Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH I 1 SPECIAL TO THE DAILY UNION VEDETTE V 1 ST louis june ath the sanitary fair was practically brought to a close aclise on saturday night 11 it proved a magnificent success exceeding exceed in the expectations of the most sanguine the gross receipts to date from all sources are arc not less than five hundred and seventy five thousand dollars the net proceeds which will pass into the hands of tile the sanitary commission are at least half a million the army sword was awarded to gen hancock who received 2103 votes mcclellan stood second on the list A telegram to headquarters head bead quarters says the report of the burning of a train and murdering refugees near salem ark proves to be unfounded washington june fth in the senate today to day the tax tas ta s bill was considered si and an amendment adopted taxing g passage tickets of tb thirty airty collais fifty cents tickets of thirty five to one hundred dollars are a dollar an amendment was also adopted taxing incomes of six hundred to five thousand dollars five per cent over five thousand seven and a half per cent over fifteen thousand ten tell per cent june eth the steamer missoula Mis from new orleans the was fired into by a rebel battery at columbia sixty shots were fired eight of which truck struck her one shell exploding in the cabio cabin and one lady was wounded most of the he boats bu boned ned at new orleans were owned by ay government the loss is estimated at a quarter of a million it is believed to be the work nork of an incendiary gen canby is actively engaged in the organization of a lorce force and is nearly ready for offensive operations all quiet in the white river country pine bluff and dugals bluff are garrisoned with forces amply sufficient to repel any attack likely to be made by the enemy in that vicinity NEW YORK june ath the times lymes gives at length a detailed account of the operations on friday showing 0 that the movement was one of the most important of the campaign being an all attempt to push the rebels back from their position on oil this side of tile the chickahominy b but I 1 it failed though 0 our army J was advancing to the new ne w position the key point of which was secured by barlows and bobbins divisions but it was wrested from them by an overwhelming rebel reserve in a strong line of the herald sa says y s of fridays fi fight 0 lit 1 that it was brief and bloody but a brilliant victory for the ath corps A james river correspondent says the ironclad iron clad fleet has been be en moved up abreast of butlers right wing which is entrenched on the peninsula formed by the and jams james rivers and cast of the richmond and petersburg railroad which road our army arm y has been enabled to reach with the recently mounted guns BALTIMORE june ith the national union convention assembled this morning mornin b in the front street theater nearly delegates were present including many from remote territories new mexico has sent a delegate hon ewd morgan chairman of the national committee called the convention to order at noon making a brief address he proposed dr R J breckenridge of kentucky as temporary chairman an announcement which was received with great app applause lause and was renewed on his taking the ch chair ir i dr breckenridge betm rb turned neti tenths for tho the honor in a brief and eloquent speech and e er x the alio considerations which in deuced him to attend the convention P H duer of N Y and E N briggs of california appointed ary secretaries rev mr RI ley in evoked the divine blessing upon tho the P proceedings rocc edings of the convention on oil motion of simon cameron a list of states was called in order that the secretaries might be furnished with the names of delegates present As the states were called each delegation sent to the secretaries a roll containing the names of delegates stevens moved that if any delegates are present aloin fi om states in secession tile the names of such delegates shall be submitted to the committee on oil credentials denti als but that the states be not called this was opposed by lane of kansas and maynain of tennessee after a debate the motion to te call the names of all the states prevailed v including the motion of lane thattie eliat the territories of colorado nevada and nebraska be added as the these territories are arc now organizing state 9 governments governments overn ments under the enabling act und and will vote as states at the next presidential election other territories were then called and all found to be represented esell ted on oil motion the rules of the house of representatives adopted for the government of the convention on motion of lane of kansas all states except missouri which have sent two sets of delegates were called upon to name one mamber to compose tile the committee on credentials john bidwell of california and H smith of ic le present those states in the committee AV washington ASHINGTON juno june ith the bill to conf confirm irin title to certain land at santa babbara Ba ibara in california to the roman catholic C hurch church for educational cat ional purposes pui poses passed tile the senate today to day NEW YORK june ath the commercial says secy chase is is in in tho the city in consultation with the bankers the object being to effect a temporary loan immediately the amount lie he desires to borrow is stated at fifty million dollars the poa boht says that the anticipation of the new loan will bull the macket and make money aso stringent is as top to produce a panic but this is not likely to be realized at tile the sub treasury today chase in concert with cisco and the leading c financial institutions ia i making sile such h arrangements as will effectually prevent any such disastrous disturbance of business june ith the convention of states was again called to name a committee on select and permanent officers and in liker like manner a committee on resolutions was selected thompson campbell Oam of california and thos H pearne of ore gon bein being 0 chosen members of the co coin nil cittee from those states the con bention then at 3 31 adjourned KV EVENING ENT INI G S SESSION E S S 10 N convention reassembled assembled re at 4 the committee on permanent organ V bation reported for president of tw hon wm Don nisho of ollio nio with ono one vice president Pies ident from each state adiong among them james otis of f california chifo Cl ifo and J W v souther of oregon V the report of tile the committee yas accepted with enthusiastic applause the co committee on credentials and resolutions not lot being ready to ic the convention was briefly addressed by parson brownlow and after his speech adjourned until 10 tomorrow to morrow washington june 7 di dispatches P itches from head quartiers tars A riny of tile the potomac 9 this itoi nin 0 are arc received an assault was made on burnside about midnight and successfully repulsed yesterday afternoon ono one hundred picked men odthe earmy made a rush to find out what was the moaning caning ni of Ilan hancocks cocks advancing his siege guns nine of the party were captured and the rest killed or driven back nothing ino 0 more of importance is reported signed STANTON |