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Letter F-Om Gen. Ball.


WE find the following letter from General
Ball in a late issue of,the GAINESVILLE Courier,
the Abolition organ Of 1iuskingun county.-
The General was twice elected to Congress by
the party opposed to the Democracy; was
Lincoln elcctor in 1860; and served as Ser
geant-at-ArIns orthe last United States House
Of Representatives, having been elected to
that position by the Republican members
He has held many other positions of trust and
responsibility, and has always discharged his
public duties ereditably and Satisfactorily
He now. comes out tor Mcclellan End takes
the stump FOR him. Read this letter
ZAxEzylrIE. S,pt. 20, 1864
+ have myself supported Mr, Lincoln ali
through bis administration, while at tie same
time I have strongly disapprobated some Of
his measures, as you, Mr. ElitOr, know very
weI-!or we have often talked fit during
the last two years.
It was my opinion when he changed his
policy, that it would prove disastrous TO the
Countrywide result has only confirmed me in
that opinion. am sure il has greatly pro-
longed the war and cost the nation vast
amount ofueasure and an ocean Of blood. In
this opinion it is possible may lie mistaken.
I do not claim infalibility ofjudgmeui, but. I
must be permitted to act upon my honest
couvictions-and convinced, as am, that a
more earIyand more permanent and aless eX-
pensive peace can be attained under the pol
icy of Gen. Mcclellan than under that Of Mr.
Lincoln, Ihave made up my uhnd thatitism
duty to vote for Mcclellan, But let it be
distinctly understood that 1 do not thereby
c mmit myself to any factious opposition "a
Mr.. Lincoln iu case he shall be re-elected.-
On the contrary, shall ciiug to the Union as
long as there Is a splinter oft left; and shall
as. far as t am able, continue to hold up tile
hands Of whomsoever may have the oid slliI
in charge
Nor do [ propose to conntnit myself TO any
Blind and ppquestiouing support Of Gen. Nc
! Clrllan, should he be-eleote4. Il he adhere
to the policy shadowed forth in his letter o
acceptance, I shall cordially give him my snp
port. II, on the contrary, he shall follow til
example Of Mr. Lincoln and abandon u
MEASURES and policy uron which he slall hav
Fbeen eleceed, I shan hold myself perfect
fee to denounce both his administrator an
himself have iaith, however, to b-ljeve l.
is man Of integrity, and ihat he will be tra
to his promises, .t4-
In conclusion, I viii add that Ihad not de
sired TO take an active part in the canvass th
Fall, but have been the subject Of 50 mne
misrepresentation, and 50 many unkind C n
msnts have been made npon my course b
Old polical friends with whom I have bee
long associated, that feel it is now d
which I owe to myself to so far participate
Il the campaign, as to enable me to explain
the people Of Old Muskihgnm, from whom
have received 50 riahy manifestations ofkint
ness, the reasons which have impelled me
Z abandon Mr.. Lincoln and support Gcner;
\ Mcclellan.
Very respectfully,
EDwARB BAIL
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Out for Mcclellan.

Mr.. D. c. gillespie, a member Of the
Republican State Central Committee Of
Pennsylvania, addressed the Mcclellan
meeting in Philadelphia last Saturday,
and come out squarely for McClellan.-I
He gave the following, among other reas-
ons, for his course:
q hope it Will not offend my friends
of the Republican party to know that 1
was appointed member of the Republi-
can State Committee. I also held the
position of Assistant Collector for Jefer-
son county under the present Administra-
ton, and resigned both positions because
the Republican party desired Of me self
qualification. The first vote l cast was
for Henry Clay, one of the purest of sta
tesmen, whose soul I trust now rests in
Heaven. Ny life, as I before said, was
spent in opposition to the Democratic
party; but when those who oppose that
party violate the rights of the people;
when the Republican Administration of
Abraham Lincoln directly violates and
even condemns the laws of the nation,
then am against them. left the Re
publican party because I religiOusly be-
lieve that the Union can only besaved by
the Democratic and conservative citizens
of this country. conjure all by the
love they bear the land of freedom, by
their God, by every fond attachment on
earth, to join us in our good work. 1
still feel that my country is yet to be
saved, and that the wisdom of our people
will conduct US safely from sea Of
trouble
A dispatch from Cincinnati, under date
. of September Is, states that Hon. Will
lam S. Groesbeck, heretofore a supporter
of the Administration, has signifed his
adherence to the Democratic nominations
In Connecticut. Hon. Richard D. Hub
bard, of Hartford; A. c. Lippett, Of New
London; Mr.. Hubbard, of Middleton
, L. G. Peck, of New Haven, and hundred.
of others, are for Little Mac.
The Peoria lIll) Mail is informed tina
$ Judge Medium, Of Mclean county, hith
$ erto an adhercnt Of the reigning dynasty
is out for Mcclellan, and viii give his in
o. fuenco in favor Of the Democratic ticket
f lie was formerly the County Judge q
e Mclean, and is a man Of merit and stan
e ding
The Albany correspondent Of The Ne
= York Herald, says:
r \ number ofRePub,icans at the Stat
a. Capital are out for Mcclellan, Not onI
st is Comptroller Robinson in that boat, b,
.y Mr. Qauleyeer, formerly Deputy Clerk
rt the Court Of Appeals under Rcpublicu
e. administration OF that Office, was men
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Fremont on Lincoln.

