Cjjc Centre §cmotnitJ
* ""BELLEFONTE, PAT
Thursday Morning, June 13 '6l j
J. J. BRISBIN, EDITOR & PUBLISHER.
W. vr. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
Notice to Collectors.
Noiicc in hereby given to the collectors of
M'tue iiud County tux in Centre County, to
c 1 act'he amount due upon their respective
De-divine* and pay it over immediately, ns
r irio Angus; Court we will enforce their
< iCct'on. The credit of the county mu?t be
Vent up an'd therefore wn expect the C'ollec
s a> do their whole dnty. If the tarpay
i ■) trill not pay their taxes they have no
r.ftscn to complain when countv orders are
not paid. W W. BROWN.
County Treasurer
V. S. We also notify all merchants to ray
tlieix license immediately, ard all who owe
for this year we will expect to pay at the
August Court. All that are not paid by
that time will be left with a justice of tbo
Peace for collection.
Early attention to this notice will save
both trouble and cost.
W. W. BROWN.
County Treasurer.
reC.j-r** snvvNrittritia-ryimijiinmmmiismsmemmmem
Subscription of the Relief Fund.
The following card has been issued by the
Board of Relief of this county, and the im
portance of 8D immediate compliance with
its demands is apparent:
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE, )
Bellefoatc, June 12, 1861. j
It is imperatively necessary that the sec
ond installment of the Soldiers' Relief Fund
of Centre county be immediately paid over
to the Com ty Commissioners, so that all
claims may be met promptly, as it is the de
sire of the Board of Relief to make their or
ders the same as money in all parts of the
ccußty, so that persons buying out part of an
order, may get money in exchange for the
balance. Notes will be given, at auy time,
to persons who make immediate and prompt
payment, ns the Clerk 01 Board is authoriz
ed to receive installments and give notes for
the same, whenever called upon to do so.—
Persons not making immediate payment will,
of course, be at the entire loss of the first in
stallment. Tbe Board of Relief will meet on
Tuesday, June 25th.
By order of ihe Board,
S. M. IRWIN, Clerk.
TO TUB CONTRIBUTORS TO THE MILITARY RELIEF
FUND.
Theme of your number who have not paid
the first insralllment of your subscription
will take notice that we will- publish in the
next week's papers a list of such, and in ten
Uys thereafter will place them in competent
haras for collection. We are to do this in
order to olose tip the duties of our appoint
ment. SAMUEL LINN,
E, C. HUMES,
JOHN TONNER,
Commiitte.
We Stand by the Old Landmarks,
The time for the holding of a County Con
vention is drawing neat, and it, therefore,
behooves the good and true Republicans of
Centre county to be casting about them for
good honest workingmen to fill our county
offices. We fflip the following cool suggestion
frca tbe Central Press of last week:
"Tbe time is again crowding upon as when
the county Treasury, the Commissioner's uffiee
and Ihe Legislature demand new incumbants.—
What plan may be devised in order to prevent the
drawing of party lines so long as our national dif
Acuities may last, we are uuubie to say. Hut, as
it is our privilege to suggest, we will recommend
that free scope be given to all who desire to fill
there offices, to run independent, and no nomina
tion oy either party. This plan, in our humble
estimation, would most certainly secure the suc
<ess of the best men. Tbe delegate system is, at
best, objectionable, because unfair dealing is very
often resorted to, in order tc secure certain nomi
nations, and tbe will of the people disregarded
at d t ften perverted and outraged. Place the mat
te- in tbe hands of the pe pie by leaving them to
vote lor whom they please among the many who
house to run the guan tlet of public opinion upon
their individual merite, and, our word for it, the
EC-ess of the party will be promoted and the in
terests of the people tetter protected by tho elec
ion of men who have been thoroughly scrutiniz
• i 1 y the voters."
We are for the Union, and the last lew
months has prove! that tho masses of tbe
people in the North, without distinction of
party, are loyal men and true to the Consti
tution and the Union. Is this any reason why
we or the honest Republicans of Centre Co.,
should disband cur organization, and go af
ter some false god in the shape of a new
Union party? Suppose we form such a par
ty, what good will spring from it? Will not
tbe corrupt ahd designing politicians of both
parties crowd into nnd attempt to wield it to
their OWD personal aggrandisement? Cer*
'ainly they t>i And this appears to us, to
be the leadirg object of those who seek to I
form this so-calied Union party.
Tbe Republican party was formed for a J
grand, a glorious purpose. It was organized
for the purpose of battling against the eg- j
gressions of tbe South, end iu favcr of Free !
l'erritories, free speech and free men. The j
history of Kansas and the actions of the se- i
ceding States prove how necessary was the
organization tf such a party. It was formed
j'jst at the right time and succeeded iu time
to save the Union and tbe Constitution.
