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The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1863-10-02
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has been received, will the author please send
us the proper signature. e
Change of Mal.-on and after Monday
next, the 9th inst, the Georgetown mail will
close at 10Y o'clock for all Northern offices
Also persons wishing to go North will remem,
Der that the train will start from Milford al
2.35 P. NJ, after the above date, therefore the
stage will leave Georgetown much earlier
than heretofore. 81, asH he ss...
The Neic Bridge.-The new bridge at Mil
ford is now in course of construction. Large
pine piles are driven thickly in the creek, on
which will rest heavy frame work and stone
superstructuro. The bridge is to be 40 feet
wide with double tract and partitioned foot
way on either side. The work is under the
direction of Mr.. John H. Scott, IA ~,
Wholesale Arrests. Adolphus P. Ewings
of Georgetown, Special Agent of the Govern.
ment has been raising tumult among desert
ers in this neighborhood On the 25th ult. he
succeeded in arresting "a few" of these swamp
patriots, viz: VIM. H. Benhum, Of the 4th
Del. Vols. Robert W. Hazel, 4th Del. Vols;
and Joseph Fields, Sd Del. Vols On the 10Th
ult, Mr.. Ewings made another reconnaissance,
capturing Syrus Gordy, Of the Purnel Legion
Isaac Collins, Sd Del. Vols; and John. P.
Burton, a Maryland drafted man. With such
energy in the Government Agents, as Mr..
Ewings has shown, the deserters will all be
obliged to ''toe the mark, = thereby exempting
the Government from any necessity of a future
draft. If all deserters were now with their
commands, our armies would be swelled to
such an extent that draft would have been
unnecessary. ssdsssm sft
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RESOURCES OF DELAwARE.

The people of this state like those of
Maryland and Virginia, have never been
really awake to the fact that the resources
of our excellent little Delaware made
her a diamond state" in more than one
sense. We forget that although small,
Delaware is as large as some of the King
dons, Principalities, Grand duchies, or
independent states of Europe, and what is
the case here to our advantage, almost
every acre of land is susceptible of cult
walton. There are large tracts known as
swamp land which are arabic and far
Superior to the swamp lands.of other states
and with little enterprise, these tracts
could be made ten or twenty times as
valuable as they are now, by clearing and
the application of a judicious system Of
drainage, some of our progressive farmers
are turning their attention to their great
plan of improvement, and that they will
succeed even beyond their most sanguine
expectations we have not a doubt. In the
lower part of the state, however, we greatly
need healthful emigration, as well as re-
newed enterprise. There are not hall
enough people to cultivate the land in this
part of the State. ai 3a9ag.r rq
The people seem to forget that they have
three great markets for their products in
which they can always command good
prices, and make fair profits on their labor
viz: Wilmington, Philadelphia, and Balti
more. They should also remember that
everything that can be. raised, good, bad
or Indifferent, finds a ready sale at all times
in and for these great markets, and thai
the demand for products of the farm anC
garden are doubling and trebling each year
with an old-fashioned prejudice in favor o
Delaware products, *,
Our means of reaching these market
! need only enterprize on the part of GU
farmer, to make them effectnal and handy
We have great river running by tn,
whole State and an excellent railroad run
ming through it from end to end, to whicl
branches ought to be built as rapidly a
possible, inland psa
4 We do hope that our people will becom'
more liberal in their notions, sncourag
emigration and improvement every where
and gofor making the g little State " rich
happy and powerful ias 2 e.
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y BarWe cheerfully comply with the re-
questmade us, to reproduce in our columns,
the letters of Judge Layton, to Ayres
Stockley, Esq, now in the course of pub
LEGATION in the Smyrna Times"
These letters are in review of, and reply
to GA letter from an elder of an old School
Presbyterian Church to his Son at College; )"
the great objects of which letter seem to
be pure. sal frf.isg sa7. II
L. That the Negroes are the descendants
of Canaan Asa
2. That tHths black skin and ,yoollv
head of the negro, are the Divine attes-
tation--and evidence of the curse of per-
petual slavery" pronounced by the AL
mighty upon Canaan and his posterity.
3. That slaveryisa "Divine Institution, /"
and "that to deny the claim of the owner
to the services of his slave, or even to omit
to advocate it when assailed, is to stand
charged, by the words of Jesus Christ him
self through his servant Paul, with, the
crime Of blasphemy." and asss sIg X
A. As it is manifesto strengthen the
hands of the Pro-slavery-sham Demo-
cratic Party-and thus to ''give aid, and
comfort to the great, slave mungers .
rebellion. ada 3i.e & si,a3iai trsv 4
We need not say, that these are ques-
tons of vital Importance well in refer
ence to the "slavery question: in regard
to the truth of history-and to the vindi,
cation of the ways of God to men," ~,
We therefore, commend these letters, to
the careful attention of our readers-the
LIST and End numbers of which, will be
found on the fourth page of the present
edition of {" The Union" a 4l
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THE ADVANTAGES OF ORGANI-
ZATION,


