VEIBIASBED.BAMYBOINDAYS BY JOBB — YIt. iroarrinr. c•naos, am- U SOUTH FOIII3TEI MUM WILICI. DAILY PLIE439, rimEN :Psi Walla, payable to Um Oarrite. ' goalie(' to Babigribers out of the City at Barber DoWAN Zinc AXXIIX. TIERIII DOLLARS AND FIFTY OINNTS Pea Sri 011X-DOLLAIL AIM 88YEATY-M/8 .011RO 31111411 terarlably in advance fortha Attie Or. derail; Adverthionenta inserted at the usual rata. Net !linos aoaatituta L sonars. lig WM-WREN...LT MI MS, .Matted tft Iliuboorporo out of the Olty at Foos DoLLARs inaa Airxvx. fa savanie. RETAIL DRY GOODS SKIRTS 1 SKIRTS 1 SKIRTS 1: • N. A. JONES' NE PLUS ULTRA SKIRT Cahn only be found at . ' 17 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, OVER THE Wial FIGURE. elit . None genullke unless stamped IL A. JONES' NE PLETS 17LTEA:SKIRT, - :17 N. EIGHTH STBRIT. 44111 fp3m 43LANKETS I BLANKETS I BLANK• SETS he Largest Assortment of 13 - 14 A. s , AT THE LOWEST PRICES' - , OFFERED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. BY 00 . tVi"Ei3,TETWAIT as 00., 4T. W. COE. EIGHTH AND MARKET. STS. selBtde3l VIURNISHING GO 0 DS. Russia Crash from 14 to 25 cents, Loom finckaback Toweling. Loom Table Linens from 76c to $l.OO, Union Table Linens at 76,cents, lifnekaback Towels—fine assortment, White Flannels of every description. Red Flannels, Plain and Twilled. Oray Flanneku'Plain and Twilled. iota of Fine Napkins, Thirty Pieces of Maeda Diaper, at .roarr H. sTORBO, 7021 ARCH Street. N. B.—One lot of French Scarlet Cloth, for Cloaks, a superb article. - se26-tf 10114 OHISTNUT STREET IsTEEIE)I_..ES lEI RECEIVING DAILY ALL DSSIRABLE NOVELTIES LATEST 'IMPORTATIONS In LACES. EMBROMERISS, HAINDXEROHIEFS, 10114 CHESTNUT SMUT. 'PATER -PROOF CLOAKS; Fall and Winter Cloaks. Orders taken for , Clnake. Fine Stock of Woolen Shawls. CLOTHS— Water Proofs, some extra dark shades. Frosted Beavers of extra fine quality. .Seelskins. Castor Beavers. Tricots. Fine Black Broadcloths. 'Slack and Fancy CaFsimstoe. It mammoth stock of these Goods. at the right P 4086, COOPER & CONARD. S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET. MOURNING CLOAKS, • • MANTLES, BRAWLS, &a., At the • . NSW .MOURNINIISTO2% ;• - . 926 PHESTNIIT Street, • RID -1m ; M. & A MYERS & EDWIN HALL & CO., No. 26 SOUTH 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 expo's ich printed Merinoes and Cashmeres. Rich and neat style all-wool Delalnes. • Figured Mohair Reps. Plain Reps and Mohairs. Fancy styles of Velez:miss. • - All-wool Plaids. • Rich French. Chintzes. Plain all-wool Delaines, double width. Plain all-wool Detainee, single width. • Black and Colored Alapacas. • 'Wholesale as well as Retail Buyers are respectfully in vited to examine our Stock. sel7-tf e(APENIRG OF FALL DRESS GOODS. H. STEEL & SUN. Noe. 713 and 715 North TENTH street. a ITO now open a choice assortment of FALL AND WINTER. DRESS GOODS. Plain Silks, choice colors. A 126 to N. Plain Moire Antiques, choice shades. Plain Black Silks 90c to $2.60. Figured Black Silks; Fancy Silks. ' All-wool Remand Poplins. al.Pcolors. 'Pjatalillk and Wool Reps.- all colors. Figur& and Plaid Reps and Poplins. Plain French Berinoes,choice colors. 1. lot Plain v lll, rench Merinos% choice colors. $l. ise6 GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. GEORGE GRANT, Ito. 610 CIREBTNIIT STREIT. Bu now ready A WWI AND COKPLISTB STOOK GENTS' FURNISHING - GOODS, Of ascii imnetiation and manufacture. His celebrated "PRIZE Iif_ED.A.L SHIRTS," liffmnfeetared wader the surierietemieme of JOHN F, TA.Gazer, . {Formerly of 014enberg'& Taggart,' 4r . the most perfect-Int - Mg Shirts of the age. , ;.,wi-;orde'm promptly attended to 17g-theta-Sze 606. ARCH STREET. FINE SHIRT AND WRAPPER DEPOT. AN /3LZOANT,ISSORTMHNT.OP GISTS' IIIRNISH,INti- GOODS, AT MODERATE PRIM. FOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR ECRIATS, WRAPPERS, AND STOOLS. a. A. HOFFMANN. Successor to W. w. KNIGHT, 606 ARCH STREET. 606. MILLINERY GOODS. MILLINERY GOODS OPEINING% GEORGE W (Late of New Ynrk.) OPEN THIS A CHOICE SELECTION OF FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, AND - OTHER MILLINERY GOODS, At Nos. 35 and 37 South TIANTH Street, Above Chestnut 4 3 MILLINERY GOODS. BROOKS At BOSENHEIIII, 431 MARKET STREET, :have now on hand. a complete aesortment of new styles RIBBONS, BONNETS, VELVETS, BONNET-SILKS, - MISSES' HATS, - FLOWERS, FEATHERS, LACES, MILLINERY GOODS GENERALLY, which we invite the attention of the trade. 007-lm FALL, 1863. "VsrOOD SL CA_l;tlr, 725 CHESTNUT STREET. Vivre now °Pan LARGE STOCK 07 STRAW AND FELT GOODS, FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS, And. a general assortment of MILLINERY GOODS, '. To which they invite, the attention of THE TRADE. EIGHTHST. RIBBON STORE, No. 107 N. EIGHTH STREW. We would infonfa our °automat's, and the ladies neurally, that we OPEN THIS DAY 4 oolikpleto stook of - MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, POR TER FILL AND WINTER SEASON OF 1563. Oar stock consists of BONNET AND TRIMMING RIBBONS.' .every shade and style_f_ BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, .rds.in and with white and colored edges: FELT AND STRAW BONNETS AND HATS, the newest shapes SILKS. VELVETS, AND UNCUT VELVETS. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND FEATHERS. = BONNET-FRAMES, LACES, dia., &e. By buying from the importers direct, andby constant Attendance at the yarionsfauction sales in this city and :New York. we are enabled troffer assplendid assort. iment of goods in our linkatite most reasonable prices. A full assortment kept Atill "the end of the season. Country orders promptly& tended to. - SICHEL & No. 107 North EIGHTH Street. '.X k FRENCH FLO WERS, 1863. FEATHERS LACES RIBBONS & NEW -STYLE HATS, JUST OPENED AT 'THOS. - KENNEDY & No. 75119 CHESTNUT Street. below Eighth. .410-3 m MRS. H. WRI GHT, NO. 137 • PINS Street, will open Fashionable Millinery, on THURSDAY, October 6th.' 1863. oc6-Iw* • MISSES O'BRYAN, No. 1107 '• WALNUT Street, have received Paris MILLI NERY for Fall. which they will be prepared to r show to theWenefomera on and after THURSDAY. 00- lobar let. e1e414-12t. 41 MOURNING- BONNETS Made to order at the WV MOURNING STORE, 926 OHSSTNUT Street, M. 4 A • litrlPL9 al CO, WHITS GOODS, VEILS., &0.. &c. - 606. MILES, ;H.r.,.-...-.:..:..‘.14.1.,.:,5,_,,,,.., 11 6*" 4"1 7:1 4;.. I'7 . , . , .( Ifteig . ..-'s •;.- I lf. c .--- -, 4 „ 1.• .. .1•'... .. .' -,1 .1. ;. ' " ',l,Allir-- -, -; . 111101110 ft. I' l 3 4,ll.lliitii r. • •• __ _. - 1 ow : ~ ~ ' - .... ~. , . r . ~.... - • i on' -"" . • ''-' - --;," i ---- -.'Ai..r.:',.... ---- - MI ; ' ! 'v - • -7, -, . - .r. - --t-7, ,.. - - - 7... :,, _.--- ~. .. '. ..•• I '. • ' ' •' • ' .. ,/ , ‘44 , • ~. , •-• :---- ~.,. . _, r . r _ _ ~...,..7_,..,:-....;.........._.." ' !•,1:7 11 -- -- ~ . NI.. 4 1:4-__- , ...--r....-1----". -- .. -- ...7: 0 4 -- • : -.:-.. - I- ' , .....::: - '," '" 7.:--- , -':•• .t. . . • ,-. ..- ''- --- i l '''' -- ..E." : ' •••:-.._ -1 1 a •.,. 7 -- ~ ..„. .. - ..,:..,.. • . .. . .. _ . ~.. ._ _ ...._ --, . L ... T... ....: . ..- . .- - . - ..- - .-'-' • - • . - . . -" -,....-•. : ,-,,, • . . ,---• • • _ , . .. . VOL. 7.-NO: 59. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1863 North American Review. The two hundred and first number of the North American Review has come to hand. Commenced in . May, 1815, it is the oldest Quarterly published in the English language, with the exception of the 'Edinburgh Review, of which the first number ap peered' in October, 1802, and the Quarterly Re. view, Which first saw the light in February, 1809. Periodicals, like individuals, and even like nations, appear generally to, have a vigorous youth, a strong manhood,. and-then a slow de `cline. The British qtetriewn, above mentioned, show this, for brilliant articles in them , have become the exception and not the rule, and their American brother, now, before us, is in much the same way. For several years past, it has simply been a highly respectable periodical. The new number is the best we have seen for sometime, but still it is not up to the mark. As the Edinburgh and Quarterly have been thrown Into the shade by the superior ability and vitality of the North British, so the North American lags behind, in comparison with its energetic and va rious, but much younger rival, the National Quarterly Review. In the new number of the North American two ar ticles are entitled to peculiar praise. The first is 'a notice of Eugene _Scribe, the dramatist, which is critical as well as biographical, and shows com plete mastery over the subject. The other, also evidencing personal acquaintance with what the reviewer wee writing about, is a notice of Edwatd About's Greek romance- and his account of Modern Greece. Both books were publishell seN;eral lean ago, so that,to some ex. tent, the eview is retrospective; but the events which• have lately drawn .the world's attention to Greece fully warranted the publication of a paper upon Mr. About's amusing and generally accurate description of the Greeks, as he found them, and of society in the Levant. Ve'ry different r from the comparative freshness of these articles, is a long dissertation on the Trial of the oOnstitution,' in which article we find Only old ideas Worked "up anew—a sort of literary shoddy— without Yeally taking the . slightest notice of, or making even the most distant reference to, Mr. Sid ney GeorgiiFisher's able book, whose title heads , the artiale. IThe notices 'of Dana's Geology, Tyn dall's Lectures on Heat, Lyell's Antiquity of Man,., -and Max Mtlfier's Evolfition of Languages, are bitter ; but "such subjects as "The Testimony of Chriatiatiity 'concerning Itself," and." Quietism on the Nineteenth Century," are better adapted for a religiouliciation than for the North American .-lievim4' , ught to be. Abstract theological die- Ix°iiiiiiiisio ' , *sly in place, except in a professeMy 4illifiqua puffitfillinier Per contra, we here find aprac *Mil*Wilitribilliae article on Life Insurance, the titilliiirisitto show that "among equally, well-managed Life.lnsurance Companies, that is the safest, the cheapest, and the most deserving of confidence which has done, and is doing, the largest amount of business." , Of course, there are circa. nional exceptions, but we believe that the reviewer's aphoristmwill generally hold good. , A highly interesting notice of Surgeon General W. A. Hammond's recently published volumeXia; Treatise on Hygiene, with special Reference to the Military Service,") is the last of the regular reviews in the present number. The book is carefully con sidered, and the reviewer writes with some autho. rity, "having been connected in a surgical capacity with a Military hospital at Washington," a round. about way of stating that he was hospitil surgeon, "and having resided in it for several months." He t. , treats of recruite, soldier-making, and, very fully, of hospitals, giving a rather minute deschntion of the Mower Hospital, at Chestnut mti, which he designates as the " largest and most complete, as well ail recent," on the ridge and pavilion plan, and therefore taken "as a perfected type of the others." The remarks on hospitals are full of interest—evi dently resulting from personal and praCtieal ob. nervation. We regret that the reviewer appears to have some pique againit Surgeon eitneral Ham mond. He says, "In taking leave of our anther, we cannot help feeling that ,the elective faux pas which placed him where he is; in total disregard of all just and established rules of Precedence, was, on the whole, benfloial