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New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
ATTACKS ON THE ADMzNEs-
TRATION,

Asa part of the history of this mOmentOus
pages this morning to the republication Of
number OF attacks on the Administration of Pres
ident Lincoln, which have recently appeared in
the press of the country. These attacks have
not been confined TO journals of any clique or
party Some of them have como even from
those who have been suppo'ed to sustain the
most intimate personal relations with leading
members Of the Cabinet; and on this accoun.
they appear the moro startling il rot more im-
portapt than they would otherwise seem to us.
Some Of these journals are, we presume, actuated
by purely patriotic motives; but others no doubt
are as loctions in their spirit rs they are exag-
perated in their structures. However this may
be, they are, for the present moment at least,
alike to be deplored.
While, as chroniclers Of current events, we
do not feel ourselves at liberty to Withhold from
our readers these evidences OF movement on
foot to change the Cabinet, we deeply dePlore
them. While the very existence of the Republic
is trembling in the balance, while even the hold
of tho nation upon its Capital Is precarious,
these Intestine feuds cannot but tend to give aid
and comfort to the common enemy And at the
same time it seems to Us but justice to declare
that the member of the Administration who has
been fixed upon as the object of perhaps more
denunciatiCn than any Of his cOileagUes-we
mean Mr.. Cameron-is, in many respects at
least, not rightfully accused. 1t is not bis fault
that the army to-day is not more numerous aud
better provided with all that constitutes eGicien
cy. 1t seems to be the fashion just now to heap
upon bis account all the faults that can be dis
covered or imagined. We arc convinced that
whatcver errors or sins he or others may have
committed, when the account Of the wal come'
to be fiaaly made up he as wei as others will
appear in different light from that in which
they are now frequently represented.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

the nclosed letter from my brother Mr. Persso' Amer
lean Consul at Galway in which he sends the card OF
Mr.. James Il. Harvey. U. s. Minister to Portugal,
ut the lway Hotel" which l also inclose, ana
states that "M Harvey agreed that it was not advS
able to publish anything personal OF Mr' Gregory,
and that he would 20 10 zee him IN London tha'
was perfectly justified in the statement made 10 you
would gladly publish the entire letter Itself were
not the names of other parties introduced. IL If, how
ever open to the inspection Of any friend OF Mr Ha'
vey's who desires to see 1t. .,,,r
Your obedient servant, DUDnht I1p''H'
No. I43 Eat Serentscnh street August 70, isVi'
There is, of course, but one explanation OIL
this affair, namely: that Mr. Harvey was ienor-
ant of letter, the existence of which MIR. Ihos'
N. Perssc bad forgotten. We hope in day or
two to be in possession, for publication ot the
original letter relating to Mr.. Gregory when
was the couse of this unpeasant affair.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

both the great classes the weof and the badly yoff,
might now and ia the coming days of difficulty
give the world bright example. The finest
ladies will sbste their way of living as the
war presses its pinchDg actualties or posi-
bilities upon them; they will reduce their
" pieces " for the wash, and shorten their bills for
laces and tho other inscrutabes that go for gene
raj feminine effect. 1t is certain that they--eyen
the most frivolous children of fashion-are already
toned down, and lees devoted TO the weather, and
the opera, and the last dress, than before the
blood of men and brethren began to flow in de.
fense of the Union. Will not their charity be-
come mere direct, constant, and thorough, and
still be none the less abundant or womany than
in past seasons VIII it not be specially direct
ed to their unhappy sisters who want work with
out disgrace' If there is sewing still to be done
for the army--and the Winter campaign will as
suredly necessitate great many hearty stitches
shall it not be part of their mission in the
war to see that it falls into deserving hands,
May We not confde ia the sex to sustain and
comfort itself
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
A WORD OF CAUTION.

