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VIM dc Govornment ThOnsht of Pope.

W hlA Nub NEoN0EuLlGnA AhOA@uL Oi rope
Up to Friday night, know that Gener-
al Halleok and the Administration were
entirely satisfied with General Pope's
management on the Rappahannock and at
Manassas. They declared he had saved
McClellan's army, and were profuse in
their praises of his soldierly skill aud Of
the perfection with which all his combina-
tiOns had been planned and wrought out
The best military judges pronounced his
management not only unexceptionable but
admirable From that time his friends de-
clare that he only failed through the fail
ure Of others to give him the support he
had right to expect. Can we not afford,
in view of such services in the past, simply
to suspend judgment till the Investigation
that has beeh demanded, shall have shed
the needed light on The subject2 Then, let
the blame fall where the facts place it; and
let the guilty party, be he who he may, be
punished with the severest penalty, the Sc
yerest construction of military law can
give TO his ofense.
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Pope and lTcDowen.

Inc ~ 4 AAADAhc DtA .
"That General Pope may be Turenne
and General Mcdowell Zack Taylor is
possible-for with God all things are pos
sible The fact that they do not succeed
are unlueky, if you please-settles their
case. The soldiers refuse to fight under
them; many of their higher officers ae-
cuse them of incapacity, and eyen-as to
McDoWell-of treason. That is enough.
They cannot usefully serve their country
under epaulettes; if they are true patriots,
let them take muskets and 20 into the
ranks, where they can do good General
Pierce, who failed SO lamenta5ly at Great
Bethel, has since done good service in e
humber sphere. The auger that will not
bore white-oak plank may still do good
service in probing butter-frkins. But let
no commander who fails be trusted with
like responsibility again. If his soldiers
have lost faith in him, the genius of Ma
poleon could not render him fit leader
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A Fisudish Secession Plot.


The editor Of the Springfield State Jour.
.z nal has seen a letter written to Governor
Yates by man who has just volunteered
into one of the regiments raised in Egypt.
He acknowledges that he has been X. G.
C. for nearly year, but now makes clean
breast Of it. He says it had been agreed
upon by q concerted movement upon an
agreed day, to throw all the trains on the
railroads south Of CentraIia of the tracks
Machines called "clasps" are to be- used
.'-A for the purpose. The places selected being
the hedges and the embankmeDts. The
signal men watching the trains are to be
first killed, and then the traitors are to give
the signal to the train TO pass on. The
time chosen is when the largest number Of
be- volunteers will be on their way to the
South. "a II
After this diabOlical project shall have
been consummated the traitors are to scour
through the country, killing the Union men
and laying waste their property. The
writer asseverates most religiously that
. such project is in process Of Incubation,
and he calls the attention Of the State au-
thorities most earnestly to it. The letter
has all the appearance Of a truthful expose
in the statements which it gives,
The Danger Of a Pennsy Ivauia Invasion
Hagerstown correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Inquirer writes on the 5th:
HHarper's Ferry cannot be taken by an
advance from the front. There are sever
al thousand men in and about it protected
by the most formidable batteries and rife
pits. There is no danger there. By this
time al Williamsport, there is no danger,
except from the passage Of the river by
the enemy with the very heaviest losses
They may attempt If OF Sheppard's Ford,
I've miles below Williamsport, at Shep-
pardstown, twelve miles below, or at the
mouth Of Antiedam Greek. These are the
n only fords between Harper's Ferry and
Williamsport at all practicable for mill
tary purposes, and they only at the most
ordinary stages Of water. The Rebels, by
marching from Romney up the river, may
hDd plenty Of practicable crossing points
aE in the direction Of Hancock.
Therefore an invasion of Pennsylvania
~ IS imminent. That the enemy are seeking
~ military supplies from 3 military Deeessi
ty al returning persons agree They ar
almost literally without the munitions o
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FROM GOVERNOR TOD.

COLUMBUS, Sept. 10, 1862
To the Press Of CtsVeJand:
All the armed volunteer minute men are
requested to repair to Cincinnati immedi-
ately Military Committees will give all
proper aid in having them forwarded with
out delay. Signedl
DAVID TOD, Governor
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TELEGRAPHIC.

