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tore. it is rot necessary for me nowlo go into the his
to; y of tote iebei I eln. o nt wy beartgin every minion
oar ur lazes are bleed. Pc w Cl, the woundeit has Mimed;
tee many I.rai to ache to the absenrc of beloved. friends,
et. et 11 is t Apia.. should ne et .suedere rood or forgotten.
It would matter etvle sit. P to dtecues the question, who
'hrt ught ou this war, whether it was the work of Thuil
e...A.4n lespabt race, Secessionlets. or Democrats. These
dieenseione are out of order at thie time. The gnestlon
we lave to decide is how shall we best end the war—eap
pausal—an i restore peace le this our beloved country?
Fur we arc all peace men. If there is a party in thiseene ,
a party which desires peace from the bottom of their
arte. I claim to belong to that party, and I never will
be foroed out of it. (Applause. ) Let , any members of
the eo-called Peat% party contdt ce me that they know
hatter how to secure peace than I do, and I will vote
with th, in, act with teem, and work with them. (Its
n. wed applause ] But MY judgment mast be convinced ;
xey ranee of honor inc love el country must be met and
sate fled There never was a war in which , either.party
to it could net have had peace. if It chime, forita army to .
retire. and give up the fight. tee might do - that,
and we would have peace.,_What kindeof a peace
would it be?' Weald it b a peace which: would
b e perpetual? No; it might fast for a month;
it might last for a yr an That, peace could lest
obi) , by trarnplit g under Pot that 'sacred Conetitu
don et hit% cur fathers, gave , us ; by rending asunder
that Union which is our glory, our etrefoth, oar pride.
is -this the p ace any of ne deeire ? cold any of no
consent to a mace that would destroy the country ?
There are some who look upon a severance of this Union'
' With toleration: Such people say that if the South can
govern themelvee better than we can govern them,why
should they not , be allowed to do so? if the South Were
struggling against a tyranny. there would be some plan
/Ability in our argument. They have never Buffered a
tyranny. Have not the South bad their share, and their
full alarm - in the pact government of the country? Have
they not, from the beginning. enjoyed their right to self
government, which it is possible for any portion
of any nation to enjoy? The United States revolt
ede against Great Britain, because we preferred to
govern ourselves ; and the South rebelled became they
wished to govern themselves. Permit ine to saY,
however. there was nes ;similarity between the two•
cases We were taxed by Great - .Britain without repre
.
sentation. We had no voice in Parliament—nothing-.to
do aa to the execution of the laws. Have we over im
posed upon the Soak any laws in which they had not
an equal share in the making? Have they not always
had the Elaine I fight to self-government as we have had?
If the .asserted right of self-government involves the
right of any section to rebel, there is an end to
all government. [Applause. ] We all insist that
this Government is a self-government. ; that all the
. People of the Untted States have an equal share
its it, and that it is their interest it should ba
perpetuated through all time ; that this great Re-
Public made to be the plocec.or of liberty,. the
great exemplar, of the principle of self-government: -
, we hold it to be right that this -Republic ehould be per-
Petnated ; and by the blessing of heaven, et shall be peg
neinated ; ( great applause]; and Diet is precisely the
object and RIM of this war—namely, to perpetuate the
free government on this continent against] the attempts
made in the South to destroy and blot it out forever.
Why is it we fit d no loyal - man in Philadelphia. hesi
tates to give to the Government any possible aid he can?
Is it because he bates free goverment?. There may be
such men There -- have been men who at heart
hate free government. There may be some in
the loyal North, but . such men must be very few.
The real vesson is, they are misled in their no
' tions and opinions of the contest. There are some who
' honestly no,doubt cannot,consider it their duty to stip
port the Government by electing the opposition ticket.
With such men - I always feel disposed to reason. They
must know that if this rebellion is to be put down it
must be put down by the present Government. and by
the Administration which has the Government on its
shoulders [Applause.] Who will put it down if the
Government does not? eappose the Democratic party
carry out its views.. how are they to put down the re
bellion? In my judgmene it is tae duty of every loyal
man to aid the Government in its efforts to put down the
rebellion. lie should aid by his money, his voice, and
his life, if need be [ applause :] Cau the rebellion be pill
down ?finny other way except by crushingeont its armies
in the field.? Those armies can be destroyed only by put
-ling armies against them. What party are the most
earnest and Motive in puttiffr those armies into the,
field?.Teat is the.ouestion you are to eecide at the next
election. It la very plain that, in this State, there is but
one ticket which earneetiy suppores' the Government of
`the United States in its efforts to put down the rebellion.
The Democratic' party acknowledge their opposition to
thee Government. • That party is eurely not the one
'which will be the most, effective to crash the rebellion.
They complain ;mallet the Administration. But grant
that their complaints are just, will the habeas corpus be
erefer if Jeff Davis is triumphant than it is now? The
habeas corpus or /he emancipation act are not trifles, bat
they are eecondary to the great principle. of sustaining
the Union.' CAE/Plante 1 It is' by virus "of the Conste
• tution that the habeas corpust exists. Destroy the Con
stitution—or, which is the same thing. de,iroy the Go
vernment—and the personal rights of the citizen are
gone forever. Them is no personal or State right which
will not be better preserved by the Government being
sustained, It is not necessary to enter into a jitatifica-
Hon of the Ad minietration. - In a time like this,' cannot
step to dissents minor issues. if my neighbor suffers an .
thine Y. eyes could it be a malicious one on the part of
the. Government, I may say that it is a violation of per
sonal rights and an injury to me. But lam patriotic
enough to overlook it, If teat is necessary to the pre
tervistion of the greater goed—the salvation of my
co-Wenunhtry.
the shin is on lire the passengers must lend
_their energiee towards the extingalsning of the fire.
After that is done, they can argue 241:01 discuss the goes
floe ,-What bronghtet on? Every loyal citizen is anxious
'now to save this, glorious ship; utter that' e can go to
the courts and ballot- Don, arid redress.' all the wrongs
- we have sustained. (Applause 1 Ido not say that the
acre of the Administration are not sasceptible of j astir' •
cation. IdO not see teat any cif the complaints are well
founded. I never found a truly loyal man to complain.
The habeaspcorpue suspension can affect none except -.
those who may be plotting against tne Government.
The Constitution provides for the suspension of the ha
beas comma The President suspended it. and the lie
mimetic party complained, saying that Congress
alone had the power Conferees gave the power
to the President, and yet tne Democratic party
complained, so that-now their complaints are jest as
clernorous ae before. So it is with all the other acts of
the Administration. For instance, the emancipation act.
do no • see that Congress had not the right to cripple
. the rebellion wherever poesible Does emancipation
hurt the rebellion? If so. it is flood. is objection made
to it because it injures en institution which ia divinely
.instituted? Such a ground itrabsnrd. The whole cause
of complaint arises from an uneasy apprehension that
the party in power will achieve too much glory and
honor in the restoration of the Union. Ask , the generals
in the field what is the effect of the emancipation fact.
What 'has General Butler to say on this point?-he, a
;Breokinridge Democrat in the last campaign, bitter and
atern in his. pro-slavery opinions. To-day he recognizes
the force and value of the emancipation act, and act pta
it, becomes it, ilLaid the Government. h 0 with General.
- Busteed, who is to follow me. He, too, was a Demo
orat. Be has. no complaint to offer sebut, like a loyal,
patriotic man, - does his duty, and his country will re
ward him. When I hear these complaints of the Demo
cratic party, I am - reminded of the answer of a egeneral
in Tennessee, to an ,old lady who complained that his
soldiers stole all her chickens. " Madam,". said the
general. e 'I am determined to pat down this rebellion,
if it lake s every chicken in Tennessee. [Leughter-]
The people of the United States, are them determ,ned in
putting tOWn the rebellion. The p will put it down, at
-whatever cost or sacrifice. The American people feel
-that their rights' are 'secure in the hands of Abraham
Lincoln. (Applause. ] They submit to any temporary
eneneneien eitheir personal rights. Taik of stripping
tiny steer i'eople of wee, mem, ;or all future time. The
American people will never submit to a permanent ens
pension of their personal privileges. It is said by the
Democratic leaders that, in hug tend,'each an attempt' .
to suspend the writ of hub. as corpus would not be al
limed. So much the mot honorable to the nmerican
peeple. Here, lee people rate. The. e, whenever the
habeas corpus le suspended, it is known to be a blow-at
the liberties of the people, I t cornea from a superior
power. and the liberties of the people are in .danger.
llere, it ie the people who rule_ and, if. their right. are
eurrendered, it is they themselves who make the surren
;dere - - (Applause. ]
steMy . islands. I have nothing further to say to 9011, and
nm an aid that already J. have detained you too long from
.General lineteed, who will more agreeably entertain
YOU. We of New York look to 3on of Pennsylvania to
follow lee glorious example sit by Galiforniaand Maine. .
' (Apple - dee ] After you have , elected your patriotic Go
vet nor, New York will follow inher zupport of tile Ad
mintstrati; n; and such a blow will be struck at the re
hellion: that before the Brat of January will end its
Power in theteld, and release the people of the South
from the , •t braldom in, which they are held,
Mr.-taymund retliid amid great applause...
armitem OF GENERAL BUBTERD, OR NEW YORE.
Mr: Raymond was succeeded bY - General Busteed, of
- Neer Y ork. who was introduced by Mr. McMichael as
an "out-and-put" Democrat. General Busteed was
greeted with In enthusiasm which amounted to a
lorore. His speech, was as follows:
I assure you, Mr. President, you do me lamer, over
nach,ein planing to my account a merit—undeserved
merit-eta smersosing that I can say anything as well or '•
'as wisely as the gentleman who nay just taken his seat.
