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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

The Washington Star Of Friday evening
says that General Grants army occupies pO-
sitions in Piney Woods. upon the outsk .rts
| of Petersburg, which were not long since
in the possession of the rebels, including all
| their works on the south side of the Apo
matt0x river, constructed previous to the
arrival Of the advance of our army to those
| points.
These positions entirely command the
town of Petersburg and the railroad COM
munication through Petersburg-.the only
one between Richmond and Weldon-the
town being also commanded by the enemy's
works on the north side of the river, and,
therefore. not to be occupied by us so long
as those works remain in the hands of the
rebels.
For all practical purposes our guns stop
all continuous communication by rail be-
tween Richmond and points south of Pc
tersburg.
General Butler has effectually destroyed
about three miles of the road between Pc
| tersburg and Richmond, twisting the rails
so that they must be recast or rerolled be-
tore they can be again used, which they are
not doing now.
So long as General Grant elects he can
hold the enemy thus by the throat at Pc
tersburg, his camps being perfectly healthy,
with good aud abundant water for the use
of his men. and entirely secure commune
cation with his base of supplies at City
Point. From his present position he can
move at will toward the south, with say
twenty days supplies, compelling Lee to
follow him and risk heavy engagements on
unfortifi, d ground, as he must, If possible,
prevent the eventual total destruction of
his rail communication with Weldon.
On the north side of the James river,
Hunter and Sheridan have effected results
Ofimmense importance in their bearing up
on the campaign, having effectually de-
stroyed all Lees railroad communications
north, the railroad to Lynchburg and the
Virginia Central Railroad He cannot make
them again available this season. They have
also consumed and destroyed all the supplies
remaining in Virginia in the valley and
between the two Annas and Washington
City. which, together with the destruction
Of the railroads last referred to, renders it
impossible for Lee send any respecta-
BILE force nOrthward.
The rebels in and around Richmond are,
therefore, restricted to the use of the Dam
vile road. of the destruction Ola part of
which by Hunter we may hear at any mo-
ment. That railroad is of different broad
gauge from all other Virginia railroads. and,
therefore, no machinery adapted to them
can be used upon it.
In word, Grant, by his move south
of the James. has cut Lees rail commune
cations in all directions, except via Dam
vile, which. as yet, are incomplete and can
not be available for the receipt of supplies
for his army from any considerableT
of country. In achieving this important
result he has placed Lee in situation in
which he must not long hence come out
from behind his fortiications and risk bat
tie OF 4 fair field orabandon Richmond and
Petersburg.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28
BOUND TO SEIH1s W1rE.-On the passage

BOUND TO SEIHIs WIFE.-On the passage
up the Kanawha river few days ago. of a
party OF the Thirty eighth Ohio, man
named Humphreys leaped overheard and
swan ashore. Passing by his home, he had
asked for permission to stop few minutes
and was refused, when he rushed suddenly
to the hurricane deck and made leap for
the river. Rising to the surface, he struck
out bravely for the shore, amid volley of
cheers. and reached it safely. The boat
passed on. After having kissed his wife
and dried his clothing, he mounted horse
and in fifteen minutes passed the boat,
shouting Justify to be taken on. At the
next station it vas done
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

PRESIDENT LINCOLN and his youngest son
left Washington last Monday evening. on
the ordnance steamer Baltimore. to visit
General Grant. it is reported, and to see
how affairs are progressing on James river.
W dshington Intelligencer.
Why did not the President go by the
overland route. for which he has been such
a stickler? He insisted that General Grant
should take this course. and removed Cen
eral Mcclellan for trying to go to Richmond
another way. 1t will be remembered that
in one of his characteristic letters. he asked
General Mcclellan, "Wherein is your route
better than mineY" If so, why don't he
travel by it?-Bu6dlo Courier.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

