CJe. Ctntn democrat.
"bellefonte," pa~
Thursday Morning, Oct. 31 61.
J. J. BRISBIN, EDITOR & PUBLISHER.
W. W. BROWN, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
um 11 "Ai 1 1 11
TO THE TAX COLLECTORS OF CENTRE
COUNTY. — Lam in great need of money.—
I cannot get along without it. The time allotted
you for the co.L-otirn of your Duplicate has ex
pired. You are liable to distress aiu execution
at any time. Ido pot with to put cost upon you.
Why cannot you collect the tax in obedience to
your Warrant and thus save us a very unpleasant
Uuty T fcome of you are back over two years.—
This state of things cannot be permitted any lon
ger. It is not my fault that there is no money iu
the Treasury. I want you to collect immediately
all tbe money on your Duplicate, and send it, or
briDg it to me, not later than the Third Monday
of November, it being the fir.-t day of me adjourn
ed C mrt. Ly BO doing you will aid me in main
taining the credit of the COUDIT, and save your
selves trouble and costs.
Very Respectfully, Ac ,
AY. W. CRCAYN. Treaeurer.
, —Execntion will be issued on all defaulting
Collectors immediately after pie November Court.
I hope tc be spared this painfsl duty. AY. W. B.
Bay of Thanksgiving and Praise.
The following eloquent and appropriate procla
mation, appointing a day of general thanksgiving
and p. aise, has just been issued from the Execu
tive tfficeof Pennsylvania. 'Jhere is something
in tbe composition and tone of this production,
• nlike any other proclamation on the same sub
ject which has ever issued from the same depart
ment, and we cannot but commend both its ele
gance of diction and really eloquent sentiment:
fSNKSYL VAX IA, SS:
Jn the nam* and ly the authority of th* Common
w*aith of Penneylvania, AMUIKW (J. CURTIS,
(roeeruor of taid Commonwealth.
PROCLAMATION.
Wusßxii, every good gift is from above and
ecmes down to us from the Almighty, to whom it
is meet, right and the bouuden duty of every peo
ple to render thanks for His mercies; Therefore
I, ANDREW G. CURTIN, Governor of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania do rrccouimesd to tbe
people of this Commonwealth, they set apart
Thursday, 28fA of November next,
as a day of solsmn thanksgiving to God, for hav
ing prepared our corn and watered our furrows,
and blessed the labor of the husbandman, and
crowned the year with His goodne.-s, in tbe in
crease of the ground and the gathering in of the
lruits thereof, so that our barns are filled with
plenty: and for having looked favorably on this
Commonwealth, and strengthened the bars of her
gates, and blessed the children within her, and
made men to be sf one mind, and preserved peace
in her borders; Beseeching Him, also, on behalf
"Of these Unite i StaCes, that our beloved country
may have deliverance from these great and ap
parent dangers wherewith she is compassed, and
that the brave and loyal m.en now battling in the
field for her life may have their arms made strong
and their blows neavy, and may be shielded by
His Divine power, and that He will mercifully
atill the outrages of perverse, violent, unruly and
rebellious people, and make them clean hearts,
and give thsm grace that they may see the error
of their ways, and bring forth fruits meet for re
pentance, and hereafter, in all godliness and hon
esty, obediently walk in His holy command
ments and in submission to the just and manifest
authority of Republie, so that we, leading a quiet
and peaceful life, may continually offer unto him
our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.
[l. s.j Given under my band and the great seal
of the State at Uarriiburg, this sixteenth day of
October, in tbe year of our Lord, one thousand
tight hundred and sixty-one, and of the Com
monwealth the eighty-sixth.
By the governor; A. G. CURTIN.
EU SAIFER,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Great Naval Expedition.
The great naval txpidition which I as been
in aouree of preparation for several weeks
past at New York and other ports on the
Atlantic coast, was at last accounts anchor
ed in Hampton Roads, off Fortress Monroe,
all ready to sail. The total number of ves
sels employed is about 80, including steam
ers, frigate*, guoboats and transports. The
transports are all armed. Between 30,000
and 40 000 of our best disciplined soldiers
accompany the expedition. It must be
boms in mind that this vast body of troops
can act altogether independent of the fleet,
as tbe steamers and gunloacs are all fur
nished with marines and Gained gunners.—
But it is obvious that the land forces are to
act in conjunction with the fleet, from the
fact that the latter carries with it some five
bundled serl boats, and other facilities for a
simultaneous landing of ihe soldiers. Va-t
quantities of shot, shell, ammunition and
army stores are carried by tbe transports.
