New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-16
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
EEeM PTTILADELPwG&.
Rpstby and BisseHsiou-OGL Pauen'
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Female Refugec-RutinessA tems'
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from Dor Own CoHesOoDden- oc,
pr,sprLPHIA Oct l5 1861
The apathy evuced by thousands OF voters - 80
slection last week was very eXtroIdinaiy do S'II
,sias 80 Sbs. Il seems as If nothing sooE' " d"
,oD ~, Governor or Congress Will BRING the mSst's
90, Then Ve were most foolishly DIVIDED on TWO
,icksts. A no-party movement was got up Dy
hdfnl Of men, and persisted IN AFTER they aseel1aeu
that tbov were the merest fraction, the ooeet peus
A. secprs The reelection OF certain judges. ms
,cket ,yas in reality decoy. Old Democratic poh-
,o;ono we're active in forming and urging it, and the
.oonn was that it drew of near 5000 votes, Just
.acen. 10 defeat several candidates on the Peoples
tieke,. This was wanton aud unnecessary sacri-
Gee as the Judges could have all been elected either
with or without the nO-party clique Bat though the
election is now week old we cannot officially say
who has succeeded in consequence of the unfortunate
privilege accorded 10 troops for voting while in
camp as the official returns cannot be opened until
November and such as have come in are mixed up
IN a very imperfect way. 1t is highly probable the
aext Legislature viii repeal this law authorizing the
voting in camp, ss disorganiSing and dangerous.
The election has served TO break in, for the time,
upon the calm composure which we are trying to ex-
ercise in regard to stirring military and naval move
enacted. do not think we are sompatient and inn
pulsiye as we were three months ago. To barsh
criticism there has succeeded hopeful acquescence in
the prudence and ability Of our commanders. We
are 30 deficient in correct information from the scene
Of war in Virginia as really 10 be unable to form an
opinion worth repeating We therefore take every
thing in quiet trust. Butour faith is far from falling
No one can have seen such tremendous preparations
ss we have, without knowing that they mean great
things and that they cannot fail TO secure them. 1t
rs only six months since they began. Though not
completed we yet expect them TO do everything for
ns at once. This old impetuosity must be checked,
and patient waiting encouraged. 1t may Low be
eassed among the virtues but the virtues are Of diff
hou!t attainment Our patriotism is far from being
exhausted nor is there q whisper Of Encouragement
heard in any quarter Seeing that we are SO anxious
for information, and that we get so little, we are
commercially patient.
hardly know what 70 think Of Fowler's English
Steam-Plow which has been put in operation on g
farm below the city, where lite performances were
witnessed by quite crowd Of farmers and others.
This plOw is said to be coming into extensive nee in
England, and now brought overasa rival to Ameri-
can eforts in the same line. It operates in way
different from Fawkess, hs trayersing the ground
and drawing the plows after it, while this s really
stationary engine, planted at particular side Of the
Geld from which runs a wire repe round drum OF
1he opposite headland and by this rope the llow il
dragged through the ground 1t can be made TO rur
esther four six eight orrows at once. On the re
cent trial the plow travelled about $50 yards in 81,
minutes, making four furrOws. II was then re.
yersed travelled back and threw four more burrows
laying them exactly like the first In this way il ii
made to traverse between the hesdlands until the
whole field is plowed. It's operation appeared Il
give high satisfaction 10 most Of the spectators
Bu, the great question Temaps, will steam plowinl
pay This contriysnce, with twelve-horse en-
sino costs $1,000 1t requires six men and boys L
operate il. II evidently does its work as well 81
any blowing can be done by hand. As a meehani
cal effort am disposed to admit that steam blowing
ls so near success that it will soOn become an ad
united one. On prairie lands especially must be
immense utility. Individual farmers need not owl
machines, but clubs of enterprising men viii b
formed TO purchase them, and will trfSerse th'
country blowing up land lat much per acre, just al
threshiug was done by travelling owners Of costly
machines when first invented, some years sgo. Ii
this way farmers can have more land plowed III
than ever, and certainly at the lowest cost. Tn,
trials Of FOwlers plow will be continued at Albur
gers farm near the Lazaretto, to which there i
ready access from the city by rail.
have been eonversing with an intelligent lady be
longing here, who reached this city from Kentucky
Saturday, having got away with great difficulty. Sh
gives strange accounts Of the poeiion and conduct
the slaves. Those belonging to the rebels well a
those Of the Union men, are all made by the rebel
70 believe that if jeff Davis succeeds, they viii b
made free. All the negroes, no matter by WHOM
owned, are dangerously insolent to the Union men
and especially 10 the female portion Of the families o
the latter The rebels employ their slaves ia sackn,
farms and running off the chatels and stock belong
ing TO Union men. The most outrageous Alsebood
are told to tho negroes to keep them in subjection
No friend Of tho Union in the district che left dare
open his mouth. An business is broken up, and fam
lilies are flying into Ohio and Indiana for safety
leaving the bulk Of their movable property TO rebel
spoliation. Grain, produce and cattle have fallen
twOthirds in price since the blockade Of the Mssis-
sppi and what little business is doing is merely bar.
Ter. Her joy at reaching this refuge Undesirable.
The partial revival in business s manifest in the
advertising columns of the newspapers. Almost
every description Of worker appears to be wanted
hundreds of basters, sewers, and those owning OF
1ble 10 work on sewing machines single concern
advebies for 500 shoeEakers, while cap and bar-
ness makers appear to be in equal request. As TO
trade generally, much better demand for goods has
sprung up than was anticipated The West is buying
quite respectfully and s paying each. Indeed things
generally have setued down TO very nearly a cash
bssis, 90 that what business is done ia Of really
sound description.
Our Volunteer Refreshment Committee have
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