Cj }t |press.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1864.
Slieridan’s Great Victory.
We have no more defeats. A Union
army has not lost a battle since General
Banks was driven back from Pleasant
Hill by a superior force, April otil. In
skirmishes, small bodies of our troops have
been -worsted, and the rebels have made
successful raids in Maryland, Tennessee,
and Missouri. But in every fight worthy
to be called a battle, our armies have been
triumphant. This uninterrupted tide of
victory is swelled by the glorious defeat of
the enemy at Cedar Creek, by Gen. Sheri
jian, October Uhb.
It is possible that the battle of Cedar
Creek might have resulted in a defeat, had
not the campaign in the Shenandoah been
prtyloiisfv so triumphant. It is admitted
that our army was attacked in the night,
oiid driven hack in confusion. In the old
days Of slow Strategy it might not have re
covered from a blow so heavy and sudden.
Hut the habit of victory had given out
soldiers'confidence in themselves and their
commander, ►sherit>.«{ arrived from Win
chester. Be reformed the line of battle in
the morning- At I P. M. he repulsed the
attack of ilu> enemy. At 3 he attacked
in turn, routed the enemy, made thou
sands of prisoners, and took forty-three
pieces of iiriilb'Ty. In his own words,
‘‘ disaster has been converted into a splen
did victory,” and we need not wait for
tlie exact statistics of the battle to be as
sured that nnollier terrible blow has fallen
-upon the rebellion in - Virginia. It cannot
long endure shell terrible pounding. Somc
limes in 'prizefights who is to be the
victor is known on the'tenth round, yet
-he man certain to be defeated will stand
up and lake his punishment till sixty
rounds have been fought, anti then falls from
exhaustion. This may be a rude but it is
an exact and a forcible illustration of the
present concllion of the whole war. Every
battle increases the disproportion of
strength, and every battle, except the
grand, final struggle at Richmond, will be
made easier for our soldiers by the victo
ries preceding.
The greatness of this disaster to the
rebels may be measured by the effort they
made to achieve a victory. Driven almost
out of the Shenandoah, completely whip
ped, thc-.v made a desperate effort to re
cover their invaluable position. Their
3Tn iy in the v'.-dk y was.lieaviiy reinforced,
and LOKC'STiir- kt, one of'their ablest gene
rals, sent . expressly to crush Sheridan.
S'vtiriVieioi-Jiug their great 'success ■ in
He - army driven back four
miles in’egfifinion,’losing • twentyguns—thxy
l,ad not the siren gth to follow it up. The
run rose anti -beheld them the pursuers; its
thing rays shone redly on their flight."
There is no power in Virginia that can
defeat the Union armies; all the rebel
force is needed to prolong the struggle,
of which the end is certain to be absolute
Union victory.
The Voice and Vote of the Soldiers.
It is impossible to publish all the letters
fiom the army that we receive. Not a day
passes without a message “ from the front”
to those in the rear. The interest of the
soldiers in the great political contest is pro
found and universal, for they know that it
will decide whether they have fought in
vain. Men who have endured the only
great sufferings of the war; who have up
held the flag for nearly four y#ars; who
have seentheiT comrades fall dead in battle ;
who have braved that fate themselves, are
not the men to abandon the war in the year
of its success, ot support a party which de
claresittohe “a disastrous failure.” They
understand well the insult of the Chicago
Convention and the apostacy of McClbl-
I.AN. Four out of every five soldiers
will vole for Abraham Lincoln, who,
though no soldier, has the spirit the
soldiers love. Of the twenty out of
every hundred who will probably vote
for McClellan, at least two-thirds will
do so because of a failure to understand
his representative position as the candidate
of the Peace party and the colleague of
YaLLANDICHAM, PENDLETON, and the
Woods. But the majority know that in
accepting the nomination from these men,
and upon a platform which demands “ the
immediate cessation of hostilities,” he is
pledged to a policy which the army is
pledged to despise, t-> defeat , to destroy. We
know what the soldiers think. We have
not only received from them hundreds of
letters, but we have their votes. From a
number of letters which reached us yester
day we shall quote enough to show that
the men who do the fighting are not dis
posed to give up the war.
A soldier in the 4!!th Pennsylvania, who
has been anti is stiil a Democrat, sends the
vote of his regiment— lBl for the Union
ticket, 50 for the Democratic, giving a
Union majority of 131. One company
voted against the surrender party unani
mously.
Commenting on these facts, the writer
says;
Did you ever see such a contemptible platform as
McClellan sterjds upon ? "Where, in his grand letter
of acceptance, does he pledge the means «*f the
country for the suppression of the rebellion 1 I can
see nothlEff, or very little In him, worthy of corn*
mendation. As a soldier, I support him, hut as a
politician I despise him. He has fallen among
thieves. He endeavored to repudiate the plat'orm,
or a portion of It, hut as the framers of that sham,
have never deigned to make it conform to Ida ideas,
he must he con=iaered as endorsing the whvle.
What! Support a man who stands at the head of
a. party tliat)endeavored to.deprive me the of right of
suffrage? N ever! Vote for a man who lead? trai
tors, and has not the strength of purpose to enable
him to stand upon an honorable basis ? No ! no!
Bather let me die here, or live among the kills,
where no one could see my shame.
McClellan for President! Never, if my vote is to
put him there.
We •would be unworthy"Of our sires, would bring
disgrace upon the glorious emblem of our nationali
ty, and he wholly unworthy of the land in which we
live, if, after pledging our lives, our fortune.-, and.
sacred honor, and ha vie g made our homos upon the
battle-field for more than three years, we to
place the nnese about our own necks, by cistidir
our votes for ote who. although a hero one©, is a
traitor now.
This is strong language ! True. But is
it unnatural? Remember that the vast
majority of our soldiers have not enlisted
to get eighteen dollars a month. They
■tight for their country, and -who shall limit
their scorn of a party which is now its only
danger ?
Here, too, are brave words from a gal
lant soldier, now on Morris Island, S. 0.
Under date of October 6th, he writes :
•“Men in our regiment who voted for Governor
Seymour, and were loud in their praise of ' Little
Mac, 5 are now ashamed to own that they ever had
«,ny sympathy for them, and are doing all they can
for President Lincoln. Not a man in my company
will vote for McClellan, and I very muoh doubt his
getting fifty votes in our regiment. In other regi
ments It is much the same way,
« A majority, and a large majority, too, have but
little regard for the sympathy which is so cordially
extended by the Democratic party. We care no
more for their sympathy than that of Jeff Davis.
Gould they hear the frequent expressions of the de
sire by tbe soldiers to have an opportunity to charge
upon them, while their peace articles are being
read, they would likely express less sympathy for
us, and bestow all upon their real friend*, the
rebels.
M We want no peaee except such as we are able to
make at the point of the bayonet. Do you and other
good friends take care of the McClellan-Pendieton
Copperheads at home, and, by the help of the Lord,
we will manage tbe rebels in due time.
“ I have been in the army over two years, and
want peace as much as anyone, that I may leave
this wilderness of sand and go home, But I (IQ Dpt
want a peace that will compel me to come'back
here to patch it up again in a year or two. G-!ve us
an unconditional surrender peace. Nothing clae wHI
<lo. Till then we ask no peace, and least of allsutfc
a peace as they would give us.”
In this letter are several important points.
First. Soldiyrs who voted for Seymour and
were Jowl in their praise of McClellan,
now oppose them hoth. Second. They de
spise the pretended sympathy of a party
which has no sympathy with their cause,
smd m their fiery, honest indignation make
mo distinction between Copperheads and
rebels. Third . That the reading of Cop
perhead newspapers inspires them with a
desire to charge upon the Copperhead
party. Fourth- That they want peace far
more than any Copperhead at home wants
it, and that, precisely because of the earn
estness of their desire, they will make no
false peace by a cowardly surrender. Fifth.
That they are able and willing to put down
the rebellion by fighting, if we will do our
part in its suppression by voting. Sixth,
and this is a point which includes all the
Others, that they will give their votes to
Abraham Lincoln, the only candidate
who cares for their honor, represents their
principles, and can be trusted with the
leadership of the nation.
This is the emphatic voice of the sol
diers, which for four years has not been
often heard in political contests, but now
rings throughout the land. We know by
its unmistakable tones what will be the
vote of the soldiers. To-day we publish
the vote in five regiments before Peters
burg ; of 747 Pennsylvanians, but 14S cast
the Democratic ballots ; even this enormous
disproportion will he incteasud in Novem
ber. We need not further apply the politi
cal moral of their repudiation of Mc-
Clellan and his friends.
The Appeal of ILoyal Southerners.
Loyal Southerners from the States of
Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia have
directed an appeal to Governor Yates of
Illinois, and through him to the Governors
of all the loyal States, on behalf of their
oppressed brethren of the South. These
gentlemen are Mr. J. A. Stdart, Dr. W.
C. Hicks, Messrs. W. H. Smith, Robert
S. lIiFFi.iN and A. A. West, members
elect of the Alabama Legislature. They
tell us that not a vestige oflibcrly exists in
the South, and that the people are “ under
a reigning despotism which, for cruelty find
relentless barbarity, has no parallel in the
history of mankind.” This we cannot
hesitate to believe after the treatment be
stowed upon our prisoners at Anderson
ville and Richmond. The public has not
yet asked itself the question—“ If the rebel
authorities serve our prisoners so, how, pro
portionately, do they treat their own peo
ple V' But what claims more direct atten
tion than this painful memorial of the
condition of the South is the warning
addressed to the Governors of the North:
“In addressing yon, In reference to our griev
ances, we wish to he understood as appealing, not
only to the Chief Executive ol the State of Illinois,
but to the Governors of all the loyal States, to be
on their guard against the insidious encroachments
of rehelUon at your own doors and your own fire
sides.
“No pains will be spared by our leading rebels to
bribe, seduce, deceive, or overawe your citizens into
deadly confiicts and civil strife, so as thereby to
render complete the downfall of free government
upon the American continent, and we beg you to
excuse ns in thns taking the liberty to warn you of
a danger which we consider imminent, and to urge
you to let no considerations of mere party triumph
be permitted to shut out from view, even for one
moment, the great paramount object—the suppres
sion of the rebellion.
“Tell the people of the North that we Implore
them to drop the negro question, both pro and
con: and leel.assured that we would not give up
the Union for all the tlaves on the lace of the
earth.
“Wo claim to know what rebellion Is—its height
and depth, its length aud breadth—and having,
through changes wrought by the fortunes of war,
been placed where wo can once more exercise froe
speech, we yield to the impulses of duty, not only
to our whole country, but. to thousands of Union
men who are yet held In bondage, when we assure
you that nothing but the strong arm of military
power can ever subdue it, or destroy its power lor
mischief.”
