Later from the North.
Northern dates as late as June 1st, are received.
The New York
Times, of that date, has an elaborate and ably prepared editorial on the condition of affairs, in which
Butler is severely berated, and his whole campaign pronounced a disgraceful failure.
The
Times asserts that
Petersburg could have been easily captured had
Butler made the slightest effort upon first landing at
Bermuda Hundred; and states that the occupation of
Petersburg would have afforded a base of operations which could not have failed to realize the happiest results.
It admits a signal detest at
Drewry's Bluff, and attributes the failure entirely to the mismanagement of the
commanding General.
It says the
Federal troops were very badly handled; that they were brought up in detail, and so whipped, while the rebels were skillfully and splendidly managed — The dissatisfaction of the subordinate
Generals in candidly avowed, and the removal of
Butler very plainly intimated.
The
Times adds that all hope of capturing
Richmond by
Butler having been abandoned his forces have been so reduced as to place him entirely on the defensive.
Baldy Smith and
Brooks, at the head of a large force, were sent off from
Butler last week, and reached
West Point on the 3 st.
The
Times says the news from
Grant is of the most cheering character.
He now occupies an excellent position — the same to some extent that
McClellan formerly occupied, but that
Grant is a different man from
McClellan, has vaster resources greater means, and most glorious results are sanguinely expected.
The tidings from
Sherman are said to be all that the
Lincoln Administration could desire.
A severe fight had occupied at
Dallas,
Geo, which resulted in the complete overthrow of the rebels, whose loss in estimated at 3,000.
Sherman occupied
Dallas, all the efforts of the rebels to eject him being completely foiled.
The radical Black-Republican Convention, which met at
Cleveland on the 30th, nominated for the Presidency
John C. Fremont, and for the
Vice Presidency John Cochrane, of New York.
The Contention was largely attended, and great enthusiasm prevailed.
Lincoln's name was mentioned, but only in derision.
A Convention of the more moderate Republicans is to take place in
Baltimore on the 7th of this month.
Butler telegraphs to
Stanton that a very intelligent and highly respectable woman had entered his lines.
She was direct from
Richmond, and brought most important information from the rebel capital.
A public meeting had been held, at which two propositions were freely discussed, viz: Whether
Richmond should be burnt or surrendered.
The
Mayor advocated a surrender, and was immediately thrown into Castle Thunder for entertaining such views, where he has been ever since.
Butler telegraphs that he has repulsed the rebels on every occasion, both on the
Chesterfield and Prince George sides of the
Appomattox.
Gold was quoted at 190½
