Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1862-10-07

              - 'Si " r : . - mm v .- - -:"'r-: VOLUME XXVI. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO r TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1862. NUMBER-25. n-" .--- II-rVIUIMD KTBBT TVSSSAT MQRWrStJ T ; Lt HABFER. Office in Woodvwrd Block, 3d Story. -j. TERMS. Two Doll&ra per an nam, payable in ad-ran e; $2.60 within six months; $3.00 afur the expi- . f Ation of the year. P Mt j&tmmntit Mntmtx FACTS TOE VOTERS TO REMEMBER J j Let the voters of Knox countjt before they go to the polls to deposit their ballots, . ; J REMEMBER, That " Eternal Vigilance is the price of Liber- ' tji" that no people can expect freedom, nor 4o'thejr 4eirp freedom, who will not work for it..; ; . - REMEMBER, That the good bid Democratic party s the only party that ever has, or ever can, administer this Government successfully. REMEMBER, That the Democratic party is a great National Party ; that it has always contended for the constitutional rights of the people of every sec- : tlon of the country ; that H bas stood by the Union at all times and under , all circumstan-ses ; that it has maintained the laws of the land, and insisted upon their faithful execution ; thai it has always been opposed to treason , fanaticism, sectionalism, and every species of folly and madness, calculated to stir up strife and bitterness, and to alienate one portion f this people from another, j REMEMBER, That the Democratic party is the only party in this country that can settle our existing difficulties fairly, honorably and constitutionally to the end that peace, prosperity and kindly feeling may be restored to our distracted country; and the good old Union, under which we have all lived and flourished so long, brought back in all its grandeur and glory. ! ; REMEMBER, That the Republican party is a sectional, fanatical. Abolition party ; that it only has an existence in the Northern states ; that it ob- tained power by waging an unholy and unconstitutional warfare against the people and the : Institutions of the South ; and that it is wholly incapable to administer this Government, ac- . cording to the letter and spirit of the Constitu- . tion. ' REMEMBER, V " 't That the Abolitionized Republican party, by . Jl 1 ejrjwicke crusade against pne section of the J Jc Jantry, on acoant of the CoBstitatjonalxis-: . z&jal'Pla.yetj tbereiOkDiaTfcoirlpletelf de-! , troyed this Union, and'plunged the country in ft horrible civil war, . ' - I REMEMBER, That the Abolition party now propose to make this unhappy war a war of extermination, not pnly against Slavery itself, but against the entire people of the South. v REMEMBER, That the Abolition party have established a complete Reign of Terror throughout the land, . And instead of the good neighborly feeling that existed while the Democracy were in power, they have arrayed neighbor against neighbor, section against section, and State against State ; find have spies, informers and petty mischief-makers in every community, stirring up strife and bitternerness, "envy, hatred and malice, find all uncharitableness." ;' .. . - REMEMBER, . That the Abolition party, in their cray endeavors to give a questionable freedom to four millions' of lazy, ignorant, degraded negroes, re virtually making slaves of the entire white . population of this country.-j REMEMBER, That the party in power, while raising the false and hypocritical cry of " No Party," have nominated for office none but Abolition Republicans, of the most violent party principles, and have filled all the offices of the country with sectional, malignant, bigoted politicians, of the "yVade and Giddings stripe.. ; REMEMBER, That the late Black Republican County Con ention, while professing to be a "No Party" affair, passed a resolution instructing the Rep- reseqtative from In.ox county to vote for the disunion Abolitionist, Ben. Wade, for United .States Senator. 7..- REMEMBER, . That while the Abolition Republican party ob tained power by professing to be in favor of honesty and economy in the administration of the Governernment, they have proved th em-selves to be the most corrupt, profligate and dishonest party that ever existed in this coun- -" REMEMBER, That John P. Hale, U. S. Senator from New lampshire, declared in his place io the Seo- : frte, io April last Ir-p .. I tell you, sir, Jtafore find I dtclart it vpcn my own responsibility as a Zenatjor pf the United States, THAT THE LIB-' J2RTIES OF THIS COUNTRY ARE IN flHEATER DANGERTO-DAY FROM THR f LIQACY PRACTISED IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOV-T5RNMENT THAN. IT IS FROM THE . OPEN ENEMY IN THE FIELD. ; ; ; REMEMBER, . . That MK Dawes, a Republic in member of the presem Congress from Massachusetts, has declared that more monvey baa bien STOLEN by army cbntractori and other Republican of-- See holders," aio.cp this war jbegan,!than the .eatire axpenM of the GoTernment, daring the four year of Mr. Bachanan's AdminlatratioD. -Vi .Vt - REMEMBER,' .