lie professing to be based upon African servi
tude, rttost follow *S Certainty as does the con
clusion from 'be prctnis-s of a mathem foal pto
poviuon. Is Kentucky prepared msec he hand
upon tie dial pUto of hr ntziliz it j, ti rudely
thrust back a Century, fetid to star, j lirfyre
the worlo tho confessed champion of *L<t Af
rioan slave huntei f Is she vrith Lc-r unsul
lied fame, ready to become a pander to the
rapacity of the African slave trader, who bur
dens the very winds of tho sea with the moans
of the wretobed j ptive# whoso limba he has
loaded with chains, sad whose hearts he has
broken ? Ido not, I eanuot, believe it.
1 1'/ th'.s catalogue of what K.en ucky must
at.tier to a ban lotting her present honored and
and secure and becoming a member
°f sjabcro confederacy, what will be her j
indemui y? Nothing, absolutely nothing.-
The ill-woven ambition of some of her so', j
may possible r; aelt tae R<s*ide:it of the u
Republic; that is all. Abe! Alas! fop |0
dream of the Presidency of a Souther
publio, whic.'t has disturbed so many
in ;i-c South and, perhaps, so no iu 'v es t
also, nd whose lurid light, lika * demon's
torch, is leading a uatiou to perdi'^o^
The clamor 'bat in insisting a ' Qr> gon;h
obcytug jue laws, rbe gre,t pn. CC r P !e that Jl
popular (ru'crr-meTtN rest u > t , \ he conseat
of the governed s viol.ted, eU r ald , jo t r^eive
a moment: -rattoc.. T'ofUar govern
'u<7! does, rest np-jtj the consent of
tae troverucd,
/'!>'ff * ? , n7y oj the
Lrinuoals are evcrv .
, , -, .i / --j pantsiica and made
tn obey the laws. ~ ...
J ,rcrta:alf Bgaiust their will,
uud no ami so .. . e . . , „ '
, , .
icd to is tu r„ • ,i i-,i 1 , .
a J o-islar >-ocd. A till passed by
i by tho ifi'ijuify of a single vote
0 g '-' V the cous;. sof all who voted
~ *it should be it, ia^t f as they are held
' .la theory, opposed to its provisions, still
1 jTa tbe less Opera live as a law, at.d no
1 .<Sht of self-government is thereby trampled
*ipn. The clauior alluJjs to assumes that
vhc States arc separate and iod p udent gov
"vtomenta, arid that laws enacted under the
"authority of ell may be resisted and appealed
t the pleasure of each The people of the
United States, so far as the powers of the
■General Guvernmiut arc concerned, arc t unit,
ami laws passed by a majority of a.I aru biod
:ug upon all. The l*ws of'ihe Constitution,
however, which tbo South now resists have
been adopted by her sanction' and the riybt j
she n- w claiirs t that of i feeble u.ioority t>
repeal whit i nnj-irity has adopted. Nothing 1
c ujM be more fJUnious.
Civil war, uuder ail circntnsfp.nces, is a
terrible calamity, and jet, i'roir. the selfi-h
biiion uud wickedness of men, tbj best Gov* j
crDiaenti have not been cbto to escape it.—
In regirdiog that which lias been forced upon ;
the Government of tho United States, Ktn
lucky should not look so much *t tho means
which may be Bf. ossarily einploved in its
prosecution as tt the luaeliwibttuus by which
this natjiinal tragedy thus bei n brought upon
u. W Leu I look upon this bright iaml, a few
nieu lis sin jo so prosperous, so tranquil, and
so free and now tehol J it desolated by war,
and the flresidei of its thirty million* of peo
ple liaiketieu, and tbeir bosoms wiung with ,
anguish, and know, as 1 do, tint all this ts the |
work of a sccre or two < f men, who, over all |
this nations! ruin and despair, preparing
to carve with the sword their way to sea's of '
permanent power, [ cannot but.feel that they !
are accumulating upon ibeir souii an atuouut j
of guilt hardly equaled in all tbe atro ities ;
treason and of homicide that have degraded
the annals of oijr mco'froiu the foundation of
the world. Kentucky may rest well assuted
t. u iLis cciiflict, which is one of self defense, I
will be pursued on the part <f the Govern I
moot in the paternal spirit in which a father !
seeks to reclaim his erring eff-.priog. No '
conquest, no effusion of blood, is sought.— j
la sorrow, noin aeger, the prayer of all is
that tho end inay be reached without ioss of
life or waste of properly. Among the most I
power*ul iQflraoi.'iitiiliticd relied un for re-cs- ,
U\ limbing the cuthoritj of the Government,
ts that of the Union sentiment of the South, I
sustained by a liberated press. It 13 now trod
den to the earth uadrr a rcigu of terrorism
which has no parallel but iu the worst days of
the brooch Kavulafion. The presence of the
will eouble it to rebouod, and
1./ ok i's oppressors in the face. A' present
we are assured that in the seceded States no
man expr?SoC-s an opiotoo opposed to tho rcv
■;l u' ion but at tbo hazzird of life anj property,
ihe only light which is admitted into politi-
C"i discussion is that which flashes from the
sword or gleams from glistening bayonets.—
A fe.v d/ys since oue ot the United States
Sen itorc from t irgima published a manifesto,
in whiih he announces, with oracular sulcui
ni'y and cev'i.-ity, that all citizens who would
not vote for Jccessten, but were iu favor of
the l/cioa-—not should or ought to— but
|*MtJST ieave the State/ 1 These words have i
it tbeui decidedly the eraek of tbe overseer's
whip. The Senator evidently trea's Virginia I
a great quarter, in which tho lash I
it tLe appropriate emblem of authority, aod .
