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7 FOR PRBSIDEgT,
Altil:L4Vllr,A34 LINCOLN,
'OF -itLiNoze
VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
OF TENNESSEE.
Union Electoral Ticket..
EMINATORIAL. •
Morton Philadelphia.
! Thomas H..Ciznninghata, Beaver county
REPREBENTATIVE.
,T. Rebort*P. Ming, 13 Elias W. Hall,
2-George H. Coatoa. 143 Charles 11: Shriner,
8 Moony Baum, 16 John Wistor,
4 •William 11. Rom ' 18 David APOoonteghty,
6.4tertin Mimics! 17 Darld;W. Words,
&Charles an Runk, 18 Isaac Bannon,
7 - 11.0bere Parke, 19 John Patton,
riVilliam Taylor, 20 Samuel 11; Blek,
9 John A. Hiestand, . it Evorbard Starer,
0 Richard 11,Coryoll, 22 John P. Penney,
1 Edward Halliday, 23 Ebenezer 6PJuldn,
2 Charles P. Reed, . : . '54 John W. Blanchard.
UNION .COUNTY. TICKET
For Assembly,
JA)IES KELSO, of,Shippensburg
For Sheriff,.
I;. P. ZINNyof 3.f,chnnicsburg
For Contanissioncr,
GEO. W. CRISWEDT4f East Pennsboro'
Director of the Poor,
JOHN W. CRAIGHEAD, South Middleto
For Auditor,
DAVID FOGLESONGER, of Hopewell
So o PTTEINGIbio & CO.,
0,. 37 Park Row, New York, and 6 N IHI
-State St. Boston, aro our Agents for tho groan
se attes t and aro - authorized to take Advertise
ments and Subscriptions for us at our loweSt rates.
Meeting of the County Committee
The members of the County Commit
tee Appointed at the late Union County
Convention, aro requested to meet at the
Public House of John Hannon, in Car
lisle, on Saturday, September 10th
inst. A full attendance of the members
is urgently solicited, for the purpose of
adopting a +plan of organization for the
campaign.—Other business of impor
tanc6 will be before the committee.
The following is a full list of the men
bore
Carlisle, E. Ward—Col. John McGuinnis
, J.: A.- Dunbar.
P/Carlisle,.W. Ward—Jason W. Eby, H. It
'
-Eriettb isonThomas Lee, jr., John Morri
son
Eest Pennsboro'-11, M Bupley 'itolin Ole
wine, jr.
Frankford—Matthew B. Leekey, P. Zeigler
Hopewell—J. A. Quigley, Noah MeLatig,ll
lin.
Hanapden—Saml Shoop, Amos Hicks.
LoWer Allen—Christian . Eberly, Daniel
Shelly.
Mechaniesburgt. H. Thomas, Joseph
Ritner, r.j ;
.Monroe--J. S. Shoop, D. L:Divinney.
Middlesex—Abraham Witmer, , James
Harm.
; , e? Mitilin—Armstrong Black.
Newville--Joseph Hursh, Arch'd Bricker.
Newton-4. W. Sterrett, Robert Mickey.
New Cumberland—J. C. Kirk, Theodore
'Wi Ilett.
Newburg—David E. Stevick, J. F. Kuntz.
North Middleton—Parker Henderson, Geo.
McCoy. •
Peitn=;- -- Joliti S. Dunlap, F. G.
Sitter Spring—John C. Sample, P. Plank.
Shippertsburg Bor-WW. W. Nei-in, Robert
C. Hays-
Shippensburg Mar
tin Engle. •
Southampton—Henry B. Hock, R. C. Mimes
South Middleton—lL G. Brechbill, Charles
H. Mullin.
West Pennsboro--James D. Greason, John
Laughlin.
Upper Allen—Jacob C. Zook, Austin Palm.
No Draft.
SECRERARY SEWARD, in a speech del i vere,i
at Auburn N. Y., on Saturday evening last,
"WE SHALL HAVE NO DRAFT, BE
CAUSE THE ARMY IS DEINO REINFORCED AT
THE RATE OF FIVE TO TEN THOUSAND MEN
lIBR -DAY BY NOLTINTBERB;"
tm,:hlany of our subscribers complain
that they do not receive their papers regular
ly. Some of these are at points on the rail
road where there are two mails each day.
We aro unable to account for this as our
packets are always made up and sent to the
Post Office on the (Ily of publication and in
time to reach our subscribers by the first
mail that leaves for the different parts of the
comity: We will endeavor to find out where
the fault lies and make such arrangemer is
as will prevent the failures hereafter. Wo
will be obliged to any of our subscribers who
do, riot get their papers at the proper time, if
they will notify us at once.
DEMOCRATIC IIEETI NGS. -Ott r Democrat
ic friends are opening the campaign in an
unusually lively manner. On Friday even
ing. they held a meeting in the Court House
the the, purpose of ratifying the Chicago
nominations. The meeting was large and
respectable and vias — addressed by Messrs.
Shapley, Newshank_and Herman. :After the
meeting 'aliuge heap of pine knots, i which
had 'been got together in the afternoon, on
014 Square, Was fired to the intense satisfac
tion. of all the Urchins in •town'... On Satur
day- evenin&another meeting was .held for
the purpose of forming a McClellan' club.
Aoeoiddre - siee 'from Messrs. Shearer and
Ildwman had •beeiheard, thaclub organized.
Whether or'rnit ive are to have - McClellan
Maetings.coieiy 'night daring the
tie tire not advised, but if Such is the inten
tion
tio Vesanto it will not be more of an
annOiltncelona titan it is to those who par
ticipate-in them.,
No. On Tuesday of . last week Gold was
quotes at 281 It' decretuie 'Of about 20 cents on
its usualfigurea., The:Chicago Convention
was than' ioul l McClellan's
norninattpiuwas cOtiashfired.a3itire thing.—
Hie fr: lol2 4lo 3 # l ellia t iOY • ittiyiute - d the
lino ;oda proppecitiiti nomination and Pre
dieted. iliat ,ns:to . on as his nomination was
announced it would still go lower., The day
following the nomihtion was made but gold
didtet eee,the propriety of coining further
d_oWn., but:immediately sprang-up to 241 and
on. the ThUrsday it. Went up to 2415!
Gn.Driday Gen: Sherman held a convention
of :fanatics; ,rho are in'favor of prosecuting
thoWarta,tlic end, 11;1:-Atlanta and on, Sat
urday :gehll :went. down to -287. We rather
:gasps Uni9n,vietories help the currency quite
as must; as Democratic. Gonionilons.
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, - -
*itottex '8 ilisaltenttr, TRocmaa are racMn
'niende&for ap'ealiers and a - theta, for
'the relief of Colds and t.to claat,the voice
effMacy is strongly' Atiest,ed a onl
gr4Smea, Clergymen,, Military men, and
others Wha.nde there, As there are imita-
Vllo# p!u:e,iti. anurx the' 'eau/ay.
