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Troln North Carolina.

ram ulnnsi the Federal gunh0afs OF plymouth,
sfaras that ti,a Sourhfield and Boulbsllell were
sunk By tbs ram, and that the Ceres was dam
aged By a shot which passed through her port
nangway, killing two aud wou1*liog sever met
i number Of officers aud men OF the South
field are yaissiog, and soule are supposed TO
have been captured The Miami, which is
no,V ref>resented to have been uninj ared, to-
pather with he W hitehaatl and Ceres, retreat
I'd 70 the mouth Of the river, Leaving the de-
fence Of Plymouth in the hands Of the garrison
stationed there
Dispatches to the New York papers, from
Naghe!n, on the 10th, state that the ram had
command Of the approach 10 Plymouth, thus
preventing reinforceEuents from reaching the
Federal forces ttsfe. General Vessel is said
70 have sixty days provisions, and hal ez-
dressed determination to hold OUT until re-
liaged, and had repuised four desperate; as,
saints. but it Isl added, that firing ceased on
Tuesday morning, and it was inferred that the
Federal forces estimated at from 900 to 1000,
had surrendered. Firing was heard on Tues
day in the direction Of Washington y. e.,
and it was sup posed that the Iontederates had
STACKED that place. The ram, it is also sad,
has all The inland waters OF North Carollna
upene,! 10 her, and where she NAY strike the
next blow was not known
General Peck ordered re!ntorcenents to be
sent TO Plymouth, but they doubtless failed to
reach that place, owing to the presence Of the
ram at the mouth Of the Roanoke river.
Gen. Pickett, it is stated, is in command o.
the Confederate forces oD2Ia-sng against Fly
mouth.
An attack on Newbern is anticipated form a
Confederate force at klnst0n IN connection
with ram also at Kinston. The dispatches
saw Many women and children are oaV--
inc Newborn for Beaufort The freuien and
citizens are ordered to be IN readiness ST
moment norice TO meet the enemy
After the speech Of General Blair, in the
7. S. House Of Representative; on Saturday:
following the report Of the select committee OF
The House ezoneraling hin FROM the charges
Reproduced by Mr.. MoClung, which hadv be
fore been known to Je based upon Eorgerles,
aaveral members OF the House and other per
aoual friends repaired TO Gait 4 Bros. estao-
hshlnent, and purchased a sword With soIld sll
YER scabbara, belt sash aud spurs, costing III ali
FIVE bundled dollars, which were presented 70
the General at bis lodgings
Gen. Butter publishes letter in which he
denies having threatened to resign lie says:
II have written no such letter. it is not the
Kind of letter / ara accustomed to write
There has been ~ shadow Of occasion Tor it
All and more Of the consideration to which J.
srn entitled, has been shown me By the Gov,
..rnment in relation to my command
A conspiracy is said to have been discovered
il New York to murder John Anderson, dry
goods merchant, Of the firm Of Davis &
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! used Tor over a quarter 81 "a century IN EuruI.
and are particularly efficient in the cure d Vi
CHROME Diseases one shon!d dispair being
cured without first trying them n an,,;
should tx: without them, III by rheir fjm<% nv
much sickness can be prevented, They are iu,-
and their purity. e1cacy and safety can &c r.
Lied upon with perfect confidence.
The following are sone Of The diseases which
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T H f N E W s.

1t is again reported that Early has been
andoah Valley by Lonss1reet, and that
Breckinridge has joined him from East
Tennessee. a. s0.5sf fas a
JEFF. Davis has appointed the 10th OF
November as day of Thanksgiving and
Praise.
The rebel papers claim that Grant lost
fearfuiiy in the late operations before
:.ioA mond, while their loss vas but 20
men.
Tbs Confedsrates, under Forrest, have
sunk steamer and u barge, loaded with
army clothing. at Fort Herman on the
Tennessee River, near Fort Donelson.
This was Oh Saturday morning.
The rebels are Threatening Pine Bluff,
| on the Tennessee
1t is said Forrest intends attacking Pa
ducah, and is threatening Columbus
He has arrived at Jackson. Tennessee,
with force of several thousand men,
With Forrest is Chalmers and Buford
| The Federals admit their loss in the late
battles on the Potomac at 1870 ''5
| 1t is claimed that we took 500 prison
crs.
Joe Coburn, the prize fighter, is pas
senger by the City of Manchester.
1t is stated in a Southern paper that
the Confederate Government will arm, in
the spring, BOG, 900 negro slaves, who will
reesivs their freedom and fifty acres OF
land. d. G M E.3yt@ls
Two of General Buffers brigades ha ve
been mostly captured ~ the enemy at
Richmond They fell into trap which
Gcnerai Butler, when he sent them, did
not perceive.
A United State. vessel has not been al
lowed to coal in the British West Indies
where the Confederate cruisers are receiy-
ed with great consideration.
1t is now said General Duffie was kill
ed by Mosby, and not taken prisoner
1t is said the Federals have sufficient
quantity OF supplies at Atlanta to last all
winter, besides their million of rations at
Chattanooga.
Fourteen thousand bales of Southern
cotton were received in Great Britain in
September. Five hundred of it came
from Natamoras. iGE Tf
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Array of the James.

