Ely (Olotie. W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor HUNTINGDON, PA. Wednesday morning, Oct. 21, 1863. Our Flag Forever "!know of no mode in which a loyal citi zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to his country as by sustaining the Flag the Constitution and the Union, under all circum stances, and ENDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION, REGARDLESS OF PARTY POLITICS, AGAINST ALI SSAILANTS, AT BIOME AND ABROAD." A. DouGLAs The Grand Result in the County. The majority in the county comes fully up to our expectation, and is such a gain over the majority given Curtin three years ago, that would, if there had been equal gains in all other coun ties in the State, make his majority at the late election not less than fifty thousand. The vote in the county is larger than it has ever been, and the majority for the Union candidates for county offices is much larger than any party candidates ever received. If all our soldiers bad been at home our ma jority would not have fell short of fif teen hundred. Barree, heretofore the stronghold of the Democracy, when the party was a Democratic party, has repudiated the treason of its lead ers, and stands firm to the principles of the old Jackson war Democracy.— Other townships have also done well —better than Union men expected they could do. linnlr at Porter, War riorsmark, Walker, and other town ships. lluntingdon borough, too, has not done .bad, only 113 majority for Curtin, a gain of nearly one hundred over Curtin's majority three years ago, when he had 32,000 majority in the State. Hundreds of honest Democrats were deceived into the belief that they were supporting the old Democratic party—the honorable party as it ex isted before traitors took charge of its organization. They will now have time to reflect, and see how badly they were deceived into the support of the rebel cause. We do not pity them much. 1093 MAJORITY FOR CURTIN. Good for Old iluntingdon ! hip ! hip ! ! IIUZZA! ! ! The Result in Pennsylvania. The Union party has elected the Governor, Supreme Judge, a majority in the Senate, and a majority in the House of Representatives. The ma jority for Governor Curtin is not as largo as it should be, but he is elected, and by a handsome majority, and Woodward : is defeated. Bogus Demo cracy is shelved ! The right arm of our Government is strengthened ! Traitors will tremble 1 Our brave sol diers will rejoice ! The rebel army will get weak in the knees ! Treason will be crushed ! Pennsylvania Election From the Evening Bulletin of Monday We have made a careful revision and cor rection of our election tables, adding all the new official returns that have been received, and the vote fur Governor stands thus at pro sent: Carlin Woodward. 35 counties official, . 158,982 153,083 31 " unofficial, . 19,700 7,161 178,682 160,244 Total, Curtin's majority, 18,438 The full official returns will change this majority slightly, but we still think it will not go below eighteen thousand. In the vote for Supreme Judge, Agnew falls slightly behind Governor Curtin, but his majority over Lowrie, is likely to be ful ly fifteen thousand. The total vote of the State is likely to reacts 520,000. The largest vote ever polled before was in October, 1860, -amounting to 492,672. The State Legislature, we think will stand as follows : Senate. House. Total Union, . . 17 52 69 Opposition . 16 48 64 Union mnjority on joint ballot, Vallandigham Still in Canada. The Ohio Democracy have decided by a majority of upwards of a hundred thousand that Vallandigham can re main in Canada or any other place be yond the lines of the loyal States.— The majority against him will not be less than 65,000. lOWA, 0. K. The Union men have carried the State by from 10,000 to 15,000 majority. The great West is sound for the Union. Geo. W. Householder, This gentleman is elected to the Senate from this district, which gives us a majority of one in the Senate.— His majority in this county is 988, in Somerset 1200, and Bedford gives about 300 against him. He holed the Baer handsomely. Capt. Harry Gregg, of this place, and Lieut. Joseph Green, of Barrce Forge were taken prisoners by the robs last week on the _Rappahannock. LATEST NEWS. it is not true that Gen. Meade's ar my has fell back to the defences at Washington. His headquarters are at Centreville, and his army is in a safe position. Lee's army it is reported is in the neighborhood of Manassas. There has been several skirmishing fights lately, and a heavy battle is ex pected to come off soon. Meade it is said is ready for the contest. Gen. Crook's command in Rosecran's army, is doing good service in the Southwest. He lately fought Wheeler's entire command with only two brig ades, defeated it and capturing four pieces of artillery, one thousand stand of cavalry arms, 240 prisoners, besides the wounded. The rebs were complete ly demoralized and their loss during the raid was not less than 2,000. UNFORTUNATE MCCLELLAN.