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Friday Morning, Feb 7 1862.
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anxious to settle up his business, running over a
period of twelve years, he will sell the presses,
types, good will, &c., of the establishment, on
rtmonnble irrms.
The BEDFORD INQI IRKB PRINTING OFFICE is ore
of the best paying country establishments in the
State, as there are only two papers published in
the County, and at official and orphans' court ad
vertising, is published by act of assembly, in both
papers. The rates for advertising anil job work,
nre as high as in any part of tbe State. There aie
a largo quantity of news type, nearly enough tor
two papers the size of this, and a splendid lot of
job type, neatly new.
This is a rare cbancc for one or two persons who
wish to engavc in a good, profitable business. —
Apply immediately.
MONEY !' MONEY!—Next week being Court,
will afford an excelleut opportunity for persons
owing us to pay up. Wc need money, in fact,
oust have it, and if you don't come yourselves,
please send if. Subscribers, administrators,
&c M please notice.
BATTLE OF WEBB'S CROSS ROADS.
Tbo place where Gen. Zoilicoffer wa3 de
feated and killed, is kuowu throngh southern
Kentucky as Webb's Cross Roads, and tbe
battle should be called by that Dame. Mill
Springs is nearly ton miles distant, and on the
other side of tbo Cumberland river. A part
of the engagement took place iu a field known
in the neighborhood as *'l(l6 Old Field," and
hence the suggestion that the battle should be
called the battle cf Old Fields. But there is
no doubt that "Webb s Cross Iloads" is the
place that should give namo to tbo battle.
The official statement made by Gen. Thomas
that one hundred and fcurtcen rebels had been
buried up to a certiin hour, has led tbo pub
lic, proßo to expect exaggeration, to believe
that this figuro represented the extent of tbe !
loss of the enemy in kilicd. We are, howev- ,
cr, assured from Hiurccs, says tbe Cincinnati j
Commercial, "that we believe eutirclyjreliul-lc, j
that not less than three hundred rebels were :
left dead ou the ground. The official report
of Gen. Seboepff's Brigade Surgeoo states that ,
one hundred and ninety dead rebels were bu- ;
ried on Monday. A gentleman of this city j
wiites that two hundred and cighty-tbree dead j
bodies of rebels were found. Another who
was on the grouud, informs us that be counted
eighty-five dead rebels iu the old field, and
that they were lytug thick in tbo underbrush
in every direction. We arc convinced that the
rebel loss in killed was very nearly if not aL
together three hundred Various statements
are made of tbe uainber of horses and mules
taken. The evidence i 3 that at least fifteen
hundred fell into our hands."
The latest reports make the results of this
battle still more important than the previous
ones. Tbe killed of tbe rebels have
reached to four or five hundred, judgiog frcrn
the number left on the field and butied by oar
troops. The proportion of wounded to killed
is nearly always at least three to one; so that
they probably amounted to at least twelve
hundred. The Louisville Journal of Tours*
day, week, says wo Lava taken Dearly seven
hundred prisoners. This would make the rebel
loss about 400 killed, 1200 wounded and 700
prisoners—total 2300. This is as heavy as
the Federal loss at Bull lira. It is, indeed,
nearly oue fourth of Crittenden's and Zilii
coffer's whole force. It is D-J wonder that the
tebeh ware pinia-stncken and fled in terror,
leaving behind everything but tbo clothes they
had OD their backs. \Y hen it is remembered
that in achieving this victory, General Thomas
lost only 47 kilicd and 109 wounded, we must
give his army credit for splendid fighting.
This battle sffjrds a fruitful theme for com
ment. and a just cause fur exultation among
the Union journals cf the country. The Oin •
cinniti Gazette says that th 3 rebels engaged
were the flower of the Confederate army, and
that "they marched from their entrenchment*
10 attack General Thomas ten thousand strong.
A letter found in thair cimp states their force
in camp at teD thousand infantry, ono thou
sand eight hundred cavalry, aud sixteen pieces
of cannon. Alter their flight to their en
trenchment* they brobtbly had as imnv men
there as our Generals could have brought
agrinst the position the next day. Their position
was one of natural strength, and it would be
difficult construct more formidable earthworks.
