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DAILY SENTINEL, i:di i.i 4 v . ionx:n h The I nitn It nml be preserved Jlko Democratic Union Stato Ticket Clectin Tnc4f October II fOX (KCftXTAJlT Or TÄTE, JAMES S. ATI205, Of Marion Count;. rot acdito or itate, JOSEPH R13TINE. Of Fountain County. ro& Tiftiiiit or tat. MATTHEW L BKETT. Of Dirie County, rot auoiui GcxctL, CHCAR B HORD. 0! Decttur Coiiitj. roi BtroKTr.t or pvpremk cocet. MICHAEL C. KERR. Of Floyd Count, rot crtBiyTCfDErr or rnuc ijhtecctio, SAMUEL L. RCGO, Ol Allen County. coGitF.moAi, lonnATioii. lt District JOHN LAW. 21 JAMES A CRAVENS. 31 ' HEXRV W. HARRINGTON'. 4th WILLIAM S HOLM AN. Stli " EDMU 1) JOHNSON. 6th ALEXANDER B CONDUITT. 7th DANIEL W VOORHEES. bth " JOHN I'ETTIT. Jth DAVID TÜRPIE. 10th JOSEPH K EDOERTON. nth james f. Mcdowell. Aupreme Court lleporier. W rotice that eer.il Democratic p-ipers in the State he not the ntme of the Democratic c-tnlMte for Reporter of the Decision of the Supreme Court, in their !it of candidate for Sute officer. Michael C. Kiri of Floyd countr, is the Democratic canil'wl.ite for Reporter. The omission tj p!.ce hU name on the ticket in everal couiitie might defeit hU election and we therefore again direct attention to the matter. The Cincinnati Commercial an Origi nal Serettien tvocat. The Cincinnati Commercial daily misrepresent the position of the Democratic xirtj in reference to the rebellion. Since the fall of Sumter every Democratic convention which hn beeu held iu the Northern State has taken ground in lavor of mintainin the Union invioUte. The Demo cratic party In always leen an Uniou party, nnd for years they were derided by their political op ponent ai tlie "Union-savers." Aad the De mocracy have not only been in fivor of preset v hi the Union, but they ejutlly deirel to main tain the Constitution in letter and spirit in the hnmeof Dimiel Webster, as "x bond, the only bond of the Union of lliee Sute; as all that give us National character." The Comrnteial, in March, lebi . j.preod :telf in mo-t decided term1 gaint a vr for the sutijuation of the seeedera and in favor of the acknowledgment of the Southern ConfeJeracy. Read what it then said upon the subject after $eren States had receded: ASOTHER KirL'BLlCAX ORG AM IX FAVOR Or BECOO SIZING THE SOUTHEKN CONFEDERACY. Frotn the Cincinnati Commercial, March, 161. War fur the subjugation of the Seceder would be unwise and deplorable. If there are two nations here who have been living in an unnatural Union, they should, for the benrut of one or lmth.be -eparated. The uu will shine 4s brightly anil the riven run as cleir the cotton held will be as white and tha wlieet fields as co.den when we ac knowledge the Southern Confederacy. We are not in favor of block idin of the South ern coast. We are not iu favor of retaking by furce the property of .he United States now in the poeion of the Seveders. We would recognize the existence of a Government formed of all the seveditM; State.", and attempt to cultivate amica ble relations with it. In its Uue of yterday. the 7th irst., carry ing out the idea it expressed in March, lSGl.it ay the follow ins; is the programme of thoe whoe sentiments it represents: They t ike the positions: lt. That the rebellious States can not be con quered 2 1. That the Yankee are responsible for the war. 3d. That the Un'ty of the Mississippi Valley U essential to the weltare of all the people living in it. From these points they distinctly draw the inference that the people of the Northwest h Jul 1 cut loo.-e from the E i?terti Sat e, top the wir. and cast their lots wiih the Mississippi atave Stucv TLoe who vote, therefore, with the party and for the candidate it nominates, to use the lan gtue of the Commtreial, with it and them, would recognize the existence of a Government farmed of all the secedini; State, and attempt to cultivate amicable relations with it." As further evidence th it it f tvors such a poli cy, it indorr uiot cordially the nomin ition of one Lima Tremuse as a candidate for Lieu tenant Governor in the Slate of New York, w ho, in February, l?6I, after six States had already seceded, and the American Union was "loitering frtn its foundation to its eummit," said, in a public spech, which was reported at the time, as follows: 1 wish to ay that, traitorous though it maybe, I ftand here to oppoe the policy of war witl the South, now. hereafter and forever. I think I am speakinp for the unterri6ed, brave, cvn-ervative citizens of this State, when I say we have not only no responsibility in this war, bul we give notice now that that war will be waeil in spite of our opposition and aaint our endeavor. It is eiuugh that now I am prepared to take the lesponsibiliiy of saying I am resolved to le sist it here and to reit it evetywhere. "And if that be treason, make the most of it." Who can doubt, after such indubitable evi dence, aain using it own language, but that the Commercial is "now engaged'' in furthering the views entertained by the cotton aristocracy when they commenced the work of revolution? Tlie Command of ourTroopt. An iraportiLt correspondence has been pub !ihed between General iiAlLtcK and Governor Gamsic on a question raised by the I itter ii ref erence to the power of the General Government to appoint