New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-16
LATE RHHEL NEWS.
s,e,,iuued from First Page.

In stt.
nj csneoolv as II is now tllcT3hy certain luHt
men 10 accomplish the mighty programme H. 1h
coming The harvest truly Is great pu, wv can
,s scuS and no aborsaying machine YET ny e.eG ,ai
sake ,he place of men in battle If the last nan ilo
Ysntee draft produced seventy thousand now N,snS
viu the present call of three hundred t0usahu w Va
n,, IA Is question in the Rule Of lnree In thoib 'he
Tremendous conQueTing invasion Dhs nehIH uuInuu
stsef out While its physical moral ana inaed ~ -
.ou,ces are failing vsiby, these Southern States are
IRE people have the will 10 use their strength IN c
paratiyely better condition to resist " ana aIa
hack Our Government has thrown away goouno
mt n has not been able TO squqnder all our resources
We can even afford 10 take defeats: ~ "ouu sc'i' 1
shat we can afford to dispense with the SCI - lot
haps the ablest general in the land can n So; oh
him retire TO his country dwelling TO palt s no
bages" as Macauay says, and supply ms Ea't 20 rcct
6eid with fourth.rate leaders whom We desire ~ 49,
<n,o creat and immortaI commanders. SO htte appTe
hension have OF any fatal disaster OF d,or
80 soher~earnest we are not in the least danger
An very seoer 49,, he beading men who com
pose the Congress and the legislatures are aVso,HT
IcSoyed upon It. But one ih4ng u " DC iati ctarIe
the decay of public spirit before the continual e
az executive folly and legislative subservepey' a.,
then instead Of bawlng FOR 'eonhdeboe nn t ths
nothing else exhibit the intention on n;S,v the
n.rses ~ disaster and they will see how fapuy NV
masses mud fhe armies will respond 70 their own felu
10 manliness and common sense. We nave pu' 10 nun
g. the determination Of freedom face oni doiueSslo a
i,ioaI a. Vel as our Hillary difficulties as fearless
men should and The Ysnkee power for onense OF COZ.
cnest will collapse; the clouds viii blow on ana the
heavens be ofssr sgain - .o.
no PLACE OF SAFETY IN THB soUTH-cOTroN
TO BE BURNED IEsTEAD OF STORED AWAY.
From The Richmond Examiner Jan. u.
The fact that the enemy has found IN Sayan-
nan thirty thousand bales Of cotton which he has
confseated 10 his own use and now employs as iun9
sor the subugaiiOn of the South has an unexpected
ronseouenee In the legislative mOvement-to weaken
the force Of the law which renders the destruction OF
cotton in exposed districts obligatory on the mhtsy
authorities IL is difficult 10 understand the logic Whlsh
connects the fact and the proposed amendment 20 lhe
hw one would suppose that tho occasion and event
would manfesty compel an enlargement ana reehioIce
ment OF the law that clause would be thereto auueu
Inar-
struoton Of all the cotton in such districts WIN the
vain attempt TO remove IL 70 place OF saiel!-a pace
which is nowhere. In this period OF the war Wheh me
raids of the enemy reach every corner OF The land, II
would not be unreasonable TO burn up all the cotton ana
tobacco in the South not needed for the ufe OF the
srnment They can be OF no use as articles Q! truue
Gill the blockade Is raised; and. before that happens
they NAV rot if they do fall into the enemys hands
One bale captured by the enemy Is greater lg! 70
car cause tau thousand bales useless and idle IN our
hands. The cotton treasured by specn!GioiS IN we
bouth Of the greatest incentives ~ invasion OF Inc
States which contain II.
GOV. BROWN AND HIS GEORGIA MILITIA.
