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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-10-06

o CLOCK. Inc obIeci Oelng 10 hurry The
Rebels out of the Valley as fast as they
can 60. Here / close yvptil another
time. w. w. II.
WOODSTOCK, SHEEANDoAH.C ouYTY,l
September, gath, 1904.
Mr.. EDIroR:-Since my last letter,
which was written at opaquan Creek,
we have moved up the Valley as far as
this place; The Johnies made a stand
at Fishers Hill about three miles above
Strausburg, where they showed consid.
cradle fight, Some fierce cannonading
took place on the evening Of the 9ad but
to little effect. On the 23l q general
maneuYering commenced, our batteries
were go. into position and from differ,
ent points were opened upon5he ehemy's
works which were very formidable.!e
Sharp skirmishing and occasional can
nouading was KEEP! up until about 5
o'clock, when the gallant army Of West
Virginia, under command OF General
Crook turned the Rebels left flank and
made one Of the most brilliant charges of
the war, driving the enemy in utter con.
fusion from behind their brenstworks. -
The pursuit was kept up for some three
miles and until the darkness Of the
night made it impossible to follow any
further and our men being completely
exhausted halt was sounded. Victory
again perched upon our banners. The
old Gag again triumphed over the min.
ions Of treason. The discomftted and
demoralized enemy flew peIl nell be,
lore our advancing columns, leaving in
our possession 90 pieces Of artillery and
a large number Of small arms and pris
onerS. We felt that this was glory
enough for one day, But our commOn.
ding General is determined 10 follow up
the advantages thus gained and the 10th
Corps which had been kept in reserve
and General Averll was sent forward at
once and up to last evening had captu-
red 1900 more prisoners and three pie.
ces of artillery and the army is still mo.
wing onward driving everything before
it and we doubt not, if the pursuit is
vigorously continued and the rebels are
not heavily roiforced that Early's whole
army will be broken up and completely
disorganized, This is cause for graft.
tpde toward The Great DispensernE -hu.
man eveHts on the part oil all loyal PEG
and We doubt not they will rejoice and
be glad.
The additional casualties Of our Regi.
mont are these os far as l am able tc
gather them:
KILLED.
Go, A,-Corp Means, Samuel Mid,
kia,
WOUNDED.
Co. A--Private VIM. Jones, in thigh,
broken,
Co. D-LiCut. ]. W. Hannah, in arm
by shell, severe.
Co. E-Lieutenanl Rosseller, in foot,
severe; Serg't V. B. Hays, in breast and
arm, severe.
Co. Private John Hudson. in head
BY she'll, slight; Francis Graham in arm
slight
Lieutenant Rayburn died in one hour
after | sent off my last communication
He is buried in the same gave with
Captain Slack, near the Opaqusn Greek.
The Regiment feels sorowful over the
loss Of these brave men and synpathise
with their afflicted parents.
W. W, H.
- =
LETTER FROM THE7TH w. VA. v.
n FUN
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Candidates for the House of Delegate,

