C|E CENTRE DEMOCRAT ~ BELLEFONTE7PA~ Thursday Morning, Aug. Bth '6l. J. J. BRISBIN, EDITOR & PUBLISHER. W. W. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. THE People's Party of Centre county, and those in favor of sustaining the National and State Administrations, the Constitution, tho union of the States and the enforcement of the laws. Those who desire to see rebellion punished and our na tion 1 honor vindicated, are requested to meet on j Saturday the 24th day of August, in their respec : tire Townships and Boroughs, at the usual places j of holding elections, and choose by ballot, three delegates from each Township, whose duty itshall be to meet in County Convention at 'he Arbitra tion Room, in the Borough of Beflefonte, on Wednesday evening, the 2Sth, (Court Week,) at 1 7 o'clock, P. M., to nominate candidates for the j several offices at the general elcetion. The elee- ; tion for delegates to be opened at 4 o'clock, P. M. j and to be kept open until 6 o'clock of said day. EDMUND BLANCHARD, Chairman of County Executive Committee. CAMP MEETING. The Camp Meeting for Billefocte Circuit will be belt! oil the Cut tin ground. To com- i rnence on Friday, August 9th. T. H. SWITZER, Pr. in Chg. Hjff** There is nothipg of very great inter est transpiring in the movements of the Army, preparation instead of action has been the policy for the past few days. The mails brirg us nothing but details of the last bat tle, with an occasional item of the movements of Gens. Siegel and Lyon in the Wes', who appear to have given the Rebels a fine ebance to make use of their oowardlv legs. tSf The appointment of Thomas A, Scott aa Assistant Secretary of War, has given general satisfaction, and ie received by the press in the loyal states as another evidence of the vigor with which the business of the War Department is to be conducted. Among all the respectable and distinguished men mentioned for the same position there were lew who equalled Mr. Scott in the qualities necessary to discharge Vne duties of such an important place. 19* How a sensible mac, mbese trade is not politics; how any one engaged in agri culture, manufactures, cr in any of the peace ful pursuits of life can, for a moment, toler ate the idea cf secession, passes our eompre. hension. If secession was an nntried theo ry, there might he some excuse for its advo oates. If any one of the many arguments against i could be answered ; then its vota ries would have some little excuse for their criminal infatuation. But it is not a theory- It is a horrible fact. It is now in operation, and any one not willingly blind can behold its ruinous results. On the return of the 69th N. Y. regi ment, a few days ago, and as it passed thro' Philadelphia, one of the men was asked what he thought of Southern courago as was shown in the late battle, answered: "Av that, sur, we would say nothin' in the world ; for in the whole action not a hundred did we seel They was so dodgin' in and out av the -timber, and there wor no come out in •m !" Being farther questioned, this inform ant states that occasionally a hundred or so would sally from a wood, with ths design of drawing the regiment into the fire of a bat tery; but of the hundred that appeared not k dozen went back to their coverts, but fell riddled with balls. Treasonable Publications. Rebel newspapers, in time nf war, ought to be suppressed by the strong arm of tb'e people, if nctotherwise, as well as rebel flags. The flouting of such a flag in the face of loy al citizens is no more insulting to the com munity, than for such a paper to continue pouring out treason by the column, day af ter day and week after week, to encourage and stimulate an unholy rebellion against the government. The suppression of such a publication, in a summary manner, would not infringe upon the "freedom of the press,' because the press has no more right to incul cate treason than it has to encourage and applaud arson, assassmatioD, burglary or highway robbery, The press, in its boasted freedom, has no such right. If you find a vagrant picking a friend's pocket, a burglar entering a friends bouse, an incendiary firing a neighbors dwelling, you will, without stop ing for law, precppts, constitutions or bills of rights, stop his depredations at all hazards ! So iD case of treason, and the preachers and apologists of treason. We are now in the midst of a war, big with the fate of human Ireedom and liberal government. Brave men are imperilling their lives to suppress a rebellion that seeks to undermine the very pillars of civil liberty, and we insist that ioyal citizens are net re quired to sit unmoved, and see the audacbus rebels at their base work all around them, spreading noxious and traitorous principles broadcast over the land, misrepresenting the government, exulting over its disasters, ap plauding the successes of its enemies, and glorying in a fancied prospect of its final overthrow. Self-protectron is the first law of nature—the™ higher law''; and a treasona Lie news paper is much more dangerous in a loyal community than a score of treasonable individuals. Why should we suppress a pirate flag on our waters, and at the same time protect a pirate newspaper, on shore ? The question of the freedom of the press is not involved in the suppression of a traitor ous public journal. pji- It appears from calculations nt the Post Office Depaitmrn*, that the yearly in come from postage in the Seceded States amounted to only $900,000, while the expen ses of transportingthe mail in the same States exceeded this sum by $3,000,000, which is now saved to the Government ly their sus pension in those States. Eg-The