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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-10-23

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MARI Am FOSTER

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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-10-23
ALkAN g. GOODWIN
WILLIAM GREENE
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The Great Indian Remedy
pom FEMALES.
Dr.. Mattison's Fra,enarovne
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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-10-23

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The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14

a. the residence Of her father on Church Street, 10
ID city yesterday, Miss IuooES, eldest daugbtpf
Of Mr.. James W. Cain. az
The deceased was = young hdy Of great worth
Amiable, generonssnd eonhaihg In her nsfure sic
the light q he family circle aud the isyorte d
'All Whe had The happiness otenJoyng her society.
Wlth her nobIe aitributos DC heart wsse combines
intellectual gias rare and aiHactiye had, had she
lived, ths nieht have Aitained an eHviable position
amongst The cultivated women who adorn social life 10
city She died Of that subtle disease consumption,
which has borne away unlimey 30 many Of tie
lovely aud glfted Of her She had attained
the age Of womanhood, and died before she had real
lied many Of ths sorrows or cares Of ne, and when
she might reasonably have anticipated much Of rs
real enjoyment. But what the epjoyneuls Ct this
life to those she VII now realize in the regions Of The
BEST The afflicted parents and family have our
.slnoersst sympathy N their loss. May BE who
tempers The wind to the sbOrn lamb, = comfort and
console thotn J = bs&Jt rs. GO
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14

MOTOR General Prentiss states 10 the
editor Of the Quincy Wing that his re-
signation Of his commission rs Msjor-
General, upon which lac has for some
time been trying to obtain action, has at
last been accepted, to take effect from
OeLoher 28h.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14
UNION HOTEL,

Nashville, Tennessee,
North Market Street.
VHn HOUSE Is PLEAsAErLY SITUATED, A,
Il near the Square, aud convenient " She AiA
Nashville aud Louisville repot. Persons risiu1g
Nashville Will lnd 10 20 their Interest 20 call az this
house. my bills Lighter b. far thaR sthsg house
Ia the city,
Ny p,ioes arc, 81 90 per uight, Breakfast, supper
aRd Lodging, and "a 90 per day threo Meals and
Lodging or g 90 yer week, ana so cents per Meal.
You will nud luat such fac the eopntry affords.
Gall aud ~ me, J, ". 9OO3rkEE,
ssp3-8m. Proprietor
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14

come, too, from the very people who
have held them in bondage, and been
apparently 50 ayerse TO the freedom Of
the negroes.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14

Louis Napoleon is believed to be on
his last legs-very much shaken by work,
late hours and dissipation in his youth
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14

An English paper says: ave were
taxed IN 1929 i45,O0OOOO and now
t'4OOOOOO, and are more prosperous now
than then
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-14
WANTED,

pOARD FOR A GENTLEMAN AND LACY, "a
~ Immediate ylciniiy 81 tue Forts OF this city Al.
dress tot three days ddresi Box $40 stating price,
Ac. References given and required
Meanwhile Nov l2-3t
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24

ion in the South. Appeals for peace in
New York, are echoed by arguments for
peace in North Carolina. And thus the
bow Of promise brightens.
1pr9pos of this subject, we annex the
following from the Raleigh On. C.) Stand
ard, to which we ask the special attention
of the reader:
'sThe people of both sections are tired of the
war, and desire peace We desire it on terms
honorable to our own section, and we cannot
expect it on terms dishonorable to the other
section. We believe in fighting as long as we
are invaded, and in driving the enemy from our
soil-in taking prompt advantage of such victo-
res as we achieve, not in invading the enemy's
conntry, for we are not strong enough for that,
but in dislodging him fromhis position on our owl,
soil; but while we believe in this policy, as the
best and only policy for the present, we also
hold that the friends Of peace in both sections
should give utterance to their views, and should
thus pave the way for negotiation, to which
both sections must at last come, as the only
means for closing the contest. If we could ne.
gotate aoac, so much the better. Thousands Of
valuable lives would be saved, and much dew
astation and ruin would be stayed-Is there
any inconsistency in thisl What are we fight
ing for? Not for war surely, but for peace
We do not fight because we want to, but be-
cause we are obliged to-
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24

