their own reward. Thousanee of matrons and thou arias of maidens have experienced a delight in these er reedy toils and services, compared wish which the I I,,seures of the hall-room and the opera-hones are tame and unsatisfactory. This en cent' is reward enough; but a richer is ia store for them. Yes, blethers, meters of charity, while you hind up the wounds of the poor sulterere—the humblest, per haps, that have shed their blood foe the country, lorget not who it is that will hereafter say to you, "Inasmuch as ye have done It onto one of the Tenet of these My brethren, ye have done it unto me." Antrnow, friends, fellow-citizens, as we stand among these honored graves, the momentous ques tion presents itself, which of the two parties to the war Is responsible for all this suffering,—for this dreadful sacrifice of life—the lawful and constitu doper flovernment of the (Jetted Staters, or the ambitious tram] who have rebelled against it t I say "rebelled" against it, although Earl Russell, the British Secretary of tate - for Foreign Affairs, 3n his recent temperate and conciliatory speech in Scotland, seems to intimate that no prejudice ought to attach to that woAl, Inasmuch as our English forefathers rebelled a lust Charles I and James 11, and our American fathers rebelled against George 111. These certainly are venerable precedents ; hut they reeve only that it is 'lint and prooor to rebel eerier:at oepreesive governments. ('hey do not prove that it was just and proper for the son of .Tate , p 11 to rebel against (}porn T. or his grand son Charles Edward to rebel against George 11. ; nor, as it seems tome, ought these dynastic; strug gles, little better than femlly quarrels, to be com- pared with this monstrous conspiracy against the AmericareUnion. These precedents do not prove that it was just and proper for the "disappointed great men" of the cotton•growing States to rebel against "the most beneficent Government of which history gives us any account," as the Viee President of the Confederacy, in November, 1860, charged them with doing. They do not create a presumption even in favor of the disloyal slaveholdera of the South, who, living under a Government of which Mr. Jefferson Davie, in the session -of 1.86461, said that it .was " the best Government ever instituted by man, unexceptionably administered, and under which the people have been prosperous beyond com parison with any other p eople whose career has been recorded in history, "rebelled against it, be cause inch' etprirug politimaue hinmelf among the eat, were in danger of losing their monopoly of its oilloes. What would have been thought by an im partial posterity of the Americeu rebellion against George 111, if the colonists had -at all times been more than equally represented in Paritatuent, and Jellies Otis and Patrick Henry, nod Washington, and Franklin, mei the Menies, and Hancock, end Jefferson, and men of their stamp, had for two gene rationa enjoyed the confidence of the sovereign and administered the_ government of the . Empire'? What Would have - been thought of the rebellion against Charles I, if Cromwell, arid tile-then of his school' heel been the responsible advisers of that Prince trona 'his accession to the throne, and then, on account of a partied change in the Ministry, brought hie head to the block, and involved the country in a desolating war? What would have been thought of the Whigs of 1685 if they had them selves composed the Cabinet of ismer , IC, and been the advisers of the measures and the promoters of the policy which drove him into exile? The Puri tans of 1640 and the Whigs of 1688 rebelled against arbitrary tiotver in order to establish constitutional liberty. If they had risen against Charles and James, because those monarchs favored equal rights, and in order theineelves, for the first time in the history of the world," "to establish an oligarchy" "founded on the cornerstone of slavery," they would truly have furnished a precedent for the rebels of the South ; but their cause would not have been sus tained by the eloquence of Pym or or Somers, nor sealed with the blond of Hampden or Russell, I call the war which the Confederates are waging against the-Union a "rebellion," because it is one. and in pave matters it is best to CAil things by their right newer. The Constitution of the United States - puts "rebellion" on a par with "invasion.' The Constitution and law not only of England, but of every civilized country, regard them in the same light; or rather they regard the rebel in arms as far worse then the alien enemy. To levy war against the United states is the constitutional detinition of treason, and that crime is, by everyeivllized govern ment, e evaded as the highest which citizen or sub ject can commit. Not content with the sanctions of human justice, of all the crimes against the law of the land it is singled out for the denunciations of religion. Tbe Litanies of every church in Christen - dom, as far as I am aware, from the Metropolitan Cathedrals of Eurape to the humblest Missionary - Chapel in the islands of the sea, concur with the Church of 'England, in imploring the Sovereign Of . the Teniverse. by the most awful adjurations which the heart of man can conceive or hie tongue utter, to deliver us from "sedition, privy conspiracy, end rebellion." And reason good; for while a rebellion against tyranny, a rebellion designed. after pros trating arbitrary power, - to establish free govern ment on the basis of justice and truth, is an enter prise on which good men and angels may look with complacency, animprovoked rebellion of ambitious men against a beneficent government, for the pur pose—the avowed purpose—of establishing', extend ing, and perpetuating aol form of injustice and wrong, ie an imitation on earth of that first foul re volt of "the Infernal Serpent," which emptied heaven of one-third part of its sons. Lord Barren, "in the true marshalling of the SO , vet elan degrees of honor." asergne the first place to "the Condderes Impel-forum, founders of elates and Cemmonweeltes," and truly to build up from the discordant elements of our nature ; the peacetime the interests, and the opinions of the individual man; She rivelriee of family, clan, and tribe; the influ ences of climate; the accidents of peace and war ma eirnitilated for ages—to build up from these often times..warring elements, a- well-compacted, pros perous, and powerful State, if it were to be &acorn . plialied by one effort, or in one generation, would re quire .a More than mortal skill. To contribute in some notable degree to this the greatest workl of men, by Wise and patriotic counsel in peace, and . loyal heroism in war, is as high as human merit can well, rise, and far more than_ to any. of .those to , whom Bacon assigns this highest place of hoiior— Romulus Cyrtis, Caesar , Ottoman, Ismael-is it due to our Washington, as the founder of the American Union. : But if to achieve or help to achieve this greatest work of manta wisdom - and virtue gives title to a place among the chiefbenefectors, rightful - heirs of the benedictions of mankind, by equal rea son ehall the bold bad men who seek to undo the noble work, Eversores Imperiotura, destroyers of States,,who, for base and selfish ends, rebel against beneficent governments, seek to overthrow wise Cul , b{ltUtlt93l , , lay powerful republican Unions at the loot - of foreign thrones, bring ou civil and fo reign war, anarchy at home, dictation aoroad, deso lation, ruin—by equal reason, I Gay, yes, a thousand fold stronger, shalt they inherit the exeerations of the ' sees. But to bide the deformity of the crime under the cloak of that sophistry which mekea the worse ap pear the better reason, we are told by the leadere of the rebellion, that in our complex system of govern• .maut, the separate States are "sovereig n," and that 'ettieeientral power Is only an !'agency ' ,established by these sovereigns to manage certain affeirsewhich they )could not so conveniently adminiater them selvde. It happens, unfortunately for.this theory, that the Federal Consiitearion, e which had been adopted bythe people of every State of the Union, as much as their own State Constitutions have been adoptee, and is. declared to be paramount to • them), ne eveme zeicignizee the States as "sovereigns," in fact tbat,lby their names, it does not recognize them at all; while the authority established oy that in• strument is recognized, in its text, not as an "agen cy," but as "the Government of the United Stiles " By that Constitution, moreover, which purports in its preamble, to he °rammed and establiatied by " the People of the .United States," it ie expressly pro vided, "that the members of the State Legislatures, and all the executive officers, shall.be bound by oath or eflirination to support the ConstitutiOn.” Now, it is common thing, under all governments, for an agent to be bound by oath to he faithful to hie cove reign; but I never heard before 'of sovereigns being bound by oath to be faithful to their agency. - Certainly, I do not deny that the separate Statee are clothed with sovereign powers for the admini• ideation of local affairs. It is one of the most beau tiful features of our mixed 'system , of government, but it is equally true that in adopting the Federal Constitution, the States abdicated, by express re reineiation, all the most hirpOrtant functions of na- Atonal soremigaty, and by one comprehensive self denying clause gave up all right to contravene the Constitution of the UniZeti States. Specifically, and by enumeration, they - renounced all. the most im portant prerogatives of indepeedent Suites,,:.for -peace and for war; the right to keep troops or ships of war in timeeif-Peace, or to eugage in war unless actually inyeded; to - enter into compact with ano ther State or foreign Power ; to lay any duty on ton nage, or any impost on exports - or imports, without the consent of Congress; to enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; to grant letterset marque and reprisal, and to emit hills of credit; white all these powers, and many others, are expressly vested in the General Government. To_aseribe political communities, thus limited in theirjariediotion—who cannot even establish,: a; pint , office on their-•own soil—the character of inde,petetient sovereignty; and to - r aeduce ,eational•organization, clothed with .all the teanecendent powers of government, to the name - and-condition of an " agency" of the. States, proves nothingibut that the logic of secession is on a par withsits loyalty and patriotism. 011ebut "the reserved lights I" And what of the reservede rightsi The tenth amendment of the Con stitution supposed to prow rile for "reserved right's" is constantly misquoted. Be that amendinent e " the powers not delegated to the United States or profit: .I Wed by itto,the States, are reserved to, the States - leapt elicit; or to the People." The "powers" re served must ef course be such as could have been but-were not delegated to the States; could have been bit were not prohibited to the Staters; but to speak of the right of an individual State to secede, as ape:vet- that could have been though it was not &i.