JOBLESS*.... . oRD S iU,Y, (80HDATS EXCBFTIDji ?i! «T jrO« N W. FORNET, ' ' IT,. IU SOOTH TODBTH BTWOB, ,floi * » '~ ■' ' ' jHE MAIIT PRESS, , ~snl>Bcrl't>ero, Is Ter DoeeamPer AmroK.l P.ar Twbvtt Cents Per ‘Week, pa.7*W« i K ut . Killed to Subscribers out of the Kt] s Mll,ißa fee Askem; FoBRDOLEAKa AND Pipi „ 1S Bis Months; Two DOm ars akd Twbstj p.sia for Three Months, IrtmlaWt laadTAni ' B !tiritriUetaenU Inserted at the n*u»l i»t*i. THB XRi-WKEKET PRESS, ■ , lls j to Balnorlbers, Pirn Bollarb pee Axnhk. fSETAII. feW and Magnificent Store ,130 s ■ IuOXJ'STEY «fc CO 0 ,30 south. OEighthStroet* USONDAf, Sept. 26th,r ,SBE WILXi BE FOUND THE MOST BEAUTIFI !E#S ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS, bIXJASfIS, AND SHAWLS IN THE CITT. 'WB HATE JUST OFHSTEB 1,000 POS SILKS, * ThiXK AND FANOT. • ■ 600 MERINOS, PLAIN AND FIGURED. 250 FRENCH POPLINS, , BKP AND FIQUKJSD. 200 WOOL DELAINES,- DOUBLE AND SINGLE' WIDTH, PLAI! AND PIQOBED. 150 MOHAIR AIiPAOAS, PRAIA' AND HOUSED. 100 ENGLISH MERINO, ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF .. ~ Fancy and Staple : j>r3ej@s ; '.g oo:p;Si »23-lm £W MOURNING STORE. FALL STOCK. Am ESlojcaiit Assortment DRESS GOODS. ;LOAKS, SHAWLS, MANTLE! MOTXEIIVIIXG MCtl^XiTlS-EiR.Y. HE ATTENTION OF THE BABIES IS SOLIOITE: M. Sc A. MYERS St CO., 030 CHESTNUT Stmt »421-wfrin2iß LAIEETSM HOUSEKEEPERS, TAKE NOTICE. J, C, STRAWBRIBSE & CO., (FORMEHLT GOWPE.RTHWAIT & 00„J , W. CORNER EIOHTH AND MARKET ST! ire now offarinr the largest stock of Blanket* to sand In thl* city, at moderate prices: BERTH BEANKETS, CRIB BEANKETS, CRADLE BLANKETS, BED BLANKETS, all sizes. to deoleM, WO offer tie bestaesortmoiit oE «ll ti »sB, 727 CHESTNUT-Street mANNELS, BLANKETS, ' o ' . Linen and Cotton Sheetings, cheap at JAS. B. CAMPBELL & CO.’S, ' •■■■■. 737 OH EsTNUT Street. i ALL WHO WANT GOOD DRY ■CI GOODS, at tlie very lowest prices can flad tiiem ■■■■■■ -■. . . JAS. E v CAMPBELL & CO. ’S, “ 7SJ CHSSTSOX Street. at ocs-im H STEEL & SON HAVE NOW • open a large and eboice asssoriment of .FALL A&D DKESS GOODS. Plain Merinoea, fl. 25 to $6, Plain Poplins* Plaid Merinoes and Poplins* Plain and Plaid Silk Poplin*, _/lain and Figured Moliair PopHns, s?ortcf B e fa r Jelow y ° f aad ch 811 BILKS-Of ß^ B i I ? T - COST °P IMPOKI'ATIOW. io S yw/ a CT8&: twlaty. from 75«ont* SHAWTn_?? i f IMPOBTM.'g PRICES. •Ter prtse° ?Eortm6a t’ at a small ftdTaaw 'A LARGE STOCK OF BTTiK'R ntJ iatloa?^ 15 ’ 101 ,al * lrel "' fr a * srsaant coitof impor- Etch Moire AnHans*. Colored and Black Corded stilt Colored and Black Ponltde Sola*. Armures and flroa Grama*. , Superior Quality -Plain Sills. Colored and Blaek Ottoman 511k*. Colored and Black Figured Slllt Heary Black Taffeta*. Superior Black 8111*. - Black Sill* at all licdt SDWIK HALE, a CO . ga South SECOND Street CARD AND FANCY JOB PRINTING, at SIHQWALTJ& BEOWif'S, HIS. FOOKTH Si. OF THE BARGAINS IN MEBINOES, ALPACA! VOL. B.—:NO. 61. (jOOPER & CONARD, NINTH AND MARKET STREETS, ; •“ HAVE FULL assokthes?TSTOE ‘ • LADIES'. CLOAKINGS, b COATINGS AND - OYEROOATINGS, , FANCY CASSIMEHES, FLANNEL SHIRTINGS, BLANKETS AND FLANNELS, , SHEETINGS AND SHIRTINGS, SHAWLS AND MAUDS, LADIES’FALL CLOAKS. se24- spny3ia Q.RBAT REDUCTION: IN PRICES OF fall : and Winter ''cloaks; 1 Our stook comprises the , CHOICEST NOVELTIES. . Also, WATER-PROOF CROAKS, made in the best manner, at less than, usual prices. - • • GURWEN STODDART & 450, 453, and 454 North Sacond Street, ecS-3t ...... .■ : above Willow. gCOTCH- NURSERY DI APE R.S : , FROM AUCTION, AT REDUCED PRICES. •' '' CURWEN STODDART.&. BROTHER, ; 450,432, and 434 North SECOND: Street,. ; ocS ' ; '■ ' Above Willow. JLJAMILTON, PACIFIC, AND AME :MOIJSSELIN DELAINES, FROM AUCTION, AT REDUCED PRICES. : CURWEN .STODDART & BROTHER, 450, 453 and 454 North SECOND Street, ' ocS . Above Willow* JJAND-LOOM TABLE LINEN, , ' FROM .AUCTION, AT REDUCED PRICES. ! CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER, i 430, '453 and 454 North-SECOND Street", i ocS - : Above Willow. JJLAID AND STRIPED SHIRTING FLANNELS, J ; FROM" AUCTION,' AT REDUCED PRICES. CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER; 430, 433 and 454 North SECOND Street, ocS ■ ■_ Above Willow,; SBLJEL & »R¥ GGOBS JOBBERS. FALL,! I FALL^ NOW IN STORE, ■ ; lIIHTOIAIB & C 0„ M*s. S£? Ohegttßnt and 314 Jayse Streets, IMPOETSKS AND JOBBERS OF ■ . : lILKS MP FANCY OKY SOODS, SHAWLS, LINENS,/ AN D WHI T E GOODS, A LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK OP < DRESS GOODS. POLL LIHR OF FOREIG9 AHD BOHBfflgO ;'BALMOBALS/^ INCLUDING BRUNER’S AND OTHER MAKES. au2o-Sm . QHEAP GOODS PROM AUCTION. .EftMVRD ¥ABC & €O., BIT CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STREETS. Have in store a fall line of MEBINOES, POPLINS, • . DELAINES, BALMORALS, bought at the lata auction sales, which they offer at a small advance on cost. WINDOW WINDOW l» SHADES. - ~ . - SHADES, ' NEW STYLES FOR PALL TRADE. ... NEW STYLES FOR PALL TRADE. We are constantly leceivimr from onr Factory NEW STYLES OF WINDOW SHADES, including the new colors—Brown, Leather, Stone, he. ' KELTY, CARRINGTON, & CO., • Manufacturers of Window Shades and Importers of - Certain Materials, ; ocs4mwfmlp ... No. T 33 CHESTNUT.Street. OOOD GOODS REDUCED. V»\ NOT AUCTION GOODS. All-Wool Poplins at Good French Merfttoes at $1.62%, : Striped Giaei Poplins at 4i1.37>5. Brocade Poplins at®, SL23, $1.62%, and $1,73. 2SO pieces American Be Laints at 60c, • A large assortment of. Calicoes from S 3 to 65c. Call and examine. No trouble to show them at ' • ■ JOHN H. STOKES’, ocl-tt TOS ARCH Street. DLANEETS.■/• el* Finest American made. ‘‘ Extra large “Premium Eochdales.” . Superfine “Merrimack.” Well-known “Hollanda.” 10-4 and 11-4 low-priced Blankets. Crib and Cradle Blankets. Army and Horse Blankets. Hotels, Schools and Families supplied with anygrade, /rom cheapest to finest, of any sire, from smallest cradle So extra large hed, at lowest wholesale or retail rates. COOPER & CONARD. 5623-tf S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET. - COMMISSION HOUSES. JJAZAED & HUTCHINSON, No. IJS CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERGE!ANTS# FOB: THH BALE OF 811-Sml PHILADELPHIA- MADE GOODS. QTLE ATTENTION OP THE TRADE Is called to our stock of CAMDEN WOOLEN: MILLS BEFELL ANTS, LADIES’ CLOTHS, SACKINGS, SHIFTINGS, and FLANNELS. SAXONY WOOLEN COMPANY -ALL-WOOL FLANNELS./- STEVENS & CO., N. STEVENS & SONS*, .: and other, makes. GHAY, SCARLET, and BLUB TWILLED FLANNELS. “BLACKWOOD” and “HINSDALE” MILLS 6-4 COTTON WARP and ALL-WOOL CLOTHS - and BEAVERS.-’ ' - - GREYLOCK MILLS (Dean & Lamonte), CAROLINA BULLS (T. B. Hyde & Go.), WEST EATON MILLS (M. & II.), end other makes of - , FANCY CASSIMERES. SAXONY MILL ’• . ’ • - PLAIN and PLAID SATINETS. 11 FLORENCE” and “SPRINGVILLE” MILLS PLAIN and MIXED MELTONS. . PITTSFIELD, BERKSHIRE, ' , >; and ,'other makes BALMORAL SKIRTS, in great * ! LEVRING TON MILLS PLAIN, and FANCY KENTUCKY JEANS. * GLENBAM GiNGHAMS, DENIMS, STRIPES, TICKS, SHEETINGS, So., . , of the most desirable styles.' ' ’ DE COUBSEY, HAMILTON, & IVANS, 33 LETITIA Street, and «e2l-wfm3m 32 South FRONT Street. WAIL PAPERS. piIILA.XJELX'III^V WALL PAPERS. HOWELL & BOIJRKE, N. B. CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, Manufacturers of PAPEB HANGINGS, WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, • LINEN SHADES AND HOLLANDS, -SOLID-GREEN AND BUFF, CHOCOLATE GROUNDS, FIGURED, AND PLAIN SHADES, , : . - To which -we invito the attention of STOREKEEPERS. GLASSES. JAMES S.SAELE & SON, ; 816 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA., Stave now in store a very fin# assortment of L O OKING GL A S BEB,' ofevery eh&rseter, ofthe TOY BEST MANUFACTURE AND LATEST STYLES. OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, M5l TTfTWTgg AJBTW PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES- nHARLIS MIDDLETON, ' V/ " : ' - IRON MERCHANT,'. SECOND AND WILLOW STREETS, , PStJ.AnKi.PHIA. . Starjito Tpat> for *alf» SMOKING TOBACCO,—AN INVOICE of the celebrated brands ’ Killikiruck, Soldier*'' Comforter, Live ladiafl, I Z, b . and flua-Keo-Paa- Kee* just received'and for Eale br ‘ McCAItfMOIT. & CO.