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-
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