Democrat & SmtincL
C. D. Ml'RRAY, Editor.
James S. Todd, Publisher.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE, 26, 18C1.
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Democratic County Committee.
Augustin Durbin, Chairman.
Alleghany Michael M'Guire, Blacklick
Joseph S. Mardis, Cambria John M'Bride.
Carroll Jacob Luther, Carrolltown James
Fagao. Chest Joseph Gill. Chest Springs
Augustine Byrne, Clearfield William llai
ney, Conemaugb Richard Sanderson, Croyle
William Murray, Ebcnsburg Charles D.
Murray. Galitzen David Mills. Jackson
Henrv Kager, Johnstown, 1st Ward Eph
riam Buck, 2d Ward John Crouse. Lewis
Luckhardt, 3d Ward William Winner, 4th
Ward Hugh Maloy, Lore t to--William lly
an, Jr. Millville A. M. Greggr. Richland
Henrv ToDner. Summerhill James 13urk,
Summitville John Sharbaugb, Susquehanna
John Bearer. Taylor Amos Davis, Wash
inton Richard White. White George Wal
tnrs. Wilmore M. M. O'Neil. Yoder Geo.
W. Osborn.
Democratic-County Conventlou.
Tlie Democratic Voters of the different Elec
tion districts of the County of Cambria, are
requested to meet on Saturday, the sixth day of
t . i - A 1 1 X" .
,Iuly next, at the places aesignaieu oy law ior
holding the General Elections, then and there
to elect two persons to represnt thera in a
Democratic County Convention. The Delegates
thus chosen, will meet at the Court House, in
the borough of ELcnsburg, on monday the eighth
day of July next, at two o clock r. 21. to nomi
nate candidates for the several offices to be filled
at the ensuing General Election, and to transact
buch other business as the usuages and interests
of the partv requir. The Election for delegates
to be ODencd at three o'clock P. M., and to be
kept opeu untill 7 o'clock P. II.
A. DUKBIN, Chairman of the Democratic
County Committee.
Democratic County Convention.
The Mountaineer, in commenting on the call
for a County Convention, which it published last
week, stated that Mr. Douglass called on Mr.
Durbin, am? asked him to sign the call with him,
which he declined doing. From what we learn
from Mr. Durbin, there appears to have been a
misunderstanding between the two gentlemen
with regard to the matter. He states that Mr.
Douglass called on him, and requested him to
sign the call which appeared in the Mountaineer
last week, as Chairman of the Breckenridge
Gjimitfee, or any other name by which he
might choose to designate it, "saving and except
ing" the title of " Democratic County Commit
tee." This Mr. Durbin very properly dec'.ined
doing. Mr. Douglass had already signed it as
' Chairman of the Democratic County Commit
tee." Mr. Durbin then offered to accompany
Mr. Douglass to this place, aud have the matter
arranged, but Mr. Douglass would not agree to
do so, and so they separated. Mr. Durbin, the
next day, directed us to publish the call which
appeared in our columns last week, and at the
same time Mr. Douglass' call appeared in the
Mountaineer. From what we have heard, we are
well satisfied that both gentlemen meant well
for the party, and that their failure to sign a
joint call was the result of a misunderstanding
between thera, with regard to the terms on which
it should be issued. They are both veteran
democrats, aud we are certain the triends of
unicn and harmony, and we hope no angry con
troversy will grow out of their failure to under
stand each other on the occasion referred to. The
calls they have issued we think accomplish all
that a joint call wo'd have accomplished, if the
Democracy of Cambria really wish to come to
gether in a spirif of concord, of devotion to demo
cratic principles, and to allow the dead past to
bury its dead.' They fix the same time, the
same places for holding the delegate elections,
aud also the same time and place for holding the
County Convention. Ccnsequently the Mountain
Democracy have now a fair opportunity to unile
on terms of equality if they "so will it," and if
they fail to do so, they will hare no one to blame
but themselves.
We trust the Democracy will meet harmoni
ously together on the da- designated in the calls,
and elect rel iable Democrats as delegates, who,
when assembled in Convention, will labor honestly
and zealously to unite the party r.nd secure the
nomination of a good and available ticket. Let
there be no allusions to, or wrangling about,
extinct issues and past differences, among the
Democrats who attend the delegate elections.
Above all, let no distinction between Douglas
men aud Breckenridge men be recognized on the
occasion, but let all meet together as brethren of
the same fold, as worshippers at the same politi
cal shrine in a word as Democrats the true
friends of the Union and Constitution of onr
Country. This is the spirit which will insure a
thorough union of the party, and a brilliant po
litical triumph next fall.