in its results. Many of the gentlemen who were hie seniors would doubtless have equally well filled his position, as Nye - know some attain to have nobly discharged no lesa ardu ous dutiestof inspection and administration since the war began„ Yet, as representing the young school of medicine and science, and, above4ll, as a believer and practicer of hygiene More than of drugs, we regard him as well qualified for his place at the head of the medical corps." If well qualified for hisplace, why sneer et himl The Critical Notices which conclude the N. A. Re view, are usually written with impartiality and skill, briefly but adequately characterizing each book un der review. In the present Number there are thir ty-five such criticisms, which, no doubt, will guide many in their purchase of new works. W. B. 24e her, South Third street, is agent for the N. A. Review in Philadelphia. . Bunt's Merciiants 2 Magazipe. The late Freeman Hunt commenced this periodical , nearly twenty.five years ago, (it is now far intO its forty-ninth volume,) and the necessity for such a publication, as well as the tact and ability with which it was conducted, made it a popular and paying property within three months. Out of the United States no magazine is so well known, ao . highly esteemed, so completely relied upon by men of, business. It is to be found on the table in almost every Ohancher-Of-,Oommerce in England and the continent, as well in Australia and India. Famous for the accuracy of its information, it has obtained high repute as a reliable work. Mr. Hunt, its founder, died in 1856, and his magazine is now cow ducted, in !the good old ist:,.le, by a very able suc cessor, Mr. - William B. ; Dana. The October number contains several articles of interest. One of these, entitled "Russia and the United States• . =Future Empires," shows the advance, condition, and pros pects of. two mighty , empires, which "have been growing internally and externally with mutual sympathy." The sources of revenue and resources of produce of both empires are here given, and it may surprise some to learn that the United States have the greatest number of miles of railroad in the world, at a cost of a thousand million dollars. The writer says: " Thus the two Empires (Russia and the United States) have an area of virgin and prolific soil more than double that' of the whole of Europe. Their population is nearly one-half that of" Europe, doubling every twenty years, and will, in half a century, exceed that of Europe. The power of each country respectively grows in a ratio much greater than the mere increase of the population, as is mani fest in the- unhappy struggle now going orr in the Union:--In 1800, five millions of exhausted people came out of -'a struggle for their independence. In sixty years, they had overtaken Great Britain in numbers, and-have displayed a military power in two years at which the world may- well wonder. _ One million and four hundred and' ninety-five thousand men have been called into the field, and $1,500,000,00110 of capital poured into - the Federal treasury to support the war, without apparently disturbing the course of events or checking the imp. ply of food sent to make good the short - harvests of Western - Europe. Russia is developing similar powers, and it has become apparent that in fifty years 7 -perhaps in the lifetime of the present sove reigns of France and England—the two great nations will completely have overshadowed the political power and commercial importance of Europe and England. The present importance of the latter cen obite in working up the raw materials and food of Russia and the United States into goods for sale in the general markets.- But Russia and the-United States will very soon rival. hir in ability to manu facture. In that hour the empire of commerce will pass 'to those two Powers." Other articles are on the History and Principles of Money; the use, necessity, and amplest mode of Book-keeping; on the Telegraph to - India; on Com mercial Law; on the Effect of National Banks, which, the writer strongly argues, should not be ad mitted to the Clearing-house Association, &a. One of the specialties of this Magazine, in Free man Hunt's time, was the publication, with por• traits, of the lives of eminent merchants. The pre sent editor has recommenced this series of Mercan tile Biography, with life and portrait of our respect ed fellow-citizen, John Grigg, Esq., of Philadelphia., The portrait, engraved by the American Bank Note Company, is quite a gem in its way, for the likeness is well preserved, while the engraving is in the finest line manner. The biography of 'Mr. Grigg gives the leading facts of his career, commencing aa an' orphan farmer boy in Englandi 4 and terminating .as a great capitalist in Philadelphia and an extensive land owner in the West, after having, in a manner, revo lutionized and advanced the book-trade of this country. Hie . example shown whit .industry, terpriu," and probity, guided- by- judgment and common , sense, can effect in this' favored land, the only one in the world where a poor man has a fair'chance of getting on, for Ihose of that class who advance in bther countries are exceptional in stances. The biographer relates the following aneo. dote, Which will be new to our readers "1n 1817 Mr..Grigg traversed the whole State of Virginia for the purpose of correcting a very defective map of that State. Few can appreciate the dß:amities of hbf task, but, as usual with him, he 'manfully faced them and subdued them._ In consequence of his corrections, this became one of the best State maps published at that period, and the local executive and members of the State Legislature_ cordially a knoviledged the beneficial results of ro his labor of mind and body. Here, certainly, was a work to boast.of ; hut probably not twenty people in the last fifty rearki have heard - Mr. Grigg refer to it. The gentleman who record, the fact says that hie know ledge of it arose from seeing in Mr. Griggs cou n t. ing-house, hanging on the wall, half hidden by a door, the very map his labor had corrected, with a few lines in his own hand. writing upon it, addressed to his children, mentioning to them ' hat he had done for the map, and expressing a lildpe' that they would value it for their father's alike." ' The Commercial Chronicle and Review, and the Journal of- Banking, Currency, and Finance, are standing articles of value here. The Merchants' Magazine publishes the official...proceedings of all meetings of the New. York. Clearing Houses, which , alone ought to carry it into every bank parlor in the. United States. The moneyed and mercantile' classes in Philadelphia would serve their own in tereats W- largely patronising .this excellent maga zine. Mr. W. B. Zieber is, agent for the magazine here. ' ENGLISH,. PICTORIALB.--From 14Ir, J. J. Kromer,' 403 Chestnut`street; we have the Illustrated London News and Illustrated News of the World, both of Sep tember 19th. The former is particularly rich in views of Indian and Scottish scenery, and the latter, with its usual. number of wood engraving;; gives a charming, ; supplement pnttrait, ort steel, of the Countess of Durham.. MUTER FROM...-ST. LOVIS. Destruction of More Steamboats at let. Louis —Plot to Burns all the Steamers; on the Mississippi—Return of the, Missouri Dele . gatton—Present Status of the Schofield Affair-lalature of the Quarrel—Trouble on the , Border—Opening of the Mississippi , - Gen. Schofield Recommending the Mary land Plan for Missouri, etc., etc. [Special Corieepondeace of Theyres3.] Sr. Lours, Oatober 4, 1863. A few days ago the telegraph announced from thils city the existence of a plot for the deetruotion of the steamboats on the Mississippi, with the design of crippling army movements. Some of the die believers denounced the story as a canard, and were confident no such plot existed. The statement is confirmed by events of yeaterdayand toelay. Yeater day an attempt was made to burd several steamers on the dry docks at Carondefet, a few miles below this city. The steamers were lying close together, and had one of them been set _fairly on fire, no less than four would have been lost. The flee ; was kindled in the after part of one of the boats, but was discovered before being fairly under. headway. The incendiaries were not found. This afternoon an alarm- of fire was raised at the upper end of the levee, and it way soon ascertained that three boats were in flames. The engines were soon en hand, but it was found impossible to save the boats. The fire was set on the Forest Queen, and from her, communicated to the Catahoula and Chancellor. The former being nearest the shore, and. moet accessible to the firemen, was not entirely burned, but the others drifted down the stream and sunk. Just at the stern of the Forest Queen was a barge, on which were twenty box oars full of army supplies, and destined for the Memphis and Little Bonk Railroad. It was probably the expectation of the incendiary that these cars would„he burned, but they were very fortunately saved. _ This conflagration is quite a serious , one. - The boats that have been thus far destroyed arethe Majestic, Ruth, Champion, Choteau, and Robert Campbell,. below Ofth9. A few weeks age, the Imperial, Hiawatha, Post Boy, and Jesse K.-Bell, were burned at the levee. To-day we have the ,Forest Queen, Chancellor, and Oatahoula,- making twelve, in all. This is evidently but the beginning. Nearly weeks ago a man was arrested here who was concern s ell in the plot, and since he was taken other parties have been seized and held for further developments. It is probable the whole plot will be • UnraVelled.hefore long, and somebody be made to -swing. There is no doubt of the existence of a plan for the wholesale destruction of . Western steame beats. If such a movement is to be carried through, the wonder is that it was not undertaken long ago. The delegation that visited Washington to secure the remover - of General Schofield has returned, and is awaiting' the answer of the President. I say re turned, though some of the members are 'Still in Washington; and are not expected here for some days. They are - somewhat disappointed ht the re sult of their visit. Going in such a large body, they expected to take the President by storm, and were somewhat astonished to find that Mr. Lincoln, un like Captain scott's coon, did not come down at once I understand that General Schofield has re ceived private telegrams from Washington assuring him of the safety of his position and hie security from removal. There was considerable trembling at headquarters when the delegation first started on its missien, but the department commander now ap peara to breathe easier. This matter of Gen. Schofield's is what a Western man calls " wind: , There are many points on each side that must be considered in arriving at a fair en "derstanding of the question. While Gen. Curtis commanded hero he was very distasteful to the con servative party, and all those who _did not wish slavery disposed of instantly. A pressure for his removal was Made by the State Government; and the opponents of the Administration policy gene rally. The attempt was successful, and Gen. Curtis was removed. The Conservatives rejoiced and the padicals were indignant The former had played against the latter, and came out victorious. The Conservatives had not named a Buccaneer for, Gen. Curtis, but there is good reason to believe they did not then want Gen. Schofield. That officer was appointed to the command of the department, and