lnthe coming contest in this State which
is to decide who shall represent the State
of Delaware, in the U. S. House Of Repre-
sentatives, it should be alike the aim of
our leaders and of the people to effect the
most thorough organization among them
selves, for the purpose of defeating designs
of the enemy. There should be a perfect
understanding among thevarious branches
OF the, Union Party, so that all may work
tremendously and cheerfully together for
the attainment of complete and glorious
victory. If such course be pursued sue
cess viii be evident even before the battle.
The present exciting canvass in Pennsyl-
yania is an evidence. of this. There is
little doubt now that Gov. Curtin, will be
reelected by one of the largest Union
majorities ever given by that great State.
This result is already evident we say. assa
II isdue to-the excellent organization, dis
cipline, and management of the party in
this momentous period of cur country
history.
The Union party of Pennsylyania, has
been working with all its might and al
though the copperheads have fought hard,
they have already been forced to suecamb
and now rest their hopes upon an open de-
nunciation of their peace doctrine and
the defeat Of our armies by the rebels, as
a superinducer of gloom. ..sz..ssi, -. s
The Union men are speaking through
their ablest, truest, and best leaders and
orators at every township meeting, and as
a Consequence the people gather in thous-
ands to be enlightened and edited. In
addition to this, thousand of copies of news
papersand phamphlets containing the truth
about the war and the Government, ar,
being sown broadcast over the land. Thes,
and many other powerful implements ar
being skillfully used to rescue the Stat
from the copperheads, and success is Gel
tain. AZ $500 m -a.a
Now while we cannot work SO exter
sively in our little State, we can operate i
similar manner TO some extent, with tn
positive assurance of successful issue i
the end. Let no Union man be idle there
fore, between this and election day. A
can do something and let that somethin
be done certainly and we'll and the victor
will be ours. The battle is for the Unto
remember-between Truth and Prelude
-" Truth is mighty and must prevail"
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THE WAR IN ARKANSAS.
Defeat of the Rebel GEN. CabeII
and Col. Sherman.

