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VOL.LXI
Suo-'Wxiar, (single copj,) 9 4 00
Wxxxlt, 2 00
Parable invariably in advance.
RA"LEIGII If C.
SATURDAY HORSING, NOV. 10, 1861.
SQUALLY TIMES AMONU THE MARU
... rTTtvna nxr EJt GLAND. e . .
v. ff it that Iiaoola'a blocrade it h Ting
rif um altong nidiUonal reaaoni to baliete j
. . trt.1P of Wilkea
Uui jUDg.wu V . . .
blnndering aetsare f Cr Alimulera a
.mnmmenta for cattinff an end to a block-
arraagemeata lor patung
ada which, in truth, aa the JCngltab bT
thelites contended, neTer tu tuoB
blockade u, under
i -..t TWIiad baa eTCTT induce- I
K r - e . to raise the You aee the temper in which the Amer-
ment, aa veil aa a parfect right, to raiae ue w fa aarrgd OBj lUVe of feeUng.and
blockade. The law of nations, like all Oth- Joa c&a Judge aa well aa I can of the probabilities
t I.! Muimm aanae and of the oeaaaUan of thia mUerabte quarrelling
er Uwa, are fonnded on common aenae, ua 4nJongrttheine,Tet Youcan Judge of our pros
common tense teaebea nt tbat no power bM pecta reapecUnr the cotton supply. We haTe
- v. v ,v. . bannineaa and I
the right to diiluxb tbo poe, bappineat ana
bnameas of the world, t na awmpa
to attain iu own telfiab eoda. Up to
the preaent time, tba power of Eorope
bare p aimed wonrte of tuiot nentrality,
and aa far m they are concerned, tbo Yan
kea bare bad a fair field on wbicb to try the
, c.M
experiment of conquering me teoeaeei otaiee,
nd farcing tbem back into tbo fold of the
ana lorcing
Union. That experiment baa proTed lor the
Yankees wort than Tain, and all Eorope
n v- iK-ifor would
knows it, aad all Eorope, therefore, wonia
hare l right to taj to the Lincoln Uovern- I
..-v v. v.4 V nrvnortnnitT to COD- I
menu "Ion hare bad the opporromiy ia ooj-
quer.the aeeeded SUtes, and yon bate, on I
repeated and signal occasions, incurrtu
moat diaaatroui aeioa.
the moat numerous and best appointed of I
modem timet, bare, again and again, Deen
routed by inferior and badly equipped num-
bera, and the Southern Confederacy baa am-
ply Tindieated its claim to be regarded as
one of the powers of the Earth. Toar block-
ada atails notLfnaT towards tbo nttamment 01
Tour ends, while it is most injurious to the
J - w a. I
other nations of the world, ana you mus
therefore raise it, or we will raise it for you. I
Tbis is the langoaa wbicb Europe, or any 1
of its powers, has the? moral aad legal ngat 1
to use. and to follow up by correrpowung
action, and we beliete tint jtngiana wiupian
. -tl t a I
bervelf on that position. liaTtng tne ngn
t . :.JnumMt fnr fair- I
- s 1
inr na?. there it an imperious necessity that
the shall take that position, if she would not case would bate been otherwise, for with
atarre her subjecU, or ineiu a war for food I q limit the Yankee jurisdiction would
within her own empire. IMsidee uu, x.ng-
. a I
land knows that when the blockade is raised,
and txace made, she will not only restore em-
) ploymeat to her now idle and suffering ope-
rauTca oa - 1
S times more profitable than it was when Yen-1
ke Tariffs wrested it .from her. one Knows 1
that shewill find a meet profitable customer
vr mannfaeturea in the South,
4UK auuj w 1
and that for a long time her teasels will do
i-ninr trade of the South. With these 1
ncca . - r
faet that it is the tntereet of Great BriUm
that there should be in North America two
nations of respectable sise and power, in-
stead of one of OTersbeaowiflg sue ana pow-
er we cannot help thinking that she Will soon I
' . 1-. I
reeog V"" ,n(1
of the Southern Conferaey, and raise the
A. uii.MMiiM ana DiuonsuiT 1
blookade.
TH OOTTO QUST10 IS KOCJI.
rProm'the London Times, Not. 8.
mi. trrsm LaviMahire sUU that the
wralyaU of trade la the manuf-ctoring dutrlcU,
Ym'.J .... ... r a MrtMi ootioa. is be-
OWlnC tO Ul avmrviij . .
" ,uhlt dar br dT. Each succeed
tarreirnVhow, namb'of -111. gradually be
b rtdoe-d in the hoars of working; aome
.If. .,,vinr aix - dars in the week
reduced In time by not being light-
. 1. tt. Mwiilar aad ereninr. aoine
fj . L .ktn four dars bring reduced
ihw and acme being eloaed allogeth
a From particulars toreiahed by
eorree-
Imu of the Manchester
the follow-
iar nrur- earn teen compiled, waicn, aiuougn
m ISU. are au Bciect to .how generally tne
moteot?r . : . v. ..n. lorliLiM al Lha
1 .
