Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-09-18
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Extracts from mr.. RusseII,s Last Let.
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Extracts from mr.. RusseII,s Last Let.
ter 10 the London Times.
New YoRK, August 10.
one does not know where to look for solu.
tion Of the difficulties which are springing up
on all sides. Not the least of them is the dan.
gerous socialist movement, which I foretold
some time ago, among the working classes In
the Northern cities, where we NAV vet hear
the terrible cry Of the French Revolution re.
echoed by the masses whom the war has plupe.
cd into poverty. New York, Boston, Philadel.
phia may well grow pale at the thought. These
mass meetings which demand bread or work
from the Government, mean no good, but Of
present they only indicate approaching danger
rather than its actual presence; and meanwhile
the expenditure of the Government ia going on
at the rate OF one million two hundred thous-
and q 200 ,OOO) dollars day! A rain of paper
money is threatened.
But the capitalists see the mischief too
clearly to abandon the Government In it's OK.
tremity, and 1t Is said here that Mr.. Chase has
succeeded in the object Of his interview with
the moneyed men Of New York, and is hopeful
OF success 10 getting all the money he wants
on tolerable terms. OF all this you will 70.
eeive more accurate accounts from your regular
correspondent at New York. With the new
Treasury notes at four per cent. below par in
Wall street, the future was indeed lowering.
Has 1t ceased to be so2 Even Garibaldi, whom
some people believe to be coming out here, can
scarcely give the Governments sunshine unless
ne brings out with him loan from France and
England, and II any thing could induce these
countries to make an advance, Il would be the
pleasant tone adopted toward them both by the
American journals.
If the monsyed people hold back there can
be no doubt the churches are coming 10 the res
cue, and as the congregations melt away into
the ranks their pastors follow themr'a-colonel,
ing" Bishop and General Leonidss Polk. OF
the Southern army, has been followed by a mum.
ber of bis clergy TO the camp, and one of them
lately wrote most affecting letter 10 one OF
bis reverend brethren In the North, in which he
declared with the JUNCTION of Coyenanter. that
be would smite hip and thigh the Aforesaid rev.
erend brother if he encountered him In the fleah
on Southern soil. The religion of the South
Is iervid. No Canaanite was ever in worse ease
in Israelitsh hands than will the Black Repub.
lioan be who may find himself in the erip Of
good, God-fearing Georgians or Carolinians.
There has been blessing of fags and a ours
Ing Of enemies all over the States, the like O.
which has never been seen since the time Of thl
characteristics US say In general fashion. Al
one OF the colored brethren observed OF color
ed Baptist minister, whom he followed in Sa-
vannah, "We don't care much for him bless.
ing, but his 'cussin' ls jist bewtiful and max,
we feel awful happy" But cursing Is general
ly done, II must be said, by implication.
Notwithstanding the great expenditure ther.
is but little excitement visible at Washington
unless one goes into the War and Navy Depart
ments, where crowds of contractors block ur
the passages, each waiting for bis interyiev
with an unhappy minister or his representative
In America these personal interviews are the
rule. Each man is entitled, perhaps by tht
theory of the Constitution, to walk In and take
out his own share of the public time; but tht
pressure ia 90 great that some men have beer
there for week or ten days without seeing The
particular person they desire to favor. The
s.reeta are now clear Of soldiers. The gallop
Ing Of orderlies Is very much reduced in pro
portion as things get Into good order, and on th,
other side OF the river there 10 incesaant drill
ling and plenty OF hard work, principally Il
completing great abatis from Fort Ellsworth
st Alexandria, across the front Of the position
None OF this, however, is seen in the Capita
itself.
IL would seem a. II the torpor which pre-
walls at Washington had its counterpart al
Richmond. The Southern papers attribute the
Inactivity TO design great coup soon to bt
made, and IL 10 necessary to be cautious and ia
be SILENT" On both sides the utmost care ID
taken to screen such movements as may take
place; passes are strictly examined at all the
exits and entrances Of the Northern camps
Geneal Mcdowell, who was in attendance on
rfince Napoleon last Thursday, was stopped BY
one OF MS own sentries because his pass was
not en- re96. General Beauregard evlnces the
utmost sensitivsness In respect to any approach
70 MS nnes; Prince Napoleon, was, however
recelyea yisn ieenngs stronger than respect BY
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