The deetination of this grand expedition,
Is of course, unknown. It cannot fail, how
ever, to carry terror and consternation to
the Southern heart from this fact, for tbe
wholesome lesson administered at Hatteras
hat taught them tbe bitter truth that on the
seas at least we aie sole umpire. A great
blow is impending to the Sruih, and whether
it falls on New Orleans, Charleston or Sa
vannab, it will be calamitous and irreniida
ble. May God send propitious winds ie
speed this noble expedition <fa noble cause
gloriously on its way, and vounehsafe to
its proud flag a lasting victory.
Ilasty Condemnation of Officers.
Another instance of the gross injustice of
hasty judgements has just been given in the
case of the heroic Baker. lie was said to
have disobeyed ordtrs in his anxiety 10 make
milimry leputation fur himself. Yet it now
appears that he only endeavored, with sub
lime self-devotion, to oarry out written in
structions found on bis dead body, tbe paper
pierced with one of the five fatal bullets by
which be fell—a draft on bis duty literally
accepted with heart's blood. This example
of wrong dor e to a noble name should 6ub
gest at Ifas. as much justice m handling the
eharnoteis of our (fiicers in their perilous
service as it meted to a prisoner on trial—
that they shall le pmuned innocent until
th-y are proven guilty.
General Fremont.
Those of cur readers who have he'd an
unwavering faith in the militsry skill and
prowess of Gn. Fremont, have reason to-day
to be proud of that officer who has advanced
upon the rebel fortes with an energy and
determination that will go far to disprove
tbe allegations inade against him, and to
strengthen too hold that he has on the yast
body of our loyal coantiyman, especially in
the Northwest. He has driven the rebel
•orde troia Springfield, and within tbe pres
ent week, will no doubt pursue tbeir broken
columns aorufs tbe bound tries of Aika&eas-
Pennsylvania.
HER AHMED FORCE IN THE ARMY FOR THE UNION.
We printed an article in yesterday after
noon's edition of th* Telegraph, containing a
statement of the forces. each State was
supposed to have among the armies of the
republic, in their various camps along the
whole line from the Atlantic to the far west.
In that statement the force of Pennsylvania
is put down at 55,8C0men, while New York
is rated 90,500 and Ohio at 67,100 men, leav
ing the Old Keystone far behind iD the em
tribution of soldiers to fight the battles of the
Union. But wbeD we state that we derived
these figures from a tabular statement pub
lished in thr New York papers, the Penn
sylvania reader will understand the fact ol
our own State beiDg plowed below both Ohio
aud New York in this computation. A care
ful perusal of the following figures compiled
from official sources, will also prove that the
contribution of troops by the authorities of
Pennsylvania, witn the enlistments made
within her borders from among hei very best
people, far exceeds that of any other Com
monwealth in the Union. It exceeds all oth
ers Dot only in actual numbers, but her force
is larger iD proportion to population,
than that of any of the loyal States now all
so gallantly battling for tha defence and per
petuity of the Union.
—We submit this stalement, prepared, as
we stated above, from official reeoids, as the
most correct and relial le estimate that has
yet been male as to the ac'ualoontiibu im of
men, by Pennsylvania, to tbo federal forces.
It is a plain grooping of faots in figures, the
perusal of which must be gratifying to every
Pennsylvania:
Under the first requisition of the general
government, Pennsylvania furnished—
-25 Regiments, numbering in in the
aggregate, 20,175
These were the three months men,
put iDto the field in April, whose
term of service expired in July last.
She also furnished—
-4 Regiments, called by the United
States directly, fur three years or
during the war, amounting in the
aggregate to, 5,594
These four regiment were put in
to tbe field previous to the expira
tion of tbe three months term of en
listment, and are of course still in
the strvica.
Also—
-15 Regiments, constituting the
Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer
Corps, comprising 13 regiments
of infuntry, 1 of artillery, and 1
of cavalry, numbering, 15,653
Sbe has now in the service, including the
four regiments just mentioned, and the Penn
sylvania Volunteer Reserve Corps—
-50 Regiment s, of which six are rifle
regiments, and 6 Companies of
infantry, numbering 55,407
6 Regiments of cavairy, numbering G,G2B
1 Regiments and 3 Companies of ar
tillery, numbering, 1,545
making an aggregate in service of 63.580
If to this be added the men of Penn
sylvania enlisted in Western Vir
ginia, in the District of Columbia
volunteers,'in the Maryladd bri
gade, in regiments along the
northern border of the State, and
in Philadelphia for regiments ot
other States, estimated at, 6.400
the above aggregate of men now
in service is swollen to, G9.980
She is now preparing to enter the service—
-24 Regiments of infantry, number's 25,128
5 Regiments and 4 Companies of
cavalry, numbering 5 650
2 Companies of artillery numbering 312
making an aggregate of 31 090
Of the regiments preparing for service, sbe
has no in camp ready to go into actual ser
vice—
-9 Regiments of infantry numbering 9,423
3 Regiments of cavalry, numbering 3,414
making an addition of 12,837
to the G9.980
—now in servioe,
and showing rennsylvanians actu
ally in the field to the number of 82,817
When the remaining 17 Regiments
and 6 Companies, numbering 18,253
men, now preparing, shall be
ready to enter the service, which
is expected will be accomplished
within the next Bix weeks,
It will appear that Pennsylvania's
contribution to the war, exclusive
of the 20.175 three months men,
mustered out of service in July
last, will be 101,070
The quota of men called for from Pennsyb
vania by the last proclamation of the Presi
dent, was 75,000, and thus it is shown by
the above, that the authorities have succeed
ed in exceeding this amount by twenty-six
thousand men ! In doing this, it is also wor
thy of notice, that there are throughout the
State thousands of men ready to respond to
any further requisition that ni3y be made
on the authorities of Pennsylvania for in
creased numbers, and there is material yet
left among our mountains to form at least
fifty more regiments, if it is deemed necessa
ry that the old Keystone State should con
tribute that increase.to suppress rebellion.
