BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Fa. Friday 'loruingr. .*:&• • IS6I - AND FREE." i>. OlTst-EditQr and Proprietor. lIELEGATK ELECTIONS. AND COUNTY CONTENTION, I THE Republicans of Bedford County arc j "•quested to meet at tbe usui! places of hold- j r.g elections in tho several Boroughs and T or. Saturday the 10th day of Angus' n xt, to eleot two delseates for each Bor ugh end Township, to represent them in a County Convention to be held at tbo Court HcUfO iu Bedford on Tuesday the 13th day cf August, next, at 10 o'clock P. M. to nominate a County Ticket and a esodidate for tbe Leg da'.ure, and lo appoint Conferees to meet sim ilar Conferees from the other counties tf tbo Is:h Judicial District, to nominate a candidate for President Judge of saii District, and to appoint a County Committee for tho ensuing year. Said delegate will be held be tween the hours of one and five o'clock P. 51. in the Townships and between *he Lours of five ced eevaa o'clock, P. M. in the Boroughs. By or :er of the County OmmQtee. S. L. RUSSELL. Chairman. July 15ih 1361. Ff©?,u ifelß. We ere out of money. We have money to pay, which has been due long eiuce; our credi tors can't wait. We nave enough coming to uj to pay our in indebtedness, if our friends pay us what they owo us, or part, by the com ing Court! Ail that owe us fur anlecripticn, advertising, job work, aud election tickets, we hope will attend to this. Maty j tors and Executors owo us for years, they j can't ezpeot us to live without money, they must pay soon or expect to pay oosta in addi tion. Wo hold several notes also that must be paid. THE CLOVEN FOOT. A package tf tbe Bedford Gazette which 1 was recently sent from hero to MoCcncells burg, Fulton County, had one Qai&tt-c in it iribi'le of which was written in pecoti the fob '■ lowing significant words: "BULLY FOR THEM. IIURHA FOB JEF. DA VIS k 8. C." The Post Master at MeOonuellslurg hap pened to see the writing, and demanded of the person to whom it was sent letter postage on tbe p'per, bs directed by law in such cases.— The payment of letter postage waa refused, wheseunon the paper was returned to the Bed ford office with instructions to tho Post Mas ter to colUct frcm the offender here tho fine of five dollars which the law imposes in such cs :s. In this way the exposure occurred; bud the cloven foot was m-da distinctly to ap pear. We have again snd gain charged the Gazette with se. ssion sympathies, and with Ljf .critical proteases of regard for tho Union, wLuat at heart foil cf treason and-emu"y to our r *utct tod Union. Here is another eviuOi.ee tu satisfy til who ever doubted.— When the ps-per bad been full of one-aided statements of the rzoen* r,pulse of our gallant troops a Mscasccs, and not i word of sympa thy exprCcSed for our reverses, tL n iu one of tLesa ritno papers ia v •.•'.on tro.se exnl'ing words: "Butty fcr t\em. Hurra fcr Jf. Davit 4" S. C 4" They need so explanation. The reference is untqeiyneabiy cHar to 'J. recent victory cf a South :.-n rale , find a., exoltitp- ' .cuiStion for tie success M Jef. Davis fcui the Southern CenfcJ-racy! TUs too, is troiu the great demoeratio organ which so fiercely denounced the government for cap taiiijg treasonable teiegraphie deapatchee. and we rosy now expect auoth-.r iudignant protest unreasonable searches of the uisils,- • rid a" for the same reason—for fear the truth Plight bo revealed, as it- has been in this in iuat-nee. Whether the writiug iu question was done Ly th" editor and proprietor or bv some of Lis subordinates malt'irs Lut little, for "like master like man;" and tho entire course of the whole concern from top to Lot ?om i.-- - , and baa been from tho beginning, against, cur Unica aud Constitution, und in • aver of secession, rebellion aud treason, —all the whit,, covering itself over with a thin veil i S.ypearLj, the mora effectually to serve Us i.cl purposes, and to o,i der.d its mis .a foliower-5. Alas, tuat such a paper th uM exist eaoxget u?! It is a monument ot the p-.tiouce si.d {cng-sufL.-ng of our pecp'.H 5Ve trust a day of just reckooicg i* close at band! DELEGATE ELECTIONS . \Yc hope our friends throughout lie County will a'-.cuu to the delegate elcaticns tcraorrcw and to tho Couveotiun oa Tudjy. \Ve want a good ticket. 1 ■ 1 ——- BEDFORD CLASSICAL INSTITUTE.