, 1863-05-13
Ql)ifaao Gribu11e.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1863.


TEE NEWS.
The situation in Virginia is a puzzle to
outsiders, and stumbling block and rock
of offence to teleg1aphic correspondents, if
indeed, it he an offence to send one hour what
ahc next may contradict or explode. Our
readers may yez themselves over the discn-
7anglcnlcnt Of the nc:7s for the past lew
Gays, and each must decide for himself
whether Hooker has returned southwark
across the river, whether Lee has gone to
Richmond, whether events will soon thick
en- again; and crisis be near at hand; and
history be made, and the baggang business
be resumed; and important eTents be upon
1hc tapis; OF whether there be any tapis, or
event, or crisis, or bagsing, OF any other
actuality beyond the unreliability Of inolh-
cial telegraph news, IN war TINE. "Blame
not the bard" Do not waete time in pro-
fame OF heated phrases launched against
The reporters. Remember this, that the
wires in each instance conveyed precisely
the news that any reliable gentleman Of
your acquaintance would have brought
who, leaving at the eame hour, aud tue
same place with the dispatch, came through
without having his opinions corrected
en- route. The dispatch brings the rumor
Of the hour at II Washington, or in the
news centre reported from. The next
hour, perhaps, corrects It; but meanwhile
lie other dispatch has got into print, aud
goes far and wide before it is oyerhauled.
This is the theory Of these dispatches. Of
one thing hereafter, reader, rest assured.
Whenever there is good news to be told, it
will be safe to save the powder and the
general enthusiasm until the authori-
lies at Washington announce the
event. Rely upon it they will not
1-ecp the duly accredited capture Of
Richmond out Of the hands Of all the peo-
p1e from Mainc to Minnesota, for ono hour
n1ter it comes under their official ken. The
Icws dispatches may harbinger the event,
heap up adjuncts, and accumulate grounds
Of probability; but it will be safe for all
demonstrations or even full credence among
prudent people deceived aforetime to wait
On tic Government, who ere as eager as
fhe most Jealous reporter, to chronicle
Eidely before all the world, all and any
actual SUCCESSES.
The news from Virginia is smizcd" 1t
seems, however, now certain that General
Hooker has not re-crossed. lie is still on
The Falmouth side. And up to Monday,
the enemy were still in force on his front,
both armies doubtless repairing damages
and preraring to resume the great strug-
Elc which shall test their material and
leadership.
The case Of the Infamous Vallandigham
still waits decision, which will turn SIM
lily on tie legal point of Jurisdiction and
power Of courts martial TO try civilians.
The rebel General Earl Van Dorm has
met violent death at the hands Of one
DR.. Peters, with whose wife Van Dom had
maintained an improper intimacy. Van
Dom WAS Mississippian by birth, was q
graduate of West Point, and in 1912 en-
1rred the service of the United States Us
"a Lieutenant in the 9Th u S. Infantry.
The ncws from the Peninsula shows that
our forces are again on the move up the
Hninsula. Gen. Reyes having occupied
West Pom. idfilld White HOUSE: and thrown
out his l,ickets to within twenty-five miles
OF Richmond.
Kentucky loyalty has been q plant Of
slow growth, but is even now bcgiunlngto
put forth promising blossoms. The doings
of the Seventh District, unconditional
Union Convention, reported elsewhere in
our Lexington special dispatch, have the
true ring, and the grounds on which
the venerable Critcnden is nomina
:ated are loyal and outspoken for the Union
Kentucky has had a severe lesson, and Mr.
Crittenden himself has had bitter and un
cnyiable facilities for the study Of Magot
inism, which has cost Kentucky SO muc]
in time I,ast, and still holds peril very nea
her doors.
Tie Canada crisis has eliminated. Th
ministry 60 out, and new election
ordered.
Gen. Burnside has approved certai
findings Of Cour! Martial which sentenc
1oignominious death the unhappy me
mined in our dispatch, Ono Of them is
d.zcrer from this State, implicated i
lie late disloyal riots near Jo1c:
bro. 1t may be ungracious to witt
it but we sincerely hope that nothing vi
iucrpose between these men and the
rnrited fates. The country in its per
canot afford immunity to those wh
deert lis armies, OF aid its enemies b
2med resistance or spies. Too many haz
PISSED scathless in these classes alread,
aid examples are needed. The necessit
7stern but real
Our Washington dispatches contai
ttckening references to the coming dra,
II details Of which nrc being arranged 1
w1k with all possible snaoothness whit
cnc set in motion.
Gen. Hooker has issued general ordt
which We give elsewhere, rendering I
co,gratulation to the army, for the achle1
mats Of the last sevcn days. he say
ssIfit has not accomplished all that was
peted, the reasons are well known to tt
amy. 1t is sufficient to soy, they were
. haractcr not to be ioreseen or prevent
b. human sagacity or resources" T.
general tone Of the order is excellent, Wit
-p1t any straining after rhetorical effects,
Major T. P. Robb, formerly Of Il
cir, is "1llinois Military Inspector a
Aren't Of q. S. Sanitary Commission,
ch,rge Of Refugees at the new Uni
House Of Refuge. in Jackson, Tenn
Trion. Club has been formed at Jacks
Of which Major Robb is President. To
meetings have been held, and eighty me
bc1s admitted. Very good, consider
She 1oeatinn