New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-17
NETWORK TAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY MARCH II, 1862

YUM 'JAILY TRIBUNE,
m llerss of ,his officers regiment win be intrused
Win ro W rcipal batteries. Fort Morgan g IN Tie
rave an' energetic haIds of Col Powell, and Fort
ja'res commanded By siaj. hallonouisi, a 'gnly
n,,rn .tcd ar' llery officer.
assure tie women and children that there u no
~ sc oil present alarm. We need not ray 10 tie men
nat tie since call for cOClnfss ard Get, roinflior'
Both lelgcren's are murerng their armies for
great conflict 30 Nenno SEQ, Tie prize being The COM
maud Of the Mifs.asapi Valley. Our GoycrIlI.eut
and generals are fully aroused 20 the imrofance Of
the ieeue ind mn army Of heroes will represent .
South IN the coming ight With de;erriaation and
cours @ woithy Of the cause. Re Of COED Ger
We tcel TINT t'e shall tip RE tattfc DrtNf tt' bGe%
tone # me Noyftera nCoffr, driJc nan yft 0"f
rict9ff0as trOoDs cut ~ Tennessee, t06cn MN 70
LorlSya'e, and, bg C0a'shcip, "sGrc he "1pt'.'
Meantime, there is TO present pros .ec' o.. a't4c'
here. Tie enemy l. not ~ force ~ Snip Island 70
venture TO assault Mobile. lie is drawing upon ms
distant armies 10 bis forces in Tennessee, snd
baltic will be fought there before le spare troops
;oT this IOit IuGee ed, il hc hopes to in that battle
be hGs 10 present temptation 10 stack ~ orie. the
duc Of Our en- Is plain. II is 10 ann, drill pre-
nare 10 hold their city 70 the last extremity, TO Keep
cool the.aseiyse, ffoWn down panic makers and ~
sure the women that they are able and willing 10 ds-
fend heir homes. We confidently feel that the pres
eni dark hour il but TIE precursor Of the dawn Of
bright day. We shall hear good news coon ana
rejoice IN The brilliant yicoras Of our brave and de-
voted soldiers.
Alarm AT TIE UNION DEMONSTRATIONS IL
aICH6OND--FEDFPAL SITES IN TIE RIBiL
WAR DIPARTMENr.
From The Beny,s E.eHii1 Arg",, NaTch6
r icc may credit tho aIsCf IONS cf Richmond move
papers and CORES pondeus the imppdeTce 0ad bofd-
NESS Of me -c0HccGicf dcUoees i LiRcon 81 MAJ
cttv hare assumed u MAGNITUDE IN TIER dctsW
trfas0H Cs startling Gs - 'cas nncTFe,ffd' = le"
nights o many of the fences an1 buildings oven ia
the heart of the city bore inscriptions Of Ire most
trai,orous kind, 40 arIayed 20 induce the beiet
that hey were designed &c signals OF osrrnized
scourdr.ls who gre working for iheir Washington
MASTER These were notices. shortly nfter the fan OF
DonelsoD, aud the subsequent demonstrations ~ JOY
which could only be partially concealed, by men
who had been Suspected Of disloyalty, aod others
who bad hitherto ioated the slrface u the poliii-
cal waers apparently regardless Of fs course as
chip seemed 10 give much credenoe to The Northern
boast OF an organization ol Union men IN Richmond.
Numerous eTpTcsSioHs 81 pe"d'M gfce ~ the m'j@'-
tunes Of 0r sOidi6rs al Do geisor and oftcr 1nmfs
tqkGbi, dcm0HstrGtiqns, Prore that me Ab9Iition
snake sclica last Sumner iErksd ~ tie alleys and
5v a-ays If Ms Confederate c0patGl and taiated rs
atmospheric ,oas MT kied, tut Only scotctcd - Tie
Eyes IF the ter0iufiOn.
Private conversations, remarks by public men in
hotel baTrooms and parors, and even In the Depart
mente reach those no uttered them a week or two
afferward through the columns o. sOme Northern
print. greatly exaggerated in most instances 1t is
true, but oRicesf'y correct 10 be recognized.
