C4t Vrtss. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1864. TO THE FBISIVos OF THE SOEHIESIN EVERY COUNTY MYTON STATE CKETRAL COMMITTEE Rooms, No. 11(4 Chestnut Street.—Our friends in every county and die- Ariel in Pennsylvania should immediately, without' one .day's delay, send to the State Committee a correct copy ..of their whole ticket, giving plainly the name of each ..candidate for every office. All this must be done to ena ble the tickets to be prepared to send to the several regi ments of the State. County Committees should also prepare and send with the Commissions their several county tickets, or scud a special agent with the Commissions to carry them. Gen. McClellan Accused of. Insincerity. It has been matter of public - wonder that General M.cCormica, With the platform of the Chicago Convention before ;with its demand of immediate peace, and its declaration that the war is a disastrous failure, which' should be stopped for the •sake of humanity, liberty, and 'the public good, could imagine for a moment that he was nominated to , represent a war policy. The meaning of that platform was plain to all, and if it needed any exposition, surely that Mr. Gummy. framed it, that Mr. VAL LANDMAN appioired it, that all the uncon ditional Peace men in the country accepted it., were facts which aught to have placed it beyond dispute. That Gen. MCCLELLAN should affect to misinterpret the policy of his party was good reason for astonish ment. In effect his letter of explanation said simply this ,:. "As you have declared the war to be a disastrous failure, a curse to liberty and , humanity, and have de manded • immediate :peace, I accept , the platform as an - eipression of your determi natiorito ,prosepute the war if the enemies of the country ., refuse to snbmit" His logic was literally no better than this; . ; and was based on Soraething more -than mire equivooation. • -• • • , But it is charged no* that General Mc CLETIAN knew what was to - be the plat form of his party, .and approved it, two months before the Convention met The (N. Y.) Day :News made this assertion yesterday; and, 'if it is' not shown to be untrue, it will be hard for General MC CLELLAN to escape a very embarrassing di lemma. If he understood the platform, when it was presented to him two months ago, he must during that time have led his party managers to believe he would accept it, with all its dishonorable conces sions ; if he did not understand it, he must be convicted of an ignorance which is scarcely credible, and certainly must lessen confidence in his intelligence. It is it terrible dilemma to meet, but it cannot be avoided. The .75aily Hews directly ac cuses the candidate of its party of deceiving his friends ; and claims that in. approving the letter and spirit of the platform two months before it was published, he led them to believe that he would accept it as his guide if he should be nominated. The following remarkable article, quoted from its columns, must have decisive effect on the campaign : "So well settled seemed to bei the policy of the Democratic party, that, by common consent, and after a free and open interchange of opinion, those planks of the Chicago platform relating to peace were, by common consent, agreed upon more than two months before the Convention met. Early in the month of July last—we have It upon the autho rity of a delegate from Indiana, who was selected by the delegation from his State to act as one of the committee to inform the cat Mates of the action of the Convention—the platform, With its peace planks, almost word for word as adopted, Was presented to General McClellan, and was by him approved, both in its letter and in its spirit. " What produced the sudden change which led to its subsequent repudiation it Is for General McClellan and his friends and not for ns to say. Without the platform adopted at Chicago he could not have been nominated. Contrary to the usual course, it was first agreed to, and the candi date, not only with the consent of his friends, but ' after their active exertions, was placed upon it. Between the time of its adoption and the nomina- lion of the candidate for President one entire day intervened. The platform was published on the afternoon of Tuesday in the city—the nomina tion was made on the following day. It was seen and read by Gen. McClellan, and he had full time to telegraph to his friends in Chicago hie repudioe tion if he could not nor would ribtendoree ..' did no such thing. Hie confidential friends ap proved the platform, and they urged his nomination upon it. Its repudiation was an after-thought, when he bad secured the tempting prize for which, despite his assertion to the contrary in his letter, he had labored long, or else—and we should be sorry to believe this—it was a settled purpose to deceive, to secure the suffrages of the delegates, and then to repudiate the principles which secured his nomina tion, and thus to deceive men whose only fault was believing him true to his professions and those of Ids friends.' , • It is true, as the: Hews asserts, that the 'policy of the Democratic party was tho roughly known long ago. Byerf uncondi-, tional Peace man in the Northern States belongs to that party ; among its . leaders have long been all the .-opponents:of the war, and among the . delegates to its Con vention were Men Who have declared - it better to diiide the Union. than to carry on the war. These men framed.the idifforni, and placed Grons4 B. McCianza.w upon it. Two months before theichose him as their leader, they told him what banner he would have to carry, and on what side his sword would have to be unsheathed. They made known their principles to him, before choosing him as their candidate, and he declared those principles to be his own. Believing this; VALLANDIGHAm moved to make General MCCLELLAN's nomination unanimous. -Their indignation is natural now, When their candidate, after the nomi nation, coolly publishes a letter which re pudiates the principles which before his nomination he endorsed. 14'or , does it mi tigate his offence that he protests he always Thought the platform meant war, or that he affects to believe that he was chosen be cause of his military record 1 The accusation which the Naos has made .;General MCCLELLAN must meet. BeforChe can ask the votes of his country men he must let them know if it is. true that he knew of this platform for two months before his nomination, and con tinued to approve it in letter and spirit until his nomination was secured.. He is openly charged—not by.political opponents,. but by prominent members of his own party—with obtaining the . nomination under false pretence; and we sincerely trust that he will be able to prove the asser tion false. Marlborough and McClellan. The great blot upon the character of that eminent soldier, Jourr, Dirk& of Marlborough, greater even than his perfidy to King JAMES, or his • du plicity to King WILLIAM and Queen ANNE, was his miserly meanness in money matters. He was accused of having need lessly prolonged the war in the Low Coun tries, in which he held the station of ge neralissimo, with vast emoluments, merely for the sake of the money he could make. When he announced his victory at Blen heim, he wrote to the Queen on a page •out of his orderly sergeant's note-book, and to his wife on the back of a tavern bill—not that paper was scarce, but that 'he was saving. lle was publicly accused in the House of Lords, of peculation in the expenditure of the money committed to his trust as commander-in-chief, and a -.majority voted that his practices had been unwarrantable and illegal. It was im puted to him by Earl PormErr that "he led his troops to the slaughter, to cause a great number of officers to be knocked on the head in a battle, or against stone walls, in order to fill his pockets by disposing of their commissions." His avarice was so notorious that, on one occasion, when the Earl of. Peterborough, (also a gregt 'sol dier,) was mistaken by a London mob for the Duke of Marlborough, then very un popular, he saved himself from rough usage, with which he was threatened, by, •calling out, " Gentlemen, I can • convince :you, by 'two reasons,. that I am not the Duke : in the first place, I have only five guineas mypocket ! • and in the second, . (throw hi g . 10. purse to the crowd as he spoke,) they. are heartily at your service." Contraitepwith MA43FOIIOI7GII'S acquisi ti vcnes how, proudly stands out the pure integrity of WASHINGTON One`of our correspondents suggested-yes terday that General MoCusiLLAN, having :solemnly pledged' ;himself restore cco.uo yin public exPeudiiUrestr The war must be continued, and, indeed, is rapidly becoming drawn towards the great climax of success. An armistice has been proposed at the moment when all the resources of the rebels are evidently in a state of exhaustion, and the result' would be to grant Rebellion -time to rest, to re cruit, to invigorate itself, Opportunity to draw further material aid from abroad by means of. the British blockade-runners. There cannot be the shadow of a pretext for granting a cessation of hostilities. An armistice would strengthen the foe, would paralyze our brave soldiers, who are eager to cud the war in the only way by which it can be ended—a vigorous opposition to, the rebels. Moreover, an armistice would' be utterly useless Mr. JEFFERSON DA vis has distinctly declared, more than once, and With the emphasis of- stubborn . deliberation, that the rebels are resolved to establish themselves as an independent sovereignty, and that they will not enter tain, will not receive any proposition which does not give full recognition to the inde pendence of what Lord RUSSELL cautiously designates " the so-called Southern Confe deration." He - acts as if his motto was "war to the knife 1" An armistice would give, him the breathing time which, pressed , as he is by our gallant men and noble com manders, he so much needs. It would weaken us proportionably. As the Union is to be maintained, and by the strong hand of war, it remains to be seen whom the country will choose, in sha utaf:iii-h&irCretkru, ov.;,;!. of the State during the next four years, from March, 1865. The action:bf parties' has narrowed this question very - much,':for. (counting Mr. FREMONT as a political cypher) this action has placed two candi dates in the field. Mr. LINcoLN is deter mined to stand on the Baltimore platform, which pledges the country to put down the rebellion by vigorous measures, and ia . en. MoCraziam has been placed 4eit the Chicago platform, the framers of which