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w \••#-•'•'•. A., lobt. JlTitcljcll, ffiritor & ftoblteljcr. P. H. KEENAN, EROiwETOK. j,' 1 TERMS: ;;..- . , •_ • -\ OKI 1X5EBAR PEK YEAR, SIKliSTMr IS, JSpjfcMijgB. THEBK IS NO SAKTY, NO STAIUPWV, NO SECURITY. • IN. oivri BOOIKTV t'scEi'T IN ABSOLUTE OBEDI- ENCE 110 THE LAWS OF THE COUNTRY, I .jgjp** Communications upon, home topics, and •matters of general interest, are respectfully so. lieited. The writers nhine must accompany 11iSis»tae—fSoi necessary }i>r.pu.bliuation, but as '* gtvwrantee o'f good faith. |! PEKSONS sending us ten new subscribers, ac. oompanied with the money,, -will be entitled to the PATRIOT one year free, Cape Vincent, IV. Y., Oct. 25,1803. PKOCIiAMATION BT EDWIN t>. MORGAN, GOVERH'OR OP THE STATE 'OE NEW YORK. ,4f From tlie depth- of national affliction we come, with- stricken heads and chastened spirits, to own our dependence upon the Mo?t High, imd-to render, •with grateful sense, our thanksgirings for His mercies, countless in number and infiniteiu extent. A year fraught -with the heaviest sorrows has yet, in the mer- ciful plan ot Providence, been distinguished by 'the most oonspiououB blessings. Although it is numbered among the dark periods-of his- tory, and its sorrowful records are graven on many hearthstones, yet the precious blood shed in'the cause of our-country will hallow and strengthen our tore and our revorenoe for it and its institution's, while the bitter sorrows of the year will discipline us into humility. Whatever was passionate in the earlier period of the war has given way'to a deep and snli- <lued.conviction, ot duty in defending the in- tegrity of the Union. Reflection has made clear our obligations, and the issues of the momentous struggle present themselves in more definite form. Our National aims have been elevated, and our sacrifices havfe made us. less selfish,: our Government and institutions placed in jeop- ardy have brought us to a more just apprecia- tion' of their value. 'Looking beyond the wicked leaders who have precipitated this ter- rible calamity of civil war upon us, we see that the \pcople-in arms against the-Govern- ..ment possess the higher qualities of our na tional character; and though their minds have •been perverted by passion and prejudice, yet on many occasions their prowess and devotion to their cause have been' such as to win our respect. We are pormittsd to see that the War is developing the manhood of the Nation ; and -VIICJJ p(mt><* olio/fl redtt-rny Tro Inw.o -faittl that the American Republic will be more powerful, the Government more permanent, •the elements of society more perfectly blend- ed, and the people more firmly united, than ever. We have other causes for gratitude. Dis- caso has been averted at home, the unaccli- malra'd armies have been protected from pesti- lences which it was feared would follow them in distant latitudes. Earth's best fruits have been lavishly bestowed, the arts have pros- pered, the employments of peace have been rewarded, and the good order of society has bseji fully -maintained. Reverses te our arms have been followed by successes on land and sea which specially call for tha'-ksgiving, and justify the most, sanguine, expectations as to the final result of Un> contest. SvThafc we may publicly signify our deep .thankfulness for these and countless -other blessings of the past, and for the promise that His mercies endure forever; that we may ful- ly acknowledge our depend .nee upon the Su- preme Being, and hear anew from His spe- cially chosen servants that judgments follow those nations wherein His prerogatives are usurped, and who give not God the glory in all things ; and that in proper spirit wo may ask that victory shall attend our arms, health, -our armies, and prosperity our dwellings, that peace may be restored, and that we may have strength to meet the trials of the future, I do appoint TUUUSDAY, THE TWEXH'-SKVENTU DAY oi? NOVEMBER next, as a day of Praise, Thanks- giving, and Prayer to Almighty God; and I do recommend that, suspending all ordinary business pursuits, the people of this State do meet together, in their own chosen places ol worship, and that the said day, throughout, be appropriately observed. