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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 186
A' I OF ; E SOL ; •IN
EVERY COUNTY.
UNION STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE Roots, No. 116.1
Chestnut Street. —Onr friends in every county and die
trial 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 mist be done to ena
ble the tickets to be prepared tosend to the several regi
ments of the State.
County Committees should also prepare and send
with the Commissions their several county tickets, or
send a 'special agent with the Commissions to carry
them.
The Sentiment of American . Unitj : inde
structible.
We believe—and the more we study the
revelations of the war and the spirit of the
Southern people the firmer is our faith—
that when the military power of the rebel
lion is broken the enthusiasm with which
the Southern ,States will return to the .
Union will be even greater than the .re
luctance with which the majority left it.
Virginia, Louisiana, and North Carolina
were earnestly opposed to secession, and
were actually bullied into. submission 'by
the superior• energy of the Cotton States.
Even in these there existed at the begin
ning of the war a profound devotion to the
Union, and a well-founded •dread of the
results of rebellion. ALP.XAKDETt STEPITENS,
now the Vice President of the Confederacy,
plead for the Union, in 1860, with his whole
soul, and almost•with the passion of grief.
Missouri and Tennessee, States that-passed
the ordinance of secession, would now
resist to the last any attempt to drag
them from the Union. They , have
tried the experiment of independence,,
and have found it ruinous. TO. whole
South has discovered the madness of its
feverish dream. Nothing keeps it froin the
Union now but the monster of its own cre
ation—a great army, controlled by a few
able men, kept together by necessity, disci
pline, and the inspiration of sectional pride.
There is not a regiment in LEE'S army
- which will not fight its enemies; but the
majority of the men in his army, if con
viuced that they were beaten, would wil
lingly sustain as citizens the Union they
oppose as soldiers.
The sentiment of American unity is inde
structible. The American people were
never divided by an ordinance of secession.
They have not been permanently divided by
the war. It is a fact that the war has taught
North and South reciprocal respect; that it
has convinced each section of the strength
of the other; that it has shown bOth sec
tions how valuable each is to the other.
Not until this war had either North or
South a teorthy antagonist ; and the co
• basal armies, the terrible battles, the un
paralleled campaigns of this war, inshow
big to the world the strength of: each
section, have demonstrated the irresistible
:: power inherent in their Union. We do
not believe that the war has widened the
gulf; it has rather narrowed it in de
stroying slavery. If we want evidence
that the sentiment of American unity is
undestroyed we can find it in the ut
terances of the Southern people now, as
well as in the return of seceded States.
The Richmond Enquirer of the Bth inst.,
commenting on recent editorials . in Tics •
PRESS, the Washington Chronicle, and the
New York Times, says : " The American
continent for American civilization is as
much a Confederate as.. a Federal senti
ment, and, notwithstanding the passions
excited and aroused by this• war, the peo
ples of the two sections must ever lean more
on each other than on any other nation."
It is true that this journal . argues that
this sentiment of Union is compatible with
the existence , of two governments, and.
would be stronger between` two American'
nations than in one, bitt th.e admission, -
not the argument, that is valuable. We
need not attempt 'to ,refute the idea "that
in an offensive and .defensive alliance of
the two nationalities againet, the world,
with separate governnients for domestiCaf-,
fairs, lies their true and real interest, as
well as the road to lasting ,peace."
enough that a leading rebel organ affirms
that the toar has not destroyed, even in the
South, the underlying sentiment that the
ilmericass are one. people.
The Administratioli bases its policy on
this faitk.. It *osacutea the war to keep
Americans one people. It will entertain
no proposals to divide theni. It is fight
ing the armies of JEFF DAVP in the inte
rest of the Southern people, and it means
to make peace 4 the earliest moment, and
on the most magnanimous terms. General
McCheradirt and his party, in declaring
their readiness to sniimit•to an immediate
. armistice, virtually submit to the military
power of the rebellion, and acknowledge
the inability of the United States
to subdue it. It Is not in this way
that our country can be preserved: It
is only by perseverance in. a war
which is already crowned with success ;
which is not made against the South, but
the rebellion in the South, that we can
hope to preserte it ; and those who are
sinevely convinced that the great idea of
American unity still underlies the fury of '
civil contention, will not be deceived by
that pallid phantom' of -peace - which : arose ,
out of the grave of the Deinooticat Chi.
. . ry.
cago.
Gpieral Carl
. chmo
.Speech.
'The meeting at Concert Hall last eve
ning most auspiciously : opened. - the series
of' great and intelligent gatherings to be
held during the . campaign, under the direc
tion of the Union League. The sound and
unshaken confidence of the people in the vast
cause at stake in the present canvass was
nobly exhibited in. the enthusiastic appre
ciation with which Gen. SCHURZ' extreme
ly logical and eloquent effort was received.
To this speech we would -invite attention,
but we are sure it will command it. Gen.
Scruonz discussion 6f the question of
peace is one of the most statesmanlike and
exhaustive that we have heard. It has
not added truths to the cause, but, never
tholes% most noble wprds of cheer and
warning. " All that we have done is
nothing, unless we :. do nxbre; 2 ' says
F mum; and in this brief expression he
has touched the heart of the . genOal
conviction. To the argumentative power
of our best lawyera he adds the soul of an.
orator and the experience •of , a soldier.
How vividly he has pictured the perfidy.,
and shame of the last act of hostility to the
Government and the cause, the reader may
judge. This speech cannot but produce 'a
marked effect, and we, therefore, direct
attention to the accurate' and complete re
port, specially prepared by this journal.
WA. SHINGIOMIN.
WASHIIfIaTC/W 2 * Sept. 16, 1884.
MCP.TVALS OF DESERTERS-THEIR STATE-
311111 TB.
Seventy-eight rebel deSerters arrived here this
riming from City Point by the steamer Vanddrbilt.
1 hey represent Florida, Georgia, North Carolina,
Tennessee, and 'Virginia regiments. They saythat;
ricce General n
__RANT , s order, great vigilance is
err:reified by rebel officers to prevent desertions.
V. any deserters have been shot while endeavoring
th make their way to our lines. Fifteen of these
dererters belonged to the 11th Florida Regnient,
V filch entered the Confederate service eleven hun
dred strong, and which has now less than one hunz
Bred men. These deserters say the rebel'army - is
ing rapidly filled up with conscripts, and large •
droves of old men and boys are being brought - Into
t) air camps nearly every.daY. litany
7et fight; which lea fact known to the' oftleepOrki: .
krep them strictly guarded. There were:four - Aka •
ers among the number brought here this*rnink. -
They belonged to a Virginia regiment,and all feVr t
of them deserted at the same time. All 'of theta.
deserters took the oath at City Point before being
brought to this city, and Colonel IrmaearAsi,this•
morning, furnished the majority of them with trolB.; .
portation North.
Rebel deserters -in, batches of ten to twenty riateh
thirty arrive here daily. -They . express them/Wily
Wad to escape the,hiAl'Oftlitii tyant sad gsiii:a foot
liold where eltrillzation.eits. ,
A srals-TFIcAN'r ' ; ,9rripEr : /*): arOTtO
One Of the transparenciles to be borne in-tbro
,uoeratic procession: tctihorrowereni . eg bears 'this
beautiful motto : "A. 0111 144a PreeVithi.”
M..l' : •
DEATH 0710. 1 A PENNSYLVANIAN.
'a 11nrti
Rtroonric o , 724:bes4ne si !Stn Pennsylvania' s =
the only death reported from rink trite at Captaln
Moonless office to-day.
ItERRL INCURSIONS INTO LOUDON COUNTY.
The rebels still continue their thieving incursions
Into Loudon county, V 9.. and several cltlvens rep . ort
having lost severely by those marauders.
EFFORTS TO FILL TII QUOTA.
Vigorous efforts are being made to supply the de
ficiency now existing as to the number wantod to fill
our quota. It looks as if something would he done.
AFFAIRS AT THE FRONT
There is nothing specially now before Petersburg,
but it'is believed that the present quiet will not be
of long duration.
TIIE PRESIDENTIAL CAR.
The sumptuous slxteen•whoeled car, intended for
the President's use, is finished, and Is waiting or
ders at Alexandria.
EX-SECRETARY CRASE.
Es-Secretary daces has returned to Washington
from his tour through the New . England States,
THE DRAFT IN PHILADELPHIA.
It Is reported hero that the draft will commence
in your city on the 22d of this month, without fail.
ADMIRAL PORTED.
Admiral PORTRA arrived here today from the
West.
THE WAR,
THE ARMY BEFORE PETERSBURG.
PRESENTATION OF ITNITED STATES
MEDALS FOR BRAVERY.
SPEECH OF' GENERAL MF,ADE.
Heavy Firing from our Batteries on Wednesday.
OEN. GRANT EN ROUTE FOR WASHINGTON•
THE REBELS DESERTING IN DROVES
-Affairs in. Arkansas and Missouri,
THE EEBEII. PRICE ACROSS TEE
ARKANSAS RIVER.
SIISIBIOS ADVANCE IN SOUTIIRASTERN MISSOURI.
Mineral A J. Smith on the Watch for Them
THE ARMY BEFORE PETERSBURG.
PRESENTATION OP BOVIALS OE HONOR FOE
BRAVERY-SPEECH OP GEN. MEADE.
ExPosa.P.BTNRSBURG, Sept.l4.—Yesterday, three
soldiers of the bth Corps were each presented with a
niedal of honor for capturing battle•flags from the
enemy.
At four o'clock Generals Meade, Warren, and
Hancock ascended the platform, Generals Crawford,
Ayres, Griffin, Baster, Hunt, and Bragg, with their
staffs, standing near, as also a large number of re
gimental officers.
General Warren, In a loud, clear voice, stated the
object for which they had thus met together, and call
ed. the names of those who were to be honored,
desiring them to oome forward to the plat
form. First Sergeant John Shilling, Company H,
3d Regiment Delaware Volunteers, who captured a
South Carolina flag; Private F. 0 Anderson, Com
pany 11, 18th MassachuSetts Veteran Volunteers,
who captured the hag of the 27th South Carolina i
and Private George H. Reed, Company E, 11th
Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, who captured
the flag of the 24th North Carolina, came forward
to the platform, and, presenting arms, came to a•
shoulder. Major General Meade then • arose, and,
during the utmost quiet and most respectful atten
tion, addressed the soldiers as follows:
OPVIOERS AND SOLDIERS OP FirTH CORPS : I
have to-day to perform a most pleasant and gratify
ing duty—to present to certain meritorious non
commissioned officers and privates medals of honor,
conferred on them by the War Department for dis
tinguished conduct on the field of battle, in captur
ing flags from the enemy. It has been customary
in all ages for nations to commemorate and reward
the gallantry and devotion of their sons when en
gaged in the holy cause of defending their country.
