, 1864-03-14
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THE NEWS.
Mattcrs hare warliEc look ut Suffolk, Va,
Dur pfckcts lavc.bc driven In after severe
sl:irnliehing with an overwhelming force Of
The rebels and at last accounts tic two armies
Vcrc confronting each other face to face,
Our position is deemed m impregl4ble ono
and no fcafa ase entertained as to the flnal
result
Gen. Grant Inns shown Ills signal military
ability by determining at tho very outset ot
commencing upon his ncw duties, TO brcak
up tho scattcration policy which has charac-
dcrizcd Hallcck's administration, and to this
end the armies In Louisiana and Texas are to
be masscd with tie Mississippi armies for
'smashtng bIows'' this scason. Grant
<neaos work.
It is intimatcd in Washington dispatch
t11at another call will be speedily issued for
two hundred or three hundred Thousand
more men to finish up the Job Of supprcssing
the rebellion. The only condition necessary
to the prompt endorsement Of the call Of
the people will be the conviction that at Inst
ne arc to have some vigorous work done and
no more Of the Halleckian business.
Vallandigha1n, the banishcd traitor, is
writing incendiary letters from British soil
to his copperhead friends in Ohio, urging
the speedy fruition Of the *'bloody fr,,it''
foretold by the rebel papers. It is only an-
Other proof Of the complete and hearty un.
de16tan1ing between the Coppcrheads and
1lc rebels, that the only resource left to &C.
cure the independence Of the Confedcracy is
TO provoke firc-in- -the-rear In the North A
remarkable letter from rebel Congressman,
which will be found upon the third page Of
this Issue, adds weight to this theory. The
people must be prepared to tnwart tho plans
of the home rebels.
Our Washington dispatches make the I'm
portant announcement that General Meade.
suffering under severe attack Of pneumonia.
%Al+ under the advice Of Ills physiciaus tenn
poraSily retire from active scryicc. Il is
more than probable that the command of the
army Of the Potomac will dcyo1rc upon
General Smith.
The death of the gallant and chivalric Col.
DahlgTcn has been avenged by our forces,
Sen. Butler dispatched a sufficient cavalrr
force to Kings and Queens Court House,
the citizens OF which locality under prctcncc
OF being non-combatants ambushed Col
Dahlgren. Our cavalry fonnd a rebel Gimp
there, filed with the pretended non-com-
hatants. The camp was broken up, several
killed, largc number taken prisoners and
many mills and great amount of stores
Trere destroyed.
Saturday was field day in the House. Al
though devoted to speech making, the speech
cs rapidly turned into spirited debate, in
Shich Sunset Cox decidedly made beast Of
burden Of himself 4 pointed allusion TO the
" Buckeye Abroad In which Mr. Coz dcyo.
les much space to an afectionate and loving
appeal and admiration for the negro, touched
him on the raw, and drove him nearly insane
with madness. Later In the debate Mr. Grin
nell got walked up, end hurled some rather
savage cplthets at Coz. 1t was an unhappy
day for poor Sunset.
| Upon the inside Of this issue will be found
letters from our special correspondent, who
accompanied Gen. Sherman on his great |
raid. They will prove Of especial interest,
both rs rclating to the incidents of the expo |
dition and the spirit and feeling Of the people
IN mississippi They are tho first detailed !
accounts Of the Expedition yet published.
Gen- sigd Inns assumed command Of his |
Department Of West Virginia. What will |
the copperheads say now who have been as
scrting that the Presidcnt WIS only fooling |
with him and did not intend ito confer that |
high dignity on HING
The dispatch to the Ecw York Ford from |
Washington, protesting TO give the conclu-
sions Of q Council Of War, st which Lincoln.
Grant, Stanton, and ualleck were present, |
may or not be true Htrue, 1t may be taken |
Tor granted that Gen. Grant intends to COM
anand it himself; 1t he does there will be |
no moro fooling and ehil1y -ehallying with |
the Potomac army. We observe that hali 4 |
dozen Illinois regiments sre under orders to
join the Potomac army forthwith That /
means business. Grant would hardly think
OF sending his Western warriors to the Poto~
mac unless there is soMc serious work to be
done In that quarter.
Now TINT another man has been elected, |
and the blockade Of the Pennsylvania Senate
broken up, to the discontinue Of the Cop.
pczhcad conspirators, the rebels have rclcas-
cd Scnator-Mator White. The news being
read In the Pennsylvania Senate the Copper
beads affected much satisfaction, but the
hypocrisy Of their manifestation was SO ap-
parent rs to disgust al honest men.
There was great shout in the Albany Ba-
saar OF "Wednesday evening, when 1t was
announced that Gcrrit Smith had
lrawn the Presidents autograph copy Of the
Proclamation Of Freedom. There was ht-
less about the turn Of the wheel which made
glad.
In Lis speech On the gold bill in the scnatc
IN Friday last, Senator Sherman
advocated an amendment to the bill
Is it passed the House restoring
o the Secretary Of tho Treasury the power
o sell the aurp1us gold~in his hands. &c
stated TINT the sum now on hand Is over 3d.
)o0, 600, and that at the present rate Of re-
,cipts, there will be in the Treasury, July ],
FL ,742. .554 in gold. OF this enormous sum,
out SO, 84a, 200 will be due md payable on
hut date, and us the banks Of New York hold /
s21 ,1Ui 600 in gold, more than $40, ,009, 900
yil be boarded up on July i, unless the pow
sr to sell is granted. When the foolish or
:urruM action Of the House became known
u New York, the gold blaci-lcgs sent sncclc
p lIlsc ftasl,to 100. When 1t became known
hat .llc Senate would insist on the right to |
sell, gold fell rs suddenly to 16a, and closed
weak. If the Senate amendment becomes a |
aw, gold will 60 down to 15e, or lower:
unrl1 it.