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,CION OR TUE OLIVE-BRANCH
Mec. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow.
Raze out the written troubles of the brain;
And with some sweet oblivious antidote •
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
That weighs upon the ?
,
Macbeth, Act —, Sane 4
Writtpain we announce to our readers
that the! Editor of the Spirit has lad a
-confirmedattacknf branch" on the
For some time we, have noticed
symptotas, which heralded the coming at
taeli; ktiOw thick - and, fast until' laSt week's
Spirit;~aw its culinil4inn in The Policy
OfXo'neiliation."-
.
orb rp. a small sprig '{ a
bigger than man's
hand his anch has spread, until .
like the boy whose diseased tided saw the'
.plain covered with multitudes of eats, the'
whole!ceuntry 'abounds in Olive trepA. By
da'y hp talks, Olive branch, and in the still
,hourai.of the night, while sleep's Silken cur
tain .i hangs
_over him, be. babble;E..= Olive
•He stirs-his tea with a:sprig of
the'Olive; and goes forth to meditate upon
the lOvelioess of peace supported and sus
tained by .an " unfaltering trust " in an
Olive:wood cudgel.
Since the hegira of M'Clellin and his
pets from .the Army of the ;Potomac we
vainly believed that this,school of warriors
bad well nigh become extinct:. • But let us
hUSteri,to record our mistake. The Olive
brand', still:finds a champion in the dough
tyl Editor of the Spirit, who last week' un
derfook to impose some very miserable logic
; uPorl , his'readerS, 'many of wbom doubtless
Wglingli accept that kind from the Spirit
rather than the best from loyal 'papers.
A column is employed to prove what ev
.(l7 nian Will graiit without an argument,
that the. coercive Polley employed by Eng
land ip the Revolutionary struggle of, our
;fathers materially assisted them to achieve
.their independence. Burke and Chatham,
names never to he -forgotten by American's,
are largely quoted in confirmation of the
, opinion. And altogether, considering that.
the proposition,is one which none denies . ,
we"think the Editor has done hiniself great
•
e.tdit;both in his elaborate argument nod
researolf:' Brit when -he undertakes
I to'argue from this that the only practic . able
yay t& suppress the rebellion of/the Slave
.; 'States is to conciliate = them we beg leave to
f dia,sint.• •
Great Britain imposed grievous burdens
upon the .Colonies until they could no longer
' l / 4 be• borne. SW hen they petitioned for re
• drit4 t and remonstrated, the gricvanCesmere
=increased. When they could endure no
longer and determined to resist opprission,
Great. Britain undertook to subdue them ;
with what success weal! know. We believe
conCiliation ,m,ight have healed the difficul
ty, brit it, was asked for in vain. This,
• briefly stated; was the position of England"
(oitiTds' the - Colonies at the commencement
of the Revolution. , •
We should like - - to ask any reasonable
minded 'Mao whether now or at anymoment
since the rebellion was inaugurated at Fork
Suttipter this has been the relative position
of 'die North and South towards each other?
On'qbe contrary, do not the leaders of the
rebellion boldly say that they have Made
this fight, and.made it in the interest of
Slavery, and that either Slavery or the
Goliernment must be annihilated? .Is not
then the piisition . of the Xpith towards the
South-immediately the converse of that of
England towards the Colonies ? From the
nattti,c'. of,the ease, andTrom the legitimate•
deduction of the Sprit's proposition if
conciliation should have been the policy of
England.toiiarcis the Colonies, then coercion ;
should-be the policy of the United States
towards those in rebellion. •
Here is the Spirit's war policy:
Here is where - we take issue with' th
party in power, We assert that their policy
Les strengthed the douse of rebellion, that
their means of securing success- are made
, quote / that unless we unitithe olive branch
with the sword; unless we hold out fair
. and
honorable terms of conciliation the people,
fthe,South, while we strike down `with the
airord him that conies "against us with: the
.sword,, we; never. can bring this war to-nsite
oessful conclusion. -The armed power of this,
rebellion must be met and crushed by the
.mimed pfAycx of Vitalaiox?: _But 'peace beat
her victories ns Well as, war.' his madness
to discard - everything but *- sheer brutal
force ; for after All ,thit generalship can do,
• comprbinise and conciliation alone can restore
the Vnion in spirit and in truth. Let us be
wise, then, in time; and lay to heart the itn
portant lesson taught us in our own brief
history, before the day of our national salva
tion may have passed forever."
