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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06
Reported Demand for the Surrender or
Petersburg.

WASHINGTON, July s, 1854.
Passengers on the mail boat Highland Light report that
day before yesterday General Grant sent demand for
the unconditional surrender of Petersburg, but the
not known at City Point when the Highland
Light left. It was believed IL the demand not
piled WITH that reasonable time would be allowed for
the of tho AMI children before the
attacked They also that appearances Indicated
Lively work.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06
A Gail for the state Militia.

ALBANY, July D. 1904.
The President informs Governor Seymour that the rebel
forces estimated at from fifteen thousand twenty thou
sand strong have Invaded Maryland and taken Martins
burg and Harper's Ferry, and threatening other
points that the public safety requires call upon the
State Executives for militia lorce.to repel the invasion;
and he calls upon the state OF New York for twelve thou
sand militia as It's quota TO one hundred days
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06

wAsHISo,9y, Juiy ),
Public attention has been occupied entusy mere y
BY the rumors concerning the rebel raid and s news OF
the destruction Of the Alabama. The latter produced
much excitement, all save few rancorous secessionS
manilssting the greatest citation.
No dednIts conclusion TO have been arrived at
yet concerning the force and purposes Of the enemy the
general belief being however that at least one corps Of
the rebels has reached the Potomac, with the view OF
dsracting the plans Of General Grant, and possible TO
cause sufficient alarm in Washington to induce the with.
drawal of our army from the James river.
No one hero spprehends for moment that any diminu
tion Of our force before Petersburg will take place. On
the contrary, troops are still going forward to General
Grant, while large force has been concentrated In Mary.
land sufficient 1t believed to check the farther advance
by the rebels. This morning the dsmounted cavalry
were organized iuto infantry regiments, Of which
have left for Harper's Ferry.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06

force 10 hold that point against any opua force Ie,y
to be brought sgsns. d. Nothing definite il known
a. 70 the strength or movements OF tho
rebel. resi- Of fiarpers ferry The largest estimate Of
the strength Of the force Harpers Ferry Is four thou
sand infantry and cavalry vr 10 TINS evening assers
town was not occupied nor was there any rebel force
=. - '.Gen Hunter has reached the Parksrs.
hnrc 900 aas = ,,.,. rspdiy eastward.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06

rHs PARK COMMISSIONERS announce thai a cornes band
will play on the lsks at the Park to-day, commencing Al
Nsir past four ,'cl,cs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-07-06

I, The steamship United States, cspssiu shesrss
lyasndUx which loft New odeaus on che rtb aItino.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-18

VILLAGE OF HIGHLAND. 700 \"
pit Of lot q; of lot 6; lot 49, & nj Of %;
pit lot 10; lot l6 & pit Of %; lot 23 Barnards Addl
Io+7 &
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-18
TAX NOTICE.
COUNTY TREAsUaER's OFFICE, IowA.Co., Wis,

COUNTY TREAsURER's OFFICE, IowA.Co Wis,
Dodgeville July 30, 1854.
A-oY1CE is hereby given that SO much of each OF the
~ following described lots, tracts parcels of land
as NAV be necessary for that purpose, will the first
Tuesday 10Th day. of September next, and the next
succeeding days, be sold at Public Auctions at the
Treasurers Office in the village Of Dodgevle, in said
County, for payment of Taxes, interest and charges
thereon unless the shall be paid before that time
Sale to commence at o'clock in the forenoon Of the
day shove named. FRANCIS VIVIAN,
County Treasurer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-18
Town ST.. Range 8.

-. VILLAGE OF JONEsDALB.
Lots DC 1, g Z, In block 3; lots g. 4, 5, 6,
9. 10, ii.12, 10, IA In block 4,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-08-18
TOWN OF MIFFLIN.
Town s. Ran s. /.

LUTs N FILLAGb OF UALbAt
Und Of lots and Z; und of lots Il and -; und
of lots iS IS, 3d. 35, &c. 81 49, 49, und of lots 49, Al
%, 49, "A, 49, 49, und Of lots Al, as 40, 80, 81, 81
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-01
Gen. Lees Dispatch.
YIo' RS. ARMY NoRTHEaN VIRGINIA,
August 2G, 1864.

