jEj ITTllMW UllWllllli'l "ill' i THE JEFFERSOMaN; g : JDojotcfc to Politics, literature, Agriculture,' Stmuz, Jltoraliiij, au5 enerai Stiteiligcnce. VOL. 23. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. OCTOBER I?5 i864. NO. 34, Published by Theodore Schoch. "fURiaS-Two dollars a year in advance-and if no tiid before the end of the yeaJ, two dollars and filfy ett'. will be charged. No paper discontinued until all arreaiagcs are paid, except at the option of the Editor. Advertisements of one square of (eight lines) or ftat, one or three insertions 1 50. Each additional iniertion, 50 cents. Longer ones in proportion. JOB PRINTING, OF ALL KINDS, r Executed In the lushest style of the Art, and on the most reasonable terms. The Two Tickets. The two tickets are now in the field. Grant. Sherman, and Farra-rut are election-! coring for the Union, and Lee, Early and Marshal, to learn the particulars of the Hood for the '.Democratic ticket." A com- I roa'f n, and had another interview .... , -ii ,' with Bowles about the 20th of January, plete victory of Grant and Sherman is looked j 1 on l . . i i i- i i J e J, , . loui ; was regularly initiated into the or- to by us to elect Lincoln. A complete vie- j dcr of the g0,JS of Libcrty . this was a. tory by Lee and Hood is looked to by the bout the 5th or 6th of June ; was iustruc Dcmocrncy to elect McClcllan. Had Mc-1 ted in the third degree by Mr, Harrison, CMIan succcded as a general he would j the Secretary of the Grand Council of this doubtless have been our Union candidate. J State; first met Dodd in the ofiiee of Mr. Ae he has failed he becomes the candidate vf the Democratic parly. What they desire . , ... , r -, arc imbecility, cowardice and failure on our J' , , side-courage, energy and success on that '" ,l-ul' ....;- ... w. t ocrauc pnny m power, mere wen a time ; wncn me nienuon ot sucn a state ot mcts would have made the cheek of every Dem ocrAt tingle with shame. But that times past Our Generals. The rumor that Gen. Hooker had declared mr me viiiwjju a i.u.uii.1 o .mot,, iuiu ,uo : mifficiently contradicted by his speech to the , t T . t4..o V-,,. VnrL- i ere algo earnestly for the 'Union and the , . ... m, - 1 party tint represents it. There are General, ( who support the Chicago "Cessations, but J they are in the Rebel army A Straw A vote was taken yesterday upon the first through train from Cumberland. There were 126 voters, 10 of whom were soldiers. The following was the result: Lincoln, one i t tit m 11 an nr d eleven: McClcllan, fifteen. OF , ' T . , 1 , thirty-ninc voted for Lincoln, hundred an the soldier!, and one for McClcllan - Hotel Prices in Washington. Artcmus Ward says he went to Washing- ' ton. and nut un at a leading holed, where, ' .... 1 t .i . f epeakin' to him, If you want supper, a boy will show vou to the dininjr room for twenty- fivc cent. Your room bcin' in the 10lhstory.it will cost you a dollar to beshown up there." "How much do you ax a man for brea thin' in this cquinomkal tavern!" said I. "Ten cents a breath," was his reply. ? 07" During the last winter a "contraband" r:atne into the Federal lines in North Caroli na, nnd was marched up to the officer of the day to give an account of himself, wherc npon the following colloquy ensued: "What's your name ?" "My name's Sam." 'Sam what!" "No, Salt ; not Sam Watt. Vsc jist Sam." "What's your other name V T liacn't rnt Tin rulnr t'nmfv 5vili I'sn .I-,'--.!! ' t- ' . -Whafs vor ners name rc got no massa now ; massa &.wa' yah ! I se iree nigger now. "Well , wan't your father's and mother's . Sam ain't nobody else." name !" Mfavca'tyou any brothers and sisters r , "No, Sah 5 neber had none, No brudder, I r..j ' nothin' but Stm, HrAc you. sec Sam you cc all dcrc is of us." - Ohio All Eight. 