Lion or what apology is offered for these
violations of cheriebod, r crCd, anJ von
utitutional rieet ? They have t,o)-
mitted tegaime. our inhorit.ed th a p r i eF , our
early terichir ea, and our legal guaranties.
Who will defend them? No lawyer
advocate them, no statesman w ill justify
them. The ciyil;law gives them no aanc-
Lion. Even martial law is sought in vain
for precedents that would excuse theme
There is but one plea to offer. lt is as
old as tyranny, and as hateful as oppres
sion. "Necessity," "Military Necessity,"
another name for Military Despotism, is
the power invoked by an American Ad
ministration, elected by the suffrages of
- theAmericam "people, to pull down and
destroy the, Freedom of Speech and of the
Prase I This is the poiver that seiies the
plow, and converts it into a sword; the
plowman is transformed into a eel.
dier ! By this power the citizen is strip
ped of his cattle, his grain, his children,
his home, and ually of his life ! It is
this power that eats up States, impo
ses intolerable burthens on posterity,
and crnshei out liberty. It is fit, if the
Liberty of Speech is to be slain, that it
should fall by the hand of this iron-clad
tyrant, "Military Necessity." Freemen of
Pennsylvania, shall it be so? Will you per
mit the oppressing hand of arbitrary newer
to be placed upon the Genius of Liberty,
the freedom of the Press? Are you wil
ling to become mere slaves, and speak,
and print, and read what your masters may
permit?
With the loss of liberty have you
lost your love of it? Have you forgotten
whose children you are? Are you the in
heritors of your fathers' blood but not of
your fathers' spirit? They were poor and
brave, have you become rich ankeraven ?
Bet "ire are persuaded better things of
you, though we thus speak.". In no ether
country, claiming to be free, would such
arbitrary and unlawful proceedings have
been tolerated. In England they would
have produced revolution, if perpetrated
or sanctioned by the executive. That
they have not here is the wonder of Europe.
Indeed, many intelligent men here attrib
ute your apathy to indifference to your
fate. We spurn the imputation attempted
to he east upon your character and pa
triotism. We believe there is a better
reason. Von have not been indifferent;
you have not been acquiescent spectators
of these wrongs. But you know, that in
the ordinary course of events, you would
have the opportunity, in a legal and
peaceable way, to rid yourselves at once,
of the oppression, and of the oppressor.
The opportunity you have waited for so
patiently and so meekly, is fast approach
rug; and before the Ides of October, you
will he called upon to approve or con—
demn, by your vote, the infringement of,
the Liberty of Speech. This is the last
psacefal remedy for this, as well ae for all
other political malidies. With it vindi
cate your rights like freemen. like patriots. I
If von do, all will yet be well.
Do you undervalue the interests at
stake. To some of you it may seem a
light thing to suppress a Paper, to im
prison an Editor, or to banish a Tribune
of the people. But remember, if one
may be suppreesed, so may another; if one
may be imprisoned, so may another; if one
may be imprisoned, so may another; and
all in turn. The State is composed of in
dividuals, and if a single individual can
be wantonly oppressed, or illegally punish-
ed, the whole community is in danger,
and at the mercy of the oppressor, and
liberty is dead. It is not so much the ex
'tent as the character of the injury that
justly alarms society. But a wrong done
to a single member is a wrong done to the
whole body. "And whether one member
suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or
whether one member be honored, all the
membere rejoice with it.
It was the glory of the Roman law, that
it protected the most humble citizen of
that great Empire from the arbitrary pro
ceedings of those charged with its execu
tion. Paul could not be beaten; becanne
he claimed eeee_.
can cs - tzen, was equally effi
cient ; but now, alas, it is of no avail.
It is your privilege to restore the old order
of things ; to rebuke the wrong, and
honor the right. If you speak out in
manly tones now, the evil may be arrest
ed ; if not, who can tell where it will
end. If newspapers - may be suppressed
impunity, what security is there for
books? If the Press is liable to censor
ship. what may be the fate of the Pulpit?
If a political speaker can be unlawfully
arrested, and illegally condemned, why
not a minister of the gospel t If the
Press can be put under military surveil
lance, why not the pulpit, the school, and
the family? Do you wish spies to stand
listening at your doors, and peeping in at
your windows ? These are grave ques
tions, and demand serious', consideration
and sober answers. In view of what they
suggest, we are all called upon to act. Let
us ant intelligently, bravely, fearless
ly. The Democratic Press and Speakers
have nobly stood up for their ancient
privilegon and undoubted rights. They
have suffered much, both in bodily pain
and mental agony, not to speak of pecuni
ary loss ; but they have never surrendered
their birthright, or proved recreant to
liberty. They have looked beycnd the
dark cloals of' the present to the bright
skies of the future, and they will do so
still. It is now your privilege, freemen of
Pennsylvania, to justify their faith, and
reward their constancy, to insure our own
rights by vindicating theirs. Will you do
it? Who can doubt it?
