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THEGAZETTIS
Tuesday, October 18,1864.
National Union Nominath 7'11
t. l, i , 4 _ For: PrgtsmENT, ‘
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
, , of Illinois.
FOB VICE PRESIDENT,
‘_ ANDREW JOHNSON,
of Tennessee.
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.FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELE‘ 5T-
OBS.
J HN P. ELTON. Waterbrry.
lst DIsT.—-—JAMES G. BATTERSON l ‘L’l‘d.
2d “. SAMUEL C. HUBBARD, If "dn.
. 3d 5 “ SABIN L. SAYLES, Killing-ly.
4th .“ F’DK A. BENJAMIN, Strut-0rd.
: Jas. R. Hubbell
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@Ihace but one article in my poli/tcal
creed at the present time. I am for a sh up,
thorough, and decisive prosecution of the car,
until the authority of the [Titian is acknowledg-
ed‘, and its laws obeyed upon eoery foot of soil-
ecerwithtn the boundaries of the United States-
' ’ BEN. F. BUTLEi t.
The october Elections.
The Elections held on Tuesday last ii: the
great States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
Indiana, have resulted in all three stats in
the triumph of the Union party, and render
moraly certain the election of Abra iiam
Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, in November
next by immense majorities.
' 'In Pennsylvania the result on the l ome
vote is very close, but the union men (laim
' .a majority of about 3,000 which wi‘l be
swelled to nearly 20,000 by the soldiers "tote.
There was no election for Governor, an 1 we
'have gained five Congressmen and per liaps
__ six. . The list is as follows :—
“ *Samuel J Randall, Dem.
‘ *Charles O’Neill, Union.
. Leonard M ers, Union.
‘ *Wm. D. elley, Union.
*M. Russell Thayer, Union, (will go i by
Soldiers vote.) .
R. M. Boyes, Dem.
'3': *John M. Broomall, Union.
*Sydenham E. Ancona, Dem.
*Thaddeus Stevens, Union.
» HowellFisher, Union, (may possib y go
in by Soldiers’ vote, but *Myer Str ruse,
' Dem, has a pretty good chance ye‘ .)
*Philip Johnson, Dem.
*Wlnthrop W. Ketcham, Union.
Ulysses Mercur, Union.
Geo. F. Miller, Union.
Adam J. Glosshrenner, Dem. '
Wm. H. Koontz, Union, (will be elacted
’ - .bythe Soldiers vote.)
Abraham A. Barber, Union.
Stephen F. Wilson, Union.
*Glenni W. Scofield, Union, (will be cer-
tain on the Soldiers’ vote.)
‘ Charles V. Culver, Union.
" Smith Fuller, Union, (by Soldiers’ vote
pretty sure.)
*James K. Moorhcad, Union;
*Thomas Williams, Union.
George V. Lawrence, Union.
In Ohio we elect seventeen Congressmen
out of nineteen—a gain of twelve, with a
chance for one more. The popular majc v'ities
‘ Were simply overwhelming.
The following are the Congressmen r-lect-
ed; union in roman, democrats in italir s.
Benj. Eggleston, Ralph P. Buckla rid,
R. B. Hays, *J as. M. Aslily,
" *Robert C. Schenck, Henry S. Bondy.
Wm. Lawrence, *Wm. Echk,(]‘ rob.)
*F. C. Le Blond, Columbus Delan J,
R. W. Clark, Martin Welkcr.
T. A. Plants,
, *R. P. Sparilding,
*Jas. A. Garfield,
In Indiana, Gov. Morton was re-eleci :id by
20,000 majority, and we gain four Con;:=;ress-
Saml. .Shellabarger,
: ' _r'n'en. The soldiers were not allow :d to
vote. _
The following are the Congressmen "lect;
ted ; union in roman, democrats in ital ‘cs.
*Wm. E. Niblack, H. D. Washburi' 1
Michael aKerr,(prob.)*Godlove S. Orh, '
Ralph Hill, Schuyler Colfax,
John H. Farquher,¢ Joseph H.Defre< :g,
aGeo. W. Julian, Thomas N. Stil'.,’cll,
*Ebn. Dumont, John A. Bingham
*E. R. Eckley,
In these three states we have wind at
least twenty-one Congressmen. The result
is most cheering to the loyal people if the
Union. New rally all, and let us carry every
State in the Union, and put the monster of
Seccssion under foot and out of sight.
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Burglaries!
The residence of Mrs. R. H. Winslow, in '
Westport, was entered on Monday night,
20th inst., and about one thousand dollars
worth of Silver Ware, &c., stolen therr from.
Burglars are doing a lively business it this
vicinity. Look out for them.
The Stamford Advocate says that tlll‘ gra-
pery of Mr. Oliver Hoyt, on Norotor Hill,
'was entered on thenight of Wednesda ' last
and robbed of all its choice g "apes.
The.quantity of grapes stolen would have
brought two hundred dollars in market.
Hon. J. B. Ferris’s house was enten d the
same evening, but the rogues succeefcd in
carrying off only a valuable piano cov- r.
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WThe M’Clellanites held a meeti lg at
Norwalk Hall, on Thursday evening last.
Hon. Kill~em Damn-em, of New Havc 1, and
Levi Warner, were announced as the .peak-
ers, but the Honorable Gentleman fror. New
Haven did not make his appearance, 1 aving
the-arduous duties of the evening for Dir W.
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The Great Conspiracy.
The New York papers of Monday c mtain
a very lengthy expose of the great o upper-
head. conspiracy, in the shape of an official
report by Judge Advocate General l'olt.—
The report is very complete, and em iraces
its Origin, History, Names; Organzation
and Officers; Extent and numbers; armed
force; ritual, oaths and interior Orms;
written principles; specific purposes a lid op-
erations; 'witnesscs and their testimoii y. It
exposes a most startling state of afl‘ai‘s, and
shoiild be read by all.
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UNION RALLY.
A grand Union Meeting is to be held at
Lockaod’s Hall this (Tuesday) ever: ing.—
Gen‘. Ferry, who arrived in town on M .inday,
and Col. Grosvenor, of New Haven, ,vill be
present and address the meeting.
a.-.
age A County Union Mass Meetiizr is to
beheld in New Haven, on Wednes lay.—
Gen. 0. S. Eerry is announced as one of the
Speakers.
o‘.».—————-
WFrank, the youngest son of Edwin
Ells, of Ansonia, who fell from a fee on
Satirrday week, and which we notic: rl last
week. as being seriously hurt, c :-d on
Wednesday afternoon last of lock-ja'. .
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Fire Department.
The annual parade of the Fire Department
of Norwalk takes place this (Tuesday) after-
noon, at 4 o’clock.
the leadership of Mr. A. E. Kroger.
.. Ridgefield- Fair,
The Annual Exhibition of the Ridgefield
Society took place during the past Week. We
hear that it was a fine show, and that the
attendance was larger than on any previous
occasion. The list of premiums awarded
was rcceiw :11 too late for publication this
week, but will appear in our next.
gig“: Among the passengers on the Fulton,-
wliich arrived in New York on Sunday, from
Hilton Hen-l, we notice the names of Col.
Wm. 11. Noble, of the 17th Regt. Conn.Vols.,
and Col. Stt wart L. Woodford, of New York,
Commissioner for the exchange of prisoners
in the Department of the South. We give
' them a hearty welcome home, . and may
their short furlouglis be passed in days of
pleasantness.