New YORK, Oct 2S.-The Tribune's
special says: A demonstration was made
by Buffers forces on the Harten road; it
began by occupying the country along
the scene of the fight on the l4th instant
from that psint. On Darbytown road,
northwardly to Charles City read there
was considerable desultory firing occur
red without any further than to show the
enemy's strength The 18th corps, mean
while, accompanied by kautz moved out
towards Williamsburg road, and there
engaged the enemy; later in the afternoon
they charged the enemy carrying one of
their rsdoubts, and capturing several
guns. While French and Hills brigades
were roughly handled while endeavoring
to take strong position held by the enc
my on the Williamsburg road, in the
vicinity Of Seven Pines, We could not
avail ourselves Of the opportunities gain.
ed by the capture of the redoubts OH the
enemy's left. Our troops were ordered to
retreat, which they did at daylight to
their original position. .a
The less of the 10th army corps will
amount to 800 men, and the 18th. is prob
ably double that amount, half of them,
however, were captured by the enemy.
Among the latest rebel newspaper ac-
counts is proclamation Of JEFF Davis
naming the 10Th Of November as ma
tional thanksgiving day; in this docu-
ment, while claiming that the many san
guine victories with which our arms have
been crowned and the fruitfulness of
which our land has been blessed, acknowl-
edge that our arms have received grieveus
ohastisenents, for which the Union sol
diers can voach for and that large dis
triets OF the country have been swept clean
by the army Of the United States.
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RY order Of Court. on Saturday the Sd day
- of December n. ID, 1854, at one O'Clock in
the afternoon on the premises adjoining the
town of Baresville, Monroe County, Ohio, will
be sold 10 the highest bidder the following
real estate as the property of jacob Bare sr.,
deceased, to wit The homestead farm of
said Jacob Bare, deceased, being fractional
section "a, township one and range three,
anu numbered and described upon the real
estate Register, in the Office of the Auditor Of
Monroe County, Ohio, as lot No. twenty, be-
Ing so much thereof as lies east of line be
ginning at the east side of a lot formerly oe.
cupied by James Shrives, thence due south TO
William Bare's line, containing about sixty
acres more or less, and more particularly de-
scribe By plot of survey attached to the
order of sale in this case issued from the
Probate Court of said Monroe County.
TERMS OS SALE-One third IN hand, one
third in one yea Il one third in eighteen
months. The deferred payments to bear in
tercst and to be secured to the satisfaction of
the subrcribers. Also about one hundred and
sixteen acres Of timter land lying back Of
the above tract will be offered at the same
time, in Lots to suit the purchasers.
..--t WILLIAM BARE,
faf JOHN BARE, 4'
Surviving Executors of Jacob Bare sr., decd.
Nov. s. [-5t. 81 LtaIe
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Military Courts.

