K|t- finis MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1864.' THE IBIBNM OF THE SOIUHER is :■■■ every ;.couswy. • STATE CSSTKAL COMMITTEE ROOMS,! Ko. IKB Reliant Street. -Our,friends in every county and, dis triet in Pennsylvania should immediately, without one j 6 State Committee a correct copy of their giving plainly the name of each candidate for (piry office. AH thll must bo done to ena ble the tickets to.be prepared to send to the ssveral.rasi 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 Letter of General McCall.* —The letter of 'Major General George A. McCall, read at the great TJniou meeting in West Chester, will leave no"doubt in the public mind, as to ;the views of that distinguished gentleman", upon the great question now before the people. This letter is. of great - significance,, for the position of 'its author is emi- nently representative. Long before the war, and up to a late period, General McCall ims been affiliated ■ with the Democratic party. In the last contest for ■ Congress he was the candidate of the Democrats in the Counties of Dela ware and ‘ Chester. To-day he is opoii • ly opposed to the party which he so long claimed as his own. This event marks a great change. But it is a change in Democratic principles—a vast meta morphosis of party faith. The Democra tic party ha ; s more than retrograded—it has degraded itself. This is the great change.' General McCall's views, as he himself de clares, are mainly the same.- It wilDbe idle to impeach such testimony as this. Gen. McCall is a most gallant witness. His name is linked with the his tory of the war,, especially of that portion of which Gen. McClellak was; once so' prominent a figure; aud the ’ valor with which Gen. McCall led his command of Pennsylvanians attained . equal celebrity with: the steadfastness and daring of Kearney and Hooker, With his organization and leadership the name of “ Pennsylvania Reserves’ 1 became household words for courage ' and endu rance, and their; glory forms one of the .redeeming chapters in a cam paign of failures. We need not, there fore, dwell upon the fact that ; Gen. McCall was a comrade-in-arms and friend of General McClellak. His letter will speak most ably for itself. It will surely strike the hearts and minds of undecided' Democrats, who are loth to hccept the truth that their party and its candidate have committed themselves to a shame which wears the face of perfidy. General McCall’s letter will lessen by great de grees the minority of Wax Democrats who support General McClellan. We shall not be surprised if the South' agree to the abandonment of slavery sooner than the Democratic party. Even now General Gantt, who fought and hied for the rebellion, is: ah emancipationist and in the’ Union, while McClellan, Seymour, Vallandigham, Wood, Woodward, Yooettees, Harris, and other such" ex pounders' oh the Constitution,” are" the conservators of slavery, and more or less disposed .to lake sides with the rebellion. We»shall not wonder, : seeing- that the sons of rebel planters and theiucreasing ranks of converted Southern men are so thoroughly opposed to the resurrection of slavery, if the Democratic party yet learns its bitter est lesson from those who were formerly re bels. The moral doctrine of the Demo cracy is incontinently'absurd, and far be hind the age. It is strange that, with all its partiality for the Southern side of poli tics, the Democratic party has not yet recom mended to the South the same methods of “.conciliation and forbearance” which it has urged upon the North! The desperate Confederate loan in Lon don rose three per cent, on the news of Mc- Clellan’s nomination. The London Times then took hope from the fact that the Chi general who was the first to discover the' impi’acticaWKly of the object on which his countrymen were bent!” And yet, Gen. McClellan and his party have, declared a thousand times that, had his policy been earned out,_ the .war would have been oyer. Let the people observe, j;his barometer. The Hon. James Guthrie, one of the carpenters of the Chicago platform,' has appointed himself to speak “ before the iron interest” of this State at no late day.'- We desire to assure this distinguished gen'- ' tleman, in advance, that our iron interest is decidedly in sympathy with the war and all heavy blows at the, rebellion. It is : doubtless, among the timber' intere'st that Mr. -Guthrie is wanted—-the Wood and Woodward Peace party. 1 We have heard it rumored that General McClellan was about to write a letter, to be reserved till one day before the election in which lie intended 11 to express surprise that any Democrat should find fault with his letter accepting the Chicago nomina tion!” The New York Daily News is anx ious upon this 'point. , : The annual return of the Pennsylvania State Fair is a matter of such great impor ance taall our 'agricultural and mannfac- Mring interests, it is very satisfactory to know of it.s decided' success this year From the report we print to-day, the inte ‘ rest and completeness of its chief depart meats may be appreciated. ' .. " Dakxel Dotjghbrty, Esq., Will, bv in- Vitation of the Union League, dt liver an address tins evening at the Hall. Chestnut street, above Twelfth. His theme will be “ Th f Issues of the Day,” and an eloquent oration may be expected. • Tnu Colossus of Ehodes; though made of brass nearly equal ; to that of Chicago, fell in attempting to stand astride a much nairowei gulf than separates the Chicago platform from Geh. McClellan’s letter.” —.is.DABiBL S., Dickinson's vigorous illustration of the peculiar position of Gen. McCiiBbLAN. .Yet, as all the world knows “ Little Mac” is no Colossus. ’ The Billiard To urn a u k t bob the State BN 7T J ? VA ! fIA -“ Thls ' a contest of a ?f sa . al ., in * e J est to the billiard' world will be gin at the Sansom-street Hall, a contest which will decide who of our great players • is onti wioh „r S tw 6 lf, SkU / t0 be considered the chain £!?“, 0f tbo Stato - There a* few cities in which Phiiadclnhic l BiS m ° re P°P“ lar than it is iff Philadelphia, and among our professional plav ois and amateurs are some of the finest artists In the country. -' The beauty of .the game will be thoroughly illustrated in the tournament, which will oontinue every afternoon and evening tin the 10th Instant Wo may state that Messrs. Phelan, Kavanagh, Goldthwaito, and others are expected to be present, and will probably give some exhibition of their skill.' ; .- r ■ .T-— —rr-—"mw - Otra Pbisonbbs at .Andebbonvii.i,b.— The' re port of the Sanitary Commission, on the condition of our,prisoners at AndersonviUe, has been printed, and la now for sale at all the bookstores. The nar- a painful interest, and will bo a valuable, memento of the war and Of the sufferings ‘ devo ? Uon o to f h? Ve SoW,er3 hiH '° end «red in their nevoiaon to the cause of the Union. -The OT B l a °rTv N // O ?r SA “ 0 * iIOOTB AND Shoes. large orfoao ™ t 0 * e Bhoes,' brogpns, balmorals, &c/to be soldby catalogue, for cash, this morning (Mondavi Ontn bows, commencing at 10 o’clock Borff * Co., auctioneers, at their store L w Market and 622 Commerce streets. N ° S ' 52 ■ OE Boots AHD Shoes advertised by MyBrS & Co -> for Tuesday next, October/ ™ beyostponed until the following day, Wednesl Alay, October s, commencing at 10 o’clock. Btooks > *»<«■. and pamphlet iafal o^s“ aS &Son,B adv6r foment Sionob UwraTmi T.'-TT’ —~~""f ' rormanoes at the A^Bemhv 1 *?, 68 Ws - P , ® aslß K P 6r - Beason advances his audTen 1 /*^ 1111311188 ’ and as thQ town unless they are prepared to r B F tz ’ B elegant It is impossible to resist UuuMn/^; llearUly > for merry face and witnessing Tf 6ing l Ws Signor is an ‘‘institution” in thlßoltv iasß ' Tbe New Yobk Mkdioai, ' It wIU be seen In our advertising Institution opens its second annual 3 highly promising oircumstances, Ootobor lath iS-T at m Broadway, New York. ’ WG4 > THE WAR. GEN. GRANT'S, FORWARD MARCH, CAFTUBJ? OF SEVEN EARTHWORKS A»» SIXTEEN GUNS. flur Army within Five Miles of Richmond. CAVALRY. RECONNOISSANCE TO WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF. CASI ALTIES AMONG OUR OFFICERS. GEM ffiADI’S ATTACK ONv THURSDAY. THE REBELS DRIVES? BACK AFTER A DESPERATE FIGHT. SHERIDAN’S PROGRESS IN THE VALLEY. EARLY DRIVER INTO THE MOUNTAINS. HIS ARMY UTTERLY BROKEN UP. LONGSTREET REPORTED IN COMMAND OF THE REBELS ACTIVE WARFARE IN MISSOURI. THE . CITIZENS SEEKING REFUGE IN ST. LOUIS AN» ILLINOIS. Major Earfy White, of Pennsylvania, Exckangad and at Chattanooga. DEFEAT OF S,OOO INDIANS BT GENERAL SULLY. OFFICIAL GAZETTE. EARLY DRIVER OVER THE. MOTJNTAINS TO CHAR LOTTES YILLE—THE PUP.SUIT CONTINUED TO PORT RKPUBLIC—ITBISRZ, OOVERUMENT PROPERTY AT STAUNTON AHD " WATHESnORO DESTROYED EARLY’S army completely disorganized. WABHiKQTOir, October I—ll 50 A. 3VI ,Tho fol lowing despatches from Major,General Sheridan,; detailing his successful operations since the last re port, have just been received: * ■ - Harrisomurg, Va., Sept. 20—7.50 P. M. In my last despatch I informed you that I pressed Early so closely through New Market, at the same time sending cavalry round his flank, that he gave up the valley and; took to the mountains, passing through Brown's Gap. : - ■ ■ I kept up the pursuit to Port Republic, destroy- ing seventy-five wagonß and four caissons. I sent General Torbert, who overtook mo at Harrison burg, to Staunton with Wilson’s division of caval ry and one brigade of Merritt’s,. -Torbert entered Staunton on the: 26th and de stroyed a large quantity of rebel-Government pro perty, harness, [saddles,; small arms, hard bread, flour, repair shops,&e. He then proceeded to Waynes boro, destroying the Iron bridge over the south branch of tie Shenandoah, seven miles -of track, the depot buildings, Government tannery, and a large amount of leather, flour, and stores, at that -place* : " He found tho tunnel was defended by infantry; and retired via Staunton. My impression is that most of the troops-which Early had left passed through the mountains to Charlottesville. ■ ■ ■ ■: Kershaw’s division came to his assistance, and I think, passed along the west base of the mountain :o Waynesboro. lam getting from 25 to 10 prisoners daily, who come in from the.mountains on eaoh side and deliver themselves up. From the most reliable account, Early’s army was completely broken up and is dispirited. Korshaw had not reached Richmond, but was somewhere In the vicinity of Gordonsvlllo, when lie received orders to rejoin Early. The destructlon of the grain and forage thorn here to Staunton win be a terrible blow to them. Ail the grain, forage, &c., in the vicinity of Staunton was retained for the use of Early’s army. ANOTHEB DESPATCH PBOM BHEBIDAK. HARBisoxßtrua, Va., Sept. 20—r p. m. Lieutenant General Grant: I see it going the rounds of the papers that the ISth Corps-was late In coming in to the battle o‘f Winchester. I was entirely unconscious ofthis un til I saw it In the papers.