New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-18

ris.s were wont TO oharactorizo the great 'ul'i u"
"a sio I ,t batrcd was called out ny his orisI
He illustrated The Democratic Idea which Was - .rh.
ccysh y repdgnant 70 them. That man W. iunt
from he people worked with his h9AdS 49, ss,n'
rails in byhood should rise % tho hCad 81 =. up'.!
:mcnt which included Southern gehilet as D;''y1
>hevora description. Day elteT day thio<n VIC NJ
Sol IN the leading Journals drew cont po'" ny
= 49,, prcs;5erfs Mr. Tincoln WASH "bufcon and yu-
garian;" MIR. Davis ed.eato1 tcno.IIl' irIiieu !"
statesman and .entcmsn' Inc u'es aiI ',a' go;
vet evtirguslcd by Che fortunes Of war, mpute The
igin o. hoiT eouse 70 eaersoa DAVIS ana enI LAY
he lacks the rugged steaGistNeSS ana e'eur' co''
5,sease Of Abraham A1nc.in'
when nc1t sav 'hc President he Lad been IN the
sv,hte Horse for moe than month. in the secret
Sso-yico OF TIT TRIBUNE had been reporting tie Sc
cession Conventions Of Mississippi and lou.l'na me
all NJ Sumter ind the evaporation which followed ar
& Incolns call Tor troops warned ne 10 mo- hoh '"'
! Ircoched Washington on thc historic 10Th Of April
NJus. after NY arrival tie baltimore su sioep
with Massachusetts, blood, railroads torn M telegraph
awres cut and the panic.strieken city virtually DOCK
Ae WAS the last man from the South, two Senators
s;nsisted upon taking me to the Waite House Tie
tp,osidept received us with great kindness; but LIS
.icountenance was almost ghastly with care
y "Ifueesy lies the bead that wears crown
sthough i, be only the chapct OF republic This man
had filed the measure OF American ambition. Iherc
rwas the same genality, the same tendency 10 nec'
Sdote but tie old ringing laugh duh and mechani'
tsnd his blnsblae honors seemed palHd and ashen.
= lie questioned mo very infinitely about the resources
yand immediate designs Of tho Rebels the pubhc terer
in the South, and the probabilities Oh inc hour, ,
4 Douglas" said he .pent three hours with me this
morniag For several days be had been ~ lnaoe 70
Egtterd 70 business so he has been studying ne qha
Suntl he understands the military situation, tnE'
ahettcr than any Of tic rest OF u.s. by tle way 4In
lis Tecnliar twinkle Of the eye) DO 'aAed mug
Habou. tbe old subject in new tone. You Know sald
1Douglas J have always been very sound on ne negro
QUESTION. have believed in enforcing tie Fugitive
Slave Law in al instances WIN US tAe ,Ie' anu
. meaning But, after careful strdy hive nDout con.
= cluled that Slave instruction would DC case 10
(Which it does not arpy.
4 popsseau had an interview with the President and
,5Secretaiies Cameron and Seward. inc welther was
,ory hot end Cameron sat with his coat of during tie
conysTsatou ~ usa1 before rIotte mig 10 ps
hands cordially with lis visitor and sad In great gco:
b "Rousseau, where did you get that joke about seIa
FtOr johnson"
q "The Joke Mr. President. was 700 good to keep;
= J ohnson told Il himself"
= II was this: Or. John VI. johnson State Senator
from Paducah wrote 20 Mr.. Lincoln rhetorical docu
, mert IN Il usual style Of the Rebels In behalf OF BIS
sovereign State he entered solemn ana erPIstic pro
test against The planting Of cannon at caro- deeiaIl.
shat tie guns actually pointed IN the direction VI tNe
Esacred soil Of Kentuckyi VI
(, In an exqnsiiey pthy autograph Letter NJ Lincoln
krepied II he lad known earlier that caro- Illinois va
in DE-. Johnsons Kentucky senatorial bstiicL he Ger
tanlv should not have established either tie rn7 81
troops therel singu.srly enoueh-ior keee ,"ns, Of
Was very JHlc ri4-Hs Jul yang S+Ns"-N.
fJohnson appreciated the Jest.
