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?*s*°*J« wm to be found serviceable In the de*
of public property. It was general!?
understood In the couoofls of tbe order, in .the
"“W® Kentucky, that they were to be oompen
•satea for snob destruction by the rebel Government
by receiving a commission of ten per cent.-of the -
value of the property so destroyed, and that this
value was to be derived from the estimate of r.ho
loss made In each case by Northern newspapers
9. Destruction of Private Property arid ivi-w/.,
■of Union Men.— lt la reported by General p“^f* o7l
ton that the full development of {heardeM« t r /, las '
was followed by “ a state of terrorism n ladlana
the Union residents of « r? 1 an Wtog
«an, Johnson, Bush, Clay.^SulltoiL o^ l ?^ 1 ?’ Mor "
Hendricks, and other oount^Ri»j?*lV%S tllolo,:neHr >
from some localities thee ‘a ? hali Saitß 5 tllafc
gether; that in others t>TJL W K re cirlTßll . away alto
floks were hapi and wheat
the-general insecurtrb nr a »r nlany !W* on s, under
their effects at a U ® Ii« 0f llfe and property, sold
*'«•«, Atone*" and removed; to other
4,k~»— —.vj. .uno In Brown ooitotv, the members
jot the order flpenly threatened the lives of all “ Abo
.',lltlOb*BsB'* Who relueed to flan a peace memorial
'Which theyhad prepared andaddressed to Congress.
■ In Missouri, also, similar outrages, oommlttediUpon
the property of loyal citizens, are attributable, in a
great degree, to the secret order. _
In this conn eoi ion the outbreak of the miners in
the ooal districts of eastern Pennsylvania, in the
- autumn oflast year, may be appropriately referred
•to it was fully shown in the testimony adduced, '
rnpon tbe trials of these Insurgents, who were*guilty
- of the destruction ol property and numerous acts, of
'Violence, as well as murder, that they were gene
rally members of a secret treasonable association,
similar In all respects to tho K, G.-0-, at the moot
ings i f whioh they bad been incited to the commis
sion of the crimes lor which they were tried and con
victed. -• .y.'fv-.:
10. Assassination- and Murder. —After what has.
beeii disclosed in regard to ‘this infamous league or
traitors and ruffians; It will not bo a matter of sur
prise to loam that the cold-blooded assassination of
Union citizens and soldiers has been included Vh
their devilish scheme of operations. Green B.
Smith states in his confession that "The Secret as
sassination of United States officers, soldiers, v-lid
Government employees has beeii discussed, jjj th 3
councils of the order and recoin aipudoii.i* j t y Blso
shown in the course *ne testimony that at a large;
snouting of the order In St. Louis, in May or Juno
lost, it was proposed to form a secret police of mem
bers of the order, for the purpose of patrolling the
streels of that city at night anil killing every detec-,
-live and soldier that could bo readily disposed of;
that this proposition was coolly considered, and
iinnily rejected, not because ol its deddithcharaoter—
no voice being raised against Its criminality—but be
cause only it was deeined premature. At Louisville,
in June last, a similar scheme wag discussed among
the order for the waylaying and butchering ofuegro
•soldiers in the streets at night; and In the same
month a party of Its Fmeinbers In that city was ac
tually oignnizod lor the purpose of throwing off the
track of the Nashville JRaitroad a train of colored
troops, and seizing the opportunity to take the lives
of as many as potsibiev Again, in July, the assas
sination of an obnoxious provost marshal, by betray
ing him into the .hands of guerillas, was designed
fcj members in the interior o) Kentucky. Further,
at a meeting of the Grand Council of Indiana, at
Indianapolis, on Juno HthJast, the murder ol one
Ccfßn, a Government detective, who, as it was sup*,
postd, had betrayed the order, was deliberately dis
cussed and fully determined upon. This fact Is
stated by Stidger in his report to Gen. Carrington,;
of June 17th last, and is more fully set forth in his
testimony upon the trial of Dodd. Ho deposes
that at the meeting In question Dodff himself
volunteered to go to Hamilton, Ohio: where j Coffin
was expected to be found, ana there “dispose of the
latior.” 'He adds that prior to the - meeting, he
himself conveyed from Judse Bullitt, at liontsville,
to Bowles and Dodd, at fndiauapolis, special in
- struotions to have Coffin “ put out of the way”—
■“murdered*’—"at all hazards.” •:'• . f -.
The opinion is expressed by Colonel Sanderson,
under date ol June 12 last, that t! the recent nu
merous oold-blooded assassinations of military offi
cers and unconditional Union men throughout the
military'district of North Missouri, especially
along the Western border,” is to be ascribed to the
agency of the order. Tee witness, Pitman, repre
sents that it is “a part ol the obligation or under
standing of the oroer” to kill officers arid soldiers
“ whenever it can be,done by stealth, “ as .well as loyal
citizens when considered important or/influential
persons ; and she adds, that while at. Memphis,
during the past summer, she knew that men on
picket were secretly killed by members of the order
approaching them in disguise. ' i
In this oomieci ion may be recalled the* wholesale
assassination ot. Union .oiniera by members of the
order end jheir confederates at Charleston, Illinois,
in March last, in regard to which, as a startling
■episode of the rebellion, a'full report was addressed
from this office to tht President, under datepf July
26th laßt. This concerted murderous assault upon
•a scattered body of men, mostly uaarmed—appa
rently designed lor the mere purpose of destroying
as many lives, of Union soldiers as possible—ls a
■forcible illustration of the utter malignity and de
pravity which characterize the members of this
■order in their zeal to commend themselves as faith
ful allies to their fellow; conspirators at the South!
XI. Establishment of a Northwestern Confedeidcy.—
In oonoluding this review oi some of the principal
specific purposes ol the order, it remains only to re
mark upon a further design of many of its leading
members, the accomplishment of whloh they are re
presented as haviig deeply at heart. Hating New.
England, and jealous of her influence andresoarcas,
and claiming that the interests of the West and
South, naturally connected as they, are through the
Mississippi valley, arc identical, and actuated
further by an intensely revolutionary spirit, as
well as an unbridled and unprincipled am
bition, these men have made the establishment
of a Western or Northwestern ' Confederacy,
In. alliance with the South, the grand atm and
•end of all their plottiog and conspiring. It
:1s with this steadily In prosoeet, that they are
•constantly seeking to produce discontent, dis
organization, and civil dlsojder at■; the -North.
With this view, they gloat over every reverse of the
•armies of the Union, anddesire that the rebellion
shall be protracted until the resources of the Go
vernment shall bo exhausted, its strength.paralyzed,
‘ Sts currency hopelessly depreciated, and confidence;
■everywhere destroyed. r Then, from the anarchy
which, under their scheme, is to ensue, the: new
•Confederacy is to arise, which is either to unite it
self with that of the South; or to form therewith a
•clOße and permanent alliance Futile and ex
travagant as this scheme may appear,jit is yet the set
tled purpose ol many leading spirits of the secret
■conspiracy, and Is their favorite Bubjeot of thought
. and discussion. Not only is this scheme deliberated
upon in the lodges of the order, but itis opeoiypro
-claimed. Members of the Indiana Legislature,
even, have publicly announced it, and avowed that
they will take their own state out of the Union, and ,
recognize the independence of the South. A clti
sen, oapturecl by a guerllla,batid In Kentucky last
rsummer, records the tael that the establishment of
a new Confedcraoy as the deliberate purpose of the
Western people was boastfully asserted' by these
outlaws, who also assured their prisoner that in the
event of such establishmtnt there would be “a
igreater rebellion than ever!”
Lastly, it is claimed that the new Confederacy is
already organized; that it has a “ provisional go
vernment,” officers, departments, bureaus, &c,, to
secret.operation. No comment is necessary to be
1 made upon this treason, not now contemplated for
the first time in our history. Suggested by the pre
sent rebellion, it is the losical consequence of the
ardent ami utter sympat-h? therewith which is the
life and inspiration of the secretorder.
fill,-THIS WITNESSES AND THEiE TSSTIMONY.
The facts detailed In the present report have been
derived from a great variety of dissimilar sources,
but all the witnesses, however different their situa-;
tions, concur so pointedly in taeir testimony, that
the evidence which has been furnished of the facts
must be regarded as of the most reliable character.
The principal witnesses may be classified as fol
lows:'
1. Shrewd, intelligent men, employed as detac
tivespand with a peculiar talent lor tbelr calling,
who have gradually gamen the confidence of lead
ing members of the order, and in some eases have
been admitted to Its temples and been initiated into
■one or more of the degrees Toe must remarkable
of these is Stidger, lormerly a private soldier in our
army, who, by the use 01 an uncommon address,
though at great personal .risk, succeeded in esta-
Wishing such intimate relations with Bowles, Bul
litt, Dodd, end other leaders of the order In Indi
ana and Kentucky, as to be appointed grand secre
tary for the latter State, a position the most favora
ble for obtaining luiormation of the plans of these
traitors and warning the Government of their in
tentions. It is to the rare fidelity of. this man,
■who has also been the principal witness upon the
trial of Dodd, that the Government has been chief
ly indebted iorthe exposure of the designs of the
conspirators in the two States named.
2. .Rebel officers and soldiers voluntarily or Invo
luntarily making disclosures to our military autho
rities.—The most valuable witnesses of this class are
prisoners of war, who, actuated by laudable mo
tives, have of their ova accord furnished a large
amount of information In regard to the order, espe
cially as it exists In the South, and of the relations
■of its members with those of the Northern section.
Among these, also, are soldiers at our prison camps,
who, without designing it, have made known to . our
officials, by the use of the signs, &0,, of the order,
that they were members.
3. Scouts employed to travel through the Interior
oi the border States, and also within or in the neigh
borhood of the enemy’s lines.—The fact that some
of these were left entirely ignorant of the existence
of the order, upon be tog so employed, attaches an
increased value to their discoveries in regard to Its
operations.
4., Citizen prisoners, to whom, white in confine
ment, disclosures yjere made relative to the'exist
ence, extent, and character of the order by fellow
prisoners who were: leading members, and who. In
some Instances, upon becoming intimate with the
witness, baltlatod him into one of the degrees.
6. Members of the order, who, upon a fall ac
quaintance with Its principles, have been appalled
by its infamous designs, and have voluntarily aban
doned it, freely making known their experience to
our military authorities.—ln this class may be
placed the female witress, Mary Atm Pitman,
who, though in arrest at the period of her disclo
sures, was yet induced to make them for the reason
that, as she says, “at the last meeting which I
attended they passed an order which I consider as
utterly atrocious and barbarous; so I told them I
would have nothing more to do with them.” This
woman was attached to the command of the rebel
Jr'orrest, as an officer, under the name of “ Lieute
nant Rawleybut, because her sex afforded her
unusual facilities for crossing our lines, she .was
often employed in the execution of important com
missions within our territory, and, as a -member of
the order, was made extensively acquainted with
other members, both of the Northern and Southern
■sections. Her testimony is thus peculiarly valua
ble, and, being a person of unusual Intelligence and
force of character, her statements are succinct,
pointed, and. emphatic. They are also especially
useful as fully .corroborating those of other wit
nesses regarded as most trustworthy.
