Sl)c Scffcrsonian, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1864. NATIONAL UNION- NOMINATIONS. r j i - -' for. president, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS. FOR VICE PRESIDENTj ANDREW JOHNSON, OF TENNESSEE. Uuiou Electoral Tickets SENATORIAL ELECTORS. MORTON M'MICHAEL, of Philadelphia, THOMAS CUJXftliXUllAAl, of Ueuver. REPRESENTATIVE .ELECTORS. 1 Robert P. King, :13 Elias W. Hall, 2 G. Morrison Coatcs, 14 C. II. Shriner, 3 Henry Bumm, . '15 John Wister, 4 William II. Kern. '1GD. M'Conaughy, DBartin H. Jenks, 17 David W. Woods, B Charles M. Hunk, 18 Isaac Benson, t Robeft Parke, 19 John Patton, 8 Aaron Mull, &0 Samuel B. Dick, 9 John A. Hiestand, 2i Everard Bierer, 10 Richard H. Coryell, 22 John P. Pcnnev, JKEdward Haliday, 23 EbenezerM'Junkin 12 Charles F. Reed, .24 J. W. Blanchard. The Electoral Vote. The whole number of electoral votes at the ensuing election, will be 281. Of these, Lincoln and Johnson are certain to get 196 with a probability of 11 more in Missouri ; leaving the young Napoleon fi chance for New Jersey, Delaware. Ken tucky, and Oregon 24 votes but with about an equal chance of being beaten in all of them ! . Hurrah for Abe and Andy ! Push on the column ! New Saloon. Mr. James S. White & E. A Schoch have fitted up the Odd Fellows Hall, and stocked and opened it as a first class Sa loon. Those of our citizens both from town and County, desiring to indulge in first quality Oysters, Ale and Lager would do well to call upon these young candi dates for catering fame. We have the assurances of the proprietors that the Sa loon will be neatly, decently and quietly kept, so that the most fastidious may call without fear of being insulted or dis turbed. Satisfied of it. The Eastou Argus is well satisfied that McClcllan's chances for election have all 'gone in." Hutter has no hope save through the pockets of the people. Knowing his own penchant for the al mighty dollar, and believing cverybody clsc to be like him in his love for it, he has none other than the dollar argument with which to approach his readers. His course in this respect, however, is but au exemplification of the trueism, that Dem ocratic principles are defined by the sim ple sentence, "five loaves and two fishes." a s Ex-Rev. C. C Burr, a man who is not even second to Yallandigham in the in tensity of his Coppcrheadism, and hatred to the Government, addressed a meeting of his brother Democrats at Place's, in i'luldle Smithfield, on Thursday last. Chancey spit out a full measure of abuse it the Government and its friends, and counselled resistance to everything, save a disgraceful armistice and peace. He was particularly severe on the arrest of deserters, aud urged his hearers to arm themselves, march to Stroudsburg and drive out the Soldiers, who he said had no business there. We did not learn that he offered to head them in the un dertaking. His speech is pronounced by those who heard it to have, been the very quintessence of treason. We learn that ,rDe Monroe Democrat," individually, de nounces Chancey as "a fool and a man calculated to make mischief," but that tbespcech'was, .notwithstanding, consid ered pure Democracy in Middle Smith field. and most .rapturously applauded. ILj Our old Farmers may as well pre pare to make up more 'Bounty, if Old Abe js again elected. .Nothing surer than that. East on Argus. They had better do that to whip the rebels, than furnish money to enable Hilly ifuitcr to carry Ice Creams, Lemon ade, Sweet cakesTind "old Boots1' to rebel prisoners fatteniug on" our hands, while our own soldiers are starving in rebel prisons. 0C7 The ahip Anna' Schmidt, which was destroyed by the Alabama off the coast of Soutrr America, had onboard a quantity of Ayer's-Cherry Pectoral for California Dr. Ayer & Ce now appeal for redress direct to the Briti6h Government, .as the responsible party in this wicked business, and base their claim for payment and protection on the ground of humanity, as their commodoties ore wholly for the sick. Their point is well taken, and will doubtless be pressed with the pluck and persistency which characterize the operations of these celebrated chemists. Baltimore Clipper. j What Should be done with them ? The Squire in his last week's Democrat shed crocodile tears suffioicntover the shooting of Leander K. Dcase, to fill a; clever sized mill dam, and says :"the per-. petrator is avniurderer, and deserves the doom as such." Will the Squire, in his next paper, tell us what those men edi tors andall deserve, who have, since the war began, been constantly preaching treason against the government, and u sing every exertion to incite the ignorant and unthinking members of the Demo cratic party to the commission of just such deeds as the murderer of Dcase is guilty of? It would be