RAFTSMAN'S JiOtJUlMk Bailsman's Journal re: BT 8. J. ROW. CLEAEriELD, PA., SEPT. 2S, 1864. NATIONAL UNION NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, ABBAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois. FOR VTOE PRESIDENT. AUDEE W JOHNSON, of Tennessee. UNION ELECTORAL TICKET. SEATOHIAI. ELECTORS. 310RTON M'.MICIIAEI-, of Philadelphia, THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, of Beaver. REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORS. 1 Robert P King, 2 Geo.MorrisonCoates, 3 Henry Bumm. 4 William II. Kern, 5 Barton II. Jenks. ft Charles M. Rank, 7 Robert Parke, 8 William Taylor, 9 John A. Hiestani. 10 Richard H. Coryell. 11 Edward Haliday, 12 Charles V. Reed, 13 Elias W. Hale. 14 Charles II. Shriner, 15 John Wister, 15 David M"Conaughy. 17 David W.Woods, 13 Isaac Benson, 19 John Patton, 2 Samuel B. Dick, 21 Everard Rierer, 22 John P. Penney. 23 Ebenezer M'Junkin. 24 John W. Blanchard, DISTRICT UNION NOMINATION. FOR CONGRESS, GLENNI W. S00PIELD. of Warren. COUNTT UNION NOMINATIONS. FOB SHERIFF. JOSEPH A. CALDWELL, of Pike Tp. FOR COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH "WINERY, of Bradford Tp. FOR DISTRICT ATTORN EV, JOHN E. FULFORD, of Clearfield Bor. FOR AI'DITOR, " PETES HOOVER, of Pike Township. FOR CORONER, BENJ. SPACEMAN, of Clearfield Bor. OUR CANDIDATE FOE CONGRESS. . Hon. Glenui W. Scofield, who &o a.y rep resented our District in Congress during the last two years, is again before the people a the Union candidate. Mr. Seofield's posi tion on all the vital issues involved in the . campaign are too well known to require epecial elucidation. His speeches, his votes, his efforts have all been directed to the speedy crushing out of the Rebellion, the . maintainance of the Federal Government, the preservation of the Union for Justice and for Liberty. These ought to be a suffi cient guarantee for his future course, and ". ehould, a3 they doubtless will, secure him the support of every well-wisher of our present distracted country. It may be satisfactory to Mr. Seofield's friends in this county to know that the pros pects of his re-election are bright. Mr. Big ler's canvass in the upper portion ot the Dis trict has done him no good on the contrary, his unqualified endorsement and advocacy of the Chicago Platform, his opposition to the rigorous prosecution of the War, a: J to the law allowing soldiers to vote,as they be come known, are arraying against him many of the patriotic men of his on party. REPUDIATION AND ASSUMPTION. , It is one of the unfavorable signs of the times that there can be found some persons who coolly consider the chances of the repu diation of our national debt. ' The New York World seems to think there would be soom good achieved by such an infamous , measure. The following insidious sugges tions are to bo found In. an article in a late number of that journal : - "Whether, if the war continues, our debt '". will be paid or repudiated, must depend up - on the yirtue of our people. We know that some argue that the debt being owned by a v great number of people, in . small sums, Nattered all over the country, a large party , will thud be created against repudiation. But it is safer to look at the oast. Our rev olutionary indebtedness was in the hands of - all the people, the continental currency was held in sums smaller or larger by almost ev ery one, and j-et this did not prevent its be ing scaled down to forty for one. And again, our debt will be almost entire ly held at the East. Will Western farmers . be willing to be taxed to pay tribute (as they call it) to the East, which is the only section of the country whoso citizens have made money out of the war? Will they be willing to pay high duties to add to the wealth of .