THIS AFTERNOONS DISPATOHgS.l
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r1- Citizens wishing conveyance TO either Of tho
above Trains Boats will be called for BY Coaches
Of Stevens Omnibus Line by leaving their address
q the Omnibus Once, l47 SEpsriorst, next door to
the Neidell House.
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All Reading Matter on this page
is from Last Evenings Edition.
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On and after Monday, Nay 5, 1852, Trains VIII run
daily, as follows, Sundays exospted,)
500 A. n. CHICAGO EXPRESS-stops sf ell stations
on Southern Division, except Washington, and
arrives IN Toledo at 1923 A. n; and Chicago
5s45 P. n. NORTHERN MAIL-Stops ct all stations
at go P. n.
$40 P. n. TELEGRAPH EXPRESS-Stopsa at an sta
tiOns on Southern Division, except Washing
ton aud Clay. Arrives in Toledo at l0si5 P. X;
Chicago at s:l5A.M.
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CLEVELAND & ERIE R. R.
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SUMMER ARRAEGFWFNT- IA,
LEAVE ERIE.

- - y =
Z I.53 A. e.. NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN-Etopping At
Girnrd, Ashtabula and Painesvilis only, and
arrives at Cleveland az $50 A. n.
u;lO 4. n. MAIL TRAHN-StOpping at all stations
except SaYbrook, .Uni0nyille, Perry, Mentor
and WickliGei and arrives at Cleveland at 3;05
P-M.
I;4O P II. DAY EXPRESS TRAIN-Stopplng at Gi-
rard, ConneaHt, Ashtahula and PainesTille
only, and arrives in Cleveland at SO p. N.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN viii leave COnneaut at
g;t1 n, Stopping Al aii sfctions, arriving ct
Cleveland at $40 A. X.
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RAILR0Apss -
CLEVELAND & TOLEDO R. R.

=. b. MCCULLOUGH, sup'L
T. Agent. mays
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DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.

THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE.
A personal victory has been achieved in
the House of Representatives lately, which
have nowhere seen noticed. 1t is in the
leadership of the Democratic side of the
House. Since the present Congress came
together here two or three men have been
struggling for the Observation-Disclosures
of Illinois, Vallandigham of Ohio, and one
or two others, whose names / will not men,
ton. The Democratic members refused to
be led by Vallandigham, because they dis.
trust his loyalty. There are many reasons
why Mr.. Richardson should not be the
leader of any party in Congress. Two or
three weeks since Mr.. Phelps of Missouri
took his old seat in the House. BE at once
assumed the reins of power as leader of the
opposition. Vallandigham and Richardson
resisted-the former in very determined
and willful manner. The anti.war Demo-
Gratis very generally refused at first to follow
Phelps, who is war Democrat, but he has
exhibited great tact and ability, and has
finally succeeded in overcoming all OPPOSE
ton in the ranks of the Democrats, and is
now the acknowledged leader of the opposi.
ton. He is usually fair, is intelligent, and
though strong pr0-slavery Democrat, his
loyalty is without suspicion and his honesty
unquestioned. He supports the administra.
tion 80 far as the prosecution of the war is
concerned, and is great accession to the
Democrats in and out of Congress.
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Story, the Sculptor.

Moritz Hartman writes to the Nea0 York
Staats Zeitaug the following high praises of
two statues by Dir. Story, found in the Ro.
man department of the exhibition:
Do the Americans know that they have
contributed more tnan the 1.-THE of their
fame to Rome at this exhibition? 1t is true,
they have; and they are themselves to blame
for what is loss to them and a gain to
Rome. The Roman government has sep.
arate little building within the Palace walls,
ard nowhere is found greater crowd OF
visitors than before this little booth; it is
as though indulgences were sold there.
Even though the Koh i-noor, with its ocean
OF light, attracts fewer people than the stat
utes set up in the Roman department. But
among these the truly splendid statues of
the American, William Story, carry off the
greatest applause--the Cleopatra and the
Lybian Sybil.
How Go these and other American works
come to be found in the Roman department,
you ask? The affair IS very simple The
American government declined to UNDER
take the cost of transporting these works to
London; the sculptors could not afford the
expense themselves; the Papal government
stepped forward, and, in the most liberal
manner, offered to send to the London Exhi-
bition, at its own cost, all the works in mar.
BILE of arts is living at Rome.
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Prince Plon-Plon and the Princess
ClOshilde.

