TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1861 WE ELECTION TO-DAY. JPOUS OPEN, v- J»OIXS CLOSE, > Oub friends throughout the State, attd Especially: in the towns, are requested to tend us by telegraph, this evening,- the results of the election, in their county or district. The expenses -will ho ,paid by lliis Office, We would suggest Mat, as far ns possible, the despatch would give the returns as compared with last year, and 4hc estimated loss or gain. Vote early ! Then see that your neigh bor votes. Vote early, Union men! It will bo unotighif the Opposition vote often. Vote early, and'call Upon your neigh bor and friend, and see that he votes. IjET every man give this day to his country. ■>, /, . . Oke day at-Me polls is a day-given to the Republic. If every Union man in the city will vote once, wc can aflord to let each of their opponents vote twice. -Let'every Democrat save his vote till niter supper. Then, by going to the polls Sn a'body, they-can make a fine display. Let to-morrow he McClellan’s Mont S,aint dean. In November he will have his Waterloo. Let us make no consideration higher Than that of country. For patriotism all Time a temple—all seasons summer. Laboring men,, remember that if the enemy triumphs to-day labor will have re ceived a fatal blow. “-As Pennsylvania' goes so. goes the Union.” Let Pennsylvania stand by the Union and all will be well. ■ " Ladies, the'.coward who remains at home to vote against the country is not worthy of yourismiles.; Wives, sec that your, husbands vote be fore they have eaten their breakfast,'and unless they remain all day at the polls, give them no supper. Brother, think of your brother in the* 'army,' sleeping under the cold stars, with no accompaniment of his dreams but the shell and picket-shot. Think of hi mas you go td -the polls, and do not vote for the men srlio would degrade him. r Father; you have a son in the trenches st Atlanta, who lives from day to day on the loving words from home. Do not tell him that lie has fought for nothing ; that the" experiment of war has been a failure; that all his sufferings are in vain. Show him, by your vote, that a father’s love ap preciates a son’s devotion. . , . The voters of the First district have a noble opportunity before them to redeem their neighborhood from the disgrace of its representation in-Congress, Never before has success been so possible and. necessary. Never before were greater cause and reason for .triumph. In the Hon, John M. Butler the people have a candidate for . Congress worthy of .their respect and support; a gentleman of ma ture experience and sagacity, and a popu lar public man among all classes of his fellow-citizens. We trust that every Union jnan, and every citizen who desires’ to be represented by the best and ablest candi dates, will make their privilege to vote a duty to succeed... In no district is the election more important. ! In ip Second district we have that amiable and accomplished gentleman, (Cnabbes O’Neill, He has been a model Representative—-earnest, eloquent, upright. He is opposed by a General who never Smelt powder, and whose whole life has been one series of efforts for ; office. The General may remain at home with his militia, Mr. O’Neill must return to Con gress. ;■ Leonard Myers has been one term in Congress, and has shosvn himself to be a capable, accomplished, active representa tive. Against him there has been nomi nated a young man .whose only; record is to be found in debating societies. We - do not want boys in Congress. , Detail friends of the Union vote for Mr. Myers. Wm. D. Kelley has been a tfue iriend of the country, and his voice has always been .raised for freedom and the dignity of labor. Send this eloquent champion back to Congress. M. Russell Thaybb must be returned to Congress from the Fifth district. If Philadelphia does her share this can be done. He is one of our best" and bravest ".Representatives, and we must preserve him jn Congress. ' . The noble-hearted George Bullock is the" candidate in Montgomery. He is making a gallant fight, and If our friends do their duty they can break the Demo cratic column, and send Mr. Bullock to .Washington. Henp-x C. Howell,- the Union candi date for Sheriff, is a man who would, ■were it not for party prejudice, be unani mously elected; for he is universally ac knowledged to be worthy of the trust of -his fellow-citizens, and pre-eminently fit Lor this important office. ; Son Receiver of Taxes we have in nomi nation Charles O’Neill, a high-minded find honorable citizen. This is a very im portant position, and the interests of .the city demand that the office shall, be filled by a competent man, and no one is more vrorthy of confidence than Mr. O’Neill. Men who give their votes to Frede rick M.. Adams will be sure that our next ■Register of Willi will dohis whole duty, and. nothing hut his duty. Mr. Adams under stands the business ©this position thorough ly; and his loyalty and integrity are above question. Ik no officer are integrity, ability, and energy more important than in the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court. Edwin A. Merrick is the'Union candidate. Union imen! vote him in by an overwhelming jnajority, and you will elect a good officer and a true patriot, and will well serve the interests of the city. It is important that the office of City Commissioner should be filled by a gentle man who has the interests of the city "at hearty and is perfectly familiar with its 'wants. Such a man is Thomas Jlie Union candidate,' and we ask all good *nen to vote for him. ...... 'f n e .exal taliop of slavery is the degrada tion of labor. Laboring men, remember this at the polls, and strike a blow at the di buds of slavery: ....■a Let every sweetheart tell her lover to dny tliat-if he would "be worthy of her 'Jove., or if he would.have her wear the ring „lie gave, he must be true to hiS'country. •. Women, you can do much for the coun •4rj by giving , your influence to the cause. that-your husbands and sons and bro thers do their duty. , This day given to the Republic is a day given to Almighty God—for -God has cursed slavery, and he will bless all who 2, id in its overthrow. _ The Union man who will not vote Wday is a deserter of his cause. The poldii-r who " would -drop his gun, and Jcave Ins comrades in danger, would not get more- dishonorably. Thoughtful Democrats, "ask your selves candidly if the policy of &e Chicago Convention can save the Union, Have not the rebels proclaimed that so long as they can fight they will maintain their inde pendence? What, then, can we make by peace now ? Must wo not destroy their fighting power before offering them terms ? The Copperheads say that we are ruined by debtand taxation; Yet - rye am asked by Mr. Randall, Mr. Tngebsoll, and-others, to assume the Southern debt! How much more taxation would this bring? -Will you vote for a party that would pay rebels for murdeving our brothers and, endeavoring to destroy our Govern ment ? ■S'A. M. S -P. Mi The Government loan is at a pvemiudi and gold is falling. If Pennsylvania votes wrong, the loan will degenerate and gold will rise. . Think of. this, capitalist, when you vote. / Remember, soldier and friend of the soldier, that Pendleton, the nominee of the Democracy, voted against the resolution of Congress thanking you for your victo ries in Virginia. Is he or any of his friends worthy of your support ? Every vote given to the Democracy to-' day is a vote given to Wm. B. Reed and all r who, like him, labor day and night to bring discredit upon the Union army and defeat upon our cause. Soldiers, and friends of the soldier, re member that no- Democratic Legislature ever passed a soldiers’ voting law, and that a Democratic governor, Seymour, o£ ( New _York, vetoed such a law when passed. Think ofithis when you vote. -A “ The Lincoln hireling ” now running for President on the Chicago platform has extended his tour into Connecticut. He recently made a speech in Hartford, but' we believe said nothing about Grant. Gait the long-suffering Little Mac be jealous? Can he be jealous? A correspondent desires to know if McClellan's expenses on bis electioneer ing tour are paid by the Belmont edminit tce. We feel authorized to say that ; Mc- Clellan's salary is fully equal to all his electioneering demands upon it. ■ Democrats who have not obtained their naturalization papers should -get them at once. After each voter has used 'his;- let him lend them to his neighbors. One - set of papers has often supplied six men. The skies brighten. Eventhe New York Wcics, the Wood organ, admits that the election of Lincoln is as certain as that the sun is to rise. At the same-time, let us not be too sanguine. .. ; It is not enough that we should be victo rious to-day. We should gain such a vic tory that treason will never again be men tioned in the North, and McClellan will be glad to “ share the fate of his men on the field of battle.!’ ... . > A VOTE for Democracy is a vote for re pudiation. Citizen, look at your green back and think of this before you vote. “ Four years of war have shown the ex periment a failure.” Two years of war were under the lead of McClellan, and can he be a failure ? It is suggested that the Peace men sup port McClellan he never made war. They at least are consistent. Soldieks, Judge Woodward decided that you had no right to vote. McClel lan is Woodward's friend. Last year he wrote a letter in reply to The Press, en dorsing him. Is- this the man whom the Copperheads say you love ? Among the few men wearing stars who support Gen. McClellan is one Henry M. NaGlee, a person who seems to be editing a “ Complete and Ready Letter-Writer.” Now, who is Naglbe ? ‘ / Imagine Jeff Davis reading the news that Pennsylvania had voted for the De! mocracy. What joy in the rebel capital - Americans, think of this when you vote. We understand that the Hon. John Wilson, of Chicago, Illinois, some weeks ago resigned the position to which he had been elected of president of the Western Independent Telegraph Company. The Copperheads threaten revolution if Mr. Lincoln is chosen President, and Governor Seymour is reported to be ready to lead a million of New York men to Washington to unseat him. We fear this revolution will evaporate in certain Tam many resolutions. -The Ne w York-riots of July, 18011, inaugurated by Seymour’s “ friends,” was crushed by a battalion of pelieemen and a few regulars. How will these “friends” manage a revolution or riot against the terrible power of the Fede ral Government? “Let ’em come on— m are armed, ’’ as Spartieus.has it. Alexander Long, the Copperhead Con gressman who advocated disunion, writes ‘from Cincinnati: “ There is no enthusiasm in the Democracy, and the election is al most going by default. I see nothing but defeat.” Wliat else, when; for years past Mr. Long and his friends have been preach ing nothing but defeat and surrender? What else after they have attempted to sell their party and the country ? How shall -we have peace ? There are two ways, and both appear to he war me thods. General McClellan’s, friends pro pose to 1 make peace by hostility to the North; the Mends of the Union purpose to obtain peaee by putting down the rebellion of the South. The issue is a square one—- between "Union and Disunion, Government and Secession, liberty and slavery, courage and cowardice. In; otjr just exultation over the mighty Union demonstration of Saturday night let; lis not forget the marvellous gatherings in the different counties of Penn sylvania. That at Lancaster, of Wednes day,last, was a monster assemblage of the people. It was the people’s afone-; got up, organized, and paid for by them, and has never hedn equalled in that unectualled em pire county even in the extraordinary cam paigns of past years. We seize this occa sion to say that the chief marshal of thi3 grand occasion, Colonel Miles, a brave returned soldier, conducted the whole pro cession with consummate ability and sys tem. . ; Never before in the history of the na tion was so much interest felt in the vote of Pennsylvania. Let every voter feel as he goes to the polls that the nation; awaits his action, and that a vote for the Union will gladden the nation’s heart. “And have we fought in vain ?” These sad words will come from the heart of every soldier if he should read the news of Pennsylvania’s Let the soldiers know that they have not fought in vain. . Remember that the Democracy have pledged themselves to an armistice, which means a disgraceful peace, and the repu diation of the debt. . So, laboring man, if you want to live in a dishonored nation, and if you desire to sec your Money of no more value than; the paper on which it is printed, vote for the Democratic candi dates. The New York Herald remarks, and for once, at least, with literal truth: u Je.n Davis does ‘not attempt to conceal the fact’ that the rebels 1 have experienced great disasters of ’ate." The only persons who do ‘ attempt to* con ceal’ thls fact are the Copperheads, at the North and. their organs, the World and the Naira 4>f this ; city; they are the only fellows who make the least* effort to belittle those Union, successes that Davis looks upon as great disasters to the South;” Witness the Copperhead papers of this city. One .of them, only two days before election,’--.told its readers that Grant’b army had been cut to. pieces! The brave and heroic Heintzelman, a son of Pennsylvania, and a native of Old Lancaster, lias taken ground for Abe and Andy. ... as the sun rises to-morrow, wUI. Pennsylvania elect the Union ticket to-day. If it were possible that she should not elect that the sun mightas well shroud his light, for it would be a dark day for the whole nation. | John VaJt Buben’s efforts for McClel - LAN are consistent with his early willing ness to let the Southern States “ depart in peace.” An angry Democrat has given the Q. P. F; the most irreverent title of “the favorite scoundrel (instead of the favorite son)' of Pennsylvania.” The friends of Geo. B. McClellan are clamorous for peace . with the rebels, but much more clamorous for war with the friends of the Government. Pundlutok boldly declares: “If these Southern States cannot be reconciled, I would bid them fare well eo. tenderly that they would forever be touohed by the reoolleotlon of It." - Vote for even a Democratic councilman to-day, and) you vote for Pendleton. You help the party which has adopted Ms disunion policy. We thank The ‘Tribune for its well meant anxiety, but its concern about Penn sylvania is almost unnecessary. It is possi ble there have been “ too much unwise confidence and exultation on our side," but we have done the best we could, and are ready to help New York. We can say that if the party in New York had been as true to principle, as as free from personal quar rels and passion and in Pennsylvania, we should have had less trouble in'the cam paign; - ' ■'; The following extract is from a letter just received in'ffiis city from one of the most prominent men—once a large slave holder—in the interior of Missouri. It speaks for itself: “ I am yet, thank G od, allv-o and well, and as active as ever in the cause of the Government. I am for Lincoln and Johnson- as the only hope for law and government In 'the United States. I honestly Believe that the Democratic party will agree to a peace recognizing the Southland bring ing disgrace on our Government, and that’ their suocess gives ns perpetual war, anarchy, bloodshed, and rain. I accept Mr. Lincoln as the only repre sentative candidate of the Union men. Our coun try Is full of bushwhackers. No Union man—that is, no Lincoln man—is safe out of a garrison.” One of the New York Democratic pa pers characterizes Governor Seymour’s "late speech in this city as “ a tong-winded and tiresome rigmarole of electioneering clap-trap. The Governor is a man of words” —and his peace principles show that he is also a man of straw. “I object.” This was "Pendleton’s speech when a patriotic Representative sought to introduce a bill for aiding the army. Soldiers,-tMnk of this when you vote. ;.. ,■ Mr.-Pendleton thinks war can only lead to “an . unmitigated despotism.” Friends of liberty, when you vote, resent this insult to your country, your army, and your flag. Americans, remember Mayor Guxther ( of New York, is McClellan’s prominent and dear friend. He presided at the Mc- Clellan ratification meeting. And yet this dear friend of McClellan refused to illuminate in honor of-Atlanta 1 Rebuke these men when you vote 1 Jeff Dayis, in his Macon speech of the 23d of September, virtually gives up the contest with the Administration of Lincoln ; and yet General McClellan’# supporters would turn out President Lincoln because his management of the war lias been a “ failure!” , If gold is at so much premium now, what would its value be when McClellan repudiated the debt ? Think of this when you.vole. .