New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-06-18
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\ Hit AT Seward,

| AS the Seward letter, declining Gov. Hicks
| proposition to ask the British Minister at Washing
ton to act as arbitrator between the North anC
South, must be fresh in public remembrance. the
point OF the following will be understood 1t is ar
extract from an address delivered by DR.. Guthrie
| at meeting. recently held in Ednburg, for the
purpose OF herring Rev. DR.. Cheever speak on the
American Crisis:
heard yesterday a circumstance that iIustro Zoe
the state OF matters in America. There is an Ennis
| copal clergyman III New York. Or one of the largest
towns IN America, who has four sons. Two OF
| them are IN the South, in the ranks of the S0uth
erners HIS other two sOns-his joseph and Ben.
Jamn-armed to the teeth, are off TO fight the
| Southerners; and perchance these brothers NAV
meet 1901 10 1907 and sword 10 sword in that shock
ing battle. Think of the state of that father
~ hom IS he IS to pray for? For which side is he
| to ask the victory? bullet from brothers. rifle
strikes brothers heart. Whichever side NAV
gun, tnae laIlef loses civil war is of all caan-
tues mat can betail country the most dreadful :
| and what agSravates the state of Matters in
America IS this-the wretChed cause of this war
and the terrible spirit of vengeance which men are
carrying li'to u. How does the naughty pride of
ooth parties Hare out, glare out in the answer
given by President LinCOln's Secretary to letter
sent by the Governor of Maryland who. denre-
eating this dreadful blOodshed and anXiclls for a
peaGetul SeLuemeht, proposes to the President of
the United States that the matter should be refer
red to our Ambassador, Lord Lyons and that he
should be asked to arbitrate between the cotI8snd
ing partleS--a most Christan.llke proposal. How
Is 1t received! Resented, and resented with fling
at monarchy, tOrsOOth The Presidents Secretary
writes back and asks how any man could pr0Dose
that the matter should be referred to the arbitra.
iichC OF foreign country, and especially the ar
ornament OF European monarchy? M0rarchv2
what is the monarchy to which this Government
proposes to refer? UnqueStionablv it Is not the
monarchy OF Russia. the monarchy of kip,r
po,noa' or h'hg Eomba's son QangherD it is the
monarchy OF her own mother, and surrey it il a
mothers part to step in between her SONS. when
hllie III band, they are about to plunge them in
each Others breasts. European monarchy, for
Sooih; am very much mistaken il many in the
United States at this moment would not he THANK.
lul lor the m"ihery patronage of our good Queen,
WHY GENERAL SCOTT WILL Nor RES1GH.-We
nave heard from good authority the reason why
Gen. Scott does not resign. Il il dc%n.seaIn31
hatrcd OF Henry A. Wise and Jefferson Davis
wise y letter about stripping the peacock frath
ers rom the old fellow sticks into his craw, aud
makes him swear vengeance against thn pylInIa
Southern movement He hates JpNprson nsS;s
aiso' IL IS sad, with a holy hatred though we or,
unable to say what for particularly. The old chan
IS so far gone in his raying d0tage that the mere
mention OF secession, or Henry 4 Wise or IrI+.r
son paws, Sets nm stark mad; and persons visit
ing MN on business are warned at the door of his
office not TO breach these disagreeable subjects
we look upon it as one of the most fortunate cir
cumstances for the South that General Scott s,iu
sticks to the cause of the North If he had 20, |
signed, courtesy wOu4d have placed him in com |
mand OF the Southern army, which rather needs |
the intellect OF vigorous manhood to lead it on to |
success, than man who has reputation for |
Iormer deeds Of glory. though now sunk to almost |
5ioberihg idiocy. Norfolk Dav Bonk.
c.
Loss OF THE BIG GUN. The sinking of the hc |
gun s. Union at Baltimore last week, has caused |
much regret here over the lcft.n This gun WAS
Intended tor Fortress Monroe, where it was to
nave been placed in position which would have
commanded Sewell's pint Battery. it weighs
5000 pounds, carries a 4O0-pound ball and Will
each, with deadly effect IA distance OF nine miles
t was lost III removing it from the wharf to a
steamer, and Is said to have sunk in six feet water
with SIX feet of soft mud below that Such an i'm
nense bulk of av0irdupois has probably gone down
o distance that will defy all efforts to reclaim it,
! VIII be remembered that two enormous Column
liads, intended for Fort McHenry, were tfrcrually
'2Ned IN Baltimore week before last. 1t is now
llntsd THAT some rascallY Seoessi0nists who were |
slhi'l9yed to place the monster guu Union " on |
iohru Pufp9sey let her slip into the depths below
= would probably have been spiked but for strict
'uafI mat was kept over it night and day 1t mat
erS'put mule, hewever. 1t will do rs little damage
u the bottom ot The PatapRcn a. if it were in KAN
cAaIEa' LHchmond Cor, Peterburg Express.