I ... ... .1
r-.t of moioj
, .. t...raaaral
, TT TJi,nVmitd nfli is fear-
. M tmvnjv-v --
... K.; rlL-n, tahelow the
raaoixreea
.k.. .v. ti.i .ill Aoatiaaallr incroata
nri.t. iKa rdtarated recommeoda-
Uoaa to mill owners to work only three days a week,
and to speculations as to the effect such a course
woold hare on the coat and supply of ooUoo, one
correspondent remarks that they ahow rery im
u.rJT ii.lalri of the condition of the trade.
There are, perhaps, 400 to 600 owners in Lanca-
ehire, bat the coat ox worsing wpnnwraijf
teer
lh hundred ihat'oould afford to resort
to it beyond six ninths. I aroio.t
entirely eloaed as soon as their preaent stoex ot cot
toe) is axhaoalad. .
In Prastofi the masters having giving notice ef
a reduction of f per eaaU in the wages paid to
their spinners, the latter have determined on a
OiiUn trade:
. .v.. v . t.1 r,t ai 9 Mania at
1 ! fatl tiiae- 85 & at work Te dars in aatisflesl that one result wui taae piace irons
l " fiS T at work four days : 28.83J aelaare of oar CommUsioners from the deck of.
the weelt , in.. Time BritUh Packet immente imjmUt will b givn
three days, and 8,063 men now idle. 7Vm nr ,a"L 0f Ou OmfderaUStaU in Great
' .. lani. H W . V. -1 w r
strike, although support la thia suicidal coureecan
hardly be expected ironi lauow-worKmen wao air
oatbe verge of severe want
tcncBim or iuuvif t oottov ib tbs
Mr. Edmnad Potter, in the coarse of aa addres
at Carlisle, where about fire thousand working
people are usually employed in the cotton business,
remarked uullowi:
T mmd hardlT.y nerhane. tell too of the
position in which we are now with rgerd to cot
ton. We ret or hT cot. eighty are per cent
of oar cotton from America ; bat you know that
unfortunately the Americana are at war anion
themselves, and we are not getucg a eeie 01 cot-
r. What W la become of at unlees we can
am fcfr4ijt tj, itbin the next year we can ret
err little more than Are or ten per cent, and
wa'cannot ret that T-rrooicklT. If wacannolrot
American cotton on account of the ci Til war they
are carrying on among tbemaelTea, we th all not
haT. a bile if American cotton in England. Un-
lon omethtue ocean to eettla Uto ailly, foolteh,
miieToaa, I " VSrf rfSSTii
the cotton trade being kept one half or one third
Amnlored. It U a fearful thing to conUmplate.
proapecta rrom inaia,i wiuaomii. xi you
Ttat cotton, and if they will take our goods
back for it, as they will, there is a prospect of trade ;
bat it must be slow, it cannot come rapidly. The
quantity of bales from India last year was 600,000 ;
while from America the average u i,iiw.,hw or
1 .800.000 bales. We mar rt more from India this
year, bat nothing to compensate for the Toss of
the American trade.
Indian cotton would not keen aa at worn a day
and a half a week, and there is no probability that
ana bii m wees, uu wto u uu prvuwv '
W( aQ kfc?e from aDT other source to keep
us at work, unless we get the American war at an
end. It is a question of life and death with ua ;
uioVtioa for all, and we shall have to
meet it in some way or other. In conclusion, be
appealed to the electora and non-electors to aup-
,mMainwi wno could-repreeent their in-
tereaUin a question, in comparison with which
extension 01 ue suoragv ua w
,.-,1 ti. moM .flbrd to wait
for BOt sflbrd to wait for cot-
the 8EIZDRE or ouk ni.iisici
The annexed article from the Charleston
Mercury will how that a considerable change
has taken'place in its Viewt in relation to the
outrageous Tiolation of the British -Flag by
Lincoln's cruiser. At first the Mercury was
0f the opinion that U reat Britain would haTe
D0 vgn 0f complaint that biideii sna iua-
,on were of the highest degree contraband,
. w a
and that there was no auierence dciwcch
thea mnd a bearer of dispatches fiom an en-
.p. 7 thought at the time that
this was strange ground, inasmuch aa fclideli
Mason embarxea irom a neutrai pon ou
. v . I
boaxa neutrai amp, ana toe aeixare wh
made on the high seas, th, common nignway
-r TT.l id. mmwrrm Yn made
,
within a marino league of Yankee terntory
T
9 been paramount.