Why, then, should we abandon it now ?
No, Friends ! We must stand by President
Lincoln. We must uphold his Administrate
tion and our glorious principles until we have
Mtoceeded in bringing back the Government
to its pristine purity. To what it was in the
days of Jefferson, Jackson, Clay and Web
ber. To this end let U9 maintain our organ
ization. Let candidates offer their names,
subject to the regular Republican Conven
tion to b? held at the August Court. If the
ncliticiar: will not call such a Convention
let the people take it into their own hands—
call a Convention -nominate a clean, honest
Republic n ticket, and then on the second
Tuesday "t October next, elect it amidst the
g'oiious B iOuts of free and independent men.
The Chicago Tribune announces, on
' unquestionable authority," that Gen. JScott
has so fur maiured his plans for the war as
Pi inform the President and cabinet that the
ompaign will he over iu eleven months from
tht day when Fort Sumter was surrendered.
We bad heard that he would take twelve
months to finish the job. But thirty days
more or lets makes no difference. It is cer
tainly the old heroe's last campaign, and it
vr-ill assuredly be his bes'.
Letting Politics Alone.
In the Democratic Watchman of May 23d
we find an article headed " The Democracy
&Rd the Crisis" which gives an account of a
Democratic meeting held in Beech Creek
township and also the Resolutions passed hy
the same. As we were not issuing our pa
per at the time, we could not notice it any
sooner.
After giving the Resolutions in full the !
Ed'tors of the Watchman proceed as follows: j
Since >he day for compromise of the un- !
happy differences existing between the North i
and the South has seemingly past, the true
patriots ind good men of both sections hav
ing beetr overt uled in tbe last Congress by
the had men in each, we believe these reso
lutions to be expressive of the feelings of
Democrats everywhere, and of all Republi
cans who have not been led astray by the
faise teachings of abolition preachers. The
second and fourth resolutions we recommend
to the careful study of that small band of
political agitators to this County, who, in
times of peace, have cried war, and now that
war is npon us, instead of shouldering their
nriuvkets and assisting to fight the battle they
have contributed so much to bring abont,
eti.l remain at borne and talk about hanging
honest Democrats for the expression of their
opinions. Verily is the adage true—the
men who talks the loudest are not tbe men
to fight. The Democratic party has always
ravored the settlement of tbe difficulty be
tween the North and the South by compro
mise as long as there was any possibility of
it being accomplished, and are yet in favor
of any compromise that would b# honorable
for the North to accept, but believing that
! noiie such will be offered they show the r
patriotism and devotion to the Union by
I rallying to *he defence of the Star Spangled
Banner, where fight wages the hottest.—
t They, like all true American citizens, will
rush to tbe rescue wben our country is in
danger and figbt to the bitter end to main
tain its honor and those highest and noblest
principles of tbo Constitution, freedom of
opinion, freedom of speech, and freedom of
the press.
Now we find fault with no man for differ
ing with D 3 in opinion, but at the same time
we claim the right to think, to speak and to
act as an independent freemen. We do not
know when we read a more contemptible
piece of slang and falsehood tian is contain
ed in the above.
Tbe Democratic party, tho Democratic par
ty is the conslant cry of these Demagogues.
The Democratic party say tbey haye been in
favor of Compromise, but tbe day of compro
mise bas seemingly past. Yes tbe Demo*
cratic party has compromised with slavery,
and then violated aud repealed those com,
promises, until we find ourselves aud the
country in the midst of civil war.
But says the Watchman again, " the sec
ond and fourth resolution we recommend to
those &0., who in times of peace have cried
war, and now that tbe war is upou us io
stead of shouldering their muskets and
assisting to fight the battles they have con
tributed so much to bring about Ac., &J.—
This we say is a falsehood, and we must call
the attention of the Watchman to a few facts,
and facts you know are stubborn tbiDgs.—
Ist. All Democrats are not secessionists we
are happy to say, but every ring leader in
this secession Southern rebellion was a Dem
ocrat. 2d< No man living can point to a
single Republican. North or South who is
not opposed to secession or in other words in
favor of the constitution as our Fathers made
it, the Union one and inseparable and the '
enforcement of the laws. They all say that
mobs mnst be put down, and this Southern I
rebellion is but a mob a conspiracy to break
up the Government.
Last Winter we were opposed to tbe Crit- :
tenden amendments because we considered !
tbem the meaoest humiliations ever offered
to the hones', and loyal citizens of the North.