We hope the Convention when it meets will
endeavor to place iu nomination the right kind of
men for the various offices to be voted for at the
nex t election. The party cantirt now afford to
waste iu strength in endeavoring to elect old,
broken down party hacks, who seem to think
they have liens against the party which can only
be cancelled by electing them to lucrative offices.
At a crisis like this, when the party is struggling
for existence, no man should be recognized as
having special claims on the party, however im
portant the services he may hav rendered it in
days pone by. Availability is the great desider
nfunt rt this time, and we must net only jd.n-e
it. the field our l-vt, !ut also O'r m ist poplar !
and available men. If we do this we can enter j
on the campaign confident of success if we fail
to do so, we may anticipate a disastrous defeat.
Although the party in thie County i not as
- .i .
strong as it was a few vears ago, we lc-nevc in.ii
it is now in a perfectly healthy condition, and
that it still commands a sufficient majority to
secure the election of its nominees tf popular men.
We rejoice that it is united once more, and we
hope it wnl contiuue so forever. . For our part
we are heartily sick of the "civil wai" which
has been going on in our ranks for years, and
"rejoice exceedingly" that an honorable, and, we
trust, a lasting peace is about to be concluded.
Heaven speed the good work. It has already
been faitly inaugurated by the rank and file of
the party. It remains for the County Convention
to consummate it. That it will do so, we do not
for a moment doubt.
Slaves Recognized as Property by
the Republican Party.
Our readers doubtless recollect, that a few
weeks ago, a number of fugitive slaves took shel
ter in Fort Monroe, and that Gen. Butler, the
commandant there, refused to return them to their
owners, although they made the demand in per
son, on the ground that the; were contraband of
war that is personal goods and chattel?, useful
to the rebels in carrying on their war against the
Government of the United States. This decision
of Gen. Butler was, after due consideration, en
dorsed and sustained by President Lincoln and
his Cabinet, and also by the N. Y. Tribune, N.
Y. Post, aud every other Re publican and Aboli
tion newspaper in the Nation. In thus sustain
ing Gen. Butler, our Republican friends have
abandoned their favorice doctrine that slaves are
not property according to the true intent and
meaning of the Constitution, and that it is the
duty of the National Government to regard them
as human beings, and not as mere chattels.
They now acknowlenge that they are contraband
goods, to be seized and treated during the pres
ent war, as so many muskets, swords, or kegs of
powder. Yerilj , circumstances alter cases.
If the Republican Party had made this admis
sion a few years ago, the United States would
not now be cursed with civil war. If slaves had
everywhere been treated as property when they
ran away from their masters, and been promptly
restored to them as such, if Southern men had
been allowed to peaceably emigrate to the Terri
tories with their property, including their slaves,
the foul spirit of sectionalism would never have
gained a foothold in the land, and the country
would now be happy and tranquil. The ignoriug
of the doctriue that slaves are recognized as pro
perty by our National Constitution, produced the
Abolition and Black Republican agitation in the
Northern States, which furnished certaiu design
ing and ambitious mou in the Southern iftatss
with arguments to convince their fellow-citizens
In those States, that the security of their property
and dearest rights was endangered by their con
tinuing to acknowledge themselves as part and
parcel of the United States, and subject to its
Constitution and laws. But we are glad our
Republican friends have been compelled to ac
knowledge the truth even at this late hour.
Only think of it, Horace Greeley, Wm. II. Sew
ard and the Republican party, of which tney
were the founders and are now the leaders, agree
that the U. S. Constitution recognizes slaves as
property Of a verity, the ae for the happen
ing of marvellous things has not yet gone by.
y- Mordecai requests us to state that if
nominated for Associate Judgo by the next Dem
ocratic County Coavention, he will not accept.
He is willing to make room for younger, if not
better, men. " Mr. Editor," said he, after re
questing us to make this announcement, " the
truth is, if I were to run I don't think- I would
stand any chaDce of being elected." 'I don't know
about that, Mordecai," we replied, " I think you
ought to run as well any man in the county.
What are your reaons for thinking that j'ou wo'd
be defeated ?" "I have several reasons for think
ing so, Mr. Editor," he replied, " and if you'll
step up to Wissel's and treat to the small beer,
I'll stote them at length." We accordingly re
pairel to the place designate I, and after our old
friend had imbibed he resumed the conversation
as follows "There are several weak points about
my record, Mr. Editor, which 1 am sure would
defeat me. The first is that I have always voted
the Democratic ticket during the last forty years.