The telegraphio dispatches as to the tiews
0f Lord Lyons on the subject of the seisure
contradictory, althoogb the general drift
01 uicw v6 -
in.,lt to bis Gorernment, which must be
atoned for by a disclaimer or uxer. act,
d the restitution of our Winuters, to the
.letter of the Use from wbicb they were
"
wrested :
- RKiZORK OF OU COMMISSION-
lob, before anything which may be aaid on
on ilur of our
, . nn .v, v,-a fmn the British
j, rtaU reach England, the BriUih OoTern-
mant Baro ukea iu position, as 10 tne ngaw
h iaTolea. Iftbaaottoa famlneenaii naTSioomea
:. .Uim KLh will in-
bd wiia uum wmu
.Ubly U der.loped by time, the BritUh Qor-
T g Uw rf rtIo
snficient ground for a Tery iaapreaaire demand
for reparatiou from the Gorernment of the United
States. If, on the contrarj, the eonerera, prospeo-
Uto and immediate, of a deftcteocy of ootton
hall hare been stupidly indifforeat to their fate
aad meet destitution and sUrrationwith a paaaire
resignation, the Govern mentor Great Britain may
treat the aeixare of oar Commiaaioners aa only
an indelicaU affair, requiring no atern demand fir
reparation. A ctntle complaint eliciting a polite
disclassMr pt any intention to offend, will close
the matter. Which coarse Ureal tfriiam wui
MMn. It ! difficult to anticipate. That she has
.uieeced la a Mocaaae, cir y '"yi'"
tTlhe declaration of her Minuter in Parliament,
1 1. i A AitM Hwmtich further the will be
-- . . . , . in .
' 7 . . . t i ji 1.(11.
" 1" T i - ,K.i.t..i UWaliti of
prepared no wjuwuu . - n
the United 8Utes,wui oe snown oy wmc-, wiw
liriiai. Let the Bntiali UOTernmeni conairue
the laws of nations as it pleases, with respect to
- - - . , . . bulOUM. ,b0
ly, and forcibly carried frem bis house, he must
be indignant. His sympathies wiU be with
tion yet if ne isaeiaea av ois wute, iu u"
his guest. Our Commissioners were unoer mo
Brtuah flag. Their errand was an errand of peace
and good will towards the people of England.
Thry were the bearers of pro.'ablr the most
offers of friendly and lucrative
intercourse which have ever paaaed from another
to the people of England. Pausing from
on. reotral port w auor - --
Bnuan P-a-- 7ri"te-the
nacket is searched and the Commissioners " are
, .-j rrrthlr carried off. docQ an aci
every true union wm rwwii. " " "
Uw, he will feel that H la an insult, which no
convenient Uw of nations, ever varying to salt
the pretensions of the strong,- can aiiay or paiu
RALEIGH , WEDNESDAY
ate. In iu effect In promoting the cause of the
Confederate States in Eurepe, it will be equU to
a battle gained, and our Commissioners will do
ns better service aa captives, than as Miniatera at
the CoarU to which ther were accredited, f
CWfestoia Mercury.
ATTORNEY GETTERAIi BRAGG. IN
JUSTICE. Wa hare been an attentlre, and, we hope,
edified reader of the Lynchburg Fgtntfor
a period so long, that about improbable dura
tion, in the language of a Seotoh song,
" " Fsdinna choose to Wl, .
and have found it a fair, just and generous
journal, and one conduoted with a degree of
ability much aboTe the usual grade of Amer
ican journalism. We were therefore surpris
ed at its stnotures on the appoinment of At
torney General of the Confederate States
of America, recently conferred on Ex-Got-1
ernor Thomas Bras-sr. of this State. Look-
90 '
ing at the old party lines, it was our lot to
differ essentially from Governor Bragg ; but
that difference never closed our eyes to the
fact that be was a gentleman of exalted char
acter, and fine attainments in the profession
to whioh he detoted himself until called into
the service of his State, and country. We
mean to draw no comparisons between Gov.
Bragg and the deservedly eminent gentle
men of this State with whom the Vvrginxan
contrasts him ; but this we do know, that
one of the best lawyers in this, or any other
State, and one, too, who batf bad the oppor
tunity of forming an opinion on the subject,
expressed the belief that Governor Bragg was
fully qualified to disoharge well and ably
every duty pertaining to the high position to
which be has been called by the voluntary
act of the President of the Confederate
States. The Virginian is likewise wrong in
classing Gov. Bragg with the "Fire-Eaters."
Fire-Eating," or going rashly or madly in
to extremes, is no part of Governor Bragg s
character. He is a prudent, judicious, ana,
at the same time, a firm and decided man,
and we predict will, in his new sphere of
publio duty, give our worthy contemporary
of the Virginian reason to revise and cor
rect bis opinion in regard to bis fitness for
the office. .
. t
"KEIIEARSING A FIGHT."