-'yhT That the Ctncinnati Commercial ban the can-to admit that "ULTRA-NTI-SLAVE-BY MEN IN CONGRESS, have, during the ; laite-SeaBloa, pl3?p T.M UhiowWsx, ty ' irV1BJ',TPP-a9 meaaurea."1 : iVrvi l REMEMBER, v;r That Rer. Dr. Breckinridge, who has all Jus ife been opposed to the Democratic party, has declared that : " The permanent triumph of the Democratic par-iy in 1864 is the beat rsutt see to be possible for the country." In a Bad ay. The Hack Republicans of - Old Knox have been in a " peck of trouble" to find some "bo- gus Democrat" who. was willing tQ run on the BenWade ticket, for the office of Commis sioner, in the place of Mr. Van Bcskirk, who who declined serving in any capacity with a party that indorses a disunion, negro equality Abolitionist. Missionaries have been sent all over the county to find, if possible, some weak kneed Democratic brother some black sheep -who was willing to offer himself up as a sa crifice on the Ethiopian altar. No less than three different citizens of Middlebury township were waited upon, and solicited to allow their names to be put on the Ben. Wade tieket, but they respectfully but indignantly declined act ing with a party that seeks to make slaves of white men, in order to give "freedom" to the negro. The result has been that the Black Republicans can neither coax, seduce or bribe a single Democrat in the county to forsake his good old constitutional, Union-loving party, to be disgraced and defeated, by running on the Ben. Wade ticket. AH honor to the integrity of the noble Dem ocracy of Old Knox ! Our o8$ at Harper's Ferry The Harper's Ferry correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says: By this surrender it can not be called a capture- the rebels took fourteen thousand five hundred men, one hundreds tuns of a munition, rations for fourteen thousand men for twenty days, forty-seven guns some of .them. the beet Parrot-guns fourteen thousand stand of arms, and four batteries of field artillery. The Abolition Know Nothing humbug, Tom Ford, pretends to say that he had written orders from Col. Miles, to evacuate Maryland Heights, but strange to say, he cannot produce an v such orders ' Tom's word won't do to bet on at all times. He asks for a " suspension of public opinion, " antil he can make up his defense. We should think that Tom would dread q. suspension more than any. thing else! The President Yields to the Pressure, On the 19th of July last President Lincoln assembled the Representatives and Senators of the border slaveholding States at the Executive Mansion, and read to them an address, urging them to recommend to their respective States his project of emancipation. In the course of -his address he used the follow. W jmarkable lgtwge;, m .1 aJtf preaaed jsilh difficultyoiyet-b-tioned one which threatens divisions among those who, united, are none too strong. An instance of it is known to you. General Hunter is an honest man. IJe was, and, I hope, still ii, ray friend. I valued him none the less for his agreeing with me in the general wish that all men' cvery-where could be free. lie proclaimed all men free within certain States, and I repudiated the proclamation. He expected more good and lees harm from the measure than I believed could follow. Yet, in repudiating it, 1 gave dissatistaction, if not offense', to many whose support xhe country can not afford to lose. . And this is not the end of it. The pressure in this direction is still upon me and increasing. 'We find in this languagethe reason why the President has issued the proclamation. "The Elect." The Rev . Mr- Manning, in the course of a recent speech at the Treniont Temple, at Bos ton, said: When the curtain rises in Heaven to reveal the pareet saints, we shall see John C r re- mont, tienerai Jtlunter iienry Ward Ueecher, Wendell Philips and Lloyd Garrison, as the purest saints in Heaven. Old Beelzebub will split his sides laughing, when he reads the above ! Antietam. The small river or creek, so frequently men tioned in -our dispatches, as the scene of the most sanguinary of the conflicts in Maryland, is called Antietam (pronounced An-tee-tam.) It rises on the lines of Adams and Franklin counties, Pennsylvania, and falls into the Po tomac river between Harper's Ferry and Mar tinsburg. What it Costs. Putting down the Rebellion is a very expensive as well as bloody business. Congress, at its recent session, passed bills which, in the aggregate, appropriated out of the Treasury the sum of $913,078,527 63. At the Extra Session, last Summer, Congress appropriated $265,103,296 99. The total amount, therefore for the two sessions reaches the enormous sum of $1,178,181,824 62. Nearly all of this vast outlay was rendered ncceeaary by the rebel lion. At the recent session, the Array bill alone appropriated within a fraction of $559,- UUU.UUU an amount larger, no doubt, than was ever before embraced in one law or decree of any Government on earth. Loek at the aggregate of the t wo sessions eleven hundred and seventy-eight millions, one hundred and eighty-one thousand, eight hundred and twen ty-tour dollars and sixty-two cents and tell us if the work of crushing out this "irregular opposition" to the Rational Uovernment which 'our misguided Southern brethren" have organized, will not only make them expensive reiauTee io Latix cotemporanea, but cause their memories to be very dear to posterity f Aa Organized 8TttBL of I.Tinr. Senator Wilson, of MaasachuseUa, in a late speech, said: - - -ii seemea as riiiM arganized a system of lying in this country." r T - J ? JV hy.e been of the opini9p pf the Repuri ucan oenator ipr soma tune.;.- " : ; -U , Drafting - Immoral. - Tnere is nan in. Loraiae eonntr. Ohiv who, having been examined - by the drafting argeone for various diseases; and pronounced found aa to all'of.them, fell back 'upoa the aaiiMa a 1i j! MiaaiHi mm A V) J J A a b. Mi an , .nawsiitirtionaL aw it V fcnvMvc9ewU aaavs. vcwsU U m ATtkih 101 a a gnme ff chance. - ot t X Abolition and Civil XTaiv 0PINI01T QF5EUEY ClAl, In the following extracts from one of the most powerful speeches ever made in the ..... American Senate, our readers will, find a wis dom and forecaste which Beems to have ena-i bled the speaker to look into the future with an almost superhuman vision. We copy from the memorable speech of HENRY CLAY delivered in the U. S. Senate on the 7th of February, 1839. That great man, ven in the in-; fancy of the anti-slavery warfare, raised his patriotic voice in words of warningand entreaty to his countrymen against allowing themselves to be drawn