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The Elantinn@Tha Oath,

At the Election on Tuesday the require
law Of the State we are now living under
that Constitution and are bound by all its re-
ouirements One of those requirements that is
every person offering, on Tuesday, the 9Th day
of November shall take the oath prescribed in
that Constitution before he can be permitted
to vote. In that oath he swears not only that
he acM bear true allegiance to the State OF
Maryland and the United States but that he
has all the time been true and loyal to the
United States and the Government thereof
If the opinion of Reverdy johnson, that
that oath had no binding effect at the late
election was of any legal value, the Oath is
now Consttutonally and legally binding, and
any secession sympathizer who takes that
oath is 'egal5g guilty of perjury and must
abide the consequences. Let note be made
of all such persons SO that they may be laid
before the next Grand Jury to be ticketed for
the Pententiary Let our friends pay atten-
ton to this See that every man takes the
oath before he votes, and let the clerks note
every vote challenged for disloyalty. Let
this be attended to III every district in the
country
The Copperheads are practicing the most
stupcndous frauds to secure the election OF
Mcclellan and Pendleton, and have been de-
tected in their nefarious purpose as to New
York. Look sharp that they do not practice
any kind of tricks here. BE particular to
watch them on the perjury subject.
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IMPROVEMENTS.

Gen. Mcclellan, in command of the Armies
of the Union, was the unhappiest commander
of modern times. His mighty brain perpet-
ually teemcd with the most stupendous pro-
jccts for making the war +" short, sharp and
decisive" There were, after the first Bull
Run. to be sno more retreats, no more de-
"a feats. and he would push the enemy to
"thc wall " But somehow or other he never
had men enough, he was always calling for
reinforcements." The same bad fortune is
likely to attend his political, as his military
campaigns. On the Sth November he will
cry louder for reinforcements," than he ever
did yet, and much with less success.
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BE NOT DECEIVED.

Many of the nominees of the so-called
Democratic-eoppcrhead party are men who
nsed every means to carry Maryland out OF
the Union at the commencement of the rebel
lion.
Their nominee for Governor is known to
have openly favored such crime.
Who ever suspected their nominee for State
Senator for this county, of having any SYM
pathy for the Union. Is he not known to be
an avowed sympathizor with our "erring
Southern brethren"
FREEsIEN OF MARYLAND, of ALE
gany County, do not be deceived at this late
day by putting such men in place and power
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COURAGE.

1t has been most ill-naturedly charged against
Mcclellan, that never, during the whole period
of his command of the Army of the Potomac,
mad he voluntarily, or otherwise, placed him
self in position of personal danger. Even
the Report of the Committee on the Conduct
of the war, seems to indicate this fact as the
result of all their Investigations The charge
does great injustice to the gallant General and
can be easily disprovod. Did he not boldly
take up headquarters on board the gunboat
Galena? lMiqht not The di7er haye busted?
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THE CLOSE OF THE CONTEST
BE READY.

CITIZENS OF ALLEGANY COUNTY,
UNION MEN, PATRIOTS, the time for
final action has come-are you prepared? We
can say nothing more to you by way of APP
peal or encouragement. Argument is cxhaus-
ted The only effective thing remaining to
be done, is what is to be done by the power
of the Jailot-Jor. Speak through it in such
manner as to carry terror to treason and the
traitors and copperhcads and sneaking Union
men among our glorious old mountains and
hills, speak in such a manner as will rejoice
and make glad the friends of freedom and hui
mainly all over the land. Be strong in the
justice of your cause and strike hard and full
at the enemies of your country.
Yours is the cause of right, the cause of
humanity, the cause of religion, the cause of
your country.
Act worthy of such cause and you shall
succecd-you shall triumphantly conquer.
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

