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- , __fc fflfrTifMBHlTy inrTWfUnTllH TCfTTiTIKnttttf'TMfTt IflWffil MEXICO INDBPENBEN T, A Trip to Central Square. .g and Th» ie «ah im excitement, tro -street-quarrel-; >>:>is>2 ' iu liV-L-wry little of .the^scenes and strife? u«- lluw auj one can h-tou to tb-ir« r'C;ttt , i\U* WttnuUt b luS pirt*»ed. A; tl !v>< 1 up-.n their eutertainmentn, as a '*loie, wit'f.-ly • ually witnessed on like OCCURUHK Ttiis luwrv j unexceptionable, is beyond our compreh. •ns'roa. j registers about 000 votes. | Bit there are xlways a lew to be found in ev- M'KSSus: HUMPUBIES & St'iRK.'TT :—'-What! ery p ] ace ^\ K , appear to think it. a tin. t< laugh not a paper in'Mexico, is .there V\ was. the ex- \ in p U \ t \\?. .To ihoee v<> pay be p away lrom clamation of aViend whom I met near Oentrafi Mr _ e ugnraan and Mis* BeuheU; for depend Square, while on my way to that place lrom J upon itj if - you were to attend one ot their South Richland., 1 was explaining to him that |g {i ; reeN you would find such a tremendous we bad a reiil, live county paper published in j draught upon youf mirth account that you S. Mexico, called The Mexico Independent, and that it had been publu-lJedvaboui eight mom lis. Well, he thought it was strange, he being a would be compelled either to discount freely, or ''pop up'' and leave the room Anil the latter,-you know, would he looked upon by all Out of that muiihor\ only 320 were polled, Including £'•'> of the • easy nrtu'.- stripe.\ Don A. King* has a majors. ity here o! 12 over Dr. Bowen. POSTSCRIPT. bu#inefSTnau, he said, that he had never heard ee risible, social, and liberal-minded persons as oi it. I thought so, too. Yet, when we oou-1 ••putting on airs.'' We never witness anything .^atfclja^l&at^ej Independent has wlyjot the kind without being forcibly reminded of, about LOOO sub^riWV^^'evTJeSnudt fluTjj h ~ fmm^tal'B'urnT'STS'HPlRi «*'*'. •-,. a small portion of f,be citizens of our county can be acquainted with it ; beaidts, it has numerous competitors in the Geld, and some of GREATTICTOKY them of many years stauding; yet I believe | the encce's of our favorite Qounty paper ia ] \O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursel's a* 1 ithers see us ; It would frae mpny n bluider free us. And iooliRh notion.\ ARRIVAL O.F TIIET'Y A.NDaHilLt* MEXICO INDEPENDENT.^ Tliut'iMjtay, Xovimlur J4, its6t. Notice to Subscribers. Those of o ir subscribers wh<> lia..vc paid tor tlie lorte- peoiJvot lor thrse mooUi» , uly .an.*, wliuse Buh^criptions are about to expire, wit^reoev stud eubv-riptioafl iin mediately r-n receivingtlieir pnpi-rwith Dime written ia Red, if Ibey wonld ba9n ; it ontitinued. Oue Jmper Will be sent after such XPOUCP is given TKRMS.—One Dollar for one je«.i-,or Filtj Cents for [ Rix months. HSf No new subucriptions 1nken.nnte*H paid in ad- vance. Yearly subscribers, wbo have notjet^aid, are , rerinfcsted to .lo so as soon as possible. 1 June 6lh, TSUI. —--—.--.- _ \ ' News from tke Fleet. Who would have thought, until last Thars- Purticulars of the Engage- ment at Beaufort. Revealed by a Traitor! Jeff. D av is Teleg r aph ed Destination ! Its- Beauregard ! without a parallel in the history of newspaper ; dav ever jj,,g, that a single individual-could be dom in our county. I believe that with tiiflmg ' j oun( j i n parish who was a'ibM of fun : a« Mis* effort on the part of the present subscribers, | Bennett says. '-Would }ou'.'\ SOI/.TAIKE. and at no cost whatever, the subscription list | },> ar j ? h, Nov. 11, 1MU may be doubled in a short time. I also con-! ... versed with several other persons who bad . HASTISOS, Oct. 9, IM'.L never beard of.the paper. This does net a: gue i MESSRS, HrMi'iuuK* it SCARRITT — As it is any lack of intelligence on the part of our j seldom we see any.hlng in your paper from j farmers aud mechanics in the region oi Brew-, any person in this port on of Oswego bounty, J erton and C'-ntral Square, by no means. 