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DAILY SENTINEL. TJKUHIO IT MC ST BK PRKSERT El! J7iao Fill DAT MOUSING. JUNK 17. Man ton and rl on tli Mtiii.tlon. OoM clorxl In New York ye;fnl.y at lO'i, OTcr thirt? cfnU higher ttun when Grast mm tnenced hin .dvanc upon Htchra-nJ. Tb Hf trer he gel to the nhel catV.tal the low r irref a barks depreciate. General Giat hi trlrl LixcotVa tl-t, he hat triel hi own plan, be Las trieI MtCttLtax'a pUn, cd now he propose to irr TUtlh.' plan of capturing liicbmor.-l. He ia now just where he might hate been mj ffk fco without tb 1- of ran He ha e ;eri m enteil, however, aiiJ left trark f Mod which hUtory will record a a nee l!e irrifice of human life. We are adried tow, aa the pople hue been a thouaand time, through the ame official aourrea oficforrjution th it em) thing look hopcful(inJ the arlj fall of Kichmond i tredicted with the Mtne iMurar.ce ai when the Army of the Tuto mac crod the Itubieori under it pre-ent com mander. Tbe country i Im advised that the new from SuitMa Ii encouraging, hut we are likewise in forme! there it danger of hi communication beinr cut oft and bia eupplie destroyed by the larpe rebel cavalry farce in hi rear. While we hare overwhelming force in the field, according to official authority, it it intim itod that another draft of two hundred thousand men will beordere! Must thl sacrifice o! life continue. thi needles waste of the resource of the coun try in men and money? Will the people continue the men in power who hav demonstrated their inaLilitv, with the whole fower of the nation at their control, to urefh fully admtniater the Government And restore the Union? Upon, the i.o toluiiou 'jf UiU problem depend the future trerij(ih, prosperity, powf r and happiness of the tfp!e who cun.stitute tie (iorernmtot. What will Sta.sjtox tay to Dix upon .bit proportion? if he could tolve it his . iptchea would be read with interest and ati- faction. VallnndlKtiuui'w ICetiirn. We pubiiili this morning the npeech of Val LaxpiuiiaM at Hamilton. It i a bold, manly and powerful vindication of the riht of tie tit izen. It argument cannot be gaitiayed m le idled by . any man, no matter what be hi putj affiliafiunj, who desire to uphold constitutional liborty the freedom of fpeech and of the pie. We know not what may be the cour-e of the ad ministration toward. Mr. Vallanimi.h am. Iti intimated by the IUpublican pre. lint he w ill be let alone. The President cannot ajraiu de prive him of hi. persoual liberty without au in consistency, without committing u wrong, which will be felt to be uch by every honeit nun in the land. He has paid no more, done no more than hundred of other have said and done of equal position with himself. The President can not arret Vallamdigiiam again with any -how of justice, unless he arre-ts thou.md of other.' who occupy tlij same relation toward the Ad ministration th.it he doe. II he doe, it will be regtrded aa an act of political persecution, and then time will make all things right. The advent of Mr. Yallamiiuium at Hamil ton wa unexpected to hi own political friend., and he wa cordially w elcomed by nien of all partie. There was no attempt made to molest him. The Congressional couvention in fession elected him a delegate to the Chicago convention. At Pijtou be was lecvived without nuy public demonstration in fact, he declined ;i public re ception. Hi arrival occasioned but little ex lilement. Thousand called ujvoii him nt his residence. As has been iutinnted there, h id been no at tempt up, to yesterday afternoon, to arre-t hi m, and in fact there had been no ?how of any such intention. The purposes and view of Mr. Val lanpkjiiam are clearly tet forth in hi address, and we have no doubt he will abide by them. He (i.tya that his return wa. entirely upoti hi ow n responsibility, and that he is retdy to meet any charge against him in the civil courts. He will obey the laws of the land, and he counsels all others to do likewise. The Advance on lelrburfc Why It luliril. Correspondence of the Cncinnatl Commercial. Forth tss Monroe. June 10. 5 I. M. Ve harejusl heard Iroiu General ltuller con ferning the expedition he sent out against Pe tersburg. It appears that General Giltnore, in commtml of infantry and artillery numbering Sora? 4.0HI), and (Jener.il Kautz, comtn-tndiug iJ.(HK) cavalry, started from our intreuchmeut ti the moruing of the Ctli inst.. and the lornier pen ctrated to within a mile of Petersburg, while the latter actually tn ide a dish into the city, carrying oJT number of priaoners and five piece of liht artillery. Heturegard, however, was lex strong ly posted, aud met our forces with larger num ber, making it nece-ary for General (Jilmore and Ktu'z to retire, which they did in good or der; the latter, however, brininp ot!" hi v tures iti aifcty. The tiniu object, viz: that of destroying the iron railroad bridge over the Apoomittox river, w a not ac--ompti!iel, from the ftct that the rebel force were constantly horerinr on our rear atn d-tnk. Br tlii. expe dition it h i been ascertained that Petersburg is trongly intrenched, and well defended. Oar trooo h vi order ti detrty the inimene Gov ern ment supply stores at Peters-burs;. "The trvop under (Jilmore, crossel on pon toon thnwn aero the Appotnatoi, ine halt mile below Point of Kockr, and in order to deaden thesounJ. a thick coating otiaywa spread on the bridge. n l neirlv at diylh. our trorps Cime ia sight of Petersburg, ni I light tu to iTie mtuiiiccut i:itreuh:nt,nt'. O.i the way a womiu w: met, wh utrmed (Jüai ire tht .Heaurcgi.rd was apprised of our approach, and in tact, knewr ol th adrnnce forty eight hours beforf, as she w i .