CDtinocral & Sentinel. C.D. MURRAY, Editor. James S. Tmld, Publisher. WEDNESDAY. JUNE, 19, 1861. S. 31. Iettengrlll X Co., Advertising Agents, 119 Nassau Slreet.New York, and 10 State street, Boston, are the au thorized Agents for the "Democrat & Sexti fel," and the most influential and largest circu iting Newspapers in the United States and Canadas. They are empowered to contract for us at our lowest tebms. Democratic County Committee. Augustin Durbin, Chairman. Alleghany Michael M'Guire, Blacklick Joseph S. Mardis, Cambria-John 31 'Bride. Carroll Jacob Luther, Carrolltown James FagaD. Chest Joseph Gill, Chest Springs Augustine Byrne, Clearfield William Rai ney, Coneruaugh liichard Sanderson, Croyle William Murray, Ebensburg Charles D. Murray. Galitzen David Mills, Jackson Ilenrv Kagcr, Johnstown, 1st Ward Eph riara Buck, 2d Ward John Crouse. Lewis Luckhardt, 3d Ward William Winner, 4th Ward Hugh Maloy, Loretto- William Ry an, Jr. Mdlville A. M. 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DURBIN, Chairman of the Democratic County Committee. The Dead. Although but two weeks have elapsed since Stephen A. Douglas, the once great tribune, who for years wielded such extraordinary influence over a large portion of his fellow countrymen, fell before the arrow of the insatiate archer, we now scarcely hear his name mentioned even among Lis most attached adherents. lie should have died hereafter. This was not the time for a pro per appreciation of the words which announced his death. There have doubtless been tears and breaking hearts for him, but only among those who were bound to him by the holiest and ten dered ties that weave themselves about the hu man heart. At this fearful period in our coun try 'o history, whan the Nation shakes to its cen tre ; when the clouds of Civil War darken the land ; when men of every rank and condition in life, are literally, in the language of Scripture, ' withering away through fear of that which is to come upon them"; when the soil of the State which is the urn of Washington has just been drenched hy fraternal blood, the first bitter fruit of this unnatural and fratricidal war, there is no disposition even among those who loved Stephen A. Douglas best, to turn aside from the contem plation of the impending National calamity, to join iu demonstrations of sorrow for his death. Dust has been committed to dust no more. Even the voice of temperate and merited praise, and of temperate and just censurs of the record of bis life is hushed. The theme is tot of sufficient importance to arrest the excitement of the tea,-, or to withdraw the public mind from the discussion of the best means to conquer the receded States. But it will not always be thus. The public career of Stephen A. Douglas was too potent eithei for good or for evil to the future of his country, to go unrecorded in the history of that country. Still, we think it will not be until the present generation of men shall have passed away, that a biographer will be found to do full and impar tial justice to his memory. It would be a diffi cu'.t matter to find a writer capable of doing so njw. However otherwise well qualified for the task, he ci.ld hardly fail in performing it, to be swayed by his prejudices either for or againt his subject. If a friend, he would be likely to pre scut him t j the world as the perfection of stale mauthip and patriotism a second Washington, who knew no motive save an ardent desire to promote the happiness and glory of his country, and totally uninfluenced by the feelings of self ishness and ambition ; while :i political enemy wo'd describe him as a selfish, and designing dem agogue, endowed by nature with extraordinary abilities, which. he used to promote his own ag grandizement, and who worshipped no God but ambition. Fi r it was in this or in that light that his fellow-countrymen have for years regarded him. To one portion he was a statesman worthy of the highest encomiums language could bestow on lofty genius, unsullied probity of character, and unselfish patriotism. To the other portion be was a selfish, time serving demagogue, to be feared the more because an intellectual giant. To them the Pott's description of a comet, seemed graphic and truthful when applied to him, "A pathless wanderer and a corse. The menace of the universe ; Still rolling on with innate force, Without a sphere without a course. A bright deformity on