The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-14

sSr-The Marked Battery Unm asked.
TIE extraordinary Developments respecting
tae cribune's ex.cor-espondent Mr.. James
Harvey, have thrown that journal into pa
roz7sms Of terrified bewilderment Its con-
science, or ths FACILITATING chord which answers
the place Of enc il that journal, il even mors
violently exercised thar it was after the dis
covery, in one of its proprietor's pockets, Of
that celebrated Thousand dollar check, received
for aiding tie La Nome Improvement. Harvey
VITO, In 1843, was turaed cut of the Treasury
Department, under President TyIer's admins
sra.ion, for gross abuse Of confidence, and b.
rs7ing government. secrets, in a series Of ma
lgnau. articles; Harvey who, in 1862, surrep
ttiously obtained COPY Of convention be-
tween this country and Nicaragua, and caused
it to be published; Harvey whom the Tribune
acknowledges to have beea " in reasonable
completely with the leaders of the Southern in
surrecaen," and as having gone abroad "to use
bis Official influence for the domestic enemy"
Harvey, whom it now confesses to have been
traitor and spy, under every succeeding admin
istra'ioD. for the last twenty years; Harvey
whose services wers Of value to the Tribune
because he divulged to it the information he
secretly and eonldsntially obtained from Mr..
Blchansn's Cabinet; Harvey who now turns
out to have been double spy, on both sides,
was after oil only q political godchild of Gree
ey, and owes his advancement to Greeley's
favor ana interest lie has been the faithful
servant of disunion, under the explicit and
notorious guidance and protection Of Greeley,
and they have helped each other, systematcal
~, in sowing discord between North and South
and in bringing about the disasters that have
befallen the country.
The Tribune hopes by ferociously abusing
Harvey, to cover up its own tracks, and cause
its ccmplicity with him TO be forgotten The
public cannot be thus imposed upon. In its
issue Of May 20, Greeley congratulated the pub
lie upon Harvey's appointment as Minister to
Portugal, and said, with full knowledge of his
disgraceful sntecedenls--' He is known as one
Of the ablest and most industrious of the jour
nalists who, at Washington, represent the int
rests Of newspapers in large cities. His letters
have been known for their authentic informa
ion and felicticus style. He has paid special
attention TO diplomatic affairs, and it would
have been well for the reputation of this coun-
Try, if it had always been represented abroad
by men Of his intelligence and capacity"
Again, three days latter, the Tribune insinuates
that "his ability, probty @ and requirements"
had "eminently fitted" him to be one of our
representatives abroad. Now, it reviles him
as q deliberate traitor; his acts observe the
severest condemnation and puuishment;p "the
infamy of the deed is aggravated by the conf
dence reposcd in him, as sworn agent of the
government he was so basely betrayipg;" and
it turns States evidence, in its columns of Moa
day last, 60 far as to supply "a little incident
Of its own knowledge" which renders his
conduct quadruply damnable. Yet, there has
not been an hour, for years, that Hon. Massa
Greeley and his associates have not under
stood Harvey's character as we'll as they do
now, and have not used and employed him
precisely because no was spy and a traitor.
The Tribune has got two other Of its EN-
ployts Into snug foreign berths,-one OF the
Hague, and the other, somewhere else. They
have all rendered it good service we have no
doubt, and time will elicit other patches of
rich information, and then they will be abused
in their turn as Harvey now is Greeley had
two correspondents at Washington. Harvey
was his secessionist writer, and the other was q
in hand to destroy the Union, for many years
The abolitionist has conGded all he knew to
the spy Harvey, who in his turn has communi-
Gated the information to his friends in the
South. Greeley has been the medium between
she two, and has been, morally, as guilty as
either. Now he pleads not guilty, and tries to
spike the guns shat are falling into possession
of the government that they may not be used
against him. 1t is too late. The masked bat
terry is unmasked; the whole schsme of villany
ia out, and not only Harvey must be punished,
but bis associates and instigators must also be
Dilioried. When Harvey returns home, he will
give us some rich revelations which will con-
clusiyely prove mispiision of treason to say
The least and the Tribune philosophers will
tave 10 be brought to account for their conni
vance with Jefferson Davis and the Confederate
government. We are benevolent and merciful
enough, however, to hope that this neat of
traitors may escape hanging.
TELEGEArlIIc DEsPATCHEs q time OF
such excitement as the present 1t is difficult
to guard against the transmission Of erroneous
news from distant points. The very facili-
ties offered by the telegraph diminish the safe
guards presented by slower means of commu-
nication. Although our correspondents have
instructions not to send forward intelli-
gcncc of any importance without verifying it,
there are times when it is impossible for them
10 carry this direction out. This was the case
in regard to the report Of the capture of the
rebel batteries at Big Bethel by General Butler,
which appeared in the HERALD and one Of the
other city dailies. 1t was given to our cores