, 1862-08-26

Infantry scattered along its entire length of
is M9 miles, = %h1ch @ are sure to be picked 5p
possibility Of retaliation. Tie Gueriilas
hu1d the road; 1t is unpleasant to say so, bu.
the truth had better be told thAn suppressed
N case which requires an immediate remedy.
GalNsan has been surprised. cars burned, army
cut oti, Union men outraged and their houses
burned, and wecan do nothing. We dispe1se
our infantry d1ntu they have no strength, and
then these fetble detatchments are captured
6y troop Of cavalry, which are fifty miles
from The Ecene Of their deeds before VIC can
send more infantry to overtake them. There
IS not regiment Of Federal cavalry along the
entire road, when there ought to be three or
fonr IN active motion continually.
It Is passing strange that points which
every initerate rebel In the country eau see
cleafly at glance, are not noticed by mil ary
men. Whist ten year old boy, dressed in but
tfErut fTeecles, and unable to read or Wfite
wonld ned to be told that he would lose his
labor if be attempted to run fox down in
a footrace? Way we doubt if he would at
tempt 10 oge1take even a rabbit in such an
Unequal contest Of speed? Why keep twist
Ing this great military rope until it is extend
ed frcm Louisville TO Huntsville, if We
allow traitors to cut its strands in the
thread ? Shall We sleep forever? Is this
time to be experimenting with oaths
ard passports? Is cur army working for the
benefit OF the loyal or Of the disloyal? Have
re such store OF provision, and armoriss
so exhaust1ess that We can give Morgan an
ard army stores, along the Louisville aud
here rave Suot' not The aN power aSsp''lStto to
prevent these raids nor to punish their
perpetrators. They have not enough cavalry;
The federal government has not supplied
them with ht. nf
Ecoundrels. 1t is for the government at
Washington to say why it suffers such de-
p!orable state Of ta1ags to continue, which is
diseraceful SID pernicious to US, and in the
highest degree beneficial to the rebels.
Our Iron-C1ad F1e.t.
We venture to say that all our readers have
heard great deal more than they exactly up-
de1stard Ebout the magnitude Of our iron-cild
feet. Ever5 one knows TINT We have NUN r.
oue mailed vessels building and aaoat, but
hardly any one eau tell how many or WHERE
they are. In to-daY's Tribune, we give COM
plete and correct description Of this 1ron-clad
hect. 1t eontaiDs clear account OF the fleet
ahoat-the feet building-and the ace! about
to be commenced, OF Tie first, the Nauga-
tuck, New 1rons:des, Roanoke, Monitor, and
Galena, Lave BEEN so much talked about that,
except when we had something new to say Of
them, We nave dismissed them briefly. Al
tempts have been made to give au idea of the
neither classified nor accurate. A SUMMARY
Of the resources of this country in Iron-clad
vessels, built and building, is SIS follows:
f1isaIts, afnat.
t hioLhur, afioat.
2.nnboate, afnat {Ga1ena and Nausatuck}
| 7gunhcars on Western r17-zs. ad1as.
4surhoals on Western rivers, purchased and
| mailed
| sMoEiEors, building.
monitor, for CaiIiurnin. building.
10 gnnboa1s for the protection Of Ohio and In
diana.
| 3 mississippi gunboats.
! 1ttemeuaous l ram, to be plated with six-inch
| i.ou-
| guuboat, to be built at the navy yard
| guHbOat at dry dnck-
| grn.oat at New York fThirteenth street)
EuLbo3t at Euttsn.
fgupbrat ut Gteenpoint.
1gunbGat at PHILADELPHIA
| vtsse1. supposed to be building secretly By
! Mr. EEc-s0n.
enew Ericsson vessels. Total, a..
| 49
Of these, one building at Philadelphia, tTo
| at New York, one at GreeppoInt-and posi-
| bly, othezs-are 10 be exclusively iron.
The following is the actual force Of our iron
| fleet .ffnaf af r7recprf