'he only argument he vi'l condescend to use. j
tiowever the freemen of other paits of the j
State may themselves under the eXerciso j
rf this insolent and proscripiive tyranny, should i
the Senator, with ibis seourge of slave*, en- j
•it'avor to drive tbe people of Western Virgin- j
i fioui their homes, I wiii ouly ssy, in the j
narrative of Gilpin's ride:
••May I be there to see."
It would cerl&ioly prove deeply interesting
■ptotacle.
It is true that before rLie deliverance of ibe
yopul.ir mind of thh South from the tiiroa teu
ia <f* #l> ' alarm which hare subdued it, oan be
acootopli-heJ, the remorseless agituiors who
have made this revolution, and now hold its
veins, must be discarded alikefrou, tho public
service, fhe country iu its agony is feeling
their power, and we weii understood how
dffienlt will be tho task of overthrowing the as
cendancy they have secured. But tbe UoioD
tneo of tliß South—believed to be ia tbo rna
ority in every seceded State, except, perhaps
South i'aruhnu—aided by the prc-senoo of tho
Government, will be fully equal to tho emer*
gency. Let these agitators perish, political
ly, it need be, by seore:
breath can unmake ihem wh it a breath has mad e
but d-atroy this Republic wad -
Where is that Promethean heart
That can its light relume t"
Once entombed, wbeu will the Augel of the
Resurrection drsceud o the portals of its
s pulque ? Tacre is net a voice which comes
to iii from the Ceawtry of aatitjas that does
;.ut : Nvcer, :.ev ei . ' Aiaiil fie tor?
, tli!f tJ • i..'l (iCfviicbt :i t'xisl^T. c, VV9 ttj LuVi"
g;ii. r >cj vi rest an i of f eedauj, as the mani"
ac fai glimpses of i curort between tbe parox
ysms ef lit routine*?, bat wo "hail attain to
"fti'.b r national nor national repose.—
u fc baii i>o a of jarring, warring, frag
mentary Suites, otfvetlod aud detui<r!i*ed,
without power home, or respectability
abroad, aod, Wke the Republics of Mexico
and South America, we shall drift away on a
sUoreiss aj J ensanguined sea of civil com
motion, fr j® which, if the teaching* of history
are to beytrusied, wo -hs 1i be finally rescued
by tbu, iron baud of some military wrecktr,
Wl - r -> will coin the shattered elements of our
£■ /atuess ar.d of our -trengtb ir.to a diadem
* ,nd a throne. Said M. Poold, the French
i statesman, to an American cit'zen, a few
| weeks since. '-Your K*publi s,s dead, and )' !
is probably the hist tho world will ever see
You vrili bavo a reign of terrorism, and after
that two or :bre ui!i*rchie*. All '.his m\y
he verified, should ibis revolution succeed.
Let n$ men twine each thread of tho glo
rious tissue of our country's fl *g about our
heart-sti ings, and looking upon our homes,
.a j catching the spirit ti at breathes ujfim us
. from the battle-fields of oui fathers, let us re
solve that, come w;al or woe, Wl || j u jjf e
and in uea-h, new and fo*rever, stand by the
stars and stripes. They have floated over
our cradles, Jet it be our prayer aud our strug
gle thai they shall float over our graves.
• They have been unfurled from tbe snows of
, Canada to the plains of New Orleans, and to
I the balls of the Mont.znuar and amid the
, so!i.U'i€s of every sej, aui everywhere, the
luminous symbol of resistless and beneficent
power, they have led tin b.avc and lue fret; to
victorj and to glory. It Ins been my fortune
to look upon this flig j 0 foreign lands and
1 ami J the gioom of en oriental iLspoti-m, and
right well do 1 kuow, by contrast, how bright
are its stars, and haw sublime are its inspira
tions! if this banner, the emlicti for us of
all that is grand in human history, and of all
that is transporting iu human hope is to be
sacrificed on tbo alters of a Sittuic ambition,
and thus disappear forever amid the night and
tempest of revolution, then will I feel—and
who shall estimate the desolation of that
feeling?—that tbe >uu has indeed been s'riek
cu from the sky of our lives, and that hence
forth wa shail.be but wanderers and outcasts,
with uonght but the bread of sorrow and of
penury for our i'rs, and with hands ever Gttt
siretche I in f-colcnt'SS and supplication, on
which, in ;.uy Lour, a military tyrant may
rivet tbo fetters of a despairing bondage.-'
M.v G d in his iufinitfl mcrey ?vo you anJ
me, and the land wc so much love, fioin the
doi in of ,<*di a degradation.