We were also opposed to the Border State
proposition or amendments becauso they
were very li'.tle better, and we considered
them iD violation of tbe spirit and letter, not
not only of tha Republican platform, but of
the constitution itself. We made a speech at
a meeting held on Wednesday evening of the
January Court, we hold now and the people
see it, that every poeition we took in {bat
speech was right, and the only ground that
at.y Republican could take and at the same
time maintain bis manhood and consistency.
We blame no man for thinking differently
but no man bas a right to abuse us for our
opinions especially, since the history of the
times and the events of the last two months
have proven cler.r as mathematical demon
stration that we were right. Every honest
man can see now that if President Buchanan
had done his duty and issued a Jacksonian
Proclamation last November, the war would
have been ended before this, indeed we ba
lieve that it would have been so effectually
nipped in the bud, that there would have
been no war. Instead of this it was com
promise, compromise. Every one that was
offered, only emboldened the traitors and
made them more insulting and impudent.—
We saw this and we 6aid, no more compro
mise with traitors."
And now, because we were opposed to
these contemptible humiliations, our enemies
and some would be friends, think we should
shoulder our musket and go to war. Ilad
wa been as ready as we were willing, we
would have to day been in the army. But
will any honest, sensible man say that we,
poor as wo are, should resign our office, sac
rifice SIOOO or SI2OO, when other men worth
their thousands are considered honorable,
because they gave two or tbree-bundred dol
lars to support the wives and children of our
brave fellows who did go? No pereon finds
fault with the-e men because they did not go.
Whenever it becomes really necessary for us
to go and defend the old sta ry banner we will
make the sacrifice and go, if it costs us our
life and all we are worth in the world.
But says the Watchman , " the men who
talk the loudest are not the men to fight."—
Now Messrs Editors one mure fact. Six
companies of volunteers have gone from this
county, numbering say five hundred mea.—
Four hundred at least of those noble lellows
were Republicans in politics and opposed to
all the compromise measures of last winter.
This is a faet that cannot be contradicted.—
We hope therefore that we will hear no more
silly balderdash from the Watchman as we
quote above. Every man who goes to war
deserves the thanks of every body. And
while it is creditable to go, it is not we think
discreditable for men, who cannot leave their
business without toe great a sacrifioe to re
main at home.
THE! CEIVTRE DEMOCRAT.
The Cause of the Wat.
We call the attention of our readers to the
following extract from a letter ritten by J.
C. Calhoun, as early as 1812, to Commodore
Stewart, better known as " Old Ironside,"
now in his eighty fourth year. The letter
sbi/tfs so explicitly what the intention of
these Southern Democrats was, that we can
not refrain from giving it publicity. It shows
that these men were determined, just so soon
as they had lost the power to control this
Government, to destroy it, dissolve the Union,
and punish the " Northern Yankees" and
mudsills ot society. Read the extract:
"I admit your conclusions in regard to ns
Southrons :—that We are essentially aristocratic I
cannot deny ; but we can and do yield much to
Democracy—this is our sectional policy ; we are
from necessity thrown upon and solemnly wedded
to that party, however it may occasionally clash
with our feelings, for the conservation of our in
terests. It is through our ajil a iou toith that party
in the Middle and Western States we control, under
the Conetitut-.on. the governing of these United
States/ BUT WHEN WE CEASE THUS TO
CON'I ROL 'JHIS NATION. through a disjointed
Democracy, or any material obsta le in that party
which shall tend 1c throw us out of that rule and
control. WE SHALL THEE RESORT TO THE
DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION."
Every person is familiar with the history
of John C. Calhoun. And every person
should now be able to see that the Democrat
ic politicians have been wedded to his fool
ish and unpatriotic secession doctrines.—
Ilence our trouble. Ilence the stagnation in
business and the present civil war. If Gen.
Jackson had hung John C. Calhoun the war
would never have taken place. Tbe " Old
General" regretted all his life 'bat he did not
bnng him, always asseverating that it was
the great and only mistake of bis life.
Every honest man, every man who will
think, must see that it was not the election
of President Lincoln that brought on the
war. But it was made simply the pretext.
For, as Mr. Calhoun tells us in his letter,
" whenever ice cease thus to control this nation,
through a disjointed Democracy, or any mate
terial obstacle in that parly which shall tend
to throw us out of that rule and control, we
shad then resort to tin dissolution of the
Union."
What infamous doctrine. And bow long
have the good honest farmers and workiDg
men of Centre county and the Keystone State
been deceived, cheated and cajoled by the
leaders of this party ? Of course tbe leaders
knew better. Suppose, for instance, General
Scott had been elected President, instead of
Franklin Pierce in 1852. Would the Mis.
