The Union and journal., 1864-10-28
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The yellow fevcr Is terribly fatal ut Charles
ton. and the mortality among the children II
very great.
II Is now settled that the steamer Roanoke
was captured by pirates smuggled on board
during her outward passage. The passenger
were put on board Of q passing vessel, and th'
Roanoke was then burned.
Gen. Butler has relieved from labor on tht
Dutch Gap Canal the rebel prisoners placed
there In retaliation for captured colored sol
diers of our army being put to work on thu
rebel fortifcations, Gen. Lee having released
the latter and agreed to treat them as prisoners
Of war.
Special correspondence from Gen. Grants
army states that the announcement of Sheri
dams victory caused great rejoicing, and shot
ted sautes trum all the batteries along our line!
conveyed the intelligence to the rebels.
Wanted! A rcbe! victory, for which the
highest price will be paid. For further par
ticulars apply at the Office OF any Copper
head Journal.
Mrs. Breckenridge mother of the Rebel
Gen Breckenridge, died ut Baltimore on
Saturday. at tho house Of the Rev. Mr.. Bul.
lock. her son-in law
Mcclellan utterly failed to lead q strong
and brave army into the Rebel Capital.
How. then. can he bs expected to conduct
his ta:tcrdemalion peace followers into the
Federal Capital?
81 object" This was Pendlcton's speech
when patriotic Representative sought to
introduce bill for aiding the army. Sol.
diors, think of this when you vote.
Gen. Wool presided ut the Union meeting in
Troy. on Wednesday evening, and before the
close offered the follwing. which was adopted
with shout ,-Rcsolred, That we are in favor
of the Peace Platform laid down by those four
peace men, Gems. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
and Admiral Farrngut.
V JEFF. Davis, in his Macon speech OF the ODD OF
September, virtually gives up the contest with
the Administration Of Lincoln and yet Gencr-
nj McClellan's supporters would turn out Pres.
ident Lincoln because his management OF the
war has been failure u
Capt. w. A. Sutherland, Asst. Adj. Gen. to
Gen. Steedinan, returned to Chattanooga from
captivity In Charleston. and in an after.speech
he said he had always been IN ardent support
err of Mcclellan, "but during my imprison.
ment the guards at Charleston, and every rebel
| met, with one exception, learning that was
Democrat. clectioneered with me for McClel
Ian could not but ask myself the question
why, II Mcclellan is friend to the Union, all
the enemies OF that Union desire his election"
There was an immense disposition to re.
christen Phil. Sheridan around the bulletin
Yesterday. Lets call him Marengo Sheri.
dam" said one. "No! let's name him I
pLunrpus uNuM Sheridan. He is ten thou.
sand-in.one." "He is ballot-box stuliin
Sheridan" said typo, fragrant ot Catawbu
grapes preserved in corn juice. "If he an'l
cr,min' the Mcclellan ballot-boxcs chuck
full of Lincoln votes, I wouldn't say SO.
A dispatch from Eastport states that fire
broke out at half.past one O'Clock Sunday
on Union wharf, and continued until night
consuming all the business part of the town.
About fifty places of business were destroyed
including the best stores. The building con
tanning the Frontier Bank, Telegraph Office
&c., was burned. Tho loss is estimated at
$500, 900.
Vice President Hamlin left home on Thurs
day last, for New York and Pennsylvania,
where he will take the stump for Lincoln and
close Of the campaign.
"wherc's tho fire 7" asked Copperhcad.
tearing out Of his house in Batavia, in alarm nj
the ringing of the church bells over Sheridan's
victory. In the front, hank and rear Of the
allied Democracy OF the South and the North ~
was Union neighbours reply. ...,
The county of Adams, Pa. whose people sold
water to our soldiers aud would not lend them
shovcls to dig graves for thedead after the battle
of Gettysburg, has gone for the Democrats by
an increased majority. This is 10 accordance
with the fitness Of things.
Thursday, the Gath day OF next month has
been appointed by tho President as u day Of
National Thanksgiving.
Nearly all Of the raiders in 81. Adams, VI.
have been captured together with the plunder.
They are to have their trial in Canada under
the extradition treaty.
Sheriian's October campaign amounts to g.
GOO prisoners captured, 79 cannon, $4,000
small arms. IS caissons and $50 wagons.
Schenectady boasts q novelty in Journal
ism. 1t hasa daily paper with two editors,
ono Republican and the other Denocrat,
who each have page OF every days paper,
The second page is for Mcclellan and the
third for Lincoln, and spirited controversies
are constantly going on within the limits Of
ajsinglc sheet.
Y The friends Of Mcclellan have dropped
the "Young Napoleon" business. and com.
menccd calling him the "Second Joshua"
and it'snot 80 bad either though Judas would
be more appropriate. We don't know that
little Mac ever made the FUN stand still, but
it's certain that he made everything elsc
stand still on the Potomac for several months
The Toronto Globe, one of the ablest journ
ais on this continent, and very friendly to
the United States. says Of the recent elec-
tions :-"They settled the Presidential qucs-
ton. and give tho frionds Of Mr.. Lincoln
good reason for expecting to carry every FREQ
State, except New Jersey, General McClel.
Ian never had any reasonable prospects of
being elected. but present appearances indi-
cate that hc has as good chance OF getting
to be Emperor Of Japan rs he has Of becom-
ing President Of tho United States"
The rebel papers are demanding that the Con.
federate Government shall arm the negroes.
Surely the rebels must be terribly constrained
for soldiers. Copperhead journals can see no
impropriety In arming\the negroes, providing
they fight on the right pide, which means for
their masters, but Il y decidedly unconstitu.
tional to let them fight against tho slavehold-
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