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THEY or VE IT urn—Tue London Times,
chief organ and spokesman of the democrat-
ic party, bofh northern and southern wings,
admits tha’- Lincoln’s election is rendered
certain by 1 'ie victories of Sherman and Sher-
idan.
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Brass Band.
We learn that an effort is being made to
organize a Brass Band in Norwalk, under
A
subscription paper is being circulated
through the town for the purpose of raising
the necessary funds, and it is hoped our citi-
zens will contribute liberally. Waterbury
has three good Binds, Bridgeport and West-
port each one. Our town should not be be-
hind other towns, especially as a good Band
is much needed here.
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SOUTH Nonwrtmc—The union men of
' South Norwalk, held a meeting at Ely’s
Hall, on Friday evening last. A large dele-
gation of voters headed by fife and drums
marched down from up-town. The meeting ,
was called to order by Daniel Millard, Esq.,
President of the Club, who made a short
and telling address, closing by introducing
the speaker of the evening, Hon. WM. K.
PECK, Esq. Mr. Peck made a most excel-
lent speccb, discussing the issues of the day
in a forcible, argumentative, and convincing
style, wliilr- treating his opponents with all
due courtesy. His speech was much admir-
ed. He is engaged to speak for a time in
New Jerscv, after which, we presume, he
will again appear in this County.
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Terrible Railroad Accident.
A Terrible railroad accident occurred on
the Shore Dine Road near South Lyme, on
Saturday morning last. A special train
chartered by the government to transport
sick and wounded soldiers from New Haven
to Reedsviéle, Mass, composed Of six cars and
containing nearly 400 soldiers, was thrown
from the II .wk, and twelve men were killed,
nine dang: i‘ously wounded, and forty or fifty
slightly Wounded. The accident was caused
by a brok< ti rail.
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WEsrrcirT.-——A Union Meeting is to be
held on T ‘iursday evening, at Bella’s Hall,
which wil3 be addresses by Hon. James A.
Briggs, for iierly Governor of Gliio. Citizens
of all panics are invited.
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Prize Captured.
The U. .4. Steamer Arkansas, Command-
er Cate, 0!? the 29th, of September, when one
day out fr on New Orleans, captured the
schooner "Watchful,” from New York, la-
den with z-rms, &c. A prize crew were put
aboard, aid she was sent into port. The
Arkansas continued on her cruise, Edward
G. Bishop. of this place, is Payniaster on
the Arkai sas.
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Wild-E you subscribed for Harper’s
W€ekly, 0:: “ Journal of Civilization?” If not,
do so at once, and you will not regret it.
Itis by fr the best journal of the kind
published in America, and should find a
welcome in every household. It is printed
in good st; Is, on excellent paper; is edited
with grcai ability, and is thoroughly loyal
and patriotic in tone; its stories and miscel-
lany are (.o-iginal and timely, and it always
contains portions otanovel by one of the
leading British authors; its illustrations of
the war are truthful and well executed, and
it seldom contains any of the flash pictures
usually p12 blislied by illustrated papers. We
’ would ago. in advise all to subscribe for it, at
once.
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Do THEY GIVE IT urn—Since the late gale
which swcpt over the States of Indiana, Ohio
and Pennsylvania, the peace men have taken
in their McClellan and Pendleton banner.
Did they see the hand-writing on the wall?
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WExti-act from a letter written by an of-
ficer, in the 12th Regiment, dated Harrison-
: bui'gVa., Oct. 4th. .
“I have heard it said that McClellan was
the right man for President of the United
States, by both officers and men, in the old
12th, but alas, liow changed. It is now a
rare thing; to hear a man speak of McClel-
lan as thr man in preference to honest Abra
ham Lincoln. I am satisfied that a large
majority are for and will vote the Union
Ticket. =)ur boys are all well, the Paymas-
ter is in right of us paying Ofi‘tlic troops, and
that mak cs us all feel fine, , we have not re-
covered entirely, from the severe battles of
the 19th and 21st; we lost our LieiitsCol.
and Lieiitcnants Buckley and Steadman in
in the fight of the 19th of Sept. our loss was
nearly 10) men, Capt. Hendricks of Co. E,
was sligll , ly wounded by a fragment of shell.
We took frislicrs Hill and 12 cannon, and a
large number of Buttcriiuts,worthlcss trash.”
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W G ”dey’s Lady’s Book for November,
has been received. It contains a beautiful
steel engzaving of the “Farm House Porch,”
and colors-d and plain fashon plates, &c.. in
abundan. c. Godey says it is one of the best
numbers he has ever issued.
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new mineral called Gotliita has
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‘bcen dismvcr‘cd in America. It was found,
associatc'l with macmatitc, on the Jackson
Iron Morrituin, near Marquette, Lake Supe-
rion,ami is discribcd as occurring under
two fOl‘ll‘ :i—liyacinth red and vclvct‘black;
the cryst: ls of the latter variety being pecu-
culiarly ‘iccdle shaped.-
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CHAN! E.-—A general change among the
Conduct as on the NSY. 65 N. H. Railroad
goes into effect this day (Monday). Conduc-
ter Sanlv -rn goes dowu on the 5:30 A. M.
, and baci» on the afternoon Boston express——
Conductor Franklin leav cs here at 6:45 A.
'M. and luck on the 3:50 P. M. from 27th st.
Conductor Thomas goes down on the 2:15.
A. M. (until train) and returns on the 8 o’-
clockA. M. Boston express from New York.
Geo. Cov :iwall leaves here at 9:45 A. M. and
returns m, 5:30 P. M. from New York.—
Conducl ir Judd remains on the 10 o’clock
A. M. acmmmodation train as at present.
VVar'd I‘ icliols has the afternoon express
down, had the night mail up. Lockwood
has the - :30 P. M.‘train from New Haven,
and 7 o’clock A. M. from New York. Con-
ductor lii rush comes up on the 11:30 A. M.
and retr. "US on the 5:00 P.‘ M. train frorii this
city. J: lm Bradley comes up on the 12:15
P. M. fir-m New York rind returns on the
8:00 P. i=1. (express. Conductor Hoyt runs the
Nor-wall: train. A‘similar change was made
about a, car ago which lasted nearly two
1V. 1]. Courier.
Weeks.-
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.‘IcClellan’s Answer.
The Country to McClellan—“ Are you for
war or for peace i”
.. JIIcOlellanto the Country—“I do not re-
member." ,
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UNION ’ RALLY.
The National Union Club,
will hold a public Meeting, at
LOCKWOOD’S HALL,
on Tuesday Evening Oct. 18th.
at 7 1-2 o’clock.
The meeting will be addressed by . '
Gen. 0.8. Ferry
001. W. M. GROSVENOR,
The public are invited to attend.
Galleries reserved for the Ladies.
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The Annual Borough Meeting.)
We print to day an important amendment
of the charter of ‘tlie:borough of Norwdlkf ,
passed by the Legislature at its last session.
It will be observed that the annual meeting
takes place on Wednesday next (to morrow).
The polls will be open for the choice of offi-
cers from _7 a. m. to 1 p. in. when the other
business will be in order.
Resoultibn amending the Char-
terl 121’ the Borough. of Nor-
wa , . - = '
' GENEnAL AssEMBLY,
, ~ May Session, A‘. D.,‘186'4.