These statements, based on the most reli
able facts and figures, show a result 6uch as
no other State in the Union can exhibit, not
witstanding the social and religion organiza
tion of our communities renders a vast por
tion of our people conscientious on the sub
ject of bearing arms againt their fellow men
in any cause or for any purpose. Ir. Phila
delphia, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks and
Chester counties, where the Quaker senti
ment and religion to a large ex'ent prevail,
the enlistment of men was immense—and in
counties also where the Mennonite sect num
bers a vast portion of the population, the
same energy was manifested to swell our ar
my end contribute financially to the support
of the Government. Beyond Philadelphia,
there are counties in the Commonwealth
which have forwarded entire regiments, while
along our borders, as we show in figures, the
enlistments for other States was immense.
Taken altogether, we submit this state
ment with pride, because it places Pennsyl
vania in the position justly her due, of hav
ing, first, given birth to the Declaration of
Independence, second, that the convention
to form the Constitution was held within her
limits, and now sho sends forth from her
midst, and from among her bravest and most
hardy sons, a larger force to sustain the Dec
laration of Independence and vindicate the
Constitution and laws, than has beeß con
tributed bv any other Commonwealth in the
Voieo.—ffarrisburg Telegraph,
THE CE3VTRE DEMOCRAT.
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.
HEADQUARTERS PENNSVALLET INFANTRY. ")
CAMP GRIFFIN, OC*. 22d, 1861. V
Near Lewicsville Virginia. j
MR. EDITOR :
I am not certain whether
my last communication, written just after
our arrival at Washington ever reached you
or not. We have not had pleasure of seeing
any of your issues in our camp, and we give
you due notice hereby, while we are duly
sensible of tbe dignity, power, and privileges
of the press, we are fully resolved that you
shall be compelled to live in ignorance of our
brilliant achievements, " away down in
Dixie" for all the future, unless you recipro
cate, and gladden our eyes with the sight of
something that belongs in Old Centre. We
have seen wetter days than the one we are
spending, but a more muddy and disagreea
ble one, if we ever experienced it, we have
forgotten.
Perhaps yon would like to know what we
are doing. You might possibly be interest
ed to know what we have done. Just now
we are doing nothing except eating, smoking
and sleeping, things we never nfglect attend
isg to, unless it be fir want of tbe raw ma
terial. Most of our time is spent in drill,
when the weather permits it. We have had
a good portion of " Cloudy" and " wet
weather." Our Camp is rather low, and so
fiat that the water did not know which way
to run until we made ditches for it. In fact
I have the authority of one of the " boys" for
the declaration chat it came into his tent
without kDocking'or being invited, " to get
out of tbe rain" be reckoned.
The lourty-ninth after six weeks of service
baa lost no man exeept the two who
were killed on our trip to Baltimore.—
We have fewer men in the Hospital, (an
empty House near our camp) than either of
tbe other Ragiments in the Brigade; we have
none dangerously ill, considering the bard
ships we have undergone, and the youthlul.
nesß of most of the Regiment, we Lave been
remarkable healthy.
i We have bad but little idle time since we
crossed the Potemaa. As though it were an
omen of our future experience, it rained on
us all tbe afternoon we marched from
ington across the chain Bridge and into our
first bivouac, for we did not camp the first
night. The reason why, was, that it was
very dark and very wet, and a wagon upset,
and our baggage train could not and any
road to us. Wa built fires and stood around
them, or lay down with our feet to the fire
and waited, and growled at our luck, or
laughed at our misery till daylight. It was
interesting time, our firit night on Ibis side
of the river. We were right by an old
house in which all, who could were crowded.