Though not any more modest than a man born in. Ire•
land ought eo be, I cannot expect to escape the ea - nutlet
lam swim to run. The present epoch of America will
find no parallel in the past, no equal probaoly in times to
come. It is founded in wrong, - .inexcueable, by. God or
man, barbaric, iniquitous, false, and most daring, when
it is considered by whom it is waged, and for what par-
Twee it is waged. It must end in the titter discomfiture
of treason and traitors—Cimmenee applansel—and in the
re•establiabment of a Constitution which challenges the
admiration of the world, and_whielt - is the heirloom of
human freedom. CApplauee. ) It is enough for eta to
know that we ;did not begin it—it is enough for us to
know that we will end it. Not by compromise, not by
treaty. but by the ersat principle of the Book of God,
finding 'a response in the breast of every man not a
coward, that "'he who takes the sword shall perish
'by the sword." [Overwhelming applause. ]
This nation is eminently a peaceful one. Since its esta
blishment it has had bat one war of consequence—the
Mexican war. This nation has pursued its onward way
in the course of peace. It has shown to the world what
a great people ctn 'du when avouching the principles
which underlie tl eir Goeernment [Applause.] Cali
fornia end the Green Mountain boys have resolved
against the miserable cowards who would withstand
them. If! am capable of forming any judgment of nam
ing, events, I assure you that the keystone State, by a
majority of at least thirty thousand for Curtin, will
send out- such a voice to the peace-mongers of the
nation as will make them greater cowards than
they are at present. [Tremendous applause.] The
ooknplaines against President Lincoln are originated
by a class of badmen, who are knowa to the present.
and will be known to a future age, by the emphatic. if
not euphonious title. of Copperheads. [Applause.] A
great hue and , cry, a white hue and cry, has been raised
in some parts because of the employment of negro sal
- diers in the army of the United States, We are, told by
the Copperheads—for 1 deny that they are Democrats—
that it is a u rrible degradation to soldier-straps to adorn
the swarthy limbeof the negro. Every man who forget
party in the higher claims-of duty end patriotism Cape
planes] As accused by them of being serious
ly affected _by negro on the brain. Well. for
myself;,sirs, I ;would rather have negro "on the brain
than treason in. the heart. , (A furore of applanie I
submit to you there is no good reason why the black
sbnield:nof lie employed, and that there is good reason,
Why he !should be employed. But I deny that any one
has a right to complain that we should use any .means
upon earth to crush out this rebellion. Washington em=
ployed negro soldiers in 1774 Andrew' Jackson, Ilhat
father of Democracy, eimploYed negro, soldiers in the
war 0f.1832, and Governor Banks employed - them in the
war of iBB3. • But the Copperhead won't go to the war him
self. His legitimate employment is to be at home running
around Immo. Not one will goy even if he is - drafted,
and I pray God he may not be drafted. (Laughter and
applause ] Sherrie, a thousand`'themes on such a canse,,
mem% a class I • I want to MY a"word or two to. you. '
gentlemen,-in regard to the canvass in which you are to
take so iinportant a Part. • Its importance abroad is ex
ceedingly sigaificant. Both England and France ree
ceive :with intense= interest she accounts of what: Penn
sylvaniana are going to do in this Gnbernatorial contest. ,
I beg you to think or its importance. Let every one ask
himself.' Whiah would' please the enemies of my coun
try most—that I should vote for Curtin or for Wood
ward?"' And, in - view of the judgments of God, and
apart from all prejudice and sophists yeso let that elector
Yotee - Act like men who. know, their rights, add, kno w
ing, dale =amain them; (Great applause I J. want to
says a few words about the candidates for the Go
ventorehip of Pennsylvania, and I shall consider
them in their inverse order, verifying the Scripture.
that the Bret ehail be last, av d the last first. The
faet -of Mr. Justice Woodward's private life being
irreproacbable is no peculiar reason ; why he should
be Governor of . Pennsylva ties Judge . Woodward
has •puzzledeme most amazingly, and I believe he
has puzzled • the .entire people. He has rendered %de
cision that it will be unconstitutional Wallow year eel
diers to vote. --If the soldiers• in' the Reid were allowed
to cast their votes in their tents, what a terrible thing
that would be Mr ..Justice.Woodward has decided that
the soldierroitn fi g ht, - but can't vote! "Principles and
Men:" not • Principles ' , not Men," is the tree maxim
upon which government . should be founded. Judge
Wocdwsrd,l insist, represen it the principles, of the
dllintegration of the - United States. Do I wrong. him
when limy he represents a principle which upholds the
disintegration of. the Union ? Bats slavery been to you
the blessing 'which be says it has? Ells .so called in
ese culable blessing, call a calculable lie. .If you would
make no better Governor ehan you do Judge, God help
your peopie, Judge! Be has conitned himself t neveron
sideration of the Mosaic dispensation, and' has got
as far as the New Testament; = I wonder, does he con
sider polygamy an incalculable. blessing? . This is a
struggle between aristocracy and Democracy, and to
such a Democracy as we represent, I thank God I be
long. .He represents the opponents of .Democracy in
their most obnoxious form, lie its dreadfully afraid of
fraud being-pramieed upon the soldiers' vote—he never
heard •' , Ol fraud being practised upon the elective
,tranehiese at home In 1837 he - was a member
oree'eseeseommittee to amend your Constitution. Ail
min- with the' rich Irish brogue, and the sweet
' German accent, had better vote for Judge. oodward,
because, when he gets to be Governor, he will undoubt
edly try to get this amendment engraf'ed on the &insti
tution ! Against so unoffenstve and wronged a race as
the black man Judge Woodward is aristocratic, unfair.
4, and unkind. The man who would be so to a black man
to-day' would be so to the white man to-morrow. The
men who would behave so is not the man to control the
destinies of this great Commonwealth. [Cheering and
immense applause.] In this cot test between liberty and
excinsiveneem you are now called to choose between
right , and wrong. Now, good men, so help you God.
defend the right! [Long.continned and tremendous ap
plause.] •
General Busteed resumed his seat amid a torrent of en
plane°, s Mr. McMichael then suggested that the audi
ence: if they felt no disposition to deny anything that
the speaker, of the evening had said, would eignify it by
three cheers; and thus indicate their hope and belief that
Andrew G. Curtin would be the next Governor of Pena
ay 'venire • '
Cheer after - heer was then given for Governor Curtin,
and the large audience then diapereedS
Union Meeting in the Twentieth Waid.
The citizens of the Twentieth ward turned out strongly
at their mass meeting last night, on a lot at Nineteenth
.and Ridge avenue. A number of the wren carried
_lan
terns with the city and State officers painted . on them.
-Aline band of music was in attendance, which discours
ed patriotic strains previous to the opening of the meat--
.
ing. On motion, Walter S. Bard, Esq., was elected
president, who, after a few preliminary remarks, in
troduced Col B. R. Trice, of Lancaster, who said:
Some years ago there were two parties—one the Whig.
and the other the Democratic. And there" re also two
parties at the present time. but somewhat different: one
is for the perpetuation of the Union , and the other is ar.
rayed against the Government ior its overthrow. It is
for a loyal citizen now to decide whether he will con
tribute to the support of the Government that has always
protected him, or whether he will contribute to the
downfall of that Government. We could not see what
motives. they Were governed by. • It is useless for men
to pronounce themselves as loyal to the country, when
they are opposed to the crushing of the rebellion. They
MG traitors in disguise. What ie oar duty in 'such a
crisis t It is to make them bold their tongues: and. if
- such - win:pot succeed, it is our duty to crack their heads.
applirl; When He 17117 they are :.17,11aa idOn3 and
rerert to.such means as these, they cannot be recognised
b) loyal men. He woulethat elte law hid been applied
more stringently to these Copperheads. Mere of them
shout/ be sent to the different kids, and" there confined
till their treason was purged from thorn. COheers..l
- loyal men of the Democratic party have found out
the treasonable designs of the lea tare, and are decoding
horn that party by hundreds and thousands. [Cheers
The Copperheads boast a great deal about the election of
George W. Woodward, but their efforts to ralsrahne and
cry tor him is au fridge; and they will find Out after the
election, that although they had a little plunk they hail
no discretion whatever. [Cheers.) They say, that unless
we can have peace, foreign countries will interfere, and
there will be more wars in the country; but this will
never be the case. as our navy is able to prevent any in
trusion on our shores; and if attempt to take part
dam's, - struggie, they.will And-the At antic States in a
liyely condition to receive them [Cheops.] Tne - rebel
hopes are based upon, the contest that is- about to laze
place in this'State; and'ie the;llnion par y is triumph
ant, it will .dh courage them in. their wicked designs,
'end deal thtnY a - blow which . w uld stagger them.
t .becomee every .citizen in the North to sustain the
Oevernment..and:to use ale influence for its sustenance.
When this institution of slavery comes between -ne
and liberty; we must wpe it out. (Cheers.l Wo mast
place our-all in'the Mews, and if we fell, it will be in
a glorious struggle. It- is our duty to give oar lives a
sacrifice, if needs be, to maintain the supremacy of our
free - country. [Cheer.. We must make a manly light
to- preserve the Government of our fathers. (Cheers I
Its, thanked them for their attention, and retired amid
great applause. -
At this season of the meeting a large emblem of our
country's glory was raised from 'a house opposite the
stand., which excited much enthusiasm. Three cheers
were given for the flag and for Curtin's name, which
was attached to it. The band struck Up the Star Spangled
Banner and Yankee Doodle.
Mr. Alfr.d Jervis, of Louisiana, was then introduced,
and spoke in substance as follows:
The question occurs, who is the greatest fr iend of the
Government? The one who sustains the administration
and the !lag, or the one who cries for 'compromise and
Peace. Slavery will never live.again in Louisiana. He
said it was ridiculous to think of compromishag with
traitors. [Cheers.) And ma one think* 'of 'ouch a thing
but the infernal Copperheads. 'This rebellion must go
down, and that very soon ; and-When it takeellelare, the
Copperheads wilt say—didn't we do it slick ? (Laughter
and epplause Nothing but war will do the' South,
and Andrew G. -Curtin is the man to help to
give them that, from what he . has already done.
He believed that if Woodward-- was elected,. before
twenty daye Confederate bonds will go up 40 per gent. in
Europe. Slavery brought on this war, and - there is no
denyingit. The speaker then portrayed in 'brief the
condition of affairs in Louisiana, and to mutated by say
ing that slavery would go down, never to rise again.
[Cheers:]
Colonel William B Mann, being introduced, said:
Andrus , (A Curtin was nominated to be elected, and by
the blessing of God it would take place. [Cheers ] SO
certain that the sun will shine on neat Wednesday, no
sure would it find Andrew G. Curtin re elected Governor
of Pennsylvania. [Cheers.] The 'Democratic party have
given up the ktate, but pretend that they will carry it.
What are they doing now in Philadelphia, when the
country is in-danger P. They are engaged in moving pe
ple abontsfrom one ward to 'another to vote. It was ha
somutating to think that thirty thousand menof that party
will asiociate themselves with:these ruilia,ne and vaga
bonds. The speaker's principal remarks were upon the
election of the city officers, and of the duties devolving
upon every citizen of this city to aid to the host of their
ability in electing the city officers. -
In regard to slavery, the speaker said, since- that ill,
etitEtion has struck at our flag, and sought to diegiace
our Government and ourselves, let it be forever oblite
rated from our land. [Cheers. - • '
Jatnes W. Lynd, Req. , was the next speaker. He
brielly and eloquently related different facts to prove
that the :Worth bad not usurped the right of the South,
bra, on-the contrary, gave her almost everything she
asked.
He was succeeded by Mr. Jay, of New Jersey. and the
,Connecticut Boy, who Made very eloquent and. touching
addresses, which received the plaudits of the vast
multitude. after which the meeting adioarned.
Third Ward Meeting.
A large and enthusiastic meeting .of the Union
citizens of the Third ward was held last evening.
General H. Hubbell (a War Democrat) was called
to the chair, and the following gentlemen were ap
pointed vice-presidents : James Smitb, Peter Lamb,
Robert G.•Pidgeon, Charles J. Field, Dr.-John Ster
ling, Sohn Kelley, James Moore. . •
• The following were appointed secretaries : Alder
man Robert T. Carter, John U. Oilier, William H.