uadoubtedltsympathize with the rebellion.. Indeed,' he ,: has candidly admitted, irrthe only'rihlie speech he made since his nomi nation, that -"he could scarcely realize the Position - ivhich he had been placed.' Perhapihe has' not yet been able to recon cile the Chicago platform with the particu hir . opinions and bearinge of its .framers, who, while they promise 'to prosecute the war so as to secure a speedy peace, would doubtleis make such ' ..'concession or com promise ' as woUld effectually prevent the restoration of the Union. The very Vice- President whom they would associate with him has been the steady advocate, in Con gress, of measures and principles which, if carried out, would keep us enfeebled by disunion. Mr. LlNcour will be re-elected; despite of the old saying that Republics have gene rally been ungrateful to the public men who served them best. He did not seek the high office to which he was elected in 1860. He did not take any pains to secure his renomination: But, after having deiroted his undivided energies, ever since the re bellion broke out, to maintain the Union in its full integrity, and this with an honesty of purpose and a high administrative ability . of even his enemies cannot help . ac knowledging, the country will not do its duty unless it endorses his policy by giving him a re-election by an immense majority; Touching the " Georgia.” Not alone the thing said but the person who says it is to be taken into account. There has been some discussion in the English newspapers about the capture of the Georgia by the Niagara. The journals which view it legally, which con sider: it according to decisions of learned judges, intimate that the fact of a hostile vesizil being taken out of the war and transferred to a private party, does not re lieve it from the consequences it might have incurred when employed as a bellige rent agent. Just so, a criminal does not shift off his responsibility by proceeding to devote himself to an inoffensive future. The Gtorgia perpetrated certain offences against the commerce of the United States, and for such ill-doing incurred the penalty of being captured, whenever encountered, no matter how changed in appearance or how removed into another line of business, nor what flag she chose to sail under. This is the general opinion of the legal English authorities who have pronounced upon the question. The Times—which professes to be merely a general and not a class journal—has not cared to say much on the subject ; but what it has said intimates a doubt whether the commander of the Niagara may not have been right. The Shipping Gazette, which is simply a commercial daily, cona intelligence from all municating shipping th,e ports of England, and generally from all parts of the maritime world, has ex pressed itself thus : " The more we' cop- Bider the circumstances of this affair, and compare them with the few cases given in the books at all presenting an analogy, the more satisfied we are that the seizure of the Georgia involves a direct violation of neutral rights, and cannot be supported by An appeal to international law." It is right to ask who gives this opinion, in order to estimate its value. Now the Ship ping Gazette is a journal whose opinion never had any influence in England. It is doubtful whether it has an editor—certain. ly it rarely.contains an original article of even slight: value. A man looks into it to learn all the maritime news that the un der Writers at. Lloyd's have obtained from their army of agents. scattered along the seaboard of the world ; what vessels have arrived and sailed ; what vessels are MEM t,-. do well to cease drk. or duties from the performance , 4.. it was found requisite to "roll , and the economy of which he spea ight proper ly be commenced by his own resignation. Our correspondent inquires : "Is draw ing $6,000, as pay for doing • nothing, a specimen of that economy ? $12,000 received and no equivalent rendered in work of any description." When Gee. FRE moivr found that hewas likely to be 'nomi nated for the Presidency little Con vention at Cleveland, he , iv:signed his mili tary commission and its emoluments. Ge neral McCLELLAn has given an acceptance, (such as it is,) of the nomination at Chi cago, but has not yet been able to "screw his courage ,to the sticking point" of re signation. It would appear that, in one point, at any rate, he strongly 'resembles MARLBOROUGH. That a man should hold on to pay, after he has ceased to earn it, shows a good deal of the MARLBOROUGH and none of the Wasnrzonort practice. The War and the preside nc y. Among the ancient Romans it was held as a heavy crime ever to despair of the Re public: Surely it ought. to be so with our selves, in a crisis to.which history cannot present any parallel. We are assailed by open Rebellion on one hand and by secret Treason On . the other. The question has gradually narrowed itself down to a few plain issues. First, is the Union to be.pre served ? Second, what will most certainly preserve it—a war or a peace policy? Third, what man is best qualified to work out the policy which will save the integrity of the nation 2 In the loyal States there is no real ques tion, in spite of the undergrowl of certain disaffected persons, that the Union must be maintained. It is impossible, utterly Impossible, that the revolted States can be permitted to indulge in a permanent seces sion from that Union which made us so great, so happy, and so commanding; which . made us powerful among the nations ;mid& .proved the error of the old-world assertion that an intelligent, enterprising, and ener= . getic people could not thrive under a re publican form of government. No mere pride of keeping numerous States in one grand federation makes us seek to maintain the Union, but treason is to be punished, and rebellion is to be put down ; for should they succeed, Slavery will reappear in its very worst form in the South, and the retri- bution which, soon after, would extinguish it—perhaps by the extermination of the white oppressors—would be fearful to think of. discharging their cargoes, 'are entered, are loading, are cleared ; what vessels have been driven back by bad weather or by .accident; what vessels have been spoken IkritiVat . sea, and so on. But no one; in England, looks , into the Shipping Gazette for any more, . and its opinion for or against thelegality of seizing the Georgia will' be wholly disregarded, we might say unno ticed, in England—particularly as it has been, from March, 1861, the most bigoted satellite and supporter (in its own Lilli putian way) of the pro-slavery Rebellion in " the so-called Southern Cdnfederacy." A Question of Dollars and' eenta. The re-election of President LINCOLN is absolutely essential to the financial security and prosperity of the country. The rise in gold immediately upon receipt of the intelligence of McCnEmitx's nomination is one very significant fact in this connec tion, and a hundred might be had for the asking. It will not be questioned that all classes of the community, without distinc tion of party, have subscribed to the Go vernMent loans, and there arc many men who have all their available means invested in this class of securities. These men, no . , matter what their politics may be, have a pecuniary stake in the success of the Union cause.' The safety of these investments rests wholly upon the popular confidence in the ability and dearmination of the Ad ministration to crush out the rebellion and `restore . the nation to its original integrity. The faith of the United States is pledged to its: creditors, and if the United. States is suffered' to be broken up into two or more ponfederacies, what guarantee can they have that this pledge will be maintained ? If the Opposition is permitted to obtain control of the Government, d financial crisisd the suspension of every form of business will .be among^,the immediate re sults. For even should the' party be ho nestly resolved to submit to lin separation of the two sections, the'moral effects of an armistice, and of our being the first to pro pose an armistice, would be most depressing at home, if not disastrous abroad'. The men who have nothing at stake--whci,have nothing to lose—may prefer 'partisan cesses to the general welfare ; but.no : man who has a dollar subscribed to the Govern-, ment loan, or who has a business that would be likely to suffer . from financial revulsion ' can afford to desert the Union cause in the coming els2tions. Self-inte rest and patriotism all dictate to such men the necessity ,of re-electing Mr. LINCOLN. • THE Tutu DEMOMACY:—The Boston .17 °raid one" of the'staunchest and most influential Demmatic journals in the coml. try, in the true and literal sense of the . term Democratic. In 1860 it 'supported . . Swarm:au A. DOUGLAS . because it'believed the doctrine he advocated, • and the plat . form of the party which nominated • hini, were in accordance with the Constitution, and . formed a basis upon which all true Union men could stand, both in the North and In the . South. 'in its issue of the 12th instant, the Iterizki squarely and boldly re . pudiates botl(the platform and candidate of the Chicago Conyention. Of DOUGLAS it SW .: waallefeated by the action of certain amen at the South, 'who are now the leaders of . the rebellion.": And it adds, as truthfully is forcibly : ; .1 Haying failed to accomplish their designs by the ' fbrSe of arras, and realizing the dangerous position in which they are placed, they are resorting to po litical action as the last step to save them from that condemnation and punishment which they so richly deserve. Hence we find them active in the free States among their old coworkers to produce a revolution at the North, which will enable them to carry out their original purpose of separation and independence. Hence we find the agents of Soifer- son - Davis at Niagara Palls, arranging the platform and the candidate to be put forward at the Chicago Convention, by and through which they aro in hopes to fool and to cheat the free States out of the ad vantages gained, and which if continued will wipe the rebel leaders out. So far as the platform, the speeches, and candidates are concerned, the Con vention held at Chicago might as well have been held in Richmond. It was a miserable, fawning, sycophantic, and degrading surrender to the men who are in arms against the Government, and who have done their utmost to destroy American libert • .11 be followed by every Democratic paper iu the land which honestly and from convic tion endorsed the opinions of the lamented Downes, and supported himfor the Presi dency four years ago. GENERAL' MCCLELLAN'S CLASSICS.