Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-05-03

boat Samuel Rotan, Of one Of our block
aiding squadrons, overhauled and cap
tured the Confederate steamer Calhoun,
which appears to have left Havana on that
day. Upon the approach Of the Rotan, two
boatloads of people were seen to put off
from the Calhoun, which was run aground
and set on fire. The fire was extinguished
by the captors, aRd the prize was ordered
70 Philadelphia for adjudication.
Among the papers found on board were
some that were evidently the property Of
the Hon. Thomas Butler King, who had
received most of them in France, where
he was acting as an agent Of Georgia for
the promotion Of certain internal inn
provements in that State, but exerting
himself mainly to obtain the recognition
of rebel independence. The National
Intelligencer of last Friday publishes
nearly four columns OF the letters TO Mr..
King, but we must be brief in our ex-
tracts. Thomas Butler King we always
thought very poor creature. He may be
remembered as having represented Geor-
eia in the United States Senate. When
one Of the Wing administrations came
into power, he made q very earnest per-
sonal request Of US 10 use our influence
10 procure his appointment TO place in
the Cabinet, request that no man Of
pride or self-respeot could possibly have
been persuaded to make.
The first of these letters WAS written
on the day after bEr. LiHcoIn's inaagu-
ration and before Mr.. Kings departure
from the United States:
macon, March 3, 1861
Nh KINa--DEAR SIR: l enclose you
printed letter Of Governor Johnson, writ
ten some time since, on the subject OF
Brunswick and its prospects, which may
| possibly be Of use 10 you on account of
the official position occupied by him.
Nothing. new. Most people Nead Lin
coins inaugural as ono fight measure,
and few care "cuss" whether it is or no.
Yours, A. Il. COCHRAN
We suspect that the writer and his
| friends have learned ere this 20 care not
only " q cuss" but good many stomach
! fulls of cusses" for the war His was
| the style Of contempt and defiance that
| the whole of the secessionsts used at the
date Of his letter and for considerable
time afterwards The following is por-
ton Of letter written to King after his
arrival in Europe:
lprivate and CONFIDENTLY
New YORK, April 10, 1861.
Hoa 7. Butler King Paris:
y This day Fort Sumpter will
be attacked, and before this reaches you,
Pickens then all the slave States will
rush together, q separation will Of course
follow, and the Coufederacy acknowledge
cd then capital will follow, and we can
carry our plans. have enlisted in this
matter with will and determination
that knows no firing. You and myself
are the only ones that take that deter
mined and confident view of it,
Yours, very truly, j. COWLES.
Thus the whole programme, as early
as the 10th of April, was laid out, aud
had no doubt been laid out for weeks.
On that day Fort Sumpter was TO be at
tackled, then Fort Pickens, then all the
slave States were TO rush out together,
then the Conledoracy was TO be acknowl-
edged, and 3he1 zoe can carry CIR
plans"
Here is something from the notorious
Beverly Tucker, of Virginia, Mr. Buchan-
ans Consul OF Liverpool, who disgraced
himself and his country by his sWiHdling
operations in that city:
MONTREAL, TUESDAY, June n, 1861.
My DBAB Mr.. KING: Mr.. Bisbie goes
out, as you did, with the confidence OF
his State, and with not altogether dis
similar views. beg to commend him
to you most cordially as a gentleman
worthy in oil respectr OF your confidence,
conference, and personal esteem. have
told him OF your tremendous pamphlet
and / have taken the liberty 10 promise
him that you would read il TO him. He
, will take TO you most interesting intel
3 ligence from the South. We have whip
ped the scoundrels in three inStGnceS and
what is worse for them though better for
; us, NO have proved already their utter
4 inetliciency 10 cope with US. Not tn,
least gratifying element is the threaten
ing aspect Of England and the UniteC
States, or rather the rotten Government
at Washington, God grant that it may
lead to a rupture, and that John Bull
may blow their blockade sky-high.
he does this will forgive him a load o
his self-conceis, arrogance, and hollow
philanthropy
p. BEF. TUCKER,
Perhaps the writer of that letter, il
3 unfortunately for the honest portion o
20 mankind he is still alive, has conclude,
by this time that what be considered th
/. proofs Of the utter inethciency Of In,
+ scoundrels," as he called them, TO cops
+ with the rebels, were little incomplete
= He can Judge better Of such matters nov
q than he could then, and perhaps he vii
very soon be able TO judge better Of then
@ than he can now.
u Here comes letter from another Eel
low:
y HorRL ROYALS, DWrPE, THURSDAY.
. ", d. Il