PRICES
I)3Err GOODS.
lIIES R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
IN CHESTNUT STREET,
pl THEIR ENTIRE STOCK OF
331117 GOODS ,
CONSISTING IN FART OF
NoEss
°P.:l'4ms AND REPS,
f,FINGIA'NES ,
CLAN PLAIDS,
ALPACAS AND MOHAIRS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SRAWLS, GLOVES, _.
LINENS, WRITE GOODS,
FLANNELS, BLANKETS,
LINEN AND COTTON
SIIEETINGS,
RE PELL ANT S AND
CLOAKING CLOTHS,
T EXTREMXY LOW RATES.
e beg leave to aesure the public-that we have
ted down every article in our dock, and now have
onr power to offer-
RARE BARGAINS.
LACE CURTAINS f 79q
th LACE CURTAINS! I ow to*
FRENCH I.A.CE CURTAINS.
SWISS LACE CURTAINS.
NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS.
APPLICATION LACE CURTAINS.
LACE AND MUSLIN CURTAINS.
or and boantlfal etylos of the above goods at the
data And Window Shade Store of
JOLTY, CARRINGTON, 8: 00, 1
ItTo. 733 CHESTNUT Street.
723.
tau
RUT STOOK OF
CO.A.ICINGS,
FOIL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
IROBTEDB.
VELOURS
CHINCHILLAS.
THINTS,
iyary shads and Quality In the caaatry, For cholas
Goods, call at the
CLOTH ST011;F.
OS T. SNODGRASS,
V4k. South SECOND Street. and
23 STRAMBEKRY,Streo
10`44 CURVE CIT STREET.
E. N. INEVIVIAS
la DAILY REORIVINO
NOVELTIES
IN
LA E S
WHITE GOODS,
EMBROIT)ERIES
VEILS,
HANDIKERCI-lIEFS, cta.
In e sigh v gl367 l A t iii P A l n El TlLE E . 8.
1024 CHESTNUT STREET
i f RIGHT PLAID POPLINS.
JUST (TURD, several large lots, bottglif in New
ork et reduced prices for cash. . •
One lot isingte-width rich Plaids, 65c.
One lot double width heavy gay Plaid Poplins, $1.25.
Tiro /eta line all-wool bright Plaids, cheap.
Tires lots rich wool Plaid Frplins, $1.85, $2, and
25.
One lot fine wide French iterinoes, $1,59.
One lot Striped Brocade Reps, $1.25.
Que lot figured, .striped, Leavy flohairs, - $1.25.
ore lot figured fderinoes. $1.25 . 3 a bargain.
One lot black wool Delalnee, 7oc ; cheap.
3'25 pieces American Prints and Delaineg.
COOPER Sr COWARD,
et22.tf S. B. eorner*NlNTH and MARKET Streets.
FINE ALSBORTMENT OF SHAWLS
tar sale below the present gold prices.
Long Bream Shawle, open centres. •
Long 13roche Shawls, filled centres.
;cure Brocbe shawls, open centres.
were BrocheShawle, tiled centres.
lett Plaid and.Stripil Blanket Shawls.
Eanara, Plaid, and Stripe Blanket Shawls.
Long and square Blaok Thibet Shawls.
1.4 Mantilla 'Velvets, pure silk.
?rested and other Beaver Clothe,
oaks ready made.
EDWIN HALL Az 00.,
20 South . SECOND Street.
STEEL.. & BON HAVE NOW
open a lame and ehoiae aftasertment of
FALL AND WINTEP. DRESS GOODS..
,`lain Merinos, Pl. lei to V 3, Plain Poplina,
Aferinool mad Poling,
Plain and Poplins,
Plain and Flamed Mohair Fo,llne,
A a great variety of now and &oleo Dress. Goode, all
.prlces fa PR E SETTHE ENT COST OF IMPORTSTIOR.
FILES—Of all Made, a treat variety, from 76 emits
t'd per yard, below
THE lISTOSTER'S PRICER,
SHAWLS—A lu¢a astortmeat, at a small adymute
IV Int En3o3.' 3 X1X13 , 93.
tel•lt Noe. 736 and 716 North TENTH Street.
11 , GOODS, et the y very lowest prices, can 110 the=
J.Le. R. CAMPBELL & CO.'S.
rBl.lss TR'S' CHESTNUT Rtrqet.
MILITARY GOODS.
FLAG t
CA3IP4 6 IaGrr•I
BUNTING. AND SILK,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
SWORDS,
SA SUES,
BELTS,
Together with a full assortment of
MILITARY GOODS.
MV.A.14 . 8
be 4.bil. fD
STATIONERY 4114 BLANK BOOKS.
(IIL, MINING, COAL, AND °THAT
iv w comp/a/Es.
We are rirepared to fundah New Corporations With en
We Book' they require, et short notice sad /OW prise*.
of AU styles of StrolisE.
. STEEL PitTE CIERTIPICIALTES OF STOOK;
LITHOGNIPIIED
TRANSFER BOOK,
ORDERS OF TZANSFIE,
STOCK LEDGER, •
STOCK LEDONE BALANCES,
IEGISTEE OF, CAPITAL STOOX.
SROXER'S PETTY zawora.
Ancor= Or BALM
DIVIDEND NOON.
MOSSI& CO.i
, ,
7111,111 K BOOK MANUFAOTITRZWAND STATIONUe
L. TIN GT.
•
TOBACCO AND CIGAR WAREHOUSE,
No.B NORTH THIRD STREET,
Agent for the sale of all the celebrated brands of
BARNEY, GREEN, & CO., Cincinnati.
"BELLE OF THE WEST," 4 ' OINCIIRTATIM
" BURNIE, " &o.
"FINE TIIEHISHE" AND OTHER SMOKING
TOBACCO.
A large lot of prime CIGARS and TOBACCO, now in
btere, and for sale cheap. " 0e26-1m
B J. WILLIAMS '
so. 16 NORTH SIXTH STRUT.
Maamfaaturer of
VENETIAN BLINDS
. w
WlrkilDo - vvr
gar The - Largest mad Finest Anortmont 1.1% the elty al
Cho
LOWEST PRICES.
Xerattrig attended to promptly.
WS - Store Shades Made And Lettered.
FUR'S PALM OIL BOA.I3.—THIE SOILF
18 made of Due, fresh Palm Ofl and 1/entirely
Verete.ble Soap; more imitable for Toilet use than thole
made from animal fats. In boxes of one dozen sakaa.
.or 12 Per box. Manufactured br
/0. 116 MARGAII 080. K ELKINTON & SOM.
ITTAStreet. between , front aid
N 44 04d. theme Callravhllll.
CARD AND F&NCY JOB PRINTING,
-N lINGWAIMIt /PRAWN' & 111 d. YOUTH st
SCOTGIT PLAIDS.
BASKETS,
VELVETS,
MIXTURES, dm., &cr.
51-1 S ARCH Street
435 OHESTNITr 13treat.
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SILK & DRY GOODS YoRRERS.
FALL, S'T'OCK FALL,
ua04.1
NOW IN STORE§ 0034.
----
IDEND YAM 4 CO.,
res. 617 Meant and 614 Jape Wee%
IMPORTERS ADD JOBBERS OF
SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
SHAWLS, LINENS,
AND WRITE 4100DS.
A TAROS AND RADDSOME STOOK 07
DRESS GOODS
siDLL LINE OF FOREIGN ADD DOMESTIC!
JBAX,MOISAMS;
INCTIACIDIECt EMMERT AID. OTHER RAKE&
CORMaSSION HOUSES.
HAZ&RD & ii.UTCHINSON,
No. 11% CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MEROIIANTSdi
FOR VIA SALE OP
thr:l-6ral PIDDADELPRIA•2IA.DII GOODS.
CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTUS.
()ARMS! pARPETBI pARPETSI
OLOSINCi OUT LATE IMPORTATIONS 20 PER OEn.
LESS THAN PRESENT GOLD RATES.
TRENCH AND ENGLISH .A.XMIITSTERS.
WILTONS OF ENTIRE NEW Pii,TTERNSs
VELVETS AND TAPESTRIES, 'Wide 43-43C;da.
With a large assortment of
THREE-PLY AND :INGRAIN CARPETS.
NEW 'VENETIANS, PALATINE, AND DAMASK,
DR'UGGETTS.
WELL-SEASONED OIL CLOTHS. dm
JAMES H. ORNE & 00.,
626 CHESTNUT STREET.
Rell-stnthftin Below Seventh.
1864. FALL 1864.
G-I.ooN]miclio
4TRMANTOWN•
MOCALLUM &
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
NO9 CHESTNUT STREET.
zgall-am PHILADELPHIA.
1864. 1864.
. . .
cCALILJEATIVI .S 6 CO.,
. .
. .
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
. .
Sl9
01133171 - 6 T STREET,
sal7.3itt OPPOSITX INDBPBND. KWH HALL.
DRUGS.
NET CASH DRIJe HOUSE.
WRIGHT & SIDDAL,L.
No. MP MARKET STREET.
Between FRONT and MOND Streets.—
tr. W. WRIGINT.
DRUGGISTSS PHYSICIANS, AND GE.
INTERAL STOREKEEPERS
Can find at our eatablisliment a full assortment
of Imported and Domestic Drags ,_Popular Pa.
tent &Widnes, Paints, Coal 011, 'Wndow Glass,
Prescription Vials, etc., at as IoW prices as gems.
grat•class goods can be sold.
_ . .
FINE ESSENTIAL OILS
tuali F ty dr
_Confectioners, in fall variety and of the best
Cochineal, Bengal Indigo, Madder Pot Ash.
Oudhear, Soda Ash, Alum, Oil of Vitriol.. Annat.
to, COMMA, Extritet of Log wood, &c., FOR DYERS USE,
Alwaye on hand at loweet net OWL prime.
