Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-09-13
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making arrangements to insure the sale transit
If the Great daily mail to the Pacific coast
The burnjnr Of The bridges upon the st. LOUIS
ond & .Iosepn Railroad now interrupts the
mo;l communication, and the prospect ai lur-
thor disturbances in the region through when
the road nasses may impose the necessity OF
snlact;np = new route through North Missouri,
or narchauce Town, with Il terminus at some
no;nt nm The Mississippi river considerably
por,b Of ST. Louis. The Postotiice Department
;c IN recent Of a dispatch to day saying that
the railroad will be again in working order IN
tvo or three days, but the officials seem dis
t~rustfll AS to the future security of malls thai
NAV be transmitted over that route. Inc lion
.Tnbn 4. Easscn, The First Assistant Postmas-
ter General, will discharge the duties OF Post
master General during Mr.. Blair's absence.
Hon. William Thompson, ex.member Of
Congress from Iowa, is here to get authority
for the regiment of volunteer cavalry lately
raised in that State, to come to this point for
service. under Gen. Mcclellan. Gen. Fremont
declines; 10 receive the regiment unless the
horses are turned over to the government at
its prices, but as they are Of a very superior
sort, the members Of the regiment do not de-
sire to sell them, but want some compensation
for their use.
Gov, Curtin is at the Willard Hotel, and
Gen. Butler at the National. It is supposed
that the latter will have chief command ~ the
army portion of the maritime expedition
| or expeditions which arc being fitted out at
the North.
On the OCCASION of the Sunday night sere-
made to Gen. Butler, in this city, he said that
he was permitted to remark that during the
Grst of autumn f victorious Federal column
would penetrate the very heart Of the South,
and thus crush out rebellion.
4 reouisition for one and Il uarter Of mil.
lions dollars in favor oil Maj. Crosslnan, pass.
cd the treasury. This vast sum is TO be i'm.
mediatcly lisbursed by that officer at Phila'
delphia.
Charles II. Winder, Esq, Of this city, was
arrested to day, by order of the Secretary of
War.
RUSSIA AND THE UNITED sT.ATIs-sTMPATHY Or
THE EMPEROR.
The Russian Minister, Mr.. De Stoeckl, had
an audience Of tho President On Saturday,
and read to him the following dispatch
ST.. PETERSBURG, July II, 1861.
W. be .St~c!AI, etG.-Sir: From the begin
ming CI the conflict, shicn divides the United
States oi America. you have been desired to
make known to the Federal Government the
deep interest with which our august master
was observing the Development Of L crisis
which puts in question the prosperity and
even the existence Of the Union.
The Emperor profoundly regrets 10 see that
the hope of a peaceful solution is not realized,
and that American citizens, already in arlrs
against each other, are ready to let loose upon
their country the most formidable Of the
~sccrrgcs OF political society, a civil war.
For the more than eighty years that it has
existed, the American l. riHT owes its indepen'
dence, its towering rise and its progress to the
concord Of its members, cnnSecratcd under the
auspices Of It's iIlustrinus founder, by instItu-
lions which have been able to recognize union
with liberty. This Union has been faithful.
Il has exhibited to the world the spectacle Of
a p prosperity without example in the annals Of
history.
It would DE Gaplorabie that. after SO co1cln.
size an experience, the United States should be
hurried into A breach OF the solemn COM
pacL which, up 10 this lime, has made their
power.
In spite 0f the diversity 0i their ~c0nstltu.
tons, a,.h Of their interest, and, perhaps, even
5trauSc Of this diversity, Providence seems 70
urge them 10 draw closer the traditlona! bond
w:Iirh is the basis aud the very condition Of
their political existence. In any event, The sa-
cr;icc which they might irnpos" upor them
selves 20 maintain ii are beyond Comparison
with those which dissolution would bring Of
ter il United, they perfect themselves ; iso'
lated, they are paraiyzed,
The struggle which unhAppiiy has just
arisen can neither be indefinitely prolonged,
-,, l,,j 10 tb. f,,,.,l IaStrp.iit1 IT ppp nt
the u%ar;irs. S)Oncr or la.er, il sill be naces-
sary 10 cone to soIac settlement, whatsoever
il may De-, which may cause the diver.
gent interests nos actually in conflict to CO.
exist.
The American nation would then give a
praai If high %pnlitira! ~isdum in seeking in
common such q settlement before a useless
rf,isiDq uf blood, Il barren Squandcring of
strength aud Of public riches, and acts of VIC.
icace aid reciprocal r~epriaal, shall have CONE
to deepen al, abyss between the two parties
of the Confederation, 10 end definitely, in their
mutual exhaustion, and in the run, perhaps
irrrparablc, Ct thair commercial and political
power.
Our a;lgist E!assar cannot resign himself 10
admit such dcpInrihle anticipatioas. His I'm
parial MISSY still places his confidence in
that ~p:aciIcs! good sense Gf the citlzcns Of the
Union, who appreciate soiudiciousiy their true
interests. lis Majesty IS happy to believe that
the members Of the Federal Government, and
the influential men Of the two parties, will
seize al occasions. and will unite in their eff
forts to calm the eiierrcscanca Of their PASSIONS.
There are no interests 81 divergent that it may
not he possible TO reconcile them BY laborinG
to that cni with zeal and perseverance, in Il
spiri, Of Justice and moderation.
# WITHIN The limits Of your friendly rela-
lions, your language and your councils may
contribute 10 thi: resale, You will respond, sir,
to the intentions Of His Mljcsty, the Emperor,
in dpvotins to this the personal influence which
you may have been able to acquire during
your long residence at Washington, and the
consideration which belongs 10 your character
as the representative Of a sovereign, animated
BY the most friendly sentiments towards the
American Union. This Union is not simply
in our ey es an element "sscntia! 10 the univcr.
sal political equilibrium. II constitutes, be.
sides, . nation 10 which cur august master and
all Russia have pledged the most friendly int.
rest; for the two Countries, placed at the extrcm.
tiles of the two worlds, both in the ascending
period Of their development, appear called to Il
natural community Of interests and Of sylnpa-
thies Of which they have already given mutual
ETonl to each other.
do not wish here TO approach any Of the
questions which divide the United States We
are nat called upon 10 express ourselves in this
contest. The preceding considerations have
no other object thar 10 attest the lively solicit
tude Of the Emperor in presence Of the dan.
gers which menace The American Union, and
the sincere wishes which his Majesty ente!
tains for the maintenance of the great work so
laboriously raised, which appeared so rich in its
future.
It. is in this scLse: sir, that | desire you to
express yourself, as well to the members Of
the general governmehtas to Influential persons
whom you may meet, giving them The assur.
ance that in every event the American nation
may count upon the mos, cordial sympathy
On the nart II our anyLst musler, during the