It does seem to us that- in this age of
prodigious projectiles,. Swamp Angels"
and. iron-clads; an Olive wand would have
but a small show in comparison with thCm - ,
and we are satisfied that
_the champion of
this system Would make ;the attack it an
enormously long, range.
' A
Has the_ experience bought by thirty- -0
months of the fiercest civil war lee • such
as to induce the belief' that co , liatiou is
the proper policy of the Administration ?
At its couitnencement but a single Slave
State, and that Delaiare, gave satisfactory
evidence that she was: with the Union in
spirit and not with the rebellion. Mary
land refused transit to Union soldiers
through_Baltimore, to save the capitol from
traitors; and a committee of - young ehris
tians(?)—occupying a position in "transitu,"
somewhere •between Olive branch patriots
and traitors with arms in their hatids—urged
the President:to refrain from it, 14stit might
•
engender bloodshed. Most of these chris
tianshave since joined the rebel army. ,Vest
Virginia was in the hands of rebels. Ken
tucky was preparitig to secede under the
guise of armed neutrality. Tennessee was
carried boldly, without an effort at resist
ance by her 2 loyal Citizens." Missouri, un
der theleadership of Price and others, 'was
among the first to put a rebel army in the
field. • -
Proprietors
IN
'Since thin the war has been prosecuted
with different degrees: of coercive severity.
The first year it was so weak that its strong
est ingredient _ may • possibly have 'been
nothing more than Olive-branch gruel.
Since that time, however, we thankfully
write - that the coercive polity is looking
Confiscation and emancipation have added
their divisions to the Union armfeg, and
the result is highly gratifying to 10 - yal men..
Maryland has given a large emancipation
majority ; Delaware is ready W . & the same ;
Wrest Virginia has surely seen enough to
entitle her to the - name and distinction of a
free State ; Missouri' haS already taken some
steps toward "gradual emancipation ;- Ken
tuckY is moving in the same direction, and
even Tennessee, so
_long ground between
the upper and nether millstones, is raising
her voice and crying to be • delivered from_
the inhuman system of slavery. ATvoice
comes from the benighted wilds of Arkan
sas, proclaiming that slavery, the cause cf
the war, must perish, that peace may: be
invited back and the old Union restored.
We ask our readers which, the Coercive
Policy or the Olive-branch ?
THE CHURCH AND THE REBELLION
In looking over our religious exchanges,
we have been struck with the unaniMity of
sentiment expressed ly the differcnt eccle-
siastical bodies at their late -annual (meet
ings, in their resolutions on the state 'of the
country. While there is a slight,difference
in phraseology, some being more carefully
worded than others, there is none in ;senti
ment. . All, without exception come for
ward cordially to- the support of the gov
ernment, and express hearty sympathy with
its administration in -its trying position,
The large majisrity of them have even gone;
farther, and uttered their decideirapifroval
of its course in the emancipation proelarna
tion. Such a course on their part Cannot
fail to gratify those, whose sympathies are
hea k . 1 with the government in its 'efforts
to sup ess the rebellion; and on thS other x
hand, as we would naturally expect, it meets
with the disapprobation of those, whose
reputation for loyalty is at be'st doubtful, - .
and whose real sympathies, we fear, go
with the Sonth. At leait this is true :i wher
ever you find a man Rficerely ,
and unequiv
'many loyal, there you find one who receives
"aid and comfort" from the religions .sen
tim en t ofthe people, thus expressed throug,h
the churches. On the other handl when
you meet with-a man openly and avowedly
disloyal, there will you find one who accu
ses the church and her ministers of "fanat
icism " and of "mixing up politics with re
ligion " in passing such resolutions as she
has done on the state of the country, We ...
do not wonder that the sentiments of these
eeclesiastieal bodies should stir up the,wrath
and excite the resentment of a certain class
in the North. They find themselves ar
rayed against this religious sentiment of
the countiy. They are enraged to hear
themselves accused of treason against - the
laws of God as Well as those of man. There
is but one resource left them ; they must
meet the issue fairly and squarely. So they
denounce the church for " want of char
ity,",, for. "mistaken legislation." and as
"forsaking the gospel fOr politics." , From
the same source comes the oft-repeated cry,'
of ministers . desecrating the pulpit with
secular themes. We do not deny that oc
casions can be pointed out in• which the
' pulpit has reached affairs not belonging
to it, and which 'lie far beneath the lofty
themes it shoUld. proclaim, to man. 'But in
this case it is the proclamation of the gospel
loctrine of loyalty that-makes the ",offence
a) rank."' Thisisloth the causeand "the
occasion of their wrath, It was,this which
made a late 'Democratic candidate for GOvi
error, in our own . State, unable to attend
bis,oWn church for two years. - 'the doc
trine of loyalty as there expounded had to
hisspiritnal nostrils a strong partisan odor,
beean4i.it-urged the • support of-the admix
-ifitratibkv, nor has he yet been able i te find
iii,bi"licuilittettii6ituti;:tfitti'
a place where the reading of soine of St.
