.- TxE PBEss,
t old,( lED PAHA' (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,)
111- .101 IN IV. FORNEY,
t ;c1:. No. 111 SOUTH -.FOURTH STREET.
.1 7 .; DAILY PRE.SS,
Pre Wank, paynble to the Carrier,
tt , so,rrilicrs out or the City lit ElOlll DOLLAR{
Foot DM ABB FOR SIN. DIONTITS, Two Dore
Tuna. Illearue—invariably in advance for the
d , rr ,
VIC TEI-WEEKLY PRESS,
11 , i 1,4 to StIbt,VVIIHOR out of the City at Fon t D oL ,
ANNUM, hl ad Vance,
WHOLESALE HOUSES.
•;.1,w001), WHITE, CO.,
1 No, 509 MARKET STREET,
atimitiou to a large awl varied assorlment of
FEINTS, of desirable Fall Styles.
lIE`T~li DR
DELAINES,
41. 4, New Colorings and Styles.
‘'AI, SKIRTS,
High colored, end in large variety
f..IIII3TING FLANNELS,
In large variety.
00,11111 A, Nov. Zitit, UM, no27-12t
11111 - GOODS JOBBERS.
.. -
IitIMAS, MELLOR t CO.,
,c,[lS}t AND GERMAN IMPORTERS,
40 AND 42 NORTH THIRD STREET.
GLOVES,
SHIRTS AND DRAWERS, 41 LINENS
FANri WOOLEigS, LINEN C. lIDKFS
~yrFACTITIVERS OF, SITIRT PRONTS
MILLINERY oOODS.
1-10 S. 'KENNEDY ct 33R0.
CrIESTIVITT STREET, BELOW EIGHTH,
HAVE NOW READY THEIR
FALL IMPORTATIONS OF FRENCH
FLOWERS, FEATHERS,
AND GENERAL MILLINERY GOODS
j 62.. FALL. 1862 .
WOOD 8,1 CARY,
E-ortS. TO LINCOLN, WOOD. & NICHOLS.
rs.ir in store
COMPLETE STOOK -
or
MILLINERY GOODS,
..111 of
NI:, 'VELVET, AND COLORED STRAW
BONNETS AND HATS,
FE ENC. 11 FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS. Sta..
illoy roseeetfully invite the attention of the
ei the House and the trade generally.
„--
GENT'S FURNISHING :GOODS
;LA NNEL AND CLOTH OVER.
SHIRTS
, .
FINE LINEN AND MUSLIN SHIRTS,
.;,:oral or
( tondo to order, of the most approved eat,
171"ant , 2(1 t‘t
A 7 ,NTLEMEN'S WRAPPERS,
lorgeM and best assortment in the city,
ufiIICLOTHINO, HOSIERY, GLOVES, TIES. &c
WHOLESALE AliD RETAIL
0: A. HOFFMANN
~,~t'.isSlM
QII G. ARRISON,
.1
IMPORTER AND MANUFACTURER OF
GENTLEMEN'S
FINE FURNISHING GOODS,
No .3.1 AND .3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
'First Store above Market Street.
(FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE'S.)
llc ii-talOWll reputation of this Establishment for
ki;nir FINE GOODS at MODERATE PRICES will be
P. celebrated IMPROVED-PATTERN SHIRTS,
ftir popular, enu - be supplied at short notice.
FLANNEL AND CLOTIt OVERSKIRTS,
In Great Variety. ocll4f
..
GEOR GE .GBANT,
MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN
ANTS' YURNISIIING GOODS,
No.-020 CHESTNUT STREET. ei
VINE SHIRT .MANUFACTORY.
The subwriber would invite attention to his
IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, '
Which
Which he mices a specialty, in his business. Also. con
,llutty T:CaVtag
IWYELTVLS. FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
.5.. W. SCOTT,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
No, 514 CHESTNUT STREET.
Four doors below the Continental,
CARPETS A'ND OIL CLOTHS.
yarRTII-STREET CARPET STORE,
No, 47 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
a . . T. DEEACROIX
an examination of, his stock of Carpetinge, in
'Which will be found
250 prr.ca , BRITSBELS CARPZTINGS,
than present coot of importation
pieces extra Imperial, three-ply, anPerline,
.:1-liana. and low-grade Ingrain, Venitian, Hall, and
tarpetiugs at retail, very low for cash. noB-an
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.
'WILLIAM YA'RNALL,
DEALER 111 HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 1020 .CHES'ENUT STREET,
-'•;-n , I,r the bale of HALEY, MORSE, & BOYDEN'S
PATENT SELF-:kJ/JUSTIN°
CLOTHES-WRINGER,
red to be the beet CLOTHES-WRINGER in nse.
101 1 wrMs the largest Bed Quilt or smallest Hand
,:.:o,h•fd:lpr than can posslbir be (Jonah)? hand, in very
B.—tl liberal discount will be made to dealers.
SEWING MACHINES.
TnE WILCOX & GIBBS
FA.3IILY
SEWING MACHINES
, : ,A l , en greatly improved, making It
E'N'TIEBLY NOISELESS,
", -t ..w:1115...1C - adjusting hemmers, are now ready for sale
FAIRBANKS & EWING,
715 CHESTNUT Street.
II - HEELER & WILSON
snwiNG- MACHINES,
62.8 CHESTNUT STREET, 4.
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
p OBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
tivrthea-: Corner Fourth and RACE Streete,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESA.LE . DRUGGISTS,
IAWORTERS AND DEALERS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
''` , 'lN DOW' AND PLATE GLASS,
MAICITRACTORERS OF
WHITE LEAD AND ZINC PAINTS, PITTTY, &c
.ViENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
'I'It ENC I H ZINC PAINTS.
1 :411 , .1, and consumers supplied at
VERY LOW PRICES FOR CASH.
CABINET FURNITURE.
' LIAR F
ABL ES URNITURE AND BIL-
D T.
MOORS & CAMPION,
ho 201 South SECOND Street,
with their extensive Cabinet Business, are
indnkiliteturing a superior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
now on hand a hill supply finished with the
& CAMPI IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which
Pruaouriced by all . who have need them to be suPe
'others,
, „', l ;r quality and finish of these Tables the mann
,.:4srs refer to their numerous patrons l:trotte , hoot
Ilion who are familiar with the character of their
aunam
HOTELS.
BrtANDRETH HOUSE,
Tnyr of BROADWAY, CANAL, and LISPENARD
STREETS, NEW YORK.
C ( 'NDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN,
41 ,ore Hotel is located in the most central part of
r.
~iohY, and can be reached by omnibus or city cars,
! A l
,eamboat landings and railroad depots.
rourna lo.e elegantly furnished. 3lany of tnem are
sorted in suits of communicating parlors and chem.
i r ,4...itble for families and parties travelling together.
f•f;rved nt all hours.
i i ,', l l, ,'l , c . , cons from fio cents to per dal.
Leouts from to $4.50 per day.
•
fm
JOS. CURTIS At CO.
PIANOS.
TFIE FINEST ASSORTMENT
tO
11 , c ro of new, modern, and durable PIANOS, frfrom4.4 4.
1.1. •
ullloE'S World-renowned 3tELODEONS and
'44 , , 11 r , M5, for citah, at a great reduction, or in
0 10,1 t )- I netaimenie. JAMES &ULAN., 270 and
FIFTH Street, above Spruce. se4-3m*
COAL.
UNDERSIGNED BEG
inror_m their Mends and the public that
r,•ino •ed their LEHIGH COAL DEPOT from
WHARF, on the Delawnre, te their
i,"; .1 rt hwest corner of .EIGHTH and 'WILLOW
rihrre they intend to keep the hest quality of
Prir / rem th e Theat approVed mines, at the
Your Patroutwo Is revectfully solicited.
JOS, WALTON & CO,,
~.1 Office, in South SECOND Street.
norm! autt WILLOW. - • • 'lnkt-tf
USEFUL AND ACCEPTABLE
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
PRESENTS.
Asks the special attention of Purchasers of Passarre
rot?. THE
COMING HOLIDAYS,
to his extensive stock of articles suitable for that pur
pose.
. , 'PRESENTS
In: all OMER kinds of LACE GOOO :
Lace Giffures and Rubes.
Babies'Robes and Waists.
Laces by the yard.
All - kinds Lace Sleeves. ,
Do Bands and Flouncing's.
Do 'Embroideries.
20 dozep Cambric Handkerchiefs, Embroidered with
Initials, Jest received..
20
20 dozen Canabriclinftled Handkerchiefs, Embroidered
in Colors.
10 dozen Valencienne Loco Handkerchiefs 3
00 dozen Gents' nud Children's: Printed-bordered Hand
kerchiefs.
10 dozen Ladies' Ivory . Initial Cuff Buttons.
20 pieces 5-1 French Muslin, 2 yards wide, for Party
dcesF.es, at old Prieos•
A Complete Stock of WHITE G 0 ODS at LOW
PRICES.
Linen Napkins at Old. Prices.
_
Any of the abo - i'e will make a useful and beautiful
OnaisrstAs . Pitusincr, and Buyers will end it to - their
advantage to inspect. my. stock before-making their
Furchases, as, with few exceptions, it is offered at OLD
arces, and cheaper than present wholesale rates.
No. 606 ARCH Street
PHILADELPHIA.
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RETAIL DRY GOODS.
E. M. NEEDLES,
No. 1.024 CHESTNUT STREET,
'FOR PRESENTS :
Ladies' and tents' Colored . Bordered Handkerchiefs
Do do , Roinstitched do
Do do In 2, 2 0 1 . 2 ' and 3 iuch wide hems.
Do do Printed Borders,
Do do French and clear Lawn,
Do do In all kinds of Lace,
Ladies' Handkerchiefs, of all kinds.
Gents' Handkerchiefs, of all kinds.
Children's Handkerchiefs, of all kinds.
The Best assortment of. Handkerchiefs in the city.
FOR PRESENTS
Thread Lace Veils, $2 and upwards.
Cambric Lace Veils, 75c. and upwards.
Pointe Lace Collar Sets, $1.50, and upwards
French Work do, all prices.
JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
IMPORTERS AID CASH DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
•
727 CHESTNUT STREET:
.Have just received, and are now offering, magnificent
lines of
SITAR'S, SHAWLS, AND DRESS GOODS,
ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THIS SEASON.
nol-2m
TINE CLOTH CLOAKS.
