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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-08-26

Prom a friend in Baltiuore We have the
following.
some years ago there Wa a Very clever
bat illIterAte man named Tate elected %
tn Georgia Legislature. from Pickens
County. When b. arrived in MilledgeviIle
be inquired Of the srst one be met-wbo.
unfortunately for ham. va addicted 70 prac-
uca! Jokes-the way - the capitol The
gentleman directed him 90 the Market
house. wherr. With al the dignity magma
bic. he seated himself behind one Of the
stalls. Aitcr a Whale the venders of meat
commenced as-enbhag and hanging their
H.crchaEdise "a very temPtiag manner.
Tate seeing. A. b. dsoughf the members OF
thc Legislature. gszcd in a~e-struck Won
der until b. Thought b. bad solved the mys-
tery. and then b. sad %. You memiers
from the lower oountics. I see. know a liz
tie more than Nc Cherokee people. You
don't intend 10 b. swindled by these ras-
cally hotel-keePers, 80 you bring your pro-
VISIONS along with you. There va some
excitement until the matter Wa explained.
When some kind-heSrted b. nseus5sr- point
ed out the Capitol % him.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-08-26

Why does the operation Of hsnging A. .
a nnans~ inquired Dr. Whatly. AphysioH-
gist replied " Because Inspiration s check
Cd. circulation stopped. and blood suIases
and congests tbe brain. ''Bosb. replied
his Grace. "t s because the rope is not
long eno8gh ~ i-t BIS feet touch tbe ground
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-08-26

IL - related q the witty Dominican monk
BOcoo. that be had . great dislike 20 tobae-
co and when once preaching 20 a crowd Of
spanish sailors. be asiounded them by tel
hing them that there we're no spanish saints
IN Heaven. A few b. said. had been ad-
mitted. bot they smoked 50 many cigars
that they made the holy virgin sick. and So
Peter sea his Wits 10 work TO get them out
Al length be proclaimed that a bull fight
vas 70 be held outside the gate ofPsradise.
ThercuPon every spanish SAINT. without ex-
ccPtion. ran oH 20 the 6ght. and ~. Peter
immediately closed the gate. and took care
never TO admit another Spaniard
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
PENNSYLVANIA.
Vote at the October Election for Congress
SiOnaI Representative.

The Harrisburg Telegraph says:--''Th follow
ing may be regarded as the official vote of Penn
sylvania, for Congressional Representatives, atthe
October election In compiling this vote, we had
to be governed BY the returns as made BY the dii-
ferent Prothonotaries and as the majority of these
officials made no distinction in what wascaed the
'home" and the soldiers vote, the aggregate oi
both votes are only given in the tabular statement
below. Inorder to get the home and the ''sol-
diers vote, circulars have been issued from the
State Department, requesting the different Pro
thonotaries to fusnish statements of the polls in
the camps containing Pennsylvania soldiers and in
the State
1t is now conceded in official circles, that ii
win be impossible to ascertain correctly the result
of the home vote at the October election, for
the reason that many Prothonotaries failed to
make the necessary distinction in their returns
This being the case, bets which were made on that
result, can never be fairly decided Indeed. we
understand that in Philadelphia and elsewhere, all
such bets are being withdrawn.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
GENERAL NEWS.
The Monitor Camanche was successfully launch
ed at San Francisco on Monday week

