The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-07 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA.

(From the Times Correspondent.)
New YORK, Feb. 19.
The extreme severity of the weather appears
during the last four days to have impeded military
operations in every quarter except in Florida.
General Grant has not been heard of during the
week, and the positions of Longstreet and Joseph
Johnston are surmised but not known. Ru-
mours continue to be abundant, but the facts that
might support them are vaguer and more shadowy
than themselves and will not bear scrutiny. Many
people in high position are of opinion that General
Grant has taken the initiative in a movement that
will either make him the greatest soldier of his
time or consign him to the limbo of the numberless
dead reputations of the war, which no power can
revive, and no galvanism startle into even the
semblance of activity. A much larger class are
under the impression that a new invasion of North-
ern soil will be attempted by General Lee as soon
as the weather shall permit—the scene of operation
this time to be Kentucky and Ohio, instead of
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Bat if warlike operations offer no point of pre-
sent interest, the state of political affairs is suggest-
ive of coming danger. Whatever may be the case
in other portions of the Federal States, there is no ,I
enthusiasm in New York, city or State, for the re-1
election of Me. Lincoln. The jobbers, brokers, and'
gamblers of Wall-street, and the contractors who
wax rich and insolent on the profits wrung out of
the needs of the army and the carelessness of the
Administration, are the only persons who seem
very earnestly to desire a prolongation of his term.
The mass of the people are indifferent, mainly for
the reason that they think any agitation of the
subject will be premature during the next two or
three months. Mr. Simeon Draper, ex-Provost-
Marshal, convenes meetings in support of his
favourite candidate, but cannot, by all the art
of advertising, draw 50 people together to Hope
Chapel to hear any eloquence of which the themes
are the virtues and the patriotism of the President.
The clergy are shy of supporting his claims, and
even Mr. Henry Ward Beecher deprecates the
nomination of any one at present, on the ground
that there is as yet no candidate before the public
whose name is a tower of strength to rally around
it the heart and the judgment of the people. Mr.
Wendell Phillips thinks Mr. Lincoln pretty good
as far as he goes, but by no means good enough,
and hints that if he be re-elected it will not be be-
cause he is the best man to be found, but simply
because at some unexpected turn of events he may
prove to be the most convenient. "The error of
our politics," said he, in recognition of a fact that
The first competition between the Universities in athletic has long been known to every foreign observer of
sports teok place on Saturday on the Christ Church new American history, though it was never very gene-
cricket ground, Oxford, in the presence of a vast number of rally recognised in America, "is that we take the
persons, including many of the college authorities and available man always instead of taking the best.
some hundreds of ladies, who took a very keen interest in The available man is the last convert to our opinions
the proceedings. Everything was carried out in the most —the man who is not so obnoxious to our enemies
satisfactory manner. The following is the list of stewards : that they hate him, nod one that we ourselves can
Stewards.—Oxford—R. A. H. Mitchell, Balliol, hon. forgive. What is the result ? The bias of his old
secretary; 0. Mordaunt, Christ Church, treasurer ; C. R. opinions we do not know, but they will always
Carr, Wadham; W. C. Harris, Brasenose; F. R. Evans,
Exeter. Cambridge—P. M. Thornton, Jesus, hon. sec, ; influence him, and the consequence is the man is
J. Chambers, Trinity, treasurer; C. B. Lewes, Trinity ;C. trusted before he is known, and he always deceives
Booth, Trinity. you." If the opinions of the press of this city can
Judges—Rev. A. H. Faber, New College, Oxford ; Rey. be taken as an index to the public sentiment, Mr.
H. M. Luckock, Trinity College, Cambridge. Lincoln must be placed among the most unpopular
Referee—Rev. Leslie Stephen, Cambridge,
of all the candidates. The Herald mocks and gibes
The sports were as follows :
FLAT RACE, 100 yards. at him. The Daily News denounces him with sound
B. Darbyshire, Wadham, Oxford
A. 11. Harrison, Trinity Cambridge,
IL C. Jollye, Morton, Oxford
3 ,
4 nestates to recommend anybody, least of all Mr.
i
W. F. Wynne, Trinity, Cambridge
The winner, who was the favourite, jumped off with the Lincoln. The Tribune, which did more to make
lead, which Harrison could not wrest from him, and Darby- him President by defeating Mr. Seward's nomina.
