Daily State Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 4347, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1864 — Page 2

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T4B CMIOM - IT MÜHT Bl PREIBBTID Jacaaow FR1DAT MORN IN(. SIPT 23 - l1 National Democratic Ticket. FOB mSIDKüT. CEN. CEO. B. McCLELLAN, OP !CIW JCBfKT VOX VICE fBMlUKM CEORCE H. PENDLETON, or Ohio. wuy irderai Prisoners Gaffer and Die tkrakaai l.lacola KesponalDU. tub orraa or lüvcolb's commwio- or i PJI Mr Oold baa not propoaed to field to oa a certain number of prisoners of war and recede a like number in return. WHICH WOULD UK A MOST HAPPY CONSUMMATION 1 H AT WOl'LP HK AT oNCE ACCEPTKI) BY THIS GOVERNMENT. E. A. Hitchcock. lfaj General and Cum. of Exchange THK imif laWflfc Or THK BEBEL i'OX MlBBIOXgB. Richmond. August 10, 1864. I now consent to tbe above proposal, and agree to deliver to ou tbe prisoners held in captivity by tbe Confederate authorities, provided you agree to deliver an equal number of Confederal officers and men A equal num bers are delivered from time to time, they will be declared exchanged. Korket mlp. Confederate Com'r of Exchange. TBE ausxTiof or THK a BSVTAWDI BT UM OUT! add hascocb's aoest ArTra theek weib's DELIBEBATIOS ViKMA, Va , Aug. 31. 164. I hare no communication on the subject from our authorities, nor am 1 yet authorized to make anxwer. Joh E. MrurntD. Major aid Assistant Agent for Exchange. THE BEASkj EUE THE BEJ ECTIO THE 5 EG BO THE OBLT OBSTACLE. The wrong, indignitias and priva lions suffered by our white soldiers would move tue to consent to anything to procure their ex change. EXCEPT to barter away the honor and faith of the Government of tbe United State, which has been solemnly pledged to the COLOR EI) soldiers in its ranks Hesj F LVrLEB, Major General and Agent of Kxrrnnge. , All other questiwn-berseen us mi? be postpone! for tuture settlement, hut the fair ex -hange of colored soldiers an I of their white officers will be insisted on bv the Goreroaaeo! It K KOK K ANOTHER REBEL SOLDIER OR OFFICII WILL BE IXCHAafOED Wm Whitim.. Solicitor of the War Department. HOW THK WHITE SOLDIERS SUFFER AND DIE. From the memorial -.f the Thirty Ave Thouatid Perishing Prisoner in the Pen of Pestileace and Kamin at Andersonville, Georgia. THE SITTAUI03I OS THE ME9 To the President of the Untied States: a a These thirty five thousand men are routined in a field of some thirtv seres, euclosed by a hoard fence, heavi If guarded About one third have various kind ol indifferent shelter, or even shade of any kind, and are exposed to the storms and r aim. which are of almost daily occurrence; the M d dewa ot the niirht. and the more terrible efl'ectof the sun strikiug with almost tropical tierce nana a poo their unprotected head. TMl Brass of men jostle and crowd each other up and down the limit ol their enclosure, in torm or sun. and others lie down upon the pitümi earth at night with no ither covering than the clothing upon their backs, few of them having even t blanket Thousands are without pants or coat and hundreds without even a pair of drawers to cover their nakedness. THE SCANTY RATION. T those men, as indeed to all prisoners, there is issued three quarters of a pound of bread or aieal. and one eighth of a pound of meat per da This is (be entire rition. and upon it the prisoners must lire or die. Tbe meal is often unsifted and sour, and tbe meat Mew Bf i tie North i consigned to the oapmaker SICK SEMS BM DEATH . lut to sturration ni exposure, to Wsm an 1 torm. add tbe sickness which prevails to a m I alarming and terrible extent ON AN AYKR401 ON E HUNDRED DIE DAILY. It needs no coasment, no efforts at word painting to make such a picture sUud out boldly iu most horrible colors. 1 ESPA IE AMI iniOfT DEATH DOB Ml IB, Ther are fast losing hope, and becoming ut terly reckless of life Numbers, crazed I'v their sufferings, wander about in a sute of idiocy; others deliberately cros the "dead line." and are remorselessly shot down. THE ('II AE ACT EE 01' MIX LEFT TO SICH A FATE BT LISCOLM. Few of them have been captured except in the t r tit of battle, in the deadly encounter, and on lv when overpowered by numbers. The cotisti iu as galhut a portion of our arnves as cam our b tuners anywhere If released they would soon return to the army again to do vigorous battle for our cau-e. wht th kt n rria an ma Tin Mrs i npfbSTAXD TUE BKAS M THE MEOBO. We are told that the only obstacle in the wa of ea hang? im tbi status of en luted BSMMM captured from our armies, the Unite! StAte-i claiming that the cartel covers all who serve un der us tig, and the Confederate States retusmg to consider the colored soldiers, heretofore slaves as prisoners of war. THE MfcUEO raihONEBS R MfJ OS. R WHITE MEM abe TTTtlrTTIfrT how thet lite a.d ark C ABED TOE The blacks, on the contrarv, are seldom im prisoned They are distributed among the citi mm. or emp'oyed on government works. Under these circumstances they receiv e enough to eat nid are worked no harder ;ban tbey have been accustomed to be Thev are neither starved nor killed off by the pestilence in the dungeons ; Ric'.imon 1 and Charleston It is true they ire again made slaves; but their slaverv is treethvm B id happiuesss ctonpared with the cruel existence imposed upon our gallant men They are not bereft of bore, as are the white soldier, dving by piecemeal. Their chances of escape are ten fold greater than those of t e white soldiers, anil their condition, in all its lights, is toUnhle in rompansou with that of the pr ..