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the privy seal of the State, at the City of Albany, this first [B, s.] day^of October, in the year of our Lord , I one-thousand eight hundred and sixty- two. ESWIS D; MORGAN. | By the Governor: ' LOOKWOOD L. DOIT, Private Secretary. ^*-** — '' To GOBKESPOKDENTS'—-—The coramus nication from \T. K.'Ms received. It is well written, and we think the writer is .lou-ud, and means well; b.ut it lacks the merit of being pointed. It may be inter- preted , two w.ays> It is always bast to corne straight out. If you mean the \•Pr say so; and if the \Anti's let them have it,. We trust to bear from \T. K.\ again in accordance with these hints. Communications must also nsces> •arily be brief, for a small paper like the PATRIOT, «).»•*>—. Opposition to the Government. Is opposition to the Government, trea> son? That depends, we suppose, upon the nature ahd extent of tjhe. opposition; A mere expression of opinion, can hardly be- .corisiderjSd treason; aitliou^Ii,'if nt be ad- verse to;,ihe 'Government, ittakes raukas an offence. : ,Ojj,pbsitip(Ji~t&. be treason,: must be active and organized; And this lends us to the inquiry .whether there is not an organization growing up In .this State,*which contemplates, active' opposi- tion-to tlie vigorous measures.,o'f the gov- ernment in the prosecution of the war. Certainly, there should now b.o but one., party—the > unconditional^ Union party, which supports-the Government in allits-j energetic war measured. There is no need of any other party, and it. is the height of audacity on the \part of disaf .footed'' persons; the loyalty of many of whom is at tba best doubtful, to organize a party with Slavery- and opposition, to the war as its only platform. The Re* publicans and .many noble old Democrats; have, united, ana' are ou't for the Union and the suppression of the rebellion with- out an\\jf\ or a ''but.'' But sundry per> sons throughout the State, hypocritically styling , themselves \Democrats (it's enough to make old Jefferson and Jack- son rise from their tombs,)jhavegot up a party with opposition to the Proclamation of Emancipation as its platform ; which means, of course, opposition to the war, and a compromise with the rebels, where- by they will either be allowed to \depart in peace,\ or the dragon Slavery again be restored to our national shrine, as the Deity before whom we must bow down and worship ';—for in that Proclamation lies our only hope; if it is not carried out, then our Union and liberties are gone forever. Fellow-citizens, you must stand by tlie.i Proclamation ; if you do not do so, you oppose the Government, and are guilty of negative treason—a more despicable form of the ciime than the open, positive act. Your all is at stake in this contest. This war must be carried through, or you w'ill all be bankrupt and ruined, without a. country that a decent Hottentot would claim as his own, Stand by your country and your Gover.nmont. Look to the sal* vation of the country first, and when that is secured, in the language of the .noble Corcoran, repair the fractures in the Cons stitution, if there be any. If you are to have any idolatry at all, let your idol be the eternal principle ol Liberty, and not a flimsy it of parchment, which may FadS with ii'.no, and be changed according to the whims of a fickle people But we don't believe it will violate the Constitu. tion to save the country. Nobody but a miserable slink of a secession sympathizer will tell you that.—Don't listen to the argument of \the Dollar,\ which is the chief. one offered by Secessionists and Democrats. Mammon is their God. \The taxes !