FINE FROSTED BEAVER CLOAKS
FIRE BLACK. TRICOT CLOAKS
MEDIUM-PRICED CLO ARS
FILE BLANKET SHAWLS.
EXTRA CHEAP BALMORALS
FINE LARGE BLANKETS.
SUPERFINE FROSTED BEATERS
CASTOR BEATERS-TRICOTS.
BOYS' FINE CLOTHING.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER.
COOPER .c CONARD;
n 02541 S. R COR. NINTH :& MARKET Sts
E R.ENCH .:EIEBROIDERIES )
SELECTED EXPRESSLY . •
FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
Ladies' Embroidered and Hem-Stitched HandkerChiefS.
,Children's do. do. do. do. `
Gentlemen's do. do. do. do.
Ladies' Embroidered Setts and Collars.
Misses' do. do. do,
Comprising all of the newest varieties and at very low
prices.
•SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRISON,
de4-thstolOt 100 S CHESTNUT Street.
1013 MARKET STREET STILL
- _AHEAD !—I am. now seUint BleaChad and
Brown MI/SLII at 14c, by the piece; Heavier Bleached
at 16e; one case Very Heavy; widepl.Sl‘c, by the piece,
worth 20 by the case ; Finer and Closer do., 24 inches
wide, at 20e, by the piece; several cases full yard wide, •
at tee.; Extra Fine at lie. -
One easelia yards wide, bleached, first-rate quality, at
23c, by the piece.
One ease yards wide, heavy bleached, at 25c.
One lot 2;4 yards wide, good'qUality, at 50e. Worth 623
cents.
Heavy Brown Muslin at 20 and 22e; the Very Heaviest,
2de ; as well as every quality iu the market.
One lot good Canton Fianna at 22c. ,
One lot good Bleached:Canton Flannel at 22e, worth at
least He,
One lot very Heavy Bleached Cinton Flannel at Ha.
One case extra Heavy Brown, at 2.5 e..
Two eases superior Heavy Brown, at 311.4 e. : -
One case Hamilton Brown, nearly yard wide, 350.
One case Hamilton Bleached very 'heavy; at SW °.
These Goods are all much cheaper than the case price.
Having bought them early in the season, I am able to sell
them very cheap.
One lot heavy Colored:Canton 'Fennel, suitable for
SocietieS, 2.5 c ; 110 pieces
,Calico, for Comfortablesl, at
21)4c, by-the:piece; 1,000 pounds Jute Laps, for filling
Comforts, at 2i cents per pound.
• GRANVILLE B.JTAINES.
deSOt N 0.1013 MARKET Street, above Tenth.
FLANNELS.-GRAY FLANNELS AT
-a- 45 and 50 eta.: Red do. 3134, $234", and 35--thesi are
by the piece ; one bale very heavy gray twilled at 50 eta.,
worth 0 ) , at least ; all wool white at and S'.3 eta. ;
Bal
3ardvale do. in al Lthe qualities; 'Shaker Flannels, war
ranted unshrinkable, - -
Striped Flannels, for Fancy Shits; and an excellent
assortment of all kinds, which Lam selling very cheap.
GRANVILLE B. HAINES,
deg.& 1013-MARKET Street, abovee Tenth.
T AMES' CLOAKING'S.
FROSTED SEALSKINS.
BROWN SEALSKINS..
BLACK SEALSKINS.
BLACK TRICOT. ,
- , BLACK BEANTR'CLOVHS. "
BLACK UNION CLOTHS. •
BLACK FRENCH:AND GERMAN
BROAD, CLOTHS.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER..
4500.52, and 454 N. SECOND St., above 'Willow
WINTER DRESS GOODS
I AT 2i, 31, AND SL'A' CENTS PER YARD,
From recent auction sales, desirable Style=, which we
are matting off cheap.
CURWEN STODDART & BROTHER,
450, 452, and 454 N. SECOND Si., above Willow.
TIVOCTIE LONG SHAWLS,
-4- OF PARIS AND VIENNESE FABRICS,
In new and choice Bemigns and Coloring=....
PRICES AS LOW AS EVER.
de6-3t3 CURIVEN STODDART & BROTHER,
450, 452, and 4-51 N. SECOND St., above Willow
VYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND
ARCH, bate a fine stock
Blankets, Extra Size.
Blankets, Ribbon Bound.
Blankets, Wholesale.
Blankets, Dark Grays.
WYRE & LANDELL, FOURTH AND
_
- 11 - 4 ARCH, always keep the best makes of Long CLOTH
SHIRTING MUSLIN'S by the piece ; also, good LlREags
for Collars and 'Fronts.
4_4S II AKER FLANNELS FOR
SKIRTS.—These Flannels are unshrinkable, and
extra stout for 'Winter Skirts. EYRE & LAN D ELL,
des-tt FOTRTH and ARCH Streets.
CHOICE DRY GOODS--JUST RE
CEIVED, '
Brown Poplins,'Plain and Figured.
Brown Wool Poplins, Double Width.
Merinoes of all Shades.
Wool D'Laines, Plain and Figured.
Cotton and Wool D'Laines—a nice line.
Figured Merinoes.
A tall liue of Plain Shawls. -
A furl line of Gay- Shawls.
One lot of Black Figured Mob:firs, at 2.,c♦
Six lots of Brown Alpacas, choice.
A full line of Cassiineres.
A full line of Vesting. JOHN H. STOKES,
ocS 702 AMR street,
CLOAKL.NG CLOTHS.
SUBLIME QUALITY.
Jelmuny's Frosted!Beavers. •
Medium-priced Frosted Beavers.
Thick and line French Beavers.
Tricot, Castor, and Union Beavers.
Mohair and Sealskin Cloaking,s,
Superfine Cassimeres, viz.
Silk Mixes—Black, neat fancies—
Boys'—Extra heavy—Union—Meltens, &c., &e.
6-I Coatings and Overcoatings.
Novelties in fancy Vestings.
BALMORALS.
One hundred pieces 25-cent Delaines.
Auction lots tine Black Alpacas.
Fine Merinoes and Poplins.
Black Poplins, 8.7c.,V, $1.25.
Fine Blankets and Flannels.
BOYS' CLOTHING.
Experienced Cutters, good Cloths, and
Good work—Garments made to order.
COOPER & CONARD,
not-tf S. E. corner NINTH. and MARKET Streets
DRY GOODS FOR WThITER,
Rep. Poplins,
French Merinos,
Colored Mousselilies,
Fonit De Soles,
Foulard Silks,
Blanket Shawls,
Balmoral Skirts,
Black Silks,
Fancy Silks,
Black Bombazines,
Worsted Plaids,
_Cheap Delaines,
- French Chintzes,
Shirting Flannels,
Brodie Shawls,
Fine Blankete,
Crib 'Blankets.
SHARPLESn BROHER%
poll - ii - CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets
NEW SHAWL AND CLOAK STORE,
No. 715 North TENTH Street.
We have just opened, next door to our Dry-goods
Store ' a SHAWL AND CLOAK STORE,
s _
Where there will always be found a ooleFiele annort -
Meat of
Long and Square Blanket Shawls.
Broche Long Shawls.
Striped Broths Shawls.
Also, the newest and latest styles of
FALL AND WINTER COVBRINOLti
Of Water-proof Melton Black French Baum.
Black French Tricot, Black French Beaver.
Plain and Ribbed Frosted Beaver Cloths.
Coverings made to order at short notioc_,.
BALMORAL SKIRTS! BAL3IORAL MITTS!
MO Fall large-size at 16.00, worth WA.
150 17,
am „
These are the cheapest Bain/orals in the Zity.
SEASONABLE DRESS GOODS, OP EVRRY VARIBTY.
H. STERL & SON.
no Nes. 713 and 715 N. TENTH at., ab. Goatee,
• F . _
I 6-
ZINC, ARMY, AND TOILET MIRROR'S,
The
be in the world for Anish and durability.
B. M.- S.
- The best brand Silk-finished
VELVET RIBBONS.
Sole :tent, BENJAMIN M. SMITH,
155 DUANE Street, near West Broadway
sefi43m New York.
FRENCH MUSTARD.:----PURRETY
BIARNE'S Imuortpd Mustard, for sale in store and
to arrive, by the sole agent,
• OFfARLES . CARSTAIRS.
No. 130 WALNUT Street.
FANCY ARTICLES.
CLARE'S
ONE-DOLLAR STORE.
602 CHESTNUT'STREET.
Silver-plated Ware, Jewelry, Photograph Albums,
Travelling Bags, Pocket Books, Port Monnaies, Cabas,
&c., for SO to 100 per cent less than the regular prices.
The following is a partial list of articles which we sell
at ONE DOLLAR EACH. The same goods are sold at
other places from $2 to $8 each :
YOUR CHOICE, FOR ONE DOLLAR!
Ladies' Sets, new and beautiful styles,
Do. Pins,
Do, Ear RingS.
Do. - Sleeve Buttons,
Do. Guard Chain,
Do. Neck do.. .
Do, Gold Thimbles,
Do. Finger Rings,
Do. Pencils,
Do. Pens with ease,
Do, Bracelets,
Do. Medallions,
Do. Charms,
Do. Pearl Port Monnitice,
Do, Morocco do.
Do. Wire do.
Do. Purses,
Do. Card Cases,
Infants' Armlets,
Do. Neck Chains,
Gents' Vest Chains, different Styles.
Do, Sleeve Buttons, - do. do.
Do, Studs, do.do. -
Do. Pins, do. do.
Do, Scarf Pins, do. do. -
Do, Scarf Rings. do. do.
Do. Finger Rings, do. do
Do. Pen and Case,
Pencil. revolving. -
Do.. Tooth Pick, rovoliving,
Do.- Watch Keys,
Do. Chain Hooks,
Do, Chain Charms, '
Do. Pocket Ilooks,
Do. Bill Books,
Do. I. o yt Ifonnaies. Ste.
SILVER-PLATED WARE.
YOUR CHOICE FOR ONE- DOLLAR!
Sets of Table Spoons,
Do. Dessert Spoons,
' Do. Tea do.
Do. Forks,
Pair Butter Knives,
Do. Napkin Rings,
Knife and Fork.
