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t;ik m.-:lkllvv itviint \th>a ai*:e'ii v* , l\ NKU VOHK. The New York New • contain* a :.*ngtby re port of the McClellan ratification me- «- held in that city, August hi. Hie report state* that the meeting was. ' !!- ", Tailed." The following resolution. a ere read fcy lion. Tho*. C. lie'ls: Whereas, The National Democratic Convin -1 Intelligence, palii-rim), '-mo “'J* ' ; • • and commercial fnh .e. foofo-re {;..») jomM m it, Las unanimouhly nominate 1 Goutgo 15. Mo..:n- Jan as our candidate for Fro i font, and (rem re ]|. l’enulfcton for Vice Li evident of the ! mtea Mater, and adopted the fed lowing platform of principle*; therefore, ftesolvd. That the Democracy of the Cuy of New York, deroted to the pr---i rvatma of tin- Union, the protection oi the com tuti* nil right*, and the prosperity and well-being <i «e.-,-ry section of our , ,;t.-ruled and i.ee happy Confod ith united an o tii approval the uominati' nos G*-'»g« i». McClellan, and pledges itself to. dedicate its earnest, coo- i.-tent and undivided elici ts to eemre his triumphant election. Itesolvcd, That in George ft. McClellan wo '■ r ‘Cognize iLi at aid a ;Otapli l tier, and a patriotic, intelligent and independent j citizen, eminently combining the qualifications ; essentially required at tlii- eventful crisis in ! our history to maintain. Resolved, That the nomination of George ! ] receive* our cordial approbation. U ■ emin ent ability, purity of character and experience in the council* of the nation, iusti h.-s tit- 1- - ♦ ion and nttordi- the ■.uiot , onia'.i rh-v Ft : ■ Interests of the g oat Went will i- plot.;- •ti and maintained; the integrity of ti, tinum, fit her by the direction of our . Mian armies in the held, or the judicial conduct cf peaceful ne gotiation*. Resolved, That in the approaching [’residen tial contest we shall claim, and oxc-reiso under the protection of the Constitution freedom of speech, the liberty ot the press. and the rights of the elective franchise, and shall regard any interference on the part of the Administration at Washington with the.-.e unalienable and i.- estimable privileges, under any specious pre text, atgan insidious blow aimed at the < i tejee tit republican government demanding at every stage and at every sncnfico popular defiance and resistance. Resolved, That the patriotism of our fellow citizens, who, notwithstanding the oppr. - : »:.i and abolition heresies of the present Adminis tration, rushed with gallant alacrity to the de fense of-the Government, when iirse suit.} was threatened by the unlawful act* and rebellion • proceedings of come <>l the Stat-n of the Fnfon, should be ever held in sacred .remembrmiiv; and that the brave soldiers and sailors in ti.e servico of the I nited Slates are entui. 1 to the thanks anil admiration of the country for their services and sacrifices, and at the termination of the war, should receive the sympathy and protection of the government Resolved, That the administration of Abra ham Lincoln, by imbecility in the conduct of the war. and its ruinous (inimical policy, ha forfeited the confidence and respect of the b-y --ol States. It has usurped powers not gru.u-cd iiy the Constitution ; it h is endeavored to ca der the Executive aided by ttie military, su perior to the judicial and legislative b.ai.i lo ot ttie Government ; it he.- >• aimed to ih . uy life and confiscate properly >.y unconstitutional proclamations; it has can ;, -.1 the arrest and imprisonment of person* without warrant due process of law ; il has violated the t i fit, of asylum by surrendering to adespoiic povo r persons entitled to protection under tin. law of nation* ; it ha* permitt. ,i, without prof -I. tie: Emperor ol tho French, by force of arm :, to invade the territory and <1 at ylt • r--]...-*>i>r r-t M xieo, and by iU aenerat eimduet of public 1 os and its! notorious extruvs ;anco ltd cor it on in every department ru G-.v re nent, s' rented an cnouuou* licht, impairing the and: of the nation and seriously dimiuLliiug tue r»* me. * and bltppine iof every • dir. ti.solved, That under the taw of Congress find the proclamation of the President of the United Slates the City of New York is justly entitled t - iv l ive credit on her quota, under tlm last, tall ti-r five hundred thou and n : tor the sailor* audynarines she Ha* furnished to the navy of the United States, tynd to dei rive her ftf such credit wouldfon net of executive tvr »nny. The reading of the resolutions excited great enthusiasm among the dudfoni Tho Richmond pie u only furnishes us with a few extracts from tho speeches made. Ik re is one from Judge Daily’s remarks: There is a possibility of pca. e with ;i preser vation of tho Union. The e ntiiumn. e of tin present Administration in power lie tin! no! be iiovo would lead to r.ueh « <!•;- ruble and hap py result. He disliked slavery a. ii’uett t».- iir. Lincoln, but lie Ik lici t and, under our form of government, the National Government lias nothing to do with the institution ol i lavetyr it Is an institution belonging to the Stale*, lie believed that the civil war was brougnt ab - if by a disregard for tha t sound doctrine. Some thing must be given up by both side* before they can stand upon the common ag-vhmont. Compromise is absolutely mtcc.-sary for the set tlement of the difficulties surrounding our country. Judge Dean, in the course of his speech said : A proclamation “to whom it nay concern,’’ declaring that there can be no peace except on the condition iff the Abolition of slavery I ‘ Are you willing,” sai 1 the speaker, “to fol low that platform [Shouts pi “No Nif!"] Ho (Judge Dean) had been what wa; called war Democrat. liut.Ahu course of the Admin Dtration in making it a war for the ui.-ver had disgusted him. When the President oi tho United States confesses that this is a war for Abolition —for the nigger—it is time in the people to think of some other incur, of saving ' the Uniou. * They must get rid of this admini -t vat ion.— Anarchy has had enough, but cue ;wa* worte—the oppression of a tyrannic t. t:ei a ment. Within a day or two Benjamin F. But ler, would be at the Fith Avenue Hotel [Groans] Was there n*ot spirit enough in the city to protest against sueti au outrage ’ | Cries of "yes!” “yes!” and cheers j Baujacnti S’. Butler had done more to divide the Dome, rat. - ic party than any other man living, tie worked iu the Charleston Convention i.i di vide and destroy the party. Since then he had changed his policy. • Ho had *■. ild himself to the Abolition Administration, aad ha l.e-drti ed a natn- and fame that stink in the nostril* of the civilized world. Hon. Spencer W. Cone, in his speech stated that Now, when a corrupt and imbecile Adminis tration had hurled the country into min, ar rayed brother against brother. *.;wi I every acre of land south of the lVtor.-.x •• hi .-h m. and sorrow forever, a in tubas cue; moieaii*, u who can save us trom if scoundrels, the aristocrats, the shoddy contr.icUns. t’. t who would feed on the viials of tlie n.ui >n. and make us a seoui to till the peopi. o ih, world —aud that man was Geoige B >;• t lan. The Democratic party with G urge t‘> McClellan at iu* head w.i* litre- the eva .*.*■ e i hitrch, and not even the .ip of Waslti: zie . could prevail against it! Annexed are some ot the rein;: 1-.- - iff ; Hou. A. Oakley Hall When asked, not by the Scril'es, like ti gentlemen near him (alluding to the re: ru but by tlie Pharisees of lht day. vrb .t do you propose to do when you elect MiCictiau.’ be answered alter tho manner of the phy. x • who. when treating a patient frah-ui., wound, first declared it neoes: avv to ptnv.o h - system of the black bile and hum'.’; v.bsvh ed the sore, bo it was iu the body politic, the .'kick bile and poisonous hum r i AK ..ti- u must first be driven from our p-.ditiee.i ' :• tn efore we can think of anything el re; ter * ,oug as that remained no um fw our U; v i- possible. If this ship of t’otsiiiutu-ual JL ■- goes down, then farewell to i.iio'ig <:o* : g,, libertv. farewell to everything. . J«i tatn^ti' .V :> in it that no such dire ca asuophe Iff' the world. would he prudent and wise to burn a h mote towen in Pennsylvania.— >.•!