The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1864, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDUN BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OFFION N. W, COKNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU BTS. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BIBLO'S GARDEN, Broad ‘Bar Dexomo. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—Lovs axp Moxey WINTER GARDEN, Broadway. Manin. Fea Diavqio—Taunice OLYMPIC THBATRB, Broadway.—Atapprm. NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Gannuen's Mim: Bow—Jagees Stkor—Noves Witt TURN Hin Ove. BOWERY THEATRE, Powery,—Rura Oaxuer—Jenny Lunp—loxco—J oun Worrs. . BROADWAY THEATRE, 485 Broadwar.—Ovr Awunt- can Covsin at Home. MUSECM, Broadway.—Two Grants, Two winos, Wuat Is tt, &c., at all hours, Nokait Oxwiya—HOors at THK SWaN—At Sand 7% PF, ML Broad PRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 way.—bimor &0.— AN Bongs, Dancxs, Burexsquus, Taxs RS. WOOD'S MINSTREL HALL, 514 Broadway.—Ermoriay Bonus, Dances, &c.—1ug PearLexep Wixe MERCHANT, AMERICAN THEATRE, No, 444 Broadwar,—Batcers, Pantominrs, BURLESQUEKS, &C—SPRCTRE BRIDEGROOM. BALLE DIABOLIQUE. 585 Broadway.—Ronear Aeiies IRVING HALL, Irving TOLMAN’S ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 720 Broadway.— Bourwtan Gint—Oup Forks, XEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broad CuRiosnes axp Lecroxns, from yA. M, tl 10 P.M. HOOLFY'S OPERA HOUSE, Fores, Dances, Boxumsaves, &o. Erooklyn.—Brarortan WitH SUPPLEMENT. New York, Tucaday, 14, 1864. —- Ju THE SITUATION. Mr. Stantou’s secustomed bulletin last night roporta a despatch from General Grant at eight o'clock yesterday. The robeis ia !entocky under John Morgan, after capturing the town of Cyn ‘The movement of the army was then progressing. hiina and two Ohio regiments, and taying Biege to Frarkfort, have not only been compelled to abandon their attempts on the latter piace, but were complete ay mor routed aud driven from Cyotbiana on Sun- ng by General Burbridge, their forces being fcaltered in all directions. Several hundred prisoners were tsken, among them many oflicers, General Pur Drid.e at last accounts wae in close pursuit of the enemy ‘Tho number of killed and wounded in the rebel rauks ts Foported at three hundred. A rumor was circulated in a Washington paper yester- day that General Hancock had defeated the rebels at Pottom’s bridge on Saturday might, at the point of the bayonet, and that the whole of Grant’s army had crogsed the Chickahominy at that point No such news, however, had been heard at Fortress Monroe on Sund noon, fter- nor has such information reached us from Beavy firing 1s said to have been Beerd in the direction of Bottom’s Bridge on Saturday Buy olber source night. Gor despatches to Saturday state that both @ mies cecuny their old positions. About the right ard centre there have been derable skirmishing and can nouading. No damage bas been effected by either party. The men are well protected behind high and strong Dreastworks, and their so'dicrs and ours conversed in the most Bnicable manner, until thd familiarity was forbiuden, The rebels have @ large gua mounted on a railroad shell. rode through @ portion of his lines ou truck. which rows a six in Goveral 3 Friday. The rail ralls fro ad bas been torn up by our troops, and the Tespa'ch Station to White House bave been from the department of Gen: Genta give further details of his iyst. c'led Gen, Butler's signal station at Fort Don the 20th jost., hat did net do much damage. Of rebel cav wed themselves at Turkey Pend, on the back of the J on the same evening, but were forced t leave py the tire of the guaboats, Reiv- forcements have reached General Butier. The gunboats Genera! Putnam and Con re Perry bombarded Fort Clifton, near Petersburg, on the 9b, and succeeled, after & beavy fire on WR sides, in silencing the main battery. P salaries A igual station belon ing tothe enemy on the Chuck tuck river, with sll sts men and materials, bas, becn captured by our troops EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The etermebis Pelgian, from Londonderry on the 3d of June, sed Cape Race Sunday morning on ber voyage to Qe from Hamburg op the 24th u’t. and Southampton on the Ist iust., Arrived at this port last tight. The news by tho to the Hs The Attorney G Commons that t and the Sexouia, Belgian, which has been telographod Ap, is ive days later. a} of Eogland stated in the House of Laird iron rams bad been purchasod t for £300,000 trom Mezsrs. Bravay. as nicutiou being Keld with Mesers. Laird Op a close Parliamentary divisiog,en the question of the abolition of the religivus test in Oxford University, the Frg!ist Hiberals lett the Cabinet in @ minority of ten fo a full boasa, The | anich Conference had another meeting in Lon ton Witbout any result, The armistice bad been prolonged by aterm of ffieen days, It was thought that hostilities Would then be resumed between the Danes and Germans, Ube Londen Times binte that Denmark should be thauksul ‘hat ber narrow fem frontier will be considered inviolate fn the future She Copennagen jourvals are enraged against Englond, Ove Lavish papor says that if the treaty of Londen be annulied, and the inhabitants of a movarchy left to decide (heir destiny themeclves, she @et!lem~ nt of the succestion to the throne becomes void, and the | apish people may vote for either a monarchy-or 6 republicen form of goverument, and whether they will Jon Germany or Swed n. A bilibad bebm introdoced into the Portuguese