The New York Herald Newspaper, June 6, 1864, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD =—-_ WHOLE NO. 10,125. RANT Arother Fight on Fri day Evening. Gen. Gibbon’s Forces: Success- fally Repulse the Enemy. @ne Thousand Prisoners Captured by Burnside and Smith. General Wilson’s Union Cavalry Defeat General Heth’s Rebel Division While En Route to At- tack General Burnside. COLONEL PRESTON, OF VERMONT, KILLED. . General Stannard and Celene! Ben- jamin, of New York, Wounded. THE LOSS AROUND COAL HARBOR, Rey Rew ae Secretary Stanton to Major G ral Dix. Wasuinaton, June 5—1 P, M, ‘Major General Dix:— Aespatch from General Granv’s headquarters, dated ‘ARaif-past eight o'clock last. night, has been received. It tates that “about seven P. M. yesterday (Friday, 3d of June), the enomy suddenly attacked Smith's brigade, of @ibbon’s division. The battle lasted with great fury for half an hour, The attack was unwaveringly repulsed. ‘Smith’s losses were jnconsiderable.” At six P. M. Wilson, with his cavalry, fell upon the rear of a brigade of Heth’s division, which Lee bad ‘thrown around to his left, apparently with the intention @f enveloping Burnside. After a sharp but short con- filet, Wilson drovo them from their rifle pits 1n confusion, He took a few prisoners, He had previously fonght and outed Gordon’s brigade of rebel cavalry. During theye Oghte he lost several officers, among them Colonel Pres- fon, First Vermont cavairy, killed; Colonel Benjamin, ‘Righth New York cavalry, seriously wounded. General Stannard, sorving in the Rightecnth corps, was @everely wounded yesterday (Friday). Our entire loss in killed, wounded and missing during the three days’ operations around Coal Harbor will not exceed, according to the Adjutant General’s report, seven ‘thousand five hundred. ‘This morning (Saturday, June 4) the enemy's left wing, ga front of General Burnside, was found to have been @rawn ip during the night. Colonel Cesnola, in command of five thousand men, errived there yesterday, baying marched from Port Royal. ‘The telegraphic communieation between Cherryetone and Fortress Monroe continues interrupted. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Mc. James C. Fitzpatrick’s Despatch. Nunta ARMY Corrs, Taw Mies rrom Ricamonp, May S1—P. M. Tam enabied to write you to-night from a point a little ay Richmond than when I wrote you this morning. Operations of to-day embraced a general advance of @ar lines, in which we moved about a mile towards Bicamend. SKILL OF GENERAL LEDLIB DISPLAYED, My leet despatch left us all quiet. Towards noon, Bowever, General Ledlie's brigade, which was in the ad- ‘wence, formed in column, and marching by the flank, pushed op. It may be well to preface what follows by ‘Paying that the order to do so was either misunderstood Or miscommuniocated, as it occasioned a movement which for a timo threatened 4 disaster, and wherein the courage and coolness of General Ledlie were admirably displayed $n withdrawing bis moa from a very dangerous predica- tment. It may be woll also to cxplain to your unmilitary 6 Vhat in warching by tho Gank the troops formed & close column, fonr abreast and #0 advanced. Mey tobk the road and passed the original skir- faish Jing. The rebels, either wondering at the Doldvess ‘of the movement or desiring to wholly entrap the brigade, allowed them to proceed until they ‘Were passing through a dense wood, when a volley was poured in from either flank. The troops were not in line ‘of batlie, and of coursé were totally unprepared for such ry @emonsiration. However, General Ledlie gave the ne- @eesary orders to withdraw the brigade, though not ‘without some logy, On reaching the intrenchments an explanation was bad, when it wag discovered that there Was some mistake about (he order?, Chaplain Dashiell, Of the Fifty-eeventh Massachusetts, find @ nar es. Cape, one bullet parsing in very close proximity {0 file ear, Surgeon Heath, of the Fourth regulars, was pat. ticularly watched by the sharpshooters, who kept him ‘wo hours under cover of atree from which be = not move, eeernan, ant Aten, 4 This afternoon a general advauce of the corps took the Fifty-sixth Massachusetts leading off ji [vest ‘Thore was brisk firing until near sun! wo had érivon tho rebels about mile, Our drat Nine to-nig&t isnot far from the Chickahominy, There was no general evgagemont of our corps; but from the ring we jodge that thera has been some sharp work oo ‘oar right, Our lose will not exceed Aity woday, 1 ey Biose A partial list of wounded, viz:— + lett Oe) ‘and side, Rt: os Quinn, B, a, 6 Fi yume 51th Mags., tort root, Priest, A, 66tH Mags., right thigh. James Rvian, iy 66th "fees: be! rt he ee Mase, right band. tah ‘sith “i . Nile, 1, gu Mane va en 1.5 ‘ett hip aud arma, . MeGilvray 66th <i left shoulder, ° ‘at, Howard, ‘1, both Mass, Fight sido. til Mawon, Ay tb Mast oft forearm Samos Yor. x, 66h Mass. and body, Ai Capron my A, both oth Mae, Nerv tbyp Mass., right foot, 7 8G nose. susetias F 7 ie Massachusetts, loft (on . MeGowan, b Maseachusetts , right han: in Swarts, K, ,3 New A right leg, Mayo 4th regulars, Yer . B Bt ), 1 hy regulate, Samay ji D, 100th Penne: , right thigh, Bees a bs ioe Geet jw York ri Mi PORE eek aa Sk Now Work, rites eee pore ph rH Bi ‘A, 2d New York rifles, ri aren of Prisoners, Fortarse Morrow, June 4, 1864, t band, # and Smith's Cap- or Manbapnak, Stam WhiMe Slonse, senngke that '-6¢ eannonading which has been beard very diatinct- ly Yor nearly three days ceased yesterday afternoon, and @as not resumed this morning at eight o'clock. ‘One thousand prisoners had arrived at the White House, saptured by Generals Smith and Burnside, Wounded Officers Arrived ington. ‘Wasaincton, June 6, 1864, The following officers, wounded in the recent battles ap the Pamunkey, have arrived here:— Capt Beckman, Ist New Jersey cavalry. i, - RROID, 18 snaps. dragoor ae Robinson, Toe Penn ‘Ivania cavalry. Capt Sarrett, 8th Penney lvania cavalry. Oapt. Swan, 16th l’ennsylvania cavalry. Capt. Winsor, ist Delaware cavalry. Capt. Hall, Ist Pelaware cavalry. Capt. Waters, 6th Pennsylvania reserves. Capt. Robbins, lst New Jersey cavalry. Capt. Dect, 8d Maryland cavalry. Capt. Kingsland, 18th. h Pennsylvania cavalry. Capt. Sawyer, 47th New York. Capt. Bamilton, 18th Pennsylvania, Capt. Chadwell, 32d Capt, Stevenson, 2d New York. Assistant Surgeon Sawyer, 42d