, 1864-07-15
M|lifaao Grihnne.
FRIDAY, JULY Is 1851
TIE NEWS.

present hour Of writing, says: IA proni-
ncut baEking house In Wall street received
dispatch from their Washington branch,
this morning, Stating that Grants forces
lave occupied Petersburg" We greatly
f.ar the Washington branch has sent bogus
rGmor. There is no rcason to believe thst
Grant has occupied Petersburg. On the
contrary, the situation, at last accounts, was
u such nature as to make 1t certain that
before Grant could occupy Petersburg,
otlcr permanent successes against the enc
MY must be eecarcd, and these, when won,
would be of such character that, following
them, tie occupation Of Petersburg wonld
be Of the least possible consequence. The
enerns's guns command Petersburg as vel
as ours. Wemust first dlslodge the enemy.
And this is Grants first work.
II is stated on the best authority that ten
days previous to the rebel raid Gen. Grant
Informed the War Department Of the fact
that certain troops had been sent By Lee into
the Valley, with orders to cross The Poto-
mac and do what damage they conld in
Pennsylvania and Maryland, Grant informed
the Secretary Of War Of Lees directions and
Intentions, told him what force to expect,
and showed, In short, TINT he knew what
was going on. At the same time he made
Ill the necessary preparations to meet the
plans Of the rGbels- Since that time Grant
has probably scarcely turned to look over
Ills shoulder ut what the rebels might be
about, II was tie old game tried upon lin
at Vicksburg Of starting rebel back fire
:ruinst Memphis. That failed like this re-
cent one, and. Grnnt will carry his point In
Virginia as in Mississippi by his pluck and
obstinate valor.
1t is said the loss by interruption Of their
harvest lsbors, to the frightened farmers Of
Southern Pennsylvania, will be immensely
heavy. There will be nothing lost. howey-
cr. 1t will all be found in the bill Pennsyl-
vania W Ill bring into Congress ut It's next
Eeesion, with every item in full. It is a very
serious thing to be scared, and Pennsylvania
thould claim plump sum for that.
Our Vickeburg dispatch givee Interesting
particulars Of late Federal expedition iuto
Central Mississippi, which penetrated as far
rs jackson and returned, having accomplish
ed its object.
va1landigbam is diegusted. He got the
go-by SO severely in the late Indiana Copper
lcad Convention, that be declares he will
make no speeches in Hoosierdom this fall,
greatly to the loss Of the section SO bereAyed.
The tnct Is, there is the ticket-of-1eaye taiut
about the poor martyr, and his old comrades
will hare nothing to do with him. It is ill
in win that he has torn away his oandnges
nobody cares to look at his sores. The ten
cent hero Is Of as little account Us ragged
dime novel.
4 faint squeak from over the border, and,
10! George Sanders is there, chipping brisk
little d1epatch to Bcnnet, ,Iof the Herald, with
his eye the while on the look out on the
, American people. Pooh, George, you arc
TOO cheap humbug. md your arriral at
Niagara ie no more of sensation than If
you were train hoy with the papers.
We give in another column a statement is
sued under the authority Of the officers OF
the United States sanitary Commission,
showing, IS nearly as can now be asce1tained,
the amount Of the gifts Of the people to the
soldiers, which have been distributed By
them during the last six weeks. It cannet
fail to be of interest to all, md to be con
yincing to aDJ and all who may be curiocs
to know " where the money goes to-" And
let it bc remembered that this immense drain
will bankrupt any treasury not possessed of
Tell-1led channels Of supply.
4 trim returning from the recent Ascot
races in England cane in collision with
another, several persons being killed and
wounded. John C. Heenan was one Of the
passengers. He looked ont Of the window
just before tie collision, and, seelng that 1t
Was inevitable, sprnug ont, falling on the
Eround yery heavily, and receiving severe
injury to thu spine He had suffered from a
CONSTANT succession Of fits up to the last ad-
riccs from England.
1t must be delightful reflection for the
Rev. George D. Cheeyer TINT he now stands
working shoulder to shoulder with the men,
the Lille long enemies Of the doctrines he has
won Lis only prominence By advocating.
The dens and slums Of New York for once
re-ccho the sentiments and back the argu-
1ncnts Of the Church Of the Pilgrims. A
leading citizen Of New York recently wrote
as 1ollore: 1.-THE Fremont meetings in my
district arc held In the same grog shop out
OF which, last summer, tssued the riotors
who set Gre to my house; the audience are
the eAue persons, and the speakers are well
known Copperlt ads." A very pleasant and
fragrant association for the author Of Deacon
Giles Dsti]lery, and the would be pet OF the
Emencipationists abroad. Mr.. Cheeycr viii
live to be aetonishtd either ut his past or biz
just now present.
The Wheeling I,seNigenotr ssys on Saturday
last, Can't. Over, commanding at TINT post,
received peremptory order from Gen. Hun
ter to arreet the responsible editors Of ths
Nltelipg Resasser and put them IN the mill
lar, prison, and suppress ior the present thu
further publication Of the paper. Capt Osel
was lett in the dark as to the special caust
VIII, this order was issued, and no one e1st
of courpc was any bitter of. Gen. Hunte
.encrulls has rcason for his proceedings.
The rebels N Maylana captured VALUABLE
-,rizr in Ger. franklin, but he proved to-
slurp for them, and got back to Baltimore
lie is still Sufferer from his wound receiver
at Grind Ecorc, Louisiana, and has gone int
pcnne, lyaufa 10 do for himself what no office
would have much hope Of doing for the urn.
-rte. ut According to dispatch from Lou
isyillc, elsewhere given. 1t wonld seem tha
On the eth inst the 10th Army Corps frank
lin's> was on]y just departing from New o.
1eauk
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later thun our last issue, but strongly col
tr1uatory ot tue reports then given Of tue Of
cupatton OF Atlanta+
i ucaty las been concluded between II
Ju,uncse Ambassadors in Trance and Il
Emperor. The Japanese, In reparation Il
tiripg upon the French ship Kien Cheng,
Juh, 1868, agree to pay IN indemnity
1IU,C00 Mexican piaetres, OF which 1oo,0
r'astres will be paid By the Govesnme'
itsclf. aud II, 600 piastres BY the authoriti'
k,f the province Of Nsgato. They agree
Keep The channel Of Simonasaki open
-. French ehiIe. They agree to tie fo1lowiu
tariff, in accordance with the treaty Of o.
1ohcr, 1856:
The Japanese .customs ehall admit Jfrke the fu
]owtus at,clc-, Intended for the preparation Oft
Tin fotl solder, mating. ra,tans, oils for p1in
ing. 'nd,so. gy*usn, 1ans nd baskets. It viii in
pose duty o. 9 pcr cest ad palore,n upon WIN
End End detached pieces Il machinery, linen tissue
csocse watc1et, watch duius, elas. medicines, IL
q duty Of per cent upon = ase rlass,i mirror
Dorctlnfu, jcwary. pelfQmcry4 r0tps. arms, c,
1cry, books. papIk, enGfavtuse and Drawings
The .1opalefc Ambassadors also agree
o31,r m indemnity for the attack upon Lie1
Csmus. They nre to pa5 the sum of 1922 so
10 his fani}y.
The Condition Of Europe-Poland
Arcccut foreign letter writer says: {
Europe stands on the brink Of precipi
and though the present year {s not likely
s,c creat war, 1t will he scarcely posi-
10 avoid 1t in 1906.
The news from Pol.ad Is distressing;
,neurrcction has beca suppressed, but
<rho1csa1e dcportatiol and confiscation C.
ttnnc. Lithuania, Hooolla. and Volhy1