BEDFORD INQUIRER. [ | BEDFORD, Pa. • ! Friday Morning. May 31. IS6I. "FEARLESS AND FREE." D. s'T- R-Edltor and I'roprletor. The Gazelle, a few weeks ago, cbargod the Republicans of this County with intending to keep up their paity orgsnizitioo. To this we replied, that wo were willing to meet Demo crats in a Union County Convention, nominate candidates irrespective c-f party, only jo that they were true friends of the Union, and vote for iherr. To this, that paper objects. Iu our opinion, this would te the best and most patri otic manner to act in this crisis. all old petty Unce, now that our beloved country is in be dropped, and when this wickrd re bellion of the Southern traitors has been eroehed, then will he time enough to rcfum* old fitly relations again. For our part, we believe we have as geed, if not a better chance of carryiug our County ticket, next fall, than the Democrats, but if they wouid meet us in friendly union, as true lover 9 of this great Republic, the wisest and the bast ever citab liabed by mcrtal man we rare r.ot whether the man we vote for for Judge, Legiala'urc, Trea surer, Commissioner, &c.., is, or las been, a Democrat, only so f/iat he it for his country now. Patriots, turn of loth patties, who de •ire to sec our inestimable blessing of liberty go down to all generations unimpaired, is ihere anything wrong in this proposition? Politics to tho winds when our country is io danger. This course is ro otcmendel in Allegheny, and other Counties in this State, as well as in other Ststes in the Union, r.ud will be accom plished. Let us show a bold united front in Bedford County, in tLis war that the traitors have forced upon the Government, drop party, and when peace return 0 , go back to our old political organizedirus, or form new ones as suits us. This idea is entertained by a great many of our friends, not beeausc they have rot unlimited confidence in the soundness of Republican principles, lot patriotism seems to rcqmre that we present an undivided front io the enemies cf our country, and that partisan ship, for the time being, should be subordinated to the salvation of the government. ACCEPTED. We understand that the Hopewell Riflemen and the Bloody Run Blues, both of this Coui ty, have bicn accepted into the service of the Government. They have both been full fer several weeks, and ate composed of the right kind of material. The Clearville Blues have also been read) to march Tor the last month. If necessary, a thousand men can be procured io Bedford County. Wbil-t the gallant sons of our Coon j y are ir. the service, risking their lives to aid j in putting down tic rebellion of the traitors, 1 we hope no citizen will join in with that foul secession journal, the Bedford Gaz.tte, to di ! vide our counsels, give aid and couifort to the enemy, and help to hriug disaster and defeat on the Government, and our brave volunteers, ! WhcD our gallant men have put down this ! fcul rebellion, and return to their homes, cov- j ered ail over with laurels, they will treasure up, in their heart of hearts, against the day of wrath, the treasonable conduct of toe Gazette, ! ai-d its few sympathizing friends. ♦'WK'VE GOT 'EM Now!"—Tbo Gazette Bays that we made this ejaculation "on the occasion of an enthusiastic war speech deliv- 1 ered by a prominent Democrat a few weeks ago." It also states that the editor of this paper "said but a short time ago, in the hear ing of a friend, that he wished to God John Brown wa alive now, that he might fulfil his purposes upon the Sooth!" We pronounee loth these assertions if the Giselle, lies out of the whole cloth. But lying io the editor of that paper is part of bis nature, and he c ftt b!p it. We this week publish the patriotic speech f f 1100. Stephen A. Douglas, before the Leg islature of Illinois. Lei all those who have been taking their cue from the Bedford Gazette, read this speech. It is brimful cf piniotisro, and shows that his heart is hi the right place. If all the supporters of the Jadge, in this Ett-e, h well as tbrrogboat the country, will take the trine patriotic view, the course of all accession pp re, like the Gazette, will have "no tffcet. V) a letter treat the Ilarrislurg correspon dent of the Philadelphia Press, published io another column, it will to 6ceo that Uoo. £. L. Purviancc has resigted the Attorney Gen eralship, and that Hon. Francis Jordan ol Bedford, and Hon. Darwto A. Finney ol Craw fori, arc spoken of aa his successor. The report, scute days age, of w battle at will's P.iot, near Fit tress Monroe, ID wbirb Mtf | hundred wire said to Le killed end wimued, proves false. A considerable portion of our paper is this week taken up with the account of the advance into Virginia, by the United States forces; and of the assassination of the young and gallant 001. Ellsworth of the New l'oik Fireman Z >u- | aves, bj ati Alexandria secessionist. 