August 26, 1864.
Hon. H. 4. SeG0on, Secretary Of Var:
Gen. A. p Hill attacked the enemy IN his
ontrcnchmente, at Rea'n's Station, yesterday
evening, and at the second assault carried h1s
entire line.
Cookies and McRees North Carolina; bri-
gades, under Gen. Heth, and Lines North
Carolina brigade; Of Wilcox's dlvl:slon, un1"r
Gen. Connor, with Pesran1's artillery, com
nosed the assaulting Columns.
One line OF breastwork5 was carried by the
cavalry under Gen Hampton With great gal
lantry, who contributed largely 10 the SUCCESS
OF the day.
Seven stand Of colors, two thousand ,priso.
ners and nine pieces OF artillery are 1n our
possession.
The loss Of the enemy in killed and woun-
ded is reported TO be heavy-ours relatively
small.
Our profound gratitude is due 20 the Giver
Of all victory, and ouc thanks TO the brave
men and officers engaged.
Flour WI. st. corn, provision generally, and
z.iskey a. s:ta...iiu5 > u Nev orr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-01
Mr. Stan to2's I}ispatc1.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
II TAsHJSGyOy, August 81, 1864.

VAR DEPARTMENT.
WAsHISGyoy, August 81, 1864
Major General D:u, Neo York.
This del ar:9nent has received from General
Grant rebel account Of the surrender Of Eort
Morgan, taken from the Richmond papers
CITY POINT, A lgust 81, l854.-Ihe fol-
lowing is from The RicIln.ond Enquirer OF.
this morning:
',!.Ios1LE, August 2G. The flag Of truce
boat returned last evening. The Yankees say
Fort Morgan capilulated az two clock last
Tuesday. On Monday 7. n, they concentra"
Ted their force on the tort waich replied spIr~
itedy. Tuesday the bonn 0arduent Was re-
newed In the meanwhile che enemy succ9es
ded in getting their hoWltzers III position, anG
a line OF skirmishers Oh he glacls OF the fort:
and opened u heavy fire On our gun: and gun
ners. With the assistance Of tEe mortar
feet, trey succeeded in daHaglng several
gur carriages. The tort did not ire on Tues
day.
Gen Page destroyed everything Ia the fort
and spiked his guus He and \ garrison,
nunl erlng i've hundred and elohtv.one, We're
sent TO New Orleans Seventeen were killed.
The nuulber OF Wounded IS unknown. None
Of the uon com batants we're aiIovTe0 10 'l>lG
The city. Ine enemy have thrown ~ rec OF
four thousand in on tie main land, at Grants
Pass.
MOBILE, August 28 No change Of affairs
at This point. AL quiet.
+. S. GRANT
Unofficial reports represent Forrest, " heeIer
and Morgan as having joined their forces and
operating against General Sherman 5 commu'
piications between Chattanooga and Nashville:
but M report has been received ffoe General
Sherman.
l;eneral Sheridan is still with his force at
UEaries1cw7
No operations have taken place since ny
last telegram in front Of Petersburg.
EDWIN NJ STANTON,
Secretary OF War.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-01
PUBLISHED (DAILY) BIZ
EDGAR sNOWDEN, JE.
OFFICE-No. 1o4 King street, over
s,one'g formerly French'sl Book Store.

General GEORGE 3. MCCLELLAN for Pres,-
dent. and Hon. GEORGE II. PENDIEroN, Of
Ohio FOR Vice President. During the session
Of the Convention yesterday Mr.. Wick|iffe
said the delegates from the West were OF the
onipion that circumstances may occur between
now and the 4th Of March next for the Dem
ocracy Of the country to meet IN convention
AGAIN. and he therefore NOV ID the following
resolution: which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That this convention shall not be
dissolved by adjournment at the close OF It's
business, but shall remain organized, subject
to be called at aby time and place that the Tx.
ecutive National Committee shall designate.
Oa the first ballot Mcclellan received 2023,
and Seymour, OF New York 235z. Delaware
and Maryland threw the entire vote OF their
respective delegations against Gen. Mcclellan.
Several delegations having given their votes
for Horatio Seymour, when the call OF States
had been finished, Mr.. Seymour declined the
nouliuation. He knew General Mcclellan did
not seek the nomination. That able officer
had declared that it would be more agreeable
to him to resume his position IN the army, but
he will not honor any less the high post'n assign
ed him BY great majority Of bis countrymen,
because he has not sought it.
He desired 70 add few words in reference
to Maryland and her honorable delegates here
Yesterday be did an act Of injustice 70 the dis
tinguished member of that delegation, Mr.
Harris, because he Seymour did not under
stand the purport OF his remarks, and he now
desired TO say that that high.toned gentleman
was incapable Of taking position in this con-
yeotion and participating in Is deliberations
while lefusing to abide by its decisions. we
are now appealing to the American people to
unite and save our country. Let Us not Look back.
Its with the present that we have TO deal
Let bygones be hygones. He could say for our
gallant nominee that no man 5 ileart VIAL grleVe
more than his will for any wrongs done TO wa
syand. AS one who did not support him IN
the New York delegation, and as one VINO
knows the man we'll, he felt bound to 40 hlm
this justice. He Governor Seymour WOULD
pledge his life that, when General Mcclellan
is placed in the Presidential chair, he will De.
vote all his energies to the best interests OF his
country, and to securing, never again to be IN
vadea, all the rights and privileges OF the peo"
pie under the laws aud Constitution.
A Communication was received from the
chairman of the session of the Peoples Asso-
clation of New York, claiming to represent
twenty thousand citizens, accompanied by res
outioas pied 5lns tie members o. the assoc1s'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-01

