The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN! -G, AUGUST 29, 1862.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

B RID GEWATE R RACE S.—TatiRsDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added; weight for
age; the winner to be sold for 80 sous ; if entered to be
sold for 50, allowed 61b. Five furlongs.
Mr. Stevens's Pinkepoe, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (£80) .. (Payne) 1
Mr. Rickaby's Ironsides, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (L5O) (Rickaby) 2
Mr. Stevens's Rose de Clare, 2 yrs, bat 61b (£.50)
(States) 3
The following also ran :—Mountain Daisy, J ack-in-the.
Box, and Wolsey.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Jack-in-the-Box, 2to 1 agst Rose
de Clare.

The lot got well away together, Mountain Daisy showing
slightly in advance for the first 100 yards, and then giving
way to Pinkepoe, Rose de Clare, and Jack-in-the-Box. At
the distance Ironsides took second place, but he could not
overhaul Pinkepoe, who won easily by two lengths ; the
lengths dividing the second and third.
The Ladies' Plate of 50 soya ; winners extra. One mile.
Mr. Holman's Jessie Brown, 4 yrs, 85t.... (J. Holman) 1
Mr. T. Stevens's Pinkepoe, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b . (Payne) 2
Mr. Penny's Torn Sayers, 3 yrs, Bst 51b .... (J. Adams) 3

Betting-6 to 4on Jessie Brown, who waited on Tom
Sayers and Pinkepoe to the home turn, where the favourite
joined them, and Tom Sayers giving way, a good race
ended in her favour by three-quarters of a length, two
lengths dividing the second and third.

The West Somerset Stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 2 if
declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake ;
winner a extra. One mile and three-quarters.
Mr. Stevens's Shepherdess, 4 yrs, 7st 13ib ....(Payne) 1
Mr. Wyatt's Ledbury. 3 yrs, Est 91b (Roberts) 2
Mr. Harvey's Marksman, 3 yrs, Est 71b .....(States) 0
Betting-2 to lon Shepherdess, sto 2 agst Ledbury.

The winner made all the running, and won in a canter
by two lengths. Marksman was beaten off, and did not pass
the post.

The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; weight
for age, with selling allowances. One mi.e.

Mr. W. Evans's Misty Morn, aged, 9st 91b (£4O)
(J. Adams) 1
Mr. Rickaby's Ironsides, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (X4O) (Rickaby) 2
Mr Adney's Birthday, 3 yrs, Bst (L 40).... .(Ho,akins) 3
Mr Brayley's Plunkett colt, 2 yrs, ti.t bib (EGO) (Ashbeo) 4

Betting-6 to 4 agst the Plunkett colt, 2to 1 agst Misty
Morn.

The favourite led to the last turn, and then bolted,
Misty Morn winning a good race by half a length; a bad
third.

The Tradesmen's Plate did not produce a race.

STOCKTON MEETING—THURSDAY.
The Bellingham Grange Stakes of 6 sovs, added to a
Sweeps' akes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts,
Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b ; allowances ; winners extra. One
mile and a quarter. 11 subs.

Lord St. Vincent's Zetland, gat 41b (inc 81b extra)
(Fordham) 1
Mr. Fobert's Lachesis, Bst 91b (Doyle) 2
Mr. John Osborne's Weatherden, Bst 101 b.... (Osborne) 3
Betting-20 to 1 on Zetland.

Won by three lengths ; Weatherden beaten off.

First Year of the Sixth Zetland Biennial Stakes of 10 sous
each, h ft, with 50 added each year, for 2-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst fib ; winners extra. Five
furlongs.

Mr. Bowles's Old Orange Girl, Bst 71b (Osborne) 1
Mr. J. Osborne's The Comet, Bst 31b 2
Mr. J. Osborne's Richard, Bst 31b 3
Betting-2 to lon Old Orange Girl, 3to 1 agst The
Comet.

Won by three-quarters of a length ; a bad third.

