, 1864-10-10

cls ar pt'lntkd sarcastic addresses, WHICH ntser
fails to bit. He and the Colouel were several
from the audience The Colonel, though
D*ni,cIat, as sound rs ever emphat,calls dc,
clartd b,nlstli for Mr Lincoln. Long may
lie live to fight our BATTLES In the ffu1t, and
Mr.. DeDfo aid the Doctor, and such llke
nsn. 70 fight and defend the rear Fuller
npd more important results Of tha meeting
will be developed on Tuesday, the eighth Of
mkt month. VAEDLIA.
HOW TIE 98rH ILLINOIS VOTE
cAaP 9eTn ILLNo1s VOLUNTEERS,
BLAKk's MILLS, Ga, Sept Ii, 1861
Lieut.. Col. E. Kitchall, commanding 9s.h:
s1R-The undersigned committee, having
bt Ell requested TO ascs rttln the seutim Mt Of
INF election In Illinois, have thn honor to re-
rors that the votes were taFeu By ballot Of
the s7ester portion of the regiment present,
WITH the fsl]o HiIg result:
Abraham lincoln. ..... ....--................96 .963
Georee Mcclellan. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~
Aichaf4 CGleahy ...-. ...--.......-.-.........2O ~
Jarntt Robinson. q
There were present 293 officers and enlisted
men tor cuty, and 81 mtn On daily duly.
OILY small portion Of the latter voted.
oonArTEk.
Vim. Mccracxen. Captain Co. c.
WE. Wool, Csptal1 Co. D.
George B. Sweet. let Ltsut. Co. E aud Acting
Aotatant.
TIE 18th ILLINOIS.
CANT sEyExT1.FnTn II1LAo1s,l
r,,,a -@,,.E5 E5Ah ATLANTA, Oct g. 1851
We, the enllstcn men, haYa been Discus
sftR the merits Of the two platforms, aud
c.m apy TIC oiessG4ass sGas Of tns Etg,msnt BY
or e+y In the matter wnetc.s.s ASos -. ... .1du T..
as follows:
Abraham Lincoln. ...............-...1a 1as
GeofRe u, Mcclellan. -
Th,s includes only those with the regiment
and on duty; they hsyc been in the er At four
nlontbB fight most every nan Of them.
Those that voted for Mcclellan do not accept
the Coicago Platform. The regiment mas
lost !o \, gen IN the campaisn IL k,l1ed aud
c5td Of wounds There are abont 180 aossnt
on detailed service, and sick In hospitals.
The sick are coming up every day now:
From the 10Th Army Corp+-Promo-
ton to a a,h1caKo Boy. :
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 1851.
Appended Is 6n official order issued By General
Birney on The gallant It. Col. E. ". Smith. who
has II cent1y BEEN transferred from the 10th army
corps to the position Of Adjutsnt General Of the
whole Department Of VtrRni. and North Gro
oscsl, bur bis sister, Mtr. Deck1,th, dlsllxes to
psrt nth 1t.
This tlaI sttr, as veil as the contained order, ia
ard ability Of this excellent tflcer, who il well
known to many Of onr Chicago citizens.
HEADQUARTERS TEHTH AnMr Conps,)
ARxy Of TIE JAMES,
BEFoHz FETEnsruAa, Ta., sept =, 1864.
01NtnAl Onrxas No. 85.-I. The Department
Comn,anost Conn has appointed Lieut.. Col. 3. ".
hs7inR him hom duty With the 10th army eorps.
In partlnR with this officer, the Major General
commanding the curps takes pleasure In tcstii5Ine
TO f,s assduous attention to the dnti=s Of his Of
fce. He alto II pleased With the advancement Of
locd ro!dter, although he may regret losing such
sstan oia'e..
By command Of Maj. Gen. .. Birney.
Official: CHAs- Il. GRAVES,
Assistant ldjutan1 Gencral.
Letter from the Hon. Alex. Lorc-He
Sees foahlaR bus Dcfost~
The Ohio State Journal publishes q letter
from Mr: Long, OF the 21 District, which
It s.Js, "was iouud by gentleman III the
.premiecs Of q mercantile establishment In
this city, where It had ACCIDENT .lty beea
dropped, Of course" The following is the
letter:
C1xoEyAr1, Sept 20, 1864.
NJ DEAR SIR: Your favor Of the 23d @as
duly received, and ehoult have had III earlier
aDs"er. Nnnt of time is 1ay excuse, how.
ever, for not doirg 60.
did not 60 TO New York. Amos Green,
o. ullDC1s, who was one Ct the conference,
and present at all the meetings at tn. 81.
Nirholas Hotel, was mere, and gave me full
detail Of all they did.
They bad passed resolution to hold
Co1yentlon in this city during the present
w:tk, Tor the purpose Of making an iude-
pendent nomination, but on the receipt o,
a,y dispatch OF Tuesday night, which was
not received By Gen. singleton until We'd
nesday, they then escfnded the resolution,
concluding that If Ohio would do nothing,
they would do nkew1se. And upon the re-
ecindipg Of the Iesolutlon, the Aetropv:ltan
R<eo' d and FzeemaJ.'s Journal caYed in, but
BIN. Wood determined to stand out alone,
and is doing 30 manfally, at the loss Of 81 600
to s., 600 week.
Singleton is IN Washington now, and has
not been home siuce the Convention. His |
whole soul il In the cause, and be is at this |
time operating through channel you ~onld |
lot enspect, but which has been conf1ded to |
me In confidence,
There Is no enthusiasm In the Democracy |
here, and the election ia almost going hY de.
1aalt. see nothing bat deEe4t; ot6ers sac
differently. But short time will 1stermine
1t now. N&NAA'0
hope to sec you at the proposed Peace
Convention in Tits city on The 18th ot next
month. Very truly, yours,
ALEXANDER Iona