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4, THE SUN, ,LONDON, ITUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1862.

faith in our final triumph, and in the many panics
which we have been and are still passing through
they have preserved their self-possession and
For two years all social inter-
bravery . . . •
course has almost ceased, and we have been thrown
on our own resources. While part of the army was
quartered near the town, the officers came often to
us, and served to enliven our narrow circle ; but
since the taking the town we all shut ourselves up in
our houses, rarely going out for exercise. Not a
Yankee officer has penetrated into the interior of a
family here, save with a search warrant to look for
silver or arms. We have been very anxious to leave
New Orleans on many accounts, but could not get
a pass unless we would perjure ourselves by taking
the oath of allegiance to the hated Yankee Govern-
ment, and have preferred running the risk of being
massacred here to going upon such terms_ Perhaps
you will think this ' exaltation'—fanaticism. You
know we have it in our characters naturally, and the
present state of affairs has not weakened it. . . .
If I had anything but war to write abcut I would
do so ; alas! there is nothing else. Do take pity on
us, and write to us from your peaceful, happy Eng-
land. If we are living, it will give us infinite plea-
sure to hear from you; if we are dead, you will have
the reflection that your labour was not lost, inas-
much as it was a request the fulfilment of which I
shall doubtless be aware of in the spirit land. . .
There is one consolation in living through scenes
like these—when death comes we welcome it; in
your happy country,with what horror do you look
upon it ! We are all in mourning ; the exception
is to find a person in colours: The entire nation has
some to mourn. has followed the army for
six months to watch her dear boys, whom she has
nursed through wounds and sickness. Do you re-
member little —, in Washington ? He made
his arrangements to run away and join the Southern
army. He is not yet 16. He has been prevailed
upon to abandon it for the present.
" Believe me, your friend,

We add to this interesting letter the following
latest intelligence from New Orleans :

" From New Orleans we have advices to the
20th ult. General Butler had issued an order for-
bidding the transfer of property or rights of pro.
perty, real, mixed, personal, or incorporeal,—except
necessary food, medicine, and clothing, either by
way of sale, gift, pledge, payment, lease, or loan,
by any inhabitant of the department who has not
returned to his or her allegiance to the United
States, the person transferring and the person re-
ceiving to be punished by fine or imprisonment, or
both. All registers of transfer of certificates of
stock or shares in any incorporated or joint-stock
company, or association, in which such person had
any interest, were likewise forbidden."
None but loyal subjects were allowed to draw a
cheque upon a bank. British subjects were desi-
rous of having one or two of her Majesty's ships at
that port for the protection of their interests.
" On the 13th a force of 250 was despatched from
New Orleans, under Major Strong, to look after a
Confederate force under Jefferson Thompson, which
was said to be at Pynchatoola. On reaching that
place they found it strongly defended. It was, how-
ever, assaulted, and the Confederates routed. Jef-
ferson Thompson, [it was learnt, had been days in
Jackson, Mississippi. Among the trophies obtained,
however, was Jefferson's sword, presented to him
by certain patriots of Memphis, his spurs, and mi-
litary saddle. About 25 or 30 railroad cars, loaded
with cotton, sugar, and molasses, belonging to the
Confederate Government, were set on fire and de-
stroyed. Having accomplished this, preparations
were made to return, when it was discovered that
the line of the track was menaced by the enemy's
infantry, and that two pieces of artillery were
planted so as to command the road. The Federals,
however, made good their retreat without loss.
Major Strong said a few words of encouragement to
the men, and started down the railway track,much
of it laid on trestle-work, built over the swamp."