'i he people of every part of the loyal State*, mourn 'he untimely death of thia young officer. — i Flags in the pone, throughout the army, in the j cities, iu fact all over the country, have been ' d'splayetl at half mast, minute guns fired, and • bells tolled, testifying a nation's mourning and j j sympathy, ilia death wiil be avenged. We intend weekly hereafter, to devote a column of our paper to educational matters. — i It nill be under the editorial management of Mr. Cuari.ES W. Qheene, an 1 any persons ! writing in relation to education, ntust address ; their commuDicitiins to Mr- Greene, to ensure j attention. The article on our first pace, ' beaded "Improve the Time," is from hi 9 pen. ! The Gazette should know that even the ! freedom of speech and the pre s s guaranteed by i the Constitution, dues not allow a traitor to uttet his treasonable sentiments through bis press, or in atiy manner so as to encourage, aid and comfort the enemy, which it is weekly I doing. BROAD TOPCOAL TRADE. For the week ending Wednesday 221 inst., •he shipments of coal from the Broad Top re gtoo was 5,3(12 ton% laing an increase of ] ,724 tons over the corresponding week of last year. Whole amount since Jan'y 1, 1861, i 63,571 tons. Kentucky has gone for the Union by an overwhelming rnaj >rity. The question before the people was the election of cm liditea to a Convention recently called by the legislature, j The Majority for the Union candidate will probably exceed 40,000. 1100. Ilcnry Wiuter Davis has been noiai uatcu for Congress bv the Union men of Bai -1 - : tiuiore. Col. John C. Fremont ba< been appointed a j Majir General in the army. THE RIGHT KIM) OF TUK. Among tbose arrayed in arms against the Southern Despotism, i Gen. B. F. Butler of Massacbunet's, who for years sided with every thing demanded by the South, however unreas onable. 11- was a member too. of the Chtiles tm ltcuiociu'ia Convention, sti i withdrew from that body with the secessionists and co-opera ted with them in their subsequent Convention, held iu Baltimore, when John C. Breckin ridge was placed in nomination for the Presi dency. Gen. Butler sustained the nomination then made during the campaign, and the principles embraced in the platform of the Breckinridge party. No man over went further to serve tbc Fire Eaters of the Sou h, and it was not until the attack upon Full Sumpter, that Gen. Butler aDd tbose who act cd writh him at tie North got their eyes op u and realized fully that the secessionists design ed t> destroy the Union. When the traitors could no longer conceal thoir designs, the whole body of their sympathisers at the North were shocks sod for a time, stunn d 1 y the break er* upon which they bad beco iustrumental in so nearly precipitating the country. Soon a reaction took pi ice, and some of these men, to day, are foremost in the caurn of tbo Union.— From the moment Geo. Butler landed at Annapolis he took strong measures again.-.t all traitors who came within his reaeh, and while in command at Baltimore, we fee! quite sure rntuy a traitor's bead laid down to an nneasy slumber. At Washington on the 16(b inat, iu response to a serenad-, lie sail Fellow citizen* : Your cheers for the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts are rightly be-towed. Foremost in the rauka of those who fought for the liberties of the country IU the Revolution wis Massachusetts, and ii is a historical fact, which 1 take great pride in referring to iu this hour, that in the Revolu tion, the Old B-y Statu famished more men to go south of Mason and Dixon's line, to the enemies of the country, thin did all tbe Southern Colonies put together—[Ch er# ] And in this second war, if war must oome, to establish the Declaration of Independence anew, and to secure tbe blessing of that Dec laration —the Con-titotion and the Union— Msuaebasciti is ready again to furnish every man, aye, every worn m, upon her Mail iu this oause. [Applause.} Perhaps I iniy, fur the uvuttcnt, bo excused for rufei ng to my own State. 