Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-25
rRom THE UNITED SrAFns.

We subj yin sons Interesting extracts from late UNI
ted STAT papers rec iVed at this Office
A russ IS TIE YAMnY-sEAIR vERsUs tTANToN AND
Ths Washington correspondent Of the New York
World rays:
lis reported in Official cireIrp and very generally
believed that Mr.. Stanton has Iigned bis position as
Secretary Of War. Il Is known At for some time past
he has not been on speaking terms with postmaster
General Blair and the favor Of that gentleran es-
sent to retaining the conhdence Of President Lincoln:
The immediate cause Of the resignation grew out OF
ouarrels which followed the attack OF the rebels upon
the city, Blair charging ircomPetency and eoWardice
upon Stanton and Hleck, for their want oil manage
ment during the progress Of the raid Among the can
didates mentioned succeed Mr. Stanton are Senator
John ShermAn and General Schenck. lt IS doubted
whether Me- Sherman will accept the position
TIE same correspondent says:
The burning of Postmaster BIGr's house by the Re-
bels has had other besides cabinet complications In
bs anger the Postmaster loud in his denuncahors
Of the want of capacity and vgor shown IN the oeence
Of Maryland He abusive in hia remarks, which
pointed 20 directly 10 General HseCk, thst that cics
drew up remonstrance to the President and demanded
an investigation Of his conduct He also insisted that
BAR should not be retained among the counseors OF
the President in case the charges proved 10 Dc uh-
founded How the matter will end is not known, but
h far moro likely tibet Halleck will 60 before Mr..
BIsir as the latter has bscome Mr.. Linoon's second
salt There is doubt At all that these rumors oil es
graceful quarrsls in the cabne. and among the imDe
date advisers OF the Peesden have but too much ioun
dation IN truth. .
THE EEW GALL YoR TROOPS.
The correspondent Of the Tribune says:
Mr.. Lincoln in private conversations yesterday pre-
vous 10 the issue Of the call for 5000 men, re-
eogpizsd al the elements Of dissatisfaction which that
measure was likely bring with it and to breed; but
he ated most emphRtcaly that the men were needed,
and must be had and that should he ia in
he would at least have the satisfaction OF going down
with the coors flying. 1 CIV
The correspondent of the Times says:
It's expected by the War Department that the whole
number will DO forthcoming wi hin the prescribed time,
6fty days and that no draft will be reccsssary. We
have already credit Of hundred and hty thousand
men over and above the previous cis which will leave
but three hundred ard fifty thousand on the present
draft Representative recruits, re-erlsling veterans,
s.. will make further important deductions that IL
Ii require Only vigorous ef1rs on the part oil the
people 20 July satisfy the demand.
LEvELLrNs EARTHwoRKs NEAR PETERSBURG
The correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, with
Grants amy, under date OF l8.h instant, says:
The levellinR Of earthWorks 10 which referred in
INV despatch of yesterday resumed this morning.,
aad they will all be with tire ground before night
fall Hundreds Of men Tor the past two days have been
engag ed ia the work, and the speed with which they
have accomplished it IL deserving. of much praise
Should We from some unforeseen circumstance DO com.
peed as an army movement TO vaca9 our present po-
si6Oa the rebels reoccupyrg this ground would md
their works destroyed and t would De Impossible Tor
them TO reconstruct them in syle equaing those now
being destroyed by ~ Thsy had been the labor OF
monIns and as have previously said had they been
held by the regular volunteer army OF the South, Il
would have been next to an imposshiy for US to have
captured them. Our lines have been consid-
eraby contracted on the left since my lAstiWrtng-
This second corps eveled their works in the very eeh
of the enemy who dare not attack the gallant boys IL
vas tie intention of General Hancock to have given
them Il Chances Of fair field fight, bad they venured
rom their trenches but they evidently expected that
something was il the wind and dare not risk sueh an
experiment What the rebels Imagine by our move
mens for tho past few days Is Is impossible to con-
ceSe
| NovEMINrs IN LOUISIANA.
The s. Louis Union publishes eli extract from pri-
vate letter, dated New Orleans, 7sb, which says:
sI.Ast night staff oihcers told me fifteen lhOusa
men would start from the city and below, in ocean
steamers oday They are to take fifteen days rauonP
and an ammunition ship accompanies the expedition
Thera ara now large number Of additional gunooa!s
10 Lake PonehartGu and more vessels have been added
to the let oR Mobile. Soma think this expedition IS
intended for the capture of hotile so as TO possess
the Alabama river and establish base OF supplies for
Sherman OF Selma, while others believe the troops are
destined for Fortress Mouros.
Tbs force may be designed 10 cooperate With Gen.
Socum expedition flo Yickaburg which has recently
been reinforced and is again marching to the interior
i of Mississippi
THs ABOLrrIox SENSE OF "JUsr1CE AND PROPKiTTY IN
| MARYLAND.
In the Maryland Constitutional Convention" on the
Goth inst, Dir. Belt offered the following:
WAsrsas, by the 9lS article of the existing Declara-
tcn Of Rights is, among other things provided that
no free man ought 10 be taken or imprisoned, or dis
seized OF his freehold liberties or privileges, or out
law, a. or exiled or IN any manner destroyed or de-
prved Of his life liberty or property but by the judg-
/ ment OF his peers or the laws OF the land )"
Ad whsrsaS the 18th instant this Convention did
| adop, tho following order, to vii:
,tThAt this Convention, representing the people Of
MARYLAND hereby respectfully request the President Of
the United Satss and tls commfndants OF the military
d,parmenta in which Maryland is included, ss an acc
~ iuatce and proprety, to upon known sympa
n rs With the rebellion residents in this State, the
tota Rmou of all losses and spoil ors sustained by
loya cit tens of the United States resident ia ths State
reason of the recent Rebel raid, to compensate loyal
| sJf9fers;"
And skeeas there Is en- obvious conflict and con-
irsdie,on between said order and the before rected
article Of the Bill Of Righs;
And s0sTeas the cut matter oil the SAID order -
not properly within the purposes for which this Con-
venion called; but is irrelevant and altogether
| foreign to the same therefore,
Resolvsd That in the opinion of this Convention, the
aforesaid order mproydenty passed and that the
same be, Eld Is hereby rescinded.
The CHAIR ruled the resolution out of ordsr and the
decision Of the CHAIR was sustained,
REsMIAT OF TIE RIGHT SORT.
The New York cor sponden. of tie Philadelphia IL
quirer, in his letter Of 10th instant, says
An effort was made to send eff to Washington the
56th regiment New York State Mill ia without success
The regm snt belongs to Brooklyn. When drawn up in
| Ire 81 evening, at Fort Gree, many of them de-
cared that they would not leave the State When they
reached the arsenal soma broke ranks and ian down
Portland avenue, hoOing and yelling; Others who had
been driven into the building at the point OF the bayo-
-, irr,ad ont NJ tia vindoWR and made pood their