— The Pro* gramme of this Institution for tho next school year w"'!l be found ia our advertisement page —every Parent is interested m Its perusal. Tb© Tajlor Guards. On Friday morning last, about 2 o'clock,! tho Tay lor Guards arrived at home from the seat of war. They were expeoted on Thursday afternoon, but were detained by a frightful ac cident on the Pennsylvania Railroad, by which a drover from Ohio was killed, and several ; other persons wounded. Our citizens sent I conveyances to llopewell to bring our volun teers borne, and designed giving them a public reception, but this was nol done, on accouot of the earlv Lour in the morning at which they i arrived. Our people after hearing of their ' detention did net expect them until about noon iof that day. The Captain, Lieutenants, non- J commissioned iffiicrs and men , deserve great ; credit tor the part they havo taken in this struggle. At the 'ime they left for the seat of war, they did not kuovr bow soon they | would he engaged iu battle in defence of our I glorious Union; indeed everything looked that j way, and we doubt not every man in the oom pany, left with the purest intentioas, and tbo determination to do bia duty. The fact that they were uot tn any eogsgement should not detraot one particle from their merits. It was not their fault; they were ready and willing all the >iine to risk their lives in their country's defence. Nor are they to be blamed for com ing home at the expiration of their time of ser vice. Let any one who blames tho-m for this, do as much themselves for their country. — These men are cow ail pretty well drilled, and used to (be hardships of soldicrirg, and we arc eiad to bear that many of them express their intention to return. Welcome home, officers and men of the Taylor Guards ! Bedford County is proud of you 1 The last Gazette oonuina au article in favor of a National Convention, aud a compromise with the armed traitors of the South. He who is in favor of a compromise with traitors now is no true friend of the country. To show what kind of a compromise the South is IU favor of we give the following from the Richmond j Whig. It is only a fair index of the feelings ! of the traitors of the S. uth in regard to cotu promise. "This war must go on. The South mut fight till the North sues for peace. Pass a non intercourse act, and theu she will soon begin to feel the pressure of the war. We must dictst* the terms of peace; the first artiole of which should bo an acknowledgment of the right of secession. This is a fundamental principle. The next article should be that she pay to the uttermost farthing tho expenses of this wr The third is that she pay for the destruction of all publio and private property which eb may appropriate to her own use.— The fourth is thar, as au evidence of her sin* eerity, she impeach and remove from office Abe Lincoln, indict him aud bang biin for treason, aDd other crimes.*' There, bow do jou like it? Gazette and oibtr i 'iCworb" papers would have tbo loyal parts of the conc-try submit to a humiliating compromise with traitors who are now tniieav-.' oriug to crush the Lest Government ever de visod by man. The last Gazette contains a small article in which it advises the getting up cf a "public | eutcrtainmeot" for our returned volunteers.— ; This is el! well enough, but it oomes with a bad grace from a person who has been all tbo timo opposing tbe government in its efforts to orush treason, condemning tbe cause iu which our gallant Taylor Guards were ready to risk their lives, and the very paper which mikes j tho sagges'ion is filled with rank treason. It : is also known by tbo T-y!or Guards, that when j the effort to get up the company was made, • tbo editor of the Gazette, carried bis opposition | and meuoness so far as to quit spaakingto per ; SODS who were getting up the company. The : suggestion of tho Gazette, alluded to above, ; was caused, we have no doubt, from fear, but J it Dteci nave no fears, ihc volunteers are law j-abidiog as well as brave. We publish tuis week, the opiniOD of HOB. Edward liatos, Attorney General of the U. States, ca the ?a?pctision of the writ of habeas corpus, and ii especial attention to it. Judge B itea ia '-ie of the ablest lawyers in tbe U. | States, and ins opinion will go far to satisfy the people that the President was right ia the i Morriman care. ALLEGHENY MAI,K AND FEMALE SEMI NARY.