New York- Lieut, Wynkoop, Ist Now Jersey cavalry. Lieut, Woodward, 2d New York artillery. Lieut. Dudiey, 11ith New York. Lieut. Moses, 12th New York. Lieut. Thomas, Gth Ohio cavalry, Lieut. Miller, 6th Obio cavalry. Lieut. Fleming, 22d Massachusetts, Lieut. Montgomery, 100th eapaauanas Lieut. Welling, 2d Micni Lieut. Royce, 57th Massachusetts, = Lieut. Hyne, 120th New York. Lieut. Lichenan, 70th New York, Lieut. Perkins, 324 Michigan. Lieut. Engles, Adjutant 15th New York artillery, Lieut. Mathersill, th Michigan cavalry, Lieut. Stevens, 13th Pennsylvania cavalry. Lieut. Mead, 109th New York. INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST. Cavairy Fight with the Rebel Colonel Roddy—Firing on Mississippi Steam- era—The Recent Fire at New Orleans—. Generel Canby’s Command, &c., &c. Louisviiig, June 5, 1864, Colonel Long, commanding the cavalry of theSeven- teenth army corps, recently encountered Roddy’s cay- alry, under the command of Colonel Johnson, at Molten, Alabama. Johnson and several others were killed and many prisoners wero captured. Colonel Johnson was a prominent man in Roddy’s com- mand, “standing in relation to General Roddy as Basil Duke did to Jobn Morgan. Caro, June 5, 1864, Tne steamer Missourl, from New Orleans 30th ult., has arrived. She was fired into at Columbia by a battery. ‘Sixty shots wero fired at hor, eight of which struck. One shell exploded in the nursery cabin, wounding a lady in the foot. No other person was wounded. Most of tho boats burned at New Orleans were owned by the government. The logs is estimated at $250,000. The fire is believed to have been the work of an incen- diary. There was a fair {uquiry for cotton at full prices. Good ordinary, 80c. ; low middling, 83c. There is nothing do- ing in sugar and molasses, The stoamer Graham, from Memphis 34, arrived this morning. General Canby was actively engaged in organizing his forces, and is nearly ready for defensive operations. The steamer Kennett, from White river, reports all quiet in that direction. Pine’s Bluff, and Duvall’s Bluff were garrisoned with forces amply sufficient to repel any attack likely jto be made by the enemy in that vicinity. * ‘The Memphis cotton market was flat; stock on band only 400 bales. All offered is readily taken. Strict mid- Gling O2c. a 9S, ; good 94c, a 95c., and fair $1, Rebel Gucril Again Active in mite sourl. Sr. Loum, June 5, 1864. Despatches received by General Ewing from Colonel Rogers, commanding at Cape Girardeau, state that the enemy fs unusually active just now in that portion of tho State. Colonel McLean reports that on the night of the 2d instant there were two hundred guerillas in camp near Pittston, ata mill, where they were busy grinding corn, and he sent a force of two hundred men to look after thom. A force of guerillas is reported on Cave Island, and avother band at Doneghan. Colonel Rogers thinks the movements of the guerillas are intended to eover an at} tack upon some important point, and that MoRea whl probably make demonstrations on Pattersov. ‘A message from Captain Ewing, at Bloomfield, says the guerillas destroyed tho telegraph line near Charleston, and swore they intended to keep it down. A despatch from Colonel Rogers, dated Cape Girardeau, Jane 3, says:—“The whole company of guerillas crossed the river and swamp, and were within cight miles of bere last night. “They baye cut the telegraph line to New Ma. arid.” The presence of these bands.of guerillas is accounted for by the abandonment of Batesvitte and Jacksonport by the Union troops, which leaves the country open to the rebels of Arkansas. Coroncrs’ Inquest. PALLING OF A SMOKESTACK AT THE FOOT OF HORATIO STREET—TWO MEN KILLED AND ANOTHER IN- JURED —ONE OF THB VICTIMS CAPTAIN OF A’VESSEL. Late on Saturday afternoon an accident occurred at the foot of Horatio street, North river, which resulted iu the almost instant death of two mou and tho seriously in- juring of another. It appears that the reyenue cutter Kavkakeo was receiving her machivery at the Haratio street dock, and atthe time named the supports of the Smokestack, which was partially raised, gave way, aud the stack fell he eily ¢ on to the deck of the schooner Maria, then lying beside the cutter, crushing beneath it Mr. Zeno C. Baker, captain of the Maria, and one of his deck hands named John Dunn, killing them both afmost instantly, Jobn McHvean, a laborer on board the sooner, was also badly injured by the falling smokestack, and several others narrowly escaped with their lives. Mr. John Gray bad the contract for putting the machivery iuto the Kankakee, and tn raising the smoke stack he used only four guys or chains, which he deemed amply sufficient to hold it; but it seems be was mistakon in the security of the supports, Below we give the testimony of the cov- tractor, Mr. Gray, and also that of Lather C, Baker, Esq, brother of thoginfortunate captain, as taken before Coro: ner Ranney, who yesterday held inquests in the case. John Gray, betog duly eworn, deposes and says:—I I ay 270 West Forty-sixth etreet; I am a machinist, and > contract for puting in the machiaery mie the venue cutter Kankaxoes lying t wgratle mavorth river; we *. it nas part of we (ieee i: 78 part ‘was put in ber het ud a part at the foot ~ Periy street; the emokestack wae putin ite place on tho boiler at tho foot of Perry etre: few days ago; it wae supported by four iron gure oF obi ~~ Goo ond Wee at oh Kon books slacks S0ga beputy feel up, = mae per end 8 RS aie Rin ti ail; it was a temporary fastening, but isonet sufficient; was towed up from Perry street this morning; this attornoon, at | out four o'clock, the Mary Powell passed, and tho large swells that were produced by her swayed the smokestack 80 much that sue strack against the schoonor with such force that it broke one chain, and one of the eyes pulled t fell’ the chains now lying on the used in faslouing the stack. Tam engaged ih benting, and am stashed to the achooner Maria, of New York; my brother wai mouth, Mass.; tain of the some boat and lived in the same pineg: eee trern0on June 4, 18q4, wo lay at the dock, pine ot Horatio street, (aking in oats for the goverament; Pigg ws lay the revente big unfloished; men were “Qt work on ber machinery; they had guys attached t@ ue amoke- pipe, but they were not “tant; there “3 no sufficient supports to it whatever; this afternoon, ‘bofore