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FB.IDAY .11100.NIRG, NOV. 18, 1384
Au Offer of Axaneetv.
Thereare numerous rumors a flo at in
Washington to the effect that .tlie Ad
ministration is about to offer some lib
eralterms of peace to Jeff, Davis and
his foilciviers. New York, too, we learn
by te egraph, is full of rumors to the
same effect, the' great cause of which is
piesuMedto be the speech delivered at
the ,'Aierine. Rotel by General Butler
....
on Nfoinlay evening. Immediately after
the delivering.of the speech in question,
Butler'started for 'Washington city ami
had ;in Intertriew`With the President,
who,.the:telegraph .announces, "warm
ly .applanda the speech in questson."
The intimacy existing between the
Adthiniptiation and General Butler, to
gether with the ackhowledged shrewd
ness.. which characterises all the latter's
political movements, give his sayings a
peculiar significance; and, it may be that,
on the occasion alluded to, he was put
forward as the Vaunt courier, to hint at
meaintres-which are in contemplation by
the 'Washington Cabinet. If this be so
.
his ilieech is an important one; and, in
. , .
order to Impress the reader with its im
portince.we select from it the following,
its most 'signigcant paragraph:
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"War cannot last always. The history
or nations shows—the experience of the
world, war must
*
come, an end. 'But how? In what
way? - A war such as this, prosecuted
for the purpose of breaking - down the
power „of those opposea_to the Govern
ment, and bringing them under the su
prematy of italaws, must be terminated
eithir, by reconciliation or subjugation.
In view, therefore, of the unanimity of
the American people, in 'view of the
strength, the majesty, the might, of the
nation,may it rioqbe suggested that now
is die - time to hold out to the deluded
people of the South the olive branch of
peace ' and say to them, "Come back,
comebaek, and leave off feeding on
husks, and share with us the fat of the
lac!, and bygones shall be bygones, if
bygones are bygones, and in one coun
try and with one laW we shall live in
peace • hereatter [Cheers.] Are we
_not able to offer them this now? Are
we not strong enough? Do we not stand
firmly, with unanimity of sentiment
enough to offer peace to all, if all will
submit to the laws? There might have
been some complaints I think among a
proud and chivalrous people, that they
would not desert their leaders, by taking
advantage of the amnesty proclamation
of President Lincoln. Bat none when
we come to them and say, "Come back,
and You shall find the laws the same
save so far as they nave been altered by
the legislative wisdom of the land—both
for leaders and followers." Can there
be any excuse for either if they rebel
liously remain in contempt of the au
thority of the Government? Are we
not in a condition now,not taking coon
sal from our fears or from our weakness,
but eif,,our strength and magnanimity,
again to make offers of peace and amity
in the moat beneficent terms, but for the
last i lfde? ,Bylv doing shall we not, in
the o,o9f,theWorld, " have exhausted
all lbo resources of, statesmanship in an
effolib Irestore•pe4ce to the country?"
PI tait'O.S ,Who shall ' hinder them.
tY O '*l Pik."' And if they Will not
come b 4 ",who Wall, complain? Let
A V .,
us not"; rMit the rebel, after be has
fought. atiloilg' as be' can, and then, if
he el:10*$ to come back, let tis state
sot. ae, perhaps the Bth of Jaiitary
—f t 1.: :Ssociati9n: will be as good as
map= . a 1 tole ,down their arms and
submit to,the lawlf, and, when that hour
has sSeed ~ to eveiy man Who shall
scoigithp itoffered amnesty of a great
and' 'Vier ul nation, speaking inlove,
in e ledt.f, IA ldidoeSs, in lope of pew
c
and, ifiet,forever to Its "rebellious sons.
I sOttiell let its =set film or Wein with
she*, qtdek, 'deeisiVe war, which shall
bring,thkiebellion to an end forever by
the'ettinguisliiiimit of such men,where
• evftlyiy 'may be found."
Attiir4gea' ding this , paragraph and the
numerous telegrams upon the same sub
ject,lo ths'effect-that "the Government
will offer' tn'ercus terms of peace to the
rebels before December," one naturally
askehimielf why these offers were not
melte before? After nearly four years
of carnage, the Administration is con
templating measures for peace, which
ought to have been tried before hostili
tiesl)esiEm • This tardiness may be ex
cuttl by saying that the rebels would
listen r ikk.ll4terms orheace, which would
nottiVe them independence; but there
was no harm in, ,trying them, just as
there is none in doing so now. One
thifig *e know, which is that eighteen
monthee ago; the rebel Vice President
was-sent back to Richmond by our Ad
mbilstiation, when it was known that
his business was to negociate for peace.
And, we also know that since then Pres
ident.Lin.coln would not even listen to
therNiagara Commissioners, unless the
South abolished.alavery..
If after four years of war, and having
---sconted.eveu advance for negociations,
the Administration now is disposed to
not only listen to, but to propose "gen
eronstetms of peace to thit' rebels,"the
on y fair conclusion we can arrive at - is,
that "Honest - Abe" and his managers,
purposely prolonged hostilities, in order
to bring about the political result of the
But be that as it may, we are
anxious'_ to have the generous proposi
tions alluded to laid before the people.
The Reason Why,
A very general complaint has been at•
tered that we ; hate . not published the
official home vote in the October elec
tion.- The reason, we have ob-
._ttkined tram the Deputy Secretary of
the Commonwealth: He states the ma
jority of counties were returned to Har
risburg with the vote consolidated
which;oVexited any ahnounceinent of
the home vote; instructions have been
isietied to cite Pildwubtariee of the tieyn
eral counties to mate a separate return
of ihe arthrmtpi - wheAliry - ,
hive . been received i r shalt .at en
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The Vote of Foreggere. •
Yesterday's Gazette infaiied
dere that "the heavy nat4alized - lite'.l
given to McClellan was coned , lttol ;
exclusively to the naturaliitlid Wites.
