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a PREsUNPTUOUS FELLOW.

The redOubtable Chairman of the
Abolition State Committee has pub
lished what he styles a ''COngratulato-
ry Address" F." in which he takes Occa-
sion to say some truculent things in
regard to those persons who Opposed
the war" Who is he that thus AFRO
gates to himself the right to sit as a
Judge in Israel?'' Is he not the same
John Cessna who acted with the Demo
cratic party for two years after the war
commenced? Is he hot the identical
fnllnw who received office at the hanUs
of that party, at the sam time that it
passed resolutions in Opposition to the
war? Is henOt the We ~ man who was
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Governor at the time Judge
Woodward was nominated and when
Nallandigham wa 5 the nominee in O.
hio? Is he not the same John Cessna
who as late as lS 90, made speeches from
the same stump with O. E. shannon
and B. F. Mey ers, in favor of the same
ticket advoca ed by thel latter, and who
in August of thatyea declared, in the
Court HOW ,e, in Bedford, that ''the
war could not be successful until the
Emancipa ton Proclamation would be
revoked? ?" At any rate, what more
did he do, even after he became an Ab-
olitionis;t, to further the prosecution OF
the war, than a thousand other men in
thecOUmty, opposed to him in politics
Did he shoulder a musket and march
against the rebels of whom he speaks
with such awful savageness? Did he
send son, or any one near and dear to
him, to fight for the flag gaboutwhichh he
pirates SO much? Why, he did not G.
ven put representative recruit into
the service, thinking that the bounty
fund, to which he contributed a few
hundred dollars, but the principal part
of which the taxable citizens of Bed
ford borough are now paying, wOuld
save him from the draft. Let this pre-
sumptuous fellow examine his own rec
ord in regard to the war, and if he has
any respect for himself, he will hold
his peace about other people who OPP
posed it, or failed to do their full share
III prosecution
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! A PLEA FOR Mr.. DAVIS.-At seven
| O'Clock yesterday morning a committee
/ left this city for Washington for the
purpose of presentinga petition to Pres
| ident JOHNSON, praying the release OF
Mr.. DAVIS, to which petition was at
| tached the signatures of over fourteen
/ thousand of the noble-minded women
of Baltimore, The names of the com
mittee who waited on the president
were as follows:
Mrs. Chapman Coleman, Mrs. Charles
| Hoffman, Mrs. John S. Cuttings, Mrs.
John Hanson Thomas, Mrs. Allen Dor
Scy. Mrs, George Brice Hoffman, Mrs.
/, @nk Sullivan, Mrs. Thomas G. Pitts,
NJ, Alfred Bennett, MissJulia &. Pitt
plan raaT' 'tss Judith Coleman, Miss Emma
r. Harve, ..,,, ~ v.,tb III. ,s,ol
liberaIitv and Tindness, plaeeda special
ear -,yat5 of The ,sll service Of the committee
The II interviewwith tresident JOHNSON
i renresented to have been an exceed
ii Ugly interesting one. The spo- -~e'hv- y,
m. IN Oh the occasion was MIS-. COLEMA-N "
a sister OF the late Hon. Jof2N J. CRIT
TENDEN, bat nova residentOt this city.
Her address is said to have been very
President Johnson received
the committee with marked courtesy,
and his response to the prayer of the
petitioners was, we are assured, in the
highest degree kind and encouraging.
The committee returned home last ev-
ening much gratitied with the result of
their Visit.-BdH. Gazette.
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AN outrageous election fraud hSls been
perpetrated in Philadelphia, by which
the Democratic candidate for City Com
missioner has been cheated ont of his
certificate of election. Even tohe Abo-
Htion papers of Philadelphia, are, for
very shame, constrained to de- lounce it.
1t is of piece with the sam'e deviItry
which was so successfully pla yed off in
this legislative district last year. What
have the Abolition papers in this neck
of the woods to say in regard to it? Do
they intend, by their silence, to keep
their readers in the dark about this last
act of villany perpetrated by I ricksters
in their party?
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Years ago when we were blessed WIN
u Union, that was cemented by the AZ
fections Of the peoples-When Vlrture
and intelligence, were the stepping
stones to p0sition-When honesty ana
truthfulnesS marked the course Of our
public servants-When pub
lie expenditures, was demanded by the
peopIe-When corruption, bribery, or
fraud in office, was punishable by the
laW-When taxation was low, and eV-
erybody prosperous, happy and content
when negros worked for their living,
and were not fed out of the public trea-
sury-when a man. was recognized as a
man and not as a White-Washed nIgger
when our government was admired
at home and respected abrOad-When
the Constitution, not the WhlmS OF the
President. was considered the supreme
law of the land-When our fathers, the
glorious old rebels of '76, administered
! the affairs Of our country, abolitiOnism
was looked upon as crying sin, and It's
! advocates as tories, traitors, aud fools.
! But now since matters have changed
since the unworthy sons Of worthy slres
/ became the administrators OF the gov
erument-since the African became the
! peer of the Caucasian--since plumber
/ became patriotism, and perjury and u
slIrpatiOns Statesmanship-sincc ma
/ tfonal debt" is looked upon as a bless
ing-since the President became dicta-
tor and the people serfs-to be secure
/ from arrests, from fine, imprisonment
or death, one must carry pardon" IN
his pocket for being opposed to aboii-
tionism. This is the simple difference
I-BelIpfOHte IP0tchnlQll.
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WENDELL PHILLIPS.

