to America. The speaker, In taking a f fire view, referred to the point that - 1 * {?,“{£_ unlikely that England and Maximilian, acknowledge the bouthern Mmiedera ■cy. But perhaps all this will be detoitod ,by the for me i? TJ’ 'Ne York 7 ls bound to relit ve the Democratic from its present depressing ern. harraasmeuts, by taking it irom the power of its The Demooratiopartymast, bo IS from the hands of Belmont and the Eoths ■ehllds. Gen. Dlxwlil speak; he Is in favor of the movement; he will place the party on its proper base. 'We must bo in earnest in this work. We want ail arood men to join in one common brotherhood in the .North, We must remember that Mr, Lincolnban not save the country unless he receives the support of us all. Wo must drop all party issues. In fchs name of our country let us all rejoice In all the of-.’ forts made to keep our Union together. Let -is g,v J o J }ir f° chee L e , tor ttlo Union, the Constitution and the laws. Three cheers were given by the' im xiieuS- j&iJo 61 people present. Great cheering "Wtenow given tor Mr. Train, General Di> and other patriots, during which the speaker retired. ; , mr. train's .ApronrrjMßjfTS. / Hr. Train will address the ; l6 ople of Pennsylvania •»at the following place;'a n d times: ■ At Beading, Monday, October 24th. PottBvill<' l Tuesday, October 25th. hMauT a chunk, Wednesday, October 20th. ©'iranton, Thursday, October 2Tth. . ' Wllkesbarre, Friday, October 28th. Danville, Saturday, October 29th. Williamsport, Monday, October 31st. Look Haveu, Tuesday, November Ist. Corry, Wednesday, November 2d. Oil City, Thursday, November 3d. Pittsburg, Friday, November 4th. Greensburg, Saturday, November sth. Philadelphia, Monday, November 7th. tSIOS LEAGUE HALL. srjtEcn bv Conor* at, ». m. bowman. On Saturday evening Golflnel S, EL Bowman was „ the speaker at the Hall, As the night was incle ment and curiosity directed many to the National Hall, to hear G-. F, Train, the Hail was bat partially tilled, hut all present, including the ladies, were attentive and appreciative. Thomas Webster, Esq., ’ the chairman of the committee for reeruitingcolored troops, acted as president, and in the following speech introduced Colonel Bowman: liAnres akd Q-KKTMsMnsr: To night! find myself honored with the duty of introducing to you the distinguished soldier on my right, the orator ol the evening. We have been appealed to, my follow citizens, almost nightly as Onion man, as citizens without distinction of party, aB patriots, to do our duty in this crisis. Beside all this, I appeal to you to- night to do your whole duty as emancipationists, ns lovers of liberty to all men, without regard to creed, color, or country. There is no man, no woman, no sensible child of fourteen, but what now feels, knows, and is entirely oonvicoert that.the cause of ■all our woes, now as heretofore, Is the foal crime of human slavery. After nearly ninety years of ex ; .istehee as a nation, during all which time, in spite of the promulgation of the grand idea “that ail men are created equal,” we nave daily and hour ly aB a nation been guilty of outrages on human rights. We now find our guilt of com pliance and acquiescence In slavery culmina ting in war. This might have been seen and ex pected from the first, ibr “ ’bis the eternal law. where guilt.is, sorrow shall answer it.” At least wo begin to know that slavery and free republican .government cannot coexist. One or the other must ■die. Which shall conquer in this contest 1 Your .fathers, your brothers, your sons are periling their . lives for the Union of these States for freedom for self-government. We must here, at home, sustain them by re-electing' Abraham Lincoln, a 5 the champion of freedom against slavery. It ia -our duty to demand, In unmistakable terms, ■that the war- shall continue until the ac cursed cause of it shall be annihilated, until the last slave is made free. We must effectually pre vent the natural rights of 4,000,000 of our fel ylow-creatures ever being submitted to the “ar i bitrament of courts or the eounoils of legis lation,” as, at least, one false, Oracle of . authority has ominously suggested. /Nor will we tolerate the payment ol three or four millions for ' their redemption, and thus doable our debt and its burdens. We will continue the war until we libe rate every man, woman, and child from bonds This is our idea of the contest. This is, substan tially, the platibrm adopted at Baltimore by our party. We light for this, and to this we ■expect iukl, know fcfc at * Abrali&ai Xilncoiu and Andrew Johnson will conform. Well. But sav some, peace, Messed peace, would be most welcome. -So It would be, but not with dishonor; rather war from generation to generation, than an ignominious peace, which would recognize slavery In any one of “ its moral, political, anu economical relations ” for a Single moment. The people’s court of arbitrament for the long delayedcause of liberty vs. slavery is -that of battle. _ It is my privilege to intimately know our guest. He was born and reared in our own State As a major of cavalry he fought at Shiloh, and subse quently under hia bosomifiend, Gen. Sherman, then unknown to lame, he conducted the -gallant affair -at luka, After that, as colonel of the 84th Pennsyl vania volunteers, he fought in that most heroic and .greatly underrated campaign of Pope’s from Cedar Mountain to Chantilly, always auainst -overwhelming odds, to gain time in order that the defeated, gaseonadiog,gunboat General of the Armv of the Potomse, poor little mac, mlght'be saved and bring back his shattered battalions. Our friend was in action at Fredericksburg and Uhaneeilors ville. He was selected to be one of the board of •officers to examine applicants for the command of colored Troops. By hfi advice and that of Gen. Casey, the Philadelphia committee established ■a school for the instruction and training of privates to become officers of colored troops. How successful that school has boon you well know. As much credit is due to our guest for fits success as to any other man alive. Hap pily for . humanity, it one day occurred to Mr. Stanton, that brave,grand ehampion of emanci pation, to make our guest the chief mustering and recruliieg officer of colored troops for the State of Maryland. He had plenary powers con ferred on him; he used them with alacrity and zeal. He opened slave pens and negro jails ;he spoko’ln pulpits of negro churches—jn the fields, every where he wrote articles for papers, and issued military orders | he marched his companies of colored sol diers with recruiting officers, on high roads, by roads, lanes and footpaths • he visited the planta tions and mansions of the rich slaveholders for re cruits; his agents boarded everysteamboat and fish ing-smack on the Chesapeake and all Its numerous ■tributaries. Day and night, early and late, in evorv possible manner, did he work, with rare intelligence and unsurpassed energy, to provide soldiers for the Kepublic from the slaves Of Maryland. In forty days ho enlteted over a.ooo colored soldiers, Tree and slave. By taking able bodied slaves to bear arms to put down the rebellion;ho worked a revolution in Maryland, He convinced slave holders by his inexorable logic that slavery was about “ played out ” in that State, and that (he very best thing they could, do was to “go in” for emancipation. In short, he broke the \ back of slavery In-that State, and prepared the way for the late glorious triumph of emancipation in doing all this he was what bo was inTSUO, and is now—a Democrat. Such was and is this friend of liberty to all men whom I now have the honor of Introducing to you—Colonel S. M. Bowman. Colons! Bowman said he would begin his remarks •with a proposition, which he thought it unnecessary - to demonstrate, because it was self-evident that this •country was made for one people, it wa« a fan- the rebels should have known before they entered into therebellion, and they would not have begunit with aialse estimate of the capacity of the people of the North. They would not, as he himself had heard them ao at the Baltimore Convention, boast that one'Southerner cruld- whip five Yankees He had .told them then to try It on. They did try it, and had discovered now what was then mani festly absurd to him. No one could look on the map -of this country and could be satisfied that a line ■drawn from the east and running along the border of Maryland, the Ohio, §*d the Missouri rivers, and -from thence across the Rocky Mountains to the ex treme northwest corner of New Mexico, and from thence to the Gulf, was at all a natural bounda ry to divide our country into nations North -and South, and East and West. The Al mighty made this country for a great purpose, and kept it concealed for ages and ages from the world. It was the richest and best portion of His creation, and He designed it for a gloriouß people; but. un fortunately, onr, forefathers.' In their early settle ment, allowed a system orimman bondage, which •bas nearly turned tbe world upside-down, to become part of their social institutions. Bat it 1b a stransre coincidence that the very spot in Virginia on which the first cargo of slaves landed, and where it has be come an iniquity and a erime, is the spot on which ...It is to be finally and forever wiped out. [Applause 1 Steadily we have progressed in this great work biit yet the people of. the Chicago Convention tell us that the war is a failure; that we have lost thou sands of lives and millions in vain. But, sav what that Convention may, we are every dav la this war developing. We were never so earnest as we are now, and we have , been growing more and - more so every hour. That Uonven tlon, in spite of this, advises us to use a little more moral suasion [laughter], and see whether we can’t bring : them back in that way. And it was generally believed that had their President “suasion, thls ioft eTupen w°uld_have never been organized. ? - that just so long as that moral ?!i a wn n wnn 1 5 tn 5« e J™ waßa iaiiuw, and not uu til we began to be in earnest, when our reveille awoke nyery morning over the thousands of miles of States in rebellion, the half million of froc men, who sprung to arms to fight for the UniotT and able generals, with a purpose, led them, did we meet with success. It did fail when McClellan went down Into the swamps of the Chiekahomtav and sought to carry out there the moral suasion re commended by the Convention that nominated him While McClellan was ft-lling In Virginia, Grant •was carrying everything before him in Tennessee. [Applause.] Such men as Grant and Sherman are now leading us. We have divided the Confederacy In twain ; and now, with eight hundred thousand ■square miles of Its territory under our control, with Grant choking it to death at Richmond, and Jeff Davis groaning In despair, there are no fears of a failure on our side, and no sensible man asserts It The tricksters of the Chicago Convention make a great parade of the Constitution, and assure us that ■in some way an honorable peace may come. But no ■Convention can promise peace while the rebel armies -are in arms against the Government. [Applause 1 The rebels commenced the war after having made -great preparations. They declared cotton to be king, and went to work to erect a throne on the : ruin aof our Republic. They were then determined to fight ; they are determined to fight now. Bat the olrohmstances are altered from what they were, then, We have them now hy the" ithroat, - and have them more firmlv thnn ever beforS. The Chicago peace is ale • their armistice means to let the Southern rebels go free It means for us to let go onr hold for a time to allow Davis time to conscript more men, to manu facture more arms and munitions of war. It is * proposed only hy men wh'o are afraid of the dratt, and cry .