, 1864-06-14

raj Of the militia is fairly.detested By the ma
iority Of the men Some Of them showed
their contempt r>him by getting up the
cent subscription and recording them At the
Fair In the voting Lists for the sword. As =
ercclnen OF the programme Of the Enrolled
Militia business, complaints are repeatedly
nhde that the men are ordered into camp
! and there compelled by the neglect Of the
proper officer to 60 without food for many
hours successive1J. The whole militia force
OF this city and county II properly consonda'
! ted wotla form quite respectable army; =
The nomination of Fremont at Cleveland
has failed to elicit the response expected In
this most radical OF radical States. The Coz
peads hive tried their best to mag
nifty the Importance OF the Cleveland
Convention and to glorify John Charles, but
they have utterly failed. The German papers
which preached for Fremont before the Con:
veutioH arc doing the 61me thing now. Colt
C. E. Moss, who wns the leading spirit Of thu
Glevt land Convention. has only been resi-
dent OF, the State about two yeara.---.:: He has
already disgusted many of the American
Radicals here by his ewaggering etyler and he
The Missouri Democrat has ignored the noni-
nation Of fremont from tho first, and there
fore excited no little censure from the Ger
msn wi1d-cats OF the Radical party. The
prospect Is, that If the Baltimore Ccnven-
ton will nominate Lincoln upon a good
ndu1ca4 p!AuoA1l, Au0 btCu1t tue feIn0FM OF
such fossils Us Edward Batcs and Montgom-
cry Blair from the Cabinet, tie masses of the
Radical party in Missouri viii support him.
The Copperheads hope to profit BY the d.
vision Of their opponents in this State They
Will meet next week in State Convention
TO nominate State ticket md elect dele
gates to Chicago. Many Of the counties will
hot hold meetings at all, and others viii be-
represented by men who 0re at home noto-
rlous rebels. These fellows are afraid of,
Gen. RosecranB, and some have already
written to this city to ascertain whether
there ia any danger Of moleetation by the
"Federal authorities" When yeu hear a
universally set him down as a rebel. No
further testimony is required. The Copper
heads in St Louis want to pass rebel resolu-
tions, but they Will probably tone them
down to suit the circumstances under which
The Convention viii meet, vlz.: IN city un.
Chicago will probably be elected.
The sword contest at the Mississippi VAL
ley Sanitary Fair resulted In Che award of
the sword to Gen. Hancock, his friends
having polled the largest number Of dollars.
The Mcclellan men made big row last week
about the enormous sums they intended to
raise to be voted for their fayorite. They
received credit fos n ore pluck than they de-
served, having. by their bluster fright
ened Oft the Butler men, and induced them
to cast their vote for Hancock to defeat
Mcclellan. 1t Ii known that fund was
raised to give the sword to Gen. Blair, but
the General himself is reported to have
sqnelched the proposal. A trlck on the part
OF the Mcclellan men to give their man the
last and deciding vote was feared, and there
were several Hancock men present ready to
put down their five hundreds or thousands
grrness Of the vote excited surprise.
The Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair is
now In its closing week. Its success has
exceeded the most sanguine expectations Of
its friends. The receipts to the 4th inst.
were s515,oo With many large donations
for, and the entire expeuEes are estimated
at less than SIC, ,000. After tie bnilding ia
sold, and the returns are al In, 1t Is believed
the grand result Win be purse Of $600, 600
f,rthe Western Sanitary Com uis=ion. Con
sidefing the circumkt'nces, this result is
comparatively agreater perfor nauce than
that Of the great city OF New York.
Nearly every boat arriving ut o1rl.vee from
ror:s below Memphis, exhibits the evidence
Of guerilla work. The wood work Of the
stesmers is riddled with canron balls and
musketEy, yet the steambo Armen do not
seem to mind 1t. They load and leave for
New Orleans end way points as rapidly as
the risks wns never go yaluahle rs now.
Ruuor has been very busy hero of late
among the seceesionists pretending to give
Intelligence Of discontinue to Grants army.
According to the Recesh, Lee will be IN WASH
ington, Joe Johnston In Louisville, and Price
in Saint Lo uis, about the same time. They
are about as jolly over these rumors as they
are about Fremont's nomin ation.
The condition Of the interior has induced
Gen. RosecEans 10 make general order to
restrict trade with The country to the limits
imposed By the Treasury regulations. Sec
retaTy Chase Is said to refuse to restore the
prohibitions on the ground that he abolished
them to please the military politicians Of the
what they have gained by the @ operation. NV
Tie Western Sanitary Commission is still
sending immense supplies Of stores forward
to Sberman's army, and to camps and hos
pitals down the river.