From the Paris correspondence of the N Y. Herald.
The sccouchment of the Princess Clos
thilde is expected in July Or the commences
ment of August, and the Empress, who has
from the outset preserved the kindest and
most intimate relations with the young
Princess, will be with her at St. Cloud on
that interesting occasion. The Princess
Clothilde is another of the many instances
of wOman's gentle influence On the rugged
nature of man. Oh! if women were wise,
how happy would they be to set up for their
crest the willow and not the oak; for it is
by bending to the blast, and not resisting it,
that they become absolute masters of a
stubborn soil. When Prince Napoleon took
this interesting child from her fathers house,
all who knew the immoral habits of the
man, his turbulent yet tickle temper, and his
general scorn of these petits SONS which the
feebler sex expect, lifted up their brows and
hands in dismay. The commencement of
his welded life was certainly confrmatory
of their worst fears. He never broke
with any of his former ljaisons, but
his carriage might be seen night and
day at the door of women of the most scan
dalous lives. He was never seen at home.
His father performed the marital role of
attending the Princess in public and the
poor thing, as she drove by, was far more
compassonated than envied by the hum
blest of those who gazed at her. Little by
little her virtues, her piety, her boundless
charity, her feminine affability to every one
who approached began to endear her to the
hearts of all, without respect to party.
Prince Napoleon was more and more des-
pissed for his unappreciation of such excels
lence, but by degrees the dark clouds began
to break. The monst1una hor1eadum was
seen to desert his old haunts, to be more
and more by the side of his wife, till at last
it comes out that be has been converted into
the most affectionate of husbands and she
into the most devoted of wives. She has
only to convert the Prince into an Achilles
to be set down as positive enchantress. 1
am afraid this is beyond her strength. The
Prince from the very first admitted to his
intimates that be never had and never
should have any military talent and l be-
lieve it has always been with the sgreatest
reluctance that be has ever found a COM
mand forced upon him.
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Hatred Of Ben. Butler.

General Butler is assailed on every hand.
Not Southern paper comes to light whose
columns do not team with anathemas, loud
and deep, on his devoted head. He is in-
continently converted into a monster, a
fiend, Sepoy, or any other dire image that
comes handy. He is the best abused man
in the country just now. Here is an
''appeal" which looks very much as though
it eminated from the pen OF sophomore
editor
AN APPEAL TO EVERY SOUTHERN Soils
DIER.-We turn to you in mute agony
Behold our wrongs! Fathers husbands !
brothers sons we know these bitter,
burning wrongs will be fully avenged
ne0er did southern women appeal in vain for
protection from insult But, for the sake
of our sisters throughout the south, with
tears we implore you not to surrender
your cities, Sin consideration of the Defence
less women and chidren!" Do not leave
your women to the mercy of this
merciIess foe Would it not have
been better for New Orleans to have been
laid in ruins, and we buried beneath the
mass, than that We should be subjected to
these untold suffarings? Is life SO precious
a boon that, for the preservation of it, no
sacrifice is too great? All, no! ali, no
Rather let us die with you, Oh, our fathers
Rather, like Virginius, plunge your own
swords into our breasts, saying, "This is all
we can give our daughters
THE DAUGHTERS OF NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, May "a, 1862.
In the same connection, fair Georgian
writes to the Savannah Republican, as fol-
lows:
EDITOR OF THE REpUBLICAN-SeeiDg your
spirited notice in this mornings paper of
the offer of noble Mississippian to give a
reward of ten thousand dollars for the infa-
nous Buffers head, can you not suggest
through your valuable journal the propriety
of every woman 10 our Confederacy con
tributing her mite to triple the sum, for a
cOnsummation dear to the insulted honor OF
our countrywomen, one and all?
Respectfully,
A SAVANNAH WOMAN.
Savannah. June 10, 1862.
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The Presidents Response to the Pres.
byterian Letter.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON. 9th Jnue, 1862