Goblets,
Cups,
Sugar Bowls,
Cream CUM
Syrup Cups,
Butter Dishes,
Castors with Bottles,
Salt Stands - , &c. - -
.X42.IZWXILMF..ANY_O.F_THE ABOVE ARTIC.VS
NOTICR—In order to
cnstomere, We.averr sum.teM - I.7.rad -
All-Gold .lewelrv, together with an assortment of heavy
ploted Silver Ware, and a • variety of Photograph- al
bums and Fancy Goods, which we will sell at prices
which will defy competition. Ladies and Gentlemen are
Invited t. , call and examine our stock. Every attention
paid to visitors whether they wish to purchase or not.
Remember CLARK'S
ONE-DOLLAR STORE,
60% CHESTNUT Street.
nol -2n21
FINANCIAL.
j'OED:T C. CAPP & SON,
STOCK & NOTE BROKERS,
Na. 23 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE MECHANICS' BANK.
STOCKS AND BONDS
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION AT THE
BOARD OF BROKERS.
MONEY INVESTED
AND NOTES AND LOANS !NEGOTIATED ON THE
BEST TERMS.
de3m
G L ,
SILVER,
CITY WARR&NTS',
OLIDEMAND.TREASp'RY NOTES:
WANTED,•
PALMER ez HUEY,
No. DI SOUTH THIRD STREET,'
Three doors above Chestuat
no2&stuth6t*
OLD S G
SILVER,
DEMAND NOTES,
QUARTERMASTERS' VOUCHERS,.
CHECKS ON WASHINGTON, and
CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS WANTED,
3.10 NOTES FOR S4E. • !.
DREXEL & 004
- n023.-bn. 341- SOUTH THIRD STREET.
U. S.
FIVE-TWENTIES,
OR,
TWENTY-YEAR SIX PER CENT. BONDS,
PAYABLE AT THE OPTION OF. THE GOVERNMENT
AFTER FIVE TEAMS.
lam Instructed by the SECRETARY OF THE TERI
SUET to receive subscriptions for the above
AT
Interest will commence from the DATE OF SUBSCRIP
TION, and is PAYABLE IN GOLD at the Mint, or any
Sub-Treasury or Depositors - of the United States, on the
first days of May and November of each year. At the
present PREMIUN ON GOLD, these Bonds yield about
EIGHT per cent. per annum.
- A full supply always on hand.
JAIL' COOKE,
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT,
no6-tf 114 SMITH THIRD STREET.
U. S. REVENUE STAMPS.
UNITED STATES REVENUE
S T AMPS.
I have received the following, for sale
AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT, 6 and 10 cents,
CHECKS, 2 cents.
EXPRESS, 1,2, and 5 cents.
PROMISSORY. NOTES or DRAFTS, 5, 10, 10, A, 30.40,
60 cents, $l, and $1.60.
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OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.
Extracts from the Official Correspondence
of Mr. Sewardi Mr. Adams, and the Earl
Russell, Touching the progress of the
Present Civil War, the Blockade, thepi
rate Alabama, &c., as Submitted to Con
gress.
The foreign correspondence transmitted to Con
gress is very voluminous. It commences = with
Great Britain as far back as November 22, 1881.
CONDUCT OF MR. BUNCH.
Mr. Adams, in his correspondence with Earl Bibs
sell, says, with respect to the conduct of Mr: Robert
Bunch, her Majesty's consul at Charleston, if;. it be
true that he made any.assurances, direct or In:l:plied,
to' the insurgents in, the United States of, a disposi
tion on the part of her Majesty's Golreinment, to
recognize them as a State, it was nowelear -that he
acted' utterly without authority. Mr. Adarns is
strutted to announce, as the result of the most calm
and impartial deliberation upon the question sub
mitted for.its decision, the necessity which his-Go
.iernment feels itself underto revoke the exequatai
of Mr. Bunch.
HOW WE SJIALL MEET pi-TER:VT:NUM:
,
We have:every motlye4ttey can have, .and 'many
other infinitely ,stronger motives,- for bringing the
war to the speediest possible successful conclusion.
We expect- that Great Britain will realize not only
this truth, but anotherimportant.one, namely, that
any solution of this controversy by a-division of the
Union - Would be detrimental to British commerce
and -to British prestige. ' Believing' this, we expect
that Great Britain 'will not become m patty in the
contest against the United, States. If, insensible to
these considerations,- the British Government shall
intervene; then .we must meet the . einergecy with
the spirit and resolution which becomes great
people:—Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, January 3)180. -t '
TH.E TRENT AJfIAIR,
Jr. Adams, to Secretary Seward, .Tanuory yr,
186* sayti he iizt,s reason to believe that the removal
of the carts belli in the T.l'ent atlhir has proyed a most
serious obstacle in the way or ail „the "calculations
made by the party disposed to sow - diWZIon be
tween the two countries. He alludes'td%9l - "fie,in:
of the party existing in London and elseofftife
England, having forlt s s,objeet th1 , ..r..ec0-a ,-.2 i - he issue
. . orrrest - ITTUME - 614AMIpilion with the aid of
Great Britain, surely the object for which the rebel,
lion against our Government was initiated—the pro
tection and perpetuation of slavery—ceases to be a
motive for resisting it further. If the course of tlfs'
'emissaries here be unauthorized, it ought to be ex—,
posed here to destroy all further confidence in them.
If, on the contrary, it be authorized, it 'should be
equally exposed to the people in the slaveholding
States. In either event, the eyes of the;people both
in Europe and America will be more effectually
opened to conviction of the nature and certain con
sequences of this great strnggle." Kr. Adams, in
the'foregoing remarks, alludes to the proposed treaty
of free trade, the prohibition of all import of slaves,
and thefreedom of all blacks born hereafter.
OUP POLICY WITII BRITAIN.
Mr. Seward, January 31, 1862, says : "We shall
practice toward Great Britain not only justice but
moderation, and even liberality, in all the exciting
transactions which this unhappy domestic ,contest;
of ours shall produce. We have not left'Great'
Britain in doubt of our own confidence in our ability
to maintain the integrity of the Union, or of our
grounds for it, notwithstandingthe embarrasiment
which we experience in the indirect suppOrt which
the insurgents derive from nations whime rights we
have'invariablv re,spected. * I have
observed that the British people were satisfied with
the vigor and the energy of the' preparations which
their Government made for 'the war which they ex
pected to occur between them and ourselves. It
may be profitable for us all to reflect that the mili
tary and naval preparations which have been made
by this Government, to put down the insurrection.
have every day, since the- Ist of May last, equalled:
if not surpassed, the daily proportion of those iv r
preparations which were regarded as so demonetret
tiv e in Great Britain."
Mr. Yancey has labored indefatigably upon..the
newspaper press, and not without a good deal of sue
cess. It is said, though I know not with What tiuth,
that large sums have been expended in this direction.
The condition of the press is now so peculiar intthis
country that it is unusually open to such influences.
—Mr. Adams, Feb. '4;1862.
. I am not conscious of having left anything luidone
that could be done to enlighten the British Govern
ment and the British public upon the merits of .the
question. The solution of it must be left to those
who are expected to assume the responsibility.
One thing is certain, so far as any future political
event can be, and that is, that neither with nor
without foreign aid will this tinion be permitted by
thei,American people to fall.:—Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams,
Feb. i, 1862.
. Air. Seward, February 13, 1862, says " It has been '
only European sympathies and European 'aid that
have enabled our disloyal' citizens 'to • prolong. the
civil war. The commercial advantages which Great
Britain derives from her present policy are, a trade
with the insurgents in articles contraband of war,
and in less illegitimate merchandise introduced into
the disloyal States in contravention of a rigorocus
blockade. Besides this commercial ' advantage.
Great Britain gains the security of an acknciw:
ledgment of her immunity, as a neutral,
..by the
pirates who are engaged in destioying our. com
merce. But "the pirates are outlaws, having the
control of not one port in our own country. 'On the
other hand, what inconveniences do not result to
Great Britain herself from her unnecessary and un
deserved concessions to the insurgents? Alarms,
apprehensions, and preparations for war with that •
one of all the nations whose Constitution and habits
most incline it to peace, and which, if left in the en
joyment of peace, is always at once the most liberal
in its supplies of material and provisions to the Bri
tish Manufacturers, and the most liberal consumer of
their fabrics. Has not the policy of Great Britain in
regard to our internal troubles been adhered to long
enough? This is a question for the British Gcipera--
ment. If the British Government shall still think it
necessary to persevere, is it asking too much of them
that they shall lend the protection of their courts to
the enforcement of the neutrality which the
Queen's proclamation commands Will they stand
by and see the Bermuda again fitted out with mo
tions and arms by British subjects to be employed
by insurgents in their attempt to overthrow the
Government of the United States." etc.
THE SLAVERY QUESTION. •
The Administration was elected and came into its
trust - upon the ground of its declared opposition to
the extension of slavery. -The party of . alavery, for
this reason, arrayed itself against not only th,e Ad
ministration, but the Union itself, and inaugdrated
Lint-the overt) owlof the Unioriand the.
anent of an exclusive siayeholding Conte-
deracy.
Without surrendering the political prineiptt.•
meet them in the battlefield and in defence orthe
Union. The 'contest for life absorbs all the interest •
that had existed, growing out of the previous con- •
Bid of Ideas. But what must be the effect 3- If the
Confederacy prevails, slavery will have a cOnstitu
tional, legitimate, and acknowledged state, devoted to
itself as the paramount object of national existence.
If the Union prevails, the Government will be ad
ministered by a majority hostile to the fortification
and perpetuation of slavery. Slavery in the slave
holding States will there be left in the care of the
people of those States just as it was lßft at the or
ganization of the Government in all of the States
except Massachusetts. It might admit of. doubt
whether it would not have been able'to recover its
former strength had the slaveholding States acqui
esced in the election and avoided civil war. But
what ground is there •to fear such a' renewal of
strength after having been defeated in arms againit
the Unionl
What is the operation of the war 3 We have en
tered Virginia, and already five thousand slaves,
emancipated simply by the appearance of our forces,
are upon the hands of the Federal Government
there. We have landed upon the coast of, South
Carolina, and already nine thousand similarly
emancipated slaves hang upon our camps.
Although the war has not' been waged against
slavery, yet the army acts immediately as an emanci
pating crusade. To proclaim the crusade is un
necessary, itild it would evenbe inexpedient, because
it would deprive us of the needful and legitimate
support of the friends of the Union who are not "op
posed to slavery, but who prefer Union without
slavery to disunion with slavery.—Mr. Seward 10 Mr.
