Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1863 — Page 2

WEEKLY SENTINEL.

MONDAY, - - - sept. 7. : Profitable to f lie Kepubllcana. Out of the three and a half millions of dollars .which It is aUted on 'Republican .uthority the -Administration is expending per day on account t of the war, at least two and a half, or over 4 V hundred thousand millions; per -year, goes into the hand ot the Republican party in the payment .. of officers, men. contracts, adrertising, &c- How -natural it Ja that they, should .be infavorof waging war indefinitely, or until the Southern ,. system of slavery is extinguished. ' Outrageous Lying. a The Cincinnati Commercial of yesterday states editorially, as follows: . . " . t "We hare it on pretty good authority that Val- , Iandigham. Dia. Voorhee and Fernando Wood bare been in conclave at Niagara Falls, this 4 Mr. VooaHEn has not been out of Indiana for the, past six weeks. The Cincinnati Commercial knows this. What, then, the object of its itw'a- - moui falsehoods? What can be thought of a cause which requires such downright lying to sus- ' tain It? When euch lies are wilfully circulated, , the object ia to cover or conceal some frauds t' which the Abolitionist are preparing to perpetuate power in their hands. Desperate indeed must be the fortunes of the faction or the party that is compelled to resort to such scoundreHsm to sua- ' tain itself. ' ' - 5 ' Twi Facts. The Milwaukee Dews says that two authentic facts hare been recently publicly stated, which ' are significant. They are as follows: ' 1. - Property valuation in Massachusetts has largely increased since the commencement of the . war., ; - k . . ' :' ' 2. Officers in the army, believing the rebels to be nearly defeated, are anxiously inquiring bow their terms of service may be perpetuated. 'Here ire two important influences which affect the termination of our national troubles. The "loyal" capitalists and contractors of New England are getting immensely rich upon the calamities of the nation. Ji. vast bonis of Major and 'Brigadier Generals' look forward to peace as an event which will consign them to the obscurity of privat life. Of coarse there are exceptions; but, as a rule, both classes look upon the restoration of the old Union as a personal calamity. The influence of these two classes upon the policy of the administration is all powerful. To gether with the Abolitionists, they claim an exclusive title to all the "loyalty" which exists in the land. . They hover about Washington like an army of locusts. They fill the departments and crowd the ante rooms of the White House. Al ways vigorous and always clamorous, they control the action arid manufacture the principles of the Republican party. o. .-2 . ' Under these circumstances it is easy to account tor the existence of the doctrine that the Admin:stration is the Government." It is also easy to account for the proposition to conquer, possess and bold States in military sujugation as territories. Anything which will coutinue the Opportunities for plunder and the pretexts for war meets from these classes an eager approval. Any measure which promises the restoration of the Union and an honorable peace, is for the same reason bitterly opposed and denounced. If the people would save the Union they most carry the loyal States for the Union. Another year it may be too late. Thousands of millions of dollar per annum constitute a power which it is bo easy matter to master.' . ... Public reeling-at toe Swuth. There are unmistakable indications that the Southern people are ti-d of the war, and would gladly return to their allegiance to the Union if way was opened which would not involve humiliation and degradation. Some of the most prominent men in the South, and a large portion Of the population, have taken no part in the war and hare contributed nothing to its support except by compulsion. ' The Philadelphia Press, an extreme , supporter of. the . Administration, ia a . letter from its r editor in Washington, fives the statement of a gentleman who had jut arrived from the head quarters of General Grast, at Vicksburg, to the same effect.' From these representations itap pears, and the editor of. that print sostates.it, that the only trouble of the people "is how to get back to the fireside with the least loss of property and ' self-respect." There . is undoubted . evidence that a similar etat of , feeling exists throughout the Southern States. A few. days ago the telegraphic dispatches referred. to a let ' ter which bud been received in Washington from Mr. Adams, a friei.d of, the Administration, who .had recently returned from a; tour, , , through Virginia, . North Carolina, Georgia.' Alabama; Tennessee, : aud Kentucky, representing that a strong Uniorx sentiment existed among the people of those States The letter was pubil.-hed ia full iu the National Intelligencer of Saturday last. As a matter of public interest we give the letter entire, with the introductory remarks of that print, as follows: ', ,, v TO BE OK SOT TO BR? . - The very interesting letter inserted below Is from a gentleman of intelligence and honor, peronly well known to a, and whose statements of fact are entitled to full credit. He is, moreover, a thorough loyalist, sod has. been a uniform and decided friend of the Administration, The result of bis observations in a recent and extended tourin the. South be has thought of sufficient interestto be communicated to the public here and we are sure that all of our readers will agree with him. What he relates of Southern feeling aud Sooth era hopes can hardly surprise any one who can imagine the extremity of suffering and the multi-' plied woes which toe causeless rebellion has brought to every family of the South; but it is only those ' who from birth or long association ' understand the feeling in the South regarding their slaves, who can appreciate fully the fixed , ness and intensity of the Southern mind on the, subject :' ; 'We are not surprised, therefore, 'that the ex ; trenoity of suffering and the hopelessness of the rebellion combined should iospire even many of those wbo were eager to enter Into It with the desire to retrace their steps and return to their allegiance, as well as the manes who were forced into it; awl we can well understand the writer when lie represents the qwestion of emancipationregarded in the Soeth as involving titter and irremediable ruin to their conotry as ' the only substantial difficulty in the way " of a"restoratlon of the . Union.' It is for those who ' rule the destinies of this great country to say whether it shall, so far as depends ou them, have , Union' and the Constitution, or immediate and forcible emancipation, with ruin to a moiety of the crnntry, protracted war and a violated Constitution .' How eloquent and" forcible I the ap " peal with whieb the writer, closes. J.ia let) er, and J which, notwithstanding ita personal refereuce to" the Chief. Magistrate, we Uke the liberty of' placing hefae him: . ' i ; ; it- fj i" ' . tBt'tmk. ''- V'. 1 ; ' Nösioii; Aogusi 26. ISC3. Tl tke Editor e the Nmtionml I uidligr nc tr : Having just returned from a tour through por-'1' tiona ef the States of Virginia, North Carolina, " Georgia. Alabama, Tennessee and Kent-jcky, and having' met is ray travels roant of the former prominent 'politicians of those 8tates, and, as 'was uKxt natural under the circa instance, bad frequent conversations with them on the subject of the war iu origin, objects, bearings on the present and future of our country,- and its . probable result, I feel assured to some extent that a brief synopsis of the impressions made on my. tniod will not be altogether unacceptable to your ' readers.. ', .. ... , . The war, they' argue, was instituted, for the StnnAal e mmnwi n rm Int V mtm srn at a r a m lliaiia vcv wwui 1 u f us viixji sxhsss niikcvg sunr f own. pecuoar institution slarery -and to repress abolitiouisia 01 Northern aggressions on their rights. Iu bearing on the institution has been to weaken and endanger its entire overthrow. Tbey admit that they have been deceived by their political lizi xt, and tbat Orly all their

