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ioure longer, I would have been thrown Into fever,
J’litio wore three private soidiers in * room adiola-
Ing j one was an Earn Tenneassoldier, one of Andy
Johnson’s Union men. f applause.] Ho was put
there for haring attempted to escape front Belie
Isle. I will never forget the remark of that
pool" fellow when he said to me, IVTajor, 4s
there any chanoe for exebaoge soon]'* and
■added. “I don’t know but sooner than that my
■Government would compromise itself, I wou’d "stay
In prison for seventeen years.” I never had
the reputation of being a thief even though I was a
member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, but I
have often seen the time that, if it hadn’t l ean for
robbing others as bad ofl as myself, I would have
stolon a crust of bread. The Sanitary Commission
nVnrnvirinnß 2m? ’ ? ent U8 > however, a quantity
ofprovisiODS which, wo were vorv ffisii fry rArtAitrA
On Ohristmas day, when I had been buoyed up by,
expeotations of an eaiiy exchange, and having been
invited by a brother officer to take dinner with him,
I was called out of prison. I hoped that the day of
iil7 deliverance bad oome, and when I was in
rTormed that I was to be taken down s’tairs
• brother officerSUame up and had numerous mes
sages to be sent home. I promised them that I
would deliver them, of course. When I we-at down
: ■ stairs I was told to occupy ft cell there, ’i didn’t
think that looked much like exchange, j WAS
informed that I was to go to Salisbury, North
"Carolina: that General winder-had so ordered
In due season I was started out. Itwa,s Ohristmas
day. As I walked through the streets:of Richmond
these Plug-Uglies told me I needn’t bo alarmed". I
was not going to be exchanged till the war was
over. I saw there no smiling visage, no cheerful
countenance, no prosperous business houses. Every
thing seemed to presage the doom that ultimately
awaits that city. God grant that that day mav
soon come! JUheers.] I arrived at Salisbury In
due time. I had some greenbacks with me. I found
them of great service. I hid them in my boots. I
•was searched, however. They took every letter
fiom me and examined them—each thoroughly—and
laid them on the table. In taking off my boots I
•slipped the greenbacks on the table 'amongst the
letters, and after they had completed the ex
•aminatiem, X letters and grconbaclts all
•back in my pockets. I was placed in a
•dungeon eight ieet long and three feet wide.
There waß a guard at the door who was in
structed to allow-no communication from me. There
was no light in the dungeon Shortly a parson
came along and put down on the floor, without
-plate, or knife or fork, some iron-clad bread, as
ye used to call ft. All this treatment I suffered
(because I happened to be a Senator in Pennsyl
vania, and of a political oreed they didn’t like ’ I
was a prisoner of war, and was entitled to treatment
as such; but, from my political position, I was
treated in the manner i have stated, I was de
prived of all privileges, whether of writing to my
irienda or receiving any manner of kindness from
any one. It is a principle ot the Confederate author
ities to weary out the life of any one;to whom they
tabeiany dislike; I iound, from conversation with
the guards, ihat a majority of people of North Oaro
* lina were anxious lor peace, and for the Union;
. and I believe from what I have seen there,
that if the majority of the people dared jtliey
■would be cheering for the stars and stripes.
In due season I was placed in a cattle-ear. and
started for Macon. Wo only got as far as Chester,
S. 0., when we succeeded in escaping, by breaking
out of the back of the car. I never felt so glad in
my lift) as I-did to feel myself free again. But we
were unfortunate, and in four days were recap
tured, We had four days, though, to look around,
and in those days we were nourished by the Invete
rate blacks. 1 never appealed to the slaves for
bread In vain. I found them loyal to our wise
We were again put on the ears for Macon; and again
sawed our way out of the cars. We were among
the swamps of Georgia. Of course I needed
subsistence, and to whom do you suppose I
Totbenegio. [Applause.] I had only to
tell him that 1 was a Yankee trying to escape, and
ho gave me ail that was In his reach. An “auntv ”
they call lhem down there, when I wassickfor
some days, brought me down some chicken broth
daily. They by some sort of instinct seemed to
know that the Yankees were their Mends, and they
determined to be the friends of the Yankees. I was
recaptured. Three negroes, whose acquaintance I
had made, hauled me In a wagon forty miles during
one day. They took me through the town in which
lives Hon. Alex. H, Stephens, I didn’t call "upon
him that day. [Laughter.] They stopped at a
place to water their mules, and got Into a conversa
tion about the war wiih a woman. She said, “Why,
(there’s Yankees all around. Why, Mr, So-and-so
•gave a supper the other night to four Yankees They
represented themselves to be Southern soldiers
They were almost frightened to death when they
knewit, and they set out in search, of them, and they
■captured them.” The darkey laft me one night and
said that he would be back in a short time. He
didn’t come, so I had to get some place to hide. I
got into a watermelon patch. I hadn’t been there
long when one of the darkeys came to me and told
.me that a white man had teen me, and that they
■were getting out the dogs, and would soon be after
she. He told, me to go.to a certain creek, so that the
flogs would leso the scent. I got into the creek and
travelled about three quarters of a mile. I got Into
a pine forest, and [was there but a few minutes
when the bloodhounds were upon ae. They merely
bayed mo, and I soon recognized horses and the
familiar rebel jell. They soon came upon me, 'l’hgy
approached me like skirmishers, got behind trees,
cocking their pistols. I thought it was a cowardly
•way to attaok an Unarmed man. I Anally cried out to
them that I was an unarmed man. and that they
had bettor keep the hounds off. One of them
said. “No arms; you surrender!” I-said, “Cer
tainly;” I had nothing to surrender. That’s their
manner of catching Yankee,prisoners. I was taken
to Macon, and put under the strictest guard. I
mention these matters as illustrations of southern
chivalry. You can determine whether the negro is
faithful to our cause. God bless the negro, f say.
,[Cheers.] I feel it to be my duty to say that I
am unwilling to see the war ended until every
slave in the Southern States is free. [Great cheer
ing.] I anr satisfied that Abraham Lincoln, when
he issued his emancipation proclamation, knew '
Its influences ; and I say God bloss Abraham
Lincoln. [Oheers.] Any one who has travellod in
the Southis ready to admit that the people of the
South have lo rely upon slavery as an element of
strength. lam sorry to see amongst the people of
Pennsylvania any dissension as to the war policy
People might talk about compromise; but the
only compromise with Jeff Davis that I would have
would be with the army drawn up, and if be would
refuseto ray down his arms to say fire. That kind
of compromise would not be successful this year,
but I believe it will next year. If you can, on the
battlefield, on -the Bth of November, present a
united frost, end say tills war was begun under
Abraham Lincoln and it will be ende'd under Abra
ham Lincoln. [Cheers,] If the Oopporheads are
successful it will have more influence over the
minds of the people of. the South than a crushing
victory by Lee over Grant. Thanking you for your
kind attention, I bid you good night.
SPEECH OP COLONEL BURNHAM.
The chairman next, introduced Col. H. B. Burn
ham, of the Mth Pennsylvania Volunteers, a life
long Democrat, formerly secretary, of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, and an active re
presentative in the Charleston Convention, who
was cheered enthusiastically, especially by the
soldiers. He said he had not expected to ad.
dicss so vast ah audienceas that present; his no
, sltion and responsibilities had not been favorable
to speechmolttng; but he felt It a grave duty to
bear, his testimony in a great cause. After payin'l
- graceful-tribute to hie old friend, General Blrnev!
he said it was true he had long been a Democrat,
hut after going to the field, on the march, in rain
•■JU3Q sunslilEC, ia bivouac, in all tbe sore experiences
of v,ar,*he had meditated long, and with care, on
the issueE before the country,-andnow thought there
was no.poltcy which could preserve the country and
psite the people, save bringing the rebels to their
- knees. [Applause.] The day-of compromises and
armistices has past. Armistice‘can only come- by
the prayer and submission of the violators of the
Constitution and laws. [Renewed cheers ] He
scouted the idea of conciliating armies of rebels
trying to destroy, the institutions of the country.
He had no terms to make with such men. He did
not believe that the iour years of war had
been a-failure. The Union has grown stronger
day by day. It has been cemented by the blood of
brave men fallen ; it has been rendered more sacred
by the suffering endured in its defence by the sons, ,
.fathers, and husbands who have composed our
armies. The present state of the contest, and the
history of the four years past, belies the Chicago
platform. The war began as the result of a con
spiracy, which had been organized and spreading
lor. over thirty years. Once before it threatened
to burst forth, but an old hero, tho Democrat Jaek
soßj crushed It. It was then good Democratic (loo
trine to punish treason and coerce rebeiito a. rip.
plause.j It is still true doctrine, whether Conven
tions call it Democracy or not. [Renewed cheers 1
These machinations were revived, and finally cul
minated in the disruption of the Democratic party.
•Col. Burnham gave a vivid picture of the breaking
up of the Charleston and Baltimore Conventions of
1860. He alluded in striking terms to the great upris
ing of men of all parties to rescue the Government in
the spring of 1861, as an evidence of the highest
moral qualities in the people. Returning to the
question whether the war is a failure, he showed by
Jett Davis’ Macon speech the abject condition of
the South, and substantial effect of our arms—the
P e 2P lB the South, were, in fact, being aubj agated
to the Constitution and laws of the land. J He de
nonneed Pendleton and the platform, called on all
to support Lincoln, and, after an-able speech, ellclt
jdaustf 0,1 enth ' ari ‘' lßa! ’ c,oEe<l amld tumultuous ap.
Colonel A. K. McClure followed In a spirited
speech, which was necessarily short owing to the
lateness of the hour. Thus closed a meeting un
surpassed In patrioUsm and enthusiasm, it was
worthy of Philadelphia,
UN lON LEAGUE HALL.
SPEECH OP ALEXANDER M’OLURE.
Last evening Col. Alexander McClure spoke at
Union League Hall on tbe issues of the day., Mr.
lE. O. Knight presided.; Before the'hour at which
Mr. MoOlure was announced to Bpealt, tho large
audience was entertained by music from a glee
•club and Mr. Paul Berger, who has, on several past
occasions, acted a similar pleasant part. A few
minutes before eight o’oloek Mr, MoOlure was in
troduced to the audience by the president.
