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TI NOt 94 *l*
•et tiestion YfritedaY.
TIM& fltie - Of Ws we honestly
yedterday, for all time
for weal or woe ! How it
I ,o4lB. mt lt l th er
="4l who was eloctee, whether
- B. MoClxr.L4s . or ABRAHAM[ LlN
c3ettnek9t, of course, yet annonnce.
Illasdrnaiy and truly Bopg that the people
hisaitawnmeed in favor of the former, un
derlasbase gaidance we confidently believe
theft Star of Union and Peace will be
op
ride
w r
l b
a le. General McClellan, in our
- the requisite ability and dignity
of 4.1110011er, is surrounded with the antece
denimwd Us to such an extent the confi
daisaa of thepeople of the country, as would
eaal4a.kint and , the great party to whom he
Ida owe his election, to bring back the er
rift people of the&sith to their duty in the
Union, ender the Owistitution made by our
If 'the ptinciples of Gen. IfcClellan's
Western Virginia Proclamation, his Harri
son's Landing letter and his letter of accept-
saes of the Chicago nomination, had perva
died the Administration, we cannot doubt
but that the Rebellion would have been
long kin crushed, and the country now well
nu it. way - to a return to ,she blessings of
Naas and Union. It is tribe that with-the
pert*tion and blindness of those in power,
the diliculties in the way of a settlement
baireloeen tiadlysnd almost inextricably corn
prmalked,—the Rebel sentiment so hardened
and waited against the old Union, that the
labora of restoration will be tenfold aug
mented, Yet we regard-that consummation
possy,e sunder the guidance of honest infen
timmoiga - prudent skill. The Democratic
part are accustomed to governing, and
knottlire" people• and what their wants,
wishek ind interests are, and will honestly
respect them and try to advance them.—
General McClellan's whole heart pants for
the restoration of the Union on terms hon
orable and possible, and the saving of the
canntry, from the ruin and desolation so evi
e~approaching it and from the further
e of the precious lives of our people
and the untold millions of our wealth, which
must resalt fr9m the prolongation of the
war, in the fronds of our present incompe
tent Mer..
It hardly seems to us possible that the
peopi;of the country, with the experience
of the four past years, should have decided
to prefer Lincoln to McClellan, assuming as
we do, that there is intelligence enough
among them to discriminate between truth
and fawehood. We know the vile charges
which /save been industriously propagated by
beartiera.l - or ignorant partizans, affecting
General_ McClellan's courage and capacity;
but we have believed that their wicked de
vices have recoiled upon the party who have
been the instruments of their circulation.—
We think we see evidence of this in the
army vote already returned and published,
especially that coming from the army of the
Artotnac, who know McClellan, and they
base qd will resent these vile tmductions of
their old commander.
We think we saw evidence of a want of
Confidence of the - Republicans in the suc
cessful rank of yesterday's vote in the evi
dent athasept to conceal the vote of Penn
•sylvaadint the October election from the
ipeopie.::• - They alone have the soldiers' vote
i~ their sin: bands, and instead of announc
ing it, 4iiipetaule the majority for the Re-
Isabilea*ln aforky-one. counties" and con
neskthertd majority In the twenty
renttiningi We do not doubt that
ran*Naidn.coatther vote with New York,
New .141.40ni , Detiware and Maryland for
a a fair election has been had.—
abalkciabp Connecticut and New Hamp
shire tili , s• wentwary tumult has been shown,
Kneueliri eamiet be in doubt, with 4n
'Wench to a Sir vote. Missouri, we will
hope, hign§ustaltill the only party which
calk briar peace to her troubled borders.—
daliforidaand Oregon we trust, have
decided:Tr -the Democracy . ; Indiana has
already shown that her honest resident vote
wila for th's Demccracy, and we may hope if
y had, was for us yesterday. It no now
harm that victory was wrenched from the
Doneicasy In that State at the October
eieetion,fiy fraudulent voting done by Mas
eacintsetts, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin
*idlers. 'wbo were forced by their officers
and the dishonest friends of Morton in the
*ate, thus to degrade themselves. Morton,
lligneelt was at the latest accounts, out of
tie State, and it is believed that that is the
ou t fit phsenfor him, until the indignation of
his own has abated
The sod*, Iris repeat, was made up yes
terday, and we shall hope to be able to an
- wows flit it was to the monocracy
favorable in our zieit issue ; hut whatever
the remdt t , if fairly melted, we, will abide
with the best grace we can
t on itft'cifi s Or band the gross fraud prae,
tie* is a should be awaited—if the
attempt to suppress the soldier, as in New
York, shall be temporarily successful—if the
result should turn upon the bogus vote, at
tempting to be manufactured in Tennessee,
Louisiana and Arkansas, we will not be an
swerable tor the peace of the coon* i The
people will not supinely stand by, and see
their righti trampled in the dusts sad the
experiment of cheating soldiers, with muskets
in their hands, of their own choice, even on.l
otrue4s 'mist adi nit, . 412414 ProrlOklar: ,
telly parlksl4lt ! •
Whatever' may 'nave he - the resift, Mir
hope is,• in .reiestne. to the peace of the
country, that it all tarn out to have been
se docilely% 'one way or the other, as nate
leave in doubt how the people have decided .
