, 1864-05-11

ted 10 come oTer The Wires, in relation to the
doinss Of the grand army on the Rapidau,
hare only served to whet the appetite Of the
already news-hungry public. Like go many
Oliver Twists, they cry "gIya us more! ~
cannot help comparing the saId public, at
such moment, to nest OF young robins
when the mother returns, after long ab-
sence from the nest, and they greet her bv 4
general upstletcEiDg Of featherless uecks
and opening Of immense yellow months,
from which proceed innu1nerablc saueaks
and tqnaTks, until they arc filled with dninty
It'd bits Of bread or angle-worms. / paid
etpecial attention to bird-nesting when
young, which fact may account for the origin
Of the comparison. The news, though brief
res considered brilliant and to be rejoiced
over. but the re)oicingB were mostly re-
and smoothing of chius in way that dc.
noted immense satisfaction with everything,
Past experience Of premature drumming md
cannopading over rumored victories that
turned out to be creations of idle reporters,
or deteats CLOSED over BY buuglise
commanders In carefully roraed dis
patches, put an effcctual qnietus on
VI @ such frenzied demonstrations. Tho
Il" Waote brains arc torpid until soaked in
alcohol, and who only need slight excusu.
omen none at az, to get glori0usly drank
on, did get drunk on Saturday nIeht. and
ike the priestess Of Apollo, at DELPHI. when
tue vapor rose, from their stomachs to tleir
heads, they became oracu1ar, and ratherfnr
ecmiEipg little crowds around them gave an9
number OF reasons. good, bad, aud >indifer.
cpt. for the faith that was In them. 4 well
soaked faith 1t must have been too. These
little mols we're especially to be met with at
"gardens" Kept By gentlemen of German ex-
traction, Where, as q sort OF m accompani-
ment, the tran5mutation Of ragged postage
currency Into thin mahogany colored fluid,
was rapid and long continued. II you passed
along the street, Jon would meet dozen Of
the little coteries, door stone committees,
every two or three blocks, and, passing rap.
idly By, your ear would c2tch q perfect
moea1c OF gDnb1ed odds and ends Of scuten-
ces, each one rendered incoherent By the
next one that followed from some other one
Eho wanted to squeeze in the wordy product
Of the beverage he'd been imbibinE. On the
whole, the news was good, and cheerful
countcnances were the universal rule, One
gets so tired OF the endless reverberztions Of
emall talk in his ears, that he enyies the deaf
man, who is SO fnsensible to all the hubbub
aud hurry Of life, and the crush of the storm
of disagreeab1e sounds.
people are prayc.fu1ly waiting to rejo1ce with
Gid hearts, when these deetins rumors
that all's we'll with the army, shall bo proreu
to be the heralds Of solid and substantial VIC
tory. There are many anxious hearts under
these chetrtul faces, tor all feel that We can
not well afford another campaign like thato
the Peninsula. The dead heroes of the Chick
atominy, martyrs Of NcClellan's eoHardice
and 1ncompetencE, seem to cry from the
Ercnnd Where they lie for vengeance, and
pray God that the vengeance be 1t DELAYED
till the nations heart grows sick with weary
waiting" and gives up The contest And the
impression ts general, that II Grant wins
cessfnlly, that the crisis will have been safely
passed, and that henceforWard our battle
scaI1cd legions Will have before them to tread
only broader, smoother way that conducts
Emiltngly to not distant peace And SO
king, our people recognize the call for the
men Of q hundred days as having been prompt
ed BY d wise forethought, and lend themselves
with earnestness to the work Of recruiting,
Some forty companies have reported as full.
during the past week. read with pride, II
lie columns of the TRIBUNE, how the great
West answers such appeals to her patriotism.
Lr. Holmes sceus to have Anticipated auch a
call In bis poem In the -dt|antic for FebrnarY.
''Ihe Last Charge"
Our State has kept up steady stream Of
soldiers to the front for two or three weeks
past- Many Of them are re-enlisted veterans,
aud many of them new recruits. Some ten
new regiments Of infantry, from the 120th to
1:0th inclusive, hare gone; the 9th, 10th,
l1fh and 18th regiments Of cavalry, iii fullto
the maximum, went on Sunday, May 1st;
and Saturday night last, closing up the rear
Of the long line, came and went the l1tn cay-
airy, ,s10J men, commanded By the gallant
Col Anderson, well kno "n in this portion Of
the State under the eoubrlquet Of 'sThe
been kept Idle at home for some time, for
want of horses. And now they go to the
He'd nearly tWo-thirds of each regiment
armed with muskcts only, and on foot, only
asking q fair field to show the trattors ID
arms that tue Northwest has a few more
lett of the sort That whipped them SO often
under Grant and Rosectans.
The United States Circuit: Court COM
menced ita session last Tuesday. Judges Da-
vis and White on the bench. The latter gen
tlrman, Albert s. White, is well kno Wn to
many Of the readers Of the TRIBUNE, aud is
the recently appointed q. 8. District Judge
The iecai PROFESSION and III oihers copcerned D.
md will prove that the appointment has not
been unwisely bestowed. A number Of dis
tirgnished gentlemen and lawyers are In at
tendance upon the court Hon. Thomas 4.
Hendricks, among the rest. The case of
Athon rs Gov. Morton, ercites some interest,
d1icts from Washington. As it may interest
your Indiana readers, will briefly state the
facts As learn them. When James S, Athon
the present Copperhead Secretary of State,
came into office, after the disastrous election
In the fall Of 1859, some little difficulty oc-
curred, arising, no doubt, from his desire to
hinder and de1ay the Executive Department
and the Governor, and the result was
that Athon refused to sign the COM
missions issued by Governor III. to the
officers In the volunteer service. This pro-
ceeding, however, did not hare any other
effect than that Of deprivlng Mr. Athon OF the
little fee Of one dollar to which he is entitled
for every commission passing through his
Adjutant General Noble, who counterzIgned
them, free Of charge, and delivered them to
the ofhcers. This struck Dr.. Athon all of q
heap. Grteving for greenbacks, he,hecame
Rse b dRey and fnsa
Morton In the Common Pleas Court Of this
county for eone three or four Thousand dol
Lars Of fees, due him, he c1aims, On commits
sions issued. The Governor, not desiring to
trust the matter in the hands Of the gentle
knowing that If Athon was defeated below
be would carry It there, BY counsel, had the
cause removed into the Federal Court, and
now, Senator Hendricks descending from
his dignided station In the Capitol of the
nation, comes back to Indianapolis to lend
his pettifogg1ng powers to the engineering
Of q pile Of greenbacks into DR.. Athon's
pocket; into the pocket Of one Of those
CopEerhcads Who nnte them so terribly, and
talk By the hour, with deep sighs aud
onipons shakes OF the head about tdepreci-
ated currency" In d word, Hendricks and
A1hon want the cause reranded to the State
Courts, and delivered over to the tender mer-
cts Of Judge PerkinA and his colleagues.
The Court holds the matter under advise
meut. This letter is already too long. and 1
will only add that Colonel streight, 81 Libby
Prison memory, with an extemporize,a haui-
fu1 of the Iepion Gffsnersed three ~ g..