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lflellm', Accflam-c. There is one vital, all-absorbing qms-tiou of the time. It 1h whether the war against 'ltis lu arms shall be prosecuted to their overthrow or bhall bo It is a question of national life auil death. All other Issues attempted to be made are a cheat and humbug. This question admits only of a deci led answer, one way or the other.

The time for olive-branch warfare, if it ever hud a proper time, is long gone by. It has been tried and egregiously failed. The two ways of saving the Union are, 1st by the thickest and strongest blows we can deal the armed traitors till they surrender or are exhausted, or 2d by surrendering ourselves and stopping the war short off. What would be the prospect of paving the Unlou by the latter course, Jeff Davis himself has already told us. He proclaims unequivocally and decidedly that disunion is the only admissible basis of negotiations for peace.

What prospect there is of saving the Union by the other course, I.t.-Geu. Grant, commander of the armies of the United States, has, in a straightforward, soldierly way, just informed The rebels have now In their rauks," he gays, their last man. A man lost by them cannot ie replaced. They have robbed the cradle and the grave to get their present force. The end is uot far distant, if we be but true to ourselves.

They are exceedingly anxious to hold out until after the presidential election. They hope the eltellon of the peace candidate." So writes Unconditional Surrender Grant. On the one side and the other respectively of this momentous question of the day stand arrayed the two political parties of tne loyal states. The platform of the one party declares that it is the highest duty of every American citizen to maintain against all enemies the integrity of the Union and the paramount authority of the constitution and laws of the United States" and calls pon the government to prosecute the present war with the utmost possible Tlgor to the complete suppression of the rebellion, in full reliance upon the self-gacriflce, the patriotism, the heroic valor and the undying devotion of the American people to their country and its free Institutions." Upou this platform are placed candidates who have been the active, earaest and faithful exponents of its principled since the outbreak of. the rebellion.

The platform of the other party declares the war for the restoration of the Union "a failure," and demands that "immediate effortt be made for a station of koitilMe." So far all is clear. But some of the framers of this platform are also compelled to take notice of the "self-sacrifice, the patriotism, the heroic valor and the undying de-Totion of the American people to their country and its free institutions." They therefore attempt a cheat to catch votes. Their candidate for the presidency attempts a cheat. With a platform and vice-presidential candidate for the "peace men," the presidential candidate is put forth, and attempts to put himself forth, as a delusion to war men. We have in his letter of acceptance therefore an effort not to offend the war men, and at the same time not to oflfcnd the peace men, or the rebels, who are carefully styled "our present adversaries." We have, in consequence, a wishy-washy letter, written with a TERMS: 12.50 PER ANNUM.

hands, if elected, and will doubtless be content that he should lu the meantime catch gulls unions; war men, If he can And them. That indeed is evidently a part of the programme. Dot the (teople are not to be taken In by a transparent cheat The crisis demands decided mm. The people will have decided men. "The Great American Iicltator" upon a cowardly, peace and surrender platform, will never take Washington, though he go by "way of Richmond." the jieople to render every aid lu thHr power to the constituted authorities of the Government in the crushing out of the rebellion, and bringing the leaders thereof to condign puuishment." This resolution was agreed to, yeas 153, nays 1, Harris of Maryland.

Mr. I'endUlun dixlqtd the tote, although he had just voted on the preceding resolution, and apears Immediately afterward voting on the next." Gen. Wool os thb Chicago Conven tion. We learn from the Troy Times that alxmt four huml red recruits on their way to the front, marched to Geu. Wool's residence In Troy, on Friday last, and halted.

Gen. Wool appeared and made a short speech in resionse to their cheers, saying how glad he was to see such a good class of soldiers and to learn that their destination was South. They were needed there, he remarked, "to put down rebels In arms at well at to frustrate the mhetiir of the traitors vho htd at Chicago." Pertinent Qi'rstion. At the Brady House, Harrisburg, a few days since, two friends were conversing, and one of them asked By the way, what are your politics 1" A democrat, sir, because my rather was a democrat," answered the person addressed. And bat is vour religion 1 A protestant, sir, because my father was a protestant." And why are you a bachelor 1 1 Because my father was a At this moment hapitened to think what he was saying, so he turned awav mnttering Oh, darn what's the use of talking 1 -Don't bother me with yonr sillv ques tions." nothing of a decisive and which succeeds view to saying character at all, well in the effort.