He said that there was a contest now going on in
the North between love of the Union and the laws,
and a -sympathy with the rebels who are now in
arms against both. There was an unswerving at
tachment on the one side to truth and honor, and
on the other a total disregard of plighted faith and.
common honor. It was well that this should be so,
since the rebellion was begun In perjury; rob-:
bery, and aided, in its-advent into the world by
•simitar crimes on the part of those in power. Mr.
Buchanan, the President when the rebellion first
reared itß head, was himself solemnly pledged to
maintain the laws, to have them respected'
both In the North and South, and powers were
given into his hands to carry out what he
was expected to perform. But how did lie
•use that holy trust 7 It was in his power to
have that revolution crushed; to preserve the ordi
nary boundaries of the country; to vindicate its
lawß. It was his duty, since It was his sworn
promise, to protect all, But under his fostering
care, and under the fostering care of his friend", the
usurpations ol this man and such men, there was
given to this country a party made mighty by his
S.vor, which brought about the revolution we
■are now witnessing. He had the care of our
country’s treasure and our country’s honor and
existence. Ho was sworn to be faithful to them,
’fpd .to maintain the Government; but how
■ala he discharge that duty! He was charged to
maintain tho national credit, and guard jealously
treasure. But did ho 1 He did not
ii 1 ?? SUTe > and put it in his pocket, but
o °bb jiock the mosey and placed it in
' I £ l ,? tsto assist Southern traitors in arm
-1 :sn ™ crEr where he placed it. he, was
■ o?ltic W B * 6ll , ll ’ How did the Demo-
War signalize himself in the
to 1 He who s!lonW haTO
arms* and such
-an extent that when wo foundouraelves ta™ l ate nt
war we found that our facilities for cawlnu it on
■were almost entirely exhausted. His perfidy brouo-li t
thousands of our sons to untimely graves. Thn sn
•cretary of the. Navy, a Democrat also, dhohanrm]
hfs duty, not to the Government he had sworn to
support, but to hts traitor friends, by scattering our
navy to the four quarters of the earth, until, when
slavery attacked us, we had scarcely a ship at our
disposal to return the blow. And what did the
.Secretary of the Interior 1 He signalized himseir,
alto, by stealing ;tho Indian trust bonds and laying
them: at the lect of traitors! Such was the reoord
-of the Democratic party at the ontbreak of the war,
•when it hod an opportunity of showing whether it
•* oV S?, Union or not. There was no Democratic
.-stability, no Democratic executive ability, pitted
-against it. Beßidos, the rebellion was commenced
by none but Democratic Governors. Thirteen De
mocratic States, with thirteen Democratic Gover
nors at their bead, eoniederated themselves against
•that Government, determined against its presarva
tlon; and not one of these States, not one of these
, Executives, had heart or oourageienough to remain
faithful to this Government. [Applause t The
■ speaker did not charge the Democratic parev with
.anything that history did notljußtify. it had nursled
-•treason and traitors, and the slavery champions had
mot learned a lesson but taught it by the Demo
'cratic parly. [Applause.] The consequences of
that sympathy and aid to treason have filled our
land with wounded and maimed, and the land is
drenched with blood. And now, having accom
plished its work, in sending thousands of our sons
-to untimely graves, laden us with taxes, it is re
duced to extremities, and its armies almost de
stroyed. When it has done all this it comes to us
(the Demooratio party), saying that there must be no
more war. It tells us that they only can bring baok
success, peace, Union, and prosperity. The Demo
crats tell us to-day—and insult our intelligence and
patriotism—that we have wasted all our treasure
*nd blood, and that they only can save us. After
giving all the aid and comfort to treason that they
could, they find their friends going down beforo our
patriot hosts, and, true to their old.affiliations, they
take their traitor hrothren to their hearts, and hope
to sustain them by Northern division. Now, could
any loyal man sustain this Democratic party 1
[Applause.] Pray, what peace could they keep?
What would be the peace given by the Democratic
SartyT Should it be a peace secured by disunion ?
hould it be a peace with compromise! It would be
such a peace as would Isst long enough to Strength
en weakened rebellion, and enable it to again UDrlse
with renewed strength and bitterness. Who were
the men that intended to vote for McClellan on the
Sth of November 1 Go and sit down with them at
their fire-sides, meet them in the streets or at their
places of business, and what do they say? whfn you
ask them why they are for McClellan 1 Do you
Do you wish to compromise
<>rs brake an unconditional surrender
of this_ Government ? War .men will tell us be
cause he Is for wap; Peace men because He is far
Finn 00 '! hln elr n, piatf i rm a J r ° rds 110 better inform”
a J* v tbe S dc, for ,it assures us that
McClellan is for. war »and for] peace and com.
P rODSI J S6 . When wo come to inquire, we discover
that the Chicago Convention does not tell us how
we may obtain peace. Turn where we will, we find
no straightforward answer., Even the candidates
McClellan and Pendleton, differ Wo ” n ooly
learn what,the principles of their .party are from
our own observation; from our own neighbors
when wo meet them voice to voice, eye to eye? heart
to heart. When you find a neighbor who fears for
the safety of the rebel capital, who is as sad and
sorrowing as if he had lost his best friend when
he tears of a. rebeldefeat, ask him how he
intends to vote. And he will tell you that
he heartily: endorses McClellan and hts par
ty’s policy. Hegard the man who rejoices even
above his fellows if there be a great Union victory—
if Early flies before Sheridan. Yon will find him
warmly anxious for the preservation of this Repub
lic ;he will vote for Abraham Lincoln. [ Applause. ]
He who rejoices at our disasters assumes George B.
McClellan as honorable and able, and would be
ready to do anything rebellion bid. But who is
foolish enongh to assume that McClellan can bring
us peace on a basis of a union of the States ? No
one assumes It, except, perhaps, it be the small
politicians, who, regardless of truth, seek only
their own emolument. Does any one Imagine
that a peace can be brought about in any way bet
ter than Mr. Lincoln’s! Ho makes no proposition
of surrender to the rebel power; he asks nothing but
obedience to the law. We knownot now, an'd there
were none, the speaker thought, who could tell how
we wore to be relieved of this desolating war, and
fuided to a lasting and honorable peace. Noao
new that fact better than the bulk of the people of
tbeNorth, and there was no man In this country
whom the rebels would rather not treat with than
Abraham Lincoln ? They would accept any oho
rather than him, and why! Simply because
he has sworn, and observes the oath, that the
laws of this Government must be maintained
throughout the entiro land until treason died a
deserved death; until it was crushed so deep
that it could never rise again. Mr. McClure grant
ed that the rebels loved any man better than they
did Abraham Lincoln ; they hated him because he
was most faithful to his oath of office, and'con
'feientiousin the discharge of his duties. They would
be glad to have such men as robbed our treasury,
tried to destroy our cisdit-- surrendered the best
part of our regular army, and exhausted our re
sources four years ago: they would be glad to
have such men - as aided them In filling thou
sands, of graves with our murdered North
ern sons. Them they could defy at leisure—
Abraham Lincoln they must obey.' [Loud ap
plause.] But giant that General MoUletlan
-Is faithful and desirous of the preservation of this
Government, and desires to restore the Union In
his peculiar way. Do we wish to make treason
honorable—to save it in its extremity—to save it from
impending death —to enable It to rest and make
itseirmighty, by the new nourishment it may re
ceive from the Union but temporarily restored to .
health 1 His policy would undoubtedly have Bach
an effect; but the subject hardly needed considera
tion, for he would not b 8 the next President. [Ap
plause,] So much for negotiation. Now what
was asked of the Southern States 1 They were
asked simply to submit to the laws, and to
the consequences or their own misdoing—they
were asked nothing more. There could be no
compromise with them, for there was nothing to
compromise about. Let the majesty of offended
law be vindicated; let the law-breakers be punished;
let those who have mustered onr sons, and lathers,
and brothers suffer the penalty of their crimes. All
that we require is that tho Southern soldiers lay
down their arms, and submit willingly. If they do
not so submit, we will compel them to; for why
should we give to treason, criminal, unjustifiable,
infamous treason, all that we have gained; all our
hundreds, and thousands of untimely graves: all
our hopes, our fears, our prayers, our untold sacri
fices, because traitors in our midst counsel us that
the rebel murderers must be forgiven ?' No!
Justice, humanity, law, government demand not
to let this war be stoppeq.until its legitimate frui’s
are gathered. [Applause.] No man can suggest
nor advise such a step, and bo at Ihe same time
faithful to the country, faithful to our struggling
armies, to humanity, to law, to order. There is no
man on the continent more anxious for peace than
Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United
States. [Applause.] His hoait is warm, and h 8
earnestly desires it. But he has taken upon him
self a sacred trust, and he is determined to be true
to the people and. the law. [Renewed applause.)
Is the .only refuge indeed that to be gained
from compromise’ Is there not a safer refage
in defence of tho law in our bravo army, in
our patient, Indomitable people? The rebel army
In the struggle to-day is weakened and broken. One
army Is now all they can put against us. Their
only hope Is, as they themselves admit, that there
may be a counter-rebellion in the North, or a suc
cess of the Opposition candidate at the next elec
tron- This is the last hope that glimmers In the
horizon of treason, and with the rosult of the next
election it will die out In gloom. The r-aonlo will
-then declare that this Republic shall Hve, and ex
tend its beneficent influence over both the North
and the South, fApplause.] But the war must
continue as loßg as there is no sueing for peace.
