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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

Any one in search Of spicy bit Of reading will
do we'll to look at tho third page Of the morning
edition of this days TRIBUNE, where we print q
speech made in the Illinois Senate by Mr.. lsaao
Funk, representative from the Xh District, COM
prising the Counties of Dewitt Mclean, Macon,
Moultrie and Piatt.
Col. Daniel ID. Tompkins, Assistant Quarter
mo,ter-G General Of the United States Army, died at
bis residence in Brooklyn, on Thursday in bis 9th
year. lie was nephew Of the late Daniel ID. Temp
kins, formerly Governor of New-York snd Vice
President of the United States.
Information is received from COrinth that on
the I'D instant Col. Corwan, with the 10th aud 3ih
Missouri Regiments, surprised and routed Rebel
force under Gen. Roddy at Tuscumbia, Ala. Two
hundred prisoners number of cannon, and wagon
train were captured.
Dispatches from Cincinnati say that the late
scare ia Kentucky was quite unwarranted by the
facts In the fight near Richmond on Wednesday
we took 200 prisoners and recaptured all the wagons
The steamer Rhode Island reached Key Yves
OH the 10th after cruise around Cuba, in the course
OF which she had q long chase after the Alabama
and did not catch her.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

ply with the stpulations concerning the navigation
on the river.
About II o'clock yesterday morning collision
occurred ct the Princeton Station between the li:lo
p. m. out train from Philadelphia and the ll;3O pas
senger train from jersey City, by which three cars
filled with passengers were broken up, and twenty
persons are reported injured. The passengers were
thrown in all directions, some sustaining iracluieu
limbs and others being lacerated by flying spIh'eis'
but no person was killed. Tie locomotive oil the
down.train plunged of Of the track into the canal
carrying with it the engineer, who escaped Will
| slight injuries.
A letter from the Secretary OF the Treasury,
transmitted TO the Senate yesterday, says that no
printing paper was included in the recent statement
of imports of paper from the Collectors OF
and Boston, and that none whatever has been I'M
ported under the present tariff
"A ferry.boat collision elsewhere fully reported
occurred on Friday morning in the East River, by
which the Wismsburgh ferry-boat Nebraska was
sunk after getting to the foo. of Pike street, New
York There were about 500 passengers on board,
all of whom had the good fortune to escape.
The stock market opened actively yesterday
ruouiog for Government securities with some demsnd on
foreign account snd quotations Of yesterday were generally
well ,u,tsned The Is OF 1851 sold 1903 1904 for registered
aud lc2 for coupons The 81 of 1874 96sa97 Treasury
Notes sold at lC560S and Debt Certificates were in lMss
demand ct o2 When the call reached gold there was
shown TO press sales and the quotation fell Oh to
I6ll shares the tone Of the market was rather weak but
In some cases there was considerable hImnes shown AT
the Second Board the market continued heavy Gold was
scve and recovered TO ILL., rumors Of disasters at Weeks
burg und Of French recognition. Governments were s0ou
steady at morning prices At the o'clock call tie Public
Board the market quiet The transactions in gold were
rather limited opening NH selling TO lIl aud FINAL,
closing M Foreign exchange Is not very active s'eT
lin s.s ls7l d8sl Francs 800. 0lG7..
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

