AYrvi, 74.1, •sv the Elailp ocit. .41%. 4 . 0 OFFICIAL PAPEROF TIE CITY. - privrais MGM: iII*P.OITIESDAY MORNING:SEPT. 25. Telegraph, See First 241041rairio o I' E. Ea—THE 0): -,, r‘o?- 4.- "TiiilkaCtiltliilMEE met yesterday, pursuant to aaiourned to meet Sri YeittiOki. at 11 o'clock. SARTLEY, Chairman, pro tem. _ . _ IJMON Polttillm It4trrelcotrlr or 00101 OR PIOUS TocrATIIJ3(II• MOCLVRE .... -1 7- I "'f • Z,-.• r*, t X lOl. 111 M3ptl Esoz ' • E m OOICIL Tran t CT CO LL. KMOPI PLZIS ! ' iirnr JIICGE IWTHICY COURT: . 31"- " ' Wt% Ala stium: WILLIAMS ,JOSHILLBRODES. FOS &MI PIZNATE: JNO. P. PENNEY. ice essrma y : - THOS. WILLIAMS. . THOS. J. BIGIifAM, L. H. OARLP:LE, A. H. GROSS, T. B. HAMILTON. NOB PROTHOITOTART ROBERT FINNEY, POR =USW= JAMES •BLACKMORE. Pan cothrrir cotbrisaloras: JOB N A. PARE, NSC)N. POl coaonm; WILLIAM ALEXANDER. POS DIRECTOR OF Tog POOR: ROBERT H , a THE TICKETS READY The Union ticket is now ready for dis tribution, and electors of the several Wards, Boroughs and Townships of the county, are requested to send for a supply tp the office of the Poet. 1r WON'T DO. The meanest style of electioneering resorted to by any newspaper we have seen is that adopted by the Gazette. There is a disposition to gather scum and present it to the residers of that journal, as the only food fit- for their consum ptlon. Wherever a .resolution can be scraped up from a town. ship or county meeting in which Demo crats have had.a hand, it is thrust forth as the doctrine of the Democratic masses, and must be especially applicable to them in Allegheny County, and winds up its waz tery and childish barrangue with an appeal to Republicans to eta nd by a straight tick et, because the Democrats of S crubgrass township, Venango County, are opposed to the suppression of newspapers—and then aye : "And yet these are the men, with B whom we are asked to join in Union Movements and forget party, by giving - them a aware of the offices." Not one par. agraph ie ever seen in the Gazette endorse ing the forgetfulness of party, or of the healthy patriotic movement of the whole people in favor of sustaining the Govern ment, irrespective of former party aseocia. tions. There is no room in that journal to note the thousands of meetings ail over -Mke country to this end, but whenever a two-penny newspaper or a single individ ual, however humble, so that he was a Democrat, finds a prominent place, and the selfish ; miserable appeal, is made to the great Republican party of Allegheny County—don't forget our party. If we were to devote our attention to gathering this kind of scum and select Re• publican newspapers or Republican leaders who daily abuse the Administration, and hold the masses of that party responsible, we should fill our paper daily, and find no two to devote to an honest, loyal and un flinching support of the Government Whilst the grand appeals of Meagher, and Milt, and Diekenion are ringing through oat the land, and every patriot heart exults midi - caps for joy that party lines are anni hilated, old differences forgotten, past strifes buried. Whilst the eloquence of ' these distinguished apostles of the Demo. matte faith are arousing the masses to ef forts in the field, where herculean efforts are required to preserve the very existence of our Government, the editor of the Ga • zette canfiod no balm in Gilead, nothing but abuse of Democrats and praise of Re. publicans. Shame on such narrow and bigoted teachings. AN ELECTION ON PRINCIPLE. It is a source of, great gratification to all ifood citizens to observe that the people are so . . unanimous in their determination to vote at the coming election upon principle , glad not from party predilictions. The sentiment tgat an endorsement of the goy.. ernment in its war policy is eminently due from Allegheny Conn ty is universal. This can only be done by disregarding strength, party nominations, and electing a Union ticket. The only opposition to such an egdorsement of the Administration comes froplOrOly whose desire for office is greater Bat the people are 'e They see that a great principle hrinvOived in the coming election, and they are resolved fully to vindicate their own peittion in spite of politicians, office seekers and the trammels of partizanship. THE BATTLE IN MISNOURi. There appears to be no doubt that Muir Itgin, who wanted the rebels to go to a certain warm place, has been compelled to surrender to Oen. Price, being deprived of Water and over powered by exhaustion and • superior numbers. His force held oat des perately, having according to the report killed between 3,000 and 4,000 of the ~ enemy, and suffered a loss of 700 or SOO of their own number. Mulligan's spunk was good, but he had ..not nltin enough to compel Price to accep "-Adanot over-polite invitation *" ..1 ;-:• - •' - T . /kelp:motion has been asked US sev oral times whether Joshua Rhodes, Esq., was not at one time President of the - Liquor League. We can answer that he - 'Avits not. All sorts of idle stories are set ioigoot to-injure this gentleman, but it wily not do. The people are for him and he will just as certainly be elected Sher 'if! as that the second Tuesday of October NOT GOOD. anbeeribers and agents will please take ire - +Oroinot . &edit them with A,4l4itatfitfunpa of the old issue, as they are ;'.? , iiiitikey worthies Wm. i,' , +e4,''i..:A! , ;: ,,, .