The I*l rate ft lorltln. Description of the Vessels. Tlie Kearearge, which arrived at Bi>s ton Monday evening, left ft Thomas on the evening of the 3 Ist ultimo, lue Waehusett was in port waiting i'or coals. The Florida was outside. She also left there the ship James Cheston, one hund red and thirty-three days from Ranpoon, put into port in distress, with her crew down with the scurvy. She was supplied with nineteen men from the Kearsage, and would sail in a day or two for New York. The bark Mondamon from Rio was captured by the Florida-off Fernam bueo about September Bth, and burned. This was the only American vessel cap tured by the Florida since her departure from Teneriffe. The following is a brief account of the circumstances of the capture of the pi rate: The Florida arrived at Bahia, Bay of San Salvador, on the night of the 7th ult. Captain Collins, having held a consultation with his officers, deter mined to sink the Florida in port. Ac cordingly at about three o'clock the cable s were slipped, and the Waehusett steered for the Florida, hitting her on Uie quar ter without doing great injury. Captain Collins now called out to those on board to surrender or ho would sink lier. This demand was replied to by the hirst Lieu tenant that, " under the circumstances, he surrendered." A hawser was now made fast, the chain slipped, and the Florida towed to sea. In the. li.cloe sev eral pistol shots were fired, andae< idently two guns from the Waehu-ett. Captain Morris aud'lialf the Florida's crew were ashore on liberty. No lives were lost. The Florida was taken completely by surprise, seventy of her men. it was known, being on shore, and the others, just re turned from liberty, were asleep and half intoxicated. -The blow given the Florida by the Waehusett carried away the miz zen-mast and main-yard, which fell on the awning and preventing any one from getting up from below. So um nscious was the officer of the deck of the inten tion of the Waejiusctt's Captain that he Fang out, " You will run into us if you don't take care," at the same time calling for a light. Twelve officers and fifty eight of the crew of the Florida were captured. The Waehusett and Florida were to leave St. Thomas on the 2d inst. for New York. The gunboat Waehusett, which has performed the signal service of capturing the pirate Florida, was built at the !!•>- ton Navy Yard in 1801-2. Ilerci gines were built by George Quintard, at the Morgan Iron Works, in this city. The Waehusett is a screw slnop-of-war of the second class, of 1,032 tons register, and c a Ties a battery of ten guns. She was launched on the 10th of October, 1801. and her first service was in the flotilla which aided the army in the operations against Yorktown, Ya., in May, 1802. On the loth of May, 1802. she participa ted in the attack upon the battery at Dru ry's Bluff, known as Fort -Parting. In 180:3 she was the flag-ship of Admiral Wilkes in the West Indies, and on the j 2") th of March, .of that year, sli • captur ed the Dolphin, a blockade-runner; she also captured the blockade-runner Virginia —the sale of both vessels netting over ! 800,000. During the present year she ' has been employed on special duty on the coast of Brazil, lier capture of the : Florida will place her name prominently <>a the page of our eventful history. The ; following is a list of her officers, taken from the Xari/ Register: —Commander | Napoleon Collins, Lieutenant Commander i L. A. Bcardslee, Surgeon Win. King. Assistant Paymaster W. W. Williams. Acting Master.!. A. Stimpson, Ensign! E. M.Sheppard. Acting Ensign* N. Lud low, C. J. Barclay; Acting Master's < Mates, C. It. Ilaskins, It. Rich, J. lleth eringtou. Engineers—Chief, W. If. I Itnthford; Second Assistants, ti.W. Mel ville, M. Knapp, M. Lincoln ; Third As sistauts, 11. D.McEwen, 1!. S. Stedman. 1 •J. A. Barton; Boatswain, John Burrows. Vcting Gunner, John ltusscll. The Florida sailed from Liverpool on .he 22d of March, 1802. under the name 1' the Oreto, and arrived at Nassau, N P., in April, where .she received her ar nament, &c. On the 14tli of June, 1802, she was seized by the British steamer (ireyhouud, but was soon released. On the 9th of August, 1802, she left Nassau, and proceeded to Green Bay, where she was fitted out for a cruiser, her stores, &c., being brought to her by the English schooner Prince Alfred. She ran into Mobile on the 4th of September, l v ii 2. aud was struck by shot several times from the guns of the Winona and Onedia, and ran out on the 17th of January, 1803. After doing much damage to American shipping, she went into St. George's Chan nel, in August, 1863. In September she entered the French port of Brest, and on the 11th of that month was detained by the French Government. Soon after wards she ran out. On the lDth of Ju ly, 1804, she captured the steamer Elec tric Spark, bound from New York to New Orleans. For iitime she was a consort of the Alabama, and acted in conjunction with her in cruising. She was comman ded for a long time by Lieut. J. N Maffit. but for the past,year or more she has been commanded by C. Marringault Morris, formerly of the United States Navy. Ow ing to the many changes in the list of of ficers of the Florida, no accurate list can be given until the arrival of the W'aeh usett and her prizo.