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escaped nom LynchburG tho 10th and made their way
here-M. v. Sweet. First New York cavalry; j. H. An
dcrson, First New York cavalry; r. j. Reader Fifth v-
ginia cavalry; H. Pennman, First Maryland antry.
They report that the following named oficsrs re-
NAMED ~ Lynchburg, with large number Of men, all
OF whom were suffering greatly for want Of proper food
Colonel Miller, l47th New York Volunteers, slightly
wounded Maj Fos bes 2d Massachusetts, cavalry slightly
wounded; Captain Il. G. Hutchinson 9Th Massachusetts
Volunteers, wounded; Captain A. II. Heer, 2stn Ohio,
wounded; Captain J. D. Luden, sth New York heavy
artillery Lieutenant Lewis, 18th Pennsylvania
cavalry; Lieutenant J. H. Kidd, lst Maryland
artillery; Lieut. IL j. Hamilton 10th New York; Lieut.
A. PickenTaugn, 9th West Virginia cavalry Lieut.
Emery, "a Massachusetts cavalry wounded Lieut. Burns,
18Th New Jersey Chaplain Humphrey ID Massachusetts,
cavalry; Lieut. g. W. Cront, Tooth Pennsylvania Lieut.
g. Harrington, 18th Connecticut very SICK A. J. Hast
nss 7th Pennsyvana reserves Lieut. j. W. Coorc, 9th
West Virginia cavalry Lieut.. H. Long, lst Maryland
Lieut. W. II. Mathews, 1st Maryland.
Nearly al the foregoing captured the goth Of
June, IN the Shenandoah valley.
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HEADQUARTERS, Army or THE PoroNAc,
August /, 1854.
flag Of truce ls prevailing, and party have gone
out to bury the dead and bring In the wounded
The number is represented being quite large.


The regiment which was blown up by Gen. Grants
mine In front OF Petersburg the First North Carolina
regiment, formerly OF jenkins brigade and commanded
by Colonel Hagod. Al the time Of the explosion II
bered but two hundred and nfy men, having boon badly
cut up In previous service.
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CHANGE IN THE COMMAND OF THE ARMY.

WASHINGTON, August 2, 1864.
II currently reported that arrangements In pro.
gress for again changing the commander OF the Army OF
the Potomac. General Meade Is not mentioned In
nection with any other command.
The reaction consequent upon the anticipations Of q
great victory at Petersburg by
received OF the which attended tho commence.
ment Of the assault has created feeling of temporary
dependency which not warranted by the actual sua-
ton Although that assault proved failure, yet II
not by any end the campaign One OF the princi.
pal Of the hesitation the part Of the troops
which led to the disaster, the belief that
had taken possession Of the soldiers that the hill which
they expected ake and which they could have
TAKEN and which commanded the rebel works and the
town. and could have been held, had been previously
mined by the rebels For this the troops could
not induced to finish their work. and decentralization
was created which lost the Of victory when it
within their grasp
General Grants confidence In final s not les
sened BY this REVERSE and only delay, not defeat
6nal victory.
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BALTIMORE, August Ia PM
PUBLIC FKKIlSa BALTIMORE AT THE SEws FROM GRANT.
Two classes Of people divide the public feeling here
day occasioned by the stirring character Of the
from General Grants army. ! the loyalists and
tho rebel sympa,hizers II Is difficult detect each
visits the various places OF popular resort and
the stores, have had ample time to do to-day while
awaiting the departure Of the steamer for Fortress Mon
With the oyalists all b wnsome joyousncss that
General Grant has been enabled 70 blow up the rebel
works, the recent great explosion would seem to
imply The expresson sovorng tho whole case, often
heard al wish Grant could get few hundred tons Of
powder under the rebellion q whole, and blow II oil
up at once aud thus relieve the country Of this great
and exhausting burden Of intestine war;" Among the
oyaiss Of thIs city, and hear OF the State, she events
transpiring Petersburg in which our armies
participants held to be the fortunate
augur,es we'll grounded and proxmae final success,
and joy thereat with the wish that
il may be 80.
THE sEcEsmoxrrs,
on the other hand are despondent and sufficiently
svnce their gloomy feelings 10 their long drawn and
sober vsagcs less than In their regrets disclosed
In conversation, that their rebel allies should have
been SO badly injured by the Union chef.aD, and
the rebel warriors blown from earth 10 eternity with.
out vouchsaemept Of the customary mouons Of death.
AGAIN
Joy 10 theirs they eagerly ponder over the news re-
ceved this afternoon that their Allies had sustained the
shock or the with better than had been
tcpated and that they had rcgainsd all that the expo
sion Of the mine the incident Of wrenchng from
them by reason OF Grants sagacty and scumen.
