BEDFORD GAZETTE, j B. F. MEYERS, EDITOR. j FRIDAY i i i DECEMB** *' j ©*Wc again urgo ail who are indebted to us by note, book account, or otherwise, to come forward and settle. If you can't pay, coxnn and settle at any rate. The un certainty of the times renders it necessa ry for every man to have his aecc. ut with the world a3 nearly square as - ossible. We want to pay our debts, and n order to do this, those who owe us m d pay. We do not desire to make trouble or costs to any man, and, therefore, give this no tice. In our absence, our foreman, Mr. Bowen, is authorized to make settlement and receipt for us. ffiy Wood, Beef and l'ork w&ntsd, at this of fice, in payment of subscription. editor is absent. Abolition Rejoicing. It has been a enstom iu American poli tics that whenever a party succeeded in e kcting a Presidential candidate, they cele brated their victory by having a genera! relnicing all over the land. The recent vic tory which the Abolitionists have achieved*, in re-electing Abraham Lincoln, by the grossest frauds ever perpetrated upon n free people, has not been made the occasion of sucii a general demonstration of joy, by his supporters, as was the case at Li 3 first e'ection. The swarm of leeches that stick in and about Washington, sucking the life's blood >f the nation, aad their allies in New England, of course were overjoyed; but the news of the continuance in power of the Abolition party fell still-born upon the masses of the people. The reason is obvious. The people were made to believe, that the re-election of Abraham Lincoln was necessary for the speedy termination of the rebellion; that immediately upon hearing the news the rebels would lay down selves to be deceived, the sequel folly 5.10W8; and hence the people have already begun to realize the fact that tijeir votes, luteal of tending :o put down the rebellion by scaring the rebels into submission, have only brougiit down upon their own heads four years more of war, devastation and misery. They have placed themselves in an nnpleasant position ; like, the man at the rairic they have won the elephant and now would fain part with him if they but knew JJOW. Let ihe Abolitionists rejoice, astliev pre tender to do in this place, last week; let ibcm rejoice at the dark monster brought fortk by infidelity and abolitionism, belbre •whose ebony throne the whole party has bent the vassel's knee.; let them rejoice at tiki prospect which a continuance of the p*?scnt devastating and cruel war sets be fore ; let them rejoice that nearly everv house in the land has become a house of mourning, that almost every cottage, h<ffv ever lovely and peaceful heretofore, now contains a frightful skeleton ; but the man who can lay his hand upon his heart and say that he is not to blame for the ruin .brought upon his country, has occasion for Hiv-fo real joy than they. But it is natural for sack a party to rejoice amidst the gloom that surrounds us. Did not Nero fiddle while Rome was in a blaze? And did not Abraham Lincoln call for a ribald song, on the bloody fields of Antietam, whilst the groans and shrieks of the wounded and dy ing were piercing the air? Why should not they be joyful while liberty is being de-| throned and oar country torn to pieces. J3ut tire people will become sane some day. After they have wandered through ♦he bloody and trackless desert which war spreads oat before them, when all the hor rors that are tc store, have been felt by them, they will return to that party which has aver guatded lair liberties, and call uron that power which has guided them salelv throagh the political storms of three quarters of a century. MeQLelhn'e Besignaiioi: Acoepwd, flio President lias accepted the resignation of Gen McClelliin, and has appointed General I hil. 13. Sheridan a Major General in the reg ular army, to Sil the xacanoy thus created. I f is stated thai th: Legislature ef New Jersey, wb iis largely Deniocraii;, vl!l Ject Geo. M"L.dLn United States Senator in place of Mr. len Eyck, Abolitio.iist, whose term will expire on the 4.th of March next. ACnange. gre&t cliange has come over the Abo '/Zionists since the election. They have; quit calling Democrats hard names. The ill-bred boys, who