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FURTHER BY THE EUROPA.

New York, Nov. 1.-THE London
Times draws attnetion to the immense
increase of the American navy, and says
that nobody can refuse the Unionists the
credit of resolution and censtancy, in spite
of their defeats and discouragements In
fighting out the game which they are en-
gagen ina game which everybody sees
must be a losing one. It then dissects
the naval effects which have been made,
and says that upon the whole, the new
Union navy has been desigaed with so
peculiar and exceptionable an object, that
it is hardly safe to draw any general les
sons as an example. The Northerners
wanted feet, not to encounter the feet of
the enemy, but to take on the instant, and
keep possession of, an uncontested sea.
They required gunboats for the naviga-
tion of the rivers, and Aotillas to cooper
ate with their army. These necessities of
position they not only discerned, but ac-
cepted without an hours delay, and the
result certainly does them credit as it has
indeed done them service. Measured,
however, by European standards their
squadrons can hardly be regarded as ef-
fective unlesswe are to prcsum that other
nations have expended upon their nayies
large amount of superfuous funds. We
can do in twelve months not only what
Americans have done, but FIVE times as
much, by pressing into the service every
species ofcrafts and setting every building
yard to work, without stint or sruting.
Earl Russell in his reply to the city of
London Gariboldi Committee, had stated
that the only means he could properly use,
to obtain the withdrawal of the French
troops from Rome, consisted in making
friendly representations to the govern
ment of the French Empire. He added
that such representations had not been
wanting on the part of the British govern
ment, and That similar representation
should be made whenever it might seem
necessary or expedient. I! tsc1f 3oa
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THERE IS JOY IN OLD JOSHUA'S
HOUSEHOLD.

The Ashtabula Sentinel, Joshua r.
Giddings's organ, thus profanely, not to
say blashemously, exults over the removal
of Gen. McCLELLAN:
LAUs DEo! Praise be to God] An
other great victory has been won, and the
nightmare of the nation shaken of. We
may now hope for triumph, and salvation
of the country. Daylight breaks rhead.
The President has removed Mcclellan,
and promises to stick by the proclama,
tion. -0t
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HORRORS OF INDIAN WARFARE.
Three HynJre} N;our to ~ E~.cvt.J -


A letter d,tcl Camp Rs.esse, Minnesota,
&c o.,er 10Th, speaks of the successes
whi<h have attended the efforts to sup
press the Indian disturbances at the North.
west. Over three hundred warriors, most
of whom were implicated in the recent
horrible m1ssacres, have surrendered to
the forces sent out under Gen. Sibleys
This letter says further:
The three. hundred Sioux who have
surrendered are ia close confinement here
and at the Agency, twenty miles be-
low, are now under going trial by drum
held conrt-martial In almost every case
the sentence will, doubtless be death, and
by hanging, for the atrocities were so great
that little mercy W Il be shown as to the
means of Punishment.
\ dispatch state that over 300 Indians
have been condemned to be hung.
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What the Radical Abolitionists
htend to do-Thcir Reign of Terror
Their Emprisosm,ents and Executions.