high. The monster of the upper sky." In reviewing the history of this remarkable man, that which strikes us as most astonishing is, the extraordinary influence he wielded over hi immediate party friends,especially during the lat ter portion of his career. He appeared to be the founder of a well defined and organized political tect, and Lis followers seemed more than friends they were in truth his devoted followers and disciples. It is said that when a new doctrine was promulgated by Socrates, it was at once ac cepted, without further consideration or exami nation as truth by his pupils. It was sufficient fur them to know that " the Master said so." And so it was in a great measure with a Senator Ponglaf. His devoted adherents appeared dis posed to at once accept as trut whatever be ut tered, and to sustain him in 'whatever position he afsumed. 1 his ,tr:ior..Iir.arv infl'iftace. although aston ishing at first view, is easilv accounted for. It i a - ' - was the result of that secret magnetic charm (if we may so style it) which has in all ages enabled J exalted Intellects to control inferior minds ; the gift of heaven to genius, lien endowed with it, have appeared in all ages of the world, and have never failed in being potent either for good or evil, in the sphere in which they moved. Such men are made for leaders, and cannot become followers it is contrary to their natures to stoop to play a secondary part. When their career is ended they do not gradually disappear from our gaze, but fall at once " like a bright exhalation in the evening," and mankind behold them with fear or homage no more. Bulwer in discussing this snbject, has truly said.that "there is a certain charm about great superiority of intellect, that winds into deep afl'ections, which a much more constant, and even amiability of manners in lesser men, often fails to reach. Genius makes many enemies, but it makes sure friends friends who forgive much, who endure long, who exact little; they partake of the character of disciples as well as friends. There lingers about the hu man heart a strong propensity to look upward to revere. In this inclination lies the source of religion, of loyalty and al.-o of the woiship and immortality, which are reudered so cheerfully to the great of eld. And in truth, it is a divine pleasure to admire ! Admiration seems to ap propriate to ourselves, the qualities it honors in others. We wed we root ourselves to the na tures we so love to contemplate, and their life grows a part of our own. Yes ! it is this love, so rare, so exalted and so denied to ordinary men, which is the especial privilege of greatness, whe ther that greatness be shown in wisdora or en terprise, or even till the world learns better, in the more daring and lofty order of crime." It was this love of genius, this inclination of the human heart to ' look upward to revere" which enabled Senator Douglas to rule the hearts and ruin Js of his followers with almost despotic sway. Deprived of them, notwithstanding his extraor dinary intellectual endowments, he would have been almost utterly poweiless either for good or pvil. The beginning of Senator Douglas' career as a public man, was decidedly auspicious, and plain ly foreshadowed the brilliant career the future had in store for him. . Circumstances which to many would have been misfortunes and disad vantages were to him real blessings. Although the poverty of his relations deprived hi ja of the means of obtaining a classical education, it prob ably saved him from the blighting effects of that system of hot house culture, which is too com mon in our colleges and " seats of learning." The education which he received was practica', and thorough, as far as it extended, and amply sufficient to enable him to act well his part as an American citizen. lie commenced his career in the great West, without money, patrons or friends, and consequently was compelled to rely on bis own resources. With no patron to thrust him forward aDd induce others to believe that he was eloquent when e-nly bombastic, and logi cal when prating nonsense, when praise was be stowed he felt that .t was merited,and soon learnt to be self-reliant and to properly estimate his intellectual powers. The growth of his intellect was consequently gradual, vigorous and healthy, and when matured, strong.niassive and splendid. Thus prepared for the great battle of life he at once like a