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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29
The CAUCUS MEETING.

HE tAutUS GeEiiNu-
The procs iiags he Republican, cauaus i.,aot
ing are thus briefly narrated by the special Of Ii
HeTa!d:
Last Tuesday tho Republican .ue.nbers OF tho
s0nSta inst ca.ch, aIiJ, afttr s4iSu OF toQT
hours. turiuH waigf s-ysfai Seuatora naia fierce
attacks uron Secretary Seward. making him
ApCns,bie i1T defeats sIia dec airing that ta.
country Was tired IF the present conduct oi The
wa, soiis'on Wss offered by !jena or Grimes OF
Iowa, GsclHtiig ami oi csntiiencc IN Secretary
Seward, and requesting the PresiceD; to Jve
him. This was passed by svote of shirieeil y6aa
10 eleven nsya. A ioag dis1usai01 entered
into, srrator srmner 'asking A lengthy spesch at
t9csng Tho foreign u pi0D,Acy ot Secretary Seward
Others were 1g@te 10y Senators sherman, Trumbuii
" aie, &c IL was eha.g.d ths, hewaid's policy
nu3 q Fabian oae-that OF delay that he hasS.,l-
coIraseI McGleiian Ia his delays; that bis idea OF
surrounding the reb is adelusion that he VI ~
respoufihls for ssndng the Banks x,it diGn sway
10 the Guii ns.e,.d f The Jahes river Thsy then
adjourned over 10 Wednesday, whun after the ~:
journn,ent Of tho Senate. ;hoy Resumed thor con
sultations.
Senator HaYrix amended the resolution, to read
That. in tho judgment Of the Senate. u recon
strug tion Of the Cabinet 0ond iacIuaBs the cont
dsnee of tbs country
Senator Sherman objected because this was 100
bread, that Secretary Chase would resign al once
If that was passed.
Senator Fessenden then sncnied il to rs al a
per thl ,sconstraetion," and upon that the resoia
sioa passed. and committee Of st formed
Afterwards Senators Howard ai.d Harris were
sdied, making it nine.
Ca Thursday Senator King Informed Mr.. Seward
OF tho action OF the seaaia and he ana Assistant
secretary Seward at once sent TO the President
their resgnations. On TIuraaay evanag the
mittee OF nine waited the Progid3n M and laid the
matter before him. No Result WAS acrived at, but
speeches wers made by tbs ensmies Of Mr. Seward
III which he was denounced in unmassurod terms
The committee teiired and ieit the mater in tho
Bands OF the President, believing tha; it was ell
right. The committee from tho Senatorial caucus
~ere Invited by the President to NEE. him at the
White House on Friday evening. on their arrival
they found tho whole Cabhei there e1 1eeutiog s.ere
tary seward.
The President introduced tho subject and stated
the object of the committee.
eecrstxry Chase at enes stated that ho did no,
come thsrs 10 be arraigned by Senators
Hsslator fessendsn aaid lac did not came there to
sTraign any ons.
The President said ihay were all there 90 an
equality, and invited an inter change Of opinion.
Senator HaSria s.ated that hs was not a parsonal
friend Of 6edktary seward, though formerly law
partner and thought there were u large number Of
Republicans who would rel ,ee At his leaving the
Cabinet. while an equally large number were la
favor Of his remaining he thought 1t would he
impoliiio aud uncSlsd Tor, bseAnss he quietly op-
possd any changes.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29

i buSsai %h-t --t'H Sdtus,.y i--ora,ag last be-
teesn " ai.A "'a:ocb Archa. sjaye Of II . wood
'7aIi entered the Houae IT aar tihsriat Cam, b.ti
81 bdh"y, wish lhe widen; Intention nf ,e5 .,is ,l
.'sni'-c1 IL. 8s@ heard ty Nr- q. r. ae entered,
:ar window, who 'ugased ~ Ao's iLsrst' no
.fa"ar .. lag retoised. la dTst h, Ylsto TIE aa.,
sSins flee! = the aes:as a'm jast ~ he eb9 ,e
ant, iId'etinG varY pg-inf,A wound Thu Negro
Was sub3FqEant'y arrested aud ssi.t T. "a. i!-.fieo
jail Tor thai il that county.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29