•-.;,/ £f:;mntr. We are of the opinion, that ti: ’ • thing for out cause, at present would be to drive <Jeil. Sherman out of Georgia. It i . . .'viebe talking about burning towns iu ti e e.'.-.nn N country. when our largest ialan-leity U. * u captured by Sherman, is at presei.t I* .and !>v him, and all Georgia threiU'-ued with ~ gupa iion by ths hated foe. If Gen. Brar.t ! <" A mas to spare in Virginia, I-. vend : , ... the fortifications i.t Biehmeud, let him i- ; . t to Geu Hood ai the earliest pi.ic: able mo ment. If Gen. Early cannot lot u> i:.,-, gia, letGeu. Lougstreet. or A I’. Hi'ff. with a corps come along in double q- ■< k tin;*. V.V would prefer to have Early. K use be i skilled in the eatne science, iionktog,s' r . man practiced so successfully agait:: Jou:>‘ r. aud Hood. Sherman must be ll.suked. i.e Rail Road in his rear m . <: be held by an in fantry force. «nu G< i:. l.'ariy i: the man to do the work. Will Gen. lit*? .- let I e : “A lit*lemore grape Gapt. bi.:e ami bo it; p, hurry about it. ,<,. ( . I-ROM AIUS f A f-HEUMAX’* ORIU.r. OF KJCIT.E Hm, '. Mil Dtv. op thk Mississippi, i Ga Sept. 4, 1864 j Special Field Orders, i I ’j j ;> ; Citv of Atlanta being exclusively re ared for v .oi 1- e purposes, wil at once be va eated by all* xeret the Atmii** ot the Lnited s.ta'i and such civilliau employees a* may be ret-.ir- and l.yJh' proper Departments of the Gov- ; 1 . i'he Chief Q iri§n wet r, Col East n, viii at i-!)' tu• i.o->*-t..-:ou ot the buildings of ail kind and of ail staple articles, such as c itton, tobacco, Ac. and will make such dis . as ire required by exi ting U"gui.i'JoD-. of sueii orders a* he may-receive 1 R uin iim-. v. time from the proper authorities, fii. The Chief Engineer will' promptly re , unoiter the ( its and suburbs, and indicate the sites needed lor the permanent defenses of i .pc.. v t.-». th.-r with any houses, or other 1 building* that stapd iu.his way, that they may h -t agari foh.uuifrucition . 'Col. Easton will then, uttVii' uttari vilih the proper officers : ; .« Or 3c ..'V'.., -.crmasler. Commissary, I Medical ■ :ld diaVj .-hll Departments, set aside 1 :> hu: ! l::c-'.iand lot* of ground as will Iks led for theta, and have I ts ion with Genera;* 1 homos and Slocum, set anart suck as-mav he necessary to the proper administration of the military duties of the I)- vKim-.ut of the Cumberland and ot the Lost of Atlanta; and ail buildings and ma terial-; not tit-.:.- embraced, will be held subject [ to the use of the Government a* may hereafter 1 mire, acc -tding to the jnst Kales of the cjuar , ■:meet. I JV No G:-:u*ral, Staff or ut’uerMfiicer, or any , v;:]i in ant pretence occupy any house : i nbruced in the limit* . ..igue-lti- c ,g!p of the troop's, to which I : IHerat or rtlatf belongs : but the ( hiet j (fuarteniMetcr may allow the troop* to use boaids, *hingle* or materials of buildings, bain*, filled;-, ware houses and shanties not hi d> and by the proper Departments of the Gov einm- ut, to be m;ed in .the reconstruction of *ucii ipif.rti:-*and bivouacs a* the tro'-p* and o c.-s serving*witl> them require, and he will provi'ie, a.-: early as practicable, the proper allowanc . i.l lent* for the use of the officers and men in their encampments. V. In proper time, just arrangements wil be made for the supply to the troops of all articles they may need over and above the clothing, pr< visi-Ac , furnished by the Government, and on no pretense whatever, will traders, net. rifuctm * nr sutlers be allowed to settle in the limits r.f fortified places, and it they man age! to come, in spite ot this notice, the Quar tipm . r will *i-i:c! their store* and appropri ate them to the ti?e of the troops and deliver the parties, or other unauthorized citizens, who t • ’■ p ■ *l\-ir individual interest- above that •; : i lieu Shiu-s, in the hands of some Pro ' - Mu- h ! to be pul to hard labor on the ;• .lu.-i.cripci;-’ into one of the Regiments or t-attiH’ie.- c,ready in service. ■;... - -. : in-i.ii principles will apply . ' 1* i»t*. south of Chattanooga, by ni-u.r of Major Gkskuai. \V T Sherman: , L. M Dayton. Aid-de-Camp. the Exonrs. . ■ e wnh the foregoing order from '. ui i.:, the exodus of the inhabitant* !~f A : : if ■ i .'an oa Monday morning. A ■ me ii.uoii..) ol t’.-asi linve arrivtxl iu Maoou ; ( ami . xeilffi by Hici, i.ri-.-cnce, a great deal of 1 ■.’pathy mi} curi -*■ ty i,% : - their mauy visit- j ■ o - Aleut 1 iuc m st. prominent citizens who ! . . v i* r.i r;vi-i Loro are Mr. Jas ‘ lark and fami- 1 ;c:d Mr. Si-tney Root's family. I'hose re- • ”'i;-i oe reii'.rt that gi«»:,t coul of mtlTering and | itisn-.-s* i -; : ..ts'i:- the city, the general condition ; f which l presented as being terrible. Tim cit Who come South ate trot per-! ! mi’U-d to bi o ;,uy imtisehold stulf of any coti- } quern-c, H e quantity being very limited, I ; whilst those who liav chos< uto go North car- • : v lint they wi.-h. ihe negroes, with but lew : ! i-.ceeptions, Imvu elected to remain with the' j V;■ n!u (There was no doubt entertained on i ilii* point, by every cue who Bad .ny good jet so, ti they rid do so, when the oppor iunity occur red,-hence there is little surprise I created ty I'm: aurumcement, and little sym j pathy extended to those who unwisely kept ' i : • r\u .i.t iu such a dangerous loca’.i --! fy i .T’.m removal will occupy tiro entire period ol the armistice. .-I a latgo number of persons have concludi il to go North doubtless the re : nifv.d wjH '• nt'm.m ik’ ityg a longer period I (nan the truce VVo learn Sherman’s order ! hut been < ■•tod to all the towns and villages ! iu I ho miii: -ire nee ii,.alion ut the Yankee army. .Thus I-.-: is determined to depopulate and drs ol.tle the country in bis tear. The people in the village* amt towns along' tho State Road 1- thu* Mihjve.tr I to the barbaroujj command . evnatriation will won be in ob:■ midst or !* >be * at to 11 North, either of which con ditio;..-. ni'.r-t boa great calamity to them in the present condition of the country. On «i.• connl of this extension of the order a largo number of people* are expected from Ma rietta mid the various places above, by their friends, who are .‘’.waiting them. T'liis expand .Him policy of Sherman merits tin rand-, intuition of'civilized nations It is the very . -.mnnil of bratiiiity, and could only have i'crn Invented by a fiend whose soul is 1 slumped v;> th the devil’s own hideous image, j In it, wc sec revived tho most barbarous principle .-I'w.u’ that ever has disgraced the ! most uncivil:;; 1 nations of earth, together with j Iris favorite principle, that destruction and an- j inhibition is the object of war, the barbrism is j perpi. mated with the cold hearted purpose | nud action of tut executioner. THE ENEMY IX ATLANTA. The enemy has deliberately established a ! military camp uud despotism in Atlanta. Slier- ! man occupies as Army Headquarters, Judge i Lyon's iioure, Howard is in Herring’s house, j ami Major Rock with, tho Chief Commissary, i occupies Jas. Citirko’s premises. They are aecumuiating immenso stores, and i e\ ;•:< ;iy intend to make a depot.iu Atlanta, I 'when-'.’ they will operate with one of tho most | formidebiii armies wo have yet encountered j To prevent it from being destructive, a* they I promise, it. is our duly to hurras* their rear ; make tire line of communication untona- i Me. This, can be done by dashing and daring | (umiiwaJs eci'C-tamly cutting the road and do- i stria 1 the means of transportation. Rut, if a few weeks of unmolested coaunu- j itioitieu is permitted to the energetic and i"- j and ull us itntr il who now occupies Atlanta, J Ik’ v.'iil he In a garrison where he can not only j defy assault, but where he will have subsis t uv to siippart hitu for mauy months. Then, j 'V. m liis impenetrable fortress he can laugh j at our . nipts t j isolate him front the North. ; lie will be iudillerent to'interruptions, whet’u- ! er they remain for days or weeks or even 1 months, nn ! from this fortress in the very cen j t. ■ . ; -mir country, there will sally forth form- i idal !;' parties which will sweep the land as ! I with a besom of destruction. A- ’Ui s ’.iety tier, nils n the most desperate j at-tac-;* on the enemy’s real; but if our supine : and tile nee permits the enemy to con- i ■ eue nn-.ii. av'.