In the Word of God some of the most beautiful pas
sages of the Psalmist are devoted to commemorat
ing and praising the deeds of the warriors of old ;
for even the chosen .people of God were, in the exe
cution of His will, cam - belled to take up arms and
battle fir their cause. The histories of the
ancient republics of Greece and Rome are
filled with accounts of the honors bestowed
upon these warriors, crownintr them ' with
wreaths of laurels, by triumphant prooes
:don s, in which were exhibited the trophies and' pri
soners captured in battle, the whole population
turning out to do honor to these heroes. In more
modern times nations have adopted various modes
of conferring distinctions for, military services, by
conferring military rank, titles of nobility, estates,
and appropriations of money; on the private sol
diers medals . and other decorations, together with
pensions and endowing institutions; where the aged
' and disabled soldier can live in comfort and quiet.
Nor has our own country been remiss in this. re
spect, notwithstanding the oft-quoted adage that re
publics are ungrateful. Resides numerous votes
of thanks by Congress, the gratitude of our people
for the devotion displayed by soldiers on the battle
. field has been testified in many ways ; States, counties,
apd cities have presented lands, houses, &a, The
fairs devoted to raising funds for the Sanitary
Commission have been made the means pf honor
itgathe'brave and distinguished, and during the
. session liefore the last Congress passed a resolution.
authorising the Secretary of War too.confer on die- .
t anguished ncinacommissioaed . officers and privates .
medals of honor. This is the fir4 . occasiori on Whit&
the men of this army have been so honored; and•l-•
decreed it proper, through your . • corps commander,
to call you together, that the conferring of this dis..
Unction might be witnessed by the coatra des of the
recipients, and that the Influence of their example
might serve to incite others to emulate their worthy
conduct. I wish, moreovcr,to say to you that although
this is the first occasion of the presentation of these
medals of honor. I trust, and have reason to believe,
the precedent thus made will be soon followed by
_many other presentations, and that I' am now
preparing a list of names of enlisted men who
have, Irons time to time, since my assuming
command of this army, distinguished themselves by
acts of gallantry in thecid, and whose services
hare beim reported officially to the Department.
This list I shall transmit to the Secretary of War,
and urge on him the justice and expediency of send
ing medals of honor to all mentioned ;therein. It
has always been my desire promptly to reward the
good conduct of the private soldiers of the army. I
have always borne testimony to the devotion and
bearing of the Metier my command, and upon ail
occasions like the present, where I have had an op
portunity to give public expression to my views, I
have stated it was 'to the heroism and gallantry of
the private soldiers that our' past success in this
war was due, and upon which our future success
depended. I know, and you litow, that, whatever
May be the talents or the genius of a command
ing general, arid however well laid his plans, un
less he is Sustained by the brave hearts and stout
arms of, his soldiers, success will not attend his
efforts. I therefore take this opportunity, while re
minding you of how much depends on the indivia
dual exertions of each one of you ; to say to you that
our countrymen look to you for renewed exertions,
to unceasing and persistent •efforts to overcome our
enemies, and bring this war to a close ; and I trust
the medals now presented will serve as Incentives to
. urge you to emulate and surpass the deeds of your
comrades now about to be honored. Sergeant John
U. Shilling, 3d Delaware, Private - S. C. Anderson,
18th lllassachusetts and .Private George W. Reed,
nth Pennsylvania irolunteers, I now present you
with the medals of honor, conferred on you by. the.
' Hon. Secretary of War, by virtue of the authority
of the Congress hi the United States, for your con
spicuous gallantry and good conduct displayed, in
capturing on the held of battle flags from the ene
my. Take these medals. and wear them with ho
norable pride. Preserve them and hand them down
to your posterity as testimonials of . the faithful
manner in which you have discharged your duties
and served your country in its hour of trials. Ac
companying each medal yon will find a letter from
the Secretary of War, to which you are called to re
ply in acknowledgment.. Your replies when made,
I shall be happy to transmit to the Department.
And now, fellow-soldiers of the Lth Corps, let me
nail:: urge .you to emulate the example of these
honored men, and by your future efforts not only
deserve similar rewards, but aid in the great work
in which we are all engaged—the overcoming of the
enemies of our country and the restoration of peace
ant happiness to the whole land. Dismissing as
now useless to diScass, all questions as to the origin
of tblis war, we have daily and hourly evidences that i
it exists, and that ithan only be terminated by hard '
fighting and by determined efforts to .overcarue.the
'armed foes of the Government. Nor do I think it
proper to raise here any questions as matte policy on
which this war should be conducted. With these ques
tions, as soldiers,:we have nothing to do. Their dis
eliFfiOD among you 18DOL only useless, but pernicious.
• Our policy is to fight, and the only question ap tp the
conduct of the war pertinent for us to discuss Is how
best we can defeat those who are in arms with the
avowed purpose of destroying that Government
under which, for three-.quarters .of a century, we had
lived,a united and happy people, almost reachina a
pointtheri we would -have ranked among the first
Potters on the earth. Our duty Jet° compel submis
siinetaithe laws enacted with the consent of the very
people,Who now rebel against them, on.the special
plea of self- government. This duty is no easy task, as
:we here present well know; for it IS no More than:right
to adtalt that our foes fight with bra Very and
determination worthy of .a better cause. But it is
a duty which I know you will all discharge at ever?
saorifice, and I earnestly pray the Ruler of the Uni
verse that in His infinite wisdom and mercy He
may so oilier events that, through your bravery and
devotion to the cause, our enemies may be made to
yield, and the cause of truth and justice prevail, so
,that, peace being restored to the land, the hag of
our fathers honored and respected from the St.
Lawrence to the Rio Grande, we may be enabled to
return to our homes and families to receive those
honors a grateful country Is ready to bestow.
At the close General Warren rose and proposed
three cheers for the Commander of the Potomac
Army, which were accorded with so much enthu
siasm that the very welkin rank.
The army Is in excellent condition, and confidence
of success is stamped on every face. Our military
and naval success& have had a wonderful effect,
evasion the most habitual grumbler. The weather
is cool and dry.
REORGANIZATION OP THE 6TH CORPS—ORDERS RE
LATING TO DISLOYAL INHABITANTS WITHIN THE
LINES.
BEFORE PETERSBURG,' Sept. 14.—The following
General Orders, have just been leaned :
:HEADQUARTERS, 6TH ARMY . CORPS, Sept. 12.-7
General Orders No. 26-Extract.—By authority
Prom headquarters Army of the Potomac, the .fol
.lowing reorganization of the corps is ordered, and
will be carried into enact - immediately
First. The 4th liiiision; bth Army Corps, is dis•
continued.
Second. The following regiments, belonging ori
ginally to the old ISt Army Corps, and now serving
with the let and 2d Divisions, are transferred to the
Divkion 12Ist Pennsylvania, 142 d Pennsylvania,
..1484 Pennsylvania,l49th Pennsylvania, 150th Penn
•sylvania, 50th Pennsylvania, 76th New York, 96th
New York,l47th New York.
. Third. Tho 190th and 191st Regiments Pennsyl
vania Veteran Volunteers are transferred to the 2d
_ , ;Fourth. The proispect of filling up the corpiren
dere it desirable to retain the organizations of
three brigades to a division, and each division
commander will arrange his brigades as he may
think beat. ' •
By command of Major General-Warren.
T, X..OOKE,
•
Alialatant Adjutant. general.
• •
We will soon be rid (Wall the natives of this dis•
tracted district.; The follewing order seems to make
provision for, their remaining . at any place but
within our lines :
HILADQUAUTEREI ARMIES OF THE UNITED
STATES, CITY. POINT, Va.. Sept. 18, 1884.
' SPECIAL 'ORDERS No. 98—(Extraetd—fiereafter,
rations will not ,be Bold to . citizen's residing vrithin
the lines of the :armies operating against Rich
mond, unless such persons take the oath of alle
giance.
Gratuitous Issues of provt3iona wilt not be_msde
to citizens except on certificates that they are desti
tute, and have no Menne of purchasing, and in Btloll
cases,issues will be made in accordance with Gene - -'
rat Order No. 64, A. G. 0., War Department.
Citizens who are Inimical to the Government, or
refuse to take the oath of allegiance, will bo sent
into the enemy's lines.
Those citizens who take the oath of allegiance
will be sent to the Northern States if they desire to
go there.
By command of Lieut. Gen. Grant.
T. L. Bowalts, A. A. G.
THE REBELS DRSERTINO IN DROVES.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—A letter received In this
city today, from an officer on General Grant's
staff, dated at Olty Point on Wednesday, says: •
"I have no stirring news to record today, but
everything looks bright and cheering. Every day
we lie here we are weakening the enemy more or
less. While their troops are deserting to our lines
In droves, we are receiving large accessions of new
recruits."
The 11th Florida (rebel) Regiment, which entered
the rebel service with eleven hundred men, has
been reduced, deserters say. to less than ono hun
dred, by desertions and casualties of war, but princi
pally by desertions.
Among the seventy-eight rebel deserters brought
here this morning, from. City Point, wore fifteen
from this regiment.
MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS.
MOVEMENTS" OF PRICE AND SRELITy--GEN. A. .1
smITH'S ADVANCE AT SULPHITE SPRINGS.
• ST. Loom, Sept. 16.—Reliable information has
been received here that General Price crossed the
Arkansas river at Dardanelles, about half way be
tween Little Rook and Port Smith, on the Stb, with.
5,000 rebel cavalry, evidently destined for Missouri.
Shelby's movements in Northeast Arkansas and
- Southeast Missouri seemed to be aimed at Cape Gi
rardeau, but nothing is yet known as to his designs,
while Price Will probably strike at Springfield.
These places are well fortified, and have garrisons
strong enough to repel any assault.
Gen A: J. Smith's advance arrived at Sulphur
Springs, about twenty miles below here, to-day,
where they go into camp,- and will probably wait
the deelopmehts of the enemy.
NORTH CAROLINA.
CAPTURE OF A SMALL DESPATO-STEAMER BY
THE REBELS-THE PROVOST JUDGE OF NBNVUERN
TAKEN PRISONER
Nawuntw, Sept'. 10.—The little despatch-steamer
Faun, on her regular trip from Norfolk to Roanoke
Island, through the canal, was captured and burned
by the enemy on the evening of the 9th.
Major Jenney, provost judge of Newbern, and a
few other persons on the Faun, were also captured.
A large number of Idle negroes been sent
from here to General Grant to work In the trenches.
Under the new Treasury regulationti, parties who
produce cotton, naval stores, and other products of
their own labor, aro now allowed to ship the same
to Northern markets, through agents appointed by
the Government. No sales or 'bartering in the
same by private parties will be allowed in the de
partment, under any circumstances.
The Hon. John Satterlee, of New York, who has
been on a tour of inspection, left for Washington on
the 9th.
Recruiting agents who arrived here with drafts,
certified checks, and Stato money, are obliged
to return to the North for greenbacks, being unable
to obtain recruits without them.
Recruiting is still' progressing under favorable
circumstances, though most of the agents have been
called home, owing to the near approach of the
draft.
Business is very dull" In Newborn. 'Pile report
that yellow fever had made its appearance here Is
untrue, but the sudden ohange in the weather has
developed congestive chills, whioh gave rise to the
report. Dr. Dougherty, port surgeon, has been very
successful in the treatment of this disease.
rOIEtarRENS MONROE.