shire won by a bare half yard, in 101 seconds. tion at the Chicago Convention in 1860 than a hun-
lima JUMP. dred thousand voters could have done, cautiously
F. 11. Gooch, Merton, Oxford 1
saying Osborne, Trinity, Cambridge
C. Wyatt Smith, Christ's, Oxford ..
Getty, Christ's Cambridge
"•• • • ° like the World, is strong for INl`Clellan. The Evening
The winner topped sft Sin, Osborne and Smith did sft 4in
each, but Gatty could only reach sft Sin. Post, the editor of which derives large emoluments
QUARTER OF A MILE FLAT RACE. from an office in the Navy Yard, to which he was
B. Darbyshire, Wadham, Oxford . 1 appointed by the present Administration, has not
A. H. Harrison, Trinity, Cambridge 2 yet mustered courage enough to support his patron
W. E. Heap, Brasenose, Oxford
P. M, Thornton, Jesus, Cambridge
Thornton took the lead, but the winner went to the front focus all the presentable and printable jokes which
after 100 yards, and ran in first by a good two yards. The are attributed to him, and publish them for
others caught Thornton about
yard half w
overay.
10 night
53 seconds. the amusement of the people, that they may know
HURDL 120 s.
A. W. Daniel, Trinity, Cambridge
E, Wynne Finch, Trinity, Cambridge
H. Skelton, Magdalen, Oxford 3 which may possibly do more harm than good to the
R. Kerrison, Trinity, Cambridge
E. B, Michell, Magdalen, Oxford
C. Bill, University, Oxford o daily paper of any note is the New Yorker Staat
- Atte. one false start the winner got well off, the winner Zeitung, printed for the Germans, and which is said
• —die in beautiful style, Mr. Bill being well
taking every et..
where the second and third got by to have a circulation of about 40,000. This journal
up for half the distance, ,
arative ease in lit seconds. advocates the pretensions of Gen. Fremont, as far
him, Mr. Daniel won with coml. ._4. superior to those of any other candidate. The Irish
Two yards between the second and thi..... ..,hts.
have no daily paper exclusively devoted to their
HURDLE RACE, 200 yards over 10 fhb_
. 1 interests, but the weekly Roman Catholic journals,
E. Wynne Finch, Trinity, Cambridge .. ...
A, W. Daniel, Trinity, Cambridge ..
H. Skelton, Wadham, Oxford
es.
03 Irish sebs:ime.nt, are all in favour of M'Clellan.
Onslow, Trinity, Cambridge ....
-.oln, like all Americans, knows too
'`Tew York press can be managed
E. B. Michael, Magdalen, Oxford
C. Bill, University, Oxford OO But Mr. Lie._
Mr. Daniel led throughout in beautiful style, and would well how easily the as,
' re hostility
,
have won, but at the end there was a drop of about 2ft, by the wire-pullers of pars: give himself much ,
to
which Wynne Finch took a flying leap at and won by a few if any, trouble on the score of 1:,9 Present
inches only, Daniel getting second place and by half aor indifference. His plan—or that sae the persons
ortancs
yard. It was a beautiful race, and run in 26 seconds. who would prolong their own power and iml.-
LONG JUMP, by prolonging his—is not su much politicat ,as
F. H. Gooch, Merton, Oxford, lBft
C. Booth, Trinity, Cambridge, lift 41
W. Wright, Trinity, Cambridge .....
T. Devenport, Pembroke, Cambridge 0 dered, if such a result were possible ; but as this is
The ground was very slippery. Booth fell and hurt his
not likely, whether the fortune of war be favour-
arm at the first jump, and also ticked his foot, so that hie
performance was no criterion of his capabilities, as he did able, the plan is, as I believe I have already men-
18ft 81in at Cambridge last week, tioned, to favour the nomination of many candidates,
ONE MILE FLAT RACE. so as to split up the popular vote and throw the
C. B. Lewes, Trinity, Cambridge
A. 11, Hannam, Merton, Oxford
G. B. Streeter, Queen's, Oxford 0 such a case the representatives would vote by States,
p, M. Thornton, Jesus, Cambridge
j, S. Warman, Balliol, Oxford
S. Slocock, Jesus, Cambridge, did not go to the post.
can add to the number of States by the means de-
Hannam, who was the favourite with the Oxonians, took
the lead, but soon resigned it to Thornton, who, being scribed in his recent proclamation. It is for this
unwell, made the running for his fellow competitor. He purpose that General Banks is hectoring in Loui-
did not, however, go quick enough for Lewes, who took up siana and declaring " indifference to be a crime."