ALEXANDER Fr LTON,
MICHAEL MEYLRECT,
F. W. GRAYSON.
kiloquent Sentiment
The following:beantiful simile can be
found in the Dispatch's report of the
speech of Col. T. A. McDowell, delivered
at Wilkins Hall on last Saturday. "He
was-not here through the invitation of the
State, County or City Executive Commit
tees—he dropped, as it were, like a THE
onoLITE, unheralded and unannounced—
among the people of this region." The
appearance ci( a "theodolite" on a man's
property, "unheralded and unannounced,"
is any thing but welcome, as it is generally
the forerunner of a railroad being forcei
through it, or of a lawsuit. The whole ad•
dreis seems remarkable. The acknowl•
edgment that he bad to run away from
his native land at the early age of fonrteeq
years, is-suspicions. No one will suppose
that the admiration of the free institutions
of this country in an uneducated Irish boy
of fourteen, is sufficient to account for it,
and, the additional statement that he jump. ,
ed overboard,-when the "ship - neared the
shore of the country," and swam to land
at the risk of his life, looks as if he feared
an arrest it 1 remained aboard until the
• vessel reached the wharf. The mere idea
that he was "dodging his passage," don't
account for such an unusual proceeding.
The fact is, the punishment for petty
crimes was very severe in Ireland at that
time, and when we reflect that 'his horror
of severe measures is so strong; even at
this advanced period of life, that a few
weeks of imprisonme n t not only cured' him,
'ert the crime "of Democracy," but brought
aim oat rampant against it, we can under
-stand the sacrifices he would make in his
youth to avoid it. Most men would be in
dignant at being arrested for no cause, but
the Colonel seems to take it kindly. Tru
ly be is not the stuff they make martyrs of I
He gives as a reason for his change, that
the. Southern=papers want to see Wood
ward-elected. is a strange interpre
tation of their language: If he reads said
papers carefully, he will find that they ad
mire the Abolitiowparty he -now, belonts
to exceedingly, because, as they say, it ts
working to the same end with theinselves,
viz : -the dissolution of the 'Union, to
whit* the Democracy is forever opposed;
CrrEtxx.
•
DAILY POST.I
P.VI"FSBUIttai.
EVE! NESDAV OZORIVIENG,SEPT.
1 7— he Onion as it Was, the Constitution anit Is.
/leWhere there is no law there Is
no freedom. •
Democratic Nominations.
FOR GOVERNOR,
George W. Woodward.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE,
Walter IL Lowrie.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE OF DISTRICT COURT
John K. Bailey.
ASSEURLY,
JAMES BENNY, Sr.,
CHAS. P. WHISTON,
Dr. A. G. McQUAIDE,
JOHN SILL,
WHIGIIAII,
SHERIFF,
JAMES BLACKEIORE
ItECORIERR.
EDWARD P. KEARNS
REGISTER.
JAMES SALISBURY
FOR CLERK OF COURTS,
ERNST II EIDLEBERV
TEE ASURICR,
JAM IS IRVIN,
COUNTY CONIIISSIONER
JACOB KEIL,
DIRECTOR OF TAR POOR
WIGHTMAW.
LETTER FROM JUDGE WOODWARD
NEW CALUMNY NAILED.
The following highly important corres
pondence appeared in the Carlisle Volun
teer, of the 24th inst :
CARLISLW, Sept. IS, 1863.
Hon Geo. W. Woonw,i,un
Dear Sir:—l have been informed that
Hon. Lemuel Todd, who presided over the
Convention which re-nominated Hon. An
dreW G. Curtin, in addressing a ratifies
Lion meeting, held recently in this county,
stated that he had been informed that a
certain Judge Hall said, that in a recent
conversation with Lim, you had avow
ed yourself a believer iu the doctrine of
secession, and in favor of an immediate
recognition of the South.
While I am fully satisfied that you have
never held or avowed those sentiments, I
deem it important that your ft lends should
have authority to contradict the statement.
Will you, therefore, be hind enough to in
form me whether you ever held such a
conversation with Judge Hall:
Very respectfully,
RUFUS E. SHAPLEY,
Chairman of Democratic Standing Corn
mittce of Cumberland County.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21, 18t13
Rurus E. SHAPLEY, Ee.q.:
Dear Air:—Just returned from EaMB,
where I went to attend the funeral of our
much lamented friend, the Hon. Richard
iTilarning me of a story which Mr. Todd
produced at a public meeting, after obtain
ing it through a channel which is not spe
cified.
There is not a word of truth in the story
I know uo Judge Hall, and cannot re
member that I ever knew a man of tha
SO FAR FROM EVER AVOWING
BELIEF IN SECESSION OR FAVOR.
ING RECOGNITII/N OF THE SOUTH•
ERN CONFEDERACY, I AM, AND
ALWAYS HAVE BEEN OPPOSED TO
BOTH, AND AM IN FAVOR OF SLIP.
PRESSING THE REBELLION BY
WHICH BOTH ARE SUPPORTED.