— Pith. Com. WHAT TUB SUN DOES.—Leaving out of account the eruption of volcanoes, aud the ebb aud flow of the tides, every me chanical action on the earth's surface, every manifestation of power, organic or iuorgauic, vital and physical, is produced by the sun. llis warmth keeps the sea liquid, and the atmosphere a gas, aud the storms which agitate both, are blown by the mechanical force ofthe sun. He lifts the rivers and the glaciers up the moun tains, and thus the cataract and the ava lanche shoot with an energy derived im mediately from him. Thunder aud light ning are also his t-ansmitted strength. Every fire that burns aud every flame that glows dispenses heat and light whiph originally belonged to the sun. lu those days, unhappily, the news of battle is fa miliar to U3, but every shock and every charge is in application or misapplication of the mechanical force of the sun. He blows the trumpet, he urges the projec tile, he bursts the bomb. And remember this is not poetry, but rigid mechanical truth. lie rears, as I have said, the whole vegetable world, and through it the ani mals; the lillies of the field arc his work manship, the verdure of the meadows, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. He urges the blood—he builds the brain. His fleetness is in the lion's foot; he springs in the panther; he soars in the I eagle ; he slides in the snake. He builds I the forest and hews it down, the power 1 which raised the trees and wields the axe | being one aud the same. The clover j sprouts and blossoms and the scythe of I the mower swings by the operation* of the ! same force. The sun digs the ore from | our mines; 110 rolls the iron ; he rivets the plates; be boils the water; he draws I the train, lie not only grows the cotton, j but he spires the fibre and weaves the web. j There is not a hammer raised, a wheel i turned, a shuttle thrown that is not raised j and thrown by the sun. llis euergy is | poured forth into space, but our world is I a halting place where his energy is con- j j ditioned. — I'rof. Ti/wlel. TO < linrb'ston. | The new movement of Gen. Sherman from Atlanta to Charleston is reported iu j | a roundabout way.and as a piece of news 1 is by no means authenticated. Still wc | believe cither this or something like it to lie true, for several reason?: That Sherman ha 1 abandoned his pur- 1 suit of Hood—in other words, that llood had failed to draw the main army of Slier- | ! man decisively away from Central Geor gia— has been known for more than a ' week. North of the Tennessee lay Gen. ■ Thomas with force ample to confront \ I.SI>\Y X0V.10.1H61. " Liberty and Union. Now and Forever, One and'ntepa^abie." —D. Webster. Way A letter written by Geo. W r . Fair, to Wm. It. Patterson, was on our hook for publication, and was by some means mislaid, while we were in attendance at 1 the Harmony Convention. As a trick, it would be a small business. WJp hope it may yet turn up. 8@- The Ilerald of last week, promis ed to present to its readers 011 a future oc casion, the name of a person laying claim I to respectability who acted improperly on Tuesday evening oflast week. Whenev er the [lt ni/'l fulfills its promise, we will offset its expose by producing the name of another "laying claim to respectabili ty," belonging to the educational depart ment, who played the part of a "gallant knight" most admirably. tHHF It is with great pleasure that we bear testimony to the fact that, through out the exciting campaign through which we have passed, James Bredin Esq., Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, officially, and as a private cit izen, conducted himself as a peaceable and worthy citizen; never exhibiting any of those angry passions which so often inflame the social, as well as the political circle. While we wholly differed with him in his political positions and senti ments, wc respect his gentlemanly man ner. and the coolness, and moderation of his counsel. &£"■ While the Administration was obliged, by Military necessity, to make great aiWances in the adoption of princi ples in the Administration of the Gov ernient. The opposition, and particular ly the peaceshriekers, declared that those were not the principles upon which the party came into power, and that they would be repudiated on the first opportu nity! The party met at Baltimore, in June last, and "avoided a more radical set of principles than before; and the people have spoken in their favor by a more em phatic voice than ever. Sorely the peo ple are progressing faster than parties.