gratifying to us, too, if he would tell us what those lead ers of his party deserve, who invited the Ex-Rev. C. 0. Burr, to Middle Smithfield to counsel resistance to the Draft and. to urge the citizens of that intensely Cop perhead region to "arm themselves,march to Stroudsburg, and drive out the armed soldiery stationed there" to assist the Pro vost Marshall in the performance of his duties ? In the eye of the law, and in the eye of common sense, the man who shot Dcase is a murderer; but he is not a whit more guilty thau arc the men who, by - declaiming against the constitu tional- ity of every act of tho Government to put down rebellion, lead men to resist the law, aud to the killing of their fellow-men in cold blood. While it is prop er for the Squire to exhibit a full show of indignation at the murder of Dease, he should reserve a share of it for those other and greater lights of his party, in cluding himself, who, though unarmed, and standing further behind the bush than did the murderer, are" to the full as guilty of the crime as he. Does he Relieve it ? The Democrat of last week dcTotes a long article to a rehash df the stupid lie, originally uttered by the New York World, that President Lincoln had offered to Gen. McClellau the highest command in the army, and premised him the whole support of the Administration for the Presidency in 1S68, on condition of his withdrawal from the present canvass. The utter falsehood of this story has been already so thoroughly exposed by the U nion press, that no denial is needed for the intelligent public in general ; but as some honest friends of the Union cause may "not have access to the facts, we no tice it merely to say : 1. No such offer, nor any other offer, request, proposal, or intimation of similar purport, has been made to Gen. McClel lan, cither by Mr. Lincoln himself, or by any other persou, at his request, or with his knowledge. So says the Washington Rejmblican, by authority of the Presi dent. 2. Neither Gen. McClcllan himself, nor any of his friends, who has a charac tcr to lose., will dare to assert that such has been done. 3. The only foundation in fact that this miserable slander possesses, is found in a visit of Mr. Francis P. Blair, Sen., to Gen. McClellau, before the meeting of the Chicago Convention ; which Mr. Blair himself tells the public was icilhout even the hnoxdedge of Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Blair, knowing that Gen. McClcllan pro fessed to be a Union man, and animated by feelings of friendship for the Gcueral, wished to save him from the defeat and disgrace certain to overwhelm him should he be nominated by the Copperheads at Chicago, and therefore urged him, for his own sake, and that of the Union, to ask of the President active employment iu the field, and refuse to allow his name to be used by the traitorous conclave who have since made him their candidate. The little hero of earth-works and retreats promised to consider the matter, and there it ended. For McClellau's own fame and prospects, it would have been well had the disinterested cousel of Mr. Blair been heeded. For the rest, the story is too ri diculous to be told by any but the brief less assistant of our friend the Squire, or to be believed by any but the intelligent (i) Democrats, whose patriotism consists in resisting drafts, jumping bounties, and "hoping the South vwy get their rights." 07" A letter from Senator Conness. nub hshed in California papers, puts an end to tne caiumny that tins fit successor of the noble Brodenck was going to vote for McC lellan. He says : It is not necessary for me to state now that I feel the deepest interest in the approach ing coutest. With some opportunities for forming a correct judgment, I declare it to be my conviction and belief that the issue of a united or a divided country with all the blessings of the one, and all the horrors of the other are involved. I belive that the election of Mr. Lincoln will secure the former, and that the election of George B, McClellan will result in the latter: Union. rreedom, Liberty and National glory on the one naiid; Disunion, continued war. Slavery and wretchedness, make the dreadful abyss oi we oiuer. A Freak in Nature. On the Pith ult., a son of Mr, Samuel Koehler, of Hanover, killed a large rat tlesnake, about as thick as a man's arm, which on its dying throes brought forth twenty young oues, measuring seven inch es m length, one of which had two dis tinct and well developed heads, formio" a fork in the rear of the neck. His snakeship was placed on exhibition at our late vFair and attracted much attention from lovers of the curious. AUentown Democrat ' Camp near Petersburg, Ya. ") Octo'berJIO, 1864. J Dear Jeffersoniaii : -. ' , . I trust a few lines from a Soldier will Jbefacceptablo