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BY S. 4. BOW.
CLEAEFTELD, ?A.S SEPT. 7, 1864.
XATIONAL UNION NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
ABEAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois.
roa ttce president.
AEDEEW JOHNSON", of Tennessee.
CMOS ELECTORAL TICKET.
SESATOKI.4I, ELECTORS.
MORTON M'MICHAEL,' of Philadelphia.
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, f Bearer.
HEPEESE3.TAWTE
ELECTORS.
1 Robert P King,
2 Geo.MorrisonQoaies,
3 Henry Bomtn.
Elias W. Hale.
Charles H.'hriner,
Jehn Wister,
David M'Cooaughy.
David W. Woods,
Isaac P.en?on,
John I'atton,
Samuel B. Dick,
Evcrard Rierer,
John P. Penney .
Ebenezer MMankln,
John W. lilanchard,
4
William II. Kern,
Bartin II. Jenks.
Charle M Runk,
5
6
7
Robert Parke,
.3
Aaron Mull.
9
John A. Hieatand.
10 Richard H. CorjeM.
11 Edward Hoili.iav.
12 Charles F. Reed,"
COUNTY UNION NOMINATIONS.
. . FOB SBERIFP,
JOSEPH A. CALDWELL, of Pike Tp.
FOR COMMISSIONER,
JOSEPH 'WTNEEY, of Eradford Tp.
FOB DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN H. lULFOEB, of Clearfield Bor.
ron ACMTOK,
PETEE H00VEE, of Pike Township.
FOB CORONER.
BEN J. SPACEMAN, of Clearfield Bor.
' AN APPEAL TO THE COTJNTEY.
Gen. Grant Wants 100,000 Men.
The Secretary of War, in an official ga
zette, has stated that two hurdred thou
sand men have already enlisted ; that three
hundred thousand are to le furnished by the
draft He further states that with ote
hundred thousand more men Gen. Grant
will be able to end the rebellion before win
ter, and that the balance of the troops rais
ed by draft will be used to garrison the forts,
and take care of the guerillas. Words can
not add to the emphasis of this announce
ment. It should arouse the nation. What
will each man d- to see that Gen. Grant
gets these men ?
ATLANTA.
The fall ot Atlanta is one of the most im
portant event of the war. It ranks in mil
itary importance above even the taking of
Richmond. It destroys beyond all hope of
recovery, the unity of the Confederacy, and
insures the final and complete overthrow
of the Rebellion. It conies, too. at an op
portune moment. It will electrify the en
tire North, 'confirm the faith of all ioyalcit
zans urge them to in ire diligence in the
great work before them and will effectually
squelch out the Chicago Convention, its can
didates, platform and party. All honor to
the brave Sherman and his noble army !
THE STATE QUOTA ALMOST f ULL. .
Since the first year of the war recruiting
has never gone on so rapidly, as within the
last few weeks. Train after train of ears,
loaded down with volunteers, are almost
hourly arriving at the Capital, and more
than half the whole quota of the State lias
been filled. Men have been enlisting at the
rate of five thousand per day, and probably,
every county in the State, where any effort
is making, will fill its complement of men.
There is nothing that so forcibly strikes the
observer, as the character and appearance of
these meu who are now enlisting in the ser
vice. In many respects they differ from
those who have heretofore gone to the war.
They are evidently the very bone and sin
ew of the Commonwealth, and they are go
ing with a stern and fixed resolve, arising
from the practical impossibility of negoti
ting a peace upon terms which will secure
the restoration of the Union without con
quering our enemies. They all seem to be
fully persuaded that however anxious they
are for peace, they must use warlike means
to secure it, or see their country destroyed.
Indeed, the people everywhere are begin
ning to realize the fact, that the vigorous
prosecution of this war is the one great and
important thing to be attended to, and that
all other interests are secondary and subor
dinate. They are fast giving up all hopes of
peace, induced by those who counsel the ces
sation of hostilities, for the very purpose of
giving aid and comfort to the enemy. They
are beginning to realize that History, which
has pilloried Benedict Arnold, will erect a
still higher gallows for the mean sneaks, who
in the darkest hour of their country's peril,
recommend submission to traitors in arms.