C0Hidf4t Sla7sd i3cd Irta.asnt.--Al the 9rjveta,
ni '"nsosny ID, C@paia k.s:tia, .:0th V,rgiaia het
tai n SECOND DIVISION nups lines ~er' olaae. IN
der rest on yesterday ard io 5gai ia tae Faster,
District military p'.A;n, charged with mutiuau Il.
conduct Ine ca use If their alleged uu ncu.
demonstration Wa ii" III .reatlafn 4 the bat..ss
commander, MAJOR Deiaxne!. This officer is him
sa!f undergoing tt.a} Oy ongtt ,la.t,si
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29

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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29
THE ADvAvCE UPON RlCHMONp--AS AMENDED
PROGRAMME oEnHHaL BUResiDEs MARCH DE-


LAYED.
iFrom the Philatel phia Press, OF Nov 3!
The military authorities At Washington have
determined to make diverniou III "a different
quarter from that now occupied by The Army of
tbs Potomac, The vastBess of this army, with
lis III, sent contracted lines and strong p0st,on
renders IL available iar operation in var'ous dl-
raeiions, according l., the cesigua of the Com
niard az in Chief The Ia t.st ons Of oar mass
,iutpg gnished Il sneIas hsa expressed the opinion
that tn take 4chiaJud Row must Temporarily
divert the enenlys attention from hia fortified
base of cpsf ,tlons, il, we think, enough 10
rant "a in ihe beii3f that no Immediate advance
nlon Richmond W i'll BE- gDad. from Fre5erieka-
burg. The approaches By wfter - the rebel cap
itsl are many, aud good lhsi scarcely knew
which might prove tho most advantageous 10 eass
aa expedition Ike that which fs.led tho pelii-
suia should onco Mora be sent ag sinst Riahmoud.
The attractive bats to ihs rebel leaders to he found
at various points along tho Southern coast are 40:
aiuring enough aud II eoaxing will not bring tho
rebels out in their strength must Whist force
will do. The question then occurs from what point
shon'd the foree ba applied and who shali maae the
diyersionf For such demonstration we hase
choics Of thrsa points emln.ntiy eligible; |. By
way Of York river, landing at West Point, 30 mllea
below Richmond By way Of James river, landing
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29

mAj0TEFon Cong tne Aruy Of lta Potomac.
ISCoLs REFUSES To ACCEPT EURhsipE's REsG
NslIts.
Burnsife arrived in Washington On tbs 2)tl s.a
ten lerei his re i,gaati"u, vviri lincoln selusrd to
acespt Blfniia lett for The army Of the poto-.
mac On the I'D
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29

A-8tVN'TfEf' tF~
Lincoln has just is31cd !hs following al rsss to
the Yankee srmy. IN which it VIII bs saen h. At
tributes the reee.; deiea, al ETei rcksburs 10 az
ei3ent
EN.vUTtyy
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-29

ANoTHEa sTATEnE-T FROM BURNSIDE
WAsHa.GTns. Dec. 90 Tue following has h.a :.
Tsco ved 1t Headquarters
HtADQ's ARMY OF THE PoTDNAC,
December % 1902
CHIEF.
III my report to you OF the I9-iI icst thn rualber
of wouudad ~as etated n aaout COZ, aud sbo
number ca,ving hospital ty-a -atment ct & 30
Both q. these are acnng. On the authority o.
Dr. Letteglusn, oui Medic Il Director ! IastIl th,
whole number al wounded a bctssern SIX aud
thonssnd ani sbont h,,lf OF .heso are rl-
caivtng treatment in hoJpit!l.
{Sign4d) A. Z. BuRNslDE,
Major q 5!gaF Al t:0n!lusn..ina
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17