The annual meeting Of the Pennsyl-
yania Anti Slavery society was held in
the Horticultural Hall, West Chester,
last week. It was largely attended by
our citizens, and the lovers OF perfu-
merry, but the proceedings were spirit
less, and gloom seemed to hang over
the chief Worshipers. Wendell Phil
lips was the great Iuminary. On Fri
day afternoon he addressed the audi
ence and also in the evening. Before
he began his evening discourse the ne
GRO Pervis begged of him give them
Something more cheering than hedidin
the afternoon. But Mr.. Phillips could
not do it, he was, if anything, still more
o. loOmy, to the radicals and free lovers
Of negro equality. Phillips evidently
tbi uks thai the great millennium OF
colo rs has been postponed for years.
Nj. Phillips delivered mainly, if not
word for word, the speech he has been
maxim q elsewhere, wherein he announ-
cps thp south as victorious, and the alb
olitionis is as being whipped.
AS an index to the way it fell upon
the ears of thu ''lOyal" in this quarter,
it will be t1bser> 7ed that the special adj
vocates of negro equality-the Record
and RepU6JicGa-h. ave very NIUE 10 say
about the affair." Ee@ 1heStfF ]egeTSc'
nina
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prove penmanship in our common
schools more than one hundred per
cent. All will then copy after the same
models, and form much the same style
of writing, and the writing of one can
be as easily read as that of another.
In most of our districts, Ellsworth's
System of Penmanship is now adopted,
and arrangements are made to use his
books. 1t is to be hoped that directors
and teachers will see to it that they are
exclusively used. tits also to be hoped
that parents viii cooperate with di-
rectors and teachers in carrying out this
much needed reform.
j. w. DICKERSON,
IN Sun1j
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THE CHOLERA IN FRANCE AND
SPAIN.-The latest accounts state that
thedeaths in Paris from cholera average
200 per day. One of themedical jOurn-
ais Of that city says:
In the centre of Paris the patients re-
ceiyed in the hospitals do notcOme from
any special quarter. The Hotel Dieu
contains the greatest number, The
worst days We're Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday last. On Thursday there
was an Improvement, and on Friday
there Wasa marked tendency to abate-
ment. As to what takes place outside
the hospitals, our data are very vague,
and in the absence of official figures
which are not communicated by the
administration, we can only make con-
lectures. Our suppOsitiOns confirm the
opinion which we have before express
ed, that the present epidemic is notpr0-
pagated with the ataleXplosiOns OF 1882
and 1919, but presents more analogy
with the malady Of 1858 '54, which
was characterized by the sloWneSs Of its
attacks.
A letter dated Madrid, Oct. 1t, states
that the ravages Of the cholera there
had created great panic, and thousands
were flying from the city. The letter
adds:
On Saturday and Sunday last the NOR
tality was very large, amounting to
several hundreds. Thesanitary author
tiles and charitable aSsociatiOnsa are very
active in taking all possible measures
of preventiona and cure, andin relieving
the distress among the poorer classes.
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Correspondence.
For the Bedford Gazette.
ORIGIN OFTHE SISTERS OF CHARITY