the pace about half-way in the first lap, and Hannam was It is for this purpose that a military expedition
second, about three yards in the rear, evidently making a has been sent to take possession of Florida—.
waiting race of it. They went the second and third round
a point of no military value ; and it is for this
in the same positions, Thornton keeping well up, and about
half way in
the last round he aided his leader by spurting purpcse alone that Arkansas and Tennessee have
up to and passing Hannam, who went up to Lewes and ran sent or will send representatives to Congress
level with him for 20 yards, Just at this period Lewes on behalf of that decimal minority of " loyal "
looked back two or three times over his shoulder, his oppo- people—to whom Mr. Lincoln, without any
nent being on his right. On seeing Hannam up with him authority bat such as he derives from the war
he bounded away, and in 20 yards more was again quite
power, has deputed the privilege of electing State
three yards ahead. So he kept to the end, winning a lino
race,mum falling exhausted after passing the judge. officers and representatives. With the same end in
llad Hannam
Slocock started and made the pace better, it would have view it is suggested, although Congress has but 15
improved Lewes's chance, as he had to run almost the entire days longer to sit, that the outlying territories of
race by himself, which was a great disadvantage; but it Nebraska, Idaho, and others, and even the Mormon
must also, in fairness, be mentioned that Hannan' was "a Paradise of Utah, should be formally admitted as
little off," and as to Thornton, he was "goad amiss." The
States of the Union before the adjournment, But
race created great excitement, and was run in 4 min, 56 sec.,
the last lap, 26 yards less than a quarter of a mile, only
'
the Americans are not so wholly absorbed by the
occupying 51 secs, passion of war or the greed of gain
as not to be
STEEPLECHASE overabout two miles of fair hunting country. aware that this is a dangerous game, and that, as
G. Garnett, Trinity, Cambridge 1 Mr. Lincoln's election produced one secession and
R
E. Webster, Trinity, Cambridgemeans
like these
C. B. Clive, Balliol, Oxford one civil war, his re-election by
J. Wood, Pembroke, Oxford 4
West
tproducea secondsaecon d
civil s e cwe
P. M. Thornton, Jesus, Cambridge
The last-named gentleman did not start. Mr. Grant took first. A Republican representative, Mr. "Winter
the lead and kept it to the rails, where the floods were out, Davis, of Maryland, an strenuous
assrioans sainng theu id
not long ago a n
allorthry
e eor
A. Grant, Trinity, Oxford
but there they all got tolerably close together. In going supporter of the Administration, has already
along the bottom to the " legitimate " water jump Mr. sounded the alarm. In opposing the right of a
Garnett took a commanding lead, following his colleague, newly-elected representative of the Third Congress
and they kept increasing their distance, both running sional district of Arkansas to take his seat in the
together. About two fields from home they began to race
House, on the ground that his election was illegal
for " the pride of place," the victory of Cambridge being,
d uncanstitutional, he took the position that there
',bar accident," beyond a doubt. Mr. Webster fell at the last "
hedge but one, and his friendly competitor, who jumped could be no civil government in a State that had
very beautifully throughout, got a lead of 20 yards. The seceded; at least, no civil government that the Pre-
same distance divided them after flying the iron fence, and sident of the United States could recognise; and,
though Mr. Webster put on a dashing spurt in the straight consequently, that no representative of such a State
run up to the Pavilion, he got very little nearer to Mr.
could be deputed to or sit in Congress. Ho de-
Garnett, who was very loudly and deservedly cheered on
passing the judge. The third :gentleman was 200 yards nounced at the same time the appointment of mili-
astern, and his more immediate follower 50 yards from tart' Governors in portionsof seceded States, charged
him, very much distressed. 'With that race the sports con- with the duty of influencing, regulating, and con-
cluded. , trolling elections b- the -mediation of

Directors who retire
by rotation.

John Pat son, Esq.,
Edwd. Wank yn, E q.,
Chas. Whetham, Esq.,
Thos William 4, Esq.,
Thos. Adams, Eiq.
E. Greaves, Esq., M.P.
It. W. Johnson, r eq
Tho . Lloyd, E q., M.P.
Chas. A. Saunders, Erg.
Zaccheu 3 Wa;ker, Esq.
RICHARD POTTER, Chairman
Paddington Station, March 5, 1864.

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THE MURDER. FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.—The ex-
traordinary charge upon which a tradesman named
Weekly Ball has been committed for trial is Northampton-
shire for murdering a woman named Lydia Atlee 14 years
ago has been already reported in The Sun. The charge was
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h disclosew a tsht
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