The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-01-15

NEW YORK HERALD, 81
rebeIons by sailing about and looking at certain bar
aud river mouths the Yankees have been doing
90 long Charleston and did the other day Whining
ton; by leaving abroad trackn Of burnt houses
and mills by stealing any amount OF cotton by
getting possession Of some twenty thousand CON
sss Sy SsStns desperate and bloody campaign Of nine
months at the cost OF hundred and fifty thousand men,
which leaves the army that purors 70 be crushing the
rebellion, at point which II might have reached in ships
At beginning OF the nine months without hurting
hair Of any ones head. Even that most fatal and
Yankee nation evidently attached superstitious
significance, is canal at all In order TO make
canal appears that it would be necessary blow up
considerable portion Of the Of James river and But
Ter IL not the set rivers fire. No Yankee fleet
will pass through that canal and 70 Rich
mond.
To be sure we are threatened with certain
movements this winter and spring, which surpass IN
grandeur of conception everything which has yet
| emanated even from the Yankee mind We know:
know: but the truth 10 that begin to be tired hearing
Of those grand conceptions they grow monotonous and
mankind is now 80 famarized with stupendous and su-
pernatura campaigns foreshadowed by newspaper CORES
pondens that we may 90 sad 70 have exhausted the
cially s now tolerably certain that the to ac
complsh the mighty programme are not forthcoming.
and labor saving machine yet invented can take
the place OF men in battle. If the last half
how many will the present call Of three hundred
thousand turn out2 It is q question in the Rule
Three SNORT tremendous cOnQuering invasion
has nearly burned itself out While it's physical moral
and financial failing visiby these Southern
States are, the people have the viii 70 their
and Ruri II back. Our government has thrown away
good DEAL but il has not been able to squander all
resources We even afford take defeats it would
also that afford to dispense tOth the services
Of peSAaps the ablest general IN ne land afford TO
let him retire to his country dwelling Ito plant bis cab
field with fourth rate leaders whom desire to erect
into great and immortal commanders So little appre-
hanp harta ncf fata1 Aiucfa mr. Aipnra
In very sober earnest not In the least danger OF
being subjugaed unless the leading men, who compose
solved upon It, But one thing be truly teared-he
decay Of public spirit before The continual spectacle 81
instead Of bawing for condencen and doing nothing
else exhibit the intention of removing the Of dis
aster and they will how rapidly the masses and the
armies will respond TO their return TO manness and
common We have but to hold TO the determine
ton Of freedom face domestic and political, as well
military difficulties fearless should, and the
Yankee power for offence conquest will collapse the
clouds will blow of, and the heavens be clear again.
to he Burned Instead Of Stored Away.
From the Richmond Examiner Jan. IL
The fact that the enemy has found in Savannah thirty
three thousand bales Of cotton which he has conscatcd
to his use and now employs az fund for the sub
jugaon of the South, has an unexpected consequence In
the legislative movementtO weaken the force OF the
law which renders the destruction OF cotton in exposed
districts obligatory the military authorities It is
difficult to understand the logic which connects the fact
and the proposed amendment to the law One would
suppose that the occasion and event would nanfesty
compel an enlargement and reinforcement Of the law;
that clause would be added requiring under
heavy penalties, the immediate destruction OF all the
cotton in such districts with the vain attempt to remove
It to place Of safeyd place which is Uhere In this
period OF the when the raids Of the reach erery
Of the land it would not be unreasonable to burn
IN all and tobacco in the South not needed for
the OF The government They can be Of no use as
articles Of trade till the blockade Is aisod and, before
e es hands one BALE CAPTURED by The enemy IS
greater injury to our cause than thousand bales useless
and idle in our hands The cotton treasured by specua-
tors In the South is of the greatest incentives to in
vasion Of the States which contain IT,
The Rebels Regretting the Retirement Of
From the Richmond Examiner, Jan II
The Confederate readers will learn with regret that
Major General Butler has been really nj length relieved
Of all command In the Yankee service, and ordered TO
report at Lowell Observation-Disclosures is TO say to report
female the exclusive possession OF her hero; he was
greater favorte with Confederates las Yankee CON-
mander) than either Grant or Sherman He suited u.s.
since this began has he done us the slightest
harm In the field; though admit he has stolen many
vauables from ladies' in private life.
In all the record Of his military career fom Big Bethel
down to the blowing up Of Dutch Cap he ID the
man who always best knew how not TO do Il. Who
didn't take Richmond by the SouthsideY Butler. Who
didn't besege Fort Fisher after coming SO far with so
grand armada expressly to do IN Butler Who didn't
land from his sad armada to whether IL could
be done? Why Butler Who didn't blow out the
head Of Dutch Gap2 Butler again Who didn't
kill Cock Robin and didn't strike Tx, william rat After
General bring home to his wife at LowelR Trophies
indeed the most substantial not tattcrcd old battle flags;
not faded Confederate standards hauled down from the
towers OF captured cesthe OF Lowell could at
any time make him better and resher drapery for his
house than such rags those but gold and silver and
precious the fruit OF keen trading and speculation
New Orleans and Norfolk the product OF much private
and public THEFT throughout those regions which have en-
joyed the advantage Of his government These are the
genuine Yankee trophies; and she Is no frue lady OF
Lowell who will not prefer them TO glory which does not
pay
Now that he is actually shelved for bis failure at
Wilmington one begins to feel certain partisan regard
10 ashore there that bare spit OF sand behind
Fort Fisher, and the attack OF furious North Caro-
linn brigades who would have been very sure to hang
him IL they had caught himf Does Mr.. Lincoln please
recolect that General Butler outawed among Con
feeratos and that the first soldier who could catch IN
would send him TO the rear, nor report him AZ
prisoner, embarrass the government ia knoy con
troverses his account but SIMPLY Kill him like mad
dogf Would Lincoln himself have come ashore that day
upon such iootingY
but il is plead Buffers cause regret
him He Is gone from and perhaps the conied-
may III time have some consolation for his loss IN
the renewal Of the exchange Of prisoners and the return
to their country Of forty fifty thousand brave
children OF the South. That confess would greatly
mitigate and soften regret for the losH OF Butler;
although he assuredly seryiccabe 10 not only
tho leader of expeditions which 20 FAIL but also
adding 10 the the dreadful thought OF Yankee domna
ton certain unimsginablc horror ana loathng which
had fine effect In giving 10 the inhabitants Of Peters
burg and Wilmington, and Richmond, hercer resolu
ton 10 fight and perish in defence Of their homes,
rather than them ruled by "the Beast In short,
the Major General is loss 10 US; and could have
better spared better man
Northern Experience OF a Rebel Surgeon.
From the Richmond Wing, Jan IL
RICHMOND Va, Jan III, 1865.
Since having recently read numerous letters and
counts In federal Journals purportng 70 he from ex
changed prisoners in which Confederate prisons are
characterized abodcs of wret hednes and misery,
where mutpicd Thousands OF soldiers, fight