The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-01-17

will render the silence OF his adherents equafly
fatal 70 him and 10 them; for in the interval IA
the national party convention the outspoken
organs. State Conventions and Legislatures Of
"Old Abe" viii leave his Secretary high and
dry on lee shore.
Briefly, Mr.. Lincoln will be the regular
nominee Of bis party. He is in the field, and
he has the reins of the party in his hands,
What, then, ore bis prospects, He will enter
the canvass as the responsible embodiment Of
all the blunders, follies and corruptions Of bis
admin istration; and upon its merits and de-
merits the battle will be fought. In this
sharply defined contest all the opposition ele-
ments and all the disappointed politicians and
cliques Of the country may be readily fused
against him; and if combined upon such can
didate as General Grant they can unques.
tionably carry the day. In any other event
with Mr.. Lincoln as the regular administration
party candidate, We can only venture to pre-
dict the most bitterly contested, the fercest
and the most dangerous Presidential struggle
in the history Of the country.
Tho Intercepted Rebel COrrespoa-
dence.
We publish this morning a large batch of
rebel correspondence, captured upon one Of
the blockade runners and sent to us
from Washington. These letters show that the
rebel agents, both at the North and in Europe
are . set Of free lovers, swindlers and specula-
tors, always upon the lookout for chance to
make little money, and always waiting, like
Micawber, for something to turn up. BY their
own perfectly free and easy and impartial
accounts of themselves and each other they
are pretty fair representatives Of tho bogus
confederacy over which the honorable and
illustrious JEFF. Davis presides.
The letters from New York will be, perhaps,
the most interesting to our readers. They
we're written by Mr.. N. c. Trowbridge, who
appears to have passed last summer at Glen
Cove, and who was frequenter of the Claren.
don Hotel. Who in the world is this Trow-
bridge? Does anybody know anything about
him? Is Judge Busted acquainted with him!
Whoever he may be, his letters show that he
was a sort of general agent for the rebels.
He made his living by specializing in gold, as
many other men Of bis calibre have done, and
took special interest in the purchase of Ken
lucky colts and Kentucky whiskey This
brand Of whiskey was once said to be patron
lied by General Grant, and Old Abe wanted
to send barrel of it to every general in the
army. Perhaps the rebels had some such an
idea in regard to its potency and virtue, and
desired its aid in their military operations. If
So, the whiskey never reached Richmond as
the recent defeats Of the rebels conclusvely
prove.
Among the friends Of Trowbridge in this
vicinity were Mr.. Cammack, o Mr. Carhart, .
Mr.. Briggs, Mr.. Parsons, Mr.. Putnam, Mr..
Monnot. Mr. Kipp and a Mr.. J. B. Sardy.
-ammack was here last October, but then in
tended to leave for Havana. He stayed here
some weeks. and had no trouble" from our
officers, and thought it would be safe for La-
mar to come "if he would keep his mouth
shut" Carhart could not be found by Trow-
bridge. Briggs, Parsons and Putnam did the
pecnniary business for the rebel agents. Mon
not and Kipp were horse dealers, with whom
Trowbridge had some little arrangements
about the Kentucky colts. Sardy boarded at
the Pienepont House, Brooklyn, and was very
anxious to make some money somehow. Trow-
bridges letters were directed to the care OF
James Dart IL Company. 25 William street.
Gamma ck had a lady love-"a perfect sumner
md lone Of the +. F. V.'s"-with whom he
lined at Delmonico's and had good timen
This lady was a widow. "She spent last win
er in Havana with sick husband. since
dead" Trowbridge sums up her character in
this single entence:--"Cammack thinks her
vrtuous, and as it will do him no good to in
form him to the contrary. keep shady on the
subject; Who were these rebel free lovers,
and who is this stunning lady. Can anybody
tell9 Can General Dick Busteede
1t is very evident that Trowbridge. Ca m
mack and Company were employed here to
transmit news TO the rebels and TO fit out block
ade runners. Perhaps this latter part Of their
business was transacted through their friends
in the Custom House. One lire in one Of the
letters very greatly surprises Us, however.
Trowbridge writes to Charley Lsmsr:-"I will
deliver your message to Dick Busted" Now,
BUSTED is a philosopher, lawyer, and pa
triot of the FIRST water. He ha. been a bripa-
der general, and Old Abe recently appointed
Rim to judgeship in Alabama What message
could the rebel Lamar send 10 this incorrupti-
BILE and Incompatible loyalist? How dared the
rebels be so familiar with him az to call him
Dick. How did it happen that be knew Trow-
bridge. or Trowbridge him, except by reputa-
tom The Senate has not yet confirmed Judge
Busted. and this matter ought to be investi-
gated before any action i taken upon him.
Perhaps he knows and will tell all about Trow-
bridge and Csmmack, and sardy and the stun
ming T. +. Y. Trovbridge says, Il will deliver
your message 10 Dick Busted 1t is probable
that be did deliver II. The Senate ought to
know what il was. We notice an allusion TO a