The rebels wero as near to relief as our own ar
my, and they were as abundantly supplied with
provisions and every comfort. Yet tbis large
army abandoned tbis strong position and fled,
leaving everything—guns, tents, wagons, hor
des, provisions aud baggage. Even the can
non were not spiked. This beats everything
iu the history of pinias. It nas if at the
PUI Run panic our troops had abandoned
ittlr entrenchments, munitions, and stores at
A' Y.'ijflen, and continued their flight tq the
North. Certainly tbe Bull Run panic is out
done. At that battle General McDowell had
eighteen thousand men ef ail arms. Of these
about one-third were panic stricken and fleu
from the open field. The rest withdrew in
order. At Webb's Cross Roads the Con fed
erates, nine or ten thousand strong, took flight
| from a strongly fortified position, abandoning
! everything in their panic." '
ACCIDENT.—This has been an open winter,
| but with mere skit and ice than for many
3ears —sud the pavements and streets have
been very dangerous for pedestrians—and it
is strange that accidents have not bceu more
frequent.
We ore soiry, however, to havo to rccotd ouo
of Q teiicus cbartcler. As cur estimable
fellow citizen, lion. W. T. Daugherty was re
turning Lome some evenings since, he slipped
on the ice, and iujurcd his node very much.—
Rut, we are happy ta state, that ho is doing
well, and lis numerous friends hope that be
will soou be able to be r.bouc egaie.
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.—This excellent
i Magezine for Fcbimry bas been received. It
is one of the best in the country.
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE for February, is on
' our table. All who don't take I hie excellent
work, ought to s übrcribe for it at ccee.
The Richmond Dispatch, of Friday, shows
that the rebels are much perplexed at their de
feat in Kentucky. It saya:~ We regret to
aay that tue report of the Federal victory in
Kentucky conveyed to us on Wednesday night
from northern sources, as more than confirm
ed by intelligence received here at War
Department. It appears that our defeat was
more decisive tuaDcven Northern accounts had j
led us to believe. This disaster in Eastern
Kentucky, and the apprehension it has excited
fer the safety of our connection with the South- i
west through Virgioia and Tennessee, and j
East Tennessee aud Virginia Railroad, and the
possible interruption of our intercourse with
the South, via Wilmiugtou and WeSdoa Rail
road by the Burnsidc expedition, directs at
tention to the vita! importance of completing
the connection between the Richmond and
Danville and North Carolina Railroad.
A Washington correspondent of the New
York Express, in a letter dated dan. 22d,says.
"Your readers may set their minds at rest
about any advance movement of tbo army of
!he Potomac. Officers and their regiments and
division? may receive orders to be in readiness
to move at a moment's notice. General Mc-
Clellan'? twenty-four baggige wagons, inclu
ding arrangements for eating and slcepiug,
with well matched, bright bays, may be iu
good running trim. But an advance movement
of the army of tbe Potomac at present, and
for ninety days to come, is out of the question.
The winter of this region has just commenc
ed, and the roads arc frightful. A piece of
hard ground upon which to manoeuvre 25,000 j
men can scarcely bo found between this and ■
Richmond."
Bishop Ames and lion. Hamilton Fish have
been appointed by the War Department as
Commissioners to visit Richmond and else
where, to make arrangements, if possible, for
the relief of those unfortunate persons who are
prisoners among the rebels.
Tits Charleatcwn Mereurv of a late date
admits that tbe Cedar, Keys, in Florida, havo
been captured by a Union expedition. By this ;
movement wo hive gamed possession of the j
western terminus of the Florida Railroad, which |
connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic ;
oceaus, and the rebels will hereafter be pre* j
vented from transporting troops or supplies j
over that road.
An interesting letter froui a correspondent on
board the flig-shipJNiagara, wtiicb forms part
of tbe Gulf squadroD, states that the late bom
bardment of Pensacola resulted in rendering
the navy-yard useless to the rebels; in destroy*
ing Warrington; and in dismantling Fort Mo-
Rea. lie also asserts, on the aDtbority of the
captain of a prise schooner, and of three con
trabands, who escaped to the Niagara, that cut
groes, free and slave, are be'ag armed in tie
Cotton States to resist the Union forces.