Doylestown Democrat gives Pres ident Lincoln's war message an unqualified endorsement, and oordially approves of the polioy recommended therein. It declares that after the President's clear and honest statement of bis policy iD regard to Fort Sumter, the man who calls this a " Lincoln war," onght either to be set down as a traitor or a fool. Pennsylvania. Whatever may be said of the position of Pennsylvania, her Bttitude to-day is noble and characteristic. She came into the Rev olution in an hour of gloom, and dispelled the shadows which fell across the path of our infant Confederacy. When Fort Sumpter fell, and th 6 pickets of the rebel army guar ded the Long Bridge, when Baltimore was under the heel of a mob and the capital was surrounded by a sea of treason, Pennsylva nia was the first to come to its relief, and the muskets were the first to gleam aloDg the Pennsylvania Avenue. And in our sec- ; ond time of peril, when a victorious army | is menacing the capital, the sons of Peon- | aylvania are the first to fly to it, to resist the excited hordes of Mr. Davis and Gen. Beau- j regard, and Gov. Curtin has promptly issued : a call for ten thousand more troops, exciu- ! sive of the reserve force. While we thus indulge ID a natural feel ing of felicitation on the position of cur no ble State, we are pleased to be able to an-< nouEce that the news from Washington is of the most encouraging character. While all danger of an assault upon it cannot be said to have passed away, wa think there is no probability of any such an attack being made. Our rulers are laboring with hercu lean exertions to bring up the military and naval departments, to the standard of anim pregnably defensive and eventually an effi ciently offensive system of warfare. The Secretary of the Navy, the Secretarv of War, the Lieutenant-General, and the President himself, are giving all their energies to the work. Regiments ar9 being constantly ac cepied by the War Department and nearly every railroad from the States of the North, the West, and East is burdened with trains jof well equipped soldiery. Our merchant i marine is being rapidly drawn upon for a i temporary and efficient Navy, and we may hope very soon to have the pirates of the South driven from the seas, and every outlet into the Sea guarded by the guns the Re | publio. The peop'e of the North appreciate the j energy of the government ai.d the danger ;of the country. That danger can only be 1 averted by the unanimous voice of tbeNorth liu sustaining the hands of our rulers. The i membese of tbe Administration bave confi | cence in each other ; tbe people must bave | confidence in tbe Administration. The gov -1 ernment is never so strong as when it rep resents the voice of the people. The voice of the people is for war, —for a thorough and effective punishment of treason, —for the most open, unreserved, and radical mea sures of defending our national honor. The Government appreciates the felling of the ! eountry, and by that feeling governs its ac I tion.— Phila. Press. m Savage Conduct of the Rebels. The atrocities of the rebels have never had ; an equal. Their conduct at the late battle j exceeds anything recorded on the poges of ! history. We bate tbe first instance of a re fusal of permission tobury theenemy's dead. They pay no respect to the flag of truce; but imprison the men who were sent to recover the dead body of an officer. Tbey killed tbe wounded and kicked their heads over the field like footballs. They made hospitals a special mark for their murderous fire, and hattered out the brains of tbe wounded with the butts of their muskets, while they lay in a helpless condition on the field. They car ! ried the American flag to deceive our men, | and when small squads became separated ; from their regiments approached these flags ! toey were murdered by these hell-deseiving | savages. Tfcey stood the wounded up as tar ge's and .'.mused themselves by firing at them. A captain named llaggerty was seen iaying on tbe field with his throat cut from ear and his nose and ears cut off. Capt. Djwney of the Fire Zouaves, on Sunday, being overpow ered by numbers, threw down his arms and surrendered, but their reply was "We take no prisoners, d n you, and he was litter allv blown to peices, no less than 16 balls entering bis body. They actually fired upon and killed two vivandiers who were giving wine and water to the wounded men. Such is the bravery of these chivalrous sons of Southern Soil. Such are tbe men with whom cur braye volunteers have to fight. Congress. The American Congress has set the world an example, which we hope they will perse vere in, until the rule ia applied to every man iD the service of the Government. This good example is contained in the order ma king itfineable for any liquor dealer in the city of Washington, to supply his poison to soldiers. All good men will rejoice at this sign of high toned purity and real patriotism as evinced by the American Congress, and if the example only finds emulators among tbose whose duty it will be to enforce the order, ws will soon have the spectacle of a sober army. What more noble or magnifi cent sight could be presented, than an army of men, numbering hundreds of thousands, associated and bound together in a devotion to their country, their minds and hearts clear and strong, their breath untainted with whiskey, their hands unpaged by strych nine, and theii steps unfaltered by the drugs of intoxication. We thank the American Congress for striking the intoxicating glass frcm the lips of the young men who have en tered the army to defend the authority and maintain the laws of the land. That one act will give our cause a merit in the esti mation of good men and women of the world that it never before possessed. It insures the blessing of heaven for our banners, and the approval of God for the success of our struggles ! Telegraph. REBEI, EXAGGERATIONS. —RebeI newspa pers come to us with exaggerated accounts of the amount of property captured by Beau regard's forces at Bull Run. One despatch from Richmond spates that its estimated val ue was S"9.000,000. They claim that they seized 60 pieces of artillery, 100 wagons, 22,000 mukets, a vast quantity of ammuni tion, and enough provisions to feed 50,000 men for one year, and 32,000 manaoles.