No cotitfM so momt .i uus as this las arisen j
iu t utiiiu history, tor, nutd ill the cot fltcts of
turn and of nations, the f c of uo gacli Gov
ernment as ours has ever been at >Uke. Our
fathers won our independence by the blood
and sacrifices of a sevcu years' war, 8I) J we
have maintained it against the assault of the
greatest power up,n the eanb; and the ques
tion now is, whether wo aie to perish by our
own bands, and have the epitaph 0 f suicide
written upon our tomb. The ordeal through
which wu are psssiug must involve immense
suffering and losses for us all, but the cxpeu- i
diture of not merely, hundreds of millions, but j
i.f billions of tifcasu;Q will b e wdi made, i:
tae re-ult shall bo the preservation of our iu- ]
stitotions.
(')uli my voice reach crerv dwelling in
Uentuc-ky, I would implore it-i inmate*—if
they would not L a ve the livers of their pros,
peiity shrink aw.y, at do unfed streams he
neaib the summer hears —to rouse ihem,elves
from their 1< thargy, and fly to the icscuo of
their country before it is ever.'astirg'y too
Ute. Man sb.mld appeal to n.ao, and neigh
borhood to neighborhood, until the electric
fires of patriotism shall flish from heart to
heart in one unbroken current throughout the
land. It is a time in which the work-shop, the
iffire, the counting-house, * u d the field, may
well bo abaLJoued for the solemn duty thu
is upon us, for ail these toils will but bring
treasure, not fyr ourselves, hut for tho speller,
if this revolution is not arrested. Wo are all,
with our every earthly interest, embarked iu
mid-ocean on the suno common deck. The
howl of the sfcrin is in our ears, and "the
lightning's g'are is painting hell eu the sky,"
and while the nufcle ship pitches and rolls un
der the lashings of the waves, the cry is heard
that she haS sprung u leak U many points,
3ni that the rushiug waters are mourning rap
id.y in the hold. The man who, iu such an
hour, will not work at the pumps, is either a
uuniac or a monster.
Sincerely yours, J. IIOLT.
B ALLOON TELEtiIIA Ell IXG.
Piof. Lowe expermeuted with his army bal
loon on the 17tb iuwi,on tb Columbia Armory
pouDds. lie midea uuuiber a-icensions, tak
ing up with him a telegraphic apparatus, to
which was attached a wire connecting with
the President's House, lie 'soot from his
ao.ial perch a despatch to the President/and re
ceived a reply from hiui.
Those who ascended wi h him were Supsrten
deot Horns and itubison : lite Ju tsr operating
with the telegraph instrument. . ,
The first message ever telegraphed from a
balloon was then seat to the United States by
Prof. Lows. It was as follow.-:
iialloou Enterprise, 1
WASHINGTON, June 17. J
To THE PRESIDENT OF TUE UNITED
; STATES:
"Ssitt- 1 his point of observation commands
an area nearly fifty miles in diiuieler. The
oily, with its girdio of encampments, presents
•a superb scene. I tako great pleasure io
send|Ugjoii ibis first dispatch ever telegraph
ed from an aorial station, and ia acknowledging
my indebtedness to ycur encouragement for the
opportunity of demons irating the availibii.ty of
aroaautics iu she military service of the coun
try.
Yours respectfully,
"T. 1 1. C. LOWE*"
Mr. Linooin was very much pleased with the
experiment and indorsed it as certain ultimate
ly to prove of great value in military move
ment.— World
THE KENTUCKY ELECTION.
LOUISVILLE, Friday, June 21, 1861-
Ii is geuoraUy conceded that the Uuion can
didates for Congress are chosen in all the
districts except No. 1, where Mr. Baruett is
undoubtedly elected.
f BEfIFQRB imiUl§]F
V..;. V.: - -
BEDFORD. Pa.
Friday Juno '2B. (811.
"FK\RLSS AND FJiKE."
I>. OVKIt-Edltor and Proprieor.
A CARD.
Ths mpi of Bedford County will h< de
livered to the subscribers during Julj and -
August, bagitmiag at tho western side df the
County.
EWD. L. WALKER-
'1 lie Military.
The past lias been an exciting week in Bed
ford Couuty. Oa Wednesday 'evening tf last
week, uiesseugcrs arrived from Cuuibdland,
bringing word from Col. Wallace, of tie In
dium Zouave regiment, now stationed $ that
place, of a threatened attack on his lores at
Cumberland, and a desire fir reinforceoents.