«£ eace! peace!» when there Is no peace. [Laughter and applause.] TVe are totd of a Convention of States and a cessation of hottlilties • surely such a Convention might end in discord and’ the cessation oi hostilities, as the speaker had lust shown, would redound to the rebel benefit His ■ideas on this subject had been decided, as far as .•rebels could do it, against anything of Such a •eharaoter. They had deliberately withdrawn from the Union, and disobeyed the Jaws, of whose provisions' they were not ignorant. As arguments to defend their course, they put on foot powerful armies, made a constitution of their own, and in Its defence they resolved to survive or ■perish. If they have not maintained their position, then they havegone up.” They cannot rightfully favors irom.ns; we cannot give them back ,„?* r Bl S e ?’ a “d their right to secede again at plea- OhieairoitM S uff as th,s ’ Buc hnonsense as 1 tho asmre his i,f»r!r. eurrenoy , tQ > the speaker would soldiers r? tllf B J illiir) g and sickening to ZnwhoTieafc^ ss“KKi tkkss to b<> done ! Fight tTT Tav down their arms! [Groat applausel they come back, either through force “rYvillinliv we will give them what is due. aud we w i them even more than we ourselves have have no great ansiety to preserve threehun dred thousand slaveholders, and give them 1, •chance to lord It over us again, [Applause l There was a prejudice, the speaker thought, at least among a certain class, against the employ ment of colored troops."‘.He himself, at the opening ■ol the war, was a Douglas Democrat, and just as -much opposed as anybody to the employment of ne groes tor such a purpose. But ho now considered that the employment of colored troops was no lon- He had had some opportunities of judging the matter, and had seen exhibitions of color ed ™ a very over and over again. They are capable of, thlnKS of value to the Union. mu6 kets and perform well all Tfpplause.y Ha had had much experience in that branch of nubile service -especially in Mar) land. He ralsel in Marvland -about eight hundred colored recruits for thanavv and mustered four thousand into thearmv tK Mere many men amongthemfitforhon-oommlssioned -officers—able to read, write,, and .keep small ac counts. All were eager to do their duty. Thev learned the driil-rapldly, and even loved it so muon that- They often asked to drill by moonlight -{Laughter.] Three thousand were under his com mand in Baltimore, and were as ready and obedient as any Olass. or color. He had found by evidences from -many battle-fields that they would fight quite as well as white troops, if well led. But suppose -they could fight only half as well, andpßrform only half as muclras white troops. We have now about SO,OOO in the army doing, under-Ms supposition, the work of 100,000 white troops. What sensible man, who desired to put down the rebellion, could object to their employment, although their color or smell was not precisely suited to his delicate taste. [ Laugh ter.] 200,000 called intobattle, makes it "unnecessa ry lor half that number of white men to expose themselves to danger and death, or to Btarvo in rebel prisons.. Even if we do take slaves from their masters,. make them freemen, and put them in our ranks—what of that 7 They are property, say the slave masters ; then if they are we take them by the laws of war, though we do not ourselves believe them to bo property, either by the laws of man or the laws' God. [Applause.] Yet, we are further told that you are in favor of miscegena tion. In three . States, at least, the white* and 5 1 |nr, ro or^wc !r J!\ term!> rry, yet the negro popnla tion grow whiter and whiter. There were* acts S t i ed S ero^ yw!lito men of whieh even decent I n , ot l bo f5 uilt y. And white on the sub- Slw'f, looS : on .glorious State of Maryland and learn something. -While Northern Democrats or f Copperheads aro racking theirbratns with Apologies for slavery whioh they do notunder stand or refuse to comprehend, and search the ooriptures to find arguments in its defence, her glorious people have rousea themselves to the dig snlty of enlightened statesmanship, and with the aid oi the soldiers’ vote wiped out the accursed Institu tion, and the State is froe-forever, The stand ard bearer of these men, these apologists for Slavery, is said to bo a scholar, gentle man, and toldier. He may be a scholar, for ha was educated at the public expense at West Point. He was sent to Europe at the same expense, and in all his positions has had every opportunity for educa tion. If he is not a scholar, it would bo a great wonder. Of his .'..abilities asia soldier not muta could be said, as they by no means eo Tailed his education. Sheridan is said to have sent the rebels whirling; but In MoCiollan’s ease tms was reversed, for the rebels sent McOlellan whirling. [Laughter,] McOlellan, at 32 years of age, commanded all our armies; sent Sherman, nine years his senior, to the recruiting rendezvous 3t St, Louis, because he was so Insane as to say that 200,000 men would be required to clear out the valley of the BHesissippi. As for ns carrying through our war to a successful end no fear needed to he expressed. Our national debt, the Democrats were constantly saying, wad So heavy that, it was weighing down tho country to destruction, and ' would never be paid. This was absolute nonsense, and had no foundation in fact. When we were or ganized into a nationality our national debt was $00. 000,000 (about one-seventh the property of the country), and yet oi*r fathers' paid, it easily, and grew rich while doing so, and the: coun try grew so rich that five years ago we did not know what to do with It, and we there fore distributed our surplus revenue among the several States, If we were to continue the war ten years longer it would hot take away ten per cent. Of our wealth. We are not likely to fail for want of means. Our gold mines, with the treasure we al ready possessed, would be sufficient to bear us through j -but-we have discovered since great de posits, containing untold millions of-wealth.:: There need be no discouragement. Mr. Bowman con cluded by thanking his audience for their attention. He was succeeded by Major Deering, of Maine, Who kept his hearera alternately laughing and ap plauding, and the meeting then adjourned. Tribute to Major General Sickles. SMBOHBS OF GOV. Ai G. CURTIN, MAJOR. GRJfBRAt DAW3BL Bi SICKLES* AND COLONEL JOHN W« pornby. A number of gentlemen assembled at the house of Col; John'W. Forney on Saturday last, to pay tlielr respects to Major General Daniel E. Sickles, and during the entertainment the following speeches were made : Governor Curtin said: . " ‘ . GiiKTiEMKK-: 1 am most happy to be present at this social gathering, and to unite with our distin •guished host and yourselves in paying a deserved compliment to,a soldier of the republic. No people have made greater sacrifices in this war than those of Philadelphia, and none are more ready, at ail times, to welcome to their generous hospitality citi zens of the United States who have separated them selves from their homes and peaceful avocations to offer themselves on the altar of their country Thank God this great metropolis has never wavered in its fidelity to the Government. I very well re member when first I was the representative or a principle against which the Southern leaders have since rebelled. 1 then lost this city by eighteen hundred majority, but three years after, when the traitors had avowed their design to over overthrow the government, and I was again a can didate, I carried it by over seven thousand majori ty. In the meantime, Philadelphia has sent over 37,000 men to the field; and over ten thousand of them have fallen in the service of their country The liberality and patriotism of her people have been taxed to the utmost, but they have never faltered, and a few days ago Philadelphia again declared to the world, by an, increased majority, her determination to fight on until freedom tri umphs and treason is vanquished. Gentlemen it is most proper that we should welcome this gal lant soldier mere to-day. He, too, left the comforts of a home. On the high road to political preferment. Ws ambitionjeould have been fully gratified in ci vie lifo,but he is here to-day withpart of his body buried m Pennsylvania soil, having lost it inffhe defence of Pennsylvania homes. [Applause.] Gen. Sickles is our friend. We hare part of his body in our State, and the blood he shed at Gettysburg for us Is a seal of covenant binding us forever to him in gratitude and love. [Applause.] Gentlemen, you will par don me for occupying your attention so long, but I cannot restrain my feelings when I meat so many true and loyal citizens. I have not been in your eity for some time, for I have been unable to leave my home extmpt for a short period, when I sought to regain the health and strength I had expended in the contest for the position I notr occupy. lam always refreshed, by a visit to Philadelphia, I am proud, as everyJPennsylranian should be, of its wealth and Influence, but lam prouder attli of the devoted patriotism of its peoplef I again thank our host for the opportunity he has afforded me of testifying my regard for the gallant soldier who honors our .State with his presence. He visits us on a melancholy ei rand, for yesterday he assisted in the burial oi Ms great lieutenant, the brave and gallant Gen. Birney,_but he would always find, whenever he comes to Philadelphia or Pennsylvania, a warm ana hearty welcome ready for Mm. [Applause.! General Sickles said: 1 - - Govkbhoe aid ffraTMHEH: I very much re gret thatlam in such indifferent health as to be quite unable to do justice to the occasion, or to make anytMng like an adequate return for the kind language in jvMch I have been presented to you by our friend the Governor. It is indeed true that I came to PMladelphiato pay the last tribute of honor andrespeot to my friend and comrade, Gen, Bitnev. That was the sole and only object of mv visit, TMs unexpected pleasure I did not look for. General Blrney was-afsoldler of wMch your oltv and State might well, be proud. The whole country, lam sure, felt’ proud of Mm. I knew him very well. We were associated in a number of cam paigns, and in two he ,was under