Candidates for the House Of Delegates.
There are now in this county, three
candidates for the House Of Delegates,
viz:-William Shank, Baptiste Gilmore
and G. G. Miller, Esqs. These gen.
llemen are generally known throughout
Mason as plain, intelligent men, and
will each. no doubt receive quite a
large vote on the eth of this month, =
Mr.. Gilmore and Mr.. Miller, are from
the North side ofthe Kauawha and Mr.
ehsha;ftor Sssstt-eiias,.=z=
s=Sothibg has SO greatau influence
as to have your tickets out in time for
the election. Every candidate will have
his own ticket, md now is the time to
be sending them around to the different
places of voting. Send in your orders
at once and have them printed.
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a has'y retreat in the direction Of Taz.
well county.
send you some rebel letters, that were
picked up on their trail. | think they
will interest you. Yesterday Sergeant
and ten men Of company F, of our Reg.
imsnt was on their way from Guyan-
dot!e to Charleston, and captured five
more Of Mornings men. I think the
rebels are satisfied this time TO get away
with their lives.
hope all Union men are going to
vote for Hon, John M. Phelps, for Con-
''gress, We are going to give him a big
lift here. You need rot give yourself
any uneasiness about the soldiers vote,
iflhey are all like my company. There
is not Mcclellan man in my company.
The soldiers will vote here to. morrow;
they are becoming more Interested in
elections lately, than they have been
/ heretofore. We want no doubtful char
.srs elected, even to The lowest county
office. Welook upon an office, seeker
who will tody after our oristocratic ci,i-
zen rebels, as one of the lowest, vilest
living things, that God permits to dis.
grace his footstooI. Such man will
smile, shake hands, and talk loyal senti.
ments 10 soldier, while, on the other
hand, be will mol, wink and agree, in.
tercede for ClerkShips at Washington,
and be an agreeable fellow, generally,
with influential Rebel citizens, Let US
try and keep all such men out of office.
| like your style Of treating such men.
JOHN NJ, REYNOLDS,
Capt Co. D, 18th W. Va, Vet. Cav.
Gen. Sheridan's Official Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The following
are the dispatches received from General
Sheridan, detailing his successful opera.
tons since the last report, and are Just
received:
HARnIsoNDURo, VA, Sept. 90.
Lieut.. Gen. Grant City Point In my
last dispatches l informed you that
pressed Early so closely through New
Market, at the same time sending cavol-
ry around his flank, that he gave up the
Valley and took to the mountains, pass
ing through Browns Gap. kept up
the pursuit to Port Republic, destroying
rs wagons and cassons. sent Tor
bert, who overlook me at Harrisonburg,
TO Stanton, with Wilson's division Of
cayalr2 aud one brigade of Merritt's.
Torbert entered Staunton on the 2Gth,
and destroyed large quantity of rebel
property, harness, saddles, small arms,
hard 3iH iI bread ID flour, Tepsir shops, &c.
troying the iron bridge over the san,b
Branch of the Shenandoah river, ana
seven miles Of the railroad track, the de-.
poi buildings, Government tannery,
ana large amount Of leather, flour,
stores, &c AT that place he found the
tunnel defended by infantry, and retired
via stanton
II IS my impression that the most Of
tue troops which Early had left passed
through the mountains to Charlottesville;
'oa' herShaw division came to his as
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rapidly as possible. The advance Of the
iofan'ry started this morning a. 8 o'clock
Our Corps--lhe olh-was TO leave at 7
o'clock. The object being. to hurry the
Rebels out of the Valley as fast as they
can 60. Here close Until another
time. w. W. II.
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Gen. sheridan's Official Dispatches.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The following
are the dispatches received from General
Sheridan, detailing his successful opera =.
tons since the last report, and are Just
received:
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House of Delegates.

House of DeIcgates-P Prosecuting Attor-
,s ney.
Mn, TmrETr:-You viii please Announce
WILLIAM SHANK.
as an unconditional Union candidate 10 Rcp.
resent this county, in the House Of Delegates.
You will also please announce
Z. NJ FITZGERALD.
rs an unconditional Union candidate for Prose
cutting Attorney for Mason county, both sub.
jet to the decision Of Convention, if one is
called and obige the
uMCAN NITLlN Al IrNIAN NLEN
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PUTNAM COUNTY.

Mn EpIror:-You will p'case announce
MAI J. S. NORRIS,
ms candidate to Represent Putnam county in
inc House OF Delegates, at the coming October
election, and obligc
UNION MEN GENERALLY.
We are authorized TO announce
CAPT. J. V. YOUNG,
as candidate to Represent Putnam county in
the House of Delegates, at the coming October
election
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BEDFORD, Pa, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1864

