BAlLr* (SUNDAYS KXOEPTSDi Bt JOT*s> W. i'OK*KT, s Jf o . l/i SOUTHTOUKTH STESBT.I t j{£ MILT PRESS, ..ijM/iban, ii TasUoUiAßs Ph* aksdk, Ik rtnrrT Gbnts Pbk Whbk, payable *® ' to Bnbseribere ont of the oltTi fb* annum; Took Dollar* an» firrt tJb Mobthh; Tiro Doilarr ahb Twbntt fo* Tbbbb Months, invariably la adyaaee ~ordered. eetenti inserted at tbe a»n*i rate*. TBI> WEEKLY PRESS, beeriben, TivrDollabs fbr annum, in K DISPLAY. Cloakroom contain a fine ahow of sropoily- and eleffant garments, for fall and winter W»&T. VELOTJR CLOAKS. SOME BEAVER DO. IST FROSTED BEAVER DO. K TRICOT AND BEAVER DO. BLACK GARMENTS. 'ER TROOP CLOAKS. JIB MADE TO ORDER. COOPER & OONARD, jNARX bargains in DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, BSIBHEffI AND DOMESTIC GOODS, ir!i!nt the lar*e»t and choicest display yet offered detail, and at priees below the corresponding reduced value of GOLD. RONCH POPLINS, MERINOES, )0L DE LAINES, &c., very cheap. l hare loti reeelrei at a great eacriffoe a lares to! Msaitm-prlosd PRESS GOODS, \ ,1 lot of Amerloan DB LAINES and PRINTS, whioh tall offer ysry low, and ar« well worth ths atten }f tuyere. . J, COWPERTHWAIT & CO., S. H. sorner of NINTH and ARCH Streets. y.f ß Wtde3l ■' - PHILADELPHIA. CBTAIN department. IPPiRD, TAN HARMNGEN, & ABRISON, No. 1008 CHESTNUT STREET, ite received, from the late AUCTION SALES IN NEW YORK, large addition to their Splendid Stock of lace ahd muslin CURTAINS, ' -.CATELLE, SATIN DE LAINB, REPS, TERRY JAPANESE CLOTH, the various other materials most desirable for .RLOR, CHAMBER, DINING-ROOM, - : and LIBRARY CURTAINS. itimates for furniehin g single rooms, suites or apart tu, or a whole house, based on a large deduction m former prices, promptly furnished, and the work .muiiy and faithfully performed by experienced i reliable hands. . : oc24inwffp6t EW MOURNING STORK, 926 CHESTNUT STREET. -v IMMENSE REDTICfION IN PRICES Merinoes, De Laines, Reps, Baratheas, Bomba es, ilpacas, Orape Cloth, Empress and other favorite well known fabrics. Also, GREAT REDUCTION all oar immense stock of : ■ ECOND MOURNING GOODS i as Mohairs, Poplins, Lustres, Valencias, Ac,, Ac. ALSO, ILMORAL SKIRTS AND SHAWLS, {rest variety. : B L A C K S I L K 8, be very best makes, and an elegant assortment of LIGHT SILKS. MOUBNING MUjXjXTCEILY, be very latest New Pork and Parle styles, always band, and made to order. We reepectfully request an-examinauon of our stock lore purchasing elsewhere. M. A A. MYEHS A 00,, COATI N G S, FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. FSOBTBDS, VELOURS. CHINCHILLAS. TBIOOTB, every shade and quality In the oanntry. For choice Goods, call at the CLOTH STORE WM. T. SNODGRASS, 84 Strati SECOND Street, and 83 STRAWBERRY Slree 1034 CHESTNUT STREET] | E. !tt. NEEDLES j 18 DAILY RECEIVING NOVELTIES b[ .■■■■■■ IN §i L A CBS , | WHITE GOODS, | EMBEOIDEEiES, | • veils, - "j HANDKERCHIEFS, &o. I In every variety and at REDUCED PRtCES. SUITABLE .FOR THE FALL TRADE. 1034 CHESTNUT STREET, f'OOD GOODS REDUCED. • SOT AUCTION GOODS. All-wool Poplin* at sl.s?%. ■ .... pood French Merlnoes at $1.62K. striped Glacl Poplins *t *1.37)4. , Brocade Poplins at 11, 11.215, $1. 62h, sad 11. 75. SO pieces American Be Liines at 600, A large assortment of Calicoes from 35 to Sat. Call and examine. Jfo trouble to show them at JOHN H. STOKBS’, ..ocl-tl ■ 703 ARCH.Street. A FINE ABBORTMENT OF SHAWLS r for sals below the present gold prices, pong Broche Shawls, open centres. Long Broche Shawls, Ailed centres. Square Broeha Shawls, open centres; ' Square BrpoheShawls, filled cemros. Etch Plaid and Stripe Blanket Shawls. Square, Plaid, and Stripe Blanket Shawls. Long and'square Black Thibet Shawls, 4-1 Mantilla Velvets, pure silk, frosted and other Beaver Cloths. 1 Cloaks ready made. HSTEEL & SON HAVE SOVT • open a iarko Mid sholoa aeseortment of FALL AHD SfUTTEfi DKESB GOODS. Plain Merimoes,; *!.*! to M, Plain Poplins, Plaid Merlnoes and Poplins, Plain and Plaid Silk Popline, ~ Plain and Figured Mohair Poplins, _■ ■ J;4 a areal rarfetT ol neir.and cnoiee Dress Goode, all ** price# far below ■ . Etr THE PKBSKre COST OF IMFOETATIOW. , EILKB-Of all kinds, a great TarletT, tom 75 cent* ® Mpar yard, helov ' THE IMPOSTER’3 PKIGEB. . . SHAWLS—A large assortment, at a email adyahs* * T9 rlytsea»on'ap««B. - Hoe, fist and TIS Worth TENTH Street, ■ Mebinoes, poplins, A Reps, Eplnglines, Clan Plaids,, „ v Alpacas, Mohairs, and other Dress Goods, Cheap at JAS. X. CAMPBELL & CO.'S, TSTCHBBTHUT Street. SILK SHAWLS, . w Bepellank Cloths, Glotss, Linens. and white Goods, Cheap at #AS. *, CAMPBELL & cor’S, T 37 CHESTBUT Street Flannels, blankets, LllMi »nd Cotton Shsattngn, JAS, B. CAMPBELL 4 <Jo. >g, 7»7 CHESTNUT Street. Cheap *t ALL -who want good dry *■ GOODS, at tie rurr lowe«t pries*- can find ibsm JAB. B. CAMPBELL St CO. ’B, ya’rflHßSTinJT Bt™«t ijg, J. WILLIAMS, *0- *® ROSTH SIXTH stbbbt, . Mwuifaetiarsr of VENETIAN BLINDS • ■■■■■ WINDOW SHADES. Th« liirceit w 4 flaert Awortnuak In tin rit y»| £iig * LOWEST PEICES, Bopalrln* attended to promptly. O-BtoraShtdg» Made nadLattorad. nolO-ia 1864 BRWKS, BRICKS, BRICKS.- MARKBT street. 0C27- 12t* : ■*nS2 W SAUCE.-TB IS CEM-' fMeasauM on hand and forest# by KHODES^WILLIAMS, 1»I South WATBS 6tr*a». ALPACAS, Scotch plaids, BASKETS, VELVETS, MIXTURES, *O., *O, EDWIN HALL It GO., g 0 South SECOND Street, VOL. B.—NO. 79. i, : RETAIL PBT GOODS. JMMENSE REDUCTION IN THE . PRI O B 8 . OF ; '"' V ' DRY GGODS,; JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO., j 727 CHESTNUT STREET, / 'offer their entire stock of PBY goods, CONSISTING IN PART OF MEBINOES, : POPLINS AND REPS, epinglines, ORAN PLAIDS, ALPACAS AND MOHAIRS, BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, SHAWLS, GLOVES, LINENS, WHITE GOODS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, LINEN AND COTTON SHEETINGS, ' REPELLANTS AND CLOAKING CLOTHS, at extremely low rates. ; We beg leave to assure the public that we have marked down every article in our stock, aud now have it to odr power to offer RARE BARGAINS. 0028-lm . ... ■■■-- ■ ■■■■■■ |ak A J)BI GOODS JOBBERS. J 504.1 NOW IS STOKE, (ISO 4. IDHtND YARD & C 0„ fog. 611 Chestnut mi 614 Jayne Street#, IH7OBTKBS AND JOBBBBB 01 SILKS iSD FMCI DKI fiOOBS, SHAWLS, LINENS. AND WHITE GOODS. A JAKOB AND HANDSOME STOCK OF DRESS GOODS. TOi LIM OF FOREIGN AND SOHSBTIO . ;/ BALMORALS, / INCLUDING BRUNER'S AND OTHRB HAKES. angj-Sm . ' 1 : ' r / ; ■' V ' commission houses. ijSEIjTTBSTIO«W™i^RiDB Is called to oar stock of CAMDEN WOODEN MILLS BBPBLLANTS, LADIES’ CLOTHS, SACKINGS, SHIRTINGS, and FLANNELS. SAXONY WOOLEN COMPANY ALL-WOOL FLANNELS. STEVENS A CO,, N. STEVENS & SONS’, and other makes GRAY, SCARLET, and BLUE TWILLED FLANNELS. '«BLACKWOOD'’ and ■« HINSDALE" MILLS 6-4 COTTON WASP and ALL-WOOL CLOTHS and BEAVERS. ; 1 :: : GEEYLOCK MILLS (Dean & Damonte), CAROLINA MILLS (T. R. Hyde & Co.), WEST EATON MILLS (M. & H.), and other makes of FANCY CASSIMERES. SAXONY MILL PLAIN and PLAID SATINETS. "FLORENCE” and “SPRINGVILLE” MILLS PLAIN and MIXED MELTONS. - ; Pittsfield; Berkshire, and other makes BALMORAL SKIRTS, in great levrin’gton mills PLAIN and FANCY KENTUCKY JEANS. GLENHAM GINGHAMS, DENIMS. STRIPES, TICKS, . SHEETINGS, Ac., of the most deslrahle styles. DE COURSE!, HAMILTON, & EYASS, 33 LETITIA Street, and «e2I-wfm3ra 33. Sonth FRONT Street. LTAZARD & HUTCHINSON, - So. 113 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MEROHANTSj FOB THB SAiB OF ; Uyl-eml PHILADELPHIA-HADE GOODS. CARPETS AND OIL-€LOTItS. 1864. ig(j4. glenbcho MxnxrS. GERMANTOWN. MoOALLUM & CO., CARPET WAREHOUSE, #OO CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. uI7-Sm 1864. 1864. ‘McCAXX/tIM & CO., RETAIL DEPARTMENT, #l9 CHESTNUT STREET. iel7-3m OPPOSITE INDEPENDENCE HALL. FINANCIAL. QFFICE FOR THE SALE OF RATIONAL LOANS, No. 114 Soiitli Third Street, PHILADELPHIA NEW Ei S. 5-20 SIX PER CENT. LOAN. The subscribers, having been the successful bidders for a portion of the new 5-20 six per cent. Gold-Bearing Loam, ara prepared to offer it on favorable terms to their customers) in large or small amount*, in Bonds of de nominations of.' 50s, I<>Os, 50.05, and I,OOOs, BOTH REGISTERED AJTD COUPONS. The interest commences on the Ist of November next, and is payable in Gold semi-annually, on the Ist of May and November. All other Government securities on hand and for sale, and Information given concerning investments at oar office. JAY COOKE & CO., Bankers, No. 11* SOUTH THIRD BTREET. oclfi Im cnnn nnn union passenger tjJ>IUU,\JUU RAILWAY COMPANY’S BONDS FOR SALE The Union Passenger Railway Company offer for sale at par one hundred thousand dollars of six per cent, coupon bonds, clear of all taxes, National, State, and municipal; ■ These bonds are secured by a first mortgage of three hundred thousand dollars on the road and its Iran cMess, The trustees are Clarence P. Clark and Tho mas A. Scott. u \ x . ’,' 3 TRey are Issued in sums of $5OO, and can.be had on application at the office of tbe Company, No. 208 South FOURTH street.