-vise-.J n t to leave the city, owing to the Yanke . s be Wig on the way. , The gunboats iu the Anpotuatoa. assaulted Port Ciiiton an 1 tmbardel that worr diy and night to divert attention. A contiuu-. is shelling from our works, on theet.emy, w is il-.o kept up. yet the lebe! seemed to be aware jf the ru?e practiced on them. General Uutler regret the f tilure o the expe dition, as well as General (Jilmore and Kautz, and in fact everylwdv el-e. su it .aicviY ciinitt.M'inr.ct:. Front llie Army of I lie I'olnmnr. Martlao Hlio ht. Mi .) Juuc II. IN. I. Kditor IniNA Jt ave Scvim: Knc!oed you will find one dlltr for oiie copy of the Weekly Sentinel A I don't know your term, I canuot spevifv the length of time, but I hope you will send it a lorn; .ts ou can for that amount of money. As there are a treat many Democrat in our battery, we are q iite anxious to read a paper thit we can put confidence io We are just auch men that, if we were at home, would be called coppwihead, becaue we are men that are in favor of prosecuting the war. anJ all stick to the Democral.e party. We have beeu in the ervlcJ nearly three tears. Our Lat tery hts re enlisted fur the war Heb-re we went home me supposed that we would find M'ure of butternut and men that would tt aiding the Southern Confederacy .but imagir.eour 4tonih meut when we found that those men tht were oiote-I out to u a being copperhead, and rebel Mtnpathixer. were good old IVmrn'rats S ich meo a they, are hose that are dilv falliiic in the Oatile of our cout try. In fact, they amount to rear two of three of every regiment in the ser vice If our Republican friend call all the Dem ocrat copperheads, we might say that we hte a copperhead army. For fear of weatiug your pa Kience, 1 will close. D, i 17th lud Itattery. Harper' Ktrry. Ya. OK THE HON, C. L V.LLM)I(;iI.M, ATTIIK Dniiocnitic ('on vnt Ion, VI llIIIlO. OllK. On (he Ml.. or Ohio: To lay 1 am ugaiti in your midt. and upjii the sil of my native State. To day I am once more within the district wh'uh for ten year extended to tne the highest coj.fi letice, and three time honored me aa it representative in the Congres of the Unite! Stite. I wa ac-cu-e.1 of i, crime ag.n-t the Contitutioti or law, and guilty ol none Put whet.ever and wherever thu charged u on me by pi ore- of 1 iw, I am now here ready to at. wer belore any civil court of competent jurisdiction, to i jury of my coutilrvmeii; and in liie nifantinie, to giie biil in anv um which anv judge or court, state or federtl.mty thx; and you, the hundred and j eightv-ix thouand Demorrat of Ohio, I offer a my surelie Never for one hour have I re i m lined !n exile bee iure I rt cotii."! any oblig.t ti mi of obelience to the unconstitution! and ar- i bitrary elict Neither did personal fear ever rc- sfriiti me. Anl to day I return of my own act and pleasure, because it is my constitutional and If 21 right to return. Only by an cxettiouof ar bitrary power, itelf against the Constitution and la w, an d eonumrn ited lv militAty force, I w abducted Irotn ray home and forced into banish ment The assertion or insinuation of the Pres ident that I wa arrested teciine laSoriug with some effect to prevent the r:tiiiig of troops and to encourage deertion from the army," and wa responsible for many acts of resistance to the dralt and to the arret of dcerters. tailing 'ssa-Miialiou. mairiiing and murder," or that at any time, in any way , I lud disobeyed or f tiled to counsel obedience to the lawful authority, or even to the temblaurt? o law. i at.-olutelv falne. I appeal for the proof, to every speech I ever made upon thoe juetions, and to the ery recoid ol the Mock Military Commi.-cion b I tie trial atid setitence ol which I was outraged. t; the sole oflence then laid to my charge wn wonls of crilicim of the public p Hey of the Adminis tration, addressed to open and public political meetings of my fellow citizens of Ohio, lawfully and peaceably assembled. Andfo-diy, niv only crime" is. that, in the way they call treason, worship 1 the Constitution of my father. Hut for now more than one year, no public man ha been arrested, and no newspatr supprcs-ed with in the limit of the State adhering ftill to the Union, for the exprea on of political opinion, while hundreds in public iernhly und through the press, with a liceneand violence iu which I never indulged, criticised and condemned the acts an 1 policies of the Administration, and denoun ced the war, maintaining even the propriety and necessity of the recognition of Southern indepen dence. "Kiidor-ed by nearly two hundred thous and freemen of the Democratic party o" my n live State at the late election, und htill with the tvmpathy and bi.pportof millions more. 1 Jo not mean any lunger tob the only mm of that party who is to be the victim of arbitrary power. If Abraham Lincoln seeks my life, let him o de clare; but he shall not again restrain me of tnv personal liberty, except upon "due process of law " The unconstitutional anl monstrous "Or der Thirty eight" under which alone I was ar rested thirteen months ago, wa defied and spit upon at your Slate Convention iu ltG.'t, by the gentleman who bore the standard as your candi date for Lieutenant Governor, and by every Dem ocratic press atid public speaker ever since. It is dead. From the first it was against the Con stitution and ltws, and without validity; and all proceedings under it were and ate utterly null and void and of no eflcct. 