New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-20
pH8HLLION ILLUMINATING.

REBELLION ILLUMINATING.
There are several kinds Of courage, OF which
wa believe the Dutch article is leas. reiished
by soldierly connoisseurs, unless, indeed. the
Bob Acres sort, which is apt 70 ooze out at
the finger ends, may be considered cheaper
variety. In courage OF tho ob,trnct descrip-
ton which ederyesces in pimentO proclsnations'
the Southern General, are especially aboundingi
while tse Msjor-General Van Dorm, Of The
$. w. Confederate Military Department, has
not only a fuf assortment of courage, but Of
great logical qualities also. That brave, shrewd
creature, in his very last pronunciameato 20
tAs youth Of Arkanas and Texas, previous
to the recent battle Of Sugar Creek, CALAMITY eS-
claims,
l. We hsvs voted 10 b free.
II. We nut, hsht 20 be free.
To this there can be, of course. but one
Fro. which is: Let us fight Now Il
Van Dorm, after this lsconlc and senaible con-
clu,on, had stopped writing. had dropped his
pen. had drawn bic sword, aud, without
another word, had rushed Ike mad
Mars 70 the field OF fight, determined to
do or DO done for. we should have pronounced
him tho most eonssten, of Maos-Genersls.
But he did nj. lie would go on writing, and
writing such stuff as this: A" Shall the Conted-
crate aag wave here in melancholy loneliness,
as a fall leaf in our primeysl forest, or shall
it, beautiful field aud br sht stars Haunt IN that
" breeze over tue proud battalons Of Texas :"
Sc, &c, sc. Bah what bad Spanish sort
OF Major General this il Fancy Wellington
or Napier writing such boarding school oon-
sense. if you can The taste OF Napoleon In
the bulletin department OF the hne arts was
never very pure, and the millinery style Of the
Revolution hOpelossly corrupted it. and finished
What 700 much reading Of Os,ans pIerities
had begun; aud yet Napoleon bsd great grim
armies, solid, actual guns, behind his gauze
and fireworks; which prevented people
from laughing at him very loudly. But
nothing shall prevent US from having
orr grin Mt Van Dorm. particularly WHOM
he says, with semi-sish and semi-
shout: Beautiful maidens Of Louisiana sme
" not upon the craven youth who may iinger
by your hearth whoa tho rude b.4,, OF var
"is sounding in your ears" This j. oil gam
mon, Of course, and very ungal.ant CANNON
into the bargain; because, when the " rude
4" blast OF war" is :" sounding IN tho cara OF
" beautiful msidcns" We hold il 10 be one OF
the first duties Of a knight!y colder 10 lirger
BY the hearth of nj least one beautiful maiden,
for the express purpose Of protecting that
msdcn from in ul. and abduction Tor when,
"a al0lesaid, the rude blast Aforesaid, sounds
AS aforesaid, in the aforesaid esrs. it may be
taken 40 toerabe evidence that The enemy 10
10 hand. Would Major. General Van Dorm
leave Mrs. Van Dorm and Mise Van Dorm At
/ tho mercy Of the mnraudng Yankees, Just that
! he might indulge himself in the fa.onLtops OF
proclams,ion.wri;ing and other equally sansuin-
AIRY entertainments
J But il is evident that when he thus bios.
somed into print. the valiant Van Dora not
only mad Mt fought at sugar Greek. but had Mt
heard even the latest news from other
quarters, or he would have gracefully dwin.
died from the Alcsc 20 the Eegisc. II
had not then been his agOnizing fate 70 read
Jeferson DNis's melancholy messages. NJ
fresh copy Of The Richmond EramEtr bad car
red to him intelligence of royerses whitening
"and humilst'ug 10 Southern manhood, &C
companied by keen, sarcastic criticisms Of The
/" Roanoke affair, when " our men surronderes
with no blood on their bayonets,' and los
the position with only TWO " Richmond Blues
killed and one "McCuoch Ranger wounded
Comment" gnsps The Examiner ccnvoIslSely
sis needless" OF course. "The whole army,
10 sroans, chad better surrender AZ once, 10
cit will eventually come to IT, Or course
/ again.
As I" the whole army had better surrender a
I once" it has dawned upon tho prudent min
of Tie Memphis Aeolanche. that the amuseIuen
/ Of burning cities is unnecessarily expensive
t and that it will be more prudent for tho Con
0 loioratos to keep thor hogses to 1.-Two IN sUe