— They are determined that this Union shall be saved from destruction, and when sav ed, that it shall be worth handing down to future generations, as the %csult of the great sacrifices which its preservation cost. Then "Worth, not birth, slmll rule mankind, And be acknowledged stronger." Then churches shall take the place of auction blocks. Then Republicanism shall be, not only a name, but a reality all over the land. The Itrsull. Our neighbor of the Ibrald announc ed last week, that if subsequent news would be more favorable to them than the first announcements, -which seemed to be against them, he would issue an extra.— It is, therefore, lucky for him (consider ing the high price of paper,) that subse quent news has not been of such a char acter as to require him to issue said extra. The fact is', the I'nion ticket went thro' like a perfect hurricane ! as the incom plete returns in our last paper indicated. The only States left to" Little Mac" and his Chicago friends, were Kentucky. Del aware and New Jersgy ! the whole aggre gate of whose population is one third less than Pennsylvania ! and being entitled to but 21 votes in the Electoral College, to Pennsylvania's 20! while Lincoln's Elec toral vote is 210 ! The enormous major ity given for M'Clellan and Seymour in New York city (about 37,000) seemed to put the State in doubt, but the rousing majorities polled on the right side in the rural districts overcome it, and gives the State to Lincoln and Fcnton, (Governor,) by about 9,000. In all the other Union States, the majorities are decided. We will lay them before our readers as soon as they are officially announced. Tire Election. " The Election in the borough of But ler and throughout the county, so far as we have been able to learn, passed off quietly on Tuesday. In the borough, during the night, after the polLs had been closed, a number of the Abolition party, after becoming pretty well iutoxicated, iu duced some of the returned soldiers to join them, when they made some boister ous demonstrations on the street, fired off their pistols, threatened the " Copper heads," A;c. The demonstration did not last long however, as peaceable citizens of all parties interfered aud prevented an outbreak. The soldiers who participated in the disgraceful demonstration, we believe, arc all members of the 78th regiment, audit is said that they were encouraged by some of the prominent members of the Abolition party. To-day, Wednesday, about 11 o'clock, a fight occurred, or rather Col. Lowry, was struck with a poker, by F. S. Magee, the landlord of the Jack Hotel, and con siderably injured. The tight gfew out of the demonstration of last evening. Col. Lowry, is one of our host citizens. lie was highly insulted by the boisterous party last night, which may have induc ed him to act somewhat imprudently.— But those who encouraged aud participa ted in the disgraceful demonstration of lost night are responsible for all disturban ces which have occurred and for all that may follow : Most respectable persons seemed to la bor last night and to-day, to .prevent a general outbreak. lSut there are some persons, one in particular, laying claim to respectability, to whom we will refer here after, who seemed to encourage riotous demonstrations. -Just now quietness is restored and we trust that this state of affaire will con tinue." The above is from the Herald of last week. We omitted saying anything spe cific in our last issue, because at that time we might not be in possession of all the facts necessary, to do justice to all par ties concerned, as also to see from what standpoint our neighbor over the way. would effect to look at it. Ilad his no tice of it been truthful, though not com plete, wo might have felt at liberty to pass it with a slight notice, us it is how ever, we feel differeutly. We don't be lieve that the demonstration of the pre vious evening had anything to do with it whatever. Of that we have this to say; | that a few of the returned soldiers of tho ; became a little excited on Tuesday j evening, about 10 o'clock, or perhaps a J little later, they started down main street j in rather a boisterous manner, singing, I " Wce'l rally round the flag boys" and occasionally giving a hearty hurrah for j Lincoln, and a few emphatic curses on | Copperheads, the latter was given while ! passing Col. Lowry's. two pistols were fired ; off during this demonstration, besides j which we know of nothing offensive on j their part, during the entire evening, that | could bo construed by Col. Lowry or his ' friends into an assault or a menace—his name was not used, nor was his house ei- I i her entered or threatened. It is proper to remark, that, while all good citizens were desirous of peace, and opposed on this evening, as on all others, | to the use of offensive language, there j was no language used