Thousand. of men are now beiDg enrolled Tor
the war in all tho loyal Stotes. Ii IS the dictato
of sound policy, as well as of truth that entire
GOOD faith on all sides should characterize this
enrolment Portions Of the volunteers now at
the seat Of war allege, that at the time oil their
enlistment, promises were made to them 10
regard to the length Of their service, tue kind OF
weapons they were to bear, the privileges they
were to enjoy in respect to iarloughs and the
filling of vacancies ia the reglmeDtal and line
officers, and other like matters, which have been
wholly disregarded. Doubtless sone of these
allegations are groundless, while others have
Las;s of truth 10 sustain them. In the first out
break Of patriotic enthusiasm that followed tho
fall of Sumter, and in the anxiety TO hituP
companies aud regiments so that tney HI9us 10
mustered into the service and begin to draw
paw and rations, we presume some Unauthorized
and inconsderate promises were made by re-
cruiting officers. Recent disturbances at wash
ingtcn, in two or three regiments, aud tho dis
content existing in few Others, are the natural
fruits of these unustifiable and unwise pledges
There was never any good excuse, much less any
sound reason, for their being made. Now there
is not the semblance of either; fcr, the
Government is beginning to adopt tbe silutary
practice Of giving the volunteers pay and ralions
60 soon as they are enrolled
The efficiency of the service demands that, in
the en.tmeuts going forward, the men should
explicitly understand that they are not entering
joining the United States Army in time OF wari
that they are eblistiug for the entire period oil
that war; that tho contest is certainly trying
one. and may be a long Que; aud that
while in the service they will be subject
TO tho rules aud articles OF war. Ii q
clear appreciation OF these facts should deter a
few from enrolling their names, the army will
suffer no lofs thereby. A thousand mcn, who
understand the task they have undertaken, aud
have the heart aud the purpose to execute 1t,
are worth doubIo tho number OF those who have
fallen into tho ranks through guoronce of thelr
duties. or been lur,d into them by promises made
only to be broken. hnf better shll-h every
new recruit ia the National army fully conpre-
hends the causes and objects OF the present con-
test, detcsts its rebel authors sympaihizes with
tho patriotic ends the Government aims to at.
taip, aud is eager for the employment on the
National aide Of all the means sanctioned by the
usages Of war, then our columns will be as ire
sstible in their onse.s as the ironsides OF Crom-
woll, and as patient under their trials aud pr-
yations rs the ContiI entails whom Washington
led through the Revolution.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
PRICE.
Congress.

Sterling Price, Major.General commanding
missouri State Guard" has issued Proclama-
ton. We believe he is better at issuing Proclama-
tions than at fighting, though, if you give him four
men to one, no can manage to almost hold his
own in battle. Not that Maj..Gen. Price is
peculiarly brilliant as n rhetorcian, but he can
crowd nearly as much falsehood into square OF
two or three inches as any one except Beaure-
gard. The most brilliant line in lis late per-
formance is that which speaks Of the usnrPcr
"at Washington" meaning Mr.. A. Lincoln.
The said "usurper" does not pretend to hold
any other Office than that of President of the
United States, to which lie was chosen by 1870
Electoral Votes to l23 in the aggregate for all
his competitors. Not one Of his lS0 votes was
even alleged to be false or fraudulent. Mr. John
C. Breckenridge, as President of the Senate er
oGeio, presided over the Convention of the two
Houses OF Congress which last February officially
canyassed the Electoral Votes; and Mr.. John l.
Breckinridge, as the result Of tha. canvass,
officially proclaimed Abraham Lincoln President
elect Of the United States. Not whisper OF
dissent Yves uttered from any quarter Mr.
Roger Il. Taney (aaothcr Breckenridge Democratl
administered, az Chief Justice OF Ae Uaiteaa
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
WOMEN IN TER WAR.

Another Journal has settled tho question how
tho women who are mudo idle by the war shall
be employed by grave Analysis Of tLcir plight,
aud The profound inference that they eau only
get relief by having something to do and by doing
it, Aud yet il is possible, without disturbing
the serene ixedness Of this conclusion, 70 stllI
further scuss this serious point in the social
ethics of the time. For wo know that tho idle
women cannot 60 cot Wet aud settle, aud can
not stop in at t3e recruiting Offices and enlist
aud We believe that the proposition of The n. y.
IiDas that oil the clerks aud young fellows
about stores should at once step gracefully from
behind tho counters aud politely relinqush their
yard-sticks and inviting attitudes in behalf Of
their suffering sisters. while they nimbly form
Themselves into regiments, and step out to the
battlefield, is quite wise as the astute youths
theory for conducting the wal" just march
" down there-crush out the rebellion and re-
" turn quietly to your homes.' At the same
time il is easy to feel that while hundreds Of
millions Of money are being devoted to the prose-
cution OF the war, il is pti(Gl that cries Of dis
tress and bitter want should rise in the piercing
woinanly tone of Our own doors, and il awakens
every thoughtful sympathy TO know that the
burden Of this sad song must grow heavier and
heavier as the seasons Of easy living pass away,
and 90 these demands of the army which
woman can partially supply are met.
We all hopo that good share Of
the money which has passed through the
hands of the contractors for tho equipment
of The army went TO poor women; yet the MIN.
bier fingers Of the sewing machine have, of
coure, diminished the sum OF their profits.
Beside these obstacles 10 the employment of the
class Of poor women, there was another quite
O, serious, when the sudden suspension Of many
trades on which they had hitherto depended,
turned them into the few new channels Of sup
port opened by the war. brilliant enthusiasm
oil at once converted their more fortunate sisters
the wives and daughters Of the weathy-into
economists of the most rigid school. All remen-
ber how the whitest fingers, that had seldom
wandered from the piano.keys or the gorgeous
and useless embroidery before, all at once took
to stitching and hemning, and what monuments
of Hayelocks and trowsers Of sometimes strange
device bore testimony to the indOmitable spirit
Of the Aid Societies aud Ladies' Relief Circles.
Ii was u beautiful consecration Of time that
might have been more unproiitabIy spent in the
manufacture of small.talk odds and ends and it
gave tho brave soldiers many sweet ideas to
carry into tho heat Of battle; but il must be re-
membered, too, that il it was play to the fine
lady, it was the next thing to death to the poor
woman.
Ii women were ever true to each other--and
only tho baseat cynics Of tho opposite sex have
doubted that they generally pro-Oar gomap Of
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
mu. HARVEY AT GALWAY.

