irZEZI I=WLl3llE,Sebv
,
zirsuelin lam! (SUNDAYS EXOBPTID).
JOWS. EPORSVAr.
Oiiloll, NO. 1.11 SOUTH FOUR= STREIT.
wino omL..v .extik.sm;
TIfTB9 ,CENTS pro, VirusX. piiyUbre to the ORITDIF.
sUed to Sl:thumpers out of, the City, at Sovss DOLLARS
Affanalt; TIMEX DOLLARA AND ORWTO FOR SIX
nom& Ors DOLLAR AND Sayssrr-vore OEFTEI POR
VIR MOllllO3. invariably in advance for the time or-
&rad.
air ddrerneements Inserted it the natal rates. Sis
Mita sinuattuat a square.
%VMS TRI-WEEKLY PILESS,
mated to Silbearibere out of the City at Fagg DOLLASte
,Thin AXIOM. to sklauce.
CARPETS, OIL CLOTRS, Scc.
RPH : STREET
- CARPET WAREHOUSE.
""1111117:7- CAX=II.7E•M'XIIMIT,GriEi.
£ll the leading styles of
VELVET, BRUSSELS, THREE-PLY,
INGRAIN, AND VENETIAN
C IN 6-s,,
Sow In store, and aelllng at THE REDUCED PRICER.
tor Cash.
de BLACKWOOD,
.832 ARCH STREET,
ael6-2m Tara Doors below NINTH, South Bide.
REMOVAL.
IT. F. db E. B. 0 RN E.
RANT REMOVED FROM . •
- 410 CHESTNUT STREET,
Opposite the State House, to their
NEW' WIIREIIOIISE,
104 CHESTNUT STREET,
Guihe " BIIRD BIIILDINO," and have now open their
FALL SPOOK OF
2.7nNAT
904, CHESTNUT STREET.
se2.2m
W. BLABON
"Ls
• IffeNUFACTURERs oF
COXXA .
No. 121 NORTH THIRD E,TREET, PHILADRLPHIA.
Offer to the Trade a fall etock of
FLOOR, TABLE, AND CARRIAGE
O=lj
OMR-GLAZED OIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW
eel-2m - SHADES.
4 CLEA T ECHO" MILLS,
GERMANTOWN, PA
MoCALLUM do CO.,
GLAAITIA.CTIIIIERS. IMPORTERS. AND DBALEIII3 IM
CAMPETINGS.
OIL CLOTHS. .1101
WAREHOUSE, 509 CHESTNUT ST.,
OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL.
GEORGE W. HILL,
Mannfaeturer and Wholesale Dealer iu
CARPETTIMS, MA.TTINGS,
ALSO,
COTTON AND WOOLLEN YARNS,
At very Low Prices.
/10. 1,18 NORTH THIRD STREET. ABOVE LRUFL
ael4m. Philadelphia.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
VIELADICIC - 113S,
YABNS, BATTS, WADDING S,
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES.
LOOKING GLASSES, OLOOKS,
FANCY BASKETS. &o.
518 MARKET and 51.5 COMMERCE Sts.
and Sm
ALL, 1863
WHITE 415 PECHIII, •
No. 423 MARKET STREET,
WIIOLIiSALB DIALERS IN
WOODEN AND WILLOW _WARE,
BROOMS, CEDAR WARE,
OIL-CLOTH, 'LOOKING GLASSES,
FANCY BASKETS,
CORDAGE, k,43.
" Agents for
"HALEY, MORSE, ASC.BoYPEN'S PATENT SELF-AD.
RISTING CLoTHEs. w G it. "
SIM" MOST RELIABLE Witrbragi ivour TN ÜBS
le7-2m
! J. H. COYLE &
Wltolesale .Dealet s
TARNS, BATTS,
CARPET CHIN,
WOODEN WARE,
BRUSHES, dm,
4 310 MARKET STRUT,
PHILADELPHIA.
GAS FIXTURES, ave
4 617 ARCH STREET.
0. A.'VANHIRS4..t. 0 0 ,
FrAlf UFAOTF/IBRO OF
011ANDELIERS
AFD OTHER
GAS •FIXTURES.
Also, French Bronze Figures and Ornaments, Porcelain
and Mica Shades, and a variety of
'FANCY GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Please call and examine goods delB-13,
DRUGS.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER (Ss Co.,
Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIO
•
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS,
•
MANOFACTURERS OF
WHITS LEADAND ZINC PAINTS. PUPPY, &I.
I=l
FRENCH ZINO PAINTS.
Dealers and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
seffl-Sm
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE.
GREAT OPENING OF
JEDAR AND WILLOW WARE
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY
NOW SELLING AT BABOA.TNB.
9,000 DOZ. CORN BROOMS
3,000 DOZ, FANCY PAINTED EDOKETS
'l,OOO NESTS CEDAR WASH TUBS.
12.000 CEDAR STAFF AND BARREL MITES'S.
1.000 DOZ. WILLOW MARKET BASKETS.
3,000 BALES COTTON-WICK AND TIE
%OD BALES BATS AND WADDING.
XEBTICITLE BASKETS. OIL CLOTHS.
LOOKING-GLASSES, CORDAGE, &0.,
All Goods are sold at the Manufacturer's Lowest Cash
mem.
Orders promptly filled
ROWE •& EUSTON .
157 and 159 NORTH THIRD STREW!,
eel•tnthe)m Three doors below Race.
PAPER HANGINGS.
PHILADELPHIA
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL & BOURSE,
OORIBR OP
FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS,
MAIMPAOTOSERS pF
PAPER HANGINGS
AND WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
Offer to the trade a large and elegant alsorttnent o.
goods. from the cheapest Brown Stock to the fines
Decorations. .
N. B. CORNER VOIDITH MA,BKET STRSSTS.
N: B.—Solid Green, Blue,; and BaiI : WINDOW : PA
TAM or evgiY - selo-11En
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VOL. 7.-NO. 47.
SILK AND DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1863 . FALL AND WINTER 1863.
ro - 1( GOODS.
RIEGEL; WIEST. & ERVIN.;
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
DRY GOODS;
NO. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
We are constantly receiving large lots of all kinds of
fresh and desirable Goods, Merchants will and it to
their advantage to call and examine our stock before
purchasing elsewhere, as we can offer them inducementa
unequalled by any other establishment in Philadelphia.
se9-2m
TO WHOLESALE BUYERS.
THOMAS W. EVAN'S ea CO.
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF
WHOLESALE BUYERS
TO THEM LARGE AND WELL-SELECTED ASSORT-
MINT OF
N
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VA. VIC DRY GOODS.
FALL AND WINTER SALES
This Stock is principally of T. W. X & CO.'S own
PORTATION, and will be offered at the
MOST REASONABLE 'PRICES.
BUYERS are solicited to call and examine
820 CHESTNUT STREET,
lIP STAIRS.
CASH HOUSE.
Ili,L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
HAVE :row IS STORM.
DRESS GOODS, .
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
SHAWLS, BALMORALS,
RIBBONS, KID GLOVES, &0., &o.
Bought exclusively for casbs , and *lash will be sold
at a email advance. set-3m
CASH .BUYERS,
AT WHOLESALE.
Are invited to examine oar
FLANNELS,
BLANKETS,
MERINOES,
POPLINS,
BLACK SILKS,
FANCY SILKS,
IRISH LINENS, WHITE GOODS,
DRESS GOODS,
and other articles adapted to the season.
JAMES R. CAMPBELL di CO.i
r2e."2,7 ,
CHESTNUT STENO
FAEL STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE & 00.
eel-2m No. 325 MASK= STREET.
1863. F ALL 1863.
Lowy - GOODS.
13.00 D. BONBRIGHT, 00.
WHOLESALE DEALERS II
FOREIGN AND DOMEBTIC
DRY GOODS,
10. *35 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA..
The attention of the TRADE is invited to their large
Meek of
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS.
Among which are choice brands of Sheet
ing and Shirting Muslims,
Madder Prints, De Lames,
Gingham, and
SHAsorthima. DRESS GOODS.
ALISO,
MEN'S ,WEAR
GREAT VARIETY.
'GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO
CASH BUYERS
BLACK SILKS,
AT VERY LOW PRICES
M. L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
No/615 CHESTNUT STREET
MEWLS,
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN, IN GREAT VARIETY
M. L. HALLOWELL de CO.,
No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET
DRESS GOODS.
An immense assortment, in French, English, and Saxon)
Goods.
M. L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
No. 615 .CRESTIIIIT STREET
AuTumN. 1863.
DAWSON, BRANSON, & CO.,
N. W. .COR. MARKET & FIFTH STS.,
(501 MARKET STREET,
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF CITY AND COUNTRY
MERCHANTS TO THEIR STOCK OF
I" •
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
DRESS GOODS, •
SILKS,
SHAWLS, &o.
Cash Buyers will find it to their Intereit
to Brnmine our Goods.
T. R. DAWSON 0. BRANSON J. O. BOMOARDNER.
Eel2-2ro.
1863 FALL IMPORTATION.
_1863
EDMUND YARD do Co,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS, SILKS AND FANCY
DRY GOODS,
617 CHESTNUT and 014 JAYNE Street,
EDITS now opened their Pall importation of Dress Goods,
viz:
MERINOS,
COBURGS,
REPS, _
A_LPACAS,
DELAINES,
PLAID AND STRIPED POPLINS
FANCY AND BLACK SILKS,
Mee, A large ueortment of
SHAWLS,
BALMORAL SKIRTS,
WHITE GOODS
LINENS,
EM.I3ROLuERIES,
Whioh the, offer to the trade at the
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
.anD-tf
T HO
S.
EM I,LOR ft Co.,
IMPORTERS,
Bros. 40 and 451 NORTH THIRD STRRBT
We invite the attention of the trade to our large stock of
HOSIERY, GLOVES,
SHIRTS, DRAWERS,
GERMANTOWN FANCY WOOLENS,
LINEN CAMBRIC HOSE'S.,
4.4 LINENS, AND SHIRT FRONTS.
se7-3m
JAMES. KENT.
