grit obstrtret.
ERIE. PA., DECEIIBER-1-,--1M4.-
ATICINAL 710111/1011 IT MI PION.I ti Till, Patex OP
,'
The (harsh sad the War.
In all countries, vihen men have
brought the ,church into the strifes of
nations or ofparties the effect has been not
only to injure or debase the church, but
to destroy its influence for good::over the
hearts of individuals. When it bficomets a
Machine for political effect ,it cesuce to have
power for moral good. it makes nO`differ
once whether the cause which it espouses
be the right or,wrong cause. The result
on the church es always the -same, and el
ways bad.
The clergy, as individuals, have,not)in:
ly a right, but are under an obllgation.to
do duty as citizens. Their right to polif
teal opinions and political, preferences is
an unquestionable right. At the same
time, iii exercising than right,' they are
bound to be exceedingly- cautious that
they do not attempt to use their holy pro
fession for political purposes, They are
made men with duties as men, citizens
with duties as citizens ; but the ministry
which is. introued t 4 them by their' [Adj . -
ter is not subject to their own whims and
caprices, nor have they tile right to use it
for any 'other purpose than that which is
. stated in their commission--the delivery
of a message to man from God; the preach
ing of a gospel, not to nations ctr govern
ments, which are things' of -ftn, hoar, but
to the soul of man, which is to outlast the
evanescent dynasties whiCh men devise,
It is impossible fer a right thinking MAST"
,
to avoid a sensationsor riairt . ,,;ftindAwailaps
a deeper emotion, when hii,becti.s - ti vier
gyman recklessly degradii‘q_cliaracter
and mission by making it othef t limn God
has made it. The denier ,of this juts, al
ways been, recognized, and therefere in
all civilized countries, and eveu in harbsr
ous _countries, there has horn a uniform
practit&s" of exempting clergymen from
some duties which; might lead to an inter
mingling of the two Characters, the' cler
omen, and the citizen, so ,as to debase
the influence of the former to the leielti
the latter. The ciergy;:for example,have
been exempt front - military duty, and in
some countries have been debarred from
holding civil, offices.
._The latter provi
sion has not met - with generil — approval.
The foriner has always been regarded as
- necessary to the purity of religion in • all
nations, until the radicalism of . our own
eountryabelished the exemptionand broke
tiow - n this important wall between relig
ion and politics. This was doiibtless, the
result of the Abolition effort which f 4
years declared that -the accomplishment
of its designs could be achieved "over the
"ruvu~ the Amcrkan decrch 4nd:the Ameri
can Union." The attack of - Abe - infidel
forces was directed as fiercely against the
church as against the Union, and it is to
be feared that they have succeeded in do-
ing almost as great injury to one as to
the other.
'Me stairs et Good Fe*Var. , ' '
=The Auburn Advertiser, home organ of
Mr. Secretary Seward, said in a leading
article on Tuesday :
" The era of good feeling mentioned by
President Lincoln end Secretary Seward
is coming. We verily believe
that we shall have, in substance, a united
North in a very few weeks?!
And in another column 'of the same
issue ft gave utterance to the following:
,"Preparations are making for a fitting
demonstration of the joy of the people, at,
so tremendous a victory of the right, at
that experienced in the rebuke .of • the
loyal North to the machinations of traitors
during the last thirty years—during which
period they had been plotting thedestruc,_
tion of the Republicoind the cieeation upon
its ruins of a llonarchy. These vile plot
tinp were to'culininate on the Bth of No
vember, just plated, but the loyal men of
America rose in their might, and put
down the puny attempts,of the Northern
traitors to steal their Clovenitnent end
mingle it with that of Jeff. I Davis."
The New York _2l:ibune, in speaking of
Elev. Seymotir's action revoking the com
mission of en officer of the fah New York
artillery, who happens to be a Itepubliean
partisan, says: "It is quite possible there
is sagacity and patriotism enough at the
War Office to.thwart this pitiftil spite of
the expiring reptile." _
Andrew Johnson, Vice ?resident elect,
nudes speech at Nashville, directly after,.
the result was known„itivv4lo he is re
iported to)tave said : "Theie are but-two
" iiartiee in the country—traitors and pa-,
" triota--Traiton with Jeff. D6Wi3 at-4/Kr
`` head culd :McClellan for their candidate!'
This is the way which these slanderers
and hypocrites take to bring about the
"unity of, lebling" that they decrare
necessary 'ta•effect the success of the war.
In one breath they tell the people they
are willintp bnry all animosities ; and
that we nattW''''nolicknger have political dl-
visions in tlieNorth, and in the next they
, assail the Democratic patty with ovary
kind oboul epithet unsdrujitiloug partizan
malignity :otn, itivenP.
The Tagi l itefere the Keith. .
17nder this caption, - the Chicago - Vies
argues\ that more men muat ite had for
the war. We have now, it says, three hun
dred thousand men in the field.' Of these
the - time - of one-third will be out between
this and hext * May, - tind , of the remainder,
the ties - 0V ine-thir de will expire within
twelie months. One yew from to -day., if .
there were no further drafts, stir any
diatis from sickness and wounds, oh -en-,
tire Lorne in the fteld_would not number
este hundred thousand men. - -Two hun
dred thousand men must tberefo#e bs put
In the field. between till- and, the 1; st of
May next, 'in 'Order that.. we may com
mence the year 165 with three hundred
and fifty thousand men. By the first of tit/a .
following November, the time of one htin
deed and fifty thousand of this force will
have expired, which, with the casualties
of the service, if the: campaign be an ac
tive one, will redUce our-/army 4t that
time, to one huddred theusatid.a'-n.
TM Nadal fete fee PrealWlteit. :
The following is the official rote et_the
States named :
'Lincoln. Aka. ifittliail.
Mazy{sad, '
,40,1118 2.400 82,73 9 --;
New amitahlcs..-. UPI 11,92 211.32iti. --
Ooasectiont i 44.lB4l 11.427 - 4 14 1 r
- MORI ?AN
Delentsro. kt
ihnt Tack, A 16730 6.Din 08.984
l'oramoak.
