The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-06 00:00:00

PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AT RICHMOND.

The special correspondent of the Times et Rich-
awed rites coo
.:91,6 Sod dR :

"It ie the deliberate cesirtelice not (rely of the two
eminent men, President Davis and General Lee. but also of
eighteen.twentistbs of the inhabitants of Richmond and of
ninety-tine-hundredths of t►e army which dahlia it, that
the city was never seeds lime the war commeaced as at
the present moment. It seems to all men of epees that
every time that Grant has nude • tentative movement,
either with cavalry or infantry, or by subterranean mines,
or any other aggressive device, sod has been foiled with moo.
sidesable loss of life, be has nude more than a quarter of a
ship backward. How many of these attacks have been
foiled sines June last it is difficult to compute.
But against all these failures, spread over the butt five arid
• half =oaths, Grant has nothing to advance as a make-
weight, incept the alight but immaterial advance of his
linen upon the Weldon Railroad, sad the capture of Fort
Harriacon on the 29th of September. No ow is probably
better ewer* than Cetera' Grant that these two alight
advantages have not brought hint an inch tearer to
the capture of Richmond. He is now confronted
by a frowning lies of earthworks, which stretches
for 33 or :it miles, commencing at the Chickahominy

River extending aseiss lis Jar, sad minis( close up to
the Wade' Railrad as the west of Reams' &alma. I may
be mistaken, but, in common with every Coofoderate alma
I have ooevened with oe both sides of the James, It is my
belief that ag.last say portion of these lines Grant's army,
*lmo if doubled in number, will never prevail The difficulty
and danger of attempting to get round either or both of
General Lee's flasks at points where the Caste.
derates are operating epos the inner circle is obviously
very crest. I anticipate that if Grant's army receives very
material acosesion of strength before April and during next
summer, the siege of Riehmood will he protracted t
the whole of next year. If he is not heavily reinforcedot
next spring, we shall see whether he will pass through 1865
without taking several quarter neaps backward. But, be that
as it may, it is already seen and felt that the advantages to
the Confederates of oirrying oo • defensive struggle so close
to their heart as Richmond are obvious and mani-
fold. The blood propelled through the great aorta is far
larger in volume than the blood which circulates throned
the temporal artery, and the vigilance necessitated by the
aloes proximity of the enemy is of eminent benefit to this
brave, but careless community. In additioe, the loot
protracted struggle around Richmond gives the Confede-
rates time to duplicate such establishments as the Tredegar
Works, sod to inaugurate supplementary measures for
creating munitions of war all over their country. It
seems to have entered General Grant's head that the cap-
tare of Itictunood will be to lam and his amociates but
the letting oat of @kilo."

THE LATE MURDER OP AN ENGLISH CAP-
TAIN'S WIPE AT ST. PETERSBURG.

The Ayr Advertiser states that a letter has been
received at the Isle of Withers from Captain Jobe Wyatt,
' muter and owner of the brig Acadian, sow at St. Peters-
burg, when she remains locked up by the ice, giving the
particulars (already published in the Esprtaa) of the murder
at Bt. Petersburg, of his wife, Frances Logan, belonging to
the Isle of Whithorn. A reward of 300 rubles was at mice
offered, whilst the authorities at the British embassy and
, consulate sundae& the utmost vigilance is watching the
matter. The greatest consteraatioa exalted among the
English residents of St. Petersburg, whilst the deepest
sympathy sad somzeieersties were exhibited towards
Captain Wyatt. Within a few days from the time the
crime was committed the police succeeded in apprehend.
big one of the ruffians, who ha. since mad* a full confession
of everything. When captured. the miscreant was wearing
a pair of trousers sod vast belonging to Capt. Wyatt, and
his statement wages follows :—For several days be and an
accomplice, who is still at large, ea hem watching for an
opportunity of plundering the vessel, sad on the morning
of the 13th. observing Capt. Wyatt to go on shore, they at
ogee proceeded to carry their diabolical project into exact-
ton. While the deed appears to hem been committed in
the most barbarous manner—the ruffians having provided
themselves with a hammer and clock weight for the pur-
pose—the utmost expedition must have been employed in
accomplishing their bloody work. The two girls mask
have had a narrow escape, for there can be no doubt bad
they arrived during the time the marderen were on board,
they too woqld have been despatched. It may be men-
tioned as a somewhat curious unoidenos that Mrs. Wyatt,
on the morning which was destined to be her last, concluded
a letter which she had been writing to her now disconsolate
mother, and which was posted by her husband when at St.
Petersburg, with the remark that the neighbourhood was
swarming with dangerous characters, and that several rob-
beries had bow committed, though fortunately they them-
selves had hitherto escaped. Fier remains were interred M
the English burying-ground at St. Petersburg, most of the
British residenta accompanyieg the body to the grave. The
monreful occurrence has plunged a highly respectable family
into the deepest affliction, and much sympathy is felt for
Captaia Wyatt.

Proicasot Gooding, s Germmaan chemist in Cincin-
sett, haa dimmed • ess of ldm the asset rapt from
Lithos oars. The sate ism three mid a bait gallows a/ beau-
%fel white renip to • bushel of cam. The proms le so
simple that it ma be cenisd as with the aedirrf otiosely
in • farmer's kitchen. This diseowery is likely to add
ammo* to the wealth of the tiorikwael. A New York
company, it is said, liseeperdieeed s6*. right for 400.000
dollars. sad purpose going into the business immediately.—
New York Sun.