SULPHITE OF LIME,
ter 'keeping cider sweet; a perfectly harmless
',preparation, put 11, directions for ume,
in for ane barrel.
er a d c e k r i e lg g e : l a t fi ifo:r
wily meet with
fi f i grit le a a t . t4la i t e •i x o l T ecz of Le e ti l e elial-quotationewill be
WRIGHT iSc SIDDALL,
WHOLES/LE DRUG WARSUOUSE.
- Igo. 119 MARIERT Street, above IRON%
de4.tiettalT-fr
MERCHANT TAILORS.
1864. 16 ' A. I A 1864.
O. THOMPSON,
FASHIONABLE TAILO R,
N.B. Corner Se*enth and Walnut Streets,
PHILADELPHIA. ,„,
N, B, Having obtained a celebrity for cutting.
COOD.FITIING PANTALOONS,
Mating it a specialty in my business for some years
past,, it is thought of sufficient importance to announce
the fact in tl is manner to the public, so that those v 0,19
are dissatisfied may know of ray method, and. give me
a trial. , 0c27. thsta.2m
EDWARD F. KELLY,
301 IN KELLY,
rrArEons,
612 CHESTNUT STREET,
win from this date (October 3d) eon at
REDUCED PRICES,
von
CASH.
Ge4-t1
FINANCIAL.'
OFFICE FOR THE BALE OF
NAICIONAJE. 1.40A.N5,
No. 114 South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
NEW U. 5.5-24 SIX PER CENT. LOAN.
Tbe subsciibers, having been the successfe bidders
for a portion of the new 5-20 six per rout. Gold-Bearing
LORA, are prepared to offer it on favorable terms to their
customers, in large or small amounts, in Bonds or de
nominations of
50s, 100 s, 500 s, and.l,ooos,
BOTH HECISTEAED AND COUPONS,
The interest commences on the Ist of November next,
and is payable in Gold semi-annually, on the let of afar
and Noyember.
J 1 other Government securities on 'hand and for sale.
and information given concerning invest tints at oar
office.
JAY COOKE & CO., Bankers)
No. 114 SOUTH THIRD STREET. ocls Im
$lO 0
, 000 UNION PASSENG ER RAILWAY COMPANY'S BONDS
FOR SALE.
The Union Passenger Railway Company offer for sale
at par one hundred thousand dollars of six per cent,
coupon bonds, clear of all taxes, National, State, and
municipal.
These bonds are secured by a first mortgage of three
hundred thousand dhllars on the road and its "ran
chigoe, The trustees are Clarence F. Clark and 'Tho
mas A. Scott.
Tries are issued in gams of OM. and can be had on
application at the office of the Company, No. 20S South
FOURTH Street. WILLIAM F. KEMBLE,
0c22.12t • Treasurer.
TTs NEW 7-30, LOAN.
•• Na. Subscriptions reeeiyed, end the Notes fur .
niehed free of all charges.
cFRORGE J. BOYD, Reeker,
art2s-3m ' 18 south THIRD , Street.
(VII STOCKS
BOUGHT AND , SOLD ON OOMMISSIOL
• BY
GEORGE J. BOYD,
18 South TRIED Street. eu26-See
LU0.11.1/40 0.1• A ICS.
FAMES S. EARLE'dh SONi
sui 01[3841111T KUM PHYLA..
r_ors In store a very fine assortment of
I,OOEING GLASSES,
of ivory *Waster, of tho
f'Xlcr UST MaillayhOTVßE AND LATEST STYLES
OM PAINTING% ENGRAVING%
sem 7117.TDR1 AWD PROTOGIAPR MUM.
F UCKNOW BA.UCE.--TEIB CELE
a - A brAtol Emu* On hood and for sale
RHODES do WILLI/LIM
Win& 1.01 Sauna WATER Street
,
C A. 3R,
Laws THAN' COST OF IMPORTATION.
SUCCESSOR TO W. E CLRRYL.
MASONIC MLitt,
'719 CHESTNUT STREET.•
od-ti
1026 CHESTNUT STREET. 1 026 .
CUIR grA.IN ST Olt
Constantly on hand a fall line'of
WINDOW CURTAINS,
CURTAIN MATERIALS,
FURNITURE COVERINGS,
WINDOW SIIADES,
CORNICES. BANDS,
TASSELS, GIMPS,
CORDS, Ste., so.,
AT THE LOWEST PRICES,
For firet-elass goods. The workmanship of thia estab
lishment is second to no other in the United States.
C M STOUT & CO.,
oc3l-2m No. 1026 CHESTNUT Street.
SEWING .111ALCEIIINES.
-1 1" 1 11[E FLORENCE •
•-e- THE FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE
THE FLORENCE -
THE FLORENCE
FLORENCE '
TEE FLORENCE
4 H 3 •
76"jrateB
azwizu Juinmain.
SEWING-MACHINES.
• SEWING MACHINES.
• SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING MACHINES.
• SEWING MACHINES.'
' SEWING MACHINES.
SEWING MACTEIN3k%
530 CHESTNUT. STRUT,
530 CHESTNUT STREET.
LCO CHESTNUT- STREET.
• 630 CHEsTrmy STREET.
••
630 CHESTNUT - STREET. •
530 CHESTNUT STREET.
630 CHESTNUT STREET.
• 630 CHESTNUT STREET. 6e341-
1864. • vurts- 1864.
A. R. & F. R. WOMRATH,
(SUCCESSORS TO THE LATE OEO. F. WOMRATIE,)
Aro. 415 Arch Street, •
HAVE NOW OPEN
A rtILL ASSORTMENT OF
LADIES' PANCIc PIMRS,
To which they Invite the attention or buyers.
oc2o-8m
LADIES' FANCY FURS.
7. H. SIDDALL•
LIAL - 131V.S' FAIN - CrY VUIRS,
Jast opened, large and handsome stock of
LLDIES' AND CHILDREN'S. FANCY FURS
Of eVall description, and in'the newest and most ai
proved styles, at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
4)cl-tut - ham
HENRY RASEE,
NEW FUR STORE,
517 ARCH. STREET.
The above respectfully informs his patrons, and the
public in general, that he has now opened at the above
store an assortment of -
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S
FANCY FURS,
Which for variety and quality
CANNOT BE SURPASSED
by any house.in the United States. Being the manu
facturer of all his Furs, and having imported all his
stock .when gold was much lower than at the present
rates, he can offer them to his patrons at the most rea
sonable prices.
.All FURS made to order, and repairing done in the
best manner and latest styles.
HENRY RASKE,
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER
OF LADIES'- AND CHILDREN'S FURS,
oclS-tf 517 ARCH . Street.
FIREWORKS.
The utidersikned, at their
110 SOUTH ytirIIARVES, BELOW CHESTNUT ST.,
Have now on hand a great variety of WORKS, Drs.
pared expressly for Exhibitions,-Including
ROCKETS, BI NGOLA &c.
They have had also prepared anumber of
NIGLIT PARADES,
inf-Which will burn for several hoiirs, and may be
held is the hand.
JOSEPH B# BUSSIER &
o#l...tatin.oB - DEALERS IN 11:IREWORICS
ASHMEA.D. & EVANS.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A FROG RE WOULD A- WOOING GO; anti LIFE AND
DEATH OF COOK ROBIN, from orteinal designs by H.
L. Stephens Two beautiful books, full of humor and
amusement. -
THE NA SBY PAPERS. Paper covers.
RAE (WE. Rules for playing this new game.
TWICE•TOLD TALES. By Hawthorne. New edi
ton ; two volumes, bloc and gold•
THE GYtSIES OF THE DANE'S DIRE; A Story of
1:1 edge-side Life.in Englandin 1.915. By. George S. Phil
lips.
FAMILIAR LETTERS FROM EUROPE. - By Corne
lin I Conway Felton
WAR LYRICS. With illustrations on wood, by F.
O. 0. Darley. Printed on heavy tinted paper.
NEW JUVENILES AND NEW NOVELS, teonumerotic
to specify.
STANDARD WORKS and books of all kinds in every
variety of binding, now receiving from the late TRADE
SALES, and 'will be sold at very low prices. : ,
.AEHMEAD dt EVANS,
' Successors to W. P. Hazard,
octal-tt No, TP - / - OREt 4 TAIIT Street.'
pETIfOLEUIII V. NA.BBYPAM.'S PM.
PHLET!—ThE *ITASBY'S PAPERS. Letters and
Sermons, containing the - views on the topics of the day.
An amusing . and interesting PanWhiet,
OCEAN WAIFS. A story of adventure on land and
tea. By Captain Mayne Reid. Illustrated.
POEMS OF THE WAR. By Geo. H. Bolter.
PICTURES AND LESSONS FOR LITTLE READERS.
A collection of short and beautiful stories for children.
-Also, A NEW EDITION of
- TERRINE'S DIEW WAR MAP OF THE SOUTHERN'
STATES, containing. a Chronology of the Great Rebel
lion to November, 1563. Price, CO cents, - -
For Bale by WK. B. dr ALFRED MARVEL
oc2o-if 606 CHESTNUT Street.
WEBSTER'S NEW UNABRIDGED
.
7 7 DICTIONARY. 3,000 ILLTIOTRATIONB.
This Edition of Webster has been thoroughly
an'val e a dit on's. It cons sts revisedl,an da la mrt o yag eu awit h dth e iillustration s ids to fbu t sd
a
throughout the work.
AL,
W SO ORCESTER'S NEW QUARTO DICTIONARY, and
all the. Greek, 'French, Spanish, German, and Latin
Standard Lexicons and Dictionaries for sale by
• LINDSAY &
Priblishexs and Booksellers,
0c2.6 No. 25 South SIXTIUSt above Cheelnnt
• ,
SHCROFT'S L 0 W-W ATER DE
TECTORS.
Ashcroft's Stouni Clauges.
Justice & Shaw's Mercurial Stoma And Blast Nemec ,
Olark's Damper Regulator.