- All in the lower part of the valley was shipped to Richmond for the use of Leo’s army. The country from here'to ‘Staunton was abundantly supplied with grain, &e,, &c. The statement was. made by K. L. Shelby. I wish to.say that Ih IS Incorrect;,arid tbgftt.fe-.yvnr ' 'FT ir. JSKEE.ii)an, Major Groneral Ko report or operations in front of Richmond or Petersburg later , than my telegram of last night has reached this Department. -■ Edwin 51. St an ton, Secretary of War, ™ E A™*. Mapokß PEIPEKSBirKG;• GBBBRAI, MBADE’fI EOBWABD MOViaifBNT—RFUvr eetbebchmewts carbibo-a heavy bat™ exvbcteb-cai.xbbk op peteksWko eookS HeABQWABTBBS ARMy OB THIS POTOWAP SO 7m VO ?” S '~ 11 kavins bcen detcnninod by Gent ral Meade to make an attack on the enemy’s r™ht flank, southwest of Petersburg, the troops selected ior that purpose were massed near the Wbldnn win rcad-tbis morning. ; vvewonEail ,:Twe f nsi^°ftho ls i and 2d Divisions and the brigade of the 3d Division ortho siV, „ 10DS 8 (5 Crawford, with his command, held the folks on the flank. At lx o'clock the lino was ordered to advance, and the enemy’s piokets-were driven in On reaching tlie residence of Hr. Peebles ot> ih£ Squirrel Level road,-about four milttom’ Pote«! burg, a strong line of works was discovered Sab . »s;Lss i •”? tb.., ™ T„„ g.1.f.?3.S . vunctng column, but It pushed , halted unUl the. rebels wore driven ftom the nos/ iion with the loss of one gun and aboS sKtv prisoners. Our loss up to this time did not exceed one hundred in killed and wounded J white llG hi h “gan, was killed wmie m tne act oileadlng.hfs men over the finftmwJa Major Partridge, commanding the33dPoun sylvama Tolunteers,. was badly wounded in ■ breistin this eharge’. Col. Cxw m, Zmauding he ,3d Brigade, 2d Division of thesth Corps, had ahorse shot, under him, and falling, badly bruised th« colonel, but he kept the fiold nevertheless. Lieu wounded : Edm ? ndßl 38th Massachusetts/was. After reforming onr lines another charge was ma the enemy was forced half a mile far ther took, where they took a still stronger position and made a desperate resistance to our advance the Oth Corps having the lead. Here the eunmi succeeded in throwing a forcearound thwPeS SiZf d l - threatonea t 0 turn . eSemy V behlg at hand the . The fighting was of the most desperate charmim and continued till after dark, our men at St holding all the ground; they had tlken enemyv Our loss in the battle will amount to about 600, while that of the enemy is probably, not so Sttwtrte ? a “ the «“® Wind i tei| little artillery was used on our side, the woods being too dense for that purpose. Contrabands who have come in say that the enemy withdrew-nearty aliiof thhlr trdops^ster day. towards Siehmond, but brought some back this morning, including all the Home Guards * k att l° 15 ox P 9 eted to-morrow morning and It is believed we shall take Petersburg during fwch is the confidence of our troops. ■ ?•'• Th ® Prlspners taken belong to the 7th Confederate Cavalry, dismounted.. Among them are a motor and six commissioned officers. ' major, October 1, morntng.-Gregg’s cavalry were sent out quite a distance towards the left, and founl offiy a small force of Hampton’s cavalry, which they drove across Bowantz creek., ” : y - The main body are reported as having crossed the Appomattox yesterday morning. - Fighting has not yet commenced to-day Rennrts from Butler’s department state that Hoke’s iffi attaokedour,troops yesterday for tho purpose of rt gaining the ground lost the day previous, but were repulsed every time with heavy loss. ' General Burnham, commanding a brigade wih Corps, is said to have been killed ' ;> T srsey:5 rsey: leaves for home to-day. This regiment waß started by Gen. Kear ney, and has been commanded by Colonel Revere Colonel Francine, Mho died of wounds received at Gettysburg, and Colonel Price, son of ex-Governor ■; Price, of Bfew Jersey. 1 The regiment participated in the campaigns on the Peninsula, at Bull Bun Ko. 2, Chantilhy Bris tow Station, Fredericksburg, and OhanceUorsvUle. at the last; named place taking a larger number of prisoners than it had men in the ranks. They also took part in .the battle of Mine Kun and in the campaign of this summer. Only one’ hundred and eleven are left to return home, while about three hundred remain, mostly recruits. Col. Price remains in command. W. D. MoQ-. .CAXALEV BBOONNOISSAS'CE WITHIN A STIPE AND A ■HALF Ol’ KIOHMONI!—LEE OUT-GENBRALBD AND WITHDBAWINa TO BIOHMOND, ' WAsmNOTON, October I,—Unofficial reports from the Army of the Potomac up to yesterday morning “■ w*”*"*: ss ' It is evident that Lee has been entire!v mi,,., v Warren’s recent attack upon his right 7 b - y Deserters are opining into our lines verv fast report that Lee’s army, before Warren’s was moving to and fro, large bodies moving north ward, end fewreturning. r - 8 w . The evident design ofLee was,by this movement to deceive Grant and withdraw, without detection' his troops northward. The opinion prevails among our office** that Lee Intends to ’contract his lines and get his army In position at Richmond as soon as possible. He will doubtless act on the defensive, and give his attention to the immediate defonco of the rebel 'capital. A battle cannot be long delayed ;-in faot every moment may’bring us the most exciting news, ’ li Moiuc, October 1.-The following additional particulars have been received; from a participant in the fight at Chapin's Bluff: • - General Ord, of the 18th Corps, with two small divisions, pushed forward towards JSiohmond on Thursday morning; fighting "his way and driving .the enemy's front line till he-reached Chapin’s Bluff. : There are heavy works, in extent, several miles around. Kobe! gunboats were in.the rear ahi below v them. The rebel garrison, at first small, had been reinforced frsm Richmond. One division of Stannard’s took the salients, of the main work, and thence swinging around inside and in the rear of the enemy in the other works, drove them out be. fore them. While doing this, heavyjreinforcBments came down from Richmond, but they were also driven out. The division which did this lost every brigade commander, killed or wounded. General Burnham was killed and Colonels Stevens and Donohue wounded, but not dangerously. The division behaved most gallantly, losing some five hundred men and officers kiilod and wounded. The worbß.taken were the strongestwhich had so far been . seen around Kielunond. Our loss shows the stubborn character of the fighting of tlio rebels. General Ord was only slightly wounded. The rebels have been moving back and forth-to day in every direction-one time marching off to ward our left, and again returning to Petersburg, as if going to Richmond, then appearing at some other; point, and finally going, out. of sight altogether. Some deserters came*ih to-day, who say' that the defeat of Parly, in the valley, had caused a great depression throughout their ranks, and thousands were ready lo leave on the first opportunity, having lost all faith in their final success. > Captain B. G. Pitts, of the 10th Colored Regi ment,was killed yesterday on the picket line, and two or three of his men wore wounded. lAnvicisri'KOSt ' OBK. ißUTnv.n’s nm?ASTM:BNT. Hbadquabtbbs Army ovinia Potomac, Sept. 29—EveniDg.—Reports from Gen. Butler's depart ment say that the 10th and 18th Corps crossed the James river, at Deep Bottom, and advanced on tho enemy's works at Chapin’s Farm, to-day, taking the first line of rifle-pits without resistance, at 9 A.M, At iO'A. M. the enemy’s strong position at Cha-. pin’s Bluff was carried’■ by assault, and three: hun dred prisoners and sixteen guns, flags, etc., taken. A division of the ISth Corps is reported to have suffered considerable loSSfhut to what extent is not known. Our troops hold the position, which is about seven miles from Richmond. Heavy- firing: was. heard late this afternoon on the extreme left, be lieved to be Gregg’s cavalry engaging the enemy,’ as they went on a. reconhoissance in the direction of the South Side Railroad; but the result of the trip has hot yet been ascertained. Rebel scouting par ties of guerillas have been capturing safeguards left at houses in Prince George “county during the las t; few days. One of these came in to-day to get. hik pay, and while on his way back to his post was seized and robbed of his money and other valuables, and his arms and part of his clothing, and wak then released; Ahotker was. comingla and being order ed^“to halt and surrender,drew his revolver and shot, one of his enemics, after which ho made good his escape, although pursued several miles'. Sept. 30—0 A. M.— Brisk firing was kept up along the centre of the line all night between the pickets, but this morning the utmost quiet prevails. Re ports that the rebels are evacuating Petersburg aro again in circulation hero. ’ “Wo have a strong hold near Richmond, and Gen. Grant will, it is believed, keep it. Heavy fighting was going on when our informant left. W.D. Bio G. ADDITION AI, UAKTTCO'r.AnS OF THIS I,ATE HOVE- Washikqton, ; Oct.. I.T-Tiie steamer Thomas Morgan, from City Point, arrived her® .this morn ing. She brought finite a number of soldiers whose, time had expired, including tile 7th New Jersey lle giment. She reports that Kautz's cavalry on Wednesday evening advanced on a reconnoissance to within one mile and a halt of Bichinond, and were surprised to find so few rebels. Tlio most of Butler’s force was withinftmr miles of the city when the Morgan’s passengers left Great activity prevailed ‘on the left of our lines, and Gregg’s cavalry had advanced to lleam’s Station. The rebel lines there, also were thin, and the cannon ading of Wednesday; inflicted hut little in jury upon U 3, On Thursday the fighting waa still going on, and yesterday there was spirited fighting at one or two points. The' left, whieh has not yet been engaged to’any great extent, is represented as being in splendid fighting condition. Her passen gers all agree upon the weakness of the enemy, which they account for In forces sent elsewhere, de sertions, and the long line they have .to keep de fended. jk a' A ■ ■■j A THE SHESSSDOAH VAim. LOKGSTKBET BBPOBTED .IN COMMAND—GENEBAI, EASX.T DEPOSED, Washington, Oot. I.