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Importance Of these resolutions, and what
would have been the effect of their ready
and honest adoption by the Representa-
tives from the Northern States, we caff the
attention to the following extracts from
the speeches of Senator Pugh, of Ohio
and Senator Douglas, of Illinois, deliver
led on that occasion Senator Pugh said
'The Crittenden proposition has been
Endorsed by the almost unanimous vote oi
the Legislature of Kentucky. Ithas been
indorsed by the Legislature of the noble
|old commonwealth Of Virginia. Tt has
been petitioned for by larger number oi
electors Of the United States than any
proposition thatwas ever before Congress
II believe in my heart o-day, that it would
carry an overwhelming majority of the
people of my State; aye, and Of nearly ev.
lery State in the Union, Before the Sen
ators from the State of Mississippi left this
chamber heard one of them who assumes
at least to be President of the Southern
Confederacy, propose to accept it an6
maintain the Union if that psopositior
could receive the vote it ought to receive
from the other side of this chamber
Therefore, all ofyour propositions, all Of
your amendments, knowing as I do, anc
knowing that the historian will write i
down, at any time before the first of Jan
uary, a two thirds vote for the Crittender
resolutions in this chamber would have
saved every Slate in the Union but South
Carolina. Georgia xosald be here by hel
representatives, and Louisiana those two
great States which at least would have
broken the whole column of secession :
(P. $780,. GJobe.)d1 q. Ees ,gai8B} saFi
On the same subject Senator Douglas
said s.., ssv y,a,.,y1 ,..@,,u
The Senator {Mr, Pugh, has said thai
if the Crittenden proposition could have
been passed early in the session, it would
have saved all the States but South Caro-.
lima. I firmly believe it would. While
the Crittenden proposition was not in ac.
cordance with my cherished views, I avow.
ed my eageyness to accept it in order tc
save the Union, five could unite upon it
/ can confirm the Senator's declaration
that Senator Davis himself, when ON that
Committee Of Thirteen, was ready, at all
times, to compromise on the Crittender
proposition. I will 60 further and say
that Mr.. Toombs was also.-(P. 1881
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-1fSsfss. 81 ~ 1877 SRtst6 lie To- 4-isrsst
voted YEA. The vote was taken j Jnly,
IL, 1861 hna ssta;:s b9,;n5 ad4 ,yeje,,e !.
Bill authorizing the President to arm
the Negroes The vote on, this bill was
taken July 16, 1862. Mr.. Cutler voted
YEA % 3.efs adf sesif bra .s8fg,;i .sito...
!. CORRUPTION AND FRAUD .-7-O1 the vote
Icensuring the Secretary of the Navy for
Specializing in .the purchase ef, ships for
the United States, Mr.. Cutler, voted No.
The vote will, be- found in the Globe of
April 80, 1852 sro I.4a.T 7i,e. =, 1,., Il
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.u.f3T lEETl n
Necessity for Party Organiza
s@shk ton.

An attempt is, made to close the ears of
our Republican, friends to our appeals, be-
cause we, act as. a political organization.
Can we do otherwise? Would not the
dispersion of this ancient party, identifi-
ed as it. is with the. growth, greatness and
glory of our, land, be looked upon as a
calamity, even by our opponents? Did
not shadow fall upon our country when
it was torn apart at Charleston, and do not
men of all parties, point TO its disruption
as one of. the causes of this unnatural
war? Is it not Just we should have a
representation in the State and National
Government oproportioned to our contri-
buttons, to our armies and the treasury?
IF we elect all our ticket at this time, we
shall have no more than our proportional
share of our political power 1t may be
said we should meet without regard to
political organizations, and nominate off :
GERS. This destroys the object of such
organizations. They would cease to be
lpretectians against abuses of power. or the
Einroads, af corruption. Let the two great
tparties be honest. and honorable enough
| to meet in fair and open discussion, with
well de6ned rrinciples and policies. Then
each will serve our country as we'll out OF
!. power as in power. The. vigilance kept
| alive by party contest guards against cor
bruption oppression. This watchfulness
is most needed when unusual expenditures
of money present unusual temptations to
Ithe corrupt and selfish. 'N' e ~
/ -, For another reason We can not disband
| onr organization The Union MEN Of the
border and more Southern States, withou,
ldistinction of party, implore us not to dc
SO. They tell us triumph Of our party
now would tell US triumph Of our party
now would be worth more than victories
upon the battlefield. It would reassure
Ptheir friends, lit would weakenithcir ;oppo.
nents. Every advantage gained over Alb
olitionism puts-down rebellion. While
l they and we know there; are many just
and patriotic menin the Republican party
lit'is still true that its success gives power
and influence to the violent and fanatical
land that their party action always goe.
beyond their party platform. -7 en-
Every fair man admits there is no way
of fscorrecting abuses, but by a change O.
political leaders The Republican party
4 demanded this when they charged abuse.
i upon the Democratic Administration
4 They houldicencede the principle now,
! Experience shows that frauds practicet
4 Bby political friends are not punished b,
men in power. 1t is conceded that gross
4 frauds. have been committed in differen
departments of Government; that the,
have brought distress upon our soldiers
!. defeat upon our arms and disgrace upol
d people.!d But not one man has been pun
a ished, or made to feel the power of tha
B prerogativei which is claimed to be an in
ledent of war.eorruption9 that has don
/ more to destroy the National power tha
armed rebellionhas gone unscathed. TIL
sentinel who slept upon his post has bee
/ sentencedto death-rthe official who close
: his eyes to- frauds, which destroyed al
! mics, is quickly removed, by and wit
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CAIRO, September Sop, 20.


