, 1864-07-02

that fitty or a hundred thousand people have
come to hunger or dependence upon Lee
within short time; not SO much by Grants
fighting at Petersburg, 50 by the speradons
OF his Generals on different sides Of the city.
BE is now sending ont upon al sides; he
l1as not only Kautz and Sheridan, but Hunt
er, Crook, Avetil, Wilson, Palmer, aud We
know not how many Others, marauding upon
the communications Of the rebel capital
Some Of them do but 3 little; but all have
hitherto done something; and if each COM
mnnd cuts d road SO Us to keep 1t closed for
q week, the question Of johnny cake VIII
surely be one Of great interest In Kichmona-
Lee will have to fight Or run:
TER rosT PARTY AND THE
FAT11FlNDEH.
The Irish-Amerlcan shoemaker who under
took to, press his. joint affection for. the
land of his birth and that Of bis adoption,
by selecting as his motto, -4' Erin e pluribus
unum 60 braggh,' Was an illustration Of uni
ty, homogeneity and clearness, compared
with the new Radical Democracy, as fllus-
trated by their New York attempt ut d rati-
dcation meeting. The audience was made
up Of Mcclellan men and "Lincolnites,"
while the stage was occupied b. the Fremont
and Cochrans party, consisting Of can
didate and three fo1lowers-Cochrane
himself Fremont's absence Is somewhat un-
accountab1e), Ex-Col Zagonyi (of Frcmont's
body.Euard), cr aspiring young gentleman
unmed Gilbert, who does the politics for
Chcevtr's church, and-who else SO appro-
pirate to the erratic character Of the ticket,
the movement and the assemblage?-Dr.
Orestes 4. Brownsoa. The Reverend Doc
tor, having ridden every hobby Of the age in
ethics and politics, at last mounts the bro
ken-winded Rosinantc, Radical Democracy,
and scrambles around the ring to the admi-
ration Of the speck1ed individual in the tall
hat, and with Laughter and applause from
the peanut boys in the pit There is some
thing ludic1ous in the efforts OF the Copper
h=aa press to magnify the man Fremont into
rthe Fremont men;" but the only way In
which they can place Fremont st the
head OF party il BY putting him
at the head Of their OWL And
why nots Never were 4 political fac
ton so dazed, bewildered, confused and con-
founded, so far from their ancient "ways"
and 30 much In need OF = pathfinder as
the t'Democ1acy." In four States their
conventions have adjourned without any
other declaration Of principle than cheers for
Vallandigham, groans for Lincoln and
Grant, and silent prayer for JEFF Davis,
and have gone to their final rest,
| looking with faith like that Of the
Jews Of old. for the light which was to shine
ont of Chicago. But the Chicago light is
snufed out like q ta1loW candle, leaving only
dull smoke and a cheap stink, and 10 out
Of Cleveland the light shines. Chicago, the
sacred city Of til. faithful, has failed them,
and they are now aESing, can any good thing
come out of C.erelands Would that VT
conld tern tho eyes Of the copperheads II
faith to this orazcn serpent Fremont.
The hot weather is approaching
The Democratic hive must swarm
They are all neut7als. To prevent
them from singing each other to death they
need queen bee. Let them take Fremont
out of the cold, lest he perish, and place him
In the Copperhead hive. Mcclellan Is upset.
ting his prospects by talking Just war enough
to spoil him as peace candidate, and Just
peace enough to spoil him IS war candf:
date. When he had chance to fight the
rebels as war man he fought the admins
| tranon as peace man. And now when he
| might have chance to fight the adminstra
tion as peace man he tells the country tc
| put down the rebellion. So t1ot ont Ere
! mont.