- McClellan, as a Major General draws $477
per month ! There wasn't much necessity for
th ten cent contribution which so emphati
cally firzled-ont in the Army of the Poto
mac.
THE WIGWAM AND ITS INMATES.
Their Travail and Deliverance.
Perhaps, since the days of the Crusades,
no more motley roup Las assembled than
that which filled the great wigwam at Chi
cago, last week, on the occasion of the Cop
perhead Convention. There were War
Democrats and Peace Democrats hard
shells and soft shells disciples of the Mo
zart Hall school, and peaee-shriekers from
Tammanv Hunkers and Barnburner. ob
solete Freesoilers and fossilized "Whigs ref
ugees from Relieldora and expatriated trait
ors. There was Seymour of New lork,
the; 'friend'' ot the rioters, who couldn't
see why his State shouldn't adopt the Con
federate Constitution and c-a.-t in her lot
with the rebel there was the traitor Val
lar.digham, who boasted that he had never
voted a man nor a dollar for the war, but
had always opposed it there wa, "our own
Bigler." w ho sanctioned and sustained all
the Lecompton haudsbf the Administra
tion of James Buchanan, and wh,o declared
iu his last speech at home, almost in the
words of Vallandigham, that he would not
contribute another man nor another dollar
to cany on the war there was Frank
Hughes who wanted to "switch Pennsylva
nia out of the Union' ' there was Long, of
Ohio, who declared in Congress that he was
in favor of recognizing the Southern Con
federacy as an independent nation there
was Harris, of Maryland, who was publicly
censured for his disloyal utterances in the
House of Representatives there was Fer
nando Wood, the great Apostle of Peace,
who. whilst Mayor of New York, made a
servile apology to Robert Tooinl s and the
State of Georgia because .he could not pre
vent the seizure of arms that he knew were
intended to slay lyal citizens of the Uni
ted States there was Amos "Kendall the
octogenarian, who. in his dotage sympathi
zes with traitors there was John P. Stock
ton, of New Jersey, the bvsom friend of
Governor Rodman P. Rice, who v rote an
elaborate letter urging that his State should
detach herself from the Union and seek an
entrance into Jeff. Davis' Kingdom and
there, too. was a host of otheis of like kid
ney too numerous to mention. Then there
were the lesser lights, such as our own Billy
Wallace, who went to hold up Bigler's coat
tail rattle-pated Charley Lambert n of
Clarion Orvis, the gasometer from Belle
fonte Stable, the editor of the Gettysburg
Compiler, who pointed out to a rein 1 offi er
the place of concealment of our wounded
soldiers Charley Carrigan, the bruiser from
Philadelphia there, ui short, were the lead
ing Copperheads en tnu.se, w ho have always
proclaimed the war for the Union unjust,
unconstitutional, murderous, and certain to
result in the triumph of the rebels.
As will be seen by the proceedings iu an
other column, the travail of the Conven
tion wa long and arduous. The platform
was the Mist deliverance. If not an abor
tion, it certainly is au hermaphrodite, for it
is capable of any and all constructions which
the different wings of the party ma;, choose
to give it. Though best adapte i, perhaps,
to the latitude of Richmond, the dexterity
of its manipulators can readily make- it suit
that of New York, it being consistent in
nothing save in its unqualified hostility to
the Administration, and its sympathy with j
those in n diellion. Without a single word j
against the traitors in arms, who are seek- j
iug to divide and destroy our country, the j
resolutions wtterly denounce the rederai
authorities, declaring that "the Constitu
tion has been disregarded in earn part, pub
lic liberty and private right alike trodden
down, ayd the freedom of speech and the
press suppressed !"" They, moreover, de
mand that immediate efforts be made for a
cessation of hostilities, with a view to an
ultimate convention of all the States, to
restore peace 1
For mouths preceding this Convention,
the people were taught to look forward to
its assenibling.as the time when some feasible
plan would be devised by which peace could
be restored; and the rebels brought back to
their allegiance. The agony of expectation
is now over, and we search the proceedings
in vain for any "plan" whatever. No sys
tem or policy is proposed or recommended.