for months had been picketed on the street cdfners insulting re gpectable people, have been withdrawn, probably to receive training for a similar sphere of usefulness, when the occasion re quires it. baen, too, who have shown them * selves*. oat vtry small 4 'boys of a ! arger ' 'growth'' have exhibited the gratuy q .act j that their abolition insanity has lucid inter ! vals. We even heard several political har : augues, since the election, in which, to the ; best of- our recollection, the word "Copper i head'' did not once occur, but which aboond ' ed with fulsome flattery of the Democrats. During the campaign this was rot the case. Democrats were denounced as "Cop perhead.-)," 'Traitors," "Rebel Synipa i thisers," Arc., and were looked upon as scarcely fit subjects for the leniency of Ab j raham Lincoln. Rut a wonderful change has come over the spirit of their dreams, t The "Corporal's guard'" ot nearly two mil ; lions of Democratic votes in the North has no doubt opened their eyes and softened their wrath amazingly. They have quit denouncing and have taken to cajoling [ and flattery, thinking that Democrats are l ready to lick the hand that smote tlwun- They will find themselves mistaken. T\ <? . a?k no terms fir - them, and will give nor.?, len long as thev sist in upholding a doc cJ . t . trine that we consider adverse to the best interests cf humanity, and fatal and rui- nous to the country. The democrats are ready, as they always have been, to stand i by the administration in ail lawful and con stitutional measures, but claim tne prerog ative, which they will not allow to be wres-1 "... 1 ted from them, to criticise and denounce all tyrannical and unconstitutional acts, no j ! matter bv whom or tinder what circumstan ces they rnav l>e committed. The man I who does not do so, is a cringing coward and not worthy the name of freeman. Retired. We forgot to notice, fast week, that Mr. Philip J. Shoemaker retired from the Commis sioners' Office on last Friday week, his term of j office having expired. Mr. Shoemaker has , been a faithful arid efficient member of the Board, and it will be conceded Ly all who had any intercourse with him in his official capr.ci i ty, that he always endeavored to preserve tl ? best interests c>f the people of the county, with out fear or favor. We regret to part with j "L ncle Philip," and in his retirement from pub* I : -7 0 r~ ; P} ;. Michael Wertz, Esq , his successor, has been b.ii/rn in, and his well known business qualifi caUcr. tcs, ak for him a term of usefulness in the Commissioners' Office. ' lis Rebels At New Greek. 1 Information has been received here from re liable sources, that the rebels made a dush on j New Creek, abbre Cumberland, and captured a large amount of commissary stores, and be tween foor and five hundred horses. Nw | Creek is a depot for military stores, and the j rebels bare a number of times endeavored to | capture the place. Great fear exists at Cnm- 1 I berhmd ; and 'he presumption i s that the town will be attacked. AN-IUKK DITAT-T.—Prov. Gen. Fry has i sued instructions to his snliordinates to hav me enrollment !i.,ts revised ami perfected. Tnis . llke something we are already quite fa miliar with— yciept -the draft."' We—and no doubt others—had Seen relying upon the re peated assertions of 4 -Brother BergnerV' omiti thai there would be "no draft." If that veracious we suall have to pin our faith to gome other Oracle.— -Patriot and I'mon. lur. COST OP SCRSTITLTM—On a call of 500,000 men it would cost three hundred and fdtjr millions of dollars ($3o0,000,00<j) to 111 t, a; the price per man ($700) now paid for substitutes tn Hartford. And if Connecticut's quota is 11,000, as it probably will be, it would cost the people of our State seven millions ser- l n -n i rfd aud seveut y thousand dollars <s7 - 7 /O.OOu) at the same rate. liiis fax, provided tlta quota should be filled by substitutes at this rate, would be greater than the entire internal revenue and tax on for eign importations; and this, too, for barely se curing ihe men, without a uniform on their backs or a ration in their hands. it Russia quailed under an expenditure of two hundred millions of dollars a year in the Crimean war, what is to become of this coun try one of these days, at the rato we are sail - mg ?