The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-17 00:00:00

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plain to observation that the people of the Confede-
rate States are rapid emancipating themselves
from their former condition of dependence on others
for the necessaries of life. Of food you are aware
we have enough. I think the average product of
grain (wheat and maize), in the Northern and
North-Western States combined is 16 bushels a
head, and in the States of the Confederacy it is 36
bushels a-head. The number of horned cattle and
hogs also far exceed theirs. Now every nerve is
strained to supply clnthing and shoes. Down to
the present time there has been no suffering among
the troops for want of these articles. North Caro.
lies supplied all her volunteers from' her own looms,
and they are now working for others. In Georgia
and in other States there are manufactories of
woollen cloths, and all of them are working full
blast. The cotton factories are all doing an enormous
profitable business, as you may suppose, and every
ingenuity is at work to increase their capacity.
" It is wonderful, but nevertheless perfectly true,
that up to the present time there is not the slightest
evidence of suffering anywhere. Whenever want
appears contributions to relieve it immediately flow
in from all quarters.
" You will, of course, be anxious to know how we
are off in soldiers, arms, and ammunition. In re-
gard to the number of the first I must say nothing—
we are willing to leave that to the enemy. You see
he is always defeated and always lays his defeat
down to the superiority of numbers on our side. So
it would appear we have men enough. In arms we
are pretty well provided, and every day improves
our condition. We derive supplies from a variety
of sources. Even Simon Cameron is said to have an

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Harbour, preparatory to being swung for the ad-
justment of her compasses. The Admiralty inspec
tor of compasses will attend this day, on the part of
the Government, to superintend the adjustment,
after which the vessel will proceed to Portsmouth.
Orders have been received at Sheerness that in
future no boys are to be entered on board her Ma-
jesty's flagship at Sheerness, the Formidable, 84, but
that all second class boys are to be entered on the
Wellesley, 72, Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, which is spe-
cially fitted for training purposes.
The 18 pounder battery of position was removed
from Tilbury Fort to Woolwich on Saturday, the
battery consisting of four 18 pounder guns, each of
42 cwt., together with the full complement of shot
and shell, forge, limber, forage and platform wag-
gons, and store carts and medicine cart. The bat-
tery will be replaced at Tilbury Fort by a 40
pounder Armstrong of the same nature.

A numerous party of convicts arrived at Chatham
on Saturday from Pentonville for the purpose of
being employed on the works in connection with
the extension of Chatham Dockyard and the im-
provement of the harbour.
The artisans of the' Devonport dockyard are
busily occupied planking the screw steamship
Ocean, 50, which it is expected will be iron-plated
in Keyham steamyard.
According to present arrangements the repairs of
the iron screw steam transport Himalaya, Capt. J.
Seccombe, will be sufficiently advanced for her to
be removed this day from No. 1 dock in Keyham
steamyard. She is bound for Alexandria, to receive
the Japanese ambassadors for conveyance to Eng-
land.

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interest in a good contract at Richmond, and 'assure
you there is nothing in his past history to forbid this
belief. There are many large establishmen is in the
Confederate States for making arms, several for cast-
ing heavy ordnance. —We have a large number of
rifled cannon of the largest calibre made at these
establishments. Gunpowder we are also manufac-
turing for ourselves ; there are many private works,
and the Government has an establishment in Georgia
capable of turning out over five tons a day. Salt-
petre in sufficient abundance cannot yet be had, but
every day increases the supply. All the caves in
Tennessee and other limestone regions are yielding
their daily tribute. You see the great iron pots boil-
ing everywhere on the sides of the mountains as you
pass through the country. Of sulphur we have
enough to see the war out if it lasts several years,
Then you must remember our soldiers are not very
prodigal in the use of powder. The other day a di-
vision of Sherman's army, about 3,500 strong, ap-
proached Port Royal Ferry, and, after bombarding
the trees in the neighbourhood from their gun-
boats for some hours, they landed and marched
in the direction of Pocotaglio. Colonel Jones
met them with his regiment of South Carolina
Volunteers, about 650 strong, and four companies of
General Dunovant's Brigade. Odr men gave them
one volley and charged with the bayonet, and young
T—, who was present, told me the Yankees turned
and fled like a flock of sheep, never pausing until
they regained the friendly shelter of their gunboats.
" Seward, I see, has come up to the fall standard of
the Yankee character. All insolence and defiance
down to the last moment, and then all meanness and
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missioners himself, hat in hand, before venturing on
anything so far from his intentions. He thought the
lion's skin would have covered his ass's ears ; but
when found out he only regrets that the trick failed
—that's all. John Bull is certainly in many re-
spects a most simple-minded and unsuspicious old
gentleman. His willingness to be imposed upon
by such a set of knaves is something wonderful
Fancy Englishmen upholding a people who, in the
sacred name of liberty, abolish liberty of the press,
liberty of speech, the writ of habeas corpus, the
right of the people to possess arms, and the right
of petition, and restore lettres de cachet and the bas-
t ille ! Can anything be conceived more monstrous!
Surely an outraged Heaven, an offended God, will
soon hear the prayers of our injured people, and re-
lieve them from the diabolical attempts upon their
peace and happiness of these atrocious miscreants ?
Fancy, a captain in the Coast Survey, one of the
elite of their navy, acting as guide to conduct
marauders from the fleet to the houses of the gen-
tlemen whose hospitality he had enjoyed for years
when engaged upon the survey of the coast, and
even sharing in the spoils !
"But enough of this. Peace will again return,
and with it I believe guarantees for our future
security, which we were fast losing the virtue to
demand and to fight for. Tell and not
to despair of their country, but to be cheerful and
hopeful, believing that we shall come out of this
great struggle not only victors over our enemies,
but victors over ourselves in many national faults
and foibles—in other words, a better and a happier
people."

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—George A. Macfarlane,
master to the Asia, for the Tribune; William W.
Vine, master to the Asia, for the Coquette; Alfred
L. Eshelley, master's-assist. to the Emerald; and
H. Bunting, confirmed as second-class assist.-engi-
neer to the Hero.