VOLUME 1.
The Presidential Election.
Address of the. Natiimal I'nion Execu
tive Committee to the People of the L'ni
ted States.
ASTOH HOUSE, NEW \ORK, Oct, 14,
1864.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The election of
Tuesday last give spleudid auguries of the
result of the Presidential contest, now so
'near at Hand. The great Central States
of the Union have pronounced, in unmis
takable tones, their condemnation of the
principtefc, 'the purposes and the candi
dates of the Chicago Convention, Al
though the lssue lssue was presented on
\y te'directly for their action, they have
branded as /ulsr the declaration of that
assemblage that the wtr for the restora
tion of the Union has proved a "failure,''
and have stigmatized, as unpatriotic and
cowardly, its demand, made in the midst
of our most splendid triumphs, for a "ces
sation of hostilities," and a compromise
with the men who at e assailing, in armed
rebellion, the nation's life.
In Pennsylvania, the old Keystone
Slate, althi u :h there was no State ticket
to arouse enthusiasm or stimulate exer
tion, the Union men have elected *u-teeu
out of the twenty-four members of Con
gress, secured a large majority in both
branches of the Legislature, and carried
the State by a popular-majority of not less
than fifteen thousand.
In Ohio, without any special effort, the
Union men have elected sixteen members
of Congress out of niutcen; the Chicago
candidate for the Vice Presidency, Geo.
11. Pendleton, has been overwhelmed in
his own district—all the prominent lead
ers of tl.e Chicago movement who dared
to present themselves for public ju la
ment, have been condemned by decisive
verdicts —the Legislature has a large
Union majority in both branches, and in
the State at large the Union cause has a
popular majority of not less than eighty
thousand.
In Indiana, where the Copperheads
made lite most desperate and determined
struggle, they have met with the most
signal defeat and overthrow. Their or
ganization was perfect, theii"uicansabund
ant. and their efforts marked by the ut
most vigor an 1 detenu nation. Hut
have been utterly routed bv the most de
cisive majority which the State has given
for many years. Although she has more j
than 40.<>00 soldiers in the field, from ;
whom the opposition party had withheld
the right to vote, theUnion men in that j
gallant State have gained three members |
of Congress, sent Schuyler Colfax back j
m spite of the most desperate efforts to I
defeat him. to the seat he has so long
adorned, chosen a Union Legislature, re
elected the gallant and patriotic Gov.
Morton by fiftecu thousand majority, and
overwhelmed, with Ihe lasting stigma of
popular condemnation, the conspirators
who had dared, in aid of the rebellion,
to organize upon her soil a movement of
armed resistance to the constitutional au
thority of the United States.
FFI.I.OW CITIZENS ! These results
may well fill your hearts with confidence
that in November the popular voice will
demand that the rebellion be crushed by
"force of arms," and that there be uo
cessation of hostilities until the integrity
of the Union is restored, and thosuprem
•acy of the Constitution re-established over
•every foot of the national domain. They
leave no room for doubt as to th? settled
sentiment and purpose of the American
people. The Union victories of Septem
ber iu Vermont and Maine iudicated un
mistakably the feelings of New England.
New York has never failed to sympathise
in political sentiment with Pennsylvania.
Illinois always v ites with Indiana, and
the overwhelming majority in Ohio ren
ders cortain the verdiet of the mighty
Wont.
15ut take care that the very splendor of
*• these victories does nut betray you into
fatal inactivity! Let thciu stimulate you
to fresh exertions —not lull you intoa false
security! T1 ese contests arc only the
preliminary skirmishes of the grand en
gagement. The battle is but just begun;
it will not bo closed until the last vote
drops into the ballot-box at sunset on the
Btli of November uext. Our opponents
now will not almudon the contest; they
will ouly fight with the greater despera
tion on accouut of the check they have
sustained.
Besides this, it is not enough that we se
cure a victory. The I uion cause deserv
es and deinands at our hauds an over
whelming triumph. We owe it to the
flag we serve; to the memory of the no
ble hearts who hove died iu its defense;
to the heroos who uro even now rallying,
in blood and lire, to the rescue of its star
ry folds, to put such a brand of popular
condemnation upon iu foos as shall leave
theui neither heart nor strength to assail
it from this time forward forevor.