to your readers. Although my legitimate weapons are the .sword and tho musket, no one will deny me the privilege of speaking through your col umns to my fellow comrades, and to those who profess to be the soldier's friend. Yery naturally at this time, one of the chief topics of conversation in the army is the approaching Presidential contest; thev parties and their platforms, with their respective leaders, are all subjects of discussion for the ocenpants of the camp, and the breastwork as well as those who tread the more quiet walks of civil life. A man who has served his country faithfully, through three long years of eventful war, has an indisputable right to examine and inquire into the opin ions aud act of those who are contending for the Chief Magistracy of our Union. It is their duty, as well as that of their friends to lend their honest support to that party which gives its sympathy, its assistance, and its protection to the cause for which they are battling. Surely no hbnest and patriotic soldier, who fairly understands his position, would favor any condition of affairs, that would tend to bring dishonor to his name, and proclaim useless his long toil and suffering. Let us then, for a moment, calmly and honestly inquire in what di rection our efforts should be extended, and to what party we should -give our support The so-called Democratic party has as candidates Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, and Hon. Geo. H. Pendlctou. The plat form of this party, the speeches of its leading men, and the acts of its nominees should be our guide iu determining wheth er we can consistently and openly cast our votes for its candidates. It seems to me that no man, who to-day, occupies a place in the Union army, if he has truly and carefully studied his position, can give his own or ask his friends to support the nominees of the Chicago Convention. No man can be governed by Gen. Mc lit.. t t . uieuau s letter or acceptance, it is a simple ruse to secure the army vote, and that of the loyal Democracy. The plat form, and what it asserts; his associates and what they proclaim, should enlist the attention of those who desire the res toration of the Union, in all its honor and integrity. The Chicago platform says that the war is a failure. Uhis I am willing to acknowledge, while under the manage ment of Gen. McClellan, but no loyal man will admit that the campaigns of Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan were fail ures. It complains of arbitrary arrests, yet its supporters would see our soldiers shot down in the streets of Baltimore by a lawless mob; arms smuggled into the reb el lines by thousands, and give the perpe trators a trial by a disloyal jury. They would acquit a man who entices a soldier to desert his command, while military law would be compelled to shoot the boy for the crime. It complains of the disregard shown our prisoners of war, yet they would will ingly advance the rebel cause by a dis honorable exchange. It extends its sym pathy to the soldiers of our army, and at the same time, they call us "Lincoln's hirelings," and treat us as objects of con tempt, and do not hesitate to scoff and jeer the cripple as he hobbles along the street. These are stubborn facts, but there are many who can thus speak from experience. The party devotes all its energies to maligning the Administra tion, and by its silence encourages trea son. Can a truly loyal man", and much less a soldier, support a. party, which 1 . i -t uumuers among us leaders sucn men as Yallandigham, Wood, Vorhees, and Har ris. The former banished for disloyalty, while the three latter would rather stab a Soldier than give him his sympathy Of Geo. H. Pendleton the candidate for the Vice Presidency, it is unnecessary to speak. I have not met one soldier who wants to vote for him, and not a few have in quired if they could support McClellan, and not Pendleton. This is a point, which it would be well for every loyal man to ponder over. Everybody knows that Geo. H. Pendleton is no friend to the soldier; that he is truly southern in his principles, and beliefs, and that the record of his public life shows that he never cast a single vote for the protection of our army, or the support of the war for the Union. Of Gen. McClellan, his ca reer must speak for itself. We know where he stands, and the platform he stands, on, and who are his party-associates. Tp' accept the nomination by the side of Geo. H. Pendleton was dishonorable, and should consign his name to oblivion. The following extract from a private let ter of the lamented Kearny is worth a careful reading: "McClellan is no Qeneral. with. all his talents. He has not .the remotest anti- tude fox war.". 