New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-31
TIMES IN NEW.JERsEY.
A Pair Of Editors-A Model Ce!onel-TrooPs
BY Raiiread-A Naval PAtriot-Confra'
band nIin-irels-A Rebel Struck by Jer-
sey lightning.
Correspondence Of The N. Y. Tribune.


Co,iesVondsse. Of The n. Y. Tribune.
TRENTON, Aug. %, 1861.
What arrange contrasts Of opinion aud action
th.re ara in times like tbrse. Here Is Mr.
Freeze. the editor Of The State Gazette, entbusl'
a.tic IN support of the Government, and even
now serving az Assistant Adjntant-General ut
Washington, q bold and fearless man, whose
sword ~ill probably do as good service rs has
pen has done. lie may be eccentric, but his
! atriotlsIn is Of the loyas. kind lie made MINI
srlf oi great soms months ago. ID ierre ,1e OUT
abuses of the counissarst, and won the thanks
If hungry companies whose rstl0ns had been
more than declmated by specializing officials.
Though bred TO medicine, yet be took hold Of
Tho military art with o fac lty aud zeal thar
must soon render ham very sfhc'ebt "hlcer'
In c,utr,st With this in the conduct of the
l}reckinridgo organ, the editor OF The Daily True
American. THIS man has been n sneerlng Rdvo-
cate snd defender of rebellion from the begin
nlng. Though not under his Own band, writ ng II
Nd, yet lie has used bis columns 10 have the
Government written down. Every foul article
from traitor papers that be could lind. he COPIED
with slacrity. No calumBy on tho Union men,
tier means their motives, and their Uby rcts put
sl.uat by Journals thousand miles OF, Was too
gto,s for hlm to clutch At aud repr' ducr. The
whole DRIFT vi his paper was to give ard and
cou,f,rt 10 rebellion. As consequence, this
community revolt-d at tue existence of such
uuiuuce. Ita circulation tall of, aud last Sstrr.
day &c died out, thus SAVING tho outraged Union
M, n from the necessity OF stamping it out. One
,f its ed,tors holds q $1,000 clerkship in tue
Pa,ludelphia Custom. House, from which he has
been writing venomous articles against the very
GOyerumeDt that pays hun; aud 1t they are no
longer written, il is only because bis orgou for
publishing them ia gone to the bos-wowr.
wonder If Gen. Wool would tolerate such con.
duet in Quo of his oific-rs within Fortress Mon.
roef HIS continued employ ment by the Govern
ment il one Of the my steries We caunOt explain.
Some 1850 men ME now in camp, with new
companies arriving alncst daily. but many Of them
are not full, and the making them 80 occupies
time. When the lat call was made, 10 cOWpa.
uies were accepted by the Governor os th-y were
offered The captains who thus offered IN many
cases had no meD. and have not had the AGILITY
t. yet them. Afterwards, Other capita liz, who
had raised full companies. could not be mustered
in because the whOls number had been accepted,
and were consequently dlsbanded, thus competing
the full companies 10 give way to the skeletons.
Ills cOu' 80 appears 10 have been an oversight.
II al the companies offered had been accepted,
without stopping at the 50, more progress would
have been mad,. Gao of the five regiments has
gone, but Bot entirely full. On Monday 400 Of
Colonel iIaisied's regimeat Of Independent Csva-
ny went " Washington, and The baIaoce IS fast
filling up. There Is quite q history about this
movement. The Colonel is William Hasted, Of
tins city, formerly Wing MEMBER Of Congress,
nnd lawyer Of about 90 years of age. lie pos
sesses an ardent military temperament, and Has
valuable military experience, much vi j scqulred
while serving IN tue army in 'Si|' lie uas
thr0Gn msest into the p'ire Win ze"i and
activty that distances maoy younger 'p' aha lie
viii raise hi, hili regiment Vi cavay. Ills mea
come rn from long distances ia squads. COlOnei
Hulstei ID an expert nc tue sword aud boyonet
exercise, 80 much NJ as ~ make him u cOmPe'
tent instructor ~ one or twu clps.es whose mem-
beers haze prevailed on him 10 impart to them
portion Of bis knowledge. lie has dropped his
briefs aud law books Tor the sword, and doubt
not when he comes to make charge up"n tue
enemy with Lis regiment, he Will do 1t with ten
times the mpetuOsIty 10 ever showed when max
log one against client. When bis 4Oo n.en vent
oil tie other day, iu full Uniforms, they marched
" the station amid loud hasssa, cacs Gsn se'rs