New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.
THE WAR.

We print elsewhere, from klchmohd papers
of the 18th and 10th, interesting news which mas
rot befoe reached u.s. We fear that skcptical readers
NAV not put full faith in Of the statements ou'
then the heightened chvalry Of the South "oulu ho'
eondcscond to lie. not to keep up the spNlt Vi
their fighting white trash-of course not Accorulns
10 these accounts the several contests OF Lee WIN
Grant have been series Of uubroken successes lot h
Confederate arms the Northern troops have Deeh Se'c
raj times successfully attacked guns ana prisoners
taken while their attacks have in every instance oeeh
"heaviy repulsed with loss" The authors OF this
good news have snguary forgotten to state That Lee
has whipped Grant all the way from the Rapidan to the
North Anna we in the North call such movements re-
treats but then only ignorant mudSiS, and one
Souherner is equal to five Yankees lin lying we ad'
miD Beast Butler has been driven to bis den on the
James Sherman he's been "repulsed with heavy loss
ever so many times; and here is another OMISSION
they do not say that Johnston hos whipped Sherman
forward from Chickamauga to Rome. linen they
have glorious from the West; General
Banks has been surrounded and his whole army
has surendercd and the story about Steees suffen'
der is also true in the main; and Sisel has been
cantankerously chawed up in West Virginia, ana
would have been quite captured, but his cavalry no
surdy intcrfcred and the captures did not amount 70
much. And that if they can only smash Grants army
the fighting power OF the United States is ended If
we can conquer now and God giving us the promise
OF it, our work is done" and every man who can hight
must fight and those who cannot must help other ways
and the women and children must go to praying right
off and besiege the Throne of Heaven night and day
until the smiles OF the God OF Mercy and Justice shall
beam over a new empire founded upon the sweat and
groans and blood Of men and women in chains, on tho
auction block under the lash Of the oyerseer, bowling
in agony in the torture PEN flying in terror from the
fangs of the bloodhound and the brutal ou,ragcs
Of the gentle chivalry of the South Indeed, their
lying and their cantng hypocrtical appeals
TO God on Heaven are alike characteristic Of their
dacious treason.
AdviceS from North Carolina state that
Surgeon H. J. Memnger Of the I'd n. c. QoyaD Nolun-
teers has been detailed special duty as Surgeon
in.Chief with several Assistant Surgeons TO assist
him Surgeon Hand, Medical Director, whose admins
traton Of affairs has been crowned with such success
has nearly relieved the Department Of the smallpox.
Gen. Harand has been assigned to the command Of the
SubDisirict of Newbern. DR.. Page of the Sanitary
Commission has started several vegetable gardens for
the Of the hospitals and soldiers in camp. Major
II. T. Lawson I'd Mass. Heavy Artillery, has been up
pointed Provost Marshal Of Newbern. The poor Union
refugees from Plymouth and Washington. whose houses
were burned over their heads at Newbern in great
numbers in a very destitute condition. They are
mostly women and children, left without bedding or
proper clothing, who worthy objects of Christian
charity.
The LIST Massachusetts Regiment, Col. Nc
Laughlin arrived last evening route home. their
term of three years service having expired. They
number 463 men. rank and file. The regiment was
CHARTERED last night in the Park Barracks where the
pryses were provided with refreshments by the New
England Soldiers Relief Association The officers par
took Of collation. at the Asor House by invitation o
Mr.. Stetson The command will leave for Boston THU
afternoon by the Fall River boat The Sons Of New
England viii assemble at the Astor House at 3p. 4
escort the regiment TO Pier No. 8 North River. full
attendance is expected The regiment has participated
In all the recent battles with Gen Grants army, In
which their loss has been 70 killed. wounded. and
missing.
Gov. Seymour hes directed the District
Attorney of this city procure indictments against all
persons concerned in the suppression Of The World and
tn. Journal of Commerce We presume, Of course that
this includes the indictment Of Howard. the author
and Madison, the copyist Of the Forged Proclamation,
as that was the prime Of the suppression OF the
journals named.
The North Carolina Times of the Dist is
received. There is nothing very new in 1t.
The Rebels in Little Washington set fire TO the town
on the llh destroying az but about twenty houses and
robbed all the women and children in the place.
The Rebel steamer Florida sailed from Ber-
muda on the i4th after landing officer who was SICK
and stood to the northward She reported having
burned New.York ship from Calao about three weeks
previous.
A dispatch from Warensburg, Mo-, intimates
that Quantren was probably killed In skrmish in
jackson County. The statement isvague, and needs
evidence of truth.