-.. . . ....... I Y. . O . To such sentiments it is rather curious to observe while it is suggested that the debt ., of the North might be repudiated, the debt ot the South might be assumed by the -eo-.; pie of the North. The same journal says : . "Lf the South comes back into the Union those States would be so impoverished that yeais must pass before they could contribute " to the national income. And then they have ' a large debt of their own, due to their own citizens and foreigners, which they would (1 fed in honor bound to jtay, if able, in case ' : tee did not assume it. And enormous appro- -nations would be required to rebuild the ighthouses all along the Southern coast, to . . repair the fortifications, and to open and . render the harbors safe for commerce." There can be little doubt that the repudi ation of the Northern debt, and an assump tion of the debt of the Rebels, is part and parcel of the Copperhead programme. To 6uch a tempting feast are the people of the North invited by the leaders of the Pcace . at-any-price party. When Gen. McClellan ' says, in his letter of acceptance,' that "the Union must be preserved at all hazards,", -'is this one of the "hazards," to which he alludes ? Can our Co pperhead neighbor tell ? "WHERE ME. BIGLEE STANDS. The best index to Mr. Biglers views on the War question, is perhaps hiV speeeh made at the stalled "peace meeiiug' '; in Clearfield borough on the 13th of August, 1864. On that occasion he denounced Mr. Lincoln as a "usurper and a tyrant," and the policy which had been inaugurated rel ative to the institution of slavery in the re voked States :is "unlawful, revolutionary, and imijlitic." lie denied that the Presi dent had any more right to make the aUtn don incut of slavery a condition precedent to the restoration of the Union, than he had to make its establishment such a condition ; and characterized the "condition" as "an attempt at a flagrant usurpation of authori ty" meriting the ""severest execrations of all men devoted to our republican form of Gov-, ornmenmt." He denied that "the Govern ments at Richmond 'and Washington com bined (the Rebel, it will be observed, be ing given the precedence in this connection) had no right to overthrow the institutions of the States, or change the relations be tween the States. That was the right ot the States and the States only. The doctrine here advocated is simply that which prevailed in the latter part of Mr.Bu chanan's Administration, when State after State was permitted to secede because it was contended they could not be "coerced" with out a gmss infringement of their reserved rights. Mr. Bigler, it must be manifest to every reflecting u: an, is "joined to his idols.' He still clings to the daugerous dogmas ori ginated by John C. Calhoun, and kept alive and put into practice by Jeff Davis, Breck tnridge, Floyd, Toombs and the whole brood of leading traitors who are now in arms a gainst the National Government, or we are at a loss to know what his language is in tended to imply. Another portion of Mr. Bigler's speech, worthy of consideration now that he is a candidate for Congress, is that which re lates to the draft. He said "he had uni formly advised obedience to law,even though the law might be ot doubtful authority or utility ; but he intended that obligation as much for those in as fur those out of author ity. In the execution of the Jaw the Presi dent can claim our obedience, tut whenever he transcends the limits of the law, Mr. B. said he had as much right to command the President as the latter had to command him." What does this mean? Are we. to understand that 3Ir. Bigler charges the Pre sident with "transcending the limits of the law" when he orders and euforces the draft? And, if this be his premise, what construc tion are we to put on his declaration about his right to "command the President?" Ts not the inference fair that he means by this language that he has the right todinoley the President, or in other words, to advise a re sistance to the draft? If not, why did Mr. Bigler deem it necessary to add in this con nection that, "some may think these views calculated to discourage enlistments," and contend that "Mr. Lincoln was eminently amenable to the law on this charge?" AVlry did he not urge the prompt filling up of our armies? Why did he contend that "he could ''see in the n?w aspect of the war noth "ing but endless drafts, conscriptions, car "mrge and desolation?" Why did he say that, "as for himself, whilst he was willing "to do and suffer anything for the Union "and Government as made by the Fathers, l' he would not contribute one m in, nor out i farthing, to prosecute the ir,rr forth iin "latrful purposes set forth by Mr. Lincoln f Why did he express the. belief that "the '"very first effort of a Democratic President "would be to stop the war to put the sword " to rest, in order to try what virtue there "is in reason, negotiation, and intercourse?' Can his organ, the Clearfield Republican, from which we make those quotations, give