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VIE ITEMS.

| A rebel officer writes from Charleston: ''We
| can have all the liquor we can drink for ninety
five dollars per gallon, two dollars per drink
Moseby, it is said offers fifteen hundred dollars
| for Sheridan head. 1t is the only way he can
get head Of him.
A grimly humorous negro soldier captured a
stalwart rebel in one of the recent skirmishes in
Georgia, and compelled his prisoner to salute him
by the title of "Massa, ON pain of instant
death.
Accounts on file in the department at Washing
ton show the singular fact that since the rebellion
began, forty thousand more Southern whites than
blacks have received assistance from the Govern
ment
SHERMANs s FAREWELL TELEGRAM fare
well telegram of the General to his wife is as fol
lows, II have received all your letters up to the 49,
| start tomorrow. Write no more and don't ex4
pect to hear from me- except through rebel sources
for some time to come. Good bye. -
1t is predicted in military cirles, that there will
soon be great battle on the line below Richmond.
The time of battle will depend on the completion
Of Dutch Gap canal. 1t is highly probable that
Grant will try another assault with the aid of the
feet
Hotel and boarding house keepers at Richmond
have taken advantage of the assembling of the
rebel Congress to put up the prices of board The
rates at the hotels have been advanced to forty
dollars, and the boarding house rates are equally
high in proportion,
ENLIsTAIENTs Nearly three thousand men
have been enlisted in Philadelphia since the quota
under the last call for men was wholly filed these
will be credited to us in case of any future draft.
Efty-one men enlisted on Monday, of whom forty
seven enlisted for three years. three for two years,
and one for one year.
The steamer Greyhound, Gen Butler dispatch
boat, was burned to the waters edge Thursday
the 9th inst, near Hog island. Generals Butler
and Scherick and Admiral Porter were on the
boat at the time, but the Pioneer came up and
took them off. Another vessel received the pas
sengers and crew
RAINS ON HIS MARcH.-The country through
which Gen. Sherman is moving, has been visited
recently by heavy rains. These do not appear
however, to have delayed his movements. In |
seven days he had marched to Macon. l04 miles |
which is nearly fifteen miles day, the average
rate of progress in an unobstructed march. At |
that rate the column which set out for Augusta ON
the 18th must be now at that place. The dis |
tanee being about l70 miles 1t would take If |
tie over the same length of time to march from /
Auguta to Savannah, the distance being IS2 miles
from Augusta
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THE PIRATE FLORIDA, recently captured in the
waters of Brazil, and which has for some time been
lying near Fortress Monroe, has been sunk in fifty
fourfeet of water, having been run into by an army
transport Admiral Porter communicates the fact
of her sinking, but we have no particulars of the
affair and presume it was the result of collision at
night. For some days past it has been rumored
that our Government was about to return the yes
sci to the waters of Brazil her capture having been
in violation of the law of nations However this
may be- she viii have to be taken up before she
is given up and as she lies in nine fathoms of
water, we presume it viii be a task attended with
considerable difficulty. All the officers of the nj
rate have been transferred to Fort Warren.
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sHERMAN,s GRAND MARCH.