" resnect to Mr.. Lincoln continue to hold
exactly the same sentiments contained IN my
letter of acceptance.
I CONSIDER THAT HIS ADMINS
TRATION HAS BEEN POLITICALLY,
MTLITARILY, AND FINANCIALLY A
FAILURE.
There never was a greater unanimity in a
country than was exhibited here at the fail Of
Fort sumpter; aud the South was Powerless
in the face oft, hut Mr Lincoln completely
paralyzed this generous feeling. ....-
He destroyed the strength Of the position
and divided the North when he declared to the
South that slavery should be protected.
! He has built up for the South, strength
which otherwise they should have never az
tanned.
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WHOLE NUMBER 49,
Gen. Geo. B Mcclellan.


IT is a most astonishing fact that some Of
the Liutoln, papers are charging pIlsorts ofin-
competency and bad faith upou Gen, 'heGlek
Ian, while in command of Dir army. Mr..
Lincoln las the power to rerdore from ofios
any or al the army officers for good cause;
and it IS his sworn duty to remove any army
officer who is Unfit for the Office he holda-
So soon as he discovers such unflness,s no.
matter whether il be want olmliitaEy skai OF
want of iaithfulness, not only does his oath
bind him to discharge this duty bat the lives
Of the brave soldiers aad the treasrry Of The
people are at stake and Tor these Fsasons he
is bound in faith to the people and soldiers 10
dismiss from office all who are unit Now il
any Of the infainous charges made againSs
Gen. Mcclellan are true, then Mr. b;HEoh bas
been unhitliul to the soldiers and the people
to criminal degree. IfMr Linc5n 3 not
thus criurinuliy IN default Of Jischafgfig bis
duty tearlessly and faithfully iheri al these
charges are base fabrications Of defnagoghes
unworthy tie name OF Americans. II Ar.
Lincoln could have found acaGse lof ioihgaso
he would long since have taken the e5Haais-
sion from Gen Mcclellan aud e50llly rea-
son why he has not done so is, that he could
tini no ground or cause on which to doit3
Let these slanderers then answer thisque
lion: Il Gen Mcclellan was incompetent or
or unlaithlul, why dTi 1ir Lincoln notrsnove
him IRON o1ioe? Why does Mcclellan TO-
day hold a commission. as Majof-Genersl bnA
der Mr.. LincOmy
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EXCEPT in cases of NO ssity, which
are rare, leave your friend to learn un-
pleasant truths from his enemies they
are ready enough to tell them
Our children should learn that life is
noble aud valuable only when it is held
cheap by the side Of honor and of duty.
DEArH, the hard, solid, insoluBle, with
its glacier air, sweeps through the warm
scenes of life and leaves all it breathos
over stiff and snow-white.
POETRY has cast an earlier light on
many obscure works of nature than phi
losophy, as the dark new moon borrows
light from Venus.
WOMEN regard relationship more than
we do. Their ancestral pride is always
several ancestors older than ours.
NEVER are human beings smaller than
when they want to plague and punish
without knowing how.
IF flowers have souls, the bees, whose
nurses they are, must seem to them ike
dear, sucking children.
JOY is like the rainbow, which in the
morning shines over evening, and in the
evening arches over the East
THE hearts of young girls, like new
wooden vessels, at first let everything
drop through, until, in time, the vessels
swell and thus retain their contents.
KEEP a sharp dog, and the midnight
angler, who seeks to hook your goods,
will be sure to get bite.
The great poet says that there are
sermons in stones" In these days
there seem to be stoaes and all other sorts
of missiles in many sermons.
RICHES are often thorns thatpieree the
head with cares in getting themi and th5
heart with grief in parting with them,
A LADY kissed Gen, Grant at Havei
de Grace. He blushed, but stood it pret
ty well-perhaps better than Mrs. Gran
will.
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The Abolitionists charge Mcclellan
with being on gunboat during the bat
lie of Malvern Hill, and possibly he was,
as the gunboats participated in the bat
tie. 1t is not at all necessary for a Cen
eral to be in a fight. Even our gallar,t
nant-General, against whom abo-
lition detraction dares not whisper aword
was on a transport during the battle Of
Fort Henry; on another transport five
miles from the fight, on the day before
the surrender of Fort Donelson; and at
Savannah, ten miles from the field when
the battle of Shiloh was begun. At
Vicksburg, the quarters Of the command
ing officer were well to the rear, out Of
range of shot, or she'll or wandering bull
lets.
One would think from the outcry Of
these valiant abolitionists, that the place
of a general was somewhat in the front
of his men-in the skirmish line. Have
they any generals who usually occupy
such a position? We rather think not.
The only evidence of this extreme gal
lantry displayed by any abolition gcnef-
al during this war, has been when the
enemy in front were women and children.
Hunter, Washburne Jim Lane, Wallace,
Montgomery, Paine, Wilde and Butler
are in advance upon such occasions and
no other-C Chicago Times.
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Lincoln Taxation,