General Rosecrans commenced. moving
from Rienzi to Iuka, Miss, yesterday
morning, during the afternoon his ad-
vance aame in contact with the enemy's
pickets and heavy skirmishing ensued
during the entire night,
The fight was resumed this naorninc.
and lasted until nearly noon, whom the
enemy gave way. 5.s,
They retreated in southerly direction.
s Our loss is stated to be between 400 or
500 killed and wounded, the rebcl loss
was not ascertained, but is believed to be-
greater than ours, q.
Gen. Little formerly Governor Of Mis-,
sissippi, was killed in the fight, aad Gen,
Whitfield wounded and prisoner
The rebel force is stated to have boen
1000, under Gen Price. The battle
took place two miles from Iuka.
General Rosecrans is IL pursuit ot the
lenemy.
q
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Terrible Explosion at Pittsbure
P1TTsBuRG. September ~

PITTsBURG, September IL
"A frightful explosion occurred At the
U. >. Arsenal at 2o'clock this afternoon,
in the large frame building knoun as the
Labratory. About 176 boys and girls
were employed in the building at the
time of the disaster, Of which IS or 80
wore killed. One explosion followed isn-
other until the entire building vas de-
stroyed. Those who could not escape IL
time were burned up. The scenes was
most appalling, dead bodies were lyin; in
heaps As they had, fallen
In some places, where the heat was In
tense, whitened bones could. be seen
through the smoke and flame. In other
places, large. masses Of blackened flesh
was visible. Up, to the present time, six
ty three bodies have been taken from. the
ruins, The cause ofTthe oxplosition il
not known, but is admitted BY all to be an
accident s..
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Army CORE spOndence.
CAMP NEAR SUFFOLK, VA. "a.
Sept. 10Th, 1862. a,

.
I s21DEAR Sr1RfT:AzOn the morning of, the
25th ult., orders we're issued to march i'm
,mediately; 8 O'Clock found the End Bri-
igade in column marching towards For
tress Monroe, distant 25 . miles, which
place we reached at dusk in the evening.
The morning of the 1st inst, we march
ed down the landing and took passage on
board steamer doesn't that sound loud,
the aideas of soldiers taking passageD for
this place, where we arrived in the evening
and marched to camp, about mile. from
towenzTf found tents already pitched which
we. Immediately proceeded to occupy, and
have since beenenjoying ourselves hugely.
Suffolk, is like all other Virginia towns,
with one exception the Inhabitants are
more friendly, especially the Ladies, the
population before the war began was about
two thousand--not SO great at present.
The Nansemond River + mile from town
is navigable to Petersburg, 30ymiles above;
the river is certainly a curiosity, not more
than 80 yards in width and from 20 to 80
feet'in depth; in Ohio it would be called a
creek. So
|. mo news here, but great anxiety to hear
from Washington, and vicinity, also from
Cincinnatis Since Gen. Nee Clellan' resto-
ration to the command of the Union Ar
my, no fears are entertained as regards the
safety of Washington. Hes the man for
the times, and if allowed to carry out his
plans whatever they may be, without any
interference whatever from any quarter,
all will yet be well, and the Rebels will
be whipped and driven back across the
Potomac before twcntys days will have
elapsed. ~,.s
J Gentlemen, stand back and give him a
chance, you was allowed your say once,
and the consequence was we met with de-
feat; now let Mcclellan have his and vic
tory will be ours. l''ea ~ .no7t s'sif'
3 There nothing Of Importance to write
about here consequently will conclude by
informing the friends ofithe. boys in the
company that they are 'aourishing finely
Yours, Respectfully, is@- s7s9
a. Lieut. H, r. WEST, ,'Ed.
l;1,s ,l4 IT Z ga Regt. o. V.
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Surrender cf Harper's Ferry
ELEVEN THOUSAND PRISONERS
TAKENACHARGES4 AGAINST COL.
FORD, OF OHIO.
Special despatch to- the Cincinnati Gazette.
iii- WASHINGTON, 1Sept,a18, 1862. I.
WESTERNgTRO0PS AT HARPER'S
niE5aieaa gsgrq FERRY SgT

