Vittstrurgit afrgitilf."-. FRIDAY ROBRI6IO----. ts.Asas.' The 4limey of Labile Morale. The reorder of young. Curries's& try the postmaster of Bialdenthat he might obtain, ... possession of a few paltry dollars, the mur der of a rich Johnstown merchant by the husband of th woman be had seduced, and other crimin occurrences and develop; manta that ave recently come to light, naturallygat the inquiry whether our public ais decaying or not. We to- Have l that t is., Oar large exchange list, extending all parts of the country, we think gi us an opportunity not possessed by all to form a correct opinion upon the subject. We believe that the nation is making rapid progress in all kinds of vice, and we regard this fact as eminently worthy the anxious consideration of all good men. The pulpit should sound the alarm more than it does. The religion. press never seemed to us so secular as it now Is, while thesseular prow never seemed lees religious. The war, the news of the day, and politica absorb'the attention of all the secular and most of the religious editor'. We think there mighfrolltably be &little more attention giv eqn their columns to vitalpiety, literature, science, ho. There is much less interest taken in our schools than forilerly, and their influence for good is manifestly on the de cline. Street education, on the contrary, to in a flourishing condition. Parents are be coming lax in the performance of their du ties to their children. Boys and 'girls, we notice, do sot have those sterling principles of honesty, sobriety, economy, propriety' and reverence for the Sabbath so faithfully instilled into theiraduds by the "old folks" as was once customary. Fay, if you pleaae, reader, that much of this demoralisation is theresult of the war. For the ake of the argument we admit it. But does our assertion prove that this de moralise int, might not have been partly i l avoided T 1 • Deesitlikevo that it cannot to a very gre i exteiti'bil.prevented in the fu ture! . think not. And so thinking, we respectfully urge upon all who have thi care of the public morals—judges, Jurors, ministers of the Gospel, our editorial breth ren, school directors, teachers, employers of young Men, and especially pores is—that they keep prominently In view the fact that, next to the duty of saving the nation itself, is that of saving the public morals from the lawlessness and licentiousness, the drunk enness and dishonesty, the frightful ex trays ganee and the contempt for honest labor which now so seriously menace them. The Fire anti the Flood. According to the Charleston Mer , try, G nom's are is making havoc in at least a portion of that justly doomed city. It says : "Gradually the constant dropping of the enemy's ithot and shell is beginning to tell upon the lower part of the oily of Charles ton. • • Broad street is considerably encumbered with bricks and other debris knocked out by the enemy's projectiles. It will take much time and money to repair the damage. - _ But if fire is the element of destruction whieh threatens Charleston, as appears to bs admitted at last, the same Mercury is also our witness that another agent of destrno tion, verj diverse in kind, however, is equal ly threatening the whole "Confederacy"— or, as the Mercury expresses it—" The South and the Southern cantle." It soya: "Sec retary Chaseris making every exertion to flood the South with his 'greenbacks,' which, unless immediately checked, will subvert our currency, and thus inflict a mortal blow to the success the Southern cause." The War In the Duchies—The Ger mane Victorious. It is fully 'confirmed that the Danes bad retreated from Schleswig, evacuated the Dannewerke, and blown up the works at Missunde. A Copenhagen telegram says: ''The Dews that the Danish array, by order of the Oteuesaader.inAblet had eracusted the Dance. were" leaving behind them the material at war. arid retested to Dapped, has moused isideserfhabte dive Mat cad eacttemeut In this city. Public dol. beg la eery reach depreseed and great 'renal:melte pestle again& the Ocuamander.fe-Chlet." The Danes, in evacuating the Dann°. works, left sixty heavy pieces of artillery behind them and after evacuating Schles wig retreated towards Flensburg, the Aus trians following in pursuit. On the eth instant an engagement took place near Oversee, between the Danish and Austrian troops. The Austrians, com mended by General Oablens, completely de feated the Danes after a desperate resist ance. Colonel Prince William of Wuruma berg and a Lieutenant Colonel were se• verely wounded. Two hundred prisoners and siz guns of heavy cs'ibre, with a por tion of the ammunition and baggage trains, were taken by the Austrians Oversee, near which place the battle was fought, is situated between Schleswig and Flensburg, but nearer to the latter town. A telegram from Kiel, dated on the night of the 7th, says: "The Dance are evacuating the Duchy of 80131essrig, and aro retreating in full haste to Jutland. An armistice is expected daily." The following le the Danish account of the retreat: Overoome by the fatigue of doe day*. constant ditty, lb. Denten army, Ovine way to etmerior force, retreat. % to Duppel, on reaching which place the cavalry took a northerly direction, the enemy being contlmtaly in pnrenit. dereeral enmemenu tot k plane, end the Dal:deb loam .onderabie. It Ire. the intention of the Danieb cc,mmander before eeacsatlyoySchtorerig to bbeer op the ...floor Gottarp and tel fire to the magazine—but having recelLeci orders to nen the. Hinfrabirthylsca, neither Irene canted Into tnecution." The