6. Officers of the order of high rank, who have
been prompted to present confessions, more or less
detailed, in regard to the order and their connec
tion with it. The principals of these are Hunt,
Dunn, and Smith;'grand commander, deputy grand
commander, and grand secretary of the order in
Missouri, to whose statements frequent reference
has been made. These confessions, though In some
degree guarded'and disingenuous, have furnished
to the Government much valuable information in
regard to the secret operations of the order, espe
cially In Missouri, the affiliation of its leaders with
.Price, &o.' It Is to be noted that Dunn makes the
statement in common with other witnesses that, in
•tnterlrg the order, he was quite ignorant of its
■true ipurposes. He,says“l did not become a
member underatandingly; the Initiatory step was
taken in the dark, without reflection and without
. knowledge.” : ■
f 7. Deserters from our army, who, upon being ap
prehended, comessed that they had been induced
to desert by members of the order. It
A,„ tihdeert, principally from thcswsonlesßlons that
Jr toe secret treasonable organization
the year WaE tirst discovered in Indfami in
communications, ad-
or provost mut
, Shate, disclosing facts coiroborative of other more
important statements. , ■
9. The witnesses before the grand jury at India
napolifl, in 1863, when the order was J formatlypre
sen ted as a treasonable organization, and those
whose testimony has been introduced upon the re.
cent trial of Dodd. . , . P tne re
It need only be added thalamost satisfactory test
of the credibility and' weight of much of the evi
dence which has been furnished Is afforded by the
printed testimony in regard to the character and
Intention of the order, which Is fonnd in its national
and State constitutions and 118 ritual. Indeed, the
.statements of the various witnesses are but pre
isentationsof the logleal and Inevitable consequences
.and results of the principles therein set forth.;
In concluding this review, It remains only.to state
■that a constant reference has been made to the eia
toorate- official reports, in regard 'to the'order, of
Brigadier General Carrington, commanding Dls-
of Indiana, and of Col. tjanderson, Provost
.Marshal General or the Department of Missouri.
The great mass of the testimony upon the subject of
■■-the secret, conspiracy has been furnished by these
-officers, the latter acting under the orders of Major
< General Rosecrans, and the former co-operating,
.under the instructions of the Secretary of War, with
Major General BurbrMge, commanding District of
Kentucky, as weU as with Governor Morton, of In
idlana, who, though atone timegreatly embarrassed,
by a Legislature strongly tainted with disloyalty;
his efforts to repress the domestic enemy, has at
2ast seen Ms State relieved from the danger of a
olvllwar. V
But. although the treason of the order, has been
thoroughly exposed, and although it* capacity for
total miaohief has, by means* of the arrest-of its
leaden! the seizure of Its arms, and the other jigo
rons mesms which have been pureued, been serious-,
It Impaired, It Is still busiedwlth Itaßecmplot
tiogfl against fctto GovcnuEWit, Wlw Its pwfidi-
2®® ia aid of the Southern rebellion; It Is
repoiteditc have recently issued new signs and pass
words, and Us members assert that foul means will
be used to prevent the success of. the Administra
tion at the coming election, and threaten an extend
ed revolt In the event of the re election of Presi
dent Lincoln. 1
In the presence of the rebellion and this secret
order—which is but its echo and faithful ally—we
cannot but be amazed at the utter and widespread
profligacy, perfonal and political, whtch. these
movements against the Government disclose. The
guilty men engaged in them, after: casting aside
their allegiance, seem to have'trodden under
foot every sentiment of honor, and every re
straint of law, human and divine.: Judea produced
but one Judas Iscariot, and Rome, from the sinks
of her demoralization, produced but one: Gita
line; and yet, as events prove, there has arisen
la ?J? an ontlrc brood Of such traitors,.
by A* I®' 1 ®' sa “ e parrtoldal: spirit, and
f. 11 -iWltfi ' the same relentless ma
tor the dismemberment of oar Union.
xtrB ! or( ! lßary phenomenon—not paralleled,
It is believed, In . the world’s history—there can
be _bnt> one explanation, and all these blackened
and fetid:streams of crliina may well be traced
to the same comm on fountain. So fiercely intolerant
aud impetious was t!as temper emrendereii by sla
veTy, that whan the , people, after havlog
controlled the national councils for h&if a century*
were beaten at an election, their leaders turned upon
the Government with the insolent fury with which
they would, have drawn their.revolvers on arebel
* nous slave in one of their negro quarters; and they
have continued, since, to' prosecute their warfare,
amid all the barbarisms and atrocities natu
rally ana necossarilv - inspired by the internal
interests they are sa
crifielng alike''themselves and their country.
Many _ot fyiese: IconSplrators, as is well known,
IF? 1 ® ’-d, clothed, and educated at the expense
oi Jue nation, and were loaded with its .turners .
hi the very: moment they struck at Its life with the
horrible criminality of a-son stabbing the bosom of
his own mother while impressing kisses on his
cheeks. The leaders of the traitors In the loyal
States, who SO completely fraternize with these con-;
*??Ts:tc?s, and whose machinations are now un
masked,lt is os clearly the duty of the Administra
tion to prosecute and punish as it is Its duty to sub
jugate the rebels who are openly in arms against
thl Government. In the performance M this duty
it is entitled to expeot, and will doubtlesf receive,
the zealous cooperation of true EQep ©yorywhsrCj
who la crushing the truculent roe amtmshea m the
haunts of this secret order, should rival in courage
and faithfulness the armies which are so noblv sus
taining our flag on the battle-fields of the Sou'll.
; Kespectfully submitted. .T. Holt,
Judge-Advocate General.
§| r |p r e 5
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1864.
The Conspiracy Against the People.
At length the grand disclosure of the no
torious Western conspiracy, which has
for a year past been patent; to the moral
mind of the public, is before us with legal
evidence .and the stamp of official au
thority. In a careful report to .the Secre
tary of War, Judge Advocate General
Holt, an officer whose fearless integrity
is imprinted in the national / history, ex
poses at length the new Secret; plot and
treason ramified and nourished from the
old and bitter root of secession and slavery,
and flourishing its dark and poisonous
growth in all evil ways to corrupt the peo
ple and to kill the nation. The officers of
the Government have, in their turn, been
übiquitous,: vigilant, and , secret, em
ploying every effort to detdet and root
up this underground , villainy, so as to
bring: before tbe eyes of j the people
the whole infamy of a conspiracy, mean
and contemptible, but still’, monstrous,
directed against their very heart’s
life and honor. Truth is stranger than fic
tion, and nothing could seem to be more
sensational than this report, j But it is
merely the record of the court, which we
have been reading for a week back, and it
is so true and complete a revelation that
the very few feeble. and fearful ' attempts
early made to ignore or deny it are abash
ed, silent, and overwhelmed. This disclo
sure has developed providentially up to
: the present hour, when it is proper that the
people, sitting in judgment upon ’ a great
cause, should comprehend it in its most
conclusive form. Par be it from us,to use
it as a mere party argument; we lay it be
fore the simple and earnest thought of a
people desirous to preserve their country
and themselves.
Judf H •’
judge Holt’s report furnishes a remark
able study to scholars of politics and his
tory, as well as a lesson and a warning to
the nation. We shall not attempt to prove
the’, report, for that entirely proves itself j
but we may, in some manner, account for
the political phenomenon which we are in
vited to contemplate. A people at war for
the holiest cause which ever engaged a
people, finds arrayed against it the worst
of motives and the greatest of social
crimes. In extremes like these, we must
find phenomena of good and evil; but not
all of our patriotic people were willing to
accept the belief that no inconsiderable
faction in the North were secretly and ac
tually leagued with the common enemy.
Yet pride, ambition, and outlawry, which
rear themselves upon human slavery, have
done this and more. They have spread the
infection and .contamination of evil through
a large political party, and forged out of
opposition, however honest, and mistaken
patriotism, however well-meaning, a wea
pon for patricide. No doubt exists but that
the most depraved politicians of this faction
controlled the voice and votes of a party,
and claimed the proprietorship and di
rection of the Government policy for the
next four years. So far they succeeded,
but now the people are made aware of the
means with which they attempted to rule
and ruin their party and their country. Let
all honest and well-disposed men receive
and ponder these impartial, undenia
ble facts, which strike the tongue of
falsehood speechless. It is hard to
realize that still for a mess of pottage,
or forty pieces of silver, or out of reck
less self-indulgence or ingrained depravity,
Northern men, neighbors of the same brave
men who fight our battles, are willing to
kindle revolution in the North, precipitate
destruction upon the backs of our paralyzed
armies, save rebellion by crushing law,
order, and Government, and preserve the
South by immolating the North. Well —
the rebellion itself is just such a miracle.
After that, which in its whole life is
strange and abnormal, nothing is strange.
Northern treason may be; meaner, but
does not, on the whole, surpass it;
and yet, we are willing to allow to the
rebel a certain honesty which- this North
ern Guy Fawkes or Titus Oates does not
possess. Since we have heard of honesty
even, among thieves, we are not deceived
as to the quality of the earnestness or sin
cerity which we occasionally find in our
enemies, and which is sometimes claimed
for the very men who have' led the Western
conspiracy. ; The most distinguished mur
derers of the past have “ wrought with a.
sad sincerity,” and villainy and wrong
have their fanaticism as well as good. . Nor
is. it difficult to conceive how theories
of vice, or associations of crime, gain thou
sands of ready or mistaken adherents.
There is no tribunal but God, : time, and
posterity to sit in judgment upon the crimes
to which a multitude of people become at
last the unwilling accessories, or perhaps
the tolerated evils in history would become
appalling to the narro west mind, and loath
some to the common hangman. We
only know at last the crimes of the peo
ple in the vengeance winch they in
flict upon themselves. The people of
Trance, of England, and of the South
have gone through different phases of this
ordeal of retribution. There is an insanity
in mischief which men seldom appreciate ;
and the inner life of the politician is much
like the moral life of the people whom he
misleads. A keen purpose is a sort of in
tellectual integrity which men admire, with
out reflecting whether it is good or -bad.
