Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1863-10-24

              Volume xxvii. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO: SATTODAX, OCTOBER 24, 1863. NUMBER28;; (Tt 'Qtasvn&t Qmax m muui avT saitybat jroasi it L. HABPEB. Am trnXrmmmxA Blotk, d Stwry. fnffl-Tw Dollars per iqma, Mnbii la ad-withm til mwtksf fee &r tfc xpi ration of the yse. "Bliffitm" Iatellisrt&ee. It i set often that we take notice of tb proceedings oF " religion" bodies in the col- .re so peculiarly interesting at this time that we feel our reader would loose a rich-treat if we did not give them, a place in oar columns. Y m sv1 Aamm4 vr atat ttiat tta : a..aa.a. are from the proceedings of the Illinois Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, now or lately In session at Springfield. One candidate for deacon's orders was re- imHjhI on tho trsrmnA that ka ruA.. - -a. . Mw . M a. WfSS head. Another on the ground of immorality. ; . , ., - A committee of inquiry was raised, at his own request, in the case of C. O. Bradshaw, rt,...!.... k. TOfk tii:..:. r : - This man was imprisoned at Louisville for a a w . baa .iiiiivw AWCaKUVUfc.- 4ealing negroea and horses, in complicity wua cotonei uulnip, then or that regiment.W. B. M. CoU said that they should pass Brother Bradshaw's character, as none objected to him except those who had Copper on Soon after the political resolutions were taken up. Governor Yates' and General Me-Hlmi&nd tnnMrm. in thechnrch. and were in troduced to the Conference. They were greet ed with great applause. The Governor then administered the follOW- ing VUH VI BIICgllUH M tUC UlllllBlcrB JjrCO- ent: " You and each of you ' do solemnly swear that you will support and defend the Constitution of the Untied States against its enemies. lore:? or domestic aud that you will bear . true faith and allegiance to the-same, and preserve and defend the Federal Union; so help Ton Almighty Gol." . After the oath had been taken, as a matter of courtesy. Governor Yates was invited to make a few remarks to the Conference. In response to this invitation the Governor came m J J ( . 1 : . .1 t lurwara, ana, aiiuougn quite nervous, ne spoKe for two mortal hoars, much to the. delight of ' 1 ta KsflMM - TT a m rkAAVi - - a-Vai y(T tli - nanal kind radical, revolutionary, and fanatical.-Ife was for the destruction of slavery before the war should end. He repeated some half dozen times the words. ' Let slavery die and he eternally damned," and as often as the blasphemous and irreverent declaration was made, it was loudly cheered, with clapping of hands, stamping of feet, 4c,; and wae responded to with such pious exclamations as "Amen' "Amen," God grand it," "Glory to God," ty, made tLa following report ot charges and fpecificapoo, viz : Frt. Cvtrjt. Disloyalty to Uie Govern- tnent ot the united states. First Specification. In a failure to Mentify himself with any of the movements looking to the support of the Government. Second Specification. In selecting as his daily associates those known to be in sympa- Third SpeeifiratUm Inspeakingdisreenect- YUvof a Union prayer-meeting held in Mar-t -ti .i - V- r .u - success of nr arms. ; " - " Fourth Specification. In failing to pray in public for the President or Armies of the United States." Surely, lit who spoKe as never man spaxe will bless the labors of this Conference during the coming year 1 Let us print, in contrast with the above, ome resolutions passed by the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, -which met at Lima, Adams County, on the 3d of SepUmber. They are, in effect as fol lows: . 1. That it is the sense of this Conference that the Gospel of Jesus Christ alone should fee the thema of the pulpit. 2. That in our Conference we have nothing to do with tbe affairs of State, but with those things connectei with the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. 3. That an address upon matters of State, whether spoken or written, is out of order in our Conference, - . . 4. That we will, as in times past follow the xeacnings oi me Dioie ana toe constitution oi t . i t i i . i . r our church, in being subject to the powers ' thai be. 5. That the Illinois Conference oftbe Metb .rtjfiat YMlMMtnt r!linwK (a 1 rival In t Vi ' lrWm ernaient of the United States. Let the proceedings of these twojbodies thus go before the world. FightinjT Uisaonrl General Brown, in Missouri, bas been en gaged in a series of fights, culminating in a liatll .hat laafiwt flva Krknra TTia Anmnfiii was General Shelby. The first three fighta were dtsastrona to tne Uonrederates. who re- treated and were pursued. "On Monday General Shelby's rear force was encountered near . Booneville, Missouri, where everbody had a . It a ".a "i ' veen piunaerea, an tne Dorses in tne place Deing carried of. The Confederates it appears - Mjvided Into four bodies, one going toward teaiagtoo, one toward Sedalia, and tbe rest wia; mucr vw. vxeneraj urown engaged Xkt Sedalia fcranch. Generals Phillips and '. Xo9 followed the Coo federates toward Lex- 5 tagtonaud Major Juazair had the ceuter. Gen-rl Brown reports from . Marshall, Saline T3ont'y, that he captured artillery and small s Wrma. And part of train on Moudayr and at 4k mTWMna.1 h&ttle onTuesdaT ihe Confede- fct , L a, . All k i a. i I l.n a, n .A 1 Wggage taken beside thany atnall anus and TUM WCni KMKTCU, Bit IWU sou tnaoera. i 2m1t JimUlesd Xortltr. They prata aUot LO YALT YJ . You the ipeopla have mad sacrifices with purs and gea- Ikad you have 4m mami thl "M T TOwr fields, t- But what Z 7 . v4a) i