''Well,'' replied with shudder, 81 wish
ne had approached me in the same way but
he was more cautious at Dantzlc.n
At Schwartz we found an engineer to run the
engine to'l3romberg; and having taken out the
western mail for the next northern train to car
~ along, we saw that Kroller would be prop
eriy attended to, and then started on.
The rest of the trip we ran in safety, though
could see that the passengers were not wholly
at ease, and would not be untiI they were en-
tirely clear of the railway Il heavy puryo
was made up by them for the German student,
and he accepted it with much gratitude, and /
was glad o: IL for the current of gratitude to
him may have prevented a far different current,
which might have poured upon my head for
having engaged a madman 10 ran railroad
train.
But this is not the end. Martin Kroller re-
manned insensiblo from the effects Of that blow
upoa the head nearly two weeks. and when he
recovered from that, he was sound again; his
insanity was all gone | saw him about three
weeks afterward, but he had no recollection Of
me. lie remembered nothing of the past year,
not even his freak on my engine.
But remembered it, and remember it still !;
and the people need never fear that | shall be
imposed ON again by a crasg engineer
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ment across the State Of Mississippi to Meridian,
and the only great resait' ever mentioned as
| flowing from IT, was the capture Of 1000 con-
trQbaRdsi Grant is about to overwhelm Rich
rnond, as soon as powerful reinforcements join
him; but he intended to do the same thing last
spring, and every body knows, without the aid
| OF the HeradtS big map, ''how Grant is taking
| Richmond"
Now, We ask, what ground has any man to
say hat the campaigns now in progress will not
result ]ustHs those which have been concluded!
Do you say that the fighting element Of the
south is expended, and the 'Ecradle and grave
have been robbed" II keep up the numbers in
their armies Il you believe SO, you have been
grossly misied. The truth is, that mismanage-
ment has compelled the North TO put over two
millions of men into the field, while the South
has only put in a little over eight hundred thou
sand. The South has nearly million of able
bodied white men, yet, ont of the army. II ne
cessary, they have determined to arm their slaves
and reward them with freedom for their services.
We have no conflence in Negro troops in an
offensive war, but they can be made sergiceabe
behind trenches. Besides this, thousands of
young men from the border slave States, who
looked upon the late election rs the last hope of
llbertYin the Union, viii join the Southern army.
The abolition of slavery BY the. South will re-
move the obstacle to their recognition by Eng
land and France. This, fellow citizens, is TIE
Other side of the picture
When we add to these facts, that Western
Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and
Arkansas Except few fortified posts) have
been given up again to the enemy; and that
jeff. Davis states that they can endure the loss
of every Southern city as easily as they with-
stood the fall of Atlanta when all these facts
are grouped together, we say, We cannot see
where any sane man can base hope of the
speedy ''crushing of the rebellion Downright
lying, and great newspaper headings of ''bril-
liant victories, will never conquer the South.
Let the people improve the sad lessen of the
past four years.
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VOL. 8, NO. ls.
had sour cows and we had four old horses ana