-AS General McCurrzax's " friends" have had considerable to say about the classical Wish of ,his fetter accepting the Chicago nomination, it is very natural that we should expect to find, in. so 'finished and studied a, production, some little attention paid to the ordinary rules of grammar, with which every school boy is familiar. But natural and proper expectations are sometimes disappointed, and thus in this case. .We could point to half a dozen in eleganeies in this classic composition, but will be content'' , with citing two or three slip•shod expressions. • What .does the General mean 'by saying that "The pre servation of our Unicin was the sole avowed object for which the war was commenced?" We had always been under the impres sion that the destruction of our Union was the sole avowed object for which the war was commenced. • Certainly, the rebels did not deign to give us any better reason for inaugurating civil war. What does the General mean by saying : " I (and so forth) should resume our commanding position among the nations of the earth ?" Can a Person resume a position which he never occupied ? And again, what is the mean ing of this mysterious phrase, "the opera tion of a more vigorous nationality ?" Is it intended by the expression " more vigo rous nati2nality '' to neutralize the adverse influenc?of the State rights doctrine enun ciated in the Chicago platform ? Or is it merely thrown in for the sake:of rhetoric? Here is a fine chance for the debating so cieties. BIRNEY'S &MANE REGIDTENT.—We un derstand that General Britzmy has comple ted the raising of his regiment of Sharp shooters, .which will join the 10th , Army Corps. The regiment numbers a thousand men, who are armed with the Spencer rifle. General•Briucni has further deter mined to raise a light brigade, to be com posed of athletic young men; well armed and equipped, and accustomed to the sad dle. It is the intention to use them for special service, Where rapidity of move ment is requisite. Wagons are to be dis pensed with„ the supplies being transported by pack mules. The troops are to be mounted, and in case of emergency each rider can be supported by another en croupe. One of the regiments, by permission of the War Department, will be recruited in this city and State ; and Major JAMES C. BRTSCOE, formerly of KEARNEY'S Staff; but later attached to the staff of General Bin zunr, has been detailed as general recruit ing officer. The Voltigeur regiment will be raised in 'Michigan and Indiana. The dress of the Zouaves will be dark blue, trimmed with scarlet, loose trousers, and long jacket. Four of the companies are to be raised in Philadelphia, three in northern, and three in western Pennsylvania. The organization, in appearance, discipline, and effectiveness, promises to be one of the most complete ever recruited in our State. PRILADBLPRIA BOOR TRADE SALE.—The sixty third half-yearly book sale will commence on Tues day, 27th September, at Thomas' Salo Rooms, South Fourth Street. As usual, the trade will have ,the advantage of the hammer being wielded, on that occasion, by that firstrate literary auctioneer, Mr. Thomas F. 8011. The catalogue, 188 pages octavo, contains invoices from the leading publishers in the United States, among whom we find J. B. Lip pincott & Co., E. H. Butler & Co., G. W. Childs, James B. Smith & Co., Willis P. Hazard, Davie, Porter, & Co., W. S. & Alfred Martlea, °rimy & Markley, Charles Desilver, Blanchard & Lea, Lindsay & Blakiston, Miller & Burlock, and Wil liam W. Harding, of Philadelphia; James G Gre.- gory, Hurd & Houghton,' G. P. Putnam, W. A. Townsend, James Miller, JohnHradburn, and Fol. let, Foster, & Co., of New York ; and Gould 8 Lin coln, 'Walker, WlF . e, & Co., W. H. Dennet (late Jas. Munroe & Co.), W. H. Hill, Jr., & Co., T. 0. H. P. Burnham, Lee & Shepard, Taggard & Thompson, Roberta Brothers, J. E. Tilton & Co., Graves & Young, of Boston. On the last day of the sale a very valuable collection of stereotype and steel plates, chiefly of standard works, the property of Henry Carey Baird, will be disposed of, and also a variety of stationery. The sale promises to be very brisk. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; 46NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1864 wA.avirri-GyroN. THE WA RI WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, WK. TRH NEW LOAN—TIZE PROCEEDS TO BE PAID TO TRE ARMY. FAIRS BEFORE PETERSBURG One-third of the bonds of the recent loan were de• livered to-day, and immediate delivery will con Untie to be made as fast as the certificates shall be presented for that purpose. ails of the Fight on Friday Night. The Secretary of the Treasury has direoted the . entire amount realized 'from this loan shall be paid . to the army. Warrants were issued yesterday for CAPTURED REBEL LIRE STILL HELD. money to pay the troops in the Northwest, Missouri, and.lowa. A CONTRADICTION. F. SEEMS SAID TO BE MINING. one marke. ORDERS RESPECTING DESERTERS. :HE WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI. ,1 There is official authority for contradicting thel report that Secretary Fassannun has decided col place a temporary loan of $50,000,000 in the market. A military order, which has Just been issued, di rects that deserters from United States troops ar riving at Washington, who report themselves as be. longing to any particular regiment, and are sent to i it, Mill be permanently assigned to the regiments' of which they thus report themselves members. ' Deserters now In the prisons of the DistAlet, or who may hereafter arrive, whose regiments are un knOwl?, shall be sent immediately to the front, with iiiStrtictions to the commanding generals of the army to employ them at work upon the trenches. ARBIVAL OF REBEL DESERTERS-EFFECT OF GENERAL GRANT'S ORDER OFFERIN PROTECTION. Eight rebel desorters from General Efrra,'s corps came to Washington to-day on the' mail boat from City Point. The order of General GRANT, offering protection to deserters and promising to furnish them with employment out of the reach of the rebel authori ties, has already had the desired effect, anti squads of them come frequently within our lines. SALE OF CITIZENS' CLOTHING TO SOLDIERS PROHIBITED. The military governor of the district of Washing- ton has issued an order prohibiting the sale of clothing to any enlisted man, upon discharge papers which be may present, until the papers have been examined and a special permit obtained from the governor's headquarters. The reason for this order is that persons engaged in the clothing business have frequently sold citizens' clothes to enlisted men who have exhibited certificates of discharge, which, in most cases, proved to be spurious and . forged, or belonged to persons other than those pre senting them. This business has been very brisk in Washington. Speech of Hon. Wm. H. Seward. LINCOLN AND JOHNSON THE CANDIDATES OF THE UNION-THE SECRETARY'S OPINIONS ON THE DRAFT. WasimeoTorr Sept.lB.—Secretary Seward made Ile following address to the Lincoln and Johrlon Association, which called upon him this evening: FELLOW•CITJZIMS I understand that you are the Lincoln and Johnson Association of the District Of Columbia. [Cries of "We are."] It is well to in quire, because itis well that when people meet each party should know exactly who the other party are. I will tell you, therefore, who I am. lam a citizen Who is in favor of the same ticket you, support— Lincoln and Johnson. lam for them because they are the candidates of the Union which we are fight- Mg for. We have found it necessary to fight for that cause, and when I am obliged to fight for a cause I am the last man that goes to the poll and votes against it. • Fellow-Citizens : In a speech I made at Au burn, I said there should be no draft, because the army Is being reinforced by five thousand to ten thousand volunteers per day. The people of Au burn understood me, and cleared their district of the draft by , volunteering. Patriotic men in Phila delphia write me that they understood me to say that there will be no draft, and therefore they stop volunteering. I avail myself, therefore; of this oc casion to correct their mistake by saying that as "grace can only show itself by works," so the draft will Rarely come if we do not volunteer and so pre vent it. I hope that point is settled now. .Fellow-Citizens : The Democracy at Chicago, af ter waiting six weeks to see whether the war for the Union is to succeed or fail, finally concluded that it would fail. Therefore they went in for a nomina tion and platform to make the failure a sure thing by a cessation of hostilities and an abandonment of the contest. At Baltimore, on the contrary, we de termined that there should be no such thing as failure, and therefore we went in to save the Union, by battle to the last. Sherman and Farragut have knocked the bottom out of the Chica.go nominations, and the elections in Vermont and Maine prove that the Baltimore nominations are staunch and sound. The Issue is thus squarely made up ; McClellan and Disunion, or Lincoln and Union. HaVe you. any doubt of the result of that Waal [" No ! No 11 Nor do I have any doubt. Many thanks, my friends, for this'visit. Good bye. Political. THE UNION VICTORY IW MAINE-THE LARGEST MAJORITY FOR • GOVERNOR EVER . CAST IN THE NEW Yottr, Sept, 13.—A special despatch to the Times from Augusta, Maine, says the Republicans have carried the State by the largest majority ever cast at a Gubernatorial election in Maine. They have carried all the -Congressional districts by Im. mense majorities, and five•siaths of both Ural:Lel:Les of the Legislature. A NATIONAL CONVENTION OB PEACE DEMOCRATS. Nriv YORK, Sept. 18.—The Daily News of to-day says : "We are happy in being able to state that preliminary steps aro being taken by the friends of peace to call a National Convention of the Demo. oracy to place in nomination candidates for Presi" dent and Vice President.' , UNION CONGRESSIONAL NOTITNATION FOR TER TWILLPTIL DISTRICT SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 13.—W. W. Keteham; of Wilkesbarre, was to day nominated for Oongress by the Union party of the Twelll4 district, Dir. Grow having declined. ' ' "•E • WEST CHESTER, ept. 13— • . w te In on Convention of this county Is in session. Thuir far, Mr. J. N. Broomall has been nominated for Con. gross, and Dr. Nathan .A. Pennypacker and Wm. B. Waddell for. the House of Representatives at Harrisburg. It was also decided to support In the conference the Montgomery county nominee for State Senator. EX.GOTBREOR BIGLER NOMINATED FOR commuss. PITTSBURG, Sept. 13.