Adams, Februaryl7,lB62.
PRF.YUDICED AGAINST US.
COLLECTOR,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1862
WASTIMGTOIY, Dec. 8; 1862
THE ENGLISH PRESS
OUR DETERMINATION
EFFECT OF EUROPEAN SYMPATHY
Mr. Seward, February 11, 1862, addressed a confi
dential despatch to Mr. Adams, commencing by say:
ing: " It is represented to us that eqUallyin Great
Britain and in France the cause of the Union is pre
judiced by the assumption that the Government '
which maintains it is favorable, or, at least, not
unfavorable, to the perpetuation of slavery. This
incident is one of the most curious and instructive
ones which has occurred in the course of this con
troversy." And during the despatch he remarks:
"Although the war has not been waged against
slavery, yet the army acts immediately as an eman
cipating crusade. To proclaim the crusade is un
necessary, and it would even be inexpedient, because
it would deprive us of the needful and legitimate
support of the friends of the Union without slavery
to disunion with slavery. • *
Who says this Administration is false to freedom?
Does it not acknowledge the citizenship as well as
the manhood of men wrthout respect to color 1 Has
it not made effective arrangements with Great Bri
tain to suppress the slave trade on the coast of Af-•
rica? Has it not brought into life the Fedbral laws
against the African slave trade, and is it not exe
cuting their severest penalties Besides, is it-not
an object-worthy of'practical men to confine slavery
within existing bounds, instead of suffering it tote
spread over the whole unoccupied portion of this
vast continent? Is it not favoring emancipation in
the Federal District, to be accomplished at the Go
vernment cost, and without individual injustice or
oppression? Does it not receive all who come into
the Federal camps to offer their services to the
Union, and hold and protect them against disloyal
claimants? Does it not favor the recognition of
Hayti and Liberia?" etc., etc. •
BRITISH INTEREST TO END THE WAR.
In a subsequent despatch to Mr. Adam,, Mr. Se
ward says : 'Of all foreign nations Great Britain
has the deepest interest in a speedy termination of
the conflict, and in a complete restoration of our
national commerce, as no other nation has' so great
an interest in the relations of permanent friendship
with the United States." Mr. Seward, in various
notes to Minister Adams, instructs him to:bring va
rious matters of complaint to the notice of her Ma
jestv's Government, including the conduct of the
master of the British steamer Gen. Miramon. This
Mr. Adams did, in a communication to Earl Russell ;.
the captain of the Miramon having taken .advan
tage of a privilege granted to him, to enter *3 port.
of Mobile, upon his profession of a desire to perform
an act of humanity, to abuse the confidence thus
placed in him by discharging ene cargo of merchan
dise. and taking off another, in violation of the
blockade known to be established at that place.
Earl Russell. in reply to Mr. Adams, acknowledges
the reecipt of the letter, which also called his atten
tion to the number of vessels loading cargoes in this
country, with the evident intention of running the
blockade; he replied, that if the facts, as alleged
against the captain of the Gen. Mlrturion, are not
susceptible of a satisfactory explanation, her Ma
jesty's Government would much regret that a Bri
tish shipmaster should have abused the confidence
of the cofflmander of a.United States blockading
squadron and as regards the second point, to which
Earl Russell's attention was called, he assures Mr.
Adams that the matter shall have a due considera
• tion of her Majesty's Government.
Mr. Seward, throughout the correspondence, ac
quaints Mr. Adams, from time to time, of the condi
tion of affairs in this country, and the prospects of
the Union cause.
ENGLISH FEELING.
There is, throughout England, a great deal of
warm though passive sympathy with America, but
there is likewise an extraordinary amount of fear as
well as of jealousy.—.. Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward,
March 27, 1862.
tAll WED VESSELS FITTING OUT.
Earl Russell to Mr. Adams, March 21, 1862, ears :
"You have not yourself, hitherto, furaishedtne with
evidence that any vessel has received a hostile or
warlike equipment in British waters, which has
been afterward used against the United States. The
care that was taken to prevent the warlike equip
...M9,t of the Nashville in British waters must he fa
:tnaffr to your recollection."
4,514 R BLOCKADE RECOGNISED,
With gard to co-operation with the policmgiblie
United fates in respect to the blockade, EarlmEns
sell says : " It would be an unheard-of measure to
prohibit merchants from sending ships to sea destined
to the Southern ports. Should such ships attempt
to violate the blockade, capture and condemnation
are the proper penalty of such attempts. But while
these attempts are made on the one side, the United
States GoVernment have willingly received in the
ranks of theirigarmy British subjects,' who violate
the Queen's proclamation in order to serve against
the Confederates. Nay, the laws of the United
States, by which parents can prevent the enlist
ment of their soxis; being minors, has been set aside
to the prejudice of British subjects; the fathers and
mothers of thoughtless lads of sixteen or seventeen
years of age. These evils are, perhaps, inseparable
from the unhappy contest now being- carried, on in
America. I can only trust it may have speedy
termination, suitable to the reputation of the United
States, and conducive to the fUture happiness of all
the inhabitants Oa country. so lately prosperous and
united.'
TEE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SEPARATION.
Earl Russell, in the House of Lords, in the debate
to which you have alluded, expressed the belief that
this country is large enough for two independent na
tions, and the hope that this Government will assent
to a. peaceful separation from the insurrectionary
States., A very brief sojourn among us, with an ob
servation of our mountains, rivers, and coasts, and
some study Of our social condition' and habits, would
be sufficient to satisfy him, on the cont4,gry, that the
country is not too large for one such prople as this,
and that it is and must always be too small for, two
distinct 'nations until the people shall have become
so demoraliied by faction that they are ready to en
ter the course which lends through continued subdi
visiontcjailtiniate anarchy. All the British specula
tions assume that the political elements which have
been bibug,ht into antagonism here are equal in vigor
and 'endurance. Nothing : however, is more certain
than that freedom and BitiVerk arc very uneqUal
these qualities, and that when these diverse elements
are eliminated; the former from the cause of sedition,
and the latter from the cause of the Government,
then the Government must prevail, sustained As it
is by the co-operating sentiments of loyalty, ofma
tional pride, interest, ambition, and the permanent
love of peace. *--Afr. Seward f o Mr, Adams April 1,
MORE ANGLO-RP:BEL WAR VESSELS.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams April 4, 1862,regrets to
be obliged to revert to,a subjeet Upon whieh he had
already-written to him more than Once. with deep
concern parnely : the fitting out of vessels of War in
'Engt7ini . for . the service of the ,insurgents.. Mr.
„Sevaid_ktyS he:is instrueteNE.ci-d
une
may have at last 'dolfie WheTl .1311441 i subjects;• de
liberately and wickedly engaged as abettors in .the'
existing. warfare against the GoVernment, may be
'subjected to some' restraint, or at least be made to
feel her Majesty's se'vere displeasure. The President
would not be ' content:without doing all, that lies in
his power to arrest a growing discontent on the part
ofthe American people, fast ripening into an aliena
tion which would perplex and embarrass the two
nations for an indefinite period. -* ,
Mr. Seward to Mr :Adams, April 26, 1862, says it
certainly is to be regretted that the British Govern
ment does not see fit TO arrest, in some way, the pre
ceedings-of the parties engaged in supplying the in
surrectionists in this country witlimaterial of war.
WHAT :NAPOLEON „THINKS. •
In at late visit - , to .Paris, however, where I had
Conferred; with Mr,.::Drayton,A had learned from
him thatin a personal- Conversation with`-the - Em
peror, in the courae,of which the latter had repro - -
sented the Urgency of the necessity, for j cotton, he
WA in reply, : . dwelt-upon the ''difticulties - experi
enced from.the effeetS of the Einperor'S recognition
of the belligerent right-of the rebels in prolonging
the war, and had pressed for the withdrawal Tot' , it.
The Emperor. had nrkshown - himself:averse to en,
tertaihing• the question; but had referred to his, co
with Great Britairt,. and' to the necessity
itimpesettof consultritiOri Withdt in this dase.r.
Adams to Nr.
,Scvard,.Apr,il 16, 1862..
OUR BLOCKADE INEFFEOTIVE.
Lord John Russell, in -a communication to Mr.
A demi, May 6th, says : ." The United States Govern
ment, on the allegation of a rebellion . pervading
from nine to eleven States of the Union, have now
for twelve months endeavored to maintain a block
ade of three thousand miles of coast. This blockade,
kept up irregularly, but when enforced, enforced se
verely, has seriously injured the trade and manufac
tures of the ;United -Kingdom. Thousands, of per
sons are now obliged to resort to the poor-rate for
subsistence, owing to this blockade ,• yet her Maks
t's.Governinenlhave never sought to take advan
tage of the obvious, imperfections of this blockade,
in order to declare it ineftective. They have, to the
loss and .detriznent of the British nation, scrupu
lously observed the duties of Great Britain towards
afriendly State."
. .
THE EMILY ST. PIERRE. -
Earl Russell, May? , 1862, informs Mr. Adams that,'
having consulted the law advisers of the Crown, her
Majesty's Govefnment are unable to comply with
the request for the restoration - of the Emily• Et.
Pierre, inasmuch as :they have no jurisdiction or
• legal power whatever to take or acquire_ possession
of her, or to interfere with her owners in relation to
their property)n her. [The vessel was captured by •
a 'United States cruiser for an attempt to break the
blockade of Charleston, and, while on her voyage to
Philadelphia for the purpose of being .-proceeded
against in . the Admiralty Court, was retaken from
the 'prize crew by the master, and some of her own
crew left on board of her, and brought into Liver- .
pool.] . .
WHAT OUR 'PREVIOUS POLICY HAS BEEN
x t .:WITH ENGLAND.
I then Ifintsll - :leave to suggest to his lordship
(Earl Russell) whether there was not another side
to the.picture. I thought I was in a situation to
present it, for I had hadpeculiar opportunities for
observing it, from' the fact that members of my
farnilrhad . .repeateidly been' called =to act on-the
scene. Tuniiediatelf after the ' peace of 1783 my
grandfather had been'sent here as the first minister.