Ail communication from Cumberland, bith by
telegraph an 1 rail was out off. Teleg'apkio
dispatches were immediately seut to Go'ernor
Curtln and General MoCall, at Harriiburg,
who premised reinforcements. On Satirday
the Ist and 2nd Regimints of tho Uenruylva
nia Reserve Force, arrived at Hopewell. On
Sunday they took tip their march for Bed
ford. They partook, at Bloody Run, of a
sumptuous diuner prepared for tbeui by <he ci
tizens of that place. The soldiers wert loud
in tin ir praises of the patriotism and luspita
iity of the people of that litllo village-. They
arrived in Bedford about four o'clock, P. M.,
and marched I>D through town, to tbew camp
about 24 miles South of Bedford. SLoitly
iftcr Ibey arrived in camp, our cirizers sent
them cut uu abundance of provision* for tbeir
supper, consisting of bread aud butter, cold
roast beef, mutton and bam, cakes, pie- - , &u.>
&j., iu fact enough was 1 fi for t.e t b askfast
in the morning.
At uiue o'clock, ojjMonday morning,Cap'.
Charles C<.tnpbe!', i;h two coin pantos nf ar
tillery, aui s.x pieces of bir.ss cnuocu, ftur
six, an 1 two twclv.-pounders, arrived lulowu
Burner was sent to tbeui by our citizens,
They remained iu Cauip till Widiesday
morning. Befote they arrived iu Bedford, a
telegraphic dispatch was received informing
the counuaodcr that Col. Wallace w#t.lJ be
reinforced by G>n. McClelUu. bin Xuesdjv
evening, a disptt.h uas received announcing
that Col. Wallace had not received tie ixpeet
ed reinfoi cements, and that tho force at this
place wan needed there. In cunse<{renue, on
Wednesday morning, the 1-t aud 2nd struck
them ten s, and took up tbeir march lor Cum
berland, acouipauied by suiiio of Cspt. Camp
bell's met. with two pieces of artillery. Capt.
Campbell is yet in Badford, purchasing Lot sea
tor bis artillery.
We attended a drfss puad? oo Tuesday af
ternoon of ilic two regiments and of 'Japt
| Campbell's artillery companies. They lookid
j remarkably well, and drilled well fur lire ex
perience they have had. A finer looking Louv
O •
of ftuot, hardy men, we venture to sa\,cau
j not be found anywhere. The foico consisted
i of about 13(0 raeD.
We had tin pi unsure of forming the ac
quaintance cf quite a number of tua officers
i and privates of the Voluutecra, during their
j brie.' stay amongst u*; Colonels Simmons,
1' :>hcr and Kvrio ; II J>r D ire, a former
acquaintance; Gen. Parker, Snpetigtendant
of tiauportation ; uipttim Collins, Loraine,
McCleaiy, Chamber laio,H trrison, 'lsggart arid
Gregg; the two Lieut*. Thomis of the Hun
tingdon campaoy, nd Lieut. Bigler, also a
j number of other officers and privates, whose
names we do not now remember. They are
ail well built,good looking, social gentlemen,
and will not disgrace our good old State. We
believe a better looking set of men cannot bo
iound anywhere in the world, than these two
regimentß of Pennsylvania boys.
Senator Audrew Johueon of Tennessee, is
now in Washington, and in a speech delivered
there, he said, "They may oonfisoate my little
property.l own in Tennessee. My life may bo
required to lay upon the alter of my country,
but let mi/ counti j be taozd lie also said
' that Air. Lincoln ha I done no more than his
duty, and that if he had done less he would
knot deserved the hitler himself!" This is
the language"of a patriotic Southern Demo
cratie Socator, yet here in the Nortb, in Bed,,
ford County, there ure men led on by the
Bedford Gazette, who openly assail President
Liucoln for doiug that which Senator Johnson
say* is right, and that if ho bad not done, he
would dtseroe the hatter.
': _ I
We publish in our paper this week, a well
written, and very pitriutic song, from the pen
of Thomas It. Viukroy, Keq., of Shrewsbury,
York County, Pa. Mr. Vickroy graduated in
the ofibe, of the Bedford Gsz.tte, and after
wards at Dickinson College; is a Democrat,
and iu favor of "the Unioo, the Constitution,
and the enforcement of the laws."
Dig.'and and (he Confedenle SJates.
Apprehensions th.it England wctpd tsko part
with the South, in its rebellion against the Gov
ernment,'existe 1 in the minds of many, in conse
quence of certain articles that appeared in the
London Times. Tlie.u fears are entirely ground
less—the past history and the present position of
tie British Government in regard to slavery utterly
forbid uuy inter! entice in favor of a people, whoso
whole action Is based on the principle, that Slavery
i the in una! ci nditlt n • 1 the laboring classes and
that capital should own labor.
The London .Morning Star, an it fl tential English
paper, in a recent ait;c!c on the jeet, declares
cuiohatically tl.at '-the Northern States, of the
Atueiiean Union need feel no a] pr, li<-tisiun, thit
England i* anxious to recognize the indej eudutice
of the Southern Confederacy. Such a st.p would
be in the < xisting st.tj of affairs, alike repugnant
to cur feelings and antagonistic to our ideas of
wise policy." Ou the contrary this jurrni! in
sists that tinir natural .attitude is one of strict
neutrality, at.d tl.at their '-earnest personal good
wishes are with those who are balding against the
spread of slavery." And in urging the propriety
of this position, it gives utterance to this obvious
truth, that "the idoiutry of tlie savage do. s not in
dicate a lower conception of tho aftrlba.es of the
Almighty, than tho dogmas of men who hold that
slavery forms part of the Christian dispensation."