The New York Herald, a sheet to which
more than to all other causes combined, is due
the most undeserved and most unworthy emil
ncnce which General Mcclellan once held in
the estimation of the loyal people of the United
States; now pronounces him, "as general-in-
"chicf, and as soldier, statesman, and poll
tician. a failure" To be sure it also claims
that Mr. Lincoln is a failure, too-and it calls
upon the Electoral Colleges to be elected next
Tuesday, ''to repudiatc these two failures.
land choose President whose positive cha
'racter, established abilities. and great sue
"ccsses will silence all opposition, satisfy all
parties. put down the rebellinn and restore
"peace to the country, &c, &C."
We do not suppose the distinguished gentle
men throughout the country, who will be
charged with the duty of choosing President,
will be very likely to take the Herald's advice.
Its Judgment of men, as in the case of Nc
Clellan, is far from being infallible. and the
members of the Electoral College may well
disregard its condemnation of Lincoln as fail
ure, in cons Iteration of the fact that until
quite lately Mcclellan has been held up tn its
columns as little less than a demi-god.
Though it is true that there is nothing in
the Constitution of the United States prohibit
ing the Electoral Colleges from electing any
eligible person to the Presidency; it is equally
true that the colleges themselves have always
been chosen for the purpose of eecting par
ticular candidate designated by the people
themselves and so it will be now despite the
Heralds advice, to take up the nameless pa
ragon it describes
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DISL0YAL EMPLOYEES,

We clip the following from the Washing
ton items" of an exchange:
SECESSION sYMPATInzEgs DISMISSED DY sEcRE-
TARY STANTON.
Mr. Stanton has dismissed twenty persons
employed in the Department of Quarter
maste, General Meigs. They are said to
have been notorious sympathzcrs with the
Rebels. Their employment has long been a
subject of severe complaint.
This is certainly a ray Of lieht-a little
ray to be sure-but We may hope that it is
but the precursor of something bright to come
hereafter. The Union men of this county
have suffered much-have given their money,
their property. aye and the blood of their sons
and brothers and friends, in fact their all, to
uphold the power of the Government, and
they are doing so now. But while they have
been doing this without stint, they have seen
men kept in the pay Of that government, men
employed everywhere, to the exclusion of the
friends of that government, who are known
TO sympathize with the rebellion. aye and tc
have given them material aid and comfort by
every means in their power. And many see.
ing these things have grown faint and almost
despaired, their patriotism alone has KEEP
them true to their faith.
A movement has now been made in the
right direction. We hope it may continue
until all employees, contractors and office
holders of secession proclivities are removed
from place and power.
Especially would we call the attention o
the U. s. authorities in this locality to these
things.
There is room for great improvement
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MARYLAND A FREE STATE

PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
Gov. Bradford has issued his Proclamation
by which Maryland is declared forever free.
We have only room for part of the Cover
uor's Proclah. alton:
Now. therefore, Aueusrrs W BRADroRD,
Governor of the STATE of Maryland, in pursu-
ancc of the authority st vested in me by the
said Act of Assembly ana the Constitution
aforesaid, do by this, my Proclamation, de-
clare and make known that the said Constitu-
tiop and form of Government so framed and
adopted by the Convention aforesaid, has been
adopted BY majority of the voters OF the
State. and that in pursuance of the provision
therein contained the same will go into effect
as the proper Constitution and form of Gov
eminent Of this State superceding the one
now existing, on the first day of November
next.
(~) Given under my hand and the
us. great seal of the State of Maryland,
~S at the city of Annapolis, on the
twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of
our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty -four
A. w. BRADFORD.
By the Governor: 20,
WV. B. Hill. Secretary of State.
y
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HENRY WINTER DAVIS SPEECH.