The readiest and best tool of tvrant
is military court II is worth sll-n,hsr
tools together. 1tiscreated by the tyrant
out of his most subservient tools to do
just what they know to be his will.
If Vallandigham is to be exiled or
some other obnoxious pe,soniis to be dis
posed OF, the laws Of the country are
trampled down. and a military commits
sion is put over them.
.-I IF a hyena hearted murderer and rob-
Der like Paine of Kentucky noteriety is
to be screened from outraged justice. a
military commission whitewashes him
oyer, and his party run him for Congressl
A man in New York commits some Of
Tense against the laws of that State; u
crime not thousanth part of which is
now chuckled ever by the whole Aboli-
tion party as sharp management In Indi-
zna. But it is thought old A be can wake
some votes by taking it in hand: he kicks
the State out of his way, rushes la his
military court to try the offender; tele
graphs ali the evidence in detail and evry
particular of the trial over the country, to
make political capital of it.
These commissions are generally made
UP Of hangers on about Washington, and
the most suppliaut tools of the admins
tration They are just such instruments
as the tyrant wants to FIX upon the people
his verse than Russian 6espetism.
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rA-.If the misery and poverty and deg
radiation and ruin, which will drag down
this country if Old Abe be reelected,
were to effect only those who labor to
bring about this end, the victims would
deserve little sympathy; but even then it
would be the duty of others to prevent it,
just as it would be their duty to prevent
a man from committing suicide.
But if thousands are to be sacrificed to
this mad fanaticissim in behalf of ne
groes, those who love their country must
suffer alike with those who love only the
negro. IF the country is bankrupted,
torn to pieces and disgraced it is our coun-
try as much as theirs.
Ifthey pull down this glorious structure
erected by our fathers it falls upon our
heads as well as theirs. sf
But woe to that party and its leaders
when the people shall fully realise their
Iirretrievable ruin.
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vantage than in its actual nr"r"tions-
This is question for military men, which
we cannot presume to decide. What Is
certain is, that the enormous losses since
Incurred have produced no solid advan-
tage.
The operations in Western Virginia
and the Shenandoah valley must be esti-
mated as part of General Grants cam
paigu. Those operations, considered as
a whole, do not relieve the campaign of
its general aspect of failure. Orthe three
successive commanders-Sigel,, Hunter,
ISheridan-the two 6rst are admitted Fail
ures; the admission consisting in the fact
that they we're discarded after defeat.
Sheridan has won an enviable reputation
but it must be borne in mind that, with
reference to the ensemble of the campaign.
his operations are defensive. Why is he
in the valley at all? Only because Lee,
besides defending Richmond against Grant
has troops to spare to menace Washing
ton in that direction. The rebels had full
possession Of the valley during the harvest
season; and its annual crops are the only
military advantage it can yield them
Their outposts for the defense of Rich
mond, on the northwest, are Gordonsville
and Lynchburg; but there is no expecta-
tion of capturing those places. General
Sheridan's success is only success in de-
fensive operations. Even his last battle
was brought on by an attack of the enemy
which came near being successful, ltis
plain that the rebellion can never be sub
dued by defensive operations. With the
South, successful defense is eventual in
dependence But ON our side, successful
defense, and nothing more, is complete
failure.
| in the heaviest campaign of the pres
ent year we have been successful only IL
defense; so far as Gen. Grants campaign
was offensive, it has accomplished nom
Iof its proposed objects.
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Nov. 2, 1864. $500
Legal Notice,

TT ARVEY T. Mitchsll as administrator
OF Isaac Mitchell aga INST William H.
Mitchell, Mary E. Fields and John Fields her
husband, Isaac Mitchell, John Mitchell, Will
liam Mitchell, Casey Mitchell. The unknown
heirs of Margaret Ullom decd. William Ul-
lom, Shadrach Ullom; Franklin Ullom, Isaac
Uilom, Ellen Wright and William Wright
her husband, Jane Freeman and George Free
man her husband; Mary Stewart and Thomas
Stewart her husband, Mary Rich, Nancy Rut-
ter and John Rutter her husband, Hannah
Myers anu William Myers her husband, James
Jones, the unknown heirs of Samuel Jonss,
decd, John Jones and the unknown heirs Of
Abraham Jones decd. the above named de-
fsndant, will take notice that on the I'd day
of September 1864, Harvey t. Mitchell IS
administrator Of Isaac Mitchell deed, fled
in the Probate Court of Monroe County, 0his
his petition against them which is now
Pending in which the said Harvey T. Mitch,
ell asks for authority to eomplete certain
real contract made by Isaac Mitchell or. with
isaac Mitchell jr., for the sale and conveyanca
of the following described real estate situate
in Monroe County Ohio to wit. commencing
forty rods east of the north east corner OF
the south west quarter of section 33, town
ship three range four; thence west to . ston
thence south to = stone between the hous
now in b. ilding by Isaac Mitchell jr,, and the
house IsaaU Mitchell or. now lives in: theme
onward south to the sosth line of the south
west quarter of section thirty three, town
ship three, range four; thence east with said
line forty rods east of the south east corner
of ths snnth west quarter Of section thirty
three township three range four; thence
north to the place Of beginning con.aiping
Fifty acres more or less. Said defendants are
notIted that they may answer or defond said
petition, and that the matters therein will be
for hearing in said Courtsn the third Monday
In October, 1854.
HARVEY T. MITCHELL,
Adn'r. Of Isaao 7. Mitchell, decd,
sept. :, 1851, So.
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'lolph Thursday night. Paymasters But
aer aud Smith were killed, and several of
the crew OF the boat were wounded.
Gen Merideh at Paducah, Z entucky,
received dispatches from Gen. Shermau
IN Wednesday, that Forrest intended to
,ttaek that place. Yesterday scouts re-
ported thata large number of rebels were
passing Dresden, Trenton, Shady Grove
and MoLemorsvi)le, all within SO miles of
Mayfield. A large amount of supplies
are being accumulated at McLemorsville.
Tho rebel General Buford had eight
regiments aud three batallions, and bat
terry OF Dahlgreen guns at Shady Grove.
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Parson Brownlew ON Lin
D~l,a --.-.-.-- :

