The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-09 00:00:00

then the burglar had been my relative,.and had erst
been my friend—how could I fail to feel some pike
for him, along with the indignation which his crime
had excited ?" Semmes then gives a glowing picture
of the destruction of the Golden Rocket by fir;
High-flown terms abound—" the devouring WO°,
eating up the Golden Rocket, and " the grim WO"'
sides of the Sumter, like some great sea monster"
gloating on the spectacle_ the intricate net-work,
pencil of fire, and many threads of flame, twisting
and wreathing like so many serpents that had re"
ceived their death wounds, while her captain lecik
calmly on." Then lie tells what was done with the
flag, and bags of other flags taken from vesse
afterwards captured ; " hate's polluted rag," which
now rots beneath the waters of the English Chan re
on board the sunken pirate--we beg the Adillirai.
pardon—ship of war, the Alabama. Touching that
word " hate," so frequently and indiscriminately
used by the South as applicable to the North, s°
may observe that it is not unlike the drunken 0'1,90
who insists that his neighbour is intoxicated. be
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this day a New Englander cannot understand the
feeling of the South against him, and never realsll
believes it till he experiences it. The hate Vs
of
on one side, but that side was certainly not that
ei
the North. The Fourth of July, which Seen'
claims by right as more a Southern than a Northers
day, was not kept as is usual in American meal;
war, when the captain dines with the ward-le
officers. About that time he was singularly Inc 10
in his pencillings of fire, for he managed to capture
seven unfortunate merchantmen. No book COula
be written more calculated to disgust the Of
with privateering. The night made hideous with nor
flagrations at sea ; the dangers which it has aire3,,t
pleased Providence to multiply on the deep
only increased, but the property—aye, the lives''
even of neutrals placed at the disposal of 31/',
•
scoundrel who, having sufficient means and enter
prize, can fit out an armed vessel, and get a letter
of marque or commission, or whatever they may cad
it, from some pseudo Government, not recogniz'
by any other on earth. We do not apply these
remarks to Admiral Semmes and the Admi,istrr
tion he served, for we desire to be just, and net te:
exaggerate, and we allow that in all the attriba.t
of force, and the extent over which for a perincl to
sway was acknowledged, it was a great Geyer";
meat. But it is the principle and the exa`4oo
against which we contend, and Admiral Senile
may do a good he little intended in showing us t
interior working of such a system, himself sitting
in judgment on what may, perhaps, have been the
means of existence of those who never saw America
or knew anything of the quarrel, and the merciless
way in which he decided ou questions of internalabat
tioual law, and applied the torch in the hope t
even remotely he might injure the enemy he bate f
much. We desire to ask this simple question--;is
man steeped to his neck in maligcity to be set 35:
judge and a ruler on the high seas ?—and to eSir
cute under the battery of his Chip his decisions wito
,0a
out reference or appeal ? That England should bas
applauded the hateful and contemptible work, I
which Admiral Semmes so glorifies himself/ f 5
shocking instance, not so much of moral depravit ~
;la
as of folly. Never was a precedent establisnecilio
dangerous to herself, and it is almost incredible t'be
the mass of the nation could not see it at t
time, but requirpd the just, calm judgi°l,
of a Cobden to point it out, blinded as -141 'e4
laud was by prejudice. If Admiral SJO'l3lO,
imagines that his book will receive any cost
thusiastic welcome in this country, he is
,Iraod,
lamentably mistaken. Those days, thank u,„,i
have passed away, the illusion is dispelled, 45,,
Englishmen are better able to appreciate the 313'1°-
of the " bated Yankee," the " vile Puritan,
The first volume treats of the cruise of the Stenteo
and the second of that of the Alabama. 01
latter we purpose to give a separate notice.