Resolved by this Assembly : i
, SEC. 1. that the annual meeting of the Bor-
ough of Norwalk shall be holden on the
third Wednesday‘of October in each year, at
which time all officers of said borough re-
quired by law, or by the by-laws of said bor-
ough, to be annually chosen, shall be elected
at a single ballot, and each person vvoting
shall deposit in the ballot-box but a' single
piece of paper, having the names of the can-
didates plainly andlegibly writtcd or printed
thereon. Andat all such elections the polls
shall be opened for the reception of ballots
at seven o’clock, in. the forenoon, and shall
remain open therefor until one o’clock in
the after-noon, when they? shall be closed; and
the presiding officer, with the assistance of
the civil authority of _the town Of N orwalk,
and such other person or persons only as he
may select, shall immediately sort and count
the ballots cast, and shall declare in open
meeting and before any adjournment there-
of, the names of persons chosen to such offi-
ces respectively. And no other business
shall be transacted at any such annual meet-
ing until such balloting shall have closed
and the result thereof shall have been declar-
ed as aforesaid. , > - '
SEC. 2. No person shall be entitled to vote
in any meeting of said borough except legal
voters of the town of Norwalk, who shall
have resided at least four months within the
limits of said borough. And if any person not
qualified to vote as aforesaid, shall vote, act,
or intermeddle in any meeting of said bor-
ough, he shall be punished by a fine of sev-
enteen dollars for every such offence. And
it shall be the duty of the states attorney for
the county of Fair-field and of the grand ju-
rors of the town of Norwalk, to make pre-
sentment of such offense.
SEC. 3. The clerk of said borough shall
make duplicate lists of all persons entitled to
vote at each annual meeting, as nearly per-
fect as may be‘ able, before each such meet-
.ing, one of which lists shall remain in the
custody and possession of said clerk, to be
used at such meeting, and the other shall be
posted by said clerk in the post office, within
said borough, at least five days before the day
of such annual meeting ; and the clerk
shall'add to such lists, before such annual
meeting the name of any person who
shall furnish to him satisfactory evi-
dence of a right to vote therein; and for
such service said clerk shall receive a reason-
able compension, to be fixed and determin-
ed by the court of burgesses. And said clerk
shall furnish a copy of said list to any voter
of said borough who may desire it, on pay-
ment therefor of the same fee that town
clerks are entitled to receive for similar ser-
vices. .
SEC. 4. At such annual borough election,
the presiding officer shall receive the vote of
any person who may offer the same, and
wh0se name is on said list, unless he shall
have reason to believe that such person is
not entitled to vote, or unless such vote shall
be challenged; and if he shall believe that
such person is not entitled to vote, or if such
vote shall be challenged, he shall examine
such person so offering to vote under oath,
and shall receive the testimony of any other
person or persons who may ofl‘er to testify
thereon; and if he shall be satisfied upon
such examination and testimony that such
person is alegal voter of said borough, he
shall receive such vote; but if he shall be
satisfied that such person is not a legal voter
of said borough, he'shall reject said vote,’and
the clerks shall thereupon immediately erase
the name of such person from said list. And
if any person whose name is not on said
list shall offer to vote, the presiding oflicer
shall examine such person so offering, under
oath, and shall receive any other testimony
that may be offered touching the right of
such person to vote, and if he shall be satis-
fied of the right of such person to vote he
shall receive such vote. and the clerk shall
thereupon immediately add the name of such
person to said list. And the presiding officer
shall have power to administer the witness’
oath to all persons who may offer to testify
touching the right of any person so to vote.
And if any person shall take any false oath
before such presiding ofl‘icer touching the
right of any person to vote in any such meet-
ing, such person so offending shall be deem-
ed to be guilty of perjury, and shall suffer
the penalties thereof; and if any person shall
willfully make any false statement or give
any false name or answer to Such presiding
officer in any matter relating to the right of
any person so to vote, he shall pay a fine of
fifty dollars and be imprisoned in the county
jail three months.
And said clerk shall check the names of
all persons on said list‘ who shall vote at any
such annual meeting, and shall carefully
preserve said list, with the checks or marks
so made thereon, and keep the same on file.
SEC. 5. The warden and burgesses shall
make out a full and detailed statement of all
the receipts and expenditures of the borough
for the year ending the 30th day of Septem-
ber annually, specifying the sources from
which mo’ncys have been received and the
purposes for which, and the persons to
whom moneys have been paid and shall
cause said statement to be published at least
one week prior to the annual meeting, in a
newspaper printed in said borough.
SEC. 0. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent the filling of any va-
cancy in any of the offices aforesaid which
may occur at a time other than the time of
such annual meeting, but any such vacancy
so occurring may be filled in such manner
as if this not had not been passed. And if
there should be no choice of said officers ion
of any of them on said third Wednesday of
October, the presiding officer shall declare
said meeting adjourned until the day next
following at seven o’clock in the foreman,
when said meeting shall he proceeded with
in all respects as herein before prescribed
for the meeting as originally called, and if
upon such second day there shall be no‘
choice the officers of the preceding year shall
continue in office until the next annual meet-
in .
gSEC. 7. If any officer of said borough shall:
without just or reasonable cause, or neglect
to perform any of the duties lierciiibcfore
prescribed, he shall, on conviction thereof,
be subject to a fine of two hundred dollars.
And if any such officer shall be guilty of
fraud in performing said duties or in neglect-
ing or in refusing the performance of ' them
or any of them, he shall be subject to a fine
not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to
iniprisonmcnt in the county jail not exceed-
ing one year.
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WTlic Richmond papers, chronicling Ben,
Butler’s storming of the Rebel defeIiScs , on
Cliapin’s Farm, said “ the Yanks didn’t stop
when they got over the outer line, but went
right on.” Unionists! we have run over the
Rebel sympalliizci's in Pennsylvania, Ohio.
and Indiana—don’tiet us stop a moment,
but press right on to their positions in every
Northern and Western State. Forward !
une‘
m. ,.
CON: Why is a maiden lady like a dash-
ing young fellow‘? Because she is a gal-'
aunt.
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RELIGIOUS.
The Consociation of Fairfield West held
their Annual Meeting in the Congregational ,
Church in this place, on Tuesday and Wed- 5
nesday of last week. In addition to the trans-
action of the customary business, a consider-
able portion of time was devoted to the ques-
tion of dissolving the pastoral relation of
Rev. Joseph Anderson to the Congregational
Church and Society. '
The dismission of Mr. Anderson took place
on Tuesday afternoon. The annual sermon
was preached on Tuesday evening, by Rev.
Francis Lobdcll of Bridgeport. On the fore-
noon' 8f Wednesday, reports were heard re-
specting the state of religion in the churches ;~.
and Wednesday hfterhbon was devoted ' to
the annual meetings of the Home and the
Foreign Missionary Societies connected with
the Consociation. Appropriations were voted
for the support of religion in the parishes of
Long Ridge and Ridgebury: and the meet.
ings were brought to a close by an interest:
ing address by Rev. Augustus Walker of the,
Mission in Eastern Turkey. '
TheConsociation in voting to dissolve the
pastoralrelations of Rev. Joseph Anderson
5 to the first Cliurcli'aiid Society in Norwalk,
. adoptcd‘tlie following as an explanation of
theirnctithand expression- of their opinion
and feelin g.
“In coming to this decision, we are influ-
enced solely by the request of the pastor and
the concurrence of the Church and society.