- WILLIAM #. KEMBLE, 0c22-l2fe , >.Treasurer. ¥ C NEW 7-30 LOAN. A * received, and the Note* fur . mined free of all ehargea. by : . GJbSGE J. BOYD. Banker, »ugj-8m IS South THIRD Street. filL STOCKS “ BOUGHT AND BOLD ON COMMISSION. GEORGE®!. BOYD, -• Sont h THIRD ‘Street. I-- angf-Sm WAIX PAPERS. pHTTADF.LPHIA WAIL PAPERS. HOWELL & BOURKE, N. E, CORNER FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, Manufacturers of PAPER HANGINGe, WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, - LINEN SHADES AND HOLLANDS, SOLID GREEN AND BUFF. CHOCOLATE GROUNDS, FIGURED, AND PLAIN • SHADES,. To which we invite the attention of STOREKEEPERS. self-mw* 2m CABINET FURNITURE. V ■ MOOEEA'CAMPION, - . am South SECOND Street, are prepared to follow the decline In'the market In the Wife of their furniture; Purchasers will please call; apq exaroinii our Ntm»v : oeS-flm T)ENSERVO FOR THE TEETH AND! nencenw ever produced. Prepared only by ; SEWING fraEYLOEENOE^'~^ A THB FLORENCE THE FLORENCE THE FLORENCE * THB FLORENCE ■ THB FLORBNCB ' ■ . THB FLORBNCB THB FLOUNCE gj Swr j to MACHINES. BBWING MACHINBS. SEWING MAOHINBB. SBWINGMACHINEB, SEWINGMACHINBS, SEWING MACHINBS, BBWING MACHINES. . BBWING MACHINES, 830 CHESTNUT STRESS, ' 830 CHESTNUT STREET, - 838 CHESTNUT STEEET, 630 CHESTNUT STREET. 6SO CHESTNUT STREET. 630 CHESTNUT STBEBT. 830 CHESTNUT BTRBBT, 830 CHESTNUT STREBT, ««S-tf ovirruar goods. qard. I WILL OFFER MY ENTIRE STOCK LACE CURTAINS FORTY PER CENT. LESS THAN COST OF IMPORTATION. I. E. WALRAYEN, SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CARBYL, MASONIC HALL, 719 CHESTNUT STREET. <w6-tf : COOPS. ■■ 826 ABOH BTRBBT - 825 REMOVAL, 8. A. SOFFMAU, mST PREMIUM SHIRT AND WRAPPER MANUFACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING EMPORIUM. BEHOVED FROM 60« ARCH STREET TO THE NEW STORE, 835 ARCH STREET. 835 lell.ftunWfim ' STATIONERY A BLANK ROOKS. i/YIL, MINING, COAL, AND OTHER A. new companies. , : We are prepared to furnish New Corporations with all the Books they require, at short notice and low prices, of first quality. AlFstyles of Binding. s STEEL PLATE CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, LITHOGRAPHED TRANSFER BOOK, ' ORDERS OF TRANSFER, STOCK LEDGER, STOCK LEDGER BALANCES, REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOCK, BROKER'S PETTY LEDGER. ' ACCOUNT OF SALES. DIVIDEND BOOK. MOSS & OO.i BLANK BOOKMANUFACTURERS]ANDSTATIONKES, *33 CHESTNUT Street CLOTHING. gDWARD F. KELLY, JOHN KELLY, TAILOBS, 812 CHESTNUT STREET, Will from this date (October 3d) sell at REDUCED PRICKS. ' ] FOR .. ■■■;',! .y-: - CASH. - oet-tf ,-* ' _. ... MILITARY GOODS. pLAGS! FLAGS!! CAMPAIGN FLAGS, BUNTING AND SILK, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. SWORDS, SASHES. BELTS, Together with a full assortment of MILITARY GOODS. ■ EVANS «Sfc HASSAiL, oel4-lm fp FANCY". FURS; 1864. 1864. A. R, & F. K, WOMRATH, (SUCCESSORS TO THE LATE GEO. F. WOMRATH,) No. 415 Arelt Street, HAVE SOW' OFF.X • A FULL ASSORTMENT OF LADIES’ FANCY FURS, To which they invite the attention of buyers. Oc2o-3m . - ■ ■ . JJENRYRASKE, NEW FUR STORE, .517 ARCH STREET. • The above respectfully informs Me patrons, and the public in general, s that he has now opened at the above store an assortment of . * LADIES’AND CHILDREN’S . . FANCY FURS, .. which for variety and quality • CANNOT BE SURPASSED by any house in the United States. Being the manu facturer of all his Furs, and haying imported all hie stock when gold was much lower than at the present rates, he can offer them to his patrons at the most rea sonable prices. . . All FURS made to order, and repairing done in the best manner and latest styles. IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURE?? 2 * • OF LADIES’ AND-CHILD KEN ’ 8 FOES, ocIS-tf . ' 517 ARCH Street. MIILIAERY. RADIES’ SILK HATS, FRENCH SHAPES. BIRDS, FEATHERS, FLOWERS, ALL THE NOVELTIES IN THB MILLINERY LINE. THOS. KENNEDY & BRO., ocl2-wfm2m No. 739 CHESTNUT Street. J) L. TINGLEY, TOBACCO AND CIGAR WAREHOUSE, NO.B NORTHTHIRD STREET, Agent for the sale of all the celebrated brands of BARNEY, GREEN, & CO., Cincinnati. "BELLE OF THB WEST,” " CINOINNATUS,” ■ “BURNIE,” &c. "FINE TURKISH!" AND OTHER SMOKING TOBACCO. A large lot of prime CIGARS and TOBACCO, now In Store, and for sale cheap. 0c26-lm jUOKING GLASSES. JAMES 8. EARLE * SON. *l5 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA.. Un now Is iton a v«ry fine assortment of LOOKIN Q GL AS3E 8, ofeYsrrshanwtsr, ofths - TOT BEST MAJTUFACTUEI AND LATIBT mLM. OR. PAUmNQS, EHGHAYIHQ'S, ; sen >, FICTPIM AND rHOTOGkAPH FkAina. ' r«ABD AND FANCY JOB PRINTING, \J # JRXQWAUI* jMOWK’Ri 1U B. town 8W PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, 3l, .18.64. %\t fuss* 'For The Presa. J ' The Great Uttle General Mcliittle. There was a people very great, who, without seek ing, prayed, “ Give ns a leader for our wars, a hero ready inado ’” . Then spoke our foes aoross the; line, so that their friends could hear— •• Make him a gonoral toe can beat, a hero you . , can cheer ; ..... . . : . V We’ll tell you where the timber grows, we’ll show you how to tack, _ Oh! make him little, very little, a little, little, little Mac!" ■ .% ,/ They sot thoir carpenters to . work, these Fates! to fashion him. And without waste of lumber soon they built and carved him trim, In a coat with shining buttons on, the dapper hero stood, The bravest, squarest general that e’er was made of wood. But, alack !■ the worm was in his head—ntrbone was In life back— This very little, great MclAttle, little, little, little Mac! Thus was McLlttle fashioned a great man to be. come; ; Naugnthad this general to do, but let himself be ■ donej . v- ■ ... He folds his ; arms,’ he strlvos to frown, he motions with his hand— For War’s a dreadrul thing* you know, and generals , must bo grand. He made his orders large and loud—his guns gave answerback: Great is the little brave Me Little, mighty little,Tittle Mac! And wondrous things,, the people thought, were passing through his brain— Whatever went Into his ear came out his ear again. Some'busy soldiers went to work and won a fight or ..■ two; ■:.■■■<■. ■■ ; “ I’ll write the bulletins,” said Mac; “be quiet— that’ll do.” 1 /■ ■ For giving blame or taking praise he had a gene : rous, knack, This great McLiltle, glorious little, little, little, little Mac! They swore his head was capital, *t was seasoned in the schools, He knew the book of war by heart, and always, worked by rules. - His plans weighed twenty tons and more, so vast were his campaigns, And he’d make a splendid hero, sure, for he hadn’t “toomuch brains;” ’Twas all be wanted, nothing else did this great general lack: This awful little, proud McLittle, wondrous little, little Mac.' So, .when he formed his army grand, the shouting 'rent the skies— “No Chinese-general Is Mac; the great rebellion dies!’’ His soldiers covered leagues of ground, and every foot held one ; ‘ . Each leader had his photograph, and every man a guh;:'- 5 “ : A thousand cannons mounted grim, at every gun a .• ■' .Tack— 3 For brave McLittle, great McLittle, little, little , little Mac! But ne never moved—he never moved—you couldn’t move him to— What more in truth, what else forsooth, could a wooden general do 1 And month on month he waited, then, till the foe had locked him in. < “I vow,”ho said, “this is a fix;-I fear wo must .. begin.” „ • “Move!” cried the people;“move!” again. He held his legions back, This slow McLittle, deep 'Mdjfrfflle, solemn little, little Mac! “ There’s a million enemies in front; why waste our precious lives ? Just wait; and I’ll manoeuvre ’them out of their muddy hives,” A brigade foil Into a trap, and spoiled his subtle ■ plan; “Ob, cruel war! we’d better fight as little as we . .. can!” So for another month he schemes, then takes the -.almanac:'' “ The weather’ll be good next week,” said little, little, - little Mac! • out, out,” the order came at last—the great Mc : Little sped; “ Stop—dig—fall back!” he cried at length, “for there are guns ahead.” Andthustill set ofsun he stood,ln stern and gloomy mood, . -\'j Till a frantic messenger brought word—“ The guns aie made of wood 1" “Charge! Porter, charge! no craven fears, my bov, should hold us back,” Said doughty little, angry little, great McLittle, little Mac! -> • Now right before a terrible fort, and near a famous town, . He trained his cannons for a month, and plumped his army down; With sap and gun he engineered his engineers ■ away, ■ ■ • And full two hundred thousand ate their ration's day by day. But the robels left, 4,000 strong, a-laughing in their track, At jolly little, [bp.ave McLittle!] glorious little little Mac! There always comes to men and things an hour which shakes the sense, Which takes the shell off falsehood, and the trap vpings from pretence: The foe came down upon us like a thousand thou sand bricks,: And noble souls by thousands went o’er the river Styx, And In that awful rolling up, disaster fell and black Sank down the sun of brave McLittle,poor McLittle, little Mac! 4-18 ARCH Street. .We had. a victory. What then! " Eali back, brave . boys,” said he, They swore, obeyed; and he to work went writing “policyf “ O, cruel war ! ,0, cruel war! you’d better, it IS plain, . Adopt my plan how not to do, or not do so again;” Or leal or false, or friend or foe, or genius or quack, You couldn't tell, he wouldn’t tell, poor little, little, little Mac i Ho wouldn’t move—he •wouldn’t move—at last they made Mm rook ! Down came McLittle’s wooden head unto the com. mon blook— - f But a platform was made for him, and up again he stood; The moßt pacific warrior that e’er was made o ■ wood. , Another'lignum head Ms Fates set down upon his ■'■'hack— “ Now for revenge!’’ swore savage little, fierce McLit tle, little, little, little Mac! High-dry they set him on It—scarce was he on the throne, .■ ■ When he tried to build another, on a platform of his - ■■■ • 'own,. ■■■■"■ ■■■.. Buttheplanks were treason-timber of base Palmetto ■ ■ wood, • ■ ■ ■ And shook as with an ague, and he trembled where ■ he stood. Down, down, went all the timbers—He lay upon his back, A weak McLittle, poor McLittle, little, little, lit tle Mac! But now this wooden idol is soarred, and hacked, ■■ and hewn, And I reckon all that’s left of Mm ain’t worth a , picayune.'.: ■ Still, still, the great McLittle has the worm within Ms crown, ■■■■. And not until election day will the idol tumble . down. - . ■ ■ Then, let the heathen Image in our great bonfires crack; “Peace, then, be to his ashes,” the wooden little, ■ . Mac!. ... '. .. / ' . XVI. ... 1 . Alack'. the fatal chieftain! the Hero ready made! The most inspired timber that e’er drew wooden blade. Wo know an old wood-c Hopper brave wHo wields his iron axe, And he’ll split them all to kindling wood—a thou- sand wooden Maos! Bear down, old Uncle Abraham; put falsehood on its back— And chop him still more little—poor little, little Mac What! boys who fought with Eearney and Grant and Sheridan! D’ye want the wooden chieftain to lead you on again 1 No: rather than surrender, we scorn the coward words; ■ v We’ll turn our hearts to iron and forge them into swords For Union and for Freedom l Drive all the traitors back. ■ Hats off! here comes the funeral—of little, little, poor McLittle, very, very , very little, little, little Mac! MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1864. A TAKKSB BALLAD FOB 1864. MI ARMY ON JAMKS BIYEK. rt U'- : Ms - >'*> u.;* Aclive Commenced npon the Left—KeMel, Speculations as to Grant’s DesfgM|lr«ivif Slt irni tolling—A Gene -1 ral Engagement .Immiaent—Heavy. Cannon'wlibg Around Petersburg— Firing Up Hie . James—Probable En - gagement neat Petersburg' oil Thurs dny,Sight. ■ • • fSpecial Correspondence of The Press. ] OjTT Poxbt,-Va., Oct. 27-9 P, f M. I A late Richmond paper ventured the opinion that Grant’s 'agg’rossive movement,' for which prepara-* r lions have, been making for months past, was de layed—firstly, to await the completion of the canal at Dutch the Army of the; • Potomac might have all asslstaneepossibfe from the new troops daily arriving to reinforce it. If there was any truth in the surmise, the rebol editor may, perhaps conclude by-this time that tie reinforce- 1 ments'have all ajrived, andjhat the_canal has been finished. ;Suoh a conclusion has doubtless been generally entertained to PCterSburg and 'Richmond; tc-day, whether It be true or faise. . On one other point the Richmond editors have lately keen indulging In speculation, and -their speculations seem to bB equally near 1 the truth. They have assumed that it'was toe' Intention of Grant, if possible, to gain posaession of tie Southslde Railroad. To bo sure, it required ino special acu men and no very complete data to arrive at this in ference. , The Southslde road is the only remaining link, that connects Petersburg with,therest of the. Confederacy. Its capture would, not merely needs sisate the evacuation of that cifcy.butwpuld go far towards placing Richmond in our hands. Hence it might be argued, a priori, that when Grant should move-Pris inovement]would bo made to this direction. ii would scarcely be prudent for me, to say how far these.cpnclusions are likely to.be verified by the results. ''T may be permitted, however, to state a few facts- equally well known to the enemy as, to, ourselves.; About six o'clock last evening skirmishing began upon our extreme left, which continued until darkness: had set in. . The particulars have not reached us. But early this morning fighting tods renewed in the same direction v The roar of the musketry at nine o’clock was'lncessant, but there was very little of any artillery firing. The foroe engaged upon our side,under command oi General Meade, embraced portions of the several corps of the Army of the Po tomac, together with a considerable,portion of the' new levies. , A continuous roar of artillery has been kept up during the entire daytowardstho contre ofour lines, and from the fortifications directly fronting Peters burg. Atjimes the booming.of the heavy guns has sounded with such distinctness as almost to con vince us that an engagement was going on at our' right. At the present writing the uproar still con tinues. Whether in consequence of this, or as an unfortunate contingency, a heavy rain-storm set in this morning, and the rain Is still: pouring down steadily, it is to be hoped that It may not seriously interfere with the operations commenced, though fears upon this point are entertained. Otherwise,' the confidence generally prevails that a greit "victory awaits the Army of tp,e Potomac. The skirmishing of yesterdayaad to-day Is, no doubt, preliminary to a general engagement. At 6 o’,clock this evening very hjavy firing was also heard from up the James river, and the opinion of well-informed officers here is that our Iron-clads are paying their respects to the Howlet-House Bat tery, whichls just across from Butch Gap. As the obstructions are reported to have been removed &bm the fiver at Trent’s Beach, our gunboats could easily ascend to the battery named and engage it. Your'correspondent across the river, however, will Inform yoii of the condition of affairs in General Butler’s department. . OOTOBEU 28—8 A. M. About 9‘ o’clock last evening the firing In the direction of Petersburg, evidently from, our works, was renewed with unwonted' Activity, and by 10 o’clock the uproar both of cannon and musketry grewfast and furious. The flashes of the guns could be distinctly seen until after midnight. The mall is about to close, and we have no further particulars. The rain has ceased to fall, and the roads are In tolerably good order.: C, Edsitthds. the; rebel press. Early’s Address to bis Army. We make the following extracts from late num bers of the Southern papers: Fault's Address tq ms Aeut.- The Kich mond Examiner of October 20 says: From an. officer who arrived last nightdlrect from the Talley, we have some late advices from Gen. Early’s command. .. . Our informant left the army on Monday morning. At that time Early’s forces were at New Market, and all was quiet: The. enemy had shown no dispo sition to press him, and our, forces were quietly resting and recuperating from the wear and tear of the last battle. ’ 1 Our informant saysthat the accounts of‘the late battle »i%' very- much exaggerated, and that our army Kajjawtsustained half the disaster represented in the accounts whTCB Tave been published. Our whole loss in prisoners, he says, will not exceed 200, our killed .and wounded six or seven hundred, and our loss of artillery, aggregately,: some twenty-three pieces. This is the sum total of the losses sustained by our army. - The enemy’s toss in killed and wounded was very heavy. We learn from sources worthy of the-high est credit that Sheridan is, known to have cortainly lost six thousand. Li the early.part of the fight .his men fell before the fire of our troops like grain be fore the sickle/ 5 ’ ’« . We hear:thatGen. Ramseur, after being wounded,: fell into the enemy’s hands through a piece of in discretion on the part of the ambulance driver. On being ordered to turn out from the foad by an officer, the driver thoughtlessly replied that he could not do it—that he “ had : a'major general In his am bulance.” No,sooner were the words said than the er ferny pounced upon the ambulance and made a prisoner of Gen. llamseur. Ho was shot in the shoulder,‘and died soon alter falling into the hands of the Yankees." Notwithstanding the reverse our army met with in the late battle, we are assured that the men are in fine spirits, and ready for another brush with the 5 enemy./ All the stragglers were rapidly coming In. . Gen. Early has issued.che, following address to his army, which we are.enabled to give this morning. It is to be read to his army to-day: , - Hbacquautbkb, Valley District, Oct. 22, , • SOLBIERS OX THIS ARMY OFTHE VALLEY : I had : hoped to congratulate you on the splendid victory , won by you on the morningpf the 19th at Jjelle ; Grove, on Cedar creek,: when you'surprised and routed two corps of Sheridan’s army; and' drove back several miles the remaining corps, capturing, , of artillery, one thousand five hundred'/prisoners, a number of colors, a large ? quantity of small arms, and many wagonsanff ambulances, wit h the entire camps of the. two; routed corps ; but I have: the /mortification of an nouncing to you that, by your subsequent miscon duct,all the benefits of that victory were lost and. a serious' disaster Incurred. Had-you remained steadfast'to your duty and your colors, the victory would have been one of the most brilliant and de cisive of the war; you'would have.gloriously re trieved the reverses at’Winchester and Fisher’s JUlLand entitled yourselves to -the admiratiop and gratitude of your country. But many of you, in cluding some commissioned officers, yielding to a dis graceful,propensity