MEAN'S FIRING ON .WEIMESDLY AT PETBRBI3IIRO
VISIT OB ORN. GRANT TO WASHINGTON
FORTRESS Blouson, Sept. 15.—Intelligence from
the front received here states that our batteries
opened on the enemy on Wednesday, and heavy
firing was kept up all - day, in order to silence the
rebels, who for some days•have been annoying our
lines, particularly on the left. *.
The steamer Georgia, which was captured off Lis
bon by the U. S. frigate Niagara, put into Fortress
Monroe to-day, somewhat disabled.
Lieutenant General Grant arrived at Fortress
Monroe yesterday afternoon, on his way to Wash-
Inston.
DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.
ARRIVAL PROM. PORT ROYAL-A DRAFT ORDRER,D
BY fiXNERAL FOSTER
Nxlr Tofu, Sept. 16.—The steamer Fulton, from
Port Royal, S. C., on the 13th inst., arrived this
morning.
The Palmetto herald says that the Steamer Con
necticut, bound for Mobile, put into Port Royal on
the 13th, to repair a leak in one of her boilers.
General Foster has ordered a draft of all the able
bodied coltred citizens In the department.
NEW YORK CITY.
(Special Corretporidence.The Press.]
NEW YORE, September 16, 1864.
A NEW .OANDIDATE.
Despite thejnflammationpf the World, on behalf
of young Mr. McClellan, and the frantic' endea
vors of kindred journals to hide the defection of the
ultra Copperheads, the fact is peculiarly apparent
to all. :The editors of this ultra stamp have held a
meeting at the St Nicholas Hotel, for the purpose
of considering how to escape the - acquisitive youth.
This Is the result :
Resolves, That a Call be addressed to. the :fen-er
gotism Democrats to . meet at Cincinnati, Ohio, in
the course of the present month., for the purpose of
'a pointing a Candidate-representing that, branch of
the Democratic party. whioh: tha letter. of General.
McClellan completely ignores. .
It is stated that Mr. Charles frOonor, the emi
.nent Irish lawyer of this city, is the prospective can
didate. Very certain it is that he would prove one
of the most poPhiar of nominees with his party.
CATHOLIO MATTERii3.
A new monastery has been erected just out of Ho
boken, and is at present attracting many visitors.
Its denomination ism Saint Michael's." The priests
in charge are Italian..
Quite' number of Sisters of Charity have latter.
ly arrived from'France, some of them bringing vari
ous gifts to the churches. These women, arrayed in
black, with their strange white bonnets starched
marvellously; never fail to attract, respectful atten
tion in the streets. They are a glftof the picturesque
to us who do not know what it is to be picturesque
ourselves. And one of these stately, unsmiling and
unloving Norman • Sisters moving through a crowd
"leavens the whole," and cheats us temporarily
into the idea' that v e are not quite so hard and prac
tical as the world would have us.
R.EIeSONAL
Gen. Hooker is at the Astor House. Gov. Curtin,
of Pennsylvania, is at the same place: A serenade
was given to the latter gentleman last evening, and
after a collation, partaken of by admiring friends,
speeches and toasts were indulged in, and a general
inteichange of sentiments. Gen. Franklin was pre-'
sent and participated.
It is asserted this. morning that Ruins S. An
drews, Surveyor of the• Port, has been removed., and
that the would-be -übiquitous Mi.. A. Wakeman,
P. M., has been appointed' to the_ vacancy. It is
also rumored that Mr: A. J. Williamson, editor of
the Sunday 'Dispatch, succeeds to the Postmaster
ship.
Dudley Kavanagh is still the billiard ohampton
of America. He beat Tiernan in lait evening's
match, thereby winning $l,OOO, and the "golden
cue " Tiernan made only 927 Writs out of the 1,500.
The Rev. Dr. Potts, of the University Place
Church, died yesterday morning, at the age of sixty
thiee. He was fornier;y settled In Natchez, Miss,
• Illy Telegraph.
ARRIVAL OF . WOUNDED.
The steamer Baltic arrived today from Fortress
Monroe with siok and wounded soldiers.
MARINE INTIMLIORNOS.
Arrived brig Pino, from Antwerp, Inguinish Bay,
C. 8., Sep t.l6.
The bark Sophia McKenall, of New York, in bal
last, bound to Dalhousie, went ashore on Broad
Cove, night before last, during a fog, and became a
total wreck. The crew were all saved.
THE "21HW 'NATION " STOPPED By AN INJUNCTION.
The publication of the New Nation was stopped
today by an injunction issued by. Judge Suther
land. .
THE 'INJUNCTION ON THE "NNW NATION."
[ The Sunreme Court injunction, put today upon
[ the New Nation (Fremont's organ), referred only to
the imitation printed by General Oluscret. The
regular paper goes to press to-night. The difticnlty
[ in the matter, as is inferred from a copy of the sup
;pressed sheet, seems to have been an attempt on,
.theort Of Generalpluseret to•turnthe_paper °vet
- to eperson who hasNit 7, hithligitii appeared prohii . •
nently as a possibloAndidate for the Presidency.
r,lvrtosxot'pp A ST/IA11641:TO
The steam-tug A. B.. Saunders exploded her boiler
this morning, on the - East river. The vessel was
blown to pledes. She was racing with another tag
at the time. The captain (Boyle) had both arms
and legs broken, his injuries being mortal. Five of
the crew have not been found, and are supposed to
be drowned or killed by the expleiton. One man
escaped by swimming. A. piece of boat fell Ina
marble yard on the short, severely injuring a man
there.
ARRIVAL' OF A PRIZE.
The prize steamer,A. D. Vance arrived here this .
morning..
THE GOLD ht.i.EHET.
Gold closed at the everdneeschange at 22135.
BAITINORN.
_
BdLTIMORIG, September 16
UNEASINESS AMONG SECESSIONISTS.
-The late orderiof Gen. Sherman•in regard to his
mode of dealing with Secessionists causes a great
deal of uneasy fluttering in- that body here. A few
indignant comments, and a comparison favorable to
Butler, is about the extent of their condemnation
and protest at present.
Bounty jumpers, both male and female, continue
to thrive; bdt the authorities are active, and
scarcely a day passes that several are not detected
and made to sailer the penilties.
AN IMPORTANT RUMOR.
It is rumored here that. a distinguished military
chief is in this city, whose destination is the Shenan
doah Valley. A train wat kept in readiness all last
evening for some purpose, and this may have given
rise to the rumor.
CALIFORNIA.
MINING, COMMERCIAL, AND POLITICAL A7PAIRS.
SAN lestencleoo, Sepi.:l6.—Matters in the State
are quiet, but prosperous. The depression in
mining stocks has not affected whatever the actual
developinent in the ylelil of gold and silver; which
continues large.
The usual manufacturing interests are now more
prosperous than ever. .
The political, campalAn has ; been felrlifnaimu
rated by a series of meettiigg of both puttee.
POWICaI.
UNION CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION IN DELA
WARE.
litrmmtnoTom, Sept. -18.---The :Union State Con
vention assembled at Dover yesterday, at 12 o'clock.
The Hon. Nathaniel H. Smithers was renominated
tor Congress on the first ballot,
TAE PRESS. --- PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SF2TEMBEIt, 17,4804:-,
States, who advocate partly peace at any price,
and partly the offering of concession and compro_
raise. Fourthly, the great Union party, who want
peace upon the basis of the restoration of the
Union, and a fall and complete vindication of
the lawful authority of the Government [cheers],
and now want further the employment of all
the means that can subserve that great object.
[Cheers.] It seems, then, that this word Is of
very 'wide meaning, and we should first ascer
tain its tine significance. The conditions upon
which the rebels offer us peace are known to us
all. It is the recognition of the independence of
the Southern Confederacy ; it is the cession of all
the States Claiming to belong to the Confederacy,
with the addition of Missouri, Maryland,,and Ken.
tueity, and the District of Columbia. It may be
said that modesty is not one of their:virtues, but
they may yield a point or two in time. [Laugh
ter.] Although our people have made up their
minds upon these propositions' of the rebels,
yet there aro some persons who really seem
to believe in the possibility of peace on such terms.
Let me ask whether the separation can be made,
and whether peace may be thus attained, and second._
ly, whether it would be a desirable peace? What
shall be the boundary line] If we should take
the Rocky Mountains, they would not be too broad to
separate two people exasperited by long and bitter
feuds. The best national boundaries we can con
oeive of are the Potomac and the Ohie ; south of
that line there are two States that'would, in any
event, be claimed for the Union—Kentucky and
Western Virginia. Can we sell our friends there 7
Can we abandon them to rebel despotism? Impossr
ble. But thenit may be said the rebels will continuo
the war for the sake of Western Virginia and Kens
tucky. In.that case we may as well continuetheyyar
for the sake of the whole Union, for the restleriand
reckless elements in those two States would unite
with the restless elementi in. the Southern States,
_and 'peace , coirkle not bedapting.., sskssain. a the boon- •
dary line would cross the MissiSsippi, and leave 'the
month of that stream in the hands of the enemy..
The matter is hardly-fit for discussion. The
• Mis
sissippi is the great highway to the Gulf of Mexico.
It is the Atlantic Ocean ramified thousands of miles •
into the interior of the country. Not only is New
Orleans its port, but Cincinnati, and St. Louis, and,
all the other great cities that may spring up upon
the banks of its tributaries. If we should give up
that stream would it tot be as if some person were
allowed to have his gripe upon our throat and to
tighten his held upon us whenever he chose 1 The
people of the United States have bought 'the Mis
sissippi, once with their money and twice with their
blood [Loud applanse.] Would the South seil it
, No, they would not. Can the North do without it 1
No, they cannot. How, then, could these conflict
ing interests he adjUsted as between two rival na
tions 1 We should be in constant jeopardy of war,
if we should consent to peace upon the basis of
separation.. Military necessity would become not
only an accidental feature of war times, but .a'com
mending element of the Government. Our. very
safety and security would• compel the c en
traliiation of power. It must be clear, then,
to every candid mind that a settlement on
such a basis would be nothing but a mere
a teinporary armistice. The, restoration of the
Union is a downright, absolute' necessity. [Loud
cheering.] And that conviction strengthened,
what then? The war must be resumed. Under
what circumstances? Now we are fighting the
rebels alone, then we should fight a well-organized
Confederacy, with all her European allies at her
heels. Would it not be wisest and most economical
after all, now that' we have begun, to go through
with it? To you who affect such holy horror of war
and blood, let me say that it will be a vast saving of
blood and calamity for us to pursue this war to
the end instead of running into one which will be
interminable. I despair of convincing those in
foreign countries who have set their' minds
against' us,'but we can make it clear to ourselves
that those who are so clamorous for peace would
be still more clamorous for the breaking up of this
Republic, and dreriphing the land with blood. For
the sake of peace alone, we must restore the Union.
.[Prolonged applauSe.] . Howl 'Either 'voluntarily,
"or by the forced submission of the rebeli to the Go
vernment. There -is a party among us which pre
tends that it can secure the - voluntary submission of
the rebels. Its policy We have set forth in the fol
lowing resolution from the Chicago platform:
Resolved, That'this COnvention does explicitly de
clare, as the sense of the American people, that. after
four years of failure to restore tee Union by the experi
ment or - war, durues which, ander the plea of military
'necessity, or the war power higher than the Constita •
Hon, the Constitution itself has been' disregarded in
every part, public liberty and petyate right alike
trodden down, and the material prosperity of the coon ;
try essentially impaired, that justice.: humanity. liber
ty.' and the, public welfare demand 'that immediate et;
forts be made for the cessation of hestilities,
view to the ultimate convention of all the states, or
other peaceable means, ito the end that, at the earliest..
practicable moment, peacfsmay be restored on the basis.