-oners ot war now languishing in the deus and pens t secession lEWS AS COXCLl SION of THE If CBlHi L1TS. We are profoundiv impressed wit i e conviction that the circumstances of the two c' : soldiers ue -o . v i mbsjsbI IMal '' (iernment can hir.iorabiy consent to .m ex change, waiving for a time the established prin ciple justly claimel to be applicable in the ctoe Let thirty five thousand suffering, starving and dying enlisted men aid this appeal Bv prom; " and decided MtiM in their behalf thirty five t i mv.id heroes will be made bappv For the eight hundred commissioned officers now pr -ers we urge nothing Althouii detrou f re turning t ur dutv. we can bear i;n:-n -nment with more fortitude it the enlisted men. whos suffer ng we know to be intolerable, were re stored to liberty and lite Fron the Ciocinnati Knqoirvr.; saflMI Letter mi (rrrplaair from 1r. feadirtwa.' - Under the above beading (he Indianapolis Journal i Lincolnite wants to kteo why Mr Peudleton doe not publish a letter of a.i e: I anew of tbe nomination tendered n;m by tbe Clocago Convention. The following, from in New York World, i an answer to the point: "Some of iir eouterupci! tries em t re ei pectiog a letter ol exceptant tr m Mr Peti.il ton. our ciii'lidtte fr . e I'resj.ieiit It has probablv ai pped their memone t'.iat Mr IV: dleton wss mtormed of his n muation by tbe -t.uvetitiun itself, with cheers and acclamations, and to tbe convention replied in pwrwHi. accept mg the nom, nation, thus rendeting superfluous anv meliation on the part of the committee We : r . . Ue r. a to be the explanation ol tbe fact if it te fact, that bo correspondence has between the committee a: ) Yi i'endie

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I i IMIIH I III IK 0vf, It I I" ( i,lnued It baa been supposed that our government was J baaed on tbe theory that a majority should rule TIM preamble of the Constitution of tbe United Sutaa aays. "We. the people of the United States." Ac. and similar declarationa will be fcaal in all the Sute Constitutions Tbe gor ; ernnien! eataf!ihel bv Mr Lincoln hould be in this form: "We, lbs generals, provoat mar hals, soldiers, camp followers, and Amercan citixena of African descent, who have uken an oath to support the proclamations of President . oln. and bo, by the order of the President, are auppowad to constitute one tenth of the pop ulatioo. do make and establish tbe following con stitution and government " Cocgrewj, at its laat session, passed a law for tbe government and restoration of the States in rebell on, which Mr. Lincoln would neither ap prove or veto, but withheld it and thereby pre vented it from becoming a law Senator Wade of Ohio, and Henrr Winter Davia. member of Congress from Maryland, both of whom are Republicans and supporters of Mr L m oln. have recently issued a protest against tbe action of Mr Lincoln, from which we make the following quotations: "TO THE SI rroBTEBS Or THE OOVEBME!IT We have read without surprise, but not without indignation, the proclamation of the President of the ftb of July. Ib63. The supporters of the Administration are re sponaible to the country for its conduct; and it is their right and dutv to check, the encroachments of the Executive on the authority of Congress, and to require it to confine itself to its proper sphere. It is impossible to pa in silence this prod a mat on without neglecting that duty; and having taken as much responsibility as any others in supportine the Administration, we are not dis pOKed to fail in the other duty of asserting the rights of Congress. The President did not sign the bill "to gu r antee Uncertain States whose governments have been usurped a republican form of government" passed bv the supporters of this Admiuistra tion in both houses of Congress after mature de liberation. Tbe bill did not therefore bee me a law, and is therelore nothing. The proclamation is neither an approral nor a veto of the bill; an ! is therefore a document un known to the laws and Constitution of the Uni ted St ites So far as it contains an apology for not signing the bill i it is a political manifesto aganst the friends of the Government So far as it proposes to execute the bill which is nor a. aw, it is a grave executive u-.ir pation It is fitting that the facts necessary to enable tbe friends of the Administratis to appreciate the apologv and the usurpation be snre td belore them. ' That is to say, the President persists in recog niz ng those -h tiio s .,! governments in Arkan sas and Louisiana, which Congress formally de clared should not be recotrnized whose Repre sentatives an 1 Senators were repelled by formal votes of both Houses of Congress which it w idecltred formally should have no electoral vote for President and Yice President. "Tbey are the mere creatures of his will They cannot live a day without his support They are mere oligarchies, imposed on the people by military orders under the forms of election, at which Generals, Provost Marshals, soldier and camp followers were the chief actors, asisted by a handful of resident citizens, and urged on to premature actian by private letters frm the President "In neither Louisiana nor Arkansas, before Banks' defeat, did the Unite! St ites control half the territory or half the population In Louisi ana, Geneml Banks' proclamation candidly dc clared "The fundament il law ot the State is martial law." On that fouudaiion of free loan, he erected what the President calls "The Free Constitution and the Government of Louisiana." But this State, whose fundamental law was martial law, only sixteen parishes out of forty eight parishes were held by the United States; and iu five of the?