second Napoleon, ' rushed into the arena where wealth, power and genius had ar- j rayed themselves, and competition fled before him as from the glance of destiny." His success J from the very first was astonishing. At tho eariy age of '2'2 yeais he was elevated to the im portant office of Attorney-General of the State of Illinois, and so well did he sustaia himself in this position, that he was soon selected to fill other responsible State offices, the ruTiraportant of which was that of Supreme Judge. In 1843 he took his seat in Congress, as a member of that body. Be soon attracted attention in this, to him, new field of action, and proved himself able to cope in debate with the ablest and most expe rienced members of the House. In 1847 he t ok his seat as a member of the United States Senate, of which body he continued to be a member up to the time of his deatn. He had now reached a position calculated to gratify his ambition, and to afford him an opportunity to display his great abilities as a statesman and debater, to the best advantage. His success thus far as a public man. had been both brilliant and raj id. His career in the Bouse of Representatives ha 1 been such as to place him in the front rank of American statesmen ; in the Senate he was destined to soon soar to a height of intellectual superiority, which will not likely soon bo surpassed, or even eq lalled. During the session of 1848, he offered an amendment to the bill for organizing the ter ritory of Oregon, extending tin; Missouri Com promise line to the Pacific Ocean, and supported it in the debate which followed, with his usual eloquence and ability. It passed the Senate, but was t?efeated in the House. Nearly all the dem ocratic members of both branches of Congress voted for it, while the free soilers and abolition ists to a man voted against it. Thus it was ab olition and free-soil votes which rejected the Mis souri Compromise, as a final settlement of the vexed question of slavery in the territories, and opened afresh the controversy of 1820, of which Thomas Jefferson said, that it awoke him like a fire bell in the eight, and rilled him with terror. It is thus of recoid that the Missouri Compro mise was ignored and rejected as a Compro mise by the abolitionists and their allies, a fact of which Senator Douglas made use with telling effect against his opponents, in the debate on the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Missouri Compro mise line having been rejected by the opposition . the democratic party at once adopted the doc trine of Popular Sovereignty in the territories, which had been first promulgated by General Cass in the celebrated Nicholson letter, as a dis tinct principle of its creed, and Senator Douglas immediately Wamc one of its ablest and most enthusiastic advocates. But few of our readers we presume have for gotten the memorable contest in Congress during the session of 1850. which secured the passage of the series of measures known as the Compromise ot that year, and which embodied the doctrine of TopuUr Sovereignty. There were giants in those days" Such men as Clay, Webster and Cass, the illustrious trio of statesmen who had so olttn "Shook the Nation through their lips and blazl i Till vanq-jinhed Senates trembled as tby prais'd,' to tbaje measure and lead in debate. But although surrounded by such extraordinary men and apparently acknowledging their right to the leadership, Senator Douglas acted neither an ob scure nor secondary part. lie received, and justly too,a full share of the credit cf being one of those who were instrumental in procuring the pas sage of the Compromise measures, and also as a matter of course came in for a liberal share of the odium, which in certain quarters, was visited on the beads of those who had supported those mea sures. The fugitive slave law, one of the series, was especially unpopular iu Illinois, Mr. Doug las' State, and on his return to Chicago, be found that a mass meeting was theu actually being held, for the purpose of denouncing him as re creant to bis State and the cause of humanity, in voting for that measure. He immediately enter ed the meeting, and in a speech of extraordinary eloquence and power, vindicated bis course dur ing the session, particularly his vote in favor of the fugitive slave law. The reaction produced in the minds of those present by his speech, was truly extraordinary. The storm