a satisfactory explanation? The people of the ' 10th Congressional District have a "right" to know exactly w here Mr. Bigler does stand, if the inferences which we have drawn from his speech of the 13th August are not correct. We shallwaitforarespon.se. Grant and Sherman on the Draft. Gen. Grant and Sherman have telegraphed to the War Department urging a prompt enforcement of the draft. The despatches are as follows : City Point. Sept. 1310:30 a. m. To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secy of War We ought to have the whole number of men called for by the President, in the shortest possible time. Prompt action in filling our armies will have more effect upon the ene my than a victory over them. They profess to believe, and. make their men believe, there is a party North in favor of recogniz ing Southern independence, that the draft cannot be enforced. Let them be unde ceived. Deserters come into our lines dai ly, w ho tells us that the men are nearly uni versally tired of the war, and that the de sertions would be much more frequent, but they believe peace will be negotiated after the fall election. The enforcement of the draft and prompt filling up of our armies will eave the fchedding of blood to an im mense degree. U. S. Grant, Lieut. Gen. Atlanta, Ga. Sent 13, 6:30p. m. Hon. E. M. Stanton : I am very glad, to hear the draft will be enforced. First we need the men ; and secondly, they come as pri vates to fill up our old and tired regiments with their experienced officers already on hand ; and thridly, because the enforcement of the law will manifest a power in our Gov ernment, though a Democracy should in times of trouble and danger be able to wield the power of a great nation. All is well. AV. T. Sherman, - Major General. Mr. Lincoln's prospects of election are growing brighter every day.. GEN. SHEEMAN'S "CRUEL" OEDEE. After (Jen. Sherman had taken full pos session of Atlanta, he issued an order, di recting all uon-couibitants who still consider themselves "Confederates,'.' to go south ward into Hood's lines, with all their move able effects, including so much of the negro "property" as may be disposed to go with the other chattels in other words, obliging the Rebel citizens of Atlanta, who. if per mitted to remain, would be so many spies, to go into Jeff. Davis' dominions, and thus getting rid of the. responsibility of feeding them, to the special and timely relief of Hood's commissariat. Gen. Sherman has effected an armistice of ten days with (Jen. Hood,' for the purpose of carrying" the or der into effect. The latter, whilst accept ing of the temporary armistice, pronounces',' the order unprecedented, and the act as one of studied and ungenerous cruelty. To this charge. Gen. Sherman replies in the follow ing pointed manner : Headquarters MiMTARr Division of ) tuk Mississippi in tue Field, . V Atlanta. September loth, 1864. ) General T. B. Hood, Commanding Ar my of the Tennessee, Confederate Army : General I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date at the hands of Messrs. Ball and Crew, consenting to the arrangements, I had proposed to fa cilitate removal south those of Atlanta who prefer to go in that direc tion. I encloseyou a copy of no orders, which will, I am satis fied, accomplish mi purpose perfectly.. You style the measures proposed unprecedented, and appeal to the dark history of war for a parallel as an act studied and ungenerous cruelty. It is not unprecedented, for Gen eral Johnston himself very wisely and prop erly removed the families all the way from Dalton down, and I see no reason whv At lanta should le excepted. Nor is it neces sary to appeal to the dark history of war, when recent a-id modern examples are so handy. You yourself burned houses along your parapet,, and 1 have seen to-ilay fifty houses that you have rendered uninhabita ble because they stood in tlie way of your forts and men. You defended Atlanta on a line so close to the town that every cannon shot and many musket shots from our line of investment that overshot their mark went into the habitations of women and children, Gen. Hardee did the same at Joiieaboro,and Gen. Johnston, did the same last summer at Jackson. Miss. I have not accused you of heartless cruelty, but merely .iustauce those cases of very recent occurrence, -and could go on and enumerate hundreds of oth ers, and challenge arry fair man to judge which .if us has the heart of pity lor ' the families of a brave people. 