, 1864-06-30

Coppcrhcads on tho Great Postpone
Inent.
The grand retreat Of the Conservative
Union Democratic Party" is commented up.
on BY tic press Of that "party' very yari
ously. 1t is thought good, bed or indiaer.
ent, wise or otherwise, according to the sub.
division Of the "party" which the editor
represents.
The Journal cf Commerce, the organ Of The
Mcclellan quasi peace fiction, pitches its la.
ment on yalorous key, but owDs up thus
The Democrats have made ead blunder, and
~ faeld Ms f7st N7e e iat'xnch,aenks 10 tbs enen1y
1u'ttake Il is Idle 10 conceal 1t, TOR now the only
hope If IN getting some wisdom into the heads ol
i,aa tas mapageEt who sppesr IS 10 old times to be
Another Democratic Committee q tn the de!d, ,and
It iB hard to cay which Ia the real authority taare
y sn5 authority. Unlers the Democracy iook o..
nr wto vii M ,n amohs aous
tn doniey race, TIC question acM b scho shal
soe es1sa = "a 1o' no one ''i'thsns Of usnniag By
We urc Of the opinion that the prophecy
Of the J"arna1 Of Cv,.H.eres will be fulfilled,
whether the Democracy look ont" or look
fn-the1rs win be race or. uvnas... :. .-..~e >
The New York Daily Ne1ax, tho organ OF
the peace faction of the North, and OF the
war faction Of the South, says: -:
There is every reason why basty and -prcma.
ture nomination should be avoided 81 tho bemoo.
nominated their candida1e, and the War Demo
c1ats at Cleveland have nominated their candidate
VIC can watch their maneuvers. search for Their
well " tEeir errors as BY knowledge Of their i'd
Tie New York Ford, (malignant Copper
head,) says:
TO lay down platform, and define a policy In
advance Of events certain to have controlling
It was given TO no human foresight to descry, wss
deemcd, by engacIous Democrats. to be iuconsfet-
ens With That wise aud 1nasterfy inactivity which
tanned On which It shon1d be based.
The Louisville journal, u recent purchase
of the ''Dcmocratic party" and the organ
Of the miecegen'" Institution'' In Kentucky.
says:
I'VE think this step. ali things considered. l.
wise. The Ch4trman OF the National Committee
ttates that the step IL taken 'in Difference to The
detire Of very large nuder Of the leading rneu.-
throughout the coanir1" This Is % anaaesl spa5iy y
true: aLd among these 1cidlpg conservatives, as
re tnoR, a5s the friends of Gen. Mcclellan IN
tee written application for tic posipouement
only day two before the dste Of this aunonnce-
ment. 1t is not improbable that thla application
A1&&a0A4&CA hAE AtAuu u tuE lOultu1tAGa.
How General Polk was Killed.
From rebel prisoners we learn some high
IT. interesting particulars concerning the
manner OF the death Of Bishop General Polk.
On the afternoon Of the 14th, Polk aud Har-
dee rode to Pine Mountain for the purpose
Of making come telescopie obaeryatlons Ut
our Lines. At the time brisk artillery fire
was golug on between tue two armies, but
no engagement Of the Infantry. The rebel
Generals were On foot ut the time, having
left their horses out Of range. The artlller-
Isis Of the 4th Corps. observing the party,
fired ut them, but failed on their marx, ~
they were protected in measure. Another.
battery Of the same corps, but some distance
on the right, got raoge on the party aud gave
them q discharge One Of the projectiIes
struck General Polk, says my informant, on
the left arm about the elbow, passed through
his body, considerably mangling it, and car
rying of the right arm. :; The unexpected
circumstance occasioned great excitement
and consterbation among the Generals and
rebels in the vicinity, as could be plainly sc III
By some Of out" troops. though the cause Of
the confusion Was not known to them ut this
4 eho1t time ago, signal officer by fhs-
name Of Eluke, if remember the name
rightly, discovered the principle of the rebel
81 stem Of signals, which enabled him to in
terpret what was transp1rlns along the enc
my's lues. The discovery and Eeg to the