into a crusade which m,ust inevitably result in a ".virtual dissolution of the Union" although ''the forms of existence" might remain. He lived for thirteen years afr ter this speech was delivered and continued with undiminished earnestness to point out the perils into which the Abolitionists were hurrying the country. In one of his last speeches, in the winter of 1851, he announced his solemn purpose to disconnect himself from his old political associates if they permitted men of abolition sympathies tq obtain ascendency n their organization. Thousands qf those who admired him when living, have already done what he declared to be his purpose, and still other thousands must yet do so if our free gqyerttrnent is to be preserved. Here is what he said in the year 1839 in the Senate : " Sir," said Mr. Clat, "l am not in the habit of speaking lightly of the possibility of dissolving this liappy Union. The Senate knows that I have deprecated allusions, on ordinary occasions, to that direful eyent. The country will testify that, if there be anything in the history of my public, career worthy of recollection it Js the truth and sincerity of my ardent devotion to its! lasting preservation. - But we should be false in. our allegiance to it, if we did not discriminate between the imaginary and real dangers by which it may , be as- eaueii. jioounon snouia no canger be regarded as an imaginary danger. The Abolitionists, let me suppose, succeed in their present aim of uniting the inhabitants of the free States as one man, against the inhabitants of the slave States. Unionon theone sideside will heget union on the other. And t his process of reciprocal consolidation wilj be attended with all the violent prejudices, embittered passions, and implacable animosities which ever degraded or ilelormed human nature. A virtual dissolution of the Union will have taken place, while the forms of its existence remain, The most valuable element of union, mutual kindness, the feelings of sympathy, the fraternal bonds which now happily unite us, will have been extinguished forever. One section wijl stand in menace and hostile array against the other. The collisiou of opinion will be quickly followed by the clash of avma. I w no attempt to describe scenes' which now happily Jieri?bn-i ea1j45nffw7AlKA selves would shrink"baek"Ifi "rttPmaV' "ann'TioT-ror at the contemplation of desolated fields, con- Jlagrated cities, murdered inhabitants, and the over throw of the.fairest fabric oj human government that oyer rose to animate the hopes of civilized man.-Nor should these abolitionists flatter themselves that, if they can succeed in the object of uniting the people of the free States, they will enter the contest with the numerical superiority that will insure victory. All history and experience proves the hazard arid uncertainty of war. . And we are admonished by holy writ that the race is riot always to be swift" nor the battle to the strong. But if thev do conquer, whom would they conquer? A foreignffoe one who had insulted our flag, invaded our shores, and laid our country waste? No, sir: no sir. It would te a eonqv.est without laurels, without afon a self, a suicidal conquest- a conquest of brothers, achieved by one over another portion of the descendants of common ancestors, who nobly pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their eared honor, who had fought and bled, 6ide by side, in many a hard battle on land and ocean, severed our country from the British crown, and established our national independence. -." . ' "I am, Mr. President, no friend of slavery. The searcher of all hearts knows that every pulsation of mine beats high and strong in the cause of civil- liberty. Wherever it is safe and Eracticable, I desire to see every portion of the uman family in the enjoyment of it. But I prefer the liberty of my own race to that of any other race. The liberty of the descendants qf Africa in the United States is incompatible with the liberty and safety of the European descendants.-Their slavery forms an exception an exception resulting from a stern and inexorable necessity to the general liberty in the United States. We did not originate, nor are we res ponsible for, this necessity. Their liberty, if it were possible, could only be established by violating the incontestible powers of the States, and subverting the Union. And beneath the ruins of the Union would be buried sooner or later the liberties of both races. "But if one darjc spot exists on our political horison, is it not obscured by the bright and effulgent and cheering light that beams all a- round us? Was ever a people before so bless ed as we are, if onlv true to ourselves? Our only real danger lies ahead, conspicuous, elevated, and visible. It was clearly discerned at the commencement, and has been distinctly 1 A. - 11 J seen inrougnoui, our wnoie career. Shall we wantonly run upo it, and destroy all the glo nous anticipations ot tne bign destiny that a waits us? I beseech the abolitionists them selves, solemnly to pause in their mad and fa tal course. Amid the infinite variety of objects of Humanity ana benevolence which invite the employment of their energies, let them select some one more harmless, that d,qes not threaten ta dduge our country in blood. I call upon that small portion of the clergy which has lent itself to these wild and furious schemes, not to forget the holy nature of the divine mission of the Founder of our religion, and to profit by His peaceful examples, I entreat that portion of my countrywoman woo have given their countenance to abolition: to remember that they are evr most loved and honored when ; in their own appropriate and d,eligbtful sphere; and to reflect that tha ink which they shed in subscribing with their fajr hands io abolition petitions, may proe but the prelnoe io the eheding of the blood of their brethcea. I adjure all the infcabitanta ' of the free States to rebnk.e and discountenance, b their opinion and example, measures whicl must inevitably lead 'to the most calamitous Aonaenuencea.. And let u nil: as njmntn-man as friends, and.as brothers, cheriphja iraSg memory the motto which bore our ancestors triumphantly through alJ the trials of the eyb-lntionV and if adhered to, wUl tioodact stheir posterity through' all that nar, tn t the Provi- 1? An XlabamaT brigade' (jommared jb; ' - T I CoaCcirr; men since the bltihT " V r ' . .