He .came witha - disposition 'to establish the. most
friendly relaticfna. He had not been favorably lin
' pressed with the policy of the French Government,
and was anxious to equalize the balance of influence
in America: And so well was this known that the
King, George M. ' at his audience, appeared to Me
to have stepped to the verge of the proprieties of his
position in making allusion to it. Then was the first
rt
oppounity to conciliate America ; - and . Mr. Pitt
seemed to have conceived the idea. Had the dont
ranercial policy he recommended been adopted, - the
United States . would•have been more closely bound
to this country after their independence, than they
had ever' been Whilst colonies. In lieu of this, the .
principles% of Lord'Sheffield's pamphlet/were , ac
cepted, and itwas decided to await the possibilities
of an unfavorable issue to our experiment of Go
vernment. The natural consequence wits an aliena
tion, which ended in the war of 1812. At the close
'of that war my father was sent here to do . what" he
could to effect a re-establishment of amicable rela
tions. His disposition was all that could be wished.
It was met by indiflerence and repulsion. From that
period I had every, reason to knoW the imp - res-
MOrla that had gontfar to regulate his action as a
. public man dowati) the close of his life towards
Great Britain.--Itin.-Adatlis to Mr. Seward, May 15,
1862. .
ENGI.F4 I Is - 50&51ZEMNORTH.: -
Earl Russ elklin response to Mr. MOM, May 17,
1669 says : "The: arms and ammunition receive
•i r om Great Britain, as well as from other neutral
countries, have enabled the United States to fit out
the formidable armies now engaged in carrying on
the war against the Southern States ' while, by means
of the blockade established by the Federal Govern
ment, the Southern States have been deprived of
similar advantages. The impartial observance of
neutral obligations by her Majesty's Government
has thus been exceedingly advantageous to the
cause of the more powerful of the two contending
parties."
CONFERENCE WITH FRIENDLY POWERS.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, May 28,1862, suggests,
if our representatives abroad shall think it discreet,
to confer' with the friendly nations upon the
prospects of the , war, and their future course in re
gard to it. He recalls to Mr. Adams' recollection
the fact that, at the earliest proper moment, he set,
forth most distinctly the opinions of this Govern
ment that the mutual interests present and perma
nent, of all , the maritime nations, including this
country require the preservation of harmonious re
lations 'between them ; and that the same interests
demand that, so far as possible, peace shall prevail
throughout the world, and especially in the United
States, and upon the American Continent. The
power of a losing faction, he says, under any circum
stances, must continually grow less : but that of the.
Disunionists is abating under the operation of a
cause peculiar to themselves, which it is now his
duty to bring forward—he means the practice of
African slavery.
CASE OF GEN. BUTLER.
. Acting Secretary of State F. W. Seward, to Mr.
Adams, says, June 27, 1562: "With the President's
permission, I hare interposed between Major Gen.
Butler and several foreign consuls, to save possible
complaints, and prevent unnecessary complications
from arising there .at a juncture so important, and
even so critical. These matters have been harmo
niously .arranged; as limas possible here, with the
representatives of those concerned, so as to relieve
yourself and other` ministers in Europe." In' con
clusion he •aliys :'" For the rest, I may say, that, if
anything could be contrived to warm to an • intenser
heat. the fires of the national patriotism beyond the
events occurring in our own country every day, it
would be these perpetual demonstrations of wishes
in Europe for the dissolution of the American
Union."
THE "'WOMEN ORDER" OF GEN. BUTLER.
.
Mr. Seward thus answers a protest against Gen.
Butlerl celebrated order about rebel women:
I answered him that be must ask his Government,
in reading that proclamation, to adopt a rule of con
struction which the British nation had elevated to
the dignity of a principle, and made it the motto of
their national arms—" Boni sod qui awl y pense."
That it was not until a !TOES construction of the
order was brought to the knowledge of this Govern
ment that we saw that the proclamation contained
un double entendre. That gross meaning the Govern
ment of course rejected, and it regretted that in the
haste of composition a phraseology which could be
mistaken or perverted had been used. I was happy,
however, to inform him that all sensibility about the
order seemed to have passed away, and no com
plaints were now heard of any impropriety of con
duct on the part of the ladies of New Orleans. I ex
plained, also, to Mr. Stuart, the ground of the sensi
bility of our army to female discourtesy.. Our sol
diers are mainly young American citizens of educa
tion and respectability. Chivalrous respect to the
sex is a national sentiment. Hitherto it has been
met by gentle and respectful courtesy by those to
whom the homage is so properly paid.--1/r. Seward
to Mr. Adam, July 9, IM.
MEDIATION FORESEEN.
Mr. Adams writes to Secretary Seward, July 11,
1662 : "That there has been more or less of communi
cation between the great Powers on the subject of
the present state of America, I do not doubt. As
yet it has not probably run into any distinct form of
action, but rather portends consultation to bring it
to that. The interests of the different parties being
clearly diverse, it is difficult to foresee what may be
the issue of such counsels. The probabilities rather
indicate the possible adoption of some overtures for
mediation, in a professedly friendly spirit, but rather
imposing the more burdensome responsibility on the
stronger side in case of its refusal to listen to them.
Should circumstances continue to favor the idea of a
protraction of the war, I am prepared for a demon
stration of this kind, in sonic form or other, before
the lapse of much time after the close of the session
of Parliament."
GOOD. ADVICE TO EUROPE.
It is easy to see how a EuroPean statesman, sur
rounded by the political influences of the governing
classes, and listening naturally , and loyally to the
complaints of masses of men thrown out, or appre
hensive of being thrown out, of their needful and
customary employment, and at the same time look
ing no further than this, can suppose that such an
appeal as Is thus proposed may be made harmlessly,
if not with some ,good effect. But the same states
man would probably take a very different view of
the subject if he should extend his survey and take
cognizance of the fact that the people of 'the United
States have a seaaibility on the subject of their
sovereignty and national honor that no domestic
disputes nor any foreign dangers have ever impair
ed that they already feel that the foreign States
concerned have acted injuriously towards them in a
crisis when they expected respect and toleration, if
not generous sympathy. Under these circumstances
the limits where the magnanimity of the United
States, in listening to the interested counsels of Eu
rope, must end are easily discerned. Ido not indicate
those limits. It is enough for me •to say that this
people have alraady risen above the level of the mo
tives which would prompt the supposed appeal in
Europe, and to which this appeal must be addressed
"here. They are conscious that they are contending
i;,fibt about stocks or tariff , s, or treasure or profits, or
gains or losses, or prestige or power, but for sove
reignty, for self-government, for freedom, and for
humanity. If there be one American citizen, not al
ready committed and sworn. to the betrayal of his
country, who wand listen favorablfto' any foreign
persuasion onthese great questions, I have yet to see
him and to learn his name. If European states want
to shorten this war, as we know they} ought-and
I must, their course is clear and easy. Let them re
spect the authority and the national rights of the
American people.—Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, My 18,
ATTITUDE IN AUGUST.
Mr. Seward, to Mr. Adams, August IS, 1862, says :
"Ideas of appeal,- mediation, and intervention, seem
to hold their place in the. European mind, although
their novelty has long since worn off. Our repro
sentativcs abroad, therefore, under the apprehension
that some form of interference may be attempted or
adopted, frequently and urgently ask for information
concerning the purposes of this Government.. No
foreign State has at any time communicated or in
timated to us, in any way, a design, or even a dispo
sition to take a new attitude in regard to our do
mestic affairs, Generally, the communications
which we have received have been marked with
directness and frankness. It would, therefore, imply
an unbecoming and even unreal distrust on our part to
assume that any hostile intentions are indulged by the
m R rat ime Powers of Europe, 22 etc. "Finally," he says
" the ailvecates ofinteivention are shocked by theca
lamities we are enduring, and"concerned by thedebts
we are incurring, yet they have not one word of remon
strance or discouragement for the insurgents, and are
busy in supplying them with materials of war. We
deplore the sufferings which the war has brought,
and are ready and anxious to end the contest. We
Offer the simple terms of restoration to the Union,
and oblivion of the crimes committed against it, so
soon as may be compatible with the public safety.
I hat‘e expressed these views of the President to our
representatives at this time, when I think there is
noimmediate danger of foreign. intervention, or at
tempt at mediation; to the end that they may have
their due weight whenever, in any chances of war,
apprehensions of foreign interference may recur."
THE ALABAMA.
Mr. Adarna,,in,a communication to Earl Russell,
September 4, 1862, transmits a letter received from
the United States Consul at Liverpool, together
with a. deposition, in 'addition to the others already
submitted with his dotes of the 22d and 24th of,Tuly,
going to"show the further prosecution of the illegal
and hostile measures .against the United States, in
connection with the outfit of the gunboat 'No. 2.90
from the port of Liverpool;" "It now appear§," he
says, "that supplies are in rocess .
fru" gtraititala oy e property of the people
of country,With which Her Majesty is in. alliance
and friendship,” etc.
Earl Russell replies that: "Before any active steps
Could be taken 'in the matter, it was requisite to eon
suiti
the law officers of the - Crown. Their reports
wile not received until the 29th of Tub - , and, on the
snme'day, a telegraphic message was forwarded to
her Majesty's Government, stating. that the vessel
had sailed that morning; Instructions were then
despatched to Ireland to detain - the vessel should
she put into Queenstown, and similar instruetions
have been sent to the Governor of the Bahamas in
can of her visiting Nassau. It appearsihowever,
that the' Vessel did not go to Queenstown, as had
been expected, and nothing has been since heard of
her inovernents. The officers of customs," he 'says,
"will now be directed-to report upon the further ev - i-.•
denc:e forwarded by you. I shall not fail to inform
you of the-resultof the inquiry." -
Mr. Seward--to-.Mr--Adams, dated Nov. 10, IBS%
says,: "The President regrets that her Majesty's
Government has not more favoralrily considered our
complaints against the violations of municipal and
international law, committed by British subjects un
der the Britigh wag in the case of the steamer:' 2.90
or Alabama. It is: to be_apprehended that atterfipts
by the same and similar.vessels to- repeat the same
injuries will ultimately req .- id - ire a more' deliberate
consideration of the subject' than the Government
now seems willing to accord."
THE GLADSTONE - SPEECH---THE MESTIS
TRY DISQWN IT.
Ur. Adams thus details a conversation .he tad
with Lord RuSsell on the speech of Mr. Gladstone,
expressing sympathy with the South :
He said that Mr. Gladstone had evidently been much
misunderstood. I must have seen in the newspapers
-the letters which contained his later explanations..
That he had certain opinions in regard to the nature
of the struggle in America as on all public questions,
just as other Englishmen had, was natural enough.