for plunder, deserted your colors to appropriate to yourselves tfib abandoned property of the enemy, and subsequently those who had pre viously remained at; their .posts, seeing their ranks thinned by the absence of the plunderers, when the, enemy, late in the afternoon, with.his shattered columns, made but a feeble effort to retrieve 1 the* fortunes of the day, yielded to a needless panic and fled the field in confusion, thereby? converting a splendid victory, into a disaster., , Had any respects ble number of you listened to the appeals made to you, and made a stand, even at the last moment,' the disaster would s have' been averted, 1 and' the substantial fruits of victory secured;, but under the Insane dread of being . flanked, and a panic stricken terror of the enemy’s cavalry', you would listen to no appeal, threat, 'or ! order; and Al lowed a smallbody of oavalry to penetrate to our train and;carry off a number of pieces, of,artillery and wagons which,your disorder left uprotected. You have thus obscured that gloricus fame won in conjunction with the 'gallant men 5 of the 1 Army of Northern Virginia, who still remain proudly defiant in the trenches around Richmond:and Petersburg. Before you can- again claim them as comrades, you will have to erase from your' escutcheons the blemishes which now obscure them ;' and this you can do if you will but be true to your former repu tation, your country, and your homes. You.who 'have fought at Manassas, Richmond, Sharpsburg, .Fredericksburg,; Chancellor Mile; Gettysburg, and from' the Wilderness to. the: banks of the James river, ’and especially you who' were witfi the Immortal Jackson in all-hla triumphs, are capable of- botter/tMngs. . Arouse-,yourselves, then, to a sense or your manhood and appreciation of the / sacred cause in which you are engaged.? Yield to : the mandates of discipline; resolve to stand by your colorsAn- future at all hazards, and you can yet ! retrieve your and strike effective blows 1 for your country and its cause. Lot every man ; spurn, from him the vile plunder gat bored on the ■ field of the 19 th; and let no' man,'whatever his rank, whether combatant or non-combatant, dare ; exhibit his spoilsiof that day. /They will be badges of his dishonor—the insignia of his disgraoe. The officer who refuses, in the career of victory, to place : a guard over a sutler’s wagon for his private use is : as bad as the soldier who halts to secure for himself the abandoned clothing: or money of. a flying foe, ; and they both sell, the honor of the armyand the i blood of their country for a paltry price. He who 3 follows his colors into the ranks oi the enemy in pursuit of victory; disdaining the miserable passion 5 for gathering booty, comes out of the battle with 1 Ms.honor untarnished, and; though barefooted and ragged, is far more to be envied than he who Is •! ladened- with rich spoils gathered in the trail of) his victorious comrades. There were some ‘ex ceptlons to the general misoondttot on the-after noon of the 19th, built would be difficult tospeclfy ; them all. Let those who did their duty be satis- 5 fled with the con sclousness of having done It, and j mourn that their efforts were paralyzed by the! misbehavior of otherß. Let - them be consoled, ] to: some extent, by the reflection that.the enemy ; has nothing to boast of on Ms part. The artillery j and wagons taken were not won by his valor. ■ His camps were ’ destroyed, his army terribly shat- j tered and demoralized, Ms loss far heavier than i ourt, even in proportion to tbe relative Btrength of j the armies, his plans materially’impeded, andihe ! wauinable to pursue by !reason'of his crippled con- j dition. Soldiers of the Army of the Valley, I do j not speak to you in anger ilwish to speak In kind ness, though in sorrow. My purpose is to show you j the cause of our late misfortune, and , point out the 1 way to.avoid similar ones In future, and ensure suc cess* td our arißß. : Success oanroniy be ensured-by i "tbo enforcement and* observance of the most i rigid “discipline. *. Offioers; whatever their -rank,. must not only give orders, but set the.example! or obeying thorn, and the men must follow that ex- 1 ample. Fellow- soldiers, I am ready to -lead: you again In defence 'of: our -common cause, and I appeal' to you! by, the remembrance of the glo rious career in' which you have formerly parti cipated, by the woes of your bleeding country, the ruined homes and devastated fields you see aTound y ou, the cries of anguish-: wMch come up from- the widows and orphans of your.dead comrades, the, horrors which await you,/and ; all' that is yours in the future if your country Is subjugated, and your; hopes of freedom for yourselves and your posterity,, to render a cheerful and wilUng/obodlenoei to-thes rules of discipline, and to shoulder your musket! again with the determination never more to turns yenr backs upon the foe, but to do battle 5 like men! ah d soldiers until the last vestige of the footsteps of, our barbarous and cruel enemies is'erased from the; soil they desecrate, and.the independence of oarooun-; try is firmly established. If you will do tills, and: 1 ely upon the protecting caro of a just and merciful; God, all will be well; you will again' bow hat you! once were, and I will bo proud to lead you once; mor.o to battle. . J. A. Early/Lieutenant General/ J Tub Phaob Movement in Alabama.—The Aia* bama Legislature has recently been convened in special pension, under call of Governor Watts. ; It docs net seem to have accomplished the business j ior whloh Ue called It together. Among other busl- • i ness whlch' was not. to accordance with the Govern or’s wishes was the introduction of the following I resolutions bps Mr. : i-■ ■ , I hWBBBBAByAbraham fJncolEi'aa the, ’ United States aad Comman'der-lardhler of th«rarmy, land navy therof. and supporters of ; his Admlnlstratloa, have deolafed'that.negotlatsons' ; for peace cannot be entertained except on a-basioof ■ a restoration of the Union in its territorial integrity s and the abolition of slavery, and that the existing 1 warmuBt.be prosecuted until the men of these Confe derate States are compelledto submit to these term's, ior are subjugated; and; if necessary to secure this fend, exterminated; their lands confiscated; and their i women and children driven forth as wanderers on : the face oi the earth'; and, ; Whereas, the re-election of Abraham Llhooln to , the office of President of the United States is ad i vocated by many, if not all.of his supporters upon ’ these grounds, and that there ,Is .no other wav to I terminate the war, insisting that there is no dispo | sltlon on the part of the people of these-' Stateß to ’ i enterinto negotiation's for peace, except on the dls ! tlnct admission of,the separate independence of I these States.as abasia; .and. I -H'Aereos, At a recent.convention'held In the city i of Chicago,* a numerous and; powerful party has de j clared'fts willingness, If successful; to stop fighting and open negotiations with us, on' the basis ofthe- Federal Constitution as It is, and the-restoration of i theTJnionunderlt: Now, therefore, :!Be l itresolved,bythe‘Se'riateand , House of' Represent talives of the Stated/ Alabama, in Generali Assembly• convened; That we sincerely desire peace: If the aforesaid party Is anccessful, we are willing and ready to open negotiatlonß for.peace on the basis In dicated to the platform, adopted' by. said conven-, tlon—our sister. States of this Confederacy being willing thereto. /The Montgomery correspondent of the Mobile Register writes on this subject, under date of Oc tober 10th: ; The speech of Mr. Parsons is-as irreconcilable with his resolutions and their manifest object as McClellan’s letter is with the peaceful-propositions ‘ of the Chicago platform. No man not wilfully blind can be ignorant Wthe mischievous effects of th*e resolutions. ' The Legislature refused to do ’ anything to raise men for the support of the Coil, federate- cause, for the state, but they introduced resolutiODsmTcS/may'add, and. to all probability will add, many thousands to the army ofthe enemy. Wo believe to our inmost soul that ten thousand men in arms against us could not do us a tithe of the Injury that .the introduction of these resolutions will, do. In God’s name, let all who want to go back to Yankee rule go; let all who. want' to'renew their affiliation with the' murderers" of our peopleahd the destroy ersof our property go - to them. /We say give'them a free pass ; tne;coun-< try would be greatly benefited by their absence;, Are we never to be free of these meddiers and mis chlef-makers I .They want the freedom of the South ; they want their homes, ;thelr .slaves, their lives, and their -liberties protected, , and they are con s.tantly throwing obstacles, to the way Of those who are toiling and fighting to secure these great ob. jects. , • Truly, they are on the wrong side of the line, and it would be well ror the country If they were put on the other. Some of these men talk about the des potism of the Confederate; Government.We tell' them if they .were in that section to which they seem to be so much attached, and were to talk about the Government there as they do hpre, they would very; soon find themselves In some of, the’numerous bas-: tiles that fill that land, oharged with the crime of giving aid and comfort to; the ; enemy.” ; That Is; only what these peace resolutions and continued; grumbling and fault-finding do, and that is all they have done. These resolutions and speeches about negotiations serve no other purpose ' but to prolong the war.aml make the North more unreasonable in Its demands., If, Instead of talking about peace,, there were blit one, voice ringing throughout the Confederate States, and that voice for war until In dependence was secured, wo should soon have peace with all its blessings. It is these grumbling, whin ing peace-mongers that cause the- continuance of the war. We know the effect, of these things, upon the Southern mind, and,-therefore, we speak so plainly. '■ -'■ ■■ - The Legislature having, without paying any re gard to the Governor’s wishes, notified him of their intention to adjourn, Gov. -Watts made the follow ing response v . •Executive Department ox Alabama, Mont gomery,’Oot. 7,:.1864.