uioa BUU.I ( ; iol 1 ft pa. aao, caii rt-LOYALTYl -They" bJ tilzdrnd they- bafii fins hotsis, m& m ----- -- w wnon ir JHi Address of the Hon. C. L. VaHT.!ighin ta ta DeoLoersey of Ohio on tat-Ho- tult of the Qoetioa. . DsKOCftaTs or Oio : Too havs beea beaten by what means it is idle now to inquire. It is enough that whDs tens of thousands of soldiers were sent or kept within your State, or held inactive in camp elsewhere, to rote against tou, the Con fed erats enemy were marching upon tbs Capital of your couutry. You were beaten : but a nobler bailie for consU'tutional liberty and free popular govern' men t never was fought by any people. And your unconquerable firmness and courage even in the midst of armed military force se cured you those first of freeman's rights free speech and a free ballot. The conspiracy of the 5th of May fell before you.- Be nt discouraged;: despair not of the Republic Main tain your rights ; stand firm to your position ; never yield up your principles or your organ i- aabon Listen not to any who would have you lower your standard in the hour of defeat. No mellowing of your opinions upon any ques tion, even of policy, will avail any thing to conciliate . your political foes. They demand nothing less than an absolute surrender of your principles and your organization. Moreover, if there be any hope for the Constitution or liberty, it is in the Democratic party alone ; and your fellow-citizens, in a little while longer, will see iL Time and events will force it upon all, except those who profit by the calamities of their country. I thank you, one and all, for your sympathies and your suffrages. Be assured that though still in exile for no offense- but my political opinions and the free expression of them to you in peaceable public assembly, you will find me ever steadlast in those, opinions, and true to the Constitution and to the State and country of my birth. C. L. VALLANDIGHAM. WiNDsoa, C. W., Oct. 14, 1863.1 The "What I It V It is amusing as well as interesting to recall the names by which the opposition to the Democratic party have been known since -the Revolution. Here is a list, but we do not pretend to eay that all the different parties that have attempted the overthrow of . Democracy siqce the formation of our. Government are named therein ; for, like the color, platforms, and pretentions of the persons , themselves, they are innumerable : They were In 1776, Loyalists or Loyal to King George, or Tories. In 1778, Loyal Tories. Jn 1780, Nova Scotia Cow Boys and Tories.Iu 1786, Convention Monarchists. In 1789. Black Cockaders. '., Ia1808y. Antfc-JeffoBi, Jnw"-- irumu Bank men. In 1812, Peace and Submission men. ' In 1813, Blue Lights. In 1814, Hartford Conventionists. . In 1816, Washington Society men. In 1818, No Party men. In 1819. Federals. In 1820, Federal Republicans. ' In 1826, National Republicans. In 1828, Anti-Masons. In 1834, Anti-Masonic men. In 1836, Conservatives. In 1837, Independent Democratic Whigs. In 1838, Abolitionists. In 1839. Lo? Cabin Hard Cider Democratic Republican Abolition Whigs. In 1843, Native American Whigs. In 1844, Coon Party, or Anti-Annexation Whigs. In 1845, The Whig Party. In 1846, Mexican Whig Party. . In 1847,Anti-Mexican Whig Party. In 1848. Rough and Ready Party. In 1850, Clay Whig Party. In 1852, Scott Whigs. In 1854, Know-Nothings. In 1855, Native Americana. In 1856, Freemojiters or Aboiitiouists anl Know Nothings. n 1857, Black Republicans. - In 1859. Opposition and People's Party. In I860, Wide Awakes. Cap and Cape Party. In 1862. NO PARTY. In 1863, Union League No Party Emancipation High-Taxation Centralization Confiscation Negro-Equalization Usurpation-Abolition Administration Party, How It Works. The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser publishes entire the recent letters of Solicitor Whiting, remarking thereupon as follows: If there is a man in the Confederacy in . favor of the reconstruction of tht Union let him read this letter and see bis doom. State lines are to be obliterated. State rights ignored, public and private property and interest swept away; the men of the South,, rich and poor, with -their wives and little onea, are 'to be made the servants of servants." Doubtless the only effect of Mr. Whiting's letter in the South, was to strengthen the rebellion. The advocates of secession have always seized on such documents with avidity and given them the widest circulation. ' By this means they keep up the exasperation and crush out -those who 'might otherwise pronounce iu favor of the Union. This letter was a great God-send to tbe secessionists. Ccnditioa of the XLelel Currency. A very succinct illustration of the state of the rebel currency is given by a letter-writer, who tells of some conversations heid across the'picket lines near-the Rapidaai ' .: C 440ne of tbe rebel artillery men was anxioua to know whether a soldier's pay was good for any thing now. , He was told that it would buy thirteen dollars' worth ofgoods, the same as evar. Well,' said he, I'fi Ull oa what we do with ours. We tell off the battery into uvea and play poker till one roaa . outr of the nve geu the money. -'. The winners tejl offlato a es again, and so at last . somebody has aaough money Jo treat his friends," i - . " ,iai 'J r f itr-A?lU,n7n, lPM"- k'ufieaJ froagh ffcop-wiudow, ejcclairned : - What ftti! k&jTW&tKtVvm hW 6 'Mi Upboaro ii4 atroak . ; , , , i an. i "---.t t4 . lied woman wtuu s rot so bttband, Icot h what's rot aoht stand, iu' hra dead, and wkldverU vlller ai ruiia aitar L. Haana,Eso.r . Will you be so good as to insert la yout paper, the inclosed letter of Bishop Hop-kins, of Vermont, on of the ' most eminent and learned christian gentlemen in the Amer ican church, and mock oblige A CaeacHWAaff. THB BIBLE VIEW 07 8LATSUT. Dlabop lTp)lKlBMfsj ZLplj tm ike Pi 2h tke Right Reverend Alomo Poller, D. JX, Bithop of tke Dioeeee of Peniuyloania : i nave seen, witn great amazement, a rro- test against my letter on the " Bible View of Slavery," signed by you and a long list of your Clergy, in wnich- you condemn it as " anwortby of any servant of Jesus Christ," as "an effort to sustain, on Bible principles, the States in rebellion against the Government In the wicked attempt to establish, by force of arms a tyranny in the name of a Republic, whose corner stone shall be the perpetual bondage of the African," and as such you say that it ch alienees your " indignant reprobation." Now my Right Reverend brother, 1 am sorry to be obliged to charge you, not only with . a gross insult against your senior, but with the more serious offense of a false accusation. - My letter was first publiahed in January,.186l, more than three months before the waivben, at a time when no one could anticipate thwbrm of government which tbe nouthern states would adopt, or the course which Congress might take in reference to theirsecession. And when I consented to its republication, I did not sup pose that it would be used for tbe service of any political party, although I had no right to complain if it were so used, because the letter, once published, became public property. But in its present form there is nothing whatever in it which bears on the question of "rebellion" or of the " perpetual bondage of the African' or of a " tyranny under the name of a Republic," of which slavery should be the " coruer-stone."On the contrary I referred, on the last page, to my lecture published in Buffalo, and to my book called " The American Citizen," published in New York in 1857, where " 1 set forth tbe same views on the subject of slavery, adding, however, a plan for its gradual abolition Whenever the South should consent, and the whole strength of the Government could aid in its accomplishment." "Sooner of later," I added, "I believe that some measure ofthat character must be adopted. . But it belongs to the slave States themselves to take the lead in such a movement. And meanwhile their legal rights and-theirnatur, 1 feelings niuet be respected if we would hope for unity and peace." - With these facts before your eyes, I amtotally- at a loss teoiagine bow even the extravagance of a party zeal could frame against me so bitter a denunciation. The whole object of my letter was to prove from tbe bible, that in the relation of master and slave there was necessarily no sin whatever. The sin, if there were any. lay in ih treaimnif. the .slave. must be. But while it was certain that thou- sands of our Christian brethren who held slaves Wre treating them with kindness and justice, according to the Apostles' rule, and : earnestly laboring to improve the comforts and ameliorate the hardships Of the institution, I held it to be a cruel and absurd charge to accuse them as sinners against the Divine law, when they were only doing what the Word of God allow-lowed, under the Constitution and established code of their country. I do not know whether your band of indig nant reprobation ists ever saw my book, published in 1857, but you read it, because I sent you a copy, and I nave vour letter ot acknowl edgement, in which, while yon dissented from some of my conclusions, you did it with the courtesy of a Christian gentleman. In that letter there is nothing said about my opinions being "unworthy or an v servant of Jesus Christ, and nothing of indignant reproba tion." But, tempora mtttantur, e( nos mutamur in illi. Yes ! the times are indeed sadly changed, and you have changed accordingly. For many years you have met in brotherly council with these Southern slaveholders, ion invited them to the hospitalities of your house, and paid them especial deference. The hew light of Eastern A bolt lion ism had not yet risen within our Church, and if you then thought as you now think, you took excellent care that no man among your Southern friends should know it. Moreover, your favorite Theological, Seminary, Only three years ago was tbe Virginia school at Alexandria, raised to great prosperityby)BishoD Meade, a slaveholder, and I am sure that nothing at variance with my ! "a. Bioie view oi slavery was taught in that in stitution. Yes 1 we may say of you, as of many others -quantum tnutatut ah itlo 1 How changed is the Bishop of Pennsylvania, in three years, from his former course of conservatism, peace and Scriptural consistency 1 But the Word of God has not changed : tbe doctrine of the Apostles has not changed ; the Constitution of our country has not changed ; toe great standards or religious truth and real civic loyalty remain just as tbev were : and I remain along with Ihera, notwithstanding this bitter and unjust assault from you and your clergy. I do not intend to imitate your late style of vituperation, for I trust that I have learned, even when 1 m reviled, not to t vile again. 