on this occasion, even by those young soldiers, more of fensive than had been used by tho oppo sition, on former occasions, to Adminis tration men. On one occasion an honor able and high minded citizen—a« he is an able and earnest clergyman, was gross ly insulted, on his way from church, the party offending was doubtless under that influence which hotels too generally fur nish, when reason returned he was sorry, and made the "amend honorable"—a suffi cient apology. We have no doubt, had any one felt personally agrieved. and made complaint, these young men would have at once made amends. But to their cred it be it said, they yielded to the persua sion of their friends, and retired in a short time. Another consideration in their favor is, they had just returned home from a hard service of three full years —they right to expect, therefore, that so long as they let other people alone they should be allowed to enjAy themselves in their own way, without being looked upon with suspicion from any quarter. This cannot be said of the Col. who, under tho influence, as we believe) of false friends, whose names we now withhold,'but who must finally be held to account for this whole matter, or at least so much of it as willoot be properly char gable upon the Col. remained on the street quite late. Had the soldiers intended an asscult on the Lowry House, which certainly never entered their minds, it would have been much better for the Col. and his frinuh (!) to have staid within the house, than to have became so noisy oo the street. We are inclined to believe that whatever fears were entertain ed by Col. Lowry, as to the intentions of the soldiers; were based upon his know ledge of the provocaiions he had held outto their friends—which we will not re late at present. We don't believe, however, that this affair of the boys had anything to do with this matter. Robert Lemon, an invalid soldier, came home on the stage on Tues day,aud desired to bo driven down to the Magee house—he was finally driven down, but went back to find some bundle that had bean left at the Lowry house, as he supposod, some words ensued between the Col. and him. The Col. also took offence at somehing he had said afterwards ( communicated to him by one of tlioso young gentle imn (!) who seem to consider them selves the Col's, body guard.) Wc saw him patrolling the street in search of him, at quite a late hour in the night, others saw him quite early in the morning.— The Col. evidently wanted a fight, he grossly insulted Sheriff Brackenridge, ofiered ?20, for the sight of certain par ties—prominent Republicans, had been down street several times on Wednesday morning,andinJMagee's. About 11 o'clock, a. m., ho again entered Mageo's bar room—(there is no wore peacable man, nor better landlord in our town than Mr. Magee) andHnquircd of him where Rob ert Lenimon was, Magee told liini he was not in the house, the Col. insisted that he was, (Lemmou was not about the house at the time) tho other deniedr Tho Col. finally turning to Magee, said he could whip Sheriff Scott, Plummer Jack, llobt. Leminon or himself, and would give five dollars a head to have them meet him on the street! Magee reminded him that he was a Landlord—that he kept a hotel in this place, and that ho professed to l>e a gentleman. The Col. making a beli.Ei erant demonstration, pressed his fist against Mr. Magec's breast, whereupon the latter told him to leave the room and took up the poker to enforce his order. Tho Col. at once seized the poker with both hands; Magee caught him with his left hand, by tho throat. After a short struggle for the poker, it fell, both let ting it go, after which Magee followed up his first advantage, and using his right fist inflicted considerable punishment upon the Col. In the midst of the unfortunate affair. Sheriff M'Caudless came in and succeeded in taking Lowry away, with the assistance of Marshall Campbell and others. We were much shocked to see tho bad feeling manifested by some, as they ran to the scene of conflict, in their picking up stones as they ran. We have said some things which we certainly would not havo said, had it not been for the fact that the Herald falsely stated that Lowry was struck with a poker. We have left unsaid many things which might truthfully be said. But as we are informed, Sheriff Scott has made informa tion against him for assault and battery, as also Mr.Magee,for assault and battery and surety of the peace, we have no doubt a judicial investigation will give the facts to the public. If it shall result in vindicating the law and reassuring the citizens in the enjoyment of peace and safety, which were likely to bo taken away, it will have accomplished a good thing. "Polk. Sample." For the last two months tho flood of matter pressing us for publication, has been so great that wo have been rertj re luctantly compelled to withhold much that it