The Syracuse (N. y Courier, in an
article upon the glorious results of the
tsfeetion in that State, says:
=" These are the threats which were
hanging over the heads of the Democrats
of Onondaga = the true loyalists land
which the Abolitionists, had they been
successful, would certainly have put into
execution. We know of several active
young Democrats in this county who have
I,labored day and night for weeks, in this
campaign, not taking 1.-THE of the rest
which nature demanded-who had given
lup their whole souls, their every thing,
| to the election of Horatio Seymour, and
the support of the Constitution and the
Union-who had cast their die upon the
result of this canvass-we say we know
several such, who had their business ar
ranged and their trunks packed, prepara-
tory to a start for some foreign land, in
case the Conservative party should be de
feated, well knowing that, in such case,
the Radicals would show no mercy.
is it any wonder, then, that as the
wires of village after village, city after
city, and county after county, wheeling
into line for the champion of law and or
der, equal rights, freemen, free speech and
afree press-the Hon. Horatio Seymour
we say is it any wonder, when such glori-
Gus news came in, that the thousands upon
thousands of the patriots of Onondaga
County assembled at the Democratic head
quarters at the Syracuse House, on the
night Of election day, and gave vent to the
great joy within them, by music, bonGres,
congratulations, speeches, songs, cheers,
and a spontaneous outburst of "irrepres-
sible" enthusiasm"
With the reign of Abolition comes per-
seeution and oppression. Unable to meet
Democrats in fair and m&nly argument,
knowing that their bad cause will go un-
der with free discussion and free thought,
they have always sought to suppress it by
force and violence. Their answer to ar
gument is the Jail and arbitrary arrest.
They imprison men for speech and for
thought. They have the disposition to
hang and burn their opponents to the
stake. They are cruel enough to under
take it if they had the power. They are
of the same political breed with the John
Adams Alien and Sedition Law Federal
lists, who, in 1898, committed the greatest
.outrages upon the, Jefferson Democrats.
When Jefferson was elected President in
1900, Democrats sang. this, stanza, which
is as applicable now as it was then:
ts JEFFERSON AND LIBERTY. -
The gloomy night before us fiies,r 7df
|, The Reign Of Terror new is o'er,
It's gags, inquisitors and spies, al,q
3 It's herees of harpies more.
Rejoice, Colunbia's sons, rejoice
70 Tyrants never bend the knee,
But Join with heart and soul and voice,
For Jefferson and Liberty. . 80
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Arrest of Democratic Govern
ORs AND CONGREssMEN ELECT.

It is worthy Of remark that the here
tofors professcdly moderate and conserva-
tive among Republican papers are becom.
ing the most radical, surprising even the
most ultra Of the old Abolition ultraists
The New York Times, the New York
Evening Post, and the Journal, of thi,
city, may be cited as examples. The
Journal, in its issue of yesterday, the 18th
inst, reproduces letter from tho Lon
don correspondent of the New York Times
which it precedes with formidable black
letter heads--one of which is this-"The
Conspiracy Of Northern Democrats. The
reader may be curious to know what this
conspiracy is with which Northern Demo
Gratis are charged.
Casting our eye down the column of the
Journal in which this London letter ap
pears, we come upon the paragraph where
that subject is broached. Speaking OF
the feeling in England, the writer says
thsre was some hope there that the Demo
Gratis would carry New York, Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and Indiana, and that this, it
was belieyed, would end the war with the
North.
The letter proceeds: eff there is das-
.ger-we quote its exact words-'.i if there
Is danger of such revolt that is, of
Democratic victories in the States named
above-ssthe duty of the President is
plain" What is that duty? The letter
writer answers: It Is his duty to pre-
vent the success of a conspiracy against
the life of the nation This is true
enough; but it is a "glittering generality"
which Abolit.onists have been.in the habit
Of ,nsing for their purposes, till it has lost
its lustrs. 1t has in their mouths hid
den, sinister meaning. They understand
by it that it is the duty of the President
to disregard and set at nought the will of
the people as expressed through Demo-
cratic majorities, and even to take strin-
gent measures to prevent that will from
having free and full expression.
The London letter-writer does not stop
With the general proposition above quo
ted. He becomes practical. Hcnot only
shows what the Presidents duty is, but
how he oaghtto discharge it. Hesays:
Martial law is already claimed in the
.North-eyerywhere in the United States
in fact. No other law exi is. since it over
rides every other. The hoJeas corpus
writ is suspended. 1t will be the duty
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THE ORDER RELIEVING GENER.
AL MCCLELLAN.