Letter from West Virginia.
MILO, 'Arnim. (30., W. VA. t
Oct. 28, 1864.
Messrs. Editors : Though the Democratic
party is riertiinlyia 90)40' aridpatriotic, and as
fully determined to sdirtain the integrity of
the country as any, it is everywhere bitter
ly berated and dekeieced when it attempts
to shoe - thede' ideorable. condition, to which,
in a pecearkl'point of view, we have already
arrived, autthe utterly desperate state to
wldditee soon be driven by a continu
ance of the present strife.
Though our opponents, one would suppose,
were equally as interested as ourselves, in
seeing peace and harmony restored, so
soon as it OW be bad on fair and honor
able terms, reason appears to have been de
throned, and nothing but utter destruction
of the whole country will appease them.—
The fact must certainly be that a large por
tion of our opponents do not really see and
understand our position, either politically or
financially. The time most certainly will
come when this matter will be fully under
stood, end then, if not before, Democtatic
policy be appreciated—but God alone knows
whether in time to save our devoted country
from the ruin which now seems to threaten
it.
In a letter,: in your columns, a week or
two ago, I tried to show DetnocrstAc :policy
politically. I will UOW ‘..'evote a few lines to
finance.
Strange as it may appear, many good men
really appear to believe that our country is
now actually in a prosperous condition.—
Fatal deception. A deception that cannot
much longer be masked, and the result will
come upon hundreds of thousands of our
people as unexpectedly and as cruelly, as a
masked battery of artillery upon a line ot
soldiery. How few people know that next
year, (1865) the National Government tax
on real estate begins its operations (but only
as the muttering of the storm further back)
and, in addition to the indirect tax they are
now daily praying to sustain the war, they
will be approached by the tax collector for a
direct tax upon their real estate. This peri
od was fixed as one that was expected at the
time to be afar the war, as it was pot con
sidered good policy to mile the direct attack
, until it was ocer. The proportion of the
amount fixed to he collected by direct tax,
(twenty million dollars) is said to be about
two million per year tolPennsylvania--but
as the war has lasted much longer, and been
much more expensive than was then antici
pated, future legislation will have to increase
the proportion to four or five more times
that amount, or just in proportion to as long
or short a time as the war may continue.—
To show the present situation, or what it
was a few weeks ago, calculations were made
by many persons, in different places, but all
from the same data, taking the wealth of the
country as exhibited by the assessments of
the different States, and the census reports,
and the debt as accumulated by the war, as
it stood at that time, and they all came to
about the same results, ot course, in finding
the debt ot the country something ocer one
half of its whole wealth. That is, that every
man's farm is mortgaged and stands already
pledged for something more than one-half
of its value, and the war still going on at a
daily expense of about two and one-half mil
lion dollars. And yet, our opponents, will
listen to no propositions of peace—no end to
hostilities, that will not accomplish the
"abandonment of slavery," terms we are not
allowed to demand by the constitution, and
what two or three years ago we acknowledg
ed, through President Lincoln himself, we had
no right to ask ; and they will cheerfully
vote to sustain an Administration pledged to
carry it on until such a consummation is
reached, if the other half of their farm has
to be mortgaged with the first ! This is no
,picture of fancy; it is the actual situation of
!be country. We ask of our opponents to
make no sacrifice of honor or of the integri
ty of the country. All they are a askedis to
give the southern States an opportunity to
take their places in the Union again, with
out such conditions as will min them and
not better us, and bring a stop to a war
which must inevitably soon ruin both sec
tions, while we promise if the South is so in
sane as to reject such proffers we will con
tinue the war until they are repentant. ,
But as to the prosperity that we hear of.