1 say it is a kindness to these families of Atlanta to re move them now at once from scenes that women and children shsuldnot be exposed to. anil. the brave people should scorn to commit their wives and children to the ru le barbarians who thus, as you say, violate, the laws of war as illustrated iu the pages of its dark history. In the name of common sense, I ask you not to appeal to a jut God insuch a sacreligions manner.." You. who in the midst of peace and prosperity have plunged a nation into civil war, dark and cruel war, who dared and badgered us to battle: - insul ted our flag, seized our arsenals and forts that were left in the honorable custody of a peaceful ordnauo sergeant, seize land made prisoners of war the very garrisons sent to protect your ieopIe against negroes and In dians, lorur before anv overt act was commit ted by the (to you) hateful Lincoln govern ment, tried to force Kentucky and Missouri into the rebellion in spite of themselves, fal sified the vote of Louisiana, turned loose your privateers to plunder unarmed ships, expelled Union families by the thousand, burned their houses, and declared by act of your Congress the confiscation of all the debts due Northern men for gorxis had and received." Tell this to the marines but mt to me, who have seen these things, and who will this day make as much sacrifice for the peace and honor of the South as the best born Southerner among you. If we must be enemies, let us be men and fight it out, as we projose to-day, and not deal in such hypocritical appeals to God and humanity, (iod will judge us in due time He will pro nounce whether it be more humble to fight with a town full of vomen and the families of a brave people at our back, or to remove them in time to places of safety among their own friendsand people. I am, very resect fully, your obedient servant: - ' W. T. Sherman. Major-General Commanding.-- HELPING THEIR FRIENDS. The editors in Rebeldom have come to the aid of their Copperhead friends at the North, and are determined to do all in their power to elect the candidates of the Chicago Con vention. The Richmond papers are quite conspicuous in this respect. The Examiner of the Sth September, in an article on the (subject, holds the following language : i " We, in defending our oicn riff his and homes, are per-foree tcorkinrj in the came of the opposition. Every defeat of Lincolts forctSy even holding them steadily at bay, inures to the advantage of McClellan,' or rather to that of the dexterous manipula tors in whose hands he is a puppet, and ac cumulates for them the much-desired ."po litical capital." Every effort of the present Administration'will be put forth, every pe cks of lie will be iuvented in order to influ ence opiniou, and every exaggeration j oj their success and.-palliationof their defeats be artfully used. We have met with rever ses lately which will enable them to give color to their representations and buoy up the hopes of the people. Yet vigor and pru dence can turn these tempting fruits to dust and ashes on their lips. In far more gloomy periods the spirit of the country has reboun ded under the pressure of disaster with healthier elasticity. So will it be again. Victorious on nearly the whole theatre of war, we can bear with firmness and repair with energy the disaster we have unfortu nately met with on the field. Military suc cess, then, will not retain Liucolu in his seat. The influence of the South, more powerful in the shock of battle than when throwing her minority vote in an electoral college, trill be cast in favor of McClelbin by this indi rect j-et efficacious means. " . I We congratulate our Copperhead friends ou their ardent allies. At the game time Gen. Grant is likely to spoil all these fine i calculations of the Rebel editors, as the peo pie of the North will, in November, those of the Copperhead leaders. ! " Gold has declined to $ 1 .87. ; . , . , GRAND VICTORIES LXTIIE SHENANDOAH VALLEY! GEN. SHERIDAN DEFEATS EARLY. RUL LOSS IN KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISS! NO 10,000. G.SiiAL Grant's visit to Sheridan was of no small importance, being the prelude to omi of the most important and decisive vic tories of the war. -Sheridan for the past few Veeks, keeping hold of the railroad from Harper's Ferry to