, 1864-09-27

Political Feeling Of 7ho AFIny-Grcat
4 hinge Of A=ntIfnr At-Se Ept.- &s1gath1
OF mo army for ttld Abe-1,asunftfu8
Id she 38Ih ilitncla.

GFroIn cur specla1 CORRESPONDENT
In ERoST OF PErsRsnuna, Va,.l
Sept. 1ltb, 1851.
| The rean1is. Of. tue Chicago Convention,
the platform adopted, aud tue nomination Of
Mcclellan for the Presidency. bas been 1nlly
digestcd by the soldiers in the field; rehaye
also read General -McCle]lan's letter Of ac-
ceptance, aud let me assure not only the
readers of the TRIBUNE but the readrrs Of
jeff Davis organ in Chicago, that McClel-
Inn, the hero who has won no batt1e aud
captured no town, except Trenton, New
Jersey, will appe IF non est intensus when the
rtsClt-of the November election Is known.
e,sbie exteni; lid at soma points elections
huvo olrrady'Re held, in order to probe tbs
popular feeling, and We 1ud in evory In
stance that sesen eighth vots Is always for
9.b 9 Az he ele una 1e PG III sis: re ssa 5 to-
take (tou q nautical phrase,) II the haus-
to the "wharf q pe;ct,'' ~,sE:
out comPIomising the honor Of
readers, neEd hot fnnsgfne that the 10th Army
Corps Is alone Represented, for We boldly
state without thelesst possibility Of rcfuta.
tiop, that tue whole 'Army Of the Potomac''
will give large majority for 41raAan4 Elm
es|a as tile next President.
1t will be aafe to admit that Geo. D. Nc
Clellau would have be n q stroog antagonist
had his friends eiyfn him better foot: hold,
but Mt p1eseEt t Is too slipping and insecure
otlust. The Platform ia Of poor material
and not put u? RIGHT.
The commander Of an Eastern regiment
lately told ne that stx officers Ia the resi-
ment who bad openly declared to support
Mcclellan for the Pr 6fdtncy, before tho
Chicago Cony ent;On, had now, after re4aipE
tue articles OF the plAtforn on which hla
81 -r1. ~ =
sronne, and xonld not vote for him under
my circnmstances. It, perhaps, does not
become nc to dcEcant Is 1ree1y On political
matters, being no politician, but I cannot
help giving Issue to the abaVe named tacts,
especially tor The benefit If the sapgulne sup
The casualties in the 30th,. n]iuofs Volun-
teers, tlte' cnly regiment representing. the
State in the or1ny operating before Rlch1ond
for the psst ten d8s g. are as folloWs:'
Edward WOODWARD, private, Co I, wound Of
j JAZZ aisti ". R.pp, private, c., !, killed.
Francis Ii. Patton, private, Co i, wound left
foe,.
Hiram Robinson, private, c.: q, wound lett side.
Charles Ltyaiey, private. Co Z, wound LETT foot.
H. nsnr, Hammond pri7ato' Go. B. wound right
All of the above named wounded are doing
Fifty -four men, whoee time has expired, ]
were mustered out u few days since, and arg
en- their way Aome. Tho regiment expect to
reach bone In time for the November cleo
ti9n, , aqa The p5osYscs + deemed ;eod:
commander, but lately il Command Of the
Sd Division, 10Th Army Corps, met with a |
sad accident on the night Of the 18th INT,
eecah1oned by Lis. horse falling with him,
whereby he received injuries that causea his
atath On the 14th. He received the best Of !
cs,c asa attention at the camp Of the s9th |
I1l4ncie, until the spirit OF the brave and +
patriotic otficcr2ud sxlaier wenled it's WAY |
to TO-, meas(on PREF a1ed for it, eternal in
tE~A writer in the Boston Daily Adytr- |
tiser coy. just what the Nex. York Daily Neus
saye: ;~
'ssince>tbat public letter, General McClei-
Ian has written privatc letters to rartons in !
t1uentfsl persona very different from hla let
ter Of acceptance"
:: Come, let Us have these private peace epi,-
ties Ct Little Mcclellan. Il
appointments.
GEs. PHIL SaER1DANs APPOINTMENTS.
Winchester. |
StrasbuE.T =. /
Fishers HILL =
L5nchhurg. =
GEs. GRANTS APPOINTMENTS. =.
Htldt1 RtKfohd. I
Petersburg.
Richmond. :.
y d1ss. s'HERdAa's Arpo1arNESrs.-
Anef holding p.otnctcd meeting at At
-. Ia.- -, acra lie hopes BY his epistIes to the
Hoodwinked Geor&iaas, to make many CON
versions, General Sherman will take up his
march fo1-he k1swa where.
ADMIRAL FAEEAou7s ArroS1,1EST's.~
MOBILE. -
FoR PhEs1nzS7-Abrahsm Lincoln, Of H.
1inoEs.
Fun Vice PREsFpEsT-AndreE Johnson,
Of Tennessee.
Gen. Sheridan, politician OF the fight.
Ing persuasion, has come out distinctly for
u The immediate cesfatl4n Of hnatilllfea u