, 1864-08-24
Gl)ifa9o Grtbnne.
THB NEWK.

tested.
The military situation is full ofinterest
but precisely ut such stage US to make 1t &c
easy task to predicate results It is certain
that Grant bus hold OF & vulnerable part o1
the rcbtl position in the movement On the
Weldon Railroad. Our loss on Friday was
heavy as was stated in our yesterdays issue,
but it was fully countcrp oisRd by the brilliant
defensive operations Of ours; which cost the
rebels eere loss on Sunday and leave US still
in POSSESSION Of our hold on the eneny'e
communication with Weldon. Gen. Grant
will retain his grasp ut all hazards, and Lee
is as desperately bent on our dlslodsement,
and outofit decisive battle may epriug. Il
will be met with the whole force Of tue army
of the Potomac.
The command Ct tue new military district
OF Illinois is vested in Brig. Gen. Halbert E
Paine OF Wisconsin, who nas fallen at 1orl
In Springfield with great activity, 50 our dis
patch eaye- Gtn. Paine is thorough eoldlc,
and will make himself the terror OF HON,
rtbels, who Will need to hut their holes, BIZ
crushing machinery once well ut work.
We take it that the rebels are lodging tn,
question Of exchange Of prisoners with Dut
prisoners to Charleston, where exchanges a,e
now rapidly going on.
4 very good beginning Was nude last ere
nirg torard the reorganization ef the GAL
Init old N;octeentb, which US home resI-
mcnt should .ematn Its QUIZ perpetual u on
uneut4 Its veteran strength should be at
once filed out by new material recruited
here Another mceting tnAes place this
evening to carry forward this object
The Government securities are still the ia.
vorites Ia the etock mzket, End eos yester
day wire quoted at 11o1G.
The GcfGL6e Of the border cenuties Of the
States north of the OHIO liver will be great
II 6idcd by The fact that owing to recent
rains, tributaries Of tie Lover Ohio hayt
risen vrry rapidly, and tia. the Cumberland
is again Dayjgab!e for good eized-boats. Ex
traordtnsIy rains have fallen at Nashville, Ey
ansv11e, &c. and many Of the small trlbu
tariee :r: pouring out foods. THIS will cna
BILE our gunboats and irop-clsds to resume
their river guard, and the incurston Of guer
i(1as will be dangerous end generally i'm
possible
The dispatches begin to foreshadow tht
character OF the forthcoming Chicago Con
ventfon- Our St. Louis, st. Paul and othe1
dispatches elsewhere bave reference to the
subject. There is also abundant evidence
TINT the rcbels are arxious to put themselves
in the WY Of aiding the general result.
Thus Lee has strong force in the Shenan-
doah, and there arc reports TINT the rebel
General Walker with large raiding force,
is about to inv 4de Missouri.
We gtve In another part Of this issue some
Etrorg facts against the Indiana traitor Voor-
hees, comprising letter from General Car
rtEgton to Hon. D. II. Voorhees,, stating
some circumstances that led him to the con
clu6fon that It was Voorhees, Office in Terre
Haute In which cupits Vi the ritual OF the
secret conspiracy Enown at present by the
name Of "The American Knfchts," Was
found. Mr. Toorhees dieoWnea tine Office,
and demanded Of General Darlington that as
lie hnd published the 1a]s-hood, be should
also publish a reiutaIon Inc General re-
eponds to this By giving few specimens Of
their Other discoveries, which We should
suppose would be quite satisfactory to II,
VOORHEES,.
The nccuratc quotas Of the several couu.
ties will be given In leT days, our own
among them Meanwhile our Springfield
dispatch Of last night 1nresbadows the cut
ting down materially Of fhe before reported
quota Of Cael count.
Official dispatches luve been sent from the
Provost Marshal General at Washington to
Lie Assistants in the several States, advising
them that the draft will take place without
fAil on Sept. 5th. It will BE- this time with
cut postponement. The men are wanted.
