, 1864-01-05
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.
STEAMER ATLANTIC,

gte" H'o "enponS iof 1"e aeaenss Oh s1er
countr5, ana VINO nave not rested I'LL with
sword and bayonet and shot and shell. they
hayo Aewn their way to the Gulf and who
,r,l, nos rest until the Union sha1i exe,t IT.
W, 4..-~,s.,.,. ~ H. ss,..sa, 1,.s.4. :. l'o
authof1tS "ltmn lis o1I1ganal hm1ts-s one
at which the clvl1ized Worid may gaze n ad~
miratfon, and themselves, their couutrymen
and deecend4nts NAV cxult in honest pride.
The Nississ,nni is securea to us beyond iii
reasonable dount- Nanght pnt "o1nl imbe-
cility or unimaginable treachery can yield it
aga1n. It may not be amiss to cast glance
otwbo+ 1,e have cafnea and to see 3yhnt ia
=. ,s,s,so, " ~ ~ oo,,1o,ad +o-r,torv 80
INC couuAl.un " VIC eon4ue1sr ts4.os, -
well rs to discover some way OF rc-estaonsh-
ing law, order, prosperity, and, let us hope, d
better and more stable civilization In the
.,1s.a ~ +h.+ ,vb1cb orr .rna orc e,rent cwau
p'''~e ~ ~ ,s....-'s,.,.
soAAAhi of or1AA1loss.
Stated briefly, the struggle constitutes
grand moving column, which has Illuminated
fta ropes If the nations history with the
.ue p nn.a,sa. Hanrr Is1o,d ~ Nv
names oi DonT.son, Ia.,, nes, 1sla4u ~ w"
Madrid, Fort fllloW, memphis, vlcKspurg,
Port Hudson, Baton Rouge, New Orleans,
and the collateral victories Of Shiloh and Co.
-;n1h The io,nt work of The commands of
tn1', .ne J 30. T-N::a1A1s s y.
Grant, bntlef, banks, foo1e, .Fal1aSat ana
Porter, BY the seizure OF the mississippi Mt
Columbus me hs9lgen1s possessed 1neM-
selves OF t1e most ieftie ana mosi iucfatEe,
though nor tic m9s5 valuanie Poftlon, OF the
grsat Miesi5s1pn1 pallcy, and stopped also INC
S11n1 ~ ~ " sfno,mar smon hnor,nr
o. 1eel uaal lns e.eamsl =. y. S"9n, 9ear1ng
Inc secession nag, aIIassa 4, & g. 81, LOUIS WIN
cannon arg T. arms M rom tne ba.on rouge At,
senal, and n me Same montn SorLaern ponna
poats were uIeu upon ~ Nap9'G1n anuotneae
eclzea " onli'AttGGs n n "! s4.EMMCe ~
Memphis. ihen 1onoMeo faplaiy @ me
oceupanon o1 c1i' nan1uolia' Snion eity,
anu Anany tp 4 az aas ioss "
Inc commefcia! ~ interests .. tAe county MeIe
stupenoons. me sast neet Q! steamooats
which crowded inc stream was snddeniy
stopped, 3nd lofa Nnae II seemed Us me
grass might 5ealiy g1g" On tae Mnarses rtt o.
Development OF nal!onal ens1Es anu patllouc
rcsentmcnt proved 700 nuch 1or ine fehemes
OF the traitors, and mas aestroyca me eoiaen
Visions Of the slase empire, NhlGa Ine!r al-
! dent imng1nations nad painted; Ihrongh me
advantages OF the IeFolution1s1s n steailn,
ana pronptness, anu uespos, !ds In., .nes e., mere
EnauGu ,,ar ~ and ~ q 1ras MT nnt;} thn AZ n
March. M 1852. that The inst obstruction melted
~. ~ ',,n,rc,fn1 rave rom Fnrts Tcnrv and
Eona1snn INA ~ nne Tho snrcessira naUs
nT,n,, Wh;c1, trrosn1 9,nne its honea wera 81
ddp -"Ts1ard NJ IN 1}7rin1r Sfemnh;s and
Nexr rr1eans nntil tba last h,ncEade c,nn.
b1eJ n tha menornhle sferc ~ Vfctshnrr
~ +he Ath ~ 5niv 1sS3 tis wnrh was co,5,
SIataS s;x months have einnsed md H.
Pe.1. ~ raoorstr1ct;o1. ia aci5ya3r hacnr
prnaresa ,s snnarant II va look ~ Tho nsst
~ 6roo1aTs faea hone - S1~ fN3''
Tha oren3nr ~ tfe Sg,ss,ss;nn, az u ia the
~ snbsIanftoi fTn,t ~ omT r';iitarv cam,
naiens , IL also The one ne which III bears the rreat
hn,,a 70 % nF onr reconsfrnct;on @ PIGc;n1e
dsc.atea a. ~ " shnn,d fonce the nassaoe Int nj
IN. a,,J ,r;ncin1e s,nfte IN EefninrSt a. r l.
AZ hleesinr I hoth to 1ora1 md iis1oral' If In,
5eoS + d6es mt nrnFe noverfni ai]vocatf
for 11e mfg ana fnernet,1itr ~ ria Gnyern
ment Already me Iesnscitated ioSa1ty .o
Artanaass i, ,on;siana Missfssipnf. Tsnnessee
and N;ssnnr, herins 10 sneaT In 1nni ami
1ac,dad tones Tfe hnnciess fsofnres of fhf
contcst ~ the one s,de md the fmmcnsnr
oh1a hanef,+a nf tha inva} ,c7;uas m The nther
~ s.r noth;ng NJ fhe }rstnsss nj fhe naf;nna
oo1.ss ara hsoinn;nr r. nnen - eres. d;mmei
~ I,fs- 1ono nFssndice and fnrn tbe haarts ~
s ~ han,, ~ 1.. 4r;i1;nnIr oiI,r.J -,
t thoee tntatiaua ~ ou eT rehs,,1nn ~
1ne 'enpIal4ons " 1eost4ou.
THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER.
The condition Of the Mississippi Valley i:
| most conveniently seen by reference to IT.
commercial statistics. commerce ID not 10Y
Mty lRuetu. pul IL o4teu ~ eAScAEnt A1He"