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the sill of one of the windows of the White House
and announced that the band would proceed to the
residence of Secretary Chase, .A here other speeches
would be made. Upon the arrival of the crowd
at the house of Mr. Chase the band performed an
operatic air, which was scarcely terminated before
the impatient crowd made loud calls for Chase."
In a few moments that gentleman made his ap-
pearance at the hall door, and was about to pro-
ceed to address the meeting, when there was a
loud call by the audience for a light, there being
none prepared for the occasion, the only light being
that of the hall lamp bellind him. He said,—
"My friends,—l b.:lieve all the light you need this even-
ing is the light reflected from the great act of the President.
(Cries of ' Good, good 1' and applause.) I understand that
you have just paid your respects to the chief magistrate of
the republic, to assure him that the proclamation he has re-
cently issued finds a welcome response in the hearts of the
American people. (Applause.) No one .can rejoice more
sincerely in the belief that the judgment you have expressed
of that act will be the judgment of the whole people of the
United States. (Chem 5.)44 am, fellow-citizens, more accus-
tomed to work than I ani't.)slealt I love acts better than
words. (Applause.) But, fellow-citizens, nothing has ever
given me more sincere pleasure than to say, Amen' (cries
of ' Amen, amen, and amen l' by the crowd) for the last
great act of the chief magistrate. (' Good for Abe I') In my
judgment it is the dawnof a new era ('That's so,' and cheers),
and, although that act is perfected under an imperative sense
of duty, created by the military exigencies which give him
the power to perform it, it is nevertheless an act so univer-
sally baptized in blood,' an act of humanity and justice;
that the latest generation, whose liberty (cries of The
whole world.') Yes, the whole world will pay homage to
the man who has performed it. You will excuse me, fellow-
citizens. (Cries of Go on, go on 1') If there is another
word to be added to night it is this—that the time has come
when we should bury all jealousies, all dissensions, all per-
sonal aims, all personal aspirations, in one common resolve
to stand by the integrity of the public. Lei him have the
most of our approbation and applause and confidence who
does the most, whether in the field or at the head of the
nation, in the Cabinet of the country. (Cries of ' Good,
good and tremendous applause.) Dismissing all the past,
let us look only to the future, and henceforth let the day of
dissension and discord be ended, and let us do nothing but
work for our country in that sphere in which God in His
providence may call upon us to work."

Mr. Chase retired amid immense cheering.

The band then played the " Star-spangled Ban-
ner," when loud cries were made for Cassius M.
Clay, who shortly afterwards appeared, and said :

" My friends and fellow-citizens,—l came to-night as
well as yourselves to do honour to the great act which will
make Abraham Lincoln immortal among men. I know and
all know the great difficulty under which he has struggled
from the beginning of his Presidency to the present time.
The causes of these difficulties are not of to-day, they are
not based even upon the fact that 4,000,000 of men born on
American soil, because they happen to be of a certain
colour, are the slaves of their fellow-man. Deeper, wider,
and more important is it than this. It is to be found in
the great principles which have been in contest from the
commencement of this Government to the present day. It
is whether men shall govern themselves or whether other
men shall govern them. (` Good, good,' Bully for you,'
That's the question,' &c,) It is not the question whether
4,000,000 of mankind shall be entitled to the blessings of
justice and liberty which our fathers, in the day of trial and
defeat, said they were entitled to, and maintained at the
hazard of their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honour
that all men were entitled to live in liberty and the pursuit
of happiness. It is beyond this—it is a greater principle than
this at stake—it is the right of man to go'vern himself against
the divine right of an aristocratic cot tonocracy to govern him.
The speaker then proceeded to declare that the President
was the representative man of the civilisation of the present
age, battling against the Aristocracy and tyrannies of the
world, for he declared that in all parts of the world, wher-
ever an aristocratic tyranny existed, they were to be found
siding with the South in its present infamous attempt to
overthrow the best form of government ever established on
the face of the earth. He said the question was liberty or
slavery to the white race as well as the black. That was
the issue, and he thanked God it had come to that at last.
He did not look upon what effect this proclamation might
have upon the four millions of blacks in the South who had
been trampled upon and despoiled of their rights until
scarcely a vestige of humanity was left in them. It was not,
he said, to be expected that they would achieve anything
great, even for the priceless blessings of liberty. It was for
us to determine who was for and who was against self-go-
vernment ; and the speaker pronounced the man who did
not stand by the President's proclamation to be a traitor to
his country and an enemy to his race. (Vociferous cheer-
ing and cries of That's the talk.') It would, he said, place
the white men of the South in their true position, and show
them they were fighting merely for the support of slavery.
It was not for the 4,000,000 of blacks so much as for the
8,000,000 of whites that he welcomed this proclamation.
True, there might be opponents to it ; men who had spindles
to run, and others who had ships wanting cotton freights ;
but he declared that the interests of the great mass of the
people were with the President and his proclamation, and
he predicted that the people would not stop to see what
would be the consequence, but declare that the right was
always to be. He predicted that the effect abroad would be
greatly beneficial to us, and said that no King, no aristo-
cracy, no House of Commons, no Chamber of Deputies,
que
could stand for a moment arrayed against this great prin-
ciple."