- ... -. From the ' Boston Courier f Iiday. . . QEO. FSAJfCIS TRAI1T qif THE ABO - . LITI03TIST8. ' ;An immense audience assembled at Music Hall, last evening toi hear Mr. George Fran-cis.Train's opinion of the Abolitionists generally, and Messrs.: Phillips, Sumner, Wilson, and Andrew particularly. The address was advertised to begin at eighty o'clock, hut long before that time everv seat in the hall and galleries, and on the platform, was filled. The Brigade Band occupied a position in the galle-j ry, ana lurnibneu boiub caucjicui, uiubic previous to' the appearance of th,e speaker. After a number of airs had been played, an old man, in the centre of the hall, rose and begged M. ; Burdett to play something "simple and glorious, Yankee lioodle, or that sort 'er thing." The band responded with "St. Patricks Day," which was received with much applause. At eight o'clock pCfcisely, Mr. Train came on the platform, unattended, and was received with a perfect storm of applause, the band playing Yanke3 Doodle' IJesaidi- Union xnen and Union women of Boston I come back to see and speak to you onoe more. (Applause.) .1 have heard that there are men in Massachusetts who are doing all they can to put Mc-Clellan out of power. (Cries of "Shame 1" "Shaipe !") I hope it is not true. (Voices "'Tis true!" Applause and hisses.) 1 have always been in the habit of expressing my own opinions. It is easy to go with the, popular current. The stinking fish float on the tide the salmon goes up the stream. (Laughter.) I . ask you to hear me for my cause. If there are any debaters let them come on the stage, and I shall be happy to confute them. If Phillips, Garrison, or Sumner are hererlet them come on. (Applause.) I have travelled round the world a good deal, and have become somewhat tired of life, but I don't like to blow.niy brains out, so I endeavor to amuse myself in this way. After these preliminary remarks, Mr. Train proceeded with his ad- drees. Who, he asked, had brought the Nor thern States to their present condition of de- Cendence. upon English opinion? The South ad always been hostile to England, as her various legislative acts to protect home industry showed. England, to distract attention from the miserable condition of her internal affairs, commenced some years ago to agitate the slavery question in this country. Wendell Phillips and Wm. Lloyd Garrison, young men, then, took up the idea in order to bring themselves into public notice. They were supplied with money from England to help them on. For nearly , a quarter of a century they have been teaching treason here in New England. The women took hold of it, and talked abolition. The ministers, instead of teaching the Qospel, taught abolition. . (Applause and hisses.) The speaker said he loved Massachusetts with his whole hftart, and he grieved to see the people given oer to this pernicious doctrine. While returning to this city from New York a few days since, he met on the steamer the band of the 4tltNew Hamr?-shire regiment, who were going home from Port Royal, lie askei one of them what the matter was. The man said he went down to Port Royal Fi Soiled hqt he wasn't a Free SoileT-oow. ftlle Jai 1 v aawT Massachusetts oklierav there com plU-iisleep u nder - com- ri'i 1 i-T"Hf1) U lin'" fl nMrn :tr3TTao1i 8TB I wt houses were kept fqr the niggers. All our trade, said Mr. Train, is going to New York, because Boston has come to be the hotibed of secession. We canno't talk qn any subject, from, etymology to abolition, without bringing in the nigger. ( A voice "That's so.") What has Charjos Sumner been doing to 6how bis interest in the Union ? lie is said to be a good Latin and Greek-scholar. Why don't he go into an a pothecary store? ( Laughter.) We don't want Latin in these times. (Applause and laughter.) I love white , men and white women ; I may say I have a deci ded preference for them. I will not have this white blood adulterated ty ino oiooa oi inese niggers. TA man rose in the audience and attempted to speak, when he was greeted with loud shouts of "put him out." . Mr. Train: Don t put hita out; this is a part of the entertainment. As soon as order was restored, Mr. 1 rain Imt the audience in good huinor again, by re? ating an anecdote of Mr. Phillips. That dis tinguished abolitionist he said, went to Char leston, S. C, once, before he was very well known, and put up at a hotel. l(e had breakfast served in- his rooni, and was waited upon by a slave. He embraced the opportunity to represent to the negro in a very pathetic way, that he was a man and a brother, and more anxious about the breakfast than he was about his relations or the condition of his soul, and finally in despair, Mr. Phillip ordered him to go away, saying that he couldn't bear to be waited upon by a slave. "Excuse me, massa,,f said the. negro, "must stay here, cau3e I'm responsible for the silver ware." (Great laugh-ter.) ; " : . ; ; ' ' Mr. Train considered it was impossible to change the nature of the negro. Ife had always been a hewer of wood and drawer of water, and he would always remain so. (Cries of "Shame!" "Shame!" "Goodl" !'Good:") The attempt at Port Royal showed the absurdity of attempting