my command. I am glad to say on this occasion, when I can address representative men, that I, have never met in the army an officer oi more reliable j udgment, nor one whose heart and soul were more manifest in the cause. It would be hard to find in the army a man with a quicker and more intuitive eye for the battle; field than Gen. Birnoy, and there never was in battle-field a more intrepid leader. As I have before ! remarked, hie heart was in the cause, and there, gen tlemen, is the great secret. It is that wMch makes the soldier, no matter whether he carries the musket or draws the sword. [Applause] With sueh : toon success is easy, without them success is impos -V^OW; that A cannot do much, if anything] on the field, _I am happy, in every proper way, to he asiooiated with those who are doing their duty in the rear. I have not felt that it- was altogether'ap propriate for one in the military service to be con spicuous as a partisan, hut I do rot like to lose anv opportunity to give what encouragement I can, bv counsel, presence, and association, to those who' are performing the most. important duty that has V v, r „,S e y£ lv ! d » upo ,B i l>eop:e who had liberty to uphold, the duty which will be accomplished at the coming Presidential election. The nation Is on trial before mankind and-Mstory, It Is now, If ever toprove to the world whether a people are oapai Me of self-government. We must rise superior to the temptations to a miserable peace which taxes, the expenditures of the war,and personal sacrifices hold out, If we would save the Kepublic, My faiths as yet unshaken in the people. I know it is astound-’ ingto see thousanddwnd tens of thousands of men' 1 inPennsylvania, OMo, and Indiana arrayed against what we know to be light, and it is calculated to discourage and weaken the confidence of the friends of Iree institutions. How is it possible that so many f° r .Eubmieslon, when resistance is a duty wMch God has implanted in our nature 'i It is amazing to find men craven and wretched Enough to propose submission to our Insolent foes, and more amazing still, to find them trying to do this inthe name oi the Democratic party. When I meet my old comrades of that party I am unable to discover any truth we ever cherished that I do not cherish to day, and, for one, lam certain that if Jackson, and Jefferson* and such men. : wiio have led the Democracy, were with us to-day, every one oi them would denounce the Ohlcago platform, and every one would maintain the Union platform, which our friend and host is now maintaining with so much courage. You may fancy that it requires some pluck to look shell and bullets in the ftce on the battle, field, You can get used to them. But It re quires greater courage for a man who has been many years closely Identified : with a political organization to cut loose from it and feoe the thousand-tongued monster of tlander and denun ciation for the sake of the right. I have seen our host do this, and I honor him for it. lam sure that he will never have cause to regret it, but that he will be respected through life by all true men for Ms sacrifice of party to patriotism. . [Ad plause.] *■ * f Forney e - aW: 1 that there is some tbmg due from me m response to what has been uttered by my old friend, and also that l owemv ®overoor Curtin for the.manner In which he has spoken of this distinguished soldier Often P * ha : v ® heard the Governor speak, I have never hlm to express great sentiments in such v 1 am sur ® that if this small com pany could have been swelled into thousands, his words would have been carried home to every hearthstone, and have been forever treasured. Mv relations with our guest have been ever more than intimate. Hence, when he went to the field I followed Ms movements with the eye of affec tion* and the heart of love, I saw what he was doiDg at first with ■ some trepidation, but every artery throbbed, with hope that he might *win in'-the end. And he did win. He belongs to, the class of properly ambitious men : of those who constantly ascending are always aiming still - higher; and hehasnever failed of his work. It is true that in the groat battle of Gettysburg, where heboresueh a prominent part, saving, as I have always contended, the fortuneofthe day by meet ing me foe in Ms fiercest onset: breaking his spirit and’ driving him back, he lost that ifinb, wMch is now a part of our soil, and cOnsCcfa ted, as the Governor so beanUfuily and orkdnaUy - expressed it [applause] ; hut he comes back ti ns aw honored monument, and wherever ha goes he Is welcomed with patriotic pride. I remarked this morning that it was to me a source of Inexpressible satisfaction to know that he was universally re specked and admired by men, women, and children, why, sir, you live in an atmosphere of love. „ I know the limb you have lost still causes-you pain and may shorton your life, but who would not be willing to suffer, and even to die, to merit rand obtain the enduring gratitude of Ms coun try as you have doner [Applause.! The political issues of the day hive'been alluded to. I regard the contest as decided, and the victory won. The General has spoken oi the difficulties which a public man endures, who, for the sake or the right, separates himself from old political asso ciates. I have had seven years’ experience of this treatment, and it is not yet done. Ido not wonder that there are men in the Democratic partv who look upon me and In their own hearts admit that. I am right, who are afraid to follow my ex atoP 1 ®- , Tbey F,? appalled at the denunciation which always follows such a step, and this is.the secret why so many intelligent and good men con tlnue to act with that organization, Butl make no complaints. It is the philosophy of party. It has "been so from the beginning and win be so to the end. Thus much I can say for myself, that when I left t-ho Democratic party, I did not say to a hu man being come with me. I resolved to bear the consequences. I said to myself, if I fail it is my own loss; but if I can stand up I shall presently be joined by a company, then by a battalion, then by a regiment, then by a brigade, then by a division, then by a corps, and finally by an army. I have succeeded, and .1 see. around, me to-day an army, and an army with banners. [Applause.] I thank you, gentlemen, for the honor you have’ paid our guest and the compliment you have bestowed upon me in coming under my roof-tree Union Demonstration in ISerKs County. [Correspondence of The Prose. ] The tmrkowf- 1 B s rks °ounty, October 22,1864. »X «ii"°g,S,*i" g SSl K S; s ?iSSSiSiis§BiS borg, Pottsville, Heading, Lennon! „ Port Clinton. Two speeches weremadahv Nicholson, Esq., and two by your city, the latter In German. E. H; RaSm 1 tor of Father Abraham, at Heading, >h« meeting; also Mr. Stockton, of S keaai n T The speeches were Interspersed with. music. The nrZ cession went through the streets lighted to unusual splendor, not only by the torches, but by the bril liantly-illuminated houses on each side. You may remember, this was the place where the home : rebels undertook to break up a Union meeting about ia year ago,and were then soundly thrashed and driven out of town before the meeting could go on. : If you don’t ■ remember It they do, for there was not this time a whimper out of their traitor heads. The ladles of Hamburg did their part nobly in providing F «UO^r and a - bn H dant SU PPBV for allthehui? gry nun. We are in the minority in this town, but we intend to diminish the rebel vote. Convention and Mass Meeting or the l»e. inocracy Opposed to the Chicago Pint, form. All ol Democratic faith. who retain their respect . lor the manhood and patriotism which animated the Democratic party In the days of Jackson ; who , will not consent that the cherished name and prin ciples of that party he disgraced ; whooannot en dure the shame ol seeing their country’s flag lowered to a tottering foe, over ready to trample ft In the dust; who deny that the American De mocracy was fairly represented at Chicago by the few, who, by threats of Northwestern revolt, forced upon the Convention the degrading concession that “ tub war,” bo nobly fought by our brave army and navy, “was a failure, and THAT JffSTiajS, HU MANITY, LIBERTY, AND THUS PUBLIC WELFARE DIS MAL'D THAT IMMEDIATE EFFORTS BE MADE FOR A cuss ation d» hostilities who believe that “TH E IMMEDIATE 'CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES ” should be;'ln with Southern traitors and not with Northern patriots.; who believe that we should Amt exhaust the rebel armies, before wo attempt “to; EXHAUST ALL THE RESOUROBa .'OF. STATESMAN SHIP who insist “that the Union must be prb- . Bkeyed at all hazards,’’ and are determined to preserve it whole and entire at any sacrifice and against all attacks from whatever quarter; such are requested to meet at the COOPER INSTITUTE, In the aity of New York, 1 on TUESDAY, thelstday of R O V EM BER; 1864, to consider the proper course • to he pursued in the present exigencies of public affairs, asd of preserving the honor and integrity of our country, • ■ Democrats from all parts of the Union, whose sentiments accord with the spirit of this Call, are Invited to be present. F. B. Cutting, IVI. Ulshoeffer, Moses Taylor, Wm. H. Webb, . Ed wards Plerrepont,' Peter Cooper, John A. Dix, • Geo, B. Butler, •Henry G. Stebbins, Henry NtooU, A ex. Hamilton, Jr., D.„S, Ooddington, Alex. T. Stewart, Robert B. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, A. Vanderpool, Gustavus A. Conover, James Wadsworth, James R. Whiting, Alfred A. Yalentine, John A. Stewart, Henry T. Ingalls. The gentlemen whose names are annexed unite In the call In behalf of their respective States and organizations: . . . Win. P. Taylor, Maine. Zenas 'Wheeler, Maine. Peter J. Nesmith, N. H. Wm. T. Watson, N. H. ; Paul ytj Thomas BartTett ’ Vt. Devi Underwood, Vt. diaries Reed, Vt. Rod. Richardson, Yt. ; E. O. Bailejy Mass.’ ■ George'Sennott, Mass. . Col. F. R. Guiney, Mass. J. M, Forbes, Mass.. Benj, J. Gerrlsh, Blass. Duncan C. Fell, R, I. Charles .Taokson, R. I. A. H. Okie, R. I. Thomas Innever, Conn, Roger Averill, Conn! Col. D. R. Wright, Conn. Sami. L, Warner, Conn. -Geo, W=;.Peet, Conn. : . John C. Palmer, Conn.- D. S. Ruddock, Conn. ■Samuel Brigham, Conn. Martin Ryerson, N. J. Ash be! Green, N. J. Richard O. Morris, N, J. Dan’l S. Anderson, N. J. Ohas. P. Rorbaek, N. J. A. P. Rosekrans, N. J. .Thos. N. McCarter, N. J. Edward C. Moore, N. J. David R. Hall, N. J.