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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08

THE 'DEasOCRAFEc ARMY YOrF,.

Il will bs our province and duty to keen
our "l,'ie washed Denoaratio neigh6ors book
ca up oy way Of remem5ranca ia references 10
mat great ''DemoerAiio Army" sots which
they alleged would DO pollei acd counted on
'ie ..Secoud Tuesday, Heee are few
items.
The vote OF Volunteers, so far as heard
ffonl', y - foilows-wo take tho average for
alt osnees--the Hrss c0tuuiu undressing ihe
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08

The Congressional dis.rict in Ohio. mis- rep.
resented BY the rebel sya,path,ser VallandGx-
Aaaa, gave ae the feeeIe election over 5000
Uuion M joriiy! As the district at the lac.
Presidential election gavo q nlai,nsy ag4iast
LnIeoLN, tho traitor Cao9ressnan mighu 70.
gard II as aollcs TO quill
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08
poaitl.
From Forneys Press.
Lines On the Death Of Col. Baker.
BY REV. J. 9. WILLIS.

BY REV. ]. g. WILLIS.
O. let the solemn drums bo beat,
And banners lowy wave;
Let dews CT sorrow bathe the feet
That iOlow TO the grave.
Let wailing trumpets, soft ard slow.
Their nsaurAful tale inpalt;
The stroke that laid the patriot lew
Has smoie the nations heart.
No peer, nor garter d knight, forsooth.
But, far more high and proud,
A man Of royal birth, in truth,
Lies cold in martial shroud.
With want ho struggled years alone,
And penury's keen sting;
Eu; Nature stamped him for throne.
AID RE bit has crowned him king.
a monarch he, Of vast estates,
Where'<r the brave ctng go;
s hero, for be fought the fates
That press tbs begg4r low.
And when tie ais our fathers bore
Was pierced by traitors through,
Tie arm that suceered him Of yore
Sustained bis country too.
Full in the face of tieaaon's hordes.
In council and In nsld,
lie hstt.ed with his burning words,
And smots With glittering steel.
Bnt q that high strung heart is rea.
BY the fuds hattle-storm;
And paIlid in bis mildvwet tent
Slumber the soldier form.
Let none but ireemen bear him thence,
Lei none but patriots weep;
When Freedom lurns her pure incense,
Let his proud ashes sleep.
Back on the prairies Of tho West
His martyr feet have trod
Down By the blae Paciaa's breast,
Lay him beneath the sod.
The sunset glow on mountain peak,
The moonlit lakes embrace,
The rich hlcs that tho autumn streak,
Shall cheer his resting pl4ca.
The winds that sweep the snowy verge,
The foods from age TO age,
Shall swell TO him their solemn dirge,
The soldier and the sage.
And while the mountain cedar grows,
Or stars burn in the say.
With those who feel 4 nations woes
His name shall never die.
October %, 1861.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08
A SOLDIERS PAY.

Since ii is most unlk'ly there VII be anything
like adequate supply Of Labor tor working people
this winter, I'll, the is over, which can only
be flushed mp WHEN the Government has an aie
qGstc supply Of truops, We cannot sre why enlist
meHts SHOULD not be rapid. There is ample h ice
Of s2Ivc.-tilhcr in the infantry the cavalry, or
the artiliersfor the REL ulAr the luutee forces
10th for three years--and il Will be seen by the
ioil wing that no better wages can he hid Sup.
pose private 70 have served one year, and that
bring the end Of the war. Ills account with the
Government. reduced to cash vau,ti,n, would
stand about thus:
For II months pay at Si3 per month S56 90
For u inontis' communication for clothing,
al So ~ 90
For l. months commptation for rations,
at si2 l44 90
For bounty, 100 90
For grant of 100 acres of land Gin pros.
pcct) 100 on
Total for the year, siO2 90
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08

Wink at small i1iuries rather than a7eDge
them. II, 30 destiny single bee, you fbrow
down the hive, iustea Of Une enemy yo0 have
a Thousand.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08
REBEL ACCOUNT OF BALLS BLUFF.