In the spring of 1861, Hont SHERRARn
CLEMENS, a Union Memberiof Congress
from Virginia, wrote the following letter,
which found its way into print:
NILLAND's HOTEL, WAsHiNaroN,
March |, 1861.
I was called here to vote in the House,
and | will return to Richmond to- morrow.
Tho Republican party is utterly -dempral-
ICED, disrupted, and,broksAup! Cameron
and Chase, Weed aud Gseeiey, can never
a affiliate. Lincoln. :i&ssAOrass between
sand hill crane and an ndaasiatr.jack- :
ass. He is, by all,ssbo tie weakest man
who has ever bsen3 e&ed..vorse thRp
Taylor, and he wa114d~ enough. be-
lieve Virginia, under his follies and pu-
erilities. will secede. 1t will take time,
and she will act deliberately; and with
her goes all the border slave States l
was sent fer by him, | speak what |
know. He is vain. weak, puerile, hypo-
critical, without manners, without moral
grace, and as he talks to you, puaches
his fist under your ribs. He swears equal
to Uncle Toby, and in,every particular,
morally and mentally, l have lost all re-
spect for him. He is surrounded by a
set of toad eaters and bottle holders, and
did not know what the Adams amend,
ment was until l told him. In addition
to this, am perfectly satisfied he is al
Abolitionist OF the Lovejoy aud Summer
type.
'such is your God! oh, IsraelI' d
On the 9th of April 1861, Parsor
Brownlow copied it into his Knoxville
Wing, with the following comments:
j We really fear the letter is true in al
its parts. The developments of every d /!
incline US to believe that Lincoln fills th'
bill given us BY Clemens.
AS Brswnlow is. good authority will
the Republicans, they will Of course tax
his testimony in regard to Linconln.-
Elk. L4
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Sheriff s Sale.

9s2 Sheriff s Sale.
Daniel Little, ct al. J
o. Sale in Partition
Ruth Little, ct al.
DY virtue of an order of sale duly issued
ID in the above case from the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Washington County, Ohio, and
to me directed, will offer for sale at the door
of the Court House, in Marietss, in said
Washington County, on
Monday, December 5th, a. D. 1864,
Al O'Clock p. m. Of said day, the following
described real estate, situate in the ounty of
Monroe and State of Ohio, to wit: The south
east quarter of section No. II, of towns hip
No. 2, of range No. 5, appraised at $3O40, 90,
Aud also the south, half of the north west
quarter of section No (ll) of said township
Ne. two (2) appraised 1t SLIGO,
TBRMS OF SALE-One third in hand, one
third in one year, and one third in two years,
with interest from day Of sale,-payments to
be secured by mortgage on premises sold.
A. WlNSoR, Sheriff,
Washington County, Ohio.
Nov. 2, 1s64-5w.
III. ID. Follett, Pltf's Atty.
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PROCLAMATION.

% Office is hereby given to the Qu.li-
ned Electors al the County of Msn-
r"e, Sta.e OF OHIO, that general Eleciisu
wall be held as required b, Law on the
TUESDAY NEXT AFTER THE
FIRST MONDAY INsAuVEMBi-is -is
IN THIS YEAR, BEING THE STII
DAY Oh ,NOVkMBLR, d;
Al the several places of holding gensrsi /
Election. III said County of Monroe, and
YOU will then and there proceed to- vate
By Ballot for Electors of President aud
Vice President. of the UDited States Of
America, for the State sl Ohio as Fellows.
One E.sctor for tie l., Congressional
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Detu a0bsttisements
Guardians Sale.

