BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Pa. Friday Morning. XoV- 8, 1961. TND FREET 7 . OVlilt-Edilor and i'roiirletor. CASH TERIiiT" On account of the hardness of the times and the 5 ressing demands for cash upon us, ve bare de te: rained to come as near to cash terms as possible, Hereafter we must bare the cask for nil Orphans' Court printing ; Auditor's Notices, Estrays, fee . also nil Frotbonotary's printing, occasional adver tisements and handbills. All new subscribers are also expected to pay their sr.bscriptions in advance. We do not think Executors. Administrators, and Auditors hare need to complain at this change of terms. They can almos! at any time raise the few dollars that it will require to pay the Printer's bills. Jt will savo bother to them, and be ol immense benefit to us. Old Quarters taken at par on all kinds of ac counts. IE the relatives of John Adams, a cooper by trade, who removed from Bedford County to Mer cer County, about twenty years ago, will call on the subscriners, they will hear of something to their advantage. S. IT. TATE, Nov. 8, ISGI. JOHN MOWER. Our particular friend, Scull, of the Somer set Herald Sf Wktg, tskca our reply to bis '•cot-tbroat" article of a few weeks ago, very much to heart. Well, we expected be would, and consequently we are not disappointed.— He denies a couple of our charges, and docs not refer to the others, thus admitting their truthfulness. He denies that the Somer'ot Conferee* stay ed awsy from the Conference at Juniata Cross ings, hoping that something would turn up to her sdvun'ace that she might again have tha Judge for the next ten years, and says that he ran refresh our memory ''by the exhibition of n letter from Hon. Alex. King, in which he expresses his thaofe' for their staying out of that conference, baoause it insured Ms nomt station on first lalfot ." We don't know wheth er Mr. King wrote such a letter or not. We understand ho saya he never wrote to Mr. .Scull on the subject. \Ya do not design to drag him into this discussion, as we know he is aveise to it. What wa say ia regard to it, is en our own motion, without any authority from, or cocsuitatiou with biro. We presume that Mr. KiDg, when he aseertri ned that the Somerset conferees would not in any event at tend the conference, acquiesced. lie could not do anything else. Jf their staying out ol the conference appeared To injure Mr. KingQ nomination, uo first ballot, would it not have been doubly sure if they had tter.doJ, pro vidt-d they were his friends, as ihsy pretend! No; otter the Democrats rejected their offeri at Bloody Run, they determined not to at lend at the "Crossing*." Why did they attend tbe Democratic Confer ence at Bloody Run? Why did thoy attempt to dicXtr with then.? Did not Mr. Scull an* the TWO other conferees at Bloody Run dia ; ar.ige Mr. King, and say Somerset would doi .•npport him iu any event? After the Demo crats refuted to unite with them, it is said they met and ncmina'cl a Somerset man fci JaJgt! Mr. Seuil also deny* that ho and other were willing t smallest sacrifice of life, a warrior who scorned tbo selfish glories of the battlefield when his great qualities ns a statesman could be employed more profits!, 'v for his couutry, a citizen who in his deoimiug years has given to the world the most shining instance of loyalty in disregarding all ties of birth and clingiug still to the cause of truth and honor, bucb has been the- career aud oharncter of Winfield Scott, whom it has long been iho delight of the uation to honor, both as a man and a soldier. \\ hile we regret his loss, there is one thing we cannot regret--the bright example he baa left for our cmnlatioD. Let us all hope aud pray that his declining years may be passed in peace ond happiness, and that they may bo obcered by the success of the country and the cause bo has fought for and loved so well. Beyond all that, let us do nothing that can cause htm to blush for us; let no defeat of the army be has so loDg commanded embitter hie last years, but let our victories illuminate