his letters published at that time show...that he was not far from entertaining radical views. The Re publican, which is the organ of the Conservatives, commenced to laud the new commander before he had taken his seat, or manifested the least sign as to his tutu* policy. The Democrat, which., spoke the Menage of the Radicals, was highly indignant at the removal of Gen. Curtis, and ready to assail his suc cessor. It did' so at once, elmoit at the same time that the Republican was praieing him, This course could have bizt one effect upon a man of less than immovable firmness. The radicals; with the Democrat at their head, pushed hard against him, while at the same time the Conservatives, with the Republican to speak in, their behalf, pulled him kindly towards them. Can the result be douhted Gen. Schofield had commenced his rule determined to dearimpartially, and did so for a time. Had the Radicals let him alorie he would have been satisfactory to them, but this they were determined should not' be. Abused, on one side, courted and flattered on the other, Gen.:Sehoftelia displayed Only 'ordinary human Weakneirs hi going over to the Conservatives end throwing everything into their hand. , . As the matter now standiethe State is fairly in the control of these who are known as ,Conservatives. If this name meant, it did at that, Only those heartily loyal men who believe that a gradual sys tem of emancipation is better than an immediate one, all would beil well. Unfortunately, it means much more in Missouri. The Conservative party comprises all who oppose immediate emancipation, and embraces the disloyal with the loyal. The con servative policy means mild treatment of traitors, no matter what their crinies. I am satisfied General • Schofield did not mean wrong when he took Gover nor Gamble to his bosom and submitted to his direction. 'Under the present management the State is in a terrible condition, and will continue to. be so • until there is a change. Gen, Schofield has been made the tool in the hands of others, and-was partially driven to that position by the imprudence and unfairness of the Radicals themselves—the very men who now complain of his position. The mild and lenient policy pursued has resulted in the State being overrun with guerillas, the policy of the Administration greatly retarded, and the war continuing to exist when it sho'Uld have been ended long ago. A change should be made; though it could not now bring peace et once. The warfare in Missouri is, in a great measure, apolitical one, and the commander of the department is made to bear a part. Let the successor to Gen. Schofield, if one shall be appointed, refuse audience to all Missousi politicians, of whatever shape. If he listens to any of them, he is a ruined man. S - .• The western border, never quiet; has jUst been freshly excited ; for Colonel Moss, a notorious Se cessionist, was recently authorlzed to enroll the militia in Platte county, close to the Kansa! line. Moos went at work after hie own heart, and armed the moat notorious'rebels of that section. - Moat of the men whom he enrolled and equipped are returned rebel soldiers, and men who are lader, bonds not to do any disloyal act.' The undoubted 'Union men were .disarmed, and many of them forced to flee, With their families ; for, in four days' time, over a hundred families creased the river into Kansas, to seek safety horn, this disloyal militia. The matter was telegraphed abroad, and denounced as a lie by the friends of Mose ~ I hive taken especial pains to ascertain the facts in the case, and am sorry to say that the above statement ie true. Moss was a member of the Convention that was to take Missouri out of the 'Union, and one of the most earnest and talkative Secessionists in that body. He has never changed his views, nor even claimed to do Ate His appointment came from Governor Gamble, and is in keeping with many appointments made by that officer. A large number of those having commissions in the enrolled militia are dis loyal, and a portion of them hive been in the rebel service. This is one of the serious complaints made against Governor Gamble. Trusten Polk, a former member of Congress from Missouri, and a resident of St. Louie, arrived here last Week. At the time the war broke out, Mr. Polk went South and_entered the service of the Confederacy. His family remained zere, but were very persistent in the expreslion of treason, and in bolding constant communication with the head of the concern. They were recently sent South, And, bad joined Mr. Polk, when the-whole party was captured while attempting to, cross the . . Missis sippi: They Vere ordered to be sent here, but it is not known'what disposition will, bemade _ of them. The Provost Marshal General of the department gave Mr. Polk, on his arrival, the freedom of the city for twenty.four hours. What makes it the more intereeting is the fact that this favor. was entirely unexpected and unsolicited on the part of Mr. Polk. : . The magnanimity of our officials is plainly perceptible when we compare this treatment with that which our prisoners receive in the South. The, question of the opening of the Mississippi to traffic is exciting 'much interest in the West. The warmest advocates ore resumption of free trade,with. out regard to the opinions Of the military or'other powers, are those who were known as Smessienists, or, at best, but lukewarm friends of the' GOvern• ment. Of coursed there are many exceptional to this rule,' as I find tome Of the, Most earnest war men holding to the -opinion= that trade ought to be re sumed at once, General Blair recently made a speech in this sity, in which he strongly faiored a renewal of commerce. He 19 fully of "opinion that it cannot damage , our cause below, while it will add dreatlY to the prosperity of the cities along, the banks of the Mississippi It appears to be the de sire of General Grant to keep out commerce at pre. sent, When our armies have taken Mobile, and oc -cupy an unbroken line from Cincinnati to the Ala. bama river, and , thence to the Gulf, with the coup; try west of it in our;full and peaceful posiession, it will be time to talk , Of.opening trade. Till then it would be best to keep the river closed. Gen. Schofield has written a letter to the War De-, pertinent upon the queition'of arming negroes. ' He states that the number of.emancipated negroes in Miesouri has been mainly abaorbed by the reuniting hitherto. He gives it, his opinion that the negroes • are worth more to the. Government as ;withers than to their masters as slaves, and recommends the are plioatien of the Maryland plan to Missouri. It is to be earnestlyhoped that , this policy will be'adopted, and that all the ible-bodied male negroes in the State be taken into the service as soon as possible. The board for the examination of candidates-for commissions In colored regiments has been in ses sion five weeks. During that time it has' examined a hundred and fifty applicants; of Whom forty-nine have been aiicepted. • The examination is veryriged, and shows that there is a deteradnistien to Make the' matter thorough throughout The reetoratiOn Of Keane to the rank . Of "Et Apalie PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1863. Mite department cuts off a portion of the Depart ment of the Missouri. The boundaries of theXanaas department have not been made public. Brigadier General McNeil is said to lie assigned to the oom• mend. The fighting in that department wlll , be of little importance, and will consist of email encoun tera with• guerillas. PEER MONT. ARM OF THE POTOttif. [Special Correspondence of The Prise. I Cula'aPirx, °MIXT 0; 1863 When the Army of the Potomac is norbetting om a horse race it, is discussing the chance or a' rebel raid upon the railroad. .I remmeber whenwe reached this place the opinion Was prevalent that our communications would be cut off in Rome mys terious manner, but' after weeks of faithful expec tation, some people are mortified to find'.thatirot rail has beendisturbed. Every mile of it is securely guarded, but despite of all preeautionseveral rebels succeeded in getting through our lines, isiid actually fell asleep ln the bush,. only a.few yards froneelle road they no doubt meant to destroy. Where the• railroad crosses the Rapidan le .a deep ravine, Here the pickets of two corps , almost- join. rsapalmelit, because I , am informed there was a apace Of over oue hundred yards between the= pickets of the trio corps. Six rebels, and a - lieutenant Baid . to belong; to General Stuart's eta% slipped through this peso • night before last, and aa morning, dawned too soon for them to completely execute their execrable pur poses, they concealed themselves-in the woods, arid . impatiently awaited the approach of night. They fell asleep. _ One of our men, Sergeant Bain, of' the 9th Reg= merit of Pennsylvania Reserves; . was . roandrig , lessly_through the timber and discovered the sleep- - leg Marauders. He returned to camp . got his musket, and with Private WilliamTrich returned to, the place where the adventurous party were lying. They'dragged the blankets - off' the men, and • ordered, them to arise and accompany them to ;camp. Some:shote were exchanged.. William -Trish, of Co: I, 9th Regiment, P. R., was instantly killed, and Sergeant Bain slightly wounded. The rebel lieutenant was killed aid buried near the spot where he fell, the 'others scattered and fled. The woods on either aide of the railroad were - skirmish- - ed, but no rebels found. Near Mitchell's Station .they turned up, and after capturing two orderlies and robbing them of , their mules, &c., they started for the river. Before they had gone far the two orderlies succeeded . in effecting their escape, and the alarm was given. ,But it was too late for pur suit—they crossed the riverat the same- place they came over the day before. There ie a large assortment of stories about the object of this fool-hardy expedition. , Someway they intended capturing a brigadier general as-hostage for General F. R. Lee, their attempt to kidnap General Bartlett, of the 6th Corps, when he was camped near New Baltimore, having proved almost successful, and they thought with the experience then gained, they could be altogether auccessful at Mitchell's station: Fortunately, they had no oppor trinity to attempt an execution of their plane, what ever they may have berm. Probably, they had no in tention upon our brigadier generals or the railroad. The woods have contained roving bands of rebels ever since we came here.' Frefiuently his a solitary picket been missing from his post, whileeverything indicated the fate of the lonely sentinel. These night-birds of prey had overpowered and captured him. Captain Hartly Howard, to whose company Bain and Trich belonged, thinki an extensive raid had been meditated a few days ago, and so did a higher power, for I noticed every precaution taken to prevent 'eurprire, and cannon planted in favorable positions. The rebels, to he successful in any attempt to de stroy our line of railroad, must come in very con siderable force. There are no large bridges to de stroy, and our army. is so located that they would completely overthrow any ordinary party of raiders. The enemy Is wellaware of this fact. On the Rapidan the' pickets became too familiar. The rebels would not allow one of our commissioned officers to come within range of their rifles, and our men became pledged to fire on their officers, but to spare the privates. A rebel colonel made a proposi tion for both armies to come to the