Pearson, John Savery, William Roberts.
General Hubbell announced the purpose of the
meeting in a stirring and patriotic speect i f at the
conclusion of which Philip S. White, Esq. was
called on to address the meeting. Patriotic speeches,
followed by Mr. S. J. Rea and others, and the meet
ing adjourned -at a late hour with much onthu•
The Democratic Meeting at Allentown a
Complete Fiilure.
(Special Despatch to The Press. 3
• ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 7.
-After three weeks of preparation, the Democratic
meeting, which was to be the largest political ga
theiing ever known in Eastern Pennsylvania, was
held to. day, and, notwithstanding the announcement
that General McClellan would. be present, and the
inducement of a free railroad ride, proved a com
plete failure in every respect.
The grand procession, which was expected to be
five miles long, was less than one mile..-The thirty
thousand people did not, all told, amount to three
thousand. Instead of the three regiments of soldiers
promised, just fifty uniformed men were all that
could be. raised in five counties. In the procession
they bad banners representing the States: the New
England States by black banners; the rest, in
cluding South Carolina, where the rebellion begun,
and all the seceded States, by white banners. Many
DeMocrats witnessed this, sight with indignation.
The usual Vallandigham banners were about. Ge
neral McClellan had been invited to attend, but did
not appear. It became known that he had written
declining the invitation, and saying that if he were
a voter in this State he would vote for Governor.
Curtin, and that if he spoke, it would be.. in Gover
nor Curtin's favor. His letter was not read, nor
was the least allusion made to it. Speeches were
made by several persons, and consisted of the usual
abuse of the Administration'and of all who are in
favor of supporting the Government. Not a word
was said against rebels in arms. The meeting has
done immense service for.Curtin and the Union.
• E. L F.
Bow the Election is to be Carried in Berks.
To the Editor of The Press:
Sin : S. E. Ancona, the member of Congress from
Berke county, in a speech delivered at Wernersville,
Heidelberg township, in that county, on' Tuesday
afternoon last, told his hearers to be ready with
their rifles and shotguns. Heidelberg township is
the headquarters of the Knights of the Golden Circle,
and there have always been Bo few Untori votes in
that township, that the advice of Ancona can only
be attributed to the general'hesigri openly expressed
by the Copperheads of Berke county. to keelithe
Union voters from the polls by violence and disorder.
So much apprehension is felt in-regard-to this, that
the.aged and timid in many of the townships in tliat
county already express 'fear as to goingto the polls.
Friends'of the Union and free suffrage in Berke,
will, we trust, Nee fair play. "
Yours; respectfully, R.
Party Slaves.
To the Editor of The l'ress
Srx: Any citizen, who, in the present crisis; shall
so prefer his party to his country as to vote 'for a
candidate known to be hostile to the Government,
and to the measures adopted for the suppression of
the rebellion; will earn for his friends shame, and
for himself remorse of confidence, to last through
life. " I am a Democrat, a consistent Democrat,
and will never vote for any but a Democrat? says
one. Can Such‘a man claim to be a freeman and a
patriot, or is be not rather, whether white or black,
a slave to party, or a selfish demagogue?
Ifespectfully, H.
Who are Democrats 3
To the Editor of The Press:
Sin : , The first article of the platform of the Hart
ford Convention, of infamous memory, was in these
words : " Resolved, That it be, and is hereby, recom
mended to the Legislatures of the several States re
-presented in this Convention, to adopt all each
measures that maybe necessary effectually to pro
teat the citizens of said States from the operation
and effects of all acts which have been, or may be
passed, by the Congress of the 'United States, which
shall contain provisions at:Neat:g the militia -or other
citizens to forcible drafts, conscriptions, or impressments;
not authorized by the - Constitution of *the United Slates."
(McCloskey's Polit. Encyclopedia, 248)
s, This was passed on the 4th of January, 1814, in
the midst of our last war. with - England, by a set of
men, belonging to the old Federal Blue Light party,
who thereby covered themselves with eternal shame,
and would afterwards have felt it a mercy to be for
gotten.
Now we are in the midst of a' war of infinitely
more importance. It isnot about "free trade and
sailors' rigkts," for which we went to war with
England, Mt it concerns fundamental principles;
and the very existence of our national Government:
We have again the same outcry against the draft
and conscription act, as being violations of the Con
stitution. The party raising this cry is doing the
same things which were done by.the old Blue Light
Federalist and Hartford Convention men, in the last
war; and at the head of this party is James Bd
ehanan,An old Federalist, who is so much opposed
to the war that he made a bargain with the rebels
not to 'reinforce Fort Sumpter, nor to do anything
against them.' This party claims -- to be Democratic,.
while every true Democrat 'spurns and denounces it.
Facts speak more loudly than Words:
Very respectfully, X.
Pm LADBLPHIA i October 7, 1883.
Miss Dickinson's Address in Wilkesbarre.
WILIMBARRE, Oct. 3,1863.
To the Editor of The Press:
SIR: Miss Anna Dickinson addressed last eve=
nine, in the Court House in this place, a large and
appreciative audience on the national ci;isis. To
say that her address was a masterly , performance
would be but inadequate praise. Although - the rain
tell in torrents, the people, eager to hear her whose
name has already become historic, came out en
mane crowding every nook and corner of the spa
cious audience-room of the Court House. For two
hours upwards of one thousand people were held
entranced. The impassioned eloquence which
flowed from her lips as she pictured. the glory of
cur ,country, and the mighty struggle in whiCli. it
is involved for national existence; the-atinging
sarcasm employed when referring to the 'Copper
heads ; the clear analysis of the causes of the com
mencement and continuance.of the rebellion ; the
overpowering and convincing logic with which she
exposed the heresies of the Coppaahead sympa
thizers, and stripped away the thiss4uze of their
pretended love of the Thum with. they seek
to cover their disloyalty, while doing erything in
their power to destroy the Government—justly en
title her to the proud position she occupies among
the first orators of the age.
In Miss Anna Dickinson the cause of the Union
and of , popular rights has an eloquent advocate and
most able defender. Her, reception here was flat
tering, indeed ; her 'efforts highly appreciated, and
the good accomplished in behalf ef law, order, and
good government the futureadone can unfold. -
. At the ,close of the address three hearty , cheers
were given for the speaker, three for Gov. Otirtin,
and three for the National Administration. L.
Mr. F. NV. Hughes on the War.
To the Editor of The Pras :
Slit: I called'at the office of F. W. Hughes, Rag.,
in Pottsville, July 23, 1863, with a mill of a county
meeting to Proiride for the familiee of peraoua who
might be drafted into the servieeof the United
States. I passed,ahe paper to him to read ; read
it, and returned the paper to me, stating he would
not sign it. He stated that he would sign a paper to
Pay the whole tine for each drafted soldier'. I stated
to him that that course would not ftirniiih the army
witliSOldiers. His reply was, that hi did not want
tOlurnish the army with soldiers, .hewee `conscien.
tinnily opposed to the war, and.would "not furnish
the means to carry it on. Respectfull
• _" JNO. BAINNAN.
PUITSVILLI, October 6, 1863.
LARGE .43SIT/lIR SALE OF DRY GOODS, CLOTH.
ING, &O.—The early particular attention ordealers
-1s requested to thepxtensive and desirable assortment
of British, French, German, and American dry
goods, fashionable city-made clothing, &o:, embracing
about 660 packages and lots of staple - and fancy
articles, in cottons, woolens, worsteds, linens, and
cloths, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue,: on
four months' credit, (and part for cash,) commencing
,this morning, at ten,o'clook, to be continued with
out intermission all day," by
.John:B. Myers '&
; militioiteera; Noi,' 232 snit alliforket 'etre' et.
v,,
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8,_,1863
badge WoodwarAPs Oilence;
If rune things are cheap at any price
some others% are dear at the lowest. Mr.
Justice . WoonwAnn's speeches are in the
latter category. Up to this time, not even
his wailnest eulogist will admit, his orations
have been mischievous and-damaging—mis
chievous to the party which has taken him
up (and regrets having done so), and da
maging to his own reputation as a citizen
and .loyal man. Two of these effusions
stand boldly out, making a remarkable re
cord of his politics and his humanity. In
the first, delivered in the State Reform Con
vention, some twentyBve years ago, Mr.
WOODWARD seriously proposed that no
foreigner should be permitted;" under any
circumstances, to the right of citizenship in
this Commonwealth, or in any other part of
the United States. In the second; spoken
three years ago, Mr. WOODWARD _avowed
his predilection for what Mr.Yourr. Buon-
HEAD calls "the sunny South," and of
course, shared In Mr. BRODHEAD'S partiality
for, " civilization,and niggers." .
Mr. WOODWARD, as our readers know, po
sitively decline's making another speech until
after the election, and, not even then, he
adds, unless he can speak in the character
and with the prestige of Governor elect.
On this his words are very plain. Ho said,
"If I should be elected Governor, I would
then feel it my ,duty to address you upon
political questions, and then I will express
my opinions in a language to be understood.
'Until that time comes I must be excused."
That is, unless he can speak, as future Go
vernor, he will pertinaciously continue to
remain, as some toasts are drunk, "in so
lemn silence." No election, no speech.
It is seemly to be expkted that, however
great the desire of Pennsylvania to hear the
Luzerne DEMOSTHENES, the. State will pay
his price for a speech. The election of Mr.
Woonwenn is not likely tooccur—for Penn
sylvania is about continuing Governor OUR
nil in office—and therefore Mr. WOODWARD
will remain without utterance.
A candidate for high office who declines
placing himself, boldly and bodily, before
those whom he hopes will elect him, is ra
ther an ancimalous personage in this'couti
try. Ainan who disdains to declare to the
public, with his own lips, what his political
belief or disbelief may be, treats that
public in a very cavalier and contemptu
ous manner. Even in England, when
my Lord Tomnoddy wants to be elected
for the pocket-borough of his father, the
Duke, he pays the electors the compli
ment of issuing an address, in which he
tells them what his line of politics in pub
lic life will be. Before he is elected, he
addresses them from the htutings, (sane-.
times, also, at the public - meetings,) and
after the pro former proceedings close with
his election, 'speaks
_again to the con
stituents. But here, in a free country,
where elections are actual facts, we find
a candidate for the highest office in the
State, positively declining to address the
electors whose votes he solicits. COMO
LANUS, telling the Romans that they might
elect him Consul if they pleased, but that he
disdained to speak to them, as candidate,
was not haughtier than rudge WOOD
WARD, who declares that he will not speak
to the people until after the election, and
not then, unless, he be elected. The Go
vernorship of Pennsylvania is rather too
high a price for a WoodWardian oration.
It has been said by apologists • for Mr.