The appeal proceeds to review the causes
and designs of the rebellion, on the claim
of an experience of all the hardship and pri
vation incident to a life in the midst of
rebellion. Emancipation is approved in the
interests of the white man, and the dis
unionists are denounced for the d'-grad-tion
to which they have reduced him. A rebel
leader calls his negroes “my negroes,” and
his fellow-citizens “my people a strange
expression to Northern ears. The : autho
rities of the South have already abandoned
all their former pro-slavery and Secession
principles with the view to a still greater
oppression of the people; so that every
thing is merged in the ambition to “ rule
or ruin” the South. Thus, with all the
bitter pro-slavery principles of Mr. Yancey,
he was commissioned to offer Emancipation
as a bid for the recognition of France ; and
Jefferson Davis, spite of alibis profes
sions of State Bights, is now intent on pre
venting by coercive measures, everywhere
exercised toward the people, the rebellion
from seceding from itself. This is the ca
tastrophe to a paradox the most amazing
the world has ever known in events, and
it is the final comment upon the absurdi
ty of Secession. In the important words
of the appellants, the rebel leaders “have
committed themselves again and again in
the strongest terms known to the English
languogeto never, under any circumstances,
submit to the reconstruction of the Union;
and here, to our sorrow, we can assure you
that, until their proud spirit of rebellion
is subjugated by the coercive power of war,
we will neither have peace nor reunion.
The masses of the people South, if released
from their present bondage, would not he
sitate to accept any just and honorable pro
positions for reunion, but until their ty
rannous leaders are whipped they can ne
vei- exercise this privilege.” This is pre
cisely the view taken in the recent, able
letter of ex-Senator Jeremiah Clemens
to his neighbors in Alabama; and here we
may note that for every prominent Copper
head in the North who tells us that the
war ought to be stopped, we have some
eminent Southerners like Clemens, Gantt,
Fishback, Durant, Breckinridge, or
the three members elect of tbe Alabama
Legislature, who tell us that the war should
go on till the people of the South are res
cued from their bondage.
What loyal Southerners, writing from
Rome, Georgia, have to say upon the Pre
sidential question has extreme interest;
and, heyond all feeling of party, we think
the following words deserve the thought of
every class of citizens:
“ Tke struggle for tbe Presidency of tlie "United
States in this trying boar fills us with fearful appie
hensions, and we cannot close this paper without
urging you to guard the people against suffering
the prejudices of party spirit to blind them to the
great paramount object of conquering our rebel
leaders and restoring: the Union. Let who win be
elected, it is his duty to preserve the Union at all
hazards, and to take caie that the laws of the United
States be enforced; and it is the dnty of every
citizen of every State, so far as it is in his power, to
sustain the President, even in the exercise of extraor
dinary power, if necessary, to suppress the deso
lating scourge of rebellion.*’
This, surely, is not the doctrine of the
Chicago platform ; and, however necessa
rily and properly reserved in regard to can
didates, we nave no doubt as to the side
Which these loyal Southerners would ap
prove. "We recall the words of Senator
Clemens, of Alabama, regarding the elec
tion of the Chicago candidate : “ From
this source you have nothing to expect but
still greater destitution and prolonged
misery. ’ ’
Unpatriotic Bombast,
Ex-Senator Wall, who has for years
been acting a stupid part in the ‘ ‘ Pyramus
and Tiiisbe ” tragedy of Copperhead op
position, is once more intent on disturbing
the dreams of our veiy excellent but sus
ceptible neighbors of New Jersey. He has
made another nightmare or scarecrow, and
is again fighting it with self-admiring
courage. In his speech delivered at Mon
mouth county, recently, he said :
“ The man who dees net shrink from perjuring
his soul before high Heaven will not hesitate long
at usurpation. He to-day coeroes by his bayonets
the votes of the Border States. lu defiance or the
express opinion of Congress* In antagonism to their
will, he is preparing to claim, through his military
satraps, the bogus votes of Tennessee, Louisiana,
and North Carolina, not now in the Union. With
a stupendous system of frauds, just developed in
Ohio and Indiana, and with the farce of the army
vote, he alts composed and jubilant at Washington,
conscious of his power and perfectly assured of vic
tory. .It may be that an over-ruling Providence
will circumvent his lefAteous plane, hut, re
member that Providence only helps those -who
help themselves; and if- when the 9th day o i
November dawns, this pesplo shall find that
they have been forcibly deprived of their rights;
that the ballot-boxes have been only made to echo
the will of the usurper; that military power has
been uaed to crush out freedom of opinion—they
do not rise in their might and hurl him from the
seat he has usurped, then they deserve to be slaves,
and we will be the first people of whom history
makes any mention who gave up their liberties with
out a struggle.”
Mr. "Wall is one of those excited gentle
men who declare "with Chauncey Burr,
and other like individuals of a disagreea
ble personal character, that Atvrattam
Lincoln is “a tyrant worse than Ca
ligula,” and that the Administration is a
“ worse despotism than that of France.”
These things alarm us, not as to the state
of the country, but as to the state of Mr.
Wall. What Democrat soberly believes
or BUSpectS that the Government has either
the power or the inclination to usurp
another term ? But yesterday Mr. Lin
coln declared that if the people wished to
make peace, even if that peace brought
ruin to their own homes, no power on
earth could prevent them ; the Government
was theirs. Mr. Wall, we suspect, is fond
of being oppressed and of denouncing
somebody “in the Ercles vein.” If we
were at peace with all the world, he would
be shaking his terrible head at the British
Lion. The country has now too much ex
perience to admire this childish mummery;
and the people of New Jersey have too
much good sense, we trust, to be led
by such will-o’-the-wisps as Mr. Wall.
Col- McClure at Concert Mall To—night.
Hon. Alexander K. McClure, of
Franklin county, will speak this evening
at Concert Hall, under the auspices and by
invitation of the Union Loague. This dis
tinguished gentleman deserves a large
audience, for he will speak strong senti
ments in his own frank and fearless
way. There is a certain significance in
the appearance of Colonel McClure be
fore a Philadelphia audience in this cam
paign. He was the chairman of the Rr-_‘
publican Committee, in. 1860, who so ably
engineered the defeat of Foster and tbe
election of Curtin, and therefore the elec
tion of LiNt; or , N> and wlloi in tho laBt
Gubem» tor j a ] canvass, vigorously assisted
ip the re-election of Governor Curtin.
The appearance of this independent jour
nalist and politician in the great forum of
the Union League is the assurance that all
is harmony in tho Union party of Penn
sylvania.
Note tile fact that the Emancipation
policy is vindicated by the rebels. The
rebel Governor Allen, as late as Septem
ber 30th, wrote to his Government: “The
time has come for ns to put into the army
every able-bodied negro man as a soldier.
* * * He caused the fight, and he will
have his portion of the burthen to bear.
* * * I would free all able to bear
arms, and put them into the field at once."
Cannot Mr. Lincoln do for the Union
what the rebels want to do against it ?
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Oct. 20.
TRIAL of the persons recently ar
rested IN IiALTIMORE AND WASHING
TON.
The trial of certain recently-arrested parties,
one hundred and fifty in number, of Washington
and Baltimore, on a charge of furnistiiag goods to
tie rebels, commences to-d&y before a commission
of which General Doxjhleday is president.
The first case taken up was that of Johnson Sc
Sutton, a business firm of this city.
The principal witness was Pardon Woßsm,
a resident of Massachusetts when tho war broke
out. who testified that he was officially employed
to tlhcovcr blockade* runners, and also to obtain in
formation in the Valley from Moseby and other
rebels. As a means to this end, he peddled {roods
among them, some of whioh he purchased from the
firm of JOHNSON & StJTTOir, who were informed of
his contraband trade, but not of tho object of it, or
that he was a detective.
DISTINGUISHED MEXICAN OFFICIALS,
General Doblado, the JUttagtilshed Mexican
general, arrived in town this morning, and, in com
pany with Seuor Komjsro, the Mexican minister,
diced with the Secretary of State this afternoon*
SWISS CONSULS REcdGifrzEj&,
The President has reoognlzed Joskph Nicolas
Aldbrich Bbnzigrr as consul of the Swiss Con
federation, at Cincinnati, for Ohio, Indiana, and
Kentucky $ and also Henei Endrib as vice consul
of the same Confederation, at Chicago, for Wiscon
sin, lowa, Minnesota, and the northern part of Il
linois.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION.
ATT OFFICIAL UNION MAJORITY Off 1,322 IN THIRTY*
NINE COUNTIES —AX ESTIMATED ENTIRE MAJO*
BITY OF 396.
It was published yesterday that the official vote
of fifty*nine counties had been received in Harris
burg, giving a Union majority of 1-952. The official
vote of only thirty-nine of these counties has been
actually announced. The seven counties which had
not been heard from in Harrisburg were Clarion,
Forest, Jefferson, Mercer, Venango, Wyoming, and
York. We have now the official votes of Clarion
and York. While the returns are made so slowly
it is impossible to make any absolutely correct esti
mate. The following, however, is as candid and
exact as can be made. It is based on the official
votes of thirty-nine counties, and. the estimated
votes of tho others : »
THE STATE.
1*63. 1861.
GOVERNOR.
I v t A v
* "3
J 3 -VJ S 3 •
•2 s 3 a
a iS fl ©
o £ P P
Adams 2,68 P 2,917 .... mi
Allegheny 1T,708 10,053 6,438 ....
Arm5tr0ng........... 3.146 2,977 90 ....
Beaver...., 3,0371 2,056 745
Bedford 2,430 2,704 .... 670
Berks 6,005 12,627 .... 6,338
Blair 3,283 2,386 325!
Bradloid 6,722 2,954 2,717 ....
Bucks 6.266 6,836 .... 993
Butler 3,323 3,054 42
Camftm****., 2,164 3.000 .... J,070
Cameron 318 216 173 ....
Carbon 1,542 2.119 .... 512
Centre 2,714 3,058 .... 962
Chester 7,988 5,498 2.049 ....
Clarion 1,618 2.598 .... 970
Clearfield 1.531 .... 1.252
Clinton 1,607 1,911 .... '6SO
Columbia 1,801 3,342 .... 1,375
Crawford 6.141 4.236 1,1471
Ouiifberland 3,434, 4,075 .... 548
Dauphin... 5,065 3.875 684 ....
Delaware 3,462 1,789 1,338 ....
EJk... 338 722 .... 437
Erie 6,259 3,260 2,C00 ....
Fayette 8,091 8,791 814
Forest 91 58 .... 50
Franklin 3,876 3,710 ... 60
Fulton.... 761 1,022 290
Greene 1,484 2.960 .... 1,434
Huntingdon >. 3,260 2,167 517 ....
Indiana 3,961 1,955 1.700 ....
JetiersHMi 1,754 1,G98 50 ....
Juniata 1,456 1,737 .... 358
Lancaster 13,341 7,650 4,046
Lawrence 3,063 1,251 1,546 ....
Lebanon..... 3,658 2,0631 710 ....
Lehigh 3,696 6,526! .... 2.Q47
Luzerne 7,022 9,808 .... 2,045
Lycoming 3,414 3,865! .... 922
McKean 727 lOO ....
Mercer 3,907 3,408 ‘ 51-0 ....