It would be well if some of the people of the
North, who claim not only to be highly educated
and wvll informed, but alio to lie thoroughly en
lightened in regard to the truths of the Cnristain
faith, should come up to the high standard of mo- j
ruls that seems to control this secular journal.-
We have, we are sorry to say, even in tbe North
ern States, aud in our own midst, some who be
lieve and teach that the slavery of the Southern j
States is a Divine institution, and ought therefore j
to be sustained by a Christian people !
The following is a Let of the field officers
and Captains ot Ihe first uud second rc<'iiuenls
ot i'eiioayivauia reserve volunteers, lately
encamped near Bedford:
la/ Regiment.
Colonel -Charles J. Middle.
Lieut. CMouel—l bo in as L. Ktuc.
Major—Hoy StfUie.
Captain* 11. McDonald, JC. A. li viri,
Woister, McNeal, Kluiid, lilackhard, Taylor,
Niles, McGee, ana Holland.
2/id Regiment.
Colonel —S. G. Simmons. -
Lieut C lonel— J W. Fisher.
Mi j ir—Georgo Dare.
Capt-ius—- (Jiiuan, J rout, Collins, Cocaine,
MuC'letry, Frozir, Chamberlin, ilariison,
r.gg.rt, Gregg.
Ob Thursday week, a con pany of volunteers,
under Opt. Thoons 11. Lyons, about 50
s'rong, left our plaoe, for the assistance of
! uatberl ®j. A company front Cuutberland
Vuil-y, uuder CLpf. JvatoA Hutey, It J also
arrived tLctc. The Schcll.turp K.fiemon,
under Copt. Geo S. Mullip, end gome twcnti
cit zens ot St. Clair Township, were also in
Bedford, on their w.y to Cumbere d, when
they received word that Col. V, allaco onlv
needed trained men. Our boys teturuct n.
aatnrd.y morning. <Le secrssit nis'a nouid
Cod our hardy mountaineers a rough fo
deal with should they ever meet in combat.
We eall particular attention to tho letter
of lion. Joseph Holt, publish d in today%
pspr-r. Mr. Holt was Dost Ma-tor General,
and in the letter patt of Mr. linebanan's ad
ministration. Secretary of War. Being ame tu
ber of the Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan, his X>e
ibtctaey will not be dispu'ed. lleisa Ken
tuckiau. We hope our friends wi.l baud this
letter, aftor they bivn read it, to any subscri
ber of the Bedford G zettr, that they may
know nf, and request him t. read this patriot
ic production.
The Democratic Convention met on Tues
day week, and nominated James Burns for
associate Judge, A. J Sinsoin for Treasurer,
Philip 3hoenk?r For Commissioner, Henry
Werlz for Poor Director, and Daniel L. Def>
baugh for auditor. We understand that the
1 ttle chque in town was beaten in the nomina
tions.. but the lit solu'iotis are not sound. We
may notice them hereafter.
Congressional Election in Pcon'a.
H'ILKESB.VHEK, Fa., June lit—ll. B. Wright,
Union candidate lor Congrcsr Irom the Tw. litii
Congressional District, is elected over I) K. Kau
dall, Democrat, by nu overwhelming m.-jority.
This is a gloiious Union triumph. The Union
Democrats and Republicans met, and passed re
solutions in favor ot sustaining tho Administration,
in its eflorts to crash rebellion, and both parties
uuitcd on Mr. Wright who is a Union Democrat -
Mr. Raudall was the candidate of the party hags.
ZOUAVES.—On Wednesday morning, fourteen
Captains and Lieutenants of Col. Wallace's Indi
aes Zuurv. a prsed through Bedford, en route to
Indiana, to recruit men to fill up their regiment for
three years or daring tho war. Their uniform is
one of the neatest we liavo yet seon. They had
one of the secession flags captured at Itomney with
them. It was quite a cuiioaity to our citizens.
Oar old frieod Oapt. Charles Campbell, in
command of the artillery now in Bedford,
makes one of the best lcokiug officers in the
service, and bolter than that, bo knows how to
perform his duties. Charley will be heard
from when bo finds the enemy.
CAMP McCALL.
The abovo is the name given ta tho Camp,
about i of a mile south of the Bedford
Springs, in which the two Pennsylvania regi
ments were enoamped. The name is iu honor
of Gen.- IMcCall.
The soldier? received prt of their new uni
forms at this place. They are noat, sky blue,
aod look remarkably well.
Col. Samuel W. Black has accepted tho
Colooelcy of tho Soptt Ci*gon, No. 1. of Phil
adelphia.
Hon. h. Joy Morris La* boon appointed
Minister to Constantinople. Hit Las rescued
hi* seat in Coocrea*, sod tLe Governor has
appointed a special election to he held on the
'2d of Julj.
Our young frieod. Fiotik Unilinear, of the
Hopewell Company, now at Pitwbfcrg, is BO
applicant for Asst., Quarter Master of the
Regiment to which he belongs. Ha j com
petent for the peifornianoe of the duties.