* oc7 3? WATER St. and’3B NORTH WHARVES , oc7-lSt - ■■ Philadelphia.; (]ARD. MY ENTIRE STOCK FORTY I*33Xl' CENT. LESS THAN COST OF IMPORTATION. I. E.; WA-JLISAIVEN, SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CARKYL. - MASONIC HALL, 719 CHESTNUT STREET. oc6-tf ... : . , . THE FLORENCE - ~ THB-FLOBENCE V< THE FiOEBNOE THE IpjOBEHCE THE FLOEENOE THE FEOBBNCE s THE FIiOEEKCE THB FLORENCE SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES. SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, SEWING MACHINES, ©O. CHESTNUT STEEET. 630 CHESTNUT STEEBT, 630. CHESTNUT STEEET. 630 CHESTNUT STEEET. .630 CHESTNUT. STBEET. 630 CHESTNUT’STEEET. 630 CHESTNUT. STEEET. 630 CHESTNUT STEEET. 1864. GLENECHO MIXJLS, - ’ MeCALLUM & 0.0., CARPET WAREHOUSE, sel7-am PHILADELPHIA, 1864. 1864. - / RETAIL DEPARTMENT, ••a "519 CHESTNUT STREET, ' ■ *el7-3m OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL. _ CHENTS* r FCBNISE3JNG GOODS. : gg£j ARCH STREET. ggs »-3BS M O V A li. B» A; ' HOFFMAN, ••„ ■ ; ■ SHIRT AO WRAPPER 'MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING EMPORIUM, ~ BEHOVED FROM 80S ARCH STREET 8535 ' XROil, STREET. - 8535 .. jell-ftmwfim w • • JHE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT, warranted; to fit and give satisfaction, JOHN C. ARRISON, Nos. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN SEMHEMIPB FINE IPBNISHIM GOO3S. LINEN. MUSLIN, and FLANNEL SHIRTS, and DRAWERS, COLLARS, STOCKS, ■ TRAVELLING SHIRTS, TIES, WRAPPERS, &e.» So,, OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE. - v - Also, - HOSIERY, GLOVES, ■ - SCARFS,- - - • SUSPENDERS, - HANDKERCHIEFS, - SHOULDER BRACES, Sold at reasonable prices. CABINET FURNITURE. jp U R K ITUBB .. : *» AT VERY LOW PRICES JTIKS'X-OJL.A.SS GOODS. I Will tell my present stock of finished FURNITURE at a small advance on old pricas. The assortment Is the best that I have ever offered. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL- V/- LIARD TABLES. ' ■' MOORE & CAMPION, -V No. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ' In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are now manufacturing a superior article of ■ BILLIARD TABLES, And have now on hand a full supply, finished with the MOORE & CAMPION’S ISIPROVED CUSHIONS, Witch are pronounced by all who have used them to he superior to. all others. For the quality andifinish of these Tables, the manufacturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the Union, who' are-familiar with' the character of their work'.'* - blmr boqrs, rhlL; MINING, COAL, AND OTHER A/NEW COMPANIES. We are prepared to furnish New Corporation* with all the Bqsts they require, at short notice and low prices, of first quality. All styles of Binding. - STEEL PLATE CERTIFICATES 0? STOCK, LITHOGRAPHED'- y y TRANSFER BOOK, V ; ' : ORDERS OF TRANSFER, ’ • STOCK LEDGER, \ v .STOCK LEDGES BALANCES,, REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOCK, BROKER’S PETTY LEDGES, ACCOUNT OF SALES. DIVIDEND BOOK. : : . Mpss::&. cp.ji/- BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS.AND STATIONERS. g J. -WILLIAMS, HO. 16 NORTH SIXTH STREET,- Manufacturer of - VENETIAN BLINDS AND' : WINDOW SXIA-iyES. O' The Largest aid Finest Assortment in the city at th# v •' LOWEST PRICES. ... D 9“ Repairing attended to promptly. BS~ Store Shades Made and Lettered. selp-2nf 8012-mws 2m g. HOUSBCA.3M Sc CO. s KO. »S 7 BROADWAY, HEW YORK,; MEN’S MS LADIES’ GLOVES* SEBUM AKD POLISH HOSIER!, • MEN’S FURNISHENG-GOODS, CAGES & DRESS TRIMMINGS. INVITE TBIS WHOLESALE TRADE. iy!2-Sm ;. . i'■ CURTAIN 69085. I WILL OFFER; - - - IACE: : :CURTAIHi' : t; '*n BEWIAOMAGHSYEB. GERMANTOWN. 509 CHESTNUT STREET. TO THE HEW BTOBE, MADE BY CONSTANTLY-GH HAND, GEO. J. H-ENKELS, 809 and 811 CHESTNUT Street. 433 CHESTNUT Street. SHPOST3BS OF to whish they PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1864. C.lp firm. MONDAY, OCTOBER .10, 1804. THE CMtffl CMISS. EXTRAORDINARY DEMONSTRATION Tiic Cifat Meeting in Imlcpenrteiice Square Speeches by Mayor Henry, Ex-Gov. Johnson, Gen. John Cochrane, Hon, Mr. Harrington, Hon, Chas. O’Neill, and others. Amps' FROM HON. DANIEL S. DICKINSON, GENE RAL DLS, GENERAL SICKLES, AND EOS. WM. 51. MEBKDITEr Twenty Tlionsaml Patriots in Council, MONSTER' PROCESSION; IN :HONOR OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Thirty Thousand Freemen in Line, Seven Grand Divisions, 6,000 Soldiers, and 5,000 Horsemen on Parade. THE AKMY AT HOME SENDS GREETING TO THE AII3IY IN THE FIELD, • SPECTACLE OF THE CITY ILLUMINATED; SEVEN MILES OF TORCHES AND LANTERNS. Magnificent Display of Fyrotcclmy, A MYRIAD OF PEOPLE IN THE STREETS, IFMiTcrsal E»lli!is!asiii and Patriotism. Tho great People's Demonstration of Saturday, October 8, will long be memorable la the politi cal traditions of our city; and tbe magnificence and enthusiasm of a spectacle so unwonted and uni versal, furnish a story which tbe child may tell, to Ids children. We. think; It was. the' general agreement of all classes of popular critics that no such manifestation of strength and spirit has ever been afforded by. any political party In- the history of the city; and this opinion certainly ■ does : no injustice to. the former large •dis plays of our political opponents, or what is _of more consequence, to the grand triumphal "processions of 1860, in honor of “ the man of the people,” who was carried on the ocean of the popular will, and, in his own words, “ drifted to the apex of the great event” of our century. The occurrences of four years of extraordinary trial have made the President to-day a far grander represen tative in the Issues which divide the country; aud it is not surprising, therefore, that the people who have ■ so nobly sustained the cause of their own homfes and firesides, and vindicated their own honor by sup porting their chosen Chief Magistrate, should rise again to the surface of the occasion in such over whelming loyal masses. ...pur; insulted flag Fat Fort;. Sumpter aroused an unanimity of indignant patriot ism to which no subsequent manifestation bears moral comparison. But on Saturday we had some-, thing ike a sublime apotheosis of our triumphant flag, amid a myriad of torches, a multitude of ban ners, and a whole city burning with , harmless fires. ; The cheerful ppmp of the scene, the hilarious ex citement of the. people, the regular v;: fread of'all the clubs in line,,and the endless brilliancy of - and lanterns, -.was, : -withal, some thing’ more than a mere show to amuse the.- people. Outpatient, forbearing, good-natured citi zens were thoroughly in earnest—just as much in earnest as the President amidst,the happy family of his good-humored anecdotes. Every man in - the precession was a sort oi illuminated voter, or indi vidual “ demonstration,” on flic with his cause; and, the whole; formed .that peaceful army of regulars - who will give us .victory at the polls. The spectacle’ 1 of Saturday was one of the grandest demonstrations ever held in honor of our victories; andffwasa; celebration in advance in honor of the crowning victory on Tuesday. . k ; ’. . the soldiebs op 1860-84. Remarkable as it was in a party sense, (if the cause of the Union has now become that of a party), ’ the great parade of Saturday was far. more signifi cant as a demonstration of the people, We recall, the great People's Procession ofls6o, which forecast' the giant armies, of the people, now battling with the rebellion. Then, citizens who are now captains and colonels, and leaders of parade, -who are how brigadiers, mingled in these 1 marshalled mad uni formed processions in honor of the cause for which many of its celebrants have laid down their lives on the battle-field. It is worth remembering that.one of theeorps eommafiders of the Army.of: the Poto mac, a distinguished and gallant leader in the ad vance cn Richmond, Major General David B. Bir ney, was only a marshal in the great parade of 1860.; Thousands left the ranks of procession to enter the ranks of the army ; whole companies moved out from the Bepublican Invinoibles to join Senator Baker’s regiment and others jthundreds who'had acquired some esprit de corps from our political