Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1864-01-09

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The Age. 2nqirtr, Preu, OmzeUe and other " Philadelphia Dalies give ns the resalt of their deliherationa and the proceceJings of the final eMion.on the evening of the 24th from which we condense the following eumtnAf : The National Committee flret met fn the Caatinental Hotel. Affairs relative to the ext Prealdeoej were discussed in all 'their ligLis, when the following resolations were Aaaflv' proposed and unanimously adopted : ttitsleedL, That this Committee recommend' -to the people of the United States General 5rge J5. JfcCIellan a candidate for the PreotieBey Governor William II. Camp-4ill,f lane6deetf a a candiJite far the Vc iPresidenex. ' . Merited, IThai as m ba-s of tTnionr this Xi immitteeiKoinnienI (he Kentnckr platform .nibdyiig (Tie tofoM idea of 8up'ort to tl Gorwcneiit in its contest with the rehelJiott, Mui of opposition to all efforts to sulistitute tfha dogmas of radicalism fur the prittciplcs of the Constitution. ' " iJeWwerf, That tlie Clunranom of this, Com-enitiee tsauthortwl McoifvemM (he mentWra thereof, at tite eametiww am4 f lace with other national oommitteea, wiiAi 4-he view of taking modt etinUier teps toward crryjr this action iwto ntTelIhc( iae ainv ihe deeured t and ad-irtaljle. - Jtaolved, That'll istVe "pei-mawemt and .in-le4iMotf kw Conmktve eooUain a oerfect wnfitj mii -oonncrt of .oeticm of every conserra- ( tive elenentof iOe xopie of the United State, i And iinng hwefle ftc government to tuegrca( aatmoipleeiwf afhertv vjiOtt which AVashington ana hte Jnwi otesaid the Constitution. i??K0fe?gY That when this meeting adjonrns "It wftl Jj(Mn) to meet at Indeciidtnce If all, t 7J-oicV, that then and there, in that 3lall, sacred to the oueof Lilerty and ITnion, m-e wiD wnoaiic onr st?tion and call " upon the freemen of the country to me in. 1 heir trirth for its reilemption from the hands ot tirise who Jiave assailed its integrity. rii iworsio iimijro tim$ or nr. " ..' KIND JILL. jtion. ahos kcxdali. occupied the. ciiatr, vnd upon openinr the meeting save a verr in teresting account of his own political life. dwelling particularly upon his own private in tercourse with General Jackson ami his connection with the old hero-in putting dowu nullification fn South Carolina. lie alluded to - the present rebellion and the efforts to crush it oat, and believed that ; power must be taken from its leaders tho were in official position. ITe (elievef that the mass of the Southern people whjen relieve! from the oppression of their leaders, world rush to the standard of he Uniosi,- if proffered (heir Constitutional rights.' (Applause.) He was for asinjewery isstrumeulality to npholi the Government against Secession ista and, Abolitionist alike. When the rebels rais) their handle against-the Uniou.lie was t gainst the rebels, because . their design was to overthrow the fundamental principle of American Government. B'U he felt he bad a duty to perforui in another di-rection; and that waa to make opposition to the men in power at Washington, who wouhl destroy our civil liberties. (Applause.) He for one would do all ia. hia power to put down an Admiaistration which he believel was io-friogiag apon the rights guaranteed by the Coustitotioo. Loud Applause. The subject of arbitrary arrests .was spokea of at some leagth ; awd he bitterly denounced the recent intringemeats of popular rights by the Admiaistration.' He would wish to enter liis protest against the usurpations of the mil-ftaxy power, and its controlling electiona ia the various States where it could exercise its power with Impunity There was nosuchlhi'g as a United 8tff voter. ). Every man voles as a tiaalifiad ituQ of.a State, aad the National X3overnment had no power to -eootrel its free texerciee." TJe had heen for a long tine retired from pobTIe life, jbul in these, hia' last years, lie would give all' hit energies, for the 'maio teoaacaolthe Governaseot. I Lead Applause Hon IlaaUtoii Pope, of Kentoekj. was in-biEStfeJ ina preaeiited the followrng ikin7Wrf,gThai In pursnaoce of the reeom-tofdation, contained i the resolutions of the Ceaeerratira Union National Committee, wa Oa bow for darselTe aad theee Vh nnPM.nt pmWIclr preaw&i lalh people of the United State for their aupport ta the eominc eteetlon Oeaexa George E. iledeUaa as the Union tandklUrf'tl"Pd,5?"B w call : tapon t itif tro patriot aa4 torer of hia country to ealhr around" hint a the staada rd bearer of the peopTe, and, wo also preweot the name of uovemor. WUJuia UampOelt. pi ruaeasee. as u Uaioo auMbdat for too . view rresi- tlencT. ' - .--..i.t ' . iWwrf, That forth srj ofthw tleltat. w reeommehd' lb formation of ITeCJellati y Cl? iulrerj part of jh coanirV, and wiwilu tht name ofih olSc f tba aamolM rt ported to the SacretarrwToar 17avr 9IWxbw i ...JOa aaaslffc;; ;.'; - After tbe Secretary bad read the resolution, llriTope tVht fa ihoapreseflUog .'flie UmoiQtor ijuJIoClelhtftM; caadidate for Preridency, mm call upoa this State bis own Siate-to rally to lis aupport. "Jim came forward to-ight to offer upon the alttr of lit country all hisaofport for fciau . Ap pJause. j neil lilra bSeowao aaid, iak of swim, live or die, I will otaad : by bira. Standing in the eacred precjaeta'of Indepei-deoce Hall, ha eoal4.but rsitcrat .tjaV, aeoUe meats jnst read, aad giva hi tribuU of admi. ration to George B. f cdeJlah. Tbey- is th Border Stat es, who had beard the clash "of anna and the, ahock of battle, wouM -.taJlj around him with oaaaiasouaaopport, aad their looked with eager solicitude to Penney Ivan fit. his pwa State, to aee It proclaim bia name iei. proud, triumphaot foaea, the choiea of tbu Keystone State for the tnaa, th aoldier, the patriot, General George B. McClellan. 