The Gazette does not inform its readers, who
is guilty of the lie proved by us week before
last. It is between the editor of that paper,
and the other two persons before mentioned.
Who is the liar, Gazette.
1 he Ist and god reserve regiments, on tbe'r way
throngh Huntingdon, were nicely entertained bj
the citizens.
Col. Robert Anderson has been promoted
to Rrig. General. A. H. lice tier lias declin
ed the tender of a similar appointment.
The 13th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volun
teers are near Williamsport, Md.
CAMP WILKI.VS. June 21st, 1381.
MR. OVER:- Dear Sir: The weith-i is exees
! sHely hot to-day, and ths Camp l>oks a* though it
j was deserted, the men all taking refuge from the
! rays of the sua. in the numerous sh -2.?, that are
scattered ovei the grounds, yet when thj reveiiie
is sounded, near 1000 men respood with their pre
s. uce, to engage in the dress parade. Everything
lias gone pleasantly since coming here, except opou
one occasion, when a most disgracelulriot occunei,
between the volunteers, and the German home
guards. The latter held a pie uic, at the city
park, u hen some of our boys becoming somewhat
intoxicated, interrupted toe Germans, when tuey
handled them severely. They returned to camp
where they remained tin til the return of the Ger
miitta, when they hurled >luhs, and boards across
the fence, into their ranks, causing the utmost
consternation among them,when the Germans fird
some dorcn shots, which was the sign: 1 for a gen.
eial n.w. Stones,brick* and pistols were freely used
and n nurnlx rot persons were seriously ii-jured
among whom were Geo. Eigiinidier, who s.nce
died ironi a fracture in tlie hm i made by a etoae
hurled Irotn some person unknown
The art .ir is greatly regretted hy all parties, and
an investigation has I een held, and fonieo persons
have been detained to answrrjlo,-.rioriug, who will j
be severely dealt witn,a* rail p.nliis svmpatiz; with I
the Germans, 'i here has iieen a new catnj' cstah. |
lishui 12 m/es rmrfh.of this, named camp tFiigft
there are 4 RegJu.e-ts now there, among which I i
t. utnl the "Pittsbuig Rifl •?," cojitta'deil hv vowr
lormer worthy townsman, Capt. L. U". Smith! A j
luOre respectable s,-t of men, i never siw emigre- j
gated. They arc generally clerks, out of the whole- |
sale stores here, and governed, by a constitution, j
and no person i- admitted into thecompauy except i
he be 5 sect incites high, upon respectable !
recommendation, and a v„te cf two ilmds o! I
tne company. Among their number I found |
Mr. 11. N. Baker, formerly ot Bedford, from whom I
1 received the greatest c nue*y. Theit company j
comprise 101 men, all armed with the Sharp j;.fl •. j
Coit pistol, nn I taut. There are a number of!
Theological students, i e'onging to the company, 1
and c" ino set vices are dj ly Itli in their quarters. !
\V- returned homo that night, well pi "usd with ;
our trip having seen dnr.ug the evi it.g. 4 R gi- |
men-son par.de. They drilled well. Th ' boys!
arc Variously occupied this afternoon, s une are '
engag'-d singing, some at chess, and not ale vat •
cards, while in my are like yout humble sirva„t. |
etig.ged in writing to ihaso whom tfiav htva left 1
lieiiinil. None desir.'to return so far as I hive J
heard them < sp;\ja thems tiv.-s, nl oit.el3.iii
v h.-n tiie oath was adni nictereJ f,.r t.\ree ye..rs> u: I
oae was wil i:ig tj baoki-at, u though the oppor u- 1
tity was <Q' led. The only c >mpi lint m ide is th t 1
the gnveriiap nt is too si >w in arm ng an i uniform- •
log the troops, ilotu • ot'our u iys l.iot quite ahu*. '
iy nt providing themselves witu the prop r e!-.h
--mg iastwre coming her-. On- comp u.y Cimp;ise 1
71 tact, 5 having been s ■ t haes. iVe are cause- '
quontly skgrt 3 men. AIo e auou. F. 11.
IKPOHTAXT FlToil JJISSOiIU.
ST. Loris ifo., Juno 21.
Tne Democrat learns front Syracuse, about 25
miles South of B >oß*ill \ t oat an*expedition, nearly
1,000 Btrong, with four pieces ef artillery. under
C.pt. lupper of the regular service, left Roonvilie
on VVedm stay night, and reached this place at 10
a. tn. yesterday.
Gov. Jackson with 600 men arrived here on
Tuesday, and after impressing the property f both
enemies and friends, kcing afraid ot pursuit, sud
deu'y left yesterday morning, proceeding south
ward tow*-ds Warsaw. Our forces hive gone
forwatd to-day. but there is little hope of over
taking the fl. eiriz party.