of populir ex citrnccut and indignation was at once hushed to rest, and instead of denouncing him, resolutions endcrsing hia course were unanimously adopted by the meeting. As a triumph of eloquence and reason over the passions and prejudices of the multitude, this probably has but row parallels iu the history of the world. About this time. Senator Douglas began to attract public attention in every portion of the country, as a prominent leader of the democracy and candidate for the Presidency. He had re ceived a. respectable vote in the democratic Na tional Convention of 1848 for the Presidential nomination, but it is not likely he expected to be nominated on that occasion, or experienced anything like the emotions of disappointment at the success of General Cass. But he now deter mined to make a bold effort to secure the nomi nation from the Convention cf 1852. and the other prominent aspirants Buchanan and Cass were soon compelled to recognize him as a tru ly formidable rival. His friends, f.r the purpose of arousing a storm of popular enthusiasm in his favor, styled themselves the ' Ycung America'' wing of the democracy, and put him forth as the representative of their progrcssirc principles; while to his rivals, Buchanan and Cass, and their adherents, they applied the by no means high sounding title of " Old Fogys." Several highly scurrilous articles, abusive of "Fogys and Fogy dom," appeared about this time in the " Demo cratic Review," the recognized organ of the Young America democracy, which seriously in jured the cause they were intended to l'enefit. All this savored very much of demagogue ism, and Senator Douglas was iu a great measure held responsible for it by his opponents whether justly or unjustly it is not our province to deter mine. It is highly probable that he at least sanctioned the movement, for certainly a word from him to his followers would have prevent ed it. The result of the proceedings t-f the democratic Natioual Convention of 1802, is now a matter of history. After several days spent in unsuccess ful ballot ings for a candidate for the Presidency, all the prominent aspirants were abandoned, and Gen. Franklin P.ercc, "a new man." nominated. Senator Douglas cheerfully ratified the action of the Co nvention, and during the campaign took an active pait in support of Pierce and King, its nominees. They were e lected by an overwhelm ing majority ef the electoral and jw-pular vote. On reviewing what wc have written, we find we have already considerably exceeded the fpace usually allotted to an editorial article. Wfrrvist Our Position. I At the commencement of the present civil war. we promptly announced our endorsement of the eourse President Lincoln had pursued up to that time, and oar determination to sus tain bim in all constitutional efforts be might make, in endeavoring to save the Union and put down the Southern rebellion We feh that the time for conciliation and compromise bad goneby, and that civil war was a calamity which could no longer be avoided by the Gov ernment, without acknowledging its inability to maintain itself. We did not allow our feel ings as a partisan to lead us so far, as to ma lign Mr Lincoln when he was doing right, to misrepresent his actions and motives, and en deavor to assist in embarrassing him in the discbarge os his constitutional duties. To the position we then assumed we stili adhere, and intend continuing to do so uotil the close of the war. In doing this, we fuel that we will be merely faithfully discharging our duty as a good citizen,' by sustaining the Government which protects as in the enjoyments of our natural and inalienable rights. But while wc are determined to extend a zealous and cheerful support of the National Administration, in the proper exercise of the THE GREAT REELLION The Affray at Great Ilelhcl. Baltimore' Jane 11. The steamer from Old Poin Comfort has arrived with the following! ntclligende dated at Fortress Monroe, last evening : This has been an exciting and sorrowful day at Old Point Comfort. Gen- Butler hav ing learned that the rebels were forming an entrenched camp, with strong batteries, at Great Bethel, nine miles from Hampton, on the Yorktown road, he deemed it necessary to dislodge them. Accordioly movements were made last night from Fortress Monroe an Newport News. About midnight. Col. Paryeas Zouaves and Col. Townsnd's Albany Regiment crowed the river