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' lt is at 11'm I 11. t .\7oEnc; V t`d I:t . 111 of 1 .0.1" II: real r.cific.:l,.., and a niianne . a tp .1 1o.'ilh audio an! 11,: 1 1 Till. Nu:v V'Nut ( I ~1;:1). J.iteratnre than ever be*.lorea it, is no up'start, .teiriporary , tseti;ottion." . but a first :ItSs literaiy weekly . ; Mill:hi:las been la tniliar' to the United' t;tates tor a quarter of a century; and. 'the wishy-washy intish; r o etn•prints.of yesterday are coiling (limn their talent eve!' w bile they raise their subscription-. pi ice, Tun New YOpt all. its • s!d fr. a ,11(imi?,:icei aid Eilitors;:and pro-. toke , to niake ereatir for 1563. It is the One paper' for everyhoines; Its fort 3, columns oll'eading Tatter per week constitute CONS'EII VATOIt.I" 'OF, TILE ENyElirsoiuNG 811.1 its No,ios,•Atikeianeous7arts; Beauties of Vo:rse, •13ro.t.lsi‘his'ol I.lu !nor,.and polsshetiE(litoFiOls, c - Olobihti. to •totilizo all itio charms ill • •• • • ' , wrr 'AND SENTIMENT! •• . . . . The.lnisb ! ind.readSbt to his wife, - the mother` .to her C.hildren,,the lover .to s'iveet-heart, the.soldier to. his comrades, : and the - 101,14C sehOol . rnaster to the circle around the:stove.-J Iris familiar. to the sight of every mangy rvuinnii and chad.iu our. cciunti y, and has'. regular sub scribers in several countries 'Europe.: Tire It'ew:YQti,lt MR,R6JIOS: also identified with the grandest patriotism of the age,. (or several Members of its brilliant . Stair hold high rank in nitr naLle army, nod have 'made . , themselves as famotiS i with the SWord - as with the Pen. ..The great illustrating artist of I. , ns "NM.v Yous :.MEILCU'ILV, the inimitable Dailey, giyes the pap . er,ihe highest artrilaitaS of Art ; 'and, yet thisiargest literary weekly of the day 'pro, .wises to .siirpas'e itself, in ail these.reqietAiii, illig:the NOY Year! .: • . • , . . . . The.'firist,Numr.yous,,MEßClTßY Novelette, fur the Ntiw Yeur;lo he eiimmenceit..'in the issue . : • VICTORIA;' I'ii ICit`L`as CCastic C.%liffo. IVY COUSIN-MAY CAII.I.E . TON,, . moo or t l otesir nowtoW? "synit. CANPUEI.L," '~'E4 " . 'MISI&. I ' t l toiNtrowtl ll :," &C., Ste • , . . ~.:he prOductionS of this distinguished authoress CL cd no eulogy. Public opinion has long since ; . --onottnced them superior to any other nov eiettes.published on this side of the, Atlantic ; and the true test of, their - . Merit is found in Ilia that • they are eagerly reproduced, afti;r their publication in the Alimcunic, by the ile.nglislipress. 'We may add that the new tale 'Vic'toria," is-fully equal in . interest iind.depth of Plot to 'elther r of thoSe which have:secured !13 large a share of public approval, and we can earnestly recommend it to all story-readers , • Tula &old by. all news teen and. periodical :dealers in' America. , •To • ibscribers; it is regularly•mailed every Satur . ay ,morning, for $2 u , year; three' copies for hi:x copies for $9; eight conies for:sl2,.lwit h, ;in extra eon) , " to the get ter up Of-the deb. t 4 ix months'isubscriptiens:reeeived:. - A/leap , p ! ritrt . plainht the slams of ?mat Poet Office, eiitin 1 . 1 and State. .We take.tlte notes of all solvent hanks at par. Payment must invariably bed nelvance. • , • • , • • Specimen copies .sent • free to all appli Address all letters and rernittanbeF ! ;o os t pa id CAULDWELL & 1t HITNEY , Ploprieforsail the New Yolk itreet . , •New York City. • LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT: CHICAGO, Serif. 2.L—Tlie following is .Presi dent Lincoln's letter to . th ' e Springfield; 111. .., v.c4MAN6I6N,: WASH oicToN,..A usual ; 2(4'1863.. . Ibn..7:awe C—Coallidz:-L-My :DEAR , Vlritri letter layit ing•me, to attend a mass Meet fright unconditional Union manido be 1•1161.41 at -the:Capitol the-.lfl. •day%Of Sep— • . tember, has heen - j•cceivi.ed. • ;It : - NyOuld.. yery' agreeable 'to Inc 'anis to meet my old friendi fit- my f oyik home': hat I. Cannotjust new be absent limn this (iffy so !Mfg as . a visit there iThe. - irrMetihg . is to he or it il•those Who Main tairlan uncouditinir al:de'volion Uribin,-and I aim sure. that my old political friends will Wank - me fort:elf— dering,los I (too he nation's' :gratittide- to thaSe other noble then - whom, no-'partisan malice or - partisan hope: : can — make.false:to the nation's • . • . 'There are those Who ale disgatisfied4ith rine. To such .I would.s#, “You - desire peace, and; yob blame.me- that, van: dn. ncit:lhayir, it. fiat. how.ciiii we ; attain la', There are .hilt •three' .conceivable waysi. Fiist. To-sappress the re.: hellion by force of arms. I am trying; to 'do. Are:you •forit f I (You arti,; so far we. are agreed. 