-e.ted to the United States is simple nonsense" ' But, waving this obvious absurdity, own need - a MUMS argument to prove that there can be no State - right to ;enter into a newoonfederatton, re served under a Constitution, which expressly pro- ' Whits a State" to enter into any treaty,. alliance or confede e ation," or any "agreementor compact with another State or a foreign Power(' ,' To say that the Stietemisweby enacting - the preliminary farce of se cession, acquire - the right to do the prohibited thing& ; to say, for instance, that though tne States, in forming the Constitution, delegated to the United States and prohibitecteeer them, elves the power of declaring war, thereewers by implication reserved to each State the right or seceding and then declaring war'; that though they expressly prohibited to the State's, and delegated to the United States the entire treaty-making 'power e they reserved by implicetion, for an'exireess reservation is not pretended, to the individual-States, lib Florida, for instance, the ri g ht toaecede and then to, make ae treaty with Spain, re tro-ceding that Spanieherolony,. and thus surreinter ing to a foreign Power the key to the Gulf of Meiele' co; to maintain propositions like these, with what: ever affected seriousness it is ,done, appeals to me egregious trifling, Pardon me, my friends, for dwelling on these wretched sophistries. But it isthese which conduct ed the armed hosts of rebellion "toy our demi on the - temple and gloribue days of July, and which have -brought upon the whole lano the scourge of an - ag gressive.and.wicked war—a War which can have no other termination compatible with the permenent safety tied-welfare of the country' but the complete destruction of the military power of the enemy. I have, on other oariaaloneeatternpted to show thet to yield to bin demands . and acknowledge his inde pendence, thoinesolying the Colon at once into two hoitile o;:meaty, with a certainty of 'further dia. intigrethinwould annihilate the strength and the ' influence of the country as a member of the family of nations; afford to foreign Powera the opportunity ' and the temptation for disastrous and humiliating interference in our affairs ;-wrest from' the Middle and Western Stetes Some of their kreat natural oet lets to the sea, and of their most, impoftaert hem of internal• communication; deprive the Commerce and navigation of the country of two thirds of our sea coast and of the -fortresses which protect it; not only so,hut would enable each individual State,. some of them with a white population equal to a geed-elzed Northern county—or rather the dominant ,piety in each State—to cede its territory, its liar bora, its fortresses, the mouths of its rivers, to any foreign Polder. It cannot be that the people of the loyal States—that twenty-two millions of brave and prosperous freemenwill, for the temptation of a brief truce in an enternal border war, consent to this hideoue national Do not think that I exaggerate the consequences of 'yielding to the demands of the leaders of the re, belhon. I - understate them. They r. spire of not only all the s.crifices I have named, not only to cede to them—a foreign and hostile Power—all the territory of the United. States at present occupied by.the rebel forces, but the abandonment to them of the vast regions we have rescued from their grasp—of Maryland, of a pelt of Eastern Virginia and the whole of Western Virginia, the sea-coast of North and South Carolina ; Kentucky, Tennes see and Missouri; Arkansas, and the larger portion of Mississippi and Louisiana, in most of whichi With the exoception of lawless guerillas, there is not a rebel in arms ; in all of which the great ma jority of the people are loyal to the, Union. We must, give back, too, the helpless colored popu lation thousands of whom are periling their livesin the ranks - of our armies, to a bon dage retdered tenfold more bltler, by the mo mentary enjoyment of freedom. Finally, we must surrender every man in the Southern country, white or black, who has moved a finger or spoken a word for the restoration rt the Union, to a reign of terror as remorseless as that of Robespierre, which has been the chief instrument by which the rebellion has been organized and sustained, and has already tilled the ,prisons of the South with noble men, whose only crime la that they are not traitors. The SOuth is full of such men. Ido not believe there has been a day since the election of President Lin.' coin, when, if an ordinance of secession °mild have been fairly submitted' o the mass of the :people, in any single Southern State, • a ,Majoeity ?if ballots would have been given. in its favor. No, not in eo u th.crirta l a. I. not possible that the majority ,of ;the people, even'of that State 'if permitted, With but fear or favor, to give a ballot nu the question, WORM bare abandoned a /eader like - Patera arel all the memories of the Gadadens, the Ituttedges, and the Cotesworth Pinekneys, of the revolutionary and constitutional age, to follow the agitators of the present day. Nor must we be deterred from the vigorous prose cution of the war, by the Suggestion continually thrown out by the rebels and those who sympathize with them, that, however it might have been ateta earlier stage, there has been engendered by the operations of the war a state of exasperation and bitterness which, independent of all reference to the original nature of the matters in controversy, will forever prevent the restoration of the Union,and the return of harmony between the two great see• floes of the country. This opinion I take to be en tirely without foundation. No man can deplore more than I do the miseries of every kind, unavoidably incident to war. Who could stand on this spat and esti to mind the scenes of the 1-3 of July with atty'otticr feeling? A. Bed tot eboding of what would ensue, if war should break out between North and South, has haunted me through life, and led me perhaps too long to tread in the path of hopeless compromise, in the fond endea vor to conciliate those who were pre-determined not to be conciliated. lint it is not true, as is pretended by the rebels and their sympathizers, that the war has been carried on by the United State; without entire regard to those temperaments which are en- , joined by the law of nations, by our modern civiliz is tion, and by the spirit of Christianity. It would be quite easy to point out, in the recent,militery history of the leading European Powers, acts of violence and cruelty, in the prosecution of their wars, to which no parallel can be found among us. In fact, when we consider the peculiar bitteraeaa with which civil ware are almost invariably waged, we may justly boast of the manner in which the United States have carried on the contest. It is, of course, impossible to prevent the lawless wits of atragglers and deserters, or the 000nsienel unwar rantable proceedings of subordinates on distant sta tions ; but I do not believe there is. in all history, the record of a civil war of such gigantic dimensions, where so little has been done in the spirit of vindic tiveness as in this war, by the Government and commanders of the United States; and this notwith standing the provocation given by the rebel govern ment by assuming the responsibilities of wren:hos like Quantrell, refusing quarter to colored troops, and scourging and selling into slavery free colored men from the North, who fall into their hands, ere Venlig theses with pirates, and starving prisoners of war to death. In the next place, if there are any present who be lieve that, in addition to the effect of the military operations of the war, the confiscation acts, and emancipation proclamations have embittered the rebels beyond the possibility of reconciliation, I would request them to reflect that the tone of the rebel leaders and rebel press was just as bitter in the first months of the war, nay, before a gun was tired, as it is now. There were speeches made la Congress , in the very last session before the rebellion, so fero- Moue as to show that their authors- were under the influence of a real frenzy. At the Present day, if there is any discrimination made be the Confederete press in the affected acorn, hatred, - and contumely, with which every shade of opinion and sentiment in the loyal States is treated, the bitterest contempt is bestowed upon those at the North, who still speak the language of compromise, and ,whit condemn those measures of the Administration which are al leged to have rendered the return of pease hopeless. No, my friends, that gracious Providence which. overrules all things for the best, from seeming evil still educing good, has so constituted our natures that the violent excitement of the passions in one direction is' generally followed by a reaction in an opposite direction, and the sooner for the violence. If it were not so, if anger, produced abiding anger, if hatred canted undying hatred, if,injuries inflicted And retaliated of necessity led to new retallatione, with forevene.ccumelatieg compound interest of re venge, then the world, thousande of years ago, would have been turned Into an earthly hell, and the nations of the earth would have been resolved into clans of furies and demons, each forever warring with his neighbor. But i't is not so ; all history teaches it different lesson. The warn of the Roses in England lasted an entire generation, from the battle of St. Albans, - in 1418, to that of Bosworth Field, in 1435, Speaking of the former, Hume says : " This was the first blood split in that fatal quarrel which was riot finished tu less than a course of thirty years ; which was sig nalized by twelve pitched battles; which opened a scene of extraordinary fierceness and cruelty ; is computed to have cost the lives of eighty princes of ' the blood, and almost entirely annihilated the ancient nobility of England. The strong attachments which, at that time, men of the saute kindred bore to each other, and the vindictive spirit which was considered a point of honor, rendered the great families I mpla. 'cable in their resentments, and widened every mo ment the breach between the parties.". Such was the state of things in England, under which are en tire generation grew up; but when Henry VII in whom the titles of the two houses were united, went up to London after the battle of Bosworth Field, to mount tee throne, he was everywhere re ceived with joyous acalemetions, "as one ordeined and sent from Heaven to pie - . an end to the (linen , stone" which had so-long afflicted the country.' The great rebellion in England of the aerenteenth century, alter long and angry premonitions, may be said to have begun with the calling of the Long Par liament in 1640, and to have ended with the return of Charles H, in 1660—twenty years of discord, con flict, and civil war; of confiscation, plunder, havoc; a proud hereditary peerage trampled in thedust ; a national chinch overturned, its clergy beggared, its most eminent prelate put to death ; a military despo !ism. established Oh the ruins of a monarchy which had subsisted seven hundred years, and the legiti mate sovereign - brought to the block ; the great families which adhered to the king prpscrihed, im poverished, ruined ; prisoners of Wee sold tit slavery' in the West Ladies-1h a word, everything that can embitter and madden contending factions. Such was the state of tbinv for twenty emirs, and yet, by no i gentle transition, ut suddenly and "when the restore- tion of affairs appeared most hopeless," the son of the beheaded sovereign waebroirght hack to hie father's bloodaitained throne, with such "t' unexpressible and I universal joy" as led the filerry Monarch to exclaim "he doubted ith'adbeen his own fault he had "been : absent so long, for he 'saw nobody who did'not ins> test he had ever wished for - his return." "In this wonderful manner," says Clarendon, " and with this incredible expsditiore s did God put an end' to ei rebellion that had raged near twenty years, seed losd been carried on with all the horrid circumstances i of murder, devastation, and parricide, that tire and sword, in the bands of the most wicked men in the world—[it is a royalist that is speaking]—could he instruments of, almost to the desolation of two kingdoms,' and the exceeding defacing and deforming , of the third. By these remarkable steps did the merciful hand of God, in this short space of time, not only bind up and heal all those wouuds, tilt even made the scar as undiecernible as, in respect of the ) deepness, was possible, which was a glorious wide ! Lion to the deliverance," , In Gerniany, the wars of the Reformaiitn and