\ they cry ; \oh I tho ruinous tax es I\ This (the Dollar) was the argument with which Satan plyed tho Sou of God. Hold out unflinchingly,and countless mil- lions of posterity will bless your patriot- ism and virtue. But what is to be done witb this oppo^ sition party if it should succeed in this State, ,and in others ? Why, manifestly the course is clear. The Government has an army of a million Abolitionists to .back it, and if Democratic Governors or Legisla- tures .attempt to clog the efforts of the President to emancipate the country, tbey should all be arrested and dissolved. (The Democratic papers throughout the State have been invoking McOlellan to give the Abolitionists a little Cromwellianism, and they should have a dose of. the'same phy- sic. The Government, in such a case, must \push tho thing through,\ or wo are all lost. knew'thali opposition must co'rite'%om\ these classes only; for Republicans and Abolitionists have all aleng been, urging the most efficient raoasufes.'in the prosec'fti tion of the war.—tto,.sjr,f. Aj/'Z;\' j-het'e's no \neutrality\ in\tbjs shanty, \Z\ has •thesassu,mpt-i'oh';kd : call the *ai?iM ! '''.' ',' j, .,.,'•,', .. .,,-,. ,'-.-; fi , . .,,;;, 'w-j regard the vile.sheetspubliaheshed aetinw -referred' td,,':a; \Democratic. Waw:-^:- ... ; v..;,. .,,. .\.v ..',.' ,„,...„• \ .>,, ' »', •,-,:',:\ , 'V'Stwtilvwhich throw tbeir'.in.fluenct ... --,- ^ing.!»;:^o;r«.the, m^m^mA^^,^;^ b% , fin c GU r t aging iope^-of i prevail^; in dtlfbf a ti.n%.Md; whl^ • -^ 6m ^ ofl fa paf f ^ftbHraitors, 'JHR DuA'F'r.^-A.H.who are interested in procuring exemption from the operation of the. draft, should, read the \Notice to Ex- empts,\ which we publish this week.— But a short .time is left, to present and prove claims. •- —•»•— • —-— Official returns from seventeen coun- ties in Pennsylvania, comprising more than half the voting population of the State, give Slenker, Democrat, for Auditor General, 1,862 majority. J> : \Hear -Hie Other Side.\ Under this caption, A writer who signs' himself \Z in the A5Tatertow-n Union of this week, attempts to give tho true ver< sion of the disturbance at the war meet- ing held here recently ;. and be also im- proves the opportunity to administer, a lit- tle personal abuse to tho editor of this pa- per. Wii note several distinct lies, or misstatements, in \Z'a\ .artiole, to a few of which we have time and space to make reference. Heoalls the PATRIOT a \Wads worth neutral paper.\ We stated dis- tinctlys in our first number-, that we should .not be neutral on. the .great questions of the day—that we should unequivocally and unconditionally support the Govern- ment of the United States ; and if, in the fulfillment of that pledge, what'we have said has -given the parly of, Wadsworth encouragement and comfort, is is only an incidental effect of our unconditional sup- port of .the Union. Wo intended to slash right and left'in to all who opposed' the vigorous measures of the Government* whether they were Secessionists or Se- mourite?, Democrats or devils. And we meetin raeeti which iM -even\|fte presence of la'dles .fco»td'i>e*i , strain, we don't dou'&t thai.iV..mig1|t'ha'ye- been easily mistaken by-him for ai®erao~ :crati.c pow-wow ;<. and be t-evidentl-y is-up* posed that it waa< a gathering of the old clan.,'..'. . . ' , \Z\ thinks; the unfavorable election re- turns, alarmed us so that we \called for the suppression of the -groggeries beC !lus e' tufi y were unconstitutional.\. That about tid \unconstitutional! 1 is , fas; put in, We made reference only to the unlicensed .groggeries. But we do believe -hat whis- ky had something to do with the bad '•election .news. It is the natural ally of Slavery,, and both agents are^equaUy.ijj^i. toxicating. and brutalizing in their effects- We never knew a miserable whisky blo;vt who w-as not an ardent supporter of the traffic in. human flesh. The Five-Points in New York, and similar places in other cities, Where the people almost live on whisky, are the strongholds' of Slavery in the North, and always poll the 1 largest Democratic vote. * As to our getting \a Custom House officer'' to furnish us a report of tho meet ing, *'Z\ must be a fool, dupe, or knave, to malke that statement. \We hare not the pleasure of the Collector's acquaint- ance, and should not know him on the street. . Mr. Keenau never \told\ us not to pub- lish the \Suppressed paragraph,'' and had no authority to ''toll\ us anylhing about it. We allow no \foreign interference\ in our affairs. We have no \political capital'' to make out of our course—we intend only to subserve the public good ; and as to the •'•ill success'' of our \abolition sheet,\ the