In the Confederate House of Representatives, on
the 22d, the following observations were made by
Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, in moving that the Com-
missioners be sent toWashington empowered to pro-
pose the terms of a just and honourable peace
" Sir, I have but little hope that our insolvent and cruel
foe will listen to this proposition favourably. I have but
little confidence, I confess, sir, in the wisdom and sagacity,
the statesmanship, or the true manliness of spirit, of Mr.
Lincoln and his deluded Cabinet councillors. I am not
unaware that these personages have been disgracefully
driven forward continually, from the first shedding of blood
in the affair of Fort Sumter, up to the present moment, by
a numerous and active body of infuriated fanatics and un-
scrupulous demagogues, until they have almost reached
the depths of utter hopelessness and ruin. I am not at
confident that the weak and vacillating executive chiefs
in Washington City has adequate moral courage to
receive our Commissioner, should we conclude to send
one, even were the sufferings of our Northern enemies far
greater than those which they have already experienced,
though stimulated, as to some extent the must neces-
sarily be, by the apprehension of the far greater suffer-
ings with which they are now so obviously menaced.
But, sir, to these considerations I attach but little
importance. I will endeavour to state my view of the
subject in a very concise manner, as, according to the
rules of the house, I can occupy its attention only for
a few minutes. The enemy will either refuse our pro-
posal of peace, or, perchance, even refuse to receive our
commissioner ; or they will be courteously received. Cer-
tainly it is hardly to be hoped that our proposal of peace
will be respectfully considered and agreed to. In the latter
case a most bloody and desolating war will be brought to a
close; our own beloved country will be relieved from the
experience of present sufferings, and be, perchance, saved
from greatly multiplied sufferings hereafter. If a just and
honourable peace be madly refused us; then upon the heads
of our heartless adversaries will be accumulated all the re-
sponsibility connected with those evils which may be here-
after inflicted upon the general interests of the civilised
world ; the oceans of blood which may be hereafter shed,
and all the immeasurable horrors which must inevitably
result from a war conducted as it has been heretofore con-
ducted by our heartless enemies, in utter disregard of all the
well known principles of civilised war. We cannot, in any
1 state of things which can be possibly conceived of, be at
all injured by the pursuing of the line of policy suggested
in the resolution. Our brave armies in the field will not
feel less inclined to prosecute the war with energy and re-
solution, because their Government manifests a disposition
to save them from the necessity of incurring further hard-
ships, and shows a disposition to restore them once more to
the blessings of peace, of domestic happiness, and of
social beatitude. On the contrary, I shall confidently ex•
pest the exhibition of a still etsrner resolution, a still
fiercer military zeal, and still more glorious achieve-
ments, when they shall thus find it demonstrated
to them that there is no possibility of peace with our perse-
cutors, save by resorting, in a spirit of just retaliation, to
those terrible expedients which maybe calculated to impress
upon their own obdurate hearts the intense consciousness
of those horrors of which they have been the sole origina-
tors. If our proposition should be declined, and there be any
good men yet left in the North, friends to justice, to the
g
Ike: laws of Christian humanity, and the general happiness of
se
barbarous or world,aniand embody their energies against an insolent and
they will at once make their presence known,
Government, drive Lincoln and his myrmidons
from power, and elevate to the seats of official authority
wise and upright statesmen, through whose efficient instru-
mentality this sannary
struggle may be at last brought
to a termination. Sir,
or objects in takingthe initiative in the noble work of
pacification can be misunderstood it
is not even possible that our mo-
tives
either by the enemy or
civilised
by the rest of the
na.tions of the world. We are
thus far completely victorious
nume-
rous battles which have beenlathe war. In all the
signally successful. We have driven fought we have been most
vaunting hosts of the North be
yondor are now driving the
our
confines, and our
victorious standards are now being
planted
tory of the foe. Such a succession of brilliant
upon the terri-
rilliant and deci-
sive triumphs has never heretofore adorn
our history. Our successes have beenaeekdil the page of
the most emphatic manner even in the colun"viedged in
Northern newspapers. In sheer inagnaniraia:Y as of the
bound to offer terms of peace to the enemy. I,;riii are
us
alone can a proposition of peace originate without
the deepest dishonour. If the war is not to be inter
minable (and who desires this ?) the first movementtoward.s
a settlement of existing difficulties must be made by one of
' contestant ; and as the enemy cannot he expected
the part]es
under existing circumstances, to send to us a proposition
for the present termination of hostilities, it results that the
civilised world has a right to look to us for such action as
the resolution proposes. Mr. Speaker, I know well that I
shall be denounced in certain quarters for my present con-
duct. I shall be probably charged with excessive modera-
tion, and perchance even of pusillanimity. I shall not be
at all surprised if all who are especially interested in the
continuance of the war shall resort even to ridicule and de-
nunciation. To all this I am prepared to submit, confiding
as I do in the general good sense and elevated moral senti-
mentiwie of 'ay honoured countrymen, and being perfectlyper-
will
authst this resolution, if it should be fated to rejection,
wakes a responsive echo in bosoms of good and
wise men elsewhere,
which will more than compensate for
present tatsixtd .
Meld and undeserved obloquy, Mr. WllO9l

