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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1804.
TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SOLDIER IN
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EVERY COUNTY.
UNION STATE. CENTRAL COMMITTEE ROOM% No. ,1105
Chestnut Street.—Our friends in every county and die
trict in Pennsylvania should immediately, without, one
day's delay, send to the State' Committee a correct copy
of their whole ticket, giving plainly the name of each
candidate for every office. All this must be done to ena
ble the tickets to be prepared to send to the several regi-
Yaenta of the State.
Coiutty Committees should also prepare and send
with the Commissions. their several county tickets, or
spend a special agent with the Commissions to carry
them.
FORNEY'S
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I. .ENGRAVING.— Bellaire 5 Corduroy Road near
tlid Weldon Railroad.
H. • POETRY.— "In Vain," by Lucy Ranillton
Hooper " Far Away," by Jobn A. Dorgan—" The
Late Funeral s ef - the Democratic party"-L" The Tribe
Of Snakes." by Corporal 0' Griffin.
111. " JESSE"DRATTON, a Story of Love and Pa
iticitians," by Charles H. Bond. Part 1.
IV. EDITORIALS — OnOlaceint Victories—Good nett..
EWA for Voting—The.' Peace Platform and its Candi
dates—McClellan's Party the Enemy of the Soldiers—
A. Letter from a Seldim—A 'Voice from the Past—Gen.
'Plums t's Withdrawal—Resignation of Hon. Mont-
Ronk ry Bliir—Rints for the Campaign—Ohl Democracy
Pannsylianla - L- . .Facts for the Poor Kan—The Accident
14,Thoinpsonfown, &c.
. V. LETTERS OF " OCCASIONAL. "
I. POLITICAL — . -The Presidency—Withdrawal of.
'Nretiont and Cochrane: The'r Letters—Speech of Hon.
B. F. Wade—The Soldiers' Vote: An Address to the
:Friends 'of Lincoln and Johnson in Pennsylvania
:Speech of En-Secretary Chase—Great Speech by Hon.
Wm. D. kelley at Concert Hall.
VII. WAR REws . .._Th e victory in the Shenandoah
Valley: Overwhelming Defeat of Early at Fisher's
BM: His Army Utterly Routed : Dt tails of the Battle
o f win Gitestm•—.lllllLirs before Petersburg—Despondency
In Richmond—Rebel Invasion of Alissonri—Atlanta:
.Correspondence with General Sherman: Rumored Peace
Trope:4ll°es by the rebels. •
• VIII. THE LAKE PIRATES. — Special Corrospondeuee
—Row the Piet was Formed and Carried Oat—The Ca
nadians Making Arrests. . . '
IS. TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT:—A Tragedy
on the Pennsylvania. Rallroadi Passengers Burned to
. .
Death. •
X. THE F_ 4 OIITHERIC MILITARY,PRISONS.Con
firmatory Account of the Martyrdom of oar Bolditirsl., •
XI: CITY IN'.cELLIGENCE: , = Consecration Or A a
'Jewish Ttxople—Trade with Brazil, &c.
XII. CHESS DEPARTMENT.—Chess News—Pro
blem—End Game—Chess in Philadelphia, in.Englaud.
XIII. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
JO- SPeclinens of the !'/WAit Plass " will be for-
I v erd e d when requested. .The subscription rate for sin
- grie copies is $2 per year. IA deduction from these terms
Will be allowed when clubs are formed. Single copies,
put up in wrappers, ready for mailing , may be obtained
at the counter. Price live cents.
McClellan's Record as the Enemy of
our Soldiers.
We plainly Accuse
• Gen. MCCLELLAN of
being the open opponent of every soldier
'who has foUght for the Union. Proof of
this statement will either show that his
statesmanship is extremely feeble v or that
his military ethics are as ruinous as his
strategy, or that his patriotism and honor
have as little foundation in conviction as
his . recent popularity in coranTon sense:
Probably the record will prove all, and
Snore. Perhaps we shall find that Gen.
MCCLELLAN has really no convictions or
policy whatever, 'but has merely Mural
' tinted hiS political transparency with a view
to 'keep up the cheat of his shallow career,
and to secure his election to the Presi
dency. tor what? Not to carry into the
-Presidency any particular line of policy.
We defy his best friends to prove any sin
gle intelligible conviction which he pos.;
sesses. . Not to make peace—for he . " can
not look upon the faces of his brave com
rades in arms!' and say that. Not for
war-:--forhe cannot look updh the Chicago
Convention and exactly say that. He
wants the Union, no -doubt; but that
want is nearly four years old, and he
who does not desire it is simply a
traitor. Could General MCCLELLAN give
us nothing. more than what is nicely suf
ficient to.save himself -from the charge of
being• a rebel Y, He told us that the war
• could only be concluded by means of his
.patent conciliatory policy ; yet in the very
face of this declaration victory is following
Victory. In the name of common sense
we ask,- what does this young genera
:mean by conciliation? Is it protecting the
lines' of LEE'S army, and nursing the Cause
of the rebels by sloth, stupidity, retreat,
and disaster ? Is . it .gtfarding the slave
property of the rebels ? General GRXicr
.declares that it would require another army
to dO it: *hat is it ? we ask, and all*Gen.
!Mak - EL - Liar's policy it -confounded in the
, - queiltioia. We prefer to regard him as de
ficient in capacity ; as being a weak irian
with a large ambition. At the worst, - he
••is siniply the heir to the traditions, policy,
'and character of JAMBS -BUCHANAN.
In the canvass for Governor of last year,
Judge WOOD - WARD, out of all the leading
men of his party, was brought forward as
the Democratic candidate. The record of
this gentleman never admitted of doubt,
and is a matter too public to be questioned.
Ail the outbreak of the rebellion he de
nounced the malignant fanaticism. of the
North as the only cause of the war, and,
within hearing of the guns of Sunipter,
" Let the. South go peaceably !"
Worse than this, we have his infamous
declarations , that "to think against slavery
is a sin; to speak against
.slavery is a
crime;" that "slavery is an incalculable
blessing ;" and that " there must be.a time
when slaveholders may fall back upon their
natural rights, and employ in defence of
their slave property whatever means they'
possess or can command." "In my judg
ment," said Justice WCiODWARD, in 186 a,
to Judge Cutounorrmu, " our only course
is to withdraw all our armies north of
Illason and Dixon's line, and offer terms to
the rebels." In a conversation with Hon.
B. B. Warcu.T, this excellent judge even
defended the constitutionality of secession.
Mr. WOODWARD wn.s the Denmeratic cham
pion of the Constitution and of habeas
corpus ; yet he declared, on the bench and
in public : Ist. "We must arouse ourselVes
dnd protect
. the rights of the slaveholder,
anti ADDsuch . guarantees to the Constitu
tion as will protect his property."
That "in adequate emergencies martial
law . suspends ,the habeas corpus, - inflicts
summary punishment, and appropriates
Private property without regard to the
guarantees of the Constitution." To crown
this marvellous. record,. Judge WOODWARD
deci4ed against the constitutionality of the
draft '(a measure which McC.Laraotx vehe
mently urged),. and againstthe right of the
voidiers to vote, upon ,which • General Mc
t.LELLAN has not directly said anything,.
but which the Democracy have opposed
with all their strength. 'lsi:evertlieless, one
day before the election theloiloiving letter
from 'General MoOL'imart .— `;i4s pUblished :"" •
( II- desire to state clearly and distinctly that,
having some few days ago had a full conversation
with Judge - Woodward, I find that our views agree,
Said I regard his election as Governor of Pennsyl
vania called for by the interests of the nation. I
tuiderAand Judge Wood Ward to be in favor of
the prosecution of the war with all the means at the
Command of .the loyal States until the military
porter of the rebellion is destroyed. I understand
bun to be of opinion that while the war is waged
with all possible decision and energy the policy di
recting it should be in consonance with the prin
ciples Of humanity and civilization, working no
Injury to private rights and property not demanded
by military necessity and recognized by military
/SW among civilized nations.f,
The reader will mark how amusingly this
-remarkable statesman has managed to dove
tail together the opinions of Judge WOOD
WARD and himself. Gen. MCCLELLAN en
tirely comprehended Judge WOODWARD'S
ecord; 'and 'night have more broadly fore-
Shadowed his letter on the Chicago platform
EtSl . ollows : " Understanding that you think
free speech and even thought a crime ;
Understanding that you regard slavery as
tin incalculable blessing, and are still in fa
vor of constitutional amendments to protect
it ; understanding, in fact, that you are ex
pressly in favor of secession and rebellion ;
understanding, moreover, that you think
the draft unconstitutional, and are opposed
to the soldiers' right to vote, I find that our
Views agree, and regard' your -, election as
called for by the best interests of the nation.
I imagine you to be of opinion that, while
the principle •of secession is a correct one,
land that rebellion is, therefore, right, you'
deem that ' the war should be waged
with all pOssible decision and energy,'
but in accordance with the principles
of
. humanity and civilization, working'
no injury to private rights, property,
ae." The . wonder is; where WooD
WARD'S diSlOyillty will atop and Mean-
LAN's conciliation end ! We have simply
made a fair case against the author of
s' the Woodward letter," and nothing
more. But to show that Gen. MCCLELLAN
is familiar With the same dishonorable, un-
Soldierly, unmanly,' unskilful subterfuge,.
we invite comparison of the Chicago plat
form with his letter of : acceptance. That
platfoim was undoubtedly adopted by a
Very large majority of the Convention at
Chicago, and it was the formal utterance
of the Democratic party. In his accept
ance, however, General bream - lAN brings
to bear his old manoeuvring interpretation,
and makes an "immediate armistice and
cessation of hostilities 4 - ? to mean the pro
secution of the war ; and vice versa, he en
deavors to make the prosecution of the war
signify an armistice and cessation of hostili
ties. In private he - assures, one faction
that he is for peace ; in public he tells the
other that lie is for war. This accusation
is 1tIT: BENJAMIN WOOD'S, not our own.
Fora statesman, it is surmising with what
'reeklessnesi General ilicdriELLAN trirns.
Did he manceuvre.ao boldly and so plainly
in the face of the enemy ?
Let us;searth 'General MeCLELLAK's re-.
cord and pretensions, and see how far he
ima been the. enemy of the soldier. Itn
piiinis, his policy.
After s . his' retreat from Richmond, ho
directed the letter to the President .upon
winch his
. policy is chiefly •founded. If
was dated at Harrison's Landing, follow- .