The political creed is embodied in the series
of resolutions, in which all meaning is cov
ered up in a cloud of ambiguous words, but
no practical remedy for the condition of
the country is even intimated.
While the Convention was laboring to
perfect these model resolutions their broth
er "Democrat," Judah P. Benjamin, Jeff.
Davis' Secretary of State, was engaged in
the preparation of a circular letter, which,
however little he intended it, interfered
sadly with the accouchers at Chicago, and
produced a death-in-birth, so that the plat
form, whether hermaphrodite or not, fell
still-born. For . while these wise doctors
were incorporating the provision that hos
tilities were to be stayed and the Union re
stored by peaceable means, Benjamin was
declaring, distinctly and officially, that the
Union could not lie restored at all, but that
independence and soperation were the only
conditions on which the Confederates would
entertain the idea of peace. ,r
The proposition that the Government
should offer terms of conciliation to the reli
efs, is an utter absurdity. For whit is a
Government which, after three years of hard
fighting yith citizens who refuse to obey
laws constitutionally made, asks them what
they want, and agrees to do what they de
sire? It would be merely a jower which
says : "You are stronger than I. " It would
be a Government dishonored and destroyed,
after a conspicuous failure to enforce its au
thority. The Convention having been safely deliv
ered of the platform, the "after-birth" was
the next thing to Ire attended to. McClel
lan was soon spawned forth as the candi-
date. As peace was immediately to be re- j
stored, hostilities to cease, and the war to be j
ended under the auspices of the Convention, j
of course it was necessary to seek out some
distinguished militiiv leader a warrior of;
unquestioned ability and it was not un
natural that the choice should fall upon the
"little Napoleon." The Convention itself
being a most stupendous paradox, it uiigbt
be supposed the inconsistency t f placing
such a nv.ccesSful Major General upon a pence
platform, would not be observed. Having
no qualifications for the Presidency hav
ing, indeed, no reputation, save what he
has made during the progress of this war,
declared by the Convention to be a "fail
ure," and under the appointment of the
Administration so bitterly denounced his
selection ffs the candidate can only be ac
counted for, because his military career tal
lied exactly with Copperhead sentiments and
desires he having in, no single instance
made an attack upon the enemy, but al
ways waited for them to strike. True, his
manifestos and ptonuneiamentos are not
very consistent with the platform and opin
ions of those who placed him in nomination,
;is for instance, the following address to his
army on the 4th of July, 1f2 : J' '
"On this our iiation'sbirthday. we declare
to our foes, who are rebels against the best
intere.-ts of mankind, that this army shall
enter the capital of the so-called Confedera
cy that ourNatlan-d Constitution .-hall pre
vail, and that the Union, which can alone
insure internal peace and external security
to each State, mu.-t and shall be preserved,
cost what it v.iil in tiise. treasure, and blood."
As, however, the army did not march into
Richmond, but on the contrary retreated ir
seven days from as many consecutive victo
ries, we presume tlie members of the Conven
tion ju-tly concluded that their candidate nev
erimeuded to hurt their "Southern fr ends,"
and, therefore, very properly place-1 him be
fore the country, as the great Apostle of
Peace 1
That there micht le no mistake as to the
peace jK.dicy of the Convention, from the
candidate for tin Presidency being a "Ma
jor General," (Teorge II. Pendleton, of Ohio,
was placed on the ticket for Vice President.
A member of Congress of ver' moderate
abilities, Mr. Pendleton has been a consis
tent and bitter enemy of the war, and has
repeatedh-, b his votes, shown his desire
that the ReUds should triumph. lb? is a
native of Virginia, now a resident of Cincin
nati, Ohio, aiid the bosom friend of the
arch-traitor Ya'laudigham. Hence no one
will for a moment su-qn-ct that he has ;.ny
.'eeling in common with those who desire to
see the war brought to a successful termina
tion and the Union permanently restored.