4 While Rousseau ives urging the neccfaiiy Of enstiIa
troops, he remarked:
s. II have half pretended to submit q Kentucky neu
tray but in discussing the matter before the people
while apparently standing upon the lne have a!Hos
'fa,ways poled'
-gCemeron loosed inquriDgiy at MIR. Lncoln. who wa
supposed TO 10 familiar with the dialect Of lis NATIVE
n Stale.
y General" said the President "you don't know
twhat poke meansi Why. when you play marbles
'isyou required TO shoot from mark OF tho gouod
when you reach over with your hand, beyond tie He
Fthat is p0kirP"
= Cameron favored ens,ments in Ken,ueky withou
sdelay. Mr.. Lincoln replied Don't bo too hasty; w
! Jmasses in Kentucky are loyal can get as man.
sol!ers there a. ere %snsG G1i ne Es1e fa
Either army. taking tie sympathies Of kindred an
friends and may finally cause the State 3 secode. 1t
Of vital Importance tia. We give loyal direction to -
AT the next interview. the President showed him th
Endorsement the back OF one Of his papers "Wbei
Y judge PirtIc, James Guthrie. George d. Prentice
to raise troops for the United States service II
Kentucky Lowell II. Rousseau is authorized % do so
Z" How Will that do T. he asked. Rousseau thought !
woud not d. at OIL and finally. through the assistance
OF Chase and Cameron, who steadfastly aided Linz ID
y gained permission 10 commence enlisiing at once
sAnerward upon many battlefe his two stars VeI'
If irly won Gnd worthily worn.
n At late and gloomy period Of the war, again hat
interview With the Precedent, which was long ano
I characteristic.
~ On tie .eth Of December 1862 Sherman fought the
" battle Of Chickassw Bayou ofour first ftess at
tcmy;s capture Vcksburg Grant DESIGNED 10 co6pe
Erate by attack from the rear but bis long supply
,Sh nc extended to Columbus. kcn,ucky, though he
Z might have established nearer base at Memphis Van
z Dorm cut his communication at Holly Springs Mssis
I. sippi AID Grant was compelled 10 fall back.
4. Sherman's attack proved a serious dlsester oli
/, forces fgug upon an almost inprcgDeble BLUFF,
cwhere We lost about 2 900 men, aud were then CON
speled to retreat.
. There was an old quarrel between Sherman and the
SPrcss IA which usual there was blame upon botl
N.idos. Some OF tho correspondents had treated hin
unustly and he had not learned the quiet patience ad
,zfith IN the future which Grant exhibited under
Il similar circumstances. At times he manifested mucl
= irritation and morbid sensitiyeness.
4 a WE'LL known respondent, Mir Thomas W. KuoN
vas present at The battle end placed bis report OF IT,
duly sealed aud addressed 10 private citizen in The
.mili,ary mail at SheTInans headquarters One Col
"a. H. MARYLAND Of Kentucky, U. r. Postal Agent, on
ifmcre suImise about rs contents. took tic letter from
the mail and permitted 1t 10 be opened He inss ed
cafterward that lie did this by shermans express
Emand. Sherman denied giving any such order but said
~ he was satiffied with Mnrkland's course.
MARYLAND should have been arrested for robbing the
1.-THE United States mails witch lie sworn 20 pro
u tect There no reasonable preext ioI asserting
that tho letter would give inform alton TO the enemy;
9therefore it did not npcrl the public interest IfGen
FISHERMAN deemed II unjust u himself individually, be
Is had lis remedy, like any other citizen or soldier IN
the courts Of the country ard the justice Of the people
4 Tho pnrloined dispatch was withheld from the mail
ard left for four five days. lying about Shermans
headquarters open TO the inspection Of seyeIa 0ceTs
nay upon knoXs written requestit was returned to
= him. though map which 1t contained keptas he
Tathcr puGgcntiy suggested probably for tho niCrIna
IA ton OF the military authorities
u KDo4s letter had treated the gcnerao Of the bntle
very tentcIly. But after tits pTOccediLg he immcd
otelY forwarded second account which expressed his
views the subject in very plain I'm oh. Is return
= in print caused great excitement NJ headquarters
:. Knox vas arrested aud tried before military tribunal
on these charges;
- !. Giving Information TO the cfeIny.