Attorney-General Bates was also the recipient of
a serenade, and made a few remarks expressive of
his thanks for the compliment bestowed.
The Convention of Governors of States assem-
bled at Altona, Pennsylvania, on the 24th, when
the following Governors attended:—
Israel Washbourne, jun., Republican, Maine.
Ichabod, Goodwin, Republican, New Hampshire,
John A. Andrew, Abolitionist, Massachusetts.
Wm. Sprague, War Democrat, Rhode Island.
Andrew G. Curtin, Republican, Pennsylvania.
Augustus W. Bradford, War Democrat, Maryland.
Fancis H. Peirpoint, War Democrat, Virginia.
David Tod, War Democrat, Ohio.
Richard Yates, Republican, Illinois.
Edward Solomon, Moderate Republican, Wisconsin,
Samuel J. Kirkwood, Republican, lowa.
Oliver P. Morton, Republican, Indiana.
Charles S. Olden, Republican, New Jersey.
Wm. A. Buckingham, Republican, Connecticut.
Frederick Holbrook, Republican, Vermont.
The following Governors were neither present
themselves nor sent proxies :
E. D. Morgan, Republican, of New York.
Wm. A. Buckingham, Democrat, Connecticut.
SVm. Burton, Democrat, Delaware.
Charles Robinson, Republican, Kansas.
Austin blair, Republican, Michigan.
Alexander Ramsay, Republican, Minnesota.
John Whittaker, Democrat, Oregon.
Leland Stanford, Republican, California.
A despatch from Altona of the 24th reports the
proceedings which took place as follows:
" There were 16 States represented; 13 by Governors and

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the balance by other State officers. They have been in
secret session, but enough has transpired to show the pur-
port of the gathering and reveal all that was done up to 8
p.m., when a recess was taken. The conduct of the war has
been the topic. Two propositions have been discussed ;
they were :—I. To demand the immediate removal of
M'Clellan. 2. The approval of the President's emancipation
proclamation. These propositions have been discussed dur-
ing the afternoon, Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts,
making fully an hour's speech in favour of both. He urged
that the removal of M'Clellan should be demanded by this
body. He was asked who will take his place ? His reply
was that Fremont's staff was perfect and ready. Is not
that reply the request of the meeting of the New England
Governors with the New York Committee at Providence 2
Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island,also urged the removal
of M'Clellan, and showed, by his remarks, that he has gene
over, body, soul, and breeches, to the infernal, Republi-
cans. Governor Tod, of Ohio, strongly opposed the pro-
position, declaring the people would rise up en masse and
repudiate it. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, also op-
posed it, stating that had it not been for M'Clellan the
rebels would have been successful in Maryland, and that he
fought the battle of Antietam before his reinforcements
arrived, and was successful with a force much less than
those engaged against him. Governor Bradford, of Mary-
land, declared that even if there was a blemish in M'Clel-
land's character this was no time to demand his removal.
He believed him to be the best general in the country ; that
he had the perfect and unqualified confidence of all loyal
men in Maryland, as he should have in every loyal State.
rhe debate nvealed the fact that th©' internals' are play-
ing a deep game—nothing less than their revolutionary
schemes of superseding the President, and making Fremont
the great man.' The prospects now are that they will
visit Washington and importune the President in person."
A letter from Nassau of the 6th of September re-
lates how the Oreto, alias the Florida, received her