1 find • I thought a few notes from my pea might be • —-» tbem generally menof enterprise and intelli- | acceptable to you, and pleasurably rtcei*^!, rni pi Ponip Strif'lcon gence, subscribers to one or imre county pa- ' by other sojourners upo;i this p'anet, dwelling ; L ^- I'*^ XclIHC ollltKLIl pprs, and in several instances to the dailies. withui the borders of this county, wbo may ( -••« : — In no part of our county are the improve-', still feel a f-dternal interest iti our ex'stence* mentsof the past tewf yearn more n-n.ouble and prosperity, as children of the same all wise than on the road between South Richland and j and infinite Pareut, and as members of the . Brewerton, and more especially at Central sa me gr>--at family. Square and vicinity. Lands which only a few ; How long my feelings may continue my nott-s,! years since looked as if they would never pay or ciroumstances may encourageand cont'riDUte the expenso of clearing off, are now tom<> of, to my Sotliogs I cannot now say, but trusl long enough to enable me to say a few things in •' gt-asrul and some more io particular. The exact position and territorial area of o ir village aud its suburbs, together with tbe_ number of its school h'>U°es, stores, and me- chanic sbopi in general, and its churches and tijte'.s in particular, I um positive i^weil under- stood by the sturdy yomanry of our town iu general, and by certain of its inhabitants in particular, and isdoabtless quite familiar to rhe :no«t of the rest of thj occupants ot the H-ivile soil of old Oswpgo. Of its popuUtioo i.o.vver, tbey Hiay not be so well informul But of this, suffice it to say, it is yot a little Silence at last is broken respecting the fate of the expedition. The airival of a flag of truce at Portress Monroe, from Norfolk, brings such intelligence as had been recei v ed through south- Destiliation'Of tllC Expedition, *rn sources. On Thursday it was announced s by telegraph at Norfolk ihat .the fleet was bom- bardiDs Port Royal md meeting with a warm reception, the rebels having made previous preparation for au expected, invasion, It ap- pears that one of our vesseh?\had been disabled by the enemy's batteries, and that another was ashore. Our troops are said to have effected a landing at Beaufort. The rebels bad a small stearnT, under command of Commodore Tut- nnll ; but it was expected that an immediate surrender would be made. Two of our trans- CaptUI'e Of Foi'ts Walker and ' Ports had gone ashore on the coast of North Car- olina during the gale one the steamer Union, and the other name unknown. The men on board, teventy-tbree in number, were captured and taken to Raleigh. the finest firming lands iu our county. Tho=e ol your numerous readers who were familiar with the locality twenty or twenty five year* ago will be prepared fully to app'recistrtb\ improvements named. Then every few rodR you would see a barrel factory. The roadi were strewn 'with staves, old hoops, Ac, and n<> attention, whatever paid to tilling the so : l. Barrel makiug helped the early pionetim to ekn out a 8ort cf esistenc •—half life, bat with tew exceptions that was all. Those who madf the commencement have generally ben puper- ccded by a generation of substantial tir.d enter- prising farmers and mtcbauic°. who have bear- ed away the old rubbish and made real, substantial improvements. At the time of which we have been speaking —20 or 25 years ago—a journey to 'Salt Point Battle at Belinajiift, ]|Sb. An expedition from Cairo, consisting of 3,. lti=s than the population of Pefein in China, nr of Jeddo in Japan. So you. jM-ssrs. Editors, and others also, cnn plainly s»e that we have not yet a« many month- to artrciilate. and mur- woutd only be nndprtafcrn in casq ot' d-n: the English tatrgtrage,- nor as many pereoDfr an emergency—never for pleasure. It was about all a man's life was worth to travel over ; the road—half or two thirds of the distance being log causeway or corduroy, as it waB i sometimes called. Now, to a person whose ; business confines him racily indoors, a ride t over the road is a real luxury, being, as I think, one of the finest plank road« to be found in our State.- As an agricultural county Oswego deserves, what it already enjoys, a prominent place with her sister couuties. ~ LUBIX. : South Richland, Nov. 12. ISt'.l. to perform dextrous and notable feats, -as have a very few other places upon this beautiful globe. But knowing your partiality for brief articles, I will pause, if you please, a little time, remaining as quiet audhappy as posssible und-r so short an introduction and the circum- ptances, with a promise of something further by nnd by. Therefore, I most respeotfnlly to you and everybody else, subscribe myselt. INVESTIGATOR. FORTRESS MONROE, Nov.12, j_ i via Baltimore, Nov. l;ij'' j 1 By arrival of a steamer from Beaufort, we learn that on Thursday, A, M., the Ttb, our men-1 of-war and the gun boats advanced to the at- i 5(10 Illinois and Ohio troops, Janfled on Thurs- tactr. The action began about 10 o'clock A. M., i day morning at Bdmont and immediately at-. and was hotly carried on by both sides, and : tacked the 7,000 rebels at. that point, -driving lasted about 4 hours. At the? end of which ii them back until possession was obtain-d of their time, the rebels were compelled by the shower , can , Pl and their cannon captured, with a large of shells to abandon their works and beat a j amount of camp property. „TJ)e wlrels fcfcreat- hasty retreat. Our lo?s was s men and 1 officer.; ed acroR8 the r5ver) and wer g ^nforc. d largely The ebb f engineer of tho Mohican wis killed, ; D y Polk's force at Coiurabus. Thi« brought and about 2(> wounded. The rebel loss is not 0 „ a gecond fight, in which our troops, being known. 