—There can be no doubt that Xongstreet is in command of the rebel forces in the Shenandoah Talley. Over a week ago he re ported to General Gee for duty, and refugees coming into Winchester state that ho was Immediately as signed to the command of the valley forces, and assumed command after Early had left Staunton. Longstrect, is.evidonUy a superior general to Early, but ho will find a lull match in Sheridan.' tilers, capture! e «® e into our lines at Pilot Knob. Imv Tie F State that so far as they could judge, the rebels have a foW-of from 2,CCO to 1 5 ,0f0, all wall-mounted, but wv ragged. They subsist on the country as they move throughrt, and plunder and pillage indiseriminate ne w n> G 1 caking they have not burned many dwelling.houses. hut have robbed families of provi sions and clothing, destroyed f urniture, and i oft the citizens, in a very destituteeondition. a. ' _ At Patterson, a short distance below Arcadia ■- they accidentally shot- a woman and child. Thev also consc-ript every abk-bodied man that falls into Elands. At Farmington they robbed: a prornl nent citizen of his coat, watch, and pants. ih f Waning; of the bridge below: Mineral Point, yesterday, our forces stationed at that place, : jmmbenngtwo or three thousand, prepared to with- further up. the road. While they were getting aboard the cars the rebels made their appearance m the vicmityin large numbers, but the train left with all our troops and supplies- before they could make any demonstration. - . trainneared Tunnel Station,'a small force of rebels was discovered in thevieinityortbat place, and our soldiers got oE the cars and charged unon them killing eight or ten. The train thencamefon up to the north side of the Big Black, where the' teoops were debarked, after which ; it came up to Da oOtO. . .. f Our informants consider it probable that the rebel forces arc composed only of Shelby and Marma duke s commands, Shelby’s command alone is said o comprise two brigades. All that have been seen m onnt6a ’ ana - ti! ey have about sixteen pieces c-f artillery, as far as ascertained. Nothin"- Js known of the whereabouts of Price. ° ' . ■ LATER The demonstrations of the rebels thus far would seem to indicate their'real design to be more for the purpose of procuring supplies, plundering the conn ' qw” d property than anything else. w!f M “ onntea 011 the very best horses they hare « ? We t 0 Ptocuro in the .country through which they have passed, and are prepared to dash upon the weak and defenceless points, wherever ourtrims are not stationed in force, over our troops Another objeat they have in view is the procuring bervlthl°cf le 2- t?, /'“ a,no a ° abt a ooosiderablc nam ivill9join them ed -*? cons ®™ioT the draft, _ AVMinerai Point, on Thursday, one man who Z “thf^‘f iPotosirthought to make Sseseape to the rebel lines. He was arrested and placed under guard. Watching-hia opportunity, he ff P r i t w the guard’s musket away from him, and undertook tomake Ms eseapo. After running a%onsid erab io a“:’4°Sa he came up against *“«*■ Southeast Missouri, who bare made their way here to escape conscription Into the rebel'armyTor even a worse fato. ■. v ■ WoTen > “ an y instances they have boon compelled to °Wltlreil bBhind ’ «11 Air Among the number wo notice the' Hoif. Mr Senator county, and. present State Senator. lie made his escape from Farmington oh Monday, and after camping out In the the rain on Monday night, and travelling fifteen o? twenty miles, succeeded in reaching our lines, A large number of veterans from Illinois arrived In town yesterday. . . • The organisation of citizen' soldiers in this oitv is going on rapidly. At least twelve thousand militia are already under arms. - rosmok or guwebal eyeing—tririoir poboes mv CEKTItATED AT JBMEESON CITY—KIRBY SMITH WX.OTKUOII RAILROAD PROPERTY ISURJTBD AT PRASirr r*r REBEL MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT.THE STATE, otob^ r lDg aeflnite has h6Bn heard from General Ewing to day. At .the last. accounts he was behind some breastworks built bv a party of militia that had previously occupied the town, and it was thought, unless the enemy!greatlv outnumbered him. he could drire them off ■ of him™ 11108 * 3 corßmimicdt,on is cut on both sides a /® 8 was r jpat alarm at Franklin last night and. heavy firing was heard in the direction of Moselle, twelve miles below. After the firing ceas ed, a great light was seen indicating that the bridge at that point, over the Mineral river had been burned, . 1 uau er °, Wa f buta Bmall Shard there, and all the rol ing stock of-the Pacific Kailroad a t FrankHn had been brought down to Allentown last night The stock on the Southwest Branchroad Is a good • forcl ofrlbefAn belie 7 ed that a considerable shf rebel cavalry has been seen in the vicinity Ao trouble has occurred on the Pacific Bailroad but fears are entertained that the rebels will a/ ' tempt to tetrpy thposage a nd:jGasconSe¥ffi|? , tJenerai Brown, commanding the district of Oen. tral Missouri, has withdrawn his forces from War rcnsburg,Sedalia, Boonsvme,andothorpoints and has concentrated them at Jefferson City, where the troops and citizens are hard at work oa the fortifica tions, -• Kirby Smith Is spoken of by some Eastern papers as commanding the rebels in this State.' He is not in Missouri, but It was reported some days ago that he would probably join Price. It is stated, on military authority, that a messen ger arrived'from General Mower to-day, and that ono was Sent to him in return, but nothing more can be ascertained from headquarters. ■ SECOND DESPATCH. , firZ 1 ;™ 111 Genevlevo report havlngheard firing in the direction; of Pilot Knob to-day. ' This THE PBESS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1864. ANOTHEK ACCOUNT. MISSOURI, 12 - OQO T 0 m Indicates that Mower haaarriyed and was engaging the enemy known to bo there. . > Two gunboats lie at Cape Girardeau. James Harrison, of the firm of Ghoteahi Harrison, & Talle, owners of Iron Monntain, arrived' to-day. •ire was at Priced headquarters and conversed with Min. He saw Trusten Polk and several other St. J..ouls rebels. This settles the matter as to the-preseiice of Price in the State, which many have denled.r Tho furnaces at Iron Mountain are safe, but all the horses and mules are stolen. ] ■■;. *r A party of rebel cavalry entered Franffln about 10 o’clock to-day, and burned all the railroad pro perty. " 1 • -.( • , A brigade of General Smith’s troops arrived soon afterwards, and drove .the enemy out, who went to Gray’s Summit, four miles west, and burned the depot and other buildings, ■: ? • ■ A special train went down the Iron Mountain Railroad last night, and learned that a party of rebels fired De Soto last night, and stroyedthe towp. Two men entered Banyllle on the North Missouri Railroad on Thursday, and were Identified as be longing to Anderson’s guerillas, and were imme dlately hung. The train that, went up that road to-day turned back from Martinsburg in conse quence of a band of guerillas lying In wait for It at the station above. The Seoesslonlsts along this route are said to be selling their property, and .taking to the brush, fearing the outrages of Ander son’s guerillas, who are determined to bo revenged on them. The loyal men are: receiving arms from the Government, knd arc organizing for protection. Great excitement is also reported along the Han nibal and St. Joseph’s Railroad. Scouts from iron-* ton-report'a large force advancing towards that piaco from the northwest, but it is not known whether rebel or Union' troops. It Is, howeyer, be lieved to be Gen. Mower’s army, The latest, ad vices from Fort Smith, Arkansas, say the troops there are on half-rations, the forage is exhausted, and nearly all the cavalry are with out horses. BIYBS S-TBAMBRS -IN GOVERNMENT . USE. Gaiko, Oct. I—The news of, the threatened inva sion of Missouri has caused the withdrawal-of the river steamers in the New Orleans trade, for the pr esent, and they are no w engaged in the trims for' of troops.to that .State, It will bo seen from this that the Government is alive to the importance of aiding- General Rosecrans in his defence against the rebels, and not leaving the whole burden to be borfie by.the eitizens and militia of the. State/" THE IVAIt IX GEORGIA. SIA4OH HAERT TVIIITISj' OP TENIfSYt,TAKIArtfIX CHArrOBH—HTS AMTYAL AT CHATTANOO'&A—• TBE.JTAIK ROAD MSOH ATLANTA TO NASHtXLLE INTACT. Chattanooga, Oct, I.—Major Harry White, of, the 07th Pennsylvania, late a member of the Penn sylvaria Senate, andwho was captured about four teen months_Bince,,arrlved here today, having been exchanged in the special arrangement between Sherman and Hood, and without the knowledge of the Richmond authorities, who have heretofore re fused to exchange him,on any terms. Brigadier General Wagner has ,taken command of the 2d Division, 20th Corps, in place of Brigadier General Newton, ordered to Key West. The latest intelligence is that lire main road be tween Nashville and Atlanta has not boon toadied. THE TXBIAK WAR. INDIAN ATTACK OK OATTAIN FISK’S TRAIN—T>P. TUfIAT .OF 5,000 INDIANS 11Y OEK. SOI.T.Y\ . New York, Oct.-2.—A special despatch to Chi cago, from St, Paul, Minnesota, dated Sept. 30th, says a letter from Fort Bice, dated Sept. 10 th, states that Captain Fisk’s Idaho train had been attacked by Indians, .and that; seven of his rear guard and four emigrants were killed. The Indians then attached his main body in such numbers that he was compelled to entrench him self and send back to General Sully for help. In this funning fight twenty Indians were killed. The letter expresses the opinion that the whole train will have to return, but Captain Fisk docs not think so, Another/letter from General Sully’s command, dated August 21, says that Sully hlui another battle with S,OCO Indians and defeated thorn, lid is at Fort Union waiting orders to return home.’ Ho mot ■three, steamers loaded with supplies for him. He had only nine men wounded, all.with arrows except one. / . - . FOKTKESS SIOXBOE. THE ACTIOK'OK THE SOUTH SIDE OP THE JAWES EIVBB—OAPTUEIB. ’OP . HEBEI. /WORKS AM TRI SOWERS—OBD’S ANH BIRFET’S MOVEJrEKTS— DEATH 03* 0-3SK - , I*TTRBH AM —LIST OF CASUAL TIES. .. . Fortbess Moeroe, Sept. 80.