the acci+ , Llooked at this smokestack and saw it unsupported, and thought it not sa’e, for & steamboat paseed and tho ‘waves eeemed to rock !t in such a manver that I thought nid tip over; this was about hulf an hour before it for’. & stoamboat—the Mary Powell—soon came along; [ was neat amidship, ‘and felt the boat rol a the smokestack on ing. to and deooaved tho cutter swa fro so badly that 1 sang out to " id others to 100K out, but immediately it fell onto our boat and crushed the deceased beneath it; he wi iilod twatantly; I did not goto the cutter; Jenly a from my boat; they hung loose and settled againgst fie stack, aa low down aa at oF eight fest, Bev. eral machinists were oxaminel by the Coronor, and they testified that they considered the four guys used by the contractor sufficiently strong to hold the smokestack. The jury, after & short deliberation, roudered the fol lowing verdiot:—“That Zeno ©, Baker and John Dann came to their deaths by injuries received from the acci dental failing of outter Kankakee, June 4, jays Le ueed in all cases of this kind, in as been common heretofore’? Captain Baker was twenty-eight jar, of age. wae SEY ROYER FOars Ol, AND ® Dadive Af Ireland. city of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, on the 3ist day of May, 1864, have nominated you unanimously and by accla- Mation as a candidate for President of thé United States. The Convention have appointed us their committee, with instructions to communicate to you the result of their deliberations and to ask your acceptance of the nemination. , In discharging this duty the committee need bani inform you, General, that the convention whicb bas thus put you In comination for the office of President repro- the smokestack on board tho rovenue 1664, at tho -foot of Horatio sirest, North river, Further, wo recommond that, oix heu of four, a8 Dono NEW YORK, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1864. sormentanaatt cerayweee=s | THB PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN in waen.| The Acceptance by Generals Fremont and Cochrane of the Cleveland Nominations. THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION, he, &., &e. The Correspondence of the oluvelewe Con Nominees. LETTER OF THE COMMITTRE TENDERING THE NOMI- NATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY 10 GBN. FREMONT. New York, June 3, 1864. Grvrnar—A convention of the people, sitting at the sented that great mass of the nation which hold, in prac+ tice as well as in theory, to the fundamenta! doctrine of its founders—that all men have the inalienable right to live, Uberty and tho pursuit of happiness, and that slavery and cast are iucompatible with its enjoyment, and ought not to be suffered to exist. The Convention, true to its faith in the common broth- erhood of man and of government by all the people for all the people, adopted a series of resolutions, which the committee subrhit for your consideration, going in some sense to express the views which they hold in unison with those of the radical democracy of the nation upon some of the matin issues to be tried before the people at thé coming Presidential election. That they do not cover specifically every point of the Political faith of the radical democracy of the country, or do not define perhaps as sharply as they might have been made to do the radical views of the Convention upon the subjects presented, is, after all, of little importance, for the reason that the illustrious nominee of the Conven. tion for President is the living emboaiment of all the principles of government and civil and military adminis- tration which has called into being the political organiza- tion that bas just made you, General, itsstavdard bearer. Your own high character for fidelity to the equal rights of all the people, and the signal proofs you bave given to the world of the possession of the statesmanship and wis- dom necessary to govern well and justly, and of the gene- ralship so sorely needed to carry the war to a quick and trinmphant tssue,tare a better guarantee that the princi- ples you represent will not be betrayed, should the nation elevate you to its Chief Magistracy, than any written pro- fession “of political faith, however cunningly deawn and gravely accepted; with intent to be broken. But the Convention, in what they have done, have sub- stantially covered the whole ground of the political faith of the radical democravy, in asserting the necessity for re-establishing the supremacy of the federal Union, for the faithful execution of the laws of the United states for Maintaining the liberties of person, speech and presi (except when suspended by martial law, ) for suppressiny the rebellion by force of arms and without compromise for amending the constitution s0 as to abolisl and prohibit slavery forever in the United State and securing to ail men absolute equality befor: the law, for integrity and economy in the admin istration of the pational government for upholding thi right of asylum except for crime and offences against in vernational law; for the vindication of the Monroe doc trine by declaring anew the determination of the Ameri can people not to tolerate tho setting up of any apti-re publican government on this cottinent by any foreigs Power; tor insisting upon applying tbe ‘‘one term’? prin ciple 10 the office of President, and amending the consti tution so as to provide for the élection of that officer by 2 direct voto of the whole people; for restricting the power of reconstructing rebellious States lo the people through their representatives in Congress; and for conficcating the lands of rebels and distributing them amongst the soldiers and actual soitiers. What these pribciples would moan ip practice the Convention clearly declared, General, when they put you upon them as their candidate for I’resident; for eeuley knew and the country knows thaf you will, if elect faithfully carry them out to all their logical consequences: without fear or favor, aud give the country an adminis- tration of public af irs that fil command the affections f whole people and restore it to its former high place in the scale of nations. Yer! wo may best illustrate the temper of the Con- vention by referring you to the letter of. Mr. Wendell |, the reading of which was ordored and rocelved: pl it as our opinion, Toa ‘bat had it been offered