Such is the ticket, and such the platform,
presented by the Chicago Convention. They
will receive the support of every open sym
pathizer with the Rebellion. Whoever
hopes that Je ff Davis may yet trium; h
over our armie will vote for thi ticket.
Whoever holds that we ought not and can
not conquer the Rebels will endorse this plat
form. The Rebel chieftains themselves,
thodidi they will have no opportunity to
vote for them, will hail these nominations
with delitrht. Upon these elements Gen. 1
McClellan can count with confidence. There
is not a voter in Ohio that supported Vallan
diirham for Governor, who will not as hear
tily support him for president. Mr. Frank
lin Pierce, who wrote to Jeff Davis, in ISC',
that iu the event of a war, the streets of
the North would run red with fraternal blood,
will be his right-hand man. Kx-Governor
Reynoldsr of Illinois, who after the work
of disunion had been begun, wrote to Jeff,
urging it on, and begging of the South to
insist upon the most humiliating, terms of
reconstruction, will le loudest in his praise.
In short, there is not an admirerof Jeff Da
'vis. or a justifier of the Rebellion, who will
not endorsed the platf rm and support the
ticket of the Chicago Convention.
THE GOLD BAE0METEE.
The Cop's are great on the Gold Barome
ter or rather the rise and fall in the gold
quotations, as indicative of the progress of
the war Sic. We commend to their consid
eration the following tacts. On Saturday
gold was 2.50: on Monday it went down to
2.35J ali, said the Cop's, because the nom
ination of McClellan w as certain : on Tues
day it got down to 2.31 h, all because Mc
Clellan was sure of winning ; on Wednesday,
the nomination was announced, and gold
went up to 2.41, and continued to raise un
til it got to 2.50, when the news of the fall
of Atlanta flashed over the wires' and it im
mediately fell tuiutv per cent!-If they
can find auj' consolation in these phases of
the "barometer," they are welcome to it.
The. Kilkenny Cats. A nice fight is
now going on among the 'Cops' in this Rep
resentative District. Boyer and Early two
celebrated physicians each want to go back
to the Legislature, the atmosphere of Har
risburg (or the higer) seeming to be espe
cially conducive to their health. Both of
them while there flourished and grew fat,
hence, the fight grows desperate, and we
should not be surprised to see both running
' each fellow on his own hook. A t all events,
there's fun ahead.
BIGLEE'S SPEECH. .
When "Our Own," started from home to
make his pilgrimage to Chicago, he was fnl
ly cocked and primed for the occasion. He
had prepared himself for any exigency
whether to act as Chairman of the Conven
tion, or of the Committee on Resolutions.
The exceeding 'caution he had exercis! in
drafting both his speech and resolutions, was
the theme of conversation between himself
and a certain valiant Major who resides in
this vicinity, several days before he left.
When it is known that the gallant Major is
a little hard of hearing it will be readily un
derwood hv others come to be acquainted
with what was said during the interview.
Whether his speech and resolutions thus
carefully prepared, were submitted for re
vision to his "friends" at Niagara, which
place he visited on his way to Chicago, is
not definitely known; but no doubt any ad
ditional 'c-timuius' that was required, was
promptly afforded.
Aware of this protracted and careful prep
aration, we looked with some anxiety to the
proceedings of the Convention to ascertain
the result. We disc overed that he had been
selected as the temporary Chairman, ami j
that he so effectually ex-ting lished himself
in his speech w hich will be found in full in
another column 'that his name does not
again occur in the whole history of the ses
sion. It is not surprising, indeed, that he
was exhausted by the effort. His prelimi
nary preparation was soextonsive the grasp
of thought so tremendous the ideas so vast
the oratory so brilliant the lightning
flashes of his genius'so vivid tiie commis
eration for the Rebels so pathetic thc.de
uuneiation of the lawful authorities so in
tense that no doubt the delegates and spec
tators were lost in amazement
"That one small head could carry all he knew."
while "still the wonder irrew" that after
such a burst of eloquence such an exhibi
tion of wisdom and such a display of parts,
there was anything at all left of one so pro
verbially "weak in the knees."