.'42,412 29.0117 14,11211
The official" votes ' the 'other . .Stayiii
will ba [gilded aa we Obtilli them.
tfiet Democratle Party:
9i)ierre, are just noW
disdussing, in view of the result of the
t'reeHentisi :election,
tion, and oilier:lolly the duty of - the Dem
ocratic paity in the bouintiff.tiacmgh flzo
period„of ifs defeat. The Joursol
onyce, which' during the campaign did
noble duty in support o r Ificelelksn, has
withdrawn entirely from the fild of po
litical discussion; and- proposes to yield
up substantially the affairs of state it i .ANe
partyln power. Th is' resolution iciay"ticr
very well for 'paper, which has not
pretended to be r iaqmo'crliticjoartrl, as it I
may answer fortUaii'prints and such men,
if there be, who fought in the late
battle with no higher incentive than
a lust for office, power or gain '1 hut it is
hardly the course which' duty-iu l trks out.
for the conservative press and bonserva
tive masses, who were actuated by the:
higher motive' of Principle, to pursue. We
have been defeated, but not "subjugated."
The broad issues upon which we stood
and the great truths which wegnaintained
during the canvass are plssesied ofjust as
'much life and importance today as be•
fore the election. The fact that our can
didates, who if chosen Were to awry out
the measures and Policy we }sad Avoca
led, have been defeated, does, not affect
these issues and truths in the - least. We
have by it vote of a majority of the peo
ple, no matter how obtained, been ‘lenied 3
the administration of a ff airs Which we
sought old which we belleveitwould have
resulted most ha ,fly_ for the interests of
the country; DutTOtates that we should
now yield, no,,VA..lutte' heretofore yielded,
all the support to thaepower that has bea
ten-1151nd secured oontrol of the Govern
ment, That it hos a legitimate right to ask.
e4ititist 1
. 4 -04veracuent,t al u
•
ttiaTegli w.s may believe the at'of officials
, .
for the time being aduatnistering t it,to' be
morally anit pnlitioally wrong. There_ s
nn alternative—no other path open to as
d3ye that leading to !march) , and chaos.
The broad distinction between the Gov
ernment end the administration, which
we would make ia very phintetlly satforth
by the Sscretary of State, Mr. Seward, in
his diapittch to Mr. Adams, our Minister
aVLondon, dated November frith, 1862,
just afar Governor Seymour's election, as
follows
DIPARTIIINT OP STAYS, t
Wssniworow, Nov. 1.1), 1862, I
-In this country. eitpeci
ally, it is a Wait, not only entirely con
sistent :with the Constitution, but - even
essential to its stability, to regard t he ad
ministration at any time ezistine-ps 41s
tinct and separate from the Goveirnfient
itself, and to cuivass the proceedings at
the one without the thougcif disloyalty
to the other.
The success of our opponents - in the
election, and the further lease of power it
gives them, are to-demonstrate, as we
have contended and still contend, the
fallacy qt . the schemes they are pursuing.
This , Practical demonstration' will at the
same time, by contrast., justify the gonad
nese of our position and policy; and a re•
action in public seritiment will ensue
which must cause the people ;to rally
round- the Democratic standard: as the
only ark of safely.' •
Let no one in the moment Of temporary
defeat imagine that the end is yet. Thou
sands and tens of thonsajide Of good but
timid men who would likYoheose satisfied
with General MCClellari Ind his ketter of
acceptance, but who were misled by dis
torted versions of the Chicago platform
and fears of the man who was namcd
upon the Presidential ticket for the lesser
office, votedfor Mr. Lincoln, not as ail, e
cided and positive preference, but rather
as a choice between - What they comiered
-two evils. Time and its events Will con
yince'them of their error. And thoin, with'
the Democratic party perfect in organiza
tion and purged of impurities, will arrive
its hour of usefulneiti in tliejirork of say
ing, the republic, if it is ever t i be saved.
While giving a hearty support to the Oor
eminent, it. behooves conservative men to
beware of being seduced into ,sailtiryifig
themselves by a committal to the vision
ary theories of the radicals Sato adminis
ter it. Already the siren and hypocritical
tongues of partisans who but a vresV ago
were denouncing us av'eopPerheacifil'and
"traitors" confess their baseness in appeals
to Demount" to abandon their principles
and-become the tail of the' Abolition kite,
afteritirs fashion of the New York ?hies:
"We have had our fight, attended by all
" the vehemence-and fierce blows
" dent to great earnestness. There is now
"no longer an occasion
foe suclimanifes
tations. - The battle is offer. The end is
" secured. What we now need -is kind
"feeling.l Either the Times and its co
partisans were dishonest during the-fight
in stigmatizing one-half 6f their fellow
citizens as "traitors;" or :they- are More
than dishonest now iii recognizing\ those
"traitors" as worthy of mutual regard and
contldioniss in an era of "good feeling."—
The Demoqratio and conservative manes
were honest and candid In ,the canvass.
They have nothing to withdraw, extenu
ate or aggravate. It is for the t .majority,
who hold the reins of power, to so adapt
themselves to their situation and respon
sibilities as to bring about the "kind feel
ing" they's° much alfee46 desire. The
Democracy will throw no mere factious
epposition in their way, but it will hold
them to a stric t accountability for the fulT
Mount of their pledgee.- ThdT.will have
now, with—insignificant exceptions,' full
and complete
. control of, the State and
Federal Goveroments..Let thent sittdicaie
the wisdom of their polioy'by a speedyi
overthrow of the rebellion and reitoration
of the Union, That is the feast to which
they have invited the• people, - and the
people wait patiently to partake of the
bread of peace tkeyltive pro>Ytiaed,- If
they succeed, to their honor and glory be
the result. If they fail, let them prepare
to bare their heads to the popular • indig
natitin, - . ,
It is asserted positivelYthat Lin
'coin is pledged to comply with' tbereaoln
tiona to that effect adopted by the /3slti
more Convention, and is only awaiting
the campletisnof the department reports
to make the Cabinet changes required.
Attorney-Genend Bake is to retire of his
own abcord at the mid of the present
quarter. His successor has not yet been
ositisely:inditikait
HenryWard - Beecher, in his -Thanks
giving sermon, .deolsred that "The niiiion
In voting for• iliriham Lincoln, ♦otesi to
dolible its taxes," Eight for onoe.