—The United States Hospital steamer Matilda has arrived with 195 wounded officers and soldiers from the 'front, .wounded in the action of yesterday at /Chapin’s' Bluff. Tie United. States steamer George Wash ington, with ICO wounded, and the Hospital steamer ■Thgmas Powell, with 225 wounded soldiers, mostly privates, all from Deep Bottom, also arrived here this afternoon. Eronhjhe .officers and others we gather the fol lowing facts in regard to the action on the north side of the James, which has thus far proved a most brilliant success. Duringthe night of the 28th the 10th and 18th Corps crossed the James to the north side, moving with great celerity, and at daybreak on the 29th suddenly came upon the enemy. The IStU .Corps , (Gen. Ord’s) mot' the enemy at Chapin’s Bluff, eiarging: tie' rebel works with great’ gallantry, and were, successful, carrying the post (Eort Sterns) with seven guns, and then charg. ing and carryiig at the point of the bayonet six other earthworks, capturing in all 16 guns and -500 '•! prisoners. _T_-^ , General Birney’s corps also .met with sreat sue l- cess.rlrivingthe rebels from the works commanding the.lSew Blarket road, and gaining an important .position seriously menacing Eichmond. In counts agree that the colored troops behaved admi rahly., a fact which is ahundantlyattcsSn their large number of wounded which has reached here Of course our brave white veteran troops faiiv sustained their character so nobly earned on many a hard-fought field, and showed clearly In- their actions that they believed in conquering a peace" General Burnham was killed. Ho fell at the head of; his brigade, whilst.ieading a charge.. His re mains hare reached here, and will be sent Worth immediately. .;. , • J ;i • : Tie latest reports from the front of . that part of our army on the north side of the .Times river repre-' sent everything as. highly encouraging. Oar forees were within four or five, miles from Kichmond this moxniag, having driven tie enemv before them in confusion.. r IS early all of our woundedia the action of Thurs day, about 570 in all, have been brought down, v HEAVY VICHTISC. A'! THE i’KOaT Olf WUDAY— SEIUOUS STEAMBOAT EXTLOeiON AT POISTitiiSS MOKROE— HABROW ESCAPE OP WOUNDED SOL- Brens. ; ,V : r:,.; ~y i . Baltihoke, Oct. 2.—A: Fortress Monroe letter of yesterday says: “The United States hospital steamer George Ueary arrived this {Saturday) af ternoon .from Deep Bottom, and reports heavy fighting in progress, yesterday on the north side of L James river and south of Petersburg, which con tinued till a late hour at night; No important re suits are yet reported, but the indications are very favorable,” v , W^ oS r^\ Stealner Matuda exploded her boiler “ ! aß f “''Ming, .just after she had landed 200 pounded soldiers for Hampton hospital. Provl dcntially the soldiers all'escaped without injury, engineer, Thomas Brannon, was severelv and dangerously scalded, and the second engineer wa3 slightly injured; Quartermaster WiUiam Klrvin had an arm broken. No other persons were in jured. From thirty to forty feet of the Matilda’s upperworts was carried away,; including the sa loon, but the hull was not damaged. - ’ TB E lOWEK MISSISSIPPI. ADMIRAL POSTER TRAKSRRRRED FROM THE MIS-' BIBSIPPI SQDADSOJI—A MISSISSIPPI STEAMER 2?IBED OK POSHEST PROPOSIIT& TO EXOHAHG-B ' prisokess fsom ddtall’s bluff. - Cairo, Ocfc. I,—X'he Memphis papers* of the 30th ultr contain nothing ■■■ *■ ■ The Irwin prison-is almost depopulated, many of the prisoners having been transferred to the civil jurisdiction. ! Admiral Porter has been transferred from the reralhSn?* Ecl " a^ rori > and feroweli address' was received here to-day. it is not known where his in of will he, but he ha" to New Admiral Davis is spoken of as his successor. Two hundred seamen went below, to-day, for the different gunboats in the Mississippi srmadron. The steamer Herman was fired on at Bend No I*, on Thursday, receiving 50 shots,, but Taobodywas hurt; A force or rebels has been seen hear tY/or. „, F °" cst BCnt a fla S o f truce into the camp of the 4th Mississippi Cavalry, at Hernandez, on the 28’h stating that he had a number of siek and wounded chango” on y a s from Duvall’s Bluff for ox- BIPAETMEST OP THs. cillP. kOET MOECAN IiKIKG STBISHGTUEWISD—'thf RTCPFr s TKy IK a TO PLACE TOEPBDOBS JJwiSSSfc Fortress 3IONROE, Oct. 1.-Th* despatch steamer Connecticut arrived last evening, with de spatehes .from Admiral Farragnt. Fort Morgan is being piit in a condition for strong defeiiae) Tho enemy arc endeavoring to place torpedoes In the channel, above Fort Morgan. • 1 ' nrYinLiYY 8 Y at our S' u uhoats were near the city ot Mobile are incorrect. . EEPOETRD CAPTURE OP WATAUOROS BY'' THE ?f t l 1 :r Lato *<Moas,ftom New Orleans report that intelligence has been received by some of the merchants , doing business with of the capture of that plaeo by the French. The not unlocked ior, and It is possible'the report i§ correct. LATE REBEL, NEWS. •JBPP DAVIS’ SPEECH AT, SALTSBURT—EAELY EE-C PORTED ATSIVIPT-RBX CAP—GREAT DE./BCWOH AJCOKO THE REBELS, . ! Washikctoh, Oct. I.—The Richmond papers of the 27 th ult. have a report of Jefferson Davis’speech t Salisbury, He speaks of their reverses* and urges upon the soldiers to return to the armies, and asks the women tc'marry no men who shrink from carrying arms. ' » The Enquirer says that the evacuation of Staun ton was prepared for on Sunday, but they have no n6 ' Y l s indicating that the town had beon abandoned. Ea f ly . Sti!l 9 0nfr °uting Sheridan at ? ap ’ fourteGa “He® below Staunton. The Enquirer says the abandonment' of Atlanta hayecaused speculationand groat ,dejcction amongst the feint-hearted. They fancy Georgia Is already leagued .with, tie enemy, and Lynchburg endangered by a brutal fanatic. Y iV6S^ar ? Precious: with us; a few thousands killed or wounded tell heavily on the scales. It hopes much, from revoked details, and youths coming of age to fill their ranks. There is a hope expressed of piercing our centre. ' •The other Richmond papers- have articles en deavoring to dlspel.the gloom whloh now oppresses the rebels. THEjSUJjRKNDBR 0»‘ HUNTSVH.LB DEMANDED BY • NaShviiib, Oct, 2;—Forrest, with Ms whole force, appeared before Huntsville this morning, and demanded its surrender. , The commanding officer, Col. G. N. L. Johnson, 12th Indiana Cavalry, refused to comply, and there has probably been heavy fighting there to-day but no fears are entertained of its capture. The total Federal loss In General Rousseau's expedition in killed and wounded was eighty-eight. J 3 XI -» O P E ; TUe I‘eruTian at Fnllier Point. , GPather' Point; L, C., October 2.—The stbamer Peitivian, from Liverpool on the 23d ultimo and ' Londonderry on tho2ltli of September, has passed this point bound for Ctucbec. The Louisiana arrived at Liverpool on the 22d. RIOT AT TURIN. There has been a threatened disturbance at Turin. The crowd menaced the palace, shoutings ll Turin for the capital.” and, were .fired on by the troops, who killed sevoral persons. Numbers wore wounded on both sides, but there has been no renewal of the • troubles. . - ‘ ... . AMERICAN POLITICS. The Timrs has an editorial criticising the plat forms of the two parties, and regarding them Iden tical, except that one Is turned upside down. Lin coln cannot forego the Union, and must keep on fighting, but will make peace, if the-Union is,pre served, as unconditionally as anybody. McClellan cannot forego the Union, but, instead of going on with the war, he puts the peace experiment first, and prefers fighting for Union afterwards. The Times tMnks the nation, after enjoying a re spite from war and tasting the blessings'of peace oecc more, may gradually resolve on obtaining those blessings even at the expense of jvhat would now be thought an impossible surrender/ • A- SCAKDIKAVIAK DYKASTT SVOKHK OF. - : The semi-official Nord Dcutche AUcgatmine Zcitimg say s'the intention of extending the term of armistice for a longer period has been .abandoned. The pro traction of peace negotiations on the part of Denmark not having been without influence on that point. .In fact-rthe/political situation in Copenhagen- has assumed a peculiar character. Not only do Swedish papers evince in the most pointed manner Scandanavian tendencies, but even Copenhagen journu Is openly avow sentiments favorable to the formation of a Scandanavian dynasty. Instead of recognizing, they attack the stipulations of tho peace preliminaries, and it is therefore quite intclllgiblertnat the German powers should adhere'strictly to paragraph one or the pro tocol of the armistice whereby hostilities can be re sumed at any time after six weeks’ notice. . mpoutki) treaty between prance and itaitVi The political news from France Is .unimportant. The Bourse was heavy and lower. Rentes 05f.95. The London Morning Post confirms the report of tits new treaty between France and Italy,' and be lieves Itself justified in announcing, that a Conven tion has been signed providing for the withdrawal of the French troops irom Rome, The principal points are', that the French forces shall be gradually withdrawn wilbin two years, and the King of-Italy shall undertake to preserve Invio late the possessions of the Church as at present de fined, and guarantee not to countenance or assist the.machinatlons of what is termed the party of ac tion in Italy, and that the capital of Italy shall" be removed from Turin to, Florence. The French journals are demanding explanations from the Monitsar on the subject,. ■ general n» vs. .. .. The Italian parliament has been convokedfor the Sth of October. - .- , A demonstration had taken place at Turin. A number of young men paraded the streets shouting “down with tho ministry.” No disturbance was occasioned, and the assemblage dispersed of its own accord. >. ■ . The Spanish Minister of the Interior has sent a circular to the civil- Governors recommending the impartial treatment of all political parties, and at the same time tho exorcise of maintenance of-law and order. /■ v -:V.\g The Grecian National Assembly had decided on the abolition of the Senate. . - In the London money market the funds continue very fiat and heavy. The rate of discount is un changed. The demand for money is moderate, and the tendency to greater ease is more manifest. The cotton failure at Havre is that ofMr.C. Tose, with heavy liabilities. ’ ' - Satterthwaite’s Circular ears a largo amount of business in the United State's securities has been transacted. - , . ' Under the Jura’s news they advanced to 45. bi.it Inconsiderable Bales being made they relapsed- to Illinois Central shares at one time receded to 51, but under lower exchanges from New York, reached 53. Eriejbares are unchanged, / .Commercial: InteUUffeace. LIVERPOOL COTTON . MARKET.-Sales for • the wcek,3o,7Go bales. The market is irregular and dull,‘and • 11 l have declined %& to Id for . American, ljfd toadfor.other kinds; 6,'iies to speculators 5,600 bales, and to exporters 15,800.. Sales- on the: 23d'6.000 hales! the market being quiet a tunclianged quotations : ■ . x-v ■'Pair.: Middling;- Orl/an5...,., v ..,,..29K(l 27J,'d Mobile.. 20d - 27Kd Uplands 28>£d 27d Stock of cotton, in port, 300,M0 bales, [of which 9.000 me. American. ' ' \ .SaJ*s of raton.l9,ooo bales; 'opening firmer and cloi smgiTcry doll, tiiere beingbnt little inquiry and prices exporters 7,500 bales. ' LIVERPOOL B RE ADSTUFPSBt A RKET. -Breadstuff!; very dnil and nominal, and still declining, .Messrs. Ricbitrdson, Spence, & Co., and Wakefield, Ngsb, & Co., report flour dull and easier, ■ - partially declinedT@2d; ;Bs@BsBd for winter Corn heavy and declined, 6d.