Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-07-01
The Late Var.

lpoctsheu uutlng TIE last CoHttSi
OF this country with Great Britain,
in which we find many il:ings OF
Ipeculiar interest at the present
imoment. We give some brief ex-
ltracts from articles Of London pa
Ipers, transferred TO the journal be-
lore US, and Which relate to the
wonderful naval successes of the
Americans:
The London Pilot, O! Jan. 13,
) 1913, begins an article thus
t"Amongst all the painful reflections
arlsing from the circumstances
and consequences of the recent
naval conflicts with the Ameri-
cans, nothing is So affecting as The
unquestionable fact that the losses
and sufferings of the Americans
bore no proportion to ours. Il has
never before been known, that in
an engagement, in which the
strength Of the parties was go near
~ proportlonate as 10 require OF
admit o I an engagement, the loss
was SD dispropotiunate on lie con-
queror's part; nor does tie obser-
walton apply merely TO the case Of
a SPaniard. The great advantage
and the great distinguishing charac-
terislics of British gallaniry, have
always been, that infinitely more
damage and more los7 were inAIc.
ed on the enemy than was sustained
an orr part. But unhappily. The
case is altogether reversed. We
suffer losses equal, il moi superior
to " hat our former enemies have
sustained in The most memorable
of naval combats Of prior wars; and
our enemies less than has been sui
fered by us in the most brilliant Of
our victories. Here, then is the
most serious and lamentabIf cir
cumstance OF the late unfortunate
conflicts between British and Amer
lean frigates, not merely that the
British frigatcs were conquered
and captured, inflic,ing SO little
comparative injury upon their OPP
Iponeuls. AID suffering so much com.
1parativeiy themselves"
again, it is to be observed, that
in former engagements we had
such superior facilities in Tie man
agement Of our ships and artillery,
that we discharged three shots for
every one discharged on the part
oi our antagonists; but pow the
Americans boast OF having discharg-
ed three 20 every one of onr's in
the action between the United
States and Macedonian, and unfor-
tunately the disparity Of the loss
bears testimony of The truth of the
allegation"
From the London Times, March 20 1873.
"Tbe public will learn with SEN
timenls which we shall not pres
sumo to anticipate, that third
British irigate has struck to an
American. This is an occurrence
that calls for serious reflection
this, and the fact stated in our pa
per Of yesterday, that Loyd's List
contains notices of upwards OF five
hundred British vessels captured
in seven months by the Americans.
Five hundred merchantmen and
three irigates J AYE and three
sloops of war
"Can the statements be true;
and can the Fuglish people hear
them unmoved? Any one who
had predicted sucli result of an
American war, this time last year
would have been treated as a mad
man or a traitor. lie would
have been told, if his opponents
had condescended 10 argue with
him, that long ere seven months
had elapsed, The American flags
would be swept from the seas, the
contemplate navy of the United
States annihilated, and their mara.
time arsenals rendered a heap OF
ruins. Yet down. to this moment,
not single American lrigate has
struck her flag. They insult and
laugh at our want of enterprise
and vigor. They leave their ports
when they please, and return TO
them when it suits their convent
ence; they traverse The Atlantic,
they besei the West India islands;
they advance TO the very chops OF
the channel; they parade along the
coasts of South America; nothing
chases, nothing intercepts, nothing
engages them, but 10 yield them
triumph"
In the dispatch Of the captain Of
another British ship, the Frolic, an
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