■ DavidS. McCarter, N. J. Daniel Dougherty, Pa. Wm. M. Holster, Pa. ! Thos. Fitzgerald, Pa. j Benj. H. Brewster, Par James Worrell, Pa. v John Till, Pa. ■ William Bostwick, Pa. Geo S. Kemble, Pa. John h. Speed, Pa. [ OK BEHALF OF THE ST. WAR DEMOCRACY OF THi Alfred M. Wood, , Geo, A, Brandreth, . Harry C. Page, | Moses II; Sands,, - George Barlett, James Brady, A. D. Walt, Wm. H. Buggies, Alex. Oloott, Orlando Mcuumbor, Dyer D. Bullock, ON BEHALF OF THE WAI COMMITTEE OF THE Cl' YORK: \; N. P. Stanton, Dr. W. B, Eager, Jr., Henry O’Reilly, Timothy Cronin, Thomas H. Burley, Henry S. Jennings, Mayer Eisemann, Augustus N. Weller, Oscar Woodruff, Thomas Wilson, William J. Da Hue, Thomas Martin, tko&eamme op teooeedings. At 12 o’clock, noon, the Mass Convention will con* vene at Cooper Institute, after the organization, In which the Issues of the day will ba discussed by lead ing gontlemen from the difforeht 'States, and , such action .taken as may he deemed best for the public interests. In the evening, at TK o’clock, the maBS meeting will be held at .the same piaee, at which the HOST IfRANCIS B. CUTTIIfO will preside. An address;to the Democracy of the union will be read by Gen. ,Tohk A. Dix, and speeches will be delivered by Hon. JSOWAJIDS PIEUUBPOWT, Hon. Hbeev G. Steiibiks, and other eminent men, of whom due notice will be .given. Delegations to the Blass Convention will report to the secretary, on their arrival In the city, at Boom 3, No. 9 Spruce street. Tr „ Moses Taylob, Chairman. H. G. Pa<«, Secretary. To Wham it May Concern. [For The Press ] ‘ “A wight he was, whose very sight would Entitle him Mirror of Knighthood, • That never bow’d his stubborn knee To anything but Chivalry; ; i Great on the bench, groat in the saddle, That could as well bind o’er as swaddle ; , Mighty he was at both of these, And styl’d of war, as well as psacb ; (So some rats, of amphibious nature, ~ Are either for the land or water.) But here our authors make a doubt “Whether he were more wise or stout; : Some hold the one, and some the other; But, howsoe’er they make a pother, The difference was so small, Ms brain Outweigh’d his rage but half a grain, Which made some take him for a tool f hat knaves do work with, call’d a Fool.” : Ettdibray, Part I, Canto l. MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1864. To-nigiit will be of no ordinary import ance In the progress of the campaign in Philadelphia. The Vice President of • the United States, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, •whose name is honored ■wherever loyalty is felt, and lion. Thaddeus Steyens will speak for theUTnion. ; Mr. Hamlin intends to canvass the State during the whole of this week, and his address to-night will be the first of a series of powerful arguments, which cannot fail to influence thousands of votes. Pennsylvania will welcome him: not only as the second officer of the Union, but for himself, his patriotism; his ta lent, and his worth. We need not invite loyal men to the hall of the Invincibles this evening; but we wish that every Democrat could hear the. great truths which Mr. Hamlin will proclaim. Mr. Stevens will speak at Union League Hall—a man who never■ addressed an au dience tha the did not interest aha-instruct; who npyer advanced an argument that he did hot enforce with eloquence and sin cerity ; who never knew a falsehood that lie did not expose; who never sacrificed, and never will, one patriotic feeling, one iota of a patriot’s duty, to party prejudice or personal ambition—Mr. Stevens’ pre sence in this campaign will inspire it with new vigor. . . . 7>. ; - Mr. Lincoln’s Reply to the Tennessee Protest. Some time ago a. delegation of Tennes seans opposed to “the Government waited upon the President with a protest against the “ iron-clad oath,’’ and other measures which have been necessary to prescribe for elections in Tennessee. The members of : this delegation were Messrs. ; Campbell, Nelson, Etheridge, Bailie Pevton, and other half hearted friends of the rebellion and of the Union. After hearing this pro test, the President asked the shrewd ques tion: “ May I inquire how long it took 'you and the New York politicians to con coct that paper ?” a query with whose per tinent humor the country has been for some time amused. To-day we print the formal reply of the President, in which he con cludes : “I have nothing to do with the m alter, either. to sustain the plan, as the Convention and 'Governor Johnson have initiated it, or to revoke or modify it as you demand.” Mr. Etheridge and Mr. Campbell were doubtless as well aware of this as Mr. Lincoln. The loyal men of Tennessee, wishing to have a govern ment for themselves, -formed a Conven • tion, and made laws to assist the Execu tive of the State. Among the rest, they passed measures to keep disloyal men and rebels from voting. This, all must confess, is reasonable, after the atrocious ci uelties wreaked; upon loyal East Tennes see'by the rebellion. All the signers of the protest were, or might have been, members of the Convention, and had ample oppor tunity to be heard. They. were voted down, however, by the people of Tennes see ; .and thus, it seems, all the acts of which they complain were necessary and constitutional acts, justified by the popular voice of Tennessee. President Lincoln’s lblter merely refers the complainants back to the nghtful authority—the Government and people of East Tennessee—and in a few sensible words disposes of the patent trick to make capital for Gen. McClellan, THE PRESS,—PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1864. George Debeker,Del. Abraham Boys, Del, Eobert OIrt»«* /" BI Montgomery, Dal, John Y. Christy, Dal. John O'Donnell, Del. Hugh Sweeny, Del. Killian Ramsay, aid. , Samuel Wilson, MS. James Blauvelt, MS. Oarllle Stewart, W. Y. Pierrepont Erans, W. Y. William MJhnis, ICy: Thos. Daneliower, Ky. Lemuel Taylor, Term. Martin Sogar, Tenn. . B. W. P. Muse, Ohio. Thomas B.^aginis, Ohio, Jacob Glessner, Ohio. Stephen B. Hosmer,Ohio J, H. Woodward, Ind.. Smith Thayer, InS. Edmund Knowles, Ind. Eobert McDowell, Ind. Walter B. Sbates, 111. ' Daniel Brainard, 111, K. E.lngersoll, 111. John Hays, Mich. John Snedeker, Mich. Conrad Wetscher, Mich. M. H. Carpenter, Wig. Geo.H. Walker," Wis. •Tas. Middleton, Mo. • Meyer Stallnioht, Mo. George Crane, lowa, K. B. Matthews, lowa. Theodore Sully, Minn. John Mclntyre, Minn. Vernon Shay, Kansas. Winfields. Joy, Kansas. Washington Owen, Cal. James Odell, Cal. C. Knowlton, Oregon. A, J. Thomson, Oregon. iATK COMMITTEE OF THE ;e ' STATK OF NBW YOBE, - I T, B. Westbrook, I John A. Corey, [James Steward', Joseph F, Ellery, K. H. Tyler, William Handon, George W. G laze, Xj. Amsden, ■ Soph Smith, Thomas Parsons, Harry Wilber^ l DEMOCBATIU OSNBRAL ’T AND COUNTY Off ifiJW George Deasoyer, Llr. F. A.. Thomas, - Hyman B; Bannell, James M. MeUartln, Charles Orary, Howard Ai Whitfield, Thomas IVIoG-rury, Andrew Jackson, ! Frank Bowles, 'John fit. Traber, J. C. Hayward, George F. Blgley. “What the country .wants now is some Mencius Agrippa, who shall tell the fable of 1 The Uelly aud the. Members.’ It once resulted; in healing the factions of a distracted State, and it may do it again. Angry at the belly, fcho members entered into a conspiracy to cut; off it's supplies for the future. The hands would ho longer carry food to the mouth, nor the mouth receive the food, nor the teeth chew it. They had not long persisted when they all began, one by one, to fall and flag, and the whole body pine away. They then became con- vinced that they eould no more do without it-than it could do without them. That fable had its moral upon the factions of old Rome, and they profited by it. Shall it not have its effect now, or are we so lost to all reason that we rush headlong upon ruin ?” Tlie letter of Mr. Gborge H. Pendle ton,; which; we publish below, is a great curiosity. We venture to say that if any partisan is now willing to believe tliat-Mr. Pendleton is for the Union, he never be lieved so before; for this is the, first out right declaration we have had; from the Democratic candidate for Vice President that the Union should be restored “in Us territorial integrity S' 1 Mr. Pendleton has voted persistently, and in a certain sense consistently, against the war and every measure to put down 5 the rebellion;' he lias talked heretofore of peace and re construction, but ■ has always ■ striven to ■ avoid the question of Union. At length something like a declaration has been forced from him ;,and it presents so flagrant a piece of coercion on the part of that inexorable whipmaster, of time and events, that no one can fail to. observe the painful process which Mr. Pendleton and his party have undergone in order to make both ends, meet—the “rag-tag’’cud. of General McClellan with the “ bob tail” end of Mr. Pendleton. * How the leaders of his party have doctored their candidate into writing this unpleasanji letter we cannot pretend to say; but from the painfulness of the avowal we may judge Tlie Breaking of the Oath. If all the expressions of the chiefs of the rebellion, with one or two exceptions,, and_of those who co-operate with" them in the free States, against Secession' and in favor of the Union, could be collected in a |- single, volume, they would form a cam paign document of morethan ordinary use fulness. No stronger argument has ever been made against the doctrines now sol forth as.an excuse for this war upon the Union than that of Jefferson Davis,. ■ himself. We all know how vehemently HowkljT, Cobb denounced the disunionists in 1856, when lie traversed in company■■'with John Hickman, whose course in opposition to slavery he boldly en dorsed on the hustings in Chester county. Judah P. Bi-injamis; said that the attempt to destroy the that of the silly Indians, who shot their arrows at the sun, in the hope of being abl p to ex tinguish it. JoHs B. J’bOYii was far more noisy in favor of the ’Union than he has since been against it. Alexander n. Stephens wasthe champion, perse, against nullification and secession in Georgia, when he ; Cppp, and Toombs created a Union party, elected Cobb Governor, and put the whole of the Calhoun school to flight. There was no more eloquent advocate of the doctrines upon which the friends of the Government now stand than James L. Oke, of South Carolina.; John Slidell made his reputation against Pierre SodLE on tjig ground that the latte? was a mere follower c. Ualhoun, and ready to break up the Go vernment at any time. Alexan der Gallatin Bhown, of Mississippi, has made more harangues in favor of the Union than any other man in his even excepting the celebrated Henry .8. Foote, who became a sort of Peter the-Hermit armed against Secession when iie was the great supporter of Lewis .CAss for Presi dent of the United Slates. -We might stretch out this list Until the catalogue filled ‘a column. How is it possible for a cause based upon ideas thus repeatedly and for many long,, years rejected, refuted, and trampled under foot by the very men who are now trying to make them the gospel of their war upon the Government of their fathers—how is it possible, we ask, for such a cause to prevail '! . One of the most striking examples of the manner in whi( h the present supporters of the rebellion have tuiiied upon their life long records is that of the erratic and im pulsive James W. Wall, of Burling ton, New Jersey. That gentleman seems 10 . have • been ; struck with; sudden madness when : the rebellion broke out. To bear and to read him One would suppose that, he had been the victim of the most atrocious persecution; He raved at such a rate as to alarm his best friends. Until the catastrophe which plunged the Union into civil war he was one of the mildest and most gentle-spirited of men, a devoted friend, and a patriotic citizen. We gave recently an explosive extract from one of his late speeches, in .which, .like himself and like his school, he threatened, almost in direct terms, re bellion, riot, and all sorts of disturbances. Now, it is a little difficult to believe that this same Mr. Wall, after Mr. Lincoln’s election, and just at. the time South Caro lina was leaving the Union, on the Bth of December, 1860, used the following lan guage. We copy it at length,-because it is a very fair specimen of the Union side of the question, and as w® read it we can not fail to wonder that the man who be lieved all this less than four .