Witter Gauges, Scotch Tuhez, .31c.
AUGS. a. BITTLBS, Agent
se2-3m li4North SIXTH Street. hi ,
a.
1864. BRICKS,- BRICKS, BRICKS.-
A large and superior stock on hand, for sale
at redrined prices. Buildings contracted for on favora
ble • terms.•• SOWN M. BUNT, BRION. 'YARD, LONG
LANE, below Brick road.
OFFICE-929 SWUM Street. 0c27-I2t*
AF UNDERSIGNED , HAVING RE
'MOVED hie.
TENTH Street, corner of Arch, has there reopened his
REG/STEE; in which the public may enter their
•
PROPERTIES FOR SALE.
And in Prepared . to coIIect•INTERESTS, Ground and
Hones REM'S, in every part of the. city. ,
0017-2m 4 WILLIAM O. BEDFORD.
CURTAIN GOODS.
I WILL PETER
MY ENTIRE f4TOOII
LACE CURTAINS
FOJEVI''X' .r3on
I. E. WALICAVIEN,
FANCY FURS.
JOHN A. STA.MBAOOII,
/MFORTER AND MANUFACTURER •OF
NO. 826 ARCH STREET,
BELOW. NINTH
FIREWORK DEPOT,
9concm-Lx6limis,
NEW PUBLICATIONS,
PIRLADELPHIA, - THURSDAY, NOME ABER 3, 1864.
(EIJt Vit'fess.,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1864
THE ARMY ON THE 'JAMES.
The Accountli4 of the late Reconnoissance
—Tile Fall. Campaign. not' Ended—The
Troops making themselves Comfortfr ,
ble against cold-weather-The Face of
the Country being Chang,ed—lnstanees
of Personal. Daring—A Novel Swindle.
DiR. C. EDDITIHDIV DESPATCH.
CSPeptal Despatch to The Press. ),
HECADQUARTIfItS ARMY OF 7711 POTOMAC,
Pcitrowx FETussiuita, Otst: 30, 1801
The accounts of the recent engagement.. on the
South Side road which have been received are
somewhat diverse, and to a certain extent irrecon
cilable. It is scarcely to be expected that the case
could be otherwise ; for the affair was of such an
impromptu fashion, and was quickly over (lasting
less than an hour) that there was hardly time for it
to assume any special character, or to shape itself
in any combinations requiring particular notice or
description.. It was, as I have heretofore indicated,
nothing more than a g eneral reconnoissance in force,
ending in a heavy skirmish. There wore three gal
lant charges made' by the 2d Corps, which managed
to extricate itself from the toils of a wary enemy,
and the mazes of an almost 1ml:or/sable Wilderness,
in a manner to reflect fresh brilliancy upon the fame,:
of its commander, General Hancock. There was
obstinate and impetuous gallantry, too, evinced by
the sth and oth Corps, which, hOwever, bore a less
conspicuous part in the affair. • There was a very
high degree of skill displayed. in the rapidity
with which so comparativeli large a force
was transferred safely to a now front of operations,
and retired to its original position upon the same
day. Beyond these features there was nothing to
distinguish this reconnoissance peculiarly from
othbrs, and but little field for fine descriptive
writing. Yes, there was one exceptional faot
which deserves to be remarked, and that was the
steadiness with which the new troops, some of whom
had smolt gunpowder for the first time, stood up to
their duty. So much for the assertion so common
with the Opposition press, that the recent le vies have
only added to the army a set of bounty junipers, de
serters, and substitutes,, who. cannot be forced to
fight, but will invariably skulk.
Although a mere reconnoissance, it was optional
with General Grant to say whether or not the re
cent encounter should be prolonged to a general
engagement. Whatever the general opinion may
be, those who /.now Lest are of opinion that he did
wisely in deciding the question negatively. Upon
what special grounds this opinion is based, it is, of
course, contraband to speculate in print. Suffice it
to say that the movement just recorded is not the
final, but the initial one of the fall campaign, if
there be any correctness in the popular estimate of
Grant's personal energy and genius for "hammer
ing away." What of Butler 1 What of the iron
clad flotilla on the Tames 1 Those may be respec
tively designated the right and centre of the forces
operating against Richmond,- and their offensive
powers are shortly to be put to the test, doubtless
in connection with the Army of the Potomac, or
left wing of our forces.
It does not militate is :the least against this pro
miee of continued activity that portions of oar
troops are making themselves comfortable against
the variations of this variable weather; against the
perspiring, dusty days, when the canteen becomes a
sine qua non, and the damp, 'chilly nights, when a
double thickness of blankets is quite as indispensa
ble. Many of the troops of the 2d Division, sth
Corps, are erecting rude, temporary log Cabins, and
the necessity of cutting a sufficiency of timbe4or
this purpose, and to supply the oamp-fires, is rapidly
clearing away the woodlands. In front of the 3d
Brigade the entire aspect of the country has been
transformed in a single day, and the same Is the
case throughout all the section of territory occupied
by the army. The . timber is mostly a scrubby sort
of pine, excellent for constructing abattis and for
building winter quarters, if such should bo neces
sary, but very poor for fuel. The log cabins are
laid out quite systematically, the doors all facing
Petersburg, and an avenue being left between every
two rows of huts. It is one of the characteristics of
veteran soldiers that they will toil all through the
day to make themselves comfortable sleeping quar
ters, thoughthey have but one night to stay in them.
Among the instances of personal daring ex
hibited during the late fight, the conduct of Col.
Cranes', of -the 96th New York Regiment, is worthy
of honorable mention. This regiment belongs to'the
ad Division of the sth Corps, and was exposed to
such a heavy musketry-fire from the enemy that
oven tho gallantry of the veteran troops was put to
rather too severe a test, and the lino wavered for a
moment, and would have recoiled. Col. Cramp, in
stantly placing . himselfatthe head of the command,
gave the order, "forward!" and his men, animated
by the Spirit of their leader, advanced to a ridge
which they occupied and held till the close of the
contest. The color-bearer of the same regiment
likewise behaved most bravely, refusing to yield an
inch of ground to the onsets of the enemy. There
were many other such incidents, but the work of re
cording them would be rather wearisome, and their
recital would occupy no end of space.
There is a species of swindling extensively prac
ticed in the army by a few vagabonds, which ought
to be exposed, that the credulous among the soldiers
may not be duped, The tWitidlers obtain a lot
of pinchbeck jewel**, five. dollar auction-made
Watches, Sm., which they hawk among the camps,
and offer them for sale, representing them to have
"just been picked up on the battle-field." The
simple-minded teamsters and guileless negro ser
vants who -have paid ten dollars for bargains of
watches worth about ten cents, under the nitres
sion that said watches are "geoid," and have all
been taken out of the rebel Colonel So-and.so'a
pocket, are 'nearly as numberless as the leaves of
the forest. An order should be issued prohibiting
the traffic.
GENERAL SHERMAN'S ARMY-.
The Baffle of Allatoona—lt Is Made an
Example In Weir—Generals Sherman's
-and Howard's Congratulatory Orders.
The special correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
.mercial, at Rome, Georgia, writes as follows under
date of October 17 :
It is universally conceded that the battle at Alla
toona, for the number of troops engaged, was the
most terrific of the war. -For a determination un
equalled in combat, and a bravery that cannot be
too highly appreciated, Brig. Gen. John M. Corse,
and his noble companions in arms, have received
the thanks, sympathy, and congratulations of the
entire Union army. A graceful tribute, and one
worthy of the occasion, is the following from Gen.
Sherman. What prouder compliment could a su
bordinate desire than that his general-in-chief
speaks of his action to " illustrate the most important
principle in war 7"
GENERAL SHERMAN'S CONGRATULATORY ORDER
HEADQUARTERS MIL. Div. OP THE 115168. , d
IN THE FIELD, KRNESAW MTN.,
October 7, 1884.
SPECIAL FIELD CEDERS No.- 86.—The General
Commanding avails himselfof the opportunity in
the handsome defence made of "Allatoona," to Blue
-trate the most important principle in Aar, that for
tified posts should be defended to the last, regard
less of the relative numbers of the party attacking
and attacked.
Alatoona • was garrisoned by three regimente,
commanded by Colonel Tourtolotte, and reinforced
by a detachment from a division -at-Rome, tinder
command of. Brigadier General J. M. Corse, on the
morning .of the sth, and a few hours after was at
tacked by French's division, of Stewart's corps, two
other divisions being near at hand, and in support.
General French demanded a surrender, in a letter,
to " avoid a useless effusion of blood," and gave but
five minutes for answer. General Gorse's answer
was emphatic and strong that he and his command
were ready for the "useless effusion of blood" as
-soon as it watt agreeable to General French.
This answer was folkiwed by an attack which was
prolonged for five hours r resulting in the complete
repulse of the enemy, who left his dead on the
ground, amounting to more than two hundred, and
lour • hundred prisoners, well and wounded. The
effusion of blood" was not " useless," as the posi
tion at Allatoona was and is very important to our
present and future operations.
The thanks of this army are due, and are hereby
accorded,. td General Corse, Colonel Tourtolotte,
eflicers and men, for their determined and gallant
defence of Allatoona, ana it is made an example to
illustrate the importance of preparing in time, and
meeting the danger, when present, boldly, manfully,
and well. ...
• This army, though unseen to the garrison, was
co-operating by moving toward the road by which
the enemy - could alone escape, but unfortunately
were delayed by the - rain and mud; bat this fact
hastened the retreat of the enemy.
Commanders and garrisons of the posts- along
our railroada are hereby instructed that they must
hold their posts to the last minute, sure that the
time gained is valuable and necessary to their coin
rades at the front.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman.
. L. M. DAYTON, A. D. C.
Official : L. R. EVERTS, Captain and A. A. G.
•
GENERAL HOWARD'S ORDER. •
The following is the order tendering the thanks of
the Army of the Tennessee :
HEADQ'S DitioT AND ARMY TENNESSEE,
NEAR KENESAw MOUNTAIN,
October 9, 1884.
