New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-18

ever tho comparatively few items looming IN N.
ground through the now receding yapor Of rns.
and plum pudding. Some Of them promise h $3.50 oees
ugly proportions hereafter. 1sQmo
We have thank Heaven got rid Of tina C,.~,..
court martial at last the verdict on ali corn.
fun andbonorable acquittal Of the accused =. ne
body anticipated. The evidence showed thinl i,y
tesioy tIat Ley was not subjected to the extssns
50 much Of particularly Of circumstance that Al, E
gland barring the Horse Guards and mitarv olrh
believed t-5ut. also that the Sergeant Mscs'S dss
was clearly owing 10 essentially arbitrary And scs
confinement. Morally Crawley IL guilty but The Tess.
Guards, trying ITSELF vas precommited to thu ss
trary opinion. which has not been ratified by the ,nS
ment OF the country at large. Already the dsss,s.
ton 10 finding vent IN its natural outlet the press ~.
whether u win gather strength and insist on rey,ss
OF the whole affair or at least on guarantees that ~
common soldier" sha in future DO done to death ~
the pleasure OF military authority responsible onIx -
ITSELF do not venture 10 predicate. Tho trial has - ~
damaged Croweys reputation that in the chh,ernss
among tho jos Bagstecks-ho Is regarded ss !.
ruined man, bets being made that h6 viii ne,s, s.s
another GOOD command. You must know that ths NJ,
Office and the Horse Guards were (as they cor ronS
are) hostile 70 another throughout this dismal s
and tragedy the first beng DESTROYS that justice sboulS
be done in rough wnv. the second OF nothing s ,rrs
as screening itself and It's officer IT Ia very sensr.ls
believed that Mr. Higgin Jacob Ampium) owed ~
inspiration TO the War Office for that terrible pane, on
"the Mhow Court Martial published in tho Xoysmbsr
In bv
In former letter. Crawley has commenced an ssto,
against him for writing IT, 1t may be in order 10 res,s
itself from the dread OK similar proceeding tiet ~
Times the other day, edired the pablo BY jumping
down rs own throat with most lgdicrous oeIeritys
immediately after the rendering OF the yegiiot pa
viousy It bad held Crawley up to mineral reptobaon
The cheap press Will not initiate this tergyersation FOR
apart the fagrant Injustice Of tho case II h rnrla
grievance raw" that will afford almost 1nlmited
scope for exaggera0n. And In times when the polioo
reports diligently read over 10 furnish natter for
Dolly editorials, such an aisir the Cravley Court
Martial cannot De allowed TO pass out Of notice vthoua
being improved to tie utmost.
Federal execution hal Ilg occurred in Schlesvig.
Hosicin England looks with very much Of the feel
Ing with which householder regards his peglboris
tenement on lreespecaly II he distrusts tho conrs
grafton 10 be vi his own originating. Everything Ger
is condemned unanimously especially the unnis.
taxable determination Of tie peoples TO possess
themselves OF the disputed territory, with ell its be-
longings and appuItenances, involving certain war
with Denmark when John Bull viii be as much puzzled
what to do as was Rabeais' 6argentua on the stimuli.
taneous birth OF his son and the death Of his wife Tho
royal family OF Great Britain is said to be positively d
vided about H. tho Queen fay0ring the pretensons 0t
tie Hereditary Prince Frederick Of Augestenburg Gus
Of pure sympathy with him as the brother OF nef much
loved deceased hGsbaadj while the Prince OF Wales,
rot unnatgrsly, sides with King Christian Of Den.
mark tire father OF his wife. This conflicting PARTISAN
ship originated the OF Earl Rasses sgnation,
Published, with an sir OF authority. some weeks ago IN
The generally correct Spectator. The Little Earl ID
ported to have found his position dissgreesble, be-
tween solicitations on tho hand and commands on
the other that lie meditated throwing up bs SscFe,
taryship.
fancy that the messages Of the rival Presidents, 80
Englislnen olten delominste trerD namely Abraham
Lincoln and jefferson Davis, have produced more dis.
cussOn In the press than among the bulk Of the people,
who however disirGst tie formers putting too good
face upon things as an neraGcable Yankee" cbsTse-
iers,ic and attribute cardor, IN the
of disaster 10 the Scutherner. Generally, IN spite Ok
tho labor Of all its apostles conviction that the Con-
fedsraoy is in bad way is gaining ground, though
Britop are by means prepared to SEQ II snconpb 50
rapidv az yon Of the North seem TO expect hope with
reason, But as rt home we sre making way kGs. A
few months ao you seOed at II you taIko of the
ultimate triumph of Liberty end the Unoni now you ara
listened TO- with "may be-" Confederate stock xens
down very badly when The Tan.ss's Richmond core
spondent admitted that Il possible that the south
might be forced TO yield from sheer exhaustion nor did
1.-THE Hon g. j. NcRae' succeed IN bosteripg It up in
letter duly printed in and quoted from The Iader-
Had not Sen. Meades prudent returnfr0m crossing tina
RappGhannook without having effected anything kept
the nglo Rebels In spirits and given them something
10 talk about, they would have been decidedly out q
Apropos We had, IN the early part u
this week censrd. published IN Tie Lfrop00i Dsiy
Post TO the Effect that Lord Lyons had written 10 Earl
Russell that the American war would be ended within
the next three months IL was probably desene fas
stock johbing purposes.
This Is but half letter, am aware but the French
have proyerb the phraseology Of which forget In.
plying that two days go 70 making good holiday snd
yesterday was Christmas Day. TA0.