Signs, however, are not wanting, that
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
the allies of the rebellion, represented at
Chicago, are prepared, if the contest be
closed, to resist the verdict of ,the peo
ple now, as it srns resisted four years ago
by armed rebellion. Threats of such a
purpose have freely been uttered. Secret
organii.itions, looking to such a movement,
have been perfected. Arms and ammu
nition have been secretly accumulated in
the Western States. And the Chicago
Convention itself refused to adjourn sine
die after its legitimate business had been
transacted, but on motion of Wiekliffe of
Kentucky, an open ally of the rebellion,
and in imitation of the Jacobin clubs of
Revolutionary France, resolved itself into
a permaneut body for the avowed purpose
of taking such steps as emergencies might
require between now and and the 4th of
March next. To what do these prepara
tions look if not to a repetition of North
ern soil of the seccssation movements in
the Southern States; to fresh attempts to
arouse rebellion against the will of the
people; if that will should be pronounced
against them.
For these reasons, lellow-'-'itizens, and
for every reason connected with the wel
fare. the honor, the salvation of our be-
I loved country, it is of the utmost impor
tance that you should give in November an
overwhelming majority for theUnion cause.
With prroper exertion you can carry ev
ery loyal State in the Union for theUnion
candidates. Lot that be the aim of your
efforts! I>e contented with nothing less.
Remember that the contest is not one for
party ascendency. You are not fighting
tor a party victory.
The stake for which you are contend
ing is nothing less than the honor and
the life of your country. Remember
that fjilurc now is failure forever; that
a triumph of the Cessation and Surrender
policy of the Chicago Convention leads
inevitably to a recognition of the rebel
Confederacy, with slavery as its corner
stone—to the disruption of this glorious
Union and the overthrow ol' Democratic
and Republican principles all over the
world, (iive not such a triumph to the
foes of Freedom abroad, and the enemies
of equal rights at home! Lot not Eng
land and France thus glory in the des
truction of this Imperial Republic. Let
the world understand that the American
people still cling to the principlesof their
fathers—that they will still maintain
iigainstall hostility the integrity of their
Cnion, the authority of their Constitu
tion, and the honor and supremacy oStheir
glorious Flag.
We call upon the Union Committee,
Loyal Leagues, and all otherorganizations
formed for the purpose of vindicating
and maintaining the Union cause, to re
double their efforts. Let them send to
this Committee for such Documents as
will enlighten the people iu their lcspec
tive localities upon -the great issue involv
ed iu the canvass—they will be furnished
gratuitously, »>n the sole condition that
they are faithfully used. Let speakers
in every district aud in every town ad
dress the judgment aud the patriotic scn
tirneut of the people aud rally them to
the support and defense of our principles
and candidates. Let full and prompt
provisions be made, in advance, for bring
ing votes to the polls, for preventing
frauds, and for securiug in this sharp cri
sis of the country's fate the vote of every
citizen who has an interest in the preserv
ation of the natiou's life.
' Let special care be taken to secure, for
every soldier and every sailor, who is
fighting in the field or on the sea in do
f'euse of the country and its flag, the ex
ercise of his right to vote, if any man's
right of suffrage is sacred it is his. See
to it that he is not deprived of it by neg
ligence, or cheated iu itsexweiseby fraud.
Scud agents to the army to secure it for
hiui. Where the action of hostile Legis
lature has refused him the right to vote
in the field, procure for him a furlough,
if military necessity will allow, that he
may vote at home.
FELLOW CITIZENS! But one month
more remains for effort. If that mouth
be properly employed, the vote of every
loyal State cau be secured for the repre
sentatives and candidates of the Union
cause. There is not one amoug them all
that upon auy just and fair canvass, will
deliberately pronounce the war in which
many of our sons and brothers have
laid dowu their lives a '"failure" or echo
the demand of the Chicago Convention
for a cessation of hostilities just on the
ove of victory, and for a disgraceful sur
render to au exhausted and beateu foe. .
Ou behalf of the National Union Exe
cutive Committee.
HENRY -J. RAYMOND, Chairman.
F. JD. Sl'EKllY, Secretary.
I'arsou Biowuiow says that full
halt the slaveholders of Teuuessec are
far Lincoln, not because they approve all
his acta, but because they cousider him
the man to put dowu the rebellion ; and
that those who are for AlcClellan arc trait
ors at heart, who do not want the rebel
lion put dowu.