GENERAL FIELD ORDERS No. 18.—While uniting
in the high commendation awarded by the General
in -Chief; the Army of the Tennessee would tender
through me its most hearty appreciation and thanks
to Brigadier General J. M. Corse for his prompti
tude enerys, and eminent success in the defence of
Allatoona Fars, against a force so largely superior
to his own ; and our warmest -congratglations are
extended to him, to Colonel Tonrtelotte, and the
rest of our comrades in arms who fought at Alla
toonarfor the glorious manner In which they vetoed
"the useless effusion of blood."
0. 0. Howeitn, Major General.
Official : M. It. Franr, A. D. 0.
Writing from the Army of the Cumberland, Col.
Samuel Boss, of the 20th Connecticut, says :
• ." READQuARrEIts CITY OP MARIETTA, GA.,
October 8, 1804.
"My DEAR GENERAL: You haTe punished the .
enemy handsomely. • * * I see another
star coming from the East. Good ! It can never
grace a more worthy soldier.
"Your friend, • SAMUEL Ross.
"Col. 20th Connecticut, commanding city:
"Brig. Gee. Joni; PIE. CORSE, commanding 4th
Division, 15th Army Corps."
Rebel journals in Alabama and Georgia (io says
one of General Blair's returned scouts) have glow
ing accounts of "the capture of Allatoona, and
three thousand -Yankees, by French's division."
One Paper remarks editorially, "On a single acre
of ground there was a whole sankee division penned
Trronon a .Protestant country, the veneration for
the emblematic cross is very great in the national
religion of, Denmark, and most of the churches are
hubg with pictures of the Crucifixion, and of other
religions subjects, while, during the administration
<l' the Sacrament, the robing of the priest is of the
Boman Catholic pattern.
Gen. Wallace , SGrder Suppressing. the
Baltimore “Loyalist."
.
A garbled extract from General'Wallaeoes order,
suspending the, publication of the Be,'tinier° Loyalist,
having been pg.blished by a newspaper of this city,
we give below the whole of the document, italicizing
the portions which;state the GeneralPs.reasons for
his action, and , 3which were entirely omitted by our
truthful cotemporarT:
HEADWP.S, MID 43 DSP'II . I. 3 Sth An - stY,Oonrs,
BALmintont, October 29,1861. ,
Editor. of Loyalist:
SIR : On the 26th Instant you placarded your ?mile- -
tin board, on 'Baltimore street, with the announce
ment, 2 . 1 Z large letters, that another draft had been
ordered ; that threo hundred thousand more son had
been canc.:lf& ; that, ttnder the new call, the,supstitule
system would be abolished, 4-c. - With these wicked
falsehoods you associated the name of the Secretary of .
War, evidently,'designing to give your news an official
air. Such bold imposture in the beginning said- •
c lonal , exposes the animus with which your paper
will hereaitor be conducted.
.The Loyalist was started by loyal men, but you,
and the • corps editorial at your back, are dig
loyalists. As a Union paper it obtained most of its
patronage.
Its originators, , on .account of their loyalty, were
influential .enotigh to obtain Government printing,
which helped tII - . up the columns of the very issue
that contained the falsehoods in question. Is it
tolerable that you should take pay from a Govern
ment of which yen are such an unscrupulous enemy
I do not think so..
You will, therefore, from - this date, discontinue
the publication or the Loyalist until the war is over.
The old conductors or the 7Yanscript, Bulletin,
etc., may aS svc?ll accept notice now that they wilt
not be allatkarto publish a paper in Baltimore, no
matter what name or guise they assume.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, .
LEW WALL acs,
• Major General Commanding.
'A true copy : OLIVER INTATTER WS, Capt., A. A. G.
Important Order of General I - looker.
AN. ORGANIZATION NOR ILLEGAL VOTING.
The, annexed order has just been issued liy Major
.
GerteraPHook.er:
1 - IEADQi),ARTERS NORTHRRN DiVARTMENT,
OOLOber 1801.
The comminder thiS department has' received
information that it is the intention of a large body
of men on the northern frontier, on each aide of the
line,openly on one side, and in disguise on the other,
to so organize at tho ensuing national election as to
interfere with- the integrity of the election, and,
when in their power, to cast illegal votes ; in fact,
in any way interfere with tho honest expressions of
the electors.
In view of the foregoing facts, it is made the duty
of, all officer's of the Government, both civil and mi
litary, as well as loyal citizens, to guard Well-the
integrity of the ballot-box..
All
All military officers, including provost marshals
and their assistants, will be held to ,a :strict ac
countability' for- the adoption of such n measures
within their districts or commands as will not only
prevent illegal voting,•but to arrest and _bring to
justice all who attempt such voting, or endeavor to
prevent the , honest exercise of the elective Iran-
The citizens and civil authorities of the towns and
,cities on the northern frontier are particularly re.
quested to give any information they may have, or
may from timelo time rooelve, to the provost mar
shals or military authorities, whose duty it is to in
form the nearest Provost Marshal General or other
military authority, and to take Measures to arrest
and confine any and all connected:with such orga
nizations. The late raid on the lakes and in New
-England are;ample evidence that neither life nor
property is .sa,fe.
All provost marshals and assistants, and all;mili
tary commanders, will take measures to obtain and
report at once any information that may lead'to the
provention.of this interference with, the rights of the
people, or aid in the arrest and punishment of the
offenders;_ they from time to time will report by
telegraph any new facts.
Local authorities will receive all the aid within
the control of the military commander.
-By command of Major General Hooker.
Otticial-40. H. POTTER, AFS't Adj't G en%
A Nigas op .Hood's Losses Last Summer.
The Ginoinnati Commercial of Tuesday says :
We ham ,-a copy of the' Meridian (Mississippi)
Daily Clan'ron of tieptember 28 3 containing a list of
casualties : .
"In the. Bth 'Mississippi Regiment, from May
10, 1864, , to" July 22, 1864, including the campaign
from Dalton, Georgia, to Atlanta, G eorgia."
Concerning the field and staff; there is the follow
ing report:
Field and Staff —Killed—Major William Wat
kins, at Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864; Colonel
John C. Wilkinson, near Atlanta July 22, 1864.
W ounded—Lieut. Col. John F. Smith, near Pine
Mountain, June 19, 1864. Missing—Adjutant J. S.
Fletisf kill, near Atlanta, July 22, 1884." • '
It will be observed that all or the field-officers
are named here. The recapitulation is as follows:
Brcapifttration.—Hilled, 36; wounded, 190; miss
ing, 14. .Total, 240.
Strength el the regiment, 'May 10, time of de
parture irom Dalton, Georgia, 443; killed, wounded,
and missing, 240. Balance, 208.,,
Tlie Late Chief Justice Taney.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE BELLES LETTEES SOCIETY
OF DICKINSON COLLEGE
At a meeting of the Belles Lettres Society of Dick
inson College, held. October 26th, 1861, the death of
Roger B. Taney being announced, the following
preamble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:,
Whereas, It has pleased Almighty God, in His
unerring wisdom, to retboye from his high position
as Ohio Justice of the Supreme Court.of the United
States. Roger B. Taney ; and whereas, in his de
cease, we, the members of the. Belles I.ettres So
clay, whilst bowing submissively to the will of
Heaven,lealize In him the loss of one of, our bright
.
est ornasitent4..therefore,. - ' •
Resolved,. That in the death of - Roger Taney
we have lost one of our oldest and .most honored
members, the country one of Its ablest and most
eminent jurists.
Resolved, That his decisions are generally be
lieved to have been impartial; and founded on the
principles of justice ; and, as such, , have com
manded the respect of the highest courts, both of
this country and of England; and to have swann
ed the reputation of the court, after such a jurist as
Marshall, is the highest honor of an American citi
zen.Ralved, That wo tender to his bereaved family
our sincere condolence and sympathy.
Resolved, That the hall be draped In mourning, and
that we wear the usual badgeof mourning for thirty
days.
Resolved, That a copy of the above resolutions be
transmitted to the family of the deceased, and that,
copies also be sent for publication to the National
Intelligeneer Baltimore American, Pittsburg Conti
inertial, Philadelphia Press, and other papers
thrtughout the country.
J . :ERA/3TM MCKELVY,
• J. D. KURTZ CROOK, ,
•• Z. M. WiLLI ems,
. ,
• Joan M. Ottawa,
. .
. . y LINCBNT BISRBOWSS,
Committee.
Rebels and Remcierats.
To ihe•Editor of The Press'
SIR : Who are exceedingly anxious of gaining po-
Mica' power? Rebels and Democrats. •
Who are exceedingly anxious to save the beau
tiful institution of slavery 7 Rebels and Democrats.
Who, are opposed to Abraham 'Lincoln ? Rebels
and Democrats.
Who are opposed to the policy of Lincoln? Re
bels and Democrats. e
Who say Lincoln is a tyrant and usurper 1 Re
bels arid , Democrats.
Wbo - ;Fay Republicans caused the war'? Rebela
and Democrats.
Who consulted together in regard to the prin
ciples which should be embodied in the Chicago
platform 1 Rebels and / Demooritts.
Who say our effort to suppress the rebellion Is a
failure 1 Rebels and Democrats.
Who Say Lincoln has violated the Constitution
in every part 1 Rebels and Democrats.
Who would like to have Union soldiers deprived
of voting 1 Rebels and Democrats.
Who would like to have the Chicago platform en
dorsed ? Rebels, and their sympathizers the world
over, and Democrats.
Who would like to have had Vallandigham Go
vernor of Ohio? Rebels and Democrats
Who'wonid• like to have G. H. Pendleton, who
never voted a man or a dollar to suppress the re
bellion, Vice President of the United States? Re
bels and Democrats.
Who dislike General Britieri - Rebels and Demo
crats. •
Whose prospeots are brightened when Union
armies are defeated 3 Rebels and Democrats.