We clip from one of Uu+ exchanges the fol-
lowing. The poetry is not Of the first order,
but the truths are beyond contradiction:
Mr.. printer: I wish you would make a
note OF my state at the. present time, aud give
it to the public in yoar paper The people
wanted a change four years ago, aud they got
it. Then I could support a faplily-now I
can't. Then I had comparatively no tax.s to
pay-now I must pay
Taxes on nv bread, Taxes on my butter,
Taxes on nv salt, Taxes on my SUPPER
Taxes on MY tea, Taxes on Ey coffee,
Taxes on moiasses, Taxes o. ,1ny barley;
Taxes on my pepper, Taxeson my spice,
Taxes on nay chocolate Taxes on my ricei
Taxes on my tobacco, Taxes on my snuff,
Taxes on cigars # I would take aPuf,i
Taxes upon cheese, Taxes on fish,
Taxes upon mutton; if take savOry dish;
Taxes upon bgel, Taxes npon veal,
/ Taxes upon bork, enough to make It squeal
Tax upon my coal, Tax upon my pants,
Tax upon my drawers, all paid in advance;
Tax upon my shirt, Tax upon my shoes,
Tax upon my boots, Tax upon my hoses
Tax upon my hat, Ta1. upon my bitLers,
Tax upon MY knife, tax upon the scissors;
Tax upon MY shaving brush, tax upon my IA,
zor,
Taxes on my medicines; Taxed il sick o.
well,
Taxed on all 7 have to buy, Taxed on all
sell;
faxed for my children Tax for my wife,
Taxed am I for every means Of life; b. -
Taxed whether at work or unemployed,
Taxed for a stamp on a receipt is void;
Stamped and taxed, and Taxed and STAMPED
Screwed and twisted; secured and claH'7cd
I Cohscripfad and taxed the bounty 70 ray,
Taxed with life II I go and taxed i'll stay.
: Oh God Of our fathers, pray grant vs. rcleas
From this Lincoln War, and restore US.
pgacef
Restore Us the old time-Thy powerful han
, Can alone save US from the corrupt shodd
band
Who tread down the poor while Loyalty CT.
Leave willows sl.d orphans to suffer and di
Destroy this lair land, its Union sever,
And make slaves Of Us whites, to raise up Il
Yours, AwoRKrNG NAN.
, !
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StIttt 9ottrg.
GOD SAVE OUR NOBLE LAND.