Tbe floor of tbe second story wa* gone, but
a man could lie with safety on the ceiling
though the few lathee he might stand on
would not support one. Our Adjutant ie not a
small man, and he tried the endurance of
tbe ceiling to such an extent, that it dropped
him, and skinned his face. The sceDe was
interesting then. The boys was came out of
tbe bouse pretty fast, being under tbe im
pression that it wag coming down, when it
was ODly the Adjutant. Our fires were large
and econ there was a circle of shoes around
them, the owners thereof dreaming of their
homes, or perhaps the "girls, tbey left behind
them." There were also those wno had, or
took, only privileges. But unfortunately for
the dreamers the old Stable " was all, and
the fire ceased to be eo hot, and a circle
formed inside the shoes, of dreamers too, and
afterwhile one after another of the outsiders,
all bis pleasant visions dispelled, got up and
said he was chilly, and wanted to know why
they did not put more wood on the fire.—
Morning came and we discovered, first where
we were, next, that-wc had come the worst
road and,that we had wadd through tbe
stream when we might hate crossed over it.
Since this fissA night we have moved our
Cauip twice. On both occasions we have
had to wait for our Commissary to follow us (
and have been denied ihe bountiful rations
Uncle Sam provides for the space of twenty
four hours, and in the ease of those who go
on Picket for forty-eight, all for want of
transportation. By the way we think it
strange that our Brigade has such limited
means of transportation when we hear that
the Government bos more teams than it
needs.
We have been constantly on the advance
of the army until a few days since, when the
Reserve Corps passed us and went towards
Leesburg. Our duties at first were princi
pally chopping dawn'the woods, building
bridges., and making roads.
Our Picket duty has been heavy too, for
we bad a line of Pickets several miles long.
On one ocasion all the men in the Regiment
were out on duty but six. For the last two
weeks however we have not had so much to
do and we have improved the time in drill
ing. Our Regiment has been complimented
by our Brigadier lor its rapid improvement,
and when we remembered that we had no
opportunity to drill before we have done
well to learn what we kn )w. We are learno
ing tfie skirmish drill. We drill with knap
sacks on, and as we are Kept at it nearly all
day, beginining with forming a line of Battle
at dawn, and ending with Press Parade at
Sunset the boys are tolerably tired sometimes
and "don't care if they do miss that knap
sack drill."
Peroape you would like to know what
Picket is like. As your correspondent has
s.-en tbe thing under different circumstances
perhaps he can give you an idea of it, We
start from the stations an hour before day
light so as to relieve the old guard at dawn.
The reason of this beiDg the time of relief is,
that it is the most usual time of attack, and
in case of one, the Picket are then double the
usual force. Picketing is very unpleasant
in rainy weather, as you would be convinced
after one trial. The men are posted by re
serves and stations; The reserves consist of
twenty or thirty men, to whom the men from
the stations rally when attacked. If it can
be done two or more reserves join and re
treat as slowly as possible toward Camp, ma
king a stand at every favorable opportunity
and fighting as obstinately as they may with
safety. The great object is to prevent the
eDemy from cutting them off, and to give the
men as much time to prepare for the attack
iu Camp as can be gained by keeping the
enemy back. During the day part of the
men may sleep a part keepiDg watch. At
night not a man dare sleep either at the
posts or reserves, and every one approaching
must promptly respond to the sentinels bail
" Who comes there V There are from three
to five men on each station. We are ordered
not to fire except when attacksd or appro
ached by a superior force. Persons appro
aching the lines without the countersign are
compelled to surrender and sent to headquar
ters. RefnsiDg to surrender are fired
upon. Thus it is that the sons of the Key
stone keep watch and ward about the gates
of the Capital.
We made a reconnoisaDce on Sunday last
in company with detachments from the other
regiments of the Brigade, and our Battery,
(Motts.) We went out towards Fairfax and
then deflected toward* Lsesburg, in all a
distance of eight miles. We were drawn up
just OR this side of a hill which we have
since learned is called Flient Hill. One of
the Cavalry who accompanied us, and went
on by the Fairfax road was mortally wound'
ed by a rebel picket. I see by the Tribune
that we saw a great many Rebel Pickets
from the brow of tbe hill, but as X did not
take the trouble to look over the hill I can't
say whether we did or not. We grow very
careless of passing events. None of our
company I believe cared enough About tha
enemy to go twenty rods to see what was be
yond us. Gen. McClellan came out and
took off his hat to our grateful present arms.