1 he moignant voice of condemnation long nee wen; forth from the vat majority of the people and presses of America, and from all free countries in Kurope with entire un miinity. And more recently, too, the "platform" of an earnest, numerous and most formidable convention of the sincere Republican, and still further, the era phatic letter of acceptance by the candidate of that convention, (Jetieral John C Fremont, the first candidate, also, of the Krpublican party for the Presidency eight yeais ago, upon the rallying cry of free speech and free press give renewed hope that nt last the reign of arbitrary jower is about to be brought to an end in the United States. It Is neither just nor fit. therefore, that the wrongs inflicted under "Order Thirty-eight," and the other edicts ami acts of fuch power, should any longer be endured certainly not by me alone. Hut every ordinary means ot redress has first been exhausted; yet either by the direct agencv of the Administration and its subordinates, or through its intluei.ee or intimidation, or be cause of w ant of jui isdiction in the civil courts to meet a case which no American ever in former time conceived to be possible here, all have failed. Counsel applied in my behalf to an un just Judge lor the writ of habeas corps. It was denied; and now the privilege of that writ is mis pended by act of Congress and Executive order iu every State The Democratic convention of Ohio, one year ago. by a resolution formally presented through a committee of your best and ablest men, in person, at Washington, demanded of the President, in behalf of a very large mi iiority of the people, a revocation of the edict of banishment. Pretending that the public safety then required it, he refu.-ed. saying, at the same time, that "it would a Mord him pleasure to com ply as soon as he could by an v means be mide to believe the public safety would not suffer by it." One year has elapsed, yet this hollow pretense is still tacitly asserted; and to day I am here to prove it unfounded in fact. I appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States; and becaue Congiess had never confei red jurisdiction in be half of a citizen tried by a tribunal unknown, for sujIi purpose, to the laws, and expressly forbid den by the Constitution, it was powerless to re dre the wrong. The time ha?, therefore, ar rived, when it becomes me as a citizen of Ohio and of the United State, to demand and, by my J own act. to vindicate the rights, liberties ami j privileges which I never forfeited, but of which, ! for mi many month. I have beeu deprived. Wherefore, men of Ohio, I am again in your midst to-day. 1 owe duties to the State, and am here to discharge them: I have rights as n citizen, and am here to assert them; a wife and ch.tdand home. Htid would enjoy all the pleasures which are implitM in those cherished words. Hut I am here lor peace, not turbulence; lor quiet, not convulsions; for order and law, not anarchy. Let tu man of the Democratic party begin any hi t of violence or uisrder ; but let n ne shrink I from anv iespoi,ibilitv, how ever urgent if forced j t. "V 1 1 III.... IIIV I 1.11 i ' t , him see to it thit he fully and leirlessly exacts his own. Subject to rightful authority in all thing. Jet him submit to exces or usurpation iu ' nothing. Ooedient to the Constitution and law, I let him lifmiitl and have the full meiure of protection which hw and constitution secure to him MfcN or Ohio: You have already vindicated vour right to Arnr. it i now mr datv to as-ert mv right to tpeak. Wherefore, a to the sole offense for which I was arreted, imprisoned and ban Wied free speech in criticism and condemnation of the administration; an administration fitly de- J scribed in a recent public piper by one of it early i supporters, "m uked at home by di-reg ird of con- j stitutional rights, by its violation of personal j liberty and the liberty' of the press, and. as its i crowning shame, by it abandonment of the: right of tt!um. a right especially dear to all free j nation abroad " I repeat it hereto dty, and will j agiin and yet again, so long a I live, or the Con- ' siitution and our freent form of government shall survive. The word then s:Kken and the ' appeal at that time made, and now eufrced by j oue year more of taxation ai d debt. and of blood ; nd disa-'er. entreating the people to charge the J public servants and their pobcy, not by force, but ' peaceaMv. through the ballot. I now and here re ' iterate in their utmost extent, and with all their significancy I repett them, one and all, in no spirit of clnllenge or bravado, hut a earnest, sober, solemu truth at.d warning to the peo PU- Upon another subject jut allow me here a word: A powerful, widelv spiea l and ery dangerous ecret, oath-bound combination among" the friend i of the adm'.ni-tratioo, known as the "Loyal Union League," exist in every State, yet the very men who control it.thtrge per.ite:)tlv upon the mem bers of the Democratic party, that they have or guized especially in the Northwest the "Or der of Knight of the Golden Circle," or some other secret ocietv, treasonable or "disloyal" in it characttr. affiliated wiih the South, and for the purpose of armed resUtat ce to the authori ties of the Federal and Stataj government. Whether jiny such everexisteJ, 1 do not know, but the charge that organization of that sort, or having any uch purpose, do now exist among member of that party in Ohio or other nun laveholding States, i totally and positively fle. That lawful, political or party associa tion have been established, hn ing, a their ol ject, the orgnixiu "d strengthening of the Democratic p iriy . and its ucce in the coming l'recidential election, and designed a a counter Kiovement to the so-falVl "Union League," and, therefore secret in their proceeding, is lery prooahlev and however objectionable hitherto, and in ordinary times, I rxo;nize, to the fulle-t ex tent, not the law f ulne only, but the propriety and neceitv of such organization for "when bad men combine, g'id men mut associate." Hut thev are no conspiracy against the Government, ai d their member are not conspirator, but pi triots; men not leigued together for the over throw of the Constitution or the laws, and still 1 , of liberty, b it firmly united for the pre-er vation and nup;'tt of thee great objects. There i, indeed, a "conspiracy very jsiwerful, very aut ient, an 1, I trut that before long I may add, j Large 'p tri tu ie of rovi-ion wcrebeirgre atrongly consolidate!, also, upon ound principle, i ceived at Richmond by etery train from the and destined yet to be triumphant a con-pir tcy 1 1 south and outhwest The go. ernuieut store- known a the Dcmocrath; partv, the lucent ob ject of which i the overthrow of the Adminis tration in Not ember next, not by force but through the