“ Whom shall I gladden with my vote? If I vote for the Union I send joy to the army and navy: If I vote for Democracy I rejoice Davis and Napoleon, and every traitor in the land.” Let every Union man ask himself this question when he votes. What matter all the blood that has been shed, and all the money that has been spent, if the Republic proves untrue to it self? Think of this when you vote. : General Me Olellan , has few respecta ble supporters, hut among these are men tion e'd Robert 0. Winthkop, a gentleman who belongs to a bygone age, and has said nothing since the war began, but who ex pects to be a member of McClellan’s prospective Cabinet; John Yan Buren, a lawyer for any side, and a philosopher of the New York Herald school • James Guthrie, of Kentucky, a member of Frank Pierce’s Cabinet, an intense slave-owning Southerner, and- one of the constructors of the infamous and cowardly Chicago plat form ; Hon . J. C. MoKibbin, whp lately begged‘of the President the office of Go vernor of Idaho ; Emerson Etheridge, who has become a bitter and coarse dema gogue for a like well-known reason; Franklin Pierce, the bosom friend of Jefferson Davis ; Millard Fillmore, who charges the North with the crime of the rebellion, and excuses the South ; -Tamer Buchanan— -let every .-honest voter fill up the commentary I: These men are now politically worthless; worthless‘as slaves > ‘‘Nothing, in the lartCohgre6S,-either in point of mental ability or personal activity, which, gave us credit. On all great questions of moment to our people he was silent He never opened his mouth.' Be voted atony millions of your money, which- will have to be made up by you? heavy taxation, without ashing a single question where It was to be appro priated, for what purpose It was to be used, whether it was necessary for the support of the Government or only the fattening of many corrupt officeholders at Washington.” ' ; This extract is from a card now in circu lation in the Third district against Mr; Myers, the present candidate for Congress. It could not be more unjust and scurrilous. Mr. Myers made one or two speeches in the House that; we remember for their " apt ness and eloquence; He was an industrious and diligent-member., He never was ab sent from Mg seat. He flever shirked work from a committe. He never turned away a poor soldier or a soldier’s friend without giving him a dollar, and all the aid in his power. He was a model Representative. His opponent is a glib young man, of the name of Buckwalter, who will not only open his mouth on great questions, but on air questions; a lyceum debater, who can enlighten the House as to the merits of C/ESAr and Napoleon, or whether'steam has been of, more' advantage to mankind than electricity. Mr. Buckwalter would certainly lie an ornamental member; but Mr. Myers has bepn useful, and we shall keep him where he is. One issue of the present contest must not be forgotten; namely, the effect of the election of McClellan upon our political relations with Europe. If such a misfor tune as that election should; fall upon us, it will he said m Europe, "and will be acted upon by France and England, that the North, speaking at the polls, has accepted a peace policy in accepting its peculiar champion. The London Quarterly, which with equal wit and truth has described McClellan as “Athelstane, the Unready,” would then see its hope fulfilled—that hope - being the immediate recognition of the South as an independent nation, and this recognition would be hastened by the anti cipation of obtaining a first commercial foot ing in the South. Let the Union candi dates be defeated, and what we hero pre dict must occur. Napoleon and Pal merston will at once .receive the creden tials of Slidell and Mason as ambassa dors from Jefferson Davis. Elect the Union candidates, and the political hope of the South falls to the ground, and even ihe arch-rebel himself will have to admit his inability-tb proceed- any farther in his : reason. The following announcement will be in teresting .to the great masses of our,patriotic people: ’ Union" Statb Central Cokmittbb, October 10, IRB4. ■ The election returns received by the Union State i entral Committee trill be announced to the pnbllo :-n the night of the election from the. Union League .ouse, Chestnut street, above Twelfth. Sikon CAStaaoN, Chairww. THE PKESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1864. The Chatnbersburg Repository sums up the prominent Pennsylvanians who have given their support to Mr. Lincoln.,. It recalls the fact that in 1860 Governor Packer’ s Cabinet was opposed to , Mr. Now Mr. Heisteis is the Union candidate for Congress in Berks, and Mr. Knox is stumping- the State for Lincoln; Hon. James L, Reynolds, brother of tlie late Gen; Reynolds, who fell at Gettysburg, was on the Democratic Electoral ticket in IB6o—now he is zealously for Lincoln; Gen. McCall, who led the gallant Penn sylvania Reserves through the Peninsular' campaign under McClellan, and who ran as the Democratic candidate for Congress in Chester in 1863, espoused thb cause of Lincoln as soon as ■ McClellan was no minated. So with Judge CukninghaSi, of Beaver; General Geary, of Westmore land ; Hon. Daniel Dougherty, Hon. N. B. Browne, Buchanan’s Postmaster; Hon. B. P. Brewster, Hon. D. Paul Brown ; Hon. Wm. Strong, Democratic Judge of the Supreme Court, and others in Philadelphia; lion. John Cessna, of Bedford; Hon. John Rowe, of Franklin ; Hon. John Scott, of Huntingdon, and many others, who were the Demo-’ cratic party in 1860, are now. earnest in the support of President Lincoln. . . Indeed, all over the State we hear nothing but in dications of victory. The Copperhead papersviewitk the rebel journals in making epithets Tor the friends of the Union. A wretfckedly disia? gennous paper of this class has been calling the defenders and supporters of the war “ Abolition mercenaries,” “ Lincoln hire, lings,” and other names much worse. These, be it observed, are terms borrowed verbatim from the Richmond papers. Hot to be outdone, a few:more of the Copper head press have termed; the President “a rail-splitting 'buffoon,” and the candidate for the Vied Presidency “ a ,boorish tailor” —forgetting to give proper; credit to South ern invention. Andrew Johnson, a li berty-loving people’s mto of the South,-has a word for these vulgar would-be aristo crats. The poor man, who votes to-day, should bear him: “I have nothing to regret that my early life was spent In the shop. I never boast of It la my can vasses, but when it ts brought up as a reproaoh, I bare met it in the way tt should be met, and he who fights with such weapons is not entitled to the respect of anybody. Yes, the ‘boorish tailor’ la put. upon the tail of the ticket. What an insult to the aristocracy, who want reputation without merit and without worth. Yes, Tarn a tailor, 1 but learned long since, that if a man does not disgrace his profession, It never disgraces him. [Ohccre.] And I may be - permitted to say, that when I was a tailor, I made some pretty close fits. [Daughter.] Mygarments used to be right well proportioned ; but I have seen tailors, at their own expense, too, make a man out of very scaDt material; I used to be considered a very good tailor, and got. my work done according to promise,’ [Laughter andcheers.j So' much'for r the ‘ boorish tailor,’ One of the fundamental prin ciples of my Democracy is, and it Is Repubilcanismi too,'that men should be rewarded according to merit. It is worth that makes the man, and the want of it the fellow.” ■ ?■ . Who abb Gen. McClellans Friends? : —Among the rebels who have declared that the election of McClellan and the success of the Peace party-will give tri umph to the rebellion and independence to the South are the editors of the Rich mond Whig, Examiner, and Sentinel; Gov. Beottn of Georgia, Hon. L. M. Curry of Alabama, cx-Senator Clements of Ala bama, Henry S. Foote, Dayis, Benja min, and the entire press and platform of the Confederacy. ( Added to these are Yalt.akdtc-ham, who was put under arrest by a Democratic general for disloyalty; Yooehees, who encouraged secret armed treasonable organizations in Indiana; Dodd, who was under court martial for conspiracy ; Wrxgiit, the "originator of a secret treasonable order ; Fetch, the re bel candidate for Governor of Missouri; Medary of Ohio, and Bonn and Rod max lit. Pkice of New-Jersey, who have openly encouraged ' secession and rebel lion; George N. Sahdees, the North-. . ern traitor ; Henry Clay Dean, post ern Secessionist; Fernando Wood; who suggested that McClellan should seize upon Congress and proclaim himself dicta : tor ; Long, who openly advocated seces sion and rebellion on the floor of Congress; Harris, of Maryland, who did the same ; HuenEs, of. Pennsylvania, who advocated ' the secession of this State into the Confe deracy ; Woodward, who spoke in favor of the rehellibn, and declared that “to think against slavery. is a sin; to speak a gainst slavery is a crime;'' ’ Horatio Sey