Paul's doctrines, goes up before him with
a savory smell. The case is not witho
parallel. In the late campaign we . :axe
heard more than one proposal to • ng the
ministers to their senses-by." opping the
bread on them." Unpl, nt as it is to
think that there are ose aging us who
thus array thews , yes against the plain
teaching of the •ord of God with regard to
our duty t, civil government, how much
sadder suld it be, to know in these days,
by e power of this opposition, that the
• urch was silent in this great struggle, in
volving the highest moral questions con
cerning the "temporal welfare of man? Even
grant that in some church deliverance, ob
jeetionable phraseology may be found, and
that indiVidtial zeal in country may have
made some imprudent in expression ; how
much better all this, than to see the nation
bleeding from the cruel stabs of traitors;
liberty endangered, and national life at
stake; the youth of the land rushing from
the embrabe of mothers, from the field, the
workshOp, the counting - room; the school,
the college, to die for their country, and
yet, through all this, the church Sitting,
cold, voiceless, unmoved ; or the ministei
standing at the altar with no prayer for his
country and her defenders on his lips, and
no voice to denounce the accursed rebellion
that causes the land to mourn ? We for
one are glad to see these deliverances of
the churches, sustaining those in authority.
It is no small comfort to them to know that
their conduct measurably meets the appro
val of the honest religious people of the
land. It is 'a time when no man or soci
ety should shrink from expressing senti 2
ments in :favor of the government, in its
efforts to put down the treason seeking its
overthrow. It is &time for men; whatever
fie their office or position, to speak out bold •
ly and earnestly in 'favor'ofevery legitimate
method of breaking the power elm atro
cious rebellion which has already lived three
years too long.
SECESSION FALLING TO PIECES.
We pnblish on another page extracts
from the Address of Hoil. E. W. Gantt, a
noted Secessionist of Arkansas, and until a
short time ago a General in the Rebel Ar
my. This address was issued to -the' citi
zens of Arkansas, urging them to renew
their allegiance and acknowledge their feal
ty to the Old Union, and is an elaborate
discussion of All the promine"t topics de
veloped by this war. 'Perhaps, the most
important, certainly the /Most interesting
portioti of the address i 4 that - relating to
negro slavery, embracing at once the views
of a bitter secessionist, a slaveholder and a
rebel,. soldier. If Mr. 'Gantt had written
nothing more, this alone Would furnish most
unmistakeable evidence- k sincere honesty
and great moral courage. 1 , Like an earnest
man, and very ' unlike the class of Olive
branch unionists scattered throUgh the
- North, he strikes slavery sturdy blows, not
because he loves slavery less but because he
loves the peace and happiness of his people
more. -
He. finds no difficulty in determining the
cause of the war. It is not "Abolitionism,"
not " fanaticism " of the' North, 'tis not
even the election of Abraham Lincoln to
the Presidency. - It is this : " Its (slavery)
existence had become incompatible with
the existence of the Government. For
while it had stood as a wall damming up
the current and holding back .the people
and laborers of the North, it had by thus
precluding free intercourse between the
sections produced a marked chance in their
manners, customs and sentiments. And
the two sections were groWing more diver
cant every day. This wall or the Govern
ment must - give way.' The shock came,
which was to settle the question. Ithought
that the Government was dividedilluuLne
gro slavery established forever. 1 erred.
The Goverrment was stronger than slavery."
With the acknowledgement that slavery
has risen against the Government and the
Government has crushed it; the'next to be
done is to secure peace on the hest and least
humiliating' terms. Here again, —a South
• ern slaveholder, :secessionist and Rebel Gen. 7
eral,--he fails to ice it in the same light
with the Olive branchers. He asks for no
Compromise ; he thinks of no' concession
on the part of the Government. He tells
his people - not to be deceived with the hope"
that the United States will abandon the
struggle ; that they-scarcely feel the war at
home ; that " their cities are more thrifty,
and populdus to-day than when the war be-.
gan; that "their yillages and towns, ,their
fields and country flourish as fresh as ever ;'i
that " they could= sink their armies , to-day
and raise new 'levies to cru.sh,us, and not
'feel it.