'The Union canvass of Ohio indicates that U will be carried for Lincoln, Johnson, and the Union by a John Brough majority, pro bably reaching 75,000. . - 03 Gold went up to 3,000 in Richmond it the news of the gobbling up of the Early birds by Sheridan. The rebel financial sys tem has collapsed. OtrAn Illinois regiment or one hundred days men (the 134th voted in Chicago or. Friday. They gave "Father Abraham" 740 aud McClellan 4. The Democatic party is at present shap ing its conduct according to the scriptural injunction and is "all things to all men." OCT Misery, is a crucible into which des tiny casts a man, whenever she desires a scoundrel .or a demi-cod. OT-The new democracy: Not two tkirds of the delegates to the Chicago con vention were democrats eightyears ago, t 03" Why are widows who want husbands like failroads that need repairing 1 Because they are ready for new 'ties jn lieu of the decayed sleepers."" ' Brooklyn Academy of Music last week. He ' the State of Kentucky; was appointed by i Supreme Council of the United States ; is for war, and not armistice. Gens. Frank- the chief officer of the State, Dr. Bollctt, John was elected on the same i:- -.i :.n. A-.nA ;n ti,P Rorvir.fi. ' and still holds the nositiun. ifsunh an of- . day ; Mr. H. Hoffren was a member of ..t,-... j ' :-nt jjind th.it it was to ho. nstornfl bv fnrc.n of ' Piper in Louisville whosaid he .. ,., nn ir -l ((nci on iiitn ruii nn'.s :iiki ivr:miiv in run imrprnmpnr,. ' -'-"w,-7i " " ..v.u . uu u , -now u c uu miuiiu; : - j i o r 1 1 th i i :n i.. arms: ihcy oxnectcd a definite time to opnngheld, 111.; he was a member c r mj ccnttf r, w , - - . .-i.:-!, Order, aud said he was on the staff ,'S,r- ' they were to seize the LVited'Statcs Ar- ! landigham; Piper was present at the -Half a dollar. Wc charge twenty-nve gcnais iu Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois : the ' S of the Grand Council in Ker cents lor JooKin at tne lanaioru, ana imy ior ..11 ii i l r- x"i i . y. m TREASON IN INDIANA. The Sons of Liberty in Court. Trial of H. H. Dodd. Special Dispatch to The Cin. Gazette. Indianapolis, Tuesday Sep. 27, 1864. The case of Harrison II. Dodd creates great interest iu this city. The examina tion of witnesses on the part of the Gov ernment commenced to-day, before the Military Commission, Brevet Big.-Gcner-al. Cojgrove, President. Felix G. Stidger testified that Dr. Bow les gave him the first information respec ting the order of the Sons of Liberty ; he was sent by Capt. S. B. Jones, Provost-' -Uingnam, editor ot J. he liulianapohs : c"l'"fl ' h?A letter of introduction to ;Doddiroin Judge Bullitt: the con versa-1 ,. .. i j j i i i -t . tion witness had with Dodd re atcd to Mr. Coffillj a Unitcd.Rtatcs detective, who was f 0 Vq assnssiuateu ; JJodd said tnat sucn a , man would have to be disposed of : thp . persons connecter m tins matter at mat 1 there were a number of others lllirr who.-e names the witness could not reineni- I M.r . r., Crtc- n..t .ximfo.i tn ihc q. Song Qf L. without a password' witness wa at the ;nie Secretary of the Grand Council for ' UCC CXlStS : tlie 0HS Ot IjIttCrtV WaS a I -I. ... .. .... ""'itary organization, it was m this or- gamzation i;.iinn.iuii niau vwiiiu a uiuiuci n aa anJ ;,. WM de(.;dc(1 em hat. , ica h.a t g w b rf there was that Coffin's murder was to be a meeting at Hamilton on the occa- sion ot Air. allandisnaurs return, at which uoinn was expected to be present; at the meeting referred to, Dodd called ; on those who would Ko with him to mur- der Coffin ; only ouc man responded Mc Bride, from Evansville, lnd. who thought he knew Coffin; he could not . . . . . . y . , . join Dodd; the witness, Bowles, Dodd, and M!li weut to namnlQn but could 1 not be found ; there were two meetings j on the day referred to ; at the evening J meeting they discussed the military organ- ization of the Sons of Liberlv : a number of speeches were made, all full of the od- .3 a. -f.l- i ; Bcbel prisoners in the States were to be ree:jsed and armed with arms seized from ! the arscuals: the number in the Order of the Sons of Liberty was calculated to. be ! G0,000 to 75,000 iu Indiana ; Illinois was.' counted on as havinira considerable num- time were .Mr. Dodd, Harrison, Dr.Bowles, Mr- Everett of Yanderburg county, Mr,' m illirnn Hr nrm. hmv U ii ( nr. uoucu oi me iurno lisuicr, union uoun- J 1 JJ - ber. aud Missouri was believed to be al-! son's Island; Piper said he had a com most unanimous ; Ohio was not much niunication from Vallandigham to Bowles, counted on ; Bowles told the wituess that ' giving him charge of the releasing of the he had his command organized into com-' Ilebcl prisoners at Hock Island, which panies and regiments ; saw Bowles at ! W!,s to ue done at the same time ; Hines Louisville; lie was there experimenting .with B. C Bocking in the manufacture of hand grenades and Greek fire, which j were to be used in destroying Government 'property; Bowclcs said that the Greek fire had been used for the destruction of the Government warehouse at Louisville !'and of the Government steamers; the sist the enlistment of negroes, the mem . programme of the meeting of the Order bers of the Order would prevent the Illi in Chicago iu Julv was ivcn bv the wit-1 "ois regiments, or Loyal Leagues as they noss, who said Dodd had told him that 1 ' . . . V 7 . H nca-oans had agreed to -seize the enmna ' and dcPots ol' prisoners in Qhio, Indiana i aim iiuuoia ; seize me arsenals in inosc-, AT p 'Tvpntnek - v ns nnihlo the Hntn w.-.s nnr. ' Rxcd definitely, as they were governed in refrard to awaitni"- for the Bebid armies to co-operate with them; at a conference at the Louisville Hotel, about the "29th with Bowles, Miliigan, aud Warner, it J or 30t'h of Juue; Bowles, Collus, Char- -iC rfmiinml tn .,. lmo.! n,. tim ifwli'lcv Miller and others were there : the or 17th of August, aud carry out the plan agreed upon, and eventually uuite at Louisville, at the Chicago meeting of the O Order, there were present Judges Bullitt, powder; arounu mis was an aperture to Dr. Bowles, Bichard Barrett of St. Louis, contain the liquid Greek fire, and this in Dodd. and John C. Walker; they agreed ncr shell being loose and furnished with .i . .i ..ii. I j i I tnat mc uprising was to taice place irom the 3d to the 17 th of August, as should finally be determined by Vallaudisrham, the Supreme Commander of the Order, whom they were sworn to obey ; Dodd was Grand Commander, and Walker, Bowles Million and Humphries Maior- aUdi-i lt.Hdaei,p. ted to communicate with Col. Jesse and a Bebel Colonel Shipherr, on parole in ni ii 1 .. J 7 , J i , eet openly in the mass Democratic ngs, Ld "on the day of the uprising mnohncra finrl rm titn low nt rne unriQi August 6, were to have a mass meeting at Indiannapolis, and carry out their pro gramme the design of the movement was tcr carry a portion cf the States into the Confederacy; Bowels talked privately about the Northwestern Confederacy. The constitution, rituals, &c, pf the Order were exhibited to the witness, and identified as the genuine work of the Or der, also the roll of members of the Or der in Indianapolis, found in Dodd's of fice, which had been shown to the wit ness by Harrison, the Grand Secretary. The Court adjourned to 8 a: w. to-morrow. ir . i " . i" . i .. . 1. f .1 I ,1 hi.llnfo nnH r h n iinafhirn hnMrnnn and attempted to et permission to go to i inner and outer shell the liquid Greek Petersburg, However, would put lur. i Piinifi.- v ms inn. Him iiilij liiu wrtmr. unu uuutio, auu mvi umiluiv uihiu IU iUKilCO anu lUlO lUu vuuiuuiui;v ; uu ; miunu u "r wwjvv-u, .xsu.v. , INDIANPOLIS, Sept. 28, 1864. Felix G. Stidger, continued his testi- mony ; Saw Mr: Harrison at Dodd's j he complained that the order was dilatory in their-uprising against the Government; believed that they had not arms enough to be of service : Dodd said if they did not openly resist he d be d-d if lie would the 0r(er fa de eIoped.. The witness 1 hve under the present Administration. ; had joined the Qrder as a detective, but this was about the last Friday in July;'was supposed to bo a bona fule