The Monitor Camanche was successfully launch
ed at San Francisco on Monday week.
A rainbow spanned the entrance of Charleston
harbor few days ago while the rebel and Union
flag OF truce boats we're conteTing together.
The price Of board at Richmond went up to for
dollars per week on the 7thinst., the day of the
assembling of the rebel Congress
There is now more than two feet of snow on the
White Mountains on level, and drifts just east
of the summit twenty feet deep.
MORE than $4,000 trees, shrubs, and arlaeeous
plants were planted in New York Central Park
last year. The carriage drive now contemplated
is about eighty miles in length, and walks twenty
miles.
Francis Garrison of Paterson, n. j., was at
New York few days ago to attend wedd ing
After the ceremony, she retired to her room and
in lighting the gas her light tarletan dress caught
fire. and before the flames could be extinel1ished
she was 50 badly burned that sho lived but few
hours
England is alarmed at the lack Of seamen The
men who were enlisted about the time of the
Crimean war are nearly all discharged, their term
of enlistment having expired 1t is currently re-
ported that not one in one hundred have as yet re-
enlisted, but that numbers are coming to this coun-
try and joining our navy. This is an important
lacU; anu may wen cause uneaSlneSs In Drltlsn ma
val circles.
ASTOUNDING FoRGERIEs. The story of forger-
les in this city, brought to light in the Tombs Po-
lice Court promises, when it is fully told, to prove
one of the most astounding in the history of crime
One case, involving $25, 900, was yesterday gone
into at some length, and gang of ten rufhans,
including some notorious burglars and counter
feiters, have already been secured. But this sum,
large it is, is supposed to be mere fraction of
the amount that viii yet be shown to have been
raised by the forgers on different banks. Some of
those who profess to be informed on the subject,
estimate the gross forgeries which this first case
viii bring to light, at from $500, 900 to $500 000
Andif the facilities for getting checks cashed at
our banks are as great in every case as they ap-
pear to have been in that trial yesterday, we can
readily believe the future disclosures may turn out
to be fearful 1t is premature now to comment
upon the details which we publish this morning
But it is not premature to ask business men at
once to look to their bank accounts 1t is not
premature to call for redoubled vigilence if pos
sible, on the part of the police The city is eyi-
IDENTIFY oyerrun with organized bands of plunder-
ers, who arrange and perfect their plans for rob-
bing the community on a scale of unprecedented
magnitude.-N Y Times
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
Exit McCIeIIan.

Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan sent in his resignation
to the War Department on the day of the Presi-
dental election whereupon, under date of Nov. IA,
1864 it was
Ordered by the President -:
l. That the resignation of George B. Mcclellan
as or-General in the United States Army,
dated November s. and received by the Adjutant-
General on the 10th instant, be accepted as Of the
Sth of Nov ember
2. That for personal gallantry, military skill,
and just confidence in the courage and patriotism
fhis his troops displayed BY Philip III. Sheridan
on the 10Th of Oct, at Cedar Run, whereby, un-
der the blessing of Providence, his routed army
was reorganized, great national disaster averted
and brilliant victory achieved over the Rebels
for the third time in pitched battle within thirty
days, Philip H. Sheridanis is appointed Major Cen
eral in the United States Army, to rank as such
from the 7th day of November 1864
The whole country, or at least the loyal por-
ton oft will rejoice that Cavalry Sheridan has
been appointed in Mcclellan place, and that the
insignia Of a Major-General now rests on no un-
worthy shoulders.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
Excitement at HagerstowR. Another Acct
dent on the Pot omac.

Excitement at HagerstowR. another Acci-
dent on the Potomac.
A special to the Evening Teleqraph, dated
Washington, November l9, says Parties arriving
here from Hagerstown, Maryland, state that some
alarm is felt there lest Moseby should make dash
across the river to burn Hagerstown, as he has
threatened to do 1t, and prisoners who have fallen
into our hands recently say that it is the intention
of the Rebels to do so inretaatonfort the destruc-
ton of the property in the Valley
This fear has been increased by an attempt sew
eral nights ago to fire the Court House, which is
situated in the very heart of the town. It was
discovered in time however, to prevent serious
conHagration. Arms have been furnished to citi-
zens, and companies have been formed in the eoun-
ty tor home protection
1t appears to be the determination of the Union
citizens to defend themselves from guerilla depre-
dations, and a number of them have volunteered
as scouts. Scouting parties are out day and night
The retreat of Early will doubtless cause Mosby
to seek another field of operations
On Wednesday night collision occurred near
Point Lookout between the Dragon and the Free
born, gunboats of the Potomac Hotilla, whereby
the bow and apron of the latter were knocked off
causing her to leak badly. By the use of pumps
she was kept ahoat until she arrived at Saint Ini
goes, where she was beached
A special Despatch to the N. Y. Commercial
Adrerttser, dated Washington, Nov IT, SAYS -
1eiohivru t papers OF TUESDAY nave been received
here They make no allusion to Gen. Sherman
movements, which fact is regarded here as evi-
dence that he has met with success, If General
Sherman had been checked, the rebels would have
been rejoicing over the event He has been gone
from Atlanta now long enough to have penetrated,
by this time some distance into the enemy S coun-
try, and he has it is thought, made some impor-
tant acquisitions of territory, and perhaps some
thing better, and these are the events which the
rebel press are endeaYoring to conceal The tr,,fh
must soon be disclosed, however.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