—Ex•GoveraOr William Big. ler has been nominated for -Congress in Clearfield r • county. The Fishing•Creelk Confederaey—Cop• perheadism in Columbia, Lyeeming, and Sullivan Counties. [Correspondence of The Press. J CJoLumBIA Co., Sept. 12, 1864. People in our cities live and write about the war and the Jeff Davis Confederacy, and know nothing about the events which are taking s place in the immediate neighborhood; yes, in this very. State. There has been born to our dear Penn Sylv ania the changeling " Fishing creek Confederacy." Pennsylvania is a great State, and has just as great• a variety of the species of mankind, (I mean Intel lectual mankind,) as she exhibits .almost all kinds of surface and soil. There are parts in Pennsylva nia where the forests and the sculls of human heads are so thick! that it Is but seldom that the bright rays of "Sol" can penetrate the one or the rays of intellect thewether. Such forests and such sculls you can find, if you take a trip to the counties watered by the headwa ters of the West and-North Branches of the Susque hanna. Up in Columbia, Lycoming, Sullivan, and other counties, where no railroads disturb the quiet of the valleys and the mountains; where not even' . tho tiny telegraph wire spreads the news with the swiftness of lightning; whore newspapers are scarce in numbers, small in editions, but still smaller in quality, and whore the sweeping Democratic ma jorities are always rolled up, no. matter what's the question or who's the candidate, there, my dear Press, will you find the deep, almost impenetrable forests, and the equally thick human sculls—there is the birthplace of the changeling " Fishing-creek Confederacy. Colum hitt county was always strongly Democratic and so were the adjoining counties. Of course, there it was where the Vallandighams, Voorhees, Woods, and Pendletons could organize their secret lodges - of the "Sons of Liberty." This was a field where fools could be found to execute the designs of these leaders like the scum . of Now York did the dirty work in 1863. Here you find old men, and men who learned to write their names and read the Chicago platforia, and who by virtue of their education aro the loaders of the masses, who talk treason, who counsel resistance to the usurpations of the Lincoln tyranny, who make thelefollowers believe that they can resist in their mountains and forests any force that Uncle Sam can send against them. Whisky flows as freely as the big words of these braggadocios. The people are made to believe that it only takes some one to initiate resistance, and that it soon would be followed all over the country ; for they are also made to believe that the "Sons of Liberty" are as numerous as the stars of Heaven and as bold as lions. The young men up around Fishing Creek bit the bait and resisted the draft. They were sure that during their rise, and before the United States could Send a force strong enough to coerce them, Lee would have Washington, Valla,ndigham would marshal his forces in the Northviest, and Wood would run off with New York. They revolted;.they would not be drafted and killed In this "nigger war." Of course, the provost marshals,- tax col lectors, and Union men had to suffer: The followers of Jeff Davis In the North had to imitate the exam ples of his followers South. The mountains echoed with cheers for Jeti Davis and groans for Lincoln. Ministers of the Gospel wore dragged from the pulpit and had to run to save thsir Hies, because they said they wore preaching the Word of God, when the ruffians, flushed with whisky, demanded! to know of them whether they preached " Abolition or Jeff Davis " Then came General Cadwalader with a force strong enough to drive the whole crowd of the " Sons 4 Sons of Liberty," or "Cowboys of '64," out the country. Our heroes, of course, skedaddled to the mountains, and their advisers and abettors staid at home. The "Sons of Liberty," or rather the , mudsille of the leaders, declared now, like . the chi., valry of the South, that they 'only wanted to be "lot' alone." But the General could rift see it, no more than Grant or Sherman can down In Dixie. The coercion began, some ninety "Let alone" and "Peace men" of the Vallandigham school were arrested and sent to "Number Secure," and the colonels, majors, captains, lieutenants, and privates of the Fishing-creek Confederacy retreated 'deepar into the mountains and woods. But even here they were not secure, they made off in all directions, looking for protection with their friends in the sur rounding counties. Most of them started off to the Canaan of all traitors and cowards, to Canada where they will try to find enough to do to still their hunger and warm their shivering limbs during a Canadian winter. This to the fruit of Copperhead teachings. Would men of age, men of influence, take a patriotic ground, and talk differently, thousands of young men would not be thrown into the path of shame and misery. Our young men are not cowards, of disloyal to the country of their birth, -- but such teachers are the worst enemies to young and !goo. rant men, and if other communities take warning from it, the good will balance the evil that these men intended to do. Men who talk treason, and run down every act of the Government, who never . oan find a word of censure for their Southern friends or their deeds; men who belittle every Union victory and. aggrandize every reverse ; men : who eulogize every Southern general, and try to blacken the reputation of our noble men who tight, bleed, and die for the Union, are dangerous to the counter at large, but more so co those who liston to them. and are foolish ettougit to follow nap; atlT4O4. 4,turn of General Meade to the Army. 00 Rebels Concentrated at the mouth of Red River. HE INDIAN WAR IN THE NORTHWEST. MPLETE lIIIMET OF OEN. FULLIV EXPEDITION. Great Battle with the Sioux. THE ARMY BEFORE PETERSBURG B NIGHT OP FRIDAY NIGHT—THE CAPTURED • SKIRMISH LIKE STILL HELD. WASHINGTON, Sept.ll.—The mail steamer Danl. ebster, from City Point, reports matters at, the ont unchanged since Friday night. In the fight that night we captured ninety prisoners. Our ss was fifteen killed, wounded, and missing, bi nding three officers. We still hold the skirmish .e captured that night, and the enemy has shown . disposition to attempt to retain its possession. ght rebel deserters from Hill's corps came up on e Daniel Webster. IBK FIRING ON FRIDAY NIGHT-THE REBELS REPORTED MIRINO-PIOICET I,PFAIRB. WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—A correspondent or the ronicle writes as follows : • ' BEFORE P.ErEnsnune, Sept. 10-11 P. 11. Early Friday night the rebels in front of 2d Corps rengthened their picket line, making it a weak no of battle. Under cover of night they charged r skirmish line and were handsomely repulsed, Ith considerable loss In killed and wounded. enty or thirty of our men were captured, but the Sign of the enemy was completely frustrated. We fined possession of the line theycoveted or wished occupy in our stead. This skirmish was sufficient larm the entire line and throw the cannon and rtars into convulsions. For some hours after the sidence of this terrific uproar, everything re ed into the former condition of stillness.. he rebels are said to be brirrowing in the ground. .Arlsoner, captured a few - days ago, mentioned two is where they were engaged, night and day, In rmining our works, and that countermining was gon at another place. Of course, lam unable touch for the correctness of his story.. I had for glen about it. "Fort Hell" Is the euphoniously stfestive name given a fort near where this attack u? our pickets was made, and this same fort, with Weard nickname, was mentioned as being oppo si 'he rebel Washington battery, from whence the C tusrground road is said to emanate. What their elk was in thus madly endeavoring to capture the 111 of skirmishers in front of the 2d Corps, I am at a '8 to know. Perhaps it may have been to cover a* operations bidden under ground. The preys,- le' opinion is that the earth, in this locality, is no the proper nature for tunnelling. So the ie said when we were similarly employed. H i li ever, they lost whore gain was. .expected. B re day dawned, General Mott advanced his. !d 'vision of the 2d Corps. There was a fierce ikimish, and it was over the same ground which tu. enemy fought for early in the evening. We 4;l{e favored with success. The line was pushed. tin spite of desperate resistance. - `Over seventy bets were captured, and their fortified skirmish i . e.l As usual, the sympathetic artillerists, upon r , ght and left, mingled in the noisy fray, and It was hour or two before any One could tell what had anspired. The rebel batteries above Petersburg continue to e at the trains passing to and fro between Oily oint and Gen. Warren's headquarters. To-night s road has been completed to the Six-mile .eta on on the Weldon road. But one ravine had to , e crossed with trestle.workA Lthe bridge over this non is about throe hundred feet long. For every ell thrown at passing trains I notice two cast into etersburg. If the enemy would observe this, and 1 amid be made to understand how foolishly they itaste powder, no more ammunition would be .ex. • p tided in this way. ',All friendly meetings between rival picketS are aVain stopped. Such intercourse between foes in variably leads to ultimate misunderstanding. At riesent sharpshooting Is in active practice, and men . keep closely covered. Lately, when exchanging newspapers, copies of President Lincoln's amnesty proclamation, or Gen. Grant's late order relating to rebel deserters, have been folded in the papers. One or two instance have been remarked where great good resulted, one individual who received the pam phlet coming with it into our lines, and claiming the pardon and protection therein freely offered. One evening a rebel officer came out to trade news papep with our men. Re noticed the order of into his lines, because he "was a. Confederate officer." Why do the rebel officers desire to keep their men in ignorance of amnesty and away from the abundance of the North 7 Many of the common. soldiers are anxious for information _upon these sub. jectS, but I have never meta rebel officer betraying alike spirit. General Meade arrived at his headquarters this evening, and Is looking much better than whoa he left for home. THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. A YORCE OR REBELS AT THE MOUTH OP RED RIVER. Sm. Louis, Sept. 13.