LYBERGER-Ont the 18th inst, Mrs Jane
Lybergcr, of this place, aged about 90 years
The deceased was the oldest resident of Bed.
ford, having lived here from her childhood She
was familiarly known as "Aunt Jenny Pos.
sessed of q vigorous constitution, she lived tos
great old age; and having very rctentve men,
ory, which seemed to have been but little i'm.
paired, even up to the time of her last sickness
she could relate many incidents which occurred
during the earlier history of the town and the
surrounding country. Among other things, she
would sometimes interest the boys who would
come to chop wood or do other little jobs for
her, by relating the circumstance Of her having
assisted, when little girl, in preparing dinner
for General Washington, when he was in Bed.
ford and had his head quarters in the house now
occupied by Mr. Cessna. But Aunt Jenny was
a Christian, too, a true and faithful member Of
the Reformed Church for many years. She was
friend to every person and every person was
friend to her. But she has now gone to her
reward. Peace be to her.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
NORMAL SCHOOL.

A Normal School for the teachers of the county
will open In Bedford Borough, on TUESDAY, Au.
gust IL, and continue eleven weeks. .Hi as 81
Students may study any of the common or higher
English branches. I' '.ttt rala
Hon. G. R. Coburn, State Superintendent of Com
mon Schools, and Edward Brooks. A. M professor
of Mathematics in the Millersyille State Normal
School, will each deliver course of lectures to the
school during the session. iG8
The assistance of other eminent educators is ex-
pected.
Students should bring all their tent books with them
Good boarding can be had for $500 per week.
Those who teach IN the county during the CON.
ing winter, will be charged only $500 for tuition
All others will be charged $500.
No deduction from the tuition will be made for
those who are not present the whole time.
Every effort will be made to offer the teachers Of
the-county the advantages Of a.good school, and i,
is expected that they will avail Themselves OF them
to the fullest extent possible.
Teachers or others who see this card will confer
favor by handing sending it to some teacher or
person intending to teach.
J. W. DICKERsoN, Co. supt.
Bedford, July "a, 1s63---3ts. 1.t'
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
[For the Gazette ]
Black-Snake Horse Thieves
VS.
Copperhead Barn-burners.
Mr.. EDITOR:

MIR. EDITOR:
| find in the Bedford Inquirer of last week
and previous dates, malignant but harmless at
tempts to saddle upon the Democracy of Napier
and St. Clair townships, the blame of the burn
ing Of barns and saw-mills which recently oc-
Cured in those districts. None but the most
shallow of narrow-minded fanatics would think
of trying to make political capital out of these
unfortunate fires, but the editor of the Bedford
Inquirer. it is well known, is mean enough and
fool enough to attempt any thing that looks like
feasible plan for the making Of Abolition votes.
Amy falsehood suits his taste provided it suits
his purpose, But this uncaled-for and outrage
ously unjust charge against the Democracy of
st. Clair and Napier, is so palpably false that
it is scarcely worth while to contradictit. The
BOBBY of the Inquirer says the 'sCopperheads'
burnt the barns and saw-mill. If he knows
this to be the case it is his duty to name these
"Copperheads' and have them brought to JUS
tice. Why doesn't he do this? He is a traitor
to the law if he does not make information a.
gainst them and have them arrested! Come, my
''gay and festive" Wheebarrow, trundle your
self to the nearest Justices office and deliver
yourself, by oath, of the burden of your secret
knowledge concerning the alleged incendiarsm
in ST. Clair and Napier! Then, when you shall
have doue this, you can discharge another duty
to society by informing the Justice, who it was
that tried to instigate military mobs for the sack
ing Of Democratic stores and ''gutting" the Dem
ocratic printing office in Bedford, and who point
ed out Democratic farmers to the Abolition
horse-t thieves who were sent lately for the pro-
lection (heaven save the mark y of the people
OF Bedford county. When you make oath con-
cerning Comprehend Barnburners" as you call
them, just be obliging enough to many farmers
to state in your affidavit what you know in re-
gard to the conduct of certain men of your par
ty who aided and abetted the Blacksnake Horse
thieves in their recent raid upon this county
Now, my sapicnt and veracious and truculent
Wheelbarrow, revolve yourself to the office of
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
Re-Union.