The Ohio Legislature, at its last session,
passed bill appropriating one million OF
dollars, to be given to Governor BRoUGH to
provide more effectually for the defense OF
the State against invasion. To provide
IN ,ney to meetthis appropriation, the Sink
Ing Fund Commissioners were to borrow
the amount on the faith and credit of the
State. We have never heard of the mon
ey being borrowed, but we have heard
that about $l25.00O have been drawn from
the treasury, and from other funds. under
this one million bill. For what purpose,
how, when, and where this amount has been
expended we are not informed, but presume
1t will be accounted for when the Governor
makes his report to the Legislature.
The money was appropriated to protect
the State from invasion; but it will bother
the people of Ohio to lay their finger upon
an instance where these expenditures have
In the remotest degree aided in effecting
that protection. Has it been used in equip
ing or paying the National Guardsp They
have been turned over in body tothe Fed
eral Administration. by which they are
used a thousand miles from the border of
Ohio. The State has no longer any author
ity over the Guards; they have been sworn
iHto the United States service and moved
of, leaving the State with less protection
from invasion than it ever had before. The
State has been in no danger of invasion,
unless it was from JOHN MORGAN on his re-
cent raid, at which time the State authors
ties had not regiment at their command
with which to repel an attack, had the ma
rauder chosen to invade the State. Was it
the intention of the Legislature to appro-
pirate one million OF dollars to pay the
transportation of her defenders out of
Ohio, and have the State thus left defense
less?
This seems to be the construction placed
upon the law by those who have charge of
its execution. Already $l25,0O0 of this ap-
preparation have been expended, in the pur-
chase ofarticles in the "oI en- market" There
have been 10 advertisements for propo-
sails for artillery or cavalry horses, ac-
coutrements, clothing or other equip
mems. Has there been any compe-
titiopxrequested or allowed in furnish
ing the articles for which this sum, drawn
out of the Treasury without an appropria-
tion, was paid /? Or has . loyalty !" been
the only thing required of men to get
STARE of this enormous tank OF puplc pap?
The celebrity and quietness with which
$4,000 of the one million bill have already
been expended induces the belief that the
whole sum will vanish, even before it is
borrowed, before it is publicly known that
the State Is in the market and before the
unsuspecting people dream that they are
In danger of invasion. Us
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28
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The Meeting of the Chicago Con-
yention Postponed tiIl August %.

Atameeting of the Executive Committee
of the National Democratic Committee,
held in New York. on the 22d day of June,
1864, It was voted that in Difference to the
desire Of very large number of the lead
ing members of the Conservative Union
Democratic party throughout the country,
the meeting OF the Democratic National
Convention be postponed to Monday, Au-
gust 20, 1864, at twelve o'clock noon, at
Chicago.
AUGUST BELMONT, Chairman.
FREDERICK o. PIERCE. Secretary.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28
Rebel secret Agents to Europe.

From The Manchester Guardian. June 81
The Harriet Pinckney, Captain Johns,
bound for Liverpool, put into Milbay on
Sunday evening for COAL She left Bermu-
da May Is, and brings one hundred tons of
tobacco, seven hundred and three bales of
cotton, and seventy thousand pounds in
gold, chiefly on account of the Confederate
Government.
Ex-senator c. c. Clay, of Alabama. and
Mr.. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, left
Wilmington in the Thistle. and after arriv-
ing at Bermuda started for Halifax. 1t is re-
ported that they are engaged in the secret
service Of the Confederate Government.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

THE Washington Republican, states thai
the important speech of Senator Wilson, In
which he stated that within year we had
put into the field 100000 new recruits and
re-enlisted men, was suppressed by the tel
egraphic censor. This accounts for the fact
that the country heard nothing of it till il
appeared in the Washington Globe. Why
should the War Department wish the facts
suppressed?
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

