, 1864-05-18
:G)ica9o Qribl1t1t.
WEDNESDAY, NAT Is. 1864.
TIE NEW9.


TIE NEW8.
Below the Rapidan quiet but not inaction.
a 1ull In arms, but enly ID the tempest hush
rs it's breath, to rise again to Wlder note
Tile work is not all done In Virgins. Tho
terrific rounds Of the conbataats ara not
conclusive. There Is still an hour Of trial
and Of doubt which will not he dissolved
until from decisive, which will be hard
fought, field Grant shall send Us back his
dispatch Of final victory. II is much to tell
ns all goes well" Its much that we tnay
read the proof Of heroic valor OF our troops,
snd to count the blood-ztained notches in
their path Of progress. But will the Presi-
dent, and Congress, and the people, .whils
waiting eager for the war bulletins, be blind
and deaf to The dangers Of the Lour?
Mark the shadow on the dial. Gold 179 yes
terday! It il creeping steadily upward
,athwart the glow Of our recent successes.
Wbat does it mean? There are other minor
reasons that may he suggested; but tie lead
ing ono is the lurking doubt in the air. Ths
anteunae Of Wall street are extended out
over tue field In Virginia, feeling, testing,
touching every point Of the situation~ Il
there any causc for ALARM? Yes. Grant
s rearing ladder against the walls Of the
rebel capital. What priceless 1ives, what vast
Acro work has been his outlay thus far. Still
1e goes On, steadily facing his gigantic task,
and the nation behind him, whose destinies
he is shaping under Providence what
Look On; read dispatches; capc, eager fer
more news ; believe in Grant; make bun
comte speeches; pass buncembe resolutions,
and Keep close watch Of prices current to
the end that they may get gain.
Meanwhile, higher and higher before Grant
9owc1 tue dcfenses Of Richmond. Suppose
lis ladder p.oves Too short. We Get very sug-
Ecstiye hintx Of rebel rcinforcements in yir-
ginia. We can almost bt1ieve that Sherman
will not find opposition to his progress in
:Gcorsfa, even though he were to march to
overlook Charleston from the rear. The
rebel leaders would to morrow give FIVE of
their best cities to Federal occupancy, and
half their remaining territory to the epoller,
II they could but crush Grant in Virginia.
They arc mauing upon him and before him
in numbers exceeding any former muster.
They are willing to pay ths price, and wisely,
Tor the stake Is their existence
What imperils Grant? A scarcity Of men.
What is dwindlins down our operations in
the Southwest More men are wanted
The TRIBUNE has again and again pressed
the warning. II is more and more ima,inent.
The Ono Hundred Day call is short loan.
Nearly one month has passed since it Was
proposed. How much more precious time
Will Congress waste before coming squarely
mp to The work Of graphing With the danger
OF this hour. Are they deliberately bent
.apon waiting until the danger Of the Rerub-
lie shall make every man / volunteer? L.
their dilatoriness, their thorough shiftless-
meas worthy Of the Representatives Of the
people! No! thousand times no.
The President mxy call for t'thrce hundred
thousand more" by draft, as the dispatches
hint he has done, and the conscriptIon will
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Zines must tue 1anofe DC re'enae1eo7 10"
many times tbs farce be repeated ?
Not until the draft means that
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Not until our armies are 1nA WILL Inc efeoei'
lion be arrested The work that should have
promptly succeeded the first glorious rally ol
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-s...;,,. ,.x.aooonn,;.,.a 1.s,nass thr..t.n,
ee'~An' -
our army ope1a'lonh' AeAaA's9 1nrea'enf
Grant, aud inperals our holy cause-
Adyiccs from Colorado report that spcck
of war among the Indian tribes Of the region
has been vigorously and promptly met by
Gov. Evans, ind The redskins severely han
died by Colorado cavalry force 6ect ont
against them.
From Cincinnati we learn that the TWEEN
II five Thousand one hundred dny troops
of Ohio are ready to Lake the neld, aad most