-e sixteen we held only our c un; - "the eleven parishes we substantially held had J.'l.'l.l-5 inhabitants; the residue of the Sute not held by us, 575,617. " At the tarce called an election, the officers of i.eneral Banks returned that 11,346 ballots were c ist; bat whether any or by whem the people ot the Ui itel Mites have no legal assurance; but it is probable that four thousand were cast by soldiers or employees of the Unite! States milita rv or municipal, but none according to any law, Stiteor national, and sever thousand ballots represent the State of Louisiana "Such is the free Constitution and govern ment of Louisiana; and like it is that of Arkan gas Nothing but tbe failure of a military expe dition deprived us of a like one in the swamps of Florida; and belore the Presidential election, like ones may be organized in everv rebel State where the United States have a camp. "The President, by preventing this bill from becoming a saw, holds the electoral votes of the rebel States at the dictation ot his personal am bilion "If those votes turn the balance in bis favor, is it to be supposed that his competitor, defeated by such means, will acquiesce? "Mark the contrast! The bill requires a mt jority, the proclamation is satisfied with one tenth; the bill requires one oath, the proclama ttoti another; the bill ascertains voters by regis tering. the proclamation by gueas; the bill ex acts adherence to existing territorial limits, the proclam ition admits of others; the bill governs the rebel States by law. equalizing all before it, the proclamation commits them to the lawless discretion of Military Governors aud Provost Marshals; the bill forbids electors for President, the proclam ition and defeit of the bdl threaten us with civil war for the admission or exclusion f 'uch votes; the bill exacted exclusion ot dan ccr us enemies from power and the relief of tbe nation from the rebel debt, and the prohibition of slavery forever, so that the suppression of tbe rebellion will double nav the national debt. our resources to bear or free the misses from the old domination of the rebel leaders, and eradi cate the caue ol the war; the proclamation se cures ne ther d the-e guarantees. "A more studied outrage on the legislative authority of the people has never been perpe trated "Congress passed a bill, the Presideut refused to approve it, and then by proclamation puts ss much ot it in force .is lie ses fit. and propose to execute those parts by oftn ers unknown to the laws of the United States and not subject to the confirmation of the Senate. Let it be rem :n r d that tv? Baltimore Con vention that nominated Mr Lincoln for re electon approved and endorsed all his proclamations in regard to slavery. Mr. Weed, in his letter referred to above, says. f Mr Lincoln's em mcipition proclamation, th' "The influences that drove North Can 1 in a aad Tennessee lro;n the Union extorted an emauci pation pioclam ition. iractical and effective only in giving union and determination to rebellion a proclamation to which the first slave has not owed bis treedom. tor it is onlv operative where our armies go, ami without it have gone fister snd turther " the armies would WESTIBN VIRGIN! I. The third seer n of article ; urth of the Con stitution of the United States provides: "New tite- miv t e t :m '.si bv the C -ngress into the Union, but no nw Stite shall be formed erected within the jurisJiction of any other State, nor any State be lormed bv the junction of two or more States or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the ttes. as well ss of the Cougress " After Yirginia had passed an oniinance of se cession, a portion of the people ol that State, but resided in what is now k:roan a We-tern Yirginia. organized a Slate government and abolished slaverv. and tkis State wilh less than one third of the :opulation of Yirginia is ad m tted into the Union by C .tigress, and she now has two Seuaiors and Representatives in Con grass A very small part of the old Sute, not included within the boundaries of the new one, remained within our military lines, to be, as well as the new State, reprewentel by two members in the Se:iate Thus, under R-pub.iean maniDula tion. one third of tbe anc em State of Yirginia has lour rote in the Senate of the Uni ni Stn , . aad may neutralize the votes ot llh New York and Pennsylvania iu that body In INK) Yirg n.a bad a population including slaves, of 1.596.31- Fully two thinla of the State went into rebellion Excluding the ne

groes. this aouhi leare about throe hundred taaaaa ad persona who are represented ty tour