at Hampton, by tneaus of six large Union rren. and they ceclsiren 7 been compelled to fcjjicfji t,ir ., so lonr. it was a positive t I If ;-, curee the rebels, aad tuc:!i cu.sl: ? neard ttlore. Washington Citt, Juse 11 p best available sources it is belief entire Secession force in VirrVa , V' exceed 50,000 or 60 000. The time for the frjbn.isi. r cr w.: guments oa the M'Cormick p.ei.t case, will expire oa the 20th it. V' ojisi-iocer Halloway will not protL;T7 decision until the i-t ff Ju!y. 1 The most stifactory acrnre irt ed from Belgium that tb,-re e en ion of the fcontbern Confrdtricv i- form by that government. An Cu-u," J ly ireuriff i maniics: towards j." r States Government. The statements which the 4 1 t battaux, maned by the naval brigade, and took up the line of march- The former were forth in regard to the f-ur-r- two miles in advanc of the latter; at the fame j ed by them from that country. arE JS. time Col. IJendii's regiment and detatebmeots j on undoubted authority, to harc U.l from the Vermont and Massachusetts reiii- ly exagerraltd. ; ments at Newport News, moved forward to Tbe reception recent; v T a Cnr d" 12 lot m a junction who ine regiments irom rori- ress Monroe at Little Hethel, about half-wa between Hampton and great Bethel. To Zouaves passed Little Bethel at about four : is . 1 1 . , i : . : 1 1 O.CJOCK sx .u. utufuii 9 rcgi iicut arntci 1 c-'naei iu a .ise ariwcn t-r nnvt anil tvplr a nrsiitinn at thft interaction I4i.Tfvoni! .Tm.o 1 4 uvn .... , i y . 1 . 01 the roai. Not understanding the signal, the German j irom Viiiu vj mm govertUieLt. wi. r . I y J by an interchange of the ki-; j.L " e j and there is no doubt that t!;t- A ., ter accredited to that c.uurv i;')"tl il :T 3 -kirtijis'..Mi at Clear Spring c .r,:,:r, j. J yt-Bterday between the IIc-.-i,- UaTu iosureeuts who were a:uu,i.-.'vo j t . Dam Ne. 5. No one on Mtn;.. artillery. Other accounts say that Col Town- j but two bor.v &id o-ji u.ut, were ki.!--send's fired first At all events: the fire of the Virginia nie. Albany regime-nt was fatal, killing one man j The Viri:iiTis Lad Jcs'mci .. .1 f,. . n 17 . rm1rA'rrw nl i V . . . t - . . T..-. I... 1 I 1 al slight casualties The Albany regiment atuspott and the Firry. being driven back, the Germans discovered' t Loci. Jun-s 1'2. Ab'Uttw.L from the accoutrements lett on the fie! J that btat troops wer? 'tit from Jt-S-r? towers vested in it by the Constitution, we ' regiment, fired upon Col Townsend's column. have no idea of endorsing and sustaining it in marking in cose o.oer ana ica vj n.eui , . . P T 1 - r 1 Sutler, and also his ail, witu two piec-s of luc uwuiwireiuu 01 ucia vieany iu viuiswou 01 either the letter or spirit of that sacred instru ment. ' Let me exhort an I conjure you," says Junius, in addressing bis fellow-countrymen, ' never to suffer an invasion of your political constitution, however minute the in stance may be, to pass by, without a deter mined persevering resistance. One precedent creates another. Tbey soon accumulate and constitute lw. What yesterday was fact to day is doctrine." This if truthful and appro priate when addressed to the English Nation, is doubly so when adjiessed to the citizens of the United States. The powers confided to the President are distinctly defined and limited by the Consti tution. It is his duty to look to it as his guide in the discharge of his official duties, and when he arrogates to himself powers with which it does not clothe bim, he is a usurper, and instead of sustaining him, it is the duty of every freeman to condemn him The doc trine of the British Government that the King can do no wrong," has never been adop ted in this coontry. aud applied to the Presi dent. Indeed during the last four years, a large number of the American people seemed to think that the President could do nothin that was right. Hut it is different now. The men who would not admit that Mr. Buchanan couIJ do anything right, now seem to regard the supposed enemj was a friend. They had in the nieau time fired nine rounds ith small arms and a field piece. The Z -uaves hearing the fire, had turned and fired al.j upon the Albany boys. at day-break Col Allen's and Col. Carr's regiments moved from the rear of the Fortress ; rreseut to the support of the min body. The mis- Upward r f seven bcidrt'i s'a?. ti take at liule Bjthel having neeu ascertaine-d, j cspea from Viritjia wui.fi ;:lc- i-i-tt tbe buildings wre burned, and a Major, j and are now held by tbe nwc-ruiLcL: the PaciSo llai-rc'itd lt night, ai j ji - G-sc")iiade Lriijie. thirty u.ihs t:. Jefferson was burned by or j;r f authorities. The tekj:ui-h Wirt. short distance from Jt u ts-:; . r.