But seriously, when an infamous rebellion
is aiming to destroy the Government, to
ruin the country, to establish a nation upon
the bloody denial of the rights of man. to
annihilate every- guarantee of civil and reli
gious liW-rty, and to substitute bloody war
for permanent peace what must be thought
of a citizen of that threatened country one
too. who has enjoyed its highest honors and
become wealthy on its fatness who has no
word of condemnation for the effort, but by
all that be says and all that he does crives
'aid and comfort to that fierce assault of dis
order Jid barbarism upon order and civili
zation? Is not the indignation of every loy
al man and thinking citizen kit died ajrainst
bin i as one with all the guilt and more than
the cowardice of an oi-n rebel ? But when
this man. without a solitary word of sympa
thy or generous forbearance for the Govern
ment which is battling to sustain itself and
save the country, declaims bitterly against
4 he measures necessary for that purpose, as
destroying the liberties of the citizen, the
feeling of indignation changes into one of
bitter and inexpressible contempt. With
no other emotion can any faithful citizen
possibly read the si-ecll of William Bigler.
Opinion of a Eebel Paper. ' '
on! for a worn fl'.'.im chic.v.o.
Froni tltf' likhinoit'l n.i'i.iiiuuvr. Any. 31.
Nothing whicl- can possibly occur at Chi
cago is so momentous to us a the events
which are taking place on the Weldon rail
road, around Atlanta, and near Harper's
Fern. Kveu supposing that the Yankee
Peace Democrats in that Convention should
carry ail before them, aud nominate candi
dates on a distinct basis of peace and separa
tion (which is by no means supposabie, I yet
all that would sigu.it y nothing, save in so far
as the action should be affirmed by those
ratification meetings which are to take place
t n the Weldon road, near Atlanta, and on
or about the Potomac-.
If Atlanta were to tall, or Petersburg, or if
Sherdan should drive F.arlv back to Lvm h-
burg or if any one of these events should
befall, theu all the peace principles and peace
President of Chicago would le at the elec
tion next November where last year s snow
is. and last night's moonshine. War for an
other Presidential term, would sweep away
every vestage of opposition. But on "the.
other hand, if Grant's and Sherman's ar
mies should have no more f uocess within the
next three months than for the three last,
and if Sheridan's army of the "Middle De
partment" should still be pretending to look
for Early and taking care not to find him, or
else, at the first sight of him running straight
away as for the last tew weeks in this
case it will not matter to us in the least it
the Chicago Democrats break up in utter
confusion, and the Fremont party collapse,
and the Davis-Wade party wither up. and
Lincoln and Seward reign supreme; noth
ing would avail the scale of peace would
preponderate, and that of war would kick
the beam.
In other words, the issues of peace and
war are not in the hands of politicians and
statesmen ; no, not in the slightest degree :
they are in the hands of soldiers. It is use
less to vote war if your last armies are de
storyed ; useless tc vote peace if your armies
are marching on flushed with victory, to a
splendid conquest. Further, those Yankees
who are war men to-day will be peace men
in three months, if their grand campaign
turn out an utter failure ; and those who are
for peace to-day (with a few exceptions) will
foam for war and yell for blood within the
same three months, if they see reason to be
lievethat the Confederacy is reeling to its fall.
Penpleton, the peace candidate for Vice
President, while in congress, voted, against 4
the increase ot the soldiers pay or the ap
propriation of money to suport the invalid
pension list.
The New York Jlerahl says that McClel
lao will not accept the nomination. .
GRAM) "VICTORIES !
The PaH of Atlanta!!
SHERMAjY 'FOREVER!
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rrcPFNTiFI? tc FfiPT CTr- X''
ZLUL.LVLU o, 1 Old MORGAN.
FARKAUl'T M'KE OF .MOBILE !
U.11U1 . I-'IJJ Itilllil' ll - Y ililLlli.
News all Glorious !
Washington, Sept. 210.45 p. m.
J '' rV'tow J.Jis, .ffr Yrl; :
The following telegram from Maj. Gener
al SI ocum, dared this day in Atlanta, and just
received, confirms the capture of that city:.
" loneral Sherman has taken Atlanta, and
thezii'th Corps now occupy the city.
