New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-13

that if the Government is firm aud uufincbng,
aud yet magnanmOus and moderate, without
permitting It's policy to be affected by personal
animositiss and private griefs there is no insu-
perable obstacle TO the reassertlon of its power
and its cordial acceptance by the people. But
we have no right to call for useless martyrdoms.
These will only aggrsvste the difficulty OF the
problem, and answer no profitable purpose Ill
the world. There have been enough cases OF
outrage and expulsion for premature aud incon-
sidera.e defninss of position already; and We
need no more such grievances, with their bitter
hetreds and paintings for revenge, at present.
Let no one say there are no loyal men South,
or that they are towards, because they do not
boisterously utter their dissent, at the risk Of
losing what every man who is true to himself,
his family, and friends, will hesitate TO sacrifice.
In times like tbese, more rife with vague but
damDing sdspicoDs, and cruel and summary
punishments, than the famous period Of the
Salem witbcrait-wben the very air is full OF
listening ears and the winds of betraying voices
when the irresponsible caprice and arbitrary
humors of the mob constitute higher law,
We cannot nationally expect Union man, COM
paratiyely isolated and unsupported, to come
out boldly and ayow his sentiments, in defiance
Of all consequences.
On arriving here, I find the reported with
drawal of the North Carolina forces from Vir-
gina for protection against slave insurrections,
is true. 1t is not to BE- publicly known at pres
sent, however. Col. Fisher, who was killed at
the battle Of Bull Run, is no less parsonage
than the Hon. Charles +. Fisher, OF Salisbury,
President of the North Carolina Railway,
gentleman of high position aud large influence.
Col. Duncan X. McRae, killed in the same
BATTLE was o prominent though eccentric poll
tician, and brilliant orator. Although Dem
ocrat, he had few quGlms of conscience about
boiling: in 1853, he ran for Governor against
Ellis, and was generally supported by the oppo-
siton, who brought out no candidate OF their
own. He was u conspicuous champion of Doug
las last year.
Preliminary steps have already been taken to
transfer the "Cortederate" seat of Government
to this city, in viyw Of probable reyerses in Vir-
ginia, which may endanger Richmond. 1t seems
10 be kind of Bedouin Arab concern; aud |
hardly think it will keep its tent pitched here
long before it will have to pull up stakes again.
This may be meant as sugar-pum to please
the North Carolnaus with, as their earnestness
in the rebellion is grayely doubted; but In
cline 70 the belief that the precarlous foothold OF
the &C. s. A." in the Old Dominion, has much
10 do with it, Quite a number OF " Yankee
prisoners have already been removed from there
10 this place.
Fresh prizes are being daily taken into the m.
land waters of this State, which is rapidly and
efficiently strengthening it's piratical fleet. The
real coast of North Caroiea, it should be borne
in mind, is not the long and dangerous line OF
sand shoals which reaches from Cape Lookout
norihward almost TO Cape Henry, bat the shores
Of the spacious sounds which lie within, aud
which furnish q magnificent naval depot being
accessible by several convenient iniets the prln-
cipal one of which is Beaufort, or Old Topsail
Inlet, which has twenty feet of water and is pro-
t.cted by the guns of Fort Macon. Formidable
batteries have been erected at Ocracoke and
Cedar Inlets, mounted with guns brought from
Norfolk through the Albemarle and Chesapeake
Ship Canal or sent down tie ChOuan River from
Blackwater, on the Seaboard and Roanoke Rail-
road. From these waters, by way Of the rail-
road which runs to Portsmouth (Va.), aud con-
meets. at Weldon and at Suffolk, with Peters
burg coffee, tea. and other commodities Of
prime necessity. together with fruits and like
| Injuries. are furnished in abundance to the
troops of the Confederate army through the en-
terprlse of the privateers and other craft which
are continually running the blockade. and whose
audacty would extort admiration were it not for
the apparent absence Of all obstacles save those
which have been interposed by nature.
Ex.Gov. Bragg, late U. s. Senator, is Captain
of the I" Home Guards" Of this city. He is q
brother of Gen. Bra1ton Bragg. Of " a-htte-more-
grape -Captain-Brags" memory.
/ learn that Brlgadier. Gen. Henry A. Wise is
to be superseded. He has impetlosty and cour-
age but lacks discretion and the solid qualities
of military commander.
A serious quarrel has taken place between
Toombs of Georgia and JEFF. Davis, which has
resulted in the retirement Of the former from
the Confederate Cabinet. TOombs was urgent
for an immediate march on Washington, but
Davis received the crazy suggestion with con-
tempt, and gave his precipitant adviser to un-
derstand that he should manage the war to suit
himself. Toombs has obtained an appointment
to a Brigadier- Generalship from the State OF
Georgia.