of 1 Charles V. in the kith century, the thirty-years war in the 17th century, the severs-years war in the 18th century, not to speak of other lees celebrated con tests, entailed upon that country all the miseries of intestine strife for more than three centuries. At the close of the lastnamed war, " fen officer," says Atehenholz, "rode through seven villages ia Hesse, and found in them but one human being." More than three hundred principalitaes, comprehended in the Empire, fermented with the fierce passions of proud and petty States. At the commencement of 1 this period the castles of robber Counts frowned upon every hill-top; a dreadful secret tribunal froze the hearts of men with terror throughout the lend ; religious hatred mingled its bitter poison in the seething cauldron of provinoiel animosity ; but, of all,theee deadly enmities between the States of Ger- - many, scarcely the memory remains. Tnere is no country in the world ,in which the sentiment Of na- - tional brcitherhood is stronger. e ; In Italy', on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original 'elements—into hostile stoma, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion. Ruthless barbarians had destroeed the old organizations and c ivered the land whil e s merciless feudalism. An, the new civilization grew up, under the wings of the Church, the noble families and the walled towns fall madly into conflict with each other ; the secular feud of Pope and. Emperor scourged the land ; 'province i against province; city against city . ., street against street, waged , remorseless ward against each other from father to son, till Dante was :able - to till his 1 , imaginary hell with the real demons of Dallier his tory. So ferocious had the factions become, that the great poet exile himself, the glory of his native city, and of his native language, was by a decree of the , municipality ordered to oe burned alive, if found in, the city of Florence. But these deadly feuds and hatreds yielded to political influences, tic the hostile cities were grouped into Stetes undeestable govern , ments ; the lingering traditiOns of the ancient ani. Dap:shies gradually cited away ; and now-Tuscan and LomberaeSardinian and Neapolitazwas if to shame the degenerate sons of America, are joining in one cry for an united Italy. - In France, not to go back to the civil wars of the league in the sixteenth century, and of the Fronde in the seventeenth ; not to speak of the dreadful scenes throughout the.kingdom, which followed the revocation of the Edict of Nantes ; we have, In the great revolution which commenced at the close of ' the last century, seen the blood-hounds of civil strife let loose as rarely before in the history of the world. I The reign of terror established at Paris stretched I its Moues'Briarean arms to every city and village in 1 the land; and tithe most deadly feuds which ever di vided a people, had the power to cause permanent alienation and hatred, thusswurely was the occasion. But far otherwise the fact. In seven, yeersTrom' the fall of Robespierre, the strong ' arm of the youthful ie conqueror' brought order out of the chaos of crime ' and woe-; Jacobins whose heeds were scarcely cleansed from the best blood of Preece met the re turning emigranta. whose estates they had confis cated and whose kindred they had dragged t..) the guillotine in the Imperial antechambers; and when, after another turn of the. wheel of fortune, Louts , XVIII was restoredeo his throne, he took the regi cide 'Touché, who had voted for _hie brother's death, tolls cabinet and confidence. ' i The people of loyal America will never take to their confidence or admit se/dun:ea share in their Government the hard-hearted men, whose cruel lust of power hap brought this desolating war upon tee land, but there is no personal •bifferness felt even against them. They may live, if they can bear to live efterevantonly causing the death of so many thousand fellowmen; they may live in safe obscure ty beneath the shelter of the they nave soueht to overthrow, or they may fly, to the protec tiomof the Governments of Europa— some of thesi are already there, seeking, happily in vain, to ob tain the std of foreign Powers in furtherance of their own treason. There let them stay, The humblest dead soldier that lies cold amid stiff in his graver be--. fore up, is en object of envy bonsai. the clods that ewer him, hi comparizein with the living ruse, who is willing to`grovel at tile foot of a foreign throne, for assistance compassing the ruin of hi 3 country. hour But the is coming, and „now is, when the potver of the leaders of the rebellion to delude - and inflame mutt cease. There is no bitternees oa tee. i part of the masses. The people el the. South are not I going to, wage an eternal war for the wretched pra t texts by which this rebellion is sought to be justi fied. The bonds that unite na as one People, a sub. stanlial community of origin, language, belief, and law (rhe four great ties that hold see societies of men together); common national and politic:Wm. ! tercets ; a common history; a conamon pride in a I: glorious ancestry ; a common interest in this, great beritaee of , blessings ; the very geographicel fea tures of the country ; the mighty rivers that cross l the lines of climate, mad thus facilitate the inter change of natural and industrial products ; while , the wonder-working arm of the engineer has levelled the .mountain walla which. separate the East 'and ; West, compelling your own eilegeaniee, my finery- land and Pennsylvania friends, to open wide their everlasting doors to tile ehaelot-wheels of traffic &nil travel—these bends of union are of perennial forhe ere, ene:ge, while the causes of alienation are ima ginary, factitious, and transient. The heart -of the people North and South is for the Union . .' -Indica tions, too plain tire mistaken, announce the hert, both in the East and the West of the States in rebel-. [ lion. In North Carollers _and. Arkansas .the. fatal charm at length is broken. Al Wilde/ and Little Rock the lips of honest and brave men are unsealed, and an independent press is unlimbering its artil lery. The weary masses of the people are yearning I to tee the dear old flog floating again upon the ' carltols, and they etch for the return Of the peace, proeperily, and happinees, which they enjoyed un der a Government whose power was felt onlyin its bleasligs. And now, friends , fellow-citizens of Gettysburg 1 and Pennsylvania, and you from re:tenter states, let i me again invoke your benediction, as we part, on ; ther e honored graves. You feel, though the 0003 % sion is mournful, that it is good to be here. You feel that it was greatly auspicious for the cause of the country that the men of the East and .the men of i West, the men of nineteen sister States stood side by side, on the perilous ridges of the battle. You now feel it a new betel of union, that they shalt lie side by side, till a clarion louder than that which marshalled them to the combat shall awake their slumbers. God bless the -Union ; it is dearer to its for the blood of these brave men shed in its defence. _ The spots on which they stood and fell ; these pleasant heights; the fertile plain beneath them; the thriving village whose streets so lately rang with the strange din of war ; the fields be yond the ridge. where the noble Reynolds held the advancing foe at bey. and while he gave up his own life, assured by his forethought and self' sacrifice the triumph of the two succeeding days ; the little streams which wind throtigh 4. the hills, on whose banksin after times the; ondering !ploughman will turn up, with the rude weapons of ,savage warfare, the fearful missiles.of modern artil lery ; the Seminery ridge, the peach-orchard, Cem,e tery,"Oulp, and Wolf Hill, Round. Top, Little Round ;Top, bumble names, henceforward dear and famous ;= no lapse of - lime, no distance of space, shall cause ; you to be forgotten. "The whole earth," said Pe- - t ricles, as -he stood over the remains of his felleW ' citizens, who had fallen in the first year of the P_elo- Iponnesion war, "the whole earth is the sepulchre of l'illustrioue men." All-time, he might have added, ', is the millentum of their . glory. surely -I would. do no injustice to the other nobles dhlevements of the war, which hive reflootedl much ho nor on both imp • THE PRESS.-PllOll of the service, end have entitled the armies and the navy .of the United States, their officers and men, to the warmest thanks and the richest rewards which a grateful people can pay. But they, I. am pure, will join us in saying, as we bid farewell to the dust of these martyr.heroes, that wheresoever throughout the civilized world the acsounts of this great warfare are read, and th down to the latest ls pe rd of recorded time, in e glorious anna of our common country, there will be no brighter page than that which relates TEE BATTLES OP GETTY'S. BURG. TILE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION. raasoaits OP THR PPICEODHNT, THS EleloaliTAßY OP STATIC, AND MR. JOECIT W. FORNEY, Gwrryonnno, Nov. IS.—The Presidential train arrived hero on Wednesday evening, but the Go. vernors , train wee , delayed, by ,a slight accident to the engine, till nearly midnight, and the various Governors were not able to participate in the pro ceedings of the night, which were of a lively charac ter. Tho President, Secretary Seward, and Colonel Forney were serenaded, and eaoh severally replied to the compliment. The President said he was happy to see so many of his friends preeent to' participate in the oeremo• nice, but he would make no'" (speech, as he had both. ing particular to say. [Laughter and applause.] ME. IEIEW.AALOS 81.103011 The following is the speech of. Dlr. Seward in reply to the serenade : Fxra.ow-cerixeate: I am now sixty years old, and I have been in publics life for forty years of that time. This night is the first time that ever anybody in the State of ' Maryland was ever willing to listen to my voice—(A.• voice. This is Pennsylvania I)—or in Pennsylvania so near to the border of Maryland, and the reason was, that I saw forty years ago, opening before this people the graveyard that was to be fillet with brothers who fell in mortal political con filet, and I knew that the cause that was hurrying. them on to that dreadful strife was slavery, and when 1 did lift my voice it was to warn them to remove that cause, if they could by peaceful and comititn tional means, and so avert the catastrophe of civil war, which has now fallen , upon the nation. ( Valise.] I am thankful that you are willing to hear me at last. I thank my God that I believe this strife is going to end in the removal of that evil which ought to have .been removed by peaceful means and deliberate counsels. [Applause.] I thank my God for the hope,-that this 13 the last fra ternal war, which will fall upon the country, that, haaaheen voucheafed to us by Heaven— the richest, the brightest, the most .beautiful, - the molt raagnifleencthe- most capable of a gto &ins destiny of any, country that God has ever given to any portion of the htiman race, and that when that cause is removed, .simply by the operation: of pe rishing as the cantle, And the agent of a treason that is without j uetitioation ' and without parallel, thence forth we shall be indeeda Union—one couutry,ttavina, only one hope, one ambition, one destiny, [Applause] Then tomorrow, if we have not knowu it before, we shall know that we are not enemies, but that we are friends and brothers; that this Union is a re ality, for it is one common country, and we shalt mourn, I am sure,Agith equal sincerity over the grave of the misguided insurgent, whom we have con signed to hiselset resting place, and pity him with the Beam sincerity and the same heart felt grief that we mourn over the brother by whose hand, raised in the defence of the Government Jo which -we all owe allegiance, that misjtidged brother fall; and when we part to-morrow night, let us remember that we owe it to our country. that we owe it to mankind, that this war shall have a triumphant conclusion in the eetablfshment Of a democratic: Government upon the simple principle that what ever party or portion of the nation shall prevail in an eleetion, that party shall be respected and maintained in power, - .until it shall give place upon another trial, and after another verdict, to a different party of a -different per- , lion of the people, [Applause.] Without thrkti let um tell you that you are drifting at ones and ir resistibly to the very verge of the destruction col all Governments, With that principle, this Govern ment of ours will be the best, the fl:st, and happiest in the world, and may be, and so far as we are con cerned will be, immortal. Good night, [Meets and applause.] Colonel Forney made a - brief speech, referring to the politest aspect of the campaign, and particularly to the ervices of Douglas to the Union. He paid , a eulogy to the President, and spoke of him as anti that would live in history as the saviour of his country.. THE CEREMONIES © F TIN DE OICHION. The Procession—The Military Escort—Rio. quent Frryer by the Rev. Thomas H. Stockton—Dedicatory Address of the Pre sident—The Oration of Mr. Everett. GaPrvanuaG, Nov. 19.