i'm ous sense OF the convention, which was sec.
onded by Mr. NIcKeon.
Governor Powell briefly addressed the con
yention, pIedging his most earnest efforts 1oE
the success Of the ticket. Judge Alien, OF
Ohio. and others N lie brief speeches, and the
question was thenftaken on making the noEnl-
nation unanimous, which Was declared carried,
amid deafening applause.
Mr. Wickliffe offered resolution 70 The ct
feet that Kentucky expects the first act Of Nc
Clellan, when inaugurated IN March next, WILL
be to open the Lincoln prisons and set the cap.
tives free: which was carrie unanimously.
George II. Pendleton, Of Ohio, was unanl-
mouslv nominated on the I'd ballot.
Mr. Pendleton, on being loudly called for,
said he had no language in which to express
his thanks for this evidence OF their kindness
and confidence. He could only promise to de-
vote himself in future, as in the past, W'th en-
tire devotion 20 the great principles when lie
at the foundation Of our Government-tne
rights Of States and liberties Of the people, IN
the future as in the past He would be faith
ful 10 the great principles OF Democracy ana
strong in their cause. With the hearts OF MIL
lions Of }rcemen with them, they will again
build up the siatte1e ed fragments Of the Union,
and hand It down to The next generation as It
WAS rec;ve,i from the last, The Convention
adjourned.
Gen n. B. Forrest, in bis ofcla', dispatch
Of the attack on Memphis says:-'l attacked
Memphis at 1 0 clock this morning. driving
the enemy TO his Notifications. We Killed
and captured four hundred, capturing their
entire camp with about tour hundred horses
and mules Washburn escaped ia The dark
ness OF the morning, leaving his clothes behind
Nv loss is twenty killed and wounded
The Florida, during the month OF July, OF
the coast Of B,azi|, destroyed the y. s, mer:
chairman Infcan, fr,n San Francisco for
Now York. After taking out seventy ahou'
eand dollars il treasure, which the ship had
On board, and part Of her cargo. the Vessel
NOS bnrnt. The same despatch reports the
steamer Electric Spark as being IN company
with the Florida.
The army correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Commercial ia one Of his late letters from At
]anta. saws that among the many notifications
ond new features of warfare, that have oeen
;ntroduced during the present struggle the one
,oost noticeable and most revolutlonlzng IN us
tendency is the practice, becoming 50 universal
On both sides, Of en- trenchlng and fortl1y1ng'
Admiral Farragut, it is reported mas oo-
ta;nod the services of the man who LAID the
LIZ EInrt caoe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-09-01

Flour VII, Al, corn, provi sions generally,
q .i,I,eg q. :ta..su>; . il New ~~oca~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-11