Rapidan, and throw their arms in the river and be friends. If their officers objected, bind them hand and foot, and thrOw them in also. •No bad proposition, either. About sunset of-the 30th, an order was read stopping all communication, interlocutory or otherwise. Prior to the promulgation of this order, First Lieu tenant PdoOuen, Of the 72,1 Regiment Pennsylvania TOlunteers, had „a lengthy conversation with the rebel pickets. Hesaw a rebel come to the edge of the river, and gesticulate in a manner which evi dently meant that he desiled some-one to approach near enough to converse with him. Lieutenant McOuen drew close enough for all colloquial pur poses, when the "Johnny".opened the conversa. tion by inquiring if he had any papers Yes, plenty was the reply; here is 'one now in my hand. Upon the word—but not "accoutred as he was"-be -plunged into the stream, and swain toOur: side. The water must haw been very cold. It was remarked that his clothing was all fastened by one button, for as soon as that was loosened he stepped lithely from his uniform like a harlequin. He accepted-a large,, overcoat in which' be enveloped Iris person.. The rebel officer was very anxious to know hOwldng our lieutenant was en listed for. He was obliged to serve dating the war, he said, and he wished it would be speedily ended, because he was disgustedyvitli it. After Many friend ly nircirabges the oilleer started back and wie re ceived by thirty of his men on the other side. They expect us to cross the Rapidan. Of course, they would contest the passage of the river, but I under stand they have been in readiness to leavetheir pre sent position ever since we came here. At present,. it seems contrary to - good policy for us to go over. Surely, we have enough railroad to guard with our present force. A division /officer of the day read the order prohibiting conversation, 4c., between our pickets and the enemy, these little courtesies must be practised no more. The Sixth Corps came -up this afternoon to relieve. the Second. Corps, which has been in the front for a considerable length of time. As the long line of blue coate.emerged from the dense woods, the flashing bayonets of the men, the ensigns of reginients, and the insignia of each di vision of the corps must have been plainly visible to the rebels stationed upon the heights, opposite Sommerville Ford. They evidently looked, for an attack. Guns were shotted, the men stood in readi ness behind the pieces; but, no attack .was made— none intended. I think it very strange they did not expend some ammunition upon us. On Sunday two of our wagons happened to get within range of their guns, when they opened fire with theirtbatteries and threw a dozen shells at them, What a foolish out lay of powder ! I have never noticed any mention of the Philadelphia Brigade—a brigade of righting men, who have never dishonored the Quaker City by turning their backs to the foe. Colonel Baker's California Regiment has been for some time corn. mended by Lieutenant Colonel Kockersperger, of Penny Post notoriety, Colonel Smith, having been home on business relating to conscripts. General Webb, the present commander of the brigade, won the confidence and esteem of officers and men, by the gallantry displayed before them and the rebels at the battle of Gettysburg. The 69th anti 72d, the Philadelphia Fire Zouaves, raised by Colonel Bax ter, have alio proved themselves heroes in many a bloody , strife. The Men in these regiments talk seriously of joining the veteran corps. By this course they will be permitted to returnito Philadel phia to recruit and receive a large ' bounty, of over $4OO. Their term of service Will expire in ten Horse-raoing 14 at present' 'commanding much at fel:alma. 'Fume have been lost and Won containing $6OO, and "nome splendid horses have been brought into the zervice. The New Jassy Brigade received new. State and regimental colors last week. The old ones, carried often through the fires, were unfit tobe Been, and the men will fight just as well, under the new ailk ban ners, while the tattered and soiled flags they carried so bravely and se long will Ism - placed among the ar chives of the. State. Then we, have sword presentations every two or three days. So common have these scenes be come, that 'I invariably avoid them. When the army lay ground Falmouth, a large wooden sword wad prepared, covered with ridiculous inscriptions. On St. Patrick's day it was to be presented to the greatist skedaddler in the regiment. The whole thing being gotten up for a burlesque , upon sword presentations, not a man could be found to receive the present, so that part of the programme had to be omitted, to the great grief of the management. I know, of, no change in the position` occupation of this army. The first may have tieen slightly con treated, the last more varied as we become acquaint ed with the people and town The conscripts are being constantly drilled, and ere long - will become as efficient in the company and battalion drill as the old soldier'. Unfortunately, they have the most difficult, part yet to learn. Will they atand fleet One poor fellow, near my boarding house, committed suicide. rthink hie was a aubstitute, and belonged to a Massachusetti regiment. Another man, be; longing to the 32d Massachusetts, had the orna ments cut from, his clothing, his head shaved, and the letter D.Pricked with India ink upon his left hip,; after all this he was marched from camp to the tune of the Rogne's March. He, deserted, and would have been shot, Colonel Sweitzer told me, but . the court spared his life because of , his mental incapacity - and ignorance of the 'English language: Last Friday P. M., private Wm. Smiiz, of Co. F, 90th Regiment, Penna. Volunteers, was executed for desertion. This was in- the Ist Corps. _ln the 2d Corps was " shot with musketry,” for desertion, private Adam Smalz, Co. E, 66th Regiment, New York;Volunteers, . B. UNIONISTS liv VIORSBUREI.-A letter from Vichs burg, dated September 22d, sap; : '" The military authorities are fortifying 'Vicksburg strongly. New forts are being 'nada within the lines of those works constructed by the enemy, when the rebels held the city. A small force could thus, of wince "hold the, place against a vast host of as. One gentleman tells me that there.were twelve Union men insthe city, uuder.the reign of King Jet. Temp the First, and his myrmidons, who never boWed the knee to the Baal of Secession—twelve men who stood, firm and unshaken, on the Rock of the'Unionormid all the storms that beat against them, till the surges were stilled beneatlitheir feet, and the clouds were drifted from the sky above their heads. Like the true and valiant knights of chivalry, they were' 'loyal, brave,. and hardy.' Persecution 'and imprisonment were their lot, but they looked for better things to comer One of them said he was not, afraid of another bombardment of the city for the next hundred years-not, added he, while the stars and stripes float bravely in the breeze. These men-now- are respected and honored by:the army that has effected their deliverance friom the tyranny of military' despotism.' One Of the number, Hon. James Shieler, fills' thVgrave of .a natriotanithonearnan.'W • tr , • • THE STATES IN REBELLION. Von went on General lilea'S Report, [Prow the Richmond Examiner. Ocibber 3. We have today the first official report of General. Lee's ninny - military operations which the public has been permitted to see. It is that distinguished command 's own account of the later Pennsylvania campaign; and of his unsuccessful battle at Gettys burg. . Considered as an intellectual and literary effort, this papeedoes not suggest the idea that if the world should hereafter possess a second 't Lee'o Memoirs of the 'War in the Southern Department,”' they will rival thosg which bear the name of his Matt-famous `but not lees able sire. It is, however, scarcely fair to "contrast this plain document with -that = finished production . , containing on some pages the beat state mentaof military design and reason in them whole range of the ,English language. The report is awoutline of events alreadmi liarly known. Much that might be Said is evidently avoided. The few explanations given are rather to be implied' hy the refiner than directly made bYthe writer. The two questions whisk generally °our to the observers of these events are: Ist, why ezeral Lee risked a battle at Gettylsburgl and fiti, why be did not press his , ntivantageo on the first and• second days? The answers are rather hinted than noffipletely expreseed in tide report, it appears that , - the battle was delivered' becauae the position ac , liumed by Meade menaced' the Confederate commu- I-Ideation with the Potomac. The reason why the - ' work was not finished and the victory completed on ; ,thellret and;second days, when it might have been ;done, was the fact that the army was not °once*. 'hated at Gettyeburg with the speed whish would have been deed - had General Lee been better in formed of the position and foree of the enemy. Why was he not -informed! The answer which may be drawn frem this' report is, that General Lee did not -have the cavalry under his hand to reconnoitre and .bringinformation. lie says that he left Stuart in the vallewtOguard the passes of the mountains, for some time after the entrance into Pennsylvania, and he does - not appear to bane gad the use of the mounted Mtge until the battle was joined at Gettys. burg. The fact that the cavalry of the Confederate army was insufficient is the most probable reason for the failure in Pennsylvania, and, perhaps, the key to all theimyetery of Gettysburg. !Th LAST_ MOMENTS OP FLOYD • The Mist°l - I:Advocate publishes the remarks of the Ecv. E. Er. Wexter, of the Holston (dl. E.) Confer tnce, Who was the" officiating clergyman at the fune ral of •General Floyd, We make the following ex tracts : I was summoned by telegraph to attend, at his bedside, aiMreached him four days before his' death. I found him calm -and peaceful—his mind as clear, `and hia,judgment as souild, as ever in his life. He tooklne by. the band, telling me be could not sur vive more than a few days. He spoke of his reli gious feelings and piospents in the most beautiful and satiefactoly manner. I wish I could recall his language, but can do• so only very imperfectly. He said. he ,was net afraid - to die ; that lie had the strongest assurance of his acceptance with hie Maker! He felt that he was a sinner, and that his only hope was in the infinite mercy of God through the Lord Jesus Christ. As he spoke of the goodness of God his, heart seemed to glow with gratitude and love, and as I repeated the promises of the Bible suited to his case his .eye kindled with interest, and, the - large 'teardrops flowed copiously over the marily.face of the battle-scarred warrior. Be said that in public life he had many enemies ; that he had been wronged, deeply wronged; yet he fully and freely'forgave it all,; that before that God in whose'presence he expected very soon to stand, he could say that , he had no malice or aught in his heart againstany man. He had long been impressed with the importance of connecting himself with the church; but had been hindered from doing so by various causes, but 'now he wished to be received into its communion, and to receive the holy sacra ment, and I saw no good reasons why his wishes should not be granted. Accordingly, he was received into the church, and the sacrament administered. These solemn and impressive services being per formed, much to the