@9d. ' ' Mixed-Corn. 575. 6d@2Ss. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET.-Bigland, At hay a & Co.. report Beef dull; Pork quiet • Baeon firm 4«8@485. od.. ..Latter firmer. , Tallow quiet. Ashes omet at 80s 6d@32s 8d. ‘ Sugar flat. Coiiee, no sales Rice steady. - Linseed Oil Quiet and steady. Common Rosm dun. Spirits Turpentine quiet at 855.. Crude Pe troleum inactive at2s Id. ' . , LONDON: MARKETS.—Wheat declined l®2s. Sugar stock scarce.< Coffee firm:.- Tea quiet and steady. Rice -firm. Tallow dull. < pCUSITIESI-minois Cental shares s!s f6d@s3s Ofld discount. Erie -11# it s. Jg,. ■ state OF TRADE. -There is great depress!# iu trade at Liverpool. Two cotton speculators had: failed-bat their 'names ..were notpoWished. - -were regarded as so favorable for the North gtlavthe Confederate-loan had declined no lessbban Spec cent in less than a:week. LOUDON MONET-MARKET.-Consol?, for money. .: - ' " , • ■ APeRIYAi MAJOIVGIBXKSAL ORD, Baltimore, Oct, i,-major General Ord, wound, ed m the recent battle of the army on the north side of the .Tames river, arrived here this morning rrom the front. He is now at Barnuni’g Hotel. He has a iieah wound ln tho right lea:, but is doing-well. He is full of hope of glorious results of oar present movement, and expects to be up and’at it again in a-* few weeks; . : , b ■_, T o oaHonc. M I.—Dates from the -Cape of Good Hope to the 30th of July have been received _ The master of the Swedish ship Ophir had arrived at Simon-s Bay, and reports baying met with a strange steamer about forty miles southwest of the Cape, which steamed around: him, and lay for some south ** lhlS <luarter ’ ®& c steamed away to’the The- Port Elizabeth Herald states that it was ru mored that the Susan west had escaped from PoS Alfred, and the strange steamer referred to above was supposed tobe hor. . 8 At tacit Upon a Banhing House at ■ < humgo. - ttaS°‘ 0ct.1.-A.mob this afternoon attacked the banking-house of the West Marine and Fire anr™c?fib olD ffi any ‘ Tlie Wind<WS weTe taoken, and one of the officers of the company was assaulted The cause ofthe demonstration was that the bank , yectorday receivsd a deposit of froin $7,000 to SS 000 as a fundfor the relief of the: drafted men in the Eighth ward, and fallcd to opefi jts doors this morn ing. The mob left on receiving the assurance that tho money would bo returned on Monday. xi!« €ii fling Of the Month Side Itailroad Wasbxjjgtok, Oct. 2.—A. passenger by to-dav’s mail boat from City Point bringß a repovt that our forces have cut the South; Side Railroad, which if true, interrupts, direct communication between Petersburg and Lynchburg andßanvillo. "W A.Sri2IVGrXOIV. .A, NEW GOVEEHMENT" LOliN OFFERED, „ Tho Secretary of tW Treasury offers to the public under tho act or June 30,1864. a new six per cent’ gold-bearing five-twenty loan of $40,000,000, bids'-for which will be received at the Treasury Department up to Friday noon, October 14. Two per cent.' of the amount bid for must accompany each hid as'a guarantee of payment. The bids will be opened and the awards made on' tlie 14th. instant, or as soon after, as possible. Suc cessful bidders can pay for the bonds awarded to them at any time after the award is made, and must make payments as follows: Fifty per cent, on the 20th, and the balance of fifty per cent, on the 3fst inst'. One-half the first instalment, or 25 per cent, of the accepted offers, may be paid incertificates of indebt edness with accrued interest to the 14 th instant : The two-per-Cent. guarantee and: the instalments ' can be deposited in the Treasury, with assistant trea surers, Government NationaMeposit banks, for whieh deposits duplicate certificates will be issued to the depositors, the original of which must be sent to the Secretary, The bonds will bo of the usual varied denomina tions, and will be coupon or registered, as mavbe preferred by the successful bidders. They will bear date the Ist of November, 1864 and interest on payment made before thesietdav i of October to the date of the bonds will be paid ib coin by the Government. , 1 ■ NAVAL AFFAIRS, preSKlent ha s approved tho reports of the Iv aval Board convened .under tho act of April 21s* 1864, of the following cases of promotions • P’f l n^ S f raISMY S " ilirfCK > R - W- Meade, and ADHIB Stasmt to bo oaptains,- and Eov.sp.t Thompson to be a commander. • Tho following are notreeommended for promotion Pf thAltSrd f Cnt haS IlkeWfS6 approTed tho action Captains a; K. liOKS,and FsAifcia B. Ellison; Commanders Samuel Lockwood, John Cal houn, BBNJA'Misr J. Totten,“John C CahthW’ ! John G. .Glasson, Bbbbt M. Dovl, and Jambs E. Abmstbokg, lilentonants G: w. Dorr-and JOSBPHAfc TUFEE. ana „ Admiral Battw ocmi or the Ifortsmotiti-navy yard to-day ?n p™r Commander Peabsqn, who has been ordered to the Pacific to relieve Bear Admiral Bell. LARGE QUANTITY OP COTTON PICKED UP ■ ' ■ ■ . . ■ ■ AT SEA. en o n t y 0 ? 9 > commanding the gunboat . Scotia, reports to ti e Navy Department that on the 9th ult., in the .Gulf of Mexico, he picked up olghty-thxee bales of cotton, and that the gunboat Aroostook also picked up thirty-eight bales TIIE NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL ” SWORN INTO OFFICE. i7l^‘ Governc,r Unison was this afternoon sworn it General Up ° n dutlos as p <> st mas. REPORTS OB' DESEBTERS. Eebol deserters pour in upon us. They report B V D f. W SaV ° a growln B' Union sentiment inahey^eewSf o^^lolllB ° nlyiol - J , ® EA ™ 0F A ' I> ENiN-SYLVAKTAK', teSay. • CtfA3?3?EE>Wlstl>a '> here yes- FaU "re ii; Sew Yorh. e, n e suspension of the. firm of-Wright, MavweM taneirof^ Ch ° Maxwell, Voo?S io tho r^’ a “ a^^ a f eoffee trade, is ascribed' gold Their um, h priooß of merchandisa'and . ■‘heir liabilities are said to bo larse nnu their lots on exchange options very heavy. S nd TENNESSEE, FORREST. Washington, Oct. 2. THE PRESIDENTS CftNVfISS. Greatlttass Meetings at West Chester,- Wilming- h'OBIE IKXIBB FROM MAJOR 08NHKA1 McUIM. -.SPEECH; OF'M*,.XW r -FOB!ffl¥.' MEETING AT THE HALL OP THE UNION LEAGUE. FIOQCENT AWORHSS-OF (IKS. JOHN COCHHANR. Tlie Progress anti Triumph of Hie Cause. THE MEETING IN CHESTER COUNTV. Pursuant to a call, one of the largest, meetings ever field in Chester county took place In the town of .West Chester, on Saturday The town was filled with people, men and women, coming from every township, and showing, by their enthu siasm, and the many displays of flowers, wreaths, bannersi'and flags their devotion to the cause. The day was damp and dismal,-but notwithstanding this -the Fair - grounds held a multitude of people. One meeting was held in the enclosure and the other surrounded a temporary stand in an open field. The rain did not deter; hundreds from hanging around the stand and cheering the words of the speakers.. Dr. 'Wilder Worthington acted as president. Af ter the organization the follo wing letter from Gene ral McCall was road amid loud and long/continued cheering■ , Belair, Sept. 3®, 1804. Messrs. W,. E. Barhcr, W. P, Marshall, and others, committee: ■ ■_ Gentlemen:;! am in receipt of your letter of Fie 29th Inst., inviting me “ to preside over a mass meeting of tho loyal citizens of Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties, to be held at the Agri cultural Fair grounds, on Saturday next, the Ist of October.” Although 1 am constrained to decline the honor you have thus -intended to convey, I will avail myself of the occasion to express to yon my views vsith respect to the great question (the con duct of the war) now before our country, and soon to be decided at the coming Presidential.election, which views in the main have never, under any cir cumstaneos, undergone a change.' No one deplored more than myself' the stern necessity which required the Northern States to take up arms to quell -the, rebellion of the South, yet no one more than myself .felt the necessity cf rousing and exerting nil the energies of tho coun try to this end. One of two things then stared us in the f ce: either the positive suppression of the rcbelli and the preservation of the Union or the utter and irretrievable loss ,ol position among the nations of the earth, and the entaiiment on our children of an, everlasting disagreement, conten tion and war, .with the. Southern people. I now believe, as I ever have believed, that If the Union is worth preserving, it is worth the prosecution of the war to a successful conclusion. With regard to the' conduct of this war, I cannot say that I have approved or .would now endorse all the measures of the present Administration; but I re gard any Administration that will energetically prosecute the war as preferable to one that is in favor of an armistice and a convocation of the States—until the States in rebellion have laid dawn their arms. ~ ~ • Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Oeorok A. McCall. After reading the letter ex-Governor Pollock was Introduced and made an eloquent address, which was listened to with much enthusiasm. At the conclusion pi the Governor’s address John W. Forney, of Philadelphia, was introduced. ' SPEECH .OP MB. EOBNEY. After the cheers which greeted Mr, Forney had subsided, he said: Ladies and Gentlemen : I love the whole neighborhood of the : valley of the State, in this Chester , county, because it is to mo almost a do mestic household. In other words, 1 have regarded It as a portion of the region in which I was bom. Living in old German Lancaster, I bad been taught to look upon Chester as in some sort our educator and schoolmaster, for in past times our tloar old county, Lancaster, occupied the position of having a population which were accustomed to more ardu ous duties than the scholastic accomplishments which characterize their descendants. They gradu ally, however,, received from this intelligent and prosperous people those principles which for a long period were resisted only at length to be proclaimed throughout, every rank . and claS3 in the old county,. To-day I feel gratified to say that I am converted to the anti-slavery principles of Choster county. [Loud applause.] To-day. I stand before you to confess that I regard no hour of ray life well spent that is not given to the party that opposes the enemies of human free dom. And yet. after all, gentlemen, that portion of the masses of-Uie Democratic party to which I belonged was not'as much for slavery as against your political organization. If they co-operated with the iTiends of slavery in a certain' portion of the Northern States, it was because in those States no, result could be consistently reached against slavery. There were other