He is a fine looking fellow and rides a good
horse, I don't know whether •* he knows how
to keep a hotel" or not, but I believe he can
command an army. Just as we cama to the
hill and the cannon commenced wheeling off
the road, a beautiful young lady came from a
little bouse beyond, waving a white handker
chief. Our boys understood it as a welcsme,
and their eyes brightened, but I think she
feared we were going' to open fire, for she
said as she came up " 1 thought you were
going to fire." She seemed much pleased to
find we were not, and I presume that the
Rebel Pickets were elose and that she was
aware of it. Perhaps a brother was iu their
midst, aDd about whose welfare she was
anxious, or acquaintance bad been formed
with someone who had been there on Picket
from tbe other side. We heard of such
things in war before. We came back in
good spirits and have been busy since try
ing to keep dry. We have no difficulty in
keeping cool. Now dont forget to send us
the Democrat. A lew words as to the elec
tion. We care nothing about party, all we
are sorry for is that the true Unionists of
both or all parties did not unite, and that a
few secessionists and compromisers got office
tbrouh partizan votes. We do not consider tie
expression of Centre county of much impor
tance, on account of the well known igno
rance of the southeast portion of it. Such a
people are unfit for self government and it is
fortunate that they have the majority in but
few sections. We can also see the indiffer
ence of the men who had pressed the Republi
can Party into service to preserve a tariff to
secure their personal interests, and (hen be
cause they feared the effect nf a conflict, were
ready for the same reeson to sacrifice all that
tbey had professed to be noble and just and
right. We hope the time will come when
ignorance will ceuse to rule tbe county, and
selfish business will be unable to shape pub
lic policy to serve private interests. The on>
ly question before u now, is, whether the
people of this coußtry ought to rule it, and
the will of the majority be carried out, and
all others are subordinate or they are dead
questions. Yours very truly
A. B. 11.
" Deep Calleth Unto Deep."
Tbe Pacific has spoken to the Atlantic—
not cercuitously by the thunderous sound of
waves through the stormy Straits of Magel
lan, or along the slow current of a Gulf
Stream meandering around the watery world
but by the unheatd voice of the lightning
and through tbe liquid channels of the air.
In plainer language, the line of Telegraph
from the Pacific coast to tlje Atlantic cities
has been completed, and the Mayor of San
Francisco sent yesterday to the Mayor of
New York a telegraphic message of greeting
which will be found elsewhere in our tol
umns. This great event is, in one sense, no
more wonderful than the electrio traDsmiss*
ion of intelligence from a ci y to its immedi
ate neighbor, or indeed of talking with the
tongue of lightning, and writing with its pen
through any, the smallest interval of space.
But when an invention, marvellous in itself,
is operated on so vast a scale, thought it
amazed by the grandeur of the result, and
tbe marvel swells to a miracle of overwhelms
ing vastness. And, indeed, even in this age
wbeD prodigies are our daily food, an event
like this is enough to shock, with fresh as
tonishment, a mind already stunnen into a
chronic nil admirari —into a mood that re
gards marvels themselves as matters of
course, unworthy of a moment's musing.
Jf we could longer wonder at anything, at
what could we wonder more than that thought
should thus fly, instantaneous as the light,
without change and withoutdiminution, aoross
the breadth of this mighty Continent? Sci
ence has now made tne winds her steeds: has
linked the lightnings of ber wings; and has
harnessed the waters of ber cbariet. And
now messages of love, or sorrow, or politics,
or commerce, or ordinaiy business shall thrill
through the air, devouring space and annihi
lating time, around one-eighth of the surface
of this globe upon those soulful wires. Oh,
it is marvellous beyond all prose, beyond all
poetry, beyond all fairy tales, beyond all
dreams of opium or of fever. And soon the
voiceful wires will talk, tingling round the
whole circumference uf tbe world, litterally
filling the grand figure of tbe Psalmist, '"Day
" unto day uttereth speech, and night unto
" night showeth knowledge." But we must
pause. This great event leads off the mind
though extended and radiating avenues of
thought, where reality will outstrip imagina
tion, and waking daylight put to shame the
visions of the sleeper. But the exoitement
of the fact itself, and the great pressure of
our columns, alike forbid us to venture far
ther new into ttiat rwpleodent and unimag
inable world. '
THE BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUiF.
T
Official Statement of the Loss.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.
Gen. McClellan is now ot his headquarters
and from the best data obtained at Harris
son's Island, up to late this evening, it is
believed that tbe number of killed is 79 ;
wounded in our possession and iu possession
of tho enemy 141; missing now prisoners in
tbe hands of the enemy or wondering in the
woods on both shores of the river, not ex
ceeding 400. The total loss in killed, woun
. ded and missing 620. Tnis wiil be reduced
by men returning to camp as they are con
stantly coming in.
The officers and men behaved with the
most extraordinary ccurage. Tbey wete
. pressed by a an overpowering force, but
, stood firm until their whole supply of ammu
nition was exhausted, and then retreated to
the river, and threw their guns and swords
6 into the river, to prevent the enemy from
• getting possession of them.
Col. Raymond Lee and staff were furnish-
I ed with a skiff to make their escape. The
Colonel gallantly refused, and gave orders to
k use it for conveying the wounded across the
> river. It was filled with wound.ed, who
5 reached the Maryland shore in safety. The
P humane and gallant officer was taken priso
ner. All credit is due to bim.