mour,;-who declared that to put down trea-' ■ son was as bad as treason itself; and a host of demagogues to whom only opposition gives importance, and whose declarations have violated every principle of “ peace,” and almost every article of the - Constitu tion. So much for the cry of “ Constitu tion,” “habeas, corpus,” “.peace,” and “ conciliation.” So much for the McClel lan-Chicago platform! . ’ Four years has the divided North been fighting the united South. That the rebel lion is not crushed and ,the war ended is nor due to any fault of the Administration, not to the strength of our enemies, but to the. political contentions in the free States. With - a powerful minority per petually- opposing the plans of , the Go vernment, denouncing it’ as■ '-imtmst worthy, tyrannical, and imbecile, it is astonishing that so much has been' ac complished. No one can estimate how much we should have gained had the North been, like the. South, united. We ask the American • people,: is it not time, these divisions should-end ? We ask every intelligent Democrat to think agaimof these matters before he votes to-day. It may have been that the Administration has made many mistakes; it may-have been that General McClellan has been treated unjustly by his political opponents. Do not let these matters lead you to forget that the Union can only be saved by the union of its- friends. : Remember that in times like these much that is harsh and mistaken may be said and done by both parties, and that there is something higher than personal interests at stake. Your duty as an American is greater than your obligations as a partisan, and we think you are'bound to go with,the majority of' your fellow-country men at a crisis when nothing but a united effort can hold the country to' gethcr. ■ - \ Against General McClellan and for President Lincoln are all whokave ear nestly toiled, suffered, and bled for the country. What attests a citizen’s man hood, patriotism, convictions more eloquently than his wounds ? We call the ■witnesses: Generals U. S. Grant, Sherman,- Rose crans, (an anti-slavery Catholic Demo crat), Meade, Sheridan, Hooker, Hancock, Warren, Ord, Butler, Birney, Dix, Sickles, Burnside, Schofield, Logan, Granger, Banks, Canby, Carter,"Garfield*, Howard, Crawford, Bartlett, Seymour,'Humphreys, A. J. Smith, Baldy Smith, G. H. Thomas, Lorenzo Thomas, Slocum, Carr, Stanley, McCook, Kilpatrick, Greggs Custer, Avc rill, Ilunter, Kelly, Tyler, Torbert, Ha milton, Peck, Hallowell, Higginsoh, Hack man, Paine, Prince, Rousseau, 1 McCler nand, Meagher, Mott, Hunt, Graham, Grierson—and we .might name, hundreds of other well-authenticated’ names of those who have signalized their devotion by gallant service against the enemy. The list includes an immense majority of all the officers 'in the, Union armyj from ge neral and colonel down to subaltern, and yet a large proportion of these were Demo crats, slaveholders, : and- sometimes friends of McClellan. ‘ ... The letter of P. P. Blaik,. Sr., published in another column, disposes of the story, already contradicted by Mr. Lincoln, that the President had offered Gen. McClellan a, command in the'army, provided that he would refuse . the • Chicago - nomination. This letter proves, however, that the friends of the-cause have been willing to do all in their power to unite the country against its enemy. *Mr; Blair, entirely upon ,his own responsibility; offered to be the media tor betwocn-lhe Government and General. McClellan, and obtain active service for ;!ie major generalship which now brings him 10,000 a year for doing nothing, and nwtffwaiaawrv—i-iiaaawm ii»inriir«iia«uMMu»t»>aMMi which, it may be remarked, McClellan . has ndt yet resigned I Does this fact show that McClellan prefers to serve the re bellion with a United States commission rather than Once more “look upon the face of my gallant comrades in the army 7 ’ or that he is willing enough to accept a command should it prove a better bargain ? Tt will be remarked that General McClel lan thought Mr. Blair’s proposition en tirely reasonable and worthy of considera tion;- ■■ New ,York waits for Pennsylvania. The Empire will gladly follow the Keystone. ■ Grirard College. DISLOYALTY ESTABLISHED WITHIN ITS WALLS— TUB NATIONAL FLAG PULLBD- DOWN. To the Editor of The Pfesi: . Sris: In a recent issue pf.your valuable journal I noticed the statement that “since the 4th day of July, 1864, the'star-spangledbanner hag not been uniuTled at the Girard College,” and an inquiry of your correspondent If “ snob is the case from design on the part of those having the charge of that in stitution' 1 !”. I infer, from faots in my possession, both that the statement ie true and that our glori ous flag’ has been furled there all through these months, “from design" of the authorl. ties of the’lnstitution. I do know that this;beauti ful banner—emblem of all that Is dear to every true American—has, during this present year; been pulled deum again and again from a window in whloh.it was placed, until. Anally, ifr was nailed to the window-' frame by tho noble loyal lady whose it was. ■ I am told, too, that when the present “ Board" assumed control of the College, certain members thereof swore that all Republicans on the grounds should leave; The sequel shows 'that, with but two or three exceptions,* air the Republicans on the ground—indeed, all loyal persons,of whatever party, male and female, from the president to the watch roan, have left. Many of them, whose faithfulness and fitness had been unquestioned fornearly a score of years, were suddenly found “incompetent.” And wlio are they who have taken their vacant places 1 Men and women whose avowed senti ments; and sympathies should'secure' them; ao-' commodniions “ beyond the lines,” and would, .were they hearer the scene of conflict. -Why,’ ,sir, there are those‘among these improved preoep tors, governors, Ac.,- who are proud of their advo oaoy of the cause of the South, There are those there, who, on the very grounds' of the institution boasted and gloried in the raid of the rebels to Baiti-; more and Washington last July. Not only this, but one professor, I understand, steps aside from his allotted sphere and talks secession' sentiments to his olasses. -It seems had enough to have, under the new regime, tho grounds neglected, the halls and rooms.unswept, and the boys so uncleanly and ragged that teachers: are ashamed to send them without the wails of the college, and are often re proached - for so doing 5 but, when such sheets as the Philadelphia Age and Now York Daily ticios. and no others, grace the parlors—when disloyal mon teach treason to the college pupils, and boast of its triumphs within the college walls, and when Co luriibla’s flag of the free is never honored, but fre quently insulted, Is it riot time, sir, that something should be donel I have but recently become a resident of your city; and I am amazed that your Councilsshould not only elect but re-elect such offi cers, and that your citizens should submit to such a state of things in the Institution that' was onco their pride arid glory; That It Is so, Is not only a reproaoh and disgrace to the city that contains it, arid whose government's entrusted with its management, but' It is in manifest disregard of and opposition to the expressed principles arid purposes of him who founded this munificent school, and whose name it bears; for no provision of his memorable will stands out more prominently than the following ; “ And especially I desire that, by every proper means, a pure attachment to-our re publican Institutions and. to the sacred rights of conscience, as guaranteed by our happy Constitu tion, shall be formed and fostered in the minds of the scholars.” ' - ; Is there no remedy for these abuses l There is. That remedy may be administered to-morrow. Bal lots are sometimes powerful purgatives. I am, sir, yours truly, . R. B. J. Ediladem’Bia, Oct. 10, 1864. |We have reason for believing that most of the above facts are true. Girard College has been shamefully an d foolishly managed for a couple of . years past. More orphans have been crowded into the institution than it can decently feed, clothe, and educate; more have absconded than its authorities care to mention ; more have been dismissed without a hearing, and even for trivial offences,than it would be creditanlo to tell. Altogether; nearly as many pupils have ’been dismissed', or have absconded in one year, than ordinarily entered in two years. We can scarcely credit, however, that the national flag has not fceen unfurled at Girard College, although the Institution rests under the baneful management of a Copperhead Board of Directors. " The President of Girard College was but lately an officer in the regular service of the United States,] Union Mooting’ at Ashland. IKTKBKTTPTION 01" THE MEETING BY COPPER HEADS—BRICKS THROWN AT THE Sl> BAKERS, AND' ksyoi-vmisMaßh. ■’ [Special Despatch to The Press’. 