About the year 1926, in town of
France, called Chantillon, there existed
an humble, rural pastor. 1t happened
that during his ministry, a serious case
of distress came under his notice. The
good man recommended, from the
pulpit, to the charity of his cOngrega-
ton, apoor family in the neighbor-
hood. At the conclusion of divineser-
vice, moved by his appeal, numbers
went forth to assist the distressed ones.
Some brought bread, Others meat, 9th
ers, again, vegetables. After vespers,
or evening service, the pastor himself
proceededto to theholne of poverty; and,
y6n his way, met a crowd of his parish
toners returning from the scene Of mis-
cry. When he arrived at the abode OF
distress, "Behold," said he, San album
dant supply of everything for this poor
family. But there ism order or judg-
ment displayed, in all this profusion OF
charity. The most of these provisions
will spoil, and the poor people, the oD-
jects of this beneyOlence, will be as bad
ly off as ever.n The happy thought
then occurred to him to form charit-
able society, whose members shouid be
specially trained to manage the inter
ests of the poor, in a judicious, econom-
ical way. Pious ladies of the first fam
lilies in the land, soon offered their val
liable services, and went to work, ac-
cording to rule drawn up bythis man
of God and approved Of by the spirit
ual authorities. This was ''the mus
tard seed,' the germ Of that charitable
association of worldwide fame, styled
''THE SISTERS OFCHARITY," whose sig
nal services, during our late civil war,
to our sick, wounded, dying soldiers
in hospitals and on battle-felds, are so
well known all over the United States.
The immortal founder of this beneV-
olent Institute, was the humble Vim
cent De Paul, justly deserving the title
of 'BenefactOr of the Human Race"
r. b.
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DEAfOCR ATS, TAKE YOUR COUNTY
PAPERS. every Democrat support
his local paper. Let him throw all the
printing and advertising he can to its
office Encourage and strengthen it.
Remember that the Democratic press
of Pennsylvania has much to contend
with. Money, power and an immense
Federal pa trOnage. Letevery true DEM
ocrat who loves his principles rally to
the support of the Democratic press
Now is the time to make the effort. A
gubernatorial contest of the greatest in
terest and gigantic importance to the
people of Pennsylvania viii soon be up
on US. The press have a hard battle to
fight. Prepare them for it. If Demo-
Gratis will stick TO and aid their local
presses, all will be well.-FultOa Demo
cFGf.
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\ DEsIDERATUM ST. HP'1El''-~it i i
with pleasure we hear It aEhouiiceu
that we are at last to have W. 1af I'VE nay IA "
so long felt theneed OLA l. D>en1ocr,H WI J,
Almanac. We have been long eloug-
bored with the necessity of G .reeiey's
almanac, which many Democrat have
been compelled to buy for the pol 'itical
statistics and election returns conta. med
in it, although his cherished princiL les
were inveighed against, and in the III
place heresies spoke out, from every
page. The publishers of the Day Book,
in order to supply the great want, are
about to publish "a Democratic Alma
nae and Political Compendium" for
1866. 1t will appear about the 1st De
cember, and will contain full and Off
cial election returns, a list of all officers,
Federal and State, a careful chronology,
abstracts of laws, and will make com
plete compendium for the politician
Price % cents. Let every Democrat get
this Almanac. Orders will be supplied
according to the date of their reception.
Address, Van Evrie, Horton & Co., No.
l62 Nassau Street New York. Fulton
Democrat.
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THE HERALD OF HEALTH.-WC
have received the November number
of this periodical devoted to physical
culture and health topics" 1t is an ex-
cellent work and calculated to do much
good. Every family should takea journ-
al of this kind and we recommend the
'Herald of Health' as the one to take.
The work is edite by r. T. Trail, M.
D., and published by Miller, Wood &
Co, Is Lai ght St, New York city.
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.sDIsLNYAL,, RALTEMNRE.

Fifteen thousand ladies of Baltimore
city, have petitioned President JOHN.
son, forclemency toJEFFERsoN DAVIS.
Their prayer was carried before the
President, by a committee, of whom a
sister of the late JOHN J. CRITTENDEN.
was thespokeswoman. JOHN w. GAR
RETT, ESQ, President of the Baltimore
and Ohio r. r., whose loyalty has nev-
er been questioned, placed a splendid
car at the disposal of the committee
in which they were conveyed to Wash
ingtOn. Six months ago, if any man.
woman or child whispered a word in
favor Of mercy toward the South, il
was at the peril of property and life it
self. TemDOrG n1ldG1atlH.
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The War against Paraguay--.Capture Of
I-rueuaYana. with 8. 600 PRISONERS