; souri Compromise line have been repealed ?
Would we have ever hoard ot that infamous
Dred Scott Decision ? Would John C. Crit
i tenden ever have had tbe impudence to offer
! his amendments, declaring that it was right
to incorporate in to ths Ci nstitution that there
could be property in man ? But, suppose
Bgaio, that the Arch Traitor, Jno. C. Breck
inridge had been elected last fall, what iD
Heaven's name would have become of the
country, the farmers and workingmen uader
another Southern Administration ?
Providenee will take care of the destinies
of this great nation. He is doiDg it now, and
good must come out of this apparent evil. In
the meantime we throw out these interroga
tions and suggestiors for the cool and delib
erate consideration of all honest men, it mat
ters not to what party they belong. Let ui
learn to be freemen. Let us look at the logic
of facts and the history that is so rapidiy be
ing made and written every hour. In the
meantime every person must see that the
Republican psr.y is the only party that can
save our glorious Union. Lincoln is pledged
to this. And rest assured, fellow citizens,
that before the 4th of next March, peace will
be declared, and the Stars and Snipes will
float over every foot of laDd in Uncle Sam's
dominions.
Governor Curtin, Again.
Wo promised last week to say something
more in defence of Gov; Curtin, but our ar
licle, last week, so effectually silenced the
clamor here, that we deem it unnecessary to
add one word more. We will, however, call
the atttntion of our readers to the article on
our first page from the Chester county Times.
It is a most excellent article, ffj will also
state that the Committee appointed by the
Governor is busy at work, and it will not be
long until the guilty parties are known, and
punished, and punished BB they deserve. Our
readers can rest aesurtd that Gov. Curtin
will come out unscathed, as the Hebrew chil
dren emerged from the fiery furnace, not a
nair of his bead singed, his character vindi
cated, and the Republican party purer,
stronger, and more invincible than ever. Let
us stand by our Governor and the " Old
Fbg '" " .
. Beauregard.
We believe in ghosts. We believe Gen.
Bejuregard is a genuine ghost—a real spirit
ual manifestation. In no other way ean his
übiquity be accounted for. lie turns up at
Richmond and at Memphis at the same time.
AD " eye-witness" swears to having assisted
n carrying him off tbe field, at Fort Moultrie
mortally wounded, of which he soon died.—
Tbe p. oof is plain. Tbe mystery is solved.
Beauregard's a ghoet. He flies through
ej ace at will. lie pokes about the secession
camps be night and by day, and makes him
self visible at {Rasure. He's a dopplegan
get ghost and carries double, divides, mul
tiplies and splits so as to be dead and appear
at separate points as alive tbe same instaDt.
Look out for this modern Banquo ; there is'
no telling what misceief his ghostly visits
mav accomplish.
P. S. Here he is egain ! On Wednesday
he appeared at Manasses Gap Juhction. If
he is not a ghost, and will remain there a
few days, we can safely promise that he will
be one,— Chester Co. Times.
Arrest of an Officer.
UARRISBURG, June, 9tb-—A. warrant was
issued this morning by Alderman Kline, on
the oath of Capt. Hugh McDonald, of the
Wilmot Rifle Rangers, against Capt. J- Oscar
Loraine, of the Washington Cadets of Clear
field county, lor declaring himself a seces
sionist and stating that he would oever pull
a trigger against a Southern man. The
friends of Loraine allege that he is a loyal
man, but that he was intoxicated and that
bis object was to quarrel with McDonald.—
The matter will be properly investigated.
Massachusetts & South Carolina,
We occasionally hear the assertion that
Massachusetts and South Carolina are the
two extremes of which it would be a blessing
if the people of this country could rid them
selves. As to South Carolina, we are not
willing to question the application of the rid
dance, or the certainty of the blessing were
that commonwealth and its traitors blotted
irom existence. But Massachusetts has a
bold OD the people of this continent, which
it would be hard to shake off. On this con
tinent, Massachusetts established the first
school, incorporated the first academy, and
endowed the first university. She set up
tbe first printing piess printed tbe first book,
and published the first newspaper. She
launched the first ship, killed the first whale,
and made the first discoveries in the Pacific
and South >eas. She digged tbe first canal,
and built the first railroad ; coined the first
money, and unfurled the first national flag.