the close of a life so grand. GEORGE B. MeCLELLAN, Major General Commanding U.S. A. FROM WESTERN VIRGIN!!. THE RECAPTURE OF SIO>|XEY. FOUR HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN. The i\ heeling Press of Tuesday gives the following account of the attack *of~General Keliy on tue town of Romney, aud the defeat and rout of the Rebel forces: Wo loam from a gentleman direct from Rouiney that the fight took place near Mill Creek, 6ome four or five miles from Romney. The Rebels were soon repulsed, and General Kelly after them at "double quick." The only stand the Rebels made was near the Indian Mouod Cemotry a*d in the town. The enemy threw shell but could do no damage. Our troops then txiide an entire rush at tbetn with suob vociferous yells, passing under their fire, that they gave way. The Rebel infantry now fled towards Winchester and the cavalry to wards Springfield, but wero checked at the wire suspension bridge by a detachment of Uuion troops detailed from Cumberland. They fore up the bridge to prevent our troops from crossing. Geueral Kelly captured some four or five hundred prisoners, among whom is Col. E. M. Armstrong, late member of the Richmond Convention, two hundred hordes, thtee wagon loads of new rifles, three cannon, a large quautity of corn, tents, and in fact everything they had. The loss on our side was but one roaD killed and five wounded. The loss of the eneuiy is not known, but must have been con siderable. The expedition has been truly suc cessful. The Wheeling Intelligencer gives the above particulars, with the additional announcement that General Kelly still occupies RomDey with a forco of 2,500 men, consisting of two Ohio ' regiments, six companies of the Seventh Vir ginia Regiments, oue company cf tbe Third Virginia, end two cavslry companies. A MOVEMENT FOR A DIVERSION—WELL CAR RIED OCT. Ere proceeding against the enemy in Rom ncy, a few days eiuce, Brigadier Gen. Kelly arranged with General Thurston, commanding in Cumberland, Maryland, that a pertion of the latter'* force should ruako a feint against Romney, while his (Kelly's) troops made the real attack upon them. Gen. Thurston, in sc cordanee with that plan, sect Col. Johns with portion of his regiment to make tbe feint— flow it was executed the following report tell*: HEADQUARTERS SECOND REGIMENT, J POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE. ) Brigadier Gen. C.'M. Thurston: General —la compliance with verbal orders received after consultation between Gen. Kel ly and yourseP on the night of the 20tb inst. I concentrated seven hundred men of my regie ment at the North Branch bridge, and on tbe following morning, at five o'clock, marched in the direotiou of Romney, passing through Frankfort- Upon arriving at a point one and a half miles from Springfield tbe roar of my column was fired upon by the enemy, from tbe heights of the wo%d, sevorely wounding two men, detaining the column about an hour, which was occupied iu clearing the woods of the enemy and dressing tbe wounds. We tnarobed tbenoe through Springfield, seeing frequent signs of the enemy's horsemen iu re treat towards tbe bridge over tbe South Branch of the Potomac. Upon arriving within half a mile of tho bridge my flinkers and skirmishers on the left and front discovered the c-neiuy on the opposite side of the river, when a brisk fire at once oommenoed. About this time tbe guns of Geo. Kelly's column, in the vicinity of Rom ney, were heard. After skirmishing with tho enemy across the river for about half an hour, 1 determined to foroo away over tbe bridge. The enemy, tho best informa tion we oould gety from four to six hundred inolading cavalry, having beforehand prepsr> ed to defend its passage, had arranged covers for his riflemen on an eminence immediately fronting the bridge. Captain Alexander Shaw of Company A, who led the advance of the column to this point, was, with his company, directed to lead the way across the bridge a: a) double-quiok step. Supported by tho remainder of tho i regiment. Captain Shaw promptly his