—The ceremonies attend ing the dedication of - the National Cemetery own menced this - morning by a grand military and civic display,'under the command of Major Gen. Couch, the programme for which luta already been pub- The line of parade was taken up at ten o'clock, tind proceeded:through the principal streets tothe, cemetery; where the military formed in line and saluted the President. At a quarter past eleven o'clock the head of the procession arrived atithe main stand. The President and membera - of the Cabinet, together with the chief military and civic delegations, took their positions _on the stand, the President being seated between Milan. Seward and Everett, after a reception mulcts' with , respect and , perfect silence, due to the solepnity of the occasion, 'every man among the innAnse gathering uncovering uPpn his appear. The military then formed inlinaextandlogaroul* the area between the stand and the 'military being occupied by civilians, comprising about_ls,ooo peo ple, and including men, women, and children. The attendance Of ladies.Jwas quite large. The tiMitary escort - comprised one squadron' of cavalrY,_two batteties of artillery, and a regiment of infantry, being the regular funeral escort of honor paid to the hightst officers in the service. After the pelformance of - the -- funeral military. dirge-by Birgfeld'a, band, an eloquent prayer was delivered by the ..rier. Kr. Stockton, as followa : TILE PRAYER. :Oh God! Our Father, for the sake of Thy Son, eineSaylour, inspire us with Thy spirit, and sanc, tify ins to the right fulfilment of the duties of this occasion. We come to dedicate this new historic centre as ` a National:Cemetery. If all , departments of the one Government which Thou halt ordained over our Union, and of the many Governments which Thou has subordinated to the Union repre sented'; if. all classes,' relations, and interests of our blended brotherhood of people stand severally and.thoroughly apparent in Thy presence, we trust it is benause Thou haat called us, that Thy blessing awaits us, and. that Thy designs may be embodied in. practical results of the incalculable. and tin -perishable good. And so with Thy hely Apostle, and with the Church of all lands and ages, we unite in the inscription "Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies, and the God. of all comfort, -who comforteth us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." In emulation of all angels—in fellowship with all saints and in sym pathy with all sufferers—in remembrance of Thy works, in reverence of Thy, ways. and in accordance with Thy word, we love and magnify Tale Infinite perfections ' Thy creative glory, Thy redeeming grace, Thy providential goodness, and the progres sive richer and fairer development of Thy supreme, universal and everlasting administration. In be half of all humanity . whose ideal is divine, whose first memory . is Thy . image lost, but whose last hope is Thy image restored, and es pecially in behalf of our own nation, whose history has. been so favored c whose position is ao peerless, *beim mission is so sublime, and whose future is so attractive, we thank Thee for the unspeakable pa- tience of Thy compassion and for the exceeding greatness of Thy loving kindness. In contem plation of Eden, Calvary, and Heaven, of Christ in . the God; on the crone and on the throne—nay more, of Christ as coating again in all.subduing power and glory—we gratefully prolong our homage by this altar of, sacrifice, on - this field of deliveranae, , on this mount of salve,- . tion,. within the fiery and bloody line of these munitions, of rocks lookingback to the dark days of fear and trembling, and to the rapture of relief that mime after. We multiply our thanksgivings, and confers our obligations. to renew and perfect our personal and social consecration to Thy service and glory. Oh, bad it not been for God! for lo 1 our ens mien they came =existed, multitudinous ' mighty, thrilled wlth - victory mursure of success. They ex ulted on our mountains ; they revelled in our val leys- they feested ; tney rested; they slept; they awaked ; they grew stronger, prouder, and bolder every day ;'they Spread abroad; they concentratel here ; they looked beyond this horizon to - the stores of weeltit, to the haute of pleasure, and to the seats of power in our Capital and chief cities ; they prepared to cast the N ehain of slavery around the form of Freedom, and to bind life and death together forever. Their premature triumph was the mockery of God and man. One more victory, and all was theirs ; but behind these' bills was heard the feebler march of 'a smaller but still pursuing host ; onward they hurried day and night for Mete court try and their God ; footsore, wayworn, hungry, thirsty, faint--but not in, heart—they came to dare all, to beat all, and to de all that is possible to he roes. At first they met the blast on the;plain, and bent before it like the trees '; but then led by Thy hand to these hills, they took their stand on these rocks, and remained as firm 'and - immov able as they. In vain were they assaulted; all art, all violence, all desperation failed to . lodge them. Baffled, bruised and - broken, theirene mie.s retired and disappeared. Glory to God Tor this rescue 1 But Oh, the slain, in the (nehmen and fullness of their young and:manly life with such sweet memories of•father and mother, brother end sieter„ wile and children, maiden and friends, .frOM the coasts beneath the eastern star., from the shores of the Northern - lakes and ricers:.: From the homes of the midway and the border, they came - here to die 'for - us' and for .man kind. Alas ! how little we can. do for them. We come with humility of prayer, with the ',ethane eloquence of venerable wisilem, with the teader" beauty of poetry, with the plaintive harmony ofmu sic; - : with tee, honeet tribute of our Chief EVlagistrate, and with all this honorable attendance, but our best hope la in Thy blessing. Oh ! Lord our God, blees. URI. Oh ! Our Father, bless the bereaved, whether absent or present. Blese our sick and'wounded `fliers and sailors. Bless all our-rulers and people: Blue our army and navy. Bless the efforts •to sup pres'e this rebellion, and bless all the associations of;. 'this day, and the plane and scene forever. As the trees are not dead, though their foliage is . - gone, so our herpes are not dead, .though" their forms have fallen; in their proper personality trey are all with Thee,. and the spirit of their ex ample is here. It fills tbe air; it fills our hearts, and as long as time shall laid it will 'hover on these Aim and rest on this landscape ; and the pilgrims of our own land, and of all lands, will thrill with its inspiration,.and confirm their devotion to _li berty, religion, and God.. -- MR EVERETT'S ADDRESS. [This addrese is published on our first page.] Mr. Everett then commenced the delivery of his oration, which WKS lilltSrled to, with marked atten tion thteughout. The vast assemblage, gathered within a circle of great extent around thee tend, were eo . quiet anti attentive that every word uttered by the orator of. the day must have been heard by theig all. lyumeroue flags and banners, suitably draped, were exhibited on the stand and among the audi ence. The entire scene was one of a grandeur dull' to.the importance of the occasion. Drannouisnitn PERSONS ON TEE PLATFORM. Among the distinguished persons 6n the platform . were the following: Governor Bradford, of•Msry• land; Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania; Governor Morton, of Indiana ; Governor Seymour, of New :York ; Governor Parker, of Net‘Jersey.; Governor Tod s of Ohio ; ex-Governor Dennhion, of Ohio,; Jae, Brongh, Governor elect of Ohio; PlEcjor Generale Sohenck, Stahl, Doubleday, Couch ; Brigadier Gene tat Gibbon, and Provost Marshal General Fry. IitISDIOATORY SPEECH OF THE - PRESIDENT. The President then'delivered the following dedi catory speech : • . Four score and seven years ago ourlathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated'to the Proposition that all men are coated equal. [Applause] Now we are en- , gaged in. a •great civil war, testing' whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedi 'Gated, can long endure: - We are met on a 14 mend battle-field of that war; we. are met to dedicate a portion 'of it as the final Tt sting place of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting ;and proper that we should do this, but, in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we ;cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living -and deadi who struggled here,. have consecrated it tar. above , our: poor,..power to'add or .to.:_detract.' [Applause.] The world will little note, nor long remember, what we , say here, but it en never for ... get what they did here. t plause.] It is for us, the living, tether 'to be d eated here to the ue. , finished work that they hav thus far en nobly car ried on. (A.pplause.] It is a ther for us here to be i; v. dedicated to the great task r aiming before us, that from these honored dead we ke inereased devotion to that cause for which they ere gave the last full measure of devotion. That here highly resolve. that these dead shall not h e died in vain. [Ap plause I That the nation stall, under God, have a i new birth of freedom, and t t the Government of ' from the earth. t ong applause. Three the people , by the people an for the people, shall not perish °beers given for the Presiders of the United States and Governors of the States. 