-j J tens rrc Ioit:ii.n Ij ClUae rc,i:- , 1 r 1 - cooTri2U3 01 war. t aiu tj t j seven hundred thousand djllars Ovir K fL':tive slaves frlz cro-?t-d the !:. nje iurj Jl,rV a. ..: day aiJ I juviay n'its of U-t V lrdt-rj. have oeen l-su-j t tL.ec with two x rmiuent seciouist, naoied Liv ery and Whiting, were made prisoners The troops then advanced upou Great Beth el ia the following or ier; Zousve. Col. Ben edix, Lieut. Col Washburn, Col Allen and Col Carr. At that p iint out regiment form ed siiu successively endes voted to take larpe j ants tf all tbj navy yard? toi?b marked battery cf tbe secessionists. The j novr on hand with the um -: ; eff;rt was futile our three small piece? of j are 111 ships of war n;w a5 artillery not beihg able to ecpe with the heavy j will s n I; sia'.icnej ct tLe ; r , , ! rifled cannm of the enemy, (according to lemp 'ils of cu'rr, so.hr acconr,i?, miriy in numoer. ; i JJaltii!Ci:e. Jufje 1 i.L ;r n-bel batJery wa so completely u akei t at ; t,e Aiutr.c t-t cSee, t.v : no men could be seen but the Cashes of guns ; t iiruir. t ! the I ril.'c it M ... - nly. There were probably n-t b ss than 1 corresrH.l. r.t hoard b oue thousand meu behind the b rebels alter of the ! p tu ,ee ,u t .r c-; ; h i ri'i,e from lh Man, 2; : - v en concerts ir. ?meot migr.t have s? ' hurrviujr i at .f Harp-rM'-n v a cured tbe position, bat Bryaiier Gen-ril : j.,.s:rh:c." ile $aTS th- f.,, w: , Pearce, who commanded the expedite. t,v tSrrl ..-.-hL-i ,,i .i.'.' r- . . , ., .... . I. i . I r -,rri J i. . i. it as tittle less man nign treason to assert that i tinc" l J ult '-? us prestuce e-. m:na. ii.e ; Wtre IU Jvti;i ? town.- is W Abraham L He incorn can do anything that is j Tr?? 1'nt stood hor expo-cd to .,1, . . . .. . . . . galliDt: Gre. An order t retreat was at last ' 6 ..r, , elieTit baf at hat Dt0ir(.Dt Jieut Greebi of , TI.,; FOLLOWINtJ i. a of the Cn.te.i btates Army and in command S nunjerua,.tur!S c.,rs!av; -of the artillery was struck by a oannou ball.! . , - , ,, and instantly killed. He- hU spiked his j t,lter s t" r-: and was gallantly tndcavorins !o wi-hdraw : Caxavdaui a. Jv :, ; in suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain sections of the coun try, although the Constitution dutt not vest in him the power of doing so. He is also right, they tell us, in treating with contempt the de crees of the Supreme Court, and the venera ble Chief Justice of said Court is a traitor in revising to ir.orr ar.d nii.-eoiistrue the Cou- his coma and therefore for the present close. We will, how- si:utioi. lort'ities of this kind mar suit ever, resume the subject again, probably iu:U ( s..:ne people but iht-y d ) not suit us, aul wc wet'K .- cannot and will not endorse tbem. Mr. Lin- Ilad Appointments. -a-Il. a'theugh Pi. si lent e-f ihe United States. The disastrous result of the acl iou at Great nothin- but a fallible n.au. and we there- Lethel, between the U. S. troops and the Sc cessionists, shouk' teach the Xati tration a valuable lesson. Acco accounts we have received, the der.v.t of emr Captain George W Wilsos, of the Troy j Gents As wo are 1 j Regiment after order had been given to re- cac,,5e TOU tMf Mv.eilF;.t .:f , treat, took possesion of the gun. enj w:ih 1 " , . ' c I Quartermaster McArtlmr brought if off lb J tn " r " i-tnae:i Put-::. ! .: j forwar-3 via Michigan Si:h-::u il fir-Id with corpse of the beloved Lieutenant They brought them to Fortress Monroe th ei ki iney nrougnt tuem to tortress lonroe thi " :ed. U iio. Bt, Clav u svening There are probably twenty-five purchased several d,z.: u ailed and one hundred wounded. I , , . Luu.et.ant Butler oosrves th, neatest tL" SUIMK"r tbt ns and the Sc . - i . l- i t ! several of the latt 1 auu l"b 1 : :oie u.tend to sustaiu him only when we be- u T. i ational Adminis- t ,- . . . , ... . J ... I hpre II sn"l ordin- to all tb. 1 " "r ' 8D 1 Tte biM when j McChesney's re-i troops was attributable to the unsoldiero'u con duct of Gen. Pierce, who lost his self possession at the very time when it was imperatively de manded. This illutrates the evil effects which will flow during the present war, from the War