1f you are not for it, we•iire uric acreetl. .A second way 1.•• to•giv4.hp the Unicit...l . ant against this, you are,'you should . ..say'',is;o ••Ifyon are not-for.force,i.yet: pot far .. • . dissolution, that:o.ol,ly fefriams•so , me tinaginary ccinifirotniaa.- rO. hot belieYe ally prhmisie.ernlifacirr.; 'the maintenance:of tlM.l.ln iaMisih.ow'passible.. AT' t 11,ra, rt leads 'to it directly opposite belief. The strength of, the Cribelyian is its rit Oita , That army dominates all the country 'and all the. people with : in itsrange. ay- offer:of. terms maile• by ally Mali or men wit lifit.that opposition 'to that army, ig'sitnplvi.hothing 11;,t twpresent,.. .becaase such marl or' men have no pa'wer what . ever to enforce Of a cniiirquipisf..,il 00e wererrniple with thetn.•To,llro*ltilti,—.sup pois a r efu g ee from the ;Squib and , the- p. , a,e'i; inPii"ok he No4l .together in .Coriv eat ion, arid fiame arid pioclaim •a compromise vtribra— i'ing 1 ,Stol ipii of, iti What way can thotused. !o keepchin. Lee's: mint:Jiro 011 3 .,tnitcyl va Ma'? Gen.' )ICairei's array. 'can keep Lee's 41 my not of l'enmyl.Vaafaioind I .think tin tiltimiltefy drive it Mitt ot`,--.lstence; tlilt..'no paper •i.opipro'itii'sii,:to, • t ecint rol lei, 01 illy ate hot agioibil. can at . all etrect the at my.' such coal. : promise . we Would Waste,t he _time, whir I t - enemy would improve to 'Our disadvant.tite, and that .. • ' Fa; . 00' . 00 00 10 101 . - 20 011 12 00 .1 re 1 600 A compromise, to be efleetive-rmst be•meile wilhflAWit. Who control' the rebel army, Of N6th lihoiareff - from the 'dornintW time of that army by the snecrws of our m_v. Nov, allow' me to eli3,llle Volt that no weld or intimation frdM Jebel army or loin any of men r out rolling- it. ; in relation doan y peace compromise, has ever v ime to.,- my lorrwholge or charges' or intimations' tif 2 the i;ontrary'are direeptive and giontAlles.,.and I ornise . 'you that if any such, ,propositiom.shall loctreafter'come, it 'shell notliri.reiectitil and 'kept: .secret iroin yoti„ I 'lreely acknoWledge'myserf todie 'the sti. vont of he pe4le, according to the bond of seryiee, the United:Statei COnstii MIMI; and that aS such lam responsible to them- But, to be plain,.you are disim me abOut the negro. Quite likely ther.e is a:differ 7 .elect of Opinion between you. and .myself open that subject. I certainly hat all man .conhtire free, while yoa. I sfippOse,'dd,'lnit.L . - . 17t I,have twit her adopted ,liar any . measure .whic'h• is 'not cOnsistent ,wifh evetryout provided yap are for the Union. I 'Mtg.- gested 2 ,eorriperviated cmay - ipat , ion..tO which, •you teplled that yi! wWhed not be taxed to, 'buy begroes.. Put I hat! not tasked yOu: to be taxedl y bay intgroes; except in such A way as to sire win ,ftern greater taxation se'vd the Onion exettiFdvely by other means., : Yon dislike the emancipation Prochimetirin,, and' perhaps yoti Ottiot to havejt retracted.'., Yiiu say it is uncOnStittoinnal: • I:think difß.fently.. I Heinle that flieCotistitittion invests its COMmanderAM Chief 'With the . low of War. •I itne Of writ.' The most. 'that•cdti be said, if so' Muchis, that slaves are 'ptnfierty.. • • . • • , - Is there, has there eve; '.been; any rrinestion that' by the.laiv 'of-War the property, both' of 4inetnies,arid friends.,. May.be taken when need ed, iliad is . ,itMot ifeed-d whenever taken it help's us . or Butts: tier- enemy'! • A truioF, the. world, over, destroy enemie's'proporty.when they can 7 notOse it., anite'vendlOSl roy their own to keep. if, from the, enemy'. IWligkeiis do all its their power•to tieljt.thntnsirlyes, pr. hurt', enemy, exeept d,lew,.thing'S regarded as barbar bus . or.ernel. A moog the: exceptions' 'ari , the. , :massacre of vanquished thel.and 'non-combat 2 ' atits,-Ontle and femafe. . But the proclittrinition; as late,. Calid'or not If it is not valid; it needs no ietraction; df.,it is valid, it' cannot be retracted tiny more 'than the - dead . _ can , ,be. brou . ght. to life. SoMe Of you.'profesi - tO think that its'retraction , yOnld operate favourably for the Union. :Why better offer the retraction, than before the'isstiel • • - • . . • There was More than a year and .a half ,for suppress the rebellion:before .the proc lamation was issued;' the last one hundreddayS ofwhieft passed tinder no eipieitnot ice that it was coming unless averted .by those in .revolt returnin,i; to , their .rille r giance. The war. her', certainty, progreSsed as favorably for its *since the issue of the . proclamatiorr as before.; I knew as fully as one eon - know the opinionsof others, thittsome ofthe cornmande•rs of our armies in the, field who have given