- years ago should not only very early in the rebellion have forgotten what he said when treason was threatened, but in proportion as treason has grown more violent and more danger ous, has denied his own record, and" has eagerly placed himself in earnest sympa thy with the men he so eloquently and fervently denounced in December of 1860. We copy:. - '.]/ “ The election of the Republican candidate for the Presidency could, under no circumstances, justify such action as that manifested by South Oarolihij and three toned by some other 'of ■ tlio Southern States. A regular constitutional election? held under nil the forms of law, can never be a grievance against which any one State or more in theCon federaey have, a right to enter their protest, and push on thelr-peoplo to the verge of-revolt, if not into the very jaws of rebellion itself. “Surely, as lovers of law and the Constitution, we should resist,,to: the ;utmost, such "a dangerous heresy as this. . There can be! no safety within the .Constitution for any paity—no security for the fu ture, in the ballot-box, if:such a. dogma as this is to prevail. Results, whether fortunate or unfortunate, can never be a justification for illegality. Genuine patriotism forbids it, “ ‘For loyaltj- is sill! the same, Whether it win or lose the game, . True as the dial to the sna, Although it be not shone upon.’ •. “The triumph of a sectional party, entertaining sectional views, may be cause for deep distrust and' apprehension at the South, but there is nothing un constitutional ; in. it--nothiDg which may not be cured by time? patience, and the certainty that the hour will soon come when the sober second though of the people, never wrong and always efficient, wi correct this evil. - “ Nor can legislation hostile to the interests of the South, by Northern States, even In violation of the Constitution ana its guarantees, be set up legiti mately as a cause, for the simple reason that there has been a tribunal provided by the Constitution to settle all such matters of grievance. Nor/ can the apprehension of future legislation hostile to South ern interests and institutions bo urged as a sufficient reason, as the present political complexion of the Na tional Legislature forbids any such apprehension. 11 We feel that we are standing on ■ the verge of a tremendous crisis in the nation’s history, which Is either to precipitate .us into ruin, or to prove once more how sti ong and enduring are the ties that bind us together as one people. It will require at the hands of the representatives of the people and of the Executive all their caution, all tiieirjwiadom, all their promptness.- That they may be found equal to the occasion, will be , the earnest prayer of many a patriotic heart. Everything within the reach of conoession, conciliation, and compromise should be made by Northern men, before permitting affairs to assume such formidable proportions as shall com pel the Federal Government to a collision with any seceding State for what, after all, are the ques tions in regard to slavery in the Territories, the re peal of obnoxious: unconstitutional acts, compared with the safety of thiß mighty Union? They ought not to weigh a feather in the scale. We are, in the-* language of the Venetian bard, 1 walking oyer fire that lies hidden in deceitful ashes.’ “‘Per ignes suppositos dneri doloso!’ For calamitous events may burst forth, upon us sud denly as ilaiues from ashes. • > “At smell a time it behooves men of all parlies, forgetting past differences and dissensions, 1 to rush, together, in order to save the Republic. One tiling ia certain, extreme opinions, which have their roots in prejudice and passion, must be rooted out-men must learn to throw aside the narrow prejudices en gendered by partisan strife, and to lockjatthis question with a single eye to the preservation of the Union. If, however, partisan prejudice is obstinate, and political bigotry intolerant, then it may be that the Sun of our Union Is destined to -set upoh a land drenched in.the blood of civil strife*.' What-sacri cea could be too great, dr too precious, th’it would avert such a calamity from us? ’ ’ "s ‘ Mr. Pendleton’s letter. the severity of the dose. Months have passed since Mr. Pendleton received his nomi nation, and not until the other day, • hfter four States had placed,the seal of their condemnation on the Chicago platform, did he think it worth while to say a word in favor of the Union. At this late date Mr. Pendleton’s note is worthless, for his party is already protested; but the attempt to square with General McClellan’s letter, and thus pesffjcb the link be tween the cowardly, armistice proposed at Chicago, and the. kind of war offered .toy General, McClellan, is, at least,: inte - resting. Mr. Pendleton adopts McClel- LAN’s utterances almost toy rojte; and botu letters are vapid and meaningless. Ifhat shall be said of candi date for the Vice Presidency who hesitates to express himself in favor of the Union until «ebM setsjkim the examplhf Yet, wc hazard the "opinion that the letter of Herschel Y. Johnson, written September 22d, has, so far as expression is concerned, . hardly less Union meaning than Mr. Pen dleton’s letter of October 17. A contrast of the recent declarations of citizens of the South with the utterances of the tic leaders will show that in most ce,' S3S latter have merely followed the’lead of re bel statesmen, while, in instances they have fallen far behind, or below the Union men of the Boufe in flcyotion to Goveinisent and u- >, , ; , '' : uiio flag, and approval of the anti-slavery policy of the Government ■lt . will be noticed that Mr. Pendleton’s , letter says not one word of the war, and is the mere vague profession of Unionism that a Presidential candidate must make as a political formality. , It is not the letter of an unconditional Unionist,, but of one who says as little as he can help, and conceals . far more than he discloses. Cincinnati, Oct. XT. Mx Dbab Sib : I lin.vo received your friendly let ter. Malignant misrepresentations and falsehoods W «9-S?qS?R« 1“ pjUilcfvl Straggles that I have lately undertaken to correct or refute them. I make no professions of & new faith, and only repeat my reiterated professions of an old one, when ;I Bay that there Is no one who cherishes a greater regard for the Union r who has a higher sense of its inestimable benefits; who : would more ■ earnestly •afcor for Its- restoration by all means which will effect that end, than myself. The Union is the guarantee of the peace, the power, the prosperity of this people, and no man would deprecate more heartily or oppose more per sistently the establishment of another government over any portion of the territory ever within Its limits. lam in favor of exacting no conditions, Insisting upon no terms, not prescribed in the Constitution • and lam opposed to’any course of polio v which will defeat the establishment of the Government upon its old foundation and in its territorial Integrity. 1 am, very truly, yours, Sic., GEORGE H, PItHDI/BTON. ■ Hon. John b. Haskin; New York. The Press is in the habit of giving com plete reports of everything the public de sires to know. In this campaign it* has published a literal report of every import ant speech and a full account of every great meeting in this city. As far as pos sible it reports meetings throughout Penn sylvania, and endeavors to give a summary of political movements in every State in the Union.: We are glad to say these efforts are not only appreciated by the pub lic, but by many other journals. It is a pleasure to find our editorials, reports, display heads, and special news so gene rally copied, and published as original matter in other papers. ;Th <s Evening Bui lelin of Saturday was kind enough to print pur entire phonographic report of the great Union meetings at the Academy of Music and Union League Hall, without crediting it. Ko'w, though no less than seven gen tlemen were specially employed to make this report, though it required great ex penditure of money and labor, we do not complain Of the Bulletin for appropriating it without acknowledgment. On the con trary, we shall always try to be the first to supply the public with news, and'after it j has been published in our columns other j papers have, bur full permission to use it as they please. : It ; must have given thousands, of true Democrats %pleasnre ;to bear or read the W h]e speech of Gen. Joshua T. Owen, delivered on Friday night. For he is a Democrat who has proved himself worthy of the- name. He fought* the armed foe gallantly in the field, And added new lustre to the record of Pennsylvania bravery. He is as earnest in opposing the political foes of the Union, and as successful. W ASHBVGTON. THE PROTEST OF TENNESSEE—-REPLY OF , ’ THE PRESIDENT. - t Eximptive Mansioit, WASHfirsroK, 1). C., October 22, 1861. Messrs.lfni B. Campbell, Thomas A. R, Nelson, James T. P. Carter, John Williams, A. Blizzard, Henry, Cooper, Bailie Peyton, John Eellyet, Emerson Etheridge, John D. Perryman: ; Gextmsmkn : On the 15th day of this month, as ' I remember, a printed paper, with afew manuscript interlineations, called a protest, with your names appended thereto, and accompanied by' another pilDted > paper, purporting to be a proclamation by Andrew Johnson, Military Governor of Tennessee and also a manuscript paper, purporting to be •extracts from the code of Tennessee, were laid be ; foro me. ■••■.