officer to the command of State ;rm.p. Governor Gamble feems to regard the Dulitia exclusively as Sute troops, and therefore c'aims the power of appointment. Geu. Halleck, in a reply that is distinguished for its true ioic and clearcess of statement, shows that after the Sute troops have teei mustered int the ü. S. service, the power of appo nxnent or of command rest with officers appo nted by the President. He fortifies his opinion by citation from the Consti tution and law of Congress and shows the prac tical diSkuUie that would arie m cae a cvLtra ry course was adopted. He says: Supjpe there are ten recmeuts from different btate tn the satae corps, there must le ten di tinct and indetndent comm. tinier to that corp. for the atpoii.tmeut must be made by the States respectively, and an cfUcer appointelby one State can not command the militia of another State wbde in the ervice of the United Slates, llcan hnrdly be supposed that the framer of the Con stitution intended to authorize the use of the State militia in the service of tht United Sute?, ai d at the ame time to fait such restrictions upon that ue t render it impossible. Gen Uailiik's conclusion, that any militia reticent muttered into the rrtice of the United Suit tan be cotomuitied by ativ ofTwer of pro per rank in the service of the Coited State. la in acct-r lance bith wi;h Uw and i ece-ity. A con tr try r-itiut wuuld in!o c cou fusion and disas ter, and this diCiulty, whkb has provel a senou One in ail fetieratiorjs, has ben wisely overcome iooars. In anciet.t Greece this question was a fruitful suljectol disctrd, and was probably the chief cause of its downfall. On one occasion of b combined expedition, the Generals of the re spective Slates asaumed the chief command in turns, for a' period of only one day, when he re linquished it to the next in order. Bot this sys tem was productive of so many disasters that the Generals were obliged to rescind it by foregoing their daily right of command in favor of one, and victory was the re?ult. About a teir 50 Governor Biowj, of Geor- cu, riiic b point ihit the authority of the Su'r was supreme in the rebel Confederacy, but Jtrr Datjs quickly reduced him to reason. lie had sufficier.t discernment to see the fillacy of Uaows's po-ition, and snuffed himout remore lesfly. The comiugling of the volunteer and regular officers, by appointing regular officers to volunteer troops aid volunteer officers to regular troops, to lately introduced by General Halleck, is working good iu breaking down the distinctions bet ween the two branches of service, and infusing an ambition among the men for promotion, which is not held at such great dis tance from them as heretofore. Ilovr It w Done. The people ba-e Dot only beeu a good deal amazed at the proclamation itself but for several days deliberating upon the PiesiJent's motive for its sudden appearance after his assurance, as late as Friday, the 19th, that 1.0 such purpose was then contemplated by him. One writer (Rep.) has said that it was to anticipate Jlee. Davis in bis contemplated emancipation proclamation, and another, that it was to avoid the recognition of Southern independence by European nations. The Washington correspondent of the New Yoik Commercial solves the great mvsterr bv telling us that the act itself was an inspiration! We quote: Between the 11th and 22d of the pre-ent month he tews ttidevtly intpirtd to issue the long talked of document, surprising many wh- bail waited lor it until they had alum-t ceased to hope. And it is believed here tii.it the tit .-t intimation that at least a majority of the Cabinet had of this im po. tant measure was at its piesentation to them on the afternoon of the 2d inst , as a State paper to be issued that day. The propriety of issuing such a document was not made 11 subject of dis cussion, nor were the opinions of those present on the policy of .uch a step asked. A lew points were talked over, on argument in favor of the document was read, un Jait accompli. At any rate buch is the version iu circulation hete and generally credited. .Irclibiahop Hughe and the Procla mation Archbishop Hi chls takes prompt ground against the proclamation. So do all the news 0iper organs of his church. The Metropolitan Record speaks for the Archbishop in a long arti cle, saying among other things: In another part of this week's Record will be fount! what we think our reader will regard as a Martling and extraordinary pronunciam'nto from the President of the United States. We say that it is both startling id extraordinary, an! a peru sal of the document itself w ill afford sufficient proof of the correctness of our opinion in regard to it. character. Do we understand whit a rervile war means? Can we picture to ourselves, without Juddering ut the uread spectacle, the scenes of savage riot and debauchery, of carnage and rapine scenes of which the horrors of the battlefield can furnish no adequate conception. The conflict of man with man is astruirule between equals, but a war in which women and children and old age become the victims, is savage and barbarous to the last last degree. Surely the President of the United States doe not desire tu precipitate such a lear lul calamity upon the country; surely he does not mean to revive within the limits of the United Sute all the horrors of a negro insurrection. If this last diie extremity should happen, then we may never more expect to seethe Union as it has been; then more than one third of the land will be coli verted into a de.