excitement in Copenhagen continued on the Tth and Bth, and the Danish Com mander-in-Chief, General de Meta, and the chief of the staff had been recalled. At an extraordinary sitting of the Danish Riga read, the President of the Council raid that the King was not instrumental in the re treat of the army; that the proceedings of the Commander-in-Chief were inexplicable, and that he had therefore been recalled. The Paris Fremee says : "Great excitement exists at Copenhagen among the maritime population and the workmen at the arsenal, - all of whom de mand to holed to battle. A powerful squad ron to fitting out. Two screwhigatee bare left Copenhagen for the island of Alma to support the movements of the Danish army" Tun London Ades, the rebel organ In Europe, gives s very unkind oat lo the cop nerheads. '"it le mid,' says the Ides, "that Northern Democrats ate about to publish a national sidrus, adrecallog a vigorous proseiratlon of the war, but opposing the unconstitutional measures of the Adminis• inbtion. That Is, they uphold the cause, but object to the effect. There mom be very few snob people, or else the United States most have moro than en &&&&& ge number of citizens who are not capable of the simplest process of reasoning." Tao "Rain MID REYIDWII" CASES The Lard Chancellor of England pronounced jildgment, OD the Bth inst., in the case of !ppearby the Bev. Dr. R. Williams and the Boy. 11. B. Wilson, two of the writers of .Bossy. and Reviews," who had been sentenced to a year's suspension. These sentences were reversed, and oasts were allowed for the present appeal. effect or *hi of the two essays, the Lord Chancellor said it was not neOessary to aprets.en opinion. J. 0. ragnoen—The N. Y. 7rOulte, 01 Wednesday, ears that a Prtmant Campaign Zia is about to be formai in tbat city. for the purpose of bringing the name of John Fremont before atm !Cottons! Convention an • eindidata ter Ma Presidency. atattema, yn thafittktuajtind rreefaintt talncotO At ; Potter.; , 2l • ~5 thcOpeat Opicuitoioqua*,inAncli-1 President of the Convention, epoko as fol . IP-VIA Adintovi-Cinexas : It is right that I should thank you for theironorlon give me of pre siding over your ,deliberatious ; to-day. I regard this meeting as one of the most im portant events in our history, and its bar-, monious action as more vital than a victory' in the field. If we Can uniteon satisfactory nominations And carry them by 50,000 ma jority, we shall do more for the Union than thiespture of Richmond to-morrow' could do. [Loud cheers.] In looking over this vast meeting, I think I ace that expression of firmness and determination to do what the occasion demands, which promises well for our animas, and - I find a confirmation of my judgment in the action you have already taken. You have juat'neminatsd one man for the highest place In the nation, and an other for the highest in your State, with such unanimity and heartiness that ll lo ' cal dissensions and township bickerings have disappeared. This is a good augury for the fut" Atte futUre. t see a very different state of feeling now (rem what I did when I returned from Eu rope. Instead of doubts and hesitation I see only strength and reso'ution. Whore we formerly moved cautiously, or not at all, WO WWI move 11024 1 / 7 and rapidly, and 1 think you will all concur with mr, that this is due greatly to Abraham Lincoln, whom I look upon as the men for the times, above all living men. [Tremendous cheering.] At first I doubted if he would prove firm enough or would move fast. enough for the great questions be bad to meet. His set ting uide the slavery polioy of Fremont, in Missouri, Beamed to justify these fears. One day, about that time, I said to him, "Mr. President, why cant we have a pol icy T" He looked at me, and in his plain, sterling language, replied: ' , Governor, that is just what I don't want." [Laughter and ahem.] I did not understand him at first. But Ido now. If we had been car rying on a foreign war, the President ought to have led off In the establishment of a line of policy. But in a civil war, where our own citizens are our enemies, he could not load. It was his business not to antici pate, but to follow the directions of public sentiment. He bad to wait for the people to move before he could move. He has proved that he was right. Suppose two years ago he had sent negro troops to Missouri, how many regiments of white men would have remained in the army'. Not one. [Cries, That's so;' and laughter.] Now how is it t You eon find nobody who is not in fa vor of arming negroes. Everybody is will ing that they shall fight if they coo. Men who threatened me, when I voted in the Senate, two years ago, to arm the now approve that vote. Even Democrats who denounced it eighteen months ago are now ready to swear that they always wore in favor of it. [Laughter and cheers.] You may write it on that column [pointing to the State House] that no party can live in this country that is opp teed to lotting the him*, help to save the country. [Great cheering.] - - SHERMAN'S EXPEDITION Great Alarm of the Rebels—Reinforce ments for, !Rohlle—The Question m Supplies. We And the foilewiog in the Nashville U.'oll of the 2let : "Mr. William McGee, who resides in the vicinity of Montgomery, Alabama, arrived in this city yesterday, haelog left home on the 12th inst. "lie repeats the story of alleged diseon tent, and avers that there exist throughout Central Alabama, and he believes through out the South, secret Union organtsatione, which will be heard from at the proper time ; and the voiee raised will be no fee ble one. ' lie represents that the utmost coast, r nation prevails among toadies it cessionists they ►re between as veral tires; they deed the advance of the Union armies, yet they distrait the masses of the people, and are unwilling to rely upon them if the few .ho have escaped consoript'oa were otOirri out "It was Impossible, Mr. McGee says, to ascertain the real whereabouts of the ad vanoing columns of Sherman and fircilth ; the wildest imaginable rumors were rife, each gaining currency for the moment, but only to give place to others, of a contra dictory yet equally absurd character. 