1 Ap plause. Bot'seeoad to him oalr taiha name of William B. Campbell. Offered high prr fement in the Confederate Government he re mained true to the Union, afld in the fieU, and at home his roic ha always been for hia country. You, in Pennsylvania, know but little of war like we ia Kentucky, who have had our homes made desolate, and our lands made waste. Herniated that while those ia Keutucky. would rally to th aupport of Uo Clellan, those ia Pennsylvania would not forget their doty. lie thought that if we put George B. llcdellan firm iu command, be would restore his conn try and strike down the Lincoln dynasty. Loud Applause. The rote was then taken oa the resolations they were unanimously adopted. aratca or col. max lamosaschvabtz. r Col. Max La ngenech warts said he was a refugee from European despotism, and came here expecting to find a free country. He had been intiiaate with Gov. Seward and a warm supporter of Lincoln In the election of 18G0. When he first came to this countrv he said he was one of the most radical Altolilibnists that ever lived, l ut was horribly and iiifamousiy deceivei by the Abolitionists themselveK. Laughter The first aoquaintaure be nia.le in this country was Gerritt Smith he found hiai at that time rot only working for the freedom of the negro but for the - Gubcmato-rialchair at Alba iy be also formed the acquaintance of Wm. II. Seward and was obliged to say that in all Europe be never discovered so much rascality as he saw in this country, lie was not a man to be bought or one to le sold, but he went by facts. Althoiigh he wished the country to be freed of every slave, yet he had found that it was only ttie tme old Democratic principles that secured equal rights to all. - -Jn afluding to the present power, the speak" er saiJ: : They rnny their life i full of holy faeU. ' They ay hey'H go to heaven for aH their acts, If rclly they reach that bear en of Pore, : They'll rub Uod'a Trearary the a&aie as your t The speaker endorsed in strong terms the name of George B. hlcClellan as the man fur the energeney. He le viewed the course of that General while in command : of the army, and of the progress made by the army afterward. lie alluded to the oonecriptioo ami suspension of the habeas corpus by a Government which called iiself free. What AloClel-lan wished for, was the crushing out of the re bellion and the re-e tablishment of the Union, when we can all be the same as we were before, and shake hands with onr Southern brethren, and forget all past differences, l&p' plituse. . srsaca or xv. . bawxiko koutott. Get. A. Basmixq Mosto. of Texas, oext addressed the meeting iu support of its action. He considered that he had ten well repaid for his long travel to Philadelphia, by the historical resume of the venerable chairman, as well a tbe consultation with other patriotic gentlemen with whom he had been associated. We have come together as Union men for the purpose of deviting Fome.Jfrans by which the country can be eare-L In former Presidential campaigns it bad been bis privilege to address the people in this place in behalf bf party candidates. On this occasion they were not here as poluvicians, but had discarded all party feelings and were acting solely for th public good. The great interest at slake had caused partisan sentiments to be merged in the higher and nobler cause of the preservation of Constitutional Liberty within the United States of America as established aud guaranteed bj our fathers. Applause. lie wa a Whig, and in times past had clung to the fortunes of fJenry Clay, and thanked God that he had done so, a be would again to day if he bad the chance, and proper U is now that those of us who were faitbfufamong th faithless should like our glorioo old leader wtake the preservation Of the Federal Union the paramount object of our political desire. When asked when he would favor a dissolution of tbe Union, he replied " Never, never, oever It was meet that those who supported Harrison should obey his dying injuacttoa--- MJ Kwtsh yoa to ttoderataod th true, principle of the Government, I wish them carried out, and that all who followed th great expounder of th Coostitutiow, the Ood-Uko Webstar, and who eoted for Taytor "and Tillmora, and bowed theMelTa oj jsorkji as well . as- baptism fall members of lb treat Whf tHtareh, should strive en did their Father for a Constitutional Union and stand together for- the aalvation oftb country. ; Xf m abooU marob in solid phalanx and endeavor to Maj th rest-lees tide of corruption aad demaralizatloa that I bow weeaug over the eooabx. - : : crdina4 ndd. ol' ib X?lS ttl batpttg to th dead rt and fa th Uvfnffprteat there I a oomraoa bond of UaIo-la onr.lOTaof coaairx; hlcn. abouid caoM ibaiu to ataod aa would Jaokaoa : Clay, if Irving this day, with Joined bands and emsawnasnawaawamawawn""swwwMawww -' . t -- r. ;'!' . - - .