A man would feel very tar from prosperous,
if in his own personal matters he had, within
the past three or four years, so managed - his
business as to mortgage half his possessions
without any promise of a return for the out
lay ; and does it not look strange, if men
really naderstand their real position, to see
them coolly support again the very persons
that =imaged Government matters so as to
bring them to their present dilemma, and are
still proposing to extend their mad projects
into another term of years
Why, if this tremendous expenditure and
issue of governmentpaper is ginng wealth to
the country and worthy the great sacrifice of
lite it has made and is making, when the
war does stop, if ever such a happy period
should arrive, would it not be good policy, to
go into some other gigantic speculation that
m i g ht p ro mo equally good results without
so mach bloodshed ? For instance might
we net begin to beild,lp every State, a town
to the moon, mine such an erection as our
good old forefatierisettempted long time ago,
ago,. jest after old /ether Noth'e time. And
to give similarity to the policy, the wood-and
iron of the State should be used* at the mott
0 0 00
'isehiaiiiii
distant possible • eke. nese
for vinalk • : d stine*sts, so, as to
give,thotililr dice jA O. VW* PM
, ...
,perttr, Mirk; Onion might be' so em
01E4 As, if thariiii holds. 0 0 4 the more
the Isitterowel as *eat quantities* of iron
irotarbe.nelded kr such an enterprize, our
poor iron men would then get, say shout
20 ctsrxe . zon for iron and nailS, instead
of the three . cents that they used to
,glit ri oi): before people got their eyes open.
014 Men einikted tai,ght; ft* the ad
j ai,
Ilona advantage to the Rail Roads, be - ex
cl raged
once in s -while, sat -olZerY
weeks, and run those h Maine' to Kentucky,
aid those in . Pennsylvania to Missouri', vice
versa and as additional means to add to
the wealth of the county might he needed,
the men as they passed along could burn all
he bridges, tear up the railroads and burn
and destroy all the provisions in the country
they passed through. This would add very
much to the price of provisions and produce,
and would help to enrich the farmers, if ac
cidentally some of these days the tax-gath
erer did not come along and lift his share
of the cost of all these things
This may be considered by some, as
making light of a very serious matter. But
it is not so. The result that would accom
pany and follow such a wild scheme, would
be just the same as the fictitious prosperity
that now deludes us. All this vast expel!-
,
diture that has been made and is to be made
has to be paid by taxes of the people, and
j every man, no matter what his situation in
life, has to pay his share. Let the result of
the coming Presidential-election lie what it
may, those who are now refusing any and all
, terms of peace except such as their own
tanaticisin dictates, will, at an early day,
meet the indignation of an almost ruined
people. Ido not wish to detract from the
j well known patriotism of our people—but it
`will make a considerable difference in the
philanthropic policy of tris7 - y "would be"
patriots when
intendeo_ p ond the cost their well
-J
out fatally mistaken good feeling
j tor the unfortunate black race has brought
on themselves.
For myself I recognize no such terms as
"War Democrat" and 'Peace Democrat."—
I believe every good Democrat, after tie
war was brought on us, was satisfied to use
all necessary force to bring rebels to their
place•in the Union, all the time holding out
fair and honorable terms, badly as they de
:serve punishment for their sins ;—but are
unwilling and disbelieve in the policy of
carrying on the war or shedding one drop of
blood, when the rebels are willing to return
to their places in the Union without it. How
this could be peacefully done I attempted
to show in my last letter. The south is now
getting somewhat divided. That is, there
is a "peace party" there now, that only
wants the encouragement of a chance to re
turn to the Union, that would very soon
overthow Jeff Davis, without any assistance
from us. All they ask is to be received on
terms that will not leave them hopelessly
ruined men. But for "subjugation, eman
cipation, confiscation, and annihilation,"
they have no answer or argument. but such
as men make on the 'field of battle. The
Election on Tuesday, Nov. Bth, is to show
what terms we will give.
On last Wednesday night, some 8 or 10
desperadoes came at the hour of midnight,
and under pretence of wanting medicine for
a sick neighbor, gained admittance to the
store of J. P. Ferrel, Esq., at this place, be
ing let in by his son Spencer, who acted in
the store as clerk. They then acknowledged
their true character, as robbers, and proceed
ed to rifle the store, placing Spencer lind a
couple of Mr. Ferrel's workmen, who had
been aroused, under guard. The store be
ing in the dwelling house, Mr. Ferrel got up
and came down dressed, or rather "undress
ed" just as he rose from his bed. The rob
bers being all heavily ironed, with guns and
revolvers, put Mr. Ferrel to work to help
them pack up. Fortunately he had not re
plenished his store this fall, and was very
nearly cleaned out. The rascals expressed
great sorrow at the emptiness of his shel
ves, They appeared very desirous of get
ting clothes, and facetiously told Mr: Fer
rel that as he had but little on they would
not disrobe him. They claimed to be from
'Dixie,' and apologized for their conduct under
the rules of war which made all such acts
right. They made a very short stay—did
not ask nor hunt for money—took what
they could hurriedly pack up and left, tak
ing as Mr. F. supposes, from 2 to $250
worth. Mr. F. recognized the countenances
of two of them as men be had seen before,
and who formerly lived some 12 to 15 miles
further east, on the R. R., but who have, for
the past few years, been following their
present occupation. Yours truly,
NW-We have heard of many things as hay
ing transpired in this county, tor the past
few weeks, which should afford food for
the reflection of the people, to say the very
least that can be said upon the subject.—
We have heard ot instances where men's
horses, and other.roperty, have been seized
by the military, without any other pretence
or excuse than that it was the will of the ir
responsible men who committed the acts.—
Such we inferr is the case in reference to
a horse taken from Mr. David Knight, and
a saddle from Mr. Hoge, to say noth
ing ot other instances of which we have
heard. In another instance a man by the
name of Thompson was brought to town as
a deserter, who had a furlough in his pocket.