NTOTICE is hereby: given, that the under
IN signed will offer for sale at public auc
tion on the premises, on
Saturday, the 3rd lay Of December 1864
the following premises. situate in Washing.
ton County, Ohio, to wit:
The north east quarter of the south east
quarter of section 10, township 3, and range
fve
TERMS OF SALE-One-third IN hand, one
third IN one-year, and the residue in tive
years, with interest on the deferred payments
from the day of sale, to be secured to the
satisfaction of the undersigned.
ISABELLA J. WYLIR, Guardian.
November 9, 1864
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The voteefGen. Grants staff
Officer Changed in the Envelope.


We trust our readers will urge all their
friend. in the army who have not vet voted
and who desire to vote for Gen. McClel
Ian, to send their envelope. by the hand
of trusty friend or by. Democratic
state agent. There is no. security for
them if trusted to Lincoln agents Tbs
ballot will be changed; there is no securi-
" vi them if trusted to the postofhce-
tne steam sweating process makes it easy
to open the, bsst-gummed envelopes.
One. Of Gen. Grants staff officers going
home ON furlough unexpectedly, and
obtaining the envelope he had previously
sent, opened it and found his Mcclellan
ballot had been taken ous and an aboli
ton ballot put in its place.
If Grants staff have no protection
against the frauds Of Mr.. I.incoip's assst~
in tho postofics, the rank and fie Ger
tainly have none, World. .s:i ss.is.:
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STOIENr

sNHOM the field of r. +. Gatten, in
= Sunsbury township, Monroe Cosoty,
Ohio, on the evening OF the 18th of Oct
1854, one Heabitten Gray Mare. about
nine years old. with small scar on her
breast, in moderate COED order. A liberal
reward will be given to any person giving
any information or returning said mare to
or FL. Fl. WHEELER.
Beallsville, O., Nov. 9, 1s64.-3w.pd
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Latest Fro an the Shenandoah
Valley.

New York, O:tober 3o.-The Her
aids correspondent says all remains
quiet in the Shsuandoah. A reconnols-
anee as far as Woodstock failed to find
any rehals, notwithstanding it has been
reported that Early is rsorganizing bis
force. t-
The mountains are full of stragglsrs
who are picked up oy our cavalry. Our
eutire casualties in the battle of the | 9th
are now estimated at 1000, those of the
enemy at about 5000.
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5000 Unfen soldg: Take

The Oath Of Allegiance io<I<F DdUN.
1t is rspsrtsd BY telegraph tina. 5000
of our soldiers, after enduring eighteen
months of close confinement, have taken
the oath Of allegiance to tho Confederate
.Government. If this be true who has the
country to thank for this great lossl
Who, but Abraham Lincoln, who, be
cause she rebels refused to give up one or
two hundred negro soldiers, has proiong
el the captivity OF 5G..sV II our brave
boys in the various prison houses and
cattle Yards of the South The people,
as we'll as the army, will hold Abraham
lincoln responsible for this unfortunate
catastrophe. His attempt to convert the
war for the Union into negro crusade,
is the cause Tor this calamity.
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p~ T. A. Plants majorities are as fol-
lows: In Meigs county, l1s5; Athens,
1164; Morgan AIS; Washington, 430. hr.
Morris majority in Monroe county is
1850. This gives Plants, the Admins
tration candidate, majority in the dis
trict of 1854.
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nS The preacher who is in favor of
war and blood ought, instead of taking
the Bible and hymn book into the pull
pit, to have a gun and sword. The
walls of the battle field should be the re-
sponse to his sermons and prayers.
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TO ATTACK PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY.

ST. LOUIS, October 29--Latest ac,
cornts put Price near Carthage, Jasper
county. Missouri. ia still skedadline; our
cavalry 10 in he. pursuit. Pleasanton was
slightly injured by fall from his horse.
The etssmer Belle, from ST. Louis, was
attacked by ysusriilas while lyili.. Ran
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HEADQUARTEK's ARMY OF THE PoToMAC,
NEW YORK. October 80.

Buffers army returned to its old quar-
ters on Friday. Nothing of Importance
has happened As cur troops returned,
the rebel cavalry followed US closely but
did not do much damage. They made
repeated attempts to charge but were re-
pulsed with heavy loss. AS far as ascer-
tanned our losses reach 1900. The I'd
Corps, which did most of the fighting,
lost 10 officers killed and 81 wounded
The cavalry division it is thought lost
about zoo. The loss af the enemy is Sc
we're, some say that it is greater than eurs
We have 82o prisoners and battle flags