The following Western, troops were
under Col Miles at Harpers Ferry, and
were surrendered BY that officer to the
rebels: Eighty seventh Ohio, Thirty
second Ohio, Sixtieth Ohio, and one In
diana battery The Twelfth Illinois Cav
airy also belonged to Miles command,
but cnt its way through the rebels to
ambersburg The Eighty seventh Ohio
was three -monthssreginent, whose term
of service had expired some weeks ago.
They had remained at the special request
of the War Department, All these pris-
oners were promptly liberated by the reb-
fels, some of them not being even paroled,
the rebels declaring theyDhad no time to
parole toicontinue in service till exchanged
have returned to Frederick. haa n
BITTERNESS AGAINST COLONEL
,.i9Dna0l1 Q MILES,. sffis va /
They are exceedingly bitteragainst Col
Miles, and declare sthe surrender was un-
necessary. 1t seems that Harper's Fer
ry, was under Gen. WooIs command, not
withstanding McClellan's troops were all
faround it, Wool is said to have thought
the garrison there competent to sustain
the position against any. force the, rebels
could bring against it. Mr.. Fulton, editor
of the Baltimore. american, writes from
Frederick to his paperethis morning; 81
can state but family the feeling Of morti
| fcation, anger and earnest denunciatior
which prevailssin1 the ranks Yef the late
fgarrisonb of Harper'sI Ferry. Whether
4 Al 81 IL. l.
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rzn Law OF NEwspArHRs.s

,splscsibers who do not give express no
tics to the contrary, are considered as wishing
70 continue their subscription. sek.t5 jr'a
2. rfsuibscribers order the discontinuancee o
thsif newspapers, the1publisher may continue
tesssnsl them until al arrearages are paid.
3.yIf subscribers neglect or refuse to tax
thsir papers from the Offices to which they arr
dirsctrd, they are held Responsible s,al 'hey
have settled the bill, and ordered them disconI
tinusd. lh2iss 9.H
G41ff subscribers remove TO other placesI
without Informing the publishers, and the pa
psrs are ssnt 10 the former direction, they are|
held responsible. gta.z
sX The courts haze decided that refusing toI
take periodicals from the Office, or removineI
and leaving them uncalled for, is prima faci-I
evidences Of Intentional frnrd. e - i.l-.
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|Mr, Cutters Votes in Congress

G is3iN zf9ss ss,s4 ~ ---7-I {s t,,,, f -Iy &
e.On the 20thof December 1861, in Con-
gress, Mr.. uLotejoy offered "a resolution
for the con6scationgof all slaves. biBoa )
+, Mr.. Cutler voted in FAVOR of the re reso-
lution along with Loyejoy, Bingham and
other aholitionists. So ULTRA was this
resolution that it was VOTED DOWN by
62 to go. ''.''' -
Mr.. Cutler voted YEA on the bill to
Emancipate Slaves in the District of Co.
lumbia. ara stft.,ol lisfsf sza4y a
LovEJoY's sGENERALsABo G BILL.
The vote on this bill was taken Nav
18, 1862 Mr. Cutler voted in FAVOR OF
this bill, Horton and Morris, of course
AGAINST it. sie t'a - traas asRlsss1R
| The CoNFIscATIoN BILL.-O this bill
Mr. Cutler voted YEA; Horton and Harr!
rison AGAINST it. Vote taken May 26
1862. 20 4, S, s, g4'' = I'itetsia etfi =
EMANCIPATION BILL-On the 26th O
May 1862, the vote on this bill was taken
Mr.. Cutler true to his abolition instincts
voted YEA, Horton and Harrison Repub
1licans from this State AGAINST II; and 9,
ULTRA was the bill that it was defeated
la to 78. st1s1' el'l ,l4e7sisIsa aeta'si .
J.. CoNFIseATIoN BILL No. 2.-On thi
bill which was afterwards VETOED by tn
] President for its, yLTRAIsM Mr. Cutie
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The NPlKlTaOF DEMOCRACY.
eS6nLlaHRD ENERY WEDNEsDAY.
TERMS, OF SUBSCRIPTION:
;J0B PRIlu g

kxessuted yith neatness and dispatch q TINS
Oniss. and at reasonable prices. A.'t fsHe
The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-10-03
NAVAL CORRESPONDENCE.