There are wrongs to redress, and the wrong
doers must be crushed by power, and our
efforts must not now be relaxed when treason Is in
its last throes. We have only to stand firm for the
maintenance of the Government In the prosecution
of this war. We have conquered back tho Missis
sippi, and one-half the territory they formerly hold,
and all their armies but one are broken, and reel
ing and staggering before the victors, The other
defends the rebel capital, but Grant’s army will
soon enter that capital long struggled for. [Ap
plause.] There are those who feel rib favor for the
country’s cause—who have no love for the soldier
who say that the war is a failure, but they know aß'
well as wo that the rebels are in their direst ex
tremity. It Is strange that there could be among an
intelligent people a sympathy for the traitors
who have deluged our land in blood. It is
peculiarly strange now, when their power is In the
last shiver of death. But it. was stranger still that
men could be in our midst violating solemn
pledges, and teaching us that murderers are not
worthy of our condemnation; making sympathy for
men who seek to dostroy our" Government by assu
ring us that the defeat of such men will bring on us
aßhrchy and ruin. [Derisive applause.] There is
nothing honorable In their position to be
proud of. From their position we can judge them,
and recognize the motives of their actions, and tho
motives of that, platform which the Chicago Conven
tion prepared for the people of the United States. It
dGes not counsel us to be gtateful for our victories
In the South . it docs not counsel ■ how to preserve
the Union through the peace It recommends, which
is advocated by the Democratic leaders in Pennsyl
vania and the North. They do not counsel us how
to crown our arms with continued triumphs, and
thus attempt to form the opinions of the people so
as to continue them faithful to old traditions. They
leach us exactly what Vallandigham learned at the
South, and what he Is now transplanting Into North,
ern minds. They teach us neither how to preserve the
Government, nor how peace will subserve the coun
try’s dearest interests. [Applause.] The position
of the Secretary of State under James Buchanan is
the same as that his party now adopt, and the lead
ers w ould have adopted them, had circumstances fa
vored. The speaker referred to Chief Justice Black
of Pennsylvania, who is to speak before the De
mocracy of Philadelphia on Monday night next, to
teach them how this Government has not the power
to make obedient to the law thoso who have iso
lated our’bousoholds and endangered the safety ot
our institutions and our country ; that wo have not
the power to make examples of those who make
wanton war upon us. Thoro was Charles R, Buck
alew, a defeated candidate for ’congress, who
taught the same thing, and William Bigler and.
"V aliandigham, From week to week, and month to
month, the loyal people are told to sacrifice
this Government to its murderous foes. [Loud
applause.] He did not wrong them when
he said this, although the President they had
nominated at Chicago Is said to bo a war man.
He is not more so than his peaceful companion, who
once boasted that ho never voted a man nor a dollar
to carry on the war. And yet, while they throw
every difficulty in tho way of the prosecution of the
war, they tell you in the s ame breath that they love
that Union for whose salvation that war is waged.
[Applause.] Gen. McClellan may be right in what
be proposes ior himself, but then, since they stand
upon the same platform, Pendleton must also be
right In. what he proposes, and they could not, It
elected, act faithfully toward each'other. Here
they are now, hand In hand, with' a common
purpose, with diverse views. McClellan can
not act against his parly nor his associate. He
has, in the acceptance of the nomination, shown no
love for his country, but rather reflected his party’s
sympathy with treason. Ho is the Democratic can
didate, and yet he is at variance not only with his
associate, but, bv previous acts, at variance with
the party Itself.: They protest against arbitrary
arrests* and ■yet BloCloila'D, not long ago, took down
a whole State Legislature before .breakfast:
he arrested them .all, not allowing one to
escape. Mr. McClure did not affirm that General
McClellan was right in thtg act, but he believed He
was right. He would affirm, however, that Mc-
Clellan was ashamed of -doing what : was right
[Laughter.] ‘When MeOlellan was at the beau of
the army, he even averred that none but loyal men
should vote In the elections of Maryland. He not
only excluded traitors In arms, but even those who
were suspected of disloyalty; and this was done, it
should be particularly remembored, by the present
Democratic candidate for Presidency. In that
State—Maryland—tho change was great, Bince, du
ring McClellan’s lease of power, oaths and military
foree were necessary to keep the State from being
disloyal. Now, Its loyalty had grown so warm and
sincere that Gen. Early thought it well to try to
stump the Stato for the peace ticket. [Laughter.]
When that general was defeated on our border, the
Democrats regretted; not so much that he had lost'
thousands of men, but they mourned that It would
result In the execution of the draft and the mainte
nance of the laws in Pennsylvania. [Applause 1
Thoy mourned that General Early had taken from
the Democratic party the hope of revolution In our
State. There is not a viotory of onr arms, I care
not Whenco it come; thero is not a shout of "victory
that does'not sink sadly Into the hearts of the
friends of McClellan, and drive the nail in the
coffin of Democracy. wJMr.whom.-vou will. I
don’t care how unscrupulous the man may b'o,
and to whom the quostlon is asked what bast
can Ihelp the Democratic cause, his answer
is the failure of the Union armies. Dlsastor
to our arms is the only hope of Democratic success;
and, thank God, the Democratic party will fail in
that. [Applause.] Did you evor consider who are
the men who would rejoice 1J General McClellan
was choEen President? Did you ever sit down in
your own home, and look around your own house,
told circle, and think who would rejoice for M.o-
Olellan’s election? Would It be loyal men who would
be glad to hear of that sad event? Would it be the
men who desire to maintain your armies and your
Government? Turn where you will, and you will
find that tho falthlul man, the man whoso heart is
enlisted in the success of thiß Government, will
alone be disheartened at the triumph of our ene
mies. Who, in the event of McClellan’s eleotlon,
would make your streets howl with hideous shouts ?
Need it be told you that if the winged lightning, on
the Bth of November next, should bring us an intima
tion of McClellan’s eleotlon to tho Presidency
the:Fourth'ward would vomit forth its unwashed
herds? and that the Five Points of New York would
turn out and make nighthideous with their shouts of
rejoicing? Turn to your own hills, and show me the
man who has bid defiance to your laws, and I will
show you a man who will rejoloe in all his might
for McClellan’s election. I caro not whether you
turn to the North or the South, If there be a man
who Is at he art tho foe of this Government, he will
rejoice with exceeding gladness at the triumph of
George B. McClellan as President of the United
States.
™^lI 6ls ?°£ a T ebel ln the South who would not
Davis has everything to hope In
elcc yon. Every other rebel will join ...
that'there^is^i^i l UaviSl anyman doubt
that there is a lawless man North or South who
° r McClellan’s elec®
“°?A i f, ,is that he will vleld to wrong
and it is the last hope of treason that our
■meet with disaster to.huiry on that event
few weeks ago, on the borders of FrankUn couSL
while Sheridan was fighting the enemy, there we™
hundreds of men rejoicing in tho prospect that hi
might be defeated. Nothing would have ImLld
them Better than a victory to Early. And there is ,
not one Of them who will mot, in November, cast a
vote for General George B. MeOlellan, With one
accord they are against the Union, and with one
accord they are for.McGlelian'and Pendleton. The
only hope, then, for this nation is found In the re
election of Abraham Dincoln. [Applause.] ' I
need not here, to-night, discuss the merits .of his
Administration. His whole career has had but one
object, and that is the preservation of the Go
vernment. He has been faithful to the people.
He has administered the Constitution as a thing
havlDglife, Conld the men who made that Con
stitution have made it a shield of treason 1 But it
is no such shield. It would be death to this nation
“I* were. Slavery defied that Constitution; It was
fostered ana yielded to, until' U became so powerful
* a T B, Having turned against
the Constitution, now by the Constitution snail it
r ;*■ l ApplflD . Ee V Four years of war have con
vinced us that slavery and the Constitution cannot
live together. Let slavery die, rather than that
Oft Government shall be sacrificed. [Applause.]
■This issue Is law upon one side, and aharohy on the
other. It Is plainly made. Upon one side are law
lessness, treason, and death; and on the other are
those who are, by Instinct and education, for law,
order, and government. Who can sacrifice this
Government to lawlessness 1 There Is no man so
humble that this Government cannot protect. It
protects every man in the exercise or his social, po
litical, and religious rights. There Is no man who
sees the prosperity of this land who does not feel
that It Is due to the protection of the Government.
Here Is a Government of law and order, giving
protection to all. Everyman is eligible to all the
honors of ti e country. There la no man so poor or
so rich who can afford to peril the Government, and
be who turns his back upon that Government Is a
foe to humanity, a foe to liberty, and a foe to God.
[Applanse.] There Isbutone hope and one guiding
star for every American freeman, "and that Is In the
re-election of the man under whose administration
traitors have lifted their hands against the Govern
ment, and who must under that administration be
brought again to obey the Constitution and the
laws. ...... . 7'
Speeches by William B. Mann and others fol
lowed, and the meeting adjourned with enthusiasm.
SEEKSADE TO GOVERNOR CURTIN.
A t a late hour last' evening a ''complimentary
serenade was tendered to his Excellency Governor
Curtin at the Continental. After being called upon,
Governor Curtin came upon the balcony, and spoke
as follows: A. . ... . . •
Fkllow-oitizens : I takethls tobe aeompllment
to me as the chief executive of this State. It Is a
little, more than a year since I stood in this
place and spoke to the people as ;a, candidate
for the high office to which the people have elevated
me./It was then the privilege of the citizens of
thlß Commonwealth to endorse my actions as Chief
Magistrate. I had given my support to the soldiers
on the field, and would to Godl could give the
wounded soldiers on thy field greater support; would
that I could carry the dead soldiers home, to be
burled In the graves of their families. My actions
were endorsed then, and I have continued to give
the Government at Washington my entire support,
and the support of the people of this Common
wealth; and while I hold opinions against every
man In the South bearing arms, and every man in
tbe North who by his actions gives them aid and
comfort, I will give my support to the nation and
to the national authorities. In one hour the war
can stop, and they can have, as some of them pre
tend to desire, the Union as it was, and the Consti
tution'tss It is. They have only to lay down their
arms; and, as long as they refuse to do so, I am
in favor of compelling them to lay down
their arms till submission to the law is
established oven the whole length, and breadth
of the land. We all desire peace, and to-night,
oyer the gtave’of the gallant Birney, would we
make peace; but peace; In unison with liberty and
national honor, and no other kind of peace, will bo
consistent with the dignity of a great people. Re
garding those who administer the Government as
for the time being the Government itself, he would
-give all his power to them; Ibsve given to my Go-*
vermnent all my time, all the powers of my head
and heart, and much of my health, with tho expec
tation that a vigorous prosecution of tho war will
soon return peace and prosperity to our borders.
Trusting,that a kind Providence will soon glvo us a
lasting peace, I wish you good night.
After the band had played another piece of music,
Hon. A. K. McClure was called upon, and made a
few. remarks.':
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1864,
The Union of the Union Party in Penn-
sylvan la.
Complete harmony now exists in tlie
ranks of tlie Union party of Pennsylvania:
It is enforced by national necessities, in
spired by general enthusiasm for the cause,
and will be maintained by mutual conces
sion. The late canvass taught a lesson by
which this canvass will profit. Men who
expected a'great Union majority on the
home vote, and thought the cause would
prosper without their aid, have been shown
the evils of indifference and over-confidence,
j All the friends of the Government are now
: united. They will make one undivided,
I irresistible effort to increase the Union ma
' jority oil the Bth of November..
