, 1864-09-30
FHOM WASHINGTON.
II alters Military Political aud GEN.
efNls
tsFec'sl Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc1
WAsursGToS, Thnr4day, Sept. %.
IN

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc1
| WAsHrxGToS. Thn1Aday, Sept. %.
| FROM URANrs ARMY,
/ The movement against Richmond On the nort
side Of the Jamee, By mobile foeco separated
| completely IRON the army before Petersburg. II
| relied upon to accomplish Gne Of two things
| Ether 1t will take Richmotd, because Lees force
| is mostly at Petersburg, or 1t Will compel Loa to
| weaken his lines at Petersburg in o:der to seud
tsoops to protect Richm.ud- Either course t. fa
| Of hope for ns. Meantime it is conjectu1ed th4t
II Early divorces from 6taunton towards Char
1ottesvtlle or Gordonsgi1)e, 1t would not be MT
ural for Sheridan to keep on folio wing him, an
u rs place hin,relf within fnpportin: dis Ance of
Grant, In the erCnt Of IN action. Hence. furTasd
is the word with Grant's army.
1t l. rtt e en- how two Cora moving by them
selves, on tbs turh siur of the james river are
co'rr 10 lake a very formidable movement on
Richmond. and. heuct, Inc opinion prevails IN
military cfreles TINT the advance announc d IN
Grants dispatches IT, day If rather feint than
e1rnest opening fnr N stack TN Rtchuord from
the ORTIZ, It is believed that important move
meb1s canIot be long de.syed.
The nppr hensione expressed In the of1:ial hull
letin about efforts aea1nst Shczman's 1ue OF com
Mut icatlun Is COMMON IN G0yethMent circles,
sui SHERMAN la enpnoeed to have enough r1tinns
to he ab'e to hare hls communications cut Tor a
time, without serlous danger.
LATEST.
Tie re. .orted capture OF staunton BY Sheridan is
confirmed
THE DRAFT.
The dram went on hero to-day. couple OF mors
wards being completed, smother day Or two viii
TIE PEACE Ruaoas.
There are eonc reasons for suFpecting that The
stories ahons Gtorsss II respect to peace neeoua,
gold spGcuators operating for farther fall never
!helt-s, it i not unn.:nral to suppose that Vice
PItttdent Stephens, who Is known to be dis
Uff HI An1 n = "a mr.
has scne busines. relatltg to that subject, which
Ie 4ds him 10 bis p1oIscted consultations With
r~s' Jrf: Darfs. (~hosa neck would b endangered
by pe&ce) has not gone to Georea during the
pollssE ui tuese ultatl0ht. In spite OF usgcnt
tho &c ecrpia propositions, Is Mr.. Seward.
Gov. Dennison will be Lere tomorrow. .Ae-
,hts a,ttrT ocn he viii at o1ce enter upon lis d.
t.es as Postmaster General.
COTTON.
The rxTa,m OF cotton epecu1atlrs still tnftst tbs
they iei but culd com ut, and tue new orders
are ssll nithhcld.
New Yoax, Thursdsy, Sept. 29-The Herastfs 8
SecretarJ Seward, Assistant sccrets1y Of War
ina: aud Representative Wssenurnr, Of Illtuo's,
have been On b1Iet ,isit to to en Gfsnt Ys.,er
nsl1f. AID Ord on an excursion up th= rtvhr to
the Ii Ii1s Of cur line. On approaching Datch
GAp TIE enemy opened on them with their battery
A. How 1ttre HouBe: As the rht11s began falling
arout them pretty thick and fast the Secretary Of
State sutre*ted LINT his wespon was the pen and
.ldom Killed peope, aud that be ia. net prepared
% encounter re5tl oslsez1es with that weapon
There 5o1e the boat Was tured about. and returned
down the river 10 llarison's Lapdng. at which
poInt the diat1ngntrhed guests ", re transferred TO
+ e. Steamer Baltimore, AID proceeded along On
thelt voyage home.
Very important 1ews .ecsiyed By tho Congress
eiopol Committee, Is sell a. private aovices, war
rant NE in saying that It is now almost aosoiutely
terrain that we will not Garry New Jeraey for Llu-
cnln The Camden and Amboy railroad, which
controls the State, and which hiss hitherto always
carried its tunuence tor the Democracy, is no Ion.
ger hostile to us.
NAVAL.
The appointment Of Admiral Fanaeut to
the COMMAND Of the Es1th Atlantic sun1lfon
looks like hu-Ineas.
Thc a,+ienr1ent OF Admiral Lee to FarrnEut's
place in the Gulf by the couree OF induction,
Loes Dor mean business. Talk about the fall OF
MOBILE may as we'll b. given up ior the present.
GEN. uooKxn,
Gen. Hooker will speedily arrive in Cincinnati,
to relieve Gen HeiutzelmAu and assaIAe command
of his Department.
TIE rEAcE 1uMoRs.
Well fuformtd parties here positively deny th3t
Mr. S+Ward bns received any proposition or mea-
sage Ut any Eurt from the Governor Of Georgia and
LIoEounce the whyle gold =pecuator's caiard.
The Georgia place rumoF- ore all pTemstu-e T..
The G1vrrnDcnt te In peaees-i,n OF NJ tacta con-
ce1nlnE the reported negotiation.