All eyes are turned and all interest centres up
on the grand march Of General Sherman through
the heart of the nearly exploded Southern Con-
fedracy-the grandest and most daring expedition
of the war Its ultimate destination is a mystery,
but the fact that it has already penetrated far into
the enemy country, is published far and wide on
both sides of the lines.
II is understood that this splendid army of tried
veterans left Atlanta Ga, on the 18th inst that
it comprises four Army Corps, with Cavalry, Ar
tillery, and all the appointmeRtsof well organized
Army that its purpose was to move in four par
alel columns, within supporting distance of each
other; that is to forage upon the country, and
that all foraging is to be done by regularly author
lied details for the purpose. No soldier is to en-
ter dwelling or commit any kind of trespass;
Ifdwelings, mills, factories or cotton gins are 10
be destroyed that's to be attended to BY the corps
commanders and no such destruction is to order
ed in any place where the Army is unmolested by
the inhabitants. But if they burn bridges, OBJ
struct the roads, or if the Army is annoyed by
bushwhackers, then the Corps Commanders are
atliberty to order devastation more or less reent
less according to the measure of the local hostility
shown.
The columns are to take up their line ofmarch
habitually atseVen clock in the morning, and are
to make fifteen miles day. This viii be most ex-
cellent marching and from what we know thus
far the programme has been strictly carried out
The Army moved out from Atlanta on the 18th Of
November, and the 18th, as we learn from the
Macon papers of the 18th, it was below Griffin,
which place is just forty three miles from the star
ting point 1t was therefore making its full ff-
teen miles day Later than that, the Richmond
papers state that on Sunday previous
(thea 20thl Gen Sherman was within eighteen
miles oflthat town He had therefore marched
about eighty miles in FIVE days, or at the rate Of
sixteen miles day. little more than the pro-
gramme called for
The main purpose Of the Expedition seems to
be, to assert the power and majesty of the Nation
al Government over the insurgent States; to re-
infurl the glorious Stars and Stripes in their
chief towns and cities; to rescue and succor our
captive soldiers and to impress upon the mis-
guided people cfthe South that it is the fixed de-
termination Of the loyal masses, as enunciated at
the roeent Presidential election, that @FHE FrD
ERAL AUTHORITY OVER THE ENTIRE UNION MUST
AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED.
As the Expedition has cut loose from Its former
base, an information Of its progress until it reach
es our military posts on the seaboard, must come
to us through Rebel sources. These accounts go
to show that the Expedition has been thus far
brilliant success.
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A ..EAsr,, rHANKsGIYING.

Rev. Mr.. Essick preached sermon In the Pres
byterian Church in this place, on Thanksgiving
day. His text was taken from I'd Chronicles, Sew
enth Chapter, fourteenth Verse
4If nv people which are called by my shall
humble themselves and pray and seek face, and turn
from their wicked WAYS then will hear from heaven
and viii forgive their sin, and viii heal their land"
% He prefaced his discourse by saying he recog-
nized the proclamation Of the President setting
apart this, as day of thanksgiving and praise to
Almighty God. The proclamation enumerates
some Of the causes for thanksgiving, such as.
r has plaased Almighty God to Irolong our national
life another year. defending with His guardian
against unend designs from abroad, and youchsafng
as ii His mercy many and signal victories over the enc
my who is Of household FaToriag our citizens In
their homes as our soldiers in their camps and our sailors
on the rivers and seas, with unusual health.
He has largely augmented our free population by
emancipation and by immigration, while he has opened
to us new ofweah and has crowned the labor
Of our working in department. OF industry with
abundant reward,
Moreover He has been pleased to animate and in
spire our minds and hearts with fortudey courage and
resolution sufficient for the great trial of civil war into
which We have been brought by adherence as ma
ton 10 the of freedom and humanity and TO afford
to us reasonable hopes Of ultimate and happy deliver
snce from all our dangers and Affections
=. The Proclamation was not read as is usual
elseghereon such occasions, andits letter and spr
IL entirely disregarded, anda sermon was preached
suited only to nation Of the vilest sinners on a
day Of humiliation and penitence Gibbon with
additions, may have furnizhed the catalogue of
the enormities charged upon this nation as he has
portrayed the crimes and corruptions of Rome
under the Emperors. The people, our rulers, the
clergy the press, both religious and secular, were
all characterized as swayed by the West passions.
Not word of hope or thanksgiving or praise did
we hear uttered for our country. Need we say
that such discourse, on such day, was received
with disapprobation by nearly every who heard
it. Whatever may have been its purpose, its effect
was to favor and comfort only our enemiez-
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THE New York Tribune declares its belief that
the Union party was cheatedout of thirty thousand
rotes IN that State, at the late election, and de-
mands an investigation, in which all parties are
invitedtoassist in order that the guilty be brought
to punishment. AtAlbany suits have beer com
menced for forcibly obstructing The polls against
Union voters, by which an opposition member of
Assembly was returned as elected, but whose seat
will be contested In Philadelphia all the officers
Of the eighth precinct of the notorious Fourth
ward have been arrested on the allegation of fraud
connected with the election.
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THE PLOT AGAINST THE CITY.