— Tho summer Term of this Institution commenced on the Ist inst. It is under the cL-rge of Rev. W. W. Brim, who is the Principal, assist :d by Miss A. L. Brim and Miss j L. J. Brim. It is an excellent Institution, and one of the first class like this should be j supported by our county. DENIAL OF MS. HARVEY.—Tbe JSorth Amer ican publishes a card from Mr. Harvey, U. 8. Minuter to Portugal, dcoying the charges made again.*' him by the JV. Y. Herald and 1 other papers to the effect that he was acting : in concert with the traitors about tb" time of | tee fall of Kort Sumter. The c arges were b# B id en soized teiagrapbio dispatches. Mr. Harvey jys they are compounded ,f "fact | fraud nod forgery, ' nut while holding an offi | cisl position he is precluded from making dec larations which would at once give a satisfac tory answer to the slanderers. He says that | "he has taker, the necessary steps to seek the j most searching invest igaliou at Washington. Mr. H. expresses his detestation of secession, and it is to be hoped tliut justice will be done biui. | ■ __ Prince Hapolean in the Capital. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—Priuae Napoleon in company with Seward, visited both brauche* of Goagress, to-day, and was I introduced to army of tlio members. BEDFORD INQUIRER. For Ihe Inquirer. CAMP NEAR WASHINGTON, D. (J. / July 27th 1861. j MR. EDITOR: —We left Pittsbnrg rather ab ruptly, for Harrisburg, on the mining of the QOlh inst., and had a pleasant trijT being most cordially received by the good people along the line of the Pennsylvania road, especially at Dunoannon, where tbe boys were marched off in squads, to participate io the "creature eom forts of life." Large baskets of provisions where also distributed in the cars, and in fact everything which could be done to add to nur comfort, was attended to by tbe citizens of Duncanuon and vicinity . With toe most in tense cheering, (by some 1000 able bodied men,) for tbe kind hospitality received, we bads tburn adieu, amid a sea of waving of bats, handkechiefs, aud many a "God bless and pro tect you," was offered for our welfare, as we moved from our statiou. Reached Harrisburg at 10 A. M. where we remained till 4 P. M. when we moved off to ward Baltimore, the news having raaohe.i us of our disaster at Bull's Run. Tbe boys evinced a desire to be lead immediately 00, when tbey he% rd that the capitol was in danger, aod of tbe numerous outrages perpetrated upon our brave boys, who fell into their bands. We marched through the streets with bayonet fixed aod guns ready, far aDy emergency, but with the exceptions of jeers, and "you never will get baok," "I hope they'll all be killed."— We reached Mount Clore, one mile South of the city, where we encamped until Thursday, when we again left for this place. Duriog our stay at B , there were several death" from poisoning, as the cakes and other eatables were prepared for that by gome of the hundreds of persons hawking tbout tbe camps. During our passage here, we pa.-aed several of tho regiments engaged at Bull Run. Tbe first we met was the 69th New York, who held tbe position cf honor in tbe engagement. Tbey gave us a minute cisoription of the bat tle. Notwithstanding the day was against us, we surpassed them in bravery, and their success alone is attributable, to their pot fid j ia rais ing tbe "stars, and stripes," behind tbeir masked batteries, and seducing onr men to ap proach, believing them friends, when a mo*t murderous fire ivas opened upon our ranks, mowing them by scores, at each discharge.— The Bhck horse cavalry, too, was efftotivo in cutting off lurgo numbers of our men, untl fortuna'cly tbey were ambushed and wete nearly all killed by tbe EiLwortb Zouaves. Tbe caval ry were in full pursuit of the 79th when they wcie led into the woods ic the chase where the Zouaves wore seoreted, uDd cut to peioe* There ara qfldoubtedly tatoy exaggerated ac counts of tbe engagement, ail claiming more losses than tkeij really sustained, as many are loafing around the country, tbeir time Living nearly expirod, aod a* 1 have heard some sty tbey would not report until tbeir return; oth ers bive gone home aud are safe, tut counted as lost. The offijers suffered most se.e sly. The 79.h New York lost, tbeir Colonel, 7 Captains aod a large number of otLer officers. 