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Scuotcfc to politics, Ucrntnrc, Agriculture, Science, JHoralitn,- nui crfcral jhttelligcnce;
VOL. 23.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. AUGUST 4, 1864,
N0 Hi
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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JOB PaiNXSKG,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed ill the highest style of the Art, and on the
most rcason-tble terms.
True Democracy.
The recent eloquent and patriotic Words
of Mr. John Cessna will, we fear, strike
unfavorably upon the ears of those false
.Democrats who have counted upou the in
fluence of t is -entlcman, and the thous- !
uuence oi uiih u utmuu, .um niuuo ,
inuls of whom he is so manlv a represen
tative tn :id tlioir pflTorts to onnnse the '
r.ir. 'lint the Democracy of lr. Cessna i
is unquestioned; his views will be en-
.Worl l.v- the rre:ir. nml sfftrlinrr maioritv
of his party j and it will be useless to
name him an Abolitionist, or to read him
out of the Democratic ranks.
Tlin ?w1rlrr;; nf Mr. Cessna before the
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Vmntlm nml Marshall College of Lan-
caster is rciuarKaoic lor us exprcsMon o.
uncoiiuumiiai jml, .m. .wpuw, ui
party or prejudice: and we commend it to
those of his party whose misinformed hos
tility to the Government would lead them
to oppose the safety and honor of the na
tion. In his denunciation of the enemies
of the war, Mr. Cessna draws the line
" . .... . .
broadiv between the true and the lalsc
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icmocracy: anu tne worcs ne applies to
.- 3 .rr '
those mnl .contents who habitually oppose
cveiy act oi the war have a peculiar in
terest as the expression of one of the lea
ding Democrats of the State. The fol
lowing is a simply and telling exposition
the artifices resorted to by the disloyal
faction in the North :
At one time this is styled a negro war
at another a uegro lias uo business to
A 1
defeated the Government is incompetent
and iuefficioat, or it would have raised
mnp .,, Wlinn viilitntfiMs ire called
more men. u ncn tuiuniiua M.rc tantu ,
'iev arc opposeu to ine piau. inn aui
:m enrollment so that ail may have an e-
tiual and a f?ir chance. Vhcu the draft rest or our army, several divisions ongiu-t-onics
it is unfair, unlawful, and deprives a"y on the right having been moved there
ih..m f ilmir rnnstitiitionnl rights. The early on the morning of the 20th, with a
clause of the act allowing payment of com- view to strenginening tnat wing, in iront
mutation is all wronir, because it discrim- of which the euemy made numerous
itiatcs between the rich and the poor. As ( feints, as if about to precipitate his whole
soon as it is repealed, the self same men army against it.
strive to excite the an-cr of the people, The enemy thus being, during the
because it is auother step towards a mili- morning of the 20th, massed on our left,
tary despotism. All these things do the orders were issued to Newton, Hooker
people uo a;ood, lead only -to angry dis- and rainier on the right, to advance and
cussions, bitter controversies, numerous close, the gup of three miles. Newton, on
li-seasions, prevent men from enlisting the left, was ordered to move first, pro
into the service of their country, have al- tooting his left Bank by the creek. Suc
rcady produced bloody riots, and may cul- cessively Hooker's and Palmer's corps
minute in fierce neighborhood and fireside ' were to close upon Newton, and establish
war. These dangers are truly great and a new line as far as possible in advance
calculated to dishearten . the patriot ; but of the trenches, which they had con
it is confidently believed that they will, structcd a half mile south of Pcach-Iree
sooner or later, all be overcome. ' creek immediately after crossing. Ac-
There arc unfortunately those amoug ', cordingly, about 1 P. M. Newton de
us who cannot discuss the question a sin- rloJcd flVG regiments as skirmishers, and
le moment without showing that they pushed forward handsomely, driving
are at heart foes of the Government and , clouds of the enemy's sharpshooters bc
enemies of their race. The people soon , fore them, and scattering their skirmish
learn to find out and know these men. , reserves. By 3 P. M. he had advanced
Human skill and iusrenuity and all of a 1 three-fourths of a mile, and carried a
traitor's cunning cannot long succeed in prominent ridge in his front, on which,
concealing their real sentiments. They after sending fresh skirmish lines for
hang back or skulk away from our public ward, he proceeded to establish his divi
gatherings on our national holliday.s; they on-
disparage Union officers and soldiers and ! His troops unslung knapsacks, stacked
eulo-ize the rebels. All Union victories arms, and fell to erecting a rail barricade
are insignificant of little account; rebel , with a will. Hooker now advanced from
victories are of incalculable value and : his trcrfches. Butterfield's division, now
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imnortancc. Good news is ucver credit- ;
war is bloody and desolating, and the nation
out-lit at once to stop it. For nearly four
years everything has been wrodg; noth- '
even praiseworthy or passable has ever j
been done by their own Government
onlv mistakes, wrongs, wicked acts of ty
ranuy, an'd earnest appeals arc made to
the people to rise in their might and pre
vent the establishment of a military des
potism. During all this time they have
never been known to utter a word of de
nunciation against the rebellion, or sec an
improper act south of the rebel lines.