She fired tbe first gun, shed the first blood,
and gained the first victory in the war of the
revolution. She drew the first lightning
from heaven, performed the first painless op
eration in surgery, and invented the mag
netic telegraph. She taught the first blind
and deaf mute to read, and established the
first school for tbe discipline of idiots. And
now, in the latter days, she came first to the
relief of tbe capital, and fired the first gun
and shed the firs' blood in tbe war of the
Constitution. Of South Carolina we can de
clare that she inaugurated the first rebellion
in this country— cherished the first traitors
—clings to the last vestige of aristocracy—
adopts fugitive rebels as loyal citizens, and
makes the principles of slavery the arbiter iu
the jury box, the pulpit, and business mart.
Who would give up the glory and the useful
ntss of old Massachusetts, for the treachery
and lawlessness of South Carolina ?
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The Rule of Demagogues Ended.
Heaven preserve us from becoming a dem
agogue. Of all classes of men we despise tbe
demagogue the most. He is a curse to the
community in which he lives. He will sac
rifice everything for the benefit of self and to
advance the interests of the party that will
aid him to position or office. Principle
and the best interests of the country weigh
nothing in the balance where ha has an end
to accomplish or a selfish purpose to serve.
He will sacrifice principle for self, and the
country for party. We loathe and despise
him.
And yet, alas 1 it has been this class of
men who have obtained prominence, and con
trolled the affairs ot this Government for
years. Behold the result! The Government
ere the masses dreamed of real daoger, was
brought to the very verge of destruction and
utter ruin. So desperate was the condition
of affairs that all the loyalty and all the pa
triotism of the brave hearts and strong arms
of the people became necessary to counteract
the devilish work of the demagogues, and
save the Government from the terrible fata
planned for it by those unprincipled vam
pires.
Thank God, it is not yet to late. The peo
ple have been aroused in time to save the
country. The rule of the demagogues is a:
an end. The Government is new in the
hands of men who regard priociple more
than self, and estimate country as superior
to mere party ; arid the loyal masses every
where unite in the determination to support
them in the performance of their CoDstitu~
tionnl duties.
The Thirty Years Conspiracy.
When the history of the great rebellion of
1860-G1 comes to be written, it will stand in
disputably proved that it was the result of a
long plotted, well-matured conspiracy—not
an uprising of the people ; not a revolution
to reinoye unredressed wrongs; but a foul
conspiracy.
Edward Everett, in a private letter declares
his knowledge of the face that for thirty
years leading southern politicians had bveu
resolved to break up the Union, and that the
slavery question was but a pretext for keep
ing up agitation and holding the South to
gether. Indeed Mr. Everett clears his
record by admitting that the knowledge of
this fact was the secret of his Dolitical course,
bv whieh ho had lost favor and influence a'
home for the sake of S'rengthening the huods
of patriotic Union men at the South.
And we are informed of a trustworthy
source, that one of the latest occupations of
tbo now deceased Senator Douglas was the
partial preparation of a pamphlet exposing,
from a personal knowledge similar to tha
from which Mr. Everett speaks, the secret
machinations an i public plans uf this great
southern conspiracy. " The mills of God
" grind slowly, hut they grind exceeding
" small." It is this gigantic conspiracy, now
actually ruining the South, which woull fain
have ruined the Union. Rather than the
Union should perish, " the mills ot God" will
grind to dust the institution for whose ag
grandizement, and the traitors by whose am
bition, its existence was periled.
Accident to the Big Gun.
Baltimore is certainty an uufortuuate place
for great guns. The enormous coluutbiud
vrhicb has been lying at Locust Point some
days, carelu'dy gurded from all harm, was
to be sent yesterday to Fortress Monroe. A
schooner was got in readiness to convey it—
tba deck was. strengthened, and a very
strong gangway of planks made across which
to move the immense gun. With incredible
labor, the " grate kanon" was slowly rolled
from the wharf along this gangway. It was
nearly on board, when the platform or gang
way begaD to bend. In ao instant more,
planks, beams and joints wirh one simulta
neous crash, parted in the middle, and with
a terrific splash, down went the columbiad
to the bottom of the harbor. Tfao water
was only seven feet deep, but what is still
worse, it was quickly found that tbe gun was
siuking intu the ground 1 The bottom there
is a soft and yielding mud, and up to dark
last night the gun had sunk down seven feet
ia that, so that it is now fourteen feet below
the surface of the water. When it is remeut
bered that it weighs exactly 52.530 pounds,
our readers can form their own opinion about
the probability of raising: it. My own opin
ion is, thai it will not do much service in
this war.
LET THERE BE NO WHITEWASHING. —N)w
that the Governor has appointed Commis*
soiners to investigate the army frauds, we
trust there will be no whitewashing, which
is usually the case with such commissions.
