, 1864-04-17

SUNDAY, APRIL II, 1854
THE NEWS.
The curtain fal1s upon the Fort Pillow
,trpgedy By the Official announcement TINT
the rebels, after killing ffty-tlree aud
wounding one hundred white troops, mur-
det:ng three hundred black troops in cold
blood, completely demolished the works and
destroying the town, have ut last Withdrawn
to renew their mercilesa butcheries at some
other point. But We trust there ID to be q
sequel to this trngedy. The matter is before
Congress and in both Houses has been re-
ferred to the Committee on the.Conduct Of
the War, with Instructions to Investigate i'm
medately. The country will not brook any
delny In the matter. The horrors Of Fort
E1lloW must be avenged, and the rsbeIs must
be taught lesson that they will long remem-
bcr.
Adv1ces from the Army Of the Potomac all
point TO q speedy resumption of active ser
Tiees- Suffers and citizens have gono home
until sall, and nobody regrets their departure.
Thc army Is being rapidly reinforced By the
returning veterans. The roads are In p1ssi<
bic condition, and the streams are again
within their banks. The guerilla Mosby made
"a dash upon our pickets at Bristow Sstation,
and captured some Of our men, but it makes
one ahndder to write that Gen Grant passed
that spot on mail train only fifteen mtnntes
before the attack. There may bo soma con.
ISOLATION ln the proverb that a mise Is al good
H. mile, and some imaginary individual
may see m suspicious omen in bis good luck,
but we confess wed do not care to contemplate
any more such risks in the future. -
The little village Of Metropolis On the Ohio
River is in state Of grrat excitement end
=alarm over the bands of guerilla cut-throats
s1ho art ringing the Kentucky border oppo.
Ette, bent on conscIiption mud plunder. Our
gunboatz arc rigilant1y patrolling the river,
however, and transportation OF. every kind
bus hfen removed or destroyed, 80 TINT =
visit Of these cut-throats to ulinois, however
pleasant It might be to the Egyptian Copper
heads Of the o. Hair stripe, is likely to be
prevented. !. :, .=,. - =.
The Senate has nobly done its duty in pass
ing Ehennan's geld bill; or. in other words, q
blll against gold gambling. Contracts Tor
the purchase, or sale, or 1oan; or delivery, of
gold or exchahge at any time subsequent to
the maturing Of the contract, or for the pay
mint Of differences, &c arc prohibited IN.
der penalty Of fine which may be
$1,000, and Of imprisonment not to
exceed year. The bill further torblds
dealers in gold except by owners In actual
possession Of the same, and confines all
transactions and contracts in gold to the
ordinary places of business of the parties to
them, under the same penalties as above.
The whole people Will say amen to this,
which Will e1ectua1ly stop gold gambling. It
is not the lawful demand, but speculation
urged on by Copperhead gamblers which is
rushing gold up, and with it the prices Of the
1eceesarles of lfe.' Gold is not scarce, aud
the sooner speculation stops the sooner will
the public credit begin to assume g healthy
tone. Now that the. Senate has gone thus
fir, let them 60 step farther and carry out
the iudicions recommendations OF Secretary
Chase: tax the wildcats out of existence,
give Us revenue law which will yield
revenue. Let the House follow up the, timely
action Of the Senate without delay, and they
will atone for the time lost in Buncombe; for
the nation will rapidly Drift into bankruptcy
If Congressnen do not at once apply the
remedy before it Is too late Let the Cop
ptrLeads bubble their treason. Their time
is short Seize the goEdian Enot Of finances
znd cut 1t, and deliver the nation from its
toils- .~ .. -..-: ,.i-
The Coppcsheads are again sent to the wall
in Ohio by decision Of the Supreme Court
psonouncing the law allowing soldiers to
vote, constitutional There Is no rest for
Coppcrhceds IN Ohio
The latest news from Gen. Banks' COM
mand reports no battle as yet, but ssirmish-
ing with Dick TayloE's rear guard. battle
il expected ut Shreveport,
The report Of tue poetpcnement Of the
draft is pronounced canard, and thus nc
are delivered from another danger. The bog
TINT cried "Wol1 wolf" 60 often, one day
got real wolf after him, md it was the ltst
OF him. There Is danger Of 8 similar nature
in CRYING " draft, draft, ~ too often. Give lie
2 sound finance, q good draft, and tfnst' the
rest to God and Gen. Grant.
AFrench war vessel having q bark In tow has
gone up the James River.to bring away from
Richmond a lot of tobacco belonging to the
French Government Judging from the tone
OF the Richmond papers, it is not by any
means certain that Napoleon will get his to
hacco, especially rs he is shutting up ths
rebel pirates In Ills portA- =
There is q stringeucy In Wall street Al
account OF TINT and other. financial matters
will he found In the money article on tn
i second page, r
y We cannot better close up the news col
rmn than by pertinent inquiry to Comp
troller Hayes Of this city, Why do you no
publish your annual statement of the Cit.
Finauces2 The city charter required jon II
do it over week ago. Are you afraid to lie
1t oct before the election? Hundreds Of "a.
payers want to see TINT statement, and th
F,,+ that ~ 1rit1 mt rnm1 mt unt11 thu yer,
cve of the election, is IN alarming one "
want to know where the money has gone t.
during the past year. It is a right whicl
every citizen possesses, and which the cit
carrier makes OBLIGATORY, that this etatcmen
Should be published. It will be hunilia
ting confession, but let US have 1t.