Cortes to establish free trade in corn, Captain Sherrard Osborne had returoed to England with his Anglo Chinese equadro ‘The British officers in Bios are ordered to conliue ves sirictiy tothe Getence of the treaty ports, ob js detached by order of the Eoglish War eof the Emperor of China, ry bi bad been captured by the natives of Seneyal, and fifteen hundred Fresch sol- iers markacred by the biocks Consols Closed in nion op the 84 of Jane at OOK @ 90%, ex dividend, The 1 quiet and uoebapved for Am forts dectined from one during the week, On the ad ckLou a0 Cescriptious, 0 one-half of @ peun; of June the ma-ket quiet, Breadstulfe were firm aod upward, Provsiour etoady CONGRESS. In the yesterday @ bill granting cortat vide fands io Missouri to that State (or the support of sevoule was paewed. A report of the United States Adjutant or ou Was received, res,onding t & resilution of the Calling O© the Seerctery of War for information Folative to toe arrest and sent earoeration, by order of Gen Carleton, of Sylvester Mowry, on charge of treason adie conduct, and thy 26.7 mines in Arizona Ter of June, 1962, bu y rolevmed on the 40h of November following, aod hue never ainoe been Festreined of bie freedom. sa tn what Alanmsiion bee eition of bia silver ry arrested on the sth was er/00l cotton market was | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNK 14, 1864.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. been made of his mines, the report states, thofe are no documents on Hie ta the Department te show ‘The report was ordered to he on the labie and be privted. A large portion of the day ws taken up in a discursion of the resolutions recognizing the pew loys! State government Of Arkaveas and admitting to goats the Senators elected by ber Lecislature, Messrs, Fishback and Baxter. Several Senators jartictpated in the debate, the principal point at issue being that between those who defend the princi- ples and legnlity of the Prosident’s amnesty proclamation and those who contend that the States which have been in rebellion have resolved themselves into thetr original Territorial condition, and cannot be ay reorganized as States until they have once more gone through the forms of admission by Congress, The resolutions and thecreden- tials of Mesers, Fishback aud Baxter were fually referred to the Judiciary Committee, by a vote of thirty-two to five, The Military Committee reported adversely on the Various petitions referred to them in reference to increased ratiroad fucilities between Now York and Philadeipbia, and were discharged from further consideration of the Subject. The Senate receded from its amendment to the Dip omatic and Copsular Appropriation bill, raising tho grade of our representative im Belgium, and agreed to the bill as it came from the House. The Chicago Marine Hospital bill was passed. Certain amendments to the Evroiment bill were reported from the Military Commit- tee, which, without being read, were ordered to be printed, and the Senate then sdjournea. In th» House o° Representatives the Committee on Elections made a report dociariog that Geveral Schenck was not disq :alified from accepting a seat in Congress, but that General Blair was disqualified, the first named baying resigued bis commission before the mocting of Congress. while the latter did not resizn until after the meeting, The report was laid on the table and ordered to be print- od, The Senato was roquested to appoint a committee of conference on the disagroeing amendments to the Dill increasing the pay of soldiers, The report of the Conference Committee on the Army Appropria- tion bill was adopted, and the bill has, there. fore, passed both houses. Mr, Schenck Intro. duced @ bill repealing the commutation clause of the Ea- rolment act, and moved tho previous question on the pas Sage of the bill, which, however, was not seconded, and the subject went over, This is regarded as indicative of the failure of the proposition, Mr. Gardeld introduced a Joint resolution that no State, desl rad to be in rebellion by the President, is entitled to apsoint electors of Presi. dent and Vice President, and n» electoral vote from any Buch “tate shall be received or counted until both houses of Congress by concurrent xction shall hive recognized & State government in such State Tuis was laid on the table by a vote of 104 against 33. A resoluti n was introduced directing the Committee on the Conduct of tbe War to inquire whether there 1s any good reason for excluding from the army hospita's members of Congress who desire to visitthem. Mr, Lazear's resolution for a gusponsion of hostilities and a convention to adjust the difficulties between the North and the South was called up; but the House refused to consider it. The House also reused to entertain a reao- lution in favor of Mr. Ericsson completing tho fron-clad Dictator and selling tho uafiaisbed iron-elad Puritan at a valuation, The government wants the veraels com. pleted; but the contractor is unab'e to do so at the con. tract price, owing to the increuse of wages of mechanics and the cost of mat 's. The bill repealing all the laws providing for the rendition of fugitive slaves to their owners was discussed at considerable length, and> Milly passed by a vote of eighty-two against fifty-eight. The House then adjourned. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The following list of captures shows the losses of the Anvlo-rebel blockade runvers in the past few days. All of them had valuable cargoes on board, and some of them valuabic documents, which have failea into our bands: — Name of Pri Where. Time. 20m Texas.......May 28 Of Wim’ gtoo.. May 30 rviana McCew. = — June 2 ee . _- June 4 Fevstone Sti si — June $ The fiect........Darezan......