1 After the delivering of this dress, the dirge and benediction Wooed the erten es, and the treasons* assembly separated about two 'cloak. DIROI gong at the Consecration of the idlers' Cemetery, Oat tynburg, Pennaylvania The orde by James G. Per cival. Wale by A. Deleny. mused for band and voices, by A. Birgfe!d. I. 0 I it is great for our countryto whoa mkt; are contending. \ I3rtglit Is the wreath of our fame ; glory awaits us for aye I Glory, that never is shining oa with a light s 115 Unn, shining never ending— • , • Glory, that never shall fade, never, 0 t never away t n. 0 t it Is sweet for our country 'to die ; how softly reposes • Warrior youth on hts bier, wet by the tears or his love, Wet by a motheks warm tears; they crown him with garlanda orroseo, Weep, and then joyously turn, bright where he triumphs above. Not in Ellysinn fields, by the atill obltvloue river; ..Vot in the Wee of the bleat, over the blue rolling sea; But on Olyinpien heights shall dwell the devoted forever; There sheTheesemble the good, there the wise, valiant And free. O f then how great for our country to die, in the front rank to perish. Firm with our breast to the foe, victory's shout in our ear; Long they our statues shall crown,' in, songs- our memo: y cherish; We shall look forth from our heaven, pleased the sweet music to hear. Scenes After Axe Dedleatioll. SPEECH O 1 GOVERNOR 8E 711017 n. About three dolook in the afternoon, the 6th New York Regiment of heavy artillery, Colonel aturray, was marched to the temporary residence of Gov.. Seymour, where they passed in review before the Governor, presenting a handsome spectacle. Upon the conclusion of this ceremony, which attracted quite a crowd of sight seers,. GOvernor Seymour presented a handsome silk regimental standard to the regiment accompanying the gift with the follow ing speech Soldiere of New York, we love our whole country without reservation ; but while we do so it is not in consistent with that perfect and generous loyalty, to love and to be proud of our own State. This day, when I took part in the celebration that was to con secrate yonder battle.lield, while I felt as an American citizen, proud of my own country, and ,proud. of the gallant- services of her citizens in every State, nevertheless, my eye did involuntarily wander to that field where lie the glo rious dead of our own good and great State; and when I returned to , see marching before me your manly and sturdy column, not knOWing you be longed to New York, my.heart did quicken, and illy pulses tingled to know that you were acting under commissions issued by myself, and I em most proud and ,most happy that I have .this opportunity, on behalf of the merchants of the great commercial city of New York, to present to you. this glorious bannerovhich has been sent as a token of their confidence -in your loyalty and in your courage and your fidelity in the hour of danger. Sergeant, I plane these colors in "your hands iu the firm-toLtidence that they will be borne through every field of triumph, of toil and of danger, in a way that will do honor to -yourselves, to the great State . which you represent, and 'the eau greater country to which we all belong. . May God bless you as you serve your country on the distant field of danger. We find in those glori ous hada you left behind you are not indifferent to this coal isti are not indifferent to the welfare of the whole Union. Ido not doubt, therefore, that when you shall return from your dangerous fields of duty, you shall bring bath. this standard to be placed among the archives of oar State, with honorable mention of the services her sons have performed. I do not doubt that though it may perhaps be re turned torn and stained, yet it will be eat more glorious, and with glorious recollections clustering around it. In concluding 'Ulm remarks, I ask in return of the men of New York to give three - cheers for the. Union of our country, and .three cheerst for the flag 01 our land. - facAcrril ;soloAvlifollow@d pa ft abort opiseali, DNPAIITURE OP THE PRESIDENT. The President's party started for Washington at 6 o'clock this evening, followed by the Governors , train. Thousands of persons were gathered at the d6p6t, anxiously awaiting transportation to their homes, but they will probably be confined to the meagre :accomniodationa.of Gettysburg till to-mor row.• BRiISORIPTIONS FOR STIR RICHMOND PRISONERS A:SUbseription of $2BO has been, made by the Mar shals attending these eeremonies,"to be devoted for the relief of the Richmond prleoneic [Special iespatch to. The Preem.) GTITYSISUILta t Nov. 19, 1862 • • - The President and Messrs. Seward, "Usher, - Malt, lad Csnierony Generals Stahl arkd Doubleday, with Governpie Curtin, firbugh Tod, Horton, Pierpont, and Seymour, arrived, in a epeolsi irain, last night. The ceremonies begun $t noon to:day,"cer the Ch3rae tery Hill, The procession was 'many miles long,' and imposing and grand in , the extreme. , Flags, at half-mast, were hung from every house.top. Dele gations attended from all parts of the State and the country. The programme -published in , Tkc ~fress was strictly adhered to. -The cerernonlEe were opened with prayer, by.,the Rev. Thomas H.- Stook ton, chaplain of the House of Representatives. He concluded with the Lord's-Prayer, and during the delivery of these eloquent words there was scarcely a dry eye in all the vast assemblage. D. . . [For The:Presqj , • TILE CCM -O..C.IC:ICTICIP • - • auture BROpx. PEACE ! today, a Nation's flat Mellows into Sabbath quiet. Village hum, and city riot. On the mountains, wan November Lights her sad and golden ember 01 the glory we remember : .T,ike the grand, unburied , glory, Heroea'of °lir summer story, Writ and left on valleys gory ! Now—a Nation's hearts are doatirig On the tale—and eyes are noting All her banners half-mast floating I .. Long funeral lines are meeting, And funeral drums are beating, - - Where the humeri locked their greeting: ' . And the Nation's mourners Scan her, Raising now the starry banßer, - - O'er her grand funeral-manor ! O'er the manor, where th' inVader, Far in reeking furrows, laid her Children, who so well obeyed Scattered mourners! dry your weeping,: For a NATION'S heart is keening Vigil, where your loves are sleeping. , Sage and-Poet ! spare`your praises: -- On each mound,-a Ipf tierlay-ia - Wafted by the trampled dilates: For their choral hymn hath Waited 'Tß the soil, by Fansoorkfate.d, By her blood was, coesecrated.l-. - Shout, oh 1 shout—the graves - that stein ye, Shrine your Country's dear arcana,— GETTYSBURG and REPIESYIkArtiA.! PHILADELBRIA, N0V1D19;1863. ' • AID FOR THE . SOLDIER. _ To the Editor of The Press : SLR : I propose that the published. proceedings of the coming service at Gettystnirg be printed in a neat pamphlet form, and, perhaparaecompanied with a map or chart of the battle-field, and sold exclusively for the benefit of those Union soldiers who euffercit en that terrible conflict. It would carry blessing. to the heart of many a sink and wononded hero, and give food and 'raiment to thousands of families made helpless and desolate by the offering of husband. bro ther, father, and son, on the glorious altar of a na tion's liberty, Very.reSpectfully, .3":IIYA.Tr SMITH. Ax INCII3IIIIT OF INTEREST--The first, and, .I be lieve, the only action of any official body taken in re gard to the burial Of the Gettysburg dead, was that of the City Council of Boston, which, on the 23d of July, upon the recommendation'Of his Honor Mayor Lincoln, appointed a -committee of eight "to pro ceed to Gettysburg to:procure' a suitable lot in the cemetery at that place, to mule the remains of those soldim a from thia city, not otherwise .disposed of by their friends,-to be deposited therfitn, and ti suitable monument to be erected over the same." As soon as =practicable, 41derman IliraniAß.;Steyens, chair man, and Councilmen Wro:Cumatonotthis eom. mittee, proceeded to Gettysburg: Upon 'arriving there they found that the "military authorities had interdicted the removal of bodies during the hot weather. While this prevented any. immediate action in regard to the exhumation and reburial of the bodies in one place, it did not delay these gentle men in moat zealously examining the,-' ground and identifying bodies, and otherwise forelfaing.the ob. yet of their mission. Under the guidintio of Kr. So lom On Powers, a citizen of Gettyaburgi who bas since. acted as an agent of the committee and been of, great service to them, they traversed the battle field and visited the hospitals, giving; for several' days their personal attention to:theAdentification and ',designation of grtives,. and ,the -procurement train souties,, especially from .wounded men in the from. .of informatioriwhfah Would lead 16, the discovery of any of our-cleadl In many cases they found the head.stakes marked in swan a man .ner that one or two rain storms woeld, have (Wi fe] ated the writing, and for these they substituted distinct and lasting painted . boards, besides taking a careful memorandum of every grave and its re lative location. Many persons who ;were there in eemch of their friends were also greatly. wielded by the committee in their dill:Wilt , tasW;,,ln one instance a beautiful young lady of — Hitrisburg, who had been but lately 'married to a mem ber of the lath MasSachuaetts.-Hegiment, came to them for help to find her husband, from whom she had not heard since the first day , s• tight. She had visited Baltimore to ascertain if' he had been taken prisoner, and had gone through all the hoomtais in vain seeking some comrade who Could tell her his fate. There were twenty "unknown" graves in a cluster near the spot' where the 13th rough; and. these she sought permission to open. By the intercession of the committee she coo. mined It, and every one of the twenty gravea were opened' without discovering her husband. St e was about;to turn away in' despair, from the last ol..the'tiventy graves, when:her eye caught' eight of a button,upon the overcoat of the burled soldier. She instantly knew that her' husband lay before her ;.for in a previous-engagement - _this button wad struck by a , ball , and indented in a pecw liar way. He bad promised to leiwe it with her as a memento, but in the hurry of departure forgot it, and now it gave evidence of-the untithely end of him to whom her young lifet,i hopes had so lately been united. A Nuw COMEET.-A. new comet was discovered at Leipmc on the morning of the 9ti of. October. Dr. Etgieman, of the Rol at oi:sere tory of that city, has calculated thelollotving eiemrnte of its orbit : Perlinlion Passage ............. 20. Longitude of Perihelion 123° 28' Lobgitude of - ascending node 105° 03' Inclination of orbit " 83'.•28' a Perihelion distarioe 1308 These elenients show that the comet will bemean, est to the. sun on the 29 '. h. of ,December, and will then be distant from that luminary about one hun ched and twenty-three millions of miles. We hive not yet seen any ephemeris of this comet, and there fore cannot give any information respecting its luture carter. Tn vote of the Ohio soldiers promises to be larger than was anticipated. It .1a .thought it will 'reach from forty to 'forty•two,thousand. This will Jun up Brough's majority close onto one hundred; ;thousand. The soldiers' vote is wiping out the :Copperhead majority in most , of the few counties !that. were carried by the home -vote.