ft' nit' tlin iiiTin?sf?il-nble pfir-inarks of
JLliUS U I U M "
the traitor, lie may remoustrate; ac may i
w bnnehib tfie nietnre in lar?e '
lettcrs the "word "Patriot'" he may, in
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vcry noisy ana earnest worus, iusisl mui
he is a "sound Democrat,' and that every
man of his party who sustains the war, is
an "Abolitionist." Yet, after all, he is
neither a patriot nor a
You may turn him up-sidc-dowu and m-sidc-out,
and cleanse and wash him with
all the pure waters of America, and you
can make uothiog out of him but a poor
miserable traitor just such a'onc as Gen
eral Jackson would have strung up for
trcasou in. his day, and, looked for the au
thority afterwards !
As a fop was riding a very fine horse
down the Camden road, a yotmg and pret
ty lady was very evidently admiring the
animal, when he stopped' and impudently
asked :
"Are you admiring me, miss?"
"No," was the ready reply ; "I was ad
miring the horse, not the donkey."
There is said to be a young lady, aged
18, in St. Louis, who has done nothing
but eat and sleep since she was 4 years
old. She remains awake for 7 minutes
twice in 24 hours, and then talks "and
eats.
cd bad news ii often originated, btlicv-1 wear in luc uchuc, auu wu. mm:.
cd and circulated long before verified. ! on the right. I'almcr prepared to close
T-txes are obnoxious and oppressive :' up on Hooker, whenever the latter should
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fir.nr.s :iru uiiuuustiLuiiuuiii a u uuiuua, - j
t ...,i:..i:..i i .i:.. . p; n i iq n us new ine. ne eountrv over
rn" "Po-H-lo "Rtvfr&T lnain body of our army on the left. Long
-Lilt? -OCiJ UUlt? JJClUlC;i:n15 nfJJ.:n. -fl, nl- online nnA
A"fjl rt iTL
One-Third of our Army Repulses
all the Rebels.
Correspondence of the Cincinnati Com
mercial.' Battle-field, Pour Miles from
Atlanta, July 21, 18G4. j
tour correspondent "Montrose" has
movements of Gen. Sherman's army up
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the dashing new rebel commander, Gen.!"" nuiu qu.cKness orougni, up
o ' (ten more suns, makine in all twelve.
liood, mas
uassed nearly his whole army a-
he right win-, composed of the
-fourth and Twentieth Corps, and
ffainst the
Twenty
Newton s division of the fourth Corps.
This portion of our army, less than one-
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intra or tno wnoic, met me most iuuk-
u wv i
11 1 1 r fv. fn i;f i
war, without yielding an inch, save a lit-
I n :'f iioc?c?,,rt o -i H lirtorllrttirr r 1 1 1 1 IV A rii Till"
tic on one of the flanks of Geary's divi-,
sion, where a gap in the Hue occurred
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was uiauu uy ucanj me whuiu ui u.c .ou-
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ei army, anu us cumpiuiu icpuisu luuua
the most glorious chapter in Sherman's
present campaign. Ahc lollowing are
the details of the fight:
As
vour readers already knovr our,T . . , . - " ,
1 1 o- i i p' In vain the rebel field officers rode up
army had effected the crossing ot , . . ,. . , K
whole army
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bu,c .SaMui u,a,
partially on tne case, filter inc crossing,
which was actually completed by life :
r.i ort.i L i -vrrt
illuming ui inu uiu, uui iun, uuut-i
Hit! -Ulll, will 11.11, UllUVl V- ,
sted on thegAuta railroad, !