- ■ ■ ■ . "■• iThe- protest, proclamation, and extracts are • respectively as follows: . [The protest is here recited, and also the procla mation ol Governor Johnson, dated September 30, to which It refers, together with a list of the counties .in. East, Middle, and West Tennessee. Also; ex tracts from the code or Tennessee in relation to electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the qualifications of voters for mem bers of the General Assembly, and the places of holding elections for officers of popular elections.] • The President then says: At the time these papers were presented, as be fore stated, I had never seen either of them, nor hear d of the subject to which they relate, except In a general way, only one day previously. . Up to the present moment nothing whatever has passed between Governor Johnson or any one else connected with the proclamation and myself. Since receiving the papers, as before stated, I have given the subject such brief consideration as I have been able to do in the midst of so mafiy pressing public duties. - ; - . ■ . My conclusion is that I have nothing to do with the matter, either to sustain the plan, as the Con vention and Governor Johnson have Initiated it, or to revoke or modify it as you demand. By the Constitution and laws the President is charged with no duty in tho conduct of a Presiden tial election in any State; nor do I, in this case, perceive any military reason for his Interference in tho matter. Tho movement set on foot by the Convention and Governor Johnson docs not, as seems to be assumed by you, emanate from the National Executive. In no proper sense can it be considered other than as an independent movement of at least a portion of the loyal people of Tennessee. Ido not porcoive in tho plan any menace, or vio- lence, or coercion toward any one. Governor John son, like any other loyal citizen of Tennessee, has the right to favor any political plan ho chooses; and, as Military Governor, it Is his duty to keep the peace, among and for the loyal people of the State. I cannot discern that by this plan he pur poses any more. ■ But you object to tho plan. Leaving it alone will be your perfect security against it. It Is not pro posed to force you into it. Do as you please on .your own account,' peacefully and loyally, and Go vernor Johnson will not molest you, but will protect you against violence, so far as is in his power. I presume that the conducting of a Presidential election In Tennessee, in strict accordance with the old code of tie State, Is not now a possibility. It Is scaicely necessary to add that if any election shall be held, and any votes shall be cast in the State of Tennessee for President and Vice Presi dent of the United States, it will belong not to the military agents, nor yet to the Executive depart ment, but exclusively to another department of tho Government, to determine whether they are ea titled to be counted in conformity with the Consti tution and laws of the United States. Except it be to give protection against violence, I decline to interfere in anyway with any Presidential election, Abraham Lincoln. REMOVAL OF SICK SOLDIERS PROM GRANT’S ARMY. A large number of sick men have already been removed from the Army of the Potomac to more comfortable; localities. The mall boat from Oity Point to-day brings no news ofimportance; NAVAL CAPTURE. Admiral Farrauut reports to the Navy Depart ment the. capture of the schoonor Watchful by the United States steamer Arkansas. She purported to be bound ftom New York to Matamoros. Tho captain represented that her cargo consisted of lumber and petroleum, but, on searching tho vessel, boxes were lound under tho lumber which he ac knowledged contained arms. THE NEW YORK SOLDIERS’ VOTES —INSTRUC- TION3 TO POSTMASTERS. The following Is a copy of a lettor addressed to all postmasters In the State of New York: Post Office Department, Washington, D. C , Oct. 22, issf Sir: To insure to the soldiers of New York th° right of voting by proxy at the approaching elec- Uon, under the laws of your State, you are directed to use the utmost diligence in delivering the enve lopescontaining the ballots to the persons address ed, and If not called for on the day of receipt, you will in each ease notify the person addressed that th»f Sn 8 !, 18 ln your office, with the request that he call for the same without delay. W. Dbknison, Postmaster Goneral,| Washington, Oct. 23, BBJ DICING OVER SHERIDAN’S VICTORY—ELECTION BERING IN NEW YORK REGIMENTS—CANNON ADING AND PICKET-FIRING. [Special Correspondence of The Press.! /./ . Before Petersburg, October 21,1861. The story of our fresh glory, in' Sheridan’s She nandoah, has just reached us. What shouts of triumph roar from thousands of lusty beings along our /entire line,, from the James on the right, to the very front of the rebel fortress, Mcßae, upon the left! Louis Napoleon would give half his empire could he avenge the dis grace of Waterloo as effectually as Sheridan has erased the stain of onr many defeats In the She nandoah Valley. Who next will go thither ? Early and Longstreet are both failures. Will Lee ven tufehis reputation in that spot when the prestige Is all against him? There is none other loft in whom the people have confidence. / Electioneering goes briskly on among the New York regiments. There is more or less excitement witnessedovery night. The friends of both candi dates are doing theirutmost to win—for both parties have zealous advocates—although the commissioners represent both sides maintain aposltion strictly During yesterday afternoon cannonading "was freely indulged in as an Innocent Amusement. After dark the pickets took their turn, and'fired with fierceness throughout the night. 'While our soldiers are filled with enthusiasm because of the late success, the' rebels suffer by depression of spirits. Tip present cold weather is sufficient to rob such half-clad, half-fed creatures of all exube rance of heart. R.H.MoB. LONGSTREET COMPLETELY OUTGENERALED—NE CESSITY OF HIS . RETREAT TO STAUNTON. . , /. Washington, Oct. 22.—Despatches reoeivedfrom Sheridan’s army represent Longstreet as most com pletely outgeneraled. His army retreated in great disorder alter the second battle of Fisher’s Hill and he was closely pressed by our cavalry. Longstreet will be wholly unable to maintain himself, even so far as supplies are concerned, without retreating to Staunton, which is his secondary base of supplies, Lynchburg being,the first. ■ ’ The military position at thedose of this week is very encouraging, and causes very considerable ro- THE WAK IN THE : SOU IH WEST ■ NO BATTLE TET-HOOD RABIDLY RETREATING— SHERMAN IN HOT PURSUIT- TUB ROAD CLPM t FROM ATLANTA TO TILTON. . S Chattanooga, Oct. 21,—N0 - : believod to have occurred between n,5 a 5 V 8 mies in Nerthern Georgia opposing ar- The rebel General Hood is reported to bn r-wMiv vilTe Tdlafl 6 ;Broo . lntown valley to Jacicson- Talladega, where he strikes the railroad to Montgomery, Alabama. General Sherman’s army, stripped of every pound ot superfluous baggage, is in hot pursuit. 80 J&uch pi a start and flies -so fearfully that his capturels cot assured. A train came up to Tilton from Atlanta to day.'. A small party of rebel cavalry attempted to tear up the track below ACkworth yesterday, but were driyenoff-by the train guard. Otherwise all is quiet along tho Atianta road. HOOD’S SUPPLIES EXHAUSTED—ms PROMISE TO ' THE SOUTH NOT FUPILLBD. x Washington, Oct, 22.—H00d, at last accounts, THE WAR. SHERIDAN’S VICTORY COMPLETE. The Enemy Pursued to Mount Jackson. SOT AN OUGAA’IZKD REBEI KEOIIIENT IBFf. THE BO ADS COVERED WITH ADlvra AND EQUIPMENTS. FOBTX-MCHT fIUNS. THBEK HONBBED WAGBjflk ANIi TEN BATTIE-FlsAfiS TAKBN. lOßgstreet CompletelyOnt^neralcd. HE MUST BETBEAT TO IMPORTANT .FROM S.BOROIA, 3118- 80BRI, abi Tm mm OFFICIAL GAKETIE. DiSrAicn frost gi:k. sheridan—thb enemy ut- TBKIiV EODTKD AND PURSUED TO MOUNT JACk- SON—THB COUNTRY COVERED WITH ABANDONED ARMS. Washington, Oot, 22, 1864, The following official despatch has been received from Gen. Sheridan: Cbdab Ckbek, Va., 4 P. hi., Oct. 21,1831. lieutenant General V, S. Grant, OUy Point, Va.; I pursued the routed forces of the enemy nearly to Mount Jackson, which point he reached during the night of the itith or 20th, without an organized regiment of his army. Prom the accounts of our prisoners who have es caped, and citizens, the rout was Complete. About two thousand of the enemy broke and made their way down through the mountains on the left. For ten miles on the lino of retreat the road and coun try were covered with small arms thrown away by the flying rebels, and other debris. Forty-eight pieces of captured artillery are now at headquarters. I think that not less than 300 wagons and ambulances were either captured or destroyed. The accident of the morning turned to our advan tage as much as though the whole movement had been planned. The only regret I have is the cap. ture in the early morning of from 800 to 1,000 of our men. lam now sending to the War Department ten battle-flags. ■ - The loss of artillery in the morning was seven guns from Crook, eleven from; Emery, and six from Wright. From all that l ean learn 1 Ythiak that Early’s re inforcements could not be less'than 10,000 men. P. TI. Sheridan, Major General Commanding. General Stevenson reports the arrival at Martins, burg oi 1,800 wounded and 1,500 prisoners. Gen, Custer arrived this afternoon at Washing ton with ten rebel battle-flags displayed' from the railroad engine, Edwin M. Stanton, OKS. GBANT’S ARMY. THE OAMT BEFORE THB STORM—PICKET RECREA TIONS—THE APPROACH OF WINTER— GEN. MS NBV’B DEATH—THB ROADS—HORSE RACING. . [Special Correspondence of The Presa 3 > a/; : Headquarters Army of Potomac, October 19,1884. For several flays past nothing of moment worthy to be chronicled in a letter has transpired In this army. Perhapsthe lull may be taken as premoni tory of the coming storm; or perhaps the,oppo3ing armies, satisfied that the stake is not to be won by uproar, but by incessant vigilance and Indomitable energy, have “grown weary of bombarding,” and prefer to watch each other’s movements warily and in silence. The two explanailons of tho existing quiet are not inconsistent, and it may be that both of them are correct. It is only true in a comparative sense, however, that quiet prevails. While the bronzed veteran chafes at the monotony of affairs, the inexperienced civilian is confounded with the hubbub ol musketry and cannonading, and his nights: are passed in sleeplessness. Last night and to-night the picket firing has been incessant, and many a valued life has paid the penalty of this useless and barbarous practice. It should be understood, however, that In this matter our pickets are not to blame, as they rarely.” take the initiative.” The artillerists have likewise been doing their best to swell the din. Se veral new pieces haying been mounted along our lines, the cannoniers have been testing them, and upon the right they have managed to annoy the re hels very considerably. Of course, the latter reply; but the casualties are few. General Grant Is evidently resolved to fightit but on this line if it takes all winter. While there are many of us who hope to spend our Christmas holi days in. Petersburg, all hands are making prepara tions for cold weather. The most Important items in . the list of imports at City point, in the estima tion of most of ns, are the army stoves. It is no un common thing to see brick chimneys newly erected, and cemented with a peculiar mortar, composed of equal parts of Virginia mud and water. The nights . have already become decidedly bracing, And the skies ■ are lurid after dark with the reflection of thousands of camp-fires. There are few, of the officers especially, whose tents are not confronted With the cheering yule-log. It is the general determination that If we must spend our winter here, it shall be a merry one. Al ready there is talk of a grand balT to come off at Petersburg as soon as that town shall be embraced within General Grant’s department. The general feeling of cheerfulness was somewhat dashed to-day by the reception of the news of Gen: Birney’s death. He was one of our most dashing generals, and his loss at this particular stage of the campaign is doubly unfortunate for the army and the country. The roads are now in as good a condition for mili tary operations as they have been for months past, or as they are likely to be this year. We cannot hope for over a month more of fine weather, for the fail rains will ere long make the highways And by ways of "Virginia impassable to cavalry, to say "no thing of artillery. The rebels are not unmindful of this, and will.doubtlesß make desperate exertions to delay and Totard ns In the Interval. But, once started, Grant will go ahead. His apparent delay will prove more detrimental to the safety of Rich mond than a premature advance would be. Another trial of speed between half fhozen of our trottiDg horses took place at the trotting ground, on the Weldon road, this afternoon. There was a large attendance of soldiers and civilians, and much amusement was afforded the spectators. Ckasles Ebsromjs. quiet m mosT or Psm6BTOe- hbavt msma HEAK THE JAMKS 3SIVEK—:LEK STILL EOBTIB'YIJfQ THE eOUTH-SXHE BAILKOAD. Washikoton, Oct. 22.