"The main army is on the Macon road,
near Fast Point.
'"A battle was fought near "that place, in
which General Sherman wassucccsslul. The
particulars are. uot known.
"It. W. Slocum, Maj. Gen."
An unofficial reirt states that in the bat-
e fought- near Fast Point, by General
Sherman with Hood, the rebel army was cut
in two. with verv heavv loss to the enemv.
ana mat Men. rianiee was Kin. uur loss is
not known. Edwin M. Stanton.
Secretary f War.
War Department.
Washington, Sept. 3 S a", m.
T (Jfiif nif Jhc :
No intelligence from Atlanta later than
my telegram o! last night has feen received.
The telegraph lines between Nashville and
Chattanooga were broken last night by
heeler and we have had nothing south of
"ashville to-day. This account-for t lie ab
sence of later information from Atlanta. No
doubt isen'ertained of the corcectness of the
report received last night which came from
two independent sources, beside the official
dispatch of (Jen. Slocum.
Unofficial reports this evening from Nash
ville state that the damage done by Wheeler
to th- railroad will be speedily repaired.-and
that Wheeler had retreated and Gen. Ros
seau was in pursuit, that in an engagement
between Roseau's and Wheeler's forces the
rebeLGen. Kelly was mortallyVounded. and
is in our hands.
A telegram from Gen. Sheridan states
that Early has retreated up the Shenandoah
Valley and is pursued by Sheridan, with his
whole arniVj and that Averill had attacked
Vaughan's cavalry and captured twenty
wagons, two battle flags, a number of pris
oners, and a herd of cattle.
E. M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
Washington, Sept. 3. There is great
excitement here to-day over the glorious
news from Atlanta, and nothing else is talk
ed of.
It is believed in official circles that the
importance of Shermau's success is not yet
fully developed, and that he not only occu
pies Atlanta, but has inflicted crushing de
feat upon Hood's army, and now occupies
East Point, the stronghold in the rear of Ar
iinta to which it was supposed Hood would
retreat if 'ompelied to evacuate the city.
The following i the latest from Atlanta
through rebel source. The dispatch of
Hood is significant as indicating the move
ment that led to the fall of Atlanta : ,
From the Richmond Exairir.er. :51st ulf.
The only war news received yesterday is
contained in the following official dispatch
from General HooJ. The situation at At
lanta, as ind'eafed by him, is thesamcas
described by us yesterday :
Atlanta, August 2s, 1S04.
Hon. James A. Scddon : The enemy
have changed their entire position, the left
ot their Hue resting near the Chattahoochee,
about Sandtowii. and their right extending
to a point opposite and near the West Point
raiiro.-ci. between Mast: Point and Fairburn.
They hold all the crossim: on the Chatta
1.1. J. 1 1 I'll .
hoochee, but not with a continued line.
'Dispatches from General Wheeler of.be
Hth report the capture ofDalton. with large j ? H' a,c'K"T f f---quantities
o - store's, about two hundred prhs- . .uFtUl 'H'"? ,n f1, lm? '.f. u ,
oners and two hundred mules. ' ( 'd,nanons. It ,s theief-re r,;1 a . -"He
destroved three trains of cars and ! that "J! ixt -,,,,day. n.l .i-- ... .
twentv-Sve milesof railroad. Hiscommand I "th? mt. d Mates. ll.ai.L
w ;,. .: i .,....?;;.-. f i; it,-., i 1 i '-' offered to Him for His mercy inpr-er.
Washington. September 2.
The Navy Department has received offi
cial reports from Farragut. It appears that
the rebel Gen. Paige endeavored to obtain
more favorable terms, but was obliged to
surrender Fort Morgan unconditionally. Far
ragut states that he has reason to believe
that most of the guns were spiked, and the
gun c rriages wantonly injured after the
white flag had been raised. They all dis
covered that Gen. Paige and several of his
officers had no swords.