Department making appointments not fit to be made. Brave soldiers cannot accomplish any thing, if commanded by ignorant, inexperienced, ra.h or cowardly officers. No man is a military officer by intuition. A knowledge of the pro fession of arms can only be acquired by careful and patient study j but this will net make a per fect and accomplished military officer, unless na ture has been liberal in furnishing the talents necessary to reduce the theoretical knowledge acquired to practice. It is nonsense to suppose that because a man is an eminent Lawyer or Statesman, be will make an excellent General, Colonel, Major or Captain. The reverse will generally hold good. Nature and Education must combine to make a rood military officer, and when they fail to do so, a verj' inferior arti cle may be looked for. The Secretary of War in making appointments, seems to pay little or no attention to the abilities or qualifications of the persons whose claims are submitted to bis consideration. It is sufficient for him to know that they are his pets and favorites and promi nent politicians of the Republican Party. Men have been appointed to high and responsible of fices in the army, who probably never shoulder ed a musket in their lives, and would not lave cut a respectable figure as Captain of a militia training in the ollen time. This is a matter to which a step should be put to at once. I aw yers. Doctors and Eelitors are the class of men from whom the enlightened Simon, who so long presided with much dignity over the destinies of the "Middletown Bank," teems disposed to make all his selections for military appointments. The graduates of West Point and the Veterans of the Mexican War are decidedly belontpar. They are nowhere when a Uwycr or a politician pre sents himself, aud soliuts an appointment It U said that one of the editors of the New York HbrW, who knows just as much about a sword or musket, as a hawk does about a hand saw, has been commiisioned as a Brigalier-General in the army. This thing must be stopped im mediately, if the Government desires to avoid a series of disastrous defeats of our army in the present war. ;i u:.o-v in a i t wroiii nothing extenn a'i og nor si tting 1 in au -lit in malice. 2T All should 0vt fail to read the adver tisement of Prof. Wool in to-d.yV p,,. LETTER FROM CAMP WRIGHT Camp Wright, Juno 15th. 'CI. Friend Mcrrat: I promised you before I left the mountaiu that I would write occa sionally when wc got into camp, an 1 give you a description of our journey and manner of living. No'hing of importance occurred after leaving Wilmore station we arrived at Pittsburgh dry and hungry and immediately left for Camp Wright. It was two o'clock when we reached Hulton station. The Camp is but a short distance from tbe station and is delightfully situated surrounded by lofty mountains and having tho Allegheny river and canal at a convenient distance. After resting a short time at the station, we were marched into camp and put to pitching tents for tbe accommodation of our Company." The men worked faithfully, though they had nothing to eat except a few cakes from the time they left Ebensburg until 7 o'clock. P. M. Our rations are excellent and plenty of them we have a regular cook in onr Com pany, one who has followed the business for the last two or three years. The men are in great need of blankets, none being yet issued by the State 1 'ine boards answer the place of mattresses and a few extra tents are used for coverlids. A fight occurred at Hultoi station on Thursday evening last ; some of the Erie boys made a charge on a lager beer saloon, tearing down the sign and handling the proprietors in a very promiscuous manner. In less than five minutes about two thousand men bad congregated in the vicinity ot the muss. The guatd bad to be called oat -Capt. Allen, offi cer of tbe guard, brought all bis skill to bear to stop a row that migjt have resulted very eeriously ; several of the men received a bayo net gouge apiece before they could be quieted. There are now about three thousand men in ramp and companies are arriving daily. Dr. D. W. Lewis visited our quarters yesterday ; the men were all glad to seo him, nothing gives us more pleasure thau a visit from our friends and acquaintances. Great praise is due to our officers and es pecially to Capt.Litzinger ; he spares neither time or moans to make the men comfortable He ia a favorite of the whole company, and the men are proud to call him Captain. I must now cloe, as wo have received orders to move our tents closer together. S. credit for briu rin r off rh kill...! an.? w ' ? ' nech mat 1 several of the latter are now in ih- II.'iu! , w:t-i v--u have been stated that Col i r bv p!;.:i.t, imeut foimc J a reserve from Wl.