, “It is a-matter of deep regret that a necesi-
ty has arisen which has led to the separation
of Our Brother from the people of his.
charge and from us. We rejoice that noth-
ing has occured to diminish our entire confi-
dence in him as a man, a Christian anda
minister. Circumstances which are evident:
ly beyond his control have arisen which rend
,derit probable that both his usefulness and
his ha )piuess would be promotedby his re-,
mova to some other field of labor: and we
cheerfully and affectionately recommend him
to _the churches, wherever God in his pro yi-,
dence may call him, as an able, faithful and-
successful minister of Jesus Christ.
“ The Consociation would express a lively
sympathy with this Church and congregation
in the \loss of a Pastor so eminently qualified
to administer to them the truths add consola~
tions of the gospel of peace, and who has-
been instrumental in bringing so many souls.
into the foldof Christ. Our earnest hope is,
that they may abide in the spirit of unity,
and study the things which make for peace.
Our prayer to God is that he will speedily
send them another faithful pastor, who shall
guide them and their children in the way of_
life everlasting.”
We are sure that the large body of Mr;-
Anderson’s late parishoners, with his numer--.
ous friends here and elsewhere, will rejoice
in the unqualified endorsement given him by,
the clerg ynien with whom he has for several
years past been so intimately associated.—
The above. expressions of esteem and confi-.
dence, added to the emphatic resolutions pass.
ed by the Society—already published in our,
columns-and the very practical‘approval of;
his ministry contained in the vote of the 80-;
=ciety paying him his salary in full to the first"
of April next, should convince him that he
has won a warm place in many hearts, and
should serve its a new proof that those who
"are faithful to their principles and to their
country’s cause, are certain, sooner or later,
to securcvictory and honor.
REv. W. A. HYDE has accepteda call from
the Grassy 'Hill Congregational Church,
Lyme. Mr. Hyde preached his farewell scr:
niou to his people at Mianus, on Sunday last;
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TeStimonial to Conductor Wili
- cox. , 1
The following testimonial and correspond,-
encc will show the estimation 1n which our
townsman, H. Wilcox, is held by the com}
mutcrs on the N. Y. d: N. H. R. R., to which
We say am on : _
" We, the undersigned, commuters on the
N. Y. &' N'. H. R. R. and friends of conducr
tor vWilcox, feeling desirous of expressing
'our gratification for the very efficient manner
he has performed his duties, for his kind and
gentlemanly department to all, and’for the
safety and regularity with which he has run
his trains, do hereby agree to :pay the sum
set opposite our names, the amount to heapi-
propriatcd for the purchase of a neat and
substantial Monument, to be erected to the
memory of his loved and only daughter, reg
,ccntly deceased. ‘
‘ SOUTH NonwALx, Oct. 1, 1864.
Mr. E. 1. Whitney and friends;
DEAR SIRS :—*
' - , The package you handed me
containing two hundred and six dollars and
fifty cents, the contribution of friends on the
Road, quite overpowered me, and I hardly
know what to say in reply. You could not
have selected a more desirable gift; and be
assured sir, and gentlemen, that the memo-
ry of your kindness will be as lasting as the
marble you have so kindly provided for my
departed child. Please accep‘ for yourself
and all the kind friends myheartfelt thanks.
Respectfully yours, &c., ' H. WILoox.
___~._.* . -._. __. :
WM, Philip Kearney, an old soldier, en-
ter my solemn protesr againstthis order for
retreat.. We ought, instead of retreating, to
follow up the enemy, and take Richmond.
And, in full view of all the responsibility of
such a declaration, I. say- to you all, such an
order can only be prompted by cowardice or.
treason.”— Gen. Kearney at Malaern Hill.
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VEGETABLES FROM THE SEENANDOAU.-—
Phil Sheridan is sending forwarda good
crop of Early beats. ’ ’ .
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W The following eloquent and patriotic
appeal is from the N. Y. Independent—
words fitly spoken :.
Fellow Countrymcn! wc reasscrt our sol-
emn conviction that no document in the his-
tory cl'Amcrican political parties is of equal
infamy with the Chicago platform. Its tri-
umph in November will, be the sorrow of
the country for generations to come—disuni-
on, dishonor, and civil swords drawn afresh.
If this nefarious scheme for the' rescue of
the Rebellion be not treason, then there is
no treason ; if its complotting authors be not
traitors, then there are-no traitors. Under
the calamity of its success, the nation would
sit in a double shadow—of shame and of sin.
We speak in no measured words of the enor-
mity of this offence against the American
Republic. We abhor the plot; we denounce
its aiders and abettors; we spurn its willing
candidate and commentator: we summon
the people to 'a higher platform, find 1o
make. a‘ better country. Brave are tlicsedays
of ours, crowded with grand duties, gilded
with illustrious hopes! VICTORY, UNI-
ON, PEACE! These are in the nbapfuturc,
if every patriot does his duty now. To the
attainment of these ends, there is but one
method, which wise men know and will
follow. No purley with‘ Rebellion in the field—
no compromiscuith Slace-ry in the Readjust-
meat. “ BEnonn ALL THINGS, LIBERTY !"
wrote Sclden, making an immortal motto
for Englishmen—to which let Americans
give heed in these fiery days! -
«‘0’..—
0ut for Lincoln. .
A week ago the Copperhead papers prin-
ted the name of Hon. George Peet,
among the signatures to the call for a Mc-
Clellaiiitish mass meeting to be held at
Litchfield next week.
Since then a letter from Mr. Peet has been
published, in which he repudiates all fellow-
ship with this Coppcrlieads ”and indicates his
purpose to support Lin'co‘m and Johnson.
Mr. Peet is a life-long. Democrat, and for
years has been the member of the Democratic
State Central Committee for Litclifield coun-
ty.
ANOTHER.—-H0n. John C. Palmer of
Hartford, an influential Democrat, has de-
clared his intention to support Lincoln and
Johnson. He was a leading man of the
Douglas Democracy of Connecticut in 1860
N.»o—————
mgr: At St. Petersburg, Russia, lately, a Catli-
olic church tumbled to the ground when it
was crowded with worshippers, and as many
as 7000 persons were buried beneath the ru-
ins. Not one was saved alive. In many
cases there were no relatives present to claim
the bodies that were recovered, as the whole
family had been killed. " The church had
been considered unsafe, and measures were
taken to repair it, but the workwen did not
consider it safe to work upon, and had all left
, late Springfield speech, he said : “No Demo.
crat can sustain the Chicago platform and its
' ——The Norwich Bulletin, on receipt of the
. We are fighting for existence.
~i‘classic sable, he will have no apology for at-
'tempting‘an exploit of such unusual daring.
Hoping for the success of the Union cause,
A Philadelphia correspondent describes
'until he had read one or two of the names,
NEWS ITEMS.
-——Gen ngan has always been a Demo-
crat. He was the warm personal, political
and confidential friend of Douglas. In his
candidates, and those who pretend to be for
the candidates and not for the platform are
either kiiaves or fools.”
———Franz Muller, the reported murderer of
Mr. Briggs on an English railroad train, is
likely to get clear. The evidence is weak in
regard to his identification.
———Thc Algerian, papers mention the con-
demnation of an Arab to two ears’ imprison-
ment for having killed his Wife in a moment
of anger. It appears that she was stronger
thanher husband, and was ill-treating him.
The strange part of the affair is that the wife
Was seventeen years of age,’thc husband only
fourteen, and that they had been three years
married ! - .