1 believe 1 np>k to rnauv who have the love of the old Common wealth in their hearts. Bat we have this difference from our Southern brethren; while we love Massa chusetts with the true love of a am, we love the Union and tbe country wi;b equal devotion. ["Good!" and oheer* } We put no state pride, no love r.f the old Commonwealth, before, above, and beyond the luve of tha Union. [Cheers J To us out country is first, beoante it is our country.— [Three cheers ) Our Sute next, beoauee she is our State, and a part of that country. Our oath of allegiance to the Union is tbe first binding obligation; our oatb of allegiance to the State is tbe second binding obligation; never clashing, always intertwining. He who does bis duly to the Union, does his duty to tbe state, ["good/' and cheers,] and be who dees his duty to the State, die* his duty to tho Uoii'D—one and iue parable, Bow and forever. [Cheers.] Allow me, further to say that 1 look npou this demonstration of yours as prompted ly that devot on which we *1) feci for a common caua*—a common COUD iry. This is a great and good Government of curs, so kind,so benign, and so Leucficeot ihat i s hand bav on'y toco felt in acts of -fficticnato generosity, and is f.v tbe firs? time, raised io tha act of obastisiug its chil dren. it has been attacked by tbotte who should BIBFORB IHBUIRER. have been the first to defend it, *od aa in the history of a man's life, urauy things may be worse to him than death, so iu the history of a nation, dishonor, wrong, or disintegration may he worso tban the stieddiug of bloci. My friends, this Union established by our fathers, cost theui a great deal of treasure, a great deal of suffering, a great deal of blood, j and by the bright heaven above us we will not part with it short of the tit at cost, and in terest from the day of the date. "[Good, - ' aud cheers.] The same blood which flowed iu our fathers' veins still flow iu ours; the same courage wbioh they shewed still 1 trust animates us; we have tne same power of cu durauce, ibe same love of liberty and luw is ours, and we hold him brother who s'auds : ! by the flig of the Uuioo, aud we hold hiiu enemy to tne last degree who attempts to strike one star out of that hiiiliaut ct n-tell*lion which floats over us. [ I'lireo cb"irs. A ! voice, * A little more grape General." Three ; cheers for the siais aud stripes.] liut 1 htai some one shy, slid! we carry on afratiioidal Wat! btiall wc shed our brotb eis' blood? Snail we go to tbo extent of meeting iu arms those whom we have been taught 10 cll our brutbe.s ? To that I an >wer: as our fathers iu defence of tutir rights did not hesiuti to strike the iniitur ouuatry, aud light against their mot mr, so we, tUeir sous, iu defence of our rights, mu-i meet our bruihers as tbt-y met their mother. If this 'ticked, unholy, fratricidal war is fjt ced upau U", wc oau ouly say, let the responsi bility rest upon tbtse who made the necessity. Our bauds a:e cleati, our hearts are firm, aud tlio Uiiiou must be pnserved [,'liteis ] At every hiZtru, every risk, at ev< ry rx peuse, t tue sacrifice of every life this side of the Aruo icgioD, must this Uniou be pre served. Aud wuat kind of a struggle will it he? Supp use that ihe twenty hvo thousand sold er- ■ f the North now bei e should he thct. I have neither fear nor di.-tuay in re gard to it. I have grief and sorrow at the uece-sity, and God help those who have forced the necessity upon us. We arc here for our Government and our laws; we are here frndl2ar, 2J Lt. W. Mullen. 3d Lt. John B. tltlm, Ist Sergent. Alex. 0. Mower. 21 44 W in. B iwuaii, 3 1 " Wn. 11. Nulton, 4tb >' Harry H- C. Kay. Ist Corporal. O. V. Ramsay, 2d • John W. Birndwli r, Si 41 Geo. Wen.ling, 4 h •• Armstrong, Thomas Kay, Ezra Bowers. John I.owry, Saruuel Bartholomew. Borcbiel Lightningstar. Augustas Boehm, John VV. Munsliower, Geo. W. Boor, W. A. Miller, Olemence R. Brown, Jeremiah Miße*, John 11. Bradly, Alex. Melltn Thos. B. Barrie, K. M. Medley, Wra. Borland. Z ic&riah McQtiilien, Hiram Cook, J. F. MeGirr. Natii DeUhaugh, Harrison Moore, John Davis, James H. Pilkington, Richard P. Davis, Richard Pilkington, James Elliot, DavidS. Peck. Jacob B. Fi ler, Samuel Poorm>n, A. F. Filler, W. T. Pens, Wm.J. Gates, Theopolia Ramsey. E. B. Golipher, Justice R&be, Frederick W. Gay. Robt. Suupp, James Hornig, Frederick Steel, David F tiissong. Josiab Slack, Francis M. Hafer. Wiu. Shell-i. Win. Hafer, A. 