GOD save our noble land,
From Treason'a two-edged brand
Drawn to devour
From fierce Rebellion's rage,
AIatchless on History's page;
God save our heritage
By his high power.
From equal woe Of lust,
That treads into the dust
Our league of State;
That, ruling, breaks the law,
And, fighting, blaekens war;
God save-us from its nav
Insatiatel
OF God, we're worth to feel
The rasp of Factions heel
On Freedoms necki
Nor shudder less to know
How those we trusted so,
To thwart, with right, the foe,
Our fond hopes wreck!
Save, then, our fathers God
The land our fathers trod
With trust in thee:
Thou gavest them chief,
o. send US, toe, relief,
And let the reign be brief
Of Tyranny.
Our fathers George was Thine;
In his Thy light did shine
On Freedoms flag:
Their sons two Georges trust,
o! make them strong and just,
And let them to the dust
All factions drag!
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Tie Charleston Mercury Of the 2O,h, says
100 Yankee soldiers per week, come into their
lines under operation of order 65, providing
protection 10 deserlers, and the Richmond
Examiner Of the oath, says that the first in
stalrcnt, of several hundred Of that class, left
on the previous day for unknown points,
where they would he put through the Yankee
lines. and aided to escape.
The rebel war Office has Just issued an or
der, recurring the State Of South Carolina to
to furnish 1000 laborers per month, to work
on ior;ifcAtions.
Gen. Hoo ! as ordered court Of inquiry
on the losses Of cars, engines and ordnance at
Atlanta
North Carolina papers say, many deserters
are coming out of the mouutsins, and avail
ing themselves of the Governors offer OF par
don, and the militia are also hunting down
and bringing in large numbers.
Provost Marshal Gen. Fry decides that per-
sons who paid commutation money in Feb
ruarv and March, and exempt lrOin the draii
for the pa.iod O one year lroEl the time OF
payment.
Dispatches from Ncwborn, received tins
evening state that tie yellow Feveris exten-
siveIy prevailing at that place, bnt is not very
fatal among the troops encamped outside o
the town.
A dispatch from Gen. Sherman. dated Sep
an stotes flat he has made an aefual exchange
Of O0C Of Isis own army. and made an ar
ragements with Hood to send to the o'n''
prisoners, supply Of clothing, soapi combs
&c.
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A HUMOROUS writer in the Chicago
Post describes how he got out of bad
scrape in the Police Court:
The next morning the Judge Of the
Police Court sent for me. I went down,
and he received me cordially. Said he
had heard of the wonderful things l had
accomplished at Bryan Hall, and was
proud Of me. 1 was a promising young
man and all that. Then he offered a
toast Guilty or not guilty?" l re-
sponded in brief and eloquent speech,
setting forth the importance of the occa-
sion that had brought US together. At
ter the ceremonies 1 loaned the city ten
dollars.
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Extracts from the Great Grafton Of Hon
George T. Curtis.


We give below a few paragraphs from
the first part of mastery Grafton, de-
livered in Philadelphia, on last Friday
evening, before an immense and enthusi-
astic audience, by Hon. George Ticknor
Curtis, the Scholar, the Jurist, and the
Statesman. of New York-the friend and
follower of Webster and Clay;
GENTLEMEN OF PHILADELPHIA Some
of you have done me the great honor to
invite me to deliver an address here on
the present state of the country, and the
issues involved in the approaching Presi-
Dental election. The nomination Of Gen.
Mcclellan to the Presidency, by the
Democratic party, affords me ample rea-
son for complying with your invitation,
For many long and weary months, it has
been my constant hope that the Ameri-
can people would GENE at length to ap-
preciate and sympathize with his charac-
ter, and would perceive how how his pub
lie principles are identified with the well
! fare Of the country and the safety Of its
institutions. There is a reasonable pros
pect that such a condition Of the public
mind respecting this distinguished man
will be reached; reached in spite of ma
Ilignant detraction, in spite of official oP-
preston and persecution, without the
slightest sacrifice of his personal dignity
without a shadow Of change on his part
and through the simple power of true
and upright character to vindicate itself
My estimate Of him is not, so far as 1 car
perceive, the mere result of personal re
gard, or of narrow habits Of observation
Having known and lived with persons o
marked character all my life, 1 do no
see any sufficient reason for mistrustins
my own judgment in this particular in
stance, and do not imagine that any
body can suggest any good reason why
should not publicly ezprss it.
1t is now eighteen years, or more, sine
I first met General Mcclellan, for sin
gle evening, in a domestic circle in Ne1
England, where he had come to atten
the marriage of one of his kindred. H
s was then young Lieutenant in the army
: recently graduated from West Poin
e alert, full of intelligence, and impressin
all whom he met by remarkable con
binatiOn Of spirit and modesty. But frOl
that time I had not particularly observe
. him until my attention was suddenly al
h rested by very striking opinion an
d prediction concerning him, uttered by
e veteran officer of the army, of high ran
and great experience, who has been Ion
IS retired, but who had followed the caret
t, of Mcclellan, as he has the careers of a
e the men who have been educated at We
- Point for the last forty years, with Il
y closest observation. This gentlema
whose authority in all military affai
,fI stands very high, was asked by frien
If in the summer of 1861, at the time VIII,
At it began to be rumOred that General SEQ
N from his increasing bodily infrmit
,;.l+ be obliped to retire. who there W
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Der of the committee on resolutions at
the Mcclellan. ratification meeting here
on Wednesday night. Rufus King, Esq,
a lifelong bosom friend of ThurloW
Weed, is also for Mcclellan.
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The Difference,

SUPPORT, the Constitution, and come
back into the Union, says Democracy to
the South. Abolish slavery, or you shall
not come back to the Union, says the Re
pubIicans.
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The Issue.