Fired and spurred with this we have seen
how many politicians go ahead of them
selves, compromise with falsehood, and at
last, out of their own self-deception, be
lieve their own lies, like that usurper de
scribed by Shakspeaiie’s Prospero , in
whom opportunity
“ Awaked an evil nature; »nd my trust,
Ijike a good parent, did beget of him
A falsehood, lid its contrary as great '
As my trust was; which had, indeed, no limit,
A confidence sans hound. He being thus lorded,
Not only with what my revenue yielded,
But what my power might else exact—like one,
Who,having unto truth, by telling or It,
Made such a sinner of his memory
To credit his own lie; he did believe
He was Indeed the Duke.” *-- » * * , ■
Observers of events will know how to
make wide application of such a text. We
know well how the credulity of the people
may beget in itself just, such a process as
that through which the politician misleads
himself; and the thousands with him.: Wrt
admirari: Cataune was,upon the,whole-,
hardly worse than Yallandigham ; and
things retain, their proportion. Base and
wretched traitor and demagogue' fanatic
rascal as.he appears to be, we have'heard
before of Arnold and of Judas. Even a ,
faction of Judases, armed to betray, and
yet ready with their own weapons to com
mit suicide, do not, of course, surprise:
us- But do not let us mistake names and
men, or we may raise up thrones for our
betrayers and gibbets for our saviors.
The people have now the whole revela
tion of the time before Ahern.- They must
not refuse the truth, or palter over it, or
strive to hide it from themselves. It is
manifest that a somewhat formidable con-,
spiracy to disrupt the North, betray and,
overturn the Government, and establish a
Western Confederacy, has been brought >
to light. Beyond a doubt this conspiracy,
gathered money and..supplies, recruited
men, and furnished information to the ene
my while it counselled resistance to the
law and assassination of the ■ officers and
friends of the Government. K The lodges of
a Secret oatli-bonnd treason wore scattered
throughout the North, and organizations,
anned and drilled, were projected to turn;
the balance of power in the scale of the
rebellion. Notorious politicians head this
crowning infamy, and, where .Dodd is only
a subordinate agent, Vallandighah is a
general-in-chief, the editor of the New York
News is a patriarch or priest, and
the representatives of a vulgar and insolent
faction, which demoralizes and
hates the ranks of-our political Opponents,
are satraps and dignitaries. This is no
“ meal-tub plot,” we beg to assure all who
are insincere enough to affect indifference ;
it is of the highest morisent to the education
and safety of the people. This contemptible
conspiracy took*place under cover of parch
ment-, the “Constitution,” and the '•'■habeas;
corpus," alike the shield and buckler of
Dodd and Yallandigjiam. Beaven save
the mark ! how long will our demagogues
cloak themselves with the law, in order to
kidnap it away into slavery ?—how long
Will our people beliove that murderers are
martyrs, because they swear by the “ Con-,
stitution?” Are we not tired of it and
disgusted with it all ? or have we begun to
believe the drivelling talk of weak men
that republican institutions are a failure,
go that we' hw callous;to treason itself,
and heedless • even of anarchy,’ until
it brings our house down upon our
heads ? Honest men of all parties, mark it
well —when our faith in freedom dies, faith
in government is gone ; this is the sol ution
of conspiracy and insurrection. We
should not cease to believe that a villain is
a villain. Such testimony as that afforded
iii tbe report of General Holt will
not permit us to doubt. We, who take;
the law. for our doctrine, surely can
not hold up convicts for our leaders—men
whose malcontent mischief making on be
. half of the law seems a continual protest in
tlieir own; despite against the fact that they
remain unhanged. Let our’ politics purge
itself of the taint of conspiracy, and let
traitors to the nation stand the outlawed of
all parties True men. will take the whole
lesson to their hearts, turn it over in the
quiet of their consciences, and finally spurn
the men who have endeavored to betray
them. The great wrong and crime com
mitted is not against an Administration, but
against the people.
Buckwheat Cakes.
A correspondent sends us a pleasant,
agreeable communication *on a domestic
subject, and we have no doubt our political
friends will allow US to turn aside one
moment from the bustle and noise of the
election to discuss it. Our writer is alarmed
about the butter question. “ What is to
become of us with butter at seventy cents
a pound ?” What is to become of us those
cold, chilling winter days when the frosts,
cover the window pane and the snow rushes
up around the kitchen door ? And particu
larly what shall we do without buckwheat
cakes ? A cake made ’of buckwheat is a
simple article of food, but it is certainly an
emblem of civilization. ; We are not aware
that it was known to the Greeks or Ho
mans. but it is only due to our American
feeling to say that for all ancient civiliza
tion we have a profound contempt. We
believe it is beyond question that our great
American epic, that which serves us for
antiquity and truth as the Iliad or the
Hiebelungen Lied, is the late Mr. Bar
low’s poem on “ Hasty Pudding.” But we
have advanced since Mr. Barlow’s time;
and while we are willing to regard “ Hasty
Pudding”, as a primitive, type, an embryo
creation, the buckwheat cake is the ma
tured evidence of American progress. It
would not be an irreverent or unnatural
argument to say that if the buckwheat-cake
had been properly, appreciated there would
have been no rebellion. This, a fter all, is
the great mistake of the Southern people.
They despised the buckwheat cake, and
went after evil contrivances in the shape
of corn. According to our curly-headed
singers, the minstrels, the type of South
ern civilization was the hoe cake, between
Which and pure culture there is a great
antagonism; People who live on .corn
cannot be expected to attain that high dig- ,
nity of advancement which always fol-:
lows the buckwheat cake, for corn sug
-gests long marches and short rations, and
whisky and brigadier generals of the Con
federate army—-but no such associations
cluster around our beloved buckwheat.
I he evil demon of intemperance has never
degraded it. into whisky, or gin, or rum.
It suggests Rng nights, and bright, ruddy
faces streaked with sweetness, and large
eyes reflecting the flames of the blazing'
fire, and peace and comfort and home. -
Therefore the crisis in butter suggests a
more weighty dispensation than even the
election of General McClellan, an ora
tion from Mr. Vaux, or a volume of poems
from Mr. Ttjppeb. ;We might survive
these calamities, for they could at best
only throw back the progress of truth and
taste for a few years;.but there can be no
J such escape from the new visitation. Are
there tb bo no more whist parties, and must
Johnny go to bed with a supper of cold
corn bread ? There might b$ a compromise
with potatoes, but we have the authority
of the English nation that the potato is a
rebellious esculent. We believe that the
! London Timet has demonstrated, even to
its own satisfaction, that had it not been
for potatoes Lord Edward Fitzgerald
would never have died in prison, and Mr.
Emmett would have / teen spared his
melancholy and prosy dying address.
Johnny cannot be compensated With
potatoes, and nos wonder he goes to
bed rebellious. Ho' wonder Mary'enters
the parlor with a scowl, and sescls new de-.
spair into the,heart of her hesitating lover.
Buckwheat cakes would have softened
Mary’s .heart, and her whole life might
have been happy. It has been suggested
by thoughtful, social economists that roast
ed chestnuts or apples might be "substituted
for pur glorious buckwheat. How, on this
question, we do not wish to be misunder
stood. There is a magnitude in the chest
nut question that quite attracts us. We do
not remember to have seen the chestnut
degraded into whisky, or gin, or rum ; it
is not a favorite in the Confederate army,
and the only allusion to chestnut burrs in
the whole expanse of Southern literature
is a sentimental tribute to the virtues of a
certain Mitjs Katy Deax. Therefore, we
are rather charmed with the chestnut, but we
cannot compare it with,our buckwheat. It
has been appropriated by a tribe of foreign
ers, and we believe is one of the causes of
the progress in Italian opera. In this re
spect we must condemn the chestnut as
snobbish. It does very well in its way,
just as white kid gloves and fancy vests,
and Mr. Verdi’s opera will do. But we
cannot always i be gloved and; arrayed in
gay colors, and there is nothing domestic
in Mr. Verdi’s tremendous music. There
fore, we abandon the chestnut in despair
to its Italian sympathizers and friends, as
we are afraid we must abandon the apple.
Mr. Emerson tells us the apple is “ a social
fruitbut it will not bear 'investigation.
To be frank, tbe apple has been degraded;
it is nothing more than, cider and apple
whisky. Cider gave us a feeble President
once on a time,-and apple whiakyis univer
sally conceded to be the cause of the gene
ral darkness that pervades our neighboring
THE PKKSS.—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1864.
island of New Jersey. There is little doubt
that if thejflelegalion fr'om'New Jersey had
not been under the influence of apple
whisky its 'members would never have
nominated Gen. at the Chicago
Convention. Altogether, therefore, and
with great respect for Mr. Emerson, we
cannot accept the apple in place of our
buckwheat,uniess in the modified and aux
iliary, form of apple butter. It must be dis
missed as something cither positively dis
loyal orin sympathy with treason.
Now what are we to do ? We cannot aban
don the buckwheat cake. It will never do
to surrender it without a struggle. If Mr.
Stabtok were to threaten the farmers with
universal conscription they might he per
suaded to reduce the price of butter, but
this would be an arbitrary act, 'and as
such we would be compelled to condemn
it. If Mr. Cameron is anxious to bring
Bucks county back to its senses, he might
do it with a plentiful supply of buckwheat
cakes, but we are almost afraid to make
the suggestion for fear Mr. Belmont or
Mr. Ward; who is known to be fon<i of
buckwheat cakes, might dis
tinguished ex-Senator. .Au-fqj Berks, we
are convinced that ncVtiing but old rye
will ever have any reformatory effect, and
his staple it 'Would be almost superfluous
1° Te Commend to our Democratic friends,
uowever, we will make no further politi
cal application of this painful subject,
but conclude our comments with a sin
glesuggestion, The shortening days and
crisp, falling leaves—the cold wiuds and
chill mornings, all remind us that winter is
rushing upon us. It will be a dreary win
ter to the poor, and many a circle of faces
that formerly smiled oyer the high-heaped,
ungainly, • steaming dish, will have few
such reasons to smile; now. We must do
our duty to-those poor friends and brothers.
Those whom God has blessed in substauce
and,store must make ready their prepara
tions for charity and well-doing. Let us
organize our associations for doing good,
and see that all the money we can spare
will be given to the needy and unfortu
nate, There is ho duty more holy than
this, and now, while there are time and op
portunity, and no immediate, pressing
WEUit, we gladly urge it upon the ladies
and gentlemen Who'will probably read this
article as they sit amid the happiness of
home, surrounded with comfort and peace,,
a well-ordered breakfast table, deliciously
fragrant coffee, and an unbounded supply
of buckwheat cakes.
A letter of Alexander H. Stephens,
written under: date of September 22, has
made its appearance in print. In this Mr.
Stephens discusses the question of peace,
and, as -usual, ; writes plausibly and dispas
sionately. He speaks,, of course, with ap
proval of the Chicago platform, an armis
tice, a" convocation of States, State sove
reignty, the right of secession, and of
“giving aid and encouragement to>.tlie
Peace party at the North,” for which pur
pose the letter itself is evidently written.
Speaking of a Convention of the. States,
Mr. Stephens says‘ -
“ The properly constituted authorities at Wash
ington and Richmond, the dulyf authorized repre
sentatives of the two confederacies of Stateshow at
war with eaoi other, might give their assent to such
a proposition., Good might result from it. It would
he art appeal on both sides from the sword to reason
and justice. All wars which do not result in the
extinction or one side or the other
must be ended sooner or later by some sort of ne
gotiation.