books will\ show that our success has been at least as great as that of our conserva- tive predecessor. ' . . No thoroughly loyal Democrat will feel offended by the epithets we have em- ployed. If he supports the Government in all its vigorous measures, they don't hi 1 or hurt him at all. It is useless to deny that there are snakes in the grass among us, and the terms we have used are just ly applied to them. The statement -that \Billy 'Ainswortb*' got on the stand and made the remark that \any person who votes for Horatio Seymour is a traitur,\ we are quite sure is false. So also is tho one that the PATRI- OT \is in Custom ttouso hands.\ It is in our hands, and if any one should come bore to dictate to us as to its course, we should tell him pretty decidedly to Vacate our \sanctum\ instanter. Verily, \Z\ has got pretty low down in the moral alphabet, and wo hope he will \post\ himself when ho tries again. Au lloiictt Soldic«'s Seittiincuts. 'We :afe permitted to publish the fol» Hlow.ingletJOr-frotn an officer in the 9-/tlr> ino#'«in hospital' at-\Washington which shows •.how':the,bi:ave ; men in the army, lighjting' in; de'fense^o'f, their periled coun- at the uence on the A BJeiulisjg. IMiHioci'at ISccJarcs los SocessMim. John Vau Buren, a prominent leader and light of Democracy, and an apos'ale Abolitionist, at a meeting in New fork recently, at which Mr Seymour was pres* ent and indorsed the sentiment, stud : \If the South can not agree to live with us on term's ^of fraternity, then 1 know that I for one am in favor of letting them go.\ If this be an authoritative exposition of Democracy iu the Empire State, then it is indeed difficult to draw the line W.lwet-n where Democracy ends and Secession be- gins. -»..<»_ \A HIT BIRO FwnTEiis.'WWe believe our squibs on the unlicensed groggeries have .produced an effect, and we are con- sequently encouraged to further efforts in that directiou. \Be not we.-try in well. doing,\ the Bible says. The good citizens should not rest or slacken their efforts un- til the vile dens are either broken up or their keepers compelled to comply with the laws. We have had a belligerent vis- it from a representative of one of.them, who thought to scare us:-; but he went away unsuccessful, aiid we stand unihtini'. idated, When wa quail before any mem bef of the rumselling faterility, then we should indeed deserve to be whipped. .We say to all of them who are bellicose- ly disposed toward us, \Come on, Mao- duff!\ and if they do not go away wiser men, if they go away at all, then we are mistaken. -*»-^~ Official returns from 52 out of the 92 counties in Iwdiana have been received which give for the Il'wptiblicau Union State ticket, 70,905 ; fcr the Democrat icj *?6,344. The liepubli.cau. majority in 1860 for Governor,in the whole State, was ! proimssa, prolong tho blood'y-stfife i'& Shich 'we are ehga'ged: EPIPHANY CHUROII HOSPITAL, ) WA&n-TNG-TOS,,-Di <D;,.'Oct. 'a; 1862;,.?$. Respected Brother, Sister, and 'Family. • I received your letter last night.,: , Was g.lad to learn that you were well.., I nev- er enjoyed better health in my life than I do at present. I am getting oyer my Jimeness very fast. Capt, Willard has seat the Clerk of the pommissary to the city, to fnake put the monthly and quars terly abstract, so we may know how our accounts stand with Uncle Satn. I have a daily pass; from -the ftth until the loth to., assist jn making fcufc ;the papers. My puss is from 9 A. M. until-,8 v. M, I have to return daily to have my leg dressed;. I get along first.,rate, with'the help of a. cane, and shall throw that away in a day or two. I like the FRONTIER PATRIOT very much—thank you for sending it. It preaches my- politics. As for the D.emor eratic Union-^-U it was published in any of the Border States, the building, would have been demolished and the publisher mobbed long ere this. But it is in the Empire State ! Shame on any officer that will allow such an editor to send hi^.poi- sonous arrows through the country 1 Why not destroy it at once I Not talk tp us about fighting rebel's in the. Southern States, when they are allowed to say and print what they please to help support the rebellion, in .York State. A Union soldier ought to despise every Northern man that has not the courage to put in ashes (when he has the authority.) such a press as the Democratic Union. It is getting late in the tnorning ; I must resume my duties ; so I will close. My best wishes to all. Sergt H. A. 0.,, Co. D, 97th Reg't, N. Y. V., Washington, D. C. *Uipii,.'