—-——Immense hauls of mackerel continue to
be taken in Halifax Harbor and in the basin"
above. One day last week over eight hun-
dred barrels were taken by half a dozen per‘
sons. The fish are largcand fat, and almost
cover the surface of the water.
———-The Bridgeport Standard intimates that
the conductor on the special train which
took the Bridgeport Copperlicads to the New
Haven celebration, last Friday night was in-
structed not to collect fare from the passen-
gers.
———Gcn. Heintzelman, described in a Wheel-
ing Va., paper, as “ aquick-spoken, silver—immi,1 new cavalry gen cm,
haired, liii‘ndSOmc, . earnest-looking ’man,
about fifty-five years of age," followed Sena-
tor WILLEY at a Union meeting in Wheel-
in on the 5th, in a speech in which he said:
“ can see but two issues in this contest—-
an honorable peace accomplished by a vigor-'
ous won, or an armistice, a convention of
States, and a final dissolution of the Union
and eternal war..”
——The editor of the New York Post says
that he knows, from the best authority, that
Mr. Jefferson Davis but a few weeks ago ab-
solutely and finally refused to listen to any.
proposal of peace except on the ground of
Southern independence; “and when I say
Southern independence,” he remarked, “I
mean; to include in our Confederacy, Mary—
land, all of Virginia,"Tenne§see, Kentucky,
Arkansas and Missouri—nothing less."
———The Richmond; Examiner announces
that negro prisoners taken in Yankee uni-
form arc to be substantially regarded and
treated as prisoners of war. These Algerines
of the South it seems are not wholly insen-
sible to the moral suasion of the retaliatory
policy.
-——-The Richmond Whig "of the 10th in—
stant has another speech of Jeff. Davis, in
which he says: We must do our duty, and
that duty is this: every man able to bear
arms must go to the front, and all others
must devote tlicmtelve to the cause at home.
There must be no pleadings for exemption.
— ~G0TTsanLK has been knighted by the
Queen of Spain. He becomes a Kight o
the most, noble a (1 royal order of
Charlesthe Third, and will soon receive the
insigna of his new dignity.
—Ata New York coin sale, the other
day. a Washington penny of 1792 was sold
for $485, a Carolina cent of 1094 at $81, a
half cent of 1796 at $120, and a. Granby
Connecticut cent $105.
—-A gang of currency counterfeiters inclu-
ding several women, lias been discovered,
and arrested in New Jersey. Forty thou-'-
sand dollars in spurious currency, presses,
bank paper, plates, &c., were captured. .
—-—Ncbraska Territory held an election on
Tuesday last for Delegate in Congress,
Phineas W. Hitchcock, Union, was chosen;
by a large majority )ver Dr. Geo. L. Miller,§
the Democratic nominee. ;
—-Tlie TorOnto Globe, speaking of the;
recent elections, says that Gen. McClellan?
never had any reasonable prospect of being?
elected, but present appearances indicate;
that he has as good a chance of getting to.
be Emperor of Japan as he has of becoming.
President of the United States.
9».
Funds HOME—Mr. Benjamin Fitch, the?
patriotic founder of the “ Home for the Sol-
diers” at Darien, Conn, for the opening of
which, (in the 4th of July last, was described:
in our columns at the time, has just sailed
for Europe on account of the infirm state of
his health. Previous to leaving he made t0'
the “ Home” a further donation of $5000 for
the purpose of establishing a school for the
education of destitute children of soldiers.—
Zribune.
. ., _ .<.>-- ,
WCliief J usticc Roger B. Tnney, died at
Washingtonpn Wednesday night,aftcr a few-
days illess. .
«d.»-
election returns from Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana, has the following:
“We recollect reading, not long ago,.in
some zealous coppcrliead sheet, the state-
ment that the rent west was ‘all on fire for
McClellan.’ e are not inclined, even now,
to dispute the fact. We can only say that
our telegraphic columns contain _some very
interesting news from the ‘ burnt district.’ ”
.‘.>. .
W'Tlic New York News (Copperhead)
gives up little Mac’s prospects. It says:
“Thcjjsun is not more certain to rise to-
morrow than that the president of these Uni-
tedStates,for the next four years,will be Abra-
ham Lincoln! The enthusiasm, the lime-
lightning, the powder-burnings, the speech-
ings, the processions, of the opposition are,
so far as they may be supposed to change
the result, all in vain.”
. - 0»-
—B. H. Hill, a rebel sympathizer, made'a
speech lately at Macon, Ga., in which he
said;
The Charleston Courier said: “ Our
success is in Lincoln‘s failure; and our fail-_
we is McClellan’s defeat.” 'v '
~<Q>c
The Gymnastic General.
At an immense Union meeting held in
Pittsburg, the mirth of the audience was ex-
cited by a letter from Daniel S._ Dickinson,
who had been invited, butwaifiinable to be
present. He writes: - _
Believing General McClellan entitled to
fair treatment, 1 am quite inclined to cen-
sure tliose who are proposing to distort his
comely proportions by placin one feat in
the sliding, slippery surrende ,structure of
Chicago, and the other on a vigorous prose-
cution of a patriotic war on “ conservative,
principles !” It requires too much tension
of muscle, and is entirely unjustified at the
present price of ready made clothing. The
Colossus of Rhodes, though made of brass
nearly equal to that of Chicago, fell in at-
temptine to stand astridc a much narrower
gulft that separates these-points, and as the
General is well read in history as well”.
niid lwlicving that our good land is to be
rescued from the grasp of the despoiler, I am.
Sincerely yours, D. S. DICKINSON.
_ .<.-.
A‘ Jackson Hero.
the following thrilling incident thatoccurred
in that city during the election last Tuesday.
He says: '
An old man over seventy years of age ad-
vanced to the window, leaping tl'cmblingly
on his staff, when an officious Copperhead
vote distributor approached him, and thrust-
ing a ticket'in his facesaid, “ Here is an old
Jackson democrat who always votes a
straight ticket.” The old man opened the
ballot, and held it with trembling fingers,
flung it from him, and in a voice husky with
emotion, exclaimed: “ I despise you more
than I hate the rebel who sent his bullet
through my dead son’s heart! Do you ex-
pect me to dishonor my poor boy’s memory,
and vote for men who charge American sol-
dicrs, fighting for their country, with being
hirelings and murderers!" The Union tick-
et was given him, and room was rcverently
made for the true hearted old patriot by the
hushed and admiring knot around the Win-
clow."
a.-. ”__—
DEATns Almeria—Waller Savage Lan-
dor, an eminent literary man and poet, re.-
ccntly died at Florence, Italy, in" his 87th
ear. -
Capt. 'Spcke, the. African traveler who
discovered the source of the Nile, recently
died in England, by the accidental discharge
of gun in his own hands, while on a hunting
excursion. ‘
_ -.._.- _..< . -..~_.. ..
WWhy are .gi'cenbacks more valuable .
than :gold, even at its present price? Because
when you put a greenback in your pocket
you double it,'and when you take it out again
- There is another major general in the
' an able, friendly view of our political situa-
* deprived of his command, November 5th,
WAR NEWS 01? THE WEEK.
iiiiiiii bu mun
STRASBURG, VA. ,Oct. D—Midniglit.
To Lieutenant General Grant, City Point:
In coming back to this point] was not fol-
lowed up until late yesterday, when a large
rebel force of cavalry appeared in my rear.—
I then halted my command to ofier battle by
attacking the enemy. I became satisfied that
it was only all the rebel cavalry of the valley,
commanded by Rosser, and directed Torbett
to .attack at (lay-light this morning and finish-
this savior of the valley.