++.O% Mobile......June 6 A meeting of the Fremont Club ws held last evening at Hope Crave’, to take measures for holding a great Fremont ratification mecting at the Cooper Institute. Eloquent speeches were made, and all necessary business transacted with great unanimity, Alarce audience assembled last evoning at the Cooper Institnte to hear the Rey. Stella Martin (col red) give bis opinion of English neutrality, and the general feqing of Englishmen in relation to the struggle now going on be tween the North and South, tie was introduced by the Rev, Dir McClintock, who paid a flattering compliment to the oratorical ability of the speaker The subject was the feeling manifested dy the Fug'ich people towards tbe ‘North in the present struggle, and, according to the deductions of tho reve. rend gentioman, a large majority of that people are hos. tile tothe interests of the North, and in favor of the South His discourse was attentively listened to and elicitet marks of approbation from the audience, which wos composed of about equal numbers of the Caucasian and African races, of every conceivable shade of color, from the biackest ebony to the purest wlabester, The Board of Aldermen were without a quorum yester- day. Consequently there was no business transicted. The Board of Councilmen met yesterday afternoon. Resolutions were adopted thanking Messra, Francis Ma- b , Th mas McGrath and Thomes Tyler, members of ny QU, for their prompioess in rescaing Mr. Heller and wile from a fearful death while a Gre was pro- gressing io Division street on the Slet May. Mr. Opdyke offered a resolutin that the salaries of all city officers be reduced on the 1st of July, tu order that thore whore ere insufficient inight be increased. The reso laid on the table, A resolution branches of the Common Council, providing fer the opening of a num- ber of streets in the upper part of the tshind, by directing the Counsel to the Corporation to tke the necessary measures to carry the resolution tato effect, was returned by Mayor Gunther without bis ap- proval, Ho stxted that separate resolutions should be adopted for each street; for remonstrances had been made by projerty owners against the needless expense 0! open- fog some of the streets uomed in the above resolution, } Is Movor also vetoed a resolution directing the Street Commissioner to ish cach Of the police justices with 4 badge, baton and stall of ofice, very preperly rem: ing that it was a “veediess expenditure of money.’? ter disposing of a number of unimportant papers, the Noard adjour: ed till Thursday, “wz The commissioners for superintending the c'eaning of tbe sireets and awarding the contracts there’or met at the City luspector’s office yesterduy, for the purpose of open ny such tids of contractors as should be received urder the present modified epecifications, None, how- ever, were received, but it wes determined to keep the matter epen for one more trial, and the Mayor expressed bimee!f »& desirous of so modifying these specifications as to induce contractors to mako propos sls, A mutiny occurred om board the ship Emily Augusta, Captain Strickiand, while proceeding to sea yesterday afternoon, bownd to St. Jotun, New Brunswick. While going down the bay, and shen abreast of the Narrows, Captain Strickland went forward to get the men to go to work, when tuey told him to go aft again, and imme. di Tushed upon him, one of them si ing him to | the back with @ sheath knife, They also attacked the mate, knocked him down on deck and kicked him, and made @ pass witha knife at bim, but dd oot cug bim. Tho ship was immodiately turned back and anchored off Quarantine, and & boat's crew from the revenue cutter Crawtord put the crew io irons. The United States Mar- thal wat notified, wbo sent the harbor police boat down to der, and nad them all brougbt to the city and locked up in tho Tomb, Captain Strick!and, who is dangerously wounded, war brought to the city, ihe Ronkers’, Brokers’ and Merchants’ Club roome, on Fi th avenue, were enlivened Inet night by the attendance of @ more numerous crowd than on any night since the opening. The occwion was the fvauguration of the Evening Stock Pxebange of the Gallagher Brothors, who beve ooite! their fortunes with Mr. Kytinge tn bis elub emerpree. Aller the je & supper was \urnished, and | the brokers reemed as enger for the Bdibies and liquils | as for stocks oud gold. The sale of stocks was quite | beary lution was promptly atopied by both Toe ™ transport Detroit, from Fortress Monroe, errived t (ne port yesterday, with the Second regiment | of New tare Volunteers, numbering one baudred ane ue * Jory of the General Sessions were empanelied pester wen Jodge Rovsel delivered an able charge, which {| Our report of the proceedings, in eeu ber part of teday'* paper. The principal topic to | whieh (be slivers on of the Grand tiquest was called by the (hy ge was the selz vf the World avd Journal of Comme ce esto) ishmenta for (he publication of the | famour Howard bowus prociamation, Aa those newpapers | bad been exoneraied frors distoyal tntentions, the Court fiard bal & treepust rpom the Ranetity of person ard Hroperty you made, thus viowting the federal aad Stew Wutoos. The Grand Jury «ere instructed to jouk | tots the motion, and to ev operste with Mr. a. Oakav Hall, the District