member Harrison was Grand Sec y of Ind.; in re- b theA Qrder He had beea asgigncd spect to the contemplated assassination of in,;, nmu k Tj,.linf ati,i .ra? nP Coffin he said they expected to find him at iiammon, at" the V a tan dig ham meet- ing;.pick a quarrel with him, if possible, and shoot him. The roll of the Parent Temple : of Marion cbunty, Intl., was here shown to the wituess, when he was asked to designate the names of such members ( ASMC 7'T :u "T "sloluey, er0ITTu,e ouuaot .uBity. lu namea u . iu. liar- "son ti. ii uoaa Joseph itistoo, and Dr. Athens.! A letter was written to I Dodd, Bowles arid Riston, signed Dick. supposed to be written by Dick Bright, vunmiS mem against; L-omn, saying mai : 11 vn r ii .. ' t TT . i n - he was a Um cd States detective and re-'or ported everythms thev did : Wilson met other persons in the Grand Council from pua ui tuc wuuu) , u uiu ucu- "u,uuu oy " name oi u icy vr. juem- uoK uulu,:u 11UUJ Airenuumuy, ilr- J1yers or Jjaporte county, and Mr. Koga of New Amsterdam : the wit- ucss became acouaintcd with these per-! sons 0 the 14th of June ; was not sure u,at AUI uuounu ui oasa uuumv uas there; he was elected a member of the u,UB1l u.uua;, uii:i, uim in oaicm, iu li I ! M I ttlTIAA ll r n.rt I Unntt IMAnl - -, - - FJ Ur llU ! Commander of the State of Indiana : he ' and J,)od(1 hlld the right to call the Order Wot,,u fc any muv uivy uiigut uuuk . f"ii f""- uujcuu auu ; interest ot the organization was to co-op- crate wuu tne .vonieuerate iorces ; tnc ursL ume no saw me witness ne iook mm ; lor a Commissioner from the Confederate forces ; told witness that there were sev en regiments of Forrest's men disbandod in Kentucky to remain at home for a time, and to concentrate when necessary. A gentleman asked Heffren why a certain lady was sent to Salem, Ind. He said they expected trouble in Kentucky, and il woultl be safer in Salem, Ind. than in Z nnffiokv llA mof. n 111 mm 1it fln nnniA nP resided in )f the of Val- nieet- ltucky. aml assisted in opening the meeting; he snld tlla.fc James A. Barrett, formerly of J'Quis, antl their chief of Arallandig- liani's staff, and that Captain Hfncs, of the Bcbel army had had charge of the releasing of the Ilebel prisoners at John was then in Canada waiting for the order to be given and the time to come ; Hines was afterward captured with John Mor gan ; Piper also said that he had attend ed a meeting of the Grand Council of Illinois; they bad passed a resolution that if Kentucky considered it advisable to re- arc called by the Copperheads, from be- ? i- ..... ff C3. L iL. n mg bchl out oi uie oiaio oy me uuveru- ment to enforce it ; that the resolution .......... ...v,..-v v.. Council of Illinois. fA conical shell a- bout the size of a 32-pounder was here ; handed to the witness j He said he saw a similar shell to that at Hocking's room : 'owcr part or Dutt ot tne suen, wiucn ! being unscrewed showed another, inside of which was an iron case to contain the a 11111 a percussion cap, causeu uu expiusiou uu its striking or falling on any object; this , infernal machine was intended to be used ' for the destruction of Government prop- j i Lliev COUlu : was formerly a Lieutenant Colonel of an ,fs Th Indiana regiment; told witness that he,;.h t u erty, a spherical hand grenade about three ' WOuld poll a very large vote. If General ! inches in diameter was here produced,! ghould win flU important battie it which being unscrewed in the centre,!. , , ; showed ancr.shoH f?rishod .m oral nipples lor percussion caps; me inner el,11 Mnnnbin the muv.ler nr mnrder u..v,.. I I fi Hit I .nn.llnrilfr i tMiiIinrl fiTitr nViiinf. avnrv- j ,i " -t. .,,.,, ,i i, i.,nuA . tiiio ' thing near it would be ignited ; this m- fernal machine was also explained to thoss Li i. i?rnuA . riiio L - persons named; Bowles told the witness uuu.,1" l"u T-, V that Greek fire had been used for the de- -Democratic party, that their fai hi re i n struction of the two