—On the day previous to the late election, the traitor leaders in Philadelphia, persuaded Gen. McClellan to pub lish a letter endorsing the polit ical character of Judge Wood ward. This letter was published in the Age and printed in hand bills and posted at all public places in .the city. Of course it was supposed by the sym pathisers that a •word from "Little Mack" would influence the soldiers at home to vote almost unanimously for Woodward, but it was soon discovered that the soldiers who were the friends of "Mack" were not willing to march to such music. They found him in bad company, advocating the :election of the candidate nominated by the bogus Democracy— the candidate the rebels wanted elected, and they spurned his advice and voted for Curtin,their friend and a firm supporter of the Gov ernment. "Mack" has "put his foot in it." A Woodward man can never get the vote of Pennsylvania, and the sympathisers now know this fact, and they will be sorely troubled to find a candidate fur the Presidency in '64. "Mack" is as dead as Wood ward and Vallandigham—he is a used up candidate and his friends have " did it." -STEPIIEN What the Townships have done--Ne ver was a larger vote polled by the vo ters of this county, and never did one ticket receive as large a majority. The Union men of the different townships worked with a will and they can smile upon their success. Almost eve ry township has succeeded in giving Curtin a majority—some doubling and others going far ahead of the vote in 1860. Union men you have doncyour duty well, and the soldiers in the field, fighting your country's battles, will thank you for encouraging and sus taining them in their righteous cause. Caldwell, Speer, Petrikin, Africa, Co lon, Granny Wilson & Co.—These poor devils are in a bad fix. They have la bored night and day for many months that treason might prosper. What have they for their labor ? Defeat, and the loss of money they were foolish to bet. More than this—they have lost the confidence of all loyal Union men,—they have lost the good will of our brave soldiers,—the children point at them the finger of scorn,—and loy al Democrats deceived by them, curse them. No wonder they feel like crawl ing into a dark hole and calling upon the hole to close up, that they may bo hid from the world forever. The cry of " Democratic party " will not cover up their sins—their opposition to the best Government on earth. TONTRAlltNuS'—Ever•since this re bellion has been in progress, but more particularly sincethe first day ofJan uary last, when the Presidents eman cipation proclamation took effect,have negroes, who had been held in bond• ago emigrated from amid the secession hot-beds and found homes in the North where liberty -has a broader scope. Every town almost that is a consider able distance north of Mason - and pixons line has received a fair propor tion of culled bredren; and along with the rest our town has received its share. Nothing should be said against the pol• icy of these "contrabands" in thus flee ing the wrath of their maddened "chi valric" masters; but if our opinion was required we should say that the "colo nization scheme" is not receiving an extraordinary amount of acquiescence from those whom it most concerns. 160,244 How the Ohio Soldiers Voted. CHARLESTON, Va., Oct. 14, 1863 The Ohio troops at this place held an election yesterday, which resulted as follows: Brough, 2,833; Vallandig ham, 5. BALTIMORE, OCt. 14, '63. At an election of the Ohio soldiers here, 79 voted for Brough, and 2 for Vallandigham. The two votes - cast for Vallandigham were given by two de serters from the regiment now in con• finement. PHILADELPHIA, Oet. 15. The Ohio soldiers at Chesnut Hill Hospital vote Brough 80, Vallaudig ham none. CAIRO, Oct. 16. The following is the vote of the 27th 39th and 63d Ohio regiments, station ed at Memphis: Vallandigham, 91; Brough, 1,590. The amendments to the Constitu tion giving the soldiers the right to vote in the army, did not, properly come up for ondorgement by the peo ple at the late election. They must pass the next legislature before they can he submitted to the people. In this county 2178 votes were cast for the Amendments, and 24 against thorn. Proclamation by the President A Call for 300,000 more Troops. IVAstttxo•rov, Oet.l7.