The third, and Inst thought presented in the text, which we can but briefly con sider. is the reason whv we *hinll return to God. It is this: ' lie hith torn, and he will heal us: he hith smitten, and he will bind us up." That God ha* torn us sorely, and smitten us with a heavy stroke, we know from sad and painful cxperi ence. The graves of a hundred thous and of our brave countrymen, who have laid down their lives in defence of the liberties. Constitution, and integrity of onr loved country, abundantly attests this. A hundred battle fields, fattened with the lifes blood of our slain friends and fellow citizens, gives ample evidence of this.— The families bereaved, the hearts bleed ing, and crushed with anguish, and the ten thousand happy homes made desolate, affords ample evipence of this. The lam entation, weeping, and great mourning. *ll over our once smiling land, for hus bands, sons and brothers, who will return no more, until the grave shall become tenautloss. and the sea shall give up her dead; abundantly attest this. The wid owed wives and fatherless children ; the halt and the maimed ; the fruitful fields made desolate, and the pleasant towns burned with fire, all show how severely God hath torn us, ifnd how hardly he hath smitten us. But if we humbly repent of our sins and. return unto him, he will freely forgive us ; he will heal us, and bind up our bleeding wounds, (iod only can save ua. None but the arm of Al mighiy Power can rescue us from the dangers which imperil our national exis tance, and give us complete triumph over rebellion, and an honorable and righteous peace. All human power and human means are and must be vain, without the aid of the Lord God of Hosts. We have instrumentalities in abundance, but they of themselves will be of no avail. We have vast armies, the power of our coun try. strong, noble, brave men, well eqnip ed and disciplined, and ready to dare and todiefor Union and Liberty, but this will not suffice. We have a a l ' o ® l an| l P o,v " erful Navy, iron-clad ships with skillful and heroic commanders, and daring erews. rivaling and ready to'com pete with the proud Navy of Great Britain, once the queen of the seas ; but this will not suf fice. We have munitions of war in great abundance and of every kind, but these will not suffice. We have military skill of a very high order, but this is not enough. We have vast resoutcesof men and money and provision?, to defray the j expenses of our Government, and sustain onr armies in the field, but all these will rot suffice. "The race is not tothe swift nor the battle to thestrong: God settpth tip one. and putte'h down another." We put too much confidence in men and in means. Wc exalt human agency and leave out of view the supreme and all controlling power of the Most Hisrh. We glorify our Generals and forget to give glow to the l.ord our God. Let us sin cercly return front our wanderings unto God, an l put our trust in liiui. and seek help and safely from him only. The voice of tied culls us saying: "Return ve backsliding children. return, and I will heal your baeksliditigs." God is infinite ly kind and gracious, and willing to de liver us. If we truly humble ourselves befose him. and repent of our sins and return unto him, he will have mercy up on 11s lie will say of lis as of his people of old ; '• Uotf shall I give thee up. Eph raiui? how shall T deliver thee, Israel? how shall T make thee as Admaho ? how shall T set thee as Zcboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repenting* arc kin dled together. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger." ITos. 11-8,9. lie is a God, '■ That pardoneth iniquity, and pnsseth by the transgressions of the remnant of his heritage; herctaineth not his angerfor ever, because he deligliteth in mercy, lie will turn again and have compassion upon us." Micali, 8-18,10. If then we come to him with true humil ity and submission, lie will raise us up. and exalt us. and maks us yet a great and good, a glorious and happy people. Wo shall he hi* people, and God himself shall be our God. And''Happy is that peo ple that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord." To Gen. K. E. I,ec. 112. N. A. The following interesting letter from Gen. Grant was written in reply to a leng thy letter from Gen Lee, discussing the legal Statues of the various classes of union soldiers when taken prisoners by the Rebels—Grant lets him\now in few words that the laws of war aro his only rule of action : GKNKKAl, —Understanding from your letterof the 19th. that the colored prison ers were cnployed in the trenches neur Fort Gilmer, have been withdrawn. I have directed the withdrawal of Confed erate prisoners employed on Dutch Gap Canal. I shall always regret the neces sity of retaliation of wrongs done our soldiers, but regard it my duty to protect nil persons received into the army of the United States, regardless of color or na tionality. When soldiers of the Government are captured they must tie treated as prisoners of war, or such shreatuieut as they receive will he inflicted upon au equal number of pris oners held by us, I have uothiug to do with the discus sion of the slavery question, and there fore deed ne answering arguments adduced to show the right to return to former own ers such negroes as are captured from our aruiv. In answer to the question at the conclusion of your letter, 1 have to state that all prisoners of war fulling in to uiy Jiauds shall rccc.ve the kindest treatmeut possible consistent with secur ing them, unless 1 have good authority lor beleiving that any number of our uien are being treated otherwise. Though pa nful the duty luny be, If true, I shall jnflct 1 ko treatment uu au equal number of Confedeia e prisoners. llopiuick, ft John A. Hiestand, '2l Evemrd lliorer, 10 Hi card 11. Coryell, 22 John I* Penney, 11 Edward llolliday, 23 Kl>fU«"/.