\O'n-'Ne\w'Tfrr's'''d'ay;' r J 'l?8'83V slavery will cease to defile the American flag, and begin, to disappear from the American soil. News Summary. .... : ?;, — tfbtslf, |s\^t;ropg eyidofce'.^f'^ia'ljg.e frauds iri^lie* : Q|fio .election, wlrt'auineiii- nati and'H'amjjt'pn-.(Slitutjt-v- thelmuimberiiof ; votes had considerably increased over for-' .mer- years. Five thousand volunteers have gone to the war,, yet the gubernato- rial vote.of 23,818 last year was increased 2,938.in. i the Cpngxessipnal. vote of this year. In the Seventh district, there are •evidences of a large fraudulent vote. Franklin county, having sent 2,500 men to the'war,' gTves\pnly I'74 Vo'tes less\ ffiSti'' lastveaf. , These are localities, which show •Jarg.e Democratic gains. In consequence 0 ' 'ho, alleged frauds,, Shell'abarger, Re- publican, will contest the election, of Cox\ in the Columbus district. •--The returns of tile Iowa election show that eighty put of every hundred'of the-Iowa volunteers vote the Republican ticket. Four ptjt of five are Republicans, and nearly all the rest are uncoiidittonals A. iSi'UisSi Paper an tlie JProcla- HKllEoBSl. The London Star speaks thus of the great raoasure which is soon to be inaug- urated : \The inevitable dav has come at 'last. There is an end of impossible attempts to restore an organized compromise. Re- publican institutions and resources are no longer to be employed in the protection o' the slave system that has made war upon them. Negro emancipation is formally and definitely adopted as the policy, in war, or peace, of the United States. With or without the consent of tlfoir owners, the slaves are to be sot free. The States in which slavery exist are to be again 'in. vited and enabled to provide for gradual and compensated liberation. Loyal slave- holders in the rebel States are to be enti- tled to compensation for losses sustained by compulsory emancipation under mili- tary law. The States, or parts of States, in rebellion on tho 1st of January next, are to be subjected to tho acts of Congress authorizing the confiscation of human chattels as well as of other property. Such is the purport of a proclamation is- sued by President Lincoln Is not this a gigantic stride in tho path of Christian and civilized progress ? Is not here a reason, abundant and unqnestion-' able, why every man to whom personal or political freedom is d-?ar should pray for the su :cess of the Union arms 1 Hitherto, the sympathy of Europe has been re- pressed by an uneasy doubt whether the outposts of the Federal armies and the boats' crews of Federal fleets did not drive back with cowering terror the ne- groes who came out expecting friends and deliverers. There can be no more such doubt, and there can be no more with- holding of sympathy. From the banks of the Potomac, where McOlellan and Lee still stand confronting each other in equal strength—through Kentucky, where Fed- erals and Confederates .are besieged'and besiegers—in Mississippi and in Louisiana, where fighting is imminent, if not actual —-in theCarolinas, and in Floric'a, -where the War seems about to he renewed—ev» ery Northern soldier or sailor counts now as an armed Abolitionist. The slaves Geed wait no longer for the signal -that their concealed and wary leaders have prudently withheld. Iu every cane-brake and rice swamp—among the bales of hoarded cotton, and the trees of the pine forest—the negro may hold his council of war and resolve to strike ior freedom. He may safely and wisely forego his ven- geance far past wrongs. His cause is at length the cause of a mighty and reso- lute people. Tba fiat has, gone forth,, and the heart of humanity will hail its execii-i . uts. Regiments from other States are similarly constituted,, and this fact, in con. neetion with the evident frauds that have been practised', sufficiently accounts