ATLANTA - :
At length the long deferred hopes of ;
patriots are 'realized by the capture of
this last inland stronghold of treAson , ..in
the cotton States. After months of! : wa-_
ry marches and hard fought, bad& the
heroic valor of the army; of the South
west is rewarded by thiS its greatest and
most important triumph. No other vic
tory of the war has been of more value
to the Union cause than the capture of
Atlanta and no loss the rebels have as
yet sustained is so fatal to their hopes of
ultimate triumph. Its fall is a virtual
' acknowledgment of the inability of the
rebels to prevent the penetration of their
country by our forces to whatever extent
we may desire. Almost since the fall of
Vicksburg it was fully understood that
the next objective point for the opera
tions of the South-western army would
be Atlanta. It is the great center of
the railway communication by which the
the rebel leaders have been enabled so
effectively to use'the means and resour
pea of the confederacy against us. Its
importance was fully appreciated and
the most elaborate measures were taken
fbr its defetiso. Every available man that
could be spared from other portions of
their country was sent to the army which
was guarding the approaches to it.—
The only route by which it could be am
proached, was from Chattanooga through
the mountains of. Northern Georgia ;
route which presented so many natural
facilities fltr defense that it was deemed
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almost madness to attempt its passage.
But the genius of their gallant leader and
the dauntless bravery of our troops were
sufficient to (Pt - mot& anything short of
absolute impossibility. For a distance
of over three hundred miles, encounter
ing almost daily a fierce and determined
resistance, they have deffisted the oppos
ing forces of the rebels, driving them
from one stronghold 'to another until" at
last the object of the campaign is at
tained, and the city defended with su
much stubborness is securely held by
the forces of the Union. Let every loy
al heart throughout the land rejoice at a
victory that proves our strength and val
onso great and makes so manifest the
helplessness of the traitor confederacy.
How silly these whippings of the foes of
the Government, that this war is a fail
ure and that rebellion cannot be subdued
by force, New Orleans, Vicksburg,
Memphis, Na,hville, Chattanooga and
now Atlanta have all been brought un
der the authority of the 0 °vertu:neut.—
Mobile is just ready to fall into the hands
of Farragut and Granger. Richmond is
almost severed from the confederacy and
the whole army of Lee is unable to force
our armies front a position that makes its
speedy captifre eM'tain. Every day thou- '
winds of brave and noble men swell the
ranks of our victorious hosts, while the
rebel forces dispirited with - defeat, and
wit.hoitt.:tbe material to till up their de
pleted ranks, are daily growing weaken ,.
Ti v days of the rebellion are numbered:
Ito ,weak ness—is—now—so7apparent—titat
those who most wish it success, HO bun
g,ir pretend that it has the power to
iteheive it. A month or two of patient
endurance and our triumphs will be com
lete; and all our sacrifices will be for
gotten under the blessings of an estab
lished Government and a restored Union.
The Deinwrat tells its readers that
the Chicago secession plat Mimi is " con
servative throughout, declaring an un
swerving determination to stand by every
honorable effort to restore the [llion."
Now the editor of that, paper must oil
ier esteem- his readers the veriest fools
nd idiots in the world, or else lie must
set down Crant's Farragoes Granger's
and Sherman's recent " efforts to restore
the Union" us most " dishonorable."
Which horn of the dilemma will he
accept?
/Mr. SHAPLEY, comes fresh from Chica
go, and tells his democratic hearers that
"little Mac's" success means a throwing
away of the sword, and a surrender to
the rebels. These be plain, unambig
uous, honest words; and when the Dem
ocrat tells us that under the "divine
reign of the two Georges" every honor
abk effort to restore the Union will be
put, forth, we take it that hard fighting
in the light of the Chicago ; ospol, is emi
nently disgraceful and dishonorable.—
Be assured then my dear voter, that if
you will only assist in the election of the
dainty Mae. you will never be called
upon to soil your hands in the blood of
the chivalry, or have your nerves jarred
by the sight of tho "nasty guns."
FRANKLIN REPOSITORY.—Last week WO
inadvertently neglected to notice the reap
pearance of this able conducted journal. By
the destruction of Chumbersburg the pro
prietorssustaiued a loss of their 'entire estab
lishment amounting to some $7,506. This
lOss together with the fact that their near
ness to the border might expose them to
similar misfortunes would have destroyed
most publishers frout resuming bp:Anthill ' at
leastfor a while. But Col. McClure is not the
man who can be discouraged by misfortunes
or difficulties. In less than' a month he has
replaced his entire establishments and the
Repository again makes its appearance as
confessedly the best conducted weekly polit
ical journal in the State. We felt the loss' of
so able - an - advocate of 'the principles of our
party, oven during the Short time' it was neces
sarily suspended and we hail ts reappearance
.with delight.
We have received this Week theiirst num
-bar-of the Valley - While ) ave no
special desire that"the principles adVocated
by the Spik Shall be eafietioned . by the peo-
Ple, 'still we are pleaSed to notice its reap
pearanee. Although very decidedly Dein
.ooratic in its sentiments it has always been
'conducted with leery ,marked enterprise 'and
'ability and. has always held a higli rank as
a journal of tiAluence and reepectability.
Its early appearancA after- the total loss,a .
it's offieo end .material spo4i well for the'
energy of ils publishers; , . and Welt:net 'that
they t4ay be rewarded by, a-iery
:„10 , ...p30.14:iv-iiiwiiid-At::.2.0.,.,
..The Platforms._
- : -.—Thel---IstatiOnal--Conventlon -which na
sembled at Baltimore On the 7th of last June;
and there nominated ABRAMADI
fezr, repletition as President with,..ANbltE,W
Jortisort as • VicB:l.r:esident, - idepted 14:nd :
presented' te'the' ArnOhlan People the•folb.
lorrin-; .
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PLATI'q . 4AI
`t Resolved, That it the higliestdutY.?o
every American citizen to maintain aganiit.
all their enemies the integrity of the Union,
and the paramount authority of the Consti
tution and laws of the United States; and
that, laying t asido all dificrences of political
opinions, we pledge ourselves as Union men,
animated by a common sentiment,,and aim
ing at a common object, to'do everything in
our power to aid the Governmentin quelling
by force of arms the rebellion now raging
against its authority, and in bringing to the
punishment due to their crimes the rebels
and traitors arrayed against it. '
Resolved, That we approve the determinrr
don of the Government of the United States
not to compromise with rebels, nor to offer
any terms of peace except such 'ha may be
based upon an •'unconditional surrender" of
their hostility and a return to their just alle
giance to the Constitution and laws of the
United States, and that we call upon the
Government to maintain this position and to
prosecute the war with the utmost possible
vigor to the complete suppression of the re
bellion, in full reliance upon the self-sacri
fice' the patriotism, the heroic valor, and the
undying devotion of the American people to
their country and its free institutions.
Re:mired, That as Slavery was the cause,
and now constitutes the strength of this re
bellion, and as it must be always and every
where hostile to the principles of republican
government, justice and the national safety
demand its utter and complete extirpation
from the soil of the republic, and that we
uphold and maintain the acts and proclama
tions by which the Government, in its own
defense, has aimed a death-blow at this•
gigantic evil. We are in favor, furthermore
of such an amendment to the Constitution,
to be made by the people iu conformity with
its provisions, as shall terminate and forever
prohibit the axiAence of Slavery within the
limitsof the jurisdiction of the United States.
Peso/red, That the thanks of die American
people are due to the soldiers and sailors of
the army and navy, who have periled their
lives in defines of their country, and in vin
dication of the honor of the flag; that the
natiiin owes to them some permanent recog
nition of their patriotism and valor, and am
ple and permanent provision for those of
their survivors who have receivi;d disabling
and honorable wounds in the service of the
country ; and that the memories of those who
have-fallen in its defense shall be held in
grateful and everlasting remembrance.