- . aatteJleart rlM aaat'ofUo'eotrr. 4Appuma.j f here aa, oea a departur fremtb tnM;prtocipla and JAa , eror only be corrcted by tfturninjj to ibcmA (Ap- . .To-day the bone of our eoaDlrjtaea arhitea tha aoil of every SouUttxa. State, .and th bright and beautifal rivers of God areorimsoa ed with the blood 0f brothers. Happy hotaei have been made desolate, and eterr household ha beo filled with toarniax prea apon thr heart And ruin tmpenda awer all j; fThe wI4e the nanoanaed prospeet lies before as, Bat shadewt, eloads aad daessrart apoaitr ' ' vur aim is to rcsior peaoa, prosperuy ri ... . V . ..... . . ... . , happiaea by th reeeu of th a eontry Xroni f Drovsht tbff tba control of fb men who baya dire calairwtv noon ua. f Abcdaaae! He held himself ready to unite with all men - -- . : - ' rr T ' who desire to preserve tbe ConatHotioa frora tbe band of those who have sought todestroy Bepublicaa Gorernment. Th pmetit trott ble are all lb result of following 'fanatical teachinga and the trampliaf of the Cousthu- tion under foot by traitor and crazy bigot. So far as be was concerned or knew, there wa no desire to bring forward any new party bat to afford an opportunity to all conservative to come together, and reason and make common cause against tSe enemies of our liberty and our Constitutional Union. Applause The Conservative Union committee, whose action has been endorsed by tfiis meeting, have but one idea and that is to sat e th Union. And it is an auspicious omen, that our chair man ia the intimate bosom friend of th old hero of New Orleans, whose toast was " the Federal Union, it must be preserved'' and among our associates are some - moat devoted friends of the- immortal Jackson, who possess the, hatred of. usurpation and of tyranny that characterised that irou-haarteJ jiatriot. As one instrumental in inaugurating thin- movement be eoald authbratively disavow any intention of perfecting a separate party organization. The apeaker.was a refugee from- his ownState'. U was liere in conseauewce of radioalism and fhe 'flagrant departure ' from constitutional doctrines br SeceseiOnists. lie might be Jwrdoned then for manifesting such rcep interest in bringing back tbe country to it former prosperity iu. iheovertlirow of rebels and the res oration of the Union people in revolted States to their Constitutional rights. He believed in the integrity of the States, and the riupreiuacy of the . Constitution and laws made in conformity thereto, and that all who bore true allegiance could not, by violent acts of traitors, he deprived of any of their rights nor lawfully dispossessed of them by professed friends, wiio kept the word of promise to the ear, to break it to the bap. :- -- The great object now to be accomplishel is the restoration or maintenance of tbe old Union, and the puninhment of those who have brought thhfrui n upon us. Applause. Let alt eoneervative nieu and all Democrat in favor of preserving this Republic now ; unite. Let all parties in opposition to radicalism make common caue against the enemies of the. Government, wherever found. -With a coitceutraiion of, men, of Conservative and Democratic sentiment thronshont the country iu one body, our common c luse will he so pre- 'senUMl ae to ensure a glorious victory over the common foes. The speaker flicn alluded in glowing terms to Gen. McClellan. and gave potential reasons iu favor of his being made the atandard-bearer of the Union-loving people. He pictured the oonrse of " Little Mac'from his leaving the Military School at West Point, ith Academic honors, until the present time,' and demonAtrate 1 tliat lie- bad evidenced throughout his. life, that he. poasesse I the Jef-fersonlan rtquieites of honesty, capability and faithfulness to the Constitution. He portray ed hia gallant service at Contreras, Chere- Imsco, Molino del ; Rey and Chepulteee, in the latter of which he was particularly distin- guisbed and breveted Captain. After the Uex ican War he was on duty at West Point until 1851, v By special election of the gorernment. be had assisted Capt. Marey In the explora tion of the Rett River country, and subsequently surveyed the North Pacific Rail Road route. The 'government ent him to the Crimea to watch the siege of Sevastopol ; and his re porta id these several station, and particularly i a the last, ranked him among the most scientific men of the age. Afterwards be devoted him self to the Rail road interests of tbe West.' when, upon the breaking out of the rebellion, he waa called for by the fax -seeing and sagacious mind of Gov. Dennison to discipline and prepare the troops of Ohio for military ear. vie. As a lfsjor General of Volunteer, and aub- equently aa Commander-ia Chief of the Army or the United Stales, he had become universally known. Ilia victory at Rich lion n tain and gallant cervices at WiU'tamsburt;. th Seven Pines, at? Malvern Hill, at Antietatn and South Mountain, and rarioo other places, had raal the name: of McClellan Mfhmil-r aa a household arord j" aad not withstand, ingth tact that h wa removed from th chief command for having beaten Lee and saved Washington, aad every effort bad beep oiade to dtsparag him by a ubtdised pr, tb army of th TeoeBae, th aoldier aad th people of th Union, tilf admired and lord ihe man." It waa transparent that ha would bar effected