— Hartford Times. A QCKTTRION OF IIME. Ihe Democratic par* ; ty has performed a high and holy dutv in the j contest just closed. It has labored to preserve j the purity cf the church, to save the liberties o 4 the j eople and to br'nr peace and Union n ith„i]t farther bloodshed and ruia From ; 1 Sol it has been steadil} gaining on the popu lar vote. Tne full return of reason is only a j question of time and four mere long, dreary ami | waste.uii year's of war, will eatkfy even those . who ee .v the last dollar and the lust ditch. In j tae meantime let Democrats remember 'hat they have a duty to perform. Let them stard unbroken amidst the storm, ar,d be prep-red j whenever the time comes to rescne from tl e , wreck of cur republic whet at tie there may be j i'tt ot liberty a:,d country to transmit to their children. The future looks desolate and fear but the good Sa.-aati:an has his work to' i perform. Even af or the thieves and rubbers! ; have left nothing but the mangled forms of iio- ! inanity behind these EDITORIAL MELANGE. s^-Sft —the wcathei. —Ditto, the man who believed there would be no more drafts. £3" Very appropriate—the blood-red transpa rencies in the Abolition procession last week. "We aro eominfg Father Abraham i feg-Conb—the "leader" in the Republican or gan in this p'ace, on the "incompetent ot the Jaquuer. He careful, Davy, how you handle ti.ut Rower Press 1 C3"Motto on a transparency at the recent Ab olition pov-wow —"Abraham, our Father!" A braham has quite a disobedient set of boys in this pin for he has been calling thern repeat edly, F. '■ the parlance of juveniles no.v-a days ti..sy "can't see it."' g3*l J olit cal conundrum. How did General McClellan receive the news of his defeat ? ! With resignation: contradicted —the report that the company that paraded through the streets on Tuesday night of court week, were going to the front at Petersburg. They belong to the "Home Guards." CarTbe Democrats told the people that there would be another draft after the election. It was pronounced by the Abolitionist', an elec. tioneering scheme—a "copperhead lie." Now the truth is seen aud felt. gsrAttorney General Bates has resigned his place in the Cabinet. We would suggest a verj* learned legal gentleman of this place as his suc cessor. Apply at once. i slowly—the gradingof Rich j ard Street The crossings are becoming famous I as places to "stick ia the mud.** tgyAn edo "fin 1 brother boasts of a large . turkev which in* received. IV uere is our Christ inas turkey to come from* T ° ;sr neighbor has a Hoc lot, but v- e have the of set oral of the Ten Comma..dmetus beforeoorf r cy c3 - £? The Florida, captured by t!ie .Steamer Waciiusett, lias been given up. and rent to Babia, together vith all her crew. Anoih ,er Uuniiliatio. 'o our national pri le ! r*3"We learn that another draft va made in ihis district on las' Monday, the result of which ; up to this UCM we are unable to Hud oat, C 3" lhe Rev Mr. Kepler anrroutrced last Sab. • bath, that he would pre.•.•.*!, before the congre gation of the Christian Association of Bedford, i next Sabbath, Dee. 4th, from a passage cf Scripture as recorded iu Ezekiel oth chapter, 3—6 verges. The subject selected, appears to us, so far as vre can see, to be one of tao-e than oruinu ry interest to all who wish to understand tue dealings of God with the inhabitants of tbi g wot id. j 3~i'he Hartford town election was carried by the Democrats by aa average majority of 170. The total vote was 4,602. O.A _F ... I ( cock. &a~An association of government clerks has j been formed at Washington to urge an increase |of salaries. They want more pap from the | public 'treasury. C£*liev. Mr. Essick, pastor of the Ev. Luih ! Church, of this place, delivered tl.o tbaiik.-giv ing sermon, in the Presbyterian church. His I discourse w spoken of as having beeu aver/ üble one. Diabolical Plot! | ORGANIZED CONSPIRACY TO BL'RN' NEW rOR£ CITY. The Attempt Frustrated. 