—A. letter from the Army of the Potomac, dated yesterday, says: “ Quiet has prevailed In front of Petersburg during the past weeh, interrupted only by occasional picket firing which was renewed on Thursday night, and kept up with spirit till daylight along the centre of the line Heavy fifing was also heard In the direction of the James river, but the object or it was not known ” The despatch announeing a Union victory In the Talley caused the xaost hearty rejoicing among our Leo is still fortifying his position on the South- Ride Railroad, and will not give it up without a des perate struggle, as upon the possession of this rail road depends both the fate of Petersburg and .Rich month : THE SHENASIMiAH. THIEVES—REBEL DEPREDATIONS AT MAYFIELD, Louisvtllb, Oct. 21.—The steamer Dime, Cap tain W. H. Caffrey, laden with private freight and bound from Louisville for Nashville, was sunk on the Falls this morning. The boat is a total loss, but most of the freight will be saved. Papers in a suit were filed to-day in tho United States District Court against the Adams Express and American Express Companies, for a failure'to stamp papers issued ,by them. Against the former company $156,000 and against the latter $20,000 are claimed. . Captain McNair's rebel thieves captured the steamer Cottage, Captain Dickens, at Harpoth Shoals, on the ISth inst. About fifty rebels entered Mayfield on Wednes day, burned the court house, and committed many depredations. A RAILROAD TRAIN THROWN OFF BY GUERILLAS. Louisville, Oct. 23.—A freight train of 13 cars, with army supplies, was thrown off the track of the Nashqille Railroad, near Woodtown, by guerillas of the rebel General Logan’s oommand, The road was only cleared of the obstructions last night. •-..'KAsrsASi',.-' . GEN. BLUNT FIGHTING PRICK’S ADVANOB—PBIOK’3 FORCE ABOUT 28,0 C O— TROOPS GOING FORWARD RAPIDLY. . IE : ; Leavenworth, Oct. 2V.— General Blunt has been stubbornly resisting the advance of Price all day. Blunt is falling baekslowly, contesting every foot of ground. Price’s force is estimated at 28,000. General Curtis is concentrating his forces on the Little Blue river. - - Goyernor-Carney has telegraphed that the danger Is very great, and to send every available man to the front. Troops are going forward very rapidly. HEAVY. FIGHTING , GOING ON—A HEAVY BLOW DEALT BY GEN. CURTIS—THE NOTORIOUS TODD, Secretary of War. OK MISSOURI, KILLED. Leavenworth. Oct. 22.—Heavy fighting has been going on all the: afternoon. The rebels at tempted to pass around and envelope our left, but during the operation Curtis dealt them a blow. Their loss is heavy, certainly much heavier than ours. Among the robels killed to-day is the noto rious Todd, of Missouri. . LATB»~-KLEASANTOIf KBESSIM THE. REBELS. No details of to-day’s battle have been received. " Gen. Pleasanton is pressing the' enemy severely from the oast. . a TIN. CURTIS HBAVTLY PRESSED—THE REBELS AM, AROUND HISI—DEFEAT OF OEN. BWSI—CAK T’JUE OK LEXINGTON BY PRICE. . St. Loom, Oct. 23.—A despatch from Gen. Curtis, dated at Kansas City at 6 o’clock last, night, saya ; : “ I have been pressed ail day, and this afternoon the enemy passed around my flank, when I gave him heavy blows for several hours. We have heard heavy firing east, and I iiavo just received a mes senger from, Gen, Pleasanton, who Is fighting on the other'side.” Leavenworth papers of the 20th fnrnish the fol lowing : Gen. Blunt, with 2,M0 cavalry and four howit zers, entered Lexington on Tuesday, and on Wed nesday Price attacked him with an overwhelming force, and after a sharp fight drove him from the city. Blunt fell back to the Little Blue river, fight ing desperately, and retarding the advance of the enemy.. ' On Thursday and Friday the skirmishing con tinued between. Little and Big Blue rivers, and yesterday something of an engagement seems to have occurred between the main" forces of Curtis and Price, but the locality of the battle Is not known, norhas'anythingbeen received at headquar ters here since Gen. Curtis’, despatch of last night. Bluntlost about fifty men in hiß light of Wednes day. General Pleasanton is believed to be co-ope rating with Curtis, and Kosccrans and A. J. Smith are near by. . I'-.: Kansas City, Oct. 22.—The fight yesterday be tween Little Blue river and Independence was a very gallant affair. We fought Price’s entire army for five hours. McLean’s Colorado Battery silenced the rebel guns. Col. Hoyt made a gallant sabre charge with a battalion of the 16th Kansas Cavalry. The 2d Colorado lost sixty killed and wounded ■ among the former Majos Smith, commanding the regiment. Our total loss was over 400.’ We evacu ated Independence, falling back to the Big Blue river. The militia have arrived; and this morning we hold the line of the Big Blue, Generals Curtis, Blunt, and Jlostler were on the ground. About ten .o’clock to-day Colonel Jenneson, with the Isth Kansas, with several guns, was attacked at Byron Ford by a heavy column of the enemy. About two o’clock the rebels forced the ford, Jen nesoh falling back towards Crest Port and the State Line. Colonel Moonlight went to Ms assistance, and both commands got separated from the main force. A portion of the Kansas militia fougut near Pick now Mills, but were compelled to fall back to Skawneetown. The main boriy of the militia marched to Kansas City, where the headquarters now are. They occupy entrenchments, and are in good spirits. • . - -< Colonels Jenneson, Moonlight, and Major Hart, with General Curtis’ body-guard, fought the enemy till some time after dark, driving them four miles over an open prairie.' Our loss was inconsiderable, that of the enemy was over 400. Y t We eaptured 160 stand oi arms, and the rebel Captain Tan Yalkcnburg, brother of the New York Congressman. Jennison and Moonlight are at State line, and Price 1b at Wagon Farms, moving rapidly la three columns.;- Y • At sundown a message was received ftom Gen. Pleasanton, stating that he was pressing Price with 2,000, that he had fought them on the field of yester day aDd drove them from Independence and "was pursuing them sharply. : Price is heading for Kansas, and may cross the State line In his retreat. ; Our rear had a sharp skirmish w'dh the rebels at Big Blue this morning, capturing iourteen and killing one. ’ Kansas City, Oct. 23.—Price’s whole army is reported to be retreating rapidly south. Our cavalry are in hot pursuit—altogether, with Pleasanton’s force, numbering 16,000 men. Pleasanton closed yesterday’s battles at Indepen dence by capturing a large number of prisoners and three guns. This morning our line formed five miles south of Kansas City, on the West Point road. Skirmishing continued for several hours, when the whole force advanced and heavy fighting ensued The enemy rapidly-fell hack and formed a new line a mile and a half from the first position. An artillery engagement then ensued, onr infantry . slowly advancing. The fight was kept up, for ten 'miles from this point, the enemy graddallyfalling back. Pleasanton then came in on our left and a grand charge followed, resulting in the total rout of the enemy. .When our informant loft the front our whole ca. yalry was In vigorous pursnit and the Infantry foil • lowing. j General Blunt commanded the volunteer force on the left; General- ;the centre, composed of ! militia, who behaved gallantly. The 2d Colorado, Colonel Ford, In. the thickest of the fight made seye ral brilliant charges. Our loss was not heavy, but that of the rebels, judging from the number of dead wounded left on the field, was very great. DEPABTMEST OF TBCE Glir.F. MOVEMENTS 'ON OFFICERS—THE CAPTURE OF MAT ASI OIIOS BY THE FRENCH NOT CONFIRMED New Yoke, Oct. 22—The steamer Morning Star from New Orleans with' dates to the 15th Inst has! arrived. 1 . .. - ’ : The steamers SuwoNada and Empire City were m the river on the 15th. A severe storm had occasioned some damage to one or two sailing vessels. A coal-ladeu driven ashore, and will probably be lost, Gen. Granger has gone to Pensacola. Gen. Ashboth bas returned from his expedition, txea* Newtoa lias arrived at New Orleans* on his way to take command at Key West. It was surmised that Admiral Farragut was going •ciastt . - - The severe trade regulations have effectually stopped all business at New Orleans. Therels nothing later from Mexico to confirm the 1 reported capture of Matamoros. by the French. RECONNOISBANCE within three miles of mo BILE—DANGEROUS ADVENTURES OF A FISHING PABTT—GENERAL NEWS. Mobile Bat, Oct. 13.—A daring reconnoissance ■to within three miles of the wharves of Mobile was made on Monday last. Gen. Granger’s despatch boat Laura, having on board a .number of officers, passed up the bay, cleared the obstructions, torpe does, &e., steamed about in broad daylight, within sight of the city, and without the slightest molesta tion from the rebels. . She seemed to attract considerable attention at 'Mobile, but not a shot wag fired. The sight ©£ the stars and stripes so dose'to the metropolis of Ala bama must have rather startled the rebels. It has been ascertained by this daring achieve osent that ■the torpedoes are either water soaked and spotted or rendered inoperative by barnacles. . On the following day one of our gunboats was making a reconnoissance along th&.hmiftjj dj' bay opposite Navy Cove, and about, three miles out side of our pickets, when a battery of flying artillery suddenly made Its appearance on the shore and ;opened fire. Two or three shots struokthe vessel but without doing any damage. The battery left immediately, and bdora the gunboat could Zyerything is going on smoothly.andthe tejons are In was endeavoring to effect d> : safe retreat into rforth- - ent Alabama. ... .