iccatur. and about five miles 1
I!
nerson. res
south of Dc
from Atlanta
The irnnrteent.h nnrns ,
Corps A gap then occurred 111 our lines j
fur three miles which
the south bank or the creek by a curtain (
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the left of the gap was concentrated the
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commanucu uy ueu. uiu,
which this advance was progressing is
paruy roiung auu open, mmrsecieu nu
difficult creeks, and partially covered with
dense undcr-growth. In the advance,
prisoners were Captured at different points
along the line, who unanimously stated
that uo considerable body of their troops
was nearer than a mile and a half. They
were, beyond doubt, set out to be cap
tured for this purpose'. Not less than
three-fourths of the entire rebel army
were concealed within musket-shot of our
skirmishers.
cVt the same time, at 3.40 P. M., and
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host poured fourth from their conceal-
mcnt, massed in enormous columns, a-
minsf, x7fvlnti ennnnrr nn witnniir, fikirm-
p. , --D r-
ish'crs, and with yells whose volume c
ceeded those of any battle-shout I ever
heard. Newton's division had but half
completed their barrieade, and they bare
ly had time to fall into line and seize
their guns before the entire' rebel column,
composed of Walker's and Bates's divi
sions of Hardee's corps, was within range.
The pickets cuardiug tire interval be
tween the right and left of our army bare
1 was on the extreme right, near the mouth ; CJ u suture to icnew tne auacK.
' of Peach-Tree creek. On the left of the , 1 rebel General btevens, commanding
i . i ! hriorni In in W'n L-nr c rliviQinn writs ti pn
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y escaped capture by .plunging into, P , back
l eaeU-lree creek, and sw.mming aero 1 Willie's right.
The enemy had struck us at the vital , "w
spot, just where a victory for him might Tire tremendous rebel assault spent its
be decisive. Newton had more ground to fury on Gen. William s division, next on
miard than he could cover by even a sin-. Geary's right. This division had ad
je iine vanced also about half a mile, when the
For the first few minutes everything rebels swep on it. Thte etiock was met
huti" trembling in. the scale. Newton's without flinching. The division refused
left flank was exposed, and just covered to give an inch, and, though the enemy
his brid-es across Peach-Tree creek. made three several charges off it before
Had itgiven away the bridges would nightfall, it repulsed them all without
have been lost, and our whole right might wavering, though in doing so it sustained
hive beerf rol cd up and forced back to heavier loss than any other division on
ttOhrtlhhee Sver: The rebel plan the rigltt. The fighting on ith part pf
waste destroy our forces on the right, bur lines was in dense wpods The at
rfter 'vhich their army would be strong tack grazed the left of Palmer s corps
enough to confront, if not defeat, the which had not left its trenches, but was
other non-combatants came pouring across
me onages witn sweet running on or
them in rivulets. Guards with fixed
bayonets were placed at the bridges to
collect whatever armed stragglers might
appear, but none came. In spite of the
furious charge none of our troops wdfe
stampeded. The rebel column poured
down an open but rough series of fields
toward Newton's left, evidently aiming
at his bridges.
At the time the enemy first appeared
we had but two pieces of artillery in po-
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I tain Goodspeed, Newton 8 Chief of Artil-
Suu .1US
lhcy opened with cam
irking with frantic en
canister, the gunners
energy. Four guns
were into action on Newton's rip-lit. Up
to the moment the guns opened, the rebel
columns had swiftly advanced, engaging
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O
ble odds. It was wonderful how fast the
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from Newton's infantry. The dusky,
gray columns slackened their pace, and
bemn to waver and lose this careful ar
rangement. In a few minutes they had
come to a stand-still, in partial confusion,
and firing heavily, but wildly.
Color-bearer after color-bearer went
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ana aowu tnc lines waviug sworus auu
ovlmrtinrr
CAllOIblll'T
tne men noc to raiter. in
- . had
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fai,cd' ad. the neny gave way, retinng
in confusion to the woods from which
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tlf' had cuicrged For the rest of the
ai?r,,500 illc? keP? P a desultory fire
wnicn was returueu uy our ai uiiery, uuu
Newton's front next morning,
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S ard's division, on Newton s right, was
cfmt nf t
struck at the same moment as Newton.