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end,dare to do our r'jty as we understand it"— A - LINCOLN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1804.
' * • ' 7
Sheridan's Great Victory.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Intelligence
from General Sheridan's army as late as
this morning, and comprising full de
tails of yesterday's brilliant victory suc
ceeding so serious a defeat, arc at hand.
They possess thrilling interest. For sev
eral days, it seems, an attack had been ex
pected from the enemy, who are still com
manded by Gen. Early, instead of Gen.
Longstreet, but no indications were mani
fested until Tuesday night. The army
of the Shenaudoah, tlicu under the com
mand of Geu. Wright, in the absence of
General Sheridan, stretched across the
Strasburg pike to the Shenandoah river,
near Cedar Run. The night of Tuesday
was misty, and this forwarded Early's
designs on our extreme left. At a con
cealed point the latter massed Pegram's,
Gordon's,and Ramseur'S divisions. Ilis
remaining divisions were then inarched
from Fisher's Hill, on the Strasburg pike,
in fVont of our centre.
Just before daylight, while OUT men
were sleeping, the rebel infantry, who had
massed during the night, made a rapid
and furious advance, driving in our pick
ets. and assaulting Gen. Crook's breast
works, while a severe fire was p> u.'cd in
on his front and flank. Only a portion of
our infantry manned the works, and the
rebels drove them out. Two of our di
visions were swept oft' by the overwhel
ming numbers of the enemy, who came
pouring in in an irresistible current. Our
men vainly endeavored to serve artillery
in the breastworks, but the enemy suc
ceeded in capturing seven pieces. Only
two of our batteries were brought off from
this point Iu fact, the sudden attack in
the dark was a complete surprise.
While Crook was being overwhelmed,
the 10th and 18lh corps tiriulystood their
ground while the enemy's attack on their
front and flank bee .me general, and they
too were forced to fall back, fighting stub
bornly as they retreated. Inevitably fate
seemed staring our army ia the face, but
Gen. Wright did not yield the day. The
19th corps and the 16th corps being forced
back on the left, Wright ordered the oth
corps from its position on the right to the
left to stem the retreating current, but al
ready the enemy's cavalry wore in the
rear and had captured a portion of Cook's
ambulance train.
The 19th and Gth corps wevo re-inforc
cil on the left, and the whole line again
fell back to connect with our cavalry.
This occasioned some loss, and six more
pieces of artillery were captured by the
enemy. When the new line halted tlic
second time, it repulsed two furious as
saults. The severity of the repulses is
attested by the wounding of nearly every
field officer in theFirrt Division of the
Sixth Corps. General Rickctts, com
manding the corps, was so badly wounded
that he had to leave the field. General
Bed well was killed. General Wright,
commanding the army was slightly woun
ded in the face by a bullet. The 19th
corps als» suffered severely. The new
line, however, was in stronger position,
though subject to an incessant artillery
and musketry fire.
The result was thus summed up:—The
battle had raged at this position of affairs
from before daylight to ten o'clock in the
forenoon, and during that time we had
been forced fiom a strong position, had
lost twenty pieces of artillery, thirty-four
ambulances and all the medical supplies
of the 19th Corps, and given up two
miles of battle-field to the rebels, who
still prossod us. At this moment, how
ever, there was an important change.
Gen. Sheridan, who had ridden post-haste
from Winchester, where he was on his
return from Washington, came pushing on
the field. His appearance was received
with trcmeudous enthusiasm, as he rode
along the whole front of the army from
right to left waving his hat. All retreat
then ceased, and for four hours every ex
ertion was made to Bave the day. Every
officer and man entered into it with de
termined zeal.
The line was re-formed by Sheridan.
The 6th Corps was putin the centre, the
19th on the left, Merritt's cavalry on the
extreme right. In the meantime thcen
•my seemed quiet. Ou this new line
General Sheridan ordered a general charge,
which swept down over the crest of the
hills on the rebol line with resistless fury.
The sight was magnificent. The enemy
thought that the battle was over'and that,
of course as matters stood, the victory
was theirs, had oornmeuced to throw up
earthworks and go into camp. Early
was. therefore, taken by as much surprise
as Wright was in the morning. He was
driven out of his new breastworks in con
fusion through the Village of Middle
town and across Cedar Uun, three miles,
i at a double quick.