Mifflin 1,709 1,626, 1 ....
Monroe 084 2.712 .... 1,572
Montgomery 6,238 7,489 .... 1,380
Montour 1,112 1,447 .... 473
Northampton. 8,465 6,538 .... 2,893
Northumberland.... 2,649 3.356 .... 867
Ferry... ....A. 2.328 2296 .... 79
Philadelphia; 44;574 37,193 7,341
Pike 270 1,184 .... 1,000
Potter. 1,470 619 357 ....
Sehuvlkill 1.. 6,606 8,547 .... 1,750
Snyder 1,758 1.331 165 ....
Somerset 3,0d4 1,738 771
Sullivan 359 713 300
Susquehanna 4,134 2,932 804 ....
Tioga 4,504 1,617 2,269 ....
Union..... 2,024 1,250 460 ....
Venang0............. 3,395 2,979 247
Warren ' 2,274 1,386 G 39 ....
Washington C. 4,627 4,371 200
Wayne....: 2,211 3,152 983
Westmoreland 4,494 5,581 .... 1,458
Wyoming 1,379 1,418 .... 300
York 5,612 8,069 .... 2,808
Totals..
269,496'254,171
254,171
Upton majority,.... 16,325
Total vote 3n1863 was 523,667
The majority shown by the above tables is, of
course, on the home vote only. Many of the small
Democratic majorities will probably be changed by
the soldiers* vote. Of that we make no estimate.
That it will be largely in favor of the Union ticket,
ami will carry the State by a decisive and satis
factory majority of fifteen or twenty thousand, is
already made evident by the partial returns.
We may repeat that the heme vote is so remarks**
hly close, that we do not Intend to claim a small
majority on the Union side as a great triumph, or to
admit that a small Democratic majority is In any
regpeot a Union defeat. We reßttfco reputation of
Pennsylvania upon the decision oi all her citizens,
2pd believe those of her bravest and best, who are
now in the field, will sustain it as well In 1834 as
they did in 1803.
The thirty-nine counties of which, the official vote
Is announced are Adams, Allegheny, Berks, Blair,
Bradford, Backs, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Ches
ter, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Cumberland, Dau
phin, Elk, Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Lan
caster, Lawrence, Lehigh, Lycoming, Luzerne,
Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Nor
thumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Potter, .Snyder,
Tioga. Union, Warren, Westmoreland, and York.
These give a vote of 81,204 UhlOD, £L&d 20,892 Demo
cratic —an official Union majority thus far of 1,322.
ADAMS COUNTY —OFFICTAL.
Harrisburg, Oct. 20.—The official vote gives a
Democratic majority of 4ii— Democratic gain of 183.
CLARION COUNTY—OFFICIAL.
Harrisburg, Oct. 20.—The official vote of Cla
rion county showß a Democratic majority ol 970
a Democratic loss of 10.
YORK COUNTY —OFFICIAL
Official Democratic majority, 2,808. Democratic
gain, 251.
VOTE Ilf FIVE PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENTS.
LCorreapondence of The Preea. j
Near Petersburg, Oot. 12,1864.
i forward you tbe vetult of th© election yesterday,
so far as I have heard.
2 think we have carried the whole ticket in the
army. There is some doubt in regard to the obth
Pennsylvania. The figures below are reliable:
I2ist Be?. Penna. Yols.
142 d “ “ “ .
143 d “ “ “ ...........112 32
149th “ “ “ ....186 55
150th “ “ “ - 91 22
Total Union.
Union majority.
Receipts of the Indiana Sanitary Pair.
Indianapolis, Oct. 20.—The receipts of the In
diana Sanitary Fair, whieh haß just closed,
amounted t 0540,000.
Narine Disaster*
Holmes* Hole, Oot. 20.— I Thesteamship Oriental,
Captain Gardner, from New Orleans for Boston,
ran ashore on the Hedge Fence, at 8 6’olock last
night, end remained hard aground at 9 o’clock this
morning.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1864.
Union. Democratic.
..76 7
..134 32
599 148
148
VICTORY!
GEN. SHERIDAN AGAIN TRIUMPHANT.
A GREAT BATTLE AT CEDAR CREEK.
TUB ENEMY ITNttER eono&tre&t
COWFILTELY routed.
Tiie Beuei General Eamseur "Wounded
and Taken Prisoner.
Forty-three Guns and a large Number of
Prisoners Captured.
Tbe Union General Ridwcll Killed, and Wright.
trover, and Ricketts Wounded,
AFFAIRS AROUND RICHMOND.
The Sight Wing of the Hebei Army
Being Strengthened,
FIRING NEAR FORT WARREN.
FEN. STONEKAN gXOHAKFKD 1!Y THK REBELS.
THE INVASION OF MISSOURI.
GEN. ROBECRA.NS’ TROOPS IN A FA
VORABLE POSITION.
General Curtis Concentrating; a Bargee
Force Aiiainst Price.
GUERILLA ATTACKS IK KENTUCKY,
Hcbid Nows to Tuesday Lastt
FIRST OITIOIAL OAZETTE,
A GREAT VICTORY liY SHERIDAN AT CRD AR
OUKKK— HEAVY CAPTURES OP ARTILL2RY AND
PRISONERS.
War Department,
Washington, Oct. 20-10 40 A. Iff.
A great battlo was fought and a splendid
victory won by rflicikiun oyer iiongsireet, yester
day, at Cedar creek.
Forty* three pieces of artillery were captured,
and many prisoners, among whom was the rebel
General Kanueur.
On our side Generals Wright and Ricketts were
wounded, aDd General Bldwell killed,
The particulars, so far as received, will be for
warded as fast as the operator can transmit them.
Edwin 3VL Stanton,
Secretary of War.
SF.COM) OFFICIAL GA3SETTJB.
OFFICIAL REPORT OR GEN. SHERIDAN—THE ARMY
ATTACKED BY THE REBELS UNDER LONGSTRt£ET
r» ABSESiCtt OUXt FORCES JI.T
DRIVEN BACK —ARRIVAL OF SHERIDAN ON THE
FIELD-—THK ENEMY THEN COMPLETELY ROUTED
—FORTY- TIIREE GUNS CAPTURED—GEN. RAM-
SiiVR ASI) A PRISONER—GUN. Jl DWIiLL
KILLED, AND WRIGHT, GROVER, AND RUSSELL
WOUNDED.
War Department,
Washington, Got. 20—10.45 A. Iff,
Another great battle was fought yesterday at
Cedar creek, threatening at first great disaster, but
finally resulting in a victory for the Union forces
under GfQ> Sherldftß fmpre splendid than any here
tofore achieved,
The Department was advised yesterday evening
of the commencement of the battle by the following
telegram:
Richtown, Ya., Oct. 19—i p. ia,
H. W. HaU'cck, Chief of Staff:
Heavy cannonading has recommenced in the Val
ley and is now going on.
C. O. Augur, Major General.
Harper’s Ferry, Oct. 19—6.40 P. IVI.
To Hon. E. M, Stanton , Secretary of War:
Firing at the front has been continuous during the
day. The direction seemed at intervale to be to the
left of Winchester, as if at Berry’s Ferry. Ho
news from the front. John D. Stevenson,
Brigadier General.
Harper’s Ferrt, Oct. 19—8.40 P. M.
To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
The enemy attacked our army with great im
petuosity this morning, at daylight. The attack
was made on the left of the IB£h Corps, and was at
first successful. They captured some guns, pri
soners, and wagons. Our line was reformed, and
heavy fighting continued through the day. Sheri
dan, reported at Winchester this morning, went out
to the front. The particulars received are not offi
cial, and are not favorable, though no serious dis
aster could have occurred without direct news from
General Sheridan. Respectfully,
John I>. Stevenson,
- Brigadier General.
Matters remained in the doubtful condition re*
presented by the foregoing telegrams until this
morning, at half past nine, when the following
telegram was received, unofficially asserting the
great victory won by Gen. Sheridan’s army :
Harper’s Ferry, Ya., Oct. 20—9.30 A. M.
To Hem. K. M, Stanton , Secretary of War :
News from Gen. Sheridan’s headquarters, at mid
night, was received to the effect that the enemy
surprised our forces yesterday morning, driving the
command in some confusion this sido of Newtown,
capturing artillery and prisoners.
Sberit'an arrived on the field, reorganized our
forceß,* drove the enemy beyond Strasburg, cap
turing, it is reported, 43 pieces of artillery, 100 wa
gons, and some 2,000 prisoners. The rout or the
enemy is said to be complete. This is not official,
but I think is reliable.
J. D. Stevenson, Brigadier General.
A few minutes later the following official report
of his victory was rgpoived from Major General
Sheridan:
Cedar Creek, Oct. 19—10 P. M.
Lieutenant General Grant) Gity Point:
I have the honor to report that my army at Ce
dar creek was attacked this A. M. before daylight,
and my left was turned and driven In confusion,
With the lOfifl Of twenty pieces of artillery. I has
tened from Winchester, where I waß on my return
from Washington, and found the two armies be
tween Middletown and Newtown, having been
driven back about four miles. I here took the mat
ter in hand, and quickly united the corps, formed a
compact line of battle just in time to repulse an at
tack of the enemy, which was handsomely done at
about 1 P. M.
At s P. m., after some change of the cavalry from
the left to the right flank, I attacked, with great
vigor, driving and routing the enemy, capturing,
according to the. last report, forty-three pieces of
artillery and very many prisoners. I do not yet,
know the number of my casualties, or loss or the
enemy.
Wagons, horses, ambulances, and caissons In
large numbers are In our possession. They also
burned some of the trains.
General Ramseur is a prisoner in our hands, se
verely and perhaps mortally wounded.
I have to regrot the loss of General Bidwell,
killed, and Generals Wright, Grover, and Russell
wounded —Wright slightly wounded.
Affairs at times looked badly, but by the gal
lantry of our brave officers and men disaster has
been turned into a splendid victory* Darkness again
Interfered to shut off great results.
Strasburg. As soon as obtained I
will send you further particulars.
P. H. Sheridan, Major General.
The battle was fought on the same day (the 19th
of the month) that witnessed Sheridan’s victory in
September.
What forces and their numbers were opposed to
Gen. Sheridan are not yet reported to the Depart*
ment, but the boldness, vigor, and success ot the
attack strongly indicate thaY 'hhavy reinforce
ments had been sent from Richmond with the ex
pectation of fulfilling.Longstrcet’B boast to smash
Up Sheridan. LongstwH was known to be lathe
Valley, and had assumed command of the rebel
army, and confident hopes of an overwhelming
disaster to the Union army were boastfully ex*
pressed for several days back by the rebel adhe
rents in Washington and Baltimore.
Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
THE SHTLSANDOAH VAItEY.
SHERIDAN’S VICTORY MOST COMPLETE—THE RB
RELS REPORTED IN RAPID RETREAT UP THE
Baltimohb, Oct. 20.—We have no additional
particulars from the Valley, but all we hear is to
the effect that Sheridan’s victory over Longstreet
was most complete. The number of guns captured
is understood to Include the recapture of those
which we lost in the morning. The rebels are re
ported to have continued their retreat rapidly up
the Valley, being, with their loss of trains and ar
tillery, in no condition to make a successful stand
against Sheridan’s victorious troops.