80 We are told by the Radicals that Dem
ocrats by their opposition to some Of the polit-
ical measures of the present Administration,
give aid and comfort to the rebellion, be-
cause in manifesting such opposition, they
lead the people of the rebellious States
to believe that they are in sympathy with
their cause. We have, at various times,
refuted this fallacious idea, and did not in
tend to refer to it again, but the following
from the Wilmington On. C.) Journal, a
leading Rebel newspaper, is such plain tes-
timony upon this subject that we could not
refrain from giving it to our readers:
$50 far as ,ce hare been able to learn, there is
no party at the North that has any particular South
oa a6Smties. But there is party which says
distinctly that there resides no power in the Fed
eral Government to coerce State--no power
to carry on a war of determination. There is
a party which says plainly-let this war end !;
we want TO have Union again with you, but we
have no right to force you into an Involuntary
league with us"
Suchis the idea entertained by the South
ern people of the views and feelings of those
in the North who desire the trial of a'peacc
PLAN for the settlement of our national trou-
bles They do not believe that the peace
men have any Southern afinities.' They
do not look upon them as Secessionists in
disguise. They regard them as Union men
in favor of a reconciliation of the people,
North and South. Much less, therefore, do
they believe that those in the North who
are not peace men, but merely oppose some
OF the political measures of Mr.. Lincoln,
are in sympathy with the rebellion. Much
less do they think that the Democratic par
ty, because it antagonizes Abolition, arbi-
trary arrests and kindred wrongs, means
to play into the hands of Secession. Nav
so far from this being the case, the only
great fear of the Rebel leaders seems to be
that the Democratic party of the North,
may be re-instated in power and that then
the people of the South, feeling assured Of
lust and equitable administration of the
Government, will desert them and return
to their former allegiance. Nor is this a
groundless fear. The increasing strength
of the Northern Democracy, already begins
TO elicit in the South kindred feeling for
I'D
reconciliation and reunion. Northern crit
icism Of MIR. Lincoln, is responded to by
Southern condemnation and denunciation of
jeff Davis. Opposition to Abolition in the
North, is fast begetting enmity to Seccss-
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
THE MOVEMENT ON CHARLESTON
Official Report.

WASHINGTON, July 16.
The following report was received at the
headquarters of the Army.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF TIE South, IN THE FIELD,
Morris Island, July II, 1868
TO MAJOR General II. w. Ualleck, GeaeraI-n-
CHEF,
SIR:-I have the honor to report that at 5
o'clock on the morning of the 10th instant
made an attack upon the enemy's fortified posi-
ton on the South end Of Morris Island, and af.
ter an engagement lasting three hours and a
quarter, captured all his strongholds upon that
part of the Island, and pushed forward my in
fantry to within six hundred yards of Fort
Wagner.
We now hold all the Island except about one
mile on the north end which includes Fort Wag-
ner and battery on Cummings Point, mounting
at the present time fourteen or fifteen heavy guns
in the aggregate.
The assaulting column was calamity led by
Brigadier Gen. Strong 1t landed in small boats
under cover of our batteries on Folly Island, and
four monitors led by Rear Admiral Dahlgren
which entered the main channel abreast of Nor
ris Island soon after our batteries opened. The
Monitors continued their fire during the day,
mostly against Fort Wagner.
On the morning of the l1th inst, at day break,
an attempt was made to carry Fort Wagner by
assault. r
The parapet was gained, but the supports re-
coiled under the fire to which they were exposed,
and could not be gotup. Our loss, in both ac-
tions, will not be very much-about 100 in kill
ed, wounded, and missing.
We have taken eleven pieces of heavy ord
nance and large quantity of camp equpage.
The enemy's loss in killed, wounded and mis-
sing will not fall short of 200.
Very respectfully, your obedient serv't,
@. A. GILMORE,
Brgadier General commanding,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
"Jehle's Titbird.n