On the first page of this number of our pa
per will be found several extracts from a
speech of Hon. Henry Winter Davis, deliv-
cred at a meeting of the Union men of Phil
adclphia, on Tuesday evening of the last
week.
We commend it to the attentive perusal of
our readers 1t will well repay them for the
time spent in SO doing.
1t is surely matter of regret to every
honest Union man that such men as Henry
Winter Davis should be set aside in this cri-
sis of our National history. The gentleman
that has been elected by the Union men OF
abe 3rd Congressional District to GIL his place
may be very excellent man-from his rep
utaton we have no doubt he is, but we think
we can safely say, without any disparagement
of him, that Baltimore City will not be bet
ter represented in the next Congress than the
surprising ability of Henry Winter Davis
represents her in the present. We hQpe that
she may but think it hardly probable.
The time will come when the issue will be
made, and when it will be seen who are en-
gagged in the attempt to crush him now. Bal
timore will scorn when she knows them. We
k1,o,r some of them well. We were going to
call them by name. We think however. it
would be giving some very contemplate per-
sons great deal too much prominence. The
future will point them out, and then Balti-
more city will see what little mep have been
controlling her politics.
"He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Mnst look down on tho hate of those below
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Amusing Letter of Daniel S. Dickinson.

Daniel S. Dickinson addressed the following
letter to the Union mass meeting held in
Syr acuse last week:
BNGuAMproN, October IS, 1864.
Conference.-The hard cold | took a few
days since at a Union gathering still atiicts
me, and interferes so seriously with the free
dom of speech that | am for the present, much
to nv regret, compelled to abstain from all
forensic effort But there are enough in the
field to rally the masses, and when they move
victory for truth and Union is not far of.
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana have shown
us the course of the popular currents, and let
US not believe nor permit others TO do so, that
the Empire State is less patriotic than her
noble sister. 1t looks now as though the con-
tingen. remainder of the Chicago Convention,
after the 9Th Of November would be taxed
under the Internal Revenue law, as beaten
copper The uncomfortable position in which
the, have placed General Mcclellan, for whom
I bespeak your sympathies, shows them to be
both cruel and exacting They declare the
war a failure in the face of an armed, unscru-
pulous and willy enemy, and propose to nego-
tate for peace after admitting that the rebel-
lion has mastered us.
Upon this poor abject and jatci nag they
piaiSc tuC otutidi, anu tuEH tAN'It "
ride into the White House, though they know
that he is entirely unacclstomed to forced
marches. Evidently fearing the success of
the peace policy, at the risk of both speed and
bottom, the General endeayors to put one foot
on the war horse, travelling in an opposite
direction from his own, and is just now prac-
ticins more extended movements than any his
military experience has offered Dean Swift,
though a clergyman. was accustomed to give
away to his wit sometimes at the expense of
his generation. On one occasion a tailor who
had laid aside his shears and press-b1ard for
the desk and the Bible, sought 10 confute the
Deans views upon some passage of Scripture,
which he cited.
% The Dean yielded gracefully, but said
there was another passage which had oeca-
stoned him great embarrassment. Said he to
the tailor, have been reading in Revelations
that an angel came down and stood one foot
on the sea and the other on dry land ; now, it
lies within your line to tell how many yards
of cloth it would take to make him pair of
breeches l have never learned that the
clerical tailor ever gave an answer, bn. if he
did, the General should by all means find it
and have his measure taken accordingly.
The latter will, however, be done, and that
mes. effeetually, Gu the Sth day of November.
Yours, truly,
I'D. S. Dickinson
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NOTICES

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TO THE POLLS TO THE POLLS

Go to the polls. and rO'e early an Tie day,
and then see that your friends also do hke'o'se
DO not be intin,idated or in any manner dis
t,rbed by any bullying about the polls. 10
your duty Jesrtessly!
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.Gsy~ TO Al FERTy3EPS.-Tb C5rc,dafiea q
tic CITILLiN |,,D TELEGRAPH IS mari
Nda Twice As LARGE az Hat Of any ober Iaglr P"b-
Hs|ed IN this tip Jr County, ami Neraore presents
groder Geantacs 10 tie 1arerti,ftg PUJlic than is e-
ferc' Mroa,h ann other mco!ium. Il rord to The wise
IS sufficient
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VOTE THE WHOLE TICKET.

~ VOTE THE WHOLE TICKET.
SEE THAT WHEN YOU DEPOSIT YOUR
BALLOT EVERY NAME is ON THE
TICKET. w. REMEMBER, AND
EXAMINE WELL YOUR TICKETS.
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UNION STATE NOMINATIONS.