52 bodies were found by our men. i overmatched by overwhelming numbers, were All thek wounded except 2 were carried off. compelled to fall back upon their boats, BUS- TWO fort's were captured—Forts Walker and ; taining a heavy loss. The rebel loss is given Beauregard -of 23 and l!) guns each. The I at 300 killed and 25a taken prisoners. Th* guns were of heavy caliber. The forts were | federal loes is supposed to be about 300 to 600 both new and constructed in the highest style 1 wiled, WO unded and prisoners. Gen. Cheatara of military science, and pronounced by our ; commanded the rebels.. fien, Jobjston was re- engineers as impregnable by aoy' assault by i por ted to have been wounded, land forc<s. The final retreat of the rebels was a perfect rout. They left everything—arms, ammunti- tion, even to the officers' swords and com- mipsions; all the letters and papers, both pub. lie and private; order books and documents of all kinds. Some left in their flight and fell into our hands, affording our officers much REBELS RETIRING.—Washington dispatches report that the rebels are retiring in large numbers from the Lower Potomac, f ue pick- ets of Gen. Heintzelman's division state that the rebel pickets have withdrawn several miles, and their report is confirmed by the statements ] of contrabands who had reached Washington. valuable information, Among the. papers was j Th i B movement is thought at Washingtoa to a telegram from Jeff. Davis to the commander , i nd i oate that the gulf states are demandiag the Our people have been favored the pa,st week ! of th .e post, inlormintc him of the sailing of the | re tarn of their men from Virginia to protect with two concerts, much pleasure. from which they derived I Mr. Cttfrhman and Mii« Bennett. i MESRIIS. HCMPHEIES & SCARRITT :—Mr. Cash man and Miss Bennett held one of their \Social Soirees\ here on Thursday evening last. There was a goodly number present, and, judging from\ the frequent outbursts of applause, they were highly delighted. Miss Benuett cannot be said to have a pure contralto voice. It .is a mezzo coprano; but her tones are much purer and more effective in the chest than in the medium register ,- while the luad register, probably, as yet, remains entirely unexplored, and undoubtedly it is as well that it never should be touched. Of this she seem? to be fully aware. Mr. Gushmau has a baritone voics of considerable power and rauge ; yet the upper part of the chest and lower part of the medium register is where it produces the best effect. It is better adapted to tenor than bate. Miss Bennett delights her hearers by gentle cadences and pleasing rhythms ; while Mr- CushmanseemS to strike in haphazard, but al- ways in such a manner as to please his listen- ers. Mi?s Bennett breathes forth a stream of music, flowing like a placid river. Mr. Cush- man's wild cadences (and more particularly in his recitationa) are like the Burge* of an angry Bea. Miss Bennett has great volume, yet such delicacy of tone as Ariel might envy—Cush- man, fire and passion. Bui their great/oWe is in personating. In their comic and senti- . mental recitations and songs, they seem to be- come filled with pious ar.dor, wailing sorrow, tender melancholy, martial ardor, or grotesque merriment, until the senses ache with the thousand varied echoes, and by a flight heaven- ward carrying away the wrapt audience as if * * * \A dropping from the sky, They heard the skylark sing. Thf-n all the little birds that are Seeming to fill the earth and air With their sweet jargoning.\ WILUAMSTOWN, Nov. 11. MESSRS. EDITORS .-—Six young men from this place have manfully placed themselves upon the summit level of heroic patriotism. Their names are James Marsh, Myrou Potts, Edward Potts, Wm. Comstock, Wm. Morrison, Charles Ilewlet, with Mr. Harrison Chase (a man more I than 21 years of age, who leaves a family).— ' They left on Saturday last to join Capt. Rich- vessels, and that he knew their destination to be Port Royal Query—who is the traitor ? The whole surrounding country was seized their own coast. The high state of the river bad enabled the steamer Page to get out of Quantico creek and move to a point lower with a panic. The day after the fight the Sen- flown the Potomac. The erection of powerful eca and two other gun beats, under the com? mand of Lieut—.