This is enough to prove that I am an old fogy,
and not one of the progressive men of this ever
glorious ninteecnth century in the second place
I never was to College and don't understand
Latin; thirdly, I am an old bachelor." "Bather
serous objections 1 confess, Mordecai," we icplied,
" but with the exception of the last one, I think
you could manage to get around them without
much difficulty, la this country, where hand
some, marriageable ladies are, and always have
been, a plenty as blackberries, there is no excuse
for a man living until he is upwards of sixty
years of age in a state of single blessedness.
Mordecai, why didn't you get married when you
were young and in your prime?" " Well, Mr.
Editor," said Mordecai, " perhaps it would have
been better for nie if I had, but as matters now
are I am glad that I didn't. The Union is, I
fear, dissolved. forever, and that the reign of anar
chy will soon become universal in the land. Un
der the circumstances, it is a great consolation to
us old biichelors that we have no children to be
effected by this great National calamity, and
when our time arrives to die, we can bid farewell
to the world, without being pestered ia that dread
moment with any anxiety for our posteriors."
Posterity you mean, Mordecai," we remarked.
"Oh, well, Mr. Editor," said Mordecai, "you
needn't e so sharp ; you know very well what I
mean. That is not the way the pretty School
mistress, who, I am sure, is a great deal better
scholar than you are, serves me. When I make a
blunder of this kind in her presence, she neither
interrupts me nor laughs in my face, I ain't
much of a scholar, but still I cau't help feelin"
certain that true politeness springs from enter
taining a proper respect for the feelings ami
rights of others, and I am happy to know that
the pretty School-mistress agTees with me in this
op'nion." " Mordecai," we replied, you and
the pretty School-mistress arc right, aud I am
sorry I interrupted you ; say no more about it.
And now. tell me how is my dear friend, the
pretty School-mistress ? Do you think she loves
Jonathan Oldbuck, jr. ?" " She is wcl'," replied
Mordecai, and as to Jonithan Oldbuck ir., I
am sure that so far from loving him, she bates
him with all the cordiality that such an angel
is capable of hating a fellow mortal. I aked
her the other evening, for the purpose of teasi ng
her. if she reallv intended marrying bhn. No,
Mordecai, she replied, bridling u p indignantly,
and what is more, if ever I marry at all, my
husband must be a professional man ; I would
prefer a lawyer, but a doctor will do" ' Mor
decai," we replied. " I se my pretty friend is a
candidate for starvation. But after all it is bet
ter that she should starve with a lawyer, whom
she loves, than live miserably with a rich man
whom she loaths. Wealth alone will not bring
happiness. You remember what Tom Hood says
on this subject
'Alas for the love that's linked with gold.
Better far letter a thousand times told,
More honest, happy and laudible,
The downright loving of pretty Ciss.
Who wipes her mouth though there's nothing
amiss,
And takes a ki?s and gives a kiss,
In which her heart is audible.'
There is the poetry of the matter. I will give
you the prose at some other time. But really,
Mordecai, I am astonished that my pretty friend
should give utterance to such a sentiment as that
which you have just attributed to hpr" Is it a
specimen of her wisdom and good ' sense ?"
" Why, Mr. Editor," said Mordecai, you don't
expect a girl of se venteen to have all the wistjom
in the world. Did you ever know a Miss of
that age, who hadn't a great many foolish no
tions running through her head?, and she is a
a sensible girl indeed who never entertains a more
foolish one than this. As I was leaving Monk
barns this morning, she handed me this slip of
paper, remarking, as she did so 'Mordecai hand
this to my esteemed friend, the editor of the
Democrat awl Sentinel, and tell him to please
publish it. I wrote it several years ago, on an
occasion I shall never forget.' There were tears
in her eyes as she said so. Here it is, and while
you are reading it, T believe I'll refresh myself
with a glass of small beer." We took the paper
and while our old friend sipped his small beer,
we read as follows
For the Democrat and Sentinel.
TO ONE IN HEAVEN.
Sweets to the sweet ; farewell maid,
I thought thy bride-led to have deck'd, sweet
And not have strew'd thy grave. Hamlet.
Fair flowret.nipt by death's untimely frost,
Thu liest cold but beautiful in death
Pale pale thou art, but still thou hast not lost
That look of melting love as though the breath
That gave them animation once had not yet fled,
Around thy lips plays a sweet tranquil smile,
Sj life-like, that I scarce can oeem thee dead.
But that thou gently slumber'st the while.
Ah ! it is hard to lay thee in the tomb,
While what is death seem but a balmy sleep,
While cn thy checks the Lues of life still bloom.