Senators Id 160 Nea 1 ork and Pennsylvania bad a population ol six m-liit seven h mdred and eighty six thousand nine hundred and fifty, b. . -b '.50 ; Tbe rotas of nearly seven millions of people are neutralized bv about one third of; a million We hare already shown that Mr Linco.n endeavored to secure tbe voles in Congress of four Senators and a Urge number of Representatives trom the bogus Sutaa of Louisiana and Arkansa. and their votes in tbe electoral college to se cure mi re election, v ny was me piain. uncounted and uadeuiabie provision of tbe Constitution ate .re quoted violated by Congress and the Pres idetit? First, to abolish slavery in Western Yir ginia. and secondly, to secure their votes m Con 1 W I . 1 1 . I . . gre- i enable them U cam out the:r alx!itioN programme But th s outisge may be attempted to be justified upon the ground that Yirginia had passed BE ordinance of secession Then do you admit that sfie had the lawful and constitutional right to secede? If she bad this right, why are we mak iog war upon her people? But this excuse can not be offeted, for the reason that Congrens ad milted two Senators from a small strip of the old State, without making a new Constitution or or ganizing any new Stale government It is with out excuse It is a bold usurpation of power and a fl tgrant violation of tbe Constitution, perpe trated for political purposes aud to estab ish a centralized despotism instead of the Government that was made and handed dowu to us by our patriotic forefathers. EMANCIPATION IN MISHOCBI AND MABTLAND The administration labored for a long time to persuade tbe people of the States that it would be to their interest to abolish slavery, but the people took a different view of it. The administration, actuated by patriotic and benevolent mutives, determined to disregard the wishes of the people and do them a great good even against their desires. Mr. Lincoln proclaimed martial law in these States, and his adherents called con veutions to ameud their constitutions. The elections were controlled and the delegates elect el by the direct interference of the military The delegates thus elected, being the mere crea tures of Mr. Lincoln, disregarded tbe wishes of the people and provided for emancipation iu these States. This is a decided improvement upon the old syatem Of course. Mr. Lincoln and his officers knew much better than these peo pie did, what was best tor them. It is true thai this is a slight depirture from the doctrines aud practices ot our earlier Pre-idents. John Adams STBS never supposed to have a very high regard tor the people but we would like to call the at iaCitiOw ot Mr. Liucoln lo what that old Federal ist said in his inaugural address. "Iu the midst of these pleasing ideas we should be unfaithful to ourselves it we should ever lose sight of the dancer to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous ibouM iute t the puritv or our iree. ; I iir. v.rtuous and independent elections I "If arelecton is to be determined by a majoti j ty ol a single vote, aud th il can be procured by i E ptrty, through artifice or corruption, the Goternment may be the choice ot a party lor its own euds, not of the nation tor the national good. Ill that solitary suffrage can he obtained by foreign nation- bj Battery or SBSaacas; by terror, intrigue or venality, the Government may not be the choice of the American teple. but of fore n nations It may be foreigu nations who govern us, and nut we, the people, who govern our-elves And candid men will acknowledge that, in such B MCE, choice would have little advantage to boa:-t of over lot or chance " Mr. Adams leared that partisans and loreign governments might destroy the purity of our elections, but he never supposed that it w ii p sible that any President of the United S'ates would ever use the army to control our elections. Oh! tor the return of the purer and better days of the republic, when statesmen ruled and were governed by the Constitution and the laws. TUE ABOLITION Uf fL AVERT IN THE WSTBICT or COLUMBIA The Slates ot Yirginia and Maryland ceded to the Genera I Government the district of country known as the District of Columbia, for the seat of the National Government Slavery existed in this territory when it was ceded and it continued to exist there. It has been supposed that Congress could not abolish slavery there without the consent of Yirginia and Maryland and the inhabitants uf such District, but since the present partvcwiie into power. Congress, without the con-ent of such Sta'es, and without consulting the wishes of the inhabitants, abolished slavery at an expense to the people of about one million of dollars. This Dis'rict of Columoi i has since become the resort of the mui worthless, depraved at d abmdoned contrabands, who aie mainly sup ported by the government, and you, the people, have to ie taxed to support thee people in idle ness, crime and debauchery Why was slavery abolished there? Did it in any way aid in suppressing the rebellion, maintaining the Constitution snd restoring the Union? Cert ainly not THE CONFISCATION HILLS. The second clause of section third, of the third article of the Constitution of the United States provide . "The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of bluod. or for feitute. except during the life of the person attainted." In July, 1?G'2, Congress p,,.-sed a bill confiscating the real and personal ptoperty of the people in the rebellious States, which, in violation nf the above provision of the Constitution, provided that the forfeiture should be forever, and not j limited to the life-time of the person attainted, as required by the above clause This bill was sent to President Lincoln for his approval Ot disapproval, and he sent a special me--.it' 'o C 'i r-s on the 17th of July. 1863, from which we quote the following, namely: ' Thit to which 1 chietlv object, prevades esosI part of the act, but more distinctly appears in the first, second, seventh and eighth sections It is the sum of those provisions which results in di ve-t'ng ol title lore er I "For the causes of treason and ingredients of treason, not amounting to the tull crime, it de dares forfeiture extending bevond the lives of i of the guilty parties; whereas the Constitution 