The rebel account Of the fight at Balls
biuH is Published in the R,obulopd Papers of
the 23d and "a h and like oil other Of their
military explous is grossly n,pguifed aud mis-
lepresehted. Gen. Jt hnsoD states THAI they
"ere eTp sed BY twelve regiments and i've
batteries Il our troops, when il 's we'll know0
that Ne did lot have over 100 ulen ip
aetI"h. They also sinie hat the Union loss
was lUU0 kilied and wounded and 600 priso-
neff, aho that ibey capsnred 1909 sssud OF
arms aud ne caninH. AS Wa bad ouly one
cannon ahd two hpwi'zers, which were thrown
'rto tie Potomac by onr uleu, this st.tement u
gu lily false wiih the rest. The greai tsolnt
OF their report is tae admission oil their Uwa
loss, whieh is put down at 800 killed and
wounded, which greatly exceeds ours, our loss
being mainly 10 the number Of prisoners taken.
Our whole casualties in killed., woanded
and prisoners will not much exceed 100 men.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08
Tnt4l for the yelr.

And supposing i'is average trlyel from the place
of enrolment 10 the place III muster To be=swo
hundred miles, he receives $50 (fty cents for each
90 m ies) and the same his discharge; and if in
the cavalry service S25 IN al ition.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08

What laaa has learned l. Of Importance,
but what he can do, and what na viii do, arc
more significant things.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08

Ihe good deeds sbss most sons psefer ,hls
thelr fataers should leave bsbinl than, are
rea. estate daeda.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08

Une Company in Somerset County haa "a
lSepubiicaus TO one Deui9cras mi appsars fros.
the tecordcd vote. We viii aontiaastbe SOB
la0t as "Reuarns' colna to onr ossssssa,t,. -
lhs GneesS5Qrg He.ald.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08
G0utationnl.
EDITED BY c. w. GREENE.

D-Ail communications for tits department may
be addressed 10 the Editor, at Bedford Bedford
county, Pa
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-08

Breckinsesher 10 Republicqn.-"The voting
ia the army WIS aH outrage oarated Her
oerlinR, Nimson, Kocher and L,uderburn out
of their election. These sauis ought 60 be
-.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
Financial Agent.

in conformity with the action OF several
state executives.-the object being under
stood to receive the cordial appreciation Of
the president. paymaster general, and Cnited
States sanitary Observation-Disclosures
Fairbanks has determined to send com mis-
sioner to the seat of war, TO act as agent tor
the volunteer soldiers to receive and trans
nit such portions of their pay as they may be
induced to send home for the support of their
families or for investment: and he has APP
pointed the Hon Joseph Poland Of Montpe-
lier for that purpose.
The pay of each regiment is understood to
be from $4,000 to $4,000 per MONTANA
king, when our six regiments shall be IN the
Geld, as they soon will be, more than $780,
600 upon each payday. which occurs once In
TWO months. The importance and advanta-
ges of some action by which portion of thi:
vast amount might be saved for the beneti'
ot our volunteers and comfort of their tami
lies, is universally acknowledged. Hence
this appointment.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
Yofal aud State AeWs.
Brief Locals.


The national fast was probably more
generally observed than any other fast day
since the time of the Puritans. In this place
Rev H. P. Gushing of the NJ. f. church gave
an eloquent discourse, fitting the occasion,
before the united congregations at the South
Church, in the morning, and in the afternoon
there was meeting for prayer and confer
ence at the North Church.
There was a right smart gale here Fri
day night, which blew things around consid-
erably. Small trees, standing corn, ETC., suf-
ferred some. The weather the next day, and
in fact most of the month of September, was
most summerlike. There has been no frost
yet to do damage.
Persons wishing to pay insurance as
sessments will find the list at Passumpsic
Bank.
There was meeting Of the "grand mug
wump" at this place on Wednesday, royal
arch masons from different parts of the state
being present. Their sessions were mostly
secret, consequently we have no means Of
knowing crafty what was Gone, but We un-
derstand they 80 in for vigorous prosecu,
, ton of the war.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
Gov. Sprasue and the State Fair.