LITTLE ouTERiks
OF these misguided and starred may be every
where throughout the city, anxousy awaiting the hour Of
rebel success and bitterly bemoanng the reverses that
are falling thick and fast upon.he arms with
which they unwisey identified They are kept In
heahful Of the Union sentiment and the instru.
ments upon which that sentiment s founded as upon
solid rock only by the influences generated by the de-
csive rule Of The commanding general Of the depart
ment.
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Hxr. VIM. II. stiner's Despatch.
FORTRESS Moxnox, August 1, 1sl

nn BAyrLE BsroRx rkIKRspuRG,
the 3oh ultimo, which full have bean
20 the HERALD, should have been successful but
there several things connected with II which, for tho
present st least, must remain unexp sned unless our
authorities At the War Department choose make the
same public. BY this do not mean to say that
army has been defeated but did gain all that
promised by the undertaking. is useless repeat
that the Army Of the Potomac n tho .6nest the
planer AZ this fact Is as well known household words
The lighting done by ,bom saturday heroic but
there loose where and the machinery,
though In good order, did not work @up 10
the bandle" To who never Witnessed the spring
Ing u mine such sight s most interesting. The pen
Ia too feeble instrument 10 convey adequate idea
OF ts terrible grandeur In despatch Of the soh, In
front OF Petersburg epdeavored TO describe the
but could not do justice. Your several correspondent
who werc also the spot and attached the different
corps havo this furnished the details OF tho Short
though most brilliant and stubborn Hght Of the
Az present everything has assumed its wonted quie
tude but our foes need think that General Grant
remsins Idle He has provided Tor svery possible
tnaency, and viii be and doing when they least
pect H. a. .Mv.t
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The Weather at Cape race.
sr JoHvs. NJ n August !, 1851
The weather this nsoroiuz Ia beautiful NIHa "''@
thermometer TO-
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Yesterday morning President Lincoln, accompapiei ~
Mrs. Lincoln. little "Tadr BrirAdier General Ramsay
Chief o tue Ordinance paartmfnt, Che Justco Casog,
Captain g. fcx, Assistant cre.sry the Navy aud
several cesprlss arrived here from wasnins.on
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Nttp'llprk Daily Gribn1Ia
MONDAY. NOVEMBER II. 1864
TEE TREEtt Ne.

Notwithstanding the enormously increased
expenses attending the publication OF TINS
TRIBUNE, occasioEed b. the employment
of numerous army correspondents an other
liberal expenditures, as well az by the ad-
vance in the Grice of paper and other materials, we
have resolved, for the present az least not to IN
crease the subscription prices Of either Wec'dy
or Seni-Weekly papers but to continue TO furnish
them at = and -, respectively per annum; being
The same prices which were established more than
twenty years ego, when the cost was OILY abont
one-third Of what il is at the present time Ow
Terms will be found below, and we wish II 20 Nc dis
tacty understood that ~ ihcse Terms will be
strictly and literally adhered to, and that no DINER
s6stcments OF discounts than those menio.td VII
DO allowed in any case Whatever.
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THF END OF THE BCHLEsWiA
HO1sTEIN QUESTION.

The Schcswg- Holstein question, which, dur
ing tho former part Of the year. threatened TO
become Que of the most serious European com
plications, has been finally solved by treaty OF
pesee signed at Vienna on the Both Of October
The treaty still needs ratification by the Danish
Rigsraad, but no one doubts that TINS ratllca-
ton will be given, and that thus the cause OF
the long Ceud between Danes aud Germans viii
be permanently removed.
The detail, Of tho treaty do not materially
differ from the articles Of the preliminary peace
which was agreed upon by the beliger'nt
powers several months ago. Denmark ccdes
the three duehies OF Schleswig. U0lstein end
Laueaburg to the victors and pays TO The
ducties fixed sum for their claims to the com-
mon property Of the former Danish monarchy.
Schleswig and Hostcin will be held by the
Prussians and Austrian5 until the German diet
shall have decided the rival claims of the Prince
of Augrstenburg and the Grand Duke o. O.Gon-
bug 70 succession III the two dIchi,S. Thi' do
cisou al undoubtedly be respe 81 b. P.aS-
STA, Austria and the European Powers generally.
The little Duchy Of Lauonburg, to which neither
of the two German sopereigns just named lays
any claim, is likely to be annexed TO Prussia
in accordance with the vote OF the Dit OF tho
Duchy.