Messrs. Fry, Haywood and Abbott have the
reputation of being honest men. Let them
also be firm. They should be strong enough
to become executioners if necessary. We
want to know just where the responsibility
belongs, and we want these Commissioners
to tell us plainly and unequivocally. The
pubiio will not be satisfied with smooth words
but facts must be sufficient to carry convic
tion with their report. That is not all; the
report should not be delayed. The case is
not so complicated that it need to take a
long time for an investigation,
WAR NEWS.
WASHINGTON, June 9. —There is a new
source of information, by which the Govern
ment is obtaining knowledge of traitors in
the north. At rhe closing of the Southern
mail service, all letters directed to Southern
States were ordered to be sent to the dead
letter office. Among these letters is being
found as much treason as the telegraphic
despatches disclosed.
The village of Kvansport. eleven miles
from Acquia Creek, was burned by the reb
els on Saturday morning. The greater part
of the village belonged to Union men.
The rebels are still concentrating forces at
Manassas Junction. Gen. Scott is daily ap
prised of their movement!, by expert spies,
one of whom, Hn army officer, remained in
the rebel camp two days and returned with
important info-mttion Jt is stated that
when a movement is made against this point
the advancing column will be thirty-live thou
sand strong.
Great preperations are being made for a
grand movement on Harper's Ferry, and the
men are joyous at the piospect of a tight.—
Desertions and dissatisfaction contiaue at
tout point among the rebel troops.
It has been discovered that there are a
number el spies in this city, some of whom
are females.
The seizing of the despatches has caused
several prominent citizens to leave Washing
ton City.
Piofessor Allen, of Rhode island, brought
into the city a large balloon. It was put
into reconoi ering purposes immediately.
An&ngernents have been made to pay the
volunteers off iu a lew days, without waiting
for (longress,
ALEXANDRIA. —June 9 —The government
troops are doing good service in this place,
I>V way of searching suspicious quarters.—
Yesterday a store was broken open, former
ly kept by One Richards, in which was found
a vast amount of military goods. From pa
pers found in the building it was found that
Richards was formerly a Commisary in tho
Rebel army, lie has not been seen since
the occupation of the town.
The printers of the Pennsylvania Fifth are
"occupying" the office of the Alexandria
Gazelle. They have issued a paper cailed
the Pennsylvania Fifth. It is edited by Lieut
John P. Ely, of Lebanor. The compositors
are S. YY. Lascomb, J. G. Ely, Lebanon";
Henry Ilisrick. Pittsburg ; Alfred Pierson.
Pittsburg ; A. K. Buoy, R. Smith, Hun'ing •
don : Frank Reisesnyde Schuylkill. Yfheo
the (fB ;e was opened it was found that the
type was consideiably mixed. To assort this
was the woik of days, but the boys "stuck
at it" until they had it arranged. Aod now
they have a neat paper. The inside of the
paper is all editoiiil. The following is a
copy of the salutatory :
"We make our best editorial bow to our friends,
extend a hand of kindness to the ci tizens of Al
exandria, tip our military cap to our fellow sol
diers, and wish confusion to the enemies of our
country. Feeling the want of a newspaper is
our camp, as we pushed the quill and handled
the stick, before we learned to handle the sword,
we concluded to establish a medium by which our
friends at 1 ome and the public in general may be
iDfo rmcd of what transpires among us. Ws are
called the Ragged Fifth, and, should our paper
not wear in the manner and style that may be
expected, we certainly will be excused on the plea
of shabbiness having become a part of our nature
and the home government has not come to our
relief.
J. P. ELY.
It ia prntsd on the steam Press of the
Virginia Sentinel. Copies of the paper w.ll
be sent North f ( r sale. It ia the only Re
publican paper ever printed in Virginia.
Seven thousand yards of cass'oet and other
mi itnry goods, were seized at the Adams
Express Company Offics, to-day, consigned
to Point of Rocks, valued at ten .thousand
dollars.
The Marshall House, the se r ne of Colonel
Ellswurtos death is still the centre of attrac
tion. The work of destruction still goes on,
and eurio-ity seekers continue to carry away
peices of the home The large sign was sent
to Nw York. We hope not two stores will
he left, one upon the other by tie time we
leave it.
NASHVILLE, TENN., June B. The vote in
this cirr for separation and representatio i
was 3033 ; against it 249. Eleven other di—
triots in this county gave 2393 for. and 88
rgtinst it. The remainder of the State is
largely Secession.
BALTIMORE. June 9. —The bridge* at Point
of Hocks and Berlin wru both burnt by the
rebels, this morning. Both are near ilarp< rs
Ferry.