— T0 the General ’Assembly of Alabama: I have received, throughyonr committee, the announcement of yoxir intention to adjourn to day. This announcement I received with deep re gret. The great object for which you were called together- in extraordinary session has failed to. be accomplished.. This failure may result la the most calamitous consequences to the State. The State is not properly defended. It is not in my power; un der yohr present law, to have it properly defended. It was in your power to accomplish this desirable, end. - Unfortunately, in my judgment, you have, tailed io'exereise this power. ' ; I have no further communication to make to you' now, but-1 trust a merciful God willprotect us, and enable the tried and true men already in the.mill tary service to save our beloved State from all im pending dangers. 'I hope, when you return to the regular session, the Giver: of all Good will inspire you with the wisdom to devise and to do what shall be best for the success of our cause and tho establish ment of. our country’s liberty. T. H. Watts, Governor of Alabama. In addition!o the above, the Richmond Dispatch of the 28th makes the following remarks, wMch in dicate that the Legislature has passed bills to pro tect those subject to'mllitary duty: Alabama will be decidedly an unsafe State for law-broakers to reside In. Among.the acts passed at the late session of the Alabama Legislature,was one which makes the Mimes of negro stealing,horse stealing, burglary, robbery, and arson 3 punishable with death, by hanging, without discretion of the jury.? Another, to punith by imprisonment In,the penitentiary, for a,term not exceeding five years, - any impressing offioerwho violates the lmptessment law in any shape or form, in the execution or pre tended execution of the same. x Tbe’ Jasmin, ; Tho following entertaining description of Jasmin, the celebrated barber-poet of the south of France, is taken-from President Felton’s “ Letters from Europe,” Jasmin’s death, on the Gth of the present month, is announced by the Jate European arrivals: Oie of-ihe pleasantest things that has-happened to me here is the making the' acquaintance of Jas min, the poet of Agen/: You know somethingabout him. Longfellow translated one of his pieces— “ The Blind Girl of 'Oastel-GuiSle.” I wish yeu would read that translation In connec tionwith what lam going to tell you. < : > r • BV was; a poor boy, apprenticed to a barter at Agen, in the south of France; but he early showed extraordinary poetical talent; composing, in his na tive dialet, the Gascon. TMs has been a patois for; the last three or four centuries; but it is, in fact, the representative of the-language of; the Trouba dours. It is more rhythmical than the French, and is free from its nasal tones, resembling the Italian and Spanish. Jasmin, in the intervals of hair-dress ing, wrote in this dialect, and recited his pieces to? his countrymen. They were aroused to enthusiasm by his poetical delineation of their daily life, and his fame soon spread! far and near. Wherever he went multitudes gathered around Mm,' and the days of old Kingßene and the Troubadours seemed to have: returned. In the course of time; the French scholars and eritiesfound this poetical-phenomenon worthy of their attention.; A poem of Ms, called Franconette, es tablished bis fame. To make a long story short, he has published three volumes of poems under-the title of. Les Papillotes, or “ Curl Papers,” without ; abandon-; leg his original profession of barber. The last volume has been crowned with'a* prize'of five thou sand francs by the French Academy; and when I arrived in Paris he Was here to fmake Ms; acknow ledgments. I had been invited to meet'Mm at the salon of Madame Blaze de Bury—a sort of .Madame, de Stahl—author of a work in French- on Austria, Hungary, &e/ ; Well, I went. The company was small, and what they call choisie. Jasmin was, of course, the lion, as he has been everywhere in Paris. He talks with immense rapidity, fire, and animation, is very frank and hearty In his man ner, speaks’ with “freedom of Mmself and Ms works, and is, in all respects, 5 a child of-jia ture, and that- nature Southern.; He Is now about, fifty-five years old, with, a face of infinite, expres sion, and already marked with deep lines traced by the ardent emotions that have Inspired his poetical career,- His'dark hair attd complexion, Ms flasMug eye and varying voice, present an exterior perieotly in harmony with Ms genius... We had,the great and rare pleasure of hearing him recite some of Ms best pieces; and what a singular 'exMbltion it was ! It was.hoc acting; it was not declamation;; but it was a reproduction of tke poatieal spirit of the pieces, by.voice, eye, hand, attitude, and gesture., It was wondeTfuFand perfect. He: was possessed and over-' mastered’-by tbeinspiration.-' Perhaps youremem ber what l Baid in my lectures about the old loniau rhapsodists; he is a perfect illustration. In the pa thetic passages he -wept with uncontrollable feel ing ; and I saw,the; tears fldwihgdbwh ffiany a'eheek/ I had a long conversation with.' Mm, and was greatly delighted with his Unaffected gdoa sense;' as well as with Ms incomparable vivacity ; and I could perfectly : understand the factjthat on many occa sions he has been listened to by four or five thou sand people with indescribable eh thusiasm—that he has filled the theatres of Southern France even when even Rachel had half the boxes empty. But these exhibitions have not been for himself; they ; have, been; for,.charitable. objects. He has poured wealth into the treasuries of public 'inetito?. tidhs; he has finished ehurehes.that had remained Unfinished for centuries; ana the cities of the South : have..vied with one another in bostowingijpablio honors on their poetical benefactor,. Ttvo .cities have granted Mm, their arms; dthers? have,?sent him superb seal-rings ; others, 5 the' freedom of the corporation. < The 5 French, Academy Las decreed that his language is a natlonal-language, and,that he is a national poet;. and the higher; literary cele brities,of Trance .study and: applaud his works. I have' sent home some books, and among them Is a copy of Les PapUlotes, in wMch he has written a few lines, and marked the.pieces he recited at Lady Bury’s. Since Lady Bury’s soiree I have seen him many times, and he' has eome to see us.- I have seen on his table the cards of the greatest names in ■ Paris; and the most celebrated salons have striven eagerly to secure Ms presence, His s tay here has been a ronnd of the most briliiant triumphs. 1 * A weekago he, with Ms wife and son, breakfasted with us, and I do not know that I ever enjoyed any thingmore. 5 After breakfast, at myrequest, he read one of Ms poems. I was anxious that L——-, and H—— should hear him. The night before last M, and Mme. Jasmin spent the evening here. We invited our fellow-passengers, Mr. and Mre/il 3 ——and a few others-, to come. They remained several hours, and. Jasmin not only read one of Ms" best pieces, but sang a song, which is Introduced into one of the longer poems, to a popular air of the South. Ail agreed that the en tertainment of the evening waß one ofthe most de lightful we had had in Paris.' ... „ . The bust of Jasmin has been taken ■ recently. Portraits Innumerable were already in existence. -I was looking at the bust with Mm one day, and asked him what he thought of It. He took my memoran dum-book and wrote, in Ms language, an epigram, which I translate as follows: ” Though we’re alike, the likeness w.bnt small;' v I talk too much j the bust talks not at all.. >: I forgot to mention that after breakfast the othor morning little £-- came’into the: room, fresh rose/ Her bright; ’ animated face, Intelligent and sparkling 3 eyes, ;and unusually fresh? coloring, de lighted the poet. He? took her in Ms: arms and kissed her again ana again; ana seeing my writing desk open, he sat down and wrote a little poem, 'marked by‘great: sweetness and beauty. 