gratification of himself and Mends. he now felt that his work was done. After this he conversed but little, being very weak, and much of the time suffering seveie pain ; yet he re tained full possession of his faculties to the last. and . tee same calm, peaceful state of mind. Much of the time -he was engaged in prayer, and often seemed aixious that his departure should be hastened. PEMBERTOI'i The Atlanta (Ga.) Appear says that Lieutenant GenEral Pemb*ton was called on to make a speech come days agb ata village south of that place. There were present some two thousand of the ex changed Vicksburg prisoners. The General said that be felt much embarrasiment, because for a time .a cloud rested, upon him, and besides, he was willing to wait the authoritative vindication of his charac ter by a competent tribunal. " If, however,". con tinued the General ." any of those exempts and gen tlemen who - have sublititutes, and those speculators who have denounced me as a coward And traitor through the press, or otherwise, will organize them selves into a regiment, brigade, or division, and will march with me to the front, the world shall de termine who of us are cowards and who are traitors. I have not been denounced - by any brave soldier or officer from Vicksburg, neither have my soldierly qualities and patriotism' been called into question by them, but by those carpets and .. critics at hothe who have already done infinite mischief." DEFENCE OF JEFF DAVIS. • The Sentinel haiiin editorial rebuke of grumblers and defence of .Teff Davis. Of the croakers, mean ing those who refuse to approve everything the., re bet chief may dog it says : • "They have , Nit one more result to accomplish before effecting our ruin, and they seem to be labor; ing diligently for, that. They have but to satisfy the soldiers of what , they are constantly dinging in their ears, that 111 r. Davis, who is our President for the next live years. is unequal to his position, and deserving only of the abuse of the press and the pen. pie. Introduce this sentiment among the soldiers ; let them lose all confidence in the intelligence and the patriotism of the Magistrate who' directs their valor, and it needs no prophet to tell what will in evitably-and speedily follow. Thus far the patriot ism and good. aenee,of. the army has-been proof against all tar appliances of the stayanholne croakers. " But thealfi baleful, iniluenees will have their effect after is while.. Continual dropping wears away stones. ' Indeed, it is alleged in the army itself , that much; evil has. already, been produced among the soldiers froffi a certain' face, where the cause of croaking was most common. This is the natural tendency and inevitable result, and we may expect-it on a 'auger and a general scale if the causes continue. ,The habituaLreckless, indiscriminate assailants of the President, and of everybody and everything, are 'more injurious to -us than the armies of the enemy. They are still at their work, and they will ruin us unless the people put them down." THE POOR , OF RICHMOND On the 2d instant a debate occurred at a special Meeting of the Richmond Common Council, by which the impoverished condition of the city was clearly exhibited.. We quote from the'Sentinel: " The president said. the 'object for calling the meeting was the reception of a letter by him front General J. H. Winder, who desires to, put the pri soners, now !in Castle Thunder iq, the city alms house, and that, not having the aunswity to act in the premises, he had called, the. Council together.! "General Winder, who was present, addressed the Council by invitation, urging the; propriety of such action, not knowing himself what other dispo sition to make of the • large number nowhere, and others on their way. " Mr. Walker offered a resolution opposed to grant ing the General's request. He thought that our poor would be greatly increased this winter, and need greater accommodations. "Mr. Gailln also' opposed the resolution, and thought if any members wouldi visit the almshouse they would be convinced of the impropriety of add ing to its numbers in the way of prisoners. " Mr. Scott thought that we would have several hundred more wounded men there this winter. The poor of that place would suffer enough at the alnWhouse this winter, and no other place could be found for Sill said that every house in town was now full of prisoners, and they could not put them on the unpleasant place known as Belle Isle. He conclu de° by offering a resolution that the almshouse be offered to Gen. Winder, "The question was called, and the resolution al- Most unanimously rejected.", PERSONAL APPRAICANOE OF REBEL GtICNICR General Longstreet is described as an Alabamian, a thickset man, forty-three years of age. He was an infantry major in the old army, and now commands the Ist Corps &Armee. By the soldiers, he is inva riably spoken of as the best fighter in the whole atmy. His "war endurance is most extraordinary. lie seems to require neither food nor sleep." Gen. Ewell is a remarkable-looking old soldier, bald, with a prominent nose and rather a haggard, sickly face ; having so latelilost his leg above the knee, he is still a complete cripple, and falls off' his horse occasionally. Directly he dismounts he has to be put on crutches. He was Stonewall Jackson's coadjutor during the celebrated valley campaigns, and proves an efficient successor to that general, who was so much indebted to him for many of his victories. He used to be a great swearer=-1n fact, he is said to have been the only person who was unable to restrain that propensity before s Jackson ; but since his late (rattier romantic) marriage, he has (to use;the American expression) "joined the ohurch.” Gen. Pendleton, chief of artillery, was a West. Pointer ; but in more peaceable times he fills the post of Episcopal clergyman in Lexington, Virgi nia. Unlike Gen. Polk. he unites the military and, clerical professions together, and continues to preach whenever he gets a chance. On these occasions he wears a surplice over his uniform. _ General Pickett commands one of Longstreet's divisions. He wears his hair in long ringlets, and is altogether rather a desperate-looking character. He is the officer who, as Captain Pickett of the United States army, figured in the difficulty between the British and United States in the San Juan Island •affair, under General Barney, four"or five years ago General Jeb Stuart is a good-looking, jovial cha racter; exactly like his photographs. He ia a good and gallant soldier, though he sometimes incurs ridicule by his harmless affectation and peculiarities.' The'other day he rodt.through a Virginia town, his horse covered with garlands of roses. He also de ; parts considerably from the severe simplicity of dress adopted by other Confederate generals; but no one can deny that he is the "right man in the right place."—Blackwood's Magazine. Southern Recognition. (Jim the London Star 3 If the recognition of the South bna necessary part of the policy pursued in Mexico, the, feat furnishes but one other reason to prove that that was an evil day on which the French Emperor conceived the bleabf trampling out the independence of Mexico, to fOund a French military.province on its ruins. It teems inexplicable how a man of the sagacity of the Emperor Napoleon can think the time auspicious or convenient for the recognition of - a Power which is at lkis moment literally crumbling into duet. Is it possible that France is prepared to bear the odium of being the first nation to recognize the first Slate ever . based on siavery—and to recognize it in vain! Not enviable would be the reputation of the Euro pean Power which first offered a hand of recognition to the slavery Stale, even4l its independence.were actually achieved. But, what will be the repute at- - tsching to the Government which leads the way in tendering a recognition to such a Power only to find that the: recognition - is impotent to secure it one week of independent existence? A political blunder may, in the proverbial eenee, be worse than a poli tical crime, but here would be the crime and the blunder perpetrated together. - One. thing at least is certain, if the Emperor Na poleon. does recognize the South, the step will' not be taken for nothing. What is to be the eons', deration to France for thus lending, if she really means to lend,-the influence of her recognition to the confederacy of slaveowners 1 , Is ,there to be an alliance with the Southern Confederation; having a prospective regard to the day when. events:may render the Empire of : Mexico a ..diflicult possession to hold? The'-policy which sent Frenoh troops to Mexico began brmaking Frenchmen - the allies of branded cutthroats and outcast felons. It is hard, indeed, to believe that the French' Go vernment can really have resolved on-incurring the responsibility of so odioui a step as that Which is now ascribed to it. More even for the sake of France than for that of America should we rejoice to hear that no such determination existed. A PRIEST ROIMIDD AND MIIRDNIAND.—The mutt. lated body of the Rev. Michael Olivette was lately found In Lake Champlain, where he had evidently been thrown after being' robbed and murdered. He was paator of the Catholic , church at Port Henry, Eeaex county, N. Y. He was about to start for New York, and had a considerable amount of money with him, which was:stolen. "He was about fifty years old, wee a native of Sardinia, and for4xerlY PlatQr Of New 10;14. • THE MIMS FOR GOVERNOR. THE ADMESS OF THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Mazeire(Dee.ll to -41Lartxmote "Canipaigning in Bucks Conatir." TIME GOVERNOR Al' DOYLESTOW, NEWTOW N, ANI). BRISTOL. DEIVIONSpATION T3I.E OlTr,c Speeches , or Ron. Item..? dS. Raymond and Gm,. Basteed, of Prirm. York. GENERAL'-ENTMUSIASM OF TRE'PEOFI.E. SIMAT UNIOINIABSTING AT BELIIHYDNTE, . acc;- /address or the II pion State t'entraltEina- Ranee. To Me Loyal Men of PN.nsylvania The great political canvass, which for tli9• past simtveeks has been agitating our entire Conrmoa. wealth, is rapidly drawing to its close. It difibis from all which r haveyreasded it in the feat that the people have fully appreciated their`own interest in it, and, rising to the transcendent importance of issues-, have labored with unexampled zeal and as, orifice to secure a verdict which shall attest, in em phatic tones, the loyalty of our native State to the Union of our fathers. This committee has not been idle, but its iabom would have been ineffectual if it had not 'received the generous confidence and assistance so constantly accorded to it. 