•V,; ,,,,,,, i - -.::.:,.;-,:r...•-1...,,t.:,-,.'.:-4,,.-,*:.,.e.'47,- NOT SO CHANGED HANDS. The sudden disappearance of some twenty millions held on account of the Southerners in New York has called the attention of Secretary Seward to be di xected to the matter. He has issued a circular in explanation of the Confises tion act for the benefit of the United States marshals and district attorneys, in which he states that the law only con templates the seizure of such property as may be in transit to or from insur rectionary States, or used for the promo tion of the rebellion, and that real es tate, bonds, promissory notes and mon eys on deposit are not subject to confis cation in the absence of evidence of such unlawfulness. There are large amounts of money in the banks of New York belonging to parties in the rebel States, who have no sympathy with the rebel lion, and which, according to the under standing of the District Attorney, are equally liable to seizure with the prop erty of those who are known to be in arms against the Union. -Ills interpre tion has caused great difficulties among some of the moneyed corporations, and has a tendency to drive loyal Southern ers to Europe for the investment of their unds; but, as will be seen, Mr. Seward takes a different view of the intention of the law, and interprets its meaning to be applicable only to those who are active in fostering the rebellion. • The example of other nations as well as our own sense of right inculcate the duty of proving true to the trusts which we voluntarily assume. In the war of . 1,41 . 2. money and private property were respected in great Britain the same as British, and British property in New York was held equally sacred by our government, laws and people. In the Urimean war Great Britain paid to Rus sia the interest on consols precisely the same as if they had not been at war, and Russian securities were publicly sold 1 on the London stock exchange during the whole term of the war. In the last war with Austria Louis Napoleon gave the most strict injunctions to preserve all private property and individuals from harm, and even went to the extent of paying for the damage done to the crops by the marching of his troops. THE POPULAR SENTIMENT, In all parts of the county the senti ment of the people seems to be unani mously in favor of a change in the man ner in which things about the Court House are managed. It is notorious that the people have suffered great wrongs in the management of their of. ces, and there would seem that official influence is so potent that neither an explanation is to be given nor a remedy applied unless the people do it them selves. They are rejoiced at the oppor tunity now afforded them of throwing oil the influence of office-seekers, and placing men in charge of their offices who will do their business openly and They see that by. the election of a Union ticket that a new set of officers will be initiated in the management of the public offices of the county and that the Court House clique which has for years held tight grasp of the people's money, will be compelled to go to the walL • PENNSYLVANIA AND TILE WAR Gov. Curtin has taken measures for preventing Pennsylvanians from enlist ing in the regiments of other States, in which course he is supported by the Secretary of War. This is right. Penn sylvania has made generous provisions for her volunteser army, and there is no reason why they should deprive them selves of these benefits by enlisting elsewhere. Besides, for the honor or our Slate, let us go to the war under the Keystone banner. The reputation for valor and efficiency of our glorious State in the present struggle will prob ably be materially lessened by the fact that a very large number of her sons who have gone to the war have joined regiments which nominally belong to other States. ANOTHER important battle is reported to have taken place near Blue Mills, between four thousand men under Gen. Lane and an equal number of rebels. I t is reported