New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-06
NEWS OF The DAY.
THE w AR.

The expressive silence of the Government IN
regard to the alleged Rebel successes at Charleston
is broken. We are assured that " there has been
no interruption of the blockade, and no such as
sumption will be admitted by the Government
Gen. Dix, at Fortress Monroe, has Rebel news from
Charleston to Tuesday inclusive, at which time that
port was thoroughly blockaded, tie Union ronciacs
lying inside the semi-circle of wooden vessels The
cads the Rebels say, were not there when the
attack was made. An attack by the Union fleet
upon the city was momeutarily expected
We have this morning quantity of selections
from very late Southern papers received late last
night.
There seems to be great deal Of doubt as to
the authenticity of the sIcailed news from Charles
ton. We have before us two Richmond papers Of
the 81, The JVkig aud The Examiner. Neither OF
them make the slightest a'lusion TO the news;
nothing is said about raising the blockade; nothing
is said Of Joy in Rchmond no notice was taken OF
the matter iu Congress the day of its publication
We have only The Dispatch OF the %, and that is
the paper that riuted tie dispatches. Whether the
the whole affair within tweny.our hours, if it was
anything Ike what was represented the reader may
Judge 1t is also significant fact that the lines
were open TO Charleston tie I'd, and dispatch
was sent through stating the arrival of Charleston
OF the Britisl shi; -oiwar Ca0uius. W lch comIuu-
nc.ted with shore by boat, passing directly by the
Union euaboat New lr0nsides If they could send
tie arrival of tie CadmuS, why n1t more definite
report of their great vIc,Oryi Beauregsrd is not
the man 10 keep silence when he has even tolera-
bic ground for Boosting The fact that the sensation
dispatches were hurried through to catch tie steamer
for Europe is sufficiently established. That they
were intended for tnat purpose mainly n not en-
tireiy is inferabe from tie circumstance that they
were or are said 10 have been, in Richmond on
Saturday neon, willie they were kept out Of print
until Monday morning.
RESOLUTIONS were offered yesterday in the New
jersey Legislature directly opposite TO the recent!
proposed Peace Resolves. Those of yesterday de
Clare the wickeoners Of the Rebellion, the laen
treason of its Northern sympathizers the loyalty Q
New-Jesey the necessity for waving all difference
as to party politics, aud the full and unconditional
support Of the Government, the laws, and the flag
OF the country.
--Ibe Rebels have stories oil the driving OF our
gunboats back at Fort McAllister near Savannah.
The heaviest damage to us, far as they are Ger.
tain, was The shooting away OF the flag staff of an
iron-clad. They say that orr boats had been up as
far as ST. Mays burning houses, but as soon a
cavalry company fired at them the gunbOats ran
away, hinging back shells like fury.
The fag-of-truce-boat New-York arrived at
Fortress Monroe Oh Wednesday noon from City
Point, bringing down 7j3 Union prisoners from
Richmond, in charge Of Capt. John l.. Muford of
the Third New-Yoik Infantry. who reports that
more prisoners are there ready to be exchanged
"A breeze wac raised in Hudson CITY, ~ j.,
yesterday, by The arrest deseters OF citizens WHO
aythey have never been in the army. Some OF the
Provost Guard have Ieen taken up by tie civil au-
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