- -
Neste Fete of Pelineytrasta_it-ith44'reel•
111111milai Nestles.
Ire 4reg4int. herewith the - home returns
of the -tresiden tint eleclion in thisltitate.
4 -
cial4rons 54 counties—the tunj
gizen in souse other _counties oflici,
unturtampaniesl . 4 the full !gures
... • - . ,
Alice: Oar ~....;
Amu:lrony ' -, •
Boars r -,-
Bean rd 24585
[ W1LL.12,1131
•
l uc k -
ks '. ,1. 7,=5
Butler 3,677
. .
Ersdford•
4'' ------- "- '- - - '''''''' "- • -
Col a nails .....,•-'
Clarinet • 2 5. ,705
Cameron •
Crawfacd 4,814
Cambria.. - 9,194
Carba a ' 1,150
Cheetar .--- . 6.828 •
' Cleartiell - 2.762
,
Ciintaa 2,013
,
Cumbortand ' 4,0 3
•
Centre . „ 3,256
Dauphin i 3,620
Delaware ..',...' . ''''' ......i J•••• .
'l, -420-
• Sea ....,.. ^ 2,419,
Po r,res t
Fayette 1.840 2,61a'.
Franklin.... 3,642 3,516
Fulton, 669 • 505
'
(Inane 1,628 ` 1433
Hanti a gdon ' - - - 2,161 9566
Indiana . 1,957 1.764
..,
Jefterea 12 _ ..
1,7 1,414
Juniata ....,,,,, 1,6641 1,226
Laneuter - ' 7,9571 18,484.
Lawrence 1,1323 1.137
Lebann. 2,6351'
.2,511
Lehigh 1 6,76 u ' 3;651
Luzarae 9,54 , 45,649
I.7ecullair 1 , 1.056
,
Mifflin , . -_, L 6l 1,430
Man tgoinery
Montour
~, -• ,' 7,774 coal
. 1,43 , 993
Monroe ... - i,r- • • 9,40 h 661
Kamer - - 450
,
H Glean „.- „„„ ~ -, •-•400
,
Northampton 6,612 . . 8,496
Northumberland ' •- ' 3,888 3,666
Ph Iladhlphia 42,047 61,666
Perry 1,148 9,015
Pike 1,161 237
Fetter. - 650
Schuylkill i;246 • 7,166
I
Say dm • . ley
. I
1 o mereet _
930
-
. .
.
easquehaana.. 2,895 8,646
'Selina- I. i- 647 - 839
Vega ‘. ' 1 ' :. 1,611 4,116
Uni0n...... 11.....-", - ,... J. -
486
•susgo • .-'„.„ - , - J - - _ ' 8,240 - 3,573
Wothlagtas , " 6,419 • 4Am
. .
W aye* 'Foos
Weatoto rebind . 111143 054
Warren „ __
-- 3,4!1 - UOO
Wyoming; -4.... 1,21' 1,119
r
York " ' 7,272" , 4,067
-
IIIWAIITIJLATION. .1
Odlabil full i ota . - ' ' McClellan. 1.1nin 1.1 58010.
2,na,ciad 244,6111
°Metal and reportad majoritirre..... 444: 8.411 F
247,033 u 3,170
6,147
Lincoln ahead co tat
•Ofticial.
Tbe.Osteber Tete. I ,
The statement published in some of the
Abolition paper', that it is imjossibie c to
give the official msjority in Penueylvania
F ai
on the "home _vote" in Ortab r last, is
pronounced by the Philadelphi Age sim
ply absurd and ridiculous. This onnoutre
ment is, no doubt, based upon ajqueer let;
ter addressed by the Secretary of Ihe
Commonwealth to the New Yo k Tribune,
, Il
in which that o ff icer state, th "impossi
bility" of such a thing; and t41)13 coolly
i l
adds that "es the vote WU -: 40 foi eas to
require the o ffi cial
,returns to decide it,
the fact as to who bed the •m 'ority can
never be known, nor (Achill announ.
ced." Now, this is all much clearer than
it•appears at fi la'night to the nsophisti
cated router. It is by no means the
"muddle" that our Seiretary would have
the public believe. The plain truth is, tire
Democracy have a majority oh the home
vote, and the Abolition officinls know it ;
but for very cogent reasons t ese individ
uals, who have, it seems, he power to
play "fast and hine" in th business, do
not care about letting the people know,
the exact truth. 'Renee the whole triatte
is smoothed oleicand ,in f t, summarily
iie
dismissed, with the sat isf ory announce-
Meat that to arrive at the ruth is imp?...
alb's. If the Abolition Congressional'
p l ss
ticket had obtained a ajority - of the
1 Seitallest kind, this "int ible" state of
things wiiiiidnever hav occurred, and
tlie'4fi►ke`hold'e~is of the numerous beta
pending on the result °old, long ago,
*lave- been sailed upon.. pay the roohey
over to the fortunate win . srs of the sane.
-). w . , . : .. , _
Wm." H. SEWARD
; 70:
Estraet freak WaddmigtsiiPs Lawn*
dna.
The basis of our politidal system is the
right of theiftle, to make - and alter
their Constitutions, but that which at any
time exists until changed by an explicit
and authentiolct of the whole people, is
severally obliipatory npo all. * * *-
It is indeed little also than a name when
the Government is too fble to withstand
the enterprises of factio n, to confine each
member of society within the limits pre
ro,per
scribed by,*e laws and to, maintain all in
the B** , 2:sad - tranquil njoymetit of the
rightkef . Mitiri'anci p ty. * * *
* Theispirit of encroachment of one ,de
partmerituporinntither tends to c,ousoli
date the powers of all the departments . in:
one, and thus creates , whatever the form
of Governmerit, - a real despotism. If, in
the opinion of the peop l e, the disposition
or modification of the constitutional poOr.,
Grebe in any partieri - wrong, let it be
corrected by an ame ndment in the way
in which the. Conrtitutioa designates.
But let there be no change by usurpation;
for though this, in onejinstance, may be
the instrument of good it is the customa
ry weapon by which free Governments
are destroyed. The precedent must al
waye greatly overbalance in permanent
evil any,; partial or transient benefit
which the use can at any time yield.