'You may be sure that-H keeps it as a precious memorial. . Thackebat-oh Death,— ltfwould be singular to learn the real opinions of the notable men ofthe day on the “ last of earth.” Probably few In their published ‘ works tell really what .they feol on this subject, but sometimes they unveil their thoughts In private letters, as Thackeray has done la a private tetter to Mr. VI. B. Seed, of Philadelphia. Mr. Thackeray writes, on hearing of the death of. Mr. sEeed’sbrother: / “The ghostly struggle over, who would.pity, any One that dep'arts 1 It is the survivors one commise rates in the cbse of* such a good, pious, l tender-; • hearted man as he seemed whom God Almlghtyhas just called back to himself. He appeared have all the sweet domestic virtues whloh make,the' pang of parting only the more cruel to. those who are left behindi hut that loss, what” a gain to him!: A just man summoned by God, for. what, purpose, can he go hut to meet‘ the Divine love and goodness 1 1 never think about deploring such; and as you and I send for' our children,,meaning them only love and kindness, how muchmorePaterNpster 1” Scbbnbotadv. H. Y., boasts a novelty in .journal ism it has a- dally ’ paper, .with;, two: editors,j one, Eepubllcan and the other. Democratlo, who each bas a page of every day’s paper. The’ second, pago is for McClellan and the third for Lincoln, - ana spirited controversies are constantly going on : within the limit? of a giggle sbset. four cents. ' The St. Alihans .Kaiders. A CARD BROW 0T«OBO'ai 2f. 8 ANDRES. ■ The foliowing characteristic card appeara in the Montreal Telegraph: ' ; To the Editor of the Evening Telegraph: »' MoiiTKBAt. Oct. 26,1864. ? ; ■ Sir : I cannot permft the iV an F unfounded sfcate ? merits.ln regard to the Gonfedt-rate attach upon St. Albansfo pass withcuta word .of esplaaaOon as to the facts. . ■ v ; The 1 attack upon. St. Alban* was made by Con ; federate soldier*,' underlhe’comamTid of Lieut, Boti « nett H, Young,'offthe C.:S; Ai.,all. having served i Iff the Confederate‘army within th.a Confederate f States, and, being, still 4n that siwvV'ee, were espe-: 1 daily-commissioned and detailed forithat serylce, under the direct authority cdV and, In fist, by direct orders from the- Government of, the Confederate '.States. . . '.r. j-'.y-' ' So far from having the characteristics f.'f Federal ' raids upon our territory, as Imputed to it by some, papera.'thlsentarprhe was conducted without uu necessafy violence, hnd'was! accompanied by an openand public declaration-at the time bythoseen gaged inlt, that they were acting as soldiers under the orders of the Southern Confederacy, and in pur suance of those orders. . • ; I take this method of placing these-fiwst9 before the public to. prevent; the case of the-.Giralederate ! prisoners now In custody from being prejudged. : But so soon as the factof Lieut..Young’sdemonstra ■ tion- upon Vermont shall be known-.at Richmond, s there is rio doubt but that that Government will : take immediate steps to make their responsibility : and approval'of the enterprise publicly and'offieial ly known, and will assuredly oommunlcato-tho fact of their responsibility and of their approval*to-the? Canadian and United States authorities. . "Very respectfully, Letter from George Francis Train, Dakvii.lk, Pa., Oct. 29; JSS*. To the Editor of The Age, Philadelphia: Sir : Tie AjE of Treason haß arrived. Many thanks for your complimentary editorial.. A-column" just before election is appreciated. You open with’ “ The Abolitionists have drawn a prize In the politi cal lottery." That’s so! You close with-" What has- happened to change his opinions ?” Let me 1 reply. I supposed the Democratic party would Have had sense Chough to come over to me. How' could they expect me to come over to the T. P. plat- ? form? It had three planks : States Rights, that is Sbcbbsion ; Free Trade, that is DassatroTiorr: Re pygatoon, that Is-Irs-aht. - - • ; _My impeachment of the President was made- at Chicago the night before the.tto'minattoh: and when! you put up the man who recommended the, illegal acts alluded to, I thought it“wairtitne'to chafigd'.’ Wise men change theiropinions \ foots never do. If the Convention hadifollowed niy leadi-and nominal tod Jno, A. Dix, you would not now be dependent on the' defeat of bijr armies to elect your man. I told Barlow ami .General-Ward that my hot Bhot would go through the®. “Alabama”candid%te, and I am glad to see they are the chief‘point of the Age.' Fire a stone into a pack, and the hound that Is hit Is sure to'howl. u ".The difference between -us Is, you have party on the brain—l have:country. You cheer,when gold * goes up—-I hiss. ' You despond when Sheridan beats : Early—l cheer.; You .want' to throw poor men out ; of employment by free trade—l want to give them higher wages by protection. You go for the Eng , lish candidate—l for the American.; You prefer the Jews—l the Gentiles. You recommended the siirreni der of - York— l would have, died first! Your party has no opinions—mine , has. You say «,< I was not a member of the Chicago. Convention”—l-say you ; are.a liar, and say it offensively. But (as lam not a proud man) if I have ofiended you by my recent course, I am willing to accept your apology, for ; While the Union lamp holds out to burn: - > The vilest traitor may return. Yours, ho., Georok Fbahois Train. I BBSIBE to state clearly and distinctly that, biiy iDg some few days ago had a full conversation with Judge Woodward, I find that our views agree, and I regard his election as Governor 1 of Pennsylvania called for by the interests of the nation.— McClellan; ■„ Judge Woodward’s view was that soldiers should not be permitted to vote. ; : v • Judge \Voodward’s. “ view,” as avowed at the time, was'that the 'South should bo permitted to go peaceably rather than resort to coercion, y ; Judge Woodward has formally enunciated the “view” that “slavery is an incalculable blessing: there must be a time -when slaveholders may fall back upon their natural rights, and employ in de fence of-their slave i property whatever means • they possess or can command.” - Judge Woodward announced the “view” from the,bench that “we must arouse ourselves, and pro tect the rights of the slaveholders, and add such guarantees to the Constitution as will protect his property.” • Judge Woodward proclaimed his “view” that the draft was unconstitutional and oppresslve. l • And in 1863-he expressed-shis-view- to-Judga Co nyngham, that, ; ;.‘in my: judgment, the only course is to withdraw all .our armies north of Mason and Dixon’s line and offer terms to the.rebels,” thus an ticipating the Chicago platform and the “ resort to the arts of statesmanship.’-’ ■ George: B.,wants it “clearly and distinctly” un-' dcrstood that his views agree with those of George W.. Pennsylvania will see to* it that their fates agree also. She repudiated the ' latter by an em-. phatie majority last fall. In common with her'sis ters, she will consign the “ gentlemen Georges” to a more overwhelming defeat.— Washington Chro nicle.' -. ■ ■ ' - The Tojb in Indiana. —The wretched World is distressed about election frauds in Indiana, because the vote is larger,now than it was in 1862. But the vote is hot so large by six thousand as it was in' 1860, while the natural inorease is about four per cent, a year, or nearly 11,000 votes, making.44,ooo. in four years. ’ In 1862 Maine ggaw 85,000 votes; in 1864 she gives 119,000, : a gain of 34,000 ; yet nobody howls „ about fraud. Vermont gave 34,000 In 1862, and now gives 44,700; yet not a.word of fraud. .The truth.la, the aggregate vote of none of these- Stai es' has yet been polled'hy from 15 to 26 per cent,—more especially in .the ra pidly-growing State of Indiana. Look at Ohio: In 1862 the whole vote was 363,000. One year after wards, under the desperate attempt to-elect Val landigham, the vote rose to 476,000—an increase of more than 100,000 ; yet we have never heard that any fraud was established, or even seriously al leged. The entire vote in States holding elections In 1863 was 178,000 more than In 1862 ; yet we are' not advised that it was brought about bv.Union or even Democratic frauds. And if there 'is fraud in the Indiana increase, the Democratic party is guilty, by the World's own showing, for it boasts that its vote' Has increased nearly half the total increase. It says, in unconscious self-ac cusation: “ The truth iei there was no honest increase in the vote of Indiana.” And immediately adds: “ The Democrats polled 6,704 votes wore than they' did in 1862.”; - . As the World has thus written Itself down an ass, no more need be said. "We ought, however, to give it credit for copying the Indiana ,figuros from the Tribune, a fact which shows that It _ knows where to look lor truth, however much it- may'editorially en deavor. to pervert it.— New York Tribune. This Soldiers’ Vote Swindle.