Mr. Wm. Tustin's horse was taken, and is
perhaps yet held, because although be had
bought it from one who had purchased it at
a sale of condemned government horses,
and paid a full price for it, yet it lacked the
"C," which is impressed upon such horses,
but frequently done so imperfectly as to be
erased in a . short time. in another in
stance a man was arrested and shamefully
beaten because he was drunk, by one per
haps not less drunk than himself(
We do not know how others feel in refer
ence to these things, and do not undertake
to prescribe what should be the remedy.
For ourselves,if our property were taken. wa
should resort to thfr Isms which *ashes
Larceny and Robbery, and if we Med to
-promo redrew in that way, we abotdd un
questionably take the remedy into our own
hands.
Under this head I wish to notice an" or
ganization known:l6s' the Moos Lasous,'
which extends from the most ob
scure town to the greit City of Washington;
and is intended - tiritineens of moulding the
opinions and directibg the actions of all tho
members of the organization to conform to
the mandates oftfie'Saiional Connell, which
is held at Washington City at least once a
3* , --land is 9 3 tereed. of deleg a tes fr om
th Stater, one trom &Ali Congressional Dis
trict; State councils 'are,heid twice a year,
•
and are composed of delekttes, one for each
senatorial district in the State, while minor
councils extend thiniigh counties, towns, &c.
The officers of each' council are President,
Vice eresident, Secretary, Marshal, Herald
and Sentinel.
• Now I will notice some of the workings of
this "No party organization 1"—By taking
advantage of the wavering, and those who
seem to be tired of the strifes and follies of
bickering politicians, it 'gains the ear of the
unwary ; dallies, wheedles, and cajoles, un
til by smooth-sounding words, he that might
have a Sampson's strength; is shorn of his
locks by this political Delilah." And now
the Philistines bind him hand and foot, put
out his eyes, and deliver him over to grind
in the mill of the task-master and to make
sport tor the LORD&
Now we will just notice how the binding
and blinding process is perforMed, and this,
too, under professions of loyalty to the
Union and a sacred adherence to the Con
stitution. First being sworn to secrecy, as
to what may transpire, he is led on down to
the place of degradation, where an imposing! ,
display is made of the Holy Bible, Declara
tion of Independence.
constitution of the
United State%
and the Flag of Liberty, and
with one hand on the Bible, and the
other on the Flag of his country, &c., he re
peats, after a prompter, the Ritual of the
organization, acknowledging that his first
and highest allegiance, under God, is duo to
the Government of. the United States of
America, and also, that he cheerfully sub
scribes to the principles set forth in the Dec
-1 laration of Independence, "That all men are
created free anfl equal ; that they are en
dowed by their creator with-certain inaliena
ble rights, that among those are life, liberty,
anti the pursuit of happiness." Now these
words are, only intended as a sedative to calm
fears and allay irritabilily, until the bands
are secure, and also, to assert, according to
the interpretation of the chief council, the
equality of Races. Now comes the final
binding. Solemnly swearing to support the
present administration and all the acts of the
Union League, to support none for office,
National, State, dainty or town, only mem
bers of this organization Thus making the
links complete from Cabinet to coal-house.
Then there is a system of signs and pass
words, some of which I have gained. The
signs are giver with the left hand ; the reply
with the right. Interrogatory signs, asking
' for members, a double lift of the hat with
their left hand, or passing the fingers along
the temple, or placing the thumb of the lef t
hand in coat, vent or shirt front, and letting
the fingers hang down the breast. Reply
to each-of these signs with right hand, ma
king the same signs. If at table, you can
ask for members, by' t - Am raps, with knife,
fork or spoon, answer by same sign. To
call attention give two short coughs. To
call a meeting in town or city, two tolls of
the Bell. To gain admittance, at the first
door, knock in the usual way, sentinel will
ask for the pass, reply LABOR, at the second
door give two raps, sentinel asks for pass, re
ply TRIIIMPB. .Then passing in giving the
sign of membership, by joining the tips of
the thumb and third finger. You are now
in the Loyal Union League.