General Ward had just halted his men
at the foot of a hill, for a brief rest, after
his skirmishers had made way to the
crest. Word came back to him that the
enemy was charging over the open field
in his front in immense force. Without
a moment's hesitation, "Ward ordered his
division to meet the enemy with a coun
tercharge; his men moved up the hill in
splendid order, and when they gained the
crest, they were to close to the rebels
that several of the hostile regiments be
came intermingled. At such points the
rebels seemed addled by Ward's bold
coup, and were captured without difficul
ty. On other portions of the line, fight
ing at close quarters continued for half
an hour, but each successive line of reb
els was pressed back by the indubitable
valor of Ward's men. At the end of that
time, the rebels fell back into a dense
forest in their rear, completely whipped
so far as General Ward's division was
concerned.
Gen. Ward's trophies are seven rebel
battle-flags and three hundred prisoners,
including many of the enemy's wounded
left on the field. Among his prisoners
are representatives of sixteen different
regiments, and he no doubt fought dou
ble that number. Ward sent all his a
vailable artillery to protect Newton's
flank, and his splendid triumph was a
chicved with muskets alone. The charge
swept along to the right, striking Geary's
division the next after Ward's. Geary
had advanced half a mile from the trench
es he occupied in the morning, and ha"d
just marched his troops to the top of a
ridge, when the rebel columns were
thrown on him with terrible violence.
The 33d New Jersey, which was thrown
out to fortify a hill in advance of the
main Kcfe, lost over half its number in
the first few minutes of the charge. The
most of Geary's lines were through a
dense wood, and his right flank was ex
posed by an interval of two or three hun
dred yards, which William's division was
endeavoring to close.
When the enemy came on, Gen. Baird's
brigade, on Geary's right, was speedily
enveloped on the right and rear, and fell
back, after a stout fight, to the trenches
it occupied in the morning, where it was
reformed. Portions of Colonel Ireland's
brigade in the centre were enfiled and
driven back. By turning one' of his bat
teries from the frorrt to the right, General
Geary succeeded in reforming his shat
tered line where it stood, and not another
foot did it yield, rolling back charge af
ter charge. From four o'clock till long
after dark the rebels endeavored to force
their way through the gap they had o
pened, but the pltfck of our lads tri
umphed. Geary r&ld the hill at the end
as at tfrc beginning of the assault. That
nortion of his line that fell back was re
Col. Anson Mc-
Cook's brigade was partially engaged, be
having nobly, and repulsing the enemy
from beginriiSg td the. end. ;Aboufc 9
P. M. the. enemy abandoned the fight in
front of Geary and, Williams, carrying off
many of their dead and wounded, and
falling back to their heavy works, -about
a mile distant. In front of tVard and
Newton he was compelled to leave all
tlld dead and severely wounded:
Judging from great pile's heaped up
there, the enemy lost in killed and wound
ed alone 5,000 We captured about 1
000 prisoners. The loss in Hooker's
corps (official) is as follows: William's
diyisiou, 027 Geary's 457; Ward's, 527;
total, 1611. Newton's division (official),
102 ; Fourteenth Corps, 200. Total ,loss
1913.
The statement that oilf troops were in
fortifications ia untrue. They were ad
vancing to take a new position when at
tacked, and, save with Newton, who had
some half-finished rail barricades, the
fight was an open one. Even the ag
gressive Hood is not fool enough to at
tack us in trchches. Prisoners were cap
tured from every corps in the rebel army,
all of whom said the programme was to
drive us into the Chattahoochee river,
and that nearly their entire army was en
gaged. During the progress of the fight vari
ous corps on the left advanced 'over a
mile, McPhcrson at nightfall being with
in two and a half miles .of Atlanta, and
no portion of our lines more than four
miles distant. I left the front July 21,
at 2 P. M.; at the time our right was es
tablished on the battle-field about four
miles from Atlanta; the left was within
long range shelling distance. The enemy
stuck, closely to his heavy workB girdling
the town, a mile or two outside the sub
urbs. Thus ended this sanguinary conflict.
No more brilliant victory has crowned
the Union arms since the beginning of
the war. Gen. Hooker has earned a new
the gratitude of the nation. Palmer,
Newton, Ward, Williams, Geary, and
their subordinates and soldiers, cannot be
too highly praised. Gen. Johnson was
as faithful here as everywhere else.