premises have proved failures.' Tbey see, they feel the crushing effects of the war upon, the slave States, and admit if it indefinitely continues tnat the institution of slavery will not only be in danger of annihilation, but that their former slaves will be drafted into the army of the United States for be purpose of continuing the war- on "the South. T h -one smgle ftcf . beirs- more he vi y pon them than anything else connected wi;h the wRt; and tw escape this now apparent inevitable fate, they express a willingness to accede to any terms which shall not humiliate and degrade them. They affirm (in fact they expect, they hope, they pray lor it,) -that it is not for them to beg for peace, but for the President to hold out the olive branch; and if the 'resident were to issue a proclamation holding their leaders to a strict accountability for the rebellion, and offer the people protection in person and property, leaving the in Stitutioo of slavery to the constitutional imruuni ty of slate laws, they will not ouly accept it, but will hail the act ns magnanimous, noble, great. ' Thus it will be perceived that the great masses

of the Southern people are ?t inding on a point of honor, which to them is of far greater import than defeat in battle, the loss of strongholds or the reduction of their armies. All this they can bear, . but dishonor they cannot bear, and they hope, they expect, they pray that the President will spare them this unspeakable humilia tion, v. - In view of' these simple truths, I would ask, Messrs. Eiitors. through the medium of tour inf tluable journal, if the President cannot sfford a a .a 4lt-a to be magnanimous! II. after tne Mil 01 Charleston, he cannot afford to offer some terms which shall induce the great body of the Southern people to. return to their allegunce to the Federal Union and the Government of the United States? If he be ambitious of eu viable fame, he will do it; if he desires t be remembered as the second Washington, he will do it; if he wishes to secure to himself the appellation of Abraham the Great, be will do it; if he wishes to imitate the example of Him who said "go thou and sin no more," be will do It; and, I may add. if he wishes to Droclaim the popular sentiment of the Ameri can people, and the sentiment of humanity, civilization and Christianity throughout the world, he will do tt; which Hod rant, for peace s sake. , Yours, very truly, , Job Adams, Ja. 1 We repeat the comments of the Intelligencer upon these evidences of the willingness of the Southern people to return to their allegiance to the GoTernwjent: "It is for those who rule the destinies of this great country to say whether it shall, so farae depends on them, have Union and the Constitution, or Immediate and forcible eman cipation, wild ruin to a moiety, 01 tne country, fratricidal war, and a violated Constitution." The Financial Combat. The following article develops a new phase In political affairs and a new agency in the attempt making by the party in power to obliterate State lines and State, institutions, and establish a central despotism. It appears that all the corrupting influences at the control of the Govern ment are to be used for these purposes, and one of the most potent of which is the scheme for establishing a national banking system, more powerful and corrupting thau the old United States Bank, which General Jackson crushed out " If it is possible to destroy the liberty of the citizen and the peculiar form of government which experience has proven to be admirably adapted for the protection of popular rights, the Administration will leave no means untried to accomplish that purpose, and there can be 110 more potent ageitry to thirt end than the control of the money power of the country. The following developments, therefore, in the new national currency scheme, have a significance well worthy the attention of the people: Hostilities have fairly Commenced. When the "act to provide a national currency" was under discussion in Congress, we warned tne people 'bat its design was to crush the State institutions. which had contributed so largely to the growth and prosperity of the country, and to build on their ruins a gigantic political machine, controlled at' Washington, to be used as the old United States Bank was in its last days, to corrupt the heart of the nation. Our first proposition is now fully admitted by the authorities at Washington. Those editors, therefore, wbo took us to task for our prediction, and who insisted that there could be no antagonism between sound, well managed State banks and the financial pets of the Treas ury, will please to review their logic, and recall their denunciations. " We hare the verr highest authority for saving that it is the design and intention of the Govern ment to shape its action so as to force all existing banks in the United States to wind up their af fairs and withdraw from the field, in favor of institutions to be established under Mr. Chase's svstem. snd contrpled at Washington. For this purpose the new "Comptroller of the currencv, unoer tne direction 01 air. secretary Chase, has already set his machinery in motion to drive the State bonks to the wall. In a cir cular he has sent to the faithful, be says that there will not be, for long, two systems of corporate banking in the United States. One or the other, he asserts, will f illy occupy the field, "ard It require no spirit of prophecy to predict which of the two is destined to give way." "Banks whose iues are secured bv the Government, and which are to become the financial scents of the Government, will, in my opinion, ere long be the only Ones that will be tolerated." With strange logic be declares this antagonism between the two systems to be unnecessary but inevitable. It is no wonder that the assertion of this impending conflict called ont some stirring questions from those intereted ic the former system. We have copies of some of these queries, with the Comptroller's answer. '' Perceirins the hostility of the authorities toward the State hanks, one of them asks if the Comp trofler does not mean to furnish them with the national circulation as required by the act? He replies that this is in law and mut be obeyed, if insisted on; but that he shall execute that portion of the act with reluctance, as he considers it "a great mistake" to have permitted tbem this privilege. U hope that the prohibitions in State laws will prevent the State banks from availing themselves of this provision; but if enabling acts are passed by the State Legislatures, he shall only furnish the currency when "com pere!, and with great "regret. This is singular language for a sworn officer of the government, at the head of a great department, to use in reference to an act of Congress. He dislikes that portion ot the act which grants ant privileges to existing State institutions, deems it a mistake, and will only execute it when compelled, and then with regretl ' We warned our readers of the despotism to be exercised by the national authorities over their financial affairs through this medium of iar reaching and most oppressive enactment; but we never once dream ed that the onslaught on the banks where most of the nation's moneyed capital is treasured, would be commenced after this reckless fashion. The head of this department, set apirt for this very purpose, openly announces that he will not even show these banks the little grace iven them by the act itself, except upon compulsion! But why this hostility to sound, well-managed State banks, if there is no necessary antagonism between the systems? . Even this is no longer a State secret. " They are "institutions," exclaims the' Comptroller, "over which the Government can exercise no supervision or control." .This, then, is the oliject of these schemers. They will hae no banks nor bankers but such as the politicians at Washington can supervise and control. The old institutions were not facile enongh for partisan nses. Capitalists were willing fc lend their personal influence to carry au election, but they hesitated about placing their whole banking machinery at the disposal of the wire pullers. Hence the "antagonism " The Intentioo of the new law, this ofBcer elsewhere declares "to be. to proTide for "Natltnal Banks, which should be subject to Government supervision and contror." " ' lie warns the existing institutions hot to break up this pleasant and profitable arrangement ' by attempting to thrust themselves into the circle. with a desir to remain partly under State and partlv under national control. If ther insist up on' it. he admits that he must Obey the act, but ther will Bod no favoratVi hand. He declare that he will first suppt? his pets with currency; so that he cannot consider their ' case af any rate until next year. Before this lime be hints that "a judicial decision, or an authoritative opinion," may cut them off altogether. He plainly tells them that "It would be better to wind up their present State institutions, and organize new as sociations, independent of the old ones." . To show how completely these State bankssome of which have been landmarks tmid. thti severest storms which have marked the century. are to be blotted out without even a token of memory, we will bring forward at present but oaf. other leaf from this startling correspondence. One questioner, wbo seems to have foreseen bow futile would be any opposition to this despotic crusade, eckt, tremblingly whether, by uuren-