UNION STATE NOMINATIONS.
FOR GOVERNOR
Hon. THOMAS SWAMI,
OF BALTIMORE CITY.
FOR LIEUTENiN7- 60 VERNON,
Or. G. G. COX,
OF TALBOT.
FOR COMPTROLLER.
ROBERT j. JUMP,
OF CAROLINE.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Hon. ALEX. RANDALL,
OF ANNE ARUNDEL.
FOR Jy-DGE If HE COFRT OF APPEALS
4TH DES7RICT
Hon. DANIEL WEISEl,
OF WASHINGTON.
FOR CONGRESS-
Hon. FRANCIS THOMAS,
OF ALLEGANY.
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Civilian d Telegraph.
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.
O. F. MATTINGLY, Publisher.

Thursday, Nov'r 3, 1864.
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BRING OUT EVERY VOTER.

vs BEAR IN MIND THE GREAT
IMPORTANCE OF A SINGLE VOTE.
Eg Every ballot cast for the Union Ticket
is blow for the suppression of the rebellion.
Bear this in mind. VorREs OF ALLEdayr
and endeavor to bring out fall vote.
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UoIoN COUNTY NOMINATIONS.

FOR JFDGEO THE CIRCUIT COURT
James Smith,
FOR SEM TOE.
Charles II. Ohr.
FOR TIE HOUSE OF DELEGATES,
Dir. SAML. p SMITH,
HENRY BROWN.
s. W WARDWELL,
MICHAEL SHERRY,
MATTHIAS G. DEAN.
,,estlay, tie Sh dag Of No
GENDER next
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HEADo'Rs ARMY OF TIE PoToMAo.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 1861.

"Geaeral-there is an apprehension among
Union citizens in many parts oil Maryland OF
an attemp. at interference with their rights OF
suffrage BY disunion citizens, on the occa SION
of the election to take place on the 9th of No.
vember next.
I'm order to prevent this, the Major Gen
eral commanding directs that You send detach-
ments of sufficient number of men to the
different points in your vicinity where the
elections are to be held, to protect The Union
ro,ers and to see that no DisuRioHists are al
lo,ced to intimdate them or in any way to in
terfere with their rights.
"He also desires you to arrest
By what writ?
HE also desires you to arrest and hold IN
confinement. till after the election. all Dis
un;onists who are known to have returned
from Virginia recently, and ioho sho,r them
,slres at the polls, and to guard eiiectuaiil
against any invasion ofthe peace and order OF
f. the election. For the purpose Of carrying out
these instructions, you are authorized to shs-
reud he haJeas corpus. Gen. Stone has re-
ca;ved similar instructions to these. lou
vii, confer with him as to the particular points
that each shall take the control of.
81 am, sir very respectfully.
"Your obedent servant.
ar. b. NANCY. Chief of Staff.
..Ma;or General n. p Banks. commanding
n;v;s;on Muddy Branch, Md.
tn was the first example in the United
.c,a,.s durins this var, of all attempt to pre-
IN, Rebels from voting. He uses a phrase
sL,re wider than any order that has ever peeh
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TVR ELEtI WFtN Ut -1-'7
ITCE-PRESIDENT,
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE,
WILLIAM j. ALBERT,
HENRY II. GOLSBORUUGH.
DISTRICT ELECTORS,
lst. ". II W FARUow, ID Il. SrocEErr MATTHEWS
"a WN 5. REEsE, Am. Isaac NHsnirT'
9Th GEORGE W. SANDS.
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NatiOnalU Ticket

FOR TICE-PRESTDE NF
ANDREW JOH NSON,
OF TENNESSEE
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Daniel S. Dickinson addressed the following
letter to the Union mass meeting held in
Syr acuse last week:
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-15
GEN. sULLY's OFFICIAL. REPORT.

