New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Two articles in The GALAXY for June are Ger
sap whatever may be thought Of them to be very ex
s,velv read Roth refer to the early history Of the
War for the Union and touch upon secrets of the srug
ole which have never thoroughly investigated Inc
arst ia reply by jeremiah s. Black to Senator WILSON'S
article on Edwin NJ Stanton published In recent num-
Der OF The Atlantic Monthly The force of Judge Blacks
criticism will be much weakened by It's Vi
Imperative tone. He applies to Senator VIII
son language which is entirely unJus-
tifabe and which all the more offensive because
his statements entirely unsupported by evidence Oh
argument. He writes, Of course, with all the solemn
reverence for the letter OF the constitutional law whoh
was invariably displayed In secession times 10y the parry
which made business of violating its spirit, and Win
all the customary conservative indignation OF the men
who held that the preservation Of the national o voc
less important than the preservation OF the ioiis ny
which the national life was meant to be defended AS
specimen of the of his article we cite the ioo"s
passage, the strongest in the whole paper:
Your account HIS raid upon the Treasury IN company
with Gov Morton, would look very strange IN pane
gyric made by anybody else but you Will restate inc
Facts Won have given but without the drapery by which
yu conceal from yourself the view of them which must
Go o o sny Vi lawn human or divine Inthe Winter of
i the Legislature OF Indiana was dissolved before the
aupropriatons had been made 10 carry on the state
Government aid in putting troops IN the HELD
OF course Congress did not and could not make appro
prations carving the State Government or put
ting troops in the Geld which the State was bound 10
raise at her But the Governor deterned
aud Lie looked TO Washington for assistance Presi-
dent Lincoln declined to aid him. because no money
preparation Mr. stanton, being applied TO, saw the
critical condition of the Governor and without scrupe
ioned him In his financial enterprise. lie drew war
rant for q quarter of million OF dollars, ana gaVeltI
Seng authorized by any appropriation for that purpose
but in defiance of express law APPROPRIATENESS me
this be true, the guilt Of the parties can hardly De
oyerchargcd by any woIs Tcm moneys ont Of the
public treasury not only nnaw9y but by process "
fraudulent warrant, Of which the moral urptudc was
less than that committed by private lndlviduai
when Ss ad papab S Violation Of the cas
which the Governor and Secretary had both taken.
fthe money thus obtained punishable by re anu zen
yeaIS imprisonment in the penitentlary. Inc parties,
ah they perpetratng, for you make one say
the other If the cause fails, you and VIII De COW
sriven from the country" You do not diminish
mitigate the ofense one WHIT oy saying ,e, Ls
cannot be compounded or c0nd0ned by simple resuu-
sresiy to prevent officers charged with sfekeeping,
transfer, disbursement OF public money IRON using ~
Wis. will be said Of your trlswOrthness conribu
to history when the public comes to learn that this
seSsegate and IN the detail~in the sum total and
every item. The truth is this: In 1863 the Demo Demo
and willing to pass proper and usual Appropriation
OIs but were prevented by the Republican minority,
until the constitutional limit of their session expired
Tue Governor refused to reconvene thein ana mus 10y
his fault aud that Of his friends he Was without the
ways and means to pay the current expenses vi
the state a he %s nSt e crime of
magistrate. He did not come to Washington with any
FsderI treasury He made no proposition either to Mr..
Lincoln Mr. Stanton that they OF either OF them shouu
His purpose was to demand payment of debt due and
.eknow lodged be due from the United states 70 tne
BY Congress to pay it, and ii Uds paid according 70 lac
Iknow how Mr.. Morton may like TO see himself held
faIf npfaG hia v,
some confidence that if Mr. stanton alive he would
rail yOu 10 "a very severe reckoning.
Mr. Thurow Weed contributes an interesting chapter
IRON his Autobiography, which serve in few par
iculars as an antidote Judge Black 1t tells nothing
,f great importance, but gives some readable gossip
,bout the Early Incidents of the Rebellion as they
appeared to who was in the secrets OF the Admins
ration. The narrative refers especially to Mt Weeds
OWN services In the of advice and SO on but is not
Extensively egotistical The following anecdote is well
worth reproducing:
soon after this first taste OF rebellion, received
information from an equally reliable source tno IHsPoar
Of informed the Secretary Of the Navy at the break
aer that he attached but little Importance to my lnor
nation, reiterated it with emphasis so, assuring
Gosport were not Immediately strengthened
Meeting Secretary at dinner the same day renewed
sS,G DC attended TO- This did not quiet my soictude;
md leaving the Secretary to the placid OF his
aowever, had driven out to visit some Notifications
made another attempt III the evening 10 sec nl put ne
vas again out. Early the next morning, however 1
found him, and Informed him what had heard of the
Danger that threatened Gosport and how, feared,
failed TO impress the Secretary OF the Navy with
the accuracy of my information the necessity OF i'm
aediate action. DWELL" said Mr. Lincoln eve can't
afford 10 lose all those cannon III go and see Father
wces myself" As he did Immediately. The result was
that Admiral Pauldng, who then dispatched to Nor
ok arrived Just i'll time to enjoy all illumination, oc
rsoned by the burning of Government property, and
witness the capture of Gosport.
The remaining contents of the magazine are nearly all
,ttractve-an essay by Justin Mccarthy American
Men and Engshnen," story by Mrs. Davis, a few
pieces Of poetry and Mark TwaiAs characteristic men,
eranda being the best Of them