as a platform of the principles of government and administration, it would have been adopted with the same tumultuous ap- plauge es that which bailed your nomination. Its mas- terly exposition of the needs of the country in this dark crisis of its exietence and struggles for continued Ife, isa Gtting commentary upon the purposes of the Convention, and we commend it to your consideration aa a part of their deliberations, And cow, General, having discharged our duty im- posed on us by the Convention we trust you will favor us ‘with an early reply, gre hog acceptance of the nomination, jn order that | democracy of the Ration, whose hearts hay ready been thrilled with joy ‘at the tidings that their heroic leader in the cainpaign of 1856 has been summoned to the field again, may hear his clarion voice rallying them to victory and the salvation of the republic, We are, Gene seryante, , very respectful); our friends and WORTHINGTON. G. G. Spr ETHIE Maryland, Chairman, EDWARD oueenn ot New York. CASPAR BUIY, of Iilinois. CHARLES E, Muss, of Missouri. N. P. SAWYER, of Pennsylvaria. To Major General Joun ©. Freaont, New York. GENBRAL FKEMONI’S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. GExtLeMEN—In angwer to the letter which I have had the honor to receive from you, on the part of the repro- sentatives of the people necembled at Cleveland on the Bist of May, I desire to express my thanks for the con fidence which led thom to offe diMeult positon of their cand: Presidential contest, Very hovorable, because In offering it to me you act in the name of a grest numbor of citizens who seek shove all things tho good of their country, sort of selfish Juterest ia view. Very dificult, because in accepting the candidacy you propose to mo Tam 6x posed to the reproach of creating aechism tm the party with which I baye been identified. Had Mr. Lincoln remained faithful to the principles be was elected to defend, no schism could baye beon vreated and no contest could have been possible, This is vot an ordinary election. It is a contest for the right even to bave candidates, and not merely, as us: for the choice among them, Now, for the first timo eince '76, the ques tow of constitutional liberty has beow brought directly before the people for their serious consideration acd vote, Tho ordivary rights secured under the consti nd the laws of the country have been violated, {raordivary powers have been usurped by ing ren ". tive, It is directly before the p2o:'s néw to say whether Of not tnd ys tea established by tLe Revolution are worth majctaining. — * r me the bonorable avd ate in the approaching d who have no for liberty which made the distinctive va’ of our covutry, are io trath inviolably sacred, t mugt be @ protest against the arbitrary viviation not GVon the excues Of necessity. The ect je by those who force the choice betwoe;, jonee OF A protest against wrong, In sidera- en the Cleveland Convent on, ach con to aroure the attention, of ‘the peop! 2, and to bring them tO FO" #6 That wate we are & ern Foil With 14 Host blood of the country in of srt have really parted with it at wets eto have in the country the abuses of @ mili ty Aigtation, without its unity of action and vigor of Gan An administration armed at homo by di regard of constitutional rights, by its violations of per- tonal liborty aud the liberty of the press, and, as & crowning shame, by il# abandonment of the right of anylom, a right eapocisily dear to ail free nations abroad Its Couree hus boon characterized by @ fecbleners aod want of principle which has misted Furopean Powers and driven them toa belief that only commoicial interests aud persoval airs are concerned, and that no groat ) ciples are jnvelyed jo Ure issue, The admirab! duct of the people, their resdiness to every eneri- floe demanded of them, their forbearance and silence va der the suspension of ovorything that could be suspended, their many acts of be mand sacrifices were all ren- dered fruitiess by the incapacity, or to epeak more Loy ly, by the personal endsfor which the war was m: This tncapacity and ceifishnees naturally proguced en results aa led ghe Kuropean Powers, at ‘to the conviction that the North, with Ny superior population, ite immense resources and ite credit, will never be able to recover the South. Sympathies whic! should have beon with us from the outset of the wat ‘were turned against us, and {a (his way the administra ton bas done tho country a double wrong abroad. It created hoatility, or at bent indifference, Among {howe who would have bean its friends if te real interests of the We gould have been ‘better known, While, atthe ® ‘tame, it uegleeted no Oconsion for making the most Duiniitating concessions, Agninet this disastrous candition of affairs the Clove land Convention was & protest, ‘The princtples whfoh form the basle of its platrorm have my unqualified and cordial CC ctemeane but 1 ean. not 80 br 4 tily coveur in " the ontepation, 1 ‘anied 4a tha pro. nome, | dh pot pelleye Tras we have been tought to believe, thoi suaraniegg i timore this afternoon, P Many of them, vow {hat tho: “and not a Chase Convention, as supposed, Lang Of all rebels is practicable, and if it were 0, I Rotor think it a measure of sound policy It is, in fact, a en belonging to the peopie themselves to decide, oper Occasion for the ‘ise of their original _ otk... py pla aed As & war measure, in the be. gioning of a revolt whic might be quelled by prompt ey, T understand the policy of conflgcation, but not floa! measure of reconstruction after the suppression of an insurrection In the adjustments which are to follow peace no con- siderations of vengeance can consistently be admitted. ‘The object of the war is to make permanently secure the peace and happiness of the whole country, and there was butasingle element in the way of ite attainment. pe element of slavery y may be considered peeatinally i nntry, t needs only iy your proposed ment of the constitution to make extinction perty divisions complete With this Sattnction. of slavery the created by it have also ppeared. And if in the history of the country there has ever been. a time when tho American people, without regard to one or another of tbe political dt alled upon to give solemuly their voice 11 a matter which involved the safety of the United States, it is assuredly the present time. If the Convention