The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-06 00:00:00

THE LIST OF REBEL AGENTS.—The concoctor of the list I
of Confederate Bondholders which was published a few
months ago, and which proved so successful in creating a
sensation on both sides of the Atlantic, is now doubtless
rejoicing at the publicity which his more recent effort has
received. In compiling his list of Rebel Agents he has
aimed at smaller game, and has probably shot nearer the
mark. The first list was. no doubt originated by some in-
significant camp-follower of the Confederate cause in
London or Paris, and sold to an agent or official of the
United States Government, and by him transmitted to Mr.
Seward, by whom it was given for publication to the
Associated Press. Tho purchaser, Mr. Seward, and the
press and public in America and England, were no
doubt for a time deceived by the cunning of a fellow whose
wants had sharpened his wits. His second list partakes
more of "guesses," pieced out with the names of firms in
London who were well known here as having had deal-
ings with the Richmond Government. These men, we
feel sure, are perfectly willing that their names and busi-
ness should be gratuitously advertised on both sides of the
Atlantic. Is it not rather advantageous, for example, for
the fact that a London surgical instrument maker has been
largely patronised by a Government, rebel it is true, but
still a Government whose surgeons had sufficient oppor-
tunities of testing surgical instruments ? Others in the
list have probably merely sold goods to merchants in the
ordinary way of business, who have shipped them after-
wards to Bermuda. We should be tempted to imagine
that the second list was the work of some advertising
agent who had received a consideration from the parties
whose names have appeared were it not that we had rea-
son to suppose that the conceder is identical with a
diplomatic guerilla who was one of the first rats to leave
the rebel ship when he found she was in a sinking condi-
tion, and who has recently tendered us "important infor-
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not believed him to be acquainted with the " Tartar horse-
man" who brought the premature news of the fall of
Sebastopol, and with the "reliable gentleman "and "intelli-
gent contraband " who in the early part of the American
war brought weekly accounts of the fall of Richmond.-
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