—The officers on board of the despatch boat which arrived at Cairo yesterday re port that 1,500 rebels are concentrated at the mouth of Red river. COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION OF GENE RAL BIILLY-RVENTS OF THE MARCH INTO THE SIOUX CCHINTRY-THE BATTLE AND REPEAT OF THE SAVAGES-DEATH OP A NEWSPAPER COR RESPONDENT. We have already given the particulars of the march of General Sully from St. Paul to Fort Rice, on an' expedition against the insurgent savages of the plains. He left Fort Rice on the 26th of July. His army and the accompanying trains were cor rated on the upper waters of the Heart river, Da cotah Territory. Preparations were completed to makaa swift raid into the unexplored country sup posed to be occuplid by the enemy. Subsequent 'events are thus recorded in the special correspond. ence of the St. Paul Press: At two o'clock on the morning of the 28th Gen. Sully started with his whole command, but after reaching a few miles from camp the scouts away in the advance sent a messenger with the word that skirmishes had already taken place between them and a band of about 40 painted warriors, Thirteen and a half miles were then marched in the hot sun thatafternoon, andthe gallant "soldier boys" only found time to consume their hard bread and cold water an hour or two after darkness had set in. The columns kept moving until the path could longer be discerned, and then, just as the " boys " bad begun their preparations for a warm meal, after the hard ride, the General commanding "ordered the fires to be extinguished. Fears were en tertained that an attempt at stampeding the ani mals would be -made by the party attacked and driven in the afternoon, but fortunately the early morning-summons to break camp found every mule and horse in the proper position. On the 27th we left camp at 2 A. M., marching twenty-seven miles during the day, and camping late in the afternoon on a stream set down on the map as Big Knife river. On Thursday, the 28th, camp was again broken at 8 o'clock A. M. The march was continued for sixteen miles, and the im pression was becoming general among officers and . men that the Indians would keep out of the way. This impression seemed to be gaining ground, when, all at once, the trains began to bustle to the front, and the troops on either flank spurred their horses into a rapid gallop. Every movement told the ex istence of an actual struggle or very exciting rumor ahead. Soon the word arrived that • a great camp of Indians—about twelve hundred lodges —had been discovered about two miles to the front. Upon reaching the summit of a very high elevation !.of land, a look to the west showed a range of high hills stretching out to the right, and left, dotted with clusters of timber, and grooved by deep ravines and gullies. In the midst of this remarkable formation the Indians had se lected their position, and with excellentjudgment, if we forget the powers of artillery well manned. The camp, which was described by the scouts as two miles distant, proved by subsequent revelations to be at least five or six miles, and led to difficulties which even the gallantry of the command could not remedy in the latter part of the day. As soon as the foot of the elevation above mentioned was reached, General Sully threw out the Bth Minne sota and Bth lowa., and two companies of the 7th lowa, as a line of - skirmishers, with. Brackett's Minnesota battalion of cavalry on the right wing, and the 2d Regiment Minnesota Cavalry on the left, held in reserve. Captain Jones' 2d Min nesota Battery, and Captain Pope's battery, under immediate command of General Sully himself, fol lowed the -line of skirmishers. After marching& little over one mile in this order, little clusters of Indians dotted the bills fronting and flanking the valley along which the command was marching, and, as usual, either standing perfectly still or tra velling with all the force and speed strung in the sinews of their little ponies. The command moved steadily on while these exciting circus performances were being enacted on the hills, until the Bth Min nesota, from its position in advance, let fly a few scattering shots as signals that the enemy were drawing too close to some portions of the line. A few moments afterward Colonel McLaren, 2d .Minnesota,.Cavalry, was ordered to dis mount two companies of his regiment, for the purpose of skirmishing up the hills on the left. In obedience to this order two companies began climb ing the hills, where the Indians were concentrating inlarge numbers: These companies went into the - -fray in gallant style, and the rapid explosions of the carbines sent the Indians flying in hot haste out of their range. Only a short time elapsed after the firing began, and the enemy found front and flanks an impregnable wall against their approach, when they swung around to the rear of the train, and came charging up like a whirlwind, on the track al. ready made by our wagons. Bore again, the skilful dispositions of the general baffled their attempts, and sent them flying back in more rapid speed than was shown at their coming. . The men of lowa and Minnesota joined hands, and In the square of blazing fire, moved steadily on until within about a mile and a half of the wooded, wild encampment of the .savages. - A section of the 3d Minnesota Battery, under command of Lieut. Whipple, was ordered to the rear, and soon after' Major Brackett received the welcome word to' charge the red skins with his splendid battalion . of men. They moved around-in line style towards the a coded ravine where the Indians were con cealed or gathered in heavy crowds on the open space alternating between. When a point in close proximity to the timber had been reached, the battalion was dismounted, except CompanyC, Cap tain E. Y. Shelley. This company continued the , charge in fine style, way Up on the side hills and by the timber. In this charge the first man attached to our expedition was killed—a man who, when liv• lug was modesty personified and oourage incarnate --brave George Northrop. orderly sergeant of Com pany, 0. The news of his death sent a thrill of deep grief over the entire. Column' , and made his companions totally unmindful of the danger surrounding them. At this time our wounded and dead were brought in, and the two batteries; which had heretofore only fired occasional shots, began to play in earnest, and landed the shells into the- very midst of the timber and savages, causing the most/hurried flight It has ever been my .Y °L. THE INDIAN WAR. fortune to witness. From this time on our men drove the savage crowd before them in a race for life, until the encampment was cleared of its occu pants of the morning, and until Brackett's men and four companies of the Bth Minnesota, under Major Camp, had occupied the last of the defensible VI MMus chosen by the Indians. They were beaten thoroughly at all points and not a single nook was left them in their former camp, when night approached and crowned a day of complete victory for the white men. All the property usually found in an eneampnient of this size was either thrown down In its old place or pitched into the heavy under-brush, for concealment. An immense amount of property in the shape of furs, robes and poles, camp furniture and food, was loft to be wholly destroyed by tires. Of course a battle of this kind has its shade to oast a gloom over the reasonable and proper impulse to rejoice. The dead call for mourning, and mangled men appeal with pale faces for sympathy and help ; and it must be given, even in the midst of the reviving event which makes us forget the hardships and pri vations endured. When the battle closed the entire command halt ed near the Indian village. oocupying it partially— taking its scanty evening ration where the savages had breakfasted in the morning. After resting that night the command started in pursuit of the retreat ing foe, but was unable to proceed only a few miles, being barred by deep chasms and ravines—and the command was again headed toward the trains left in its rear. At this point a halt was ordered near the Indian village, and CoL McLaren, of the 3d Cavalry, was ordered out with four companies of his regiment and two companies of the Dacotah Caval ry, to destroy the abandoned property. After work. ing over two hours with this force the Colonel found it impossible to destroy it all . in one day, and four companies more were prompt ly sent him by General' Sully. It took this force of one regiment until late in the afternoon before "the baggage" was' finally gathered and given over to the flames. Between four and five o'clock in the afternoon the command was given to resume-the line of march and we continued on t a e homeward march for the Heart river. Ourloss, the same letter says, was four killed and ten wounded. Among the killed, as has been men tioned in the course of the above narrative, was the correspondent of The Press, Mr. George Northrop. He was stricken down while charging with Brack ett's Legion. Of his adventurous, almost romantic life, much of it among the Sioux, by whose hands he fell, many a thrilling episode might be told, as he was, besides being a correspondent, a daring Union scout. THE WEST INDIES ANILMEXICO. ARRIVAL OP TEE ROANORR-MOVEMENTS OF GUN. BOATS AT SEA-REPORTED DEFEAT OF JUAIUSTS NEAR SALTILLO--TKE RUSSIAN FLEET ON THE PACIFIC-REPORTED DEFEAT OF TEE SPANIARDS IN ST. DOMINGO. NNW YORK, Sept. - 13'.