ballot box, the election of a Pi evi dent h shall be true to hi oath, to liberty and Ihe Cont'tution Thi i th sole conspiracy ot which 1 know anvthiug. and I am proud to be one of the cou spirator. If any other should exist, looking to unlawful armed resistance to the federal or stale authorities any w here, in the exercise ot their legal and constitutional rights, I admonish all person concerned that the act i treason and the tenalty detto. Hut I warn also the men in txiwrr, that there is a vast multitude, a host whom they cannot number, bound together by the strongest and holiest ties, to defend bv what ever means the exigencies of the time shill de mand, their natural and constitutional right a freemen, at all htzirds and to the last extremity. Three years have now passed, men of Ohio, and the great isnue, couatir utional liberty and free popular government, is still lefire you. To you 1 again commit it. confident that in this, the time of their greatest peril, von will be found worthy of the ancestors who for so in my age in Eng land and America, on the field, in ptison and upon the scaffold, defended them ngaint tyrants and usurpers, whether in councils or in arm. in:roiti: iti iimomi. .'VI i 1 1 In ry Operation In tlir of the 'hlc an hominy The IMarcs tat iclrtiuton!. Vitlle) Uruk From the New Yrk World' Coi respondent. Haltimokk, June 11. I deter until to-morrow sending vu some further tact relating to the secret history of the Lincoln Convention, iu order to coiumunica'e to day some important intelligence which 1 hive just received relating to the military operation in the vallev of the Chickahoininv. This intel- ligence came through the source specified iu re.-ent private note, and whenever in this letter I shall speak of (Jen. Grant's army or his opera tions, it will be understood that I only speak of such facts a are known to the enemy. The news herein contained confirm fully, as you will see. the correctness of the ground taken by the World a few days ugo, in regard to the nature of the work which (Jen. Grant has befoie him. the im ossibility of invesiing Richmond, and the tedi ous and protracted nature of the siege which mut be undcrt iken before that cify can betaken. My intelligence to-day (which is very volumi nous, and w hich 1 must necessarily abridge,) em braces the Confederate version ot the military operation on the line of the Chickahominv, from the 3Lst of May to the 5th of June, including the battle near Co d Harbor on the 31, a statement of the rbel plans tor the delense ol their capital, and a further description ot the present condition of the fortification immeltately around the city. FORMATION or TUR KSBI.L LI Nt. On tho 31st of Mav the Confeierate artuv bei! a position on the ridge desei it.e 1 in my letter nt" June .'t. extending from Mecbanicsville on the west to Hark er 'it mill on the east. These two point are fix miles apart, lftrker't mill is not quite a mile from the Chickahominv, and two miles southeast of Coal H ubir. Lee's head- tiuarters were at the house of Dr. Curtis, two miles north of (aines' mill. (On the of M ay thev were moved to (J lines' mill ) 0 the .'list of May Coal Harbor was held by a brigade of cavalry and a division of infantry, with a few batteries of artillery, as a corps of observation. Their instructions were not to hol t the place if attacked in stronir force, but to skirmi.-h with the enemy (i. r. the Union troops) as the latter ad vanced, anil endeavor to develop their strength and intentions, and then to retire to the main Confederate line. The skirmish of that day at Coal Harbor, and the action of June 1, were conducted on the Confederate side in obedience to these instructions. Up to the latter date the formation of the Union lines h ol net been com pleted. The cavalry fiht at dal Htrboron the Hist had served to indicate that the Confed erates intended to hold that place. At 10 o'clock that night Grant ordered Wright's corps to march to Coal Harbor, but up to 10 the next morniu he did not know whether or not the corps had ar rived there. WHAT IS COAL IIABIIOK? Coal Harbor is a point of no strategic import ance at all. It does not lie on the ride alluded to above, but in a plain fully three mile from the Chickahominy, and one mile north of the ridge. Several roads lead from it, it is true. Hat these are of little ndvantige to an army a Ivancing against Richmond, a t!io.e leadinsr to the south and west are all held by trong detachments of the rebel army. In the formation of the rebel line men'ioned above, Rreckinridge's division he'd the right, and the corps of Longstreet and Heaureard the center. Hoke' division was between Hreckin ridge and Beauregard. E well's corp. held the left. HillV corps was divided. One division w:is on the extreme left, resting on Tolopotomo creek. Another whs on the eatreme rifit of the line, holding the ru id letdingfrom Coal Harbor to Di-t atch Station. And the ltd division, wiih (.Jen. Hill himself, was held in reserve. There wa very little, if any. ehinge in this formation, until atier the battle of June 31 PRLLIM1XARV MOVfcMKNTS. On the "2 I of J une. General Lee became n ware. from the movements made bv the Union forces, that his line would be attacked next day. The onlv di-position that he made, however, in view of the expected attack, wa.: to contract his lines so that hi left rested just behind the grove on the plantation of Dr. Curtis, mid hi right on a hill a mile s'outh of Cotl Harbor, aid just half way between that point and the Chickahominv. THL BATTfc OK JIWL THiKP. General Lee's tactics at present are confined to holding the line of the Chickahominv at all points Hbove the pla:e where General Samner cro-ed with his corps at the bittie of the Seven Tines. As I h ue before intim tted, he is deter mined flut if General Grant crosses the stream at all it shall be at Btt'm's Bridge, or some point near there Accord n' v. in this section, hi ttVjrts were confine 1 to the repelling of the assaults which the Uuion troops mtde aain r.nd agaiu upon his hues. He succeeded in doing this; and iu the evening, after General Gram had been compelled to dest im -rU i.ie aueiniu 10 lorce lue rtoel artnv acro-s tlie Chiekahomwiv. 