armament :
t 4 One fine Saturday night in the month of August, a
few weeks ago, at an hour when sailors were likely to be en-
chained by Bacchus, a mob of discharged sailors and others
were employed to tranship cargo from a schooner into the
Oreto. I am credibly informed that about half an hour
after they got on board the Oreto she put to sea,and in about
three hours afterwards osertook the British schooner Prince

Alfred, said to have been lately purchased for and on EW-
count of Mr. John B. Lafitte.
" ' What schooner is that ?' said Captain Maffitt, of tho
Oreto.

" ' The Prince Alfred,' was the answer.
" ' Don't you want a tow ?' cries Maffitt.
" ' Yes,' is the ready response.
" Then take down your sails,' comes from the Oreto,
and accordingly a hawser is passed, and the Oreto towed
the Prince Alfred to Green Cay, a small island forming one
of the Bahama group. On the next day, being the Sabbath,
but for which the Oreto had no regard, the men began to
take out of the Frinco Alfred her cargo and put it on board
the Oreto. They discharged Rix 32 -pounder broadside guns
and two 68- pounder pivot guns, lots of stores, shot, shell,
and powder. This took six days to do, when the Oreto,
having these guns mounted on her deck, weighed anchor,
hoisted the Confederate flag, her crew manning the rigging
and giving three cheers. The last accounts we have of her
is that she was at Cardenas, in Cuba, under the name of the
Florida. (She has since entered the port of Mobile.—ED.
herald.)
" It is almost needless to say the Prince Alfred received
her cargo in the port of Nassau, from steamers and other
vessels."

The steamer Kate had arrived from Washington I
at Nassau, having run the blockade. The steamer
Leopard had also arrived at Nassau, having escaped
the Charleston blockading squadron. It was re-
ported that the steamer Hero had been captured.
The Bishop of Nassau died on the 4th ult. of fever.
Her Majesty's vessels Spitfire and Melpomene were
in port.
It is reported from the blockading squadron off
Mobile that on the 13th ult. the gunboat Wincna,
Lieut. Commander Thornton, ran, under the fire of
Fort Morgan, below Mobile, opened fire on the Con-
federate steamer lying there, driving off her crew,
and damaged her greatly by an explosion of an 11-
inch shell in her bow. Fort Morgan opened a
heavy fire on the Winona, but she escaped unhurt.
On the 9th the Connecticut captured the English
schooner Rambler, laden with cotton, which had
escaped the blockade from Sabine Pass. Instructions
were found on board to sell her cargo at Havannah,
purchase powder, medicines, army stores, and return
to Sabine Pass. She was sent to Ship Island.
Richmond advices of a late date announce that
stocks had risen 3 per cent. ; American gold, 201
premium. Provisions were at famine prices. The
Richnzond Enquirer claims the battle of Antietam as
a Confederate victory. It was directed by General
Lee in person. The Federal force was estimated at
150,000 men. General Jackson commanded the
left of the Confederate line, General Hill the right,
and General Longstreet the centre. It is admitted
that the Federal artillery was used with fearful
effect, and that upon the whole the battle was the
most severe of the entire campaign. The following
is a list of Confederate commanding officers killed
and wounded in the engagement :—General Starb,
of Mississippi, commanding Jackson's division,
killed ; Brigadier-General Branch, of North Caro-
lina, killed ; Brigadier-General R. H. Anderson,
wounded in hip, not dangerously; Brigadier-Gene-
ral IN right, of Georgia, flesh wounds in breast and
leg; Brigade-General Lawton, in leg; Brigadier-
General Armisted, in the foot; Brigadier-General
Riply, in neck, not dangerously ; Brigadier-General
Ransom, of North Carolina, slightly.
The Ariel had arrived at New York with 887,000
dole. on freight. F 1 om Panama we learn that Mos-
quera has seized all the Church property, banished
the priests, and sent the nuns out of the country.
The priests managed to carry off the valuables.
Ospino and Calvo doubtless escaped to St. Thomas
on the English steamer.