Winchester, has held a position the advantage of which .wphld.be-. come immediately apparent the moment Early hould make his expected movement, toward Martiusburg. At the latter point ou Sunday, the ltith, AveriU's command was situated, and was there attacked by Gordon's division of Early's army. Gordon was driv eu back a short distance to Parkesviile. Sheridan's opportunity had now offered ; he immediately broke camp an 1 determined the next morning to cross the Opeqiian, ou the Winchester and Berryvilie pike, with his entire command, .including the Army of Western Virginia under Crook, which was to march from its encampment near Sum mit Point aud effec t a junction with the main column before crossing. At daylight, onthel'Jth, Wilson's cavalry crossed in ad vance and gained a position for the iulautry on the Winchester &ide. The. Sixth Corps was the first across and waited two hours for the Nineteenth, . which was delayed. This delay gave E irly time to get Gordon's command from Bunker Hill, a little south of Parkesviile, and bring it up to support Breckinridge, Rhodes, and Ramseur. On the arrival of the Nineteenth the two corps advanced up to the enemy's .lines, which had been formed iu a position to resist Sher idan's advance. At first the rebel army, al ready formed aud with artillery in position, had a great advantage, and the advanced line of the Federal army suffered considera ble losses, and was driven back a short dis tance and in some confusiou. Order was soon restored, however; the lines re-formed aud the. .artillery got iu position, and after an obstinate fight the lost position was re gained. Crook's army, which had been held in reserve, w;:s now brought up on the right, and the two armies of the Shenan doah now co i fronted e eh other in fuii strength, as AveriU's command, with Tor be rt's, having been engaged all day at a point some, distance north of the main at tack, now came up on the right. It was 3 o'clock p. M. General Crook had fumed on Sheridan's right nd rear. The Federal line, three miles long, then advanced under cover of ii tremendous artillery fire ; aud shortly after this advance the cavalry ou the right were led by their masterly leaders in an impetuous charge which broke the ranks of the rebel army. In this charge between soven ami eight hundred prisoners were taken. , The enemy routed and in confusion flel toward Winchester, through which and be yond they were pursued by the victorious cavalry. The rebel loss is roughly estima ted at between 4ouO and oOOy killed and wounded, and 5000. captured. The rebel Generals Rhodes ami barton are reported killed, and Generals Bradley T. Johnson, Gordon, York, audGodmau wounded. Fif teen battle-flags were captured and five guns. The Federal loss is estimated at2000; among the killed is General David Russell, First Division, Sixth Corps. General M'Intosh, First Brigade, Third Cavalry Division, was wounded, also (icueral Upton of Sixth Corps. The fleeing enemy were 'next day pursued with vigor,'and on the 2ZI were overtaken at Fisher's Hill, where Sheridan's forces agai-i defer, te Idiom, .capturing sixteen guns arid many 'prisoners.' Official Bulletin. Washington, Sept. 1'4 10 a. m. To Major General Dir. AVw 1'orh: The following official dispatch has jut been received from Gen. Sheridan, detail ing some of the particulars of the battle at Fisher's Hill : ' Headquartkrs Middle Military Di vision, Woodstock, Va.. Sept. 23, 8 a. M. lo Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, Ci'y Point: 1 cannot as yet give anv-definite account of the results of, the battle of yes terday. Our loss will be light. Gen. Crook struck the "left flank, of the enemy, doubled it up, advancing along their lines. Ilicketts' -division of the Sixth Corps swung in and joined Crook. Getty's and Johnson's divisions taking up the same movement, followed by the whole line, and attacking beautifully, carried the works of the enemy. The rebels threw do wu their arms and fled in the greatest confu sion, abandoning most of their artillery. It was dark before the battle ended. I pursued on after the rebels during the night to this point with the Sixth and Nine teenth corps, and have stopped here to rest the men and i-sue rations. If Gen Torbert has dashed down the Lu ray valley, according to my directions, h e will achieve results. I do not think that there ever was an army so badly routed. The