Instead of holding the uses cit.i!natnr- 1
alized voters respomple:'*r d e vote
given to McClellan, ret the respiMilbiV
ty fall upon that division of them,
which; by some ocean influence, went
solid for him."
Our only desire in quoting this is that
it may attract the attention of the Phil
adelphia Press. That paper, just after
the election, returned its thanks to the
"thousand of Irish Catholics," even in
Philadelphia who, it said, deserted the
Democracy to support. Mr. Lincoln.
This remarkable change the Preto at
tributed to the "affective eloquence" or
Dan. Dougherty; but according to the
Gazette, Dan's sound and fury were not
able for the "occult influence," which
took so many naturalized citizens for
Gen. McClellan.
This foreign vote has always troubled
a portion of the Abolition party. If it
was cast to please our opponents, it
would be all right; but preferring to
support the only party which protects
foreign and native born alike, the A.bo
litionists insultingly charge it to Holm!
"occult, hidden, unknown and secret
contrivance.
For the Po at.
UNIONTOWN, Nov. 15, 1864
Mr. Barr: I_• see that the Commercial
puts down 'Fayette county, at only 700
majority for McClellan, and therefore,
claims an Abolition gain of 115. The
official majority for McClellan is 992, a
Democratic gain of 178. The Commer
cial's exhortation to the people to vote
for Lincoln for the reason that every
vote for him, was a vote not only in fa
vor of freeing the negroes, but alternate
ly clothing them with social and politi
cal rights, (Bee Commercial of the 26th
October,) had no little to do with the
increase of the Democratic vote in Fay•
ette. The people in Fayette county,
have a very great dislike for anything
like negro equality, and all "the Aboli
tionists in Pittsburgh, could not drive
them from their old fashioned notions
about this matter.
Yours truly,
The New Conscription
The St. Louis Amager thus points
out how all our armies will require re—
inforcements, especially as the time of
service of the whole army expires next
year, and how a new call for 300,000 or
300,000 men is thus sure to be made in
the next six months. The Aizeiger pro
ceeds:
This necessity for new troops has
again brought forward the Conscription
Law for discussion. All the world
agrees that the present law is worthless
and extraordinarily expensive. Hence
it has already been hinted that the :sub
stitute system is to be übolished, and
that every drafted man is to servo in
person. Against this arrangement no
objection can be made fiom point ni
principle; It is the only system for u e
publican people. But tne abolition of
the substitute system alone does not suf
fer. On the contrary, if the present
law is maintained in all other respects,
the abolition of that system would cause
great injury in other respects.
It is almost insanity. and without a
parallel in history, and to put young
and old, married and unmarried people
.n one and the same call. The young,
and not the old, form the best materiel
o f :war. It is•also clear that the family
and industrial lite of the nation must be
spared as much as possible. Hence a
true military organilation should pay
attention to this difference between the
ything and old, the married and unmar
ried; anti the young and unmarried peo
ple ought to be taken before the old
and married people are sent into the
Held.
The Anzeiger hopes this subject will
be Pally discussed,.not only by the Ger
man, but also by the American press.—
There is much good sense in the
above.
The Western Hog Trade
The slaughtering of hogs in the West
is about to commence. The Cfncinnati
Gazette of Saturday says :
There was rather a better inquiry foi
hogs to-day,. and we heard of sales
amounting in the aggregate to abour 1,
000 head at .$ll per 100 lbs. gross, for
those averaging 260 and 275 lbs., and
$18,25a51850 per 100 lbs. net, for 200
and 210 lb. averages. A few of the
houses commenced slaughtering to-day,
and a few were cut.
The Chicago Tribune, of Friday, re
marks:
The receipts since Monday amount to
20,641 hogs. Entered sales at the vari
ous yards 14,809 heads, at 9,50a510,75,
chiefly at 10 410,25 per 100 lbs. Un
:der the influence of several drawbacks
the market has been unsettled and busi
ness restricted the result of which is
that there sae in the yards this evening
about 10.000 hogs unsold:
The Louisville Journal says:
The hog market for packing has not
opened here, and we hear of no con
tracts on the part of packers. Prices
are pretty well sustained, and we quote
a sale to a speculator, of 2,000 fat hogs
at 9i cents, on foot, to be weighed on
' delivery at the farmers' pens. Hogs,
heavy and well fatted, sold at 9} to 10f
cts. gross. The offering at the Shelby
House were of good qualities, but no
cattle sold higher than 6 to 6} cents,
which was the highest averaged rates
paid by bathers for well conditioned,
fat beeves. Sales of heavy hogs, were
made as high as 11 cents.
Fight Between Harris and Martin
SCRANTON PA., Nov. 15,1884
The Harris and Martin fight took
place this morning. The men entered
the ring at 10 a. in., and thellght lasted
six rounds. - -:Harris hadi the best of the
fight all the while, cutting Martin in
the- most dreadful manner, while he
was unmarked. In the sixth round
Harris hit his men right and! left and
got down on his knees, ID which posi—
tion Martin struck him a dozen• blows.
The United States detectives rutihed in
the ring at the time Harris made his
claim to • the referee, .• and a general
stampede took place. Harris, Corcoran,
Chaffers and some others are arrested.
I am also arrested and in the Provost
Mashal,s Office, Lut expect to get out
and be in New York to-morrow night.
Martin is badly punished, both eyes be
ing nearly closed. The right eye was
closed in the second round.
A VALUABLE LAND PATENT ISSUED.
A patent has just been issued by the
Er4Mlmas 10d -Wilde ,to Majors General
InniidratarAtherail(in -behalf of. the
estitWOV4ol.s 9 / 4 :4l4iliguns4 fOrr ;Rambo
1ti044 Tait-41104ibitotpiCiCatifornia.