organizations, turned their enthusiasm into deed and purpose in the volunteer service of the country. In view of such facts, the recent celebration deserves additional re spect; for 1864 has become a tribute to 1860 and >6l, and patriotic example has borne its fruit. Six thou sand soldiers, nearly four thousand of whom were in the regular line, were estimated to have taken part in the recent parade. Gars were loaded with vete rans ; and at no point of the parade could we fail to see the cap and coat of the soldier, Thousands of the ununiformed had also seen some service in ea&p. The whole affair seenied less in honor of a political party than the festivity of a people of soldiers, and the iriends of the soldier, in honor of, the national cause, and of victory. Long live the people! apl6-6m EXT3IHT AND COMPOSITION OP THE PAItADE, : We cannot better afford anidea of the extent and charaeterofthe parade than by taking tiio mathe matical notes of observers. From nlno o’clock Saturday till one on Sunday morning the city itself: was upon exhibition, for not until near the latter hour had_the parade begun to disappear; Passing the house of the Union League the procession! was timed two hours and three-quarters, at the rate of three miles per hour, so that ~we may fairly infer from this reckoning, that it was nearly nine-: miles •' long. On a portion of the route, however, thou sands broke out from the ranks at an alarm ot fire, taking a number of Are engines away, .while huh-V drcdk' more left the line on account of the cold,, damp, and great .length of the march. At the tumtngpoint of Broad street three or four largo delegations, with portions of the'T sventy-fifth and Twenty-sixth wards, ’ abandoned the route and -marched home war d, ..to v rest for. Sunday morning. * The whole procession would perhaps-have occupied -three hours,, and ten or twelve miles, at the ordina ry rate cf passage. Inadditlon to;, about-sik'thou-; sand . soldiers, cavalcades /five thousand strong figured in the procession. The turn-out of, the clubs, independent of the ward organizations,'and?- marching in lines of. six, and - eight abreast, was es-' pecially strong and imposing, and numbered by thousands.. The wards were never so fully repre sented on the political march, and counted* like so many regiments, and sometimes like brigades. The, parade was in-seven grand divisions, each with’ its proportion of horsemen, /Counting for.’- each of/ ■these divisions the numbers or a brigade, nearly thirty thousand people were in line; but we may . claim, however, in the impossibility of accurate, reckoning, that between thirty and forty thousand/, men were in lino during the ovening. New York, famous for her popular demonstrations, has pro bably not:beheld a grander sight than, this. Wo Should not forget to mention, as contributing to , swell the. strength of ; the procession,' the- regi ments of citizen's who came from Camden, Wilming ton, and the county suburbs of the city. Arm each -member of this great congregation with a torch, tan tern, flag, or transparency, and - the imagination may try to sum up the whole effect. The parade would have been of a tiresomelongth to tiio observer had it not been for. the wave and flow of enthusiasm along the whole vast line, and the’ exhaustless hu-: mor and variety of the pageant. Nothing finer was - ever witnessed in the city than" the illuminated moving miles of this countless procession'; and this, wo think, wus the .opinion of the 1 two or three hun dred thousand people who witnessed,it along the '• : sidewalks and vin 1 the streets, from every door stop and window, from iighted-up parlors and lUumlna ted houses, the women waving their handkerchiefs, and all men cheering. The enormous length of the procession did not hide its respectability, it W as as excellent in quality as in numbers, and it is a miracle that In so great a gathering there was so much self-respect’ and good behavior. The sons of our wealthiest arid most eminent citizens, and the great body oLour in telligent young men, were represented in the ranks- More than this,, wealthy men, merchants, trades men, storekeepers, and gentlemen at ease, turned out Step to step. Still further, editors, poets, artists, doctors, lawyers, and; a large delegation of pro fessional men,were, among the celebrants. ‘-But far better than all, both in quantity and quality, were the intelligent and imposing masses 'of our artisans, mechanics, and the sturdy company of workmen .of OF THE PEOPLE, on Saturday Evening, every ldnd, who formed the body of the demonstra tlon—our glorious Northern “mud-sills!” THE POSHING OP THE PBOCESSION deserves a noteof robservation. Each .brigade and division, as they.marchod t-he streets, to, assemble on our great central avenues, were interesting de monstrations in themselves, -and their muster irt every-duarter'of the town reminded us of a whole city beating to arms. On Broad street the sight of this gathering, army was .magnificent,; From Washington u|'to Coates street stretched &\ bro ken- intervals arwlldetness orUghts.;"inaking morphosis of familiar scenes; hud opening a perfect fairy land to those who looked through the illumi nated BJOenoi|tKe squares on the feast of lanterns —•transforming not very far off and common-place buildings info| distant temples or magic pagodas, bathed in a luxury of light and shadow, or distorted and transfigured in curious imaginary shapes by tlio or snn burst of pyric light. " ON THK MARCH ...Y; . the whoJe.airheemed incendiary and a world of me teors. The procession in its progress would merit the attention of an army correspondent. Good humor and enthusiasm prevailed aiongtho line,' and the march was celebrated with Cheer after cheer and, rocket after rocket, the ; line Itself Illuminated near.: and 'far with countless fires of red and blue. In some" parts of the, city -' whole; squares of residences were lighted up in • honor of the march. Seen from the tops of public build ings; the spectacle of the; city was observed to have been extremely beautiful. From the windows of houses.the streets sometimes seemed.to.be sown with.light. All along4he"march ; there seemed to be no Inc oi .the' tribute of those inspiring flags op truce—the s7aying"'"haridborchiers of the ladies. Little -or no disturbance occurred, and seldom Mas been seen a spectacle of greater order and cheerful ness. ■ . \ _ ■ ■ • tbs ropuirAß wit and humor. , It was generallyremarked of the recent parade that the popular “ turn-outs” carried iso many good'hlts at the political follies of the hour. The wit and humor of the transparencies was occa sionally subtle as well as transparent, Witness, the 'caricature of the President and General’Mc- Clellan in Illustration,of “That reminds me bf; a little joke’;” the motto, adopted from General'M&. Clclinn’s letter, “ Conscious of-my own weakness the splendid caricatures of McClellan on the trans parency borne by the Invincibles, and a hundred other instances. The humor of the crowd also de .serves report, but .it would need a hundred re porters. AETrSTS IN THE PARADE. One of the crowning 'features of the parade was a fine transparency, borne by the Republican In. vincibles, tho four sides of which were illuminated with telling scones and caricatures. This superb work of popular art was presented by the Artists’ Sketch Club, of this city. But it is not generally known that the artists thomselves were members of the procession. These gentle and bearded men flanked and followed their art in a manner worthy of their inspiration. . EXCLUDED EROH THE PARADE, from sheer Impossibility of gaining a place In the lino, were hundreds of deeoratod carriages and wagons, filled with whole families'residing in the hamlets and townships which skirt the city on its , northern lines, spreading over Into the valley of Montgomery county. Old Quaker gentlemen of the suburbs brought in theirslow teams witha band of music. It-is certain that thousands equipped celebrants failed to take part in the procession from inability to organise in time with the pro cession. . THE SCENE OH ARCH STREET, The thriiiing beauty of tbe scenes on Arch street passes