11. Staler, Win. Iltll, Aircu Tobias, Samuel llildebraut, Alex. Tate, Stimiul B. Jacotiy. Ed-vd. WashahiUfh, Wm. Karcbeer, David Willi mis, Richard Kreigi r, John Wilson, Win. Kegg, Jacob Wilson, Hugh Karder, Win. Wornech, Micbael Kelly, John T. tor the Bedford Inquirer. ST. CLAIR TP., sth Mo. 27ib, 1851. DAVID OVER EDITOR : •My attention was called by a friend, to a communication published in the GiZ'tte of last we.k purporting to have been wrutco by a ci tizen of our Township, and a member of our society of ,4 Friends." The couiuiuuieatioo 1 look upon as uevcr having been written by a friend-, and consider it as a forgery, and base slander upon tbe society. J oatiunt (kink that wo have a man among us who is so degraded, aud treaoherou* to bis Christiiu profession as to lay to tby charge that wbioh be knows is notroe. I* it notjuiore piobable it was written by tbe Editor himself, or sotno of his to/idiea who flatter tbomßelveslb-fi they have been among us enough to coable them, (vtk their ex'ennvt talentt.) to counterfeit a oomuiuuio atiou as coining from "A Friend." The person who wrote the article, if "A Frieud" i>t all, is certainly not of the genuine stamp, wbioh is perceptible, iu the hr.-t place, I in tho manner of da'ing his oomuriuicMtniii, i aud iu tbe second in bis publishing it >tn tbe. I Bedford I) ante. I He styles himself "A OWM ohwrecr," ifhlch he may be, but certainly not of politics, nor of the peculiar religious characteristics of "A Friend." We hate but one in our membership in this Township who claims to be a "Democrat " and as he is certainly what is generally termed "hickory,'' iu his religious professions, be ought of right to belong to tbit party, Divid, thee will have nothing to fear at any time thee may wt.-h to visit our part cf the County; for 1 feel that 1 speak truthfully when I say that theo bss published nothing yet that ha* not met the full approbation of our entire sreietv, stid the ni"j >rity of the Township. And 1 do not apprehend that thy li*t of sub scribers to our office has been, or will be in j the least, diminished, or tint of the Gazette in'reited by any thing that tltec b* published • We willingly agree with the''Friend" to let every uian mind his own business. Wc know if this had been adopted and adhered to by the Gazette, many an innocent citizen would have escaped the personal attacks and vile -landers that have been published in that sheet almost as far back as our memory serves a*. We have beard that the Editor of the Gi- Z'tte was fearful of an attack upon his office, fur what rea-ou we have not learned, but jndg iug from the articles we have seen in his paper, suppose it wis ou ttcooun', evidently, of hi desire to create a sentiment of Ot.-cord and disunion through the couutry. He has nothing to tear, though, from the Q taker settlement, as we me opposed to utob law,and eould ot.ly be i .dee dto tight for our country iu a lawful way. Truly Thy Friend, UNION. Arming; tlie Miiilii or (he Statf. We publish below several sections of the bill which pa-ised the hcgiiltt'ireod b;-s boon approved bv lite Governor, proviJing for the loin of Ihrte milhon of dollars, for the pur pose of aiumg the militia forces of the State SEC. 12. That it shall not be lawful for snv j volunteer soldier to leave this Common vealib us Huh. unless Ito shall have been first accep tel by the Governor of this State, upon a ell under a requisition of the President i f the United S:atie made upon the Governor direct tor troops for the service of the United SU'es: j and no volunteer sol lier sh ill hr alh wd bv i the Governor tr leave the Stite u-inl fully I armed and i y or borough for I e purposes afo.t* siid, he uui the saute are hereby ratified and Qjufiruied, sul the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued or to bo issued there fore are hereby rn uio good and valid, aud ih .t ail appropriations lie-etofore at do or to be mido by county commissioners or municipal authorities, for the purpose of aim ngor <-qu p ing volunteeifi, or for it.e relief of their fami lies, are hereby legaiiztd and shall he allowed theui on the settlement of their accounts, as other pajmeuts are t>y law allowed. StO. 19. That in case any soldier shall die after being mustered into the servtoe of the United States or of this State, leaving a wid ow and miuur children or a minor child under the ago of fourteen years, the utotb- r of snob minor or minors shall receive eight dol are