much toward Urin ring th war to an bonorahlaeloee bad hi plana not been interfered with by rivalry and envloa parties. (AppUusa.) . . . . VC : , TA'a bar associated, with, biavb name oil Gov, Win, B. Campbell, ol Tennoaae for Vic Preaideet one of Iba 1 poreet and beat txien in tba, Bepnbjio, t (AppUoae.) In the paa Xw represented tbat State,four year ia CkogreW ard Morernor; mdered jrallauV'aarv'e aaa Colon! in tha llexicaa vear wa com miatiOned. a J5rfadier dec preheat iira waa today' by eleotloa the rigbtmi GoV eroor of 4b Stat of Teaneeeee. We put Jt- ree Jaibj hia aeleoti of j tha rights: f; Cba..Siate. ttader tba Jadcral Coaatltarloa withtav tba Uaion mu s framed -by oar fathera, aad arJl!I: we bad raroaper jj Mlonaadao 4lpIauaJ!V57Ub tbhrtioksakttbt field. aipported by thaoppo-aenta tttdtealiaoi adJ.treaaoar behooght the good old tTaion couliTbe, brougrTf abpnt' r '-' i- . e -i t J-':e. : ' e navs oat to unis jbt.joi msjoiesaoc of correci-riacipl-,tot go? into tba opotest lik reama,:aaaWn oort Conatitatfonal rigfifa5--demindTng ' frafcensaiony smd free do of tevftr halloV.wa wWaw (PjJuae.)t iJbarle Backwalt, of Peruxsylvanhv waa called- hponT n cna'd a few remaka. H,tmaw iniuuaerio appuuie. atr-tAw .ateveaa, oi York, afnir wndomng t5 Momiteoa-Od isu irvin ivtm time oonnii ne wanvetno aee verf faiia who a lover -of Geo. B. IfcClelUa raise lb dac'iaoa hia Lousavwith th word "Oeo. B. McClellan andthaUnioB.V iaacribed npoa It; "Manfed eTerythin; don that woalattart, spj&thuajam. .-A gentleman praseat wiabed to Icaow wbeth er Gen. Medelhiaw waa ataaiated with this movameot. ; ' ' . ' . ; ' The Secretary repli thathe diXaot kaow that h bad been ao iufartned by any of tbe Committee. They bad commenced tboeaove. ment without consulting him., ' . After the singing of .a Uaioo aoag by Mr H olden, of N. Y. with fin effect, the metiog adjourned with three cheer tor Georg B. McClellan, three for Independence Halt,' and three more for the Union and tne Coastita-tioa. ; ran ttt?tAP. ' Shortly after tba meeting adoorned tto McClellan Central Ouh. with Beck' Band, proceeded to the Cor.tiueutal Hotel, aud there serenaded soch of the delegate aa wereia the city. A number of spirit etl apeeicbea were made and much enthusiasm prevailed. Preiide&t-Rakin;. The Philadelphia Aye, in Sfwaking of the av ion of a Conservative National Con vention reently held in that city and presided over by Hon. Amos Kind!, in reference t,o . the next Presidency, eaya: ''The taet however of such a meeting taking place, at a time eo abnor mal in regard to all political ait ion as the pre? ent, eannr bat suggest rfle:tions as to the position U ie prtpwr fitr amours!, which ia- i tends to he sincere and tdthfal to ' assume r: garding the question which: is the objeec of this meeting. . Ttte uncertainty which hand over the- honesty of the next Pf r i I r n t i 1 1. 1 ej 1 ii m djj.i ilit w h ieb h rtertnjnegli as to the eo7itTntiel existence of tfie WBr1 v4';?? tii ehise, rendf r it difficnit to SFHumevary policy-or snv ioeitioR which mar not be altered bv snieqnent events; ; It seema almost foohfh to act libw in matters of politics as we did when tlie regular order of this prevailed. Then eiiampionage, advocacy, conventions. eanvsMes and campaigns were predicated on he knowledge that horver improperly the candidates had been brought lefore the people once there, there would be a lnn fid choice in the people fetween the nominees, of which no power could deprive theiu. If. then, we had that pci live certaintt, which of oM exinted. there wa to be nnettxtioii for President in the fall of 1864 that a real ehoosinr by the people was to be permitted we should feel at liberty as journalists of old did, to express some opinions as to the eonsid-erations which should inflience patriotic men in the very arave matter of the election of: a Presidential candhlate. Ttntif as many honest men think, the fall election of this year forbid ua to indulge in any such hopet if we cannot shut our eye to the 30,000 soldiers, whom Mr. Stanton himself toasted of. hiring sent into this state: if we cannot fail to remem ber the crimes a'eainst the elective franchise Of the people of Maryland and Delaware we would be doinr ourselves, and the conservative triieens of onr State. injutie if we aDpearel t v do that in reality which we were eonscroa wa bnt a "lockerr. If the opinion of onr friends were ours, thtt there would le no r! chooptn?: of a President by the people in the fall of 184 but that the next occupant of that chair will he the nominee of the hxyonet. we slTould think that any part of organization of men, who put op a candidate to run ngiinst the nominee of the power which controls the army, was aa sitting to delude the people of this countrv into a .belief that they are still freo. If "this were the real state of thinjrs, any action that would enable the Republicans to go throngh tlx motions of an election, by taking any part in Its forms, would give a color of rii?ht : ami appearance of truth and reality to such an awful crime against onr liberties .UJhbi would he, and would stop the injure . 