The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-12-25

Iaric seems 10 be at Ms prospect Of satisfactory anoer
En14ands demands bling gcen by The Uat ed Sates. II de-
votes no less than four articles N its number Of this oven
ing 70 making the worst Of things, and ally TO
inc object or arguing away the concilatory ten
dchcicS OF General Soctts letter. IT remarks,
IN tho first place, that General Scott does not say
positively that tho Washington government gave no
orders 70 tho commanders Of the Amert cruisers but
only that he knew OF orders tho uf
Ieayrg. Then tho Iat1ls inquiries how il is that the
news OF the arrest Of Messeurs Mason de should
nave been known In Paris twenty hours before the
trent arrived on the European Shores and draws tine in
ference That the intelligence must have beon spread by
,ho Americans who came TO Havre with Gone al Scott
~ scouts us absurd the superstition that any officer in the
United States Navy would have been so devoid Of
mon sense as to have taken such step, M Captain
W. es did, on bus own responsibility Captain Wkes,
u observes Is considered TO be OF the three four
best officers in the deral service He owed his promo
Ton originally TO tho patronage Of southern statesmen
and was 50 the idtrie vii have u, esrecay selected
ny Mr. Lincoln for thus particular service IN order TO
max the blow moro severely felt by the South Another
consideration suggested Is that Captain Wilkes who in
habits me snmItnois mansion well known in Washing
ton, called Wilkes House. the resid of G neral
Mcclellan Is MIN of too large fortune and consideration
70 have riskod his commission and hopes of advance.
ment by provoking q war with England without orders
Following up, us the French phrase is the order
OF IDEAS " tho Fnh'' extracts from the london cores
rondence of tho Mosur and prints in ta g. this pas
sagessB this hopen tthe hope that Mr. ncolns pru.
dcnce willnot yield TO tho popular cnmors which hal cd
tho news Of NM slideli and M,son's capture) sis not
shared by MIR. Adams, the United States Minister In
Il ndon Who 1t would seem, regards his recall nevi
table"
ihe Opant0n Nd1pnde-wich, like the f'd'rIe, C0ofs
ocr the idea IF tetiocsn England and the United
States and rejcices nth the Siee IN e t,nnt idea that
smh udr cannot but eun.nate IN the orerthroo Of the
English arstoacy. and M reorgasa i'm Of British society
Under The direction Of MIR Brioh-says by way OF atast
Observation-Disclosures doc mcnts prove, assured
IN the most neontrovertiblc way, that Captain Wilkes
the commander OF the san Jafinto only acted In pur
STANCE OF the most precise orders from tho Cabi ct of
Washington II Is given out as certain that Capt Wilkes
mission was to takc the Southern wherever they
mi ,nt DO found. They expected TO change their
boat at st. Thomas and take places in another English
vessel the La Plata The commander Of the san Jaeino
was 70 act ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is 70 pursue the In Plata If
he did not take them sooner.
The Pdtrie. as0, g latest news" says:-We knew
positively and the English governm mt know also, that
Ave federal crusersthe San Jacato, Jamos Adger Sus
quehanna, Tempest and Slvannah--had cred initial
rac,ons to tt ship suspected of having he Southern
Commissioners on hoard and 10 make them prisoners This
resolved consequence OF secret 90
taons going btc.cn The English Ca5in and President
Dams.
The Opinion Nationale thinks the moment pro-
ptous TO publish letters from Canada, aducca ing
the annexation Of thot Colony 70 the federal Safes
and reproachng The Canadian Catholic clergy for uan0
'sih the agents efthe English prpetin0 he
SUI jugdti0n of the Cunddidn 1e0pIe -