1 visited Washington yesterday, aud saw the Hon. E. MoPberson, who gavu rue a large number of fraoked envelopes fer the boys, which were most oppot tune as tbe boys have nut received a penny frcm the government. We received our uniforms before leaving Pittsburg, which oonsists cf a dark blue blouse and light blue pautj, and tbey made a marked difference in tbe appearance of the men. Our old muskets aro to be exchanged (or improved arms; t'j-n tbe boys will be ready for any disposition that may be made of tbem. Tbey expect to give a good aocount of themselves, all declare that tiiey will uever be taken , to uudergo tbe cru elties inflicted by Southern ha-vlLantern, but that they will fall upon the field, rather tuau be sabred, brutally mutilated, aud burned as tbe prisoners were at Bul! % Run. 1 am forced to write upon my koee,sitting ala mode t tailor fashion, with my bayonet lor a candle stick, and surrounded by my me.-Emates, who are{ en gaged perusing tbe"sored truths," or writing to tbeir friends. We will most likely remaiu here, for a few weeks at least, aud the numet ous friends of "Hopewell Company," can safe ly direct to Col. Hys, Bth Regiment, Pen n ryivenia Reserves, Company F, Washington, D. O. There are nearly 100,000 man enoamped in Washington, and its surroandings. As many strictures are imposed npon correspondents, 1 will snbsoribe myself. Yours, DIXIE. A correspondent at Pattoneville, in a letter I dated 2d iuat., sends us tbe following news | items. DROWNED. — On Wednesday afternoon, Ju ly 31st., while two sons of Georga Rinard, mined Washington aad William , were batbiug in Wisbart'a Mill dam, Yellow Creek, they were accidentally drowned. No oue witnessed the casuality, and there was no tuspioion of tbe fact until several hours alter the event must have occured, when the buys did not re turn home, aud upon search being made, tbeir clothing was found upon the bank of the stream. Their bodies wero subsequently recovered They were aged abouCeleven and thirteen years respectively. The depth of the water where they were drowned was some ten or twolvs feet. This is another warning to boys not $o venture too rasiiiy into the deop water whilst bathing. ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.—OQ Wednesday morning the 31st ult., in tho same neighbor hood, Jacob Steel, a young man of seventeen or eighteen years of age, accidentally shot himself in the leg below iLe knao, shattering the bone aud otherwise injuring his leg.— Whilst out gunning be carelessly drew the gun by the mnzz'e towards himself. It is foared that amputation of the wouuded limb may be come necessary. J. ALLISON* EYSTEK. Mr. J Allison Kyster, a prominent citizm of Ofcambersburg, has been oaptured by the rer eis, and is now detained by ttjeiu a* h pris* oner ef war. Mr. Evater bad go no iota Vir ginia, on private business, and whilst attending to t was seizjd, and oonvcyed to Winchester, ■vbere be was oonfiued in jail, lie has, by this tunc, probably been taken to Richmond. In blinding to the dpture of Mr. E , the Cbaui bersburg Rrpositcny and B ay: — AH through the North, there are at this tiuie members of the families of those who are ia arms against the UovrrnmenL and they are as : sate fts are our own people; but if they arouse ! in us tho evil spirit of retaliation, all these will feci the effects of the tyrannical oonduot of I the leader* in the wicked rebellion. NEWS FItOM THE OTHER SIDE, j We fiod ia the Louisville papers pretty full accounts copied from the Richmond journal* j of the great battle at Ball Run, or StoDe i Bridge, as the Bsbela call it. These reports i confirm what the telegraphic dispatches have , hinted malfely, that the Rebels suffered severely, losing far more men in hilled and wounded, in proportion to their foree on the field, than did our side. No better testimouy to tbe valor of our troops oould possibly be given thau will be found in these reports. — There was no lack of eounga on the part of tfie Rebels; they fought with the recklessness of desperation, knowing that the loss of Ma nassas would be tbe loss of everything. Now, when suoh men. intrenched and defended by masked batteries, suffer a greater loss of life than their adversaries in the open field, there need be nothing further said in proof of North ern courage. The Rebels confess to having almost lost tbe fight, saying "the victory was the result of tbe ruont despeiaie, daring and dashiDg courage." Davis seems to have been greatly elated on bis returu to Richmond, boasting that tbey had taken "sixty pieces of "cannon of the best and most improved model-', "vast quantities of ammunition, arms enough "to equip a large army, hundreds of "and ambulances of the most luxurious make "and finish, and provisions enough to feed an "army of 50,000 men for twelve months."