Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-11-21


We take it that the foreign part of it, that relating
to the correspondence between Mr.. Henry w. Hayman
and Lord John Russell s in the main correct. Lord
John Russell e political scholar, with tinge of Exc
ter Hall and strong suspicion Of red tape HIS SYM
pathies are Dot with US They will be. Neither
are those of the real ruler of Engand Lord Pamerston
but the latter live statesman and will yield to cir
cumstances. With all the hypocritical professions of
England France any other European monarchy, who
does not know that it is matter Of pride and pleasure
to their rulers to see civil war this country and that
it in the power of any of them to settle at once
by simple act of voltiOn that act would remain IN
performed until considerations of their personal and
political safety compelled them to it? The time ia COM
ing that must cause Lord Russell and other redtapsts
to change their tune or leave office. The ope
rating to produce this effect will be unmxed with any
considerations Of friendship sympathy for US. Well
we will have the less thank Europe for and will feel
under fewer obligations to any one.
There is evidently something working among the fol-
lowers of Fremont in the West, and it might amount
something more if Fremont not in truth rather too
shallow humbug to do much. jesse might do some
thing. She is Old fom Benton's daughter, sure
enough. 1t may do some little good yet.
The report coming through the New York Indepehd-
ent Henry Ward Beechers paper, that Seward should
have virtually given up the ship, is rather queerat
least that be should have 50 expressed himself 1t is
the Independent ought to be good enough auhor
ty if bacLness in every sense of the term be OF
the important ensgnia of authority IN the Incoinlte
camp and is said that recent visits made to the West
by Secretary Of War Cameron, and by officers high IN
his department. have gone far to shake the confidence
of the Lincoln administration in the of the policy
of coercion The state of things found to exist 10 h n
lucky and Missouri was one Of absolute hostility rapidly
verging to unanimty against the Federal government
while the North Western States were tired OF war
that deprived them of mark for their products while
it subjected them to heavy taxation tor the heltht
Eastern capitalists In spite of all this, Eowevr, We
think there is some mistake about Stewards having ex
pressed himself as the Independent is reported having
represented him to have DONE. It don't look probable
It is OF Sewardish because if he had done it might
have been candid and be is too good economist OF
truth to indulge in candor.
The fact that Hatteras can DO logger be held is
so frequently repeated, and generally admitrel that
we. must take it for granted that it indeed fact
Ours is an unpleasant coast for winter cruising and the
Hateras Banks are not more desirable than the Garden
of Eden, especially in the absence OF fig leaves.
By far the most startling brought to-day by the
telegraph is the announcement of the capture of
Commissioners to England and France, Mr.. Mason of
Virginia ard Mr.. Slidell of Louisiana
II this be true and it really bears the marks of truth
in the many corroborave circumstances accompany ing
it, it is certainly destined to bring matters still more
rapidly to decisive issue, that u.s. if in the first place,
it should indeed out that these gentlemen ia
ken from on board bona de English vessel sailing from
neutral port and against which charge existed ofits
having violated existing and effective blockade and
in the second place, the English government should yet
retain any selrespect determination to maintain the
honor Of its flag II these two contingencies should con-
cur then Mr. Lincons government will have to disavOH
the action of the Commander of the San Jacnto, de-
liver the Commissioners up to the protection OF the
English flag, Or else incur with England
Il Daily Journal, 18th inst
We HEAR lit tie rom the South Carolina coast. Per
hans there itsnot much for hear, and of the m
there is ali may not be pleasant, still the cutting off
information causes the fading out of any number O
mares nests, the eggs whereof produce no colts.
EXAMINATIONS are not only useless but they may be
u come positively burtful We suppose our fellow citi
zens of South Carolina did all they could at Port Royal
They were not taken u0prepared for if report does no
lie Governor Pickens had expressed full confidence il
the state of all the defences. Yet these defences te
t even sooner than our little fort at Hatteras dd-fa
sooner indeed and the gsrrisons not taken, smp
II because they able to get off under the cover
woods an thus to their own beats out OF the reach
II the enemy's shot and shell. This could not be done il
e the Hatteras affair by handful of men marrow
strip of sand wholly swept by b ste shot and out
$ sight of land. Hatteras and Port Royal bot
misfortunes though it turns out Hatteras bal
rem victory to the Lincolnes as, after all it has
Them they hold it and, after all it has cost
" North Carolina will hardly to try to keep up for
there, simply that privaeers from other States may flo
refuge under its guns.
- Well let us say that Hatteras and Port Royal wer
both msfortunes-let neither of them become the sui
jects of elimination recrimination between the pee
:. pie of the two Carolinss, We intend to indulge
nothing of the kind and We do think that some of GU
h southern contemporaries who have not been quit
so silent about Hateras as they might have been, wi
hereafter have little less to say upon that subject
% Hateras has about worked itself out 1t may requir
pretty hard knocks to work the invaders out of Por
i; Royal. The whole South will help, and State NOR
bravely Or Loyalty than North Carolina.
But these affairs have attracted attention to the que
tion of coast deences-of mere field works. with u
bombproof projections for their guns against the fiji
of many large and heavily armed ships. So far the
suit has not been success at least in the two instance
referred Indeed they have been worse than usees
Of they not only did good but occasoned US expen
a while they supplied the enemy with the trophies of
cheapy earned triumph, allowing B. F. Butler to ret
to Boston in bogus glory, and furnishing the New
Herald with full columnull of blazing captions IT
Il Herald blooms out into capitals and exclamation poin
Port Royal in style only aralleled by the displa