On the other band, be sadly continues:
"We have the last man in the field,
half our territory is overrun, our cities gone
to wreck—while deserted towns and smok
ing ruins, and plantations abandoned and
laid waste meet us on every side,' and _
an
archy, and ruin, and disappointment, and
discontent' lower over all . the *
`!The sooner we lay dawn our arms and quit
this hopeless struggle, the sooner our days
prosperity shill return.'z
We confess to some surprise at this ad
dress:• 'To true, Secessionists are not with
out a certain rude kind of honor, and scorn:
the littleness peculiar to secession journals
of the North, and do not -hesitate to say
that this rebellion is a conflict with tte
Government for supremacy. But;we ha e
heard so much about a " sectioual Preid--
4ent,'`..'`unconstitutional acts;" ".enumel,
patios," "eimatl,selitiop," et id mute gen4s,
18, 1861
p
i r the moment We expected to
_meet
- i them again, forgetting that this was
an honorable traitor' insomuch as treas e n
could be made honorable,,having risked his
life for it, and not one , of; those who scent
the conflict afar off.' .
Altogether- this addreL is a matter of
great moment s and Wilt doubtless work
much good. Taken in Connection with the
news from all parts of the Confederacy, the
accounts of rapid enlistments in Union reg=
iments by loyal citizens of Arkansas, the
same froni East Tennessee,-and Western
North Carolina ; and Northern Alabama;
the, scarcity of food throtighout the South;
the iliscolitented tone of the• Southern press;
the general discouragement'Of Weir soldiers,
and the presence of our afniies everywhere,
we have reason to hope that in' the Provi
dence of God peace and happiness will soon
be restored, to our distracted land.
"GIVE VS BREAD."
Almost every paper from the latilltf cot
ton that reaches us complains bitterly and
pitiously of the lack of food, the enormous
prices, and the speculators who are coining
money out of the distress and suffering of
the unfortunate poor. .Matters have grows
so serious that there, is nu longer an effort
at concealment, and newoapers teem- with
tales of intense suffering.r.; Previous , to the
October elections , (he leaders ! of the rebel
lion were able to secure aAuoorury respite
from the clamor' of the unfortunate, by
pledging them the - election iff Vallamd iglia in,
in Ohio, of Woodward in Pennsylvania,
their two - chief coadjutqs in- the North 4.=
by promises that an iron-Actfleet from the
ship yards of the Messrs. Laird:would soon
appear upon their coast:and open their ports
to commerce. But - these promises have
come to naught; and the visions of bread
and meat, with which to drive the grim*, in
exorable mo ter—Gaunt Fa minefrom
their thresh 1; and ;the wherewithal to
clothe their hrunken, ;Drivelled limbs and
attenuated bodies, have •vanished like the
" baseless fabric of a dream."
In their anguish, everuthe despotism of
Jeff Davis can no longer
,compel quiet sub
mission. Famine knoW no laws, save the .
Universal one of self preservation,-and fears
no punishment except that imposed by hun
ger.. Already bread fiiots have, occurred in
a number of Southern : cities which the au
thorities Were unable or' unwilling to sup
press by force.
With their enormously bloated curreney,
resting on il4. patriarchial institution of
Slavery, which! has appointed assigness,
and been foutfa hopelessly insolvent, it
seems pos - gible to. - buy one dollar in gold for
twelve in Confederate currency in Rich
mond. Out of the confederacy a: bushel
would be unable to entice,a single gold dol
lar out of its hiding . Place. As a conse
quence the.price of necessaries and ordinary
commodities is enormously high, while the
price of labOr has increased but little. And
those whose support depends upon their la
bor would be in a starving condition, even
though the products they need were abun
dant.
It is generally believed that human na
ture is everywhere subject to and controlled
by the same general laws. If the soldiers
who are fighting the battles of the Union
to learn that they were fighting for a
government which permitted their wives
aid children to languish arid die of starva
tion, they would not have much stomach
for-the fight, though it might be enormous
for bread and meat.-. But unless the Con
federacy can rescue East TOnessee, and
the territory west of the 11.1.iti.issippi river
from the, Union armies, by - their own eon•
fe.)sion l their armies cannot be sustained.
