New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-14
taken to perpetrate most daring swIndle upon tho

suspended here, the public had no small currency
under five dollars. Various shinplasters soon sop.
piled tie necessary change down TO twenty-five
cents, below that had nothing but whisky tickets.
The public soop used the ticket sold by the Car Com
pauy for rides preferable and they came to be
used for tracing purposes well az for riding. The
Company after about two months gave notice that
there were counteries In circulation but never gave
the public any means of detecting them. For over
eleven months the Company has been Issuiog i'm
mense quantities Of these same tickets, and have
sold over and over again the same tickets. 1hey
now say they are c0un erfeit. In one case Justice
decided it was not criminal act to make aud Is 'ue
tickets like those used by the Car Company; and
still they went on issniDg them until now there is
good reason 10 believe there Is not less than 900
worth Of them in circulation. The other day they
gave notice they would exchange the old blue tickets
for new one they have had made. Next morning
hundreds waiting, ard very soon 1t was stated
that they rejected about three out OF live as counter
felt. SO great was the excitement that there was
dao ger Of a disturbance. The next day II was sun
worse. You could with difficulty get within oioea
of the Office. The track was threate ned. Aoous
noon Gen. Banks sent squad OF soldiers 70 rea zen
should be redeemed. On the following moIpins
Gen. Banks sent them order advising them 70 10
deem the tickets. So far they have pau NO Those
ton TO il. They follow their own course. anuio
who want to dS Ts ,n of
in rides. This is another Secesh concern, mans
by Secesh leaders. The President was %n, -, S
! Convention. and was assessed oy ueu' ~. -
sbon, So 600 for the support OF the poor; Inc .r'
49, ;J to,olbn,dsrs are wellknown Rebels. They
bnyn had rbi game on hand for some time but waited
" ssa Cen Buffers back before they put 1t in oper-
alton. NJ. p,
fs,v days ago, destroying the building and valu-
able hillary OF books The fire commenced In a
wing of the building W ere some Confederate prs
oners were confined. 1t is supposed to have been
the work Of an iucendiary. Total loss aoou'
go 000
A United States Provisional Court for the State
was opentd onsDecember 81, Charles A. Peabody,
Judge; Geo. l.. beaumont, Prosecuting attorney
Auguslus d. y. Hughes, Clerk; and Isaac Eu.
Clark, Marshal. The Court then adjourned 10
January IL.
During the last two or three days we have had
several extras from The Democrat office, full OF
Rebel news, announcing great Confederate victories
in kentucky ind Tennessee. IL would be waste
of time 70 detail them, because YOU have means OF
knowing all about it IN 81 hours after aud at most
il does not seem to be more than cavalry raid. Tue
story round town, which the Rebels profess TO be-
eve il that they have captured Memphis, and that
wo Uni lions of greenbacks have fallen INTO their
hands.
Gen. Banks ia said TO be going up to Baton
Rouge. large number Of troops have been landed
there, and the gunboat fleet are expected 10 go up
he river SooH 60 yon may expect 10 near o, some
punpowder beng burnt in that neighb0rhood. Port
Hudson, AS toll you in former letter, had been
boubarded and TO doubt IL will cove of in earnest
before long. As expect 10 go up nver, 80 as 10
be little nearer the scene OF operations my next
will probably be dated from Baton Rouge or some
point as near as can get information.
Jea. DAVIS, you already know, has been on n
tour from Richmond to Vickshurg, and on Dec. 70
he made stump speech iii jackson, Miss. Among
other matters he takes great deal OF tronolc 10
reconcile the Mssissppsns to the hardships OF the
conservation act He is sorry to hear there has been
| 30 much grumbing and dissatisfaction because II
exenpts the rch and those who have twenty or
more negroes ia charge. He calls upon the Missis-
sippi Legislature TO pass law 10 organize those
that are exempt by Confederate law, and make
them 30 build forls and dig Entertainments to defend
Mississippi.
| JEFF admits "the enemy have displayed more
power cherry and resources than he had attributed
| to them Their finances have held out far better
than / imagined would be the CASE. Evidently
jeff did not make good use Of bis opportunities Ia
Washington in studyingth the statistics Of our national
resources. Perhaps lie don't like hgures, only ilg-
uIes of speech.
lie lie no prophet that is clear. Not long ago be
predicted tie North could not get men or money
that tire war must be carried into the eDemys conn
try; that Europe must intervene and recognize the
CoDfeoeracy. Now he admits he was all wrong
that be did not carry the war into Africa because
the enemy would not let Lin.
! "You 6ayo no doubt wondered that i have not
carried ont the policy, which bad intended should
be policy, Of lighting our battles on the held oil
the enemy, Instead OF u tHcHl ou
ours This was not tue result Of my VIII but Of the
power Of the enemy" "A 10 intervention, he says:
'Pat not your trust IN princes, rest not your hopes
in foreign powers; we must hight II out oufselvee
The speech runs with tho usual amount OF ma
teria that goes TO make up stumpspeech, but there
il enough u it to set the Rebels thinking, aud once
they get to that they ray come to their senses.
There WAS flag Of truce in tho city on New
Years Day, for what purpose has not transplfed.
] presume more for the purpose oil explanation than
anything else. The Rebels always manage TO have
an excuse for flag Of truce shortly before they ex-
pect something 10 happen.
number Of Confederate prisoners that were
captured At ThbOdauXville, aud have been since
kept On q boat lying in the river, were paroled on
New Years Day Many of hose whom Gen. Butler
had sent 10 Ship leland Fort Pickens, Fort jackson,
end the prison for various rebeous practices, have
BEEN upon the Generals recommendation. paroled,
and are now making their appearance on our streets
! Slice commenced writing this letter, Gen. HANKS
has sent squad Of soljers and taken posse.son Of
The AdtOcate office, and closed il up. Mr.. w. King
the ecitor Of the paper arrested. No announce
ment has been made why the paper has teen sOpped
bat, from what i have told You Of its couIse, it IL
not hsrd to guess. For several days ii has been
nothing but open, unqualified Rebel sheet, and II
would have been strange indeed II Gen. Banks had
permitted this thing to 90 Oh unmo6bted. 30, good
by, Jacob.
Among other items, The AdcOcote published from
TIE Merqphss jackson hppeoi, Il statement that
: Horace Greeley had published, in The TRIBUNE a
statement thai it il impossible for tue North TO
quer the South and that they had better let them go
at once.
A good Joke is told in these parts at the expense
OF "A distinguished NewYork politician. He escorted
Oh board one OF tie steamers coming here TWO very
beautiful, and, apparently, accomplished females
INTRODUCED them TO the captain, asking, rs special
favor that he would take good care IL them On The
voyage. The voyage 81 al end, the ladies had cone
Quoted themselves in eueh u manner as TO merit the
af in ~