ReSoAed, That, wo approve and applaud
the practical wisdom, the unselfish patriotism,
and unswerving fidelity ticthe Constitution
and the principles of American liberty, with
which Abraham Lincoln has discharged,
under circumstances of unparalleled difficul
ty, the groat duties toed responsibilities of
the presidential ollire ; that we a pp rove and
indor,., as demanded by the vin,rgeney and
and essential to the preservation of the na
tion, and Its Within the CtiliStitiltilin,
Itll , l Ref, which he has adopted to
defied die nation againl its open and secret
foes : that me appr,,ve especially the Procla
mation of Emancipation, and the employ
ment as Union soldiers of men heretofore
held in slavery ; and that we have full con
fidence in his detvrinination to carry thii•ti
and all other constitutional ec.=en—
tial to the salvation of the country into full
and oirripletm effeet.
Resol red, That we deem it essential to the
g moral welfare that harmony should prevail
in the national councils, and we rowed as
worthy of public conlidetwe and official trust
those only who cordially indorse the
priuei
plcs proclaimed in these resolutions, and
which should charactcrizP the administra
tion of t h e Governinci t.
Th,it the Government owes to all
men employed in its armies, without regard
to distinction of color, the full pr o te c ti o n o f
the laws of war, 11,111 that ant' violation ..f
these laws or of the usages of civilized na
tions in the time of war by the Rebels How
in arms, should be made the subject of full
and prompt redress.
ResQlred, That the foreign iminitrration,
which in the past has added so much to the
derehiptilmit of re - mm-07S all(rIIF - -
crease of power to this nation, the asylum of
the oppressed' of all itatiims, should be firster-,
ed and encouraged by a liberal and just pol
icy.
Rsoiry,/, That we. nre in favor of the
ocedy e.lructinn of the Railroad to the
ME
/i',.sared, 'Flint the national faith, pledged
fur the redemption of the public debt, must
be kept inviolate ; and that for this purpose
We recommend economy and rigid responsi
bility in the public expenditure-, !LID/ a vig
orous and just sygoni of taxation; that it is
the duty of every lo‘ al Shill' O. sustain the
credit and promote the use of the national
currencv.
L'es , ,irod, That we the
taken by the govormnont that the
the unitpd ;toter with in
difference the attempt of any Etiropoan pow
er to ovl:rthrow by beer, ur_to supplant
fraud, the el any republieati gov
ornmont on the wo , torn eont!nont, anti that
they view with ext rpm() jealousy, as menac
ing, to the pollee and balopondener of this
our country, the olfork of any :.tiolt pow
or to obtain new foothold, for monarvilival
govornntentq, i.nstainod by it foreign' mili
tary force, in near proximity to the United
States.
The Democratic National Convention
which met last week at Chicago, and nom
inated, Gco. 13. McClellan for President and
Geo. 11.1'endleton for Vice Pre - ident, adopt
ed the following resolutions, as an exposition
of the principles they intend asking the peo
ple to endorse:
Resolved, That in the future, as in the past,
we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to
the union under the Constitution'as the only
solid foundation Or our strength, security,
happiness 116 a people, and as a framework of
government equally eonducive to the wel
fare and prosperity of all the States, both
Northern and Southern.
Resolved, That this Conventian does ex
plicitly declare, as the sense of the American
people, that, after four years of failure to re
store the Union by the experiment of war,
during which, under the pretense of a mili
tary necessity or war power higher than the
Constitution, the Constitution itself has been
disregarded in every part, and public liberty
and private right alike trodden down, and
the material prosperity of the country essen
tially impaired, justice, hunianity,. , liberty,
and the public welfare, demand that imme
diate efforts be made for a cessation of hos
tilities, with a view to an ultimate Conven
tion of all the states, or other peaceable means
to the end that at the earliest practicable mo
ment peace may be restored on the 'basis oe
the Federal Union of the States.
R 0011164, That the direct interference. of
the military authority of the 'United States
in the recent elections hold in lisentucky,
Maryland, Missouri and Delaware,• was. a
shameful violittion•of.the Donstieution, ' and
the repetition of such acts in the approach
ing election will be held as reirolutionary;
and resisted With - all the means and power
under our control.
Resolved, That the aim and object of the
Democratic party is to:preserve the Federal
Union and the rights of the States unimpair
ed: and they hereby declare that they con
sider the Administrative usurpation of ex
traordinaryand dangerous powers not grant
ed by the Constitution, the subversion of the
military law in States not in insur
rection, :the arbitrary military arrest, hit
prisonment trial and sentence of American
citizens in : States where civil: law exists: in
full term thesuppressionotfreedont of speech
and of the press, the denial, of the right of
asylum, the open and avowed disregard of
State rights, the employment of unusual test
oaths and the interfereneo with and donial of
OM right of , the people to bear, arms,' as, : cal
culated prevent a restorutkin of the Union
and the perpetuation of a government deriv
ing its just po3vers- front the content of the
governed. • '
,Riso/vcd, That theshanieful disregard of
the Administration to its duty in respect :to
our folloWeitizens who now are and long have
been prisoners of war in, a'sultbring
deserves-the: reprobation,
the score alike of, public interest and com
mon humanity.. -
Resolved; That the sympathy', nf, the . Doin;:
peratie party is heartily anuLearnestly. ex,
tended to -the soldiery ot . our - arely who me'
arid liriVO boon in:the Reid 4114 flag — rif
our country;.;and in the event of 'our.attain
lag power s they will receive all the care and
preteeticiq regard and kindness;,.. ; that .the
brave solders of the Republic 'MVO so nobly
carlicd...f.
, r&olves of tti . O ' Clilet o Cijnvontion,
lindiceteelearly the designii Mid intentions pis
theleaders of the Dcmocrittie party.; That'
'deichire`the war for the, Union a fhiltiro
demand ;immediate efforts for a oeSsation of ,
- hostilities: This they know would ensure the
ihdepiindence of the Confederacy and tho-e
-ternal dissolution of the Union. ThPy would
surrender all the territory that the4alef
our biave soldiers has won front trtiiitors and
make the disgraceful acknowledgment Ant
the American Republic is unable to
its existence as a Nation. They aro
willing to sacrifice without any further of-,
fort, the bright hopes of an established Union
and a free Government which have been pur- .
chased at the cost of many thousand
They know that a peace, on the basis of a
Federal Union of the States, can never bo
obtained as long as Confederate armies exist
and a Confederate Government remnins un
destroyed. The most liberal terms that even,
the rebels could demand omaccount. of- thel,';,
peculiar institution could not., establish
with any surer guaranties for its existereK
than it had before the rebellion commonceer
Secession orighlated under aDemocratic AA-I
ministration which was as completely coii4 ,
trolled by Slavery as is the Southern
federacy. The National Legislature
Judiciary were ready to guard SouthernAn;i
terests with whatever enactments or 4141.
skins, Slaveholders dictated. The most big-i
oted supporter of the "Divine InstitutiPM
now in the Democratic party could riot dm,..!
grade himself loWer in the service of
,Sorftil
ern aristocrats than did Buchanan and Piercd: .
If we were to adopt the Montgomery Coin
stitution and give Davis and the next worst
traitor the land the chief offices for life, the
Government couldn't possibly be more under
Southern control than it was when secession.
began. Does any sane mail-believe thatthc -
States which left the Union at a time 47.10:25'i
they boasted that they controlled every stio
plutment of its Government will lay down
their arms quietly and conic back when fill
ed with the bitterness and hatred engender
ed bY four years of the fiercest strife and WICK,
The men who framed the Chicago platform
well k now that Union and peace are impos
sible until treason is overcome anddestroyed.
'Slay know, too that with a united determi
nation on the part of the loyal States to pros
ecute the war until that was accomplished,
the days of rebellion are, already numbered.