— They really only captured 17 guns, about a thousand muakets, 20 wagons and ambulan ces, a small quantity of powder, a yery small supply of provisions. THE CEJWTRE OEMOC RAT. Colonel James Cameron. This gallant officer, who died at the bead of bis regiment, the New York Seventy-ninth, better known as the Caledonian or Cameron regiment, on the 21st ult., was born in May* town, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and , at the time of bis death was about 60 years of age. When that fine corps reached Wash ington they had no Colonel. Their ranks were full and their enthusiasm unbounded. Learning that Col. Cameron was in town, they offered him the command, which, after some hesitation, he accepted, and was duly commissioned by the President. The Cameron brothers have always been conspicuous in the politics of Pennsylvania. : Their parents were in straitened circumstan- j cee, and James, the youngest of the four j brothers, was, like them, thrown early upon \ the world, and forced to lake care ol an,d ed- j ucate himself. The qualities that enablad their widowed mother to look after her chil dren in youth have strengthened them in their many contests with the world. Of the two surviving brothers the eldest is William, one of the noted capitalists of the State, res* ident in Union county, and the next in years the present Secretary of War. James Cameron was married to the daugh ter of Mr. Lehman, of Lancaster, more than twenty years ago. Always identified with the politics of Pennsylvania from the year 1832, he was, like bis brother Simon, the ed itor of several leading newspapers. Both were printers. lie also acted as the superin tendent of the Philadelphia arid Columbia llailroad, when that improvement was under State management. Col. Cameron always belonged to the Democratic parry until with in recent years, when his sympathies were enlisted on the side of the straight Douglas Democracy of Pennsylvania, with whom he efficiently co-operated until the nomination of Mr. Lincoln, whose election ho warmly supported. He was a man of singular un selfishness of character. His kindness and his charity were his prominent attributes.— lie had a charm in his manner that attract ed a stranger to bim at once, and in all his I life, it may be truly said that he was never guilty of a mean act. lie was ever a favoi- I ire with the Irish citizens of Pennsylvania, particularly with those who Jired in and 1 about the town of Lancaster. Inheriting 1 their socia l nature, and proud of his connec- I tion with thern, hj was never so happy as in I company ; and born in an old German set i tlement, he may be said to have been equal* ly a favorite of the Germans. He was high jly courageous. Whatever he might have j lacked in other respects, he made up by bis I natural, instincti\e, and daring intrepidity. More than twenty years ago, in a contest with a newspaper editor in town of Lancas ter, while attempting to enter his office, he wae shot down, and his conduct, in what threatened to be his deathbed, showed that ho could meet the dread destroyer without , fear. After having been elected Colonel of : the Seventy-ninth, he took up his quarters | with the corps at Georgetown College, and ! soon secured their confidence. His brother, j the Secretary of War, took great interest in the regimet, and although averse to his ac ceptance of the command, on account of his age, did all in his power to encourage him. | But the natural vigor and intrepidity of Col. Cameron soon fitted him for the arduous du | ties of his new position. In the first engage | mont he exhibited great coolness and gallan : try. The effect of a passing cannon ball ' threw his horse upon his hauncbe*, when he dismounted, ar d, with a joke, said, " I think I had better be among the footmen." But, ! in the bloody battle of Manassas, he expos ! Ed his person, and cheered bis men at all ! roiots. A shott time previous to his death, j he met a citizen of Lancaster, Col. Ileistand, i the editor of the Lancaster Examiner and Herald, and conversed with him freely, as | suring him that he intended to lead his reg | iment and to come out of the fight with hon j or, if his life should pay the forfeit. He then ! difappaered ; the order came from the com ! manding General directing the Seventy-nintb | to go " lot ward !" and in a short time James Cameron was numbered among the depart ed. He was stru. kat the same moment by ; two balls, one in the stomach and the other j in the head, immediately after he had called ! out to his command, " Soots, follow me !" ' He expired almost without a groan.