From this sketch,- which you may depend
on as correct iu all the leading - points, we
can see bow matters are managed; and
what becomes of the right of suffrage in the
grasp of this political machine, which ab
sorbs every reachirigs after pow
er. And ifls woikfeig secretly, silently in
the watchei, of the night, it is binding the
fetters on those who have been lured by the
syren song of No PARTY. And the profess
ions of love for the "Union" and adherence
to the "Constitution" are replaced by man
dates from the chief council, establishing a
centralized despotism.
Ido not draw the picture too dark ; for
we can see some of the workings of the or
ganization and can- look forward to the end,
judging from the means employed.
May the people take warning by what has
passed, and whenever , they are invited to
throw away party, know that it is the voice
of the deceiver; bearing on to destruction.
I am yours,
ANTUS.
J. W. H
JEPTEBSOk, PA., August 2d, 1864
Wrtzucts, Almighty God in his divine wis
dom has seen fit to remove from the turmoils
of earth our friend and brother, JOHN T.
MOREDOCK, and,
WHEREAS, the many virtues that ever adorn
ed his pathway through life are yet fresh in
our memeries, and worthy our imitation,
therefore be it
Resolved : That.. it is with the most sad
and painful regret that we receive the
mournful tiding- of his death, and that our
Lodge has lost a bright and shining star—one
that she may labcg in vain to replace.
Resolved : That we cherish with broth
erly regard the memory of his many virtues,
and. comm them to members of the Oder
as worthy their imitation.
Resolved: That Alle we sincerely regret
the death of our beloved brother, stricken
down by -an bascnitabk Providence inlhe
strength and prime of ins manhood, yet we
would bow subMiasiVely to His divine will,
believing that.to_ our
and
sudden death
was sudden glory ; and that he pared from
toil to triumph, and' 'trent probation to re
ward.
ResoireetilNa 'we hereby tender to the
widow and orpluutaot our deceased brother,
our sincere sympathy in their bereavement,
and comraend:theat to the care of Him who
Eor the . Messerger
No, Party.
For the Messenger
Tribute of Respect.
is the.Grod of the widows and orphans, and
whose ear is never closed .to the voice of
supplication.
RekevetZ : That this Lodge attend his fu
neral on to morrow and vrearthe usual badge
of mourning for thirty days; that the publi
cation of these resolutions be solicited in the
county papers, and a copy presented to the
(tinily of the deceased.
S SMITH, 1
JOSIAH A. SFRICKISR, > Com,
JAS. W. EMITS,. .
How the Soldiers Vote.
McClellan. Lincoln.
Sixty-third v „ . . . 17
One hanclred and Tenth
Y Y... 110 2
One hundred and sixty-
ninth N Y V 103 76
Ninth New York 80 70
One hundred and Fourth
N Y 1' . . . . 100 15
One hundred and Forty-
seventh 125 75
Ninety-fifth N Y V.... 237 35
Twenty-fourth cavalry ..166 37
One Company of the One
hundred and Eighty
sixth.. 70 26
Ames' Battery 102 48
Ninety-seventh N Y V.. 184 100
Nineteenth Pa. cavalry.. 262 2
Detachment of 2d N J
cavalry.. 26 0
Second Army C0rp5..1,680 - 281
Fifth Army C0rp5....1,125 462
The great western gun-
boat... 55
Eighty-eight, N Y V.
Beside; the ItOve figures showing
the vote for both candidates, we can
state front reliable authority that the
Tenth army corps gave a round majori
ty for McClellan ; all but one of tue
Sixty-ninth New York voted for Mc,
Clellan ; the One hundred and Sixty
fourth, and One hundred and Seventieth
regiment have gone unanimously, for
McClellan ; the One Hundred and
Eighty-seventh New York fin• McClel
lan by a large majority ; the One Hun
dredth New York gave the Democratic
ticket 75 majority ; the Eleventh New'
York battery gave 30 Democratic votes;
the Thirty-fourth Kentucky regiment,
stationed at Cumberland gap, is unani-
Inous for McClellan.