We waste no words this morning in argurinp
that the plot to burn New York which failed on
Friday night was Rebel plot. The evidence in
possession Of the police and military authorities,
the facts recited in our columns this morning, and
the conviction of every intelligent person, establish
the fact of the plot and the fact of its birth in
Richmond Six weeks ago the Richmond press
threatened and foretold just such an attempt de-
Tended it as justi6able warfare, and chuckled in
advance over its anticipated success. Their sole
chagrin win be to hear that it has been tried and
has failed; and they will discover with rage but
without one emotion of shame, that it is not so
easy as they thought to burn city that holds a
million Of people, and that is protected by the
safeguard of civilization unknown to their bar
barous society
We owe our safety to the promptness of the
Police and of the fire Department, and not less to
the incredible stupidity of the agents who were
hired to carry out scheme which in itself was
ingeniously conceived and carefully premediated.
But let that pass for the event, ike every event,
contains lesson for the future.-M Z Tribune
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PLOT TO BURN THE CITY OF NEW
YORK.

A most diabolical attempt was last night made
to fire this city at many different points, ranging
from the Belmont Hotel in Fulton street, as far
up as the st. James Hotel, in Broadway, above
its intersection with the fifth avenue. At the
present writing, happily, no loss of life and no Sc
rious damage to property has crowned the fendish
hopes of the perpetrators of these crimes But
the heart sickens at the thought of the scene of
horror which must certainly, but for the presence
of mind and GOODNESS of afew persons, have resul-
ted from the mere alarm of fire. given at nine
o clock in the evening to the crowded audience in
the lecturs-room of the Museum. At this point
while the theatrical performances of the night
were going on, bottle of PHOSPHORUS was emp
tied in the rear Of the gallery, andat once ignited
In the various hotels, including the St Nicho-
las the Metropolitan, the Lafarge and other large
and crowded houses, beds were found saturated
with phosphorus, and the fire in all these cases
seems to have been set by persons acting in con-
cert, and of course under one definite and devilsh
inspiration.
Who those persons were or what their aims, it
were Premature now to inquire The matter de-
mands and must receive immediate and most
searching examination at the hands of our munich
pal and police authorities. York World
Friday 25tt att
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DE- ath Or Prof Beniamin silliman. s..

Prof Benjamin Silliman, Sr. widely known in
Europe and in America as physician Of eminent
learning and genious, died Saturday morning at
New Haven, at the ripe age of eighty-four. MIR.
SiIliman was the son of General Gold Sellick Sill
man, who rendered his country important service
during the Revolutionary War. He graduated
at Yale in 176S, aftelward studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1902 He afterward ac-
cepted the chair ofchemistry in Yale College, and
visited Europe to prosecute his studies in sci
ence which was at that time almost unknown in
America. He returned after an absence of four
teen months, and published an interesting ac-
count of his travels.
In 1907 he made chemical analysis of mete-
orite of great size and briIiancy which had burst
in the town of Western Connecticut He after
ward assisted DR.. Hare in his experiments with
the oxhydrogen blowpipe, to which he gave the
name of compound blow pipe by which it is
commonly known. In 1918 Professor Silliman
founded the A'ne5icaa journal Of Science and
Art 2 better known in Europe and America as
&C SiEtineus Journal, of which he remained Sc
nior editor till 1916. He was one of the earliest
Americans to give popular lectures on scientific
subjects. In 1880 he visited Europe second
time. He resigned his Professorship in 1853, bui
continued to give lectures for two years longer
He was man of simple tastes and active habits
and his old age was remarkably free from mental
or modify infrmity, and to the very last he took
adeep interest in the progress of science, humani
ty and freedom all over the world.
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DEATH OF SENATOR HAMMOND. The Rich
moud H71ig records the death, on the 18th inst,
of ex-Goy. James Hamilton Hammond, of South
Carolina, at the age of ffty-seven years. He had
been prominent nullifer in youth and was a
lifelong advocate of slavery. To his writings and
speeches the country owes much Of the bad feel
ing which brought the rebellion His famous
speech wherein he declared that free laborers Of all
classes were the mudsills of society, win long
be remembered, and its influence in stirring up
the Indignation of all the sons ofto, will not soon
cease He had been Governor of South Carolina,
and Representative and Senator at Washington.
Since the opening of the war, which he helped to
bring about, he has remained in retirement, and
his voice has not been raised in support Of the
causless rebellion which he had been threatening
all his life before.
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A Great Victory in the West.

