New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-09

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have doubt that Ill DO sustained by the result
al that appears 10 be needed 20 render almost Ger
tain is ieW additional means Tor securing TIE Coief
ton OF tie the whole product 0f the Gstlneles
aud thus protecting the revenue against Illicit diit.l!a-
ton 10 which high duties afford strong atenp'ntion
asl happy IN being able 10 Say ihnt l believe Sueh
means NAV now, with the consent OF Congress, DO
placed within reach Of the Government y tie adoption
~ newly nJ cDted meter, ngcnou.iy coirlred as
to indicate 20 revenue 0hcer BE qtanly ana PROOF
OF the LIQUID that passes over tue stu, BEYOND NE
power OF the ds,,cr to control or vary the certain
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COLD CCIsFOgT FOR ssEEUGEEs.
The desperate scoundrels who recently a.
tempted to fire this city, if they had but accom-
plshed their wicked work, would have been
hailed a. heroes and patriots by the rejoicing
editors Of Richmond. The savage enterprise
miscargied, and The Ricimord Examiner would
fam persuade the world that .twas never under
taken. The world, for all that, will continue
TO have its opinion. Th6 Coniederates boast
that we are speedily to be burned. An attempt
is made to burn rs Then the Con!ederateS say
tha. it was oil joke. A good many men have
been hung Tor jokes Of precisely this character.
But this supernatural GOODNESS Of popularity
il nothing to The nonchalaGee with which Tie
Engairer surrcnders it. own most miserable
friends to tho tender mercics of the fanhecs
There will be- a good deal Of dental crashing
and ulaoo in Fort Lafayette when the involun-
iary recluses of that stronghold peruse the
following from their own newspaper
We are very glad 10 Sc, that all southern refugees
arc required H. register If Gen. Dix viii hing 'Leio
cowaldy sneaks who. having deserted their country
nrc not above burning hotels. Hang every mo'Aei
son 0I them
4 pretty encouragement this is 70 carry the
war into the encmy's country charming
paragraph this is for some melancholy refugee
to read in his lonely cell He has devoted HIM
self to the study Of pyrotechnics-he has invest
ed money, not over-plentiful with him, in buy
ing PHOSPHORUS and black yalisc-he has PIT
his neck, which fworth (as it seems) very little
TO Others, is of some value 10 him-he has put
his private and individual neck in the extreme
of ieopardy-he is locked up, and may be in.
dicted and tried and exocutod--and having mus
manifested his tender love for the Conlederacy,
he i told by his own associates who happen to
be at a safe distance, that he is sneak tit only
for expiatory hemp! Fancy his feelings We
hated Yankees must seem TO him paragons Of
mercy and bcneyolencc compared with his own
ungratelul fellow citizens. As We have
hiufed. his misfortune is that his fire went
out. If the PHOSPHORUS had only done its
diabolcal duty-if hecatomb Of the accursed
Yankees rad perished-f the heart oil our
great city had been burned, The Enquirer would
not have branded the incendary as - a sneak, y
| by any manner of means. We feel moved TO
take his pat. Ii is hard that he should be sub
lected TO this browning indignity-the poof dis
! ow ned without country, and without al adj
yocate. If would be any satisfaction 10 him,
we BEG leave 70 assure him that We consider
him to be a considerable villain, an important
scoundrel. murderer OF degree, and criminal
of high rank. lie did sneak into his hotel and
he did sneak out Of t--but is this to be charged
against him, when his intentions were of so
pure description The fact is, he ID used as a
mere jack at-a-pinch. He is good enough to do
dabolcal work hut when he has failed in it, he
is not good enough to be countenanccd by those
who melted him. He is not the first knave
who ha, found othcr knavcs too shrewd for
him. o..
This wordy dsayowal may have yet another
purpose As il has failed, the Rebels have oil pos
sible interest in convincing the world that they
had nothing to do with the hotelburniug plot.
They, no doubt think il for their interest TO
turn up their eyes, pull long faces, and assume
the airs of virtue and deoency. They could
have afforded to meet TIE horror and contempt
or mankind if they had succeeded; but it is in
toerable to encounter the ignominy of crime
without the advantage. II may be that for this
reason they affect to speak OF hotei.burning as
an ignoble business. They need not be so
squcamish. The Ncw.Iork plot is quite "a re-
spectacle as the whole general scheme Of Sc
ccssiou, with It's concomtants Of theft and.per
Jury aud murder. Any other people, however
eighty raised above barbarism, might be
ashamed OF such Guy Tawkes business, but Tho
Enqu,rsr, under the circumstances, shows o
squcamshness IN the sincerity of which nobody
will be foolish enough to beiioye.
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MIR. SIMEON DRAPER has now been long
enough Collector OF this port Tor the public to
iudpc OF his qualifications for the office. lie