A letter from a Brooklyn Regiment
on Morris Island, dated Oct. 7, says :
"We have quite a majority of the
troops on this sandy Island in favor of
Little Mac. Our regiment is about an
even thing. We have the majority for
McClellan in our company, The Third
Rhode Island regiment wilt give 200
majority fbr McClellan. Fifty-sixth
New Yolk regiment will give 300 ma
jority for McClellan. I have some
friends in that regiment that are work
ing hard for Little Mac. The Fifty
second Pennsylvania regiment will give
200 majority for McClellan. The One
hundred and Fifty-seventh New York
regiment will give a smalkmajority , for
McClellan .the rest of the troops on
this island are negroes.
Colonel William B. Anderson, of the
Sixtieth Illinois regiment, on service at
Atlanta, Ga., says, in a letter to a friend
at Mt. Vernon
"Let me assure you, 3lcelellan has
hosts of friends in the army. I can
speak for my own regiment and brigade.
We are aboL t two-thirds for him."
A .13rooklin letter from Harper's Fer
ry, Oct. 16th, says :
"There are three Democratic com
missioners ti•om the state of New
York out here. They have 'just taken
the Democratic vote of the battalion,
there are six hundred and some odd for
McClellan out of eight hundreds votes.
I think that our regiment—that is tak
ing the three battallions—will give a
thousand majority for Little Mac."
The following letter was received
Saturday direct from the army, by Mr.
John Wheeler, 443 First avenue in the
city :
NEAR PETERSBURG, Oct. 23
Dar Sir: ' * Our votes are
all right, and if the army has to elect
McClellan, he is already elected; the
Fifth corps gives McClellan a majority
over Old Abe ; the second corps has a
very large majority for our Little Mac.
So things look very well. All the Ma
ryland troops voted for Old Abe, be
cause they could not help it ; they are
under the hands and influence of their
officers. Generally all the regulars of
the Fifth, Eigth, Tenth, Eleventh and
Seventeenth regiments voted for Little
Mac.
Your obedient servant,. W. II
Proclamation by Gov. Seymour.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
AMANY, Nov. 2.—Governor Soymour
has issued the following proclamation;
In a few days the citizens of this coun
try are to express their constitutional
duty of electing a President and Vice
President of the United States at a
time when the condition of our country
exeites the deepest interest. The ques
tions of the day not only affect the
welfare of all and the happiness of their
homes, but are also of a character to
arouse the passions and lead to angry
controvorsies between parties. The ex
istence of a terrible civil war and the
asserting of the right of military com
manders in some sections of our country
to interfere with elections have caused
painful and exciting doubts in the minds
of many with regard to the free and un
trammelled exercise of the elective fran
chise.
I therefore appeal to men of all po
litical parties to unite with those holding
official positions in thez efforts to allay
undue eqcitement, soften the hardness
of pasty prejudices and passtolls, and to
avoid all measures and language which
tend to strife and disorder. However
we may differ in our views of public
policy, we are alike interested in the
maintenance of order, in the preserva
tion of the rights and the promotion of
the prosperity of our State. While we
do not agree as to the methods by which
these ends are to be gained, they are
earnestly sought by all. It is certain
they cannot be reached by angry con
troversies, unreable suspicions or
disorderly mama.
Theis are no yell groundedleare that
•
the rights, of the citizens ofNew Yolk I The Operapoakiejlle Valley.. ; ;
will be trampled upon at the polls.— . NEW . Yotut, - Novemliir 1.-ACeored-
Tbe,poWee of atilt State is ample to pro- ins to thenerahrs dispatch, the Atoll
teat all claim* in the free exercise of tion of. Gen. Sheridan seems to be at
their politiCal ditties. In doing this the present-particularly directed to the ap
rigid anthoriti4 will be upheld by good parent designs of the enemy to attempt
citizens of all parties. There is no rea- - some important Operations in- West
son to doubt that the coming election Virginia, and he is- malting his prepar
will be conducted with the useal quiet ations accordingly.
and order. Sheriffs of counties, and all i The rebel General Breckinridge,. *ho
other officers whose duty it is to keep is now
to
.. South-west Virginia, is
the peace and protect our citizens, w ill I reported te be busy in reorganizing his
take care that every voter shalt have a forces, with supposed intended •361tilta
free ballot i n the manner secured to him king a movement to distract' thOattett
by the Constitution and laws. It will' tioo of the Union army from Early,
be their duty to see that no military or' who, according to , rebel newspapers, la
other orgifixted force shall be allowed to , to remain in commanel-• in. the. -ShODIM• •
show themselves in the vicinity of the d oa h va ll ey. .
