The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-04-24

over small losses nor to let them for Q moment
distract our attention from the great, important
battle.
The LAST AND VMEsr OF THE TRBUNR's
SLANnERs.-Wc find the following infamous
and malignant paragraph in Saturdays TIL
bune:- r
q the Fair but not generally recognised ne paper
further states that she cast her the quss
20 decide whether shis was maguauimity or sercasm
Tho presence Of Mrs. Mcclellan almost all the time q
voting BOOK. ha. widely no.sd while Tie psrsissns
absencs Of Mrs. Grant has been equally observed How
the side nothing could b done By The magnet
ism Of personal attention omitted, while on che
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close which looks very much like delicate but pointed
condemnation q the contest.
We consider this mean, petty, contemplate,
despicable, malicious and slanderous article
equally insulting to Mrs. General Grant and
Mrs. General Mcclellan. But IL il admirably
characteristic Of that disgrace to journalism
and civilization which Horace Greeley edits
and which be has imbued with the spiteful
msligDancy OF his own vile, vulgar and distorted
mind. We republish 70, ~ the Spartans sx-
hibitsd drunken Hslots ct their fessts, In order
that Il may serve to show the world to what
dirty depths brutal fanatics can crawl.
GEN. BANKS AND Hrs ASSISTANT GENERALS AT
PLEASANT HILL.-Gen. Banks has added .
new wreath Of laurels to his rsputa-
ton a. . soldier In the late sanguinary
three days battle In Western Louisiana,
and his subordinate generals, especially
Ransom, A. J. Smith and General Franklin, TO-
gether with their heroic soldiers, have covered
themselves with glory. And here we are 70.
minded that Franklin left the East somewhat
under cloud, like Hooker and Burnside, and
that now, while Franklin IL all right again,
Hooker's name is indslibly stamped upon the
crest Of Lookout Mountain, and Burnside, -
the hero Of Nswbern, is eclipsed by Burnside
as the hero Of Knoxville. The history Of these
brave men, East and West, shows that, while
the old exploded Washington Directory did not
know how 10 use them, General Grant tho
roughly understands them, and that General
Banks also possesses this great military quality
Of quick perception Of the calibre and fighting
capacities Of his officers in high degree. In
fair play we think General Mcclellan and Gene
raj Fremont, relieved OF the old Washington
Directory, should next have chance.
HOMES YoR WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
We hope that the Fair committee will give
their most earnest attention TO the endowment
Of homes for the soldiers and sailors who may
be wounded and MANNED during the war. The
amount Of money raised through the Fair is
very large-enough not only to administer TO
the pressing wants Of the wounded, bat also 10
insure those who remain disabled refuge for
lifs The hospitals which are new opened 70
the wounded send them forth the moment they
are convalescent, or should do 90. In addition
10 these hospitals there must be institutions
Soldier Home" and Sailors Home
where the crippled-thoss incapable Of earning
their "Wednesday psss their days In peace
and be kindly cared for. We certainly owe
this 70 the brave .eu who risk their lives In
defence Of the Union. We shall expect 10 sss
prominent citizens taking bold Of this matter,
and DO not doubt that, should the Fair com
mittee decline 10 endow . "Soldiers' Hone"
and "sailorf Home" the people will do 20.
| ON or TIM CrMors AcungNls or TuE war
That by which Captain fusser, Of the gunboat
Miami, At Plymouth, y. c., was killed The
other day BY piece Of she'll from bis own
gun reboundins from the rebel ram against
which II was discharged. There has, ws -
lieve, been no other such accident among all
the strange casualties Of The war.
GoID UP AoAN.-Tbe little affair In the way
OF rebel military diversion At Plymouth,
N. O., has been a godsend TO the gold gam
blers Let them make the most Of II; but lc.
honest men beware; for we guess that there
will shortly be an awful defeat 70 both the re-
bells and the gold gamblers somewhere this