Another large lot of powder was seized
yesterday on board a schooner which was
passing fort Mcllenry. A gun was fired
acros her bows, wnen she ran up the Amer
ican flag but kept on. A shot through her
rigging e< mpelled her to lay to wheo she
was boarded and found to oontain forty tons
ol powder, which was to ha landed at some
point in Virginia. It was, however, soon
removed to the magazine of the Fort. It will
be distributed to the rebels in small quauti
ties.
WASHINGTON, June 10. —It seems to be
the general belitf to-day that the next forty
eight hours are pregnant with big events.—
Several regiments have reeeited marching
orders to-day and the camps presented alive
ly scene while breaking up. The Rhode
Island Regimen', the New York Ninth and
the Pennsylvania Fourth, will leave at an
early hour in the morning. Their camp
equipage and military stores have been re
moved to the ctrs. Their destination is suo
posed to be Harper's Ferry, though they will
go to Fredetick, preparatory to a grand ad
vance on the rebel Camp.
By Wednesday or Thursday at the furthest
the movement on Manasses will be made.—
All of tie best sources of information point
to that. The immense preparations for the
transportation of men, ho'h on the river acd
by land, are almost completed.
A commissioner is in tire city from Ohio,
with money to pay the Ohio Regiments what
is due them. The Buckeye boos are in great
spirits at tbe attention paid them by their
State authorities, as they cannot not receive
their pay froui the federal government until
the meeting of Congress.
BALTIMORE, June T'h. —The monster can
non " Union," which passed through this
city from Pittsburg, fell overboard to day at
Locust Point.
The water where the gun lies is sixteen
feet deep. It will be raised, although with
some difficulty. The accident occurred while
the canncn was being shipped on a schooner
for conveyance to Old Point Comfort,
A correspondent from WilliamspDrt, who
has shown himself to be a most careful and
truthful man, states, utder date of this morn
ing that a number of the Virginia companies
at Harper's Ferry have been disbanded, and
that most of the soldiers that went from Berk
ley have returned to their hom p . A
ter, who had just arrived at Williamsport,
declared that the desertions have reduced
some of the companies to about one-half ef
their original number,.
Two boys of Williamsport, about seven
teen years of age, were this morning induced
to cross the river by two men representing
themselves as Union men desiring to escape.
The moment the boys crossed river tbeir
boat was seised by bidden soldiers and bro
ken to pieces. The boys were then carried
off to the Rebel camp.
IMPORTANT FROMjrHE SEAT OF WAR!
ADVANCE OF TROOPS,
A FATAL MISTAKE,
FIRING UPON FRIENDS.
REPULSE OF USir ED STATES TROOPS.
BALTI MORE, June.—This baa been an exci
' ting anil riuir.iwfvi day at point Comfort.
Gen. Buthr having learned that the rebel
were forming an entrenched camp with bat*
ti ries a Great Bethel, and he deemed it neces
ary to displace them. Accordingly move
ments were made from Fortress Monroe and
Newport News.
At m d.iight Col. Duryoa's Zouaves and
Col. l'owusend's Albany Regiment crossed
the river at Hampton and took up their line
ot March. The former were Some two miles
in the advance of tnelattir
At the eiime time, Col. Benedix's regiment
and a detachment of the Vermont and Ma3B
- HI husets regiments moved forward to form a
junction with the regiments from the Fortress
at Little Bethel, about half way between
Hampton and Great Bethel.
The Z maves passed Little Bethel at about.
4 o'clock A, M. Benedix's Regiment arrived
next and took a position at the intersection oi
tbe roads. Not understanding the signal,
the Z tuave regiment in the darkness of the
morning fired upoc Col. Townsend's column
marching in close order and led by Lieut but
ler, son of Gen. Bitler.
Other accounts say that Townsend's men
fired first. At all events tbe fire of the Al
bany Regiment was harmlese while that cf
the Germans was fatal killing one man and
fatally wounding two o'hqfs.
The Albany Regiment being back, the
Germans discovered by the accoutrements
left on the fieid that the supposed enemy was
a friend. They had in the mean time fired
nioerouDds with small arms and a tiel i
piece. The Z maves hearing the fire, turned
and fired also upon the Albany boys.
At day break Col, Allen's and Col, Carr's
Regiments moved from the rear of the for
tress to support the main body. The mistake
at Little Bethel having been ascertained, tiie
buildings were burned, and a Major with two
prominent Se< s-ionistr, named Livery aod
Whiting, made prisoners.
The troops then advanced upon Great
Bethel in the foil iwing order ; the Z mar**,
Col, Bender, Lieut. Col. Washburne, Col.