would havo given us pleasure to have published, and to abridge much that we would rather give in detail. Many kind 112 riends have furnished us with val uable correspondence front the army.some of which were of a political character, and when therefore unavoidably delayed, thoy became unusable; others have been devoted to the honor of tho fallen brave —these never loose their value. Belnw. therefore, we give an extract from a letter devoted to the last earthly scene of the "fallen brave" whose name heads this article—ho was the son of James Sam ple, Esq., of Cranberry township, this county. He died, after having served his country faithfully, at tho tender ago of 18 years and 23 days. " I will now endeavor to give you, as far as I am able, ji statement of how that no ble young soldier, who is now sleeping bdneath the southern soil, came to an un timely end. As I have previously stated how we ar rived at Malvern Hill. I will say no more as regards our journey to the noted place. But before'wc reached tho battle-field, we heard that familiar, but unpleasant roar, the di:i of battle. Kre long we came iu sight of the place where tho contending parties were dealing death in the most of. fieient, way, formed in line, dismounted, watched the fighting goon for a short time, then our division fell back a short distance, and our right was covering the retreat, wc were at this time mounted,and formed in line, facing a piece of woods, the fjpnt rank was ordered to which they did a short distance, short time, and then advanced into the woods. During the time, the front rank first halted, was, when the sharpshooters fired, the balls whistling beneath, over and at all sides of us, and the first one that I saw take effect, was one in Isaiah's horse's fore leg, at the same instant the horse caused Isaiali to appear to fall for ward, and I being alongside of him, rein ed back, and at the same time we both dismounred, and our ears were filled with the screams of poor Polk, who was in the same-rank with us, (rear rank,) aud about* three rods to our left. We both ran to his assistance, aud by tho time I got to him they had him up, (two of the com pany, Hugh .Miller, of Butler, and Ilugh ie Stewart, of Allegheny and Isaiah, he being the first one that got to him). When the bullets began to come in pretty thick, Polk said to some of the boys " Let us dismount," and in the act of dismount ing he was pierced through tho small of tho back, a little to the loft of the spino. The Doctor said that tho ball pcuetrated his abdomen. When I came up and took hold of him, I asked him where he was wounded, said he, "O, my back is bro ken, and I have no feeling in my legs." The next thing he called for was water, which we got as soon as possible. He then said he was killed, and wanted to know how far it was to the ambulance, and that appeared to be his greatest de sire, but the poor follow did not live to see ono. We had not carrleiThiin more thin fif ty rods, until we could see that death had taken hold of him, and tho thread of life from that time, still grew weaker, until he gradually fell asleep in our arms. By this time an ambulance made its appear ance, and after carrying hiin a short dis tance after he had expired, we put his body into it, aud then wo mournfully fol lowed his body to the lonely spot, where it was, undet tho circumstance, respect fully interred. His wound bled inwardly. We greatly miss him, for he was a jol ly boy, and one that we highly esteemed. lie a messmate of three o£ us that bore hiiu off the field. Ilnw greatly we miss him when we gather round our fru gal meals—then is when his name is spo ken, and not without praise and high res pect. One thing we know that he died true to his country and calling. He was truly a brave young hero, and we hope I tat ho is now receiving his reward for his good actions and conduct. We, his comrades, when our work is done here he low, wish to meet him in that better world above, where there is no sorrow. — His name will long be remembered and cherished by us all. He appeared to have a presentiment of his coming fate, for he told bio while the battle was going on at St. Mary's Church, but before our lino was brought into action, while stand ing behind a eouple of large pines, that he came out with the expectation of nev er getting home, although he might, he said : "We had letters from Cranberry Co-day, stating that on the 26th, there tfas a pic nio at Sample's school-house, and"at night they occupied the barn." 1 expect about the time they were in their greatest glee was the time our brave boy fell. It appears as though some think or care little of what does or might take place. Now three of our number " arc moul dering in the grave," and perhaps more for »ny thiqg we know from that tp." Armj CorreHpitiHirnce. llf.ii> Qu.inrkH*. Co. H.J 14ril Heot., Woodpile Station. Fairfax CO., Sot. Stli. IRM. Mksshs. KditoßS: Ihttj- Sirs:— l embrace this early opportunity of letting* you know the result of the election in our company. We polled in all 01 votes, of these 7H were Lincoln, tihd the balance '• 18" McClollan. In this company there are five counties represented, via : But ler, Allegheny, Armstrong, Summerset and Venango. The above all voted with the company. I could name several who voted at other places on detached duty, and in the hos pitals. The election went off quietly, and very satisfactorily, an.l now every one, is looking with the utmost anxiety, to hear the result of tho election, 'l'bo health oi our company is much better now than it j was some time ago. We have not been j training any for some time. Wo have | been principally engaged in building wiu ! ier quartern. throwing up breastworks and j planting stockades. The boys are most | ly in good health and spirits,and able for their rations; also ready for every duty. Rut not wishing to intrude on your col umn;;. I i cumin ever yours, W. (.'.ll. For the Citizen. Elimination. '•'Th education fnimntlie common n»in«l, Just ma the twig if hunt tin* tree's iiirlihod." Youcansce thetruthof this poetry in the struggle before you. There stands your brother over there just tho other side of that picket line—he was horn in the same country, under the sanke Constitution, and acknowledges a common parentage with i yourself. Me is your brother, and be j thinks with you, this is a eruel war. He I wishes you well, tho same as you wish j him well. Often 112 have taken them by the hand, and often I.have charged them. They are a foe worthy of your steel, and a brother worthy of yiftir affection. Hut why is it that we are at war? Why do we not live as brothers should live '!— Merely because we have been differently educated. Had you been educated to a beautiful plantation, on the banks of the James, with 500 slaves to do your bidding, and while you lived in luxury and ease, you had been taught by a prostituted press, that slavery was a divine institu tion, and by a John C. Calhoun that a State had a right to secede from this Union at any time, and by a Buchanan, that the United States had no right to coerce her, thus educated,in a strugg'e like this you would wear gray clothes, and have that musket in your hand fighting to destroy what to-day you fight to defend. Again, had that rebel soldier been edu cated as some honest mechanics' son, to believe labor the only true nobility. Had he been taught by Jefferson, '•That all j men were born free and equal," and by j the fathers of the republic, that "the Constitution was the supreme law of the land," and was ordained, "to form a more perfect Union, established justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the com mon defence, promote the general wel fare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity," lie would to-day, be like yourselves, the no ble defender of tho Union, the supreme law of the land, and the blessings of lib erty it was ordained to secure. This is the cause—now for the cure. The twig has been Cent, ami has been against you, when it was young, the weight of slavery was laid on it, and the hand of the slave propagandist bent it to his fancy, aud now you have the bent oak of 40 years to deal with, you are striving to bring it hack to the plumb line of nature, which is freedom, and of tho constitution, which is Union. First by your herculeon labors, you strove to j straighten the oak while the weight of slavery was weighing it down, you at last found the folly of that, and now with slavery cut loose, you have some chance j of success. You can never give the tree up and let it'fall, for by so doing, you en danger your own life. Your roots have intermingled together in the common soil , of the Constitution, and the fall would de a troy alike that source of our mutual ex- | istenee and happiness, l'ou can never| let it fall across the Mississippi, *''ich has watered alike the roots of both. 0,1 cannot permit the palmetto to grow,a. Il ' " 10 Copperhead toliiss, where once stood ) " I,r brother oak ready to protect and de. er "' you. No! Cut loose the weight wh c '" has thus bent your brother down and hel, T him to straighten up, then let the young sprouts be educated to the stright growth of Constitutional liberty, and our country is saved. But how foolish the policy of those who now. when you. by your labors have al most straightened it, would again attach the dead weight of slavery to the top of the tree, —the very weight which first bent it down. We cannot agree with 51c- Clellan that this dead weight of slavery should have been kept attache*! to the bended oak, whilo thousands of your bf"l*" crs were dying to straighten it. We can not agree with the Democracy, that it had a right to bend down, it bent down under the heavy weight, and it is our solemn duty. la raisenff the (Ircltl irriyht, srPtt'