In the account of ICaptain Winslow's
reception at Panetta
M all, Boston, it was
stated that "threelu ere of the crew of
the Kcarsargo were n tives of Nell, Eng.
f irt
land." A ourispon eat of the Boston
(bleier, in order to satisfy his cariosity,
and led to it by obserting the appearance
of the men, made inc airy on the subject.
The result was, that ut..uf 160 man, all
but twenty were found to - be foreigners,
and ,Really /ridenstn.
A recent letter teem the Massachusetts
Thirtieth, says : "On . recruits hue atrii
edat last, or tallier a huge number of
them. It will-lie - sonte time before they
will he fit for-duty; ak they hoe not had
much drilling. The are fine, ableoixell
ed men, iiially P nehmen, and will
make prime good' 'era." - .
~,,.
The Paris corres dent-of the anirier
des - E44lUsis,_42 date of 22d ult.,
.
l'lli i - - -: ' t
'fil can assure yen. t Mr. Dayton has
given to M. Dronyn e L'Huys the Lour
*neethat, if Mr. Lincoln Is r”leeted; bet,
.only - would he not attempt anything
against the new order of things iu -ideal
. , nt, &niter, that he wank*. officially
..gnkle it as soon as - 'he - was rid of his
,ongress after the 7th of March. - I have
this from a very good source, In- trusting
to which I hare never had reason to re.
pont."
I=
ITO
•
. rTt._ ,'
11,658
-11,02 D
'.a4 sag" Mtll* mad Mika.
• •
't its N acv orlt 'Amer sitya
, "As the Presidential tt
,11!kin,rities are now
reported, a change of 25,000 , v0tes in the
States giving Lincoln the smallest majori
tielorould elect Gen. McClellan."
'orities
1 but
• Trite is not a very overrrhelmingrrlsult,
tkerAne that indicstel the antribilittiol of
the Democratic psity. ' •
'The Washington correspondent of Olio
New York Herald says it is understood
that, in addition to the wad stimmary of
affairs, the President's hteksage wilLyenti
late in detail the views of the administra
tion in reference to the various place
propositions, and-will clearly andtit' Opt
ly define the policy adopted here. =
Reessitneetlea ht the Rebel engra,"
Troia tkto Rlchmonl Sentytel, Nov. 22. ,
- The resolution adopted in the Honserd
Representatives. yesterday; on motion of
Mr: Russell, of Virginia, shows how mar'
"reixrnstructionists" there are in that
. lasKr&On a proposition declaring that "we
Wirrnever, on any terms,-„politically4ffili
ate With a people who are guilty of the
invasion of our soil, and the butchery of
our citizens," the vote -stood, yeas 83; mays
none l . The emphatic language of the res
olution shows that the House was in ear
nest in what it said; and, in truth, R did
but express the equally emphatic senti
ment and inflexible resolie of our people.
Agreeing so entirely as to the end, reason
requires that wo should be equally zealous
as_to the means of attaining it.- To com
mit the country to a life and death strug
gle for independence,. commits ourselves
to the diligent devotion of all our,resour
ma in its successful prosecution..
CusascruttsTicrOn the darof election
while thesoting was proceeding 'quietly,
word came that. Governor biedary was
dead, ,While the Democrats generally
expressed sentiments of piofoundiforrovr,
a little crowd of Abolitionists manifested
feelings of overflowing joy ; and oneof
them - called for "three cheers," loud
enough to be heard-4 allthe bystanders !
The man who called for th chesis, we
understand, is very piou smember of
one of our Christian- churches 1 0, tempora !
0, mores!—Mount Vernan/koutc, r.
WAR WEWS - OP'irlrE VirEES.
(nits&lilts Agee atucunary.j --
?loan r, Nov.
There has been a contest be enthe two'
opposing armies in Rest Tennessef •-Recent
ly.fireakinridge and Vaughn, commanding the
Confederates, made a rapid retreat from Bull's
Gap
• towards Southwestern Virginia. Gen.
Gillem with the Federal 4 army, followed;
Suddenly tha Confederates turned on Gilliam;
defeated 'him, and forced him to retreat to
Bull's Gap:.: - Tben making an• ettrok they
captured the post: and Oillem withdrew to
wards Knoxville. The losses in killed and
wounded are not reported. The Confeder
ates captured four hundred Federal prisoners,t
six cannon and tiftrwagbns. After tlifi con
test the Fedeegiottops' retreated , -rapidly to . -
wards Knoxville, and on Friday the Confed
erates came. up ~ `i►ith them at Strawberry
Plains, .oast of Knoxville. A battle was
fought, but the result has not yet been an
nounced.
We have a report that a Federal expedition
ws t iL sent out on the west side of the Idississ-;
below Natchez, on November 2d,.t0 cap—
ture a her4of cattle, which wee to be crossed
over and sent to /fool's army, After .se—
yere battle, about one-third of the cattle were
captneed. The Confederates were prevented
frorarcrossing any over the blississippi. -
• - 1 Tpasnat, Nov. `22 2 .
Geheral Curtis, who commanded the Fed
eral troops in Missouri,' that followed P'rice's
retreat into Arkeneas, has made a report.
Curtis states that he cagurid : one piece
. of
•artillery and Price's own carriage. •
In EutTeruccesee, Gen,Gillem h 0•0 retreat
ed all the way to Kuorrille; - 44 the country
east of that place 'has been given r:lir-to the
Confederates.
W*DIICDAY, Nov. ...la.
For somn tints past we have been receiving
very conthoting reports of an attack made by
the Confederates upon the Federal picket line
in Mont of General Butler's camp on the north
bank of the James. The attack was made on
,Thtireday last, and resulted in the capture: of
'one hundred and twenty Federal prisoners.
Fifty Federal soldiers were killed and wand
ed. The Confederate loss was' two killed And
seven wounded. The Confederates' hel4 the
captured ground Until Friday night, When
they withd'rew, and on iilattirday Oen. Butler
re-occupied it. General Giant Wan in 1 4 hils.
deiphie yesterday, he is new on hie way back
to f'etereburg: • 11-4---
In the burning Of Rome, Georgia, - by Gen.