= One of the ,gratifying features of en latcpaleotione Pi the one -WWI .:tharacter, - 44; the_soldleral vOtt 0 1 4t;;;:.0f eighteen thousand returneci .from Ohio, Vallandig ham received less than onettiousand, • - - ; ;, • - ELPIECLI, PRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1863. Vrtss. Are We can take no notice of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. Air Voluntary correspondence solicitea from all prate of the world, and especially from our different military and naval departments. Whenused, it will be paid for. IT is OVER Now—that grand and solemn consecration of the battle-field of Pennsyl vania, the eternal hills and plains of Get tysburg—first consecrated by the anguish and death of thousands of our bravest, by -their victory so dearly won, and now dedicated to perpetual peace. Now the ground is doubly sacred by the blood of the slain' and the blessing of the peo ple. The many thousands who yesterday moved aniong_ those immemorial fields of glory have departed ; the President, who there met the loyal men of all States, has returned to his high duties happier and stronger for the revelation of their trust in his wisdom. Eloquence and - music are silent now, and the dead are left alone in their silent graves. It is enough. To them the last funereal honors are paid, and now it is for us to so live that they will not have died in vain. The dedication of- the National Cemetery must be a new dedication of the nation to the holy cause for which, for two years, it has battled. From the sepulchre of heroes must spring the soul of- heroism, and the living must live with all their life for - the 'truth for which - the dead have died, For Government, for Freedom, for Union, the lives of thousands, whose bones lie scattered/ from the Potomac to the Gulf, were offered. There are few of us, who in our happy homes read of war, who need sacrifice life or fortune for our country. But can we not sacrifice prejudices, past political ties, and party pre cedents ? Men ofall parties marnled. un .der the national flag as AMerican soldiers, fought and died, not as Democrats or Re publicans, but as patriots, and cannot,we emulate their ldyalty; even though we may not equal their sacrifices In the presence.of the sublime thoughts to which thin great and solemn occasion gives birth, we dare - not speak as partisans, we dare not argue as friends of any man or any administration. These will pass away, even as the thunders of the battle have ceased to echo, and the agonies of the wounded are ended. The administration of ABRAHAM LINCOLN will end, and -of those who now direct,the path of the nation few will live - When twenty years have passed, But Free - dom will not die, and it is our duty to leave to our children the Union we receiVed from our fathers. This we cannot do by oppo sing-the. Government which embodies the Union, .by quarrelling with:itS measures, and. dividing into parties upon questions of subordinate importance. This we can only do by unanimous and loyal action—by for: getting party—by giving our souls to the work, as the heroes of Gettysburg , gave their lives. We are Americans; our Go vernment is threatened with destruction ; and if this truth e,ann6t unite us upon a na tional platform, -then we need no National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Then the• war, is in vain, and those who have fallen are hap pily dead, being spared the spectacle of their country's shame. But why should we re peat this argument ? twenty States have enforced it, and yesterday it was triumph antli sustained by DelaNhre. All the pa, triotism of the nation is not interred at Gettysburg. _ - The condition of the Union soldiers in the Richmond prisons is terrible. These men are starving. They are starving while the whole North is longin& to supply them with every comfort, while the Oovernment is ready to convey provisions and stores of all kinds to the very doors of their cells. They are starving simply because of the bar barityArof the rebel authorities, who will neithef feed them nor permit them to be fed, and who have thus given new proof that - slavery brutalizes the slaveholder far more than it degrades the slave. Last Saturday a steamer sent from Fortress Monroe with clothing and food for the Union prisoners at Richmond was cruelly turned back, upon what mili tary pretence no- military man can ima gine. The wretchedness of these men cannot be exaggerated. The released pri soners ,who have reached Annapolis tell the pitiful story. Mr. ROBERT R. Oonson, State military agent, writes to us that in the hospitals there 50 men out of 189 died of the effects of starvation. Our citizens will see that this suffering which they can reach is relieved ; but what of that suffering, more extreme, existing in the horrible prisons and slave-pens of Richmond ? Is that beyond our reach,. and can nothing be done`? A correspondent of Tux PRESS suggested on Monday that "an army of Liberators be raised for the special and only Object of going to Richmond. Let the President call for one hundred thousand volunteers for this purpose—the speciality of their,duty to,be clearly set forth and their term of ser vice noted." Yesterday the. New York Herald dechired that the refusal of the rebels to supply their prisoners with 'food, or permit the 'Government to save them from the agonies of slow death from starva tion, "must be made the signal for a new crusade, the object of which is the imme diate capture of the rebel capital." It ad vises that the President "at once call upon the loyal States for a specialorolunteer force of two hUndred thousand men for this ex press purpose." - The enthusiasm and earnestness -with which Ahe. people hive taken up this idea is remarkable. It is urged by voice and pen. The feeling is akin to that which thrilled the nation when the flag was ,fired on at Eunipter, andneeds, only encourage ment to become *irresistible and universal piiiiiose. This unheard:of cruelty and wickedness of the „ rebel leaders, so, steriO. iy opposed to the just and • Christian' treatment of rebel' prisoners by -'theGo vernment, is working up the North to a passion of righteous indignation which w,l,ll : „sweep the iniquity away. Were it . otherwise, who would not blush for the heartlessness of the North ? Yesterday, while the nation was solemnly consecrating itheburial place of its slain heroes, , their comrades in valor and victory, were suffer ing -a living death. From Gettysburg to Richmond the path is straight. It will yet be, trodden. It is declared that the Japanese, fearing that the English' may be too . powerful as enemies, have solicited aid from France. It is possible that NAPOLEON may offer to me diate, but it is not probable that he will take part against England, at the call of a third party. The Japanese are bylfar the best of all the Asiatic people. They linotv a great deal about mechanics and other branches of practical science_; they are fully aware of the advantages of - machinery ; they possess, great powers of observation, adaptation, and imitation; they can not only manceuvre, but even build steam vessels; they make cannon and other muniments of war ; unlike the • Chinese and the Hindoos, they possess courage, discipline, and familiarity with European weapons of warfare ; lastly, they haver seen how England became Raster of India, and has. got the wedge in which will one day open. China to their occupation, and it need , not be won dered at that they desire to cease having any intercourse •ts , hich can lead to such danger (mit customers obtaining a footing on their ;soil.. They have assailed the English from 4 i distrust. athem, and.the-contest, with. the. 4aPanessi literally fa their altars and _ - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1863 Is it Again «On to Richmond,' The Japanese and. the British. their hearths. There has been a misunder standing between the Japanese and some of the United States war. ships, but it is to be hoped that sufficient explanation, apology, or compensation may be made. Our footing with the Japanese has been honorably obtained, and we have been regarded in a very diffe rent light from other nations. We paid the Japanese a very sufficient compliment by specially sending Commodore PERRY to make a treaty of alliance and commerce with them, and when, for the first time, they sent ambassadors to remote lands, the first mission was to this country. With us, they may soon renew friendly relations, but they so much distrust the English that they will prefer hostility to alliance with them. England's desire for additional territory is as well understood, even in comparatively rude countries, as our principle of not burthen ing ourselves with colonies. England, it seems to us, has plunged into a war with. Japan, which must be expensive, can scarcely be satisfactory, and be almost in terminable. Mexican Matters. Enormous lying has long been part of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S stock in trade. He acts precisely as a dishonest trader would act, when, Wanting to cheat his creditors, he carefully " books the accounts " and pre sents a plausible balance-sheet, with a hand some amount on the credit side. His sys tem, ever since he obtained the Presidency, in 1848, by solemnly swearing that he would maintain the French Republic, has been' one of persistent misrepresentation. He de ceives as much by what he does not say as by what he says. Yet he is plausible, with al, and an adept in deceptibu. His last trick, worthy of such a Tupiter Scapin, was practised on a trusting, well-meaning, and high-principled young gentleman, the Arch duke 31.&ximinrAx, eldest brother of- the Emperor of Austria. At the risk of repeat ing Some facts with which we have already made ourreaders acquainted, we shall briefly relate the circumstances of this case. Over two years ago, NAPOLEON induced, or rather seduced, Spain and England to join him in the invasion, then tenderly called • " the occupation," of Mexico, by a naval and military force to which the three nations should contribute. lie solemnly proclaimed to the world that his sole object in getting up this expedition was to obtain satisfaction from the Mexican authorities for various wrongs sustained by French, Eng lish and Spanish subjects, ,and also to de . mend and-obtain payment of the Mexican debts to the three invading Powers. In a solemn and public manner, NAPOLEON vo luntarily rgpudiated the idea of having any but these ostensible objects in view, espe cially declaring that he did not purpose, under any circumstances, to interfere with the form of Government then existing in Mexico. Republican it was, and republican it might continue, for anything. he cared. Spain and England believed this public as surance, and heartily went into the invasion or occupation of Mexico. The first united effort of the invaders was the seizure of the port of Vera Cruz. It was also their last, for Gen. Prtim, who commanded the Spanish contingent, sagaciously saw through Nero- LxON's schemes, openly declared that they went to the length of conquering Mexico and overthrowing its republican institutions, and immediately withdrew the force under `his-command. The British forces were also withdrawn, and the French army, under General Folmar, remained to hold its own in Mexico, as it best could. Although largely and frequently reinforced, fully a year * andkhalf elapsed before Puebla, half way between the city of kexico and the sea, was captured, the native troops, under CorktolrFoßm, fighting with great energy, perseverance, and courage. Eventually the French occupied the capital, where they have since continued, unable to obtain pos session of more than a very small portion of the country, and threatened, even there, by the native troops who stand by Jue.nuz, the elected President of the Republic. The latest account states that General Clomow: FORT is at the head of 15,000 to 20,000 Mexican troops, anxious to encounter the inv4ers, whose tyranny - is greatly com plained of. General Fonny, and the French brigands whom he commands, had not I.ong been in possession of the city of. Mexico,when he proceeded to carry out the 'policy and Obey the instructions of his astute master, the Emperor NAPOLEON. He assembled a few of the base Mexican adherents of the French, constituted them into an "AsseAnbly of the Notables," and desired them pass ord-. , Dances whereby Mexico was decili:red ad empire, and no longer a republic, And the crown of which was voted to be offered to the Archduke MAXIMILIAN, of Austria, or, in default of his acceptance, to be placed at • the / dispo*l of the Emperor of the French. This was a decisive stroke, considerably at variance with NAPOLEON'S public promise and declaration that, he had not the slightest intention of making any change in the Mexi can form of government. Why any (so-called), Mexican Assembly of Notables should have selected an 'Austrian prince as head of the newly-proclaimed em pile was a puzzle' to many at first. 