BEDFORD INQUIRER.
BEDFORD, Pa.
rrlitay IWort In?. Ocl. 25, 1861.
"FEARLESS AND FREE."
D. OVER - Editor and Proprietor
On recount of the hardness of the tiroes and tho
pressing demands for cash upon US, we have de
termined to come as near to cash terms as possible.
Hereafter we must have the cash for all Orphans'
Court printing ; Auditor's Notices, Estrsys, &c :
also all Prothonutary's printing, occasional adver
tisements and handbills.
All new 6ul*ciibera are also expected to pay ibeir
subscriptions in advance.
We do not think Executors. Administrators, and
Auditors have ro;ed to complain at this change of
terms. Tbey can almost at any" time raise the riw
dol'ars that it will require to pay the Printer's bills.
It wi'l save bother to them, and be ot immense
ber<fl r to us.
Old Quarters taken at par on all kinds of ac
counts.
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We have received a letter intended for pub
lication from Mr John W. Mittong, dated at
Camp Cameroo, Eiarrishurg, Oat. 220 d, in
aGßirer to the advertisement in the Gizette,
over the signature of B. F. Meyers, offering
one cent reward for his arrest. Mr Mittone
slates that be was never bound to Meyers, and
CDtph'lns seriously of his treatment. The let
ter is too personal to publish.
SOAP, SOAP. —Mr. Charles W. Doll IS now
in (his place and is the Agent for the best toi
let and washing soap, we ever med. If any
me dcr't believe us. joft lei them go to Mr.
Doll, and be will give them a cake gratis for
trial. Ho sells it ID quantities, and a'so be
wishes to dispose of Township wrigbts.—
Money any bo tusde out of it.
ANOTHER COMPANY FOR THE WAR.
Tbo "All Hazard Bya" of Colerain T"wn
sbip, under tbe aimmind of Capt. Alexander
Coinpber, will leave for HarrLbu'g on Tais
d. j morning, next, tbe 29tb inst. This is a
fine company, and Captain Compiler i* one of
the best drilled officers in tbe County. A
rare chance for patriotic youog men who wish
to serro their eoontry.
ACCIDENT. —Mr. Thomas Knox, severs! days
ago, whilst coming dowu Dry Ridge with a
load of boards, met with & eerious accident.—
In attempting to get on one of tbe horses, bo
foil and the wheels of one sido ot tbe wagon
run over bis thigh, breakiog the bone. It is
Supposed be will reoover.
THE LEGISLATURE.— Tbe Hsrrisburg Tele
graph, sums up tbe Legislature as follows:
Senate, Rep. 23; Dem. 10—House, Uoion 58;
Dem. 42. We will publish a correct list
when we reeeire it.
BLAI& COONTT WHlG.— This piper has
passed into tbe hands of .Mews. Brotberlise
k Keatly. It will, no doubt, b well conduct
ed under them.
AN EXCELLENT MAP -Lloyd's Military
Mup of the Seutbero States. For Sale by 0.
W. Greene, Bedford Pa.
We received, tbe other day, a couple letters
from Camp Crossmai., Huntingdon Couuty
dated 19tb inst. one from Mr. Samuel Tobias,
a:-d tbe other from Mr. W. A. Gates. Mr.
Tobias was formerly a band in this office. He
says:
"Wf have elected part of oar field offhers,
Oapt. James 8011, Lieut. Colonel, Captain
James Crowtber, Major. YVi h tbam at the
heid of it, wo expect to become the beat drill
ed regimint iu the State. We have received
part of our uniforms. Such as shoos, caps,
♦on kings, drawer-, shirt* and blankets, and
expect 'be rest in a short time. Ooa of our
boys, named S. Blake, was shot on the 18tb
rust In the leg, by one of the guards whilst b9
was, coming into cauip, which has caused a
great deal of excitement. Our officers ate
well liked by the wen."
Mr. Gates says: •They are in the gayest
spirits. There are shout twelve hundred inso
in oauip. The name of the Rogimant is the
Juniata Regiment, and it is composed of good
and brave men. We have plenty to eat.
There have been a grear many lies oirouiated
lb rung b Morrison's Cove in relation to our
•iffioers. They are false. Oar officers do all
in their power to make as oomfortable. Too
much praise eauaot be bestowed on Oapt. E.
I>. B.isbtn for bis generosity and kindness."
fcyR.iCP.-j5, Mo. Oct. 18.—The rebel Gen.
Uardeo, who has rceetstly been reported in
K -ntoeky, is said to be marching to the aid of
•i: nernl Price, with twenty thousand troops,
on i is exacted to reach him bv next Fuoday.
Netting has been heard from our advance
guard beyond the Osage, tosduy.
1 BOWTON, Mo., Oct 17.—N0 other bridge
than that at Rig River bar been interfered with
bj the rebels on the Iron Mountaiu Railroad,
and no rebtle are now kcowu to be nesr ihe
road-
Tie Eighth Wisconsin Regiment is now
here, and another regimeut, with AJ j:r Babof
fieid's lattery of artillery, is understood tu be
on lira rend, which will make this point secure
against attach.