questions that pos sessed more interest! Your Whig party was the party of a day. ■ -Itrapidly subsided into the Kno w Nothing party, having previously become the American party, and finally took-its stand upon the Republican platform, and made the chief plank of that platform. The question of human slavery, that - proportions, and has national policy,^ party; and when events ebmpelled tfcenx to" meet it, they failed, and followed false gods, The Democratic party might have been true to its phi- , osophy and traditions by opposing slave?v, Th° leaders betrayed the masses, and-the great p arty be came the instrument. of oppression and treason. Under James Bnchanan this purpose was fully and finally developed. Then,, then saw that my des tiny because I would be true to myself, and fol- Tow-my convictions—my . destiny would unite me to the Eepublican party. With that body looted until the war merged it into the great Union army. [Applause.] ; I felt no use of a party.in- this awful for in a crisis there is no one organization thdt could have fought treason and secession. Our only desire was te serve and save the Union, and I still feel it to have been the courage and, consistency of the Eepublican party thafhas given the friends of the Union strength and character. We are to meet the logical result of our efforts In the swlft-comta*-. triumph, .civil and military,. l that awaits us [Applause,] aiy friends, [we are, in my opi nion, in the lore-front of .the " grandest Union triumph, that has ever been acieved in the history of the Eepublic— [.applause] —and tli 13 meeting to-day is . one of the many 'gratifying contributions to that glorious event; ■ [Applause ] I do not pretend to assume or say that, the Demo crats who acted- with- me and revolted from the siaac-dcallßg-James Buchanan,in ISSS, are a ma jority or the Administration .which 13 carrying- the : nation through this fearful war. But Ido say that but for these conscientious, upright, fearless-men the slavo power would have overridden the Go vernment, and to-day we; would have had no eo venomontto save.. [Applause.] X look round and I gnow there aro hundreds of men in this audience who believed with me when we were together in the od Democratic party, and who are now standing ? ™° under the old flag, against slavery and for the Union., I have a right to fight by the side of aft?thft° 11 Itb!co I *^ dfBlloW ' laborer - Ttus Slop, wben I bad the honor to speak to tbs people or _ and conscientious courage contributed to the great successes which have since attended our “auX j into an ardent recognition of the great princintes that vve now represent; and which are best sustained anddefended by the unity of the Eepublican TOftv 3 (Appi;iuss,] J{e was a man of singular puritv of character. He possessed, in the highest sense a conscience iu politics. [Applause ] Uiice mvsMf ill was among the bitterest of partisans to palt davs .hut, if you will permit mo a word of self criticism* unliSe myself, when he was compelled to goover along, as he said, to the Eepublican party, he retoln tboE‘%nie simple, tender, and Madly «^ a ta l TnL o fi J e , m I ei ' tha£ distinguished him boforZ you-that while Ihave been ih the great school, that all man ought to speakfteeiy, that.we should all agree to dfffe?, and tfiat toleration should be encouraged, I have never achieved that Christian humility which peTmits me to bear, unrebuked, the slanders of the trauor a?d am disloyalist. Then lam a bigU [Appiaute 1 I desire then, this place, among you who knew * oTed ?? dead friend, to lay my tribute of re gP’ To ‘ He did not die whilst gai- BeM l7 ' til , ene:fllc3 of his country on K tho positions of w s rr ? I , aw ?y «fe -to tie civil hero. & Uet S, mc Ti \?r H^-^^edT^oral a friend very «aniest and ardent in his devoUomto , Wo ,T' ? avin g of a deadlew let rApptause°t “•Tbf??! 1 ' 01 ’ 0, 1 me3,a • lohu Hickman. P. i U i 6 '] The oheors are not so load thhJ ought to be, but you think you have reasons fnAm* -■ silence. John Hlokman was reared invXUnW , in your neighborhood, and you know themam h if a descendant or Piiondg'and he doesiSt tows*the iMtin a Js h of' J M sjust,a 5 just , asKe ™ ln S ts of bis soul to the end. Tovou aeed ™ tS!I J anything of John Hickman! anoints , si? be considered an explanation, au »£ a defence.- 1 need not say anything that *-?* sa ?himself. I merely wish to“eny7on CnnPeS n le t. tBr * which I hold in my hand, the SipSi r ?K a ?i?( inaer eisan ad vocato of J5Xc Utel lan or the Chicago platform. I will now read it to you, and it will sufficiently prove the correetnnS of the remark I have made- It Is not exactly what you would have written under the eirenmstimv.s ■ £2? f?? 1 * a l6 . tte , r “ I would- have writteJf mvsair but it Is precisely just such a totter as Jotm UM.’ mnjWbald.trtte.-.lh heart he Is wHhtheirtadsbnr SSSSSIIsSS high honori“undflSfw that jf^S.? a 7 e f l7 t tt h[m which X demanded from himtMc -t * kfc®x\ Itls abetter tciour I fHend e TtoctM: S^)rth® a *t aea °^ Spondlnce: 1 toad/t&V’hole Box. Jorrx HioraSs°^ Sl gS J F |j;. s 4Pt. 2P. IS3I. . opinions sn<l position as a voter being da\f”L'?, oUtiral represented, as I believe, I ask yon to stliZ-o, ■ y t mI *- I fo L 4 h e Purpose of correcting S to ®e which nay have been create! iL . £?Pre«, 3 tons suppose lam ignorant of thein - " oJtwStH'S i; 700 to determination to do what you bnlinvl t J d “ ttbt your have acted so long togotlisr “hat f B rigllt - ■ We differ aeto our estimates of rnoii ■ ow. we can only j i am, very truly yours. '■ '■ „ WIIiMER WORTniKGTOK. Bon. j thlsdatf'saylng thaUoypoffloS^oJS ll - of roa , r note of I as a voter are being desTenediv'ni?.£S Uo,ls - a ' ld , l,(>siti ®U • believe, anddesiringnufto as You. I of correcting any ffilse irnniSSn a® 1 for the purpose been created. ma . y as itis, from consld, rations?^r B S wS aer no circumstances likely to occur conm r , Oq T ; any poreon accepting a nomination ’fro^ui B I ph? polt i . Convention, for the reason that irevimi Chicago ty of the party represented hy that 5mU as o tno principles of liberty and euuaiitv -imi plo ? ed to ’ rous si apathy with those tu rebellion atrainL? ( l a ?M e ‘ ■ vernment of-my country ““ a «ain6t tlisiOo , Mb,FobwBt.. Now, gentlemen, whom demand: toif and in the City. M or John Hickman this letter it was totMwM hevcthe opportunity, of reading to you, M® friend,, the sentence which follows, ted which I will hear, and then allow me to pass on. I ,aeslrea to read it that I might reply. This sentence, there* ifore, is the text of myspeech. / -y Nor'cantassist in .the re-electiixu of_Sfr. Lincoln, :as l believe Ins administration ha? lacked constateJjeyv : visor, and purpose in the prosecution of the war. [bea eation.l Mb. Foasrar. What follows Is the jewel of the' letter, and these are words that John Hickman only could speak. v . I have been satisfied forthe past four .year?,:and am’ still convinced, that a peace honorable to the horthand saving to the country can lie secured but in one way, and that is by the crushing weight of-FSirerat armies: a reeoimition of tfee real value of the nearro as a man, and ‘an unrelenting punishment of traitors." The policy of kindness and conciliation, long persevered iu, proved a great failure, and we suffered immensely from-it. It would be madness to try it again. ‘ • The Confederates’ ’ have forced ne to an arbitrament by the-sword. For ! legitimate authority to propose to them compromises or I submit to'truces, under such circumstances, would be unmanly, end could not fail to elicit tho scorn and con tempt'of the world. - Unconditional submission, to the Cons titntion and laws should be a condition precedent to negotiation. Whahv/r my decisions may ha as to candidates, you, ■ my go'cd friend, need no assurance at such a time as the pret ent, when the life of republican government -is held at stake by slavery .ambition and aiavory des poiism, that f cannot do otherwise than hold disloyal; ty a crime against humanity, and “peace platforms i as one of ihe strongest evidences of its existence,' I I have passed throush too much experience for the last ten i cars, have labored too earnestly against what ; I knew to he tlie hellish- designs of the South,' : end have battled too long against what is now falsely and perfidiously ‘called Democracy, to be willing to accede to any peace that will not place the Union beyond a 1 danger of future, assault i, or to have any—ihe slightest—affiliation with men who rejoice over Lee’s temporary finenesses, and mourn over Grant’s,.Sherman's,'Sheridan’s, 1 and Tarragnt’s great victories: lam for tho unity of the American people and the American nation, and against all who can be Satisfied wi title S 3. ■: ' - licel that if we unfalteringly stand upon the eternal law of justice .that God-will bless.our arms and our , cause. - If v.-e do not, we should expect nothing but de feat and disgrace. ' .... . - . . • ; I am for principles, rot men, and will: not accept the latter without the former. * - ‘ ’ "Very truly, yoax'e, JOHN.HICKfIfAN. Now, -as my friend Co!. Taylor <is here, and I know you’are: all anxious to hear-kim. tell the story of suffering and glory in East Tennessee, I will cpme right to the point, aid give my views in reply to Mr. Hickman's frank criticism of Mr, Lincoln's policy in prosecuting the war. I have no desire to make views, became the declared issue has already been made. Nor is there much use of discussion, - for, ladies and gentlemen, the baby is born, and the name is Abraham Lincoln. [Laughter.] Thera is no doubt of that fact [Uontinued laughter.] Now lam called ,to present my letter and correspond ence, which I have just read, and offer a few words on one or two extracts. They shall be briefly and quickly said. Mr. Hickman says: “ Nor can I sist in the re election of Mr, Lincoln, as I believe his Administration has lacked consistency, vigor, and purpose in the proseontioh of the #hr.”. If there "has been a weakness and a want of vigor, and at the beginning there may have been some reason for: such a criticism, the war Itself has’ been- of the most gigantic proportions, : Neither Mr. Hickman nor xvlr. Liecom had it la their power to know the real magnitude of the work that was to be done. ' Events made statesmanship; iOr statesmanship is silent when cannons Apeak. It Is not wonderful that any man.is not quite as vigorous and vigilant as he ought to have beexx. As has just been so well said by ex-Governor Pol lock, in tjie history of civilization, from the time of Xerxes, from the days of Christ down' to the present day, no war of such’magnitude has bean.so suc cessfully: conducted. [Applause.] ..All this must be given in praise to Abraham Lincoln, for if we give him the burdens we must give Mm the honor. We must remember that there are peculiar diffi culties in this war; difficulties that Mr. Hickman ; ' must have seen as; wefras Mr. Lincoln. We are fighting against out own bloqd, our.own bone; with people who were once around our, axwa firesides. We cannot treat them as common, effemles. They have in term arri ed with us, they are j olne d in intimate communion. From this contact spring sympathies which cannot be quelled, and when they rebel—what about that! We must fight them after educating ourselves against our. sympathies. This has been our education—the education of Mr.