GENERAL C*RANT’S ARMY.
THE REBELS MOVING THEIR TROOPS— THEIR RTGHT
WING BEING fcThaNGTHENED FIRING NEAR
EORT WARREN,
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
Before Petersburg, Oct. 19, 1884.
The enemy seemed to be shifting his troops all
day. livery movfeffi£ht Of any Considerable body of
men raisesthe dust In great clouds from the parched
roads. Although their right wing is obviously
being strengthened and reinforced, tho symptoms
arc not those of attack. It is quite evident our left
flank Is looked upon as the strong ann of this army,
and consequently watched and feared. The least
perceptible sign of menace from this point throws
the rebel right into a flutter, from which they do
not recover for twenty-four Lours.
Each day the rebel editors warn the military au
thorities of Grant’s intention to take Richmond
from Butler’s side of the James. They appear un
conscious of the Yankee troops on this side of that
broad river. Jdo not dispute the logic with which
their editorials are reeking, but modestly wonder
how they penetrated the designs of our great chief.
We have ceased guessing, and patiently wait and
watch to see what the morrow win bring forth.
In the early portion or this campaign, a bugler
of a Massachusetts cavalry regiment was captured.
This occurred when lying near Spofctsylvania. He
bad just received his discharge, and was about to
rettiTß te Ms Eastern home, when the rebel cavalry
seized and earrled him off, in company with others
of his regiment. He happened to have donned citi
zens’ attire. The guards conveyed him to Lynch
burg, at which place a musket was given him, and
the agreeable information imparted of his being in
the Confederate infantry. Making a virtue of
neaetsitj, his duties were performed with ala
crity. and gained him the confidence of many offi
cers and men. After two months’ hard service, he,
two nights ago, found himself on the picket line,
only a few yards distant from our skirmishers.
When night com«s on, shooting begins and con
tinues until day dawns, and this was made an ex
cuse to go for water, before the twilight had passed
into a cense gloom. Sauntering off leisurely, he
apf roacbed as near our outposts as possible. His
comrades missed him. They sei/.ed their guns and
hailed him, but were too late, besides having been
outwitted. Our Yankee had escaped their pieces,
and they did not explode. That night was spent
with his old companions, whose delight at seeing
him alive and well was only equalled by hifl joy at
escaping from the bands of the enemy.
The cold air, last night, made the pickets feel like
fighting. To the right and left of Fort Warren a
erackiiugmeof musketry was continued till dawn
of day, without any cessation. A rebel battery
opened on this point, and was eagerly answered by
two guns from our sitft, several of the m.?n iu the
works were hit.
A French chaplain arrived at sth Corps head
quarters, to administer the last consolation of rell
to a condemned soldier—a deserter, when
the man made his request for a French minister,
it was found there was none here, so the gentleman
kindly volunteered, and came from Washington
yesteiday. • It. H. MoB.
FORTRESS MONROE.
ARRIVAL OF 550 PAROLED PRISONERS PROM RICH
MOND—LIST OP THK OFFICERS.
Fortress Monroe, Oct. 19.—The steamer Dicta
tor, Capt. Blakeman, has arrived, 32 hours from
New York. Oct. 19th, off Fenwick’s Island, passed
b(earner A Hardee, bound South.
Arrived, steamer Sawanoe, Captain Calhoun,
nite days from New Orleans. Ootober 18th, spoke
Hutted States gunboat Fort Jackson, S. E. fifty
five miles from Cape Henry, bound south. Wished
to be repoited. Ali well.
The fiag-of-truce steamer New York, in oharge of
-Lieut. Colonel J. E. JVlulford, arrived from Aiken’s
Landing at five o’clooli this afternoon, with five
hundred and fifty prisoners of war, paroled. The
follow log are the names of the officers by this ar
rival :
J. T. Allison, paymaster's steward 5 L,. Bartholo
mew, act-lug master ;U, W. Buck, ao, do.; L. G.
Billings, anting paymaster ; G. W. Brown, pay
masters clerk ; J. P. Cooper, 3d assistant engineer:
J. A. Oorover, do.; H. W. Chambers, master;
Wm. Cromack, aotlbg master’s mate; G. R. Du
rand, octfrg master; J. B. Dlok, 2d assistant
engineer; R M. Clark, oCtlttg CitaigA ; <3- A- Dean,
3d assistant ertgiuter: S. B- Ellis, ao. ; W. H. Ten
tress, acting master ;* W. H. Fogg, acting master’s
mate ; Samuel Genther, let assistant engineer; W.
F. Golf, 2a do.; E. L. Haines, acting master;
James Hollingsworth, sti assistant engineer!
Ohmles Hickey, Ci> •J. .Tohn6oi).2d do. ; H. J. John
snn, 3d do.; W. H. Kuching, acting master’s mate;
John Lowrle, acting ensign ; James Lockwood, 3d
assist art engineer ; Thomas iVIu Elroy, acting mas
ter] John M cGormicK, acting master’d mate; James
McUanley, 2d assistant engineer; C. McCormick,
3d do.; Jobe Mee, 3d do.; w. B. Newman, acting
master; A. Peudergrast, lleut. commanding; E. D.
W. Parsons, master’s mate; G. W . Pratt, do ; A.
D. Benehew,3d assistant engineer; W, «. Kush
more, master’s mate ; E. w. Koomson, pilot; T. B.
Stokes, acting ensign ;S. Strunk, do.; w. B. Spen
cer. acting master’s mate; W. C. Williams, pilot:
C. P. WestoD, acting master’s mate ; G. W. Burk
ett, A. A. paymaster; 13 H. Porter, ensign; E. G,
Dayton, acting enfign; M. w, Tiilson, do.; w. B.
Arrauts, do.; J. H. Harmony. 3d assistant engineer:
Andrew Stockbolm, asslstaLt engineer command
ing ; T. Brown, assistant master’s mate; J. S.
Ewan, captain 7th N. Y.; D. U. Moyniham, captain
104th is'. Y. ; J. S. Baker, major Ist D. O. Cavalry;
S. M, Titus, captain 11th Peuna.; Wm. H. Kief,
lieutenant 6th Ohio 5 G. W. Goler, captain 6th N.
Y. 5 .T. M. Wilson, lieutenant 135 th Fenna : F, A.
Roe, captain 99fb N. Y.; A. D. Storer, acting ea
sigb; 15 H. Soopp, assistant paymaster * 11. R.
Stover, 3d assistant engineer; C. A.‘Stewart,
master's mate; G. M. Smith, 3d asslslantengineer;
G. M. Smith, iictlug ensign ; J. A. Stileby, third
at-sisUint engineer : E. D. Smith, paymaster’s
steward • K. Ware, pilot: G. E. Whitney, third
assistant engineer ;G. L. Kenney, lieutenant; S.
W. Preston, do. ; E T. Brower, do. ; K. L. Meade,
do. ; Georae Anoerson, acting ensign 5 C. P. Hovey,
iiiJister’s mate ; Wm. K, Angell, assistant master’s
mate; E. T. Beardsley, assistant engineer: H.
C. Marrion, third assistant engineer ; Frank Wil
liams, major, 41 h New York ; W. S. Howe, captain,
Ist D. C. Cavalry ; B. 1). Atwell, lieutenant, 36th
Wipcomln; Enoch Stehlcr, lieutenant. 30th New
York; Luther B?ark, captain, l44th Ohio; P. L.
.L.selyn, captulu, 2d New York $ W. A. Bf6dght6»,
captain, lfith New York: J. H. Burnham, colonel,
16ib Conn.; C. C. Graves, major, Ist N. C. V.; F.
J. Skeoies, lieutenant, 17tn Penna.; N. A. Chapee,
assistant surgeon, 14th Illinois ; J. T. Harper, do.,
13th Ke»tuk> Oftv.; S. A. Orong, do., 11th Mitmi
gan ;H. Hunt, do., 12th Ohio; J, R. Turrow, cap
tain, Bth Ohio; J. B. Hay, lieutenant, sth.
Ptnna.; G. Mittenberger, lieutenant, 5tU Penna.;
C. D. King, 35th Kentucky Vols.; L. O. Woodman,
surgeon, llth Michigan j Wm, H, Grander, surgeon,
30il Kentucky.
MISSOURI.
TRICE AT BLACKWATKR RIVER—BOSECRANB IN A
FAVORABLE POSITION—CURTIS TO MOVE AGAINST
St. Louis, Oct. 20.— Despatches from General
Roeecraiif say that Price’s main army is east of
the Blackwater river. Thi3 is regarded os favorable
to the disposition of our troops, and increases Rose
crans’ chances of getting a fight out of the enemy.
Late advices from Danville state thac no citizens
were burned In the blockhoufio at that place, as pre
viously reported.
A scout from Randolph, Charlton county, rot urned
to Macon yesterday, having killed fourteen, gue
rillas.
The Republican publlgheg a gpeoial Jefferson City
despatch, to the effect that Todd’s guerillas entered
the German settlement In Lafayette county, on
Sunday night, and, after killing twenty-eight Gor-
ZDauB, fired their houses, compelling the women to
remain in them until the roofs were about to fall in,
wheD they were allowed to escape.
General Curtis Is concentrating a large force at
Kansas City, with which he will move against
Price.
General Lane has command of fifteen hundred
militia.
KENTUCKY.
GENERAL BTONBMAN 1 XCHANCiHD BY THIS REBELS
DESTRUCTION OF A FREIGHT TRAIN BY GUR-
BaltjmorP] Oct, 20, —The Journal learns that
John O. Breckinridge telegraphs that 001. Charles
S. Hasson, who was wounded and made a prisoner
in Burbridge’s late campaign, is doing so well that
his recovery is beyond doubt.
On Tuesday mornieg a band of guerillas attacked
and destroyed a train of ten freight cars on the
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, en route
from Nashville to Jolinsonviile. The engineer was
killed,
G en. st.oneman has been exchanged, and has ar
rived at Atlanta.
Generals Blair, Croft, and Smith were among
yesterday’s arrivals at the Galt House.
GUERILLAS AT GEORGETOWN,
Louisville, Oct. 19.—Oapt. Freeman, repre
senting himself as commander of Jessie’s rear
guard } appeared at Georgetown, Ky., to-day. There
is great excitement from the near approach of the
rebels.
'IT£SE IOWKR MISSISSIPPI.
THE EXCITEMENT AT MEMPHIS SUBSIDED— FOR-
rest reported en route for meridian.
Cairo, Oct. 20. —The steamer Nancy Buck, from
Memphis, has passed up with 340 bales of cotton
for Cincinnati.