Our loss will amount to two thousand
men, principally on Hooker's frontj be
cause his troops fought in an open field.
The rebel loss in killed, wounded 'and
prisoners, will reach six thousad, of whom
fully one thousand were killed outright.
Three rebel Brigadier Generals were
killed-Stephens, Wcatherstone and Long.
On Baird's and Davis's front heavy skir
mishing took place during the day. On
the left wing, McPhcrson-drove the ene
my several" miles, Blair operating on the
extreme left, Logan next, and Dodge
next, partly in line and partly in reserve.
Blair'-s corps advanced a mile and a half
south of the Augusta Railroad.
Gen. Greshien, who commanded his
right division, was grievously wounded.
Altogether, the operations on the left
were highly successful. On the'morning
of the 21st, Johuston's and Baird's divi
sions of Palmer's corps were moved tor
ward, and, after a brisk contest, in which
we lost perhaps one hundred men, the
rebels .were driven from the ridge in
front, the whole of which, was now in our
possession.
By the morning of the 22d the rebels
had withdrawn entirely from Palmer's
and Hooker's front and at 2 A. M, part
of our army entered Atlanta.
We may have more fighting yet for the
full possession of the city, but consider
that, for the present, the campaign, is
substantially closed,
Don't Let Him Drop.
The frcedmon of Vicksburg went out
to the Jeff. Davis plantation on the Fourth
of July, and had a picnic jubilee. An
aged and revcrened darkey was called on
to offer prayer, and, standing on the
porch of Jeff. Davis's mansion, he prayed
thus :
"Oh ! Massa Jesus, mighty God, save
Massa Jeff. 'fore it am everlastingly too
late. Oh ! Lordr take him by dc neck,
and hakc him over the fiery furnace un
til he squeal like a pig in dc bars. .But
dori't let him drop; oh! Massa Jesus,
don't let liim drop, but fetch him to re
pentance, and save him soul in de eber
lasting kingdom, 'fore dewYrankecs make
him dry bones itr ii box."
:
$a5r A railer against marriage thinks
that the creation of woman was simply
the change of a bone in a man's side to
a thorn.
.
BST'One person asked another if. h'e'
believed iu the appearance of spirits?
"No!" was the reply; "but I believe in
their disappearance. I have missed a'
bottle' of brandy. since last night."
A good father in Wheeling Ya.,
lusisnt that if young men come "spark
ing" his daughters on Sunday night, the
exercises will be closed by reading a se
lection1 of scripture.' and prayer;
JJ The Poughkeepsie Press says :
"Quite' a rosy looking girl from the coun
try actually went into a cooper shop in
tlrafe city recently, and innocently asked
ond of the workmen what he charged for
hooping frocks. Innocence wished to be
in the fashion. ,
us
JB- Wanted, a' strong adhesive plaster,
to make busybodies stick to their own
business.
preparing to ao so
the
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Rebels m Council at Niagara Falls.-The
0hlcaS Convention
The following article from the New
York Herald should be read by every pa
triotic man in the land, as it truly indi
cates the intention and the objects of the :
copperhead faction in. the coming politi
cal contest. The Herald, perhaps, more
man any outer journal in the country, is
familiar with the working nf Mm nrmnor.
head organization, and may fairly be re-
. ... 1 i
a --"wv, .u i.w
douHjhat the magnitude of the schemes
bcirig concocted by the copperheads to or-'
ganize rebellion in the free States, begin'
to appal even the jesuitical controllers of
the Herald. " Hence the publication of
the following article :
George N. Sanders, with some .twenty
or thirty rebel politicians and officers, is
now at Niagara Falls, plo'ttintr and schem -
ins in behalf of Jefiv Davis and his villain
.. '1 w
ous cause.
Kom nininrf
as
thfiv do. nn
the Canada side, thev are in a favorable
Anarcliy to be Inaugurated iu
North.