Some of the correspondence received by th
last arrival FROM Port Royal discusses ct lengt
and with needless irritation the disagreement
supposed to have existed between Gen. Hunte
and Gen. Foster. No doubt there was a ques
ton as TO the division Of col mand between
these Generals arising from imperfect instruc
tions but it has been, we understand, settled Ia
the satisfaction of all parties, aud Gen. Foster
has returned to Port Royal to take the per-
soDal command of his own troops. Cen.
Hunters authority in the department and in
the direction of the expedition is undisturbed,
and we may hope to hear at an early day
that the forces under his control are in motion
against the enemy.
The general condition of the Department
aud the troops seems TO promise the beat
results. There are troubles between the
negroes and few Of the white troops, but
they are confined mainly or wholly to the
island of st. Helena, now occupied BY the
somewhat disorderly forces of Gen. Fosters
command. We attribute no blame to him for
their present state, but it is unpeasanty evi.
dent that some of bis subordinates. and
especially of bis staff, have done what they
could to create disatectioD, if not ~ excite
mutny, among the soldiers. 1t must have been
no ordinary transsres.ion of military decorum
that compelled Gen. Hunter to expel the whole
of Gen. Fosters staff from his department.
TIE most conspcuously insuborduate troops
are those of Brig. Gen. Thos. G. Stevenson,
jus. arrested by Gen. Hunters orders for the
public expression of dislo!al sentiments. Much
OF the conduct Of the white soldiers toward
the negroes, both before and since the policy
of armiue the latter was adopted. has been
disgracelu and inhuman, but there has been
nothing to compare with the outrages com.
mittcd by Gen. Steyenson's brigade. The want
Of discipline which he tolerated and seemingly
encouraged among his men ought of itself to
have been considered more than sufficient to
cause his arrest and disgrace
All these, however, are evils which the en-
ergetic control Of Gen. Hunter will speedily
remove. He is pursuing the work required
of him with vigor aud su,cess to which his
utFOttu iO5uitl III" utHAy e.mPu'"! WIZ" tHO
Emancipation policy Of the Government con.
tribute not less than his unqucstioned military
capacity. He has the cordial cooperation OF
able Generals aud veteran troops, and he
knows that there is no department TO which all
eyes turn with mere constant interest than
tha. embraced in his command.
We note with pleasure that Gen eaxtob,
the Military Governor OF the department,
whose functions hitherto have been chiefly i'd
mnstrative, is assigned by Gen. Hunter to
active military command. His duties as Gov.
ernor have been wisely and humaney per-
formed; but at this moment the country can
not afford to spare. even for that important
post, the military talents which Gen. Saxton
possesses. There is work TO be done in the
field. which will give full scope TO the ablest
of our Generals.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

A Trenton correspondent, in sending Us the
following table of tho several bailotings in the
the Democratic caucus on "Wednesday even.
ing, announces the defeat Of Col. Wall in
these hyperbocal terms: Fort Bullion took
Fort Lafayette by Storm" AS we remember
no instance in our Military reading Of one fort
capturing another, we must presume that our
correspondent has mistaken a gunboat for a
fort, and that the assaant was q Monitor OF
some peculiar pattern. It's metaliferous desig-
nation strengthens the hypothesis.
Here is the vote:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

| We observe with some interest that the pro.
cesses of the highly ingenious science known as
Electro Psychology" have recently been en-
ploycd, with more or less success, for purposes
of larger and more comprehensive nature
than those to which they were originally de-
voted. ELECTRO Mythology" was first prac-
tised for the beguilemont of six credulous and
confidiug audiences per week, in Is many COM
munities as were disposed to favor exhibitions
Of second.rate phenomena which really amused
while they pretended to amaze. To wit
ness the overthrow Of instinct aud reason in
feeble. minded persons by tie mere exercise OF
superior force and dexterity was esteemed, for
while, to be thoroughly instructive and enter
tanning. The system was simple. The a" Pro-
fcssor" selected from among his audience dozen
eligible subjects, upon few of whom the results
of lila operations presently became apparent.
The majority declined to be Impressed"
Some, however, yielded docilo compliance,
and were Immediately put through tho most
astonishing courses of mental delusiOn. They
were compelled to SILVER, to sneeze, to freeze
TO laugh, to- dance, to fight, to fancy them
selves wild beasts, and in short, to utterly re-
nounce their privileges Of free thought and &C.
ton at the bidding of the learned Professor
The audiences applauled, whether out of RS
spect for the science" or in compliment to
to the captivating drollery Of its denorstra-
tion., We will not pretend to say. This vas
"Eec.ro-Psycholog.
The conductors Of Tie ~ r. World Gre the
Observation-Disclosures of journalism. Their
readers are the subjects, or, to continue the
figure more accurately, The victims Every day
or two they are made, as it were, to stand
up in row aud be ectured out of their seven
senses, with no apparent WOW but that OF e1-
citing them to the performance of some ex-
traordinary freak for the benefit IF the pro-
fessors, and, possibly, tho amusement of the
community at large. The experiments have
not displayed much versatility of inventioa, but
that probably comes from courageous
determination to suececd II one object
before attempting n second. Up to the
present moment tho task has simply beer
the light and trivial one of mbvers;ng conf
den:e in the durability Of the nation. w,
must admit that there has been no lack o
vigor and determination in the pursuit of ths
object, and that the methods are frequerkl,
various enough to blind atteptioa to tho s;pgi
end. Bastes and bankruptcy, dungeons, DIES
potisms, anarchy private misery, aud publ
ruin dance through the colamns of TIE World
ain all the mazes of motaphoricd confusion.
The masks. hatchets. rscks and vipers" c
Sir William Draper we've not circumstanc
in comparison. The manner Of appeal is i
percise accordance with tho principles of tn
1 Psychologists "pQ rou imague yourselves.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