boats at Louisville in pohtical campaign, and the ultimate the Spring.and also for a number of boats restoration of the Union under Mr. Lin down tlio river in April or May; this PO cy, would hand heir names Greek fire on breaking, ho said, woVld ig- down the execration of future genera mte instantly, or it might be made to ig-.tl0DS of their countrymen. nitesome time afterward. The order , known as American knights had been' Speaking of th'e Chicago platform, changed, as Dodd said, by Judge Bullitt the Philadelphia Press says, "If might and Mr, Colfus, to the Order of the Sons more properly be called a 'raft, lor its of Liberty, and Dodd wanted me to dis- timbers, are impracticably shaped and tribute a new pamplet or ritual of the Or-: buuglingly thrown together, and it is der throughout the State. The commands questionable if they will float anywhere of the chiefs or the order were paramount tut on the placid waters of Saltnver. to all other laws or orders, and were to be obeyed in opposition to any civil laws !r orders of the Government. Cross Examined. The cross-examination was lengthy.-- Stidger's testimony was strengthened, ' many new points against the prisoner and .Loui8v511 he did Qot ive aDV opinion - of his 0WQ'ag tQ Coffin's assassination, but jud BulUtt,g ;n; j)odd and oth. I ers jfoncurred iu tuafc opinion; he never, met Coffin in lodges: he knew him, but' Um w nnmmnnin'nrL ,i, ttm GatH was afc th meeting of the .Order where Coffin's assassination was discussed the witnesg g asked for a descri tion of Milli and Humphrey, TOt,:. r which was quite correct. In reference to the military character of the Order, he testified that-he did not i.nn vc..1l,. nt. tu,r ,1 ttuun uuicuuuiij wiauu nicy nuiu ui iiiuu dril)ed but wag M that at the Wegfc n. i-i r t?i ' ted h esteuded ovcr mb0 Indiana Illinois Wisconsin, Mis- ; T)elaW!lve Alarvland Pennwlvania Nfnw.A nrk- jiml Tvnntnpl-w TlnHH tnlH him that he was at Chicago at the meeting of .TiiItt 90 nnrl cnirl f ttt r m ti 4-n en nli non . L.in5.:nn - !.,.. fi1P:P ;,rn wnc tn i:nri r. i j the llcbe, iorces fnst thj Government, and join them at .Louisville; it was a scheme in aid of the Bebclliou; Dodd and Bowles were confident of success; Dr. Athon counsled .caution ; he was present at the meeting of the Grand Council, June 14; he advised delay until they mm TYinrn tlinrnrurliltr nrfrnni'rnft nnrl fill 1,1 M .if fu ,,14 ,k t, tLiiiy tuuiu ouu tiuuu l 1 1 v y vj uiu uu au Li i w e counsel asked the witness t'hnn rliil nnf rnnncnl flolutr iin. tH the jTnew wbetber tbe election was to h cnntrn upa hv baTnnp.ts. W ltness re- jj( d use tl unitary power at the polls if the Govern- t uudcrtook to control them and that thcre WQuld be a titne when u WQuld be r,,;i.. the Government, but it was best to wait till after the election; Athon so stated to me at his office; Judge Bullitt told me Athon gave him the same opiniou; be fore that Mike Bright, Jesse D; Bright's brother, had given Butler the same opiu ion; 'he thought twenty thousand men could be raised in this State for insurrec tionary movements; Vallandigham was elected Supreme Commander in New York, February 22d; the witness under stood from Piper that Vallandigham had knowledge of this insurrectionary move ment, had given his sanction to it, and had supreme control; the particular day to rise was to be designated by him; Wilson did not know that he knew of the action in this State, but understood he did of the action in Chicago; the unwrit ten work of the order is its signs, fcc., and its secret insurrectionary desigus, and armed co-operation with the South; Dr. Bowles said he knew of a man who would furnish arms of any kiud and quality at any time the order would designate; the committee of thirteeu appointed on the 14th of July were to act in the recess of the Graud Council, and their acts to be as legal as those of the Council itself; Booking explained his Greek fire at his room in the Louisville Hotel; Bowles