«r of a compro mise, by which we will bind ourselves to Europe, to redeem the Confederate bonds, vote for George B. McClellau. SeaT" If you want to see the old Union restored, our " old flag" respected at home and abroad, our credit unimpaired, the war successfully prosecuted and future peace and prosperity secured, vote for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Meet lug*. The Republicans will hold a meeting at Mortinsburg, on Friday evening, the 4th inst,., at 6 c'clock, to be addressed by Charles M'Candless. and others. Also, at Sunberry, same evening, (Fri day,) at 0 o'clock p. in., to be addressed by E. M'Junkin, Esq., and others. Also, at West Liberty, on Saturday, the sth at 1 o'clock p. in., to be addressed by Gen. Purviance and Jas. M. Bredin. Also, at Maxwell's School House, on Monday evening, the 7th inst., atG o'clock, to be addressed by E. M'Junkin, and Charles M'Candless. Bib?- Sheridan gained another signal victory over the rebel forces iu the valley on the I'.Hh inst. One brave fellow from our old ueighliorhood. Frank Kastman, we aie sorry to say, has been severely wounded—the Pittsburgh papers inform ed us that lie was wounded in the shoul der and neck, but a private letter written to a friend conveys the sad intelligence that bi« arm has been amputated. Ou the l'.lth of Sept. this regiment suffered severely, a neighbor of young Eastman's —Samuel Keufrew, tell ou that day; from a letter iu the hands of a frieud, we see some of the particulars of his death sta ted, the concluding paragraph of which says ''Samuel was a good soldier, and fell while nobly doing his duty," we hope soon to hear of Enstiuaus cenv«l«scen?e Xnrjland is Free. It is with delight we announce that this noble State on our Southern border ! is, at last free. The psople by a direct ' vote have adopted the new Constitution. ; by which freedom is declared throughout 1 the land to all the inhabitants thereof! j An injunction was asked for to restrain ! the Governor from counting the vote of j the army (without it, the uew Constitu i tion would not lttive been adopted.) the i court below refused the writ; an appeal was taken to the superior court, but it too, refused ; and the Governor lias by proclamation declared that from and after the first of November instant, the new Constitution shall be the organic 'law of the State Thus this barbarous in stitution is swept from another State. Three cheers for " my .Maryland." A Scriiioii. In to-days paper will be found a ser mon preached on the 4th of August lust by Ilev. Win I'. Harvison. It is prefa ced by a short introduction by the author, from which, as well as from other sour ces wc are led to believe that the '-con servative" (!) part of his congregation at Mt. Nebo have taken offence at his anti slavery utterances. We are sorry to say that the congregation at Mt. Nebo is not the only one thus disturbed. Is it not strange to reflect, tliat a fast decaying and disloyal organization, which is soon to disappear from the face of the earth still { retains such a hold on some, whom we j would fain believe sincere—first arousing their prejudices and then their passions, I until they and their families are (in sorne j instances) fiually without the pale of the church and its sacred influence! We are sorry to see a congregation dis turbed; but we rejoice, nevertheless, to know that the ministry, following the example of the' Author of their holy j Religion, are nobly discharging their du- j ty. "declaring the whole council of God j whether men hear or forbear." Let who will forsake them their Heavenly Father j will sustain them with llis grace. The I .si Mt Itnll)' for A'ntloiial Unity ! The people of Pennsylvania have been I heavily taxed this season, not only in money but in time. The ruling of our courts made it necessary to amend the Constitution, so as to secure the elective franchise to the soldier—this measure wa:< fought all the way through by the Copperhead party, but nobly did the union j men turn out, even in harvest, to the j number of two hundred thousand! A glorious victory was achieved. In October we were again called upon | to meet the foe and nobly was it done, the enemy too, delivered hie main assault in Pennsylvania, but nobly did the Union lines stand and repulse their repeated as saults, until our gallant reserves—the voice of the army came, and in a single assault swept the cohorts of slavery and treason before them ! Another great conflict is before us. not so sanguinary—not so desperate now. j The massed forces of Lee when thrown against our advancing columns at Spot- j ylvania, or the Wilderness, although they I could no where disorganize, could never- t theless make fearful onslaught; it is not so now however, their assaults are feeble, never deranging the movements