restoration at any time Of Union and Peace
on the naked ground Of return by each
State now in revolt to recognition and full
6llmept of its duties to the Nation, as set
forth in the Constitution Of the United States.
w. That the Rebel States will persist in
their revolt-that the War will 60 on-and
that one of its incidents will BIO tho complete
overthrow Of Slavery in our country-seem ex-
ceedingly probable. If any one be disposed to
regret this he should blame therefor the Re.
belion not the Union nor its loyal uphOders. 1t is
the old story Of evil overreaching and destroy.
ing itself, illustrated by the fortunes of Haman
and Mordeca and in thousands Of like muta-
tons. Slavery is digging its own grave, and
is using slave as well as free labor to that
end Whatever its intent, prosecution of tho
existing struggle can have but one conclusion.
Even were Peace to return tomorrow, we be.
lieve that on impartial friend of the slave
shocked and shattered their " institution" that
its overthrow had become indispensable to
their own security-that the eager expectations
of Liberty excited among their slaves by the
discussions and events of the last few years
could not safely be queuchcd in utter disap'
pointment and despair We believe it is the
true interest of the shareholders, not merely as
men but merely as planters and property
holders, to make peace, restore the Union, dis
card Slavery, and hire their blacks as laborers
on their plantations at the earliest possible
day. But pride and the blindness of spirit
that follows persistence in evil courses will
doubtless preclude this and impel them to per'
severe in their chosen road to ruin. II, then,
Slavery shall reach its end through desola,ng
commissions, the responsibility will rest, not on
its avowed antagonists, but wholly on its
demented champions.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

We protest against the confusion. the " dark
ening of council" which The Times would ere.
ate by making a statement which it, in o
manner, rendered II imperative upon us Ia
offer, as deducible from. or dependent upon, O
report repeated by another.
So on another point The Times shows the
same spirit OF uniairness in quoting recent
paragraph in this paper in relation to the
writers Of anonymous letters. and applying it
to our correspondent, "Truth and Courage
The writer who has assumed that signature,
so far from being anonymous, is citizen Of
high reputc and responsibility, whose name is at
the service of anybody who chooses to ask for
it. To that gentleman's reply we refer in
another column.
But The Times reaGserts its statement that
no dispatches have been sent abroad from the
State Department without being first submitted
to the President, except those merely and
exclusively formal aud technical in character. "
And what is meant by this phrase it leaves no
longer in doubt. as it explains, on the author
ity of the Secretary of State, precisely what it
is meant to cover. Here then is distinct
and very positive issue--not of our seeking,
let us repeat, but forced upon us by The Ts~es.
We wish to be understood as not avoiding it,
but shall, with the consent Of others, make our
assertion good upon testimony which is not to
DO mpeachcd.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28
In The Ersning Posi- Of Friday we End the
following paragraph:

The "DIPrUsios SoUSD PoLrlcAL ISPoKs srIoN
WRsr Posr.-rhs folio wing iLsdeGs Fesieby the
Rev. p. Newman in the delivery Of patriotic LEISURE
The Young Man and His Country"-on Monday evening.
At Seven,hStrset Methodist Episcopal Church. Said the
lecturer: Several years since IN going the Hndson 2yss
on ,e.mbo happened to meet the ch plain Of tho Wess
Point Academy In the Of conversation with sia
leaned that hs The Professor OF Ethics ia that ,nsti
tuition. ssked him what Textbook they used Us said
Wsylsuds Moral Science expursAted asked hm whss 10
Tis answered the chapter Say-ry
In on. by Of Honorable Jefferson Davis then Ssc-
rotary Of War; Thus have our West Point officers hesn
educated 81 conservative moral science and trained tsr
tho work Of Rebellion. Q4re--Is tbs enDurgated edAan
still used ss Textbook
There are other questions in regard to tho
matter which seem to us pertinent. By what
authority did Mr.. Jefferson Dayis expurgate
frou, Mr.. Wayand's Moral Schemes the chapser
on Slavery Was the edition used at Wsss
Point o pirsted edition, or was consent given
By the owner of the copyright that 80 essen-
ta change should DO made in she character
of the work And who owned the copy
right We presume that DR. Wayland will
feel called upon TO exons;ate himself from any
participation in such a wutilat;on Of his beck.
it. indeed, ,here be any truth whatever in tho
stary
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28
TIKI TIMES AND TIKI SECRETARY


! If The Times is so DESTROYS as il AYERS tina
we should not misuDderstand it in the contro
versy which it has forced upon us, We mus
beg it to keep to the exact truth in its state
ments Of the points at issue. We object de
cidedly to these assumptions in its opening
paragraph in an article in that paper OF yes-
teraay;
When Tug TnIHryn few days ago Ia the Of is
eensure o. Mr. Stewards rejection OF the French propose for
joint comms.ion alleged TIM, the rr den, wa, not TO bs
held scGounibc or ~, language Ia which that rejection wa
couched inssnuch as Mr Seward frequently abroad d,
patches without sutiting them beforehand ler the Prs
made in entire good faith and with other than laudsbs
public motives Feeling ia full Imp took pains 10
ahsIs L. truth or as ea."3 be- aow Sa
aud their authority and by their permission, gsvo the
statement al explicit contradiction.
What need or pr0priety in such misrepresen-
tatiOnsf TIE TRIBUNE has never 4" in the
course Of its censure of Mr. Stewards rejection
Of the French proposal of q joint commission,
alleged that the President was not to be held
accountable for the language in which that re-
lection was cOuched." For it has made no
such censure. 1t was a correspondent Of THE
TRIBUNE who reported that it was curr ent
" in Diplomatic circles" at Washington that the
President regretted TO learn that exception had
been taken 10 the terms in which the rejection
was couched. Nor has TIE TRIBUNE drawn
any such deduction as that the alleged dissatis-
faction Of the President arose from the fact
that "(inasmuch ns) Mr.. Seward frequently
sent abroad dispatches without submitting
them beforehand for the Presidents approval.
No such assertion as this was made even by
our correspondent; and it was only drawn
from us ns q separate and independent
statement, having no reference whatever
to the recent French proposal for q
commission, in sef.deience against the
imputation of ignorance thrown at US by The
Times. Nor have we thought proper to refer
TO any dissatisfaction the President may feel
that such has been the fact. Neither has The
Times made, so far as appears. any effort t.
ascertain the truth Of the story told by our
correspondent of the interview between the
President and tho French Minister, though by
mixing up his assertion and our assertion
two totally different things, without the slight,
eat reference to each other-it endeavors to
mslead its readers as 10 the real point at
issue. We are responsible only for what we
have said, namely--that dispatches have
beep sent from the State Department,
during the war; of the assertions IN
which the President was ignorant. OF the
truth or fasebood Of this The Times has en-
deaYored to satisfy itself by applying for inior'
nation to the Secretary Of State, and hal
received its answer. For tho story Of oui
correspondent we are not responsible nor has
The Times taken any measures TO ascertain III
truth or fAlsehood by application to the parties
0ouOeraed-the President and NJ, Morcl0r
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

