New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-20

Tactics; also translation Of Marsh Marmonr. 60.
Of Military Institutions" with valuable notes bss
cal and Goductive in connection win the psssnt Var
. rom e.. q yonnson acln d, Miss Malochs
SOlgster" = Asepei
The southern Literary Messenger for Jrne cc,t,,,.
Review Of Tannhanser," by Samuel d. Dar,es~ sns
Mr. C. P. snell Of CD. Morgaas co urr
TO The Enquirer that he has been prisoner OF ~ IS
times and hos managed to escape each timc '''f
The Richmond Dispatch OF the l3th IN its issd.r
The great object Of all the Yankee raids AZ tbi.
ticuar crisis, is threeold First they hone IN pa
ooSo OF people into submission as iDttmaed Sy
Copenhagen. Secondly they hope TO sarvc the 49,,
ton of Richmond into the humor for hailinr . paia
deiyercrs Losty and principally they hcpe 70 s,ss
Lees army, and thereby force him n afando, IA. -.
ticn Those are hopeful projects it must bo tsss
and well worthy Of the brain thut conceived the ~,
only fault with them is that they are altogether in
tive" "As to their effect upon Lees o,rra,c,s
they will have whatever They win nv s ~
Grant an inch OF ground a single adyarfaye ~ ~
has MIN by the throat and he viii not release rim iet
him plunge and kick as he may" ' Nv
" In the meantime the truth begins 10 leah opt ~
Times Tor whatever purpose IL Is not material "a "a,
we are concerned. has told the truth in modified orm
at least II has revealed the fc carefully concealed
by Stanton that Grant badly beaten on the morn
ing Of the 81 ofJune and although Tie Herald csma
instantly to the rescue 1t too late Grant w,s NOT
nominated at Baltimore and Lincoln was 1;ola ~D,
up 70 1874 and Grant stock came down to zero with
run.
For our own part ore Glad to haar that Linco,,
hns received the nomination When sone crterprisipr
partisan officer Of the Revolution proposed to cary on
Sir William Howe from the midst Of his army Wash.
ngton put his veto on 1t at He had no dorbt that
It feasible; but Howe had conducted the war M
stupidity OF 1t was possible for any To conduct n
and any change whatever could be but for the British
interest Let HIM stay for fear Of successor who
might not be quite such an imbecile. So We say OF
old Abe. II would be impossible TO find another sueh
in the United States; and therefore. say let him
stay. ~. at least, OF the Confederacy. ought TO
be satisfied with him. for he has conducted
the WAT exactly We ought 10 wish
II to be conducted lie has confirmed those that were
wagering, heated red-hot those who were lnkewarm
made those jealous who careless, converted cold
indifference into furious passion, and calculating neu-
trality into burning patriotism. As for the military
operations conceived and executed under his auspices
surely We have no right to complain No service ever
had many blundering officers, and no campaigns
conducted with greater stupidity. For these
reasons decidedly in favor Of Old Abe, and II We
could command million Of votes IN YankeedoD, be
should have them all, He has made the South The most
united people that ever went forth to battle with
an invader and for that be deserves the lively graf
itude Of every Southern man. Ii anything could
add to the obligations under which we lie to the Bait
more Convention. 1t would be found In the nomination
VI Andrew Johnson-the man Of all Others most de-
tested in the South and the most likely to keep together
the parties already united in one solid mass Mr the
prosecution Of the Convinced, as we are, that
nobody in favor OF continuing the war could be elected
ard that other would conduct 1t SO foohsnly We 20
for this ticket" 80
The same paper estimates Grants present force at
90 900 men, all told, infantry, artillery and cavalry.
allowing his regiments 500 men each, which 1t thinks
excessive. This estimate Is concurred In by arosher
paper.
The DispatcA says the troops OF Gen. Lees command
are in fine health and spirits and enjoying abundant
rations including sugar and coffee, while the YANKEE
bill OF fare is said to be nothing but hard tack and eo
fee their supply Of meat having been exhausted.
There was q report that Hampton lad ATTACKED Sher.
dan near Louisa Court-House on Saturday. and cap
tured several hundred prisoners and battery Of ar
tiery While this not officially confirmed, it was
certain that fight had taken place on Saturday.
The object OF this raid Of Sheridans," says The DIS.
PATCH lis manifesty embsrrass our transportation
by cutting our lines of communication With The int
rior II Gen Hampton shall succeed In defeating lat
purpose and in routing Sberdans gang, be will wipf1
himself and his command inperishable renowR"
Various rumors were In circulation on SUNDAY rea'
tive to demonstration against Lynchburg. and soma
croakers quite SURE the place had been takes-
Crook and Averl also reported aG LiVingion On
the railway. midway between Lynehourg and Char
intfesyiila