—By the Pres ident of the United States of America A PROCLAMATION. WitcticAs, The term of service of a part of the volunteer forces of the Uni ted States will expire during the com ing year ; and zehereas, in addition to the men raised by the coming draft, it is deemed expedient to call out three hundred thousand volunteers to serve. for three years or during the war, not however, exceeding three years. .Yow, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy thereof, and of the militia of the several States when called into active service, do issue this my proclamation calling upon the Governors of the different States to raise and have en listed into the United States service for the various companies and regi ments in the field from their respective States, their quotas of three hundred thousand men. I further proclaim, that all volun teers thus called out and duly enlisted shall receive advance pay, premiums and bounty as heretofore communica ted to the Governors of States by the War Department through the Provost Marshal General's office by special let ters. I further proclaim that all vol unteers received under this call, as well as all others not heretofore credited, shall be duly credited on and deducted from the quotas established for the next draft. I further proclaim that if any State shall fail to raise the quota assigned to it by the War Department under this call, then the said quota shall be made on said State or on the districts of said State for their due proportion of said quota, and the said draft shall commence on the Ist day of January, 1864. And I further proclaim, that nothing in this proclamation shall interfere with existing orders, or those which may be issued for the present draft in the States where it is now in progress or where it is not yet commenced.— The quota cf the States and districts will be assigned by the War Depart ment through the Provost Marshal General's office, due regard being had for the men heretofore furnished, whe ther by volunteering or drafting, and the recruiting will be conducted in ac cordance with such instructions as have been issued by the department. In issuing this proclamation, I ad dress myself not only to the Governors of the several States, but also to the good and loyal people thereof, invok ing them to lend their willing, cheer ful and effective aid to the measures thus adopted, with a view to reinforce our victorious armies now in the field and bring our needful operations to a prosperous end ; thus closing forever the fountains ofseditious and civil war In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Wash-- {T s} ington, this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of United States the eighty-eighth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN By the President, WM. 11. SEWARD, Scey of State. The War Democracy. We find the following senbible eh in the Harrisburg. Telegraph, a leaching Republican paper. We have that tenacious love for our principles and party, which noth ing can turn aside but just such dan ger as that which now invests the Union and threatens the Government. In this hour of peril to the Government wo have been and still are willing to sacrifice party to insure the general good. Nor have we been alone in the exercise of such a feeling of sacrifice.— The War Democracy of Pennsylvania have set their brethren of the Nation an example which will be emulated hereafter by all true Democrats who are in earnest in their efforts to rescue the land from rebellion. Let the War Democracy, then, be invited to the highest honors of the triumph. Let room be made for them, wherever the country's defenders are recieved with loud acclaim. Let them be wel comed to our hearths and blessed at our alters. They have sealed their devo tion to their country in a sacrifice such as men never before made. The glo ry of a party which had almost become sacred in their oyes, was trampled in to the dust to defend the glory of the country. The traditions of an organ ization which was invested with the most sacred memories, and around which clustered their holiest affections, were repudiated to render imperish able the traditions of freedom—to se cure tho perpetuation of the Union and the Government. These men as ked no honor or position, while they were thus battling for the cause of the country, except the position in which they could fiercest fight the common danger. Hundreds and thousands -of those mon will never confess the good they have done. They will not even participate in the general rejoicing.