per mouth from this Slate, for the term of five years, unless all such minors shall before the expiratiou of said five years, be of tho age of fourteen, or unirss she or they receive a pen sion from the Uuited States. If such widow die or uttrry b'fore too expiration of said five yours, such pension frout the tiuie of aueb death or marriage, shall go to tbc support of such minor child or elt.ldreu as are then living. SEO 13. That all incorporated Universities, Colleges aud Academies in this Commonwealth are hereby authorised 11 e<-tiblisli in oouueotion with their several institutions a military pru fe stiehipfor the eduotiou of jouog uieo iu military discipline and the art of war. £fcC. 16 Tbit the comiutnier-iu-obief iu ooojoiictioo with the officers composing the giaiwistaff of the militia of this OoutmoDwealth are hereby authorise and required to organ ize a military corps, to be composed of thirteen regiments of iufantay, one regiment of cavalry and one regiment cf light artillery. The sctd regiments shall severally be composed cf com panies of like number and to be armed and equipped, c'otbed, disciplined, governed and officered a similar troops in the service of the United States, and shall be enlisted in the service of the State for a period not exceeding three years or for the war, unless sooner dis charged, and shall he liable ia be called iut-i the service of this St ile at such times as the commander in-chief may deeut their services tweesaarj fur the purpose of suppressing in surrections or to repel i ivision, s s ud further to he liabie,to le mustered into ibe service of toe United Sta'ss at such times a requisitions may be made by thePiesideut of theU.States. SEC. '2O. Thai the couiunuder-iu - chief in coj tuction with the officers alotcsaid, shall cause two or more camps of instruction, not exceeding eight, to he formed m different sec tions of the State, for the accommodation and instruction of said Hoops, and the Gover nor shall appoint suitable officers or drill mas ters, with the rank and pay of captain, whose duty it shall ic to instinct said troops in the miiittry art, confotrning as near as may be to ! (tie plau of instruction, rules, regulation* aud j diciplit c tdop'ed for similar t:oop tu tbc , set vise of the United States. | SEC. 21. That the eonimimder-in-cbiel i -ball cause the tro ps aforesaid to be diiiled ! aui instructed in such encampments for and during such periods of tune as tic may deem accessary t> perfect them in the military utt. SEC. 22. Thai the said corps shall receive •be same pay and rations wnen under such instructions in said etup>, or iu active ser vice of the United Stilts, as simtlat troops receive when ID tbc service of the Uuiteu S'atcs, and that said troops shall, when no: under such insttuction iu camp, or iu the ser vice of the State or United States,at sli times hold themselves .u readiness at their respective residences to be cal.ed into the service of tin- United Utiles, aud shall be required to pro vide and keep in repair suitable armories for ■he safe keeping and preservation of their arm* and ae o iirvmeat-. Sec 23. That it shall be the duty of the cotumaiiiJer-in chief and adjutibt general, to procure and furnish arms and accoutrement* uJ a uniform dress smtibie fur Said troops, at the charge of the State, 1 nd the captain* ol trie several eon.jai.iis composing said irgimeut* -hill he irqutred tu receipt to tie adjutant general for s.id aims, accoutrement* aud uni form dress, and shall further give bond to the Gomuiouwealth, with surety iu such sum as the Guvcruor shall direct, to ha approved by the president judge of the coutt of Caiuroou pleas of Ihe coun'y iu which such captaiu may reside, couditioued tor safe keeping and Uelivery over to the sdjutaut geueral ot such aims and accoutrements as nny be received Oy them tot their respective companies, upon demand legally made by the adjutant general, and the said foods when so approved shall bo tiled in the uffi:e of the adjutant genera:. t*EC. 24 'That the several companies and regiments composing said volunteers corps -hall be entitled to elect, and the Governor shall commission, officers similar in number and rnk to those allowed like troops tu the army ot the United Stater: PrjoideJ , That the Governor shall have power to appoint aud couiuiUsibn chaplains for said corps, aud to deaiguate their rauk. Sec. 25. 