TliditiOstititecittitiolhaii :le been lain :
.cdtirt;ot ailtriMiPoislarr detain's: tA'hec
tract embraces 135,00040repansildtesnt
valuable. as several mines are upon it.
EnteringCl - V.V.iw Crusade.
oone the It!OrYork Tribune
410114.„-caitOtt amp of defamation
'4le*nciation against its political
sea, which it: had conducted.
ittft,h' ao:crimony_without example, and
Itgtterliess that - tiveliiid,,,:the intensest
spirii - 4 bigotry and of hate, than it
opened another. It has given the view•
hallo and commenced hounding on its
followers against a class of its fellow
citizens on account of their religious
creed. It has discovered s new "Irre
pressible conflict," and exults at the
I prospect of glutting its cruel and vin
dictivo appetite • upon fresh victims 01
its hate. The pictnre which the Tai
bune used to draw of the Southern plant
er—hunting, hie flying slaves with blood
hounds—was taken from its own ideal,
and colored from its 'own heart. It is
what a Tribune man would do in the
same situation. It is denied that priv
ilege, and so indulges its nature, in the
field open to it, by lighting the fires or
sectarian hate, and inflaming the bitter
ness of the powerful and prosperous
against the comparatively weak and de
fenceless.
Of course the basis of all this wicked
superstructure is falsel Neither the cler
gy nor the laity of the Church assailed
are champions of slavery, If they do
not make the questions one of State
authority, but rather one of individual
conscience, they can/probably justify
themselves before some other tribunal
th an the theological Institution of the
New York Tribune. They deprecate
empirical revolutions, and were almost
unanimously, in the North, opposed to
the Southern secession. They contri
butedtts many men to the army, as any
class. They do not probably follow
Horace Greeley through the vagaries,
which, after exhausting Fourrierism and
Free-love, now occupy his fantastic
mind. But no class love the Union and
the Constitution more, or dread to see it
destroyed by the fanatic hands of the
foolish experin enters who are now
probing the sources of its life with the
steel.
As to the illustration of the Irish
I spirit which the Tribune sends abroad,
it only need be said, that when O'Con
nell was writing his crude letters upon
i slavery, he was receiving from his coin
patriots here, North and South, tens of
thousands of dollars to aid him in his
political struggle at home.
But we will not detain our readers
longer from the Tribune's new precis
!
mason of outlawry, and signal for pros
@MEI
Forreasons which to them arc sutli
dent, the great body of the Roman
Catholic priesthood of this country are
the ardent and active partisans, and up
holders of Unman Slavery, and do nu:
sympathize with the Republic in the
war which the Slave Power has wicked
ly waged against it fur the overthrow
and dissolution of our Nationality
Them: of tiv.:m now resident in the loy•
a: States do not desire Disunion per se,
but they do desire 3 • reronstructiub'
based on the re establishment of power
and perpetuity of Littman Bondage.
And their influence over thr laity, coin
ciding with th-it of the grogsliops,
wherein hate and scorn of "the nay
guts.' i= systematically inculcated as a
source of political influern e and power,
is so potent and pervadinit that it is ut
terly idle to seek to in•lo , trinatc the
great mass of our Irish-h..rn vwers with
those idra3 and sentiments touching our
great struggle and the lit• is underlying
it which :4, em to us just, ('hristian, gen
erous and humane.
'e make this explanation to our
friends in Ireland NN ho have acted in th'•
presumption that the lilah—born voters
of this country might be moved by su.di
appeals ss could not fail to be influentd 1
if addressed to Christians o f any fa i th
in any other part f the world. Those
friends scent wholly unaware of the
state of facts existing on this side of the
water, Had Daniel O'Connell visited
this coutry in the plenitude 01 his pow
er and renown, and here discussed llu
man Slavery in the spirit of his letter to
the Repeaters at Charleston, S. C., be
would have been• rotton•egged and
stoned from city to city, and the great
body of our Irish Americans would have
joined in the hunt, or in shouting,
'Well done! Give it to him I"
Confederate Deserters
Lieut. Gen. Grant has redssued a pre
vious order, which is to the following
effect:
"Hereafter deserters from the Confect
crate army, who deliver themselves up
to the United States forces, will, on tek•
ing an oath that they will not again take
up arms during the present rebellion,
be furnished subsistence and free trans
portation to their homes, if the same are
within the lines of Federal occupation.
If their homes are not within such lines,
they will be furnished subsistence and
free transportation to any point in the
Northern States.
"All deserters who take the oath of
allegiance will, if they desire it, be giv—
en employment in the quartermaster's
and other departments of the army, and
the same remuneration paid them as is
given to civilian employees for similar
services. Forced military duty, or ser
vice endangering them to capture by the
Confederate forces, will not be exacted
from such as give themselves up to the
United States military authorities.
Deserters who bring horses or mules
into our lines with them will, on deliv—
ering the same to the quartermaster's de—
partment, receive in money the highest
price such horses and mules are worth."
Sixty Miles an Hour Without Ac-
oidents
The cardinal virtues of railway man
agement in England, France and Ger
many, are announced and are generally
proved to be, first, safety; second, com
fort; third, speed. These desiderate any
well regulated company abroad is bound
to offer every passenger, by first-class at
least. These the traveling community
demands and obtains. Railway corpo
rations in the United States, as a general
thing, claim to provide their patrons
with speed first, comfort next and safety
occasionally. - Some knowledge of all
the leading railroads of the country en
ables ns to indorse the American popu
lar idea of what management really
consists in, on this side of the ocean,
and which may be briefly summed up
thus: An entire absence of 'speed; ab
-1 solute indifference to individual cora
-1 fort, and gross recklessness in running
trains. In face of the record of the ter
rible- accidents upon the Shore Line,
ErieHadway, New York and New Ha
! ven roads, andotbers, during the month
of October just passed, no board of di
rectors need at that moment offer to
deny the trutli.ofAbeforegoing estimate.
of its efficiency .