Sherman'. ortii?l, - one• million dollars !orth
of property—mash of it .Goternment stores
—was destroyed.
In Kentucky, a Lieutenant Colonel Witcher,
in command of a Confederate detschmeati
has recently asphalt& two Federal steamers
otethe Big Beady Direr. The steamers were
both barnedaiat*lionsbury, a` town .near,
by, a large,latiount of 'Federal
s tores hare
been captured. • - • • ,
, •:.
t '• • 1 .. ,Tkeastme, Nov : 24.
On Friday last-the portion of Admiral Por
ter's iron'idad fleet which for some time past
Imo been at anchor at Fortreie Monroe sailed
up the .Jarces, end anehored with - the:est im
mediately below • the Dutch Gsp- Canal.
There is a report that the. recent heiry rain .
storm caused each a freshet in thVa.ntes chit,
on Monday, the piers of eairth / widek kept
the water out Of that. 'portitras of the canal.
whieh arketill being excavated were swept
away, and that now thewater rushes through
the email, and carries everything 'beforigt.
The roads in Giant's camp are .in it horrible
no
condition, and' military movements jug no
are, impossible. Gen. Grant arrived at h
ea nip yestetdsy. •4- s •-. "
A party of Confederate °aid:Omen, on
day last, appeared in the Elienantiab Vail, ,
between Mirtlnsburg and, Witiallester.
lideral eavalq force of silty - two was se I.
onto capture them. Moseby,, the commas
der of the 'Belay, laid an ambush f killed
twenty-two, • wounded eight, and eaptured
thirty-two. Two or three Federal soldiers af
terwards eststed._ and reported 'the disaster
at Martinsburg.
..,.
General Breekinridge, 'at last accounts, was
at Strawberry oda., East Tonsure,. eigh
teen miles from Kataville. It iris-reported',
that he Intended, to haste le raid with all his
troops Wields `Lexington, Kentucky; - Gen
eral Durbridge,
,thi - Federal .commander in
Kentucky, is preparing • to inset Breekla
ridge.
The Confederates hare '
sent r hUiallpartiss
•of cavalry_ to Fredericksbuii, s 4kilanks of
, the Upper Rappeltatutook are forOtthem.
1: - ~C aptain fileinmee' "New ~ t ui" was call
ed tlio-Sei_King. 4.'-,, "----- ..,,
7-
_-- _ . • . Finlay, Nov. Z.
r
Owing iiihortszt, so iwiretoforeannease4,
lumi divided his" snap Into two' ochunSW,
Ono of theie Wise, coatabul tho sheath
!wid seventeenth Corps, sad ii oonatiaded
Osumi Sward. - ThitOther ohmic costae'
the fourteenth sad tWeitietb Corps, sad' is
oesuitaimiad by Genii* Bloom. Or*
Ifoursvd's uoluots is the one which marched'
south. ,towsrii Gourd 4E06E14
started - east towards Augusta. Sherman is
heliesed to secoalpany;liocunes..colutan. It
is about one hundred' miles from Atlanta to
Macon.
There are indications of the near approach.
of Grant's new attack' ;Vim Richmond. ?hire
seems to be a hew concentration of Feder
al troops on the north aide of the James, in
the neighboehood of the Dutch Gap Canal, as
if it were the Intention to make the principal
- iitacit there: The Federal foreethe
fiel
'don Railroad is being depleted to allow of
-the reinfoteement on the north bank. Cold
weather has set fp on the James, and the
roads are rapidly drying up. Military move
ments are again practicable, ,
A oon*ict is imminent' near Cumberland
Gap,"whiett is on the boindary . line - between
Keituaky and Tennessee. General Breckin•
with the Confederate troops, has mov
ed north from Strawberry Plains, and is now
but a few miles south: of ' Cumberland Gap.
Geniral Burbridge, with the Federal troop!
in Kentucky, is now about 9iX miles north of
Cumberland Gap. The Gap is held •by the
Federal troops. Gillem is_ nt Knoxville, hut
not in the condition to do any thing.
The Confederate war steamer Chickamauga
sailed from Bermuda, onNovember lath, for
a new Cruise. :
SAITSVAT, Nov. 2
Definite Intelligence has at length been re
calved from Shertaanisolutan„ The capedi-
tion under,fillocuM;iihioh . werit fi'..oro Atlantis
south to Itlacon„ on - November PALI,. was at
FOrsith, twenty miles northwest of Macon.
IlOrti`fdl,ocum's progress was. checked, and
ibe despatch stales, ho was 'signally repuls•
ed." A Federal otivisliy force_ wika detached
from Atlantis under Kilpatrick, which march
ed southeast along the Augusta It silroad to
Covington ; then advanced through Monti
cello and Hillsboro to Wallace, a small town
tibelit ten trifles northeast of Macon Nil of
these towns wore burned, and it was suppos
ed that the cavalry would-push on six miles
south to Gordon, is village where the railroad
frdm Macon to Milledgeville and the one from
hie?ou to Augusta diverge. ThiS c:kylry
force thus moves between - Macon and Mil
ledgeville, andif Gordon is reached, the troops
will be.about twelve_milea from each city.
The indications are Wit, the Georgia militia
are pot alone in checking Slocum'a progress
at Forsyth L ; Beauregard had part of his army,
several daps , ago, in position to tranafer it by'
railroad h:his - Corinth through :k i lohie.to Ma
eon. A very ett;rt time- ',Mild he regaire3
to do th 4 lloiiid some of Beauregard's army. are,
no doubt, by,thia time in position Co oppose
Sherman. Ailliinouncements of the capture.
of Mason are premature, as yet. Had Sher-';
man maiiiiikT*nopposed 'into the tpwn, he
oould not have taken it before Wednesday Last,
and this is too early - a date for as to receive,
even through Sol:ahem channels, any , news' of i
what happened on Wednesday at that disrant
place. On Monday-.last, Aorember
Sherman's advance, is forcit oar' of cavairy„
was twenty-two miles from .MaCon.