AT ANCHOR OPPOSITE HELENA, ARK,
September "a, 1862
A trip with one of those caravans
crossing the dreary deserts of Africa, or
cruise in tropical seas, where you are
becalmed SO often, can scarcely be more
tiresome and uninteresting than trip to
the "Sunny South y by our great nation
al artery-the Mississippi River-at this
present time. The Mississippi bottoms
below the mouth of the Ohio, never re-
markable for beauty of scenery, with the
exception of Chalk and Iron Banks, the
Chickasaw Bluffs and Walnut Hills, pre-
sent dead Level, fiat surface to the
eye, the monotony of which formerly was
somewhat relieved by evidences of civil
cation, one of the most important, COM
meree being represented by innumerable
vessels and water craft; but Mars, the
God who reigns with fire and sword, has
driven out the peaceable worker with his
train of attendants, and desolation, pow
erty and privations have followed in his
wake; the great river and its banks are
deserted; not even canoe is to be met
with upon its surface below Helena, and
the plantations, with few exceptions, are
deserted by all but negroes. Napoleon,
the only town of note between Helena
and Vicksburg, with its six or seven
blocks of frame houses fronting on the
river, is entirely shut up; a half dozen
white men were all that could be seen.
A little village on the Mississippi shore,
opposite the mouth of the Arkansas, call
ed Prentiss, was last Thursday burnt and
destroyed by our forces. It seems skulk-
ing guerrillas fired into the ram Queen
of the West, sailing under a flag of truce
as convoy to the last or third prisoner
feet. The Ram thereupon returned to
Helena, or Oldtown, after reinforce
ments, and with land force of some
two thousand, made an attack upon
Prentiss, when it was found, instead OF
guerrillas, that pickets Of about 1900
Mississippi troops had been the violators
of the flag of truce; our boys whaled
them and then burned their town and
house on an adjoining plantation; also a
house behind Island &c, near landing
called Bolivar, Yazo county, Miss
Our feet, (the second one that left
Cairo), has not been interfered with by
guerrillas so far 1t consists of nine
transports under convoy of the gunboat
+" Lexington" and ram Lioness.' My
cargo consisted of about one thousand
prisoners and guard, and the total of our
feet foots up between six and seven thou
sand butternuts We left Cairo on the
Sth of this month, and on this, the oath,
ore no further on our return than Helena.
Add to this the fact that ten days previ-
GUS to the day of departure from Cairo
received my load and lay with them an
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Inv Whose Anfh0ritr 2

Nix EDIToR-I observe, under your
head of Announcements" you say,
"We are authorized to announce Thorn
as L. Garvin as an unconditional Union
candidate for Representative of Wander
burgh county, at the October election.
Now / dontswish ! to intrude, but l
must take the liberty of asking where
you got your authority for that announce
ment You must pardon me for saying
/ am sure you could not have got it from
Mr.. Garyin. For know he not only
said, as you stated, that he did not
know what mean thing he had been guilty
Of that he should get the nomination of
the Babytown Convention" but he .feH
it. He considered himself disgraced by
the nomination, and was heartily asham-
ed oft Insomuch that, for weeks, he
denied to every decent man he met that
he had anything 10 do with the dirty
affair, and declared he would not be q
candidate upon any such nomination.
This can be proved, if desired, by a host
of witnesses.
Judge my surprise then to find, upon
my return home after an absence of
fortnight, that you are authorized to
announce Thomas E. Garvin," &c. Why
even yet, 1 am told, that invariably in
the morning he protests, if accosted, that
he is no candidate, and that it is only
late in the evening, after a day of ardent
study of the platform of his new party,
that he can bring himself to the level of
acknowledging himself the candidate of
such set Of" most excellent citizens"
As those you named as figuring at the
Babytown convention. Set of S-rap
-" most excellent citizens" as
those you named as figuring at the Ba-
bytown Convention.
Has Mr. Garvin been misrepresented
to you by an enemy" of this sort, or
by some pretended friend pray you,
! answer me. ee.ff5 FOSCO.
We were authorized to make the an
nouncement of Mr.. Garvir, as also that
of Messrs. Finch and Reitz, by Ben.
STMsoN, ESQ.,, who brought in the notices
and paid us our usual charges in such
cases. We publish them in good faith
and if there is any mistake about the
matter we are not responsible for it
We are aware that Mr. Garvin denied
strenuously for some time after the ac-
couchement ofssthe Babytown convention,
that he was candidate, and we sup
posed he was not candidate until Mr.
Stinson informed us that he was. I'm
der the impression that Mr. Stinson knew
better than Mr.. Garvin himself concern
ing the matter, we unhesitatingly insert
ed the notices
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Dismissal of Major Kew.