dering himself to national control he may ot still be permitted to retain his old corporate name? Tbe answer crushes out the last spark of hope. The Secretary'of the Treasury, after much consideration, has come to the conclusion that all such associations should hare a common name."'To' use his owrriltortration. Instead ' of the Chemicel Bank of New York, we are to have the National Bank- of New York, No. r 50! Historic connections might have a restraining power, and make the bank more restive under the reu'ral control. A name of renown has been kndwn to keep eteü an Wprincipled man ' from a base deed. A Hancock might remember his arestc, and blush-et infamy j -but White -man, No. H47," would have no such historic associations to restrain him from bending the sup pie knee.' ."It is not the name of a bank," adds this Solon,, "but the character of the men who conduct its affairs and the character of its securities, that give to It the confidence of the public." But how do the public know anything of this character except by associating its excellence with the same which has stood tor more than a generation as a synonvm for strength and integrity. " 1 v We aubmit that ww have proved our case. The government intend to force all existing banks to wind up their affairs, and to merge their existence, even to the abnegation of their very names, in a grand cordon of associations, subject to supervi . sion and control at Washington. In our next article on this theme, we shJl show some of the methods and purposes of this control, and the corruption to which i: will naturally lead. .. . a m . . Kentucky- . The Journal and all the niggerhead papers of the North claimed the election of Bbaxlette, as Governor of Kentucky, a Republican triumph. The influence and power of the Administration were brought to bear to secure his election. In most of the precincts the names of the Democratic candidates were not permitted to be entered upon the poll lists, and Democrats were pre vented from exercising the right of suffrage Governor BaAMtcrrx was inaugurated on Monday. In his ' address he takes decided grounds against the negro julicy of the Administration,, and favors the reception of the rebel States upon the same basis that they occupied before tbe rebellion, whenever they shall lay dewn their arms and return to their allegiance Such senti menU the Indianapolis Journal pronounces a "premium upon treason. In other words. Gov. Bkaulettk is not an Abolitionist, hence he will receive the maledictions of the niggerhead press. The Louisville Journal, a decided "Union" paper, and which has 'even favored a vigorous prosecution oi the war lor the overthrow of the rebellion, regards the address of Gov. BaaxLETTK as eminently conservative mid patriotic. It says: The address will attract the attention and deepen the hone of conservatives in nil quarters of the land. It is a strong and inspiring pa per. It is full of high inspiration to tbe patriot and lull of wise suggestions to the statesman. Its exposition of the -principles of government, its statement of the issues now before the people, and its general definition of the political position of Kentucky, are just, clear, able, earnest and effective. These great topics are handled by Governor Bramlette with a force and eloquence that well befit the solemn and vital truths announced. The address in these ruling points is masterly and felicitous. It furnishes a basis w hereon the conservatives of the whole nation may and will rally as one man iu the approaching n.itionu! election. Governor Bramlette has struck the key note. The conservative of the country will tike up the noble strain, snd will carry it forward until it is lost in the swelling prean of victory. Of this we cherish an abiding and a kindling fuith. If the Louisville Journal truly represents the "Union" sentiment of Kentucky, there is certainly no sympathy whatever in that State with the political doctrines and policy avowed by the party in power. The "Unionists" of Kentucky are just as antagonistic to the partisan schemes of the Administration as the Democracy of Indiana.

From the New Tork Journal of Commerce. Tbe Financial Conabat-ETlls to be Arolded. 1 While tbe act to provide a national currency was under discussion, there were many efforts made to show its evil tendency, and to prevent its enactment. 1 bkt labor is now over, and tbe only good which can come from an examination of the law, is the prevention or mitigation of the evils which are most to be oread ed from its exe cution. In our last, we pointed out the dangers which were likely to occur from a collision between the old and new systems, and called attention especially to the purpose now avowed at Washington, to establish the new banks upon the ruins of State institutions. The object of this substitution is declared to be, the desire of the General Government to have the moneyed institutions of the country under its control and supervision. The danger of such a connection must be apparent to every reflecting mind. . History teaches that there are no means so potent us the uulimited ose of the public funds. The original draft of the act under discussion restricted the Secretary of the Treasury in thie particular: be could deposit the pubüc money in any of the banks: and to any amount; but he must in all cases take an equal amount ot the national stocks as security. After mur-h finesse, this restriction was removed, and the power of the Secretary over the funds of the Treasury was left without limit. We called attention to the danger from this 'source; but our warning was met with tbe assurance that the money would always be fafe, as tbe Secretary without legislative promntine would exact ample security for every dollar of tbe public money. , We are now only on the threshhold of the experiment, and yet we lean from the organs of the Secretary that be has taken the very course agaiost which our warning was tittered. He has concluded, or announced, to exact 10 per cent, of the capital stock in stocks, and to take, in addition, a bond from the stockholders t i the full amount of their capital! Who would lend; indiscriminately, one hundred thousand dollars on such ecuritv? It is ensv to see that the fostering care of the General Government is likely to bring into being a majority of "banks of circula : tion." started chiefly for the purpose of dUtribut , ing currency and availing of the government, deposits. Several gentlemen with limited means borrow JiDO.OOO in government stocks, paying a commission for their use, aud thus secure $'Jl,000 in bank notes from Washington. Tbey open a bank, receive deposits, and may then nay off the original loan. The Secretary of the Treasury deposits $l(H),000 with them upon 10 per cent, security and . their joint bond to make it good. They loan it out. honestly intending to make good use of it, and to save the principal harmless to be restored in due time to the Treasury. But they are new, and have few regular customers in a legitimate business. Besides, the very fact of their connection with the Treasury will send them a throng of political leeches, who always expect little accommodation for their influence. Thus, with tbe best intentions in the world, their invest . merits cannot be realized when the : Treasury needs its funds.. The hour of need is always a . bad hour for collections. They cannot respond. The stock tbey have deposited, it may be, will not sell, for enough to pfcdeein the circulation; their bond is worthless; and the public funds are lost. If this danger exists where the associates do not intend any fraud, what will cover the jiik of dealing with that swindling fraternity who hang around the banking system of every State, seek ing an avenue to evade the laws and prey upon the public? Will no such rogues avail themselves of the new act. and enter this unguarded war to the public treasury? ,;(-.. But who is to distribute the patronage among these several intitutions7 Ou what principle ia it to be divided or conferred? "The Comptroller, in his circular, already alluded to, promises them that they are to become the financ'al agents of the Government.' What conditions will be ex acted of them? What service are they to render for such a distinction?- Will all alike share-in the profits of this connection? These are not idle questions. They. must startle every thoughtful patriot with their -terrible significance.' - The Government has this moment over thirty million dollars of money in its chest .- All of this, save the upecie, and as much more as slia!) be accu mutated, ia to be rarnered it Is said, in these pet institutions, and thus let out upon the country,' like a great tide of corruption, corroding the body politlo with its inevitable canker.' . It is not yet tod late to avoid this great danger'. The sub-treasury is a safe plate of deposit for the public funds, and that well tried system should never have been encroached upon. It is not necessary to the establishment of these new banks that they should be the custodians of the public funds; and we cannot see how any good citizen can fail to shudder at the danger, both financial and political, which must attend on such a distribution. But if the bargain must be kept, and the money, for political reasons, must be