And it was the fashion here for public men to express
such as they held in their public addresses. Of course ,
it was.not for him to, disavow anything on the part
of. Mr. Gladstone ; but he had no idea that in saying
what he had there was a serious intention to justify
any of the inferences that had been drawn from it of
a :disposition iii the Government now to adopt a
new policy.
I replied that I did not expect a disavowal, nor oven
slid I seek to impute to Mr. Gladstone an intention
of the kind referred to. At the same time, I could
not sufficiently express my great regret at the occur
rence, on account of the. ill effects it was likely to
have upon the relations of the two countries. On
the one side, it would be reprinted in every news- -
paper in America; and construed as an official expo
sition of the policy of the Government;'and, in this
• view, it was scarcely necessary for me to say how
much'it would tend to increase the irritation already
yery great there. On the other, it was having a
great effect in concentrating the popular inclination
in this kingdom, which was swaying every day more
and more unfavorably to us. I regretted to be
obliged to confess that, from the day of my arrival,
I had observed a regular and steady decline of „good
will towards the United States. 'Lord Lyons had
been to see me in the -morning. Whilst we had
united in deploring the respective tendencies on 'the
two sides, we had also joined in expressing our in
tention to continue our utmost efforts to counteract
thein . 7l7,l3nt, for my part, I was much less sanguine
of, r sUF:cpss when I perceived the influences brought:
rtrbel t r it fion h oppinion here brleading men. • 0-
•-• adMitted that opinions were much
divided and that there had been an .unfavortible
cange to us going on. But he still thought thit in
most popular meetings the greater number would
syMpathize with the United Mates.
To which-I replied thit, admitting it might be so
now, this slight- Preponderance would soon disap
pear undeethe area of two or three more speeches
like that of Mr. Gladstone. _Whilst I was willing
' to acquit him of any deliberate intention to bring on
the worst effects, I could not conceal from myself
the fact that he was doing it quite as certainly As if
he had one.
TUB lordship intimated as guardedly as possible,
that %Lord Palinerston and other Members of-the
• Government-regretted the speech, and Mr. Glad-.
stone hireself was not disinclined to correct, so far as
he could, the misinterpretation which had been
made of it. It was still their intention to adhere to
the rule of perfect neutrality in the struggle, and
to let it come to its natural end without the smallest
interference,,direct or otherwise. But he could not
say what circumstances might happen from- month
to month in the future. I observed that the policy
he mentioned was satisfactory to us, and askedif I
was to understand him as saying that no change of
it was now proposed. To which he gave his assent.
—.Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward, October 24 1662.
THE. RECENT ELECTIONS
•
This probable that.the ground which the enemies
dr the Union in Eurojiewill'xieit assume, in prose:
cuting their war against it, will be nn alleged defec
tion of popular support of the Government at the
elections recently held in the loyal States. The re
ports of the results of these elections in the forms
adopted by the press are calculated, though not de
signed, to give plausibility to this position. I ob
serve that these reports classify the members of
Congress chosen as Union and Democratic, or Union
and Opposition. Such classifications, though un
fortunate, do less harm here, where all the circum
stances of the case are known, than abroad, where
names are understood to mean what they ex
press. Last year, when the war began, theßepubli
cans, who were a plurality of the electors, gave up
their party name, and, joining with loyal Demo
crats, put in nomination candidates of either party
under the designation of a Union party. The De
mocratic party made hut a spiritless resistance in
the canvass. From whatever cause it has happened,
political debates during the present year have re
sumed, in a considerable degree, their normal cha
racter, and while loyal Republicans have adhered
to the new banner of the Union party, the Demo
cratic party has rallied and made a vigorous can
vass with a view to the recovery of its former po
litical ascendency. Loyal Democrats in considera
ble " number, retaininw '
the name of Democracy
from habit, and not because they oppose the
Union, are classified by the other party as
"Opposition." It is not necessary for the
information of our representatives abroad that
I should descend into any examination of the rela
tive principles or policies of the two parties. It will
suffice to say that, while there maybe men of doubt
ful political wisdom and virtue in each party, and
while there may be differences of opinion between
the two parties as to the measures best calculated
to preserve the Union and restore its authority, yet
it is not to be inferred that either party, or any
considerable portion of tbe people of th eloy al States,
Is disposed to accept disunion under any circum
stances or upon any terms. It is rather to be un
derstoo4 that the people have become so confident
of the stability of the Union that partisan combi
nations are resuming their sway here, as they do in
such cases in all free countries.—Mr. Seward So Mr.
Adams, Neu. 10, 1862.
BANKS , EXPEDITION.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams;"November 18, 1862,
writes: "A part of Major General Banks , expedi
tion is already afloat, and the whole will probably
reach the important destination within a week."
Writing to Mr. Adams on the same date, he says:
"Your proceedings in submitting to Earl Russell the
proposition of this Government in regard to the vo
luntary colonization of Americans of African de
scent, in the British colonies, are approved," and in
conclusion, he remarks, "it may be well for you to
state to Earl Russell that this GovernMent enter
tains no sentiment of dissatisfaction with hie decli
nation of our proposition."
•
MISCELL.LisiEOUS.
Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward, November 6, 1662,
says : "From representations made by Mr. Dudley,
the consul at Liverpool, which lead to the belief
that the pirate '29o' is about its old cruising
ground, off the Western Islands, I have been in
duced once more to call the attention of the officers of
the Tuscarora and Kearsarge to the necessity of pro
tecting the trade from India."
The correspondence covers other cases of interest
than those alluded to in the above hurriedly-prepar
ed abstract, including the correspondence concerning
certain proceedings of the collector of customs at
New York, affecting clearances of vessels and car
goes from that port to British ports in the Bahama
Islands.
Nr. Seward, during the discussion, expresses his
" regret that the Hon. Wm. Stuart, &c., Sc.,
while
so steadily insisting that the proceedings of which
he complains are in contravention of international
law, has not thou"ht it important to favor the un
dersigned with references to the particular principles
or maxims of that law which are thus assumed to be
infringed."
Earl Russell to Mr. Stuart, September 2d, Ism,
says : "The false assumptions which seem to pervade
the views of the United States Government, with
respect to Nassau, and, that it is a violation of neu
trality for a British colony to carry on any active
trade with the so-called Confederate States during
the existence of the blockade, and that, in aid of the
inefficiency of the blockading force, an embargo
may lawfully be placed upon a particular trade of
British commerce at New 1 ork."
This correspondence in relation to Great Britain
covers more than three hundred octavo pages. -
An English View of the Proposed Media.
The London Saturday Review, the organ of the
sympathizers with the rebels, says:
The Emperor of the
. French is not in the habit of
siting without reasons, - or at least without motives.
His proposal of &joint mediation must have been In
tended either to succeed or to produce some assigna
ble effect after the refusal of Russia and England to
concur. There can be little doubt that the actual
result of the overture was foreseen, for Governments
are ordinarily as unwilling as suitors to incur the an
noyance of a deliberate and verbal rejection. An
otter of alliance, like offer of marriage, is merely
the formal conclusion of a previous negotiation ; and
when an anticipated failure is intentionally pro
voked, it may be assumed that the usual practice
hail:teen abandoned for some definite purpose. When
the French despatch was published in the Monsieur
before the English Cabinet had decided on an
answer, the Imperial Government must have been
fully prepared for Lord Russell's prudently negative
reply. There Is reason to believe, that the project
was abruptly tendered at the Foreign Office without
the preparation which smoothes the way, for di
plomatic movements of importance; and, before
the offer was rejected,. the reception of Mr. Slidell
at Compiegne was ollicially announced to Ranee
THREE CENTS.
and to America. The Emperor Napoleon wishes
either to commence a fresh course of action, or to
advertise his desire for peace, and his good will to
the Southern Confederacy. It is perfectly ttatural
that he should be anxious to prove to the distressed
manufacturers of Rouen and Lyons his interest
in their sufferings, and his energy in devising
plans for their relief ; and yet the publication of N.
Drouyn de L'Huys' despatch can scarcely have been
designed exclusively for domestic purposes. The
express mention of the Confederate States by the
title which they have selected for themselves virtu
ally involves a recognition; and the proposal of an
armistice by sea and land, including the suspension
of the blockade, implies an opinion which may
shortly be uttered in language more intelligible than
words. It is probable that the terms of alliance
with the Southern States are not yet arranged, nor
is it easy to understand any practical advantage
which can be exchanged for the powerful support
of France beyond the renewed supply of cotton for
the mills; but it is possible that schemes for the par
tition of Mexico, involving the acquisition of Sono
ra by France, may have been already discussed or
projected,
The unanimity with which Lord Russell's an
swer had been approved in England is scarcely dis
turbed by the murmurs of the professional Oppo
sition. Mr. Disraeli's foreign politics are peculiar
to himself and to a comparatively small section of
his supporters, while the better and larger portion
of the party is unable to understand why a dead
weight of gratuitous unpopularity should be per
versely hung round its neck. The English nation
is not so entirely of one mind in the American
quarrel as in the Italian struggle for independence
but, on the whole, it has come to the conclusion that
the South will have the best of the contest, and that
it is not the business of foreigners to accelerate
the impending catastrophe. The resentment which
has been justly provoked by the silly malignity of
the North is by no means strong enough to create a
desire for a rupture • and the wrong -Boers are exe
cutino• poetical justice on themselvea effectually
enough to satisfy the most unfriendly aspirations.
Whatever may have been the errors of former
times, England is now a thoroughly-peaceable na
tion ; and where no point of honor is involved,
a fgeneral conviction prevails that war is the
most unprofitable of employments. As Mr. Cob
den said, it would be cheaper to maintain
Lancashire in luxury, or to incur any other ex
travagant outlay, than to indulge in a six months'
campaign. • The Federalists. and eepeeially . the
Republicans_, will BP'', .
French lout
nabs, that tll4. Mitt Of ' a quarrel with the N'ordi is
a prct,l bf the basest cowardice; but, if all other
SUbjeetS of national vanity fail, the Englishman . =
proudly boast that lit r ia n aer,4ol4 — aialiwactii
tre. i a"pilit in mediation because the proposal would
have been frivolous and undignified unless it were
followed up by action. The Federal Government
could have had no motive for accepting, without
compulsion; a scheme which was exclusively favor
'able to their odversoriep. The refusal would proba
bly not have been expressed in courteous language,
and further pressure might have led to the war
which the nation is fully determined to avoid.