Attorney, in indioting the offenders for whotever offence they may Lave committed [eoorder Hoffman eevtencea Edward Hunter, who was convicted of the murder of his wi'e, to imprisonment in the State Prisoa | for Iife. Henry Gibson, indicted for the murder of Peter MecArdie, pleaded guilty to manslaughter to the third do- Gree, and was remanded for sentence, In the case of Martin W Brett and others against L.e- toue! C, Owen, in the Supreme Court , Ciromt, before Judge Foster, where the plaintiff sued for the non-delivery of Ofty thousand busbela of Prince Edward island oats, at seventy-five cents per bushel, as per contract, the jury yesterday brought in a verdict for the plaintit, assessing the damages at seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars, | ‘ In the case of Connolly against Roeinfrank, where the plaintiff! sued for do’smation of character, the ce fencant having called her a ‘thief,’ the jury rendored & ‘verdict for the plaintiff of one hundred and fifty dollars and costs. F ‘Lhe stock market sank down into a rtate of compara- tive Inactivity again yesterday, and the sales were few, At lower prices. Gold was active in the morning, aud the Price fluctuated between 103% amd 195%. Government securities were strong, and the bonds of 1881 sdvanced 3 por cent, the registered selling at 108, interest off, There was nochange in the loan market, money con tinu'ng plenty at 6 a7 per cent interest, This week opened in commoreial circles about as last week closed, the markets being irregular and unsettled, owing to the gold fuctuations, The amount of business done yesterday was small, except in a few commodities. Imported merchandise was very quick; but most of the dealers romained firmer, Cotton was buoyant and firm. Petroicum was firm, On ’Change flour and wheat were without important change in prices, though at the closo second qualities were depressed. Corn was decidedly lower. Oats rather more steady, Pork active and ad- vancing. Reef firm. Lard leas active and rather heavy. Whiskey firm. Freights dull. Groceries generally with- out much change. The Poltticat Revolution Onward—Pro- bable Extinction of the Oid Democratic Party. While General Grant Is perfecting his plans and combinations for his next grand movements on the military chessboard, we may profitably turn our attention to the present developments, mevements, plans and combinations of the Presidential campaign. While struggling for the suppreasion of this most gigantic rebellion, we are in the midst of the most remarkable and momentous political revolution in the history of mankind. It bears some resemblance to the sweeping changes in pMitical parties, opinions, men and measures which attended the bloody struggle of the seventeenth century, in England, between the Roundbeads and the Puritans; but it may be more aptly compared to the sweeping political convulsion and work of reconstruction inan- gurated with the Reign of Terror of the first French Revolution. Where are our Presidential party platforms of 1860? Seattered to the four winds of Heaven. What has kecome of the Presidential parties of 1860? They have run to seed, and they are broken up. We are, we repeat, in the midst of a great political revolu- tion, the immediate solution of which, from present appearances, will be either a stringent central despotism or a radical! democratic gov- ernment, resting upon the French tripod of “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.” The idea that this conntry will or can emerce from this earthquake with “the Union as it was and the constitution as itis” is the most pre- posterous of absurd'ties. No. We shall have nothing of the sort. The rebellion baa upset the old order of things, and all things are be- coming new. Tho old democratic party was virtually destroyed in its revolutionary con- ventions of 1860. The Northern rump of that organizution has been living a fecble, a flicker- ing existence since that disrupture betweeo South Carolina and the Albany Regency; but this disessed and feeble Northern faction is actually dying at last. We understand that the Democratic National Commiitee, which some time ago, under the auspices of Mr. August Belmont, agent of the Rothschilds, appointed the coming Fourth of Tuly as the time and Chicago as the place for the meeting of the National Party Convention, are now considering the expediency of a postponc- | ment of this assemblage to a more convenient season, and that such a postponement will in all probability be carried. And why not? What can the remnants of this exploded party. do, without any landmarks to guide them, with- out any harmony Among themselves upon principles, and with nothing but discords among their would-be leaders? Taking the principal ing organs of the Northern democracy, in their present slipsbod and dismantled condition, for our enlightenment—such as the Albany Allas-4ggus, and the World, the Journal of Commerce and Daily News, of this city, and the Chicago Times, the Cincinnati Enquirer, &e.