While this question was constituting one Of
the grave European complications We discussed
1t in sll its aspects, and we therefore deem 1t
superauous to recur 10 it again. division OF
Schleswig on the basis Of nationality, and IN
accordance with tie preference expressed by
the majority OF the people II the several d.
tricis ana towns would have secured the ape
proya Of most European Liberals. Bat even
with the present solution the question j. not
likely ever to recur again. The number II
Danes in Schlcswig who prefer annexation 10
Denmark Is comparatively small, and unable ID
cause any serious trouble in future.
The treaty Of peace may, therefore, be r.
garlcd as another step toward a permanent
solution OF the nationality question, in which
the Progressive party Of all Lirope is deeply
concerned. Fox in proportion as the f,I.s
shout the rights of nationalitic~ are settled, nd
theflonticrs of Europoanco are readiusted
in conformity with the actual extent of ths
different nationalities. the greatest obstacle O.,
the success Of the Progressive parry OF Europe
will be removed, and an important battle IN -
war aga.ns, monarchy and NJ. tocracy viii have
been won.
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There is rich story current, whereof The
substance H. as follows:
The Rcuel States by secret prcconccst had
their Legislatures in session on the 18th inst, ana
each of them chose itsquotaof Presidential Flee
tors. as though they had never assumed to seced'
from the Union. These Electors, in case Their
aggregate vote would suffice TO give Mcclellan
majority over Lincoln, were to assemble on
the first "wednesday in December and formally
east then votes Tor Mcclellan aud Pendl,ton,
sending them Oh to Washington IA due form ana
5acking them by delegations ~ either House
should that be deemed essential. Then wnci
The day arrived for officially counting the votes
aud declaring the result, the entire Opposition
of all shades was to insist tina; Mcclellan an
pendleton were duly elected, and, il this we've
not conceded. break up the session in a row,
and ipauclratc q civil war from one end OF the
country to the Other, the present Rebellion
merging itself in the newer and more iornd-
able. jeff. Davis, Lee and Beaurtgrrd bcccni-
ing alike licutcnants Of Mcclellan.
This story Is unsupported by published fact
and i essentially incredible. We receive }.
only as tie coinage Of some fertile b.ain, musins
and breeding over what might have been. II II
has even a shred Of fac. beneath ii, that fact
must become apparent, and We shall await with
il, irrest lis deveIOpmqn'
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N,w YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY NOVEMBER a. 1864.

Of dollars. without q dollars compensation to
the city. We all know that Mr.. A. T. Stewart
oflcIod TO pay into the City Treasury two mil
lions Of dollars for the privilege OF running a
railroad in Broadway-thc same privilege which
the Legislatures Of the last ten years have in
vain boon importuned to make present OF to the
eminent city political firm Of " Peter Griese Il
Company" There are from four to six million
dollars nj least in the Public Market" pro-
gramme; while the value Of the "relief" asked
by the Gas Monopolies can be easily guessed
from glance at The stock quotations Of those
Illuminating gold mines. Ali these facts, with
propcr and exact details, should be collected by
The Citizens Association, and laid before our
conscript fathers at Albany, so that they may
vote with understanding member having
the fair and full price Of his vote 10 the pocket
of his "next friend" before allowing that vote to
be recorded.
