The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-02-26

NibssAee'iOhs
Our snip Island COR spoLdent.
We extract tie following lion. conforming
enc o. our oouespon6on.s on the Butler Expe-
clifton, tom lctte- 70 \ city journal, published
yesterday, dated. 1T.h inst.
aing a. Oi uu.s's're occurred las, ni,hL and
lssgiveE ~. t. r1Cd or.i u Speculation. Tao
0hsite' n 'ft"' '-"Nn. uf ,pt,.n Rr.u's l1drUn
cavalry W. 10 sIi rHmei 4. Van II utnuysin.
lie - ~ hes yr.tant, aud claims ~ be phsw
90 j DAVIS lie ~ evidently man ~ good CHAR
aet'r, shd by his Intelligence aud correct deneAnpr
hrs won tn" opfhdsnce e his III ers 10 great
teut A''u, eight click y's'ord.y evening he
Apd Alyah Hurgtr AZ Il - Cn ri, privstes In o
.y'lry squts rut, started Ia q boa, from tho Gu.
suTutiuL y 20 TT "a aud aud have not been heard
~ sICe Van B'nthuSa,u has been Crrespund-
iug siih the Nv York srS, and on that Iccoun
iHH Teen permit quarter in the zA,upn with
tAc onnnnissioiei 'ihce IS. l'B believed by many
thA' ls AVA 81 iims-lf - the opportunity Of oil
ltciii z TIE Morn alton wncu tis istinn with
tie OF ere frrisAe Inn Roc ths benefit " the re-
els. aud shat ho has Ss- u 81 lac other tgo
a'Nn' T. ite and esC ap' To the .n aud 81 NJ isis
rlpp There ~Asa strong WIND blow * oil tue rsDel
~ ore act nigh, and 10 lukH its ~ probable that
i'ey were unHbet m,se hesha ~ aglLa 1t the sea,
and Seio dufsd n 60 Ca ii nd or pa haps ~ f.r
away - I've aude -urs n lIe men d. not re-
tu'u vii IL dag or twJ III" thtur2 u lessrtipn
Nill l.nk reasunAnle but u "a there IL better evil
.'nce for the belief thtpk tue chara ter " the
utu entities them . the h.rsts u very strong
dHu1t TIE h,blty IL III II. put Tor the 81 ,imei
81 '"Al ~ e. Jca Davis - Bcn'huysen, aud his
hAng from New Orleans, tho mon would have
been supposed " have diiftcd away
We should have been 10th 10 have made the
assertion that ono of our correspondents wa,
nephew Of lEFF. DAVIS, as L. might have lod
our readers to suppose that our facilities for OBJ
t-i lux infoms ion, through him, Of rebol
Toyem,nt', were greater than loyalty would
warrant. But as j. has been thus publicly pro-
claimed, We must say that the story Of his deser-
tion is urfcunded and humbug. lilo may have
been wrecked ard lost his life, or some casualty
may have olcur 90, but he has not deserted. II
there I've loyal Union man in the United States,
| he ia One Aitor an acquaintance Of more than
nitesn yesrs, we should as soon doubt ourselves
a. Mr.. VAS IEsrnUYsEN. Although originally
| ttom the South, his business associations have
hoen at the North, AID his predictions for 1t.
/ cause led him TO loavo Tennessee, at the out.
bleak Of tho Rotation to 'ake up his fortunes
with u. IL has vito, now rosiing in Mae
ssctu Of r. and oth9r domestic rola ions in that
sac, to whom the news Of this unfortunate in
cJert will &C ,Nion deep anxiety, but no doubt.
G li5 loyalty to tho Union cau'e.
ITisn DltiTos- 10 the EnGIi.h ParIia paeut.
debate took place on the 9th Of February in
the Ergrh House OF Commons On tho subject
o lri-h distress. Mr.. MAuUIHE cal ed tho at
tehton Of toe House to the real condit on Of Ire
lnId, which, be said was ono of Intense distress
ard accused the Eoglish Government of a do
III crate purpose to ignore this distress. lie di,
, not ask sims for his country, only that the gov
ornmont would adept moro liShtened policy
and render immediate aid to tho railroad cxton
siors IN Ireland.
Sir RonEGT PEEL in reply stated that, with
out questioning Nj. MAGuIErs honesty Of pur
, | posc no va, 10 possession OF facts which com
plo,ely reiu,ed the state nent he had made. II
admitted tho existence Of partial distress OWN
10 he failure Of fuel aud OF the potato crop; bu
the landed proprietors had relieved its prossur,
q and he was cory to aay that attempts hal bee
n Ade TO set the people against their landlord
and to raise cry of famine, though the peopl
had not taken mp tho cry. lie reloieod that tn
Industrious population Of ireland would hay
, received II salutary loson, and spirit of sell
rslialce, which would tend to eradicate tina
undue dependence upon extranepus aid whic
. Only dtmUaliz,d them.
I Mr.. SOrIIY cTfoboraied the statement {
= Mt MAGuIRE IA TO the existence Of great Ill.
\ tress in various parts of Ireland.
7. Tho subject then dropped, without oxcitin
Is f,rts er remark.