But their desire was not for any such result.
The overthrow of the Confederacy and the
destruction of Slavery would forever destroy
the Democracy, and the Chicago Convention
met for the purpose of saving it and restor
ing it to power. The interests of their par
ty, its advancement to power, the desire of
its leaders for office demand an immOlato .
cessation of hostilities ; but the material pros
perity of'the country, justice, humanity. and
liberty now essentially impaired by Demo
cratic treason demand that treason be over
thrown.
.p4ir• Mr. Vallandigham said, that from
the first moment he had been animated by
but one sen ti tent in this Convention—peace
—to the end that there• might be peace in the
land. He then moved that General George
13. MeCtellan be the unanimous sense of the
Con V eittion.—PrueredingB Otiefigo aniVen-
I ion..
Mr. Vallindighato who boasts, that ho
lever voted a loan or a dollar to sustain the
l-overnrecnt whose speech in the spvcial
essien of the last Congress sold so rapidly
in Charleston that the demand for them could
_not_bu_supplied4-4unl-whose—flysirn-farlywo
‘vit, so ardent thatrin 1863, in hie ownStqte
he exct hq.l the people to at conflict with the
military authorities and who for this was
tried convicted and banished as a traitor and
WhioSt! conviction and banishment was rati
fied by nn immense majority of hi; fellsiw
eitizons,moves that Gen. McClellan's nomi
nation bo made unanimous. //is candidate
is presented ho the loyal poople of the Coun
try, as ono who:is opposed to secession and
who will prosociitii• the war a tsly for
its legitimate pitrpii,:es and \vim is the per-
miticatiou of all conceivahlt• lu dty and
id riot is.tn. It' :k f eClol lun the true patriot
loyal man his friuntl= rLiim , Itotv is it
that men whose treason is notorious are his
supportersL Vallamlightun, Fernando and
Ben Wood, Alexander Long, Powell and
Guthrie it Kentucky and every other open
and avowed sympathizer with rebels, in the
Convention, (except I hirris of Marylarid
supported little Mae. DO these men . do this
without an 11g.511111111.0 that he adopts their
sentiments and that he will, if elected carry
oat their treasonaltic schemes? The people
of the North, wh , testoem these men as mean
er rebels than Jeff Davis want information
on this point. Perhaps Gen. McClellan's
letter of acceptance may enlighten therm
pe,., The day LiNCOLN %vie; nominated by
Ilk office-holders, gold advanced in price 21)
per cent, The day NUCLELLAN was nomi
nated by the people. gold declined in price
:20 per rent. •‘ Sire : , 111)S,V way the
wind blows."—robenfrer.
McClellan tehs 111,111 i nat1•11 I , n 'Wednesday
August 31st. On the day before gold sold
ut 2311, on the day of his
,nomination, and
after it had been announced gold rose to 2 11f,
and on the day following to 2-18. If this is
what the Volunteer calls ,hwGnwi • g the story
16 fill right.
wri What a stupid, }Moldering fellow
Gen. Sherman is. If he had half the astute.
miss of an ordinary Democridie politician he
might pick up information that would cause
him to ho more careful of his actions. ,Val
hind ightun, Gov. Seymour, Fernando Wood
and a lot of other gentleman who met last
week at Chicago, and who never had half a
chance to learn, have discovered that the war
is a failure and that there should be art im
rnediate cessation of hostilities: Gen, Sher
man who has had every facilitiTo' - atiquire
knowledge on that .point has never , - Y4t dis
covered it. His Stupidity is Inexeusahlo.—
While those eminent copperheads weregiave
ly declaring. that the war should stop,.Sher-.
man wits marching his army rpund Atlanta,'
cutting oil' Hood's communications; ftbeing
his army out of its strongholds. and than de
feating and scattering it in every direction;
and finally / marching into Atlanta to the
utter amazement of ,the friends Of treason
both North and South. This want of infer
motion on a matter sof so much importance
should be supplied at once. .Blundering of
this kind ought .not to be tolerateiV : iind
committeeyof - Beace men should at oat e.wait
upon the General and impress upon his mind
the necessity for a cessation of hostilities.. If
}Mitt, allowedto go'on at this rate the South
ern Confederacy; the Chicago platforin,Gen.
-McClellan; anth, a certain Mr.. Pendleton of
Ohio, will be
from
unheard of In than
Iltty,tiays from noW. By the Way. don't Far
rev}, and Grant need, some attention toe? .
. •
THiebeinocratieCongresitionalCanvelition,
held At nnaniMouelytanit
.
mapcl W..J, W.Allen, for re-election,
Itesolii
,
tiens- were adapted, pledging support, to the
'Qlneago natal flees: Allen made a speeati
iii 'favor of &ace, tone 'Union' as against irar
ant) • ' •
*Yrnoiples.
At the :*.dditAliiii>:' - nieetini held on hist
FridaY.et:eninik.4o* Shapley . - ,E4
the ftrat 7 i:id'iriii4a:liiPeriltcr: address' :
isynsrerryftiabe fe;,"its 1u is)(lMYecti advoca cy
of •,iThatnr4iterified' - peacertiririeipldii. 'it had'
the merit oc, being an,bon'eSPatid'stiiiight
i ward dep)atatioirof the principles of the n4n
.WhO•noriljtiated,.:McGlellan 'andiTeadleton
.
and gave these who. heard it notico of
the designs of the 7Derufieracy. The, speak
10'91;410d:that the war for the reestablish
" Mont of the Unien•Was dfnifure, tht the in
pearot; • being eoMitiered. now
'than it was at the beginning ; that the*itith 7
- ern people were inspired by the same feel. 7.,
ings that animated our anpostors in tho Rev
olutionary struggle'and Ant it was as im
possible for the Union Government to con
tho confederacy as it had been for Eng
amid to subdue her revolted colonies, As 'a
•censequence of this condition of things he
-'insisted that the war 'should he abandoned
At once, that
,we should lay down otir mus
kets and throw away our swords and after
F*lii confessing our inability to enforce obe
,lllo.ce to the authority of the Uovernment,
I . #ii should endeavor by peaceful means to en
lien the South back to her allegiance. The
_speaker of course was profuse in his expres
''sions of love ler the Union and the Oonsti
'tution and predicted many blessings and ad
vantages to accrue from the election of the
. tti , r) . Georges.
I': There are 'Democrats in the community
Avhe protest that Mr. Shepley's exposition of
Democracy is not IL true one end claim tluit
ihey are-for a vigorous prosecution of tho
war in a eonstitutional manner 00111 treas , in
iiviilbtivied. would remind such that
Shapley's position in the party' Must
necessarily make him acquainted with the
. feelings and principles of those who control
the organization. He was 11 delegate to thu
State Convention and mingled freely with
the leading Democrats who were there as
sembled. Ile is a member of the State Cen
tral Committee and must be familiar with
expressions of opinions that arc not always
designed for the public ear. lie had, also,
just returned from Chicago, where he had
the most favorable opportunities for acquir
ing a correct knowled,g,e of the political opin
ions of the delegates. And beside all this the
views he expressed were just what every hon-•
est men endofses whets he supports the nom
inee: of the Chicago Convention. There is
no other possible interpretation of the Dem
ocratic platform and men who vote Mc can
di dates pledged to carry it out, are simply
voting Mr an abandonment of every thing
we have won during the last three years and
ti,r a final acknowledgmentof Southern Inde
pendence.