6 Col. Cogswell took cemmand when Gen.
- Baker fell, and behaved with the greatest
. coolness and gallantry. lie is also a priso
-5 ner.
Gen. McClellan returns with renewed con
r fidence in the action and efficiency oi his
t soldiers.
f The conduct of Gen: Baker, in his effort to
f rescue the Massachusetts and other men un
der lire, was heroic beyond description.
5 Colonel Jnshua T. Owen, of the Second
• Regimeur, California Brigade, arrived here
I to-night direct from Edwards' Ferry, and has
related the following additional particulars
j iu regard to tne reoeut engagement.
The force was seventeen hundred and thir-
tv six on our side. Of the number killed,
t wounded and missing, two hundred and thir
, ty-seven belonged to Colonel Baker's Regi
r inent.
Captain Vaughan, who was sent over to
k bring the dead, reruns that a large numbir
■ of the rebels slain were carried away, while
others wore interred on the battle field- The
; impression is that their killed far exceeded
ours, owing to the ffficiency of our artillery.
® Lieut.-Col. Wistar, who was wounded in
) the shoulder, arm and jaw, is considered out
> of danger..
, "Capt. Markoe, of Philadelphia, was woun
ded in the arm and taken prisoner.
' Lieut. Williams, of Capt. Putnam's eom
-1 pany, was killed.
j Col. Owen further states that immediately
I previously to the fall of Col. Biker, the Reb
els made a flank movement t > turn the let
ter's line. Col. Baker perceiviog this, im
1 mediately wrote an order, to be conveyed to
i the companies of tbe Tainmany Regiment
which had just arrived, and while immedi
ately facing his command to meet tbe flank
movement and about giving orders to charge
' he was killed, falling ten feet in advance ot
the column.
. The field on which the battle was fought
is circumscribed within a arra of six acres.
Lieut. Sennet, who was taken prisoner,
reports that Col. Ilatton of the Rebel army
was killed at the commencement of the un
i gagement.
GOOD NEWS FROM "GENERAL FREMONT
OFFICIAL~DESPATCH.
BRILLIANT ACTiON~AT SPRINGFIELD.
Twenty Thousand Driven out by
Gen. Fremont's Body Guard.
The Stars and Stripes Raised on
The Court House.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27.
Tbe following dispatch was received here
this evening:
" HEAD QUARTERS IN TIJE FISI.D, 1
Near HermansvUe, Mo., Oct. 26. }
"To Capt. McKeever, Assistant Adjutant
General :
" Yesterday afternoon Major Zngoni at
the head of my body guard, made a most
brilliant charge on a body of the enemy
drawn up in line of battle, in their camp at
Springfield, 2000 or 2200 strong. lie com
pletely routed them, cleared them from the
town, hoisted tho national flag on the Court
House, and retired on a reinforcement which
he has already joined. Our loss is not
great,
" This successful charge, against such very
large odds, is a noble example to the army.
"Our advance will occupy Springfi-ld to
night.
(Signed) "J. C, FREMONT,
" Major-General Commanding."
General Fremont's Body Guard numbers
but three hundred men.
Brilliant Victory at Roinney, Va.
GEN. KELLY BOVTS THE REBELS.
THREE CANNON AND MANY PRISONERS
TAKEN.
THEY RETREAT TOWARDS WINCHESTER.
NEW CREEK, Va., Oct. 27.
Brigadier Gen. KeMey marched from this
point on Friday night, and attacked the reb
els, entrenched Romney yesterday afternoon.
He routed the enemy capturing many priso
ners, three pieces of cannon, and all their
wagons and camp equipage. The rebels re
treated towards Winchester.
Our loss is trifling ; that of the rebels has
not been ascertained, but is believed to be
large.
OFFICIAL DESPATCH OF GEN. KELLET
WASHIMGTON, Oct. 27.
Lieut. General Scott, to-day, recp'ved the
following despatch, dated Romney, Va., Oct.
26, P. M.
" In obedience to your orders, I moved on
this place at twelve o'clock lest night, attack
ed the enemy at three o'clock this afternoon,
and drove in their outposts, and after a bril
liant actioD of two hours, completely routed
them, taking all their cannon and much of
their camp equippage, and many prisoners.
Our loss is but trifling, but I cannot say to
what extent.
(Signed) B. F. KBLLKT,
Brigsdier-general commanding.
More Pennsylvania Troops.
JSeight more Regiments to Leave for the Seat
of War.
IIARRISBURO, Oct. 29 —GOT. Curtin, in ac
cordance with instructions to received from
the War Department, has issued orders to
the following namen Regiments:—
001. Harntranft's 51st Regiment.
Col. Dodge's 52d Regiment.
Col. Brookes' 53d Regiment.
Col. Coulter's 11th Regiment.
