The national Republican., 1861-08-31
Uur Washington Correspondents.

After hard days work in our editorial
room. it is quite refreshing 10 look over the
sensation letters and telegraphic dispatches,
which form one of the leading features OF the
New York dailes. We have an industrious
and vigant corps of reporters but they are q
lazy. sleepy set, when compared with the New
York press gang. Nothing transpires in Wash
ington that is unknown to these correspondents.
They know all the secrets of the War Depart
ment-every military movement contemplated
by Gen. Mcclellan is we'll known to them
aud they are equally familiar with all the sub
jects discussed in the secret cabinet meetings
and as to the Navy, the Treasury, and the State
Departments, they know more than Secretaries
Wells. Chase, and Seward combined, and no
doubt these gentlemen are daily astonished a t
the vast amount Of knowledge these visiiant
reporters acquire. Not long ago, the whole
country was in blaze of indignation at the
dissertation OF the tomb of Washington but.
upon investigation, it proved to be nothing
more than sensation article written when
ne,cS was scarce and over which our New York
scribblers had hearty laugh at the success OF
their joke Since then We have had lots of sch.
sation news items, Of equal truth, and still the
people believe all they write. The latest article
In the sensation line was the arrest of Mrs. Sena-
tor Gwn, the particulars of which were very
graphically and minutely described. The i'm
portunce Of this arrest was heightened by the
fact that in one of her trunks, which Of cour
were searched. was found, sewed up in gen
tlemens shiit, well drawn map of all the for
tiGcations in the vicinity of Washington!
The Albany Evening Journul was nicely sold
by this hoax, and after speaking of the map
found in the rebel camp at Fairfax. says" II the
discovery Of this map so adroitly deposited in
the trunk of Mrs. Ex-senator Gwin, shall lead
to the detection Of the provder OF Mat one, it
will be fortunate that the ladies coalidant
was liberal enough TO disrobe himself to furnish
a wrapper for the precious document.
No one was more surprised at the story of
this arrest than Mrs. Gwin, who, when she read
it, was quietly attending to her domestic duties
at West Point.
The good, old, s.aid New York Commercial
Advertiser has a special correspondent here,
who sent the following, doubtless. as = particular
favor:
special Dipdtch 10 The tOnune cial AIrGiiser
"WAsHINGToN, Wednesday, August 2S.
General Mcclellan went over the Potomac
river today, to visit the camps aud Inspect the
troops.
mr. Russell, Of the London Times, was in.
vited to attend him. No other correspondent
was favored with pass"
This dispatch was 80 important that three
times lis space was occupied By large capitals
to attract the readers special attention. Sc
far ~ the Russell part Of this dispatch goes, il
is as true US the map and shirt story. And
equally true is the TriJuies dispatch, that the
American Minister in London had written tc
Washington that Great Britain had determined
to recognize the Southern Confederacy. What
the next "haportom ne'os from Washington
. will be, NO man eau TELL but we shall see in
Z day or two. The New York daiies have
larg" corps Of clever correspondents here, and
they must write something, or they will b,
called home, and perhaps lose employment
:, and as great secresy is now observed in al
= Governmental affairs, they are compelled tC
- resort to their ingenuity and draw upon thpil
" imaginations, which they have abundantly
e shown to be very fertile. OF one thing W,
|, can assure our readers at home and abroad
d and that is, if they desire to know the truth
o and nothing but the truth, they must consul
the National Republican.