1 of the Uni teil States declares that no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or for j feiture. except during the life of the person at j tainted True, there is no formal attainder in i this eise; still. I think the grea'er punishment cannot be constitutionally indicted in a different j form for the same offense 'With greit renect I am constrained to say, ; I think this feature of the act unconstitutional j It would not be d.fficult to modify it." Upon the receipt of this mess ige from Presi dent LiiMroln. Congress pis-el a joint resolution I to the effect following: "Nor sh ill any pun shroent or pro eedings un der the said act be so construct! a to work a for- ( feiture of rial BwlBlB of the offender beyond his natural lift ' It will be perceived that this resolution confines its operitions to real estate and leaves personal propertv and slaves to be forever forfeited. Why this distinction? Does the constitution create anv such oistinction? Poes it discriminate be wea tha kind of prcs arty that saall only be I m raited dm . lift tune, and that shall be forleitel forever? It does i ot This was done t- strike a blow at slaverv President Lincoln approved the bill I and joint resolut ion t modifying its operation At the i -t e-s on of Congress this joint reso lut:o:i M repeiled. which leit tbe bill as it was originally passed, declaring the forfeiture to be forever; and President Lincoln appnred of the resolution repealing the modifying resolution ot the 17th of July, l;sb:2 In Jiily. l!62, Lincoln said this Ml was unconstitutional, and for tha cause refused to appnive it. Is it not as much so now? The Constitution has nut been changed, and the Supreme Court has not passe! upon the question While the resoiut.on remained in force, the Government could only sell tbe lifet:m estate in the lands. laswiaglMJ fee simple title to descen 1 to v? wife and children of the per d atta nted Th's w.is too uncertain a tenure. The New England Abolitionists wanted the lands uf the S ojthern people, and Mr Lincoln co-Ji not refuse the.r demand. He Bawar ' has refused them anything they have a-ked H;s coti-cience and oath of office were surrendered j at their demand To be Continued.) t rom l outat Ilia. Louisville. September 22 A -mall portion of Maajrnder s gang yesterday afternoon fired into the train bound to this city. Et New- lUven. Kentm kv. hut were n-pelled with a loss of several killed The guerrillas afterward returned and banted the New Haven depot. Nobody hurt on the train

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Republican the other a Democrat, got into a discussion relative to the word " compromise. which occurs in the following passage from Gen McClellan s letter of acceptance: "The Union was originally formed by the ex ercise of s spirit of conciliation and compromise To restore and preserve it the same spirit must prevail in our touncils and in the hearts of the people." The Republican was rather more vigorous than polite in his language of denunciation, while the Democrat as earnestly approved of the sen 1 1 ment. " Whst," said the Republican, "you are not in fiv.r of a comprom.se witb the rebels?" Dem Upon the baai of the Federal Union. certainly Are not v. .u? Rep No sir' No compromise with rebels and I say the man who Dem Never mind that; if you would not compromise with rebels, what would you do with them? Rep Fight them, sir, aud keep on fighting them. Dem For how long? Rep Why, until we whip them, to be sure. Dem D you not think we have whipped them already? Rep. Wellno that is not quite Dem Have we not defeatei them in almost ever? battle? Rep Yes Dem Have we not driven them out of Mis souri, Kentucky. Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississ ippi, Alabama. Louisiana, half of Georgia, aad two-thirds of Yirginia? Rep Certainly. Dem Have we not reduced tbe territory they command from eleven States to three, their fighting men from a million to less than two hundred thousand, snd their material resources in like proportion? Rep Just so. Dem. Have we not swept their navy out of existence and retaken every harbor and fort but two alonjf their coast? Rep Exactly. Dem Have we not. sir, in fact, destroyed every reison tble hope they can ever have had of success in their m id scheme of dissolving the Federal Union by force ot arms? Rep Undoubtedly. Dem. You admit, then, th it we have pretty thoroughly whipped them; that we have saved the Union by rendering it impossible for them to succeed iu their attempt to de-troy it. Now, if they will compromise on the basis of the Union, will you tell me what more than that you expeel to gain by fighting? Ren M ike them give upslavery, by Ü d Chicago Post Another Marnier. I When (ien. McClellan was Superintendent of t,e 0XM amj Mississippi Railroad he issued an order to the following effect: That if a pas enger got into the cirs without a ticket, and refUsed to pav the additional are, or to pav his fsre altogether, the conductor should stop" the trair,t bc up U) tne atatiou at which the person m received, and put him off This order was published in the papers at the time, aud create,! no htWe amu-emeat among railroad men McClellan finally saw the point and revoked it. Cincinnati Gazette The forgoing wss copied into the Journal of this city. A gentleman who was employed under Gen McClella thus refutes the petty slander: Editor Sentinel: The charge of tbe Cincinnati Gazette is an infamous lie I worked under Gen. McClellan all the time he was connected wilh the Ohio sad Mississippi Railroad. The order referred to was issued by H D. Bacon the otrner of the Western Division of the road that point west of Yincennes, and it h id no effect whatever on the Eastern Division of the road, which was under the management of General M Clellan. The two divisions were at loggerheads at the time Yours. 