Never was such asceno of wild enthu
siasm exhibited as Sheridan's columns
drove them onward over the hard-contest-
Ed field of the morning. Thirty-seven
pieces of artillery fell into our hands at
the first charge, with over one hundred
wagons, and caissons innumerable,J to say
nothing of prisoner, including the Rebel
General ltamscur, fatally wounded. Our
corp9 pursued the retreating Rebel col
umns to Strasburg, where six guns, cap
tured from the Ist Pennsylvania in the
morning, were recaptured. A thousand
stragglers were picked up on the Anna.
Thus in two hours a serious defeat was
turned into a magnificent victory, and the
misfortunes of our army retrieved. Such
a sudde» change from defeat to victory is
believed to be without precedent in this
war. Sheridan's army advanced again
this morning.
Army ('orrcsprtudciice.
HARRISONBURG, VA., Oct. 1, '64.
MESSRS. EDITORS Doubtless your
readers, many of them at least, are anx
ious to hear from their friends in Co. 11,
102 d Rcgt., Pa. V. V., whoarc now bat
tling for our country's rights in the Mid
dle Military Division, operating in the
Shenandoah Valley, under our brave and
accomplished leader. Major General Sher
idan.
September 10th, at 2 a. m., we broke
the temporary quiet of camp, which we
had enjoyed for over two weeks, and
marched in the following order toward
the Opequan creek, some four miles dis
tant from Winchester. The oth Corps
was to march in two columns along the
Rerryvillc Pike, leaving the road for Ar
tillery aud ammunition wagons. The
10th corps to follow immediately in our
rear, and the Bth corps and Cavalry to
'move on the right, for the purpose of at
tacking the enemy at all points. Our
corps (oth) arrived at the Opequan, at
day-light, but owing to the non-arrival of
the 19th corps, the grand attack was not
made to 12, m., when the whole command
was ordered forward. The order was giv
cu all along the line to advance by the right;
soon the columns could be seen emerging
from a clump of timber, one after
another, across an open plain, then thro'
a deep ravine, and up a rising piece of
ground to the enemy's hastily construct
ed rifle-pits, but by this time, the 102 d
had been ordered foruurd ; soon we were
in their first rifle-pits, (or rather rail piles)
having charged iu amongst them. Some
of our boys shot as fast as they could,
others, being in so close quarters, were
compelled to use the butts of their guns ;
but by this time our right had been tem
porarily checked, aud WJ being in a rather
unhealthy place, it was thought prudent
to withdraw back to the hill, from which
wo had driven the enemy in such utter
contusion. Here we remained to 5, p. m.,
when their left beihg turned, we made
another advance, which resulted in the
complete route aud utter confusion of our
now disheartened foe. They having be
come panic strickeu, their officers could do
nothing with them; thus it lasted to dark.
We, having driven them over two miles
across the Winchester Pike, thus leaving
the town in our possession. -We captur
ed five pieces of artillery, three thousand
unhurt, and over three thousand wounded
prisoners, besides a great many small
arms, and many other things belonging to
an army.
Capt. R. W. Lyon, being on General
Whoaton's staff, the commaud of the Co.,
devolved upon J, C. Stewart, 2d Lieu
tenant. Our loss was seven in Co. 11.
Capt* R. W. Lyon, was wounded through
the thigh, a flesh wound; two killed dead,
N. N. Parks and Frederick R. Shakely;
wounded, Corporals James Adams, thigh,
since dead, James B. Carson, back, slight;
privates, John Campbell, right thigh, se
vere ; C. S. Barclay, right thigh, severe ;
A. 11. Barclay, slight, present; Jacob
Daub, right leg; Newton Matthews, both
thighs, since dead; Samuel 11. Renfrew,
both thighs, since dead ; Wm. L. l)aub
enspeck, in tho face, slight; David Mar
tin, stunned by shell; John Oscnbaugh,
thigh, severe. Tuesday wc pursued them
to Strausburg ; Wednesday was spent in
reconnoitering their position, aud Thurs
day our lines were being concentrated
around their position ou Fisher's Hill, so
as to flauk them, and at 5, p. m., we made
another gallant charge, carrying their po
sition at all points. Our regiment cap
tured five pieces of artillery; we planted
our colors on their works, before they had
time to leave, and when we did order
them to surrender, many of them refus
ed to do go, when wo shot them down as
fast as we could load our pieces; they
were completely demoralized aud scatter
ed in all directions. That night we fol
lowod them to» Woodstock. All along
the way was strewn with small arms,
blankets, over-coats, broken down wag
ons, and all manner of things belonging
to an army; our entiro oapture was 20
pieces of artillery, 1100 prisoners, besides
many wounded and dead left on the field,
and in every little town along the way.
