New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-28

al the rest Of mankind tributary TO her own win
and interests have any intention Of permitting saeA
roos of bitterness 10 attain any further sscendsnsy
IN their councils. ls.l
The Puritan breed would not be eontsnssd =
heaven heaven itself, uplesss they could rule s1pstme'
Aney nev8 ha]e been contented under any G0yem.
nent, whsthsr thai Of England, O! Of Hoilan1
wnere !hey enjoyed entire religious ibeFtyb o. -
were permitted TO become dominant Whsa that
Comfy has become under their influence, every
Soaufy VIII become which they are permitted .
IVY, ana the Democrats at least Of the NostA
20 20 1wsre q the fact. Already the nsne
Poiuous OF the North a. in the South. vast NJ.
Jonty OF the people Of this coutinont would rejoss
70 80 tncm ieft 70 vegetate upon their own bsTrsa
roc.s Tue scorn and loathing Of all civissd nAs-
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GEN. HOOKER.
friend who saw the paragraph in this naser-
Touching tols Union General, sends US the following
note about his antecedents. AZ the writer ia fami.
lar with them, be speaks by the card. This General
who made 30 plain a bid for the command of the
Army Of the Potomac by the air Of consequences
with which he declared be never approved Of the
manner Of Burnsides advance, appears to be no
great things after all. He seems 20 have quite q
mack at seifnation; for shortly after the battle at
Fredericksburg he INDUCED in some sentiment about
the horrors OF war, and affected to sgh for his plains
and his Seattle" in California. We are assured he
has neither "top" nor tail I'm graner par.
lancet nor thim6lefull of earth or blade Of grass
to call his own, But let correspondent tell biz
story
EbIToRs on THE DispArcH In yonr issue Of yesterday
friday you alluded to the star just appearing ABOVE the
military borizon OF King kbfahams dominons aud asked In
puport upon what food tina. hero fed 70 make HIN hshng
Joe Hooker Being familiar with h' antecedent dun1f
er to be briefly told them joe Hooker resigned bis COM
regular sSh H. or s. yss :ss s1d
the cultivation Of potatoes In the beautiful sneun valley OF
Caotn. lie failed in this and applied himself no't indus
ou.y bonos money OF all tho would lend TO nun,
and drinking whisky and wherever he could oDan
H. In this he was emioensy successful
Francisco be bccsm constsnt uninyitsd visitor Cen "a
(Aleghany John.on Chen Major IN the u s. Tmy feeling
sympathy FOR his former now fallen cemPsnion m arms
sde him his wagon master in expedition against the In.
disns and ia Thu. capacity it was Understood his ability
Whes Ibis star sis have risen aud had day viii 90
down darkness bac1er than tie heat which Puass' With
SHOT FOR DEsERTIoS.
In the prlson items of The Dispatch was recently
given an account of tie arrest Of one Geo. w.
Todd. o member Of the "a Louisiana Regiment, and
his incarceration for desertion IN Castle Thunder.
few days siuce TODD sent to bic regiment near
Fredericksburg. After getting among bis old
comrades be commenced soliciting various members
to let bin escape again. He applied to four In this
way two of whom assented to the propositions he
made. The other two refused, and one OF them
being on guard when he attempted 10 take bis last
leave discharged his musket at tho
fugitive and broke his This stopped his loco
motion, and he was Immediately taken in custody
and arraigned before a drum-head eourt-nartial Dy
whom be was sentenced TO be SHOT instanter Tho
sentence was carried out IN a few minutes after
being pronounced against the culprit.
THE DErENsEs OF MOBILE, ETC.
From The Mempai, Bulletin, Jan. ls.
Cen. Simon Buckner is in charge Of the troops
and Notifications at Mobile, and the work Of prepar.
alton foy assault is In progress. There were only
sbon % 900 troops In Mobile proper, though IL was
that there were others in easy supporting
distance. A., ~,
CON- Ed. Randolph is in command OF the Rebel
feet Which consists of four wooden gunboats and
ore iron-clal ram in the harbor Of Mobile.
The Qunboats lay above the confluence OF the Ala
bama River aud tue cnaanei ufeu W reao" 'ne wy
ia periods OF low water
For. Gaines, ON the west side Of the entrance OF
the harbor, mounts four heavy guns, ana contains
lust seven hundred men.
Fort Morgan, on tho east side OF the haroor en-
rance mounts eight guns and contains fifteen humid
A heavy battery, casemated, has been placed on
The southwestern corner Of Pintos Point. IL con'
sts of DabIgrens three ried caunon, and three
fhe ground at Pinto's Point is generally swampy,
INT tie Rebels have piled il aud filed it in With
arh, 80 that il is now tolersbiy firm.
Irnon the shell road leading from Mobile TO tho
,each, west of the lighthouse, Is battery OF SIX
Rslow the grnboats at Dog River bar, spiles have
,eeu driven extending quarter OF mile each side
u the channel. AT the center OF these spies q
schooner filled with stone 10 anchored, ready 10 Do
,vung around into the stream, scuttled and sunk,
whenever the bloeaking feet passes Forts Morgan
and Gaines.
The authorities do not place much reliance upon
he fort 70 resist our feet, and hence expect TO do
heir heaviest fighting at the point where the
schooner is now placed TO be sunk.
West of Mobile, a series OF earthworks OF con.
,iderable extent have been constructed, but they
,ova no onrs mounted upon them; but outside OK
hase extending TO "Three Mile Creek" above
Mobile, there are formidable breSstworks. There
ice also redoubts at a village Tour miles aooVs
Mobile, aud a. point where tne iniee 1uAe NiseA
rosses the r-ilroad.
such is a detailed and INTEL gible description OF
he commanders, the forces, the fleet, and the CO.
,enses of Mobile. They are by no means 80 formid-
lole as had been supposed ana WITH only toiersGle
,fr)rt there is no reason why they snoud bol oe
overcome and the city captured.
f. WIS understood thai Gen. Buckner had threat.
anad 10 destroy the city in the event that he could
nor successfully hold it, but there were not few
particularly the opposed =.
There are also not few who claim foreign protec'
ron and they too also protest. What the decision
viii he remai.s 20 be seen when the Union troops
shal com 81 lin TO surrender or leave tan eveus
winch il seeros has long since Oeen Eek'1ueu as
possible il not probable. aa.L II IL
,;vereJ thee a speech to an sudenee not exceeding
lSu ;acIuding men, women and negroes. tie spoke /,
from from the balcony OF the Battle HSqse, and bis re.
merks strangely enough did no. elicit much If antS
enthusiasm. H. o..o,,, ,,Don v,ohs-
. her were only about 3 900 troops. All these
- rs moved up TO yicksburg promptly when Gen.
Sberma, made the attack upon that pace.
Inc R.beIs evidently regarded the attack on
us a big thing" for as soon as it was
-, all the machinery. tools lmplemepte, ETC..
at Columbus, Mississippi, for the manufacture Of
~ I'D Ammunition Mere hnrriedlY PLACED on