New-York tribune., 1868-10-31
TO ARMSi TO ARKS!

The readers of Dickens will vel reilIenio'n
a scene in an early chapter OF "OhVoI lWiS'
in which that youth knocks down Mr. Moan
Clavnole ".Whats to be doneY eXclilineu
"Nirs cov,orborrv Dear, dear! don't Know
"ma'am.' said Charlotte, unless we Senu i'i '','
0noIico- -oficers.' 'OR THE MILINGTARY,' suggest
"ed MIR. Claypoe." The unfortunate anu P'o0-
tn,+o CIovnoles OF The World, being ID very
mpcb confused mental condition, seem 10 nave
M definite notion except that 1t nlghV menu
matters if something could be done III
"milingtary" way. 1t puts ont. therefore
Orders of the Day. as if IFS office were Ga,Hp
onJ it's Editor a I.ieutcnant-General OF Miiitla;
ItS leading articles of late are suggestive OF
nothing so much as of sham fights and OF mus
ter-Gplds: its metaphors are all oil the ln'iilldi
variety, and nothing can be more, tailanS
than its rallying, charging, cannonadlhS, any
storming in the abstract meIornn Inc ,inr, "o
it cries; "prcss on the battle" kadlcals arc
" exhausted it adds. "and already ocgln 10
IN wavern lone manlul effort" 1T shouts,
" and the day is ours !" "Up then and at
"them!" it galantly bellows. Pnsh theh
" over the brink on which they stand! IL h%oWis %
with lust morsel of manslaughterng malice
in IFS tone. "Expel them from the citadei IL
screams deiantly Zone tinal charge, ana tne
" Radicals will stampede as sheep, II SUGGESTS
with astonishing lOudneSs. Words hke tnese
are not merely nail DattlcS -I"l 'iO "''u,
roval. defeats, discOmhtures, panlcS, repuises,
and glorious victorcs-On paper! lhen passing
from the solid land TO the weltennS wave
The World becomes rs naval as Nelson aihlSeI'
Ponr in the bOardersn it sings ont from an
imaginary ouarter-deck, "and drive the hadical
"Dirates TO utter suIrenderW once more on iinu,
th;s amphibi0us warrior, with an eXceedlngy
pious moan, exhOrts his gallant followers 10
. trust in God, and keep their powder dry'1
At the date of our very last adVlGes they Weie
g" trusting God" as aforesaid, their trust III
man having been hOpelessly demolished; nut
we regret to add that either their perSpirauoh
or their tears had occasiOned such dalnpnesS
that all hope of keeping the powder a 9ry ,i naH
! heen abandoned Tho Lieutenant-GeneTil,
however. was still of the opinion that a glo-
rious triumph is possible, even as tmngSS
| 4" now standn Also that as things should
4" stand and cen be made to stand: glorious
" triumph is more than probable Leu us
" achieve it," concludes Don Whlskerand0s.
! Of course. Certainly. By all means. NDy
mott -.
| Glad as we always are to encourage honora-
| HE ambition and sorry as we shonld he 10
have any untimely OOzlng OF such pIaiseWorthy
holdnesS we beg leave to assure the general
! issimo of The World that his kind OF lighting
| has been found very effective when Chnaman
met Chinaman in the tug OF war WhOie regi-
ments upon one side have thus been put "a
! flight by the invincible howling OF regiments
upon the other side. The boldest c0mDa'ah's
| have been filled with panic and have run IN q
| way the reverse of charging, when ATTACKED
simply according to the vocal system OF war
fare, Oy whooping heroes ana Oy halioplhe
| braves 1t was found, however, that thest
elocutionary assaults quite failed ot the deslreo
effect when directed against the Bntish forces
Still. The World can try the experiment VIII
advantage. 1t will, at least, be getting 1T
lungs in order for the ululation OF next week