to do anything for theni. Sumner, and Wilson, and Andrew went to Wash' ington a short time ago" and said to the President, "You shan't have the sixteen thousand men from Massachusetts unless you free the negroes." Governor Andrew is now at a Convention in Pennsylvania;" held for the purpose of pressing such an alternative upon the President. (Hisses and cheers.) : Even the President has come out with a psoclamation. All I can say is, we must oley orders and support the Administration. (A great deal of confusion followed, occasioned by the excited talk of a man in the centra of the hall.) Mr. Train requested him to step on the platform and talk-it out. After a while order was restored, and the speaker proceeded. I eaw Lincoln and -Bates and Seward in Washington, and they are all true to their coun try and true to George B. McClelland- (Cheers.) I stand here as the friend of bur million black men. Have they done anything I ask, to be massacred for?' If we. set them free, would their Southern masters hesitate to destroy them? Nol Well,; the proclamation has been issued; For the first time the President succumbed to the abolition pressure. . (QreaJ applause and hisses.) . We must change the face of things here in Massachusetts. Tell the President that CharleS Sumner has no chance f going to the Senate again.' . ' -" ";.; Mr. Train briefly reviewed Gen. Fremont's career, and said it was an insult - to the Presi- aent ana. an ontrage, .on jut.cjL;eJiaii ; vq give him such a reception here io Boston, vTe want no fighting men, he said, who part their hair ia the Middle, i intend to stum d the State of. MassachosetU this fall, and 11 chaL jenge Charles Sunoner aadjall his party. to:dia-cuss political quwtijM'with nje Tojrou want to support .the-President , and jMcClellan? Don't you YqIo for: Charles Sumner; - ir you want high wages, protection to home la'duetryi dont yon vote for Charles 6amner'v Irishmen! Bttiess yonyanjt jtfce- negroes to ieome jnrcon Sumner. HL "respect ILrl Sumner's ab3ttiea he is a personal friend of 'rolne (larigtcr)rbii I don't believe he is a Union man. As to Wilson.t am afraid he has been discouraging enlistments, and we-don't wany any more of that done.' . - L. :.v---v The President has drawn the fire of the Abolitionists by issuing his proclamation at this time, i He has left nothing for them taaavi It is the cleverest thing of the century. (Applause.) There is another thing against Mr. Sumner.. I would like to know if an old bach-, elor is fit to legislate for wives and children. We must chang the whole system here in Ma8sachueett8. An address has just been "issued to the people of the State. It is a magnificent paper. Stand by that, anil bury Abo-olition in the coming election forever. Don't vote for Charles Sumner. Wives, tell your husbands, children; tell your fathers don't vote for Charles Sumner. (Great applause.) STJBBEHDER OF HARPER'S FERRY. Piirticulars of the JijhtThe ; Ferry Surr&und&l by 80,000 Rebels Terrible Cannonading The ". Gallantry of Our Ohio Troops Their Dissatis-faction with the Surrender The Z2d and 87 th want tofighl More-rIlpiw Col, Miles Iosl his ' '' Life. -, ;.- '- Correspondence of the Ohio State Journal. y '- Fbederick CiTv, Mn.f ) ; : Weduesday, Sept. 17, 162. j Dear Jourxal. : You have doubtless heard of-the fate of-IIarper's Ferry, by which eight thousand of the Union force with arms, munitions and subsistence, were surrendered to the enemy; but you have hot, nor will you ever be able to have, the full particulars of the transaction. 1 I wrote you of the falling back from Win-cheater ofthe Uuion forces under Gen. White, aud you are aware of the entrance into Mary land of the Confederate army, numbering ovfn two hundred thousand. ; To be brief, this immense force, after passing through Frederick, and being pressed in the rear by McClellan, proceeded on a march toward Williamsport aqd Marti as burg to recross the Potomac and re-enter Virginia. Tbe first that was seen of the enemy near Harper's Ferry was on Thursday, the 1 Ith, when a body of three hundred cavalry appeared on the extreme right flank in Pleasant Valley, north of the range of mountains known as Maryland Hights. This flank was defended by the 87th Ohio regiment whq forced the enemy to fall back in short order. In this same locality, on Tuesday, two companies of the 87th were deployed as skirmishers by Maj. Lerangvcll, and by this meaiiH under Col. Banning'adirectioh, the enemy, althpugU in sight all day long, were kept at a stainl. An order was received froin Col.,Miles in the evening to evacuate that the placewas uhtenable-and the 87th, five companies of the 1st ... Marj'land, and four pieces of artiilcfy fell back on Harper's F crry. . This was the first step towards succumbing. During the night heavy' skirmishing was had with the epe,roy by the forces under. Col. .Ford oiT'Maryland Ilights. Early on Saturday morning a severe etruggle took place, in which Col. Ford yvas fein forced and drove the enemy back with a slight loss. Col. Ford's force embraced the32d and 60th Ohio, 39th,T2oth and" 126th New York, and McGrath's New Yprk Batterj-. Amidst all this, Col. Ford received an ofd. or from Col. Miles to evacuate the Hights, which he die, spiking what guns he could not bring away. Stonewall Jackson was at this time advancing from the east in the direction of Charles-town, with, a fqree pf 15,000, mostly infantry, but with several batteries of artillery, and a good supply of cavalry. Toward evening it was discovered the enemy was rnaking his appearance on the LouTon Hights,. to the east, and overlooking the Ferry. " EVaminalion during the night proved that the Feiry was surrounded bv a force of eiahtu thousand ; but the morning broke upon as determined a little band of patriots aatoqd under the light