SANTEE. it CO,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OP
DRY GOODS,
roe. A 39 and All N. THIRD STREET. A 13091 Rai.
PHILADELPHIA.
Have now open their usual
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OP
TORBIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Among which will be found a more than tumidly attn.-
live variety of
LADIES' DRESS GOODS;
Also a fall assortment of
MERRIMACK' AND COCHROO PRINTS.
and
PHILADELPHIA-MADE 000D8.
To which they , invite the Eirrtal444 ATTU( mos Op
Oesa •Strl3lo. 027-21 a
615 CHESTNUT STREET.
RETAIL DRY GCKWS.
SKIRTS ! SKIRTS SKIRTS I
M. A. JONES'
CELEBRATED
NE PLUS ULTRA SKIRT
(3en only be found nt
No. 17 NORTH EIGHTH STREET,
PHILdDELPHIA.
OVER THE WAX FIGURE
Ati? None genuine nnlese stamped
AL A. JONES'
NE PLUS ULTRA SKIRT.,
17 N. EIGHTH STREET
VERY IMPORTANT TO THE LA'.
DIES!
Staten Island Fancy Dyeing Establishment.
OPFIC ES.
il7 North EIGHTH Street.
Philadelphia,
and 5 and 7 JOHN Street.
DIFIV York -
NOW IS THE TIME TO SEND YOUR
VELVETS,
SILNS,
CLOTHS,
HEBRIDES,
• DELAINES,
Etc.,
To be dyed or cleansed in the finest manner, at this old
and favorably known establishment. With Mir expo.
rience of nearly forty yeare, we present ourselves to the
public this season se stan.lins•
IN
LINE.
BARRETT. NEPHEWS & CO.,
_
sel7-lm - • 4. 7 North EIGHTH Street.
I toil- CHESTNUT STREET.
E. M. NEEDLES
ALL DESIRABLE NOVELTIES
LATEST IMPORTATIONS,
In LACES,
EMBROIDARIES,
HANDKERCHIEFS
VEILS. Sm. Arc
1024 CHESTNUT STREET.
FALL DELAINES.
CHOICE STYLES FALL DELAINES. cilium
FIGURES, Rich Bolen. SHARPLESS BROTHERS,
se7 CHESTNUT and EIGHTH &vets.
ERINOS I MERINOS 1
ghProless Brothers offer a FULL ASSORTMENT
of NEW MBIIINOS. All of the regalar SHADES, in
cluding the REIN , COLOR 4.
(thIESENTIT and EIGHTH Streets.
OPENING OF FALL DRESS GOODS
H. STEEL & SON.
Nos. 713 and 715 North TENTH Sheet.
Have now open a choice assortment of
FALL AND WINTER DRESS GOODS.
Plain Silk's. choice colors, $125 to $2. "
Plain Moire Antiques, choice shades.
Plain Black Silks 90c to $2.60.
Figured Block Silks; Fanny Silks.
Plain All-wool Reps and Poplins. alreolors.
Plain Silk and Wool Reps, all colors,
Figured and Plaid Reps and Poplins.
Plain French Merinnes,choicecolors.
- 1 lot Plain French Mentions. choice colors, $L seS
DWIN HALL & CO., No. 26 SOUTH
V
SECOND Street, would call attention to their Stock
of. DRESS GOODS. embracing all the novelties of the
season, from the lowest price goods to the most expert-
SiVe styles.
Rich printed Merinoes and Cashmeres.
Rich and neat style all-wool Delaines.
Figured Mohair Reps.
• Plain Reps and Mohairs.
Fancy styles of Valencias.
all-wool Plaids.
Rich Freuch Chintzes. -
Plain all-wool Detainee, double width.
Piain all-wool Dalai nes, single width.
Black and Colored Maracas. •
Wholesale as well as Retail Buyers are respectfully lu•
vited to examine our Stock. sel7-tf
'WINTER GOODS OPENING DAILY.
Poplins Plain Shades and New Colors.
Alpacas,Double and Single Width, choice shades.
New Merinoes. Fashionable Colors.
Plaid Mohairs and Valenoias.
Plaid Flannels and Cloths for Shirting.
Dark Cotton and Wool Delathes.
JOHN H. STORES.
702 ARCH Street.
N. 8.---50 dozen Ladies' L. C. Handkerchiefs at $2 per
dozen. Si pairs Crib Blankets, good quality. au9l
COMMISSIOIV 1:10"CISES.
N . BERRY 6c CO.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
26 RUE BERGER.% PARIS
PLATZMANN, BERRY, Sr. CO.,
LYONS, ST. ETIENNE. AND ONENOBLI
.61310.thetn2in OW YORK, 155 DITANII STREW
BAGSI BAGS I BAGS
NEW AND SECOND HAND,
SRASILESS, BURLAP, AND GUNNY
BAGS,
Constantly on hand.
JOHN T. BAILEY & 00.,
No. .1.13 NORTH FRONT STRUT.
ASP WOOL SACHS FOR BALE.
FRENCH GOODS.
INSKEEP & TRITEFITT,
216 CHESTNUT STREET,
OFFER TO THE TRADE,
PLAIN MUSLIN DE LAINS.
SHAWLS IN ALL VARIETIES.
VEIL BARGES IN ALL COLORS.
GRENADINES. AND. DONA MARIA.
BALMORAL SKIRTS.
Agents fOr Messrs. BE CAR Co.'s.
LINEN CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS.
currmilva.
WANAMPARR & BROWN'S
POPULAR
4CO ME.
_SA XI ,
S. E. CORNER
SIXTH AND MARKET.
FINE CLOTHING READY-MADE.
•
• '
W. & B.
WANAMARER & BROWN,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT,
NO. 1 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.
The newest styles for Fall and Winter
Now Readv.
•
Bele-tdeM
ANDRIOT, MAGEOCH, & CO.,
FRENCH TAILORS,
No. 608 - CHESTNUT STREET.
PHILADELPHIA.
PAUL ANDRIDT, (of Paris.) late Principal Cotter
and Superintendent of Granville Stokes.
JAMES B. MAGEOCH, late Pante and Veet Cutter of
Granville Stokes, and
D. GORDON YATES.
A choice stock of Seasonable Goods always on hand.
French and German spoken. sell-3m
EDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY:
FORMERLY CHESTNUT, ABOVE SEVENTH,
LATE 1032 CHESTNUT STREET.
TAILORS,
142 SOUTH THIRD St., NR&P.. TEE EXCHANGE.
Rave just received a large Stock of Choice
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
.AND
FALL STYLES,
TERMS cesa at prices mach lower than anyy - other
Brat-class establishment, aa27-tf
p.L.A.CIT.. CASS: PANTS, $5.50,
-a- , At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CABS. PANTS, $O.OO, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS, $6.00, At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS. $5.60. At 704 MARKET Street.
BLACK CASS. PANTS. $ 60, •.5.t. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEIVS, Ne. , 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN. GIINTEN'S, NO. 701 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIIBITES'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG & VAN GIINTEN'S, No. 704 MARKET Street.
GRIGG a vezr GLINTEN'S. No. 704 MARKET Street.
mh'224l
SILVER-PLATED WARE.
SILVER. PLATED WARE
I MANUFACTORY.
TEA SETS,
CASTORS,
WAITERS,
ICE PITCHERS, Scc., ato
drz MOSS;
geB-2m 225 6011TH FIFTH. STREET.
OLD GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT. - -=
The highest c&eh Woe will be, pald , for old 'GOLD
and SILVER, at LENTS L abOalllS Sr.
aea 6 UP 803 CELESTWIT Stmt.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1863.
Et Vrtzs.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1863
Special Correspond once of The Prose.]
OuLrerEß, Sept. 18, 1863.
THE POSITION UNOH.ANG ED—THE REBEL
STRENGTH.
The position of affairs on the Rapidan remains un
changed. For two days not a shot has been ex
changed, and the rebels across the river seem to
have less disposition to fight now than ever. We
have a variety of opinions here about the strength
of Lee's army, all based upon the stories of desert
ers and prisoners. But each man unfolds a different
tale, which makes it exceedingly difficult for one to
even guess what our foes are doing. It seems to me
they had a very small force here, and it may have
been augmented since, but I cannot credit them
with having sixty thousand, men, or even forty
thousand. I have found a loquacious citizen of this
town who appeared to know everything relative to
the strength and strategy of their idol Lee, and they
say Longstreet bad only got a portion of his corps
away, that Ewell and Hill were, under marching
orders, but did not move because of our reconnois
sane°. This is not reliable. I am certain these
corps bad gone before we got here, or we would
have heard from them. They may have ordered
them back here, for all their hopes, fears, and
prayers seem centred on Virginia.
Yesterday I stopped at the house of a hospitable
farmer. He lives on _ the other-side of Calvary
Church, and about two miles from the Rapidan.
His apple brandy bad not all been taken from him,
and, to keep his fat jolly red face in repair, it was
evident he had a private bottle, from which he took
potations thrice a day. "Itis no use to talk of sub
jugating us, while we have the army of Northern
Virginia here. You can't whip Lee. We made a
mistake when we went to Pennsylvania, and suf
fered' tor it. Our boys same back cowed and
dispirited, but they've got over all that, When you
whip this army, then I shall give up the Confede
racy." He acknowledges the great length of the war
disgusts him. Why should it not? He had four sons
and ten daughters ; all are alive but one son, and he is
buried near Gettysburg. Our farmer with the rubicund
visage says : Lee went into Pennsylvania againit
his express wishes," He stands the " tug of war" wom
rfully well, because of his faithful ally—apple bran
dy, but his wiry little wife says she is eena most
dead, with having here own men there thirteen times,
and ours three," Pope came first, Averill returned
on this road, and we make the odd number, intend
iog to claim all the luck therefrom. Why cannot
we cross the Rapidan above there, and turn their
left flank as they did Pope's eight?- The thing can
be, done, and you need not be surprised if our caval
ry did it—for they do many strange things lately.