valley soldiers are hiding away and going to their homes. I cannot at present give you any estimate of prisoners. I pushed on regardless of everything. The number of pieces of artillery reported, captured is sixteen. P. II. SnERiDAN, Major General. You are directed to cause a National sa lute to be fired of one hundred great guns for the victory. Gen. Stevenson reports that 3,000 prison ers from the field had reached Winchester last night. - : - Reinfercemente and supplies have been forwarded to Gen. Sheridan. Edwin M. Stanton, Sec'y of War. THE LATEST. Secretary Stanton's last bulletin states that on Saturday night Gen. Sheridan was six miles south of New Market, having driv en the enemy from Mt. Jackson without be ing able to bring on an engagement. Twenty pieces of artillery were captured at Fisher's Hill, 1 10) prisoners taken, and a large number of caissons, &c, captured. . General Stevenson reports the arrival at Harper's Ferry of twenty-six capturel guns and eighty additional captured officers. . The Memphis Bulletin publishes what it regards as a reliable report of the uncondi tional surrender of Mobile to our gunboats. - CHANGE IN THE CABINET. . Retirement of Postmaster-General Blair. Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 164. When the resolution of the lati Baltimore Convention, declaring that they "deem it essential to the general welfare that harmo ny shall prevail in the national councils, and rega rding as worthy of public confidence aud official trust those only who cordially indorse the principles propose! in the serious ot res olutions, and which should ehrracterize the administration of the government," was, shortly after its passage, read by Postmaster General Biatr, he at once verbally tendered his resignation, which was not formally made and accepted until to-day, as will be seen 'rom the foilowingeorrespondence. Ii is understood that ex-Goy. Dcnnisou of 0 hio, will be his successor : Executive Mansion, : -Washington. Sept. 23, JSC4. ) ' Hon. Montgomery Blair My Dear Sir: You have gencDU-ly said to me more than once that whenever your resignation could be a relief to me it was at my diso sal. The time has come. You very well know that this proceeds from no dissatisfac tion of mine with you personally or officially. Your uniform kmunes.s has lee unsurpass ed by that of ury friend, and while it is true that the war does not so great iv add to the difficulties of your department as to those of others, it is jet much to say, as 1 most truly can. that in the three years and a half du ring which you have administered the Gen eral l'ost Oiliee, I lemeniber no single com plaint against you in connection therewith. ..Yours, as ever, A. Lincoln. Post-Office Department, ) Friday, Sept. 23, 1S04. j My Dear Sir: 1 received your note of this date referring to my offers to resign whenever you should deem it advisable for the public interests that I should do so, an i stating that, iu your judgment, the time had now conid, I now therefore formally ten der my resignation ot theo!fice of Postmas ter General. I cannot take leave of you without renewing rhe expressions of my grat itude for the uniform kind.iess which has marked your cours, toward, Yours, very truly, . M. BLAIR. Senator Wallace on the Stump. The Cops had a meeting in Harrisburg on Tuesday evening '.:' last week. Among the speakers was Sefiator aiiace, of our town. His performance is noticed by the Telegraph in the following manner: "flu next speaker was the youthful' Sen ator iVoia Ciea, Ik-id. His boyish style and recourse to notes had a chilling effect upon the auiienee. His speech had forty-seven points, or lather heads, or headis, all of winch were folded -up iu the palm ot his hand, and to which In; had recourse forty eight timos. But the for;y e guth point was not there, and he concluded to subside. He was iii favor of the Democratic party ma king this campaign an aggressive one, in stead of acting upon the dtfeuaive. lie thought it was much easier to attack Mr. Lincoln than to defend Gen. McClellan, and he said if the energies of the party would be bent iu that direction, they would accom plish more, lie said the Abolition party weri in favor of "war to" the knife, knife to the elbow, and elbow to the heart they are iu favor of directly the opposite. He said they were in favor of peace, and that an early and a speedy peace. He said the only way to crush this ""cruel war" is to concili ate the "confederates;" by fighting them, we will never gain their Ood will, but al ways their displeasure, lie was for peace and the Democratic party, and its nominees are for peace. We would thank the Sena tor to repeat his speech all over the country, and the re.