Business, which had been entirely suspended at
Memphis, has been resumed, and the militia have
been discharged, as the danger Is believed to be
over* The opinion at headquarters Is that the re
bels have no intention of attacking Memphis, but
their presence beyond Is merely Intended to cover
the march of troops into Kentucky. There is no
rebel force within five mileß of the city, and when
Chalmers was iast heard from he was south of Her
nando, retreating towards the swamps of the Talla
hatchie. Forrest was last heard from en route for
Meridian, with his prisoners.
NEW ORLEANS.
RECAPTURE OF THE UNION BATTLE AND REGIMENT.
AL FLAGS—A REBEL MATL ALSO TAKEN—IMPORT.
ANT ORDERS OF GENERAL CANBY —THE REBELS
ON THE ATCBAFALAYA.
The correspondent of the Herald, writing from
New Orleans under date of Ootober 12, says:
“ The most important news from this department
is the recapture of fifteen battle-flags and regi
mental colors while on their way to Richmond, and
the seizure of a very important rebel mail. On Sa
turday last, while Lieutenant Earle, of the 4th Wis
consin Cavalry, was scouting with a number of his
men above Natchez, and in the neighborhood of St,
Joseph, he discovered a party of eight or ten rebels.
They proved to be the advance of a iargebody of ca
valry, and bad in their charge twelve battle-flags
and regimental colors, captured from our forces In
tbe Bed river campaign. They were conveying them
to Kichmond. With the party was also a rebel mail
carrier, with a very important mail. The in
stant that Lieutenant Earle and hfs scouts saw the
enemy, bo approached as closely as possible without
being discovered, and tben rode into their midst
and demanded their surrender, The rebels we??
taken completely by surprise, when they saw the
little banc bearing Upon them they took no
notice, supposing it to be a detachment from the
main body. The party surrendered without firing a
shot, and the flags and mail fell into our hands en
tire. It was a glorious capture, for in addition to
the valuable news which was contained in the mail.
Wo saved our flags from being taken to Jlichmond
as tr6Pbi a 8 and feasting the eyes and cheering the
hearts of Oio. 9 who have given up all hope of ever
gaining another.
« Tn© < fficer (ams.ior) Ift charge of th© flags shed
tears when be discovered that they had fallen into
the hands of the Yankees, and cast many an anxi
ous glance to the rear, to see If the guard were
coming up to his rescue ; but they came not, and the
gallfintmajor and his fellow-prisoners were marched
quietly into the woodß. and in due time the mail and
flags were placed in tbe hands of Major General
Canby,
“Lieutenant Earle is a gallant fellow. From the
time tbftt be was promoted from a private by Gen.
Banks for distinguishing himself at the siege of
Port Hudson to the present time, he has been one
of the most brave ami energetic officers iu the ser
vice. He baa met with several hair-breadth escapes,
has been captured and has escaped, has swam the
Miß&ifpippl while the bullets from the rifles of the
rebels were striking the water at! around him. and
has done many daringand wonderful feats. No officer
promoted during this war deserved it more than
Lieutenant Earle.
Nearly every letter in the rebel mall speaks de
fpQndiPglj of the rebel cause. To give you some
idea of their tone, 1 will give you an eattrAfti from
one written from Marshall, Texas, by Gapt. Temple,
connected with the Ordnance Bureau. It is dated
September 26: 4 The people in this country’ (be
yond tbe Mississippi) 1 arc mighty weak In the
knees—indeed, they are weakall over. Jfthepeople
onyourBldo* (of the Mississippi) * are giving way
as they are here, we are gone up.’ The last lew
words were underlined in the original.”
Gen, Oanby has issued the following order in re
lation to the recovery of tbo flags;
GENERAL ORDSffiS —WO. 69.
Heaeqt abtkrs Military Piv.. West Miss.,
’ Niav Oblkaks, La., Oct. 12,1864.
TheMaiOT General commanding hasi the gratifi
cation o’f announcing that the regimental flags lo3t
—but without loss of honor— by the Union troops
eoivldu In the pepii-rtmcnt oi Arkansas and the Po
partment of the Gulf during the past year, have
all been recaptured while on their way to the robol
War Department at Klohmond. Such of them as
belong to regiments that are still In service will at
once be restored, and tlio remainder will be sent to
Washington, to be disposed of as may be directed by
the Secretary of War.
By order of MniorGen. E. R. S. tlanby.
<l. T. OHUISTKWBnN,
Lieut. Colonel and Acting Adjutant Qonoral.
(jen, cnby hM also Issued tbe annexed general
order. OEirEttA r. orders, wo. 68.
H BAD QUAKTB BfI WIWTAnr w Oxv [ erowOE iMii
New Oblbahs, La > Oet. 11. 1884.
The subjoined extract from a. d6 JP*“„ f T fr “?
Henry W. Allen, styling hltnseir Governor of Haul
slana, to tbertbei Secretary of War, is published
for general information i _
Executive Office,
Skrrvpeort, La., Sept 26,1864*
To Hon. James A. Scddon, Secretary of War , Ricn-
Mmovd, Va.: M .
pit Dear Sir: The time has come for us to put
into the. army every able-bodied negro man as a soldier
This should be done immediately Congress should,
at the coming session, take action on this most Im
portant question. The negro knows that he cannot
escape conscription If he goes to the enemy. He
iDUPt play an important part In the wit. He CQ.USBfI
th£jight s and he wifi have his portion of the burthen to
bear , We have learned from dear-bought expe
rience that Dearroes can be taught to fight, and that
all who leave us are made to fight agtlnsCus. I
would free all able to bear ams, and put them into the
field at once. They will make much better soldiers
with us than against us, and swell the now depleted
ranks of our armios.
I beg you to give this your earnest attention.
With assurances of my triondly regardß anrl very
high esteem, X remain, wry respectfully, your obe
dient servant, henry W. ali.wn,
Governor of Louisiana.
The class of persons to whom it refers will not be
C(Wcri|.Ted ipto the RTmies of the United Stites if
they come within our line*. All will b» freed, aad
they will be received and treated as refugees Caev
wiJl bo accepted as volunteers, or will bo explored
In the public service,and tbeirlamUies win becared
for until they are in a- condition to care for tn^'u
selvcs. if n draft should become necassary. no dis
crimination against them will be made Ofi thfl enrol-,
ment or draft.
By order of Major Choral EES. Oanby.
O T. OHRiSTEJNSKN,
Lieut. Col. and A. A- G.
From reliable sources It in ascertained that the
rebels are moving from Alexandria to the Atcka
falay.*». in considerable Force A large body &r* n.I
resdy ca.tr ped on the banks of the river. What
their intentions are, when the entire force is asrfem
bled, can only be conjectured.
THK RKBESi PRESS.
BERKL ADVICES TO TUESDAY LAST N iCWS iiOM
THK DIFFERENT ARMIES—THE SOUTHERN
ON THE NORTHERN ELECTIONS.
We have received files of Richmond journals to
Tuesday last, the IStfa. instant, froth IVliiCil WJ Olllk©
the subjoined extracts. The papers of the iStli con
tain the tallowing war news:
Affairs hk.low RiCUMokd.—Tfie moat import
ant news from the lines Dolow Rfchmond is, that
Oil Puiiday night the enemy transferred a heavy
body of troops to the south Bids. Ten pieces
of cannon went atang with this column. Co
judge by past experience, this move porteQ-ls
Some offensive opera*.ion against our right, on the
FOUth Of the towc of Pettrsbuix; or it is a faSut,
designed to induce us to weaken our line frontiug
Fort Harrison. It has been Grant’s practice only
to move when about to attack. He moves and
strikes without delay. But, twenty fours having
already elapsed since this last movement, and
nothing having come of it, It may be lie has tired of
his old strategy and Is about to try something new.
It Is also possible the movement was intended to
meet some apprehended attack from us ; for, be it
khown, fiffice the recent occasion on which our
troops SWuOped down On Kants and Birney, and
drove them from the Charles City road to Fort Har
rison, the Yankees have not had an easy moment,
so great is their dread of a repetition of the move
ZPCPt, This we know from Yankee deserters, and
also from Yankee pickets, who do not hesitate to
declare tbelr apprehensions.
The complete aud formidable character of our for
tifications, running from a point opposite Fort Har
rison north to the Charles City road, may have
something to do with Grant’d withdrawing forces
from their front. He assailed them repeatedly and
desperately last Thursday, and must feel convinced
the-v are impregnable. This being the case, any ad-
Whce bn Richmond on the north side of tbe Jamas
must be by some route avoiding these works, which
route can only be found by making a circuit of 25
miles. He must go back to New Market, and thence
strike northeast across White Oak swamp to the
Williamsburg road, at Bottom’s bridge. He is hard
ly prepared lo make this trip.
as everything concerning the Yankees and their
operations immediately in front of this city must be
interesting to our readers, we may state that they
have at length completed to their satisfaction the
defences of Fort Harrison, anil Jiavo thrown fr
a garrison of 800 men. A Lumber of guns have been
mounted on the lort in embrasures, but they huvo
not yet opened upon our liras. Every morning rvt
Eunrke they are oitcharged, for the purpose of keep
ing them tn order and ready for use. Our men in
tbe trenches, eome five hundred yardsdistant, watcu
the movements of the enemy la this fort with great
Interest, especially the firing of the morning guns.
It was reported yesterday morning that tbe ene
my, on Sunday night, attempted to throw a pontoon
bridge from Cox wharf to south aide of thfi
James, but were driven off’ by shells from our gun
boats. Cox wharf is immediately this side of Dutch
Gap, and it is likeJv the enemy would desire very
much to put a column across tue river at this point,
as by doimr so they would monaco the left aad rear
of the Ho’wlett House battery. We have nofe-.tr
they will succeed in such an undertaking were they
to attempt it. We have gunboats and other things
which are all-sufficient to keep the waters clear be
tween Dutch Gap and Richmond.
Butler’s canal Is believed to be progressing
Blowiy. He has put to work In it some prisoners
recently taken Horn us, in retaliation, he says, for
our putting negro captives upon our fortifications.
We think be will find our men neither willing nor
efficient allies.
Tin; "Valley.—Passengers by last night’s train
from Staunton report that information had reached
there of a fight which had occurred at Sickley’s
shop, beyond Fisucr’s Hill. A docachmeac of our
men, having gone down the valley to that point,
were attacked by the Yankees, who, supposlag that
it was ciuly a cavalry force, attacked them with
some impetuosity. The hors emeu fell baok, and
the enemy following, soon fell in with our infactry,
Who foil Upon them with a vengeance, killing and
capturing a very large number. It Is said chat out
of one wnole brigade of Yankees only twelve ucu-u
were left.
Nothing further concerning the two corp 3 which
had crossed the mountain at Chester Gap.
IflosxßT on tsb Grant* Round.—JMoseby Is
again on the grand round. Ten days ago he struck
the enemy at Salem, on tlie Manassas Gap Rail
road, whipping the Yankee troops, capturing their
bnggage and trains, and breaking up their railroad
building operations. The next we hear of him is
through the tallowing official despatch, from which
It appears he has suddenly manifested himself at
Dufneld, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. We
give the despatch:
* ‘ Heads carter.-? Army Kortskrn Virginia,
u October 18, Ij#>4.
