The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-05-13

The recent glorious news from Vir, ina occu-
plea .he attention of the papers, and even the
TRibUsE rclaxes its aenselcss ciamor against
McC!, Ian and accorla him degree u praise
The Tribune The h,ltng ~ the grand army %
the Potomac has been splendid, ami TIE recent
yenersship Of Mcclellan commands universal
praise An army Il seventy or eighty thousand
electives, fetresiiuH over ts own ground without
having tuglt and lot pitched battle, has seldom
been pushed back faster OF with smaller loss To- la
assailuts, tlau tho rebel most since IL stole away
frirn III 'utrrnchmeuts nj Yorktown.
TAe T,n,es-Th. news which yesterday electrified
he nation second only IN Importance to that Of
the capture Of New Orleans. The capture Of Nor
folk the event OF all others most eagerly deirea
10y the loyal population Of the country. Tie iate OF
,hc McrriuiA Is type Of tie fate of ths rebellion,
which uso rushcs 10 slernti1n and 10 -uiciIe,
IN, Heyali-Our triumphs ou tie land and water
follow caoh other ~ rapidly, aud with such
mulstng iptcc, tlat Ne may predict q month, or
even veek, ~ the remaining remnant of life g.
tlia, drah-stricsen monstros ty known as the gov
ernment Of the "Coniod,rate States OF America"
The WOrld-'rle surrender of Norfolk Is another
ma.,uihc' at steI la the onward march of our VIC
tollrp. II now requires lGt Que or two easy hn-
sling s.t, Ars aLd the relics driven from the
" hol. s.a IOast, from oil tn, uoyl .b.p ivur aud
from every place acc,a.Ih,' '"ut N, OF war ur
guuboat. II they pr H'H Nat I e"n he only
IN the interior, "i.r' iht, y. ,ut ID from all
resources N Ga" OUTSIDE wu.,- in'y viii not Only
be shut ~ tom ~ .,"l-se v.tl tie world, bat
will hay pst a.. to -'its os ,f4.r workshops aud
mauu'sC a'ta,
The JOtirHGl Of COinmSrcs-werO this a foreign
war, it ~ git be r. ard i ~ rapidly approaching
tue end. II the President, backed by such . Con
.resS, were TO issue NHpoleonic appeal o. toe
tu0u men Of the south, and u warning to tie
rebels who continue ia rcHiHtalco, VI sl.Dud have
faith ~ speedy termination IA TIE contest. But
ress continues legislation caculht, Ia estrnge
luipu men ~ tlC southern states, aud make th.ui
lu4tt tc suod .!tA 0i tie gov ut IA pgOseCut-
H.. tie Var, ne nan can iures,C when or where y
cnutrht VAL have u ctd.
The Canusrcin A.. ertiser-Nor'olk IL ours
No vision, of tu. Mc,rnuio will henc.fo dsturb
our sluuuhers by niglI or excite i,sra daring the
day.
The THInuNE calls on the Abolition faction to
press forward the contscalon bills now before
Congress, OF it may soon be too late, as next
winter will see full delegations 10 Congress from
all the State. in the Union, ard then the power
to cripple slavery will probably have passed
away.
Tho EyENINo PosT decla,ms vehemently
against the new conservative movement in Con-
gress, and on tie bascless and ridiculous as
sumption that is object is 10 restore Floyd 10
the Cabinet and J,G, Davis 10 tic Senate, piles
on good deal Of agony, bui reveals the secret
OF its hostility, by cmarAing that, after hay
ing had slavery in our grasp, We should be fools
indeed il we did not kill it by some stringent
confscation bill.