The attack was handsomely made. Cus-
ter, commanding the Third division,charged
on the back road, and Merritt, commanding
the First cavalry division, on the Strasbnrg
pike. Merritt captured five pieces of artillery.
Custer captured six pieces of artillery with
caisson, battery forge, &c. I
The two divisions captured forty-seven
wagons, ambulances, &c. Among the wag-
ons captured are the head quarters wagons
of Rosscr, Loniax, Wickliam and Colonel
Pollard. The number of prisoners will be
about three hundred and thirty.
. The enemy, after being charged by- our gal-
lant cavalry w'crc broken and ran. They
were followed 'on the jumpaio'Ventysix miles,
through Mount Jackson and across the north
fork of the Shenandoah. I deemed it best to
make this delay of one day here and settle
The eleven pieces of artillery captured to-
day makc thirty-six pieces captured in the
Shenandoalrvalley since the 19th of Septem-
ber. Some of the artillery was new and nev-
er had been fired, The pieces were marked
“Tradcgar Works.”
P. H. SnEErDAN,,Major-Gencral.
E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.‘
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—--Tlie World’s
correspondent with Sheridan says the
the victory over Rosscr‘s cavalry was one of
the most complete ever won. Among the
guns captured was the famous Baltimore
battery with its gunners. The prisoners
captured are mostly of the best class in the
rebel army.
Capture of a Militia Meeting.
From Florida, we have a report that Gen.
Hatch has recently sent out a force, under
Col. Noble which proceeded to Enterprise, a
long-distance away, and captureda whole
militia meeting of Volusia County, without
trouble. The meeting had been advertised,
and the news of it came to Gen. Hatch, who
directed the expedition against it. The
force started at night, and, after along march
succeeded in surrounding the gathering be-
forc'anybod y suspected his presence. Twen-
ty-nine men, forty horses, and some proper-
ty were secured. Among the prisoners was
Col Watson, long known as a successful
guerrllla chief, whose specialit has been the’
obtaining of cattle from us. t is believed
that oxen and cows will now thrive under
Union culture anywhere in‘ Eastern or
Northern Florida.-
We had no loss in this expedition, thanks
to the ability of its managers. '
‘ <4.-.
Cry of Agony from Bichmond.‘
The Richmond Examiner of the 4th con-
cludes an editorial as follows:
But no fatal wound has beeninflicted on
the defence of Richmond. Only the future
is shown. We repeat, it is a blessing, not a
misfortune, if. there is wisdom here. Let
troops be brought to Virginia without delay
from anywhere, for Virginia is the pillar of
the Confederacy. At present the lines are
secure. But their safety cannot be fairly left
to Lee’s present army, which has too great a
load on it already. Ari accession to our for-
ces from some quarteris the soregneed of the
hour—the hour of final trial which is close
at hand. That some division of good troops
should be brought instantly ito Richmond,
and that its vast population of negro women
and children, who eat up everything, should
be sent forthwith away, are the evident and
pressmg wants of the occasion.
.‘.‘.
nerGeorge Wm. Crirtis said in a
recent speech : .-
There is one major general in the ser-
vice of the United States who does not
believe in air immediate cessation of hos-
tilities. There is one general who did
not give the rebels a day to escape up
the Shenandoah Valley—a general who
is never late—0m: of the early birds that
catches all the worms. [Applause]
service of the United States whose words
of heroic loyalty rang like 'a bugle call
through the ranks of secession and rebell~
ion : “ If any man hauls down the
American flag, slioot'him on the spot 1”
[Cheers] My friends, there is another
major general in the service of the Uni-
ted States, am] he says : “It ‘ any man
hauls down the American flag, let us all
go at once into convent-ion, and “exhaust
all the resources of stutesmanship known
to the civilized world" in order to con
trive some means by which we can coax
him to haul it up again.”
v<.>-
m“ Whatever admiration may be felt in
Europe for the military South, the Democra-
cy of thc.Nortli (wliilorn under the contempt
of even the London Times) have few friends
and few admirers. The Glasgow Herald, in
tion, declares that the National Government
‘f has assumed an attitude toward Slavery
which ought to command the profound sym-
pashy of the British people. It has certain-
ly challenged their respect, if we may credit
late declarations of Russell, Gladstone and
other English admirers of the South. Conclu-
ding an examination of the recent Democrat-
ic address,~the Herald says, with an expres-
sion of wonder:
“ Abundance of invcctivc against the ' pernicious
theories’ that would elevate the negro to the digni-
ty of citizenship— plenty of eloquent language about
‘ the social debasement and pollution‘ of allowing
tge two races to aiiialganiate; but in six colums
a d a half of closely printed type not one word
against the pernicious theories that reduce the ne-
gro to the condition ofa thing to be bought and
sold, whipped, hunted with dogs, branded with hot
irons—not one syllable about the social debasement
and pollution of a system that allows the planter to
gratify every brutal passion upon his helpless
slaves, and tempts him to sell his own children to
infamy 51nd bondage." .
“ It is sad enough,” says the Herald, in
conclusion, “to see a slaveholding Confed-
eracy in the South. Shall we desire now to
see the N orlli also govcrcned by a party com-
mitted to the protection of slavery, and avow
cdly favorable to thc extension of this ac-
cursed system into the, Territories of the
United States ‘1’"
_—————au‘.>..—.—
“We should exhaust all the resources of
Statesmaiislii p, ” &c.—.llc Ctellun’s Letter of Accept-
unnce. -
If Little Mac proposcs to “ exhaust the
resources of Statcsmanship" in the same
way that he once “ cxliaustcd the resources”
of Generalsliip, no one would be benefitted
by it butthc rebels. The people have had
quite enough of his “exhausting” process,
and don’t propose to have any more of it.
94.>o*———-—-
“ Conscious ofmy own weakness,” &c.—JIcC’lel~
Ian‘s Letter of Acceptance.
Other people are conscious of it too, and
“ that’s what's tlie‘mattei‘."
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AN INSTANCE or ABSOLUTE FAILURE.—
Tlic New York {limos says: “ It is true that
there has been a part of this war which was
an abSolule failure. It is that part which was
under the charge of George B. McClellan.—
It is a striking fact that this General should
have held command of the most important
department in the seat of war for fourteen
months, and not gained from the rebels (in-
ring all that time the permanent possession
of one foot of soil. ;At the time'that he was
1862, he actually had less of Virginia within
the loyal lines than when he first assumed
command of" the dc ){lrllllcnh Norfolk left
'out of the question, vliicli position was ta-
ken and held, not by him but the navy, there
had been a positive ‘rclrogrcssion. This
-: could be said of no other independent com-
mander.”
_..<.>-.—_.~___.
WThe New York Herald advices Au-
gust Belmont, the financial proprietor of the
Copperhead party, to convene his Chicago
Convention at the earliest possible moment,
and put up some other person in place of
Pendleton as the only possible way of giving
there ticket :1 ghost of a chance of success.—
Thc advice is good but it comes to late.
———-—-o~<.>¢o—-—-—
W The conclusion inevitably follows
that the results of the State elections of
Penn. Ohio and Indiana of Tuesday last,
mitted to the degradation of the negro, com¥
“As mine Past.” F
“RESOLVED, That in the future, as in the
past, we will adhere with unswerving fideli-
ity to the Unon.”—Demooratic Platform.