"On Friday 01 last week; November letb,
Deauregard, at Corinth, issued an address,:'ia
which he stated that he was haetining to join
the people of Georgia. It is, thought that,
this indieated a movement over the railroads
by way of Mobile. Nottng -of importance I
has yet boon; done by Slocum's column, and
as the. Confederates are hastening frem all
quarters to Macau and Milledgeville, it looks
very much as if they wotild be sucaasesful in
' , opposing him. Both tetras are strongly gar
risoned. and 'well defended by earthworks,
Slocaaa lass lost so much time in his march
that he seems to have missed the golden op
portunity.
Prom Peteriburg there is a report that a
part et General Zszly's army, from the Shen—
=dealt Valley, has made, its appearance oa
ths north aide of the James, yin front of Gen.
Butler's lines. A portion of General Sheri
dan's army his already sailed up the James
to reinforce Grant. There has been no fight
ing lately, and no movement of any impor
tance is reported from either army. Three
days ago, by a skilful mancenver, the Confed
areas managed, without loss, to ctit out and
capture forty-eight head of cattle from Grant's
lines. , General Lee has at : length made a
report of the recent 'ticket fight, about which
there has been such a great dilference of °An
ion. Lee says he lost one man killed; and
nine wounded, and captured one 'hundred and
eighteen. Federal prisoners. The Dutch Gait
Canal is not yet open, attii,there are now
vague hints that it is b failure.- ,— lt is now
stated in a Sontherniwirnal, af an exhibit of
the great number of shells which have.bgen
thrown by final into Petersburg, that the in
habitants Of that city have colleqWl six •:h11:..
drat thousand pounds of shell, and sold them
to the Confederate Ordnance DePaituent•
Twenty, thousand shells, it is estimated, have
been throin into Petersburg;.nod with all
this bombardment but fifteen persons hare
been killed and thirty wo unded.
:Some additional particulars' of the - recent
tittle in East Tennesseehsve been received.
The Southern pipet* say that eight hundred
and 'fifty Federal prisoners zweio captured.
The Northern accounts state that Gillem lost,
all told, but fourMattred, though his 'troops
were pursued nearly', riity mites. We itfoline
,to the former statement.
It is at length announoed by the news wri
ters that Sheridsn's army is at Winchester,
and that has no outpost farther south in
thivalley than' five miles from Winchester.
Eaikit has made no demonstrations - lately.
Moseby has written a letter to Sheridan sta
ting that ha has retaliated for the hanging of
some °this men by,Qnstar, some time since,
and that in the future ho will retaliate for 'all
snob acts.
From Wilmington; North Carolina, there is
an anneuncoment that ill trans of an attack
ing force have disappeared from the harbor.
Only the bloekiding Beet le now thorn.
Ws are able to troy Sherman's progress
down to last Wednesday. Both of his eFps
ditinis hare been checked. Itikuun's expedi
tion, winch moved South frWAtlanta, was,
on jliomber 19th, twenty miles north of
MactokAllttr statement of Saturday was cor
net. Mb Confederates succeeded In placing
a otionii fore. in Slocuns froin at that point,
and hS was ohoiked. Sown io Tuesday last
he -had made no ;farther progress towards
Maoolt;- - iitidiras .believed to have turned to
the liastyard,Alston . Ai ihne relieved froth
immediate tam er.
, - Kirpatriok's cavalry az
petition, whiWetjkst asoonnts had
_reached
Wallace, a smillTirwn just north of the Ma
con & Milledgeville railroad, made no attempt
to march on Macon. It turned toward Mil
lettgretlie, captured the city, and burned some
of the public buildings. Both Slocum and
ilpOolt - seem to have abandoned the idea
of eaptaring Msoos, and are believed to be
do Lard towards Augusts' or Savan-:
nab.
General Howard's expedition, which Sher
'man dirootaliiperron.• started from At
lanta to Augusta, though , when is not awn
ratilj known. .Tlikooluout ntor,sdeastward
to crawfordsrille, a town on the Atlanta and
Augusts railroad, seventy Milos from Angitste.
Here the Csafsdaste cavalry were tit; bead.
_Making but eliglit opposition, the, retreated
before Howard's advancing troops pun Her
ren'', a IcMU twenty-ode miles from Augusta,
110.9 reached. liters the Confederate, were
rein! reti r Agril made a -"uccessful • tottol.„--
There are reports tlia,t-ilriwarti'a adr.ince was,
..
repulsed with loss %Itch was the comlitiou
-of affairs before Augusta on -IVeduestisy. lost
The military situation on this. day 'wits this
Slocult: - ; : was twenty . miles north of M'coo,,
with t"l4 - afe'lersts force iu his front rtitoug
~ enough las-shack him. Killottrik wss at
t wentptive miles cast of Slocum
and thirty miles north east of ilne'n. Howard
was at 11-rzelia, sixty miles northeast of Kil
patrick, and thirty•ave miles northeast t'f
Slocum_ A force was in ffigt of llostarli
which wocwrettly....astriitTg . eoottgli to check
hint. •
General Forrest with the body of Confede
rate troops which has for some time been near
llnntsville, Alabama, has suddenly made
movement. ID!lis9_marched northward to
wards eolumbia, n twn thirty , tive miles
smith of Nashville.'eariog . that FurreSt,
woitldgetlitt his.reltr, homas, who lutd-rnl
vanceil into Alabama, •began' a iNttgatic
movement. lie abandoned Huntsville , and
Decatur, and retreated into Tennessee. Ile
then leitbdrew through Pulaski. abandoning
it, and retreated to Columbia Ito is now
between Columbia and Nashville. The Con
feilisrateeo:re just Souttielyokumbia Forrest.
commati - tltAi . con Last,_;is
Tlx;:re seems to be very little doubt .that
General Eirly, having left a force at Strap
burg, has sent the greater part of his army to
Richmond. Sheridan is St ip at Winchester.
- siiiipry'r'ittrifi'd Ito w is
running order to the opequan, five: miles east
of Winchester. This road will bring:supplies
from Guyer's Perry, and the dangers of the
Martinsburg route win be avoided. r
General Burbridge, with the Federal troops
in Kentucky, hats reached Cumberlanil Gap.