—The steamer Roanoke, from Havana on the Bth instant, has arrived, with dates from the City of Neale° to the 29th ultimo and Vera Cruz to the Ist inst. The purser reports : 11th, at 12.30 P. M., passed Several bales of cotton . ; 2 P. M. exchanged signals with steamship Rhade Island, bound south; at 2.15 P. M. made two steamers to the northward, speak ing each other—appeared to be gunboats—one, a large side-wheel, going to the eastward; the other, a small side• wheel, painted white, with two smoke stacks, appeared to be looking for something. Ex changed signals with a. small steamer showing U. S. fla (4e g. n. Mejia has entered .Victoria City, where he was joined by some troops from Tampico under Gen. Dupin. General Castaguy left Encarnacion on the 13th for the latter place, and at the latest accounts was in Vera Cruz. It was reported that hehad defeated a force of Juarists near Saltillo, but losing among others his chief of artillery. INfo other particulars are given. General Mejia was said to be marching on Mata moros. . The Mexican vessels Liberador and Mexicano were captured by the Diamant of Manzanilla and sent to Acapulco. They were front Mazatlan. It 38 reported that the Russian fleet in the Pacific , has received orders to rendezvous at Acapulco and salute the new Mexican flag. The :Spaniards do not seem to be making any more headway in San Domingo than the French In Mexico. They do not hold a point more than ten miles from the coast, and are suffering fearfully from the rava ges of sickness. A small force lately sent out to San Cristobal were attacked on their return, within a league of the capital, and Col. Suarez, their commander, was killed. The forces at Montecristo wore sent to Puerta Plata, and it is reported that the rebels at. tacked; defeated, and drove them from fortifications on which they had been at work six months, cap• turing six guns. But a Spanish officer says it is untrue. Re says the Spaniards took one gun. The rebels hold three forts, and keep up a constant fire on the Spanish camp. • • A cargo of slaves was successfully landed near Remedios last week. Sickness is decreasing, thenglithe heat centimes The steamer Havana arrived September 8. The New Rebel Pirate. TER CHABB . O7/ TAR STEAMER intAszcoNlA The Boston Journal says: A correspondent, who was on board the steamer Franeonia,, on her last trip from Boston to Halifax communicatesthe fol lowing particulars of her adventure with a vessel supposed to be a new rebel privateer, of which men tion was made by telegraph. Our correspondent writes from Halifax on the Bth inst. : I have to communicate the important news of a new rebel privateer off this coast. She is undoubtedly one of the new ones, not yet known by any acts, just out from Wilmington. • The tide of the Bay of Fundy had sot in so strong as to cause us to make Seal Island nearer than usual, and to this fact we probably owe our escape. From Seal Island we lay a near course to Cape Sable, running inside Brazil rock. When about off' the latter place we discovered what we supposed was a bark bearing down for us, but it soon proved a steamer, though not under steam, trying to head us off, but, .from the fact before named, as we had the inside track, we were not long in getting inside of the three leagues necessary for protection. During the chase she showed first the English ensign, next two others in quick suc cession. which we could not make out. She chased us well in to land, and when it was obvious she had missed her prey she wheeled about directly in the path she came. She was bark rigged, painted lead color, one smokestack, and a meaium-size vessel. Since arriving here I have further proof of her being a privateer, as the Bermuda steamer arrived yesterday before us, and it was not her, and there is no English man-of-iVar.it present known to be in. . .-Nie,,Sacitlarma3unnatitizera-17.27.51. 'work of destruction: She - had - evidently counted' on getting between' us and the shore, And thus having an off-shore chase to her advantage d but the positions were fortunately reversed, and we escaped. I think, in common with others, that she will coal from some - American-vessel coal laden, bound from Cape . Breton to Bolen or New York, which she may capture, and then 'be ready for ex tensive mischief. This is evidently her first appear ance, though she may have made captures, the knowledge of which you may have received ere this. The wind was blowing northeast at the time, and her mancerivres were such as no merchant vessel upon any regular course would have pursued. - The Draft to take plOce Next ltonday. liannisnlina; Sept. 13.—An official - datatch', re• calved here today front Provost Marshal General Fry, fixes next Monday for the draft in Pennsyl vania. We will have some twenty thousand men to supply. . ALnesiv, Sept. 18.—The following telegraphic dr patch from Washington has been received by (3-ov. Seymour WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 1864. The draft la ordered to commenoe in Ohio and other States, whose quota haa not been tilled up, on Monday, the 19th or September. The Hartford National Horse Fatr. HARTFORD, Sept. 13.—The National Horse Fair at this place has been postponed one day on account of the weather. The exhibition will begin on Wednesday morning, September 14th, and willsoontinue three days. A very large number of entries have been made, and a splendid show may be looked for. Fire 'in Worcester, Wass. Wonoasrza, Kass., Sept. 13.—The retort house and coal shed of the Worceiter Gas Company were burned last night. Twenty-five) thousand dollars' worth of coal was destroyed. PERSONAL.—We find the following personal no. tices in late Richmond papers : To Lieut. Wm. A. Dawson, 27th Virginia Infantry, prisoner of war abort Delaware: Your personal relieved your sisters of much anx iety. We are all well. Heard from your brother A. soon after you left ;heis in Arkansas. J. was at home when last heard from. Your friends all send love to you. Let us hear from you again soon. S. S. C. RICHMOND, Sept. 6, 1864. To Gustavus Goldsmith Philadelphia: I saw your communication in this morning's quirer. Was rejoiced to hear that you were well. We are all in good health. I scarcely know how to advise you in regard to the voyage in contempla tion. Just snit your own inclinations, and act as yon think.best. Advise us if you leave. JOSIIPH GOLDSMITH. RIORMOND 3 Sept. 5, 1804. M. E. L., Phi ladelph.a, Pa.: I received your letter of August 20th and 24th. Keep, lip a good heart; all will be well in a few days. .You must return to Petersburg. Papa will see you and' bring you himself. Business good. Ma rz Golden's letter received, and will be attended to. Love to all. .Tousr. Mrs. Hannah Oeliner, KY Dwelt Wisa: I was much pleased to hoar from you through the personal column of the New York News. You will receive letter by neat flag• oftinee boat. AU are well. A. Oar.snitsc. New York. News and Philadelphia papers please CM. • Public Entertainments. WALwur-sritmr TITEATER.-Mr. Edwin Booth's impersonation of Hamlet bae excited so much admi ration that he has received numerous requests to repeat his performance of the character. In coin. pliance with these demands this great tragedy will be reproduced this evening, Mr. Booth appearing as the melancholy hero and Mrs. Alexina. Fisher Baker as the Queen. Anon-sTsawr THEATRE.—An entertaining bill is offered for this evening, consisting of the "Soldier's Daughter,'? in which Mrs. Drew win appear as the Widow Cheerly, and "Poor Pillicoddy," with Stuart Robson and Miss Jefferson in the principal cha racters. CIIESTNIIT-STREET TRICATRE.- 44 Aladdin 22 will be performed tonight, with all the scenery, changes, and emballis.hmentS. An amusing ,coMedietta will also be given. Thu Thum! oP ,WONIYEIta, where Blitz, the Prince of Magic, nightly delights his numeroas patrons, young and old, Is well deserving of the favor It receives. This afternoon the Signor has his usual matinee at half past 2 o'clock. ' • THE GERMAN OPERA IN NEW Yong.—The Tri bune of yesterday says Last night the public r al though hungry after lyrical food, rushed in grand numbers to the Opera. Excepting some of the empty boxes of. the stockholders in the .second tier, and some places at the side of the horse-shoe , in the gallery, unfit for gods or men, every'.coigne of van tage' In the vast enclosure had its occupant. We have never seen a more crowded house; as a whole. It overflowed. There were over , three thousand persons present. , • "Mr. Glover, the manager, may be congratulated on his success in the most important part of a drat night. • • "The opera was Faust.' The oast .was Faust, T ; e johannsen ; Marguerite, Frederic!. Mephistopheles, Hermin . ; Valentine, st e t. necks; The presence of such an overwhelming orawd was , favorable to the electricity required for, enthusiasm, and there was some liberal Mephisto pheles. was' wonderfully 'made-up' and , largely de claiMed by Herman. M. Tarnaro did most oredita bly on short notice. Mies Frederic! was an liatere.st lug-looking Marguerite. The others did acoeptably, and we may take occasion at lei Sure to notice them More particularly. . . i! The orchestra was somewhat increased in size and was kept in order bya master-baton—Mr. Ansohntz. ' , There seems to be no doubt that the opera 60,13011 will be most prosperous, notwithstanding the state of affairs here which we read of in the Richmond journals. No one'vrOuld ever suppose that so much of our territory was belted with huge armies to wit ness such a vast asSetablaip, bent on eni )1 tug It self.", JAlnia B. Far, P,rovoat Marahal General. NEW YORK (TM Special Correspondence of The Prem. . NEw Yosz, Sept. 13,1864, A LITTLE JOEL The political chances "appertaining unto " John C. Fremont have, strangely enough, been very mile teriallY diminished by the host joke of Mr. Lincoln. This joke is just now going the rounds of society, and its object is never named without the inevitable laugh succeeding. Mr. Fremont, it is said, wrote to the President suggesting that both should with draw themselves from the candidacy, for reasons of great import. "This," remarked Mr. Lincoln, "re minds me of a little fable. Some race horses were in a stable once, in company with a number of fight ing-seas. The former growing somewhat restive, one of the latter, hiding his trepidation, said, with much pompous dignity, We must be careful, gen tlemen, else we shall be stepping on each other ;"! therefore the radical candidate is always pointed out as the fighting-cook who was afraid of stepping on the race horse. He will not be the first man whose political opportunities have been annihilated by a witty saying.. REIGN OE THE HOWDY. Ruffianism is holding one of its periodical carni vals in this. city. Between Saturday evening and Sunday evening the following brutalities were com mitted: A man named Quinn fired at one Churchill, with intent to take life. Two men were stabbed in Liberty street—one dangerously. A soldier was terribly beaten and robbed in First avenue. A rowdy picked a gentleman's pocket, and, upon being pursued by the victim, turned and shot him in the forehead. A man was shot through the leg on Cherry street. A man was shockingly stabbed on Christopher street; his wound is supposed to be fatal. When to these are added the numerous little brutalities which form part of each day's un written history, some idea may be formed of how crime runs amuck in this "mystic Babylon." JAMES MACE, the deaf and dumb poet, has just met with a most terrible bereavement. His five children were riding out in the country, when the horses took fright and ran off. The carriage was overturned and the chil dren dashed to the ground with terrible vielenee. One of them, Walter Scott Nack, a little fellow, aged