ST. Louis, Sept. 27.--A dispatch from Lit
tie Rock, Ark, dated the Dist, to the Repu5-
hcar', says that Col. Cloud, with 100 of the
I'd Kansas Cavalry, arrived at that place on
the 18th. When between Perryville (where
Gen. Blunt defeated the rebels under Steele
and "copper" and Fort Smith, Col. Cloud, with
500 Kansas I'd Cavalry and Robb's battery,
attacked 1000 rebels, under Gen. Cabell, in a
strongly fortified position, routing them with
considerable loss. The rebels retreated to-
wards Arkadelphia.
At Damonville, on the 9th, Col, Cloud at
tackled 1000 rebels, under Col. Sherman, and
defeated them, capturing their camp and a
large amount of commissary stores. IL,
Over 1000 mounted Unionist have Joined
Gen. Ledle. Mounted Unionist have also
joined Clouds command. anxious to serve in
defence of their homes. ia. ,.l bsv,
The first train was started on the Memphis
and Little Rock Railroad on the 2lst instant.
From ten to fifty deserters reach Little Rock
daily. They take the oath of allegiance and
are released. '.a en- eiH aie ~
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their country's veal, misled and deceived
our trusting countrymen. AS the people
open their eyes to these falsehoods, and
follow the honest Fronting of their nation,
which are Tor Union and against Rebellion,
the prospect of saving this country, and of
an early, Honorable and permanent peace
becomes brighter and brighter. The
Union rests upon the intelligence, honesty
and patriotism of the masses. But for
copperhead leaders, it would long since
have been restored. It's flag would have
waved and been respected and loved over
all the land. But it has been their policy
to foment discord, 10 work upon and per-
vert sectional difusions, to embitter the
people against this Government, to blind
them upon the true issues of the war, and
to divert them By raising false issues and
partizan cries, into practical support of
of Rebellion. Now that the voice of the
people condemn their wicked leaders, the
hope of reunion is bright and strong. Be
yond the preservation of this Union, there
are no earthly desires or aspirations that
can make life worth having, as there is no
assurance of peace and protection that can
make it happy. With the Union we stand
With its dissolution we fall. Once dis
solved there is no earthly power that can
take up its scattered fragments, and re-
unite them There is g no Promithean
heart thatcan that light re-lume there
is no forge that can, as Of old, weld the
strong bonds that have held us together:
and there is no blood, however willing
poured out, OF however richly fertile, that
can wipe out the shame that we will feel,
or restore the glory and happiness and
grandeur of that Government which we
solemnly promised our fathers to maintain
and to perpetuate. t e 3H
Why can we not all be animated by the
same purpose There was time when
every heart beat responsive to Liberty and
Jnion-noao and toreDer-One and iaseper-
able" This one principle, as the guide of
our civil life, has not changed, cannot
Change. 1t is to-day as truly the way out
of our troubles, as twas in other dark days.
1t is to-day the chief value Of our Govern
ment, as it was the sole cause of its foun-
dalton. 1t is the aim, and the hopes, and
the prayers of patriots now, as ever. 1t is
worthy of the sacrifices that have been
made for it. 1t is worthy Of struggle, as
earnest, as long, as determined as our re-
sources can make it. And if we but stand
up for our country now, against all her
foes, it will be the great consumation of the
present trial and suffering, to bless with
Victory and PEACE and FREEDOM as fair
a land, as rick an inheritance, as glorious
a country as God, in His goodness, ever
vouchsafed to man,
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another, and in the desperate hand to hand
struggle between them, all the South would
have to do, would be to take care of her
self, and at her leisure suppress any man
ifestations within her borders, of disloyalty
to the Confederacy. The real fight was to
be in the North. Her cities were to be
burned--her fields were to be laid waste
by the ravages of contending armies. The
Peace Party of the North was to see that
the Abolitionists should not coerce their
brethren into obedience to the laws; and,
in illustration Of their principles, they
would deluge the streetswith blood, in de-
fence of their southern allies Boz
Had it not been for such advice and such
tender Of material aid, secession would new
er have been undertaken. The opinion
thus communicated to the leaders, was
carefully and sedulously instilled into the
masses. The letter of Elk President Pierce
was exhibited as coidence that there was
such division in the North, that no effec-
tive opposition could be made to separations
Emboldened by these assurances, they
were induced to take up arms against the
Government, fes l,iw ga5j
Stimulating the rebellion by encourage,
ment in the beginning, the same malignant
spirit has ever since been aiding it by en-
deavoring to thwart the administration al
every stage of its progress to subdue it,
Ex-President Pierce is not the only or the
most guilty correspondent and admirer Of
Jefferson Davis. <. ''.'
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Ex-PREsIDENT PIERCE AND
THE C0NFEDERACY. f