Early can't possibly fight us again unless
he is reinforced, and where are they to
come from ? Our last battle was nearly
a bloodless victory. None of our coui
'pany hurt; our whole loss was estimated
at 700. The enemy's loss in the past
week, in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
cau't fall short of eight thousand, if not
more. We are now at Harrisonburg, dis
tant 100 miles from Harper's Ferry.—
Our Cavalry have been out as far as
Staunton, Va. Rut my note is now much
longer than I intended it should be, there
fore I close. We remain your friends in
company 11.
ALEXANDRIA, VA., Oct. 18, 1804.
MESSRS. EDITORS : —lf you will al
low me the space in your columns, I will
say a few words to the citizens of Duller
county, in regard to the political affairs
of our couutry. The life of this blessed
Government depends upon your course
this fall. Let every man, old and young,
Igo to the polls, and there tell by hia
actions that ho is a Uuion loviug and
Loyal citizen, by voting for Abraham
Ijincoln, the patriot, and not for Little
Mac, who would sell his country, and
hurry an army in the swamps of Virgin
ia, for the sake of the so called Demo
cratic party. Pause for one moment and
bring to remembrance his campaign be
fore Richmond—the battle of Antietutu,
and that will be sufficient to convince
you that George 11. McClcllan, is not the
man for our next President. Vote for
George R. McClellan, aud you acknowl
edge the *o called Southern Confederacy;
acknowledge I say ? Aye, more than that.
You would surrender our glorious army
aud navy to the murderous savages of the
South, and then your now peaceful homes
would •be worse than thole of our fore
fathers when they were jit the mercy of
the scalping knife.
Are you in favor of the soldier's hav
ing the right of suffrage ? If so, don't
support the Chicago Platform. Who op
posed the right of* suffrage to thcsoldicri'
George R. McClollan, Vallandighatu, F.
Wood, and Iloratio Seymour! The iden
tical persons that endorse the Chicago
Platform.
I have talked with a great many old
soldier's, and there is hardly one out of
ten but says lie will vote for Father Abra
ham, aud elect him, and thus end this
wicked rebellion. I have also talked
with some that have warm feelings for
McClellan, but they say they won't vote
for him. They say, that after more than
three years hard fighting and bloodshed,
they cau't vote for Mac, the man that
could have ended the war in the spring of
1802, and thus have saved the life aud
limbs of many of our fellow soldiers.—
Citizens of Rutler county, take this to
heart, and vote on the Bth of November,
with an honest heart. Yours, &c.
LOYAL SOLDIER,
Co. A, 6th l'a., 11. A.
The Great Mormon Temple.
The work commenced many years ago,
but was arrested in the year 1857, at the
time when the Mormons exhibited a spir
it of insubordination toward the officers
of the general Government and General
Johnston was sent with a sufficient mili
tary force to compel due respect to the
authorities of the United States. All
work was then suspended on the temple,
and preprations were made by the Mor
mons to burn their town and migrate to
some yet more remote place of settlement.
These troubles, however, were pacifica
tcd and matters resumed their wounted
aspect. But the architect of the teuiplc,
for some reason, was dissatisfied with the
work done, and the entire massive founda
tions were taken up and the stones rclaid.
I am not sufficiently familiar with the te
chnics of architecture to describe in pro
fessional terms the work done. But that
which strikes every observer is the very
remarkable solidity of the stone work.
It appears to bo laid there to remain a
thousand yoare, furnishing au unyielding
support to tho iinuMM building that is
to rest upon it. The foundation is deep,
the stones large, well selected, perfectly
joiutod, With innumerable arches, upright,
aud reversed. (I trust no architect will
criticise that expression. What I mean
by it is, that tho arches, of immense
•strength, are both right side up aud bot
tom side up. Isn't that plain ?) The
stones compromising this foundation arc
large, square blocks of granite, brought
fifteen miles, audit is of similar stone
that the entire structure is to be built.