1 respect the good opinion of your cler gy, and 1 am aware that 1 have not done any ming io lonen ib i respect your omoe, your talents, your personal character, and the wis dom and success with which, for many years, your episcopate has been conducted. But I do not respect your departure from tbe old and. well settled rule of the Church, and from the. Apostolic law. of Christian fair ness and courtesy. I do not believe ia tla modem discovery or those .Eastern philanthropists who' deny the divinity of our Redeemer, and attach no importance to the Bible except as it may trait themselves.. I , do not believe that the -venerable founders of oar America Church were ignorant of the Scriptarea aad F wiMta we pnnciptes or uospeLoraiityv do not believe that WashiortoR and hia patriots, who" iramed our Constitution with saoh axwaas provisioas for therighta of alava- lioidera, . were tyrants and- deaoota. aiaaan against the law of God and the feeing ah- ' Bat I do believe in the teachlag ef this inspired Apostle, and is the Holy CataoJi (or Universal) Church which yon aad yoarekry also profeea to beliera. I know thai th doo-triaa of that Ch arch waa-chmr aa4 aaaBimous forsighteeAMnturteatothei1 ani'taUhai point I irard your protest" and ladig-naalrerehatioM aa the Idle wind thai passes I wish yew, Cf, lo la advertised that I aTtalT taUiaH.w&hlaf a ftrsy tioaiS'. if a rra- cioPov1d8tf should apaiw my llJestud tao iiTTT TTTti nitni 111 ii irifiiirrr i n a r J ba I by the wiataaeatkmahls eathcyUta, that: alavea and slavehoWera wera ia the Church aa, a - " rroas tbe begin aing ; that suvery, was held to beooasistent with Christiaa prueip by the rataera ana uounciia, ana vj, an Protestant divines and commentators up to the very close of the last century, and that this fact was universal a moor all church as a ad sects -through out the Christian world. I shall contend that our Church, which maintains the primative rale of Catholic con sent and abjures ail novelties, is bound, by her very Constitution, to hold fast tXat only safe and enduring rule, or abandon her apostolic claims, and descend to the level of those who. are M driven about by every wind of doctrine." And I shall print your indignant reprobation," with iu list of names, in the preface of my book, so that if I cannot give you fame, I may, at least, do zny part to give jou notoriety. That tbe nineteenth century is a century of I : . I ,- f w iui)nirairDi wra wuuucrfHi-aiSOOTery in the arts and sciences, I grant aa willing ae any man. But in religious truth or reverence for the Bible, the age in which wa live is prolific in daring and impious innovation. ' We have seen professedly Christiaa corsmiroities divide and subdivide on every side. ? We have seen the rise and spread of Uaiversalism, Miller-ism. Pantheism, Mormonism, and Spiritualism. We have evar . seen our venerable Mother Church of England sorely agitated by the contagious fever of change on the one hand toward superstition, and on the other toward infidel rationalism, and we have heard the increasing, clamor against the Bible, sometimes from the devotees of geological- speculation, sometimes from the bold deniers of miracles and prophecy, and, not least upon the list, from the loud-tongued opoetles of anti-slavery. We have marked the Orators which cry " Down with the Bible, it maintains the lawful neseef slavery." We harf marveled as the senatorial eloquence which proeiaimed that it was high time to have an antielarery God and an anti-slavery Bible." We hare heard the Constitution of our country deuounced as "a covenant with hell." We have heard the boasted determination that the Union shall never be restored until its provisions for the protection of slavery are utterly abolished. And what is the result of all this new philan-trophy T The fearful judgment of God has descended to chastise these multiplied acts of rebellion against Hie divine Government, and what that final catastrophe shall be, is only known to him who seeth the end from the beginning.After forty years spent in the ministry, more than thirty of which have been passed in tbe office of a Bishop. I can look back with humble thankfulness to the Gi ver of all good for this, at least, that all my best labors have been directed to the preservation oftbe Church from the inroads of doctrinal innovation. At my ordination I promised " so to minister the doctrine and sacraments and discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this church hasr received the sme" and Certain it is that " this Church" bad not received the modern doctrine of ultra Abolitionism at that same time, as I trust she never will, receive it, because it is contrary to the Sacred Scriptures. I s I also promised I" with aJI&hhfuf dili, to bavp H;aaway7 (rJ? ?od s Word, and 1 t ' those promises in the true sense which venerabie Bishop White, my ordainer. I hed to them. I be lieved then, as be beli. .4, that -our Southern brethren : committed no ain in having slaves, and they were men of aa much piety as any minister in our communion. I believed, as he believed, that the plain precept and practice of the Apostles sanctioned the institution, although, as a matter of expediency, the time might come when the South would prefer, as the North had done, to employ free labor. - Those promises I have kept faithfully to this day and if, when I am drawing near to the end of ray career, 1 am to be condemned and villified by you and your clergy, becSuse I still maintain tbem to the utmost of my ability, be assured, my Right Reverend Brother, that I shall regret the fact much more on your account than my own. In conclusion, I have only to say that I feel no resentment for the grosslv insulting style of your manifesto. The stability and unity of the Church of God are the only interests which I desire to secure, and I am too old in experience to be much moved by the oecaaiooal excesses of human