— Phila- I delphia Pi ess. Gen. McClellanto his Troops. Headqutera Army of Occupation, ) Western Virginia, Beverly, July 19th. J Soldiers of the Army of the West : —I am more than satisfied with you. You have an nihilated two armies, commanded by educa ted and experienced soldiers, entrenched in mountain fastnesses and fortified at their leisure. You have taktn five guns, twelve colors, fifteen hundred stand of arms. 1,000 prisoners, including more than forty officers. One of the second commanders of the rebels is a pris mer, the other lost his life on the field of battle. You have killed more than two hundred and fifty of the enemy, who have lost all his baggage and camp equip age. All this has been accomplished with the loss of twenty brave men killed and six ty wounded on yooi part. You have proved that Union men. fighting for the preservation of our government, aro more than a match fur our misguided and erring brothers.— More than this you have shown mercv to the vanquished. You have made long and ar duous marches without sufficient food, fre quency exposed to the inclemency of the weather. I have not hesitated to demaod this of you, feeling that I could rely on your endurance, patriotism and courage. In the future 1 may still have greater demands to make upon you—still greater sacrifices for you to offer. It shall be my care to provide for you to the extern of my ability ; but I know now that by your valor and endurance you will accomplish all that is asked. Sol diers—l have confidence in you, and I trust that you have learned to confide in me. Re member that discipline and subordination are qualities of equal value with courage. I am proud to say that you have gained the highest reward tnat American troops can re ceive— the thanks of Congress and the ap. plause of your fellow citizens. GEO. B. MCCLEI-LAN, Maj. Gen. ggy* Will the editor of the New York Day Book stop sending bis infamous sheet to this office ? It may suit the tastes of the peace— secession—organ of this city, but we want to have nothing to do with such a traitorous publication.— Wilmington (Del-) State Jour nal. The Disaster. IT9 SLIGHT CABCALITIES. Everj day since the Bull's Run fight, has reduced the reports ot the disaster. The Tel-1 egraph befooled itself and created an im mense amount of unnecessary anxiety.— There is now no other equally fluent oracle if lies on tho earth. A European general said, 'ately, that the whole system of milita ry strategy will have to be revolutionized by reason of this grand but much abused inven tion ; none of the customary military prear rangements can be relied on while thin swift means of universel report is allowed its pres ent rampart power. With the popular mind it is perpetrating a universal melo-drama without respect to the importance, the sad ness, or the insignificance ef the events with which it deals. According to its renderings of the Bull's Ron affair, the casualties of the fight were the moßt extensive and terrific in the aßnels of American warfare—thousands on thousands of slain, thousands on thou sands of wounded, thousands on thousands of prisoners. Every family, represented in our army, was plunged for two or three days in intolerable suffering—suffering only inten sified by uncertainty. The monstrous fic tions of the telegrams have vanished one after another until it is already ascertained that the number of cur dead is not larger than three hundred and seventeen —a loss which, so far as this kind of "casualty," is concerned, would hardly entitle the fight to be considered a serious battle: Our wound ed are but five hundred and thirty-seven, BDd very few of these are mortally injured. The missing and prisoners are only about seven hundred and eighty-eight; these, there fore, are all the prisoners the erumy can re joice over; and how many are missing, but I not prisoners, cannot yet be conjectured, A single instance of surrender to General files Clellan, in Western Virginia, gives us more of the enemy's men—at least one thousand. We have at Washington to-day at least sev enty prisoners of the enemy from Buli's Run, and others are being brought in. His loss in killed and wounded, according to his i wn admission, is at least double the amount of i ours, for he reports two thousand, and we may be sure that be falls considerably sbor; ot the truth, as usual. The contest was i worse for him than for us down to the mo j ment of the panic ; our troops out-fought I him, and our "casualties" were Jess than ! his down to that moment. The moral effect j of the panic is bis only important advantage. ; and we believe that we shall Bhare fully in j this advantage by the lessons which the dis aster will teach us. Panics are liabilities of i the best armies. Jomini, a leading mi.itary writer, treats of them as such ; the veteran Roman legions, he says, wera subject to them ; modern military history gives aston ishing examples of them. Triumphant ad vantages and even victoiiius have been sud aenly lost by them in a manner so misteri ous as to seem the effect of the caprice of some perternatural power. Had our occur j red at the outset of the battle it would have j been a fearful reflection on the military vir tue of our troops, but happily they had tri umphantly demonstrated their claim in this respect before the disaster fell upon the field. Though nine or more hours they had fought like veterans, and at trimendous odds, against successive batteries and superior numbers. Tbe day redeems them in spite of the retreat. Invidious comparisons, as re spects the relative courage and capaciry of the two sides, are never desirable; but un deniably the facts of tbe war thus far have shown—si own on the fields of Missouri, of Weßttrc V.rginia and at Bull's Run, that in equal circumstances the pluck and soldier ship of tbe stout haidrrained manhood of the North can overmatch the " chivalry" of the euemy. In every instance thus far, the foe has had advantage only from his intrench ments. In almost every instance our sue-. | cessts