, 1863-05-16
Ul)iifaao Qribunc.


THE NEWS.
IQ,e situation On the RaFpahannock is
nnchanEed, not even in respect to the rela-
lions 81 Gen: Hooker and the well mean
ing, but fumbling and lcather-brained Hal
1eck. A disagreement between them was
inevitable from the conditions of the case.
Gen. Hooker refused to report progress to
Gen. HalIcck, to take orders from him, to
share responsibilities with him. Some Of
tue recent dispatches between the two are
models Of laconic brevitv
HA1LEck TO HooKEn, MAT 1.T-"Aakc on
further movement unti1 you rcpoH Tour situation |
Whist arc you doing: HALLEcK."
uooKEu To uAl1rck, tin,neliate answer.e
81 an mind:Ee ny own business. HooKER."
H41.EcE ro HooKxE, SUNDAY. MAT s." Hal
not you better 1ctuzn to your old po6stfon7
HALLBcK.''
HookEn TO HALLKcK, immediate answcr)-
*'Had not you better let me alones uookER."
It istoo expensive business to wait for
1hc adjustment Of differences between
these, or any other two men. It has proved
TOO expensive and disastrous in time past,
Ills allowing division Of responsibility
and command, in field movements. Gen.
IIalleck ut least has not the record which |
very prominently conmends him to the |
people, or to the army, as the successor Of
Hooker. If he is not to command alone,
or to lalye the authority, there is but one
alternative left, perhaps, in his case, the
best Of the three.
That smallest Of all small potato Iowa
Copperhea6s, Henry Clay Dean, has come
10 grief, and been placed in duress by in
dignant conyalescent soldiers at Keokuk,
who are debating what to do with him.
The result will, doubtless, he to hand the
vretched fellow over 10 the Provost Mar
shal, whom may Providence and the pow
crs at Washington, endow with ali the
needed mental and official appliances to
make clean riddance Of Dean.
Nothing reliable from Gen. Grant, save
the assurance that he is being reinforced
strongly. 4 common llank-roal eight
miles long has taken the place Of all SUBJ
lime hydraulic shams, and is doing "cut
orr duty at the Vicksburg peninsula
between river landing aboye and below,
and thus troops and stores ore being expc-
.itiously forwarded. The force under Gen.
Grant will be an ample one if the rebels
allow time for it to reach him, and if they
do not they will be the blackest ingrates,
f>r just such favor have We not always
shown tlCm9
The weather is still excellent at Muir
ireesboro. Other than that no news
reaches us from that quarter. It las thun-
deTed betuTe now out OF q clear sky. It
will soon be time TO expect it from below
Nashville.
The r'tmor that comes Of disaster to
Sen. Banks, it will not 10 to credit too
soon. If friendly news channels serve Us
the, laterly not infEcquent, i'll turn Of be-
ing unreliable, can VIC expect the rebels
will treat us any better:
The substance Of our St. Paul dispatcl
has already reached us in numerous iniiy-
nant letters and protests from citizens OF
Minnesota, in refuta,ion Of the Injurious
calumnics against their State, by the St,
Paul correspondent Of the secesh Times Of
luis city. By ono and all of these, his
statements arc denounced as unfoundcd
willful and malicious, to the last degree. I
is altogether likely. Correspondents Of
5'alcr to whom, on very important shar
oftorics discussed, their reports arc ralu
able in direct proportion to their dopartur
from the truth. are very likely to rractis
odd jobs Of lying at their own instance, I,
keep their hand in.
Our troops in Kentucky are actirc ii
small squads. and giving the enemy mucl
trouble, and laucrly themselves mucl
trouble tn find the enemy. Our srccia
dispatch from that quarter will be rea6
with interest.
Our afnretimc reference to the excellent
appointment Of VIM. James, Esq, Of thi:
tity, as Provost Marshal Of this District
1ca7cs nothing more to be said on tha
head. Tic selection Of DR.. J. ". Free
as Examining Surgeon locates the rcspon
siole duties Of that appointment, with ,
gentleman who has few peers in protes
sional skill, united 10 unimpeachablc integ
5ity. and answering loyalty.
The announcement of the sentence o
Xallandigham is promised for to-day
Gen. Burnside has not only waited to hca
from Washington on the legal point sui
mitted, but evidently also ont of courtcs
to Judge Leavitt, who is to render a dt
cision on the application:for writ Of ha5ed
corpus. 1t is scarcely necessary to ad
that oil the rumors as to the nature an
terms Of Vallandigham's sentence arc III
founded No one could have known VIII
the sentence is, though every loyal ms
can very nearly settle upon what il shou
be-