The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-10-04


belief that the so.calied .pesssi
party" in the loya states, e not coiyF'
in hopeless minority. bot fhat .
false peace 10 impossibis. We
quote . passage from THE part of bis
letter: alis ..yt.. Y
Peace is no longer Q psnscea toS
the evils which sffiict the United
Estates, and war has produced some
Of ifs usual results in the neceo,S.v
which has arisen Tor the beatep psstv
to gain their prestige. or eli the
parties in the United States. that
which desires pesce, quoad peace. Il
at present the most hopeless: because
peace could only now be obtained
by tho submission and cessiou Of
everything for which the North n
lighting, and by the loss to the North
Of all, or nearly all, its advantages.
Bot still II works on, and the end
would justify the means indeed II On
absolute peace could be the fruit Of
iie, labors. There is no chance OF
such a settlement, 90 far as can
see. There are In the North itself
oi the great parties, which accuse
each other Of the ofeuses that
brought on the greater war; and on
the whole there is, in my juiemest.
greater probability OF q peaceful ad.
instment off red by the actual suc.
cese OF the North. 30 that she could
reconstruct the Union. or allow the
South to 60 ont as Q dependent Re-
public, than by any other form which
the contest can seeume. Il 10 i'm.
possible Tor the North to retire from
the contest in Q moral boil run.n
Mr.. Russell proceeds to show that
the trouble Of the rebels will come
by water, and has the following com.
ments upon the
NAVAL EXPEDITIONS.
Within a narrow belt Oi reefs and
sandbanks lie Pamlico sound, Al
bemsrle sound--inlsnd seas running
into innnmerable creeks and receiv.
ing q system OF rivers by which com.
munication is Opened to railroads
and towns far in the interior Of the
country. Here lnrk the privateers,
which eaily out through the openings
Of the outer bank and prey upon The
passing trader; and here the cosstine
vessels have been plying up and
down with security. One hundred
and fifty small vessels laden With
stones, conveyed by the United
States ships OF war. are on their way
to block mp the few passages BY
which these vessels can enter, and
the men .oi- war have also received
orders to destroy the forts and de-
fences which the rebels have occupied
along the cosst. A similar process
will b, applied to other point. Of the
coast further South. with what suc.
cess il is not yet possible TO predicate.
The external line Of reefs and sand
banks is one Of the most curious in
, fleet Of water deposits and currents
in the world. At the place where
Raleigh sailed in, with fourteen feet
OF water under his keel, there is now
a sandbank, which is entitled to the
of Kill Devil hill, high
above the surface. These banks ex.
tend almost to Tampi:o, all round
by Florida; and in other places the
nature of the shores, and the great
lakes and lagunes inside. chow tnat
the process has been carried on till
the banks became united to the
mainland. There is ins dc the most
extensive and unique internal com.
nnncation by water in the world.
nergetic efforts will be made %
suspend il. and the result will he
serious suffering and incon venience
TO the inhabitants and the destruction
Of their privateering efforts.
The c'osing mp Of the
inlcts on the coast will prove very
embarrassing. and we shall hear no
more OF vessels sailing out OF such
places as Wilmington and running
the blockade. il ifthecxpedition carries
ont i's object. Some trouble will
he saved the British Legation, which
has had iis fnli share of arnOys snce
and correspondence in reference to
British vessels seized after they have
left ports supposed to be blockaded,
not TO speak Of the great increase ot
work connected with the new pass
port systeIn, and the suff,ring OF
British subjects who are seeking to
get homo. or to any place OFT OF the
states, which no longer afford them
either home or employ ment.
BRITISH susJEcrs.
The new passports issued to en-
able British subjects TO travel in or
leave the United States, have the
following memorandum written by
Mr. Seward across the back: "lt is
expected that the bearer will not
enter any Of the iDsur'ectionary
states" 1t would be az well, indeed,
just now for British subjects to sb'
stain rom travelling between the
North and the South. for they he
come Objects OF eusplcion. are liable
10 annoyance. and il, as is likely,
they carry letters given them il may
be by friends or acquaintances, they
may be unwittingly violating the
law by conveying information to
either enemy. There are literally
thousands OF British subj cts seeking