It was about the middle of August when Pope was
here, and when the rebels had outflanked him, there
was a gigantic race for who would reach the Rap
pahannock first. Our flying troops could see the duet
raised by the feet and hoofs of the flanking column,
who were marching parallel with them. Only one
army was retreating, and the other pursuing. It is
impossible for me to conceive how General Pope
managed to get to Alexandria with his army. Mc-
Clellan had an excellent chance to capture Lee's
army after Antietam, and Meade, by the caution of
his officers, lost a golden opportunity at Williams
port—but neither had the same chance to capture
Lee that Lee had to capture Pope.
If we have compelled the enemy to cease sending re
inforcements to Bragg, then one great object of this
forward movement has been achieved. It is reported
Vat such is the result. If so, 'well. Rosecrans and
BuirrAde are safe, and we can go on when we pleaies
for in my opinion, the movements of the Army of the
Potomac upon Richmond, this fall, depend material-,
ly—nay, almost entirely—upon the success of Rose
crans and Burnside's movements. There remain.to
us scarcely two months'of good weather. - It was
near the middle of November last year, when the
rainy season set in. Our army had just reached
Falmouth. Just now we must remember Popes
fate, and look to our flanks. Nor must we forget
Antietam and Williamsport—but push our advan
tage, and forget to be cautious. Close in on the
traitors, then let them prate of justice, - justice !
* * Justice
Must lay her balance by and nee her sword."
WHITE GOODS.
The Army of Northern Virsiniv will be whipped
on rebel soil, or, what is just the same, be forced to
withdraw from Virginia. This will "the un
kindest cut of all." No one living' here has any
idea of the complication of their affairs. They
.can't see how unenviable is their present position.
While we were at Germantown I lodged_ with a
family that had once been very wealthy. Though
they had given four sons and nearly all their world
ly goodi to the Confederacy, coesiderable remained.
To save the remnant from the rapacity , of (Air oleo.
they had applied to .Generak Patriak-for - guards, -
which were immediately stationed near the running
stock. One of these guards attracted my attention,
because he was apparently voiceless. Miss Echo
lost her personality and substance, but her voice re
mained. This soldier was robust and - strong,
but could converse only with " bated breath,"
Or in low whispers. Four weeks he was on
duty, and I saw him daily, in calm or storm, but he
never spoke aloud. Re said he caught cold on the
peninsula, it had settled -in his throat, and since
then be could not talk. A few days previous to the
general movement of the army, he succeeded by
some strategy in getting a bottle of whisky. Of
Course, he made himself drunk. I was walking up
the yard into the house late in the evening. It was
very dark. Suddenly some one seized me by the
foot, and in tremendous tones ordered me to "halt."
It was the "Whisperer," for such his comrades
celled him. He could talk louder than I, and as he
sang snatches of hymns and songs, I fell asleep
wondering at the strange phenomenon; next morn
ing I sought him early, and by dint of cross-ques
tioning, discovered that he had'been working all the
time for his discharge. He succeeded so well sti to
have his discharge papers made out, and would soon
have been on his homeward way rejoicing. But
that fatal bottle of whisky unloosed his tongue, said
thus lie was betrayed. He was not discharged.
I have heard infantry men on the march grumbling
about the difficulties of the pedestrian soldiers be
fore they had been on the march an hour. I have
known them take up the march at daylight and go
steadily on till almost dark. gust as they would be
building camp..fire, some one would , start a rabbit;
and a whole company, forgetful of their fatigue,
would start after poor "Bunnie ff and chase him for
an hour. As this portion of Virginia abounds with
rabbits, this is no uncommon sight.
THE McCLELLAN TESTIMONIAL.
The McClellan testimonial will be something
handsome. It has not been decided what yet. A,
magnificent book is the first gift. It is to contain
the names of all officers and.men who contribute a
moiety toward this purpose.. Although I have not,
seen the circular, the officers and men are obliged to
contribute something like the following; that is,
they can give this much but not more :. A major
general, $2O; brigadier general, $10; colonel, $5;
major, $2.60; captain, si; lieutenant; 50 cents ;
pri
mate; 10 cents. This is as near the scale as is pos
sible for one to get who ha's not seen the circular. I
understand General Meade has signed the paper,
and sealed it with $2O: The majority of his staff
will do likewise. From correspondence with Ca
different corps- commanders, the chieftains in this
unaccountable movement learn they will all pay
their respective quotas, and have their names re-
gistered in the great book. As long as the array is
in its present unsettled condition this attair cannot
be 'perfectly settled.
FROM THE FRONT:
- I came from the front last night. Except picket
firing nothing was to be heard. The rebels are
fortifying. This keeps them busy, with Out shelling
any. The rebels in front•. of 2d Corps were busy
all day yesterday slashing the limber on the face of
the mountain. The mere fact of their remaining so
quiet, and being so busy with erecting fortifications,
I take to be indications of weakness. Ere long we
will go over the river and see them. 'Probably this
week. B.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
AN INDIVIDUAL OPINION
PH.E WHISPERER
MARCHING AND DIVERSION
-A correspondent with Gen. Meade's army re
lates a visit to the Hon. John Minor Botts, whose
residence has been passed on the maroh of our troops.
His persecutionby the leaders of the Southern Con
federacy, culminating in his eight weeks'-imprison
ment in the old Libby prison, has not diminished
his rotundity of figure, the brightness of his keen
gray eyes. the brilliancy of his wit, and, lastly and
not least, his firm and uncompromising fidelity to
the Union. His plantation, which he purchased in
February last, comprises something over two thou
sand acres. His dwelling, in else, is in keeping with
the place, with an immense portico, with high and
massive pillars, a wide spreading and well-sbaded
lawn, and view of the surrounding country extended
and picturesque. His family, consisting of three
grown-up and accomplished daughters and a son,
live with him. Rebel cavalry have been encamped,
on his ground most of the time for months past. It
is well known that he is now enjoying his freedom
through favor of a parole granted by the rebel autho
rities. This, of course, places him under restraint
in telling many things he might Otherwise tell, but
nothing has thus far, and nothing, he says, will pre
vent in the future his telling his hostility- to the
Confederate Government and adhereoce to the policy
and principles of those seeking to preserve the
He persistently says he will not violate his
parole; but he wishes our generals knew halt he
knows about the rebels and their resources and in.
tentions. Ten days ago he was in Richmond, having
gone on a sort of family marketing expedition. -He
made a few purchases, and for what before the war
'ould have cost him - sBi IS he paid the small sum of
$1,368 02. He paid fifty dollars for a pair of cecimon
sewed shoes, and had he ventured into ordering a
plain suit of clothes, which he thought of-doing,
would have had to pay five hundred dollars for it.
A good many of our officers had called on Mr. Botts
to pay him their respects, and show their apprecia
tion of his fearlessness in avowing his belief and
.
principles.
-
Captain S. W. Ames, of the regular army, son
of Judge Sett Ames, of the Supreme Court of Bos
ton, and grandson of Fisher Ames, has been sp.-
' pointed colonel of the colored regiment which is now
being raised at Ohelton Hills. Colonel Ames was a
graduate of Harvard in 1854.
General Henry. WI. Naglee has received a vote
of cordial thanks: from the Norfolk Board of. Trade
for the upright and liberal manner in which 'he has
governed that city. in return General Naglee
' , sites all to aid him in the - Work of harmony and
progress.
CHARLESTON.
The Explosion In Battery Cheves—Slx Cont.
punks in Volt Sumpter—Ali the Arins
bearing Population of South Carolina
Called ilut—Coutemplated Attack on Folly
Island—Condition of Savannah
[Correspondence of the Ifereld.]
MORRIS ISLAND, S. 0., Sept. 19, 1863.
ALL QUIET BEFORE CHARLESTON.
Again I am compelled to announce "all quiet be
fore Charleston:,* Not a single event has transpired
since my last- communication, by the McClellan, of
any interest whatever, Notwithstanding our si
lence, we are by no means idle. A great deal of
work is being done of an important character, the
nature of which .I cannot at- present reveal, but the
results of which will soon develop themselves, and
can then be laid before the public.
EEI32E3
On-Wednesday last a severe gale arose from the
northeast„and continued to blow with great fury
until Thursday night, When it moderated and dually
died away. The wind did no small amountof da
mage to the camps. Tents were blown down and
their occupants compelled to remain out of doors ex
posed to one of the severest rain storms I have wit
nessed for seine time. The tides were unusually
high, and the huge waves rolled far up the beach,
over the levees of sand constructed about the camps,
and completely swept down the front rows of tents
and drowned the soldiers. The vessel's in the roads
pitched and rolled violently, and many of them
dragged their anchors. Fortunately none of them
went ashore; but how they managed to keep out of
the breakers was a mystery. - While the gale pre
vailed no communication was had with Hilton Elead,
as it was impossible for the small steamers to live
outside their harbors. I have heard of no wrecks
along the shore, and presume that all the small craft
made a snug harbor before the gale had reached its
height.
CAARLESTOIP 1,11M13.
I have been permitted to look over a copy of the
Charleston Courief, of the 16th, from which I make
the following interesting extracts:
BAD ACCIDENT.
A very sad accident occurred at Battery °heves,
James Island, about ten o'clock on Tuesday morn
ing. A magazine exploded, killing five men. We
have not leatned the cause of the explosion, nor how
many were wounded. Second Lieutenant Latifin
ger, Co. K, 29th Georgia; Sergeants Graham - and
Wbiteworth, Corporal Scott, and Private Griffith,
22d Georgia battalion, were killed.
FORT (317RPTER.
In an article relating to the recant naval assault, the
Covrier states that there were six companies in the
fort, which had been sent over, as we have learned
by deserters, when Admiral Dahlgren's preparations
were so publicly going . on.
The officers are kept in the .ftirt to prevent any
outburst of malicious spirit that may seek to de
sti oy, with murderous shells, a brave garrison, whom
their antagonists could not conquer in fair, single.
handed combat. .
GENERAL NEWS
The rebel steamer Sumpter was sunk between
'oultrie and Sumpter a few days ago, in what man
ner the Courier does not state.
Governor Bonham has called an extra session of
the State Legislature, to meet at Columbia, Sep
tember 27, 1863.