There is would-be literary nephew of an
accomplished UNCLE the nephew residing in
Johnstown, Cambria co., and the uncle in Phil
adelphia. The uncle having acquired some fame
as writer, the nephew became afflicted with
cacoehies sctq6eadi and TO This day ;,hors under
violent attacks Of that sad disease His friends
recently placed him in the office of the Johns
town Tqbanc doubtless imagining that his be-
ing lodged in that asylum for lunatic scribblers,
would effect the removal of his malady In
stead, however, of bringing about cure, it has
operated only to aggravate the disease He has
exhausted every subject upon which any body
else ever wrote 0he negro included) and is now
engagedin writing eulogies of housebreakers and
apologies for horse-thieves. Our readers, dou bt-
less, desire to know the name of this singularly
afflicted individual. We will crafty their curl
osity. He is generally known as Jehles Titbird'
pronounced Yaly') from the fact thata fellow by
the name of Jehle was bought UP by the Abo-
litionists to stump some of the Western coun-
ties in 1856, and this Jehle our afflicted little
friend accompanied on his tour, hopping about
and fluttering and chirping for all the world like
a ttt-bird We have made this statement only
that those persons who read that emifently
chaste and classical article copied into the In
q,ti,er Of last week from the Johnstown Tribune,
may know the name and complaint Of its au-
thor
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-07-24
Letter from Vicksburg.
CAMP 10TH RECT. Ill. Vols,
NEAR VICKsBuRG, July 4, 1868.

CAMP 10TH RECT. Ill. Vols,
NEAR VIcKsBuRG, July 4, 1868.
EDITOR GAZETTE:
Having a few leisure moments and think
ing that few lines from this part of the world
might be Of interest to my old friends in Bed
ford, or at least to some of them, seat myself
to intrude on the columns of your paper.
understand that some of the people in Bed
ford think that man that writes for or takes a
Democratic paper, is traitor. Now, Mr. Ed
itor, did not change my mind when came to
war, and know hundreds that came the same
way that did. We did not enlist to condemn
our friends at home we enlisted to fight for the
Ca'on We are in favor of free speech and a
free press, and when the citizen is deprived of
these rights, | can't see the use of fighting. We
have hope of getting home-not to destroy
property, but with victories inscribed on our
banners that we have won on the battlefield
and not by tearing down printing presses and
burning towns. When we get home we want
to live in peace and let our neighbors do the
same. No true Union soldier will 90 home and
destroy his neghbor's property. None but a
coward would do the like. Such man will be
hated by the world for ever and his children af-
ter him.
Let the people take this department from the
time of its organization up to the present, and
don't think they can find one man that ever
was arrested by Gen. Grant nor can they find
more than single defeat. Victory has been on
our side, and think we can see the reason of
all this. We are thousands of miles fromthe
the Capital and we have one General, and he
minds his own business. Look at our army
from the first of May up to this glorious old
Fourth of July morning, and see whether This
be not true.-But l must tell you the glad news
that Vicksburg has fallen. When every man
was looking for his regular duty to dig in the
pits or work on the forts, suddenly was heard a
shout ON the right. TIE news quickly spread.
The white flag is hoisted and Vicksburg is ours !
Now the river is open and we are through in
this department. But must close, as we have
orders to march,
Sergeant S. SAMSON