-.i in Ins operations, we will j : t sniV.-' .rd bo w our heads iu sorrow ! ' v n lutn-.l tlia deal* Us the chastqn j ui- in . unrlisted olow. —Macon LtieUigencvr. ARMY IN ATLANTA. thr. ’ir.tu from Atlanta, who are reliable, ■ i . a) days observaiion ui e.uuory : uiee the uiiem” occupied the place, ; p rt ui. L ive i t Sherman how thbre cocsiat <*■ i M<u ■ u»* ramies’ divided into ten army naps, a-id enib.ai ;mr altogether, a strength of ' hundred an I twenty Thousand, sh y git; the numoer and position of these Army •-: riu; Cumberland, commanded by Gen Sduu'eld quartered at Decatur, twenty or'thirty thou ;u.d strong. Ama i I ■ mmanded by General : : t lit tpoiut twenty to thirty thousand strorg. Vniyof I'ennas'ce, commanded by Gen. -Tbamas. qua* tered in Atlanta, fifty to six'y theusaud -strong.. 11 - t pert thm. sjierm.ra is now running et'T'* ffafnt S -'tiVW, fooai i battanooga.— » iffil wfot.-t erah::-'* e.n i ordnance mi' ti •-’fo'-in’r* ‘ ■R-iUte-rJ Fassengvr- D p :is- ■or tfa mWjjWt’k-fteoifthat the trains *.c dffz’iir red o-ftsWelPP Before ’ the 1m; armfsghe ;* bter, Atlanta will be fuli to repletion of fnll\taVy siores of all kinds.—T'.iv dyret/ff • “ riU 3! bIIEUSIAXS REAR. Owing to tlie recent continued interruptions of the ent nay’s communications, all citizens livh.g along the railroad, within three miles of the tin k on either side, are ordered to move North or take the oath of allegiance “to the best Government the wor I ever saw," on pain <■: b.-iier tree.: das spits in case of non com pliance. f Freni prisoners recently captured, wc learn tiv.t r. . v vett*fvtu regiments of Sherman’s :umy v se terms of service have expired are being ff riei,arced aad going home. Very few cost# fve-en istment arc reported.. Their places j a.e being filled with one hundred day men. in ! whom little reliance can be placed . *>’•> newspapers ate allowed to come beyond i CkMianoege. heuco tL ■ ol’iers are kept t.i- 1 rnora '■■. .. inspiring cutside j the ;v oi ti-vip c a tl-re-ivativa. SEWARB’s .ttll' K', XPEECH. The New York “Herr.id” of the 7th gives the following report of Wm. 11. Seward’s re cent speech at Auburn, New York : Ga Satrday feveoing last a large crowd of the citizens of Auburn, N-.-w York, including sev eral hundred volunteers who were waiting to be mustered into the service of the United ritati-s. congregated in the grounds adjoining William H- Seward’s residence in that city, aod called for tho Secretary to address them. In response to the invitation, Mr. Sew ard came forward and spoke as follows : NjMy Pear Friends : It is so that I like to see you come inarching to the time of national airs, under the folds of tho old national flag, i thank you for this ho* Ruble and patriotic welcome. It proves that, though yon deal rig orously with your public servants, exacting reasons for their policy, enercy in their con duct of aoairs, and explanation for failures and disappointments in their administration, yet you are nevertheless just, because you willingly allow them to rejoice with you when you have successes, victories and triumphs to celebrate. The news that brings us togethter i* authentic. This victory comes, in the right connectien. It lull* in with the t-ciicc* of the 'capture ot Forts Gaines ar.d Morgan, which I understand to be the particulars of Farragut’* glorious naval battle in the Bay of Mobile—a battle equalled by no othpr in American histo ry but the naval achievements of the same vet eran Admiral at New Orleans, at Port Hudson; and all these have no parallel in naval war fare but the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar. The victory at Atlanta comes at the tight place. The rebellious district is in the shape of an egg. It pr-v-nts equal nristance on its whole surface. But- if you could break Jjie shell at either of toe two ends—Richmond and Atlanta—the whole mflst cun-ibb* to pieces. While Sherman, under Grant, has been striking the big end. Meade, under Grant, has been striking just as hard blows-anon the lesser end. The whole sheß will now be easily crushed, lor it has grown brittle with ilie exhaustion of vitality within. This glorious victory comes in good time for another reason Just now we arc all cajlipg upon von for three hundred thousand more v*l untuers. If you wil!—drafted men, if we must— to end the war. You were getting a little tired of long delays and disappointed expectations. In Indiana, a portion of the people, instigated by rebel plotters,at the Clifton House, in Can' ad a were importing British revolvers, in boxes, which pas* id the Custom House a* stationary, under pretence of arning to defend themselves, but really to resist the draft and bring, tho gov ernment down to ruin,.through a subordinate and auxiliary civil war. True, no arms have been imported here; yet delegates went out from among you. ar.d sat down in council at Ohieaao with those Indiana conspirators, and agreed with them not only that that importa tion of arms should he defended in the elec tion QiuiviMs, but also to deinandthe cessation of the war, upon the ground that success in re storing the Union is unattainable. Already under the influence of tho cheering news from Atlanta all this discontent and this despond «• cv !:>v e db appeared. Wc shall have no draft, bccuse ttie army is being reinforced at tho rate of five to ten thousand men pier day by voi unteers. May 1 not add that th«s victory at Atlanta come.? iu good time, as the victory in Mobile -lU'* doe*, to vindicate Hie wisdom and the i li f-vuy of the war administration Farragut’s fleet did not make itself, nor did he make it. It was prepared by the Secretary of (lie Navy, and be that shall record tho history of this war truthfully and impartially will write that since tho davs of Carnot no man fas organized war with ability equal to that of Stanton. But auspicious us the occasion is, it has nev ertheless failed to bring out some whom w-- light have expected hero. Why are the y riot, hererejoice in the victories that will thrill the he irt* of the lovers of freedom throughout the world ? Alas! that it must he confessed that it is a party spirit that holds them aloof. All ofthem are partisans. Some of them are re publicans, who cannot rejoice.in tho national victories because this war, for the life of the nation, is not in all respects conducted accord ing to their own peculiar radioed ideas and the ories. They want guarantees for swift-, and universal and complete emancipation, or they do not want the nation caved. Others stay away because they want to Ik; as* ued that in coming out of the revolutionary storm the ship of Suite will bo found exactly iu the same condition as when” the tempest assailed it; or they do not want the ship saved at all, as il anybody could give such guarantees in tho name oi’a people of thirty millions. Others are democrat*. They received from their fathers the axiom that only Democrats could save the country, and they mast save it by deinocnttio formulas and combinations, which the progress of the age has forever exploded. They cannot come up lo celebrate tho achieve ments, which condemn their narrow-, and he redSuu y bigotry. Others of both the Republi can and too democratic parties,.are willing that the nation shall be saved, provided it i* done by someone of their chosen and idolized chiefs, which chief they mutually denounce and revile. They cannot honor Grant, and Sherman, and Farragut, and Porter, because by such, homage they fear that Fremont and McClellan’6 fame may be eclipsed. Neverthe less, there arc enough hero of the right sort, enough of men*who. once were Republicans, but who, taking that word in a partisan sense, are Republicans no longer, and men who '-nee were Democrats, but taking tbo word in its narrow application, are Democrats no longer, all of whom are now Union men, becuase they found ou ! at the beginning of this tremendous civil war, or at some period in its progress, that no man, no party, no formula, no creed, could savo the Union, but that only the people could save it, and they couid save it only by ceasing to become partizans, and becoming, p i triots and Union men. The war is at its crisis. It is clear, therefore, that we are dghting to make Abraham Lincoln President of the whole United