Who get set back a peg or two when Union ar
mies gain great victories 'I Rebels and Democrats.
Who talk the most alike of any persons you ever
knew claiming to have different objects in viewl
Rebels and Democrats. -
Who comes nearest to the ft-Simile of a rebel of
anything you can imaglnel A Democrat.
I ern, sir, yours truly, • J. B. 0.
PnExsuTawzrEY, PA.
A Meirdereus
.Outrage Frustrated.
• NOSITIMIIIERLAND, Nov. 1, 1864.
To the Editor of The Press •
Sin: On Saturday evening last an excursion train
left here, filled with citizens of this place and Sun
bury, for Danville, to hear G.F. Train. - On return
ing, about 12 o'clock (and the night very dark),
when about midway between here and Danville the
train.ran on some obstructions that had been placed .
on the track. Tho train was stopped, and, it was
discovered that a rail or piece of scantling had been
drivia ,between the rails at. a switch; and a stake
driven in at 'the end of it, and a number of very
large stones piled on top. Fortunately, the train
was •running very slow at the time. The engine
crushed the rail down, and the cowcatcher pushed
the stones off. It was well arranged for the purpose
intended, and had the train been running with any
speed it must have been thrown off. It occurred at
the most dangerous place between here and Dan
ville, as the train would have probably been thrown
into the canal, and the water at that point is from
ton to twelve Net deep. A MoOlellan meeting was
held the same evening at a place called the-Half
way House, but a short distance from where these
obstructions were placed. They (the McClellan
party) went up from here on a canal boat. Could
they have done it 1 D. M. B.
A Straw.
To the Editor of The Prat,: •
SIR : A vote was taken on the express train
from Washington, this morning, with the following
result •
• Lincoln. McClellan.
Gentlemen 344 155
Ladles 30 14
A NEWSPAPER'S CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.—
On Saturday last the
.. Hartford (Conn.) Courant
completed the one hundredth year of its existence.
It was started in Hartford October 20, 1704, by
Thomas Green " at the Heart and Crown, near the
North Meeting House," under the title of the Con-.
neclicut Courant. The present publishers signalized
the centennial, by reproducing the first number In
fac simile. The following reminiscences are hate.
resting
"During the war of Independence, our publishers
erected a paper 7 mill in Hartford ,'ant made the pa
per on which they printed, and • numerous appeals
and entreaties are to be found in our files to the
goad people of Connecticut to save every scrap of
rags or other material that could be converted into
parer (cotton was not used in those days), and
• bring it to the Courant office for theuse of the paper-
Whatever we may be now, there is no doubt
. that the early publishers of the Courant were pa•
trietic and courageous In• opposing ' the tyranny of
the ministers of. George Third, the stamp act, the
tea tax, &o. historians like Bancroft, Trumbull,
Stuart, ll:Mister, and other writers and polticians
have freely quoted and cited prom the files of the
Courant. At the time when the acceptance or re
jection of the Constitution of the United States was
pending, the debate is fully reported, and as such
men as Oliver Ellsworth, Jeremiah Wadsworth,
and Roger Sherman took part In it, no abler debate
can be found.
64 The Courant had reached its twelfth year before
the first gun of the revolution called a new nation
into being. During the eight years of bloodshed,
distress and poverty,that followed, it held on its
even course without interruption "for a single week.
At the time when the adoption of the. Federal Con
stitution gave birth to the "Union, the Courant was
°leer than a large majority of the papers now pub.
lished in the United States. Its files chronicle the
difficulties that beset the administration of Wash-,
ington, and the wise measures that were adopted
to remedy them.',
TEE WAR 'DE.IIIOCRACY
Addresses - of Generals Dlx and Sickles—Letters of.
Hon. Henry G. Stebbins and Qom Wool.
Tho::.'Purifi.catioA aP ;the Democratic ` Party.
A. grand Convention and mass meeting of, War
Democrats was held on the day and, night of Tues
day, at the Cooper Institute, Neiv;York, Hon.
Jahns Worrell, an eminent War Demoerat of Penn
sylvania, presided, and made a spe,eoh of telling
humor in force in favor of the. election of Abraham
Lincoln. Highly able addrOssoi sustaining the
same course were made by Judge kdvrards Pierre
pout, Goueral Hiram Walbridge, Generals Dlx and
Siekios, and letters were read from 110n..141r. Slob.
Binsand Gen. Wool, Gen. Dix's, " Address to the
Wir Democracy of the 'Union" is an exhaustive re
view of the Democratic party. We extract the fol
lowing: . -
OEN. MIX TO THE WAR DEMOORACY OF THE UNION
PLATFORM FOR 7HE RECORBTRUOTION OF
THEAMIOCRATIO ..FARTY; ,
. We ; can have no companionship with infidelity to
the country -and to, the Democratic, party. [Ap
plause We repudiate the
n otion of the Chicago
'Convention—[applause]—as untrue to all the obli;.
gations of duty, and as a Misrepresentation of the
feelings and opinions of those for whom it assumed
.to speak: [Applauee.] W'b believe that the great
bOtly.of the Democracy are in favor of prosecuting
'the war with unabated vigor till the Insurgent
forces lay down their arms [applause] t.that•they
are opposed to any negotiation for a settlement of
existing differences with those who are threatening
to overthrow the ; Government by force [applause],
and that an indispenSable preliminary of any such
negotiation Is an acknowledgment of the Union as
a compact in full and binding force. [Applause.]
If General McClellan had met, in a manner
worthy of his high pesition, the responslbilitle.s with'
which ho was invested - by a nomination tainted by,
the declarations we have cited, he would have pre
sented himself to the country • with a 1 strong claim
to its confidence. If, without calcalatingthe chances
of success . or defeat IA regardless Of the effect his
opinions might have on tho ballot, he had announced
a suspension of hostilities with' ft disinterested and:
conragedus frankness; and declined the nomination
on the conditions annexed to it as an -impeachment,
of his patriotism and his judgment, ho would hate
gained an elevation of greater honor in the eyes of
his countrymen than any measure of political' suc
cess could give [Applause.] But he accept
ed the nominelon without dissenting from the re
solutions, thus making himself a party to them, and
causing some of his best friends to doubt whether
ho has the firmness and : independence necessary to
carry the country successfully through' the dangers
by which it is surrounded.. Regarding him. as the
exponent of opinions and purposes which we, con
oelve to be, of fatal tendency, and believing, what
ever may be his private convictions ofr hifeepersonal
gbed'qualities, that the want of decided: purpose
his letter of acceptance discloses, would 'ensure his
submission to the influences which controlled the
Convention, we reject his nomination ae, an essen
tial part of its proceedings.. [Applause ]
In coming to this determination, two important
questions present themselves:
• 1. What course shall we, as Individuals, pursue
at the approaching election 1
2. What measures shall we adopt to aid. in re•
storing the Democratic party to the confidence of
the country 1
In regard' to the first question, we have no advice
to . give, except that no Democrat should support
the nominees, of the Chicago Convention, or the
policy it has proclaimed— [applause]—hollevlng, as
we do, that such a co-operation.would place us in
the 'same'relation to the country as that of which
the Federal party stood in the days of. Its decline,
as opponents of the war of 1812. • When the existin
war, with its dangers, its trials, Ms sufferings. and
its excitements shall have passed away, we believe
that no man can have any greater cause for regret
than that of-having supported a candidate for the
highest honors of the Republic, who is bound by the
'declarations put forth as the basis for his action, to
ask rebels with arms in their- hands to grant la. "
cessation of hostilities." [Applause ],. .
• In regard to the second question, welntend to lay
the foundations 'to.day foe a reorganization of the
Democratic party on the principles of Jefferson and
Jackson. [Applause.]' We have not come together
as War • Democrats, but simply as Democrats, and
as an integral part of the Democracy of the Union,
separating ourselves, Under a sense of imperious
duty to the country in its. great extremity, from
those through whose mismanagement, lack of a:wo
olly, and want pf disinterested .patriotism, it has
fallen into demoralization and reproach. From this
depth it can never rise again under the auspices of
those who have thus misled 'and betrayed it.
Tho conditions of its reorganization, which wo re
ear d as fundamental, are—
1. A prosecution of the war with all the .vigor that
can be infused into it untilthe rebellion is suppressed-•--
[applause]—not for the subjugation of the southern
people, but for the overthrow of their leaders—[ap
plausel—who reject all compromise under the Con
stitution, and who should be. expelled from the
country or compelled to submit to the authority of
the Government, and suffer the puulshment.due to
their crimes. [Cheers.]
2. The support Of the State. Governments in all.
their rights under the Constitution, as defined by
Jefferson In his inaugural addiess 1801. [Ap
plause.]
3.. A scrupulous abstinence from the exordia of all
powers not clearly conferred by law. .
4.. The selection of tthe ablest and best men for office,
and an utter repudiation of the degrading rule of
availability.
5. An amendment of the Constitution of the' United
Stales, which shall allow every citizen to vote directly
for P resident and Vice President, instead of the pre
sent system of voting by electoral colleges, which leaves
him no alternative but to lose his vote, or to cast it for
one of the candidates presented
.by party Conventions.
[Renewed applause.]
- 13. An amendment to the Constitution, which shall
render the President .ineligible after .one • term of
service.
7. A preservation of the Union,not'as a recon—
struction, but as a continuance—on the basis of the
Constitution, which we hold to be in full vigor as a
perpetual compact, with none of its rights, duties,
powers, or guarantees impaired or capable of being
modified, except in the mode prescribed by its own
stipulations. -
On this basis of principles we appeal to the De ,
mocracy of the Union for their co•operation and'
support. We ask it in the name of the great men
in whose counsels the party had its origin, the fear- .
less who have sustained it in its trials, and the pure
who carried it unstained for nearly half a century
through the temptations to which it was exposed.