. ing the terrible reverses of the Peninsula—
a time most untimery and place out of place
to talk of farther safeguardi for slavery,
and more disasirous conciliation, - This
letter, however, was merely the fruit of
General McCLELIAN's incapacity, not the
result of the national . experience, or the
expression of the army.: :It was a Menace
to the PreSident, and a: Plank thrown out,
to step into politicS should the. President
remove him from the army. But what has
been th.O product of General MeCLELLAs's
policy ? Two years of blundering, one;
half wasted in inactivity, tfie other nearly •
ruined,With disaster. Thii was the direct
and plain consequence of his "conciliatory,"
. anaconda policy. We repeat, what he is
scarcely modest enough to perceive, that_
this policy was merely the . result of his
want of comprehension.. After the accu
mulated difficulties .conseqUent upon his
plan, we summon GRANT, SHERMAN, SHE
RIDAN, CANBY, and FARRAGDT, in proof of
its failure. Bow much was this incapacity
the enemy of victory, the friend of slaugh •
-
ter, and the foe of the soldier ?
" Slave property must be respected," said
Gen. ItTeCL.EnuasT ; yet long after his fail
ure to protect it he diverted the strength
and feclingi of the army, thereby making
policemen of his soldiers; and exposing
them to the merciless earnestness of Stone
wall i4on - sox and hiS associates. • Un
questionably the retention of his pro
slavery—ideas long after every enlightened
Danocratie Officer had. given them up
operated badly upon the lists of killed
:lid wounded.
Nevertheless, in contempt or ignorance
of hiStory, Gen—Meant/tax boldly advo
cated the election of a"man 'thoroughly op
based to the war and to the right of the
sOldiers to vote, finding that upon all es
sential points of policy himself and Judge
WOOD' ARD were in perfect agreement.
What subscription; then, does the soldier
owe Gen. McCLELLAN ?
Again, and more discreditable still, we
have the Chicago platform and his letter.
Here he repudiates all the Present, and goes
back to his own past. He has no word of
favor or recognition for GRANTi or SHER
MAN, Or FAHR-kGI3T, for he refuses to ac
knowledge our victories, and virtually ad
mits, what the Chicago platform declares,
that the war hai -been • a failure. The
rebels themselves are scarcely so inac
curate.
Still further is the disgraceful fact itself
that General McCLELLAN has accepted his
nomination on the.platform of VALLANDICI
- FERNANDO WOOD, GEO. N. SANDERS,
tend every Northern man who has been
false to the cause of the soldier. • His posi-
tion,may be judged from that of Mr. PEN
IDLETciN, the candidate for Vice President,
who, with Mr. VALLANDIGIIAM, boasts that'
he bas never voted a. dollar to assist the
soldier. Dir. -PENDLE-TON is avowedly-4n
favor of Peace and Separation. He at least
seems to be sincere. MCCLELLAN is not,
but simply desires power.
On the whole, General MCCLELLAN has
accepted the sympathy and support of
,every man who has opposed our soldiers
and favored the rebels, and he now stands
upon a platform which holds the soldier in
contempt with all the heroic blood shed in
defence of our liberties: The real heroes
are not the victors of our. battles, but•the
demagogues of the crowd
Who languishes in Libby Prison, or on
Belle Isle, or in Anclersonville, is not the
real martyr of .otir day, but rather Mr.
\' ALL who has returned from
Canada to construct . a platform repudiating
the agonies and death of brave and noble
men. Let the soldier, and the friend of
the soldier, think of these facts, and re
member his wounds !
A CORRESPONDENT of the Worid tele
graphs from Washington 'that "all the in
dications go to show an overwhelming De
mocratic triumph in the approaching .
Oc
tober election.'.' This writer further states
that Mr. COLFAX telegraph's that Indiana
cannot be carried, and that Mr. DE.PREES
declares that the Republicans will lose it.
In order that our 'readers may know what
relianCe is to be placed on this correspon
dent, we reprint a more personal extract
that appeared in the TForia some days azo :
"The other day, as one of the four-horse express
wagons, which used to carry the boxes of green. ,
backs manufactured in the State Department, was
leaving the door of that edifice, John W. Forney,
who was talking With a couple of friends, exclaimed,
pointing out the car with his finger, They may print
as many greenbacks as they- please, but they will
not carry the State of Pennsylvania. That State
will go for one man, and that man Is not Mr. Lin
coln.' However incredible the story may look, as I
have it from one of the party who was talking with
Mr. Forney, I have all the reasons imaginable, to
believe in its accuracy." •
This statement is. ii: fribriCation in all its
parts, and we hive riOAlOnbt that a similar
liberty has been taken with Mr. .COLFAX
and Mr.,DErnEns.
WB urge upon our friends here and else
where. the necessity of care and promptitude
in having their assessments made, so-as to
be able to vote at the October election. 'On
Friday, the 30th of, September, the time
for assessment will close. The Union men
of every ward and precinct should see 'to
this.
.TnE Louisville Journal, which became a
Copperhead newspaper after getting all the
money and patronage out of the Govern
ment, states that a distingnished Democrat
writes from Pennsylvania . cheering assu
rances of victory. We wonder if this dis
tinguished Democrat could be GEORGE M.
WIIARTON. The "temporary cloud " of
Atlanta, howeviar, made him very gloomy,
and it is hardly possible that SITERIDAN'6"
victor has improved his spirits.
WE cannot tell acorrespondent where to
obttlin the speech ofDo - colas from which
we made a recent extract, unless in the
Congressional &lobe, his life by Mr. SIIEE-
EfAN, and the files of TIER PRESS at the
time.
HERE is another sentiment of the dead
DOUGLAS, which we commend to all War
Democrats who think of supporting the
creature of. Mr. FERNANDO WOOD'S choice.
This paragraph will be found in the last
letter ever written by the late Senator :
s 4 I know of no mode in which a loyal oltizen'may
so well demonstrate his
' devotion to his country as
by sustaining the Bag, the Constitution, and the
Union, under all' circumstances, and under every
Administration, regardless of party politics, against
all assallanta, at home and abroad. We should
nevon:_forget that a man cannot be a true Demociat
unless he is a loyal patriot."
THE New York Herakl, the great pro
slavery organ, thus admits the death of
slavery, in the fnllowing sensible para
graph •
"All discussion of the question of slavery during
this political canvass is useless. It is a dead Issue,
and we are nye men. It would be just. as sensible ,
to drag the old tariff question, or the old Maine •
liquorlaw question into the . present contest,• We
have gone beyond all these little controversies; and ,
are brought face to *face with the great national
issue of Union or no Union. That Is the'queition
which must decide the Presidential election. The
slavery question has nothing to do with it."
'Caution to Pennsylvanians.
Under this title the Evenin . 9 . Post prints
an article :which. is so full of truth, and
treats of a matter of such vital importance
to this State, that we ask every one of our
readers to give it no ordinary attention.
Pennsylvania has been invaded four or
five'times in the last two years, and were
it. not for SHERIDAN'S skill and energy
would still be threatened by the enemy.
If we cared nothing for the Union ; if we
had no interest in the prosperity of other
States ; if we did not realize that the safety
and peace of the whole country depend
on the suppression of the rebellion—still
we should be impressed by our own con-
stant dangepto urge the'. - iirar to a success
ful end. No peaceful town on the border
will meet the fate of unhappy Chambers
burg so long 'as our armies arc unloosed
and strengthened to pursue the foe they
have forced to fly. But establish an ar
mistice, give .the. rebellion time to repair
its -loises - and organize new campaigns,
and our southern" counties will again be at
the mercy of the fOrtuueS.Of war : •
" While the people of all the States have a com
mon interest in the maintenance of the Union and
the enforcement of the laws, the Inhabitants of the
Border States, and especially Pennsylvanians, have
a particular Interest in the vigorous prosecution of
the war and in the thorough extinction of the rebel
lion. We in New York are not directly in dan
ger ; though the war should be prolonged by mis
management, by vain , efforts at conciliation, by
cessation of hostilities,' and negotiations,' we
are to a certain degree out of. danger ; our houses
will not be burned, nor our cattle stolen away, nor
our women and children driven out MU!' the woods
by guerilla parties. We shall suffer as all suffer in
a time of war. Bul for our neighbors in Pennsylvania
there is in all such delays a special danger, a constant
trouble and terror.; and if the rebels could, by such
delays as the Chicago Convention demands, and by
the recognition which negotiation grants them, Suc
ceed in obtaining their ends, the pleasant fields and
towns will be worthless and uninhabited, and the
industrious and peaceful population which has al
ready suffered so much there, will 'soon molt away
and dipapppar.,
'itersylVastians arc, therefore, above all others,
interested 'iwthe vigorous prosecution of the war mu.
til the rebels fay down their arms and obey the laws.
Whatever New Yorkers or the potpie of the Eastern
States might think or say about negotiations and
other tomfooleries, which would surely strengthen
the rebeleand probably enable them to gain the
final victory, the people of Pennsylvania, if they
are sensible and appreciate their exposed condition,
will reject with the utmost vigor and unanimity
the candidates and the platform demanding nego
tiation and thus prolonging the war. They will
point to 'the ruins of Cbambersburg and say :
`There are the fruits of war, there is our warning
to consent to no terms, and to vote for no one who
will consent to terms which shall not entirely and
permanently destroy the rebellion.'
For so long as this war lasts, so long Pennsylvania
is expoted to attack; so long as there is a rebel army in
the field, so long a march, into Pennsylvania is the ob
ject of that ariny , s hopes and• desires; so long as Jeff
Davis rules at Richmond, so long the fields and
homesteads and pleasant towns of Pennsylvania
are doomed to ravage and dastruction 'at the first
opportunity which the rebels can make. Therefore
ho whotrifies with the Republic, who talks of ,cessa.
tion of hostilities, of negotiation, of anything but
the most vigorons and uncompromising war, while
there Is an armed rebel in the land, is in an especial
manner the enemy of Pennsylvania and of all her
people.
"If McClellan is elected he is pledged to weaken
the army by discharging the colored troops. Do
Pennsylvanians wish to see the army weakened
which protects them from Lee's army'? McClellan
is pledged to an armistice, the only effect of which
will be to give the rebels time to reorganize and
strengthen their armies. Do Pennsylvanians want
to see the rebel army strengthened which'threatens
their State, and which would like nothing so well
as to serve all their towns as it recently served.
Chatobersburg T Only the most direct, continued
vigorous prosecution of the war can protect Penn
sylvania from rebel invasions ; and the only way to
have that is to vote for Lincoln and Johnson, to
vote for the man who called Grant and Sherman to
the head of our armies in place of McClellan and
Buell. A vote for McClellan is in elect a vote for the
invasion, of Permsylvania, and for the.rum of a great
part of that Slate."