This rei4orcepout eaves it from capture by
, -
Breekilaridge" [.
• Why is a ministor like a locomotive 't Be
cause you aro- to look out for him When the
boll 'rings.
Tits Buffalo Express - apieare'd on Thanks
giving morning considerably reduced in its
proportions.
The Dayton Empire contains the card of stir.
Vallandigham, announcing that he "has: re•
seined the practice'of '
Gera is 'an atrocious conadrum from an ,
- Old paper called 'the Boatswain i s 11 - hist/e
What is worse than raining Pitchforks? flail
ing omnibuses.
It is estitosted that there are about tive
lions of native Germans in tha United States._
The emigration to America front Germany this
year alone has been 70,000. •
One of the house of Brown Brothers & Co.
married a daughter of Rev.' Dr. Adams in New
Idrk recently. The bridal presents amounted
-- - .
to $O,OOO.
An old Democrat orßelfast, named Christo
pher Gray, aged -103 years, has voted • for
every Democratic President from Washington
to Douglas, anikareted for McClellan on the
Bth nit. •
Next year thelikirill be four eclipses—two
of the 'anti sad two of the moon. The eclipses
of the sun c•ccurot the 23th of April, and the
15th October moon on the llth
of April and the usher:
Mr. Augustus T. Leonard, who accidentally
fell from Colt's ffctory, at Hartford, and
broke off both arms above the wrist, went to
the polls on election day, tiCilding his b,llot
his ffelli, from which he dropped it into the
box'.
has received the largest poptilar
vote °Lae) , defeated Presidip;io :oindiclote
since the organization of The Government. -
His vote gen falbbut very little betew the vote
that elected Mr. hlncoln 14 1850.--Vrwbury•
port Herald. .
We learn ftom the Cleveland papers that
the passenger depot of the AFlsntic & Great
Weatern railroad, inAhat city; was" entirely
destroyed by.liie on *kneadly night. The
depot was built in tit,F fall of 1 863, and was
valtfed at $6,000 or $ B , OOO .
Judge Taney was born twelve years before
the American Constitution was adopted. lie
could have said of it as Grattan once said of
the Irish nation, that he had lea"ied over its
cradle oak, followed its :bearse.—Colthribus
Sigiedl74l73: tr'' , d",..
I Nothi9g of “; rittiore certain than that_a
new draft. will be ordered before Many weeks.
Our Chitlins will'constilt personal, pecuniary
and publip interest by making immediate ef
forts to secure volunteers and substitntes
Delay makes thtesiest greeter, and, the filling
tip of the qu otas nitre' difficult. "" •
Two negroes, otitro'fAir estohester county, N.
Y., and the other from Boston, and both doe
tors, lately held a public discussion in Mot:ri
taiga, on the question Who are the beef
friends of the colored People- of America, the
Southern sliveholders or Northern Abolition
ists?" The Westchester negrallookUlie side
of the Southern slavehtdders, andniterally
wiped out the Abolition darkey.
The rope trick of the Davenport Brothers
an old thing, according to the King of
Untie, who says that in India it used to be
performed in' - this fashion.: The performer was
tied neck anti feet, and put into a sack, the
mouth of which wilt carefully scoured. Ho
was then thrown into dos waterrom which
he imerged swimming, free from both ropes
and sack. A London paper .urge .4 the appli
cation ofthis tort to thelltvenports..,
The "Mariners' Mechanics' and Military.
Ball," to-be given at Farrar Halton Wednes
day evening, under the management, of James -
Kelly and Charles Justice. promises tote a
grand affair. Both of these gentlemen are
Well known to be especially adapted tio the
management of parties; anti their (lerts are
always attended with success: Indications et
present seem to give promise that this
the big bind the season.
MOND/LI, NOY. 29. -
The Girard Ueioa is informe% that the con
tract for Col. Dan Rice's monuniect — ite be
erected in memory of the soldiers-jran Brie
county, "does not require it to be cotigeted
and ready for the patine gaze until the 4th of
November, 1865, the-work being oni ofjastu- -
pendous character, and - requiring thi time and
the_ energy of the master builder 1,0 complete
it even by that time. Its height from
twenty-five to thirty foot, with a base of over
aigltt'feetin diameter. The cost will be nearly
$5,000. It will, when finished, be 'one of the
finest works of art is this country.'
Among the anaanest-Abolition publicatiens; -
says the Chiosgo is Weekly.
fumerly,,when it looked to - the - South for its
rbheat patronage, it pandered to and stimu—
lated the moat extravagant pro.slavery send-
Milt; thereby provoking very fierce assaults
b l the Abolition,newipapera upon itself. It
now pandees'to and stimipates the most ex—
trolly* anti-slavery s`iittlolen!s, out herod
int, in thatie - spetit;the mast relent AboWfili
patina journal. We have never known a
Dore palpable and disgraceful Hessiaaim
EMI
ITEMS 01? ALL 5014718.
- - •
Why is it that our busineas men, who hatter
So lunch incotivenisne e from the County
motley, In not 111 , 11(41 .4 combined movement to
have the (jijunaigitilmers effect an arrangement
with some of 'Ole hankers to receive it on de
posit'? A slight per centage would undollibl-
edly accomplish this, and the community
would. gladly pay the additional taxation
eeded for that purpose rather than labor
under the inconvenience , they now do. We
believe the corral( currency to be the , bestpaper In cirettlit6iiirul o believing, - do n ot
wish to see it iliacrodited, as it inevitably.
must he, unless some system is adopted - that
will render itdepositahle, lilts other curry,
will not some leading bit...sines+ man start s
movement to induce the Commissioners to take
appropriate action on t)te subjeete A corn_
bine , ' effort of our citizens—such as all should
Am ready to participate in—csnnot [nil to meet
with suece.N
BEMI
mode A few. iltsultpey retaaeks s' & l4-
the !Omit - um-ter. ' %Ira. Paiiington stop - psi
suddenly its the hustle ehe L was maktag'orouod
the table for tt4s, and gazed over her spe:s
s
thoughtfully .nt hurt. LGAtling On a plat e
edgewise, :1.4 .if to enforce her views by the
support it gave her, "I suppdso it Was he
partite he was weak," said she, "but Ayers
Pills will cure him. I never knew 'eta to
tail. They are very solitary in suchcases"
"Really, madam," replied he,"l cannot guest'
your meaning," c?.-017-1?u said dysentery',"
Said she, laying down the plate and patting
spoon in the preserves. "I said desultory,"
said he, smiling, "quito a different thing."
snitl4l.o, looking up in time to
" N o matter,"
box Ike's ears, whe'vas putting paper, dawn
the chimney of the - kerosene lamp. "The pills
are go.A„ for both, I dare say, for they cure
almost all the disease's in the tortmeopia.'!