3 .Pottbvillb, Oct. 11.—On Saturday night Judge ■Shannon, Levi’ Bartholomew, .Tudge Helfenstein, Colonel Green and George Marts proceeded to Ashland from Pottsville, to address a Union meet - ing at that- place. Judge Shannon was -the first -speaker; he had not spoken more than five minutes ' before a brick was hurled at him, passing between himself and George C. Brown, Jr., of Philadelphia, short-hand writer. The Judge, hot alarmed In the least, proceeded with Ms speech, when shots from revolvers were, fired at him, one of which shots grazed his right ear. Several bricks were afterwards hurled at the judge, two of which struck him in the right breast. ■' :■■■ Levi Bartholomew was also attacked; but, after the Union men re-established the meeting, he spoke at great length to the people. . - Bower. ■ WASHIN GTON. A COPPERHEAD EIE REPUTE© LETTER FROM-HON. E. B. WASHBURNE TO GENERAL CAMERON ISTEKVIKW BETWEEN MB. WASHIiEKNE AND. GENERAL GRANT. - Washington, Oot. 10. THE MANASSAS GAP RAILROAD—THE TRACK TORN UP AND TRAINS PIKED INTO BY GUERILLAS. ' This railroad has been repaired as far as Rector town, and trains have recently run between 'Wash ington and Alexandria and that point. - Major, Wentz, the superintendent of the road, when near the first-named place last Fridav, discovered that a small portion of the track had been torn up, and promptly commenced repairing it, when be and his party were fired upon by guerillas. Notwithstand ing this attack the work was continued until it was completed. Several shells exploded near the la borers, but there were no casualties, and the train escaped without damage. On another day last week a laborer who had been sent out to make re pairs was seized by guerillas, and was taken to the woods, where, he wasjrobbed of a number of letters which had been given to him to bring; to Washing ton. He was furnished with a receipt for these let ters, and was then set at liberty. Much more seri ous guerilla operations took place to-day. 'The, superintendent of the Manassas road had started on the way to Piedmont, or beyond that point, with two trains containing material for re building the road.:: When a mile and a half the other side of Whito Plains, which is about fifty eight miles from Washington; It was discovered that the track had been torn up. A party of gueril. las at once fired into the train, killing Mr. J. Mc- Cbiokett, the superintendent, Edward T. Bolt, the conductor, and ex-Lleut. 001. Fuller, former ly of thet iqth: Michigan, who had'gone Cut on the train to acquire experience as a conductor. An en gineer is also reported killed. Mr. Galscott, the agent, and a number of others were wounded. The dead and wounded will be brought to Washington to-night, REFUTATION OF A COPPERHEAD LIE. Major Eckekt, Chief of the-Telegraph. Bureau In eonneetjpn with the War Department; waited on the'differenttelegraph offices to get the name of the author of t he message published In the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury, yesterday, purporting to have been sent from this city.. The several ; offices disclaimed any knowledge of It, and positively asserted that it had-not been sent over their wires. It was not found In the budget of the Mercury's correspondent, and that gentleman, Mr. Wallinoton, denies any knowledge of it. Of course it was manufactured in Philadelphia. . - The following despatch has been sent to General Gambron by Mr. Washbubnb in relation to the matter: Washington, Oct. 10,1864.—Gbn. Simon Camh eon: My attention has just been called to a de spatch which appeared In the Philadelphia Sunday Mercury yesterday, purporting to come from this city,, but Jri reality manufactured by Philadelphia rebels. A more atrocious falsehood In regard to our mili tary operations has never been circulated by Jew Davis himself. I saw Lieutenant General Grant last Friday night, and had a. long conversation with him'ln regard to the present military situation.' I have seep a great deal of the General during the war, and have never seen him so hopeful and confident, and never has ho felt himself so com pletely master of the situation as at the present moment. gThe recent operations about Petersburg' and on the north of- the James were regarded by hl»as great and substantial successes. We advanced our positions, took very strong and very .Important rebel works, which we will hold. , : Our losses were small compared with the advan tages gained, and no greater than those of the re bels, though the’ latter fought in entrenched posl -tlone... : All was well with both- Sherman and Sheridan, ’ and, from all that could be learned at the front from deserters and from the tone of-the rebel papers, it was evident that the; rebellion Is now tottering to Its final and complete overthrow. Yours, respectfully, -E. B. Washburns. RESIGNATION ON AN OFFICIAL. G. P. Bah,ky, so long and efficiently in charge of .the loan branch of the Treasury Department, hag resigned his position to ocoept one la a banking house li New York. THE LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS. - The subscriptions to the seven-thirty loan, as re ported to the Treasury Department, tor the last two days amount to $7821,450. The subscriptions to the Joan during last week were $4,021,030. THE DESTONDENT- FEELING IN THE ?OUTH. Late fifes of Southern papers from various direc tions show a general depression, but oditorß aro.en -Vc-avorli g -to ;ln/uto rt\v Fplrlt and hope Into .the. people, Insisting that every available man"; be sent to tbe field, andpromisiDjc, by that means, ultimate SIitCCSS, 7 THE WAR. IMPORTANT OFFICIAL GAZETTES* GOOD NEWS FROM ALL OUR ARMIES, BSBPATCHES FBO® BUTLER, SHERMAN, THOMAB, SHKBIBABT, AND BUBBBIIIBE, DESPATCHES FROM GENESALS THOMAS, SHERMAN, SHEBIDAN, BUBBRIDGE, AND BUTLER— RETURN OF GENERAL;: GRANT. TO‘THE FRONT—E9OAPE OF GENERAL.FORREST—GENERAL SHERMAN’S ARMY WELL ANDIN .A SECURE P03I ; TION—GENERAL SHERIDAN AT WOODSTOCK, VA.— BATTLE AT SALTVILLE, KT.—DEFEAT OF THE REBELS—WITHDRAWAL OF OUR FORCES—THE SUCCESS NEAR RICHMOND ON FRIDAY; Washington,! Oct, 10-1 P, M.—Reports have been received by this Department from Generals Butler, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and Bur bridge, showing the favorable condition of military affairs in their respective fields of operations. --, The purpose of General Grant’s visit to Washing tori having been accomplished, he returned to his headquarters on Saturday, but there has been no telegraphic communication since his arrival there. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL THOMAS. Nashville, Tenn., 11,30 P. ffiL, Oct. 8,1864. Secretary ofWar ' Have not heard direct from Sherman, but Gen.; Corse at Alatoona informs me that Sherman is at Kenesaw, repairing the railroad between Atlanta and Alatoona, He has plenty of provisions in At; lanta, and, so far as the main army is .concerned, feels secure. ■ . ; Gen. Rousseau reports that Forrest has escaped him by crossin g the Tennessee' in flat-boats above and below Florence, on the 6th lost., while ho (Rousseau) was: detained , by. Mgh water in Shoal oreek and Elk river. Georob H, Thomas, Major General. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SHERMAN. ' AiAlrGoirA; bet. 9, Msi—B P. M, Major General 11. W. Balled:, Chief of Staff: I reached the Kenesaw Mountain October 6th, just, in time to witness at a distance the attack on Alatoona. . / . I had anticipated the attack and had ordered from Rome General Corse, with reinforcements. The. attack was met and repulsed, the enemy losing some 200 dead and more than 1,000 wounded and prisoners. Our loss was about TOO in the aggregate. The enemy captured the small garrisons at Big Shanty and Ackwortb, and burned about seven miles of our railroad, but we have at Alatoona and Atlanta an abundance of provisions. Hood, observing our approach has, moved rapidly back to Pallas and Vanwert, and I am watching him, and in case he tries to reach Kingston or Rome,’Atlanta, is perfectly secure to us, and this army IS better off than in camp. W. T. Shbbman, Major General. DESPATCH PfiOffi ftaSBRAI, SHh&EDAy. Woodstock, Va., Oct. 7,1864—9 P. xrr. Lieutenant General V. S. Grant: I have the honor to -report my command at this point to-night. I commenced moving back from Port Republic, Mount Crawford, Bridgewater, and Harrisonburg yesterday morning. The grain and forage in front of these points have : previously been destroyed. In moving back to this point, the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain has been made untenable for a rebel army. I have destroyed over two thousand barns filled with whoat, hay, and farming imple ments; over, seventy mills filled with flour and wheat • have driven in front of the army over four hundred head of stock, and have killed andissued to the troops net leas than three thousand sheep. This destruction embraces the Luray valley and Illttlo Fort valley as well as the main valley. A large number of horses have been obtained, a proper estimate of which I cannot make. ' Lieutenant. John Rj ; Meigs, my engineer officer, was murdered beyond Harrisonburg, near Dayton. For this atrocity all the houses within an area of five miles were burned. Since X came into the valley, from Harper’s Ferry up to Harrisonburg, every train, every small party, and every straggler has been bushwhacked by the people, many of whom have protection papfrs from commanders who have been hitherto in that valley. 