'But, after the news of the great change in Mexico, had been thoroughly discussed in Europe, it oozed out, through newspaper .revelitions, probably permitted, if not suggested by NA POLEON, that early in October,lB6l, (weeks before the united French, English, and. Spanish foree had quitted Europe to invade. Mexico,) NAEOLICON had written to the Archduke MAlrmrtizAN, offering to make him Emperor of Mexico, 'and that Maxi rruArT had conditionallynacceßtcd—pro. vided the thing could be decOrobsly done..' It may be presumed that MAximusAiv did not signify such assent without consultation with his brother, the Emperor of Austria.. How these princes must have felt when, at the very time this negotiation was in pro gress, NAPOLEON solemnly repudiated any.. idea of promoting, provoking, or sanctioning any change in the Government of , ' Mexico I To simple-minded people it may seem, in deed, as if the Austrian princes made them selves, by silence, participants in the Na poleonic deceit They tacitly lent them .selves to it. A deputation from Mexico waited upon MAxramtax, showed him a 'Map of the country on which was marked-that portion of it said to be in possession of the French boldly boasted that the "loyalty" of the Mexican nation, to a German prince whom , ifey had never seen, would speedily Make his -call to the throne as-unanimous as could be desired ; intimated the civil war - Would end when he reached Mexico, and formally offered him the crown of the new Empire. MAxprxmAx's reply, previously a'pproved by his brother-of 'Austria, and his cousin• of France, was to the effect that he would ac dept the crown if unanimously offered by a people among whom civil war had ceased, and that the map assured , him how large a part of Mexico was in his favor; showed him fully a fourth part of that country occu_ pied by the French. The map may have shown this, but` showeda • falsehood. In stead of one-foura of Mexico being held•by the French, not one twenty fourth part is so occupied, and the'French find it difficult to maintain themselves there—the guerillas constantly harassing , their out-posts, and General COMpIiTORT having from fifteen to twenty thousand soldiers of the Republic eager, to meet the foe in battle. -When intelligenpe reached this countryof the false declaration as to the portion of Mexico _ occupied, by, the French, the Nele York Herald published a map of that tout; try, on wIA - dlkts distinctly marked, by heavy, darYliiies;`the very limited portion held by the French soldier'. This - showed, at :a - g lance, how different the real" was to the pretended position of the French in. Mexico. The map appeared in the Herald of October 12th, and all rombers of that date destined to pass through the French post office have been suppressed by order of the . Emperor NArotzox: Many , ..copies ' no doubt, have already been circulated in France, independent of post office prohibi tion, and have told their tale. The fact that Neronnox prohibited the truth being seen is. sufficient, and only in keeping with the rest of his conduct as regards,Mexico. He' ~ commenced his • operations -.against .that country with a lie s itLthe face of 411 the mt. tions, and his last act, like his first, is a falsehood. Should the circumstances of his map-suppression reach MAXTMILL&N, it may tend to change that gentleman's ambitious desire to set on the throne of Montezuma. If this does not open his eyes, nothing can. Buiwer, Thackeray, and Dickens. Not only play-goers and actor; but the e public at large will rejoice in the truth of a report, prevalent in London, that Sir EDWARD BULWER-LYTTON is writing a play for M. Fiturran, the French gentle man who has succeeded so well upon the English stage. A new play by BULWICR, would be particularly acceptable to the numerous " stars," who have well nigh exhausted public patience with hackneyed dramas and sensational productions manu factured, by paste and scissors, out of popu lar novels. There appear, no truth in the on dit that Dir. THACItERAY would com mence a new novel of society, in the Janu ary number of the Cornkill Magazine. It is positively declared, however, that CCIARLR3 DICKENS is writing -- a new. story, to appear in twenty monthly parts, in the old fami liar green cover, and that the first number will be issued, with the magazines, on May day, by CHAPMAN . & HALL, for whom he first wrote " The Pickwick Papers," twenty-eight years ago. As before, " Boz" will be illustrated, in his new work, by " Phiz." Union Triumph in Delaware. The country will be satisfied. With Dela ware. Hon. N. B. SMITHERS, - Unconditional Union c,andidate for' Congress, is elected without oppositiorr. -- We commend the good taste of the disloyal party in concealing its insignificance, and withdrawing from a use. less contest. We know, however,"that Mr. Enowu's name was _withdrawn, the day be fore the eleetlon, to give color to the charge that the Government intended to forcibly in terfere with the election, and that prominent politicians in other States advised the Cop perhead leaders in Delaware to adopt this course. It is the last zesort of a defeated and disloyal party. ik WASP-13[1'1G,TON. Special Despatches to The. Press, WASIEIFOTON, Nov.. 1 The Flag at Halll4last itt W ashington. The flags upon all the departments, and on all the other public buildings, were at half-mast taday, in honor of thosewho felt at Gettysburg. The Issue of Treasury Notes. BY the act of 'March 3d, 1863, the Secretary of the Tres:tory is authorized to issue four hundred mil liens of dollars in Treasury notes, running not -longer than three years, and bearing interest at a rate not higher than six per cent., which he can make a legal tender for the face value. Under this authority fifty millions of two-years notes, at five per cent. interest, payable every six months, were negotiated with the associated barls of the three cities on the Bth of September last. These notes are to he a legal tender for their face, and, if paid out by the banks, will to a great extent operate as an equivalent increase of the currency. Plates have been prepared for the issue of one-year notes at the same rate of interest, payable at maturity with the principal, which notes are also a legal tender, but no declaim has yet been arrived.at to their issue. The aggregate amount of "United States legal•tender notes which the Secrettryv.has been authorized by various stets of Gongressto give issue absolutely, is four hundred millions: - Allot this amount has been issued, Re has, besides, condi tional authority to issue flfty millions more for the redemption of the temporary loans, should it beam° hecersary to do 10, Thn above fasts- were Obtained, on inquiry, irom an authentic source. nines§ of Admiral Stkubricti. Admiral SnulirticK fell suddenly ill orsTriday• night, and before any . (exCeotiii& his Most intimate' friends) were aware of it; hie case had assumed a serious aspect. Under the treatment of his physi cians he.has rallied, and is now pronounced out of danger, though requiring great care. He entered the navy in the year 1806, and though on the retired Hat, by the opeiration of the law - of 1881, he has continued iri active Bervice,and is now president of the : Light house Board. —. The United States District 'Court. The United States' District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria, Judge TINDER WOOD presiding, yesterday ordered decrees of confis cation and sale against the property of thirteen persona, including Captain Fnxxcir Fonnasr, late of the U. S. Navy. A court martial, of -which Ge,nerel SLOUndi wet nresident. and Major Glam. t. judge . • advocate, was today dissolved: - The findings in the following eases are officially announced : IseaO: EnEDISIZICX IliicCAirmut was found guilty of stealing 1:40,000 of Government money; he is to be confined five years' in the penitentiary in Albany. Captain - VV. HO* , LAND, A. Q. fit., convicted of embezzling $16,470.05, to be cashiered and compelled to refund the money unaccounted for, and be confined five years bf. hairy. Captain CHEII.IIE'Itt LEVI, con victed-Of signing a...falai?' certificate - to .. pai"oft: the Men• under his cotrunand, is to be cashiered, and compelled to return the money fraudule _ ntly obtain ed. - and be forever disqualified from hiving any office. The Relief ef the Riehniond Prisoners. ' The supplies sent by the Government have been permitted to reach their destination by the rebel authorities,. Theluinor that the rebels have per- Mittegiidotldng to bestistributed and.not food i 4 an 'Forty.eiglit; thousand:ratimm sent by. the , Secretary - of -War laat , vireek. have, been.reeeiyed,and a letter to the Governinelt Irom i Genered DoW states that they have been distributed... The. error was. caused by the fact that the rebel autho rities would not permit the officer in charge to ac company the rations further than City Point. _ _ We have 34,000 prisoners now in-ourpossessilen armed. . There are 40,000 teroes and the service g of the Government. CHARLESTON' Fort :gnmpter Soon:to Stqrender. -New:Y(l . lm, Nov. 19. : —The. steamer . DepoSit. has arrived . Aom Chatleston pig., with dates to the even ing of.ole:l*h:init. She reports thit the bomhard rnent.of_Stirapter continues day and night, and the . • fort JP iointich reduced that it_ will be compelled to, surrender in a short time. . - The Prize steamer. Ella. BOSTON, Nov. 19 The. prize , steamer Ella; which arrived here today, was captured off Wilmington; about fifteen miles ilorth of Fort Foster, on Novem ber lOth, atB P. M. The Honqua fired two shots at her, one of which passed over, and the other struck her, when she hove to.. and surrendered. She got ashore two nights previous, but in getting' off by throwing overheard part of bar cargo. At the time of her eke - titre, the Elia :had a crew of about twenty men, and her cargo was on account of • the rebel Government,. Thu steamer was btillt in New. York, her. engines hiving been cOnetrticted in 13r,00klyn .1863. Her original name was the..Republie, and.she, was in- . tended for a Sandy. Hoo k. ti:igbOat: — „She was sold' parties ,St. John, p - . 134 -for 004000, and sailed under a British `register; but really owned by Southerners. :Her purser, who belongs to,Alabama, is said to have owned - half of 'the steamer.: She can make about twelve miles per hour. This was her Iva attempt to • run the blockade. Captaiti Swazey, who is in command of the Ells 2 belongs in Rhode Island. "7,•,4" .. • Provisions. for our . Starving-Soldiers. BALTIMODA Nov. 19.—Thesshipment to Rfehniond to morrow, for Mir,starileg prisoners, froni the Bal. timore American 'Relief Fuca, will consist of 50 bar rels of flour, la barrels of beef, la of pork, 3 barrels of Bologna sausages, 1 barrel smoked beet s 12 boxes soap, with a supply of yeast cakes, salt, &e., to the value of $l,lOO, making the whole amount thus far sent by Mr. C. C. Fulton, about $3,400, Delaware Electlexi. .THE UNION CANDIDATE ETALCTED WITHOUT OPPOST WIiMINGTOI4 ,. Nov: 19 havini become evi dent, from the`Vigorous - campaign conducted by the Unionists, that Charles Brown would be oierwhelm ingly defeated, the friends of , that gentleman-with drew.name the day before the election. Smil hers, the Ilidoninindid ate, has 4,00& majority in New Pestle county. • The returns from the other °min tiest indicate his triumphant election without orr pooltion. Naval Movements. NKR YORK, Nov. 19 —The- steamer. Empire, City has arrived from Key West, with dates Ur:the-15th. instant. Arrival of Prize Steamers. Boszo4, Nov. 19 The prize ateaMerw:Coraubia and Ella have arrived.`` , ' _ Markets by Telegraph. Pnimarone, Nov. 19.—Wbe.at aetive ; ,tlales of yet nt $1 65©110 lioni active ; sissies of .old at slo6@ 1.08, new sl@l 03. Flottr aotive -at $6.75 for. Ohio superfine MII - 147 62,44. 1 for extra. Whisky firm at 690 for Ohio, Coffee tending downward sales of 600 bAgs Rio at 3.3'&99k4c. Citscirirwrzi' Nov. 19 —Flour has advanced 15c; sales at $6 . 60. Wheat buoyiint. Corn has an'ad vaneing— tendency. Hogs—Prices are stiffer, but quotations are unchanged ; sales at VIVI; receipts 6,900. Whiskey 67c. Pork is firm. Exchange , on New York dull and discount. Shipping IntelltgOce.; NNW YORK, Nov. 19 —Arrived, ship .Garibaldi from Liverpool, bark Clienfuos frozmpieaftproa, PORTLAND, Nov. 19. —The steamship North. Am erican, from Liverpool, arrived tanight Her 'Ogee have been anticipated. _ _,_ A COMPLIXENTARY BECNEWIT tOMila :KarrPrat vest will be given this evening, at the Theatre. This is the last 'night but,one".of ber en:. gagement and that of the Arabs. -, , - SALE OF OARPBTINEE, SFEAMDIEScecO.