, 1861-05-04

[epecial Dispstch to ti1s n. 7. TIibnne:1
WAaH1SeroN. Wednesday May j, 1861

-rRnecial Dispatch to tha n: 7. Tribune Il
WAsH1Neroa, WednesdAy May ], 1851. II
The fact is a. last demonstrated beyond the |
shadow Of q doubt that the policy q tue a a.
thIs conaiueton Lincoln has 1rged bis Cabinet,
far tsn DAYS pa:t. Messrs. Case, Blair, and
Cameron hove entered heart and sonl into the
plau, and but for the waVer1ng. OF Messrs sew
ard aud Wellss on this point, ,the cabinet would
such letters petitions and; appeals from his
ogn State Al have Insured his conversion to an
antI-peaee doctrine, and finally Nj. Seward
b.. added his undoubting assent to the nscea-
Senator " ,lsou, With Judge Hoar OF Mass,
called upon Mr. Lincoln and each member OF
tha Catfuet.to daY, and urged upon Them tho
imperative demand of the country that active
and positive aggressive measures be adopted.
Twice they saw Mr. Lincoln, Whose Whole iIs. a..
| ture seems bent upon Re- asserting the dignity
and unity Of this CREST nation before the eyes
Tha country may rest assured that. the
courss of the Administration has been, Is, and
vIl be, onward and upward. The standard
| viii sutfsr no degradation In its handle Moth
| Ing, in the end, Will ave been lost, and al
| good men will agree in concentrations upon
| The action Of our leaders.
| TIE MRANNEss or JEFF. DAVIS.
Jefferson Davis continues in the most dis:
honorable manner to attempt to seduca
n Gepera'a commission In the Confederate
army to gentleman holding Captains rank
In tue g. s. army. and whose experience u
tue Ordnance Bureau would reader him most
valuable to the South. The commission was
i accompanied by strong personal tettet. Dull
| vera returned.
TIE COURSE AID MOTIVES Or TIE ADMINS
i j, TRATIOE. 49,.
r. AlIus.on, in The healing of the President,
having been made by . gentleman to-day to
attacks upon the course ano mot!ves ~ ~ !
NN III. sir, ne can afford to pass them BY with
I the diving words Of the Massachusetts, states
| man. We still live am snre they dont
= worry me any, and reckon they don't benefit
the parties who write them
+ THE ACTION OF The WAR DEPARTMENT.. ;.
u It's now acknowledged here, evsn By those
4 who ut first objected, to that course that tne
| action Of the War Department In the e1gha
:, dsys following the1iot at Baltimore was JUDI
olous and necessary to prepare TIE Wy i9r tns
miuea On. Taken BY surprise, not ready witt
I the overwhelming force, properly equipFet
Wherew:th to cut direct path, the question
Il Ens between ci1cuitous route With certa Int.
l | Of arriving st the destinahon. and an ahoraY'
: and u1u1derous attempt at directns==s, :.
ri ...r,, that .Ii6a;.. MsaT will not pe 81
IT ,owed to resign, but that bis leaving as he d.
. VII, Ia ,conaidered an actual deseft1o4 OF
!, eas+ nf 5ntV. On tha day Of hls deaertt9n b
, | was with tho Secretary OIL tae Sasy II ~ =
o'clock Ia the afternoons ana eala 4olains =;
- bis intentions. He went homs. pack ed Up b
!, faqnitnre. and yaInosed. The Observatory
. now @ under the charge Of Lieut.. ellis, an q
:cellent officer, than whom more loyal, eff
eient, aud worthy seryant Of the eoyeI1men 1ae
j. dooa not exist, The mass Of unfinished Wof
q lefe Nv Lent, MsaEy IT the Observatory
. enormous, but under the eapahss narsseneI s
and untiring energy Of Lieut.. Glllis, 1t is fs'
being chased away.
I TIE VIRGINIA PvH1tc WORKS susrEEDE
.- -Tne Richmond Npateh ie grad8ed to leaf
d |that tbs Board Of Pahlic Works has ordere
The suspension Of Ill work upon the sailroa< r. 4
Of the State, III the present condition q u
g. credft Of YfrrinIa, Il gas deemed N1Ekat