BosT0N, Nov. 5.-Advices from Bue-
nos Ayres, to Sept. %, have been re
ceived. The war between the allied
powers and Paraguay still continued,
The former recently gained an imp0r-
tant victory, having captured the town
Of Uruguayana and 5000 Paraguayan
prisoners, after a siege of six weeks
The prisoners We're summarily disp0s-
ed of by being drafted into the allied
army to fight against their own coun-
trymen. The victory caused great re-
joicing at Buenos Ayres.
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NEW YORK. Nov. 3.-The steamship
Atlanta. from London, arrived here last
night and has been ordered to the low
erquarantine in consequence OF sickness
among her passengers. 1t Is rumored
on Staten Island that eightdeaths occur
red on board from cholera during the
voyage.
iafer.-The steamer Atlanta is from
London via Brest. She has been sent
to the lower bay and all communication
with her forbidden.
NEW York, Nov. 3, 3 p. M.-Dr.
Burdett, Quarantine Surgeon, reports
thatthere were fifteen deaths by cholera
on the steamship Atlanta out OF 80 OF
60 cases.
A special meeting of the Health Com
missioners was held at noon to-day III
consequence of the reported presence
of cholera. The committee appointed
at the last meeting to draft a memorial
petitioning the General Government
for the use Of lands at Sandy Hook fol
a quarantine, representing the neceaSl
ty of rigid quaranting 81 NTH, the sY,ffra ey, era
the introduction OF the cholera, anc
that the authorities Of New York are
without proper place TO establish {
quarantine to meet the anticipated e.
mergency. In this dilemma they earn
estly request the General Government
to grant, for a temporary quarantine
ground, so much of the land as may be
needed now owned by the government
at Sandy Hook the lower bay.
The memorial was adopted, and Drs
Sayres, Anderson and Mayor Cleveland
were appointed a committee to proceed
to Washington and lay the matter be
fore the government.
The ship Rhine, from London, ha,
arrived, but has had no cases of choler;
aboard.
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Temporal naoaa1ahT.

WILL the Franklin Repository an
swer us this question: Do you believe,
with President johnson, that theStates
which passed ordinances Of secession
tceTe Recer ont Of the Union, and are IN
the Union nor, or do you go with Thad-
deus Stevens, who holds that those
states are on Of the Union and are nc
longer states, but conquered pr0Unces,
and must be governed by Congress and
the Federal Executive? No lodging
Colonel.
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Mysterious Explosion az n Sa,y
HoteI---FHo Pcrtol;s Killed and lori'
nj Wounded. ''NHF
New YORK, Nov. iI.-.At haIf-ns.., g.,
O'Clock this morning an explosi6n'' ny ~ u
mysterious box in front OF the W, ,", d
ing Hotel, 333 Greenwich street : I'm ~,
place shattering hefront ofthe botai' i'''A o,'A
breakingnearIyall theglass in tl,eh'%ij'I9 h,%'9
ing oppositeandalong the sQuarp ,,',l'I' ,l''i,'-
the hotel Is situated. Two men u,,l ,,,iT
killed and nine persons wounded 'S
short time ago, itappears, a guest of ~
hotel left this box as security for i': +:
bill, and promised to call soon and IN ~
deem it. The box was placed IN ~,
baggage room, in charge of the portr.
and this merging smoke was seen /.
suing from the box, when it was tagIr
by two men and carrietito the sidewaH
Just as they reached the edge Of a. ~,
pavement the explosion occurred. kiI
ing the men carrying the box, and do;o,.
much damage, as above mentioned r.
The police have arrested all the persn,,
stopping at the hotel, and the na,t",
is now under investigation. The ey
plosion was very loud, and a.trgc,.,i
the attention Of persons a mile di,,a,t
from the locality.
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small majority.

We are still unable to give the full
official vote cast in each county, at the
recent election. Why tits not publish
ed, is, perhaps, best known to the Sec
retary the Commonwealth. Wehave
it from Republican" sources, that the
majority against the Democratic ticket
is about the same as last year, or about
200. Getting the soldiers home, -
didn't do Abolitionism much good.
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WE have some scattering returns
from the elections held on Tuesday,
but all from Abolition sources. Judg-
ing from these we have been defeated
in New York. The Democratic ma
jority III New York city is variously
stated at from 25,OOOto $4,000. We have
nothing definite from New jersey, but
the AbOlitionists claim to have carried
it bya small majority.
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President Johnson and the AdinlsSI0It
of Southern SoHSreSsmeD---E.icen
10 Trade with EndiaHs---ifle Pacihc
Guuadrou---peySOuai. &c.


