The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-09
INTERESTING FROM RICHMOND.
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RICHMOND Nov. &c, 1861.
The opinion is gaining ground that tie Hcsslans arc
actually afraid to meet the Confederate troops tho
field and shat the prospects Of battle on the Pot mac
remote than they were a month ago Recent
information from Washington conf ms the belief that
Mcclellan will not make an onward movement toward
N nissas while Beauresard is in command to HIM
and that only oh for another victory there Is
march direct upon Wash ngton This movement is hot
conternpated ~ cur goyeam nt aud suppose military
Operations o. the irtomsc durns tAe winter win consist
There ~ longer any DOUBT rs 10 tina wholesale
OF ncgfo IN tn coast + nh Car1.. They are. j
have eighteen honared picking 4 movement
towevc rs pr gressg ~ Ter disle selnqnt wlca i
would be nn~,se ANNOUNCE. IL WILL, think, result
sucQssf n.y.
m nettons 70 kC.i ,i III ei.renoe TO the cn.u rs
OF the Lincoln robbers on the coast OF that State Tcy
have possession Of an important point from which Cover
nor Brown is determined to eject them, all hazards
The means he intends to employ July adequate to the
end proposed From Pensacola have nothing definite
but the greatest confidence felt in the ability Of General
Bragg to maintain his position and repci the invaders
Recurring to the movements at Manassas, had con
versation to-day with intelligent Frcnchrnan who is
here looking after the tobacco belonging to his govern
men He has not the slightest doubt that although now
stored in the warehouses Of Richmond he will have every
pound OF it IN the manufacturers hands in France by
the ist of January. Presently, however, will recur
= this subject In reference TO hcCselans move
mcnts on the Potomac he states that Prince Ma
poleon informed him Washington that the Conederat
troops have achieved ycto every day since the
OF Juy 2lst, in the very fact that the enemy AFRAID
to attack them They propose to crush rebellion
and the rebels havo actually IN The language OF William
II. Seward, besiegei their capital
The TACT OF their inactivity is equivalent TO victory
to US AID las produced ia Euro the moral eject
rs II We had achieved a Boil triumph every DAY
since The only thing that has at all The desppt SIN
IN the estimation OF England and France is their igal c
armada and t!2t bat experiment that so Tar does
MOI pay. In a .ew Gays may be able commln cate
something more satisfactory TO your readers regard
tins mode OF sublus3 on They hay, than they
thlnK nave !, NY To tntf 81 ps and lind and impossible
wall OF Southern breasts in thcir way the beach
The condition d in, federal treasury is source Of
humiliation as well as Bereavement TO the Lincoln S.
poiism. Ileir receipts from customs 10 suffice TO
PAY the employees at tbs different posts. How times
have changed. When the La arts boot OF tie south was
poured into that Yankee depository Of federal wealth
everything went on smoothly. Their fanatcisn would
cmancpate slaves, but their must clutch tie
dollars. Look, fer example, the official exhibit Of
their revenue OF three years before the revolution
The following Is a statement showing the amount of
dlties paid imports the Unitea states il the ycars
sources:-htti merchandise imported-ls5S, S2S2 Gl3.
1850; 1859 S353, i6 1885, 1850, 1852 Gal Duties and
otne. reyea. cs-is6s, s7oa7a ,ee5 1862 ,oc5
1850, Sic, ~ @01, .s,
died down TO less thai w-,,. millions in years re "a
OF sposn none feel this pressure more than the New
YORK mill mares, who f3w months ego We sahec. b.
Ing their five thousand dollars each to equip the army Of
subugton. They made their money out of our cotton
rice, tobacco ami supplies We purchased everything
from them. - - ~ =.
They were, in point of fact factors through om
we contacted all business matters. Our cotton IL.
bacco and rice passed through their han s. anaslame.
lHl to coness-they realized all the profits OF our own
We exported in 1852 Go5 $3.50 bales Of cotton at value
OF Ssl 43l,923; in 1860, 3sl2 345 bales at Il value OF
$l9l SOC $50. The large bulk of this seed through the
hands OF our Yankee robbers and the prnccy fortunes
much have they made SINCE last March, How much Will
they realize hereafter?