The Union came to an end during a
“ Democratic” administration “ in the
net.”
The conspiracy against the Union cul-
minated in a “ Democratic” cabinet “ in
the past.”
The President through whose vascilia-
tion and imbecility, not to say treachery
and connivance, the South opened their
war against the Union, was a “ Demo-
crat” of “the past.” His name is James
Buchanan.
Ex-Pr'esident John Tyler was an open
and avowed rebel against the Union, and
was a “ Democrat” of “ the past.”
Ex-President Pierce, who remains on
excellent terms with his old (“ Democrat-
ic”) Secretary of War. Jefferson Davis,
and has not lifted a finger or a word in
aid of the national government, is a
“ Democrat” of“ the past.”
Ex Vice President Breckinridge is a
Major-General in the rebel army, and a
“ Democrat.” of “ the past.”
Vice-President Aaron Burr was a
traitor and a “ Democrat” “ in the past.”
Vice-President John C. Calhoun, the
father of secession, was a “ Democrat” in
the past.” '
Jeff. Davis himself, his cabinet officers
and his generals, and nearly every con-
spicuous, influential or active lender in
the rebellion against the Government,
and a majority of the ofiicers and soldiers
in the rebel army, are “Democrats" “of
the past.”
We greatly over estimate the virtue,
patriotism and intelligence of our people
if they give the “ Democratic party” an
opportunity to “ adhere to the Union in
the future as ii. the past,” at this partic-
ular juncture.— Chicago Tyibune.
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Now to Duty and Labor.-
[From the Buffalo Express ]
The time has come when the loyal
men of the nation—the men who do not
believe in the right of rebellion against
the Union, the Constitution and the Old
Flag—should take their stand, firmly
determined to save the country in the
coming election. A vote for the Demo-
cratic platform and candidates is a vote
in favor of rebelion.—Democratic success
is the success of the rebellion. In no
word did the Democratic National Con-
vention condemn rebellion— on the con-
trary, its denunciations were aimed at
the men who have labored to crush it.
The measures of the Government that
are most bitterly assailed are those which
have proved most damaging to the cause
of the insurgents. All this, is proof posi-
tive that Democracy has closed hands
with rebellion, not to save, but to destroy
the Union
The time has come, therefore, when
men must take sides and prepare for
work. Those who would save the na-
tion’s integrity and preserve the Union
must indicate their good faith to such a
purpose by opposing by everv laudable
effort the consummation of the purposes
of the rebellion. Fidelity to the Nation-
al integrity now calls more loudly. than
ever upon the patriotic to enlist in the
work of resisting at the ballot‘box the
purposes and plans of a party which
seeks to establish the same rights and
principles all over the North that are
contended for by the Rebels, and which
incite them to take up arms against the
Government. The pledges of these men
to maintain the Union in peace are but
the sugar that is placed on the exterior
of their rebellious purposes, to deceive
and mislead the unwary.
' No man who believes this Union and
Government worth saving will remain
idle for one moment now that the enemy
is in the field withhis disloyal flag flying.
With a platform,'ahd a candidate, accord-
ing to Democratic authority, still more
to be condemned and abhorred than the
platform on which he stands, the Demo-
cratic party has no hope or prospect of
success. We go to the people in the
fullest confidence that their verdict will
lay this party and its platform very deep
in the dark waters; of defeat. It only
requires nerve and labor to make the
task easy and the victory overwhelming.
Let the long roll be beat in the Union
camp, let our {green rally, for the day of
final triumph is at hand Defeat to Me-
Clellan is defeat to rebellion. We must
bury them in a common grave.
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36"- The New York Times says it is
Well to recall the words lately written by
Licut. Gen. Grant. After setting forth
the military prospect, he said : " I have
no doubt but the enemy are exceedingly
anxious to hold out until after the Presi-
dential election. They have many hopes
from its results. They hope a counter
revolution. They hope the election of
the Peace candidate. In fact, like Mi-
cawber, they hope for something to ‘turn
up.’ Our Peace friends, if they expect
peace from scpuration,are much mistaken.
It would be but the beginning of war,
with thousands of Northern men joining
the South because of our disgrace in al-
lowing separation .”
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W'I‘lie Boston Herald, which supported
Mr Douglas in 1860, takes a decided position
against the Chicago Platform and nominees.
It says:
“ So far as the platform, the speeches and
candidates are concerned, the convention held
in Chicago might as well have been held in
Richmond. It was a miserable, fawning, syc-
opiiantic and degrading to the men who are
in arms against the goVernuient, and who
have done their utmost to destroy American
liberty. The success of the Chicago ticket
would be but the beginning of a series of dis-
aster which would come upon us, too horri-
ble to contemplate. For ourselves, we sup-
port no snch doctrines, add no such ticket as
that made and put forth at Chicago, and
which we believe will be repudiated by the
people at the polls.” . ‘ '
«Q». ,
WA literary copperhead meeting an ac-
reading lately. The Union man replied that
he was devoting his time to Sheridans Works.
«Q»
“ KNOWN AND LOVED AT HOME."—-Cln-
ciunati, the home of one Peiidleton, who is
trying to run for Copperhead Vice President,
gave 6000 Union majority on Tuesday last.
«d.»-
MCCLELLAN As A GENERAL—In the con-
clusive reply of Hon. Wm. D. Kelley to Gen.
Naglee, he recalls the followrng incidentin
the career of the Great Unready.
I had told the audience of the hopes enter-
tained by the President, the Seéretary of
War, and leadin Members of Congress, of
the success of en. McClellan's proposed
surprise of the rebels on the line of Brents-
ville. You doubtless remember that the
success of that promised movement was said
by the General to depend on the fact that it
was to be a surprise. That no suspicion of
his contemplated movement might be exci-
ted,hc proposed that instead of constructing
poritooiis or hauling them thither, he would
collect in the canal canal-boats, of which to
construct a bridge across the Potomac. This
he did at his leisure. All was now ready.—
If anything was wanting, he had “ nobody
but himself to blame,” as he himself had said.
The morning of the eventful day arrived,
and lo, a difficulty which to the eminent en-
giiieer commanding the army was insupera-
blc. It had never occurred to him to meas-
ure the outlet-lock through which the boats
he had provided were to pass, and now just
at the critical moment, as they were some
feet wider than the lock, they pbstmately
have determined the issue of the President-
Y. Herald;
yen find it in “com. . '
p ial contest of 1864.-—N.
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McClellan at Malvern Hill.“
The following statement of Gen. McClel-
lan‘s retreat from Malvern Hill is from Rev.
J. J. Mark’s history of “ The Peninsular
Campaign in Virginia.” The statement is
the more important just now from the fact
that Rev. Mr. Marks wrote his history imme-
(liately after McClellan abandoned the Penin-
sula, and was not written for political effect,
nor by a politician, but by an army chaplain
who was a witness of the scenes which he
describes. Mr. Marks says:
_The battle was over, but the cannonading
still continued, and shells and balls of every
kind tore through the woods in a ceaseless
whirlwrnd of fury. In the meantime thou-
sands of the confederates fled in the wildest
confusron from the scene, and hid themselves
in swamps and hollows; soldiers. without
guns, horsemen without caps and swords,
came to the hospitals in the battle-field of
Glendale, and reported that their-regiments
and brigades were swept away, and they
alone “ escaped to tell the tale.”