description. Bows of the finest private resi dences were completely Illuminated, and thousands of our fairest ladles appeared at parlor and window, waving handkerchiefs, while, in a number of in stances, and especially in families of our .soldiers and sailors, the owners of mansions shouted out cheers]® the crowd below, who responded with W tumult of hurrahs.: West of Broad street occurred a spectacle of peculiar beauty and eloquence,; On the. balcony of a number of. houses forty or fifty handsome ladles, clad in white, decked with the na tional colors, and looking more than charming in the magical colors of the illumination, waved -flags and sang the Star Spangled Banner to an uproar of deafening enthusiasms* THE SCENES AT THE UNION LEAGUE HOUSE, Sc., during the passage of the procession was, perhaos; tiie climax of. the festivity. The crowd surged and flowed about the advance of the parade, and amid the noise of cheers and the blaze of rockets and Boman candles, it was for some tithe difficult to gaze with, comfort., A perfect shorter of light; and thunder of cheering."greeted the procession at it moved among the people, cropped out inevery cor ner and every spot of room. Several buildings in the business part of Ohesnut street were brilllantlyillu minated, and handkerchiefs waved: from inhst of the windows of the hotels. ■ Many of the newspaper * offices, and especially that of the Bulletin, were splendidly lighted, and the parade went by with vo ciferous cheering.* The scene near’ Independence Square, during the early part. of.tho..cvening, was. hotles's dazzling and inspiring, and, hardly second to th| parade itself were the swaying masses of tho people oh- every street. A- spectacle so uni versal in honor of a political cause, merits the tribute' of jjnusual report. -- - Ihe Creat Meeting in Independence Sqnnre. The great meeting In Independence Square was, of course, not the prominent feature of the oeiebra ■ tion, the procession attracting to the sidewalks and windows thousands who otherwise would have listened tolhe noble speeches there delivered.. Pre sided over by. the Mayor of the city, and distin guished by the presence of so many of our best citi zens, the vast assemblage was worthy of Philadel phia. ■ The following is alist of Its officers: PEESIDENT. ■ ALEXANDER HENRY. VICE PEESIDBNTS. Gen. Geo. Cadwala-der, Thomas T. Tasker. Jr„ N. B. Browne, James L 7 Claghorn, Stephen Colwell, J. Edgar Thompson, ■- r% E. James, ; , - Nathan Hillis, M. \Y. Baldwin, William D. Lewis, George B. Wood, M. D., Thomas A. Biddle, John Wiegand, Davifi Jayne, M. D„ George Whitney, Theo. Frothingham, M. L. Hallowall, Rev. William S. Hail, John Thompson, ; - Alexander Brown, Jacob G. Neafie, H. Hubboll, Robert Cornelius, George Erety, Alex. Hay, . , William-Henry Bawle, -wm. Henxy Trotter, S; A. Mercer, JohnHazeltine, Eli K. Price, . F. Fraley, William C. Kent, V N. H. Burroughs, Joseph S. Levering, A. D..Jessup, Joseph B. Myers, J. B. Lippmeott, . H. O. Carey, E. M; Lewis, David S. Brown, : Barton H.-Jenks, ■ v A. T. Derbyshire, James O. Hand, C. D. Meigs, M. D., William Wister,- George L, Buzby, J. W. GoD, Eli Keene, Reese D. Foil, - Asa Whitney, L. Montgomery Bond, James H. Omo, Joseph Harrison, Jr., E. A. Souder, Thomas Bobins, W.W.Williamson,M. D., Josepii K. Ingersoil, Lemuel Coffin, E. C.Knight, E. D. Saunders, A. E. Boris, John Rice, John O. Cresson, A. J. Antoio, Daniel Smith, Jr., E. Spencer Miller, Horace Blnney, Jr., Caleb Cope, John B. Budd, Henry .T. Williams, George W. Childs, A. Campbell, William Craig, Alex. Oaseley, Aubrey H Smith, William S. Stewart, John Ashhurst,- v Henry O. Lea, 1 Haunders Lewis, J; B, Morehead, • EUarslie Wallace, M. D,, George Plitt, William Cramp, . John M. Mitchell, George W. Vaughan, Lindley Smyth, B H. Moore, James S. Mason, Thomas Birch, ' Ward B. Hazeitine, .T. R. Fry,: Ferdinand J. Dreer, . Clarence H. Clark, Jonathan Roberts; Cob Alex. Biddle, Joseph B. Townsend, Coffin Golket, John B. Colahan, Enoch Turley, Edward S. Bulkiey, K. B. Law, ■ A. Barker, i Jos. O. Grubb, Wm. C. Ludwig, Michael Trainer, John Dickey, John C. Hunter, Jeremiah Irvin, George H. Boker, John W. Lynn, Chas. W. Trotter,, Adam Wartman, . JohnP. Levy. ' - 1 Samuel V. Merriak, Edward S. Whelen, George H. Stuart, A. H. Stillwell, John Hanna, Chas. Willing, M. D., Thos. Sparks, V. F. Kotheriuei, Jabez Gates, ; . Samuel Field, _ Archibald Mclntyre, ‘John B. Kenney, Wm. Sellers, Andrew Wheeler, Wm. Henzoy, Matthew Baird, T. S; Reed; M. D., Alfred M. Herkness, J. M. Flanigan, Col. P. R- Frease, Israel Morris, JJ: B. Uabeen, Chas. T. Yerkes, Saxul. J. Reeves, S.A.-Bispham, K. N. Walker. M. D., Robt. T. Carter, J. Miller Mclurn, Thos. Webster, . Edwin Greble, Samuel C. Morton, Wm. R. Leiee, Samuel E. Stokes, Jos. W. Bullock, Richard Garsed, .Tas. Milligan, Sen., Chas. Norris, John J; Smith, . Lewis Audenreid, Thos. Potter, wm. Allindinger, John H. Campbell, M-. Errickson, • ' JV m. S. Smith, Chas. Gibbons, Edward Hartsnorne, Samuel B. Thomas, Henry C. Townsend, Jon. Wainwright, • : John R. Savage, F. S. Rowland, - .. : Wm. Stevenson, Chas. 31. Lukens, S. ET. Phillips,: . . Coates Walton, ■ Joseph H. Comley, - JohnFafeira, Theodore Royal, . John M. Kennedy, Daniel Steinmetz, William Mann, • Wm. F. Potts, Thomas Drake, Joseph B. Andrews, John Penington, Henry Simons, . Thomas S. Ellis, • George N. Tatham, Oharles.OaTpenter, .' Nelson Jay,' Thomas Wattsonj George"Trott, Benjamin Wilson, ‘ ’ Charles Platt, , A. J. Holman, . • f . Joseph R. Chandler, Allan Woo’d, James. Roland, Francis Eowards, . Washington Butcher, - L.C. lungerlcfi, ■ Joseph Allen, J. R. Paul, M. D., ~Tohn F. Gilpin, ' . William Struther3, T. K. Collins, - Charles P; Heir, Thomas Stinsoni. Thomas B. Fort, Hiram Miller, - John R: Loundsbury, ' John L. Hallowall, A.-R. McHenry,; Wm. F. OushiDg, R. P. Gillingham, p William Divine, Daniel Haddock, Thomas P. Stotesbury, Rov. Dr. Alday, D. W. C. Moore, ' Joseph Trout, A.'H: Alburger, William*R. Hines, Chas. G. Wattson, Stephen Caldwell, * O. .1. Hoffman, Jacob Naylor, - < F. W. Thomas,- A. H, I'ranciscus, ! C. F. Norton, John B.: Green, : E- AVesteott Bailey, v D.- W. Stockliam, . - JcfseGodley, -. .Tames Whitney, ■ : Augustus Heaton, A. C. Roberts, Gibson Peacock, . Robert Irwin, Eavier Yaziu, Edward-Shi ppen, : James Martin, v .Tames Millikan, Jacob T. Alburger, Hvß. Benners. Wm, I’. : Hnghes, • - John Hart, - • p.;M. Sandgfan, James Irwin, Edward R: Coke, A. Hart, Jacob F. Fine, Charles Thompson Jones, Jacob Walker, Henry Oroskey, Fail-man Rc-gers, Morris 03tkeimer, Wmr MorriEOD, Washington Brown, ; Wm.-M-Tilghman, Samuel Bispham, , Harman Baugh. James House, ; Samuel C. Hart, M. D., H, M. Uhler, M. D., . Jonathan Jenks,: ■ Charles Rogers, James Dougherty, J. B, MoCleary, Marshal! Hill, Charles Rogers, ' , ; T r Charlton Henry, Emanuel Hay, gears, , Charles J. Stlile, : - John N, Town,; James Traqualr. BEORET. Wm, Botch Wistar, Chas.S. Wurts; M. 8., Edward Roberts, Jr., R. Rundio Smith, Wm. A; Ingham, Wm. H. Cramp. Caleb 11. Needles, Albert S. Letchworth, Thompson Reynolds, Wm.ll.Maurlco, Dell Koblit, Digtameir, Bt'D;; Yurton J. Kollock, Isaac H. O’Hara, Martin" J.Croll, Amos R. Little, J,. Fletcher Budd, George W. 