It is entirely in keeping with the well known character of the man. Had he any straight-forward, independent, man ly, patriotic stuff in him were he a "war" man In earnest had he any of the unconditional surrender blood in his veins, he would have at once indig nantly spurned and rejected a'nomlna tion tendered him upon such coward ly and treasonable platform. Nothing less could, or can, avail to separate him from that platform, or from the copperheads who set him on it. The two sides of the question, war or a peace, union or disunion, cannot be bridged by Geo. B.

McClellan. One can- not be a war man ana a peace man at same time in this crisis. Upon one side or the other must each man stand There is no neutral or middle ground. It tne Baltimore or the Chicago platform. By accepting the Chicago nomination 4 McClellan has necessarily endorsed and pianieu mmseu upon the Chicago olat i form, and no amount of shuffling letters I can separate him an Inch from it till he shuffles off this mortal coll.

By accept we that nomination on that platform i me nas oetanen Himself to te camp of i me enemies or the Union, and with I ineni must sink or swim, survive or per A-necmcago managers know tht la a man who wm be but a tool their Rrpurtok the Rkbki, Sbcrktaut ok War The Rebel Secretary of War has made his report, in which, among other things, he says that owing to the scarcity of provisions, farmers refuse to sell and he advises impressment as the only recoui se of the government. He advises also that, in the event of the continued disinclination of railroad companies to transact the government business, pos session of the several lines should be forcibly taken. The railroads are de-scritxd to be iu a very dilapidated condition. In concluding his reiort Mr. Seldon says "The whole male population of the South, between the ages of seventeen and fifty, are organized as soldiers that one-third of the currency has been annulled; that taxation to an unprece dented amount has been exacted from all values: the halwas corpus suspended and other extreme measures taken, but these have been willingly borne by the people, because the despondency of the North and its approaching bankruptcy and internal convulsions assure them of IndeiMmdcnce and peace at an early day.

TK8KRTIOWS kbok thr Rbbbl Army. The rumors of discontent in the rebel ftrmv in Georgia are uot without foundation, especially among conscripts. A soldier's letter, dated at Atlanta about the close of last month, says A night or two since one of our sol diers on the skirmish line saw a secesn making signs to him to come over. At fit the Union bov couldn't see it but on being assured that nothing would happen to his harm he ventured over to the rebel lines, ne was mere lniormeu that about four hundred rebel conscripts were heartilv sick and tired of the war, and were anxious to come in ana give thpmsplves ur. The difficulty was to get away, as every movement was watched witn.

tne greatest suspicion, and anv soldier attempting to desert to our lines would be instantly snot aown and thev wanted to make some arrange ment with onr men which would enable them to surmount this impediment, The following plan was agreed upon That night the rebels were to aavance ou our skirmish line, each party firing over the heads of the other, and as soon as the rebels were near enough, they were to throw down their arms and into the Union lines. The plan worked to a charm, and that night the rebel armv was minus four hundred good men." Pendleton's Record. The New York Tribune says of this gentleman's Con gressional record Consistent in his friendship to all the onen friends of rebellion, Mr. Pendle ton was one or the twenty who votea against the resolution censuring Harris of Maryland for treasonable language on the floor of the House. He was willing to repudiate the debt due from the government to a portion of Its soldiers: and voted, March 21, 1864, for Harding's proposition that the colored troops should be cheated out of their wages earned.

June 30, 1864, he voted tor Lelilond proposition for an armistice and com missioners the campaigns in Virginia and Georgia then actively going for ward. He declared by his vote on the 18th of January, 1S64, as he had In his speech above cited, that he does not believe in the right to crush the rebellion. Mr. Green Clay Smith of Kentucky offered this preamble ana resolution Whereat, A most desperate, wicked and bloody rebellion exists within the jurisdiction of the United States, and the safety and security of personal and national liberty depend upon its utter and absolute extinction therefore Xetolved, That It is the political, civil, moral and sacred duty of the people to meet it, right it, crush it and forever de stroy it. imspassea witn dui sixteen nays; among them Harris, Long, rendleUm, oornccs ana fernando Wood.