Tbo rebels are reported iu large fores twenty
five miles below Uiis poiot, but not ing d.fi-.
jiite i? knowu as to their number or design.
■ 1 *+ at
oC?"R':ader have you seen Prof. Wood'* ad
-vertiseiucnt in our pagrcr. Read ♦: it will in
terest rcu.
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FKOJI tYASHIXWTOX.
IMPORTANT FROM GEN. STONE'S
COLUMN.
COLOmetKEft KILLED.
The following despatch from Gen. STONE'S
command to the headquarters here bat been
received:
EDWARD'S FERRT, Oct. 21. —This morning
at 1 o'clock, five companies, of the Fifteenth
Massachusetts crossed the river at Harrison's
Island at daybreak. They bad proceeded to
within • uiile and a half of Leesburg without
meeting the enemy, and they still hold on,
supported by the remainder of the regiment
aDd part rf the Twentieth.
A gallant reconnoisar.ee was made early this
morning by Major Mix. o! Col. VAN ALLEN'S
cavulry, and Capt. PTEWAUT, assistant adju
tant general, from E-lwara's Ferry towards
Leesburg, with 30 cavalry. They came on the
FoUiteeith Mississippi rebel regiment, receiv
ed then ti:e at 35 yards,returned it with
pistole, and fell back in order, bringing in one
prisoner. V have possession of the Virgin
la side o: Edward's Fi-rry.
Additional accounts say that, up to three
•o'clock to-day, General STONE held his posi
tion satisfactorily, though bis comparatively
small f.'roe uprn tie island is cngageu with
1 seme four thousand of the enemy.
A despatch, received late thit
afternoon, savs:
•♦General i/VANS (to crorotnd of the reb,l
forci#) hue torn li Id poets and three pieces
m-tsked, with about 4.000 unit. A prisoner
who was taken mentions that be has 4 000
rebel uoops, and expects reinforcements."
General STONE at that time believed he
oould occupy Leesburg to day and bold it.
The despatch is datod Edward's Ferry.
LATEST AND IMPORTANT PARTICU
LARS.
WASHINGTON, 21.—Midnight—General
Stone erossed ihe Potomac, tois morning, with
one portion of his ooromsutf, at E iward"# Fer
ry nnd another at Harrison's I-land.
SkiruiishiDg began between the enemy in
uuoeitaio numbers, and a put of General
fe'ooe's command, as early a- niDa o'clock in
the morning, ana continued, with >ut much ef
fect, until about five o'clock in the afternoon,
when large reinforcements of the enemy ap
peared upon our right, whiou w->s commanded
by Colonel Biker, (Sn.tor froui Oregon )
Tho U nioo force engaged numherid about
1,800. m! w re attack dby a lurce supposed
to t e from 5 000 io 10 000.
Jit this juncture, Co!, tinker fell at the head
of h>s b i;ade, nallantly cheering on his men
to tkr conJlict
luiui->,i trly before ho fell, he desp,tcbod
Major y.'Ung to GeneraNSiouo,io appris d him
of ihe conoitiru of affairs, and Geueial Stoue
immediately proceeded in person toward the
right lu tke command, but in the confuse u
created by the fall -f Coluuoi B .ker, th* right
wmg susttt'aed a repulse uu cusutorsble
loss.
Gen. Stoue reports that the left wing retired
in good order. He wiil hold po-iiesai-.u t
Harnsou Island and the approaches thereto.
Strong reinforcements will bj sent forward
to Gen. Stone during the umht
The remains of Colonel Baker were remov
ed to Poolesville, and wiil be biougiit to this
city ou Wednesday. 118 hold hi# uouitnissiou
*s coloDtl from the State of PeonsylvauiH,
having late'y received it at the hands of Gov
ernor CcRTUf, as oouiuiander of the Califor
nia Regiment.
TBK FIGHT NEAR HARPER'S FER-
Rf.
A HANDSOME UNION VICTORY.
SIX WHIP 3,090 REBELS.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Oat. 17.
Col. Geary, in his dispatch about the affair
at Boiivar, near Harper's Ferry, of which we
gave substantially the same acoouut last night,
states that he crossed the river, with 1,000
men from his own aud the 13'h Massachusetts
Regiment, surprised a rebel force two or three
times as large, charged it with bayonet, aud
drove it three miles, capturing a 32-pounder,
•killing or wounding 150 Rebels, loosing 4
ano killed and 10 wounded, one to >nal)y.—
The dispatch was written ou the top ot" the
cannon captured.