have been gained against such advau tages. With many good lessons we believe there will be no peimment bad result from the i late disaster. Evidently, tho spirit of the ' people has already risen in grand superiority j above it. In less than forty-eight hours 1 after it, more than sixty regiments were | offered bv telegraph to the government at - Washington. The offers have since been j multiplying from all directions. Twenty j regiments are now forming in this city alone, A torce more formidable than was ever known in the new world will soon be under arms and iu motion. Guarded, by our late expe rience, against the accidents which have so j much interfered with the now unquestiona ; ble"courage of our troops, and may confident ly trust our cause to them and to the bless ing of the God of hosts. ! Our late sufferings have driven us closer >to the highest source of our strength. Never \ was more prayer offered lor the fate of this country than during the last week. That alone is a sublime fact, an inestimable good eut of the evil. It cannot fail of positive effect on the further CouiSe of tbe contest. Every American Christian should appropriate au I interval of time, however short, each day, | for special private prayer for his country.— ; If he cannot command retirement for it, he | should nevertheless consecrate the time in j his place of business, or on the thornughiare. ; Defioita urgent prayer on this one subject— | a great nation thus praying—cannot fail of | the blessing of Ilim who gives or withholds I victory.— Methodist. Contemplated Attack Upon Cairo. During my recent absence from Washing ton, I learned, from a source entitled to cred it, that an early attack on Caito forms part of the plan of tne Rebel leaders, and will be actually attempted. Tbe details of the ex pedition were arranged by Gen. Folk, and have been approved of by Jeff. Davis. A force of sixty thousand men, profusedly sup plied with artillery of heavy calibre has been orgat'zed, and is already on the march for a point near Cairo. Tbe Rebels are confident of being able to take Cairo. That place, however, is well fortified, and although many of tbe three months men will go home in a few days, yet their places will be supplied by newly raised regimsnts now on their way there ; so that tbe Rebels will be likely to meet with a warm reception. Plans of the Rebels. By exercising a little care, and I may also say, deceit, I have come into posession of tbe outlines of some of the designs of the Rebels, and of the means at their command with which they hope to execute thefn. It will nor, if course, be expected that I should des ignate even remotely the sources of this in formation. It is enough to say that it is di rect and authentic. Tbe information thus acquired enables me to say that Beauregard and Johnston had no idea of the extent of tbe defeat of our troops on that disastrous Sunday. They were not surprised at the retreat of our forces, because tbey knew the superiority of their numbers and artillery over those engaged on our side; bat tbey were surprised, that, having an army of 80 000 troops here, we should only have sent 20,000 ot tbem into the action.— They attributed the retreat of the regiments engaged, without being effectually supported, to tbe supposed met that we were retreating as they have often done, in order to draw them into an ambuscade. Tbey supposed that besides the 20,000 troops engaged, we bad 60,000 more behind our entrenchments and in Washington; and that the reason why these troops were not drawn out to CQV er the retreat of the columns engaged was, that they were being kept fresh and vigor ous, iu order that the Rebel troops, after be ing wearied by a hot pursuit of ton or twelve miles, might be surrounded by them and eut to pieces. I am assured that Beauregard had no correct information as to the real ondition of Washington on the Monday and Tuesday following the battle ; and that if be bad really known it, he would have risked all on the issue ot a bold attempt to seize tbe Feder.-.I Capital. Tbe defeat of our troops in this engage ment was not unexpected to the Rebel chiefs. But when, by the Wednesday following, they became aware of the full results of tbe battle a special meeting of the Rebel Cabinet (Heaven save the mark) was held, which was attended by Beauregard, Lee, and several other officers of high rank. At this meeting, the plan previously agreed upon for tbe con- I duct of the campaign on their part under- I went several important modifications; and ; as the general result of the meeting, a bolder ! and more aggressive mode of warfare was ! determined on, than had b itherto been con- I templated." Up to this time I am positive in snyiog an attack on Washington bad form i ed no part of their plans. It hid been agreed : after a full consideration of the whole subject, i to make tbe war, on their par", strictly a defensive one. But now it was determined to abandon this course, and to assume the i offmsive, until three great objicts shall have been achieved. They are : First. The re occupation of Hampton, Newport News, and of all tbe territory now held by General Butler outside the walls of \ Fortiesa Monroe. ) Second The re-possession of tbe line of j posts on the Upper Potomac, from Williams- I port and filartinsburg duwo to the Fail of the Potomac, including Harper's Ferry, and all j the fords and ferries on the stream. 