- Tbe Virginians wore very over the loss of the Eiiswortb Zruaves, whom tbey fondly be* iieved had been cxteiminated. They will fjud out their mistake aenio day. Tbey coufegs tbe killing and wounding of 110 of the celebratod Black Horse or Hampton Legion; while of the Louisiana Independent Batta'llion of 400 men. comtuauded by tho well known filibuster Ma jor Bob Wheat, less than 100 escaped death or severe woun is. Davis is reported to have said that the number of their killed "he thought would not "exceed 500." As this was three days after the battle, he probably knew the truth, aud certainly would not pot the figures too high. Estimates of tbe wounds ed very greatly, but tliev may be put at from 1,500 to 2,000. From the present imperfect reports we gather tbe following list of field officers killed at.d wounded: KILLED OR MORTALLT WOUNDED. Gen. Bernard E. Bee, South Carpliua. Geu. brands i>. Bartow, Georgia. Col. Nelson, 2i Virginia ltegimeut. 001. Fisher, 6th North Carolina. Col. Mason, of Qtiu. Johnston's Staff. LieuuCol. Bou J. Johnson, Hampton Legion. Mj. Robert Wheat, Louisiana Battalion. WOUNDED. Gen. Kir by Smith, Regular Army. Col. Wade Hampton, Hampton Legion. Col. L. J. Gartreil, 7th Virginia. Col. Jones, 4th Alabama. Col. Tooin-as, of Gen. Johnston's Staff. 001. H. C. Stevens, of Gen. Bee's Staff. Major Scott, 4 th Alabama. Tho Captains and petty officers are in pro portion, aud the long lis; of names beats paiu. tul testimony to the deipcrate assaults made by our army. The Rebels of coarse make out a great victory, and tell of the slaughter of ten or fifteen thousand of our men; that tbey pursued them nix miles, aod mowed them down like grass, wir.h kindred exaggerations. Tbey will perhaps be astonished to learo tbe i now welKknowo fact that, where we bad two ! killed, they had three; where wo had two I wounded 'bey had fjur, and that tbey lost 1 more in killed and wounded than we did in kil- i led, wouuded, prisoners and missing. Geu. Bee, one of their slain, was a cadet of : 1844, and won distinction in the Mexicio war. j Gen. Bartow was a prominent Georgia politi cian—young aud aaabitious. Lieutenant-iCol onel Job: sm was a South Carolina lawyer, and has two brothers, who ere clergyman, one be iug Chaplain to the Wade L-giou, of whiob the deceased wis second officer. Major Wheat was well, if not favorably, known ia New York as the embodimeoi of filtomtering chivalry.— j Gen. Kirby Smith hi from Florida—a cadet of! 1841, aod served iu Mexico wtitu honor. Col. > Gartreil was a member of Congress from Georr j gia. Among the Captains killed wss John Avis of Winchester, Va., the jailor of Old ! John Brown.—A. V. Tribune. The Failure of ihe War. ID Europe, says the Washington Chronicle, where every natioD has a large military force, it is a well understood fact that it takes fully six months to convert tin civilian into tbe soldier. What have we done? Three months ; ago, our volunteers rushed to enroll themselves ! as fighting men, and hastened to aetiou, if j needed, without ever having been drilled— without having any knowledge of the military taotios whioh are essential to make an army manageable aud efficient. They met a well disciplined force, three times more numerous thaa thcm-elvos, and fought with the courage, the ooolnuss aud the discipline of the veterau troops. AD accident caused by a momentary panic, and oonvertod a victory into a route. — 1 Bat a braver or a better army of soldiers never dared deßtb ic the battle field. Tho country has every reason to be satisfied with these hero<o men. Tbey are not to be defeated Their cause is good, and tboy will triumph, for God is with them, as he ever is on the side of patriotism and justioe. Ons rebuff is not a failure. Our patriots have no such word as failure