My life has been spent, thus far, in up
holding the Constitution of the United
States as the Fathers framed it—the Union
they formed—and the Constitution and
lama of the State; and whatever of life
remains to me will be devoted to the same
ends whether it be spent in public or pri
vate station. NEITHER SECESSION
NOR THE MALIGNANT FANATICISM
THAT CAUSED IT WILL EVER FIND
AN ADVOCATE IN ME.
Trusting that this is a sufficient answer
to the calumny you allude to, I remain,
.dear sir, Very truly, yours,
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
TO NATURALIZED CITIZENS AND
THOSE WHO HOPE TO BECORE SO,
Judge WOODWARD, the Democratic can•
didate for Governor, has been charged by
his enemies with a desire to extend the
legal period in which a foreigner can be•
come a citizen, and with general hostility
to naturalized citizens.
[For too Post
HERE IS THE REFETATICIE: the following
letter was received on Saturday last by a
gentleman of this city :
•
Paltsinti.nra., Sept. 24th, 1863•
Dear Sir : You ask me, Are you in favor of
extending the period of naturalization beyond
the present legal term of five years 2"
I answer—l am not. I would not extend it one
hour beyond the period now fixed by law. You
may mate what use of your question and answer
thatyou please, Very truly yours,
GEO. W. WOODMARD.
•.
That, we think, is concise and conclusive.
Nothing more can be desired on that
point. But let us see how the Harrisburg
" jobber," that is too corrupt for STANTON
to associate with—let us see how he stands
about the naturalization question :
In 1853, he swore solemnly: "I wll.l. NOT
VOTE nor give my influence for any man
for ANY office IN THE GIFT OF THE PEO
PLE, UNLESS HE RE AN AMERICAN BORN
CITIZEN IN FAVOR OF AM PRICANS R''T
AMERICA, NOR IF HE RE A ROMAN CATHY.
The Know• Nothing party, into which
Mr. CURTIN thus swore himself,ia now dead
in name, but not in fact—they elected Mr.
Pod...t.ocx Governor, and Mr. CURTIN wns
made his Secretary. Now 11WVEMIIER that
Mr. CURTIN HAS NOT RETRACTED
ONE SYLLABLE OF THAT OATH.
HE ADHERES TO EVERY WORD OF IT TO THIS
HOER!
CveTrN
also swore, at the same Lime,
that if eluctr,d to office he would " RE
MOVE ALL FOREIGNERS, ALIENS, or
ROMAN 'CATHOLICS 'from OFFICE or
PLACE."
ceived by the War Department upon the
This oo th he has promised to keep for. same footing with the faithful soldier who
ever " SACRED AND INTIOLA.TE!" He has has all along stood to hie post performing
not renounced one letter of it to this day. Ilia duty. To what baseness will not the
—We leave the natter with naturalized administration descend in order• to keep
ite l / 4 - 41fin power I
TEII4 INA. It INERT AND I WAU
TAXIS
At 1:-.5t to .: Abolition press givee out a
feeble reply to our statements about the
war debt, and the taxes consequent upon
it. The COMMERCIAL PRINTING COMPANY
makes a most contemptible effort to free
its wretched party from the sin and the
crime of this terrible debt—but on reading
its defence, we felt as if honor, decency,
and truth had no dwelling place in or
about the COMPANY'S OFFICE..
We defy successful contradietionto the
statement that the war debt will not be
lees than $3,000,000,000, if the war, shall
end by the first of January next, or even 21
it were to be over to-morrow
By common consent the expenses hails
been set down at not less than three mil
lions per day. On or about the first of
January next, the war will have lasted one
thousand days—there is your $3,000,000,-
000—ana it will not be one dollar less.
At the close of the fiscal year, on the
3uth of June last, Mr. Cruse admitted
nearly $1,200.000,000 of ascertained or
funded debt—that was for 26 months of
war, or nearly $50,000,000 a month. Bear
in mind that this is not what was spent,
but what was audited and settled. Today,
at tl!le same rate, this adjusted debt would
be nearly $1 8,500,000,000 to say nothing
of the immense amount of war liabilities
in the shape of claims unsettled, which last
March were stated by a high official at
Washington to be $1.,000,000,000! And
this without Pensions, which will be $24,-
000,000 a year.
But we hays better proof than this—
although we have given undoubted evi
dance that the war debt is or will be three
thousand millions without the Pension and
Bounty list. Mr. CHASE ESTIMATES the
PRODUCT of the various federal taxes at
PER ANNUM i
Yes ! $225,000,000 per annum ! Now,
if the War Debt is not more than TWELVE
HUNDRED MILLIONS, 118 the PRINTING CO
would have us believe—why collect $225
000,000 ? Mr. CHASE don't expect to
collect one dollar of this in the Confeder-
acy! Not one!