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
A SMALL TRICK-
The apportionment of the Representatives
for this State is mado every seveu years. Iu
the year 1850 Bedford and (Jamb ii a* Counties
wore made to form one district, allowing those
two counties two Representatives, la 1857
Bedford and Suuierret Counties were added
together, and now form one District. In the
fall of 1851, just after Bel far J, and Cambria
were connected, Mr. Cesnna was a candidate
far tbe Legislature iu tbe Democratic party;
he electioneered in tho3e two counties, and
was elected and occupied his seat. If tbo
apportionment is unconstitutional oow it was
so then, but the gentleman ssid nothing about
it. Last fall be was again placed upon the
ticket for tbe same office iu tbe counties of
Bedford and Somerset, which now form the
district. Ho accepted tbe Domination and
wont before the people of those two counties
asking ihem for their suffrages as their candt
dale for tbe Legislature, lie went into Som
erset county and wauled to make, we are
infermjd, a "bargain and sale" with one of
the candidates of that county, but tbe gentle
manly proposition was rejected, and unfortu
nately for Mr. Cessna be was defeated by tbe
popular vote of those iwo counties. As Mr.
Cessna is a man of some good qualifications
of character, having thai of energy predomi
nant, he pursued soar: other courso tb?n
BEDFORD M
through the public vuiee, if not a nice one, of
reaching the point at which he was driving.—
It appears, from tbe decision of (be committee,
that the constitutionality of the apportionment
allowed him a small kcotholo through wbiob
he could reach a seat in tho Legislature, al
though tho free and intelligent voters cf the
district, that he was so anxious to represeut,
spoke aloud and said, through tbe ballot box,
tbat he was not their choice.
Granting, then, for the sake of the argu
ment, that tho apportionment was unconstitu
tional: did Mr. Cessna act as a fair, candid
and honest una should have done during the
last campaign? Did he then inform the peo
ple, whom he was asking for bim, that
they could not legally do so? Did lie pretend
to ruu as a candidate of Bedford CGUDty OU-M
ly? Did he iu any way refuse to accept th|
nomination from the two counties? Did be
then say he would contest the seat of whom
soever might ha returned from the District,
if elected from Somerset county] No, he
did not; but, alter endeavoring to gain a seat
in the Legislature, under an apportionment
that|he now alleges is unconstitutional, and
foiled, he takes the advantage of (bat uncon
stitutionality and frustrates tbe very dostrioe
that he so zealously pretends to uphold— that
a majority shall rule. The body that makes
laws can repeal or modify tbern, and that body
has, through the power given the committee,
selected by lottery , said that he was legally en
titled to (he seat instead of Mr. Householder.
This may be tbe case, we will not pretend to
argue it, but is be as justly entitled to it is n
question for the peblio to settle for themselves
in tho future.— Franklin Repository.
. Mil, CESSNA,
Mr. Cessna, the Member from Bedford Coun
ty, is lucky, and Mr. Cessna, as a general rule
is sharp. But Mr. Cessna iu an address just
issued to the people of Bedford county, has
proven that he, Mr. Cessna is a most consum
mate demagogue, as witness the following:
"You are not, for tbe present session, at least,
mere servants ol the citizens of Somerset coun
ty, and bound to comply with their demands."
! Again,
"There will probably bo soma nttend
l ing this contest. ' * * * Having j
| become enlisted in this controversy, I intend to
sec it out, and whatever bill may be presented a
galnst tlietcounty, I intend to funiise the money to
pay."
Patties are very nearly assimilated in
strength, iu Bedford county, aud with a nomi
nal democratic majority of oue hundred and
fifty, the Republicans very .frequently elect a
porttou of tho county officers. Since the for
mation of this Legislative district , the Repub
lic-ins of Bedford county have always elected
their own candidate, and—except in this last
instance—tun him within a few votes of an
election. And|yet because tbe few lacking
votes were supplied by Somerset, is urged that
tho people of Bedford are the servants of the
citizeus of Somerset county. Bah! Mr.
Cessna, that was a very dirty little appeal, in
tended to invoke a very dirty little predjudioe
against Somerset county whoso vote you so
lately sought.
As to the expenses incurred by tho contest.