said he was a member; assisting the South was discussed before him, and ho said his machine was the very thing needed; Bowles said they had tested Booking and sent him to Canada, and made him spend his money in testing this machine for the benefit of the Order, and to experiment with it for the destruction of Government property; Bowles, Dodd, Bullitt, and a chemist, experimented with Greek fire in a basement at Indianapolis one Sunday. Without concluding the cross-exani in a- j tion, the commission adjourned to 2 p. in. on Ihursday. How Demcrattc Success is Possible. The Toronto Globe, calmly and impar tially discussing the Chicago Convention, asan outside observer of political. affairs in the United States, says : If no' important success should bo ac hieved by the Federal armies before No- vcmber, the candidate put up at Chicogo ,wt,""v . -' n r . election into ougiwa. iu. impor- 'tant Federal victory before Atlanta or '. . . iti Democratic success is possible only by At. . . .7 . 7 means or disaster to tne national arms. rc J . , .. a Jey eyer think of i he , fl ect n Means of disaster to the national arms President Lincoln. BY MRS. HARRIET BEECH ER STOWE. T .ti1 , t1 . L , . .irucAI?e.a"eQ' aDQ enabled, him set his Little did the convention that nomma- honest fbet In that promised land of free ted Abraham Lincoln lor President know dom tfhich is to fie the patrimony of all what they were doing. Little did the men, black or white and from hence honest, fatherly, patriotic man, who stood forth nations shall rise up to call him' in his simplicity on the platform at Spring- blessed. field, asking the prayers of 'his townsmen and receiving their pledges to remember j him, foresee how awfully he -was to need those prayers, the prayers of all this ria-! tion and the prayers of all the working, suffering, common people throughout the ?ls interesting lottcr from Hon, world. God's hand was upon him with a J' T- .M,11.s' .Jud?c of tllc Fith Judicial visible protection, saving first from the Urc.ult gg an account of a recent in dangebof assassination at Baltimore, and tf "ew Wlth, Lincoln, with a report bringing him safely to our national Capi- of the remarks of the latter in regard to tol. Then the world have seen and won- dercc rinn nr Pilnnnfinn tlinn nnv ennli Vnrl'inr 1 of the p-reatest sisn and marvel of a.a.?P."on ot.tne war policy urged by the our aay, to wic, a plain working man ot the DeoDle. with no more culture, instruc- 1 residents expressed views, omitting the i , V. , .V . trioni nf Unn ;1 r.f'lnl In t, x i i I : - . ..I - . man may obtain for himself, called on to ' J don thin lt 13 personal vanity or conduct the passage of a great people, bitum, though I am not free from theso thrdugh a crisis involving the destinies 0F infir1mit,e8 buj I cannot but feel that the; the whole world. The eyes of princes, 7ea.1,or1 Yoe f th!3 Sreat natl0n te nobles, aristocrats, of dukes, earls, schol- declded m November. Thcre is no pro nr. fitnt.PQinon. trnrrinra nil frn,i n tUa gramme offered by any wing of the Deni- plain backwoodsman, 'with bis aimnle sense, his impcrturable simplicity, his de termined self-reliance, and bis incorrupti ble honesty, as he sat amid the war of conflicting elements with unpretending steadiness, striving to guide the national ship through a channel at whose perils the world's oldest statesmen stood ahast I he brilliant courts of Europe leveled their onera "lasses :ifc the nhennn.ennn Fair ladies saw that he had homely hands and disdained white- gloves. Dapper di - plomatists were shocked at his system of etiquotte, but old statesmen, who knew the terrors of that passage, were wiser than court ladies nnd rlnndv Hinlnmnt.i and watched him with a fearful curiosity. " . . 1 . Ttr'ti .. i i ii r simuiv asKinir. nut tnnr. nwir.