us our most important ' vieteties,.belieVe'the einancination policy and the aid of colored troops constitute the heaviest blows yet dealt t'o' the rebellion; and that at least; one of those ,important succeises multi •tiotmile been achieved when it.was, but fo'r the aid 'of black soldiers. Among the cominan 7 •ders:lieldingthese views' are some Who . : htive never had any affinity. witirWhat is called Ab cditioninne, or•with the Republican party poll= tics,but..wltn..hold .them' purely ; as military opinions. .opinions r.Sbiti4 en— titled to Some weight against the objections of- tirgeil thiit emancipation and arming'of. the blacks ate' unwise as.. military :measures, and were not adopted as inch s in.• genii faith. Vol say,that you will not bight to free negraes,---. some of them seem . willing • to: fight for you; but no matter—lightlyou, then,,exeluslyely, to Billqr the Union.:' • • ' I issued the proc'amation en purpose to aid . titt. in saving the Union. Whenever you shalt . .•. •• SMETHVORT-,' M'KEAN .;CopiTy;..p..A..;..sATu..RDAy,;.'SKrTEMBEIt;TI.!4;,-,15.64. have.conqueted all resistance to ,ibe ti;;if I . shall urge .yoti 'to .cont inue: fighting,. it wili,ae an apttirne than for you' 'to. declare 'that you' will not light to free tiegrofta.. I thought ihati in. your struggle' ,for the Unio n, to whatever. extent•the heerpes'nhould cease helping t•heer emy, to that extent It weakened tke.'encriY in his, resititenee to ~0 11'.••• • llo you:think:differently:l I thotight that whateiierne,groeti,ran. be . got ;to: 'do as aoidiers,'leaves•:just.io . mtich less forwhite • .soldiers to do iit'ahving the gniOn. ap pear olherwise to you oth,; -er People, act'itiion rmitivetS. , Why shonidthei do anything fer.us, if will' do • for them? 'lf they,Stake their 'lives 'for us, they Must be piompted by. the rongek the .even.the promise olfreedona; -and the promise,' living'trinde.; Must' • .•: ' The signs look, better. The:Tattier of Wa-• ters again go-s.unvexedtothe sea;-thanks 'to' the great Northwest•fitr;it; notilyet':Wifolty to them.' Three' huntlied •rn testi'? they . tnerNew England, the Empire, the•Re'ystone . ,aral Plesv Jersey, heWing their:way right and lett.. The •sunny sotittiooo,in . mote colors- than.enii, also lent a'. hand; on.the spot; their part of the tory was jotted doWtrip•blitek and white.. The. job .wa's .a' gi at national ones. and let."noire. te• tanned who:bore ap honOrable . part in it, while thoSe who have•eleared the gietit -. Even Abatis not all.' hold to say. that , anything has been Itnire tits vely atnihet ter thine than at. A ritiettitiv,.:lllll freeshoro, %Get t ynbn rg; mid on misty fields of less . note.•' . ..Normust tJii cle Satit's iven•teet be . forgoiten.. At all 'the wate't'S margins thek , have been ~piesent, not only on:the:deep: sea , the broad- bay and. the rapid. : river, lust also-Alp the row,.' !middy • bayou. and•whiit rver the•ginand was . . tat le .damp they havil been.anit Made their track' s, Tfanks 'For•tite Hopulitie:- ; ‘tor; the ptincipl....s . by which it lives and Leeps alive —fer'man's vast int tire: tlidnks 'to ' I'mfre'ones.not appear• so distant ifs it . did- 1 111111 e it will come soon. ii nil ' cord.• tri. stay,' boil sn eimoe PS: to.be worth keePing till lime, It wilt 'then htive. hoen.i,ri‘ved that among freemen thet'e situ bents stoieessful;.ap peal troth lie ballot . to thelitillet, and that they 'who take such appeal ;t.r. Stile todose their cast. and pay the cos:: and then there will be , some 'black men who 'eau remember that„With siknt tottgoe',-and citMcdted !pert); and steady rye,. and well poised bayonet. thi;y lirive helped Mankind ori'this _rent while I (Par tho.t fheie will be t.Ome vvititel•men • unable to forget, that, wit Irmaligtaint hriirt'and deceitful Specett,, tin , y harm stiti;en.io hinder it. Still, 'edits not bit'over;i , angitine of a ; speedy t Humph. —. fen us fie quite solu.y. Eet. its dilligentiv . apply the means, neverdoittiting• that a inst. Gi;il in .his own good time,'Avill give therightttil re'-' • lin U:Sios.—"These Slates aise • glorious in indiViiiitalityilint their collective glories are in the Union.