The troops sent from Florida into the field, num
ber, according to the report of the Adjutant General
of the State, 16,092.-The largest vote ever polled in
the State was 2.898. Florida has thus furnished to
the rebel army 3,194 troops, in excess of the entire
voting population. Men between forty and forty
five ate "tit eking to the army daily."
AN OFFER wormy OA A REA.°
Col. Keitt, of the 20th South Carolina Volunteers,
commanding Fort Wagner, on Morris Island, on the
last day of the rebel loccupancy , ofthe island, sent
the following message, in the midst of the terrific
bombardment from sea and land, to Beauregard
Will the boats be here to night for garrison? If
eo, at what tim el If our sacrifice will be of benefit
to the cause, say so ' and I will storm the enemy's
world at once, or lose every man on this island.
The enemy is within fifty yards.of us, and by day
dawn they will be upon us'; therefore, we should as
sault them to-night. L. M. KEITr.
The brave Beauregard sent the boats, and Keitt
began a new search for the utast ditch.),
A CALL FOR STATE . TROOPS
Governor Bonham, in a proclamation, calls out all
the arm s•bearing population of the State over six
teen years of age, not in or liable to Confederate
service. for State defence. The term of enlistment
of those accepted into service in six months.
THZ EATTBRIES OF JANES ISLAND
The rebel batteries on James Island have been
busily engaged in shelling our camps on Block Island
during the part three or lour daye, but had not occa
sioned a single casualty up to last night.
The rebels seem to be under the impression that
somettring is going on that does not promise well to
their cause, as our men arc silent, and no guns have
been fired on our side recently. It is not improbable
that they are correct in their surmises; but their
efforts to shell us out will signally fail to remove the
cause of their fears. As I write, Gregg is being ra
pidly shelled by batteries Bee and Simpkins, on s'ul-'
livarPs and James islands. No considerable number
of casualties fins occurred lately on this island from
the rebel practice, although at times it has been quite
hot anti well directed.
AN ATTACK ON FOLLY ISLAND
[Times correspondence.
An attack on our forces at Folly Island win not
unlocked for a few nights ago. Regiments were
called out, batteries placed in position, and every
preparation made to give the rebels a warm recep
tion. After all this trouble, however, the rebels
were mean enough to stay away.
SAVA - NNAU
A deserter lately came into our lines with a state.
meat to the effect that Savannah was almost in a
defenceless state. The troops had been called to
Charleston, leaving only a - small garrison in: the
toita
The des - eiter is coniAnt a small body of troops'
could easily take Savannah. The stories of deserters
aremot away& to be relied upon, however, and that
is particularly the case at the present time, when
the enemy is or has ' s
been in such close quarter& -
SORT sumpiEit
CFrom tfie Cburlesten Courier, Sept. 16.3
No point connected with the defence of Charleston ,
Is of more interest to the public, not only of our own
State, but of the entire Confederacy, than Fort'
Sumpter. Associated as it hsabeen in tne past with
pleasant memories, and in Mt present' with , heroio•
deeds, it has becOme as it were an heir-loom of our
whole people; and from the hour when it fell into
our hands, as the first victorious offering of South
Carolina to me Confederacy, until the present mo
ment, it has been defended and protected as "the
apple of our eye." At last it has been laid in ruins
its fair ploportions, its noble walls, its threatening
tiers of guns, all demolished by the ruthless demon
of war. Yet there the stately old pile still stands.
proud and defiant, as in her palmiee t days—crushed
but not conquered, wrecked, but not reduced—every
foot of her massive sides written all over with the tri
butes of the foe to the patriotism, skill, and courage
of those who have been her defenders.
It is not our purpose to enter into a descriptive
detail of the present condition of the fort, since it
would be manifestly imprudent to state what is not
known to the enemy. but there are a few facts which
may be interesting and proper to mention.
There is nothing - in the entire range of facts or
fancy to which the ruins of Sumpter can be likened
that would convey an idea of their external appear
ance. On the sea face scarcely a brick is to be Been.
Bushel by bushel, cart.load by cart-load, the wall
has been chipped off. until nothing is left but a gray,
ragged mass of mortar. from which project the out--
Mica - of former casemates, heavy beams, and iron
bars. The berme or base is literally covered with
the debris, amid which, at every step as you climb
over the" great fragments of stone and brick that have
fallen from the parapet you tread on brokea pro
jectiles of the enemy, scattered in pieces whose
weight varies from an ounce to a hundred pounds.
The Sullivan's Island face is less shattered, bat
even here the pits are deep, and huge piles
of material torn from the edge of the. para
pet by the oven-shot balls have fallen on the ,
rocks below. On_ the Morris Island face the
spectacle battles all description. For a distance,
roughly guessed, of thirty yards, the wall-is-little
less than a steep hill that descends from-the parapet
to the water's edge. This, too, is- a ghastly pile of
the once magnificent shape, from which standout,
in almost sickening aspect, fragments of guns, gun
carriages, masses of machinery, balls, bolts, ram
mere, sponges, all bound and mixed together with
theiron, 'brick, and mortar, in, lumps and in dust,
that have been wrenched from their long time
honored places. Here, too, lie the myriad fragments
of projectiles.
On the parapet, as you glance around the pleasant
walk that has been the scene of so many social epi
sodes, eagerly remembered by our fairones, you,ob
serve that the demon of destruction . has likewise
laid his heavy hand.. One solitary gun, looming high
above all else, keeps its lonely watch, and this has
been partially covered by the dirt dashed over it in
the passage of a shot. Other guns, broken,in every
conceivable manner, lie around, their - carriages in
splinters, and every ventage ' of their former-use de
stroyed.
TENNESSEE
Provost General Carter's Policy The
Surrender akTilden.
A Cincinnati correspondent writes. from. ICmox
.
ville under date of the 16th
General Carter °salines his policy in a letter un
der date of September 12th, in which he says it is
not the intention of the Government to punish per
sons who have been guilty of no offence but a. tacit
acquieacence in the state of affairs which has existed
here for the last two years. Persona against whom
no crime is charged, that would subject them to a
criminal prosecution or,civil suit for damages, will
be allowed to take the oath of allegiance. The fact
that they haVe been unwilling conscripts in the
rebel army, or have obtained such civil employment
under the rebel Government, as would exempt them
from military service, will be held as evidence of
disloyalty ; but it can be overthrown byleaving the
rebel service and taking the oath of- allegiance,
which restore. them to all their rights of citizenship.
Jackson's horde, at Jonezboro, to which Lieut.
Col. Hays, with 300 of the 100th Ohio, lately sur
rendered at Tilden, after & brave fight against 1,800,
will be summarily disposed of in a few days:
We now hold the East Tennessee and Virginia
road from here to Henderson, seventy-five miles
East. The other road to' Chattanooga we have
practical possession of te-that place, but the bridges
are burned at London 'and Charleston. The Ten
nessee river, at London. has" been pontooned. Gen.
Hartsuff has established his headquarters here ;
and General Burnside returned from the Gap on.
Saturday evening.
Beauregard and Ma Baboons.
tProni the Boston Transcript. I
A flag of truce sent out yeeterday brought the In
telligence from Lieut. Preston that he and his offlosra
were well treated and as corcl)rtable as the dream.
stances would admit. Beauregard took the oppor
tunity of sending the three toning message to Admiral
Dahlgren that be would• place the prisoners on the
parapet of Sumpter if .the navy made It an abject of
fire.
Some hundred miles oa more I rom the Cabo .Tor
mcntoso, as old Bartholomew Diaz called, it, there:
was an African village. The mountains, in the reaa
o 1 it, were full of enormous baboons and guerillas,
or, to adopt the old orthography, gorillas.
Upon a eel tain occasion, when the maisainhabitanta
were absent, the baboons availed of ths.opportnnity
to melee a.raid upon the village, aud aelzing all the
littler children they could find ; bore Them off into the
mountains. . .
When the fathers returned and. discovered the
outrage, they armed themselves and proceeded in
search, of, the perpetrators,; wh;nn they em long
found among the fastnesses of the mountains ; but,
no sooner was a firelock aimed` at any one - of these
baboons, than he,instantly held-up 'a babi directly
before him. Now, in a baboon, thia mig pass for
chivalry, and-we knOw of no other 'preeedent for
the menace of Beauregard in the whole history of
war, civil or uncivil. This, too, from a traitor, who
,complains', so indignantly, of 'a small sample of
Greek fire I - SIGMA.
A correspondent of the Herald writes Gen.
Halleek fa fast recovering from his late protracted
though not serious, indisposition, •through - all of
Which his official labors, have been pursued with
that inexorable industry • which is one of his main
characterietica. -.lle:issat his headquarters every
morning at nine, and remains. at work until four In
the afternoon, when he returns to his residence, on
Georgetown Heights. His labors are again rer.nmed
at eight in the evening, and continue -without re.
minim:Contil the last - item of the day's Work isdis
posed of—often not ceasing until the wee ams
hourn ' often midnight."
Extracts from the British Press — QM/Men
of the Ram ships and War with Ameri
ca-Gllmoirc's Feat.
['From the London Times. September 9.
We have received a report which, although leav
ing much to be conjectured or inferred, does un
doubtedly convey a remarkable pieae.of intelli
gence. It is announced, on the authority of the
general in command of the besiegers, that one of
the Charleston forts—the famous Fort Sumpter—has
been practically demolished by the fire of batteries
at a range of two miles or upwards. This is an ex
traordinary feat, and as such, indeed, it seems to
have been i egarded by the combatants on both sides.
Thel Federal General Gilmore makes a special report
of it to his Government, and communicates also
an opinion of General Beauregard—a most compe
tent judge—to the effect that the projectiles employed
were the most destructive missiles ever used in war
fare. But we are not told what these missiles were.
Beyond the general compliment to their efficiency,
we getlittle direct information: % From the terms in
which they are spoken of, we infer that they were
shells of some kind, and not solid shot, and we also
learn that the bombardment lasted seven days. We
collect, too, that some, at least, if not all of the bat
teries, were armed with 200-pounder Parrott guns,
but it is no t cert ain what cities or classes of ordnance
are comprised in that, designation. Of the number
of pieces actually employed against the fort from
day to day, we have no authentic return, and though
we know that a powerful squadron took part is the
attack, we cannot tell exactly to what extent this
cooperation was carried. Above all, we have no
sufficient account of the defences of Fort Sumpter.