-ert und the world will stand ag'jast At the crimes and outrages com mitted in the name of l bertv. From the National Intelligencer. Preliminary Teils of the ".ew Fol- ley.' "We have already sufficiently indicated our op'nion of tlie "new policy" which President Lincoln threatens to enforce w ith the army and navy of the United States after the first ol Jan u try next, in ose, at that date, any States or parts of Slates hall fail to be lepie-ented in Congress. At the same time we have placed on record our augury of the consequences likely to tl w from this proosed attempt to make emanci pation part and parcel of our plan of military op erations for the restoration of the Union. As the policy w hich the le-ideut proposes to enforce iu this matter is appointed to take effect onlv alter the first of Janu.trv next, we are not vet called to consider it in anv other than its the oretic al aspects, or i: contingent results, so far as these are already described by different classes of observers. To these we miv hive occasion to reler at some length on a futine day. At present we Oesire to remind tlie friend and t patrons of this "new policy" that the President j in y ieldiug to a "pressure" from w hich he long I sou-ht to "relieve the countrv," has now n riht 1 to look to them for a rontiimatiuti of all the '. promises that have been made and all predictions tli.it have been uttered in the hope ol extorting fiom him tins reluctant prod tin ition. The Pres ident says, (as well he ni.ij m,) in xme rem rks which will be found in another column, as ad dressed to assemblage of the people of this city, that he has issued this proclamation "under a very heavy and solemn teiise of his responsibili ty." He says he is t-till, iu his position, "envi roned with difficulties," and therefore he h is a right to claim that the confidence he has placed iu the advisers w!u have so vehemently urged this step shall not be show n to have been mis placed. We will at prwent designate only two things which he must expect to see speedily realized, as the condition of putting any trust in the policy which, alter long "deliberation" he has bn.tlly j adopted. j Iu the first place, the President, by introducing in his proclamation the promise of freedom to all ! slaves ec p'ng into our army lines, has ev idently detei mined to test at once the sagacity of the men who have couädenlly predicted that this simple declaiatioT) would put .11. end to the tebeliiou. ! He theietote m Les this part of his edict iinme i diute in its application, and so that during the ' next three month he will luve a good oppttu- 11 t v of pmv ing the value of proclamations and tHtiii the wisdom of his accepted counsellors. What he hs a right to expect may be re id in the following prediction of the Chicago Tribune, made a te etks ago, when it was cl iruuring ' tor just such a paper a it has i;ow: "but hatk! Msn Lincoln, the great supreme J lawyer iu the Union, proclaims them free men ' and wniuen The law which has bound the chain on the'r limbs is it-ell broken, swept away or submerged by the bisher or more authoratatit c edict of tue Pi evident nl the whole Union, who . pronoun es them emancipated bv virtue of an set of the Nation's Legislature. The voice of the i President would sound throuht Seceia louder ; that the seven thunders. In the drs and hearts of fjur million of slvves it would carrv with it the e;ght at d authority of the voice of Jehovah s ekng from the Mount to the children of Israel in the wilderness. In the mind ot the nejiro, ail Stite laws, local custom and in i?tei s order w ould be null an J void. and not bin ling upon h s conscience or conduct. To hold him longer in , slavery could only te done by i.rute force, which i would speedily prove to be impracticable." I If there be any wisdom, therefore, iu the anti shiv erv astrologer, and if there be any virtue in proclamations, ilr. Litico!n expect in a few weeks to see such a stara'ede of "loyal bltcks" deerlng their rebei masters a has not occurred for centur.es in the history of popular migrations. 1 We have reason to know that his on faith is wek on this point, and therefore he wall the 1 more hoje to find the julgrueutof his advisers j aprrov ed by the event. What his own opinion in the mitter is was csn- didlv nated to a committee who a few divs ago j waited upon him from Chicago soliciting a prvc- Umatioo, and to whoae report we invite the par ticular attention of our readers, aa In tht report they will fin-la. summary of the pithy and forcible atjiumtnts wjih which Mr. .Uncoli: h is exphxled the wbole theory of piper proclamations as a means of wnrT of emancipation. It remains to Le seen whether the President or or h:s advisers have been the more sagacious in the:r anticipations under this he id. He has left the latter without excu-e or occasion for fault finding, if the "loyal blacks" do not now fly to our standards "like doves to the wiudows." The second thing which the President has a right not only to expect, but to demand, at the hands of his rejoicing and