'Shults, George P,: Shock, B. B. Orayoroft, Atherton Blight, Henry Cohen, James M. Earle, , F. A. Godwin, ' •S. H. Horstman,. Samuel Siaymaker, John.H. Packard, M. 8., Alexander T. Lane, - E.'S. Mawson, - George A. "Wood, Caleb K, ICccny, Horatio G. Jones, Charles Wheeler, Geo. Jl Cross, ‘ , Frank L. Bodihe, , Wbj. P. Tatham, R. M. Lewis, Simon Grata, -- J.'K, Valentine, B. Frank Palmer,- Thomas J. Choate,— Jas. Markland,. Francis Kirkpatrick, Lewis R. Hibbard, .T. Emerson Kent. M.;D,, Matthias Seddinger, Job Pugh, Walter J Budd, Morris Dunbar, J. J. Borie, E. Pennington, Jr., , SPEECH OF H. pixizieisrsL -Itis .over.'no partisan ga thering that you have askcd ine to preside this .eve such;honor-must have o?T V £,wvb, Tl| o invite tion for this meeting includes alLwlio concur i&tixe jpioprietyiof th.o ono wa.V b? which, our country’s honor and existence may bd maintained, however much they may differ" among themselves upon matters of lesser moment;; Nor have we co'rnp here in the special advocacy of any candidates for place, .bat that wo may hear openly avowed those essential principles of national policy without which no man Is at this time worthy the suffrages of an intelligent, patriotic eoihmunity. [Applause.] Strip from the. chief competitors for; the .. Federal office the; tinsel of ilattcry in which a venal press and corrupt sycophants have- decked them out for popular favor, and then will stand before you two citizens, neither of whom is wiser or better qualified than thousands of his countrymen who-have no aspira tions lor public -honors. Our land has statesmen greater than he who,worthily presides over.its des tinies, and, thank God, it has, generals shperior.by »r to him -who .once commanded; the Army of the Potomac, [Applause.] The impartial verdict of future ages will never ascribe to the former the vir tues of a Washington, and will scoff at a compari son of the exploits of the latter with the fame of a Napoleon. But whatever maybe the claims of those two candidates, they fade into utter insignificance before the transcendent importance of tho true issue wMeh awaits the decision of; this people.- That issue is between manhood and dishonor, between national welfare and national ruin, between the enduring gratitude of the down-trodden nations of the earth, and- the, world’s seorn at the betrayal of,the cause 'of ; free institutions. '; [Applause ] The real question that is addressed to every one of you, and which you will be called upon to answer by your votes at the coming, election, is nothing more nor less, than this, will you carry on the; wan until this rebellion is put down, [cries of “ Yes’’], or: will you, under the specious pretext of an armi stice, withhold your armies at the very moment when success is assuredly within theirgraspl [“ No, never.”] Will ' you then ra] !y around the civilian who boldly advances our country’s flag in repeated triumphs, over its traitorous foes, or will you cower behindthe soldier who, retreating from the'conflict, timidly flatters .the craven emblem of armistice to give new courage to the" waning strength of re -sel lion! Let the eitazers of Philadelphia, on Tuesday next ones more assort their firm attachment to the Federal Constitution,;and let them, by their choice of representatives, avow thatin this Constitution they find not one provision for holding conventions with armed traitors. [ Applause. ] Let the people of the State at the same time declare, In tones that shall resound throughout the confines of the rebellion, that the blood-stained fields of Gettysburg and the smouldering ruins of Ohawbersburg are their ever lasting,-unanswerable arguments against all armis tice ; that Pennsylvania, if needsbe, will cast every ton of the-products of her iron hills into thunder bolts of a just war, and that, from this time hence forth. not one ounce cf her rich ore* shall be forged into manacles for enslaved humanity. [Great ap plause.] Theeohcludlngremarksofthe spBakerwero received with much enthusiasm. SPEBCH OP JOSEPH.SEnPPBN, ESQ. ' Joseph Shippen, Esq.,, formerly connected with the United States Sanitary Commission, was then Invited by the president to offer the resolutions. The speaker raid that under the maxim “ Might 5 makes right,” the world had ever been- ruled by kiDgs and despots ; but wo have beheld a free people rise in dignity anet power to maintain the unity of their nation, to strike for freedom and jus tice, and: thus demonstrate that right makes nug/il 1 [Applause.] The contesfcof the ages is presented to ns to-day under the one word-peace. Shall we submit to traitors or! demand submission 1 Shall we subjugate or.be subjugated! One kind of peace; we could 'have had at any.time,: and. Jeff Davis would gladly give it to us-now—a peace dtetatedby rebels, who cried “No coercion”* while' striking us, and who are guilty ;before-.God of oriines and barbarities innumerable and. unparalleled. When the cry of “Air hands to the pumps” ret* sounded through a sinking ship, one . craven soul embraced the massive anchor, exclaiming with rap.- ture, “unto this emblem of hope wili I entrust- mv destinies.” [Laughter.] By a false anfl 1 base.peace we shonld eifher make ourselves slaves, or begin a civil war that would desolate the Northasthe South has been desolated by treason and slavery. [“ That’s so.”] Another peace—just, honorable, and perma nent—is within our grasp if we are 'fresmen. The vanquished must submit to the victors, “If any coward wants a safe place,” said a colonel to his regiment before Fredericksburg, “let him stand on yon rebel battery that crowns the^Mil— charge!" To Attila- the Hun, demanding arausom from the seat ;of Boman power, Theodosius replied, “ I have iron for Attila, but no gold.” So,- fellow-citizens, if we aiefreemen inspired by the memories of the ground we tread, we will say, on Tuesday next, Pennsylva nia has iron> for : traitors, but no compromise. [Cheers.] Afterthis answer, in due time, over all our peaceful land the smile of heaven will lie. KESOLPTIOXS. By. the loy a l citizens of the city of Philadelphia, In mass meeting in Independence. Square assembled, it is hereby— . ‘ Resolved, That to':our National Union we solemnly pledge, before God and man, -.“ our livee, onr fortunes, and onr sacred honor: ” . To everj patriot it has been revealed, by the flashing artillery and thund sentatlves .at "Washington city. This nation was now in a state of war, and its armies'could not* be maintained without the support of'the people, The duty of the people, therefore. wa« to second the achievements of that army, and by sustaining its representatives in the field , vindicate its existence and power at home and abroad. In referring to the so-called Domooratie party, the speaker contended' that that organization had abandoned every princi ple which, in other days, made Its name illustrious, andftselfapowerfntheland.lnthosedaysthe" r Democracyadopted themaxim of the immprtal De-, catur, that they were Tor their country, Whether right or wrong. The same partv at this day de clared themselves in favor of the South,-because, as ■ they said,; the South had been badly?used. The mooted question er a cessation of hostilities, which* ; was-of thelrrntginaUng, did not recommend itself to tkAgvOtrjudgment of; loyal men., Tiie only way in which the power of the Government would be respect ed, and the supremacy of the laws vindicated, was to put the foot of legitimate authority upon the neck . ot every.man who refused toifespect the exercise of - lawful power. A change igsfiie radical policy of the Government would inure to the benefit of tho enemy, -and a decision of the State-.election in Pennsylvania., on; Tuesday next,’:averse to that policy, would be .equal to a reinforcement of the i ebel armies of a hundred .thousand men. The speaker concluded amid much applause. ■ * SPEECH OP; &3N. COCHBAKE. General Cochrane, after -stating that his voice would not permit him to speak long, said the theme Whieh now engages -the attention of the Northern people was one which stirs the soul and arms the rudament of men, and as you shall'be filled with the enthusiasm ana inspired with the prophecy of the cause you wilTstrike home and with success. 1 do not come to yqu in behalf of men, however sign!. Scant may be the definition of the name which you support; however pregnant with the very vital principle of the cause of your country may be the namp of Abraham Lincoln. I do not stand here to,, eulogize him,; save as he is the representative of the ..Government, ..of the - laws,; and; the very institutions - that alt of us hold dear.' I do not appear here.tojeonaemn ana denounce his 'AKtES. . Okas. E, Cornelius, Eifes Yarnall, . .Tames E. Gouia, ■ George W. Hunter, Joseph Ml Thomas J William A. Mitchell, Louis 0. Medara, Win. K. McClees, Edward Armstrong, Edwin T. Chase, J. Sergeant Price, Goorge T. Thorn, Joshua P. Ash, Wm.F.Miskey, Edwin Mitchell, . James Harper, Alex. M. Fox, Craig D. Ritchie, I’oter Lamb, . Francis A. Thomas, M.D. Isaac S. Atkinson, Charles S. Keene, Wm. H. Van Ingen, .... Col. J. K. Newkumet, Joseph Emerson, . Jameslf. Marks, ; Benjamin Hunter, Edmund Smith, John Clayton, Hugh David, Archibald Getty, Henry M.Hildebum, J. Warner Johnson, G. W. Vogel, Garleton E. Moore, E. C.Markley, S.Emlen Meigs, Galloway C. Morris, Chas.S. Panooast, - Win, D. Sherrerd, John B. Shaoiler, Lewis H. Radnor, Isaac M. Moss, jrG. Rosengarteh, Samuel L. ishober, John A. Murphy,. " J, S. Newbolrl, Henry Samuel, . Isaac Starr, Jr., Francis-Wells. ITOE henry. FOUR CENTS. adversary, I have to-night to do with Ms political reputation, Xchoosse not to enter'upou tha dlsous* 5 uM,., -. h!3 C s s entlemo " l y a l!;l lities or of Ms mental abilities, I have nothing to do ■with. Ms moral posi ecfpiojfoo, in connection with the cause "In engaged.