— They have their honor in the contem plation of the present great victory; their reward is the assurance that it was partly d,ue to their efforts, that the country has been from the clutches of the traitors in the north, whose sole purpose of victory was to secure the success of the traitors in the south. Hence we must honor these »ten! wo must honor them by recogni zing, acknowledging and repaying their great services.—They are patri ots as noble as are those who sacrifice life and limb on the battle field. they have earned the gratitude of the na tion; and we trust that it may never, hereafter, become our duty to oppose, any of the generous or gallant War Democrats who did so. nobly for the country on Tuesday last. THE thirteenth of October last pass ed off with less general quiet than some election days heretofore. The excitement, especially concerning who should be elected, ran unusually high ; while ever and anon in different quar ters of the borough would be a rush to see " what was the matter"—but "no body was hurt." WE call attention to the letter of Samuel T. Davis, son of Mr. Henry Davis of this county, on the first page of this issue. All who wish to know his sentiments will be interested in giving it a perusal. Such a soldier as our young friend Davis, should receive the congratulations of every loyal man. Jr the subscription list to the Globe continues to increase the next three months as rapidly as it has during the past month, we will be compelled to procure a fast power press, and then we will be able to give our readers three times the worth of their money. Our active friends have our thanks for helping us to circulate loyal senti ments. Maj. Gen. 11. W. nalleck, passed through on a special train Saturday evening last, on his way to Cleveland, Ohio. 4e-_1 Copperhead speaking of a mee ting they bad not one hundred miles off, a bystander said laughingly " the greater part of the crowd wore Union men," whereupon he replied " No, sir, there was not a d—d Union man there." PROGRESSING.—The new Odd Fel lows Hall at Coal is to be a brick building, and will be quite an or nament to the place. STRONG OANDIDITES.—Jacob Weight Pan as an independent candidate for the Legislature in this county and re ceived 2 votes. George Raymond run as an - independent candidate for the Legislature, in Blair county, and re ceived 11 votes. WAR NEWS. FROM ST. LOUIS. General Brown Defeats the Rebels under Shclby—They are scattered in every Direction—lmmense Captures—Heavy Losses on both Sides—Official Des patches of General Schofield. WAstuNGToN, Oct. 14.—The follow ing despatches were received at tho headquarters of tho army here, to day: St. Louis, Oct. 13th.—To Maj. Geul. Halleck : General Brown has beaten the enemy undbr Shelby three times and is still in close pursuit. Their es cape is hardly possible. Two expeditions recently sent into 7:cortheastern Arkansas have captured and sent to Pilot Knob, over ono hun dred prisoners. J. M. SCHOFIELD, Major General. St. Louis, Oct. 14.=To'Major Gen]. llafleck: Gen. Brown brought the reb els under Shelby-to a decis'ive engage ment yesterday. The fight was obsti nate and lasted five hours. The rebels were finally completely routed and scattered in all directions, with the loss of all their artillery, baggage and a large number of small arms and pris oners. The enemy's loss in killed and wounded is very great; ours is very large. Our troops are still pursuing the flying rebels. J. IT SCHOFIELD, Nfnj. Gen ENGAGEMENT AT BRISTOL Union Victory—Capture of a Rebel Bat tern. Oct. 15 The extra Star says: The firing yes terday in the front was that of a con siderable engagement between a largo force of the rebels and the portion of' the army of the Potomac—a scout of Gen. Warren's Second corps that was in the vicinity of Bristol Station—in fantry as well as cavalry and artillery being engaged oa both sides. The result was a decided 4 Union victory. The rebels being beaten with the loss of an entire battery and 100 prisoners. Ere the termination of the fight iNfaj Gen. Syice's corps camp up and assist ed in driving the enemy oft' the field. THE WAR IN VIRGINIA Movement of the Itebrl Kill's Corps on Leesburg—Meade's Army in Line of Battle.—Reconnoitering and Skir mishing.