The following fragment of dispatch passed
over the wires IN this place, Thursday noon. It
undoubtedly refers to great battle in Tennessee
between Generals Thomas and Hood and great
victory over the latter This is what was taken
from the wires; "Repulsed with loss Of SIX
thousand killed and wounded. Our loss is known
to be only about FIVE hundred. During the battle
we took one thousand prisoners. The action took
place at Franklin, Tennessee.
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THr Washinrtnn .Stnr sars. ..Ricbmnnd nano,

THE Washington Star says: Richmond paper.
of Saturday last the 2oth) let out as little as pos
sble about Sherman's movements, but virtually
admit that hei successfully making his way to-
wards the sea coast, and give as reason for Their
retcence in regard to his line of march, that they
do not wish to give the Yankees information as
to what point on the seaboard he is aiming at.
lest they should send supplies to meet him there,
and they (the Rebels) hope to starve him before
he receives such iupplies. The tone of the Rebel
papers, is very blue for the Confederate Cause.
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GEN. GRANT-The account on our first page Of
Gen. Grant movements, from the Philadelphia
Ereaiag Telegraph, is as interesting as romance,
with the advantage In its favor Of being true
Speaking of the Telegraph reminds us that we ought
TO tell our readers fact that many of them may
not hayethe opportunity ofknoEing, aswe do, VIE
that the Philadelphia Ereliag Telegraph is becom
ing one of the ablest andmost enterprising journals
in the whole country, Though only a year befor g
the public, has very generally accredited position
far ahead Of the Eueltsg Bulletin in all the essen
tials Of good newspaper.
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ORDERS TO THE LEFT WING.
CIRCULAR
NCihcOLAR
HEADQUARTERS, TWENTIETH CoRps,
rrr Arraa u n. ann -

ATLANTA, Ia, NOV. Z, 1864.
When the troops leave camp on the march about
to commence they viii carry in hayersack two
days Iations salt meat two days hard bread. ten
days coffee and salt, and FIVE days sugar. Each
infantry soldier will carry sixty rounds of ammu-
milton on his person. Every effort should be made
by officers and men to save rations and amnuni-
ton not a round of ammunition should lie lost or
unnecessarily, expended Its expected that the
command VIII be supplied with subsistence and
forage mainly from the country All foraeing will
be done by parties detailed for the purpose by bri
gade commanders, under such rules as may be
prescribed by brigade and division commanders
Pllaglng, marauding, and every act of cruelty or
abuse OF citizens viii be severely punished. Each
brigade commander viii have strong rear guard
on every march, and viii order the arrest Of All
stragglers. The danger of struggling on this march
should be impressed upon the mind of every Off
Ger and man OF the command Not only the renu-
tatlon of the corps, but the personal safety of ey
cry man will be dependent, in great measure. mn
on the rigid enforcement ofdiscipline and the care
taken of the rations and ammunition.
BY command of Major General Slocum.
II. w PERKINS.
Asst. Adj. Gen.
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AGAIN A UNITED North. We agree with the
Philadelphia Inquirer that it gratifying to observe
that many of the leading Democratic journals,
such as the National IteHtgecer, the New York
journal Of Commerce, and the Boston Post yield a
prompt and graceful acquiescenee to the popular
verdict in favor of Mr. Lincoln. The tone of the
leading articles of some of them do credit to the
eharcter of American journalism, and to the manly
and patriotic sense of duty impeling their editors
This is as it should be, and it is to be hoped that
their course viii be emulated by all others-and
have It's influence upon the masses of the Demo
cratic party. The issue was distinctly made and
the people have given an unmistakeable decis-
ion. What has been decided as to the policy Of
the future, in their strong Endorsement of the poll
ey of the past should be respected as the decision
of the body Of the American people; and every
thing like factious opposition should be conscion-
tiously forborne for the future -Maer's Journal
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Asst. Adj. Gen.