....
supply
places where elections are held with any Arrangements for the safe j
view of menacing - or intimidating citi- Gen. Sherman's army have been iiier - -_ .
zens in attendance thereon. Against.l fected, and such guatiislcir trains going
any such interference they must exer- to the front will hereafter he provided
thee the full force of the law and call as will insure thein against guerrilla at
forth, if need be, the power of their tacks.
districts, i . A corresdonclent of the Richmond,
In witness whereof I have hereunto Litquircr gives a graphic description of
signed my name and affixed the privy
, the defeat and stampede of Early's ar- -
seal of the State, at the city of Albany, 'my on the 19th of October at Cedar"
this second clay of Noveniber, one creek. ,His loss of fifty seven cannon/
thousand eight hundred and sixty-fimr. i s admitted.
(Signed) HORATIO SEYMOUR.
By the Governor t
D. Wittig, Jr, Private Secretary.
Supplies ;o be Forwafded to Prison
oners, North and South.
Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee have con
cluded an arrangement by which pris
oners, on both sides, are to be furnished
supplies by their friends.
The proposition was first made in
communication under date of the 6th
instant, addressed by Mr. Ould, Con
federate Agent of Exchange, to Major
General Hitchcock, Commissioner of
Exchange for the United States. Mr.
Ould's communication, in substance, re
cited that, as there is a prospect of a
large number of prisoners being held
by both sides during the coming winter,
it is desirable that each belli rest, with
out being freed from the 445gation of
feeding and clothing the prisoners held
by them respectively, shesild be allowed
to furnish their own captives in the
other's hands with such additional com
fort as humanity may prompt. He
therefore proposed that we shall be
permitted to send to the South cloth-
Mg, blankets and supplies for our pris
oners in the hands of the Confederates,
they being allowed to do the same by
their prisoners in our hands. He fur
ther proposed that they shall be allow
ed to purchase abroad the articles in
tended for their prisoners held by us.
This overture was referred to Gen.
Grant, who replied in a communication
Is, Gen. Lee, underdate of the IStli in
stant, aecepting Ould's f prop otsition ,
and stating that he was authorized by
the Secretary of War to make arrange
ments for the mutual relief of prisoners
held by the two parties "Looking," he
adds, "entirely to the alleviation of the
sufferings of those hekl in captivity, I
will not interpose any obstacle to any
plan that may be agreed upon that gives
equal privileges to both belligerents.
Gen. Lee on the following day, Oct.
19, replied to Gen. Grant, acknowledg-i
ing the receipt of his communication, and
stated that he had took it as an accept
ance on the part of Gen. Grant of Mr.
Onld's plan. lie suggested further,
that the articles sent to the prisoners
should be confined to articles of necessi,
ty and comfort, as clothing, blankets,
meat, bread, coffee, sugar, pickles, vin
egar and tobacco, and proposed that an
officer from each side should be special
ly detailed and paroled to see to the
faithful execution of the arrangement.
On the following day, Oct. 20. Gen.
Grant rejoined. stating that Gen. Lee
had rightly understood his former com
mnication in the sense of an acceptance
of Mr. Ould's proposition, and reitera
ted his solicitude for the well-being of our
prisoners, as well as those of the rebels.
"It is," declared General Grant, ''my
desire that all prisoners of war should
be made as comfortable as it is possi- -
ble for prisoners under restraint to be,
and I will favor any proposition looking
to that end." Gen. Grant moreover,
requested that a detail plan should be
made for carrying this purpose into ef
fect.
I:1!:1
We have received Southern accounts
of the late contest in front of Peters
burg. The Northern accounts are also
more full than they have been hereto
fore. The Federal losses on the North
bank of the James are now reported at
twelve hundred. South of the James,
the losses were fifteen hundred. On
Saturday night last the Confederates
made an attack upon Grant's position
on the Weldon R. R. They sent a
column through an opening in the pick
et line, which penetrated to the rear of
it and captured three hundred and 87
Federal prisoners.
Sevaral attacks were made upon the
Federal entrenchments in the rear of
the picket line, but the confederates
were repulsed. They retreated with
their prisoners. Their loss is not known
Grant's losses during the last three days'
conflicts are reported at 3,100, General
Lee states that 400 of his men were ta
ken prisoners on last Thursday.
In North Carolina, the Confederate
ram Albermare is reported to have been
blown up in Roanoke river, on the 28th
ult., by a Federal expedition. An offi
cial dispatch does not state positively
that the rain was destroyed, but says
the launch was sunk by a shot from
the enemy. The commander and one
of the men escaped. How many men
were lost with the launch is not stated.
Moseby some time since attacked a
Federal wagon train going south from
Martinsburg to Sheridan's army. We
have a Southern report of it, which
states that he captured several prison
ers, among them Brig. Gen. DUffie.
BAs nothing can be more condu
cive to security, so nothing can better
insure a quiet and pleasant lift:, than to
live innocently' and upon po occasion to
violate the common covents of peace
aid propriety.
katulf,t.