loaned to institutions "supervised and controlled at Washington." the public may certainly insist that the treasury bhall havesomeibing more than the shadow of a security. It would be a great favor to any bank to make it one of "the financial agents of the Government" and allow it to use a million or two of the public funds, paying out its own currency when called ou for disbursement, even if it gave as security cent per cent, in United Slates uoods into the Treasurers keeping. It would then draw the interest On the bonds, and have the use of the money ,-with tbe influence and patronage it would bling, for nothing. We earnestly hope that this question of security will at least be settled in the interest of the treasury. The other danger we cannot hope wholly to avert; but by directing public attention to it, the tide of corruption thus set at work may lose something of its power. . A shrewd politician re marked, when the details of this banking scheme were first made known to him, "whoever controls tli'rn power in the full tide of successful ope ration, can rule the country." But a great sacrifice has been made to obtain it, and the end is not yet. Every banking institution in our land is to be crushed that this new power may hare free scope. "It would be better," says the head of this department, "to wind up present State institutions, and organize rew associations," and the whole power of the Government is to be directed to this end. We might paint a graphic picture of the wide spread commercial disaster which is involved in this simple phrase "winding up their present State institutions, but it needs no coloring st our hands Vested tights, the little trust funds of widows and orphans, cherished names, all count for nothing in this struggle after political power through the control of the nation's purse. In our next we shall discuss some points bearing on the duty nf bankers in the S'-ate, in the

struggle now before them. t v Prom tba Danville (111 ) Globe, AognirtCT. Riot at -Danville. III. A State. Tne - ' Dient of the Tacts. ' The most unfounded reports of the Danville riot have been forwarded to the different papers, but the most unblushing and bare faced false hoods appeared in the report of it published in the Lafayette Courier of the 25th. From beginning to end it is false, as all who have any regard for the truth will testify.' ' The facts are about as follows: 1 - ' . Mr. John Paine, an old and respectable citizen of our city, has been weiring for some time past a "copperhead pin " He has been wearing it to our certain knowledge since last March.' All our citizens Republicans, Abolitionists and Dem ocrats have been aware of the fact, and no one has made an attempt or threatened to take it off. That was left for the brave, the gallant "Col." tdawkins Hawkins came to our city last Thursday. He had posters primed and sent through the county, notilying the "Union people that he would address them on Saturday at the fair ground. ..Fri day morning Hawkins met Mr. Payne in the office of "Squire Clapp. where Mr. P. was trans actiug some legal business. Noticing the pin, be ordered Mr. Payne to take it off. and stated that if he (Mr. P ) would not, be would do it for him, nsing the most profane and insulting laoiruage. Mr Piiyne relumed, !nd, informing him that he (Hawkins) had not the "backbone" to take it off, got up and walked out. Hawkins having followed, calling' Mr. P. "copperhead," "butter nut, "dd traitor, and many other names onlr tittered by men of his standing, he turned and told Htwkins "hands off" After quite a crowd had collected, Hawkins, no doubt thinking a greit majority of ihem were his friends, made a "charge" for the pin, but coming in contact with the Democratic fist of Mr Paxne he was bronchi to the earth. By this time the crowd had increased to quite a number, and the excitement was very great Mr. Payne, seeiug that he was alone and had to contend against Hawkins and his knife, gathered up a brickbat. At this juncture Mr Uuinnup, who, says the Lafayette Courier, is "generally obnoxious with copperheads and a natural born foe to all traitors," stepped into the ring and struck Mr. Payne: but he was soon made to retreat, without doing much damage, bv receiving a stunning blow from a brickbat. Here the officers interfered and arrested all parties. ' This was on Friday. ' Saturday and Sunday- passed off without any disturbance. 1 On Monday morning, after Guinnnp's trial, the riot commenced again. Some one who was dissatisfied with tho decision of the Justice, and after Guinnup and Hawkins had started away, inquired of them if they did not want to hull some butternuts. (In parenthesis let us say thnt we, as well as many other Democrats, thins: the making of this inquiry was altogether uncalle for, and should not have been made.) What reply they made, we have not been informed. But the fight then started. Alter several blows had been exchanged, the Sheriff commanded the pec, and culled on several to assist him. Guinnup and Hawkins retreated toward the 'Squire's office. Upon reaching the door of the office, Guin nupdrew his revolver and fired, the ball hitting Mr John Payne in the stomach; then mrnin", he fired at the Sheriff, the ball taking effect in his left arm Revolvers, pistols, slung shots, clubs, brickbats and stones, " were used For about half an hour, the tight raged must furious !y. and it is singular that more were not injured. About a dozen shots were fired. The list of killed and wounded, so far as we have learned, is as follows: Killed Wm. Lamb and Frank Myers. , Wounded John Payne, in stomach; George Barker, thigh; Sheriff' Payne, left arm; H. C. Monroe, neck; Burke, stomach; Guinnup, leg. slightly; Hawkins, left hand, slightly. Several were wounded by blows from slutig shots, clubs and brickbats, but, up to this time, we have been unable to learn their names. . . Tue Cause of the War.' ' ' - t To prevent another rebellion the cause of (he present one roust be removed that is slavery. That U no jut cause, for slavery has always existed in the country The reason why it is con reeled with the rebellion ia. because there is a party in the free States th it would not ceti-e to irritite it until they coutd rest in the belief that slavery was in the process of final extinction. Now. aboli.-h this party, and the cau-e of this rebellion wiil be removed. It was the election or n Republican President that made the oppor tuiiity tor this rebellion. It wns tbe cause of it, or the condition that made the reltelliou possible. AIoIuh the possibility of a Republican Presi dent, and the cause ot the rebellion will be abolished. I 1 --.. Alter the insurrection in Pennsylvania, it mibt h-ive been sugtested that !iMlled spirits should be abolished, that the caui-e ot the insurrection might not again exist. After the rebellion in New England, which did not break out iuto arme I resistance, but was on the verpe of it, it miht have been suggested 0 abolUh comnierre or war, as they were the can-e of the treosonnble conduct of the Yankees.. 1 - ' ' ' After tbe nullification in South Caroliiu.it might have been suggested to abolish all uritfc, as they were the cause of the rebellion of that State. Better cut the matter short, and abolish the folly and wickedness of mankind, and thus end all bad governments,- and the possibility of rebellion against a good one., Abolish tbe selfish ambition of men and parties, and there will be no rmre rebellions. ' , We have leu med by experience that men will not want pretexts for rebellion. Internal taxes, commerce, war and tariffs have lead to nearly open rebellions iu this country. In no instance, however, were these the cause of tbe rebellion. They were only the subjects that the ambition of politicians made use of to provoke resistance to the Government.' Slavery is only a more potest subject, used by the demagogues of both sections; but it rotild not disturb the country, if the States wOi'Mj all mind their own business, obey tbe Constitution and let others alone. 1 There is a better security, or there will be, when this rebellion is crushed out, against nv attempt of any part of these States selling up for independence of tbe other, than there ever was before, or tbsn any theory could give.' The experiment has been tried under the most favorable circuonst mces, snd failed failed, after terrible cost of treasure, blood and suffering. .That is the lesson men 'understand; that everybody understands;1 tbat will not be forgotten, at least for, generations. States will see that they must make the best of the Union, and the end is near bv a most disastrous failure. This is the sort of logic that prevents re bell ions ' . . There is no glory in such results.7 Men will not resort to them from apprehensions of evil when they can read a worse one than anything they can apprehend in the remedy they resort to. It Is true that even this experience may not always be a security against rebellion ' Nothing will secure a government but its wisdom and moderation; but with these we may have a long respite from the calamities of the last two or three years. -Louis villa Democrat. , J2f" "Sir, tbe Abolition party is a .piSLorai. organization. Its pretended love for freedom means nothing more or less than civil wax xd a pissoti'TioN or thx Ukio. ,. Honest men ol all parties should unite to expose their Intentions and errest their progress" Andrew Jackson.