And hope, the syren, whispers "cease to weep."
But thou art dead, and never more thy voice,
Breathirg fond words in friendship's gentle tone
Shall bid the mourners round thee now rejoice,
Turning our hearts to thee and thee alone.
Model of love, and gentleness and truth,
Too pure and sinless for this world of care.
And callM away in the soft dawn of youth,
To bask forever in Heaven's balmy air,
We will not weep fr thee as one that's dead,
But as au angel who. on glorious wings,
To her true home in Heaven hath early fled
To swell the Anthems to the King of Kings.
And we, perchance, when life's vain dream ia o'er,
And our pale forms are mouldering 'ueath the soI.
Shall meet thee, loved one, cn that "Aidea snore"
And join the ransomed children of our God.
Soothed by this hope, we lay thee down to rest.
Whispering. 'Farewell, we soon shall meet again,'
Then flowers, love's offerings, strew above thy
breast ,
And turn to earth, its griefs and cares, again.
LETTER FROM CAMP WRIGHT
Camp Wright, June 21st, 1861.
Friend Mubua y: Affairs in our beautiful
camp are assuraing a more cheerful appearance
and it will ere long be under strict millitary disci
pline. Our camp is situated on the westren
slope of a hill, opposite the Allegheny river,
and when viewed from the opposite bank it pre
sents a most beautiful appearance; the snow
white tents dotting the green sward furnishes a
beautiful field for the artist.
There are in this camp about four thousand
soldiers who are anxious for an opportunity to
exhib:t their devotion and love to that country
under whose auspices they have enjoyed so many
days of sunshine : to vindicate the honor of the
'Stars and Stripes' beneath whose folds our revo
lutionary sires rallied, which was borne so
triumphantly over the scorching plains of Mexi
co, and has been an evidence of our existence as
a nation for so lorg.
We have a great deal of amusements of every
description that can in anyway contribute
towards making the soldiers contented and
happy ; we have music of all kinds, from the
soul stirring fife down to the melodious strains
of the lute, and as some doleful piece is executed
by our excellent string band a tear often glistens
in the e3-e of the soldier as he thinks of home
and far off friend? but what a change comes
o'er the spirit of his dream, when the band
changes to some "illegant left" every nerve is
put in motion and the way old mother earth has
to take it with brogan? furnished by the United
States Government is no ways 6low. But the
dfficulty is, we cannot distinguish the men from
the women and the consequence is, that the co
tillions get "mixed up."
Our food is of a good substantial quality, and
plenty of it, such as bread, beef, pork, beans,
potatoes, coffee &c.
The officers of the "Cambria Guards" are men
to whom the company has every reason to feel
greatful always with their men faring and
during amcng the company, and no sacrifice is
too great for them in order to rendo" their men
comfortable and contented. On last Sunday
morning when we were visiteel by a heavy shower
of rain, Capt. Litzinger went from tent to tent
enquiring of his men if they experienced any dis
comforts, aud giving instructions how to keep as
dry as possible ; while he was completely drench
ed with the raiu.
I cannot cloe thh. conimuui-ration without re.
turning my heartfelt thanks to the ladies of
Ebeusburg, for their many handsome and useful
presents for the Company, of which I received a
share. Although they are excluded from par
ticipating in the battle's confusion," yet they
have manifested their patriot Um and devotion to
the cause, by their many contributions and un
mitigated efforts to promote the happiness of the
seddicrs. God bless them. May we all live to
return and remunerate them. '
More anon, Vbritas
CO We publish the following communication,
which appeared in the Johnstown Tribune last
week, merely because an esteemed friend has re
quested us to do so. and not because we endorse
the views of the writer. We have heard enough
of such twaddle recently, to be heartily sick of it.
We are perfectly satisfied with the arrangement
for running Judge Taylor as an independent can
didate for the President Judgeship in this Dis
trict, because we know him to be a pure and
upright man, admirably qualified by nature and
education for the position, and because we know
there is no chance of electing a democrat under
the circumstances. But it should be remember
ed, that the fact that ten years ago he was elected
as the candidate of a political party, did not pre
vent him from being " clear in his great office,"
and performing its duties with ability and integ
rity. If a man is pure and upright in heart, his
election to an office by a political party will not
convert nim into a corrupt scoundrel. As a gen
eral thing, a no party man is no man at all.
