The New York herald., 1864-10-08

III .-..-D -. 4.
lTURDAY, OOTOBEH 3
his reas. II VIII next 30 sssp, b oar latest
teissyslhie adviess from Tennessee and 0sey'
gle, that these threatened operations In Shsr'
mans rear have been tried and havs NEST zig.
nally failed; that General French hes given
wholesome ohsstisemsst 70 . column from
Hoods army, and that Forrest has been pushed
into very uncomfortable position Taken oil
together. In these speeches Of Jsf Davis, the
CONSERVATION Of the Gsorgians and Alsba-
mians, the cries Of distress from Richmond,
and the nerelless pressure Of Grants COM
binations. No have dissolving view Of the
NOOK heroic Southern oonfsderaoy st once
grotssque, magnificent and sublime.
Vhe Dpidsmto % Crims-DsmOraiIsatls
of Seeisty.
A study Of the history Of great crimes
ia large communities will develop ths fact
that they come like spIdsmios. with tho
same violence Of character and Of the same
contagious type. At one time suicide BY
some particular method. some new poi
son; or emo time by drowning, aasther
time BY hsngias, or. again, by tho pis-
tol. prevails. At prsseas ia aud 1bcut this
city the ruling mania appears 70 bs bloodshsd
BY the reckless use Of shs revolver. Within
the past seven days no less than six oasss Of
this crime, somo Of them ending fatally, have
been reported. Standing oa the oars in Chat
ham street, one man Is fred upon by fellow
passenger. without any apparent cause, and
dangerously wounded. In another part Of the
city two men get into . wordy quarrel on the
sidewalk. aud one shoots the other tn the head
Again, druaken difficulty occurs In saloon
between three or four men; they adjourn to the
crowded street, revolvers are drawn and ono
man is shot twice. On the same day rowdy
is pursued by policeman; he draws revolver
on bin; the officer. being the quickest with
tbe weapon. shoots him down In Brooklyn
the other night. at q political meeting, rufisn
draws pistol and Hres two or thres times
upon man fer no ascertained reason, wound
ing him severely, and when followed by the
police he surns upon them and shoots a worthy
and faith III officer to death. When arrested
he proves to be . notorious burglar, half mad
with drink. and oau give 40 reason for his
bloody work
This is not balf the stony. IT we were to
60 back few weeks We could enumersts
many such acts in all quarters Of the city, in
some of which policemen in the discharge Of
their duty were the victims. This pusson for
violence. this wanton use Of firearms. whereby
the safety Of every Individual is imperilled,
just at this time. can only be accounted for by
the disordered condition Of the country, the
familiarity with bloodshed which great civil
war always engenders In the masses. partially
approaching election. hut. above all. TO the de-
moralized condition Of socety-a condition we
regret TO say. produced in a grea4p 4pmeasure by
the writings in partisan Journals ike the Tri-
bune, tho World the 7snes aud the Neos,
which fomsnt hatred and i'll will. nurse the
worst passions Of our nature, and In many
cases incite to riot and bloodsbed Recently the
7r,b,ene has become frightened and drawn in its
horns Visions Of turbulent uaobs and whts-
perings Of . Ia ,apter,c to the eye and ear Of
Greeley have becn useful warnings. The state
Of society by all these agenoles bas become
thoroughly demoralized. We are walking 10 .
wandering path. Tho times are out Of Joint.
Shoddyisu among q large GLASS Of the people,
corruption in official stations, an absorbing
passion for making money and an unsuitable de-
sire for spending it. are the prevailing cbsrao-
teristics Of the day. These are not the bases
upon which to build public virtue or restore
70 honor and respect . great nation.
When an epidemic aflicts people che ply
scians go vigilantly to work to arrest Its pro-
gress. The cure for our present epidemic Of
crime is more active police aud a more re-
spsctable style Of writing In the partisan news
papers
Ting DANuna TfCKET SlyfNM MR-Tun CaTnK.