Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-01-15

grown into the proportions winch make hoSnhtleS
between them probable, and France is in the hnmor
to unite her strength with that Of Great Britain to
redress the robber nsolence with which the Lincoln
republic aironts the world, the New Orleans Play
una has been searching for reliable statements of
the naval power Of those two Governments The
latest it has been able to find that is authentic, is
for England the Navy List for 1862 and for France
that of 1860. Both are behind the actual force of
those Governments as it is we'll known that they
have been adding largely to their navies in ships
and equipments within a short time and are engag-
ed in still further engagements. = Z
The Navy list Of Great Britain for July, 1850,
says our informant contained the names Of 2s4
steam war vessels and % under construction and
229 sailing vessels-a total of 541 war vessels. OF
these 3S2 carried 90 guns each or more. Eight
steam ships-ofw war carry 100 guns each, and there
are 81 which carry over 60 guns each.
The whole number Of guns adoat was 14,240, of
which 0, 442 arc carried on steam vessels.
Besides these England had l54 steam gunboats
and 100 sailing boats, for port and coast defence
There is no means of knowing from the List,
how many of these are fit for service. But it is
said by the same report that before the close of
1860, there would be added to the navy 10 new
ships othe-line IL frigates, four steelclad ships,
four c0rvcttes, fifteen sloops and fifteen gunboats
These would 90 far to make up for what might be
inefficient in the reported list. The amount at all
events, is very formidable.
The personnel of the royal navy at that date
shows an active list of % admirals, ~ vice admi-
rails, 81 rear admirals 800 captains, SOB command
ers, and J. 119 lieutenants There were on hall.pay
10 adnirals 20 vice admiras go rear admirals, lO4
captains, 132 commanders. and SIT lieutenants.-
We omit the retired list,
The budget for the service of 186O-61 provided
for $50 flag officers, 3495 commissioned officers,
2065 warrant officers, and 49, 1853 seamen and boys;
these with IL, 900 marines and $500 coast gunners,
make total marine service of 81, 500 men.
The French navy, according to the official report
Of 1850, consists Of 531 vessels, carrying 12,4ll
guns. Of these vessels BIT were steamers, carry
ing 1888 guns. Steamers of 100 guns and up
ward amount to 25; % are COS.
The French budget has placed at the disposal of
the Government for annual expenditure, from 1858
to 1861, forty eight millions Of francs for the main-
tenance, repair, and equipment of the navy and
fifteen to seventeen millions for new constructions
By the same report the personnel of the French
navy, under the head Of "actf," consists of 6,56s
flag commissioned, and other officers; sailors ION
the peace establishment 29,2ls-total, s5,65s-
The war establishment for the force voted in the
budget is 6Sss5, with marine corps of %, 500,
making total for the marine service of sc, 275
men-Rich. Wing.
The Missouri SWAMP Fox.-Gibbons of the New
Orleans Crescent gives the following sketch of
Merriwether Jefferson Thompson, the Swamp Fox
Of the Missouri: The great Missouri swamp Fox,
the Marion of this revoation-you must know
mean Gen. NJ jeff. Thompson-wss in town to-day
cannot say he is in town. for, like the Hibernian
hea he seems to be here there, and everywhere all
at once. As he stepped lesurely over some barrels
on the landing, l would not have known him but
for the inevitable white handled bowe.knif which
he carries as no other man carries knife-stuck
perpendicularly in his belt on the middle of his
back; for he now wears genteel regulation uni
form, BETTING General His old SLOUGH white
hat and feather bob tail coat short pants and rough
boots, which made him look more like a cattle
drover than General, and in which he did his
earlier deeds of daring, have been laid aside and
now he has really military look Let me picture
this man to you. Imagine tall, lean, lank, wiry-
looking customer at least six feet high and slender
as pair of tongs, a thin, long head, with very
long nose; what you would call Ratchet face !;
thick yellow hair combed back of bis ears and bob
bed of Short displaying very long and thin neck
face healthy and ruddy, without vestige of beard
or moustache; some 20 or 25 years of age; light
blue eyes with friendly and benevolent expression;
placid, wellshaped month, with half smile always
playing about, the corners; little stoop-shouder
ed; slightly banded-legged from much riding on
horseback; easy and graceful in his movements as
we'll on foot as in the saddle mild voiced and un-
assuming in crowd full of rough soldier language
in his tal1nA his manner and tone of voice the
same I'd Major General to negro; i'm
agine SUCH ye'son as, this, l say, and you will
have pretty correct idea Of the famous JEFF
Thompson. He is about the last person you would
take for jeff Thompson, after forming your idea
from what you had heard of him. He is perpetual
y full of fun, he never gets to talking without set
ting all around him laughing it is believed, indeed
that he fights chiefly for the fun of it. The camp
is full of JEFF Thompson's jokes, or rather the old
dialogues he has had with friends and enemies
ENGLAND coNTEMPLATEs A WAR IN ANY EVENT
The London correspondent of the Manchester Guar
dian says: 1.-THE conviction forces itself upon many