VAodANUTONs jill 0uuCS AooHsy
To the General assembly of the Presbyterian,
Church of the United States, holding its
annual session IN the city Of Cincinnati:
REVEREND GENTLEMEN-I have had the
honor of receiving your address to the
President of the United States, and the
proceedings of your venerable body on the
subject of the exiseing insurrection, by
which that address was accompanied.
These papers have been submitted to the
President. l am instructed to convey to
you his most profound and grateful acknow.
Judgements for the fervent assurances of
support and sympathy which they contain.
For many years hereafter one of the great.
est subjects of felicitation among good men
will be the signal success of the government
of the United States in preserving our
Federal Union, which is the ark of civil and
religious liberty on this continent and
throughout the world. All the events of
our generation which preceded this attempt
at revolution, all that shall happen after it,
will be deemed unimportant in consideration
of that one indispensable and invaluable
achievement. The men of our generation,
whose memory will be the longest and the
most honored, will be they who thought the
most earnestly, prayed the most fervently,
hoped the most conf aently, fought the mos
heroically, and suffered the most patiently
in the sacred cause of freedom and humane
ity. The record of the action of the Pres
byterian Church seems, to the President,
worthy of its traditions and it's aspiration,
as an important branch of the church
founded by the Saviour of men.
Commenting our yet distracted country
to the interposition and guardian care of
the Ruler and Judge of nations, the Presi.
dent will persevere steadily and hopefully in
the great work committed to his hands,
relying upon the virtue and intelligence of
the people of the United States and the
candor and benevolence of all good men.
have the honor to be, reverend gentlemen,
your very obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD
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every ten of the ball, and the cost of powder
and she'll for every discharge is nearly ten
dollars. The weight of the 200.pound
Parrott is little more than one-half that of
the Columbiad, which carries the l5O-pound
solid shot or the 10 inch shell.
The practice with these guns is excellent.
Experiments are made daily and with an
accuracy most astonishing. The shrek of
the ball as it flies through the air with We.
locity of over one hundred miles per hour
is like that of railroad train at full speed.
The conclusion upon the rock on the oppo.
site side of the river, one and half miles
distant, is so great that the sound is dis
tinctly heard just as the reverberation of
the discharge dies away.
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airy had been pressing close on the heels of
the guard of honor, so much so that the Mex.
ican officer turned to the French colonel and
asked him to oblige him BY keeping his
men back little, as the people might think
that they had been fighting, and that bis
party was running away. Melaine came
up at the same time to bid good bye to the
Mexican officer, when suddenly the French
cavalry, without any warning, charged the
Mexicans in the rear. They were quite
taken by surprise; they had not time to
draw their swords or unslipg their muskets
before twelve of their number were cut
down and fifteen taken prisoners. The rest
escaped. General Melaine was knocked off
his horse when the attack was made. After
he had recovered from his surprise he re-
mounted. He then saw French trooper
order Mexican lad Of about sixteen to
dsmount. He saw the same trooper draw
his pistol, blow the poor boys brains out,
and then rifle his pockets, all in the presence
of the French officers, who looked on.
Two troopers rode up to Melanie and Or
dered him to dismount under pain of being
Immediately shot. Melanie turned to them
in cool manner, which is habitual to him,
and said, I haze no doubt you would; it is
no more than I would expect after what l
have seen. But let me tell you that am
General Melanie, of the Spanish army, and
that if you blow my brains out you will an.
swer for it." At this crisis the French
officer interfered, and Melanie was allowed
to leave at once. He joined Prim, and they
continued their journey towards Vera Cruz.
The English hauled down their flag from
the wall of the town, and saluted the Mexi.
can flag with twenty-ope guns on the 25th
ult.
The French have seized the Custom
House and revenues, and augmented several
taxes. What appears strange is that the
French have not hauled down the Mexican
flag from the walls of the fort, but left it
flying alongside of the tri-color.
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We published some weeks ago an inter
esting account of the capture, by ore man,