2he St. A icftoia*-, the St, James, Metropolitan, Lcimont, a a oiant/, L/wejoy, lirundrelh and Lnfartjii Hotel-:, and Jhirnxinia Musr-um set on Fire. j NEW YORK, NOV. 26— The World, this morn- < ' uig, give* the particulars of n most diabolical I attempt, last night, to fire Now York city at many different points, ranging from the Bel mont Hotel, in Fulton street, as tar up a' the i .St. James Hotel, in Broadway, above its inter section with the Fifth avenue. At the present writing, happily, no loss of life and no serious ! damage to property has crowned the fiendish hopes of the perpetrators of these crimes. But the heart sickens at the thought of the scene ol horror which must certainly, but for the presence of iniud and coolness of a few sensible persons, have resulted from the mere alarm of 'fire given at nine o'clock in the evening to the crowded audience in the lecture room of the Museum. At this point, while the theatrical periormances of the night were going on, a bot tle ot phosphorus was emptied in the rear of the- gallery, and at once ignited In the various hotels, including the St. Nich olas, the Metropolitan, the Lefargo and other large and crowded houses, beds were found sat urated with phosphorus, and the fire in all these cases seems to have beeu set by persons acting in concert, and ot course under one definite , and devilish inspiration. W ho those persons wcro, or what their aims, ' it were premature now to inquire. The matter ! demands and must receive immediate and most ; searching examination at the bands of our mu nicipal and pot ice authorities. Ihe uniformity that characterized this bold nttempt at wholesale incendiarism bowed that ti.~ pi.ii. mast have . . n organ iz :j ,ong bofore ■<ind, ai d ev- ry . ;ep premeditated before being entered upoa. ihe mode of opera*zug seemed to be p. ccistly the same in every hot J. bred. The beda were saturated with phosphorus through out, So also were the valises, trunks, old boots, and clothes of almost every description. la audition to this, matches were found among tho be I "lOthes, mid between the sheets and co. cr .ios, and, in some instances, thrust into the cen tre of the ticks. The fires were then set and the rooms closed arid locked, asil the occupant hud \aeated tlie premises. It is supposed by this the! the rooms were taken by parties WHO were determined to fire tho buildings, and took th'.o as the quickest way of doing irt O"VVc regret that we are called upon to an- : uounce the death of Isaac Shoemaker, son of P. J. Shoemaker, Esq., of Colerain township, which took place a short time since, at New bern, N. C. Mr. Shoemaker wan a brave sol diet and a promising voang man. VV'e append the following letters, recently received by some of his relatives: FOSTER GENERAL HOSPITAL, j j NKWBERS, N. C., NOV. 12, 18G4. \ 1 Miss SHOEMAKER : I feel it my duty to write you this letter, ; and I feel sorry to have such a duty to perform. 1 1 hope the Lord will give you strength to bear it with resignation, for we must all be resigned ito His holy will. Your brother Isaac was ta ! ken sick with the yellow fever on the oth of , November, and here "it patiently and put Lis i confidence in his Savior to restore or take him to himself. After an illness of six daj sit was the will of God to call him to himself, where wc must all render an account sooner or later. I Your brother died Thursday, iNov. jOth, at 12.20 1' M., and we all mourn his loss, for we ' are deprived of a good and faithful comrade, i Your brother Isaac and I were here together i for the last year and nine months, and I felt his ! loss as much as a brother, for he really was a | brother to me; when I was sick he took good ; care of me, when I had the yellow fever.— ! When I recovered, he was taken witli the same ' disease, but I hope we will meet again where parting will be no more. He died praying to God to have inercy ou him, and I have reason to believe his prayers were heard. He was bu ried at 3 o'clock P. M , Nov. 10, lSt;4. The night before he died he called me to his bedside : and kissed me. He wanted to say something but he could not speak. The last words he said were "Oh, my God'.'" He had his senses until about 10 hours before he died. If you wish further particulars I will give you all 1 know concerning Isaac. I suppose they have written from the hospital office, but I thought it wouhl be more