We know that it was in itself an old-fashioned piece
of brick work, and that it had been recently strength
ened by all the additions and supports which the in
genuity of the Confederate engineers could devise.
Still, though cotton bales and similar coverings were
doubtless useful; they could not turn a weak place
into a strong one, and the shells from the Federal
batteries appear to have pierced the walls through
and through.
A WORKMAN'S WARNING TO ENGLISH ARISTOCRATS
Cre the Editor of the London heave
Allow me to ask, as an Englishman, one serious
question of our Government—Why we are friendly
with a great Government abroad, and at the same
time allow (in defiance of a law made to prevent the
same) our money-making shipbuilders to conatruet
men.of-war for a bach of Confederate rebels agataat
that Government which we are at peace with 7 They
can only be for war purposes, and as only a foreign
Government can require such, why cannot we de
mand to see the order from that Power? They could
only show two agents as ordering such. If for a fo
reign Government, then they must answer for the
- result ; if for private parties, then they ought to be
prevented leaving this country. It may, be very
fashionable with the upper ten thousand to sym.
pathize with the slave-breeding aristocrats of the
South, but we of humbler birth have deeper ties that
bind' us to America, both political and social. When
we see the great number leaving our shores for that
great country, and as four old of six are relations of us
common fellows, what will be our feelings? What of
mine, having sisters and all that is very dear to me,
if we see our men-of-war bombarding New. York
city, knowing morally we have been the causer If
we are not allowed to vote and make the Goverm
Inset here, we will not quietly allow the people's
Government to be destroyed there. Workingmen
are seldom heard in print upon this question ; but
let not our gentry suppose there is no sympathy for the
North here. They, wilt make an awful mistake if theygo
to war with America. It may be popular with the rich,
the snobs, and city swells, but not v ith workingmen.
Let them remember the Lancashire men starving first
sooner than lift up a finger against true liberty. Allow
me to thank you for the noble support of the good
cause, if you cannot publish this. I am, &c.,
H. G. iNTOFFAT
APPLEBY ROAD, DOlet01:1, Sept. 8, 1863.
AGAINST WAR WITH. AJtIRRICA
[From the London Star, September 9.]
* * We confess, on calmly reviewing these
things, that we. look with dismay to the prospect of
war with the - United States, whatever the cause or
controversy which may draw the sword from its
sheath. But to risk such a calamity, in order that
mercenary ship builders might get rich upon the
spoils of the slave, or because paltry legal quibbles
assumed a greater importance, in the eyes of our
rulers, than the 'vaster issues of- war, we should re
gard as the consummation of wickedness and folly.
It is thus we bail with peculiar pleasure the an
nouncement that Government le at length awakened
to a sense of duty. Better a thousand times to run
the chance of making seizures of suspected vessels
which may not'afterwards be legally confirmed, than
by hesitation in this pressing emergency to incur the
certainly of creating irritation and alienation in the
minds of a brave people suffering under misfortune
such as would certainly ripen into overwhelming
disaster.
A COMPARISON COMPLIMENTARY TO MR. LAIRD.
IFrom the Manchester Examiner, September 9.3
Mr. _Laird's course as Confederate shipbuilder is
not to run smooth. He has, probably, received an
intimation ere this that the Government has placed
an embargo on his steam rums, and that before they
can be allowed to leave the Kersey they will have
to run the guantlet of a British jury. Be will, no
doubt, profess to be very indignant at the interrup
tion thus offered to the prosecution of his trade, but
he has, surely, none but himself to blame for it.
When people, instead of honestly endeavoring to
obey the law, set themselves by all tortuous methods
to evade it, they must take the consequences. The
public laave no possible interest in shielding such
offenders. If one law may be evaded, way not
another? We, in Manchester, are familiar with the
doings of a set of men who are known as the " Long
Finn." Their business is to spoil and cheat their
neighbors, without rendering themselves obnoxious
to the law, and they have achieved remarkable suc
cess in tins line of adventure. They have pocketed
in the gross many thousands of pounds by sheer
fraud, yet in very few instances have they laid them
selves open to a conviction. The whole secret of
their success is that they know how to evade the
law. We do not for a moment suppose that
Laird would condescend to become a member of this
swindlingfraternityi but so far as he is trying to evade
i
the lam he s really imitating their staple dodge.
The London Mornin Herald refuses to believe the
statement of the Morning Post, that Government has
decided to detain the steam rams launched by Mr.
Laird in the Mersey ; in a characteristic edito
rial denounces such a monstrous piece of tyranny
aid placid acquiescence in the outrageous demands
of the Federal Government.
WAGERS ETON THE AMERIGAN WAR
(From the London News, Sept. 9,
An immense number of bets have been made mn
Southampton, during the American struggle, be
tween the sympathizers with the North and•those
who are for the South. In fact, bets have been
made upon every particular struggle between the
belligerents.
One of the most amusing wagers was- a- new hat
that the Federals would enter Richmond before the
Confederates entered Washington. As both parties
have heads of the same size, a new hat was at once
ordered to be made, and kept until the oet was de
cided. When Lee crosses to the north of: the Poto
mac, or the Federals cross to the south of that river,
the fate of the hat excites the greatest curiosity.
The siege of - Vicksburg caused a large number of
transactions, the Southern sympathizers- betting
11551), owing to the confident statements of the Lon
don Times. and. Standard that the town could not
possibly be captured. A bushel of ripe apples of a
new sort, grown at Woodlands, in the New' Forest,
was laid that the great fortress on the Mississippi
could not be taken, and the winner has just received
the " Vicksburg pippins," as they have been named.
The current odds are that the steam rams wilt es
cape from Lairds, and get into the hands of the
Confederates.
THE SITUATION IE THE SOUTH
{From the London Times, Sept. S.)
If Charleston falls at laat, and the Federate are
able to occupy the hated spot, there is na tfoubt•itleill
be a terrible disaster to the Confederates. Its possession
will cut the connection between Wilmington and
Savannah; and enable the Federate to treat some
part of South Carolina as they have already treated,
Mississippi and Louisiana. The mere closing of
Charleston as a port of entry will be a great
injury to the Confederates. A brisk trade
was carried on in the harbor, and even while. the
terrible bombardment of the 23d was going_ on two
blockade-runners are said to have entered. Indeed,
the worst result of the possession of the seaport
towns on the Atlantic by the Pirderah-would be
that It would enable them still farther to • pre
vent supplies of arms or of tho necessaries of
life reaching the Southern population. That
was the great danger of the South from the first,
and a wiser policy at Washington would probably
have avoided the vast waste of men and money that
ham taken place in the maintenance of enormous ar
.mies for the invasion and occupation of. Southern
territory, and would have thrown all the energies of
the North into the maintenance of , a blockade suf
ficiently strict to prevent the South receiving any
important supplies from abroad. The Federals are
conscious that this has been the weak point in-their
attack, and when Mr. Seward complains so bitterly
that the South has received support and favor from
abroad, this is the feeling he really expresses. The
North would have liked us tohave donetheir block
ading work for them, by not allowing ou.r merchants
to supply the demands of the South. They are
aware that it was of cardinal importance to them to
prevent this, anil - they.are angry with as because we
have not prevented it for them. But they ought to
have looked after their own business. better. It is
the mere intemperate passion of an unguided Demo
cracy to be infuriated with us because they have not
taken care of themselves.
Ie is said that some felling of thissort le-the cause
of General. Meade's inactivity, anti. that we: may,
expect the Washington politicians to give up the.
capture of Diamond as hopeless for the present,
and to retain no larger force in Virginia than is ne
cessary for the defence of, the capital. If this be
the case, the obviolie policy- of the Cenpderates is
to strengthen Genera/ fob, so 'as• to. enable him to.
threaten Washington and compel the Federate to
withdraw their efts:Mon to thsir own soil. What=
Geuesal Lee isdoing, and why he remains so..
quiet, is a mystery, as his proceedings generally arei
but continued inactivity on his part wouldbe diem=
trout to the Confederate cause. It is importantt , ....sr
President Davis, even at some sacrifice, to keep ap
the spirits of his people by active operations, and it
mama that the late FeCaraleuccesaes have.b.ed a
serious effect in shaking the confsience of a.large
number in the South. The desertions. from the
Sauthern armies, of ishich the President recently
had to complain, are said in the lost intelligence to
continue, and vast ll:umbers of deserters. were re
ported to be in the mountains near. Chattanooga.,
awaiting the Federal' advance. The fact shows no
thing bu, that the armies are faint-heas;aed, and is
no proof= whatever that. the Southern people are
elianging.their mind.
THE SAIPRESS AP nrAurcrta,
BIAMICITZ, Sept, 6..—Bi=liz is nerotho Pyrenees.
The royal visit is deseribeetby a corrodpondent of the
London Times:;
Their msjestles come hither to Hoek repose, though
not absolute solitude, and they live. and move about
pretty much as any of the peo - ele they see about
them. You meet thorn any morning or evening.
walking about through the streets, or strolling along
the beach or on the slopes : Everybody treats them
with respect, and nobody rats - aloe upon them. For
the Empress it is her place of predilection. She, fre-.
quented it in times gone by, when she certainly did
not dream shot she should one day wear the crown
of France.