that Gen. Lane captured nearly eight hundred of the enemy and killed two hundred. The rebels were totally routed and a federal force was pursuing them. Both of these reports, however, may be considerably modified by other news. THE LONDON TIMES AND SECRE— TARY sEWARD, An effort has been made to have official action in the case of Mr. Russell; of the London Times. The Secretary of State quietly gets around the difficulty by say ing: • If it be assumed that the obnoxiouspaper may do harm here, is it not a sufficient re ply that probably not fifty copies of the London Times ever find their way to our shore:" If it be said, again, that the ob noxious communication has been widely published in the United States, it seems to me a sufficient rejoinder that the censure of a magnanimous government that case ought to fail on those of its own citizens who reproduce the libel rather than on the foreigner who wrote it exclusively for re• mote publication, Finally, interference with the press even in the case of an existing insurrection, can be justified only on the ground of public danger. Ido not tee any such danger in the present case even if one foreigner does pervert our hospitality to shelter himself in writing injurious publications against us for a foreign press. A hundred other for. signers equally as intelligent, as virtuous, and as respectable as he is, are daily en rolling themselves in the army of the United States, to defend and maintain the Union as the chief hope of humanity in all countries and for ail ages. Could there be a better illustration of that great funds• mental truth of our system that error of opinion may safely be tolerated when rea son is left fres to combat it? [Signed] Wu. H. SEWARD. WE learn from Washington that there is no brabability of the removal of General Fremont, and that "he is as high in the oonftdenee of the Admin istration as he was at the time of his appointment." From the New York Presbyterian. Letter from a 'Northern to a Southern Clergyman. Messrs. E,iitors —The following extract of a letter from a Presbyterian clergyman, an Liebman, so pleased me that I request■ od and obtained permission to make it pub lic. It was written with no such inten tion. Yours, Sm. R. “On the political questions propounded and discussed by you, I beg leave to say a word or two. At the outset, allow me to ssy that I am a citizen of these' UNITED STATES,” and that I have become such by naturalization I have renounced my elle.. glance to the Queen of Great Britain, and nave sworn to support the Constitution of the United States. This oath I mean to keep. You, of course, must not, in writing your letter, have been aware of my rela tions to the general government. I cannot think that you have so low an estimate of my moral character, as to think I can look with approbation upon an organized at. tempt to subvert a Constitution which 1 have sworn to support. I, of course, cane not be allowed to set up my own views and feelings on this subj ect, as a standard by which the views and feelings of citie zone, who have been born under and ahel to.ed by this same Constitution, are to be measured. 1 am, however, free to se . ) , that, until lately, I was under the impress sion that Americans gloried, both in the Constitution and the martial deed4of those who won the liberties it has so gloriously maintained. To be an American has hith erto been the boast of the decendanta of the heroes of the Revolution. Now, it seems that there are inheritors of all this glory who are willing to abandon both the heritage and the name of an American And for what? It is for the companion ship of men who have, whilst in other, plot. ted the distruction of the government they had sworn to sustain. Mon who, whiite iri ethee, have need the funds of the United States Treasury to arm and equip an army for the overthrow of the very Constitution t oy wore professedly administering. Mon who, in the violation of their oaths, and in transgression of the command, 'Thou shalt not steal,' seized upon the property they were pledged to hold lor the United States, and appropriated it to aid them in their treason and rebellion. Is it for the com panionship of such men, and the ignominy which must descend with their names to all posterity, aid through all time, that a man is expo eted to surrender the glorious heritage of being an American If you have interpreted my course in the General Assembly as an approval of such men and such acts, you are, ' I assure you, greatly mistaken. 