WE NEED not tell War Democrats who
LAziatos W. PoyELL is. He was so sin
cerely with BRECICINRIDGE that his failure
to follow the rebel general into rebellion
created national surprise. He remained in
the Senate, voting against every dollar that
141cCEELLAN's army spent in the Peninsula
—against every resolution, motion, or sug
gestion that looked to prosecuting the war
upon treason. It is no injustice to Mr.
POwELL to say that he has been as con
sistent as his friend BRECRTNRIDGE, and far.:
more useful to the, Confederacy. Wit.'
Democrats, hear what LAZARUS W.
- Powriaa;kone of the,_ ablest .tnen.in -the
Peace party, has to say of Mr.
"As apace man, who has opposed this war front
the beginning, never having voted a man or a-dol
lar to carry it on, I never . will occupy the position of
one approving of the war of of the unjust acts con-,
neeted with it; but I believe that Gen, McClellan,
"as the nominee of this Convention, should receive
my support, and he will have it—my warm, hearty,
zealous support."
Dax RICE; clown, and candidateelo - r
Senator on the Democratic ticket in Craw
-15rd and Erie, will, we are informed,
slickly' make his appearance at. his old
Place-of liusinesi in Walnut street, above
Eighth.
.He will be accompanied by his
trained donkey, and will preach Demo
cracy and jokes. We congratulate Colonel
MCCANDLES:s upon having secured this
new attraction. . .
The soldiei
JA.mr.s .GurunrE, of Kentucky, is an
nounced to address the " iron interest" of
Pennsylvania on the merits of Mc OLELL
We think the " iron interest" has pretty
well made up its mind.
Tan London Times finds comfort and
hope in the nomination of BIeCLELLA:x.
What should we think to see the ablest
and most unscrupulous enemy of American
freedom in the world sustaining any Presi
dential candidate ? The support of the
Times should cover 31.0.4.1xmi with in
famy and shatne.... .i.:'
JAMES BUCIEANAN, after his nomination
in 1856, boastfully, said he was no longer
JAMES Bums:NAN—he was the Cincinnati
platform: This is a good precedent for
MCCLELLAN, who must be 'hereafter con
sidered- not G. B. IsIcCLELLAN, but the
Chicago platform.
LET every War Democrat remember that
if . .McCLELLAti is . elected he will . be the
creature of Mr. FERNANDO WOOD'S choice.
This is . Wooo's own phrase, and it should
be kept before the people.
A - : ,XMLIGIOIJS correspondent desires to
:now ivhether ifDir.•WoOD's " creature "
is elected vie are to.have• a revival of the
lottery business. ' •
AFTER three years of war, and another
eamriaign _upon us of unsurpassed and
',Rmazin.CY.igor,, we, find gold falling and
GoV:erninerig:Securities advancing. Could
there be anyyetter evidence of the stability
of our Government ?
TyIoCLELLAN . fiII4S . SHARMAN tO be "gal
lant and skilful."' Yet when in command
of the army he sent the same SHERMAN. to
the Benton Bal•rac4,.St. Louis, as "a cra 7
zy man."
- PERILVPI3 some of our law-abiding Cop
perheads, who find cause for indignation
in the action of a few irascible Republi
ans, on hot - Saturday evening, would like
to read the following, from the New York•
IVorld :
" We call upon all Democratic clubs, and other
Democratic organizations, parading the city be
tween now and next election day, to make it their
especial business to pass by the Republican headquar
ters, at the corner of Twenty-third street and Broad
way, and to empress by groans, as they pass, their
disapprobation of this mingling of 'black spirits
and white , on the floor of a political ball•room."
GENERAL HOOKER has been assigned to
a new command. It is probable he will be
sent to the Army of the Potomac. The
countrywill : be glad to have this intrepid
and' gallant soldier once more in the field.
TN GEN. JNIcOLELLAN's last electioneering
slidech he' speaks of " the gallant and skil
ful SHERMAN, the heroic and dashing SHE
RIDAN, and the intrepid FAERAGIIT.' I He
says nothing about GuANT. Is it possible
that the little man is jealous ?
"1 WILL defer until my next letter any detailed
statements of the brightening prospects of General
Rood and his army before Atlanta, merely adding
that at last the groat and powerful State of Georgia
simms thoroughly aroused, and that while General
Sherman has as yet received no reinforcements, it Is
believed that every day brings an accession of
strength to General Rood."—Richmond Correspond
inie London Times.
We wonder what the people of England
thought of Hoon's "brightening prospects"
Then they heard of the fall of Atlanta.
• :ER 29, 1864.
THE PRESS - 1 "
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. One of the gunboats of the Potomac: ffetilla that
arrived here, reports that no - guerillas have been
seen since Currituck boats' were tired into on the
16th.
Major Sony Looirmenm, late of the 72d Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, has been appointed by Postmister
General BLAIR route agent on the Pennsylvania
Central read. • Mr. Br. Ain, • in conferring it, compli
mented Major LOCKHART upon the brilliant record
he had Wen in the Army of the Potomac, and et
pressed the pleasure it gave him to confer an office
of trust upon • one who had so•nobly won the right
to servo the country in civil life. I
Lieut. Jas. J. WAGNER, late of the 110th Penn•
sylvanio., bas been promoted to an adjutant in one
or the Veteran Reserve Regimenis. Lieut. WAG
waa badly wounded at the. Chancelloraville .
fight.
Joury G. NiceLAY, the President's private soor:
tarp, who was drafted, has furnished a substitute
Ile was erroneously enrolled, being subject to mill
tars duty only in Illinois. • •
A. K. No°Lunn Is here ; so.is Oxus. M. NEAL
The latter Is acting as counsel for W. B. N. Coz
mins, a contractor, who Is In trouble.
interesting topic outside of political matters. Ex
citement reigns in the world of dry goods. But few
regular sales are being made, although vast quan-
titles are being forced into the auction rooms with
the hope of realizing before the loiver notches in the
scale have beeif reached: The greater proportion
of the goods thus offered are ' , limited generally
at prices so thoroughlyrespectable that the sue.
tioneer is constrained, to pass them at once. The
following quotations of declines may serve to indi^
oate the tone of the market; Beaver cloth, 20@25
per cent.; poll de chevies, 25@f0; forty-inch bag
ging, 15020 ; general dry goods, 20@30. Domestics •
remain firmer than other classes ,of goods. Pork
has tumbled two dollars on the barrel ; flour fifty
cents to one slellar ; coal one, dollar to one dollar.
fifty per ton. And yet there Is no furore for buying
at the 'declined rates. The. merchants and specn•
lators have had their day; the .peoples day is nori
dawning. •
PR.F.1311743VM OY PratOMPAIGN.
Our Wide-awake loyalists' in. 114 • city aro doing
what should be•done'in every cityof the North—sub.
scribing-money for the circulation of 'Union tracts
and speeches. Unsolioltod, save by their own ideas
of . propriety, they are adopting this means fora
more thorough enlargement of public sentiment
upon the all•important issues of the day.
THE 133107 RATIP/HATION.!MMET/NO
was held at Cooper Institute and vicinity last eve
ning. The concourse was immense,. The hall itself
'was filled with-ladies and gentle Men. It is a no
ticeable fact, that the Unionists hitve not indulged
* in the Democratic style of banners with coarse per
sonal allusions as mottoes. The meeting-was order.
ly--respeotable in every sense of the word. One'
club, on the way to the grolllld, was assaulted by
drunken Copperheads, but the assailants were
speedily subjugated.
The following gentlemen were the speakers : Wil
liam Curtis Noyes, Hon. Montgomery Blair, Hon.
Henry C. Deming, Colonel McKean,. Hon. .Tames
M. Seovell, Hon. Martin J. Townsend, Luther C.
Marsh, Rev. W. H. Boole, and• r
General Cutter.
The outside meetings were engaged by welt
known orators. Immense enthusiasm was exhi
bited by all, and the spirit of the occasion was
such as to gratify every hopeful lover of his country.
A lad aged thirteen was yesterday shot and killed
by a lad of seventeen. The latter claims that the
killing was accidental.
A dramatization of " Martin Ohuzzlewit," by S.
R. Fiske, Esq., of the Herald s has just been pro.
duaed at the Olympia Theatre with marked sue-
COSS. Rumor has ascribed the- authorship both to
that gentleman and a vell•known Bohemian and
laWyer of this city ; the weight of evidence Seems,
however, to be in favor of the Tormer.
The steamer Cassandra, !tom New Orleans on
the 18th, with 300 prisoners fiom Fort Morgan, has
arrived.
. The trotting match on 'Fashion Course to-day was
as follows : Mile heats to wagons, Lady Emma beat
Prince Tam Morgan and General Butler three suc
cessive heats. , Butler was distanded on the last
heat. Time 2 473,1;2.26M;and 2
TIM GOLD MAILIEZT.
Gold advanced this afternoon, closing at 203;2.
THE SALES announced for this week by John B.
Myers & Co.,
.auctioneers; will be postponed on
account of the death of the senior member of the
dim.
The Late John 8.. Myers.
We have to announce this morning, with
great regret, the decease of our esteemed
fellow-townsman, Joan B. MYERS, Esq.,
the head of the well-known house of JOHN
B. MYERS & CO. lie died yesterday morn
ing at his residence in Torresdale,:near this
city.
Mr. MYEns was, in many respects, a re
presentative Philadelphian. He belonged
to our "great mercantile interest, and had
been at the head of one of our largest
houses for a number of years, having built
up a business whose ramifications extend
into every part of -the country, and a name
which, for honor and dignity, had no superior
in the mercantile world. Possessing a vast
fortune, he was tf liberal and just man, and .
particularly kind to deserving young men.
Now that he is cold in death P and his voice of
kindness and appreciation everinore hushed,
men will love to recall the many noble
deeds he performed with a kind and unos
, tentatious beneficence—the aid he gave to'
the gifted and aspiring. He was a Phila
delphian. The interests of our city were
very dear to him, and he• never hesitated
to take a leading part in every enterprise
that looked to the city's welfare. Since
this unhappy war made politics a duty and
•compelled all men to do their. share to.
wards saving th 6 nation, Mr. MYERS has
been among the most ardent supporters of
the Government. He was among the
founders of the great :Union League, and
at the time of his death was one of its
vice presidents. He was princely in his
contributions to the cause of the country,.
and, indeed, to every good and patriotic
iitu•pose. " Honest; loyal, liberal, justolis
cerning, no mark has left. behind 'hid: a
better name. Citizens of all opinions who
knew
.the deceased will say this to •his
praise, and speak of liim'w.ith veneration
and esteem.