With regard to Associate Judges, they are mostly
mere "fixtuies" in our Courts, highly ornamental
but of very little use, except during vacation in
staying writs, hearing prisoners brought before
them on writs of habeas corpus, &c. They have
very little to do with preserving the Judicial
ermine unsoiled. Let them therefore be treat
ed by political parties like other county officers :
" Associate Judges. In view of the fact that
the citizens of this county will have to vote at
the next general election for all the i udges of our
county, and that the unanimous feeling throug
out the District is in favor of the re-election of
Hon. George Taylor, as Fresideut Judge, irre
spective of party feelings or influences, permit
me to suggest that it would be wise and proper
to pursue the same exnirse in the selection of our
Associate Judges, so as to obtain a full court,
free from party influences or prejudices. Let ts
set the example to our sister counties of having
a court entirel free from even the suspicion of
any party taint, and keep clear of the shameful
course of placing candidates for the judiciary
amongst those named for other offices by politi
cal parties. If we do so the merits or demerits
of aspirants for judical honors will be canvassed
by the people, without any reference to their po
litical faith, and they, being left to judge, will
not fail to make a choice which will keep tlm
bench pure.
I make these suggestions Loping that they
may draw the attention of the people, (every one
of whom has an interest in the matter,) to the
great advantage which is ever to be derived from
having a pure judiciajy, untrammelled either by
political success, personal predilections or antag
onistical animosities. Let the people judge for
themselves without reference to any thing else
but competency and integrity, and having done
so they will not only feel safe under the legal ad
ministration of those selected by them, but proud
of their choice and their course.
KIT A rabid secessionist, named F. D. Burke,
was hung from the third story of an outhouse
building, by a mob in Line, Ogle Gunty, Illi
nois, on the 19th inst. This outrage against law
and order shou'id receive the unqualified condem
nation of every good citizen in the land. If this
unfortunrte man had violated the laws of his
country, those laws prescribed a method of pun
ishing him.
ft- The Elections for members of Congress in
! Maryland, resulted in the success of the Union
candidate. Winter Davis was elefeated, bat by
a Union man. Secession now seems totally
! crushed out iu that State. So mote it be.
fjc?- Hon. G. M. 1 hdlas declines being a candi -date
for Congress in the second District of this
! State, where a vnftney exists in consequence cf
the resignation of Hon. E. J v Morris.
03- Kit Carson is Colonel of a regiment of New
Mexican volunteers, to light for the Star Span
gled Banner.
$y We learn that Capt. George X. Smith
will revive the Johnstown Echo in a few weeks.
Ccj- Gen. Scott has just completed his seventy
fifth year.
Better News fbom Esglasd. Our govern
ment has just received a large number of dis
patches from all our foreign ministers, of a high
ly satisfactory character, as regards the feeling
in Europe. Among the rest letters have been
received from Mr. Ad&ms, our Minister to Eng
land, in which he gives a detailed account of an
interview he had with Lord John Russell. The
present condition of this country was fully dis
cussed. Mr. Adams directed his remarks to the
position assumed by Lord John Russell with ref
erence to a recognition of the rebel government
in the Southern States, and desired to have a
clearer interpretation of his views. Lord John
Russell said he had uttered no sentiment that he
supposed could be taken as an expression against
the government of the United States, or in sym
pathy with any attempt tending to overthrow
that government. A proposition was made by
one of the parties to put their interview in writ
ing ; but objection was made to this, and for
satisfactory reasons was not urged. As a substi
tute for this. Lord John Russell assured Mr. Ad
ams that he would instruct Lord Lyons to have
an interview with Mr. Seward, and he expressed
to Mr. Adams the earnest belief and hope that
the result would be perfectly satisfactory to the
Pcesident of the United States. The proposition
of cur government to accept the doctrine cf pri
vateering as laid down in the Paris Congress, was
Btill under Lord John Russell's consideration, and
he was waiting communications from the other
European Powers.
The price of fire-arms in England has advanc
ed in consequence of the demand from the United
States. The Enfield rifles, which cost formerly
fourteen dollars, now sell for twenty-one dollars.
As the old mnskets rifled, whicn any of our ma
chine shops would soon effect, are said to be equal
to the Enfield rifle, we do not sec why wo should
pay such an enormous price abroad for arms
which can be so easily supplied at home.
Cotton Must Come The Southern Confed
eracy has prohibited the export of cotton by
Northern routes. This must be pleasant for
Union planters, bu it must and will come. A few
days ago a cargo arrive.! at New York. The
lebel flag is painted at the head of the manifest,
and the captain pays his fine of a hundred dol
lars but cotton comes and will come t s long as
wa want it.
27" All should not fail to read the adver
tisement of Prof. Wood io to-day's piper
War It rJari?Kt Great Excitement
An ouio Regiment ReptiUed.