1 Third. The capture of tbe Federal Capi ! tal ; to be accomplished either by crossing : the Potomac above the ci'y and making an attack on the northern side, or by storming j tbe entrenchments t>n the right bank ot the river ; or by a simultaneous attack in botn | directions. i Not only ar6 these plans fully resolved on, i but the forces intended to be employed are i already raised, and the officers to be in com mand are already assigned to their respec i tive posts. The troops, however, are not all lon tbe ground. Statements were laid before I tho meeting showing that there were now in j the field, available for the execution of these | plans, 200,000 met. It will seem from this outline of the plans j of the Rebels, that it is the part of prudence 1 to be well prepared for an attempt ou tbe part ol the Rebels to execute either of their designs. It may be considered certain that tbey will not attempt the third one until they have succeeded in the other two. Washing ton is 6afe, indeed, in any event; but it is idle to deny that nothing but the most vigor ous exertions on our part will prevent ths Rebels from accomplishing their first two plans. In regard to the Upper P.timac, tbe Ad- I ministration seems to be fully aware of the importance of s'rengtberiing our positions there. Twelve regimeois of the very be.u troops, in the highest state of efficicncv, have been 6ent up to General Banks, and he is no doubt by this time in command of an aimy that will enable him to defeat tbe Rebels' second plan. If he has, as ri parted, taken posession of tbe Maryland Heights, and will fortify them as well as Johnston did, he can defeat this part of the Rebel programme.— I Tho Maryland Heights are tbe highest and I most commanding positions at the B'errv. — | Whoso holds tbem, holds and commands | Harper's Ferry as well as if he was on tbo Virginia side : and hence it is a mark cf good generalship oo his part to have secured them. But the fact that General Banks has no experience whatever in the field is a grave j circumstance which may lead to overlooked ; for results. It is not yet to late to retriete i this error, for error it certainly is. We have i a splendid aimy at Harper's Ferry. Let us i have an educated General to command it. ! Let General Banks be placed where his ex | cellent administrative powers can find exer- I cise, as in Baltimore, for instance ; and let i a soldier by education be sent to cope with General Johnston. Unless this is done, who can answer for the result? A CORRESPONDENT OF THE INQUIRER. West Point Graduates. An official register of graduates from tbe United States Military Academy furnishes the following particulars concerning individ uals who have become oont-picuous in the course of the Rebellion ; Joseph K. F. Mansfield of Conn., gradua i ted in 1822, second in rank in a class of 40. Robert Anderson of Ky., in 1825, fifteenth j in a class of 37. Samuel P. Heinlzleman of Pa. ,1826, seven teenth in a class of 41. Jefferson Davis, of Miss., in 1828, twenty tbird in a CIBRS of 23. Robert E- Lee, of Va., in 1829, second in R class of 46 John B. Magruder, of Va., in 1830, fif teenth in a class of 42. Willism 11. Emory, of Md., in 1831, four teenth in a class of 23. Montgomery Blair of Ky., in 1845, 18th in a class of 56. Peter T. G Beauregard of La., 1838, sec ond in a class of 45. William J. of Ga., in 1838, twen ty-sixth in a c'ass of 45. Thomas J. Rodman, of Ind., in 1841, sev enth in class of 52. Nathaniel Lyon of Conn., in 1841, eleventh in a class < f 52. Abner Doubleday of New York, in 1842, twenty-fourth, class of 56. Braxton Bragg, who, if it is true, has com mand of the forces in Florida, threatening ! Fort Piokens, was appointed from North Car olina and graduated in 1837, fourth in a class of 50. The large rifled-oannon " Union," now at Fortress Monroe, is to be mounted on tbe deck of the Minnesota , It oarries a 350 pound shot, and is supposed to be tbe most destructive weapon ever mounted. Neither its range nor initial velocity is as great as some other guns, yet tha weight of the shot will be suob as to sink any ship, and ulti mately destroy almost aoy fortifioation. For the Democrat. MR. EDITOR : While our .country is in a state of excitement and the mind of a patriot is all anxiety as to how he may promote the inter- ■ est of that couctrv, we must look first at home and take care that everything is kept right here. We must take care that design ing politicians and men whose sympathies are with the enemy, do not creep into official positions, and we must see that men of the right kind are elected to fill those positions. We have "good men and true" who should be selected to fill our county offices, and I beg leave to suggest the name of Thomas Hutchison, Esq., one of our present com missioners, as one of the truest of the true.— During the term he has beeD in the Com missioners office he has performed his duties in the most satisfactory manner. He should be re-elected. He is a staunch patriot, has sent two sons to battle for his country, and had he been youDger would have gone him self. The Republican Convention will do well to re-a train its h.m and the the people of Centre county will but promote their own intererts by re-electing him, POTTER. For the Democrat. MR. EDITOR: I see several good men named as suitable candidates for the office of associate Judge, but done of them sufficiently Dear to Belle fonte to be at all convenient to the members of the bar when Judicial signatures are needed. I would therefore mention tbe name of Joseph Hoover as not only conveni ently near, but also well qualified to dis charge the duties of the office with honor. BOGGS, News From Washington. Appropriations By Congress. A MURDERER EXECUTED, Our Army on the Potomac. SECRETARY OF- WAR IN THE COUNTRY. WASHINGTON, August 21, 18G1.