NEW Yosx,I Novenbcr HOTTIE fol-
lewing, is the order relieving General Me-
Clsllan: f' sesNSsA ,nssa.Ssa
!. War Department, Adjutant Generals
WASHINGTON, November 5, 1862.
General Order No. s1S2. 7 ss.st, -
By direction of the President Of thu
United States, it is ordered that Major Gen.
eral Mcclellan be relieved from the com.
mand of the Army of the Potomac, and
that Major General Burnside take com.
mand OF that army. ss. -
By order of the Secretary of War.
Il. ID. TOWNSEND. A. G.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE follow
ng dispatch was received at Head-quar-
ters Of the army to day:

terS OIL tus aEHy to-uay
LAGRANGE, Tenn, Nov. II.
To Maj Gen. Halleck, General in Chief:
The following dispatch has just been
received from General Davis, at Columbus:
The expedition commanded by Brig.
Gen. Ransom has proved great success.
1t came up with Gen. Woodwards rebel
force 500 strong, near Garrettsburg, and
had short engagement, killing 16 of his
men, among them ono Captain and Lieu
tenant, and woundins forty including a
Capt. and 2 Lieuts., and taking 25 prison
ers, besides capturing all their horses and
80 mules, large number of arms and
equipments and half the tents OF Wood
wards men, including his own: The
whole concern WAS routed and drivod out
of the State OF Ky. Our loss Was killed
and { wounded.
a7 CoigncdO ae et7gebs-rfaaf = .ls ts
Z. s. GRANT, 49,
sv.efd.ii 40 aesas Major General
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WASHINGTON. Nov. II

E..t ASHlNGTON, NOV. IL.
Maj. Gen. Mcclellan and personal sta e.
left Waterloo at IL o'clock to-day. On
reaching Warrenton junction, a salute
was fred. The troops, which had been
drawn up in line, broke ranks, when the
soldiers crowed round him, and many
eagerly called for few parting words
He said in response, while on the platform
of the cars
Il wish you to stand by Burnside as
you have stood by me, and all will be
we'll, Goodbye
To this there arose a spontaneous and
enthusiastic response. The troops were
also drawn up in line at Brstow Station
and Manassas Junction, where salutes
were fired, and where Mcclellan was COM
plimented with enthusiastic cheers.
The party arrived here this afternoon
in time to take the train for Trenton.
Gen. Mcclellan was recognized by the
many soldiers quartered in that vicinity,
where he was tfreeted with oft repeated
cheers.
The following farewell order was read
to the troops composing the army of the
Potomac, yesterday morning, on dress
parade:
Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
Camp near kectortoyn, Nov. Z.
Officers and soldiers of the army Of the
Potomac:-An. order of the President de-
wolves upon Maj. Gen. Burnside the com
mand of this army. In parting from you.
I cannot express the love and gratitude 1
bear to you as an army. You have grown
up under my care. In you have never
found doubt or coldness.. The battles you
have fought under my command, will
proudly live in our nations history. The
glory you have achieved, our pcrils and
fatigue; the graves Of our comrades fallen
in battle and by disease; the broken forms
of those whom wounds and sickness have
disabled, are the strongestassertion which
can exist among men that we are united
still by indissoluble ties. We will ever
be comrades in supporting the Constitu-
ton of our country and nationality of its
people. Signed, GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Maj. Gen. U. s. A.
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coNGREssMEN IN NEW JERSEY

First District--John F. Starr Repub.
Ican, has about 6S6 majority.
Second District - George Middleton
Democrat, has 1900 majority M
Third District-Wm. G. Steele, Demo
erat, has between 4,oOe and 5000 ma
jority.
E Fourth District-A J. Rodgers, Demo
efaf, has 2, ,9O5 majority.
Fifth District--NehemiahP Perry, Demo
crat, has s,25s majority.
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UNDER THE ORDER OF THE GOV.
ERNOR OF OHIO" ~

The Canton Democrat states that upon
the allowance ofa writ of habcds corpus BY
Judge of the proper Court and a service
of the same by the Sheriff of Rishland.
county, upon the Military Commandant At
Camp Mansfield, the latter officer returned
to the Judge the following as his answer.
to the writ: sa
Under the order of the Governor of Ohio
most respectfully state, shall disregard
this writ, and will not obey its requires
ments. --e
c. SHERMAN, Col. Com.
CAMP MANSFIELD, Oct. Is, 1862.
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THAT'S A FACE.