1 i .. i . , , ,, . . . ! the latter nenl :he same postti. iii that ne (K'cuoieJ . i. . . i m lie moriiii'i; and thev h.i it vet. . , t. RANT f M bM(jLL.T M JTiMEMs. The indication of the 4th and ii'.h of June were thit Gen. (Jrant wa moving his armv ti wards D -patch Station, as if t cross Rottum' J bridge. From de-erters and prUot er capture! ' on the "nli. the Confederate adders lnd formed ' the impression t h . t lien. Grant would not move ! his army to the . lames river at oi.ee. but ould ' attempt t.t retch Richmond by the Willi imhurg t ge road, pas.inj: to the tiortb f the White Oik ! swamp It is rumored thit lien. Lee hiro-elf j lelieved that ttrant would cro-ss the Chickahom-' iny at Rottom'ü brilce, and tnat he would then move direct on R chrnond if he had all the troops he expected; Lut that if he expectexi more rein forcements, he would probably attempt to-reach the James river, and establish a new bise there. If (Jen. ttrant take the former course, he will tie at Rottum s bridge, thirteen miles from Rich- m i I . i i 4Tid he n 1 : 1 h.ip tit ni .rrK iiiiio m:le I passing Savaee S:..tin. Fair Oaks aal Seven Fine before he reiches tbe outermost defence of Richtrend. He will then have a line of tir.e- teen miles to uard bttwaen h' army and the j White House V. he .attempts to reach ihe James ; river it U under-tood that Lee will attack him in : thedtnk owrear a so'tn as he has crossed the I ChickahomüiT, or perhap while in the act of crossing. It was believed that (ten. Grant would j not attempt to reach the Jame river, unle his , losses, ir.ee he crossed the l'amutky, hid been much greater than had beeu upposed; o prett ! indeed a to cripple him somewhat. It was known I at Richmond thit reinforcement ere reacbicg him; but it wn -tted there that hi. losses on the 1st. iJ and .td of June, were fully twelve thou sand tnrn. TUT. WI lK rt-ACK AT ICHMOSP. If there i any weak spot in the defense of Kirhmond it is in that patt of the chain of fort which can on'y be approached directly from the east. If hurca life i counted cheap, if we ever hue fifty tho jind men who are willing to sacri fice their livet !n order to take II hmond, that is the place where the rebel capital may he. taken by a ucceior. of asiults. It is not one fort that mu-t be taken, nor two, nor a dozen, but as many a tett, and they, too, in quick succes sion one alter the other. lul theic is no other point in 'ht rircle of the fortification. around Kirhmond where even ItHi.OOO men could suc cessfully assault the fort. rairaaATi"s ort the stii.i.. houses there contain immetie sii; plies, and de pot of proiioi.s are being established at Dan ville atid Gdd-tioro. W HT kl( IIMOsp CAOT US ATT A( Kit siCCtssHf LT ROM TUT. S.OITI! There arc certain consideration which will, doubtles. present themselves to the mind ot (Jen (rant, and whkh will cauc him to lorego the at tempt to er. the .lame river and attack the rebel capital from the south. First among thee consideration may be Mated the fact that the de fenes of Itirhmoiid on the south side, that is, I mean fortification alone, are fully a strong and extensive as those on the north and east. In this respect there i a vast I tVerence between the condition of afi'iirs now and when General Mc- Clell in wa operating git;t 1'ichmond. The only advantage that General (Jrant can pain in changing hi hi-e from the York to the James river, will be that hi supplic can there be brought bv water to a point on the latter only eleven mile from Richmond, atid that his army Can then be fed without it- being weakened by detachments to guard supply train. It is gener ally belie ed at Richmond that that i the direc tion that muter will ultimately take, that is, if (Jener il Grant succeel in reaching the James river at all. For the greatest confidence is ex pressed at the rebel capital, that if that final flank movement is attempted, it will result iu the Union array it-elf being; .linked ami involved in the mor.ise of the White Oak swamp. Driip -riii: ii.airi.vioici: m v i:ti o. IHoortlerl)' 4'oiitlnrt ol' ilir .ttsciu blase liuiecent ) ami I'rofunll)- of Mit? Ielegaie llloqiirnt eech ol Ir. lira rklnrialtfc llw I)aiiinbSa Doctrtnea-crle for I Iie lllood of Traitor llae Nervillt tf I lie .tic in be r. 1 Special O'irrespotidetice ot the Chicago Tim. Raltimoui:, Jutie it. 1 have changed my base in order to give ou, from the spot, some account of the great abolition convention. The gaiheiing of the Lincolnite p d ticians at the Front Street Theatre, iu this city, which has just adjourned, was the most ridiculous farce that was ever presented on the boards of that or any other the ttre iu America, and Its proceed ings and action were a disgrace to the American people. Mr. Raymond, of New York, was so disgusted with the stupid builonnry that prevailed that he told the delegate. plainly that they were a mas meeting. Another delegate, on tltr second day of the convention, told his fellow members that they were a mere m b. In the evening session the gallery gods found the per formance so amusing that they ave vent to their deliuiit bv vocilerous cries of hi! hi 1 catcalls. cries of speech! speech! and cries for Rrownlow ! Hrowiilow! The President. Gov. Dennison. of Ohio, found it impossible to pi user ve order orie half of the time. Many of the delegate refused to pay any regard whatever to the decencies or proprieties of the occasion, but kept walking about, talking, ..Ve. The I 'resident pounded and thumped with his gavel in vain, and from time to time appealed thus to the members: "(Umlernen of the Convention, please be seat ed. Gentlemen trill you come to order? Will the pelltlonian lunu Ii (ilrjso i i.kt A tat Gentlemen, the business of the Convention can not proceed until the delegates take their eit." Ye.