.
"Con. Vic iaLaqine looking man, ainit
he ?'tval - E4 :Mend ours.. Trek"!
replied another. "I 'icoasquken foi4o:
kince.r.ilYosiat-rWhy you're tie ugly Air
sin 1" "I don't care for that , I eras titken
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,Letter from Stephen
:= - ; 24 kief'D.o4l4B. .
Wiligt.Mattir; Feb. 2, 1861.
Messrs. Editiiitg--4 - iiitive - this morning
read with amazettibut an - editorial in
yout paper of the atii tilt : , in which you
assume that I am "favoring the Immedi
ate withdrawal of the remaining States
from the Confederacy as a peace: meas•
are, to avert the horrors of civil war,
and with the view of reconstruction on
constitutional basis." I implore you by
all those kind relations which so long
existed between us, and which I still
cherish with so much pleasure and - grat
itude, to do me justice promptly to cor
rect the unaccountable error into which
I you have been lcd. In regard to seces
sion, whether viewed as a governmental
theory, or as a matter of politcal expe
-1 diency, I have never had but one opin
ion, nor uttered but one language—that
of unqualified opposition. Nothing can
be so fatal to the peace of the' country,
so destructive to the Union and of all
hopes of reconstruction, as the secession
of Tennessee and the Border States
under existing circumstances. You
must remember ,that there are disunion•
ists among the party leaders at the
North as well as the South—men
whose hostility to slavery is stron
ger than their fidelity to the Con
stitution, and who believe that the
disruption of the Union would draw
after it, as an inevitable consequence,
civil war, servile insurrection, and final
ly, the utter extermination of slavery in
the Southern States. They are hold,
daring, determined men; and believing,
I as they do, that the Constitution of the
United States is the great bulwark of
slavery on this continent. and that the
disruption of the American Union in
volves the inevitable destruction of
slavery, and is an indispensable necessity
to the attainment of that end, and they
are determined to accomplish their pare
mount object by any means within their
power For these reasons the Northern
disunionists, like the disunionists of the
South, are violently opposed to all com
promises or constitutional amendments,
or efforts at conciliation whereby peace
should be restored, and the Union pre
served. They are striviitipto bref k up the
Union under the pretence of unbounded
devotion to it; they are struggling to
overthrow the Constitution, while pro
fessing undying attachment to it, and a
willingness to make any sacrifice to
maintain it; they are trying to plunge tht
country into civil war as the surest means
of destroying the Union upon the plea of
"enforcing the laws and protecting the
public property." If they can defeat
every kind of adjustment or compromise
by which the points at igsr.e may he
satisfactorily settled, and kept up
the irritation, so as to induce the Bor
der States to follow the Cotton States,
they will feel certain of the accomplish
ment oftheir ultimate designs. Noth
ing will gratify them so much, or con•
tribute so effectually to their success, a.
the secession of Tennessee and the Bor
der States. Every State that withdraws
from the Union, increases the relative
poacr of Northern Abolitionists to de
feat a satisfactory adjustment, and to
tiring on a war, which sooner or later
must end in fizai separation and recog
nition of the independence of the two
contending sections.
if, on the contray, Tennessee, North
(t;irolina and the I , ..rdce States, wilt re
main in the Union, and will unite will'
the cone, ivati%e un l I: n , ttn-lovirt
of all partied in tile Ninth, in the adopt
ion 4 , 1 such a c frnproinis. as will ho
alike honorable, safe and just tot lie p• a
pi all tl e States, p• - ace and fraternal
:ceiing will soon rt. ttl , lll, 1111.1 the eutbdi
State. tame and the Union render
ed perpetual. I - anion iii,. repot
hut it cannot he too strongly impressed
upon ail who love our country, that cc
cession and war UM be the destruction,
n it only of the pr . -seta Union, hut will
blast all hopes recOlititrlleli..ll upon 4.1
constitution.' b'sis
I trusty ii V.:11 tn. It.• j lee to
pUl'it` , lll . lj s no.-- :T. y•iiir ne-.t
I -in, viii) ti illy your frit•iiil
,•••• A pouoi.A.
Thu Fren , :ql and 'he liehelß
There ate ,onir lolvrlsting things en
lug nat tbt. Eaoutil of the it:n Grande.
A New 4 lrlt ens correspondent of the
Herald sv!it•.!. (Nov Sib 1)
The Fryhelt tc'l the rebel, appear to
plil.sod in each othef's society
since the oreuitit ion 4,r lidatamoras At
a pub:le dinner vie,. n the pres•
Lit nt, a Fiench Mexican colonel, cave
the toast, "The Union of Itic Southern
Contrilera:y and Mexit o.', This waa
feSpolltled 10 Wll.ll 21.111‘10 , a1 by nearly
every person present, who showed their
appreciAtion of the sentiment by cheers,
clapping of hands and waving of hats,
white the bald struck up the "Bonnie
Blue Flag."
Another correspondent says :
Wh' n General Mejia was known to
be advapeingon l'itstitmoras, and within
a dlv or two's march, the foreigners, :Is
a general thing, claimed protection of
their respective Consuls, and a Mr.
Beldin, a former resident of Browns
ville, Texas, claiming to be the rebel
Consul, was recognized as such by Cor
tinas, and was permitted to deliver eel.•
tiftcates of rebel nationali'y.
"Straws," these may be, showing
how the Alm: blows, from France and
Maximilian toward Jeff. Davis.
The Motion of Bombshells
At night We can see the path through all
its journey, light as it is by the burning
fuse. When the range is two miles, the
track of a shell frum a mortar it de
scribes very near half the area of a
circle. On leaving the mortar it grace
fully moves on climbing up the heavens
till it is nearly or quite a mile above the
earth, and then it glides, and for a mo
ment, apparently, in a horizontal line ;
but you quickly see that the little fiery
orb is descr.bing the other segment of
the circle. A. shell from a Parrot rifle
gun in goiig two and a half miles,
deviates from a straight line not quite as
much as a shell from a mortar. But in
passing over this space considerable
time is required. The report travels
much faster than the shot. A shell from
a mortar viii make a distance of two
miles in about thirty seconds, and from
a Parrott gun about half that time.