—It has j been reliably learne.it tat a mau, who was employed by fba press as courier to carry messages ID the J e egraph offije from the battle field, on a report being circulated in tbe rear of our array tbat tbe Rebel cavalry { and artillery were cutting us off, rode rapid- I ly towards Centieii lie, telling the teamsters to fly lor their lives, that the army was lost. He passed along the whole line, and succee ded in getting up a panic that cost us thous ands of dollars. He reached Washington at an early hour, and told the most horrible stories, and afterwards toasted that Jeff. Davis would be in Washington io ten days, lie will have a summary trial, and if found guilty, should receive his just deserts on six | hours' notice. Gen. Cameron left Washington lor Loch iel, his home on the Susquehanna, this morn ing. The excessive labor that has falleu up on him since the firing on Fort SUD pter has nearly exhausted him. The loss of bts broth er at Bull Run, and the infamous conduct of the Rebels in refusing to allow the bodies of our soldier heroes a Christian burial, and leaving them upnn the field where they fell in defence of ttieii country's fl -g. has added much grief to tbe cares already upon him. The War Department is n>w in care of ' Colonel Thomas A. Scott, Assistant Secreta i ry of War, and J LeiOey, Esq. Their kDowl edge of tbe wants if the Department a.e such that everything will go on with tbe vig or that the late disaster has inspired into the Department. At a late hour last evening, L'eut. Iluri gen, of the Georgia Sixth Regiment, came into our lines near Bailey's Cross Roads, with a flag of truce, He brought despatches from Gen. Johnston to Gen. McDowell. lie was taken to the tent of a geueral officer, and kept ihire while bis message was conveyed to Gen. McC'lellan. This morning the de. spatcbes were laid before President Lincoln. Rumor saye that there import is merely to ask an exchange of prisoners, coupled, how ever, with a threat that veogeance will be taken on our most prominent men now in their hands if we execute the law upon even one of the prisoners which have been made by the Federal forces. Two ladies, who came in two-day from Manassas, confirm the reports of the he-ny loss of the Rebels, and say tbat traitors tell most exaggerated stories of their capture of the Federal artillery, which did such terrific execution wherever we bai a fair sweep at them. Dr. McGuire, of Winches'er, wrote home that the loss of the Rebels was six thousand, killfd and wounded. The reorganization of the Army of tbe Po tomac proceeds with great rapidity. The new tro; ps, as they arrive, are placed at once in brigades, and at the present rate of progress a few weeks only will be required to thoroughly perfect the organization. Last night the scouts of Colonel MCGUUD'S Regiment 6hot two E,ebel cavalry, within three miles of Fairfax Court HOUSP. One was Lieut. Wiley, of the Fairfax Cavalry, and the other an Orderly Sergeant of his com pany. Captain T. V. Fox, formerly Chief Clerk, has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The appropriations thus far made by Con gress, amount to about $240X00,000. Tbe Secretary of War has asked for $20,000,000 more on account of the volunteers now being mustered into service. The bill for that pur pose will probably be passed to-morrow. It appears by an examination of the two volunteer bills, one being supplemental to the other, that tbe President has the power to call one million of men into the field, al though that extent of authority was Dot, it is beliiyed, designed. It is not thought, however, that more than 500,000 will be ac cepted. Congress will probably adjourn on Mon day, the public business having nearly all been transacted. A number of members will leave for home to-morrow. The flag of truce brought from Gen. John ston to GeD. McDowell, it is said to be chiefly relative to an exchange of prisoners.. It is certainly Dot in connection with affairs of State. The new Provost Marshal, Col, Porter, is rendering efficient service in getbering in the few remaining stragglers from tbe army. Tbe effects of Gen. McClellan's recent orders relative to discipline is everywhere appa rent. ALEXANDRIA, August 2.—The execution of private William Murray, of Company F, Second New Hampshire regiment, for the murder of Mary Butler on Saturday last, I took place at four o'olook this afternoon. In order that his fate might be a waining to all evil disposed soldiers, the scaffold was erect ed upon the walls of Fort Ellsworth, afford ing an unobstructed view to all. Tbe regi ments encamped in the vicinity of Alexan dria were present, and notwithstanding twen ty thousand persons witnessed tbe execution, everything passed off without unnecessary excitement. The culprit ascended the scaf fold with a steady gait. He made no allusion to his guilt, but called on his friends to sus tain his family in this their hour of trial. The private residence of Samuel Johnson, a Lieutenant in the Rebel nrmy, and located the other side of Hunting Creek, was burned yesterday afternoon. Private Keith, of Company E, Seventeenth N. Y. Regiment, stationed ID Fort Ellsworth, was shot dead on Wednesday evening by Capt. Stone, of the same regiment. He was riotous and committed an assault and bat' tery on the Captain. The total number of guDS lost at Bull Run is officially reported at twenty five, includ ing one large Pairott gun. This, although bad enough, is not so damaging as many of our own people feared, and scarcely a third of what is claimed by the Rebels. FURTHER PROM WASHINGTON CITY. ABANDONMENT OF NORFOLK. Organization of New Brigades. THE PENNSYLVANIA APPOINTMENTS. MORE ARTILLERY