It covers a large space, say 200 by 100
feet. 1 saw an outside view ofthe upper
portion. The style of architecture is some
what novel. The front view shows three
towers, the centre moro elevated than
those at the side. The rear end presents
a view of three towers also, the side walls
being strengthened with powerful abut
ments, covered with pinnacles. The waJls
are lofty, and the eutire air of the build
ing, as represented in the.view I saw, is
imposing. There is no excess of orna
ment. All is substantial, dignified and
impressive. This building is not for the
use of the congregations of the people,
but for the priestly ordinances of the
church. The people in their assembla
ges will meet in another building in the
rear of which I shall speak.
The work on the temple building ap
pears to be suspended now. I paw no
workmen, and I was informed that no
definite period could be assigned for its
completion. Immediately in the rear of
it is the beginning of the tnbcrnacle, a
building iutendedfor the gathoringof the
people. It is projected on a large scale,
aud on a very peculiar design, in marked
contrast mth the temple design. It is to
be an oval building—egg-shaped. I was
told that the interior would correspond
with the shape of an egg. At preseut
fifty-two massive abutments of solid ma
sonry, ten feet by four, show the exterior
line of the structure. From the top of
these abutments the oval roof will spring.
The floor will he oval downwards, seated
with rising seals, as an amphitheatre.
There will be 110 close built side walls.
As it is iuteuded for the vast congrega
tions, ventilation and light is looked to,
and the building will be nearly all win
dows and doors. It covers a space of two
hundred and twenty-five feet deep by one
hundred aud seventy-five feet wide, and
is calculated to hold ten thousand people.
Here the teachers aud elders will enligh
ten the people aud their united songs will
go up. The cost of these buildings
must be immense. Hut all is contributed
by the members of the .Mormon church
in labor aud money. Their system of
tithing is adequate to the work. When
I asked. '• What ij the estimate cost of
the temple aud tabernacle?" 1 was in.
formed with a smile. "We do not calcu
late things in that way. When it is de
cided to do anything among us, it is done
without calculation of cost, each doing
his part."
1 am informed that President Young
himself is the superintendent and actual
architect of the buildings. Every stone
in them he has inspected and measured
with a tape line, aud assigned to its place.
I am also informed that it is the purposo
of the President, with a view to facilita
ting the purpose of the enterprise and to
lighten the heavy labor, to undertake the
gigautic aud costly business of turning a
neighboring river from its course, and
carryiug its waters over to the mountain
quarry, whence the gigantic blocks are
obtained, and thus supplying a large ca
nal he intends constructing for the pur
pose of floating the stones up to the very
door of the temple. The work already
done here, under his direction,shows that
he ii capable of doing this. He has en
ergy of conception aud strength of pur
pose sufficient for all such daring work. —
Missouri Rrpublican.
JttrThe following is a description of
the way iu which the people of Kansas
obeyed the proclamation of the Govern
or calling out every able-bodied mail,
black or white, between the ages of 18
aud GO years:—" All labor is suspended
and places £f .business closed. Militia
men, by squads, platoons and companies
arc hastening to their designated places
of rendezvous. Horsemen arc galloping
iu every direction. Bayonets gleaming
all along the highways. It rcuiiads us of
the Revolutionary times when the gallant
Putnam left his team in the field and
hastened to avenge his country's wrongs.
" Men of every station, in the eye of famo
Ilcre, are very qtflckly coming to th« same."
The people of Kansas have determin
ed that no more bands of heartless and
murderous guerrillas shall desolate or de
stroy in their fair State. Before the sun
sets to-night, (Octobes 11), tweuty-two
thousand militia will be armed and equip
ped, and standing shoulder to shoulder
with the tried veterans of the Republic.
In such a time as this, I thank God I am
a soldior."
Pc&~ Eight hundred families, who have
been banished from the Shenandoah Val
ley by Goneral Sheridan, have arrived in
Wheeling, West Va. The most of them
belong to the society of Hunkers, and,
being opp»»ed to taking up arms, have
been terribly persecuted by the rebels.
B®* The horse mackeral fishery has
been brisk this summer and fall, says the
Belfast Journal. The fact that these
fish will take a baited hook has been
knowu only for four seasons past, aud
they are now caught by hugo hooks bait
ed with poggics.
tSf A Yankee pie factory in New
York out 35,000 to 40,000 every
week. He occupies four buildings and
has ten horses and wagons engaged in de
livering his pies about the city.
NUMBER 45
They Won't Face the Music.