—Runters of the Enemy rip proaching Fairfax—Our Army in Safe Position. WASHINGTON, Oct. N. Last night about eight o'clock, according to pas sengers from tho army, information came to Gen. Meade that a corps of the rebel army, supposed to be Gen. A. P. Hill's, had moved from our front in the direction of Leesburg. The Star says a heavy reconnois sance was immediately started in the direction of Aldia, the reconnoitering party moving light, without knapsacks, and the enemy will make a little by their motion should they be undertak ing any surprise game in that direc tion. There was more or less skirmishing along the pickets on either side, and several casualties are reported. Yesterday there was skirmishing all-along the lines of our army, and some firing also on the old Bull Run battle field, but there was no general engagement. Our army last night was in lino of battle. The whole baggage and trans. portation train was sent to the rear, and the sutlers were Ordered to Alex andria. The skirmishing yesterdaya•as grin cipally for position, and the report is that in every instance Gon. Meade has succeeded in getting the advan tage. The 192 prisoners of war, captured on Wednesday last, near Bristow Sta tion, re shed the city last night, and were committed to the Old Capitol priwn. MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY WASHINGTON, Oct. IG.—From infor mation received from the army of the Potomac to night, it appears that a body of the enemy were seen passing southward, opposite Blackburn's ford, last night, and our batteries shelled them. _They replied for half an hour, and then disappeared. They made no other demonstrations yesterday. It was rumored that one corps of the enemy was approaching Fairfax last night by the Chantilly road, and our heavy batteries were sent out in that direction. They have returned, and report all quiet. Our army is in a perfectly safe po sition, and is prepared to repel any at tack the rebels may make. Emancipation in Maryland, Colonel Cresswell, the able competi tor of lion. J. - W. Crisfield for Con gress, said in a recent eloquent speech: There is no alternative left us. We are bound to take up this question now in all its bearings; and, after turning it over and over in our minds, and viewing it in every conceivable light, the conclusion is inevitable, that Ma ryland must be a free State. Men who had examined the subject, came to the conclusion more than two years ago. They saw it coming. There is now a crisis in our affairs, and if we are wise we will avail ourselves of it. We will assert our right as freemen to decide our destiny for ourselves. We will determine, now and forever, that free white men are not degraded, by man ly toil, to a level with the slave, and that hereafter free labor shall conse crate our efforts, and bring down the blessings of God upon our people. Fellow-citizens, a new era has dawn ed on Maryland. From the smoke and blood of a mighty war, waged to perpetuate human bondage, new prin ciples have leaped into existence, fully armed, aggressive, already half vieto rions. Speech and opinion have been liberated, and already thousands who but lately were groping darkly in the midst of doubts and uncertainties, who acknowledged but yesterday they stood appalled before the power of a direful superstition, now clearly see fast coining an act of God, a decree of liberty and progress for Maryland.— [Great applause.] All the best statesmen of Maryland are beginning to share these feelings. Ex-Governor Francis Thomas, a can didate for Congress, and ono of the ablest men of Maryland, holds similar outspoken opinions: He did not vote in Congress fur con scription, confiscation or emancipation, but not because he thought these mea sures unconstitutional. The idea that slavery must be perpetual, or that millions of human beings should have no hope- or refuge but in the grave, was one abhorrent to him ; and he held that in the confiscation act, and other measures, the rebels got nothing more than their due. [Applause.] I believe in fighting the devil with fire. lie had always held that slavery was an evil in Maryland, and to begot rid of when pos-ible. There has been much said about a convention in Ma ryland upon the emancipation ques tion, and one gentleman—Mr. Matlit— had argued against the slave question. It was an "idle question," he said.- - I\Tot so. It was a question right in front, and it was cowardice not to meet it. [Great applause.] There was nothing peculiar about slave property that entitles it to ex emption from discussion. Other spe cies of property charged with having a.demoralizing effect had heretofore been roughly handled in debate. The question of slavery in Maryland was, however, in his opinion, a dead one, and the law-makers of Maryland ought now to step over the dead carcass and come to live issues ; see what disposi tion shall be made of fugitive slaves, and adapt our household to the new condition of things. [Applause.] A million of slaves were fugitives, and a million more would soon be so. He had inquired of the Register of the Treasury what it cost President Frank Pierce to arrest the fugitive Burns in Boston, and was told that the sum was 627,7301 If, in 1854, it cost that suns to arrest ono fugitive, they could estimate what would be the probabili ty