Not a pass, a ruin, a gins, or a streamlet which is
not familiar to her, and tke pleasure with_ which she
revisits them as Empress of the French is not loss
lively than when she knew them as simple. Eugenie
Mentijo. - The morning after her arrival she might
be. seen, accompanied by one or two attendants,
walking about the town, or on the beach, Maureen
the imperial residence and the Port Vieux, the fa•
vorite resort of bathers. ---
MONIMENTI3 TO. LORD' DIMON'S DAUGHTER
ADA, AND BM GRANDSON ' V49.OOUNT OCKHAM.—
Two handsome monuments have just been finished,
erected to the memory of the above lersonages ' the
former being planed in' Newstead Abbsky, and the
latter in the pariah church of Ripley, Sultey. They
are both Gothic) monuments of white. Oarrara mar-
Me, are moat elaborately carved, and are surmount
ed with the arms of the family, the whole having
been executed by Mr. T. Gatlin, the eoulptor of the
Quadrant, Regent street. The following are the in
ecriptione "In the Byron vault below lie the re
mains of Augusta - Ada, only daughter of George
Gordon Noel, aixth Lord Byron, the wife of William
Earl of Lovelace;.born leth Dee , 1815, died 27tn
Nov., 1852—R,LP.;" "Ia memory of Byron Noel,
Viscount Oclihain and Baron Wentworth, eldest eon
of William Earl Lovelace, born 12th May, 1810, died
Sept.-1, 1862.," . 44; rw.y.
Brigadier General Tyndale is now in Washing
THREE CENTS.
THE CANVASS FOR. GOVERNOR.
UNION IRAS'S MEETING AT TITUS-.
VILLE, CR A WFORIY CO.
SPEECH OF GVTERNOR CITRTIN.
[Phonographically reported for The Press.]
A large and enthusiastic' mass meeting of the
Union citizens of Titusville, Crawford county, and
its vicinity, was held at that' place on Monday alf
ternoon, the 14th inst. Mr. r; H. Chase r presided,
and the assemblage was addreased by Gov. Curtin,
Ex• Gov. Wm. F. Johnson, John W. Forney, Col.
J. R. Worrell, and Hon. P. C. ahannon. We pub•
hob to•day the remarks made by Nov. Curtin, to be
followed into-morrow's issue by the other speeches
delivered on that occasion.
GOVERNOR CURTIN'S SPESCR.
The Governor was enthusiastically weloomed. Wham
he applause had somewhat subsided he spoke as fel:-
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LADIES AND. GENTLEMEN: No one acquainted with the
resources of our State can be insensible to the^wonderfal
developments that tave been made in this sec ;ion, We
all feel a just pride in the rapid growth of our' ponula
tion and power, the evidences of which are so abund
antly apparent tbroughout our land in the onward strides
of hardy industry and entrprise, in the fall of the forest
am`. the accumulation of the hidden wealth of the earth;
and we are telly compensated in this respect by a visit
to this nr,arvelloue region, where there is such an nnex
pimpled accretion of population and so large a develoP
ment of the rich jewels which Nature was pleased to hide
in these mountains. And, my fripods, when we retikt
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upon the bountiful provision which a kind Providence•
ha li made for us, and our high and honorable position as.
a people, we cannot fail to appreciate the true value of
flat Uovernment which protects us In the enjoyment of
om prospeiity, nor can we be too solicitous in its preser
vation Surely, above all the splendors of wealth: above
all the beauties of nature and of art; above all other go
vernmental powers of the earth. rises in grandeur and
sublimity of conception our own form of human govern
ment. My friends, it was not until the Revolution..
that this form of government was produced,
though-thee Declaration of Independence contain
.
. . .
ed no new idea. It proclaimed to the world
that glorious doctrine of human freedom. that man was
capable of self-government, and that all men were born
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free and equal—a sentiment which, had been woven like
a thread of gold through the affairs of nations for hun
dreds of yeen , , but which first assumed a tangible shape
in that matchless instrument which proclaimed freedom
to all. Our Government, based upon that ennobling
principle, hoe been handed down to us from the begin
ning, en all its purity, perf..ction, and power; it has
protected us in the enjoyment of our prosperity; and if
we are faithful to the obligations of the pant or the pre
sent, we are bound to give it to our children and to our
chili , ren's children, an it came tows. [Great aPPlanse.
I an, here to-day, my friends, to speak to you
of that Government. For nearly eighty years this
great pantie enjoyed almost uninterrupted peace; our
populsvion grew from three to thirty millions; and from
a nation so feeble,: that we claimed the prote cann of
older and stronger nations, we became of rank cocoon.
the foremost powers of the earth, and would soon have
berm, not only the freest, but the strongest Government
ever vouchsafed by. God to man. Our population was
rapidly spreading over this vast continent, the standard
imerican civilization floated over tie mountains as it
was borne Westwardly toward the Pacific; the hardy
adventurer wee turning up the soil of thelprairie to the
nourish' g light and warmth of the ann, while the
schoo!•home and the church were keeping equal pace,
with every other manifestation of the progress of a free
and enlightened people. We were a great and pro.per
ous veople. Our Government was so beneficent in form,
so pure and just In all its princtples. so perfectly identi
fied with our very existence, and like the air we
breathe, so necessary to life, that, though we scarcely
felt its burdens, it protected all our rights of person and
of property. It was a Government founded upon the
firm settled basis of public opinion. But in an evil nonr
deigning men began to plot against the life of this be-'
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reficent Government. For thirty years misled by the
teachings of perhaps the most learned and ingsnimo,
though the most dangerous, men that ever sat in Ameri
can councils, a portion of the people in the southern plot
of ibis country were plotting the destruction of our Go
verr ment. do not mean that daring all that time they
plotted the actual destruction and disruption of this
Union, but they plotted against that great underlying
principle upon which rested the whole g.,rnctrtre of oar
Government. Tear after year their machinations be
came more and more apparent, and I will not detain
you by narration of them It was reserved for a more
recent period. to develop before the astonished world the
most damnable conspiracy against the freest, the
purest, and the best Government on earth that
history has ever recorded—a conspiracy
n sted and carried out by the vilest men that
ever held public place, and resist. d by the purest loyalty
that ever stood with fidelity around a dearly. loved
Government I will not inquire into the causes which
produced this war; I have not time for that purpose; but
they are famblar to you all. It is enough foe me to
know that, in IEI7I. this Government was a- , sailed by
armed force; that military organizations were ertablish
ed in various sections of the Southern country; and that
they solemnly declared,in public. conventions, that they
would secede from the Union of States They established
the forms of governmental power, with all the depart
ments for fts administration; they put soldiers in the
field, and sailors on the sea, and app - dated officers to
command both, Onr Government at Washington, loth
to believe that any portion of a people blessed with such
a Government could so ruthlessly strike at its vitals,
foiled to take any measures for its own preservation.
The traitors surrounded the very throhe; they entered
into the councils of Mr. Buchanan, and gathered
about his person. The national ships- were ord , r
ed to foreign seas; the soldier was quartered in
the houthern country, and our arsenals and magl
sines were stripped of guns and munitions of war;
our highest °Metal representative, when finally conscious
of his position and its terrible responsibility, stood, as if
bound hand and foot. undetermined and. unwilling to
act When President Lincoln came into power,the mine
burst xnddenly upon an astonished people Then, my
friend, when they touched the Bag of our country, the
emblem of power. nationality. and liberty, the public
heart lea , . as with] one pulsation. and from the eastern
shoie. , of the continent to the Pacific ocean, from far-off
Nova Scotia to the dividing line between the rebel and
10 at States, all men were of one mind Our people
were willing to rake up arms, and all agreed that they
would stand by the honor and integrity of their great
Government. The people said, " Oar Government is
as.eailed ; that priceless legacy, given to us by our an
cestors. which was formed by the very apostles of liber
ty. and;which has been guided and directed by the Mazer
of Providence. is endangered by bold and wicked meat"
and all tone. loyal American citizens were willing to
stand by their Government when it was thus assailed.
Now, my friend-, it we were of one mind theM'if our
hearts beat in common sympathy with our Government
when Fort Sitaiffer was flred'upon. there is just as much
reason DOW for the same enthusiastic spirit and determi
nation which was, then manifest. I cannot understand
that any man who stood
fi by his Government when it was
,first assailed can now, a"Per more than two y , ars of
constznt war upon it ; after the slaughter of thousands of
our bestund bravest fellow-citizens. when we have a
Quarter of a million of our people in the field ; when
success after success has crowned our arms, and blow
after blow stricken at the rebellion shows that it is stag
gering and must coon fall—l cannot understand that any
Amer man citizen can now refuse to support the Govern
ment. There is precisely the SEIIIIO reasortfor the spilling
of blood and expenditure of treasure at -this day that
exieted for the eh edd tug of the first drop and the outlay
of the that dollar at the Inception of the war. There le
as much need now for unity of - heart. head,.and pnri:ose
as there was on the day that this nation was electrified
by the intelligence th.t insane and rebellions hands hod
dared to desecrate our eacrea emblem of liberty. [Great
applause I My ft iends, I pity fr.mi my sonl that rasa so
fond of life as to desire to survive the. destiny of this
toyat Government. All other- considerations; - all the
wealth and beauties of this fair land; the - pure air we
breathe, this healthy climate and rich, productive soil,
are as naught when compared with the value of our be
neficent Government, which is so accurately built, so
harmonious in its proportions, so complete in its archi
tecture, and Co perfect in all respects that it challenges
alike the admiration and thee. envy of the world. And
are we to give op onr Government now ? [Cries of
'Never 1") Our Government is dearer to ne and to our
posterity than all else beside. and it is only excelled in
grandeur and m'a,eetv by the glorious teachings of the
Great Creator.
Now. my friends, the President of the United States.
during the term for which be was elected to office, is at
the Lead of our Government_ That was so ordained by
our fathers. Washington. Madison; Hamilton, and .Tef
ferson stood by the cradle of this. Republic. and they
settled in the Constitution a provision that at the expi
ration of every tour years the people of the Uoif ed States
should elect a President. and that for the time for which
be was elected, the President should execute the laws,
command the army and navy, and. be empowered to
repel foreign invasion, and suppress domestic insurrec
tion. Abi sham Lincoln, for the present; occupies thepesi
tit n of Chief Magistrate of the nation, and stands at the
head of that great Government Whether you be hisfriend .
or his foe. whether you subscribe to that sentiment which.
gives to. Abraham Lincoln the simplicity of tbe child
and the philosophy of the statesman, or whether you.
prefer to treat him with that ridicule and contempt
which is poured out against him by Southern journals
and by_ certain persons in our midst; he is nevertheless
3-bur President, and during me °finial term yen can
have none other. While your Government is assailed
by armed force—white your enemies attempt to wrest
from yo.n the capital of your country, and bear away
ye.ur archives and destroy every-vestige of governman
al power.. with all its functions,. Abraham- Lincoln
is the only man on earth who is.empowered,, in a re
-presentative capacity. to resist that armed!attack. upon
the bulwark of your liberties. I eannot understand the
dittinction made by demagogues and eympathizers with.
rebellion. by which they claim to be loyal to the Govern
ment. while refusing support to thesPresidest. its visible
and active head, The man who- asserts that he is loyal
to-the G overrun ent. and yet refuses support to the Presi
der. t, misunderstands his own position; he is, in fact,
either a demagogue or afalsiier.. I tell you that the
man who. in this dark hour of our country's history, re
fuses to give to the President a generous and constant
support; is not loyal and true to his Government.