— we can find no common ground of action among them, no agreement, no concord, except in their common hostility to Abraham Lingoln’s administration. This is the ruling passion of the old democracy, strong in death—implacable exi vengeance aga'nst the party depriving them of the spoils. John C. Calhoun was right in say- ing that the democratic party was held to- getber by the “cohesive power of the public plunder;” for on losing the plunder the cohe- sion of the party is gone, and it bas fallen to pieces. * What then? Without leaders, without plun- der, and without principles, being in fact dis- banded and all adrift, the Northern remnants of the old democracy are free to go where they please, But where, as Daniel Webster asked, when left alone ia Jobn Tyler’s Cabinet—where are they to got Have we not a “Pathfinder” in the field? Where else can they go but to the party of Genera! Fremont? He is the only Presidential nomiuee, bosides Lincoln, in the field; and this is not all that can be said in fa- ‘vor of Fremont. It must not be forgotten that he belonged to the democratic party in its palmy days; that he now stands upon a new and elastic platform (gum clastic), suited to the times, and that bis hostility te Lincoln is that of Hannibal against the Romans. He is the very man for the disbanded democracy. We conclude, therefore, that the debris of the Northern democratic party will naturally gravitate to Fremont; and let these fragments begin to gather around him—radicals and con- servatives, peaco men and war men—upon the paramount idea of a change in the federal ad- ministration, and we shall very soon find half the republican party, disgusted radicals and conservatives, drifting In the same direction. Fremont, therefere, is the ticket for the North- ern democracy. The Chicago Convention may be indefinitely postponed. It is not necessary. It is not wanted. Fremont and freedom, in- cluding free speech and a free press, is the ticket for all the odds and ends of the opposi- tion elements. Let them fuse upon Fremont, and the disaffected and - disgusted anti-Lincoln elements of the republican party will soon show where lies the balance of power. Surely it cannot be dificult, in the union of all the anti-Lincoln men of the country upon Fremont, | to upset and turn out this miserable adminia- tration, the three cardinal principles of which are shoddy, human blood and Joe Miller, The Real Position of the Campaiga in Virginia. With the present campaign Secretary Stan- ton commenced the system of publishing regu- larly short official bulletins of the operations of our armies, for the public benefit. By this means the army telegraphs were made to satisfy the public anxtety for news, and the whole country was enabled to see at one view the general result of what had been done on the day before in the widely distant theatres of war. We thought this an excellent measure, and, rightly managed, it would have been; but in the way Secretary Stanton has carried out this system it has done harm. Though in many instances Mr. Stanton told the stories of the various movements in the words of the generals, in others he gave them in words of his own, which were colored by an over san- guine spirit. He stated to the country always a little more than fle statements made to him would justify. Where bo gave the generals’ own words he culled out the most favorable passages. Public expectation was, as @ neces- sary consequence, raised too high, and, now that our operations do not go forward so rapidly as they did, people contrast this hitch with the great promise of a few days ago, and feel un- easy. Because Grant does not walk directly into Richmond the people feel disap pointed; for from Stanton’s despatches they had supposed he would. We must come dowa a little; not from any failure of Grant’s promises—he keeps all his promises; and he. promised to fight it out if it took allsummer. He will do it, we may be sure. But we must come down from Stanton’s rose- colored views to Grant’s sober reality. We must suppose it possible that it may “take all summer.” Apparently the operations of the campaign are to be somewhat less active than they have been. General Ice, having in the army under his command the last hope of the Southern confederacy, bas not risked that hope. Ife has not been foolhardy enough to risk the safety of bis cause on a second field fight after the. very doubtful battle in the Wilderness. Nor is Genera! Grant less wise than Lee in his disposition to economize his chances. He fights cautions!y, as the circumstances require. And thus in their mutual caution the two strategis!s have come to a point difficult todetermine., Lee has hugged his intrenchments for the last thirty days, and Grant, resolute not to waste his men in storming those intrenchments where such an operation was not necessary, has forced him out of many strong places by manceuvres, constantly hoping te compel a battle on better terms. But, though he manceuvres Lee out of one position, it does not compel a battie; for Lee only leaves one to step into another a few miles farther on. In this way they have reached Richmond, which is merely the last fortified position on the line, and the strongest of all, To force Lee out of this by mancuvre involves an ope- ration not to be entered upon too hastily. The Saines river, and the unknown difficulties on iis banks north of Fort Darling, are very formida- ble obstactes to the-contin' m of the flank- ing operat‘ons by which Lee was moved out of former places. A movement across that river would be a very bold one, and General Grant, who is a very bold man, may make it. But if there is any good reason why such 4 movement cannot be made, then the next step in the flanking advance fa impossible, and the two armies confront one another, with intrench- ments between that one army will not felin- qu’sh and the other cannot storm. From such a difficulty the only solution is a siege. We do not say that this was from the first a necessary result of Grant’s plan. We are weil satisfied that it was not, but that