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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-12-02

the light wnsa sentinel who as the car passed, dis
covered the three men, two of whom were already
moving for the ewoods near the road. He Instantly
brought his gun TO bear and fred upon the remain
ing one, Lieut. Conley, whose clothes near vital
part Of his body pierced through By the bullet
The Lieut. probably saved his life by instantly, az
he saw the sentinel raise his piece, throwing him
self over beyond the cross ties. He immediately
plunged into the woods the train passing on without
stopping. From this time, their whole route 70
within few days travel of Knoxville, lay through
the woods and untrayeled byways, travelling in the
night and laying by during the day. They found
without exception, the negroes friendly, and re-
markably well informed in regard to every thing
touching the rebellion, and particularly its effect up
on their condition. They were supplied with food
corn bread, sweet potatoes &c, throughout their
whole journey to the mountains By these faithful
friends They arrived in Knoxville afterthirty nine
days travel, and many narrow escapes. On the high
lands and in the mountains, all the whites We're
found be loyal, has been noticed aud remarked
from the beginning of the war.
Letter from Charleston S. c. Jail Yard.
The following Letter from Lieut.. ]. Fl. Longn
SSnStt heo DScA AfiudSu " uo AOt Pu9ihSAeiNth'
JAN YARD, CHARLESTON, S. c.,
Sept. both 1864 !
DEAR Sra
| still live and have my being, but move very lit
lie as you will at once infer from my heading. 1on
viii perhaps recollect that was placed detached
duty about April Goth: ] am still on the same spe
cial service. We still have some glimmering hopes
however that we viii be rcalled by an exchange
some time this fall. | was some months at Macon
Ga, over month at Savannah and about two weeks
in this yard five cannot see our friends, we at
least have a constant serrnade from below.
We are treated much better than our men, indeed
well could expect taking in view the cir
cumstances. | presume it is well known to you
that have died very rapidly the past season
For reading matter / have the Bible, Tytlers Histo
ry, Hitchcock's Geology &c. Ny health is quite
good also Compiler, Beegle, and Capt. Evans, who
is with us. All the officers of the 101st are well.
would like very much to be in Penn about this
time.
How is Keagy Is he in Bedford have not seen
Jno. Filler but seen letters from him. / would like
to read the INQUIRER these times. We have the
Mercury 4 Courier daily. Ny regards to Mrs.
and friends.
Truly Your Friend
J. n. L0NGENECKER, +
Adj 101st p V.
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Nhe 8tdts,d gnqilifer,
BEDFORD. "A. FRIDAY. DEC 2 1854.

The INQUIRER is better medium than any other
paper, for communicating with the people Of Bed
ford county. It has circulation Of over twelve
hundred and steadily increasing. Advertisements
in this paper, reach thousand readers more, that
they would, published in any other paper that creu
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NOTICE.
IN Notice hereby given that by order Of the Court
Of Common Pleas Of Bedford County, j. W. Lingenfelter
COMMITTEES Of Ahranan SILL unatic Of Bedford town
ship has filed his in this Office and that the
win be presented to the Court for confirmation at the
November Term.
O. E. SHANNON,
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Secretary Board of Directors,
noE.17,64-3t Bloody Run, Pa.
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The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13
The great battle is stiIl undecided The

The great battle is still undecided. The
complexion of the news this morning Is
still of that doubtful hue which renders it
impossible for either army to claim de-
cided victory. As the result OF six days
hard fighting, we have the Union army 80
vanced about twenty miles from the fords
at which it crossed the Rapidan. Two
Major Generals and three Brigadiers have
been killed and our loss will probably ex-
coed twenty thousand men in killed,
wounded and missing. The loss on the
rebel side has been, perhaps, equally Sc
we're, but they meet us on each succeeding
day with. apparently, augmented strength
and renewed determination. The fact that
they have fallen back from their first battle
ground is almost the only one upon which
to base claim OF Union victory. This
may have been, as is some times the case, a
part of the commanding generals plan
having the effect of bringing the rebels
nearer to their base of supplies and draw
irg Gen. GRANT, correspondingly, away
from his Whether the retreat was de-
signed or not, however, the circumstances
Of the contest thus far characterize it as a
drawn battle.
But the end is not yet. The victory is
vet to be won and we have vast deal OF
confidence in Gen. HRANT's ability to win
it Let uS all hope for the best
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13
A Sad Case.