The flash at night, and the white smoke
by day, indicate the moment of discharge,
I and neen or twenty seconds give time
to find a corer, in a splinter roof,behind
a trench, or something else.
The Value of a Comma
M. Edward About wrote, in a report
of the Fine Arts Exhibition: "M. Le
pere is.sliillful, educated, more than in•
telligent." M. Leper° inquired by note
of the writer, what he meant: "What
do you man to say, sir? I am very
much afraid you mean to say that I am
better educated than intelligent, and
that the comma signifies nothing. And
even if itii there, it might not have
been there" M. About replied: "The
comma proves, sir, that I look upon you
as a man isho is educated,and more than
intelligent" M. Lepere was not satis
fied, and appealed to the law to
. redress
his grievance. M. About agitOted:
'-'I am challenged to explain, anAftiCiay
if that copma be a serious, soliVe.. atab
lished, sitentiostal comma, and if I
meant tosay that' M. Lepere waa both
anAdneated man and eatum.of remark--
able.inteMgence, 1,-:blisten to declare
thacl lite still tinder That Impression
__ • that is in way
Ekig sip at the Capital.
Current Peace Rumors-Prospect of a
Most. Relentless Style of „Warfare—
Fluctuations las the PrictfilifiKiold
Foresluulosred—Probable IntaajpOs In
tho,lpablnet.
WABIITNOTON, NOP34
Political circles are full of pen.* ru
ms:fire jnatlfow; there is reason'Ao be
Hove, however, that most of theta have
been started to affect the New York
gold market. The latest rumor is to the
effect that a secret meeting of disaffected
rebel officials, including Ex-Senator
Toombs,.Vice-President A. H. Steph
ens; Governor Brown, Howell Cobb,
Mr. Boyce, of
.South . Carolina, and
others, who have agreed to make a ten
tier to the Federal Government looking
to a re-uniting of the States upon some
basis that will he satisfactory to both
parties. The story of a commission ap
pointed by Mr. Lincoln to wait upon
the rebel authorities at Richmond is also
current, together with still another re
port that Jeff. CrtiViS and his associates
will be invited to send a commission to
meet a Federal commission in the city
of Louisville, to see if it is possible to
bring about a reconciliation. It is not
to be disguised, however, that, notwith
standing these rumors and the apparent
willingness of members of the Adrhinia
tration to give them confidence, no sane
man here believes that anything will
come of them. Mr. Lincoln is person
ally objectionable to the people of the
South, and his counselors are looked
upon with suspicion. So long as they
have armies in the field, some of which
are as yet uneubdued, there is no reason
to believe that the southerners will sub
mit. They may be willing to amuse the
North and the world with a pretence of
negotiating during the winter months
when military movements cannot be
carried on, but the aims and objects t.f
the two sections of the country , are so
much at variance and arc- so irreconcila
ble that it is beyond the power of diplo
macy to harmonize them. There will
be no peace; but, instead of that, a much
more cruel and destructive war than
any which has yet been waged.
The Pittances... Ltd ths Price of Gold
Pending the various peace rumors are
afloat, gold will fluctuate violently, that
may drift back to 220 or 925. Added to
these rumors it is certain that before
the report of Secretary Fessenden is
mule known, there will be great uncer
tainty in ( ontruervial operations. It is
understood here that in no event will
Secretary Fessenden consent to an in
crease of the circulating teedinm. lle
will propose a most severe scheme of
taxation. Ile will insist also upon the
estimate both of the army and navy for
the coming year to be cut down to the
lowest point, and he will also discounte -
nanotthe issue of any more gold inter
estbearing hoods. Ile hopes to reduce
the expenses of the war at least two
hundred milli. ne per annum and to rake
I.y wise and severe taxation at least one
hundred millions more per annum than
the present income of the government.
These efforts of the Sec:cotry of the
Treasury will tend to bring down the
price of gold, which will not take an up
ward jump until it heroines manifest
that the Soon gill not return to the
Union iimier r. neoln's rulo, and that
we will havo to 4uhmit to a state of con
r tor In iny years to come •
1. .0.1 u t Cllllllll. g.,,
1! is di iiii•teiv thst we %IT
hax, , impiirtant chances in the cal.
irpA iittcr the meeting ni
Ciinrrisq , ind the r. ports of the Vaiinus
tarii • . lins been urged
to citlnlzes until alto !ht'
pri — e when he . 4
I I. goiter the new Sen
a', send in ihe
stiv
1111 , rnment. The ri.;i
Cal.-, h , ', t, art ,;.111 rchs for soul:
(00,11,7‘ , ., in tio r! , thinet, and they \till
dOlllO,ll ,ti Im L!lalifil`d, a; Mr. Lincoln
will tier tht ni lull nun du7inc his sec
odd in; ol
A Crent lenropeon Congress.
II is rum. red here that :l;;• state
part meld ha- lel i, c< 10 , qtect that
rte a' I..iiniiwitn
tivid in t4i man city, prob Ably nt
Berlin, in Whist, all the leadine powers
cp . Europe will he rep:es! rated. This
Platter was ri.iod te , neie teen arranged
at the recent meetine ot the Emperor o:
France and tie Emperor of Hussis
\Vltstevi r hesitation England may have
to enter Mto such a coner, ss, there is no
doubt what she would he rc•present
cd in the event. of all the other pots ets,
agreeing to Ow 1.1 - o;‘:.sition. There are
not many rpleAions to b e L,Atht. a t l e ast
hot so many us those which demanded
to be , solved previous to the Schleswig-
Bolstein mi. - . That question is settled,
the matter of the unity of Duly has been
settled, the affairs of Poland will not be
likely to be touched, and the only really
European question to be adjudicated is
the right of Austria to Venice. Louis
Napoleon is said to have a scheme for
surrendering Venice to Italy, and com
pensating Austria by giving her certain
of the Danubian provinces of Turkey
This congress may have a most impor
tant bearing upon the American war, for
there is no doubt at all but that the 119—
tembled sovereigns will take some action
to put themselves before the world as
advocates of peace, and to show how
• much they are than the quarreling Re
pubLean inctions over the big pond.