States, under the election of ltdiO, to continue until the 4th of March, ISfio In voting for a President of the United btales, can wo wisely or safely vote out the ideutieal person wbom with force and artnjt we are figuring into the Presdency ? You justly say no It would be nothing less than to give up the very object, of the war at -the ballot box. The moral strength which makes our loyal position impregnable would pass from us. and when that moral strength has passed away, material forces are no longer -effective, or even available. By such a piorecding, we shall have agreed with the enemy and given him the victory But in that agreement the ouli st it u tie n a,-.d tire Union will have perished, be cause when it shall have once been proved that a can fcy force or circumven tion defeat the full accession of a constitution ally chosen Piestdeat thereafter, though elect ed by ever so large a majority, can hope to cx c re teethe Executive powers unopposed through; out the whole country One of ,t-wo things must follow the fatal error. Either a contest be;ween your newly elected compromise Prcs id -nt, and the same usurper, in which the usurper must prevail, or else a combination between them tlirom h'which the usurper or his successor, subverting your constitution and f substituting his own, will become I’res.dent, King, or Emperor of the United Stan* with out foreign aid. if be can, with foreign inter vention, if utcees-ry (That’s, so ) To be. sviie it is so. nothing is mere certain than that cither the United State:., and their c .nst'tution a! President, or th„e. so called Confederate Shuaa and ilieir usurp lug President, must rule} within the limit*; oi this republic. I therefore*' regard the pending Preside.nti.il electio , as in ’ voicing the question whether hereafter we shall have a constitution and.a country left us, blow shall we vote, then, to s ,ve the country from this fearful rlanger? (Vote. Lincoln in" Yon .• it. exactly, my iri.!n.d. We • mustvote Lincoln in again, aqd, .fightiota in at" time. If we do this Abe rebelUpp wilt" ’ perish, and leave no root. If jvq dfto.tiiyjyjge, wo. have only the alternative obrUWitar-.-cnco. in'it perptual or of succession oi civil and social . . ■- _ To me. therefore, the mond aiid the Democracy at ffcgL I C*:at aad Bompey, seem to tetain tulOtkug original; family recemblance They miiebr adilaa»-Bspec:ally P*mpey. ’ But itjii ; not iu.-iner-.’ 'Z»wr.als that their similarity lySf, verWTaucii- atike, as I have shower* MRnta' When yen cocsider that among the Dem ocrats at Chicago the Indiana Democrats were present, who have imported arms to resist the national authority, and defeat the national laws, and that all the-Democrats there as sembled agreed to justify that proceedings I think you will agree with me that the Richmond Democrats and the Chicago Dlef in crats have lately come to act very lauplj. a.ike. i shalDcow go lurther, and prove Jtp" yon that they not only have a commoixqspU^gj' and a cotmncu way of defending it. tout, they; have even adooted that policy iu cc n ess&s w an earn other. You know that when the Chicago! Cc-nvenrion was approaching in George Sanders. Clement G. Clay : .Holcombe appeared at the Ciiuon on the Canada bank ot the Niagara r ; .ci-!uflv ip*- v. Med with the confidence and otg'ggataj j with the putp be* oiUcfersc-n Davis # and -fig.} confederates at Richmond. IT a j that Chicago Demoerai* resorted therg-in : -Qojfj.i sideral-le numbers toccnfer. with thesc ricsT f Jetiers* r. Davi?. Here is the ffyk-ftl cos:’ ;cnce. as J no one cm deny tbs auljfcii-"J ticity of my evidence. It is extracted from .the j "London Times," the common ptgac oi alii -flic eueniksof the United state* Tho New Yo’k conv*poiuteut cl the London "Times," wiitt: g Loin Niagara palls under date of Au gust J. say* : _ Ci«»a House has become a centre of nego ’ the Northern friend* of peace as 1 f-hi-. era agents', which propose a with drawal fit diffidences from the arbitrament of the sojord. VjOn-«spcndent then goes on to expV.n that an -effort is to be made to nom inate a cWndidate.-tor fbe Presidency on the platform of an armistice and a convention of the States, and to thwart bv all possible juf,Mr- Lincoln for re election. '.TOtirncrw,-th&fbtrthe Bt’a of August, ISO 4, Norther a Desjocrat* * and Richmond agents r.gixrc wpo»-three- things to be done at Chicago, n^jiicly.—a. withdrawcd of the differences betwewtJfe.G'a*vemment and the insurgents from the’d'Kiframeht* iff the sword: second, a nomination -fqr President of the United States off a pliitfofui/of'an armistice and ultimately a cotrvenxioH of the Sta'es;' third, to thwart by aii possible 'means’the tc-election of Abrahsm , Line#"/' Such'fi cohferenceheld in a neutral couuti’y.' between professedly loyal citizens of the LI a Bed Spates? and the ageists of the Rich mond Haifoi-s iu arms, has a very suspicious look. - But let'that pass: Political elections must, be free, unu therefore they justly excuse m e riu Vsgai.-oles. .■ VCnVir the insurgents-shall havedisbanded their armies and laid eknfrn t&air arms the war will instairfTy cease, and all the war measures then existing, hicluffing those which affect slavery, will cease also, ant* all the moral, ec momical at'd political questions, as well as questions effecting slavery,-as others which shall then be exirtioc between .individuals ami States and the Fedei’aii Govcraiseut, whether they arose befdrerihe civil war- .began, an whether they grew out of it, will, Constitu tion. tfess over to tne ■arbitSflient of dourtfi of law aiid't') thetofmeds cf legislation. I am cot unsophisticated enough to expect that cou spirttors. while j'-ot^unsubdued and exercising nn unresisted despotism in the insurrectionary IHat-es,' wiil either sue for or even accept an amnesty baaed on the.surrender of the power they •have so recklessly usurped. Nevertheless, I know'thfft if any such conspirator should ten der his submission'upon such terms, he will at. cnee receive a candid hearing, and an an swer-prompted purely-by a desire for peace, with* the maintenance of the Union. On the Otherharki, I do,expect propositions of peace, with a restoration of the Union, to come, net from The Cen federates in authority, nor through them-buff from tho Citizens and States under and- behind them. And I expect such proposi tions from citizens ’ and- States to cfemot over the Condedem-es in.power jqst so fast as those citizens and States:shall be delivered'by the Federal * arms from the usurpation by which .they are now oppressed Ail the world know* that, sd facas’l am concerned, and I believe so far a* the President is concerned, all such applications will -receive just such au answer as it become* a gretif, maguauiiuous and hu mane-people to grant to brethren who have come back from their wanderings to seek a shelter in the common ark of our national se cnrily and luippinesa. The stm is Betting So sureFy as it thalDri'se again, so surely do I. think that the great events we have now cele brated prelude ' tho end of our national troubles, and the restoration of the national ! authority, witH.peace, prosperity and freedom throughout the whole land, from the lakes to the gully anil from ocean to ocean. Ami so ! bid you good night, and mr.y God have you with, ottr whole oiiuntry, always in His holy aud paternal keeping. . — MeCLELLAX'd' ’’ LETTER OP AC’CKPTAXCR. The foUowiag i? thp.letter of General McClel lan to the comtuittee announcing his nomina tion for the Yankee Presidency by the Chicago Convention : ' - ’ On.iv’.K. Nsw JimsET, September 8,1864. Gonticpten.: 1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of year letter informing me of my nomination by toe Democratic National Con vention, recently assembled at Chicago, as their candidate at the next election for President of tlm United States.! It is. unnecessary forme to say to you that this j* cm illation comes to me unsought. lam happy to know that, when tho nomination was made, the record of iny public life was kept in view. , ' - . The 'effect of long and varied service iu the army, during war and peace, lias be: n to -tirengthou aud in my mindqind heart tlie love, and reverence for "the Union,' Constitution, laws and flag of our country, im ’ pressed upon me in