the result would have beet much better had Grant bad the exclusive management of our armies. THis plan was to occupy Lee's attention on the | Rapidan with bis main force, while separate climns should ent the oaly two lines of rail- road by which Richmond, and consequently Lee's army, could be supptied from the Sonth- era States. Ife expected thus to isolate Lee and to defeat him; and ha would unquestion ably have done it; for Lee's army, not rein- forced and not supplied, would not have been able to hold its own in the late terrible marches and battles, bat wou'd have gone to pieces, and Richmond and the rebellion would of course have fallen, as the result of the de- struction of that ar ant’s part of this plan was inagnificently carried out. He engage t “dey Lee, and outmanceuvred him and ontforght him day after day for thirly days; but the d's- tress shat he expected the loss of supplies to occasion in Lee's army did not appear. Neither did the severe losses by battle affect Lee's movements; for reinforcements came up. Both the expeditions to cut off the enemy's supplies had completely failed of their purpose. Both tLese expeditions were under the command of political generals. This was the part of the campaign that was attended to by the President. Butler, on the James river, and Sigel, in the valley of the Shenandoah, were beaten with compara- tive ease. Lee's army was supplied with ordinary regularity, and Beauregard and Brock- inridge reinforced it. And thue, and not through any defect in Grant’s plan, resuited the bard tact that the army that by General Grants plan ought to bave been destroyed before this is, though badly shaken, still a for- midable force, in a formidable position, and that the operations for its destruction must be started anew. F If Grant passes the James matters will be once more at hazard with Lee. He will probably be compelled to abandon Richmond or to assume the offensive to prevent himself from being shut up there. But if Grant should remain north of the river a siege will doubtless begin at once. We have no knowledge as to how Grant willin that event approach Rich. mond, whether on the north or the east, or whethor he will realizo the possibility pro- jected by the Richmond papers, and approach it on the south side, But these approaches will no doubt be conducted in view of the cir cumstances of the case, which are different from the circumstances of sieges in general: Sieges are generally undertaken for the cap. ture or destruction of a city, and are conducted in view of the’presence of an army that covers or defends the city. But the presont siege is solely for the destruction of an army, and the existence of the city Is only recognized as it covers and protects that army. Grant does not care for Richmond in any other wise than as it covers Lee, He bas driven Lee into it just as he drove Pemberton into Vicksurg, and will have to take or destroy the city to carry out his purpose against Lee’s army. If this can only be done by asiege Grant has still bard work to do, Lee's ariny is well handled, and Gahts na well sa our own, and i a though it may be inferior {9 numbers ft has the | movement. The Argus and the Albany Re- advantage of works, which more thin balances geacy have made their bargains witt Thurlow that disparity. We must reinforce Grant toa | Weed; the News has made arrangements with sufficient degree to put him on a practical equality with Lee in this respect, and it may be that we shall have to employ against the enemy to the fullest extent the obvious ad- Vantage that we possess in respect to numbers, Doing ai that the country can in that way this summer must end the war; for Lee bas drawn every man from the minor posts throughout the South, is fighting with his last force, and cannot continue the contest any longer than that force is effective. We have the rebellion definitively concentrated in one army,and we must destroy that army by all the means in onr power. The Quarrel of the Politic Cabinet. The politicians are again stirring up Presi- dent Linco!n’s official family. The recent shoddy convention at Baltimore undertook to arrange it, but, it appears, on'y increased the controversy. The Convention has barely adjourned betore the fight breaks out more fierce and more determined than ever. While the delegates and officeholders were congra:u dating Mr. Lincoln upon his renomination tho champions of the different members of the Ca- binet renewed the quarrel, characterized with more bitterness and personalities than on any former occasion. Our readers will find else- where an important chapter in this controver- sy—the account of the first battle, the edicts of the generals, and the notes of preparation for the grand contest that is to take place—in the shape of a letter from Thurlow Weed in de- fence of Secretary Seward, and the resyonse of the Evening Post. Tiese documents are sufli- ciently spicy to command universal attention, even if the subject were not one that is to be foremost in the Presidential campaign. ‘The charges of Weed, that the radicals and aboli- tionists, who “have shaped the course of the administration, are the allies of the rebels,” and the cries of gridiron railway and Cataline contracts in reply by the Evening Post, only show that the irrepressib!e ccnflict bas commenced in earnest. They furnish proof suffivient that the day for an armistice and comprofnise betweea the factions of the republican party is past, and henceforth it is to be war—war to the knife. “4 But what wit! President