. •
ARMY. OF TUE POTOMAC
A Crisis Approaching—lmportant .MOve
ments—General Woodbury and the Pon
toon Bridges—The Commissary Depart
ment—The Troops in Excellent Spirits,
&e. •
ii,EADQUAIVIERS A.IIIIY UV THE PoTo3tA.c,
December
IMPORTANT IVERATIONS'.'
To-day has been an fictive bee it? deßit
ment. One grand . ' division is on 'the' march and
you may soon erireet .to hear from chiSt con-.
Diet with the rebels: , Another, one ties beetereVieWed
to-day and a. close inspection made of th e fighting
condition of the troops. 'The third has already un-,
dergone inspection, and is momentarily expecting
marching orders. All the heavy reserve artillery,
too, seems to be in motion. - The pontoon train and
the engineer brigade have disappeared from the vi
cinity of headquarters, but where they or any other
portion of the army have gone, I shall not for the
present inform you. Everything, for the neßt three
days, will depend upon the profound secrecy of ,the
movement. Over across Rappahannock, the '
seal will be broken, and the public will soon learn
all they should know of what the Army of the Poto
mac has been doing. .
GEN.- WOOEMMY AND .THE roNToo.xs.
The telegraph informed you several days since that
Gen.-Woodbury, commandiorthe Engineer Brigade,
and lriaj or Spalding, his chief assistant, had been
and were still under arrest- for not forwarding - the
pontoon train in advance of the army. It is true
that Gen. 'Woodbury was under arrest for two hours,
but as soon as all the faets were made known to
Gen. Burnside he was instantly released. The cen
sure will soon, probably, fall upon another partyhot
connected with the army in the held, and it is to be
hoped the proper committee in Congress will inves
tigate the matter. Nearly one month's delay, and
perhaps the failure of the campaign,
may result sim
ply from the non-arrival . of the pontoon train. Who
ever was at fault should be summarily dealt.with.
The engineer corps is now in a high state of effi
ciency, aa all know in the army who have seen what
it has done within the past two'weeks in repairing
roads and building bridges. It is now at work night
and day, and the task it has to perform is almost
Herculean in its features. If properly supported and
protected I have not the least doubt of its success.
RECENT CAVALRY CAPTURES
Ot recent cavalry losses have been the source of
much mortification to the generals commanding the
different brigades. Bold enterprises have been pro
posed to the commanding general, which, if success
ful, would banish our defeats from memory, but by
some wise reason, doubtless, the generals are held in
the leash until the time arrives to strike a decisive
'blow. Gen. Stuart may perform all the brilliant
deeds ; what we want are victories, crushing and
annihilating in all. their features; and when merged
in one grand sublime struggle, shall, like Waterloo,
create really " a change of front of the universe."
TROOPS IN GOOD SPIRITS.
'Wh• /
Ile marching to-day the, troops seemed in the
_best of spirits. The roads-are now comparatively
good—very good for infantry; and, if the weather
' continues pleasant,long and quick marches may be
relied upon till we come .face to face in battle-line
with the enemy.
. THE COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.
' The railund from Acquia creek is now transport
ing 'rations faster than they can be taken from the
boats at the wharves. Everything connected with
this department is most admirably conducted.
OPERATIONS OF THE GUNBOATS.
The gunboate continue to make occasional trips
between Port Royal and a point a few miles below
Frederieksburg, Last miring the rebels threw up
an earthwork close to the bank of the river opposite
the plantation of Airs. Jane Gray, and fired a few
shots upon the Knecosta as she came up ; but as yet
nothing but a few stray pickets have been seen in
this vicinity.' Our boats have passed and repassed,
but have- not been molested by a single shot. Thus
far all the rebel earthworks discovered are within
a few . ..miles of Fredericksburg. That -they they have
begn industrious and skilful, no one will deny ; but
that they have prevented General Burnside from
'crossing the_tiver remains to . be seen. Probably, as
1 have said before, the - questforwill be' determined
before the close of this week. In the morning I
leave these pleasant headquarters, and when I next
write you, 1 trustit will be from the south side of
the Rappahannock.
NO ENEMY IN FRONT OF SIGEL.
FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, December 7, 1862.
Scouts returning last night reported large parties of
the rebels at Brickland Mills, Thoroughfare and
Hopeville. Gaps. Reconnoissance which returned
to-day, met only two cavalry men, the other bodies
having departed as suddenly as they came.
Scouts to-day have been at Thoroughfare and
Hopeville Gaps, and Middlebury, without finding
any rebels except the inhabitants.
ARMY OF THE PENINSULA.
The Virginia State Lunatic Asylum—Cor
respondence between General Keyes and
General Wise—Deparinre of General Keyes
for Washington—General Naglee in Com
mand.
FORTRESS MoxitoE, December S. ,
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM AT WILLIAMSBURG.
The following is a copy of the correspondence
which has just passed between General Keyes and
General Wise, relative to the condition of the Vir
ginia State Lunatic Asylum :
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, CHAFFIN'S FARM,
November 27, 1862.
To the Officer Commanding the United States Forces at
Williamsburg, Va.:
SIR: Relatives of the unfortunate inmates of the
Lunatic Asylum in the city of Williamsburg have
become greatly alarmed and distressed by seeing it
stated in the newspapers of the day, and by reports
and rumors seeming to confirm these statements :
I. That the United States authorities have re
moved, or intend to remove, either all or a portion
of the inmates of the State Lunatic Asylum to some
Northern locality, or elsewhere unknown ; and
2. That since the invasion of Williamsburg by the
United States forces they have occupied a large por
tion of the building of the State Lunatic Asylum for
military uses; and
3. That they have so disturbed all discipline and
regulations of police as to crowd the two sexes and
the various classes of inmates in the Lunatic Asy
lum together in the same wards and apartments,
These complaints have been made by the families
and friends of the patients to the President of the
Confederate States. He has ordered proper inqui
ries to be made, and I am authorized to send a flag
of truce to you at Williamsburg to ascertain the
real state of facts in regard to these allegations. I
trust I need not say that the Confederate authori
ties are not willing to believe these statements are
true without being better vouched for than by rumor
or newspapers, and without giving even an invad
ing enemy the opportunity of vindicating his repu
tation before the civilized world against all doubt as
to inhumanity like this. Therefore, this flag of truce
is sent to soothe and quiet apprehension, naturally
and excusably excitable in mothers, fathers, broth
ers, sisters, husbands, wives and friends, and to pay
respect to the tenderest charities of ife and the
most awful afflictions of mankind-charities and
afflictions so sacred that States and God only can
deal with them with proper care, and such as are al
ways kept safe from all intrusion. The Lunatic
Asylum at Williamsburg is a State charitable
institution, long established, and of that cha
racter of hospitals, the most exempt of all
from the least touch of war. When the buildings of
the venerable William and Mary College were
burned, her ancient volumes of learning and all the
material monuments of her beneficence as Alma
Mater of the sages and heroes of American Revo
lution and American history and glory destroyed,
the President of the Confederate States abided
simply the verdict of all civilized men, and justly
deemed that no protest was called for from him.
But now that the State of Virginia's children of
affliction are said to be inhumanly harmed, he ap
peals. in behalf of these "little ones," if they are
or hive been injured, to no lower authority than
that of Heaven• to Christianity. For Lieutenant
Colonel R. Harrison and Major Stark, of my com
mand, I ask an interview with you in person, and
that they may be permitted, under parole of honor,
as officers and gentlemen, to make any and all pro
per inquiries and inspection necessary to enable
them to report fully and accurately on that matter
of this communication.
1 am, sir, most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
HENRY A. WISE,
Brigadier General.
On receipt of the above letter, Gen. Keyes at once
communicated with Major General Dix, and sent the
following letter in answer to Gen. Wise :
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH ARMY CORPS,
YORKTOWN, Va., Dec. 5, 1663.
To Brigadier General H. A. Wire, C. S. .4., commanding,
4-c., Chaffin's Farm:
Sift: Your communication of the trth .ult., ad
dressed to the officer commanding The forces at Wil
liamsburg, and brought by Colonel Harrison and
M'ajor Stark under a flag of truce, has been transmit
ted tome.
Major General Dix, commanding the Department,
has decided that those officers cannot be allowed to
come within our lines, but that Mr. Douglas, the
superintendent of the Lunatic' Asylum ' oan see
them and lay before them a statement of the exact
condition of the institution and its inmates. It is
not the intention of the United States Government,
so far as I know or can learn, to remove any of the
patients to the North, nor as there been any au
thority given to occupy the building of the asylum
for military purposes, further than was necessary
for protection. A surgeon of the United States
forces has been directed to render his profesaional
assistance to the lunatics, and full rations of provi!.
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skins have been issued to them. Coal is now being
sent up, and nothing in my power has been omitted
to render the unfortunate inmates of the asylum as
comfortable as circumstances will permit. Yotw
communication, though based avowedly on ru
mor and newspaper reports, evinces a diaposk
tion to credit a charge of cruelty towards
the insane, since you associate the rumors
with the destruction of the venerable William.
and Mary College, assuming that to have bees
done by us. The college buildings were burned in
the confusion of a raid made by your troops within
our lines. I know not who burned them; but I
must take this oortunity to assure you that I am opposed to all violence not sanctioned by the usages
of civilized warfare. I fully agree with, you that
the awful afflictions and the tender charities whioh
they deserve to awaken in our breasts, and which
are the main subject of your communication, should
he exempt from every touch of var. They shall be
so far as 1 can prevent, and I would not, to spite
you nor your cause, do acts deserving the condem
nation of the civilized world ; and in regard to the
arbitrament of that higher tribunal to which you
refer, I - leaven shield us! Who knows which de
serves the greater pity, the poor lunatic. in the
asylum at 'Williamsburg, or the men who have made
this war! I have the honor to be, sir, respectfu;in
your most obedient servant, E. D. KEYES,
Major General Commanding Corps.
DEPARTURE OF GENERAL KEYES.
• - •
Major General Erasmus D. Keyes, commanding
the fourth army corps, came from Yorktown thin
morning, and leaves this evening for Washington,
having been summoned to appear as a witnesa in the
McDowell court-martial. It will be remembered
that Major. General Keyes commanded a division
under McDowell at the first battle of Bull Run, and
distinguished himself greatly for coolness and brave
ry, and having been in the thickest of the fight is
supposed to know considerable of the career of
General McDowell on thilt memorable day.