! Bear in mind, frienuS of the Union, the
; difference between the State canvass just
! ended and the national struggle that is now
! nearing its end. We have now no Gon
! gressional rivalries; no local disputes; no
j difficulties between rival candidates for
i county offices. Individual preferences and
| prejudices have no part in this grand battle
I of principles, in which all minor disputes
J are engulphed and lost. The eyes of the
nation are fixed only on four men—Abra
ham Lincoln and An drew Johnson,
George B. McClellan and George H.
Pendleton. They alone give personality
to this campaign—all else is Principle.
The issues are absolute. Between
honorable war and shameful peace,
slavery and freedom, union and disunion,
there can be no compromise, and every
friend of a successful war, a free country,
and a perfect Union, must be for Abraham
Lincoln. The Test are for McClellan.
When the struggle reaches this incompara
ble height, and the fate of the country
hangs upon its result, the harmony of the
loyal and sincere party must be without a
break or flaw. This is the whole story.
Wc know that the friends of the Govern
ment in Pennsylvania are united, acting
together, and that nothing can divide them.
We shall not conquer in November by a
poor majority of six !
Thus united, all that remains is work,
work, work! We have two weeks from
next Tuesday to redeem every Union coun
ty which in October gave a diminished ma
jority, and to increase our gains in all
the others. It is true that many of the
counties have sent thousands of Union
voters to the field as soldiers. Nearly
ihirty thousand of our Union citizens have
gone in the last year to charge with Sheri-'
dan or hold fast with Grant, yet we
polled a larger aggregate vote than ever
before. We have begun well. We shall
end better. There is not a county in the
State that cannot give an increased Union
‘note if the friends of the Union will work:.: .
The Great Meetings Last Night.
Nearly eight thousand people attended
the great in-door Union meetings last
night. They were thoroughly significant
of the profound interest of Philadelphia in
the hand-struggle for Union and Freedom
so 'soon to be decided; and the presence
and eloquence of such distinguished Penn
sylvanians as Governor Curtin, General
Owen, and Colonel McClure showed that
the canvasß for the Presidency has taken
fresh start with new vigor and earnestness.
Major Harry White, whose long imprison
~ment in a rebel prison, has made him known
to all who honor the true soldier, was also
among the speakers.
The enthusiasm and spirit of such great
meetings as were these show how perfect i 3
the harmony, and how firm the resolution
of our people. There was none of the or
dinary sensational excitement of party
gatherings in these. An intelligent com
prehension of principles, a true apprecia
tion of men, an unalterable devotion to the
cause for which we will contend to the last,
kindled the inspiration of audience and
speakers. These are the elements which
everywhere inspire loyal Americans, and
insure the triumph of the just cause in No
vember.
The Burial of a Soldier of Freedom.
When, at the beginning of the war for
the preservation of the American Govern
ment, David Bell Bibnev volunteered his
services, lie had no doubts either as to the
justice or as to -the sequel of the great con
troversy into which our ' country had been
precipitated; and when his sword was ac
cepted his heart went with it. The career
of this incomparable soldier, who died
in consequence of health impaired in the
service of his country before he had
reached the age of forty, is a signal illus
tration of the truth that he who enters
into a great. fight with a sincere and re
ligious belief in the morale of that fight,
is sure to be remembered —sure to be ho
nored, living, and to-be mourned, dead.
Many have gone into this struggle for the
preservation of the Government without
first considering and weighing the princi
ples involved in that struggle, and, while
perilling their lives, have allowed them-'
selves rather to look upon their sacrifices
as a cold duty. Such as these, however,
have themselves only to blame if their deeds
ore not indelibly impressed upon the popu
lar heart and forever cherished in the
popular, memory. Major General But
nky was not only a soldier of freedom,
but a soldier of - conscience. He fought"
for his country, not simply because he had
the allegiance that we all owe to it, but he
fought for it because he loved it, and be
cause, above, the mere matter of duty and
obedience, he entertained the higher prin
ciple of intense and passionate attachment
to the great idea that this war can never :
close until the entire institution of human
slavery is extirpated.
There was something in the character
°f tin B young general peculiarly fas
cinating. The writer of this article
does not remember, ever haying mot
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1864
Mm, although it was our fortune, on more
than one occasion, to assist his friends,
and to stand between him and unjust anta
gonism. But no man could have been sup
ported as Birney was supported if he had
not been a ehiyalric, an unselfish, and fear
less patriot. It is related that one. of the
last acts of his life was to vote the Uncon
ditional Union ticket in the Tenth ward of
this city, on the life of October, just as he
was returning home, utterly debilitated,
from the Army of the Potomac.
There is in this single act a text aud a
teaching far more eloquent than poetry or
prose, and he, doubtless impressed with
- the belief that the seeds of death wore
gnawing at his heart, feit that in the enjoy
ment of this last and most precious pri
vilege of human freedom he was proving,
by his contribution to the civil power „of
his Government, the sincerity of his devo
tion in the tented field. His remains were
yesterday followed to the cemetery
in which they are now entombed by
such a cortege of soldiers, and citi
zens as will long be remembered. The
highest dignitaries of the State came forth
to Minor him. The Governor of Pennsyl
vania showed by his presence how earnestly
he appreciated his great qualities, and in
the long line that accompanied the hearse
to that mausoleum which shall hereafter be
a shrine for patriotic citizens to worship at,
came General Sickles— tlie superior of
General Birney in more; than one bloody
battle—testifying by his presence, with his
mutilated body, his sense of the high and
soldierly ability that distinguished the la
mented deceased, and how‘profoundly he
mourned the loss of a brother soldier.
There is something in the life and death
of such a man as Birney ; singularly calcu
lated to awaken the sensibilities of the
dullest. It rekindles the. fire of the men
who are iff the army, and lights a spark of
patriotism in the bosoms of those who are
not in the army. The soldiers most success
ful in this great struggle for freedom-are
■ those who haw believed in the justice of
our cause. The only defeated men have'
been those who have hesitated about
the issues involved in it. Had Gene
ral ' McClellan grasped the baton of
command in the profound conscious
ness that he was not, fighting as a mere
martinet; that he was not called to obey
the orders of certain military chieftains,
but .that the destinies of a free people had
been entrusted to his charge, and that in?
was warring against slavery in the belief
that slavery had, begun the war against
the Union—he would not now lie the
candidate of a party that denounces
this :contest for American 'freedom as a
failure, and he would not now be
a sort of potentate, of peace - and the
only hope of those who expect to defeat
and to destroy our country. Hookeri
Sherman, Grant, Faruaout, Sheridan,
Sickles, and all the winning men,
whether on the land or sea, in this strug
gle hme a religious faith, not simply in
the justice of our cause, but in its victorious
sequel. We repeat, that no man has finally
•failed, on the land or the sea, who has
really believed that the right was with us,
and that God was with the right.' There
is not a disgraced general or a defeated
commodore to-day who does not fall
back upon Copperhead philosophy, and
upon so-called Democratic arguments,
for the purpose of attacking the Go
vernment that has retired him. Let us,
then, honor the actions of those who live
in the belief that our cause is just, and let
us cherish the memories of those who, like
Birney, have fought, hied, and died in
the consciousness that their country was
never more worthy of their sacrifices than
when, in order to save ourselves from
death, she took up arms against human
slavery. , . '
For two weeks the Democratic mountain
has been laboring, and now it has brought
forth its Mouse,- and a-nice little mouse' it,
is. Thirty-five thousand Democratic ma
jority was loudly announced the day after
the election. Ten thousand was yester
day tbe smallest possible number. To-day
the official home vote of the entire State
shows a Democratic majority of six b We
‘congratulate Mr. Belmont on the results
of his extravagant expenditure. These
six men, on a fair calculation, cost his
party $200,000 each. At this rate they
might have obtained a moderate majority
of fifteen hundre’d by spending $3,000,000,-
000. This mouse will be nowhere wheu
the lions of the army are heard from.
Tjie shrewder members of the Cincin
nati Peace Convention, under the influence
of Fernando Wood and the other peace
men who support McClellan, succeeded
in adjourning it sine die yesterday with
out making any nominations. It was
clearly understood that McClellan would
be bound by the Chicago platform, that his
letter had no practical effect, and that his
election would really be .a triumph for
Long, Harris, Vallandigham, & Co.
Hebschel .V. Johnson has written a
letter, published in the Richmond Enquirer
of the 18th, which we may condense in
very few. words. He affirms subjugation to
he better than submission to tho Union,
the only ; honorable peace to be based on
the recognition of the South, and that such
a peace would result from the election of
McClellan. What need to point this
moral?
Hon. Jas. J. Blaine’s analysis of the
national debt and the national resources,
published on our first page, proves that the
one will be easily paid by the other. Mr.,
Blaine’s figures defy criticism. He has
made a complete expose of the common
Copperhead falsehood.
Tjie Union State Central Commit
tee have received information that at the
October election a large number of persons
known to he deserters from tlie army pre
sented themselves at different polls and
voted. the Democratic ticket. The county
committees should at once investigate this
matter, and in the localities in which such
outrages have been committed the provost
marshal of the district should be notified,
in order that the. rascals maybe appre
hended if they appear at the November
election.
Yice President Hamlin will give next
week to Pennsylvania, speaking in several
counties. He will have a hearty welcome
from a people who know his patriotism,
and honor his disinterested zeal.
GRAND DEMONSTRATION IK CHESTER COUNTY— THE
JNVINCUSLES IK WEST CHESTER. •
[Special Despatch to The Press. J
Wrst Chester, Oct. 21.-This evening the
streets of West Chester were Alloa with tho beauty
aud elite of Ohester county to do honor to the
friends of Union, liberty, and justtoe. Tho'greator
part of the city was Illuminated. Bunting was dis
played in profusion, and patriotic males and fe
males thronged tho sidewalks. Never boforo was
there such an outpouring of the loyal people.
The Republican Invincibles, of Philadelphia, ex
cited a great doal of admiration, and were en
thusiastically received. They marched with the
precision of well-drilled troops, and presented a
very gentlemanly appearance.
Tie farmers turned out In all their majesty
Horse and foot delegations from all the surrounding
country, with appropriate wreaths, devices, and
transparencies, were in line. Old men and young
men, armed with torches or lanterns* aid decorated
with flowers, joined the procession.