The'. Death, aptkiii Sieke.
The Asia brings:, the; sad news of the
death of Captain•Spniz,:the discoverer of
the source of the Nile, :and tone,'of the most
rennirkabliof modern travellere. No par
trculars'are given, but it . is riot improbable
that Captain 13.Pm58; in :his Africitn•explo
rations, - found unconsciously the' :" remote `
cause of 'his death. ' Smat's . name is im
perishably connected with the enterprise
of the century,. and his death interrupts la-
Vora which promised much 'more to- the
world, science, and
WAt3HINGTON.
PROCEEDINGS OF COURTS MAItTIAL
Another record of the -emits martial has been
officially promulgated, from which it appears there
_were convicted two brigadier generals—HAMMOND
and SPEAns—one colonel, two lieutenant
- colonels,
one major, twelve captains, eighteen -first lieuten
ants, sixteen second lieutenants; and one assistant
surgeon. They were nearly an dismissed the ser
vice—one-fifth for drunkenness while on duty.
According to the record, "Brig. Gen. Janres G.
Sruens, United States Volunteers, was tried for
using disloyal language, and conduct prejudicial to
good order and military discipline, furnishing a
guard to, and giving full protection to the property
of a notcrious rebel before obliging him to take the
oath of allegiance. Found guilty of the charges,
and sentenced to be dismissed from the service of
the United States. Proceedings, findings,• and
sentence were disapproved by the commanding
general, on the ground of want of jurisdiction of the
court, and the record forwarded to the President,
with a recommendation that he be dismissed from
the service of the United States. The reeommenda.
tion was approved, and Gen..SFEARS was summa•
rily dismissed ircm the service of the United
States.",
LEE' 101'01:TED MOVING
The report here this morning is that LEE'S arniy
is in motion ; the old ohlef; no donk, desires to save
EARLY, and Is devising some method to do It.
INDIAIQ AFIrAIItS.
It is understood at the Indian Bureau that there
was a military escort.of eight hundred', men for the
trains that were cut off between Fort Leavenworth
and Forts Smith and Gibson. These, with the
wagoners, &o, ought to have protected the train,
and held it against any force of Indians that might
menace it. The policy of removing these Indians
back to their old possessions was vigorously resisted
by Commissioner Dora:, and the older class of Sena.
tors long hesitated befora*.Consigning these ()hero;
kees, &0., to a doubtratfate. •
rnoTcap (4044.1iiipm. P.UECHASE OF
'COTT I '
It:Is taiderstoed that:arrangements are content. ,
plated for 'the purchase of the cotton of the insur.
Irelit** States on Goverrnienl, account, and
agirntiewlll:• se - on be appoirdedNew Orleans,
./ileM • phis, and other points - for that purpose, under
the act passed In /as&
TIIE GO"VEBNIeIIiiriCiAL
,
The subscriptions_ to the seven-thirty loan on
Tuesday amounted t 00.260,000, and to-day to $1 2 ••-•
000.
THE 90TR . PENNSYLVANIA. BEGIDIE.*:
A squad 'belonging to the 00th Powayixania
Volunteers arrived here list eveoing, and will -pro
ceed home to-day. There are but slzty men left of
this famous regiment.
THE POTOMAC CLEAR OF bIIERILLAS.,
PEIs'74SYLY.ANIA MALIT, AGENT APPOINTED
PETtSOXAL
NEW TOE air.
NEW YORK, Sept.,2B, 1864
Special Correspondence of The Press.]
GROUND TUNDLINGS.
Declining prices still continue to" afford the most
111 6CELt.ANEOVS.
' . [By Telegraph.). ;
ARRIVAL OF FORT. BIOROA.N:TRI8ONI?.$8.
TUB KEW YORK Beau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28
The total number of prisoners captured Millie
Monday, the 19th, will reach somewhere in the
neighborhood of 8,000, including the wounded. Thus
far, over 8,000 of these prisoners have been sent to
Harper's Ferry and forwarded to Point Lookout.
Over two hundred rebel officers, from colonels down
to second lieutenants, have been brought to Har
per's Ferry and sent to Fort Delaware. About one
hundred, who are wounded, still remain in the Win
chester hospitals.
Prisoners say that after the fight at Winchester
the rebels tilled all their empty supply trains with
wounded and sent them to Staunton. Nearly two
thousand were carried off in this way. The total
loss of the rebels in the battles of Winchester and
Fisher's Hill was not loss than ten thousand, or one
third of Early's command.
' The repulse of the rebel Wickham by General
Torbert, on Saturday last, proved a serious disas
ter to Early.
At the present time of writing, Sheridan has Un
doubtedly reached Staunton. It Is doubtful
whether Early . will be able to make a stand there,
unless he is strongly reinforced by Lee, which, for
reasons that we do not care to state at this moment,
we believe be cannot afford to do.
THE WAR.
-SHERIDAN AT HARRISONBURG.
EARLY FLYING TOWARDS STAUNTON.
BIS ATTEMPTS TO PASS THE BLUE RIDGE BAFFLED
THE REBEL CAVALRY .BADLY DEFEATED
BY GENERAL TORBERT.
Active Operations Expected at Petersburg.
ORDERS CONCERNING COLORS LOST IN BATTLE.
FOFFREST'S RAID IN TENNESSEE.
Is ADVANCE COCKED AT PULASKI
Active . Oiganization of the Department.
THE irivAsr.ok OF MISSOURI
COPINVNICA.TIOIW VFWlrri Pftbr Rios
CUT. OFF.
811811118 8; U 1111* . PRIVE &M BEIRMIT'S PLANS•
REBEL ICAMB BEPOETKO LEAVING MOBILE
• THE ARMY BEFORE PETERSBURG.
FIRING ON TN& JAMES RIVER—REM. C.A.VA.LUT
MOVING.--ORDERS RRLATTNG TO LOSS OS' COLORS
IN BATTLR, AND TO THE muspisnisfo OUT OF
OFFICERS. •
, .
HEADQUARTERSATINT OF we •POTOMAC, Sept.
26.—Quiet still prevails in front of 'Petersburg,
broken-only by the usual picket firing, with occa
sional artillery duels, the - effect of which is merely,
a large consumption of powder by both parties.
A good deal of heavy firing was heard yesterday
and today in theo direction of James river, sup
posed to be from the gunboats. A large body of
rebel cavalry were reported this afternoon to be
moving on our' left, but if so, their object has not
let been developed.
'Three scouts were arrested within our lines yes
.terday, and evidence has been obtained which Is
said to be strong enough to convict them. Two
citizens were also arrested, charged with giving aid
and comfort to the enemy.
An order has beetifisued in relation to the loss of
colors in battle—riainely :
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF POTOMAC, Sept. 23.
The following order of the commander of the 2d
Division, 2d Army Corps, having been transmitted
to these headquarters for the consideration of the,
commanding general, the same Is approved and
confirmed, and it is announced that hereafter no
regiment or battery that loses its colors In action
will be allowed to carry others without the authority
of the commanding general, and such permission
vrilinot be given in cases where it shall appear that
a regiment or battery has lost its colors through
misconduct In battle, until such troops shall, by
their bravery In, other fields, have retrieved their
tarnished honor.
By command of Major General Meade.
S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant General.
HEADQUARTERS Or THE SPADED DIIMBION,
2D ARMY CORPS, August 10, 1864.
The following-named regiments having lost their
regimental colors in action, aro hereby deprived of
the right to carry colors. until, by their condnot in
battle, they show themselves nompetenb to protect
them : Bth New York Heavy Artillery, 164th New
York Volunteers, and 136th Wisconsin Volunteers.
The (officers and men of the command should un.
derstand that their colors should be thb last thing
surrendered, and that in all well regulated military
organizations it is considered a disgrace for a ma
jority of the command to return from the field of
battle without them.
By command of Major General Gibbon, command.
ing the division. A. HENRY EMBLEM.,
Captain and A. A. General.
An order has boon issued that officers who have
served three years as officers may be mustered out,
the time during which they may have been in the
army as privates not counting. W. D. MO.
ACTIVE OMATIONS EXI;ECITEA.
.WAsnizrrorr, Sept. 28.—Aecerding to reports
received tonight from the Amy Of the Potomac,
the present comparative quiet in military affairs
does not promise to be c f much longer continuance.
OOLD OUT OE 6IGET IN RICIIMOND—A REBEL DOL
LAR WORTH TERRE CENTS—RzniroaantursTs
FROM LEE TO nanny . . .
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE .TA. - eras,
SePC/6.—Gold, the sinew of war, is entirely out of
the Richmond market. It cannot be bought in
Richmond now at any price. Sherldan's first stag
gering blow, on Monday last, sent the sen
sitive metal high up the tube of the orome
ter, and the figures showed a corresponding de
preciation of confidence in Confederate paper.
The second blow administered by Sheridan caused
a further elevation, and brokers held one dollar in
gold to 1;e worth thirty dollars ($3O) in rebel paper..
On Thursday last it was decided that there was no'
longer any comparative -value-between gold and
Cerifederate notes, and the. former was withdrawn
- from market. This is a sign of collapse that yen.
may look , in vain to find in. apy Richmond paper,'
but depend upon its truth. It is told me by one who
knows, and Bete his information of what happens in
rebeldom froth trustworthy sources. Three. cents
the present value at Richmond of - a Confederate
dollar note. That sum scarcely pays the cost of
the engraving and printing, without considering
the paper . , and that is high-priced.
"It is the impression herein well-informed circles
that Early will gather up his shattered army for a
stand at Lynchburg. Lee is reinforcing him. Re
has, already sent him within the past two days one
brigade, and two regiments besides.
LETTP.R. OP (81. BUTLER TO NEWSPAPER 00E.
IMSTONDENTS
HEADQUARTERS DEPART3IEI4T VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAN.OLINA, IN THE FIELD, Sept. 25,1861.
To Neivapaper Correspondents connected with the Army
of the James; and. in the Department of. Virginia
and North Carolina:
CaNTL'EMEN - : I need not ray to you, probably,
that I have never interfered With the quantity, kind,
or quality of your communications in regard to the
movements of the Army of the James; or In this De
partment. I have stated to some of you, that I de
sired that you should speak only .of acts done, and
-barmy nothing of movements when in preparation
or while in proem. ' Forty-eight (48) hours, at the
farthest. brings to the enemy in printed form' as
well the speculations and .prognostications of
events about to happen. in which you may indulge;
as the facts that have already happened which you
narrate.
From my knowledge of you and each of you, so
far as you are known to..ipe, I believe all sincerely
loyal and patriotic, and that either of you would not
willingly.do anything which would aid the enemy,
and yet unwittingly I have thought that you do
do so.