delighted friends, is that the ranks of the army shall be instantly filled to overflowing with eager and valiant re cruits, asking to be led against the enemy and to tre at his magazine." On this point the Presi dent baa not been left to trust to haphazard promise. In an official letter, addressed to the Secretary of War under date of last May 19th. the G'jvernjr of Massachusetts cxptc-sed a doubt whether on b sudden call he could succeed in ri-ing three regiment toßht forthe Union and the Constitution under the war policy that then prtvaücd. liut he said that if the Piesident would let "tlie Mas-acliusett bot" '-fire at the enemy's magazine," and if the President would recognije "black men as legally capable of loy alij;" why, then, "the roads would swarm, if need be, with multitudes whom New England would t-our out to obey Iiis call" to tight, "with God and hum m nature on their side." The Gor ernor wrote as follows: Boston, May 1'J, 16G2. To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Siu: I hive this moment received a telegram iu these woids, viz: "The Secietary of War desires to know how soon you cn rai-e and organize three or lour in fantry regiments, and have them ready to be for warded heie to be armed and equipped. Piease answer immediately, and fctate the number vou can raise. L. 1 homas. Adjutant General." A call so sudden and unexpected finds me without materials lor an intelligent reply. Our voung men are all pre occupied with other views. Siill, if a red call fr three regiments i made, I believe we can rai-e them in forty da)s. The arms and equipments would need to be furnished heie. Our people have never marched without them. They 5:0 into camp while forming into regiments, and are drilled unci practiced with arms and muskets as soluiers. To attempt the other course would dampen enthusiasm, and make the men feel that they were not soldier but a ni'b. Again, it 01. r peopie feel that they are going into the South to help light rebels who wiil kill and destroy them by all means known to savage as well as civil zed men; will deceive them by fraudulent Üa:. of truce and lyini' pretenses as they did the Vlassachusettsboysat Williauisburg; will use their nero slaves against them, both as la bot eis and as lighting men, while they them selves must never tire at the enemv 's magazine, 1 think they will feel the draft he ivy on their pa triotism, liut if the Piesident will sustain Gen. Hunter, and recognize all men, even bl ick meti, as legally capable of that loyally the blhcks are waiting to mauilest, and let them fiht with God and human nature on their side, the road will swarm, if need be, with multitudes whom New England would pour out to obey jour call. Always ready to do my utmost, 1 tetuain, most faitlilullv, vour obedient servant, Jon.v A. Andbev. As under the original war policy Missachu setts has not vet tided her quota of the drafted militia nHii.i'tid as theie h as been some lesistance to the draft in Connecticut, (where, as in Massa chusetts, it has seemed a "heavy draft on their patriotism," it is to be understood that the effect of the President's proclamation in those quarter will be magical. "The roads will swaim" with volunteers. No draft will now be necessary in all New England. To doubt it would be to ques tion the sagacity of Gov. Andiew ami to do dis ciedit to the willingness of New England's sons to fight "with God and human nature on tneir side." For ourselves we shall watch the result with much interest, because on the success cd' the pie liminary experiment which the President is try ing with proclamations will obviously depend the degree of his confidence in the advantages of the "new policy" he has concluded to adopt. The Com ins: State niecllonn The I ue in .eiv York. The coming State elections, and particularly the election in the State of New York, ate preg nant with such tremendous consequences that if the people could only understand them in all their length and bieadlh. there would be such a revo luvion ut the jkIIs as would go far to arrest the rapid progress of the republic to dissolution and anarchy. Upon the Stale of New York, more than upon any other in the Federal Union, de pends the fate of the country for weal or for woe. Yet we fear that, owing to the amount of money that will be brought to bear, the operations of the ai my contractors and other corrupt inliu ences, together with the fact that the eoj.le are not vet fully alive to the nature of the crisis through which they are passing, the candidate of the destructives will be elected, and the conser vatives will awaken too late to a sense of the real condition of the country. The success of General Wadsworth in this State would le the success of the Puritan Kouiidheuls, who pre sume to dictate morality, religion and legislation to the whole continent, and it would be the pro longation of the war till the army and navy con tractors bled the North to death and destroyed the South by the same process. If Wads worth succeeds let us expert a reign of terror. uch as he iniugurated at Washington, when he arrested even the officers of justice, in violation of the Constitution and the 1 iws of the land, to the disturbance of the white population and the confusion of the poor negroes, who could not understand