A facetious editor remarks that the
lAbolitionists will have harder time go
ing up Salt River than the Democrats had;
not because the waters are low, but each
.Emancipator will have to s'tote.' a nigger
on his back. no. slE i sff ~
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WAR DEpARrnrNr.
Adjutant General 5 Office

AuJuedHt OcHerai b Omce.
General Order 1873. si - sfig sgss,s ,s9-s-s.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, ISG2.-1st. The
Military Commission, of which General
Hunter is President appointed to meet ingl
the city of Washington, on the 18th Of
September, pursuant to special order No.
80, of Sept. 23d, 1862, to investigate the
circumstances Of the abandonmcnt OF
Maryland Heights, having reported that
Col. Thos. H. Ford, 32nd Ohio volun- !
teers, conducted the defence of MARYLAND >
Heights, without ability, abandoned his
position without sufficient cause and has
shown throughout, such lack of militia
ry capabilities as to disqualify him, in the
estimation of the. Commission, for CON-
inand in tho service; the said Thos. 81.
Ford is, by direction Of the sPrssident..s
dismissed from the service of the, Uniteic
States. 'e4sn sa8slji7Pstizs y =
2nl The Commission having reported d
that the behavior OF the, 10th N. Y.Iarii
tiahtry, WAS disgrace;ul, and that Major
VIM. III. Baird for his conduct, ought to
be dismissed, the said Major Baird, of tho !.
12j y. Y. volunteers is, by direction Of
the President, dismissed from the service. Z
OF the United States. s-
Bird. The commission having reported
that Big. Cen julius White, u. 8. W.
acted with decided capability and courage
and merits its apprubation, AID having
found nothing in the conduct of the sub
ordinate officers brought before the COM
mission, are released from arrest and will
report Tor duty.
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Notice to Our Patrons,

Owing to the great advance in all kinds
of printing material, We are compelled to
put back our price to $3.50 in advance
We will receive subscriptions up to the
first of December next at 81, 25 in advance.
Hereafter We will publish the "Spirit y
at our former terms, to wit: $3.50 in
advance and So if not paid in advance.
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FROM PROVIDENCE.

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, Noyem-
Der BY order of Governor Sprague,
a salute Of 100 guns will be fred to NOR
row, in honor of the appointment of Burn
side to the command Of the Army of the
Potomac.
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Democratic Platform.

aTHE UNION AS TT WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS 1T Tsp
at hold that THIS Cover nment was made
ON the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT of WHITE MEN,
and their POSTERITY forever STE
PHEN A. DoyGEAs.
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Democratic majority, without the border
slave States, 5S These latter would in
crease the majority. OF the 123 Demo-
cratic electoral votes, all but THREE were
given to President Lincoln in 1860. Was
there ever such political revolution in
so short a time?
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nea. A member of the 9sth Ohio, from
this place, who left Harrison county an
ardent Republican, in writing home, says
that the Republicans need not blame Bin
CHAINS defeat on the soldiers being away
in the army, as they will see how the sol
diesrs will vote when they get home
Cudiz Sentinel.
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DOWN ON THE NEGROES.

The pork and beef packers of Chicago
have pledged themselves to work form
firm that employees negroes in their busi-
ness.-New Afbany Ind } Ledger
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FoRraEss NoxRoE, Nox.14.

Gen. Corcoran and staff arrived here
this morning.
The Peters' .rg Express of the 10th,
say: We hive inforinationsthatth the ene-
my are in possession of Williamsten- and
Hamilton, in Martin county, aud large
fcIer.l force is marching. on Tarboro.
Our small forces engaged them It Will
liamston, but were overwhelmed. Our
men fell back; loss 122; enemies 10 3
100. Much damage WIS done to tho
dwellings in Williamson and Hamilton
by shells. Cars have been ordered to.
remove the government stores.
The Navy Department has from Eng.
land a photograph OF the rebel privatscr
"29d," copies of which are Furnished to
the war vessels that are likely to meet hsrS
On Tuesday night, all our forces around
Kingston received marching orders, to 60
as near Newborn as they could get con-
venieatly. We believe that Welden is =
point the enemy wish to reach.
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From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT.