GENERAL NAGLEE IN COMMAND
General Keyes rather reluctantly leaves his com
mand, though temporarily, but he has infused them
with high principles of discipline, and turned York
town into an American Gibraltar of defence. Still,
General Keyea is too good a soldier not to obey
orders, and he will probably only be away a week or
lees. In the meantime Brigadier General Nag/M s
of Philadelphia, will have command of the forces
on the peninsula during the stay of General Keyes
at Washington, -
STATES IN REBELLION.
~...,-....-.l . , . ...ezcanarete..MT I — spfiliiConfiefeeate States
-:-Argitneut i n of Pete Trade._
• • AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 19, 1862.
The Manufacturers' and Free-Trade Association,
pursuant to the call of the president, met at Naomi"
llall, in Augusta, to-day.
On motion, the name of the. organization waa
changed to the Manufacturers' Association of the
Confederate States of Anierica. The former secre
tary being absent, E. Steadman was appointed seas
tary and treasurer. The following delegates ea
swered to their names:
IV. Gregg : Graniteville, S. C.
W. Gregg, Jr., Grar.iteville, S. C.
J. J. Gregg, Graniteville, S. O.
W. E. Jackson, Augusta.,
J. C. Beman, Troup Factory, Georgia.
Isaac Powell, High Shoals, Ga.
H. P. Hammett, Batesville, S. C.
• E. Steadman, Lawrenceville, Ga.
John White, Athens, Ga.
G. Cannon, Fingerville, C.
IL F. Lester, Buena Vista, S. C.
A. V. Brumby, New Blanchester, Ga.
W. J. Russell, New Manchester, Ga.
•John N. Grady, Mcßean, S. C.
MeDdnald, Concord Factory.
George'H. Camp; Roswell
John 'rhompsonAilopewell Factory. •
John E. Oldham, Rockford, Tenn.
The president then called upon delegates for their
estimate of the cost of productions of cotton goods.
After full discussion, the president, on motion, ap
. pointed a committee of three, with instructions to
- report upon the estimates•presented r by the various
(factories in regard to the actual cost of• the produo
tion of cotton.goods. The committee consisted of
F' Jackson, George H. Ciitnp, and A. V. Brumby.
To the committee wati• added the president. The
association adjourned to • meet at half past three
IYE. • '
AFTERNOON .SESSION,: RALF PAST TRIM
P. M.
"The association met according to adjouinmout.
The committee on cost of production, through their
chairman, submitted as their report the following
preamble and resolution, which was, On. motto*,
adopted : "
Whereas, The, Manufacturers' Convention, after
comparing notes as to , the immense advance upon
every article in - use 'pertaining to the cost of pro
ducing goods, viz : cotton, labor, oil, alcohol, Tiir-
Dish, gums, leather in its various uses, card clothing
and hand cards for stripping cylinders, steel, iron,
files, hardware, shuttles, bobbins, reeds, steel travel
lers, steel 'spindles, tin, liabbet's metal solder, nail;
screws, and a thousand other articles largely in
most of which hare increased over 1,000 per cent. tli
value, and some extend to the fabulous advance of 10,006
per cent : therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Manufacturers' Convention
consider, from actual estimates presented, the pre.
sent cost of produetion of cotton goods to be equal to
fifty cents per pound, and deem it unsafe to bargain
with Government at any tixed price to extend be.
yond one month, without the establishment of a
sliding scale - . by which the price may be varied from
month to Month, as the coat- of production may ad
vance. W. E. JACKSON,
gEo. H,04.M..E!, i Committee.
- A. V. BRIJAIBY,
. After receiving the report, on motion ofMG. Guy
mon, the association adjourned to meet at Columbia . ,
S. C., the time subject to the pleasure of the presi
dent, who is requested to issue a circular giving
manufacturers notice of the time appointed, and.
urge their general attendance.
"WII.LIA DT GREGG, Sr., President.
E. STEADMAN, Secretary-.
AtOrSTA, Nov. 19, 1902.
At a meeting of Georgia manufacturers held sub
sequent to adjourrunent of Manufacturers' Associa
tion, George H. Camp was called to the chair, and
E. -Steadman appointed secretary. On motion,-the
chair appointed a committee, who were directed to
forward to any representative they may select, ix.
the State Aseembly, a cripjr.,of 'a preamble and reso
lution adopted by the Convention, showing the arti
cles used in the manufactiue of cotton goods, and
state the large advance in prices paid for such arti
cles. The following members were selected sunk
committee, clothed with discretionary power to ad
dress said representatives ,more fully. in relation to
the cost of production not merely, but to explain the
feeling and hope of the committee, that the-circum
stances may . prevail in establishing a price to be
paid for cotton goods
A. V. Brumby, W. E. Jackson, J. C. 13etalUI, B.
Steadman, Isaac Powell.
On motion, the Chair was added to the committee.
GEO. H.. CAMP, Chairman.
.
E. STE.ADMAIsr, Secretary. ,
FREE TRADE.
(From the Savannah News, No 201
The argument in favor of protection of home MAU
factures is forever- silenced. It has heretofore been
urged that to be independent •we must protect home
manufactures. The blockade and the disasters at
•the times have given extraordinary protection to
Southern manufactures, and the result is known.
Sensible people, who have, heretofore favored
moderate protection, in the belief that they were
promoting national independence and self-relianoe,
are cured of the delusion. It would be better to
open our ports free to the world than to be at the
mercy of home manufacturers who have given evi
dence of their readiness to take advantage of our
necessities. If free trade is to make us dependent
on foreign nations for our supplies, it will at least
be a bond of peace between us. Those who sup
ply us with manufactures will -not be apt to
quarrel with so good a customer, whilst exorbitant
rates and outrageous imposition are a poor, return
for the protection asked by our own manufacturers.
Protection to • monopoly is like the blockade—an
insufferable burden to the people—while universal
free trade would promote universal honesty, and be,
at the same time, a universal bond of peace. The
Yankees are affording us a prbof of the value of free
trade. What are they fighting for but the monopoly
of free trade with the South, which they have so
long enjoyed and which has been the source of their
prosperity 3
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
A despatch, received yesterday, states that the par
tisan rangers of Col. lmboden had a skirmish ti itli
the enemy near New Creek, in Hampshire county,
a few days ago, in which Brigadier General M. L.
Pose, of the Federal forces, was killed. No other
particulars.
The Fincastle Express learns from a gentleman
from Lewisburg that one day last week, through
the carelessness of our scouts, the Yankees cap..
tured one hundred and five of our cavalry, as many
horses, and destroyed the camp equipage of the
forces captured.
The despatch also says : The Yankeel'at:Suffolk
were last week reinforced by one full brigade, and
a battery of field artillery.
Their forces at Suffolk and vicinity are now gee
mated at 30,000 by their own men, who state that
this force is to move against Petersburg, while the
force at Newbern, N. C., is to operate simultaneous
ly against Weldon.
A shop used by Mr. Thompson for the manufac
ture of sabres, in Columbus, Georgia, was burned on
Sunday. We have seen a new manufacture of socks',
made of cotton and cow hair. They are soft and du
•.rable, and possess the advantage of not wetting
easily.
A schooner, trying to run the blockade, ran ashore
this morning on Smith's Island, six miles south of
Fort Fisher. A company from Fort Fisher has gone
to her assistance.
One of the blockaders ran out of sight at B o'clock
this morning, and returned at half past ten with a
schooner.
"A DEAD 17.xxrcEn."—An Abolitionist, named
Welles, believed to be some relation of thw Lincoln
Secretary of the Navy, died of typlipid fever, at the
Libby Prison, on Tuesday, being the first Yankee
who has pegged out, for over a month, in the regular
way.
Three, inmates of - Castle Thunder were affiicted
with the strapado yesterday to the extent of. a
dozen lashes each, for robbery and knocking oat a
man's e -e.
in Incident of Battle--Colonel McNeil at-
South Mountain.
Colonel 'Hugh McNeil, of the famous "Bucktail"
Regiment, who was killed at the battle of Antietam,
was one of the most accomplished officers in the
Federal service. A soldier relates an exploit of his
at South Mountain which is worth recording:
During the battle of South Mountain the rebels
held a very strong position. They were posted in
the mountain pass, and had infantry on the heights
on every side. Our men were compelled to carry the
place by storm. The position seemed impregnable ;
large craggy rocks protected the enemy on every
silt. while our men were exposed to a galling lire_
Aband of rebels occupied a ledge on the extreme
right, as the colonel approached with a few of hie
men. The unseen force poured upon them a Tolley.
McNeil, on the instant, gave the command:
"Pour your tire upon those rocks!"
The Bucktails hesitated ; it was not an order that
they had been accustomed to receive; they had al
ways picked their men.
"Fire!" thundered the colonel, "I tell you to fire
at those rocks I" •
The men obeyed. For some time an irregular fire
was kept up, the Bucktails sheltering themselves as
best they could, behind trees and rocks. On a sea.
den, McNeil caught sight of two rebels peering
through an opening in the work, to get an aim. The
eves of the men followed their comxnander, anithalf
e:dozen rifles were levelled in that direction..
"'Wait a minute," said the colonel, " I wili.trY m.l
hand. There is nothing like killing two Irircis Wita
one stone.;' •
The two rebels were not in line, but orte.atood
little distance back of the other, while:A.4 , ier• front
of the foremost was a slanting rock. Col: McNeil
seized a rifle, raised it, glanced a moment. along, the
polished barrel a report followed, rani,both the re—
bels disappeared. At that moment ulnuci cheer a
little distance beyond rent the air.
All is right now," cried the colonat ;"•elnirge-the
rascals."
Therrien sprang up among theihNkE. a.utrotanb.
The affrighted rebels turned to run, but encountered
another body of the Bucktalls, and were obliged, to
- .surrender. - Not a man of them escaped. Eyery one
saw the object of the colonel's onter to fire at ran
dom among the rocks. lie had sent the party
around to their rear, and meant this to attract their
attention. It was a perfect success.
The two rebels the opening in the lodge were
found lying thee stiff and cold. 00101301 MoNeil'a
bullet had struck the slhuting rook in front of them,
glanced, and passed through both their heads. There
it lay beside them, flattened. The colonel picked it
up and put it in his pod bet.