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.
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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.