We published on Sunday last letter from
Mr.. James Il. Harvey, embracing one from Mr..
Thomas NJ. Persse, the Consul at Galway, im.
peaching tho truthfulness Of statement made
in this paper on the 10th Of June as to the n-
reference OF the former gentleman with the
publication of letter referring 10 Mr.. Gregory,
M. 2. for Galway. The gentleman to whom we
were indebted for the information on which that
article was based, was out Of town when, ,Mr.
Haryey's letter reached US. aud before justifying
Ourselves for the article referred to we preferred
to wait till his return. We have now the salts.
faction Of laying before our readers the follow
ing letter from wcll-known gentleman of this
city, and q brother Of Mr. Thomas NJ. Persse,
the Consul at Galway:
DYaR SIR: The statement which appeared ia your
journal relative 10 Mr. Haryeys desire to suppress a
letter Of mine addressed 10 the Galway papers reflect.
ing on tho public conduct Of Mr. Gregory Member OF
Parliament for tho County Of Galway, and at present
iOputed agent for Tho Southern Rebels, made at
uy u@tsa1 aud oa my authority. Yoa viii sec ~
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

The suggestion Of the Grand Jury is already
having, as we presumed it would its proper eIoc,
upon some of the Secession jOurnal, Of this city
md Of the State. Tie J0p5a0L Of Commerce Las
attained to so much OF rcpentant mood as 70
profess ITS willingness to sustain the Go'ernmeGt
by suppressiOg Jdets. We will not question rs
disposition while We protest against ita methtd.
The difficulty heretofore with that journal bas
been its procyity to suppress facts and publish
falsehoOds, aud what is now wanted is that il
should reverse this method, if il is possible l6s
it to get out Of very old and vicious habit.
The very article in which it declares, as some.
thing so very original, its willingness to keP
facts in the background, 10 a very elaborate
attempt to show that the Government has had 40
more stanch supporter in this wsr than it'eE!
Poor old Journal! We fear its disease Is
chronic and incurable.
Still, gentle aud careful treatment may bring t
round again, and ii may, in time, recOYsr tie
power of speaking the truth when strongly sup
ported. We commend gentle exercise to begin
with. Let it try to republish the letters Of tbs
Democratic gentlemen of Vermont Who declined
nominations for Governor Lieutenant Governor.
and Treasurer, because they conceived their duty
to their country to be greater than their alIegt-
ance 10 party. As~this happened somc days ago,
Tic Journal mag DO able to bear it. Next let d
attempt to lift the letter sf tho Union Democrats
candidate for Governor in Ohio. All these are
wholesome reading, and their publication mgbs
not try our poor invalid too much. Should il
find itself capable Of bearing these, We should
speech which we published yesterday. II il ca,
survive that We shall begin 10 have hopes Of ii'
final recovery.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
| Traitor, meet and p,o. in our great cities with