-Lincoln, and even, I suppose, of Mr.’Hickman; and yet, it is against that education alone that my distinguished friend.protests. Then, as to the present effect of the war. Dots Mr. Hiokman see nothing in this to tem per aid dull his criticism ? We are the citizens of the happiest States’ on the face of the, earth. You people who talk of taxes and the habeas corpus and arbitrary arrests, if you have reflected—if the Cop perhead at”Ms .fixeßide has ever .reflected—never, never in the course of generations, has there been as much happiness and content and general pros perity. Money was never so plenty and labor so well paid. Farmers, mechanics, workingmen, every - body to-day Is more prosperous than ever .Be fore. The Copperhead may answer me that there is a dead maxi' in every house, a living mournful me mory in every heart, because there is war.. Who made the ; w ar 'l -We have not made.it. . We want to end it. Will' yon have fewer dead men in every house, will yon have fewer mournful living memo ries In every heart,' because of your support to this / Union] We can only end the war by giving that support, and independent man like Mr. Hickman should see that above Abraham Lincoln there is a Cause, to whose allegiance we all have sworn. I followthe flag not merely because of the leader, al though with him I am satisfied, but because the flag represents freedom and law. - [Cheers.] There have not been wanting during the last six weeks some, distinguished manifestations of self-abnegation. ’ There have been men who, whether rightly or wrongly,either brooded over personal griefs and have allowed themselves for a time to be switched off-into outside organizations, or like my distinguished: friend, wh'o is above such a thought, could not make the war keep pace with their own fiery, radical, and progressive natures. And as to the errors of Mr. -Lincoln—for he is human, like Mr. Hickman and myself—l will not insult our common human na . tufe by making an argument which your own gene : rosity.is making every hour.. This I will- say, that I do not think Mr, Lincoln commits one error where •Tcff Davis commits a thousand. [Loud applause.] Nobody In this hoiise but will not commit a blunder at some time or other. And ir theydo, not only some times, butvery often, why not bend a little, especially ' when they have Infinitely less to try them than the President] Whatyou do for yourselves, another: has a good right to claim. For my self I want to sav this.: I -never was in my life, or during this rebel lion, impatient or importunate,without feeling in calmer: moments: .that, tried with the high and sublime test by wMoh Providence Is trying Abraham Linebla and his compatriots, how few of us would do half as well, ormaintaia, as he has maintained, • ? the constant, undeviating love of tho American peo " pie. W e should forgive the head of the (Jo vernmtnt when he Obmmits an error, not because we - desire him to correct it, but because we should remem ber his responsibilities give him the credit of honesty -and capacity, and be just. 'When »we are fighting our blood against our blood, and our bone ’ against our bone, we must indulge him as far as possible, I do not believe in the' doctrine of r not one of those who protest against their return if' ?!fl a x n i^ ef ? C , ted ,, OD:lU3t:prinol P lc3 ' In this ste. : 1 ,t° hot it and upon certain ideas Or professions of leaders: On the contrary, lam willing—and Ihotxe /w? B P° r f e F- wlll write it do wn~to snrren der a great deal to bring the Southern people back. -ra n f'nuse.] Eat I am;not willing-that the slave - should return to slavery, [Loun applause 1 : o-v* : ; forbid! am net wUlingtiat teyTllve made free the President’s proclamation,by the-.votes of the or by fny other circumstances, in military operations and:others, shall.be again a bondman [Bepeated cheers.] :No ! I believe Mr. Greetevts if, the war could end, those who are. situ in slavery shall ■be made free, ever if wa have .to pay their masters to mate ’S ir?e J Greeley’s idea* ted *!il icice, I do not believe that we need I chaEge_our policy. Our duty and necessity is j not w war oi extermination, nor one of cruelty to I'-eM’te. We smite their armies with war. and toe resources of their armies witheman. cipatioU' [Loud cheers,] . 'When the war is ended let the sources of theevii-thetraitorsr-bepumsted’ [Applause ] Let the leaders be Iteisfieff from the country. _ [Applause.] Why, “genSeman 1 look at it for a ‘ moment. wk clued ??r vigor in the action of the Federal (in. . vernment; Take any European Power whlet- becomes dissevered bv war. - Disunited, it stands subject to its vassal! : hot the Southern. States come back as aliens *ttvef P ind fr?^^ th K a > wll S T® rs oac ® brothers, rela tivesj and But what is sure and certain is the result ol the progress of events. I believe that SaS?i® a n t i SlaT f t ’ r ’ orratherthe warofslavery ,V le faxltog. The war to which itself when Mr. Lineolm was Itt l 88 1) ana .became such over President-in 1 isrs 1 ”i 0D ’ '"I 1 ,: af?aln Make him r-resiaent, __xn 1565, over the whole T T nion [Applause.] Our only arbitrators are ' fi?A armies, lAppl auES .] y o nr peace commfr! gioners axe tiipg© at the head of f,h« ™Ti! Our only diplomatists .ire those who sit in grim council before PatftPQhxvnft- «who . and Mobile. [Applausef %£e B emmo| , tte l af f^S , ments of lead. Thev stxeak tn thil ar S a ' sentiments of a loyal and: devoteff are, people in the South afraid to HkTbout'thl “» as John Hlckialftefrfn thls?rtS C shoiaiddiesnate where to throw his ro^e been constantly maintained for thirty years’ frr would not talk Of him the sitrif* noffw ' earB > “ I Ido not refer to hlmin te we i o here sayjo those of his belfrf wanTs Jcb I J voultl glorious old Benjamin WafeKwiniS? 8 Andrew Gr» Cunin an/t t yn Wintor DiwlB» men who will sink personal fee] T yj? want in tho common cause, and devnt-f S ?w Fea e ? ries the glory of the great flae- te g&Z&us to ■himeelf refers, In his judgment marks the law of lfifawS His own ana while I regref thah he :haß S not pidanee, , illustrious men I have named r the my, heart: Mm from what the oaiumniatort s a V TO nf 1 ,, f , 00t , i Let ns give him our -saia* of; him* for, we know his heart isrfehtand that r be .' 3ati9nt I never want a friend Jot e dTTh.lri £e sl ?m wla "I givehisheart and Hickisaii Jives to neighbortfandfrie^s nl ofCh£teroottow Imd-’ona more word to say in corcluSf iooS • mfi f n?v Ve T > j' 1 ™f er > an ? radiant with thehuS *oI vic.ory. Ido not conceive the ■nosaihiTif-r Ar ieat, unless there is some 4expS changO^f ducefhir'friemfTAfT r TI th - C J ootion McCleliln in ®a‘Vl3'to his army “ t 0 our State to voto agalnstrthe Union tinker [Applaixse ] In some such way only can beaccom plished the election of MoOleifan. iut it hSns nt al!d Sheridan, are conscious of the intoS fron, and are pursuing such a merciless poPcv in ra . ferenee to McClellan and Davis, that they constant Jy injure the Democratic prospects. [Laiighter l Ti iga wonderfui fact in the philosophy oTtht^ l rr a i* V uf ne T el s?: vls is defe;ued AlcOrtilan grolM [l‘®pghter.] Whenever there is a'lwwlV-nSS? I *' of the armies at Ricbmond a similar howl from Orange, New Jersey, [Lauchter 1 be said of us. The devotion we ImvA musfc loydl and deep. The stedesthS comes to .me when I .onen n the morning and find the nßs7s paper in met with a. reverse Tbero 1 , ar ®lss h ave ,have almost doubled in Pro4deffp e « fi? Urs wH^a 1 these armies to be aelcated rpx ®/2 r P«mitting when victory eomes, whefi tnr citt 1 ? Bay *> we >®L joy, and ihriU with the enth^i«Hfr at ?, wled wial patriotic aen—o«r hjmi««i?f L ? slasfclc of onr J the victory you have gained ?n u , po ? you because of religion of bhat is -in onr. triumph and riS- ,we should be meek -protect and save our fbroe i ffrn^ S^r lli i' s i mßrc l l may rejoice next November i/thf n i d A 8 M at * - that -We>. ham Lincoln, M a °f Abra manent Union, - * Peaceful, restored, and per 4fnn^ orß , amid cheers. 7 :ad^£sea\y r frr rganiZßd ont shle, was and MonTgomery countSs ixl ( r ? n^™ D ? r Cbest6 ' The elxarges ortl e r) e ,?,?^ , H„ OCOUpyic e an .AdministrationjbasS m'the refutert tbe right of personal O SHb »^h? 6 reiuted even-one, much to tho saH-r a S;- Ue auditors. There was a feature In tois couu 0?1Us meeting, which Is rarely met in a citvn^ Cy SP 8 - the speaker had concluded bis Sw When, one, topic, ir he had left a J k on any or uncertainty, the hearer thongM ! w-xx?w a 5 aE 3 ary • farther elucidation: Thuß a Mashing pertinent, interesting qnestionsu s »b^— haa^e of answers oftentimes passed’ ™^ ns i. rnotiya and, persons In his autUenca « Bromall ment ol the rest. C8 ’ mu °h to the enjoy-. akothbs gseat MMOHSTSATIOK AT ra-lOJT .I.KAGUE HALL. NatlonalTln^mfr 6^ Und ° r tia aus Pices of the canadt-v T,^t' O n l L aeuo ’ tbe hall was Ailed to its ofC weatto tn Hf 1118 tho ,'' ery incl< * state n weather, on the occasion of .an address W General John Cochrane, ortfew York dh® ot 7 mg-RM prettily decorated with the Itar Wnli hanner. The West Philadelphia Hil'Rrf led ■Band was present and. discoursed 7 l° 3 ? Ital music. eloquent , At the appointed hour General " ; riyht and left by General Cameron »^n!? e, flanked : Michael, Eta,was conducted to the oompanled by n delegation from tsJ*r ; rostrun ham I aatlcally, tie baas I Bfumer.” . - = Tieapplause haring Bobsuiad „ Eeq., arose and briefly aald that *fc* sf t' gambled to-night to listen to a done active service on the battle-fiw i 39 ' to testify his veneration for" the k I r ’ E meat and the deep Interest he feefe • 55 .nowpending-. [Applause.] Before?'^ neral Cameron, chairman or the .Committee, will make a few plause.]' - Ss - It: GBXERAI, C.VMjBROX’^,,. Tt© venerable chairman of the y- Committee of the State, General-® thus introduced, said that he had co B°l 8 ° le ‘' ; ing to-night to introduce General i n f stv 5tv "New York, [Applause,] It gar e the „ Ct pleasurc to say that he had known i- ’’ a public man, and of all public men i ' 1 ' one actuated by more solid or dlsint “* ism thin he. [Great applause.] ° Me ' :e| , It ; so happened that in the earh- n »,- hellion he, the speaker, had so i«n ;S(; '* cause of an official position that S iE ?