Now, then, I desire that in any correspondence
from this Department there shall be no prognosti
cations, no assertions that you could give news if it
were. not contraband, no predictions that move
ments are about -to .be made that will surprise the
enemy or any body elie. Indeed, gentlemen, allow
me to commend to you, as a rule of action, the ad
vice of Hamlet to his friend Horatio, when he de
sired to keep secret his acts and intentions :
"That you, at such times seeing me, never shall,
With arms encumbered thus, or this head shake,
Or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase,
As, well, well we know—
Or, We could, an!.if we would;—
Or, If we list to speck ; or, There be an , if they might :
Or some such ambiguous giving out, its note,
That you know ought of me ;
This do you swear."
. After any. movement has been made and com
pleted, then you can give such account of it, and of
the officers and men engaged in it, as your good
judgment and good taste may. dictate, and for that
purpose every facility of public or. official docu
ments in my possession will be put at your disposal.
A: word further of caution, and I hope I shalt not
have troubled you in vain. Descriptions of the move
ments of officers of high rank frequently give the
enemy a clue that some movement is In progress,
which a reasonable amount of sagacity will enable
therm to discover.
11. have the honor to be, gentlemen, very respect
filly, your obedient Eervant.
Br.x,i. F. BUTLICR, Major General Comdt. •
TUE SUENANDOAR VALLEY.
SHERIDAN AT HARRISONBURG- ON MONDAT--DAIt.
;LY RETREATING HASTILY TOWARD STAUNTON
THE OAFS IN THE BLUE RIDGE 7OOICEANDRD BY
OUR TROOPS-THE.REBEL CAVALRY DEFEATED
BY TOMBERT, NEAR, LURAY.
WAISEITRGTON, Sept. 28.—The Republican says :
Despatches were received by the Government thiS
morning, containing the latest report from. General
Sheridan. They announce his •arrival at Harrison:
burg on Monday, and his Intention to follow up the.
pursuit of Early, who was hastening toward Staurr.
ton'with the shattered fragments of his defeated and
deMoralized army.
Every attempt of Early to take advantage of the •
gaps In the Blue Ridge Mountains to annoy General
Sheridan's rear has been defeated, with great loss
to the rebels.
On Saturday Torbert's cavalry met the rebel ca
valry near Luray Venn House, and after a spiritOd
fight, which lasted several hours, routed them with
a loss of several hundred killed and wounded and
about eighty prisoners. .
The rebels were commanded by General - Wick
ham. They retreated up the valley.
. •
TORBERT'S CAV ALRY WITH THE INFANTRY AT
NEW NALOLET-8,000 PRISONERS CAPTURED SINCE
MONDAY -ONE-THUM OF' EARLY'S COMMAND,
LOST. •
•
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—0 n Sunday last our
cavalry, under Torbert, 'who had routed the rebels
at Luray, effected a' junction with Sheridan's in
fantry near New Markot, and by this time aro pro
bably .again operating on the flanks and rear of
Early's retreating columns.
All along the route of Early's retreat Ida men
abandoned their arms and equipments; and private
dwellings are tilled with their sick and wounded.
THE TIIREE.TEPTID ATTAOR OF RRICS'S ivostr—xv,
TERRITEzrow oyit OOMMITEICAPIONS-OAPTIIIIE OP
A PABSENGSR TEASE-171510N SOLDIERS HUE.
DEICED Wlr IMISTIWIXAtEERS.
Si. Lotus, Sept. 28.—Nothing has' been heard
from Pilot Knob since 11 o'clock yesterday morning,
when 13ig•river bridge, abont fifty miles from here,
was burned by the rebels, and communication was
cut off.
Up to that time General Ewing successfully re
pulsed the attacks of the enemy, and succeeded in
sending two trains of commissary stores away.
At the last accounts it was believed that Ewing
could maintain his position, unless assailed by over
whelming numbers, or by the enemy planting can
non upon Shepherd, Mountain and other eminences
in the vicinity which command •our fortifications.
Ho has plenty of provisions and a good supply of
water.
General Smith, of the infantry advance, has been
withdrawn from Mineral Point to Basil°.
-A train of fifty empty wagons, which were sent
from Pilot Knob yesterday morning for Mineral ,
Point, had not reached that place before the com
murdeationwas cut. It is supposed that they were
captured.
It is now believed that the demonstrations on Pilot
Knob and the Iron Mountain Railroad were feints
to cover the movement of Price's main force in, an•
other direction, probably against Rolla., and thence
to the central part of the State.
. It is believed that Shelby's cavalry will make a
desperate effort to dash' into St. Louis after the
fashion of Forrest into Memphis,
The passenger train which left here yesterday
morning for North Missouri was captured at Can
tralia;by Bill Anderson's bushwackers. Twenty
one soldiers were taken out and murdered.
TENNESSEE.
SKIRMISHING WWII FORRBST'S FORCES;-PULASKI
WILD BY GEN. ROUSSRA.U-FORREST'S FORCE••••
• RUMORED CAPTURE OF RAILROAD TR AINS-ENER•
G)TIO • ORGANIZATION OF TER DEPARTMENT. •
Nesnvinna, Sept. 27.—Skirmishing with the
rebel force under Forrest continued all day yester
day. Gerieral Rousseau fell back two miles from
Pulaski, but readvanced and held his position and
the 'town up to 7 P. M. To•day the enemy ad
vanced his skirmish line to within half .% mile of ours,
and will probably advance his lines and attack in
the morning. Our loss in to-dare righting will not
exceed SO men.
..grisoners captured in Marshall county, on - their
Itlispainnville, with despatches for Cerro
CfOrdo Williams, who was to unite with Forrest,
:state that Forrest :has 20 pieces of artillery, and
abeut7,ooo men. Six regiments were reported sent
him from Wheeler's force. Gen. Rousseau, by .a
strategic movement ; invited an attack from the re
bel commander, but he did not respond.. There is
no telegraph in' working order to Pulaski.
It-is rumored at Chattanooga that two trains
were captured on Monday by the rebel force at Big
Shanty, on the Chattanooga Railroad. Officers
from the front confirm this statement.
Governor Johnson made a forcible and patriotic
speech last night to a torchlight procession by the
German residents, headed by the sth Regiment
New York Volunteers, who have re-enlisted.
Colonel L. Donaldson, chief quartermaster of the
Departinent of the Cumberland, has orgardzed the
entire force of the department, amounting to over
.7,000 men, comprising eight regiments. Arms and
ammunition have been furnished them, and they
are In readiness at a moment's warning to co-ope
rate with the regular troops whenever occasion re
quires. Great praise is due to the chief of this de
partment for the energy and zeal displayed in bring
ing into action this effective branch of the service.
The 173 d and 176th Ohio, hundred-days men, have
arrived in the city.
Captain W. Thorr, assistant adjutant general on
the staff of Generals Granger and Miller, has been
ordered to the Potomac on the staff of General
Blrney.
OFFICIAL ADTICES.- PORRRST CIIIXILED AT
WASnixoxort, Sept. 28.—The Republican says in
an extra: " We learn officially that the advance of
the rebel Gen. Forrest has' been suddenly chocked
at Pulaski, Tennessee, to which point northward he
pushed after destroying the railroad bridge over
Elk river."
DEPAXTBISNT OF THE GULF.
AFFAIRS•AT NEW ORLRANS-UNEAS/NESS REGARD•
rico THE STEADIER COMMANDER-REPORTS FROM
TtIOBILP.- PROCLAMATION ESTABLISHING THE
NEW LOUISIANA. CONSTITUTION.
CAIRO, Sept. 27.—The steamer Magenta, No. 21,
arrived here today.
The steamers Cromwell and Sierra Nevada were
to sail for New York oa the 24th.
The steamship Commander, which left New York
on the 3d, had not arrived at New Orleans, and some
uneasiness was felt in consequence.
The gunboat Selma, from Mobile, arrived at New
Orleans on the 2Lst.
The rams Tuscalbosa, and Nashville are reported
to have gone to Montgonaery, Alabama, but the re
port was not credited. It Is believed they have
gone up Spanish river to get a nearer position to
Mobile.
The steamer • Gertrude, laden with cattle, com-
Intssary stores, two hundred sacks and fifty bales of
cotton, was sunk at College Point, in the iVlissis
sippl river, on the 20th. rive of her passengers are
missing. The bodies of two ladies had been re.
covered.
An official announcement of Governor Hahn
gives the total number of - votes chit for and against
the . new Constitution, aggregating
,6 3 836 for it, and
1,660 against. The Governor's - proclamation de
claiiithe Constitution henceforth the ordained and
'established law of Louisiana:
Cotton was at a stand-still. Provisions and.pro
duce were extremely dull. ;
A. fire at Baton Rouge on the 21st destroyed a
block of builOnga.
'FORTRESS MONROE.
NA RINI! INTSLLIG2NOR-ALL QUIRT AT TEE FRONT
FORTRESS Monnoz, Sept. 27.—The schooner W.
W. 'Pharo, from Philadelphia, bound to Hilton
Head, was run into yesterday off Cape Henry, by
an unknown navy vessel, and arrived 'here in a
sinking condition, The steamer Keyport was
raised yesterday by Captain Baker's wrecking
fleet, and will go to Baltimore for repairs. • The
steamer New York, Capt. Chisholm, sailed for
Philadelphia this afternoon. The steamer Swan,
from City Point, has arrived and reports all quiet
in front. No news.
COLORADO.
CHIMENNE AND ARAPAHO INDIANS 01"PM:ZING TO
MARE PBACR-ERTURN OF FOUR WRITE PRI•
q O,.ERS
DIMVIM CITY, 0. T.. Sept. 28.—Major Wynkoop,
of theist Colorado Cavalry, has arrived from Fort
Lyon with seven of the principal chiefs of the
Cheyennes and Arapahoes, and four white prisoners
delivered up by them—vl9:, Laura Roper, lsabellti;
Übanks, and - .Ambrose itahloy, all captured near
Oak Grove, Kansas—and Dan Marble, taken from
'a train near Plum creek.
All these are children, except Miss Roper, a young
lady aged 18 years.
The Indians still hold Mrs. Ufianke and Xra.
Marble and children, but have promised to glve
them up.
These chiefs come here to make a treaty of peace
with Governor Evans, and fifer to send their war
riors mith the white troops to fight the Kiowas and
Comanches.
The scarcity of food and the prospeat Of a hard
winter, it is thought, have compelled them to this
step.
CALIFORNIA.