'parties from denving its lecal effect. . We. however ennnot bring ourselre to this belief, even though circn instances do strongly incline to establish it. To lose faith in the virtus and love of liberty in the American people, ta next to loosing confidence in the Divin-hy. ft has been all that ha sustained the drooping and almost despairing patriot for three long years, and w cannot yet. dietraet it. . No matter what happens, never till - th accursed siatb I of a recognised and aeceptel despot established here breaks on our eyes, shall we imffer our faith in that virtue to 'falter. We therefiw . look gratefully on r these effort of patriotic men to preserve oa from final and entire destruction, and whether the result of their deliberations ia, or la not, entirely consistent wit h that which we eonshler- a aound policy abouid dictate at th present juncture, we cannot but feel that they are ia sympathy w4rb s onall material point, and that - their rtriotie fforta merit th"prai of thIf (VI-I )oweitisn. . lteteat Corexfieti (sf Xteoel Static ' - ro the;BJcanis fSeatlnel, Dee, V5- l. Jhrn following; is a Ho of;.;.Ua Governors of lb several State of the CooJederacy , . ,AlabamaTboa..1I. Watts. ' - .v.-Arkansas EX Flannagin, ..i; -; -.it, v -ilorida Jobn Mtltoa. - r;i: . j ia Georgia Joseph E. -Browi; : tf KenXockywRjcbard HaweviV?f .?;-Vr --. Axraisiaaa llenry w . Alien; s Miseissippi Charles Clarkay I O llJaeoori Tv CEcnoldav- cr ys t North Caronna Z. B.- Vancc'. W Sooth Carolina MJ L. Boahas..v-f rU ? Tennesee Bo&ert JL. Caruthers (not vat anawracca.y v--'v-;---. " i TeYaawprndhrtonhUamvv&hts ii TirgjuiaWilliani 6milh ; (ftoui. Jaauary, 10i. - Tha Pood Prcxpect la. VireiaU. v- Viitfwia; r though wasted- bys war lo tba hefghboTbeod of tba two aTmlea, baA "atlll kri resource to be drawn apoa for keeping up tba rebellioa without producing, general ajferfng1 Te- AuoU tba State,, ia re- fraim:o tbt resolution ot tb Legialatar MWag Xot; Information oa tbia Bubiee rcpiro that oa tba first of Fbraary. IS84, there bia tba eoaatiea.of the 8tatef .Virgfnia within tbe rebel line. 100,000 horses, 400,-000 battle: 5fJ0,000bog, and 2$,000 aheep;-The cattla and bo; thf Stjuke tkiaka woiild give 180.000.000 pound of meat, not counting tba aheep. s ilnt thee reaoaree are in tbf baadabf the peoplc.nd not oftb Ooy. ernment, and.; th,. former are not therefor urged to contribute liberally The Auditor stsua that tba number of horses in thcoou- iteaoTUM State wijthin their military liae. on tbe first of February. 18S0, were f07.882; Of cattle, 6a,4S7; of sheep, 459.912; and of hogs, 923,768; showing a loa up to th first of February. 1834. of 107,88$ horses. 16107 caule, 423.75S hogs, and a gainf 80,033 sheep. The aruounl of copulation to be fed off the above resources, u lSSC.CC.which indudea Ltt' army. The h igh' prices: of food at Rich mood is not a much. a measure of its scarcity as it is Of the greet depreciation of rebel currency. tVe notice, by the Richmond market report, that bacon is $3 25. per nonnd. beef, 75 to 85 ccnta, andtiork, $2 25. Paid for in cold or f silver, these prices would-come much nar- er our prices than is generally supposed. " A Doabl Slopeme&t.-One day last week Mrs. Emma Goodwin. cf Noble county, Ohio, surtel from her bom for tbi State, leaving her husband and two small children. About the aare tim Mr. Georg Taylor, who reeida ia th i asm neighborhood, and who rejoiced in the posse, aioa. of a handsome wife and two intelligent lilt! "pledges cfafiectioa." started Weet 'oa basioens; but, somehow ot other, be took the wrong road, and arriveil in Wheeling about the same time with. Mrs. Emma O. They remained at one of the hotels there over night, passing as man and wife, and next morning took 'the Pitieburg train for Cleveland. It seems that after two daya' travel, they brought up at Cleveland. Arriving just before meal I time, after a hastily prepared toilet, they pase- 1 to the dltiing room, and were seated near the head of the table, when who should they find: there to their great surprise but Mr. Goodwin and Mrs. Taylor, who. it appears. Kwl , , 7 7 . La -.Tlie funniest nart avs alter the others '-The funniest part of the whole thing waa,' neither of Uie men knew bow matters . J . I -a stjod until they met, so that each thought he had accomplished a very smart thing while it appears both, were fouled. The . scene that eneued after the mutual recognition, at the Clevelahji. diWner table was neither tragionor ridiculous; as inHghtbe . imagined ; but like phikwophicnl people. " wnolbonwMbetnseivee in a "very . bad spell" would d. they quietly, and. as if moved by some secret understanding. withdrew to a priate room, where they 4Vn raneeit . that each mm should take his OwsM wife an I go back to their boines and children sod ley and live wiaer and better men aud women ia the future. ' The Cause of the Fire at Sumter. The Chaileston Courier has the followirg account of the recent explosion at Sumter, by which eleveu meu were; hilled aud forty-one wounded: .. '"v From the ofEe 5 al report it a ppears t !i a t a small magazine in the soutb-eest angle of the fort, containing about 150 pounds of powder, and a qnantity of small arms, and other ammunition, exploded about half past nineo'efock on Friday morning. ' Th explosion ignited all the materials in the room attached, killing or wounding all those in the immediate vicinity. The woundetl were burned with greater or tes severity. The piisaages were iusuntly filled With dense volumes, of smoke, introduced by a blast