‘ ; had his own views, the' same at -rm'B-s : that time General Cochrane eaUed upon him, and offered his , 3 >’> crushing the re bell ton. He siw E ,m ®= k ment,-and in a short time was »«. Hundreds and thousands of men ‘ O nSr J «t an uprising .throughout the land • that tße’-connuy was overrun »=-h and anxious to resent the insult the TJnion. [Applause.] ® VCa '•> u - Gen. Cochrane’s views and my tnv ~, ‘ the.methftd of squelching the blanche was given him,-and in a s b, i?- sponded with.;twelve or thirteen >» ■ " Gen. Cochrane, ih that time or e--* x» a:; viewed the contending elements, ?i-\ ' with the war he made' certain SBvV-r E ' r positions, that have since proved 'established as the policy of tk [Rounds of applause.] ‘ ■'-■s „ General Cochrane, ;then in thefi j'.i , v arms Ought to be placed in the tinty/Sl - panted for an opportunity to <ie»4 and put down - the rebels at The speaker agreed with him, and 'n to effect so desirable an object, pan--, . him: but history now lecords the sarae-l policy of the Government. It is tia ■ There are now in the field two Americans of African descent. [appi lc L ;; men have at least saved to the thousand white men. [Renewed aS,, ; agreed then, as we do now, that every 1.,.; arms in defence of the country, who rj!, or shed his blood, should: no loaaefu'; [Tremendous applause.] No man wip thjs is the true policy of the country uow.i i; • As for slavery itself, that will be setfej ft' gress of the war. [Biore applause.] ron now proceeded'to show the great la., .standing shoulder to shoulder in this a foil reliance upon Divine Providers' honorable means the re- election of Presid ] r,ong-continued applause.] The countr can get.BO other man to do better tha n A coin. [Applause I As the war progre* the better enabled to speak from elp E "[ ho was free to say that:the. President If too not jto take notice of, the signs of the to-, free to say that when he is re elected I around him a new set of men, who win gj required support, and bring the rebeili jj close, and a lasting, honorable peace rj, and long-continued applause.] New W cheerfully assist him. [Renewed app| a ., is the feeling in the State, and with tub s, renew our efforts, and that he will ba tfl;. elected thera’can net be a single flour,“■ telligcnt men. [Great applause.] c;4' now alluded to a tour-that he had s u = t part's ,of the State,, ana he audience that, in ail his experience as a m; he neversaw such enthusiasm; thefires sh are burning brightly on the mounts in If vale; the old flag floats in the pure mjq; of the interior, cheering the heart cf'ere, andmaking him feel anxious for the dj' when be shall cast a full vote to sustain ti ous emblem of our nationality by supc-m'- standard-bearers.- We shall have in the Legislature. [Applause.] Wel’y fuller representation m Congress. fsio»y Remember that there never was a tiae 1 November election did- not increase ttj ■ that polled In October; then letuspre M State-contest, cany our ticket, and tW Rresident Lincoln and Johnson in tb .month will be so overwhelming as to bresi' 'already crushed spirit of the rebeliis leaders. [Enthusiastic applause.] Gew >ron now very handsomely infrodueed Oh Cochrane,' amid the wildest applau part of the room. . SPEECH Off GBIT. COCKBA.2OS, OF y: Iffy .experience, feilpw-'Ujaion-men of 1 . has always taught me that in the great ar dent the trouble has generally beaa ai the n at the front (in allusion to a slight disorder attheehdof the ha 11),.: I. am happy thgtd enrrence of this evening has affirmed that I; that I have the assarahee, before I shall auk: liver a few opinions I have to present to yea,;; here to-night,, where I have always beea . standing: when -my eountry was in pstii. “.friends, its champions, and its supporters. . Man’s efforts are feeble aid of little worth.’ elemental war rages, and havoc is the order human efforts most be subserrieit i,. a, affairs'; but; -woe, :; woe, :to iko-e I their' puny arms against the dec n»: vidence, and asssert humanity against Oas; We are in that position. The national sh; at war. Peace flies shrieking from the Sell : bands of warlike antagonists grasp each other and the shock is for national life. Shall yor live or die? On aud towards that question ar, forces aboyte" and beyond dura. We caa hiti awe and reverence at. the swelling sea. Ws - bow our heads with all humility beneath *t» deal and still proclaim that what lie-, ia is w; . eomplish. What there is for patriotism ra di effectuate. And iuno event, witMc the ( o| this sanctuary, here. in Philadelphia, of i Independence, shall the traitor-s arm be Ir'p .nished, or the traitor’s front be raised screeni plause. j I can bat be obliged to my friend 0 proud to'be permitted to term him friend. for merited.and undeserved compliment, _ There was no merit in what ho so tersely: but bad those .efforts been impeded these aii' ehaine, I am’not alone. I stand with ss r.-: fellow- citizens around me. • took npanyori-- soldier! Look upon yonder lame, and sitiffe Hear those groans, and lamentations, sad listen to the sweet notes of that patriot ecni, children, mothers,brothers’ lips, issues ia si They stand for you in yonder field. vi,., v ' r bosoms to tbe rudeshoek of war that yon rnsr: and never,-no,-never at any period has tk-; jhrongHred.batalwarswith steady trampar-. advanced against-the Toe; exclaiming nit"" deiced Step, “Down with your arms. nki.. plause. 3 Down with your arms, reh»U i loyal soldiers ask. of: their rabslliout broft: . when their arms shall; be grounded, a= frill WiU. be; "When your ensigns 'shall il-.,t : statue of ties Rather of his Country in the .of Richmond: '.when throughout this vritok" glorious shout of freemen shall be as iara r. , - was when erst here, in your Indengndenes K.v throughout a: nnitea nation—then, o’-, be, ,shout will here-again ari.eai ..every direction,,over hill 'and deli Ths: - me s^' a hd the bravest rstrsr-i soldiers m, : arms:who have effected years, established: on'r .nationality, and drirja hellion, whenre it came. tAppianie/ 1 intend to detain you.here long, frilyy..;:, evening.' I have come to makeafew iuir. ,;r; preliminary to a short and transient €:■ r-r y .ittdiscussing'a political debate, upon sisi . -much the peace of youn country as liaugi in the held. Let us advance PdchmoEduari and ,et Pennsylvania pronounce for .i traiM: to-morrow andfarewell to the hopes of fhi- XApplause: J The battle-field of freedom aeu ii rug before us. Here in your streets, and a: ■• o , r there aie to be found the .altars of freedcst. - these with a.penitence that shall be never: - bacrifice all political prejudice and turning i': steps, encourage those patriot soldiers yi-, looking as anxiously and longingly tovar-U f "holdoftreaEon, Eichmon.d,as towards PUitcV,- altarofliberiyahdAmeficanlndepeideic-. i 1: It has.occnrred to, me, therefore, todetskp scott while, with a ntnniug coimaeatamps lEitioatowMch wo itaye atfcaiacd; not ilie .sitiojo. of war merely, the position which prii: quires that you should establish aaddscia?. this principle you are at loss* floating and Him a teuipestuous ocean. What is,the issue - is kfSd to helieve, party issues are burii i. SSSl*s«^ ac sr*l what issue is - wu^“.that once decided asddiscrimioated :> formerly a Eepuhlican and Dexa-:i*rt.Q‘ to he Onion lovers; beta cU:c s aid dFS«rv erS ; The grest issue'apou up "Surer ae ver been dreamt of; «aa Fie? s£2?s, ded i^ <lt ab °v o ‘be barrier ctpsK y tk® detonation of arras was The™ 8 off war stuaned twk was hoard over tk •Siftl a . f "ev-'“earlyfour-years of rsndirt « 3 ,V> ls mght with that identical fr-us tiws.r Whs t ?is S tho e F ar^ld / 0^- ontoa ‘ ce l ,t ' dbcsas.da!;: lavol,i i f 'h t Sl, l,e ! ~a ly feliowoeitizons, 1- it r--’-' ?f this occasion ? Whv. iJi-' i s n definitely Union on the'kme siuc P' aE » l i? e mam .preparation' ha.« £^ e JsStiono“hftost?“t!onol?lfv e £ G i mg and true inmnrt SS- Present properly t" truth, a war inferior civHiratioa - be alarn,ldwnStf^S,? Inp^lb!B foraes h’w in and present to ~ „ l l nasl ? atl « 11 ‘hat I m evening. - Nothir.JS? a ,-? bB i r,lsa argnmest rs may nay this* n-hftv VI fr-rther from u:y; i: of .one constituted Itlle 1tlle moment withi.; ti-?j were introduced—T,?2, Vt i nini^ at tnr ° systems r: end paid■ SgJr 1a,,0r « and explosive eteS.V,., ® OlOl- *®'® '“'JS?* that ultimately mue?la?A we [? Perrateia f Which we enaSns v®.Produced the vfry > whetherthefrnmlf|le'ca^?t%^- ] u is “5? fiery Southerner was not war : of slavery In the wit * L v ' was Slity or a ? pa?allel tt • canld iave 6es,i! ''' ; zi n araid el continuation of t<n^' st’tsftton > e ' ei ? 6n ? ofslave labof, or, events il,id Af'P-y, then. this teasoning to tt? lo“:have in Ithe'-field—what I I' unto?? tv™ „ B .T? ae .: for «ie Union, the istue ‘ai?fe a a* at tbe Sombi JDe ;’ coml’sn ’tn; 8 - a Aways been where these :«*; unhfn’ w hh e a<;h otlier , isteoior for 1 How, fellow-citirerj, -; ItoiA???' H or >wo examine the attitudept 'f di>- fif ill I 8si: , 0 2t th ® front, as it is accepted h, - ’o 1“® ranks, as it is pointed by the h.: v, “' : !dwni‘£ t e?E B^!. e:^ General Lee'tedem hfr.r^ ; fffrl i? m,'.,™ liey u d 0 Advance. Afiatce anH goes the patriot, hi- rehsi - Se wi??^ tlie g3;asp^ Thesb cue wretched contortion,a/id the irlork'-ns uIpK,Sf < !- tS-ith Jr, rdri; Itoion ul it-^l^w-^^^Avsrlntharanitsj^ cia ™ thV dSriiFj llB ' rery musket that e.vpM“ l phoald bfi rairf 16 " v *ry -arijculately, the Coi tion of Vh"o ,:^il >EaTls e. I Sou may listen to th ■ SmrV ® &e Southern si.*';' nonnSFS d J° a wm never into ahv etui 1 ca ? i tbat iearfal commeutar;.-.-:-.;, iac'en?n,to^l T co fel rucli ®“ tbanrecognitioa «t -,r. WiS , u C , e ‘ „ wh “t I Hood armg from. A-' retiritl; down the' ValJ.r etfrtn^.mtp Eichmohd S Tapp ausel aadall ; : ?lA y f® ltte back into the Union ? Sheridauia.h® > atiSfe J Sherman, with bis invincible cy» r ‘*\ rP v® res Qnrcea,- driving the rtbei dogs befer-; t Applause .3 Grant—Capplattsej—Uncondities-y -r&naer Grant—has his hold upon the throat of t*- c * lion, .wiih no commentary, with no discns 5 'with the swords point, clarifying and recti’:-' : ore simple, sharp, decisive phrase, the Cason, theFnfonforever. [Applause, j of;war; and "who talks of chopping logie, or W' aip.leetics, or logical teauences, whea the c- : mouth is proclaiming war? No* siap'de and and intelligible as is the English, language, i tdde of that army at the front; £ay down T'i asf? you shall have such a Union as yon. . [Applau-e ]. Why talk they ofvighte. u' shed our blood wiibQLtpruYt!aU'’J
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