Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL TO THE DAILY UNION VEDETTE SYRACUSE august bain addressed a mass meeting today to day ay ile he expected that eliat the nominee of the chicago convention 1 4 would be pled pledged ged to a suspend suspension of hostilities and of states ile he sai gai diat filia a majority of f the 66 dele 1 gates from the northwest north west ara are committed to that doctrine and he believed a reunion re union of states possible the tile the south has proposed through her Pre president and through accredited agents to meet tile the united states to see if they could not agree agree 0 they are tired of the war and alid want ah armistice and a convention he declared that with a republican form of government it was impossible to keep the states together by force of arms and was for trying conciliation compromise resolutions were unanimously adopted declaring that the country was passing passing through 11 a fearful political colv convulsion aulsion I 1 and a violent attempt by force to undo the world of our patriot ancestors they call upon the people irrespective of party to aid in obtaining a permanent suspension of hostilities and to perfect sonic some mode of recon re ile con st ruction which shall again unite the country on oil a lasting basis of peace and that it is the duty of the chicago convention to give eriv p expression to this spirit of peace and to declare it the 6 purpose of thedeth the deth Democratic party to cause this g tb ccase cease by calling a national convention ibi MI which all tife states shall be represented in ill their S sovereign Ove reign capacity and that to this end an armistice shall be declared further that if the Conven Convention tiow 1 shall place another war condi candidate date platform before thu the people there will be no real is issue sue to decide decico de cido as the candidates did ates already nominated represent all who ho cling to the war and that it is sound policy to gather gatherl together under tinder our banner all who entertain the tit opposite ite sentiments and are in favor of restoring ct the country to it its proper condition since prosperity and happi ness nease are am only to ba obtained liy the election of a president pledge d to support the peace policy and that ire we solemnly protest against the usurpations and lawless dispensations of the p present i res administration and andward dwarn an warn ministration mim to desist from further en croach ments upon our rights and the I 1 liberties of citizen s of out our state that we will not tolerate the rule of martial law or military interfere i rioe with the elee elections or any wore more arbitrary wrests arrests of citizens to maintenance of all which we pledge outlives our jives lives fortunes and sacred acred lionor honor itin it ia gadded added that the reply of president lincoln to clay and holcom holcombe be furnishes evidence that the party now nov in power have deluded ali the imao iato the granting of unlimited means for the purpose of preserving the union which they have used still using for the base end of overthrowing g state institutions advancing van cing parky ir etro and establishing hew selves in permanent despotic power powel at athime this eve m S meeting tile tho principal speaker to bouer r of california je reviewed e veol at some pome length tho the hi story history of the rl etoy sidn tut ional man many y 16 P of an armistice and convention 6 dj states believing that the deop people q 0 fj both sections wanted peace andare and arc determined to have it 1 r NEW NEN YORK aug au g 18 commercials special says apprehensions hen lien aro are felt for the safety of gon gen aut buff the milt military tary I 1 authorities are ar 0 confident t un in de berthe der x the dispositions I 1 lately rn mad a 4 that tile the line ine cannot be seriously disturbed it is quite certain that the draft or derea fo for september ath wilabec will ibe bec commenced nence d on oil that day dayas as the is is completed ft K WASH washington au aug 9 esth 11 dispatches from grant I 1 dated I 1 p m I 1 have just juab received reports of the fighting north of james river today to day irth it haas resulted res bulted favorably to us so far asit as it has gane bt ere decisive result th the e enemy were driven back OBie onie what from their position afi of this morning with wi th considerable onside able loss in killed killea and wounded and about prisoners the rebel 0 guerrillas Charn chamberlin berlin a 1 n nd d gerrard are killed and alid their bodies left in in our hands we also have quite a number of wounded prisoners since morning mornin north of the river our loss will probably reach near one thousand thou sand killed and wounded maby many are ofil only slightly sli 0 attly wounded owing lovinc 0 to so much of tile fighting fi biting taking place in the woods the enemy lost about as aa many who have li ave fallen into our hands 1 11 1 the b department ent lins has intelligence fi from allf Sher nian to foll 1130 30 last ast night no operations 0 arati ons 1 are I 1 te f p d J A 1 dispatch dis patch i from shot sheridan ial all at y inch ester va dated lytfie 10 0 a in reports that gen merrils alert ills division of cavalry was vas attacked on oil yeste yesterday aday afternoon on oil the by ker