BALTIMORE, Tbursdvy, Oct. 17
Passengers from Harper's Ferry state that
there was quite a battle yesterday, near ibt
pta<v>. between two Regiments of Mississippi
and Alabama soldiers and the Ist Regiment
of Wisconsin and some comptuies of the 13 b
Massachusetts R-gimont. While thecmiioii
ading was going on across the river, Co'. G>.;%
ry crossed with a force and stortnwd t.c bat
tery, aud succeeded iouapiurao? one 32 joumi
•r, which ho brought baon witi him auro- ihe
river into camp. A considerable number
ware killed and wounded on both sides. The
capture of the cannon is oonfiruocd by a diß
patob from Geo. Banks.
ANOTHER ACCOONT.
A gentleman from near Harper's Ferry
furnishes tbo particulars of a fight between six
companies, consisting of parts of the 28'b
Pennsylvania Ragiuicot, the 3d Wiacousiu,
and the 13ib Massachusetts R giineot, under
command of Col. John W. Geary, and 8 000
Rebels.
Early yesterday morning the Rebels showed
theuasdvea oo Bolivar Uigbts, at Harper's
Ferry, and commenced an attaok with artillery
upon three companies uuder Major J. P. Gould
stationed on the north side o( the Potomac.
A constant fire was kopt up for soma hours,
when three companies of the 3d Wisconsin
Regiment crossed the river, formed into line,
and drove the enrmy back, and succeeded iu
capturing one of their heavy guns. Tboy
were, however compelled to retreat, which
tbry did io good order, to tbo river. Here
they were reinforced by three other companies,
and lbey then, with Col. Getty at their head,
marched upi.u the enemy, and, after hard fight,
iug, drove them frctu their position and recap
tuied tire 32 pounder, a Columbian.
Our f.Tees bad but three pioees of artillery,
<nd these wer tired from this side of the riv
er until the cot'my retreated.
Ibe enemy bad eeveo pieces of artillery,
600 cavalry, together with their infantry, and
were completely rooted and driven back acme
throe milea.
BKBFCRP IMQWLK&R.
Our loss in kiiled and wounded is cot over
seven, while that of the enemy is at least one
huudred snd fifty. Col. Asbby, who was at
tbe bead of the enemy, is among the rebels
killed.
POINT OF ROCKS, Md., Thursday, Oot. 17.
Col. Geary, with a part of tbe force under
bi command, achieved a glorious viotory yes
terday at Bolivar, Va., against a greatly su
perior force of cavalry, artillery, and infantry,
capturing one 32-pounder, and some prisoners,
who repoit tbat tbe rebel loss was not less than
150 in killed and wouLded. Our loss was
four killed and seven wounded, one mortally,
and one missing.
Col Geary was slightly wounded by a shell.
The fight lasted five hours.
Affairs in Western Vrfgioia.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, writing from Elkwater, gives tbe fol
lowing account of the retreat of tbe Confed
erates, undei Floyd, and tho destruction of
their camp equipage, djre.:
Wile., wo arrived at the summit of the moun
tain commanding a view of the scene, a uni
versal exclamation of admiration burst from
the most unpoeiio of our jaded soldiers. But
our loog msreb wes unrewarded by sight of
the Secessionists. They h,d 'I fl -i, Tbti
MO qxl*:ue>i w.eif tiinst and tilled it*ir can
from beautiful sneaui ot orvstai water
tha' gushed iri tu ifafl moootain side.
While the party was partaking ot a hasty
meal, Cot. Marrow, with a pottion of the cav
alry, proceeded to Big Spring - ,, where the eo
cmy's headquarters had been at the time of
our former visit. Here ruin and desolation,
io strong coutrast to the beau'ies of tbe scene
they bad jusi left, st irod us io the face on ev
ery bund. Froiu a farmer whom we found io
the vieinity we learned ttiat the enemy fl -d
ituinedi.tely after our former m-ouooisam-e,
supposing our party was thi advanoc guard of
a large army. Their flight must h-ve been
precipitate tor their tents were left standing,
though slashed and riddled so as to render
them useless to us, and army stores of all
kinds were acatterod ID the wild confusion
arouuJ. VVe also found the charred barrels
of a great number of guns, bowie knives and
other weapons that hud been COD signed to tbe
fl imes.
From thi ■ unusual sign, even in a repeating
otuiy, we infer Hint there lias bt-eii iosutmrui*
nation in CMmp, and that a portion of tin
troops b iv unhanded and gone home in dis
gust. This belief i str< ogihcued tj some
| seurasiou litters f >und upon toe ground.
: • The correspondent expresses tiie opinion
! that the campaign in Western Virginia is ai
no end f> r Ibis season. [Je Bays:
From this point the road become# imp-issu
bie. The uiud is be 1? deep to a horse, and
precludes all possibility of a further adv u<;e
toward the retreating fjc. The great number
u; wagon*!-ft b, the roadside attests with
wiiii difficulty ibo enemy !.*. retired. In or
der io reittlei Irauepoititicn at all possible
they bud been oomp-ilvd to split trees, and by
laying sbem close tegcihor nuild ttie rotd lor a
distance of too mites at lcst. -
Thi* will, io all probability, close the cam
paign in Western Virgiuu. The enemy has
bad but poor luok io this part of the country.