Washington, June 21. This has ben a day
ef great excitement. Horsemen at full speed are
constantly dashing up and down Pennsylvania
Avenue on Government business. The city is
filled with a thousand rumors. Everything at
Gen. Scott's head quarters and the War Depart
ment betokens that great events are about trans
piring but all the movements, as they thould
be, are kept from the nevrspaper reporters. Ev
ery regiment is under arms. In houily expectation
cf being called upon for active merrier. But few
soldiers can be seen straggling through the streets.
The most intense anxiety io manifested in all
quarters
Skirmish following so quickly opaa skirmish,
an 1 the capture, yesterday afternoon, of a Seces
sion Captain within six miles of the city, upon
whose person was found a diagram of the coun
try ir- the neighborhood of Arlington Heights,
and a plan for its capture, have been matters well
calculated to arouse the spirit and enthusiasm of
our gallant volunteers. They are thirsting for the
blood of the cowardly iebe!s who have so meanly
entrapped, and murdered in cold blood, their fel-low-svldiers.
It it reported, and from what ap
pears to me the most reliable authority, that some
of the soldiers who jumped off the tArs in the
flurry at Vienna yesterday, were coldly and de
liberately shot down like dors, by the Rebels,
who lay "in ambush. The loss of the Ohio troops
is not definitely known, but is variously estima
ted at from ten to twenty. Sjme accounts make
the number much greater. But every allow
ance must be made for the excitement which pre
vails. The commanding officer, I understand, has for
bidden any newspajer reporter to follow the mo
ving regiments, nd the only information to be
obtained, aside from the Government officials, is
from stragglers, and on that very little reliance
is to be placed.
The repoi t, however, is that about thirty of
Col. M' Cook's Regiment are wounded some of
them seriously. They fell into an ambuscade,
and had no vayof returning tlte galling fire which
teas opened upon them from, a masked battery.
The men all behaved like veterans, while tLeir
officers displayed the utmost coolneis and iiitre- J
pidity. j
An officer belonging to the Regulars informs j
me that five men were killed outright, several
wounded and nine missing. No two accounts
apjear to agree. Like tne battle at Great Bethel
anything like an authentic account cannot be ob
tained. Hie Star this afternoon furnisher tLc following
accounts of the engagement .-
Falls Cm ue n, Fairfax Co., Ya., June 18.
WLen Gen. Schenck reached this joint yesterday,
by rail, with the Ohio regiment of Col. McCook,
they stumbled on the Disunionist's ci mealed bat
tery near Yie-nna, they were duly notified that
between a thousand and eleven hundred South
Cardina troops were ttHtioneJ there. A consul
tation was held en the cars, and s-nie of the e fH-
cers urired that discretion was the better part e f i
valor, while others maintained that they ct uld
whip them anyhow. It was determined to pro
ceed, and when the train got in sight of the bat
tery, of the existence of which no one en it
(the train) knew anything, the brakes were in
stantly put down hard to stop as quickly as j s
sible. That was at the curve just -at of Yicnna. It
was too late, however, for a shot came biicming
alor.g that, severed the connection of the heemo
tive with the train. The batterv fired sevtn shots
in all, killing. I l-elieve, five of our men and
wounding more, bt-fi-re Col. McCook erde-rel l.i?
men to seek cover cf the woods, which was all
that could be done unJcr the circumstances at
that time. The whole regiment left Alexandria
upon the expedition, which was destined to leave
a strong guard upon the railroad all the way to
Yienna.
By the time the train arrived at Fall's Church
all but three companies had been so posted ;
those three being all that was fired on b- the
battery. A u essage was sent bv the locomotive
back for l.e c-ai fn:es h-ft below, who hurriei j
up to the re: ivi of those in the woods, and the
advance of the relief got to the ground just as the
attacked parties had formed in the woods. All
the train, wo.nl cars and two pasenger cars,
were completely demolished by the fire if the
battery, the !ecomotive and tender only e-scap-ing.
Dy Telegraph from the Military Cawj'-
' To Lieut. Gen. Scott : We left camp with
six buudred and sixty-eight, rank and file, twen-tj-nine
field and company officers, in pursuance
of Gen. McDowell's orders, to go upon this exje
dition, with the available force of one of my regi
ments. The regiment selected l-eing the First
Ohio Yolunteers. We left Companies I and K,
with an aggregate of one hundred and thirty-five
men, at the crossing of the road. Lieut. Col.
Parrott, with two companies of ene hundred and
seventeen men, to go to Falls Church, and t
patrol the roads in that direction. Stationed two
companies (D and F, one hundred and thirty-five
men,) to guard the railroad and bridge between
the crossing and Yienna. We proceedly siowlv
to Yienna with four companies ; Company E.