shams division of longstree a corps and wickham and tj 0 maxs brigadoi brigades bri gados jades of cavalry after a very banda ome cavalry light afi ht the e enemy licin Y tf f e ere fa bally ba adly bt with a lo 10 loss ss of t two w 0 stands at colors color 3 twenty four officers and two hundred and seventy six prisoners ru in a later dispatch sheridan says say the cavalry fight in front of front royal was splendid it was on open ground groi alid and ad the sabre was freely used ayour men great credit i as ape ati e gen generals brals merrill marrill and cust cosfa ar i r and col devins 1 1 signed T the attention dathe war department has been called to the fact that insurgent enemies in kentucky tenn and mo have endeavored endeavor bd fraudulently ajl I 1 and treacherously to oata obtain I 1 n the wie 3 fits of thi the e presidents amnesty for coif ile purpose of I 1 reserving their property from the penalty of their crimes or of sa securing themselves y es fram punish punishment anent for the commission commission of arson robbery and a I 1 i in murder an order has ha beema sued to affie t ne duim commanders in ift the military ry vice to prevent the i r c ni ini s tra tion ot all to 4 e L oath 0 o 1 per sop alib top any Y bali other r th anthe purpose oft of 1 pace p and a nd establishing the ir national xu ity ahw the amount of the rational bank currency in circulation n is tho The records of tim general land office 81 show low the demand for and settlement of the public pub I 1 I 1 c land aa greater greaf than athas been at sn ion bon for th last irist t hrie bearo iii r of stoney naney r I 1 in i a afee ar c largely lar I 1 ely i increased i the file tolt to ui ioe TSO T 1 SO 80 loan I 1 repa dab at i es be t f i s ay C af pf hafto 10 0 teis od the navy department K fid 1 I d braf two vessels to aroe 4 several days wore the official af mation w was received that tit L al 11 a ll 11 hassee had entered anter ed that port y 1 1 do b 4 ani the 1 he lie n publican i i learns that i 2 sheridan 1 came calne into collision 11 with earlys forces borc y ea in tile the shenandoah valley beai near sl ras ra burg durgon on 4 ty d ay an a wt iffat shar usang M ft ik i i st i taw it t ly P place laca L which I 1 rest resulted 0 1 in 1 1 defeating defonti ii g an and d driving tile tho adbel VS rile Ii nothing 0 thing 6 decisive v wis as a clonel one 1 10 adria dur rf arwa james river affairs anaias are pr progressing 0 jessip ga another attempt tf to 11 inva jael 1 J jit maryland and J is is report doport 1 ed bu bufa t not credited credi T iea 1 1 i 0 A WAS VV ASHINgTON august laul The operations of them army makee james river up to yesterday resulted in advancing 11 tt part of 0 our lines further and in the capture lines of rifle pits and prisoner sone J sonic soni c of the prisoners capture dr iii Sheri dans fight of yesterday belong r t ed to lon 0 streets corps porty that two divisions have joined earlby and that L onks tree als p r kapsi aured at neep deep bottom bea other division which was under marcim march ing orders for the valley r NEW YORK august idl private letters from div give 6 details of geri gen pullmans Ull mans success s in driving the rebels from the right bank of the atchafalaya Atchafala ya river it appears that ullman moved frda morganza on oil tile the with a brigado brigade of and and one bat tery the rebels found strongly ported e afif crip iti pa erifili ad ing the railroad with their batteries on oar aba cavalry fali drove in their skirmishers taking 41 eral cral prisoners und ind then opened ope nedon antho khoii rebels alimi a spirited ensued batig two hours li ours 1 I finding our ou i r position s U SWO a beav aheady y loss our forces nver w er e drawn a eliott distan f 4 can fa 1 te 4 nex d na t orning in we e wd as nel in confusion our loss loge is ig deserters report alid rebel loss atsa killed and wound cH T YORK yom I 1 I 1 august b aali the ldes special SP 16 it c ri Js W I 1 of the h says ays s the news from t i shenandoah oa h valley fa 6 day a is favorably favora s sheridan h I 1 is 3 1 sull still i pushing 1 asli fiig ai barly earl i y 1 bip up al the mw lie tt rt valley and i lias i compelled ti ji him to re 7 r 5 r sl i dmd treat trea t from point to point i in n very every c encounter thus far abe rein rein for fore coment ement of early eaily by I 1 audij ells corps is doubted tas as the thee ej two t ro corps arab are believed tob bobc ii in grantly Gran G tsy front 0 o y w or q a 1 I if 1 J J A nilton hilton headwater Hea Head dWter Jetter of odthe tl re h porta por t that a blockade runner gott goth aground on sullivans island i nea fort moultrie Moul and was discovered them therein inthe the morning at daylight dind ope i by filin w trept getup up until she ilia waa wa a perfect berit A portion of HOT heir cargo tiargo had litiff her bu erable will be sa wred ved rc belr wreckers eckers Vr the fire from our bue rei is is still kentrup kept up and the city deserters inform iid n g that our fir mg d domaga mag and is directed kt H 1 I I the wreckers points of the fort alwa fad fact is ia fosters ed 0 altea aebela it is i said gaid express feut I 1 p iciest the continued c 41 bombardment of I 1 points by no means bame q myatt ultimately inter fe re the sa fe t f imi aa M V air JU de afe fences n ce 8 |