We invoke your aid in purifying it, and in restoring .
it to the primitive dlsinterestelness and elevation of
purpose from which it has fallen. The darkness In
which the fortunes of the county are enveloped will
soon be dissipated—to be followed, let us hope, by a •
brighter prosperity than has ever dawned uponi IL:
But it is not to be disguised that the convulaionS •
through which we are passing will leave behind.
them questions only to be adjusted by the highest
capacity and the largest experience. What hope
is there that Either of the great political parties;
after a retrogade career of a _quarter of a Gen !
tury, will be equal to the task without a thorctugh.
reform I If a higher elevation of purpose,
a:parer patriotism, and a loftier disinterested-,
nese cannot he infused. into the management . of our
political affairs, our system of Government will
prove a disastrous failure. The hope of contribu
ting-to such a reform is one of the objects for whtoh
this meeting has been called. The movement needs
a cordial co-operation on the part of the great body
of the- people to give it effect. At a future time
the appeal to them will be renewed, filling up with.
greater detail the outline traced today. to laying
open the source of the evils under which the peace
and prosperity of the country have been struck
down, and in invoking the popular support and aid
to meet these evils with effectual remedies, we shall
have done all in our power to counteract the bane
ful influences by which all we hold most dear is im
perilled ; but it Is only through the active and de,.
termined interposition of the people themselves
that the Institutions under which we live can be
saved from disorganization and - disgrace, and the
cause of free government throughout the world be
secured from the fatal reflex of an unsuccessful ex
periment on this continent. [Cheers.]
' EEMAIVE.f3 OF OBITBRAL SIOELBS
It cannot be that the Chicago Convention meant
that the war was a failure in a military point of
view. Their meaning was far different. They
meant that it was a failure from their pblitical
point of view, and that there is no reasonable , pros
pect of Its being brought to such a conclusion that
the Sbuthern States can again be their of
allies in the control of this Union. [Applause.] It
means that Mr. Davis, Mr. Slidell, Mr. 'Toombs,
can never resume their places in the Senate of the:.
United States. It means that the bold, asniriors,
progressive spirit of the North shall never again be
subject to the domineering, aristocratic arrogance
of the • South. [Applause; and cries of 1, g00d. 13 ]
There never has existed .a war since the world
began conduCted under the difficulties which
have beset this struggle of ours ; and when we con
sider how manfully the people nave met them; how
willingly sacrifices have been made; how lavishly
money and men have been offered at the feet of
those who have the conduct of affairs, we claim for
the people a due share of the honor which, In gene
rosity and justice, we should accord to those who •
have had the direction of affairs. [Applause.] Bat,
nevertheless,
it is not a matter of wonder that in
this country there• are a great many people who
would rather stay at home till's' 'go to the front.
There are a great many people who do not like to
pay taxes, and who rind high prices a grievous bur
then, and who are disposed, at all times; to count
the cost of everything, Including national honor
and national perpetuity. All these people—and
therare not a few of them—are accommodated by
the Chicago platform. Every sneak in the repub
lic who wants a hiding place can get under
that platform. [Cheers and laughter.] No man, not
even Its candidate, had the courage to stand upon
it: [Cheers and laughter.] The strongest argument
he had heard for the election of Gen. McClellan was
that he repudiated the platform. [Laughter.] We
find now our enemies abroad and at home support,.
ng the election of McClellan. We know that the
rebel armies saluted the nomination of McClellan
with cheers. We know that the English tortes have
sent a petition here three hundred thousand strong
asking us not to hurt.the rebels any more. Every
one of our enemies in Great Britain desire the elect
tion of McClellan, and every one of our friends there
prays fel the success of Lincoln. [Great cheering.]
We know that the great mass-ninety-nine out of
every hundred of the loyal men in this land—who
desire the perpetuation of our nationality, and who
are Willing to make sacrifices to preserve cur coun
try, who are zealous of its honor, who are proud of
its past, hopeful of its future, desire the re election
of Lincoln. [Great cheering.]
.NOBLE LETTER OB RON. HENRY S. STEBBINS.
Tbo following is the letter referred to by General
Sickles:
No. 2 WEST SIXTEENTH STREET, Oct 81, 1861._
To Hon. Francis B. - Culling, Chairman, : •
DEAR Snt : I regret that illness will deprive me of
the privilege of personally participating in the pro
ceedings ofthe Democrats who will meet this eve
ning•at the Cooper Institute. Your invitation to
me to speak makes it my privilege to express my
sympathy with the objects of the meeting, as• my
convictions and feelings make it my duty to do.. I
think, sir that the principal object of this assem
blage of Democrats- is to reaffirm the traditionary
doctrines of policy under which the Democratic
party rose to power and long maintained - itself as
the best political representative of the people of
the United States. One of these doctrines, as
understood by us from of old, teaches that it
IS the highest, duty of every citizen, in a - time
of war, to give the energies of his mind and cha
racter to the support of his country's Government.
When its armies are in the field, and in front of the
enemy, the citizen cannot, by word or act, trifle
with this duty, without jeopardizing the national
cause.. While in Congress last winter I governed
my official action by this conspieration, and I felt
that ire doing so I'aoted as became a Democrat who
understood and was inspired by the true spirit of
his•party,•as shown to the world for long and glori
ous years. Were I a Representative in Congress
to-day, the Democratic principle of supporting the
Government of my country In any and every war.
.waged against her would still be my guide. This
time-honored doctrines I fall to discover in the prin.
,ciples embodied in the platform of the. Chicago
Convention. The platform would make us a peace
organization in a time of war. It would make
'us furnish formidable aid to the rebellion against
which our' Government is striving, with the co
operation of all its patriotic citizens. Those na
tions abroad which look for our national humilia
tion as a check to be given, in their interest, to our
• growing,power, do not lair to perceiwthe direct
subserviency to that end of the principleS'promul-
Tailed at Chicago as those of the Democratic faith.
h e, principal men of the rebellion see their ad
FOUR CENTS.
vantage in the Chicago platform. Some of them
have written letters designed for influence in
the loyal section of the country, in which they
claim the framers and friends of that plat
form as their natural allies. Certainly they are-
not far out of the way, if we may judge by
the persistence with which the politicians thus
claimed as allies s of the rebellion repeat that the
great obstacle Writhe° Is our Administration. And •
in what way do these 'representative Southerners
propose to solve our difficulties? Why, by a Con
vention of all the States 'in their "sovereign
capacity"—by the - making the very question
which 1s now undergoing the wager•of battle the
basis of a settlement which' Shall give the rebels
by concession what they are unable - to obtain by
force. , Their aim is carefully to delude the Demo,
ore tic mind of the North into the belief the:. the States
Rights, which we admit to be subordinate 'to the
central au thorityof the :United Statee,are hut another
name for State sovereignty, a thing which the States
under the'Conatitution never had, and the very ad
mdesion of which by tut would at once put us entirely
in the wrong for the farther prosecution of the war.
Would that be a, becoming attitude for the Demo
cratic party? Is it becoming for the Democracy to
receive sympathy and poll - tidal aid from the ene
mies of our country abroad and its rebels at home ?
The manner in which the party carries on the can
vass is, to my 'mind, a strikirig.departure front its
old ways. I miss the grave and impersonal ex
position of the needs of the times and the reme
dies for- the countsy's tronbles„ which Demo
crats judge to be suitable. In lieu of the warm
discussion for our .principles,:whore - feeling was
used as the, ally -of reason in , dealing with our
optenfents and - WO whose - Votes ware equally
sought by : ' both- sides, I regret to see that the chief
argument riled in this campaign consists clipers•
- zonal abuse of MlS:Lincoln and his• Cabinets and
of all In, public life who sympathize with",thein.
Is this the old' Damdoratic way of treating op
ponentsl I think that every honorable feeling,
should prompt us to do our adversaries in adminiss
tration justice and gladly to acknowledge, whore
e can, the ability and the faithfulness 'they show.
In the case of Mr. Lincoln : A man of humble ori
gin, he has shown in the discharge of his duties, un
paralleled for their difficulty and delicacy, a dispo
sition to act only after the fullest' investigation,
a fairness In dealing with contending interests, that
the people will one day- appreciate, an unwearied
patience that has sometimes done the - work of
genius, and a faithfulness to what..he judges to be'
the interest of the country, that must command the
kindly sympathy of all men who remember-that his
shoulders now sustain the greateat load of care the
world-ever raw imposed on one man. Withoutpres
tending for a ruoment 'approve of all that has '
been done by the Seeretary.M State, I think that it
is but just. to say of him that he has guided his
polies , with success toward the groat end of keep
ing foreign nations from interfering with us while
engaged 'in our -struggle for national exist
ence. Let any one . who is hostile to Mrs Seward
reflect what our condition might, have been, had
he. allowed - ' a
chance for intervention by those
Gtrvernmenis on whom - the South has so long
counted for help. Much may be forgiven by De
mocrats to. the conservative statesman who,
more than-any other, has kept us clear of fce
'reign complication; Justice, too, Is due from Demo
cram to the Secretary of War. The labor and re
sponsibility which are loaded upon bin' are enor
, mous, and it is fairly a matter of congratulation that
in so vests field of war his ability andePersonal in
dustry have achieved so much. We should fly in
the face of common sense and common fairness -if
we refused to include Mr. Stanton in the pride with
-which we regard the achievements of our gallant
armies. The Secretary of the Navy cut point to
hundreds of vessels now employed in oldr service,
and justly claim sympathy from us when we have
seen every.rebel seaport but one-either captured or
.closed, and the blockade of the Miesissippi effectu
ally raised. But the most abused of all the Go•
vernment is the Into Secretary of the Treasury.