The procession-was of a very imposing character.
Tie Wyer’s Cadets were out in full force, and
presented a very fine appearance. They bore
a transparency bearing the Inscription, “Mc-
Clellan ; slandered the : Pennsylvania Reserves.”
The Union Club of Downlrigtown was another
prominent feature. The Union Clubs of tho sur
rounding townships turned Oat In goodly numbers.
Mounted horsemen, each bearing lighted torches,
wero scattered through tho line. Numerous trans
parencies were in line. Large bonfires were in
full blaze, .and .the .ladles, lined the. porches,*
■“ndyraved small flags and handkerchiefs as the
cars passed slowly along. Tho procession broke up
about half past ten o’clock, when the Inviholbles
were taken charge of by tho loyal citizen's of West
Chester and properly taken care of. The Club left
the station about 11 o’clock for Philadelphia.
, St. Louis, Oct. 21. —Samuel Knox accepts the
call of nearly 2,000 citizens, and announces himself
as a candidate for Congress in the First district. :
The Bemocrat ic Congressional Convention yester
day nominated B. 1). Killyn for Representative In
the First district. There arc now three candidates
in the field.
UNION CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION IN HARY-
BAtTiHOM, Oct. 21.—C01. Charles E. Phelps,
lately oi the 4{h Maryland Regiment, who was
Tile Democratic.,, Mouse at Last.
POLITICAL.
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS IN MISSOURI.
wounded and disabled in the battle at Hanover
Court House, was to-night unanimously nominated
by the Union Convention of tho Third district, in
place of Henry Winter Davis, the present member.
THIS OHIO PBAOB CONVENTION.
Cincinnati, Oct. 21.— The Peace Convention ad
journed sine die without making any nominations.
WASHINGTON.
MtOCLAMATfON BY THE PRESIDENT.
;.*5
A Day of Rational Thanksgiving and .Prayer,
THE IAST THURSDAY OF NOVKJiBEK SET APART.
PRAYERS FOR UNION AND PEACE.
IMMENSE UNION- .DEMONSTRATION.
G rand TToreliiigiit Procession.
A SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT;
' Washington, Oct. 21—Tho following proclama
tion was promulgated this afternoon:
BY THIS PBKfUDEMT OF TUB UNITED STATES OH
/.■.V '.':. . AMERICA,;
A PROCLAMATION. ;
It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our
national Hie another year. "
Defending us with Ills guardian dare against un
friendly designs from abroad, and vouchsafing us in
His mercy many and signal victories over the ene
my, (who is of our household,) it has also pleased
our Heavenly Father to favor as well our citizens
In their homes as our soldiers in their camps and
our sailors on the rivers and seas with unusual
health.
He has largely augmented our free population by
emancipation and by Immigration, white He has
opened to us now resources or wealth, and has
crowned the labor of the workingman In every de
. partment or Industry with abundant reward, . ' V
Mdseover, He has been pleased to animate and
inspire our minds and hearts with fortitude, courage
and resolution sufficient for the great trial of civil
war into which we have been brought by our ad
herence as a nation to the cause of freedom and ha-,
manlty, ond to afford to us reasonable hopesof am
ultimate and happy deliverance from all our dan
gers and afflictions.
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, Presi
dent of tho United States, do hereby appoint and
set apart the last Thursday in November next a 3 a
day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow
citizens, wherever they may then be, as a day of
thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God, the be
neficent Creatorand ruler of the universe.
And I do further reoommend to my fellow-citizens
aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently
humble themselves in the dust, and from thence
oiler up penitent and fervent prayers and supplica
tions to the great Disposer of events for a return
of the .inestimable ’blessings of peace, Union, and
harmony throughout the land which It has pleased
Him to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves and
0«r posterity throughout all generations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of
October, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the Indepen
dence of tho United States the eighty-ninth.
By the President.
Wm. H. Sf.ward, Secretary of State.
DECISION UNDER THE DRAFT LAW—DE
SERTING CONSCRirTS NOT TO BE CREDITED
IN A QUOTA.
Provost Marshal General Fry, In a letter to the
Mayor of Washington, says: “Credit will bo al
lowed only for such men as are 'obtained’ by the
draft. Persons who are drawn and fall to repart
are not considered by the law officers of the Govern
ment, nor by the Provost Marshal General’s Bu
reau, as obtained In the moaning of the law. They
will rot, therefore, be credited unless they shall be
subsequently arrested and held to .service.” Ac
cording to Gen. Fry’s communication, it would
appear that citizens are held responsible for drafted
absentees.
THE SANITARY COMMISSION AND OUR WOUND-
ED IN THE VALLEY.
The Sanitary Commission has constantly kept a
large and. well assorted stock of supplies in Its store
houses at Martineburg and Winchester, besides tho
store wagons of its field rellof corp 3 accompanying
Sheridan’s army. The officer having charge of the
■work of the Sanitary Commission in the Shenan
doah Valley, left Winchester, on Tuesday morning,
with a train of wagons filled with a stock for use
upon the field.
Last night and this morning further supplies to
the value of $lO,OOO, and several additional relief
agents, were sent to Martinsburg. The needs'of
those wounded in tlierocent fights Save made heavy
drafts upon the bountyol the Sanitary Commission,
and the reports o! its storehouses show a decrease of
the stock on hand, Hence an appeal Is officially
made to Aid Societies throughout the land to for
ward largely to the various branch dopots of the
Sanitary Commission.
POTOMAC BLOCKADE-RUNNING BEING '
STOPPED.
Blocliade-runnff?g. across the Lowor Potomac was,
not long ago, extensively resumed: but, within the
lost three weeks, one of the Potomac flotilla, the
Yankee, alono has destroyed thirty Bmall boats
fouDdon the Virginia shore, and which had been
used in the trade, and recently several runners have
been captured.
GREAT UNION TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
Tho torchlight procession here to-night by the
; Union men was a great success. Nothing like it
has ever been seen In Washington. ■ All tho Union
clubs were well represented. But this was only a
nucleus. Immense numbers of tho citizens par
ticipated. There were men carrying torches in tho
parade who were not supposed to have any Interest
fin the Union cause. It was really the grandest
d witnessed in Washington.
The-procession started from the Patent Office, and
the squaro was completely filled. The parade went
to the White House* and called upon President
Lincoln for a speech. Tho President spoke as fol
lows : ■
“Fellow-Citizens : I was promised not to be
called upon for a speech to-night, nor do I propose
to make one, but we have been having some very
got d news for a day or two, so I propose thatyou
givo three hearty cheers for Sheridan. While
wo are at it we may as well consider how
fortunate it was for the Secesh that Sheri
dan was a iietlo man. If he had been
a large man there is no knowing what he would
have done with them. I propose three cheers for
General Grant, who knew to what use to put
General Sheridan; three cheers for all our noble
commanders, and the soldiers and s_allors; three
cheers for all the people, everywhere, who cheer the
soldiers and sailors of the Union. Andnowgood-
Bight.” -V i-.
The procession passed through Pennsylvania ave
nue, and was one hour and fifteen minutes in pass
ing one .point. The Navy Yard Club had two six
pounders with them, which they fired every.,few
minutes.
As the pageant passed the Chrouicle office tre
mendous cheers were given and rocketßwero thrown
up> The proceßglon finished at midnight.
NEW ORLEANS AND MEXICO.
CAPTURE OF MATAMOROS BY THE FRENCH.
New York, Oct. 21.—The steamer Emily B. Sou
der has arrived,with New Orleans dates of the 14th.
~ Matamoros was seized by the French on the 25th
ultimo.
The schooner Florence Berz was boarded by the
rebels, on the 22d nit., off Texas Point, mouth of the
Bio Grande, and was run ashore and burned at the
same place.
The Picayune of the 14th says Captain Do Kokor,
of the schooner Neptune, informs us that the French
took possession of Matamoros on tho 26th, the town
surrendering unconditionally. General Mejalwas
in command, and everything was quiet when the
Neptune sailed.
Ike Canadian Conference.
Quebec, Oct. 21.—1 t is reported that the Con
ference has agreed upon’ the constitution of the
lower House on the basis of representation accord
ing to population, the total number of members to
be 184.
The Conference Is sow discussing tho powers of
ihe General Government.
Tlie Roanoke-
Halifax, Oct. 21;—A brig has arrived here
which is reported to have landed tho Roanoke's
passengers at Bermuda. The particulars will be
telegraphed as soon as obtained.
Rejoicing at Tyrojio lor StooritJan’s vic-
Tyronk, Oct, 21.—This evening the citizens of
Tyrone illuminated their buildings, fired a salute
of a hundred guns, and had a general rejoicing over
Sheridan’s late viotory.
Col. Lowell Killed.
Boston, Oct. 21.—C01. Lowell, of tho 2d Massa
chusetts Cavalry, was killed in tho battle of Codar
Creek.
NEW XOKE CIIT.
New York, Oct. 21,1864.
TEE PRICE OF GOLD. ’
10 o’clock P. M—Gold closed to-night at 211 K.
Markets! by Telegraph.
-Baltimore, Oct. 21,—Flour dull and drooping,
wheat firm but scarce. Corn advancing; sales of
■while at $1.72, and yellow at $1 0101.65. Whisky
dull and' nomlnal at $l.BO. , Groceries are heavy.
St. Louis, Oct. 21.—Flour Is dull and lower ; su
perfine $7; double extra $0 25. Wheat declined
2@3c, tho prices ranging at $185@1.95 lor prims to
choice. Corn quiet at $l 58@1.63. Oats are quiet
atfll@92c.
Peremptory Sale op Cakpktings, Carpet
Yarnb, &c., Tnis Day.— Tho attention;of dealers
Is requested to the assortment of superfine ingrain,
royal damask, Venetian, cottage, list, and hemp car
petings, &c., to bo peremptorily sold by catalogue,
on four months’ oredlt, commencing this morning at
U o’clock precisely, by John B. Myers & Co., auc
tioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
Classical Matinees.— The Classical Quintette
Club, composed of Messrs; Gaortncr, Jarvis, Cross,
Plßgemann, and Schmitz, propose to give a series
of classical matinees during the approaching sea
son, similar to those given with so much Intelligent
satisfaction during.last winter. The formation of
this club of able musicians is fortunate for the lute,
rests of music In Philadelphia, and we think it wlil
quite rival, If net surpass, the well-known Men.
delssohn Quintette Club of Boston. Tho new season
of twenty-five weekly matinees will begin on Wed
nesday, 16th of November.