Gen. Sibley has issued an Official
copy of Gen. Sully's report, dated July
3lst, of his battle with the Indians,
west Of the Missouri. He found the
Indians, Numbering about ] 900 lodges
and 5000 warriors, occupying a natu-
rally strong position on the side of a
mountain. Sully's force numbered
1900 men. lie estimates that LOO
to 150 of the Indians were killed. The
following tribes were represented by
warriors in the Indian camp. Unkpa..
pas, Sancanes, B)ackfest, Minniecon--
gues, Yanktonais, and Santres. The
day after the fight, party of Indians
approached Sully's pickets with Z flag
Of truce, but were fred upon and driy,.
en- away before the General was mott
fed Of their approach.
At the date IF the report Gss, Sal
ly intended to march iansdiataly . 4he.
southwest towards the Yellovsto1e, and.
expected to meet the Indians sgain ia
force.-lioneer. ~. .,....,
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Miss Captain McDorsld, Lieut. Jennie
Crawford, and Orderly Mary Howell.
Their object is topress bed clothes and
articles for the use of the army, act as
spies, and, as our entertainers daughter
expressed it, "Make the Union girls
come down"
With postagc:currency thanks for
the hospitalities shown us, we moved
off a mile and camped for the night.
AT three in the morning of the third
day out we sadd]ed up and searching a
couple fhouses before dsybreak sped
on our way homeward with the prison
ers. We rode forty-6ve miles, arriving
in camp at eight in the evening, all
we'll, hearty and ready for another
trip up the Tennessee Valley. We
travelled over one hundred miles.
From information it appears tha,
Wheeler's plan is to effect lodgment
in East Tennessee aud in conjunction
with force from Virginia, to interfere
! with our communications in such :
manner as to lead to raising the seis<
of Atlanta 1t is we'll known this is ;
favorite project with the rebel govern
ment. Whether feasible or not, is
question.
The country through which w
passed had immense fields of corn grow
ing finely. Those who have planted
we'll this year, will realize excellen
crops. Fruit, apples and peaches, ar
in abundance this year and large quan
titles are being dried for winter use
The people have been impoverished
but, with their crops aud what the,
get by carrying garden truck to Chat
tapooga, the nearest market, they vii
be able to live through the winter. /
very little cotton and tobacco is cult
waited, it being mostly to meet absolut
wants. There is a great scarcity Q
salt. We were asked for the articl
by every family Bacon is also. scarce
Had the rebels possessed this portion I
Tennessee this, year, the crops woul
have been of incalcu{able benefit I
them.
Dixie.
August 31st, 1864:
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-09-15

SLowNEss OF WAR Goodwin
at war meeting held in New. York re-
Gently said: 49,.
i" Europe says we are slow. I re-
member that the great Wellington took
six years to drive Napoleon ont Of
Spain, country as large as Virginia,
and then he retired because Of reverse
elsewhere. -Four nations, OF Europe
took two years to occupy the Crimes,
. country about .s large as New Jer-
|sey. England took twenty-eight
months to ropreas the Sepoy rebellion,
about as great an undertaking as 10 put
down ! rebellion among the negroes 81
. South Carolina county, France has
in more than year succeeded in get
ting only about one hundred and eighty
miles into Mexico, where she holds y
very insecure position. We think that
England had better look at home be.
fore critioising the movements Of our II.
mics"
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die in That mythical place in tho South
entitled "the last ditch" We also had
squirrel rifles, shot gums, horse pistols,
small pistols and : half dozen sabres.
The Union ladies il. the house gave us
our dinners and while eating We were
entertained with stories Of the perse-
cutions they had undergone. Among
other interesting matters they give us
an account Of q female company compos-
ed Of the young lady rebels in that
|sneighborhood, which was regularly Or
lganized and of6cered. Only think
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our bewildered senses with, "Get up
and saddle, qnlok" A, Delay Of an
hour waiting for a squad Of, home
guards to accompany us gave an oppor-
tunityi to make coffee and roast tew
ears Of corn. ;a1sa.51 = .-5fs~.ta f. .,~s;.~
Joined at last by our. Tennessee
friends we moved briskly off,; now
passing through dark, deeply shaded
woods and then emerging into the open
moonlit fields, with here and there 9
farm house, about which all was quie,
| and still, We continued on our way ter