“ From the discussion or interchange of views in
such a Convention, the history as well as the true
nature of our institutions, and the relation of the
States toward each other and towards the Federal
head, would doubtless be much better understood
generally than they now are ; but I should favor
such a proposition only as a peaceful conference, as
the Convention of 1787 was. I should bo opposed to
leaving the questions to the absolute de
cision of such a body. • ,
“Delegates might be clothed with powers to con
sult and agree, if they could, upon some plan or ad
justment, to be submlttedfor subsequent ratldeatlon
by the sovereign States whom it affected, before It
should be obligatory or binding, and then binding
only on such as should so ratify it,
“ All questions of boundaries, confederacies, and
union or unions would naturally and easily adjust
themselves, according to the Interested parties and
the exigencies of the times. Herein lies the true
law of the balance of.powor and the harmony of
'States'.’’. ■ / .' . :■ -
Mi. Stephens, it will tints be seen, ac
knowledges only one way to treat with tlie
South, and that by acknowledging the
Confederacy. Union he mentions very
shadowily. , Peace is the main idea of his
letter, and separation* its only deduction.
Nothing can he done unless sovereign State
rights are recognized as greater than those
of the General Government. This is a cu
rious attitude for the man who at the be
ginning of our troubles strove hard to show
a stubborn people that they had not a grain
of reason to secede or rebel, and who would
now insist that a great Government should
be liable at any time to find itself at the
mercy of the smallest dependency and the
meanest minority.
General Thomas L. Kane, brother of
Dr. Kane, the distinguished Arctic explo
rer, has taken a decided position in favor of
Mr. Lincoln's re-election. General Kane
was the old leader of the “ Bucktails,” and
his heroic, gallant, and successful career as'a
soldier is not forgotten by Pennsylvania,
Though disabled by wounds, he has not re
signed Ms commission. Such a man could
do no less than support Mr. Lincoln, and
give his vote to the cause for which he has
risked Ms life.
Mb. Joseph A. Wane, formerly con
nected with this’ paper, and more recently
engaged in the free-labor experiment in
Mississippi, has been appointed solicitor fir
the sixth auditor’s office-of |he Treasury
Department. Mr. Ware is air accomplish
ed writer and an able lawyer, and his ap
pointment* to public duty-will be a great
advantage to the Government.
The Chicago Times threatens civil war
if the electoral vote of Tennessee is count
ed. Why is it that these journals of peace
are so anxious for war? Their blood
thirsty proclivities might be exercised on
the enemies of the country.
Edward Stanly, of California.) has come out for
McClellan.— Exchange.. ■ ",f
Who is Stanly ?
WAShUTGTON, Oct. 16.
THE REMAIN OB' CHIEF''JUSTICE TANEY.
1 The funeral' train of Chief Justice Tansy left,
here yesterday morn inf?. His request that his fune
ral ceremonies might be conducted without any dis
play or pomp whatever was observed as far as prao
tieaore, A special train, appropriated by W,
PhbScOVt Smith .«w»v*y«4 ft? corpse, ac<
eompaiiied by his daughters, grandchildren, T*'
tives, and a few friends. The pall-bearers were
united States Marshal Xmmon, of the District of
Columbia; Messrs. Carltlk, Cosway, Robin
son, and Cox, ofthe Washington Bar ;Mr. TrLBR,
Frederick City, and Mr. I). w. Middi-ston,
Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The train proceeded, directly tosFrederiek, whdre
the body will be interred. ■ >.
President Lincoln and several members of the
Cabinet, together with a large number of members
of the Bar, accompanied the remains of Chief Jus
tice Tansy to the train. ,
DISTINGUISHED yiSITpBS TO THE AfiSlY.
The Secretary of War has gone to City Point, ac
companied by the Quartermaster General, Com
missary General, and Surgeon General, to confer
with General GKANT upon the war estimates for
the ensuing year. It is. believed that; by the trans
fer of the seat of war to the cotton States, a con
siderable reduction of expenditures may be made,
especially in the forage and subsistence depart
ments.. ;• ■{'
Seoretary Fessenden and other prominent per
sonages have also left Washington for the Army of
the Potomac.
It is a noticeable feature that among the bids for
the late $40,000,000 loan was an increased number
froinNatlonal Banks in various parts of the coun
try. About one hundred of them forwarded pro
posals.
It has already been stated that the Secretary of
the Treasury has accepted all offers at -and over
31-100 the, and to much of those at 30-100ths premi
um as will make the sum of forty millions, the pro
portion of the latter being 60 per cent, of the entire
sum bid for at the figui e.
The Secretary took some hours for consideration
before coming to a conclusion, he having reserved
the right to decline all bids not in his opinion ad
vantageous to the Government. , \
REPORTED'DISCHARGE OF COUNTERFEITERS
It is. stated here that the counterfeiters, Robert
R. Miller and Jambs Morris, arrested at Port
Jervis, New York, have been discharged, on giving
ball in the Bum of $4,000. <■
NATIONAL CURRENCY.
• ,’Notes of the denomination of fisoo’and $l,OOO have
been prepared, and will soon be distributed to the
National banks.
WASHINGTON.
TIIE NEW LOAN.
ON BAIL.
THE WAR.
TEE ARMY ON -THE JAMES,
KECONNOISSANCEBY GENYTERRX
TOWARD RICHMOND.
THE GUERILLAS IN MARYLAND.
REPORTED BURNING OF POOLESVILLE,
Important Advices t'fom
souri, Louisiana, and "^ exaSl
(iENBRAt
A. EBCOKKOrSSANC'E IJY TERRY WITEtHf TWO
Ann A HALF OF KtOHKOND—THE RNKHV
BRIVRW TO BrS.: ENTKB , BOHMBKTSi
[Special Corr«r pftndellce pri)s; .
Hbapqttartkus IN THB FUSED,
Before Eiohmond, . October 14, 1864,
. qniot oi tlie past few flays was broken jester*
day morning by an advance of the loth Corps, under
General Terry, Major General Biraoy being absent
on a sick leave. It was a grand reaonaoiasande In
force to develops the enemy’s new line of works
between the Charles City and New Market roads.,
Xante's cavalry moved but in the morning as early
as three o’clock; in fine order and excellent spirits,
bearing no cvidenco of tho temporary reverse of
last Friday, on the extreme right of the line, and
advanced in the course of the day within two miles
of Bichmond, Tbe Ist Brigade, under Colonel
Curtis, and ,the 2d, under Colonel Moore, wero
stationed on the extreme left of the line joining the
works of tho loth Corps, to prevent a flank move
ment of the enemy.
General Ames, of the Ist Division, commanded the
right of the lire, while General William Birnoy
marshalled the left. The 7th U, S. Colored Troops
was thrown out as skirmishers, and they advanced
without faltering, driving tbe enemy into his en
trcnchments arouod Bichmond. This regiment re
mained on duty until about noon, when it was rei
licved by the 6th U. S. Colored Troops, who fully
sustained the good opinion which the 7th had ac
quired during the earlier part of the day,
After the enemy had been driven into his strong
holds about the city, General Ames thought he dls- N
covered a weak point in his defences, and advanced
against it. This idea proved, however, to be a de-;
Insion, and the assault ing party was ordered to fall
back, which they did in good order. Theenemy feel
ing a little disappointed that General Ames was not
entrapped, made a sortie, which was handsomely
repulsed 1 ■ ,
2 The object of this reoonnolssaneo was to ascertain
the strength of Ahe new works which the enemy was
constructing. Of course; the firing was very heavy,,
tho musketry quick and sharp, and many good men
fell to rise no more. But the objeot of the advance I
being accomplished, .the troops all, as they had
during the entire day, returned in the best of order,
without the loss of a man on the way. Barely has
a reconnoissance been so satisfactorily made. The
soldiers came up and relieved each other in grand
style; while the unbroken fire of the artillery was
sufficient evidence oi its excellent working order,
About twilight, or a little before, the llth Corps
reached the point front which It moved, not pushed
back, but returning at will. The enemy feared to
leave Ms works even to follow us on our return
' The Information which General Butler has boen
able to obtain by this movement is deemed invaifia
ble, but, of course, it could not be obtained without
some loss, which, in killed and wounded, will not
exceed three hundred. Av« lost none by capture.
Among the killed is Oapt. A. G. Dickey, Bth U, S.
G. T. He belonged to Lewlstown, Pa,, where he is
well known os u gentleman, while here he was
highly appreciated as an excellent and brave offi
cer. Major Kemp; 10th Connecticut, was alsokilled.
Lieut. Colonel Smith, 62d Ohio, is mortally
wounded.
Capt. Lewis, Bth U. S. C.T., wounded,’abdomen.
Lieut. Lewis, Bth U. S. O. T., flesh wound, hand.
: Lieut. Krllls, Bth U. S. C. T., flesh wound, leg.
Adjutant' Spaulding, 29th U. S. 0.. T., slightly In
the foot. Rolxtn.
THU REBELS CHECKING DESERTIONS APPKB*
HENiED/BAID OF THB X.NISMY.
Washington, Oot, 16.—A letter from the Army
of the Potomac says the enemy exercise the utmost
vigilance to prevent desertion.
The rebel cavalry appear to have been massing
on our left, meditating, it was supposed, a raid on
the railroad near Warren Station. Preparations
were made to give them a fitting reception.
Many new recruits having arrived, drilling is
going on at all hours of the day.
Cannon and musket shot aTe frequently inter
changed ijp the'opposing armies.
A soldier of the 2d Maryland Regiment has boen
shot for desertion.
THE fiITERILUS lii MiRTUND.
SIOSBBT’S RAID ON THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO
ROAD—DESCRIPTION OR THE CAPTURED TRAIN
ALL THE OARS BUT THREE BURNED BY THE RE
BELS—THE TRAINS NOW RUNNING AS USUAL.
Baltimore, Oct. 15.—The train on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, interrupted by Moseby, consisted
of six passenger cars, a baggage, a mail, and the
Adams Express car. The oars had scarcely been
halted before the guerillas took possession of each
and began plundering the passengers. The robbers
were led by the guerilla chieftain Moseby, who or
dered the passengers to get into three of the carai
while his men set fire to the rest of the train; About
.twenty soldiers and a paymaster were made prison
ers, and our informant stated that a rumor was cur
- rent at Martlnsburg that upwards of forty thousand
; dollars, intended for the payment of soldiers, were
also captured. The train, including the baggage
car, was consumed by fire, nothing but the trucks
being loft.
The train from the West arrived within-a short
distance of the place where the up- train was cap
tured, and would have shared its -fate had not the
engineer ol the’captured.train, who made his escape
during the confusion, signalled it to stop. The
Western train arrived at the Camdon-Btreet Depot
at half past 10 o’clock last evening, and from a
passenger we gathered the above account.
