, 1862-08-02
A MODERATE ENGLISH VIEW.
The stGreat nIislead1n. Journa1,,
Again Exposed

The London 1toruing Star Of Ja1y Is ftbe
latest date received.by the Etna) thus exposes
the tricks OF the London Tunes in giving
"news" of the battles on the peninsula:
"sfrong as are our sympathies with the
free States Of America, we have not the least
disposition to put false construction upon
the news OF the late eccnts- If the people OF
the North are what We take them to be. ttev
can beAr to hear the truth, and will resent its
suppress on, whether By rulers or friends,
we have not disguised our apprshensions that
both at Charleston and Richmond the t.der-
ais tave suffered severe losses aud mortifyiur
checks. AS to the former city, it is noS
known that the operations Of the assailauts
have been suspended for the sumner
mouths It is possible that similar de-
taken With regard to Richmond. VIII VII
1tg While our Amrican papers aud letters
a'e on their Way from Liverpool TO London. it
would be rash in the extreme to attempt such
q description of atf4irs as may III u few hours
be coptntt d hy published details. Bat instice
requires, and therefore wisdom will approve. ;
IN effort to set before the English public suct,
an impartial view Of the position as NAV be
gathered from the telegrams which ap2eared
10 the papers Of yesterday morning. With
tbe exception Of The Tines, all our contempor,
aries published the same telegrap tic sun.
1tls5y Ut the news brought by the China. Tue
significance of the exception will presently
appear. + + But the Times has CORES.
poneent at Cork whose duty it app.ars to be
10 put strong confederate coloring on the
news received at Queenstown. Accordipgl7.
the great misleading Journal yesterday cine
mt With the sensatlnn announcement The
armies of t5pn. Mcclellan and OF the coufed-
crates under General LIE have come into col.
llsion bef're Richmond Uaobservaat per-
sons did not Look at the dates. and did mt
prf III IT thfs ;r+,,T
simply re! clifton of whit had besn knuwn
fur three or four days. Our evening con-
femporarirs, falling into the snare, proclaimed
another federal defeat aud the cnptedera:.a
sym1ath'zers in the city and the clubs were
chnck31:g over the ignomnious and irretritg-
,tl= disasters which had proved the m:an
Yankees utterly unable to stand arainst the
cnivalry Of the South.
We'll, It. may he, IS we have said, that the
fedeTa1s have really suffered reverses and loss
es, which IN Ike the posses ion Of Richnoad
hopeless, at least Tor the present. Bu- it nay
also turn out that the position We have DE-
scr'bed has been correctly indicated and sua-
s'antlally maintained. We confess, at any
cmy of nur Northern friends was as nnim
peachable as their yalor. They would not
then raise cry to prevent the eXporsatIon
OF gold The revival nf this old. stupid, pro-
1ec5lunist fallacy in city like New York is y
wonderful anomaly: If there be any adVan-
e'se ~ he1EteE 9oNl 2b nome, IL eau only ne
because gold is preferred to something for
WHICH it might b.s exchanged NJ ona in
New York or Boston is at all dis oosed to send
us gold for nothing in return. The somethiag
SO received must BE- Of more than equivalent
va'ne in the eyes of the exchang4r. H. g.ius,
or thinks he gains, By the rraus .ction: and to
attempt TO prevent him must. in the long run
prove as hopeless as TO prevent Southern
ladies from f.u'ing federalist officers. Such
follies are Unworthy Of an intelligent, brave
and resosnte peop1c-the people who, what
evtr Temporary reverses they may sustain,
will prove themselves equal to the emerg.
ency."