'The results of our combined effoits. have secured a comparatively thorough county and township canvass ; a full and fair discussion of the issues:by able speakers in almost every school district in the State ; the distribution of doounientsin English • and German, sufficient in number to reach - nearly all the voters of the Commonwealth, exhibiting most clearly the sophiSms and subterfuges of the men who endeavor to aid the rebellion by distracting and di viding Us ; numerous male Conventions of the peo- . ple who have listened with equal benefit and delight to distinguished orators, statesmen, and soldiers from our sister States and our own ; and crowning all; the people coming forward in their might .to do honor to a tried public servant, have made Governor Curtin's own canvass one grand, triumphal progress and ovation from Erie to the Delaware. Theme efforts cannot have been in vain, and it would be idle to deny that the signs are all propi tious: But it would be a high crime against God and humanity for any loyal man, because of these signs, to relax a single honest effort, or fail to use a single honest agency, to make the victory sure and conclusive. . In the beginning of the contest, the enemies of the Government in this State distinctly announced their principles and their policy. They republished the address of Judge Woodward avowing the right. Of Secession. They republished the pamphlet of Bishop Hopkins avowing the divinity of slavery. Upon these two principles they have conducted their canvass. Their candidate for Governor has , been charged with announcing the corollaries of these principles many times and to different persons. Merchants of high standing, eminent members 4 of his own profession, representatives in Congress, and even the reverend clergy, have attested over their own signaturee in the public prints the utter• ance by Judge Woodward of doctrines fatal alike to the honor of American freemen and to the integrity of the American Union. ' To these accusations, involving his opinions noon questions affecting the lives, the liberties,and- the property of every citizen of Pennsylvania, he re plies to a high-spirited people, that he will announce his views upon these subjects after the election. Judge Woodward has misread our political history if he imagine that he can thus trifle with a free con stituency, who are entitled to know the opinions of all men who desire office. before, and not after, voters are asked to elevate them to high places of power and responsibility. Fortunately, however, the proof is conclusive, as well in regard to his own sentiments as to the senti ments of the party he represents. The question is distinctly presented to every voter—whether he is for the Union or against it? If the issue is intelli gently comprehended, the answer cannot be doubtful. The Federal arch now spans the Continent, resting on Maine and on California, and its Reistone_,will prove itself as sound and as 'firm as its Fastern and its Western corner: In throe closing days of. the campaign our good cause will be assailed by all manner of evil agencies. The metropolis is already Crowded with . men who puipose to' cast illegal votea. Falsehoods of all hues will be started on their travels, and will in crease as they: go.. Taxes will lie-named. - ,tolhe avaricious, the draft to the cowardly, and all men will be urged to walk in those paths of 'perice which lead only, to '.our individual disgrace and our na tional destruction. In the last extremity, larger supplies of foreign gold will not be spared to de etroithe liberties of America. To all these means we can only oppose our untiring energy, sparing no efforts to bring all loyal voters to the polls, our con tinued devotion to the cause, resisting, all attempts to thwart a fair expression of theTopular, will, and our prayers to HeaVen. Thus strengthened,.we move forward to the . re maining days of the conflict; and while our heroic soldiers in the field are striving, to end the•rebellion in arms at the South, let us , strive to end the re bellion in 'sympathy at the North, and thus, by our united labors, secure a lasting triumph to the cause ,of the. Union and of republican liberty. If we are actuated by this spirit we cannot fail ; for with us are the holies of human progress, the strength of truth and justice, the resistless impulses of civilization, the unconquerable energies of free dom, and, if we are worthy, the blessing of Almighty God. In behalf of the Union State Central Committee WAYNE NeVEA.GIi, Chairman. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Bth, 1863. Campaigning in Bucks County; My ideas of Bucks county, I may as well confess in the beginning, were very much like my ideas of the Crimea. The Doylestown stage is one of my earliest recollections. It was a lumbering stage, driven by a stern-looking driver, who seemed in a, condition of constant anxiety about the discipline of his horses, and, altogether, gave me a vague feeling of concern, for there was something in his manner that ledme to believe he had been doomed to a des perate mission; and that the probabilities of his re turn were as uncertain as those of Sir John Frank lin. The driver has gone the way of all drivers, and Doylestown is a pleasant morning,ride—about long enough to read the . morning newspaper thoroughly, and. smoke a 'cigar. The old association was over ine, when I found myself, on Juesday morning, one of the 'suite of Governor Curtin,.and bound for a day's campaign in Bucks;, and I had <a feeling of doubt, as though there was something_dangerous in thejourney, and it would be a mercy if we ever re. turned. The feeling is gone, for now- that I have taken Buisks by the hand,end seen its beauty and taste, and rejoiced in the smiles of its pretty women, and enjoyed its hospitality, I canpTt but feel that it is ti goodly place; and worthy of being a part of Pennsylvania.` How we came to Doylestown, and what was seen, and what was- done, and the speeches that were made, and the great joy that, was shown by all men, has been'told•in The Press. Wei found Doylestown in an uproar. It seemed as if all Bucks county had gathered at the railway, station,. with flags and banner., and floral , decorations, flowers of the dark and rich tints which Nature bestows with princely profusion upon this majestic month of October., We can never: understand familiar life in Pennsylvania without seeing a political. Meeting. Court-week is unique, and the annual fair , is a study ;"but to see the people with their eyes flashing and their faces *full.of enthusiasm; and their smile, as it were; taking voice and speaking the thoughts 'within: them,- you should see a county meeting.- And this was what we saw at Doylestown : Bucks county aroused, excited, earnest ; determined to elect Curtin and whip the rebellion—brown-faced Bucks county,; blue-eyed Bucks county; Bucks county in wagons and on horseback, and with all her flags flying. I was told that Buoks county had never been in such a condition. She is' generally a very quiet lady, pioud of her hills, her harvests, and her traditions, and her fine horses, and not disposed to clap hen& and shout It Was otherwise on Tuesday. She had. the Governor with her, and as he was the Andreiv G. Curtin who had been ao kind toher boys in the field, to her boys on many fields, and of whom. her boys now so constantly write home, she took him to her heart and embraced him. I sat on the platform in'Boylestown, and watched the faces of the people while.GOVernor Curtin, Gen. Busteed, and Mr. Forney were speaking. The multi tude merely greeted each speaker with . respectful greeting, and then heard what he had to say. There were men and women, with earnest, frank faces, who were anxious to be convinced, to know what Wa2 right and what was wrong; and whether George W. Woodward or Andrew G. Curtin should be Go vernor of Pennsylvania. There were old farmers with bronzed faces, and silver hair falling over their foreheads, and brighteyed women,who were anxious to hear 'an argument by which to convert some doubting husbandy brother, or lover. And they lie tened as tholigh they had been empanelled as jurors; and were under oath to render a verihot aneordiug to While Mr. Forney wea speaking the. Governor, accomPfinied. by General Busteed, drove tlirough the town, on the way to Newtown. After taking a hasty dinner we followedJ hint, Mr. Cowell, 'of Doyleatown, our host and friend, and one of the moat popular and thrifty citizens of Bucks, driving us With his fine team of horses. The afternoon W&B, advanced when we started on our journey; the air was chilly enough to make a great coat agreea ble, while the sunshine did little more than light Up • the glories of the October day% I Mix& it Ivaa the singular and strangely-gifted Thoreau who cons plained that our autumn had not made an imprea , Dion on literature, and that October had hardly tinged our poetry. If this is so, we may attribute it to the impossibility of any writer, no matter what . power he may have over language, giving a true impression of this gorgerme month. Pulsing through the rich, rolling, a and highly cifitivated fields of bucks, by (atm, and gioveh aaa valley; it tiegule4 THREE CENTS. as if all nature had arrayed itself in magnificent drapery, and was about to die as became-its majesty and power. The orchards were heavy with red and purple and geiden fruits; the corn wee stacked in the !Beide, and the uncongenial pumpkins wero-piled up behind,barna and ricks of 'hay, and occestoh. ally long rows of sleepy turkeys were ranged' along the fences. The poor creatures seemed tohn. ticipate their doom aridAto implore his Baer:Renck,. as he passed along, to- become a-benefactor to their race by abolishing thanksgiving day. It was not' merely their harvested fruits, but the vast and never ending ripeness that knovta no harvest, that gave the beauty to the October'day that saw' us, a_compa; ay of :selfish city men, politicians, and publicans,' and galley slaves, careering . through , Bucks. How the spirit leaped, and the,blood'ruelecd' from vein to veimas the overwlelming lovelineis =wed to in toxicate the senses There Jr :I'll.llllcm which the trees are densely growing. What a variety of colors, and tints, and combinations of , color, the , inverter purple and the queenly orangcr crowning all ! It looksjike a , vast bouquet, and being-in e..fanciful mood, We almost think that the gads tad nu/nett in a playful moment, and left it on teaplain. There is not one nor a hundred, but every hill and crest is similarly crowned, and all the earth'ffeems by be burning. Behind us the sunshine Mid; tieform us the heavy skies are gray and sober:" The• earth seems to have robbed the universe of ftebrightness, and we' have anew sunset and a nectisunrise on - every hillside:- Wher.T. become a candidate for Governer=-and, trust, my numerous friends will act upon this in- - timation• with prudenee and promptitude -I shall' visit Newtown: I have an idea that ITitetown• should tme . credit for a most Inactions tribe of pip- - pine ; not being an agriculturist, I know' no better, isfewtoWn r however, alwaye dear td heart for nu' pippins,- is dearer far to-day, for the pleasant and utteXpeeted demonstration. Here id a valley—Mr. Goforth called it "the beautiful valley of the Neshaminy":-- - Newtown reposes. We coiner upon it suddenly; -and as-we reach the crest of a Mil" we see it at ourefeet. A long, irregular, cruelele little town. with trees and white houses, and the' window-panes remarkably clean. A. gentleman in- , Our carriage—a young , manovith a Sunday who' education—said it rerdinded him of " Sweet Aug burn, loveliest villagenf the plaiff,P and was anx ious to recite the whole poem in honor of the event. There is no knowing what he would have done ; but We were in something more than a poetioal humor, as at the crest of the hill,twhieh we have now reach ed—for, while I have been talking about October;' Mr. Cowell's horses ham been bounding over the hard and rocky road—thme is a large cavalcade of horsemen and citizen' on. foot, and many beautiful girls. What a busy old lady mother Bucks le, to be sure t. We thought we had left her at Doylestown listening to Mr. Depew ; buthere shells clapping and Shouting, and waving flags, and showering wreaths and roses, and cheering in &frantic way. And why ehonld she not cheer t for tends not the'Andrew G. Curtin who has been so kind to her boys on many fields, and about whom her boys are constantly writing hornet This is he ; the tall man in the gray coat,• and General Busteed at his aide, and then following other men—politicians, publicans, and galley-slaves—and Bucks takes them all to her heart, and makes them all at 'home; for her home to-day is the beautiful village 'of New town. So we drive into the- town, with music and banners and horsemen,. and beautiful wo men showering-bouquets of the rich, deep, and heavy October flowers: Even I, the writer of this article, vagabonding here to day among the politi clans and candidates for Governor, and as utterly a stranger to these hills as though they were in Orim Tartary—even I find what it ie to-live in the shadow of greatness. Here is a bouquet, with slender rib bons of red, white, and blue' fluttering around it, and the odors so rich that they almost seem medi cinal, It was tossed to me, with a smile, by a beau tiful damsel that stood - under a crimson-tipped maple.