The Corresponding Secretary of the State
Agricultural Society has received the follow
ing patriotic letter from Gov Sprague in ref
erence to his non attendance Of the Fair at
Rutland -
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 26, 1861.
DEAR SIR: Il intended to have been pres
ent and Informally speak an encouraging
word, to further the formation of your two
Regiments but the accounts from Washing
ton rendered, as thought, my presence Of
service there.
Permit me to say, and especially to the
young men Of Nermont,-that class whom
am trying to represent in my own person.
that the glorious privilege of doing some real
service to ones country now exists; a life
time may never present such another occasion.
The cause we are now engaged in has no
superior in the history Of the world. The
right. of men, our liberties and dearest priv
ileges are ieopardized if We fail in our duty
now. We Of New England owe a debt to
those who fought for our political and relg-
ious freedom and future generations have a
right to expect from US. as liberal an inherit
ance as we received from our fathers. The
consciousness Of laboring in glorious cause,
under the folds Of that flag which is the rep
resentative of freedom, and which carries with
it the hopes Of the downttodden everywhere.
should nerve Us into the most energetic &C
tion-the utmost herosm. All this exists in
the manhood of Vermont. Her womanhood
can present it to their country. Will they
act as did the women of IS?
am, very truly, your ob't serv't
WM. SPRAGUE.
To the Hon. Daniel Needham,
! Cor. Sec'y Vt. State Az. Society.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
What We Have to Fight.

This war in which We are engaged is a
struggle between civilization and barbarism.
Notwithstanding the boosted enlightenment
and chivalry of the South, We are forced to
believe that the foe pitted against US and a
gainst our government is as devoid the
natural instincts even as the most degra-
d-d savages. Especially is this true of the
rutfians in arms in the great southwest
There NAV be a sprinkling of civilization in
the rebel army in Virginia, but the hordes
that come up from Texas, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi and Missouri, and are now under the
leadership of that notorious Texas rufEan,
Ben McCulloch. are as bloodthirsty and re-
yengeful as the Indians which they are en-
deavoring to turn loose upon our almost de-
fenseess frontier.
Perhaps some will not believe this. We
don't want they should take our word for it
The facts can be established by infallible wit
nesses. 1t is in view of such facts that VT
tremble for the Union cause in Missouri, anC
lament that such an outcrv has been made
against Gen Fremont as to impair his credit
injure his good name, and do immense mis-
chief to the cause for which he is so earnest
ly laboring. In this war between civilization
and barbarism We should not allow captiou!
criticisms upon leaders i is not only grca
wrong to them, but direct if not fatal stat
at the cause
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04

ET Speaking of "war correspondents, a
ie''er-writer i'll the Springfield Repmlica.
says:
The Tribune has two gentlemen on the
ground waiting for something to turn up.-
They have been studying the Topography on
the "seat of war" that they may be prepared
to describe it when the battle comes off
Mortimer Thompson C"DoesticksO and Nj.
House are on the Virginia banks of the Po-
tomac waiting for the LONG roll" House
wrote TO the Tribune accounts of the Bull
Run battle and is one of the finest descrip-
tive writers in the country. 1t is said that
Russell of the London Times takes to him
very kindly, and says he is the best "army
correspondent" in the feld-of course excep-
ting DIR Russell. Bayard Taylor will soon
come here, it is reported on the Tribune, TAX
ing the place of "Doesticks," who will Join
another division of the army.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04

Our armies are again brought into the
valley Of humiliation By sad and fatal blum
der of portion Of cur troops in the advance
upon Falls Church last Saturday night, or
early Sabbath morning. 1t is uncertain how
the sad occurrence happened, but the most
reasonable account is that the federal troops
were excited by being fired upon by body
Of rebel cavalry, and in the darkness Of the
night, and strangene>s Of the locality, they
mistook friends for foes. About twenty were
killed and wounded by this mistake.
McCIellans entire division has made for
ward movement into Virginia. Munson's
hill was occupied by federal troops Saturday.
II is almost uaaccountable that the rebels re-
treated before them without striking blow.
II NAV Dc their object to draw our troops in
to another Bull Run bat it is generally be-
lieved that the rebels have not half the force
in Eastern Virginia that they have had the
credit for 1t may be that all eady part Of
their Potomac army has gone TO do service
in Western Virginia or Kentucky, where the
Union;sts are not SO we'll prepared to receive
them as they are at Washington.
Affairs in Missouri do not seem to improve
at all. The defeat and capture of Mulllgan
seems to open the eyes Of peopl, somewhat
.Ic 81 aI,.,l. on
than the Unionists, and that they are in bet
Ter fighting condition. Add to this the CEN
plish impossibilities, or because he pays above
the market price for arms which he must have
now, and the case of Missouri, and of the
Unionsts there, looks rather discouraging
But we look for better times. Gen Fremont
has taken the field in person, and he will
make bold push to redeem the waning for
tunes of that noble state. He avows him
self equal to the foe in the field, but says he
cannot fight both him and foes at home. The
great West believes in Fremont; We hope he
will accomplish the htrculean task which he
has before him. At any rate, We hope that
the newspapers and the GROWERS will let him
and our other leaders alone.
II will be noticed that the lower Potomac
is threatened with rebel batteries-to such
an extent as to almost cut off communication
with Washington by water. We do not be-
lieve Gen Mcclellan will permit this state Of
things long.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
Movements on the Lower Potomac