They were just none at ail. Tbe facta were a
grecd upou between tbe contestants, no wit
nesses were needed, aud no expenses to the j
county wero incurred. Mr. Cessna's ostenta- j
tious exhibit cf his purse, is therefore, but i
another little trick to catch the groeo-hcrns. j
Holding his eat by the tenure bo does, in our j
humble judgement a modest reticence on the ,
subject, would much more become bim, than u i
rlatant exbibitiou of himself through:the col- j
utuas of tho press.— Somerset Herald.
i
A VERY LITTLE TRICK-
The counties of Bedford and Somerset elect
their Representatives by a joint vote—that is,
tho oaudidate presented by Bedford and tho
one by Somerset are votsd for in both counties,
aud thus elected. George W. Householder,
was elected from Bedford last fall, fairly aud
honestly, his competitor being one John Cess
na. This tnaa Cessna, itching for notoriety,
or perhaps the §7OO pay, contested Mr. House
holder's seat, on the ground that his election i
was illegal, from tho tact of Bedford and Sotn- '
erset counties voting together. What readers j
this outrage mere aggravating, is+ho fact that 1
Cessna accepted a nomination from both coun- !
ties., electioneered in both counties, had ticket* '
printed in both counties with bis own and !
the Somerset county Democratic candidate's
uauie upon them, aud they wero voted iu that i
way. Besides all this, Ces-mx was elected i
from Bedford end Cambria counties to the t
Legislature, once or petbups twice, aud if
Householder's election is illegal now was not
his own election illegal then? Thus out of
his own mouth bo has convicted himself, and
if he has reiuiiuiag a small amount of con
science, be will rcfuud the salary he then drew, !
and according to his own showing must ille
gally hold.
This outrage moots with universal coodem* '
nation, and wo betide those who have beou !
engaged in it, should they ever corns again 1
bet or a the people.— Hunt. Jour.
LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS.
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CAMP CURTIN, Jan. 27th, 1862.
MR. EDITOR:— Our company has been for j
some time faring sumptuously as a oonsequencc j
of a most extraordinary treat from the citi
zens of Colerain* Tp., in the shape of a num
ber of boxes, seemingly about bursting with
the luxurious daiufies which they contained.
The open boxes however made an imposing
aoeno that was really reiciviog; there wero the
best served turkeys aud chickens, sausage
truly tempting to the appetite, from 60 to 70 i
pounds of fine golden butter, the most tuagnif- j
teent sweet-cakee, the finest pics and eoores j
of other articles that wouid have done honor j
to the table of Dives.
For all this festal enjoyment we are in- ,
debted iu great part to John Shoemaker, who'
had the exquisite Kindness to collect the ar
ticles and bring them tu camp. Then again,
to tho good paople of ltainsburg and vicinity
who so kindly remembered us iu their literal
douaiious.
it was uot a dinner, but a series of din
ners.
Tuere is certainly nothing more cheering to j
a volunteer abroad, than for him to feel that j
Lo is not forgotten at home, tbit there are |
kind hearts there whose sympathies aro still
with him, hearts that throb in anxious solioi-
; tuJe at bis privations. Then, too, these, feasts
contrast so beautifully with the usual crackers
! and bacon. Do not infer for an instant that
i we wish to enter a complaint against our ra
; lions, not by uoy means; iris not that we
| love cur crackers aud bacon the less, but be
cause we love turkey &0., more.
Be this as it utay, we as a company, shall
j ever look back ou thg citizens of Oolcraio
| with the happiest reminiscences. Perhaps the
| only return wc will be able tcwpiake for all
these favors is, to do our in
the service of our country, wbicb wo shall
endeavor 10 do with promptness.
It would perhaps not be out of place here
to notice an error iu a former article as to the
[number of our regiment. It is the 101 st, and
| WOt the 107tb. Please note the error as it
■bay be of consequence to pcrsous writing to
the company.
J. H. L.
fuvestigatioc of Hor§e Contracts, &c.
The Government Contract Investigating
Committee ere now engaged upon tbe subject
of alleged frauds in the vicinity of Washing
ton. They discover tbat tbe same horses have
been twice sold to the Government, aod supers
intendents and inspectors bribed to certify tho
soundness of borsos, and sometimes selling
j tbern to private parsons. Also, tbat the enor-
I mous amouots paid by tbe War Department for
i transportation bad induced strong competition
among the railroad companies, so that many
Colonels in the West have received each from
§ISOO to §2OOO as a bonus. Also that soma
sutlers are making §3OOO per month aud that
nearly all the sutlers South of the Potomac
sell liquor, with the knowledge of the officers;
that is smuggled in boxes marked "Govern
ment'" and "Hospital stores," or packed in
barrels marked "beef."