- It is not he; it is his princi ples, which is the great theme of the tra«eut it is a voting army; while with their bullets they are : destroying the rebels of the South, you with your ballots will destroy the. peace rebels of tho North. . • . . - SPSECH OI - s'. H. HARRIHGTOK, XSQ,, OF BBX.ATfi.RR' The next Bpeaker was S. Iff. Harrington, Esq., 1 of Delaware, who commenced his remarks by pledging that if the: Union party carried Pennsylvania on Tuesday nest, the little State of Delaware would follow her.example In. November. While on a trip through the State he had 'discovered a new issue in certain localities. In Montgomery county par ticularly this issue was stated. It was a pro test against-' the "price or matches being three cents a box! [Laughter.] . The inconsistency of the • Opposition was; undeniable.- - They pre ■senfed a ' candidafe whose ' record stood mani festly-'opposed to, the platform of their party. In their objections to the policy cf the Government, they - continually subjected .themselves to this charge. In his letter oi 1882 written from Harrison’s Lending to the President General McClellan went far beyond the President in the'-policy of manumit ting the slaves of the South. Upon other' ques tions, relative to a draft, military.interference at the polls, and kindred ,subjects, General MeClellaw chad expressed himself as more radical than: Mr. Lincoln. The speaker closed with an eloquent tri bute to the power and majesty of the Union as ro construetea upon a bash of freedom to all men, whether white or black. He was followed by. Ex- Governor Pollock, whose remarks were chiefly di rected to tfce importance of the ensuing election. The chairman of the meeting read the following letters from distingulshod gentlemen who had been Invited to address the assemblage, but were pre vented from attending: LETTER 111031 JOHN A. DIX. - . . . i'w lons, October Sib, !S6E : -.6EXU.EMEX: I hava received j our iuvitation to ad dress ibe mass meeting to be held In Independence Square on Saturday. The duties incident to the active command of a military department render it Impossible for me to = attend public meetings or. make political speeches.:, But I accede with pleasure to your request to write you a letter. . , . . . . There isbnt one qiestionbefore tbe.conntry in the ap proaehing canivass: Shall we prosecute, the war with unabated vigor pntU the rebel forces lay down their arms ; or Shall we, 10 use the language ot the Chicago Convention,make “ immediateefforts” for “a cassation ; of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of all the States? V&c.' . - » . :■ Believing that tbelaiter measure, for whatever pur pose adopted, would lead -'inevitably to a recognition of the Independence of the insurgent States; and believing, moreover, that true policy, as well as true mercy, al ways demands, in the unhappy exigencies of war, a steady and unwavering-application of ail the means and ail the.energies at command until the object of the war is . accomplished, r shall oppose the measure in every form in which opposition Is likely to be effective Gen. McClellan, the candidate of the Chicago Convsh •tion.by force of Ms position, must be'deemedtoapprove all the declarations with which he .was pressnted' to the country, unless he distinctly disavows-them. Unfoir-- Innately, he is silent on the only qnestion'ln rf sard to which the people careTthat he should speak. He does not say whether he is in favor of a cessa: ion of hostili ties, the measure announced by those who nominated him. as the basis for action in. case of his election, or : whether he is opposed to it. - He does not meet the ques tion with manly frankness, as lam confident he would have done if he Had taken"counsel of his own instincts, instead of , yielding to the subtle suggestions of politi -ciaits,' The Chicago Convention presented a distinct is-; suetotha people. l As the nominee of the Convention, he .was bound to accept, or repudiate it. He has done neither,' andiwhalever inference may be drawn from , his silence, either the war Democrats or the peace De-. mocrats must he dcccivr d . ; ' In: calling' for a~ cessation of hostilities the members • of the: Chicago Conyention have, in mv judgmanti to tally misrepresented .the feelings and'opinionsiof the great body of the .Democracy. The policy proclaimed in its name makes it—so fa? as such a declaration' can— .what it has never been before, a peace party In war: degrading it from the eminence on which it has stood m eveiy..other national conflict. In this injustice to the .country and to'a groat party. identlfled witu&llthat La honorable In our history, I cau have no part, I cau only mourn over the reproach whichhas been brought* upon it by its leaders, and cherish the hope that it may hereafter, under the auspices of better-counsellors, re sume its ancient effective and beneficent Influence in the sdministi'aflbn of.the Goyeynmeat. , • : D.ces .sny : one. doubt as to tho triie canse of our na tional calamities ? !' believe It to bi. found in the. •mahageinehfiof the leaders of both the prlnclpal poli 'Kcal'partfes.''durih'g,'Ore'-laEt'-quarter-bf- a:centnry. In'' 1640 the great; men; of the Whig party— Webster, Clay, - and others—men of universally acknowledged ability and long.experience.ln;civil life, were thrust aside, end General Harrison', a man of very moderate capa . city, was Selected as. its candidate for the Presidency, < The princical of availability,- as it was termed, was. adopted as the rule of selection, and the question of fltnees became obsolete. The concern was to know, not who was best, qualified to administer the Government, but who, from.his comparative obscurity, would be . leastlikely to provoke an embittered opposition. This was .the ,beginning, of a system, of demoralization, which has ended in the present distracted condition of the country. - It reversed all.the conservative princi- - pies of human aciion,d!y proscribing talent and- exps ;risnce and crowning l mediocrity With " the highest honors of the Republic. In 1844 the Democratic party foHowed the successful example of its opponents in IS4O It. put aside Vanßuren, Cass, -.Marcy, and Its other eminent statesmen, and broughtforward Mr. Polk, a ■ .man of merely.ordinary.ability. Parties, which have neither the courage nor' the virtue lo stand by their.' greatest 'arid best men, soon'falTlnto the hopaless'de rr oraliz&tion. ,This sy stem of retrogradation in all that is manly and -just has eohtinued; -With two or three' abortive efforts'at reaction; for -twenty-four years It has .driven pre-eminent talent out of the -paths which lead to the higheit political distinction ; and multitudes with a simplicity which would be ludicrous were It not so ask, wbat haabeedine of our great men» The isquiryrs easily answered. They arelnthelearhed' professions mscience,literature and art, andin the num berless fieldsof intellectual exertion, which are opened by the wants of a groat countryiu a rapid career of de veiepment. The intellect of thcTcountry is neither di minished in tkeaggregsto'hordwarfedinthe individual proportions.