Major Jno J. Key, Aid on Halleck's
staff, Just dismissed by the President for
expressing disloyal sentiments, is
brother to Col Thomas NJ Key, Judge
Advocate on McClellan's personal staff,
both natives of Kentucky. The precise
offense for which Key is dismissed is UNI
derstood to be the remark that we could
easily have annihilated the rebel army
at Antietam but that it was not thought
best to humiliate the South by defeat
so overwhelming and CALLING as to pre-
vent the future reconstruction of the I'm
ion upon terms equitable to both sec
tons. This remark was reported to Sec
rotary C. b. Smith, who is understood to
have called the Presidents attention to
it In the West he was Provost Marshal
General of the Department, and thus at
Pittsburg Landing and Corinth was
charged with the duty Of examining pris-
oners and deserters from the rebel army
He was the chief mover there in the war
on the newspaper correspondents.
Wash. Cor Cin Gaz.
There is yet hope for the Republicl
1t is surprising that a man of Major
Key known secession sympathies should
ever have obtained the commission
which he has dishonored, and of which
he has so justly been deprived. 1t is alb
solutely astonishing that. he should so
long have been assigned by Gen. Hal
leck to most important duties. AT, Cor
NTH he was appointed by Gen. Halleck
to sit in Judgment upon correspondents
and other people loyalty with power to
drive them from the Union camps. Per-
haps Major Key thought it would not do
to annihilate the rebel army at Corinth
for fear defeat so overwhelming might
humiliate the South and prevent the fu-
ture reconstruction of the Union upon
terms equitable to both sections" Can't
the Cannelton Reporter make martyr
out Of the Major and send him to Con-
gress?
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TIE HORSE SALE AT HENDERSON,
Awaiting ourselves of the courtesy of
Capt Shoemaker of the ID. B. Campbell,
we took trip on his fine little boat to
Henderson, yesterday, to witness the
sale of horses by Lieut.. Mahan, Post
Quartz master. The trip down was
pleasant one, although the boat was
crowded with passengers. @
The sale was spirited one, the bid
ding lively and the prices obtained un-
precedented Indeed. we doubt if con-
demned horses ever sold so high From
$40 to SIS were obtained for them in
lots of five, realizing very considerable
sum of money.
AT headquarters we found Lieut.. Col.
Foster dispensing justice to secesh and
other violators of order, with his charac-
teristic energy and ability. Col Foster
is admirably adapted. to the position
that he fills. He grasps the various Ca
| SSo lACoShICd w hlui, Gnu NCSiNSo ehSAA
with great promptness and justice.
The most admirable order prevails in
the town and vicinity, and were it not
for the appearance of blue coats on every
street, and the white tents that picture
tie camp in t. suburbs, one would hard
ly conceive that the place was under mar
tial law
Procuring horses from Lieutenant
Mahan, we took pleasant ride in COM
pany with Lieutenant Ehrman, through
and around the city. We visited the
camp of the 65th, where we were hospit
ably entertained by Captain Hornbrook
and Lieutenant Butterfeld. We also
had the pleasure of witnessing the field
practice by the artillery, and were high
ly pleased with the perfection in drill
which that branch of the service has at
tanned. Notwithstanding the threaten
ing aspect of the weather, the visit to
Henderson was a very pleasant one.
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abolition of the whole system, and thus
to break up this long-standing abuse un-
der which the whole people are, taxed for
the benefit of part" Judge Law pre-
ferred the whole people should be taxed
for the benefit Of part; and yet he has
the effrontery to prate about high taxes,
while forcing the people to pay for the
circulation of documents trying to prove
that they have no Government-that the
one they regard as such is only misera-
bic abolition, bankrupt concerni
We have not time nor space to COM
ment on all the votes pointed out in the
Judges Record We ask the people to
read it and make their own conclusions.