Three resolutions were offered in the House Dec. 17, 1863. The first declared for the prosecution of the war, Mr. Pendleton voted squarely against it 64 other democrats with him. The second resolution was as follows "That we hold It to be thedutv of Congress to pass all necessarv bills to supply men and money, and the duty of Cold Consolation.

The Richmond Examiner, in its criticism upon Gover nor Seymour's speech at Chicago, says: The tenor of his remarks was con ciliatory, but his whole speech was based Uhii the contingency if the restoration of the Union a thiug the South can tirrer consent to." Cold consolation for the Governor. Qv.tf. Cass Aoainst thr Chicago Plat form. The Chicago Tribune says 'We Irani from undoubted authority that Hon. In-wis Cass pronounces the democratic platform a most ignominious surrender to the rem'ls, ami saysttiat ne cauuot support Chekrino.

The circulars now being received by the Department of Agricul ture from its correspondents throughout the country exhibit the gratifying intel ligence that the growing crops of corn have been greatly benefited by the recent refreshing rains, promising thereby a much larger yield than was anticipated a few wei-ks ago. Gbttiso FRiiiHTKKKr. A New York butter speculator a few days ago sent orders to his agent in Potsdam, N. to sell a thousand tubs of butter which he had been holding for higher prices, for the most he could get. The splendid condition of the fall feed, taken In con nection with the reduced consumption of butter will disappoint many farm era and simulators who are holding their butter for higher prices.

It was selling in New Hampshire last week for from thirty-five to forty cents a pound. ITT McClellan's "change of base" iu Union Square, on Thursday night, will not save him. Anticipating this, (his single strategy, the Hon. John A. Pe ters, In a speech at Portland, Maine, "brought down the House" with the re mark If McClellan couldn't take Richmond, making Washington his base you may safely swear ht will tuner take fl mhnigton, making Rxchmmd hu, mt Tribune.

Miscellaneous Item. The New York Independent gives earnest support to Mr. Lincoln since the Chicago nomination. -A monster fruit-can A building is being finished at Cleveland, 80 by 44 feet, partitioned off into rooms, with air-tight iron walls, for the keeping of fruit beyond its ordinary season. The air is to be pumped out and the rooms sealed up, after the fruit is in.

Hon, Reuben E. Feuton, the Union nominee for Governor of New York, has been a member of Congress for four terms. He has been particularly dis tinguished in the late sessions for his devotion to all measures for the benefit of our soldiers. A man In Indiana lately split a stone and found in its centre a perfectly round hole, about the size of a thirty- two pound shot. There was no commu nication at all wiui the outside, ana the curious want to know how it came in the solid rock.

The guerrilla chieftains are rapidly disappearing, Ashhy and Morgan are dead, and the Louisville Journal of Sat urday reports that Adam Johnson, a leaaer wno nas createa great consterna tion in Kentucky lately, is totally blind irora me enects oi a wouna. Senator Pomcroy Is procuring signatures at the West Co a call for uew presidential convention at Cincinnati on the 28th. Is not this bad faith towards Fremont, who refuses to withdraw 1 George Francis Train Is in New York organizing for a new democratic conven tion. This is tit for tat. The report 4hat Atlanta had been retaken by Hood was promulgated by the rebel pickets at Petersburg on the 5th instant but the Richmond papers of the 6 th say that on the previous day Hood's army was lu "line of battle" at Lovejoy station, twenty-five miles from Atlanta, and "making good time.

A commercial crisis is apprehended in Canada, on account of the great rise in tne price of dry goods the derange ment of the currency of the United States, which has prevented the. settle ment of contracts by United States mer chants the complete displacement of Canadian bank bills by the United States silver the Increased taxes of the Cana dian government, and finally, by over trading, over-banking and speculation The Victory Allantu. OKNIHAL HllERMAK'i ACCOUNT. In answer to a request of certain par ties ni Iouisvillc made to Gen. Sherman that he would give them the details of the late operations at Atlants, "In order to sllenct the cavils of those who, In the absence of particulars, were denying that these operations were, ou the whole, a Federal success," the General sends the Allowing "Atlasta, Sept.