of sun. : " Sunday morning came, an I such a Sabbath was never before witnessed, by any since the beginning of the rebellion. Shell and shot fell thick and fast from all conceivable directions. I would like to be possessed with the power of language to describe the scene on Camp Hill, where all the enemy's forces seemed to be directed. For four hours there was one continuous ehover of solid shot and bursting shell. Still there was no serious damage done. The in fan try was withdrawn", and at four o'clock the firing on both sides ceased. During Sunday night, Jackson pressed forward in front, and Was a quarter of a mile from Our forces ; which he engaged early on Monday morning. In this struggle, we were forced to fall back with a slight loss. The artillery of the enemy on boh the Maryland and Loudon Hights, being in the rear of our main body, gave a repetition of the previous day in shot and shell. The contest was terrific. The men seemed determined to hold ont or die on the field, and .Only fell back to rally again with renewed vigor; but Jhe force was too strong and Col. Miles, who was in command of our forces deputized Gen. White as a commissioner to stipulate for surrender. At nine o'clock our flag was pulled down and tbe white one run up in ite stead. At this time, the 87th Ohioj who held the Jeft flank of pur almost circular line, was contending with the enemy over the Shenandoah. Colonel Banning had his cpnv mand and four pieces of light artillery, also four small "howitzers with his own regiment defending the shore for a mile at intervals, under Lleuu Gol. Faskins and Major Leffingwell, he kept up considerable annoyance some time after the surrender. A. messenger was sent to inform htm of the fact ; but the Colonel told the fellow to go to a place even hotter than his 'regiment had occupied the day before.-The boys yelled and fired until another messenger came, when the Colonel became seriously impressed with the fact that it was so that we were really "gone up." ' - - After the white flags had been run up, Col. Miles rode to the front, and received a wound from a bursting shell. The wound took eflect in the calf of his leg, tearing the flesh- from and shattering the bone.-; Dr. - R.. N. Barr,' of Columbus, was aent tor and rendered, ekiilful Service up to-yesterday morning, when we left. CoL Miles died at 3 P. M-, yesterdar, and his remains . arrived here- to - night. .. It was no dou bt the galling fire of . CqL ; Banning wh ich caused the rebels to contiaue thehelling after the appearance of the white flags and by which Col. Miles received his mortal wound. '-. v ,-sThe.terms fif the eurreader were that all should be paroled, the officers being allowed to retain their side"Jarm8 -and ; private- property, and all were allowed - two', days rations, -All this! was complied: with and the t Union iorcee eight thousand in number after stacking anna inarched out lo ward Frederick. On our 'coming Qat'we 'met at 'he . pontoon... bridge nd were'delayed'hy them) thirty thonsan? rebel; under Mai. Gen.- McClaws. We allrarriVed BafaJnv Frederick ib yesterday,'andihewhola frca washis jnoig marched Mocrac Gen, White this evenine received orders to march with his command of paroled pruoners to Annapolia, and thefojpeaeavein uie morning at 7 o'clock. . -, . . - Various comments and reflections have been made upon the circumstances which occasioned the surrender. - Col. Miles is strongly censured by the officers under his command. I think he could have done little else when the proper hour arrived; but a mind less experienced than that which he has credit for, would have, suggested different preliminaries. I have not the time nor the space, nor do I fee Ldi? nosed to1 criticise just at this time, especially when the subject of my remarks is no more; but the pub-j uc mina win loreyer rest, unsatisfied . and all immediately interested in the surrender will i never believe him as havins been comnetent for the emergency. Col. rord s entreaties to Col. Miles forprop- er reinforcements to defend the Hicrhts were treated with silence, and eveu after Col. Ford was ordered tQ evacuate, he rode in- person qver to Head-Quarters and inquired if it Was really meant. V . He left the occupation with roirret. and has the credit of havinz distinsuisheil eminent qualities as an able and efficient officer and sol Jier. He conducted himself like an old war- horse, and ia one that must be soqn exchanged. His regiment suffered quite severely in the Monday's engagement.- One shell killed Capt. Breece, of Co. H, 32d Rejnment. There were several others killed and many wounded, amounting in alPto about, fiftv three killed. wounded and missing. Anion;: the wounded is Capt. Warden, of Co. E, who lost a leg by the explosion of a shell. The loss of the COth Ohio was small, while' that of the 87th was twenty-four in killed, wounded and missing, all privates. : To give you an idea of t he manner in which the rebels came on to the Ferrv, :I will state the disposition of their force. On the right, (Maryland Hights,) was found Maj. Gen. Mc-Claw's corps of thirty thousand ; on the left, (Loudon Hights,) Gen. Wallace, with about fifteen thousand in front. The whole force of over forty thousand was commanded by Stone wall Jackson him8elt, with ien. A. y. Hill as second in command. So you see that with a line of about eight miles to contend against, and a torce of only about eight thousand in hand, the thing looked rather dark. The troops all feel very sore over the affair. especially those of the 87th Ohio. To think that they would unanimously consent "to stay over their time to defend the Ferry a place of really so little strategical importance, but hard to defend without a considerable force to think that thev should remain over their time. i .riaqnrM a:;d be paroled until exchanged. t-tand up and fight valiently, and then be taken thereby preventing the; promisedre-organization, is rather galling, to say nothing about the mere fact of having a surrender. They do not know at what time thev mavbe permitted to reach home; but if they have the chance, will go, nearly to a man. 1 hope to be able myself to read the Journal fresh from the press in a few-days. Till then, farewell. COLON. - Gen. Helson, of Ey.t Shot and Killed by Gen. Jeff. C Davis, of Indiana, at Lonisrlllo. 