Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-12-31
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were gratifed with the capture Of the
Rebel cmiSsaries, Mason d Co., many
doubted its legality, and believed it
unfortunate at this .iuncture. Presi-
dent Lincoln said, I'VE can not have
two wars at a time The dispatches
sent by Mason d Co. went on. The
President in his Message, and the
Government in every form, declined
to endorse the mode Of capture. In
giving them up, our Government dis
PLAYS the highest moral courage-for
they will encounter popular feeling,
and dcmagogucs will try to make
party capital out Of it. But they (wc
think wisely bow TO stern nccessl-
ty, and in so doing ensure the more
speedy downfall of the Rebellion. In
after years, by our Tariff aud other
internal regulations, we can sufficient
" resent this caplious. unmanly, and
unccncrous, if not hypocritical inter
ference with our Union, in its time Of
need, whcn-in view of their Anti
Slavery pretensions, and Of our course
toward them in their Canadian and
Indian Rebellions-we could justly
have expected and demanded their
sympathy and aid, instead of their
coldness, annoyance, and covert yet
evident hostility.
The despatch from Earl Russell, her
Britannia Majesty Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs. after recjtju- The rlrcmm-
stances under which he understood the
capture Of these parties to have been
made. proceed, to characterize it aS an
OUTRAGE on the British f.. and after cx-
,rr->.u. the hope and belief that il had
not beer authorized by our Government,
asks q r.paration appropriate to -Uch al
aggression. that the four gentlemen le-i--
mated should be released, and that an aiol-
o-y should be given for what the British
Government deems an airout to her fag
In responding, NrScward, after reviewing
the circumstances Of the arrest. ai.ticz,~
the facts and principle, Of National laws
involved. He arrives at the conclusion
that the NEGLECT Of Capt. Wilkes, partly
voluntary rs il was ou his part, t. brin.
the Treut in for trial az lawful prize,
nav be Justly held to operate as a fJtfeit-
ure Of the bclligsrent right Of capture ac,
cruing under the laws of us'ious; aud that
the Government of the United States, as
well from the consideration Of iuc5Usi>tep-
cy with its own traditional policy respect
ing maritime rights Of Ieutrals, would be
in lite own wrong if 1t should refuse com
pliance with the British demand, so far as
relates to the disposition that shall be
made of the prisoners taken into custody
by Captain Wilkes, under circumstances
believed to be justly open to exception on
both the grounds thus indicated. So far
,sregards the apology asked by the British
Government, none is rendered, because a
simple statement of the facts as they are
sufices to show that no offence could have
been intended on the par, OF our Govern
ment, as it had given no instructions what
ever in the premises, while the proceeding
Of Capt Wilkes, 10 SO far as it fails to
accrue to the benefit oe his Government,
and to conform to the rules of public law,
was dictated by considerations Of kindness
and forbearaDce.
"The decision of the President 10 this
affair, as announced and explained in the
lucid despatch of Mr.. Seward" says the
National iateNiyeacer, " has the approval
of every member of the Cabinet"
ETThe Bellefonte Press, 10Th inst,
notices that ex-Eiitor Brisbin has been
promoted from Captain to Major, in Sd L.
S. Cavalry. Twenty more colorcd people
have left that borough for Liberia. Three
prisoners broke ou; Of Jail ore night Ex-
Editor Brown has left for Harrisburg with
fine Company of Sharp Shooters Lock
Haven & Tyrone Railroad is going to
e. ou-again. One Bellefontc soldier
was killed on the Railroad at Harrisburg,
having started (without leave) to 60 home;
and another is imprisoned in Baltimore.
Live daudelions and grasshoppers are seen
a,that date in Centre couuty-(guess they
must have subsiiod this week.
ia-Tho's T. Baker has left with us
FOR exhibition, 6 ID. riled cannon
ball, and a cotton ovcr-coat, from the
Rebels, forwarded by his brother, ha-
wing been found near Drainesville.
CHARLESTON, SC.-All bat one Of the
Insurance Offices, are ruined by the Fire.
Seventeen d.laPidated whale ships, loaded
WIN stone, have been sunk in the main
enahneI, making an effective blockade"
as John Bull could desire. During the
great ire the Union prisoners go. out by
Jumping from one small window, and i, is
hoped COL Corcorau has escaped.
eo Mrs D, Pursel, of Columbia Co. Pa. is
- years of age, but she has kni, and sent
90 90 TWO par Of stockings for the soldiers.
che che feels an interest in the contest. and
,ne patriotic fame glows III her heart as
warm as ever.
IRUE.-Wbon once Inflelitv can nor
fpade men that they shall die Ike bes.t.
iiasy will ere long be brought to live Ike