Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-12-25
The Latest News.

The Latest News.
The papers by the last mails are teeming with the
news from England. The excitement in Europe is
intense, yet the Northern papers have been careful
to extract largely from the English and French prints
which apologize for or defend the course Of the Lin
coin government ...s
We see no confirmation of the rumor above no.
ticed in our extra of Thursday last that Mr. Adams,
the Lincoln minister at the Court of St. James had
demanded his passports upon the issue Of the Queens
proclamation, and we are inclined to think the dis
patch premature.
The steamer City of Washington from Liverpool
brings three days later than that of the Europa
and it possible that the Yankees have suppressed
important items brought by her. 1t is said that
Louis Napoleon has rendered his Offices as media
tor between England and Lincoln.
The friends Of the South in England and France
express no doubt of the speedy recognition Of the
Southern Confederacy. Gen. Scott the old dotard
had published letter with the view of calming the
excitement There is no room, however, to doubt
that England has demanded the restoration of our
ENJOYS, and that she will maintain the demand
promptly. Her people will not allow her to back
down.
The effect of the news in New York causeda con-
siderable rise in the price of cotton.
We have no intelligence from Washington. The
British bearer Of dispatches to Lord Lyons was due
in that city on the 18th.
The Richmond Enquirer mentions the rumor Of
another battle Leesburg, in which the Confed-
crates had captured 400 Yankees but does not vouch
for its accuracy. There is no other news from the
Potomac or the Peninsula.
1t is said that the Yankees now occupy Beaufort
and Port Royal Island with 8, 600 troops They are
erecting batteries Federal launch it is said, was
fired into by our troops, and seven Yankees were
killed. A portion Of the forces had been sent to
Ship Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi, and
it is said that 10000 men will soon be there
Picayune Buffers expedition was expected there,
and it is thought be will command the expedition
contemplated against Mobile or New Orleans.
The Yankees are quiet below Savannah, having
made no demonstration to advance.
In Kentucky or Missouri there is little indication
of large battle soon. Quite skirmish occurred
between our Texan Rangers and large body of
Federals who had crossed Green river, on the 17th
They were repulsed and driven back with loss of
To-. Col. Terry and th,ee other Rangers were kill
ed and eight wounded on our side.
1t is also stated that % Federal soldiers had de-
serted to Gen. Zollcoers camp, affirming that they
could no longer fight for the Union, since they read
Lincoln's last message.
Cameron's Report.
The report of Secretary Cameron produces great
uneasiness in Kentucky. Prentice of the Louis
, vile Journal, finds his wheels scotched, and bella
bors it. Prentice, however, says it is no worse
than Lincoln's Message. He thus speaks ofit:
We this morning publish the official report Of
Secretary, Cameron. As respects the question ol
slavery, the report confirms our worst apprehen.
sions. And the most grievous fact of all is that the
report on this head can be regarded only as ex.
panson of what the President says in the same re.
| lation. The report of the Secretary is of course
sanctioned by the President. What is said by the
one concerning slavery is but the illumination o
what is said by the other. The Secretary in this
respect is no worse than the President; and the
President is no better than the Secretary. The
country has little to hope from either except in the
disposition that we trust both have to heed the
counsels of the country's own better judgment and
| better nature But these counsels must be heard
unmistakably to be needed. When so heard we be-
| lieve they will be needed. We now, however dis
miss the Secretary, and shall hereafter deal with
! the principal in the case.
The conviction We expressed in our columns yes
terday, and the course of action we then proposed
gather additional strength from the developments O
every hour. The radicals in Congress appear t.
have things their own way. The character of thu
propositions they introduce, and he favor which tn,
widest Of their propositions receive are positively
frightful. Congress has opened with fanatica
howl, and seems ready, without a pause, to leay
into the furthest depths of radcasnl. The wind
| of sectional passion are unclaimed. The tempest il
abroad The pillows of anti-slaveryism runnin,
mountain high at Washington. The fierce roar i
stunning the ear of the nation The lashed ant
raging sea of fanaticism is laundering against tn
barriers of the Constitution aud threatens to swee,
them utterly away. Behind these barriers stand
the President alone; and he, instead of rebukin,
the storming waves, throws over them the witchinJ
moonlight Of MS countenance He bends befor
the storm. Is it not manifest, that if the Presiden
is not promptly and resou:ey supported by the con
servative sentiment of the nation BY that bene6
cent and mighty genius whose real spell has as ye
we fear been felt only partially at Washington
there is most serious danger that the uproarous SCI
of antisavery:sln will presently burst through al
alike upon its rushing waves? Nothing appear
more manifest to U.s. 1t appears too plain for IA
tional dispute.
Let then, the conservative sentiment of the Unio
come promptly and resolutely to the support of tn
President. Letthe great genius Of conservatism shak
off his slumbers and at once lay his spell truly an
deeply on the officers charged above all others wit
the conservation of this glorious ark of human libe,
ty and of human hope. We repeat what we sal
conviction"
What Prentice "said yesterday" was a sever
criticism on Lncons message, worthy Of Fort Wa
rem, as times 60 in the North.
Senator Douglass Children.
The North Carolina relatives of the children
the late Senator Douglas sent agent to the Mort
to secure their emigration South. He has just =,
turned without success in consequence of the ref
sal Of Mrs. Douglas, to whose care the dying fatht
confded them. 1t is understood that some month
ago she was willing to the removal the object be,n
to save their large property in the South, whic
would otherwise come under the operation of ii
Confederate sequestration law. We understand 81
now says that the property will soon be saved
the speedy triumpha advance of the Grand Army
which in few weeks will have taken possession
North Carolina. BY thus adopting the miserab
delusion of the Northern braggarts, she sacrifc,
the interests Of her step-children.- Richmond Fl