5 . -;-- "-.. . ' '" LorisritLE, Sept. 29. ; At the Gait House, at about eight o'clock this morning, a difliculty occurred between Brig.-Gen. JehYC. Davis and Major-Gen. Nel son. Jt appears that there has been a difficulty between tLe parties for some time. Kelson was in tlie ofhee of the Gait House when Davis approached and spoke to him. Nelson re fused to listen to him, and used some insulting language. Davis immediately borrowed a pis tol and followed Nelson, who was coins up stairs to his room, and whilst on the stairs, shot him, the ball entering the heart. Nelson afterward walked to his room and was laid on a matrass. Ue died a about half past 1 here are many conflicting accounts of the shooting of Gen. Nelson bv Davis. About a week ago, Nelson placed Davis in command of tne nome guard forces of the city at nisht. iavi-reporieu io eison tlie number of men working on intretichments"a.nd enrolled for service, kelson nrsed hnn for not havinir more. Davis replied that he was general officer, and demanded the treatment ot a gentle man, eison, in an insulting manner, order ed nira to report at t incinnati and fold him he would order ths Provost Marshal to eject i r j . . .. - nim irom tne city. This morningGov. Morton and Gen. Nelson were standing near the dee k of the Gait Ilouee. Gen, Davis approached and reouestcd Gov. Morton to witness the conversation between himself and Nelson.; ; He demanded of Nelson an apoiogy mr ine ruae treatment he had re ceived hut week. Nelson being a little deaf, asked him to speak louder. Davis again dep manded an apology. JNelson -denounced him, and slapped him on the face. Davis stepped back, clenched his fist, and again demanded an apology. Nelson slapped him on the face again and denounced him as a coward. Da - a' 1 - m : . vis turnea awav, procured a pistol from a friend and followed Nelson, who was going up nuttra. ivans u)ju eison io ueiena uimsen, immediately firing. The ball penetrated the lett breast, kelson died in about twenty mip: utos. - r : ' : '- Nelson reguested to s.ee his old friend, Rev. Mr. Talbott, rector of Cavalry Episcopal Church, who was then at the lialt 11 Quse.- Talbptt administered the sacrament according to the forms of his church. The General. re peated the service after the minister and re fused to tal k on any other subject ; he regret; ted that he had not long ago turned his atten tion to religion. - ' . Tyrants are Cpwards. Invariably thetvrant is a coward. He must have guards around his person, and spies every where. In this respect parties do not differ from individuals. Whenever we find a polit ical organization aiming at tbe acomplishment of unholy designs the" spread of' pernicious principles, infidelity or treasou to the constitu- teu vxpverumeni, lor msiance we uiscover in all their actions the most unmistakable evi dences of cowardice. Such is the present con- . - iL i t Jl " ..LI uiuon oi loeauoaiion ana iiepuoiican parties. Engaged in the most devilish plots for the su pression of civil liberty, pjaning anew form Government to correspond in principles with their impracticable, fanatical views, by which the rights of the white man are to be curtailed and the rights of the negro enlarged, their cow ardly hearts shrink from lan-avowal of their true objects, and the endeavor to shield themselves from public indignation by loud protestations of patriotism and ddarges ofd&loyalty against their political - opponents. ' They- are scared a the enormityof the crime they con-tern plate, and their patrols are posted it every point to-gaard against anticipated danger. They see an enemy in . every bush, - a ghost in every tombstone. ' Tb ey have become the most arrant cowards: terrified with tbeloolish con ceit that the Pemocrats are 'countermining a-1 . . .,, 1 ..1.1 .1 A I gainst them, aaa wiu owetiay, wiow iaem vo place where tbejr are not yet qnite Mparedlo .:. pMr dertlA I Crime carries with it its own pinishmentHarrbu'h, Pa .Patriot k Uoioa - - ; k ; . . : - . -. I Tho Great Battle qf .An&etani. The situation ou our ; aide in, tki erening-was critical, and had not darkness put an end, to the contrast, the -result might, iave been, disastrous in the extreme. . h ; Hooker, Sumner And Franklin had gained advantages on, the. rilt, but they had suffered; terribly, and werein do - condition to fcilfaw them up to decisive 'results. ; The enemy in this quarter had fallen back out pf the valleyand taken a stronger position- on 'rising. . ground. That position was such it could not have been carried without harder fight ine than bad yet taken place, and our array had already used up its reserves on the right and dil its belt. . '' :v. ' At this juncture Bumside, who had gained temporary advantage on the left, was forced to fall back, and the situation was then be cominr critiral Vitr. Jnhn Porter's corps wna the only reserve left, and prudence di;i.-ttod that it should be held back. " General McClellan s.ent word to Burnside to hold out until " dark for the salvation of the army depended upon remaining where it then was until the close of the contest. Burnside accordingly made a gallant stand, and night came to the, rescue. . . - '. "" - i There appears to have been no hard fighting on the'eenter, but a heavy and mutually -j destructive cannonading was kept up all -day.