asked if they had not effective commissioners there now in
the persons of Generals Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Mr.
Foote admitted their effectiveness, but their services were
required in the field, where they were now prosecuting the
war with energy, and he did not desire to have their atten-
tion distracted by other matters.

THE MURDER OF GENERAL NELSON.

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, SEPT. 29.—The Galt
House, at about eight o'clock this morning, was the
scene of a terrible affair, in consequence of a diffi-
culty between Brigadier-General Jefferson C; Davis
and Major-General Nelson.
It appears that there has been a difficulty between
the parties for some time.
General Nelson was standing in the office of the
Galt House when General Davis approached him
and spoke to him. General Nelson refused to listen
to him, and used some insulting language. General
Davis immediately borrowed a pistol and followed
General Nelson, who was going upstairs to his
room, and while on the stairs General Davis shot
him. The ball entered the heart of Gen. Nelson,
who walked into his room and was laid on a mat-
trass, where he in a few minutes afterwards expired.
There are many conflicting accounts of the shoot-
ing of General Nelson by General Davis. About a
week ago Nelson placed Davis in command of the
Home Guard forces of the city. At night Davis
reported to Nelson the number of men working on
the intrenchments and enrolled for service. Nelson
cursed him for not having more. Davis replied
that he was a general officer, and demanded the
treatment of a gentleman. Nelson, in an insulting
manner, ordered him to report at Cincinnati, and
told him he would order the provost-marshal to
eject him from the city.
This morning Governor Morton of Indiana, and
General Nelson were standing near the desk in the
Galt House, when General Davis approached, and
requested Governor Morton to witness a conversa-
tion between himself and General Nelson. He de-
manded of Nelson an apology for the rude treat-
ment he had received last week. Nelson being a
little deaf asked him' to speak louder. Davis again
demanded an apology.
Nelson denounced him and slapped him on the
face. Davis stepped back, clenched his fist, and
again demanded an apology. Nelson again slapped
him in the face, and again denounced him as a
coward. Davis turned away, procured a pistol from
a friend, and followed Nelson, who was going up-
stairs. Davis told Nelson to defend himself, imme-
diately thereon firing.
The ball penetrated his left breast, and General
Nelson died in about 20 minutes.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Sept. 29.—A special
despatch to a morning paper, of this city, says that
General Nelson called General Davis " a cowardly
son of —," when General Davis fired at him and
killed him.

THE BLACK FLAG.-AMEBICAN

SLAVERY.

(From the .Examiner.)

The sign of the desperation of the Federal cause
appears. President Lincoln has hoisted the black
flag. He has proclaimed not the abolition of slavery,
but the freedom of slaves in States in rebellion
against the Federal authority. Any slave States
adhering to, or returning to the Union, are to con-
tinue to possess the peculiar institutions guaranteed
by the Constitution, and condemned by the moral
judgment of the whole civilised world.
What, then, is slavery in the opinion of the Fede-
ral Government ? Is it a curse, as the Abolitionists
of the North have alleged, or is it a blessing, as its
advocates in the South have pretended ? What is
it that the President proposes to take from the re-
bellious and leave to the loyal, punishing the one
and rewarding the other ? Emulating Providence,
is he chastening where he loves, or to what senti-
ment can be ascribed his eradication of a great evil
from certain hostile soils, and the sufferance and
protection of it in others friendly to him and faith-
ful to the Constitution ? Is he returning good for
evil, and saying to the rebels, as you have smitten
me I will deliver your land from its opprobrium and
bane ? Though we are taught to love them that hate
no, we are not enjoined to injure those who love us.
And how are we to account for the President's per-
mitting the curse of slavery to survive in the States
faithful to him ? Why is a loyal State to have the
abomination fixed upon it that has been uprooted
from the neighbouring rebel community? Which
is reward, which punishment ? The reward looks
like punishment, the punishment like reward, that
is, if there be any truth and sincerity in the tenets
of Abolitionists, a large hypothesis we admit. What
does Mr. Sumner think, what does Mrs. Stowe
think, of purging the rebel States of their great
offence, and leaving it to scourge the loyal with its
complication of mischief's ? Surely they would say
to the President, " Reverse your decree. Give the
boon of emancipation to the loyal to elevate their
condition, moral and industrial, and finally improve
their property. Let the curse of slavery be the por-
tion of those who take evil for good, and who have
broken the Union." Where would Mrs. Stowe now
for choice place Uncle Tom's cabin ? Should it be
in Carolina or Maryland ? Would the black's bon-
dage be sweetened by the loyalty of a border State ?
Would his declared freedom for vengeance be pre-
cious to a Christian mind in a rebel State ?