1 sometimes ' fmi" from his management of this war, that he re gards itjnorc in a jwUticaLpoint gfivicw that he desires to time his military conauest with a certain political ripe ness of the South at.besta very hazard ous matter, when it is with the astute, and wily, and unprincipled, stoutherner that he attempts to play such a game, and when one. reflects' that it engenders delay, which is the sure defeat of all armies." This letter was written June 23, 1862, and just before the seven days, battle. All should remember that if they vote for McClellan, they include Pendleton and the platform, and before going to the polls'should ask themselves, that if, in the event of the former's election, and through the vicissitudes, of life, the lat ter should be placed iu the' Presidential Chair, how would his treatment toward the soldier, accord with the sentiment ex pressed in Gen. McClcllan's letter of ac ceptance. It is a startling fact that all prisoners from the enemy, and. I have conversed with many, desire McClcllan's election, and would look upon that event as a sure harbinger to their Independence. mi 't i hi. ucy mvanaDiy can mm "your .peace raan.V To know why a soldier, and a soldier's friend should support the nominees of the Baltimore Convention, we have but to place in contrast the two platforuis. This is sufficient. The argument is con clusive. When we read the speeches of its supporters, and trace the public life of its representatives in Congress, we can easily determine where the sympathy comes from, and where we must look for support. llathcr than see dishonored,, what have endured in the war for the Union, by treating for peace with treason and rebellion, I would have my flesh become food for the vulture, and my bones bleach beneath Virginia's sun. , Do these men who wish to humble themselves, and the Government before an insolent slave power, suppose he can frvvrrn f flin Vi-i k f Jn-finl t c nf liVorlnvi.L-Gliiii-rr Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness, with their thousands of man gled and slain ? Let us then for their sake, if no other motive prompt us, do nothing that would dishonor the ground where they fell, or convert the graves of the gallant and heroic dead into mounds of shame and reproach. Yours truly, A SOLDIER. Prisoners Paroled to Serve under General McClellan. We print, as follows, an important Btate ment, not new to the public, but in its pre sent shape, attested by the law, and sworn and subscribed to by a Union soldier before respectable and well-known witnesses, its value as an index is great. Whatever may be thought of General McCIallan, it cannot be disputed that even the most inveterate rebel disires hia election to the Presidency Tho meanness and folly of the act which a Union soldier's solemn oath puts upon record below are far exceeded by the cruelty with which our soldiers have been treated in the prisons of the South ; and perhaps we shall realize that after all, to use an old idea, knaves are nothing more than fools by a kind of circumbendibus: Montgotnery County, ss. Personally appeared before mc, a justice of the peace in and for said country, Franklin Schwenk, of Upper Providence township. Montgomery county, and State of Pennsyl vania, a private of Company H, 13th Regi ment Pennsylvania Cavalry, who on his solemn oath, deposeth and says, that on the UUi day or March, lgb4, he was taken priso ner near Bristow Station, Va., and conveyed to Belle Isle prison, and from thence to Gen eral Hospital No. 21, in Richmond : that on the last day of August, 1664, the Director or said hospital waited on him, and proposed to parole him and to permit him to return home if he would promise to vote for George B. McClellan at the approaching election ; that he, the said Franklin Schwenk, in order to escape trom starvation and rebel atrocity, did make said promise, and therefore was paroled. The said Franklin Schwenk fur ther says, under his solemn oath, that all prisoners of said hospital who frankly and positively said they would vote for Abraham Lincoln, were not paroled, but retaimed in saiu nospiiai, FRANKLIN SCHWENK. Witnesses present: Dr. Warren Royer, Samuel Pennypacker! Sworn and subscribed to before me, this lUtn day ot Uctober, 1804. HENERY W. KRATZ, Justice of the Peace. Will men who declare their faith in tho Union still doubt that the, best way to enrve the ruinous purposes of the rebels ii to vote the faction into power which made Gen McClellau's nomination unanimous 1 (7"Y'An armistice, eh 1" said an officer with two crutches and one leg. "Certainly, 1 go for an armistice after Mobile and Wil mington are ours, after the armed Rebel has keeled up in the last Rebel ditch. Oh, I love armistices; but 1 want them to come from the Rebel side and not from our side." (fe5f "If a, traitor strikes down the Ameri can Elag, shoot him. on. the spot !" has be come .unto us a law of war and' a law of honor. Says the Lord Dundreary of Demo cratic politics, "Exhwaust all the reswources of Statesmanship, to persuade the individ ual to lilt the American Flag up agam.r But don't shoot !" 