"Hon. James A. Sadd or., Secretary of War:
“ On the 14th inst.* Colonel tfoKby struck the Balti
more and Ohio ftailroad at Dafiiela, aud destroyed a
United Slates mail train, cor stating of a l and
ten care, and securing twenty prisoners and fifteen
horses.
“Among tbe prisoners are two paymasters, with one
hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars in Govern
ment fuede, R. E. LEE.”
Duffield is a station on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, eight miles west of Harper’s Ferry.
Northern papers of the 15th instant state the funds
c&pUned to be ovor two hundred thousand dollars.
Georgia.—The news from Georgia is cheering.
Hood’s success so far has been complete. Sher
man’s communications are altogether destroyed.
They are said to have no stock to haul comuMarfrs
or artillery, and no railroad. Sherman is beyond
tbe Cattahoocliee, cut off from his main army*
Thomas Is in command at Atlanta, and, it is said,
has only one corps. There are no cavalry at Atlanta
whatever. Gar pickets arc vlthln a mile of Atlanta,
and capture or 9hoot every Yankee who thows his
head. The evacuation ol Atlanta by Sherman is
confidently expected.
Missouri.—The Yankees estimate the force posted
along the river and interfering with their commerce
at two thousand, and say that they are stragglers
from Frice’e army, Price -would nardly have strag
gler* now; bui if the Yankee account be true, they
are straggling to some purpose.
Military Change.—General Braxton Bragg,
hitherto commanding general, with his headquar
ters at Xtlonmond, has beea relieved, and goes at
once to take command of an important military
post in one of the more Southern States.
Wilmington.— From a gentleman just from Wil
mlßgto;n we learn that the blockade of that port is
as effective as Yankee ingenuity and an unlimited
foice of gunboats can make it. They have now
established two Udcs of picket boats in the offing to
give the alarm of the attempted egress of blockade
iuccers, and us soon as ihe latter make their ap
pearance the up rockets and burn blue
lights. TheYaukcv •- r angeaients for blockading
the port are goed, and id bold so perhaps a month
longer, when they wili all be swept away by the
rude blasts of winter. This North Carolina coast
is. in winter, the most dangerous in the world; and
when winter sets in the blockaders must stand off to
sea, or they will Inevitably be blown ashore and
wrecked.
The Northern 32lj:otionb.— The Richmond
Diipatch, of the 18th, fpeaKs as follows of what may
bo expected on the re .:lBCiion of Fre3lfient Lincoln,
and at the sam& :liue cunningly puffs the young
Napoleon, who, -'•hile ho commanded the Union
ailulegj wks declared by the united rebel preS3 to be
the greatest general of the times, and who, now
that he is nominated for the Presidency, is stated
by the same papers to be the most dangerous oppo
nent of the Confederacy. It seemß that this late
laudation of McOlellan Is an afterthought, for the
rebel soldiers cheered lustily when they heard of his
nomination:
“The completion of the returns from the North
leave ho doubt with regard to the selection of Lin
coln. For our own part we are In noway discon
certed or disappointed, for we have never, for one
moment, entertained a doubt that the result would
be precisely such as it Is now evident to all that it
must he. Nor, to speak the truth, are we displeased
with the issue. We have always regarded Model
lan as the most dangerous man for tbe Confederacy
that could possibly nave been put 1q nomination for
the Noithern Presidency; nor do we see any reason
now to doubt that our opinion was well founded. He
has proclaimed himself a war candidate, although
placed upon a peace platform. He avows, at the risk
of losing many votes, his determination to prose
cute tbe war to the restoration of the Union. He
avows his determination, If elected, to place the
prosecution of hostilities upon a looting consistent
With the usages of civilized nations. Had he baea
elected, there is every probability that the po
licy of armistices and peace conventions—the most
dangerous policy that could possibly have been in
augurated ibr our cause—would have been pushed
to consummation. Besides all this, he is a man of
large military experience, and knows far better
then Lincoln how to handle the immense foresa
placed at tbe oommand of a President of the United
states. We aie gratified, then, at the escape we
think we have maue. It might have been infinitely
worse. We are, indeed, confident that it would
have boon.
“We now are pretty sure of what we have to ex
pect. Not onlylB Abraham Lincoln President of
the United States for the next four years after the
4th of March, 1865, but ho goes in with a majority
largronough to sustain him in any atrocity he may
meditate. The majority of the North havo protty
clearly declared themselves well pleased with the
war and with the maimer of conducting it. They
endorse all the atrocities of German, all too cruel
ties ol Hunter, all the crimes of Sheridan, all the
murders Of Butler, all the butchery and
rlsm of Grant. The conffagrationa ol our towttS
and villages, the deportation of our women and
children, the starvation of whole populations, the
instigations of our slaves to murder and rob
bery 6 an aggravation of all the horrors of war iu
IS most horrible aspects, where the pusslong are left
entirely without control, and every appliance is
used to stimulate them, until, by their indulgence,
men become devils—all these things, the virtuous,
intelligent, civilized, Christian, religious North—
the heirs of the best Government the sun ever
shoe© upon—have deliberately approved of as ap
plied to us. And we accept the application, la*
deed, there is no way ot escape, did we even desire
to avoid the If sue. There can be no shutlling in tho
ranks now Every man must know his place, and
mu£t keep It. The frsue is not peace or war, but
freedom or slavery, existence or extermination,
“ It is best for the people of tho Confederacy to
understand, once for all, that their hopes consist In
their arms alor.e. If victorious, they can command
the issue; if defeated, the issue will very certainly
command them. They are contending with an ene
my who will listen to no terms short of absolute
subtnlf fcion. Let iis bear no more crios for peace,
but let every man make up his mind to war. We
have hitherto been extremely averse to regard the
war as anything more than a sort of episode in our
existence. We must iu future look upon It as the
main business of onr lives. All our thoughts mast
turn In that direction, as they have hitherto boon
turned upon the means of procuring a livelihood,
and ©fctttblhhfrg ourselves In life. Everything we
do 111 list, Iroiu this day forth, have some re.atum to
the conduct of the war. Our army must »>6 made a
reuular army ; hitherto it has been nothing more
than a tody of volunteers. Our cavalry aystem
must bo reformed. We must «iveup moneymaking
nnd devote ourselveß to pursuits that will best assist
In eenylng on tha war. Better to make a few dol
lars less for tbe time being, than to make
t for Uie benefit of the Yankees. We have
become accustomed to hardships and self,
denial. They will become even easier to us than
they ere at present. Above all, let not our peoplu
bo delude b J th 9 cry of I* l ®®- It- has done {haat
an Immense deal of harm already, and it will do
them a great deal more If they listen to it. There
is, at present, no prospect of peace, nor will there
be as long as the Yankees continue to balleve
themselves gaining victories every day. There
will be none, until they shall have be*
come convinced that their efforts to subdue
are unavailing. This conviction we shall be
compelled to beat Into their heads; and la order
that we may do so, It is necessary that every man
Should he at his post, Rampant as the Yankees
row are for war, their tone would change Imme
diately shon'd one of their armies be destroyed, for
they would find it difficult to replace It. In the
meantime, we are convince*) that if we can hold our
PWU through this winter —as most certainly we can—
the worst will have been past. Our enemy can
never make such an effort as he has made and Is
now making*”
Resumption of tub Exchaxok. —The Rlch
lUOiad''Examine' of the IBtb pays : W« have good
authority for saying that the cartel has been, to a
certain extent, resumed. Arrangements have boon
made to exchange Immediately ten thousand Yan*
kee prisoners at Savannah, Ga., and Captain Hatch
will leave in a few days to superintend the whole
a Hair.
The flstr of truce steamer William Allison will
carry to VaTina this morning between four and five
hurdred sick ancf wounded paroled prisoners to go
North. Among them Is Lleubepant Colonel Bariy
hflm, who has been twice a in our hands*
The prisoners at Castlo Thunder have been. de
priced oi the rich viands from outside parties by a
recent order, and are now limitea absolutely to the
prlpr-n TctiOßS.
Shkkm ani’s PO3JTLOW—The Augv^ ft (Georgia)
Sentinel enjs : M It Is well known (jen. Hood is
m the rear of Sherman’s artp.v ; that no car has
passed over the state road for ten days, and that
Sherman's supplies* art) completely cut off by that
route,” *
Tbo Montgomery Appeal gays; “ A report hi*
reacted Newman, by couriers, that our forces have
succeeded in destroying the railroad for seventeen
Ilia Shauev. and &t the road on
Friday.
“Mobile, Oct. 12.-—Three Yankee gunboats it«a
four transports were up the river yesterday as far
as Fast port. They landed two thousand men and
three pieces of artillery. .Lieut. Col. ICeiley, with
Forrest’p pld comnsaudj surprised the enemy, cap
turing three guns, twenty-live prisoners, and thirty
horses.
“ Two hundred of the Yankees were drowned in
attempting to le-cmbark on their boats.
“The first sbot from our batteries penetrated the
boiler of one of the transports, and inaciy man were
scalded and burnt to death. The boats have gone
down the river. Our victory is complete.
“N. B. Forrest, Major General.”
Tite Rebel Congress The Confederate Con
v.reps will assemble at Richmond on Monday, iVcu
ven.be< 7.
HiiAvr Reports at Bermuda Hundred. —The
Examiner oi the 17tb says : “ Several heavy report*
were heard in tbe direction of Bermuda Hundred,
about 3 o’ckek on last Friday, following each other
In such quick succession as to create the impression,
that an explosion had occurred, They may hive
been, however, the heavy ordinance from the Yan
kee gunboats, or the blowing up of the mouth of the
inimms Dutch Chip Canal*
C-AKAPA*
THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE.
Cluebku, Oct. 20.—The Confederation Conference
have decided in reference to members of the Legisla
tive Council of the new Confederacy, that they
should be selected from the members of the Legis.
dative Councils of the several Provinces instead of
being elected by the people.
Provision Is to be m&do for the admission Of repre
sentatives from the Bed river country.
The Convention is now engaged in diseusetag- the
appointment of the representation of the Lower
House.
ELECTION OF RAILWAY DIRECTORS.
Ha mi lton ,C. W., Oct. Ift.—An entire change In
the directorship of the Great Western Railroad is
announced.
The new directors are Thomas C. Street, of
Niagara; 'William McMaster. of Toronto; David
ftleinnes, of Hamilton, and Charles Hunt, of Lorn
don, a W.
BOSTON.
DESTRUCTIVE PISE AT BRIGHTON—T WENT ST-THREE
KACK-aOKSKS IiTJ-RNEL.