at Baltimore will nominate any man whose past life justifies a well grounded contidence in his fidelity to our cordial principles, there 1s no reasow why there should be any division ainong the really patri- otic men of the country. To any such I shall be most happy to give a cordial and active support, ly own decided preference is to aid in this way, and not to be myself a candidate. But if Mr. Lincoln should be renominuted, as 1 bolieve it would be fatal vo the country to endorse a policy and repow @ power which has cost us the lives of thousands of men, and needlessly put the country on the road to bankruptcy, there wili remain uo alteynative but to organize against him every Gement of consdfentious opposition, with the’ view to prevent the misfortune of bis re-election, Tn this contingecny | accept the nomination at Cleve- Jand, and, as a prelinivary step, I have reaigued my commission in the army. This was a sacrifice it gave me pain tomake. But 1 had fora long time fruitiessly em deavored to obtain service. I make this sacrifice now only to regain liberty of speech and to leave nothing in the way of discharging to my utmost ability the task you have set for me. With iny earnest and sincere thanks for your expres- ns of contidence and regard, and for the inany honor. able terms iv which yon acquaint me with the actions of tho committee, I am, gentlemen, very respectfully and truly yours, J.C. FREMONT. New York, June 4, 1864. » To Messrs. Woriuixaton G. Sxetuen, of Maryland; Ep- warp Gitnerr, of New York, Casrar Butz, of Illinois; Cuas. E. Moss, of Misgouri; N. P. Sawyer, of Penusy!- vania, a committee, ke, THE TENDER OF THE NOMINATION FOR THE VICB PRBSIDENCY TO GENERAL COCHRANE, Naw Yorn, June 3, 1864. Gissrnat—The Convention sitting at Cleveland, on the S8ist ultimo, having unanimously nominated you as the candidate of the radical democracy for the Vice Presi dency of the United States, on the ticket with John C. Fremont, as their candidate for President, have de- puted us as their committee to communicate to you the result of their deliberations, and to ask of you the accept- ance of the nomination, ~~ We need not tell you, General, of the radical cheracter of that Convention, for you were its worthy presiding oMcer; nor need we refer particularly to the resolutions which were adopted as the basis of the new political organization. which the nececgsities of the times have. called into being. You know them al; and your out- spoken endorsement of the positions taken by the Con- vention, as well as your ancient love of freedom, through fa long car public usefutness, won for you that con- fidence of the Convention which resulted jn selecting you a3 a candidate for the high office of Vice President. ‘The war, General, has swept away all old party ties, and he who is wisa enough to appreciate this fact and range himself on the side of his Imperilled country de- serves the’ contdence of all patriots. Among the thousands of democrate who have thus shown their wisdom no man of your ancient political faith in the nation has taken a bigher or nobler stand than yourself, and to this fact the Convention was keenly alive, Whea thé war broke out you took the fleld against the common epemy, and Jed our brave soldiers to battle on mavy & hard fought field, in which you showed yourselt the true soldier, And when it was the fashion of the government to respect the rights of the rebels to their slaves, and'thns to reinforce them to that extent, you boid- ly advocated in camp the necessity of depriving the re- Dellion of the immenso resources which slavery conferred upon itby its destruction, Your feiow citizens of New York, General, wot respect to party devotion to the caus ty, and at the last confidence in you by bo. ge offices in thar gift, with. generously remembered your of the country and humani- ate election declared their joosing you to oue of the ‘vin this record, and {ont fearlees advocacy of the priacipies of the radical democracy before them, the Convention did not hesitate but with one accord, ‘called upon yon to com. plete the ticket bearing upon it the name of the illus- trious Fremont, In conclusion, General, the committee hope you will fayor them with your early reply, accepting the nomina- Uon, in order that the radical democracy may fling to the breeze at ouce the invincible flag of Freedom, Union and independence, and move upon the enemy’s works without delay. We are, General, respectively your friends aad servants, WORTHINGTON G. SNETHEN, of Maryland, Chairman. EDWARD GILBERT, of New York, CASPAR BUTZ, of Illinois, CHARLES F, M088, of Missouri, N. P. SAWYFR, of ‘Pennsylvania. General Joux Cocurane, New York. GENERAL COCHRANE’S REPLY. New Yor, June 4, 1864. GentrevEN—I have received your note juforming me officially cf my nomination by the radical democracy at Cleveland, on the Sist ult,, as their candidate for Vice President of the United states, on the ticket with Joba C. Fremont as their candidate for President. Thave been accustomed to regard simply as a duty performed what you are pleased to represent os person ally meritorious, and to regret the physical disability which alone withdrew mo from the immediate scene of war, Tcougur fn the action and agree with the principles of the Convention where, by its twelfth resolution, the question of reconstruction is referred to the constitutional action of the people, it wisely cemmitted to them an issue peculiarly within the province of the future, and not yet enfliciently emerged from war to warrant positive opinion, While I bave ever supposed confiscation and Joss of the property of an enemy in arms to be a laudable cise of an established and essential rule of civilized I am pleased to observe that the Convention when asserting tho justice of tho principe intended to remit its exercise to the discretion of the people, hereafter manifested through their representatives in Congres’ when considering the paramount ques tion of reconstraction, Thig was judicious, in: toed, 80 bieuded must be the various etude jon, confiscation, military absorption and occu- ‘hat shail hereafter co-operate to evolve order from confusion and to restore the goverament, that it is dificult, if not impossible, now, when ailirming the principle, to provide for its application. Thave the honor gentlomen to accept the nomination for Vice President of the United States which you have tendered to me usder the direction of the Convention. 