1 regard the whole movement as an inexcusable, absurd and wicked re. hellion, founded in deceit, fraud and per jury; and I look upon all who, with knowl edge of the facts, countenance and aid such men and such a cause, either by their eym play or their efforts, as committing a great sin, both against God and men. You know, as well as I do, that this war is nmtln r 'a Cabinet, nor an Abo:ition war.' Tile war wao inaugurated before the Presi dent was elected. I speak what Ido know, when 1 say so. Floyd was arming and organizing a regiment in October last. The arms new in use among the rebels were stolen before the election in Novem ber. Tea first gun was fired by the rebels, in their cowardly attack upon Fort Sum ter. The whole course of the Cabinet rt buts the charge of Abolitionism. Serer, since the Conslituliwt ."‘s framed, have ifs provisions. On the sub j ect of slavery, been so laithfull carried out as under the present sidministratiav If yore call the confiscation of property held by rebels ale. olition, you use language out of Its proper moaning. A rebel not only forfeits his property, but justly forfeits his life. If so, does he not forfeit his slaves? Are elavee to be held dearer or, more sacred than life? "Your safety and my safety, the cause of fro Worn, and the interests of Christ's kingdom, demand that this reholli,in be crushed, come what may of the rebels and their property." The Naval Expeditions. It is evident, from the intelligence which has been published in regard to the movements or a portion of our na vy, that one or more expeditions have been fitted out against the Southern coast. Their exact destination is very wisely concealed,and every good citizen should feel that lie can well afford to wait for a full history of their operations until it can be furnished in the 'shape of news of a brilliant victory, if ,by that means the information is sufficient ly well concealed, and die enemy de prived of a knowledge of the manner in which they are to be attacked. It is an old maxim that "to be forewarned is to be forearmed," and no people have ever shown a greater anxiety to avail themselves of advantages of this sort than the Southern traitors. When we, by inadvertence or folly, trumpet forth our plans and anticipations, we virtually double the power of our foes to thwart and resist them. England and the War. The well informed London corres pondent of the New York Couneraial, writes as follows under date of the 6th instant : )r one thing you may be certain namely, that all the reports and asser tions put forth in either Northern or Southern journals, about any intention on the part of England to break the blockade or recognize the Southern con federacy in order to get the cotton crop, aro sheer nonsense. The unanimous desire, both of our people and govern. ment, to maintain a strict neutrality, so far:from being diminished, is if possi ble, stronger than ever, and any recog nition of the Confederates until they had established their independence in a manner that would put all further ef. forts on the part of the North out of the question, would be universally re. garded as a breach of that neutrality. For the national honor, and for the sake of commercial precedent, our gov ernment will doubtless be watchful to protest against action at variance with international and maritime law, but so long as the Federal Government at tends to these matters they may pursue their 'course, so far as this country is ooncerned,without troubling themselves to think even of our existence. We might add that the writer pf the above is the financial editor of the Lon don Times Astoria the most interesting features in the composition of our army is the num% ber of foreign officers who have proffered their services as volunteers, and have been accepted by the President. The following lis' lt, we believe, comprises the whole of them:— Prince ................ Prussia. Colonel Liebehhofi Frugal& Lieutenant Osearltrendenir Pruasia. Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest. England Lieut. Colonel Mira, de Searcy— England Contn de Paris.-- Franee. Doke de Chartres Frazee Capt.in Vegemans-- Sweden. Captain Holtman '.Sweden.; M.240r W. k. Kirk......... ... ... Colonel R. ~;; THE . CONDITION OF THE ItIEBEL ARMY. There is so much truth and common sense in the following article publish 3d in the New York World, that we give it with out curtailment. The facts should sink deep and wear long with every man of true patriotism : It is high time that the people of the Northern States had cured themselves of the folly and self delusion they are so prone to practice of looking at the great southern rebellion through the wrong end of a teles cope. The fresh exhibition of this humor in the comments Wilt which the /Rra/c/ i and Times yesterday` } accompanied toe sen sation dispatch fr m Baltimore