Allen and Col. Oarr. At that point our reg
iments formed and succesively endeavored to
take a large masked battery of tho Seces
sionists.
The effort was fu ti if, our three small
pieces of artillery not being able to cope with
tils heavy rifled cannon of the enemy, accor
ding to some accounts thirty in number.
The rebel battery was so completely mask
ed that no men could be seen, but the flashes
of the guns only. - There were probably less
than 1000 men behind the battery of ibe reb
els.
A well concerted movement might have
secured the position, but Brig. Gen. Pierce,
wh > c nimanded t ! >e expedition, seemed t"
nave List his presence of mind, ut.d the Trny
Regiment stood an hour exposed to a galling
fire. An order vo retreat was at length giv
en, hut at that moment Lieut. Gerhle, of the
CJ. S. Army, and in command of the Artil
lery, was struck by a cannon ball and in
stantly killed. lie had spiked his gun and
wis gallantly endeavoring to withdraw his
command.
There are probably 25 killed and 100
wounded. They brought tbem to the for
tress this evening.
BY TELEGRAPH.
WASDISCTI June 12, 1 o'clock—An especial
mesuienger arrived hero hearing the intelligence
(but Gen. Butler hart attacked great Bethel and
captured a battery of seven guns, and a masked
battery of fourteen gunv. completely routing tbe
rebel foreos of sei en thousand strong, and one
thousand token prisioners,
[ By Telegraph on Thursday Morning.]
The news of the capture of the hattesies at
Gr at Bethel is confirmed by the Now York pa
pers on yesterday.
Gen. Butler first sent out a detachment under
Gen. Pierce, on a skirmishing expedi ion, and be
: attacked tbe batteries, but without success, and
was compelled to retreat.
Upon bearing this, Uen. Butler taiil ho would
take tho battery belore breakfast, anc ho did so.
k< Democrats" in the Army.
We fee I rather gratified, says the Chester
county Times, at seeing the secession papers
claim that there are mure Democrats in the
ranks from this Stato than Republicans. We
are incliued to admit the claim. We are tbe
more inclined to do so because it proves \> hat
we have often stated, to be tru a , viz : that
the great mass of the men voting with that
party, were honest und loyal and would vole
for the best interest of their country if they
wore not misled by crafty politicians. These
same leaders meant to carry them all over to
secession and seize thp government hy their
aid and hold it. A Rufthr.—he who fired
the first gun at Sumpter—lrusirated the plot.
The booming of that cannon emancipated a
million of " Democrats" who bad been slaves
to party. The good old flag was attacked.—
They saw at a glance, that what Republicans
hud been telling them for years, was true.
They saw then for a certairi'y that there
were Iraitcrs in their camp. The government
was in danger—in danger so real that no
politieial sophistry could hide it. With one
impulse like Sampsons, they burst tbe ties of
party, and rushing by and over their leaders,
they flew to arms as one man, knowing no
party bnt our country and its defense. Tbe
miserable secession demagogues were appalid
by tbe sublimity of the movement. They
were overwhelmed by the mighty wave of i
patriotism which they hud oaen attempting |
to dam up for years. They must mount the
wave and be carried on, stand aside, or be
borne do wo. The Democratic masses moved,
and the leaders wlr- stood back are now the
despised of all parties and all sections. They i
deceived the South by fabely promising to j
make traitors of honest Democrats, and they j
ueccived the Democratic voters at home by ,
denying tbe charges made by tbe Republi- j
cans. The consequence is there are now but ;
two parties, one—as the Republican party
always has been —fur the maintainance of the 1
Constitution and the laws; and those who j
rebel against the laws and would dstrnv the !
government. The great party is the Union j
party, the lesser party is the Tory par.y.—
Happily, this latter is now to > small to be'
considered in this part of the country. Here
we are a unit.
Marshal Kane—A Convicted
Traitor.
Governor Ilicks publishes, in the Balti
more American of the 10th insr., a letter re
lating to Mayor Brown's and Marshal Kane's
agency in the burning of the bridges on the
Philadelphia and Northern Central Railroads
on the night cf the brutal massacre of the
Maeseohusette and Pennsylvania troops in
the streets ot Baltimore. The Governor de
monstrates that the bridge burning was but
the execution of a deliberate and long exist
ing plot. He fixes the guilt of both the
Mayor and the Marshal. 'The latter is fair
ly gibbeted by means of one of his own trait
ourous telegraphic despatches. To let him
go a large after the publication of that de
spatch will be offering a ptemium to treaosn
mob law and murder.
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