New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-01
win the BlOckading Fleet Move Out
A FORWARD MOVEMENT.
now FARE THE sWEETaEiTs AND LIQUORS !
Board 10 Examine the Qualifications of Ofli,cr'
From Our Special Correspondent.
OLD PoIsr CohyoET, June %, 1861.

by means Of the telegraph of shortening the distance
between Fortress Monroe and Washington. Consider.
ing that the further the movements from Washing.
ton the more vigorous the measures and the more
there is accomplished tbs s something to be regretted
Anything that ia to aid the runous do-nothing policy
certainly cannot be desired except by those who still
believe that Mr.. jefferson Davis is gentleman and
an equal do not know that under the circumstances
anything could have been required at the hands
Of Gen. Butler than be bas done. The simple fact is
that be has bad the to do with. We have bad
one trial. under Gen. Pierce though he contends that
bo only obeyed orders and the result is Lesson that
will not soon be forgotten. Any great forward move.
ment, with the presen! force quite out Of the queC-
tom though it is an undoubted truth that in some
hands present force might accomplish great deal
The simple truth is that this column of the Army 10
not 30 organized as to give confidence TO the that
their efforts and capabilities will be directed with that
degree Of experience, skill and sagsdy that move the
forces on the other side.
At Big Bethel 200 resisted 1900. There is ne
,urance that any better generastip win characterize
future movements. Our soldiers are rejecting inyest
eating men, They plainly discern the truth; and can
not resist the debearenng effect that this state Of
things has on them. Our dozen regiments Of have
canvassed TIE blunder at'Bg Bethel; they have
weighed the responsibility and placed /, where it be-
belongs they know to an absolute certainty better
than any Court Martial can establish it, the share that
belongs to each man; and their conviction cannot be
shaken that the shameful result Of that untoward er
petition wss owing almost wholly to a want of military
knowledge. II removals and appointments assured
them that there would be no repetition of such blum
der, our troops might take heart bu, such il not the
case. The fact remains disheaneniDg reality. Ig-
norance sits in the saddle, and troops must follow
to other disasters or refuse 10 obey.
What state is this for an army 10 be in An obser-
yer, without prejudice, might fairly doubt with what
view this war proseeuted-whether for military,
personal, political or speculative ends. In view O.
what 10 required 10 insure the efficiency Of our forces
Gen. Butler hes asked and obtained leave 20 organize
board or commission who shall examine into the quail
icatons Of officers, from captains up, with the view
Of dismifsDg from the service incompetent pretendes
and Of supplying their pieces with competent and eI
perienced This lie a thoroughly practical Sep
and cannot fail 10 do great good. Everything viii de-
Psna hn~sver, on the character OF the examiner.
have no fears that they will not be sufficiently rigd.
II ia with feelings Of shame and indignation that
record another act Of vandalism by our tsoops this
time by the order Of Colonel Of Regiment. Yes,er-
day citizen near Hampton went to gatbera Geld Of
wheat. Tbereupop Col. Allen, Of the 10Th Regiment
Of N. Y Volunteers, arrested the proprietor and Geld
hande and ordered The wheat field 20 be burnt. For
this oct Gen. Butler, this morning, promptly caused
Allen to be arrested. He denies giving tho order to
burn. Several Of the pertons whom Allen arrested had
the written guaranty Of Gen. Buffers protection when
seized. II IL provided by the articles Of war that who.
ever violates such guaranty slaH BE- SHOT
Our soldiers continue 10 break into and rHe houses OF
their contents In Hampton. This has continued for
weeks. 1t was done yesterday. II Is scarcely possible
that the Commanding General should be ignoran, Of
this fact. more frequent visit TO the campo, moro
intimate acquaintance with what is going o. and fra,
of all the enforcement Of mere ordinary discipline,
could not fail Of producing @ wholesome effect
Men who have undertaken TO gather their Gro 20 have
In repeated instances been driven Off and il there 10
single grain of Unonsm left within the district where
our soldiers have penetrated IL is Of that vital sort thai
cannot be extipguished would not be understood an
conveying the impression that regiments arc all
alike, or that there not good men in them all. Il
nevertheless true that certain regiments are psrtcu
iarly distinguished for their mafsuding proclivties
So great s the sense Of shame which the innocent feel
that understand a movement Is on foot to request
Gen. Butler to establish rigid discipline. II was
fret proposed 10 memorable the President on the sub
ec and TO set forth the necessity for higher standard
of military knowledge in directing the movements and
enforcing the discipline Of this wing Of the Grand
Army.
There was rumor that in view Of the prospect Of
being driven from the Roads by the batteries which
the rebels constructing opposite to the fortress the
Cumberland and the rest Of the blocksding feet con-
templsted taking refuge in Hampton Creek, but on in
quiry ascesined thai this step has not yet .svn ns
nitely determined on. II is reported tina. Cant.
{" Typhoon y Hunter, who the other day Haunted tho
rebel sg in the face Of the blockading feet remarked
that he soon expected 10 anchor where the Cumberland
now lies and that it would not be many weeks before
tue forces of JEFF. Davis would have command Of tho
Roads,
Amid rumors like these, am happy to report that
Cols Wardrop and Packard, CT the Massachusetts I'd
and 4h will tomorrow take up an advance position at
or near New.Market Bridge, beyond Hampton. This
looks right May the advance go on, though 70 maket
effective Gen. Butler must have more men.
For the last few days Provost Small bssbesn en-.
gagged in overhsuling four hundred boxes directed 10
the Volunteers. In consequence Of the development
of the fact that liquor thus conveyed 10 the soldss
the opening Of all boxes determined on, hereafter
Dat Of the four hundred about 10 per cent contained
liquor Of some sort. One dminutve bottle bore on
the label the tender message: B., ID all had"
The Provost was memorable In this as well az In all
the cases. and the Volunteers got "nary drop" Of
the precious fluids which so many kind friends had
forwarded. The boxes generally contained Pies sweet.
cake, preserves and all sorts Of nice things, which |
mothers and sisters had put up with the sreha, care,
but which, sas, all spoiled before reaching the hsnds
Tor mouhs) Of those for whom they were intended.