In Gov. Pierpoints letter to the Presi-
dent, he speaks of various wrongs suffered
by Messrs. Buck and Whitehurst, both
good Union men, at the hands of Gen. But
Ter and bis tools. Among these latter, one
of the most subserviant and unscrupelous is
Gen. Wild, perfect ruffian, who CON
mands a brigade of negroes. The following
incident is related by Gov. Pierpoint in re
ference tn these men.
There is evidently bad feeling in Gen.
eIal Wild's mind toward Buck and White
hurst. They know OF no reason for it ex-
rept &c grew out of a transaction connected
with General Wild's celebrated raid into
North Carolina and Princess Anne county
1t was this While mar where Captain
Caffee lives, General Wild came to the
house owned by man by the name o. White,
who was captain in the Confederate ser
wee. General Wild arrested Mrs. White,
,he wife, as hostage for something;
Gout know what She was IN delicate sit
nation. Her daughter, u young grr! #
shout nineteen years of age, stepped FIR
ward and said, General, you cannot take
Iuy mother, take me :" He took the dau;h
Ter and set fire To the house, aud burnt
everything in il, with all the nick macs OF
On expectant mother. In two days after
ward Mrs White was contined the daugh
ter Was taken prisoner They had not
proceeded far until they came 10 Colonel
Nix, of New York, with ms regiment.
The colonel and his meu seeing the young
glrl in possession Of tue colored troops,
mterfered and d. c!ared tuey were sent t.
protect p'rs"ns and property, aud were go
ing to rescue Tie glfl. The men and off.
crs in both commands became highly ex
cited, and were about coming into conflict,
when tue gir! stepped orSard and said:
@Men, done she'd blood on my account;
they have not mistreated me- my honor is
ultarnisLed; | am here in place of my
notber." The angry blood cooled, the Girl
was carried q" Norfolk, and kept there in
the second story of General Wild's head.
Quarters some three weeks, her mother, in
tue meantime, lying at the point of death;
and by the eilvrts OF Captain Caffee, aided
by Buck and Whtehurst, The girl was re.
leased, think. through General Butler
This interference may have been their sin,
which cast thu EN- from favor.
These same men, headed by Catfee, have
saved for The government, since that time,
above half million dollars worth of prop
,rty from vessels wrecked on the same coast
saere these goods were destined. And yet
CHS Cdffee aud his men are denounced as
,uerrllas. .s-
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13

In the United States Circuit Court, now
in session at Nashville, Judge CATRoN pre-
siding, an attorney on Tuesday of last week
read a declaration wherein certain parties
declared themselves to be citizens of the
State of West Virginia, and certain other
parties citizens of Tennessee Judge Ca
IRON interrupted the reading Of the deela-
ration and directed the attorney to strike
out the word "West'"s so as to have the name
If the State of Virginia. He added, as his
reason lur 50 ordering, that be knew nOsuch
State as "Wc Virginia"
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13
Premiums Wsrth COntendiDg For.

Tho Marble and Stone Cutters OF Pittsburgh oner
Monument, worth over $1,000, to be gwen 10 the
1o,ntv Of western Pennsylvania, Ohio or Virginia
;ch shal donate to the Fair the largest aggregate
smount in proportion to the population. Inc Monu-
ment TO be erected in the chief town OF the county
which shall gain it, to the memory OF their brave SOL
diers slain in battle. o.,
The Allegheny County Agricultural Society ohers
$500 in Money to the Agricultural soIeues OF 'He
Country which shall donate the largest amounts In
Allegheny County is excluded from competition for
Organize your County, Township and School Dis
trict Committees, and apply to every DOCTOR lawyer
merchant clerk, farmer, manufacturer, mechanic, IA
borer. woman and child, to give money. 1--we stock,
GOODS farm products, manufactures, usenl or fancy
srcss Curiosties poultry, butter eggs, shIrts
maple sugar. any thing which can be Sold OF looked
Let the Workmen in every mill, shop, coal-ba
furnace boat-yard, Tannery and OF every trade SUD-
scribe at least one days labor and seed the proceeds
~ tho Treasurer, with liberal sum from the en-
Christian duty humanity and patriotism. alike call
unon us to help our brave soldiers, and our beneh-
cence must be worthy Of the cause and Of generous
Money to be sent to N. Holiness Treasurer; goods TO
Felix r.. Brunot, or to the Chairman OF the proper
Committee, marked Sanitary Fair. Send notice OF
shinment. Freight settled in Pittsburg,
All the Rail Roads issue Excursion Tickets TO the
Nv order of the Executive Committee.
mvi3 FELIX r. BRUNOT. Chairman.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13
Gen. Grant During the Battle !.


