, 1864-11-05

The military situation is unchanged. 1st
nothing distract the people Of tbs loyal
Btates from the duty before them. Rebel
advance forces may threaten great
things in the border States; rebels
may prowl a1org the Canadian line,
mutterine incendlarls n md rapine; dialosal
organizations may uhet their small knives
in secret for the Throat Of the nation; little
s5jupcts to the rebellion like My Maryland,
Dick and Va1kndi4ham. and the whole tribe
Of seccsh journals may beat their b.azen
gongs and hrandtsh their paper 1anter1s,-
men of the republic it is all, anl
solely for one purpose, to distract and divert
1he people from an Office deadly to the re.
bel1ion. Go forward and do your duty at
the polls on Tuesday, and the rebellion will
fall dead as If suaittcn with Heaven's light
ming. And that bolt will fall
The rumor that Gen. Bntler is to be placed
where his keen-sightedness, his quick End
ready action, will be confronted with Sey-
1uo1r1sm at the fountain head, will be every
where received with satisfaction. Not to
dispRrsge the excellent services Of the ofi-
Ger ut present In command at New York, de-
cidcdly the best thing that has been sent
from the War Department alto Msj. Gen.
DIX Is old Ben Butler.
1.-THE Jef. Davis organ In this city, In It's
recent oarse and slanderous attack OF Col.
F. A. Eastman, missed the mark OF its Eal1-
ice, and the blow, instead Of wounding, gives
back the ring Of impenetrable armor. I'll
Gust there that Col Eastman is strongest, In
proofs Of his care for the interests Of work.
Ing men. His connection with the plan for
the Agricultural and Polytechnic Colleges, is
that Of an originator. and the measure
throughout bears the proof Of devotion to
the working man and the mechanic, fact
too widely known not to be beyond the
reach Of the small partiean malice that now
bellies it.
The MEETING Of last everipg was oble
and magnificent demonstration, and the mul-
titude that gathered, with open ears, for
1pyal doctrine, were well repaid By the pow.
erful efforts Of Nr. Chaee and Gen John F.
FarDaW0rth. 1t was a notable and excellent
afEair throughout.
PRICES raid into Missouri cost the people
of the tist1fcts bis fresbooters ravcged over
five million dol]are. 1t is couso o!ing to know
that the tiff met with bad luck in getting
OF With Ills booty.
AAE IEAAA4E8 VI LIE 4a1uGu1EQ aAGE0m Will
lie in state ut Bryan Hall to. o.mozrow, and be
committed to their last reetlng place, with
imposing ceremonies.
i The trial ct Gov. seymour's 'sfrierds,"
Col North md his accomplicea in the forgery
pf the soldiers votes, was continued yeat.r-
day. Our dispatches give the arguments OF
counsel. North will be held and tried. but
bis further trial stands postponed to Nov.
18th
a rew swarm Of rebel pirates is of our
coast They are of course British buflt, aud
more effective than their predecessors.
There will be active work for our gunb oats,
and huttering time among our merchant
marine.
Horace Hcflten, whose name has been
prominently associated with the military
trials At Indianapolis. where he has been
hitherto leading Democrat, 1esterday
turned States evidence, and brought out a
most startling expose ct the framework, the
aims. and the scope Of the reasonable Order,
whose conspiracy had 70. Its object the out
break Of civil war in the Northwest. Let
every loyal man rfad it. None bat Demo-
c1ats were admitted to this organization.
None but Democrats will be punished when
these guilty meet their deserts. The people
have In their hands swift destruction for all
such plotters on Tnesday next, when The
sut1ere1s will be None but Democratic"
Mark them, the men who, sharing in the
protection and prosperity our community
affords, eneak from the obligation citizen
ship entails Look carefully through the list
OF one thousand or more residents Of Chi
cago and vicinity who hare taken out e1emp