WOODWARD, that, as a Judge, it would be
unseemly for him, it would be a soiling of
the ermine lie wears, to go before the public
and address them, after the usual manner
of persons who solicit their votes. These
apolbgists should likve thought of this be
fore they placed a judge in such a doubtful
position. He accepted the nomination from
his .party with the fullest consciousness of
its advantage§ and drawback& It has been
within his power, all along,. to present him
self to the electors in venoms parts of the
State, and state his views, as Mr. CaRTIN
has done, He might have imitated the I's
ample of Judge WILMOT, in 1857, who•re
signed'his judicial office on becoming one
of the candidates for the office to which Ain
WOODWARD now aspires. But, it is clear
that Judge WOODWARD has not the slightest
faith in his own pretensions ; clear that he
does not expect to be elected ; most clear
that thinking a bird in the hand worth tWo
in the bush, he clings to his judicial seat,
knowing that if he resigned it, to place him
self-really before the people, he would find,
on next Tuesday evening, that he was very
much "out in the cold.". -Under these cir
cumstances, a speech from Mr. WOODWARD
is not to be looked for, even after the elec
tion. We will not go to the length of say-)
ing that this has surprised us. Mr. WOOD
WARD has been so unfortunate as 'an orator,
that, perhaps, his party have insisted that
he shall hold his tongue. But he had pre
viously said too much. His silence now is
as significant SS was that of Lord Burleigh,
in " The Critic."
THE AID Of Hon. HENRY J. RAYMOND,
and General BusmPar.u, is valuable to the
Union cause in Pennsylvania ; by eloquence
and argument, they have ably sustained
the high claims of Governor CURTIN to the
trust 'of his fellow-citizens. Mr. RAYMOND,
who has used the vast influence of theT4lnes
consistently in behalf of the Union, necessa
rily appreciates the importance of this cam
paign. General Busrzzu's satisfaction in
the great victory next Tuesday will not be
lessened by the consciousness that he has
helped; so nobly helped, us to obtain it.
A DEMOCRATIC MEETING was held in
Allentown yesterday, at which banners
representing the States were carried in pro
cession—black banners for New England,
and pure white for all the rest. The com
pliment to South Carolina and - the insult:to
Massachusetts cannot be misunderstood ;
the' one has sent an army to destroy the
Union, the other hosts of brave men to prb
tect it ; the' one is pledged to slaverY, the
other is self-dedicated to freedom. Yet the
partisans of Mr. Justice WOODWARD parade
the rebellious State as the equal of Pennsyl
vania, while the loyal Commonwealth is in
suited as the inferior of the traitorous South.
Under banners of shame Pennsylvanians
cannot -be marshaled to victory. No won
der, then, that of the thirty thousand who
were to attend this meeting twenty-seven
thonsind were absent. --
"IT IS NOT by fighting that the Union is
to be restored," says Mr. Justice WOOD
WARD.- What but fighting ,freed Missouri
and'Western Virginia, liberated Kentucky,
restored Louisiana and Arkansas, and drove
the rebellion from Tennessee? What but
fighting prevented, the recognition of the
Confederacy by France and England ?
Mr. Justice WOODWARD ' may speak - thus
to children, but not to men. , So long
as Southern States keep an army to destroy
the Union, the Government must maintain
one to preserve it.
IT is slap that the managers of the Cop
.
perhead meeting at Allentown, having in
vited General IVIcCL - ELLAN to be present,
received from him a letter . stating that if he
had a vote in this State - it should be, given
to Governor Cuirrarr. Whatever General
MCbLELLANTS political preferences may Tie,
he could not as a soldier, who has had thd
honor to command. the armies of the Union,
support a man who is opposed to the war for
the restoration of the Union.
PENNSYLVANIA. sends greeting to Ohio.
Let her , loyal 'sons be energetic, of Mr.
VALLANDIGHAIeS defeat will not be so con
clusive as that of• Mr. Justice Woonwmin.
Each State will beyond all doubt be
,true to
tfie Union candidates, and will ,be rivals
only in Union majorities. ,•
sravnriv - be an incalculable blessing,
as Mr. Jusqce WoonwAnt affirms, by
means let us vote, for him, trusting .to be
blest by the ',political bondage . to which he
would - consign the State. If slavery is not
such a blesSing, remember., that qovernor
Cunrm- will keep Pennylvania true to
'freedom and thelUnion.
T'ffE FTESS. -- PEILADELPIII2I, 'IIItrtSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1863.
The rebel Governnient at Riehmond are
so much dissatisfied-with' England, repre
sented by Earl RusszaiL, for• its cavalier
treatment of Mr. MASON, ' the pseudo
ambassador from Secessia, that , it proposes
to withdraw that worthy from British soil,
altogether. It must be confessed' that
Rebeldom has cause for dissatisfaction.
The British Government has been playing
fast and. loose; blowing.. hot and• cold in a'
remarkable manner.' It '
showed an -14)pa
rent anxiety for air play, when ,it issued,
in the Queen'S mime, a strong proclama
tion of Neutrality; but, quick on the heels
of this - catire a rapid acknowleddment of
the rebels - as " belkigerents," an eager
speed in making trouble out of the Trent
affair, and a carelessness of surveillance
over the action of LAIRD and other ship
builders, whom 'it allowed to provide the
rebels with the Alabama, the Florida, the
Georgia, and other pirate ships, to say
nothing of the fleet in the harbors of Ber
muda and the Bahamas to run the block
ade. At laSt, the seizure of the Alexandra
was an instance against the rebels, followed
as this was by the- prosecution of her
builders for alleged violation of the British
law, and, still later, the caution to Mr.
LAIRD, of Birkenhead, not to send the steam'
dams out of the Mersey. Still mere hostile -
to the rebels (as the Index, their London
organ, acknowledges) has been the fact
that Earl RussELL, Foreign Secretary in the
Palmerston Government, so far from receiv
ing Mr. Maso,lr as an ambassador, will not
hold even unofficial intercourse with him.
Mr. MASON had repeatedly demanded, or
begged, an interview . with Earl RUSSELL,
and without any result except refusal. The
Index says : " This conduct of -the British
Foreign Secretary, so insulting to our self
respect as a nation; is in striking contrast,
with that pursued by the Freneh, Govern
ment. Not only' has Mr. SLIDELL always
had free access to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, even when M. THOITVEZTEL was
Minister, who has never been suspected of
undue partiality towards us, but he has had
repeated interviews with the Emperor him
self." In fact, as the rebel editor of the
Index rather unadvisedly confesses, this can
be taken only as "a studied insult," and
LordV RUSSELL is warned that if he has,any
thing to say to the rebels after this, he will
have to send to Richmond. The dignity of
the rebel Executive, in thus cutting the
connection with England, reminds, us of the
famous `U. banish you," of •oltioLaviuti--
reminds us of it, - as a burlesque'reminds orie
of the grave
The statements, in some foreign journals,
that MAXIMILIAN of Austria would recog
nize " the so. called Southern Confederady,"
at the :instigation of NAPOLEON 111., are
evidently sheer inventions. In the • first
place, MAximlntAx has not yet received a
formal offer of the imperial crown of .Mexi
-co, and, in the second; it is nor`yet certain
that he will accept it, if - tendered to hint
There is nothing particularly tempting to a
young man, brother of the Emperor Of Aus
tria, in assuming nominal rule over such a
country, as Mexico, distracted by political
convulsions, impoverished by a rap4ious
priesthood, burdened with debts in Europe
of which even the interest is paid only
semi-occasionally; and compelled, if he ac
cept the crown, to separate himself forever
from his country. and his family. Nothing
would be more probable „than the return of
MAXIMILIAN, after a brief attempt at play
ing the role. of • Emperor in Mexico, and
then he would find himself a pauper prince,
for by his voluntary separation from Aus
tria hp - would surrender all claim to receive
an income or any pecuniary assistance from
that country, as a member of the reigning
family. Such a glittering bauble as an im
perial diadem, even in Mexico, may sorely
tempt a young and ambitious prince; but
yet, under all the circUmstances, including
the certainty of his line of conduct being
regulated- by NAPOLEON, perhaps MAXI
MILIAN may think twice ere he consents to
go to Mexico.
• It is palpably premature, at all events, to
pronounce that litleximmLiN, as Emperor•of
Mexico, would pursue, this, that, or the other
policy towards the United States, or that
part; of the Unibit which has broken into
rebellion. It is not .difficult to perceiVe
what manufactory constantly is' at: work,
inventing poiitical eanavis :for the French .
and English newspapers, with the purpose
of influencing public opinion. '.l7lAsox, SLI
DELL, and other Confederate agents in. Eu
rope, are wise in their generation,-as regards
the newspapers. They pay them Jiberally
for inserting hints, suggestions, statements,
and inventions calculated and intended to
operate on men's minds abroad. The prin
cipal manufactory is in Paris, but there are
branch establishments for the propagation
of Southern falsehoods, in London, Vienna,
Berlin and Brussels.
To Pennsylvanians Absent from the State
Every loyal man who has a vote should
cast it. Honor, patriotism, justice, require
of him the performance of this easy duty.
Yet, though the enthusiasm of the people
increases, and they are alive to the great
ness of the `hour,,,• we fear that the Hnion
majority next Tuesday will not fully indi
cate th - e loyalty of the State. We, know
that it will not, so far 'as the exclusion of
the soldiers' vote is concerned; but tha
loss cannot be helped. It is additional
reason why those who can vote should do
so, allowing no business to interfere with
their solemn duty. We should not / thus
urge it upon the public, were we not, aware
how frequently it is neglected. Voters who
areabsent from home• should return at Once,
for in this election, fraught with ; intereats
of national ImPortance, the citizen Wh - o. re
fuses to support at the polls principles in
which he conscientiously believes, is mo
rally guilty of the crime for:which deserters
are shot in the army. Yet - many of our
voters are away. The New York Tribun,e
forcibly states the; evil, and in quoting its
advice,_ we earnestly - ask that - our absent -
citizens respect it, and act upon it :
"There are in our city to-day not less than five
hundred, and, perhaps, nearer one thousand, citizens
and legal voters of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Nine
tenths of them are. zealous Unionists, whom we are
very happyto' haire here at all times, except for a
few days prior - to the elections 'in their respective
States, when we would rather hear that they were
at home than enjoy their presence among us. And
there are doubtless as many more such in Boston,
Philadelphia, and Washington, Who generally nimia'
to be at home in time to vote, but who are, so per
fectly. certain 'that Curtis. and Brough will be.
elected, and the Copperheads thoroughly iouted,
that they think it quite, enough that ' they reach
home 'in season to vote; and some of them are
likely to miss even that, deeming it quite needless.