for the \Democratic gains'' in\ the late State elections. —Tho Norfolk Nay,y Yard W.as not, as has been thought, an entirely barren cap- ture. Four hundred tons ofco'ppar, Worth 23 cents a pound, \have' been brought thence to Washington, 5,000 fathoms of chain, and 50 to 60 .fine water-tank^ were also found there. Little but the walls re- main.. —Dangerous counterfeits of the-Bank of Montreal, dated Quebec, Ottawa, and London, are in circulation. Through the cupidity of bankers to get hold of Fng- , lish money, many of them, have been in • dneed to receive these Counterfeits. —-While the Administration seems to be losing ground in the free Border States, advices from Missouri show it to be gain- ing there. A rapid change is taking pilace in public sentiment on the questiop of emancipation, and it is believed to be quite certain that the President's sugges- tions will be adopted there, and the State speedily relieved from slavery Uy peaceful measures* Senator Henderson and Sena- tor Browning, of Illinois, are largely con- tributing to this result by personal efforts among the people. — It is said that McOlellan does not move because he is waiting for a rise in the Potomac. —Drafted men by thousands are ar- riving at ILwrisbnrgh, Pa. -^Full returns from the Iowa election are not yet in, but the Republicans have 10,000 majority in the State, and elect all the members of -Congress. —A great Union meeting was held at Watertown on Tuesday last. Lorenzo Sherwood, of Texas, and Hon. Henry J. Raymond, were the speakers. Senator King was also present. . —Gens. Sigel and Carl Schurz are out emphatically for the Wadsworth ticket. —The rebel papers are copying the ar- ticles in the Democratic papers in support of Seymour. They appear to derive couv fort from them. —At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, the greatest unanimity prevailed in sup- port of the President and Gen. Halleck, In regard to other matters, in which, the country at present has the deepest interest there were important differences of opinion, and it is probable lhat new army combi- nations may supplant present schemes now being pressed upon the Administra- tion. The presence of Thurlow Weed here is regarded as significant at this junc-' ture. —Judge Nelson in a charge to the Grand Jury in the United -States Court at Albany on Monday, said that tlie law passed by Congress at its last session in regard to small bills of incorporations was unconstitutional, and that no attention should be paid to complaints against su,ch issues. —It is expected that the Rt. Rev. Bish- •o.p Whirjpfe- will spend next Sunday, the 26th inst., in Rome, and officiate; in which case the Holy Comtnunion will be administered in the morning, •—The Philadel peia Ledirer of Tuesday morning says': \At Harrisburg the Nation- al Unionists cla'uii the State ticket by a small majority, but give no additional re-. turns.\ —Tho Sandusky (Ohio) Register states that in the Hamiltou District many Dem- ocratic tickets were voted with Hon. J. A. Gurley's name inserted, but that the Judges illegally counted the ballots by the headings, and thus made out that Gurley was defeated. When Gurley's friends went to compare the ballots with the official tally tbey were forcibly resisted. Mr. Gurley, it is said, will contest the elec- tion,.- .-•-.••. j.--- , ,i ••^4-Ohe''Dpnar\TCTtey'S?aTa':nb^f-1h«a been passed in Troy altered to tens, Two% have now made their appearance raised to fifties. These alterations may be easily detected byj/canning the 'bills carefully, and'business rrafi should now be careful \(tp-afe-sp. »-•• p'™'•&•... '?} V '»-' \. ., ..fit'. i.r, -i-TJe fijiends;|pf- Gen. Fremont, in St' ;;]L6uij^pn Mrpjnd.fy -Ipjjj welcpmed Ms *e* , \tur-n'tp that'city-in .a'great, sereo-ade.