giving a c querulous letter from the Richmond Whig about the condition of the army at Manas sas, illustrates the gaping credulity with which the public are disposed to swallow every improbable statement respecting-the destitution and demoralization of the rebels. A childish undervaluing of the enemy is the capital blunder which we have been making from the beginning, but a blunder which we ought to J)e in no danger of re pealing since the 21st of July. At first, we obstinately refused to believe in the pos sibility of secession; when South Carolina had seceded, we were cock sure that she would have no assoclotes; when facts falsi fied this conclusion, we were ready to dem onstrate that Louisiana would never cut off her connection with the magnificent valley of the Mississippi, by whose trade she was enriched ; when Louisiana had joined the 1 rebels, we proved, by conclusive arguments that the rebellion would never extend be , yond the cotton suites. After Sinner had fallen, Virginia bad seceded, and the cen, federate army had rendezeontod in that state, and menaced Washington, we insist. , ~1 on believing that the rebels would never in.t.tit, and raised the cry cf "Forward to It chmond," in the self-cornpl nceht etpec. tation that they would re real in terror be fore our advance. We have gulped down absurd stories about the great numbers of rebels killed during the siege of Sainter, about the death of Beauregard, about the death of Jeff. lilvis, and seem ready to give easy credence to every fugitive account Which reaches us of the demoralization of the rebel army. This turn cf thought which leads us to devour everything that is said in disparagement of the strength of the enemy seems to be ries:dad by many as tatriotie. and it so doubt proceeds from that princip'e of human nature which leads men t..) believe whet they wish ; but, prac tically we cannot 600 that it is likely to he productive cf anything but mischief We do not believe that the army at Ma. misses is without bread or meat, and is made to march eight miles in "double qui( k" after breakfasting on potatoes and salt. The statements made to the Secrets ry of War by a deserter, and publishci in a Washington paper yesterday, are wholly inconsistent with such a picture of destitu tion. Whatever may be the condition of the rebel army, it has for some time been powerful enough to keep us on the defen slue. IC we E h.ul I delude ourselves with the pleasant dream that it is soon to fall into utter disorganization and disperse, it might prove a costly mistake. Instead of g ring an exaggerated importance to flying rumors of its weakness, we should be te'..ter employed in infusing into our people the idea that this is to be a desperate struggle, requiring the prompt exertion of all the re• sources of the country. We have no idea that this gigantic rebellion is to be put down without a great deal of hard lighting. It is fn,ell-11 ni,..1 pea,' , .] to keep amusing ourseives with Lemont , s of tine weakness of the enemy, w ben they are keeping us at bay all along an extended Jinn of frontier, and are is ICLUSi possession t , l three.fourths 01 the towns in Missouri, a state that has not yet seceded, and when Maryland is kept In the Union by the terror of ~ ,,r arms which alone restrains her secession, ists. The one thing for us to do, is to pre pare to oppose the rebels with a resist] , as, overweelming fere°. The present probes bility is that nothing short of the extortion of the whole military strength af the coun try within the ensuing sm months, will. preserve the existenie of the government. Let us make our preparations as if the con viction that it is to be a death struggle had taken full possession of our minds, and fire• ed them with invincible energy. Even if it should turn out that the rebels have little strength to withstand us, the gigantic scale of our preparations will not have been use., less, It will, in that case, make the war short, prevent the effusion cf blood and waste of resources which would result from allowing the contest to hang in doubt, and by a demonsti a ion of the irresistible pow or of the government, forever prevent a renewal of this mad attempt to overthrow it. Our great danger has all along consist. ed. and still consists, in a vague notion that the rebellion will somehow "cave in" by ins inherent weeks eir, which prevents both the government and people from rising to Lhe full height of the emergency, and act ing with that energy of determination which is the only guarantee of success. It the enemy are as resolute and desperate as 1 we believe them, we must surely confront thorn with equal resolution, and greater military