, 1864-10-20
POSTSC IPT.
$50 O'CLOCK, i. II.
Our Midnight DiApatch-H1.il1y I'M.
p0rtant Ne4EB summary.

[sntcial Dtsp,tch to the Western Prsss.}
NEW funK, Wednesday, Oct. 19-Mldpight.
THE REBEL DESCENT on ST. ALpASs, VT
The following later dispatch gives further
dstails Of tie previously reported rebel raid
In ST. Albane, IT., from across the Canada
border: -
ST. A1DAxs, TT, "Wednesday, Oct. 49,
An I. vaaion Of the town took place to-day
sc.1e twenty-five armed dezpezadoes. sup
posed to be in rebel employ, from Canada,
msde au assault on several banks about four
o'clock this afternoon. The National
Bank was robbed Of about fifteen thou
s6nd dollars, mostly In bills. The st. AL
band Bank was robbed Of about seventy
thousand dollars, and the franklin County
Bank of considerable amount. Twenty
Lo1sss were also seized by the desperadoes,
and carried CT. Several citizens Who resist
I'd we're deliberately shot, and two wouad4d,
it Is feared, fatally.
E.J Morrieon, contractor, G. Il. Hunting
don, jtweler, and sevtra1 others are reported
sliabtly injured. The rnfders Threatened to
burn the to = n, and left In the direction Of
Canada. a large party, Of armed citizens
have gone IN pursuit. '.,
TIE PRESIDENT AND FREE MAR11ASDERs.
The following ia President Ltncoln'a
speech to the Association that visited hin
to day:
TIE PRESIDENTS srEECA
l anl notified this Is compliment to
1ne by May 'ylandsrs present IN this District.
I infer that the adoption Of the constitution
for TIE State furnishes OCCASION, and that III
your yiew the extirpation of slavery con-
stttutes the cbitf merit Of the constitution.
Most Eesrtily do I congratulate you and
Mary land and the nation and the world,
upon the event, l regret that IT did not oc-
cur two years sooner, which am sure
would have saved to the milton more money
than 1oult have met I'll pirate loss Incident
to the measure, but it has come at last, and
sincerely hopa It's friends may fully realize
all their antieipations Of good from 1t, aad
that its opponents may By its effects be
aerceab:7 ind proltab17 disappointed.
| "A word on smother subject. Something
eaia By the Secretary Of State in bis speech
at Auburn has been construed by some into
| threat that II I shall be beaten at the elec.
t,ou. / viii, between then and my con5tisn-
| tiona1 term, do what uuay be aele to ruin
| the t,oyerument, Others regard the fact that
the Chicago Convention adjourned not s;as
| die, hut TO meet again it called to do SO BY
| particular Individual, as an intlmat1on OF
! purpose that, ii the nominee is elected, he
viii at once eelza the control Of the Govern
ment. hope the good people Will permit
| themselves to suffer no uneaelness On either
point. I am struggling to mstntaiu
The Government, not to oYsrtnro8 =
it. ! thert tors 'tay, # + shall live
! + shall remain Presideut TIL The 4th OF
Mafch, and that whoever shall be constltu-
tionally elected, therefore, In November,
! shall be duly installed "a Psesidsnt On the
| 18th Of March; and in the Interval I shall 10
the utmost that whoever ia to hold the helm
| Tor &hs next fouc years shall atart With the
btst nosgfb1e chance to save this country.
| This is due to the people, both On principle
ri under the Constitution. Their constltu-
| ttonslly expressed voice Is the ultimate Law
tor all. II they should deliberately resolve
I! to have immediate pace, even At the loss OF
| their country and liberties, I know no
! power or risht to resist them. 1t
| is their own business, and they must
| do as they please with their OWL believe.
| 10 IL ever, t1ey are still resolved to preserve
their country aod their liberty, aud, u thls
| cftice or out Of it am resolved TO STAND
| 81 TEEN. i may add thai, In this porpose
| to save the country and ito Liberties NJ
| class Of people eeem so nearly unanl nous as
| the soldiers in the field ana tne seanen =
:flcst. Do they not have tne hsraess o1 II :
t;na bless the soldiers and seameu, and all
their beloved commanders.
| uoxoHs OF VAR
Philadelphia dispatch states that Gen.
Coucb. commanding the Department ot The
| Snenufhspnn, has ordered the hags at half
mcEi on the 21st, and eignal guns to BE tred
IN i,onor Of the memory OF Msj. Gen. Bltney.
TIE VAR IN VIRGINIA.