0O Notwithstanding "all the, world.and his-wife" went to Pyles great Hall .of fash ion to buy chothing during the State Fair a f Enston, yet he lias plenty more'of the same fiortnett." " ' ELECTION RETURNS, OF MONROE ' coujrry. ojjiiAwajj. Congress. Assembly. TOWNSHIPS. f;: Barrett, 103 181 63 163 9 12 6 1 103 8 180 n 62 6 163 1 254 34 104 :75'- i4 . 186- 12 133 1 Chesnuthill, Coolbaugh, Eldred, Hamilton, Jackson, 297 52 M. Sniithfield: -239-3l-2 133 14 raraaise - Pocono, Polk, Price, Ross, 132 '24t ;i82 178 164 81 36 34 1 1 ' - :,2 . 31 J.5 125. 6 1 24 1 83 1 175 31 163 69 . 82 119 37 5 34 1 Smithfield,. n Stroud, Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Tunkhannock, . Total. : 2030, . 368 2051 Commissioner. Aud 322 itor. o B a a 7Z' 05 -g- 2 3 o a XT rf to" o a -l 3 13 B m a Barrett, Chesnuthill, Coolbaugh, Eldred, Hamilton, Jackson, M. Smithfield, Paradise, Pocono, Polk, Price, Ilos, Smithfield, Stroud, Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Tunkhannock, 90 170 2 23 17 163 , 2 255 34 19 54 18 9 26 100 79 63 162 2 253 60 242 1 81 133 72 23 SO 1S9 17S 107 35 34 95 5 34 5 32 212 5 64 16 109 26 128 2 8 3 12 2 82 11 9 23 99 72 90 81 59 91 27 11 62 13 21 17 o Total, 1263 524 612 3 1897 95 THE SOLDIERS VOTE. GEN. GRANT'S ARMY. Washington, Oct. 14. The following is the vote among the Pennsylvania sol diers in the army of the Potomac, as far heard from : CH 9? a 2. 3. en . CU- Union. Dem. 2 Corps Head quarters 37 maj. 10th " 31 maj. 184th Reg't, 152 - 50 114 th " ' 140- 24 211th " 280 maj. 209th " ' .133 maj. 207th " 'U o00 maj. 100th ." ' 201 16 45th " "7 1 05 11 118th c 93 39 121st 76 5 149th " 168 55 142d " ' ' 134 34 150th " 90. 22 155th ;" 1 -"."276 60 143d " ';V , 112 ' 32 110th '" '". 66 3f 76th " '. ' 67 11 96th " , ' " 86 34 203d " " 387 maj. 99th " 91 51 81st " . 31 8 58th " 82 34 145th "S... '27 3 140th " ,119 32 68th 71 maj. 3345 554 554 Union majority, 2791 THE SOLDIERS AT CUMBERLAND. Cumberland, Md., Oct. 14. The vote here in Clairsville Hospital amongst the Pennsylvania soldiers was Union 43, Dem ocratic J. Tho vote of the 20th Penn sylvania Cavalry was Union 138, Demo cratic 69. For the Jefferson ian. Camp in the Breastworks. ) Oct. 13, 1864. Mr. Editor : The election passed off quietly yesterday, and the result is as fol lows : The 142d Reg. P V. polled one hundred and thirty-three Union,.and thir ty that they call Democrat votes. The 121st Regt. on our left, polled seventy six Union and six democrat votes. Thr. 121st held their Election on the picket line ; so, you see, that while they kept the Rebels at bay in the front, they gave such a defeat in the real that there is hardly a grease spot left, I have not heard of a single regiment, but what was decidedly for the Union. I- hp. :irrl :i mnn say that the regiment to which he belongs. (Pennsylvania,) there is only one demo crat. All the rest arc for the'Union. He further says that in the regiment proposes iu iry io get tne uop. discharged, for the purposo of getting the stigma oiF of it. Yours truty, ELIJAH BLOWERS. Co. G. 142d Reg. P. V. OtT The World says of Judge Holt's ex posure of the Order of J-ons of Liberty ; 'We Bfik no Imttfir Dnmnxrali'n nnt ""ivwiuMi, V.UUIIJUII'U document than this cock-and-bull story of , iUr iiu imr minaed man can road it without beincr moved to imi; the officials who Would dare give it currency." wuuiiuen wny don't tho World print 03- The ofii cial announcement by Gov. Hahn, of Louisiana,, gives the total votes cast for and against the new Free State Constitution, as follows: For the Constitu tion.. 6,830; against the Constitution,. l.GGG Gov Hahn, in a proclamation, has declared that the Constitution is hehceforth-ordamed THE WAR. Sherman' Communication's Open. Hood's GrarWMovement a Failure. The Rebel General Forced to Retreat after a Fruitless advance. Disastrous Advance. Disastrous Rebel Repulse at Alatoona. Sherman in hot Fur suit. Advices from Grant's Army.