We Dc not hear that any Members OF tho
New-Jerssy Legislature, wsre upon the tram
run into and SKATER cd with such serious
damage to person and prsperty on the Camden
and Amboy Railroad yessrday morning. Had
there been, we shoNd have hoped for
thorough Legislative isquiry into the collision
and It's causes with ., view to the prevention
Of any moro such. So We must wait, probably.
until some future Asuaty of tho sort for tho
promise of reform.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

The ". \. InRss and The A!bany Eren~g
JSaraai are advised that the communication
signed Truth and Courage" in our issao OF
Thursday was in no proper sense snony-
NOUS" The name of the writer Was WON
known to US. and is al the service OF any QUO
entitled to require it,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

Coon FOR STARR Klxa.-cfhe Elders OF ths Rev
I. Starr Kings Society in San Francisco recently
wrote him note, saying hat unless no ahSndoneo
certain style of preaching tho Church would loss
many of its most respectable members. lie rssd
aloud aud said if any more such epistles were sol"
to him. tho Church would lose its most Respectable
Minister.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

ans on their feet with arms in their hands,
the possibilities of Rebel SUCCESS by interior.
ence from abroad or by Treason at the North
aro en6 I'd forever.
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To CORRESPONDENTS.

No notice can be taken of ANONYMOUS Communications
WhNeysr Intended for must be authenticated
by the address OF the wrernot necessarily Tor
publication ba; as sgusTanty for his good faith
HecspnOt undertake return rejected Communications
Al business letters should addressed to
"TaH 1RIBrSR." New-YoIk-
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-28

M'. c. BuRRHus, at the Telegraph Office Sing SnE N
T. receives THR DAILY TRIBUNE by the early train each
morning. snd will be happy to to every order
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Notice.

Advertisements Of Religious Meetings ana OF Mar
go, and Deaths will be charged hy cents iO each insertion
In Tns TRIBUNE
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sr. TnoaAs.-Wo have dates " tbs atb inat.' oas
! ~ pswa of Importance.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-16
The Rattle at Port Gibson.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The following
has been received at Headquarters:
GRAND GULF, Nav 3rd ria. Memphis
th..Major-G General Halleck General-in-
Gnlef .aa,s We landed at Bowlingsburgh, April
oO.n, moved Immediately on Port Gibson,
met the enemy, IL 900 strong, four miles
Soutn OF Fort Gibson at 2 O'Clock a. m. on
the ist inst, We're engaged all day, entirely
and about 500 prisoners, besides thewound :
ed. Our loss is about 100 killed and 200
wounded. Hp9ssz. -
me enemy retreated towards Hicksburg
and destroyed the bridge over thetwo forks
of the bayou Pierre. These were rebuilt.
and the pursuit has been continued until
the present time. Besides their heavy ar
tillery at this place, four field pieces were
captured and some stores, and the enemy
was driven to destroy many more. The
country is the most broken and difficult to
operate in that ever saw.
Our victory has been most complete and
the enemy is thoroughly demoralized.
Very Respectfully, u. S. GRANT,
Mai -(iaD Com
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-16
From NeWbern.

NEwBERN, N. c., May 5.--A report
came inside the lines yesterday that the
North Carolina banks refused to pay their
assessment to the Confederate Govern
ment, in which determination they are
sustained by Governor Vance, who reit-
crates his threat to recall the rebel troops
from this State.
NEwBERN, N. c., May 6.-On the 5th
inst. Lieut.. Col. Lewis, of the Sd New York
Cavalry, made reconnaissance with a
battalion of his regiment from Newport to
Pettys Mills, where Capt. Wharton's rebel
company was stationed. Capt. Lewis sur
prised the rebel camp and captured 36
horses, IA prisoners and the company arms
and equipments, without any loss on our
side. Two rebels were killed
The Commanding General Of the De-
partment, having been officially apprised
that General Wright is coming to raise
another brigade, informs the Secretary OF
War that he will not only give General
Wright all the assistance in his power, but
will enter into the work cheerfully, be-
lieving the black troops will fight.
A large number of secessionists, resi-
dents of New bern, were sent outside Of our
lines this morning. The order for the ex-
pulsion Of these people will be rigidly en-
forced throughout this Department.. The
troops in this vicinity have gone to Virgin