Mr.. C. S. Fiske writes to The Tribune to
expose what. if he is correct, are most
dangerous frauds in the building of the
iron-clad Naubuc. i'm Brooklyn. He charges
that the iron of her buttom is "of very'in-
f"rior quality" and of different tllcknessPs.
1.-The tin sheets being battered OIL the edges
to make them appear Of the required thick
ness" The quality Ofthe iron in the boilers
is he says. 80 inferior that the flanges could
not be- turned. and consequently the corners
had to be patched" The woodwork of the
hull is in part of poor material, and of care
less workmanship. The water-tight COM
partments are so arranged that the slightest
carelessness in handling a valve wheel
would sink the vessel, and the cOmpart-
ments, he asserts. are so far from being
water-tight, that if they filled while the
vessel was pitching, the water would GER
tainly get displaced. and fatally destroy her
balance, when she would of course founder.
These are serious charges, and demand
the closest investigation. An iron-clad is
useless unless she is constructed of the best
material; indeed, such vessel if she is
weak and of faulty construction may not
only fail us at critical period, when ma
val defeat would be most disastrous, but she
would pretty certainly prove grave to
the brave crew which manned her. YES
sells of this class are exposed to the most
terrific trials; and even weak bolt may
cause the loss of the ship. What shall be
said, then, of bolts so loosely and carelessly
riveted that some of them have been pick
ed out with the thumb and finger alone, and
others with small hammer and punch?'
The builders ofthe monitors have recent
ly petitione,l Congress to make up their
losses, sustained, as they claim. by reason
of the great rise in the price of iron, and
other materials. after their contracts were
made. But if they give us worthless ships,
the nation will come upon them for DANA
ges, and with cause.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

THE Abolition organs contain the best ev-
idence that the postponement Of the Nation-
= Democratic Convention was wise and
ssgacions measure. Those papers howl and
rave about IL like disappointed wolves.--
They have suddenly become greatly inter-
ested IN the Democracy, and argue learned
Is that it wonN have been best for the par
ty 70 have had the Convention come off at
the originally designated time. These dis
Interested cDunsels are truly amusing and
quite satisfactory. They show conclusive
" that the postponement completely out
banked the Abolitionists, and turned all
tbeir lslosiously prepared plans to nothing.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

The Cincinnati Commercial appears anx-
ious to have somebody shot. 1t thus sug-
gests the execution Of newspaper cores
pondent to Gen. SHERMAN, either from In
herent meanness or malice:
The New York Herald, of Thursday last,
contained dispatch from one fits cores
pondents with Sherman, embodying news
so clearly contraband and valuable to the
enemy, that we presume Sherman will
cause him to be executed as spy.
There is nothing in the dispatch alluded
to that would justify the expulsion of the
correspondent, much less his execution
We shall look with some interest to see
whether SHERMAN accepts the generous
suggestion of The Commercial.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-Just as we go to
press an alarm of fire is sounded. 1t proves
to be st. Columba's (Catholic) Academy,
which is in flames and will be destroyed.
The young lady boarders are all safe. But
little furniture can be saved. Particulars
on Monday. Loss heavy vy-Zanesrille Courier
Of lSdturLaj. ~
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

THE Navy DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIONS.
Senator Hale was to submit his report on
Saturday in regard to the investigations of
affairs in the Navy Department. An effort
will be made to postpone action upon it un-
til the next session. 1t will be very dam
aging document in the coming presidential
campaign.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

DURING one of the engagements in front
of Petersburg. soldier cried out to Gen.
WeitZel. who was with the skirmishers,
General, Johnny has got me prisoner!-
Come out here and save me-" The General
sprang out. presented his pistols, released
the man. and brought in the rebel, who
begged him not to shoot, and was astonish-
ed beyond measure when he learned the
rank of his captor.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

WHAT AN INVENTOR DID.--The Brussels
carpets of England are woven on looms in
vented by an American and bought OF him.
Bigelow, an American, went to England to
study carpet weaving In the English looms,
but English jealousy would not allow him
the opportunity: He took piece of carpet
then combined, calculated and invented
the machinery on which the best carpets Of
Europe and America are woven.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

1t is not Improbable that by the time the
National Democratic Convention Is held the
shoddy party will have tumbled to pieces,
abandoning thecoptest to the Democracy
and the Fremonters.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28
llEM0CRATIC STATE TICKET.