- Why should the heart besad S I ehall pro bably never again see the crimson-tipped maple, nor the smiling damsel; and even now the ftoWers are faded, for flower-life in October is brief, and the rib .bons are burled away among the many token" and trophies of- my weary-joyous bachelor life. The heart cannot be sad that looks-upon Old mother Bucks to-day as she receives. her Andrew G. Curtin and his friends at. Newtown.. We'," parade through the town, and we reach the meeting. It is organized under the porch of the village inn, with Mr. Jenks as the president. The horsemen form in a semi-circle around the meeting, and thespeaking • begins. It is an old-fashioned country - meeting, with a little more vim than at Doylestown, for there ie more noise and applause. A feature ie a large coach - of damsels, all pretty, many of them beautiful. They come from the farm-houses around, and listed to the winds of the Governor as earnestly as though they were spoken by some of the ruddy horeeinen in the cavalcade, who seem to be on their beet behavior, and to throw curious and constant glances among the bevy . of beauties. Governor Curtin, General Diusteed, and Mr. Goforth make speeches; and Mr.- Forney cap a few words to those around - him, and by this time an hour 6r two has passed; the day is far spent, the- night is at hand, and we- must go to Bristol. So we say " good-bye" to pleasant fie w town, with its crimson-tipped and blushing maples, and its damsels, and - all its pleasant associations. The-reception of the Governor was admirablygone, - and he himself expressed - great surprise and plea-- sure. , . The Governor pushed forwird while Mr. Goforth was speaking, and now we find ourselves bound for Bristol in a stage-coach.,, Think of it.! :EL stage coach—a driver and .a horn ! Ho, boys ! button up , your coats close around the throat, for there is danger in these October evening winds. So we are crammed in, nine of us—(l say "us," for coach passengers always speak in the plural number)—and one a soldier. "Three cheers for Curtin." "Now boys— Hip, hip, hurrah !" "Give the word and we're Mt" " Go's the word." "Go it is." " Three more boys." -" Hip, hip, hurrah !" and so we go, and Newtown is soonlost amid the trees, and we keep on. Some of us wrap up close and look ..at the sky, but there is little rest or peace, as. nine selfish city men in a stage-coach generally forni a gay company. Some smoke, some sing, some talk, and once or twice a mysterious flask is passed around, said to contain a sure specific against autumn air, but which my known. connection with the temperance movement prevented me from ascertaining. Then somebody sings John Brown, and a more discordant chorus never rang.through October wooths—and the, night comes nearer as we chant the rhymes, and tell to the winds, and trees, and falling leaves, and shouting passers-by, that though his body is mould ering in the grave, his soul is marching on ! March ing on ! Marching on ! There is a lull, and as we are in a musing vein, we look out upon the. sky, a dreary, heavy sky, with a dark blue range of clouds that seem to be mountain's Can -they be. cloud& I They are surely mountains, and this is dot peaceful Pennsylvania, but another State and another sky.; and over these mountains armed men have marched, and are marching on, some never to return again. Through these woods and plains are unrecorded and unforgotten graves, and armed men still prowl and stalk, and the sharp rattle of the musket chips the crisp and stony air. They , are surely mountains— and this is not Pennsylvania—and we are something else than selfish city men. We are soldiArs ;we are marching on for liberty, Union, peace, 'Rower ; and we think of home, and how enemies at homeare en deavoring to destroy our cause, and we send them good cheer imour gallant fight, as we keep march ing on over these.very, blue mountains that rise so dimly before us. So the musing fancy carries us away, and still -away, and even yet away, until we should not be- surprised to see that bush pun into a sentinel, and stepping into the road, demand the :countersign.' Ho, boys!: On we go, and the driver, blows his horn—a strange, queer, weird music, that "nets the purple glens replying"—for an idea of Efr. Tennyson is as appropriate in Bucks as in Budge racross the Water. And one of us—a galley-slave, connected with the Sunday press, whose name its neither Brown nor Black—singa The Star. Spangled Ban ner,r and so well, thatg placed him: at once high among my friends. To sing "The Star-Spangled Ban ner,' respectably is an achievement that few men can claim, and we had it all to ourselves is the stage ceach,.with far more feeling and power 'than any, of us had ever heard in the Academy of ..lnusic. Ho, boys !, On we. go, and the driver blows his horn The night is upon us, and one or two early-risen Stars wander out into the heavens, faintlY shedding their light, as though they dreaded being alone with this aelfish and suspicious world. We paw, mansions at which' lights burn, and the windows seem home pictures—father, mother, children grouped around their fire-sides. On we go—passing clusters of houses, where village groups gather, and shout back the cheers we give for Curtin. A.train of cars appears, and whirls through the night, like- some demon, with looks of terror, and wrath, and fire. And no, under the deepening night, past fields, and groves, and homes, end tollgates, and occasional groups of wayfarers and villagers, we drive, and drive, a gaydind merry company, until we burst upon - Bristol,k to' find - the little-town aglow with .life and loyalty, and the streets filled with torch.bearers, the light from whose brands we see far oft' dancing among the stars on the bosom.of the beau tiful Delaware. We are. thus in Bristol, 'hungry, weary, thirsty—oh ! the unquenchable thirst—and find an inn, whose landlord was either a,Copper head or a brute—and probably both—from,the man ner in which we are received. We read, in, Bun yan (and you will,allow me the figure, although Br. Holmes has used it before), hoW the Pilgrim,„in his Progress, came to. the House called Beautiful,,weary, hungry, thirsty, and was taken . in. it wad even thus at Bristol—happy Bristol!. . with, its Rouse called Beautiful—where taste and grace,_ awl wealth and beauty, combine to show what banally a Penn sylvania home, and the hospitality of a Pennsylva nia gentleman. At the House Beautiful we. rejoined the Governor and friends, and akar tea went to the meetin And now I shall introduce into. this rather long article the only personal episode I feel called upon to chroniele. I have mentioned, as one of the gen tlemen in our campaigning party, General Busteed; of New-York. My ideas of a New York politician are peculiar. It Was my duty, as an attaohd of The Pi - en, to accompany the Japanese Embassy on its way from Washington. On our arrival at Amboy, we, the Japanese and newspaper men, were de livered over to a number ok, persons calling them selves New York alder Men. They were. the leaders of New York politics, the =alder' of,its,vast revenues, and the guardians of its grandeur._ They drank vast , quantities of* champagne, and were all provided with kid 'gloves of a iliording yel low color, and evidently too small. ,T have never been able to free My mind from t association of these daialing glovea andintoxicallon with the poli tician of New York, and so, when I mat General Busteed—Dick Busteed, as the newspapers call him, I wila'rather disappointed to find hire Bober, and his gloves Qf gentles wily ewe ; .It,o. A law TIMID "CATaELX. CPITEI:ISHAD WEEKLY.) Pim Win Pewee will be merit So mairsariiiire by- mall leer aaaank to ativanes) at. ......... .—...4 2 Three coin " • • rive eindee • • • 00 Ten cotes " " --- 15 00 Larger Globe than Tau vrilt be lairfftri at the saoie rate. Imo per ropy. She money .moat rateaVe aecortivosse the order. '(:614 in no instance can these terns be derotatoafeore, cut (-hely fiord eery Wtk more than th., eo of trseer. RS- Postmeters are remitted to alit se hsate for The Wes Pans. 110- To the letter-op of the Glob of tea or tirati, arc mire nor of the Paper will be giTen. lifra et Doylestown, Newtown, and Bristol, the then speechesl'l . l6log made within six hours, arid twenty miles apart, and I listened to him with pleasure and ediairatfan. Ile has a great command of language, and opealrestith singular purity. He Is one of the few /peahens -I hate ever heard (Mr. Sena tor Pesiendati and Mr. Wendell Phillips be ing the two Most noted examples that now occur to me) will' might submit to a verbatim re port, and have thelt i viords printed without their own or the' reporter's reTisiOn. his speech' at Bristol was a marvellous eifort. There was I disposition_ to interrupt him on the part of the Copperheads, laid: he turned into afoot effeOlite points: Gene relHinsteedhaV a theory in this otimPaigm and it is that the heart of the: Irish' people it rigid' in this country—that they are led' by bady men, and' that witYproper exertions they might seatheir duty in a truelight. This was" the burden of him speeches, and in' hiedanvase, (I run rortylt will be so, brief,) he wilf Malta this his pu a rPoscg • Generals' Busteed is' about - lolly years of age, wilkis Manlyiface, and is bright, unflinching eye , with • poetry, humor, and courage beaming from ft•--shoW:rig, the man of taste and feeli - newliocould appreciateis good eery, and at the etunethrie• upon Whose oent-tail it would be dangerous totrimd. These are =sir impressions of Dick Buster,d,' and , they are amOnglliemoat pleasant that I bring vritlime from . my catit:dasigning trip 'in Buck. county. Governor Curtin,- General Busteedland hlr. Go forth were tile - speshisers at Brigid.' The meeting was said to be the largest that had ever been held there ; and I have' no . doubt great good was done. We all returned tolheHouse Beautiful, si.ourjour ney Was home agabr,- and it wa,s'fieiesciary to take the ten &dock train: Saying good:bye to out muni ficent hosts, we marched to the atistion, With a band of =min the Goveraoi , leapihag, arid all Bristol tol -1 lowing after. At the dePOti it waslnsfsted that mr. Forney should make agood bye speech, as the train !hod notyet come. Standing on a bench; he toidthent ;that the Union train walveonalife--ifid COMilVitiLl on time—and thatiall who did net jump aboard would 'be crushed. Leaving the - Meeks, and cheera,;" and ourgook friends, :we: tundsled into the close 'oars, 'amid' sleepy and weary travellers, and were 40011 : , whirled into the greatAityi I. H. "E. A 4 Grand Union Meeting at Meliefonte, the Birth-plaee of= Gm.' Curtin. ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE--SFEECHES "BYGOr,:- NOBLE, JUDGE SHANNON, JUDGE CUNNINGHAM( CAPTI MAHAN, AND OTHERS: Eii CiAl/P Reported for The Press. BELIMFONI% October 6, Mit. Lit ine say that the ovation to-day, at the birth place•of•Governor Curtin, was the - grandest demon stration that ever took place in 'this section of the State: Upon our arrival in the irmini.the multitude, bearing:wreaths and flowers, stood-in solid phalanx, waving-their banners, whilst cheerafter cheer went up, making the hills of Muncy menhir with their acclamations:• Many triumphal anheii, in beautiful taste, were erected. The one opposite• the old Cur tin Mansion House deserves especialmotice. There were - arrayed the matrons and the-belles of Belle fonte, and- the inscription I shall never forget. It was, "The'Home of the Soldier's Friend!" It was, indee d, , such an ovation as any Pennsylvania states man-might wish to receive, and contrasts - strongly with the Woodwardite meeting held here on Satur day night last ' This demonstration was all gotten , up for their - favorite, Governor Curtin, and I wait - confess that there was a chill of disappointment when his friends with us announced that, owing to imperious ditties, he could not - be present. However, his-friends with me were • everywhere welcomed with genuine hospitality and , warmth of applause. I mean ex,- Governor Noblei.of Wiason sin; Judge P. C. Shannon, of Pittsburg; Judge Onnninghami , of , Beaver, and Captain. Bshan, of Philadelphia, who, although a Democrat, fa mit in favor of Governor Curtin and the Union. The procession war under the mftshalthip of Col. William H. Blair, of the 179th Regiment - Pennsyl vania Volunteers, and the carriages containing our friends, were preceded and followed by' some six hundred gallant Pennsiqvanians who had served in the nine months, and other military services of the State. Crippled soldiers were in the ranks. bearing oblong banners containing inscriptions of Gettysburg, Murfreesboro, Antietam, Norris Wand, Yorktownl Williamsburg,. Pittsburg Landing, sad other names rendered brilliant all over the- country by the deeds of 'ono sons and relatives.- Scores of life-long Democrats- participated in the enthusiasm, and in the ranks vowed their determination to vote for Governor Curtin. The house of everyiBnionist in the town was decked , in exquisite taste:. From. one unfortunate house hung a banner hearing the .name of Woodward and Lowrie, and when the sol diers passed by 'it they uttered deep groans and hisses for the insultoitered to their friend' and pro tector. When the meeting wee organized, the scene pre. sented from and ailfout the platform wan teetotal and beautiful in the extreme. The varioustanners bearing mottoes referringto the battle-fleklain whisk our soldiers have participated, each one encircled by evergreen, were arranged around the platform in a. style I have never seenequalled. Flags were borne by every soldier, and. the lads and lessee of the county. Cheer after cheer went up as -the different speakers addressed the vast concourse. The School. mates and boyhood companions ot, Curtin were there to give the lie tothe foul aspersions hurled at his bead by hie enemies. The gray , haired matrons who remembered his infant days were there to give refutation to the miserable slanders that have been. poured out upon him. Every soldier in this locality was present, marching under the starry emblem of our country, to say that they recognize in Andrew G. Curtin the most earnest, loyal,• caretaking Go vernor in any. true State in this Union. - Ido not exaggerate when I say to Tou, that of all public meetings, andthey are many, in which I have participated in Pennsylvardaltaking into coneidera tion thatthis is a rural district, and viewing all the surroundings, the meeting. held tOdail, in style, in decoration, in taste, in the hearty enthusiasm that. gleamed from the eyes"of the people—this was the finest that I have everwitnested in my life. Believe ,rce when I state that it made my heart glad to see it. It was an honest and patriotic outburst of the peo pie, and it is, most. assuredly, the harbinger of the glorious victory that must inevitablfensue on next Tuesday. All bail to Bellefonte ! the town of the beautiful fountain! and all bail' to the honest yeomanry of Centre'county ! -If anything were wanting to cheer our hopes and give assurance of victor's' it is the as semblage of this day. The meeting was presided over by H. N. DicAllis ter, Esq., Speeches are being made by Governor Noble, Judge P. C. Shannon, Judge Cunningham, Captain Behan, and others.. A magnificent wreath and bouquk, prepared and intended for Gov. Curtin, by the ladies,in his absenee were presented to ex-Governor Nobis.., who, im pressed with the beauty of the gift, :received the offering in an impressive way. Thirteen ladies, dressed in becoming and appropriate costume, as matrons of IT76,.were the donors, and the banner which they bore had this decorous motto, viz : :: "THE Di A.TRONS OF 1776 i • . TO THE GALLANT : - and Patriotic Pennsylvania Governor of 18432.. : We welcome you after your cares and privations , to the Rooftree of your Youth." sa 44.************14*-**********************.,•.‘ Governor Noble, who by the way is as happy as be is generous and eloquent, convinced the ladies that the present was not ingloriously bestowed. Judge Shannon's speebh was a brilliant one. He stood before them as a friend to his country; and I me glad to say was welcomed by the assembled thop sands in a. manner which spoke volumes in his behalf. Among the other distinguished gentlemen present it was a noticeable fact that the first cheers of the multitude were for Shannon. His first speech in the afternoon was one of the happiest of his life ; and at the earnest request of the people he re mained until the evening, when at the court house lie was greeted by the most brilliant audience ever assembled within that building. The clergy men, judges,. and soldiers, and dine of the county were there, and. 16r an hour and' a half -Judge Shannon riveted and enchained the attention of the meeting. It was a glorious day for Centre county. Well _may Governor Curtin be proud of his native place. W. M.B. Union Meeting at the Hall of the National Guards. SPBECLOCS -BY- HON. HENRY J. "RAYMOND AND.OEN. RICHARD.BUSTEED, OF NEW YORK A large and most animated meeting was held, at half past seven o'clock last evening, at the hall or the National Guards, Race street, below. Sixth. The. speakers of the evening were the Hon. Henry J. Raymond and General Rusteed, of New York. The president of the meeting, Morton McMichael, Esq., introdueedthe speakers with his habitual ease and grace. Mr. McMichael remarked that the gen. tlemenwho would discuss the questions of the day, would.discuss them in such a manner as Would en lighten all who beard them. " I feel," he continued, an especial pleasure in this introduction, because one of them belongs to a craft to which I belong one of them, ex•Lleutenant Governor Raymond, of New York, was among the first to detect and resist those attempts to further the revolution which we now resist." At the conclusion of his introductory speech, Mr. McMichael proposed three cheers for Mr. Raymond, which was most - enthusiasticelly re sponded to. - SPXECII OF . TION. HENRY J. BA.:EAIVP. Dig, UNAIRMAN I shall not attempt to express my , obligationato you for the kind and courteous manner in which y01:1 have presented me to this audience,, still less to express myself for the kindness with which that pre sentation has.been received. I would,. sir, that I de served the eulogies you have pronounced up.on me. I can only say, in reference to the matter, that I hayd done what little I could in this war, from the very day that I saw the war dawning on our political, horizon, down to the present time. I work now. with renewed courage, because I see renewed' hope and that approaching victory, which shall . bring _safety. rising from the horizon, Into the very zenithlof our poli tical heavens. I have not come here ,In the vain attempt to Instruct -a Philadelphia audience in any thing-touching the local political issues,that vide their great and powerful State.„ I* eemdfronb the State of New 'York, where we are shoat to have a po litical contest. I have come here because all lievi,York looks here for the opening of this great contest of yours is their contest. Yenta is recAtiagl t colb. - test. Although we ; do-not know. „the candidates-:tor hom you are to vote for State offiers, jet the issues to, be decided axe plain and - self-evident. -They are notzs State issues exclusively. I have nothing to say, there- - fore, of the election as a State election -I knownothing of the kcal issues it may involve, Ido not know one of your candidates personally except the noble one you have put in nomination for Governor, Aodrew.G..Gur- I.Applause. It Is my pride, my pleasure, and my honor to call him' my friend. ri have known. him as a public man nearly ever , since he,Was .been in public life; but since be has been theGovennor of this great Commonwealih, it wou loyalty , e been . 11 Sha= B not to have known his energetic enterprise. vigor, force, and effectiveness which be hos brought- to the General Government in its efforts to crush, the rebellion. Knowing him as .I do, appreciating. his-efforts in that great cause, I feel it would be a substantial contribution to the cause of the Union and the Constitution to re-elect him to the office that for the last three_ years he has go well administered_ We of Now, Rork - regard the issues to be decided here as in no respect local: they are national - they touch, the. life_ and 'soul of this nation. They; touch. its history through all time to come. Nny.:'tis not too much to fay. they touch . the very life and. late- of this na tion/ We have been all engaged,. heart and sonl, - , two years and a half in a Gentlest. to'preserve it agatent au armed effort to divide the Union. aAd to.destroy the : con , Mullen which has greeted thidelnlon - The nation still engaged in this groat contest., The.Sonth is still in arms, but enfeebled. said on the eve. apparently. of exhaustion. The contest premises malts fkvorable .to the Union:And. wow.- - at this last 'crisis., -the very dawn of `victory. we arecalled upon to throw - our weight into the scalea Now,' I take it, there is no, man the sound of my voice who does . not. sincerely wish . . the triumph of. the Govern ment in its contest with the rebellion. I cannot believe therein_ wy man so lost to all sense of patriotic duty, tor fori ettul of 'the deeds and principles of his fathers, as to be consciously willing that the rebellion should achieve a triumph. 1 , therefore, upon all occa sions, address my fellow-citizens one and all, whatever -may be their party names, as at heart loyal men, seeking (nix th e welfare of this great country, aiming only at As glory, and thinking of nething but bow they can, beat eseive it. Now. speaking . to all such ' as loyalmon, e cc gnize there is a difference le the action they predese tit rake i n this election_ Some of them willoote for the ticitet u h fell represents the Government of, tho United - States. end the rt st for that ticket which repments the op,eoei#o - to the Government. I ask .hem to consider whether metes whoprOpOse to vote against the hitiver MS& are taking h ott/csaAPS to RA I 4 OliktiVA4Na tioxiwt •
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