" They are mistaken. It'is not enough that the
Union tickets Shall succeed—the' national Cause
needs the moral influence of overwhelming majori
ties. To have Vallandigham barely beaten inSthio
is like fighting a drawn battle , with' Lee for,.the
phonation of Philadelphia or with Bragg for -Louis
ville. The suPperters of Yalfindigham are at heart
with Jeff Bevis, and - Lieutenant Maury, in Europe;
openly and reasonably counts on'Val.'t vote as so
much rebel capital—on his anticipated eleotibn as a
clear rebel triumph. Woodward, in Pennsylvania,.
is lees openly and indisputably committed' to the
rebels, but his heart is with-them. - He has publicly
pronounced slavery an incalculable blessing.' He
foreshadowed the slaveholders' rebellion, and justi
fled it in advance of its outbreak. Re expressed a
desire that,' it disunion should take place, 'the line
should be drawn north of Pennsylvania in other
wordo, he wanted his. Stateto go, with the rebels, as
Seymour desired that New York should. In his last
published letter, he attributes the rebellion to North
ern 'fanaticism other words, decides that the
rebels were goaded into it. In short, he. is at heart
with the rebels, and would gladly see them triumph,
not exactly in destroying the;Union, but in remould-
ing it precisely to their will. To elect him Gover
nor is to declare that every Pennsylvanian in arms
for the Union is fighting in an unjustcause, and that
whoever has given his life for that cause has - died
as the fool dieth.
“Citizens of Pennsylvania and Ohlo I Go home!
You are wanted there now.- It is not.enough that
you reach' home in season' to vote; you should be
there days before the election to work. Be entreated
to go at once, and come back after election to rejoice
with us that your'-respective States have proved
overwhelmingly true to freedom and the Union.”
JErsTicE WOODWARD loves slavery,
and defines it as "an incalculable bltssing.”
Is this the reason why Copperhead journals
would introduce it into Pennsylvania in the
shape of political bondage to a party'name ?
Thousands there are who will vote the
De
mocratic ticket 'because they have always
voted it. They are true to•the title, but false
toAhe spirit, and every man who voted for
the Democracy, when it was loyal, will out
rage his own record, if he now suppOrts it
-when it is traitorous. The Democrat who
gave his vote to Doireiiiii.s is ridiculously
inconsistent giving it to WOODWARD.
GEORGE' W.' 'WOODWARD LS said to be an
admirable judge. :lf",,this be - so,; by ;,all
means keep him en :thehench ; it would be
a pity to iota a good justice and gain a bad
'VW •
governor. - .t
The Confederacy at a Diatimint.
Manufactured News.
WAss]aiwaa-ozw.
Special Die3patehee to The Prey.
Wasrurriarolt, 1). 0., Oot. '7, 1881.
The New Treasury Bonds.
The third series of five•twenty bonds, of one hun
dred millions, preparing at the Treasury Depart.
.rnent, is nearly completed, and if the Subscriptions
conuinue4o augment as they have done during the
past few days, the entire series will soon be absorbed.
.
An erroneous impression is entertained by moms
persons that this work has all been executed at the
'Department. ; This is not the else.' The face plate's
were engrived in - New York, and.the printing of the
face of - Ifno denomination performed there. The
`remainder of the work has been' done at the Tres,
-
cirri. The execution is Creditable to all, and when
the necessarily-brief period of preparation at the
-Treasury is 'considered, the speed with which the
series has been produced must be regarded as extra
ordinary, while the cost to the Government has
been less than one-half the cost of the former
issues. This economy must be very satisfactOry to
the public,
~as it shows that, with all the pressure
upon the Treasury Department,lhere are both the
disposition. and the ability to economise in the de
tails of expenditures.
Seizure of Sutlers—Conscripts—Execution
Of a Deserter.
Accounts from the Army of the Potomac repre
sent-that the Proitost Marshal General has recently
seized the merchandise and persons of sutlers for
infractions of the regulations concerning trade in
the lines, and for attempting to bribe the subordi
nate provost agents. The latter offence will be sum•
warily punished, and the effects of 'the offenders
sonffecated.
. .
some changes have recently been made in the lo
cations of army; corps, but there is nothing indira
ting active operations.
Conscripts in large numbers are arriving. Those
yesterday include about nine hundred from ~New.
York and Vermont:
burgeon GEORGE JC JOHNSON,, late medical in
specter of the Army of the Potomac, - has been re
lieved from duty, at his own request,and transferred
to the Middle Department. -
It is reported that an execution by hanging will
take place in the 2d Army. Corps within a few days.
The victim is named ARMSTRONG, originally a pri
vate in the 2d Pennsylvania Regiment, but subse
quently transferred to Molten's Battery, whence he
.deserted and formed a gang of native guerillas, who
for a long time committed depredations on sutlers'
trains in the vicinity of Fairfax Court House, and
who was supposed to belong to 14013811V8 command.
When captured he had a rebel major's uniform on,
and his wardrobe showed, that he had several other
suits of disguise in reserve. It is said that he has
several times entered our lines, and once or twice)
he went into hie old battery.
Recruiting for the Veteran Corps progresses very
rapidly. In some instances entire regiments have
re-enlisted, and applications, are inoteasing. -
Mosebrs and White's Guerillas.
A detachment of 001. BAKBR'S Rangers; who left
here a week ago, returned last evening. They re
port they had during their absence several brushes
with NOBEBY'S and WHITE'S guerillas, and that
they succeeded in putting them to-flight in every
instance.-:
One of these engagements was at Snicker's Gap,
and another at Smith's farm, near Middleburg. Our
forces, in the latter instance, were aware that the
enemy outnumbered them, but, being , determined
thiii they would test the fighting ability, of the
rebels, they divided themselves into two detach
mentoyand made a sudden dash upon them, awl put
them to Right in a very short time.
On one occasion, KOSZBY having stopped at a
home near Middleburg to get breakfast, an effort
was made to capture him, but unfortunately he
e seeped.
In all'our brushes with the enemy, only one of our
men was killed. The loss of the enemy is not
known.
The Gurowski Libel Case.
The complaint made in court against Count ADAM
Gunowsiti is specified in the fact that the accused
did, in a book written by him, and called a "Diary
from March, 1861, to November, 1862, ,, use the fol
lowing language:
"Yesterday,N— dined with Lord Lyons, and,
durirg the dinner, an anonymous) note announced
to the Lord that the proclamation of the blockade is
.to be issued on tomorrow. N—, who has a ro
mantic turn, or rather who seeks for midi Q 14%
hairs, speculated what lady would have thus vio
lated a secret d'Elat.
"I rather think it comes from the Ministry, or, as
they call it here, the Department. - About two years
app, when the ,Central Amertcans were so teased
and maltreated by the filibusters and Democratic
Administration, a minister of one of these Central
American States told me, in New York, that in a
'chief of the Departments,'or something the like, the
Central Americans have a valuable friend, who, any
time that trouble is brewing against them in the De
partment, gives them secret and anonymous notice
of it. This friend may have transferred his kindness
to England." ' •
In another part of the book other alleged libellous
language is used, as follows :
" This chief clerk made .IYEr. Seward make un pas
de clEre, and this at the start. As Lord Lyons took
a great interest in the soluticin of the question of
blockade, and as the chief clerk. was the oraoahini in
this question, these combined facts may give BCPMe
clue to the anonymous advice sent to Lord Lyons,
and mentioned in the month of April..
Mr. Hunter was then, and is now, the chief clerk
of the - State Department, and theindwtment alleges
that the said Adam Gutowski did write the language
above quoted for the purpo s e of inducing the Delief
that the said chief clerk violatedthe confidence re.
posed in him as an officer of the Government.
Washington Reports.
The. Eloyernment has poiitive information that
the rebels contemplated throwing "Greek fire"
into the cities of Philadelphia and New York, pro
viding the rebel iron•clad Atlanta bad escaped from
the port of,Savannah. It will be remembered that
she did not escape, but was captured, and arrived at
Philadelphia on Friday last a prize.
Conscripts.
lrigadier General BRIGGS takes charge of all the
conocrinta as they , arrive in Alexandria. As feat as
they get here, he furnishes them with arm, Amu.
trementa, tents, etc., and despatches them at onoe to
the front.
Ammunition of the Captured Ram Atlanta.
According to the official report made to the Navy
DepartMent, among the ammunition of the captured
ram Atlanta were some shells labeled "Robbins'
hold shells." It is not known whether the fluid is
similar to that used by General Guatotte.
. Capture of the Diamond.
The small you aide.* heel steamer Diamond ar
rived at, the navy yard toLday. She is laden Ivitti
liquors and saltpetre. She had both the American
and British flag. flying as she cameup" , the river, and
was captured about ten days ago, while attempting
to run the blockade off Savannah, by the gunboat
Stettin. She was last from Nassau.
Disloyal Citizens Fined.
Two disloyal citizens of Alexandria, who have
refused to recognize the reorganized Government of
TirLinia, by taking out licenses forthe lawful trans
action of their business; were yesterday heavily
fined by the county court—one .in the sum of $143,
and the other $243. A large number of others will
be similarly treated.
New Gunboat.
The new gunboat Commodore Reed left the navy
yard yesterday, and entered upon active duty as the
flag-ship of the Potomac flotilla. Lieutenant Com
mander Semi:air. MAonAw will transfer his flag to
her.
The Missouri Trouble.
The subject of the Missouri troubles is still under
Executive consideration.
DEPARTMENT OF THE" GULF.
REPORTED FIGHT AT BRASHEAR CITY.
GENERAL FRANIECL,IN REPULSED.
ARRIVAL OF GEN. ORD
The Rebels Defeated.
Onzokoo, Oct. 'T.—The Evening Journal hal in
formation from passengers just from New Orleans to
the effect that General Franklin's corps was re.
pulsed in'an attack
_upon 'the rebels at lirashear
City, but that General Ord's 13th Army Corps came
up and completely defeated the rebels,.
NO particulars are given. The news said to
have been officially communicated to General Shit,.
Later from %Havana, Mexico, and. Central
America.
Mew YORK, Oct. 7.—The steamer Eagle, prom
Havana 'on the 3d instant, arrived here this after•
~riatamoroi dates to the Of September make
no mention of the French occupation of that place.
Civil war in Honduras continues
Porto Plata dates otSeptember 26th Oat, that
the Spanish troops are being removed to St. Domingo
as a base of operations. .
A leiwyer of St, Domingo end two Catholic prleete
bad beeritaken to Havana, and incarcerated in Moto
Castle as prisoners of wir. -
Santana bits e0me.3,000 troops, but has no arms
for theee. , •
Two steamers
were about leaving Havana for St.
Domingo with provisions and artillery.
General -Court Martial in Cincinnati.
Ciriorrinemr, Oct. 7.—The general court Martial
.
that has : been' .
assembled here is trying the parties
lately arrested for fraud against ,tte Government:
-Captain H W. Hartt, assistant quarterinaster at
this post, who was arrested in July last, will be
brOught before the court. The court of inquiry
called' for by Captain Hartt was refused.
The statements made in the Aesociated Press de=
spatch, in July, that Capt. Hartt was arrested for
appropriating Government funds to hie own rise, is
incorrect, no such appropriation having been made.
•
Exiiiosiou of' a_Locomotive 3 Killed, 2
Wounded.
Boa Tow, Oct. I.—A locomotive exploded; last even
ing, near. West Warren, on the Western railroad,
killing Frederick Williams, engineer, Harvey Bills,
'conductor, and William Narry, fireman. -Boadmas
ter.Goodrich, and another person, name unknown,
were dangerously injured. ^" =
The Races at Paterson N. J. • -
P.Amiittsow, N. J., Oct 7.—The attendance, at the
r o Aces here.to,daywais large.