satisfactory to you to get a line from one of his comrades. Yours, truly, JOSEPH SHIIX. FOSTKB GENU:AT. HOSPITAL, 1 NEWBERN, N. C., NOV. 10, 1804. \ MV. P J SHOEMAKER: My Dear Sir: —lt is male iny painful duty to inform you cf the death, in this hos{ ital, by yellow fever, of your son Isaae F. He was a faithful, good man, and we all la- em' h' s removal; hut I have the evidence and :\ n'olation to believe that he "died in the tuo Cv" 1 ord." * a?t words were sncb as the best jmar adopt: *'o(i, God, have raerey upon my jgoul!" ComniendU'l yOV : s '"ends gener ally to ti.e blessed S>fcv;or, ' aa, > yours, , J. NfiX ROUSE. Chaplam L. S. A. For the Oazette. Presentation to Majof jjjbij. CAMP 208 TH R r;., I'. V. Nov. 1864. ' The enlisted men of company H. havV rented a horse, saddle and bridle to Nlaj. Aler* under Bobb, of this regiment, valued at three * Hundred and twenty five dollars. The horse | was purchased from James Wishart, E3q., ot | Wells township, Fulton co., Pa , and the pres entation wU9 made in front of Petersburg, by [John E. Satterfield, of Company K. i the foi | lowing add i ess: "MA.- * —'AAVDEK 8088 :—Having been in- P- V., to have the Honor to in their name, a horse, saddle and bridle, a? a . token of their friendship and esteem, both as a citizen and a soldier, and to be used by you, (and as your own, in either station of life. ; This manifestation, ort their part, has not be-n f prompted by any sordid motive, out is a pure. 1 unsullied expression of their feelings of warm I attachment for you, and an appreciation of j your merits, as will be plainly evinced bv their I willing obedience to every command from you ! !hi the a-my of the United Slates. Knowing full well that you are ever ready to discharge j your duty faithfully and impartially, j Hoping that nothing may ever arise to in . 'errupt this friendship, now existing between you, and that you will* accept this gift from | them, together with these sentiments, I now, in , their name, pass them over to you. Maj. Bobb replied as follows: —"MY FELLOW ( SOLDIERS OK Co II:—In accepting this gift from j you, I can say that they shall be used in the j : performance of my duties to the best of mv a -1 bilities, whilst I have the distinguished honor ito command you in the army. You need not I tell me that von are ever ready to do your coun try s service. 1 our conduct ia the army, h:'s plainly shown me that ail you ask is a command, and if we should in future be engaged in bat tle witiijthe enemies of our country, I know that you will render such an account of yourselves as will cause me to feel proud that I have had the honor to lead you in this campaign. In thanking you for this valuable gift, I will say that 1 shall prize it the more, from the fact of it coming, a9 it does, with such warm expres sions of friendship, and with the aid of Divine Providence, shall cherish those sentiments while ' life lasts. Therefore, accept my grateful thanks again for your kindness. That we may all re- j turn again to our homes, and the peace and i harmony of former years, once more reign su- J ' preme over our land, is my greatest desire." j 1 Very respectfully, yours, WILLIAM £. EICHOLTZ, j Ist Lieut. Co. H, 208th"Ueg*t. Alledged Peace Movements by the Administration. The country ha 9 been treated to various ru mors, sinco the election, of an intention on the part of the Administration to offer souie terms of settlement to the rebels. As to the precise | form In which ilia matter is to be brought a . bout, has not been developed, bat somo of the ! •••• iseacres about the Federal metropolis, have given ont the very names of the Commissioners to be sent on this mission of peace. The sub ject was broached by .hudge Pierpoint, in a speech made in Ncy York, just before the e- I ction, and General Butler renewed the sub ject in a speech made iu the samo city, since the election. Many have surmised that these rumors have been set afloat by stock jobbers to , influence the price of gold and other public se i curities.