Capt. Paddock ; Company C, Lieut. Woodward,
afterwards joined by Capt. Tease, by Company
G. Capt. Bailey, Company II, Capt. Hazlett,
being a total of two hundred and seventy-five
men.
On turning the curve slowly within a quarter
of a mile of Yienna we were fired upon by raking,
masked batteries of, I think, three guns, with
shell, round shot and grape, killing and wound
ing the men on the platforji and in the cars be
fore the train could bo stopped.
When the train stopped, the engineer could
not, on account of damage to some part of the
running machinery, draw the train out of the
fire. The engine being in the rear, we left the
cars and retired to the right and left of the train
through the woods.
Finding that the enemy's batteries were sus
tained by what appeared to be a regiment of in
fantry and by cavalry, which fotce we have since
understood to have been some 1500 Soath Caro
linians, we fell back along the railroad, throwing
out skirmishers on both flanks. This was about
7 P. M. Thus we retired slowly, bearing off our
wounded, for five miles to this point, which we
reached at 10 o'clock.
Casualties: Captain Hazlett's Companv U,
two known to be killed, three wounded five
missing.
Capt. Bailey's Company , G. three killed, 2
wounded, 2 missing.
Capt. Paddock's Company, E, one officer
hlightly wounded.
Capt. Pease and two missing.
The engineer, when the men left the cars, in
stead of retiring slowly, as I ordered, detached
the engine with one passenger car from the rest
of the disabled train and abandoned us. running
to Alexandria ; and we have heard nothing from
him since. Thus we were deprived of a rallying
point, ami ot all means of accompanying the
wounded, who had to be carried on Utters and in
blankets.
We wait here holding the road for re-inforce-ments.
The enemy did not pursue us.
I have ascertained that the enemy's force at
Fairfax Court House, about four miles from here,
is now about 4000.
When all the batteries opened nnon us. Maior
j Hughey was at Lis station on the foremost car.
Ool. McCook was with me in one of the passen
ger cars. Both A these officers, with others of
the commissioned officers and many of the men,
behaved most coolly under this galling fire, which
wo could not return, and from batteries which we
could not flank or turn, from the nature of the
ground.
The approach to Yienna is through a deep, long
in icaviii-r tt.r .-- .
tore they could rally, i.-acy cf u.x rr,
ers-ack an i blankets, but bron;":
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muskets, except, it may ly. a f-n- ti.t v.,
myed by the e-neruy'i. firt tr. .r w
kilie-d. Robert C. SchVn. -
Briga,l:er.f;et.V ,.
St Louis, June 13 The Dcmocra'' ) I"-
receiveu :ae iouowing uepaicL lrom J
Uty :
'Mr ucrdon, of . Louis, .-r-d
irom a'xve. give tne i-jiiowimt accou.-.t of
tattle at Boonville : "
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otu. loon liiuue-u jour icu.es I;,
and opened a heary canncnvle ipr.".nst
who retreated and diird;cf9 an
wood, from w hence, hidden by brush aiid"
they opened a brisk fire on our troriri r,
w . A i i i. . . . 1 ' ,J-'?-i
L.oa mt: u viucicu a n--iv retreat to tie
t &knl j AmAtit t 1 -
rallied an followed the Fedrals into a w!
Gen. L3-on baited, faced the tro-;
- ii j: .,. 1 ; ,i -
Gen.
Lyon then moved forward and to k p.
Gen. Price was taken with a
ville.
diarrhoea at the beginning of the bait'.e
was carried to his home in Chsquatan. ' ""
"Governor Jackson viewed the hat; fr
distant hill an I fled to parts uiAuown af:T-
defeat of his forces. " '
"There are great rejoicings amon t..e Fa -men
here. The Stars and Str:j l,avel.
hoisted on the capitol, guns fire l. an j t;.e
Spang'ed Banner played by the regi!rjtI.t I -
gcouti'jg parties ijave leen sent m a;j
to cut e.ff the retreat of the relc:s.
direct
a5
"The sUamer J. C. Swon has arr.v
two cannnn and amunition. The cannvu bv-V
mounted at Colonel Boeri-stein's hea'. -jiirto-i
John Fitzpatritk. one f the rnrtt ! '
Secc-s.ionists of the St te, has taken .tL f P
gianc to the ln:ted State-s, in preeLct tf
lere."
THE FOLLOWING is a baiunle c
numerous letters constantly receiving for
tetter's Stomach Bitters
Caxandagca, July 15. IS
Misers, llottcttcr t- Smith, I'ittsbur?