with Stats on top to get air. The man was
confined thus for several days. tainted,
sneered at, and fed like wild beast in a car
avian. After being on exhibition, the heartess
ruffian put his victim aboard of a steamer for
Memphis, and labelled the cage thus IAN
Abolitionist. To Abe Lincoln, care Of Sew
ard
Advices from Batesville, Ark, to June Z,
state that twenty-four Union men, including
two Methodist ministers, were hung by the
rebels at Bayou Metro, sixteen miles from
Little Rock
member of the Massachusetts, 18th, after
describing the terrible sutferingS of their re-
cent forced marches i'll Virginia, says his
breakfast that morning consisted of coffee,
with a little meal. He speaks of the capture
of venerable goose, while on the march, as
an unusual run of luck, but its extreme tough
ness caused the soldiers to believe that it
might possibly trace its existence to the days
Of the early settlement of the country.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The great feature of Barnum's recent
BABY Show" in New York, was Il child of
Mr. Clarke, of Cincinnati, eight months old,
which weighs only one pound seven ounces !!
All the limbs are perfect, and the natural
functions correct in every detail. The ankles
passed, without difficulty, up to the knee.
The mother states that her small son sleeps
regularly, nurses freely, and is perfectly
healthy.
The Salem Observer learns from reliable
source that a case of death by cancer in the
mouth and throat recently occurred in a
neighboring state, which was no doubt caused
by excessive smoking. The deceased was a
gentleman highly respected and esteemed for
his many virtues. His sufferings were most
dreadful; at last the cancer eating into the
jugular vein, soon terminated his life, His
age was 80 years.
Street railroads in Cincinnati do not make
very profitable returns to the stockholders.
Official examination by the council commit
tee shows loss to the companies in the two
years and three months they have been in
operation of $50, 1928.
A tradesman in Wilmington, n. c., an
nounces that he has just received some of
Coats's spool cotton, which he will sell to la
dies making soldiers clothes for fire dollars q
dozen spools. ''No person allowed to buy
more than one package"
In southern paper we find an advertise
ment of the Confederate States Bible Socie-
ty," or, as an exchange calls it, the ''Confed-
crate Bonnet Board Bible Society" The So
ciety appeals to the merchants of Georgia to
send in old paper boxes and bonnet board for
use in binding Bibles and Testaments
Mr.. VIM. Everett, youngest son of Hon.
Edward Everett, who has been for some time
member of Trinity College, in Cambridge,
England, has recently gained scholarship
after a severe examination in classics and
mathematics.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17

The LIFE OF GEN. NATHANIEL LYON, BY
Ashbel Woodward, NJ d., Hartford. Case,
Lockwood Co., publishers.
This is one of the books that ought to
be written, and DR.. Woodward has written it
well. We can do no better than quote and
adopt as our own the following account of his
part Of the work. mo better selection could
have been made for biographer of the heroic
and lamented dead, than DIR. Woodward He
is a native Of the same place, and has ever
taken deep interest and an honest pride in
gathering up the memorials of the worthy
sons Of his native town and county. Besides
his requirements, literary tastes and expe-
rience as writer, his special studies in his
tory, biography, and geneology have given
him peculiar qualifications for writing such a
work. And when we recollect that 1t was I'M
dertaken not as a task but as labor of love,
with a cordial sympathy with the subject, we
have been led to expect a work of more
than common merit and interest and we have
not been at all disappointed. We have read
1t through with constantly increasing interest
N-NN ~ bAhAiAliB " VIC NlOots Iut olJlc is
simple and lucid, the language chaste, there
Is an easy flow of the narrative the events
follow IN their natural order, and the descrip-
nons are often spirited and graphic. Almost
as matter of course there is a brief nara
g tI1 OIL the events in which Lyon participated.
linus we have very interesting account of
the FLORIDA war, Of that brilliant enisode i,
our history, the conquest of Mexico: of wild
scenes and adventures in California and ~
the far western frontiers; and finally of the
stirring events connected with his short Inn,
glorious career in Missouri. In this resnect
the work is no mean contribution to our cur
rent history"
We need not speak of Gen. Lyon himself
Our readers all know who he is, and how well
he deserves to be gratefully remembered and
admired by his countrymen. The book is Q
duodecimo Of $50 pages, and is embellshet
by portrait of Gen. Lyon and several ether
appropriate engrayings. 1t is sold exclusive
~ by agents, and VIC learn that Mr. z. G. Co.
rey is agent for this county.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17