The decree of the President has, indeed, nothing
to do with the question of slavery, morally and po-
litically considered. How it will affect the blacks
has not been thought of, except to turn their hands
against their white masters engaged in the Southern
cause. Abolition is simply another word for the
last and the worst vengeance. It is to destroy what
cannot be recovered. To eke out by a servile war
what cannot be effected by a civil war.
From the first we predicted that in this detestable
quarrel abolition would be the last arm of vengeance;
that it would be made a pretence of till the game
should appear desperate, and then resorted to as a
sure stroke of mischief—sure to carry the war to
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any important general result. A firebrand is thrown
into a powder magazine on the calculation that
though it may fail of a general explosion, it will
fire the loose powder.
But in these crooked politics, as in mechanics,
action and reaction are equal and contrary, and
President Lincoln's decree will probably make
more enemies for him in the North and West than
insurgent blacks in the South. Bitterly as the
Northern men hate the Southerners, they would not
endure the idea of the triumph of the blacks over
their white enemies; not that they would care for
the sufferings, but that they would grudge the
blacks the luxury of inflicting them, and the riot in
rape and murders. This would be the feeling of
the worst men in the North ; while that of the best
must be the revolt of the humane and civilised
against any instigation to a war as much worse
than civil war, as civil is worse than any other.
Jealousies of liberty cannot be all dead in Ame-
rica, and people must ask whether they are to sub-
mit to the decree of the poor puppet President as to
those of Providence, and to bless his name who
giveth and taketh away,—giving liberty to blacks,
and taking it away from born freemen. The free-
dom of the Press, the freedom of speech are gone ;
and arbitrary arrests are as common now in the
remnant of the broken Union as they were in the
old regime of France, in the worst days of the
lettres de cachet and the Bastile.

THE IRISH GAG.—These Irish outrages are be-
coming serious. Besides the scene in Hyde Park, a fight
has occurred in Field-lane, in which the police were defied.
A man was struck down in Broad-street on suspicion of
being a Garibaldian. Four soldiers have been wounded in
stop other
Tothill-fields, and the Lord Mayor has deemed it necessary
inatg society were
to refuse the use of the Guildhall to a Garibaldian meeting.
sent home by
All this is simply intolerable. The Irish have a perfect
lost.
right to abuse Garibaldi as much as they like, but not to
grautedpeotoplme fernoameepsroafisdinisgorhdiemr,aarenddisthcredi
sion
officials. At Birkenhead, Irish rioters who attacked a de-
and lives have been two sensible priests, but
London we fear the disorders will be allowed to continue
until Catholic bigotry has atcattlePetromoiurs-
- awakened Protestant fanaticism,
Then the authorities will pro-
bably move in earnest, but it might be expedient to do it a
little earlier. We are not Ding to have Judge Lynch en-
throned in london,—lSPectafor

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.—Oct. 13.

