, 1864-04-29

na1ized himself By gross. personal attack on
Secretary Chase. and On the same day va nrr. -.
Eented Tth ti beautiful sword, the notorious Cop.
ien,ation speech. When he int cane here. La.
r1fon pretended to be for the Government but
s,nce ne has recei1ed instructions from thst & @.
=. =. convention which met IN Chicago, aud which
Te h asnoaneed II advance, be has gone altogether
ahead even Of Lew Rose In the Intensity of hie
secession sentiments. Look At his vote On every
occasion. Morrison fe eating humble pie. and i
qualify himself for the Illinois Copoerhead Guber
material Convention. He Ii now ready to swallow
VAilandigham, the Coles county insurrectlon,
peace &C., on the one hand: on the othez, If Glant
aeleats Lee, he Ia willing to "roost low enough to
YIN" and take Grant on any platform or no pfat-
form at al. Heis, in fact one of the smallest spe
ctmene OF t1meeervtng. unpfintdp|ed- or anT kind
Of principle politician ever turned out Of Cop
pethead Convection.
TIE cANrA1GN-euAN6E or PLASs.
There IL no use in eoncealtng the Fact that we
arc TWO months behind the rebels in our prapata-
wm lie compelled 10 modify his plans. Indeed the
Anticipated march Of Burnside's column Of twenty
I've or thirty thousand men through here to-day
annapolis last ntght) tndicate that he has sready
done SO. There were rnmors on Friday and S2tur-
day Of movement at thu front, and it was stated
oeeaped aaa aone " 5sDse 9 ali
abatement I fear, however, IL that Meade
by been co11Pellcd. to tall back ;3e to a
REhs few not mss s5 as em sds de- OF old
lsu1e ground. This would indicate fear that Lee
WIT aboEt TO commence, OF had commenced, one
Of those flank movements which the natnre Of the
route heuse to Richmond 4lwsys permits the en-
emy. This won1a account for the march Of Gen.
Brrnsidee corps to this point or Alexandra, Gen.
Grant being dseirous Of ha1ing all hs army well in
the enemy. Al Annapolis this corps would be Of
no use to him in a sudden emergency. As Gen.
Bu1neldc's column was inteuded for 9 separate
~
that it has been found necessary to give up that
movement Tor the present
IEe o3asnhlve moyemfn1s Of the rebels on tne
ststed they hare constructed several irou-clad
rams and gunboata) Indicate IN Intention to pre-
pare to resist an attempt to march on Richmond
deicno The line Of fhe Richmond and Wilmins stoa
taslroad; Theee riVers all cross that line, and the
i1ot.cl,ds oonld successfully oppose The PASSAGE
crosses the streams. The news this morning il
thst the 1am which sunk our cunboats 1t Plymouth
has all the inland waters OF North Carolina open
supplies OF reinforcemcnts Up the Roanoke OF
Chowan riyerr while the rehels arc also reported
az threatening Newbern, Washington and other
ai1.o ssid to lave . humber Of ran rama o., On
the James tive1, between Fl. Darling and. Rich
1nond whtch are to play an important part in: The
IN Baltimore boast Of whit their rains, aidea By
others from E1ropc, arc to do during the summer.
In view Of all The arrangements, present and pro-
spective, am compelled to the coucluaion that
tic campaign, or rather the preparation for It, Ia
not at present III as favorable condition as Gen.
. Grant would wish. lie should hare been sent
here, with the ample power he has, come rnoaths
sooner. One thing however Is certain, Gen. Grant
will concentrate hts forces aud not scatter them.
he will keep his army within!bounds.. And In this
be has apable assistant in Gen. Meade. who may
be regarded as cue Of the mott sale and prudent
Generals in this respect in the armr. An order
EaH been issued by the Secretary of War prohibit.
Ing any more civilians from going to the front. Yes
terday it was fohnd dlf1cult to get colored army
teametefs to cFoss ovet futo Virginia They have
no doubt been alarmed By the eRyaSe
brutal and fendish ma.sacte OF co1ored troops 1t
Fort Pillow and other points. An order has in
consequence bern Issued, depHving all men refus,
ing TO do duty when called upon Of all pay, &c. due
to them. Tbc-coio7ed tea1asters were only pre-.
vaed On to croes yesterday, by the ASSURANCE that
they were intended for the corps Of Burnside, and
they were only going 10 Alexandria.
GENE. 0BANr AND BCTIER IN pENTEcT AccoED.
I am glad to contradict the statement of the Cop,
perheAd who forged letter purportiug to come
from Gen. Butler, to the effect that he Butlet]
had been virtually superseded BY Gen. ". F.
Smith. On inquiry learn that Gen. Smith VA.
simply ordered 10 Fortress Monroe, to report 10
Gen. Butler for such dnty as he sees it to aseizn
him to. OF course Gen. B. will give Gen. Smith
IN important command, but Gen. Butler proposes
to run the machine himself. Besides. Gen. Grant
and the Var Department have entire confidence in