—The numerous sources from which the i reports have sprung, leads us to the conclusion that, there is some actual foundation fur them in tho intentions of tho administration at pres ent. Mr, Lincoln ovjkt to wish for peace and the restoration of tho Union. His reputation in the future history of the country, oogiitjfto lead bim in that direction. The return of the cou..try to Union andtta old prosperity would _n to be objects worthy tho ambition of try jnn. Heretofore Air. Lincoln has permitted abolition "pressure" to push him aside from the path in which his better judgment dictated. But the* his own election aas a sufficient ex j ouse tor not driving the radical abolitionists 1 from his support. That obj<ct is now effected i and all tlie precedent points to his retiring at the end of it second term, i'o be sure the Re { publican party male much of their capital in trade, in the recently cloudy canvass by their S cry of "Peace Party" against the Democrats. ! The sudden conversion of the Republican p u ty : toa peace policy, is not without t'-Q c!iurge of i ' consistency, 'l'liey know they did not tell the truth vt heti they asserted that tiie peace plan of the Democrats embraced the independence of f the South ; and the administration cannot he blind to the fact that the feeling of the coun try. every where, outside of the military office , holders and government outraetor.-, is deeply j | and strongly in favor of peace and a restored i Union. Our hope, then, is, that these rumors of .peace movements are true. VVe do not fail to recol lect that the mere purtiMas latent* of the Re publican party, would not be advanced by a I restored Luiou —that the voters of the South | urn btales, returned to their duties i:i the 1 - ; nion, would not likely be cast to help to perpe tuate the rule of a party, so wholly sectional ; ( in its corporation —uor do we fail to recollect I the much greater difficulty in agreeing upon terms of reconciliation with a party thus con- j stituted. than would be with a National party, such as the Democratic patty is, jet with all j these obstacles in the way ot peace and a :e --stored Union, we do hope a morally honest, iu ' j dependent effort, and without the imposition of , impossible terms, but in good faith, will be made j I by Mr. Lincoln to restore the Lai >n, and a < gain bring peace and prosperity to our borders, j J WayttCibury Messenger ... " From the Sunday Mercury. 'j STATESMANSHIP. In retiring from the Senate of the United States, Je Her son Davis delivered a valedictory speech, in which he said: "It the difficulties between the North and (he South are not set tle!, it will be for the want of statesmanship." There was wisdom in that remark, and time has proved it. We have fallen on the day of small men. There is no philosophy in the adminis tration ot cur Go l •rntuent, though the nun who instituted it w re statesmen by inspiration, if not by study and experience. VI he truth is, that we have never had a school lti which men were educated fur the business of Government. We have never had any such order or class of men, We do not educate any body for the duties of Government We act on the principle that the most difficult of all voca tions is the most simple and indifferent. Our people have esteemed it a sort of national glory that the highest civil trusts in the State, inclu sive of the Presidency and the Chief Justice ship are open equally to any citizen, and where some persons, notoriously incompetent for the place has been sent to Congress, or elected to the juditi t! bench, or even elected to the Chief we have boasted of the event as an hwnotable illustration of our intensely demo cratic institutions. Now li'W eort pride in the social and po ' liticalequity i>f b'irgovernmcntal system is prac i tiealiy absurd. Tin* principle that positive per sonal merit, regunJtw'W social condition is legally debarred from no vS v l position in the Slate, however important aim exalted, is right appueauorf'artirtrscS?/ ti 'i" J a manner quite contrary to the of the rule and adversely to the welfare of tix- nation. It Las, :a practice, put tLe wrong men jo tii*•- I wrong place. It has made judges of tanner. 