TT" What sacrifice Fifteen hun
bred men lost in one small plan of Mr..
Lineolns to secure denomination Two
or three millions of property sacrificed
Hundreds of homes desolated-a thousand
hearts made sad. Truly, Mr. Lincoln is a
great General. If by such expeditions he
generals himself into the White House for
another term, will not the American peo-
pie feel grateful !"-Naehias Union.
The blunder Of the campaign was in en-
trusting General Seymour. noted blum
dcrcr, and general after the Mcclellan
pattern, with command. If the Presi.
dent deserves censure at all, it is in still
retaining such officers in the service. He
cluns TO Mcclellan until his imbeeility had
nearly ruined the country. We give below
for the benefit of the Union, the character
of this General Seymour, the Florida
blundcrer' taken from the Erenjas Post, q
paper from which it has quotation thi.
week in relation 10 the affair -
We hope General Gilmore will now
see the mistake he made i'm taking General
Seymour with him to the Department Of
the South, from which he had Just before
been sent away 10y General Hunter for un-
ruly conduct and language. 1t is reported
that the advance On Olustee was made con
trary TO General Gillmore's orders, and
that had he been present at jacksonville,
or Baldwin, the battle would not have
taken place. But he ought to have been
taught BY former experience not TO trust
General Seymour with any important com
mand. 1t was this officer who planned and
urged the assault on Fort Wagner. on the
18th of last July in which General Strong.
Colonel Shaw, and so many other callan,
spirits were sent to useless deaths. He
appears to be a constitutional blunderer
he has shown fatal aptitude for walking
into traps, and for falling in with the enc,
lny's plans, which ought to excuse him
from farther servie~ in the field, at least in
any responsible position.
General Seymour had formerly little
eonhdenoe In our volunteer soldiers. The
Two affairs OF Fort Wagner and Olustee
should have cured him of this at any rate.
lie had also great contempt for negroes
and negro troops. Had he treated the Flori-
da blacks wisely and listened 10 them. he
would not have been permitted to march
Diihdly upon olustee, and certainly the
black regiments in his force, ACCORDING IN
all the accounts, behaved Themselves "a
wen ~ any troops on the field"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-11
Town Hall.

" First then, woman will, or won't,-lepend ont
If she will dot she will aud there's an end ont"
The ladies of the city of Calais have
succeeded in coaxing the city council to
vote money for city Hall. The coaYing
on their part assumed Il substantial and
arsumentatiye form, for they agreed to
raise $4,000 Of the required amount before
the city fathers" came up to the work.
We do not know but oar good town of
Ellsworth Will wait until an outside pres
sure of some kind forces it to take action
in the matter Of town hall.
If the old Westinghouse, rickety and
dirty enough to satisfy digger Indian
where the town holds its meetings for the
transaction of public business. should take
il into its head to slide off from It's rotten
foundation at the coming March meeting,
killing or manning scores of our citi-
zens the town would, no doubt, begin to
talk and also vote upon the question of a
town Hall.
Or, if either of the other Halls, while
crowded to excess by those of both sexes,
should take fire in the lower stories, and
the narrow passage for escape become full
Of the blackened flames and smoke of the
devouring element, and we should be
awakened to our strange neglect by finding
many of those thus caught had lost their
lives, We might, perhaps, make Success
ful effort, if it did cost few thousand dol
lars. to have n respectable and safe place
for holding public meetings. But shall we
wait until driven by some public calamity,
of the kind indicated, before taking action
We hope not. We belicre not. We pray
not.
Mr.. Peck, who is always ready for any
laudable enterprise, has generously offered
to give a lot on Franklin street. with a
frontage CT four rods, and eight rods deep,
for this purpose, il good, large and re,
spectacle Hall can be ersctcd this season.
Shall not the town move in this matter.
then
But hear some croakcr say . the town
is in debt" Very well, but not so deeply,
but score Of our citizens could pay the
whole of it, and have enough then To &c,
tolerably well through the world There
is money enough spent foolishly, every
year, in the town of Ellsworth, to build rs
good Hall as our necessity demands and
the very men who will intcrpose objections
on the score of cest, will find that their
share of the sum so spent will foot mp as
much as their tax would be to build Hall.
Our correspondent has given some CO.
gent reasons in favor of a Hall.
sP~To be continued
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-11
New Hampshire Election.

The election in New Hampshire, contrary TO ex-
Pectation, has gone largely Union. II was expect
ed that the Cnonists would carry the State but not
by such large majority, in the absence of SO many
voters. 1t Is happy beginning of the political
campaign, and one which will be followed up by like
glorious victories. If our Union armies will only
drive from before them the rebels, and will fouw
up each victory until every rebel army is broken up
and scattered, there will be fear Of the result
the polls. Union men only fail at the polls when
the rebels seem to BE gaining ground, and their
friends at the North jubilant and active at the to
them pleasing prospect.
The result ct this election howeyers particularly
gratifying because Ii settles the of the traitor
Frank Force, who TO be elected L. $. Senator,
in case the copr"rheads succeeded Poor Pierce ~
The Union majority Is about 1000
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-11
Written FOR the American.
True Politeness.