A ioid fechciiic to Deluge
Free Stales iu Blood.
position to operate upon the politicians 1 then the surviving elephant has been sub
who visit that locality during the hot sea-1 Jecfc to paroxysms of fury, which his keep-
son
From all accounts they are making'
the most of
this advantage. They have'
concocted a grand scheme for the control
of the Chicairo Convention. Their nro -
ject contemplates forcing a rupture and 1 gainst his terrible adversary without evin
division of the convention, after the man- ,cinS the slightest fear. He attempted to
ncr of the split at Charleston in 1860 I flank him in order to wound him ; but the
This is to be brought about in a way that i elephant, exhibiting an equal agility in
will embitter the copperhead and peace ' his motion, did not suffer him to appfoadhV
factions, and, with them thus maddened, j Finally the bull attacked him in front;
inaugurate a system ot riot and insurrcc-j hut, everywhere confronted by the formi
tion, not only in the West, but also in this ; dable tasks which interposed an impreg-
and other Eastern cities. The split in
- - - -
Charleston in 1SG0 was accomplished by
the scheming of Yancv. Slidell. Davis
and other leaders in the Southern States,
for the very purpose of bringiug about. penetrate the tough hide ot the elephant
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a state or anairs tnat wouiu give
tliem il
plea to inaugurate a rebellion
A break up in that convention was ne
cessary, or rather a preliminary step in
the public mind of the South
.1. . -
preparing
for the revolution which was already
planned by the leaders. In accomplishing
this result they were assisted by the Al
bany llegency and other unscrupulous pol
iticians of the North. The events of four
years have since rolled around ; the re
bellion, with all its evils and suffering in
the South, has been inaugurated and kept
up ; but they arc at length driven to des
peration, and are in straitened circum
stances. They arc compelled to resort to
some scheme to secure a diversion in the
North or go under. A plot for a split
aud break up at Chicago is resolved upon,
to be followed by revolution in the North,
as the last hope for their sinking cause.
To accomplish this the rebel agents,
rebel blowers and. rebel plotters haye beeu
rushing back from Europe, and have
made Canada their base of operations.
The country from Montreal to Niagara
Falls and Windsor, opposite Detroit, is
filled with them, all directing their efforts
upon the Chicago Convention. Valland
igham was sent back to Ohio to play his
part of the game there. But in order to
accomplish their end, time was needed.
Accordingly the postponement of the Chi
cago Convention was essential. The peace
faction and their organs boldly came out
for an adjournment. Dean Bichmond
and the llegency became willing agents
iu their hands, and the time asked for by
the rebel conspirators in Canada was ob
tained. Thus the first step fowards bring
ing about a Northern revolution has bceu
accomplished by the aid of the llegency,
aud the same class of Northern politicians
who played into the hands of the Sothern
conspirators at Charleston. What now
do we see 7
Sander: and his rebel plotters are' ac
tively at work perfecting their scheme.
Already the Democratic Convention of
Kentucky has adopted peace resolutions,
and done all it could to assist Sanders in
laying his wires for the Chicago Conven
tion. Fernando Wood's seedy peace Com
mittee assembled in' this city to add its'
voice and support to the plot of the reb -
els. The Chicairo Times, Cincinnati In-
quiver and other peace papers of the West
i:ivp. p.niistcu in sanuers caubu aa uu as
they dare. Such twaddliug journals as
the News and World, of this city, and the
;Atlas aud Argus, at Albany, have been
gradually working themselves into1 the
same scheme, and, -under the influence of
the conspirators. Some forty orfifty reb
cl politicians, with Sanders at their head,
and a few Copperheads ot the North, o'eS
at Windsor, about the Dth ot June, and
perfected their arrangements for opera
tions at Chicago.
A split in the convention is the first
move; then insurrection, riot and rebel
lionthus using the same means that
wero resorted to iuTSGO co force the South
to commence the rebellion to inaugurate
a' revolution an um xiuitu, m mu uup ui
by that means diverting attention and
brin'Mii" about a division that will enable
' them tode1ay their final overthrow and o
I non ri road for the success of the confed
eracy- That Jeff. .Bayis and iShe rebel j
chiefs have been dr.iven to this us a lasCj
resort is now apparent. It is their last,
hope for the success of the bogus South-,
nrn Pnrt tnr ftr.'inv. t 18 revolution at W-U
North or death to their cause
lience
their determination and the desperate
chances that they are taking.