An intelligent gentleman direct from Gen.
Halleck's headquarters, imparts some highly
important and satisfactory information in re-
gard to the present disposition and intention
OF our army which lately occupied Corinth
| He states that Gen. Buell., with an army of
10000 men, embracing two divisions of his
original corps, and all of Gen. Pope's forces,
Is in close pursuit of the rebels under Gen.
| Polk. AT last accounts he had reached
point below Guntown on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad, which is the next station below Bald
| win.
Gen w. L. Sherman's division is on the
| Memphis and Charleston railroad repairing
the bridges and the track between Corinth
and Grand Junction. The bridges over Cy-
press and Tuscumbia Greeks are heavy Jobs,
and will consume some days. Gen. Woods
division, of BuelPs corps, is repairing the
bridges over Bear Greek, 26 miles east of CO.
rinth, on the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road. Gen. Thomas has 5000 men in Co.
ninth, acting as scavengers. They are Civ
ing that town and surrounding country a
thorough renovation. Gems. McClernand and
w allace are at Purdy, with 10000 men. The
railroad from Corinth to Jackson, Tenn, is
being rapidly put in order, as also that from
jackson down to Grand Junction; so that in
any emergency, before the completion of the
bridges between Corinth and Grand Junction
troops may be forwarded without delay. Com
munication by railroad with Columbus, Ky,
is expected to be opened in few days.
This we regard as Il most important work,
for the Tennessee river is getting so low that
in week or so its navigation will be difficult
and dangerous, and will prove an insufficient
means for the transportation of army sup
plies. 1t is extremely probable, also, that its
banks, during the summer, will be infested
with guerrilla bands, who will find but little
difficulty in preying upon the government
transports. Hence the importance of a rail
road communication between Columbus and
Corinth. Eleven locomotives have been cap
tured by Gen. Haleck, four of which are in
perfect working order, and the others not so
badly damaged but that they may be easily
repaired. He has also captured large guam
tity of rolling stock. With good road to
Columbus, well guarded, as it will be, the
transportation of supplies to the army will be
speedier and more complete than by any 9TH
er method that has been adopted.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17

CAPTURE OF ANOTHER STEAMER.-A cor
respondent Of the Boston journal on board
the United States gunboat Chippewa, off Will
mington, writes under date of June 4, as fol-
lows =
The Mt Vernon, Capt. Gleason, has Just
come over from fort Caswell with the informa-
ton that the State Of Georgia has captured
the rebel steamer Gordon, owned in Charles
ton, and sent to New York. The Gordon is a
fine steamer and can make her seventeen
knots. Eight of her crew jumped overheard
from the State of Georgia and tried to escape,
but were recaptured, and the crowd on the
beach, which had collected to receive them,
were shelled by the Victoria, dispensing them
They soon returned with litter bearing off
two killed or wounded. It is aSceytained from
the GordOn'S crelc that an iron steamer reih
ten or fourteen A1Dsstrong guns as fitting out
at Nassau, and about ready to conrey the sir
on Secen small steamers into this port. 4
yfght may soon be expected. The North Caro-
lima propellerwhich went ont about twO months
ago, was to be back the tenth of this month
She took out cargo worth about Sl50,0OO
and is expected with heavy one in return.
She is owned partly in Wilmington and New
York"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17

WE suggested the other day that in GER
tain contingency the appointment of the edi-
tor of the Boston Courier as military governor
of South Carolina might be suitable one.
Though the contingency was exceedingly re-
mote and improbable, the suggestion caused
an unusual fiutter in the Courier office, and
has been made the subject of several elabor-
ate articles. We must have been hasty in
making such a suggestion, though never more
serious. 1t seemed at the time that if the
policy of military governors was to be in the
line of Gov. SANKEY'S conduct-favoring the
slaveholding class, of whom nine-tenths are
disloyal, at the expense of all the rest Of the
people Of whom large, if not an equal, pro-
portion are earnestly loyal,-some persons
holding such views as the Courier advocates
might consistently be sent to South Carolina
and the other insurgent states. We are
bound upon reflection to retract the whole
proposition. Gov. Stanley, so far from ex-
employing the policy of the government
usurped authority which he has already
&c ased to exercise. Military governors will
never be allowed to pursue such policy
as he made haste to initiate, and which all
the pro-slavery papers at the north made equal
haste to defend. But if it had been other
wise-lf, unfortunately, this great cause were
to have been for time burdened with men in
authority whose sympathies were all on the
side of slavery-we should still hesitate long
before suggesting an excuse for giving power
in the direction to which the Courier turned
with such alacrity. When we reflect how
bold it was, many months before the war be-
gun, in classifying the position of the new gov
eminent and of the people on whom it rested,
how jealous it was in finding excuses for the
secession conspiracy, how persistent it has
been during the past year in depreciating the
patriotism of our own Massachusetts,, and
disappearing the great underlying senti-
ment of the government itseh-we should
hold ourselves guilty of great wrong if we
recommended those who control it for any
thing-even in jest-lest some dull blockhead
should think we were in earnest.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17