1 "’ The people here are getting sick of the war. Heretofore they havo had no reason to complain, because they have been living in great abundance, I have hot been followed by the enemy up to this point, with the exception of a small force of rebel cavalry, that showed themselves some distance behind my rear-guard to-day. > A party of iflO of the Bth Ohio Gavalry, which I had stationed at the bridge over the mouth of the Shenandoah, near Mount Jackson, was attacked by McNeil, with seventeen men, while they were asleep, and the whole party dispersed or captured. I think that they will turn up. , I learn that fifty of them had reached Winches ter. McNeil was mortally wounded, and foil into our hands. . This was fortunate, ashe was the most daring and dangerous of all the bushwhackers in this section' of the country. P. H. Sheridan, , Major General. DESPATCH PROM GEN. BTJRBRIDGE. ■Gen. Burbridge makes the following report: - ■ Cattlesbukg, -Ky., Oot. 8, 1864—10 A. M. lion, B. M. Stanton: - Forcing the enemy from Clinch Mountain and Laurel Gaps, after heavy skirmishing, we met the enemy throe-and-a-half miles from Saltvllle, on the mornin gof the 2d inst., and drove him to his works around the salt works, whoro he was strongly en trenched on the bluff in heavy force, under Echols, Williams, Vaughan, and, it Is said, Breckinridge. .We at once attacked him and drove him from his works on our left and centre, and held Mm in check on the right ; and finally, In spite of artillery and superior numbers, whipped him at every point, and forced him back to his own works. V In the evening our ammunition gave out, and holding the position until midnight, I withdrew the command In excellent order and spirits. The occu pation of the works themselves was, only prevented by the failure of ammunition. Prom the prisoners, I learn that the enemy’s force was between 6,000 and 8,000, and that Breckinridge was present with 4,000 from Lynchburg. My force amounted to 2,500 engaged. ' It Is certain his force greatly outnumbered us. A detachment sent to Pound Gap, forced Its way through , and drove Prentice with a superior force from his works at Gladesville, captaring several prisoners, a number of small arms; and’one piece of artillery. a'- 7 Our loss In all Is about 350. That of the enemy Is ’ more, I will report more fully by mall. On the morning of the 3d I received an order from General Sherman to return. 7 ' S. G. Btjbbbidsk, Major General, The telegraph line between Fortress Monroe and City Point was broken down by a big storm, and Is not yet repaired. ' ' The latest military intelligence from there Is the following telegraph from Major General Butler: DBSBATCH BROM GBNBRAt, BUTLBB. • Headquarters Dbpabtmbnt ob Virginia and North Oarobiwa, Oct. Bth, 1864. Lieutenant General Grant • Our success yesterday was a decided one, although the rebel papers claim a victory : They admit General , Gregg killed, and General Bratton wounded. General Gregg was In command of Field’s division. 77. 77^77^7 The Richmond Examiner of this morning- con tains an official despatch from Gordonsvllle last night, stating that a Yankee cavalry force yestor day burned the railroad bridge over the Rapldan and made their escape. ■No movement on the Petersburg side. No more troops have been sent over from Lee. The move ment yesterday was made under his eye. B. F. Butlbr, Major General. No recent intelligence has been received from Major General Canby, but, by his last report, Gen. Steele was moving In force upon the roar of Price, towards Missouri. Edwin m. Stanton, SECOND OITICULh OiZET CL. DISPATCH SBOM GEM, GSAKT—-OvH OX DAY 400—THK TIMES TKAT NUAt- BKB* . ■■ ' ' Washington, October 10—4.20 P. M.—Tolagra plxic communication rtltii Oeni Grant’s ters/has been re-establlshtid, anil In a despatch dated at 1 o’clock this P. M.-tho G eneral reports as fol lows: “ I find our losses the. other day were much less than first'reported. Pour-hundred will cover cur entire loss is killed, wounded* and-oaptured. ’About oneVundred aiid 1 fifty, were captured, and. a ■great maiy.dcad. fell Into-our hands.- The loss of Ithe enawy; could not be less than ten or twelvehun-, ‘dfed;’;/ .; ’ .. X, S/Cfit ant, ’ideut.JCren.'' Emvl: STAWTOITi Secretary ef War.. OUR LOSBKS IB TUB RKCENT BA-ITIKS —MATT M» IH!L LOSE—«EN. QRBOO AND OTH.BJS KKIJBt ©FPL ( EES KILLED—NO PIGHTISO SINCE FKDAV, : Washington, Oet. 10—r.65 ']■>¥. M.-yStaoe »y despatch of this afternoon a fuller report has jus! been furnished by General. Grant of the operations of Friday, together with the rebel acknowledgments of their heavy loss In general and field officers. ' Oitt Foist, Ta., Get, 10-4.30 F, M. Ken. £,M. Stanton, Secretary of War t - :> Oar entire losslathe enemy’s attack on onr Haas ■; on Friday, the 7th Instant, does not exceed 300 la* killed, wounded, anil mfesing. The enemy’s loss Is estimated by General But ler ail, oeo. The Richmond Whig, of the Bth Instant, speaking of this battle, has the following: “The gallant General Gregg, conMßSßding a Teias brigade, fell in the advance. Among other casualties, we have to report General Bratton, of South Carolina, badly wounded. Colonel Aaettell, ol the 7th South Carolina Infantry, severely wound ed' ;In the face, and Major Baskin, of the- Soath Carolina Artillery, also wounded. Rumor states that General Geary had been killed.” FOURTH OFFICIAL GAZETTE. AN ' IMFOKTAKT VICTORY BT SHERIDAN'S CAT* Washington, Oct. 10—8.30 F. Hl.—Major General Augur, commanding at Washington, has for the last four'days been on the line towards Front Royal, to which point the railroad was being extended for the supply of General Sheridan. A telegram from him, dated at Elchertown, re ports Sheridan’s arrival yesterday at Strasbnrg, followed by the enemy’s cavalry, and that sharp cannonading has been heard from that direction. A telegram from Brigadier General Stevenson, commanding at Harper’s Ferry, reports that an en gagement took place yesterday between the cavalry forces near Fisher's Hill, and that the enemy were whipped and scattered to the woods and mountains,, with the loss of eleven pieces of artillery and three hundred aEd fifty prisoners. . Harper's FJKP.sr, Va.—3 30 P. M. Mon. E. M. Stanton: • General Sheridan just heard' from. Our cavalry attacked the enemy beyond Fisher’s Hill and whipped them, driving them beyond Mount Jhck son, and capturing eleven pieces of artillery and three-hundred and fitly prisoners. The rebels scat tered into the woods and mountains. 1 9.20 P. M.—Since the foregoing despatch reached the Department an official report ftom Major Gene ral Sheridan has been received, announcing the vic tory of his cavalry over the entire command of Gen. Roper. is, M. Stanton, Secretary of War. Stbabbukg, Ta., Oet. 9—Midnight. Lieutenant General Grant, City Point: In coming back to this point, I was not followed up until late yesterday, .when a large force of cavalry appeared, in my rear. I. then halted my command to offer battle, by attacking the enemy. I became satisfied that it was only all the rebel cavalry of the Valley, commanded by Roper, and directed Torbort to attack at daylight this morning, and finish this saviour of the Valley. - The attack was handsomely made. General Cos ter, commanding the 3d cavalry division, charged on the back road, and Merritt, commanding the lßt cavalry division,-on the Strasbnrg pike. Merritt captured five guns, and' Custer captured six guns, with their caissons, battery forge, &c: The two di visions .captured 47 wagons, ambulances, kc. Among the wagons captured are the headquarters wagons of Roper, Lomax, Wickham, and Col. Hol land. ■ The number of prisoners will he about 330. The> enemy, after being charged by our gallant oavalry,; were broken, and ran. They were followed by our men, on the jump, twenty-six miles, through Mount Jackson and across the north fork of the Shenan doah. I deemed It best to make this delay of one day here and settle this new oavalry general. The eleven pieces c f artillery captured to-day make tblrty-slx pieces captur ed in the Shenandoah Valley since the 19th of September. Some of the artillery was new, a,minever had been fired. The pieces were marked “ Tredegar Works.” P. H Sheridan, Major General. ADVANCE OP THE 6TH AND 9TK CORPS—THE REBELS Headquarters, Oct. 9.