Bat the COMMERCIAL PRINTING Co
faintly insinuates that this three thousand
millions is to be paid by the whole Union
Without extensive commerce, without la
borers, utterly prostrated, ruined, itspov
erished, and even starving, as the Aboli
tionists say the Rebels ate, how are they
to pay our War Debt? [There is but one
way, and that is to sell their negroes
Bat Mr. LINCOLN himself has fixed the
share of Pennsylvania at ONE SI xru of the
whole of our burden, for when he calls for
vania. This is the basis that we have taken
-ONE•SI NTH of the burdens of the war in
men or money, ure to be borne by Penn•
eyivania—and this, too, is Mr. LINUOI2ni
I=l
These false teachers of Repudiation, the
oondnetors of the Abolition Press, with
Mr. WILLIAms at their head, may squirm
as much as they please, they cannot escape
—theil own curses, about Railroad taxa
tion are alighting on their own heads.
The share of Allegheny County of the
War Debt, without Pensions, is $31,429,•
! I will not do to throw aside the
whole matter as a mere bagatelle—ONLY
SIX MILLIONS! ! as the COMMERCIAL 130
gaily concludes
If the public war debt is more than the
Commercial says it is, why levy 225,000
UiIU ? Why tax every transaction of life?
Why put stamps on notes and checks?
Why tax every thing a man can earn 7
Why revive the TEA and COFFEE
re 1., abolished in Gen. JACKSON'S time ?
Why double the duty on SUGAR ? Why
tax everything a man eats, drinks or
wears ? Wherefore the need of this mon-
strons oppression ? $72,000,000 will pay
theinterest on sl,2oo,ooo,ooo—and that is
what the Commercial says our war debt is
—why, we repeat, will Mr. CHASE collect
$226,000,000 ?
The duties on imports will not more
than pay tho ordinary civil expenses o
the Government, if they will do that.
Then the WAR DEBT, and the Bonwry Ac-
COUNTS. and the PENSION LIST must be
paid BY TAXATION If we shall be
able to "squeeze blood from a turnip,"
and make the South pay her full quota,
(say $1,200,000,000) are the 'remaining
$1,200,000,000 nothing ? Will it not
cripple us if it does not erush us forever 7
But the pooh-poohing of the COMMER
CULL PRINTING COMPANY will not satisfy
the public. Hear how .the opinions of
the N. Y. TRIBUNE contrast with those of
the reckless COMMERCIAL :
"THE WAR HAS SADDLED US WITH A
DEFZ•T THAT WILL TAKE BREAD FROM
TUE .MeUTII OF EVERY LABORING MAN'S
CHILD FOR GENERATIONS, AND BEND
hY TO BED,"
ENCOt RAGING DESERTERS!
Yesterday's Commercial contained the
following paragraph:
aapt. J. Rolex FOSTZR, Provost Marshal yes
terday reoaived a dispatch from Prov at Mar.
elm! Goo, Col. Far. announcing an important fact
for the benefit of paroled soldiers. The d spatch
was from Col. Fey, directed to Gov. CURTIS. and
is as f3llows: "Notify your Provost Marshals that
any paroled soldiers absent from Camp Parole,
- who report to Provost Marshals for duty on or
beforo October 15th, will not be treated as deser
ters."
This simply means that deserters from
the army who will report before the 15th
of October and vote for Ctram, will be re-
TWO TIUNDKED MILLION DOLEAIFIS
The Dispatch, after ei,ght days' tribula-
tion, has something to say about the aar
tax. It admits (wonderful admission !)
that Pennsylvaniats. share will hd $200,-
000,0000. Bat the Dispatch says: •
"Upon what data does the Poet fix this esti
mate? Where does it fenti'authority for the
statement that Pennoleania's share of the war
debt will ha five hundred - millious, and of the
Pension List haw million ?''
President LINCOLN, in fixing his de.
mend for troops, has fixed the share of
Pennsylvania at-oxE NINTEI of the whole
--that ottr authority :or ,the apportion ,
went. Is it good, Mr. firs PATCH
Oar "iiiith6rity for tusking the share of
Pennsylvania $500,000,000, is that the
whole debt of the Union will be $3000,-
000,000, of which ONE•SIXIH is 500,-
000,000, and the way We fix. the
sum of the Federal war debt at
$3,000,000,000, is that everybody has
computed the war expenses at $3,0U0,-
000 per day, and the var on the first or
January next will have lasted 1 000 days,
which makes $3,000,(00,000 That is the
way we figure. Morover, on the 30th of
June last, Mr. CitssE lad AI'DITIZI) $1 ,200,•
000,000, or $50,000,100 a month—doer
any body believe thathalf the amount ex
pended was audited I Let the people who
have unsettled claims answer this.
We have said before that Mr. LINCOLN
18 our authority for filiog the quota of our
State, but as the Dispatch presumes to
say that our share in Pennsylvania is too
high at $500,000,000, and it dares to
publish our table and other figures show
ing that five hundred millions is the
proper sum?
Pensions were allowed by the Surgeon
General—will not the end of tho war see
this lost $250,000? This at $8 a month
is s2s,ooo,ooo—and ONE SIXTII of this is
four millions. That'll the way we figure—
can the D ispatch figure more correctly?