infirmity. Joair IT. Hortiifs, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont. BtraLiHUTOir, Vu, Oct. 5, 1863. Tho Bcaatiet of the Soldier Voting Law Yesterday being the day of the election of Governor of Ohio, the vote of tie Ohio soldiers stationed in this city was takes. There were two polls opened, one at Exchange Barracks and the other at Camp Joe Holt We understand that at the Exchange Barracks 310 votes were cast, .only two of which were for Vallan-digham. The two that voted for Vallaadig-hain were immediately arrested and placed un-der guard. Louisville Democrat, 14m. - We call the attention of the whole press and people of the United States to the above. It Illustrates the practical working oftbe soldier-voting law as carried out by the Administration. It explains why it is that the soldier vote is returned almost or quits unanimously tor Broogh. Those who voted against Broogh , in the army were immediately arrested by the officers I What a farce ! The dom of the election under Louis Napoleon as fair - compared to it. Give the army a fat- aad honest vote ; allow the soldiers to hear both aides ; remove all constraint from them, and we believe Vajlaadigham would have obtained nearly the whole army vote. Their pcaetieal experience would have led them to favor his policy. ' We recommend Democrats to eul the above paragraph out, and When a Republican boasts of the army vote, read it to him.CU. Eq. In a spesch in Philadelphia en Tuesday night Col. Forney Wivred himselTas fbUowa: A'vtav iM tliif nhvhL trhm -an mn anm bhtta not so ent huaiastie this did wia the honor to pay sa a-visit, I took a liberty: with ttasrAAd for that I have since that tine been landetrd try all the eapperbead. Irons -Wm; BvJUed taOasx J. Did ife fup- r -dowa." aryow may please te make it). I aakad the bawd to May national hymn, the hrma of John Browa. (ChaeaK ) I asked thas to to we vwhruti u sow w aa marxyr who &n bsaueaf Ala hostility to slavery was still ifiarchiaow.' Aad I tell you geatlcaxr, if ia marching oi ot nhat't ab, and tremeadoua cheerifig.) rJoha Brown'a: kna sack is not only strapped upos hit back; 9t hia aoul is- marching oa ; ayahts soal Wconi-laingTing- with yourC' Now;-gettt)ewien, In coac'atioa tet'the tik lha baooT ( -yta a t!;e tand which earns hera scare tly kaeV'te tuse) toj,Iay Jihu Xrdwn? for I estpast it has become aa dmillsr to you aa the Sts Spaa-ged 25OBfcr"oTmail ColrrmWa.' Applause.) ZZSfiZO Here Soldiers Wanted ! groeleTnatitm hy the Prezideat WasBuroTo, Oct. 17. The following proclamation has been issued by President Lincoln - By the President of the Uaitad States, A Proclamation: '-u ' -r ' ' j Waxaxaa, The term of service of part of the volunteer foreea of the United States will expire during the coming year, and whereas ia addition to the men raised by tbe present draft, it ia deemed expedient to call out three hundred thousand volunteers to serve tor three years or the war, pot however exceeding three years. -y': : . Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States andCommander-in-chief of the army and navy thereof and of the militia of the several States when called into active service, do issue this, my proclamation, calling upon the Governors of the different States to raise and have er listed into the United States' service for ths ; various companies and regiments in the field from their respective States, their quotas of three hundred thousand men. I further proclaim that all the volunteers that are called out and duly enlisted shall receive advance pay, pension and bounty as heretofore communicated to the Governors of ths States by the War Department, through tbe Provost Marshal General's office, by special letters. : I further proclaim that all volunteers received under this call, aa well as all others not heretofore credited, shall be duly credited and deducted from the quotas established for the next draft. .- I further proclaim that if any State shall fail to raise the quota assigned to it by the War Department under this call, then a draft for the deficiency in Said quota shall be made in said State, or in the districts of said State, for their due proportion of said quota, and the said draft shall commence on the 5th day of January, 1864. . I further proclaim that nothing in this proclamation shall interfere with existing orders or with those which may be issued for tbe present draft in the States where.it is now in progress or where it has not yet beeucommenced.-'- The quotas of the State and districts will be assigned by the War Department, through the Provost Marshal General's office, due regard being had for the men heretofore furnished, whether by volunteering or drafting, and the recruiting will be conducted in accordance with such instructions as have been or may be issued hy that department. In issuing this proclamation I address "myself not only to the Governors of the several States but also to the good and loyal people thereof, invoking them to lend their cheerful, willing and effective aid to the measures thus adopted, with a view to reinforce our victorious armies now In the " field, and bring our military operations to a prosperous end, thus Closing forever th fountain of sedition and -rl war. -:.V'. -asaasswsaUahswsof, I have- bereuntooet my haiuLand caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washing ton, this I7th day ol Uctober, A. D. 1863, and of the independence of the United States the 88th. (Signed) ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President, Wit. II. Saw-tan, Sec'v of State. Terrible