-J .0 C' pOVsK'laU, i'. n 1 received such hairo x c:.;: ravLdi d ;: : ?,1J about to -.1: 2; :j , r I 'nave ali i;:i Is i f jr.-.ii.-' heti i- i.oi.c i'.nt truthful: v r c T t i Hi ni t M '.r i, i. in- Yoa p!i;i.- '.v: .I .fit V V 1- mat Vyoi iiawKins regiment moved Newport Ntws djriug the uy. Much indi Iguation is manifested aguiu:-: Brigadier Gerenl Pierce. Gtn. Bu:l r La been doing ai! io his power to save our i:.en and the honor of our cause I have endeavored to k'ot alisf of th 1-i and wounded iu the affair ai Gr.-at Bethel, ii!i0, l" but succeeded only partially. ' ' tafioo. Amoiig the killed was Lieut. Gretle, of i .miri. was siruct : ,, iinon t!if pi rlir ;.?.. ,.f t.- r, - i j i n , ! ji,t? lie rc r ..e-.. - -- uc iuou(aa uy a r:oeu '. ball, which tore away tbe upper part cf bis j kutifaUy -a:J cf ILwrl : head. He was an efBci. nt i fiicer and grea.lv I It also applies to every i;::iS ue ioe-u oy nis orotucr incers, wtio. as may be expected, are keenly grieved by this be reavemeut. Orderly S-reeant Good fellow, of company D. 1st New York regiment, was struck by a cannon ball and fell dead. Tl.. V r .1 x.ittc uicuiucr in me same comranv were r ameliorations, e.:i.fort: life within the reach e who are otherwi?e tages. Kspecially n.ay i: 1 laboriously se k sndfii. is j. 1: I- badly wouudc!. It appears that t..e Albany s-rvii. health, r -r r.'s r-:- regiment under Col. Townsend. were in re- the rich ma-.'s power " We t':Ir.i :i servo. It was thought thar Lieut Cul Griu- , , T r V nell was killed as he was missing Cp.ain T1" J T - Julson Kifkpatrtck. of cmopauv A cf Zu- Lowc'1- the renowned c'o.r ot aves, was wounded in the fles-by part of th thigh, by the bursting of a shell, but t'aSlant lilt- ly led his company across the field to the attack. Baltimore Jane 16 A correspondent of ieio .lwrnoift writes Irom lliroer s Fi ana. wno. sr. urnint' tLe ir.--- t fame. dt-vote bis entire a'. '.:'; r : ' menti to the discovery ( f Xaturrs s-"-tual lemcdies for Gicac. Ltt ' bb that th rearguard left there at noon yester- j "FT1! il 10 a': a.ue, day. and that last night he army was tu- druggists, at such low price t--jt sing Las been revea 't-d. .?r camped on Shirley's Hill, near Charleston on which John Ir,WQ was bung, and nine miles from the Ferry. A full regiment of one thousand men crossed the Shenandoah and proceeded towards Le-burg. but tbey may have taken a side road leading to Win chester. The batteries of power I ul cuns t-aid to hav been erected on the mouutaitis on th Virginia side had no existence. There was but one battery of Mnall guns on tbe heights, commanding tbe bridges, all of which have been carried off. The secessionists alleged that three car-loads of coffee and sugar, stoo ped there from tne west, were found to con tain strychnine, an! were emptied into the river. None of the piers of the bridge are dam aged, aud it is expected the engineers will be able to put up tressle work across, ax.d travel be resumed in three or four cabs The reported destruction of locomotives is said not to be true. The Union men of Martins burg disabled the engines before the arrival of the rebels, aid the engineers ran off, rcfu sine to WvMk tin :a. All the iuhabitants, ex cepting ab.ut twentv, had abandoned the town expecting a great battle to take place lich may alike erj y its l and Knquirer, Portland, M1. nirrliniM IloKniid BitIf0 The Philadelphia An. infi late eshibition held io that city ty iin Institute, 6ys : "In noticing medicines, we f l ' tremely cautious unless atifiid cilu of the article. Ani'c; tb.e -1 " tbe celebrated Holland i ittcrs. cine has leen extensively lLtro- ery State io the Union, aod an Province, princ?T-V; 7 years. The cxl i ' ' I cvrr lancrun .to I'lulSU ilt which we notice one from A M. Clavton. of Plcwarc." "Dyspepsia, Headache an by which all persons are more " ted. can usually be cured hj t','4: ate evercise, wholesome fo?d, J Bctrhave's Holland Hitters one iiin1 tuerc Those that remained were intense each meal."--BaWmor' $ rh a c "751
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