Ti.ey have been defeated in every instance,
and are now rapidly failing back upon Stsuu
lon and beyoud. Pursuit is impassible, even
with suffi ient force to meet, theui in o open
held, lor the roads *re impassible.
A Federal Victorj ia Missouri.
JEFF THOMPSON J.YD LOWE ROUT
ELK
FOUR BIG GUNS CAPTURED
PILOT KNOB, MO., Oct- 22.—The following
despatch was received here tbis morning, and
forwarded to headquarters stSt. Louis.
FIELD OF BATTLE. }
FREDERICKTOWN, Outooer 22D. J
In company with Col. Piuminer's oommind,
we have routed the rebels of Thotnpon and
| Lowe, estimated ut 5,000.
Their loss was heavy, while ours was sou >ll,
and confined principally to the First Indiana
| Cav dry.
We captured four heavy guns.
Lowe, the rebel leader was killed.
Maj.rGavit' and Hymen of the lodisoa
1 cavalry were killed in A charge on a battery.
The command of Col. Plummer, referred to
above, was on Friday morning last, ordered
from Cape Girardeau with iustrucions to move
towards Frederioioo, aui cut off the retreit of
Tboomron nod Lawe's army.
This tnrce cousisted of M r-h'e K-t iinn'b
Illinois re -im tt , aatoiiiui of TaylorV ut r,
aild Ritwarf. od Uij liuan s oeuiff oie of
cavalt ,all f,(ui Cairo. Also part of Pium.
.nor'* Eo ienlh Missouri, a part of Ross's
I'wi-ut. first Illinois and a section of Camp
bell's bat>ery all from Cape Girardeau.
Tbo force from tbis point was composed of
the Twentieth Illinois, Col. Carlin, Thirty
third Illinois, Col. Hovey;J 4 Twenty-first Illi
nois, Col. Alexander; Eighth Wisconsin, Col.
Murphy; First Indiana Cavalry, Col. Baker;
l-aptain Hawkins's Independent Missouri Cav
ahy, and four six-pounders and two tweuty*
fonr puuuders, under Major Sobofield, of the
Fust Wisconsin Light Artillery.
(Fiedericktowo, where tbo action above
mentioned took place, is the county seat of
Madiaoa county, end is about twenty miles
southeast of Pilot Knob.]
FROM HAMPER'S FERRY.
We learn from a gentieoiau direct from the
vioioity of Harper's Feny that tbe Rebels
again appeared upon Loudoun and Bolivar
Heights yesterday morning, end rei-w<>ti tlufir
attack upon tbe Union forms a&uer Major
Gould with artillery. Major U aid fired upon
tboua with the columbiid cspiuieo from them
on 'luesday, and drove them bauk, butu-t uu- j
til they bad named the large mill ot A. \V*
t E-q., and took the miller piisooer, whom
tli- j chftige having given information to j
•be Uuioa forces of the twelve thousand hu-b- I
els of wheat brought there to be ground. The
firing was progrestiog wiieu oar tofctutaut
left.
The enemy notified the oitiaens of Harpertt
Ferry that they intended to fire tbo town, and
io consequence of this tbe women and ehil*
dreo were fleeing in terror to this side of tbo
river.
Msjor Gould was throwing shot- and shell
from Maryland Heights after the Rebels, and
was satisfied that he could keep the u off una
til reinforcements could reach him.
Col Geary was slightly wounded in the calf
of the leg ou Tuesday by the explosion of a
shell.
Colonel Kenly's First Maryland Regiment
passed near Frederick no Thursday on it* way
to Daroestowu to join General Banks' column.
This regiiunit, has obtained a high character
for discipline aril .ffijiency.
More Veudalfsm at Harper's Ferry
—llerr'S Mill Burnt by (be Rebels -
A Rebel Force Driven from Loud
o ill Heights by tbe Federal Ar
tillery ou th t Maryland Miore.
BANDY HOOK, Oct 18 — The spacious mill
of Messrs. H-rr & Welsh, at Harper's Ferry,
was fired this afternoon by tbe Rebels and is
now in flitnes and will be completely destroy
ed. The mill was burnt by a force under
Co'ooel Ash by after our troops had t.ken
twenty thousand bushels of wheat, collected !
tbeie ly the Rebels. After removing lie
wheat the Federal troops retired to (heir on
ginal position opposite the Ferry, after their
victorious engagement at Brrliu.
As soon as the Rebels commenced their
work of deett action Major Gould, in command
of this post, ordered bis turoe companies, C, I
and K and a detachment of Col. Ueary'a
Peau-yivaiiia under arms, and
'•••pi Tompkin-, of ib, Ro-.ti 1-lund Artillery,
p uru die iioai the Maryland Heights, wbilsi
Capt. Bln Ret, of the Tniitueiuh Massachu
setts Regiment, also opened with bis two
twelve-pounders and the thirty-:wo-pouuder,
all pouting a telling fire into the Rebels, who
made their appearance on Loudonn Munuttin,
driving them back so as to prevent tho further
destruction *of Harper's Ferry and Bolivar,
which is thre-t-ncd by Col. Ashfcy. The few
remaining residents at the Ferry are rapidly
emigrating iut• Mirylaiid.