4 - i j Senators of Shoemakers, and Presidents of: j i uil-splitters- It has, in a word, overturned the ' I whole order and fitness of things iu government, so that we have, iu this country, put the base j of the pyramid in the clouds ami the apex in the dust. This progress in a wrong direction lias been going on until we have got ourselves into a civil war which we never can escape from short of national disintegration, only because, ' as Jefferson Davis said, we lack statesmanship. IV e have been going to the devil as fast as os- j sible, and tiecausa we have n® statesmen to rule ' us. The Government, when it was originally founded, was based on the idea that man was capable of self-government; but that idea pre supposed the other fact that Democratic govern- j ment can only be securely lounded on intelligence. j And that theory included as a fundamental and indispensable condition, tliat the people who were invested with the r.ght of choosing their representatives, should and would so exercise their right of suffrage as to place in every civil office the man best qualified by intelligence and virtue to discharge its duties. But the prac-l" tice of the day is entirely contrary to the theo- ' ry. | Let us take the present Administration. Lin ' coin was a good hand at splitting rails and steer ing a fiat boat. It is to be regretted that he did not stick to his trade. All the members of his Cabinet are but little more qualified for <ov ernment than he is. Even .Mr! Seward, with all his pretension, is hardly more than a patent lawyer aud r. demagogue. Half, or more than hail of the men 111 !x>?h Houses of Congress arc but sciolists in statemanship, and wouidle much more useful to the world it they were makim*- buttona, mending shoes, selling tape, or plead iug patty cases in a village quarter sessions.— With such an order of mind at the head of the government, what can we expect ? Only what wc have. A fearful civil war, that is "rapidly destroying the whole country, without tne wit at Washington to settle the "strife on an honora ble and pacific basis. Ihe truth is that the nation is going to pie ces only because we havenobraias at the helm. The pilot is an ignoramous, wLo should have stuck to rail splitting, while bis mates are but little wiser than himself. God save the ship of State! The leading partisans of the administra tion have openly declared in favor of wiping out the States and establishing a centralized despotism. Wc would not like to 6ee such a revolution in our political system. But if it must come, let us, for God's Rake, have a wise king to rule over us benignantly rather than a fool for a despot. PAUL tho Aposile speakaof Luke as the "be loved physician," and few ondear therxjsfilvoa to us more than those who like "ministering an gels," bring us the healing balm ineickae r ° 3o it is with medicines that euro; though we nev er see the maker, yet wo get a feeling of r.gard fur him through ;h<r~i. How many have rea son to bicss Dr. Ayer for his invaluable reme dies, sc. cheap and yet so effectual! IVbat pub -iC nsneiactors better deserve esteem than those who rescue the body from disease and prema ture decay \—Portsmouth (.7. U ) Gantte. THE WAR. We have no new.** of General Sherman's progress. either through Northern or Southern channels, Inter than printed yesterday morning. There now seem to be ereat doubts of the re ported captors of Mittcdjgeviile tho' it has been evacuated by the Confed -rates. Atlanta has been entered by a detachment of Southern troop?. It was entirely abandoned by the Federal ar my, and two-lkicd* liud been burned. Gener al Thomas, in Tennessee, has retreated to Frank- Jin, ten miles south of Nashville The Con federates follow him closely. They have eut communication between Nashville and Chatta nooga, and excepting the few garrisoned posts near Chattanooga, now hold all the country ! south of Nashville. | The Federal rucuunobsmtccs which have been i srnt South from Winclm-ster, in the Shenando ah Valley, have (wind Fariv's outpost, at Stras hurg, much stronger than w;as supposed N attempt will be made to attack It. Sheridan'# army is still around \\ u •-hosier. Moseby has ju*t attacked another party of Federal cavalry at Cable-town, north of VVmeheeler Moseby ' lost one man killed and five wounded. Twen ; ty if the Federal cafSlrymttn escaped; thirty were killed and wounded, and thirty-one eap ! lured. A Charleston newspaper