SOUTHERN ACCOUNT OF 711 E GREA7

BATTLES.

(From the Richmond Whig of Sept. 20.)

We are kindly permitted by Governor Letcher to
publish the following extracts from letters received
by him yesterday :
" Winchester, Tuesday, Sept. 16.

" After the advance of our army to Frederick,
and the issuing of the admirable proclamation to
the people of Maryland by Gen. Lee, a movement
took place with our troops, seemingly in the direc-
tion of Pennsylvania, but really for an important
movement into Virginia. After sending a portion
of his troops to occupy and hold the Maryland
Heights, Gen. Jackson was directed by Gen. Lee
to cross the Potomac at Williamsport, take posses-
sion of Martinsburgh, and then pass rapidly behind
Harper's Ferry, that a capture might be effected of
the garrison and stores known to be there. The
movement was admirably conducted. Martins-
burgh fell, with the capture of 150 prisoners and
some stores, the most being taken to the Ferry.
The investment of Harper's Ferry was effected on
Saturday. Sunday morning there was some firing,
and it was renewed yesterday morning, and the re-
sult the unconditional surrender of the garrison-
-10,000 men, with all the arms, 50 pieces of artil-
lery, ammunition, 100 waggons, quartermaster and
commissary stores, and many cars, some of them
laden, and 600 negroes. This important conquest
was effected without the loss of a man on our side.
So much is official. It is reported that the cavalry,
1,000 in number, escaped by Shepherdstown. It is
said the enemy were repulsed twice, with a loss of
5,000 in killed and wounded. Our loss was heavy.
Our troops fell back towards the Potomac from
reasons that can be easily conjectured. Jackson
will now recross the Potomac at Harper's Ferry,
circumvent the enemy, if he has the temerity to
follow our advanced corps, and we shall capture or
disperse the whole concern. God grant that this
conjecture may be verified. Gen. Garnett is cer-
tainly killed. His body arrived here this morning.
" F. H. SMITH."
(BY TELEGRAPH.)
" Gordonsville, Sept. 19.

" At Harper's Ferry we paroled 11,090 privates,
425 officers, took 2,000 negroes, 15,000 stand of
small arms, 40 pieces of cannon. Col. Walker's
battery took 500 horses. Our loss was three killed
and 40 wounded. The battle commenced on Sun-
day morning and opened again on Monday at day-
light. Their dead were covered in the ditches ;we
could not tell how many. In the fight at Sharps-
burgh we took 3,000 prisoners. Gen. Garland and
Col. Strange were killed. Gen. D. H. Hill was
roughly handled, but managed to hold the enemy in
check."

THE ADVANCE INTO MARYLAND.
Narrative by a Lieutenant in General Jackson's
army :

