The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-05-09


In the House Of the 4th inst, the
bill guaranteeing Republican Government to The
rebei!ious States was taken up, aud Mr. ii w Davis
offered substitute amending the bi,i SO as To re-
qnire iastead of one tenth Ot the voters OF scced
ed state majority to re o;gmize State Govern
Elent, and GLOWING those who have held merely in
strt,menia Offices under the rebel Government, and
those who have held Interior military oili ,es, 10
partcipaie-in and hold Office under the reconstruct
cd Government. The substitute was adopted
Tie preamble proposed by Mr Stevens, 10 the Of
feet that the called Confederate States are Il
public enemy, Wagng an uh Just war, in wiiici
they are not entitled TO the privileges and immuui
ties OF civilized warfare, &C., was stricken OUT,
ana the bill thus amended finally passsi-yeas IS,
nays ~.
FINANCIAL.
In New York on Tuesday, ~, gold went uD 10
ISL. The closing quotation on tie ih, at 5 O'Clock
NJ, was ,.9l4
osN. GRANT TO PROP The FAILING FORTUNES OF
YAEKEEDoM THs REE EEL FORCES.
From ;hc New York Hcia'd. Of May ID
Ia Louisiana, Flo iia, and North Carolina we
have had the commencement Of active operations
for the season; but Il Is 4 commencement that has
not had "A very pleasant effect upon the public
mind. Gen Blnks's whole movement in Louisiana
is pub!icy denounced as an idmTstra ION Cotton
stealing eXpediton-an operation In Which no sue
cess ceud have tended to shorten the war, in
which disaster must have q bad moral effect upon
our cause, ard in which, whatever The result
might b the services and lives Of many gallant
men must be lost. Aud the severe disaster
Plymouth has caused quite as disaereeabe an eX
element and spread abroad quite much gloom
as IT'D the earlier one in Florida.
In all these movements we see the perind,cal re-
turn OF the various indications OF utter tncapaciyy
10 carry on the that the Administration has
given at the commencement of every oi
active operatioas. In the ease of the Plymouth
disaster the Instance OF incaoaci;y is worse
than usual. Many months ago The Navy Depart
rient warned rs To the construction Of the
rebel iron clad that has beea SD active lii de-
feat at that point. But with It's usiia. sleeuy
pidity tha, department sec:Hs tn have taken
tiee Of the matter, and certainly made pravis
ion guard against The advent Of such foe; fur
uPHn the arrival Of this formidable craft HeaF Ply
mouth her only antagonist was an o.i Silen
Island ferry boat
Gen Grant has not come II he supreme command
Of our armies any too seen. Had he reached his
present position earlier, and been able la take a
full survey %! the leid, aud o regulate ard c0ntio
TIE disposition and NOV ,eat nt all n',t forces be
iu,e anything had been done thia season, we would
certainly have been spied latest Iaslortunts.
Eut he not in his pace early enough for that,
a;ii iSe Old arrangements and plans oi The admin
istratioE had to have their Legitimate results We
may now, however, Ell hope t6at this latest st
Tts oi disasters, ;iic Ia the old av;ss, sil' be the
last and that our future operations mot influenced
hy the ignnrant incalcity OF the Administration -
Will be ct a Different nature. and those ia.are
Gpr.dta;s aic IN be, by all Odds tue iilf.rHseiy
iHpnri3nt oa.s ot line var.
over the whDlc theatre oi waT the struggle is
ready 10 hurst forth with the must Intense fury.
Da side, well THE side oil Tire rebels,
lIie most gigantic preparations have been it.a;:e- -
Those new titments ia ri9d"tH Wariaf~, negro
Hoops and iten clad vesst.s, are 10 be perhaps
ticfcriy tsei tta!; ever inr, lis viii b" seen
by id article In anGl..sT co;t,tGn ifpi the Rich
ntunh E@du4i.1er. The .ei3eis promise to incel
''alnat OF isnore, and ton our own se!niS, aud
daskiy iint at the repetition di tiic deeds Of tie
t;effiGl lc.o
la ti.. same article, aiso it Is clearly acinaw-
.e.ng.s That this struggle is To be the ist, and
s.ur life or death" Enough has been OF Gen
GranG's sts lie uf opcratiuNs iii fJfn:er campaigns.
as "til ;s OF what he proposes III do Iii his next
one to give the country Tie highest hopes for
cess under his guidance. And Ii tae A,inl,aiStfa
ton can have the virtue 10 let ilia alouei! Ills
plans do not have 10 b. qualified or changed to suit
the small ideas, the mere notions the wiiins or
the i~s vi this or that member OF Ike Adnlinis-
tfatioi shall see before the summer Is over far
different results from those that We savc so con-
stanlsy hai through all the time during which the
Administration has conducted the war.
ut the history of these latest disasters, as well
rs Of the many that have preceded them In other
campaigns, ought not to be lost upon the public
They may have good effect: they are the cha
rac,efstic contribution that the present admins
iratiUn has made t" our history. MIR Lincoln and
his advisers, In their attempts to carry on tietI
| war, by their Interference with the plans ri Gena
rails by their appointment OF Incompetent men IL
places OF great inportaHcp, bv their driselliae
weakness, manifested in all ways, have direct "
brought upon the country tlle Whole series p dis
| ends with tiic transaction at Plymouth.