The following is the concluding portion of
Admiral Farragut' s official despatch to the
.Navy Department :
'"The whole conduct of the officers of Forts
Gaines and Morgan presents such a striking
contrast in moral principle that I cannot fail
to remark upon it. Colonel Anderson, w ho
commanded the former, finding himself in a
perfectly untenable position, and encumber
ed with a superfluous number of conscripts,
many of whom were foys, determined to
surrender a fort which he could not defend.
In this determination he was supported by
all his officers save one. But from the mo
ment he hoisted the white flag, he se-rupu-i
lously kept everything intact, and in that
condition delivered it over whilst Paige and
his officers with a childish spite destroyed
the guns which they said they would defend
to the last but w hich they never defended at
all, and threw aay or broke those weapons
which they had not the manliness to use
against their enemies, for Fort Morgan nev
er.fired a gun after the commencement of
the bombardment and the advance pickets
of our army were actually on its glacis. As
before stated the ceremony of surrender took
place at 2 p. m.. and that same afternoon all
the garrison were sent to New Orleans in the
U. S. Steamers Tennessee and Bienville,
where the' arrived safi-ly.
Very respectfully, yours, kc.
, D. G. Farraolt.
The results of the victor' at Mobile are
summed up thus: We have comppelled the
evacuation of Fort Powell, the surrender of
Fort Gaines, and the surrender of Fort Mor
gan, which was almost destroyed, and here
tofore considered the strongest fortification
in the United Suites. We have taken fif
teen hundred prisoners, one hundred pieces
of cannon, and a vast quantity of sir,al! sn
ana munitions ot war, and pro lsicn en. v ,v
to feed the garrison which we shu'l vW'1
there for six months. We ha
I
and have ready for use the ram TcnritT '
the strongest of varve-sels; and bavt pV',j
up at least three English blockade iu',
AH this cost the armv cm- ti.r. I
ave fit...,, i
six vouoaou, an i tne n&vv loss !
' euniseh and part of her crew, hid u-rv j ..."
; cu;uaiitles on other thins.
j Our advices from Petersburg arc 'Lk.
there was the usual artilery an j paku t" .
; on Wednesday. Some inijortafit chu: 't
s VI J.'VSILIIHJ HIV l-lvvl s.-HiaiUaNifi
j our troops were made i j; mg u.e dav.
f Some slight skirmishinr alone the V
on Thursday. It was rumored that th n't
els intended making an attack at four j'.
clock in the altcrnoon of that da v. but i. ,
was made.
ASHINCION. cit.
Mno. G
nix. a: f.
r. v
Gen. Sherman's official report of th.- c
ture of Atlanta has just U-,.u ies,-i..l7,,
this Department.
It is dated twenty-six. i.i!es ,0,,:), ,, ,-v,
lanta. at six o'clock y-stcid;y 11,., 1 "(,. (
was detained by tic breaking of the "'Lit
graph wires mentioned in my Ii-pai.-h" of
iast evening.
As already reported the army nit !;.!, w
from alKiut Atlanta, and on t;',. .
made a break at the Vet Point R i i e ,'
reached a good position fVeai which tu stiik.-
the Macon road
The right 'Gen
Hroraid : !i'-:ir.bi... ;.,
the kit t'Gen. SeonM.i. n..-ar Ihm-li j j
Ready, and the centre i.ti. 'liiuu ;,
Couch'. Howard foim-i the e,(1,v j
force at Jonesboro, and t ntieiielicd hi ti".e,,
iu the salient, iihia half u mile ...f tic
road. The enemy attu.k d thr-ai at '.. p. ci
and was easily icpuU-d. kaviu lii-da:
and wt'unded. l-'iitdiiii: stroiu- opposi;...,
on the road. I advaueed tiie mitie and
rapidly to the" railroad, made a god kil..--me-nt
and broke it all the way 1Y"U li-utr,
and Ready down to Howard s d.-j ar:un i,-.
near Jouc-sl)i'i, and by the atu'? uiovt-invi-.:
I interjwx-ed my whole army beru ecu Ari.c
ta and the part of the enemy entren, bed lit
and arounu Jone-sboio.
We made a general attack on the en. lV
on the Jonesboro road on the 1-t of Septem
ber, (Gen. Jeff DavN) carrying the work
handsomely, with ten guns and about vhc
thousand prisoners.