As we have said frequently there is ' but
one issue before the people, and that is the
preservation or destruction of our Govern
ment. A failure to crush out the rebellion
by force is an actual confession that our Re
publican form of Government is a failure,
and our boasted free institutions the most
miserablegovern mental humbug ever invent
ed. The traitors have made it a question of
independence or subjugation and we cannot
if we would, avoid the issue. The moment
we confess that out I' in)rt..; have been fail
ures and cease hostilities, that moment is
their point gained and their independence
secured. There can be no Union or perma
nent peace, until treason' is Overthrown.
There is no way of e verconiing it except by
a vigorous prosecution Of the war. The peo
ple then have simply to 1)11..0. between the
conquest of traitors and through that the es
tablishment of the Government and it- per
manent Renee, or the acknowledgment of the
C4' mfeclern6 , and as a emisequimee the con
cession that each State has a right to nn in
dependent government, and the constant
struggles and war which must arise from
separate nationalities :Ind conflicting inter
ests. •
'l'n who nrn - Iti•illitig in give irp ilie e-on
te,t without another etrort to save our
t,, V,11.) 111'0 iil) 1 I,ll'll to 11111 -
ing any further Sa.Clitiol'S to 1,111111010 what
it 11101C11,t1kiready the nation so much blood
and treasure; and to all who ;ire willing to ad
mit. that our former effort.; have been fu
tile and that all our campaigns and victories
have been it 1111t1 V1..1111111111 waste of
ate would say, vote and not With the
.1/einocratie Party. l'his is the languaga of
their declaration nfthe principles \Odell they
1611 ask the people to endorse. The erti , lt‘
ing of rebellion, the punishment of rebels, or
the re,toration of the Union, contrary the
will and pleasure of t nailer:, 11/1, 110V1:1- en
tered-into their plans . .. The adoption of
these expressed principles of the Deniorrae . v
will de.ztroy the fruits of e‘ery victory that
has been gained over rebek mid will give
them the independence xvitiell no effort of
theirs can gain. Is the country Hint huts
snerillevd so much to crush rebellion pre
pared for their adoption
rt - t irThere is no paper in the whoh•eollntry
Which watches More earoniny the tide of pop
ular:opinion than does the Now York llrrald.
It ma rt made any claims to honeaty eon_
sistency but always places itself on the side
that has the best show for winning. It was
few a long time the apologist, organ and de
fender of Gen. 3lcUlellan and as long as
there is any hope of his Slivre:=S stuck to hint
with thin almost pertinacity. But the Ho.-
aid is much too smart to be caught on ii craft
as rickety as the one lately launched at Chi
cago. It is fully aware that no ono nomi
nated on the present Democratic platform
has a ghost of a chance for election and it
therefore warns Con. McClellan not,to place
himself in the company of those who ruled
the Chicago mooting unless ho is prepared for
certain defeat. Read the Herald of Satur
day on the politicalsituation. It says :
.‘Ny e have not the slightest doubt that
there is a mutual 'understanding between the
Seymours, the IVoorls, Vallandigham and the
rebels, This understandino• °
is shown in .the
secession platform adopted by the Mingo
Convention,. and in the nomination of Mr.
Pendleton, of Ohio—,who is a practical se
cessionist---for Vice President. We have
now. driven tiro rebels completely to the
General Grant has the best of them at Rich.
mond, and General Sherman has succeeded
in capturing Atlanta, This is not the time,
then, that any reasonablemartWould be talk
ing abOut "an inimedlate cessation of hostil
ities." Wo are in favor of en armistice, like
that,between Prussia and :Denmark; where
both sides hold their ground and are ready
to begin the conflict at any moment ; but
there is a vast deal of difibrestee betwifen such
an armistice and the “immediato cessation
of hostilities" which the Chicago platform
requires. Nothing can explain such a pint.
form except' the ?Tpotliesis that it was dietat.,_
Cid - W.l6f Davis to the peace denzocrats; and
that these peace men foisted it ItP9n the
,Chi
cairn Convention asific pri4e of their endorse
ment of Genera/ -illele/lait'S nomination.
"For three years past the liratAty stia-
Wined and defended the herd of. Antiettun.
We have done full justice to his - generalship,
his statesmanship,, his hencs ty and his patrio
tism. .But when. McClellan tithes his stand
upon a cowardly peace platform we are at a
loss how to follow hiM And defend him. • This
the General yet done, and we Inlpe
that ho Will - never by foolish enough to do it,
We advise andurge hini.t6 wino out lioldly
'and declare that his only platfOrm is his past
record its'a Union general - , and - that histion
timents,arolltose oxpressedlithis letter front
'Harrison'slanding,and his oration at West
.f'h4,hesitates to do' this - 'lle.'islt'ost::
Thero must 60 no pecca nor equieoca
,
The rotten' C'hiddgo . platform Must' be
-MeCteltan's - own plat-
Ai,ln.intbstituted. Ho had better athousand
fold..dealine the nomination than to ,acefipt it
.
upon suchconditions as those imposed.bylhd
.-Convention; The Chicago playbrni•insites
defeat, (nut .it.2 . )11191 be broken, up, caber by
MCClettnn. himself or by trio voice of: the peo
pld at. theiolt s !" "-
,Lp#or FroM•
•
. . •
We ore pormittetti,toinake the subjoined
-. •
extract from a *biota later .to one of our
Citizens, frOin amember of Dr; fam
ily.;;
..
The Dr. .has beda':residing,for several
.
year'sat . Greenwood college,lMemphis;Tenn.
'of Which institution ho io'Presitient4 the let
ter,:wbieh fromliis son, describes' the reb
olTorrest's 'recent attack Upon Wed, place.
't , Yesterday nOrning, (Aug. 42d) at four
o'clock, `we were awakened by-it territicfir
ing accompanied :by yelling, soonas
certained that the,fighting was hi lAL:uipip
'of the ad 111. cavalry and acne htmor4d7,dhys
regiment situated over' near. Mr. WatAini's.
We found also that it was a. complete sur
prise and that our men were falling back in
the direction of the 'College, and eery soon
some of the men and officers,t;ahre trooping
in, in perfect disorder, seine without , ..guns,
some half-d ressed, some without ammunition
and nil in hopeless con fusion. Tli brought .
the report that a large force of •' J ohnnj,esu
had passed their cainp and wire on their. Way
to town, while another force under ;Vorrest
himself had taken, possuSsion of their .camp,..
and were drawing up in front of Mrs. Wat
son's prcpnriu air attack and shell "that
I
dam a7i/cec 6711e/r;" in which4hey said a
large force of the enemy had - fortified them
selves. In a very short time, (I,evin -they
carne through the -••oods by Mrs: Leo',Arlyell
i ng like noel rats. r. --
7 1'lley had already Urn as far as the frontr
dem. of the large college, when I, who.
at that time in the second story at the chapel
doer, had already given up the. College as
lost, caught sight of Colonel Starr, of
litli 111. cavalry, with a squad of men coming
tbrou,glf the back yard and then rdshing in
at the back door. Thehostile partitiknO
the lower had, and for a fow
seemed as though-a thonSioul thtintkit.oe
roaring beneath my feet. It was lure Oat
Col Starr wits severely wounded. 'Boon re
inforcements for oer people were aiiiirpach
ing and the robs.- fell back - I - forming - it line
around the place. Their,left rested on the
brow of the hill where stands 3latthews' and
Weaver's houses, and which commands the
West of the College, theirright rested around
Montgomery's house, cominanding the Nast,
and-their centre lying along the woods . di
rectly in front of the College. • Nt t eir
artil
lery was planted directly infrunt'4if Ll`oed's
house t there were two small pieces which
seemed directed entirely against thc.-,board
ing house, evidently with the intention of
shelling Lis out. There was also one twelve
pound gun directed at the frent of the large
college bedding. For n time the lire from
this gun was ineessant, and tons Nrl2llllllSllillr-
Cd Irons the College. At abo u t, 8 o' c lo c k,
:trier the light had continued for four hours,
we sneeeedea in getting nbAtterAill:C.l4.e chil
dren away, after their having liqh4o : l c ou g h
the worst of the tight. We baktlifeixt - itoun
lli s h ajan ' s ho es ,,, beyond tho griNe-Yat•d.