had sour COWS, and we had four old horses and
six colts.
Then there were thirty -and-six fatted hogs
and six pigs. Then had in the house Two bar
rels of apple butter, three hundred pounds o.
honey, three crooks Of butter ard had silk in
the house for two new dresses--to say nothing
Of 10Y drawers being fullof sheets ana pillow
cases and all kinds of house linen and feather
bed on every bedstead Well, sir, was a Uniol
woman, was, gave my honey and nv apple
butter, and all my things to poor lien when
they came up here scouting snd laver be-
grudged it. When the order came fol your
men TO clear the valley, they came while Was
over to neighbor's; saw the lgat in my d.
rection, and, oh dear! knew what was going
on; knew my barn was going. ran ali the
way, and | came on one man with a pot Of but
ter and another with pot of honey, anl all
any things. knew whose they were, and when
got there they had gutted my house. aSt
had time to get few things togeiher-there's
all that's left, sir" pointing with IN ar of un
utterable despondency 10 little pile Of effects
at her feet.
Said |, shave you nothing left bat those %
'FOnly thirty dollars in money besides said
she. I'VE sold colt TO one Of your men-
he was kind man, too---for thirty llol;srs-
We had considerable of Confederate money.
but that was not good"
'-Well, where 20 you intend to goa" asked.
''AIe and the children hope to go to Ohio,
said She ''bu' we don't know as We shall. We
don't know what to do"
With sad heart picked my way o1 among
the gipsey-like bivonacs on every side, ari dark
ness was SO near at hand, that to preyen5 being
lest, made my way home az fast as possible.
TIE LOSSES Oh RoCKISGIAlt COUNTY By eHea-
IpANs RECENT ADv4NCs.
From the Richmond Wing, Nov Il.
A committee of seventy-two, conSis,.rg Of
thirty-six citizens and the same number =. una-
gstrates, appointed by the county court Of Il. ci-
ingham for the purpose of making an estimate
of the losses of the county By the execution of
Sherldan's infamous order, have made, after a
laborious investigation Of the subject, the fol-
lowin report:
Dwelling houses burned, thirty; barns burn
ed, four hundred and fifty; mills burned, thr-
ty-one; fences destroyed, one hundred miles
bushels OF wheat destroyed, one hundred thuIi-
sand; bushels of corn destroyed fifty thousand;
tons of hay destroyed, six Thousand w9 nun
III cd ana tLitty-tiIrce cattle carried off, enc
thousand seven hundred and fifty horses car
rled of, one thousand seven hundred and fifty; !
sheep carried Off four thousand two hundrcti
hogs carried off eight ;housand eight hundred
and fifty factories burned, three; furnace burn
ed, one. In addition to which, the Registe. says,
there was an immense amount of farming uten-
sils Of every description destroyed many of
them OF great value, such as Mccormick reap !
cr$ and threshing machines. Also. household /!
ana kitchen furniture, money, bonds, plate, &c /
The whole loss being estimated at the enormous
sum Of $25, 100000.
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How a CASE OF DPrHERA WAS rREArEp.-
We heard several days ago of very successful
treatment of q case of diptheria in this city
Tho patient was an infant, two years of age,
and, after administering all the medicines used
in such cases, there were no prospects of ar
resting the disease, which finally attacked the
windpipe, and the little sufferer was expected
almost instantly to be choked to death. The
attending physician saw but one remedy, and
adopted it. He applied q knife to the chi!d's s
windpipe, and inserted a tube which relieved
the breathing Immediately, and in few days
the child was well, the tube removed, ard ths
incision from the knife healed up. Here was a
case in wkish surgery had decidedly the adyan-
tage. .-Nasivil,e Press.
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egA Gentleman not long since in one Of
his rides in Southern Illinois, sought to make
himself interesting 10 a good locking mother of
q sweet baby, occupying the next seat in the
car. After duly praising the baby ho remarked
to the mother lie Is real sucker, 1supposa.'
''No, SIR said tie lady blushing, ''we had to
raise him en- the botlle'' The gentleman re-
srned Ills reading, and has not braeged on any
stranca baby since.
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Gg-During last Winter 'contrahand' came in
to the Federal lines in North Carolina, and was
marched up to the officer of lhe day to give an
account Of himself, whereupop the colloquy
ensued:
Whats your namei"
''My names Sam"
''Sarn what"
"No. Sab not Sam Watt T'se fist Sam. .
whats yonr other name ?"
Il hasn't got no oder nare Sah, Is, Sam
dat's sill"
"What'sy your masters name p
''1'se got no massa now; massa runned away,
yah yah Use free niger row"
''Well, what's your fathers ani mothers
name %
'EIse got none, Sab nebar had none, Use
iist Sam - Amt nobody else"
"Havent you any brothers and sisters?"
''No, Sab neber had none No brudIer
no sister, no fadder, no mudder, no n1assa,
nothin' bat Sam. When you see Sam you see
all dere is of u.s."
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ez-.A man, supposed to be insane, paid in
CleveIaud, 0hio, the other day, a stran gely
modelled piece of white metal and DEPARTED
The nan who received it gives this description
Of It i: ',On ono side, woman sitting on a wheel
holding il oue band stick, or the top of which
Is a night cap. The other sidehas 9 large chick
en- OF It, Antiquarians who have examined the
piece say Il Is the ancient quarter dollar which
passed inr currency ii,gan earlier period Of the
country. ss.t x
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Majority for Lincoln. .