Boston, Oct. 20. —The stables at the Riverside
Trotting Park, Brighton, were destroyed by fire last
night, with twenty-three horses, Including some of
th& bfest trotting stock in the country. The follow
ing are some cf the famous horses lost i
Young Sutton and May Kimball, both owned by
J. E. Maynard ; Belle of Hartford, Lady Litchfield,
the well-known Prince, and a splendid bay
horse. Six of the horses belonged to Mr. Beck
with, of Hartford. Blackhawk and Telegraph were
owned by Reuben Dana; Buchanan and Pat, o wned
by Mr. Osborne, of New York; Gray Eagle, owned
by C. H. Blanchard, oi Boston j Albany Maid,
owned by Albert Court; a magnificent bay gelding,
owned by Stephen Hayes ; a fine colt belonging to
Mr JTullum; the gelding Rapid, which trotted on
the track yesterday in a five-mile race. The loss of
young and valuable stock was also great. The
names spread so rapidly that very few horses In the
stables could be saved.
XJUIOM CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION,
George S. Boutwell has been nominated for Con
gress by the Union men of the Seventh district of
this State.
Tbe Bald into Yermout.
NINE OF THE ROBBERS CAUGHT AND $50,000 RE
COVERED —PURSUIT OF THE GANG—THE BORDER
GARRISONED—ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIS CA
NADIAN AUTRORITIHS SKIRMISH: WITH THIS
RAIDERS.
Burbington, Vt.> Oct. 20. —Eight of the raiders
who entered St. Albans, robbed the banks and mur
dered citizens, yesterday, have been caught, and
$OO,OOO of the stolen money recovered. Tlxay were
caught at Stanbridge and Farnham. in Lower <Ja
nailo ; the rest of tbe gang have been seen on the
road and will probahlv also be arrested.
St. Albans, Oct. 20. —Lafer advices from pir
tl6B who are pursuing the raiders under Capt. New
ton, Capt. Conger, and Lieut. Stralnhan, confirm
the sews of the capture of nine of the freebooters
and $60,000 of (he stolen bank bills.
Considerable excitement still prevails, though, all
apprehensions of an; further danger at present
from the raiders is entirely removed.
Capt. Nickerson, Of tbe Veteran Reserve Corps,
is garrisoning the border with 115 convalescents
from the hospitals at Brattleboro.
Judge Aldis, of the Supreme Court, has just re
turned from Montreal, where he has had a satisfac
tory Interview with the Canadian authorities, and
Is dow preparing the necessary papers to bring the
captured raiders before our court, under the extra
dition treaty.
Major Austlne hag despatched Major J. L. Bar*
stow to St. Johns, G. E., in order, if possible, to
secure the arrest of a of raiders who are ap
proaching that place.
The bants ot this place suffered severely, but the
St. Albans Bank announces that they will redeem
their bills.
We learn that In a skirmish last night, at Freeles
burg, lour of the raiders were captured. William
Hunt, one of the bailiffs of that town, fell mortally
wounded while gallantly endeavoriog to capture
tbe raiders. The Provincial authorities of the
frontier towns did everything in their power to ac
complish the arrests of the rascals.
Six Of the horses taken have been recaptured.
ARREST 07 THEKK MORE Off THE RAIDERS,
St. Albass, Oct. 20.—'Three more of the bank
robbers have been arrested at Freligsburg. They
will be lodged in jail at fcit. Joh.nFi to a-wait a requi
sition from the United States authorities.
Major Austin, provost marshal general of the
State, arrived here this morning, and has assumed
direction of all military matters.
THB LEADER OB' THU GANG CAUGHT, AND $lOO,OOO
MORE OF THE MONEY OBTAINED.
St. Albans, Oot. 10, 4 P. M.—Conger’s party
has returned, and report that thoy caught tho leader
of the raiders at Stanbiidge, and recovered $lOO,OOO
in addition to tbe $50,000 recaptured this morning.
The Canadian authorities are still after the villains,
and there is a good prospect of the capture of the
whole gang. The Governor General of Canada lias
telegraphed for a requisition for the rendition of the
robbers already arrested, and such as may be here
after arrested. The St. Albans Bank lost $75,000,
the Franklin-county Bank $85,000, and the First
National Bank $50,000.
ASSISTANCE GIVEN BT THB CANADIAN AUTEORI-
TIBS TO OUR OFFICIALS.
mowtpblibr, Oct. 20, —Hnmeili&teJF after the
depredations at St. Albans, Governor Smith tele
graphed to the Governor General of Canada, rela
tive thereto, and messengers were sent to various
point? to confer with the officers of the Canadian
Government.
1 hey were treated with great kindness by the
British authorities, and every assistance possible
was rendered to the pursuing parties to hunt down
the raiders.
TH2 CITIZENS OF THB BORDER ORGANIZING AS
HOME GUARDS,
Burlington, Oot. 20.—Major Austin has ordered
the Citizen? Of the frontier towns to organize them-
Selves into home guards. Arms have been distribu
ted to them, and they will shortly be prepared for
any emergency.
TJte Gold BlAvteet-
New York, Oct. 20.—Gold closed to-night at
208j.i. _
markets by Telegraph.
Baltimore, Oct. 30. —Flour dull 5 Ohio superfine
$10.37- Wheat steady ; sales of 3.600 bus Southern
red at $2.45 Corn firm; white $l7O. Whisky
nominal. Groceries drooping.
pnblic Entertainments.
Chestnut-street Theatre, —The Warren com
bination, which has so delightfully entertained us
during the past throe weeks, is about departing.
Tc-night—the last but one of their engagement—*
Mr. Warren takes a benefit, and he should not bo
allowed to leave Philadelphia without feeling that
we can appreciate talent and reward It. Miss
Olive Dog&n, an authoress and actress of some re
pute. will he the fctar next week! From tho reputa
4km of this lady we are led to expect some intel
lectual performances.
Walnut-street Theatre.— Camille was played
last night by Miss Charlotte Thompson, with a
tender and touching pathos, which drew tears from
many eyes. The admirers of this giftod actress
will have an opportunity of testifying their appre
ciation or her merits by making her benefit truly a
beneficial one*
AncH-BTRBKT Theatre.—The beautiful drama
will disappear from the boards of the Arch at the
end of this week. Madame Yestvali will be the re
cipient of a benefit to-night, and doubtless will
have & crowded house*
Union Spy and Scout,— But three more eve
nings remain upon which Miss Major Pauline Cush
man will recite her experience as a Union Spy, or
the scout of tho Cumberland. Her narrative la
entertaining, and goes to prove what a woman can
do for the old flag, or anything else, when she
makes up her mind to effect any object. Miss Cush
man Is an actress' of colobrity, and it is quite proba
ble that fho will appear some time during tho win
ter In a piece that will prove to be vory attractive.
Tbofe who have not hoard her should avail them
selves of the opportunity at once, as she will make
her last appearance on Saturday night at the As.
pembly Buildings.
Ij argb Peremptory S ale of 800 Lots Hosiery,
Gloves, Shirtb and Drawers, <fco., Thin Day,
—The particular attention of dealers Is requested W
the extensive and valuable assortment of 7,000 dozea
gloves, gauntlets, shlris and drawers, suspeniVevs,
hoop skirts, patent thread, sewings, spool oot ton,
cutlery notions, &0., &c. Also, a stock of goods par
tially damaged; to bo peremptorily sold by cata
logue,on four months’s orodit, commencing this (Ffl*
day) morning, st 10 o’clock precisely, by John B.
Myers k Co., auctioneers, Noa t 232 and 23! Market
street.
the cixy
[>OB ADPITIOKAX CITY MBW9 R Kg
SPEECHES AT TJmos i, babii „
The speakers last night at ,v,„
Hall were Colonel Towrr, or Pott™"? 1 "' G-
Goforth, of this oity. Mr. Edmund' a -17
sided oyer the meeting, whioh to,' 1 *%( ’
and intelligent, Including a lar^ e ' "’ai,.;.
Berore the tost speaker was M >4
read from General w arrt B . BurZu 11 '**,
acdressed by hl® t » j, 11, Orne, li ,’ °
is an extract: . 1 **'•
relW l~n
ssrassr- £ *« ts?
Shinto a,ld- ' ““wsn "ball be c‘, t ".‘-c. {
Wirt, BlSi® '/>"• >«« «u nullUo«t„e "1-1 ; »
ff rnSP "."ID IB ’lll 1 was a 1,«,,.h
Chari.' 1 JncKßey, half a mile f, ,1’ I■; .
Icir-W .j t '”'• , < ? n V ß <! the era of toll,,: «•* *..
f rr _ ffl my first political as w-.,
"'/■! thejiroclaiuatt.in leitere. aci t"
jn'ortal Jackson. Yon may .'••V
v’.ist I cannot and will not. as al : » r ' 1 ■> i
his school, support the lnconslsi„i,i a.',’, 1 ' : ■■ ' i
styled •< Democratic Convention'’•
school 1 was taught that the Cui,,, ?! :J .»
Preserved,” by him -who, iu pr„ n i l „ t l!l!| ' 1
that the tariff whk but Uia 4 c U?..‘-i.,
cobii/fTn Confederacy the real .."N.
qi.eal.ly added to those Words >i, “ l J
ftartnl in-port we are now r«i'''r,, " c "
teat yjilt he th- nrpro or w„ r *.' w ’/ ' ‘ ’* *v
filibh tint s-i-itm jtorpoAe. ” •[;, / •
take the pni ocue Own w siilly '
Colonel Tower, ol K.i : .-.i 11 ’ '
Bpealter, showed that it wms a, t
Coristlluti. n end of the will
caused the present rebellion p~"
craiic party of the Houtli nint w .‘, ri
awt the so caned Jivinncratic i,.,"' ’'
Older to scteeu ar.d aiil riiesc
for their protection to the veryY'V'
relicts bavedesnlaed ami triinj,! B ,i'
fit ieSyth an able c6be!i'*)u...„ • .
expressed and contained in n P i" '"
the relation It bore to the SiV-e-'
States it, a. war of rcbclli.-,,’ '
manded attrntion and aini;,.
Mr. John Goforth tain r| ia t t i fl .
Bion of the issues of tin day wib t To
whst was responsible for the rev,,; .'." '•
troubles, which had been bri-mo - v
try. It had been but a f-,w y. ,J '' ■■ 1
dent was elected by a bailor .7 ,
the Uhlied StAtee/ tl. m,i a !. r V:.i. v f,, •
to the will of the majority Ij.j'i'V" 1 ,|V,
years ago wo saw 'the miserable -
Chief Magistrate suavely
the tlonstitutii n he war saoro’ t„ ‘i r
whether there was asv»h<n - to ;
down rebellion; so unlike 1)U- rt’-'kf,';
commander of arevenuo cutter I>iy '
shoot on the spot, any man «a»'w*7' : t-w
American flag. "With Judae BianV. 1 -' 1 btt',
fortify him. he announced there t ~
him by the Constitution to cracs - , " , ' r nt
these latter days, a Convention w
has nominated a hero of tbo swamn-V'i 8V n
hominy and Harrison’s Landlne v‘
ever, have the pleasure or bolnVaL';, "i.
(lienee saw urder .Tames Buchir, a ‘ ' H 'n.
craiic secretary of War sere V lap.