If the President were your and my worst. ene
ny, he would still be your and my President,
and, by virtue of his position as the repre
sentative of the People. entitled to receive all the
respect and support which. as American citizens, we
would be bound to extend to him. lie is. forn, spe
cific time, the .1 epresentative of that Government,. to
uphold which Pennsylvania. valor and - loyalty have
done so much ; of that Government whichinsures
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protection in - searching few the. rich treasures- of the
earth: of that Government-which protects all rf us in
the rights of life and property—and while there is a man
or a dollar left in Pennsylvania, we will stand by our
GOAWIIMent. Why. my friends, are you aware ofPenn
sylvania'e contribution-to this war in men and means?-
-I-know how many yon have sent from your own en
clan Ile g yegion. Why, from this comparatively small,
but theiving. - village land you may put it down in your
notes, Colonel Forney)from this village and its neigh
borhood eight comuanies have gone into the public ser
vice t From this leek, town and neighborhood, altaost
snreeneded by woods and mountains, eight companies
aere gone forth to help swell the ranks of the armies of
the ell, public. t" Good for that Yes, and good for
these who rent them to the battlefield. God Almighty
bless their fathereand their mothers; and all good men
eh ould pray for mid support those volunteers with more
men and mosey Instead of carping at the President and ,
indirectly destreying the influence and:effect of the gal
lant actions of the eoldiers in the field,. I regret that the
present canvass has turned upon such an is.ne. It
would have been far more preferable to myself had-the-
Democratic party declared ill favor of the war andqta
vie:mons pre:mention. The conteet would then have
be , n decided, with regaed to the Nines. of the candidates
befit?. e the people. and noon questions affectingthe gene
ral proeperity of the State; bat 1 feel humbled- when I
reflect that my defeat or succese may determine the
quntion oetbe life or death of my Government. Neither
my dielinepished competitornor myself can hope to out
live the erdint ry period of human life; the little record
we maize through life may beforgote eer with us. but the
living principles time truths upon which I atand.are im
mortal and cant ever be foegotten. andJ am trembling
ly alive to the importance of the position know, occupy.
I am aware of the fact that aroueel me are involved
sacred prinrimee lying at the WT9 foundation of liberty.
end while strength remains. I will stand tteadfestly by
them.
lily friends, we havesene into this war 20300 men.
Are all those men wrong in_ taking up arms?. Have they
bean minted, into a diegraceful negro war. as sympa
thizers call ite Aro they wrong in maintaining. our
Peinciples/ and has the blood of Pennsylvaniabeen shed
without warrant or justification? Nay, more,, are your
elm ches wrong? Dow is It that upon each returning
Sabbath eprayer aeceude from almost every congrega
tiou in the Commonwealth in behalf of the absent from.
home in the field and in the hospital? , No. they ore not
wrong, my fellow-citizens. It is the people of the South
who must bear the responsibility of a. loeger centime
nice of the wen Let that misguided people return en
their allegiance, - lay down their arms. and say to the
Government; 'we are willing to be loyal subjects."
and then this war closes. and our people return home to
emgag.e in the arts of peace. There can bo no Med
sion of this Government; and let me be diseinctly
understood, if they do not come in and acknowledge
their allegiance. 1 am in favor of compelling them
to de so. During the remnant of my official
teem, I will gice all the men • and:.money
within my reach to the support of the Government; and
if you desire to have en Executive who will not put
rot th all the morel and physical Power of Pennsylvania
to sustain our Government when assailed. you must
elect come other man than myself. I say that it is per
jury far us le neglect or to refuse to alei those who re
present onr ir terests and our institutions on the Held of
battle. They are in the face of an enemy; they, are our
people; and it matters not whether the war Is right or
wroug. we pot them there, and by every consideration
ofiustice and. honor we should. Freeport them.
With reference to the distinguished gentleman who
has been placed in nomination by the Demoteatic party
for ihe Governorship of this State. I have only to say
that I would not succeed by any course of personal defa
mation or detraction, nor would, I havemy friends em-- -
ploy such means. The time . for personal invective and
abuse him passed. A country that bas. raised 750.0e0
men of an army, that has organized. a navy sufficient to
enforce a blockade twelve hundred miles in extent. - Viet
to-day possesses a financial credit ter beyond the wildest
expectation of all financiers—end' a country has be
come too grand for the age - of little men. Deena
poeuee and slanderers fall before the magnitude
ofitbe Issues now before , the American people. I trust,
that! may be only equal to the great question involved
in this campaign. But Judge Woodward stands upon a
platform, and so do I. I am perfectly satisfied 'with
mine; but, in consequence of that gentleman's silence, I
am unable to ray bow he likes his. The convention
which nominated Judge Woodward declared its appro
bation of the public acts of Mr. Vallandigliame of Ohio,
and ite sympathy for that gentleman. who - Is 'now a
candidate for Governor. As to the causes which led to
the arrest of Ur. Vallandighana, whether the prevention
of enlietments or the use of seditious language. I will
say nothing to-day; but I speak of the public record, of
Tallaudighaufs oiliatal We. During his Ounitruu
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afford very little more than the'foe Qf the : paper.
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Sir To the getter-up of the Club 0." gm or twetitY.
extra ODD, Of the Paper will be given.
sional term be spoke and voted against.svery bill for
raising EMPpliefi man and means for tOcarmy; nay.
more, he boasted that he bad voted against every bill to ,
increase the army or give it the t ecessaries of life-
When be thus boasted. we had troops in ..r
Louisiana. Tennessee, Kentucky. Korth c am Isna, South.
Carolina, and Virginia: and he would have deprived
all of our fellow-citisens in those States of t bforlote;
MUSS to which they were pre eminently KO ‘ 48. •
believe that the soldier in the field should rec vire the
first-unite of the basket and the store; he has tL
to receive all our sympathy and all oar support.; a
my opinion, the wan who would not give to his br,
who takes his life in his bands in defence of the Om Yu
rent, all that he asks , is-unworthy to be exile, ' raw
American citizen: and I have no friendly feeling In
party in politics which incorporates such a sentiment
Its platform,
ft ow, with respect to another subject, allow metoart_
a word. In 1811. the Legislature of Pennsylvania pro
vided that the citizens of the State bearing arms on; of
the State should have the right to vt:te, and under that
law the right was exercised. Subsequently. Judge
Cunningham, a Democratic judge In northern Pennell
amnia, decided On a question raised before him that a
citizen of the State bearing arms out of the State hada
right to vote. Ti e case WAS carried tothe Supreme Court
or Pennsylvania, When a decision was rendered, re
mark. able as well for ire learning as for its icy columns.
that the Pennsylvanian bearing arms out of the Mate
could- not vote tinder our Constitution Two of the
lad ae3 who'nomie that decision are now before tne vs , ulPle
for their support At the following session of the befuls
lature I had the honor to recommend an amendment to
the Constitution, with a view to extending the right vf
suffrage to the soldiers. In pursuance of that recosa—
menda.tion the Legielatnre proposed as amendment tir
the C ,, nstitution. Row, my friends, let me call yore' attention to the fact that the liemocratie Contrentioge l
met in June,. and notwithstanding that the proposed.?
constitutional amendment had long been published to
the 'world. that convention was perfectly silent on the.
subject. The convention by whom I was placed in no—
mination engrafted, in the platform upon which I stand,
as a distinct pn dge, their endorsement of the proposition_
giving to Penmyivania soldiers in the national service,
the right of suffrage. Now. my friends, the climes of'
Penney] vama, in the service of the Government during
the Mexican war, were allowed to vote, and their c111.9s
were counted at home. In the present instance, Ido
not know for which of the candidates before von the
soldiers would vote, but I do know that men of courage
and fidelity, men who have stood, many of them, in
seventeen, eighteen. and nineteen battles, would, if
permittied by laW, exercise the right of franchise with
perfect independsnce: and I would be perfectly willing
to. day to agree with Judge Woodward that the soldiers
should all vote_ -
. _
In the vent of any such agreement, I would go back
to Harrisbnra without straining my lunge to speak
again, for I apprehend that if the Opposition had sup
posed that any considerable portion of their friends
weie in thealmy they wood at least have paid them
the poor compliment of declaring that they were in
favor of. en areardment to the Constitution which in
future would give them votes.
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The distinguished candidate of the Democratic party
said in substance, if not in terms, in a public speech, on
the 13th day of. December, 1860. when the mutterings of
the coming storm 'Were first heard throughout the Borth.,
that a State had the right to secede. Re also said in the
came speech that slavery, if not of divine origin, was
sanetiorTd by the Divinity. lam disposed to question
the genuineness of his theology, and I certainly mistrust
his politics.
Wbiie there is a man. woman, or child in this vast
multitude who can read the Sermon on the Mount, r am
willing to rely upon it alone for the contradiction of such
theology. I assert, that mar Government is a great na
tionality ; that it contains within itself all the powers of
a nationality ; that the first attribute of the power of a
nationality is that of self.defence, and that among the
Powers specified in our written ‘Z.Unstitution as belong
ing to the Government is the power to rem-1 invasion and
FhpDTESB do-nestle insurrection; and I hold that there is
no part of that Constitution, and no construction, forced
or settled, which can be nlaced upon it which gives any
State or combination of States the right to secede from
our nationality.