Yesterday afternoon, when the train arrived at
Harper’s Ferry, the conductor was advised to be
cautious in moving towards the city, as a squadron
of Dnion cavalry had, during the morning, engaged
a body of rebel cavalry in the vicinity of the Point
of: Rocks. The train made three attempts to pass
the rocks before succeeding, having encountered
the rebels at that point.
Most by was present during the attack on the traim
and sauntered about, twirling a switch, as uncon
cerned as If the affair was of no moment. When
: remonstrated with about robbing the passengers
and destroy ing the train, he remarked that it could
not bo'helped; he bad orders to such effect, and that
the affair was only a Roland for an Oliver. His
gang numbered about 150, and were well olad and
armed to the teeth. ■;
; The trains are now running as usual.
General Stevenson, at Harper’sJForry, has posted
his cavalry in a situation to prevent a reposition of
this audacity.
REPORTED CROSSING OX GUERILLAS INTO THE
STATE—RUMORED ROBBERY AND BURNING OF
, POOLEBVILLE ALARM OF -THE FARMERS—A
FORCE SENT IN PURSUIT OF THE RAIDERS,
Washington, Oot. 15.— From couriers from the
neighborhood of Rookville and other portions of
Montgomery county, Maryland, we learn that it is
reported there that a body of guerrillas, variously
estimated at from 150 to 200 strong, crossed the Po
tomac at White’s Ferry, yesterday afternoon.
The g uerillas'are supposed to bo com manded by
White, who knows every foot of ground in that sec
tion of country. At 12 o’clock last night a report
was received at Rockville that the guerillas had en
tered Poolesville, ransacked the stores, and then
fired the,town.
The distance from White’s Ferry to PooiasvJHe Is
eleven miles, and from thence to Rockville Is eigh
teen miles. V,-..-
A* two o’clock this morning a report reached
here from our advanced post on the Rockville road,
that last evening two thousand mounted rebels
crossed the river at the mouth of the Monocacy,
and were advancing On Rockville.
The military authorities here, however, believe
that the number ;of rebels who have crossed into
Marylancfis greatly overrated, and that it is nothing
more than a horse-stealing party.
Farmers who have arrived here state that the
party of rebels which appeared at Poolesvltle do
not number over one hundred men.; General
Harden, who commands the troops on the Rook*
ville road, has sent a force in pursuit of the Inva
ders, and it is believed that they will not escape
Vifh impunity. - .
THE PdTCzftg CROSSED NEAR EDWARD'S FERRY
ry wsite’s antini>£ A ‘~ —voRS Guerillas RE
PORTED rs MARYLAND.
WASRiNGTONj Oot. lb. —Information has reached
hero that yesterday afternC 011 About one hundred of
White’s guerillas criiipdat ft £ ord o y u ®, PotOB U“»-
six miles above Edward’s Terry, 2 nd advanced to
Foolesville, Maryland, where they droT® odt t* l ®
citizens and committed ; maoh daifl.age. Then'®
additional reports, but they are not authenticated,
that later in the day„another guerilla band dressed
near the Monocacy and moved down the Rockville
road.
THE WAR IN GEORGIA.
THE MILITARY SITUATION—SHERMAN WORKING TO
KEEP OPEN HIB COMMUNICATIONS,
Chattanooga, Oct. 15—7 P. Kt.—Reports of
scouts fall to show the presence of any considerable
body of the enemy north of Tunnel Hill. Walker
and Whitfield counties have been scoured by a
small party of rebel cavalry, who were not very
effective in destroying the railroad.
.. General Schofield sent out a strong reconnoiter-
Ing party to-day to discover the whereabouts of the
rebel column said to ho moving towards the west.
Scouts of the 44th Colored Regiment in garrison
at Dalton, and who escaped after Colonel Johnson’s
surrender, arrived to-day and give various accounts
of affairs..
Ringgold and intermediate points have been
strengthened by General Schofield.
Nothing definite is known as to Sherman’s.where
abouts, but he is known to be energetically at work
to keep open his route to Atlanta no matter what
rebel column may inter!ere.
UNION "RE-OCCUPATION OR RINGGOLD—REPORTED
SURRENDER OF DALTON TO HOOD.
Chattanooga, Oct. 15--9 P; M.— Our forces to
day re-occupied Ringgold, and the block-house
twelve miles in advance, and found the railroad
and bridge tale. ,;It;is generally believed that Dal
ton, with the46th Colored Reglmentj’surrendered to
Hood’s army yesterday, but nothing official has
been received. There is no communication yet with
Sherman. - ■ ■- V
There was an abundance of supplies at Atlanta,
in Anticipation of such a movement by the rebels.
Major Gen. Stedman has arrived and resumed
command of tlie district.
Six months’ supplies are on hand,.and the officers
of the army feel confident that Hood Is making a
movement that will certainly prove disastrous to
himself. ■
[Despatches from General Sherman are expeoted
to- arrive this-morning. ■ They- will probably give
the facts in regard to the reported abandonment of
Dalton.— Ed. The Press-]
THE MISSOURI INYASIOST.
THE ItEBIiLS KRTBKATINO—THBV BCATTBS AND
PtTFBDBE THE OOTTNTBV—PROVISIONS FOB BX
PBI.LING THEM—KOBECKANS IN TOB FMOIt—
ATROCITIES OF THE ' CHIVAOEIC SOTTrITRONS.
[Special Correspondence of The Tress'..!
-• •• : i St. .Louis, Out. IS, 1864.
I think it may be safely put flown that the rebel
army of General Price is retreating. The principal
damage of the raid is done, and we are relieved, at
all events, of the apprehension of further military
disasitr. Aiter the feigned attack upon Jefferson
Ci'.y—whlch, indeed, might have proved serious had
'the place not been so well defended.—the course of
1 the rehelß was westward and southward. On pass
ing through California, a place twenty-five miles
Wi of Jefferson, the rebels had a l»rr 4 e train of
empty v agons. This is a sure indication that they
intended end desired a hasty march,
Gen. McNeil, who arrived Ift tQW£ last night from
Jefferson City, gives it as his opinion, that Price
himself: has retreated towards the Southwest by'
way of Warsaw, and is now making haste towards
Springfield, although reports at the department
headquarters represent him as having ills b.?a<2»
quarters at Boonville, the scene of his earliest ex
ploits at a very late day. Gen. McNeil, who must
, hay? fc&d reports frojn the pursuing forces, i? s*9st
llbely to he correct, in which case bat few days will
elapse bofore this State is free from armed,{organized
/rebels. _ /-W £'. ; '
Gm. Kosecrans went to the field last night, and is
at Jefferson City to-day, It is needless to say that
his appearance in the saddle is quite late in the day.
However, it matters bat little, as we have not
cavalry to pursue effectively, and there is nothing
to do bnt repair the damage they have done.
One report says that two thousand of them have
crossed the Missouri river at Boonville. Gen, Fisk
with —~ menhas crossed,and is now mbvingup
the north bank in the direction of St- Joseph, so as
to head them off.' Gen.,Sanborn, with cavalry, is
pushing on, towards Sedalla In the rear of one
column of the enemy.
' The raiders were oxchanglngabout throe hundred
worn-out and broken-down horses daily for such as
they could /pick up along the route. They are
taking with them all the young men in the country
who show the least sympathy, with them. In this
respect they are doing a real service to the State.
It should bo more generally known that they are
behaving themselves very badly in other respects.;
.Although Gen. Price, pseudo Gov. Reynolds, and
other officers disclaim ahy countenance at outrage,
and barbarity, there are many cases reported, > In
the single village of Union, Franklin county, they
forcibly ravished three German women and brutally
persecuted others to compel them to reveal where
their money or liquor was hidden.; \
The impression made upon the people of the State
is not favorable, and in another respect there is
good to be derived from the incursion. It has long
been a pet theory of the rebel leaders that in Mis
souri, Kentucky, and Maryland the people are over
whelmingly loyal to the South, and that if a power
ful rebel army were In their, midst they would rise
unanimously to Bhake off what they speak of as the
“Lincoln tyrant’s yoke.’’
Maryland and ! Kentucky have both been abun
dantly tried, and have failed to respond to the se
ductions of treason. Missouri, although containing
more of the revolutionary element than either, has
.turned a deaf ear also; and now we see the chivalrlo
Southerners ol Missouri volunteering at the point
of the bayonet, just as the conscripts in Georgia
and Alabama do. • ■ ■
A writer in the Morning Republican says:
“ The outrages committed at Washington, Mo.,
although great,’ are a bagatelle compared to the
deeds of wickedness perpetrated in the surrounding ,
country. Men tied to trees and stoned to death,
negro servants, shot, women ravished—ail these
things were, done—-but the theme is too painful for
me to dllate"upon, and too unseemly for description
in any respectable journal. That these deeds ware
committed, I knou> t for I conversed with some who
had Been un willing eye witnesses to the acts, whilst
in two instances I heard from the lips of the victims
the story of the wrong which has ruined their own
health and happiness, blasted their own future and
that of their offspring..
"In onelnstancethehusband was‘compelled (tied)
to witness the outrage of his wife. If those state
ments „are doubled the full particulars can be fur
nished. The stay of the Confederates in town in no
wise differed from their visits to other places—save
that they were only; moderately drank—a state of
things owing it is to be presumed to the faet that
the/ staple drink here is 1 lager.’ How the ragged
Bacchanalians could patronize anything so intense
ly ‘Dutch,’ is more than I can account for, save
. upon the maxim, ‘ necessitas non habit lex.’ ”
■ Thus far the raid has developad no concerted ac
tion in political matters, and was, I believe, purely
a military movement, with an inevitable chance of
improving the prospects of the Democratic candidate.
It is certainly true that .the rebel soldiers showed’
great sympathy for MeOleUan’s cause, and also
showed favor to McClellan voters..
The division of enrolled militia, under the com
mand of Gen. Pike, have been ordered to return to
the city, with a: small exception of a detail.for
guarding bridges on the railhead. There Is no doubt
that the militia organization has been of great ser
vice in warding off an attack upbn thißoity, and
In supplying the places of the United States troops
for active service. She has. shown commendable
spirit in her organization of militia, and will no
doubt see her reward in the policy. Would it not
be well for the cities of Philadelphia and Harris
burg to be similarly prepared against incursions of
the enemy 1
The political prospects in the State are becoming
more settled. Wo shall probably have a Presi
dential olectlon, thongh not a full vote, as many of
the inhabitants of the State have fled lately. It is
gratifying to know, however, that the State will, in
case of a free election, send Union electors'. Mis*
souri has usually been allowed to be in favor of
McClellan. This I have good reason for saying is
not the case. The success of the Democratic orators
who are stumping the State has not been so brilliant
as they could desire. In fact, the presence of Union
soldiers at nearly every town does not agree with
them. There is an irreconolleable antipathy to.the
peace-sneaking Democrats in the breasts of all
Western soldiers. Observe the votes of the'army at
the election of Tuesday. The Western fighting men
have no votes to give to a party of peace, concession,
and pardon-asking. v - '
CAPTURE AND SUBSEQUENT EVACUATION OF SEDA-
liIA BY THE REBELS.