• The supplies whloh he ha-d taken with him on this great raid on Sherman's areal' read; exhausted, and he how finds himself obliged to retreat without accomplishing that .which both he and Davis had promised to the rebel army. GENERAL DANA COMMANDING' IN WB3T TENNES SEE, AND VICKBBDRG—OHANGB Off MAYORS Off MEMPHIS, . Cairo, Oct. 22.—Advices from Memphis to the 20th have been received. Q,ulet had been rcsto'od in that city. Major Gen. Dana had assumed comm an(J of 16th Army Corps including the Patriots of West- Tennessee and Vicksburg, o*' fte 16 th inst., his headquarters being at Vie Ideut. Col. Harris- been I£lieTo( j 0 f duty as acting mayor of Bf' em phis, and ordered to report at Vicksburg, > and Captain Richards, of the 22d Ohio Regiment, bVI been appointed in his stead. MOVEMENTS OB FORREST—AFFAIRS IN ARKANSAS. CAIRO, Oct. 21.—The steamer Darling, from Merj. phis, passed here to-day with 160 Kales qf Gcsttoa tar Cincinnati, , . The Memphis Bulletin, of the 19th, says the ex citemoilt pf last sprtog has been renewed, and the toilitla hre.apla Odllftl ent la-csasenuenca of a —rje rebel force under Dick Taylor being near the city with, the avowed Intention of taking it. Forrest is reported to have passed up to Bolivar with a strong force. Advices from Little Rock to the 15th representaf falrs as ail quiet. Steele has a strong force under his command. Scouttog parties had, several skirmishes with the rebels south of Little Rock, and quite a number of the enemy were killed or wounded, and several cap. turqd, and some horses, mules and wagons taken. The steamer Emma was sunk whoa above St. Charles, on the 'White river. ÜBXTvmnt. toss OF A STEAMER—SUIT AGAINST EXPRESS COM PANIES—CATTITKE Off A STEAMER BY RKBBL has almost Entirely dlaappea red consignments of sanitary stores ease away completely. WJJ ‘<tri ? , ’ On the morning of the Tth, a t of the Tth Michigan started cuUn J *', , tlon, when a terrible norther can, 8a was driven ashore on Sana jv- j a p, 3: days, owing to the oobUchv’ they were Unable to get r'„ ■* w sent to their assistance. r^~heitil6 ,. c % ; hands. : Tt'e(|fierings of the * tHeir o .othes TeiDg tom toto P s W 6 ;\- r ' exposed to the cold wind. u, e aB ‘K ; cued-by boats from the trans Port ( Two brigs, which had been di?>> blown high and dry on the the same storm. It will prosab) ? ( to get them afloat agaljr., The £ , ;5 ='<; was also driven sSh9?g, but got off Adairel Farragut has been a, a court martial hot* Great gratis,' ,s ' the fleet at the rumor that he la t 0 h J 1 'Wilmington. All desire to aceoaL- ??5; Captalh Judeon has been relie-r e ?.“ 7 ® i! commissary of subsistence at for v' 1 Captain Cobb has been appointed in m' 4 ’-: A despatch from New Orleans ; Bailey, commanding Fort Morgan.'lr*! ‘ has almost disappeared from amoc-. fore. Mobile. The oniops and Sanitary Commission are to be thaa^j? 15 XOSS OF A MEXICAN BTSiXBR-;’ T ‘,|'.' ; i; BUSINESS IN NEW ,CAIBO, Oct. 21.—The Mexican lost In the Gulf about the 26th nit. Ut "' Business at New Orleans has s t.<r, w , Bot resnme'until the trade regulation t CORTINAS BTORBItpitgR AKIJ Act-™--'' &ioK: UKBBR iilAXl'MttliiS— tHS MIBSISairri—BEKQtJBNT RAIDS 0 .: •BANK. 11 [' Kaw Orleans, Oat. 16, tiA fj ils . fl . | The steamers Suwo Nade, from 3y e -. y t jUance, from Brazos Santiago, arrired i*. day. The Alliance brings fcSeliigeeee.'t nas surrendered his forces, etc., to the r a '; and had accept eda brigadier general’s c C in Maximilian’s army. Mejia •cem nti .’ y inoros. The Alliance brought five refugees fror- They wrote very complimentary letters is Bay, commanding the United States force zoB. Gen. Brayton has superseded Ford « ville. The iron, clad La Fayette was fired a, musketry by guerillas at Kateliff Point, above Morganzia, on the 30th, but no daV done. The attacking party were few shells. There are frequent raids on the east bj. Mississippi. A few days ago the rebels t to cross 2,000 head of Cattle to the west sm vent their capture. One hundred aad «; Stuck In the mud, and the gunboat Port f gobbled half of them up. An expedition u>[ McElge was sent to prevent the passage it stock. Nothing doing in cotton or molassK dling cotton $1.25. General Hurlbat tasj order regulating the payment of piantatlr Particulars bl the (!aptnr« or ti noKe--The Vessel Buraea by j 1( - -.tors.' Hawwx, Oct. 22.—The following is a g®. of the capture of the steamship Roasofr' fc from Havana to New York,' by Braine ar soeiates, as gleaned by- Captain JPeiper, brigantine Mathilde, from Captain Drew, captured steamer. 1 The Boanoke left Havana for New Tor regular day, and proceeded on her course K ning in -the usual manner, without any® markable occurring. Captain Drew retired to his cabin .u o’clock at night. At ti at time a number of gers were assemble)! aft and singing. Suddenly several men, armed with rerah tired the - captain's cabin, and in a m<r», found himself •handcuffed. Others ot tC meanwhile adopted similar measures in oti« i of the ship, and in a few minutes she pletely in the possession of the captors. . Only two shots were fired. One took £%* carpenter of tie Koanoke, who, in offer®") —ance, was shot down. r The eaptors having gained possession s shaped, the course of the vessel fcr JSeraHtf,' I. : On arriving off the island they did not a®. . enter the harbor, but waited for a passinT by which they could get rid of the crew anl gers. There were fifty of the former and; the latter, mostly Spaniards. The Roanoke had but little freight, bit from forty to fifty thousand dollars In specie and partly in paper. She also very little coal on board>hen the trass! place. After the Mathilde reached Bermuda passengers, a party from the Roanoke am;* in boats, the latter vessel having beease: and burned, Tlie Kew Canadian Confsamiii OUTLIXE OP THE MW CONSTITSJTIOS - THB FBOVIIf CIAL PISiXC? PREPAREB. Quebec, Oct. 22.— The outline of the new, Constitution will probably be as follows: 1. The Governor of the ConToderationW pointed by the Crown, and be advisedbya» under the British parliamentary form of inent, 2. The members the Upper House aK pointed by the Crown for Jlfe. ' 3. The members of the Lower Home c, elected, for five years, and represented!;-'!; adjusted every ten years. 4, The lieutenant governor of each proTltes he appointed by the Governor General of & federation, under the advies of the Federal! 5. The Constitutions of the local Legiahtr to be determined by the existing parliament out regard to uniformity. The i'inaneo Ministers of the different pro are engaged in preparing financial stateies each province. Arrival of Prisoners « napolis— Wretched Condition Private Soldiers. ■ Akkapous, Ma., Oot 21.—The flig-of-tn: New York, Captain Chisholm, arrived her early hour this morning, having on board'; officers, 74 naval officers, and 780 paroled' under charge of Lieutenant Colonel Mali®; hundred of the latter were in a most wretcte! Eight died before reaching Old Point, ana the passage here. Among the naval oSc< Lieutenant Com mander Austin Pentegasr, gallantly defended the gunboat Water against a superior force. Though he hag suffered aU thehardsMpso! em prisons from a penitentiary to the ow still he returns to us in fine spirits. Ibe Ke&el Said In Vermont. TWELVE OP THE ROBBEEB CAPTURED—? 2 -; AK ATTEMPT TO BESOITE THEM—DtPCDS? TEH.PBOM THE LEADBB OP THE EAIDEBS, r Moktrkat., Oot. 22.— Twelve of the robte Albans, Yt,, have been captured In of them, -w bo is In jail at St. Johns, states tfci: raid.was conducted hy a captain in the Con* service. Twenty-three persons were concerned In tt and the amount taken from the banks was $ . The Evening Telegraph, published at St says: “Fears are entertained, from the s; shown at St. John for the rebel raiders at Sr. that an attempt will be made to rescue t ! - troop of cavalry has been called out, and a guarding the jail. Hon. J. J. Abbott, K. Lai and Hon. J. H. Cameron have been retai counsel for the rebels, and Mr. Devlin for the States authorities.” Lieutenant Bennett H. Young, comma, raiders, lias sent to the Evening Telegraph, in which he chaises the citizens of Teraw! violating tie English and Canadian laws. BtrsLiM-GTOH-, Vt., Octfe.—Thirteen of Albans bank robbers are now in jail at Si They are mostly young men claiming to M Kentueky, and insist that they are in tfc federate service, and are also confident tv will be released. Two of them elaim to to tain’s commissions. A small quantity of rate money was found on them. An exssi will be commenced at St. Johns to mono? Judge Ooursel. - TeiHMe Conflagration at EastjMn* Tlie Easiness Part of tlie Xo»» strojed. Portland, Oot. 23.—A despatch from B states that a fire broke out at half past 1 fife Ing, on Union wharf, continuing until s o' anfi consuming all the business part of the About fifty places-: of business were destrop eluding the best stores. The building cont the Frontier Bank, telegraph office, etc., was' The loss Is estimated at $500,000. •• tn Jkowellj sf n\ Lowbll, Oct. 22.—A destructive Sre occur! in what is known as the ** Draeafc Na-vy! ■which totally destroyed a large now brio's counting-room, and two houses belonging " Merrimac Woolen Company. The total l*- 1 - $250,000. Two hundred and fifty operatic thrown out of employment by this fire. Fire at Cairo. Cairo, Oct. 23.—A fire at Cairo last b 1? k troyed the house furnishing store of Hamel! and one or two other buildings: The loss Is with an insurance of ss,ooo. Tl»© State JElection. Haeriseues, Oct. 22.—" We have not regarding the recent election than contain*’ despatch of yesterday. The Bounties of Jefierson have not been heard from. Orfi soldiers’ returns received to-day. NEW YORK CTfl; New York, Oct. ft 1 ’ • . . MARI3E INTEttISENOB. Arrived, ship City ofNew York, Ids Magnus, London. Barks Trovaiore, C. B. Hamilton, Nuovitas. Brigs Catering na la Mar ; Sitka, tingan, C- B. Thrasher, St. Martin’s ; Ozelle, Para; Pensacola. Ship Bio. Grando, New lle‘ !, '- ri low, ship Sandusky, Cardiff. nuxeansn assignmeut of genbbax. bo’ 11 : TSS 10TH CORPS. A Washington despatch to the said that, upon the special recoa2 ffiellJ } General Grant,- Major General assigned to thecominand of the 10th 4j lrr '><. Blade vacantvhy-the death of General will be:accompanied by Major Charles as volunteer chief of staff. Correction.—By a lapsus pena actf** 8 , •was substituted for that of Colonel Ti'»- in our report of the meeting at thfl Music, Rriday night. Thiscorrectf»n is l * a Gray. . • ~ •••" ~ m i w —* ; Thb Gkakb Oomokbt at the Academy, to-night, promises to be a remarkably h® 3 meat. Sir: Gottschalk, assisted by , and accompanied by Mr. BiigfeW s “ BS ‘ : will perform his new “Tarantella” and orchestra. A new tenor, Signor - wlUalsomake his first appearance. lection of music lg vary attract! re-
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