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<i sell ibo Bedford County can
didate for tho Legislature for President Judge
Tntir conversation end actions here on tha
subject, oannot be misconstrued, and if we wen
allowed, wu might name a Democrat of undoabt
d character who was approached on the sub
jeer. But it is rich, at soy rate! Somerset
eonnty politicians complaining that they havi
Lad tluir "throats cut and sre otbrrwi
treated badly!
4*rai Flood.
The tioud of Saturday night and Sunday morninj
last, did an immense amount ot damage in Bodfori
Connty. At Bedford, the wafer came into the Wes
end of the town, destroying a portion of the bridge
and damagod a number of the houses. At th(
Springs, the loss in bridges, fences, fee., wil
amount to SI,OOO. In Morrison's Gove, the losi
of property was great. Dati'l. B&rc'a loss in injur]
to his dam and Mill, will amount to SISOO
JOB. B. Noble's Factory dam was destroyed, losi
$500; Mcntxw'a and Potter's dams were injured
t'oe loss to the Pattocsville and Woodbcrry Turn
pike road is about SI,OOO. Nearly all the bridge!
between Bloody Run and Hopewell wero destroy,
e-i. The lore to tho Flank Road Company will t
severe. The new rail road on Six Mile Run
was completely washed away. Considerable damagt
wcvsbo done to the Broadtop Rail Road between
llcpewi II y.d Siutoa. A house on tbe Turnpike
between Juniata Crofcßhi t fi and 6. W. lionacbol
aler's. occnpß-d ty a Mr. Davis, was destroyed, ant
bis bed clothing, and rurrrtfure washed away.—
Ercj* sH parts of mr county, we bear of great do
'-traction of propctfy. Thu less to the Chambers
Lurg an i Bedford Turnpike Road Company will
be heavy. TMs ia tho most '.destructive flood thai
has occurred within the memory of tbe "oldesi
inhabitant*"
Y OLCNTEBRs. —Quite a number of our brav
volunteers are cow visiting their friends ic
tbis County; among others, Capt. Thoe. H.
Lyor.s, Liente. Ww. i'. Barodoihr, Sol. 6,
Metzgar: Sergio. Bowman, Mower, Middletoo
jand Heiiry BriJentbaL and Alex. Boor.
SAD CASE OF DROWNING
On Saturday eveuing daring the heßvy rain,
Mr .3. Barusley, a discharged volunteer from
the three months service, had went to Hope
well, with Mr. Wm. Dibert, lo reyilist. He
in company with three others, left their board
ing near Hopewell in the evening,
and while at Hopewell, the river had risen
considerably; end in the endeavor to return
had to wado the creek to the ellow Creek
bridge, and cross the bridge and again had to
wade* when they came to a log which had
drifted n-ross the road, three of the men step
ped over the log. Mr Barnsley undertook to
go around it when he stepped olt !he Pike and
the water being so deep he was thrown over
by the current, which was the laat sen of him.
He had a Uutern in his baud when he fell. He
was aged about 34 years, and we believe had
no family.
In our paper, to day, we publish tho letter
of Lieut. Gen. Scott, and ceremonies in rela
tion ttf his retirement from active command of
the army. He spo*ks highly of his treatment
by the President and the Cabinet, it is a sad
thought that he is compelled a' this time of
gieat peril to the Republic, to rcsigu on ac
count of his great ago and bodily infirmities.
He is still as ever, a firm and unwavering friend
of tbo Uuion, and io favor of crushing down
the great rebellion. The country will not
altogether lose his services, as ho will be con
sulted on all important warlike measures.—
Tho people of this country can never repay
Geu. Soott for bis great services, and his name
will be ever held iu grateful reincmberanoe.
LAND SLIDE. A small land slide occurred
OD Saturday night, olose by the old Stone mill
at the Springs. The slide brought down three
tolerably large trees and left them ; .B tbo mid
dle of the road, as though they had grown
tkore.
Messrs. Reed & Johnston, have entered in
to the butchering business in W codbrrry, in
this County. They always have ou hand the
test meats, and are accomniodoting geutlcuien,
and will give general satisfaction.
Cant some of our subscribers bring us some
wheat, flour, buckwheat flour, potatoes, and a
few loads of wood?
Rosecraos has had a battle with Floyd, and
it is reported that Floyd has been taken priso
ner.
Messrs. A. B. Cramer & Co., have a lot of
splendid, cheap goods. Go and see if they
aint.
Mr. Fetor Reed advertises new an.l cheap
goods in to-uays paper. Give him a call.
It is reported that Sam Houston is dead.
Highly Important from Washington.
RESIGNATION OF GKN. SCOTT.
The IVor Worn Veteran's Letter—Cabinet
Council in the Mutter—The Resignation
Accepted—Hen. McCltUnn Placed in Com
mand— Interview Between the President,
Cabinet, and Gen. Scott.
WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 1, 18G1.
Gen. Soott, leaves Washington to morrow.
He and his stiff, ocoouipauied by tbe Secreta
ries of War and Treasury and the Adjutant
General, will take a special train at 5 o'clock
in the morning for Harrisbnrg, where 'he old
hero will rest, and receive the hospitable cares
of the Secretary of War, Cameron. From
there bs will go to Elzabothport. and thence
to New York by tbe evening boat. Gen. Mo
, Clellan has rrquested bis Btff to be io atten
daneo at tbe depot at 41 o'clock.
At a special Cabinet meeting, held at 9
; o'clock this morning. Gen. Soott announced
| hts purpose to retire from the command of tbe
army. At a later hoar tbe President informed
j Gen. MoClellan that in conformity with the
| expressed will of Gen. Scott and the unani
-1 mens desire of the Cabinet, he conferred upon
' him the command of the armies of too United
I States.
(eu. MeClellan has issued an order assum
j ing tho command io which ho eloquently re
views the history of his veteran predecessor's
| military life, and expressed tho hope and trust
that his last days may not be embittered by the
defeat of tbe armies of which be has been so
long tho distinguished commander.
At 4 o clock in the afternoon the President,
with all bif Cabinet officers, called upon Gen.
Scott to bid him adieu. His aids and the
Adjutant- General left the room where tho
final interview was to take place. Tho Pres
ident was the first to emerge from the sad
scene, and in tears. Tbo full particulars of
what transpired within is known ouly to the
participants in this last interview with the he
ro of Lundy's LaDe and the eonquerer of Mex
ico.
A dinner, celebrating Geo. MoClellan's as
aumption of tbe command, was gtvon bim to
night by tho Secretary of State,at which all
tho members of the Cabinet were present.—
During tho evening Gen. MoClellan was ab
sorbed io his new duties, tbe President boimg
with bim for several hoars.
The question of Gca MoClellan's suooessor
in tbe couimaud of tbe army of tbo Potooiae
lis already under discussion. Gen. Hallcck,
, now on bis way here from California, is most
| talked of.
WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 1, 1861.
\ The following letter from Gen. Scott was
j received by the President on Thursday after
noon.
"II EADQUABTE&S GT THE ARMY, 1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, ISGI. j
"The Hon. 8. CAMERON, Secretary of War:
1 "SIR: For more than three years I have
been unable from a hurt to monnt a horse, or
to walk more than a few paces at a time, and
that with much pain. Other and new infirmi
ties, dropsy and vertigo, admonish me that re
pose of mind and body with the applianco of
; surgery aud niedjoioe arc ucceisiry to add a
BEDFORD JWOGiRER.
little more to a lire already protracted muoh
beyond the usual span of man. It is tinder
mob . circumstances, mode doubly painful by
the unnatural and unjust rebellion now raping
in tbo Southern States of our so lately pros -
perous aDd happy Union, that I am compelled
to request that my name shall ba placed on
the list of army officers retired from active
service. As this request is founded on an
absolute right, granted by a recent act of
Congress, 1 am outirely at liberty to say it is
wish deep regret that I withdraw myself in
these momentous times from the orders of a
President who has treated rue with much dis
tinguished kiodoess and courtesy; whom 1
know, upoo tuueb personal intercourse, to be
patriotic without sectional partialities or pre
judices; to be highly conscientious in the per
formance oyery duty, and of unrivaled ac
tivity and perseverance- ond to you, Mr. Sec
retary, whom 1 now offioiaiiy address for ihe
last time, I beg to acknowledge my ob
ligations for the uniform high consideration ]
have received at your hands, and have the hone
or to remain, Sir, with high respeot,
v. "Your obedient servant,
"WINFIELD SCOTT."
A special Cabinet Counoil was convened on
Friday morning, at 9 o'clock, to take the sub
ject into consideration. It was decided that
Gen. Scott's request, under the circumstances
of his advanced age and infirmities, could not
be declined. Gen. MoCleilan was thereupon,
with the unanimous agreement of the Cabinet,
notified that the command of the army would
be devolved upon bim.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Cabinet
again waited upon the President, and attended
him to the residence of Gen. Scott. Being
seated the President read to the General the
following order:
"On the Ist day of November, A. D. 1861,
upon his own application to the President of
the United States, Brevet Lieutenant General
Wiofiald Soott is ordered to bo placed, and
hereby is placed, upon the list, of retired offi
cers of the artny uf the United States, without
reduction in his current pay, subsistence, or
allowances.