Miss Major Cusiiman.— This girted lady will
give a matinfce this afternoon, and make her last ap
pearance this evening, at the Assembly Buildings.
Abraham Lincoln.
“ Price has declared an amnesty to all deserters
from his army'who have been bushwhacking, and
they are joining him. Bill Anderson will join him
in a few days. Quantrell has been promoted to a
brigadier generalship, and Jackman is to have
charge of a division. Holtzeiard is also to report to
Price. This clearly shows that the guerilla leaders
ot this State are commissioned officers of the re
gular Confederate service. ,
“ Lieutenant Colonel Hynes, of the 17th Illinois
Veteran Cavalry, who was captured at Glasgow
and paroled, expresses the opinion that the rebels
cannotfight mounted, and that our Infantry is more
than amatch forthemv He also says that Price has
so ,coo men.”
ONE HUNDRED AND PIETY THOUSAND DOLLARS’
WORTH OF PROPERTY LOST AT GLASGOW—RE
PULSE OP GUERILLAS BY COLORED TROOPS.
St, Louis, Oct. 20.—The loss of property in Glas.
gow, through its capture by tho rebels, Is about
$160,000. * ' - /
Eighty men of Colonel McArthur’s colored regi
ment, under Lieutenant Johnson, were attacked,
near Fort Donelson, on the 12th, by two hundred
and eighty guerillas. Three charges were repulsed,
when the rebels fled, leaving forty killed and
wounded on the field. Our loss was four killed and
ten wounded, among the former being Lieutenant
Johnson.
THE REBELS PLUNDERING BRUNSWICK AND OTHER
TOWNS NORTH OF THE MISSOURI— ERICS EN
CAMPED AT, WAVERLY—BOSEORANS; IN OLOSK
PURSUIT PRICE AND GOVERNOR - REYNOLDS
QUARRELLING;
St. Louis, Oct. 21.—A special despatch to the
Democrat, from Jefferson City, says: ,
“ The rebels recrosscd the Missouri river at Bruns
wick the .day before yesterday. They now hold
Brunswick, Keetsvllle, and Conolton, and are plun
dering them. *
“ Colonel Perkins encamped yesterday at Fayette,
Howard county, with a regiment of bushwhackers.
“General Fisk is repairing the railroad west of
Jefferson City. .'.,*■■:**
“The latest information: from Gen. Pride said his
camp was at Waverly, the northeastern corner o£
Lafayette county. Rosecrans was following him
closely. -His train numbers over 400 wagons which
he was evidently trying to get through the south
western portion of the State while he moved through
Kansas. °
v “Price and the bogus Gov, Reynolds are reported
to have had two quarrels, the latter thinking It
practicable to hold the Sta e, and the former that
it was not. There is trouble brewing In Prlen’s
camp. Many of his officers swear they won’t ea
back to Arkansas, but will remain In Missouri
whether he does or not.” oun
CURTIS FIGHTING WITH P WOE’S ADVANCE-SIN
BORN SKIRMISHING WITH THU KSIiXL SHELBY—
THE UNION FORCES IN GOOD POSITION
_Ut. Louis Oct. 21._The Democrats '.Teflcrson
tecnfeblW p S f at , Ch f yS th:lt Goaeral Cortta bS
aflTanoe a » day on tho Little
bolTsflol’i .m ° S fr ° m lQa ®Peh‘lenoc. Curtis
holds a good position, and wili stand for a regular
engagement if Price win continue the conflict
T b ® EOar °r at Lexington, and the
Mpairod, and the railroad
lining to Warrens burg in two or three days.
b .working-finely, and reinforcements 5
wili bo at the right place at the proper time. V '
uen. Sanborn is reported to be skirmishing with
Shelby to-day, between Booneville and Waverly;
Laegk Salb of Stocks and Real Estate—ll
properties. See Thonqis & Son’s advertisements
and pamphlet catalogues.
THE RAID IN VERMONT.
Bumington, Vt., Oct 21. — We Rave bat little
additional information from the frontier. The Ca
nadian authorities, thug far, have shown a praise
worthy deposition in co-operating with our Go
vernment. The Governor General, Lord Monck,
at onoe ordered the sheriffs and bailiffs of Mlssi
quoi, Iberville, and RousovHlecounties to'useevery
exertion to arrest the raiders. Eleven men are
under arrest in all, and $76,000 have been recovered.
Private despatches state that fourteen persons
have been captured, and a hearing In the matter
will take place before Judge C. Oonrsal, at St.
John, tc-morrow.
ENERGETIC ACTTON OF THB CANADIAN GOVERN-
MENT IN THB ABF AIR.
QttJBBBO, Oct. 21.—Information of the outrage at
St. Albans was communicated to the Government
yesterday, and a number of detectives and a body
of troops were at once despatched to the frontier
with orders to arrest the parties at all hazards.
The Government is fully determined to use every
possible mtans to put a stop to such abuses of Ca
nadian hospitality. If the opportunity is afforded,
an example will be furnished to prevent similar
attempts in the future. The police are on the track-;
of the bank robbers.
BERMUDA.
TUB BATH OB THB ROANOKE AND HER PASBEN
GERS —TUB FEVF-R ABATING ON THE IRLAND,
Halifax, Oct. 21.—The brigantine Mathilde ar
rived at this port yesterday from Bermuda. She
reports that on the 7th inst., while on the passage
from Bermud j to Halifax, she was ordered to heave
to by a steamer, which afterwards proved to be the
captured steamer Hoanoko. Ninety-five passen
gers, Including six females, and the crew of the
steamer, were put on this vessel, and ordered: to
Bermuda, where she landed them on Saturday.
The Roanoke was afterwards burned.
The fever at St. George is abating. It still rages
badly at Hamilton.
THE WAR.
SHEKIDAPS GREAT VICTORY,
THE BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK.
Official Despatch from Gen. Sheridan.
THE ENEMY'S FLANKS OVERWHELMED
ittORE THAN NIFTY PIECES OF AR
TILLERY CAPTURED.
Over Sixteen Hundred Prisoners Taken.
Fisher's Hill Carried by a Bash of Union Cavalry,
DEATH OF THB BBBBh OKfiijiiAl HAJJSSpg,
GRANT CALLS SHERIDAN ONE OF OUR
ABLEST GENERALS
THE WAR IJV MISSOURI;
Cortis Engaged with Price’s Advance,
SANBORN SKIRMISHING WITH SHELBY
MOVEMENTS OF GEW. BOSECRASTS.
OITICIAi, GAZETTE.
P, ATTLIC OF CIiDAK CHEKA—A GREAT VICTORY
BY GALLANTRY WON FROM .DISASTER— MOBS
THAN FIFTY PIECES OF ARTILLERY CAPTURED—
ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED PRISONERS TAKEN
—FISHER’S HILL CARRIED BY ASSAULT—BRANT
COMPLIMENTS SHERIDAN AS ONE OF OUR ABLEST
GENERALS.
Washington, Oct. 21— 10.t0 A. M,
Tie following despatch, received tils morning,
contanins inrtlier particulars of Cedar Creek':
Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 20—11.30 A. M.
JAcut. General b. S. Grant , City Point:
We iave again been favored by a great victory
—a victory won from disaster by tie gallantry of
our officers and men.
Tie attack oa tie enemy was made about 3 o’clock
P. M. by a left ialf-wieel of tie wiole line, witi a
division or cavalry turning eaci flank of tie ene
my, tie wide line advancing. Tie enemy, after a
stubborn resistance, broke and Hod, and were pur
sued with vigor.
Tie artillery captured will probably be over fifty
pieces. Tils, of course, Includes what were cap
tured from our troops In tie morning. At least
1,600 prisoners have been brought In ; also, wagons
and ambulances in large numbers.
Tils morning the cavalry made a dash at Fisher’s
Hill and carried It, the enemy having fled during
the night, leaving only a small rear guard.
I have to regret the loss of many valuable Officers
killed and wounded—among them, Colonel Joseph
Thorbum, commanding a division of Ciooks 1 com
mand, killed j Colonel J. Howard Kitchen, com
manding a brigade, wounded; Colonel R. G-. arc-
Kenvie, commanding a brigade, wounded severely,
but would not leave the field. I cannot yet give
:exact details. Many or oar men captured in the
morning have made their escape and are coming in.
Ramseur, commanding a corps in Early’s division,
died this morning. P. H. Sheridan, \
Major General Commanding,
General Grant’s appreciation of the victory at
Cedar Creek Is expressed in tie following despatch:
City Point, Oct, 20, 1864—8 P. M.
Bon. B. B. Stanton, Secretary of War:
I had a salute of one hundred guns from eaci of
the armies here, In honor of Sheridan’s last victory.
Turning what had bid fair :to be a disaster into a
glorious victory, stamps Sheridan what I have
always thought him—one of the ablest generals.
TJ. S. Grant, Ueutenant General,
The Medical Director repofts that 770 slightly
wounded have reached Winchester from the field,
and all the wounded that are able to bear trans
portation will be forwarded immediately to Mar
tlnshurg,
The telegraphic line is now. working to Atlanta,
but no late reports have been received by the De
partment. Edwin M. Stanton,
■Secretary'of War.
MISSOURI.
CHEERING NEWS FROM GENERAL CURTIS—ROSE
OP. ANS IN THE FIELD—THE GUERILLAS JOINING
PRICE—HIS FORCE ABOUT 30,000. ;' .
St. Routs, Oct. 20.—A correspondent at Jef
ferson City, writing under date of the 19th, says:
11 Everything looks much more favorable to-night.
The news from General Curtis Is most cheering.
General Roscerans took the field to-day, and
to-night is many miles from here.
THE ELECTIONS.
OFFICIAL EKTBRNB FROM SIITY-FOPS COmtOS,
IMMENSE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF
THE SOLDIERS’ VOTE NOT FOLLY COUNTED
10,000 JVlnj ority Lillis far.
The Slate Sure for the Onion hy 30,000,
MAlil’lA ND At OPTS TDK SEW CONSTIIIf riOJT.
IMMENSE ONION MAJORITY IN INDIANA,
PFXXSYI.VAS I A.