" . From the Cincinnati Price Current, Sept. S. Financial and Commercial Summary ffwr tlie Past Week. The delay beyond what has been expected by

the public in taking Charleston and reducing the . forts in iu vicmitv, produced a buoyant market for gold -ngaiii, and rate advanced materially during the week, and the market closes buoyant. 1 be news from Mexico of-what the trench rale - there has ' been dictating and promulgating as public sentiment, has some influence, for it gires plausibility to the . statement that the French Emperor has some design upon this country. It is probable that he, in common with all the rulers beyond the, Atlantic, expecting the wreck of this, country, desires t be io a position to seize upon a portion of. the country, and in the name of protecting the Freucb population of Louisiana, annex it and . Texas to Mexico. But it is not likely that any attempt of this kind will be made, unless the rebellion succeeds, which is now impossible; therefore we think there is little danger from France. ... . . : , There has been a feverish feeling in gold and public securities 'in Sew York the last three or four days, and a large speculative business has been done iu railway stock at a marked advance during the week. - The sales of Government stocks has fallen off some. . ' - 1 ' Tbe demand for money has been Ii:;ht. and the market continues easy at 68 per Cent, for good business paper. : The offerings of Quartermast'V and Commissaries' checks and vouchers se been light, and hardly enough has been done in such to establish quotations from day to day. The demfnd for exchange has been active, and shipments of currency continues to keep up Eastern balances, and this must be the case until pro duce goes forward more freely. CTtSO SXLLIXO. New York....... ........ par. J'prem. Gold J4S55 prem. Sfg28 prem. Silver....... 15?18 prem. prem. Demand notes,. .........2225 prem. - prem. Kentucky bank otes.. . Ü prem. .... Indiana State notes...... i prem. . . .... Orders oc Washington, fli. ' .... Certificates. al dig. ' ' .... Quartermasters Toncher, city. ....... 98i99 - .... Quartermasters' Vouchers. country..... no tale. .... - The stir of the fall trade has already commenced, and a general briskness Is observable. In the dry goods, hardware and grocery business an active jobbing business has been done, and prices are looking np, partly owing to the advance in gold. i Flour has not changed in any essential particular; there has been a moderate local and some shipping demand for fresh made, at tho same rates current a week ago. Old reinspecled has sold .to a moderate extent at $44 25 for super fine and ex Im .'and it has been taken with more confidence, because that not now sour will remain sweet, and when ot a high grade is more desirable for bakers' use than that made from new wheat. - Wheat has been in fair demand and the market closed firm at our quotations. Corn and oats are firm and in demand. The rise in whi-kv increases the dem iud for corn. There is a good demand for new barley, and $1 lul 12 would be pi id for prime Tüll on the spot; sales ere made of over 30.000 bushel early in August of fall at $1 301 33, to be delivered during the fall and up to the close of the ye ir. There is no doubt that a large quantity of barley will be needed, and parties anticipating this are aire ady buung elsewhere. The demand for malt liquors of all kinds h s greatly increued, and the stock in hands of brewers prett? well exhausted. Whisky advanced to 44c, and has been in active demand. There has been an improved dem md for bulk sides, both rib and clear, and price are higher; they are wanted for boxinj for the English market, as there are two parties now engaged in this trade, induced by the late -important advance of prices in Knglaud. Clear sides nre also ueede-l for array use; rib sold at SVjQöJj, and clear at 6c. Mcs pork 1ms not changed; old sold at $9 5lrai0 00, the Inter for city; new country at $11 f0. " New citv is not offered at the cur rent rates, as those who hold it suppose that the Government will need all here, and they will get better prices than are current in New York. Bacon shoulders are in moderate demand, but sides are not wnted. Lard is not offered to any extent, as the impression still continues that it will bring higher prices. The manufacturers arc buying all the low grides offerel. at '(TLO'c Louisville steam rendered sold at IMjc, delivered there Linseed oil is dull, and prices are a shade lower. There is more arriving. The wool market has been depressed somewhat by tho decline in gold, but ' the reaction in that article Is restoring confidence, to some extent, in wool; hut dealers have lowered their ideas, and 50 to 60c seems now to be the range of their views. The ("Joreuiment purchase of one mil . lion yards of Kerses, jnt made in Philadelphia, at 79?4e has caused general surprise, being below what had been expected, based upon the price paid for wo d There is a l irue amount still in the han!sof ftrtneis. which, when placed in the hmket, n it must be s oner or I iter, will unsettle the m-irket, it is supposed, as dealers have not confidence to buy largely. lox tract from the .addreas of the nein acratic Male entral Committee of I'ennayl vania. In Peiiusylv-iiiia, the party 011 whose acts you will puss at the billot box, has trampled upou the jireit rights of - pei-vm il liberty and freedom of theprrsj, which every man who can read may find sisj-fried in he Constitution of the State and the Constitution of the United Slates The dig. iilty of our Commonwealth has been insulted in .the outrage perpetrated upon her citinen. At Philadelphia mi.I at Uarrisburg, proprietor1 of newspper. bare 5eeii s-ized at midiiiuht and hurried off to military raison a beyor.d the limits of the State Against acts like these, perpetrated before the eye ot ihc municipal and Stile authorities, there In neither protection ' nor redress. The seixnie of -1 jnurmil at West Chester was af terwards the fiihject of a suit for damages in the Supreme Court of Pcnnsylvsnia. It came to trial before Chtvr Justice Lowrie. Rehearing the ancient principle of : English and American jus tice, he condemned the acts of the Federal officers as violations of the law that binds alike the privHie ci'izen 'iid the nuhlic functionary. He. said:' "AH pnhl'c lonctionaries in this land are under the law, -and none' from the' highest ti the.l'wif. are above it " Impttient at any restraint from law, a partisan majority in Conjire'' h i-nened to pi. n act to take from the Slate Courts I. the United States Courts all suits ol prosecutions "for trespasses or wrongs done or committed by virtue or onder color of any authority derived from or exercised under ' the Pie-ident of. the United States;" and suchauthority. w declared tobe a lull ile!ne for the wrong-doer in any action, civil or criminal. ' The American Ext:utireii. as the word imports, ' tbe executor ot the duly, enacted laws; yet the' pretension U made that his will c m take the place of the laws. The IhVrty. the character of every ciiizeu Is put at the mercy of uew function . aries called" Provost Marshals." A secret accusation before these officials takes the place of open hearing before a lawful magistrate, and no writ of habeas corpus may inquire the cause of the arrest. To illegal arrests are added the f mockery of a trial of a private citizen, for his . political opinions, before a court martial, ending to tbe infliction of a new and outrageous penalty, ' invented "by1 the President of the United, States. We need not comment upon acts like, these The President of the United States haa ' no authority, in peace or war, to try even an enlisted soldier by court martial, save by virtue of, and in conformity with, the military law laid down in the act of Congress "establishing rules . snd nrticles for the government of the armies of, the United Sutes. Yet bis proclamation will make all citizens amenable to ' military courts. ' He haa violated the great principle of free govern meut, on which Washington conducted the war ' of the revolution and Madison the war of 1812 . the principle of the subordination of the military to the civil power. He has assumed to put mar tial law, which is the rule of force at a spot m here all Jaws are silent, iu the place of civil . justice throughout the Ian , and has thus assailed, . iu some of -the States, even the freedom of the ballot box. These are not occasional acts, done in " haste, or heat, or ignorance; but a new system : of government in the pl ace of tbat ordained and established by the people That the Queen could not do what he could, was Mr. Seward's boast to the British Minister. The "military arrests" of Mr. Stanton received the"heartv commendation" of the convention that renominated Gov. Curtin; and it pledged him and his narty to "hearty co operation" iu such 'sets of the Administration in future. Such is the degrading platform upou which a candidate for Chief Magistrate of Pennsylvama stands before her people These pre- ' tensions to arbitrary power give ominous significance to a Ute change ia our military establish men'. The time honored system of calling on the States for drafts from their militia has been' repla'-ed by a Federal conscription on the model of European despotisms: -We would not minist lo the excitement which it has caused among men of all parties. Iu constitutionality will be tested before the courts. If adjudged to be within .the power of Congress, tbe people will decide on the propriety of a stretch of a power," on which the British Parliament styled omnipotent has never ventured. On thisyou will pass at the polls; ' snd the next Congress will not be deaf to the voice of the people. -