Where they were comparatively' safe, and I
assure you this was a great relief.
About this time the Union battery opened
on the robs, who had retreated from town,
and also upon the attacking force at the Col
lege. After firing about fifty rounds into
the Rebels, they retreated in the direction of
the Neuconner creek. Thus ended the bat
tle of Greenwood." The house is perforat
ed• by thou4ends of minnie balls, there is
scarcely In, in, the whole pile in which
the plasterlkT not torn by bullets. In front
of the big banding is strewn a mass of brick
and mortar from the shotholes above. Two
cannon halls posted into the third story,
scattering the brick as far as the Station, an
other passed under the, stair ease and floor
ing el the Chapel. On.L• shell struck the
window sill of u 1 other's recta, burst, tore a
all to Mutters, kirocl n bole
thr , :tugh a volume of MU•ailly . A binary
England and hurried itself in .the bed.—
Another struck a casement in the wa-h-house,
knocked it with a pill' Or brirlOi On the door.
pressed through the (pp,ite, crushing the
whole-sash and bursting in the yard. A Mall
hrlenging to the 1:17 alt 111., tens wriurrrirsi
right at Lizzio's clear and another i n )1,1 .
TOOM. Senn' nine tlr tl.ll tecrc killed 1111.1
tW , II( weended in the celb-ze. rive,
rebs were I,ilhal 'by the cu,rie g c ga te. 1 11
(rent el t h e Collo! , ‘. are 1111111 , Toll- ,t;1111- ,
WA. pn,y any littenibon In th ,
nevoirill. II giv,- a ‘cry liner 'te
mente!' the atfair. I it thefir-t place it hard
ly ineMiomt the C , ollege, whereas that was
the ‘mly place where tle.re was any real hard
lighting and all Ow .leis the
In•ed were directed strnight at that place and
it was the only place where both side , l'4,leghl
in lint.; the tight al , e n g c, I
diet, h,r awe
hoar: alter all el-ev. here.
Political Intelligence
uni"nio, of
hay,. Homitiatod t 1- 11. lint -
(•lwric, Lotman" :11,4
\\illiuu, 11. 1:011 , s. 11 exo•pl )Ir. Pottier
11r1.
At. Ow liork, ('aunt' I)..nyweatic ('.'.ll‘
E. Ac.,tia
N. l•I int•r
n~~ii~in,ilr~l Gn• NL•ifr ~rlULt l
O F S(11,1)11.;11:,,
M Er)ic \ I'I`IIV () FI , E,
I,TI Scpt. j
BOtimore A Mei•it'all:
'l•he (•„ll„wing i, the e.f tt vnto taker
to-day Ga• I'reridc•nt and Vice Pre,ident a
mong the clerks and cinployee6 (,t//
ul' the NEedical Put•yeyini Delau•lntont, 0
this city, under charge or : - ; orgeoo C. C. Cox
U . S. V. M. P.
Lincoln and Johnson
McClellan and Pendleton 1
Very reTtotrully, your obotliont, servant.,
0. 11. JEWETT
Hospital Steward U. S. A.
U. S. Mull - HOSPITAL CAAIDE:N Sr., 1
It ALT IMO RE \4L,
Votes polled at this hospital Tor candidates
for tho'Presidency.
A brithinn Lincoln
G. B. McClclian
We hueby eortify that. the above is a car
rect. statement of the unto taken at Cantata
Street 11(wpital. F. A. CUMMINGS,
PITT 0. HUDSON.
The Union men of Clinton County have
made the following nominations, composing
some of the most popular turd reliable men
i thatn district:
For Prothonotary, Wm. L. Hamilton ;
for Register and Recorder, H. M. Bossert ;
for Commissioner, Jacob Statism ; for Audi
tor, Robert G. Coal;! for Coroner, A, 0.
Harvey. ' ,
Hon. Wm. U. Armstrong, of Lycoming
comity, was nominated by the Covention
as the choice of Clinton county for Congress,
and U.. 0. Bressler,. Esq., of Clinton county, ,
for Assembly, subject , to the decision of the
Congressional and gepresentativo Confer
ence. Hon. James Chathitill was nominated
for State Senate, in the contingency of an
election.
In Juniata county, our friends bravo sac
seeded in nominating a strong ticket... wo
submit the• names of the candidates its fol
lows :
Congress, John J. l'atter!3on; Assembly,
John - Btlateh ; Register, .Capt. Lewis DO,
gnu; Sherilf, Samuel. R.:Nolestone,f Com
missioner, Daniel- Knouses
Mr. Bandateii vat 3 n menthol. , of the last
House, and no,lieprosentidive during the-ses
sion. of I.4gislattiro; Made li better repuL
tatiorioe-11 , 09 11 tore aisid nous ill the discharge
of his legislative duties. H
Centre 'county presents a strong , ' "(Mimi
ticket . for the support of the People: thereof
at tiltd o.Otoher s edeetion. ' The followli4 aro
the noininatiOns: - - . .
As.4ombly,lnj. ..itito3 , rt, 11. •I!orstcr; Coin'
inis'sioner, John S. Forster;' Auditor, John
Irwin.
Tlie mune convention also nominated Ed-
Mund - Blanchard, of Bellefonte, as the can
.didide•for State Senator, subject to the con
-1111-nation of the conferees of the 'Senatorial
Pistrict. ' Blanchard is extensively
knOviy to the prominent awn of the State,
and recognized us one'of the ablest and mos 6
honorable laWyers in the profession. lie
would make a Senator of whbra'any district
might well be proud, and4o 'earnestly trust
that we may have the pleasure of peeing hint
occupy a seat in the Senate thB coming win
ter. It is understood that the Congressional
Conferees of Centlie:einmfy will vote for
William IL ArMstreng"whidli wilk - secitre
him the nomination of the district. ' :.•
=ill
Delaware county has just nominated the
following sn'ong ticket, the bestin all respects
ever put forth by the. Union I:lf*.iif that
county • •
Congress, John M. Broomall;. 'Senate,
'William Cooper Talley ; Assembly, Elliiood
Tyson; Commissioner, George 4rayton.;
j.qctor of trio Poor; David Trainor; Coronbr :
Geor g e llosevel t ; Auditor, Samuel-Pnt--
ton.
Onoof our our government °Medias just
rett.tyLiiCil from Vern, tells us thatmnong.tho
tint and most frequent i nquiries - mede of him
there about our public men was, whether ho
lt:Ow or bind ever seen the celebrated Amer
kan Chemist, Dr. J. C. Ayer of Lowell.
His remedies are found in every village from
1 - lbe4Mt.ated slopes of the Andes down to the
coaSt; their reiharkable cures seem to
.
attract oven more attention there than in this
country..- The sentiment of wonder at their
effects, takes a iltr deeper hold-on - a
-half
civ
-ilizcd and superstitious people than it 'does
with us where the rationale of Medical proh
.lenis is so much more generally inidexstood.