what was meant for them by the Military Governor of the District of Columbia. If Wad-worth succeeds eery man who differs' with him in politic will be a 1 rested, and a de pot is in w ill te established in this State such as has not existed iu modern times in any nation nietending to free institutions. The truth is that Wadsworth is an aristocrat ol the first water, and c laims his position not from any merit of his own, lnt fiom the wealth of Id's ancestor, de ried from the oppression of hum in being tar superior to negroes. It Wadworth is elected let the people ot this State look out for a tvranny such as has not been experience I in any other country in modern times. If. unfortunately, he should be chosen Governor of this StUe. he would h ive all his political opponents arre-ted and consigned to dungeon?, and their property se:zcd and conti-cated under the act of C iure-s. The issue made by hi organ i tint every rn in who votes against his election i a traitor, and consequently is liable to he stripped of nil the worldly good that he posseses, together with his libeity", if not hi life. If, therefore, the cmdidate f the revolution ary radical shouhl be succe-fal, we are approach ing a r eiiod like that of the Roman proscriptions iu which Marin and Syll.t, Cae-ir and Pompey, in turn o. traci-ed the wh()!e people and confisca ted the:r property. The sncce of the radicals is therefore the min of the country. It isbloodshed and civil war without end. On the other hand, the success of the conserva. tives in this State would shorten the war, by re storing the Union through the operation of the Mauna Charta of American liberty the Consti tution of the UVued State the only si ield in this hour of the n ition's peril against the doub'e danger of anarchy and despotism. The Presi dent desires to save the country by clinging to the Constitution as the anchor of hope during the next thiee months, after which the revolutionists ex;ect a saturr. ilia of blood and crime which will make our posterity blush till the last syllable of recorded time. It is the part 0: conservative to strengthen his resolution to stand bj him to the last, and to rescue h m from the hinds of the radicals in his Cabinet, and the hands of the ba-e wretches outside, who, in this hour of the nation's we ikness, re hovering over the spoils and plunder like greedy buzzirds and vultures, utterly regardless of the tite of the Republic, which so recently was "the envy of surrounding nations md the admira'ion of the world." .Yftr York Herald. The (iubernatorial Convention al Al loonunndlti liffccis. Nothing ha occurred ince the beginning of tie win 11 frr.a .v. --ur 1 . h j of Stte sees- on as the meeting id" Northern) Governors, without any warrant of nuiontl t j State lws. and without cau-e founded in anv-, thing use exigent puouc necessity. 1 ne ugv (riiur could aid the Government by an unhesita ting compuauce w-.ili moitary requirements, .1 ; extended ut the beginning of the rebellion; but j now they talk ot "sutuiilling to las which tu ij j have been or may be duly enacted, and to the; lawful orders ot ihe 1 resident. In accord mce with this St ate vie, they are now holding troop back under sundr) pretences as to their di-po-al und contrvd wheu pis-o over to the Jener. Government, but really fur tht purpose of pro lougir.g ti e war until alter the 1st of January. s at to nure the liberation by proclamation of all ! th slaves. ' GerenlJohn Cochnre staff. vts the Trenne ; corre-ponderx e hence, tht if the Northern Gov- j err.nr will ttuA 0:1 troop to in(ue new lhod ' into the worn regiments of the Penin-uU. Gen. j McCldlan coultl sweep on to I.i-hmond in six i weeks. Now, if Iiichmoud is taken before Jan- J ury. a w inter c.impiign can be carried on in the i South, w hich can not be if the war is confined to j tht border until January, and operations in the j South during the winter will be left to gunboats i and insurgent Blares, as recommended by the ; Tribune. I The result of the scheme of the Government j and the Abolitionist will be to prolong the war j year cr two more than it need be, at an expense t to the people of at least another thousand million 1 of dollar. There is no likelihood that the Pres- : ident will take the responsibility of authorizing the raising of one hundred thousand volunteer in the North more than the laws call for, in order I that the Governors may have a standing army at j their control, whose pup:rt at home, and not at t the theiter of war, will add a hundred millions ! of dollars to tLe public r xenses. Hut it seems these Governors ate anticipating authority by the President, and are keeping hick great numbers of volunteers in camp at home when they are needed here. So hereafter there is to be a stand ing army at the North, to be supported by the people, who in turn rihaps are to In controlled by bayonets. If the volunteers will carry out the desires of the-e Governors, who, among other things, may dictate a suspension of elec tions, or perchance act upon Old Tha 1. Stevens's idea, of treating elections as if the never had taken place. A". . Herald. The Arrest of Cot. Cyrus L. Dunham of Indiana, ut .ilunfordrllle, Ky The following are extracts from the official re port of the siege: Between five and six o'clock a flig