HAbbisburg, Oct, 21,.—The official vote of Mer
cer county stows a Union majority of 387. Union
lose 112.
Wyoming county official Democratic majority,
219. Democratic gain, 180.
The report sent to-day from York county'to tho
Associated Press was correct.
We have now tho official returns from sixty-four
counties. Total Democratic vote, 39,813; : Total
Union vote, 39,867. Union majority, 51, with Jef
ferson and. Forest counties yet to hearfrom. Jeffer
son is reported at 100 Democratic, and Forest at
40 Union majority, in which case the Democratic
majority in the State on the home vote is six.
THE SOHMEKS’TOTE.
UNION MAJORITY OVER 10,000— THE RETURNS ONLY
PARTIAL—MORE VOTES YET TO BE RECEIVED;
Harrisburg, Oct. 21.—The following is the offi
cial aggregate of the soldiers’ vote as far as re
ceived at the Secretary’s office:
Union v0te.......
Democratic vote,
•Union majority
RETURN OP EMOTION COMMISSIONERS PRO*
SHBRIDAN’B ARMY—NO DOUBT OF THE ADOPTION
OF THE BEW CGtfSTITtmON,
Baltimore, Oct. 21.—Owing to the delay in re
ceiving the official returns of the vote of the Mary
land troops on the new Constitution, there has been
considerable uncertainty felt as to the result; but
all uncertainty is now removed by the arrival of
the Commissioners sent to collect the vote in Sheri
dan’s army. The new Constitution has b3en cer
tainly adopted by a majority of not less than 300.
Several organizations, including the..3d, Regiment
in Western Virginia, and tho 3d Cavalry, at Fort
Gaines, in Mobile Bay, have not been heard from.
These; it is expected, will considerably increase the
majority.
INDIANA.
Official returns prom nearly the whole
Cincinnati, Oct, 21.—Official raturns from all
but ten counties in Indiana give Morton (Union),
for Governor, 21,000 majority.
&rtt»d Union Mass Meeiiag at Long:
: Branch, 8f,..J.
(Special Correspondence of Tie Press.] ■
One of the largest and most enthusiastic political
gatherings ever held in Monmouth county assem
bled in front of Congress Hall, Long Branch, on
Wednesday last. A procesEion. some three miles In
length, with music, mottoes, arid flags, came upon
the ground about noon. Soon after the meeting
was called to order, and Hr. Broadmeadow, of
Shrewsbury, chosen to preside. Ex-Governor wm.
A. Newell, candidate for the Second district, ad
dressed the meeting, and was followed at length by
Hon. W. R. Peck of Connecticut, and Hon, J. M.
Broomall of Pennsylvania. Fully three thousand
persons listened eagerly till near sundown. In the
evening about one thousand assembled in the spa
cious dining-hall of the hotel, and were addressed
by ex-Governor Newell, General Gantt (formerly
of the rebel army), Colonel W. H. Maurice, and J.
F. Byrnes, Esq., of Philadelphia. Songs and music
enlivened the proceedings of the afternoon and
evening. The meeting, having been held in one of
the most intensely Copperhead regions of New Jer*
Ecyy was a most decided and cheering success.
CITY ITEMS.
Ihe Question Dec Med.
; The Introduction of a sewing-machine iff every
well-regulated household is no longer a matter of
taste or convenience. It has become a prime
necessity—a potent economist ana preserver of
health and life. In view of this fact, the ques
tion as to the most complete and reliable sew
teg-machine in all respects becomes a matter of
sufficient publio importance to demand the atten
tion of journalists. It is true, that where there are
several machines of undoubted merit, It is a some
what delicate matter to discriminate very sweep
tagly in favor of any slnglo one. There are un
questionably certain machines better adapted for
certain hinds of heavy work, as, for example, cer
tain departments in manufacturing, than any others.
But to the great mass of our readers it Is most
important to know with certainty which one of the
various, sewing-machines extant Is the best for
family -use, in the widest sense of the term. We
have been at no small pains to furnish a reliable
answer to this question, and what we shall say,
therefore, we are quite willing to have sub
jected to the closest scrutiny by actual tests.
Our plan of arriving at a correct- conelu.
sion has been- to ascertain the most impor
tant requisites in a family sewing-machine, and
then, by observing and comparing, to discover
what single instrument combined in itself the largest
aggregate of desirable points and in greatest per
fection. '
Under the first inquiry, wo find it to be of signal
value tbit a sewing machine should have a uniform
and self-regulating tension of thread, and should
make as great a variety of stitches as possible. We
also loam that an instrument having .the reversible
feed motion, enabling the operator to fasten off the
ends of the seams, and have work run either to the
right or left without turning the fabric, is of very
great advantages and the same may be said of a
machine which makes every stitch perfect in Itself,
that is noiseless fn its operations, and not liable to
get out of order; that is free from the objections of
springs, cog-wheels, and cams, and so constructed
as not to oil the dross of the operator; that combines
in Its stitches the greatest amount of strength; elas
ticity, and beauty; that performs both the heaviest
and finest work with equal' facility without change
of tension, break of thread, or skippingstitches; and
that,withal, sews the most rapidly and runs with the
greatest ease, and is so simple in construction that
it can. be easily imderstobd. ~
Under the second inquiry, after having made a
full and Impartial examination, with the best as
sistance we could command, we have to report the
single machine which, above ail others, combines tha
above desirable points in greatest perfection, is
“The Flouenob,” sold at 630 Chestnut street.
A Good Ikvsstmbnt.—Money is abundant. Not
withstanding the uniform; high price for everything
purchasable there are thousands of persons even in
moderate circumstances who have more or less
money to spare. To all such we would say, if you
have hot already done so, invest in a “ Grover St
Baker ” Sewing Machine. Where there is much
sewing to do to a family it will pay its cost in a year,
and leave you to possession of the. most invaluable
labor-saving instrument in existence. Go to 730
Chestnut street, examine the superb specimens of
sewing there exhibited, and buy a “ Grover *
Baker.”:''
The advancing season reminds us of the ne
cessity of replenishing: our wardrobes with heavy
Clothing, and, as the prices of goods of almost
every description are now unusually high, it is an
important matter to know where to get the most
value for your money. After examining the market,
with a view .to imparting this information :to our
readers, we confidently assert that the best place in
Philadelphia, to buy good Clothing at moderate
prices is at the old importing and manufacturing
house of Messrs, 0. Somers & Son,' No. 625 Chest
nut street, under Jayne’s Hall. .
Messrs. E. G. Whitman & Co.’s Confections.
—ln tie manufacture of fine Confections '-We can
place I’hiladelphia against the world. Messrs. E.
'G. Whitman & Co., No. 318 Chestnut street, are
themselves equal to sustaining this challenge, judg
ing. from: the delielous and superior character of
their fine Confections. Their various -new-Btyle
candles, chocolate preparations, fine mixtures, &c.,
are unequalled, and their' prices are unusually mo
derate.
“ Cavalry Sheridan” is 'giving the rebels a
glorious thrashing in the valley of the Shenan
doah, and our enterprising townsman, Mr. w. W.
Alter, is-giving our citizens some glorious bargains
in best Lehigh Coal at ills famous yard, 9£7 Worth
Ninth street.
. The most tasteful, ornate, and novel arti
cle for the head that we have seen this season is the
“ Continental” Hat of Messrs. Wood & Cary, No.
725 Chestnut street. We are glad that they are
being largely Introduced among ladles and misses
of taste. - ■
The Stock oh Gentlemen’s Furnishing
Goods offered by Mr. George Grant, N 0.610 Chest,
nut street, is the finest In the .city, and his cele
brated “Prize Medal Shirts,” invented by Mr J
F. Taggart, are unsurpassed by any others in the
world in fit, comfort, and durability.
Cloaks! Cloaks n Cloaks M’-We are now
lu St . e i ? te J' iE , g the °? oat Beas on, and feel free to state
that the lady who cannot get suited at Mrs. Henry’s
Emporium, Nos. 38 and 40 north Ninth, below
Arch, had better give up trying. We noticed yes
terday some superb velvets, frosted beavers’, velvet
bcavcrS} etc., widoli ara all that tb.6 most exacting
taste could require, Thei prices at Which they are
offered aro exceedingly low for the season.
An Elegant Display of Furnishing Goods,
—Mr. C. Henry Love, the popular furnisher, at the
N. W. corner of SSf~ Fifth and Chestnut streets, has
just opened a superb stock of .Cravats, Searfu,
Gloves, Suspenders, Hosiery, Sec., which are well
worthy the attention of gentlemen who are about
replenishing their wardrobes. Mr. L takes com
mendable pride In keeping, at all times, a laTge and
well-assorted stock of everything, in his line; thus
affording his patrons a rare chance for making a
suitable selection.
Economy in Fuel.—lt is seldom that any new
article introduced to the public wins its way Into
popular, fav or as rapidly, or as effectually, as t he cele
brated Stove patented, manufactured, and sold by
Mr. John S. Clark, No. 1008 Market street. All
wlio have tried this Cook Stove of Mr. Clark’s
are delighted with the, admirable manner ’ in.
which it operates. There is, in fact, scarcely
a day in which Mr. Clark has not customers
who aTe brought to his store upon the. direct
recommendation of Iriends wh.o ‘have' used th.o
Stove in question; and what is not a little remark
able, of the thousands sold by him, to this city and
all parts or the country, there has not been a single
complaint that the Stove did not do all that it Is
guaranteed to perform by Mr. Clark. Ho tells his
customers plainly that it is the best Cook Stove ever
invented ; that for all kinds of baking and booking
purposes It Is unequalled; that It is more durable
and convenient than any other Stove In use; that
It* price Is more moderate; that it constm/TT^ 5
small quantity of one ton of coal in aIJ: “ ° ut the
doing the cooking, heating, and boilinaf n , #atll!l »
family, all of which he warrants to be as renre lar?9
The fact, therefore, that no complaints b
made, Is the beat possible proof that, atronl' 6 be8!l
the representations of Mr. Clark respect! asai ®
popular Stores, they are strictly true.
mend all onr readers who hare not yet don/ 600 ®'
give this Stove a trial. Ss> > ta
Prepare xor Extreme Cold WsatKbp
securing the Silver’s G-as-Bnrner (look s'." I*7 1 * 7
manufactured by B. S, & B. A. Harris, No
Ninth street, below Arch, housekeepers may’ait N ‘
have a warm kitchen, well-cooked and wap J, lj3
vlands, with a saving in two winters of the f/i e<!
of the stove in the diminished consumption or Co3t
It can be shown that one tonof coal inthh
will last four months. The Silver’s Gas-jw? 7e
Parlor Stove possesses the same economirinsj „!r !