If there be one human quality worthy of
culture and high praise, that is true polite
ness. Its salutary effect upon society can
not he ovcr-estimatcd easily. The polite
arts have done much to elevate the social
condition of all civilized nations. A fine
writer has said, Tell Inc peoples man
ncrs and | will tell you their prestige"
This saying is applicable to individuals to
considerable extent. We judge and arc
judged very much by outward appearances
and external requirements. Hence all
| should exercise care not TO undcryalue duo
| attention in this respect. tt
But we say true politcuess because there
is vast amount of false in the world.
The genuine is free from guile. Many
who have high reputation for politencss
are really destitute of it; for they feel
nothing of what they show so abundantly.
Genuine politeness comes from the heart;
it consists in developing and exercising the
lofty natural impulses; it has sincerity
and bcncvolcncc for its basis It is allied
to charity, kindness aud truth, and scorns
deception and hypocrisy; it is, moreover
Christian virtue, as the Bible says, "Bc
courteous, be kindly aiiectioncd one to an
other with brotherly love-" Hence every
truly polite person must have kind and
sympathetic heart, and every act of genu-
inc poltencss must be actuatcd by kind
and benevolent disposition. No category
of rules is essential TO guide the golden
is the only necessary one.
True politcncss flows from gcodnaturc,
and is free from all afiectation; hence to
he polite, one must cultivate honest aspira-
tons and kind feelings and act natural.
The last is particularly essential. Aswcll
might one undertake to form the orator by
teaching a long system of labored rules for
defamation. gestures. &c. as to form
manners of politeness by the same means.
In beth cases it is equally necessary that
sincerity and natural impulse
should form basis of action. Indced.the
rolitcst orators seem to almost forget them
selves in their subject of DISCOURSE 1t is
related of John B. Cough. that after the
delivery of one of his able productions. he
was very highly coinplimented for il by
lady, She spoke particularly of the man
ner of delivery, and the case and natural
grace with which i. VAS attended. Having
occasion to rcpea; the discourse soon after
wards. he undertook to initiate his manner
Df the proceeding occasion: the result MAS
a decided failure. The evident reason was
because he did not lose himself in liz sub
cct rs before. Thus we see the striking
of nature. No man WAS ever
great by allectation or imitation.
Poiitencss or courtesy, is the result of
only little patience and self-control;
and. rs 10 its value. the success of thou
sands is mainly the result of agreeable
manners arising from feeling of benevo-
Icncc, while as many fail chiefly from tho
want Of such manners.
Ellsworth. March 9Th.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-03-11
a. Resolve Relating TO the Ercsi-
dent ;lnd Wee President Of the
United States"

| "RcSolrcd. That for their eminent SER
vices to their country in the years of its
rravest peril. President ABRAHAM LINCOLN
and Vice President HANNIBAL HAMLIN are
! deserving the confidence and regard of the
American people, and that, in the opinion
Of this Legislature, the loyal citizens of
Maine desire their reelection to the offices
which they now so ably and faithfully fill
The resolve was twice read and unani-
monsly passed to be cngrossed under a
| suspension of the rules.
The above resolution passed the Legis
! lature last week. We believe it is the first
time that the name of Names honorcd
statesman, Hannibal Hamlm has been
named in the passage of similar resolu-
tons by State Legislatures, and We are
pleased to find therefore our OWL Lcgisla-
ture. declaring for Hamlin, while recon-
mending a denomination Of Mr.. Lincoln.
If we take for q second term Mr.. Lincoln
we must certainly take Mr.. Hamlin. if he
desires it. We notice that some journals
while in favor of Mr.. Lincoln for second
term. are very reticent upon the matter of
Vice President.
We certainly think that the people of
Maine desire. to-day, the denomination
of both Mr.. Lincoln and Mr.. Hamln, but
at the same time, we think it would have
been better to have had the whole matter
postponed until later in the season. The
National Convention should have hcen
postponed TO the last of July, the discuss
ion of the question of the next President,
would then have been deferred until a
much later day, than now under the call.
However, this is pretty smart nation and
it can carry on a war with the rebels in
Dixie, and fog them too. and at the same
time conduct Il pretty smart canvas for
the succession, and whip the rebels at home
at the polls. The election. we hardly need
remind our readers, for President and
Vice President, does not occur until No.
vembcr next, a long intervening period be
tween the selection and the election. Civ
ing plenty of time to mar or make the
political fortunes Of quite a number of smart
men.