General Grants headquarters we're locat-
ed in a field between the plank rcaf snd
small road leading to a little hamlet known
as Parker's store. During the fight, how
ever, he WAS principally with Gen. Meade,
whose headquarters were on . piney knoll
in the rear Of Warren's corps. 4 had seen
Grant 1T Vicksburg and in Tennessee, and
his appearance was familiar; but as Istroli-
ed through the group of officers reclining
under the trees at headquarters / looked
for him some time in vain, such was his in
significant. unpretending aspect and con.
duct while the battle was raging in all its
fury. stranger to the insignia of militia
~ rank would have little dreamed that the
plain, quiet man who sat with his back
against a tree, apparently Needless and un'
moved, was the one upon. whom the for.
tunes of the day, If not Of the age and the
country, were hanging. 1t was only when
some aid or orderly rode up in hot haste
with Communication from some portion OF
the battle field that his eyes uptnrned to
seek in those of the messenger the pur-
port of the message. The consultation with
Gen. Meade or the direct suggestion or com
mand-all took place with that same I'M
perturbability of countenance for which he
has always been remarkable. No move
ment of the enemy seemed to puzzle or TO
disconcert him. Fertile in resources, the
petition for reinforcement was speedily ans
wered. And while all this transpired he
stood calmly irthe group, at times smok-
ing his favorite segar-a more vigorous or
more frequent putting only indicating the
inward working of the mind. If something
transpired which he deemed needed his
personal attention, away he darted on horse
back to the immediate scene, the one or two
of his aids aud ap orderly exeriipg their ut
most to keep up with him. Arrived on the
spot, he calmly considered the matter re
curing his attention, with ready judgment
communicated the necessary orders, and
then galloped away to another part OF the
field, or to his seat beneath the pine tree,
there to enter,on the order book some re.
cord OF the battles progress. 1t was anus
ing again at times to see him-the CoLl
mander in Chief-whittling away with his
knife upon the bark of tree, pausing now
and then to throw in word or sentence in
the conversation of those grouped about,
and then going to work again with renewed
vigor upon the incision of the pine. The
contemplation of this by those who were
with him at Vicksburg will recall an inc;
dent of a similar character at that memo
rable siege. When the columbiads were
mounted in front OF Logan's line General
Grant was desrons of experimenting the
operations. During the preliminary work
of cutting the embrasures he mounted the
epaulment, and while the rebel bullets
struck all around him, deliberately whitfield
a rail until the guns were placed in their
position.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13

WE learn Iron, Various farmers with
whom We Lave conversed that tue wheat
n'p IBIS FALL will be very ligut in this and
Wiso6orlnS couuueS. The last freezing
scather We nad, found the grouna bare,
AID mach of the wheat was consequently
lrozen cut. The wheat WIS not injured by
the extreme cold weather We had in jam
airy, los tayH-'he ground was covered with
- ow, i '' was quite different the las
"o'e spef. In central Indiana We un-
'i,r> 81 pat the wheat crop looks fin,
...ld promi41s a very fac yield, but in por.
Gioua Of Southern Indiana We are snis fife a
there will not be half crop.-Ecansril,e
(Atd.) Times.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13

THE Cadiz Sentinel comes to us this week
in new dress Of type, and presents a neat
and artistic appearance. We are pleased to
note this evidence Of les pros perity. The
Sentinel is one of the best of our weekly
exchanges, and deserves liberal support.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13