eight years, was killed. The others sustained. fearful Injuries which, it is feared may prove fataL Nack has for the last few years relinquishedlihr pen, and is engaged in the office of the County Clerk. He will be remembered, however, as a fa vorite writer, contemporary with Morris and Willis in their own poetical days. His last - publication was a volume of poems, entitled "The Signet Ring." DEATH Or PARK BENJAMIN. • Kr. Park Benjamin died at his house in this city last night, in the fifty-fifth year of his age, after a brief illness. He was born in 1899, at Demerara, in, British Guiana, where his father was a merchant. He studied two years at Harvard, and was graduate ed at Trinity.eollege, in Hartford, in 1829 ; began to practice law in Boston in 1832, and. was .one of the original editors of the New EnglandsMagar.dne. He removed to this city in 1837, and was connected at different times with several journals, the Ameiican Monthly Magazine, the New Yorker, and the New World. Later he became known as a lecturer; and he was, besides this, a frequent contributor, in prose and verse, to the magazines and other journals of the day. His mind was active, his conversation' brilliant, and he wrote with remarkable facility and• vivacity. ißv Te - °graph.) REPORTED WITHDRAWAL 01 . GRIT. IfRNIRONT. - It is said that General Fremont has planed in General cluseret , s hands a letter withdrawing his name from the Presidential canvass, and 'giving as his reason for so doing the well-known thesis that any success on his-part would only injure the Union party, and assist the Democrats. It is supposed that this letter will appear In the New Nation on Sa turday nest. THE GOLD 21.6.11101 T. Gold opened this morning at 218, and at 12 o'clock stood at 223. Since ihe Board gold has advanced to 223 X. 2P. Pd.—The present quotation of gold is 2253 to 225 y, Gold,closed to-night at 2261. MARINE. Arrived—Brig Ann, from Gaboon, Africa. ST: lOVIS. ST. Loins, Sept. 13. LOSS OH' L STEAMER.. The steamer John J. Roe, recently sunk near New Madrid, was valued at $50,000, and was in sured for $30,000. Four persons were drowned. The boat had considerable Government freight aboard. • Tit meifxra,s Tobacco opened heavy and closed better. Hemp dull at $2.60 for dressed. Flour heavy; double ex tra has declined 25c. Wheat easier; choice $2O 2.07. Corn steady at $1.48@1.58. Oats firm at ID@ 02c. Lard lower ; 22@31320. The New Jersey Races. PATERSON, N. 3. 5 , Sept. 13.—The first race today was for mile heats, two in three. Won by Eagle— time, 1.54 X, 1.56, 1.58. Patti won the first heat. Second race, Jersey St. Leger, miles, won by Kentnclry—time, 4.24 X. Third race, two-mile heats, won by Aldebaran— time, 3.543&, 3.52%. Sounramizus rw 'Saw YOBS. The fact that large numbers of citizens of Southern States are in New York, many of whom have added considerably to the wealth and business of the metropolis, was noticed some time since in the Empress. Some of its cotemporaries have also recently discovered this fact. The refugees, noticing the . kindly- dis posed feelings of the majority or the citizens toward the Southern people, the Sun says : VI number of 'Georgians are holding almost daily tali actual stale of affairs known in their native State. They say if the matter was understood in , their State Legislature, that body would, with out hesitation, and almost by a unanimous vote, surrender the State into the hands of Gene ral Sherman on the spot ; that the contest is maintained on their side because they have been led to believe that the North le waging a war of subjugation or extermination against them. They would not fight as they do to save the institution of slavery, and mush less to prevent return to a Union where their rights would, be, as they in the past have been, respected. They were hurried and throttled out of the 'Union, in the first place, and the masses of the people; and espe cially thenon.political, intelligent classes, have con stantly regretted the aot, and wished continually and earnestly to return to 'I'ELE. [3'oll ADDITIONAL Orrit Innves gzit ittaIRTA tAGB.] • • POLITICAL. UNION CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. • Concert Hall has been leased by the friends of the Administration, for political purposes, until the ex piration of the present campaign. Nightly meet ings will be commenced on the 15th Instant. THE MASS MEETING OF THE M'CLELLAN. GUARD. The MOOlellan Guard, composed of soldiers who have fought under General McClellan and who desire to enroll themselves into a campaign club, held a mass meeting last evening at the Continental Theatre. • The stage was occupied by wounded soldiers. They carried a flag belonging to Company B, of the 2d Pennsylvania Reserves, and which was carried/by them through all the battles in which the regiment was eugaged. Upon the occupation of the stage by the soldiers they were greeted with much applause. Colonel James Page was the first speaker. He said he addressed them as soldiers. Ho had been a soldier himself and he knew how they loved their commander. He would say something about him. George B. McClellan did not seek the nomination. He had promised nothing to the politicians, and he was only put in his present position because he was a man of the people. It is in the hearts of the people that the devotion to McClellan could be round. McOlellan'e motto was, "my coun try now and forever, let the consequences be what they may." And what was his 'reward 1 That man • was treated with the basest' ingrati tude by the men at Washington whom he had twice saved from destruction. We can't- have two empires on this continent; and, while We at tempt to subdue our brethren, we should do all we could to bring them back We should do all we could to conciliate them. This could never be done under this Administration, because they had but one idea in their heads, and that was nigger nig ger, nigger. Where is the enthusiasm that led our soldiers into battle before? It has alrdied out on account of the unconstitutional acts of this Ad. ministration. They didn't ask the soldiers to fight tor the red, white, and blue stripes, but they did ask them to fight for the black stripe, which they eared not for. He wanted to see the olive branch put forward, and followed by the sword if it did no good; for, if we can't have Union by fair means, God help us if we must tight it out. A poem on McClellan, written by a lady of seventy years, was then read. Mr. John O'Byrne was next introduced. He said that the question to be decided by the American people at the coming election was the most impor tant that had ever been presented to them. They were to decide whether, after four years of tyranny., and misrule, they were to submit to four more. They were to' decide whether, after having been smitten on one cheek, they wereto present the other for four years more; whether infringements on - the , Constitution were to be permitted without brook or hindrance. The writ of habeas corpus had been . : suspended, and leaders of the opposition party ' will confront you and say, What evil hash it wrought? It has done evil to thousands of widowed mothers, whose sons had gone into the army without their consent ; and when they applied for the writ of habeas corpus to get their sons restored to them, they were told by the courts that it had been suspended, and when they went to Washington to get them out of the army on account of their age, they wore told that the .oath of the soldier wasconclusive, and if he swore he was 18 years of age and ho was but ]5 they could not do anything to help them. The Constitu tion said that no man should be subjectedto punish ment without a trial by a jury of his peers, and yet citizens had been put in fortresses without , a shad.ow of trial. Lincoln having done these tuiconstitn- Mimi acts, what might he not do if reelected, and these acts thereby sanctioned by the AmeriCan peo ple 1 He could the next day after his election take every third man of you for the purpose of sending you on some expedition to Richmond or the moon, and if you made any remonstrance he could say— Why,' gentlemen, you have elected me, you have sanctioned all my past acts, you didn't think it wise to swap horses while crossing the stream, and you should abide by your own decisions. Hon. Richard Val= followed in the seine strain, and the meeting adjourned. MILITARY. . . THE DRAFT TO TAKE PLACE NEXT MONDAY. It is stated, npon authority. that Provost Marshal Pry has designated next Monday for the draft in this State. THE 6TH uicrolf. LEAGUE. REGIMENT. Ten companies of this regiment, comprising more than eleven hundred men, are now full. Five more companies are to be raised, which will make the or ganization ovr fifteen hundred strong.. The regi- - ment is commanded by Colonel H. o..Sickel, late. colonel of the 3d Pennsylvania Reserves, which or ganization was mustered out of service on the 16th of last June. The following is a list of the staff officers, and, where the organizations are.comlete, of the line officers: . Colonel, H. G. Sickel. Lieutenant Colonel, John B. Murray.. . . Major, Edwin A. Glen. Adjutant, C. I. &semen.. Quartermaster, E F. Brother. Surgeon; Henry A. Grim.. Assistint Surgeon, John Wards, Quartermaster's Sergeant,'Geo. W.. Daugherty. Commissary Sergeant, William E. Howell. Company A--Captain, John Stanton; first llente-> cant, Theodore R. -Vogel; seoold lieutenant, Ar thur J. Carver.