The resolution introduced by Hon. E. Mc
Pberson to inquire into the contracts which
bad becu awaruod for the board of disabled
horses during the winter, has shown that iu
the ieport ot General Meigs, Colonel ilucker
had made a contract with George Ratntdeil to
feed them twelve pounds of oats per day at 45
ceuta per day. Ilucker alleges that this high
price was paid leeause tbe contractor was an
honest man, and it was better to pay a fair
price and be certain that the horses were well
oered for, than to let them to some one that
would starve them.
Unfortunately, howaver; an investigation
shows that this contiaator had relet them at
25 cents per head and. stipulated that they
were to have eight pounds of oats per day, in*
stead of twelve. Mr. Mcpherson's resolution
however, his almost entirely broken up those
speculations, which in this one Hue, would
have iobbed the treasury of tens of thousands
of dollars before spriog. Chambersburg Dis~
patch.
The Horse Coniract.
The following is t Hon. EDWARD MCPHER
SON'S letter to Quartermaster Gcu. MEIGS in
regard to tbe letting of tbe Horse Contracts :
IJOCSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, \
Jan. 2*2tl, 18G2. \
Gesebat. :—Accompanying your letter to
the Secretary of War, of Dec. 31, 1861, trans
mitting a reply of Brig. Gen. Van Vliet ro tbe
resolution of tho House of Representatives call
ing for copies of all contracts made for feeding
disabled horses daring tho winter, is a copy of
the contract made Nov. 23d last, between Col.
D. H. Ilucker, (by direction of Gen. Van
Y r lit), and George Raoosdell, of Pennsylvania,
for feeding (such ie the extraordinary descrip
tion of the number,) "1000 horses more or
less." One of the provisions of this contract
is, that iiamsdell "shall feed or oauso to be
fed to cacu and every "horse" thus committed
to hiiu a daily allowance of (14) fourteen
pounds of hay, and (12) twelve pounds of oats
or com, for which ho was to receive 40 cents
compensation per day per horse, to be paid uu
der eert iiu conditions.
1 have before me a letter from Samuel Dur
boraw, Esq., CDC of the most intelligent and
respectable citizeoa of Adams county, Fa.,
who has some of these horses, and who, in ref
orcnco to this point, states that the receipt he
gave Rautsdcll, requires him to givo the horses
one peck of oats, and (15) fifteen pounds of
hay, each, per day, at a compensation of 25
cents per day for each horso. These are the
terms OD which as I have good reason to be
lieve, and a< easily can be proved, ail the
horses, 525 in number, confided to lirmsdell,
have been subject—the contractor with a view
apparently, to inako a clear profit of 371 per
cent., without an investment, asking the sub
contractors to feed 50 per cent, less grain
than he agreed with Coi. ilucker to furnish.
Gen. Vau Vliet, in his letter to you, Dec.
221, defended himself for making this con
tract, without giving public notice thereof, by
the eonsideratiou that he desired to avoid hav
ing those horses takeu by a person who would
make tuoaey by "starviug the animals"—a
difficulty uc considered inseperahlc from the
lowest bidder system. I submit that bis epe
oitic hue wholly failed. The third item of the
contract makes full compliance with items, a
condition precedent to payment. There are,
also other conditions named clscwbero iu the
contract. I respectfully suggest, that as to
the past, this ceutraot should be considered
strictly, that it should have no future to one
who has thus exposed himself to reprehension.
I am of the opiniou that, if you can spare
an officer of integrity for two days, he can vis
it the farmers who have these horses, and
that, fur a slight advance upon the prices they
DOW receive, they will consent to feed the
quantity of grain required iu KamsdeU'a con
tract, and that thus the Government will save
a considerable sum of money, tbd horses will
sooner become ready for service, and what
ever profits, if any, may be realized, will go to
(hose who do the work, aud deserve them.
1 have the honor, General, to be your obe
dient servant,
EDWARD MCPUKRSON.
Frig. Geu. M. U. Mfiigs, Q. M. Gen.