-teidiy morniug a delegate made what lie called a pray er, iu w hich he gave the Almighty :t concise history of the war down to the present time, including Stanton's last Bulletins and (irant's dispatch about fighting it out on his line He then diverged into Maryland politics, and in formed the Lord all about the Pratt freet riot. Finally, he dwelt at some length on the business before the Convention. toM the Almighty that the nominee ot this Convention would be the next President of the United States, and prayed to that end. "The people may come up and roll up an overwhelming majority for the nominees, at the November election." These were his ex act words. Another delegate, in a speech which he made to the Convention, spoke of Abraham Lincoln, the smutty joktr. a "the second Sivior of the w orld,' and no one rebuked him. Indeed, indecency aud profanity prevailed to Mich an ex tent in the Convention that it was easy to see that the delegates were freh from the White House. The most eloquent fpeech made in the conven tion was by Robert J. Breckinridge, of Ken tucky. What it was iti this speech that pleased the convention, however, was the emphasis which the speaker placed upon certaia words, and the meaning that he intended to convey theieby Thus he absolute!? sneered at the idea that our national life depend upon the mainten ance of the Constitution, and declared that if it suits us to change it, we will change it; and, when it suits u to change it, we w ill change it look ing around on the convention, and meaning that the abolition party in the Northern States, h iving now the power, intended to change the Constitution to suit them, regardless of the right ami interests of the people of the Southern Sblt PS. What be meant wn well understood by the abolitionists who composed the convention; and the loud and long applause that followed the ut terarceof this sentiment testified that he had but exorescd the sentiments of the whole conven tion, and that the Republican party of the North have fulry determined to :ltrr the Constitution in such a rr.auner that the South can never again live under it. He .poke of the Constitution being torn in ten thousand pieces, and the convention applauded that, too; many of the delegate had long be lieved it to be "a covenant with hell " The convention had the impiety to invoke the God of Be tee to bless tht-ir action, and in the very next breath they were calling fran'ically for "the bio! of traitors," which they had been complacently told by Mr. Breckinridge, wa "the onlv impeiUhabie cement of fiec institutions." The utterance of this bloodthirsty sentiment alo ; called forth loud and general applause. It may be that Mr. Breckinridge was right on this point. Certain it isthat, if the Union is ever again re store! and the Government re established, the author; of this terrible revolution will be held to ; .. ... . .. - f . . u : : . ... I . V, ... .V..v I ...u.!.:. i ....k. .k. f. ..f n Sirica. ;i count, lor iiinr iimir?, n'i inw-c ii.f n- . .. . . i our (jovernment mav then meet a traitor s doom. -ri . ' i .v. .i . These are the traitor., and they are the phming ,. , . - . ,. 1 IchU of the Republican putt. The mi-ter sn'irit of the convention was Hon. Henry J . Raymond, of New Yrk. His accu-j rate knowledge of parliament try law, and his! readice to debate, rsied him a head md houl- i -r above the tnas of delegates. On two occi- j sions le brought onler out of chaos, and unrav- j eled the tackled snarl iu which the convention j l"! become involved. So a?;er tutre the rxIiticians to have the honwr , of nominating Mr. Lir.coln that the vote wa ( abon' to be rushed through by acclimation. anJ ) woul J tis ve been lud it not been for Mr Rav- mond. He wa cool Leaded enough to ?e how ridiculous such a course would appe.ir, and ap pevled to the members not tr act in a manner j that would seem to imply that the nomination ; waa rushed through, an 1 ihtt no one bad ao op ! portunitv to -petk. On his motion, the b allot ; wa taken bv Slates To the di-zrace of the convention be it said, there was riot a single delegate present who had the manliness or course to rie iu hi place and . decounce the despotic acts of the President, and demand that the convention should require of its j nominee a decent respect for the constitutional rieht of white men. On the contrary, the del ; 'gates made htste to ct down in the dut and bow umisirely to all the tvrannical acsof the President, including ti e illegal arrests, suppres ; ?i n of the habeas corpu, suppression of new- j papers, and armirj of nerr es. All of thee I acts, and all the other act and measure if Mr. j Lincoln, w ere indorsed and approved by tbe axn vectior. X. ; CLÄI M IOlt fKYFRAL TFAK VAST AlDrTIJft. CLFKK OF CLAIMS OF INDIA A WUMER., IN TflR OFFICE ' t f tbe scnt Auditor i-f the Traury liepartment, at Wahinßton, I. C, h eper.ej GOVtUXMRNT CLAIM AUkNCY t ISTO. o YOI-IiSTS BLOCK, doktii .m: i tin i a. sTicurr, ixdiax.u'olis im)iia. r ni n, Hrk ry and iw.omty, rrlis Mney, Cotrimutation nt Rti-ris, and Quarter. R-craitlne s4rTlr, Claims p.r lrt- of HorM- and .thr p" Tty, l'y ri I'risoner f VVar, lurterri)tfr, t'liet k and Voucher, atid all Ktln-r Claims gainsf tie Guvertmient, cihsd"or toüertrj t n rra-tuble tfrni. trhcer' Kturiis ma lf out. arxl CVrtitlcaie .f ioii-lnl-!.tsJties rltairtJ frm tb- tkrparttm-iit, em brt vo tlre, ari't all par" In rrUticti to urh C'latins, Ac, prornptlj and correct !y esrctitrit . jr'Trfury Ortifl'-a'r. and all othr cnlvtisn promptly attrnlrd to. SlOO 130UNTYI yliier di-x hari;fl n account of oiil rcflv.-d in dwharife t N. 11. Inforir.ati.'n atiJ . Ice (verhaUy or hy letter.) 