—The at tention of purchasers is roll:mated to the desirable assortment of Bruseels, ingrain, Venetian ) , Hit, cottage, and hemp msrpitteitkui to ..he pererantro rily sold, by catalogue, on lour. months.-credit, commencing this Morning at precisely half past ten o'clock, by John B. Myers & 00., bros. 2.32, and 24 Market street. r TEE nonowAT. Loati.--The subscription agent reivrts the sate Or ave.tweattiN7 on Thulxdap,, at $731,660. 'A GREAT B i t TLE IN EAST TEIINESSEE GENERAL BURNSIDE FIGHTING LONGSTREET, The Enemy Repulsed. A FIERCE AND BLOODY -ONTESi. Clux• AkarriPa - sr 304 , 4,11 es 3121"0.1c, cork X:Cra.c>a-v-ilil.e). TUE BATTLE PROBABLY RENEWED THURSDAY. KNOXVILLE, Nov. 16.—[Special to the New York Herald,]—General Longstreet, after crossing the Tennestro river, on Saturday morning, 14th inat., was attacked in the afternoon by General Burnside, who drove the advance guard back to within a mile of the river edge. By nightfall Longatrtet crossed the remainder of his troops, and on Surrnsy morning advanced in force. General Burnside, finding It impossible to cope with him with the small force at his disponi, fell back to Lenoir, the rear guard skirmishing heavily with the enemy through the day. Three desperate charges were made upon our poaitione during Sun day night, but they were handsomely repulsed. On. Monday morning Gen. Burnable evacoated Les noir, but, owing to the energy with which the rebel pursuit mita keptup, it was determined to give them a decided check, and 'accordingly he came Into line of battle at Campbell Station, whoa. a fight ensued, lusting from late in the foret , noon until dark. Our first position commanding the road from both sides, the infantry deployed In front of this, and were soon attacked by the ene my,-who made several gallant charges, and finally succeeded by out.ftanking our men in driving, them to the cover of the batteries, which now opened a terrible and destructive fire, The rebels retired before it, gave way, and even tually fell baclr to the river: It was now 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the rebels showing a desire to renew the attack, and having brought three hat• teries to their aselstimee,G-encral Burnsidefell back toe more desirable position, and again gage them battle. The eon:lest continued, clueing at nightfall, with our troops in posseeeion of their own ground, The,object of the fight having been attained, and as thd detention of the rebels had enabled our train* to get all in the advance, our troops fell back during the night, anti early on Tuesday morning reached Knoxville, Where a general battle is expected to be fought to-morrow: Yesterday the rebel advance guard attacked oar outposts upon the London and Clinton roada, and heavy skirmishing was continued all day. This morning the attack was resumed, when the fog which , had set in during the night had lifted. The rebel! finding it impossible to drive out men with infantry, brought several guns into poeition, and pound in a flartkingtire. In the afternoon they brought forward a heavy force of infantryonee more, and after a brief skirmisb, , charged our position., A. terrific hand-tceband conflict occurred, both sabres end revolvers being used on both aides ; our men fought with the greatest gallantry, but at last were compelled to fall hack about a third of a mile to a strong line, which-they hold tonight. /We have to regret the wounding of General Sykes, of the ea %%airy, who commanded the outpost. His condition is critical. • Lieutenant Colonel Smith, of the 20 , h Michigan, was killed at Campbell's Station. Our loss in that fight was between 200 and 300. Our loss to-day will nut exceed 150. - The enemy's loss on-Monday, owing to the severe lire of our artillery, could not have been less than 1 ; 000. Their loss tn.day is estimated at MO or 60.). aeneral Shackelford 'had a brisk fight on Sunday with the rebels, on the other side of the Holstere„ three nudes from here. He kept the enemy in checlir and at night they disappeared. Odr men are in the beet of spirits, and perfectly confident of success to morrow., Desertlions from the RebelA:Tray Frequent,. Glijamerroooa, Nov, 19.—The desertions frornthe rebel army are now mOrentlineroile.thall ftl any P....t-ce we expulsion of Bragg from•Xiddle Tennessee. The demoralization of the rebels increases daily. - On tie - other hand, Grant's troops are all in splendid roenlistments in the veteran corps are more numeral il than wairea - pplted, and good authority says that not less than four•ilairofzthe-entise force - • • will enter the army for the - neWterm. All is quiet, and the weather - fine and cool. Awn Of ME POTOMIC, A SKIRMISH ON THE RAPID AN CsxueLoweLacA.l33.g. Half of 'Lee's Army Retiottato . be Falling Back to liclunonii. The Otitel, 4 llll,lf &One ab - cra,rd Masnaoloiburg. • WASHINGTON', No —Tbe intelligence received from the Army of the-Potomac to-night, is that a cavalry skirinieh tieiiveerf about two hundred rebels and a portion of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry took place Yesterday' morning at GerManla ford t on the Rapidan: The rebels crossed the river, when our men fell back npon our infantry pickets. The lose was small, hut some of our men were captured. There are frequent reviews and division drills, the country and the weather being favorable for such purposes. Rundiedsof contrabands could be profitably em ployed in the Army of the Potomac, as drivers, &c. In one artillery brigade alone a - sufficient number of soldiers are employed as wagoners and teamsters to men a six-gun battery, for mint of nag-roes. Last evening some cannonading was heard in the direction of the Rapidan, south of Culpeper, but no particulars had been received when the messenger .left the army, this afternoon. • No sutlers are yet granted trauspOrtation for stores to 'the army. A few Occasionally find their way out, butare !table to arrestand the confiscation of their goods.- The-pasmasters. are busy in the proper diacharge of their duties in almost if not !ill the army corps: : A tug-boat, which arrived at the Navy Yard to day, brought a torpedo of two sections, containing about fors y pounds of powder, provided with a fric tion time-fuse and piston. It wai found floating down the James river. The tin canisters arnnow, and owing to the peculiar con- Struction of the machine, it was doubtless intended to accomplish its work by striking against (meet our vessels: The Alexandria Gazelle says that a lot of prism nets at,Point Lookout, who were to be sent by the steamer`Which left this place on Tuesday morning, were stopped at the wharf by an order from the mi litary authorities here. _ [Epecial Despatch to the New York-Times.] WAsnixoTon, Nov. 18 —Lee is falling back to - Hanover Junction, with one-half of his army, as a protection for Itichmond. The other half has gone toward Lynchburg, to reinforce or protect the re treat of the force sent against Burnside. [ep.cial•Deepatch to the I.vexting Post .1 W.A.antoratt, Nov. 19.—The rebel guerillas are - growing very bold in Virginia. They have captured several sutlers and citizens at Falls Church, in Fair fax county, but a few railea.front Washington. The story-that Lee has fallen back from the Rapi dan is doubted here. RET4BS FOR OUR Suarinirre MEN IN Sorrrit aux Pnisons.—Every assurance that the case ad• Mita of has been given to the United States Chris. tlan'Cornmission, that stores gent to our Union suf ferent,Tin Richmond prisons,,reash,them. General Meredith; United States- Commissioner of .exchange, at gortreisMOnroe, engages to receive all that is sent to his care - by'exnress prensid and send them under flag, or truce to City Point. • - - • _,.., L00L131:0621033er Gulp gives written assurance that ley will bericeiVed,WCity Point, and delivered to-titinritonersito wllOnt. they 'are directed. _ . .._ General Neal Dow -anti other reltable men in the prison will reoeiveand diairibute whatever it cent to them among theisfeilove•prieoners. The price& ere write_ that they receive them. Thephgatian gommisafeinia arranging, and hopes eooratio have itsOiCp.. — deiegites - ihire to receive and diktriblrte all it cends,`. and to do whatever Meg can tdrelieve are‘tienefit the suffering. A islaveholderYs InZientoTy. [Froth - the &idea Journal-] Robert Toombs once said that he'Wel - uld "hall the; roll" of his slaves on Bunkerlllll, hut he has not yet doze it, and if he has all hitbeindmensafe in Georgia doubtless considers himself fortunate. The tables are now turned on the slaveliiilders, aul'socie of them foil to retain possession even of their " rolls " while the chattels are, rejoicing. in newly-fonad f reedom. - : VG e have before - us the - roll of a Louisiana plantation, in whichrthensWites, ages, value, and quell Etc &Mao of ninety eight negtoes; Who were once the property and pride of tome lordly planter, are set forth with mercantile exactness. lt is an interesting relic of thew "Firbarlsra Thurallina. The high-, istrated Wave was "Lyons," thirtyctive years, hld, and valued at s2.,ooo—"driver,-,faithful, trust worthy, good planter." The next was "Henry," 33 yenta of see, and "chief plotighthan," who was Valued at $l,BOO, and" for whop. $2,000 had been re fused. Good ploughmen appeay, to hive command• ed fir:strata prices, as seve.W.-Who are rated as ex._ eellent workmen are" appraised at $1,200 to stfioa ..esch. One poor fellow; ." Anthoey," 50 years old, and consumptive, has his value expressed thus-000-- while, " Lindor" a patriarch of 80 years, is set down as " wort hless." Sotrie of the negroes were evidently. versatile, and could "turn their hand to more than one. thing." Thus, "Addeo," worth $1 500,,Was " a good ploughman, oxcart driver, field hind ;•" Arb quire," "field hand; sugar maker;" " a , "cooper, ploughman,-field hand ;" t s Qua," a " bricklayer end fiehrpitad."... "Jacob" stands on the inventoryi "trainable negro, good engineer and carpenter, eine worth $l,OOO, al though fifty.five years old•:;.".tewis " *ea a " tleld hino and horse. doator o!fiferisure" was a "good gardener, very industrious? . butvalaed at only eloo, for he was seventy•tive years old, and the time had. molly come for ..him to "lay down de shovel and de. hoe " Kasen ", wise a "harness maker;" "Reu ben "'was "blacksmith, engineer, ploughman—valor , He" and eet-down at $1,600.- All.these" were very suitable occupations for men ; but:on coming to the Olasaification of the women, wir'finct 'that Adele, l Agathe,_ Charlotte, Caroline,.Daysa,' Bleonore, }lances, Tane, and a dozen others are set down as _"field -hands ," and, of course, requiredto labor in - the field, while Esther " mieds sheep and hop." hisiliume is described as a "valuable-hospital nurse, a good physician," and worth': 411100. Rachel. is "good field band, has sevetalChildren," which latter fact no doubt was a greatjeschninendation to her master. Of thirty-onst-avomen. on the phintation, only rive wets serviceable" any working capacity , except as "field. handa;" according to the record. The black " wemtinis'sphere" at the Soethis natiroue and hard. The whole nifiety.eighte aegroes were valued at $76,100. . .f Added ;to this list of the " live stcek'i. of the estate a memorandum :of " fifty-Ave, melee' and 'hair oxen," 'which shows in WhaVeategorrthd , slaves were classed. They were pranunted the brutes that perish;" - • Tll*Fthjr cfc never sueeeee Well' in colonization • 04 , Viiiornite" netted • for such. ooridillon by thei r lover- et:lM ,desotion to war. llinden*Liouise Val 41=0,,,ilkijKlecent work - "on erie,ray,ll4o,., run. 111rty ..coneatiirts, swindlers, :/oreitss, '.a - cougiers. Ulteituttle, form the bulk or the
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