- - ( -.. • . Company B—Captain, John lkoNeight ; first lieu tenant, Edwin:Bailey; second lieutenant, Bartle 0. Steinmetz. Company C-Oiptain, George W. Mulfrey ; Pest lieutenant, Thos; Mitchell; second lieutenant Cur tin Birch. Company D—Captein,, Isaac . Schroeder :; . firstlieutenant, Ada*. Faust ; second lieutenant, James Lotz. • Company E—capteln, Thomas C. SpaCionan ; first lieutenant, Amos N. Soltzinger ; second now, nant, James Orzte. c ompan y y—captain, Powell Staokhotufe ; grat lieutenant, William A. Mackin ; second neutenuat, George C. fisher• c ompan y a—captain; William P. Guenther ; fl lieutenant, John B. Sonermlich ;second lieutenant, Jeremiah C. Ironer. Company R--Captatrr, Chris. H. Reines ; g rit Dentenan_, Wffliant Mittman; second lieutenant, George W. Barnet. Company I—Captain, jamesP. McDonald ; fist lientens.nt, C. P. Wampole ; second lieutenant, Pomeroy. Company K—Captain, Isaiah W. )]bell ; fi rst lieutenant, William R. Thatcher ;• second Rents. nant, George - Janney. PROMOTION. Captain Geo. E. Johnson, formerly of the 29tt Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col: Ichn Murphy, has been appointed to the rank of Major, and will leave for Atlanta to-day or tomorrow', was - taken prisoner in the Shenandoah Valley, a n d with Col. Murphy, and others, confined at Naha. bury, N. C. He was also taken prisoner at"Gettys. burg, but - effected his escape. At the battle ofiting. gold, In Tennessee, he was wounded. For nom time past he" has had command of the hospital at Haddington. Major Johnson has - many irk - US - In Philadelphia who will be glad to hear of his prumo tion. IsTOT ITTYSTEItED OIIT. The IC6th Regiment .Pennsylvania Volunteers, which arrived here in August last, and some of the soldiers belonging to the 28th Regiment Penasyl• vania Volunteers, who have been at•the Union Re freshment Saloon nearly seven week, are net yet mustered out of the service. ISSUE OF CITY WARRANTS. Warrants were issued, yesterday morning, for the payment of the city bounty to sixty-five men, five 3( whom were substitutes. FLAG PRESENTATION. Next Thursday afternoon the Supervisory emu. mittee will present flags to the 45th and 12312 Unita! States Colored Troops, which regiments are com manded respectively by Major Bates and Colonel James Given. The Bags are decorated with designs emblematic of the cause offreedom, and were paint ed by Mr. Etovser, a colored painter. There are now nearly two thousand troops at the camp. The Supervisory_ Committee has received authority from the War Department to organize an other regiment, to be called the 41st United States Colored Regiment. DEATHS The following deaths of soldiers were reported at the Medical Director's office, yesterday, from army hospitals in this department : Christiaa•street Hospital—John R. Willoughby, Company H, 37th Wisconsin. Haddington Hospital—James Boone, Company A, 45th Pennsylvania. Mower Hospital—James Bird, Company E, 110th Pennsylvania. Summit House Hospital—Eltjha Haehn, Company A. 28th U. S. Colored Troops. • - THE FILBERIEN. ASSIST - ANT ENGINEERS. Th e following assistant engineers of the Fire Da• pariment were elected on Monday night last, to serve for two years : First Division—Terence McCusker. Second Division. S. Robinson. Third Division—James Adams. Fourth Division—Jacob Conover. • Fifth Division—Hamilton Scott. The following 'are the companies voting for the respective candidates: For MoCusker—Delaware, Franklin, Washing ton, Weecacoe, Good Will, Hibernia, and Philadel phia Engine Companies, and the Moyamensing, America, and Philadelphia Hose Companies. For Robinson—Empire Hook and . Ladder, Fair mount, Independence, Reliance, Spring Garden, Vigilant Friendship, Globe, and Humane , Engine Companies, Humane, 'United States, Ringgold, and Wrn. Penn Hose Companies. For Adams—Decatur Engine and Excelsior and Rescue Hook and Ladder Companies. For Conover—Fellowship and Franklin of Ger mantown, Germantown Hose, Manityank, Mount Airy, and Washington Engines. For Scott—Kingsessing, Monroe, and West Pella delPhia Engines, and Union Hose. rrk,.., Pi 0111.21;1161.11 • A BOLD ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY. This morning, about half past one o'clock, an un usual scene for Third street, at least, occurred on .that respectable thoroughfare, just opposite Dock street. What few persons' there • were in tho lo cality at such an hour were startled by a succes sion of shrill feminine screams, and repeated frightened cries of " watch, watch," in a strong German accent. On hurrying to the spot it was ascertained that a man, while quietly jog ging along in company with his wife, who bore a small child in her arms, was met by two men and an uncertain number of women (perhaps s ic) of un certain character. One of the- men knocked him down, inflicting in the act a severe cut over his eye and while the other was rifling his pockets his femi nine companion sent up her loud, nervous calls for help. As soon as the passers-by were observed an. 'preaching the robbers, their feminine contingent ran, and the victim scampered swiftly up Harmony street and was lost to view. The woman and child were left alone in the street, the valiant husband having abandoned her as soon as he could regain his feet and UFO them to advantage. PHILADELPHIA PRESS CLUB. There will be a meeting of the Club this after. noon, at half past three o'clock, in the Common Council chamber. CITY ITEMS. WE Ass GLAD TO KNOW that the Sewing Depart ment of the Wheeler & Wilson Establishment is s 4 well patronized by the ladies of Philadelphia. Stich specimens of work we have never seen done either by the hand or by any other sewing machine but the Wheeler & Wilson. The Wheeler & Wilson Com pany send out obliging and competent young ladies by the day or week, with or without machines. TtdS we consider a great accommodation, to families. A.l - the Wheeler & Wilson concern is one of the institutions that reflect credit on our city. Their elegant salesrooms, No. 704 Chestnut street unrivalled. The Wheeler & Wilson Se chine, we all know, is the only one that giv versal satisfaction. They have been thorong tried, and those who have them in use would .t .4 without them for ten times their cost. Eve pine is warranted, and the money return. • enCipmr - gwaz - nzt" , -"Q—Clo..to 704 QheetnutAtee examine these wonderful xrukilines. Send for (Arm. lar and spicimens of work. TEM Citu,Liwo W 161338 OP SEPTEMBER are cal. Quieted to remind us that winter garments will soon be in vogue, and that a change to heavier clothing is Imperative upon \ all who have a due regard for their comfort and health. We are glad to be able to direct our readers to an establishment where the best-made and most stylish clothing can be had, to snit all tastes at the most reasonable prices ; we re fer to the• popular old Clothing House of Messrs. C. Somers & Son, No. 625 Cheitnut street, under Jayne's Hall. Their present stock, the materials of which are mainly of their own importation, is, with out doubt, the most desirable to select from in city. TEA gTOCH OF d - ENTLEMBN'S Fintrinniwo Goo D 3 offered by Mr. George Grant, No., 610 Chestnut street, is the finest in the city, and his celebrated "Prize-Medal Shirts," invented by Mr. J. F. Tag gart, are unsurpassed by any others in the world in fit, comfort, and durability. THU GIMATEST FNMALF. BEM:Mr/FIER OF THIS Amt.—This may sound a little like painting lilies, or adorning roses ; nevertheless, the fact remains that one of the most important attributes of female 'evilness is a beautiful head of hair, and another fact, of scarcely less importance, remains, to wit: That the most wonderful article ever invented, both for obtaining and preserving this exquisite feature, is the celebrated "Lublu's Morning," of lliessra. Drake & Childs, New York. The article is for sale everywhere, and is unrivalled in popularity as an article for the toilet. SECURE YOUR NROATMES.—The negatives by Broadbent & Co. and byl,Venderoth & Taylor, taken between June, 1862, and Juno, 1863, are about to be effaced. AU persons who desire to purchase any for preservation are requested to make immediate application to Wenderoth & Taylor, Nos. 912 and 914 Chestnut street. ENORMOUS DICTIAIi'D FOR THE "FLORENCE" SEWING MAcn - rna.—Since the opening of the ele gant new ware-rooms in this city, at No. 630 Chest nut Street, by the Florence Sewing Machine Com pany, for the sale of their celebrated instruments, the demand for them has been so Much increased that the company have been obliged to enlarge their facilities for manufacturing them. They are now ready, however, to furnish the largest orders for them. The "Florence" has won for itself the highest name in the sewing machine category. It is unquestionably the best in use. Every machine sold, is warranted to give satisfaction. A Nate , INVENTION.—We refer our business matt to an advertisement in another column headed "To Capitalists." The "Universal Quilter" is an en _ tirely -new principle In Sewing-Machine develop ment, and could be made of invaluable service in every family in embroidering children's garments, working fancy patterns, coverlets, bed quilts—ln fact, its range of work is co-extensive with the la dies' wants ; and in these trying times for patents It IS well to know that it has been secured against all ',infringement. Aa an investment for an enterprising ,brisiness man of means, we know of none better. •See advertisement. sel4-wfs3t* SwannEns from Deafness, Throat Disease% Ca larrh, Asthma and Impaired Sight ; should not fail to...read, In this morning's Inquirer, the advertise. fiike4t of Dr. Von leoaclizisker. It contains name roni testimonials from responsible citizens, who have been under his oars. Ttairrs.—"When. tights were fashionable, a cus tomer returned a pair of trowsers to his tailor be cause they were too small for his legs. "But you told me to make them as tight as your sldn," said the tailor• "True," said he, "for I can sit down in my skin, but PH be split if I can in the breeches." There Is splitting of unmentionables now-a-days, if they are procured at the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Hockhill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chest nut street, above Sixth. Wa sua by foreign papers that a Doctor Paul Bert has been grafting animals, that is to say, he has been putting a chicken's tail to grow on a dog, and a cat's paw on a monkey's leg. But we have some monkeys here that are made, a "cat's paw" of, without the pain of grafting, and some puppies that show the "white feather" as naturally. sail* it grew there. Not even a suit of clothing from Chas. Stokes Bi. Co's " one price," tinder the Continental, will disguise such characters. BARG4INB IN CLOTHING, Bargains in Clothing, Bargains in Clothing, • , Bargains in Clothing, At Granville Stokes'•Old Stand, jAt Granville Stokes' Old Stand. tAt Granath° Stokes' Old. Stand. At Granville Risk* Old Stand. No. 609 Chestnut Street. • No. 609 Chestnut Street. - No. 609 Chestnut Street. No. 609 Chestnut Street. DEAtmEse, Throat DLseasee, Catarrh, tksttur.., treated by a new and most successful treatment. Eye.--AllmaliAllas of the eye attended to' by Dr. Von Dilmicbsisker, Oculist and Aurist. Offioe 1427 Walnut street. • A.. S. bornut, 30.1 North Broad street, Coal dealer, would respectfully advise his friends mild the . publie in general not toNelay in buying tbeir coal, and run the risk of paying further advances, but buy at ones of hilsuperior stook of large anti nuall stove, stove, egg, SEch None to exoel, for to t ality, durability, cheapness.', Eta AND EAR most sucoessfislly treated by J. Isa Oculist and Antlelh•6ll•Plos at, Artiti. clal eyes Insertad. 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