-The political market, like the commercial, ' under the Influence of the IhUexiblelaw of- demandantl supply,; Is furnished with the-kind of material it re-- quires. It calls for mediocrity, and It-gets nothing bet ter., The higbesh talent goes where It Is a passport to' the highest rewards, It withdrawefrom afield in which ■- the chance of accession to :the "first civic honor is ln an iiverse ratio of eminence and qualifications. Thus, under the rule'of, the Inferior-;intellects which party management has elevated to the conduct of the public a flairs, the peace, the iprosperity,'and the high character of the country have gone down,- If the great men of the Bepublio had’controlled the policy and action of the . Government daring the last quarter of a century we should have had 1 no rebellion; Distraction, within invites .aggression from without; and we are, enduring the,.humili£tion of seeing a monarchy esta blished in contact with our Southern boundary by one • of the great-Powers of Europe in. eon tempt of our re peated 'protestations,* and another of those Powers par-' nsitting rebel cruisers to be armed m her ports to depi e ’ dateohourcommerce. .... "v Under such a system ofipolitical management- no Go vernment can last long. I know it is not easy.to change l What such a lapse of time has fastened upon ns 1 Poli ticians have the strongest interest in placing in the chair of state feeble men, whom they can control, instead of men of self-sustaining.power; to whom they would be mere subordinates and auxiliaries. ‘ But tho time may' cc-me—it may not be far the pedplev tite'd. of voting for men of inferior capacity,lhruet upon them through the machinery of conventions in whhn they have no voice, will rue in their, majesty, and place ths - conduct of their .affairs in more experienced and capable bands. If suih.a change' is-not speedily effected, it if my firm belief that our republican institutions will fau to pieces, and an arbitrary government rise upon tnni mins; for, unless , the testimony of alt history is to oa discarded, no political system can be upheld except or giving to its adminlstraUon4hrbenelufof the very n«a cst talent and the largestexperience. - ~ ~ , Till this revolution Bhall come, my advice to , hody of the people is.to hold fast.to their tradltunw a'l^^whohontrolparty'mo vomente. Mauy fljjaßaiKgg?der;TO«yn»a«nt:»n conventions BphMtve. Even those who not always the Jg&j§Pw hare lived: so.loßgin the turbid •me wa» pui»B, '• V CPOBUSHBD W3SKLT.I ' THB WTSfe msawlllbe sent to subecrlbera by’ mail (pelt annum in advance) 89 Three copies. **.—....,, ..,, Five oopift j-........., w ,....., g 00 Tan copies.!—« —.... ...is os Larger Cl labs than Ten will be eharied at the Cam* rate, *J.so'vpercopy. . ; 2'ie monet| mtwf alpmus aecomppmv % artier, ant* in no instance can these terms be deviated from, at t'ney afford v 'lru Httletnore than the.cost of xtwper. Postmasters "ere requested to a«t as agents to To the gAdter-up of the Club often ortwenty, an extra copy or th> Paper will be given. . l i fhey hav?cont???t y s oxci if>per!t and: party traffic That -S?i®SiSsStstei iiiigsasss with a. heroism unsurpassed in any age® or wheat home,, amid the prevailing, tumult and disorder are working out, m the quiet pursuit of their varied papons, the: momentous problem m the public pros penty and safety. Wiien * they shall send out rS5i from their owir ranha, ne\r men, to consult togeLhS fo? the salvation cf all that ie most preeiousrin. govemmo l t and society, there :wiU he caase ; for hops and faith. In, our redemption from, impending evils and dangers; hearing,.in the meantime, as well as we can the heavy hardens which have been cast .upon us by a Quarter of of polificalmisjuanagemont and public,mis _ It 5s time the people should .understand these truths. one, perhaps, can tell, them .with: more propriety than myeelf, having been, much of the period,reierrea to. jn public life, fruitlessly contending against party contrivances v?hichhaveißTOlyed the country In all the evils of civil&tw ■ I am, very respSctfuiiy, yours, ' .i James H. Ohsx, Esq , Chairman, A ‘ ' „,, LETTER FfiOM W. M. MEREDITH, health presents tlJo st . a - te P/“r time, 1 have enttr# PonMenw ff in th a S^a B®®*' 8 ®®*' heheve that the people of the loyal Stala^uf^snddSSfv cneck bheir owu victorious career in the cause of cSt truth, and hhorty, to.-join the supporters of the rhf* cago platform, la biting the dust of ignominious sah mission* * ~ - ,■. . * X am, gentlemen, with great esteem, Your obedient aerrant, „ ; • W-M. MEREDITH. 10 James H. Ojoie, C. Biddle, Esqs., and others, committee* ... - • - .. Oct. d, 1664. . SETTEE ITEON DANIEL E. SICKLES. ' : •sfit'-’l-bav. -t. • Nsw-Yoax, Qct. 6, ‘l3Si, Teague of hS”? I, 1 ?®, “vitetioh of the Bnloa meeiing lfeia'in to address the ° n SltaTday ’is seidom ro , hBistenl e wEh tl the^utihs i of P ° H %® l 'P 11 *® 61 * V | e! '| c saMIII is” d*irte«els®proMuMld 0 ffSml - It ie difficult to underetand why the fbamnn -heVtk Chicago platform, the authors of this reproach upon our army, and this disparagement of the martial fortitude of pnr country, should have chosen tlppished. officer army to execute s scheme of policy; which proposes to subdue armed rebellion by the cesfiation of. hostilities against is, and-which contern pla-tee, by means of a convention of alt the I fates tha of enemies .who have' waged,fcecoacil aMe y* 4-r og&inst eath other for four years. i xet more difficult is it for me to comprehend, • exceofe upon .the suppobuioh of an entire-change of opinions ueSi Mur?iiU? e f fc^ ith th ?/ ame 5 v e w ll to become the exponent of a par ty con* IW?l k'li f '.Vallandigham. Voorhell, x,Sni ■ • vUrn’ ';?«!«•;• feeymour, and Wood. - ' 8 • _ General McClellan urged the President to enforce * general conscription to fill up cmr arSes GovSL? fimSi >l ana e Ai allce , d as uheensthu- A-,f, £, 4ii T ra - cttriz ?d a draft as a disastrous drain general McClellan arrested the Senator .Powell boasts that-ha nevar has afi never willpts, a man or a doUarfor tha amy liS MeClellan declare, he could not look in the face ht» gpkiant comrades and tell them their labors and saorU heeshadbetnin vain. - The Chicago Convention sava ..-they.have .vain, and demands an immediMa cestatipn of hostilities, because the. war has been a fait : ure throoghont. General McClellan, rising superior t* the despondency whick followed the Peninsular dam pai*n. recorded this declaration in his celebrated letter of JuljlSG2,- addressed to the President ironfi tha camn at Harrison’s. Landing: -‘The lie Union must he .preserved, whatever- may" ho tha cost in time, treasure, or blood.” : The Chicago Con- - vention denounces the war for the Union asan "exiie ‘ha t has failed, and prescribes a contrehtfon . other peaceable means, *-as the; limit of fatnre resistance to the.demands of the rebel leaders • not unmindful of the suggestion that General , SlcClellan does not approve of the shameful surrender oi; pur cause, .oictited in the humiliating -Sm eanctioned with unanimity by the ConveSfiott whlrh nemmated him- _ I Deiieva ic. lanfisure he would sword iu hand, leading his old and trusted battalions, against the enemy than subscribe io aca pitnlation..which.divided and disgraced^lhs rl™ r [ jc fr 011 of iK e fhndamental proposition of its piaT fonn by the candidateof a convention Is a condemnation fatal alike lo the party and the nominee. He ienS m advance, the principles which must govern and his -administration. If : elected" PresifSt, all tory teaches us that General McClellan must yield-*® : the policy oL his party,; ah expressed in therktul form deCiSJations of its journals, convention*, -and. leaders. The foremostmembers of his partiv'including Mr. Pendleton, his associate candidate xM possible successor, were members of the Chicago {kmventionanil connived m its action. The platform-ts understood t» be a moderate expression of: that hoSliJity to the war vv -l'estmned the Conventton-rrom denouncing the rehelUon. .The members of Gen. McCleltan’sCabinet .'