It will be seep thst the 1921 Illinois 100
day troops, Col. PIcketts {recruited in Chi
cago Us Col. Housh's) bare re-enlistsd for
one year. A fact that will tell on our quota.
The 1nefan war on the Plains, the final
struggle Of the red man on this continent,
bids fair to assume formidable proportions.
From Fort Kearney to Denver the red skins
have mptters au their OWL way. The white
settlers, the lonely frontiessmen, hare Hed, or
been murdered, and nothing remains to mark
white occupation but the far apart military
posts. The overland stage company have
withdrawn their stock, md matters are at q
stand still A Missouri authority places the
aggregate Of these consolidated Indian tribes
at one hurdrcd thoussrd hehtirg men. It
will be grave u.atterto dispose OF, and not
its lightc6t feature ie the question Of the
1houe*nfis Of white residents of interior set
Elements ard minir. r, gions shat up in non
producing sections tn he exposed to priva-
ton aud suffering ubltss timely relIet from
without prevents.
The 1ebc1s will have gotten large sized
flea in their ours if aft4r ill their sutferincs
for their pct oppression they are to be told
they carnot come into the respectable famt.
j. Of nations under French auspices until
they abolish slavery. Now is good time
for the rcbs to settle The question in all his.
tory aid for Ill time, that their war has
*'rotling to do with t]avery.''
It Is more t1.an ever crrtaip That tue rebels
are in strong force In the. Shcnandoah, and
that stirring news may be thort}y expected!
Our dispatches give very full summary Of
the rebel movement 4nd Operations for the
past few days.
ment is ct the h}gheFt importance, and that
most 60 conveyed by our own letters from
correspondents, published elsewhere. The
rebels in powerful force orc menactng the
comm untcatiops and Eeer Of oug army.
Read what Gen. Seymour says Of the pres.
cnt eituation in the South. aud the duty OF
the loyal men Of the North at this time. He
eays:
-sDtssppointed from the first in not having been
acknowledged by foreign Poweze-mofe bitterly
dieappol1ted III their general expectation that
Northern cowa1dice or dfsscnelon would eecure
tlcis cnde-but sfnCc chance remaina.
and that ie The result of ou, ne1s election for Fes3.
denf. HaDemocrat tucceeds to Mr. Imcoln they
psotefs 10 feel sure of negotiations, and sure Of
tne.f Consistency. They believe Democrat will
be elected In Mr. I.ncolut& reelection they see
only suhjugntion, annihisaslop, fur the war must
then continue, and continuance is their failure and
min,
In military Aafre 1t il au excellent ru1e meyer IN
do whnt the enemy des!res-1s 1t not equally true
In politics Certain It is :bar tie only .sn7tain9
Aepe Of tue South lies tn Ar Ldnco.n's deteot..'
THE QUOTA OF o.t0K COUNTY.
The quota Of Cook county will hardly be
under 4,O60 men unless itt tncdi.te and sys.
temstic steps are tatrn to purge the enroll
mcnt list Of the nsn.s Of aliens and other
c2cmpte. There arc enrolled nearly 10000
namee. when tu truth there are few more
THAI sc, ,ad0 men 10 Tue 6ouaty, legally SUBJ
oeet to military du'y. This county contains
y:st Prep .ri{cn # unnlturAIized foreign
els.
a citizen said TO us last night that in the
shop in n hich lie worked thtre were twenty
mep, and but two of whom were liable to
the draft All TIE others were slicns,
Another Ecptlcmau Said th4t in his shop
were fifty men, not tn Of ~hoin were sub
sect to conscriptlon, Int rhe NAMES OF all
a,e down on the enrolment lists, 4 third
.cit3zcn informs us teat~ There th1rty-thrca
hoarders where be lircs, aua of that number
Ava are liable to the draft, while the
.%-nntv,Afpht are erro1taa