Important from Savannah The Arrival of
Union Prisoners -.Sherman's Grand Pro-
gress-OurPrisOners Probably All Released,
Annapolis, Nov. 81.
The sransports Hiram Livingston and Wevbas
gers.
All exchange has ceased.
Sherman has cut off the railroads to Savannah
Our prisoners are supposed to be released he.
beng within few hours march of the stockades
when the transports left.
An effort was being made by the Rebels to send
nour me to Florida
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FORTRESS MONROE Nov. "a, P. M.-The
steamerer Arago arrived here at 2. P. NJ, TODAY,
and gentleman who accompanied the flag of truce
to Savannah informs me that the people of Sae
vannah are very lukewarm towards the Rebel
cause especially the women of Savannah Who
gave our soldiers refreshments whilst thev wa;taS
for the train to start. The further exc6anga of
prisoners at Savannah win cease, on account If If
the panic produced by Sherman advance Wben :,
the Arrgo left it was believed that Sherman was was
~ ho Sodao bod slItg miles from Savannah and that
it. "1'AOus managing
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Nen AaYsrtiseaatats.

rFsBRNPIKE ELECTION.
The Stockholders in the SO 'nerset and Bedford rn
pike hoad Company, win take no ee that election r
be held at the house Of Peter r. ulegas, in AIle
Township on the SECOND DAY o. z JANUARY as1y
to elect one President Six Managers nd Treasure
conduct the affairs Of the said Company he ensuing ye
Also, dividend declared on the o. 81 Nsy,0s
to be paid BY the Treasurer of the COMPANY.
BENJAMIN KIM MEL
Dec. 2, 1864 Pre ,ilrn,
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ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE INQUIRER. !
WASHINGTON, Nov. OF, 1864.
Attempt to Burn the War Department.

information having reached the War Depart
ment that an attempt was te be made to fire smul-
taneously thewar buildings aud some adjacent ones,
the regiment of the War Department Rifles were
called out and put on special patrol duty, and the
conspiracy was baffied for the present. Watchmen
and patroles are now doing duty on all public
conduct viii be summarily dealt with. ''No pris-
oners win be taken So guerrillas he'd better
beware
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THE LAST NOTICE.
Subscribers to Bedford Inquirer, Save Cost,

HAVE placed my accounts in tho hands Of the fol0v
ing Justices Of the Peace for collection Tbaso ~
persons indebted to in Middle and South Woodber.
with Jacob Brenneman Woodberry those Of IIspeweJ
Broad Top and Liberty with John Major, H,pswsl. .
those Of West Providence Monroe and Bloody Rap wan
Ut. Jacob A. Mann those Of St. Clair and Unisn Win
Thomas oldham; those Of Schellsburg and Napier rib
John HULL those Of Harrison and Juniaa vth Da1ia
Miller and those Of East Proyidca with Simon Nyenm
with orders to collect by due process Of law
J. r. DURBORRoY.
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THE Pr1TsBuRGH DAILY GAZETTE Genes out
IN new dress, very much improved in appear :
ance. The Gazette is the oldest and ablest daily
in Pittsburgh.
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From, tie lSaranaah Daily lforniiao Nc,es Nor .

CoRINTH, Nov. l9.-People of Georgia. arise
for the defence of your native soil Rail- arol,,,
your patriotic Governor and gallant soldiers oh
struct and destroy all roads in Sherman's front
flank and rear, and his army will soon starve in
your midst. Be confident and resolute Trust
IN an oyerruing Providence and success viii crown
your efforts. / hasten to join you in the defense
of your homes and firesides
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