Fox Secretary Of state,
WILLIAM w. ARMSTRONG,
al ''a OF Seneca County.
s B supreme Judgess
4 iti7 (FoR FULL TERM,)
rHfLADELPH VAN TRUMP,
OF Fairfield County.
(ro FILL vAcANcIEs.)
Long Y acancy. .,s
MACHIAS 9. WHITELEY,
OF Hancock County.
Short Vacancy,
ALEXANDER s. BOYS,
a OF Highland County.
y Attorney General,
|e1g LYMAN r. CRITCHFIELD,
M OF Holmes County. rH
iaf comptroller Of the Treasury,
~ WILLIAM s. ". PRENTISS,
'3 s3 OF Franklin County.
school Commissioner,
i- ALEXANDER s. RAMSEY,
OF Hardin County.
~ Hoard of Public Works,
(FuLL rERM,)
S. WILLIAM LARWILL.
.asi7 OF Ashland County.
W (FoR vAcANcY.)
"a CHARLES BOESEL, 50
OF Auglaize County.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28
Matters AbOut Petersburg to NnOn-
day Night, Nine o'clock.
From the Petersburg Register, June II

IFrom the Petersburg Register, June gil
To-day, about one of the longest in the
year, passed over Petersburg uIibroken by
scarcely an incident worthy of note. In
stead of being a stormy day, it was one OF
almost unbroken repOse. A few shells were
| fired into the town, and fell, without doing
any damage, In different localities, without
much regard to the points Of the compass
| Rumors even were less plenty than usual.
and met with much less credit than usual,
for everybody seem impressed fully with
| the belief that the defense of this vital point
was in the hands of those who, by the bless
| ing of God, will hold it against the vandal
host, now threatening to take it by the
throat. With the little firing going on, OF
either artillery or small arms, there must
ha, . been but a small list Of casualties to-
day.
LATER. M
ELEVEN P. MA walk to Bolingbrook
HILL the eastern point of Petersburg proper,
! from which we have just returned, only re-
vealed to us a valley, and the hills surround
| ing it, enveloped in sulphufOus canopy.
| Struggling musket firing was heard in a
southeasterly directions showing that sharp
shooting, or picket firing, was going on
fcebly and family. Artillery was as silent
| as the grave. Before closing tonight, we
will venture on one speculation, to wit, the
enemy willnot attempt to get to the south
of Petersburg. We have our military rea-
sons for thinking that he knows better than
to try that movement just at this time.
REBEL DOCTOR KILLED.
from The Petersburg Register. June sll
1t is with sorrow and regret that we are
called upon to record the death of another
of the gallant defenders of Peter sburp, Dr.
William Bellingham. who was wounded in
the hip In the intrenchments near this city
on the memorable 9th, expired at one
o'clock p. M. yesterday. DR.. Bellingham
was a native of Delaware, had lived in Pc
tersburg since 1852. and had gathered about
him troop of friends.
GEN. sHERIDAN's MOVEMENTS.
tFrom The Petersburg Register.l
RICHMOND, June 20. 1864.
Sheridan is isreported to be at Hanover to-
day, moving towards James river, with the
remnant of his command. The capture OF
the entire party is confidently anticipated.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

TIT 16Sth and l71st regiments of the Ohio
National Guards, captured and paroled by
General Morgan, Of the rebel army. the
Cincinnati papers state, will be reported for
duty, the parole being irregular. General
Hobson, however, is said to regard tho pa
role as legitimate one, at least as far as he
u individually concerned, and threatens to
resign rather than return TO duty before he
Il formally exchsnged.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

A LONDON actor. named Seymour, re-
Gently made his debut IN All extravaganza,
and was much applauded. In the fourth
scene he fell OH the stage in a fit, and died a
short time thereafter.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

BRECKINRIDGE WEEPs.-A late copy of
the Richmond Wing contains the following
affecting paragraph:
The BRAvEsT ARE THE TENDEREsT.-The
first tears shed by Gen. John c. Breckin-
ridge since the war were shed on Friday
night. Sd inst- OH account of the death OF
his sfayorite horse, that had borne him since
the battle Of Shiloh.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