No state or combination of States can be justified in
an attempt to destroy this nationality, and if any State
attempts _to secede from or destroy the Union of States,
1 find in the written authority of our great national com
pact the power to compel obedience to the law. [Great
applause.] I find it written in that Constitution in ex
press terms, as. d I find .it in the theory of our Govern
ment. I em in favor of coercing treason and rebellion.
and suppressing domestic insurrection by the punish
ment of the sword and the halter. [Renewed applause-3
And I would pursue this war until the rebellious people
in the South returned to their allegiance, acknowledged
the power of our nationality, and bowed to the majesty
of the law,gla2d until the last rebel in arms had gone to
a dishonorEd grave. [Cheers
Now. my frieeds, what bas caused this war? I stand
here to-day my fellow-citizens of Pennsylvania. to tie
elate to yon tsar we. as a people, are innocent of all
offence in bunging -in this terrible war. We never took
from any man a single right; we never adv." cated a doc
trine or a political sentiment at war with the interests of
aey citizen of this cast Confederacy. We never set npa
rebellion but once. I refer to the whisky insurrection
which was nremp ly suppressed by General Washing
ton. That great man marched an army of fifteen thou
rand men into Western Pennsylvania. and compelled
the people to be obedient to the law. For her offence at
that time, Pennsylvania was properly panished; but
she committed no offence against the people of the South,
nor even afforded any pretext by which they contd.
justify their.preeent treasonable attitude.
They instituted a rebellion which has assumed mon
strous:-proportions. While we religiously rem3acted
their, rights of property, they chose to set up the i nstitn
tion of slavery as bigger ttian - our Governmeot. ant to
declare that the sentiment of slavery should be univer
sal. They declared that one f on‘titution recognized
slavery as its basis; but we declare that the basis of oar
Censtitution is freedom. The mind of man never con
ceived a - more beautiful thought, exprewed in simple
and plain Saxon, than when it was declared that a fair
dev's work was worth a fair day's wages. Yet we were
•willing to tolerate the institution of slavery, because oar
love of country was greater than every other feeling:
but now, as slavery has sot it , elf up as bigger and
stronger than the Government, it must fall before the on
ward, majestic tread of that great Government. I know
of no sect, political or religious, nor any institution
within my Government, however grand and magnifi
cent, which can subvert or usurp the powers of that Go
vertment. They have made their bed, and, though it
be a bed of thorns, they must lie upon it.
New, when driven to the last resort, the President of
the bogus Confederacy calls for 500.000 negroes, to whom
he promises wages and lands. ( "Where are thelande ?"l
Ile has neither moi.ey nor lands to give; and be forget.
my friends, that in the possession ofMissouri,.Maryland.
Vests:in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana. and
the Mississippi river, we have more negroes [nun he
has.
y fellow-citizens, I have been informed, g.eatly to
my regret. that a few days since a speech was delivered,
not in this immediate neighborhood. but sear by here, by
a distinguished leader of the Democratic party. who, ta
the course of his remarks. advised alt his friend. to
buy pistols and go armed to the erection I s i.sw,
my friends, no one desires to interfere with the
right of suffrage, and I would ad vise all who are friendly
to me art to go armed at all. The men who would take
up arms from an imaginary . fear, on the mere teachiagstof
a Democratic . orator. are perfectly harmless with their
arms. The only danger is tha' their arms may se mei
dents.ily discharged in their pockets and hurt themselves.
But these men appear to be nervously apprehensive that
the soldiers will return homeland surely t_hoso who
carry pistols against the soldier must be afraid that he
will not Tote with them. My friends, have no sash
fears Your brethren in the fleld have +food by you be
your extremity and preserved your and their honor un
sullied, SO you seed bare no fears of the soldier. -
In conclusion. I may state that during the present
campaign I shall treat my political opponent fairly, and
state impartially. before the people. th s principles by
which lam guided I thank ron for the , opportnnitY
yen have , silforded me of speaking to you to , day. I can
not separate from you, however, without saying one
word with respect to the ladies of Pennsylvania. In
all the changes and vicia,itudes of this war. long
before Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Chattanooga and
the Cumberland Gap. fell into our band., before
Fort Stitnp er became a pile of ruins, and before
the announcement that the guns of Gilmore com
mended the city of Charleston. the women of Pena
lvania stood by their Government, an:example to the
men who faltered in their allegiance. I know how
much they have done. Iknow bow before and after the
battle, in the camp and in the hcspital, the women of oar
State have get:term:loy devoted themselves to sympathi
zing with and comforting our brave people. They have
In. every respect been faithfn/ to the Gow , rament :.know
how.they have bound up the wounds of the bleeding sol
diers, wiped the blood and sweat - from the faces of the
dying, end how, amid the roar and carnage of the bat
tle, they have poured words of soothing conzoln.tioninto
the ear of the exhausted hero. •
And now, my .eilow-crtizens, whether it be your plea
sure to vote for the gentleman in nomination against me,
or for myself. is a question about which we will not
quarrel. I believe that right - and - truth are in my favor,
far lam for my country, whether elected or not. Oar
interview to-day has been of the most pleasant charac
ter. and. whether profitable or otherwise, we part to
meet again, I trust, as friends. Whatever may be year
pleasure. I wish yon all farewell.
Three cheers were then given for Governor Curtin,
and three more for the Union.
WEST CHESTER AROUSED--
ANOTHER GREAT If NIONDEMONSTRITION
UNBOUNDED ENTHUSIASM FOR GOVERNOR CURTIN.
[Special Despatch to The Fre..s.)
WEST CHESTER, Sept. 25.-1563
We have had a' reat meeting here to-day of the
friends of the Union, Duly az will make it memora
ble in the history of our enmity.. Seldomnindeed
have we had occasion for ouch enthusiasm. Under
the auspices of thO Central Committee, every ar
rangement necessary to give Eclat to - a demonstra
tion was provided, and. the people turned out by
thousands. It was a gala day, and was a convincing
evidence of the general fee;ing in behalf of the:Union
ticket. •
Hundreds of loyal Democrats were present, giving
their allegiance to the cause of the Union and
emancipation. Stirring speeches were delivered by
Governor Curtin. United States Senators Hale and:
.Clarke, of New Hampshife : Hon. P. C. -- Shannon,
of: Pittsburg ; Hon. M 7. Patterson, M. C. - Elrett,
from New Hampshire.; Hon. A. Randall,- Ex-Go
vernor of Wisconsin ;,,CoL E. Biddle Roberts, Hort.
Morton McMichael, Charles Shriner,- of Union:
county; R. L. Martin, of Delaware county; Col.
W. Fisher, of the Pennsylvania-Reserves ;
J. W. Forney. and others. The people, numbering -
probably 20.000, assembled at the fair ground, in
West Chester, to hear tbese distinguished advocates,
of the national cause. The vast area was filled by
eager, loyal thousands. Cheers upon cheers hailed
the speakers, and:the more radical and earnest the.
arguments the heartier was the applause.
Senator Clarke convinced all:impartial men that
the conscription act was made necessary by the
actions of the Democratic party. Senator Hale svas
received with, marked salvation, and produced a
signal effect. Charles Shriner. of , whom Penn
lvaria ought to he proud, pledged bis: section
of the Stets. tor Governer Curtin. His remarks
were earnosk eloquent,. and conclusive. Judge
Shannon spoke over two hours. with usual
ability ; the audience was delighted with, him.
They had:board much of him, and-he exceeded their
expectations. Colone) Fisher, of-the Pennsylvania
Reserves, touched the hearts of his- auditory by his
allusions to Governor Curtin's devotion -to-the-in
terests of , the soldiers and denunciations-oh the pre
tentious: Democracy. Colonel It, Biddle. Roberts
was emphatic in support of , the Governor and
the National Administration, and in , his oppo
sition to the course of- theeftiende of Judge Wood.
ward. Colonel J. W. Forney,- who,hos ever been a .
favoslle here, was called to the - stand- by the people.
themselves. 'There was a.universal wish to hear
him, and his remarks were received with an earnest
- attention seldam witnessed upon so exciting an pc
cation ; but, of coUrse,„the great feature of the day
was Governer Curtin, who was the &sir speaker at
the main stand, and whose eloquent discourse upon
ail the great issues of theslay rivetted the attention.
of the tbansands before him. and called forth the re.
pealed applause of. the immense multitude. We.
have not heard him before during. the present cap..
vase, but we can . truthfully say he was argument:le:
live, impassiona, and convincing.
Gevernor Curtin made many friends by his speech .
to-day. Our esteemed townsman, Hon. William!,
son, ex-Speaker of the Senate of Pertnaykania,
presided. Chester will speak in tones not to be mis..
taken in Oetober. The two meetings—the. one ats
Oxford on Tueaday, and the demonstratio*, here to
day—convince the moat skeptical that the, result
this Congressional diatrict will be all the. - most son-,
guine ghoul& desire. J. C. U.
NINETEENTH. WARD MEETING.
A grand National Union meeting was held- lesh.
evening, at the corner of Second and! Montgomery
streets, in the Nineteenth Ward. It was certainly
one of the moat enthusiastic meetings that we
have seen since the opening of the campaign.. The
people flocked there from all parts of the ward
" the sweet German accent, and the rich Irish.
brogue" were heard shouting for the Union. It
was a demonstration that reheats credit upon the
intelligence and the pafriotism of the mass of the-
Teridenta of that section. of our city. The war De
mderats will make themselves felt in the coming.
contest as the grand allied power of the great Union.
army. They were present last night in large num
bers, and gave many a demonstration that they can
think for themselves, and spurn from their presence
the wily and slimy leaders who endeavor to satrap
the masses.
An efficient band of musicians was present, that
..nlivened the proceedings by the performance, of
spirit-stirring airs. 'At 'the - appointed hour the
cleating' was called to order y Mr. Benj 13r..
wilier, who nominated Charles b Houghton, fd„ amin
D., as
president. A. number of vice presidents and scare.
taxies were appointed. Mr. wiWittii Y, LleAdsti