than a majority of any portion of such people may revolutionize, putting down a minority intermingle with, or near about them, who oppose their movements. Such minority was precisely the case of the Tories of our own revolution. It isa quality of revolution not to go by old lines, or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones.” What kind of loyalty is that ? Ts not this carrying the doctrine of secession as far as can be done by any rebel of South Carolina ? Is not this acknowledging the right of Seces- sion ? the right of apy portion of the people or any state to ievolution, and make war upou the government, and if they possess the physical power, to overthrow the govern- ment and set up & system of thcir own ?— Yes, it goes further, it disavows the right of the government to use its physical force in attempting to coerce any State, or PORTION of the people, who may rebel against the government of the United States. This idea of Secession advanced by LiNcoLN when a member of Congress is as wild as any held by the veriest Southern Secessionist at this day. Many in the South may have learned their Secession doctrines from the Presiden- tial incumbent.— Mr. Lincox ought to be watched.— Lancaster Intelligencer. Who shall be out Next Senator? As there may be a number of aspirants for this important position, and as the pub- lic is deeply interested at this time in having a man with the proper qualifications to fill the office of State Senator, it might not be out of place to urge the claims and ability of Wm. H. Bair Esq. Mr. Bram, isa self made man, he has hy his own industry and genious elevated himself, from the level of an uneducated youth to the proud position of one of the most active Lawyers at the Bellefonte Bar. He is not only a ripe schol- lar, but a sound Legislator. When a mem- ber of that body Mr, Brain had at all times a sineerity and honesty of purpose in all his actions for the wellfare of his Constituents. As a soldier he is now doing good service in defence of the Stars artl Stripes that may ever wave over our much injured Country. As a Unfon man, he goes for the Union of all the States, but at all hazards will oppose the so called Union of a Centeralized Gov- ernment. We ask Mr. BrLAIr’s nomination as a Democrat, as a Legislator, as a Soldier and as a man of Courage, one that cannot be driven from his purpose by the low cun- ning of base and unscrupulous politicians, Place him upon the tigket, and we will pledge the Demotracy of our Senatorial dis. trict triumphant, jon the coming, second Tuesday of — UNION. —— OO County Treasurer. Messrs. Eprrors.—You will oblige many Democrats of Centre County, by announcing the name of Capt. John B. MircusL as a candidate for the office of County Treasurer subject to the decision of the Democratic Convention. Capt. MircrEL is a good Democrat a sound Union man, a kind and affectionate officer to those that are under his care, he has the proper qualifications to fill the office, with such men as the Captain, placed upon our ticket the democracy of old Centre will be triumphant we want no fusion with the black Republicans, oil and water cannot mix, give us the Union of all the States, and the union of the Democratic party and all will be weil again. Give us Capt, MiTCHEL as our stan- dard bearer and we will be sare to defeat the black Republicans at the baliot box. Many Democrats. SRB Tue Secessionists account of the skirmish near Cumberland, Md., puts quite a different face on the affair, from that given by Col. Wallace in his official account which we published in our last week’s paper, We copy from the Richmond Inquirer. There were two skirmishes on the after- noon of the 26th June, Captain Ashby’s command being engaged with the enemy.— In the first encounter, Richard Ashby led five men to the charge against about forty ; about two hours afterwards Captain Turner Ashby came to the field with thirteen men. As he advanced upon them, two of his men were shot down, his own horse being killed under him. He led, however, his remaining ten men to a gallant but desperate charge upon upwards of fdiity of the enemy, who were ambushed upon an island, and very much concealed by driftwood. The encmy were entirely routed, losing 15 men, 10 or 12 horses, (which we have,) 8 or 10 rifles and as many pistols. We lost only 2 men killed, and 3 wounded. Of the wounded was Lieut. Richard Ashby who was very badly wounded having been bayonetted twice after he was supposed to be killed. The surgeon, however, has very strong hopes of his recovery. : et te ee AA Breen «If such a [sectional] struggle is ever be- gun, and the citizens of one section of the country are arrayed in arms against those of another, in doubtfull conflict, let the battle result as it’ may, there will be an end of the Union, and with it an end to the hopes of freemen. The victory of the victors would not secure to them the blessings of liberty. It would avenge their wrongs, but they would themselves share im the common ruin.’ —Gen. Jackson's Farcwell Address. THE LATEST NEWS. The Norfolk drgus says: ¢ The Confed- crate States’ troops were paid off yesterday.’ Gen. Wise’s and Gen. McClelland’s arm- ies are at Huttonsville, 40 miles from Phil- lipi, Generals Patterson and Johnston, near Martinsburg. The forces under the respective comman- ders is believed to be about as follows : McClelland 20,000 Wise 11,000 Patterson 23,000 Johnston 16,000 We have authentic information of the taking of four U. S. Vessels on the Potomac by a body of Md. (Secession) Zouaves dis - guised as women. The Baltimore Exchange says : ‘The vessels captured by the steamer St. Nicholas on Saturday last, the 29th inst., after the St, Nicholas herself had been cap- tured by the daring ad renturers, under Capt. H~——and Col. T——, are as follows : Brig Monticello from Brazil, bound to Baltimore, witk 3,500 bags of coftee. Schooner Mary Pierce, from Boston. bound to Washington City, with 260 tons of ice. Schooner Margeret, from Alexandria, bound to Staten island, with 270 tons of coal. The property taken was valued at $465, 000. The vessels, as captured and capturing steamer, are all in the Rappahannock. From Washington. WasmINGTON, July.5.—It is ascertained that after the discharge of the three months’ troops, there will still be an available force of volunteers amounting to 180,000 men, which, added to the regular army. will con~ stitute a total force ot 230,000 officers and men. WasniNGgroN, July 8 Further inteili- gence from Gerhardt’s District of Columbia Volunteers at Great Falls, has been receiv- ed. Two of his men were killed, and sever al wounded, in the skirmish of yesterday.— The secessionists had a body of cavalry.— The parties were separated by the Potomac, but kept up the fight at intervals throughout yesterday. A company of Texas cavalry went up this morning from Washington. On the 4th, the morning down train from Louisville, was stopped at Richland, Tenn., ostensibly to await the up train. The train was then ordered to camp Trousdale, and there a file of soldiers under Major Howard, surrounded the train with loaded arms, and further on, at Fountain Head, Teun., the up train was met and both trains together, with the freight train, were sent back to Nash- ville. From Fortress Monroe. Fortress Moxror, 5.—Abont five o'clock this morning, twenty five of Col. Hawkins’ Zouaves encountered a Confederate force, supposed to muster about one hundred and fifty, Including twenty five cavalry and one field piece, seven miles froma Newport News. Tt is reported that three rebels were shot, also six of the Hawkins’ Zouaves. They sent in for reinforcements and five companies of Zouaves went to sustain them. Fortress Moxrog, July 7.—The steamer Susquehanna is being towed up the Roads by a gunboat ; one of her shafts is broken. The Cumberland will sail for Boston within 48 hours. John A. Kasson, First Assistant Postmaster General, and Chas. B. Sedgwick, and Theo. M. Pomeroy, members of Con- gress from New York, are at Old Point to day. Young Raymond, a son of the princi - pal of the Chesapeake Female College, came in to day as a deserter from the secession army. 3 From Western Virginia. BuckaANNON, July 8.—A despatch res ceived here says that General McClellan's column is within one mile of Laurel Hill, where the Confederates under Gen. Garland are posted. A battle is probable within twenty four hours. A courier has arriued from Webster, who reports that four companies of the 19th Ohio regiment at Glenville, about forty miles dis- tant to the southwest, are besieged by a picket regiment of Virginians and fifteen hundred miiitia under O. Jennings Wise.—- Col. Tyler, of the Tth regiment, has marched to their relief from Weston, and the 10th regiment, Col. Lytle, has just gone forward to their rescue from this place. " Capt. Hess, spoken of in the following de- spatch, is from Potters Mills, this county. In addition to the news received by tele- graph, we learn by private letters, that 7 of his men were killed and a number wound- ed. They were generally from Centre and Mifflin counties.— [Eps. WATCHMAN. MARTINSBURG, VA., July 4.—The enemy passed through here on Monday afternoon with 42 prisoners taken from the various Pennsylvania regiments, some of them strag- glers who left the lines to fight on their own hook, most of them men of Captain Hess’ company, of the 15th Pennsylvania regiment who were surrounded by the enemy’s caval- ry, who, being dressed exactly like the reg- ulars, were mistaken by the captain for Federal troops, until resistance was useless. From Hainesville, Va. HarNgsviLLE, VA., July 9.—There was a skirmish to day near this place, in which the Federal troops lost 5 men and had 37 prisoners taken. Among the number was a Lieut. Colonel, a Captain, and a Surgeon. CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, is elected Speaker of the House and E. Erarins of Tennessee, Clerk. It is said hat there are twenty: three mem- bers present who will vote against any ap~ propriations whatever to carry on: the war. Bills have been introduced into the House to legalize the unconstitutional acts of Pres- ident LINCOLN. “Mr. Varanpicuay, of Ohio, has introduced a bill to repeal the Tariff of 1861, and revise that of 1858. By Telegraph, FIGHT NEAR CARTHAGE. MO. We have just received a despatch stating that a fight occurred near Carthage, Mo. — 1,500 Federal troops, under Gen. Seigle, were attacked by an army of Secessionists, 13.000 strong, under Gen. Jackson. The Federal loss was from 200 to 300, the Seces- sion loss was about 200. The Federal troop: retreated in good order.
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