Traitors meet and plot in our great cities win
searcely an affectatiOn Of cOncealment. Women
steeped in treason flit across the boundary which
separates Jefdom from the loyal States, carry.
ing letters and confidential messages from slulk.
ing traitors to armed rebels, with trunks full oil
cartridges and percussion caps designed TO
slaughter the defenders of tho National Integrity.
Thousands in tho loyal States are the yeriest
tools of treason hundreds have been caught In
the act, but not one Of them has yet received
the legal punishment of his crimes. 1t is deemed
an e1hib ton of rigOr to dismiss u detected
trator from tho public service, and many have
been kept in Office after il was notorious that
they we're the willing accompces of gigantic
treason.
We state these facts in no censoIous spirit.
The popular mind has never tll now been ripe
for summary dealings with trators. When our
Police undertook last Winter TO stop the tfaus'
mission of arms to the already seeded or rey0lted
States. the movement was not sustained by pub
lie opinion. Had President Lincoln ordered the
first hundred traitor spies (msle or temale) who
were detected TO be tried by cOurtsmartia and shot
or hung, there would have been general shrek
of horror. But events hasten, opinion T1Pens'
and the guilty must beware. There piH be
hanging for treason on this side oil the Potomac
ere long and it is very likely to bc whole'ae.
We warn those who are nilording Z" a'd ara
e" comfort" to the enemy to desist utterly ard a'
once. Their own safety imperotivey demands it,
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

Tie London Times calls the fight at Bull Run
" sham battle" and makes merry over the loses
ON the National side which il pretends to considss
ridieulously small. 1t may not be regarded a'
impertinent for us TO compare this :" shaun battle
with the English attack on Sevastapol IN Sep
tember, 1866. We find that the English stornea
the Redan, aud were beaten Oh in such disorder
that they could not rally. Their total number OF
killed was 3S6. The loss in Killed on the part OF
our army at Manassas was 4sO. The former 70
caEed by The London TDaes an " awful conflict
the latter " shaun battle" in which " the
only struggle was to get away"
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
BRIGHT.

we have seldom experienced mora paiosu,
surprise than in reading the letter of Jesse ID.
Bright, U. 5. Senator from Indiana, comme,dipv
one Thomas B. Lincoln, Texas rebel, 10 tLs
favorable regard of JEFF. Davis. We repr;o,
that letter, as follows.
TO 0h E1'S JESvrR.os DAVE PssSsa, "a ., q, n.ss
MY DEAs SIN: Allow me To lptroduee IA vo,, .,,,.,,
,;, m & nos' a. Lsnc',n Of rltas lie visi,s yoar oart
bre-erms commend him 10 favo-tbs cons,l r.s
gentleman Of the hIt re'pccs5ly, and reliable ia ever, @
At the date Of that letter James BOcbSa,,
was President of the United States, and Jess,
ID. Bright Of the U. S. Senate, one of hls mo.t
eminent and trusted counsclors. JefTerson Dayi.
had resigned his seat in the Senate week,
before, gone home TO share the fortunes Of thu
rebel Conicderacy, and been chosen It's Pre,i.
dent. His notorious attitude was that Of A
rebel against, aud active enemy Of, the United
Statee--idehtical with that Of Benedict Arnold
after he fled in disguise from West Point. A
fool might not comprehend this y fanatic might
ignore it; but Jesse ID. Bright is neither Of
these. He is a lawyer and politician, shrevi.
able man, born in the State OF New-York, and
ar hoBOred citizen Of loyal Indiana. Though q
bitter Breckenridge Democrat, we cannot be.
lieve he is at heart Dsunionist. Where can
hi, wits have been when he wrote the above
letter
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

We print this morning the report of the Union
Defense Committee to the Common Council show
ing how they expended of the Sl,0O0,OOO appro-
priated by the city, S75s,29S 44 in equipping
regiments, aud S23O,OOO in relieving the families
of volunteers, leaving balance Of ZOO 36.
From their report, they have evidently performed
great deal Of valuable service to the country,
How they expended the large private cOntribu.
tOns with which they were iutrusted they promise
10 report at future day.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

We hear from every source the most cheering
accounts of the preparations and the movements
made by General FREMONT for the conduct of the
campaign ia the Mississippi Valley. Since the
glorious, Yet fatal day when Lyon ie the Adroinis-
tration have put into the hands of Fremont the
most ample powers and the most ample pecuniary
resources. Unless we are greatly mistaken, the
heroic Pathfinder of the West will yet win for him.
self the highest renewn that is possible for on
American-that of a cOnqueror Of this great con-
spiracy against Democratic Institutions, and Of a
PacfcatOr Of the Union.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
.,.,.a RprnhlIcnn s,nte Coa,en,ion.