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Commodore Richard W. Meade is suffering f
a coto
a severe stroke of paralysis, and his family fear -
result.
One effect of the Amnesty Proclamation.o4
been that Mr. Evarts, under direction of the Presliocer
has directed the release of ex-Confederate naval ° 40
Braino, so long in confinement in New York on clitL4

of piracy.
P
Professor Geo. Davidson has assumed the ouPeat
intendence of work belonging to the Pacific DePartra
of the Coast Survey.
Edward J. Jones, of Boston, chief of tile StaaO
t of
police, has been appointed by Major-Gem vutler
B. F. no
Major of Militia on his staff, and assigned to the P"
Inspector of Artilery.
(ADVERTISEMENT I— Consumption, and all bilious, or 0,
stomach,and liver complaints in every stage are only ogg:i4eo4
and accelerated by drugs of every description, but ,
curable by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta
as proved by thousands of cases which had been con o'se,
hopeless; such as indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, astl3,-,-,rstio,
sumption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric uossecilr
ments, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, norfoids, a•biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, KOPSO
fluenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, glessnesP rities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sloe drop
acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, cy of of
cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in pregoafb_nrcro
sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of
pains at the pit of the stomach, and between the shotolsroof
We quote a few.—The Pope's health restored by Dubeslti'ial
Food. Cure No 68,413.--" Rome, July 21, 1866.—The",ieg„A
the Holy Father is excellent, especially since, abao.° oarlui
other iemedies, he has confined himself entirely to Du p13,,te,i01
Revalenta Arabica Food, of which he consumes aijoienii
at every meal. It has pro laced surprisingly aise
effect on his health, and his Holiness cannot Prda gl.er
excellent food too highly." From the "Gazette
July 25. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, tinaf;
chant, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' disest',`,"fDes! of
spitting of blood, liver derangement, and partial
Want
Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lie re'o,
Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,8_,,exrossoosti
years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, keess 00/
spasms, sick
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency,
vomiting.—MariaJoly." ImportantCaution.—Bovolieb, With
unsavoury and more than sloppy imitations to vir 'attaco`o,
authority, Baron Liebig's name is most audaciously ll o.
In tins, at is. ltd.; 1 lb. 2s. 9d. ; 2 lbs. 4s. 6d.; 5 MB, 110' Our 11
225. ; 24 lbs., 40s.—Also Du BARRY'S REYALENTAABAn4 20.,10,40
LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 cups 7or 57'1'00
cups at 3s. 6d., for 48 cups at 65., for 288 cups at 305., d 65S,,see
at 555.—being about one penny per cup. The 30s. 8n
ost ("rot-
are sent free of carriage in England on receipt oftrot,
Order, —BARRY DU BARRY and Co., No. 77, Regent's
don; and all Grocers and Chemists. /%5

Births. of
SLADEN—On the 7th inst., at Weymouth,tho
Lieut.-Col, 11

Lone. .R. Sladen, R. 11,21., of a son- 4,00
ScoTT—On the 7th inst., at 223, Brompton-roaff,
of Clement W. Scott, of a son.
WEEB —On the 7th inst. at Victoria-road, Clapham
mon, Mrs. G. Webb, of a daughter.

Marriages. a
HALTON—HOLLIDAY —On the 6th inst., at 01 0, - -,er-fvf-,;
Hanover-square, Eldred Halton, Esq., 4, beer
Jell
dens, to Eliza Jane Hamilton eldest dungHolliday,
e
Esq., Alderley Edg'e, Cheshire. 5,,, Paa
WALTON—GORDON- -On the Bth inst , at St. ,„3133,e„: 1:074
cadilly, Oriel Farnell Walton, eldest son of 'IP-- eider
Walton, Esq., of Clifton, to Katharine Augustf4
daughter of Lord and Lady Cecil Gordon.

Deaths. CO"'
FLOWER—On the Bth inst
very suddenly, 9, - 3'
lower-Jcad, Camden-town,. aged 63.
GATES—On the 6th bast., at Oroydon, George G.3tet3l' Esq.,
aged 54. Alfred
HODGES - On the 6th inst , at Great Ormond-street/
L. Hodges, Esq., aged 3. 1. pig
JAMES —On the 28th ult., at Dublin, Sir J. IC. jaluel3'
~ 11l
aged 85.
Awlbor
OP,
PRYOR -- On the sth inst , at Weston, Serie,
Pryor, Esq., aged 62. • .orate
SUTTON—On the 4th inst ,at Lau harne, S°lltil
the Hon. Mrs. Sutton, aged 27. 6
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