A battle took place at sunrise Tuesday morning
In-tween 800 Union lloiue Guards, under Capt
Cook, near the town of Cell, where they camp, and
a largo party of Secessionists, from ffatsaw and
the surrounding country, in which 13 Guards were
killed and 20 wounded, many of them severely in
jured. and 30 prisoners taken. Most of the. Gti T.XS
were in a large I ant whtn the firing began, hut they
immediately sprang to arm*. It is sail that th-y ;
kill d 40 ot the attacking party before being over- |
powered by superior numbers. Nearly all of them ;
flually escaped, and are all ready to j >:n our forces, j
to dispute the passage of the State troop*.
Capt. Cook tcached here this morning in dis i
guise. 1I says not one-half his fu;eo was armed, I
and only two hundred participated in the rt^.kt. — |
lie luistened forward to overtake and connect with i
dipt. Totten.
borne of Gov. Jackson's party went weft from
I hero on Wednesday night by railroad, taking what
| rolling stock iliey Could, and destroying the rest,
and turned Laramie Bridge, a costly structure, six
miles west of here.
Syracuse.is now protected by Federal troops.
Amoig several letters captured in Booneville,
by Gen. Lyon embracing orders front headquar
ters to destroy tbe bridges on thja North Missouri,
Hannibal and St. Joseph, and the Pacific Railroads,
and irstrnctions to different officers an I individuals
respecting the organization of troops, Sec., one
enumerating tho arms and ammunition seized at
Liberty Arsenal some time siuce, the last as fel
lows :
8 trass and 12 iron stx.pounders, 166 b ills, 380
pounds canister, 63 strap shot, 380 fixed rounds,
IKb muskets, £2-1 rifles, 121 carbines, bll pistols,
469 sobers, 39 artillery swords, 4.000 pounds can-
Don powder, 9,900 pounds musket powder, 4,buo
pounds riflj powder, 180,000 musket cartridges,
9,000 mußketoon do., 17,500 nfio do., 58,000 pistol
do., 10,000 blank do.
TUB GOIIIHSDISIT OF CAMP
CCIITIN.
We ba7e already announced tho change at
Uatup Curt in, by which Out. Uu\s J. DIDDLE,
of Philadelphia, succeeds (Jul. Soiler in com- j
uuand. It will bo remembered by our readers i
that the "wild cat regiment," recently organ- 1
i#ed, elected our gallant friend, Tuos L. 1
KANE, Colonel, and Major DIDDLE, Lieutenant
Colonel. The former, appreciating the supe- j
rior military quantisations of Major DIDDLE, ;
wiib a magnanimity that did him credit, j
promptly proposed a change of positious and
insisted upon Major DIDDLE takiug command
of itm regiment. After repeated and urgent
sobcitation 'he generous proposition w s ac- •
oepteu, and the arrangement lieirtilv approved i
by tbe entire regiment, which is uow one of
the be.-t oflioered in tbe State.
l'bose of oar readers who have • da sire to -
j inform themselves with regard to ffco new an A
aeoompiwbed Commandant of Camp Curtir,
will do wi-Ii (O consult the volume of offiejj
repot ts published t.y Congress relative to t} ja
j Mexican war. Col. RIDULE appeals to have
j fceen particularly liisticguiabed in the battles
t.'on'reras, Cherubusco, Molino itel Rev
Cbipulep c and the taking of the ci y of
Mex'O'-.. GOU SCOTT'S report of the storming
I Chapuitepve names Captain RIDDEK as "one of
i the Sis' in ihe ss;.ul."
Umcr.! C'ADWALADKR'S report of the bt-
J tie t \L<IHUO del- REY mentions that "CUP.
! tain liDPLE, of ihe Voitiguer Regiment,
• eft his bed WHEN IHS firing began, AND
J 'iucjJ liii ioaij'uy; uJ Co!. ANDREWS, tbf
Colonel of the V&.ttguofa, giving n account
|or 11:E Morming of Chapultepce, which took
place five d ,V later, and in which the VOL.i
guei!, kd -ttae attack, says:—' "(.Vptaia JJIUPL*
I WA?, J BELIEVE, THE second < FLIE R who entered
J the iv.-., k-, aud noted with hi., accustom .d bra-
J VERY, lit j DEED us in the morning FROM A
sick leu, against uiy wi-h an 1 orders."
An emphatic encomium on his conduct p
--j pears a is.i Hi the np it of Gen. PILLOW, UJ
, win 80 ctiutnn Oapt. BI'IDI.K made the M/rch
! from Vina Ciu2, aud took p<rt in th<* opera,
I t.'ons incident to it end in SHE DECISIVE BATTLES
Jof Con tier as and ChuruLusco. Gen. PILLOW
J speaks of Win as "Captiin RIDDLE, prompt,
; vigilant and daring." After Chapultepce, IN
the attack UPON the city, Uapt. RIDDLE'S com
pany seems to have been selected from the
regiment to OCCUPY UE POSITION furthest in ad
vance, and TO drive too enemy out of it.