Tbe greatest blesßiog of the aga, is the dis.
ccvery of a perfect cure for Rbeumitistn, Gout
aud x>'euralgia, and the pernicious effects of
Mercury, which is effected without any incont
vcnioucc, or tho use of ioternal medicines.—
We are satisfied us to its adaptation to those
heretofore iuourablo complaints, and take
pleasure in calling tbo attention of our read
ers to the advertisement in auother column of
our paper, of Doctor Leiand'a Anti Rheuma
tic Fund. *flm
THE EKU'TION OF VESUVIUS.
DESTRUCTION OF TORRE DEL GRECO.
NAPLES, D:C. 28.—The DESTRUCTION cf a
j city which numbered 22,00(7 inhabitant* is *c
f startling a fact, that 1 trust that 1 shali not
weary JNO by sending some statistics which I
j have this week gathered on tiio spot. Cover
' ed with snow rooming ashes still like a tec
horse power factory chimney, with a rained
; city lying at its feet, such is the spectacle which
• Vesuvius at tbiL moment presents. Unable to
| restrain my curiosity to know what was passing
i behind the clouds of ashes which intervened
between us and the mountain, I went dn#n
again oh Tuesday last, and directed myself to
the committee who bad been sitting iu perfor
mance since the Bth iost. The municipal buil
ding, a fine old historisal edifice of the time of
the Arragous, bad bpeu destroyed, so that tbe
committee was sittiug in a suppressed mojtas
try on the outskirts of tbe town, and not on
the bed of old lava. Ths cloisters and the
i stairs were filled with squalid misery which
had come there for relief, and the Syndic acl
his coadjutors, to whose courtesy 1 am moch
indebted, gave me the following information:
out of a population of 22,000, 15,000 are fu
gitives. Between 50 and 60 bouses have al
ready fallen, 320 are falling, the rest are more
or loss injured. Out of 11 churches, four on
ly are uuinjured; but there is another fearful
source of danger—the sulphureous exhalation?
which arc emitted iu every direction, and which
render bouses in other respects comparatively
safer are unhabitable. By those exhalations,
five or six persons, and all the animals, such
as cats, dogs, mioc and birds, and the fishes
in tbe sea, have already been killed. Iu fact,
two-tbircia of tbo city have been destroyed,—
Tfco committee begged me to appeal to the
British public in their behilf at least to Ital
ians resident in England, aod then sent two of
their members to accompany me again over the
city. I must confine myself to suoh uew fear
lures as I have not yet described, and they are
of great interest. My companions took mo
through a long lane, on either side of which
the houses were on tbe eve of falling, down to
an orange garden boloDgiog to one of thorn,
at tbe farthest extremity of which gaped a
crater 20 feet widoandas many deep. Blanks
were thrown across; and gettiug upon theui I
looked in and saw the walls of a church which
had been destroyed in 1798, graves whioh bad
given up their dead—for the skeletons had been
removed as soon as discovered—and tbe fres
coed walls of the inner chamber of some house.
The smell of sulphur was hero strong, and yet
stronger, almost insufferable, ia the streets
through which I afterwards passed. Dead aui
mils iay lur: and there, and amidst these tigns of
inortaiity and sign-posts of daDger, which tne:
the eye at every turn, while the soil was still
heaving beneath our feet, while Vesuvius was
throwing out more violently than ever, aod
at midnight, only tbe poor who had returned
had fted from their bouses, alarmed by another
shock, 1 met some persons coming in with their
household goods on their back. A few stops
brought ins to tbo sea, which was boiling furi
ously for some distance like a cauldron, not
the effeot, as I thought at first, of springs of
fresh water gushing up, but of volcanic action,
and the smell of the gases escaping was so in
tense that I found it necessary for safety to
cover uiy face with a handkerchief. Hera I
mat ray friends (Japoci, Guisoardi, and Balmi
er!-, who bad come over as a scientific commis
sion to make investigations. They bottled up
the gases oft the spot, which they reported to
be carbonic acid and carburretted hydrogen.