7, 1864. "On the 25th of August, pursuant to a plan or wincn tne war uepariment had been fully advised, I left the 20th corps at Chattahoochie bridge, and with the balance or the army I drew oir rrom the siege, and using some considerable artifice- mislead the enemy, I moved 'rapidly south and reached West Point railroad, near rairborn, on tne Ziia, ana brok tip twelve miles of it. When moving east my rignt approacn- ed the railroad near Jonesboro, aud my left near Rough and Ready. The enemy attacked the right wing of the army of the Tennessee, and was completely beaten. On the 81st and during the combat I pushed the left of the cen ter rapidly to the railroad above, between Rough and Ready and JoLesboro.

On the 1st of September we broke up about eight miles of the Macon railroad aud turned on the enemy at Jonesboro, assaulted him and his lines aud carried them, cnptnrlng Brig. Gen. Gorman and about 2000-prisoners, with eight guns and much plunder. Night alone pre vented onr capturing the whole or liar-dee's corps, which escaped south that night. That same night Hood iu Atlanta, finding all his railroads broken and in our possession, blew np his ammunition, seven locomotives and eighty cars, and evacuated Atlanta, which on the next day, September 2d, was occupied by th corps left for that purpose, Major General Slocum commanding.

We followed the retreating rebel army to near Love- joy's Station, thirty miles south of At- lauta, where finding mm strongly in trenched I concluded it would not pay to assault, as we had already the gTeat object of the campaign, viz Atlanta. Accordingly the army graauaiiy ana leisurely returned to Atlanta and it is now encamped eight miles south of the city, and1 to-morrow will move to camps appointed. I am now writing in Atlanta, so could not he uneasy In regard to our sit- natioa We have as the result of this quick, and, as I think, well executed movement, 27 guns, over 3000 prisoners, and have burled over 400 rebel dead ana left as many wounded they could not be removed. The rebels have lost besides the Im portant city of Atlanta and stores, at least 600 dead, 2500 wounded and 300ft prisoners. Whereas onr aggregate loss will not foot up 1500 men.

If that is not a success aon what is. (Signed) W. T. Shkhmah, Major General." Gn.nurnld at tbe England Agricultural Fair. On Thursday afternoon last, General Burnside visited the New England Ag ricultural Fair at Springfield, Mass.

He was introduced by the president of the Society, and was greeted with vocifer ous cheers, and, after they had some what quieted, Gen. Burnside acknowl edged the compliment in the following speech My friends, I thank you most heart ilv for this kind reception. It Is the more gratifying to me because it comes from the people of a section which has sent so many men to my (Cheers.) Their obedience to orders, Icu aud Mat lleiu. Rrceuits. One hundred aud twenty-seven recruits were mustered In at the Provost Marshal Office In this village last week.

We learn that only about seventy-five men remain to be mustered in to fill the q.uota of the whoI Congressional District. All of the towns which have not mustered lu their full quotas have secured the men, excepting, perhaps, two, Fayston lu Washington county, and Sunderland In Bennington county. Rbal Estatb Chahi. Pond Morse have purchased of Chas. K.

Mus-sey tbe middle third of the new block, corner of Merchants Row and Center 8treet, Including the store about to be vacated by Geo. II. Palmes. The price paid, we understand, was Ken thousand dollars-. Pond Morse take possession about the 15th of this month.

Mrs. M. L. Russell has bought of Gen. H.

H. Baxter the house owned by him on Wales Street, which she proposes to fit vp for a first class boarding house. ArrorNTRD. Mr. S.

M. Spaalding lately of this place, has resigned his position In the Washington post-office and has been appointed to a first class clerkship In the register's office of the treasury department. He writes that the new Register is duly installed In his new position, and many are already prophesying he's a driver" from the fact of his being a Ver- monter. The news from the election old Ver mont, he adds, is glorious." a motive In keeping bltlon, and have this secret. The exposure of the cheat was made by an honest German pedlar, who proposes soorrto bring the matter before the courts.