St. Lours, Oct. 16.—About two thousand rebels,
with two guns, under Jeff Thompson, attackod So
malia at two o’clock yesterday, and drove the militia
out of that place. A few of the militia resisted the
attack, but finally surrendered and were paroled
on the spot. The citizens were released without
parole. The rebels left during the night, and a
Federal infantry force arrived there this morning.
The rebels robbed the stores of several thousand
dollars’ worth of hoots and shoes, and burned the
water station, hut did no other injury to the rail
road. The rolling stook was ail sent to Tipton. T
Price is reported to be missing in Lexington.
Bill Anderson cut the North Missouri Railroad at
High Hill, and is reported to have visited New
Florence. Anderson, says his only orders are to
raise h— in North Missouri.
KENTUCKY.
RUMORS OF AN ATTACK ON PADUCAH.
Cairo, Oct. 16.— Cairo Is full of rumors of a
threatened attack on Columbus, Ky., and rein
forcements have been sent there.
A large rebel force Is reported at Mayfield, threat
ening Paducah.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
New York, Oct. 16.—The steamers Yazoo and
Creole have arrived- from New Orleans, the latter
bringing advices of the 9th Inst. :
An expedition Bent by General Dana from Rod
ney, Mississippi, consisting of colored cavalry and
infantry, reached Fayette on the 2d Instant, captu
ring 600 head* of cattle, a large number of horses
and mules, and several prisoners.
Another expedition sent by General Dana attack
ed the rebels at Woodviiie, on the 6th instant, cap
turing tnree guns, two officers, and fifty-four men,
and killing forty others. Our loss was none.
A cavalry expedition, under General Lee, cap
fared Clinton, Louisiana, on the 6th instant, with
thirty prisoners, including Lieutenant Colonel
Pinckney, the rebel provost marshal general of the
district, and considerable stores and ammunition.
At the last accounts Lee was: ten miles east of
Clinton.
A reconnolßsaneo sent out from Morganzia, under
Colonel Guppy, of the 2d Wisconsin, with three re
giments of infantry and one of cavalry, returned
previous to the 6th, alter a severe skirmish with,
one thousand rebel cavalry. Our loss was two killed
and three or four wounded. Tiie enemy’s, loss is
supposed to be considerable. Thirteen prisoners
weretaken.
A force under Col. Dye, of the 20th lowa, occupy
Semmesport and Morgan’s Ferry, on the Atchafa
laya.
The rebels have been driven beyond the Yellow
Bayou. The steamer Emily B. Souder, from»New
had arrived at New Orleans.
Advices from Matamoros give a rumor- of the
capture of the steamer Ike Davis, hound from Bag
dad to New Orleans, by a party who had taken
passage on her, and who ran her into Galveston,
a aentlemaa who. left Bagdad o» ft? 2l?ti ult, ar
rived at New Orleans and reports the five hundred
French marines yet there and entrenched. Six
ships of war lay off the bar. 1
An expedition, sent up the river, went within
twenty miles of Matamoros, and returned on ac
count of the lowness of the water, and was not
driven '' aok 1,7 Cortinas. The boats were lying too
low to eon m flu d the x ban i s of the rlver - Continued
rains had from^movlng
down from Monterey, »v r. aB '
the cavalry ■were within two days'* fflaroa "
moros, waiting for the infantry to come up.
It was reported that Cortinas had his guhs bear*
tag- on Brownsville, and threatened to bombard that
place if the Texans molested him.
The crops in Louisiana aro short, the daily rains
having damaged them. The further gathering of
cotton in Lafourche district is almost impossible,,
and few planters of sugar will make enough for
their home consumption. Hay, rice, potatoes, and
corn are in very limited’yleld.
THE RESULTS OF COLONEL OSBAND’S EXPEDITION—
CONTINUOUS SCOUTING UP THE YAZOO RIVER—
LABOR CAPTURES BY OUR TROOPS.
Natohbz, Oct 9 —Particulars of Col. Osband’s
expedition have been received. He debarked from
transports, at Tunica Bend, on the 3d, and early on
the 6th surrounded the rebels: at Woodvllle. He
killed forty-five of them, including one major, and
captured three guns, two officers, and fifty-four men
Our loss was four horses killed. The rebels were
commanded by Major Cook.
A battalion of the Sd United States Cavalry (ca.
iored) captured the guns, rebel .telegraph instru
ments, and many Important despatches. They also
captured a large amount or commissary and quar
termaster’s stores, which were destroyed. Sc'-eral
hundred head of..cattle, horses, and mules were
-turned over to -Colonel Kent at Fort Adams, and
wcie shipped to this place.
Colonel Osband then went some distance beyond
Woodvllle, but finding no enemy, joined Oolonei
Farras. The two coiihnands then returned to Nat
chez, bringing in more stock. Colonel ICont also
captured a great deal of stock while marching from
Tunica to Fort Adams. ' -
Lieut. Gibbs, of the rebel secret service in this vi
cinity, was killed.
The Berios of operations undertaken by General
Dana; have consisted of one { almost continuous
’scout from far up the Yazoo on the north,-to Bayou
Sara on the south. The fruits of these .raids in
clude a largo number of cattle, 800 horses and
mules, and various supplies* * including 56 bales of
cotton. * ~
‘ LieutKEarl, of the specl a j 6Con ts, arrived last
night from the vicinity; of, £ ts Joseph, on the west
elde of the river, havUv , tured one majo r, two
bags, containing impor
tant | et;tar g j i a transit from the
trans-raisßisel jip i Department to the rebel head-
He alsorecaptured 13 battle-flags which
bsu bt» n tgtgn irom the United States soldiers in
I^ e .Otisengagements. -
F CIRTHKR DETAILS OF ASBOTH’S EXPEDITIOF—
CAPTURE OF AN RX-SENATOR. ‘ 5
Cairo, Oct. 15—The Bteamer Moilie Able has
arrived, with New Orleans; advices of the 9th inst.
The steamer Emily B. Souder, from New York on
the 28th, had arrived at New Orleans. ...
Cotton was depressed ; Middling, $1,20. The
large receipts of flour from St. .Louis had weakened
the market.
General Asboth’s expedition into West Florida
reached Mariana os the 27th ultimo, and captured
.that place, after a 'stubborn resistance, taking 81
priSOßerßy including a brigadier general, one" colo
nel, and a large quantity of stores, 200 horses and
mules. 400 bead of oattle. Oar loss was 32 Silled
and wounded. Among the former wero Captain
Young and Lieutenant Ayers,
Tho" expedition to Fort Gibson captured N. T.
Eliot, formerly United .States Senator.
New Orleans, Oct. 10.-No tidings have yet.
been received,of the steamer Morning Star, which
left Ne w York on the Ist inst.
KEPABTMEJiT OF THE SOUTH.
EECAPB OF A UNION OFFICER FROM CHARLESTON—
EAVAOES OF THE YELLOW FEVER—NO UNION
. PRISONERS. NOW IN CHARLESTON—CAPTURE OF
REBELMILITIAIN FLORIDA—KEPORTBDCAPTURE
OF A BATTALION OF THBENRMV AT TALLAHASSEE
—-A BLOCKADE-RUNNER SUNK OFF CHARLESTON.
New York, Oct. 16.— The steamship Fulton, from
Fort Royal, S. 0., arrived last night.
Captain Cox, of the 55th Pennsylvania, had es
caped from Charleston prison, and says that twenty
deaths from yellow fever are dally occurring in
Charleston. The Union prisoners have all been
sent out of the city.
About four thousand rebel troops are in and about
Charleston,
General Foster has recently made a tour of In
spection of our fortifications in Florida. ... .
Colonel Noble lately captured a camp of militia
at Enterprise, Florida, and it Is reported that a re
bel battalion under Major made pri
soners at Tallahassee. . ...
' A large side-wheel blockade-runner was sunk by
our fleet at the entrance to Charleston harbor, and
another steamer was driven back while endeavor
teg to'run out, . . :,V. - ~' .
REBEI. ÜBFi AIITIES,
THE REBELS PORCINO COLORED PRISONERS OF
WAR TO WORK ON THEIR FORTIFICATIONS—
BRUTAL- TREATMENT -OB ..UNION WOUNDED BY
THE REBELS—LETTERS FROM SENKKAL BUTLER,
AND AFFIDAVITS ON THE SUBJECT.
Headquarters Army of the .Tames,
.Tn the Field, ,Oot. 12, lB6t—P. M.
It has transpired *that the rebels have very re
cently assumed the right to manthelrdefenees with
negroes captured while in arms from tho United
States armies, and to compel them to do duty upon
their fortifications, in direct and explicit contraven
tion of all recognized rnio3 of war. Tho following
affidavits and letters—the latter indited by Major
General Butler—clearly set forth the enormity and
extent of this outrageous business, ho less than
demonstrate the stringent manner, in which the
chieitainof the Army of the James proposes to deal
with such glaring perfidy: .....
. THE AFFIDAVITS,
HEABtiUABTERS VA. PT. CAROLINA,
- A*my OF the Jamks, Oct 12 1b64.w
Samuel Miller, of Battery C. lSth Virginia Bitfcenr of
Artillery, being duly sworn, deposes an i says that he,
with hi» company, has been for some weeks past si a
ttoned at BaueryNo.B. situated on the intermediate
lines between the Charles City wJid Darbytown roads,
and that to liis knowledge he knows of some
setex iy-fi ve to eighty colored prisoners of war, clad in
the uniform of the United itates, to have been kept at
work on fortifications aid entrenchments in thatvicic
nity, and upon that line, wince Ti uroday. the 6ch inst
Deponent further says that he desertfd and came away
from his eonpany this morning, up to v Inch cim* ihay
were still at woik; to the best of Ms knowledge add be-;
lief "Deponent also further says that he knows of num
bers of them having been obliged to trade their clothes
andtlioes with the O'mfed-rate soldiers for food, owing
to an insufficiency being furnished there ■ .
SAM. MILLER.
Sworn end subscribed to before me thiß 12th day of
October, 1864. Jomr I. XUvemport,
. Lieutenant, Aidde-Camp, and Ana's Prvosi. Marsn.al.