J EDO E WOODWARD'S LETTER
The plain, candid and explicit letter of
Judge Wool:menu, avowing his hostility
to the heresy of secession, and in favor
of the suppression of the rebellion, the
Gazette of this city styles a shuffling pro
duction. The trouble with our neighbor
is, that while our candidate properly de
nounces those in rebellion, he, at the same
lime, condemns the malignant Abolition
ism whose persistent efforts produced IL
"That's abate the matter." In condemn
ing the treason of the South, Judge Woon
wenn does not neglect Abolition treason
in the North.
Ever since Judge Wooniv.kan's uomina•
Lion, until lately, the Abolition papers el
the State were calling upon him to dofinc
his position, as if there was any doubt in
relation to it. Now, that he is compelled
to appear in print. denying a deliberate
slander, these papers are still dissatisfied
and call his letter a shuffling evasion.
Well, if hie letter be an evasion.we cannot
so denominate the Gazette's charges of
corruption against CIeTIN. There was
no shuffling or evasion in its elaborate
arraignment of Ci lITIN, for public swind
ling, li . steed . ,.and proved his corrup
stances ; its action was deliberate and
well considered, and of its own motion,
the Pittsburgh Gazette proved Asnanw
G. CURTIN a public plunderer. What,
la us ask, can be thought of a newspaper
which will, even indirectly, contribute to
keep in c•fEc ,, such a monster as it bas
painted CURTIN ? NI hat, can be thought of
the moral condition of a party which sus
tains such a candidate? and what can we
think of a fanatical, Abolition traitor who
seeks to damage , the reputation of a man
of Judge WOODWARD'S purity of private
and public character, in the hope of bene
fitting a convicted public swindler.
In opposition to the Gazette's charge of
shuffling against WoonwAlw, we select
from its columns the following explicit
bit of testimony against CURTIN. It said:
"We have endeavored to show that he impcssd
open the soldiers by Perming them out to hi:
friends, and then denying that he had employed
them. We have exhibited the record to estabiish
the fact that he had approved a ti:l, ackni TV:-
edged by him to be wrong, which rubbed the
treasury of many millions of money ; that as the
condition of his approval he had ta'i en an agree
ment for the Rate, which he abstracted and FL
eretly surrendered to the tie rties who had given
it ; and that, when interrogated by the Legisla
ture, he confessed the f et, and offered, as his
apology, a reason which is shown to have here
untrue."
A. WORD WITH M T. J, HIGITAII
Mr. THOMAS J. BIGIUM, in a public dis
course, in the city cf Allegheny, charged
Judge WooDwean with having expressed u
wish that the bullet which wounded his
own son in the leg at Gettysburg, had
passed through that son's heart. This in-
human slander young WooDwARD flatly
contradicts, in a letter addressed . to its
author, in which the writcr shows how his
tathqr eympatl;zed with him in his
suffering from the wound received in
the battle referred to. The letter was
published in Monday's Post, adireseed to
"Mr. T. J, Biust M, Pittsburgh, Pa.," but
that person has not even noticed it. Does b e
imagine that he can mount the,ettimp with
impunity, and give utterance to such
beastly slander as the one in question? , If
he does he is mistaken. Pecause if he
gives full reign to hie malignity upon the
stump, and allows his partizan Malice to
invade the family circle, he must expect
is retu , n the treatment due to a .retrian,
which, in this case, should be the applica
tion of a horse whip acros&his shameless
and flabby face. There are limits even to
political ruffianism - ,and air- 'lnoue:3 J.
BiGnAm, although utterly insensibe him
self, should remember that all are not
so destitute of feeling as he is. He has
shamefully and cowardly slandered both
father and his son ; the son has indignant
ly denied his statement, and like a "shame
less falsifier as he is, Mr. BIGIIAM swag
gers hie uncouth proportions throxigh the
streetsl head.erect and brazen, as if he had
accomplished some clever feat. Should
young WOODWARD happen to meet hiin, he
would, upon beaded knees, apologise for
his cowardly slander; as it
struts about the streets evidently prond.of
his achievement.
DIOTINGIqISUED LERIVNLS
Hon. W3r. 'BIGLER, Hon. HEISTER
CLYMER and CHAR. J. INGERSOLL, Eiq.,
Timed through the city yesterday, to at
tend the masa convention to-day in Union
town.
[For the Post
James Madison on Parties.
Will those wiseacres who are constantly
preaching
_op i the„,doctrine that there
should be ktV . partieh in the present condi
ton ther;codotry, be kind enough to
read the following-extract from a letter
written to Robert Walsh by James Medi
sonf'dated, Noy. 27, 1819: "Parties un
der some denomination or other, must al
ways-be expected in a free government
like oars. When the individuals belong
ing to them are intermingled in every part
of the whole country, they strengthen the
union of the whole, while they divide ev
ery part. Should a state of parties arise
founded on geographical boundaries, and
Other physical and permanent distinctions
which happen to coincide with them, what
is there to controPthose great repulsive
masses from awful shocks against each
other."