Immediately upon the receipt of theintenigenca
of the proposed guerilla raid into the Cumberland
Valley, steps were taken by Gov. Curtin for the
organization of the militia forces of the border
counties. Over one thousand men have already
been enrolled in Franklin and Adams Counties,
and armed and equipped by the State authorities.
No apprehensions is now entertained of an incur
sion. Of twenty.scouts sent by Mosby into Penn
sylvania, seven have been captured The Others
are believed to have escaped to the other side of
the Potomac
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

The latest information about Gen. Sherman is
from The Cincinnati Gazette of Friday, which
says the army Atlanta in two columns, one on the
9th and the other on the 18th, moving eastward,
the former via Macon, and the other directly to-
ward Augusta The Gazette adds that the first
column was heard from on the 14th, and had then
advanced seventy miles on the road toward Macon,
driving everything before it, and destroying every
thing as it went.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

THE sanitary commission has expended in the
last six months over million and half dollars in
supplies for our sick and wounded soldiers Its
funds are running low, and tasks for general CON
trbutons in all the churches on the national thanks
giving day. No offering could be more appropr-
ate to the dav
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
From the Hon. JAcoB BROOM,

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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
JACOB BROOM,
r%r~ ~
Rev. w. D. .Seigfrcd, Pastor Of 18th Rapst Church,
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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
Early Reported Retreatins Hot aaste.

The Washington Republican, says
Information has been received that Ewel S
and Early, forces have retreated in haste up the
valley of the Shenandoah, hotly pursued BY Sher-
idan.
1t is the opinion of officers In Sheridan 3 army
that Ewell would leave q force at Iynchburg just
sufficient to guard the head of the valley and send
ha main force to aid Bragg in repellng the antici-
pated advance of Sherman upon Charleston.
Ihls retreat of the rebels from the Shenando-
ah Will doubtless cause new combinations on our
side. .
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
UNION HOTEL.
a@tEay. /.

lAE 70 the premises of the subscriber living in Cole
IAN township near charlesville the latter part Of
nlacK marked with slit in the right ear and a crop m
inc ei ons Of has bell The owner is requested
70 come forward prove property pay charges and take
'nSn Ga away as? ,os,a. Mrs. A. n. sT0UTNoUR.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

win be very nearly three-quarters Of the whole
House.
It Is worthy of note that had the entire South
voted for Mcclellan, he would still have lacked 30
votes Of a majority. The victory Of the Lincoln
men is the most magnificent that any party has
ever achieved in the history Of the country,
THE GENERAL RESULT, by Electoral votes,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25
New York, Feb. ., 1864.