Among the interesting specimens of epis-
tolary correspondence exhumed by General
Grant, is letter from Ext President Pierce
to Jefferson Davis dated january 6, 1860.
In.that letter this sentence occurs: Is
"without discussing the question of right
of Distract power to secede. have never
believed that adual disruption of the Union
can occur without blood !; and if, through the
madness of Northern Abolitionists that dire
calamity must sbme, the fighting will not be
along Mason and Dixon line merely. twill
be within our own horders-in our own streets
between the two Glasses Of citizens to whom |
have referred.Y h ga el.Hn9Isa aGalg
tits impossibleto read this extract with
out perceiyipg thE origin of the fatal mis-
take made by the Rebel leaders in the in
augurstion of their movement. How much
comfort they derived from their noble al
lies, Of how much Of the responsibility Of
the, R9bellion rests upon them, will never
be known until the day when all secret
things shall be revealed n s
The factions Of the South were pursuad-
ed thittheS would be permitted to go in
peace They were told that the fighting
would pot be slqng Mason and Dixon's
line merely They we're deliberately as
sured, Ny no iessa personagethan EXPRESS
ident Pierce, that if the Northern Adolf
tionists should be mad enough to endeavor
to prevent them from disrupting- the Union,
the flames of civi war would attend to one
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LATEST NEWS.
THE WAR IN GEORGIA.
Union Losses IN u, late Battle greatly Exaggerated
Our Army neither vanquished nor dis
heartened.
Only a5 Guns Lost.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.--The latest adyices
from Rosecrans, dated yesterday afternoon,
state that the enemy has made no attack since
the 2lst instant, and Rosecrans is not now in
any fear Of being attacked.
Quartermaster General Meigs arrived at
Rosecrans' headquarters on Saturday, and
upon invitation examined his position, and
declares that it cannot be taken short of
regular siege, which Bragg does not seem to
be attempting,
NASHVILLE, Sept. 2S.-Trains from the
front are bringing in wounded men and Con-
federate prisoners. Up to date about 1900
rebels have arrived here, among them Col. j.
j. Scoles, Both Mississippi Regiment, Major
j. G. Davis, 18th Tennessee, and Major W,
D. G. Floyd, of NcNair's brigade, together
with five captains and eigteen licutenants.-
Among the captains is E, B. Sayres, chief
engineer of Gen. Folks corps.
Over five thousand wounded have reached
here since Wednesday. The churches and
halls vacated some weeks since by our sick
and wounded are again taken for the same
purpose.
Communication by telegraph has not yet
been opened with Chattanooga. The guerillas
are very numerous near Columbia.
! Major Fitsgibbon, Of the 18th Michigan,
arrived here tonight with thirty eight prison
ers, among whom are one captain and two
lieutenants of Wheeler's staff He reports
all quiet in front, Our forces were still for
| tifying themselves, ais H-
CINcINNATI, Sept. 28.-The Commercials
correspondent gives less gloomy account of
the recent battles in Georgia than the reports
furnished by other correspondents. Our loss
in artillery and baggage he says, has been
greatly exaggerated. All our divisions fought
we'll.
Our army was drawn up around Rossville
on Monday in good order, awaiting an attack,
but the enemy declining to offer battle the
army fell back and took up strong position
around Chattanooga, The soldiers were in
good spirits. There is no lack of guns, ann
munition or provisions.
The Commercial, of this morning, has
seven-column letter descriptive of the Chieka-
manga battle, from its correspondent I'd. w,
L" giving the most complete. report yet pub
lished and one much more encouraging than
those previously Published.
He says that tAe army is not whipped. 1t
is not disheartened. 1t has lost nothing so
long as ii holds Chattanooga, and nothing
fatal to the cause has occurred. If it did re-
tire from Chickamauga, it has still plenty of
food and plenty of ammunition. The trains,
with trihing exceptions are intact Some ar
tillery is gone, say twenty-five guns, but all
that can be served to advantage are now
pointed toward the by no means eagerly Gu
rious enemy, &. grF guAi.fs Ia So
A special despatch from Nashville, to the
same paper, says that officers from the front
say that the New York Heralds aceount~of
the battle is unfavorably exaggerated.
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The voters of the National Union Party
ofsSussex County, State of Delaware, are
requested to meet at their respective vot-
ing places, in the several Districts or Hun
dreds of said County, on Saturday the 3D.
day Of October, at 2 o'clock, p. NJ, for the
purpose of electing delegates to a State Con
vention, to be held at Dover, on Wednesday,,
the 7h day Of October ne1t, to nominate a
candidate for Representative in Congress
Each election District or Hundred will
elect Fire Delegates to represent it il
said Convention. By order, a
9. $. LAYTON, Chairman,
- County Central Committee.
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Severe Explosion at BuffaIo-LOss
il0 Eeyfs7 -f of Life..a .s,, Nj