and the cost of reclaiming one or two millions of fugitives in the present ex asperated state of feeling. And the fact that slavery had suffered by the war should not he advanced to the prejudice of President Lincoln. lien iy Clay or Andrew Jackson could not have administered the Government during this war so as not to abolish slavery. The Washington correspondent of the New Yolk Commercial Advertiser says : "Through the infleenco of Sen ators Johnson and Hicks, and Gover nor Bradford, of Maryland, the Presi dent has issued an order revoking all military edicts that in any wise direct the enlistment into the army of slaves in Maryland. It was found to he working incalculable mischief, and alienating most of the people from the Government and the State, for it was an entering wedge to the destruction of other rights and privileges depend ent more or less on the tenure of the slave. If those who still clamor for radical measures for immediately de stroying slavery in these border States, would only go into the heart of Mary land, and pee how utterly dead that institution has become, as compared with two short years ago, it would seem to be reasonable to let well enough alone. Slavery, is almost among the things that were in this State; being valuelesis, its future is fitful and brief:" General Rosecrans' Congratulatory Or der after the Tlattle of Chicl;amauga. 11. Q. DEPT. OF THE CUMBERLAND, CHATPANOOOA, Oct. 2, 1803. ORDERS, NO. 3 ARMY OP THE CUMBERLAND: You have made a grand and successful campaign ; you have driven the rebels from diddle Tennessee. You crossed a great mountain range, placed your selves on the banks of a broad river, crossed it in the face of a powerful op posing army, and crossed two othsr great mountain ranges at the only practicable passes, some forty uOles between extremes. You concentrated in the thee of superior numbers; fought the combined armies of Btgg, which you qrpvf% from Shelbyville to,Tull shoma ; of Johnston's army from Mis sissippi, and the tried veterans of Longstreet's corps, and for two days held them at bay, giving them blow for blow, with heavy interest. When the day closed you held the field, from which you withdrew, in the face of overpowering numbers, to occupy the point for which you set out—Chatta nooga. You have accomplished the great work of the campaign ; you hold the key of East Tennessee, of North ern Georgia, and of the enemy's mines of coal and nitre. Let these achievements console you for the regret you experience that ar rivals of fresh hostile troops forbade your remaining on the field to renew the battle ; for the right of burying your gallant dead, and caring for your brave companions who lay wounded on the field. The losses you have sus tained, though heavy, are slight, con sidering the odds against you, and the stake you have won. You hold in your hands the substan tial fruits of a victory, and deserve, and will receive, the honors and plau dits of a grateful nation, which asks nothing of even those who have been fighting us, but obedience to the Con- stitution, and laws established for our own common benefit. The General commanding earnestly begs every officer and soldier of this army to unite with him in thanking Almighty God for His favors to us.— Ho presents his hearty thanks and congratulations to all the officers and soldiers of this command for their energy, patience, and perseverance, and the undaunted courage displayed by those who fought with such un flinching resolution. Neither the history of this war, nor probably the annals of any battle, furnish a loftier example of obstinate bravery and enduring resistance to su perior numbers, when troops, having exhausted their ammunition, resorted to the bayonet, many times, to hold their positions against such odds, as did our left and centre, comprising troops from all the corps, on the, after noon of the 20th of September, at the battle of "Chickamauga." W. S. 80 - SECT—INS, Major General Commanding. An Eloquent Protest. Some time since a document was sent to Europe, for effect abroad, pur porting ti be an appeal of the "Clergy of the Confederate States" to churches throughout the world, the object of which NVOS to solicit sympathy for Southern shy:cry from religious people. The ministers of the churches of Scot land have put forth the subjoined very able rejoinder, to which we ask the attention of our friends: We, the undersigned, ministers of the churches in Scotland, in reply to the appeal made to us in the "Address to Christians throughout - the world," recently put forth "by the Clergy of the Confederate States of America," feel bound to give public expression to our views, lest our continued