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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

Our WAR NOT FAILURE. great We'll
lington took six years to drive Napoleon out OF
Spain, country as great as Virginia and then re-
tired because of reverse elsewhere. Four nations
of Europe took two years to occupy the Crimea,
country about as large as New Jersey. England
took tWenty-eight months to repress the Sepoy re-
belion, about as great an undertaking as to put
down rebellion among the negroes of South
Carolina. France has in more than a year sue
ceeded in getting only about $50 miles in Mexico,
where she holds very insecure position England
had better look at home before critcisng the move.
ments of our armies.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

at 10 o'clock, A. NJ all that valuable farm late the resi-
dence of said deceased situate in Junata Township on
both sides Of the Bedford and Stoystown turnpike road
adjoining lands of Andrew Stater, Wm Frazier James
Burns, catharine Dannaker's heirs and Others
Containing 800 Acres,
more les about Seventy Acres cleared andunder fence
with Dwelling House and Barn thereon erected also an
apple orchard thereon. This land is well tbered and
will make suitable site for Tannery having sufficient
water power andan abundance of bark timber. Terms
reasonable and viii be made known day sale
There will also be Sold the time and place. the
personal property of Mrs Brnkey consisting OF Horse
Cattle, Sheep and Household Furniture. Also one Of
Boyers celebrated Farmers Mills.
LEWIS A. STATLER,
noVzolsoats' Administrator,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

The Maryland Union State Central Committee
called upon the President to congratulate
him upon his reelection. The President, in
reply, said he would not attempt to conceal his
qualification with the result of the election He
had exercised his best judgment for the good of the
whole country, and, to have the seal of approba-
ton placed on his course, was exceedy grateful to
his feelings. He expressed his belief that the
policy he had pursued was the best and ouly one
which could save the country. He repeated what
he had said before, that he indulged in no feeling
of triumph over any one who had thought or act
ed different from himself He had no such feeling
toward any living man. He thought the adoption
of free State Constitution for Maryland was a
great victory for right and worth great deal more
than the .partof Maryland in the observation-disclosures
of the latter he thought we'll In conclusion he
repeated what he had previously said, namely
that, those who differed from and opposed US
viii see that defeat was better for their own good
than if they had been successful
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

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ORPHANS COURT SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE,

~ County, the undersigned Administrator cf the estate
of Joseph Brnkey, deceased, will sell public auction
on the premises, on
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No VTAIs In THE CoNFEDERAGY According
to JEFF Davis message to the rebel congress the
eonfederacy has no vital points. 1t iseither what
Mr. Mantilni calls "a demnition body already,
or its vitality is distributed SO universally that if it
IS chopped into hundred pieces it viii still i've
ike an eel Having shown to bis own satisfaction
that the confederacy has recovered much lost
ground west Of the Mississippi river, and in Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and western Tennessee (which
is too true), that Grant has sacrificed great NUM-
Der of men and accomplished nothing, and that
Sherman s and Farraguts victories are barren of
results, he proceeds to say that if Grant shall
take Richmond, and Wilmington, Charleston, Sa-
vannah and Mobile are all lost, the confederacy
win still remain unconquered and unconquerable.
His theory is that none OF these are vital points
thatin fact the confederacy has no vital points,
1t would seem to follow that if weconquer and oo-
cupy the entire South, the confederacy viii still
live but the rebel president stops little short Of
running his logic into the ground to that ridieu-
lous extent justa little Springfield Republican.
-@-@-@-
The important intelligence comes from Shenan-
doah Valley that the Rebel army has again fallen
rapidly back towards Staunton. Deserters who
have come into the Union lines say that Early
force in the vicinity of Fishers Hill broke camp
on last Sunday morning, and commenced its retro
grade movement, and on Sunday evening his pick
cts along Cedar Greek were also withdrawn, leav-
ing, apparently, only small detachments of cayal-
ry in Sheridan front. The Rebel army in the
Valley is now estimated at between twenty-five and
thirty thousand, several thousand being unarmed
conscripts he has recently gobbled up, and whom
he expected to supply with weapons by capturing
them from Sheridan men. The Rebels are said
to have been recently gathering up supplies for
their Shenandoah Valley army in West Virginia
Included among the prisoners captured bF ourcay-
airy in thefghtsof Sunday aweek were about thir-
ty ofEarly' officers The entire Rebel losses were
about three hundred and fifty, of which over one
hundred and fifty were prisoners captured by our
men. The Union casualties only amounted to a.
bout one hundred and seventy.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-11-25

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