- By rill.meons, at all . .lialaritS, are theyto q be maintained : in their integrity and tie-lull ine.istire of. their . constitutional -rights o'nly sad's:the Union to be preserved—on., •ly so is' it 'worth preserving. It is the' perfec tion , Idetided, - pro duce the-roy•of light. • It is the.'completeness of fhese,assembled soyereigntir;s, lacking rioth hg Which they lent for r. great' pui— pose, fhb; makes- the Union ;precious. ',.This word 'Chinn is a word :of . gracious oien.. It implies Confidence mid . rilection—mutual sup—. Jaw and protectiiin ngninst external dangers:— It. is the.chosen expression •of .the strongest pas slot, of ' It is the charmed circle' within wick the,family 1 -is A man helping his fellow—man in this ragged It iS'Statci's; Peidecl in themselves, coitfeilerated . lop mutual advantage,' It is th'e people tit.StOtesi separated diy Tuns, and intelests, and . institir— iionS, ;lief iiriages, and laws,-all forming one- glir : notion--allrnoving onward ro the some sublime desi instinct . with o 'coin—. mob life. Our litiiterS pledged their - .lutes, thei . -tort ones,.and.their 'saired - honors ;to 'form ibis -Thinto—fet ours be pledg doorintiinlit." Ono. WanowA P, Jgly .lth. The draft in New England is' turning Wing. ive'pi•edicled,.months.ago, it:Would turn out, W predicted that New -Englaid would not -fur niski'mentinderf he . tfra ft. 'Rhode. Istand th . e end of-the performance has- heed -reaqhelyand how (natty Id you think ,reader; Of:the:drifted ru'en go to war? Jutif exactly .iritergeii, : AR the otheds• have have .bee'n exempted or: . paid -their $300:: • Ana .Rhode Wand hai done as well according to her popitlatiori,.iiii the other, New Siates'are doin . g. and' tietter Than Min ea . . There is as mach howling - in that quarter-as eVer in favor of the fight, 'hut the howlers have no 'stomach . , as, regards their 'Own persons, for the light'itsjilf.' 'lt is a .beautiful commentary' on the assurance Of Gov.'Andiews, of Massa- . Chusetts, on a certain occasion. Said -he; in a letter to the Secretary:of 'War;'dated. Boston,. May 10, 18(32,—“1f the President • will sustain Gen. Hunter, recognize ell .men—.even . black men=as legally capable of loyalty-'—which't he blacks are waiting to 'inanilest, - and let them, fight with Gad mid harrier) nature on their side. -the roads will sWarm,..if need be, with a.mul 7 ' titude whom New Fmglarid will pour out to obey' Aew - England has never. furnished her . .. fair 'proPortien Of men for the:.war,.and she never. will: - Massachusetts has beeperinitted 'to SO. ,ply:her former deficiency with. negroes, hut site has has not done even that. 'She 'is'. behind' on Negroes as. well' as White men. • ' She has.nevey been behind in'stirring up'llls cord among the . StateS. - tier roads do. indeed «s - warm"?whOn there is anything of-that sort • - • It' is'said that-the ;toff J'nsvis 'cot rospondence , ,discoVered at , hid home ih 'letters "of which have-been published, Were sent to ,WashingtOn. • Tim reason of this disposition of it is, that several letters are.amongst it (Min BeMainin 'F.llutler,.Daniel S. Oickinson, A.' E; Burnside, and others of the Breekinridge conspirators who have since Joined. the Aboli tion.. part,, -Which Partisan .interests require 'shopld ho suppressed.'lThey will ba,suppresseil, Of course, though they be mare treasonable than all .the Other. correspondence beside. ' Only such letters will be publisheitas will:damage' politi cal oppohents. : ' It is believedthat the existence' Of these letters Of Butler, Dichingen . and side itasintlitenced theirobieiptionsness to. the Liheoln'Administratien Chi'rtco!Tintes, : y6urs r ver. truly. 'A• LiNoot.N HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD ,Testimony of a Dietina'aishod Opponent The. following , , - 'sketch of. the. Democratic cantlidate:ter.Governor IS froth the pen of Da— 'yid Pant: gteat 'Philadelphia 1a syer:. Vie . cOpYstrOm a .wot lc his . entitle4 .. 4 The Forum: pu blished' in 13a7.; r. :B Wi ie dit . ..Abiditloniit',6l.the .strictest • sect, and, therefore his te'utimoi4 ihe ability atid.givat..moral • worth of. ~fildr,r. WOOdivard will not'. he doubted by . - the nppogition to • the We sliallJor the present. draw nn compati sonsi but ecgulatmg oni...aliticipationn by our experience:, there would he little ,hazzaril I in 51)iue ; 'thatall lualiticat ions • of' the . judicial, chatactef, extensive legal Icnritil t, sawnl inn . .. ratify, and most Urbanidand aip'eeatile muiniers, there joive been tint feik.judges perhaps in the country, who, at 'bis.iige,,,:have .given . promise ' greater . . exCellence of:emi nence. t hil ti,l he Flon. Geo.:A% —Woodward..., li'et It•tiot he 'said our .praise is . not too gUncral . in regaid.to'the metnlieri of this 'Court to be•ac-. eeptable.or.valnahle:': . This is ; nothing to us, It dhere.be no 'general Merrit,;thiqe: should s be general npproval. : IYe borrow no man'sdpin ion, and.ask man, to ailcipt mos;Truth is more I lesirablii 'and moe'e vidni+ble rind- mote InSi ing . :thit . it popularity... We tlo 'trot mean 'l6 say,that, all or any= or OM jriirges - arp. .wii,hotit Imilt . .: hot ,w, leave it to others to.firpl ihein .flirt; • aiiii trost'we.rthall.tMver, mitniieS,t- that vent goestioitalele virtue of „seel:Mrt for tr lee pr blemishes, where they do- novitettpy ti(em— . . „ . . • . . ttiodiv.s pretty'.have tt t...bitid-.14.;, athl • nell not be ehvitil. They etionot . pleitse e',lteryhmly; arid 111,1..41e5:e1. sa!isty the patty or the. !otto'sel. nalfinst.!.vbffin they decide': . .l.lo,x unrosottable . Iben, is•wbettibey.ericonnter 1, , 0 - tinny prej intierti to ‘‘ithbold-fronu them the just meed of apprpbatiint...