Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

CARLISLE, Oct. 21.

Extract of a letter from Bedford, dated Sunday, Oct. 19th, 1794.

"Yesterday about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the Governor with the residue of the Army arrived at this place. We remained at Strasburgh all day on Tuesday last, near to which the Pennsylvania troops held their elections agreeable to the law, lately passed. From Strasburgh to Bedford the army marched in one day, this is a space of near 16 miles and in the course of which it passed over 2 great mountains. In about six days the army has proceeded eighty miles, and a great part of the road is the most mountainous in America. No occurrence of any great moment has happened; some few men were indisposed and one man who had been sickly died in the camp on Sideling-Hill.—The exertions of the Governor, and the officers to preserve a compact and orderly march were unremitting.

"Pursuant to an arrangement of this purpose, the Pennsylvania troops which formed part of the Legion and which had arrived the preceding evening met the Governor about one mile from Bedford.

"He immediately took the head of the whole column and proceeded to the Town. This spectacle was superb.—It was the quota of Pennsylvania, including cavalry, infantry, artillery, and riflemen, marching in the most complete order, and brought to the post of their destination to await the further orders of the President. Here, had the Governor the exalted satisfaction of depositing this great mass of patriotic exertion, and of evincing to the world that Pennsylvania, although tainted by some licentious men in the extremities of her extensive territory, is still amongst the foremost in public virtue and in her punctual obedience to every constitutional requisition.

"The encampment is very spacious. The town is the centre of an immense amphitheatre——lofty hills at a small distance appear on all sides to surround it.

"The tents spread out on the cleared ground, on the basis of some of those hills, and occupying the commons adjoining the town, form, particularly at night when the fires are lighted, a very beautiful appearance.

"On Saturday morning nine or ten men, who had been active in the late treasonable disturbances were apprehended by the Marshal of this State, aided by a party of horse. Two have been committed for high treason."