FROM lU
DEFEAT OF THE REBELS OV LYNN
CREEK.
SYRACUSE, MO ,O t. 20.— 1t is reported
that an'ing General Wyuiau, who left Rnila
several days s tice with about twenty fi7e hun
dred men, bis arrived at Lynn Crock, where
he dispersed a body of rebel*, kii.'ing a con
nideruble uuinher, and tilting over two bun
dred prisoners. He al-o captured eight,*>i.
wagon loads of goo-is belonging u> M. Clurg &
Co., a prominent Union firm, wh.ou the rebels
bid robbed.
The ndviops from (ien. Fruiont are to 7
, o'clock on P-iday night. He is anil at War
s-w, and tiie pontoon bridge across ibe Osage
was to he fi;.i*lied on Saturday. -
Gen. Sigel'a divisiou had crossed the riv
er.
It was ictortcd in our camp >.t Warsaw
lint ben. Piic bad 1 cn largely reirf .reed
by the rt tela under McUullocb, and thai the
combined fnic s were fortifying Oacola, where
iliey lot tided t> give Fieuioui battle.
FROM Missouri.
FT. Lot H, Oet. 2!f.—The folio wing des
patch has been received from an officer at Pi
lot Knob, dated 10 o'clock las' niubt:
Mjor Gavitr, ot the First Indiana Cavalry,
n. .dean iit'ack ou tbe enemy ibis morning,
when, discovering the strength and i-o-.iti.rn >r
tbe rebels, he fell bick upon o*l. A sxaud r's
force of infantry of the Twenty-first, Illi
nois Regiment, snd one piece of artdl-ry.
Tbo enemy fodowed, fighting nil the way.
M*j ir Gavitc ih-ii got his gun ia position,
Mid, coiice-ling his infantry, caused a part of
his command to retreat further, thus drawing
she enemy into au ambuscade, and forcing them
to fall back with heavy lost.
FROM HEXTUCKI.
CINCINNATI, OJI: 18.—Yesterday, Genetal
Sbermau telegraphed an urgent deuiiud for
roioiorcem' nts, and in the evening, wb*n Sec
retary Cameron aud Adjutant General Thomas
etrived in ibis city fruiu Lonisvilie, despatch
es wete iiumedi itefy sent to Pittsburg, Indian
apolis, and Caio .go, ordering 8,000 troops to
be lorwaided to Geueral Sherman by special
trmos >
These Iroops are doubtless oow well on their
way, and apprehension for the safety of Louis
ville tay, therefore, be dismissed.
Everything indicates uction in that direction,
and important news may be expected speedily
from the Ceutral Kentucky column.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WiillMOro., O't. 19, evening.- Gen.
.nvn having 0 ordered to n more iuipn
laut field of uu y, be will Oe followed by the
U-'ginmt, which be bat recently
uoiuiuauded as Colonel.
A New York and two Pennsylvania regi
ments aro alteruat 'y on picket duty at Vienna,
where tbe Highlanders have been similarly
employed.
Persons attached to the steam tug R solute
report tbot about ten o'clock this morning,
while off Occoqaan creek, near Bud J'* Point,
the cable by which the Resolute wis towing
the echoouer Fairfax, troiu Philadelphia, hmke,
when the Lt'cr drifted towards the shore, and
tbe rebels started out in boats and captured
her.
The Resolute was, it is added, firod at from
the latter; io that vioiuity, but being unable
to reuder assistance, tuado her way to Wash*
ington, where she arrived this evening.
The Fairfax was heavily laden with hay. It
is reported that the rebels had stretched a
chain over tbe river to impede the passtge of
vessels. Tbe Resolute being of lighter draught
ibio the Fiirf'X pissed ever u,
Geo M Call, wiiii the Penu>y!vanii Reset v ■
Corps, together with cava ry ai.i artillery, left 1
Piiiapeot Hill early this morning on u rt-ouu* !
uoisrtoce.
luferiuation received tonight i-tiiea tht
they had reached Dtiinsrilk, about t'it tnies
I'roui Pro-peet liill, without opposition.—
Dr.iusviiic is Within about fifteen units oi
Lscsbntg
Sam Houston is at last tbotuughly concert*
ed to Secessionist!!. Iu a letVir to t!i* Rwb
u*>ad Inquirer he avows his emirs sympathy
-rv.hrihw sohlii.)o r and ry* that ho opposed
Hccesaicn watiUVxw voted herself out of the
IJitMM}, but that m*e tbattsiric he bae obcyod
tbo wilt of .bis eoiwtituentir, audi bv '•perform
ed all-tlia acts of a dutiful and loyal eitiacn
of tbo RootWm Ooafederaay."