The above are all at Camp Curtin.
Col. Davis' One hundred andfourth Regi
ment, at Coylestown.
Col. Cake'e Ninety-sixth Regiment, a
Pottsville.
Col. Guss' Ninety-seventh Regiment at
West Chester.
Also, one Regiment from Camp Cameron, '
near this point.
A Queer Story.
The Philadelphia North American says,
at the head of a file of men on their way
from New York to Washington, through
this city, we encountered a man who has
probably seen as much of real fife as any
other person living, Louis Napoleon alone
excepted. Captain B. ten years ago was a
log cutter or wood chopper in the Clearfield
pineries, working in the employ of ex-Gov.
Bigler. He lived in a cabin entirely alone,
miles away from any settler, and where the
silence of the forest was broken by no other
sounds than the strokes of his axe or the
baying of his dog when upon the track of a
deer. He was bitten one day by a mon
strous rattlesnake, but never losing his
presence of mind, he dug out the wound
with his hunting knife, and pounding into
powder his blackened pipe, he moistened it
with salvia and bound it upon the wound.—
The poison was drawn to the surface by the
application, and excepting a rigidity of
limb, which still remains, he experienced
no further ill effects from the deadly bite.
On one of his lew visits to the town of
Clearfield, for a supply of tobacco and whis
key, he chanced to save from drowning the
child of a wealthy citizen, who rewarded
him by a present of three hundred dollars.
The man never returned to his cabin, but
receiving the wages due to him he set out
for Philadelphia, where he engaged a teach
er, and in a brief period taught himself to
read. He was preaching shortly after this,
but finding himself pursuing a mistaken vo
cation he blossomed out as a cancer doctor,
in which capacity he traveled over the entire
west and south, returning to New York
with about three thousand dollars. He mar
ried a wealthy widow in New York, who
died a month after her marriage, leaving him
heir to every every dollar. He made a sec
ond venture afterwards, his wife eloping at
the end of the honeymoon with a native of
Hamburg, returning with a pile to his own
city. Disgusted with the sex, he eschewed
woman's society, and went to speculating
in patent rights, and wit ha sort of success
that in a year cleaned him of the last doilar.
lie secured a position upon the police force
of New York, and in the course of his duty
came upon a discharged convict, 'i he con
vict gave him certain information, ihe truth
of which he could not doubt. A heavy rob
bery had been committed on the continent.
The convict had been engaged in it. and
knew where the money was still secreted.
The rover purchased the secret from the fel
low, went to Europe, disclosed it to to the
public authorities, and was made the pos
sessor of a reward amounting to about eight
thousand dollars.
With this money he returned to New York
and then to Philadelphia. At the Girard
House one he met a Texan, who won
from him four thousand dollars at a single
sitting. The society of the gambler charmed
him, and he went with the Texan to Galves
ton, taking the remainder of his capital
with him. lie went upon a ranche. and was
engaged in sheep grazing, with Hon. Amos
Kendall as a near neighbor. Secession broke
out at last, and onr rover was compelled to
fly by night to Galveston, where he got upon
a vessel.bound for Cuba without any other
possessions than the clothes upon his per
son. He was twice wrecked in returning to
New York, where he arrived a mere bundle
of skin and bones.
The Union Army.
The Generals of the Union army along; the
whole line, from the Atlantio to the Far West
have now at their control as magnificent a force,
perhaps, as ever were put under the command of
any number of Generals. From reliable sources
we have coiupilod a table showing the nutubii of
troops eaoh State has now in in the field or en
their way to the seat of war :
Infantry. Can. Art. Total.
Csnnecticut, 4,158 110 4.288
Illinois, 41.000 8 000 49.000
Indiana, 30.0( 0 2.000 500 3'.500
Towa, 18, ICO 3 60(1 19.700
Kansas, 4.000 1,000 200 5,205
Massachusetts, 39.000 l5O 29.350
Maine, 8,000 1.200 8.200
Michigan, 18,784 5,8(i0 300 24.884
Minnesota, 3,000
New York 85.000 5,000 500 90 500
New Jersey, 9,000
New Hampshire, 6,00J 2OO 5.200
Ohio, 63,000 3.500 600 67,100
Pennsylvania, 51.000 4,000 800 55,800
Rhode Island, 2,628 750 3.478
Vermont, 5,000 100 5.100
Wisconsin, 10,000 1,200 1,100 12.300
Total, 38',700 35,500 5,300 425,500
In addition io the above, there are the State
and Government troops in Kentucky and Missou
ri, which miy be estimated as follows :
Government. Stat*.
Missouri, 10 000 25,000
Kentucky, 8,000 20,000
Total, 18,000 46,000
There also fire thousand volunteers raised in
California, five thousand in MaryUne, one thou
sand six hundred in Delaware and two thous md
in the District of Columbia, besides ten thousand
ref ulars, which, added together, will show the
Union land forces to number Jive hundred and
twelve thousand men. With such an army, under
good generalship, what might not be accomplish
ed ?