In this manner we think, the machinery
Of the Citizens Association may be made
the means Of much Notwithstanding the
Dlunder of Manhattan Island with lib
rra and just baud TO Asscmblymen anu
Senators over the whole face Of the State,
instead Of allowing it, as heretofore, to be en-
gro,.ed by few prominent and only too well
known individuals. The newspaper press should
also Join this great moral and reiormdtory cru
SADIE, aud insist upon having its rights III every
measure Of the mature to which we have re-
c.l1cd. II would be far more COMFORTING Win
tho dignity of certain of our cotemporarles 10
make The bargains themselves and turn the pro-
cecds into their stock account, Tor the benefit OF
MI the parties owning them, than 10 continue
their present. system of giving small salaries to
their Albany orrespondents," and allowing
them to exc out their hotel, cigar aud etceIera
bis rs "poor fifty dollar devils"
We purpose continuing our system OF pract''
cal admonition and suggestion to the gentlemen
COMPOSING the Citizen, Association from time
lo time. as occasion warrants; and IN our next
,crecd Of doctrine on this subject will refer at
length TO the proper action to be taken with rel
.ranre 70 the whole Board OF COuncilmcn and
lhe half Board Of Aldermen TO be elected next
month let IL, above all things, STUDY ana
labor TO have gentlenaniy fellows every
whr-c-"the chaps who come 10 strike You Tor
not less than a thousand dollars;" and let us all
unto m the next Charter Election TO get nd OF
these poor itly-dollar devils who are AS
much the disgrace OF our public lite a. they
were the private nuisance Of the gentlemen to
whom wc referred above. We shall thus have
lee,ators at Albany and in the City Hall to
whom We may point with pridei and not the
least advantage Of our system will be this: that
., cach viii make his everlasting fortune in
single session, they will thereupon forthwith re-
tire and give room 10 other " gentlemaniy icI-
lows who will 90 10 and do likewise
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obliged to confess that the constrained rcouc-
ton Of the volume of Confederate Currency has
not increased its value--on the contrary, that
value has all but ceased to exist. He says:
Tho currency demands the immediate and the graves
consideration Of Congress. Upkssa rnuor% ona "no~
rdIge ran b. Gtpsn 10 tie Incspry Notes HetD0' 70 oay
on NJ, ,car through their insfrHmsnai''g uf o. heofssng
be oJapdopsd Acquiescence in its deporabe dsprecn
tion + 10 com, the ruin 20 which 1t leads hvn"
end ir frr dollars in currency the prce oDiahed io
one hundred dollars in six per cent bonds slEot 20 az
dollars ony specis aud to eel The bonds NJ MS fa'9
IN reality TO dispose of them at nnoiy lour per cent as
conlt o. in other words 10 gre bona q one hHhaf"
doVgr, in consultation Of he loan Of sir e0t'dr''
That is to say, in the Secretary own words
The Ccnicderacy now receives barely SIX ooliars
for every hundred which il adds TO its debt, ana
the actual value Of It's Treasury Note promises 10
pav sIOo. is no more than "a. The solder Who
fchts for Sli amonth receives (or ,ronld receive,
if he were ever pad) just A. cents per month; the
Member of Congress gets Fay $40 per day Tor
his services and pays so per day for his board
and there is not a clerk or other cmplcy6 in tho
pul,ic service who can honestly subs,st on his
.slary. Meantime the Army steadily dwndleS
from desey,ion and the hardshipS of the service,
and there IL 40 reserve whence TO recrui, II. Tor
the desperate experiment Of freeing AID aiming
me negroes is given up--not from dc!crerrc to
the ..-hts OF the shareholders, but bccausc il Is
-ccu End felt that. though negroes will fight and
i.gh, vel. ihcy viii not iish,i" uphold Slavery.
so iicrc is open discord between tho President
and Conret, between the President and
tho Pres. between the Confederacy and the
States composing it-bc,wccn everything alt
everybody that cJnspitc 10 make upthe Conied-
icdcrn,c States Of America il the whole con-
cou is not on the brink Of collapsc and hope
less ruir, then the signs Of the times arc utterly
.fe'u.tye
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anything save dscreditable and compromising
barguia with the psrjured aud crazy children Of
Treason!
The people have now passed thcirstern and de-
liberste judgment upon all the expeden,s sug-
gested by fanciiui and dissatisfied men. They
have declared that, in their hearts aud minds.
peace, for its own sake is by no means Of tho
FIRST consequence-that only an honorable and
decisive peace is desirable-that patchwork and
compromise arc out of the qucston-that only .
complete aud permanent restoration ofthe Union
is worth having-that war may be bad. but po-
liticsl witlessness is worse-that men who have
proved radically false are not TO be trusted. SO
we enter upon new phase OF the war, undc'
the sanction OF another and a more solemn dec.
laration, and we believe that the intelligence o.
this fact Will strike more terror to the soul OF
Jefferson Davis than could ten thousand thou
sand soldiers armed in proof and led by George
y. Mcclellan. The most fanaical Rebel must
now see the utter desperation of the adventure
in which he is engaged. His only chance wa
in divided. discouraged and panic-stricken
North; and If he is capable Of judging Of the
influences of public events, his hopes must now
be blasted forever We are united. We are fu'
of new strength We have taken fresh courage
These are, indeed, portents of a certain if not o.
. speedy peace--of peace which will not make
us ashamed, and which will bring with it ma
tional integrity, prosperity aud honor. So let
US enter upon the future, secure in the right
eousncss of our cause and with an undyins
trust in the ultimate triumph truth in all hui
man atTiirS
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Ger. Mcclellan has resigned his commission
There can be 10 doubt Of the fact whether the
formal evidence Of il has or las not yet reached
the War Department; and he isto presented TO
the new Legislature Of Now-Jersey as a candi-
date fof he United States Senate, for six years
from The lth Of March next, when Mr.. Ten
Eyck's tenn VII, expire.