Kara! Success at f hiucoteag UP.
The United States steamer Louisiana, Com
mander MURRAY, which has BVEU on doty for
some tijuo p is' off Cbiucotesgue Island ha*
captured & dozen schooners which had no
clearsoee papery.
Ou the 5 li instant two boats' crews from
the steamer had n spirited encounter whilst
proceeding to capture* Confederate sshoooer
in Cbiocoteagiiu Inlet. It appears by the offi
cial report of Commander Murray to Commo
dore Uoldsborough, tbat the boat expedition
-rot to cut out the *oboooer fell into a trap.—
When the boats, containing twenty-three men,
had got within three hundred yards of the
schooner, they were attacked from the -shore
by sjbroe ot three huodred Confederates
Instead of retreating under the p-dtiog fire of
the enemy, the spirit-"! leader of the expedi
lion (Acting Mismr Famis ) gave the order to
ptiii ahead, aud the boats were rushed through
the tire until they got alongside under cover of
the schooner s sides. They touod her sgroun 1
and so they nude a breastwork of her, and
opened a destructive' fire upou the caeuiy.—
1 his and a few shot from the long gun of the
Louisiana, which bad prudently followed her
boats in as far as the depth of water would
permit, obliged the r -oe s to retire; whereupon
he achooiitr was burnt.
Mr Fsr#i, c* iuiitea the lo*s of th" r Wh
at riihr it, |ei'| , d r. id won d"J, be s w to*
cumber carried off. Our loss wis one eriouv
• y wounded, (Acting Master Hooker,; and
bre very biigtitly.
In coticludiug bis report Oapt. Murray says:
4t l have nothing but praises to bestow ou those
engaged in the boats for their cooloess aDd iu
trepidity, when assailed by such overwhelming
odds. J'h-y were y*t aune three bundreo
yards troui the schooner when fired open, hut
they preferie ! pu-hiug on sod teiuriiiog tbiough
l', rather thao lull in accoibplishiug their Ob
ject."
Cbiticotaga* lulet, where it occurred, is in
Aeooiuac county, Virginia, on the Atlantic
*ide ot thai narrow strip of land whose extreme
point is called O.pe Charles, and forms one
limit of the nnuth of Une-epdke Biy, Chiu
ootuguo liesjiiat on the Maryland and Virginia
line. This peninsula, separated by the wid'b
of the Chosepeake from ihe uiaiu laud of Vir
ginia, hut at-i'cl tu Maryland .ud D
ff rds the iu-urgetus unu-oal eb.ny. a :o< di
p.tehitig small oraH with s tpp.ie* to t><>iota
iirt|,-r S ni'h. Ii i* ii t -urpi i.-iue. Ihvrelor,-.
t tttis L •ii-i.u. h*. cipiorei a dox-ii ecuoou
eis t tie I e Wl'blU a few weeks
NEiV BATTERIES ON THE POTOMAC.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19^—Eveuts on the Po
totuac are i ipidly diawing to a head,
The enemy occupied themselves iu the erec
tiou r>f uew batteries on the Virginia shore ot
the river so that the navigation is mote peril
ous to-day than it Ims y; t beeo.
I'ne Federal guu-boai Uoioo w ut d >wti the
river 1 .-t uight, Willi an aroi> piyuiist-r on
ti-wd, nut retuiued thi* morning, uiviog been
Un >1)1-3 to pass ttie Oil eri;s,
TELEGRAPHIC MESS IGE FROM
- BRIG HAM YOUJYG.
The following tnessag* by telegraph was re
ceived at ClevcKrid I*m evening;
GREAT ?ALT LAKE CITY, I
Fuday, ut. 18. 1861. J
I Hon JH. Wtrie, President P-icifi;
j ttraph—-Su: P- rum uie io congratulate yon
jon hc coilfiit iicii iif lite Overlmd Ttlegrapb
i line West to this ci'j; to commend tbo energy
! displayed by yourself and associates iu the
rap d and successful prosecution of a work so
beneficial and t> cxpross the wish that its use
| uiiy ever tend to promote the frue lutnests of
, the dwellers oa both the Atlantic and Pacific
| slopes of our coctiuent.
Utah has not seceded, hut ii is firui for ihe
| Constitution and laws of our once happy C"Utt
try, and is warmly interested in successful en.
piises as too oue so far eomplete'i.
KHIOHAM YOUNG
PEXNSTLV.IXIA QUOTS FILLED.
HARIUSBLAU, Oct 19. —ln eo><B( quence of
•; the t'-cetit r*qui>i(iott uiade upon Pennsylvania
; by the N'tiotial Giverntucnt, the impression
, stems to have gmo abroad that a large num
ber of regnuouts are still requited, and Gov
eruor Ourtiu is beset with applications to ac
cept new regiments. Tuts is an error. Penn
sylvania has already a euffi dent number of
regiineuls to meet all the r> quisitiou* made
upon her by the Nations! Government, and
lliey are now being Ulied arid equipped HS rap
idl> as coiil'.t be desired G iv. Cjrlin, there*
fore, has no power to accept any new regiments
at this time,
OCTOBKB IELKGTIOMS.