" Frederick City, Maryland, Sept. 6.
"My dear Mother,—l am brimful of matter as
an egg of meat. Let me try to outline our progress
since my last letter—date not remembered—from
Racoon Ford, you bearing in mind that I am in A.
P. Hill's Division, in Jackson's corps, that corps
consisting of Jackson's own Division, Ewell's and
Hill's. You will not think me egotistical for speak-
ing of this corps and of the corps of Hill's Division,
for of them I know most, and in truth their share
was, to me at least, the most memorable in the
almost incredible campaign of the last fortnight.
Crossing Racoon Ford, Jackson in front
(rememberd e
Jackson, so used, includes Hill,
' Stonewall Division'), General LeeF,i
witiitver, a few
opposition, reached Rappahannock
here a part of
miles above Rappahannock Station, where
Oa Friday
Ewell, and
Longstreet's troops had a sharp Cul-
and the same
Warrenton springs,
pepper, opposite Ewell's brigades. The
evening, August 22, Jackson b.ivgouacked in
evening threw over two of Saturday the
night the two bri-
bridgeand that
was rebuilt, _
arp fighti,g, were with-
river rose and destroyee. the
with-
gades, after some h
the enemy appeared
°morning
drawn. On Monday
t e bridge•
batteries of Hill's Division
infantry.
were put in positionhe
infantry, and, bringing up
in heavy force, and the
They retired t
batteries, threw a storm
and shelled their
umbers. of
at us—we not replying,
exploded-several thousand rounds,
and nand n
bavell sheltered were we, our killed did
They must
Thatevening Jackson's 'whole force
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street close to him. The enemy was cornpletb.l.7
deceived, and concluded that we had given the
tliinn 4r' Now comes the great wonder. Starting
up the bank o;
the river on Monday, the 25th, we
marched through
Anio,7
111 e, in Rappahannock
County; still further up, crossed t; Rappahannock,
within 10 miles of the Blue Ridge; ingr,-..t_,ed across
open fields, by strange country paths and comr7t-
able homesteads, by a little town in Fauquinr,
called Orleans, on and on, as if we would never
cease, to Salem, on the Manassas-Gap Railroad,
reaching there after midnight. Up again by day
dawn, and still on, along the Manassas Gap Road,
meeting crowds, all welcoming, cheering, staring
with blank amazement. So all day Tuesday,
through White Plains, Haymarket, Thoroughfare
Gap, in Bull Run Mountains, Gainesville, to Bris-
tor Station, on the Orange and Alexandria Rail-
road, making the distance from Amosville to Bristor
(between 45 and 50 miles) within the 48 hours.
We burnt up at Bristor two or three railway trains,
and moved on to Manassas Junction on Wednesday,
taking cur prisoners with us. Ewell's Division
brought tip the rear, fighting all the way a force
Pope had sent up from Warrenton, supposing us a
cavalry party. Upon reaching Manassas Junction
we met a brigade (the Ist New Jersey) which had
been sent from Alexandria on the same supposition.
They were fools enough to send a flag demanding
our surrender at once. Of course we scattered the
brigade, killing and wounding many, and among
them the Brigadier-General (Taylor), who has since
died. At the Junction was a large depot of stores,
five or six pieces of artillery, two trains containing
probably 200 large cars loaded down with many
millions of quartermaster and commissary stores.
Besides these, there were very large sutlers' depots,
full of everything ; in short, there was collected
there, in the space of a square mile, an amount and
variety of property such as I had never conceived
of (I speak soberly). 'rwas a curious sight to see
our ragged and famishing men helping themselves to
every imaginable article of luxury or necessity,
whether of clothing, food, or what not. For my.
part, I got a tooth-brash, a box of candles, a quan-
tity of lobster salad, a barrel of coffee, and other
things which I forget. But I must hurry on, for I
have not time to tell the hundredth part, and the
scene utterly beggars description. A part of us
hunted that New Jersey brigade like scattered par-
tridges over the hills just to the right of the battle-
field of the 18th July, 1861, while the rest were
partly plundering, pertly fighting the forces coming
on us from Warrenton_ Our men had been living
on roasted corn since crossing the Rappahannock,
and we had brought no waggons, so we could carry
little away of the riches before us. But the men
could eat for one meal at least; so they were
marched up, and as much of everything eatable
served out as they could carry. To see a starving
man eating lobster salad and drinking Rhino wine,
barefooted and in tatters, was curious ; the whole
thing was indescribable. Our situation was very
critical. We were between Alexandria and War-
' renton—between the hosts of M'Clellan and Pope,
with over 18,000 jaded men, for the corps had not
more than that. At nightfall fire was set to the
depot, storehouses, the loaded trains, several long
empty trains, sutlers' houses, restaurants, every-