If parties must always be expected in a.'
free government like ours, then are the
Abolitionists working like beavers to con
vert a once happy and united country into
a despotism, and the tools they are mak
ing use of and with which they are perfect
ly familiar, are lying, denunciation, pro
scription, slander threats, and every im
plement known' to the trade. Freemen of
the old Keyctone State, be warned in
time. ASHLAND.
The Battle of Chiokamauga
The Position of Our Troops
Oa Friday night the divisions of Bran
nan and Baird, formerly commanded by
General Rousseau and Reynolds, of
Thomas' corps, together with Johnson's of
McCook's corps, moved from the centre
to the left of Crittenden's corps. They
were in their new position at daybreak.
The two other divisions of McCook's
corps, Davis' and Sheridan's, were to
move into the position abondoned by
Thomas' corps, bat had not time to as
sume it fully before the commencement of
the action on the next morning. On the
morning of Saturday, our line then ap-
peared as follows On the extreme lett
I Brannan, next Baird and Reynolds, with
Johnson ih reserve in the centre Palmer
on the right of Reynolds, and Van Cleve
on his left. The line, as already stated,
was to be completed by Davis' and Sheri
don's divisions, faced a little east of south.
Opening- of the Battle,
The early forenoon passed away without
forewarning of the approaching conflict,
but shortly before eleven o'cloctt the
storm that had been brewing all the morn•
ing on the rebel side burst forth in the ex
pected direction. At that time a long
mass of rebel infantry was seen advancing
upon Brannan's division, on the extreme
left. It first came upon the second brig
ade, Col. Croxton commanding, and soon
forced it back, despite its determined re
sistance. The two other brigades of the
division at once eame to its assistance,
and succeeded in checking the progress of
the rebels and driving them back ;
but their columns being in time strongly
reinforced, they advanced again with wild
yells. So powerful was this assault that
they pushed Brannan back to and beyond
hie position in the line, and thus uncover
ed the lett:of Baird's division.
Making prompt use of their advantage,
they changed their course to the left and
speedily enveloped Scribner's and King's
brigades, the latter of regulars. They
were almost surrounded, bat managed to
disentangle themselves after fearful 'loss.
l'he crushing rebel masses next came up
on Johnson's division, rolled it upon Rey
nold's, wbicli also became speedily in
volved in the desperate struggle. The
stubborn resistance of those divisions,
however, and the sweeping fire of some
batteries posted under the personal super.
vitiou of General Rosecrans, arrested at
last their sweeping advance.
The division of Brannan and Baird hav
ing been rallied, General Thomas order
ed a general advance of the right, and
soon the tide of battle was decidedly
turned in our favor. With cheers our
lines advanced, halting only at times to
,hutter the enemy uit' musketry. Several
times the letter's retreating line stopped
and vainly tried to retain their gained
fround; but steadily they were driven
rom position to position, and 113 , 4 o'clock
all the ground lost was nearly recovered.
several batteries belonging to General
Baird, and Brannan's divisions,' whose
horses had been killed, and supporbfwere
swept away, were retaken, and several
hundred prisoners captured. The enemy
lett all their dead and nearly all their
wound, d on the field. There were at
least five hundred of the former. The
rebel troops engaging Thomas belonged
to Backner's and Longstreet's commands:
DIEDI
At hi 3 i le,ce h _rt'er'B Townphip Sep
o t
9th, SA.MUEL DUrF. Sr., in the th t ear
1 i 3 itge.
the Liends of the family are respectfully In
vited to attend the funeral on Thursday. Oct. lot,
i.t 10 n'olock a. m.
ECTORAL fall SYRUP
• Prepared by Dr. GEYSER,
Is the moat eft . ..et uel and agreeab'e cough rem
edy known. It hss been sold here and through
out the country for many years, render nr tL
utmost sltibfact.on.
In bottles at 50 Cents each,
One bottle eonlaining about three times the
qua!' tlcy of tbe ordinary 25c articlov, Sold by
• SIMON JOHNSTON.
set Corner of Smithfield & Fourth h tS.
CO LIQUID STOVE POLISH.
- Reasons why it is better than dry Polish;
1. It is already mixed.
2. It has no smell whatever.
3. 1t produces no dirt or dust.
4. It stands the most intense heat.
5. 1t preserves from rust.
S. It is the most economical polish.
7. It is net one-fourth the labor.
For sale by SIMON JOHNSTON,
se24 corner Smithfield and Fourth sts.
TRUSSES, TRUSSES, TRUSSES,
TR[TSSES. TRUSSES, TRUSSES,
TRUSSES, TRUSSES, TRUSSES,
A superior article of Trusses. The latest iu
Pin.vem ant. _
Hard Rubber Trusses,
Hard Rubber Trusses,
Hard Rubber Trusses,
'/hose wishing a good Truss and at a low pnee
`ahould call and examine my stock before per
chezitit elsewhere.