An Indian Outruns all England.
The Indian pedestrian, Deerfnot, wn chal
•snged to contend against three must-eele
brated runners in England, viz: Mills.
Brighton and White. The race between these
men came off on Monday, Sept. 22. Deer
foot appeared on the ground in a wolfskin
with a feather in his head-band and tinkling
bells around his waist. The Indian went to
the front at the distance of a mile and a half,
amid loud cheers. White tried then to re
cover the lead which he gained but failed to
retain, and at three miles had to succumb.—
The remainder of the race between Mills
and the Indian was very exciting. There
was not a yard between the two at the sev
inile, when the Indian forced the pace, and
on commencing the eighth went right away.
The Indian finished at his leisure, and ran
the ten miles in fifty-four minutes asd a
quarter.
Direct Telegraphic Communica
tion with the Paeific,
FIRST MESSAGE FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.
The Overland California Telegraph has
been completed.
'I he following message was received this
afternoon:—
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 1861.
To the Mayor of New York:
San Francisco to New York sends greet
ings, and congratulates her on the comple
tion of the enterprise which connects the Pa
cific with the Atlantic.
May the prosperity of both cities be in
creased thereby, and the projectors of this
important work meet with honor and reward.
11. F. TESCHEMAKBR,
Mayor tf San Francisco.
Later from Cairo.
CAIRO, 111., Oct. 28.
A party of thirty men of the Twenty
eighth Illinois regiment, while scouting on
Saturday, encountered a party of reoel cav
alry and infantry, thirteea miles below this
place. A brisk engagement ensued, in which
the rebels were routed with the loss of a cap
tain and lieutenant, and several wounded—
No loss on our side, i
BARGAIN g!
Tho undersigned offer the public the entire stock
STORE GOODS,
LATE OF TONNER & STEER,
At their Old Stand on the Northweat Comer of
the Diamond in Bellefonte.
IN LOTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS,
•IT COST FOR CASH.
THEIR STOCK CONSISTS OF
DRY GOODS, QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE,
SADDLERY, CLOTHING,
IIA TS, BOOTS A SHOES, NOTIONS, WALL
PAPER, WINDOW BLINDS, UMBREL
LAS AND PAINTS, WITH ALL THE
VARIETY USUALLY KEPT
IN A COUNTRY STORE.
WHEN THE BILLS PURCHASED AMOUNT
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WILL BE OIVEN FOR AP
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EDMUND BLANCHARD.
Bellefonte. Oct. 24th, 1881 —tf.
All Hands Take Notice! !
A eur creditors are becoming very anxious that
; we should
SETTLE UP OUR BUSINESS,
in the shortest possible time, and pay our debts,
(and as they ara ne more anxious than we
are,) we call upon all persons
WHO ARE INDEBTED TO US,
TO CALL
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
AND MAKE
SETTLEMENT OF THEIR ACCOUNTS.
If this request be unheeded, we have the offer
of that kind of assistance, that we would ralher
not have.
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AND CAN DO IT,
IF YOU WILL PAY YOURS.
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stand.
TONNER & STEEL.
Bellefonte, Oct. 34>b, 1861.—tf.
BOOTS, P§J_ SnOE3?p|j_
Don't Forget The Place ] {
THOHAS BURN SIDES'
MAMMOTH EMPORIUM,
WEST END OF SPRING CREEK BRIDGE.
BOOTS AND SHOES,
OF THE BEST QUALITY
AND 11 ATS AND CAPS
VERY LATEST STYLEB,
At the Lowest Prices.
A a-
HATS cto CAPS,
FOR THE MILLION,
AT BURNSIDES' EMPORIUM,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
JJAVE YOU SEEN"
THE BIG OX HORNS,
On Cheapside ?
UNDER THEM IS THE PLAGE
To Get Cheap Boots and Shoes,
BURNSIDES' EMPORIUM.
gURNSIDE
HAS JUST OPENED
A GREAT VARIETY OF HATS A CAPS,
OP THE VERY LATEST STYLES
FOR SALE A T PRICES TO SUIT " THE
PECULIAR TIMES."
GIVE HIM A CALL.
gUY YOUR HATS & CAPS
WHERE YOU CAN GET THEM CHEAPEST,
WHICH IS AT
Burnsides' Great Emporium,
ON CHEAPSIDE.
LARGE ASSORTMENT
OF HATS A CAPS
JUST RECEIVED AT BURNSIDES.
ON CHEAPSIDE.
1861. —OGTOBER— 1861.
A LA HGE STOCK OF NEW GOODS
JUST RECEIVED
AT BURNSIDES' EMPORIUM.
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