early youth. These feel ings L: vo thus far guidqil the course of niv life, and must con tinue f,o do so lo Us end. The oxisbi'i'M o( 'more than ono government over . tho region which once owned our flag is incompatible with' the peace, the power, and the happiness'of the people. The preservation of our Union was the sole avowoiUqbjact forjwhich the war was commenc ed.' H should have been conducted for that object only, and ib accordance with those pi in cipleo which I took occasion to declare when in active service Thus conducted, the work of reconciliation would have been easy, and we might have reap ed the benefits of .our many victories on land arid sea. The Union was okigtnaliy formed by t,ha ex ercis’d of a spirit df conciliation tmd compro mise. To restore, and preserve it, the same spirit must prevail in onir councils anil in tho hearts of the people. The re-establishment of the Union' in all its' integrity is. and must con tinue to be, the indispenaibl a condition in any settlement. So soon as it is clear, or even probable, that our present adversaries arc ready for peace upon tne basis of the Union, we should exhaust all ib'o resource of statesman ship practiced by civilized nations, and taught by the traditions of the American people, con sistent with the honor and interest of the coun try, to secure such peace, re-establish the Union, and guarantee for the future the constitution al rights of every State.. The Union is the ono condition of peace ; we ask no more. Let me add, what I dpubt not was, although unexpressed, the.sentiments oi' the convention, 'as it is'of the people they represent, that when any oue 'Siate is willing to.return to the Union, it /Hould be received at once, with a full guar antee of all its constitutional rights. Ii a frank, earnest, and persistent effort to obtain these objects .should fail, the responsi bility for ulterior consequences will fall upon those wl.o remain in arias against tho Union ; hut the Union must tie preseveil at all hazards. I couid not look in tho lace of my gallant, comrades, the array and navy,fwho have surviv ed so- many bloody battles and fell them that their labors and ihe sacrifice of so mauy of our slain, and wounded :brethren had been in vain— that' we had abandoned that Union for which we have so often '.periled our lives. A vast majority of our people, whether in the army and .navy or at home, would, as I would, hail with unbounded joy the permanent restoration . of peace on tlie basis of the Union, under the Constitution, without , the effusion of another drop of blood. But no peace can be permanent without union. As to the other subjects presented in the res olutions of .the convention, I need only say that I should seek in the Constitution of the United Stated aifif «tbe layy.s framed in accordance tUfii'tSKith,tithe; njfl cf.-puy duty and the limita jjq&S-fif. executive pgvvep ; endeavor to restore ■ .to tpc. puhiic., expenditures, re estab-- sypr.epracy t>f; ]g,w, and, by theopera "jiqp'.'qf.^iiipra,vigjffotls nationality, resume ■.ffliri tlj&PSltth. y .z-.ifl'ff.cfluditW 1 * 1 of-cpucifinauces, the dcprecia fii.e.paper..mmafv, and the burden there- [abqji; and'capital, show the ne ecmtZ of ajFc-fiirn to a sound, financial system; . ’jqhitozthe ..right* ofjeUizetiS and the rights ol , a»id the binding-: authority of law over army ari)J,pc.qp;e, are subjects of not , Ufgs xitoj importopjtp in war than in peace.— ‘.that t}ui?fows here expressed are and the people you rep .-WS’fiAi I bv f7 ui’.*ffhep^-‘"tination. y-...A.Atffii--'- the responsibili:y-to ratify your choice. of weakness, I can’-,only fi&iiifqweVw thtfegsiiance of the Ruler of the aiAlriWSt- m his His all-powerful i4jjfi.rdp.pr>. the union and peace. i^L-yaoenffeopft. Bepple,. and to establish and lipciueo.-.qjid rights. vjery r,-spectfully, o-.i— Vyqi-ohffiiKjif servant, 5 iifo - 4»n4ps B. McClellan. . Ifa**, and others, committee. A«:r>rTm*>t®iH> ittffrojvr There was a report afftfcfe city the Georgia Militia \-«ry <SWtTertj'4-liile at Gritiiio. This wwMiWt’Sa. The'SSt'se:troops are composed.of Caergoodteltfzeaa toeagage in such proceedings *sWpreee&tfe*. . «*.-• r c - -- 7,' 3ir v 5 <sr«-h. ' • '*4 ' Georgia' State ~t«eSfe : t.Hve arrived -frore- the G&d*i,iarsa on th«Sf thirty days’ -«i*‘<w»oh. Tt,-ecii» of them yesterday. yfhf? appeared Ttml seen hard service b*t-Aee tiid ne4r h£*h»S #o;;i of complaint. biiV r SsfdJi seehjed'ettefcj-fififtnd hopeful of-the fu i h-y .doubt promptly r*as stJ&Vleiiv the eSpSi&Pfc}. o? their furlough’ of •01 It*)' day?.—'3f ;#cSe-isNfcfV-.’vrate Sep?. !*. Z : - - ■ - l (Hf-SVedneidsty: ereuM#; Aagust S'et, rt-severe ■luftricahe ztvVi * iftf-moib >opfr4b» lower part of Sampson County, Is. C.. extending into Guplin. tearing up trees and doing considera ble damage to crop*, Death cv Gen. Mobgan.—The A'oiugdon Virginian, of Sept. 0, gives the annexed ac- i count of the death of Gen. Morgan: On Saturday, the 3d in?t., accompanied by the brigades of Gi'tner, Hodges and Smith, and a detachment cf Vaughan's, with four pieces of artillery. Gen. Morgan and Lis staff ap proached the 1o ' n °4.G reenville, Tenn.— Scouts had brought the information that the enemy were net nei-rf r'h:in Bi’B’s Gap, sixteen miles distant, anil in additlo i a guard had been sent into the vTI ige to reconnoitre Upon the report of the entire absence #f the enemy. Casual# battalion commanded by Capt. J M. Clarke, together with the four guns, were pcstc-.d some three or four hundred yards from the C. H.. when Gen. Morgan and liis staff en tered and established headquarters at the res idence of Mrs. Dr. Williams, near the centre of the town. Shortly after the advent of the guard in town, youog Mrs. Williams, —daughter-in-law of the lady at whose house Gen. Morgan had his head quarters-disappeared ; a scant was sent for but could not find her, and as she returned with the enemy next morning, it appeals she had ridden all the way so Bull's Gap and had given information of Morgan’s whereabouts and fh* strength of the gnaid Precaution had been taken to prevent the egress of persons who might convey information to tho enemy, and all the reads aud avenuos were picketed. After visiting the camps and seeing that pickets had been.duly posted. Gen Morgan and his Staff, at a late hour of the night, retired to rest. Be ing greatly fatigued, they slept very soundly, and were startled from their slumber about 6 o’clock Sunday morning by tho elder Mrs. Wil liams, who in informed them that the Y'ankees had surrounded the bouse. The General and his staff at once sprang frO!U*theifi'beds, ‘aftneSM hemselves -arid rusitru out at the opposite door to that at which the Yankees were thundering. On the side of the house where they escaped there is a very large yard and garden, with a great deal of foliage and a vineyard These, together with the be.se ment of tlie old hotel at the southwestqrn ex tremity of the grounds, enabled them to con ceal themselves lor a time, but the Yankees by this time began to appear so thick and fust around them, that concealment became hope less. aud they rushed out to attempt to fight their way through, iu the hope of succor and assistance from the batallion so near at hand. The officers with General Morgan, were Maj. Bassett, and Capts Withers, Rogers and Clay, and a young gentleman by the name of John sou, a.clerk in the office of tire Adjt. General. At this time they were all, except Withers and Clay, in the basement of the old hotel, occupied by Mrs. Fry—wife of the notorious bushwhacker and murderer now in our posses sion—who was all the time nailing to the Y'an kees, informing them ol the liidjjpg place of the “rebels. ’’ Seefog escape almost hopeless, Gen. Morgan direcred Major Bassett to exam ine and see if there was any chance of escape from the front of the basement into tlie street. Major B. looked and replied that there was a chance but it was a desperate one. which Gen Morgan did not hear, its at that instant the Yankees charged, up to the fence separating the hotel from Mrs. William’s grounds, when tho General,' with Maj Bassett, Capt. Rogers and Mr. Johnson, sprang out in the direction of the vineyard, when the two latter were cap tured and ihe Gen.killed. The latter had just fired his pistol, and was in the act of firing again when he fell. Cants. Withers and Clay had not been able to get out Os the house, and bail concealed themselves in or near it. Maj. Bassett, in the meantime, sought shelter in the basement and vineyard alternately, but could not c-Judo tho vigilance of Mrs. Fry, who was all the time directing attention to bis whereabouts. Be ing the only rebel left—Withers and Clay hav ing been discovered and betrayed by a negro —Maj. Bassett’s ingenuity was put to work to avoid capture. Mrs. Fry knew he was in the basement,. and the Yankees wore as thick around him as snakes in harvest. After pass ing to and fro several times between the base ment and the garden, all the time under lire, he finally took shelter in the former, and at an auspicious moment eprang into the street, gave Mrs. Fry a-partiag blessing in his exit, mounted a horse hitched near by and made his escape. A great many shots wore fired by the Yan kees, bilt the only ono that took effect was that which killed Geu. Morgan, pi.