"The American peopla will hear with sad
ness and deep emotion that Gen. Scott has
withdrawn from the active control ofijbo army,
while the President and unanimous Cabinet ex
press their own and the nation's sympathy in
his person*! eflliction, and their profound sense
of the important puhlio servioes rendered by
him to his country during his long and bril
liant career, among which will ever bo grate
fully distinguished his faithful devotion to the
Constitution, the Union, and the flag, when
assailed by parricidal rebellion.
ABRAH AM LINCOLN *'
Gen. Scott thereupon rose and addressed
the President and Catinet, who had also risen,
as follows:
"PRESIDENT: This bonr overwhelms me.—
It overpays ail services I have attempted to
render to uiy country. If 1 bad any claims
; before, tbey are all obliterated by this expres
sion of approval by tbe President, with the
remaining support of bis cabinet. I know
the President and this Cabinet well. I know
that the country has placed its interests in
this trying crisis in safe keeping. Their coun
sels are wise; tbeir labors are as untiring as
they are loyal, and their course is the right
one.
"President, you must exouno roe. I am
unable to stand longer to give utterance to
the feelings of gratitude which oppress me.—
In my retirement, 1 shall offer up my prayers
to God for this Administration, aod for my
countiy. i shall pray for it with confidence
in its success orer all enemies, and that speed*
ily."
The President tbeo took leave cf Geo.
Scott, giving him his hand, and saying he
hoped soon to write him a private letter ex
pressive of his gratitude and affection. The
President added:
"GENERAL: YOU will naturally feel solici*
tude about the gentlemen of your staff, who
have rendered you and their country such
faithful service. I have taken that subject
into consideration. 1 understand that they go
with you to New York. I shall dsstra tbern
at their earliest convenience, after their re
turn, to make ibeir wishes known to me. I
dosire you now, however, to be satisfied tbat,
except the unavoidable privation of your coun
sel, and society, which they have so long en
joyed, the provision which will bo made for
thorn will be such as to render their situation
hereafter as agreeable as it bas been hereto
fore."
EHOIQ member of tbo Administration then
gave his hand to tbo veteran, and retired in
profound sileuce.
The Secretary of the Treasury and tbe
Seorotary of War accompany Gen. Scott to
Now York to tnorrow by the early train.
Tho following is the response of the Secre
tary of War to the letter of Gen. Scott"
"WAR DEPARTMENT, J
"WASHINGTON, NOV. 1,1861, )
"GENERAL: It was my duty to lay before
the President your letter of yesterday, asking
to be relieved, under the recent act of Con
gress. In separating from you 1 oam.ot re
frain from expressing my deep rogret that your
health, shattered by long service and repeated
wounds received in your country's defense,
should render it neoeesary for you to retire
from your high position at this motnentious pe
riod of our history. Although you are not
to remiiD tn active service, I hope that while
1 continue iu charge of the Department over
which 1 now preside, 1 shall at time* bo per
mitted to avaii myself of the benefits of your
wwo counsels and sage experience. It has
been my good fortuno to enjoy a personal ac
quaintance with yon for over thirty years, aDd
tbe pleasant relations of that long time hive
been greatly strengthened by your cordial aud
entiro cooperation in all tho great questions
which bave oooopied tho Department, and
oouvulsed tbe oouotry for tho last si* month*,
la parting from you, J oan only express the
hope that a merciful Providence, that has
proteoted yot* ami J so many trials, will im
prove your beahb and ooatinae your life long
after tbu people of tbe country shall bave
been restored to tbeir former happiness sod
prosperity.
4, l am, General, very sincerely your friend
and servant,
"SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War.
"Lieut. Gen. VV INFIELD SCOTT, Present."
Mjor Gen. MeCiellso to-night issued the
following order:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMF, )
WASHINGTON, NOV. 1, 1861. (
GSNKTTTTJ ORDER No. 19.—1n socordaoce
with General Order No. 94 from the War
Department, I hereby assume command of the
armies of the United States.
In the midst of the difficulties frdiieh en
compass and divide the nation, hesitation and
self distrust may well accompany the assump
tion of so vast a responsibility, but confiding
as I do, in the loyalty, discipline, and courage
of our troops, end believing as I do, that
Providence will favor ours as the just cause,
1 cannot doubt that suecess will crown our
efforts and sacrifices. The army will unite
with me iu the feeling of regret that the
weight of many years, and the effeot of in
creasing intfriJtties, contracted and intensified
in his country's service, should iuat now re
move from our head the great soldier of our
nation, the hero, who, in his youth raij"d high
the reputation of Lis country in the fields u!
Canada, which be sanctified with his blood,
who in more mature yeara proved to the
world that American skill and valor could re
peat, if not eclipse, the exploits of Cortez in
the iar?d of the Montezuma?, whose whole life
has been deve'ed to the service of his country,
whose wheiti effort? have been directed to up
hold our honor at tn> 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.