of truce from the enemy was seen approaching. I sent Col. Wilder to receive it. It covered u note from Gen. ßiagg, commanding the enemy's lorce. as serting thai we were surrounded by an overwhel ming lorce. all hope of reinforcements cut off, and demanding a surrender to nave the loss of hum in life w hic h must result fron carrying the woiksby htorrn. I 'promptly and peremptorily declined, but when Co!. Wilder returned, after the delivery of my reply, and imoi med tue that fo far as he had been ab!e to observe, the force against us was truly overwhelming, and especial ly in artil'ery, and being only a t-enior officer of tqu drank wiih several others in the works, name of whom had had greater experiei.. I, at hi suggestion, deemed it my duty to call a council of w ar of these officers. I desired lo to gain time in hot of relief fron rhis place or from Bowling Green. 1 theiefoie sent a note to Gtn. Bragg, asking a further suspension of hostilities to giv e me time for such con-ult ition. lie con sented to such suspension lid i; o'clock P. M. This was a point gtined, as by that time it would be loo hite for further attack, except by assault, wluch I felt nb'e to repel. By thi time I had got telegraphic communica tion with Louisvi le, and immed.ately telegraphed Gen. Gilbert in substance that we had held the enemy, said to be Bragg's and Polk's whole ar my, at bay all day; that evidently iiesh column? were being m .veil agiinst us, and whether we should be able to continue to hold our position withcut assistance remained to be seen; th 1 we should do the be-t we could. I received an answer ordering n.e to turn the cornm md oer to Col. Wilder.. I replied that, under the circum stances, I regarded the order as unjust, but should obey it. In the meantime thecouncil had been convened, consisting of Cols. Owen, Wilder, King, Erne. son and Murray, dpt. Conkle and myself. The unanimous conclusion was that if they had the force ciaimed, viz: over 25,01)0 men, and sixty pieces ot arrillery, besides cavalry, it would be a use'e-s sacrifice of human lile to resist, arid especially as by their artillery they could in epite of u occupy the bights north of the river, which completely covered our works. But it was also unanimously re-olved that we should be jermitled by some competent officer or offi cers to h ive actual observation of their strength, or tint we should demonstrate it by actual trial ot arms. At the conclusion of the council I formally re-! linquished the command to Col. Wilder, who has reported the further proceeding. 1 at once telegraphed Gen. Gilbert in substance that I bad so relinquished the oininin l, and that I should take my musket and go into the tienches; that as a senior, under the circum stances, I would not as an officer fight under junior. I w immediately ordered by him to report to Col. Wilder under anest. which I did. It is but just that I should add that I d d not object to serving under Col. Wilder. Between him and mv.-elf had exisred, and vet exists the most friend ly relations. We had in all things agreed, and no praise from me would add to his reputation as an officer. The proper authorities must judge from subsequent event!" whether my telegram to Gen. Gilbert wns such evidence of weakness as justified my removal from command, or whether it was simply evidence that 1 saw our peril and was not afraid to look it in the face Tothat authority I hall also appeal for the justness of my arrest. Of the coolness and determined bravery of the men I can not speak too highly. 0;' officers, vhen all did their du v well, especial praise seems almost out of place; yet some of course had better opportunities thoiiolbers to dis play tact, coolue-s and cotirige. Important from ticneral Lce' Ami)'. Tlie following is from the Richmond Dispatch ol October 1st: Our last advices from our army in Northern Virginia, and the reported movements of the en emy under McClellaii are of an itn;Kirtant th ir ni ter, and such as to creite the Leliel that a ;re at battle is impending, if it ha not already oc curred. All report concur in the statement that the en'mv, in he ivy force, havecr$.-ed the Potomac at H irpei's Kerry and Shephetdstown, and that our own force-, under Gen. Lee, have t.tken up a etion position, in which to await the appro ich of the enemy. The enemy are represented to he approaching ly the tttrnpike road leid rig from Harper' Ferry to SmithSeld, in Jefferson county, and troni Siiepherdstow 11 ly way of tlie Smith held and hepherdstown turnpike. Both or tlie-e are tine roads, and leading through the heut of Jeilerson eounry. From Shephenitov n to Jsuiith field the disuiae twelve miles, and from Har per's Ferry to the same point i.s about hftecu miles. Another account represent? tint in nddition to the forces of the enemy approaching trorn liar jfr's Ferry and Shepherdstow n, a heavy column crossed at Willi a 111 port, und weie advancing by w iy of Martinsburg. This town is twelve miles from Willi iuinoit, and about the same disunce Irom Hunker IUI, a village noted in that section for its extensive tl .ur mills. Bunker Hill is ten miles north of Winchester, and five mile- we-tof Smlthtield The. country tetweeti Bunker 11 ill and Sinithfield is broken and hilly, and lor sev eral mi.es the main road runs