It is painful to one's humanity to con
teMplate- a State of things such.as Would
prevail in a starving army, but we firmly
believe such a condition'-Would be a merci
ful dispensation, and would save the lives
of thousands who are entirely innocent of
treason, but have been made the dupes or
victims of cowardlytraitorsand demagogues.
Let the Government see to it that Btfrn
side is made abundantly strong to retain
the key of this Southern granary in his pos
session. Let the lion hearted Thomas not
be stinted iu, men and supplies; and it is
more than posSible that, without another
battle, the rebels will find an enemy in their
camps, whose insidious attacks cannot be
stayed by shot nor shell, and whose pres
ence will blast them lice the simoon of the
desert, or the avenging hand of Neinesis.
The REPOSITORY has a mania for quoting
froth rebel journals. Will it do us the favor
-to copy the following from a late number of
the Mobile (Alabama) Register ?-.-Spirit.
CERTAINLY it will, if foi no other reason,
at least to prove that_ the Spirit has at last
,found one Southern opinion in our South
ern papers 'Atoll it has the courage to copy.
r "The Democratic party is not in power_
now, and we may thank God for it. The
North is not less set - on a purpose .of final
separation than we are. The Republican
party are not fighting .to restore this Union
any more than the old Romans fought to es
tablish the independence of the countries they
invaded. The Republicans are fighting for
ccinquest' and dominithl, and we for liberty
and Independence. There is only one party
in the North who.want this Union restored,
but they have no more power—legislative,
executive or judicial----than the paper we
write on.
"As long as the Republicans hold power
they will think of conquest and dominion on
ly, and we, on the other hand, will come up
in - solid column for freedom and independ
ence,
which we will be certain to achieve,
with such assistance as we may now 'confi
dently expect, before the Democrats of the
'North get in power again, and conic wlsp
-ering in our 'ears, Union, reconstruction,
const,i,kutien, concession and guarantees.'
Away with altsuch -Stuff! - We vista separ
ation. Give us rattier; men like:Thaddeus
Stevens and. Chas. s t unner. They curse the
old Union and despise it, and so do We. And
we now promise these gentlemen that, as they
hate the Union and the "accursed Constitu
tion," let them keep down.Vallanaiihatti and
his pazty in the North ilthen they shallpever
be troubled by us wit such whining about
the Constitution and the Union as they are
sending up."
The REpogrronY thus copied scores of
extracts froth scores of rebel journals, all of
which concurred in fervently, hoping that
the Copperhead Democracy might be-sue
cessful in the October elections.
The Spirit triumphantly parades the Al
abama Register, yes the Alabama Register,
and adds with satisfied complacently !--
"gem we see "the sentiments of the rebel
leaders in regard tolhe iesultof the recent
elections in the. Northern States. The defeat
of the Demoeracy was just what they pray
ed for." Strange to say, here is just where
we don't " see the sentiments of the rebel
leaders." The Spirit and the Alabama
Register, though both excellen t of their kind,
will kit-k the beam when put in the scales
against truth.
Some poet, perhaps the Spirit, remarked
somewhere that there .were sermons in
babbling .brooks, and good in everything."
'Tis verified even by the meanest of God's
creatures the Editbr of the' Register. He
says, " The_ Democratic party is not 'now
in power." :Even the Spirit will endorse
the correctness of that. But 'he adds--
,"And we may thank God for it." -From
the bottom of our heart comes forth a joy
ful. amen.
We greatly fear this Register man and
the Spirit must part company after all
The Register man is fearful that if the De
mocrats of the North- get into power 'again
they will try to entice the " wayward sis
ters" into the Union with the whispers
of " concession" and " guarantees;" and
in view of this bare possibility, cries out,
" Away, with all y such- stuff." "We want
separation." `.:.Give us such men as Chas.
Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens." Of course
this terminates all 'intercourse between the
Register and the Spirit,' whose bowels of
compassion yearn day and night -for the
conciliation of our wayward sisters, whose
voice - sighs sadly on the Southern breeze
the single monosylable, Peace, and ,whose
hand mournfully waves Co and fro its sig
nificant ernbleni the Olive branch.
THE Harrisburg Patriot and Union don't
seem to know that the election is over, and
it still once in a while vomits forth an as
sortment of worn-out cam paign'scandal. In
a late issue it reiterates the story that Gov.