of Southern Licenses
10 Trade with EndiaHs---ihe Pacihc
SGuadrOn---persOnaI.t dc.
1t is now pretty clear that the Presi-
dent has at heart the admission OF the
Southern Congressman, and will make
it a measure Of his administration
Those opposing it Will be regarded as
hostile to the most material points OF
its policy.
Indian agents arenoWrequired, when
giving licenses to persons to trade with
Indians, to take oath that they are
granted without any agreement or I'M
derstanding with the party licensed, or
any person for such party in the behalf
of the former, for gain. The rule IS
very strict, and so Worded as to cover
every possible case Of collision. Doubt
less there is need enough OF his strin-
gency.
Commodore John Rogers has been or
dered to the command of the Pacific
squadron. The Powhattan will be his
first flagship; the MonadnocWillsucceed
it.-BdH. ,SlH1.
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C. NJ DUNCAN, Esq, the Democratic
candidate for Senator i'm the Franklin
and Adams district, has been elected by
q majority, but ace k1lO'c that an effort
will be made to "cOunt him out" One
of the men employed to do the work,
lives in this town. Mr.. Duncan is a
good man, aud we hope, Will succeedin
defeating the nefarious schemes of the
tricksters who have determined to cheat
him out of his seat in the Senate.
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THE last report concerning the pros
pective trial of Jefferson Davis, is, that
he viii not be tried at all, nojury being
obtainabIe in any district in which he
could be charged with having commit
ted the overt act of treason. Perhaps
Garibaldi has something to do with this
new discovery.
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DIR. TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENT
Has given universal satisfaction during the Tour,
teen years it has been introduced into the OGea
States, After being tried by millions, it has 0eeA
proclaimed the pain destroyer Of the world; ran
directed it cannot and never has failed II SD
gle instance For colds, coughs and inhuenla
can't be beat. One 40 cent bottle will cure all the
above besides being useful in every family ior SUD
den accidents, such as burns cuts scaids' insey'
stings, &c. 1t is perfectly innocent to take inl'I
nally, and can be given to the oldest person VI
youngest child Price 40 and so cents bottle
Office So Cortlandt Street New York. Sold 6y "'
Druggists. Oct ZV-IM'
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British Soldiers Under Arrest isl gauas;,
For SympathisinG with tsse Fenians,
TORONTO. &, W. Noy .

IDNUNIJf =. " :, NOV. 3.
The Fenian excitement still contiD.
ues. Quite 2 number Of private SOL.
diers are under arrest for sympathizing
with the Fenians. The city and it>
approaches are picketed. Many Amer
leans are preparing to leave for the
States. Numbers Of Orangemen are
arriving for the defence Of this district,
| have positive information that the
Canadian brotherhood has a faststeam-
er ready for armament.
1t is reported that number Of Off
cials of the government are engaged in
the conspiracy.
Great militarypreparatiOn are going
forward
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LORD DPALMERsToN, the Prim le Min
lister in the British Cabinet, dice on the
18th of October, aged 81 years. He was
nineteen years Secretary of Ws lr, eIev.
EN- years Foreign Secretary, thirteen
years Home Secretary and nil le years
Prime Minister, making an fficial ca
reer of .ffty t,co gears.
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HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN REvO-
LUTON, BY GEN. LEE.-We see it sta
ted that Gen. Robert f. Lee is at pres
ent engaged in writing a history of the,
late war. Richardson, of New York
city, is to be the publisher. The pub
Usher is confined by Gen. Lee to the
strict lette- of the manuscript.
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THE telegraph has had Wade Hamp-
ton and James l.. Orr alternately elect
ed to the Goyernorship Of South Caro-
lima, every other day, for the past two
weeks. 1t is now settled that Orr is
elected by 800 majority.
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IT is now said by Il te ST. Louis Vest
iiche Post, a radical rgan, that Presi-
dent Johnson did notS say to Gov. Fletch-
er, that "this is the white mans coun-
try;" but that His Fxcellency declared
that ''he belongs to the white mans
party" A distinction without differ
pncp
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We are under great obligations to-
oar editorial brethren, for the favora-
BILE mention they have so kindly made
concerning our Improvements. We are
compelled to forego the pleasure of
cOpying many Of them.
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THERE are at present sixteen hum
dred and two National Banks in exist
zing these institutions, has been al
most reached, but as the y are not based
on coin, Congress will dtoubtless be be-
sieged with applications of spectators,
for an extension Of the, limit.