The Corporation Plate (Handicap) of 50 sous ; winners
extra. Five furlongs.
Mr. Stewart's Joey Jones, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b.... (Snowden) 1
Mr. Jaques's Entremet, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Challoner) 2
Mr. Mellon's Strawberry Hill, 2 yrs,6st 21b .... (Noble) 3
The following also ran :—Tithonius, Pretty Girl colt,
General Bixio, Trust, Betsy Copeland, and Ashmore.

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Betting-6 to 4 agst Joey Jones, 3to 1 agst Entreraet,
to 1 agst Strawberry Hill, 8 t 3 1 agst any other.
Won by a length ; four lengths between second and third.
The Grand Stand Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25
added; weight for age ; allowances. Half a mile straight.
6 subs.

Mr. Lawson's Curatrix, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (DO) (Withington) 1
Mr. G. S. Thompson's Aslanga, 2 yrs, Gat 81b (iio)
(Heslop) 2
Mr. Hodgson's Prairie Flower, 2 yrs, Gat 71b (£3O)
(Hervey) 3
The following also ran :—Brahminie, Little Pinkie, and
Canada.

Betting-7 to 4 each agst Little Pinkie, 6to 1 agst As-
lange, S to 1 agst any other.
Won by a head, the same between second and third.
The winner was bought by Mr. lladlow for 30 guineas.
The Stockton Cup (Handicap), value 200 Boys, by sub-
scription of 10 save each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds,
winners ex ra. One mile and a half. 17 subs.

Mr. W. Sharpe's Beverley, 7st 21b (Doyle) 1
Mr. Thomas's Brighton, Bst 21b (includi g 71b extra)
(Fordham) 2
Mr. J. Osborne's King of K,rs, 7st 71b ....(Claalloner) 3
The following also ran :—Queen of Trumps, Adventurer,
and Oberon.

Betting-7 to 4 agst Brighton, sto 2 agst King of Kars,
4 to 1 agst Beverley.
Won by a length; half a length between second and
third.

Bonny Breast-knot was scratched at 11 a.m.
The Middlesborough Handicap of 100 sous, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and 3 if declared ;
winners extra. One mile and a half. 21 subs.
Mr. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Challoner) 1
Mr. Fobert's Upperhand, 5 yrs, Bst ........ (Fordham) 2
Mr. Barber's Ophelia, 3 yrs, sst 71b, carried sst 91b

(Noble) 3
Mr. J. Johnstone's Lady Ripon, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Bullock) 4
Betting-3 to lon Caller Ou, and sto 1 agst Ophelia.
Won in a canter by four lengths ; three lengths between
second and third ; the same between third and fourth.

The Garbutt Nursery Pedestrian Handicap of 100 soya, for
two-yr-olds ; winners extra. T.Y.C. Redpost.
Mr. Fobert's Tippler, 7st 111 b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Masterman's The Robber, 6st 71b (Noble) 2
Mr. Watson's Unfashionable Beauty, 7st 91b (Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Princess Louisa, Donnybrook,
Corydon, Flying Spur, Woodbine, and Formidable.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Princess Louisa, 4to 1 agst Wood-
bine, 5 to 1 agst Tippler, 6 to 1 ant The Robber, and 7 to 1
agst Unfashionable Beauty.
Won by a neck ; a bad third.

scribed limits. Morris, who is not more than 22, is about
a year older than his antagonist. Holden's first appear-
ance in the ring was on Tuesday, the 23d Dec. last, when
he fought and defeated Charley Lynch (the American) for
£5O, winning a well-contested battle in clever style. Yes-
terday, according to arrangements made by those at the
head of affairs, a visit was made to a well-known spot,
when, there being no impediment, the commissary lost no
time in getting the ring in readiness. Morris, who was the
first to enter, had for his seconds Joe Wareham, of Bir-
mingham, and Bodger Crutchley ; while the veteran Hol-
den, and a well•known retired member of the ring, did the
requisite for Master George. The men were stated to be
well, but there can be no d iubt that neither was in the
height of condition, for Holden was decidedly too fleshy,
while Morris had not the right " tints" about him. By 20
minutes past 10 o'cnck the men were lett at the scratch to
commence the battle. During the progress of this spirited
contest many of the rounds fought were of the most fearless
character., In a fine opening bout the Brum was the winner
of the first of the three events, while the second was ob-
tained by the Walsall hero. Atforgb the Brum was the
better scienced man, and the best tactitian, yet Holden, from
the dash with which he fought, and the resolution evinced
of alwa) s being " there," proved himself a worthy opponent,
and gave in the closes such proof of physical power as to
make the advuitage in these rounds preponderate in his
favour. There were 26 rounds fought in the first ring,
occupying one hour and 14 minutes, when Inspector
Brandon and his men made their appearance, so that hos-
tilities had to be suspended and fresh ground chosen. The
ring having, with all possible despatch, beeni re•f•-rmed, the
men again entered, at seven minuts past 12 o'clock, and
recommenced their gallant passage of arms, in the same
spirited and earnest manner. As the battle progressid
Morris, despite all the efforts of his opponent, gained the
advantage. Thers were in the whole 64 rounds (in the two
rings) fought, occupying two hears and nine minutes,
when the ascends of Holden, the " die "yes cast,