io their lexicons. Tbey will triumph, for they must. The indomitable will, The courage never to submit or yield , are cbaraoteristios of Americans. Shall we, who conquered tbe British in two wars, who planted our standard upou the walls of Mexi co —wo who nover have been defeated in aDy .campaign, even when we wera poorer and less numerous than at present—shall tee bo foiled by treason, however well plaonod, however long prepared, however adequately equipped? Ftomoneend of Ihe land to tbe other the myriad-shout of "No" will respond to such a question. Of the issue of the present strife, wo have no doubt, it may be a prolonged contest; it may bo necessary to array half a million men in arms, to spend millions before tbe issue is achieved; but it wonld bo to doubt Providence itself wera we to aocopt tbe idea that any other issue than the fullest success is to end all. Ia a sbort time this republio will havo an army great in numerical strength, great in oourage, great in discipline. And then — God and our cause to aid, The venture well abide. FROM THE KANAWHA VALLEY | Wise Driven from Gauiey Bridge j SREOIAX DISPATCH TO GOV PtEEPOST. GAULEY, VA., July 80, uta GALLIPOLIS, j July 31.-—The Kanawha Valley is now free from the Rebel troops. Most of tbe forces raised by Wise in tbis Valley left him betweeD Charleston and this place. 1 bad_seot them assurances that if tbey laid down their arms they might go quietly to their homes, and many have done so, asserting that they wore cheated into tbe Rebel service. I regret to bive to say that Wise in his retreat bas burned a nam- ! ber of valuable bridges, and carried*,ff most I of the wagons and teams belonging to the peo ple ol the Valley. All parties denounce bim ! for his vandalism. 1 congratulate you on tbe success of this expedition. J. L>. COX, Brigadier General Commanding. THE RETRE&TOF HEX. WISE CLEVELANP, August 2—A letter from Bullstowo, Virginia, on tbe 28tb nit-, says:— j Colonel Tyler reached BulUtown but tbe Reb els had fled. Colonel Tyler advance 1 to fiat-j tnod with tl rebels still ahead. Colonel Ty- ' ler considered the Rebels :o be completely aur* rounded by the Federal forces. The Plan of (he Rebels in tbe West. BT. LOUIS, AND NoT CAIRO, THE POINT OF AT TACK. ST. Lotus. Mo, August 3.—The Kvening JVews learns from a well informed citizen of South west Missouri, who possesses peculiar facilities for acquiring knowledge, the plau of the Secessionists in that region. Their real object is not to attack Cairo, or Bird's Point, but to make a desperate attempt to cure possession of St. Louis. There is a strong force under General Pillow at New Madrid, Mo., another at Pocahontas, Ark., uu- i der the command, it is believed, of McCollough; ] aud another ia Mississippi county, Missouri, j uader J elf. Thomson. The plan is to keep up j a constant threat to attack Cairo and Bird's ' Point, so as to employ the Federal troops at j these points, and to menace Gen. Lyon in tbe j southwest by thieats to attack bim, while the J forces at New Madrid and Pocahontas effeec t ; junction at Pilot Knob, and from there inarch j on St. Louis and take it, teinstate Governor 1 Jackson, and, with this city as the base of op erations, wrest Missouri frotn the Federal Gov* j eminent. Operations of tbe Rebels on tbe Mis sissippi. DrIATU Of GEN. FLODRNO Y—P. KPORTS FROM I RICHMOND. LOUISVILLE. Aug- 3. A gentleman,* who ■ has just arrived iu tSiis oity, says seven boats j left Memphis last night, conveying troops to j New Madrid, Not less than 20,000 troops ' have been landed in Missouri. Harris Las probably been re-elected Govern* or of Teunesse. General Flournoy died here yesterday. 'lhe drafting for troops has already commen ced in Virginia. The Adjutant General or ders the militia to repair to tbe court houses of their respective counties without del j. . About 20,000 are waoted. Roger A. Pryor is in command of tbe Third Virginia Regimen I, , io Isle of Wight county: The Richmond Examiner ssy: "Among tbe prisoners here is a free negro who came as chaplain of one of the Connecticut regiments!' 