The !bit ince, sweepstakes,, for twayear (Ade; a ,
mile dash, was - won -- by Mr. Olay's "Kentucky"
beating "Minnie Minor" and "Eagle." Eagle." .Time,
"Kentucky ,"after after the race sold for *6,000.
In the second race, nine heat!, ' , Ben West' , beat
Rebecca Price') .and "Rillsborotigh.7 Type, 1.50
in the' third Jam, a , two.nnd-a-half-mile dash,
.
"Tkrog's Neck" beat "Anna Travis" and "Rou
ble." ' Timei s
- - •
. , .
In the fourth race, sweepstakes, a mile,-and-w half
dash, "Abu Baker" beat "Sympattiy,". "Punch,"
and "Canary Bird." Time, 2 46.
To-morrow will be the great day of AIL
Markeio by Telegraph.
BALTIMORIE, , Oct. 7 =Flour reedy and in better
eemand sale' of.Obio extra .$5 623i@6,75. Wheat
firm ;- sales of Soutberirred,at $1 sa@Lna; and white
at $1.80@1.90. Corn steady . • males of Ktltte.e;.s4o4
@LOC , . Wtiliky nominally 69X0600.
12th of SI
THE WAR IN GEORGIA AND
TENNESSEE.
Advanse of Gen. Burnside's Army.
THE - RIGHT WING COMMUNICATING
WITH ROSECRANS.
THE ENEMY'S RAID.
Orsronsrfsm, Oot. 6.—A special despatoh to_ the
Commercial, from ICnoxville, dated the sth, says:
"Our force. below have penetrated to Mawassen
river, the enemy retiring. The rebels have also
fallenback above, Colonel Garter being beyond
Greenville to-night.' , _ ,
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 6.—The Journal has received a
special from Knoxville, which is considered entirely
trustworthy, that General Burnside held the country
south from Knoxville to Cashtown, on the Mamas
see river, and the Western and Atlantis Railroads,
and only twenty-five, miles distant from Kingston,
the junction of the Western and Atlantis, and Rome
Railroads, and east of Knoxville, as far as Green
ville, on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
He alto possesses all the passes into North Carolina.
His right wing is in communication with General
Roseerans, and his position all that could be desired.
His army is in the beat health and spirits.
NASHVILLic, Oct. 6, 6 P. M.—[Special to the
Heraidd—l have just returned from Murfreesboro.
Everything in a military point of view was; at the
time I left, of a highly-encouraging character. The
railroad and telegraph lines are not mated/WY-7n
jured, considering our ability to repair them with
deepatch. The railroad line will probably be open
by to-morrow night; the teldgraph line sooner. To
day railroad communication only extended to Mur
freesboro. At this time a„heavy force is engaged in
repairing damages to both the railroad and telegraph
lines. It is now evident that the enemy made this
raid with the view of delaying reinforcements reach
ing Rosecrans. In his design the enemy has sig
nally failed. This interruption to the railroad line
will not embarrass the army for supplies. Mark
this ! We have the force to keep our line of com
munication open, and' we are going to do, it. At
least, such is the present determination. A small
party of rebels crossed the pike between here and
Murfreesboro at an early hour this morning. The
crossing was made near Smyrna. The enemy made
a more hasty than elegant retreat when pushed by a
force of Wilder's Cniorr cavalry. The enemy's force
engaged in this raid moved toward Shelbyville.
To-day the authorities at Murfreesboro, up to the
time I left, had no reliable news from the front or
Chattanooga.
THE RAID OS 'MURFREESBORO.
Lortrevxwm, Oat. 5.--FourUr five thousand rebel
cavalry, 'under Wheeler, With artillery,iattaoked
McMinnville Saturday afternoon, — capturing the
town and garrison, consisting oU the '4th Tennessee
Infantry. Our forces were without artillery, and
the town without defenses or fortifications.
The rebels burned a train of cars, and destroyed
the railroad andtelegraph. They are believed to' be
advancing on Manchester. Several prominent
Union.men are suppothed to have been captured.
Fart of the Same lone deatroyed a - train of two
hundred wagons on Friday, between BrOgeport and
Chattanooga, and oaptined an ammunition train of
twelve wagons.
Portions of rebel cavalry are Scattered along the
road near the south of Murfreesboro, designing to
destroy the railroad and telegraphic commuicica
tion, capture stockades, &c. Our troops are closely
pursuing:them.
A large number of surgeons and nurses reached
here to.day from Nashville and Bridgeport. Large
numbers were at the latter place, unable to go to
the front for lack of transportation. There are now
more surgeomiat Cbattanooga than are needed.
The - rebels have fortified the mountain side oppo
site Bridgeport, and on Saturday threw " a few shells
at the workmen engaged in repairing railroad
bridges across the river. Our pickets occupy the
island in front of Bridgeport, and constantly ex
change shots with rebel pickets.
One of our pickets, belonging to an Indiana regi
ment, was killed on Friday. No more passenger
trains left Nashville for Chattanooga. Small bands
of rebels are hovering about the railroad from Nash
ville to the front, but such measures have been
taken that they will not succeed in effecting any
important (Mirage to our communications. The se
vere beating given them on Saturday,nt Murfrees
boro, by CoL McCook, will probably end all at
tempts of the kind for the present. All points on
the line of communication are now guarded by a
force sufficient to repel any attack.
There is every reason to believe that the present'
position of Rosecrans is impregnable.
PENNSTLTANTA. REGIMENTS AT CHICKAMAUGA.
A letter . from Colonel Hambright, of the 79th
Pennsylvania, to his wile, dated 24th ult., says :
"Colonel Miles is missing. The lut I saw of
him was on Saturday night, but the darkness pre
vented us from knowing his fate. My opinion is
that he is wounded and a prisoner. * * *
* * The 79th has lost about 140 officers and
men, and it is a miracle that any of us are living
after being exposed to such .a terrible fire. * *
* * 1 have now only 160 Men fit for duty."
Lieut. James D. Haul, of Company K, 17th Penn
sylvania, has written home to his parents, and says
that the regiment suffered very much in the recent
battles, and that nearly all the officers were taken
prisoners. Among them he mentions-the following:
Col. Rose, Lieut. Col. Pyfer, Major Phillips, Cap
tains Shroad, McDowell, and Robinson, and Limits.
Cochran,Garbett, and Krepps. The regiment lost
114 in killed, wounded, and missing. Col. Rose,
commanding the regiment, is from Pittsburg, and
Major Phillips from Scranton, The regiment was
originally formed of companies from Lancaster,
zerne, :Franklin, and Allegheny.
EURO - PE.
THREE DAYS - LITER, BY STEAMSHIP PERSIL
FOUR AMERICAN VESSELS .CAPTURED,
NEW Yona, Oot.7.—The steamship Persia arrived
up from Sandy Hook at ii o'clock this morning.
She sailed from Liverpool Sept. 26th.
The steamer New York, from New York, arrived
at Liverpool on the 24th of September.
' The steamer Africa; from New York, arrived at
Liverpool on Saturday afternoon, September 26th.
The pirates Alabama '
Georgia, and Tionrad had
been visiting ports at the Cape of Good Hope.
They had captured the ships Bride of the Sea, Sala,
Prince of Wales, and Santee, all , of which they
bonded. The Federal steamer Vanderbilt left St.
Helena on the 30th of August in pursuit of them.
MOSS ABOUT TES PIRATES
The pirate Alabama arrived at Table Bay Augtist
6th, capturing as she did so the ship Sea Bride from
New York for the Cape. She also captured a vessel
named the Lela, making in all fifty-six prizes. / She
left the Cape August 15.
The pirate Georgia put into Simonle Bay for coals,
on the 16th of August. She had captured and bond
ed the ship Prince of Wales, from Valparaiso, for
Antwerp, her fifteenth prize.
The privateer Conrad, now called the Tuicaloosa,
put into Simon's Bay, on the Bth of August.' She
had captured and bonded the ship Santee.
The United States consuls protested against the.
capture of the Sea Bride, on the ground that she
was within British waters, and also demanded the,
delivery up of the Tuscaloosa, late Conrad, on the
ground that being a prize and not yet condemned,
she had violated the Queen's proclamation by en
tering a British
.port. The Governor decided ad
versely to the consul in each case, whereupon the
consul entered his protest.
The Vanderbilt left St. Helena on the 20th of Au
gust! supposed in pursuit of the Alabama.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The British channel fleet had left Liverpool, but
the frigate Liverpool was left in the Mersey to
Watch, It was reported, the suspected iron rams.
The letter of Mr. Mason to Earl Russell, with
drawing from London, is published.
Mr. Mason .commences his letter -by quoting his
instructions from Richmond, which state that Presi
dent Davit believes - that the British Government
have deterrisined to decline the' overtures of the
Confederate Government for friendly-relations, and
will not receive its minister.
The letter continues, " Therefore, it is no longer,
conducive to the interests nor consistent with the
dignity of the Confederate Government for Mr.
Mason to continue his residence at London any
longer."
The London index says that it is not contemplated
to withdraw Mr. Slidell from Paris, his reception
by the French Government having ever been Gout , '
tern's, while that of Mr. Mason las been the re
verse. • -
CONTINENTAL NEWS. , •
.
Lvov% Sept 26.—The Rhone has overflowed its
bed to the height of two metres. A long . line of the
country lying upon the bank of the river is sub
merged. The Seine has also risen to a considerable
height.
Pains, Sept. 26 —The Patric of this evening says :
"The question whether the Poles shall be recog
nized in the quality of belligerents SS constantly
being raised by one or two of the great maritime
The Petrie also announces the arrival of Chevalier
Magra at Turin.
The Nation gives *a report, 'without guarantying
its accuracy, that the °Orin) Legislatif will be con
voked in October.
The Mire denies the truth.of the rumor ,that M.
Drouyn'DeL'iluys has tendered his resignation.
The same paper contradicts the statement that the
Duke de Grammont had be n charged to address
communications ' upon the Polish question to the
Austrian Government. -
The Pays further states that there is no intention
of superseding Baron Gros, who is to return to Lon
don to-morrow._ . , ,
Prince Napoleon will also, leave for Londoi to
morrow, but his journey has no political bearing.
liettmc, Sept. 26.—The Federal ()outwit has de
cided to withdraw the Swies'Embasay from Japan,
on account of the political condition of that country.
THE LATEST NEWS
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 26 --TIM prospect of the fall, of
Charleston is much debated. The friends of the
South assert that it will not affect the issue. The
Army and Navy Gazette cannot perceive what great
military advantage would accrue from its capture ;
certairly none equal to, the capture of Knoxville
and Chattanooga, Vicksburg'and Fort Hudson.
The Times of to•day editorially labors to show that
exhaustion, of strength is practically felt by both
combatants in about an equal degree, and only
wishes it would induce them to terminate the strife.