How loDg the eruption might continue Balmi.
en had no uieao9 of calculating; it was gotDg
oQ Jta violently as ever, anu his sismograpb was
always registering. From Sunday until Mon
day iuorutcg at 5 A. M., there had been eight
shocks, atJ<l front that time to wbeu ho spoke
to utc they had bseu continual. The soil had
risen five palms, and the subsidence might be
attended with great dinger. "Until this has
takeu place," he said so my municipal conduct
ors, "you ruust not think of rebuilding, and
yu must'carefully note tbe fissures in the
houses and tbe streets, to observe whether they
approximate." I bavo said that the number of
fugitives was 15,000 only, several thousand
having returned to their houses on the confines
of tbo bed of lava ou which the greater par:
of Torre is built. Oau old womau I saw who
had taken up ber dwelling in u house which
was reut from top to bottom, and almost lean
ing against the poles which were put as props
to tbe arches on which it rested. I stopped
and spoke to a tluiving shopkeeper, who was
lookiug out eagerly for customers. "What
can I do?" he said, ** I have 20,000 ducats
invested hero, and I must look atter then)."—
Of the baroincors i heard only golden opin
ions— their praise was in every man's month;
and I must express my opinion thot eveu in
England greater Older could not have been
preserved, fewer acts of violence committed,
or that tbe Government and local authorities
could have lavished more core atid attention
thin have been displayed iu Torre del Gjreco
ou this sad occasion. General La Marmora
has been down several limes to inspect, and the
National Bank, aooordiag to Est night's Ga
zette, has contributed 5,000 lire and opened a
subseriptiou for the relief of the poor.
THE REBELS BEGINNING TO GROWL-
Tho late Memphis Appeal contains the fol
lowing significant editorial—which means a
good deal more than they say outright:
Price is in full retreat southward. Price
will probably oontinuo in tull retreat, for
there are several —indeed, no less than three
--Federal armies, each as large, better armed,
and better equipped, converging upon him.—
His past victories Lave been rendered value
less. Federal forces have been massed in
Kentucky too great lor a man of Sidney Jobnt.
stou's calibre to venture to attuck, and the
paralyzing of Frioo through the withdrawal of
MoCulloob has rendered the overrunning of
Missouri to the Arkansas frontier ao easy
task to the Federals. We're forced back out
of Missouri— check-mated in Kentucky.—
Chase has obtained his money in Wall street.
The blockade is unbreakable by us as yet.
in ono word we're hemmed to. We've al
lowed the moment of victory to pass. We
wete so amiously watching the operations of
England, that we stand aghast ou turning our
eyes homeward again to find ourselves ten-fold
worse off than we were ere the commence meat
of Price's last forward inarch, and that ac
oursedly used sensahooism, the arrest of
Messrs. Mason and 9! id ell. Day follows <loy r
and io lieu of beiDg weakened, wo find the
Federal armies, al all points, being streogib
ened, almost every article of manafacturicg
and doiuastie necessity quadrupled ia priced
and our mooey will soon be exceeding scarce,
for lack ol paper and pasteboard wherewith
to make it.
We pay fifteen et-ote a pi ece for sperm can
dles, ana are told wo ought to be glad to get!
them at that. Our twelve months soldiers
t time will soon be up, and we caßoo9|beJp xsk.,
ing, as they do themselves, what have tbev
been permitted or led to do? It aD o |d an d
| over-proveo truism, that where two nations are
at war, that which bas the least means must
find success in early and rapid aetion, for it
can gain little by time, while the other finds'
ia time tire power to bring into efficient nee hi?
more Varied means.
! Cabißned, cribbed, confined as wc were, ami
' evident iy would be, our shortest, clearest, and
mOat pclioy was to find io the rapid use*
of our early Revolutionary eutuusiasut *w
overunrch for the slower and less spirited but
more enduring North. Where shall we ask
relief? Where should we ask it save io the
camps cu wbotu have fccea lavished our hearts 11
blood, our hopes, our weahb, our whole; where
but upon the banks, of the Potomac? When*
shall we sec an cud of the farce there beiu
enacted at oar expeuse?
Indirectly, every mouthful we cut is taxed;
our babies wear taxed caps and shoes, our
! boys write on taxed paper, our girls wear tax
ed calicoes, our uien uo a taxed business, and
hopelessly ride in a taxed hearse to a taxed
grave, and we, fur&ootb, aac hurting "the
cause" if we dare to tum from -Messrs. Ma
sou and Slidell to look at the country we were
born and bied iu, aud, baveing looked, we are
hurting the cause if wo dare to tell what we
see.