DISTRESS IN SAN LUIS AND OBISPO-PIRB AT
BTOOETON
SAN Fitinorsco, Sept. 27.—The drought and.
failure of the crops In San Luis and Obispo
counties has caused great distress. Many of the
inhabitants are said to . be in a starving condition,
and measures are being taken in this city for their
relief.
A 'tire at Stockton to-nay destroyed property to
the amount of $30;000.
The Nicaragua. steamer Moses Taylor arrived
here to day With the passengers who New York
August 27.
The steamer Brother Jonathan brings $342,000 in
gold from the Oregon mines and British Columbia.
Mesican dollars to the amount of $175,000 were
sold to• day for 12 per cont. premium.
BERMUDA.
TIOI:YELLOW PEVEZLOCKAOE RUNNERS ON
, - .,Naw Yens, Sept, 2S.—Bermuda papers of the
17th test. state that the yellow fever is still preva
lre4;bitt, has somewhat slated. The iteamers Petrel,
from :Glasgow; Night Hawk, from Madeira, and
Banshee, from England, had arrived at Bermuda,
probably to engage In blockade running.
Probable Murder of a Woman.
Nnawrcsi, Conn., Sept. 28.—Mrs. Francisca
Hoeftler, a young and beautiful German lady,
niyateriously disappeared on Saturday. Her'body
was found on Monday, in the Shebuckot river. The
coroner held an inquest to-day, and rendered a ver
dict of death from causes unknown. The affair has
created much excitement here, being wrapped in' a
deep mystery. It is the general opinion that a das.
tardly murder has been committed.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 28.
ARRIVAL OF RRIiEL OFFICERS CAPTURED ET
SFIERIDAN.
. The rebel c'fficers who were captured by Sheri
. dan have arrived here on the way to Fort Delaware.
• Some of them belonged to this city, and they 'poked
`with longing eyes upon their old homes. They ox.
preSS themselves as being satisfied with their lot,
•but this Is braggadocio.: Maryland regiments are
'generally discontented, but, for appearance's Sak
put .a good face on things.
ICARM:TS.
Flour has a declining tendency and Is heavy.
Wheat is buoyant ; white Is 10 and red 15 ants
higher. Corn steady ; white $1.86@1.8; ; polio*
heavy. Whisky nominal at $l.BO. Groceries dull
and.nominal.
ATTENTION is requested to the sale in Mont
gomery county, Pa:, of valuable farming property
comprising houses, barns, live stook, implements,.
'etc. It will be seen, by referring to our advertising
columns, that the sale takes place on Thursday,
Oct. 13.
• SALE Or BOOTS AND SIIOBB.—We would oall the
attention of buyers to the large and attractive sale
of 1,4(0 cases of boots, shoes, lirogans, &0., to be sold ,
by catalogue for cash this morning, Thursday, Sep.
tember 29th, oomMoneing at ten o'clock precisely,
by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at their store,
Noe. 525 Market and 522 Commerce streets.
-- John Burr; a young Scotch artist of considera
ble merit, was lately married to the eldest of the
celebrated Boone children, whose enactment of
Shakspearlan charaoters 'was popular In New 'lark
a few years since. Burr's last picture, "The guppy
Show," which was ' in the Royal Mailemy, imught
£lOO.
MISSOURI.
PULASKI.
E T. 7 It OX' .
ARRIVAL OF THE NOVA BCDTLAN AND ASIA
Death of Captain apeke, the .Africis Explorer
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
. OFISIONO OF !McULKLIAN
TIE SPANISfi MINISTEXIAL CRISES
PATIINR POINT, Sept. 28.—Thersteamship Nova,
Scotian, from Liverpool on the 15th, and London-'
derry on the leth, has passed this point. 'Her ad
vices are one day later.
The steamship Etna, from New York, arrived at
Queenstown on the evening of the 16th.
The news is not of much importallse.
Tle Crown Princess of Prussia has given birth to
a son.
The Spanish ministerial crisis continues.
Commercial Intelligence.
' Sept. 36. yia Londonderry.—Cotton sales
for the week 21,000 bales ~including 3,000 to speculators
and 7,ffo to exporters. The market tends downward,
with a decline of one penny on American, and 203 d on
other descriptions. Sales on Friday 4,003 bales, the
market clods g quiet and steady at the following quo
tations:
' Fair. . Middling.
Orleans ' 3030 • 283.0 .
Mobile ?AI- 2Srl
Uplanda N.tid 2731d'.
:tookin. port 394,000 bales, incladtua 13tP0 American.
Breadstuffa quiet and at eidi
- - -
Provisions inactive. Bacon advancing.
LONDOY, Sept. 16. —Consols closed at for money-
The bullipn in the Bank of _England has decreased
£66,000.
The market for American securities is unchanged.
with no sales to report. Erie is quoted at 43®-i4; Illi
nois Central shares -t@42 per cent. discount.
. The Asii air cape Race.
ST. Solixs, N. F., Sept. W.—The steamship Asia,
from Liverpool on the 17th, via Queenstown on the
18th, passed Cape Race this • afternoon. She was
intercepted and hor advices obtained. . .
The China, from New York, arrived off Cape Clear
on the 16th.
The advices by the Asia are bet two days' later than
per the .Nova Scotian at Father Point, and contain no
very striking points of. intelligence.
The steamship China, from New York, arrived off
Cape Clear on the 16th.
Captain Speke, tho African traveller, has been:ac
cidentally killed.
OR.EAT BRITAIN
The London Globe says the French Government pa-.
pera consider that theprospects of.Oeneral McClellan for
the Presidency are secure in the future.
The London /fetes says there can be no cordiality in
•the .future Jelations between the United States and
France if General McClellan is elected to the Presidency,
he being known as a strong anti -Imperialist.
The London herald alluding Mollie coming Presiden
tial election says : •
" We believe that all negotiations must - fail, as all
force has tailed. We .believe separation to be just and
wise, and that it has become inevitable but we'vrill
readily !admit that if reunion *ere possible the Demo
cratic plan offers the only chance or hope for its accom
pliehm ent.
Active operations have oommenced for the manufac
ture of the Atlantic telegraph cable.
eine London Times lectures the Australians, who talk
of separation from England, and says - that their charges
are that .Englaud has not been allowed to indulge her
taste for military glory. The Times then proceeds to
show the An dia. ions that bad England gone to war with
Russia on account of Poland, trouble and disaster might
have fallen upon them. Russia expected au outbreak
and lust, acted her admirals, on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, to leave their respective posts by different routes
for a common rendezvous, ascertained to be mid-ocean.
and the fleet thus assembled was to hold itself in
readiness and bear down on the Australian colonies.
FRANCE.
The Bank of France. returns show a falling off of
1320,000 in bullion. . •
It is stated that the Emperor Napoleon will join the
Empress Eugenie in Germacy, and that his visit would
probably lead to an interview between the French,
Russian, and Prussian sovereigns.
The Queen, by the advice of Marshal O'Donnell,
summoned liervaez to form a newiginistri. The latter
cocceeded in doing so, and has taken the oath as Prtsl
- of the Council.
A late telegram states that the Government of Monte
video have refused the ultimatum addressed to thelit by
Brazil, with a view to the pacification of the Republic
of trragmt., and that armed intervention by. Brazil is
consequently expeated.
- .
The Paris Moniteur reports that the English com
mander in Japan has summoned the Janette.° Govern
ment to remove within twenty days all obstacles to
navigation in the Straits of Simoniske , caused by the
Certifications Prince Negate constructed. If not com
plied with the fortifications are to be attacked.
.T,ONDON MONEY MAKKET.—The demand for dis
count at the Bank of England, on the 16th inst:, was
unimportant, but in the open market business was ra
ther active. Stocks were less animated, owing to the
Bank of France returns.
LATEST NEWS.
L root., Saturd y e ceni ng. =The steamship China,
from New York , arrived here this afternoon. '
The political news to-day is unimportant.
Mr. Baxter, in addressing his constituents at Mon -
frogs, expressed sentiments heartily sympathizing with
the Unionists.
The Paris Monite rlr gives currency to a rumor that
negotiations were progressing eVVienna with the object
*to prolong until. the 15th of December the armistice
which expired on the lath of September.
115TheWasetr.Zellung affirms that the supposed privateer
— New Alabama, at Bremerhaven, has been purchased
by Prussia for the navy.
•
Shipping' Intelligence. ..
Arrived from New York—Ana:a 2. Anna Gaban, at
Venice; September Sth, Iletmes, at do; 14th. Commer
cio and Ctibana, at Gloucester: 15th, Bessie Rowe, at
Gravesend; lath, Borneo, at Deal; Auguste, at . Pal
mouth ; Galva, at Flushing; 13th, Roebuck, at Havre:
14th, Yorkshire, at do,
Arrived from Philadelphia—Sept. 14th, Pembroke ,at
Flushing.
Arrived from San. Franciseo—Jane sth, Forest at
Auckland.
Sailed for New York Sept. Eith,Rolla, from Cadiz.
Sailed for Philadelphia Sept. 10th, Westmoreland,
from LiVerpool.
Sailed for San Francisco Julyist; Ida D. Rogers, from
Yerkabarea. •
MEzeoa.AxPrsi. —The Gazelle, from Cylon for Mel
bourne, was at Manilla in distress. Part of her cargo
has been sold to defray expenses for resairs.
LOrDONDERRI'._ Sept. 18.—Arrived from NOW York:
Sarah Black. George Otto, and Earnest. Barnes, at
Gravesend; Ottavia, at Antwerp; Lemuel, at malaga:
Inwar,, at Venice; Beaux Meisler. Wiltenburg, and
Augusta, at Falmouth; Veritas, at Dnblin:•Marmane,
at Queenstown ; Greninar and Mathilde, at Cork.
Arrived from Philadelphia: Earicsett; at Bremen.
[Commercial by the Asia.)
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 16 . — . - BReADSTUFFS — NOII6III. Rich
ardson, Spence. be Co., and others, report: Flour very
dull; State 20.s@i3s ed. Wheat irregular: winter red
7s Edlll,Ss 3d. Cora dull and declined 3@6d; sales of
mixed at 285.(4)25.8 eth -
Picortsioxs.—P,lesars. - Wakefield, Nash, & Co., and
others, report: Beef down ward,-with...a de aline on all
qualities Pork - inactive but' ste,ltdy. ,Bacon upward,
and advanced 6d@ls. . Lard steady .: Tallow quiet. and
• steady; quoted as 40501.36. - Butter steady.
PRODUCE. —The Brokers' Circular reports: Ashes up
ward; sales at 29s 2d for Pots, and.33s for Pearls. Sugar
very dull, and declined Igls ed Coffee qaio t and Steady.