Everybody has read the "Georgia Scenes,"
and everybody must remember the inimita
ble scene of the rehearsal of the fight prior
to Court week in Lincoln county, Ga. bow
the eandidate for pugiliati henaca gouged,
bit and pummelled the ground, and how he
interlarded his performances with appropriate
expletives. Well, the Yankees have recent
ly got up a "rehearsal of a figK," on a some
what larger scale than the. one in which the
Georgia Cracker figured. A few days ago
they got np a grand sham battle near Manas
sas. Such rapid volleys of musketry, such
thundering of artillery, such charging of
bayonets, and such swooping down of cav
alry, all in a figurative way, was never be
fore seen, heard or imagined. The usual h
nale in sure-enough Yankee battles, to wit :
the running, was postponed until the sure-
enough battle cornea on, wnen weir previous
practice will enable tnem to aoquit mem
selvea with their usual ability.
BAD HEWS ABOUT 8 ALT.
A letter from Messrs. Stuart, Buchanan
& Co., dated at Saltville, Nov. 22nd, and
addressed to Major Buss, states that owing
to the call of tbe Government for more Salt
than tbey can furnish and comply with prior
engagements for the next two months, they
cannot fill his order.
In this connection, we refer to the synop
sis of tbe report of the Convention's Com
mittee on Salt, which will be found in to-days
naper. We sincerely hope that the recom-
r . ,a. ar ?1 1 aL a
mendattons of the uommiuee wui do prompt
ly adopted. .
THE CONCERT.
The Concert given by the Baleigh Musical
Pint. n Tneadav evenine was a most de-
Wa J W
lightful entertainment, and jadging from tbe
numbers in the Hall, must have paid some
thing handsome into the Soldier's Belie:
Fund. '
thA it. we understand that we arc
soon to hare another set of Tableaux.
. PARALYZED.
We regret to learn that the Rev. Dr. Le
roy M. Lee was stricken down at Norfolk on
the 25th inat. by paralysis. Dr, Lee bad
participated, on the " morning of the day on
which he received the fell stroke, in the pro
ceedings of the Conference in session at Nor
folk. He was living at the last accounts.
LIST OF THE PRIVATES BELONGING
rrn thic RTCVT5NTH REGIMENT r N. C.
VOLUNTEERS WHO DIED AT GOVER-
ORS ISLAND. HBW tXA.nofa,
AND AT FORT WARREN HARBOR-
We are indebted to Mr. A. Gordon, Assistant
antaniOneraL for the following list of the
deaths that have taken place among the North
Carolina troops cspturod at Hatteras since they
were carried to New York :
at oovxjron's istajro.
1. J, a Midyett, 23d Sept, Co. D, Capt Lamb's
J. W. Brfffln, 38th Sept., Co. B. Captain Gil
Ham's company.
t. Haaea Blount, 29th Sept., Co. E, Captain Gil
liam's Company." . .
4. Thomas Carter, 1 9th Sept., Co. K, Captaii
Sharp's Company. -
MORNING, DECEMBER 4,
5. A. Modlin, 4th Oct, Co. D, CapUm LamO s
Company. , .,
David Swain, 4th Oct, Co. E, Captain Gil
liam's Company. " !.
John E. Harrell, 7th Oct., Co. I, Captain Cle
ment'a Company. !' . "" ' J:J
8, J. B. Collins, 7th Oct, Capum juuxe s won.
9. John B. Scott, 8tii Oct, Co. I, Captain Cle
ment's Company. .
W. A. Philt, 8th Oct., Co. I, Csptain Cle-
tnant'a ComnanT. -
10,
1L D. Rogerson, 9th Oct, Co. D.CspUin Lamb's
Company. '.
James G. Hsrrell, 10th Oct., Co. E, Cupiaia
Gilliam's Company.
M. Roberson, 11th Oct, Co. D, Captain
. Lamb's Company. - . '
14. James Whitehurst, llthOct.,CitptainAuxea
Company. i
H. Tyson, 16th Oct, Co. G, Captain John
ston's Oompeay. ' "V .
Wilson G. Gregory, 17th Oct, Captain Duke's
17; Staten Roberson, 34th Oct., Co, D, Captain
Lamb's Company. "'
W. H.Brown, 27ttt Oct, Captain Dake's
Company. . - J J J ' '
18
19. Stephen Kite, 28th Oct., Co. I, captain vie
tnsnt'a Comnanv.
20. Samuel Tatterton, 30th Oct , Co. D, CapUin
Lamb's Company. - i . "
21. Frederick Jolly, 6th Nov., Co. ut captain
Lamb's Company. "I
22. ' George Sawyer, 8th Not., Co. B, (Fort War
ren) Captain conoon's uompany.
Non Lieut Col. Johnston and Major Gil
liam are named as Captaira in the foregoing l is.
Their companies are meant.
MAN UFACTURING STATISTICS
The Hon. C. G. Memminger, SeoreUry of the
Treasury, has addressed the following circular to
the Mayor of this city, and douotiess to oiuw
Msyors of towns, &c, throughout the Confeder
ate States, with a Tiew, we suppose, or gatnenng
up the statistics in reference to the progress of the
manufacturing interests in lheconieadraieoiaw.
