, 1864-07-03
GDtfago Qrtb'1t1e.
SUNDAY, JULY O., 1854.
THE NEWS.

The eituation in Virginia Is growing more
and more desperate to the rebels, As. Mr.
Dana telegraphed, Grant has got Lee BY the
throat, In other words, his communications
arc cut off. 4 blow In the stomach Is more
dangerous than a blow in the face. The
Valley OF the Shenandoah, aud the South" |
western Valley, and The Danvilie road to
central North Carolina and Georgia. have |
been the principal, If not only means ofsup-
ply to Lees arzny. These salleys are now
cut soff. Provisions cannot be Tagoned
from them, and the railroads have
been destroyed by Hunter. The Dan.
1l1le road has been twice cut md
viii soon be Of no service. 0nr dis
patches give tnlI details Of another most i'm
portant tapping. The raid Of Gen. Wilson at
the head Of his own and Kautz's division OF
cavalry On the Danville and Richmond Rail-
way has been entirely successful. On reach
ing the road at Bnrk's Station, Wilson's
men, meeting with little opposition, COM
menced tearing up. the rails and twisting
them ont Of shape by fire, and
burning up the bridges for e dis
tance Of twenty miles in each direction.
The cavalry also destroyed, tor fifty miles,
the Petersburg and Iynchburg road, which
crosses the Richmond and D4nville at Burk's
Station. They appear to have made short
work Of 1t. With headquarters ut Burkyiiie,
General Wilson dispatched brigade OF viii
ling, active, resolute rail-rippers on each of
The four roade. This blow at Lees commu-
n1catlons Is worth the winning Of
a battle. The Danyille road was
the most Important one TO the
rebel arnay leading into Richmond. AL
the Richmond roads are now badly cut.
Grants st1utcgy is 10 attack the stomaehs Of
the rebe. nr rractised that tactics at VickB-
burg with eminent success. It looks a. II
he would bring Lees army to mule meat
before long from that to bsiled dog and
steWed eat Is but street distance, with IN,
conditional surrender or presipltatc ekelad.
die very little distance beyond. Give Grant
few more reInforcements and he Will choke
the rebellion to death.
The gold market Saturday, both here ant
at New York, was a creature Of circnm
stance, with d very ambiguous status. Th'
New York brokers telegraphed to their cor
respondents here pretty carly In the day tha
there was no market In that city for the arti
Gle, and TINT they had better sell In Chicago
"any balance they may have on hand" Th'
brokers here tried It On, but could make yer,
little headway ut quite low figures
The sellers greatly outnumbered the bny
ers, [and The market closed at 210l
30 with DO buyers at the inside figures
The market in New York opened at as, ant
closed weak at 233. II opened here at go
vent up to $50, ana dropped to the loa
figures named above. 1t is easily under
stood that the change In the Minister 0
finance has much to do with these iluctua
lions, With What advantage to the fnaneia
condition Of OH country, time can only de
moustratc.
Our dispatches and mails bring copious ant
interesting details Of the change in the Cabl
net, With nnuaerous shrewd reasons tor HI
Chnse's resignation. Mi. Fesscudcn has M
get accepted lis appointment, but the pres
sure upon hin on the part of his friends
so strong that there is little doubt he vi
enter upon his duties at once
ALouisgine copperhead, one ". J. Ben
Icy, On the 2ath ult-, addressed Gov. Bram1eti
and inso1ent note, telling him that he ougl
to procure the release, Of Col. Wolford, bl
expressing lie belief that be would not {
Eo, and won1d indorse the Administratio
before twelve months were ont The Go
ernor responds, calling Bentley pupp
and advising him to Keep within doors du
ing thu approaching dog days, lest he
Killed for his madness.
An erroneous impression prevalls in t
community thut Gen Hooker was morta'
wounded iu The late repulse to our troops
Georgia 1t WAS Gen. "0arker,'' not Hoo
~rs, who was wounded. Fighting Joe Is ct
spared, and loug may he uTe, terror
rebels.
Elsewhere We print the sad details Of t
death Of the gallant Col. Bartleson, Of
Tooth Illinois. He Was Killed In the late
pulse at Kcnesaw Mountain, and will be
1ied at Joliet to dag. In his death the COZ
Try loses pure patriot and lion-hear
Eoldler.
Copious and refreshing rains have v1si
various parts OF the West within the ?
lew days. The farmers Of Wisconsin arc
joicing at the prospect Of Saving at leas
part Of their crops.
The gigantic irou.clad' Puritan, which
first rtfuscd to move from her ways,
successfully launched in New York on
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