Rice dull. Linseed dull._ Cod. Oil inactive. Linseed
Oil quiet and steady at .1.86 hke..c4l 10e. Rosin easier;
sales at 2Ss 9d§als. Spirits Turpentine—Sales small;
French quoted at 655. 'Linseed Cakes drill at uls. Be
trclenzu—lifessrs. • Boult, English. & Ce. report the
ma; kei quiet and steady at 2s 2d @3s 3d for reined;
elude. .C. 16916 10s.
LORBOA MARKETS—Let's - Pax,. Sept. - 16. — Bcead.-
stuffs quiet and quotations barely maintained. Flour
Cil@229 ed.- Wheat—Winter at 41@435; white 4244e5.
offre steady at a - decline of ecl@ne. Iron steady at
.C7@7 6s. Linseed . Cakes quiet and steady, Spirits
Turpentine Sales small French 655. 'Petroleum
steady;• refine Oil easier.mit° ..f1.9. Sperm Oil steady at
SR Linseed Rice steady. Sugar dull and.
quotatationa barely maintained.
Tallow dull at 42@43s fOr..P.:T. !Tea quiet and
steady.
Grover 5: Tadd report: Provisions inactive and buoy
ant. Butter steady.
LONDON. Sept. 10.—Messrs. Baring Bros. report .Arrie
ricari keettri ties to. day; 11. S. live- twenties, 42X@/133‘
Erie Sailiond. 42@4.4; Illinois Central Railroad, 43@4.2
discount. ' •
Consols. closed, on the evening of the 26th, at 360 . @&:•;;
for moVey.
.11.6.1 - RR BLARRETS.—Cotion—Sales of the weeli,9.C.oo
bales; Orleans tree arab/mire 33.5 f; do. bas 336 f. The
market is irregular. Stock in port 57.000 bales.
BREADSTUFF'S have a downward tendency. . • -
• PARIS. Sept. 17. —The Bonree 11i quiet. The Rentes
close at 97f. .
LATEST bLAEKETS.
LIVRRPOOT:. Sept! 17—Evening —Cotton. —Sales to-day
6,C00 bales, including 3,000 bales to speculators and
ex
_porters. The market is firmer. but unchanged.
ERE-US:TUFFS —The market is dull and steady.
Pnovistexe.market is inactive. Bacon Sinter.
Lotrecrx, Sept. 17. Evening._ Consols closed at SS3I:O
SSI-4 for mono y. •
2LIkIERICA STOCES.—The latest dates were Illi
nois Central Railroad, 42g1S'discount; Erla Railroad.
41®43.
Official Returns of the Blaine Election.
• GAnnimen, Sept. 28.—The official returns froro.
475 towns, cities, and plantations, or nearly the whole
vote of the State, foot up as follows :
Cony, Republican.....
Howard, Democrat...
Majority for Cony 15,(31n
The last year the vote in the same towns stood :
Cony, Republican
Bradbury, Democrat..
Majority.iiir Coney 17,566
The vote on the Constitutional Amendment to al
low the soldiers absent in the field to vote, stood in
favor of its adoption RAO, and against it 14,127.
Public lEntertubsmentso.
PETROLOGIC/a.—The Ladies , physiological So
ciety; lately organized in this City by highly resp e c ta
ble ladies, give thelifirst benefit, to raise funds to
further the great cause of "domestic economy" and
"health reform," at. Concert Chestnut street;
above Twelfth, neat Tuesday , evening, October 4.
The cause is a most praiseworthy one, and the en
tertainment will be a gratureembination of. home
talent. The accomplished lady elocutionist, Ddrs.
Dr. Landis, who is spoken of as a beautiful reader
and reciter, will execute, in her fine style, "Bingen
on the Rhine," " The Patriot's Pass," " Song of the
Shirt," "Bridge of. Sighs," and • "Star-,spangled
Banner," which the Washington papers, say "she
gave with all the elocutionary effect of a Siddons."
E. M. Bruce, Esq., the humorous performer, will
discourse eloquent vocal. and Instrumental senile'
and Rev. Dr. S. Id. Land!' win' deliver his . popular
lectuie on' "Woman's True Poidtion." Let the
people aid the ladies by attending. -•-
TEE STassorrcox.—This beautiful and attrac
tive exhibition is now open at, the Assembly Build
ings, at the corner of Chestnut and Tenth streets.
The display is a complete continuation from first to
last of historical, classical, refined, and amusing
pictures, delineated on six hundred square feet of
canvas. They come as shadows, and so depart,
particularly the scene that exhibits azhost moving,
or rather gliding, to and fro across the interior of
the palace of a certain' king. Scenes from the
ruins of Oharabersburg are also exhibited, from
which the spectator may form an monists' idea of
rebel vandalism, as practiced in July last.-
—The Menken has postponed her debut at ist.
ley's; London, from Sept. 26th to Oct 3d, in order
to allow more time for Tehearsals, and to give the
nobility a chance to be present on the occasion, as
they will return to London by that time. As Ast
ley's Is a Weat End theatre, and pretends to be
very fashionable, thenobility must not be overlooked
in preparing for the opening. The Menken will
have three dressing-rooms fitted up for her ; the re
ception•room is lined with Mirrors, and there are
silk curtains, velvet carpet, piano, and rosewood
furniture to add to the comfort and elegance of the
place. The bath-room is marble, with hot and cold
water, and everything is galore. Manager Smith
was to give a grand dinner to the press, at which
:the Menken would preside ; after which the inde
pendent gentlemen of the free and enlightened
newspaper world were to be invited' to Inspect the
new scenery, and Mazeppa's dressing-rooms.
THE LATE ELLZA.BETH WHIVITHE..--The BOBtOH
Journal says: "Elizabeth H. Whittier, sister or the
poet Whittier, who died •at Amesbury a few days
ago, was a la cy of rare gifts. With doinestie and.
social qualities which attracted many Mende and
made the home of the poet a. charming literary re.
treat, she possessed literary ability of high order.
The friend, companion, and :housekeeper . of her
gifted brother, ste was also his literary adviser, and
no piece from his pen has probably gone forth to
the world _without being fast submitted to her line
critical judgment. She was herself a graceful
writer. It may be remembered that both Hr. and
Miss Whittlerjoined In the production °lan appro
priate poem • for a fair held some years since ,in
Boston, and:oitr readers will recall Miss Whittler's
two latest published poems—though neither is very
recent—'To Dr. Kane in Cuba, and. 'Tribute to
Lady Franklin.'"
_ The Newburspoit Herald says : "Regard for the
delicacy of a nature which held Itself shrinkingly
aloof from publicity, forbids more than a passing
tribute to its rare loveliness ; but it may at least be
said that with her has passed away a life fragrant
with Christian graces and beautiful in its Charities
—a character at once strong and delieate, and. a
mind rich iii-those qualities which will always link
her memory with the fame of the o.eepest-hearted.
poet of Our ootustrrand•time." •
Corn,sltil declining
BRAZIL
J %PAR
62,389
46,476
• . 57,799
.. 50,233
RNION LEAVER RAIL
Speeches' 01" 11012. IFT, es• nen,
Shannon, and 'Wm. es
Dian'
Last evening, another large Di eetine ea.
the Union League Ha. Mr. Johnßacy.
At 8 o'clock the meeting was called
t o
Hon. Henry I). Moore Was introduced, t
Ceived With approbation, and spoke •
• SPEECH OP HON. H. D. s w e: 4 o x i
I greet you to-night, my Mende. not asp `
Democrats, but as Union men. r
y
come here through any Partisan motive,.
ne we le h ru e p . o gi n7 e to n decide IdP°elaitiql.stirotinpaawtfhheiNeizeil:t;:t:l
i, •
any political one that can be presented_ 1, -4
wher we shall countenance any
menu the North who syra
e t r y
bellion, and whether We will ' 3
sacs e ,
rebellion itself. I contend that while
brothers, and sons are defending one e on ."r
of battle, we must meet the enemies of the ' i r e'
who remain in the North. I had hoped.
of politica would not be presented at teie
se em is now a political organization in, „,
of the most dangerous character, 4r , •
represent the Democratic party.
c't ro,
Democrats do not think that the pre l s e
'Properly represents them. Had the Chic e"n
paned resolutions sustaining the co mer Z l .
(mould be the last to speak an neetats:
*organization. Instead of that they fr
the true patriots of the country as its
call us enemies to the Constitution ;alai
Does the past history
of that party wa rn .;
assertion? I do not hesitate to declare tint:L:
rebellion was brought upon this ceentry en e n.s.
of this same Democratic party in the Se e r . se:
lion commenced in South Carolina, a se e e
voted any other ticket but the Deno,. • :.
leaders of the rebellion were prominir
Three of its nrominent leaders wereotbE '
nan's Cabinet. Can that be dieproyee,
party have the effrontery to declare Merl!
`conetitutional party . Therebellion 15 H er et.
Democrats of the North.' [Appian:eel p
solution was introduced by Washinetes
Yc rk, declaring the unswerving fidelity
cratic party% to the Union, andotatine tw'
sisted on maintaining the national tent; inn ee :
lid foundation of our strength. &c. Tba t en ee
rent to a committee, but the committe..letZ.4
of the resointion, which was that the Co ul ee
slated on maintaining the national unite- ee
resolution was a patriotic one, but the
tion would not accept it,' except as it r e:re
the committee. There is no longer any a o r e,
Democratic party as at present °manned I.
party. Governor Letcher proclaimed that eitl.
before the firing on Fort Sumpter he we,
the capture of Fortress Monroe. Yet Goleee
was a good Democrat. 'Now the be e:
to excuse their- treason by charging the et
with violating the constitutional rights or:
They even now declare that the Presides: e
the constitutional eights of the South. Col
rights, may it please you 1 Where were en
tional :netts when Fort Sumpter WAS i i .
Where were our constitutional rights whea
Virginie, desired the pleasure of thine
gun at Fort Sumpter ? ,We have rem
eights, and will insist upo n 'them. To dee
support Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jobe%
are for a division, we mast vote for McGloin;
dieton. There is no doubt about it. . .I
I knot'.
eylvania Will' vote for Lincoln. In °dole"
give thirty thousand majority for the En
[Applause.] Last year we had a
contest, and • I know we had as our
man of unblemished personal - character. a,
worked for him desperately, yet we beat .
Then we did not have the soldiers' vote.
