The New York herald., 1862-03-07

The Wall street Spectators md seere-
tary Stnnton's Eeceat Order.
Since the issue of the recent order Of the
Secretary of War in regard to the publication
of military news, the Wall street specuiators
have been exceedingly busy IN inventing and
propa eating false reports of the movements OF
our forces They have had General Banks de-
feated, the whole Army of the Potomac en-
gagged in battle, and the Union troops every
where covered with disaster. 1t need hardly
be said that there is no foundation whatever for
such rumors, which are only designed to effect
the rise or fall of stocks, and are encouraged
rather than rebuked by journals inimicai to
Secretary Stanton order.
These current rumors, however, are charged
by Their inventors upon the order of the Secre-
tary of War, and the public is told that the
government has made great blunder in re-
strictng the publication of news, and is prac-
tically abettng these frauds upon the stock
market and the people. On TIE contrary, these
rumors arc not the fault of the order, but of a
des qning misrepresentation and popular mis-
apprehension of the order. Such bogus re-
ports Eave always been circulated upon the
street, but have never obtained such general
credence, simply because the people relied
upon the newspapers to expose and correct
them. But now TIE people are led to believe
that there is no use looking in tie newspapers i;
that tie Secretary Of War win not allow any
thing to be published about the war, and that,
therefore, the stories circulated by the specu-
lators are just as likely to bc true as false.
There could scarcely be greater mistake
than this. We have repeatedly asserted upon
authority the most undoubted, that Secretary
Stanton's order docs not prohibit the publica
ton of any legitimate and correct news 1t
makes, and was designed to make, no change
whatever in the contents of journals truly loyal
and carefully conducted. 1t was intended only
to deprive the enemy Of information of our
plans and Of movements and operations ncces-
sarily secret. Our readers will find no differ
ence whatever in the scope, variety, minute
ness and freshness Of the news in to day s
HERALD as compared with the news in the is
this order was issued. We have the same liber-
ties as ever, and the Sccretary's manifesto only
imposed upon all journals the same loyal eau
tion in the publication of news which the
HERALD has always imposed upon itself. So
far from cutting off or delaying the news of
actual occurrences, tie War Department has
made arrangements, through its military super
visors, with the army correspondents and tele-
graphcrs, by which the correct accounts and
details of every battle ard skhmish shall be
transmitted with even greater facility than
ever. No soldier of the Union army can
fall, in rencontre however tri1ing, without
tie knowledge of the public; and If General
Banks were to fight battle tonight, or General
Rockers brigade meet with a disaster, or the
Army Of the Potomac or of the Mississippi
advance, or skirmsh occur in Arkansas, our
readers would learn the fullest par alticulars ol
the affair from tomorrow mornings HERALD, OF
from our earlier extra editions.
We repeat, therefore, that there is no excuse
whatever for those who delude themselves with
| false rumors upon tic theory that the news
| papers cannot publish the news. Everything
actually done will be as fully reported as ever
! and only our customary caution will be Oh
| served in concealing what is intended to bt
done. Those who assert otherwise, and thus
| give encouragement to fabricated reports, are
either speculators who have stocks to buy OF
sell, or journalists who are inimical to Secle letar,
Stanton's order, because it prevents them from
giving their usual daily instalment Of trea
sonable information 10 tie rebels.
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