France and Texas. The Richmond Whig, of the 25th, makes use

of the following significant language: "We want the aid of France. We r able to pav fr it. Let us do it. We shall then hare peace, or the power to wreak a rich revenge on our foul foe. Thia is ot the fir-t instance in which intima . tions have been thrown out respecting a possible alliance between the Confederate States and France. If impediments have arisen in seeking such a consummation, we may be sure that tbey were not strengthened by objections from the Davis Administration. .. But how can the rebel Confederacy "pay" lor the aid of France in the present effort to establish an independent repob lie, except by a cession of territory; and what öfter would be more tempting to Louis .Napoleon than a prantof the luxuriant valley of the Rio Grandel Why, the territory embraced within tbe limits of Southern i exs, joined to the oontem plated "Republic of Sierra Madre," o long a darling project with scheming filibusters, would of itsett constitute an empire, rich in agricultural products aud posi-essing all the elements of future greatness. It U scarcely possible that the Administration are unmindful of the complications to which we are exposed through the intrieues of France, even though now ooy a subject of speculation. The danger inav.be remote aud et demand the most caret ul f on.-idcration. The intimations constantly thrown out through the Richmond pres, aod which tiu-l some leuree of suppoit in the emanations of Fiench o;iinou, are of serious import In di.-couisinj upon Mexican affairs a few davs ac, the Washington Ohrouicle (Col. Forney) remarked as follows: :, '; ."Theie ii a strong admixture 01 the Mexican element in Texas, and it is said that Mexico even already regards the recorery of Texas as by no menus impossible.' The United States flag does not float iu that State, and there has been talk of its setting up as an independent sovereignty; possibly Mexican intrigue, aided by French cunning and Mgacity. may complicate affairs there before the Federal Government reaseert its authority on Texas soil. . "We are sure that these grave aspects of tbe Mexican question have not escaped the attention of our Government, and that it hs risen to the hight of the emergency Whether hat is called the "Monroe doctrine" is to be considered only as the opinion of him who first cave it utterance, or as the policy only of a party or of an administration, and not as a r.iuiouul policy, we do not pretend to know. But w feel assured that nothing will be left undone to checkmate the plans of the ambitious and intermeddl'iig ruler of the French. We incline to think that the maxim that 'possession is nine tenths or the law.' will ere long be applied 10 Texas, and that sufficient force will soon take possession of some important points hi that Slate " If these remarks possess auy significance as begotten of official inspiration, it will not be strange if the authorities-at W slnvuton show their hand without further delay. Peihaps we have here the explanation of certain militarv movements which have been the subject of such profound conjecluie. N 1 .Journal of Com. Tbe Practical Warktng of the Fed ' . - erat Conscription " The more we learn of the results of conscription in this aud other States embracing that intensely patriotic territory called .New hugland where hundred per cent, dividends are annual and an extra ten or twenty is occasional the more it becomes a ppa tent that the federal ton scrip'ion law is au expensive aud a gigantic fail ure. It is a fact which we know to be recog nized by some of the highest and ablest officers of the Army of the Potomac, that the conscripts thus far sei.t on are regarded as wore than worthless a positive burthen instead of a rein forcement of the ranks. There isn't .1 spark of patriotism in the whole thing, and despite the eloquent advocacy of Republican partisan!:, not a-single one of tlieui dmlUil. who ran get ex empted, goes Wejiave yet to see, or hear, of the first conscript, " woollyhead or "copperhead who shoulders his musket willingly, either as a matter of duty or a matter of ni.ancial considera tion. Every man escape. from the draft who can. aud those who are obliged to go aud such as sell themselves for substitutes, leave determined to make their escape 011 the first opportunity. Even if they reach the field and remain iu the service, they are. as before stated, comparatively worthless as soldiers. Who now doubts, it the President had issued his call for 31)0,000 volunteers in the regular aod constitutional way in a way that would have commanded (he respect and obedience of the entire people when the dmft law was enacted or even at the time he commenced operations under it, that most of the men would be this moment organized, armed and equipped, and in the field? Look ot .New Jersey, which will have her entire quota nearly full by the time the thirty days al lowed expire, and compare the result thereunder volunteering with the result in any equal section under the conscription. Mark the difference. New Jcrsry Las l.er m men who will make such soldiers as have won our battles