Certain questions of maratime law
may also be decided to our advantage.
The right of belligerent power to burn
her prizes at sea, when she has no power
to take them into a neutral port, will
also probably come up for settlement.
SPECTATOR.
IN Canada and New Brunswick there
are very gloomy forebodings of the win
ter's business. The recent financial
crisis in England has seriously affected
the shipping and lumber business in both
provinces. The Quebec Mercury says
the intelligence from Europe regarding
the sale, of ships is unsatisfactory. There
were in the London docks at latest ac
counts thirty new vessels built in 1863-4
tinsold. The consequence is that ship
yards are being closed, and thousands of
ship-carpenters in Canada and New
Brunswick will this winter be out of
work. This prostration of business will
also be sensibly felt in Noyn Scotia.
—London Anilg News.
Pansoris living in cities begin to wear
glasses earlier than country people, from
the want of opportunities of looking at
things at a distance. Those who wish
to put off the evil day of spectacles,
should accustom themselves to long
views. The eye is always relieved, and
sees better, if, after reading awhile, we
direct the sight to some far distant ob
ject, even for a minute. Great travelers
and hunters are seldom near-sighted.
Humboldt at eighty-seven could read
unaided. Sailors discern objects at a
great distance with considerable dis
tinctness when a common eye sees
nothing at all.
EDICT AGAIN a NEWSPAPERS —The
St. Louis Democrat states that General
Ewing has,issued an order, to take ef
fect on Saturday, forbidding the often
latiou'of the following named papers
within the limits of his command: Chi—
cago Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, New
York Day Book, Freeman's Journal,
Dayton Empire, New .York Igows, Old
Guard and Metropolitan Record: Com
manding officers are required •to close
the shops_of dealers_ hereafter &gating' or.
found In.ppasessioniorthe same, andlto
caMortebe arrested and sent to tliellii=•
tification.s those who may be found
NEM
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ThitAlalOrtl Y• #
e Grib !v . :Pazigrain me .
frost . ti Tribune , cly 4;
~ 11.14:
Yee . '-hold that tkeipeoftleatave just
iflde4.ln the eleetkori otNncoln and
ItihniOn, that ttie iiatiou BTlall live and
thatoidavery shall - ille—sifinuch. and no
.1110Ifi,' And in so doing4ffey have but
ifflrmed what the senior editor of the
Express (who is neither a fanatic nor a
fool, but an exceedingly practical world
ly matter of-fact opposition representa
tive in Congress) had declared_ before
them. Mr. James Brook is personally
familiar with the structure of southern
seciety as it was,tof which he was a de
fender, if not a eulogist, in its „day, and
we have understood him tolield that as
a simple matter of fact, irrespective..of
anylcrotchets or "isins," slavery in the
South has received by the war "a shock
from which it cannot recover. It might
be propped up and made to linger on, in
a sickly, dying way, these twenty years,
but it is not the interest of any section,
caste, or class on earth, that it should
be. We understand that Mr. Jefferson
Datis (another practical man, though a
little crochety,) has come substantially
to the same conclusion. And the World
gives formal . notice that the Democratic
party will in no case consent to a dis
union peace, nor allow one to be con
summated. Here, then, is the other
point, whereon there is an agreement
between parties strong enough to make
their will respedted,
Now, then, we submit to the editor
of the Express and his friends that it
needs only their'general and-hearty con
currence to secure an early and happy
termination of our national troubles.
if they will but say frankly to their
southern brethren: "Disunion is im
poslsible: we, who we,e never your en
emies, tell you so as friends; we are
prepared to fight as we have not yet
done, and for twenty years if necessary,
to prevent such a calamity; and, as to
slavery, it is a thing of the past—made
so by your rebellion and the consequent
policy (mistaken, if yob please) of the
Lincoln Administration. Wherefore, we
beg you to accept these two facts as facts
—as versities that may be regretted, but
are now past changing—and unite with
us in stopping this unnatural, prepos
• terous, hideous, horrible -war. Only
consent to the above bases of an adjust
ment, whereby you really sacrifice noth
ing and gain much and we will exert
all our influence to procure for you the
most favorable terms that were ever
granted to brave but baffled insurgents."
And we have a public assurance of co
operation therein from that quarter
whence the greatest influence can be
exerted. The 'much-abused Niagara
I overture of President Lincoln to the
rebel (quasi) commissioners reads (re
member) as follows:
EXECITTTVE MANSION, t
WASHINGTON, July IS 1864. j
To whom it may concern: Any propo
sition which embraces the restoration of
peace, the integrity of the whole Tnion,
and the abandonment of Slavery, and
which comes by and with an authority
that can control the armies now at war
against the United states, will be re—
ceived and considered by the executive
government of the United States, and
will he met by liberal terms on other
snly , lantial and collateral point's; and the
bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe
conduct both ways.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
W e will not undertake to interrupt this
overture; it interrupts "The pro
longation of the war," "abrogation of
, riate rights, - "arbitrary arrests," "in
crease of debt and irises," "confiscation
of southern property," assumptions of
power," "martif,l ;'' "denial of jus
tirr•," "lest.oath," "high prices of
goods," and all the rest of the bugaboot,
will he overboard from the moment the
South assents to peace on the hasis of
union and liberty for all. She may come
into the Congress about to assemble with
relatively) more members of the-House
than she ever yet had, and perhaps help
in el et the editor of the Express its
Speaker—who knows' , Give us hut the
Union with universal freedoni, and we
will do whatever we can to) secure the
most liberal—nay, even generous—
terms to the insurgents on every other
point. And, if the Democratic party of
ihe free states will but do their utmost
to secure an early peace on thoseterms—
, and we are sure they may, if they will,
not only make farther bloodshed on the
part of the Confederates madness, .but
convince them that it is fto)—we are pre
pared to give them a quit claim to the"
possession of the government foi"the
twenty years following the close of Mr.