-rei ,g 'his right breast, aud ranging through diagonally. With • era, Rogers, Clay, and Johnson are now, wo presume, in a Yankee prison, and Maj. Bassett is again on duty with his command. The General was determined never to sur render, and told members of his staff they must not give up. He was heard to say “they have got us sure,” when he drew his pistol and com menced firing. Alter Geu. Morgan had been killed, tho un feeling soldiers who murdered him threw his lifeless body across a horse and paraded it through the streets, as we have been informed. His body was subeebuently sent through the lines by flag of truce. tUTR: AT. OF GEX. MORGAN. On Monday night, the remains of Gen. Mor gan arrived at Abingdon, and were taken to the residence of Judge Campbell iu the vicini ty whero Mrs. Morgan, with one or two rela tives, are sojourning. Oa Tuesday evening at 4 o’clock, funeral services were performed by Chaplain Cameron, and the procession, formed by Gen. Geo B. Crittenden. It was the larg est and most imposiug procession we have ev er seen of tho sort in this part of the country. The order was as follows: Ist. Hearse with tho body and gusrds on each side, without arms. 2d. Chaplains. 3d. Family of deceased. 4th. Military family, mounted by twos. sth. Military Court. “ “ “ Gth. Officers of tbe Army," “ “ 7th. Privates, “ “ “ Bth. Citizens, “ “ “ 'IHh. Citizens dismounted. As the sun went down behind dark masses of cloud in the west, emblematic of the sorrow and gloom that pervaded the vast concourse in attendance, all that was mortal of the im mortal John 11. Morgan was consigned to the rest of the tomb, there to sleep, unmindful of the clash of arms and the terrible tread of arm ies, until the trump that marshals the buried millions shall break bis slumbers. Breaking Ground for a National Conven tion. —Fonrey is proprietor of two papers— tho Washington Chronicle and the Philadel phia Press. The former is generally supposed to be Lincoln’s organ. The annexed letter is taken from the Philadelphia Tress. It’was written from Washington by him under date of Aug. 25. It looks as if he was preparing the way for a change c-f front by Lincoln : Hon. Henry J. Raymond, the Chairman of the National Union Committee, reached Wash ■ ington this morning, and has been in consulta tion all day with the President, the different members of Lis Cabinet, and other friends of the administration ol the Federal Government. Governor Raymond is a statesman of enlarged comprehension and thorough experience, lie thinks our Southern brethren, however erring, are still our brethren—bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh. Mr. Greeley himself, tbe great anti-slavery leader, who commended and demanded Ihe emancipation proclamation, is now, I believe, willing to take any ground consistent with the national dignity to secure a reconciliation between the two contending sections. Nay, it is not a violent presumption that Mr. Greeley would not be wiiiing to ignore that proclamation ia order to secure such a reconciliation. We are not fighting a foreign foe.' The blood poured out in this war for li berty mingles with the blood that is poured out, not for slavery, but for an ideal Southern independence) and if we can pars that most trying,ipf. ,a'J. tijals, the editorial chair, and therelVe'Ubrlfigii to the task of conducting-a ’•PresWiAtfaPcainpaigri. in the vortex;of an ua pwailxlefl dribwar. the best and most useful qimiities* n In these days when milependent journalists tifust take vast responsibilities; when 'they iihiit be cowards in their own esteem If they.; few. to speak oa great issues, and doing sq,. must be assailed by suspicious and ignorant partisans —auch a man as Henry J. Raymond is a treasure which the friends of Union and hon orable peace cannot too highly prize. And in this [allusion I refer to the narrow miscon structions placed in some cases upon the arti cle under the title of “The Road to Lasting Peace," which appeared tin the Washington Morning Chronicle of the 13ffi of August, and the Philadelphia Press of tne I7th of thesame month. What everybody thinksabonpit would b’ii folly’to" refuse' to' speak about, North and •fotfi b t be' hum VT* so an F I Ire" highest' are d® njremg *e probieni of the casi»t>TOtul u> pea®. All desire it, an£ jvhep I wrojfe-tijp ar-. ticls which appeared , the Press, aboro referred to; UdiJ fid more-* than-ttrprint sometfiitfjriJf wffiirrbe loyyl mind 'waitirifikißg a! thatvcVy- wmfiXA s It«wp«asy to mb-tnd-jawiud .rir pifibiid tnari wha dy|hes to sayohis wmiil£yqthatJ,-jvaf not' surpnsed to see that article misunderstood tfre tbe cne hand aa<! mirinterpreted on thefothso. j - -SrV?dt' r-r+ani’-ar.d a bolder platform than that which I assumed. “Indeed,-WHr -dtllcler-fn tlsfo New York Times have been more thoroughly in favor of peace on the ground of Datfoual unity, than anything 1 hare written, And why! Because helms looked over the wholefkrid, I : aud has perceived that we, the stronger party, j and the conquering patty, aud the party that is sure to win in the end, can - afford to offer generous and magnanimous terms to the people ! of the South, change this latter sentiment into the belief that 'Southern independence can lie better maintained in theoid Union, why should not all the issues, except that only of national unity, be entrusted to a National Convention? Southern independence has already bravely as serted itself in the field of battle. So, indeed, has Northern independence, Each has shown its ability to defend itself, and yet the South has be‘’u unable to tear itself away from the old Union. We may be independent of every thing except God and our country—indepen dent in our counties and in our States, but not independent of the Constitution nor of that great indissoluble bond that holds us forever together. Tils ItEUO.YSTKt *;;TIO.\ UIESTIO.V AT CHI CAGO. - Thq last issue of the New Y'ork Mercury con tains “An inside view of the proceedings of the National Democratic Convention. We give s one extracts from this novel account, from which it will be seen that the conditions of reconstruction, after undergoing appropriate discussion, were settled and adopted. The plan ii substantially the same submitted to Con gress by Mr. Vallandigham, on the 7tfc Feb 1801. “THE Cl.tr UNION IS IMPOSSIBLE “Talk'as we may of the old Union, under which the nation attained such a degree of prosperity, and advanced at once to the front rank among tho nationalities of the world, its restoration is au impossibility. Only a zany would ever dr*bm of its being There will, undoubtedly be a reohustrection, but never a restoration of the Union. The questions that are to be settled, the new con ditions of things consequent upon the disrup tion of the old, the charged relations of capi tal and labor, the increase of the quantity of power surrendered to the General Govt rnrnent by the people, the relation of the States to the Federal Uniou, the influence of the condpct of National affairs, which is sure to be accorded to the military clement—all those considerations forbid the tdea of our living under a Union such as that under which we lived and thrived from 1779 to 1801 This statement may appal the thousands of good people who live'in tho past and dream of days that arc. no more.