The gallant services of the Voltigeure on
this MEMORABLE ocoas-ioo will not soon be for-
G tteu. TUB UDVALOE of the regiment WAS LED
throughout by Captain BILPLI" IT celebrity
AS A disciplinarian i not CUV to any SEVERITY
of cbviacter. Always GENIA: •*"•<! CMLUM-JUTT
be H.s never tad the reput ,:.i th" *r-oy 'J
biiug a martinet. The belli- . t isi&o
aud accuracy which have TOADS L:,TI a in*C WHO
succe .c, in AIL he undertakes, W;P. their W.Y
iriesittJibiy with those around him. lie I,
ECJ 'IILY timed as a taciictsn AUD student OF
at nt.py.
Col ON' I RIDDLE'S R,NK of Mvjir in the Army
of the Uuited BTlTES—'*'a an-st INADEQUATE
reward for lis services," in the opinion of
TL INIILLD SCOTT — was GIVEN to biui
gaiiantry in the field in 1848." Since the
MEXICAN WAR he has resided in Philadelphia,
aud at AU lulus*. the country place of his
father, ii,O late NICHOLAS RIDDLE. We feel
assured i HIT Colonel RIDDI E will make aa
efficient officer, AND rapidly win his WAY to
icpuUr.ty with 'he cilLvrs' sr.J soldiers under
his oouicimd.— Ihrrisburg telegraph.
IMPORTANT FROM WILLIAMSPORT
AND HARPER'S FERRY".
BALTIMORE, Friday, June 21. 1861.
The American's correspondent at Wflliams-
PORT SAVS trustworthy information has been re
ceived THAT A Oon'o derate forcpnr 11,000 from
II irper's Ferry, with four iiup'-pssed men, *re
ENCAMPED AT Stephenson's Depot, four unles
THIS s'DA of Winchester, and tro miles ftoin
MV Rnshurg.
IN ihrkel- Y County, 700 men compose the
ENT re Conftd r,te force, about 450 of whom
a-E eucaiupcd .'our mi!< DO'TB of Martiosburg.
Seventy cavalry and GO infantry aro AT HUU
ker'S 11.11, aud others betvrsen that point aa4
the Potouieo.
(jr.!. walader is stiil at *Vi'liamspori.
with G 0('0 ui-an. The R*le! pickets are at the
river oppn.i;e, ini t reatnu t> bombard the
town, Tw > 3 impounders and an 8-inch how
i Z T were pUnted t>y Gen. Cadwaiader oo the
bill between too town at,d river last night.
The people are frightened. Many have left,
an l o hers are prperlng for fight. A body of
United State* cavalry j> n d Gen OadwaUder
yestsrday. The movement* of the troops are
unknowu, hot they arc anxious for a fight.
A u'j'o from the correspondent of the As
sociate Pre9S at Ilagerstown, gays neither Col.
Ruwruan nor the private of the 8 b Pennsyl
vania Voiuntcer*, prisoners opposite
Willi uuaport, Wednesday, hive sinoe been
beard from. The soldiers are greatly rxoifed
•o consequence, and threatened to arrest Du
Magiil of flagerstown and hold htm as hostage,
bat eve up their parpose.
Important movements are expected by Gen.
Patterson's.column in a day or two.
A dispatch from Harper's Ferry to The
Washington. States confirms the report that
300 Confederate troopers i rived at the Farry
yesterday and completed the work of destruc
tion, burnt the rifle factory and the Shenan
doah bridge, nd ruin a large first-class loco
motive, that was left oo the track, c£f the
abutmeut of the bridge into tha rivtr. They
said they were instructed to blow up every
house in town on which a Union flag should be
found. Fortunately there was noue.
They commenced to arrest all the Union
men near, and succeeded in aoouriug 11, wLctn
thej took off. The balance, 50 in number,
they pursued to tha river, tntff which they
jumped, and swain aeto.-p to the Maryland
shore. They fired at theui in tbe water, but
all escaped without a wound, though two of
thou had bills pass through their hats. The
Government should send protection to these
unfortunate people as soon M practicable.
They took H the gun stocks, to the name
Ler of about 50,G0C, tbt were in the rifle
factory.
Tke Star has also a uitpatch from Bedford,
Penn., announcing the arrive! fa messenger
fronj Cumberland from Cci. Wallace, wno re
ports that Col. Wallace had tod his bag
gaga toward Bedford, aod iutreuohed himself
on the north side of the town, :o await the
approach of the Secession army of Rotnney.
The Utier, on ascertaining that he was
prepared to meet litem, retired again to Rout*
ney.
lie sent to Gen. Patterson for aid to
drive them ftcui lloumey, and rtoeived a re
ply that two regimen's would immediately bo
eeut to Bedford 10 join him.
S3?"" Reader, have you seen Prof. Wood's
advertisement in our paper. Head it; it will
interest you-
Francis E. Browueli, the avenger of Col.
Ellsworth, has been Appointed a Second Lieu
tenant in the army.
MAKttIEiD.
Do the ilith iflst., by Iter. Joseph llannabcrry,
R'V. Divid U. K cites,* piatoT of the Storstowu
charge of (be iieitusn Reformed Ctmrch, Sooier
set Co., fa., to Mils Annie KwaJf. vf do he its
burg, Bedford Co., Pj^.