Let the peop t. ponder this well; and u tic soa-
siderasion OF this fact shall prevent .ne ~
of The nresent President the country viii al least
aye some snai; reason 10 b5 thacktui Tor SO h1ly
defeats hessss. hates and Usher seem to be The
ony men in the present Cabinet who are cumpe-
| ten; 10 iaisil the duties OF their Positions; hu.
against every ether aseibeT, aad above ali against
| ,he President, the cauatyy should wage war Gl
! prescription. Lincoln, Stanton . and WsHes are
. :lik. incompetent driveers, and Chase. accord
! ing to the best authority, is Secess.onist saeh
| men must never again be permitted to govern this
: great country.
/ From the same.
F.; The strength of the rebel forces uader the CON
/ mand of General Lee Is pretty much a matter o
| conjecture. The highest estimate places his army
! on the Rapidan at 81, coo men. sc dare say how
ever, than it does not exceed 75,eUO, ami that his
forces on and near the Richmond Peninsula do no
number above IS ,0ao We guess, ON the otael
hand, that General Grant has made the necessary
! ananger ents TO srappie successfully with Tebe
army Of lO0, ,0oo on the kapdan, anu for more than
25 COO on the Peninsula; and We guess that II Is no
his intention tn accommodate the enemy, as ".
have heretofore accommodated him In Virginia bJ
having fifty or sixty thousand men standing Idle 4
The sIIss, while our main ariy Is engaged On ts.'
. centre of the field of combinations. we expee.
therefore, repetition 10 Virginia this iiae, not
Fredericksburg or Chaneeisorsviile, but Ct thatta
nooga
from the N. Y. World, May "a
500 wkere we wii-to Char eston, kiRggoId
!, O,ustee. Nefidian. Camscn, ar up the Red river
| we aud force c0ts0ntiRg US sulfcieHfly large
accent battle.o This Is not SO surprising as Tia;
| ComnssrciGl seems to think II arises from th
! ascaltera,ion'' policy which has governtd OH
military movements. Instead of coDhning TN
/ war 10 vital strategic points which could Only hs
assaiIed aud defended by large armies, the Admin
is,,a,lan has scattered forces around the whole
circle OF the rebellion, and made u war OF popu
,a,ions rather than nj armies The SOathefner
have an ,esise and fruitful territory, have slave
10 raise The uscessasies Of life, and all iegiti
natc businesa has eeea destroyed, ike W..at
arms. .beaftna population can take Ia ihe tistd
If all the various branches Of. industry AZ ,h'
i Nanth were also destroyed, and an Engilsh q
French utmy Of Tour ave .Gn.ited tha:asasad nfr
we're se.HeIed all around the circumference ii th
limited States territory, from the Misstssis,p 10 IN
] .ee.sa aud hack again. t,s0 could tase aSinir
with four fssld the facility ut the HGntevarss =
s;oaw iil,-a aHdas the teas vi thousats.s we hav
ssnt 10 The war fem this Geighha al.sd, they Al
slat pl ssed gGm our street.: h1t ft huslaesS b
destroyed. and the asay thai wnuid spring cut q
the earth would vsSwhetiatng, 80 tar ~ mum
heis 90. II IL the ssealtrtstio pe'tey that u I
hanse f.r sisa hundreds ut thousands of rebel sol
dirts that are esesy~hese all over The s.auiil.
fIrAs tho New York iierai.i
Read cur Wxshinalsk disnateh nf this. .mas,sihs
The caasendinx facsloHs ase ail III & ssew. b,
xhey atl seem 10 10 upptekaasisr thaI Len Gtnf
Will turn thsis fat In tne sisn. Thay Will MI sas
"a walt lhe upslsns ~ hts paas aud c,salhtnat!ol
h~tose they eau aslsn.s teslf g. eva. From ~
Ahe'' ta litr ast ~ TIM fscaiheAlai isi, They ~
Iia ,lls handa d aes. sssnt.
ras xrsasx ~ ms oohtEpenAfs rxt.aatRs.
yhs sspott of 1lyst { e CalN,at1sasy lessrai
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