.of the Federal union of the States,
They declare; this to be the sense of the American.;
people. I apprehend the American people will
take the privilege of thinking about this matter and
ex•pressing their Sense in duo time. [Laughter.]
Thisiftution contains two definite propoSitions
and ope Indefinite proposition first, that the war Is
. fitilure ; this clearly Is'pOsitive. Secondly; that'.
the war ought to cease ; and the third is made with
a view to a Convention of all the States. Tile first
two propositions can be carried into effect if it be
the sense of the American people that. those
who adopted them shall be placed in power;
but the carrying out of the thirdsproposition I
requires the co-operation of Jefferson Davis.
The Democratic party cannot have a Convention of
all the States unless each be the sense of Jefferson
Davis and the States in rebellion. [Applause.] If
It should be, what then? On that point the Chicago
platform soya nothing, but this is what the Ameri
can people want to know. Stopping the war is just
what Jefi Davis wants, and the Convention of all the
States Is just what he does-not want. Will you ac
quiesce in this experiment for, the benefit of the
Confederacy, or- will you resume the' war? What
in the name of common sense will you do? Here we
stand before such a jumble of nonsense that our
heads begin to reel, and we can make nothing
farther out of this Chicago platform., But let us
pass to another consideration bearing upon this
question. We'Lave some moans of ascertaining the
Sentiments of the rebel leaders, and I call upon any
man to tell me did ho ever see the least indication
of a willingness on the part of the rebel Govern
ment even to take into consideration' a proposition
looking toward the - restorafion of the Union? Tb
'rebels know full well that any offer of Compromise
on their part would increase the political discOrd
and diversity of sentiment prevailing among us,
and it is singular that as a matter of possibility
they have not at least indicated a desire to make
an advance towards negotiation. But did not Mr.
Benjamin, in his letter to Mr. Mason, say the re
cognitiot of the Confederacy is the absolute sine
qua non to all negotiations 7. Yet in the face of all
this, men at Chicago dared to hold out to the Ante•
rican people the promise that the rebels -would
agree to come back, and on this ground dared to:ad
vise you to stop the war. This absurdity speaks of'
sChenies that shun the light, and well might the
Yellen eighares,. and Longs, and' liarrisea vote, for
such a resolution Is virtually a recognition of the
Confederacy. Suppose that party shobld be raised
to , power. The first act ,Is to propose la Ireifersan
Davis a cessation of hostilities. Ho. will, at once
fail himself master of the situation. • Re will
say, You have only to negotiate alba Aim on
the basis of the independence of the Con
federacy: Von have only to raise the block
ade withdraw, your.. armies; ; than. you: -wick.
have the kindness to dismiss all the negro soldiers
tani•Oanse]. apd, with a view to all this, sea should
TYNE: GREAT
UNION MEETING
x• *Lir w - X CA- lEr
A THRONG AT CONCERT EEL
POWERFUL ADDRESS BY CARL SCHURZ.
AN INSPIRING- SCP.N.D.
One of the most powerful, pointed, and logical
addresses we have ever been privileged to listen to
was delivered last evening, to a crowded and enthu
siastic audience, by General Oarl Schurz. The ad
dress was delivered at Concert Hall, at the invite•
tion of the Union League. The stage Was appro
priately decked with flags, and stirring music, was
discoursed by a. full band. At 8 o'clock General
Schurz entered upon the stage, and, the cheering
having subsided, was introduced by Judge Knox in
the following remarks :
BRMARKS OF JUDGE KNOX
Fellow-citizens of Philadelphia : I rise for the pur
pose of performing a grateful duty. We have as
sembled here to-night to listen to an addrems from
one of freedom's most distinguished advocates
—{checrsi—one who, by his voice, his pen, and his
sword, has proven his devotion to the cause of 11-
bony, and his belief in the capacity of man for self
government. [Cheers.] Heartily and cordially ban
we welcome him here, for he has proven by his acts
that he is a sure friend of this, the country of his
adoption. [Applause.] , The enemy of tyrants at
home, the land of his birth, the foe of the oppressor
there, he has not proved, I am happy to say, the ad
vocate of tyranny,,, or the apologist of oppression
here. He will speak to us tonight, my friends, in
behalf of our great standard-bearer, the President
of the United States, [tremendous cheers,] Abra
ham Lincoln, of Illinois, [continued cheers,] who is
destined, this time, to be his own successor. He will
speak to us, too, on behalf of that noble man who
faithful among the faithless stood, Andrew Johnson,
of Tennessee, [loud cheers.] He will speak to us in
behalf of our common country, in favor of the unity
and perpetuity of the American Republic. Thaw),
vocate, my friends, is worthy of the cause, and that
is the highest commendation that can be spoken in
behalf of mortal man. That cause is the embodi
ment, the true personification, of justice, and, there
fore, entitled to the - sympathy and support alike of
men and of angels. It is my privilege to presone
to you General Carl Schurz. [Loud applause.]
SPEECH OF OEN. CARL SOlauaz.
Fellow-citizens: In times like these, when the pass
ing events of every day cast ever-varying_ shadows
and lights upon our situation, when our minds are in
turn possessed with joyfulness and despondency, it
is right that we slfonld, from time to time, flu our
eyes upon those things and ideas which may serve
as immovable and permanent points of direction.
The ailairs of this country have evidently arrived at
a crisis. We are engaged in a war for the restora
tion of the Union. The Union is,.not 'yet restored,
and yet we hear the cry of "Peace. ,, The desire
for peace is not peculiar to any political party. Wo
all cherish it. But what's peace, and how is peace
to be restored 1 .This is the question which the peo
ple will have to consider in November, Upon this
question depends everything else. UPon this ques
tion the mind of every conscientious citizen ought
to be made up firmly and Irrevocably, whatever
events to-day or to-morrow may bring forth. The
advocates of peace can be divided Into four great
classes. Firstly, the rebels, who want peace upon
the basis of disunion, and the dissolution of the Go
vernment. Secondly, a•largo number of influen•
tial individuals in foreign countries, who believe
the war is hopeless, and want to see peace. on the
basis of separation. Thirdly, a party in the United
stop the war. Would you subreitl' No. You would
have to resumeithe war, you say. What I resume
a war against "justice, humanity, liberty, and
the public 'welfare I" [Loud applause.] If the
OPPosition party are successful the, old silly
Cry, "for Heaven's sake do not irrita te the South
by keeping negroes in your service , ' [laughter] will
.regain its full sway, and you will soon, doubtless,
be in a state of mind of which it will be very did),
Cult to tell where folly ends and where reason
begins. I. might describe the ruinous effect of
an armistice upon our armies. now on South
% ern soil ; how hundreds of vessels would fly to
Savannah and . other Southern ports, loaded
with arms, attimunition, and other materials,
which would come very handy to our enemies;
how the Confederate loan would look up;
how their finances would be improved—in
one word, how the • whole fighting capacity 'of
the South would take a new and tremendous lm
.• pulse. I might describe all that, but I will forbear.
i There are two measures which, in case of their no
' iliellSiOn to power, that party is most certain to ad
.
.
voeate. 'Victims to that most vicious of all.dise
- eases, called nogrophobia, they would dismiss the
• two hundred thousand negro soldiers we have now
in the service, and, yielding to the most.pemlcious
of all passions, called demagogueism, 'they would
abandon the idea of a, conscription. Would they
not 1 I dare any one of their public men, I dare their
'Candidate, or the most bellicose of thelePaetisans, to
say that the Democratic party will not do that. They
have not the courage to say so. And What will ixi the
eOnsequencel With one hand they will deplete
and weaken the army, and with the other. throw
away the means of filling it up. Take to-day' two
hundred thousand negro soldiers from the posts
and garrisons they are now guarding ; dismiss them
from the service, and then take two hundred thou
sand white soldiers from Atlanta and Petersburg,
and I call upon any military authority of this coun
try to say whether our two groat armies will be
able to hold the field. " Retreat, retreat," will be'
the cry. And, perhaps, It was with a. view to that'
contingency that the Chicago Convention nomi
nated its distinguished military candidate. [Long
Continued applause.]
Do not speak of rapidly filling up our armies when
you give up the _conscription. I apprehend your
friends, in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, your Son§ of
Liberty and American Knights, will be very slow to
enter the field with their imported revolvers.
.
[Laughter.] Far from them to strengthen the
army.: They' will even weaken and destroy that
part of it which .remains, for while the soldier is
. -
witnessin these senseless and ruinous .
proceed
lags, suspicion and distrust will be creeping into .
the ranks; and our brave, boys will 'lose. half
. of their Strength, because ` they will lose all of .
their, I'llsith and confidence ; and then, indeed,
the Seessation of hostilities will acquire quite
a. different 'wiped. Not being able to hold
theafield, far from being able to offer terms of
arrarmistice, you will go to Jefferson Davis, and beg
for one. And if be should have the magnanimity to
grant; it, he will certainly not spare your feelings
with., [conditions. Is :that the cessation of hos
tilities you want? I am sure that is the kind the
rebels want. This kind elan armistice will have at
least one advantage for you. It will at least save
• you the trouble of discussing between yourselves
what - conditions Sou will impose on the rebels.
[Laughter.] But, seriously and soberly speaking, I
think the opposition of the Woods and the Yellen
dighems to the Chicago nominee a most rash and ill
advised proceeding. •If they let him act only upon
the common prejtidices and impulses of the Demo
cratic party, he will as certainly ruin the prospects
of this war as they themselves would do by their
'ingeniously devised "cessation of hostilities," which
givei the rebels all they desire with the prospect of
refusing all that we desire, The one is a military
way of doing things ; the other is a civil way. The
one might be called strategy ,• the other diplomacy.
But I really do not think the difference fs worth
quarrelingeabout. At all events, it may be well for
these men to set a good example for the rest or us by .
keepinsrpeace among themselves. [Laughter and ap
plause.] But I will follow the advocates of the Chica
go platform into the farthest recesses of their argu
ments, which' we do not find in their resolutions,
but in their public papers. They tell us that while
the rebel Government is for war, the. Southern
people are for peace, and they, therefore, appeal
iron the rebel Government to the Southern people.
That is certainly a good idea. There is certainly a
large number of peace men in the Southern States.