AN OFFICERS OPNIoN.-The Boston
Transcript publishes the following extractfrom
private letter of an officer of Gen Burn
sides division, who has seen active service at
the south during the entire war:
''The idea of most here is thatw are play
ing war. We treat rebels with absurd lenien-
cy, of which they take advantage, and then
ridicule us. Cancellation will never bring
back the south. They must be beaten, slave
ry abolished, and their country held with an
IRON hand until the next generation has grown
up educated to anti-slayery IDEAS As long
as there is slavery here, the south will seek
to leave us. see no difficulty in emancipa-
ton. Laws compelling free negroes to work
for themselves can be more easily enforced
than laws compelling them to work as slaves 4;
and many intelligent shareholders admit that
negro will work hard for the money value
of his food and clothing, and save part of it.
while he will shirk all he can when made to
work for them alone.
There is plenty of work for the negroes, if
freed. They are vain, but not indolent, and
can easily be kept at their proper level. 1t is
not true that they do not imagine themselves
free unless freed from labor. They are all
willing to work, and understand the necessity
of doing so for living. The United States
made good bargain by engaging them at IS
a month. It's not charity, it's economy.
Their old habit of Sinking clings to them for
while, but when they feel the pinch of want
they work hard enough. They are more acute
than the white population here, and the sutler
tells me that all the silver and good money is
in their hands. They are better financiers
than their masters, and saw the danger of shin
plasters sooner. The North Carolinians hate
the South Carolinians better than they do us.
and are reconciled to being beaten, if South
Carolina can be made to suffer as she de-
serves"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17
TUESDAY. JUNE IL. 1869.

JUNE has sometimes been called the month
of battles. By accidental coincidence, prob
ably, rather than by any special favor which
warriors have for this over other months,
many memorable and bloody engagements
distinguish its annals. Bannockburn - at
which 1.-THE English nation suffered its great
est overthrow since the Conquest" Naseby-
at which the fortunes of Charles First got
their death wound; Marengo-at which Ma
poleon virtually closed his triumphant cam
paign in Italy; Waterloo-at which he closed
his campaign in Europe and the worldi Sol
ferino-at which the question of Austrian op-
preston in Italy was settled; are among the
June battles which stand foremost in the liter
AZURE of war. In the Revolutionary war the
battle of Bunker Hill was the first which
fell in this sanguinary month. Eighty
seven years have passed since that historic
day. The country has grown in population,
wealth, and power till it was one of the first
in the world. 1t had a safe and beneticent
government blessing every freeman under its
flag. Commerce, agriculture, manufactures,
CNSAN VI lloHCSb dCllNllN
were pouring wealth into the general treasury,
and into the hands of every man who had
skill enough TO ride upon the tide. With all
these advantages and inducements to peace,
small portion, educated in contempt of all
free institutions, involved the whole peo-
pie in deadly and wasting war. The an
niversary of the morning Of the seven
teenth- of-June of revolutionary memory,
finds the nation again in the presence OF
great battle, between armies such at the
continent never before beheld. And, like
the great battles which have in former
times ''incarnadined the green fields of June, 3"
this one promises to be the last of the war.
Driven from every strong position the au-
thors of the rebellion have chosen during the
fourteen months they have been waging war,
they seem to have taken their last position for
life or death at Richmond, and to have gath
cred together so much of their available force
that if defeated here, they fall like Lucifer,
never to hope again.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-06-17

Mr.. SLIDELL IN PARIs.-A late Paris letter
says; "Slidell and his family have recently
become constant attendants at the morning
service Of the church of St. PHILIPPE de Roule,
the Catholic church in the aristocratic parish
OF the Faubourg St. Honore, which is the IA
vorite worshipping place Of that exemplary
and pious lady, the Princess Mathilde. The
American chapel is within stones throw of
the ambassadors residence, but neither he
nor any of his family have ever yet darkened
its doors; and probably DR.. McClntock prays
too eloquently and fervently for the suppress
sion of this foul rebellion to suit the 'suscep-
tibilities' of the rebel minister"