Superior Carbon OH, Burning
Fluid. Soda Ash and, Pot Ash.
Perfamery and Patent Medicines of a
A large and eoinolete assortment of Gum
&Lath) and Boyd Rubber Syringes. Remember
the place,
At Joseph Fleming'e Drug Store,
At Jo'oph Rieuting's Drug Stnton,
At Joseph Fleming's Drug ',Art.
Corner of the Diamond and Market kraal.
Corner of the Diamond and Market greet.
soli •
icummunNATED.]
PULMONARY . CONSUMPTION A LI/ RABLE DI SE ASE
A CARD.
TO CONWMPTIVES.
KFTILE EIIiDERS4GIVIED HAVLNG
been restored to 'health in a few weeks.
by a very simple remedy, after baying suffered
3everal yoats with a corer° Jung affection, and
that dread 'disease. Consuuiption—is anxious to
1.111. e known to big fellow-sufferers the means cf
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used (free of charge.) with the direc
tions for preparing and =lug the Alums, which
They will find a ear,. cure for ConstrupTion.
ASTEIMA. BRONCHITIS. COUGHS. COLDS, .te. The
only ol'ject of the advertiser in lending the Pre
scription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread
information which he conceives to be invaluable;
and ho hopes every sufferer will try his remedy.
as it will cost him nothing. and may prove a
blearing.
Parties wishing the presoription will pltasa
address
REv. EDWARD A. WILSON. Williamsburah,
adrirol4ow Kings Counts , . New York.
New Advertiseme
G. BAN D
Democratic
MASS ME EirENG.
THE DEMOCRACY OF
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
WILL ASSEMBLE
AT PITTSBURGH
OCTOBER 7th, 1863,
TO B.EASSEBT THRIB,
TIME HONORED PRINCIPLES;
TO RENEW THEIR
VOWS OF DEVOTION
TO THE
ONSTITUTION AN D UNION,
And to council how they may best
SUPPRESS THE REBELLION
That has so lour disturbed
THE REPOSE OF THE NATION,
And at the same time
REBUKE AND RESTRAIN
The dangerous arsumptions of Dower and
Bold Disregard of Law
WHICH NOW
IMPERIL our LIBERTIES.
THE FOLLOWING NAMED
Distinguished Gentlemen
Have been invited, and many of them aro ex.
peeted to be present and
ADDRESS THE MEETING,
RON. HORATIO SEYMOUR,
GOV. OF NEW 1708 K.
HON, CHARLES J. DIDDLE,
OF PHILADELPHIA
non.Geo.Northrop,
OF PHILADELPHIA,
Hon. Wm. H.Witte•
CF PHILADELPHIA;
Hon. H - RTSTER CLYMER,
HON. JAMES OAMPBEL,,
EX. POST MASTER GENERAL.
Mil GEN, GEO. B. !LITILEILAN,
1101 GEO, IV, 11100KAID,
Hon. W. A. Porter,
Hon. RICHARD VAUX,
Hon. W. H. Welsh,
Hon. C. R. Buckalew,
Ron. J. S. Black,
Hon. John Van Buren,
HON. WILLIAM BIGLER,
Hoff, Geo. E. PIIGH,
OF OHIO,
Hon. CHAS. REEDIEaMr,
OF OHIO,
Col. JAMES K. KERR. of EL
Hon. W. A. RICHARDSON, of In.
" JOHN Id'SWEENEY, ot 0
" JOHN L. DAWSON, of Pa.
" B. B. OITATIS, of Mass.
" WM, MONTGOMERY, (si"Pa
H. D. FOSTER, of. Pa
" W. A. STOKES, of Pa.
COME ONE, COME ALL,
And hoar the came of the Union and
Constitutional Liberty Vindiellitted
Ndw Advertisements.
GRAND DEMOCRATIC RALLY,
THERE WILL BE A
DE.MOCR,ATIC
MIN:EWING
At the Old Scotch Hill Market
Square,
Thweday Evening, , Oct. r. I.Bt.
. . ,
Hon. Wm: HIGLgR,
Hon. HEISTER CLYMER,
Hon: C. 'INGERSOLL, of Phila.
Wijt.be present and addreo the meeting.
COME ONE, COME ALL, and hear thesrante
of the Union and Conatitutiotott -.Litantrifindi
oatelL: - ,
FLAGS,
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For Mass Conventions, Military
Companies,-
BUILDINGS,
HORSES,
POLES, &c.,
Of 'Bunting,lk or Muslin
Ail sizes from 5 inches to 50 feet, At
Pittsburgh Flag diesuuhtstOry,
Depot at
PITTOCR'B NEWS btflOT,
Oppogto the Poitisifice
NEW - 'ATOCIEE
MASON & HAMLIN'S
CABINET ORGANS AND
MELODEONS
•
In Rosewood & Walnut Cases.