3Z2 fJ. nsral LA. XOI'dl'., AIJntar,t C.t reral Stale of ecutive lparimriit, Indiana; Malor IANlL MrCI.fhE, J. KISTIN, Auditor of Maie; Major M L. MM-Y, H.K1CHKH, VJhN 4 CO., UnUr, Mm-m. A. & J. U S. IHKKISOX. lUnier; Wr.r. FI.KTCIIKK, Jr.. at CHUI.THVAN. Üankfr: Hon. W. II. liANDAI.L. M. C, London. Ky.; UM. S. IlLXTlNiiTUX, Ca-hier f-jr.i Ka tlul lUfik. Wa-h imtnn, I C jel-dlm i ati: i i t:iis. Knox County Dim'cratic Convkntion. The Democracy of Knox assemble! in conven- ' tion on Saturday, the 4th instant. Delegates ; were appointed to the State and Congressional . Conventions. The following resolution were j unanimously adopted: lirsolrrd. That w e cordial and heartily endorse ; the noiiiitiat.ons made ut the primary election on the Ith instant, und pledge to each und every one our earnest and undivided support. 2. That, confiding in the integrity, ability, aud statesmanship of Hon. Joseph K. McDonald, we proclaim him our first choke for Governor in the ensuing October election. 3. That we heartily concur with the Democra cy of Vandcrburg county in presenting the name of Charles Denby, of that county, a a candidate for the otlice of L'euteuant Governor, and, iu the event ol his nomination, pledge him u zeal ous, active, and united suport. 1. That we unhesitatingly endorse the ollicial conduct of our Democratic State officers, and urge their unanimous re-nomination to the office which they now hold. 5. That the delegates to the District Conven tion aie hereby instructed to vote for Hon. W. E. Niblack as the Democratic candidate for Congress at the ensuing election. On motion, the Convention adjourned. The following is the county ticket nominated at the primary election held on the 4th inst. For Representative. John Haker; for Sheriff, James C. Lallue; for Treasurer. Win. W. Berry; for Countv Commissioners, Robert Stevenson, John H. K. Sprinkle; for Coroner, Benjamin V. Thome. For the Sentinel. Lincoln Ratification Milting is Geles hi:li E'litom Stulln I: We beg your pardon for introducing in your valuable paper the name of (iooding. Our usually quiet village was thrown into considerable excitement last evening bv a"ioval" ratification mooting. It was first announced by the beating of a drum in front of the ex Congressman's domicil He appeared upon the tapis, alias, a goods box, and delivered himelf of a "fine oratorical oration," as come called it. The listening auditory were princi pally composed of women and children, all seem ingly interested to know what the "bull of the woods" would May. He rather apologized, saying such a call was whohv unexpected, he had no speech piepared, kc. We concur with him iu that particular most superlatively. We don't think he had any "speech" prepared either. It being the first time we had ever had an opportunity of listening to the "literary" gentleman, we felt in terested to know what he would pay especially in regard to the tickets which they have placed in the field for the Tresideticy. Also, expecting to hear a good oration. His speech simply isn't worth noticing. Such a contradictory argument, such profane and vulgar language we never be fore listened to, especially iu the presence of ladies, or, I should have said, women, for I don't think anv lady would luve gone to hear him. The modest, however, soon retired. His argument, from Alpha to Omega, whs a bellowing medley of contradictions. Once He was endorsing the Cleveland platform, next a Democrat, and then an uncompromising, uncon stitutional Abolitionist. He, however, elicittd no applause, except occasionally from a group of boys who were gathered around abon fire in the street, frequently hurrahing for "Bull Gooding." He finally concluded by impeaching the pat riotism of a former supporter, who has recently deserted him, when the gentleman impeached made his way through the crowd to the stand and gave him such a tongue-lashing as no oue ex- f'Pnt finoiloirr Liinura finir to tiL'P fovlmrs . . ' la i..fuiii 1 1 ' . ...... . . ..v j apologized, saving "he intended no insult, that he was his friend," Jcc. I wouldn't be surprised if he shed a few tears, us he i in the habit of . doing. We heard the Hon. gentleman remark this morning "that he thought fie would retire to pri vate life." We think it a good idea. That is the most sensible conclusion he has ever come to. K. Gklf.nfillp, June 15, 1C4. FUNERAL NOTICE. Tbe funeral of Mr. Gkuci; p. Stevküs will take place this morning at 10 o'clock, from the reidence of Charles Learned, Xorth Illinois street. Servie- by Rev. B. F. Foster. amusements! n ivi it oroLE I A IIA Ii Ii. STAGS MANAGER. Mr. W. H. RILKT. J; r'lJ.xT" oj.-n ar o'clock. Curtain rie at 8 '. precisely. Friday Evening, June 17th, 1864. ! II E N E F I T OF MISS JENNIE II IG nr. Daughter of the Regiment. i , SOMi M;. SONXIHELI'. CORSICAN BROTHERS. TZj To-nvcrow, Saturdav. ever.in, complitn. nUry anl first ls-nefit to Mrs. W. II. RILEY. ' CALK OF PRICES. Privat H-es.f(,r ix pop'.e Orchestra S-ats Dresu Circle and Parquet te ;iler) or Fam:!y Circle .. 14 0 75 C'enti J .So Cent j 2i Cnt i LfA tx'r'i cA'tnje fr rmrrc'! IfJR., oire op-n trom 10 o'clock A. M. till 12 M TLRsefv! seat retained only till the end of the i fir-' art. PROFESSIONAL. Hr. T. B. HARVEY. OFFICE: .o. 7 .orlh jel7-d3m Alabama Mroet. WjANTED LKoui:ies WAXTKlV. 1 m-fTTANTED at the KclIjiR Mill, fifty food lahorem. , f Th feilest we paid and neady work the ! yar round. Apply at the R. -Hins Ml:!. 1 jel!-c6; I s41.