Our cause is right, it is holy. Our suffer
ing may be Gud 5 s fpiiee of success, but who,
seeing what might have been, aud knows what
is being suffered through its being undone,can
refrain from cursing the seifishuess or idiocy
that stopped the conquering Beauregard, that
artested the inarch ot Price, that checked the
gallant Johnstou.
We Lave gazed imploringly on tbo lion,
while the fox baa been weaving his toils.
Our press and our people have trusted lon -
enough. We now ask, are we to coatiuuejhetu
mc-d in for another six months, and lack all ~~
things, or shall our armies on to Washington,
aud lack nothing?
DESPERATE FIGHTING WITH LO]AL*
INDIANS
OPO-THE-YO-HO-LO'S REPORT TO GEX
HINTER.
[From, the Leavenworth Conservative, Jan. 23.]
The movements of the last few days, as to
the couise that Gen. Hunter would take in
regard to the Union Indians, have beeu looked
to by our loyal citizens with the liveliest inter
est.
It has been felt, that the condition and fu
ture course of the loyal Indians was a matter
of the most vital importance. With means of
information, surrounded by the cunning agents
ol' the heilish conspiracy, they h.ve been easi
ly used as the dupes and tools of the rebell
ion. But reoent events havo given us a ful
kuowledge of their feelings and purposes.
No intelligent man on the Border cau now
for a moment doubt that the Indians have
been with us from the first. But secession
was a matured flan with the rebels- They
had time to poison the minds of the Indians,
before loyal men were aware of lbs real posi
tion and purpose of the direful leaders of this
fierce disaster.
THE INTERVIEW.
Yesterday OpotheyoLolo, the head chief of
the Creek Nation, in company with Col. Win.
G. Coffin and Major G, A. Cutler, bad an in
terview wijh .Major-General Hunter.
Opatbeyoholo, tbiough an interpreter, told
General Hunter the reccot terrible events be
had gone through.
The danger of remaining in tlioir own coun
try becoming fearful, John Ross, calling him
self a Uuioo man, had told the loyal Indian?
to go on to the Cherokee lands. Tbev follow
ed his advice, and were attacked the firsl
night after reaching the camping-grounds des
ignated by Boss. When the Union Indians—
only 2000—were attacked by tho rebel Indi
ans and Texans—more thin 3000—they fought
like tigers. The Unionists followed the reb
els fivemiles, and slaughtered the villains as
tbey flea.
The Union Indians then changed their camp
and again took the position designated by Jehu
Ross. The next day, our forces being
strengthened and remaining the same, were at
tacked by rebel Indians under Mcintosh and
Brew, and Texans and Arkansans urder GCD.
Cooper, and the rebels were again defeatedaod
driven back, ioaving 53 rebels dead on tho
field The rebel prisoners taken in these two
engagements were "despatched" with arrows.
The Union Indians then felt bark to tho
northern boundary of the Cherokee Nation,
and there rsuuiaod unmoloted for two days.
Ou the third day, while a large number of
the Union Indiaus were out seeking provisions
for the destitute families, they were again at
tacked by an increased force—not less than
4000 in all.
The battle commenced at 10 o'clock ia the
morning and lasted till night, the Union In
dians maintaining tbeir position. Their am
munition being eutireiy consumed, Opotheyo*-
holo ordered a retreat to Kaims.
Ibo Union Indians having a large Dumbest
of women aud children, ami ail being on foot,
the retreat was necessarily slow. Tbo retreat
as described by the Chief , was tiuij heait
reudiug.
They were poorly provided with efoihiug.
all suffered greatly, mariy were frozen to death
bat the fatality auioßg women and children;
was much the greatest.
Since tho airival of these persons a large
number of their friends have followed them,
and there are now not less than GOOO men,
women, and cuildreD, on our Southern bor>
der.
Provisions, blankets, money to buy beef
cattle, and ratious in largo quantities havo
been sent to them.
Replies were uide to OpotheyoLolo by Gen,
Hunter, Col. Ccffia and Major Cutler. The
brave old warrior was deeply impressed with
the interview, and departed folly convinced
that the "pale fooes" woold sustain his peo
ple with the full foroe and power at the com
mand of "the Great lather,"