? PD ?v V? Cio£ej ? -frem anioiLE the prominent characters in. the Ctmvention—Messrs. Seymour, Bigler, Vallan- - digbam, PoweU, & Co. The Convention would fur nish the principal supporters of his Administration " in-Congress: Once in office, he could not continue the war a month wiihout the aid of his party The tenure Of. authority und the" rule, of subordination iu tne cml government of this country are precisely the 'reverse ot; the military code; a President must execute the will of his party. He most rule as the chief of his party, or else become a dictators he be another Cmsar* or. another dupe if he be another Tyler Whether re garded as a soldier or a- citizen, there are few whose estimate of the.accomplishments of Gen. McClellan is higher than the-one J have" Gften'expressed; and yet I , iCannot concede to him, as I would not concede to any hue. the ability to perform the impossible task ol conductinm ah administration in opposition to the prevailing -senti ments of his supporters,- ForaPreadent to relynpoa the aid of his opponents, in or out of Congress,-is as-ab snrfl as for a commander to stake his success against an aavorsary ia the field upon desertions from hm ranks Itfoliows, them that, if Gen. MoDleilan be elected, ha must.give up the war, and with it all hope of putting down tbereheUion,except through “peaceable means"”* It wouJu bs awaste of time to discuss the restiltsof persnesion upon adversaries who: spurn our overtures, ana laugh at the suggestion of reconciliation. Cassa tion of lios tiiities” means the recognition of the South ern Confeaeracy. , Thai is the issue now submit dd to the people, K y voice .and vole go with my s word in protesung against tills lame and, impotent edactesibn.of the greatest war ever waged for nationality, liberty, order, and progress. Yery respectfully, . . : ‘ ‘ D. E. 81CRLE3. . i BETTER FROM DAHfEIi S.' DICKUTSOirt. Bm-Gn.-urpToaVOctVJ.lBSf, Gesti-emex: Irothmg but a positive engagement for Friday, at a point in this State from which 1 could not leach you on Saturday, prevents my accepting your courteous invitation, and being with yon. Treason &t d ditnnion, encouraged by a paper-surren der at Chicago, for a few days, were noisy and ram pant; but now begin' to learn, that though, like their -great exemplar,'they may promise' “all the kingdoms of the world, ’ ’.they have not the power to deliver. The. cheats and charlatans ot Chicago have mistaken the in ehuetß of the Am or; can people,. when they supposed thatthey, would yield and. capitulate to a perjured, thieving, murderous rebellion; and General McClellan: more grossly underrated the popular-intelligence, when he undertook to ride two horses of a. different color Masks oft, 1 fay ! • Under which king, Beronian?*' Take one side or the other. Either will give you the re spect. of the good or the bad. Double-dealing.will* re ceive the contempt of aIL ■ - Vours. truly, D. S. DICKWSOH. Messrs. James.H. Ouse, Chairman; Cadwai,a»ek Bin* ■ die, Secretary. l The near approach of the procession rendering att adjournment of the meeting necessary, the meeting accordingly adjourned with hearty cheers for'tha Union candidates. SOUTHWEST STAS’D. filesting called to order by Mr. Horace Biunoy, Jr., who proposed as chairman J. Gillingham l Hell, ESq.,'': . ; : ' : Ex-Gcyernor Pollock waß then introduced to tka meeting. He, made one of those eloquent speeches for which ho Is soavell noted, and drew down cheers upon cheers from the mass of people before Mm. His appeal to fbem to stand by the Government was most soul- stirring.; and he - took his seat amidst the most deafening applause of Ms audience.'' ' He was follo wed; by Thomas M. Coieman, Esq., anoid Democrat, who had worked with that party Tor many years of his life, but who had now joined the loyal men of the country, and would stand by them until this rebellion was put down, His'Te-' marks were Well received, and ha kept the" undivfdedt. .attention of the audience Tor a half hour.: Hig.de- - riurciatioDS of tho Democratic platform, and tho leaders of that party, were meet scathing, and hia arguments for the cause of the Union were forcible, unanswerable, and,eloquent. - . Hon; Charles O-'KcHI was then Introduced by the chairman. SPEECH 03? HO3I. CHABMSS O’llßlit,. Fniiow-Crrizmts: You have just 1-eard- the eloquent words of my friend Oolemanj who tails you thai until the commencement- of the present rebel lion lie had been a Democrat, but that the country in danger and traitors inarms, lie had left the party and put-himself on the platform of the country,, ■where he would be while a rebel dares to raise Ms hand against our time-honored flag. Ido not come ' here to Epeak-to you for party. I would be ashamed, In such a crisis as this, to ash you to array your selves as party men, upon a party platform. The great mass of loyal citizens who are now stirring to. save the country, and who will save it, will’not go to the polls oh Tuesday next to sustain more candi dates for office, butwita true hearts and unwavering patriotism will show their devotion to goodgovera meat, their determination again to place Penn sylvania before the country and tlio: world as ,inereasing"in loyalty, and with her majority counting-by many thousands for the Union and the Administration of Abraham I/ineoln.' to testily aha will never suffer a Southern Confederacy to' be plantedupon the wreck ,of her sister. States, or a rebel flag to float over a single acre of-land which had been consecrated to a Union destined never to be broken, never to be successfully assailed by trai« , tors at home' or enemies to free government abroad. Fellow-citizens, I come here to-night to appeal to you in these last few hours of this conflict through the bailor-box to leave nothing undone for the cause of the Union. In three days ttom this time you are to decide by your votes, perhaps, the destiny of this great nation. -The issue of the coming elections in Ohio, Indiana, and : Pennsylvania is country or no country, and while the spoil-seekers whomaae the Chicago /platform are endeavoring to delude the people Into the belief that the so-called Democratic party is faithful to the Government, I warn you to beware, to be watchful, arid not to rely upon men who, under the weak pretence of defending ana sustaining the Union, confess la shameful and unmistakable language that McClellan andpen dleton.“are for peace without honor, compromise with every advantage on the side of traitors, and armiEtfces with "rebel enemies. This Democratic platform advocates an immediate armistice. Aye, even now while through the blood and wounds and. livesfof'.your sons and brothers In the army and navv; Grant and Sherman, Farragut and other naval haioes, Bleado and Hancock ana Blrasy, Butler, and Sheridan are drawing closely around, the rebel strongholds strong lines of patriot sol diers-and, sailors never to be broken, literally holding' the rebellion by the throat, determined to crush it out.' My fellow-citizens, this is not the time Ycr gran ting armistices. You ao not believe It. is. YOu in this large assembly of freemen will not'Jet the country go; You, I know, will stand by the Union; You are ready once more to show ybur lyre of country, of free institutions/to attest your confidence in Abraham Lincoln, ana by your votes upon Tuesday next to foreshadow fbr the November election the’ great and Overwhelming majority that loyal Pennsy IvaMahk will give to Idncoln and John son, a UnionunbroKenjacouhfry undiviaeatoreyer; Yes, niy feUow-cotmtryinen, the time for argument F°ealeMhSd % Davis in this most unhMy pnt • upon wSSUlvanla when that party.artSpges its terms of. rr-tDemect with rebels. We cannot now arrest the ‘“ 'Tof victorious Union armies or lessen the w-eka of conquering fleets which now are proudly earning -the flag of our country, never; tof-ba v truck, before the forts and harbors off-bur. enemies, to arrange with rebel commissioners how many acres of territory we must surrender to ihe Confederacy, after the armies of the Union have taken them, through-many a hard-fought bat tle. , No, my fellow-citizens, this is not for loyal men to do., This is not whatyou and I are strug gllsg for, but, like true men and patriots, our ►Cents now are for the continuance: of; that Admi nistration wMch,'for nearly four past, has labored'to sustain our glorious Government, and whichby tur votes, we firmly believe, will be com turned another four.years, to save the country, ana to'uphold- over- a Union of thirty-lour unbroken. States the- time-honored flag of our ta.-.ors. iSjJO’iieill was followed at this stand by