silence should be inisconstrucd,*as implying either acquiescence in the principles of the document. or indifference to the crime which it seeks to defend. We refer, or course. to a sin :le topic, that of slavery, as it is handled in the address. We desire to say nothing in consistent with our country's attitude of strict neutrality as regards the war raging across the Atlantic. We do not discuss any of the political ques tions connected with its origin, pro gress, and probable issues. We offer no opinion on the measures adopted on either side. Nor arc We to be re garded as shutting our eyes to the past and present sins and shortcom ings of the North in relation to the African race. The one object we have in view is to express the deep grief, alarm, and indignation with which we have perused the pleading on behalf of slavery in general, ar.d American slavery in particular, to which so, ma ! ny servants of the Lord Jesus Christ" have not scrupled to append their -names. With the feeblest possible inciden tal admission of "abuses" which they "may deplore, in this, as in other re lations of mankind 7 we find these men broadly maintaining, in the most unqualified manner, that the relation of master and slavo"—"among us," they add, to make their meaning more explicit—"is not incompatible with our holy Christianity." They thank God for it, as for a missionary institu tion ; the best, as it would seem, and the most successful in the world.— They hold it to be filch: „eculier func tion to defend and perpetuate it. And they evidently contemplate the for mation of the Southern Confederacy upon the basis of slavery as one of its fundamental and permanent principles Or elements, not only without regret, but with entire satisfaction and appro val. Against all this—in the name of that holy faith and that thrice holy name which they venture to invoke on the side of a system which treats immortal and redeemed men as goods and chattels, denies theta the rights of marriage and of home, consigns them to ignorance of the first rudi ments of education, and exposes thorn to the outrages of lust and passion— we most earnestly and emphatically protest. We do not think it needful to argue. The time for argument has, for many a year, been regarded by the whole of enlightened'Ohristendom as passed and gone. Apologists for slavery, attempting to shelter them selves and it under the authority of God's Word and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, are to ho denounced as really, whatever may be their intention, the worst enemies of both. All reasonable allowance, no doubt, should be made for the circumstances of Christian ministers called in Provi dence to labor where slaVery exists.— Some soreness, even, on their part, un der what they regard as unjustifiable and dangerous movements on the oth er side, might be excused as not un natural. And if we saw them mail fully lifting their voices on behalf of universal liberty, and settin them selves to aim at the instant redress of the more flagrant of the wrongs inci dent to a state of bondage, we would . bo prepared calmly to listen to their representations as to the best and like liest prnptical methods of promoting the present amelioration of the condi tion of the slaves, and securing, within the shortest period consistent with safety, their complete and final eman cipation. We are reluctant to abandon th e hope that, upon reconsideration, and in the view of the sentiments now unanimously held and el - z . pressed ~on this subject everywhere else, all over Christendom, our American brethren may yet be induced to take up a posi tion more worthy of our common faith than that which they at present occupy; But, at all events, the obligation lying upon us, as things now stand towards them, towards ourselves, towards the Church and ..he world towards the Bi ble and the Gospel, is to record, in the strongest Nssible terms, our abhor-, rence of the doctrine on the subject of slavery which the Southern clergy teach and upon which they act; and to testify before all nations that any state, empire, or republic, constituted or reconstructed, in those days of Chris ; tian light and liberty, upon the basis, of that doctrine, practically applied, must, in the sight of God, be regarded as founded on wrong and crime, And as deserving, not his blessing, but his righteous wrath. Rob. S. Candlish, D. D., Edinburgh. Thomas Guthrie, D. D.,Edinburgh. W. H. Goold, D. D. ' Edinburgh. - • Rob. Buchanan, D. D., Glasgow. John Cairns, D. D., Berwick-on-Tweed.. Chas. J. Brown, D. D., Edinburgh. Andrew Thompson, D. D., Edinburgh. Arnot, W. Lindsay Alexander, D. D., Win b'gh James Bugg D. D., Edinburgh. Edinburgh, September 22, 1863. This" is beim , . t' signed by all the lead ing ministers of Scotland, and is their answer to the appeal of the clergy: of the Confederate States. •A Omens :BArrtx.