—.proceeded up to Beau- fort and found but one white man in the town, and be was drunk. All the plantatioas,-up the river seem to be deserted, except toy negrots, who were seen in great numbers, and who, as the boats passed, came down to the shore with bundles in their ards company. Three of the young men, after I the most earnest entreaty, failed to obtain the ' ' consent of their parents. They scorned a clan- destine departure unless shut up to that neces- sity. James Mtrsb is the soldier boy spoken of in the public papers as the only volunteer from ^Villiamstown. He responded to the President's first proclamation—went alone on foot to the nearest recruiting station, was enrolled ia Capt. Richards' Company, was sent home sick from Elmira when the regiment left for the seat of, , , . , . ..,,,... war. He now enjoys good health. One of | ^ e f ebels l * m ** emythlD S but their llves our citizens so far forgot the obligation of pa- i the ltttter the y 6aved b * ruaniD S' as if expecting to be taken ofi. They I seized all the letters io the post-office at Beau- I fort. , I After the capture of the forts, the whole 1 army—about 15,000 men—were safely landed , and established on shore. The forts were but j little injured. But the rebels could not stand | the explosion of our btg shells. The force of the enemy as ascertained from their papers was from 3,000 to 4 000 men, under Gen. Druytyon of South Carolina. Our victory is .complete, batteries by Gen. Sickles opposite the rebel batteries around Quantico creek is supposed to have induced the rebels to remove from their works. Two new batteries, however, have been erected at a point twelve miles below Alexan- dria, where the navigation runs close under the Virginia shore. But 4 persona were found, 2 of them-woun*- ed, after the battle. Boats left the large ships for the shore, and returned with trophies—pis- tols and arms of all kinds, in abundance. Among tbem was a cavalry sword with a solid silver scabbard. When our troops landed the Confederate flag was flying at the forts. The rebels had mined the works and fixed the halyards of the flag, so that when the flag should be hauled down by our troops the mine would be sprung. But in this they were disappointed. The hal- SANDT CREEK, NOV. 5,1861. j yards were to spring a mine in a house used ; MESSRS. HUMPHRIES^ SCARRITT ;—Our eleo- by the officers. The mine exploded doidg but 1 tion passed off very quietly, there being the little damage, and hurt no one. The magazine | most meager attendance at the polls known in did not explode. In addltica to what had | town for a long time. There seemed to be a I already been found in the forts, a large quarl- I sort ol spirit of \don't oarativeness\ pervading i tity of powder was found, together with Eng- i the minds of those who did Venture out to vote.' lien ammuniiiott and projectiles. j triotism as to follow the recruits and compel his eon to return. The ladies showed a concid- I erable zeal. They furnished the young men with a plentiful supply of socks, and cases stored j with needles, thread, pins, buttons, &c, pos-1 sessing a new value as tokens of sympathy with I the soldiers charged' with the protection and defebse of the Government, whose mission is ( to i guard the citadel which covers the entire area t of our republican institutions, and our civil and j religious liberties. AMOS MARSH. I MISSOURI.—Dispatches from Springfield State that the feeling ot depression among the troops was entirely removed, and that Gen. Hunter is rapidly gaining the confidence of his men. His plans are likely to differ essentially from those of Gen. Fremont. The army under Price was still at Cassville, and Gen Hunter had ascer. tained that it was his intention, in case of a federal advance, either to scatter or retreat on Fort Smith, and there await developments on. the Potomac and in Kentucky. Gen. Fremont had arrived at St. Louis and was greeted with much enthusiasm, especially by the German population, who escorted..Jiim from the railway station by a torch-light pro- cession. Count Piper, the resident ministlr of Sweden, was on Friday last, presented to the President, when friendly assurances on the part of the King of Sweden were conveyed to the President. During the seven monthB ending Octo- ber 31, 36,000 men were shipped for the nary at the various rendezvous in the United Slates, and 12,000 recruits were enlisted tor the regular army. Although naval recruiting continues very brisk, 232 men being shipped in this city last week, army recruiting is extremely dull; New York does not average fourttien per week r —JV. F. Evening Post.