Now we have their vote: Dons any man don
vote will be cast? The Domociats ce,
soldiers' vote because they fare, as th.
date, Little Mac: T 1 ey have, ladeed, a
[Laughter. ] While that general was so .
popular man with the army, he is not now .
soldiers see that lea is now in' bad company,
is.another reason why I think we will not be
.Providence is on the side of right and loyal',
'see so many of . the beet men of th e
gone forth - to meet the foe, and s
blood like water: when I remember ti,
pie have give this- treasure freely to the
molt; when I see so much prosperity er.
mid et of seer, I feel as if the hand of Goit
test.. Now, if you value your own intereets,
of your posterity, you will devote every e a ,
noble cause. No sacrifice can be too great r
gcod a Government as ours: [Applause.] Yoe,
eider H a pleasure to be able to sustain thee ;
even if you have to pay increased taxes,
sacrifices other men have made, and see hot
Of you have done for the great cause. Let ee
the other, and never weary of doing gen
ven's sake, don't complain about taxes, ho
willingly. [Applause.] If your city w s s
bombarded, would Ton talk about taxes.
is greater than that; for the rebels
down this free Republic, and. I know no I:
prepared for that. Do your I.
duty
and you wi l insure the victory of :[oven:,
Mr. Neere retired amid much enti
was followed by Hon. P.O.Shannon.
• e SPEECH OF JUDGE SHAY:Ion
Judge Shannon was received with applea t
gretted that he could not speak to his
would love to do. But the whore field of e:
had been gone over already in this ball.
feel, he said, as if discussion had already' .
work. How MID I speak to von with urn
such a noble• speech as that of General ee.
occupied this hall last .night ? And again toe
'this audience was addressed by one of the re
cal and loyal men of this Commonwealth.
There are few men in this Slate better able at..
the people than Mr. Moors. There is re
this campaign unknown to the people noe.
' a reading people, and it would be ree
for me to give lessons now on the gee
of the day. But the re is still a neeessitr
'nightly meetings, The mind of the mine
kept up with an interest which cannot
pleasant it is to plead the cause of one's C 01.7
task is easy to speak for our country. DetTe •
of the trials of our noble soldiers who are .:
blood freely to crush the rebellioa of
eratie'Sonth ? I have come here to-night 5:
vitation of the Union League—a civic ore:
which, in my judgment, has done more for 1.
cause than any other institution of the care
plause. ] Amongst its members fam glad let:
crate, Whigs, and Repubeicane, men who se
party for the - sake of their cotintt7. A sort
se t o f people never banded together for a g.'
They have already sent six regiments to the:
the seventh is in progress of organization. e
never failed the Government an any of
hours.
Their munificence is unbounded, and wah:
co-operation Governor Curtin could not bare
elected. [Appian:se.] With their coemerate
carry the next election. As a Democrat. Ito
by the Administration of Abraham Lincoln
dons applause.] There is no diem-eel oa
there is no lucrative office that could tent tai
only way in which 1 think we can
Republic, and that - is to stand by L'
• Johnson. [nenewed applause.] The Cuter
claims to be framed by Democrats. In
claim the Convention dishonored the lett
Democracy—Thomas Jefferson and his folk:
present day. They said at Chicago that
mended a cessation of hostilities. Liberty
such thing. Slavery demands a cessation C li
(Applause.) Democracy means justice ant
all the people, and there is not much dement
party which met at Chicago. The oaly nee
axe demanding and will obtain a 'mental in
are Sherman. Grant, and Sheridan. ..1;
Those miserable demagogues at Chicago plan
di-graceful demand for the cessation of I
when. - Fanaget and Winslow are so at
doing - that. Mr. McClellan could not tat
mond, and what-potency is these in his
can do more fin. a cessation of hmtikee
our own brave boys on land and tea a
now? We will have no peace at the sacrifice ,
honor. (Tremendous applause.:) We ant:
war into Africa, and we. will continue re do
assistance of two or three hundred thiamin
We gill make the negro respectable so loan
with the
_American uniform and nod,:
can- Rag' (Applause.] We demand pest
mute of justice and humanity. We
west) before angels and men, bat it
be peace that would disgrace us in the ei
nations of the eel th. Hair can the Chicseie
give us a peace that Mr. Lincoln cannot see
Daviesays tbat'his_ terms are independeao
lineation. We say extermination for Its :;
their sympathisers. The other night the De
called,' of this city, had a parade s , and on rie:
they proclaimed that they wanted a free be..
fight. I,n the times past the ballot box waste
I can lay that - my: ancient friends of the nee:
a finger in it. (Laughter.] As to the eft
there are no loyal men here afraid of such tic;
plause.] We want no mob Im o not:kits, no
We want only a peaceful election, and the
' have, and ria elect a man who will bring re
ring peace. Our armies and navies can oe
for that.
How absurd to say that the Abetter:al.:-
this war. Not no. The rebellion wee be:
Buchanan. and is now carried on by Dem%
and South. low we are denounceo. all .4 t•
litionists. Thateenn has no horror for
Abolitionist, and am thoroughly for the se
the rebellion. .[Applause.] The Souther,. le
Ito far in originating the rebellion, for the'
themselves, because, from that day, they.
the whole institution of slavery forever.
I may be asked; "Do on love the nog 1 .
much," say I: but these are uee:rees for eei
mot e respect than I havenor Brecieuridgern
• The Speaker dlEcus.Bed with great elr,
()blew platform, and his dennaciatior.s
received with great enthusiasm.
•
SPEECH OP war: B. erANN, ESe
He said that if he were addressing aunts
I realms of 'Jefferson Davis, he would be addre
' who could neither read nor write—manr wet
beard the truth—and would not feel te
. larressed. Bat his present audience waste:
one—composed of .those who read and the':
those great issues important to their peters ;
and he felt embarrassed as to what he she:.
wouldefrom its novelty, give them new
enlarged views.: lis felt; however, that the
to redress our ills was to reinforce Sheridet.
and Grant, so that in' the heavy blows
those already dealt, the 'rebellion would
and forever. (Applause.) It was uselen
intelligent gathering swath any recapit nista
during the last four or five years. Suffice it
the people of Philadelphia had a full keen
South and its people. ..We were in coastal:
cation with them. Southern students come
: dieal collages; Southern business men cm
purchases; Southern gentlemen
in
as
and Sou th ern slaveowners came in purenit
from the thraidem of slavery. eletir a tile!
' gr oes were brought back from thetr dighe
• our streets, and reterned to bondap.e, white t,
were turned With .anxious hops toward di
eter. Since than titne..thoee Southern n
-bare plunged themeelves into a moral
:and deeper than that-prepared for Satan.
All through that time, when these ladies any
were mingling proudly with us, and receive
-le-dispensed hoepitality; when their etader"
'daggers into the backs of Northern methane !
not, as they: were, teaching oar childree
deeds of blood ewe were not preparing font
cord. But when their preparations were
when they had robbed us of all they remits'
-.them to defy us—they commenced the tee
, war now continues- During all this dun
f ugitives,who bad been dragged back to tie.
the Sou thern fields, are—dreaming of lit-:
brought to them by hosts, who cause from set
of that Northern star upon whialar-they oar
anxiously. But when the war bas prose?:
.that, success 'is already in-oar grasp. stir
.duration of resistance is measured, a S,ITM.
up and tells us to throw away an the tidal
havegaieed, and ask - an 'armistice from tall
already in our power and- can. bestow:peen ,
W bat nonsense! A mast is attacked by a eat
:it the ate Sets of the city. He calls for belie n'
grasps
men hurry to liteeescue. 110 is thrown donee
one him the arm another by the h' 3 7'
by the throat. What would be thought of est
at tin juncture came up and said to the
law, "`Let him ep ! Ile Is afellow-ma
the same mother Eve Let lithrup lie in".
Why, theod be laughed at. Yet ti. : €
coursemalignante with Hato adOPzoa'''
rebellion. Sheridan has it by the right aro, n
Etherman has it round the body.and Grant tie
throat. [Res ewed aPplauee. ] The mettee;
us and tell us; "Let the-rebele up; thee :ne'
But we will not: No Republican. no
:Whig, no patriot, will ever say 'net ther-';,
some really patriotic people really' believe:
;the best policy to elect elcCieltam Ore - `
mote I propose his arreistice=it would be
then it would be hit:policy, as well as thin'.
opponents, to put down the rebellion, a:
.done, by force! But even 'were such this.:
-pees, would not an armistice in Itself tis a
ger? During it blockaded ports would be 4; ,.
'sera out, and arms, gold, everythice n
war .be brought in. -When this Was d3le. •
would open the war anew and oar 'wore v• , '
be done over again. And then .
.would have men like Woodward and
[laughter] around him—pro-slavery all.
war would be controlled, mauaced.
Purposes and ends by them. elcCielne
mend of the army, was ruled by a dewl.
.delphia politicians, who got elm to wee
Port" 'whole pages of advice to the I'c'e'
him right on questions of statesmanst'
out the way in 'which the war deice
[Laughter.] If controlled once by eedie'f'-
ticiane e what would become alum ' -
men as had been mentioned ?
Mr: Mann could see no th ing in the C'l':
that could even claim the name of Pin'
was no praise for our soldiers, or rebuke
in arms. And McClellan, who had bete
the Convention, could no longer be n-
Mac. " [Laughter.] He was the grenee
world,and his stride had never been erre e
ed laughter.] One foot is on the Chine'
the other is on his letter—two tbinOs
_apart: - [Great laughter.] Ho exceeee ne
the Colossus of lihddes. (Laughter..
nominated hint . 'were nor. Democtn' .
e.
reeliellonte. and by that name 1. e
tended always to characterize thee ; .
disunionists in heart. Ask any '
to beemet el/Cry:A:ay on time serene
not wish to have Nets England me oyes,sa
theyewould always answer "Yee ait
&pleasure in misrepresenting that port•s ee e.:
try in, their conversation!. their EP sce n e
pewspapere... '. And yet theereal neniocneee
the question Of a ebouudary line te`NF:
States and Canada was beteg .e:
led with the-British Government abonee oe.
certain piece - of wcode the line ellen n
wore for , the Union - then—every
were - determined to Pro:ect all 'eneene;
from, and in pursuance a that.,„„
cry ..was [ r a ised—t` 64 41, ag e ime
claim was just, however, ant" a iii:f.trk -
Tbis spirit onitsunion was rendered .1,1, 55 „ey
bee the persistent use of the tern'. e. nt
speaking of-the -people of New Dent a . '! t .
detailed what the new Union venal" , ey
regenerated by the war and s anctifie d
..I,f
bleed of hundreds of thousands o f iese
population. -The cause of all the b tw fence
desolation have been remove os
jeopardize our peace. The day-star
o uen
reti 6 0 ita calm and gentle light on th e
from the darkness now overstadure
prosperous career.
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