5 j The same paper autboriativeiy states thai the Federal regiment which surrendered tbe , day after tiu fignt at Bull's Run was 820. lieury A. Wise is reported to need rein- ' foroeuientf. The papers have no advices from : his command since the Bull Run affair. We understand that Beauregard lias Lung 1 three traitors, one an eugiueer on the Manas sas Gap Railroad, another a preacher aud a third a farmer. A despatch to the Kouxvilie Register, of the 31st, siys: "Preparations of aa extensive character are iu progress. Before a great while largo move ments may ooufileotly be expected. Our pickets extend beyond Falls Church. The reb el troops are divided into two corps de armee, the first uuder Gen. Johnson, occupying the advance pest, and the second under Geo. Beau regard. I "There t no doubt th.il treachery was prsc- ' list I on the Manassas Gap Railroad to prevent the j auction of the forces of Johnson with Beauregard.. The train conductor has been shot, having aokncweledged to receiving a bribe to defeat the project from Union offi cers. "The same treatment b is been meted out to a recreant Georgian, who was caught piloting the enemy out of a marsh." The Richmond Examintr of tbe 30th says. "Our aroiy under Johnston ia now encamp pad iu the vicinity of Fairfax Court House. "From whit we le&ra we thiuk it imputa ble that any alteration in position will be made at present." The Riobinood Examiner Portsmontff cor* respondent says tbat Col. Smith, of the Lexing ton Military Institute, will take command of the forces on Crauey Island. Marshal Park*, a/eat of South Carolina, at Portsmorth, has transferred to the Coufederaey a fleet of five steamers, already manned and armed. Butler Comes to Washington and Wool Commands at Fortress Monroe. WASHINGTON. August 3, P. M.—G eDe ral Wool will now assume command of the Feder al forces at Fortress Monroe. General Butler has been transferred to tbis point. The statement that foity men of (he Massa chusetts Eleventh Regiment had been captured by the rebels, is true. Provisional Government of Mlmsourl. JEFFERSON CITY, July 31.—The State Con vention to-day elected for the Provisional Gov ernment Hamilton R. Gamble, for Governor; Williard P. Halo, Lieutenant Governor, and Mordecui Oliver, Secretary of State. The Opposition ware excused from voting, protest ing against tha power of the Convention.— The inauguration takes place this afternoon. KENTUCKY ELECTION—GLORIOUS VICTO RY. —The election in Kentucky bas resulted in a glorious victory. The Union candidates have over 50,000 majority Jim Clay and EX GOT, Wicliffa HAT been defeated for the Legis lature—they were eecesaioniats. PRIZES RECAPTURED—WONDERFUL EX PLOITS OF A NEGRO.-- It has been already announced t>y telegraph that the schooner S. J. Wariog and brig Out# bad been taken from the bands of the pirates and safely landed at New York. We find the following details in the New York Herald: Tbo schooner S. J, Waring of Brookhaven Smith, master, hence fur Montevideo July 4, tw*b an assorted oargo, cauie op t u this city this afternoon, ana we gather the following. On the third day out of port—on the 7th— when one huudred and fifty mites from Sandy liook in latitude 88, longitude 69, was brought to by tbe privateer, brig Jeff. Davis, who seot a boat fall cf men alongside end ordered the captain of tbe schooner to haul down tbe Uni. ted States flag, and declared her a prize to the Confederate States of America, They ran sacked the vessel and took from it what ihev wanted, such as charts, quadrant, provision?, crockery, &c., and after returning to the schooner a second time, they put a prize crew of five meu on board without arms, and! took aw-y Captain Francis Smith, tbe two mates and two seamen and Mr. Brise Mackinnon, a passenger on board. Tha prize crew were Montague Amial, a Charleston pilot, in com mand, one Darned Stevens, as mate, and two men. At three o'clock in the afternoon the schooner was headed South—probably for Charleston, or oear by. The remaining crew and passengers were in hopes of a recaptaro by some United States vessel, and made them selves agreeable and sociable to t ,e privateers-. men, ead in consequence tbey suspected noth ing until the night of tbe 16th of July, when fifty miles to the southward of Charleston, seeing no prospect of their hopes being reali zed, and the prize Captain and first mate asleep in their berths, and the secood mate at the wheel, tbe others dozing or asleep the prtrcoo certed plan was carried into effect by the steward, William Tillman killing tbo three with a hatobet