They may fairly be divided into two great classes :
first, Secessionists on principle. who ere 'for peace
. because they are tired and sick of the war ; and,
secondly, Union men, who are forpeace on the basis
of the Union. These two claims undoubtedly com
prise a large portion of the people, but I apprehend
are not suffloiently numerous to control the rebel Go.
vernmeet : for if strong enough, why_ do they not do
it 7 The Chicago platform says we must strengthen
them. Certainly. Why do .not those • who are for
peace offer an effective opposition to the rebel Go
vernment? Certainly they are foia . peade, but for
peabe on the basis of a separation. Then I would
suggest; that hoWever tired they are of the war,
they are not yet tired enough. The remedy is
plain. We must carry on the war with such terri
ble energy as to make. all rebeldom quake and.
shake. [Great applause.] We will make them
so tired of the war that after a little while
they will be only too happy to 'make - peaco
at any price. [Applause.] Now, with reference
to the Union men* in the rebel States, there are un
doubtedly many of them among the blacks, [ap
plause,] and a large number of the whites. Why
do they not exercise any decisive influence in the
inbel a titatelt ? a Simply because the rebel Govern
'meat is trio' strong for them and keeps them under.
'What is the remey:l -It is equally simple, that we
have got to carry on the war, and deal upon the
rebel Government such heavy blows as to break its
streugtb. That will give the Union men air to breathe
and freedom °faction. [Great applause.] Bat how
we are to aid the secessionists who are tired of the war
because they want peace on the basis of separation,
and the Union men because the rebel Government
is too strong for them—how we are to aid them by
making the rebel Government stil stronger is a
Point-which will take all the ability and eloquence
of the Chicago Convention assembled to make in
telligible to an intelligent people. [Applause.]
Thee whole .wisdom of this intricate peace policy of
the phicitgq,party may be fairly summed up in this
';ways -you. are struggling wtth a highwayman who'
Las robbed you of your yell:Sables ; you are stronger
. than haand just about to overcome him. Suddenly ,-
you stop, and say . my good fellowl will struggle no
longer, it a Quid be against "justice, humanity, and ,
a ouationirrionwefffilic ; r4 t, Will let you go and wheaf•
- 1. meet you againwill do all that I can in the way
of persuading you to give 'me back all that you
have stolen [Laughter and applause.] This is the
wisdom of the Chicago Convention ; but, I ask you;
is not, this the wisdom of Bedlam also? Now, I
arrive at One feature of this business, which places
its true character in the proper light. It is well
known that some of the leading Powers of Europe,
with Nihon we are in most immediate contact, affect
to believe in because they eesire the final dissolution
of this Republic. What motives may be assigned"
for this fact I know.not. We may attribute it to
..the competition arising from our spirit of. comuier
°lel enterprise. jealousy of our constantly growing
strength, batted of our republican institutions ;
but call it what you will, the fact' is too thinly .dis
gutted to escape recognition. But in speaking of
the tendeneies of some of the political and commer
cial interests of England and France, •it Is
Jar from me 'to cast a slur upon the noble
;Datives of those countries, for .1 sincerely) be
'
Sieve that the ' cause of universal liberty has
.no truer friends abroad than they are. At
s present the so-called Confederacy is a mere assoola
lion of political bodies engaged in a rebellion
against their legitimate Government. They are,
'indeed, recognized as belligerents, but not admitted
into the family of nations as an independent and
equal member. Foreign Powers, however, desirous
et making separation permanent, yet hesitate to
enter into open relations and co-operation with - the
Confederaoy—hrst, because our Government main
tamped with firmness the justice of our cause, and its
inflexible resolution to bring hack the rebellious
states, and, secondly, because the stigma of slavery
rests upon the rebellion, and European Govern
ments have some. respect for public opinion in
their own countries and for the enlightened judg
ment of mankind. But is it reasonable to
suppose that they will refrain from doing so when
they will have a plausible pretext? They would
no doubt be glad to-see us do for them what they are
ashamed to do for themselves. As you, in times
gone by, and, I hope. gone by forever, were required
to do . for the slaveholder the dirty work that he'
deemed below his dignity to do for himself, so foreign
Powers would prefer that you should perform for
them a scarcely cleaner work, which they them
selves feel Much delicacy about, to recognize as
an independent P ower a Confederacy founded
upon;th corner stone of slavery. But, you may
say, they will have to .wait for that. Will they,
indeed 1 Here is the Chicago platform explicitly
declaring as the sense of the American people that
the war is a failure, and must be stopped. And
this you cry into the ears of England and France,
who merely wait to hear you say so. [Applause.]
Have not our enemies in those countries always ad
vocated the recognition of the Confederacy on the
'ground that the war on our part was hopeless, un
just; tyrannical, and ruinous 1 With what delight
the London ,Herald and the London Times will hail -
this declaration! With what triumph they will
point to it! Is it not admitting all that they have
been contending for—hopelessness, injustice, inhu
manity, tyranny, and ruin '1 And now,if the Ameri
can people should be so lost to all sense of shame and
decency as to endorse this declaration at a national
election ; with what consistency will you stand up
before langland and France, and ask them not to
recognize the Confederacy 1 If-this war is Indeed a
failure, would it not be an act of mercy, of justice,
of humanity for, foreign Powers to step in and stbp
It? • And do lon not, by this most infamous decla
ration, invite them to do so ? I will prove to you
that this is no' mere offspring of my imagination.
Some Damage, Lord Lyons wrote to his Government
et official despatch, in which the following passage
(mimed "Several of the leaders of the Democratic
arty
...sought interviews with me, both before and after
shasarival of the intelligence of Gen. McClellan's
1
• isanistal. The subject 'uppermost in their minds,
~bile they were 'speaking to me, was naturally that
/ foreign mediation between North and Smith. Many
11
I hem seemed to think that this mediation must
• ;come at last, but they appeared to be afraid of its
, coming too soon. It was evident thatthey appre
hended that a premature proposal of foreign inter
ception would afford the radical party a means of
reviving the violent war spirit, and thus of defeat
ingthe powerful plans of the conservatives. They
eppeared to regard the present moment as peculiarly ,
"unfavorable for such an offer, and, indeed, to hold
abet it would be ' essential to the success of any pro
posal from abroad that it should be deferred until the
control of the Executive Government should be in the
hands of the coriserratiue party." Foreign Powers
having at last found a pretext for officially meddling
with our difficulties, and, indeed, this seems to be
part of the Chicago platform, we shall see the work
trig of a new agency in the affairs of this conti
nent—an agency which fortunately was unknown to
us as long as the country was one • and that agency
is foreign influence. That once admitted, as it will
be by the adoption of the - Chicago policy, foreign
influence will have the casting vote in all thatpimds •
between us and the South. We shall not have two,
great Powers on this continent, but four, and all but
one bitterly against reunion. Whatever our ultimate
decision may be after such developments whether
att./emote the war at once, or to acquiesce in separa
tion, and then, after a short breathing spell, launch
into, the Confusion of a new conflict there is one
thing certain : we, shall find the south so immense
ly atrengthened, that, if for a people 'like this any
task could be hopeless, this would be hopeless in
- deed. And in the same measure as the South will
be strengthened by this Chicago policy, so we shall
he weakened. I have already alluded to the de
moralization and disintegration of our military
strength but that is not 'all. At present
the enlightened opinion of , the liberal masses
01 Europe is on our side. That opin
ion may in a crisis prove stron enough_ to
bridle the action 01 governments. How can we
expect that opinion to be true to us if we are
trcaci erous' to ourselves ? You have heard of the
people of Germany pouring their gold lavishly into
tic treasury of the United States. You have
beard of a loan of a thousand million of dollars'
having been offered, and being now in progress of
"negotiation. Would those people who are standing
by us so generously in our embarrassments•havee
alone so if they did not trust in our ability and de.
termination to carry through the war 1 And now
they are told by .a party that boasts of being about
to erase the reins of government that the war is a
l enure,. an-must be. given up. You who are 80
,eldi ti
porous about the condition 'of our treasury, do
.you can that raising our -credit abroad 1 Truly,•if it
. w ere your avowed object to reduce the Government
to total impotency for want of means, to render the
nation incapablo a of.- vigercois. movement, your
plant •could .tot be more Sudicionsly ohosen. We
may ask ourselves: how a policy so utterly absurd;
aeeklese, and pernicious should Real any supporters
embne men wbotie soma d sense and patriotism are
uct completely extinguished,. r)nall the. reason in
'a vague impression here and 'there prevailing
that the 'Union may be restored by a policy
et conciliation and • compromise. I find it
in the 'generous impulses, of magnanimous
hearts; 'which, twit t that those who are.. conquered
•stal'brotght - tteterilas should be reattached tons by
r, kind and forbearing treatment. A compromise
°tiered cu our pait would beaiseeartly eataatli two
conditions: first, an abandonment of some essential
point determined by the national election of 1860, for
that was the occaidon of the secession of the rebels
and, secondly, the stipulation that thp rebels shall
give up the struggle andlreturn to their allegiance.
Every sensible man knows that the rebels will cer
tainly reject a compromise ,containing the second
stipulation, as long as they entertain any hope of
achieving their independence. The question arises
whether it would be good policy to offer the first
even by way of experiment.
I want you to understand that a compromise in
any ease, even if it could be effected, would be
utterly inadmissible as a measure of peace. I want
you to understand that there can be no compromises
consistent with the safety of the Republic. It is said
that the Constitution is founded on compromise,
and so it is; but then there is one thing in the Con
stitution that is not founded on compromise, which
does not admit of any compromise, and is, in the
very nature of things, absolute and imperative. It
is e principle that when the will of the majority,
upon a question constitutionally subject to be de
cided by the majority, is once expressed and pro
claimed in a constitutional manner, the minority 18
absolutely and unconditionally bound to submit.
[Applause.] There is no cavilling about4his princi
ple. It is the very foundation of republican• go
vernment. Ile who loves the proper rule of
deniocracy will not take' , it away. Without
it the whole edifice will tumble down in a
mass of chaotic, shapeless ruins. The observance of
this principle is the fundamentalobligation of the
citizen. Every measure of policy may be subject to
compromise, but this fundamental obligation is not.
It can be bound to no conditions, for if it were, it
would cease to be absolute. Lot us apply it to our
case. A constitutional election was hold in 1800.
All the constitutional requirements were strictly
fulfilled. Abraham Lincoln received a constitu
tional number of votes. for the Presidency of the
United States ,• and because the majority
who elected him entertained certain ideas
•of public • policy obnoxious to a minority, that
minority rose in rebellion against the Govern
ment.- You now propose to ask that rebellious
minority back by relinquishing, some of the
principles held by the majority. You do [this
because the minority has risen up* in as= against
the constitutionally expressed will of the majority.
In other words, you, the majority, confess your
'Belies so far conquered that you will gladly surren
der part of the decision of the ballot-box to the force
ofarms. And thus far you declare the fundamental
obligation of submission to the constitutional ver
diet of the majority not binding. The minority, if
it pleasis can compel the majority. to surrender the
whole or part of its will. YOU introduce a new
principle inpolitios by which the verdict of the ma
jority at the ballot-box is set aside and appeal to
negotiation and arms is made, and not the voting,
but - the fighting party wins. Do you know what
all thistmeansl It means the transformation of that
great Republic, the United States,. into something
like the old republics of Mexico and South America.