The War.
CCM!!
PITTSBURGH MARKETS.
Monday, Nov. 7, 1864.
FLoutt—The market was thin, with a,'
good demand; holders were ,otraerallir:
asking an advance. The stoelc - on . hana'
is not large, Whilst the receipts- barely'
keep pace with the dematid.
Among the sales wei :tats
Extra, sales of 120! ValreAt lots - .at 4
$lO 00; Extra Fairait was otgetaittietti;
sales of 150 bbls at $lO 75; 100 do. att
same figures; sates.a 50 bbls Alstffisusi
at $ll 00. The' largest inquiry Alta
for th.: better grades.
Hal—The market was firm on Sat
urday. At the scales only one load walk
disposed of at $45 V ton; 10 tons Wil
ed sold at *545 00.
STRAw-- , -One lead of oat straw sold at
$25 OD £ ton. Prices were goYernedi
by the receipts.
GitAix—The demand on Saturday .
was limited, and so were the sales.----
The receipts during the week were notJ,
large. Wheat, owing to limikea oder--
ings, was held at a slight advance ;
white, a number one artiste wouldi.
command $2 05; red do $l , '95. per
bush. Barley was flrs but unchang
ed at, spring $1 60; fall $1 65. Oats
was in fair demmil; w.e note sales of,
600 bush at 8.5@,88e. Dorn—Sales of
250 bush new ear at $1 25 ; old sold
in a small way at $1 40@l 45. Rye
was nominal and unchanged.
13.‘coN—The market was steady with
a fair demand. Prices seem to have
reached the top, so that, for some time
past, they were uniform. The stock
on hand is not large. Among the
sales we note as : Shoulders
40,00)11)1as at 19e; hams, sales of 2,-
000 lbbs lailk, at 20e ; si 'es, sales of
1,000 lbe, clear, at 23f c; of sugar-cured
hams, the market is bare.
SuoAns—Were held at an advance.— -
Sales of Cuba!, at 2361425 c; Porto Rico
24Ei 3 26e ; New Orleans 26@28c.
Cogs:—Small sales of Rio at 44@.46c
&arra—Range horn $1 15@1 30V
_
MoLAssas—New Orleans was held at
$1 25.
Burry:a—The market was steady
with a fair demand. Sales of 7 bbls roll
at 35@.339e.
Arras—The market was steady with
a good demand. Sales of 240 bbls in lota .
at 2 50@3 00.
POTATOES—There is a good buisness
doing in this article. Prices range from
75@90c bushel, as per quality.
Letter from the Late Judge Taney—
The Baltimore Sun publishes the .fol-
lowing letter
WASHINGTON, May 6, '64.
"My Dear Sir: I learned accidentally, -
some months ago, that some kind -and!
pious hand had removed from the tomb
of my beloved mother the moss and
rubbish winch fifty years had accumu
lated upon it, and restored it to the con
dition in which it was when placed,
there by her weeping children. Resid—
ing in a distaff place, I could not my
self guard it from desecretion, nor
even the ordinary injuries of time,
and you may readily imagine how grate
ful I felt to the unknown friend who.
had, unasked, and without my knowl
edge, performed that duty for me.
have often inquired and tried to discov
er to whom I was indebted for au act
so touching and pious, but without sno.
cess, until a few days ago, when toy
excellent friend and former pastor, the
Rev. Father McElroy, called to Deo
me, and from him I learned for the
first time that I owed it to you, to whom
I had hitherto been an. entire stranger.
But you are not now, nor can you here
after be, a stranger. I am - most grate=
ful for your kindness, and when the
brief space of life in this world which
may be vouchsafed to me shall have
passed, and I am laid by the tide of
my mother, I hope you will be near,
and feel assured that among my Last
thoughts will be the memory of your
kindness.
With great respect and regard, a"
Your grateful friend,
R. B. TANEY."
"Mr. H. McAleer, Frederick City."
Sleeping with Open Windows.
A letter in the London Times says :
" There can be no doubts of the bene,-:
fide'. effects to health of a free commu:
nication at night of the air of the sleep- - :
ing room with the external air. This
seems to be becoming, more and more'
impressed upon the minds of the public,
in opposition to the old notion of the
noxious quality of night air. We re
member to have read an account a few
years back of the testimony of a gene
tleman advanced in years, we believe a
clergyman, who attributed his health
and prolonged age, entirely to sleeping
in a room with - an open window.—
From my earliest life I: have, whenever
I could, slept with my bed : mom win
dow partially op l e l i s A k. 44 l, lonos
found that early ex
air is the best