The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-22

burg at the latest advices. 1. IL not certain
that the assault was renewed 90 Monday.
Petersburg and Lynchburg are the vital
points Of Richmond, or Of an army tSat at
tempts TO hold that city. And while all the
stru gle RACES at Petersburg Gen Hunter 10
repotel by the rebels near to Lynohburg.
with fifteen thousand men," He will doubt
less cut both the railroads that reach Richmond
from that point. We have the report that Lee
had sent Ewell's corps against Hunter; but it
is doubtful whether Lee places sufficient rei-
ance on the Petersburg intrenchmsnts to send
corps away at this time.
Hunters operations will give new light to
the Petersburg struggle, and it is probable
that General Grant will also operate from Ber-
muda Hundred in such way as to compel Lee
to elect whether he will hold Richmond or
Petersburg. II he chooses to hold Petersburg,
as he probably will, it will take every man that
he can command to do ii. And while Grant
can then seize Richmond, he can also, by his
present position south OF Petersburg, shut up
Lee in that place as effectually as Lee would
have been shut up in Richmond II Petersburg
were in Grants possession.
The Peace Faction Organizing Ter the
Campaign.
Fernando Woods Peace State Committee,
with some twenty or thirty noisy outside poll
ticians, including messengers from the peace
men Of Connecticut, New Hampshire and one
or two other States, met at the Aston House
yesterday to resolve themselves into i'm
portance in the Presidential campaign. We
give elsewhere q report Of what they did and
said, to which we refer readers for the details.
The peace party have been for some time past
decidedly under cloud. The public had
almost come to the conclusion that they we're
demolished by the hard blows that have been
administer ed to the rebellion Of late. But,
whether dead or not, they, after the eulogy Of
one of the journals Of the shoddy party yes
terday morning, resolved themselves into
existence, and declared that they should
have something to say about the Chi
cago Convention, Its nominees and the plat
form. The first step in their programme is the
holding Of q mass meeting OF the peace democ-
racy in this city, on next Wednesday, for the
purpose Of making such demonstration as
will frighten the Chicago Convention into re-
cognition of their claims. To accomplish this
end several committees were appointed to get
up and conduct the mass meeting, with view
Of making it as much Of a success as possible
This point accomplished, committee is to be
appointed to 60 to Chicago and press the doc
trines and peculiar tenets of the peace demoo-
racy Of this State upon the consideration Of the
Convention.
This gathering at this time has its
significance, and in measure compli-
Gates the Presidential campaign which
the country is now about entering
upon. In fact, the daily occurring events
and the manipulations Of the politicians
are constantly increasing the embarrassments
Of the canvass. The Times and other organs
Of the shoddy Lincoln party, realizing that the
Fremont party have made q dangerous flank
movement upon them, are DESTROYS Of counter
acting in some way its effects. To do this
they have started the dodge of praising the
peace men, and are endeavoring to work them
into as much prominence as possible, in the
hopes of getting up flank movement
upon the opposition party, to Offset the
movement Of the Fremont organization set
on foot at Cleveland. To accomplish
this Raymond came out yesterday with
leader denouncing the moderate and
Union democracy of the opposition party as
mere temporizers, and declaring that his Sym
pathies were with the peace" element Of the
party. This is too plain trick to deceive any
one. Knowing that the discussions and
wrangles over the Cabinet and the spoils
in their own shoddy organization bid fair,
with the Fremont movement, to bring q dis
astrous defeat and complete rout at the polls,
they are now laborng to create divisions
among their opponents by encouraging the
peace men, and urging upon them to bolt and
repudiate the Chicago Convention if they do
not have their own way, knowing very well
that if the Chicago Convention swallows the
be heard Of at the polls. The question now is,
will the delegates at Chicago follow the ad-
vice Of the organs Of the shoddy party, and COM
NIT suicide by such course, and then get mp
double flank movement on each principal
partyf
1t must be borne in mind that these peace
politicians assembled here yesterday under the
summons Of Fernando Wood who has his own
axes to grind and schemes to carry through.
He played bis game shrewdly at the gathering
yesterday, and ioiled every attempt made to
force him to commit himself, pro or con-, upon
the Chicago Convention. The shoddy organs,
in eulogizing the peace faction, no doubt are
prompted by what they understand TO BE- the
expectation Of their master at Washington:
that Mr.. Wood, under tho fawning and latitude
given him, will really rspudists the Chicago
nominee, and trot out peace candidate, and
thus make the race for Lincoln an easy enc.
But they may find themselves disappointed in