The President has hardly FIVE per cont ma
jority on the total vote For every hundred
votes for Lincoln in loyal States there have beer
cast ninety-fve for his Democratic con1petiter.
large part of this excess was given il New,
England. In the Central, Western and Dor
der States Mcclellan has some ninsty-ai1A.t
votes to Lincolns one hundred, despite all the
great advantages possessed by the latter, and
which were powerfully and unscrupulously
used
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-09

GA wife in San Francisco lately put pc
tition for divorces in tie Court Oh the ground
thar .ler husband was d ''eonfounaed fool
The aonrt wouidnt admit Tie plea, because al
most every married man would be liable 10 the
same imputation DID YOU ever:
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The Late Popular Vote,

The Following is a pretty close apPr2xima-
tion to the popular vote cast at t'e late Pres
iientiai election throughout the United States :
Lincoln and Johnson. L, $50, goo
Mcclellan and Pcndleton 700. 600
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-09

ezrEighteen '.clergyaaen were elected 10 the
LEGISLATURE at tic late election IN Vermont
VI nat great sin hrs Vermont committed that it
is 10 be so grjcvctsiy aiiiIctedE
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GrWhen preachers succeed, %itii poiit:csl,
Sunday evening iharangues, in driving s'sinners-
from the sauctuary, it shows sthat il is a5gut
time that that preacher should take to his le-
climate employHeas on the stump, and give
the Christian people an opportunity TO sesare a
gospel minister who VIII attend to lhe saving Of
souls instead Of laying NJ treasures for moths
and rust 70 corrupt.
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eg-The Grand Rapids Hiajls nan says be
wo4ait nliad the high prices of wood half SO
mach. i al the :.aighbols bada't taken to the
disgusting habit, Of locking their wood house
doors st night.
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@zLl is no shame 50 belong TO the minority:
Nual and his family were IN the minority, while
The vast majority went 20 destruction. pretty
much as they are going now.
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GsTic louisville Journal says that il is
probably Untrue that Lincoln draws his pay
in gol3, because he would be overpaid if he
did
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sz-Is3ok out tor your commas. The Chief
Constable u :, Canadian village certified that
ne hai arTysJ..d man fer attempting t. na1-
~ lis wite, being alive"
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sEAn escaped telegraph operator from Rich
nond says Lee has been largely reinforced
within d short time By The rebel conscriptior.
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ezg-In Ohio, this year they made over 5, ,o0g,-
000,pounds Ct maple sugar. Pork and 'lasses
Gfo the staples of that state.
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e@A n old widower says: Always pop the
question With laugh if you are accepted
y I'll and good, Il not, you can say you were on
l. ioking. Here's wickedness
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ss-'I say John, where did you get that
loafer's hat Please your honei, sail John,
't's an old one Of yours that misses gaze me
yesterday morning, when YOU were TO town"
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Ee-Au officer being much intoxicated, an old
soldier observed tba; i,e was afraid there was
something wrong II headquarters,
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GA Clergyman in Tennessee on 4 Sabbath
recently, gave cut the first line CT the hymn
Lord, les q repentant rebel i've" when up,
sprang Shoddy official, exclaiming Not uri-
less he taxes IN oath to roto foT Lincoln"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-09

ezr An Irish lover remarked that tia great
pleasure 10 be clone, especially when your
is vii VS.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-09

es~Fhe question was recently proposed to
down east" editor, 'Are hoopskirts dangerous 9
He Immediately answered that they are always
very dangerous when they have a. Y!hiGe in
then
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eg~Ihe following epitaph, found on a tomb
stone, IN Oxford, New Hampshire, ma not
he supoflahveiy !udcrous, bu. it certainly is
sou1e:
's1o all my fricads BID ad:.eu,
4 mars sudden death you never knew.
rs was laading The old mare to driak,
She kicked ard killed NE qaicker'n wink
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cg~.'You aans aogg. .as--that's what eyoa
want" said ? parent 10 his sor. i knos,, 1aa ;
bat u ;ry to gel along without it, replied the
little rascal
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81 ~Elihu Burritt figures up 10000 tons o
steel annually made into crinoline.
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ga man cut west, wbo owns large
fana, says hs lacks Up III the hay Re can out
Of doors, aud the rcmain3er he puts il tie
harm
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eg>What can You get by bad companyF If
you are trul1 good, they viii either tsunt you
or despise you.
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E9- a woman committed suiside IN Cartilogs,
ILL.,, because her husband voted tie Republican
ticket.
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Sc Hess grow fat on green tomatoes boiled
and mixed with corn meal.
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sg-I,le crow is q brave bird lie never shows
the white feather.
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