Journal. We have nver seen the machine, bat from what wo have heard of it, we can hardly credit this story. The perpetual motion machine which wasnotked In this paper a short since, by 8. c. More, who invented if, we are sure has such contrivance, as we took especial pains to examine It.ffydfjxtrt jym.

dealer, ItfinoLEUcar Collkui. Of her undergraduates and Immediate graduates Mldilebury college has sent tfrenfy-jSri to tl war. Accident. Mrs. Benjamin- Reed of Londonderry, was accidentally shot through the arm below the elbow ou Saturday last, by the discharge of a gun in the hands of Mrs.

William Bnxtoa. Mrs. Buxton was going to snap a cap on the gun to frighten a neighbor's ltttla girl, not knowing that the gun was loaded. Some sixty shot passed through Mrs. Reed's arm.

Richmond Eitquirer says that Gen. Winder, well known in connection with Llbby Prison, has been removed from command at the post of Andersonvllle, Georgia, for "incapacity and Inhumanity to prisoners." New and great naval operation under Admiral Porter are promised. It Is not said where, but they should for capturing or closing the port of Wilmington, N. C. Dkpositaribs oh Public Mosbt.

The First National Banks of Bzandon and Brattleboro, havebeen designated as depositaries of pnblic money. Bsar Hcnt. The people of Randolph and Braintree turned out on Thursday last in search of a bear, whose operations near West Randolph had been discovered. A ring was formed, and after an exciting chase of some eight hours, the bear was driven within about one mile of West Randolph village, and was shot by Mr. Charles Hnbbartk Other bears are supposed to be in the same vicinity.

IcfAn attempt was last Friday to blow up a government warehouse in St. Louis, in which was million dollars' worth of government property, by the use of an infernal machine. Bat little damage, however, was done. their and their other fine Qualities have won for theui a warm place In my heart (cheers) a more than ordinary attachment. The scene before me is a pleasant one, because It shows very plainly that our resources are not exhausted.

(Cheers and cries of We have still an abund ance of men and matcrui. uut i nope that not a great deal more of either will be needed or called for. I honestly and candidly believe that the end is near. (Loud cheers.) I see no occasion for the despondency which has existed in some quarters. Grant wants some more men and they will be given him.

(Cheers.) They will be forthcoming aud the war will be closed in short order- Again I thank you for this reception and hope that when the next annual fair of the jew England society will take place, we shall be at peace with the whole world and with ourselves." Gen. Burnside's remarks were greet ed with enthusiastic applause, and at their close three riieers were called for and given him with the heartiest good will. Comino to tub Point. The Detroit Advertiser relates the following: "We were amused the other night at the attempts of one of the unwashed, whose tongue had become a little thick from the effects of his favorite beverage, to pronounce the names of the demo cratic candidates. Hurra for McClel'n and Pcu'ton i I mean, Hurra for McKel- lan and P'lenton No, that aint it Hur ra, I say, for McKennel and Pel'ton Tp nror fpllrmr trnfc fnrt.vfr fmm th i mark at every attempt, nntil he finally gave up in despair, exclaiming, 'U such a mixed up mess Hurra for Jeff Davis Personal.

Hon. J'. S. Morrill has ar ranged with Chas. Parroenter, of Wind sor, to represent him in the army.

A new volum from the pen of John G. Saxe, formerly of Burlington, is announced for the autumn by Ticknor Fields, Boston. It is entitled "Clever Stories of all Nations." Mr. A. F.

Cool, of Glen's Falls, New York, has purchased of the proprietor, Mr. E. A. Smith, "the St. Albans Lime Works," so called, in the southern part of Swanton, for $17,000, and Is about to add another kiln thereto.

-Maj. Gen. John Nasoii says that he had at the last election voted at sixty annual elections in St. Albans, and that there was no other voter now living in town who cast his suffrage in St. Albans in 1804.

Gen. Nason, now in his eighty second year, has jifst been re-elected a Justice of the Peace. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour was serenaded at the Brattleboro House, one evening last week, and made the follow ing speech, as reported by the Phoenix: "My friends, I am glad to see yon.

am going to the army of the Potomac in a few days. A good many of you look able to go, and I should like to have you go with me. Good evening." Ninth Regiment. The Ninth regiment has been ordered to join the 18th army corps now in the vicinity of Fort Dar A Profitable Crop, Col, Jarvls Bur rows of Vernon, has raised this year ten acres of tobacco, which will yield, in the estimation of good judges, nine tone of merchantable tobacco of the first quality. Thb Bolt of thb Peace Dbmocbats.