It is important that the information desired by
the Honorable Secretary should be supplied, end
we therefore trust that all who feel ao interest in
the prosperity and welfare of our young Republic
will send in the facta desired by tne becrotary as
early aa possible. The Circular is addressed to
the Msyors of towns, but all who possess any m-
ormation on the subject are reqaested to write
to the Secretary and give him the information :
CoxriDKBATB STATXS OF AMX1UCA,
Treasury Department. ; V
v Richmond, Nov. 10, 1861. J
Toths Honorable
Mayor or '
Will too be kind enough to furnish for the use
of thia Department, if it can lw obtained, the in
formation asked ror oeiow, at tne earnest wuiw
ientdate. . '
What branchea of manufacture, or otner mous
try, if any, within your limits, which did not pre
viously exists, have sprung up during the exist
ing war. and to what extent, and wbt enlarge
ment has oeen roaae or previous iujuuukiuht. .
If no changes have taken place in your manu
factures, please, if conrenient, give.any facts rela-
ting tosucn as exisi id your uei5uwmu, .
Your obedient servant, '
C. G.MEMMIWOJCK.i
, - " Secretary of tne Treasury.
I
No one who is bold enough to look events in
the face can deny that we are now in tne very
pinch and tag of this war. The enemy has been
cured of the illusion and dolusion that he could
overwhelm the South with numbers, and; march
from field to field, from Washington to Richmond.
Manassas and Leesburg have taught him a lesson
which is not without dsnger to oumlves. lne
Government of the United States has concented
to take its military plans from the brain of Scott,
instead of the pages of the New York Tribune,
and attempts to put in operation the scheme for
the subjugation of the fcoutn,
which that traitor
invented and which tbe abler
beads have since
continually recommended.
By that plan a great army was to be loiiea
down the Mississippi to New Orleans, while a
fleet blockaded the coast from Hatteras to Mobile,
bombarding the citi of the shore and leaving for-
tifled camps at other points, Ml It met the army,
with full supplies, at the mouth of the western
iiiui.
crashed in the embrace of these two arms.
8uchis the campaign, to the execution of which
tbe United States now lends all its strength and
strains every nerve, certainly, promis-s more
than anv of its predecessors, and if successfully
aJ.d entirelv comrleted, might effect tbe con
quest of the South, if the war-continued to be
conducted with the present military organization
and on tne actual aeiensiva wu. u '
be surrounded by a line of fire, and consumed by
i,. nii inevitable approach. Hence, the
-..mna nt ih RBamT are rezarded with more
...aah&nsiAn it inn niuiiitsu a iusu i
. . it.'. nMnne than ihae Vi a va
UU10MOiiow" w- , 9 M at
ever before been by the patriotic portion of the
public ; while tbe concealed traitors, oi wmca
L .jititrr is full, are Quickened into life by
t.iM.nAwd hot, like Tipers at the apLroach
of the summer's sun. An illustration lies on the
Uble where these lines are written. At is an mouny-
moni letter addressed to tne eauor, oraiim6
slips cut from the columns of lhis,newpaper six
JU,tva aim. nznreas in? certain decided and un-
complimentary opinions of Yankees and of Lm
Th afiGo-nDanvinz - note contains only
these words KcaeL, ana prayjor your ems. . auo
whole beara the Richmond poat-mark, and there
ia little doubt but that we haTe hundreda of like
,.v, m thia Southern citv. nroteetinz not
" . ' " , m..
i i.,ii than Letcher himself their devotion
to the Southern GoTernment, their efbrts for the
Sonthern cause, who haTe carefully filed away
nf nvidnnce on which they hope one
j.. v,.nr na all. and aDDropriate our property
f wiiAV In thia moment that the good time
is at last coming, and their long silence soon to be
b-There is a certain faot, however, which should
.n. th annrehension of timid friends and quiet
of exultant traitors. The line
v,:k th Korth desires to draw, the campaien on
ha AntAred. ia one of the longest and
moat complicated undertaken since Napoleon's
march on Moscow; it not only extends overenor
diataneeg. but must he executed over temto
-nQiflfl that it will involve a greater
amount of different equipage than any hitnerto
known. It is in fact exposed to all the chance?
of sea and land; and should it fail at one point it
is a failure of the whole, and must all be begun
; na hiatnrv does not show an Instance
of one such enormous and prolonged Military
project arriving at a successful conclusion. The
J . . 1 av atL a.l4 Kakd aaAB tAfllt nU
EnHiOl KOU1IM " - -
.nniti tn thair arrangement : and tney
mi9 aAllfl1B n SB L LIIH Will llA XA BB0 DIM BWH
have uniformly failed in the execution because
too many indiTiduals who mustfuUfil their parU
.v. .nnintMl time, too manv circumstances
! that musteome out light, are involTed tn them.
1861.
Like Rouge et Noir, it is a game in which,
chance , ever defeats the' gambler, however
cunningly ho has calculated his martingale.
These huge campaigns invaribly fail because some
one point is not executed, and because the whole
of a line is never stronger than its weakest J part,
either in mathematics or in war.