A large rebel force is concentrating a. -
mouth Of Occoquan river, probably r. y
vent 4 flank movement OF TIE fedora
against Manassas. Great activity pr-,4..
both in the federal and rebel camps
The schooner William Allen OF New p
loaded with hay, has arrived At Alexqr1-..
She was fired al II times from the ba..--s
at Occoquan Creek; , shells entered IT,.
deck load and another struck her CABIN. -
exploding. They were fired from a - p5e-
riried cannon. There are circun.s,a.c-.
leading 10 the belief that this cannon u.
captured at Bull Run. Capt Crammer r.
ports the steamer Albany which left -. :.
w ward Yesterday morning. had cas-, aac..--
and was lying off Indian Head this 81
Occoquan Creek, being afraid to pass =
rebel batteries.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
One Reason Why.

We have it from perfectly reliable author
itv that at the time of the Bull Run battle
the War Department had accumulated vast
stores of arms and equipments at Washing
ton to be forwarded to Gen Fremonts d.
vision, but that in the calamity which befel
our arms at that time great amount of arms
and equipments were lost, and the Depart
ment, deeming the case urgent, supplied the
army upon the Potomac ont of these stores
thus robbing the Western division of the fed
eral army of materials for carrying on the
campaign in Missouri-the need of which is
now most painfully felt. We mention this
not to criticise the propriety or expediency of
the act, for it was probably then deemed a
military necessity, but simply as one reason
why Fremont is not as fully prepared to meet
the rebels as some suppose he should be-
We believe the War Department now fully
appreciates the importance of fastening
equipments forward indeed we know that
whole batteries of cannon were sent forward
from Troy without painting, so urgent did
they deem the necessities of the case.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
What the Yankee Soldiers can DO.

We have been extremel sratifed and a
unused by perusing number one CT volume
one of "The Union Picket Guard; published
"frequently Gf not oftener) at the late estab-
"lishment of the Paducah (ky.) Herald; by
soldiers of the 9th Illinois volunteers, and
/ Chicago Light Artillery" AS might be ex-
pected. our old friend and fellow-typo A. G.
Halves, now captain Of company + in the 9th
Illinois, is editor We cannot do better than
copy paragraph from his salutatory:
} I'VE are at present unable to say how ma
nv numbers of the Union Picket Guard will
be issued at this place it depends very much
on the encouragement We may receive. IT.
however, its publication should be discontin-
ued here. we are inclined to think we shall
remove our office to Columbus, until after the
close of warm weather, when We shall re-
move to Memphis, where We intend to pub
fish the leading paper Of the state of Tennes-
see"
That is what we call decidedly cool
In another place the Picket Guard says
that the occupation of Paducah by federal
troops was most opportune, though not dont
as early as it ought to have been. The fede
rails took possession of the railroad depot
and found by an inspection of the books that
there had been shipped from that place daily
Cor the past sixty days, from one to five cal
loads of -four and bacon, besides large guam
titles of other army stores. This source Of
supplies is now cut Oft.
In another place in the same paper there
is a paragraph from the Kentucky Yeoman
vile secession sheet, in which history and
facts are alike subverted. and to which III,
Picket Guard replies quite sharply:
"'rhe editor of the Woman is evidently de-
signing to deceive the people Of kentucky
and we advise him to do so no more. for if
he does We shall be obliged to visit his sane
tum' and strike Off few copies of the t H.
ion Picket Guard upon his press"
The paper is running over with wit, merry
jest and satire. AS specimens we give the
following:
TO ExCHANGES.-It will be impossible 70.
US, owing to our large subscription list. 'C
exchange with but few Of the leading da
lies. without charging any difference in price
Owing TO the blockade, our New Orleans ex
changes have not reached US Of late no great
loss however. Papers advocating the south
ern coniederacy must invariably prepay thei.
postage.
JET DAvlss ErlnrH.-Going on the sup
position that jeff is really dead, the Picke
Guard suggests the following epitaph:
Two posts erectant.
A beam tran>ce ndan',
4 rope pendant,
4 knaye al the end ont.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
% During the revolutionary war. {