— The discovery or the conspiracy to, falsify the suffrage of.tho sol-, diets puts the last brand of infamy on the brow of Horatio Seymour. His connivance with the’ mob that undeitook to bully our . Legislature from the election of a loyal United States Senator, dishonored him. He did so connive, for when the Assemby soli cited him-to protect it, he His fomenting and countenancing the insurrection which for days wentithroughKthese streets, pillaging, burning, mutilating, and murt ering, .disgraced him. He did so foment, by his letters and speeches against the draft-, and he did so countenance by his hailing the miscreants on .the aiternoon of the second day of their work as “friends,” and by his assurance that he had sent his Adjutant General to Washing ton to ask the President to* stop the draft. Bat his plotting to reverse,' by* fraud; the votes of living soldiers, 5 and; to forge; the votes of dead soldiers, affixes the supreme stigma. He did so plot, for the' work was done by agents he commissioned. We say that it is tho last-possible stlgina, for there cam be nothing lower than this wrong to the living- and dead heroes who have, devoted them selves to their country. As for, the living,:lf there tie any sacredness In the franchise it attaches to their: votes, s Ail that' we hold dear in the state’ they axe shielding. Without them rebellion would triumph," and’ in its train would surely- come anarchy ,-and despotism, rlt- is to insure to us and. our children the ballot-box that they shed their blood. A The gratitude which Horatio Seyffiour. has for all this ,was : first to deny the ballot-box;, and now" is to’ Swindle’them in their use of it. Not content-: with thus defrauding the liv ing, he must outrage even the,.graves-of the" dead. .With his infernal artifices, he must evoke lying “ phantasms of ‘ our heroes 'in their last sleep, to,:give'him‘votes>whioh, if living, men, they, would not grant even; to, save him: from perdition. We talk of the vileness of our rebel enemies in pro-’ fanlbg the remains of. our fallen’ braves; but such rebel action is decency itself compared to this tinsi* ness oi using those gallant dead to belie their own names, to blacken their own memories, to bolster up a cause which, when in life, they abhorred as no better than damnable treason- The one is an indig nity only to the body, which perishes; the other, to the spirit, which lives,— a. x. Times. Nb.iv .Tkhstiy.— Hon. John M. Broomall has re turned from New Jersey, where he has been address ing the people,' by Invitation, on the political issues of the day. His, meetings were well attended,at every place he had appointments to speak. Hopes are entertained tbit the State will do right for the Union cause in November. - ? -• Got. SisYHOtia’s Mission.— Public expectation here Is on tiptoe regarding the mission of Gov. Sey mour to ‘Washington, for the purpose of presenting the petition of the British aristocrats In favor of dis union. It is some since that this interesting do cument was confided to his care by Sir Henry Hough ton! Bart.; yet so far we cannot learn of his arri val. The doors of the State Department, which on Fridays admit only foreign ministers, have Been' ready all day to open wide at the appearance of this envoy extraordinary. The National' Intelli gencer keeps a brace of white-haired reporters In constant vigil at the Ne w York train to chronicle his Arrival s yet he does hot’come. '"Why tarry his' chariot wheels ? ' Does he want safe conduct, like the Canadian negotiators, his friends and allies '! ■ "What will Sir Henry Houghton, j ßart., and the three hundred thousand British arlstoc’rats (and flunkeys): and Secessionists, who have entrusted Seymour with their petition, say to this recreancy of this their agent ! Does he mean to await the Bth of November! and, then castrthe ponderous weight of the three hundred thousand British voters for Jeff Davis into the scale! ’ We await further developments with the greatest interest, and shall keep the public promptly posted as to Seymour and his foreign’ mission,— N. Y, Times. > Democratic Balloting amosg the Dead Sol diers.—“ Father,” said young Jerry,as they walked along, taking care to- keep at arm’s length, and to have the stool well Between them, “ what’s a Resur rection man!”- Mr. Cruncher .came.to a. stop‘on the pavement be fore Be answered! “Howshouldl know!” , “ I thought you knowed everything, father,” said tbe artless boy. , “ Hem! Well,” returned Mr. Cruncher, going in again, and .’lifting, off his hat, to give his spikes free play, “he’s a tradesman.” ’ ,- . ’ ‘‘ what’s his goods, fathor-1” asked thebriskyoung :T goods,” said Mr. Cruncher, after turning it over in Qk mind, “ is a. brMich of scientific goods.’’ “ Persons’ bodies, ain’t It lather 1” asked the lively b °£'l believe it is something or that sort,” said Mr. ° “Uk!fbther,l should so like to Be a Resurrection man when I’m quite growed up!” Mr; Cruncher was soothed, but shook his'Bead in a grave and moral way“ It depends upon how you- develop your talents.: ) Ilecarefulto develop your: talents, and never to say;no more than you . can help to nobody, and) there’s no" felling at-the present time what you may come to be'fit for.”' " Unhappy Child! that y our ambltloh to ‘desecrate the rights of thedeadßudded intheran-MoOleUan izediyearlTSO. Had you lived in 1861x ol,r P rotas ~ slons .might have, fuli-blown into the Warwicklan, iilßg-maklEg dignity'of elHctlng'a'Dlflanion l’raa dent With the ballbta'or* jjiaiers'wtLO'have died in battle for the Union; 1 The political resurrection ot the battlefields of Ylrginia! ■■Jwry Cruncher,.Jr,,, chink of what you have lost.— h. 1. T.nbun . ..... - A EETHENHD soldier, w %^?l^?len I sno^fi^Was -Stalwtet ttog again, though, voluntarily.” GKBJEAT UNION MASS MEETING -AT PUCE" NIXYILLE.- ePEBCS OJ BEIG SKIT, JAS. L. KKRKAIf, OJ- OHIO [Special Correspondence of The Press. 1 .... ■ , ! : PHtßinxyii.i.B," Oet. 29. The largest meeting ever held atPhoenlxville took place this evening. The torchlight- procession was more than a mile long. Many hands of music en •' livene d the scene,‘qua at least'ten thousand persons , . assembled In front of the Phoenix Hotel. Alter a few preparatory remarks by ;Wm. Thomp* son, of Washington, Brigadier general. Klerhan ; delivered an eloquent and impresslyeoratioh; Hw ' co ™“ e,l ® ea l^^ r^ ln » 3 h analogy between thwEei ! publics of old and our own.-and descrlblng ln t* i most- graphic terms the career or tbelr progress amt ; "decay, showing how we had followed tfc-ir examnia ' In ,enr progress," and,how we might also unhandily : follow them la their.,decay from the same causS : that conduced to their downfall. emuom He then reviewed our history, alluded to those ' germs-of freedom In the old lands .which « clustereiT iogethcr,” how and-were,'coinblned, the'basis of? our libsrty, and how; the ■« worm of slavery—that -1 legacy of? despotism and cupidity, was gnawing at the stem of our luxurious tree' while we were wrapt? iln contemplation of .the golden fruit' and spreading; loliage,” The course of England towards Ireland l ’ ai !~ Hindosito was? next 'taken up r the manner id ; which she carried out herfamousmaxim— I “divide el im Pcra.”-iorcM 7 described, and the way in which she kept those countries divided, torn' The®*™ w weak, was , ably portrayed. s P eß hcr next drew an analogy between th* c course England' has openly- taken In 'lreland'andD India, anff which she has insidiously pursued towards the Unlted' States. Prom the success she had met with from- the carrying out of her cel*. | brated .maxim in Ireland and India, she did not ; hesitate „to try, it In the ,United States. As long mi 1 the Colonies on the Atlantic coast of our continent. i were subject to her r and put money in her purse 1 that is, gratified her pride and her avartce—she was content to'let’us conduce-to her vanity and in terests ; but, when tired of her oppressions and -1 taxations, .we rose - against her, won- our free, dom at the sword's point, and declared oup>- stlves a daring,- free-. Republic, and that she saw' in the future our mighty progress", "she resolved ■ on our downfall. Never did. the imperious 6ar- ; tbage feel;more jealous, of the rising Rome tkaa- I “Perfide Albion” feels -towards the rising,' spread. sing power of Young America. She had left us the l fearful; dark, loathsome legacy of slavery, and she> ; resolved that If should bean apple of discord and ilf ; possible, the means of our ; destruction. . She l abolished slavery in the ‘ "West Indies, solely - that she -might raise dissensions on 'the- subieti* i fce tei and tior forty years has she, by every Insidloue. ana foul means, fanned ourfiame of discord. q*>j i sometimes' makes use of the wicked for; good ends, i and England's machinations for our destruction j will be the means of our regeneration'from the? J incubus and, hideous crime of slavery and 1 four perfect, cementation as - a nation'’ The’ treacherous,' murderous means by . which Oar. ■ thage. attempted to compass the ruin of Borne have passed into a proverb; and “Punlcafido ” means all that is >base J and? treacherous;; the term “ Perfide • Albion” has become;.equally Infamous. Home, at j last ’ squared-'? accounts with perfidious Car | thage $ v let ■ us, ;trust . that i ; we j shall; some i day, do so with “ perfidious England.” The General then ably discussed--:the present no- 1 i sitlon of parties .to the United States, and arrived? ; at the conclusion that there were bat two parties— : the Copperhead and rebel, backed by England, for i one. and the Union party for the other. The prong .1 in the caEe of England’s assistance to and complicity : with the rebels and Copperheads were'so" patent 1 that “ any , one who runs may read.” Take tu> i any one of the tory English papers, any tf j the, rebel papers, and ; any of the Copperhead journals, and you will find the exact same senU. ments'' relative ;to onr wir expressed.' Nay : you can transpose the editorials from either ; without altering a single assertion or idea. "Couple 1 . 