all through the war nearly all ready . There are no holes it) the ranks mnde by phrt-ical or $300 exempts or runaway substitutes. And this has betu ac complishetl while the draft has been progress, and has ifcltohe finished, in contiguous territory, where not one tenth of the quotas will eveulually be furnished. So it is with regard to Syracuse and every other locality that has been permitted a brief period to recruit in anticiparion of the draft. , Federal conscription is a failure. It would be a failure under any law, but it could not be other wise under the act of March last. Unless the PresiJeiit, who holds discretionary power io the premises, has loot his senses he will never at tempt to raife another levy through ite bungling machinery. He can ncie calculate what will be the result of the present draft to a practical fraction and determine whether more mm w ill in any contingency be required If he believes more will be required let him nous, or as soon as the farcical formalities of tbe conscriptiou in progress is pet funned, issue his call upon tbe States for a giveu number,, be it large or small, giving them if be pleases a ccrtaiu jeriod to recruit in. .Vok is the time to consider this matter, and if Mr. Lincoln will dopt the course here suggested, he may rest assure! ill it hi will obtain a larger and better army, at less expense of time, trouble ana money, than by any other method, albeit the radical leaders and centralization of power theo ris's may be chagrined thereby. Rothester, N. Y. Uniou. ; - Ihr Tfassaern at Lawrence. It is an iiivitiious ihing to be compelled lo urge anything in opposition to such appeals as those which are being made to ourcomtnunity on bebalf of the sufferers at Lawrence Feeling must, however, in this instance, give place to duty. The people ofXai'Sas have brought these horrors upon themselves, and they are already engaged io reprisals as barbarous as those of which they complain. It is, sad to reflect lint a nation of thirty millions ol people, boasting a civilization like ours, should In? disgraced by tuch acts of savagery. It would be as unfair, however, to make our people at large responsible for them as it is to ask ns to come lorward to the relief of those who have had their turn of suffering. To a few fanatics and arch traitors on both sides, to Wade. Wilsoti and Sumner, to Greeley, Garrison and Wendell Phillips, at tbe 'North, and to Jeff. Davis, John Slidell.J. 1'. Benj imin, J. D. Floyd, W. L. Yancey and Toombs, of Georgia, at the' South, belougs the guilt of origiuating these atrocities. The hand of God has already been laid heavily ou some of ihem. and the band of man will do justice to the rest. . As to these border ruffiaus, let them tight it out. We have enough to do hero hi the North in aiding to put down the rebellion, without taxing ourselves to repair injuries they my choose to wreak ou each other. New York Herald. Snopendln: the Constitution Dnrtna; the war. "I go for suspeudiug tbe Constitution during tne war laving it up to dry." remarked a Lin colnite the'other dav. "Well," saya a Democrat, "if e suspened it. has Lincoln any right to be President? Is he not President by virtue of .1.. fit. nir,T 1a he anv other title? And blic v'."" vrl - will be not cease to be President the moment the . ... 1- I Tl. CoUBtltUlKUl IS f USPCIIUCU I I HC ivrpuu. lunuv uv reply The Democrat rejoined that although be was for the Constitution, yet if it suspension s4 a-f,4 tid t f t ha. nrrtwtit AdmiiiitriaLiolK the WUUiU mows I ' - - measure had at least one redeeming leature. Tbe Republican took a second 1 thought; and doubted r . .. , , 1 11 ... a .k.. -....: whether it wouni oe ni iu MSJH.-11U mr uumsm J . 1. ..... . n A. It , f . I r. T t niuili . m tution unaer Hiecirvuni?-"", o-m only title deed to the office. Cincinnati Enquirer. rf " intend, for one. to regard and main tain, and carry out, to the fullest extent, the .. lTn:n, SlilM art. it'll t Iura tJOnSllIUUOII 01 w. .v.. , . gfocn to support in all its parts and all its pro " f Daniel Webster. w irivnut 1 .x-Tris. Wth of th traitor John B. Fl on! Ip.'fry w ww , j is confirmed by the Richmond f papers. He died of the effects" of typhus feyer and jaund!te, in their worst lorma. .

From the ProrMence Post. The .-Vegjra roller t allure. President Lincoln, in bis letter to Governor Seymour, ,ised this language: "Volunteering is piilpably, in fact, so far exhausted at to be inadequate.". -- We do not agree with tbe President. We beliere that enough men might have been obtained to fill np our armies, if the proper ireans hd been employed, without resorting to contcriptioul ! ; . ' ' ; f ; " i i We have once or twice pointed te tbe fact that four fifths of those now being sent to the army are substitutes All substitutes are volunteers. Thus the voluniee- system asserts its superiority even while the draft is .being enforced with the w hole power of the IJorernmeiit." But we will admit that ."volunteering is palpably, in fact," much less reliable aud effec live, as a means of filling the army, than it was one year ao . Last eT our oan little State raised three full