- I UST RECEIVED By THE BED.
aoviber, to Nor O. the attention of .PUR-
Of:USERS ie
CHAS. C. IFIELLOR.
81 W001).8'111Ekt
Solo agett for MASON & .11AMLIgfor Western
Pennsylvania. ' .".eoZ9
. - TVIfreiCOV IEXI'Se
To Strengthen and Improve the Sight
Tan y PEBEtI
Russian Spectaolob
jumusoNs stiartrama. aur.ort Dts-
IL feotivo Eigh ty arising from ego or other eau
bcan be tolieVed. by using the itrusalan Yob
le ISPeetseletrich have been wall tried by
many responsible citizens of Pittsburgh and vi •
Mikity. to whom they have givmperfactaatisfae
tion. The certificates Of these tierreeng can be
goon at m 5 office.
llet. All who purchase one pair of the Ilmasian
Pebble Spectacles artl,olltitiOCk to'be supplied in
future free ohargeverith. those which will always
give satisfaction.
Therefore. if you wisle‘talinstito an Improve
ment in your sight - ,
J. DIAMONDi Practie:il Optician;
Manufacturer of the Russian Pebble SPotrtaeles.
~,,il s .de w No. *9 11MM:riot Post Entldits
Jo h a, p i aci ., oftroODoopio closed on SatutdaY.
TO BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS,
ViTE ARE NOW EIANUFACTITRINO
superior article of
article
Which we are prepared to ded , reitiotti situ.
COAL TAItII, 503 mirmtrnr frntrxr,
Best quality of
PAM
LF.,~"0=4;x.;
. • -..
Always on hand as wual.
DIORSON. STEWAla'ac CO
PIANO and FLI IFETTS.
PIANO and IN , D _
Plate and Piano DuattaZ.
A
COLLECTION OF POrIT-I.AR
Songs of the day, ODeratio' Atra; Dance
binds, dro,.. Arranged for the Pude lord Piano.
By S. WINNE ,50 ots.
UNION, COLLECT/01C,
Of Popular Duet& for the Violin and :Piano
Arranged by B. WENNER. 50 cts.
Mailed. post-paid on receipt of price;; . .'
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CAS. C. licELion,
eels , 81 Wood, Street.
:C. HARRY BRIAN; „1
LONGCOPE & REAIicE,
MANUFACTURERS & IMPORTERS
. .
OF
iiIEN'S FURNISHINGGOoDS,
AND TAILORS TREVKINGS.„
NO. 10 soirrn FOURTH STREET,
tayl-lyd PHILADELDDIA.
ROOF I
.lIDEON, oLDnEN & CO.
-IL4'
s),:ie prepared to la.
GRAVEL ROOFINI3 -
Ont of tho city on short notioe• -
°Moe corner Fifth &Wood ate. 2d 44.17
eat
NOTICE
LEAVING ENTEUEfI INTO . A CO
' • Partnership for trio galt_tf
Boy's Youth's and Childiluts'
Clothing,
We etc , prepared to offer to the public, cue fir the
Lamest wad best selected Stocks
,
That bag evar been °panel in ilia eitY.,looioPria
ing mitts of all kinds, rer,D.RFAs and 160:111)01,,
and in sizes fram 4 to 18 yeart—itla oar 'parpase
always to keep ,on hams a largo and varied as -
sortrufnt. man afizatured by the beat - bottles in
Near York ann.:30,9:0n. Fears coandeatthatve
can offar inducements equal to ail. Eastern
H eases, end at pr....Twit:tat as seasonable.
•
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.
Forthepresent art fEto
ocean
_lir D 0 FO,
ae2.l.2wd HO. lb. Pfinit_sr.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
'CITE DESIRE TO INFORM ova
v. Wends and the ettbijal gorterally,:that we
have receive:l oar lea and - wia ter et o emeArie
ing everything that 'is new Bad desirable to oar
line, eontiwing in van of
Scotch, ChaTots,_
„Basket
Continenfal coatings, .
VestiugO of Silk, Velvet, , ,ilaff
and - Other _CasiunOiviii..-
Inoluftt a laivo as3ortmerit of
, • ,
Fancy Niemen and Scotch c'asainteesi.
' Black and Colored Clotho:dte.;'
Whieh.we arm preearsd to make op to order. in
the Latest and meet fadkionable styes and in the
best ma moot. tiILA Y. EOESIEL & HESE.
Merchant Tailors
0. /9 5 , h at
seZI-rd.
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-AND--
bRIFALTIIIII6I
Park, 31'euxdy
ZdanttlELdtme of
Sheath. :Braziers' and Belt Copper.: Pressed
Copper Bottoms, Raised Still Bottoms.
ripalter boddarAto. Also turior•
tars arid.ealers in Metals, -Fr/
Tin Plate; teheet Iron, .
1131.0oreihMtlfr , on hand, Timms' Machines
and Tools. Warehouse, N0.1411F/RBTandl2o
BROOND STREETS, Pittsburgh Pa. - 111243peoisi ordezi of Copper ma to an/ demised
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