-Fitz John Porter's; corps held the - center. Each side appears to have endeavored to out- dank tlie other on both the right and left Hooker well nigh succeeded on the enemy-'a left, and they gained a corresponding ad v ant-. : ae over Burnsido and J- IvfX. It was well that darkntss came. Anp.ther. hour Of daylight improved by the enemy aa they fought at sundown, would have told a, far different tale than the present result. The battle of Antietam far surpasses Water-. . loo in th,e numbers engaged, and equals it in bloody and obstinate fighting. . Here the comparison ends the results is not decisive. Iq; summing up, the results may be stated in " few words. We worsted the enemy and forced him to retreat, our loss being equal to if not greater than his; also forced him to abandon the aggressive, and acknowledge his campaign in Maryland a disastrous failure. We regain the prestige of suceess, and the enemy loses the power from whichhe derived the. spasmodic . energy marking his late opera-; Hons. , - THE LOSSES. It is natural to underrate our loss and overr rate those of the enemy, hut the truth cannot be long concealed. In this battle the great est and bloodiest of the war we were the attacking party, and it is no wonder our loss exceeds that of the enemy. Figures can notjbe, given now, but, when known, they will be found far greater than anticipated. ; ." rRISQXERS, CATTCRES, 4C The total taken from the enemy since theyT came into Maryland will uot amount to thirtjr five hundred. This is a poor offset to Harper'a-Ferry. .: . " -." ' - , We hear of very few. guns captured, no 8Bp- ply trains, but a portion of Ldugstreet's am- . munition train taken by Miles' cavalry when they cut out from Harper's Ferry. - The. inan . ner in which the enemy extricated theinselvaV ' from their dangerous auuaUou with sucl) smal . . loss excites our admiration." . ' We lost very lew prisoners irr the battles but the dirtaster at Harper's Perry gives the enemy a great excess. "- -' . From the Newark Advocate. - Meanness of the 2To Party Eepuhli cans. ';-' ' '"".' Here in Licking county, we have had manjrV convincing proofs of the insincerity , of the "no party" profession of the Republicans. We think, however, that the following instance, . is a little ahead of anything which has occuf-ed in this quarter. We copy from the Catn- bridge Jeffersonian : - , So far as wc know, there ia but one Democratic postmaster left in this county, and that is Robertt Savage, ISsq.; of Cumberland, Mr Savage is a very poor man with a largefamJi ily. lie, some time since, joined the army, together with his little son aged 13yeare.--He left the postofiice in care of his wife anc . daughter who are abundantly able Co aitem to the duties it imposes. The little receipts "o f.,. the office wore about all that the family bak . from which to purchase a scanty living, ui j " days of high party excitement and strict pais, tisan proscription, this family, this" situated, would have been left this little morsel of sopf port; but in these no-party tirnes wjen a'jjy litical milleijiiim, is upon ua and the Demo: cratio lion and Republican lamb lieth down tof get her, this helpless family of a poor Pemf cratic volunteer could not be permitted to joy' this pittance from the Government nndjsf turbed. Some prominent Abolitknista7"Wrh r are anxious for. everybody 4 to go to war bnl . themselves, have got up a petition to have the office placed in the hands of some able bodied . Abolitionist that he may thereby escape a draft. Such is one of tne Abolition ao-purr ' J dodgeaf ' , ' - .- Extraordinary Proscription. From the Clearfield (Pa.) Repablfcan. "T"e learn that James Plumraer has been appointed PoetmaBtrtr at Tyrone, in' placg pf r Miss Harriet M. Stewart, removed. - '-' ThTs is a very simple, and lo strangers, r very harmless announcement; but when tt-is told that this change has been made, not fo "cause" requiring a change, in accordance wijh: the wise and necessary rules of the PosrofEce Department not for the accomodation pf tjj&. . ; people doing busi neas through that office no because any number of the eitixens' of Tyrouf. asked for or desired such a' change; but because ' a heartless Abolition member of Congress wanted d . placefor oneof hti tools; and-when it is furthe'r told that by this act a poor girL--and she thy. ' daughter pi" a poor widow with two brothefi (thenrohly support and hope of protection rrom' the cold chanties of the world) in tLe ypluntet service (fftfie country -are deprived of the meaps of subsistence are "robbed of their crust "or bread," as it were, it onghtaswe think it will;-exeite the surprise and indignation oT every? citizen ;- having the slight respect jrth, commoa decencies and proprieties of IIf$ ,:;t This Administration has frequently an--nonnced-eince the commencement o the war ' that no removals ftf appointments wonld be.' made for partisan - jpurpoees that party would, ;: be ignored. " But aside from this, it has always been a cardinal rule"nnder Demoejatic "management of the Postoffiee Deparioaefit ever to remove females rcfr caiii.i''.Bd 'tim . and again have we known of members e.Con-gresa being premptorily' refused. upon making" such '.request. . But here' we" have a removal, .-such as ought t9 . disgrace any party "even iu. " the midst or the hottest partisan slruggJe 4 i i Of all the mean dirty trick that xdtuanal are occasionaljjguilty, of, this eaps the climaij of any thine we ever saw, heard or. read of- " ,The 'emoluments of the oCScetclh er with. . the Mail Mesngefi aflorded a fcvainty livio; to: ;r this family. Boln' are n.ow taken Jrova. ' thei.i ' : and i reo to the Plommer family .conaiptir-'i- of a lather and jtenr sons most of n ho'roV f ' i believe are mcn'gTown. ," f"' '