1 am, very respeciully, yours, JOHN COCHRANR. To Wonrur~crox G, Swetney, of Maryland: Eowann Gy wert, of New York; Caspar Borz, of Tiltnois; Cnanurs BE. 8, of Missowrl; N, P. SAwypR, of Penosylvania, com mittee, &e, THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION. Our Bpectal Baithmore Despateh. MEETING OF THR NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE LOYAL, LEAGUE--THE CANDIDATES FOR THB Yiu PRESI- DENTIAL NOMINATION-—Cavcuses OF THE D GATES—THE CROWDS OF VisiToR®, ETC, & Barnxonn, Juno 5, 1864, rush of delegates from Washington to Bal Quite @ noseder still remain at the national capital, and will Yo over in the morning. ‘out of Washington, spenk in a despairing manner of President Lincoln. They state that they called On Mr. Lincoln for the purpose of acand!d talk with bim about th fairs of the country, aud could get nothing out of him bat puns on their names and smutty stories. It is evident that the President did not desire lo commit-himeoit, The Convention here tomorrow is simply the annual gathering of the National Couneit of the Loyal Leng Iwill bea seoret afair, It will mako no nomination; but simply mark out work for ‘the campaign and perfect the Loyal Loageo organization. There appears to be & strong feeling here for Raymond for permanent Provident of the Convention on Tuesday. lt looks very much ag though it would be cither Ray mond, Dennison, of Objo, or Foote, of Vermont. There is an impression”among the Peunsylyania « gation that both Lincola and Hamlin will be norinated by acclamation. The West, however, are strong for Dickinson, and io the event of a mew deal for Vice l'reri- dont, the Penpeylvania delegation will present Cameron's name. H is understood that Hamlin desires to witn- draw. He is anxious to go back to the Senate, Nothing has tronepired that enables me to judge as to the disposition to be made of the contesting dein from Misgour), nor as to the odunittance or rejection of tho delegates from the Southern States, Both of those pointe present somewhat dangerous grounds, which few of the delegates "ge Willing to tread upon Dofore they aro oblfged i Now and thetya delegate de- pigrce Khas be hones thay bodli set fram Misgour). as wal) There wat as those from the States which have been in rebellion, will be kept out. Look for squalls in that point, ‘There are a number of great men here busy at work, but who have made no headway as yet. There is also ‘ap outside pressure for the adjournment of the Conven- tion, who argue that it will be impossible to mak nomination that will be successful now. They have Managed to get the idea into the heads of aome of the delegates that if Grant is successful he will be nominated @t Chicago and elected by an overwhelming majority. If, on the other band, he is defeated, it kilis Lincolp. The people will then demand a new man, aud declare that they bave tried Lincoln and that ho has failed, and they now want some one else, It is doubtful if this move will gather strength enough to have any effect here. There are too many officeholders tn attendance, The Ohjo, Penveyivania and Illinois delegations are holding forth at Barnvuin’s Hotel; New York, and three or four others are at the {cut v. morning. country. The pohtical cauldron is boiliog. just now as evidence of insanity, ‘was one bold man of great popularity and towering in- tellect to step in, stem the tide and come out against Lin- coln, his nomination could bo prevented. Ob, for one hour of a Webster or Clay. Among the recent arrivals are the Rev. Dr. treckin- apse PRA and Morton McMichael, of Philadel- phia. Our Speciat Washington Despatch. THE FIGURING AND MANGUVRING OF THE PRESI- DENT-MAKERS AT THE CAPITAL—THE LINCOLN AND ANTU-LINCOLN FRELING—THE CONTRST FOR CHAIRMANSHIP OF THA CONVENTION—NAMES PRO- POSED FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, BTC. Wasninarox, June 5, 1864. Nearly one-half of the delegates to the Baltimore Coa- vention are in Washington, The management and organization of the Convention are the only subjects talked of. There appears to be a sort of mystery in re- gard to the so-called Chase Convention, called for to- morrow. ‘Will it meet? And what will they do?” are asked everywhere, They have hired @ ball, and have offered it to the Republican National Committee to hold tho main Qonvention in on Tuesday; but it was declined. Nothiag definite is known in politi- cal circles here what this 6th of June party will do, It ts evident that the friends of Mr. Lin- colu will not have eas} It ts claimed, nominated at Baltimore, If this be true, there certainly Js an entering wedge, and {t is impossible to tell what will grow out of it, The charge that a portion of the names of many of them given, Thus far it-has not beon denied. Tha question of admitting the delegates from tho Southern States promises to be a troublesome one. Many of these are only Northern men and hangers on tothe army. As a matter of course, if the Lincolnites have everytbing their own way they will be admitted. Next come the two sets of delegates from Missouri— the Bloor delegates and those elected by the recent Couven- tion. From present indications this will be a test of the Blair, Seward & Co, strength in the Convention, and the others ruled out. them. nomination. Blairs, it will drive thousands in that State over to Fre- mont. There is thus a ditemma either way the Missouri contest Is settled. It was rumored this morning that Henry J, Raymond bad been agreed upon as temporary Chairman. This caused great excitement and threats of a row and smash up generally. Since thatthe name of Rey. Dr. Breckin, ridge, of Kentucky, is spoken of, and it is understood ‘that the President favors his selection. His name will harmonize the factions. For parmanent President the amos of Raymond, of New York; Cameron and Grow, of Pennsylvania; Senator Foot, of Vermont, and ex- Goveroor Deunison, of Uhio, are spoken of. Andrew Johnson is urged strongly by Seoretary eward and others as the nominee for Vice President. Severai of the We delegation who are ivstructed for him state that they will give him a complimentary yoto and then go for some one from New York. In fact, several of the Jeaders in the Western delegations met in caucus yester- day and decided to go for a New York