The sun., 1861-12-10
The New yo,k CI,y Pre-.. Yesterday.

The TINES thinks that We have TRADED
even, AMI that the Nashville affair will be-
counted as an Offset TO the Sldcll aud Mason
seizure.
Tho WoRDis is pushing after the ultra con-
,crVativcs on ons hani, and tho ultra radical.
on the other" Tho ono class. IL uifrcs. favor
the idea that the rolelio1 /, To be cured simply
by putting IL under regimen, D. 2 Dlockaio OF
ports and short allowance Of the comforts Of
life. The radicals, ON the other hand, i'm t,iuc
that the business is to bo done chiefly by pro
carnations and cnactmcnts, aud while they give
the army ono thought, they givo Congress.
hundred. They want nothing done to end tn,
rebellion until general emancipation of the
slaves Is declared The WORLD is for fighting
the rebellion AZ though no slaves were in exist.
cncc.
Referring to the stringent orders of Gen. Hal.
lcck, respecting the quirtcring refugee families
in tho mansions of scccssionistS, its St. Louis
correspondent writes thus:
What, however has produced tho r,ost con.
stctna'ion is the construction oi the Ter trloni,
whereby the refugees from the southwest arc to
bc quaI tered, fed aud clothed at the expense of
avowed scccssionis's living within our lines
Underneath he air Of rctributvc Justice, which
conmcnds this action, there are many Difficult
ties TO he met. While there is tho amplcsi
room for the distribution Of charity both
puDlic and private, in allcviating the wants OF
the Thousands of refugees which the inclement
wca her IL sending into our camps, that object
II would seem, might he moro .sily at tiucd h,
other means. Imagine the rude refugees from
the touthHost quaricr,d IN the PALACES of Lucas
and olive street. Their oxen and stock domi.
cil,d alongside Of the spirited carriage horses Of
our rcbcllious frat families
Unfortunately, most OF the Confederate sol
dicrs were compelled To dispose of their proper
~ before they left their homes The homes Of
the principal rebcls are no, under our control
Those who rem ain at home are 40 circumspcct
rs to cvadc the punishment. Therefore, fthc
'avowed secession itsd are traitors, their homes
anS propoity may he confiscatcd IL they ate
no; traitsrs, II is d'ili ut to sco how we can
compel thom To iesd aud clothc those loyal 70
iugces.
The TRInuSE quotes the following from Louis
Napolcon's Historical Fragments" evidently
with view Of proving TO its readers tho necos-
fty for the ultra position Of that paper upon
the great questions Of the day:
"Alarch at the head Of the ideas of your age,
and then these ideas will follow and support
you.
If you march bohind them, they will dra.
You on.
AID if you march against thcm they will
certainly prove your cownihl.'
lts Fortr ~ Monroe correspondent says
Commodore Goldshoiough has returned from
Washington with his broad shoulders placed
under the Blu inside expedition. ! do not know
that a new dirtcti ion has been given to this ex-
ptdit on, b.t according as its objects and des,i-
nation have taken shape, an incrca ed interest in
gwen TO It The fleet which will he utdcr the
direction of Commodore Gollsborough will plav
an important part, though not lees important
service than that originally designed will be as
signed to the forces under Gen. Burnside. The
rebels arc evidently anxious concerning this cx.
petition and have mixed it up with tho social
cd Butler expedition; but as yet they have
failed utterly to ascertain either its character or
the points at which tho blow will DO amod.
Thoir favoritc theory il that a demonstration
will be- made up York River with the view Of
sweeping the rehclS from the peninsula and
making an effective stroke at Richmond III
rect. In this theory II may turn out that they
arc mole than half right, and yot utterly wrong.
The llERAIp has taken up the matter Of
that prophecy, iciitiously said to he taken
from the ith chapter Of HagPa, and which
has been extensively inherited in the nows-
papers. II insinuatcs that Greeley and lIccch,r
are inycnting a now slavery Bible, and that this
Is one o! their improvements.