No other American has made himself So fa
miliarly known to the masses of the people
in foreign countries or excited in them so
lively an interest in himself as the Doctor
hits by his skilful application 'of chemical
science to the treatment of disease.
That must be a dull man who does net Tool
some pride of country whenfielinds among
distant nations that he is already know 4 and
welcome there, through the labors of our
Stalesmem - Merchants and Schpliirs, whose
rendwn has become nationikproperty,and
consonantly in s9rno menstqo
Witether Dr. dyer's
cure more than others or not,, they_ haYo se
cured the reputation of dbeing , , , Oisd-send to
those afflicted with dideaseqod r where great
ouniliers in any_eommuitebelieve that they
owe their healer; magi to to ones skill, they
are sure to feel: aMiif•rest Whiell will
And exproiliil42,oen they meet his count ry
idn.—NatiAil Era, Washington, .1). C.
VERMONT
This gallant State held her regular annual
election on Tuesday, and the result is most
cheering to the friends of Union aud Free
dom. Gov. Smith is re-elected over Red
field (who ran against him last year), by
probably 20,000 majority, an increase of
3,000 over. 1863. The three faithful Con
gressmen are triumphantly re-elected, while
of over forty towns heard from, as we write,
all but two have chosen Union representa
tives to the Leg'',ham-v. The following are
the officer.; itt.,-.en:
(I , /i I
I, 0.
CM?' reS.vrmin—l I: ED. E. AVoupalci um.
.TU,TIN S. M.01t.1t.11.1,.
ItTUS ER.
W, hay, v.,t0. , front almtitono-ii,vonth of
th.! Stato, which ~111 pan) thug:
Smith I Tit1:11
1,5:0 I.'t
\III 1 thii "Star lltitt act;
ABOUT THE DRAFT
.114,/r —_'11(1;11111 red
mod 11/ir r • ('red y '-1,11111 haut
e,' roar, he
NV Alt I) EVA !IT ENt, Sept. 2, 18114.
T, IGr .
SIR : It i, asrorluimvl‘vith rens‘,lllll.l,,ePr
titintv that tltr tut\ al :kip! ~ther credit, ro
quirt:4l by 0.110 kill amount br,
210,(01), in Imling Nuw-Yorl:, which
ha-mrl boon rep , vh•dl yvt h lii I),lartmtvill;
Hutt t July 10th
inno•ti,:thly :100,1m0 welt to lit
:111.1 take the 11111,•1•
oti7,..lliietits tile Nit vy:
battle, s
prisoners 1111.1 unit,
Third :---Th..llttilared-11ty•tr",,p , and all
4 ,,j 11 .4 eta by e‘iiiratioli “I,ervice r :1 11,
1 hue hundred Ihomnn.l new troop:prompt
ly rurni,liett tire :al that (hen. Grant itslt, for
the capture or Richmond awl lo give In tin
hin to 111.. 11.)01 Itrinie , yet. in the
11..1.1, 'rho 1 . e...1.1tie 111 . 111 e ..;nll ugh.-
quale nwt , an.l to glum' all
the lilies. llf ( • 1 , 1111 i ,• :(1 and : 111. y, frer
the county'' trout guerrilln,+ l give security to
tritile, alkyl .I•,tablisli peace, order and tran
ilitillity in every State.
THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA
Sherian's .1re011)1L—Ile Breaks
the West Ppial Itmelll.-11mod Attempts bo
1101(1 Jones/mem—OP,' Ai•noy Divides the
Rebel Army.—The Battle at Anesharo.—
Ten Gans and One Thousawi Prisoners
Taken.—Hood Illows lip his Magazines.—
He Leaves Atlanta in the Night.—Slocum
Takes Possession.—" Atlanta Oars and
Fairly IVon."
Cyfirial, Dispatches from the wt ( -
.42,2,gre
'ew.
FIHST DISPATCH.
WAR DEPA RTNI ENT,
•
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-8 p. m
To Maj.-Gen. Dix :—No intelligence from
Atlanta later than my telegram of last night
has boon received.
Tho telegraphic lines between Nashville
and Chattanooga were broken last night by
Wheeler, and we have had nothing south of
Nashville to-day.
. This- accennts for the absence of later in
formation from Atlanta.
No doubt is entertained of the correctness
of the reports received last night, which
came from two independent sources, besides
the official dispatch_ from Gen Slocum.
Unofficial reports thi sovoning from Nash
ville state that the damage done by Wheel. !
er to the rail road .will be speedily ropliired,
and that Wheeler' had retreated, General
Rotisseau being in pursuit; that in an en
gagement between Rousseau's and Wheel
or's forces the Rebel General , Kelley was
mortally wounded, any is in our hands. .
EDWIN M, SrAxoNi.Seeretary of War.
ORCOND . DISPATCTI; •
WAR DEPARTMRNT, Sept. 4, 1864.
Maj. 7 (l-en. Dix:—The following telegram
from Gen. Grant has just,lmen.received
CITY roiNTlSopt. 3, 1864
Ron. E. N. STANTON • a Rich
_mond_paper _at to.day.i._,Reantaiifs_aimmor
of ,a battlo at,. Atlanta, but says that the
War departmentihaving no infor
mation,•declincs, to form an opinion from ru
mors,bzigolyneofou t g lo r t o th it t, s tr eo w e e s y s er the b r u e t . Slbe e r :
, fts
Be
fore the dispatch of 'last night was received,
announcing the occupation of Atlanta by
our troops, the fact was known to, our pick
ets, The Rebels balloocd-over to our mifn
that fiherman had whipped Rood, tha,t The
latter had, lost 40,1)09 men,
and that our
troips were in Atlanta. All quiet here:;'
U. S. C,lii,tatiT, I,l:iit:..i.l'en•
GOTSolitli-western Telegraph Line Oomi
tholes dowfi;jand this, With - a heavy etoini
that commenced in tlioafternoonmticlis still
presmilingLiniyhnd :may dainngo
thelino so ns toillintler.tho arrival. of iletatle
from Atlaptit for ii'dnyoi two. "
Eo 6.,r.A.llToist, sqqq(rylcd Wo.
T. (; ft 1 , .(0)It SMII.II
PAUL 1111.1.INCi1LAM
.).11N 13. PAGE.
EDWIN M. STANT()N,
Secretary or \VIII.
THIRD DISPATCH
Beet. J, 16(14:f
To Major General Dix, Now York ;—Gen.
Sherman's , official. report of the capture of
Atlanta has just' 'been received . this De ,
pariiiiont:', , ; Ids 'dated 26 miles south of At
lanta,.6 d'elocKyfsterd,Y morning,' but was
detained by the' breaking 'Of the telegiaph
lines mentioned in my dispatch of last night:
"As already reported, the army withdrew
fforn about Atlanta, and on the 80th. had
made a break of the East Point road; and
reached a good position from which to strike
the Macon road—the right,- (Howard) near
Jonesboro; the left (Schofield) near Rough
and Beady and the centre (Thomas) at
Couch's.
' , Howard found the enemy in force nt
Jone9boro, and iutrenehed his troop, the
salient within n half a mile of the railroad.
The enemy attacked him at three p. m., but
was easily repulsed, leaving his dead and
wounded. -:
"Finding strong opposition on the road, I
advanced tho loft and centro rapidly to tho
railroltd,diuide mood lodgment, and broke
it all the way,froni Rough and Ready clown
to lloWardWoft, near Jontiaboro, and by the
mowiment;*l tittorposed my whole army be
tween'Atlanta and the part of the enemy in
irthidtedin around Jonesboro.