Fight Between a Grizzly and an Ammise. Bear A correspondent of the Portland (Oregon) 7m, writing from Bannock City, in the Boise Mines, Idaho Territory, tells the follow ing story, which msy be believed by those who are fond of wonders: . A terrible fight between a mountain am miss and a grizzly bear was witnessed by a small party of mountaineers a short time siuoe. on the road leading from here to Lewiston. The party had stopped to camp for the nieht, when suddenly wild and terrific screaming and fear ful sounds burst upon their ears, indicating deadly combat between two forest monsters. The scene of action was near, bat out of srrht The party were silent listeners during the des perate connict, the sounds of which struck terror to the stoutest-hearted mountaineer. Finally the sound died away the conflict was ended. An hour of silence elapsed, and the party ventured slowly and cautiously toward the spot, from whence those doleful sounds had emanated. Aa they neared the spot, the victorious am miss passed before them nto the jungle. Cm coming to tbe place of the deadly struggle, they found dead and bleeding a large she bear, that would weigh probably ouu or 1,000 pounds. The erixxlr was bitten through and throurb the neck, and fearful gashes were inflicted on the body laving bare the ribs end shoulder blades, surpassing the effects of repeated strokes from a heavy cutlass orbowie knife. it seems that the amraies desired to make a meal of the cub, to which the she bear object ed, hence the fight ensued; and it was such a fight as mortal man scarcely ever witnessed. and none but bears and lions participate in Ihe mountain am miss is an animal bait way between an African lion and a Bengal tiger. It is described by a mountaineer as follows: ''His form is much like the lion, being very heavy before and light behind, with A perfect lion's tail, but lacking the mane, though the hair forward on the neek was longer than on the rest of the body ; has a round ear, dark streakf around the eyes and up and down the face, also running down the legs, . The body is some darker in color than that Of the lion, and free from stripes. HiAfoot ia a lion's paw. This beast of orev has late! v been discovered in these mountains, and tbe ammise is a won derful animal 0 doubt the king of beast 'lathe forests of Idaho. When his angry votee is heard, the beast oftbe forests crouch ingly seek their biding places. - . :A&-Eopeeat Caev . rftinw the lUdtostat TJaiea. " " yri i : . Last evening aa mother aad her daughter were walking in Exchange treet, near th Banks, a vouns fellow (a soldier it is aadi rushed up and took the girl from her motheiyj oat her into a back and drove oir. t ae motn- et made auch defence as' aha could, striking - . . . . . . . . out with her nmortiM, aenousiy aawmgrBgwe rirta taailUnerr. ftaiaakach aa entsrr. that she was-put into aearriage and eeeaa. The young .rf. proceeoea to m roimsier or magwtrate aqj were duly maffiedJ Tha caf raged parents t rf unreconciled to this stealing away c their daughter, who appaare lo 4v bees aVeutirerr wClinr aacriSce to- the ardor of her to vet, wbsielaim that he haa'itott'bt th object or his aCecuooa for two years, nd baa now atuinrax 13 s toag reiosea wi. boratffod eir-ai ia&hfria peisOacJ de&2Cl L- jThefatber rt ia as'J.. raet liia; jmaoceftable lva-aa 'rta t$ie-;;uiett I HxVmmiJk M bare Jbw:a 'And "tbS aolar with a Lig brick-bat. Oea. IIeClellan'e Position. Gen. McCLZLLAjr. addressed 'th following letter to ths Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of Pennsylvania, oq Monday Oct. 12th, tha day before the electioa. It apaaka for itself: . ..... LSTTsa raox ozir. xVuiAajr. .. OaAKoz. N. J, Oct. 1 18G3. afiba. CAarUt J. Riddle: y : DtmrJ&r: My attention has been called to an article in the Philadelphia PreM, asserting that I had written to the manager of a Democratic meeting at Alien town, disapproving the objects of the meeting, and that if I voted and spoke, it wculd be in favor of Governor Curtin. I am informed that similar assertions have been made throughout the State. It ha been my earnest endeavor heretofore to avoid participation in party politics, and I had determined to adhere to this course, but it is obvious that I. cannot longer maintain silence uodersuch mUrepresentations. I, therefore, reouest you to deny that I have written any auch letter or entertain any sneh views as those attributed to me in the Philadelphia Press and I desire to state, clearly and distinctly that, having some few days ago bad a full conversation with Judge Woodward. I find that owr views' agree, and I regard hie election as Governor of Pennsylvania called for by the interests- of the nation. I understand Judge Woodward to be in favor of the prosecution of the war with all the means at the command of the loyal State, until the military force of tbe rebellion is destroyed. . .. - 1 understand him to be of the opinion that while the war is urged with all possible decision and energy, the policy directing it should be in consonance with the principles of humanity and civilization, working no injury to private rights and. property not demanded by military necessity, and recognized by military law among civilized nations, and, finally, I understand him to agree with me in the opinion that the soli great Object of this war are the. restoration of the unity of the nation, the preservation of the Constitution; and the supremacy of tbe laws of the country. Believing our opinions entirely agree upon these points, I would, were it in my power, give to