4c, L. R pdiapapoj Sk . '. 98, lfb-l 3T" Brigadier General Kiernas spoke at the McClellan ratification meeting in Cincinnati on Saturday night last. AMUSEMENTS. iIETROPOLITAN THEATRE. Corner of Washington and Tennessee Streets. nanaeer Mr. IV. II. let ley. Friday Evening, September 23d. Farewell Benefit of tusk SALL1B sr. n.AiK. THE SERtÖlrs F.flffaM". SI.KKK Mr. CHAS. M. BAUKAg. FASCT DANCE MISS FANNY MERRILL' REBLL. Youisra Pricks ok Arisioji. Dre Circle nnl T'arquette, 51 BSatSf Private Boxe, for six percons, efi BSJj Orchestra atS 75 cents; (Jallery and Family Circle, ii cent; Children iu arms, $15; all reserved ieat. 75c. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Performance commence at a quarter to 1 o'clock precisely. l A S O N I C A L, I, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, September j. d 23d and 24th. THE CARTER ZOl 1VETR01PE BEBOEB FAMILY. ftUKC FEMALE BRASS BIND, Will eive three of their very popular er.tertainment as ab' i Tick 30 cent. Reserved feat50 cents. tOtF" Ob Saturday afternoon there will he a matinee for ladies and children. Ferformar.ee for matinee at 8 clxk. M. W STKKRE, Agent. M-ptl9-rf6t LIFE INSURANCE. II R O O It Li 1 LIFi: INSURANCE COMPANY. Mont. imi. Street, near Court Itrookll n. - Vork AND NO I2S BROADWAY, NF. VT YORK. t . . - 1 1 C apital E12..000. On th: .'iuiuul Plan. I RE DIRECTORS OF THI SOUHD AND RELIABLE lntitutin irr cirpu-ed f tbe mot mbtantial cuuen- of Brooklyn and New Turk. Extrs inducement are offered to those terkiug Life Insurance by this Companv CHBttnaJI W. BOUCK. President, RICHARD H. HARDING, Secretary. M. C GORDON. Agent, SI , Weal Wahni:-n -t , Indianapolis, W. CLINTON THOMPSON, Medical Examiner. septv3-dlm ATTENTION. Drafted Men and Substitut . V T T K rF I C ! 4 LI. IiKAFTED MEN desirin? to procure Substitutes, Bai ail volunteer desiring to enter the aervice, can ascertain where the hifchet bounties can be tainad by V. c at Delzell's Ittmty Stables. Maryland street, be tween Meridian and Ptnnavlrania atreau. Any parties de-iring uJ septi3-dl would do well to call a indicated. NOTICE. 1 :RKBT notify a'.l concerned that I will pay no tt.s c ..tracted ty my wife. Ann Cooroy. aftr thta date. PATRtCK CONkoY. il:d .an ip Sept. T2, lt aept23-dlw FOR SALE. OISTE ACRE LOT I SuRl I 1LU50IS STREET. Finely located for residence property. Term easy. McalaRN AN a PIJIRCE. Btj ; tr Heal Eatate Agent.

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iiwim aar t ran aarnaaL. MIDNIGHT HKPOIIT. LATEST WAR NEWS ; FROM THE TR INS-MISSISSIPPI. Another Rebel Invasion of Missouri. FREMONT s LETTEROF WITHDRAWAL. IMPORTANT FROM ATLANTA a I'eisce i oiBaVrencc. FROM GEN. (.HANTS ARMY. REJOICING OVER THE RECENT VICTORY. The Rebeis have Plenty of Beef. Ac. Ac. Ac. Ac Ar. i rom Philadelphia Ph 1 1. ADi.LFii i a , September 'JJ --A private dis patch sutes that the Cincinnati Commercial hn a report from Atlanta that Sherman his consent ed to a conference with the rebel on tbe subject of peace I rom ajaahville. A salute of 100 guns was tired from the Capito to-dav in honor of Sheridan's recent rictorr, bv order of Gen. Grant. Adj't (reneral Thomas arrived here to-day. and will be serenaded, we understand, at the res idenee of Col. R. 0. Mussey. River 3 1 . feet on the shoals, and at a stand. from Chattanooga Chattanooga, September 22. Sherman, by a special arrangement with Hood, has effected an exchange of 2,000 prisoners. Out of 900 rebels 17 refused to be exchanged and took the oath. Out of 100 picked men, on duty with a rlag of truce at Roujrh and Ready, 21 deserted. A fair index Jof Hood's army. The truce between Sherman and Hood expires to-day, but will be extended several days to complete the removal of families. From Cairo Cairo, September 22 Citizens just trom Charleston, Missouri, state thHt the 2d Missouri militia, fearing an attack from superior f r e of Siielby's rebels, retreated in the direction of Intew vter river. It is reported at Charleston tint the enemv. several thousand strong, huve overtnken the mi iitJa, and fighting was going on at Whitew iter last evening. Gret excitement existed in Charleston, but it is thought that no considerable number of rebels were in that viciuity. From Grant Army. HEAIiyl ARTERS ARMY OK THE PoTOMAi September 20, P. M ij The news of the victor v in the Shensndoah Y.i lev wits read to the troops along the lines this afternoon and was received with unbounded en thnsiasm and repeated cheering. A salute of 10U shotted puns will be fired tomorrow at daylight in honor of the event. Deserters say the rebels were receiving rations of fresh beef from the drove captured from us last week. The first served was Hampton's cavalry which accomplished the feat. Some of the rebel pickets offered to trade fresh beet' for coffee and other articles with our men. September 21, 6 A M TIip tiuns along our entire line opened this morning at daylight and kept up the roar for half an hour Since that time occasional shots ure hennl at various points W. I) McGreoob. orficiul War fiulletln. War Dkpabtmkxt, W ashinoton,) September 22. 