Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-08-06

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SATURDAY EVENING ... .Aoooo. - :.
Th~ rsIlare a3 RsafEnea4s zzzs
s~sq6s q III Is Petefsbwg last Saturday,
c~om which great results were anticipated,
completely failed seiul csfct The mine
vas sprung, the artillery opened the ads
vance made, and the inst and fpcend lines
Of rebel intronchsents carried. 81 far esery'i
thing was successful But then came the
third line of the cnesny's works, and that
was precisely the point at which we failed
The reason is obvipns. The assault on tho
keystone Of the rebel position was intrus;cd
entirely to the negro troops. And they failed
notwithstanding the lsave and indomitable
courage it va, asserted these eolored heroes
possessed, and which assertion it was down
right treason and copperhcad disloyaI'y 10
question, they became Vanic-strickon and
dcmoralized. And it having been deemed
certain they would carry the third e,thsy
were ordered up without supports, and when
they broke. the whole assault was broken.
and our troops were compelled to TALL back,
rclinqushing all they had previously gained
leaving tho dead and numbers OF the wound
ed on the ficld, and suffering loss Of be-
tween four and five thousand men. Whether
the assault will be renewed, we have no
means Of determining, but if tits, we would
suggest that the negro element be counted
out No. only to peril, but actually to con
vert in.o q disastrous defeat an assault
that opened so brilliantly, and to infiict
upon our army worse than useless loss Of
four or five thousand laen, merely to per
pctua;e mistaken and fanatcal idea. is
thing SO monstrously wrong we doubt If
the American people will regard its rcpeti-
ton with complacency
The Sw ord n md the Olive Branch.
We have always contcnded that our civil
war can only b. brought to apcaoeful con-
q usion by the combined influences Of the
sword AMI the olive brancll-the former for
the rebel lcade. and the latte. for the rebel
masses.
La his annual message to the Legislature
Gev. Seymour declared that we must add
to force the power Of conciliaton.
Gen. Banks in a recent speech at New
Orleans said :" | confess, sir, that believe
the first duty Of this people is to make sac
rifices on the field of battle as success may
demand, and ALSO that the settlement Of orr
difficulties must procsed.t from Tie morai po,r,r
Of this couatry which is greater and more
cfIicacious than military powcr-tllc pen is
mlghtcr than the sword. This power will
command the assent Of the people Of THIS
country and the respect Of all courts, either
judicial or political, on the face Of the
earth.
Horace Graeley closes his article on the
peace negotiations at the Falls by saying
" | cannot be mistaken in my conviction
that ecery indication Of desire on our peat
TO arrest btoodshed ami restore amity tends
to disabuse and conciiid,e the great pcrvert-
ed mass Of those now fighting to divide and
destroy their and our country"
The converts to Cancellation seem to be
growing numerous.
Arrest Of Another Editor In New.
Jersey.
From the World of this morning we learn
that Mr.. Winton, the editor and proprietor
or the Bergen county Uemocrat published
at IIackcnsack, y. j., was arrested on Sat
nrday last upon q warrant issued by L. S.
Commissioner Whitehead, for the alleged
counse!ing resistance to the draft, by pub
fishing the following in the Democrat Of
July %
Let the press speak out in opposition to
this merciless CONSUMPTION, which has no
other end than to secure the election of
Abraham Lincoln for another term Of four
years or for life. There is no prctcxt now
that the administration are nj all DESTROYS of
restoring the Union and the Constitution
why then should the people be dragged
from their homes at the beck Of a tyrant
and usurper, to murder and destroy those
with whom they should be at peace? Is
there no man with nerve enough to
raise the standard oil freedom for the white
men Of the North
Their being no United States commits
sioner in the town, Mr. Winton was subse-
quently released on his parol. Two Of the
citizens Of Bergen county volunteered to go
security for MIR. Winton's appearance at the
United States District Court in Trenton
next September.
One OF CuANDLEas PErs.-Capt. c. J.
Dietrich, late Commissary at Fort Abcrcronl-
bic, has been found guilty for selling, with
out proper orders, provisions and other Mil
itary stores; neglect and violation of duty
emoezzlement and misapplying provisions
and otacr military stores and conduct I'M
becomi' & an officer and gentleman. and
sentenced forfeiture OF pay and allowances
and to be dismissed the service and the
sentence has been approved BY Gen. Pope
We learn that Deitricks, stealth IS are esti
mated at over $4,000. lie was from
Grand Rapids, Michigan, raving Abol.
tonlst and special pet Of lack Chandler
who procured his appointment.
ONE OF THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS .-.Iomes
r Holcombe, Of Virginia, one of the Con.
federate peace neg tiators, was for while a
student at Yale College, in the class which
gradustcd III 1910. Ale was a young man
Of very marked abilities He has resided
aeveral years in Cincinnati, and is known
as the author or editor Of several Laws in the
University of Virginia. and was n member