Had there been Presidential election
this fall, the States which went Demo
cratic would have chosen = Democratic
President, as they have large majority
of the electoral votes of the loyal States.
The count would have stood thus:
Aho1.t1op
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The election in Illinois is producing its
fruits. White men always prosper after
Democratic victories. y s.si9 afad s1ti
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VroLArINarHE LAw.-Postags curren-
cy is selling at eight per cent premiunYin
New York. This is in direct violati6G Of
the law. s ~ 1900
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SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE.
e New York Express SAYS:

The New York Express says: >
The removal of Gen. McClellnn contin-
use to agitate, and to make painfully anx-
ious, the public mind. His lofty char
acter, his resignation even to repeated in
juries inflicted upon him, extort, however,
even abolition complaints, The CONNER
ciaA' says:
at will strengthen General Mcclellan s
hold upon the respect of the country and
the esteem of those who truly love him
for the many excellent traits in his char
acter; as distinguished from those who be-
praise him merely for party purposes, that
like a true soldier, he submits to whatever
military movements the commander-in-
chief deems necessary for the common
good, however distaseful and seemingly
injurious they may be to him personally.
This is the first duty ofthe soldier. 1t is
possible that had Gen Mcclellan pursued
any other course he might have awakened
considerable feeling in the army he COM
manded, and he would certainly have
found not a. few civilians in this city and
elsewhere who would have echoed any
fretful expressions he might have uttered,
and fostered and disloyalty he might have
manifested. - -" gsH ~ ~ bstiH
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| 8SA- The Cincir natl Commercial says
the administration is destroying itself
| by the arbitrary arrests, the suspension of
| the writ of habeas corpus, and delay in
trial and punishment ofpersens arrested.
IssIf the Administration of Abraham Lin
coin fails, it will be because of its incapa-
city for public affairs, and because it is
wanting in the forecast, the sagacity, and
the ability to use wisely and discreetly the
powers vested in it by the Constitution
and laws, and such other powers as the
exigencies of the times justify it in assum-
ing. The people have looked to itwith
faith and hope; they have given it a hear
ty support; men and money, sympathy and
goodwill, have been lavished upon it.
If. it fails, then, it will be throug gh its
own acts, and history will record it as a
plain case of Administrative suicide.h 20
The Commercial enumerates the mis-
management Of the war, the increase Of
the public debt, the direct taxation, para
lysis Of commerce, depreciation of public
credit, the policy of emancipation, sconfs-
cation supported by unwise craftsmanship
and says to these "there is added an as
sumption of powers not clearly delegated
by the powers and exercised so badly and
extraordinarily as to give to the act the
appearance Of despotism, which its enemies
denounce openly as such, where is the
Administration that has or ever will exist
that scold sustain itself under such over
whelming burdens? Having organized
the condition of defeat, it should not com
plain when defeat overtakes it.
The fruits of tho recent Democra rio vic
tories are beginning to exhibit themselves,
and we hope better days are at hand for
the people and the country. The Com
naercial should be suppressed for the ut
..erance of reasonable sentiments!.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-05-26
From Bcuuregard.s army.

A gentleman who left Memphis eight or ten
days ago. informs us that there is question of
Beauregard making deter mined stand at
LOnnth. Our informant does not know what his
force Is, but the Southern men in Memphis seem
ell TO be confident that his force was sufficient TO
engage the enemy successfully whenever an at
tack was made He Price and Van Dorm s
command when it arrived in that CITY: and it
amounted to $4,000 men, according To his in
formation. These were ragged and worn
down with this arduOus campaign in Arkansas.
but he says they were furnished with new outfits
and better arms. Price idolized by his SOL
diers. and has place in the heart of the South
ern people second to none.
This gentleman tells us that the reports of the
decentralization and sickness in the Confederate
army are not reliable. He thinks that the army
at Corinth is quite healthy and that it will MAKE
a bold and vigorous defense of that place He
was not at Corinth, however. and it is not likely
that Beauregard would permit unfavorabIe news
of his condition to be known outside of his lines.
Louisville Express.