- Another Success in the Shenandoah. Longstreet Driven up the Valley in Confusion by ohendan. The Gueru la Mosby Coiiie to Grief. His Camp. Surprised, his Artillery and Manyr of his Men Captured, -' - lO ' . official gazette. " Hasty Betreat'bf Hood from Daltonilis' Grand Movement Abandoned Sheri dan achieves another success Long street's Forces decline a Battle Sur prise and rout of Mosby. Washington, Oct. 17, 1864 Ad vices from Gcueral Sherman to the evening of October 16th. indicate that Hood, after having struck the railroad in the neighborhood of Dalton and Resacay has ralleu back betore bherman without fighting, abandoning his great movement upon bur line of communica'tiohs: He has torn up some fifteen miles of-the road from Resaca north, but the. injury will be repaired without difficulty. The interruption will cause no incon venience to Sherman's army, as his stores of supplies south of the break, as well ax north of it, are airtple. Hood hiis retreat ed towards the southwest. His fear left Dalton iu haste at 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, f . General Sheridan reports that the reb el army, lately under Early, but now ap parently under Longstreet, having ap peared in the vicinity of Strasburg, hi force mnvccl to attack them .on Saturday. Crook, who had the advance, found the rebels drawn up in four lines of battle, but, upon charging them with hii ac customed impctuosit, they broke, and withdrew in considerable disorder, with out giving the opportunity for any seri ou3 conflict. Sheridan reports them' as continuing their retreat iu haste far up the Valley. Colonel Ganscvoort, commanding the 13th New York Cavahy, has succeeded in surprising a camp of the outlaw ami freebooter, Mosby in the Blue Ridge Mountaius, capturing his artillery, con sisting of four pieces, with muuitions complete. C. A. Dana, Acting. Secretary of war. Washington, Oat. 17, 1864. The Chranide, of this morning. con tains the following correspondence from General Grant's army: Before Petersburg, Oct. 15, 1S04. A soldier belonging to the 2d Mary laud Regiment was executed for deser tion. This was an old case of heinous character, and good discipline could not permit the interference of mercy. Tho way of the deserter is hard. This is, the man who leaves his command in this ar my expecting easier and better times within the rebel lines will soon aud cer tainly find himself cgregiously mistaken. When their back is turned upon the com mand to which they belong, misfortune dogs their steps like a sleuth-hound. A life of vagabondage is before them. Brief it is, and fulL of sorrows. Some succeed in exchanging blue for gray clothes. Thus clad the' visit some ex treme portion of the line, and yield them selves as deserters. Unfortuuatel for them, so many examinations have to be gone through on their way, and at. the Provost Marshal General's, that not one of them ever succeeds in effecting his es cape. These-men are few in number. They have plenty of money bounties, perhaps, for several enlistments. Their great desire is to break from control, and go where their money will beget for them enjoyment. Desertions from the enemy decrease daily. The utmost vigilcuce ia maintained by their outposts, and the man who endeavors to leave greatly en dangers his life. The rebel cavalry appear to have been massing on our left. A raid was thought to have been meditated on the railroad near Warren Station. Selections by brigades from the different divisons of the 5th Corps were held in abeyance. If the rebels had come, it would hare proved for them a costly visit. One would think they had no mounted men with which to make raids. Custer and Merritt have not only mortified their in solent pride, but utterly crushed every prospect of that arm of their service ever retriving its former excellence, or achiev ing anything like the old renown. With the 'days of A&hby and Stuart has passed away the glory of the rebel cavalry. While leave the horso-racing yester day, two horses, running with-great speed from opposite directions, collided; one of the riders, a captain, was thrown off, and found to be in an insensible condition. Ilis recovery is expected. This'accidcut had no depressing influence upon those who enjoyed the sport. Arrangements were then and there made for Irtish trials of speed; and at the same time aud place another race is appointed to come off this afternoon. Tha 9th Corps retain their old position in quietude. .Having many new men, drilling is going on at all hours of the day. The situation of the 2d Corps bo ing closer to the enemy, is uo$ so comfort a'ble aiid peaceful. Last night tHc can non from their neighborhood muttered hoarsely at long periods, and musket shots were very frequent. This- may. have been amusement to thoso engaged but was aunoyiug'to-any ouc courting tho drowsy god. Mosby surprised at Piedmont All his Artillery and many of his , Men Cap s -twed. - Washington, Oct. 17, 1S64. Official information has been .received here to tho offoct that on the evoniug of tho 14th instant Colonel Gansevport; com manding, the 13th New York Cavalry, surpriseUMosby's camp, near Piedmont,. va.j ana captured aii:ortnis ertillcry, con sisting of four guns, &C, an'd a large number of prisoners3, and horses;-- The cap'tured guris'have been sent' to this ci- Ij&hu-establjshed aa. theiaw of Louisiana. 1
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