- OO A. DAY.' Gr NTS WASTF.I). wale and frm, to eil Wor., New $1" Fami y Serir,r Machire. It will S'.itch, Hera, Fell. luck, C nd. Braid, Cord. Quilt acd Embroider beautifully. For particular addre-a MATHER k WILSON. Jell-det Heve laud, Ohio. ÄßE BJC Y! battle can icrt thetr Bounty itnmliata Jjr by etultm their A. V. IVOHIK. cheerfully -Ken. JE3 TVT 33 JS z Indiana; Cr.. W. Ii. II. TKNKKt L. Ftnanrul Secretary Fi C'bief raymaster, ltrct er In.iiana atid Illinois; Hon. Paymaster, C. !. A.; Ir. F. S NKWCOMMJ; Mewr. U. S. BONDS. OF- $200,000,000. This Loan iw nu tlior l seat by Act of Con- ixress t.f March ath, lsc.4, which provUe for it RF DK.MPTION IN COIN, at any period notle than ten or morethan forty jears from Its tlate, at the pie aiore tf the Government. I'ntllit ICedrmiMlon five per ce at. Inter et Is to be paid send-annua.ly in COIN. Ubcrlptlon to (lie l.onn arerect lved by the National Hanks in United State' notes, or In such currency or other funds as are takru by them n tie posit at par. II r.teiuptioit from State or Local Taxation add from one to three jer cent, per an nura to its value. Tlic ICate of Intereat on this Ioan,althou5h but five percent, in coin i a much prrater in currency a tbe difference between the market value of currency and gold. Aa It u le the five ier cent. sjMcie securitie of all solvent government are alwaya par or above, and cur rency now funded in the National Loan will be worth its face in sold, belles paying a regular arid liberal per centage to the holder. The Authorized Amount of this loan is Two Hundred Million Dollar. The amount cf ubftfrip tions reported to the Treasury at Washingtr.n rp to Jtine 4, has ben $07,01 7, StfO. Subscript ion w'll be received by the Treasurer of the United States at Wn-hinirtoti, and the instant Treasur ers at New York. IWton and Philadelphia, ami by THE FIRST XATIOXAL HANK, IiiliitiitiIolii, IimI., a AM) KV.4LK NATIONAL, HANKS width .are depositaries of I'uhlic money, and all respecta ble Hanks and Bankers throughont tbe country, (acting as assent of the National Depositary Hanks,) will furnish further information on application, and afford every fa cility to subscribers jrl3difcwlw CITY GROCERY. C . L . HOLMES. rriUR is FOHEiCJl9 .f.V 1 0T1 M2S TIC GROCERIES AND WINES, At. 31 West Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind. ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY AT THE LOWEST market rates. 1,00(1 Cocoanut, T5 hvxi i of Lemons. 5 Boxen of Oraniff s. 10 Case of Sardine. 0 3 Lb. Fresh Peacbe. '.(Kl 2 .. M Toniat',. 4(0 " 1 Cove Öyster. oo 4 -tu) Gros Smoking Tobacco. W Chewing J5,OoO Choic Clear. ftO Cases t'lms and Quarts Tickles. 50 Koxe iVesitcrn Kc crveCbefsc. For ale tow by C. L- HOLM KS, J-7i-dlm 31 W-.t Washington Street. FOR SALE, I WILL SELL AT A GREAT BARGUX MY HORSE, liaezs and Harn. Call at tbe ofllre of JOHN H. RF.A. jucfI4-dfit Tost (JHce Building. aTgood investment. FOR SAU!, ix acre of (found well situated one mile from the center of tte city. On tbe frronnd there i a Uriels Yard all ctmplete and in werkln order, with a kiln tf brick already buaed, three good hou-, barn. t 'ties c. Improvement are aoinir on o rapid ly all around thl prr.fierty that there is no question a to it beinn" one of the best paying invesTorm ever offered in this city. In bo part of tie city will property rise o rapidly in value and become o valuable aa this. If de Ired, time a. ill be piven en two-thirds of tbe purchase money. For particulars write to J. D. Lock, box 27 Pot 0ff.ee, Indianapolis. Jel3 d2wltlt FOR SALE. J4Q ngg ßrlck for Sale. I MM ELI ATE LT, either at the kiln or delivered In quantities to nuit. frqnire of Wild, Coval. at the yard utk of the Michisati road and one bait miie onth east of th Iaf and Ihim A'yluni, or at my oCice over No. 13 East Washington ttreet. Je 13-d4t W1LUAM PATTERSOS. MENDING AND SCOURINC. CONRAD FETTE, MESDF.R AND fCOUKER. bas removed to Black ford's Baildin. Fourth Story. No. 24, corner of VVashinff'on ar,d Meridian atreet. All garment entrusted to him will be promp'ly arid Dearly refloated ar.d rrpaiicd. All klait of tailoring and cutting for boy and men. In the bet tyle, on t-bort nt'lice and at low rate Je4-d2m PROFESSIONAL. Dr. A. ii. tEL.HAX, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, TWIENLERS bi profesMona! ervicea to the citiren of J Indianapolis and vicinity. ffiee So. 1 Virginia Avtue, Indianapolis Ind. Jeltj4-dly II. Jl. PICER A: CO., REAL EST1.E ACtiXTS. AND NOTARIES PUDLIC, No. 201-2 North Illinois Street, IndiannpollH, Infi. inylS 4 dly MVIRHiT LOAN H DRUCS, MEDICINES. CiC. DULY, REEFER & Rl'SII, South :ri-icliiiia ist. F.AST ENI I NluN 1-r.rUT. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., WHOLESALE DEALERS (KXCU'aiVFLT) IX IRL HJGtiS, EDIOIET PAINTS, OILS, Varnishes, Dye-Stuffs, GLASS WARE, PERFUMERY AND Fancy oodLs, ANI- PURE WINES AND LIQUORS. WK M'OCLD CALL THE ATTENTION OF IiRl'G -(1ISTS to tbe above estublishroent, and luvjte tbm, when In the city, to look through our ftork. Our Rtods were bought bn rold tri at fl M. aud before the additional Ml p-r eat Increase In Tariff luty, which, we are contllent, w.ll enable u to II jrKdi in our line very low and yet realire a profit. We will du plicate any Cincinnati bill fluctuation, in prirr cen idered. Order are küliclted Jf7'4 dly DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, &C. Webb, nmmm & co srccrKMiaa to WHOLE3ALK DEALEU IN STAPLE AIVr FANCY iw eooi i O T I O i S, ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN Pancy oocls, No. 42 South Meridian Street, (SCHNCLLS NF.W LLOCK.) IMlA.Al'OLlS, INDIANA To our Ciiatoineraand rrlend. Having sold onr entire atoek of Good to VIfi.r. Wehb.Tarkinrton Co.. we take pleanue in r-ctmtDrjd- i: ; them a gentlemeo pis-ensinr ample nieans. lot,e eiperiere in fade, enerry and Irtemtv: and bare en tire confidence that the old customer, of tLe bouse will be aerred as favorably and opon f A term they bavo been ly ns. We trust thone abo Lave dealt with oa will continue their patronare to the new booe Mr Pee will continue with (cr aucceMrs. Thankinr our friecdi for the fTor shown nn In the pa. t. e will be happy to ee theru at our old counting room, wler we will remain for the porprwe cf dos.nr P air tostne ChO.S.-LAND A PEE. Je8-(I3ni FOR SALE. 300,000 BRICK rOH SALK, BT .UcKKRaAl 6l PIERCK. PROFESSIONAL. J. T. JACKSOX. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR ATLAW , Oltv?fnv .W C0RXTEß MKrAN AND WASH P'iiS Indiani. Tel''fTrh HaiM!n.) . IndUna- Vdal attention r;fii ta tke Collection f Arcun, and the t-wrarina- of Government Claim. Satisfactory references riven when retired, my 31 dtf ' II0NEY ADVAIJCED and a,?!7.! "4 tbt WJ. ÜSi 1 D SÖRTH ILLINOIS FTREET, NOSWOOD'S BLOCK (CP ST AIM.) cms?;