If Napoleon, could1 not execute his plan for the
conquest of, Russia with the ablest generals and
the most perfect army ever Seen, the probability
that the Yankee Government, with iu mob of
volunteers, yesterdaj taught to shoulder a; mus
ket, and not yet capable of marching in a li.ie, will
succeed in subjugating the South by literally sur
rounding it, is exceedingly small. Indeed, their
plan has failed at ts inception. ; Belmont was
the first step ; and ' Belmont was a de
feat. On the 6uoco68 of that first movement
depended the insurrection in Tennessee ; and Bel
mont having failed, the bridge burnings were
premature. Thus has fared the great army of
land ; tbe armada oft the sea has done but little
better. The loss of twenty vessels compensates
Ua success at Port Roval : and Peasacola was a
second miscarriage, for which tha.-fleot did not ,
arrive in timo. .: . -. 'v- j-
We have little fear of any military project,
whether for a single battle or a campaign, which
involves many agencies, a multitude of d.stinct
commands, and large spaces of the earth's surface.
Human means, even at their best, are insufficient
to accomplish those thin spun webs of the brain.
They have all failed hitherto ; and this, the most
gigantic, and difficult,1 and hazardous ci all, in
inexperienced bands, and against a desperateand
powerful adversary, promise to be no exception
to the constant law of nature, f ,
; Richmond Examiner.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
A CASE (NOT) PARALLEL.
Ion, the correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
brings up the case of Henry Laurens, of South
Carolina, who was captured in 1779 by a British
frigate, while proceeding to Holland on a mis
sion from the Congress. The cases are not paral
lel. Laurens was captured in an American ship,
the ship itself being .therefore an enemy's Bhp,
and persons on board of it standing in exactly
the same relation to the Government of the cap
tors, that they would have, stood had they been
taken on land in. an enemy's country.- Nobody
denies that Wilkes wopld have been justifiable in
. . W M A CKJ1I U . .1 V, n f,.y
taKing Juessrs. muuu nuu ouucu, uau uo iuuuu
nn KnarH fVmfWifirfttrt vessel. It is said
that the dispatches, papers, and drafts of our Cpm-
: L r.nf . t In. . R.tti.K T .il.Kor. Ka.
fere the capture, and have thus gone safe to Eu
rope. Mr. Laurens was less lortunate. ue naa
prepared bis papers witn lead in sucn a manner
that he thought that thy would sink when thrown
into the sea. U nfortunateiy tney noateu, ana
were -picked up by. thej British. The discovery,
Ihrongh them, of a good understanding between
Hn.nri and thA Colonial, led to a short war be
tween Great Britain and the former power, the
.. . i. . . .
only lncwena or any account in woiou wmb i.u
obstinate,' but' indecisive sea-fight off the Dogger
. . . l 1 TT ) - T1..I A .U
ISanE, Detween AUruirai xzjue -earner auu vuo
rtrl float tinA tha r!nro and nlundnr of the
AU.U: MWVf ' " w f , -
Island of St. Kustatia.) by the British Wen India
fleet under Admiral Rixlney, and a laDd force un
der Gen. Vaughan.t Th'u latter enterprise
had a most in-portanl bearing upon tbe issue or
the war in America, ahd is one of many proofs
afforded by history: that the greatest events are
. . 1 . L . . 1 . X-ISt
frequently aepenaeni upon causes me uuwi invm.
Rodney was a great gambler, and had retired to
hi cTaditors. nreviouelv to the
breaking out of the wap between that coun;ryand
Great Britain, in lf777j It was said that one "of
the French Ministry iojffered him employment in
the navy, but that he rejected the offer with in
dignation, and that thereupon the Minister in
question offered himjthe means of returning
home. He accepted tbem, and, on his arrival in
England, applied for employment The com
mands of a neet going out to tne vr est xnuies was
given to him, and he was instructed to throw tup
plies into Gibraltar, atj that time besieged by the
Spaniards, on his way! to nis destination, on tne
m niHrolt.r hn fall in anth 4 Snanish fleet
of eleven sail of the line, commanded by Admiral
- -w aV S a w a.