of great strength. . This prevented any prolonged or successful attempt to extinguish tha fire. A boat from the nvy, with a supply of water Imckets, was promptly sent to the as slstance of the garrison, and rendered all the aidin their power. Tlie behavior of th gar-rixn, under their trying circumstance, deserves thehight credit. .Mr. W. R. Cath-cart, telegrapbio onemtor, whose adjoining quarters were completely enveloped,- on attempting to make hia war out, was kiiocked dowu from suffocation, but managed afterward to return atnj secure bra instrumenU. How Ges. Corcoran vras KfHed. Tlie death of General Coecoa. writ a coneepondent, was caused in the following inanoert . On the. afternoon of tbe 22d Inst. General Msaoosa, who was paying a, visit to General GoacoEAH, waa to return to Washington, when General Coxcosak and some members of his staff conclude! to accompany him. After leaving General MxaGbcb at the station, it was suggested to General Coxcoxak to ride General MsaoBsa's horae which he did. When near the headquarters of General Coacoaax. those who accompanied him he'd iu their horses, while he rode on. lo a short time his friends came to a " small gully near the General's heatlquartere, 4nd found that the horse -bad fallen upoa bun and that he lay thers senseless. Tbey immeiiatelv conveyed him to hie headquarters, where he was bled by the doctors in atUndaneo. . He g tve a sigh on being bled, but never poke afWr the aocident occurred, , ; .-. .. . .. Cornwall, recently arrested for theft in iba" Treasury Pepartment. gives 'an ex- HI avowed reason for plunging into this tystcmstie jobbery was bis conviction that oihr Treasury clerks, in responsible and cow fidcniial .offices, were ,feathering tlieir nests br stealinr. and hi determination to have a band in. A salary of Only; eighteen hundred j dollars a year, sud a large .family with: the immense coat of living here. helped the fool to take this view of liia ofjStiiai rights, aud J personal Interests."' . 'L " ( ornwsu s siippoeiivon is very prooaoija correct one. LontriU Danotrj r 1 .: y . ipOaKwau, is behind the soeaea, and knows what is goin loot Never, pWbably, Ci ibh hhttorr of ths 'worhi; was tnre , jk ' Tnueo t and and peeolaUon: apon a;Governneni ro- f Jig a a i at present under this Administration. When; its account are settled up, nd the babtnos alruek. the 'a'modnt of tbe robberiea arm startle the natron', and they Wnr exrJfljri why tba, warrwa 'rrird-weo Icnj'f--C.t ray-. . ' ' v Oea. ZXeClslUa'a JUaoft. J pw, ICcCSellaa'a .Report , wm transmitted to the Home ao .Wednesday, 4 t owiauu t svn hundred and aixty-five fools xap pages, M difided jato. foor : ajrtw II oaodades as follows :l aball not, bojc ear I ever forget that wbsa J ; waa ordered to Ua. einaod , oi t troop for.tbdefeqce4 of Washington, the sol&era'wtti'whorn bad . shared so "tnVeh anxiety, and pain and suffering ioci lsnt to the war," had not lost their" cor.fadenee in me as hir eseimWtr; tbey sprang to my call with all their eiory. dieoipline and courage I led tbera into AfsjIand. fifteen day aftr tthey bal Mien baa . defeated, before Wahin vat.quahed the enemy on the rugged hsighu ofSontk Mountain; prosed him to tbs " bard fought fieJd ot AntieUia. aad drove him, broken and dispirited, across the Potomac, into Virginia. The, army hsd need of rest after the terrible experiences of bait lee and marches, with scarcely an interval of repose, which they had tone threagh from tbe time of lent log lie peninsula, tbs return to Washington. the defeat ta Virginia, th victory of South Moun-1 tain, aad agaia at Aotieiam. it' was not sur-prieing that tbey were ta a large degree deati-tuUof tbe aUelate neceesiiie to effective duty. Their shoe wer worn out, blanket lost, clothing in rags in short, the army waa unfit for active service, aud au interval of rest and equipment wa necessary. When ibealowly forwarded suppliesi ettnt to us. i led the army serosa the river, renovated, refreshed, and ia gooi order and ducip'ine, and followed the retreating armv to a position where I was confident of a decisive victory. When in the midst of this movement, and when my advanoe jguarde were actual I v iu contact with tbe enemy, I waa removed ; from command. I am devootedly grentful to Goo that my last campaign was crowned with victory, whioh saved the nation from the greatest peril it had ever undergone. I havs not accomplished my parpose, if by; thia report the Army of the Potomac is not placed hiah on the roll of the histories of the" armies of the world. Its deeds ednobie the nation to which it belongs. , Alauiyaready for battle, always firm, steadfast and trustful,-1 never called on it ta vain ; uor will the nation ever have cause to attribute its wanpi of sue- , cess under myself, or under other commanders, ' to any failure of patriotism or bravery ia that 1 noble body of American soMierr. j No man can justly ehargs upon any portion of that army, from the commanding general to the privste, any lack of devotion to the "er-viceot the United States Government, and to the cause of theConatitutioa andof the Union. They have proved their fealty in much sorrow, suffering and danger, and through, th verv shadow of death. Their corn radee. dea l win all the field where we have fought, have scarcely more claim to-the honor cf a nation's reverence. han