hailed the winner of this hard-fought battle. There were
several appeals made during the contest, but these were
properly rejected by the referee ; although that functionary
ence deemed it necessary to give a caution to the Brum,
who at that period of the contest was just a little abroad in
his deliveries.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

A writer in a contemporary says
:—The Ame-
rican accounts continue to arrive of a complexion
most unfavourable to the Northern cause, The
South is, indeed, suffering at every pore, but the
North is rapidly advancing on the road to national
ruin. The contractors and philanthropists, chief
performers in this dismal tragedy, not contented
with the loss of the South, are doing their utmost
to drive off California and the West ; and Mr.
Lincoln upholds the dignity of an office which a
Washington has held by taking part in a Bun-
combe meeting, and giving his sanction to resolu•
tions that declare open war with common sense.
Surely, attempts at jocularity are out of place, or
the squabbles of subordinates, when the question
is one of life or death to a nation. And this
man is to put his chunsy heel on the noble con-
stitution framed by statesmen and patriots—to stop
the speech of a people, to gag their press, to im-
prison them at his will, to hunt them up in shoals,
and send them to perish wherever he lists. Great
nations before this have surrendered their liberties
to a despot, to a Caesar or a Napoleon, for genius,
like beauty, has power to fascinate the minds of
strong men. But here is one who pretends to no
capacity, knowledge, firmness—whose conception of
a middle course is to take each extreme alternately
—who is ready to shelter the grossest delinquency
with a joke, or amuse any idler with a quaint story.
Such is the ruler the Northern people now abjectly
obey. They are the first who were ever contented
to have a Sancho Panza for a despot.

government, bat the facts are too solemn for amuse-
ment. It was the strongest argument against
Secession in the North, that it might bring the
country into the condition of Mexico. This is the
very process now in action. Was there ever a
Mexican Congress more incompetent than that
which has just been in session at Washington P
Was there ever a Mexican President who treated
the constitution of his country with greater con-
tempt ? Were the atrocities of Mexican civil war
any greater at first than those we now hear of?
Are the Mexican Generals, the bane of that miser-
able country, more numerous than they will be in
the North ? Did the Mexicans ever seek financial
ruin with greater eagerness, or invent such contri-
vances for breaking up a Federal Republic as the
Tax Bill and Conscription ? We shrink from the
belief that men of our own race can become what
Mexicans are, but here are facts for the reflection
of Northern men. If this war is to continue, what
before long will be the difference beyond &difference
of language ?