man. Dickinson was their choice. It is evidedt that Hamlin will be thrown. — If so, it will open up a fight in Maine between him and Senator Fessend ‘The names of Pix, Dickin- fon, Tremain ay Morgan are all spoken of for Vice sie dent. If the New York delegation agree among selves upon a candidate for Viat position he will be bomi. ed. The desire on tho part of the Western delegates man of democratic antecedents, 80 as to nt for Lincoln. It will not be al ‘parmony ‘The following delegates and alternates from Connecticut to the Baltimore Union Convention are stopping at the Astor House cn rou’e to Baltimore:— Delegates. Alternates, Colonel Joveph R. Hawley, Calvin Day, C,&, Bushoel!, N.D. Sperry, Horace Emith, F. 8, Clevelaod, dH Almy. ig at, ab Cel i john Trac hs Hi rece, B. P Stark wearter. Ww. W Welch. ‘Whe Massachusetts delegates to tho Baltimore Conven- tion also passed through this city yesterday. The New Jersey Deicgation to Baltl- more. ‘Trevion, N. J, June 5, 1964, Denning Duer, of the National Republican Committee, has engaged rooms at the Eutaw House for the New Je: sey delegation to Baltimore. Hon. William L, Dayton, How. James M. Scovel and ex.Governor Wm, A, Newell ore urged by this State for she Vice Prosidency, Police Intelligence, ATTEMPT TO MURDER ANOTHER POLIC Orricen— 8 —THRER HE 18 DANGEROUSLY BEATEN BY RUFFIANS OF THE ALLEGRD ASBATLANTS ARRESTED. A gang of ruffians and outlaws entered a drinking place in avenus ©, near Tenth strect, on Saturday evouing, aad, after imbibing freely, commedcod quarreling among themselves. The keeper of the place sont out for help, and oflicer Beam, of the Eleventh precinct, was Soon on the spot, and attempted to arrest tho partios thy A re ‘arbing the public perco and endspg’ fig “Too vitios. then. upon thé officer about the head Ife, The Villaige, shen turved and beat an joke aud body in aterribic manugr, They seized decanters fram (he bar and attempted to aan Ly joe the officer’s head. One of the assailants, 01 Saey, urew ‘akuife avd attempted to stab Mr. Bea Dut Ue timcly ascival of other officers prev would-be murdere avcompli labing bi purpose, The olive arrested three brothers, nained James, Edward snd charged with being the ringloaders in the They were taken before Justice Bbavd James but! held eer ls and Bdw rd homes Maic riotous as Joy, who disebarged gross ournaGe BY A POLICEMAN—TIR SHOOTS A CITIZEN AND 18 ARRESTED. The particulars of a gross outrage upon a citizen by an offiver of tho Thirty-first precinct reached police bead quarters yesterday morning, and an order was immo- diately tgeved suspending bitn from duty ll ap investi gation shall be testituted. ose rocinct, it appoare, entered the lager pe as et Tiuer of Broadway y afternoon, and aftor im- seded to his residence. pocketbook, Stevens Bittner and charged Mr. Bittner tndignantiy gation ensted b tween eae Stgyenson struck Bite. Seveotieth strert, on bibog Subsequently freely of lager, f y wayesing.” Ble saloon of money. th eing Asentited the house, followed by tt o drew bik pistol ebgt Bittner fhe arm, wiicting a, severe wo Uaptain Bogart, = rly fret precinet, ping tbe particulars , ordered Stevenron Was searchod and the mouey he ‘charged Bitinor with wt found on the floor where it bad been drepped Sinpelicapnan wll be held for ® Aelaniows aaniulh, Most of them have notices posted for a caucus of their delegations ‘to-worrow ‘The hotels are all crowded, and there is a prospect of anenormous gathering here from all quarters of the ‘The moun- tain isin labor, and to predict now that it will bring ora gas enlig bas ds Loan ane yor ght pe pied by the Yankeos. Secessionville is regarded as tho Whatevents and circumstances will turn up, If thero sailing in the Convention on the 7th. Several storms are brewing, and, although it now looks ag if, a8 in fact ine-tenths of the delegates ay, that Lincoln will be nominated, yet men high in ition asgert that they stould wot be surprised if he was set aside, and infact asserted by some of the delegates, that one-third of the New York delegation, also of those from four or five other promi- nent States, will not vote for Lincoln in November it detegates occupy that position Is openly made, and the- It they hove @ majority the Blair delegations will be admitted If not, the reverse. The fact that the anti-Blair set are instructed to insist upon the one teri principle will be ueedjby the Lincolnites against They aro fearful that they will bolt Lincola's On the other band, prominent politicians from Pennsylvania assert that if theevonts of the Con- vention prove that Lincoln is identified and run by the avoid a suoken rrest, after which his houre | * PRICE THREE CENTS. IMPORTANT RUMOR. Charleston Said to be Undofended by a Rebel Force. Secessionville, the Key to It, Beported in Possession of the Union Proops. a ae, oa Wasmwarton, Juno 5, 1866 . It {‘s rumored here that a few days ago General, Butler captured a letter containing the information shat only one regiment of rebe! soldiers had been left at Charles- ton, and that tho Yankces, if they should come, could walk in almost without opposition, and that day before yesterday a rebel major had been captured by Generak Butler’s forces, who stated that Secessionville was oceu- key to Charleston, and its possession would enable Geue- ral Foster to march upon the latter without encountoring the forts, Fortaxss Monnor, June 4, 1864. A rebel major came into General Butlor’s lines at Ber- muda Hundred yesterday, who says that the Union forces are at Secessiouville and threatening Charleston. ‘The commander has telegraphed the rebel authorities for reinforcements, saying that unless he receives them im- mediately Charleston is lost. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Wasuinartox, June 6, 1864. THE SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION LOAN. Several important modifieations-have been made in the advortisenrent of the $75,000,000 loan. Offers are to be received till noon of Wednesday, tho 15th inst. Each offer must be for one hundred dollars or fifty dollars, or somo multiple of one hundred dollars, and state the sum, including the premium offered for eack one hundred dol- Jars in bonds, or for fifty when the offer is for no more than fifty-two per cent of the principal,excluding premium, of the whole amount offered, must be deposited as guar- antee for the payment of subscriptions if accepted, THE INCREASED EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT— SECRETARY OHASE’S FINANCIAL AKRANGEMENTS. Owing to tho largely increased expenses of the govern+ ment, officially announced by Mr. Chase in his proposals for the new loan, it is estimated that four millions a day will hardly be sufficient to meet the accumulating requi- sitions upon the Treasury. The causes of this great in- crease of expenditures are apparont. The total number ‘of men cailed out for the army under the various procla- mations up to this time is two millions one hundred and (hirty-nine thousand, Added to this source of expense ia the navy, including five hundred and eighty-cight veesela and forty-four thousand seamen. The loans and Mabili- ties authorized by acts of Congress, which are now nearly allexhausted, amount to two thousand seven hundred and seventy-four millions nine hundred and tweive thou- sand eight hundred and eighteca dollars. During the years 1862 and 1863 the expenses of the government did. not exceed two millions per day; but they have now been run up to four millions daily by the increase of prices, well as of the army and navy and interest on the public debt. It ts thusffound that thg recolpts from ra venue, intergal tax and subscription to the ten-forty bonds are inadeyuate to the datly requirements of the Treasury, Unless the loavs fail the Secretary will not probably re- ‘sort to thejfurther issue of non-tnterest beer mee: ye he is still obliged to continue thetissue ¢ logal{tenders, and it is understood that six per cent legal tenders, now boing fubstitated, It is not bolieved that thes terially inflate prices. They will ne large part of vur currency until about : ost shal! have accrued, when it is exp> pounding interest they will be retirea It is yet to bo ascertained whetber this process of agamg to the public debt will avoid a further inflation of the currency. It is not deemed expedient to create a etrin- gent money market, as that would unavoidably keep these notes afloat much longer than an easy one. The five por cents, with from three to six months’ interest ac- crued, are now paid to the army, and circulate as cor- rency as freely as the ordinary legal tendere, ALL THE APPROPRIATION BILLS REPORTED. The Committee of Ways and Means have now reported all the geueral appropriation bills, Toe last ono provides for cortaiv c.vil expenses, includiag the Coast Survey aod Lighthouse establisuments, Among the items in this bill is one of $200,000 to Dr. Mortom, of Boston, for the discovery aud jatroduction of anwsthosic agents, given in response to memorials from medical associations, col- leges, ssientific societies, hospitals, asta wounded officers and soldiers. PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE BALTIMORE CONVEN- TION. ‘ ‘There bas been an immegge deal of caucussing here to- day among tho deingates the Baltimore Convention. Mr. Lincoln bas been kept busy consulting with the lead ing wirepullers, The organization of the Converition and the choice of the candidate for the Vice Presidency are the topics discussed. It is believed that these points will De definitely decided here to-morrow, so that the Couvention will have nothing to do oxcept to ratify the programme thus agreed upon. LARGE NUMBER OF DESERTERS RETURNED TO THEIR KEGIMENTS, During the last mouth over a thousand men arrested 2 deserters have been sent to the front, baving expressed adeste to rejoin their regiments. A large mumber of these had overstayed tho time allowed by their fur- loughs, and were arrested on the way back. cages the charge of desertion i instantly removed upon ‘be facts being reported to General Angur, To all such ENGINEERS WANTED FOR THE NAVY. Tho Navy Department is in waot of active engineers. Applicants must have seon cight years of sea service and be between the ages of twenty-‘i and thirty-five years. DAILY LINE OF STEAMERS TO WHITE HOUSE. A daily line of fast government steamers between this city and White House, on the Pamuakey, has been estab- lighed, making the trip in about twenty hours. They aro tocarry officers and soldiers and light stores to white Houge, and bring back wounded. Return Home of the Second New Jersey Regiment. Newarn, June 6, 1864. ‘The Secoud New Jersey regiment arrived here at four o’clock P, M., their three years’ term of service baving expired. They wero received by crowds of citizens, Mayor Runyon delivered a patriotic speech, which was handsomely responded to by Colovel Buck, who stated that tho thinned ranks of his regiment, which were re~ duced from over ono thousand men to less than threo hundeed, testified to their patriotiam and bravery, and that the so-called sicred soll of Virginia was now in ro- ality roadered doubly sacred as the grave of ‘patriots ana heroes of the republic. organizations intended to receive the regiment, but failed to turn out, of the regiment's departure from Camden, and when ex pected hei in $500 batl each to Ang ar. oer 1 gguilnes % 1 {ne effects of the iajurles received, Stoambe: Tue Common Counell and varioua No partictlar reason is Known, as the time , Was Announced in the newspapers. wag Disaster on the Mast River, SINKING OF THR STAMFORD. ‘The stoambont Stamford, Captain Waterbury, while om hor regular trip from this city to Stamford, Conn. , on Saturday aftorno.n, when passing through the upper part of Hurigate, near I ObD tide at the time, struck a reef, near Wookey's Officer David B. Stevenson, of | point, and sustained sveh infury as to cause her te sink shing Bay, there being a strovg twenty minutes after the accident occurred, the boat was out of the regular channel at tho time, to 1, which at tow water ob- rots (he pasage of vessels at that dangerous point of tho wivers. ‘The capiain attempted fo oon ashore, and succeeded in getting {nto “shoal rs which 4 ia tho safety of the passen a0 Some Of the passengers were hnded on KA Woo took, and walked to Astoria and t ; Hariem steamer. Tho remainder of thom wore silsy was passing down (be 4 Harlem, where many nnd proceeded on thelr transterted to. @ propelior whi river and landed at Yorkvilic thin took passage by railr ‘worse? The water being very low at tho time, the fe erred (0.9 sloop, The only hi was all safely tr rel 10 8 S100. Wweneus {tained te the damage in tha weasel. @hieh i lad to bo fully inwored