Hereupon an intrigue is on foot to defeat hia
election by an uuaolmowledged olanee be-
tween the UD.onists in the Legislature and GER
tain intensel. Coppcrheal wirew0rlers, against
which we enter timely warning and protest.
Our friends cannot NEEDLE or mix in this busi.
ness without permanent discredit and damage.
We are quite aware that the initial aspect Of the
intrigue con.empates the reelection of Mr.. Ten
Evck. or the substitution of some other Unionist,
against which We have nothing to say. Ii the
disciples OF Vallandigham can give us three Oh
four votes f0r Mr, Ten Eyck, let US accept them
with due gratitude. But the slightest political
experience should suffice TO convince any one
that this viii not work-that our new and
stran 90 allies, after some more or less earnest
effort. will declare themselves unable to secure
the requisite votes for Mr.. I. OF any one like
him, land will beg our folks to vote for some
Wall or Holsman, under the specious pretense
that the defeat of the regular candidate by such
a combination will distract disOrganve and
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Ensfwar,i from sIianfa.

From Atlanta TO Augusta. D. railroad. Is III
NILES. From Augusta 70 Charleston. 80 miles. Prom
Atlanta TO Mic0l 100 mile. I.lm Macon % S-yIl.
nah, 40 miles From Augusta 10 Sayannlh -! uila>.
The county from Atlantis coward Augusta is g'its
rolling. and. in places, roc,y with plenty Of quail
streams AMI sp-iu, aud abundance Of wood and forage
for IN army. II is rally well settled farming country
There are but few swamps. and the roads generally
are good The only serious distractions lh0. the ia
hshitanis could place 10 the way OF army worll %
in the destruction of tho bridges ihe Savannah at
Augusta. II they DO that The army could tnrn il, NJ
tenton first upon Savannah instead Of Charleston or
coad ~ bridge The river without my ,crous delay
The country between Augusta and Ga estoa IS an, -
good cs toward Atlanta. Part Of u l. inhabited ~
poor ".ndhiIers" and par. Of it IS very 'paIsy in.
hab,cd. From Banchyille-the poiri whore Tie ra..-
roads from Augusta and Columbia unit'-to Charles
ton. o. miles the country IS very fat with good deal
Of swamp and in time Is 20 mlasmatc thai sei
Elements sparse. though there are soGc large plan
tations and when cotton king there wcro rect
many slaves kept at work upon all the dry fpos of i'
swampy region. 1t is not bad one 10 march 'Lruneh
IN cool weather 1t would lie deadly IL Slnmcr. In
mcdatey around Charleston the land is yory nd sandy
or swampy.
Tho road from Augusts TO Colnmhis, thc capital %
South Carolina If the ridges which are gene
rally low. sand hills and small streams the Dor
dcfs Of which cultivated by small cotton planter lHi
farmers. who keep good d,alof stock. and have plenty
OF grain nud sweet potatoes. The C'asaree River -
Colunbia. Is respectable sized mill stream nothing
more and 20 is the Watoree. eastward OF u, and 80 40
tie two Pedees and i army ever has TO march non
Augusta 10 Wilmington il will find no serious ob'iruo
lions IN the way except in time of high water. "he'
every small stream oycrhows it, low banks and cOv'r'a
broad swamp Tho whole way + good country i'r
an niny to march and subsist in The distance iFon
Augusta to Columbia Is ABOUT eighty miles. and ron
ColInbia 10 Wilmington. \, c.. about two hundred
miles Some of the richest cotton planters OF sou'h
arolna found along the rivers, Which such anirca
would cross
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Illustrate The Democratic party. 1t will do no
such thing, but is Ear more likely to demoralze our
own. Wenrge, therefore, as the dictate alike Of
principle and policy that the Unionists should
select candidate of their own faith and choice,
and adhere tohim unlinchingly tothc end. This
blowing with all mauncroi strange heiicrs Is the
certain way to keep minority party minority
forever
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NEWS From EUROPE.

By the arrival Of tie Peruvian and the Nova
Scotian We have FIVE days later news from Europe.
The English papers almos. unanimously con
eur fully in tie justice Of the verdict against Muller
Muller persisted in protesting that he was iaaocen,
His execution was to take place the lth Of Novem.
bor.
The effect of the commercial panic in England
IL beginning to be shown in the Board OF Trade return
The expors OF September show an increase OF siiee
Only. a. compared with the same month last year;
while the increase for the first niue months Lad been
orsr nineteen million sterling
Tae final conclusion of peace between Den
marx and the two grcs, German powers has at length
tssu aided. I've different articles o. tie SessS