"'We make a general attack on tho enemy
at Jonesboro' on the, first of September, the
Fourteenth Corps, Gen. Jeff C. Davis, car
rying.the works handsornbly, with ten guns
and about a thouthind prisoners.
‘.lll the night the enenefiaitreated south,
atid•wP folleived-him to another of Ilia
haStily constructed lines near Lovejoy's Sta-
OM. Hood at, Aldnta, tindinrrne on his
road, the only onerthat cold supply him;
mid between hini and a.nonAiderable part of
his army, blow up l iMi tintgatirilkin Atlanta,
and left in: the night-tinae, when ., the Twen
tieth„Corps, Gen. Slocum, took possession of
the place. SooAtlanta is ours, and. fairly
won.
it e.
eSinco the 6th or. M a - w have hem in
one constant btqle or. e irrnish, and need
rest. Our losecs via nob. ..xcced twelve hun
dred, and we luive- po.ssession of ot•hr thn)
hundred Rebel dead, two hundred and fifty
wounded, and - over fifteen hundred well.
"W. T. SIIEKMAN, Maj.-Gen.
A late despatch frOm Gen. Slocum, dated
at Atlanta last night (the 3d) at 0 p.
states that the enemy destroyed seven loco
motives and eighty-one carS loaded with am
munition, small" arms and stores, and left
fourteen pieces
.oLartillery, most of -them
uninjured, and largo ::number of :small.
arms. Deserters are 'constantly coming into
our lines. ,EietvrN M. STANTON,
•*. „ . ! . : I ;:See't. of War.
FROM R ERE LD oin
OPINION ABOUT TIIr•SiiIC.ICO 'PEACE
-3iOVE:M.E4,II
Vlie Election of Lincoln Prcdlcted If.
Atlanta Shoititt
PE ACE MEN DESPISED
DESPONDING VIEWS OF AFFAIRS IN TILE
DIEM
FrEnn the Richmond Kcaminer ug. 31
Nothing which can possibly occur at Chi
cago is so inoinent4mus to us as the events
which are taking place on the Weldon rail
road, around ,Atlanta, and near Harper's
Ferry. Even supposing that the Yankee
Peace Democrats in that Convention should
carry All before them, and nominate candi
dates on a distinct basis of peace and sepera
tion (which is by no means supposable), yet
all that would signify nothing, save in so
far as the action should be affirmed by those
ratification meetings which are to take place
on the Weldon road, near Atlanta, and on
or about the Potomac.
If Atlanta were to fall, or Petersburg, or
if Sheridan should drive Early back to
Lynchburg—or if any one of theSe events
should befall, then all the peace principles
and peace Presichmts of Chicago would lin
at the election next November where last
year's snow is, and last night's moonshine.—
War, for, nuothcr Presidential term would
sweep I'l44:every vestige of opposition._
Bug Asn the other hand, if Grant's and Sher
mand'Omis,should have no Inert' success
xtitiffliff44ol.kxt three months than for the
tli6o , lti3t;.ytifitl if Sheridan's army of the
..:Aridallepartment" should still be pre
.tehding to - I'6oc :for Earley and taking earn
not to-Mind hint{ - ,6r else, at the first sight or
him,,running straight away—as for the last
few weeks—m this case it will net matter to
119 r lei - the least if the Chien ! '" Democrats
break up in titter confusion, and the Pre-
Toont party eel lapse, tad the Davis-Watte
party wither up, teal Lincoln and Seward,
reign snpreme—nothing would avail-oe
,', of peace would preponderate, and that
"r war would kick the beam.
In other words, the bISIIeS of peflell and
War are not in the hands of politician , and
statesmen.; no, not in the slightest degree;
they are in the hands of soldeirs. It i, use
les; to vote war if you - last armies are des
st royed ; useless to vote peace if your armies
are marching on VietOry. tai IL
,plendid conquest. Further, those Yankee.;
who are War nave bo r day will be peace fin
in three months, if their carhpaigns turn out.
an utterfitilure ;_and those who are for poaeo
to-day (with it few eNClptiellS) will foam for
war and yell for blood within the same three
month, if they see reason to believe that that
Confederacy is reeling to its fall.
It may, therefore, be affirmed most cam
!,orieally, and received as 11.11Aill111, Ihut Om
loin ti of the Chicago. or of the Baltimore,
or of the Cleveland Convertion, of all
them that put together, are of no COTI,e
quvilco in the world. The election in No
vember will not be governed by the action
of those politicians in August, but by the
military situation in November; , and the
clectiiin in November itself signifies just as
little as the Conventions; because the issue
of war or peace roust be governed, not by
the wishes, policy, or protestions of the par
ty in piwer, but by the situation of the in
vading arinies at die possiblity or impossi
bility of procuring a fresh army to under
take invasion next year. Which is the same
thing us to say that the Yankee nation will
light us upon this argument just so lung as
it shall lie able to tight us, and no longer.--
Whether under Lincoln or McClellan, in a
constiutional war, or an unconstitutional.
the whole. quarrel between us, and every
part of it, and the time c,f ending it, and
the terms of settling it—all abide the inev
itable wager of battle.
Therefore, while the whole of the enemy's
country is hanging to-day upon the utter
onces of tho telegraph wires—eager to know,
not so much whether their is to be peace or
war, as who are to have the profits and spoils
of peace or war, for four years to come—the
people of the Confederate States may await
those revelations, not ''with calmness only,
but with utter indifference. It matters not , s ,
to us what men aro to rule and to rot)
in that country the next four years ; and as
to their being for ponce or for war, that de
pends not upon them ; but•upon us ; we shall
. cause them to be for either one or the other,
precisely in proportion as we shall drive
back their arms ~or bo.driven by them.
- lira it is not strange that their is so much
curiosity here aboUt the action of those Con
ventions. It is impossible to avoid looking
'to them . for something LW may serve as a
kind of sign, .showing what our enemies
themselves (or one party of them) think.Of
their chance of conquering us. , o this ex
tent their proceedings 'may:tarsi° as a sign,
at leafit for the day which is passing. over
our heads; hardly for to-morrow, still less
for next November; least of all for next
year.
If the Peace Democrats prevail at.Chiett
go, it'Will prove that the Democratic party
generally thinks war played out, and be
lieves it will have better chance of coming
into place on a peace than on a Wit - iplatform;;
yet even that peace platform could not stand
up • against the capture of-Atlanta-and' -Pe
tersburg—would be swept out of sight in a
moment by the capture of Richmond. So,
if the War Democrats prevail, and all tho
parties' contending .for power to advectito
war until "the suppression of the Rebellion,"
yet could not stand against 'the defeat of
Sherman and: the re-appearance of Grant's
beaten y c iVectfi, at Washington.
Even hs signs„then, or weather-.vales to
'show limy the-wital Unite at any given mo
ment those indications are fallacious • espe
eially in a season of cluing° arAtempestlilco
the present.. A.Coordinkly; while we await
_ ten ex t itews,eoriiing ro t,lka: North, it'yas
well to -111: it in our. raiuCis that; ~,Yhatever?
that news may ho Ulla Art of-September; it
ancl'all its signitlamwe be'Ont of: data on,
the !irk of Petottek; out of. thci , lneinary'of
roan - tan the first of Noveniber; and-by Now.
Year's Any will, by yiththe , clays beforo' tlio,