"AGATE," the Washington correspondent
of The Cincinnati Gazette writes bravely
and eloquently, but, perhaps, ifhe were to
find hmselfin the midst of battle, he might
prove run-agate.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28

SEVEN thousand people have died of star
walton at Santiago. Almost as bad as re.
connoissance'in force at Petersburg.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-06-28
INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY,

ana Kichmond.l land hichnond
Trains leave Columbus daily tSundays excepted,
as follows:
FIRST TRAIN; (vIA DAYTON AT las A.
M. arri, es at Xena a. 345 A. NJ, Dayton at $40 A.
NJ, Richmond at 6:35 A. NJ, indianapolis at 9so A.
NJ, Chicago at 1886 Z. NJ, and 81. Louisa s9o r. NJ.
SECOND TRAIN, tVIA. PIQUA)-At A. NJ;
at Urbana for CLYDE and Sandusky, at Piqua for ~.
WAY e, Toledo and Detroit, at -Greenville for Union
City, Muncie, &c., at Richmond for 1t gan pc rt and
Ch> >cago, and at Indianapolis with trains for Terre
Hau e, Lafay ette Chicago Springfield, Quincy, dc.
arrives at Xenia at sos A. NJ, DAYTON At $3.50 A.
connecting at Richmond for Loeansport and Chica-
g, and at lndanapo is for Terre Haute, Lafayette,
Chicago. Springfield and Quincy.
FOURTH TRAIN. VIAPIQUA)--At1l:sO A.. NJ;
col meets at Milford for Mary:vile and Springfield,
at urhana for Belleontaine, &C., at Pqua for Union
City, at Richmond for LOgansport aud Chicago and
at indianapolis for Louisville, st. Louis and Chi
cago. ,, ..,.-, .
FIFTH TRAIN, (vIA DAYTON>-At 1850 A.
Nj arrives at Xenis at 1858 p NJ, Dayton at 800 p.
NJ, chmond at 5:2e r connecting for Loeans a.;ns
port and Chcsgc and at indianapolis for L0uville,
st Louis and Chicago.
SIXTH TRAIN, (PIQuA ACCOMMODATION
-At5P. NJ connects at Urbana for BelefOntaine,
and at Piqua for Lima, Toledo, Detroit, Ft. Wayne.
THROUGH TICKETS
For sale, tc all the principal Western points, at as
low rates as by any other route.
FIRST CLASS SLEEPING CARS ON NIGHT TRAINS.
u. u. BIGELOW,
General Passenger Agon Columbus, ..
HENRY BROOKS, 81.
Ticket Agent, Union Depot, Columbus, o.
Columbus. June ~. Is64-dG
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Macnulay's Picture of the Church
I'm the Hands of Politicians and


i'm the Hands of Politicians and
Statesmen.
Whom, in all the Church's History, has
the following eloquent utterance of Ma
cAULAY had a more remarkable realization
than as seen to-day in the Protestant
churches of the United States. Let it be
remembered that this sad picture may be
actualized just as truly under the rule of
the mob as of the monarch. and under the
form of voluntary casting of her Lords
crown at the feet of CESAR as of.violent
coercion and subjugation by CEsAR's
sword:
The Ark of God was never taken till it
was surrounded by the arms of earthly de-
Tenders. The whole history of the Chris
tan religion shows that the church is in far
greater danger OF being corrupted-and
thus retarded rather than furthereG--by the
alliance of power than crushed by its OPP
position. Those who thrust temporal SOW
ereignty upon her treat her as their proto-
types treated her author. They bow the
knee and spit upon her; they cry Hail, and
smite her on the cheek; they put a sceptre
in her hand. but it is a fragile reed; they
crown her but it is with thOrlls; they cover
with purple the wounds which their own
hands have inflicted on her, and inscribe
magnificent titles over the cross OH which
they have fixed her to perish in ignominy
and pain. at