Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
LATEST EJE9GPEAN NEWS.
DEMONSTRAT OF JOY AT THE
PROSPECT OF PEACE.

| The last news from Europe, says thefRich-
mond Dispatch, is replete with interest to the
Southern reader. The intelligence that Mason
and Sdel had been surrendered, caused a
universal burst Of joy throughout the island.
| In Manchester the bells were rung, and every
where the people seem to have taken long
breath in token of satisfaction.
THE LONDON TINES On THE RECEPTION OF MASON
AND sLIDELL.
The 7imes Of the th ult., contains the fol-
| lowing
| How, then, are to receive these illus
trious visitors? Of course they will be star
ed at, and followed, and photographed, and
made the subject Cf paragraphs. There Is no
help for that. Mr.. Thomas SayerS cannot walk
the streets with a friend or ask the mayor for
! permission to put up a booth in a market
place but the crowd Immediately conclude the
rough, hard-visaged i'll favored pair to be the
Confederate Commissioners. Messrs. Mason
and Slideil, with their two secretaries, though
not so handsome aud graceful as their country
man, Biondin, would certainly I'll the crystal
Paiac ce if they proposed 10 address the visitors
there 90 the merits of their cause Bat, for
the benefit of the discriminating for the guild
ance of the minority that prefers at least res
pectable idol. and that does not wish to throw
away It's confidence and applause, we may as
we'll observe that Messrs. Mason and SIidell
are about the most worthless booty it would
be possible to extract from the Jaws Of the
American lion. They have long been known
as the blind aud habitual hateTs and re7ilers
cf this country. They have done more than
any other men to get up the insane prejudice
against England VIII ch diSgTaccs the morality
aud disorders the policy OF the Union The
hatred Of the country has been their stock II
trade. On this they have earned their politi-
cal livelihood and won their position, just as
there are others who ponder to the lower pas
sions OF humanity. \ dilligcnt use of this bad
capital has made them what they are, and
raised them TO the rank OF Commissioners Ii
is through their life long hatred and abuse Of
England that they come here in their present
conspicuous capacity.
SO we do sincerely hope that our country
men Will not give these fellows anything in
the shape of an ovation. The clv1ilty that Is
due to foe in distress is all that they can
claim. What they and their secretaries are to
do here passes our conjecture. They are per-
sonally nothing to us. They must not sup
pose, because we have come to the very verge
Of great war TO rescue them, that, therefore,
they are precious in our ey es. We should
have done Just as much 10 rescue two OF heir
own negroes, and had that been the object of
the rescue the swarthy Pompey and Caesar
would have had Just the same right to triumph
al arches and municipal addresses Messrs.
Mason and Sldcll. So. please British public,
let's have none of these things. Let the Com
missioners come up quietly to town, and have
their say with anybody who may have time to
listen to them For our part, we cannot see
how anything they have to tell can turn the
scale of British duty and deliberation. There
have been so many cases of peoples and ma
tons establishing an actual independence, and
compelling the recognition of the world, that
all we have to do is what we have done before,
up to the very last year. This is now a sim
pie matter of precedent. Our statesmen and
lawyers know quite as much on the subject as
Messrs Mason and Sldel and are in no need
OF their Information advice.
BRIGHT HOPES FOR THE SOUTH DAWNING-THE
RECOGNITION OF THE SOUTH.
The London Herald, Of the 7th January,