-u!t will be many hundreds added to our usual majority. Come soon again, Mr. Wallace; truly we will welcome you." Lincoln's Letter of Acceptance. As Mr. Lincoln's letter of acceptance has been a subject of discussion, on several oc casions recently, we give it below for the in formation of the public : Washington, June 27, 18G4. Hon. Wm. Deinii.ton and others, a Com tit it- mit're of the National I'nion Convention ; Gentlemen : Your letter of the 14th inst., formally notifying me that I had been nominated by the Convcuriou you represent tor the Presidency of the United States for four years from the 4th of March next, has be en received. The nomination is grateful ly accepted, and the row lutions of the Con vention, called the p!at;orm,are heartily ap proved. While the resolution in regard to the supplanting of republican Governments upon the Western Continent is fully concur red in, there might be a misunderstanding were I hot to say that the josition of the Government in relation to the action of France m Mexico, as assumed through the State Department, and endorsed by the Con vention, among t he measures and acts of the Executive, will be faithfully maintained so long as the state of fact shall leave that po sition pertinent and applicable. I am especially gratified that the soldiers and seamen wore not forgotten by the Con vention, as they forever should and will be remembered by the grateful country for whose salvation they devote their lives. Ti anking you for the kind and compli mentary terms in which you communicated the renoniiriation and other proceedings of the Convention, I subscrile myself . Your obedient servant Abil LINCOLN. The veteran old Democratic Stateman Gen. Lewis Cass kicks over the Chicago plat form because it is wauting in fidelity to the preservation of the Government ; and Val landigham and Ben Wood kick over the Chicago candidate because he is wanting in fidelity to the platform. If the War Dem ocrats go against the ticket because of the platform, and the Peace Democrats go a gainst the ticket because it don't square with the platform, about how much may lie left of the Democracy by the ides of No vember? Will old Berks be certain? For particulars, see returns from Vermont, Del aware and Maine ! Fremont Withdrawn. Gen. Fremont has written a letter, withdrawing his name as a candidate for the Presidency, and John Cochrane, who was on the ticket with him for Vice President, has done the sa"ine. They do this to prevent the election of Mc Clellan and Pendleton,on the ground that 'the Chicago platform means simply separation." As ignorance lies at the bottom of all hu man knowledge, the deeper you penetrate, the nearer you arrive-to it. , : . .. , , -1 The Model of Copperhead Sedition, benedict Arnold, on the 2oth dav- -r a tuber, 1780, issued the following 0;" 1 rocbtnuitUm to the Citizen aZl v t.. oftlte United States: iuidn You are rromised .liberty by the U of your affairs, but is there an uhIW a ir. sons, drags you to the field of battle 'L' daily deluging your country with Hood'. the proffered peac been embrac d Z p two years of misery had been snem in t. and plenty, and repairing the desuUti!?" the quarrel, that would have set tho 1 "i ureal uriiaui aim .America in a t light, and cemented their friendhjps 1 wish to lead a chosen ban! of Anieri a. to the attainments of p-an. l;i,trtf f ty. the first objects in taking the fitl.J ""',' What is America but a land of wjd0. orphans and beggars? But what ne, 1 r argument to such as feel infinitelvnwreti ery than tongue can express' "l riv ' who are disposed to join ,. in a m-L"". necessary to close the wenes ,.f our 6a: tion. which must increase until we are m" ished with the hberality of the mother coun try, which still offers us protection and ex emption from all taxes but such as wethi.l Oct. 20, 17S0. Benedict Arnold. press has been taken awav Second That pn perry'has been triiro priated. 