tegiruents, and men enough, to fill auotber, by merely calling lor them, and offering such bounties would eecure to ihe private soldier the wages of a comtt oi; day laborer. Before we bad raUcd our full number," a draft was ordered by the Federal Government, but Governor Spragae insisted -upon the privilege of filling op ibe State's quota with volunteers, and.it was conceded. The Government called fornix hundred thousand men three hundred thousand volunteers, and three hundred thousand by draft. In only A very few Suikm the draft resorted to, and it did not need to be in any. Volunteers were received as fast as they could be equipped and disposed of. . . . - 4 Now the case is dierent. Volunteering has not been brisk since last October; it has been very dull since last January Does Mr. Lincoln know why? It is well enough known that the emancipation proclamation was issued by Pre?ieent Lincoln, who believed it could accomplish nothing for the negroes, as he himself declared only ten days before it was published, to gratify a class of men at the North who declared that in this way alone could the President arouse a feeling which would fill up the Union armies. Webecded enthusiasm. Emancipation, as a purpose of the war, would furnish it; and so, if ihe President did not want the Government to tueik dowu. he must issue an emancipation proclamation. We remember ihe assurances which the President received otmhis subject. The Governor of Illinois told him that volunteers would "leap like tiaming giants liom the earth," if he would only proclaim freedom to negroes.. The Governor of Massachusetts was only a very little more modest, lie sai l: "II the President will sustain Genera Hunter, recognize ail men, even black men, as legally capable of loyally, which the blacks are waiting to manifest aod let them fight with God and human nature on their side the roads would swarm, if need be, with a multitude whom New Eneland would pour i.t to ober your call." 'There catile 110 doubt that threats, as well as promises, were resorted to l.y some of the North1 ein supporters of the President. They declared that he should not receive volunteers if he would not issue an emancipation proclamation. They colled the Altoona meeting for Governors for no other purpose than to force from him this concession. He could have men in abundance if he would come to them not a man, if he persisted in ignoring the negro. Well, what we say is, that the proclamation has had a trial, and has proved a complete failure. Recruiting sensibly diminished from the moment it wasisned; and alien, during tbepat winter, it oca me cei tain ihat new armies would have lo be raised; the Republicans themselves refused to rely upon volunteer, and enacted the conecription law which is now being enforced. Now the President himself del .ires lhat "roluntecrirg is palpably, in fact, so far exltausted as to be inadequnte." Last year it raised upwards of six bondred thousand men. This year, three hundred thousand are wanted, and conscription is resorted to. : Does it never occur to the President that he has been shamefully duped and humbugged by those who have labored to change our struggle from a war for ihe Union to a war for the emancipation of the negro? The irnle-n Democratic Platform. Arranged by Thomas Jefferson, Jiirch 4, 1801.1 Equal and exact justice to alt men, of whatever state or porsuasiou, religious or political: r ' Peace, commetce, and bone&t friendship with all nations tnjianjrling alliance with none; The support of Slate governments iu all their rights, a the most complete administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against ami republican tendencies; . The preservation of the General Gevemnient in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheetanchor ol our peace at borne, and safety abroad; A jealous care of the right of election by the people a mild aud safe correction of the abuses which are lopped off by the sword of revolution where peaceable rernrdies are unprovided. Absolute acquiescence in the decisions oF the majority the vital principles of Republics from which there is no appeal except to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. A well disciplined militia -oar best reliance in peace and war, till regulars may relieve them; The supremacy of the civil over tbe military authoiity; Economy in the public expenses, that labor may be lightly burthened; , The honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public laith; Eiicuiir rement of agriculture, and of com meice :.! in liinln;iid: The diffusion of information and the arraign-' mrtitof all abuses at. the lar of public reason; Freedom of religion; , Freedom of t lie pi Freedom of jtr-oii ut der the protection of the habeas corpus; and 'rial bv juriea impartially e-. lected. .' , , , f . - , . ; - From tbe Richmond Dispatch, AurustTT. -Ventral Ilea n rear rd'a Ketaliattan : Wlien Gilmore tired upon Clwrleston, Generallieauregaid sent him word that if he renealed the outrage he would retaliate for if. This threat lias suggc'ed iiiq'jtty as" to the manner of retaliation, nd the nie in. in Get era I B's hands to en- ' aide him to do so. We do int know in what way it wa hi intention to have retaliated; but he cetttiuly bad one tety tfleciive mode at his coni-r mi od ihau was toe votibuenient of the Yankee prisoners in ina po-seioii in those houses upon which the enemy's fire was mainly directed; and in case the direction of the heavy missiles hurled into the city was changed, by, er -rurc be trisons of ihev ptLtoners, o as sliil b) unke them' the targets of the enemy's big gun.:. TV-a wci'ld ; be a most tfTectual way of retaliating T j an outrage upon the usages cf civilized warfare, such as that perpetrated by the Yankee Gr fcr.l. Of course Geucral . Lieaureuard would in form tbe' ei.emy of this retaliation, and tuaie him altogether responsible for the murder of lis own sol-1 diers. We take it lor granled that the enemy will be made to tight his way regularly, and remove the obstacles to his approach to tbe city in ; order a they come. He w ill not be allowed to . skip to conclusions. General Beauregard will bold him to bm work. ' " i How Conscripts are fiat 1 their . Place af Destination. ' A private letter from New York City speaks 1 of tbe marching for over a mile down Broadway of some fourteen w hite conscripts, who were chained ' together by couples, by a chain attached to tbe wrist of each. Over one hundred armed soldiers brought op the rear. Tbe conscripts were dressed ' in citixeus' clothes. Spectators ou the sidewalks were general iu their condemnation of tue Administration, and thought they might ba.ebeen spared such a eight, by putting tbe conscripts in omnibuses. ' " One of our cilixeus, wbo ras just returned front Philadelphia, inlorms us that be witnessed a sim-.. ilar sieht in Philadelphia last Sucday. A num ber of while conscripts were marched through the streets, chained together by twos, preceded snd flanked by files of soldiers, and tbe rear of - the procession biought up by a troop ot cavalry. t The effect on those wbo witnessed the humilia ting spectacle was anything but agreeable; and 1 expressions of denunciauow of Lincoln L Co. ; " . a Wa. .S W a . were universal. v nat a signt; wmie men dragged in chains from their State to aid in freein tne negroes at me ooum. 1 vmiciiunu x-n-quirer. ' ' ' ' nevw Spectacle for the I'nltea täte. Tbe New Jersey (Trenton) Gazette has tbe ' following of conscripts or substitutes, en route through New Jersey to the Potomac army: Several deserters were marched through our streets yesterday, to a blacksmith shop, for the I purpose of having the irots adjusted to prevent any further, attempt to desert a service assumea , under the solemnities of an oath, and with an erople bounty in their pockets? Whatever other indignity might settle upon tbe character of a t man, w e should regard that of "deserter' as tbe greatest and the most to be avoided. . , If these men had been negro fugitive slaves, . , n1 bad been marched through the streets ironed. the Republican press would have been shocked at the cruelty and barbarity of the proceeding; but being I1 te men, nothing U raid out it. ,

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