From my . seat in Congress I endeavored to do jus
tice to the man whose exertions have raised all the
money needed for the maintenance of the most
'costly armaments ever known. Mr. Chase, like
any author of a system, is entitled to be
judged on a full survey of his plans, re
gamed a whole, -and as expounded by
himself. Thus judged, -we find that Mr. Chase
claimed for his system that it was intended only for
a - time of war; that his scheme of the National
Banks, completely carried out, wonhigradually fur
nish as much currency as the country really needed;
that it, - would replace the legal-tender notes, and
smooth the way to a - resumption 01 specie payments
by making the change graanal, so as to avoid the
anticipated collapse. His views of taxation, re
peatedly expressed, were far in advance of thoselin
tertained, at any rate 'Until within a. year, by the ma
jority in Congress. His whole system has-never
been perfected'; it was materially altered by Con
grees, and- of course he is not responsible for
tbo objects of its, partial working. Compelled,
as the Republicans were, by their position, to
present financial measures, let us do them the
justice to allow that during the war they -me
rited a fair trial and a generous support. That
so much money has• been •raised at all, is a sub
ject of wonder abroad;'and I think it duo to those
Who have done the work, that they should receive
some credit for it-at' -home'. - I - can never • believe
that it is to our honor, as Democrats, to. doers ,
and vitrify our political opponents., They are
citizens,' with us, of one common country ; and either
they or we must administer its affairs. While strict
with them in (face, let us ever bejuetto them. The
extreme tenderness shown for slavery by a large
portion of the. Democratic party is doubtless one
great -cause of the - sympathy which - the Chicago
Convention has met . with in the - rebellions State's.
I have no doubt that this - tenderness has
sprung from the old' and leng political com
munion with the Sontlfern Democrats, and as little
doubt that it has so thoroughly outlasted the con
nection, that the sentiment still exists, while the
issue of slavery has ceased to live. I cannot think
it consistent with the true Democratic doctrines to
go out of one's way to favor a system,'in support of
which not one word can be truly uttered, and which
has led to the aerial miseries of this 'desolating
war. Slavery is doomed, in my judgment, whatever
be the result ofour struggle; and what faithful Demo.
crat should so retrograde as tomourn its fall, or fear
to tread the untried fields of universal freedom. On
the points of prosecuting the war till the rebels sub
mit, of sustaining the Government in all its mea
sures to suppress the' rebellion - and' restore - the
authority, lam at variance with:the Chicago
platform, toad 'I will not defer to its claim that it is
the exposition of the true Democratic faith. - We
know the men whom it represents, and we know
that they have little in common with the old
leaders whose lives and labors made• the party glo:
ZlOlll3. If the platform - of' thesChicago Convention
does represent the mass of living Democrats
In- the North, it so far deviates from all
that made Democracy great that its defeat
is more desirable. Its friends are unfit to -go
vern the country, especially in these alas's, and
with our honorable party-name on their standards.
If, therefore, the meeting over-which, sir, you are to
preside, can do something to give new vigor to the
old and triumphant ideas under whose sway the
Democratic party was the instrument of ao much
good to our country and to the world, I shall feel
proud to have had my name connected-with it. If'
we sue coed in retaining in view the doctrines which
have been violently assailed during the last few
years of our internal dissensions as a party, we may
hope to five to see the old supremacy freely accorded
by an intelligentpeople to those genuine Democratic
ideas which are at onoethe guide of our conduct, the
interpretation of our political needs, and the best
safeguard of our institutions.
Respectfully yours, Hewer G. STEBBINS.
LETTER FROM MAJOR GENERAL JOHN It. WOOL.
• TROY, Monday, Oct. 31;1864.
H. C. Page, Secretary, .g•c.:
Mr DEAR SIR: I give you many thanks for the
circular anamencieg a mass meeting of the Demo
cracy opposed to the Chicago platform, and I trust
that the election of George B. McClellan for Pre
sident of the United States, and G. H. Pendleton,
Vice President—both representatives of the Sons of
Liberty, alias the Knights of the Golden Circle, of
which Jeff Davis, the rebel President, is a member,
and.Vallandigham commandealmohlef—will never
take place. The members are scattered throughout
the country, North and South, and, with arms in
their possession, only wait the bidding of Davis and
Vallandlisha,m to execute their hellish designs—the
ruin and destruction of the Union. This must not
be permitted, and I trust the true Democracy wilt
not be wanting in patriotic efforts to an in putting
down, .at the approaching elections this - dangerous
and wide-spread conspiracy against the Union and
its Government, whose aim and object, under false
colors, - the popular cognomen of Democrats, is to
lay at the feet of Jeff Davis our glorious flag of the
Union.
If possible, I will be with yOu in the evening. I
am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JorrN E, WOOL.
Cheers wore then given for Gen. Wool.
A Sketch of the President.
Han. William Whiting, Solicitor of the War Da.
partment, in his speech at the Soston MuslC
on Monday evening, sketched President Lincoln u
follows :
Perhaps you will expect me to say a word upon
the personal qualifications of our candidate for the
Presidency. It has been my good fortune to see
much of the President. He is one of the most in
dustrious, hard-working men in Washington. His
manners and style of dress, and of living, are sim
ple and unostentatious. He puts on no airs. He
is as kind, tender-hearted, and generous man. He
opens his house to the public. He hears the com
plaint of the humble. He is the friend of the pee
ple ! He is not puffed up by the 'distinction of office,
and, assumes no superiority on account °this eta- -
Um]. He has a great love of wit and humor, and
dons. tell stories. Perhaps this peculiar quality of
humor may have saved him from being broken
down by, the weight of his cares and immense re
sponsiblittlee.. - - • -
Having observed his conduct under trying. cir
cumatances, he has seemed to me to be one of the
most conscientious public men I have ever known.
His honesty, as you all know, is incorruptible and
• nfllnching. His ability—his intellectual powers,
have, I think, not been sufficiently appreciated. He
takes broad, comprehensive views of every subject
he examines. He looks at all its bearings. He is
cautious in getting at the fads. He dreads mis
takes which might, mislead him, or do injustice to
the absent. His reasoning powers seem to me to be
of a high order:: His iiiiteourse and his writings are
plain but powerful. They are loaded with common
sense. . •
To many he eeems too slow and too cautious. He
may be :so. But we must remember. that what is
too slow 'for New England may be too fast for the
Western States ; and the States must go together,
or they cannot go at all. He has been called vacil
lating. But no President has ever trod his onward
path-with firmer steps. He has never looked baok
ward. ; nor has he ever broken his word, nor taken
ha& what he has said. While he holds a question
under consideration he listens to all opinions in or.
out of his Cabinet. When he has fully made up hiss
mind he is immovable. • I do not hesitate to say that
Genera Jackson had no - more firmness than Presi
dent Lincoln; but the former was guided to his
condi:dons (too often) by will and temper; the
latter is only guided by conscientious conviction of
duty
It has been said that the President is overborne
by the influence ()lithe members of his Cabinet, and
is thus swayed one way and the other. The instance
most relied on is that of Mr. Blair. • Yet it is a fact,
that on most of the great questions of public policy
relating to slavery, the President has gone directly
against the views of Mr. Blair, and finally requested
him to resign his seat in the Cabinet: Beyond all
question, Mr. ,Lincoln is now and always has been
the controlling mind•in. the Government,. They are
greatly mistaken who suppose that firmness of pur
pose, decision of character, and gentleness of man
ners are not combined in him. He wins constantly
upon,the respect of all, who know him well, and,
whatever faults' he may have, whatever errors of
judgment he may have committed under the un
paralleled difficulties of the Government, in a new
and untried eituation, yet those who know him best
believe that he is the mender the ho.pr, and that he
• has'been raised up by the Providence of God to save
thig people.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says :
""The following story is told. of -plutky John
Logan. At Blount Jefferson county, DI.,
October 25, he spoke to an Vernon}mmeniie Union gather
ing. During his speech a Dr. Green, of rdount Ver•
non, accompanied by his son l botlC armed with re
volvers, grossly insulted the General, who 'burled a
glass at Green's head; and,but for his dodging be.
hind a column, he would . have 'been felled like a
beef. The valorous Dootdr r lilre a true peace sneak
as he Is, drew his pistol, whereupon the General
seined a pitcher andrushed•like lightning upon him,
and but for the timely interference of his_ friends_
there would • have ' been one leas Copperhead in
Mont Ternon., ,, • . •
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VINDICATION OP PURE DIiMOCRACT.
Alter a great victory over the rebels, nothing could'
have more effectually dimpened Copperhead, or
inspired:loyal spirits, than the action which has
just been taken by the representatives of the. pure
Democracy of the emintry. Yesterday will be "!e
-membered as the day decisive of the :retreat of re
spectability from the wretched disleyallst party,
and the self-assertion of worthy Democrats. Hence
forth Mr. McClellan has no claim to stand at the
heid even of a sacalled Democracy. The event is
one of great moral importance. The " fon:nuns,
not men," who have heretofore crouched behind the
mask, have bee% unmasked. The poor, lonesome
Napoleon, whothought the prestige of Demo . cratie
choke—of the names of Democratic sages—would
carry him triumphantly to the White House, finds
himself supported only by pure, unadulterated Cop
perheadism. The Respectables have oonteruptri
ously gathered their skirts, avoiding contact with
the infinite Bogus, otherwise the Unterrifted.
• THE ORIGINAL CALL
for the Convention was couched in terms of unmis
takable devotion to the Union. No one doubted
what tho sensiof the Convention, as embodied in
the resolutions, would be. Somei seemed to think
that while ignoring the
.Copperhead candidata, it
would ytt, feel too strongly the bonds of party ties to
adifie the earnest support of Mr. Lincoln. It wad
even suggested that a new candidate would be
brought. forward, and• the votes of the pure Berrie
cracy given him upon a war platform similar to that
of Baltimore.
A PRELIMINARY ISIERTING
of delegates was hold yesterday afternoon. The
ball was crowded to excess, while many gefitlemen
who were desirous of witnessing the proceedings wore
unable to obtain admittance. A committee on per
ntrient organization was appointed, which reported
the following list of officers :
President—James Worrell; Pennsylvania.