ooinpiny as directed, and when about half way across tbo bridge discovered that a por- tion of the plank flooring on the further side had been removed. The enemy, on discover ing the movement opened fire Ly volley, kill ing one aDd wounding six of my ir.cn, ceasjrg the company to seek shell er behind the para pet? of the bridge. Aftet skirmishing some time from the para pets of the bridge and an eminence on our left and Dot hearing the fire of General Kelly for the previous hour, I concluded he bad carried Romney: and the object of my march to create a diversion in his favor being accomplished, 1 determined to retire, which wc did in good or der to Oldtown, in Maryland, arriving iLere ebout 9 o'clock P. M, altera march of twenty five miles. It is with pleasure that I speak of the good behaviour of all my officers and men, and would oa 11 your atteotion particularly to the charge led by OaptaiD Alexander Shaw. Captain fW r °f dragoons, with bis company, rendered very'cffic,T n,: drawing the flro of the enemy from u." regiment at tbo bridge. I was muoh gratified at iudebttL 1 to Mr. Grehan, who volunteered to ruaren w ''h me, for his prompt ond cheerful assistance.— Mr. Grehan was frequently exposed to severe fire of the enemy, I aui, with great rcrpcct, your obedient ser raot, THOMAS JOHNS, Col. Second Reg. Potomac Re me Brigade. The Great Naral Expedition The great naval expedition sailed on tie 29th ulr. with sealed orders, for some point unknown to all but the heads of departments. It exceeds in magnitude anything of the kind heretofore attempted on this continent. The expeditiou consist?, in all, of eighty vessels.— Of fhesj three are steam frigates, six sailing men-of-war, twenty-six, gunboats,? twelve fer ry-boits, and thirty steam and six sailing transports. They cairy, besides their full crews, a force of between 30,500 sad 40,000 picked soldiers, half of tbem tbo beat trained tfoops of Gen. McCleiian's command. The fleet oarries with it about five hundred surf boats and a number of ferry-boats strengthen ed by iron bulwarks, manned by experienced wreckers and New Etigland fisherman, for landing troops. Tho transports bear at least three nud half months' supplies of food for the army which ;s to be landed. An itumeD.se quantity of the heaviest and most improved guns, shot, shell, furnaces, and othct parapher- j nilia of war, is carried along: extta transpor tation wagons, camp equipage of all drscrip j tions, arms, infantry equipments, Ac., for arm- i ing the loyal inhabitants; form port of the! cargo. All the best pilots of New York oily nd other northern port?, who are familiar j with every landing on the coast, have been sent down. Fifteen hundred horses are aboard, j Several of the largest traasports are laden with i ammunition. The expedition takes about one thousand stout negroes, contrabands who j have come in from Virginia at different times. j Among the troops aboard are two regiments from Pennsylvania— the !, Ronn dbeads" prin- j cipally made up in Lawrence county, command I ed by| Col. Dan. L*asure, end the Penney!- 1 vania Fiftieth, composed mostly of Beiks an i i Schuylkill men, commanded by Col. H. O. i Christ. N. Y. Seventy-Ninth, (Highlanders) formerly coounanded by the Lie Col. Came* ' roo, is also with the expedition, with Rev. P. Riser, of Sunlury, as chap] tin; and Dr. Geo. I S. Kemble, formerly of M'ffl nburg is one of j the Surgeons on board. The naval parts of the expedition is under command of Commodore J. F. Pupont, oDe of tbo ablest officers of the navy, a resident Delaware, and who has been in the service forty-six years. The fleft'captnin is Commsn der Charles H. Davis, of Massachusetts, who baa been in the service eightetn years. Tbe land forces are under commend of Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, of Sherman's battery. Its precise destination, and whether it will strike at ODe or a doaeo points at once, are un known, except to those who have the"seaJed orders," which aro probably opened by this time. With reasonable fidelity and success, it