Ganges and Heaters furntshad by the Jfess r 3 1118,I 118,
ris hover fall to give satisfaction. '
Thb Lap.hest OriiKATiua Boom in t bs p,
is decidedly that of Larkin &rCo,, the reao'-' TT
photographers, southeast corner of Eighth T* 1
Arch. They .can take as many as fifty persons j„
group at one operation. Having a doable sk-j, 7 a
their patrons seldom have to wait over . 1
minutes for their turn. In point of sharp 39
outline and general excellence the pictureso r r °
kin & Co. stand A No. 1, * lr '
A Chinese Temple.— They have a gr aM { ,. I
nese temple In San Francisco. The«prestdia» |
Is the awful Josh himself—a big-paunched OhJa f.
man with a brick-red face, long strips of red ctot t
flowing -from each side of Ms head, and his p» rs „ a
bedizened with blue, green, crimson, and gilt" ca/ I
viDgs, studded with bits of glass, to represent hi" ®
small clothes. Joßh is not pretty to look at, and y* ’]
pig-tailed followers might also improve their 0 «n 1
personal appearance by yrearlng such elegant k*.. ffi
ments as those made at the Brown-stone Oiothiaj S
Hail of Kockhili & Wilson, Nos, 603 and 005 Oh e s t fj
nut street, above Sixth. g
“Economy all tee Go.”— One man advertise
you to “save your matches and temper by p M .
chasing the new electric gas bracket;” another to
“ save the pieces ” by using his glue and cement
and another, with a now burner, asks you to
your gas.” Now, we think this last advice the most
sound and applicable of anything wa have lately
seen In print. We commend it to those who are Jet
discussing whether “ war is right or not.” Next fit
order is the saving of money, and that can be done
by always purchasing your clothesac the Oae-prj 3a
Store oi Charles Stokes A Co., under the “Conti
nental.”
.10,277
The Parabola Spectacles are every
quiring a wider and wider popularity. They ara,
In .other words, daily becoming better known, am]
thus, from their indisputable merits; are more am
more appreciated. Hundreds of our citizens caa
testify to their excellent qualities for strength
ening, as well as assisting, the eyesight. For
sale only by £. Borhek, Optician, No. 408 Chestnut
street.
Bargains in Clothino,
Bargains in Clothing, V
Bargainsjn Clothing,
Bargains in Olotiking,
At Granville Stokes’Old Stand,
At Granville Stokes’Old Stand,
At Gyaiiyille Stokes’ Old'Stand,
At Granville Stokes’Old Stand,
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
No, 609 Chestnut Street.
No. 609 Chestnut Street.
An Old Ebmedy and a Sure One.—We ask no
more of any one than to give Jayne’s Expectorant
a, fair trial to prove that It will cure the various
diseases for which it Is recommended. It has, it wm
and can cure Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis
Bleeding or the Lungs, Whopping Cough,
and a very large majority of the most hopeless cases
of Consumption, where all other remedies fail to do
any good. Let the afflicted give ifc a trial. Prepared
’ only at 242 Chestnut street. 0c22-2t
Cox’s Tonic Elixir will cure the mo3t obstinate
cases of Dyspepsia. lt „
Cox's Tome Elixir Is strongly recommends;'. to
soldiers suffering from Camp Fever, Debility, or
wounds. , v i,.
, Cox’s Tome Elixir does really all that Is c'shncj
for It. Try It and you will be satisfied.
Cox’s Tome Elixir can be procured at
Principal Depot, Samuel d. Hart, Druggist and
Chemist, 24 South Second street, below market, i*
! Go to the Best.— For a thorough and practical
education for business, go to Brtaht, Strattok
& Bahmistbr’s If atioral Commercial Collho s
; Assembly Bbildimg, ’
• S. "W. comer or Chestnut and Tenth streets.
For a full knowledge of the art of Telegraphing,
go to Brtaet, Strattor, & Barrister's
_ Telegraph Institute,
Southeast corner of Seventh and Chestnut sis,,
where you will be under the charge of an espe
rionced operator and teacher, and receive all the
advantages of
A Begulae Telegraphic Dins.
Excellent facilities for ladles. oclh-wsmlt
, Plate De Toilette Frasoaisr.— For enamel
ling the shin, eradicating wrinkles, smili-poi
marks, pimples. Sc. Price $l. _ Hunt Sc Co., 133 3.
Seventh street, and 41S. Eighth street. ocMai
White Vikbik Wax o» Asthato.—This exitf.-
site cosmetic has no equal for beautifying, whites
tag, and preserving tie complexion. It is prepare!
from pure white wax, hence Itß extraordinary quali
ties for preserving tie skin, making it soft, fair,
smooth,’ and transparent. It Is most soothing after
shaving, cures chapped hands or lips, removes pim
ples, blotches, tan, freckles, or sunburn, and im
parts that pearly tint to the face, neckband arms so
much desired by ladles of taste. Price's, 50, and 7a
cents. Hunt Sc 00., 133 South Seventh street, and
41 Sonth Eighth street, ocB-swtf
■ Htot’s Bloom OB' Boses—-A. charming color foi
t*e cheek, does not wash off or injure the skin
Manufactured only hy Hunt & Co., 41 South Blsr'
street, and 133 South. Seventh street.
Reputation Established.—Mrs. S. A, Alta.,
for twenty years past, has been manufacturing her
World’s Hair Restorer and Zylobalsamum, or IMr
Dressing, and: the millions of bottles sold every
year In the United States, Great Britain, and
France (each year largely increased sales over tlia
previous) Is a guarantee that the articles are an
equalled. We know they will restore gray hair to
its youthful color, producing the same vitality an'
luxurious quantity as In youth, you can proetu
them at any druggist’s. oclS-tuthsst
Peteoledm Pbopbbty.—A few very valuabi
Oil Properties for sale. An early application
>8 necessary. Apply to John B. Xiord, 16 Soul
Front street. oc2Q-3t*
GmjroK's Temme op Aet, 934 Akch Stseet.-
Photographs of the late Major General Blmay, tfct
last taken’, for sale. os2o-3t*
Chkkebn’s CiOTHTifG, a splendid assortment, s:
KT. Shoemaker &Go ’s, No. 4 K. Eighth st. ocl*-Bt*
Important to Tailors ahx> HTanotaotrebss
or Clothing.— The American Button-Hole Ma
chine Company are pleased to announce that, after
tils labor of years,. and tbs liberal expenditure 8
capital in employing tbs first mechanical talent
they have perfected and are now prepared 8
fill orders for their celebrated labor-saving ma
chines, .which are justly regarded as one oi tte
greatest inventions of the age. A single maeM»
will manufacture from 100 to ISO perfect button hot
in one hour, and from 1.000 to 1,500 in a day's wort d
ton hours.. It also does''embroidering, an!
manufactures and sews on at the same tine
cording, braiding and binding, in the most elega®
manner. The machine Is entirely pimple in coa
structlon, and easily understood. Call and era tr
ine specimens of work, and see the machines B
operation, at the office, 639 CheEtnut street, Philf
delphia. ‘ oclSAt
Deafness, Impaired Sight, Throat, Ci
tarp.h, Asthma, and all nervous affections treats!
by Dr. Von Moschzisker. Office 1027 Walniij
street. osl76t* j
. Ete aitd Eta most successfully treated Ly
Isaacs, jVT. D., Oculist and Aurist, 511 Pice at. Ard>
olal ayes inserted- Nocharge forcTafnlngn^n
Reforming the Would.
That proverb says, “ Let each mend one, ’
, And then the great work will he done;
,-Sopaasenot to bemoan
Your nefshbor’e faults, but. if you’d see
Less errors in the world to he,
Then tot reform your own.
For instance, do not yon profess
A scorn for others’ shabby dress.
While you yourself neglect
Toaeek out Bennett’s Tower so tall.
And from the vast stock at that Hall,
A winter suit select t
Wq are telling Ready-made Clothing, equal in e 1
respect—-sfyfe, fit, material , and workmanship—to
n»ade to laeasnre, at 35 to 60 per cent lower pr
Any. one can be fitted as well, or better, from our si
as by goods made to measure, without delay or
We have all desirable styles, iu all sizes, Ms
Youths’, and Boys’. TOWER HALL,
A Beautiful Head of Hair.
A Rich Bark Gnoss Issteap of the GaATnse.O
* * London Hair Color Restorer and Dressing. ''
“ London Hair Color Restore».and Dressing- ’
It Is complete within itself, no other dressingorr
companiment of any kind being necessary to a' e[S
there desirable results. It is not a Dye.
1. It Will restore gray hair to iteoriginal color.
2. It will make it grow on bald heads.
3. It will restore the natural secretions.
4. It will remove all dandruff and itching.
5. It will make the hair soft, glossy, and ftex»“‘ 3 -
6. It will preserve the original color to old ago.
7. It will prevent the hair from falling off.
8. It will cure alldiseases of the scalp.
Price 76 cents per bottle, or, ibc botfiefc
Soldhy Dr SWXtXS & 3< > -'
It 330 Horth SIXTH SK^
One-Pbice Clothing, of the
styles, made in the best manner, expressly for “ ,
BALES. LOWEST SELLING FHIGSS
PLAIN FIGintES.J All goods made to ord ? f
satisfactory. The one-price system. ia orp S’’
to. All are thereby itreated aliks. B)Al» gilt
TABLISHED ONE-FBICE CLOPEIKQ
MAEKET Stieat, near Sixth.
SPECIAt NOTICES.
BT THE BARD OF TOWER HAM.
Philosophers, for wisdom famed,
To mem! the world fell long have aimed*
Or rather, we should say*
They strive th e people io improve
Who are ordained to breathe and move
On this vast ball of clay.
But ihere’s a proverb,- old and true,
Which shows us how we all mey do
Something to the effect
Of bringing naughty human-kind
Into a better frame of mind,
And morals more correct.
Ho. SIS MARKET Street.
BERHETT S