19(i,0t0 stand of Improved anrt.
dockyards and arsenals in the -nV'i on,
possessed for the Ronrbern Ooo;,ai - ;„'.
in brief, every possible mil oxitio,,,. 'i ' r ' ;; i.
The Indian subsidy bonds worn r ’ ' ■
5 “an than Secretary Toncey, f.-.r't''.e .?' >
forcing the Indian nations into eml. '.'- ,
the North. The credit of the -
Cobb sought to rum, and he suaee*.ie.i ‘ h
ft loan of SI 2,0110.0(0, at twelve per Ctr l'‘ ■ i
ging among tie bankers of Europe ■
fused •. to take It. The speaker .Ict o'V.'
other instar.ces, pan of the hi.-i " !r •
early, dpju.pf the rebellion, all -
vriio was responsible for tne rubslii’
t'Li? path was prepared for w'i , ■*'
psrtDK frt a Kracrl Southern ad.i>!re
eo-cflllcd Democratic party at th-ir rioi"* :t;
a njiterable spectacle, Ooe-balf vrore -*."
arms the. CTOvornmeut, -ti.; rv JP *i
at the traitors, but wJtuoct tii.* ' T '•**•
be rebels. [Continued
Dnwrence M. Keitt fyoke ibi
frsitors and of his party at >j )I? V.„;
Said at tis retirement from Cor ; .- V; '
labored for disunion and a Siu 1 nr-"'t> " e
thirty years. This empire was ah .
to them—a scheme. TV*
South was to'rnn from the (Juif.-.r 'ih. :
Caribbean S6a, UiHll it reached the m
Granru'a—uutil the irigantie Sr,; L,.- P -i
joined hands with slavohohlimr
era Democrats, in their s\rtiij->’*iv ‘
etrniffileß tor an Utopias end. u
all the beadittDds ami hhiliwAv am
cracy. They now prate amut'•
habeas corpus nrbjtrxrv 'trpts.'ji, sV |- 31*/'.
applauded him who took ’Van" "!.* f
Orleans, out of his court by force ’-.h
are not in favor of arming the neiirn- -,\
eo act of the present A.oiiiti:?;rauon <■-'» 4t
to have been dictated by greater wfa.f'in ' - - • £ '
very on the Mississippi, in Florida, ’*. :
Petersburg, shows that they win ar : - ‘
the far blackest colored soldier is wliittr t
wbiteft traitor in the Korth. tnpi>hv“ V Y <
fpeaber then treated at length WrU Y/Y;
Chicago ticket and its supporters, fr‘m *•_[., r
singled out for special notice Governs .
Redenounced him for thepfut.Le -,V
riots in New York, calling too rtvirsin "
made to them, ** my friends,” wneu rh"'* -Z
black with their burnings of y'~.-X
homes, and little defenceless, innocent cll-ii
On the 6th of July, 1563, that man at tL* iY*i
of Music in Brooklyn, in the presence ofVt*»iV u *
of his fl How-citizens, aDd while v»-*-
army was eDterirg Yieksburif— * . . e - a i
hosts were reeling back at Gotcv'buiv, .V.-ii-wf
rcolded the Government Uhe a "vert
he considered the war had been a failure, TuUi
portion Mr. Goforth Indignantly aul eV-iiw
ccmraented upon, showing what was the
the last three years and a half. The MlesiMr;i»r
free for 3.200 miles, from Lake Ita?r»;i.t3 *beid'>
ters of the Gulf; Maryland was free M>er m»
of slavery on her social system for t*i huii >=
thirty-two years; -he rebel power w.w r J ;
every where, until straggling guerillas am! vzyi.i
armies that cowered behind~earthsn wsllsf r
fear. The was was a failure, ho aduiitu 2
July ! C1 to. July ’O2; it was a f-illure wrii
army ot 1G5.C00 men was ordered to remov; v. ••
flag floating on Munson’s Hill, and *■** :•»*: -j
check by Beauregard with 17.00 U men .ir.,l a
wooden gone. It was a failure when k‘./ j _i*
were killed, wounded, and died from .
lost their health under his inanagem?" in ::i
Chickshomlny swamp?, and fire hmulre! :r! !! -j
ol money were spent for nothing. But itvmaif
a failure under McClellan’s managemeat-;;:..
management as sent Gon. Sherman to the
in St. Louis, because he was crazy!
The speaker continued at length ahowm*
war had been so successful that aota simple
of the rebel cabinet, and most ot the genaraiuni-jr?
ol the rebel army are homeless, our rttz
floats over the States, or in the louli:rIn wafeh
they live Davis was pawarlegj • hi* c-thUNkl'i
homo protected by Unucd State? troops*
So was Beauregard, Lee, Benjamin, i\y
Ho cited these facts in detail, and co.'idU'kdlj’ii'.)
applauded.
TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY Of lURNEY,
A meeting of tho officers who hive serrsl Tinier
Major General David Bell Birney wa* held iW
Continental Hotel, on Thursday, October 2'J.UM.H
o’clock P. M.
On motion. Colonel C. H, T, Cciji? ? file* •»
the chair, and Captain Thomas J. imau
secretary.
On motion of General Gwyn, « 'wr.ni-’-j*
were appointed to preorire res-.ira'tous ex; ci-i-i
of the object of this meetintr.
On morion, the chairman and 1 lit
to the committee.
Onmotion.it was resolved that the
have served under General Birney?L?ll •>
funeral in full dress uniform, and skAli s- 3.
the louse of Captain J- m, pavij. n ' 1
Street, at'one o’clock on Friday, tti? 21” : * •
On motion of General Gwyn,’
Bf.-.i/lcu'L That we hereby ms lnvk*:'*3V l
oilirers in the service, now In rJie city, t=» :»??•*-!
ub the funeral of General Blmey, and. ar-rur'l.-
hi urt of Cam*i4 PHVisfor that purpose. ,
On motion, a. eounnitteeot two
wait upon Colonel John F. Glepn au-1 *-<--•!
same invitation to the officers of the 23d F— •
Pennsylvania Volunteers. ,
The Committee on Resolutions reported
lowing:, which were UhAhiUlOUgly adopted - t
WLt rfitJfi, We have heard with '• -
late commander, Major General lhivid iV!i
whose wonh we learned to hiiotv and
our associations of tbe camp and i:eM; . .
fir{tVh't<l l That in tbe death of tleoenil B- r
army lost ah abt<?> and g-atluu; smI.I-.m-, lb- 1 at.juj
true and enthusiastic patriot, who dav
energy to tbe accomplishment of tho :a v. :c--
vra* en^Pired.
evd* That, as representative* of the J fc_ r *"-
who ha* n bfen to battle ouJ-h
leade’ship, we tael t-r p!n«s£ s»on v
high admiration of the bright pitgd whica ue ha- -•*-
in fhfi history of tbe R pnbl , i». , . -
liwolredt That we w 5 ) l atTend thP o '
Birney in a body, and. wear the usual badge of
ing for thirry days. ...
That a copy of these resolutions M * r *“*
mitted to the family of General Birney.
On motion, adjourned.
O. H. T. Oollw, 114th F. V., ObalrmU'
Thomas J. Diehl, Secretary.
Charlotte cobday.— The Paris
ncunce the death of Madame the Dowser a .
day, at her residence, the Chateau «fu
near Vlmoutiers (Orne), in her
having been born on the 30th November.
was ot the same family as Ohifl'iltO ,- 3
Norman heroine, b-'lng a distant
ten years younger than Charlotte, she s-». a
well, and always spoke of her u as a J:U r j
usually serious and reserved, having tne I J J . ~’n i
of a well-bred lady, according to the n> ? l - Vjii
traditions of the uorday family, bat
laugh on occasions, was very fond of c ,; '-*‘"
loved to share their amusements.”
Perils of Petroleum— a frights
has just taken place at uim from peirA *"
During a representation at the theatre, * _
four lamps attached to tho chandelier
from the roof burst in succession with grf>f r: y‘
ity, and the burning oil fell like a shower
the spectators, awonfr ,yhom were a
dies. In a moment the dresses of twenty »■
were in fiames. and mo«t serious hams ,r;l
consequence. One of the ladles was so Jro.v*
iDjuied that she died in a few hours after.
rouTUGUBSK JlttcutTii'f?.—-Many of the >’ • *. .
gors by the bark Susan Jane, lately arrive** "
port from the Cape Vcrd Islands, are being
at Portland, Maine, by substitute brokers, j;*
famine has been very severe on the island.-
the present season—seven thousand people ci' •;
died of starvation —and IhoSfe Who came hero Cl-
accepted the opportunity of getting aw.iy v. ; ; ;' 3
prospect of going into the army or nuvy h'f
years* —New Bedford Standard'
CITY ITKJIs.
How to Decide the (-tuKßTiox. —
multiplicity of Sewing Machine? offsredto
lie, each one claimed to be the orst, and ?.s f - h; [
prominent ones are within a. fit6tto’3 tllfOW 01
other, we advise all contemplating pureflasin
give them all a thorough test before doing so.
may be easily-done by taking samples of ili» tf
klndg of work to the various offloo? to b 0 douB ' , {l?t
test the Florence, sold at, 030 Chestnut street, io'»
and the preference is always in its favor
parfeon with others is made. For beauty
and the wide range of work which ii
as well as the ease of operation
thread, together with its elegant appenr* nf,c “ *. ;J
article of household furniture, the Florence
and is the only perfect machine “ wnr-* jJ3
to give entire satisfaction or money ref? 1
account of the many ad vantage? an l it.
it possesses over all others, wo fuel sufo
merits the appellation of the IJe3t Family •*- (> , e
Machine in the world, ami that w© buc " IT n i-ld*
minds of hundreds Of our first families 111 t “ ;fl
phia, who have these machines lo practloy >
endorsing the Florence, sold at 630 (Jficstnu
, t, ~a ;>eeu
SHifKrrAN AND Hood.—The rebel Tlood i* ’ eS ,
smasiiißif up the tfeortda !l "...jcr
oited- tbe ire of Sherman, anil''thut ' v:irr, ir lvi:i
him with a sharp stick. Hood has been
a leaving, and ho is making
When ShtTmah gets through with ti ‘ fl ;?
which, he has on Viand, Lfe designs ooflllM ■
procure for himself a new outfit at tho J
Clothing Hall of Bockklil & Wilson, Nof
t3oo Chestnut street, above Sixth.
“Ecokomv Ati. raiao. 11 - liitr-'U* -
you to “save your matoboa anrt
ln K the new electric !?aB bracket!” anot.i--- jy
tho pieces,” by usldk hlB B l»® »' 1 M , mc l jV, c ■ " !!
Other, with a new hurnar, ark! yon ■ t]jt , u n;
K»B.” NOW, wo think this last n ''” .
Round end applicable of °
seen in print. Wo ooromond It to tbo« _ 1 N , J( . ,t
(Übcusbldk whetlitf “ war Is 0 ' n !„■ :
order Is the Sttylbk or money,
by always pnrcbaslnK yon*«
store or uhtTM gtoMs * 00., udor
nental.
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