'i'bat rio troops shall be kept io camp longer than thtce uunUis at any one rune, exc< p: the Governor shall, upon the ex- j piration of ,-aiii three mouths, deem the long er continuance of said troops necessary tot the protection of tiic Common we iltb, or shall have a requisition lor troops from the Presi- : dut of the Uoited Statu. fcsEC. 27. That the Governor ami A ljutaot General ue and ate hereby uU'boriz -d and re- I quired to procure and furnish at the earliest ; possible time after tho troops provided for in tuts bill shall have been supplied, not exceed ing one tbousaud stand of modern arms and aoooutreu) suts for each of toe coin t:es of tLi common weal ih (ordering ou the Miry laud, Delaware aud Virginia lines, to he received by tlio county commis-ioiitrs ot the respective ouutie- for the purpose of arming orgmiicJ troops for rno defence of said comities, ud*for such other military service contiguous to their borders, HS they may bo called upon to per form, and the county octnmi&sioucrs of said county shall rctpectivcly execute a Loud in the name and behalf of such county, in such sum as the Governor shall direct, couoittuued for the safe keeping and delivery ov< r to the Adjutant General all such arms and accoutre- j incuts as may be received Ly them for the purpose uforcsaid at auch times as the Gover- , nor may direct, aud the bonds so cxcouted shall he filed in lbs otdru of the Aojutaut : Geuer-1. Stc. 28. Thst the Governor aod the Ad jut-ioi Gcneril be, aud are hereby authorised and required as soon as possible to procute suitable arms aceou'remsuts suffic.eui to arm the voluuteer companies of Ibis State now or hereafter to be regularly organized under ex ist I ig laws, and further to ooileot aud contract fur tbo remodelling of all such military Arms L longing to tbo State as are or bave boeomc defiuieut aod unfit for modern service: And proviUJ Juriher, That before any arma are Oulivcieil >o any volunteer companies, or home guirds, they .-hall sevifilly be sworn or afiir iuod to tJU;>por< the Coos button of this State and the Constitmi.m of the Uunci States, aud to obey ail lawfil u ibe actual ssrviod of the Stale, io hereby suspended du ring the cxistaueu of the present war, aud the military tax now imposed by ibe laws of this Couimouweaiib shall bo rt Hooted and paid iuto the Treasury of the C- mmouwealtb to i meet the expenses of the militia mastered into active service. PIIESBY rSKI AN ASSEMBLY, SyitAcusfi, May 20. Tho General Assembly Las passed strong resolutions to favor of maintaining tbo Gov ernment at any cost. They speak of tcce aion • a wicked and trea son, aud mourn for the injury done religion by the count-jnmoe given it by mioy ministers aud Christians, aud reoognixr slavery as tbo chief cause of it, aud urge a prayer for the Pr eident, tho ufirora of the government, and ibe artsy and navy. Thf AdFar.ee on Virginia. important Military Movements. MURDER OF COL. ELLSWORTH. On Thursday night and F.iday morning lasf the United S'rtcs troops made the first move ment on Virginia f n ,m Washington and George low t>. i h.- operations were conducted by three bodies of t'o"ps. Ou the right, a column crutacd the Potomac at Georgetown ; at the centre, auoth. r column, at Washington, cross ed the Long Bridge, nd marched on Alexan dra ; oti the left, a third was uk tD f rolu Navy Yard by steamboats, and landed at Al exandra. As these movements were but im perfectly related in the papers of yesterday, we give the following detailed accounts of thorn. At ten o'clock ou Thursday night last, four companies of picked men moved over the Long Bridge as u advauced guard. They were sent to rec-nuoitre, and if assaiied were order ed to signal, when they would have been rein forced by a corps of regular infantry and a battery. About 1{ o'clock OD Fi'dav morniog six companies of the District volunteers, includ ing the Nrfricnal Rifles and Turners, stepped from the Long Bridge ujon "ibe sacred soil ui \ trginia. ' it had been intended tocaptaro the lir-t rebel patrols by boats, bat the bright moonlight prevented it. The patrols, crossing the first bill, took to their horses' heels. This vanguard w<-a commanded by Inspec tor -General St r.e, under whetn Oapf. Smesd ted the centre. Adjutant Abbott the lefr, and Gap!. Stewart, son of Go in. Gharle-. Stewart, the right wing. They stopped within a half mils of the t w ~ W ilting for the main body, having msde sure taat ihe coast was clear. Tbc District volunteers Bre entitled to great credit for their readiness to march into Vir ginia. The understanding, when they were sworn iu, was that they were not to be march ed >"'Uf of the District. Of all the volunteers euro.led, only mo tnas r fused to go when re quested by (Jol. St cue. T 1 U man is not in good odor amoug his couirs i * here, and is very sorry now that he did not go. The real brunt of the Jacd expedition fell upou ihe six comparies from the District, led ty Col. Siooe, funning toe advance guard.