It is one of the strangest thin s .in this
week of disaster that General Me lellan or-
dered a retreat to Harrison’s Landing, six
miles down the James river, after we had
gamed a decided victo . When this order
was received by the impatient and eager
army,'consternatio'n and amazement over.
wliclmcd our patriotic and ardent hosts.—
Somc refused to obey tlie'com‘mand. Gen
Martindalc shed tears of shame. .
The brave and cliivalrousKearne said in
the presence of many officers: “ Philip
Kearney, an old soldier, enter my ’solemn
protest. against this order for retreat—we
ought, instead of retreating, to follow up the
enemy and take Richmond. And in full
mew ofall the responsibility of aucha declara-
tion, I say to you all, such an order can only
be prompted by cowardice or treason.” ~
And with all, hopelessness and despair
succeeded the flush of triumph. In silence
and gloom our victorious army commenced
retiring utterly broken, scattered, and panic
stricken.
And when there was not a foe within miles
of us, we left our wounded behind to perish,
and any one witnessing the wild eagerness
of our retreat would have supposed that we
were in the greatest peril from a vigilant and
triumphant enemy.
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W When such an open disunionist as
Senator Powell of Kentucky supportsMcClcl
inn, and has reason for it, Union men ought
to consider that reason why they should not.
He said in a recent speech:
war from the beginning, never having voted
9. man or a dollar to carry it on, I never will
occupy the position of one approving the war
or of the unjust acts connected with it; but
I believe Gen. McClellan should receive my
support, and he will have it—my warm,
hearty, zealous support.”
—Qn<.>.._—_
The views of a Secession Sena-
tor.
speech at Jackson, Miss, on the 15th ult., on
the state of the country, a sketch of which is
furnished by a corrésponden of the Clarion.
After some remarks upon the situation in
general the finances, &c., the speaker now
came to the most importantiportion of his ad-
dress, and that was as to the prospect of
peace; and so great was the anxiety of the au-
dience upon the subject that there was an insol-
untary more nearer to him as quick as the
uordpeaco was mentioned, and breathless anci-
ety prevailed throughout to catch every word.—
He commenced by frankly confessing to the
people that the Confederate authorities had
abandoned all hopes of any assistance from
the governments of Europe, or through the
occupation of Mexico by the French. Our
hopes for an early peace were dependent entire-
ly on the success of the Democratic party'at
the North in the approaching Presidential elec-
tzon. The whole population of the North,
the rich as well as the poor, were now called
to face the war with all its horrors; and he
believed that they would not submit to the
draft ordered for the 5th of September neat;
that they would resist by force of arms first;
that the Peace party would continue to grow
and be successful in the approaching canvass.
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are rebel sympathizers? Who, but the slave-
traders, the blockade-runners, the aristocrats
of Europe, the enemies of rcpublicaninstitu-
tions everywhere ? And who sympathize
With the Union ? It is tli 2 down-trodden,
the oppressed, the greatest philosophic minds?
of the timathe benefators of the race thmugh¥
'out the world, and the friends of freedom in
every quarter of the globe? Reader,‘whom
do you sympathize wrth?
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WJohn A. Griswold, a leading democrat
of Troy, N. Y., has come out from his asso-
crates and declared for Lincoln. He says:
_ I feel constrained to say, for the first time,
either publicl y or privately,that with General
McClellan and the platform on which he
has been placed, and Mr. Pendleton, with his
publicly recorded sentiments, I cannot yield
support to the Chicago nominations.
K.--
W In these times of high prices, it is wel
torcmember that children can be supplied
With shoes for less than half the usual annual
cost,_by wearing Metal-Tipped Shoes, to say
nothing of stockings destroyed and health
endangered by wet feet, arising frbm the
childlike habit of wearing out their shoes at
toes first—Boston Journal.
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THEY SAY.”—“ They say 3” Who are
they ?——who are the cowled monks, the hood-
ed friars, who glide with shrouded faces in
the procession of life, muttering in an un-
known tongue words of mysterious import?
Who are they? the midnight assassins of
reputation, who lurk in the by-lancs of soci-
ety, with dagger tongues sharpened by in-
vention and envenomed by malice. to draw
the blood of innocence, and hyena-like, ban—T
quct on the dead. Who are they? They
are _a multitude no man can number, black-
souled faniiliars of the inquisition of slander
searching for victims in every city, town, an
village, wherever the heart of humanity
throbs, or the ashes of mortality find rest. '
Oh, coward, coward world-skulkerl give
us the bold bgigand who thunders along the
rate, who unlurls the black flag, emblem of
his terrible trade, and shows the plank which
your doomed foot must tread; but save us
from the they sayers of society, whose knives
are hidden in velvet sheaths, whose bridges
of death is woven of flowers, and who sp read '
with invisible poison, even the spotless,
whiteness of the winding sheet—Harris- .
burgh Telegraph.
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Oflice at Norwalk, State of Connecticut,
the 18th day of October, 1864.
Adams, E Esq Hubbard, Mrs _S ’ "
Brotlierton, F e r nan-Knapp, James H
do G Lockwood, Mrs An-
Bacon Manufact'g Co nie B
Cannon, Mrs Annie CLounsbui-y, Mrs Delia
Cole, George Esq Lupen, Francis J
Disbrow, Miss Sarah Malone,Miss Margaret
—- Nash, T B Es
Day, Miss M E D Northrop, Harriet A
Downs, Miss Letta _ Ploer, Mrs Caroline
Reed, Mrs Frs A
Sturges, Miss Nelly
Finch, Wm Smith, Jesse G
Fox, Jacob Sanger, Wm l"
Grummond, George Sullivan, Patrick
Hilton, Miss Fannie Thompson, Miss E ~
Hubbcll,Mrs Mary E Whitey, Mrs
Hearty, Thomas Wood, Miss Jane
Persons calling for any of the above Lei:
ters will please say “Advertised, hing the
date of the list.
\CHARLES OLMSTEAD. P. M.
c<.>-P———- —’
W In the beginning 0! your purchases,
for the fall and winter season, gentlemen
should avoid Broadway, just as sure as if
they were going to take board. It will up!
pay to squander money for the show 01 Walt-
ers and extra toast; neither does any pru-
dent man, unless lic has money to ihr w
away, buy his goods at the expensive esta -
lishiiients on Broadway. In hill the best
and respectable business thoroughfares of the
city we have examined the stock of clothing
for gentlemen and children, and have come
to the conclusion that the Bowery can boast
of one of the great clothing establishments
Dibble, L
managed with a degree of business skill ‘
which is proverbial to?Mr. BALDWIN.
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WWIIO can say that the J. Monroe Tay-
lor Gold Medal soap is not a messenger of
peace, when they behold the smile of joy
with which it is welcomed by every one who
uses it, from the p‘ iiiter‘s devil to the merry
liouscmaid, it is an invaluable companion
from llu: cellar to the roof. We do not h'esi-
mle to pronounce it by far the best soap in
the world, and worth five times the price
refused to pass through 1' Was it not vexa-
tions? ' "
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naked for it.
“As a peace man who has opposed this‘
Senator Semmes, of Louisiana, delivered a '
WHOM Do YOU SYMPATHIZE WITH ?-Who
highways wrth flashing weapon that cuts '
, the sunbeams as the shades. Give us the pi-
etters remaining unclaimed in the Post‘ ‘
of the world, located at 70 and 72, which is -
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