DIED.--On Monday craning, Nor. 2.Bth, of
Diptheris, HELEN M., daughter of the Ist,
James Williams, Esq.
The deceased was a lady of rare qualities of
head and heart.. Generous, unaffected. diet.
ful and intelligent—she .was the idol of her
relatives, and respected by all who knew her.
Iler sad and sudden loss leaves a void in her
large circle of friends which will long be
mented. The excelletisOarctily of which she
was a member have the' sincere sympaily
of the community in their &Motion.
-" The Springfield (Macs.); Rpt;4lican asserts
that:Captain Collins, of • tie Wachusett, who
siezett the Florida, incurred the censure of
the Government in 1862, for seizing the Brit.
ish sahooner Mont Blanc, and taking her into
Key West. At the time of seizure tho schooner
was at anchor at. Sand Bay, Bahama Banks,
only one mile from shore. We trust this state.
meet is not correct.
We understand that the ofricerof the Provost
Matehal Of this district is soon to be ; removed
to Itidgway•; It wee fixed there first as the
geographical . contre of the district, hit; there
was no telegraph or railroad there then. Now
that objection is removed, and hence the
change.— Warren Mute.
far is it to the city :" asked a coo.
- tryruen, who was walking the wrong way fir
the - plade he was looking for. "'Bout twenty.
four tkotteatid nine hundred and ninety lune
milis," said the lad he asked, ...if you go the
way yoU are going now ; and 'bout a mite .'
you turn 'rortl and go t'other way."
The Cleveland dt Erio railroad company are
now building for their road six new ors,
the finest style, with all thit Modern iciptose
!penis. They are so liege as to afford as much
room and as great convenience iO traveler 3
cars on the brood-gunge lines So sys the
Cleveland Lfatier. .
We trust none of our subiaribors wqt nog•
lect to read the abstract of war news which
gs published each week in the (Msercer. Thu
*lll find Oleic in a condensed and interesting
wtqle, a more reliablwcount of the progreft
• ~
of the war thm can — F , ol,tained from in
04er - source. •
The advertisement of the Keystone National
Bank, of this4itflitplars in our cfolimat
We cordially recommend it to the patronage
nod confidence of the public, Its directati
and managers are all responsible men.
Newburypcsgergyinsn having receivall
at a recent marriage a fee of fifty dollars, tho
itirckfthinks it was "cheap- enough for the
bridegroom, as he carried away one of the
best girls in town."
4- "Barly to rise, and early to bed,
Makes a girl healthy, and keeps her chile
red."
MARRIED.
On Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 80, at the restates
Hon. 8. Smyth, by Irv. G. P. Cain, Yr. JOYS
lINECELT to Mtn MARY fi, daughter et the Wei/
Nehaffey—all of thladty.
ATTINTIOS • / 30111 CIIANOII TO KAI
klosat.—Very few persons are aware, the
br
a recent invention, newspapers and (craps t
printed paper, can be converted into taunt!
for printing upon'again. The high price 61
paper hats made, an active ,demand for o;
nowspaperi; booker, pamphlets and soil 0 •
paper for this purpose, and it "if 1 - 14"erli
bought up by parties conneited with
per mills. By collecting and saving 111 tit
material of this kind abort their houses, sai
selling it, many a family can put "mow is
their purses," which would otherwisettl_ ss
The highest price, in cash, will be psi , ' f:t
At this Office. cf.
LARGE BRADY MAGI CLOTIIIiG STOCL
SAM—Wishing to retiro from busicto ,
offer for sale my entire stock of Ready Mt]
Clothing, Furnishing and Piece Goods at V"
The stook comprises the largest and motto::
plete• atisortment of goods belonging to
trade in the city. 'Lease of the store for
months goes pith the stock.
tt. Mosss Focu.
Wedding and Visiting Cards.
We call special attention to the Super
styles of Wedding and 'Visiting Cards prir.
at this office. Having procured several':
,fonts Of type especially for this kind of v;
we are enable to print cards in a style e;
those obtained in any of the larger
It is nothing less than foolishness for pees
to go abroad and pay extravagant prices,:
engraved yards when they oangetjuet as
at - home for leis than 01113411 W
-•
was. , tt
,
rarr CLASS CITY Itestuanos TOR Stu
Being about to remove to Philedelphis, I
fer for z ealelnyeity. residenee and the
or part of the furniture, on ressonshis ter
The bones is one of the beet in the 01- 41 '
em style and finish, with double F iala"
-each aide •of the hall, •and fitted .throoo . '
with gee and 'aster, Possession gismo. If
(piked, on the let of January, or let of Al
next. •
f. Moss'
•
lgirWe remind our readers that tst
to
ties of the Observer aloe are not e zoge ,l
any establishment is North Western r'
eylvania for doing Job Printing. Per l°
need of Vendue Bills,. Election Ticket!,
Heads, Blanks, or any kind of Plain or F
Printing, will find it to their savant°
tf
give ne a call. •
.LAXli.—We keep constantly on be
P
large Selection of Legal Blanks, of aPP T° '
forma, such its. Deeds, Mortgagee, JudPe
and Common,Notes, Summons,*l4ool.l:
many others, not in such general nac
in need of thoseartioles, will fintl it to
advantage to"give our ot3Soo a all.
Lawns' Fits.—Purthasers nal re ko lY, i ll "
getting the beat Furs at Charles O'
Sens, conlinentsl Hotel, Phila. ~
,
4
GCNVAMSN'S it/LTC-A —
ll the latest styl
at Charles Qakfcird k. Ben!, Continental 1301
Philsdelphic•