'Blewart's division, which had been de t wiled from Johneton'e command, bad been ' sent to reinforce Mobile, making the girli e= about 7.800 men Breckenridge had returned to within supporting distance of Johnston, as • sort of corps of observa tion:l, while Polk, with about 18.000, 'a sin dying haw to beet escape Bierman. Whether be will retreat to Albite, or to deltas, wee an unsettled queetion, so for as 'he outside public is concerned. "The only trouble Sherman need appre hand, Mr. McGee thinks, will be from guerrilla parties. As. to -supplies, green backs or government vouchers will bring all that are needed; there are plenty of provisions in the country, but it ie nearly all secreted from the rebel impnesment parties; and the formats are resolve! to raise nothing more till the arrival of the Union armies shall insure them protection and a valuable consideration for their pro duce. A eve dollar gold piece, our inform ant sage, would purchase five hundred dol lars in Confederate currency, almeet any where—so worthless has the latter become; and ten dollars in greenbacks would do the same, despite legislation on the sub jeot" Gen. Wool on the War Gen. Wool has tuition a letter to the Secretary of the Albany Relief Bazaar, warmly endorsing all the various move ments on foot for *applying the wants of the soldiers. The following paragraph oc curred in his letter The war engendered by unp-inciplei and ambitious demagogues has 'sited too long. It should not be permitted to last beyond the present yew, end if the North, Kati sod West will put forth their enereles, it will cases in 1864. They have the means in men, money and supplies In abundance. and these should not be withheld-to early on the war. The Potomac Army shmild be Increased to two hundred thousand men, with a stationary force for the defense el Washington of fifty thousand. General Grant's army for Chattanooga and Knox ' villa should be increased 'to at least two hundred and fifty thousand. These armies rightly directed would soon and the war. The Army of the Potomac should proceed direct for Richmond, and not es bee here suggested, by way of James mar, or York river. With two hundred thousand men properly organized, skillfully arranged and directed, the rear and supplies could be guarded, Richmond takeo, .Washinron protected and raids prevented trom Oslo, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and from in terfering with the BIIIIIMOTO a‘-d Onto railroad. If, however, the Potomac Army should be ordered by James or York river to Richmond, Gen. Lee would no doubt march on Washington, Maryland or Penn sylvania, when we would • have another panic and stampede at Whshingtos, and the Army of the Potomac would be recalled to protect the Capital, and subsequently the war would be extended to 1865. This ought to be avoided If , possible. Mew Winos Peres m Musson/Lt.—The Ant number of TM Boas" rinses, wieldy newspaper published at Weston, Ito, op peered teethe 18. h Ind It is to be moo eg.d by a Committee of Tits San Printing Company of that place, and lte pletform le the maintenance of the Constltation and the Union ; immediate emazeipatlon in Missouri ; to foster agriculture and the me abatis arts, and to deselop the heal re. sources of the county. Tux rebel Congress hsa paned • bill fin ing the reticles to naval °Seem which al lows to admirals the same rations as gene- rals have, and to vice admirals the same granted to ihmtenant generals . .11 they would now trout • few squadrons also to the admirals and vice-adminds, thrj would complete their outfit. IT to raid that the French Govern ment has large amount of funds In New Yolk. and that at least two millions of de la, halo bum token from Nen York to in& to Bfesteooluring the pliant war. * t corrftpondeut of the $145 nom, • who_nceerpani• d the lateti e Fjoildis ggtes that Sack settllhOtadflitbe and Barber's blation wttl Le strongly fccrti• fled and garrisoned, with a View to the per manent occupation of that Btate, by which the Confederate Government will be dlo prived of its chief source of animal rap- The State, from one end to the other, abounds with tattle, and 'thousands of them have been driven into Georgia and South Carolina. Conversations with the "few white persons" whom the writer had met led him to locative that the majority of the inhabitants of Florida are tired of the war, and heartily &tire a return to the. Union. The rebel Government has dealt severely with them, and pushed not only the young and vigorous bat the old and decrepit into the ranks of the army. A large supply of the President's proolaula• tion had arrived from Washinglott, and aro to have an exteneirooirculation among the people. De writer soya that many negroes cannot be liberated to Florida, for the reason that they have been sent out of the State Into Georgia and Alabama. lo traveling sixty miles on horseback he had only seen three persons of that elms. P 17.11.L1C JrOTICES. _ _ EIGHTH WARD BOUNTY FUND —The