The Copperheads are already heartily
sick of the campaign; they are convin
ced that they made a grand mistake at
Chicago; they are hopelessly and help
lessly floundering at sea, and know that
the political waves of November will car
ry thein down forever. They rally round
their candidate for President, but ho is a
ehipwithoutja ruddor.and is buffctsd about
by the winds and waves of his platform
aud the Vice I'rosideutial candidate.—
He wields what they call a sword of war,
but it is merely the shadow of the sword
lie so feebly wielded while commanding
our armies. He has attempted to discard
his party platform to erect ono for himself
of words n ithout meaning, which in turn, „
has been trod under foot by his co-candi
date, the representative of the preponder
ating element of his party.
Among themselves they are terribly
torn and distracted. One faction supports
MoClollan on his letter of acceptance
while the other supports l'cndlcton on the
Chicago Platform. The platform, how
ever, it seldom referred to, especially iik
this locality. It is a dead, weight, aud,
with Pendleton added, is a mill-stono.
around their necks, which is fast drawing
them into the political vortex from which
there is no succor. Pretending to speak
' the senso of the Amcricau people," ifc
has grossly outraged that sense, and its;
authors are trembling with craven fear of
the vindictive vengeance of tho pcoplo
they offended. They know that thcrs is
o hope for l'ebel'iou—that the traitor
hosts are being rapidly scattered and des
troyed—that tho unity of the Govern
ment will be maintained, and that all who
have sympathized with rebellion will sink
into eternal oblivion.
We have repeatedly, during the cam
paign, attacked tho platform in many vul
nerable points, but its champions have
made no defense. Why has it not been
defended? Uecauso McClellan hus most
unmanfully refused to stand upon it square
ly. Unlike one of hia predecessors who
said : "I am no longer James liuchanan—
I am the Cincinnati J'latform," he has
endeavored and failed most signally to
explain away the cowardly features of
his platform. Strive as he will, h* can
not separate himself from it. As well
may he strive to separate the waters of
the Monougahela aud Allegheny at their
confluence. Takiug the key-note from
their candidate the Copperheads will not
be betrayed into a defense of the plat
form.
The most serious charge against Presi
dent Liueoln, is the assumption of extra
ordinary power, not justified by the Con
stitutou. Some time »incc, we grappled
this charge, proving its falsity, and made
a counter-charge on the Copperheads.—
Based upon the opinions of some of our
ablest statesmen. we showed that in times
of impending and imminent danger, the
right of sclf-defeuse—of self-prcsei vation.
—is inherent in a nation, above all Con,
stitutions, and that in such peril, the mili
tary law—the law of security, ii para
mount to the civil law, and must be em
ployed to succor the nation from destruc
tion. In this wuy and for this purpose
only, has the law of necessity been em
ployed by the govern men t. The Chica
go platform crumbles to dust before such
an argument, and yet its champions here
will not strive to save it. They have no.
confidence in it—they do not want their
followers to know it* purport. Before the
truth they wo dumbfouuded, and dare
not raise a voice in defense of their party
creed-— J'itts. Com.
taf~ The programme of "A. Ward "
for his New York'exhibition, is quite a
little comic album of itself, and includes
the following "Rules of the House
"I.—Arteiuue Ward is compelled to
chaige 81 00 for reserved scats, because
oats, which two years ago cost 30 ceuts
per bushel, now cost 81 00 ; bay is also
-81,75 perewt., formerly 75 cents.
"II. —l'ersous who think they will en
joy themselves inoro by leaving the ball
early in the eveniig are requested to do.
so with as little noise as possible.
"111.—Children in arms not admitted;
if the arms are loaded.
"IV.—Children under one year of age
not admitted unless accompanied by their
parents or guardians.
"V.—lf any utlier employed in the
hall should assault the audience, lie wi&
be reprimanded. If the same conduct be
frequently repeated, he will be discharged
without a certificate of character.
• "VI. —Ladies und gentlemen will please
report any negligence or disobedience on
the part of the Lecturer.
"Vll.—Artemus Ward will not be re
sponsible for any money, jewelry, or oth
er valuables left with hini—to be return
ed in a week or »o.
"VIII.; —The Manager will not be
responsible for any debts of his own con- .
trading.
"IX.—lf the audieece do not leave the
Ilall when thie entertainment is overv
they will be put out by the police,"