BUFFALO, Sept 26th.-This' afternoon, a
steam boiler in an establishment formerly
known as the Swarty Iron Works, on Chicago
street. The adjoining buildings were set on
fire. On Chicago street, the premises Occur
pied by E.. & B. Holmes, as cooper-shop,
and by J. Kruger & Co., and Thomas Sparks,
machinists, were nearly destroyed Thirty
persons are supposed to be buried in the ruins.
Two have been taken out one of whom was
dead, and the other seriously injured.
BuFFAro, Sept. Goth. 6 J. M-seventssn
workmen have already been taken out of the
ruins, most ofwhom will die. 1t is thought
that there are still fifteen more persons be-
meath the mass Of rubbish. a3s oi 3
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"CAN,T STAND TME press. !,

The partisans who call themselves Dem
ocrates over in Pennsylvania, are getting
very weak in the knees, and seem anxious
to give up the contest. The record of their
candidate (Judge WOODWARD is SO very
bad that the people of this bad party can
not even vote or work for him. Andrew
G., Curtin, the Union candidate for re-elec-
tion-a perfect embodiment of honesty and
patriotism--has grip on the hearts of the
people, that viii never be loosened by any
delusive hopes of a peace with compromise
between the North and South.
In Maryland, the unconditional Union
men win sweep everything before them
in the coming election. The copperheads
may be glad and consider themselves lucky
if they get single county Office in the
whole state. - a-f..- -..l..,-.,..
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STATE CONVENTION.

A State Convention of the National
Union Partyof the State Of Delaware, will
meet at Dovcr, on Wednesday, The 7th day
Of October, dt IL. o'clock N, to select can
didate for Representative in Congress.
By order of the Union State Central
Committee. ..9 s.s-
Ia J. 7. HEAIp, Chairman.
EDWIN WILMER, Secretary. IS ssw :
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ManmoA Pears. n We have heard that Mr..
A. P. Robinson of this town, has raised some
very large Pears this year, one Of which
weighs % ounces We were shown some
raised by Mr.. Joseph 7. Adams of this town,
which arc notquite as large as the former,
yet We doubt whether their equals are in the
county, one Of these pears weighed II ounces
andtwo others weighed 26ounces, thebalanee
weighing in proportion. asf e ie sog
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ADvERTlzERsi

Look to your interest and send us an adj
vertizement, small or large In this way
you can help yourselves cheaply-help us
wonderfully--do good in a good cause
live to see an honorable peace in our land
again, and that you and your children may
die happyi ,atH4
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PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

Mr., Lincoln is as successful with his
proclamations, letters, and coupsd etate, as
was good old Andrew jackson. The cop
perhead lawyer and statesmen pull them
and tear them, and fret themselves into
malignant fevers over them, but give up
the hope of detecting flaw in fit Of DIES.
pair at last. The proclamation suspending
the writof habeas corpus is, q regular aoorer
for the secessionists and sympathizers, and
while they are writhing under it, they cry
in vain for " libertyY' But liberty heeds
them not for she knows well who are hei
guardians, and she has always kept good
American company, 'si,9 div 7see
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NEw YoRK, Sept ga special despatch
to the Tribune, from Cincinnati, says that
news received from Knoxville, up to Thurs
day, stated that Burnside was still there, and
there were no signs of rebel movements there.
The rebel General Jones was close to the yir-
ginia line. A part Of Burnside's forces have
gone on an expedition into Southwestern
Virginia ndimportant results wesesxpectea,
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If you don't, send on your money and
name Immediately or you will be considered
behind the age--outof the fashion--mean
and every thing else that is horrible. If
you do take the paper, get your neighbors
TO subscribe and help us and the Union
cause along Do this and be happy.
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COUNTY DELEGATE ELECTION

EDWIN WILMER, Secretary. ~