Don J uan de AAngara, ana aiier a running ut;us
which lasted ten hours, succeeded in capturing
five or six of them obe of them having blown
up daring the action, with the loss of every soul
twuirl rwiin f'afYnrwarH Admiral) Mho
bride, the erandfather, by the mother's side of
Edgar A. Poe, commanded a seventy-four (the
Bientaisant) in this action, ana a curious mciuoiu
isrecorded in connexion with his name. A Span
ish ship of eighty gus struck to him after a se
vere battle, and he was about to send a prizecrev
ha KriHnlch Cantain informed him
VU wuta v a " j- j
that half his crew were dying of a malignant
amail-nnT . Macbrida was in a dilemma, but was
m iflVMi bv tne Knaniara. wno ioia mm iaai ii
.. " '4 .. . i . . l I : c
be would trust to bis honor, be would take the
prize into Gibraltar and deliver it to tne proper r u
thnriHoa TTa tvr1r him at his word, and the Snan
iard was true to the very letter. This was genuine
chivalry, worthy of Castile in hor best days, and
the feeling which prompted it reminds us of the
Cidnor ot uayara, ratner tnan oi rauuom wm-
manders. it was scarce'y less cruuimoio vj ju.hu
bride than to the Spanish Captain. " So apt are
generous natures to understand each other, with
out explanation, by a sort of freomasonry which
more vulgar spirits cannot comprehend. . ;
"We had nearly forgotten our narrative. Rod
ney, aftf r relieving Gibraltar, went to the West
Indies, where in company with Gen. VaughaM,
he captured and pillaged St Eustatia. The wealth
on this island puts one in mind of the enchanted
castles and grottos fiilled with bags of gold, of
which the "Arabian ;Nights" are so' full. Rjdney
had an ample opportunity to recruit his . broken
fortunes, and he availed himself of it to the utter
most He filled an enormous merchant fleet with
the plunder, (valued at 5,000,000 sterli.g.) and
sent more than half nisequadron toconvoy it It
was nevertheless nearly all recaptured by the!
Freneb, and the absence of so large a- portion of
his fleet rendered it necessary for him to aban
don the West India waters to the French Admi
ral Count de Grassej That officer, without being
followed, was enabled to carry his fleet into the
Chesapeake and render the capture of Corn wallis
and the independence of the Colonies a certainty.
Had not Rodney been without so large a portion
of his fleet, he would either not have permitted
him to go, or he would have followed him and,
uniting with Graves, in all probability have de
feated him in our waters. Corn wallis would have
escaped, and the independence ot America would
have been postponed for many -years. So St
Kustatia saved the American cause, and there
would have been no plunder of St. Eustatia if
there had not been war with the Dutch, and there
would have been nb war with the Dutch if Mr,
Laurens had succeeded in sinking his dispatches.
Mr. Laurens was sent to the Tower and con
fined, at first, with great1 rigor. After a while,
however, bis hea th having given way under the
confinement,- he was allowed to take the air, at
certain stated hours, in the court yard of his pria
on. . On one occasion, having met and conversed
with Lord George Gordon, who was Under ! trial
for the riots he had gotton up in London on the
Catholic question, he was instantly remanded i to
bis dungeon, and during the remainder of his
'captivity rigidly confined. He was exchanged,'
we believe, for Corn wallis. It was a remarkable
I coincidence that Corn wai lis neia at toe u ui
office of keeper of the Tower ot London, and was
thus exchanged for a man who a aa his own cap-
' tive.
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NO 48
THE MASON AND SLIDELL AFFAIR.
. WABHiNOTOir, Not. 18.Lrd Lyon ha not
behaved like a diplomatist since the: news or tne
capture of Messrs. Mason md SlidelU Unoffici
ally he is almost Impertinent, and in conTersalion
he assume that the United State must yield the
point in controTOTST, disavow the act T Cap
Wilkes, and return Messrs. Mason and Slidell to
E The'spanSsh Minister has openly declared that
if Messrs. Mason and Slidell had been taken from
a Spanish ship, be would have immediately ae
jnanded his passports, T '.. . . . ?
Lord Lyons is said to have assumed a mMM- m
ing tone, and to hare declared that Messra. Mason
and cutdaii must oe giTan up, w -r.-.
tion made for the offence offered to tha JJritisn
crowns. ' --..'r : . -
Nothing of this kind has been officially inwm-
. j l . t : j: . tnosn AznreSSIOn
of hostility and disapprobatioo have been.unguard-
The special Washington correaponaeu
Vaa Vrtrb TWca nf tha 17lh inst.. SSTS there la
Inoreasine confidence in tha eat ire correctness ot
the conduct oi Capt. wusea in wiang
miAcM Mil M ,mr. and I am informed that bee-.
retary Chase has expressed his regret that Com-
manaer v uses aia noi uiw saiua uwq
British mail TeeseL
at Washington corresDondent of tbe
Cincinnati Gazette, of the 16th inst says that all
are delighted at the seizure of Messrs. Slidell and
Mason and their Secretaries, Messre. Eustis and
McFarland, except tne diplomatists, wno growi
over tha eTent." It is said that Lord Lyons ia
especially angry, and it is even reported that
he has demanded nis parsporis.