seems sure they will make a great impression upou the Rebel seaboard, and itiiv tend stroDgly to hasten the termination of "the In surreetion. FBTDAV, Oct. t 25, 1861, the Telegraph Lice | was completed between the Atlantic and tbe i Pacific. Tbe first Message was seDt by the I Chief Justice of California to President Bin- ; coin at. Washington. New York and San ■ Fruncieca have been interchanging compli ments. Ibis is a great Work—this a glorious Union! , May it be perpetual! Confusion to Ilehel* ! and to traitore' Washington JYOV. 3 1861. Count de Sayre, graudaon of Count do ! Rocbambeau, who was with Washington, tad I Baron de Schonen, grand-nephew of Lafayette, each the lineal representative of his distin* i guished ancestor, have tendered their services ! to the Government, saying that they arc proud ! to fight with and for the same people, of whose i early history Lafayette and Rocbambeau are a part. M*j. Gen. Haveiock, who has just ar rived from England, has also offered his sword to tbe country. CALIFORNIA—FuII, official returns for Governor, foot up as followe: LeUud Stanford, Republican 56 336 M'Coonell, Breckiondger 32,751 Conness, Douglas! te 30,009 Repub. plurality, 23,585 Union majority(Stanford and Conness over M'Contiell, for whom every shade of Srccsaion isui voted) nearly FIFTY-FOUR THOUS AND! California is safe! OHlO.—Todd baa FIFTY THOUSAND ma jority for Governor over Jewott, "the regnUr Deuiooratio candidate," professing also to be aD Unconditional War man, yet was support ed by Vallandigbam, whose District repudi ates him by 2500. Todd was a Douglas man, but thinks "the Administration of Abraham Lincoln equal to that of Andrew Jackson," and was taken up by the Republicans as a Un ionist. RUMORED DEATH OF SAM HuUSTON. A letter from Louisville to the Cincinnati Times says: .'A Nashville paper, cf the I9ih, announ | ces the death of Sam Houston on tho Bth ult. •in Texas. He should have died before be | wrote his last letter, or lived to see our glo rious Union once more restored." ' Tbe firtt Telegraphic dispatch from San Francisco over tbe overland telegraph read# a* ; follows: I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.— A D announce ment made ID relation to the completion of the last link in the Overland Telegrapli, says: ; The PaciGo to the Atlantic nerds greeting— j may both oceans be dry before a foot of all the land that lies between them shall belong i to any ether than onr united conntry. LOYALTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. There is a loyal movement on foot among ; the people of Hyde County, North Caroline, wti<*h if properly sustained by the Govern* i ment, r ay benonie wide spread and important lin the old North Slate. The leading citizens i of that county met at HatteTas Church, Oct- I I2ib, and adopted a declaration of iodepen- J dence from the Southern Confederacy. They i have never acquiesced in the rebel movement, and the capture of Hafferas Inlet by the TTni j ted States fcas enabled them to throw off the ' despotism of the oppressor. A messenger in j their behalf has been sent to Washington by I (3er. Wool an* President bas promised to i use bt's almost efforts * n prefect Ibe loyal ei.i* 1 zrns of North Carolina, ana * tben ; with nesponfl with whicb to make * CWQ against tbc rebellion. , The people of Hyde county have been re ' dncrd to a destitute condition, and Gen. Woo! has authorized Rev. T W. Conway, Chaplain if the Ot'n New York Volunteers, now etas tuned at IfsUeras Inlet, who has also the approval of the President and Secretary of War, to appeal to the people of the loyal Stßles for aid for these sufferers in the way of fhoe, clothing,provisions or money. h Tlil K I'ATniOT, GEO. D. PRENTICE, the Editor of the Lotnsville Journal, has proved himself incur* j niptible. Among the many sch-mes for car rying Kentucky o U t of the Union, was a per i severing attempt to bey Prentice, or, failing j that, to buy his paper. Ho was first approach ed with the modest offer of $25,000, which vrrs promptly declined. The