BOW-STREET.—ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A
BROTHER.—A decently-dressed man, named James
Joseph Parker, was brought before Mr. Henry at
this court, on a charge of attempting to murder his
brother Matthew Parker,by firing a pistol at him.
Matthew Parker, the prosecutor, apparently
somewhat younger than the prisoner, deposed—l
reside at No. 57, Museum-street, and have no occu-
pation, but live on my own private means. The
prisoner is my brother. He is a grocer's assistant,
but I believe he is out of employment. This morning,
at about half-past 11 o'clock, I had been collecting
the rents of some houses of mine, in George-street, St.
Giles's, and was passing through that street when
some person came up to me from behind, and when
I looked round fired a pistol in my face. I then saw
that it was the prisoner. I was at first staggered
for a moment ; but presently I turned round, and
fearing that he might fire again, I ran away up
George-street and into Great Russell-street. As I
turned the corner into Great Russell-street, the pri-
soner, who was running after me, drew another
pistol from his pocket. I continued running on and
called to the people to stop him. I ran as far as
the corner of Hanway-street, where the prisoner
was stopped, and I gave him into custody. I went
to the hospital, where two or three shots were ex-
tracted from my face.
Mr. Henry—How far was the prisoner from you
when he fired at you ?
Witness—Only a few feet.
Mr. Henry (to the prisoner)--Do you wish to
put any questions to this witness ?
The Prisoner—No, sir_ I only wish to say that
I have repeatedly applied to my brother for assist-
ance, being in great distress.
Mr. Peter Shepherd.—l am a pianoforte-tuner,
and live at Hamilton-street, Camden Town. This
morning, about half-past eleven o'clock, I saw the
prisoner pass me at the corner of Bainbridge-street
and George-street. Immediately after he passed
me he mae a rush at the last witness, and dis-
charged a pistol in his face. The prosecutor ran
away, followed by the prisoner, who had another
pistol in his hand. I followed with two or three
other persons. By the time we got to Hanway-
street a crowd had gathered, and some of the people
stopped the prosecutor instead of the prisoner. The
prosecutor was running fast. When the prisoner
was stopped he was reaching over another man's
shoulder to aim at his brother with the second pis-
tol. I took it from him, and removed the cap for
fear it should go off. I dropped the cap by accident,
and before I could pick it up some one had trodden
on it, and it was flattened as it now appears. The
prisoner said he would give himself up to the police.
I did not hear him say anything else.
The Prisoner—l deny that I pointed the second
pistol at him. I was stopped too soon for that.
Inspector Honey, of the E division of police—l
was on duty at the station-house when the prisoner
was brought there on this charge. After entering
the charge I read it to him, and he made no re-
mark. The pistol produced was delivered to me by
the last witness. It was loaded to the muzzle with
gunpowder and slugs. Afterwards I went to the
hospital, where I saw the surgeon extract from the
prosecutor's cheek the two shots produced. I did
not hear the prisoner say anything about the
charge, but I heard him say that he had a wife
and children. _ _

Police-constable Head, 89 E, deposed—l was on
duty in Tottenham-court-road, and saw a crowd at
the corner of Hanway-street. I went there and
found the prisoner in the custody of the private con-
stable on duty there, who said that he was charged
with an assault, without mentioning the nature of
that assault. I did not at that time know that he
was charged with firing a pistol at his brother.
The prisoner said, " All right, policeman, I will go
with you." Oa the way to the station he added,
" He has done me out of some money, my wife and
my child are starving." At the station-house I
searched him, and found on him a pistol, which I
now produce. It had evidently been recently dis-
charged, being unloaded, and having on the nipple
an exploded cap. I also found on him ninepence

in money.
Mr. Henry—Anything else ? Was he carefully
searched to see if he had any other weapon ?
Witness—Yes, Sir, That was all.
Mr. Samuel Jones Gee—l am houso surgeon at
University College Hospital, and was in attendance
this morning when the prosecutor was brought in.
I found seven or eight small circular wounds scat-
tered over hia face, especially about the forehead
and the right cheek. They were mere abrasions of
the skin, with the exception of two, from each of
which I extracted a small shot about the size of a
pea. The shots were just under the skin. I de-
livered the two shot to Inspector Honey.
Mr. Henry (to the prisoner)—You have heard
the evidence in this very serious charge against you.
Do you wish to say anything in reply to it ? If
you do say anything, it will be taken down in writ-
ing, and may be used in evidence against you at
the trial.
The Prisoner—All I have to say is, that I have
been in a state of destitution.
Mr. Henry—Do you wish that written down ?