The Republican Electors Of the State Of New-Yort'
aud an others wir- unite with them in support Of Tie G'-
snnent Vigorous prosecution Of the war; are eqoe'to %
choose two d,lerse. from each by Dis ct to meet IN
ss,e Convention ia lc City of Syracuse W DNEsDAI
tho ith ssy Of September 1851 at II for the pupo'o Of
presenting be supported oS the offices Of judges o
the Court Of ApTea Secretary of Ssie CONTROLLER Attorney
General State Engineer ard Surveyor State Treasurer two
Canal Connsioner and ufpectOr Of State Pi'ona By order
Of tbe Committee SIMEON DRAPER, Cbsruan.
JAsKs TEEwuIIGER. Secretary.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

States, the oath of Office 70 Mr.. Liooo,o ~
President. No mao was ever duly elected q,
lnaugurated President If Nr. Lincoln was ,.t
10. he is the man whom Gen. Sterling Price
leading an army that is in fragrant rebelEoa
against the constituted authorities Of Missouri A.
well as Of the Union, terms "ths u,urna, :,
" " ssiingtOn." Could mendacisy 60 further,
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

We hear from our special correspondent ia
North Carolina that on Thursday, the S!h inst.
members Of the National Congress were certainly
elected from four Districts, and possibly from
tho entire State. The names Of the four gentle.
men elected we withhold from reasons Of pru.
dence, but VIC think they may b5 70.
lied on to be prosen. in Washington at
the opening Of the regular session in De.
cember next. Our correspondent, who bu
now visited almost every part of North CaroIins.
and who has extraordinary means Of becoming
acquainted with the real sentiments Of the POO.
pie, assures us that more than half Of them are
10y al to the Stars aud Stripes; while in soTs
Districts, men hitherto prominent SecessiOniss.
alarmed at the prospect Of debt aud ruin, under
the sway of JEFF. Davis, have proposed to joa
in the intended movement for new State Coz
ernment, on condition that the pecuniary oblgs.
tons undertaken in the Secession interest, On
behalf Of the State, shall be repudiated. Every.
thing wears al encouraging aspect ia North
Carolina.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

Mr.. Everett has declared his opinion ua' 20
write and print treason is as BAD a' W act "'
No doubt this is q sound conclusion, aud "'
dare say that in time it viii be acted upoa'
pn. vbc, that day arrives, there must be eou
siderable dimnutiou in the number of literary
man At large as well as in the number OF news
n,ncr, pubIished. However, freedom OF speech
and treason are not identical, as some appear
to suppOse.
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

Four regiments of the sjckles Brigade are nov
in Washington, the 5th having lett on Tuesday
eveniov. though its ranks will need good deal
Of recruiting to fll them up. The ith Regiment
Of the Brigade yet remains to be raised. 1t is
stated by The Saatay Alias that Gen. sickles, in
getting up this Brigade, has already run the
Government in debt hard upon half million of
dollars
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

Gen. Ethan Allen Hitchcock late Inspector.
General in the United States Army, an officer
Of acknowledged merit, has offered his services
to the National Government He was graduated
st West Point in 1917, entering FIRST the art
lery, but afterwsrd, at bis own request, being
transferred to the infantry. He was on duty
for some time at the Military Academy, was then
charged with the superintendence of the North
Western Indian department. and subsequently
served in Florida and in the Mexican war,
where he was twice breyeted. lie was later
sent to the Pacific Coast as Military Command
ant Of that division, and in 1855 resigned his
commission on account OF difficulty with JEFF.
Davis, then Secretary of War. His knowledge,
general experience, and high personal character,
render hun most desirable acquisition to the
ssgyIee, .
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22
to suppose.

How does IL happen that Gen. Bsanres.rd
has sent his wife, his sister, and tao oi a'
nieces to spend tho Summer among u Nor'ae'a
barbarians Is it because they are safer ana
more comfortable here than in that higher csi''.
yasion which now distinguishes the Sunny Sou'a
New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-22

The I'd Regiment Fire ZOuaves have been
marched from Seten Island to the 9TH Regiment
Armory, in this city, preparatory to leaving for
Washir gton to-day, in company with Col Betle's
regiment of kifemen and Col. COchrane's Clns-
seurs. 1t appears that Col. Fairman Of the
Zouaves has been quietly deprived of his command
and Mr. Brewster appointed in his stead. As the
Colonel sbored very zealoufly in the organization
Of his regiment, Ind 80 far as appears no charges
have been preferred against him, we are surprised
that he has been treated so cayalierly. Can it be
that his reluctance to have his regiment Incorporated
in the Sickles Brigade has been the cause of his
dismissal