—. These days not only are hut can be no more. He is wilfully or stupidly blind who doe,3 not see. the changed condition of public affairs in this country. Wo may hurrah for the Union, but it is not the old Union for winch wa hur rah. The nation has entered upon au entirely new phase of its existence, whether we are wil ling or not to acknowledge it. This grand fact was daly recognized by those who formed this conclave at Niagara Falls.— The problem they set to work to solve was, to reconstruct the Union on a plan satisfactory to all sections, and to convince the Democratic party of the necessity of adopting this plan ox one of similar import. After long and cam est deliberation, in which Measrs. Clay, Hol combe and Sanders, participated, the following general conclusion was reached, and was tacit ly agreed to by the National Democratic Con vention at Chicago. ‘ ‘TUE PLAN FOR RECONSTRUCTION. “It was, that what was once tho United States be divided into five separate Confoder acies, each aidependent of tho other to the management of its local affairs, yet bound to each other in certain respects, of which I shall speak hereafter. These Confederacies, as divi ded, were to consist of tho following States: I. '1 he Cotton aud tlie South Atlantic States. 2 The Trans Mississippi States. 3 The States of the Great Northwest. 4 The Middle States. i 5 The New England States. The propriety and expediency of admitting the New England States was debated at con [ siderable length The old hostility to these I States was conspicuous in tb* course of the discussion. The policy in relaticgi to their •admission was not determined, and the ques tion whether six States are to he “left out in the cold.” is stili an open one. The Mercury proceeds; “Another important feature of this proposed .Confederation is, a provision for admitting to it, in case circumstances warrant it the pro vinces in British America, and what is now the Empire of Mexico. But this is au event so far in the future that it cannot claim more than a mere mention of its possibility. 1 therefore pass on to ihe conditions for ihe construction of t his Union for the future, “conditions of tiis new union. “Leaving to the seperate Confederacies -I use the term iu its generic sense—the right to manage their domestic affairs as they may choosy -they are to be bound to each other by alliance, offensive and defensive. Such ques tions as affect the interests of ali are to be considered by a sort of genera! council, com posed ot representatives from each Confedera cy, more analogous to our present Cabinet or Senate than the House of Representatives.— There are to be no restrictions of any kind up on infer Confederate trade or travel. In a word, it will be one grand Confederation of Confederacies, bound to each other by bonds of commercial union, each independent of the other, yet having a share and an interest iu the control of affairs affecting the common I welfare of all. ! “It will readily occur to tho minds of your readers that Ibis plan is nearly identical in its essential features with tbo well-known Zoll verein, or Customs Union of the German States. “THE NEW CONFEDERATION AND TIIE DEMOCRACY. This project I hardly need add, received tho ; endorsement of tho leadeis of tha Democratic party, and by them was interwoven with the action of the Chicago Convention. It is under stood that the Hon. August Belmont, was the first to develop the plan ; probably beeause of his intimate acquaintance with the Govern ment of the Geiman states At first it was re ceived with surprise ; but the more it was dis cussed the more favor it obtained, until at last it was decided to inconx-rate the idea with’the proceedings of the Democratic Convention. More than that, undoubted evidence was re ceived that the plan .is agreeable to the views of Jeff. Davis, though, lor obvious reasons, he would refrain for tlie present from divulging it to the Southern people. Anxious for peace, but opposed to the restoration of the old Union, iho Southern leaders to whom this project was broached at onee assented to it, and arc now desirious for tbe election of the Chicago can didate, in the hope that it may result in a re construction of the Union ou a basis satisfac tory and honorable alike te the North and to the South. Os course, it was not deemed prudent to make all this apparent in tho debates of the Convention, still less in the platform adopted, but you may rely upon it that the leaders were * well informed of il, and are pledged to carry it into execution iu the advent of tbe success of the Democratic party at the polls in Novem- ; ber. Time and circumstances will doubtless cause ceitain changes in the minor details of this scheme, but they will not alter its impor tant features. IflOM MOBILE. Except military matters there is iittle or no thing new to chronicle. We might tell a good deal as to what is doing, hut it would be ira- j proper. Lieut. Gen. Taylor has arrived and 1 assumed command of this Department. » Gen. i Maury resumes his old command of the Dis trict, of the Gulf, and Gen. Gardner takes charge . of the immediate defences of the city. The blockading fleet in the bay appear to j have a quiet time of it. They cannot pass tbe obstructions and come up to tho city, nor can i our fleet get down to them Occasionally a j shot is flung at someone of the batteries, and, 1 Sometimes it ia a little lively with the foci*' | boats. We cannot be too much on the alert or- 1 too .vigilant. , Let Com. Farrand sea to it that .liia relative to small water jprqft strictly enforced and much trouble may he-j avoided. We allude particularly to 'bis ordei’7 as it is the must practical one that we have no- j .led for Some time. .Gen.jEotxeH, with a goodly number of his 'b6ldrul@ijpiaveTeen in the city this week. They'area dasWif’set of fellows—just such men as such a gallant leader would be expect ed to command. VVe are sorry to state that in a row between some of these men one of them was murdered. This unfortunate affair occur red at one of the city halls, while both parties were maddened with liquor. Tke'market is fairly supplied with meats, but poorly with vegetables. The seasons have been auspicious, and thero is no excuse for a scarcity of vegetables. . Tne-. qoiqii-t,KN Joxjmtss Co.mpant.—Tho ‘SotHhSrrf txjsrgss Uompany.is one of the be rfovoletU ‘fbsHtutinni -of the country. We .harulyiever apenut newspaper-without finding .atone account .<s.itjr.gpqd work* . Jtu .a great.- ITt-. ing to o*dfhontts. Long nfoy'Tt ijmC—Cuparttotcn liet ;*fH. /jC.' iaiiir’ sx l - -i&s o‘< Lids'* d£. fSituoli:—ku ipjjeaioitf writes. -in aTkcrat r nitmb's'‘bf des Uoui 4doudes, computes toearly -toga of-iife on rgiWg&yJourneyman -mfo , 7,50 ‘dOOjQOO travelers, wjewjas afeautt 2'J.Cw mi the nu&bV? fiTu fate fkrs ‘tiWitfla' be"noiaore than the fair proportion to the “annual loss of : life in former days »o.Qfig traveler* by land and ; wa, ’ - J MCCLELLAN AM) I’EM)LSTO>. George H. SiCiMelian, the Democratic nonri nee tor President of the United -States, was born m Philadelphia, December 3. 18'fo He was educated in the usual elemental’,- branches at the I,veal school* of hi* native city. At an early age ;.e entered the United States Milita ry. Academy at West Point. He studied a thorough c-oui**’ m that institution, and gradu- with distsnguirijud honors in 1846. He ei’tered the array at once and went immedi ately to Mexico. In the war with that eoun try, nc gamed honorable distinction as an en gineer and artillerist. At the close of the war. he retained his commission and rank in the regular army. In 1 Son, while Jefferson Davis was Secretary es War, McClellan was sent by Ins government as oue of the commissioners to the Crimea for the purpose of noting military operations in the war then pending between lix-sia .md the allies, England and Fiance. On his return homo, he drew up the report of the commissioners, giving the result cf their observations. This report added greatly so his reputation *:* an educated and' scientific soldier. In^lS,>7. he resigned his commission in the army ipr the purpose, of excepting the post of President and Ciril Engineer of the Il linois Central Railroad. This position bo held for three years lie then resigned, and become President of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, at a salary of 612,00 per annum. In May, 18(11, ho was appointed a Major Ger erul by President Lincoln. He accepted the office, though ho did not relinquish the Presi dency of the railroad. lie was placed in com mand of fh’ “Department of the Ohio,’; which embraced Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, a part of Western Pennsylvania, and that part of Virgi nia lying north oftiie Groat Kanawha river.