— On toe tosrvb over the bridge a : r.g'e howit zer might have swept there aw 47, and at other points ilie passage was so narrow tint it was easily defended, or, being Hoiked by thickets, easily mtihu-hed. Geo. ManxSeld to jk t\e greatest cue to in struct the troops just befoie entering upon the bridge to take the step —that is, to avoid touching together, as the solid step together might injure the bridge. The District volunteers were followed by the main force of voiuuteere. The New Jersey brigade, the Michigan regiment, and the 1 tvelith and Seventh of New York, came down the avenue with quietness. So little noie did they CaUse that hardly any of the denizens of Wa.-hiogtoo were awaxeced from ttkeir peace ful siiimpeis. The army crossed the bridge in the following order: Twelfth Regiment, New York. Twenty fi.tb Regiment, New York. Firs: Regiment, Michigan. i :rst, Second, 'ihird, and Fourth New Jer sey, in the order named. Two regular cavalry corps of 80 men each, aud Bbermsu's two batteries; next and last came the New Y-rk Seventh. Following these w..s a long t-airj of wagons fiiUd with wheel barrows, shovels, ic. Altogether there were at It-ait 13.U00 u;en in the advancing army. Ihe scene at the bridge was grand and im pres-ive beyond description. The night ws | cool and dear; thousands of men were drawn : up iu liue and defiling past, but hardly a whis per was bcaid from among them. They all preserved a solemn sileoce, as i though sensible of the momectourni s of the occasion; Lut the rumbling of artillery, the clat ering of e" vary, the muskets and ord nance glutei ing iu the moonlight, the sup pressed awmunnd* of the officers, imparted, nevertheless, a liveliness to the imposing apeo tacle. The troops took rations for only two dsys along. All the troops at the Long Bridge carried their knapsacks, blankets, caoteeog, &i The main body of the troops wero all across the bridge in two hours ficr they commenced entering upou it Three or four companies marched over at a time in broken steps. The few spectators that witnessad the cross ing were momentarily expecting to bear re poiti or firearm 1 from the other side, but tbey were sadly dis>ppoiutcd in their expeetation, i not a gun being tired up to four o'clock, A. M. Secretary Seward witnessed the crossing 1 j frotu the sidowalk near tbo foot of the bridge. lie eamc very near being mdely treated by one | of the pickets put out to keep the streets j clear. Major General Mansfield commanded the movement of too troops until the last corps left ' tbc District. The first regiment of ibo main | body thai crossed the Long Bridge started at | twenty minutes paAt two, and the last corps ; left the District at about a quarter to four j o'clock. At four o'clock Major General Sand | ford and staff left Wtliard'a, and proceedod j to Virginia to take eommaud of the advancing I forces. After passing the Long Bridge the Iroope were mailed into three bodies. One detach ment went e),mg tbe Alexandra roid, another along the roau by ihe river, while another dropped down in a boat to cot off tbe patrol, which the moonlight prevented. Small bodies guarded the road atom half way to Alexan dria. The rest of tbe diaiaoo* was reeonnoi tered witfaiu half a mile. The seoreaj t( the movement tree uob that the colonels l tbe regiment* ordered to march did Dot know til) a late hour whit bar the? were to bo sent; nor did the regnler anuj eol onels, tbo beads of bureaus, nor the Cbiaf Oterk of tbe Navy Department. Tbe Serentb Kogioiunt bad iovitod friends to a dinner at MTiilard'*. An army officer, who was in tbe secret, promtsod Col Lnfforts to be present unless *• something important prevented." Whilst these troops were marching by land, tbe New York Fire Z 'uaves, Col. 15. K. Ells worth, were ordered to tako Alexaodea in front, approaceing the town by water. In accordance with this order, the command ** embarked on the steamers Baltimore and Mount Vernon. About 5 o'clock they reached Alexandria.