Lincoln do to qniet the storm and settle the contest in his own party? We can only jndge of the future by the events of the past, and by comparing them with the circumstances wepich now surround him, When Mr. Lincoln was eiected Pres'dent he se- lected for his Cabinet bis political rivals. On assuming the duties of the Cb’ef Maristrate of the nation he called into his oficial family Messrs. Seward, Coase, Cameron aid Bates, a1 of whom had been candidates before the cov- vention that nominated him. He no donbt did thia to prevent either of them becoming the leader of a faction which might organize in the republican party against him. He soon killed off Cameron, who bas not since Leén beard of, save as small politician at Harrisburg. Secretaries Seward and Chase he allowed to fight to their hearts’ content, and injure each other as much as they pleased. When they came toa short turn by the action or vote of the United States Senate, and both Seward and Chase decided to resig? and throw up their portfolios, the President was too shrewd for them both, He saw that if be let one go and retained the other it would be taking sides in the’quarrel, and re; in the organization of a formidable party against him. If, on the other hand, be let both go, each would become his political enemy, and thus become a power that 3 Over the be would not be able to stand. In this dilemma, olved to re boih, and use them to ac- nh his own ends. Each accordingly re his duties as secretary of bis res is artment. The fight went on, and it is reported that there bas teen no full try of the Cab net for cighteen-months. The admin- istration has drifted atong without any fixed policy, and has been governed simply by were temporury expediency Fecretary Seward finally changed the mo- nolgny of the Cabinet fight by acting upon a suggestion which he saw in the Henan, and ived upon ren ing Linco'n. He de- ceded to make Lincoln's se his own; while Chase eritered the Presidential arena for him- self, but was forced to subside soon after the appearance of the Pomeroy manifeato, The nominating convention bas assemble], framed its resolves, with a thrust at the Cabinet, re. nominated Old Abe, thrown overboard Ham- lin and put Andrew Jonson on the ticket in his stead, and Seward comes out master of ceremonies. This resuit bas opened the warfare betweea the partisan friends of the different members of the Cabinet, and there is anew demand that there shall be a change. The evident sease of the Baltimore Convention was fora change. But no person who views the facts as they are can expect any remodelling of the Lincoln official family at this time. If he sends Chase adrift it lets loose all bis partisans against the ticket. On the other hand, he bas seen too strong evidence of Seward’s strength in the defeat of Wadsworth’ in this State, in 1862, and the power shown in manipulating the Baltimore Convention by the Seward poli- ticians, to incur his enmity during the canvass. The war of factions will therefore go on, and the longer it continues the more it will help Fre- mont and the Cleveland ticket. What Old Abe will do may be inferred by the characteristic remarks wh'ch he made to delegates to Balti- more on the Suiday previous to the assembling of the Convention. Several warm supporters of Secretary Seward called on the President and commenced talking over the quarrels in the Cabinet. Mr. LincoIn gave them a history of the efforts to turn Seward oat, and then in- formed them that he could not spare Seward— he was his mainstay. At a later hour a ‘squad of radicals called at the White House and had their say from that standpoint. Old Abe then stated that some of Seward’s friends had just been there and presented their grievances against Mr. Chase, but that he informed them that he could better spare Seward than Mr. Chase at this crisis. pice aan olen Proposev Postroxement or THE Cutcaco Con- vention.—The Albany Argus, the New York Bepress, News and World, and other papers of the same school, are all expressing themselves, with more or loss earnestness, in favor of the postponement of the Chicago Convention until towards the cloge of summer. If adopted this advice will prove the end of those remnants of the old democratic party now showing signa of vitality through the columns of the copperiead 8. But what care theso organs for the old democratic landmarks? They are all actuated by various selfish motives avd interesta in thia sume cy. Chase im rezard to the New York Custom House; the Express has an eye on the next Congressional representation, and the World has its mining stock bubbles to look after. ‘What does either of these papers care about the old democratic party? The democrats in Con- gréss for the past two years have been laboring with insane assiduity to break up the party, and if the proposed postponement of the Convention be carried the objects of the cop- perlead newspapers will be achieved, and the end of the democratic party will be a fait accompli. Fashion and Politics at the Watering Places. Although the weather of the past few days has been unseusonably cool, our eitizens are already preparing for the watering places. The advertisements of summer hote!s begin to crowd our columns, Here and there on our fashionable atreets and avenues we notice closed houses, with a “gone into the country” ook. Heads of familics are making recon- noissances in every direction in search of rural boarding places. Ladies are getting ready their P. P. C. cards. Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch, West Point and other fashionable re- sorts are open for occupants or engage- ments. There is every prospect that the sea- son will commence very early and last very late and be very brilliant. This year is, we hope, the end of the reign of King Suoddy; but, like old King Belshizzar, he will give a great feast before he submits to fate and recog- nizes the handwriting on the wall. Still, in spite of the people who have left the city and the thousands who are prevaring to leave, Nw York is as full as ever. Io the summer the inhabitan's of couatry villages, litte Bovton and Piiladelphia, and of Western provincial towns, like Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Lou's, come on here to see the only “great metropolis of the country. Some of the Western and New E giand dele- gates to the Baltimore Convention, who stopped bere on their way home, are so @ ted with Wall street and the theatres that they cannot tear themselves away. We pussed one of them yesterday, of whom it could not be said, as of Bangquo’s ghost, “there is no speculation in hia eyes.” Our floating population is further increased by numerens refugees from Southera cities, who have assisted to overcrowd our pub- lie and pri hotels. Isis nottikely, therefore, that New York will be empty evea during tie hottest portion of the heated term. What with the polit.cal exe tement acd the mass meetings, the stirring news from the seat of war, the bubble aud trouble of the witches’ cauldron at the stock murket, the old and new comedies at Walneck's, the spectuctes at tie Olympic and at N.bio’s, tie burlesqnes at the Win- ter Garden and the Broudway, and te ceascless life and bustle of our streets, the Stay-at-homes and the visiting brethren will have plenty to amuse and interest them. Besides all this, our splendid Park is a rus in urbe, und its beautiful landscapes, its proces- sions of magnificent equ pages, its sy!van lakes and its increasing curios ties, supply unfailing enjoyment to rich and poor, to oid and young, alike. 7 During this summer everybody will be Pre- sident mikin, Ouly two candidates are in the field, and, as neither of them is Geveral Grant, neither of them is the caud'dute the peovle want. The democrats taik about postponing the Chicago Convention until September, which is about equ valent to postponing it altozether. If the democracy bad ove leader with brains we might ect something of them; but under ‘isting e-rcumstances we do not. The peace democrats muy perlaps nominate some scare- crow to drive the voters over to the shoddy republicans, in accordence with a barga n be- tween the peace mea and the Lincoln men; but the domecratic party, as a party, appears to have shnt up shep, like Sanguine as is our temperament, we expreas ro hope that Gener Grant will be nominated at Chicaso, especially if that “Shent-per sbent? Convention shou'd display its lack of patriot ism by dectinng to meet upon the Fourt) of July. Tiere is a good and gneient rule, how- ever, which directs us to take the best we can get when we fied it impossible to get what we want. Acting upon this rule, the opposition elements will possibly unite upon Fremont, Who is a better wan than ,Lincoln any day in be we Indeed, we should not be surprised to see Fremont stsnding much the better chance when the suinmer season is over and the fall campaign begins to develop the politi+ cal strength of the rival nominees, Shoddy can- not etand suns!ine, and neither can a shoddy candidate. The pure alr of the country will suggest the impurity of Lincoln's corrupt ad- ministration. The seaside will remind tue so- journer of the imbecility of Bunsby Welles. The mountains will recatl the mountains of debt that Chase has heapetl upon the nation. Nature, thus enlisted in the canvass, will con- vert every pleasure-seeker into an anti-Liacoln man. The regular watering places will be more frequented this year than ever; but it will be by @ new class of visitors. Last year they were part shoddy and part o!d aristocracy; but bankrupt concern. } this year shoddy will have an undivided sway. , The price of board will be so enormously high that no one but a shoddy contractor would think of paying it, unless as a matter of caprice. Little villas, scattered along the seashore or high up upon breezy hills, are becoming more and more the fashion for those who cannot afford to keep up suburban establishments all the year round, in eddition to their town houses. Other people, who cannot even afford to hire villas for the season, will distribute themselves among farmers’ families, in distant villages and vales, where they can occupy rooms about the size of an ordinary bedstead, be supplied with fresh meat once a month, and eat “potatoes and points,” as poor Powers used to say, every day. Such a picture does not seem enchanting; but there is considerable rural felicity on a small scale to be met with in such retreats, provided one takes his own mosquito netting along and has no decided antipathy fo snakes. As for the watering places proper, we have not ‘yet decided whether we shall be at the pains to send reporters among them. Our space is pretty well occupied with war news, and it is very doubtful whether the gossip of summer hotels will be more readable than the accounts of the summer excursions of our veterans into. the rebel States. And why, in fact, should we devote our time and attention to restraloing the summer landlords from extortions and im- postures? This is their harvest; the shoddy arain is rive for the sickle: bad why should we ~