through heavy pine and oak forest. Nearly, tnidvviv between llie-e two points the road cro s Opiuori creek, a streim which, in high stipes of water, is scarcely tordable. Bunker LI 1 11 is on Mill 0 eck, about two rude? from its junction with theOpequon. There is alo a conntry road tunning Irom Lee: own (between Shepherdstown and Smith held) to Bunker Hid, which crosses the Otej'ion about three m. !e below the latter point. Thi road intersect the turnpike from M irtniaburg tu Winchester, about a mile north of Bunker Hill. It is tnoie than probable that the column of the enemy d vancing from Shepherd stown will t ike th:s route. Banker Hill, or Mill creek. a it ap pears upon the map, is the same point wheie fe:i. Johiiston effered battle to the enemy, under P it tetm, in June, 1S61, our force remaiti'iig in line of battle nearly an entire da), extecting the advance o! the enemy from M irtin.-bur. After our army ret red, Patterson occupied the position ' tr everal d av, passing his time away until the army of the Valley hd lormed a junction witli Beiuregard -M M inion, and particip itei in the light 011 the 21 -t of July. Proposed ?iev l'ovtal Currency Parties ia Xe ngltnl propo a new f trie of po-t1 currency. It is to iucloe the Tot Ö.Sce, or it.il currency, t.imp iu a circle of white j metal, covered by a piece of miki, nuking a cir . cul.ir met.iüc c.ie, ithtlie tstnp protected frnm ' the we.ir and teir of u-e. It has been approved ' by all who hive eeo it. It is stated that, at the ' present rate of issue of the po-ul cunency.it; will take eight yeirs to briiij out the filly mil- i lions authorized bv Congress. The inventors of t'lii new tir of cuneticy propose to g.et uo the umps thenielves at their on cost to be allow el to i-sue thi tne'allic currency. They think ' tint bv employing the button m nufCorie- f New Kngland they can erj neirly mpnly the, lernend at f uch an advance as will te.-At:.s!ctory 1 to the bsr.kers and the public. The style exhib ited to tl.-e Serret irr f the Tre iurv to d iv hare i attracted much attention. Tl.ey re practical and unique, and avoid all the ili.licuUie hitherto ur?cd against that sort of currency. The advan tages of its use vatly out eigh all the disadvan tages that can le i;rj:ed. Although tlie recon struction or transferring of the plvte may be re cessarv to some extent, vet bv this course there may be an infinite giving in space and parer. al lowing great numbers of the stamps to be thus printed, thereby increasing the amounts required lor circulation. Special IVotice. 70 ADVERTISERS. A'ladreriitement taken for a icfitd time, and orird out bfor tK tJrpiratian of tht time epectfrt, wiJ I charjed t regular ra(n$ forthe tme vp tn timith'S irt ordered nut. RACES. EXCHANGE PAUK. TU EHE WILL be a rca-'ch rac con e ff over the Exchange Track on Thar-day. Octcrfr 9, bte!i Tippo Sib. the Pittsburgh Pactr, and Uhio B:!lj, a Trotter of Cticro two mile bet. anil rf pat for twohurird and fifty dollar a kl. John Clrk name Day Gliding, T5ppo S b. ratlfulligin " OLiuRllj. TLr w ill also a running rac f.r a pur of f 200 tw miles and repeat free to all tore. n.e hr already entered for this race are: Mr. Harper's Bay Mare llemonia of Kentucky, and E. Eagle' Pay Mare Kns of Kentucky. The mares entered for tLe runninc race are just fri.m Chicago, where ihcy htve been winning every pure that w oITered, and fat time and a god mce may be expected in both instances. c:S-d ft COFFEE. 144 RÜBIA MILLS 144 144 GREENE STREET, NEW YOKK CITY. GOVERXJIEXT COFFEE. Put up iu lin fil Pound papem, 4$ in a box, and in bulk. Our prices range from 8 to 30 cents. We put up the f'j!l"W,i.g kind: jav.i, .tiAi:.ir.iiio. si r. itm, itio and M PCHItllt ItlfTliC. We brlieve our CvfTee to be Letter than any ground CofTVe now in uf. -Ml orJ-rs Allures to us rr t. our Azent', JIsr. Plack k YorNc., Is3 Chamberi strei t, corner Wa);ir.pton !tr-ef, New Y rk Ci'y, an 4 Mesr. P01.t-.tkD 4 lvui, lKU A 151 outh WatirMrcct, Chicago, Illinois, will r ceive prompt attention. ocu?-.13,n TAISF.lt A: Pb.tCE. AUCTION. LADIES' AUCTION AT LOTHP.OP Wl; i;iirs VVC I ION ANI COMMISSION H 0 U S K, NO 17 N'onh Penniylvatii i tr-t, three dt.or. sotirh of the t'ofK'tll' e, in New & lalbo't's lihck, commencing on Tt)ur-d iy, October 9th, precisely at two o'clock. Come one, ciiie all. Ladie. this is our f. r-t opening f ale in Indianapolis, atvl w wi.-L r be maJe acquainted wi'h your r-niibn.? face, and particularly your quaiiers and we assure you that we represent all pm.d- n& they are in nil of our A uc tion iil.s if damaged the Ka.t jou will be apprised of the acte by the Auctioneer. J. P. LolliUOP. fciy For lit of articles see i-ma!l bills. Come one, corue all N. B. Any good left with Lo'hrop A Wright on com mission will be promptly sold, with quick returns, ac companied with ihe iiet ca.