HEADQUARTER? DEPARTMENT OF YIKOINIAAXD
Forth Oaroi.ika.Army Of the James, Oct. 12, 1854
James F-; KBightpOompiny. F, 59th-Virginia Kegi
meat,pot into the Ist Regiment Virginia Eoserveo, being
duly sworn. deposes ana says: - That on Thursday, the
6th it at. , and on Friday, the 7th Inst., be was on doty
With his regiment (Ist Virginia Reserves), and that on
one of the above-mentioned days, which he does not
now definitely remember, he, with Ms company Com
pany A; Ist Regiment Virginia Reserves) went from their
caO'p, which was then on the intertnedia.te.liae, n-a-r
.the Party tow n road, to Richmond, Ya.., and took from
LibbY prison about eighty-two colored men, who were
there as captured prisoners of war, and.brought them
to the intermediate lines between the New Market and
Darbytown roads, where they were put to work throw
ing np entrenchments, and where, to the best of his
knowledge and belief, they now remain, doing work in’
the manner described above, he having left them there
on the morning of this day. Deponent further says
that they were clad in uniform. o
- JAMES F. KNIGHT.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 12tn nay of
October, 1864; John I. Davenport,
Aid-de-Camp and Asst. Provo=t Marshal.
GENERAL BUTLER’S LETTER TO COMMIGSiOXpK OT7LD.
HeADQUAKTEHS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA AND '
Forth Carolina, army of the James,
ajjh'- •• . Is the Field, Oct 12,1864;
Fir: I enclosed copy of an advertisement, cut from a
Richmond paper, where a military officer, command
ing a camp near Richmond, cabs upon their masters to
come forward and make claim to the services and labor
of cei tain colored men therein described. Some of them
are believed to be soldiers of . the Cnited States army,
csptnred in arms. If I am mistaken in this belief, 1
desire to he promptly corrected.
I haye ordered to such manual labor as I deem most
fitting to meet the exigency an equal number of prison
ers of war held by ns, and I shall continue to order to
labor captives iii war In an eqnal number of all the sol
diers of the United States I have reason to believe are
held to labor and service by the fo'rces you represent,
until lam notified that this practice on your part has
ceased. Muchas I regret the necessity imposed upon
me to do this, yet 1 am compelled by lhe sternest con
victioßS of duty thus to inaugurate a system of retalia
tion which will be itrmly carried out.
. I hate the honor to be, very respectfully, your obe
dient servant, - BEFJ. F. BUTLER,
Major General Commanding.’ .
To Ho a. 86. Onto, Commissioner of Exchange, Etch
mond, Ya. ;
LETTER RELATIVE TO THE -EXCHANGE OF. NAVAL PRISO
. P " " NEKS. .•;■■■■■
. Headquarters Department, op Virginia and
Forth Carolina, army op thb James, ~
; - ■ lx the Field. Oct. 12,1851.
Sir: As Commissioner of Exchange for this Govern
ment, to t egotists exchanges with the belligerents re
presented by yourself,!propose to-exchange all the pri
soners in your naval service which we now hold for all
the prisoners lit onv naval service taken by yen which
yon hold, man for man, according to the equivalent of
assimilated rank set forth in the cartel, the excess to be
made up in officers and men, on either, part, front the
army.
In making this proposition I repose with confidence
upon > our statement to Major Mnlford, that you will
exchange all the naval prisoners so taken without dis
tinction.'
1 have the men at City Point reedy for delivery, and
will deliver them at Cox’s Ferry at each time, nuer live
hours’ notice, Rb you may designate. ;, :
I have the honor to be,- very respectfully, your obe
dient servant, ~ BEFJ. F. Bt/TEKK
Major General Commanding.
To Hon. Eo. Ould, Agent of Exchange, Richmond, va.
RETALIATION.
Headquarters Department of Virginia and
Forth Carolina, army of the James, Oct. 12, 1864.
Sir: I enclose herewith an affidavit showing the em
ployment of one hundred and ten <110) United States
colored soldiers by the military officers of the Confede
rate forcesin the trenches near. Port Gi liner —a practice
justified i by no rule of war or claim heretoiore made by
the Confederate authorities.
■ I have ordered a like number of the officers and
soldiers captured by us (prefering as many of the Vir
ginia'reserve forces—by whom this outrage is being
done—aß 1 have captured) intoithe canal at Dutch Gap.
and put them at bard labor, and shall conunno to add
to their number until this practice is stopped.
Ihave the honor to be, verv respectfully, your obe
dient servant, BEFJAMIS F. BUTLER,
_ Major Qeneral.Cnmmanding.
To Hon. Eobt. Otjld, Agent of Exchange,Richmond,Ya.
; , Headquarters Department of YntaiNiA and
Forth Carolina. Army op the James,
: lx the Field, Oct. 12, 1854;
Officer Commanding Confederate Forces on the
Forth Side of the James River: I send a flag of truce
herewith, under charge of Lieutenant Colonel Kensel,
Inspector General, for the purpose of conveying to the
Honorable Eoberi Onid, agent of exchange for Confede
rate forces, certain communications which Colonel Ken
sel will hand yob; also, a package ; of letters, such as
usually go by flag of truce; aIBO to inform you that a
flag of truce will be received from you to convey the re
plies, at or near the same point. . -
1 have the honor to be, very respectfally, your obedi
ent servant- BENJAMIN F. BUTLER,
Major General Commanding the Army of the James.
WOTSDED MEBROES—LETTERS REGARDIMO JUTRDUR.
Field Hospital, 18th Abut Ookp.;,
. Army of the James, in thb Field, Oct. 12, 1834.
Major: I. have the honor to tiansmit herewith a
communication from Major Win. H. Hart, 36th . Halted
States Colored Troops. In which he reports the state
ment made to him hr Lieutenant Viers,sth United States
- Colored Troops, concerning. the murder of colored sol
diers by the men of the 15th Georgia, after the. repulse
of .Brigadier General Poster.’*'troops at Port Gilmer,
Lieu tenant Viers’ regiment (the Bth United States Co
lored Troops), supported a brigade of General Foster’s
division in the assault on Fort Gilmer on the 2Bth nit.
> Lieutenant Tiers was wounded and captured, was
exchanged, and made his statement to Major Hart, on
hoard the steamer City of Hew York, on dunday, Oc
■ toberSth. ;
Major Hart is reliable and accurate, and his report
o! the conversation is without doubt correct.
Lieutenant Tiers is now probably in hospital at Fort
ress Sion roe. ■ ■
I remain, very respectfully; your obedient servant,
, . Alonzo O. Draper, -
Colonel ?6th U. S. Colored lVoops.
Major B. S. Davis, A. A. G. j" Department of YW«*
and Horth Carolina.
Camp 36th U. & Colored Ta6ops,
: Army OF THE James, in the Field, Oc*. If, XsfH.
CoLoxEi:’ The following' is.a correct ssatemeat or $Ue
conversat on held by me With lieutenant Tiers, 6th U.
8. Colored Troops, who was wounded anil taken prison
er in the assault OB Fort Gilmer, on tfag afternoon of the
Tiers da board the City of . Hew
York, at Aiken’s Landing, on her last trip do wn the
river,: October ft He, stared to me that after the as
saulting party had retired the rebel soldiers (whom he
aftei wards learredbelonged to the 15th Georgia Kegi
ment) came out of the tort and bayoneted all the colored
soldiers who were so badly wonnded that they could
not walk. They also .flourished ihelr bayonets over
him, called him the vilest names they could utter and
would probably have killed him on the spothadnoifti
officers of these men come to his rescue. They f the offl 1
cers) ordered the men to desist, and had Tiers conveyed
inside the fort; where he was again snhWowJftS
vilest insults from the lips of a rebel navkl officari This
omc. R m l ric6 , how e ve r , that the damued niggers
fought like -w ils \ Colonel, very respect
fully, j onr obedien i .. , c W; H.HAP.T,
, MajorS6thUniv^' 1 St .ates Colored Troops.
Col. A. G. Draper, 36th United Si^f 68 Colored Troops,
. Field Hospital, 18th Army Corps.
. The following is the endorsement on the papers of the
Major General commanding:
Headquarters Army of the James,
_, , • 1m THE Field, Oct. 13,186 L
_f have the honor to forward the report of Col. Draper,
ooth United States . Colored Troops, commanding bri
gade, as to the information furnished by Lieut. Tiers,.
Nwbo wasTVonnded and captured at Fort Gilmer, in the
- charge made 2flth nit;
Lieut. Tiers has been paroled , for exchange, and has
gone to'Asnapolis, so he can be examined upon the
matter by the Judge Advocate General. Flease for-'
W ard the report to the Hon. Secretary of War for In
vestigation and instruction asto how 1 shall, act in the
premises- BENJAMIH F. BUTLBR,
Major General Commanding.
Larue and Very Attractive Assortment
or 1,200 Lots French - and Saxony Dry Goods,
Furs, &c., Thib Day.— The early and particular
attention of dealers 1b requested to the choice and
desirable assortment of French, German, Swiss,
and Saxony dry goods, faro, &c., embracing about
1,200 lots of fancy and staple articles, (including
dress goods, silks, and shawls, of importation of
Messrs. L. A 08. Curtis & GoT;Saxony dress goods
of Messrs. Ghat. F. Schmelder & Go., and rich em
broideries, balance ef fall importationof Mr. Robt.
Macdonald,) te be peremptorily sold, by catalogue,
cn four months' credit, commencing this morning
»t ten o’clock precisely, to be continued all day
without intermission, by John H. Myers St Co ,
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234, Market street. ’
Auction Noticr-Salr or Boots and Shoes
-The early attention of huyers Is invited to the
large and attractive sale of 1,050. oasts boots and
shoes, to be Bold by catalogue, for cash, on Monday
moping, October 17th, commencing at lo o’oloak,
precisely, by, Philip Ford St 6o„ auctioneers, at
their store, Not, '525- Marlcet and 522 Camnerae
street,
THE ELECTIONS.
[Nothing has been received that m
changes the result of the eleetten as
The Press of Saturday. The full offlciJ i,
will probably hot be received till Tuesday r *N
we have Indicate a Union majority o n th
vote, with a decided majority from the = , St
El). The Peers.] ~,.
THE STATE.
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
OEINTON COUNTY (OI'FrOUr
Lock Haver, Oot. 15.—The following i» ,[
clal vote of Clinton county for Congress »
sembly: , . " H «
00KGBB3S,
S. Wright, Opposition
Stephen F. Wilson, Union
Wright’s majority.
ASBBMBI.T’,
E. B. Eldred, Opposition
Lucius Bogers, union. |
Eldrefl’smajority..,,,.....
We expect to reduce these majorities,*;^',' s
tie Soldiers* vote, to 400. 6 ?
jSOMHKB'S TOW,
[Special Despatch to The Press. ]
VOTE OP THE 196rH EEOIKSjfT.
The following: is the Vote of the 196th
P. V., Colonel Neff. The whole vote east w
the result being:
Uni0n........:.......
0pp05iti0n.,..........
Union majority ....... ,
This is exclusive of one company, whii^sl 1 *
Springfield. The smallness of the vote is Cl “, s
hy there being a great number of minors la h!***
giment. ■ ' ft
HißYLim
Baltimore, Oct. 15.— The latest footing
the Constitutional vote is as follows^ 1
.Against the new Constitution.
For the new Constitution.