It means the Government of revolutionary factions,
instead of constitutional majorities. It means the
introduction of rebellion as apermanent element in
-our political life. [Applause.] Do not accuse me
of seeing spectres. Do not indulge in the vain il
lusion that this first great abandonment of the fun
derisental obligation will remain ineffectual. Let
• if he once known that the constitutional majority is
ready tobe forced into concession, and the idea will
have a peculiar chanra to_reckless and restless
minds. The composition•of saiir pho:' 'not be
what it has been heretofore. It will change. The
end of the war will throw a fearful number of reck
less and adventunmis spirits upon society, ready to ,
to respond to the call of any audacious 1
lefider. In an hour they may, .overleap the accus
tomed boundaries of things. Their warlike habits,-
added to their warlike tastes, will stimulate them
to wild enterprises. and a ceaseless war of faction
would be to them only too welcome. This is the
material, and you know where to look for the lead
ers. At this very moment the country is teeming
with unscrupulous demagogues, with whom trea
sonable scheming has become a habit. Already we
hear of large importations of arms and ammunition,
and their distribution among the members of seoret
organizations. Already we .hear threats of armed
resistance to the loyal majorities in case certain in
dividuals are defeated. And you could be willing to
open this • floodgate .of disorder by setting aside the
only principle, the 'great fundamental obligation,
that keeps the balance of democratic government.
You would inaugurate a system by compromise and
concession which pays and promises a premium to
revolt. Is it not, indeed, astonishing that among
merchants and manufacturers we should find so
many advocates of that fatal policy And this
they vainly imagine would lead to peace. Is the
peace of Mexico and the SOuth American Republica
the peace you want?
.. Is a peace that would make
the recurrence of revolt as natural and matter-of
course as a Presidential election—is that the peace
you desire 1 This, then, is compromise as a - peace
measure. If it remains as a merely experimental
engagement, there will result encouragement of
the rebels and prolongation of the war. If it is.
carried into effect, breaking down the great safe
guard of social order, it will inaugurate an inter
minable war of factions, but no peace. Peace,
peace, when there is no peace! There can be no
peace through compromis.c. [Applause.] And
now give me leave to sum u i what I have said
about the peace programme of Chicago. In pro
posing that the war shall be snipped without making
any peremptory condition, but merely with a view
to what everybody knows there will be no agree
ment, only encourages the rebels to persevere
in their resistance. The -result will be either
that the Government, if it falls into the
hands 'of that [party, will have to recog
nize the independence of the Southern Con
federacy, or after a cessation of hostilities to ac
quiesce in its independence. We shall then have
on our hands an endless succession of wars '
which
in the very nature of - things must grow out of dis
union. If the Government, after a cessation of hos
tilities, resumes the present war for the Union, we
shall labor under immensely greater difficulties
than at present, for these reasons : From such a
cessation as proposed the rebels will derive such
advantages that the struggle will be almost hope
less and still as peace is impossible with disunion,
it will be as necessary as ever.
Second. By declaring before the whole world that
the war is a. failure, by demanding its cessation on
the score of justice, humanity, liberty, and the pub
lic welfare, by thus declaring the rebels in the right,.
and our Government in the wrong, and thus, by con
demning and virtually abandoning the war for the
Union, they invite foreign Powers to recognize the
rebel Confederacy, and ,to throw their whole influ
ence against an unjust, inhuman, and universally
ruinous war.
Third. By making the foregoing declarations
they turn public opinion in foreign countries against
us, and thus contribute to discourage the movements
now going on to give us financial aid. And all this
*bile it is'certain that the war must be continued,
after a useless separation; or resumed ata
more distant period. And, finally, by an
implicit advancing of the. policy of: secession to
armed rebellion, they propose to set aside the fun
. damental. obligation of submission to the constitu
.tionalwill.of the'majority, to remove the only guar
' antee of.democratie order, to pay a premium on
revolt-'and to open the :flood-gates of civil disorder
and:Wars of factions: This is thespregramme,these
-itsanevitable.restilte: And. the%men who endeavor
to Create,now complications, to increase our diffi
culties, and aggravate the calamities of the war, are
those who call themselves friends of peace.. Friends
of peace Have they not made bloodshed enough that
they should strive to make the war interminable?
Is not the rebellion strong enough without their aid,
and the money, arms, etc., that foreign nations give
Are not our enemies s numerona enough without
these friends striving' to engage foreign nations in
their favor? ,Are not' our finances sufficiently em
barrassed without their strivit.e,. to cut off those
channels which are open to us? Have we so many
friends in the world that they want to ruin us in
the opinion of mankind? Areethey not yenatiated
with ruin and desolation? Do they want new
hecatombs of men; and the sacrifice •of another
half century of swear and blood, to give them
their fill? And these men have a front brazen
enough to ask your votes,. telling you that
they will give you peace. There are shore
pirates, who in the night set out false lights on
the ocean shore, when the weather is thick and
stormy, to deceive and entice the tossed mari
ner -into the fatal breakers, and then to plunder the
ship whilst pretending to save it. Americans, I en
treat you to beware. That light is a. false light !
There is no safe harbor behind it. There are no
thing but. rocks, reefs, breakers shipwrecks, and
ruin. That is the effect of their cry of peace. , But
what shall we say of their patriotism 7—their plat
form? If the rebel emissaries at Niagara Falls had
made it we might understand, but that American
citizens=-sons of the great and happy free States—
should have assisteffcan scarcely be conceived by the
free American heart.. We can scarcely believe It.
[Loud and continued applause.] That platform!
Show me the man who likes it most—he hates us
worst. Show 'me the bitterest enemy of this re
public—he will crave a ohanoe to vote for it. Show
me the vilest villain in al) rebeldom—he who never
prayed—he will sink upon his 'knees and pray for
its success. [Great applause.] When we want to
be particular in designating all that was humilia
' tieg to our. patriotic pride, alt that was ruinous to
the honor and safety of the Union, all that was eon
ttemptible and dastardly treacherous in the conduct
of our national affairs—if we want to designate all
this by one name, we pall it. James Buchanan
[Laughter and clones.] We thought that period
in our history might be .consigned to oblivion
as it' had been consigned to shame—but, alas !
though Buchanan is dead and biirled, [laughter,]
those who indulged in the soothing delusion
that such a man could leave any progeny were
much mistaken. [Laughter.] He did, and they
met 'not long ago in the Chicago Convention. The
laurels of their father do not let them sleep. I see
ngain the Gunning twinkle of the eye—the white
necktie. They try to adjust it like a halter around
the throat of the Republic to choke her to death.
The sons are greater than the sire. What he did
was as a weak old man, whose life had been
spent in the constant exercise of his knee-joints.
[Laughter.] Who, when the rebellion raised its
Gorgon head, had neither the - firmness of a patriot,
nor the courage of a traitor. [Applause.] Their work
was done after the blood of thousands of noble men
had stained the battle-field ; alter money had been
poured out like water. They did it after our invin
cible navy had battered down Southern forts and
were commanding_ Southern waters—[applause] ;
when the hero of Vicksburg was thundering at the
gates of Richmond—[enthusiastic applause] ;
'while our victorious flag waved over Atlanta.
[Thunders of [applause]. Poor old man I hide
thy head in shame, for thou canst no longer
claim proud pre-eminence in. baseness. There
are those—the makers of that platform—who laugh
thy iniquity to scorn. And upon that platform a
soldier has been placed, one who once commanded
the armies of the Republic. Was there ever a man
more cruelly insulted by his friends? [Laughter.]
A general. nominated fbr-the Presidency for the
purpose of trading away other men's victories, to
make the successes of others useless! He did not
resent the insult. No ! he endured it—this out
rageous, mortal offence—without saying a word.
Meanwhile murmurs of indignation rose against
him, (their former commander) from the army like
a black cloud. Cries of anger and contempt broke
out against the infamous Chicago surrender . just
then, a thrill of joy ran through the hearts of the
people—Atlanta was ours) Prudence then came
to help the voice of just resentment. Now at last,
did he spurn the platform and-refuse to be its candi
date '1 No the golden opportunity was lost. He
neither repudiated nor approved, but ignored the
platform and accepted the, nomination. [Laughter.]
He brought the art How-not-to-se.y.it, to a statgof
great perfection, in a skilfully.worded political let
ter. But that was not the-;first political letter of
his lice. He Mt written-. another a year before.
a hat letter endorsed the principles and 'advocated
the election of Judge Woodward to the Governor.
ship of this State. Who was Judge Woodward?
You know better than 1 can tell you that he was a
Peace-Copperhead, and went as tar as any . oe them
dated-to go. When was this letter written? The
circumstances are• significant. We had been dee
feated at .Chickamauga; the army in Virginia was
in a
.oritical condition, its campaign having come to
a complete atand-still. The horizon was dark.
Then the General endorsed a peace-man. This
is most interesting for the people to re
member, when they come to 'see how he
spcke after a defeat. [Applause.] We will see
that he has somewhat changed his tune after a
tory, and - will know how he will be likely to speak
in case of defeat again. rlsaughter.] Ido not
insinuate that the General was dishonest 'in his
letter. Ho means what. he gys now; he mOantt.
what hesaid then. The General is a gentleman,
but his letter furnishes a fair indication of the
policy we, may look to from that quarter. His
answer. is 'this :" While I detest that sort of peace
spiritism afraid of that sort of war svirit " [Laugh-.
ter.] - K. IS for peace-when the horizon Is gloomy;
for war.:when it is brieslat. Is this fair-weather
patriotism what we want 3 What if tri.'morrow an
untowa t rd accident should overtake our armies,
will this country stand the test 1 It is in .the
hour of darkness the country. needs most 7the
unswerving devotion of hor _sons. [Great ap
plause.] And this trmness will have to stand
a singular test, We shall have the spectacle of
an honest, but not very inflexible character itt very
bad company. There la no american who does not
know that a _President's policy ie. not made by him
self alone, but by Hose who made him ;. and there
is LO•A erican who will forget that dux strengthof
the vote which nominated this Chicago candidate
was far exceeded by the 'unanimity by which the
platter - orwae - adopted. New, ignore the platform,
and take the nominee. Wo read in ancient tales of
men who pledged their souls to the deril for
thegood things of this world. 'Daly enjoyed them,
and then played the virtuous-in, order to save their
souls--Ilaughter.i—but at the appointed time the
devil .produced' the compact signed with blood,
claimed and took the
_forfeit, 'And this Presidency
candidate, thinks ke can brijOy the good things of
this world, and then by playing the virtuous, cheat
the devil out of , his dues., But this devil will be too
muelt.fox. the man who wrote the Woodward letter.
The good things Of office will not be enjoyed, but the
forfeit will ke claimed. and taken, [Laughter.] I
•
am not jesting. I mean what > I - This party .
must go to pieces, or it. most be • held together by
bargain and sale. If it goes to pieces, well and
good ; the smaller the pieces the better. [Laughter.]
But if it is to behold together by bargain and Bale,
what is the price at which the support of the sur
render men can be procured I These party-hacks
are not the men who work merely for the gra
tification of another man's ambition. How the
leaders of the surrender party press around the
throne and claim the forfeit ! Will the new war
President then lean for strength upon his brother
Pendleton, that most abject and submissive of all
Peace Democrats? What will he do with those who
talk peace 1 How magnificent this combination
would be 1 Horatio Seymour as Secretary of State
and chief of the circumlocution office. He would
well - suit that., for none, as the Convention at Chi
cage proved, could say more and mean less. [Great
laughter.] Then we have Seymour, of Connecticut,
Secretary of the Navy ,• Vallandigham, Secretary
of War, and Pernando Wood, in consideration of
the peculiar lustre which his honesty sheds upon
his talents, [laughter,] Secretary of the Treasury.