thing. As the magnificent conflagration began to
subside the ' Stonewall,' or first division of Jack-
son's corps, moved off towards the battle-field of
Manassas, the other two divisions to Centreville, six
miles distant. As day broke we came in sight of
Centreville, rested a few hours, and towards even-
ing the rearguard of the corps crossed Bull Run at
Stonebridge—the scene of the great slaughter of
last year closely pursued by the enemy. A
part of the force came np the Warrenton turn-
pike, and in a furious action of two hours—the
last two daylight hours of Thursday, the 28th of
August—disputed the possession of a ridge running
from Sudley Church Ford to the 'Warrenton turn-
pike. We drove them off, and on Friday morning
we held the ridge, in front of which runs an incom-
plete railroad cut and embankment. Now we had
made a circuit from the Gap in Bull Run Mountains
around to the Junction and Centreville, breaking
up the railroad and destroying their stores, and re-
turned to within six miles of the Gap, through which
Longstreet must come. The enemy disputed his
passage and delayed him till late in the day, and
meanwhile they threw against our corps, all day
long, vast masses of troops—Sigel's, Banks's, and
Pope's own division. We got out of ammunition ;
we collected more from cartridge-boxes of fallen
friend and foe ; that gave out, and we charged with
neverfailing yell and steel. All day long they threw
their masses on us ; all day they fell back, shattered
and shrieking. When the sun went down their
dead were heaped in front of that incomplete rail-
way, and we sighed with relief, for Longstreet could
be seen coming into position on our right. The
crisis was over ; Longstreet never failed yet ; but
the sun went down so slowly. Friday.—Hill's
division took, perhaps, the most prominent part in
the fight ; on Thursday Ewell's and Jackson's,
though all were engaged on Friday. Saturday
morning—day ever memorable ! for it broke the
back of the great lying nation—our corps still held
that ridge, and Longstreet formed on our right,
obtuse-angled to us, so that if they attacked, upon
forcing us back, their flank would be exposed to
Longstreet ; and if they forced him back
their flank would be exposed to us.
This arrangement was concealed from them so
far that they suspected our strength to be to our left.
Skirmishing and distant cannonading lasted till I
p.m., when the action commenced, and soon grew
infinitely furious. But they were outgeneraled and
beaten from the start, and at half-past 4or 5
it was plain that they were terribly whipped• The
fight was by far the most horrible and deadly that
I have seen. Just at sunset our wings
in pursuit ; Jackson swinging his left sownept round
the right
as a pivot, and Longstreet in the reverse method.
Their dead on the field were in such numbers as to
sicken even the veterans of a and the
rotting
Shenandoah Valley ; they left 2,000 dead,
clay, and almost innumerable wounded' their
,dis-
cipline and night saved them from Et
rout. They
retreated in tolerable order to Centreville. Twas de-
cisive ; their whole army —only two corps of
to one on our side.
ours—and their loss, theinnkg,a-e aged—only
tenen the 2d Brigade
Starke's Louisiana Brig9de
ammunition bet
ng out
of Jackson's division (theirr
the ground. Tut
s
fought with the stoneevis,
fis o
Randolph, it is said, was
Lew
know to be a fact. A
with a stone. We lost many
valuable men.
seen to kill one mansr,as,, shot early, in the breast.
I found him at the hospita. very dirty in dust and
blood, but in good hands.
I took off my shirt and
gave it to him,
and sent him on his way, rejoicing)
toward
Middlesburgh. I happened to have on a
clean shirt, having
bathed in Bull's Run on Friday
changed my clothing.
morning and On Saturday
I bad the narrowest escape yet ; two cannon balls,
within a minute of each other, passed so near me as
almost to take away my breath. Strange to tell, it
put me in the wildest spirits. On Monday
moved to Ox-hill, between " our corps
Chantilly and Fairfax
Court House, where, in the afternoon, we had,
under a driving thunderstorm, a smart but indeci-
sive fight with three
divisions
of the enemy. In it
were killed General Kearn dey an Stevens, valuable
officers both. Thus the corps fought six days out
of seven, after enormous mantles. On Wednesday,
the 3d
- inst., we marched to Drainsville ; on Thurs-
day to Leeshurg, where we met D. H. Hill's corps,
R
ipley's division, and perhaps others. On yester-
day the army crossed the Potomac, D. 11. Hill a
little earlier in the day than we, and at a different
ford. We marched till half-past 12 last night,
started to-day before day, and reached this town by
1 p.m. or earlier. It is 24 miles from Leesburgh,
and within 18 of Pennsylvania. Of the scene at the
passage of the Potomac I have not time to speak,
nor of the battlefield of Leesburgh. Saunders,
coming on in an independent way, captured the
telegraph operator, turned him over to General

