Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1862-01-15


led and one wounded. One Yankee
was taken prisoner II is reported
here that alarge fleet Of fsdeaal yes
sos was oil Tybec yesterday.
RICHMOND. Jan "A private
l'spatch from CentorviIlo to a pro-
ainent military officer says indica-
ons point to III carly federal at
tlck on. Evansport and probably
aaother Simultaneous one on other
points or the Potomac.
The Richmond Enquirer will
publish tomorrow from the Bait
more Sun Of til, i0th the demand
f the British government for the
estitution Of Mason and SiidcIl and
the answer of Seward and response
Of Lord Lyons. l'he English minis
t,r WAS short and pointed in his de
manl and Seward surrendered in
tantly, but closes his reply with .
multiplicity Of words anil says that
outhern commissioners we're contra
BAND and liab'a . .apture
lie says however thot tho laws o.
nations while in,titTjng 'ho capture
of an cnemy'a ministers rs contra
band, do not as n as>s al property
provide formulas ,or adjudication
This capture he says might have
been avoided if the Treat had been
determined by proceeding against
her which wonld have been morally
decision of+he c&sc IF the com
missoncrs. The moral certainty Of
the character of Mason and Slidoll
would have he2n sItiiciont to meet
the spirit of the law But the Trent
being dismissed the service was lost.
Seward also says, substantially that
the capture Of Mason and Slidell was
in opposition. TO, and that their re-
storAtion il demanded by all those
principles which have ever obtained
in American policy and statesman
ship, to vindicNte which the u. 5,
went to war with England-declin
ing to surrender commissioners he
says would violate the long main
ed dogma of his own country, and
which he approved. The summary
in the Enquirer's editorial says, the
first capture was right when tested
by Justice law and decorum. That |
its advantages must be surrendered,
and upon an assumed technicality |
in a cegrt where there was no plead
ing. THAT the capture was wrong
as judged by principles always |
maintained in the U. S., even TO the |
extremity of = war. To Stewards
Sabored effort, Lord Lyons makes =
brief reply, and to the point, he says
he had sent his words to England,
and will see him soon and receive |
the ministers.
The Philadelphia Bulletin, sags |
whatever has been yielded was only !
owing to an imperative necessity Of
avoiding 3 foreign war, while We
have n donscssc one. We should |
not stand On punctilios and run the !
risk OF having the Union destroyed !
by an alliance between the rpbels |
and the powers Of Europe. The |
New York Express says this sur
render to necessity, viii soon i'm
pose on US othsf Recessities in con
noct;on with d8eat Britain, which
We must yield TO or fight Ninety !
days will not elapsc without a
further insulting demand from the
English oligarehy. The Express
advises instant preparations for war
to the extent of 4 million and a halt
Of men, and says the adiainistration
hiss given up Mason and Slidcn, not
10 law, equity and right, bat to
necessity y.--Thc American 'agse, in
its trials and troubles, humbles it
self fer the first time 10 the British !
Lion. The rebellion on hand drags
down 4 flag never before hgn,iiiated .
before England. Let US americans
hang our heads because Of our
humiliation, and dismiss the sub
icct with a. much silence as possible.
The National Inteliigencor says
Stewards course i. approved by
every member oi The Catinc.. War
with England and Francois escaped
by il.
nASpsBoEo. Miss Jan. 3--Twelvo
federal vessels were near Slip Is
land ve-terday-there has been
considerable drumming and stirring
around On the island within the