9:3U P. M. j To Major General D;x: Dispatches down to 9 o'clock last niiht have been received from Gen Sheridan A portion of the rebel cavalry having turned off to front Royal, were pursued, attacked and driven by our cavalry, which were still pursuiug the enemy The rebel infantry made a tni,d at Flint Hill, a ftrougly intrenched position beyond Strasburg, which was attacked by our forces last evening and the crest carried and held There is reason to believe that later dispatches were captured lust night by Mosby uear Winchester. Geu. Stevenson reports that Sheridan's supply trains arrived safely at Winchester last night. (Signed,) E. If. Stamtom, Secretary of War. From Sit. I.oule. St. Locis, September 12. Col. Thompson, of the 1st Iowa cavalry, just from Little Rock, ays It was understood there that 2,000 to 3.000 rebels under Price had crossed Arkansas river, between Little Rock and Ft. Smith, and all communications hail been cut between these points. It is not known whether Price would strike Ft. Smith, or march directly for this State. Shelby expected to co-operate with him and enter the State from the South-east, while he pushes his column inte the south-west. Reports from smother source say: Price has already a force of seven thousand in Barr county, Missouri. There- is a heavy Federal force concentrating at Brownsville, between Little Rock and Duvall's Bluff. A dirision under Gen. Dennis, from Morganza, La., has already arrived. f rom Huston. Boston, September 22. A letter from Gen. Fremont, withdrawing his name as a candidate for the Presidency, is published to-day. He say? the success of the Republican party has become a paramount neccsitv, as the policy tion or re-establishment with slavery. The Chicago platform is separation, and McClelian's letter is re-establishment with ßlavery. The Republican candidate, on the contrary, is pledged to the re-establihment of the Union without slaven-, and however vacillating his policy may b, the presure of his party will, we may hope, force him to it. Between these great i-u I think no man of the liberal party can remain in d'ubt. I ltdieve I am con-i-tent with mv antecedents in w ithdrawing. Not to aid in the triumph f Mr. Lincoln, but to do my part toward preventing the election of the Democratic candidate. Gen. Fremont thinks Lincoln's administration j has been, politicallv, militarv, and financiallv, a j failure, and that it is not nccejsary that it continuance is a cause of regret for the country. In concluding he savg: "United, the Republican party i reasonably ure of -uc vs; divided, the result is at least doubtful." Gen. Fremont gives his reasons more fully in another letter i ublihed tp-day. From Uaih BfloB Washington, September 22 The following is aaopf of a oeesaaaaBsaea which took place between the President aad Gen Gran., la : may prove iutere-tu.. as it furnishes an inside view of military afft.rExtCCTlVE MASiO. f Wj-hiii-toti, April 30. 164 To Lieut Geu Grant: Not expecting to eee you before the spring campaign opens. 1 wish to express in this way my entire satisfaction with wbat you have done up to th,s t.me. so far aa I understand it. Ti e particulars ot your plan I neither ktrnw nor seek to knew You are vigilant and self-reliant, and pleased with t is. I wib not to obtrude anv re straints or Contraiita upon i u Wr:i!e I am very anxiou.' that any gremt disaster or capture of our men in great numbers shall be aroided, I know that these points are less likely to escape

your attention than ther woalii b rcina It there be anything wanting which i within soy power to giee. do not (ail to let roe know it. anil now with a brart arm and a just cause, may God suatain you Yours very truly. fSifMd,; A. Liscolm.

Headqi aetees Aemieb or tee U St Ct'LFEprEB C. H . Vf., May I. lc4 To tbe President: Your verr kind letter o 1 yesterday i just received The confi'lei.oe you ecprawa for tbe future aod tbe satisfaction for tbe pat id my Jur and tbe countrv shall not be disappoiniei; froai mv first entranre into tbe volunteer service of tbe country to tbe present day 1 have never had cause of complaint I have never expressed or implied a complaint against the Administration or the Secretary of War for throwing any embarassmeut in tbe way of say vigorously proee ruling what appeared to be mv duty Indeed, since the promotion which placed me in command i of all tbe armies; and in view ot the great re j sponsibility and importance of succem I hare been astonished tt the readiuea which everything I asked for has been yielded without even an ea l plan tion being a.ked Should my s arras be I less than 1 expect snd desire, tlie leapt 1 can say , is. the fault is not with you. Verv trulv. timr obedient ervani, Signed) 1 S fiBANT. Lieutrnani General Sheridan's forns reached Strasburgh at a late hour yesterday. Tbe rebel's" retreating rear left the town bnt an hour or two before our advance entered it It appeared by the news of the Persia t'lere was a report that a large and swift steamer had arrived at Bremenharen which hoisted the Con federate rlag. She is said to be commanded by Scmme. Official information receired at Washington state that the vessel to which allusion is made, i- one of those built at Bordeaux, for the rebel', but which was sold to the Russian government; bo the latter part of the Agent'ß Mory i. untrue. Admiral Porter has left ashington for t airo to commanw of the Mississippi sutxasfjaa 'r.vate pnrt.es ir.,m the Arniv ot the 1 Etaa sav mat tlie tenerai enthusiasm was o ureat when the news ol Sheridan's victory was received that many otfiVers earnestly requested that their troohs ftv onee be tdvanced upon the enemy in their tror.t Twentv-nine millions of the recent loan ti 39,000.Ma h is already been delivered to the subscribers f rom Naat ton, Nkw Yobe. September 22 Twenty five 7-30 Treasury note-, new issue.) Vol 69 la 93 ol $1 ,000 each, acre fraudulently obtained to dty .rom abtnk There ptvruent it mituniv kas been stopoed at the Treasury Departme t Dealers and others should he upon their guard against receiving them The Commerrial's Washing : i That the 1st District Columbia Cavalry who lost the cattle the other day were greatly dis it fee led at being taken from Washington ; baaag unpaid, declared they would not fieht It is believed hete that Early will make a itiad at Stri.