It is reported that Baron Gros informed Earl Rus
sell that the opinion of the French Government re
lative to the Polish negotiations, le, that it is pre
ferable to close a useless discussion.
Boni - sly; Sept. 9,—The man arrested as Nena
Sahib has finally proved not to be him.
--
-=lt is reported that , Prinee Napoleon` leaves Paths,
for London, on a mistion relative to Poland. •
The Bourse was flat; Bente', 67f.
Commercial I4telligence.
. .
. -
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 25.-The sales of Cotton for the week
have been 64,050 bales. - American. and Borate have ad
vanced .35d, and ..15(4..iid for other descriptions The
sales' to speculators were 23.000 bales, and to extiorters
10,500 bales. The sales on - Friday were 6.000 'bales,
closing easmr; speculators and exporters taking 3.000
bales... The authorized quotations are :
Fair. Middlings - .
New Orleans - Nominal. ' 27N
kobtles ' 27 Ya
BREADSTUFFS, —HMI'S. Wakefield, Nash, & CO. and
Ingle-au - Athys. Itt Co.. report Flour drill and declined
6d. :Wheat heavy - and declined ed 4. - sales of: winter
Westerii red at Eis 2d14238 6d. Corn dull, with a declining
tendency:. sales of mixed at 26e 6d, and white at 28@:113.
FROVISTONE. —Hamra Richardson; Spence, - .& Co., and
Gordon Brace, ,Sz Co., report Beef steady. Pork. firm.
but quiet. Bacon firmer at a partial advance of 6d©ls.
Lard steady. Tallow active, and advanced fich§ls.._
. -.,Pncurcrox. —Ashes—Pots and Pearls active. at 80(401s;
Sugar quiet, but firm; Rice steady; Coffee easier; Lin
seed flat at an advance of lc; Linseed-011 quiet; Cod Oil
—no sale; Spirits Turpentine inactive; Rosin quiet-sates
of common at 80s; Petroleum flat—sales of crude at ..c2O
LIVERPOOL. SatUrday Evening, Sept. , 26.—Sales of
tonCot
today, &OM bales, the market closing firmer. Specu
lators and exporters took &OM bales. Breadstuff.; dull.
LONDON MARKETS.—Breadatuffs—A downward ten
dency prevails. Sugar , firm; Coffee flat at a partial de-
Clin e of Is; Rice steady; Iron firm for both rails and bar.
Spirits Turpentine is declining; sales at 21s. Tea. no sales;
Tallow irregular.
' AMERICAN ..ECARITIRL.—IIIinOIe Central Railroad 12g14
discount; Erie Railroad shares 72(g171.
LONDON. Sept. 26.—Consols. 93%11aNiB' tor money.
Illinois Central shares, '11@1.2. discount, Brie shares,
T IONDON. Sunday morning Sept 270862 —Consols after
oflicial hours yesterday , ruled at 93,3ig93 2-16.
-4!aars, Saturday-0 , 91 111 1a, Sept.- 26, - WU —rtte Rsatal
are Aran and clues at 67(130o.
THE 'SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
potter front Colonallierrelp Builder of the
"Swamp Angel "-Charleston Destructi
ble at any Time..
[Front the Waeldnston Chronicle.)
[We have been favored with the following letter
by a patriotic officer of the let New York Volunteer
Engineers.—Ens.]
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OP THE SOUTH,
Bnournint OFFICE, Moan's Isi,enu S. 0. ,
September 91, 1863.
I-have been very busy,' day and night, Maim July
Bth up to a day or two ago, but wehave _a little rest
now. For thirty due and nights I never slept more
than an' hour and a half at one time, and seldom
more than three hours out of the twenty.four, and
for over , six weeks I did not take off my booteand
clothing, except for the purpose of putting fresh On
immediately. But all this labor has been more
than repaid, for it was my good fortune to design
and superintend personally the erection of the
batteries which fire directly on the city of Charles
ton, and I pointed the first gun fired. The
"Swamp Angel," as the Soldiers call one of
the batteries, was a hard job—it required 7,000
days' work, while Wagner, Gregg, Moultrie,
Sumpter, - Bee, Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, as -we call
another fort on James Island for want of-a name,
'and over a mile in length of small batteries, all
poured their shot and shell into us the whole time
we were building it, after they saw the epaulment
above the grass. It stands on the very softest of
mud, twenty-two feet deep, so soft that a man will
sink into it out of sight in a few minutes. if he at
tempts to walk on it. We carried 10,000 hags filled
with sand more than two miles, and brought overitoo
large logs and pieces of timber more than ten miles
to make the battery. Two, miles and &half of bridges
across the marsh had to be built to get to and from
the batteries. It was no easy job to mount the guns,
but it has been dotfe, and only General Gilmore,
and Major Batt, of the engineers, were willing to
say they believed the plan feasible. Beauregard
laughed at the idea of getting upon, muoh less hold
ing, the marsh, as we have, for over a month. The
commanding general need frequently to say, when
others openly expressed their doubts, "I hold Ser.
reliresponeible for that." lam happy to say that
these batteries have materially assisted General
Gilmore in the prosecution of his plans. The
whole country, and the world, nearly, by this time,
is filled with the fame of the Greek fire batteries.
I planned and built them;, selected the place for
them, and, I suppose, was laughed at for my pre
sumption.
It is, however, a proud satiefaction to me, and a
legacy for my children'si ehildren, that I did this,
and mounted the only guns ever tired into
Charleston since her rebellious, haughty, wicked ci
tizens fired upon the gloriourold flag of our Union;
and, what is more, I do not hesitate to say that if
so ordered I could in two weeks, with the means we
now have on hand, utterly destroy, obliterate, and
wipe off the face of the earth, as were Sodom and
Gomorrah, that sink of iniquity and hotbed of aris
tocratic rebels.
Many were the wiseacres who did not hesitate to
decide that, - the "Swamp. Angel" could never be
built, who would now almost risk their change of
ever seeing an angel in reality, if they only had due
word on record to show that they favored the one
in the swamp. E. W. S.
Arkansas.
Numerous inhuman outrages by rebels dlisuibied
in Federal uniforms are reported. A number of
these miscreants appeared on the Mount Ida road,
near little Mamie% seventeen miles west of Little'
Rock, representing themselves as Union men, but
afterwards confessed they belonged to rifarmsdake's
gang. They took',out into the woods three men=
one named Smith, his 'brother-in-law and another
person: The two first named were shot dead, and
they-wounded the other, but he managed to escape.
These murderers said they. were Seaeskand they in
tended to murder all the 'Union menthe; ;could find.
The infantry of Steele's expedition are-now all
at Little Rook, the cavalry, ran,,,aingithe Country
from, ten to twenty miles. Only,three ,riewspaper
mails have been received there Since the :occupa
tion, but a speedy improvement in this respect is
promised.
Congressional Nomination
Dolma, Del., Out 7.—Hon. N. 134Saiithers, Seere•
tary of State, way today unanisoualy nominated
foE Congreas by the Union StateDonventioa.
THE C rT .
[YOB ADDITIONAL CITY icliWl3, EMS 2,0171/THA.G/24
SERENADE TO HON. - baRNRY J. RAYMOND
AND GENERAL BTISTRED.—At half past ten o'clock,
last evening, Bligfeld , s tine band appeared before
the.pontinental and gave'an admirable performance,
in coMpliment to two distinguished guests of the
city, who have been speaking for the Union in the
canvass for Governor. Lieutenant Governor key—
mond, of New York, was at length 'introduced by
Dr. Wm. Elder, and said:
PELi.ow-crrizEr4s : Thismark" of personal respect
takes me by surprise. For 'the first time I have had
the great pleasure of addressing a Pennsylvania au
dience. I. cannot tell you how far above all party
issuesisibe great question now before the country.
We ,of New - York are looking with anxiety to the
eleetiorlin Pennsylvania, and we hope to hear that
on next Tueeday the overwhelming voice of yo ur pep
pie willdeclare ter the GovernMent and the Union.
I did not, 1 canuotdoubt, the steadfastneea of Penn
sylvania; but would impress ukon you how much
the cause of the nation in the State of New York
relies upon your triumph in this election. however
much we may seem to be drifting to peril, I . have
faith in the great common sense of the masses to
save their , country. Do your duty, - fellow-citizens;
on the day of election, and New . York will follow
you.
Gen. Busteed,.of New York, was ,called for; and
said Rat music was seldom so welcome as when it
lends Its charms to patriotic political duty; but he
was not in condition to pay it appropriate rupee%
having spoken at four meetings in qUferent parts of
the city in the course of the eveningl intend to
remain with you to help you count thirty
five thousand majority for the Party -of
the State. I am a legitimate. Conseript. I hail
from New York, but to-day belong' to Penn
sylvania. This country, fellow. citizens, is worth
all thatjt has cosh It is worth all the blood, the
beat liTation to human liberty ; it is worth all the
treasure; it is worth the life, yes ! it is worth the
death of every American ; and the Union, I believe,
will be maintained inviolate if it takes 'the life. of
every man to do it. A bright dawn is upon us.
Next Tuesday will pronounce the doom of traitors
at the North and at the South. 'The State of New
York will take up the story where you leave it off:
F0r135,000 majority In' Pennsylvania we will answer
you with 60,000. It is said, fellow;citizens,
"Lives of great men all remind us, • --
I We can make our own
" r And,-departing, leave behind us
' Foot-prints in the minds of time.
flow great a thing it is to be an agent in the im
mortal work of this hour!'You -are-charged with
the interesting responsibility of preserving your
country. Act each in your part to accomplish that
end, and leave an., indestructible Union to the latest
posterity.
Colonel Mathews, an earnest Unionist of al
timore, was introduced, and said that he recognized
with the compliment paid to Mr. Raymond, as an
official of a neighbor State, the higher tribute to the
honest and fearless journalist who, when the infa
mous mob of New York was in the midst of its hor
rible atrocities, and while Governor Seymour was
recreant or fearful, declared to the people of New
York that the riot should be put down, and
the villains brought to justice. Col. Mathews
was glad to speak to Pennsylvaniant, because Penn-.
sylvania, in a great measure, moulded the sentiment
of Maryland. The cause of Union is moving.among
the people of the South. Maryland is growing in opi
nion, and will ere long be free. The free white people
of the South, at heart, hate the exclusive and tyran,
nisei aristocracy, and they will; before many years
are past, put down the curse of slavery. Our work
is practical, but a glorious vision is before us, of a
country entirely free, united, happy—beautiful as
bride. Col. Matthews begged his hearers to impress
upon the people that the Copperheads of the North
were the worst enemies of the Union linen of the
South, and looked with faith to the election on
Tuesday.