— From 4,006\to 5,000 people were present, and- the reception Was in every respect cordial and -enthusiastic. In response to repeated calls, the General' made a few remarks, referring tp his former yisitsjtf that city, stating that the: princiip'a'i pbjeoi of bjs visit h'ow was to be 'present at ttie \Wihtpf\bis-fiite'nd' and fe'llmtSdl'dief}'-Gain M!CE!nsfry, , < 'believj-ng,, 'as-,he\o!jd that| thj» assaults upon him wete ma.de solely be* cause be'felt it au .lipnorable\ 3«ty |Q, . stand by tlie sfde oflii's c'lJiet- *'~ '-\ **''' —Gen..Jeffi C. ©a.vis, who killed €F«a- . -- » , . ' - i • . . - -,. Nelson, has been, released from arrest anil ordered to report for duty st Cincinnati^, and loft Louisville on Monday last. —It- is- said that both the Secretaryiof . War and Qen. Halleck refer all person* who inquire about matters relating to tMe. Army of tlie Potomac to the President, : he having, undertaken to relieve thina 'of all .responsibility in that;matter., —Eight millions fifty-mine thousand! six hundred and fifty-nine internal revenue- stamps, of which 2,331,560 are for bank; checks, were distributed during the week endjhg last Friday. This apparently large supply seems, however, to produce- no impression upon the demand. —It has been ordered by the President that all persons who may have actually- been drafted into the militia service of the United States, and who may claim exemp- tion on account of alienage, will make ap- plication therefor directly to the Depart- ment of State, or their respective Minis- ters or Consuls ; and pursuant to this or- der the proper oflicors are directed-' to re- port to the Department of State the-cases- to which the order refers. —The Commissioner of Internal'R'eve- nue has made the following decisions::— First, in regard to tho manufacture of al- cohol from whisky distilled, and: .removed' from the place pf manufacture, prior t 0 \ Sept. 1st: Alcohol manufactured from- whisky distilled prior to Sept. 1st, and on whioh a tax has not been paid,'.will be subject to a duty of'8 percent ad valorem. Second, in logard to auctioneers. A reg- ulating licensed auctioneer can sell in his own store the goods ©f any de.flleiyb.u.t be cannot sell the goods, waresj.etc,, of jm unlicensed dealer, who .is subject to a'lis cense tax at his (the dealer's) place of business, without being subject to the penalty. An auctioneer can sell such goods as are not usually included in/the- stock 6f dealers, • wherever such roods- may be situated, without taking a specisl 'license' therefor. Third, interpolated sec«- tion seventy-seven, in ze.latiou tp carriages,, billiai'd'tables, and plate. Section/seven- ty-seven, in speaking of \any person own- ing, possessing, or, keeping any carriage^ yacht, or billiard 1 -tablo,\ is to 1 be inter-, preted as referring to' three different class«- es of owners, viz : Such as possess any carriage, and as a second class, such. a». possess any yacht, and as a third elassj. such as\possess any billiard table. Ther- is nothing-.in the wording of. the law ree ferring t>. plate that would lead to the in- ference that the tax upon it is to be made- con tin ge tit upon the keeping of a carriage,, yacht, or billiard table. —The 27th day of November next has? been, set apart as a day of thanksgiving and prayer for Pennsylvania. 7—A special, Washington dispatch to- the Tribune circumstantially contradicts the flying rumors that propositions for peace have been made .'to our Government by any Rebel authority whatever. The- story grew out of a silly forgery, which npvpr h id a .momi'iit's consideration ar Washington by any officer of the Govarn- merit. —Advices in Washington from Mexico represent that the Mi*xicHn« will coutest every foot of the road from Ofiz-iba to the Capital'. . Bvi'ry .availble, point is being fortified, and the most prominent citizens, including Jnaivz himself, giive one day's work .per week--to tlie spade. L IS'ir ©ST &ElT'i''E;]K$ remaining in the Post Office at Cape yineent, October loth 1862.. \ . \ • \ Adams Mr Aaron Bri-ras Mr A Bush Mr William' Bunting Mr W D Banfori Mr Louis. Campbell Mr J S MeR.rien John, or Edward Smith McDonaM James Mason Miss O B Penly Charles L Powers W E Caillets Mv John B Perry William Clark O P Pi-atU Miss Louisa D Oollis'er Mr, John Rogers George W Daily Melvin Row Mr John Dawsou Mrs Rachel Rhodes Mr Charles Dunlay Mr William Spinning Mrs Oliver Fuller Mr Hezekiah Smith Rev Benson Giddon Mrs St James Petev Gothrin Miss Salina Tyler Capt L M Hutchinson Harlem Tyler John H Laraud MarsciH 2 Freehand MrWilliam \' ypltair Lfew.is -'• . Z/b^NYERSE, P.M.