1 1 Third That illegal imj risoiiiuei.ts Lave been made. Fourth That odious o.ncriptim3 have been imposed. Fifth That peace, which n,ig t me been had, was refused. Sixth That the first objects iu taking the field have been abandoned. Seventh That the rouutry has been del uged with blood, an.) made a laud of willows and orphans. Eighth That it is necessary tf. join Lim in order to close those afflictions and r-.tuui to prospentv. N ow we defy any man to make out a liire oniplete model of a Copperhead haiangae in lt4. Take any nf the said speeches we care not which. Turn for instance to that made by Horatio Seymour, n Milwaukee, and extract from which we published !a-t Monday, his points are as follow s, and we use his own words : First "The freedom of the press has been denied us." Second "It is your property, the prop erty of Northeru tax-payers, which is con fiscated." third "M"ii have Iteen torn from their families, and locked up in prison, and w men too." Fourth "The policy of the Administra tion has p'aced hindrances in the wav of tie Union.". Fifth "Men are told that they mu-t leave their homes, and devote themelv.i to the war." Sixth "The Administration has enter ed upon a settled policy dangerous to the welfare of our country." Seventh "In God s name, are there im means by which we can save the hws .f husbands and brothers?" Eighth "We nominated McClellan tbt we might restore prosperity and pea. o t the people." Thus arc th points made by Horatio Seymour against tm; Administration in i4. dentical, point with point, with those made by Benedict Arnold airainst Wahii.goii and the Continental C' "gre-s in 17.SV. He see presisely v.h it Mr. Seymour tueutit when, toward the close of his sjieecli. he asserted, "our views came from our fath ers." They are the views which the Tory fathers, through their executor; Ben. dnt Arnold, bequeathed to' their . Copperhead offspring. ; " , If any of our readers will turn to A7 Register for 1SI4. and read the long address of the Hartford Convention there publish d. he will find nearly'cvery point there made aga.nst Mr. Madison's Administration and the war of that period which is now mad by the Copperheads of t his day against Mr Lincoln's Adminisf ration and our pre? Dt war. In default of that, let him refer to Benton's Debate of Congress, a nd rea I some of the speeches then uttered" by Federalist leaders. He will find the tame arguments the same appeals, the same invectives, and even the same phrases and terms f expn-sio-i that are now constantly assailing our ears. -A Y. Times. .-' ' " , Jlcur jltlrcrtisfmfuK CAUTION. All. persons - hereby caution ed agaicxt purchasing r taking n uigo tneiit of. a certain note of baud dated Kept. 24tb, 18C4, and payable on the lit of May. l!l5; calling for fifty dollars, gircn by me to Rusel Rose or bearer. ' Ai I have received no value for aid 0' I will not pay it miles compelled to doo by die process of law. . FIMON RORABAHJH Sept 28, 1854 pd. J STRAY flORSE Cauie to the premiss of the subscriber residing in Huston township. on the 15th of September, a light bay horse, about years old, with three white leet. Tbe owner requested to come forwurd. prove property-F.T charges aad lake him away, or he will be Jul a M the law directs. DAVID BERKE. September 28, 1864. pd. - -j . j.'j. morris. : : : i. w. morhis.': : : J f- HEAD QUARTERS FOR CHEAP GOODS. The undersigned having jut returned rroai Philadelphia with a new and cplendid assortin" of Goods, are now ready to sdpply all who w? favor them with a call, with anything eBr line such as . , . Dry-Goods, Groceries. 'Qneensware, HARDWARE AND NOTIONS in great rarietv. with a full "assortment of Fny Goods. Flour.'Feed. Fixh. Bacon and ery thing and a little more than is uillj low in a country store. . F, r We are ready to supply persons with Feed, Fish, or Bacon by the load or f0". i & sons disposed to favor us with call will ready to supply their wants. ...i,. We are also prepared to trade for Boards and other Lumberatthe ,r"t ft, JAS. J. MORKIb. Co. CARD.. T am happy to sarto ny " many known customers, that I 1f.l4eJ myelf with" the .bore . :W&S. to have their custom.- JAMEfei jkw the eniovment ot it rT-in, wi Y' oJuur oppress, ho among you dare to speak or writ he thinks against the tyrannv which hJ' bed you of your pronertv. im, . t- 1 he traitor here makes !,ht ,,;nM against the Contineutial Congre-s and Wah ington. the Commander-in-Chief: Firt That freedom of mwivIi'-.i. I .!... I .. mi l ui liiC
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