— The sth and 9th Corps advanced their lines yesterday a half mile, driving the enemy’s skirmishers Into their breastworks. The movement was for the purpose of feeling their strength, and to' determine whether this part of the line had ? been-weakened so as to strengthen their forces elsewhere. Our forces hold the ground but as yet have made no attack on tho main lino.' • r : 'v/ ' : A few; prisoners were taken during the advance* Their statements are merely a repetition of (almost all the others, viz.: Hard times, great despondency among the troops, &c.' - r Picket firing was kept up all last night. The prisoners say they are much opposed to this barba rous practice, and only Indulge In it on the positive orders of their officers, but that they generally fire too high to have any effect. . Their officers believe that this practice prevents many desertions, which Is true. \ Our mortar firing Is said to be-very accurate, scarcely a day passing In which a number of the 'enemy are not killed and wounded by shells burst ing in their midst. -■■■■- - Washington, Oct. 10.—As the. mail-boat was leaving City Point yesterday morning, at 10 o’clock, heavy firing was heard oh the right of the James river, in Gen. Butler’s department. No particulars are yet known. The boat brought, twenty pri soners to Fortress Monroe, and ninety to Washing ton. THE SIIIOASPOAH VAIIEY. - OPERATIONS OX OUR ( CAVALRY—-REBEL PROPER TY NEAR WAYNESBORO DESTROYED—THE VAL- Baltimore, Oct. 10.—A correspondent of the Baltimore American, writing from the Valley, un der date of October 8, says the road from Harrison burg to Martlnsburg, via Summit Point, Is lined with guerillas. This correspondent’was captured, with his horse, notes, fee. The following have been the operations of our ca valry: ■ ... , Immediately after the oceupatloh of Staunton by the cavalry, they proceeded to Waynesboro, for the purpose of destroying the Iron railroad bridge at thatlplace, and all the barns and mills In that sec tion of tho country. What remained of Early’s ar my had, In the (meantime, retreated through Brown’s Gap, with their wagon trains. But, on learning of the operations of our cavalry, Kershaw’s division of Infantry and Fitzhugh Bee’s cavalry wore (ordered to march in the rear of, and, if possi ble, capture that portion of our cavalry, consisting of one division, under command of General Torbert, which was engaged in destroying the railroad at Waynesboro. General Torbert, learning of tholr approach and intention, retired byway of Staunton, marching alt night, and at the same time the 6th and 19th Corps were moved up from Harrisonburg, where they were encamped, to Mount Crawford, to be within sup porting distance, if their services were required. our cavalry, however, returned in safety, after thoroughly accomplishing their work, and bringing back at the same time, herds of cattle which they had collected la the country through which .they passed. The destruction of mills and barns was most com plete, and will be severely felt In that region of the country. There were sufficient supplies destroyed and captured to have fed the whole of Early’s com mand for three months- Now the whole country presents the appearance of a- barren region, from which a great proportion of the inhabitants will be obliged to emigrate or starve. * > So thoroughly'has General Grant’s ordorfor the destruction of property been carried out, it will be impossible even to sow or till the land In time for the harvest next year.' The horses and all the able bodied negroes . and field hands are being collected and seat to the rear; and even- the grain, which was to have been used as seed by the farmers, has been destroyed, Allhopes whlohthe rebels may have heretofore had of holding the valley, must now be completely at an end, for It would be an utter impossibility to subsist five thousand men In the valley ior a week, and there is no base of sup plies from whici a. rebel army of occupation could ‘ be fed. He represents that the inhabitants are leaving, and that, crowds flook to the provost mnr shal’s office seeking passes North. .* Some belong to the religious persuasion known as the Hunkers. They have been levied on to. Bupport. the war, but heretofore exempted from serving in the army. They were officially notified a few days -previous to our occupying 'Harrisonburg that their services were imperatively needed in the . rebel army, and that they nmst’prepare to serve the cause. McNeil’s guerillas attacked a detachment of the ■ 17th Pennsylvania .Cavalry, who were guarding the bridge at Mount Jackson, and succeeded In surprising and capturing quite a number, but- not before, he was mortally wounded. A Federal - sur geon, who had examined his wound, expressed the-; opinion that he could hot live forty eight hours. , .‘After capturing or dispersing this cavalry at Mount Jackson, a portion of his . command:, went to . Edenburg, and set fire to the bridge at that place. When they had left, soma of the citizens went out to extlnguish the fire,,but McNellis men . hearing;of lt," returned,’ and threatened to shoot any one who. would interfere with its burning. • ’ THE Wlk IN THE SOUTHWEST. TBIOB BHUISBB At; .lEVMRSOK CITY—MOVEItaKT : St. LouiSkOot. 9.—Official,despatches from Jef ferson City Btati.e that the' advanoe.of General .Price, from Osago river to Moreau, creek, ten miles from Jefferson; City, upon the 7th, was spiritedly eon- ‘ teßtcd by our cavalry. A considerable number of the enesay were killed and wounded. Our loss was seven killed and.forty-nine wounded. .. ; On the' morning of the Bth, the rebels drew up In line of battle before bur works;but, after being well peppered by our batteries, moved off towards the west, and were followed by our forces for six miles, receiving sharp punishment from them.' A detachment of the 6th Missouri Militia under Major. Montgomery, 'attacked a-camp of three hundred rebels, under Hlldebrant, at Tyler’s Mills, St. Francis county, and killed thlrty-one of ■them. Secretary of War,. RBPXTXSE OX THE HEBBI.S IK AN ATTACK ONHOP* KINSYII,I,E, KT. , O7.Ai.KBvII.LR!, Oct. . 9.—General X,yon, with a tores estimated at from 400 to pjq men, attacked .THIRD OFFICIAL HAZKTTK. Since Friday there has Been no fiahtlng-whafewr.' Signed V. S. Grant, Lieutenant General. . „ E. IVI. Stanton, Seo’y of War. AIEV-MFSAT OE THE REBELS NEAR FISHER’S HIM.—ELEVEN GONB AND THEBEHUNDEBD AND FIITT PRISONERS CAPTURED— THE ENEMT OHASKD.FOE TWKNTV-SIX MILES. Respectfully, J. D. Stevenson, Brigadier General Commanding. «EX. OBAST’S ABUT. DRIVEN TO THEIR BE EAST WORKS. HEAVY PTRTNG ON SUNDAY MORNING. IET MADE A BARREN WASTE. OP THE BEBKtS TOWARDS THE WEST. Hopkinsville at r o'clock this manded an unconditional surrender, whk* J fe fused by Colonel Johnson.- A fight' eureed** 8 k lasted four hours, when the . rebels retreated *** rebel loss wae eight killed and fifteen tot *** wounded. _ Onr loss Was star wonuded, lORTBF.SS *?o2»*© E . LIST OF EXOHANGKD PENnSVLVANTA CSV c tTiHON TRISOOTBS SENT BOOTH, , Fortress Monkok, Oot. 9—The following p sylvanla officers were brooglt down by truce steadier New Fork, 10-day, having {3s* changed at Altken’s LandEag: a Captain A. J. Feesler, 4ith Pehna.* r Capt x Winding, 84th Fennav; Major J. m. Dayj, * Peiona.; Lieut. G.-M. Watson, 90th Peonj . -J,"* AndrewHoppeiVlithFehnar; Capt. s. C.’ch R man, 46th Penna.; Capt, F. A. Orawfori tT?" Febna.; Lieut. .T. H. Norris, 190th Penna, ; y, h E. Murray, 190th'PeHna. *■ The Richmond Examiner, of October r'th, s s?su Yankee prisoners were sent South' yesterday u ,7* Danville train. - '•** - BTAVAK OPERATIOSSi CAPTURE OF REBELS IN ALBBHARLE SOOsd ■ ON A BCHOONEE IN MISSISSIPPI BOCIKO.’ ** Washington - , Got. 10— A communication i been received at the Navy Department fro* 0 ‘ mender Macomb, commanding the naval forcr the sounds of North Carolina. Ha says that on the mh nit. lie was ltiro rnH( Col. "Wardrop that the latter Intended Bending army steamers up the Alligator river that night capture a party of rebels who were conscrip« nf that vicinity, and he requested Commander comb to send a- gunboat up the Soupperntng n, to head off the rebels should they attempt to that way. ~ Commander Worrell, of the Chicopee, to Bend the Talley City np the riser, accomp% tt i« bythe tug Martin, to tow her off In ease she get aground, and a double-ender was also station off the month of the river. in crossing the bar at the month of the Sou; ning the Valley City grounded, and was fired ( from a battery of Whitworth field pieces, whlos returned, and drove the enemy off, but'by the i she got off it was too late to-proceed'frirther. The army gunboats, ascended the C l and succeeded in capturing the rebels. The Navy Department has received Informstls of the oapture recently of-the schooner Oregon, t, the steamer Narcissus, in 8010 bay, sound. ■ . :■ - ; MTK KGBEI< STEWS. A VICTOHr ON FBIDAT CLAIM ED BT THE EEBSI SHEKKAN SAID TO UK SHUT TO IN ATLASTj FOBBEST— G EBKEAL HAEDEB IN COMMAS";, CEAKLKSTON BKATTBB9 ABD’S NEW DEtv ■ maT. < Fobtbess Blok-bob, October 9.— The Rlci Enquirer of Saturday, speaking of the recei tack on General Butler’s lines, says: “Aner ment took place yesterday on the Darbytown, near Eiehmond, resulting In the recapture, by forceß, of all the positions held by the enemy tween that and the New Market road, five e below the city. We captured between m 600 prisoners, with nine pieces of jartttlery, between 200 and 300 horses. ' “Anoftelal despatch from General Lee says ti yesterday morning'General Anderson attacked enemy on the Charles City road and drove tl from two lines of entrenchments, captaring guns, oalßSons and horses, and a number of pf ers. The enemy were driven to the New Ha road, where they were found strongly entree; and were not pressed. Our loss was small, of the enemy was unknown. Gen. Gregg dit the head of his brigade. “ An official despatch from GordonevlUe list. states that the Yankee raiders had burned the road bridge over the Rapldan yesterday. “A despatch from General Early to General. dated on the 7th. inst., says: Sheridan’s whs fOTce commenced falling back down the Valley ’ night, along the pike.’ " The EnquirerM the Bth instant says: “ All the Yankee naval officers, seamen, and soners'ln onr hands will be forwarded North by flag of trace to-day, “ Large numbers of negroes are at workstrm enlrg the fortifications around Lynchburg. “ Sherman is shut up in Atlanta by i’orrest, t hls lines of communication so destroyed tint Government has not heard from him for saw days. He 'captured Atlanta, but It may yet pi his rain. “ Chabibstow, S. C., Oet. 6.—General Hi assumed command to-day. The steamer Const six days from'Halifax, in attempting to rui blookade last night, rah against a sunten - and sunk in five minutes. Only one manw« All is quiet, except the usual bombardment < olty and Sumpter.” The Examiner says: K General Beaurega: department Includes East Louisiana. MHsUsii Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. 11 Bailroad Accident Bear l*o«gi:kesi New York. Poughkeepsie, Oct. 10.—'The train from York, due here at 5 P. M., was thrown oif the near Milton Ferry, about four miles below hes reason of a rock falling on the track from a ‘ The engineer, Henry Geran, was fatally Injure-) Explosion of Powder Wills at Oas&fll New York. POTOKKEBPSIEj Oct. 10.— The pDWdflr mil DashvUle, Tflster county, blew up on Siroia, again to*day, Jfo liras were lost by.tbe first« BIOS, hut to day three men were killed asi buildings considerably damaged. BALTIMORE. Balwmobb, October' THE HEW jrARTtAND OOHVEHTIOJr—LOTAt? MEETIB'S IN BALTIMORE—LETTER FROM DKNT IrllfCOlrlf EXDOBSrKG THE KEW 001 TIOK—7>BATH OP MKS. Br.ECKINEEDOE A very large meeting -was held to-night la ment Square of the friends of the new UuE tion. Senator Wilson was amongst the speakers. The following letter from .President Lincoi read and applauded. ■ Executive Mausiow, Washinbtos, Ooi Hon. 11. W. Hoffman: Mt Dbak Sik : A. Convention of Karykr formed a new Constitution for the Stato. A i meeting Is called for this evening at Baltlmr did In semiring Its ratification by the people you ash a word from me on the occasion, i same the only feature of the instrument j: which there is serious controversy Is thatwiid; Tides for the extinction of slavery. It need not to be a secret, and I presnma it secret, that I wish success to this provision. T it on every consideration. I wish »H met t» I wleli the material prosperity of theatres ■which I feel sure the extinction of slaver bring. I wish to see In process of dlsappas only thing which could bring the nation war. I attempt no argument. Argument r question Is already exhausted by the able Informed, and more Immediately interesteo Maryland herself. I only add that I stall fo fied exceedingly If the good people of the Sti by their votes ratify the new Constitution. A Yours truly, A. LiK- DEATH OF. KBS. BKECKIIfBIBBE. Mrs. Breckinridge, mother of the rebel died In this cits on Saturday afternoon laa residence of the Rev. Dr, Bullock, her son-' The Portress Monroe steamer this morulffi no news of note. -Important changes will shortly be mi® Army ol the Potomae. Death or Waiter Savage I.aadoi Our European advices inform us of tin Florence, on tbe lTth ultimo, of one of th( tinguished members of the English litei of that city, the aged Walter Savage was born in 1775, and was therefore eij years'old. He was educated at Kugby aw but quitted the university without a do- ISOS lie raised at his personal costa bodyt in aid. of the Spanish patriots, by who® created a colonel in the Spanish army, marriage—with the exception of a few Bath—he has resided abroad, chiefly at Among his works, we may mention “Count a tragedy; “ Gebir,” an epic poem, which wards translated into Batin; “Imagine satioas,” In five volumes, and “ Pericles sin.” In ISaT he published “ Dry Sticks which- contained personal : allusions -to 4 Bath, and occasioned great scandal, for rf dor was prosecuted and compelled to pal damages-. His: last work.was a'.'small re ll ' verses In English and Batin, marked t>f characteristics of his peculiar genius. letter from Governor Oirt* 0, The folio-wing patriotic letter from his E»' Governor Curtin, was read at the W' meeting .In Independence Square on night:- ■ , HabEISBURS, OCtobef DeabSib: I deeply regret myiCiw' 11 present to participate in the great urn™ to be held this evening in Independent® The condition of my health, and e3rtr consequent upon a journey to Erie ana « era counties, where I have had the plow" dressing large meetings of my fellow-mtu' a short rest necessary. The eanse of the Union at no time sin®' mencement of the rebellion looked brigs l ' ..present; -and if the true friends of the w everywhere will continne to yield tow and patrjctle support, a speedy and hone® must be achieved. -Intake no donbt of the result in oar State. Pennsylvania, true to her unsv> alty, will utter.no uncertain sound: 1 propereffort should; be put forth at tm : loyal men to secure such a' triumph at w will encourage and sustain our brave J held, and convince the enemies of the tr at home and aproad, that; there can b( berment of this gTeat republic-t-no cot traitors. With great respect, Your obedient servant, A. «■ gOECHUGHT TBOCESSION AT PK Last night, the Union League ;of tl Third Ward, and the Union citizens t together with a delegation of the Kept eiblcs nearly 400 strong, paraded thro; aipai rtreets ofJFrankiord.. The usual* mottoed transparencies 'made up pari *• tion. The Inhabitants trade ft a pj: large portion of them, including ths the .children, lined -the sidewalks, apP processionists with'cheers and wati“‘ chlefß.- - Besldences, on all tho stree through*, were brilUahtiy procession had passed over Its route,« f the.« Seven Stars”' hotel, a large meeo presided over hy James Ashworth, *■= tain 5a thelSSlst Begiment of tears* .hat incapacitated from aj‘ tary duty by severe wounds receh, burg.- The first speaker did not audience until nearly, tea o’cioex- - men made speeches—Res- ® r - Bussell Thayer, candidate for , district, and ’William B. Ma ? n ’ B Sssi marks were chiefly naade up 0! t F nlt tlons to every voter to perform “L D£ the polls to-day, and seo that evm. vote he : could influence, alsoP. c , flir oi appearance, bearing, and biss were subjects of general com a , A Democratic meeUng was t ( time at Brldesburg. The also paraded withlorchllghts, cessions of so dlsßlmilar ptlnoiP*® br0 l ithe same time, the peace p.fV'jeof-’ dence of the JptelpgOSfO 0i * j ford, -■