• There 'is nti'snlefy in a that is swayed by any of her consideration thou - si.n.se of duty; yipry do•tihguisbed judge. npotran oerasion-not .111ilny yea uYi sines', • non• soited.tbe to-ilo% great dibideriguire'cd flie.enion , el, or edit:se; 'Wbieb tile . judg e per-. hun;..rulliu him nritk • ,, Yott "Tit I.ottlito i ern," htisiily se,plimi tin" clitit,i=,rl.. 4•1 II link I Itait",renginintn hurt:" • ..• I drink tar trii-,tith,e, said •the Iterge: tv" initye L ith our Au be: to ine't tont); .ytthri ii!ivt.t•lneen'fatlitttlllytinttr , nn.1.1 triis,t . have 110 nioiti right to make yours'ell i'lie•Jutde then baye..iomakc mysdi . the counid." r. ••Thi once uplersfocid, anti. thcre can be no tlissutis- tt.f tinge Writirtwrd'it birth Piaq,nn the'26lh pf . . . . . :11.irelf, 1SOS; in the efila.go of Bethany,,Wayne einiiity,.Petint:ylvania. .'His parentage was us ee...p . et•table ,as. any iit • the State, • of which 'no other aciiieher• eillr . be •reiiiiitril.t hen the moral ant !'rlieimis training id ilieir.literr.- ' : • ..ocTlie academic education of young Went was priacipall.y•receiVed.at.Getowa,.NeW Volk,- and at IV ilkest,arie,', in 1017. , Trie county; Upoti. its completion lieenteced at the loiter'' place, into the °diae of the ; Hod. OatrickMallery nod was admitted to:practice at . Aiorost tei'rn IBJO. ~ • In the s.pling of I 831,.a Jew monthi after' the admission of Jedrre \VoodWaril • Mr. Mal: ler) was, appointeil.to the Bench'ef •Nortjrato t oti: I,ehigh,m oil Bee ks .emmi ins; and upon as. iiumioa'liesi t,, tramderred hisvntirt; . Moles aional toisme - ss; aWhridttheh extended'' through all the.roitaties of Norkliensteiti Pennylvante, to.his • fa . vorite pupil,.4lr..Wltiellwdrd, though-fit that.tintetiot weiti iee years.old r given tun earnest of that industry, !idelity;and ability, which) could 'tietlall pvi4,: et!re More success and •comitcirce the WoodiCaril.. from the tiin...'or.udinieSnni; remained' to Judge Mallery'S.office;:whreh' retains Sidi down to the present amnion f ‘ , llere • he continued in the..enjoythent of full practice at thi; Mir antti the 'fiegi lining 'of •the .year .184 •• certainly. no. man of his age, at' least the interior of •1 he State, wits over mere •rapiiiia his iiilvanceMenr; More implicitly 'relied upon by the. community, or more deter; ving of that advancement, and-reliance.' 1831; through" his professional' labor& and exposure -apeo • the,circriits; hie health be ginning ..to tail,. he accepted - a commission . as PreSideOt Judge of the FaurthJudMiar District, 'composed of : th‘e cMant les of Haut ington, Mifflin Centre, Crawford, and Clintoti:=territorily•the largest-district in,the State.'.• t'wo:courdieir first named were taken from 'the 'district the next yiiar, andint he other three;doilge Wood- ward presidinfunathe expiration. of his tenor of office, in the spring Of ; • • t•Declining'on election'in the Youf thilistrict (tor at this time the oqiCe ha&by:•cOnstittiticnial j provision became elective,) and also declining a nomination on a' State. ticket for the Supreme Bench he returnedlo..'his.practice at Wilkes barre,.with the full . intention' of contintiing at . the bar `for Several years; and •,anCh was his popularity with all :that knew• thithe would:have had no dilfieulty:in.- retrieiring • his. former Iheatrive and 'extensive buSiness; but ,upon the death of - Judge .Coulter', in •the year 1852, the appointment to:the SupreMe-COurt; in the place of the deceased Judge, being ten dered to hint by the Exectitive, he accepted it, and thus unexpectediy,•but..not :undeservedly, 'reached the highest judicial honors . ; of' the State. "4t. the fall election (for the Governor's . up : - pointment . tvtii tentsorery 'and .pt ovisiona . l,) he was ehesen. by. the people-for I he.. (till .constitu done' period 'of' fifteen years; Irotn the tirtit,day of 'December, ;852. ' , Judge Woodward is now about forty seven years of. age,.ot .nri agreeable face, and grace— ful'pers.rin. He•ia Upward of siit•.feet well proportioned, always • appropriately nrrmir-• oiled, and'verk kind, attentive and d itiedeportrr (inf. patient, an dita tine, h&closely marks the progrept cause omit the - couree'of the argument; - exhi - fret fulnesii rarely interrapts -counsel, . jumps - to con chisiOns,* but wityi hideti" . ‘. time, In his charges at Niii Paint.; and its hie opinions qt. bane, no. man ean'.fail to perceivei the legad and—moral tone of. his mind. Whitt, person, as we hike elsewhere'snill; .he 'strongly' risembles Chief Justiee.Gibson at his-age;. hot there is very little reneinblanee iii the etruc= of their- minds:. Judge : Giblegks attain— ments were more comprehensive and Vntersined' but less concentrated and 'available; his' mental tfrasp was stronget,. hut it Was not' so steady. Judge Gibsdntruek a harder Wow, but did not ...... ..