Vide Presiderts—.Tamea Wheeler, Maine • W. T.
Watson, Now Hampshire ; John V. NegsOn''
moat; . Solomon Parsons, Massachusettsji jogniTil
linghast, Rhode Island ; John P. Hawley, Conneetg
cut Benjamin Brandretle, New York; J. Martin
Ryerson, New Jersey ; Thos; Fitzgerald, Pennsyl
vania ; - George Nebeker, Delaware ; Wm. Ramsy.
Maryland ; Pierrepont Evans, West Virginia. kThe
mas Doblower, Ky. ; Martin o , Donnelly, .Tenn. ;
•E. R. .Hough, Ohio 4 ,.David J. Porter, Indiana;
Benjamin Curry, Illinois; Gideon Hobbs, Wisoon.
sit ; Thos. S. Sprague Michigan ; James Middle
.ton, Missouri ; Hugh P helps,-Iowa; l Theodore Sal
ly, Minnesota ; 'Vernon Shay, Kansas; J. 0. Ellery.
California; Cyrus Knowlton, Oregon. '
. TER RESOLUTIONS,
which follow, were adopted with thorough unanimi
ty and great enthusiasm : - • -
Whereas, A crisis has arrived in the hikers , of our
country threatening, by armed rebellion, destrue
tibn to the national life, and persons under the name
and • prestige , of the emocratic character, misled
by the delusions of party, or acting from treason-
able motives, are aiding the rebellion and injuring
the national. prospects, all true Democrats are re
quired by. their loyalty to the Government, whish
our fathers in their wisdom founded, and by their
labors and sacrifices sustained, to express openly
and by some authoritative enunciation their entire
devotion to the cause of their country, and their
views on the questions of policy involved by its pre
sent condition, and ,to lay before the world the real
principles of Democracy; it is, therefore,
Resolved, That we Democrats will sustain the
war ; that as we accepted with entire unanimity
the gage of battle when forced upon us by the re
bels at Fort Sumpter, we will not shrink troin the
consequent sufferings and privatitns, but scorning
the suggestions of craven submission, will boldly
carry it through in spite of error and reverse, till
victory shall crown our efforts, andipeace,
upon the Union, shall be restored.
That, although in the commencement inexperi
ence may have led to error and mistake, we believe
that the war is at the present time pressed.with
commendable energy and with remarkable success,
and should deprecate any change in publio affairs
that might result in removing from the command
of the army Generals Grant, Sherman, and Sheri
dan; and from the navy Farragut, Porter, • and
Winslow. •
That we do not admit the war under there leaders
t 6 bave been in any respect a failure, and point to
the fact that the great portion of the rebellions
States bas been recovered, and all but a few vessels
of the rebel navy have been destroyed, to prove that
the gratitude of tho nation is due to the noble sol
diers and sailors whose uncomplaining patriotism
and invincible courage have brought us to the verge
of final victory.
That% is neither good policy nor cempatible with.
the dignity of our Government to request a cessa
tion et hostilities or other terms of eettlernent
until the rebels shall have expressed a desire, which.
they have hitherto invariably and in the most in
sulting language disclaimed, to-return to the Union.
But If such desire be properly expressed,' with.
guarantees of good faith, that the greatest liberal!.
ty both towards their persona and property should
be; extended to -them, allowance being made for
the delusions and deceptions that have been prac
tised upon them.
That, while we admit occasional acts of weaknesit
In the Administration, we accept the consequent
duty of supporting and ' strengthening it, without re
gard to the party affiliations of . the incumbent; and
utterly repudiating the doctrine of secession. we
favor the employment of the most vigorous mea
sures for the reetoration of the Union, with Its obli
gations unaltered and its integrity unimpaired.
Believing ,the war in defence of our laws and' li
berties to be eminently jopt, we see no reason for
suspending it until its object shall have been ao
complishedrknowing that more delay strengthens
the rebels, by enabling them to enforce their con
scriptions, to complete their fortifications, till their
Ittorelthuse ,s 'and . replenish,..their armories, and_ we
consider that all legitimate means of honorable
warfare may be employed in its aid.
As no nation has ever been able to conduct a wag
approaching in magnitude the conffictthat desolatea
our country without financial pressure, we meg
nize and submit to the necessity, being convinced
that the boundless resources of a restored Unicin
wlll . be amply sufficient to meet our liabilities, and
that the salvation of our country is well worth all.
it costs..
We therefore urge our fellow-Democrats to sus
tain the Government as it exists, and to support In
the coming elections the candidates that express
these views.
TUB HASS DITIETINCF
in the evening was symbolical of more than point.
cal spirit. It developed a will and determination
to repudiate all partisanship and clasp hands with
the party pledged to the support of the Union.
Speeches werelmade by Hon. Edwards Pierrepont,
General John A. Dix, General Sickles, and others,
all briathing a stern devotion to the good cause,
and spurning as treasonable and unmanly the her
maphrodite platform of the Chioago Convention.
The influence of this meeting is felt today. A life
long Democrat said to me: "The party has . 00m.
ranted suicide, the good men are leaving it. It had.
better lay itself aside for ten years." He is one of
the many converts who repudiated. party for prin.
ciples.
'MS MON-OLAD DICTATOR.
will have her engines and guns tested to-day, at
Sandy Hook. Should everything work in a satis
factory manner, she will be ready for a trip to
Hampton Roads. Her ultimate destination is un
known; somebody having at length kept a secret.
Wild rumor points to Wilmington, however.
THE COURTS.
United States Circuit Comet —judges
• Grier and Cadwalader.
The Philadelphia and Reading, Railroad Company
vs. Charles Iderrison et al. Before . reported. This
ease is still under argument.
District Court—.lltids'e Hare.
Loran A. Ensworth vs. J. W. Jermon and J. R.
Jones. An action of replevin to recover a' lot of
lumber. Verdict for plaintiff, $1 damages.'
Adjourned for the week.
District Court—Judge Stroud.
Robert Buckman, to the use, &c., vs. S. G. Flagg.
An action of trover and conversion to recover for,.
the use of certain machinery, tools, &c. Verdict—
for plaintiff $1,203.15..
Thos. Richardson & Co. vs. E. N. Kellogg & Co.
An action on foreign attachment to recover $3,004,
the amount alleged to be the plaintiffs by reason of -
the refusal of defendants to take and pay for 43
bales of wool purchased by them at 33 cents per
pound. Five bales of the wool only were taken and
paid for, and this action is brought to recover the .-
difference between the contract price and the price
at which the bales not taken by defendants were
sold for at auction by Dutilh, Cook, & Co. The
.de.
fence set up was that the defendants had paid for
all the wool they, purchased.
Court ofQnarter Seisions—JudgeThomp.._
Adolph Grois was convicted on an indictment
charging him with maintaining' a nuisance at his _
residence, corner of Culvert and Lithgow streets; -
up town. The nuisance was a pig -pen, containing
ten pigs, which he was in the habit of feeding with
the offal of slaughtered animals, the stench arising
from which was so disgusting to the neighbors, that
they brought a criminal prosecution against hint..
Sentence deferred.
The only other cases tried were assault and bat
tery oases, of no moment.
THE POLICE.
Motors Mr; Alderman Beltler.J.
THE HEAVY LARCENIr•CASE—PAW2T - J3EOI4RS
IN TROUBLE.
Devonshire Williams and Mary Kent, who..were.
arrested a few days since by Reserve Officer °lanes.
and Detective Levy, on the charge of commttting..s.Z.
series of larcenies, were arraigned for a final heat
ing at the Central Station yesterday a ft ernoon. A.
large quantity of goods, consisting of various- ark:
tides of wearing apparel, bed-clothing, enter and
plated ware were recovered. • Officers .Leyy
Carnes testified as to the recovery of the goods-from
the dwellings of both the defendants, and from the',
pawnshops of A. J. - .Megary, Henry Marcus, and
John Daly. These- pawnbrokers, in common with
the entire fraternity ,, were notified of the robberies,
and the kind of articles stolen. No response -was ,
made by them to the officers; and in - regard to Me
garY particularly, the officials met with unnecessary :
obstruction. in their efforts to recover tha.goods.
The following witnesses were examined :
Martha Donaldson, who identified a shawl and.
wearing apparel. • -
Ellen Griffith, window curtains, blankets, &c.
Five hundred dollars' worth of property was stolen_
from her house. • .
Fanny McVeigh was robbed of one hundred dol
lars, worth of goods. She identified some articles
that hid been recovered.
Theodore D. Emory,_ a boarder at the "Markoe.
House, was robbed of fifty dollars' worth.ef apparel.
He identified several pieces.
Mr. E. M. Deacon, J. W. Itoundtroe,. 0. A. Tear.
het; 7. L. Bodine, and Mr. Lewis Identified a
number of articles. Mr. 'Bodine was robbed of
one, thousand dollars' worth of goads. A silver.
castor, ice pitcher, butter plate, and wine stand
were recovered with difficulty from the pawn-shops.
The alleged thietes were committed In default of
34,000 each, and the pawnbrokers were bound over
in the sum of $l,OOO each. -
[Beton Mr. Alderman Welding.]
DARING LARCENY.
Henry Bower is the name' given by a, man arrested
yesterday on the charge of stealing a number of
chairs from the jewelry store of Dlr. J. P. Trove, On
North Eighth street. It is alleged thatthe prisoner
called at the store, and from an Inquiry which.
be madenthe attendant, was induced to go up
stairs. Daring his' absence the prisoner. started
away with the chairs. Upon being pursued by a
police officer, the fellow threw the chairs down and
attempted to escape by running. Several bottles of
perfumery, and three or four bunches of tooth-picks,
were found Upon his person.. He was committed to
answer. The same individual was arrested a short
time since on the charge of stealing a man's watch,
but because there was not sufficient evicleve again",
• him, he wad dUcbargad a 6 timg , ttszw,