Gov Brown has furloughed the new regiment
recently organized at Macon. correspondent o. 4"t
Easuirer writing on the 10th ultimc. says:
The Governor reviewed our regiment az heii-raht
O'Clock, and afterwards made us snort put PChieu
speech will not attempt 10 give = nopss OF DIS re-
marks or want OF space ne v,S 1ot % yet ~ Tbe
In the entire regiment. The Governor, it is thought,
made many avOie by thattte speech He said we could
70 home now but would remain subject 20 another cal
when the State needed services in the field lie hoped
II would not be soon, however. All deinguents aieto be
tried BY mhsry court marital 70 81 N MseGn
viii be visited upon them. He comphmentcd the Geor
Kia militia and said he had been assured by dstln
1uished Confederate General that they fought and won
the bloody battle Of Honey Hill South Carolina; that
Che enemy loss there fully 600; that no counted
on the field 100 dead negroes and whites. We are 70
keep our organization intact our powder dry ahd TO
respond promptly whenever call Is made.
REBEL REPORTS OF THE DEFENSE OF FORT FISHER
AND BATTERY BUCHANAN.
From The Richmond Sentinel, Jan. ~.
The Northern press and people are sOreiy " ex-
srcised" because Wilmington has not been dlshonored
with the Stars and strires IL Ia thesRost unpaa'ahe
0iscomfture Of the year; made 80 by circumstances
And their own defiant anteipations. The effort was
Iupendous and fondy looked at and priced fo Its very
magnitude. What pity, then, that All TINS Should
have found 80 pOrtentous couDerpose ~ the egreg
sharacer Of ts failure For months 1t had hushed the
Whole North into that vehement quiet which pre-
SaSe and crushing. The knowing hints which occa-
Sionay triekcd through official channels made all the
vine feel certain that some Impending blow was
about TO fatOn tho Coniederacy completely ever
srAftmans hammer did piece Of Loweli eatler
Mighty indeed, beyond all previous precedent. were
Che preparations on which the high hopes o our loes
sonAaenty reposed; mighty by contrast and in proper
ton Although the project had only been whispered TO
ahe privileged few the ger many well aware Of
some of the details To them il was positive
shat the scheme intrusted 10 the Cycops Of New
ENGLAND astutenessthe Paladn Of her truer impulses
1.-The exponent Of her soulseaed prnciplesthe noto-
yious Butler 1t no positive secret that the head
and heart Of this Bombates Faroso consulted in
saryice was secured TO conduct il 10 inevitable TIL
amph Inevitable" because TO doubt It's sublime sue
oess would have been fiat blasphemy against the Jupl
Yer at the White House and his Hercules a the ront
Did il not cost mint and look monstrousy Imposing
could it fai Did not have Butler 10 lavish ms IN
eenuity and inspirations troops painting for beauty
md hooty. could its exploits prove frutessi Did It
hot have massive array Of naval talent and numbers
IN charge OF all the martial and maritime appliances
Known To invention; what earth could Withstand iti
With such set OUT as brought the famous armada OF
FhIn OF Spain into conemp, by comparison What pos.
able set off" was, in the least. likely " damage the
prospect spoil the proeci Surely no proves was
In the yanquished South that could arrest the Veto
sieus progress Of such mighty endea'or Butler
would come and see and settle that point forever And
ne came and saw, and-Yent back again, cTestfallcn
and glory.cropped. Bntler aDd his comrades had
IN little, pro6ted by the experiences OF Richmond,
Charleston and many another spot where Confederate
vaor and genius blessed by Providence has stood
sgsinst their mightest might, irIedncible and inVln
eibe.
Be- stupendous failure Would that We could induce
Ill the croakers TO read current events by the light OF
Its moral would that could tempt the feeble hearted
% take Its portents with the lessons they are ealcna
I'D 70 impress upon all but tie wully skeptca. The
pFors for our subugatOn never aud not now,
proportonately as great or alarming. as was this at
Tempt 10 capture Wilmington. That abstract affair has
A 1t and about il an epitone and moral OF the con
-snagntudnous endeavors, alarming advantages
Anal failure.
story OF WimngtOns danger and rescue; OF the fate
chat awaited the mammoth preparations. and OF the
profound disappointment which, in consequence per
fsdes the astounded North. But this story Is not yet
fully told, and, to-day enabled 10 add some Inter
sstfDg facts to those already known They appear i1
Che acceptable shape of official statements brief and
modest, from the military and naval officers who had
immediate charge of the works on which our blatant
Zoe hurled his missiles aud his malice. 1t is not
point out the more interesting features OF these
pithy and unpretentious documents They speak best
nor themselves.