—From a - pri vate letter of a soldier on theltapidan we get an account of a fight ,which may-not figure in history among. the battles of this war: Just across the i•_iv er in full view of our, pickets, - but, at that time within the Yankee lines, is ,a corn field which earlier in the sea Son abounded in choice roasting ears:4-- From this field the men of both armies in the vicinity were wont to fill their camp-kettles by stealth; for it was dangerous business—the field being exposed to the fire of the pickets on both sides of the field, the danger of unpleasant collisions and interruptions was much less, but gradually from day to day the hostile gleaners approached each other, until only a few rows in the centre of the field were left un gathered. But still our boys wanted the corn, and would encounter the risk. One morning two of them had crossed the river, and were cautiously foraging among these ungatbered rows, when their eyes lighted upon two stalwart nessions engaged in the same buisness. All were unarmed, but in an instant all straightened them selves into fighting attitude and' de manded a surrender - Both squads turned a defiant answer, and both fell to fist and skull, to enforce compliance. They "fighting tell, and falling fought," and when they fell they kicked about. They turned and twisted, and pum melled and thrashed away among the corn, till our boys began to doubt whether they had not caught Tartars. But luckily for them, just as their wind was beginning to fail, a reinforce. meat came up, in the shape, of another Corn-federate gatherer; and the Yanks were captured and carried in triumph over the river, prisoners of war---,1/4- I con Telegraph. • MARRIED, On Thursday 15th inst., by Rev. S. 11. Reid, Mr. ROBERT MARTIN, to Miss JEMIMA Kt.w.a, both of Wallser tp.• OBITUARY. • • A I,FRED G. SrATES entered the Vol unteer service as a member of C0. : 13, 113th 111. Vol. Infantry, on the 9th of August, 1862. The regiment to which he belonged entered the Sold on the 26th of March, 1862, and was brigaded in the 2d Division, 15th Army Corps, under Sherman. From- the time of entering the field up to the surrender of Vicksburg, on the 4th of July, 1863, the most active and arduous servieo was required of, and performed by Sherman's Army Corps; through all of which Corporal States passed, and performed his duty at the Head Quaff'. torsof the First Brigade (whore' ho was early detailed) in the most satis factory and praiseworthy manner.— He fought at the battle of Arkansas Post, where he plainly demonstrated by his valor that his arm was nerved by the purest and strongest motives that could actuate a freeman. • He was in the expedition that went up Steel's Bayou and relieved our gun boats. Was also with his brigade du ring its march round by Grand Gulf to the rear of Vicksburg, and aided in the siege until its surrender on the 4th of July. His Brigade was ordered in to General Sherman's forces which marched back upon the Big lAtieN to, oppose Johnston subsequent .to the. surrender of Vicksburg, and forced him back upon Jackson, Miss. Alfred was assigned a position am clerk in the Division Q. M. Depart ment and performed its duties until his regiment was ordered to Corinth, Miss„ when he rejoined his company, ho having become at this time very much reduced in health by ro,evero attack of flux and diarrhmi. An his, arrival at Corinth he was obliged to go to the Post Hospital, whore he died on the 28th of August, 1863. By his . death the cause is deprived of another noble, brave, and earnest freemathp i nd one more family is bowed down with grief by the deprivation of so wally a member from life's golden circle. J, Z. K. DIED, In Bedford; Ohio, Sept.lsth, ELMER. Ehr,swolunr, infant son of Benjamin and Mary Clouts, aged 11 months. Ain—Home is swooi. Little Elmer's gone to rest, And left us hero to mourn ; And now Ito sits among the blest,. We would not say, return. He has gone ty fait an angel band ; His sins are all forgiven. "Forl.o him nph'•' our Saviour says, "Come dwell with me in Maven!). MA little tongue niay ever sing, ►lis Saviour's praises swell; iii , zenna to our Ilenyenly Ring, 'lie ddetfi all things well. ' Little brother, choose the lyny Your little Elmer's gone. To 'Heaven, yes, lie's there to-day, Singing around God's throne. Dear parents, you may sit and weep O'er the departed one, But look to Christ where you may seek balm fur every wound. AI. C
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