PENNSI LVANIA this year elected only
Representatives, part of a Senate, Judges in
eouac district-, and local o&cera The new
Senate is Republican or "People's" by nela
three 4j oue, the House ditto by a sunlLr tu .a
jority. The ReonsjlvaiiL soldiers in the Uca
ion armies were euiitied to vote as if at home,
and the owietum of their votes leaves many
local results in uncertainty.
Ouio elected a Union War Bute Tioket by
some 50.U00 UJ j nty Dvtd Tod (Democrat)
Governor It is but justice to his Democratic op
ponent, U. J. Jcwett,to state that he also decla
red himself for a vigorous prosecution of the
war. The new Legislature will of course be
strongly "Union," though pretty equally divi*
ded as to political antecedents.
IOWA has reelected Gov. K:rkwod sbd
Uhief Justice L>we (II publicans) sut. a R.-.
pubito m to take C>! './Uitts's place to Con
gress, t House ) The Legislature is iiU'Lret .<M j
to be ul" Ii pa 'li<*ao. 1
MINNESOTA ha* re-eiected G >v, ,
(R Uf• ite oj ill l go'i> R.|uh .o ti r ..-ii r a i;
iy a.heavy to j rrv.
lit all a* w• b *.i vo tbe Viit • i light.
Ball/m re C'lfjf ti .s cbocii U<ti>>ti;-> t • ti I
hr Mu <u<pai U 'uccits (ii,l| etoeted thisyeir.)
T.ie S "Oem,oiiiH!s ilnl ioi sou fi' to contest.
F.uui So s-i.l, le..!ti <ha GtOitQiA has
r*-i-ljeted Joseph E Brown G iveruar by tr<uu
5.000 to 10 000 iii-j iiity. Ha is a great
s.tckier tor Bute R'gitis, uud, though a Seces
sionist, Jeff Divisonly when ho sees
fit.- -Ntw York Triauiu.
'
OF*OUT eao he permanently cured by u J)r.
Inland's Anti Rheumatic Band." Bea Ad
verHseioent of " io another col
umn. * *
October, 4th, 1861
IXTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH.
New Orleans and Memphis papers lo the 21
instant tarnish ibe following intelligence:
The M<-biie Register has a letter fro TO Pen
scnla, wnder dt of 25fh ultimo, which says:
••We have reports of several expeditions to the
South. Let tbeo com*. Their tombs are
open."
Tbe Memphis Appeal (i'sMcs not owrs) says:
••The roiwors relating to no attempted raid by
a L;o"o)n horde of 25 000 vandals oo OQf
Southern coast are not without plaussble prob
ability Toat the expeditian will meet with
a warm reception is most certain. Governor
Brown and Gen. Lnnton have Lad their eyta
on the stragetic points of tbe coast for some
time, and what they have done in reference to
auoh proposed visits will be known when fbt
arrival take* place. We harp no doubt the
reports from that quarter will lie only eucb re
ports as cn be caused by tbe right sort of
gun* in the right place, served by the right
sort of artillerist*. It will be no Hatteras
affair.
The New Orleans Delta states that Cap!.
Dm H'.ckok had made a requisition on the
proper authorities for six rifled cwirtiooa, to be
placed at the pickets stattuufd ui the approach
es of the pew epnsi The e.itor adds: "The
c ptiin k Mi-picim*of gun boats, ami wau's
t. give ii.eui - hot reetprion if tiej come pok*
tug i-bout there."
Tbe aime paper baa a full and accurate
deaciiption of me new gu u boat fl-et built and
building at the Government Navy yards and
private ship yards North. Tbe tou
age, number, and calibre of gutfa, 43. am
given in detail.
Confirmatory of tbe verlul reports, wc find
in the N-w Orleans Crescent an order from
be G"V-ruor of tbe State iu regard to the
o-ginix-nou of tje State militia, • i in order"
(we quote be Orescent) "to prepare for eu
emergency that may come upon us." It is
not Ooubi'ed by the same authority that "there
i force enough iu the State to repel au iova
au>u, some fioui whatever quarter it may."—
The Governor's order directs that captains
fbill drill their companies each dy, and em
power* them to force the attendance of their
men by pGciug all who refuse to do da'y up
"ii ho Ji-t of persons who arc su*p<ctei of
h-'iug UUH >uu i iu their all'giaaee ti tbe Cm
tci may. The Crescent "hopes tl*' ail per
-ou- wt-i -.i on t lerpond to tins order from
the Go'-ru ir, so tuat ther" will hi no u<'Ces
-!ty tor a hick h.-t of recreao sand renegides.
l! wc expect to save our citv from capture
and pillage, our wives, daughter*, and sisters
from the fte of the unfortunate women of
Maryland, we must *]] shoulder our guns and
prepare for a terrible struggle. We can beat
off any invading force if true to ourselves, and
(hat we witi do it is as sure at anvihiug in the
future eao be."