anxious buyers, thinking perhaps their bid had bean below Pre elite's estimate of bis lienor, increased tbeir off< r, and through an old political frieDd, (since quartered at Ft. Lafayette) bo was in formed that $150,000 were in a Ijouisvil.'c bank suhjct to the draft of Geo. D. Prcotree, pro vided tiie Journal was henceforth conducted according to certain terms. An lucreased severity upon Ibe Pisuniouists in the columos of the Journal, was the response to this pros po*al. Next coine a railroad man from the far West, who eschewed all politics, and wani ted an influential paper tu support the Paeifie Railroad enterprise. Ho would give Prentico $250,000 for the Journal. This bid was too low, and Geo. I>. Prentice remains uubougbt we hope unpurchaseable. WEAK DEMOCRATS, read this from one who has been a leader in your pirty. Perhaps it will invigorate you: '•Gen. B. F. Butler made a speech at Bur lington, Vermont, on Wednesdiy evening.— lie said that if any foreign nation dated to interfere in our|!Dtesttoa war, we would ceaso dealing with southern traitors as erring troth* ers, delicately and tenderly, and should arm every loyal Unit n man, North and South, both black and icbile, bond and Jree, until treason aDd its abettors are exterminated, and the med? dlesotnc world was taught a salutary lessen— This aontiaicot was received with overwhelm? ing plaudits.'' WHAT SHOULD WE DONE. Every young man uot pngsged in the ser vice of the country, should strive with all poa sible dispiteb to prepare hiWßelf for usefulness by attending some good School adapted to the wants of the present ngo: and this respect the IRON CITY COLLEGE of Pittsburg, Pa. sustains a high reputation, n is shown by the Duinareus prominent and responsibla positioos now filled by graduates from this School.— Send for their catalogue, and examine for your selves. l£F"Riader have you seen Prof. Wood's ad vertisement in our paper. Read it; it will in terest yor. $"25! EMPLOYMENT ! $75! AGENTS WANTED! '.YE will pay from $.23 to 75 per month, and sll :xpenses, to active Agents, or give a commission. Particulars sent tree. Address ECIE SEWIXO MA OHIXK, CoMP.tsr. It. JAMES, General Agent, Mi lan, Ohio. Ang. 6, 1861 .-Z7. "MATHL Jfcilßib. At Chambersbnrg on the 2!Hh nit., by the Rev. Bausman, Nr. FREDERICK C. TRITLE of Waynesboro, Franklin County, to Miss LIZZIE A. .MAXWELL, step daughter of the Rev. 0. F. Ilofl'meier of Friends Cove. On the 3d isst., bv the Rev. J. Zimmerman, Mr. THOMAS STINMAN to Miss CATHARINE E. GIBLE, both of Bedford Co. Pa. On Wednesday evening, Oct. 16th, 1861, by Rev. Abbott, Mr. James Mcitulllu (formerly of this place,) to Miss Nancy J. Arthurs, of Jefferson County, Ohio. NEW GROCERY, Corner ol West Pitt and Juliana SL TIICI subscriber Is opening at this well known stand, a well selected stock of Confectionaries, Tobacco, Sugars and Groceries, consisting in parr of coffee, brown, crushed and pulverized sugars, refined and golden syrhps, baking molasses, young : hyson, imperial and black tea, chocolate, corn ! starch and flavoring extracts, cheaso, corn brooms, ■ painted buckets, dusting, wall, scrub, horse, shoe, ! tooth and hair brushes; Coiif/ttio*aries, such as phin and fancy candies, fruited candies and flavor ed jellies; water, butter and sweet crackers.- Foreign fruits, oranges, lemons, figs, raisons, prunes, dates, currants, citrons, filberts, walnuts, cream nuts, almonds, poa nuts; Tobacco, congress plug, sweet plantation, natural leaf, rough and ready, Lynchburg, smoaklng, a superior article, cut fend dry, &c., lie., Ctgars, opera, sixes, half Spanish, and a variety of other brands. The pub lic arc respectfully invited to give bim a callJf; All kinds of country produce taken at the high est market price. But no goods sold on credit. J. B. FABQiniAK. Nov. 8, 1861. CASB STORE. I THE undersigned has purchased J. Reed's stock i of Merchandise, and will continue the trnde at the j old stand, and sell positively for ready pay only ; Goods soli! low for cash, or approved country P ro I dnce. P. A. RKEP ' Nov 8,1861.