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Jackson, and heard him send a message to old Abe,
after which the telegraph was destroyed and the
track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad torn up.
Stuart yesterday sent a message to Abe by another
line. I have seen the Baltimore Sun of to-day. They
are puzzling themselves as to whether we have
really crossed. I wish, my dear mo'her, I could bet-
ter tell you of these great matters. But it is easier for
you to imagine how tired I am than for me to tell
you. In the last 36 hours I have slept two. I
am proud to have borne my humble part in those
great operations—to have helped, even so little, to
consumtrit the grand plan, the history of which
will be a text b,:9k to all young soldiers, and the
magnificent su,cess which places Leo at the side
of the greatest captains—ilannibal, Cfe,ar, Eugene,
Napoleon.

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT] ON AND

THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

On the first of November the Exhibition will be
at an end. The immense con( c!ion which his been
prepared with so much anxious forethought, and.
which has given every visitor a grander and more
comprehensive idea of universal industry than could
possibly have been inspired by any other means,
will be broken up and dispersed to the four corners
of the world. From America to China—from Ice-
land to Natal—every land which has contributed
will reclaim its treasures. It is sad to think that
such a collection should ever be dispersed, but as
the date of closing the Exhibition is now positively
fixed, there should assuredly be no delay on the
part of those who desire to gain either amusement
or instruction from a survey of its contents. The
Mat few days will undoubtedly be marked by the
same over-crowaing which characterised the final
week of this Exhibition in 1851. Excursion trains,
organised by ail the great railway companies, will
bring up a host of visitors ; and so great will be the
throng that a quiet and careful inspection of the
Exhibition itself will scarcely be possible. Those
who wish really to see it, and not to be hurried
along almost blindly by a crowd, should make up
their minds to—Go at once.

Go at once. We address this exhortation to all
classes alike. Let the young go at once, for their
visit will assuredly be one of those things of which
they will be glad to think and speak as the years
roll on. Let the old go at once, for such a sight
will probably never gladden their eyes again. The
neglect to visit it now will be a source of deep re-
gret hereafter. A. careful examination of its con
tents would be almost an education in itself—an
education which can be given by no other means,
and another opportunity for which will certainly
not occur for several years. Its advantages are
confined to no one special class. Whether the
visitor be engaged in the more important branches
of industry, or in the production of. the number•
less appliances of domestic use, either simple or
elaborate; whether his employment be agricultural
or mechanical ; whether he desires to study the
complex machinery which has given England so
much of its greatness, or to gaze upon those exqui-
site creations of art which have given to all Europe
so much of its glory; in any case, a visit to the
Exhibition will be of incalculable interest and im-
portance. No man who does not wish to fall be-
hind his neighbours in the race of life should suffer
such an opportunity for self-instruction to pass by
unheeded,
It is not for itself alone that it is desirable that
the present Exhibition should be au t;dmitted suc-
cess in its results. The future has also fa be cared
for. The example set by the 1851 Exhibitioa has
during the last eleven years been fructifying and
yielding the best results. The stimulus is again
applied in 1862, and the Industrial and Art objects
collected together are universally proclaimed to be
alike worthy of the age—worthy the interval which
has elapsed. It is not that the prize medal of
honourable mention is a greater stimulus than the
reward gained by successful application of industry
or art, which renders Exhibitions so useful. It is,
that they afford all who choose to avail themselves
of it the opportunity of becoming acqqainted in a
concentrated and combined form with all that is
doing, in all the varied employments of life and in
all climes. The epitome of human occupaticn in the
whole world may be seen at a glance in this way,
but in no other.