And should such a combination, resorted to as a
last refuge, be more wonderful than the harmony
of the Chicago Convention ? I am notijesting in
this matter.
It is with a sense of relief that I turn from this
fearfill labrynth of confused contradictions, of dark
arrangements, of continually-shifting pretences, to
another programme of peace policy, which has at
least the merit of consistency In Its principles, of
unyielding firmness In its policy, and of straight
forward clearness in its propositions. It Is the
platform of the great Union party. [Applause.]
Let us examine the wisdom of its policy with a
view to the restoration of peace. Its first resell
tien reeds thus
Resolved, That it is the highest duty of every Ameri
can citizen to maintain against all their enemies the in
tegr, ty 01 the Union and the paramount authority of
the Constitution and laws of the United States; and
that, laying aside all differences and political opinions,
we pledge ourselves as. Union men, animated by a com
mon sentiment, and aiming at a common object, to do
everything in our power to aid the Government in quell
ing by force of arms the rebellion now raging against
its authority, and in bringing to the punishment due
to their crimes the rebels and traitors arrayed against it.
This, at limit, is clear and definite. There are no
" ifs " nor "buts." Starting from the conviction
that disunion will bring on interminable conflicts,
and that, if in the interest of fear alone the Union
must, absolutely must be restored—and only our
enemies abroad and o traitors at home doubt that—
and that the rebels will. not consent to reunion un
less the victories of our army and navy bring them
to teems—and only fools doubt- that—it is af
firmed that there is nothing left to us but to seek
peace by a resort to arms, by vigor 'and
energy in its prosecution of the war, and by a faith
ful and devoted support of the Government in its
efforts to secure a speedy and decisive victory. This
we explicitly declare to be the sense of the loyal
American people. [Applause.] Not one of the
points we have won is given up ;• not one step is
done backward ; not one advantage gained is
jeopardized by a prevaricative polidy ; and while
the Democratic promise of armistice and premature
,concesiion, by exhibting a flagging spirit and a
vacillating purpose, can only serve to encourge
the rebels to persevere in their resistance, our in.
flexible determination will make them count the
cost ; and If the Southern people are really tired
of the war, if they really want peace, they will at
last have to make up their minds, once for all, that.'
they cannot get rid of this war, with its burdens .
and its sacrifices, unless they buy peace at the only
price at which it can be bought, the restoration of.
the Union. . ,
. , And, moreover, this declaration will make Euro
pean Governments understand that we do not con
sider this war a failure, nor that we mean to make
it so ; and that, if they should conclude to give the
rebellion countenance, and' aid and comfort, they
will never succeed in changing our unalterable de
termination, but may, indeed, succeed In pressing
our resentment beyond the limits of mere remon
strance. And as to our detractors abroad, who are
so anxious for peace and the cessation of blood-abed,
but still more anxious for the breaking up of this
Republic ; who, when some disaster has befallen us,
so blandly endeavor to persuade us tbat now it is
time to stop, that now we can endure it no longer ;
that after all separation would be best for both par
ties (they omit to speak of third and fourth parties),
and that our own welfare would be best promoted
by consenting to it without unnecessary delay,
and.who, when, in spite of their magnanimous ad
vice, we steadily work on; show their little humor
by accusing us of heartlessness and barbarism, fla
voring their urgenciei from time to time with a
dark rumor of foreign intervention ; by this declara
tion we give them to understand, once for all, that
they might as well bridle their tender solicitude;
that the American people .are not acting upon the
vast impulse of passion, but upon convictions broad
and deep ; that according to those convictions a
lasting peace is impossible with disunion; that,
therefore, whatever sacrifice it may cost, the Union
must be restored at d will be restored ; that this is
our set purpose, and that they are not smart enough
to coax us out of it, and we humbly suspect not for
midable enough to frighten us out of it. [Great ap
plause.] Fins Hy, this will tell our friends abroad,
they being true to us, we shall be true to them; that
they not only will be' protected against their aid
becoming a sacrifice, but will once have the satisfac
tion of having contributed to the success of the
greatest cause of this country.
And now I appeal to you, Union men, and I ap
peal to you alsoZ•Bemocrats, is this or is it not
the only policy worthy of the great American peo
plot Answer!
Rnt here we do not stop. The rebellion being
beaten down, the rebels being obliged to keep peace
for the present by the utter exhaustion of their
forces, peace must be secured for the future. The
Union party presents for this object another resolu
tion. lt reads thus :
Resolved, That we approve the deteimination of the
Government of the United States not to compromise
With rebels, or to offer any . terms of peace except such
as may be based upon an ` unconditional surrender"
of their hostility, and a return to their just allegiance
to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and
that we call upon the Government to maintain this po-,
sition,and to nrosecrite the - war with the utmost pos
sible vigor to the complete suppression of the rebellion,
in full reliance upon the self-sacrifice, the patriotism,
the heroic valor; and the undying devotion of the Ame
rican people to their country and its free institutions.
While we all agree that hatred and resentment
ought to have no share MA° final settlement of our
differences, it. is declared that the lawful authority
of the Government must be vindicated in such a
manner as to leave the fundamental obligations of
the citizen towards it no longer in doubt. In other
words, if you have a matter ofprinciple or of policy
to discuss, to defend, to carry, there are the means to
discuss, to defend, to carry iL If you succeed, well
and good., If you fail, you must try again by the
same means or give • up. But whoever rises in re
bellion against the will , of the majority, constitu
tionally expressed, must be brought co submit to it
unconditionally, so that every man, woman, and
child throughout this' broad land may-know that
nothing, nothing at all, can be made by forcibly resist
ing- that will. This point once sternly, inflexibly
established, no man will henceforth be tempted to
embark in an enterprise-which is so perilous and
also so hopeless.. • • .
But the peace of ,the Republic must not rest upon
submission alone ( ,it.must be plated upou a solid
foundation,. by, securing
_the hearty co-operation of
the now rebellious people- in Abe future develop
ment of the restored Union. Then, indeed, peace
will be perfect. And this great object is subserved
by another proposition submitted by tile Union
party. It is this :
Reftoltod, That ag slavery . was the -cam, and now
constitutes the strength of this rebellion, and as it must
be alwayr and everywhere hostile to tee principles of
republican government, justice and the national safitv
demand its utter and complete..extirpation from the soft
of the Republic, and that we uphold and maintain the
acts and proclamations by which the Government, in
its own defence, has aimed a death blow at this gigantic
evil.. We are in favor, furthermore. of such an amend
ment to the Constitution, to be made by the people in
conformity with its provisions, as shall terminate and
forever prohibit the existence of slavery within the
limits of tle jurisdiction of the United States •
• To the sympathizers with rebellion do we say,
von try in vain to stop this nation's march by
throwing yourselves under her feet. Come with us
if von will ' • or we will march over you, If we must.
[Long continued applause.}" In every pulsation of
the popular heart, In every breeze there Is victory;
az d in the midst •of the din And confusion of the
conflict there stands the National will undisturbed,
in monumental repose, and gives his quiet com
mand : • For the great Empire of Liberty, Forward! ..
General Schnrz retired amid deafening applause.
:When the applause for Mr. Schurz had [subsided,
the whole audience joined in an uproarious cry for
Hon. Wm. D. Kelley. In response he came forward
and said that he only appeared on the stage at the
kind invitation of the Union League, and that he
would address them on the great Issues of the day,
in that hall, next Thursday. evening. The last
audience then separated.
IMMERSE RATIFICATION MEETIV F
IN CAMDEN.
Camden court-house was jammed last night by a
formal ratification meeting of the friends of Lincoln
and Johnson. It was estimated to be the largest
assemblage Camden has ever known. The Hon. A.
G. Cattail presided, assisted by several vice presi
dents and secretaries, and stirring resolutions were
adopted. Hon. A. Q. Keasbey, of Newark, made a
power:Ill address in favor of the Union and against
the Democratic platform and candidates, and the
Hon. James K. Scovel addressed the vast audience
at length upon the same issues and the men of the
hour. The meeting closed with cheers for the whole
ticket, and with a determination to redeem New
Jersey in November.
TWENTY-FOURTH WARD MEETING.
The loyal citizens of the Twenty-fourth ward as•
sembled last evening at the rooms of the National
Union Association, Market street, above Thirty
titird, to form a ward campaign club. Mr. Theo.
M. Wiltberger was called to the chair
Githens acting as secretary : The nieetfng was ad
dressed by, Wm. Nicholson, Esq.
CORN NTNEGAR
The season for pickling is at hand, and for this
purpose the public have at command, at very reason.
able rates, a choice article, known as corn vinegar.
This material was Introduced within a year or so
by Mess's. Deming St do., who have, by this time,
realized the practical effect of that passage in Shak
speare, about a certain tide in the affairs of man
kind; which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.
The gentlemen who have submitted It to the people
have fairly ligoded every body with corn vinegar.
It is in all well-kept householdg; pickling establish
ments, both here and abroad, have been supplied
with it • extensive arrangements have been made by
enterprising proprietors to bring the desired article
to the very doors of the residents. See the .rray of
the names of grocers where it can be had. A. chemi
cal analysis of this vinegar was made some time
since. and the result was highly satisfactory.. Itis
entirely free of drugs of any kind, and pickles may
be kept in it good and sound for many years.
BEIJIGIOVS
SERMONS' ON _THE mg.DIA.TION*, OF CHRIST
The series of sermons on this important subject, by
T. if. Stock ton, pastor of the Church 01 the New Tes
tament, at "Eleventh and Wood streets, Is to be re
newed, Providence perm itting. tomorrow afternoon,
at 33 ; :." o'clock. At the time of the suspension of this
series, some months ago, the particular topic of the
Miltenium had been reached, the design being to
discuss, in two iormons i the two main theories of
the second advent of Christ—the premillennial and
postmilletinlal. The last sermon then delivered
was on the premillennial•advent : and, for the sake
of making the matter the more interesting and
complete now, it is proposed to repeat thii sermon
to-morrow afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Clark, of the Presbyterian Church, will
pre,. oh in the morning at o'clock.
SOUTH-STREET P.RESErTERIAN- CHUROEf. •
This church, located In South street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth,, is now in a very prospetous
condition. Under the charge of the present pastor,
Rev. Richard• Mallory, the church has largely in
creased in numbers, and is now second to none other'
in the lower section of the City. A few months
since - various repairs and alterations were made,
which add much to the internal and external ap
pearance of the structure.
CITY *ITIEIVIS.
THE WGISELIiII &WILSON SEWING. MAC:HIND.—
We believe that the Introduction of sewing ma
chines has been the means of prolonging the lives of
thousands of women, and we. cannot see how any
sensible man could allow his. wife, sister, or mother
to stitch, stitch' away, while they can for a very
small sum procure a sewing machine which would
soon pay foi itself a hundred. times over in the
saving of health and time. We have tried the.