of locomotive at Georgia railroad sta
ton, and his daring but unsuccessful at
tempt to run into the Federal lines in Gen.
Mitchell's department. The following, from
the Atlanta Conyedsracy of June 8, gives
the sad sequel to the daring act
Yesterday evenings train from Chatta
nooga brought to this place TO be executed,
Andrews, the leader of the engine thieves,
under sentence of death, convicted by court
martial of being spy. He was carried
out Peachtree street road, accompanied by
three cergymen and escorted by q guard.
A considerable crowd folio led to witness
the execution.
BE was a native Of Hancock county,
Virginia, born in 1929, brought up by
pious Presbyterian parents, who now reside
in Southwestern Missouri. A good portion
of his lite had been spent in Fleming coun-
ty, Kentucky. He had no family, but was
engaged to be married this month.
He said he was induced to attempt the
stealing of the engine under promise of a
idISc IcWdEO NY Iut 4 cucIhis, 6uu luC PIlFi.
lege of smuggling through from the North
$1,000 worth of goods per month; that he
did not intend TO burn the bridges, but to
take the engine to the Federals and that be
was not an enemy to the Confederate gov
eminent or people.
He seemed to be very penitent-was com.
posed until he came on the scafold, when
slight tremor was perceptible.
These statements were made by the Rev
Mr.. Scott, at his request. Rev. Mr.. Con.
yers offered up feeling prayer. Rev. Mr..
Conner administered few seasonable words
of counsel. The three then took leave OF
him, and he was launched into eternity.
Thus ended the life of this daring adven.
turer, who, according to his own confession,
was playing into the hands OF both parties
in this war, to make gain-always, however,
in the confidence of the enemy-but who
was convicted of being spy.
Mr.. Scott believes he was not man oil
much abiity-had but little cultivation, and
was victimized by shrewder men than
himself.
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"A correspondent of the New York
Tribune thinks the probabilities in front of
Richmond favor delay. He gives his reas
sons thus:
Because, LIST, as l heard rough-and.ready
Heintzelman say" We've got 'em foul-sure;
and what the ID is the use, Senator, I'm not
the man an he was addressing,] of risking any:
thing till the man is just where we want him
And, secondly, few days delay will add to
the certainty of the success of the plan of at
tack.
In relation to the rejection of General
Shields nomination for Major General
ship, the correspondent Of the World says
The nomination of General Shields as Major
General was rejected by the Senate to day in
executive session. 1t is said there was not a
vote in his favor. The testimony adduced be-
in regard to the battle of Port Republic,
showed, in the estimation of Senators, that
General Shields was either insane or totally
incompetent. 1t is said that many of the off.
GERS, medical and military, nearest to the per-
son of General Shields for some time past,
have been ready to bear testimony to his in.
sanity. Some Senators call it by different
name, but it was sufficient to cause his re.
lection as Major General, and will probably
deprive him of any military command what.
ever.
General Wadsworth has been relieved
from the command of all the military in the
District except the Provost Guard on duty
in the city. General Sturgis has been as.
signed to the command of all the military
forces in the immediate vicinity of Wash,
ipgton, and has already begun to organize
them into brigades, and to make arrange.
ments to increase their efficiency to the
greatest extent.
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The Commission on Contracts, CONS
posed of ex.Secretary Holt and Robert
Dale Owen, have submitted to Congress
their report, showing that two citizens of
Rhode Island obtained contracts with the
War Department for certain number of
small arms, through the influence of Senator
Simmons, Of that State for which that Sem
ator was to receive fifty thousand dollars
The evidence to be submitted with this
statement shows that ten thousand dollars
have been received.
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General Burnside was recently sailing

General Burnside was recently sailing
outside Fort Macon in yacht, when he
encountered an old fisherman.
"What news?" inquired the General.
"Well," answered the old fisherman,
"they do say old Burnside is down here,
sword in hand, giving 'em -"
"Do you know Burnside" he asked.
"No," was the response; shut should
like to see him. I should know him if I
were to see him, for have seen bis pic.
ture."
The General removed bis hat, displaying
his bald head.
"Halloo" exclaimed the fisherman, "you
are the old fellow himself, amt you? You
look just like the picture Sam: Thompson
brought down from Hatteras. How are
you, General? I'm glad to see you"