states that last i week a two hundred pounder l'nrrott gun burst jin Battery Wagner The battery is the one which continually shells Charleston. The Florida has been run into at Fortress Monroe by a Federal transport. The Florida :is sunk. No particulars <>t the affair aro re ported—Jije. -JIARRIE9 j GILSON— BROWN—At the residence of | tho bride's father, in Vied ford township, on , Wednesday evening, 23d tilt., bv Rev. H. Heck* •eiman, Mr. Hiram A. Gilson, of Galhtzin, ; Cambria county, Fa., to Miss Mary J., daugb ■ ter < f John Brown, Esq., of Bedford county. I Accompanying tiie above notice we received ! a inagnificant cake, which our ;i devil" enjoyed hnge'v. Our thanks, kind friends, and tbs printers' blessing be upon your heads. ZIEGLER—HILLEG VS.—lnScheHs'onrg, on Thursday morning, 24th ult . at the resi dence of Mr. Ewalt, by Rev. N. H. Sky leg, Mr. Joseph S. Zieglor. of Mont gomery county, to Miss Ann Maria B. Hiiiegas, i of liedford county. —UIED— EASTER.—On the 27th of October, in St. C'.air township, of diphtheria, Anna Margaret Easter, eldeH daughter of Win. T. and Mary Ann Easter, aged 13 years and 7 days. HELEN.—In this borough, on the 23d of November. Mrs Louisa Helen, aged 27 years and G days. RAY.—At his rcridenca in Liberty town ship, on the loth of October, Robert Ray, aged 71 years. 1 month and 14 days. Ponce to his ashes. WILSON'.—At Cheneysviile. Nov. oth, Al i ri d, youngest son of Huzn VV iLon, Esq , aged 1 year, G months and 3 days. PIPER.—At Piper's Run, Bedford county, Sept. 22, of billious diarrhoea, Florence Rebec ca, elde-t child of Abraham M and E. Jennie r Piper, aged 1 year, 11 months and 23 days. 6N\ DER. —In the hosp;tal at Winchester, \ a., Oct. 22, 1864, Jonathan Snvder. Orderly ; P. V., aged j Ihe deceased fell mortaliy wounded at Bell ! 07,7' 7Z f RU °' Va ' ' ,n Wednesday / ° p ber l: Ul > J lun "S rebel flank attack up ' l n v A ! S <I:l tile raoroing of j u .at day. Am.,lst much intense suffering from !,,, fut.M wound, he was carried four miles to the rear y Jiw comrades, and there placed in an and conveyed to Winchester where he lingered jinti! the morning of the 22d' and then passed into eternity, falling asleep 7 we fordly hope, in twe Lord Jesus, the only Sa , yior of sinners. According to a request made by Lira a short lime prior w receiving hj £ mor _ , tal wound, his body was disinterred at Wiacbes : ter and brought by a relative, a member of the same company, and regiment, to bis paterua' ao.ne in Monroe township, this county, and there again committed to the earth by the se pulchral rites of the church of which he was a member. On Monday afternoon, Nov. 7tb his mortal remains were consigned to the si'leut grave, amidst much weeping, there to slumber amuiSt the mouldering ashes of his ancestry. He served in the ranks of cur country's brave de.euders for upwards of two years, and final ly fell a Victim to this most unnatural and un justifiable rebellion. He was not only a brave and faithful so.dier, but also a very successful teacuer, an estimable citizen, a generous friend, a Kind and affectionate brother, and a worthy member of the German Reformed Church fiEJLL'i FOFSBRY, CORNER OF CENTRE HARRISON STREETS. CUMBERLAND. MD. THOMAS WILKINSON, SR., Superintendent. This large and long established Foundry has purchased and reopened by the a- bscr.ber, under the management ot au experienced Superintended and MdcfauEiCii and Vv'orktteo. STEJM E.YGI.YES, BOILERS, MINING MACHINERY, KAIL-ROAD AND MINE CARS, FURNACES, STOVES, GRATES PLOUGHS, MILL IRONS, AND JGRICULTURJIL IMPLEMENTS Will be manufactured to order. A STOCK OF Beall's Egg Stoves," Of various size,, the best pattern for Store, in , 6 . country lor burning Cumberland Coal | veil! he ken' on bard, and sold on favorable term* to the trade, One New Fear-horse Power Engine, Boiler and Fixtures, for aaJe. SyCaßb paid for old lion and Mefal on dalirery at the Foundry. solicited, and all work warranted. „ , W.M. W.McKAlfi. J- uocbwlaa !, Dec. 5, 1804—3 m BROOKS' SERIFS OF ARITHMETICS for sai at introduction prices, tb* Drug and Book Stora of Dr. iJ. F. Hany, Bi tt'orU, Pa. l> . • F. Harry u th# agatt.
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