Curtin Went into officeqn "'straitened eirL
cumstances" and "has now $300,000 in
bank ;" and adds--"If this had been said
of Col. M'Clurg,We should ask noquestions,
having great faith in the ability of that gen
tleman to accomplish -wonders." As the
Patriot and Union has worn everything
thread-bare about the establishment—its
malignant falsehoods, its pecuniary pros
perity and its credit, it evidently wants a
change of masters, and from itseotupliinent
to Gov. Curtin's bank account and our
" to accomplish wonders," it twould
not require two guesses from any als:erage
fool to tell in what direction it hopes to be
auctionA off. We beg to say, however.
that we are not disposed "to accomplish
wonders " in that particular way just now.
The feat would he neither noveforstareinir.
to the outside world, but would_ be elased.
as a " flat, stale -and unprofitable — rep..-
tion of an old farce, rather than one of the
"wonders" of the day. We can to some
extent excuse' Mrs. Toodies - for buying , of
the door-plate at, auction with the name. of
Thompson on it, as she. might happen to
have a daughter and that daughter - wheat
happen to marry a Mr. Thonipson,.and then
the article would be very-handy to have
about the house ; 'but we can imagine of no
political Mrs. 'Toodles who could frame any
Sort of an exciwe for bidding off suchan as
sortment of worn-out, broken-legged, aban 7
doned political rubbish as is piled up aboup
the Patriot and Union office, and offered in
lots to suit purchasers and bank accounts.
The negotiation is declined !
HoN. EDWARD MCPHERSON has been
prominently named for Clerk of the House
of 'Representatives at Washington ; and we
learn that the Union men of the Pennsyl
vinia delegation will present him with en
tire unanimity. As the Speaker is pretty
certain to go west—to either Colfax or
Washburne—it would be but a just recog
nition of the Keystone State to concede us
the second officer of the House. Mr. Mc
liherson has qualifications of the very high
est - order . for the responsible position. An
accomplished: scholar, a thorough parlia
mentarian, .and possessing the keenest per
ceptions and a most blameless' character,,
there would be eminent fitness in his elec
tion. We hope indeed. that he may be
successful.
ALL hail Missouri ! The Legislature of
Missouri, has just chosen two unqualified
Emancipationists to the U. S. Senate—B.
Gratz Brown and J. H. Henderson. The .
former has\ been the leading, anti slavery
man in the State for many years, and the
latter is nuw earnestly devoted to Freedom.
Maryland Missouri, Tennessee and Dela
ware have thrown mff the withering desola
tion of Slavery, and will soon shine as Free
St4tes in the, gre;tt galaxy of aunited and
Free Republic.— Thus does the right tri
umph over' the, machinations of wicked
-Treason. -
Hadwe ''.turned a little-farther South"
the day before our late so-called election t we
mig,ht have Witnessed the reptdie Mcady
and the defeat of Reseerans, on account Of
their officers,and troops having b eet , t a k en
from them to attend the elections. :The men
who fell on that day were niunicreds, and
their blood is iipou the bands of the officials
who deprived theta of their comrades .in
arms.—Carlisle Yoluntec+.
THERE are just three mistakes irithe forte
going. Rosecrans was' defeated about *
month before the election-14.1eade was never
defeated at all,-and the officers, tincttroOp's
were never taken from either =to carry the
election. Perhaps the " murdered" come
in some place stilt; certainly Jeff - Pavia
would say so, and shouldn't his cowardly
imitator of the Voinateer do. likewise 4"
JimEs L. REY - N oLD'i, of Laneastek,
brother of the late/Maj. Gen. Rey olds,
has been appointed Quarter Master General
of Pennsylvania, in place of Gun. ITale,-de,
ceased. - Reis a gentleman of eminent ca
pacity, of spotless integrity, and ‘a
type of the loyal Democrats of the ,State,
lie is a prominent member of the Lancaster,
bar and IffiS once tendered the position of,
Supreme Judge- by Gov. Packer ; but.de:
dined it. .No more acceptabl9 appointmeut
could have been made..
TEM Harrisburg Telegraph congratulates.
the country that"` Ben Wade is safe,"; ai
the Union men have carriedthe Ohio Leg::
islature largely. Considering that he was
're.eleCted U. S. Senator list winterfor the
full term of six years from the 4th of March
last; we concur in the oPinion .that -hi is
safe." The 2 &graph - should" wipe
specs. - '
TELE Vallandigham men . of Canada got up
a blot_ o.liberate thesebel prisoners on John
son' s Island, and to make a raid on .the
shipping on the lakes and lake, eitio4. The
goVerntnent was advised of I it by the Gov- .
ernor General of Canada arid the plot failed '
by the exposure.