Lincoln's second term.
A STICK IS A STICK.—"Do you sec this
stick sir?" said a very stupid acquaint
ance to Sidney Smith. "This stick has
been all around the world, - sir."
"Indeed said the remorseless Sidney,
"and yet it is only a stick."
A LADY that would please herself in
marrying was warned that her intended
although a good sort of a man, was very
singular. "Well," replied the lady, "if
ho is very much unlike other men, he is
much more likely to be a good bus.
hand."
"WAY do you set your cup of coffee
on the chair, Mr. Jones?" said a worthy
landlady one morning at breakfast. "It
is so very weak ma'm," said Jones, "I
thought I would let it rest.
"Tam great beauty of a wife is,"sald
a henpecked husband, "that if she abuses
you herself," she won't let any one else
abuse you."
pRIBIE POTASH,
PRDIE POTASH
The price of concentrated Lye and of the ma
terials for making Soda having advanced so
much, attention Is now turned to the old stand
bye,
POTASH, POTASH, POTASH.
A. most excellent article which can be had
AT JOSEPH FLEMING'S DRUG STORE,
Corner of the Diamond and Market at.
Where, also may be had, Soda Ash of the best
quality, Paints, White Lead, Oils and Varnish,
at the lowest rates, _
Superior Fruit Wax, Superior Fruit Wax.
Remember the place to procure anything in
the Drug and Perfumery line is
At Joseph Fleming's Drug Store,
Corner of the Diamond and Market street.
nol7
lar:' VOLUNTEERS, ATTENTION
For the derangements of the sy stem.
incidental to the change of diet, Wounds, Erup..
lions. and Exposures, which every voluteer is
liable to, there are no remedies co safe, conve,
nient and reliable as HOLLOWAY'S PILLS
AND OINTMENT. If the reader of this
notice" cannot get a box of Pills or Ointment
from the Drug Store in his place, let him write
to me, so Malden Lane, enclosing the amount,
and I will mail a box fzee 9f expense. Many
dealers will not keep my medicines oe hand
because they cannot make as much profit as on
other persons' make. 36 cents, 88 cents, and
Cele per box or pot.
r i ar.MANHOOD g AND TINE VIGOR
OF Y ODT A RESTORED imfour weeks,
by DR. RIDORLOS ESSENCE OF LIFE. 'Dr.
lacord, (of Parts,) after years of earnest solidi
talon, has at length acceded to the urgent re
quest of the American public, -and appointed.an
Agent in New York, for the sale of his valued
and highly-prized Limeade of Life. This won
derful agent will restore Manhood to the most
shattered constitution!' In four weeks ; and; If
used according to printed instructions, ralluxe is
impossible. This lite-restoring remedy abOuld:
be taken by all about to marry, as its effeeta are'
permanent. Success, in every case, is certain;
RiconPs Essence of Life is sold in °aunt,
with full instructions for use, at $3; or - fonr
quantities In one for $9, and will be sent to any
Part carefully packed, out receipt of remittance
to his accredited agent. Oircula'r sent free on
receipt'of four Stamps - . plume ROLAND,
447 Broome st., one door ,west et WoadTfy,
N. Y., Sole Atot•for Triau*
-- -
gar TO VONSOICP:ITVES „
SUMPTIVIMIFVEREIEIS reealve,
a valuable. preporlption for Alua , ortra , ut
gumption, .Aatbrou t ,-13rouchlals, allagmt.
and Wag akfrealdakikApitripi ob r uidobv
;mg stir *deltas/it:a:l3e
Rev. EDWARD A. WELSON,
Bin® Co.. N. Ti
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fae - CPORNW*47.97:O6Oin./
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1461 . 1 , G s
rt MANITFAOTUBUS
Silver and- Brass Platers.
Anduenufscdurers of
Sa diary & Carriage Hardware,
7 ISt.:l3hdr street, and Davila:no Vey,
Anew the Bridge,)
- - - ..
,- - - BRANIMWMINt._= PILLS. —THE
`-
s - - 4 WFAlrflie.Oonsilleptivet; Rheumatic,
Costive, Billotts,ebd - Relicateome days', ..
use, arill flndleheitrielltteligth an , e pel.Oade --!
every organ of their liames.. , . •,.;‘,
Edery dose makes the blend_pirer - . The nerves
commence in the arterfiti. Mid leintinahr-ilt.the • • ,
seinS. These pills, anti - Hist .frecit, net upod - the .1
arterial blood. increasing the eirculatiorii• by -.
whblh impurities are deposited in the veins, and
theithrow off suoh-colleetiene into the-bowels, -
wh h organs, by the energy derived from
Bra dreth's Pills, expel- them - from-the system.
Wh4n first used, the Pills may occasion griping,
anden make the patient feel worse. This is
an .e °client sign, and shows the disease will
Imo be cured. No great good is often achieved
wi out some trouble in, its attainment, and this
rule applies to the recovery-of health . •
So if by THOMAS ICE.O.PATH., Pittsburgh,
and .y all respeotable.dftdors in medicines.
n.. 4-Iydkwc
roa- - Hit:VOLUTION IN THE DICESS
`• ING ROOdl I by the almost unani
mouh action of the parties interested.
