BEDFORD INQUIRER. [
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BEDFORD, Pa.
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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
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: 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 th<a d ij
ami hour cut off, would the battle rest? No
Fi ty thousand titoro would take their pliccs
and if they should full, one hundred thousand
ntnrw would tush down frtu the North, to he
followed, if tlt-y should f.ll by the fever, pes
tilence or sword, by u quarter fa million
inure until the very women would take the
field wiih broomsticks, and drive all <h: ene
mies of <be Uuion into the Gulf. [iJheers ]
1 have neither ffor nor doubt upon this sub
jf>ct. 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 f<r our fit? ; we are here
for our coUDtry ; ottr Gee is turned Southward,
and there is no step backward. [ I'tentond'n:.-
*pplsuse, aud cries of good!"] He makes a
wile mistake who think- we arc to be eithet
cajoled, or t'ireiteued, or in'nutted, or com
promised any furiht-r Tt.e d.y of compro
mise is passed away, and the Govern men' must
and shall he sustained. ["1 bat's it!"' ami
great spplause..] And when <bc (i ivctutueut
is sustained, wc will do a* we have ever done
give every body in the Union then rights
under the (joiisli'uti'jn, and everybody out of
the Union the steel of the Uuion until they
coute in under the Constitution. [*' Wo like
that! That's the talk!" and ituaieoso cheeiiug.]
And now, my ire d.<, allow me to hi.i
jou good night. [Cries of ••Go on' Give
ihcu) another right baud .-•hot, Goner*!! Throe
cheers for General Hutle-.' Give them a ten
pouod shot ! Order!" &• ]
if is impossible for tue, my friends, to go
on; this i- uo tiuiu fot speech making If you
will return to your boutes,and the Government
will give mo directions, 1 will go boutb, and
1 you sbali fo.low uiit. [Nino cheers for Jiut
' ler ]
ROLL OF MEMBERS OF ' TAYLOR
GU llt OS" ( UMP t\ V G., 13Til
REGIMENT-
John 11. Filler, Capt.
K. S. Mopps, Ist Lt.
W. P. B>rndl2ar, 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 <quipped for effective service.
[ SEC 14 That ttie Associr o Judges ef the j
j t\fuit of Common Pleas and the County o"in
, uiissi. tiers of the several counties of tbi-
I Commonwealth ehail constitute a board of
i r#r!i'.f ; to meet monthly, or as often as tfiey
• find necessary, at the offin o f the Cotnmis
| .doners, and, upon reasonable claim or s'tggcs
j '.ion, furnish such amount of support or
. relief in each individual ote as they may
deem equitable and proper for the families or
i for persons residcu". iu their respective counties,
i hvietofore in any decree depend .nt upon such
volunteer* us have b en enrolhd and mustered
i into service from their several counties, under
| eiders from the Governor of theCotnm uweahh
during the exi-tence ot the present txigencies
of tie G neral Government, the claims or
suggestions for such relief to be made in
Vti ing, t-ittiug forth the facts ot th cos*,
j with such proofs and verifications as the board
uray require, and to be filed in the office as
vouchers fur any pay men's which ru<y be made
thereon, payments for relief to be made by
; orders drawn iu the usual form; with an in
: dorseuient on the back of each, "issued by
the board of relief," which indorsement
I shall he signed by one of the Associate Judg
es; and all the vouchers and the orders issued
thereon shall be duly audited by the Couoty
Auditots or other (riper authorities, and
published in the annual atateiueut of the pub
lic expenditures of said counti s; if it shall be
fouud rtq lisite tv the Commissioners of auy
eouutv within t .is Cowtuoawoaitb, they are ,
hereby authorize.] and empowered to make a
temporary loan, or loans, at a rate of iuterest
but exceeding seven per ecu', per annum, to
carry into effect tho measures of rebel provi
ded by this Aet. PrjviJeJ, That all arrange*
tueo's mide by the sjveml counties of this
Commonwealth fur the support of the f.milies
of the volunteers mustered into service, are
hereby legalised and declared to be iu full
force, until the piovisions of this section are
carried into ff;ot by the several ccun'bs of
this Commonwealth.
SEC. 15 That it shall be lawful for the
proper authorities, of any county within thi-
Oountionwealth to assess aud levy a tix for
the payment of snob uppropii iiions us may
i have been or may hereuftrr be made by such
authorities for the relief of volunteers or o!
their families or both, wbieb volunteers shall
have teen or tmy be received into the service
of this State or of the Uuited State* in the
present exigency of the couutry : Provided,
That such assessment shall no; in any one
year exceed two and onc-hulf mills upon the
dollar of the taxable property of such county:
And providf! furlhir, That all loans hereto
fore negotiated or moneys borrowod by any
e unty, >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 <r ers if such oilio--rs
as may be pi iced < v;r Hou by prop r au ber
ry: And provide-! further, fuat -o WUJU of
any law hereto ore existing autho.iß Og uio.u
hers of volunteer companies to reenvc pay
for any military pirating not >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.