Judge Woodward my voice and my vote. I am. verv respectfully, yours, - GEORGE B. McCLKLLAN. Genu If eClellan'a Beport. The big folks at Washington are unwilling the people rAetr jrvaji should see Gen. Mo-Clellan s report. ; Tbe Journal of Commerce thinks iheiact that it is withheld is abundant abundant evidence that it is a report in which the brave General establishes his own innocence of the charges made 'against him, and probably also the guilt of his detractors. We begin to think it will not be published till after the fall elections. Meantime the affection of the army and the people for Gen. McClellan seems to be on the increase. The radical papers are : overflowing with bitterness toward him, and he is as quiet as ever, waiting in si- lenow for whatever duty the nation may call on "him to pWform. A1J honor to the faithful sohjier who has never jet said a word or done an act inconsistent with the . honor and duty of a soldier 1 The. Washington correspondent of the New York Commercial . Advertiser says that the political sentiments of all the officers in the army are being investigated, and "if any are found not in exact harmony with tha Administration they are to be removed. Other Administration papers have given currency to the same fact and we consider it true. It. was stated in the U. S. Senate that many promotions in the army have been denied there be cause the parties nominated were not consider- cred orthodox, bv the ruling party, on tbe negro question; we suppose the reports of those who are deemed heretical on this point are suppressed for that reason. Host Pott, The Cbiekamanga Battle Field. A letter to the in the Atlanta Confederacy gives the following description of the battle field: As it grows darker we observe a bright light about one mile in tront or us. which our guide informs us is the burning of their second line line of works, which the Yankees fired before leaving. 44 You will see some awful sights if you there," remarked he. Ere long,: " The pale taooa roes ap slowly, sad ealmly she look ddown " On tha red Mad of the battle-field, with bloody eonee straws,' And wending our way among the grand old oaks of tbe forest, now scarred and withered by the strife enacted beneath them, and pick ing our way among the dead bodies of men and horses, we at Jength reached the works constructed by the enemy on Saturday njght, and defended with such obstinacy on ounJav. Notwithstanding I have seen some dozen bat tlefields during the war. I have never seen anything to compare with the horrors of tbe scene presented here. As 1 stated before, the enemy bad set fir to their works when forced to leave them, and the fire had communicated to the forests and lit up ihe scene far and wide. The dead and wounded lay1 in heaps. literally piled apon eaeh other, and in many instances the fir had burned them to ctadeia and many of th wounded Lad- their clothes bimed off. aad their bodies were a perfect blis ter. The cries of these poor wretched area tares were awful to hear, and many implored as to kill then and pat them out of their mis- err. Upon examining their haversacks; nothing was found bat corn bread, and several told me that they had been eating that for five -days without food or water, aad that their leaders did not ear for them after they received a wound. It was a scene long to be remember ed the groups of dead men and horses, and writhing forma or the wounded there tn the dreary forest, only seen by the scattered moon beams as ther- stole thronrfr the branches, and the flickering firelight, aa it crept alowly bat steadily up to where they lay; and the fearfal eries of those who watched its ad ranee. unable to drag their broken limbs beyond the mich of the deatrbYen and the distorted and uptured face of these bo bodW werely- . a. awsa" - tag amidst too grim eaaoows wnicniau aroana, ooaspicaus among which was the shadow- ot Death. -All- the pompous paeaatry or th seeae was gone, and naught remain! bf all the glory lost and mm upon' that bloody fiaU savethe wretchad. form of thoar who,will po nviweraBgforwardatheto'&nmk . 1 JT. b Tj Blandy, last SaJard y,vtarBed,ofr xoe of .theur-liaud because they would hot prounse th for EroaghV One of tbem told bs that L raised llie iro ooeshat of th firm by rotaUrt against the owdaot at th ma chine thep cd th day of ihe J?etDOcf2,Uft rnrn Thiai the way th rich, ct Jthat fsrfr jwish lo role.- It hv thefr drir t9 CJon-pou;a all the waalih of lie ooaairy, aad then force the poor t be their slave, to do what they raa-majidj ajid to Week forxrhaX thev choose to I give th em." Z 4wiQ JLvrw ZTsmm the Byraa (Ghlo) faraaL - ; . f Ia one of. thertoaraahipe ia this county, 1 little north of Bocyrua dwelt a wall to-do wid- . ower about fifty, with', an only 0n of tweotv- two or three.: Mr. - .(w withhold tiame fc obvic reasons) bad been a widower for- maay yearn, aad beoam Weary, of that moda of livingh aocordiaglr determined to many, - (S- tcrminauoo once loroed, tc next thing was to find tha woman neoesaary, which in thia eouatry ia not at all difficulty Fortunately for him, a widow Lady resided oear. , him, who had at .daughter peeaeasing all the , requirement. She Was a beautiful rirl. of twenty years, accompJieledaai prightly jot the one he wanted: To be sure, she was rai her ' ' young; bat Mr. waa young looking alao. Some times his mind would wander to the. mother, who was quite as handsome aa the daughter, and almost as young in appearance. out he had mads up his mind to marry tbw daughter, and he set about it with a W.U. Be v did not mention his deteiminatton to hi uoo rearing the t ea Of marrying one to ranch " younger than himself might expose him to hie ridicule. " Ia th meantim his son had become de-perately enamored of the widow, and hail like- , wise determined upon marrying : her. - lie did not communicate tbe fact to his father for the same reason that actuated the old gentleman.; -" for fear of exciting ridicule by marrying' at , woman so much older than himself. They , bfltth commenced calling at: the house of the'' widow, and frequently met each other there.