Wood's organ, the New Tork Dallv News, repudiates McClellan on account of his letter of acceptance, and demand the reassembling of the Chicago convention. It says either tbe platform must be remodeled or a new candidate nominated. The News argues the case forcibly and with the indignation of ono who feels that he has been cheated. It says George B. McClellan, was nominated upon a platform that promises an immediate cessation of hostilities and a coa- vention of air the states.

Does he standi upon that platform to-day 1 He doe not. He has renounced that platform his letter accepting the 'nomination. It is as if the bridegroom should accept the bride's property, but not her person. a Dona use mas is nun ana void. The peace party will not consent to hava their principles betrayed and then do homage to the betrayer.

The democracy must seek a candidate who will stand upon the platform, for they cannot consistently support one who is in collis-sion with the convention that tendered him the nomination." A lie rebel tol. Hamilton was ar rested at Island Pond, Friday afternoon, by order of Deputy Colector Bird of Portland. He was supposed to be on his way to Montreal. Brattleboro. The vote of Brattle boro for town representative was as fol lows: Silas M.

Walte, Union, 455 Luther Sergeant, democrat. 89 scatter iug, 11. Col. Wa ie received a larger majority than any man ever before elect ed representative from that town. Leach's Perpetual Motion.

Our readers will recollect some notice taken in these columns about a year since of a small machine exhibited through the country, which Us inventor claimed to contain the principle or self motion, or perpetual movement. The machine was metallic wheel with a system of cords and falling balls suspended to the arms of the wheel, which is supported on a thick base of wood. It turns out that the affair is a very ingenious deception, The base or platform contains a system of clock work, a spring running op to the axis through one of the standards supporting the wheel. When wound up," it would run some twelve hours. The inventor of this wonderful per petnal motion" is said to have made quite a sum by humbugging persons, and then imparting the secret.

Of course parties who have invested are anxious to get their money back by sale or exhl- Thb Issttroehts in Pennsylvania. The drafted men who recently banded together in the mountains of Columbia county, and defied the civil author ities, it appears, were from several coun ties in Pennsylvania, and some from New York, and were instigated and en couraged by citizens of Columbia coun ty to make resistance. Gen. Couch sent a force of about a thousand men into the neighborhood, and arrested one hun dred of the citizens implicated in the troubles. Orders were issued to the insurgent forces to lay down their arm and return to their allegiance, which, many of them did, but the rest pushed further on into the mountains, and at last accounts September 6 were encamped in a gorge, where they had in-trenchments and two field pieces.

They are said to number from three to five hundred. Gen. Couch's forces were pressing on, but with little expectation that the insurgents would fight. A Tender Epistle. The following letter was the cause of much amusement on being read during the trial in England of a breach of promise case Sly dear sweetest ducky, I am so happy to hear from you so often it affords me sich grate plesher.

You always was so dear to me I hope you will sune be deerer. You know I never hinted nothing about marriage and I never mean to take yous own time for that. I ehal always remember the old ay1n -t but uiuther saya nuiiiig unoum j- tiie in a hurry but ketchtn fleas. Tun fondest wish of my heart is that we may sune become one. Do you ever read Franklin's Extracts, his remarks concerning marriage is deceitful.

Our hearts, he sez, ought to assemble one another in every respect, they ought to be hctergennis so that our opinions may be mixed as well as uniting, not like oil and water but tee and shugar. Truly I can feel for the mortal Watts when he sez Tha rowf te red the vilet blew Shagart tweet and to are you. Mother sez matrimony is better to think upon than the reality. I remain till death or marriage, your own sweet candy, Mary Ann. N.

B. I had a kussea married last month, who says there aint no true enjoyment but in the married state. Your awetls dove, Mary Ann. P. S.

I hope you will let we know what you mean to do as there Is four or fly other fellows after me hot foot, and 1 shall be quite uneasy till I hen. Your lover swete Mary Ann.".