We give in another zolumn or to-day's
paper Gen. Meade's Official report .Of ths
battle of Gettysbnrg. It is an interesting
document and .wilLte especially interesting
to the citizens of the Southern
_seotion r of
the State. ' •
PERSONAL.
Oen. Rosccrans speading soma days In
Cincinnati.
Gov . . Curtin was in Washington last week;
and returned to Harrisburg on Monday, laat.
. _
The lately elected Governor of lovra;when
studying law twelve years ago, worked eight
hours a day for the ptirpose of earning Money
to pay his board and tuitibn. ,
Samuel L. McCulloch, of Harrisburg, wag
,robbed of $lO,OOO on Friday , evening , last:.
The thief stole the package . from the bow 7
window, and has eluded arrest. , A '
.i
%
Ex- vernors WM: F. Johnston an Jae Polloc ve been appointed liy Gov:onr - ,.in
assistant : marshals for the Gettysburgdedica
tion, on the part of Pennsylvania. -' '
The Prince of Wales has renounced. ior
himielf an& his heirs, the succession to the
throne of the duchies of Coburg and Goths. -
This act has just been communicated -to thi:
Diet of the two duchies:
The mar. isge_of Senator Sprague and Mies _
Chase on the 12p inst. was the most bril
liant oce--sion of tge year at, the Capital. It
stt.-ndel by. the. President and all the
let=taers of the Cabinet, Lord:Lyons, t leant:l=
!femme and ott4;s„ 'oreign Ministers and
Anataz,.".•.?s. to , Legation. Major Gitnerals.llal•
ter7.l. S ^i»en AleDoicell and a dozen othens.
orn Adrairali and Commodores. •
Williatason, who was arrested
romen-kr ill Washington by the secreCpolick.
fix' t a.?.lstd. misapplication of funds be
t
wercn. to the. Pennsylvania Seidl* Ite
lief A~c:xtitan mac promptly and honor - kW,-
disclar i zA. in a few hours; and the Bleak
! five. Cisraraittee of the A.. , :oeiation have made
a a:mud - locus ;report shottig• that he'-hid
beeit s a most upright' and faithful ofllcef—andi'
that the money alleged to have been; misaft
propriated Was deposited . with Jay Cooke &
Co. to the credit of the Association. Colonel
Baker, the chid' of the secret police, hits sinus.
beep discharged. _
OUR VICTORIES IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Official Reports of Gen.lildly.
CLARKSZUEG, N0v.58, 1863.
' To Governor Boremaa :—Gen..Averill at
tacked Jackson's forces at Mill Point, Poel,.
hontas county, on the 15th inst., and drove
him from his position with triLing
Jackson fell back to the Summit (.1. Droop
Mountain: when he was reinforced t..Y Gen.
Echols with Patten's brigade and one regi
ment. from Jenkins' command. The polition'
is naturally a strong one, and was strength-,
cued byi breastworks commanding the rota.
Gen. Averill turned the enemy's - left with
his infantry, and attacked him in the front
with cavalry dismounted.
The victory was decisive and the enemy's
retreat became a total rout, his forces throw
ing away their arms and scatteringikevery -
direction.
The cavalry pursued till dark, capturing
many prisoners and a large quantity °tarn:ill,
ammunition, &c.
The enemy's wounded have all fallen into
our hands. Our lois in killed and wounded'
is about one hundred. B. F. 11.7.J.Ly
' Brig. Gen.
OLAttYLSBL - RG, Nov. 8,3.863.
-To Gorcrpor Borenian:—A telegrabi hae
just been received from Gen. Scammon,
„,
which he says_ :—“Gen. Duffield entered
Lewisburg at half-past ton o'clock A..m. - on
the 7th, the enemy bavingpassed throughbf ,
retreat from Averill, 'who gave him a - severa„
whipping at Droop Mountain on the 6th.
Duffield captured the enemy's camp, tettli . :4-
knapsacks r Provisions, &c., one caisson. an
'upwards of one hundred helid.of cattle.
Thecavalry have gone in'pursuit. AVeribr;'
tui . a arrived: F. KitualY, _
Brig. Gerb