the survivors to tbs justice of a nations gratitude. The report covers the period from the 26th of July, 1801, to th 7th of November, 1862. TSTJTZX TTCIX AJD DOLOLT CX- .. .PXUllaiEIJ. ;;r.;:.; v. ; Qea. ttfidsUmi'a Ana PbjalstrV A short time since, iu that" hot bed of Abo-litiouiam, tbe Maasaohusetta Xetgislature, tbe subjea of raising volunteers of the army being under consideration ta the Senate, Hon. Wm. 0. San, in the eounc of LI remarks oa tbs question, atid : By-aud bye. in the wisdom of the administration, it was seen fit to divide the Army ol Virginia into four parts an I then to remove Gen, McClellan. Now mark the result. At the close of a pleasant summer's aflernoan. wheu the Army of the i'otouioe was under the cotemand of Pope, you mirht have seen the President of the United Suites and Gen. Halleck riding down toGeii. McCiell.in's tent. anil asking hint if hs wonld agaia taks command of the army of Virginia. He said. aes, under certain conditions." The con-ditions were complied with, and, sir. when the news was promntgatetl in the camp that ha bad consented to take the command, tlie soldiers coining back "wan. worn aud weary.' begged and pleaded to he led back to meet the enemy. I give names when I quote con ven-aation. The President, in the presence of Hon J. II. W." Page, a few evenings after that, said : "The politicians tried to prevent my reappointing Gen. McClellan. But I knew that his preaenc was worth any ten Generals, if I could noinpress'tliein all'inlo one," A nd h wm. He re-organta?l hie forcce, and you will remember the battle of Antietam and "its results. : The politicians were still at work, and last autumn, a year ago,. after the administration had been defeated in all the principal loyal States, McClellan" wai removed. Perhaps the Democratic victories in Pennsylvania and .Sew York showed that it waa necessary to remove him. And I now say, in all sincerity, and I hope Senators will hearme without anv party feeling, that if the tele graph wires could to-day bring t information that Mr. Stanton : had resigned, and thuit Gen. Halleck had been removed, and that Gen. McClellan was appointed Com in ander-in Clrtef of the force raised and to be raised, the highways and by-ways - would "swarm with volunteers" going to flght the battles of their country. Senators know it to be true. " The Assasslaatioa of Comoafor. Ths aceouuts of this sa.1 event are quite contradictory, and it is uncertain whether tba French authorities had any hand in it. The official account states that Commandant Goe uui Araxxs. having learned of Coxoxrotr's approach, with an escor ol 150 horse, set out with hie ibrces to meet him, and bad a running fight for some distance. In returning lck to where the engagement began, -twenty dead bodies were pieked up, among which was that of Coaox roar, together with various doc-, omenta of interest. According to another ao coaat Cojsojrroar's body was taken up by the adherents of Jvaasse varry and earried to Saa iligual do AUende. where it was made tne suttees or a pom mortem examination, and afterward buried with th military hop or due to h'u rank. lis was found to Laws received a wound from a lanes in ' hesrt,-one or two, ball in -the right side of the: breast. and several sabre ruta about the bead. A Coaojrroar baa consideratde money -on his person, some have supposed robbery fo be the motive of the attack ; but ihe protiabilitv i thai he was, slain e ooe of the most waiaed adberents ofibeJ aaazz cause.: - If e waa born at Penida. in 1812 - After rising high iaiuU-itaxv honors baeotered the Mexican Congress a 1842. Ha sxted.a- promiaentparr uutbe exMbdonof Saitxa AxxAijmd became-Preai. Lieat ia lSJJ, bolding ; the -of5ce three years: when oe retired - from the revolution of the Ourib party. 2 ne'wentrto Trsnc. Lui're turned wbtatbf french invaded Mexico. nl oiTerrd b.in eervieo to Joaane was as pointed ebireomtoander, it!5eJ e'i kd tbs regards of Lis cue rules XIoW; OrBeatacla tiit jsxf tcI.t; be aracd. ia. J7aiiiajtoa iiaw tiiii; .y- law CirtTiJatlco. C t ITtm Uis AXbaay (S-Td Argnssa Atiaa Fraud is sometimes jjtj&. but aever Euiiubsd st Wasbingtoo. 1 1 has tima grows old from irapunftyvasd apbo all sides ws see peculation, aud soiueUovea. open r iheftLw Isrs is a case of stealing by the Lead of. a, barest ' uuder the very eyee of a Courreesiroal . Cora ' n ri. ' ri. - . . . - a. v wily cominsut NAica tLe Tr.. uiakes upon it, i one of admiration at if vlV geauity andarnrplicrty'- -'- ; "CW Cornwall, bead ejf Tt Bew. tioa Bureau, in the Treasury Lep ruweut, aX to day arrested' Tor einbetrling Uvveruuent funds. It baa been the custout "te havs rt deemed biUa ecemted in. him Cica, -ibeta-e length wiiv and each of the halve wrapped rp sejaratelv, labelled an i,aeut ttiit3erewt5cee to be recounted. ' If tLtrsu two xxjuuUug tallied with Mr. Comwaira rctaro. ths tnoaef wss burned. The burning was dene under tba supervision of a committee of three, of whioh Mr. Cornwsll was one. it now turns outthet during the burning Mt. C. had a bad habit of slippinga package of halve ioto his pockei noting the denomination, and whether u the upper oc loner half of the notes. Tkea be would Uikeauother package of opposite halves, but of ths same denomination. At the neat count he would extract the total amount of bis theft from whole bills of