New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-15

glorious naval history has been one Of The eh;as..
elements of Englands numerous yictoriea "v'
mariners Of England" will be no better worth ipaa.
floating iron fortress than ye artillery men -
the Imperial Guard. Sailing masten and tar,;... :,
tars must yield to engineers and coaldussd soL.,.
merchant marine will no longer be the 90 oueo,.'.
condition of . warlike marine; and military u.,o,,.
but slightly maritime, like Russia, for exanpls w.,
soon throw the new weight Of their iron stssm...
and Of tho metal Of their batteries into The ,baLsn
balance of the Maritime Powers.
Now that an iron shestbing and forms Of n.v,,
architecture have been found imp.netrsb> % II.
newest guns, the pressing problem is to invent a
newer irresistible gun; which being done, will can
on advancing civilization and Christianity for vat
moro pachy hydermatous iron sides. And % on. IN Al.
ternating grsdaion, till the ideally forcibk rists
elsncing harmless from the ideally strong armer
the futilely hostile ships will draw of and ~ hid up
in ordinary in their respective national museums q
objects of curiosity to the following nsc.ssily
peaceful ages. Such naval engagement and final
spothso,is of Bertbold Scwhsrz and Tabal Cain.
will probably come off on Millennium Eve, which
being Ike to happen long after our time, retun to
the present, to the doings of the Merimae the
counter doings Of the Monitor.
Beside the remarkable resisting qualities Of both
ve.se,s. their other two featuresof the performances
in Hampton Roads have attracted and bold the
thoughtful attention of Europe; the destructive
crcunch of the MerTimac's iron beak into the weak
osken fiaDks of the Cumberland. For note tlat
this eager attention is underlined By knowledge Of
.he existence in the French Navy Of the Piongsu,
an experimental steam ram, or irresistible unicorn,
rather no longer now seeming ridiculous to TIE Doe
sbly gored sides OF the British iion Secondly, the
novelty Of the consiruction-the hazardous novelty
as it seemed before its triumphant trisl-and the YET
more novel chespness and brevity Of the building and
completing of the onitcr The admiration here Of our
Navy Department for taking no precautionary meas
ures against the destructive raid Of the Memac and
the admiration of our Navy Department for being
able TO rurn out one hundred and dsys after dated
contract vessel Of the Monitors power arc equa,
balance each other and leave the gross mass Of Faro.
pean spectators and investigators Of our nsttr
tons in O high st.te Of fsbbergastment.
When / lsst wroie, we We're just In recap! d
Mr.. Lincolns Anti.slavery proposition TO Congress
Proofs will reach you, by the steamer that brings
this letter, that did not over-es,inate, In ny L,
the importance of that proposition to European
minds.
That proposition to Congress i' to The ca ss.
ernment since his inauguration. Aihoosn .
move rather than measure, pon!:
suthoritiyely to the only possible way oi
safety tia. our naion can follow and 70
follow. The Congressional vote upon the rropoanon
il moi more significant by ,be recorded yess thar BY
the recorded maya. Bat in itself this Official propo-
,ition tentative cautious las, doubtless, II wisely
should be), interrogative, suggesive 81 is,f We
Getting up at last Of the only egn by which we mu,
in time, conquer. Ald !; Is the taxing down o, Iae
sgn Of the old utterly broken conc IN, on whif We
read, so late as last May: There will be The ,arv
Republic and same Constitutional Union thai have
already survived, ETC., etc.
BE assured that you have heard the last o.
Enropean intervention. The pluck aud pshlcai
ability Of the Rebels st last met by an oineAAy
announced irresistible principle, against wnlsh nc
Europesn Government could, If 1T would, act VII,
out acting sgsinst the public opinion, tee n0sai
inc. however, that the Lincoln propo.iton, vo'ea
against by the Border State scua'ors and Rep.efel
ali yes is TO the ignorant, stupid, E1rvpesn inoa!
and hostile uind, a valiant move not nestcis-
the Beginning OF the End
| Here in France We are this week IN qu;a stae'
Narv-the maioIity--cf students and Of otoers "
rested 10 the stormy dsys Of the debate o. the a.
dress. on account of heir demonstrations N tsi:s
and in tho ecture-room- OF the SorbOnne. OF ol lsf
aHkscedcR,s-that is on account o. beng ssfpee'"
Of being suspected Of being snspsct'd OF beins 's'
rect, have been released from arbitrary imprisonment
without trial. OF the hundred or TWO that ye, y
main in durgnce charged with or suspected OF snhs
ton with secret societies, not more han zen d
twenty, II as many as TWO or three, will reDsr~
he tired IN open Cont.
TIE +" animated deeates " in the Corps Lsg,aif
are over. TIE Address has been presented BY .
delegation of its members 10 lis Majesty, who msds
little speech on the occasion, wherein, auoDs oinef
thiugs he as good as assured to the actual hgssnye
body the full length Of ts days thas effectively
scuabashing the numerors and hlCs-sourced r11on
previously current, that he prrposed 10 dissolve
the present Corps Legslalil, and order new eie''
tions.
Iii. Msiesty's policy for the moment, both IL n
.pecs OF foreign aud domestic iiairs, Il eVdeDhvN
,sr,porze, WHIT and watch; provisional shats qs0'
The Roman Question u TIE knot sways, pd! nc
worthy god descends to cut i. Minister La'sieee
! 10 lust homo from Rome unable 70 cooperate VIC
Gen. Guyon OF the French garrison or @lI0 Ahso'
nel: wiser snd wiseacrer folks than yonr eefree.
pondent viii tell you-as they hsve told and ioieoa
any time the past tao years-that the frenel giInr
son ia 10 be -, and that there is 10 be wa
| in the Spring. 1 hnmbly doubt. Certain Ars'riSn
Journals try TO work up the preparations no one
making for an Italian upon Aastrii. Garioaidi,
according to cur last accounts and to his character
is;c prudence ibid it strike you, General Readei
that the adyenIurer, Garbsii, never yer CID rssa
| thing l. has just declared himself acyoca'e o. 'ne
| French alliance.
Wait. That for the moment is the policy Of France,
Italy, Pope and Garibaldi.
Meantime il is curious TO note tic European mon'
arches ON ttial. 10 Greece, there is open hgnang
rebellion looking Ike reyoluti3n; ditto in monarch
ica Turkey; ia Prussia political quarrel, threaten
ing worse, between its poor shan, "sveriey Nogsi
middle-agc, rococoo-diyine-rght king ana tne spln
of tba ,,s,a. la Russia cue Blood o. murdered o
land cring iron, the earth, andeve Russian Boyau
CRYING Tor real freedom to all closes, instead Of
m1cL tree6om 20 bslfemancipatei serts cry being