The negative vote includes many cstitaitej
jorities, which may be reduced. The affirming
'eludes 671 soldiers'votes in Maryland. NorepZ
from those with the Army of the Potomac has
received, ano the result is therefore still doMtSii
A rEOBABli; HiJOEWT TOE THIS CONSTInj Ti £
WITH THX SOhDIEKS’ VOTE.
Baltimore, Ctet. 16.—The latest footings up.
returns of the Constitutional Election showa m*!
rity of 420 against it. The official returns
soldiers’ vote can alone decide the queatba, j,
frier ds of tho measure claim a majority j
soldiers’ vote. ~
OHIO.
THE SOLDIERS’ VOTE AT MEMPHIS.
Cairo, Oct. 15.—The vote of the OMo soldiers
the hospitals tfnd ori detached service in Mempi
gives 147 majority for the Union ticket.
Terrible Kallroart Accident in Conne.
■ (lent. ;
A ®KAIS or SICK ASB WOOSBBD 80LDIE1
THROWN OPS' THE TRACK —MANY K.ILLBD Al
Kaw Haven, Conn., Oct. 15.—A raUroal 2!l ,
dent, with tearful results, occurred on ths
Line Eailroad, about 11 o’clock this morning, p
train consisted of six passenger .cars, containing t(
hundred and seventy-five sick anti wounded Mile,
who were being transferred from the United Stats
“ Knight” hospital, iii this city, to fieadviiie, Jig
The train, which was an extra one, left.this citj a
o’clock. When about four miles east 01 the Cook
ticut river, and while passing through a deep rs*
cut, known as Bocky Ledge, a broken rail itte
the entire train from the track, and dashed tie cs
into the solid rock ledge on either side. One oar [
the middle of the train was thrown up and acts
the track, forming a complete arch some twentyfe
high. ■ -
The balance of the train was piled in all ft
tions, and three of the oars wore smashed ts saclj
extent that it would be Impossible for a speatatot
ascertain the number that was in the train e«i;
by counting the wheels. Wine of the urdorta-,!
soldiers were taken from the ruins dead. It ij j,
possible at this hour to learn their names. '
Two of the brakesmen, named Horace Bebse a>
Edgar Parsons, were instantly kilted, and aagj.
named Samuel H. Chittenden, was so badly iaj©
that he can hardly survive;
Ten or twelve soldiers were seriously and sq
twenty more slightly‘ Injured. The dead $
wounded were conveyed hack to New Haven, s
returned to the Government hospital. The a;
fortunate were forwarded to their destination,
; One of the killed was jammed between a «:;•
the rock in such a manner that it was night t*s
the body could be extricated.
: The train being a perfect wreck, the supst
tendent has ordered the bioken oars to be baa
and the road will doubtless be cleared byu-morr?
The disaster, it is thought, was caused byabrofc
rail, and one which no human foresight costl b;
prevented. - - . _ ~
EUKOPJG.
Arrival of the Heela at Halifax,
Halifax, Oct. IS.— The steamship Hoola
Hiverpoolat noon on the 4th Instant and 4?
town on the sth, and arrived here at 6.30 rest
morning. She has abont fire hundred passe
liar New Tort. .£
"Owing to the interruption of the telegrapl
her news could not be transmitted yesterday,
The United. States corvette 'f iconderors
ashore on Cora Grande, near fllaranbata, oa
23th of August, but sustained no injury. '
•The Times, editorially and in its. american got
pondence by the steamship Scotia, comiaae- k,
strue the current of aflairs as favorable to Haw
re-election and damaging to McUleUaa. it;
the capture of Atlanta made Lincoln's ete
possible, while Sheridan’s victory has recto
almost certain.
In regard to the alleged naval operations ot
Erie, the Times Bays that anything that shos
cur to prolong this conflict is to be deplore
there are signs of its extending to resdons h
hardly have been expected to reach. The Sat
relugees in Canada have for some time bti
quiet, and threatening. A party of these me
the old stratagem of embarking as passengers,
seized two. American steamers on LakeE.de
is reported, and we hope it is only s
mor, that two armed Confederate steamers r
made their appearance on the latte to reps!
those inland waters the exploits of the AI-ami
the ocean. We believe that neither tno Federa
the Britisl S Government can, by treaty, seep
armed vessel on those inland seas. Bat me.it
be foond of suppressing this new kind of crui
The lakes are under the joint jurisdiction of tt;'
Governments, and that is not liable to the dv
and limitations which apply to the authority a
one nation on oceans open to all the world,
must keep the war away from the shores of (
as vigilantly as we do from those of Great 1
The Daily News regards the victory ot SI
over Earlyias one of the most important oote
the war, and. warmly eulogizes the general. 1
Sheridan. It thinks matters look serious fo
Confederates in Virginia, as the Federals are
able to concentrate there.
It Is reported that the preparations wet;
pletefi for the fight between Coburn and 51
Ireland on the 4th lust., although the aatte
were understood to be making efforts to prw
when a dispute arose concerning tha apjwu
of a referee, which could not be arranged, si
matter stands over for the final adjudication
stakeholder on the 7th.
The papers contain graphic details of tt
gunpowder explosion at the magazine of
Son near Erlth. Ten persons were killed t
many wounded. The, destruction of proper:
very great. The Thames embankment, w
Erlth and Woolwich, was seriously dams?
the extraordinary exertions by the troops si
wieh prevented the Inundations which wck
ened. f .
MONEY MABKET.-OU the 3d the money
manifested decided improvement. Gold conn
flow largely into the Bank of England, indiKiM
lief that the financial pressure was over. T 0” 1
for discount at the Bank was of the fall avers?!;
ter On the stock exchange short loans wereut
f@7 per cent, nearly all classes of securities
Consols closed firm at the advance—*
ney, and BS3(@6BK os account The Confess-* 1
advanced le, and is now quoted st 68
Additional failures Indnde W T Brown xO®-;
and colonial brokers, of Liverpool, with estuns,
bilities of half a million sterling; Julius Jfsaibi
West India merchants, of London. Kofurtiier;
sions were announced oil thy 3d. The in®
Walker, Colesworth, Ss Co., of Liverpool, ate'
from 300,000 to 600,000 pounds, "
DEKMABK.
A Vienna telegram of the 24 says the next
the Confertnce will take place on Tuesday or
day. by which time the Danish plenipo;eanam
to receive replies to the qnestions addressed »
Government. 1 '; 1 W :
Copenhagen telegrams state that the ones'.w
boundaryjine between Schleswig and JutkipJ ;
unsettled. The point in. dispute is the smalt “
Christiensfeld, in Schleswig, which Daowitrs (
The Yienna Neu/rer Presse. states that oa
sitting of the Conference the Danish propose
tie by arbitration the question of liqtuoaria* t
tionof the Danish property to be given.a]
Duchies, was declared inadmissible* and a<«“
ewer on the point was demanded by the G&iau
potentiaries.
FKAKOE, •
Bourse dull. Rentes closed at 65££Sfa.,a<&
lsc.
The Times Bays that mercantile advices a,
statement that the new Spanish Cabinet des:
gotiate a complete fajjastment' of the claims e. !
creditors, and have notified them of the feet
ITALY,
Lsaaias Italian end.-*”,- the nay
and applaud its fra*ineis. ■ - ' a tae
The rsme- f a new 700,000,000 loan are nnfo
. ~*other political meeting wsb held at ilia
t v re i olntl,>Q T l w , ab expressing the c*
tnattne Franco* Italian ConTeaUoa was
progress and of the resurrection of Italy. Ttie
non was also considered: to present means - ”
the national programme which comd not W
plished out of Home.
* It was asserted at'Paris that the rratiflcaiiot
delayed, ana 'wxrala only take place after
of the capital of Italy to Eloience. ,
M. liiouyn ae I’Hays, in a despatch, esp‘j
reasons why France desires the evacuatta
He Bays the occupation, of Homo constitnK* *
intervention contrary to the fundamental P r;3 '
French public Jaw, and is difficult tojnstihVj'
as the of lending armed support
to free Italy /fom foreign intervention- Ja :
quence of this Etite w things places twoW”-
face toface on the same territory* frequently. *
to serions difficulties, and indaavenienees. 1 '
the different practical points of view. I’ 1 ! ,
obliges ns too often to give advice which E a '.
Home believes itself hound to decline. 1“ ,
acts at variance with: our soeisl condition M .
of legislation we take with difficulty the
of a policy we cannot approve.
: . mDi4.
_rojuiav, Sept. 9-Mr. Lawrence, it
Viceroy, was lulled by the falling of a him**-
Cotton dnll. Exchange 2s lKd.
Caacetta, Sept., 7;—Exchange 2s l»id.
Cotton staples irregular. .
latest tia cose:, o«obeb s. .
Bekmx, Oct. 4.—The Prussian minister wj}*'
the Conference atPrague to effect an arrasK,
tween Austria and Prussia, with respect to t '
has been received hr the Minister of EinasK'"
not probably return to Prague- . . .. , ,
St. Petebsbitsoh, Oct. 4.—The betrothal i l ',
Prince of Russia with tte Princess Bag»‘J- s
mark, hat been <fficiaUy announced here i
one hundred guns was fired in honor of ,th*f;
Bui<r.iy,Tuesday.—The expected hattie Me
and Coburn did not come off. It was, accf-:
bum’s nomination, on Frnl&y, to tase P Ii; :
Great Gross Station and Cashel, but the mPif
of the men disagreed yesterday about the £«“
referee, and those acting for Mace stated,_
would return to England that evening. O' s "-;
declared that his man was anxious K~
would appear at the proper hour at thermf
provincial representative aniveo in v
morning, and ,corroborates the report •
entirely off for the present. , .
PnsnßPM, ; Oct. . is P. M. —Cobura
and, accompanied by his friends, paces v *,„
tended.for the fight amidst tremendon- ■*: _ t
immense multitude assembled. Heio-jfv. r ,
well, and was in first-rate spirits.
will claim the stakes, owing to the a» a ~
Commercial IntelMS pll
' i LIVEBPOOL, Oct. 4, ±
day w ere 4,CM bales, including l,Kp
and exporters. The marketis duH *“* a;
Bread stuffs quiet and steady yeotera >
prices, and very little business way ■
day ’s market not yet developed. „ s j :
Provisions inactive. Beef dull.
steady. Lard quiet. Tallow dull, --
Ashes very dull at 29s 6d@3os tor 4
Coffee no sales. Bice Inactive. H' it i, :;
steady. Kosin quiet and steady, or- ~,
i firm, and tending upward at t»s.
Crude, Al 6. Kenned, 2a. „ ~n *:>;
; LOHBOS, Oct. 4 -Bteadstafe dOM a 1 .
w aid tendency. Sugar dull. CoBW
Klee Aim. Tallow downward. f,tr
Consols closed yesterday >t S’w^,'.
-uols Central Railroad, 48K@19>a ? K
41@42.