COMING. MAJOR GENERAL BUTLER. THE DEFENCES OF WASHINGTON CITY- By the abandonment of the Norfolk Navy Yard more than twenty-five hundred can non and a vast amount of ammunition and military stores fell into the hands of the reb els. By the first abandonment of Harper's Ferry all the costly machinery of the nation al workships there fell into the same hands and taken to Richmond, and Fayetteville, where they are in active operation. C Ingres has now determined to investigate the facte connected with the abandonment of Govern ment property, and on motion of Messrs. Hale and Trumbull, a Committee are now inquiring in f o the matter. The country will look for their report with deep interest. ORGANIZATION CF BRIGADES. One cause of the late disaster at Bull Run was the fact that the army at that time was but little mora than a heterogenous mas of Independent regiments. This grave error will never again take place. As the new reg iments arrived here they have been organi zed into brigades and : mroediately drilled as such. The want cf such training was se ven ly felt on the fatal field, j THE FENNsVLWM \ APPOINTMENT!. | The army appointments, made at the in stance of the Pennsylvania delegation, ara at once recognized on all hands as arpoint i ments eminently "fit to be made." That of \ Gen. McCall, especially, is looked to with I the expectation that it will redound greatly Ito the ! onor of the country. There are ru mors here that still higher honors are in store for Gen. McCall. AHTII.I.F.RY COMING. If the artillery continues to come on ns it is now doing, we shall speedily have this arm o r the service in the pioper degree of ef ficiency. Every day now, six peices of splen did brass rifled cannon, with carriages, cas | sons, &e., complete, are recieved here. Maj : Barry, the chief of artillery on General Mc i Clellan's Staff, has this part of the service | in bis special charge, and will soon bring it I into a state of great t fficiency. The effort* in this direction wi I nor be suspended until we have in the field a traiD of artillery em bracing 'wo hundred and fifty brass rifled cannon, organized into batteries and com manded by experienced army officers, GENERAL BUTI.ES. It is understood here that General Butler has been summoned to Washington in order that he may be assigned to an important and responsible position elsewhere ; and not he cause the Adm;n : stratir.n aredissaiittied with his course at Fort-ess Monroe. THE DEFENCES (F WAfDINCTIN. Congress has now woke up to a realizing sense of the necessity of strengthening Wash ington ; and the House, yesterday, on motion of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, passed a bill ap propriating SIOO 000 for the erect'on of field fortifications. No time should be lost in ex pending this a - ount in the most judicious manner. It wnnld be folly, of course, for the Rebels to think of attacking Washington now. But the fortune of war is uncertain, and they are playing a desperate game. If they should dare to attack Washington, they would certainly be repu'sed. Further From Washington. COL CAMERON'S BODY TO BE RECOVERED. WA-IIISGTON, August 4. Messrs. Garman. Arplegate and Sterling left Washington on Thursday with a flag of truce, bearing a communication from tha Secreirry of War, haviDg for its object the recovery of tbe body of his brother, Col. Cam eron. They yesterday returned without suc cess, owing, it appears, to the communica tion having been addressed " To whom it may concern." and not to some particular prominent efficer in the Coidederate army. This objection removed there is r.o doubt the body can be recovered, as the place of inteimeDt is marked and every faculty i promised to accomplish that purpose. The gentlemen carrying the flag speak in high | terms of the curtcous and kind manner in which they were treated by Col. Stewait, ; commanding the first Virginia regiment, and otberifficeis within tbe field of his operations. Tbey, however, were not permitted to ap proach directly to Fairfax Court House. WHAT A GENTLEMAN SAW AT HARPER'S FERRY. Harry Coggsbell, direct from Harper's Ferry has given us several items of news of i importance, which we print for the benefit !of our readers. Gen. Banks has removed ; tbe main body of his troops to a ravine a mile southeast of the Ferry, while Double ! day's battery commands Sheppard's Ford, j and Perkins' battery commands Leesburg. ! Gen. Banks has about eighteen thousand men'in his command and is beiDg reinfor ced daily and expects, in all, this week to have about twenty five thousand men iu his ! column. He occupies Harper's Ferry now with three companies of the Massachusetts Ninth, which are quartered in what Ehelter is affor ded by what remains of the government buil ! dings. The town is completely desolated, the government work shops having beeD de- I stroyed, all labor stopped, while the necesi | ties of life cannot be purchased at any price j in the town. Should the eDemy attempt to approach on I and attack Harper's Ferry from Leesburg or j Sheppard's Ford, the three companies quar tered in the workshops would of course re i treat to the other side, and the reception of ' the enemy left to. Doubleday's and Perkins' I battery. | Our informant expresses the utmost con* ' fidence in Gen. Banks' ability to repulse the enemy, should he appear in double the force ! of the federal troops, and the move of Gen. : Banks in occupying bis prosent position is spoken of in Jtbe highest terms by ablest , army officers in that column, showing a saga city equal to the most experienced command ers in the field,
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