-irfi ruioi woodsman reallv o-pf. t.W hin M.rnnrrli ? If he does, it wilf be time for us to Took about us." Lincoln is a strong man,buthisstrcngth I is of a peculiar kind ; it is not aggressive so mucn as passive, and among passive things, it is. .like the strength not so much of a stone buttress as of a wire cable. It is strength swaying to every influence, yielding on this side and on that to pop ular needs, yet tenaciously and inflexibly bound to carry its great end ; and proba- V.1 TT VkTT 'rtt tint" L-lns) t' ftnn.!. oiir national ship have been drawn safely thus for during the tossings and tempests which beset her way. Surrounded by all sorts of conflicting claims, by traitors, by half-hearted, timid men, by border State men and free State men, by radical abolitionists and conserv-!nem atives, he has listened to all, waited, ob-1 D.e comPeHed to abandon the war ik served, yielded, now here and now there,! three vrcess. ( but in the main kept inflexible, honest I e have to hold terntorty in incle purpose, and drawn the national ship!l"ent and sickly PIac.e3: where are the through. xj Democrats to do this? It was a free In times of our trouble, Abraham Lin-!5fht' and th6 ffeld, was Pen t0 the Waf coin has had his turn of beinjr the best abused man of our nation. Like Moses leading his Israel through the wilderness, he has seen the day when every man seemed ready to stone him, and yet, with simple, wiry, steady perseverance, he has held on, conscious of honest intentious, and looking to God for help. All the natious have felt, in the increasing solem nity of his proclamations and papers, how deep an education was being wrought in his mind by this simple faith in God, the Ruler of the nations, and this humble willingness to learn the awful lessons of His providence. No man in this, agony has suffered more and deeper, albeit with a dry, weary, patient pain, that seemed to some like insensibility. " Whichever way it ends," he said to the writer1, "I have the impression that I shan't last long after it is over." After the dreadful re pulse at Fredericksburg he is reported to have said, "If there is a man out of hell that suffers more than I do, I pity him," In those dark days his heavy eyes and worn and weary air told how reverses wore upon him, and yet there was a nev er failing fund of patience at the bottom, that sometimes rose to the surface in some droll, quaint saying or story, that forced a laugh even 'from himself. There have been times with many, of impetuous impatience, when our national ship seemed to lie water-logged, and we have called aloud for a deliverer of anotli- a i 1 1 r 1 1 If cr lashion a brilliant uenerai, a aasn- ing, fearless statesman, a irratf who could dare and do, who would stake all on a die, aud win or lose by a brilliant coup de main. It may comfort our minds that, tion is the luesday following the first since He who rulcth in the armies of na- i Monday in November As die 1st of No' tions set no such man at work, pfcrbaps 1 vein ber falls on a. Tuesday this year, the he saw in the man whom he did send election will take place on the 8tn, which some peculiar fitucss and aptitudes there-j is the latest daj- of the mouthy on which for Jit can take place; and the 2d is me e'arli- Slow and careful in combining to roso-! est day on which it can be held An lutions, willing to talk with every person election on the 1st day of November ur who had anything to show on any side of impossible as the law now stands: a disputed subject, long in weighing and, pondering, attached to constitutional lim- The. Richmond Examiner of July 30th? its and time-honored landmarks, Lincoln aunounced that Gen. Early had ''gone o certainly was the safest leader a nation ver to stump the States of Maryland' and could have at a time when the habeas Pennsylvania for the Peace pafty." Wo1 corpus must be suspended, ami all the leaVn however, tSat one PhiJ. Sherrtdatf, constitutioual and minor rights of citizens a fighting Irishman-, has lately made a be thrown into the hands of their niilita- new list of appointments for Gen.. Early ry leader. somewhere' down South, lie