" The special Washington correspondent of the
Louisville Journal of the 19th inst , says that al
thoush there appears to be plenty of law to sus
tain Com. Wilkes, Lord Lyons is very noisy, and
nh;io Koirxr onmrutllmi to remain officially silent,
he is unofficially impudent in all bis conversationa
I . . 1 r .11 I .I WA.AAn
and assumtstnat mere win oe no ijuranuu
hi. nnniimant and the Government of tbe Uni
ted States, because the latter will apologiza.and re-
turn mason ana oiiaen. ju.njr uii'ibiuoi.,
including some friendly to the Federal Govern
ment, ex press the opinion, unreservedly, that there
will be war with England. J ' , ,
, TnBAVT. Nt - 18. The Globe and Leader
have severe articles On the seizure of Messrs. Ma
son and Slidell.' The Globe says it will add to
lha aipanorth and dif nitv of the American Gov
ernment if the captives are liberated without the
reuiouBiraui-u vi . v .
says it is an insult to whickthe meanest Govern
ment on earth would not bmit. : -
GRANP REVIEW A bHAMi BATTLE.
Wasikqton, Nov. 22. Geh. Smith's , divis
ion, including the brigades of Gens. Hancock,
BrooksJaad Brannon, and Moll's and Barr'a bat
teries, apd Friedman's cavalry, was to have been
reviewed this afternoon by Gen. M Clellan, but
as public business prevented him from being'
present, Gen. Smith himself reviewed the divis
on. After passing in review the regimenU were
drawn up in line of battle, the artillery occupying
promineui points, and Friedman's cavalry having
been posted in a position to make a charge.
The infantry and artillery first opened the fire,
which was continued by the entire division for
tearly an hour, movements as ia actual battle
being observed. They imagined tBe enemy to be
in the direction ot Lewinsville.
Ayer's battery, which occupies Stnoot's Hill,
took part in the engagement Tbe exercises were
closed by charge, from Friedman' cavalry on a
fancied column of the ; enemy's infantry. The
only accident was that to Charles renter, of
company, I, of Philadelphia, who ' was thrown
from his horse and severely injured.. Both the
review and thesham battle were in the highest de
gree creditable to Gen. ' Smith's division, and
showed that it has rapidly progressed in discipline
and efficiency. , i . 1;
GEN. A. S. JOHNSTON TO THE GOVSRN
. " OR OF ARKANSAS. .'
Below is the letter addressed by Gen. A S.
Johnston to Gjv. Roctor, of Arkansas, declining
to receive twelve months' volunteers, unless they
were armed.: , "
To His Excellency, II. M. Rector, Governor of
Arkansas, Little Rock : .
Governor Since making my call upon you for
troops, of Sept 23, 1 have ascertained that the
ardor of our people in defence of their rights haa
brought so many to our colors, for the war, in the
Confederate States, and is bringing so many .in
Kentucky, that itia neither necessary nor judi
cious to accept unarmed volunteers tor a period
less than the war, or three, years. Under thia
state of facts, I beg your Excellency to annul -the
call, made at my request, for, twelve months' men,
except such companies, battalions or regiments
as present themselves efficiently armed and equip
ped; and to disband all companies and regimenU
assembled without arms and not;. muttered into
service. Ai;d, at the same time, I trust you will
be pleased to make knon to the volunteers my.
appreciation of their , patriotism in coming for
ward so promptly at your summons. y
By my own orders I will disband all those mus
tered into the service who were raised under the
call and are unarmed at tbe different rendezvous.
Under the provisions of law, the troops who have
been mustered into the Confederate service will
receive transportation in kind, or commutation, to
their tomes ; and I will direct my Quartermas
ters to furnish transportation on the railways for
all those who have joined the rendezvous (but
who the public interest makes it no longer expe
dient to receive) to the point nearest their place
of assembling. ;
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient ser
Taat,' V ! A S. JOHNSON,
. ., GeneralCS. A.
COMMODORE TATNALL ATTACKS THE
' FEDERAL FLEET IN COCKSlUR
ROADS THE YANKEES IN POSSES
SION OF WARSAW. ' .
Savakhab, Not. 27. Commodore Tatnall,
with three small steamers and one gun-boat at
tacked the Federal fleet in : Cockspnr Roads on -yesterday.
The engagement touted one hour,
and from $0 to 50 shots " were exchanged. No
person was injured on our side. The effect of the
firing on tbe enemy is . unknown. ' Failing to
draw the fleet under the guns of Fort Pulaski,
Com. Tatnall withdrew.. There are now six
large vessels inside of the bar, and one large
frigate was to wed over yesterday afternoon. The
enemy has pickets all around Tybee Island, aa
far.as King's landing, v
: It is reported that the Yankees have taken
possession of Warsaw, and that they ard prepar
ing to attack Fort Pulaski. ' .
, , Pkacb PBOSPxemAn I o a Captain, cap
tured in. the battle at Belmont, , status . that be
Federal troops engaged were, all picked men,
sprung originally trom Etehiucky and Tennessee
families, and were supposed, therefore, to be able
to cope with th Tennesseeans. ' He says tha rea
son of the activity of the Lineolnites at tbe pres
ent time is this : Congress meet the first of next
month, and unless they make some show of con
quering the Sooth the peace party at lb North
will overwhelm everything, and force Congress to
makepeace. Ho say tha peace party at the
North is growing fast