The oOuiecture5 Or assertions IN public OF ind
yduals generally urimpOrant IN their character
and scarcely worth 10 labor Oh The spy who reports
them, and cur aluson TO them only 20 illustrate
The perfection the system 81 esr0inago has attained.
TIE siyiug does not terminate here. The War
Department is reekng With is stencil. Scrergf TIMES
durtng tbs trar 3Ngsrtahk amy mGUcmcHts, sup
J. L.
fae.oNc(rf dDp0iHied for ner clecHiion, hare been
accurafelg cOareVfd 10 he emmy ~ time for thar
GustrGf on; and 10 longer $50 than couple OF
weeks, when preparations, under Tie siicie5. itlrnc-
ton OF secrecy, were made by tie War Department
for az, .ckng tie Yankees e. Newport News she iact
reached Wellington ~ zine for nine or ten gineuts
10 De dispatched 20 thGt point ia Lot haa.e, before
the Confederate plane could be carried on.
These iscis which sro forced npon oar auihori-
tics az Richmond too often 30 admit the hypothesis
that the miscarriage ol their military lans are
attributable 20 accidental displays ~ energy anu
fore.hough hy he enemy. 1ley prove boyou4 cayl
lbs. the F0terh Government les established in
Richmond o system ~ esTiolage almost perfect a.
that OF iOlcte h. tie terrible dsys q tho French
Revolution and worthy tho Ingenuity OF that artui
cemaeosue himself. They prove that Tie President,
Cabinet ald high otaCiais are daily logged By clip
pe.y ~. Gale, who manage % gain gcles8 who're
honest Ilen fhrist aaial, aad OJ.in information
which honest men are reilied.
Der lachmond eotemI oFaries call loudly upon TIE
Government 20 stop there uischieyicus leaAE but
Tie greater the effort - ferret ont the authors OF the
rrisrhief the more rsc,ief D. done. The reason H.
obvious No attempt II mioe 10 strike 40 The root ~
the o,. Srspli0us ICoails carolcs about iLe street
corner and har-r00ms, ana i-attrcd yHgbbondlzers
IN Cauif0l Square aul about t1e -icps Of tle u ar
Deralimont are indugtr'ouily uatbed by y-lei AIDED
detective, yho tins assay 70 trap The Abolition ein-
isesricf and find lbyor wish thcr employer. While
engaged the real spies chnckle In tier sioeyes
for the detectives tron5le them not. Hangcfson 70
hotel har-roOms and In the halls Of the Departments
are not the gentry who furnish the FEDERAL Govern
nent with The designs aud Preparations Of the Con-
federgts War Department. Ii is not the street Oaier
VITO il Jet into the secrets o' President Davis Sccre
tsry benjamin, and bis sub0rdinales. How much
information OF intended war movements can a man
about town. unconnected with our Government, OBJ
tain in tine Tor use at WdshiugOnl The idea Of
sling such characters Is an nputaiOn common
seute.
ii our Government really desires TO nd Richmond
Of Iinc0lu's fIies, let watch be placed upon the
only who can possibly posseso information Of
intended military movements, The employees ~ the
Confederate Var De0GreWcgt. Beside the Presi-
dent AID Secretary OF War, and perhaps smother
member or two o. the Cabinet, none other than these
men can p0ssiiy be in any Of the secrets If the War
Department and through them and through them
s.0ne, Is conveyed TO Washington whateyerhfJuna-
ion oi Confederate military movements that reachee
tho Federal Gov rmeut. coLI l3te recOnsiruciion
Of all the Departments, particularly the Wax bureau
Is what il wanted, and those who desire 20 catch
Abolition spies must look for them IA the persons Of
men filing high PORTIONS, and no. OF scedy chaps
who csIno. even obtain a long-rango view Of either
the President or his Cabinet.
MoRE UNION DEMONSTRATIONS ~ RICHMOND.
Ricino.4 llarA - CoroT,ad .eof N. lLnpai, typeai
Martial law bas leu % aimed al Norfolk, ard
tie Ike measaro sill probably be- eaorted 10 10 Ibis
city IL o very lew days. This IL imnaraivclv de-
minded by the crisis which is upon VI, a. WIN for
the good order end good goveriuer, Of the Con.
edefite capital where 1t il hardly safe 20 walk ont
ut night Tor our protection against The arDte,css