ORISTADOILOiId HAZEL HYR
Ilaskeplaced the old worn-out inventions for
collating the hair, which the better experience of
years had proved to be defective and deleterious.
Unlike the eompotmds that MAKE WAR upon
the health of the hair, and dry up and consume
thejuices which sustain tt, this mild, genial and
perfect dye is found to be a vitalizing as well as
a coloring agent. -
Christo4oro's flair Preservative,
A villuable adjunct to the Dye, iii dressing and
prod:toting the growth and perfect health of the
hair; and of itself. when used alone—a safeguard
that protects the fibres from, decay Mader all dr.
cumetancbs, and,under all climes.
filhnufactur :“ by J. ORISTARGHO, No. 4
Ater House, New York. Sold by all Drug
gists. Applied by all Hair Dressers. ,
n0144.yw0
WEN. TOBIAS' VENETI A. N
LIMN ENT.--A certain curd fcrr Pains
in I,lmbs and Back r;ore Throat, Croup, Rheu
matism, Colic, &c. A perfect family. medicine,
and neve! . fails. Read Read I I Read !II
Livonia, Wayne Co , ;Tube if 1863:
This is to testily that my wife was,tallen with
Quinsey Sore Throat ; it commenced to swell,
and was so sore that she could not'smallow, and
coughed violently. - I used your Liniment, and
made a perfect cure in one week. I firmly be—
lieve that but for the Liniment she would have
lost her life. ,TOILN ii. RA.RLAN.
Price 11l antllo cents. Sold by all Druggists.
Office 68 Corrlan& street, New York.
Sold by THOS. REDPATH, Plttaburgb
nol24yd&-we
IgrA FACT. • • • •
..
In the year 1866 Mr. Mathews first prepared
tae VENETIAN HAIR DYE .•, lance that time
it has been used by thousands, and form instance
has it tailed to give entire satisfaction.
The VENETIAN DYE le the cheapest in - the
world. Its price is only Fifty cents, and each
bottle contains double tb.o quantity of dye in
those usually sold for $l.
The VENETIAN DT is warranted not to in
jure the hair or scalp In the slightest degree.
The VENETIAN DTE works with rapidity
and certainty, the hair requiring no preparation
whatever.
.. • .
The VENETIAN DYE produces any shade
that may be desired—one that wl.ll notfade crook
or wash out—one that Is as permanent as the hair
itself. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents.
A. I. DIATILEWS,
(l oneral Agent, 12 Gold at. N. Y.
Also Man uia:turer of RUTEIEWS' ARNICA Lid=
aLese, the beet hair dressing in use. Price 26
cents. - janlB-Iyd
"sr ENETIAN HAIR DYE, VENETIAN
V LINIMENT sad ORISTADORO'S HAIR
DYE,
sold at JOS. FLEMING'S DRUG STORE,
r. nF the Diamond and Market at.
METROPOLITAN
GIFT BOOK STORE,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Ist, 1866,
And is permanently located at
NO. 6S yar-ru.
OPPOSITE FXPRESS OFFICE
This is the largest and most liberal conducted
establishment west of New York. At this es
tablishment you can get any book you may de
sire. Books in every part of Literature, and
you have the advantage of receiving witheach
each book that you buy
worth from FIFTY CENTS to ONE HUN
DRED DOLL/LS.5i which in given with each
book..
All - books are sold at publisher's prices, and
you can select from the largest stock ever offered
in this city, including all the standard works,
all descriptions of Photograph Albums, ail
styles of Bibles and Prayer Books, all the late
.publications. all the varieties Of Gift Books r ull
patterns of Portefollos. Books for all daisies,
upon all sub;ects, in every style of binding, and
in endless variety. Remember, that in pur
chasing books at•the
METROPOLITAN OIFT BOOK STORE,
You pay no mare than you would at any
other establishment, and have the
advania4 of receiving a valu
able present with each
book you buy.
One Trial Will Convince Book Buyers
That the place to make their purchases le at
03 Frt-rix. s'r-kramori-
Our stock of Photograph 'Albums, Bibles and
Prayer Books Is the largest in the city, and will
be sold at the LOWEST PITHLLSREWS
PRICES, and a gift with each purchase, vary
ing from, fifty cents to one hundred dollars.
Descriptive Catalogues mailed 'free to any
address upon application.
W. L. FOSTER N. 00,
noll-lyd&wmod
WIEELEIt & WILSON'S
PHIME POTASH
SEWING MACHINES
Over 160.00 r ( f thre machines have
already been sold.
Over 6.000 are in use in Pittsburgh
and Vicinity.
The Sale of these inimitable Machines is
grtater than all others combined.
Ito one should buy a Sewing 'Nadine
until they have examined and tested the
Wheeler & Wilson,
They are warranted for three years.
Instruction Free.
. ta-Saleerooar, No. 27 FIFTH STREET.
4i- WM. SUMNER & 00., Agent&
sepl3uMw
KNABEPS PIANOS.--A SPLENDID
NEW ABSOETHENT of the unrivalled
laisbe Flame, ilrhtch are, beyond a doubt, the
BEST PIANOS' MADE. Also "splendid t he
sortment of Haines , /iron. PiOos, „the best .at
the price in the country. All instruments sold
at leas than factory Hp E
BLIME
- 43 'Rah Street,
Sole Agent for 'linabe , a and - Batumi' Bros.
Tlanoe, Prince's Melodeons . and Organs.
100 dozen 34" gallon Pickles.
100 " A " •
60 • it )6 -
250 Qts Fts..leatuitto itetsup.
40 t , Muldoon:um% Yirninut,,'
'250 " PepperSaneel-
Just received and for - • ,
m ug:, Bmgazgras , : • - :
g LIDING 013AGE111.11 *
and Sheet MA. Sliding — Gunce - jwit re.
calved. '
JAMES
In Is a Dya.
PITTSBIIRGH, PA
A HANDSOME PRESENT
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