Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1864-09-10

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Of K~sascky, vhe ~tsrnrd thsnAs. ~ ~
believed the crisis demanded tAae Q os1SlpS,
shosA cone n - . nss-sasveAsa&sg 6e,n,.
Believing this to Be - - An5sa 10 viaAasvv
bis name.
Stewart. a Ohio. ssaisse~d neos,H
Seyassr of Coaoeesiesf.
wycli9e, Of Kesi.eky. sss~iaas.a rns.a-
lin Piesc<. At New H~s9psAia.
Harris. Of Msrylaaa. sreasdei Tie seu;..r
ton Of Seymour saA proceeded 10 eulgisr n.
party services and ability. He Sesou,e-I
Mcclellan - q tyr.At; il us be Who fns n
iri.t~d the policy by which our nights ..d Eh-
! critics we're stricken down His rrnarks an.
at-d considerable exeiten~nf, and Coz The re-.
maibder d the s, sion considerable excite
meut prevailed. He read MeCklaai, ocde,
for the arrest Of the Naryi.nd legislature, 81
proceeded % comment upon the sane. n,
confusion Was % great that the sprskrr's n.
marks could not be heard for ssus time. n.
resident insisted that the Couveutioo sho.n
come to order.
Harris proceeded to say that MeCjei,.
had assassinated States rights and wa /.
usurper Of civil liberties, and If nominated b.
would be beaten everywhere. He himself
would not vote log MN.
Canigan. of Pa. rose TO = point Of order:
the gentleman having said be wouldn't vote
for Mcclellan, he hadn't . right TO a sea. in
the Convention.
The President decided the point well taken.
and amidst great confusion Harris retired.
Gen. Morgan. Of Cumberland Gap fame, de.
Tended Mcclellan.
Eaton, Of Conn, paid high eulogy to T. H.
Seymour ; but added that bis name had been
proposed without his consent.
Wyclife withrcw the name of Pierce.
Mcneil. of Illiuois. lin behalf as he believed
Long and Carrigan INDUCED in a violent
discussion in regard to the merits and demer.
its of Mcclellan.
Aug. 31.-Geo. B. Mcclellan and Geo. II.
Pendleton were nominated by the Democratic
National Convention.
fort correspondence Of the 9th says Mid.
night. Aug. 25.-Capt. Phelan. OF the gun.
boat Monticello, crossed off New Inlet and
discovered a steamer standing for the shore
under a full head of steam. After challeng-
ing twice and receiving no answer. he d.
rected a nine-inch grape shot to be fred into
the mysterious stranger, which was returned
with a shell ola large calibre, passing between
the foremost and mainmast, and exploding on
the other side without doing any damage
whatever.
Phelcn sent a 3%O.pounder shell which &C.
casioned a reply of grape. striking almost un.
der the stern of the MoaticeNo, which then
opened a 8 .inch and 3O-pounder shells, re-
ceiving no shots in r"turn. 1t was discovered
that the stranger had disappeared. During
the engagement the rebel battery with
Whitworth guns, a mile distant on shore
kept Up constant fire, doing no damage.
Day dawned when we discovered the steamer
Tallahassee securely lying under the guns Of
Fort Fisher, having but one mast standing.
Washington, Sept. 1.-The latest informa-
ton says the Army of the Potomac was all
quiet. Yesterday a number of shells were
thrown into Petersburg from the monster Is
inch gun TO deter the rebels from firing on
our p;ckets, and it seems to have had the
desired effect.
The rank and file of the rebel army being
generally under the impression that if they de-
sert they will be placed in our front ranks,
Grant has issued an order that those who VOL
unfairly come to our lines shall have trans
portation to their homes, If within our
lines, or to any point north :iey may choose.
The order viii! be circulated in the enemy's
camp.
The Htrazd's correspondent with Averilrs
cavalry, under date of Sept. lst, SAYS it was
Rhodes division Of infantry with Vaughn's
cavalry that attacked Averilrs division at
Martinsburg, yesterday. They apparent "
hoped to surprise Avcrill, but they failed.
Early was at Winchester last night. The
hasty retreat of Rhoaes' division this morn
ing indicates that the rebels are moving up
the ~vallye. The rebels lost both time and
men by this last operation. This morning
Averill attacked the enemy, occupying the
town. and continuing the pursuit Of the reb-
els four miles towards Winchester.
The Navy Department has received official
dispatches from Admiral Farragut. 1t ap'
pears the rebel Gen. Page endeavored to OBJ
| tain more favorable terms, but was obliged to-
surrender Fort Morgan Internationally. FAR
ragut states that he has reason to believe
most Of the guns were spiked and carriages
injured after the white flag was raised. ne
| also discovered Page and seveal officers had
no swords TO deliver, several were broken that
were surrendered. The following is the con-
clusion Of his report:
The whole conduct Of the officers at Fort
Gaines and Morgan, presents q striking con-
trast of moral principles. I cannot fail 70
remark upon it. Col. Anderson. command
ing the former. finding himself in an unten-
able position i~ncumbered by . superduous
number Of conscripts. many Of whom were
boys, determined to surrender the Fort,
| which he could not defend. In this determi'
nation he was supported BY al the officers
save one. From the moment the old Dag
was hoisted he serupuloasly kept every thing
intact and in that condition delivered up.
whilst Pages officers. With childish spite.
destroyed guns. which they said they would