--This circumstance annoyed them both ihv-' menselr. The old gentleman thought, very-naturally, that the young man was ther for the young lady, and the voong gentleman a . naturally supposed th old on was ther lor 1 the widow;- .As th'" matter progressed the meeting of the. father and son at the place became frequent,-, and the more often it occurred, the mora in-" tolerable it became. Finally, Mr. de- termined to speak to his son on th sub-'' jeet. . - . Charles, said be, " I have determined, after much consideration to marry, and' thought it but right and proper to make yoi acquainted with the determination. Very good," replied Charles, 44 1 consider it very proper that you should do so. And, speaking of marrying, I have concluded to marry, my Self. "I approve of the idea.' returned the olar geUeinen ; "vou are of suitable age to settle down. May i'aak you the name-of your ia-tepdeif ' "Mrs. exclaimed Charles, bracihg vtff end assuming a defiant look. " " Whew." whistled the oM gentleman, "find woman, Charles, but isn't she a trifle too ad vanced in years f" I think riot," said Cliarle, "but wbohave you decided upon V . ' "Why. Charles, it Is a very curious clrcunv. stancs, but I had determined to marry her daughter." " Daughter V exclaimed Chlrtes; 44 why yon are. at least twice as old as she is; I don-object.' , The matter was thus happily Settled, and in the course of a few weeks it was satisfactorily arranged with the widdw and daughter' and - tbe parties were married. .Very soon after the matriage wa consummated, they all discovered that they had made a grand mistake. The son found that th widow was altogether too motherly for the wife of a young man of twenty-three,, and' the old gentleman found that a young, lady, of twenty wa too . volatile for a sober-minded man of fifty. Disagreements followed, then neglect, and finally the thousand little quar. rets and snubbings, and bickerings, aimV. pering down into a grand fight which waa kept up With alight variations .for three months; ' Finally they agreed permanently to disagreey and availing themselves of the ease with which divorces are obtained in Indiana, the 1 whole four removed to Indiana, where in da time the divorces were obtained The. tour came home as they went, together, the son taking the daughter under hia special ' charge, and the father doing the agreeable to tbe widow. Long before they bad arrived at Bueyrus. they had arranged matters on an entirely different baieis the father and tbe widow made opt match, and the son and daugh- . ter ditto. The remarrying was performed im- mediately on their arrival at Bueyrus. Up to dale they all appeared well satisfied with each otber, and it is to be hoped that they will long coatinu to do o. . : . . - ii Arrest flf Gen. Polk and tTiwwto Th Appeal of yesterday, says the Atlanta, iGa.) Register, allude to th fee, that Gens, olc and Hiahkae had arrived la thia city, under arrest by order of Gen. Bragg..; We were cognizant of th fact, but did not ueett -it neosseary to allude to ft. There cab be taO impropriety ib stating that thecaus for' this' Erocedure on the part ofGen. Baaeu ia said .Co e an alleged disobedience of orders by the two General named on Sutoday, the second day of the battle . of Chickamauga. Such ia our confidence in the soldierly qualities of General Polk that we ttelieve he ' will be enabled to justify himself before a Court 'of In quiry; but the fact that he did not bring bn be battle, as ordered, tnree boors earlier than It-began, is said to account Xor the alleged bar-rennes of tha victory. It is however believed that Gen. Pour cook not possibly have doo " otherwise). This i en fesne. and that other more weiehty One m involved in tbadlob dienc of order. If Sunday fight at Chic ha- ; manga had began, as Baa 00 ordered, at day light, nightfall would not have intervened to - - save Rosacka as beaten army, and be nevef oould hair reacd and intrenched himaelf ia Chattanooga.' .The appeal .covaplaina . "that the hit vicjory will prove out Dead Sea 'frnJt in our hands. Th arrest of th officer tiamed may enable wa to account for thecal Ie deplorable fack ; vfv , f Hie- Hutinj: ia rraa Artr. 4 The CommernaT CThattanooca obriesnon dent eonfirms th reported aausfay 4a Brage arrny It wa occasioaed br the refaaal of Georgia tailiht td remain longer la active. ey vice,, Theyrepesented that they Kad volun teered only to drive the Federals out of their owa Stabx. Brag refused to grant them peri alow -to Tntnrn - home, - f :. they- etaeksd ia. ' Lonrstreet's men wei oedered icto II aa Mad diaeharsed several vcITrT. Deaerv- ers ear dxty Were killed and two hmbdred bad- ' . . r a - , i . - al ' ' aVk I At. A. ly woavopi. - ah aaanxja . to MMir, t arrest o"her $lk created eooalsraU -: , baJrjln trzB mrmr. DiaaCScai.rtb. Jarte)c? wtajarlivryd -,ri Th8yracu &tM'Z4 r , J . 'i J i A . W Jt wa r?aM V U v. ic For rvctir r.xri iifk tommaaicatioa with itrnsUla.. Tl t rc . . ... ..... ... . mwBoaa oc ini tauer are no a - tzXU be aervia.. : pr ooea."