20 AUGUST 1864, page 7

The Failure At Petersburg. T He 30th Of July Was For

the Northern Army one of more bitter disaster and disappointment than any mere defeat could have caused. For six weeks the sappers and miners had been engaged in a work which it......

A Plea. For Succession Duties.

S OMEBODY once earned an immense deal of temporary unpopularity by talking in the House of Commons of the people's "ignorant impatience of taxation." The accusa- tion was......