served pffi- AWg the many accusations which in oial notice of them on him at Winchester hours of ill-luck have been thrown out and lusher a Hill. Sad for the 'Peace, ur,on Lincoln, it is remarkable that he party, but bully for Phil. has never been called self-seeking or sel fish. Whon we were troubled, and sat in rWl-nnQQ HXA lookfld doubtfully tOW- ards the Presidential chair, it was never that we doubted tho good will of our pi- lot only the elearness of his eye sight, .But Almighty God has granted to him . that clearness of vision which he "ives to I lL . i T. "1 ....... An Interview with the President. fits views of the Democratic policl The Grant County (Wis.) Herald con- tle consequences which would tollow the preliminary OCCOUOt Ot tne interview - . n i . oeratic party but that must result in the1 permanent destruction of the Union." "But, Mr. President, Geu. McClellan is in favor" of crushing out the rebellion by force. He will be the didute." Chicago can- "Sir," said, the Presideut, Hhc slightest knowledge of arithmetic will prove.to any man that the rebel armies cannot be des- troyed by Democratic strategy. It would ' sac"fi?G a11 the wh,te raen ot the North ' t0 doTlt: here are D0W in the service of, thf Ln.lted Stilte3 near 2?0,000 able-bodied . c,olJ?red mCD' most them under arms, ' df ending and acquiring Tjnion territory, llhe Democratic strategy demands that Uiese lor.ces be dwbanded, and that the' masters be conciliated by rcstorim them . to slavery. Ihe black men who now a"s'- ,fst Union Pri.soners to escape they aVe to be converted into our enemies in the vain hope of gainiug the good will of their TIT 1 1 1 I ,asccrs e s"au nave to fight two na- urou cannot conciliate the South' if you cuarantv to them iilfcimnrn ; f U UV.WW7 . I l.i.- ; t .. r- anu me experience oi tne present war proves their success is inevitable' if you' j ?ia. I uing me compulsory labor of millions of men into thier side of the scale. you give our enemies such military' advantages as insure success, and then: depend on coaxing, flattery and concession: to get them back into the Union ? Aban don all the posts now garrisoned by black: men, take two hundred thousand men' iroin our side and put them in thebattle- "IC.1.1 I- I 1 - . .. orcorn-neid against us, and we would- I f""1. 18 - Pua0WD U1,s reoeiiion Dy fighting against both master and slave long before the present policy was inau'- gurated. "There have been men base enough' to propose to me to return to slavery the black warriors of Port Hudsou and Olus' tee, and thus wiu the respect of the' mas ters they fought. Should I .dtf sb. I should deserve" to bdaurncdin time and eternity. Come wbVaC will, I will keep my faith with, friend. and foe. My ene mies pretend I am now carrying ou this' ;Var for the sole purpose of abolition'. So-' long as' I am President, it shall be car ried oh for the sole purpose of restoring the Union- But no human power can subdue this rebellion without the use of the emancipation policy and every other1' policy calculated to weaken the moral aud? physical forces of the rebellion. "Freedom has given us two hundred thousand men raised on Southern soil. It will give us more yet. Just so much lit has subtracted frosi the enemy, and instead of alienating the South, tn'eUe are fiow evidences of a fraternal feeling' grow- mg up between our men and the rank and file of the rebel soldiers. Let my euemies prove to the country that the destruction of slavery id srol rie'eessary to" a restoration of the Union- I will abidff the issued The Presidential Election: The assertion is often made that h'e Presidential election will take plifce dtr . the first Tuesday in November, which is' a mistake. The day appointed for felec- JTjThc man who was lately "pji'clc with a new thought," baa resorved' to overlook the act, it being the first? time, and their ia little danger of a rdp'etitioi of the offense.'
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