-, .. . .. .. . . .. ~... ','..,,it.:::::,:-.,:.:.:•.,....,::::,.;,,.;::,...:‘,_7'.....: '''',....;,;,.,, ~. ~ i' . ... .. .. ~..,„. ~ .. . .. ~ ii. . •,... .. . .. , .. ... ..- .. . - . . ..., .... . . . , .. • • , or If . . . . . 'always .planot; or'follow.. it .0 SO jiliiCiously:: Judge Gibion..sOnietimeis 'rose :.übove' expects ' tion;:' Judgii IVoOdyinril ',mover - rails .•.below:if. Judge Gibson's industry uniformly iNualleil hii Juttga Woculiilud's.t . tilenfs 'are, if pos• sihie,posseil . v his industry:" Jude Gibson yVascpprhars, tho.itiater . .rtnin; Judge tins safer judge,- •,.!' - ' • • .• •• ) , Vin.it is .'foni l embered . thnt, this. spn Merl. of nit e . g . forlehier.jUstice . Gibsdn . WllH'lrlbrelilltlJ4Wel)ty' Yeats ,the' _senior.. or judge ' . Wouilwit s ril-L 7 we . . must in ottr : eorppitta Linn ; :tipon . i he. oilferi.idei, throw. into .!ho wide' he' expetience score of yeirs'w ill prodke; • whil emu" tirin other we. Mitat s one ke 'allowance lar the iitlirtintjrinitl .ilnTer is which 'aye tamest tenilii nt upon ttlife.. perplex - ed with..neitirtittleteit cares; ail:prolei'ted beyond . . the Ciluspo allowance of score stollen. i• It is,. indeed notch to lie dthi lit oil,' .ti,t-110 I t t;r. it. matt ever improii es : leclunlly utter lip Lie mak still lion (limn to , acquire. Mit . gradually' losiis Mitch that he had ey •nr ~,; o p s l y impression maila'Ppon the- mind . of . .the Aged, us "riniMared with the impressions upoirkotith,ttre like thiv; , ititil; in sand; cnim. - pareil.witli tare, nni:Cription.'tiplin thin • rotentiit,o rock.. • . . 18:("1:.he'itecarrit* nutmbiti of h 0 ti , Covent 101 l Jar alit the Qpn stitptinn Cptietitioli was session froth tir a tri the 122d : pf 're . bi I • ireon, st is ss:.s.l I known, or snin.t.Ar ills ablest 'nail mritt mon State,.— Anil- when it 'itt..rPinoptheri.ci 'that NI r.' IVootl rem rut wits:l Loa y eight yea! 01 .7kge tutu had Lien m4[141441 :to ltrityt hat. shoat: seven spit olticieut torsi. thin which-1101411 th bads. is'as.rolitarl;- .oble, though, not sin prising to fho'se,WhO lion beiin fittnitior ttili•ntp:..tind vffintik; His .peech ,upon . n 6 iibie.:l. whleh called faith: ill the' 'etieriies . :..nnit. 111 . 111101)Cy of. the Con wont ion, was for' peyoltil whir conlif hive been expeetiiil iro•. one - of his iiiiteed,,rifitre'A pion in the ranks of. 1h i ii'qt .11 ' , linters. iu t .I*,///,1 / ' • • ,The Anti-War Feeling in .11'fai ne %Ye have hefdre us the PorthifitV(illiine) nne of tile inntd influential a inl'able iun• per* in New hlngland. ttuldeediltits it 1)1 Old Line,Whig. ;It , is etlitturby•l..o, J:Stnith, fotinerly member of colttirevii anal wp believe lie was 'mice .Clerk of. t .Fittli;ral ilouse of .11.eit learntatives. says; . . . , z•WAn:•:-. 7 The hirr i. not to be'llisgnised however unpnlotentile to • !mit izon that ih Maine, in New•Hairistitre, in the gren State rit• New York, nod • in other- Sintep, thr .rontlitei of the War has' riintlei nil the •war•itsel litipiiPtil4r, and in rapidly beeonnioit mong the peopfe.:'•••, • • •• • •••• , • •' Men-nri-lotiger yitsh the•war,from rittint .and litit•solrly, tor: the sake 'l'hiv-is orriiitoite, hell yet It is in. Out of till tlfe•eitizens nrelteil, We tire: cjititi slur the fiiit Pint went will not be. eit her...exert - 10yd : tor Y ix) will hire a r;trli • itt lie . rultiVr than go himself.' 'AVhiti.does . 01 th,iy rhron7 Obett-ii!nce - to - the tio..Coivei moot in thOiviirovhe . to it most be,•tiot, !Mt it step to;').Otiiit • • : • It Fs' o - defied ,111 task to one's closet and, write psi riot rtieles and nddresses ro tire .14r1i1Ve; 11114ot'.to .. • . : • „tilt! 10 . 