"THE Union is the one condition of
peace" says General Mcclellan. "The
abandonment of slavery" is the condition
of peace, says Mr.. Lincoln. Which is
the Union:st2
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TIE 3IoCLrLLAN SwEEP.-Amorg the speak
ers at the great Mcclellan ratification meet
ing in the city OF New York was Hon. Robt.
O. Winthrop, Of Massachusetts for thirty
years most eminent and talented Old Zine
Whig. He was Speaker olthe House fGOn-
gress in 1S49 and 1850. OF late years he has
acted with the conservative Republicans.-
The President Of the meeting 'Fas Henry
GrinnelI, the distinguished merCAsnt whose
effotts in the cause Of science and humanity
have conferred upon him honor and inirn1or-
tality. A large portion Of the ofhcsrs' t.ere
originally Wings aud Republicans M Vim
throp promised hEy thou and mJority for
Mcclellan and PendletOu in the city Of New
] York, ORD s@
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AT a PRIMERS festival the following
sentiments was offered
"Printer's Wives May they have al
ways plenty of small caps for the heads
of their little original articles"
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o the contrary, are considered as wishing TO cCn-
inue their subscriptions to the paper.
q If subscribers order the discontinuance OF
heir periodicals, the publisher may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid
8. Ifsabscribers neglect or refuse to take their
periodicals from the Office to which they were di-
ected they are held espOnsible till they have set
tied the bill and ordered them discontinued.
l. If subscribers remove to other places Wltn-
outinfOrming the publisher, and the papers are
sible.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take
periodicals from the Office or removing and leaY
Ing them uncalled for, is pTiHld Jdeie evidence OF
Newfoundland
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To Wuo4 II NAY CONCERN All who are
.'concerncd" about the high prices OF grocer
les, dry goods and provisions, and who find
it very difficult to live, viii vote against Ln-
coin and against the war. Il is tie war that
causes the high prices, and Lincoln keeps up
the war. Lincoln is especially the enemy OF
the poor man.--Enqntrer,
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But the Republican Congress also gives its
testimony. On the 18th day Of July, Mr.. Ed
wards Rep.) Of New Hampshire, offered the
following resolution in the House Of Repre-
settatives, and it was unanimously adopted
ResolDsd, That the thanks Of this House be
presented to Major General George B. McClel-
Ian and the officers of his command, for the
teries of brilliant and decisive victories which
by their skill and bravery they have achieved
over rebels and traitors in arms on the battle
fields ofWestern Virginia
On the 9Th of May, 1862, after the victories
Of Yorktown Williamsburg and West Point,
Owen Lovejoy, the most ultra radical in the
House Of Representatives offered the follow
ing resolutions, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resotcsd, That it is with feelings Of devout
gratitude to Almighty God that the House Of
Representatives, from time to time, hears Of
the triumphs of the Union army in the great
struggle for the supremacy of the Constitution
and the integrity Of the Union
Resolred, That we receive with profound
satisfaction intelligence OF the recent victories
bchived by the armies Of the Potomac, associ.
R,ed from their localities with those Of The
Revolution, and that the sincere thanks o
this House are hereby rendered to Major Gen
George B Mcclellan Tor The display Of thos.
high military qualities which secure rnpor
tant results with but little sacrifice OF Thamai
life.
Let Democrats bear this testimony in mind
and when efforts are made to beltrle Genera
McCleIan's great services to the State le
this significant testimony ofMr. Lincoln, Ger
HaIleck, and the Republican Congress, b
produced.
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Abolition Predictions.

Interpretations are summed up thus:
few brief months will bring the
rebellion to a close.
1862-A few brief months will bring the
rebellion to a close.
1863-A few brief months will bring the
rebellion to a close.
l864-A few brief months will bring the
rebellion to a close.
To be continued.
Ne1O Yor& Express.
To this should be added:
1. This IS the last draft.
2. This is the last draft sur6.
8. This is positively the last draft.
4. This is certainly the last draft.
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y PRATER-O Lord, prOtcc. I. S.
Grant, I. 5. A. Conquoror.-(O Lord
protect us! Grant Us eonquerer y
Bos on Jeui nal