% During the revolutionary war. Gen
Lafayette, being in Baltimore was invited to
ball. He accepted the invitation, but in
stead of joining in the amusement, as might
have been expected of a Young Frenchman
of twenty-five, he thus addressed the young
ladies :-"Ladies, YOU are very handsome ;
YOU dance very pre,,ily; your bal! is yer,
tine-but my men have no shirts" This was
irresistible The ball ceased; the ladies went
home and went to work, and the next day a
large number of shirts were prepared by the
fairest hand of Baltimore for the gallant de-
fender OF their country. Lafayette is no
longer in the country; but the remembrance
or the repetition of his remarks ought to pro-
duce similar effect.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04

SUICIDE IN THE VT. TnIED.-Bv a letter
from Camp Advance, we learn that private
Schuyler Rowell of Co. ! Essex Co.. was
found in front of his tent with his throat cut.
He was Immediately carried to the hospital
and the gashes scwed up, but he soon died.
he had been quite respondent for some time.
and the day before he committed the deed.
he bought a razor, telling some Of his com
rades that he was going TO cut his throat but
was not believed He leaves wife and two
children in Pittsburg, y. II.
Lieut. Haviland of company {, was not
wounded in the skirmish at Lewinsvi!le. as
the papers reported.
THE ruling PA>s!oN."-In their ofFcia.
report of the affair at Lewnsville, the rebel,
state that they had III killed, and that they
killed of the federal troops between 200 and
30O and captured battery which the fede
raj troops left upon the field.
O. The musical convention at Burlington
last week, under direction of B. +. Baker
was quite success. The concert the las
evening was very fine, so say the Burlington
papers.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
MILITARY ITEMS.

The 9th Vermont -Remarka.
BILE Despatch.
The 9th regiment Of volunteers from this
State, now going into camp at Montpelier, was
recruited in fifteen days; and the entire out
fit, consisting Of Uniforms of the army regu-
lation blue, Equipments, including the Sibley
tent, have been procured, and are nor at
Montpelier, ready for use. The arms will be
there on Saturday of this week. For ought
We know the 9th is the quickest recruited
and equipped regiment now in the field
Who says Vermont is not awake to the emer-
gency of the case?
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04

died in manner peculiar only to himself.
1t was fraught with many useful and pleasing
hints relative to practical agriculture and the
art of good housekeeping.
The Secretary would thank Messrs. 6. B.
Walker, \. p. Walter and S. II. Ladd for
valuable services rendered him during the
day Of the Fair. |. W.. 5.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
To Oar Representatives.

The state Of New Hampshire pays the pro-
prietors of the newspapers Of that state twen-
tv-six dollars for printing the laws of the
state. Vermont pays fifteen. We wish to
keep it before the people that this state pays
the least amount of money for the greatest
amount of labor Of any state in the Union.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04

ST NICHOLAS HOTEL, NEW YoRK.-We
call the attention of our readers to the adver-
tisement, in another column, of this palata
Hotel, whose Proprietors. with view tc
meet the exigencies of the times, have reauc-
Ell the price of board to 7wo DoAars pc,
Day. Our friends visiting New York can
now share all the Injuries of sumptuou>
table and princely house for a very moder
ate per diem sum.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04

~ Fine limitations Of the new demand
treasury notes have been issued at New York.
They embody ADVERTISEMENTS Or shop-bills
instead of the promises to pay yet are So
we'll executed and resemble the genuine
note so closely that swindlers can easily palm
them off as genuine upon the artless and I'M
wary. This cheat is severely punished under
our General Statutes, Chapter 1862, section
%, as follows: "Whoever engraves, prints,
issues, utters, or circulates a shop-bill or ad-
vertsementn similitude, form and appearance
like bank bill, on paper similar to paper
used for bank bills, and with vignettes, fig
ures or decorations used on bank bills, or
having the general appearance Of bank bill,
shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty
dollars, or by Imprisonment in the Jail not
exceeding ninety days"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-10-04
Who the Governor Appoints.

Applications are frequently received ask
ing appointments not in the gift of the exec
utive. 1t may be well to state that the only
military appointments the Governor makes
are the Colonel, Lieut. Colonel, Major, Quar-
termaster, Chaplain, and Surgeons.