'nll , lll nr 11)4, , aging 'rnelt to . tile :root r . onks of the i I , :rn r_ ran rortiiiiit ripieoneed : ot hi s or some at hi,e in !be es joyineitt of the se rY, opd perhaps still stesillopiotr-it fat t.;.oretotrient office or . finvertinimit'enturt net.. Gut ihr penplr nre. (opening iihriir ryeff • ripn hie-mock chivalry and mock patriotism, an thaya are getting :With 'its: eontiiii! .... We verily' ie - ve hn't If . the honest•heitrt 'the penple Mnine eottld be inirly , nntle freely exprei . trect . three-fourths • of on!: entire population would vote tbe-wnr,'eseonduoted, nOisance ands curse; and : tha!,•ty Anxious 'to know'how to Vhange it land haw to anbonorable pence. . . . • The moderate Republicans are cutting loose (rum the rabirals, who :have neer whehned their party and, us Wendell Phillips says, sunk it ileo•per . than, • poliikal . . plumet ever •• and . we haver no doubt 'will in. the. future.. act. .with the Deinocra ic party. - They see the hand , the' wall which hetokring the down— full of Abolitionism Or_ the . destruct* 01. our ,republican MO) of governmen:, : *and . under the circumStaOceS they cannot 'bet choose the side oPtheir country. • at She' Man,: of . .Ohin„ in •a speech, made at Daymn•recently; iemark— . great deal ii . Saiil abOut the.. President's emancipation ploclarriathin. iiien..of it. IM that. - this'war• PrriSectired more successfully it the Presuliint had not saiilany— thing';about negrti." • Bat .the• following from the; Newhitryport herald, altepubllcan paper, is still more :''"Seven -eighths of the people, all of them out of New England, exc'eprstrell as have, freshly' emigrated from here, and a 16%V . red Republican QermanS, would be in faYor of a restoration of the Union upon the old bask, leaving alf tions of loc'al institutions aside, and letting' the pimishment of the rebelleaders take' place mi— tier National or State laws; as they have always existed; if, therefore, ,the .opposition. slimild shake. this the gratidissrie;.theywould foree'the Republicans to say yes or nn to, it. If they as center], the North would be ittni t With. the • ex.: ception of .the.Atmlitioriists, who .wt.n ll,l not carry more than two States for theerY of subjuga... tion,. extermination . , -ruination and . damnation. 11, on the other: hand; the, radicals should get *the asCendancy•in the enitven . tihni; - ,.nntl say no .to•the'prOpostOon for:restoring the Union as, it Was, then they .world full into a' lessciOlfilita• ty, the Whig party of -18;32.."'''.- • The Aholitienists - .Wlio noW rule the arlinin 7 istiatian obsolete. sway, have already de. cided the: question splien of 14:the Herald,- 16.1 against the'restorailon of t he:Union as. it was.. Nu conservative, therefore, can act yith them hereafter; andlit• order to lie consistent the Republicans' can have no alternative in, the eoroirnt contest hilt -to join with the Demochicy• to totally destroying the -political power ort his race of:madmen. • •.• 614 c. I , I s ro MB= ~, .. -- ICENTIICHY'ELECTIONS `',. :The Legislutariol Merit uckY:birlre,i;el,gitstOisr— pini ing such an orktrage right of free Sutriage, air histr...:bretVipitpetirtite.l . in Ken t uCk y anoVitypresfribing - the.i,.rpletyikil regale tioni for rir forth. go!ernear , oPplective'rrfil tp f i Pertaltir4 for vielattOns .tenclett.t6 protect ttie.O'ectiec' : innaChileothry Invu, ilrearnetl:thiit,..an..A.Arnititstritiiiinsiof General. Goiernmon. *oobl , or.iol)ti'itictst turtle United Stateii,.biise:enri:erirrupt - eftooth , tr:n Sena heir' hired-and a rme&Soilluiry tioyerpigo Stittrild .control, by . niece IhrllectionWtheif;a . cninorrinder se distinguished, hierepr,4lfe, deriekshisrg: over the tirtittNitgol ire his leri!foliotipolie!O • es i'ovost Arai rtilor .'irmil*,orrler I sergeont a pOiver , uniforilers .set an.i atul-. l ,Witti!;shottlit 'be voted tor.. ' • ' ' • -• The irolg..is. of electidni, 41 Name- iittitances, In obey the order!_ of , the.: riMeerwitiot lowe..They .were:.arreited aro'. Stu to; vet ers were arrested and inepriScinatt fur . oft ring. t 0: vote the: - De . innetetiO:tiCllei:.: gineei tie elect Mill hese*rinehyv ha have:dared to .IYrat‘trize Oyer itslinve to..eriver lurrnily',lrnd.lrOnson to , the State anti-:00)11We tiou by 'calling tlieir.imay. n•the littOon , Demo. xrat,ic party."..--e• haw libel.. .Their lebiiimate , (Menai:ter is he iithe.A holition , :•All- • party." • people hail helot .leff free tri ihlte; the; iteinnere tie flail , would. have, heeri elrcluill ,tvi;enty• or 1 hirty thoosand msjori I y:. :Tbeftinpirtat inii;aprin:thrit tlie . .s 4. rfitiloll' rty, falsehood find Thar.perty we,, ceinpertell al sound. Union inen,-,veho, were -opposed,- to rho wretched mill 'otterihelitiitional 'war,irimsoro3 . , or the. A mi is I riitiriiip optiMreil & to Mimi the., orliroes:iiiiii 'their emeneipirtiorqmpnhopil , l4vt . tij.'. bill &id universal' ile's,lroitionr or: ion. oh private property i , f , , , p.onetryo; thn.trnuds aril sr ealiugg of, public: .plticrirs 1411,1,c .roritieetit,.