Wheeler & Wilson machine amour own family, and
nearly all our friends have . thacn in use, and we can
confidently recommend them as being the beet sew
ing machine for all family purposes.. They are
simple in construction, easi:,y worked, and not liable
to get out of order, and we.have never Seen any. seer
ing 'at all equal to that done on the Wheeler
& Wilson. Their elegant salesroom, ;Of. Chistrint
street, is thronged with purchasers daily.
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Tau ADVANTAGES OF DCLAXING A GOOD APPEAR.
arras can hardly be overestimated. it Is scarcely
neeeSsary to say that the prime renuisite fbr this is
well fitting clothing adapted to the style of. the
wearer ; and we need hardly add (what is so well
known to hundreds of "our rsaders . already) that the
place in Philadelphia ,a ll others to get clothing
of this character, and". greatest varietY, at the
most reelanuble prices; le'st the .popular old impoit.,
lug arid cicithing emporium of Megan. o.!Some n
Sop, No. 025 Chestnut street, under Jaytte's atilt
PRACTICAL EDUCATION FOR EUal - NISAS LLD'S.
Young men who wish to qualify themselves for
business life have unequalled advantages for doing
so at CRITTENDEN'S COMMERCIAL COL
LE.rsE, No. 657 CHESTNUT Street, corner of Se
venth.
This institution, since its • establLshment in 1814
haiiteadily, increased in the number of its students
and „D;Cfacilities for imparting practical business
knowledge. Within the pastyear five hundred sta.
dents have been in attendance, the largest number
ever known by any similar institutionin this city or
'State. Its reputation for superior instruction ea
tends over the whole country, and the knowledge
gained herc'has already proved a fortune to many a
young man. The readiness with which its gradu
ates obtain lucrative situations, and the large num
ber of applications made to the College for them, at
test tho appreciation In which it is -held by the
business community.
The College occupies the whole upper portion, or
three stories, of the large double building at the N.
E. corner of Chestnut and Seventh streets, - which la
well lighted and fitted up in a style of elegance,
and convenience which is unsurpassed.
The Course of Instruction is of the most thorough
and business-like character.
BOOK-KEEPING,
in all Its departments and applications, is taught
jest SF it is practiced by the best accountants
business men. Each studentis instructed separate
ly, and opens, writes out, and closes several sets of
books adapted to the various branches of trade ;
makes out in proper form the. various papers used
in business, such as Promissory Notes, Receipts,
Account Currents, Account Sales, Business Let
ters, Balance Sheets,,&c., and is instructed in the
large variety of transactions and customs of busi
ness liter •
PEN"I4IANSIiIP,
which is so Important to a business man, receives
especial attention : and is taught by a penman whu
has few ; if any, equals.
COMMEROIAL ARITHMETIC,
including - Interest, Profit anti Loss, Averaging Ac
counts, Exchange, /to., is taught in Its shortest met
most approved:methods.
COMMERCIAL LAW, MAtECEIIIATICS, AND
DETECTING COUNTERtEIT:-NOTES are In
cluded In the poufs() of IrAiltin attest. • . .
A. TELEGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT
.
haabeen opened, and Is in charge of one of the best.
of practical and experienced operators, and every
facility Laafforded for acquiring a full knowledge of
all the minutia) of the profession.
Aslnstruction Is given to each student separately,
those who wish to enter for any particular branch
can do so.
• The time usually required for the complete
Counting-House Course varies from eight to twelve
weeks, according to the number of hours daily de
voted to it. • A handsome Diploma, with the seal of
the Institution attached, is awarded on graduation-
The whole time and attention of the Principal and
his large corps of competent and attentive TettehnrS
Is given to the interest of the students.
EVENING SESSIONS
continue from. September 15th to April 15th, thus
giving to those who are engaged during the day an
opportunity to qualify themselves for advancement
and success in bUsiness life.
Students are received at any time, and instructed
at such hours as may. best suit their convenience.
Catalogues containing Terms, &c., may be ob.
tained gratis on application at the College.
A SUCCESSFUL
So ExTsurnisn.--The familiar adage
•
that whatever is worth doing at all Isworth doing
well," has found a very striking fulfilment in the
success achieved by Mr. J.- W. Price, proprietor of
the popular Dining Saloons, southwest corner of
Fourth and Chestnut streets. In fact, Mr. Price has
Inaugurated a' new era' in the catering department
of Philadelphia, and the result has shown that be
was fully equal to the demands of such an interprise.
His tables are now quoted by the first gentlemen of
our city as models of good taste, good cooking,
and dining comfort. No one ever goes amiss in
visiting Price's for a sumptuous, meal, as he is pre•
pared at all hours, at the shortest notice, to serve
the choicest dishes that the best market in the
world iffords. The finest game in season, meats of
the best quality, the choicest wines, and fruit, and
ice- cream desserts, are among the daily attractions
of his bill of fare.
CONTE - OMITS FON 7111 t COOt WNA.TISEN—The
cool weather of the past week has been promptly
followed by the annual autumnal confectionery pre
parations of 11essrs. E. 6.• Vihltmin & Co., the en
terprising Confectioners, No. 318 Chestnut street.
A glance at their splendid stock will show that this
firm has lost none of its fame for originating popu
lar novelties. They use only the finest and purest
materials in manufacturing, and, doing the largest
trade in the confectionery department in this city,
the prices are unusually .lowa fact that -is worth
considering..
Tim Idos. , r PERFECT SEWING MACRIITE OP TUE
AGE.—The course of the "Florence Sewing Ka
chine" has been, we may say, a triumphal march.
Into the affections of the people, if we can judge
from the stream of sewing-maohino-buying humani
ty that may daily be seen ebbing and flowing at the
"Florence" , Rooms, No. 630 Chestnut street. This
celebrated machine makes no less than fonreeparate
and distinct stitches.. It is simply constructed, and
performs a greater variety of work than any other
sewinginsierdneln use. Every machine is sold:with
a guarantee to give the purchaser perfect ss.tisfao
tion, or the money willbe refunded.
THE PARABoLIt. SPXCTACLItS, 501(1 only by E.
Borhek, Optician, No. 402 Chestnut street, have a
direct tendency to improve and. strengthen the
vision. At whatever angle the eye may glance the
power of the lens will be equal, for every angle wilt
be a conic section, and as such hare the same re
fractive power as lines drawn perpendicular to the
axis of the ]ens.
. Pansoics suffering from deafness, Impaired sight,
throat diseases, catarrh, and asthma, should not
fan to read Dr. Von rdoschziErker's advertisenient
is to•day's Inquirer. It contains an extract of-an
editoiial of last evening's Telegroph, which speaks
of his wonderful apparatus. The apparatus can be
seen at his office, 1027 Walnut street.
prE DRAFT. —The subject uppermost in the
minds of those liable to it is the _Draft. Whethea it
would be, or would not be, has been the question.
All the.while : the draft on the splendid coal stock,
'however, of Mr. W. W. Alter, 951 North. Ninth
'street, has been in progress and is likely to con
tinue, as his coal is the best and his prices reason.
able.
SECURE YOUR NEGATIVES.—The negatives by
Broadbent & Co. and by Wenderoth /0 5:Taylor, taken
between June, 1862, and June; 1863, are about to be
effaced. All persons who desire-to purchase any
for preservation are requested to make immediate
application to Wenderolh 3 0v912 and
91.1 Chestnut street.
On t FOREST ScrErranr,Our forest scenery Is
now assuming its autumn dress; the maples are
turning blood red, and the other trees will soon fol
low snit in yellow, brown, and orange. Men should
not be less wise than senseless woods and wilds, apd.
they should follow the example of the latter by
dressing to suit the season. To do this most ele
gantly and economically, it Is only necessary topay
a visit to the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rock
hill & Wilson, Nos. COS and 605 Chestnut street
above Sixth.
BARGAINS IN CLOTarise, •
Bargains in Clothing,
Bargains in Clothing,
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Bargains in Clothing,
At Granville Stokes' Old Stand,
At Granville Stokes' Old Stand.
At Granville Stokes' did Stand.
At Granville Stokes' Old Stand,
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
" Now westlinLwinds and slaughterin , guns
- Bring autumn's pleasant weather."
So sang Scotia's pleasant bard in past years, and
it is as trite today ; but some of the poetry is gone
as regards the "slaughterin' guns.” We don't
think of the sportsman now on the heather, but of
the gallant Zoo. Zoo in the trenches. Whether In
the - camp or on the' heath, the greatest comfort at
this season Is comfortable clothing, and that to eat:
both situations is to be had at the first-clasti ostab.
lishment of Charles Stokes Or. Co., under the Conti
nental. •
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To Fennrsas.—The edifor 'of the. Bridgeton (N.
J.) Pioneer :tap): " The Agrioultural Chemical
Company's Fertilisers are a genuine article. " Last
year we used a moderate quantity of their Pabuletto
on wheat, whicn produced an abundant crop both
of straw and grain. The grain was much more
abundant and the heads better filled than where we
used other fertilisers In the same field. The cost of
the Pabulette was much less, while the crop pro
duced was much' greater than where phosphate of
lime or barnyard. manure had been liberally used.
Office of the Company, No. 4133, - Arch street.
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Wno MINDS A Coin?—lt seems a small
and in consequence is usually allowed to have Its
own way, and yet how frequently
.a neglected•cold
ends in Bronchitis or Consumption? Why not take
a cold in time, then, and by, lasing at once Dr. D.
jerrra's Ex - paoTortaxT, which for thirty years has
been a standard remedy for all Coughs and. Colds,
avoid those dreadful alternatives
WHAT IS VSANT By BRONCHITIS -
is an inflammation of the bronchia, or passages
which convey air to the lungs. In Its earlier stages
this disease is commonly called a cold, or a cold . in
Mit breast. It usually comes on with a Ilttlehoarse
lieu, followed by a moderate cough, with slight
feelings of heat or soreness about the throat and
chest. If not arrested, the cough bocomes one of
the most prominent symptoms, as wall as the most
painful and diStressing thd inflammation increases
in, intensity, until it finally interfesea with the ac
cess of air to the lung cells, when the vital powers
soon give way. In most of the stages of this dis
ease Dr. Jayne's Expectorant cleat; a speedy ear*
by producing a -free and easy expectoration, sup
pressing the cough and allaying the , ' fever. A Ler
trial Is all that is asked. • •
IN CONSUMPTION AND 'ALL P 111.01; ART 0:"E.
• pLarxxs, '
Dr. Jayne's Expectorant will afford immediate I ' l '
lief, by removing:the difficulty of breathing, aad
causing an easy expectoration ; whereby all irrita
ting and obstructing matters are removed from the
lungs. Raving maintained its reputation in all
parts of the world for over a quarter of a centurSl it
is contdently recommgnded as the best remedy ever
offered for the diseases it Professes to cure. Sold bV
Agents and Druggists everywhere, from whom may
also be obtained Dr. JArrrs's SANATIVE PILES, a
prompt and effectual cure for costiveness, sick:lead
ache, and all bilious affections., .
• All of'.-Dr. D. JAN - rre & Sos`a .Fe.mily Medicines
ere preparedonly at tie. 242 chea , :nat streat>
S. H. C.F.ITTKNOEN & CO.