Tinf. fliAv ontirfilv mistake the North-
crn element. The peace politicians fire
1 equally blind to-the results of this course
A copperhead division at Chicago, or at
tempt at insurrection and revolution at
the North, instead of helpiug the cause
of the rebels, will strengthen and inten
sify the Union feeling here, and make
'President Lincoln's re-election as certain
as the sun riseg and setg on olection d
. It is true that fcbe esency Jd
,uier unscrupulous politicians of the North
the rebels were enabled to bring about a
division at Charleston which led to a re
bellion in .the South. But the stirring e
vents df this war have so educated -the
people at the North that, with all the' as
sistance of the Regency the peace factiom
tlje jrews, and other organs can give, they
1 1 it.: U rf!T - i
" J-ne oniy ei-
feet of these schemes, if they continue, is
to bring about the re-election of Abraham
Lincoln. This is the natural result andf
logical conclusion of their course." r
ri&ht between a Bull and an Elephant,
I .The Corrcsjjondencia, of Madrid, fur-"
nishes the particulars of a fight between
a hull and an elephant. The elephant is
1 the largest and the oldest that has ever
I 1 r. , . .is..
Deen seen m Europe, as his enormous
rtusks indicate. He traveled a Ion? time
! with fclle female, who died recently. Since
er uas appeaseu witn great difficulty.
"hen the elephant was brought to the;
j Place des Taurcaux a fiery young bull
' was turned out- The bull advanced a-
naDie oarner, ne uiu not succeed m woun-
IT ! 1.1." n . . .
dins him. At last, in one of the assaults-
the bull succeeded in thrusting his head
beneath the tusks; but before he could
LU umm. j.iig apcututuia UU1V
j saw the elephant bend his head slightly,
!and rest the extremeties of his tusks;
(which had been plugged, upon the back
!of the bull. From that moment the bull
I 7 7 7. 71 .7 v.
was nors au comuar, and wnen tney atter
wards killed him it was found that three"
ribs were completely crushed by the al
most imperceptible movement the e!o
phant had made in holding him with his1
tusks.
A Kemarkal)le Lady.
There is a widow lady living in Doug
las, seventy-four years old, who sawed
and split five cords of seasoned wood in
the course of last winter and spring.
This old lady is in good circumstances;
not compelled to labor, but cut said wood
to benefit her health. When she first
commenced her limbs were so stiff'that
she could not lift her feet without assist
ance fi'Otu her hands, but by degrees, in'
sawing and splitting the wood, she entirely
regained the use of her limbs, and ma
terially improved her health. The ex
ample of this lady is an evidence of what
can be done by persistent efforts. Wood
soclcct Patriot.
A New Idea.
Of all the ingenious ways of
raisins
money for the Sanitary Commission, that;
devised by the people of the town of
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, is probably the'
oddest. The mail citizens ngreed to decide
by vote who was the prettiest girl in town;
and it Was declared in favor of Miss Hattie
S. llcifsnydcr, by a majority of 280 votes;
E-ach vote was accompanied by the suni
of seventy-fiVe cents, and the proceeds5
were given to the Sanitary Fair as the
contribution of the favorite beauty. What
makes the matter more interesting is the'
fact that Miss Reifsnyder is nursing
wouned soldiers in the Army of the Po
tomac. The husband of a pious woman having
occasiou to make a voyage, his wife sent
a written request to the clergymaaof the
parish, instead of spelling and pointing
properly, ffanielyu"A person having gone
to sea, his wile desires the prayers or tne
j congregation," she spelt and pointed as"
follows : "A person' having gone Wserf
his wife desires Jhc prayers of the cotigre-'
sawuu.
Jrlay is considered an u'trfcVinnafe mar
rying month. A yocfrrg girl was asked
not long since, to unite herself to a lover
who named May iu his proposals'. The'
lady hinted that May was unlucky. '
"tf eii, maktf it June th'eo"," replied the
swain. Casting down her eyes, and with
a blush she rejoined, "Would not Aprif
do as well."
Jgy-The following address was on tHe
envelope of a letter which passed through'
the Detroit post-office a day .or-'two
ago-
O'er the hills and o'er the level
Carry this letter-like the devil ;
Don't stop for drink or other reason,
Till you find my wife, Jennet Glea'soh",
She is waiting with all the patience she
can; .. .
'She lives in Utica, Michigan,
j
Banum's fat woman, Jane Pishotvfofmerly-
-.vKiliitol n c AT5o3 Tn nn PSmrli&ll "limn fit.
T7r-nni.fiPifi nnnnpcticut . theotherdav. Her
exhibitlon weight was six hundred and eighty
pounds. Ten men were required to get her
;nIn her coffin, which was so Svide- that the
doorof the house" had to be enlarged for
removal. 9t "