• • l'io;y desire I rest orationhe OOf the U . ninti..tipoo thit .. lia SIR oh t Constitution, Rio! that armed Mr re'Avite nee:misery .totieet firmed force me :or just Sett !knout and lit peace , prorinimed and Mrdiett to the death. • Tire ii. , nocre t c -pa st y , . in :Kent irkY;i',nre.:op riOseil to I he. la wless,tirrest ot.the Three...fourth's rit , KorituCky,lif left Ireeln net, would croolemn'itui.•war. policy . • 01 !Aticr,lll.- They Wriiiid deflianini he . , i(1.,;11 . 111 •hlirototiFig . iirn Onvf;rnlntotirs i6il• Con stit ittiollq;irn,l non vt*rrin).l - titii in ; IN rritor(!ii to bra goVerneit by 111 rt . ry irm;ernmihir. , ,:-Pitarty belieye,fh!i witi.,nk . contlitete(l . %oll, not :.roototo lb.; I,ltOoli; . ‘tirne were. opposiNtl to wit . 1 . ‘6r.):11 1e: oritreosito; : .tbnm- . ;ii•lvoN by tlin •Lipiled . States WMit . . the etirring tender!' ..nt Slhir party in vo fine nr for. . • .•' '•.• • io a copy of ‘Vm. , . fl;limiiiiitiii Al %%1110011)1 ri, Cul Inwar Cohn! y.' • .•. . . Mi —C'ovitillitin 'sit r,ellll4,trinli ni)11. it , Dp,mnerai , a gill' hi . s 1.1 ni ,irso•to, misty be rmiti,; , ol • upriti: =_;'., . : Wkrwsnottni . :Cokr,i.nlV . h . V c!,(!.- 2 - Kir . .., - 460,;'1,..0.,.. . . hig.connty .:the elperenn: winf milif ThWolliePro .nf electitin no,wlll . g htir tit' I; et) in be pini•Pil , . fr;ftiieil in' plitt , e t :no me i or ag . 91.1 i nil ot. •the bri lit tier, i)t the., Demnrretic . tiekrt tMon thit voto4 , nmliante for !lie . MO/datum, end: 'numerous ..,b004 . . worn' marl,. in hare. my, mime. the .b00k,;48 lions 'ot Mr: Wie4hfri..imil . the reiit • M . ' the . . tieket,-whiell ileinpiuls %erre promptly .'•refuied. The result :urns thin some three hisedr.ed.. rates' were rest,in Ale' coitury;' Wiwi ' there . is..it , v 0... ... .. , tinK . poplolutiim of fourteen hundred.. The same policy .Wlin putpmett genitally:in' this end.of the . Siete. enuk.be prnpec for me to •tnl4; that 3 1 em o. Union mon; end-finite of devotedly . % mo . einCe the' commencement of put' tionbles, • but net:an min. .• .••.• • •Reim'y:yetti ohedient'iteriant;: . • CPVINGTON. .. . - In .Kenlaekx, the vote is pins you, The entre.; of t hi. candidates andtheollice see'plackd On it poll book with appropriate :headings. and C0i . 11111115 . . .The'voter's name is repopled o ,.arol he then annomfees the man he votes'for; - and his'votwis recorded.- . ' , • ... •: •,. -: . Ib min}' counties they regime*, the Detnocre . s moor to tin' oatlyprescribed by the. Legisk— •. trire'When,hiri vote' is .elnillenged: ' . Derneetate were sWora..nt such places mr the ticket :Nes allowed to remain on the. riorl•book,'An places' Where this conree , was puretted,• and ,wberever . tt W4lll 80fftl that the - Deinoiratie, .eantlidaten tvere 'get tine nearly. all the 'vote!, the / Pion: Van tt as eteppetl'hy tinier of the military; /snit tthe polls closed. . eame.talee,:,the votes thelhant h,..pn cast ler the Dernoeratie ticket. were eras- In some instances Voters were. require4l4 . o, swear to support 'the Atlenini'strationiri• nnea , nies--In emancipating and Brining . , the 'tie- roe; gm. . In . one case, in Woodford COunty; sound and respectable Union man had . taken his 'Oath to tinsWer quesiiima..: After answering , affirma tisely that he wes.end always had been Union," antEagninst secession; he was asked if he was for'Lincolnsts emancipation. • Ott said he did not know that that was peceseBry order to restore the .(!nion,'hut if it was, he would say it plight *to he' done,. but, 'ens asked if Mr. Lin- • coln ordered the. negrees . of Kant eel: f.tir Med anti pliieed in the army of :soldiers', he We'itt S vorofit. Its'. reply was; that IA, had sew enough fo know. that wavinit neces sary to he done; and he was oppoied decisson of the fudges under, the influence' Of ttitE tun s i t pts"wai, lc You ate not a kooil 'vott;r;'enn't.. . . The ele ction lar.oflCeptucky..hitinot; pro vided. for any remedy for the, recent °Ural«, otherwise. the leading men 'of. Kentlicky impeach the- ,election : of the Admiriiiitation - candidate • fo r - the office. .of' Governor ' The .central Committee will make 'an'addresi to the people of the United Statesind'set fertlyin hold . relief the treason cotnmitted hY.the'Vnited States Army against' Not only is' butoir GOF nmentis to be 'Simerteded by: the irjosit'Oiliotni, , a nil infatnous deepaisin: - The soldiers said .here' .that:Gen: , 'a iirrieiife: intended to ''dO:in 'Ohio . ,as he did (hilt the rt;oPle should not; elect . : Itr ; ,All'f•'. 7 'f.t,:t . * ,3...igi, '4•1:::,c .1 , ..0 . '?. 1.4' 0 • .•,, , • : AlArii. IP . 4....„.,1 . ,....4, : ,..4,, . _. ', r ` NO :r'.