— From that command, h«* was called to the posi tion of Military adviser of the President ami Command in;. General of tho Federal forced Lt the ‘ff pring of 1802, he was placed at the head of the Army ot the Potomac and continued hr command of that artny until December of tho sansevgar. when he wa* relieved in front of Fredericksburg, and succeeded by Burnside. If elected, McClellan will be the youngest President tho United States ever had. In per son he is low and thick set His forehead is low and narrow, though il is square, and bis expression, and the contour of iho head itflii cate considerable strength of mind. We regard him :.s by no means great intel lectually. though be may be considered a full medium man In 1 soT.-he married a daughter of Capt Randolph 15 Marty, of the United States Army His wife is,a !,:dy of m os: pi eg ant accom pish mints, phon’d her husband b- come President, she wi'l rloubt’ess have a bri'lianfc court at the \\ hito House. She will certainly present a most striking contrast *o the present occupant, who, all hough a kind hearted, amia ble lady, i» an uneducated, awkward rustic, and entirely out of place. George ii l’yndietoii, of Ohio, is the nomi nee for Vice-President VVe have, seen it stated that Pendletdii was a nutive-of Virginia The assertion Ims also been made in some of our papers that ha was originally from Mary land Lilt tins is a mistake lie was born hi the city of Cincinnati. July JO, 1625 He has always resided in that city. After receiving o, thorough collegiate education, he studied law, ar.d practiced with success. But beimr a man of ample fortune, he devoted lessaltcutioa to his profession than to polities. After pecoming quite conspicuous as a par ticipant in the local polities of Cincinnati, without aspiring to office, he was elected to the Legislature in 1854. Ho was ro ejected in 1855. In 1856 he wu* elected to Alongre. s By successive re-elections, hefwas continued as a member of tho House up to the present time. His wife, an elegant find estimable la dy, i* a daughter of the late Francis Scott Key, tb j renowned author of that popular na tional lyric, the “Star Spangled Banner.” Mr Pendleton is a mail of very superior talents. He is one of the ablest scholars in Congress. Ho has'always acted with the Dem ocrats, and hi:: record is c::o of consistent and uncompromising hostility to the Pluck Repub lican party, in ali its forms. lie was one ol the five who, during tho last Congress, voted per sistently against Lincoln's war measures . It will be seen that McGlelian and Pendle ton arc both quite young. The Convention have thrown the “r id fogies’’ overboard.— They seem to have acted upon the idea that young men are the bci-t leaders for revolution ary times.— Rklmoii-: I Vhiq. Fill),iS V iitOi HI IA. Col. Basil IV Duke, foVraorly iff Gen. JoliU II Morgan's staff h*3 been assigned to tho I command of the deceased chieftian’s troops'. Colonel Dukoi is a duelling young officer, of during courage'and lino abilities. The Yankees arc arresting and carrying off airmail! citizens of Loudon county, Va., with out regard to kga. They are also destroying | ail the crops, hogs and cattle in the country and taking away all the hones. Major Bnylo, Provost Mar shal at Gordons villo, Va., sent to Richmond, on the Stfe, oao Wm. A. Fi xhugh, caught in Loudon county re cruiting negroes, and supposed to be a spy for th ; Federal army. He was sent to Castlo Thunder to await trial. “"The Virginia and Tennesse railroad is IranH porting from six to-ten thousand bushels of salt daily, over this-road to this city. It belongs to the various counties in this section of tho State, and is reshipped to them as fast us trans portation can be obtained over other roads. Appearances indicate that there will soon bo a renewal of active operations in the vicinity of Petersburg A deaarter reporta that Gs&nt has issued or ders to one or more corps to supply themselves with three days’ cooked rations, and intimates that some new movement is on foot It is con jectured that he has an eye to cutting the Soulhside railroad ; hut it is hoped that our military authorities are prepared for any move of that sort. It is considered reliable that Grapt is receiv ing reinforcements, as within the last few days transports have been seen coming up tho river laden with troops. The Yankee papers seem to have come to the conclusion that General Early has no idea of retreating, and t he prospect is that Sheridan will have some heavy work to perform yet. The net earnings of the Virginia and ’l’ennea see railroad for the year ending june 30lb, 61,- Ths Yaqkea observatory, or tower, in Chet - terfield county, was elevated to yet more lofty proportions, _ and completed last week Its height is now about, two hundred feet Our artillerists occasionally play upon it ala dis tance, but have not, thus far, succeeded in dmdaging it. ihe Yankees are Hii! engaged in their en terprise of dig ing o ca.* .1 at Dutch Gap, and have thrown up breastworks to protect their laborers in the event that the Confederates at tempt an interference with their operations. —sMSKi. . FROM CHAIILEf-XO.A'. The enemy have a largo party on Battery 1 Gregg at work on the chamber of the gun : bearing upon tue city. On Thui “May tb~ shells thrown into the city wore* ijr.ara battery io t the ’ left of Battery Gregg. During the day ; the garrison ot Fort Sumter opened fire with rifles upon the Yankee workers at Gregg, ’dii virt and keeping them under cover the balance ot the day. The enemy's carts and wagons were ob served busily employed all day hauling am munition from the lower end of the Island to | Battery Grcgar. With the exception cf tho departure of ; cue monitor, there has been no change in tho ! enemy’s fleet It now consist*, outside tbo bar, of the Wabash, one propeller gunboat, three tugs and one light ship; inside the bar, four monitors, oncj.ropeller gunboat, one side wheel gunboat, one aloop-of-war, a river steamer, three tugs, ono barken tine, one tern, two schooner*; and in Light House Inlet one schooner and two sloops; off Coles’ Bland two giiuhoats. .cun; transport, four schooners; in Stpao one gjjphoat and five schooners ' Cnptaiq iff Q Gilchrist returned Thursday %frenfooif fiord Port Royal Ferry. He was mes-at the Ferry, under flag of truce, by Colo nel Woodford and Major Anderson, from Gen eral Foster * headquarters, when an exchange of official documents and letters from the priso ners on both sides was made. • No prisoners were exchanged, but it is re | ported that negotiations are in progress for j that purpose. General Foster, in a letter to ; General Jones, states that the Confederate of -1 liters, prisoners in his department hare been | placed in tents in the stockade on Morris’ Is land under our tire. They are allowed the usual army ration, and be says they will be kept there until he is notified by General Jones of the removal of all Federal prisoners from Charleston. Another flag of truce communication will take place in the harbor on Monday next. Straggling.-— Now that the Georgia Militia Las lieen ftirionglied for thirty days, and con sequently a force will be organised "in’ every county sufficient for the business, let all of them be placed under the control of Col. G. W. Lee, 'by Gov. B.inVnt, and he instructed to clean the Htate of deserters* and stragglers, and wo pven lule-the preiyptpbu that hi thirty days Gen. ilnodrjiU strengthened by ten thousand wlajOTnal'men.— Macon Confederacy. wto is now a soldier in the army of-Northoin Virginia, very recently wrote to Kingst»e%S C to soil corn to the wives of some of his comrades at $2 per bushel, and to the Government all his surplus left at echetl j ule rates, ltd* if patriotic,