and throwing tbe bodies overboard. It was all finished in fi>e min* ores. Que of tbe remaining two men was tied np that night, though both were released in tbe morning on a promise to help work the vessel, and were treated accordingly. AfteL retaking the vessel, the cbarge.of Lcr devolv ed on the steward. Neither he nor any of tbe crew understood navigation, but having once got bold of the land, he brought her up safely to the pilot-ground, when Mr. Cfos. E. Warner, of the pilot boat Jaue, look charge of her A SAD INSTANCE OF WAR —Holmes Con* rad, FLq., of MartinsLurg, a prominent lawyer and a firm Union IDHO-, had two promising seffs, aged about 22 and 16, one we believe, loilow ing the profession of bis fatter, and the ycua ger a student of theology. Both belonged to Cupt. Nadenbufb's company composed oi about one hundred of tbe most active young men in Berkeley county. The two young Conrads, i ike all of their companions, volunteered for the war, against the couseut and urgent pre test of their father, who told them that tbey could not expect to eater his bowse again if they disobeyed bis ordeis. But feeling that they were in honor bound to follow the fortunes of their oommaoder, they enlisted for the oampaiga. At rba raeeni battle of Bull Ruo C*[t. Nadenbush's company was put in the front liue, where they fought with greit bra very until relieved. V\ hen the roar of the cannon was over, and the strife ceased to go on, the two brothers, the Conrads, were found dettd, locked in each ethers embrace. Together with three more of the saino company, who were also killed, their bodies were brought to Martiasburg, and buried at tbe solemn hour of midnight, the moon shining beautifully. Thus has a fond father's been made desolate, and two bright young men, upon whom all his cherished hopes were centred, been hurried in? to eternity.— Boonsboro [.Md ) Odd Fellow. SETTLED ONE THING.- -The g'reat battle at Bull's Run settles one question mathematical ly and beyond peradventurc. It sbowa that tbe Sooth is entirely at tbo mercy of tbe North. It explodes the cfl-repeatd boast that one Southerner is a match tor five North ern men. Out troop* have driven an eneuiy, (Utnouibering them two to one, from his oyrti batteries, carefully and completely fortified. There is no question about that. That out forty five thousand soldiers, wearied by a day's hard fighting retreated before ninety thousand of the enemy, twenty thousand of whom were fresh and untircd, does not invalidate this con clusion. That a panic caused the precipitate flight of our over-fatigued soldiers, does not al ter the case. The logical fact still remains that if oar troops can beat those of the South against such heavy odds, we can best them man to man. We have only to send the men. and our suc cess is inevitable. Tbero is the consolation and the remedy for his defeat.—dr. Y. Herald. GENERAL ROSECRANS.— Brigadier Gen eral William S. Roseorans, who succeeds Ma jor General M'Clcllan in command in Western ; Virginia, is from Ohio. He entered the Mili j tary Academy at West Point in 1838, and j graduated in 1842, receiving an appointment ias second lieutenant in the Engineers. He was acting Assistant Professor of Engineering | at West Paint, from September, 1848, to ! August, 1844. of Natural and Experimental j Philosophy the succeeding year; agsin of En* i ginoeriug for a yoar, and Assistant Professor | till 1847. He was commissioned first lieuten aut in March, 1853, and resigued in 1854, since which time he bas been in oivil life, un til the breaking out of the war this spring-- He at onoe offered his service to tbe govern ; merit, and he was assigned an important posi? tion under Major General M'UlelUn, who re quested bis appointment, as a (nan in whom .be had the highest confidence. His conduct in the late campaign in Western Virginia shows | that this confidence was not misplaoed. Geo i Kusscrans is about forty years r age. ANOTHER REQUISITION.— The War De j pertinent bas made another reqnisi'ion on Gov. Curtio, for ten other new Regiments; to which may be added two mure that are organ>*ng independently of any requisition. Tfcese ere filling np very fast, from the re tamed n*u When tbey are full, Pennsylvania will again have Thirty Thousand Men in the field.
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