like denomination, sending the aUirscted halves to be counted a secdltd tims. A boy chanced oae tflfy to see him slip one of tbe package into his ocket, and immediately notified theTreae urer. At the next count the halves were tak au from the two offices and compared, when' those stolen, not being the: actual halves at ths saine bills, although of the saoe denomination, were easily-detected. The amount thus stolen can only be arrive.! stVy conietoo,ae millions of dollar were burned uuder th aa, pertntendcuce uf Mr. Corn wall sul th committee. The plan was very simple aud rngan ious, the only dejrterity reuireI beiuj to e& lect aud pocket the respective halve of .the-satu deuotaiuatioa without beiug, defected b the other member of ths commkie. This wa generally done while thev were ehectTng ths tatties ot uotee as they were thrown tm3 tbefurnsce." - Jt will be noted th.it In this eaea boy as eidently detects and exposes ths frand, JuS before the exposure a subscription was raiaea by the lady clerks-ia the bureau to tmrchase a magnificent dressing-gown, to be prtaent to tbe chief as a testimonial of tiinr estseia, for hi character ! The extorted testimonial would have been as acceptable evideuce ot hi character, ss are many ot the votes Jl Congress or of other public bo!ics wf ronfidennr ia -ot)' sr officials. These are cheats. The people have no confidence in the offl :ial at Wash ington, and no hops fa their improvement. They submit bat tbey look with eageroe foe the day when the whole peculating horde well be driven from ths j4eces they oiUageJ p4 lute. " . ". . . From the Hirtiibarg Patriot and Tialsa. . . Hitappearaaea of Youag Qbl. .1 . Advertisetueuts for youag girls Jast ia their. veweynw- neve imi jwiiiii ji mi j . ar quite common now. There was never before a tim in Rochester when the street walk- . er were so numerous a at present aud they are many of them of the younger class, little more than t hildren. The liberal expenditure of- boaoty money has something to do wftif. thin state ot things no doubt, here and else where. If the war continues much longeron people will be so thoroughly denauehed thai, there will be little worth saving is the uaXJa. JiocheiUr Un'wm, . " W e fear that many of these 'mining girls" have fund their way to this rity. and are aW uiore or leas interested ia the -liberal expenditure of bounty money.", which is conetsntly heing made bj solderrs camping here, or com-, ing from and going to their respective regii meets. Our streets jart now are thronged . with bra ten-faced nymphs du pave, who have-nearly eu acceding in elbowing all decent eat men from th public promenade. Anil aaiensj them may frequently be en roree toangiaca a face which has not yet lost all the native) sweetness of innocence an I childhood, bat which alas I is tco surely doomed to wear era long the revolting smirk and the disgusting effrontery which mark the features of the most bold-faced "houri of heJl." Missing girls Y. yes miednf forerer from the hallowed inifiueas cea of tbe home circle for whjb they were tne traded missing from the hearts that might have loved, and the arms that might havw-wrottffht for them mieufng from th roll of . ihe blessed snd beloved oft hat Lord and SevV iour. whom their lips hourlr revile end' blaa- dteme. Only the divine hand that lifted Mara If m .a . Aiagnaicn irom tne ueptne can raacn tbem ow. Inerea33 tie Pay cf tia tiler. Prirate Sol- The D iyton (Ohio) Empire, iu the cours of aa articl upon th war, saysl " - "If this war Is to be earned on. we er m favor of increasing th oaf of private soldier to from thirty to fifty dollar per month, and reducing tb pay of ot&cere one-half. The reduction in the pay of officers wojU mor ban pay the inrrcaae to the soldiers. There i- neither s;oe nor juAiTce'ia the disparity that now exists. - " . ,-. . 4 . . ' f " rhe lits of a priratssoldicr is aa" ta!aa3t to him. and as preetous to bis fkmlly. mm the of an officer. Why should not thia uirrreraat pttbl ia syni pa thy for .the" soldiers and t beij : faniiliu Uke this 'nWtantial shape fVij , maks lhera'depetient Upoa public and prtvsta-iharity, when a reasonable increase of. lble v nay would leave thetrfaTnlTies ooniparaHvc!-' eorafertable t " Wh ehonlA the OoVrai;na --pay tbe wMow ofa.deadsoldiar,ttb fetmlj of deetitnte ehiHren, a pitifol n8io'cf f-''-X sight dollars per Booth, and to theidow it a com missioned ofSeer. with" inSaeut; sJ cca neetions. from thirty id si brxadred V--' 'lf thUisarUVeraraa it lacUiaeL by Its felvooaten to behy -thl wKBitstaae and unreaonabUdimieaXiOTeiattoj-v who beigfjiabrtrdaa 4 hsatoftbf gocisT lhs3UTi3IT3 aaa'0rfc: Tbe Ns-York Erprttt make tk fellow Ins exitfctwn'tHji Tt My ' ?,.;.. : On of thwiCifl'cinnatf Sanitary 'CommU!t x vrrotto Mr-;VaUn45g!ua fJraeato jpi :' letter to be assist thegrsat Fair in Ca-zi- : ti; but, we are told; 1 r . , -, - ; 'AS soon n It be knjwo that alUrr-from Mr, ,V-wse to resold lor ho- trt;t..,' , the Comm Wior the chairman, of. tie r; ; ', le put Tiahed an Indignant letter, deoyin-thit the mem!r of ths CoronHttea w3 h a.i , t Mr. V.Tiad any aaihority tod ta 1 -aC auneinc thai the Uuef I re - ,.3 A ". Tt aatoeraDn d' V, : arts qB.-aed. and rees: e i . Quriso has alvwys 1?; v . '-.eiay of Cniwn arid H Co: I!t: .5 htm nlwaya a Ui.' ,ia .f ' d.-;3 twcel. So wars the worjd.