Only four weeks now remain in which it will be
possible to do so. Very seriously and earnestly
therefore du we urge it upon the clergy of all per-
suasions, upon all employers of labour, upon all in
places of power or command, to use their influence
and means in such a way that all may pay at least one
visit to the great International Exhibition of 1862.

The metropolis, perhaps, has never had 133 many
attractions for the stranger as at present. Second
indeed to the Great Exhibition, but second to that
alone, the Crystal Palace should not be left unvisited
by any of those who throng to South Kensington.
Kindred in its origin, and almost as varied in its con-
tents, it has special attractions for the sight-seer as
well as for the student. So far from being a rival to
the Exhibition it may be regarded as its supplement.
A host of exhibitors have already announced their
intention of transferring their stalls to Sydenham at
the end of the four weeks to which we have referred.
In a great measure the advice, Go at once, applies
The nights of October
to the Crystal Palace as well.
are brilliant but they fire cold; and the first hard
frost will rob the gardens of much of their beauty.
To the magnificent floral display which adorns the
grounds no small portion of the steadily increasing
popularity of the Crystal Palace may fairly be attri-
buted. Every day, however, has now its special
attraction, in addition to those presented by an
almost unrivalled collection of works of industry
r and art within the building, and by pleasure
grounds arranged with such taste and judgment as
to call forth the warmest praise from those who are
most competent to judge. Either Blondin takes his
marvellous journey along the rope, or Leotard flies
gracefully through the air; the great fountains,
confessedly the finest in England, are displayed;
and when the autumn evening begins to close
around the Palace, a sudden burst of light tells
the visitor that he need not hurry his departure.
Constructed on the plan of those erected at Paris
for the Emperor's last fete, some handsome gas
candelabra have been placed in the nave ; and the
effect produced by their brilliant light, shining
through tropical foliage and filling the whole place
with a mellow lustre, is in itself a sight well worth
seeing. There can be no doubt that all this will be
fully appreciated by the crowds who will go to Lon-
don during the next four weeks. Excursion trains
were never cheaper; and to one and all of our
readers, whether their stay be long or short—
whether they have time for careful study, or have
only
a morning to devote to the Exhibition,
and an
afternoon and evening to the Crystal Palace—we
would repeat our advice,—Go at once.

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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—The daily
numbers at the Exhibition seem to show a slow but steady
rising tendency, which is likely before the closing to lead
tip to the long expected and long wished for 100,000 per
diem. Only 12 more shilling days now remain, so that
now, if ever, the great crowds may be looked for. There is
still but too wide a margin between the actual numbers and
what it is said they ought to be, and unless a spell of fine
weather comes to the aid of the Commissioners, end so in-
duces a popular rush to South Kensington, the supposed
deficit may turn out to be a more serious affair than when
the estimate was made a month ago, under the pleasant
auspices of 60,000 visitors a-day. Yesterday the total
admissions rose to 47,373, of which 4,419 were season
tickets, 1,011 shilling-day tickets, and 41,913 payments at
the doors. These are by no means large numbers, but
they are at least as high as they have ever been since the
extension of time was announced, and higher by nearly
12,000 than the average of last week. More than double
these numbers, however, are requi.ed daily t make the
final settlement of accounts smooth and pleasant to all
parties, and especially to the Commissioners and the con-
tractors. What the amount of the deficit is likely to be, as
matters are now going on, none but the Commissioners
know with certainty.
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