strength. But if, happily, we should find them as weak and demoralized as we would fain hope, it is still important to strike a heavy blew and end the rebel lion before the intervention of foreign na• Lions, or some other unexpected turn of the wheel of fortune, shall reinforce their feebleness, Instead of allowing ourselves to be practiced upon by concocters of idle rumors, let us make it our chief business to hurry up the enlistments by which our ar my is to be made invincible. "UNION for the sake of the I . niori" is now the watchword. In the words of Douglas "Whoever is not prepared to sacrifice party organizations and plat. forms on the altar of his country does not deserve the support and counte nance of honest people." Party jeal ousy can have to other effect than to divide the people, and encourage thk enemies of the Union. Let us, witli ono vigorous effort, crush out past an tipathies, and place the seal of con demnation on all who strive to keep up political malignity, for the sake of the profits tley expect to obtain by so doing. The War In Kentucky. It is evident that the period has ar rived when the soil of Kentucky, like that of the Border States of Virginia and Missouri, is to be made the theatre of many bloody contests. The throat of the Memphis Appeal, that the South would never permit her to unite her self with the Northern States, is the key-note of the policy which the traitors are seeking to enforce, and from pres ent indications the impending struggle will prove a desperate and fierce one. All ideas of the maintenance of a nen, tral position have been abandoned, and a war to the knife has been commenced which is to decide whether the Union or the Disunion army shall gain control of the State. General Bowman and the Loan. Gen. Bowman, former Superintendent of Public Printing and editor of 771.0 .amstil.ution, subscribed $30,000 to the *ional loan. i". We have been anxiously looking for the government to take some step to wards an exchange of prisoners. We cannot admit that there is any force in the positions assumed, that it, is impo, sib e to make this exchange without recognizing the Southern Confederacy, and acknowledging its independence. War, under any circumstances, is full of barbarities, and, as civilized men, representing one of the most enlight ened nations on earth, it seems to us to be clearly the duty of those in power to mitigate these evils, as far as possi ble, without, surrendering any great principle, which is likely to effect the final result of the contest. We would be glad to hear from any quarter one good reason for not exchanging prison ers. As yet we have not beard one which we think will stand the test of a fair examination. In the natural course of events, even though successful in putting down the conspiracy which has acquired such power, many prisoners will be taken, and it becomes a grave question as to how they shall be dis poses of. The longer a decision is de layed, the more difficult it will beanie to make a satisfactory so lution. In the beginning, those taken were released, even without asking their parol of honor not to serve during the war. Such was the case of General Anderson and his command, at Charles ton, and the troops in Texas. The first breach of faith, the first violation of these stipulations, occurred in the ex treme Southwest, when Major Van Dorn set at defiance the agreement en tered into for the removal of the troops in that region, by the capture of the Star of the West. Still after this, the officers, and most of the soldiers, were permitted to leave for the North, al though hampered by a parch of honor, not to servo during the war. It is estimated, at the present time, we have nearly two thousand prix.' oners, and the rebels nearly as many. Why are they kept, at great expense to the respective parties, in close confinement 't Is it the intention of the government to institute any ul terior proceedings against them as traitors'.' Surely no one can believe that there ever will be a termination of hostilities without provision for a gen eral amnesty. And if such is to be the end, why not soften . down the mis eries of this contest as much as possible by exchanging prisoners at once, and restoring to their homes hundred's of men who have periled their all in the defence, of their country. Do not let us, in our anger at those who have brought this great calamity upon our country,forget those who are now in the close pent .ur prisons of the South,suffer ing agonies a thousand fold worse than death, and their families at the North, who arc mourning their absence. Let the President look at this subject as a humane man, as we believe he is, one who f