The Prisoner—l 'do. I have been in great dis-
tress, and in very bad health. I have made re-
peated applications to my brother to assist me, and
he has promised to do so, but has not kept his word.
He made'promises in the presence of my father on
his death-bed. My father left the property to be
divided amongst us all, but he has kept it all to
himself.
The prosecutor said this was not true.
Mr. Henry said it was not necessary to contra-
dict such a statement, which had nothing to do with
the case, though he had not interrupted the pri-
soner, as in such a case the defendant was allowed
to say whatever he liked. The prisoner must be
committed for trial for shooting at his brother with
intent to murder him.
After the prisoner had been removed,
The officer stated that the prisoner's wife had ap-
plied to him for the sum of 9d., which he had found
on the prisoner. Might it be given to her ?
Mr. Henry—Certainly. Let her have it.

LAMBETH.—EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY OF A
VALUABLE DIAMOND RlNG.—Elizabeth Wilson, a
young woman dressed in deep mourning, who was
said to be living under the protection of "a gentle-
man," at 64, Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, and charged on
suspicion with being concerned, with a Frenchman
not in custody, in stealing a diamond ring of the
value of £65, the property of Mr. Richard Atten •
borough, pawnbroker, of Knightsbridge.
Charles Palmer, assistant to Mr. Attenborough,
deposed that on Saturday afternoon, between the
hours of four and five o'clock, a middle-aged
foreigner called at the shop of his master and re-
quested to be shown a diamond ring which was
exhibited for sale in the window, and which was
marked at 75 guineas. Mr. Basset, the foreman of
the shop, took the ring from the window, and
placing it on the counter the man took it up, and
counting the number of stones which formed the
cluster, and taking out his pocket-book appeared
to calculate their value separately, and ultimately
purchased the ring for £65. He then requested that
a person might be sent with him to his residence, 64,
Walnut-tree-walk, Lambeth, where he would pay
for it. Witness accordingly accompanied the man
to the house mentioned, the door of which was
opened by the female then present, and the man,
on meeting the prisoner in the passage, addressed
her in the most endearing terms, calling her his
" darling," &c., and said he had intended to be
home much sooner. They then entered the parlour,
and he (witness) went in there also, when the man
wrote one or two notes which he handed to the pri-
soner, and she left the apartment. The foreigner
then said he kept his money upstairs, and asked
witness to let him have the ring to show it to his
friends upstairs, and he would then bring him down
the money. Not suspecting anything wrong he let
him have the ring, and he left the parlour, closing
the door after him. In about five minutes after the
prisoner returned to the parlour with a dog in her
arms, asked him if he was a judge of dogs, be
and .•
gan to speak of the qualities of the animal for the
purpose, as be believed, of engaging his attention
while the man was making his escape. lie at length
asked her if the man was not her husband. The
prisoner replied that he was not, and that she knew
no more about. him than having met him in the
night 1 street the before.

Witness finding that the man was gone away
with the ring went to the station-house, and having
obtained the assistance of Sergeant Shepherd, a
detective, he gave the prisoner into custody.
Sergeant Shepherd said that on going to the
house No. 64, Walnut-tree-walk, with the last wit-
ness, the prisoner informed him that all she know
of the Frenchman who had stolen the ring was her
merely meeting him for the first time on Friday
night in the Kennington-road, and his sleeping
with her for that night only. The prisoner alsoth
said that on leaving her on Saturday morningbas-
man said he was going to call on the French
sador to get some money, and should be
baccertained
course of the day. He (witness) rin the
that the prisoner had occupied the had
two Parlours
under the
the house for some months, that ascertained
of
she visitors.
protection of a gentleman, but saw
The defence set up was, that tthreanger to her be-
- foreigner who
stole the property was a perfect
sad that she had no
yond. one. night's acquaintance'
participation whatever in tbeiri _
a d was requested.
For the prosecution a butremand
consented that the
:bbery. •
.Mr. Elliott granted latlt
prisoner might be allowe,-
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the inspectors of the 1.,
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