The Bal Si Ttlogrspb on the 80 h announc
ed. "A sLop of wr, name unk iown> off tbe
South B ir, steiin frigate RijLinood at tbe
Southwest Pass, about one mile above the pi
lot station: sloop of war VtuceuDss ana sfeain
gunboat Water Witch at anchor outsiJe tbe
Southwest Jiirj tic fruited States ste.ui frig
*te Niagara end a store-ship iff Pass-TO tre."
The Louisiana Governor's "Order" calls in
to active servtee all persons from 18 to 45
except tbe subjects of o foreign Power or Gov
crumeut.
SENDING BACS TUB COTTON.
Tbe Richmond Equirer of the 14tb ics'aLt
stja: "The uilirry authorities, acting with
, (be advice of Generals Beauregard end John
| ston, some weeks since published RU oficul
| notice, iu which they requested planters at
tho extieioe S >uth not to- forward any rmre
invoioes of cotton into the State of Virgiaii,
but to bold it until further advises. Contra,
ry to this request several dealers forwarded
by rail to Richmond several buudred biles,
nod it was immediately returned, and that, too,
at tbs expensu of the shipper-, una it is tho
order of Provost Marshal, Gibion, of lt:eb*
'liOvd, to send bark every bale which uny hero
a'ter be forwarded,"
CONFISCATION or southern DEBTS.
The Richmond Enquirer of (be 14th insttst
says: "It was understood at Richmond by a
geutlemm who is connected with tbe Depig
ment of tbe Joterior, that the returns were
tiring nude of debts due to tbe alien enemies
with the utmost proiuptitudo, and that from the
city of Petersburg tbere would be realise.!
miui not less than six hundred thousand doi-
Urs. As for Kiohuioud, it was difficult to
estimate the aggregate, but tbe lowest esti
mate placed't at two millions of dollars."
TVT A RaiED.
On tbe 16tb tost., at the residence of A. 11.
Hull, Esq , in Uni-n Tp. l\ A. H Hull Kq.
Mr. Tuoi'AS SLKIK to Mi-s MAHT Smith.
bo h >t d O. iirsvillt, lijdfar . Or. Pa. i
w . „„ r v _- r m m anMarm|
DIBP.
On the 19:1) day of Oct. inst., Mr. GfiOROR
IckeSi egrd 61 years, 8 tremfbs and & days.
Mr. Ickes was married Jan. )6tb, 1820, to
Susan Sleek, daughter of Jacob and Margaret
Sleek, and lived a ta.oiti:d life 41 years, 8
mootbe end 10 days. Fuaeral sertuon preach
ed by tbe Rev. ff. 11 Gj tea, from 2-d Samuel,
14 Ohafit, nod 14 verss.
COURT PROCLMAT2OZ7.
HEREAS lhe"'lltitier:;bie FBAMCIS W. R&tJt-
Mbti. list'SideT.t o< the several Courtsot Cow
nit>ii ] !• >■> hi tt-i; iciii tf. a ioni| the 10th Jti
••ii-i.'i hi d 'lis:id <>i ii.. Comts oi'Oyer
Mint I't ill: ,i,-r. I.i ■ G'tir.t) J d Peiivt-tv, ftrtbo
til Ini rip f.l ri I'jitir tf t lorS i't th-s.i l).-
trn —iiiv A.-. Kiraur ..nl JOHN :.r*,oa Ks
tinirt 1 -, .lu ig. s i.f tin- t'-.-nrh <•' G > s • I*l.as
t.f t Just .eon <>f th-! Com tofOy . r mi Tur.uuor, ,
Hut! gi-iur.it J.ul Di-ltr.-ry, for tbt trial *f *ll capi
tal aij-l oth,-r offendem in th- county to 13 -dford—
li.ivi-<i.sMi<-il their ;>ri-ept and to me direct'd, for
hold hi r a Court of' Common .Fleas, and (fo.ieral
Ja>l Dciirery, and (Jft uft of Oyer and Ti-roiiDer
at Bctif-'ro, on JUO. t'Ajf tho 18th day of Not
next. No-riow w t eye by giv.-n to aH tbe Justices of
the Peace, the Coroner and Constat lea wtlbiu th,.
Said County of Bedford, that they bb thoawad AhefW
in ibelr proper pt rtions, with tbelr roilw; Jftsawis®
ami i. (jaikitigus, yasd. otiptf . ,
bruueos, to do jUiose things which lo their ™:es
rod in tint behalf apt* ruin to be done, and also
they wlw will pro#- cute against the prisoners that
arU of aba 1.1 "be in the Jail of Bedford County, to be
-tbt-n Siul there to prosecute against them as abil
be Just. - .
JOHN J. OEShNA, Sheriff.
SbenQ's Office, Bedford, 0:1. 2-3, 1851.