of our I forces—-tliey are rodusedand disheartened ] at the fruitlessness of the attempt—so it ! is with our adversary at heme, he has ex- j hauscd all his power to break ourlincs in ' October; this was necessary in order to ! gain prestage for November. But while he is disheartened he is still necessitated to draw out his shattered hosts once more. We must therefore, drive them from the field, and finish this momentous cam paign with their final dispersion. Let every friend of his country of "lib erty regulated by law." prepare to do his whole duty. Let committees be active. ! For the last time we appeal to you, to see ' to it that every man whose heart is in the ! right place, shall vote on the eighth inst. I Good morals—Religion,Liberty and Union j all require this at our hands Let us not) disappoint them; and before another No- I vernier is upon us, we will be enjoying ; the peace secured by this victory, with a re-united country and with liberty through out the land from the lakes to the gulf and from ocean to ocean. Horrid Ailiilr. On Tuesday evening of last week, a notorious character bythc name of G. W. Stillwagon, while returning from New Castle, stopped at Eyth's Hotel, in Cen treville, for supper: after supper, not finding Mr. Eyth in the bar-room, he went across the street to the Hotel kept by Mr. Christley, and called for liquor, but was refused, whereupon he became enraged, and was finally requested to leave the house,(he is said to have been intoxica ted at the time) he refused togo and used a dirk freely on Mr. Christley, in flicting four severe wounds, two in the breast, one in the back part of the should er. and one in the lower part of the ab doman. We arc glad to be able to say that Mr. Christley, is likely to reooVer. Stillwagon is confined in Jail, where we hope, he will be detained until justic* reaches him. Many of our readers will, doubtless re member him as the leading character amongst the disturbers of a Union meet ing, held in the Court House, on Mouday evening the 20th of September last. B 111 VrmocraUin Itulica. 112 |' • 3'i S * if J. 3 J a! 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U. ! l 2 j 11 11 4 * in Held 102»I reg.co 11,1\\ '.'2 ! 22 i 2 2 22 22 *22 | 21 j 22 |L\S. A. Oeu. llodp. York,l'n. 2 2 - 2 2 Totals 12660 2062 2010 2582 2»161 201i r »'aW3 2047 2H21 202'J 2W»J 2806112068 2HOO 2024 2871 Til BTXit Ol a •' ami Itef.tiQiral Young, hw 2863. ilii.no s. Bord. hoc 2844. Ret. luiim 8. Boyd| hM9680. Rev. William White, lian 2037. •• BALTIMORE, Saturday, Oct. 22, 18C>4. " If you are energetic you will lie able to get the within votes all arranged for the Bth of November. I should have dotie more to them, but 1 have not time ; they are all on the square, the same as the Blacks got theirs. Neither would bear close scrutiny. Kd. Donahue said send them onto you, and I have done it. " Yours truly, DEMOCRAT. " I'. H.—They arc all soldiers; campa ny and regiment. All O. K. The rest I have nothing to say. If you have no use for them, send them back. " M. J. FERRY, " No. 85 West Fayette-st., Baltimore" I;H Al> V £|BTLH£M I. VI S. liisf ol'CaiiM'M "ClfcT down foi lrialal iJecemoai- Term. a c.iuinienc- ing rite 5tU day of December. KIIWT W/.LK. John M"I. nighlin, A<)iu r. of hi>t W iiliiuiM k AmiKnuP of William It. Lemmou, r>ugge«ttsd as I*l If, VH 0.0, Roeslng k J, Walter, Sfuiiin-I M'Connell, VH Richard Doncaster, et,«U dfcueiiu* M midr for IIM of John Diaigan, VH James 11, O'Donnell, Lydia U, M'l.ure, va JohnShult/. k Jaue Hhullx his wife, Mary Jane Rutnsey by her Mother and next friend, Nancy Itamsoy, VH O, W, B TILL wagon, George Reiber, VH Rebecca Median, A. M, Mechlin, VH JiK'ub Hay*, Reiber & Klingler. VH Williuui M'Gee, KS«J, Ifrancin M'Hride, Adm'r of # John Swwny, deed for u*e of Herman J, Berg, vs Robert Graham, Christian Andre*, VH Francis Addlonian, John M'Caudiea*, VH Mrs, A, M'C'leary, John M'Candhttu, VH JOM :ph Coulter k wife, Thoniu« Reed, VH Joseph Dredou, John M Candle** k wife, VH Joseph Coulter k wife, \VM. .STCOI'S, I'ro. I'rotboootary't office, Butler, Nov, *i, IHG4. Register's Notice. in hereby given to nil persons interested, thnt the following account* have been pa**ed and filed in the Register'* office of Butler county, and will be pre sented for confirmation and allowance to the Orphaus' Court, to be held iu tho borough of Butler, on W edne*- day, l)eeember 7, IfMH. Final account of Robortlliunilton, acting Adm'r. of tho ■ estate of John Andrew, dee d. Filed, .Sept. ad, 17«4. Final account of N. F. M'Candle**, Kxecutor of John 8. M Candle**, dee'd. Fil«d, Wept, U, IW»4. Final account of John Randolph, Adm'r. of Amos Kennedy, deed. Filed. WepL '•», _ Final accouut of Wiu. Fogle, Adm'r. ot the eslnto or Harah Philips, dee'd. Filed, SM*pt. *», IK«i- Final account of Thomas Wenterumn, acting Executor of Johu Bmalley,dee'd. Filed. Oct. 6, Final account of John 11. Kelly, Executor of John Kelly, dee d. Filed, Oct. 5, IW*. „ , Final account of (i.'orge Pnrker and Fullertcn 1 arker. Executors of Jobn I'arker, «lec' lied, (Jet. «», IH«4. Final account of Catharine Leply, Administrator or Michael dee'd. Filed, Oct. 14, Final account of Martin Boehm, Adm r. of Henry Gslllsuli. dec Filed, Oct. 17, 1H64. Final account of Hbeplcr Hoston and John Kxecutors of John Boston, dec j K a'rTY Nov. a, 1804. KafistW,