The Boston Courier says: II is surpris-
ing to see how easily, after all, the radicals
can tell the truth, when they think ltior
their own interest to do so. lt seems
hardly possible that a bad habit should oe
SO easily abandoned, but they do it. For
instance, this party has been telling us Tor
three years about starvation at the South.
But now the Nsp Era Fremont organ
comes out and denies roundly what It's
whole party has constantly affirmed, put
what no man or woman with grain OF
sense orrefection could ever have believed.
1t says: 800
"wHAT Is NOT "A CAMP IS A CORNFIELD."
That was the energetic expression to US
of a Major who was captured ar Pittsburgh
landing, in 1862, and carried as prisoner
over many portions of Mississippi and Ala
bama. The very portions of the South
which formerly. in consequence OF being
engaged in cotton raising, were the largest
purchasers of Western corn and pork are
now the most prolific producers of both
A striking illustration of it is the fact cited
bv Gen. Blair, that after the region east of
V;cksburg had been traversed by great ar
mics several times, and had nlevied
upon for two years for the support Of the
largo forces occupying Vicksburg, General
Grant still found it ne"n>sary, in order to
embarrass the approach Of Gen. Johnston,
to send out parties especially to destroy
the still remaining stores of provisions.
After all the fictitious parade of paper
prices, it is cheaper living in Richmond to
day than it is in Washington, increasing
cost by the same standard of gold: And
by that standard the average prices of food
are less through the entire South than it
is at the North.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13

The Springfield Republican is very severe
OH its Abolition friends, lt is willing to
support the same candidates and share the
same spolls, but its gorge will rise at some
of their doctrines. Thus it expresses itself
upon the matter:
eve have prophets among us who are very
sure that if we do not perform the divine
will, as they understand it, we shall come
to grief. They assume TO have open vision in
the heavenly councils, and indeed to be on
more intimate terms with the powers above
than anything in their moral>or religious
character would lead one to suspect. In
fact, some we know, who make most free
with the divine communications, do not be-
eve in any thing beyond their bread and
butter. just now some Of these are ma
king conditional prophecies, such as: If
Gen. Grant gets beaten, if the rebels take
Washington, or if the rebellion succeeds, it
will be because the government has been
unjust to the negro. Now, we have great
respect for religious sensibility aud faith in
the divine justice, but this looks to us like
very shallow and hypocritical cant, and We
cannot help suspectlng that it is often used
for mere party purpose rather than for
patriotic or religious one.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13
THE STRENGTH OF LEES ARMY.

"The strength of the rebel army on the
side of the Rapidan, under the immediate
command of General Lee, is estimated at
the War Department, fom reliable data, at
$4,000, divided as follows: $4,000 infantry,
$4,000 cavalry and 60 batteries Of artillery.
Around Richmond and on the Peninsula
the rebel force, number 10000. under COM
mand of General Bragg General Beaure-
gard is uot in Virginia, but one hat the
troops lately Under bis command in South
Carolina and Georgia, have reached Rich
mond, part joining Lee on the Rapida n
Ten thousand troops from North Carolina.
are now believed to be en- route to Rich
mond, None of the troops lately engaged
in Florida, have Come further nerth tban
Charleston aud Savannah, where they will
remain to supply the place Of those sent to
Virginia"
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13

THE Commodore Jones gunboat which
was destroyed on the James river, had
been sent up to remove distractions
While in the performance of that duty,
suddenly, and without any warning, a
huge segar shaped torpedo exploded d.
rectly under, her, about amidships, lifting
her completely out of the water. The ex-
pIosion was so powerful that it literally
tore her to pieces. Lieutenant Wade and
Acting Ensign G. w. Adams were blown
overheard, but were subsequently saved by
clinging to piece of the wreck. The for
mer officer, on gaining foothold, discov-
cred rebel on shore, and taking deliberate
aim with his pistol, the rebel was instantly
shot dead The torpedo was fired by a
galsanic battery from the shore The Pay
master of the Commodore Jones, Mr.. E.
II. Chapman, VS. instantly killed and
about fifty of the crew killed or wounded
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13

THE VERY LATEsT.-The Washington
Union says:
yesterday a'Western correspondent in
search for something defnate in relation to
the fighting now going on, stepped into the
White House and asked the President if
he had anything authentic from Gen Grant
The President stated that be had not, as
Grant was like the man that climbed the
p,le and then pulled the pole up after HIM.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13
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N b. A restricted number Of Pupils taken to
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The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-05-13
NoT1cEt NOTICE

HAVE Just received per express, a superior assort-
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