II.,.
P..
Gents : As we are strangers, I here;-,
enclose you twetty-eight dollars for fv.yr c i.
ec Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
forward via Michigan Southern Rairo:d. T
ledo, Ohio, and Clajton Station. I tiT.
purchased several dozen Lotties at Ti.i
this summer, but the sale is on tie lLcrri--so
much that I wish to open a direct ini
with yon. I aas induce! to try your hV
ters by my physician, for the Liver C l-
plaint, and received tuch materia! ii tint I
have recou.mecdcd it tu o:Lc-r. asi Lsv.-
j sold about
two dozeu per week for on;e ::-
I have all kinds of medicine ia mj store, t:
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truthfully r commend as your B.ttcrs. f r I
know they have helped me bcyon I it erp
tation. Your rer-n--rfu'v.
PH1LO V'lL?uN.
3r"JIe rt Mr ml red the t.r., -a-.t."
beautifully -aii of Howard the hi! at:l.r-j'f:
It also applies to every man who brij- tlr
ameliorations, comforts and eojyiijeLts t:
life within the reach of persons slJ c!ii-
who are otherwise deprived of thtir i:
tages. Especially may it be said of biiii :i
laboriously teeks and finis new oieans of
serving health, the poor man's cir aid
the rich man's power ." We tL:t.k thi tu
logium jr. prly apj lu-d t J. C Aver, cf
Lowell, the rei.owut.-d chemist of New ht;
and, who, fpurning the troJtL fi;L; ::
fame, devotes Lis entire aLiiitirs an 1 aiiTt
ments lo the discovery of Nature's juoi
tual remedies for disease. WLtru tit.- Lii-r-
blfSsing has be
en revta
led. ht
jrr
supply it to al! maukind alike. tlr. u.L r
dr.ggists, at such low prices, that jo rni
rich may alike enjoy its benefits. "J.x"
and ELquirer, Portland, Me.
ISuerliaves Holland Hitter.
The Philadelphia Argus, in spi-akitig tl
late exhibition held in thit city tj lie F.-iU
lin Institute, says :
Iu noticing medicine?, we are alfaj? ex
tremely cautious unless satisS-j-J cf the xer:3
of the article. Am eg these ex!,it;-
the celebrated Holland : itters. Tti 2K-i-cine
has been extensively introiucvl ic'1 fr.
fry State in the Union, and into the (Y-Sii-an
Provinces, principally wiihin tLe !a?t :m
years. The exhibition shows testiajOiiils In
every language known in Arteries, atLC-ic
which we DOtice one from the Lre lieu. J.is
M Clavton. of Daleware."
"Dyspepsia, Headache and Indite:; r,
by which all persons are more or less
ted, can usually be cured by taking e.c::
ate evercise. wholesome food, &l J a J sf
BeErhave's Holland Bitters one hour
each meal." Baltimore Sun
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beautiful luxuriant heal of hair, acJ "
mans beauty is certainly incomplete witi'&t
a fair complexion, and he or fhe wh; cf
these great and important adornments of e
turc must expect to suffer the ni-:i5cau:B j
piemature balines, and a wrinkled fw 411
a sallow skin. Nothing is necefarj to p""
serve these essential attractions bur the
of prof Wood's Restorative--Zwrsn& Tla
Prof. Woods Hair Klstoratzvi
have nad the occasion to use famous P1"6?1'
tion of Prof Wood's, and after throiu-J
testing its qualities, we find that where W
hair is thin it will thicken it. if grT '
restore it to its original color; likewise
" " 11 , u
appearance.
l UC nan II 'III! I .1 1 I I 1 1 If nil -
ingredient is for sale at Chicamaiis
Store," south-east corner Frederick .iAr
tiniore streets, bv Mr J C Given JUin
Clipper Sold by all good Druggist.
We congratulate our readers cpn.
discovery of a sure cure for 'Bbeua..
Gout and Neuralgia, and all Mercurial
eases. which is effected without the use ot
terual medicines, which destroy the co
tion and give temporary relief only. n
it is the only known remedy effecting p8
cure, and we feel warranted, bom its re
mendations. in calling the attention ox
afflicted and those having friend, fitfag
from Rheumatism. Gout, eQr,!u5r
pernicious effects of Mercury, to tea
tisement in another column of our P?'
Dr Lel&nd's Anti Rheumatic Bal-
cut in the railwav.
opened a heavy fire on the Rebels, tlrte l-'
dred of whom were killed and the nwvrt
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