This Conscription for which Mr. Lincoln's fiat
has gone forth is a proposal to take 600,000 men by
force, and compel them to invade the sister States
and attack their fellow-countrymen in their homes,
An impulsive movement of this kind, under some
feverish excitement, is intelligible enough, but we
have now a people forced to this work against their
will, and this in a land of liberty and constitutional
law. As a practical measure, what will be the cost
of an additional army of 600,000 at double our rate
of pay, and where is the money to come from ?
How many policemen will be needed to look after
a flock of 600,000 men anxious to slip away ? If
volunteers full of enthusiasm have completely
failed in the object of the war, what will the pros-
pect be with conscripts ? It is admitted that
30,000 men have disappeared from the army of the
Potomac, home-sick or disgusted with the realities
of war. There will now be a new incentive to de-
sertion, for the price of a substitute will soon reach
Mr. Stanton's estimate of £2OO. Daring the Cri-
mean war, when the bounty for sailors was advanced,
it was soon found to stimulate desertion for the
mere sake of getting the bounty over again. Offer
a bribe of 1.:200 where woods and swamps afford
facilities to desert, and half the rank and file of
aay army will make the attempt to reach such
a market. And if these conscripts be obtained—a
point exceedingly doubtful in the West—they eau-
not appear on the field for many months. The
real American, who is now to be dragged from his
home, is a difficult human being to train and drill.
The shape of his body rebels against it, and the
turn of his mind ; he has no desire to be used up
in that way, and values his time at infinitely more
than soldier's pay. Yet these men must be drilled
before they can enter the field, and during the
months required for that purpose what will become
of the Federal forces, now diminishing daily by
sickness and about to enter September, the most
fatal month of the year ? The truth is, the whole
matter has broken down. As a rational attempt of
sane men, the subjugation of the South is at an end.
Those who are coining money by the war, or who
will be ruined when peace returns, will strive to sus-
tain it so long as the people permit their country to
lie prostrate in such hands. Thousands of Nor-
therners have bravely given up their lives in what
they believed to be the cause of their country.
Surely some will arise with sufficient moral courage
to risk Fort Warren, make an effort to save their
country from the ruin into which it drifts, and res-
cue it from hands just described by an eloquent
Northerner as those of " swaggering imbecility? "
It is stated in recent accounts that yellow fever
rages at Key West ; it is therefore on the way to
New Orleans, and near at hand. There will come
a day when some will ask whether any Government
was justified in sending troops to James Island in
July, or to New Orleans at midsummer. The cap-
ture of Baton Rouge and the measures taken by the
Governor of Louisiana point to the recapture of
New Orleans as a probable occurrence. Unless it
happen soon General Butler will leave it a rich man.
There was lately a letter in your columns from en
English captain who could not obtain a tugboat to
take his ship to the city. General Butler has estab-
lished a brother there, who has set up a mercantile
firm. This brother will supply a tug after he has
first bought the cargo, and has room for it. Flour
at one time reached 35 dols. per barrel in that city,
the price at New York being 5 dols., and the cost
of transport trivial ; but the flour that arrives at
the month of the river cannot appear at the city
until General Butler's brother is ready for it, and
supplies a tugboat t 3 bring it up. But ashy should
not Northern Generals turn a penny by the war ?
Is not the main object in keeping the South to
make money out of it ?
"Stonewall" Jackson has inflicted another blow
upon his adversaries. Learning that an advanced
corps of Pope's army was separated from the main
body and within reach, he suddenly crossed the
Rapidan and fell upon it. Of the result we have
only the Northern account prepared for the press
by the censor, but this admits that the Federal
infantry was badly cut up and driven back with the
loss of a few guns. It has been the invariable rule
that a description of this kind has covered a serious
disaster, and it is strong evidence of the fact that
even Gen. Pope could not term it a victory. As that
General came up with his main force Jackson re-
crossed the Rapidan with his prisoners and captured
guns, and ho will probably endeavour to entice hie
opponent within reach of the Richmond army. It
is asserted that a pestilence has appeared and is rag-
ing at Richmond, than which there is no healthier
city in the South. Such a calamity is more likely
to befall M'Clellan's army, which lies between two
swamps, amid all the evils of a stationary camp in
such a climate. It had been rumoured that the
Southerners were evacuating Richmond, and, as this
was rather too improbable without some assignable
cause, it was perhaps thought that a pestilence
would afford a reason. Doubtless, there is suffering
enough on all sides, and, sooner or later, a pestil-
ence is likely to appear and add another and terri-
ble scourge to those already afflicting the country.
It excites surprise that 31`
should be per-
mitted to remain quiet all this time. But the
Southern army suffered heavily in the engagements
before Richmond, and at this season none but
Generals reckless of the lives of their men will move