-h. All cut door sale 1 solicited and satisfaction given, by Lothrop A Wright, or no pay. Giveu a call. J. P. LOlHkoP, Auctioneer. AIo to be shown, tb new and elegnnt Florence four stick Sewing Machiue, by V. H. SH.VI:P. octS-d2t SEALED PROPOSALS. QUAIiTKPMASTFK'S DFPAKTM KNT, U S. A.J lud anapolis, Ind., Oct über 7, lGl. SEALED P!:0! OS LS WILL I5K HIX'EtVf Ü AT THIS office until Monday, ihe 13th of October, G2, at ten o'clock, A. M., for 3.000 cords of good nierchatraide wood, to le d livt-red at Camp Morton, near Indianapolin, t the rate of not less than thirty cords per day. Payment m ide on compb torn coiitrnct Anv other itiformaiioii given on application to the un-dersigm-d. JaMKS A F.KIN, octs-dtd A. Q. M. U. Ö. A. HATS, CAPS AND FURS. 3XTew Hat Store!! ISAAC DAVIS, DEALF.lt IN HATS, CAPS AND LADIES' FURS, .o. 1.' Pennsylvania M., BET. ODD FELLOWS' HALL AND THE POST OITICE, rriA.VArous, ixiiana, IS NOW OPFXIXO AX FXTIRF. XFW STOCK OF Hats and Caps, embracing every variety of stvlt and quality, and being the largest and be-t aor'niei.t ever brought to this city. TUe public are rsj-c fully invited 10 call arid examine niy goi!-. ISAAC 1'AVIS, 'o. 15 rennsvlvania utrcet. IIknsm Oreo. " octf dlw Silk Hats rAM IlWiyr, MAMTACTrnFD KXrr.F55I.T FOR my trn l, a lar- and splsii;i-l I t of MIU Hat wbi.-h, for tiauty and tinili, elegance of rtyle and ijua! ttv of miteri !. can not be escallei. Thev are d-ci:edly the.V- I'Iuh I'Ura of Hats. ISAAC DVI, oci6-dlw Xo. 15 Pennsylvania street. Children's Hats. 1 rilHK ATTFXTIOX OF PAI.F.XTS IS DF5IRKD TO my lar-c tuck of riiildrcii" Huts, Cap and Tur- bans 1 Lave comHhiiig to nleas n-rvUMe. ISAAC UAVIS, f-ctS-dlw Xo. 15 Pei.nj lvan;a strett. GROCERIES. 18. V II., ."No. 27 UrstU'avhinlonKi,, AVK RKCKIVKD THKIK FALL AND WIXTF.R ujjli ol Kurmly 1 rocerie-, hicb tliey otlr f tb? irade at the lowet cah price. Particular attention 1- invite ! to our large Mock f Sugars, Tea. Cotree, j5a:pr-cured Kims, Uned Feef, Mackert-1. Flur. Corn Meal, buckwheat. Baltimore Oytters Ac, and f-uifs and vezetabl ut se -on,a!l orwh:ch ia o3Vr ered at the cheapest raie for u'nu 1 r titles. ej.t2:-d3m liO.iMHUfc A 11UXTER. DRY COODS. CO t m w w Hi (Si W Er 3 's TT 0 1 e I - rj a!P ATEHTS M Eh at V5 BOOTS AND SHOES. At No. 33 Wut Washington irt. A LARGF. sT0CK OF HUME-M l)V. WüHK rOR r ale chap, one dtxr eat cf the Polmer llous M-p3t-d1y A. LtNTZ. j MUSIC. "V'EW MC IC BJ1K "TLe MUerCWd," a coxnpan- U n to "Tue lloaie Circi-," t pll WILLARD k STOWELL'8. DRY COODS. nA 1 inl P w w O H 50 i i O inl WHOLESALE CROCERS. Earl & Hatcher, AV EI O Ij 13 S A Ii 13 OCERS, n 1 it ill V T U Ii 200 Finns. fw OrtsiiB Ä"frr Jnt received from Memphis, nd for sale by EAI.L L HATCHKR. 500 tRLS UcRned Sur' for tale by EAHL A HATCHER. 500 BACS Hio CofTee; 100 Bags Java Coffee; 10 r.V.es Mocha Coffee; For sale by EAT.L & HATCnEB. TOBACCO. BOXES 5 Lurap: 100 Boxes 10 Lamp; 75 Boxe S Lump; 100 Boxes bright lbt; ö Boxe dark lb; &00 CaMie Jb; M Kegs Six Twist; TLe above assortment of Tobacco U now the Urzeit ta be fouud ia the MTet, aad will t told be'.cw the correct rate. EARL i. CATCHER. PATENTS. 1BTAI5ED FOR INVENTION'S OF ETXRT V wicrptioii. Fee contingent on acr. jc0 pat. ent no pay. S.,d for Circular, elvitiir trm, 4 i recti on Ave. Addresa AMOS LKOADS AX, ' nol)lT Patent Aftomoy. sh-nrtnTi.n. C. LIYERY STABLE. Is I V K U Y STABLE, VTO. 10 F.t Pearl treet, half a qnare mtk of Tak-lnr-on tiei. itween Mrl.Jian aDi PennsyltanU treats, la rear of Olenn'a Bl. k, lr-i r..;li. psi-ltf WM. KILKISUN, Proprietor O. W. JOHLlMSTOISr, Livery and Sale Stables X0S. 11 AXÜ13 WEST PEARLSTREET, i vi a a roioa. Ul DIXX A . iQf Hon-rt, EuKjne, Carrureg aad Saddle Ilr.et la readiue. Choirgef ioU-rate. dc3-tf C5 0 5 0 3 Ö 0 0 r 6E DRY COODO. A FI LL LINK GF FALL k WINTER DRY GOODS AT Lynch Si Keane's! THESE GOODS WttK DOrC-IlT AT AIXTICKV! 15D WILL BE SOLD Below the Present Standard Prices! KKMKM1ER, 33 WEST W:S1ILGT0X ST., Next Lry God More t j tb ralmer Iloa-. LYNCH fc KEANK, Je-2-lly rROFKlETOKS. GROCERIES. MORE NEW GROCERIES! Ruger k Caldwell, WHOLESALE GROCERS AN1 COMMISSION MEHCIIAXTS, ,o. C8 Ivast Washinloii St, ri4 Doort Eit of Odd ellout' ITall, Jndt UTTER, Cbee, and Dried Beef; OQQ HOGSHEADS wOrier Sugar, OQQ nOGSIIEADS M&nd ?ngr. inn PACKAGES, Herring, CudSsh, IUlibut, tni 4UU Mackerel; oO 0 BARRELS nfCtifd ssr' 300 BARRELss!np atid Mou",t8i 500 nAr,s Ri cofr"; OQQ BAGS Java Coffee; OQQ BAGSRftaMedCoffr; OHO C,IESTS nd HairCbentn Imrerial.Gnnpow. isVlvF dvr, Youog Hysion, llynon Skin, and Oulncr Tea; VI-SHCE, Casja. Clove. Cinnamon, and reneral assort merit of .ice9 uitat.'.e for reuil trade; aflOliDAGE. Clr. Fni' t lnnnn IHIU. a V.l. 1 '.C s.. , 1 . . Tnl. m,-r-e. . rxA l.n V . .4 . K-ceral astortmeia of Ur'Kri, in tore and for ale ly KL';r.It Ac CALDU1XL, 61 Ent WistJngton itreet. MERCHANTS visiting the Ftae Fair woiilddowea to call ai.d eiaiLiLe the a Hove rood at KUGKK k CALDWELU jeir61-dlwly f,s Emil w..LIngton U FOR THE WAR. COLT'S PATTERN SELF - ACTING REVOLVERS ! NAVY AND CELT REVOLVERS, A fall upj.ly w Tattern. Swords at Cost Prices. Bowlt, Pocket, and Table Kn e; Fruit Cai; 5aiU; BUiEj Ecr. acd CalMir.g Hardware. At 5o. 11 Wect Wa4hLcgtoa St. 23 J. n. TAjry. OYSTERS. & Co's CELEBRATED FRESH CAM BALTIMORE OYSTERS. ARK tww la market, receivey- daily by Adaraa Ei prea. at the Depot, So. 3, J.'onh MiaoU street, ep. losjte the BatM Houe. . W. Hawef. Apent, wi 1 attend t all order and fur. nish uppliein tt Mate cflbdiina. iJeaJer and cou-Bmer, old aul new patron, rewr. ber your iotriTM U wim. l.PUT So. 3 North Ulinoi treet, opposite tb Bäte House. au;21-dA3ni G. W. HA WES. Sole ArtU ATTORNEYS. TMoii.a a. ecst'ktcaa oCAa a. aoas. IIEXDK1CKS c HORD, o4 OO -Etna Efticf.