-burg The advantage oi positions are ;reat there, but Sheridan's cavalry will I e able to out fitnk the position. The Commercial's Washington special says: Fo ir EboasaasJ m ldiers hsre been sent 'o Grant aud Sheridan from Camp Distribution within ten davs A smaller number is in camp now than ever belore Gen Fremont's letter of withdrawal is re garded here as calculated to have about aa equal effect on both psetMM The new rumor of peace negotiation has no foundation Benjamin F. Wilkins, chief clerk of the ump division ot the Postoffice Department, has been arrested for fraudulent transactions. A Philadelphian named Alex wider has been arretted as an acc -mplke Gen. John Cochrane publishes an address to the War Democrat of the United States, with drawing his name from the Cleveland ticket. In t'ie course of his addre-s he says: While therefere Gen McClellan resolves upon an impossible Union a it was through war. tbe Chicago Convention receives upon au impossible Union as it should be through peace The Baltimore Piath rOB, he savs, however objectionable, does not fail to refer the re estab ment of constitutional liberty and the restoration of the Union la tbe arbitrament of arms, in which alone the national safety is to be found He would prefer to hwe the people brought to : vote on the Cleveland Platform, but before the principles embraced in that Platform, is our country, and he cannot stand iu a ioition which, by bv dividing, hazards the success ot those who agree that the Unioi cannot be restore I without the uninterrupted continuatiou oi the war l'rmont Leitera. Boston. September 22 The following letter of Gen Fremont withdrawing his name as can didate is published to day: Boston, September 21. Gentlemen : I feel it mv dutv to make one step more in the d rection indicated by my letter of the 25th of August, and withdraw my name from the list of candidates The Presidential question has. in effect been entered upon in such a way that the union of the Republican party has become a paramount ne ce-sity The politics of the Democratic party signifies either separation or re establishment with slarery. The Chicago platform is simply separation. Geu. McClelian's letter of accep tance is re establishment with slavery. The Republican candidate, on the contrary, is pledged to the re establishment of the Union without slavery, and however hesitating his Ball cy may be, the pressure of his ptrtv will we may hope, force him to it Between these views I think no man of the liberal party can remain in doubt, aud I believe I am consistent with my antecedents in withdrawing, not to aid in the triumph of Mr Lincoln, but to do my part toward preventing the election of the Democratic can didate In respect to Mr Lincoln I continue to hold exactly the sentiments contained In my letter of acceptame I consider tint his administration has been politically, militarily and financially a failure, and that its necessary continuance is a cause of regret for the country. There never wi- -ic.fer unatiiu..ty in a coun-Ty th in Bfj exhibited here at the fall of Sumter, and the South was powerless in the face of it, hut Mr Lincoln completely paralixed this generous feelHe destroved the strength of ti e position and divided the North when he declared lo tie South l thit slavery should be protected He built up S Uth a streiiprb which otherwise thev coul i never have alt lined, and it ti4 pveu tl.eio an ad oc.ate in tl.e Cbtcago platforBa The t'levelatid Convention waa to have been the open -vownl of the condemnation which roeti had been freely eipressing to each other for tha pn-t two vear. and which bao' been made lullv kt own to the Pre;dent, bur in the uncertain ega dition Of affniri laadiug men were riot found willing to mke t ublic a d;sat;dar tion and con dtMllioi which coul.J hive rendered Mr Lin colnV nomination impotable, nd their contin ued Bilaai anil cupport esrablihea for him a charae'er BEfaitg the people which leaves now no choice L'tiitel the Republican partv i reasonabl? ure of success, diridai the result of the Presidential election is the lest doubtful. I arn. gentlemen, Kt-pectfu!Iv an I trulv vonrn. J C FlEMOET. COMMERCIAL. 1 VKl.Btof.Ar. ( lactnaati .Tlarket. vciBBATi, September 22 Flour very dull, and price are nominal; super fine could not have been sold at over $9 50. Wheat dull and prices tili uu.ettled Corn dull at IfAUM for shelled, and 123125 for ear Oats 7Sc Wbi-kj dull, closing at $1 75, with htrdlvany demai.d. Not enough dona in provisions to eatablioh quotation Light bacon i.je sold at Ms, and nvkd sh"U der- loo.-e at lH34r Oold dec.ined to 21U. S Iver 200 AAWt:i WANTBD. 41 F.XPEHIK5CKD HAND to run a eirealar aav can And immediata ant loraaeot to tbi city by aeptSO-dawlw McKEMSAM 4 PIKRCK

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