1 this fact with the one that-England has been assist- ' : lng the rebellion, and at war with ns, for the past ; three years and a half; also, remember thata trio of l shent-for-shent partners and “lineal descendants of l ; the impenitent thief” are providing the sinews or I war for the triplet l conspirators, and you? must ar- ■ ; rive at the conclusion that the great« Democratic ’* party, are fully determined to govern our country ; ifithey get thepower, “in the future as in the past'-” thatMajorGeteralGeorgeß.McClellan, TJ-s A stands in ah'anomalous position, and that many of" my :feUowflrish;AmerlcanE are unfortunately • fol lowing, the Divine maxim, of returning good for evil in'relation to their ancient enemy.-- ?- , f I love.all the citizens of the Union, but I have a : particular and" peculiar interest in and love for my j fellow irish-Americans. This is why itgrioveazne' : to tee any portion of them duped and vietimized-by the perfidious Power which has duped and victimized 5 , them so long.; Has she, alas, tracked them in her? ; fiendish malignity even across the Atlanticl May ; Heaven grant that theday may come when America * andjlreland Shall settle scores with her, and may ' Heaven, permit me to take a part in the work of , vengeance.! ;l ! The General then alluded to his own course, and gave clear, manly; and 1 conclusive reasons why he 1 had left the “ Democratic’* rank's, "and" advised all : others who were, opposed, to foreign despotic influ ence and invidious aristocratic tendencies at home to do as he did, and join the Union ranks, -in rela tion to the claptrap about conscriptions, “Lincoln ; Bastiles, advice was not to “keep cavilling •at the spots in the sun, but to admire his brightness ; not to get afraid of the spray which the storm ; plunges over our ship of State, but to stand steadily.: fas true men, by the pilots at the helm.” ...... 1 His oration" was replete with anecdotes and strife- 1 ; lng illustrations, and wound up- by a most eloquent 1 adjuration to stand by “our flak and our Union.” " ; The General Is to speak in different , parts of this : State during thepresent week—viz: On Monday,afc- Tamaqua; Tuesday, at Harrisburg; Wednesday Vat Ebensburg; Thursday, at Johnstown, and Friday, -at Pittsburg.» w —, - -.i-i,— Gao. N. Sanders. GKAND UNION DEMONSTRATION IN OX FORD, PA. [Correspondence of The. Press. 3 Yesterday the good people of this fine and flourishing , town, on the line of the Baltimore Central Railroad, turned out in all their majesty, for the cause of union, liberty, and justice. A grand mass meeting was .held in the afternoon, and the? whole concludingin the evening by a' torchlight - procession : nearly three miles long. The Republican Invinelbies, of Philadelphia, arrived here about >- o’clock in the evening. Several delegations were in waiting at the depot, and welcomed them with great enthusiasm. The procession then formed,- And after countermarching, took np the line of march: through the streets and roads leading to and from the town. Most of the buildings In the town >wer* illuminated, and - great enthusiasm was mani fested all along’ the route. The Invincible ciub, of your city, took the hearts of our good: people, by storm, and. were much admired for their neat and gentlemanly appearance and fine marching. The precession was led off by the Ox ford Campaign Club, who turned out in strong numbers. A cavalcade of some two or three hun (l red horses followed this dab.- Delegations from all the surrounding towns and villages j oined in the procession: After an hour’s march, the Invinelbies sat down to, a-handsome and bounteous repast, w filch was gotten jap by the ladies, who, with cha racteristic kindness, provided for the wants of the club.. Alter doing ample;, justice to the bounty spread before them, the glee clubs of 'the different companies rsang several patriotic songs,; and the whole vast assemblage rent the air with thunders of applause for the Union candidates, while cheer after cheer was given for .the , loyal citizens of Ox ford and vicinity. On the Bth of November Chester county will roll up her old majority’of ; 3,000 for the Union ticket, and redeem the stigma thrown upon her by her inactivity in the State election. - . . ■ : Avondale. [Special Despatch to The Press.! : , Reading, Oct, 29.—This evening the Hon. Amos Myers delivered a most effective address to our ci tizens. The progress and triumph of the Union cause was portrayed with great ftree. The course of those who now seek the destruction of the Union was fully portrayed, and the triumphant vindica-f tlcn of President" Lincoln from’all the aspersions made against him, was as noble as it was truthful. Not an approach to interruption took place, and; throughout a‘speech of nearly-two hours’ duration,' but one,feeling, pervaded the multitude—thatof.un-, bounded' regard for the sentiments expressed!and of a determination to sustain the re-election of him who bow fills the Presidential chair. At the conclusion of the speech, cheer resounded' after cheer for. the Union and Itsheroicdefenders on sea and land.. . : \ 1 The > Ybung'Men’s Lincoln Club—the 'Reading; Invincibles—lully equipped, attracted the deserved: notice of Bur citizens.. After a short parade they united with Mr. Myers’audience. W. We are working zealously far the Union,: .Large meetings are -held nightlyiin various parts of the countyrand the result will be a vary .considcrabio- Increase in our majority over the October'vote.” Our large halltwas Crowded to overfiowingilast to hear ,the.'Hoi. John W. Fomey, ,Hon. Ulysses; Mereur; Mr!'Thomas Fitzgerald!anaotherspeakerg; Mr. porney the night, beoause.- many.were anxious' to see and hear one who has filled so large a’space to the political history of hfet country. - Mr. Fitzgerald, opened the :jnceting ln an, elaborate speech.: "He was followCdßy Judge Mer cur, and Colonel Forney closed the meeting. Troy will increase her. majority in November over October, when the' Unionists gave Blue more' voteat for Judge Mereur than they gave for Curtin last.year. Our town is one of the most busy and prosperous In. the State, and its loyalty never’ was sterner than' now. 1 believe Mr., Forney goes.. next to Wells boro, Ticga County, wbere he wilTbe greeted, as he Is is everywhere; by an Immense audience. , A gentle-- man just in from Tunkhannock, Wyoming county, states positively that Ketcimiuhas been elected b t the soldiers)vote, over Dennison, the notorious Cop-- perhead. This is another Union gain, If true. * - - C. A. M. CSpecial Bespatch to The Press.] _ - ; Pottstown, Pa., Oct. 30.—Morton MeMiebael* Esq., and his son, Major MoMiehael, both of Fhlla» delphia, addressed a large and enthusiastic meet ing at the Keystone HaH in this place last evenings WOT® *AIWI»ZgZIP 0 ~~-mMt to nburllMM br k&U Is Mdr *&«•) Ai~—. .+*+*~.,,,$% 90 TtlL » m |‘| i’ M)M i'imllM «M«> « «« K»«XO ,00 I-wrer Clnbi th*nT#awUl b» tiUtiYed kt tlu uw • ■iM-pummw,* -a «■■ '’' *•- _ aliDai/g accompanu the order- an* *"***<»* term* be devious from, at Y^j* or fv*n, Utile more than the eost of paper. TnWAhriwx? "* *"**** toMt M uuM M •xtik eeiPT Ota* f»mi *m in givmL ” POLITICAL, GRAND UNION DEMONSTRATION IN READING. BRADFORD COUNTY. Trot. Pa.. Oct 29. UNION MEETING! AT POTTSTOWN. Charlotte Cushman. Tills lady, When livst In this country, appeared in several ol her prominent characters In this city, New York, Boston, and Baltimore, the' proceeds of which, amounting to some $B,OOO (perhaps more)* were paid to the “ Sanitary Commission.” During the recent “ Sanitary Fair 11 in this city a splendid album was obtained for her, by the enterprising energy of a Philadelphia .lady, who, with singular dexterity, made the album pay nearly .two, thousand dollars to the funds of> the- 1 * Sanitary,” and then sent It to Mlbb Cushman,” who acknowledges it in the following graceful note to a gentleman of this city:. rose Him, Bowiwsv, Hear Manchester, England, Oct. 8,1 S«. Dear Sm :' Througli yonr^Mnanrasran^^ttß comtesy of Captain JuaMns,of *%® slhivnf kSmbk of the "photo graphs of tk« artist* wi^^BPSSßSisassss York b Tb| h a»nm Is very beautifulln, everyway, ?wJ^-am-SatePal for so undesemtd but beautlfula cbnfStoent. the pipt<«M,filiS;Of. the artists r find many quite BtrangorB,to me, to whom I am niPß&d to-be introduced' In this (tomel flattering manner. A few among them are faithful portraits rf 0 w an d well-loved Mends, whom I love to value Se more for their contributions to this' album, which so ministers to *my ’pride, and pleasure, I have a double pleasure, In reading the names in 'scribed In - the autograph seontrltnitors to the purohase of-.the album,'Wheu r I.reflect that the brave soldier s.who have perilled their lives, ana through wounds have suflered, In endeavoring to uphold their and iny-oouctry’s, laws, have, first ot ,i)l, received.substantial, comforts, through thesuo- HcriptJons, pblch have madethls ‘book an onMmumt 'to'fmy lifeifiThuffin :e?ery}Waylnom honoredana .gratified, and I would f beg of yoh to dome the %-'eraiihtolwli» , -‘«tts expression ot my ftmFthis any and all who have united tribute. For all your personal trouble In me mat ter of forwarding, **, Oxford, Oct. 28, 1864,
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