In the night the enemy rcto-un- i sni:h
and we have followed him to anotherc ;'
his hastily constructed lines near L ve-jtiy'
station.
Hrod at AlLnta, finding me on Ju- roui,
the only one that could supply him. an i !.,
tween him and a considerable art o!" hi- :ir
iiiv. b'ew uo his magazine in Atlanta, ani
left in the night time, when the Twen k-i
Corps, Gen. Slocum. lo k pusse-M-i!- of n.-
it ace. o Atlanta is ours. .-?.nce tne ..ia
of M ay we have Ikvu iu constant l-.-ittk r
skirmishes and need rest.
Our loss will not exceed l'2v, and .
have possession of over 3 rebel dead, -j'
wonnded and over l ."xt well.
(Sidled. 1 W. F. SUIKMAN.
. Major General.
.V later uisnaTeii iro m o-r.. .-moci.i.i. u..-
ted at Atlanta la-t night, the 3d, v. !. s'a
t-s that the enemv u cvai-mrtiug .v.: a...
destroyed seven locomotive, and
cars lot d. 1 wii; :!U!u.iti ir, .-mi.! !. :e
stores, a id left fourteen pieces of a::;.''i;.
most of them uninjured, and !a.-g' n-a.
b-ers of small arms. iK-.-.-erters are .
Iv coming in.
Edwin M. Siamn
Secret an ufv,:r.
THANKSGIVING EECO'OEl.'DATIO.
i F.NM i ii v Mansion.
W v-lliNi.TN. Si :;-
llie signal Micce-s t hat th:e. 1 o-("'
hu rifiMitlv viinelis.-iteil to lb - ;:.'.'! atiOtis t
the U. S. ifleet and army in the harbtry
Mobile, and the reduction of Fort F 1
Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan, an 1 th''ft'
rious achievement of the army under -h'
General Sherman in the State of Ge-w-
ruj'mg 111 i.e capture 01 im-on o.
! ing our nauon-u existence aj;a u-i ;
gent rebels who so long have leeii waa:-'
a cruel war against the. Government '
.the United States for its ovriiliP'"
and also that prayer be made iMl'-
Divine protection to our brave sui'U'--and
their leader in the field, who have
often and so gallantly periled their iive-i"
battling with the enemy, and for Lkiu'
andcomfbrt from the Father of M-.-ich-j t"
the sick and wounded prisoners, ani'''
the orphans and willows of those who hau
fallcn in the service of their coimiry, a'' 1
that he will continue to uphold the ( ',
merit of the United States against
efforts of public enemies and secret i -cs.
Abraham Lin o.'.n
Washinton, Sept. 5. A salute of ei
hundred guns was tired to-day. by order .
the President, in honor of the victory i
Atlanta.
MARRIED
On Thursday SeptcmWr thel -t. h
W. Shugerts Esq'r, Mr. W.m. A. -.i'.v-Lawrence
twp't to Miss Henrietta VU '
lams, of Bradford township
DIED:
t Curweusvilic. on the 30th of An
Richard Edwin, son of Darnel and J. -Faust,
aged lyear, '. months and iw.-v
On the 20th of August. 1 -. '"
LnuNSRERRV. aged 2 years. l- months a
22 days. August 21st, IsC4. GEOB'il
Clf.li.as LouNSBERRY.aced 1 5 r""f B,irj
and 20 davs. And on August 24th. i-
Amanda Jane Locnsk.erkv, aeeJ ,1i
and 5 months. Children of S-amud w
Mary Lounsberry.
On Tuesday, August 2'.th. inGirai J tT
of Dvscntarv, Joux Newton,
anderand Isabella Murray, .aged K
10 month, and 10 days. 1 hough Jj;;.
vears, our brother did not leave u-. w
testifying that our loss was his eternal g. j
that he feared not to pass through tne
vallev. In his last moments he sai'l. i
going to a bright, bright JhPf3t 8DJ
ness, sorrow, pain and death are , s
feared no more." 11 is end was
11 M
jteace ful one.
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