, 1864-07-06
:0l)ifa9o Gribnue.
a. Grant did not spend the Fourth of July
1h2ichmond. He did not promise to do sf

~ol1' AAGAAo WILL FlUORU1J 10 HI NQlcATQ+
Nor will he allow the other rebel movement
down the valley Of the Shenandoah to Har-
pcrs Ferry 10 engage his attention, but will
leave that to Others Be not impatient We
shnll in due time haye good account from
The stupendous operations against the rebel
capital.
Grant was, as yesterdays adyices report,
making ready to shell Petersburg, and for
other warm work carefully in preparation.
The rebel raid on the Upper Potomac is
something more in proportions than was at
drst allowed. It will, however, accomplish
nothing beyond purely local results. Old
Dave Hunter, with his army, is after them
and will soon be heard from in their wake.
Meanwhile the practical effect will be rgraud
Federal recruiting party in Ma1yland, Penn
s}1yanfa md New York, something to kin
die the war spirit, and now as the DRIFT is a
good one It will not 60 out Us soon as kin
. 'oed.
We give elsewhere in our dispatches very
Gull resume OF the last hours Of Congress
and the closing business of the session, as
also list Of some Of the acts already signed
by the President.
The rebel raid on the Upper Potomac has
assumed sufficient magnitude to enforce the
necessity of calling out more men- The
President has accordingly summoned to the
field for one hundred days large requlsition
Of mtlltia from New York and Pennsylvania,
VIC give Gov. Curtin's call In response to
this appeal.
The notice for proposals for government
loan OF $33, ,ooo, Gao has been Withdrawn, and
the proposals already received will be return
ed to their 6t5crers.
The Alabama has met her doom at Inst.
Foreign adyices report the result Of the pre-
Tlously rumored naval engagement off Cher
bourg, France, In which the gallant gunboat
hearsarge sunk the pirate in square naval
light. The affair was one of semmes' own
Eeeking, and he deemed the result SO certain
that he inrfted some Of his spooney British
friends to come out In their yachts and see
him whip the Kearsarge. They came, but
didn't see it." The British yacht
Deerhound, did. however, slide In
after the disabled pirate Ind struck her
flag and took away Semmcs and some Of his
officers. Until nc receive particulars we
shall wonder Why the Kearsarge did not train
gun or two on these impudent John Bulls.
Their conduct in stealing semmes from the I
hands Of his captors will be doubtless inyes- I
tigated, as 1t should be, and d formal demand |
made tor redress. The spectacle was one /
Ten calculated to excite European attention,
nd the triumph of the stars and stripes In 4
naval conflict IN the British channel win send
ats echoes al through Europe. Let enemies
over the water remember the Kearsarge
Was not one Of Uncle SANS big dogs, but
orly small brind1ed pup, whereof he has
very large litter. This glorious achievement
is worth more than victory in the field.
4 proclamation OF tue President, besun in
our dispatces, breaks of midway In trims
mission before the full meaning is foreshad-
owed. We give the fragment and regret that
We can do no more. We venture the opin-
ion, based on the premises 1aid down, that 1t
Puts Kentucky under martial law, IF 60.
and 1t could include the Kentucky colony in
Chicago, 1t would be very sad blow at the
rebels. We must wait and see.
We give on our second page the text Of the
new conscrption bill as made effective BIZ
stopping up the $500 rat hole. Hereafter
every man eligible and drawn for service
must 60 or find substitute. The West &C.
ccpts the terms aud viii stand by them.
Secretary Fessendaa has entered On the du-
ties Of his Office, having been sworn in yes
tcrday.
Gold was clutching and grasping at the
middle figure Of ESQ yesterday, but failed to
reach 1t, falling off at the close to GA
Several disastrous fires are reported in our
dispatches as occurring on the 4th.
Havana advices report the bogus French
made Emperor Of Mexico came into his
capital, with very elaborate stage effect
of welcome and ovation, reported On French
authority. At one place q barbaric gold
crown kept saved up In miraculous man
ner since the days Of Guatemozln, WAS
brought out and put upon Maximilian's
head by m Indian, Lucky for Max. # 1t do
not turn out that the gridiron the luckless
Guatemoziniwas grilled on, three hundred
ycars ago, lie not also in reserve and brought
out by and by. Max troubles have not
begun.
The A1ubama-origina1ly called the *s2o0''
Was British built steamer, got up expressly
by cur .eut'd1 cousins to prey on American
commerce. She was armed with British
guns, supplied With British equip
1ucnte, and rnan"ed By British crew. There
were not Eve citizens Of tebc1dom on board,
The engagement WAS squarc fight between
4 Britieh war steamer sailing under rebel
colors and United States steamer. And her
vanqulshment will mortify John Bull more
than It will Johnny Reb. It twill be felt thro'-
out her "Majesty's realms - as defeat Of the
Lion Of Albion: We would like to hare
looked in and seen the faces Of that company
who prepared the grand banquet at South
Hampton for the pirate Semmcs, to be eaten
on Lis return after he had captured the Kear-
borEe. There was some 1ugubrio1s visages On |
1he occasion after the result Of the fight WIS
it must have been a grim and !
ff,hastly dinner.
TIE ARREST OF GEN. DIX. !,
The Governor Of New York is doing his
best to stir up some kind Of a Difficulty on
account Of the arrest of the p, ,oprietors of
the Wo,ld and Journal # Commerce, and the
suppression OF the publication In those pa
pcrs Of the forged proclamation OF the Pres
idcnt. The publication Of the forgery was a
criminal act, whatever may have been the
motive. It embraced the four crimes of