FEMALE. DRUMMER.—A girl. 4Lged twelve
years, giving the name of Charles' "Martin, en
listed, in a Pennsylvania regiment, nearly two
years since, as a drummer. boy. She had the ad
vantage of education, could write a good hand, and
composed very well. She made herself union)
to officers of the regiment in the capacity of a clerk•;
was in five battles, but escaped unwounded. The
officers 'never dreamed of her sex. A short time
since she was taken sick with the typhoid fever, a
disease quite prevalent in Philadelphia, and was re
moved to the Pennsylvania HospitaL A day or two
since the matron of the' institution discovered the
drumnier-boy to be no more or lees than a girl. Her
parents, who reside in Basks county, have been ad
vised of the facts by letter.
CITY.ITEMS.
A TRIUMPH IN NlEcarAmem.---Messrs.
Wheeler and Wilson certainly deserve the , credit of
having- given to the world, in the great Sewing dia:
chine which bears Their name;one of the meohani-,
cal prodigies of the nineteenth century. We'have
already announcedsthe fact in these eoluinns that
these celebrated Machines triumphantly carried off
the palm of victory at the State Agricultural Fair,
which closed at Norristown on Friday last, is it
had previously done at the Annual Fair 'of the
American Institute in the city of New York, and as
in fact it has uniformtV done wherever it has been
placed in competition with • its most distinguiahed
rivals in the land.
A success and awarded pre-eminence so uniform is
rendered all the more remarkable by the fact that it
has several formidable rivals to contend. with, the
proprietors of which have made hereulean efforts to
take the lead in the Sewing Machine race, but All to
no purpose. The Wheeler & instrument
looms up to-day far above all competitors as inn
Sewing Machine of the, age. The comPany, by the
way, have instituted a system at their warerooms
in this city (No. 704 Chestnut street), whieh, while
it is characteristic of their philanthropic mode of
dealing with the public, will redound . to the sub
itantial advantage of not a fewi we allude to their
plan of instructing Aratultously all who wish to
learn, in the use of their machines. - Ali the scarcity,
of operatives on the sewing, machine, frOm the want
oI this knowledge, has heretofore been a standing
difficulty in the way both of, buying Sand selling ma-,
chines, we shall not be surprised if the new arrange
ment enhances the sale of the Wheeler & Wilson
instrument many thousand machines annually.
, ELEGANT STOCK OF PHOTO - GRAPH AL
.
Messrs. Wenderoth & Taylor (formerly
Broadbent & Co.), tb,p eminent Photographers, Nos.
912, 914, aid 916 Chestnut street, have now ready at
their counters the most complete and tasteful assort
ment of Photograph Mbums in this city, embracing
a number of choloesew designs that the publia will
ippreciate. Their beautiful photograph views; for
framing, are also attracting much attention. - ::!They
are constantly making some popular additions to
their fine catalogue of cartes de visite for the Album.
GENUINE ENGLISH CRACE*ELS, and
Wine Biscuit, just received and for sale by Davis &
Richards, Arch and Tenth streets.
,
SPANtstt Quvics, thelargest ever import
ed into this countiy, have just been received by
Rails & Richards Arch and Tenth streets.
Now TB THE to :make your aoice
Now is the time to make your choke.
Now is the time to make your shake.
A few weeks may be too late.
A few weeks may be too late.
A few,Weeks may be too - late.
Fall and Winter Clothing. ~
Fall and winter Clothing.
Fall and Winter Clothing.'
Chas. Stokee & Co., under the Continental.
• Chas. Stokes & Co., under the dontieentay
Ohm. Stokes & Co., under .the Continental. •
COSTLY ADYETISING.-7--It is; Said that
mingle firm pays" one hundred and . fifty thousand
dollars a year to the London Times for'ndVertising.
This may be possible, but.we 'rather doubt it. Ad
vertising is a very good thing both for the business
man and for the community at large, else . how
would the latter become so generally familiar with
the merits of the elegant and comfortable garments
for gentlemen and youths ; that are made at. the
Brown Stone Clothing:Hall of Rockhill . A.
Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnutetreet, above Sixthl But
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a yearis
rather steep..
Gitii - Turecaw's HaT&—All,the newest and
beat dyke for Fall Wear, in-Felt,' Silk; and M.
mere, will be found at. WarburtonWrio, - 430 Melt
nut street, matt door to the root Ottlos. selTtsa
SECOND
iFOl7lt O'OLOOK A 4 M.
TIN WAR IN GEORGIA AAD
TENNESSEE,
Gen. Rosecrans' Army is a ferfectly
Safe Coadition4
- A. GREAT BATTLE MUST SOON BE FORIAT„
NEW Yonn - , Ootoiter 7.—A speeds/ despatch frees
Cincinnati, to the Weed, of this city, says :
"Our correspondents report thstthe army of Gen.
Bosecrans is perfectly safe.
MORE REINFORCEMENTS ARE NEAR / AT
HAND.
Fresh troops are constantly arriving from the
West and elsewhere.
The rebel cavalry cannot seriously interfere witlit
the supplies of General liosecrans.
A great battle must soon be fought.
Perfect confidence is felt in the @nal issue.
GUERILLAS AT WORK IN KENTUCKY, Be..
LOUISVILLE, KY., Oct. V.—Guerillas at Wood
burn, Warren county, recently committed may
depredations, burning a number of houses, robbing
citizens, etc.
Reports are current here that a rattOirito Glasgow,
By., was made near daybreak to-day. Eighty-fire
guerilleui eurprised our forees amounting to upwards
of three hundred, and captured nearly all of them.
The officer commanding is said to Neve killed two
rebels, with a revolving rifle, and on approaching
the' stockade found it occupied by rebels, bat
six of our men being in it when overpowered. Our
newspapers deny this story ; but the story is re
peated this evening by travellers, though it is dia
.
credited in military circles.
General Ormane order of September 2241 has bees
published at Memphis, making that city and New
Orleans marts for the sale of cotton by the loyal
owners thereof, and banishing all cotton specula
tors from the Mississippi Valley, south of aglow",
Arkansas.
Ta day's Nashville Press denies the burning of the
bridge by the rebels near Stewart's creek.. It says
that the rebel General Wheeler Grossed the river at
Washington, last Thursday morning, crossed thir
teen miles above Chattanooga, and passed down
Sequatchie Valley.
The rebels captured fifty wagons of one of our
trains at the foot of the mountains, near Anderson?'
Cross Itotids, burning a - number of theni, mad kWlag
about three hundred horses and mules.
A train loaded with, ammunition, clothing, sad
rations, forty wagons - oarrying medical and sanitary
stores, and about fifty sutler.' teams, were else lest
by our forces.
General Mitchell, as , coon as he learned of Ike
crossing of the rebels, pursued them, and on Friday
and Saturday killed and wounded twenty rebel;
took 200 prisoner; and recaptured 250 mules.
On, reaching Walnut Range the rebels shot Mid
inules,.to prevent their falling into our-hands,
MISSOURI.
Two Thousand Rebels Entei the South*
western Part of the State.
ST. Loma, Oct. I.—intelligence has been Modred
at headquarters here, stating that about tWo thew
sand rebels, from G-ential Marmaduke's command.
under Colonel Shelby, had entered Southwest Mis
souri, from Arkansas, for raiding'purposes.
Our troops were concentrating upon theM from
several points, and their capture was not impro..
bable: •
It is believed that this rebel force is intended to
be the nucleus of the Missouri State Guard, the re•
organization of which, since the capture of Jeff'
Thompson,- hass been placed in the hands of Waldo
P. Johnson, late United States Senator from Nis.
send.
Plan for Raising Troops in Indiana.
Ortrcismamr, Oct 7.--Vrovernor Morton, of Is.
diana, has submitted the following plan to the War
Department for filling up the depleted regiments of
three yearn volunteers : Certain numbers of old
regiments, say one for each Congressional distriet.
reduced to the lowest point in number', oldest in
organization, .and three-fourths of which will re -,
.enlist for three years, shall be brought home to rep.
emit, the officers and men to be furl oughedlor:MiSh
time as the Governors of the respeetive States
shall determine, for -the purpose of recruiting for
theletespective regiments,
At the expiration of the terms of furlough the re
giments are to be returned to the field, and a like
number of old regiment. on the same principle are
to be brought home and recruited. Men who re- ,
enlist are to be mustered out as their first term of
enlistment expires, receiving. $lOO bounty for their
past service, and $4OO bounty is to be awarded the
men of the veteran regiments for inters service•
This plan willplace the regiments organized in fait
on the same footing with those of DM. It is be
lieved thafthis plan will take so few 'men iron .
any one corps that it will not materially weaken it.
Killing. of Major WiLeman.
0127011INATI, October 7.—Major Wileman, - cif the
18th Kentucky Regiment, who was wounded in the
'battle of Chickamauga creek, - and who lately re.
turned home, was taken'frorn his hellish in Pendia.
ton county. Kentucky, on Monday, by a-gang of
guerillas, and stripped of hie denting, tied to a tree,
and shot. Five of Mr mtuderers were caught an/
brought to this city to-day.
San Frantiaco.:'
Sear .FRANCISCO, Cal., Oat Rsmeralie k
the editor of the Aurora Times, fought e.duel yes.
terday with Dr. Riehellotte. The °di* reoeivad
the - ball of hie adversary in , the ankle, badly chat
tering it. -
Governors Nye and Doty have made treaties - with
the Shoshone Indians.
All the tribes between Fort Badger and Reale
river are friendly.
• Specie for Europe.
New Your, Oct 7.—The China, for .Liverpoot,
to-dun.takes out about $300,000 in specie.
A curious incident occurred at Potsdam, at the
time of- the visit of the members of the Statistical
Congress. Among the persons who were walking to
the gardens of the Palace of Sane Souci was a Paw ,
den officer, who entered into conversation with an
English savant. The latter, after a time, could not
avoid expressing hie surprise at finding aPiussian
officer speak English se well. The officer replied
that-there was nothing astonishing
_in that fact, as
his . Wile and hie Mother.imlatv were both English..
"Night I venture to inquire the name of your
mother.M.lawl" said the English savant. "Queen
Victoria," replied the officer, who was the Crown
Prince of Prussia.
The Empress Eugenie continues to hold-reeep-
tions every Monday at Biarritz. These meetings are
held in the two , saloons.of the imperial Tosidenoe
which open on to the terrace facing the ae.a. Among
the persons of distinction nownt Biarritz' are the
Marquis de Las .131irimmas, M. Georges 9 , Donnell,
Prince Guinetti, the Duke de Fernandina; PE, Xs
dame and Mdlle Erazzu, au).
SPECIAL
SURGEON GENERAL S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 3, IStra.
An Army Medical Board will meet in the city of New
York. on the lath instant, for the examination of candi
dates for omission into the Medical Staff of the Regular
Applicants must be between 21 and SO years
of age, and
physically sound.
Applications must be made to the Secretary of War, or
through the Surgeon General of the Army:etasing the
residence of the applicant, and the date and place of his
birth,and they meet 8160 bEraccampauied by reePectshle
teetimonbili o
of . moral character . . . ,
N allowance ie made for the expenses of persons, uw
dergoing theexaminatiOn, as it is an indispensable yie
requisite to appointment.
There are now eereral racancles in the Medical star
et the Reatdar Army.
By order. •
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