The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-03


FRIDAY MOkNlNo..........JAN. ., lst3
ExrsAoanfsANrs cossrnrrsoS or HUm-
sL4 Pis.-The New York Herald owes h
eea. saccess a. . journal to IL systsuasis1
"ssasaaions" When thers are no faces 70
proJiacs . sensation, d resorts 70 fiction; end
H. inagimAaion 10 infinitely more active in in:
vsnaiAg than its Industry ia discovering this
siscsrifyine food for The morbid appetite Of
0oshazn. What the New York Herald Is
In icornalssm Mr. Seward 10 ID his high once
Of rrsmisr. He 10 eonssantly striving AFTER
saasaeionas His ambition delights more In ~
euccsesful sensation than In nasssf!y feat Of
diplomacy. Il matters not 70 hin whas may
b Me character Of his act, II IL only produces
. profound surprise upon the public. He
startled the whole North 10 ito feet, one anc,
suiss morning, By circular calling apon lis
Governors 10 fortify their Lake and ocssn
eosssa ,Hs next electrified them BY causing
TO BE- Unexpectedly brought in from the Cuban
ssss Asss,s Mason and Sidell, who were
thought 10 be safely landed Il, Euglaad. And
now he nrss grand sensation Colunbisd
over the x!u,aberinx coaches of the Ys1kees
by six col mn dispatch, con senting TO deliver
Up the s&ytursd Commissioners under d de-
Hsnd is.sa Great B.itaio. whicA 10 pro
nonasAs intriasic,Ily .sr. and n 8 con
formiiy with American dossrs,ss."
The crsvenly cowardics OF the sct 10 really
ma relieved by the brazen audacity With
n Inch IL o, asummase kuays faces n jsefipg
and d.sg a..sd world lie has been playing
deep game of dupioisy and audscny, from
" hish ne hss won Tor his Govsrniasns noin.
Ing but Disgrace; although succeeding IL
achieving tor himself reputation, which. he
much c0vets, CT being the clesarest knave
that ever reached high place III diplomacy.
Recent facts have shed flood Of hight upon
TRANSACTIONS that heretofore seemed iuexpli
cable. The circular of seward Issued to tne
Norshern u " esnors now turns out 70 have
had soMs other object than the sudden running
down Vi stocks ia Wan street TO the great
gain Of the few friends no let timely into the
secret, and who hAa ''sold snort" 1t was is
sued xov0t the time he sent instructions down
~ the Federal naval officers in the Gull IT,
capture Mason aud S.ideli on any vessel III
mum SuCy ehVuAu AS0NC AAofab"- AAo NV"
that he was preparing quarrel with Eng
land, and took the precaution to give timely
warning for defence in the ssaboard and Lake
States.
GA the arrival Of the arr ested mi nisters he
sent ont dispatches to Mr.. Adams, declaring
that the arrest had been made without "spe
etfs instructions from the Government, and
thai the Commissioners would be given up if
demanded, and suitable anaeade made He
had thus prepared the means Of avoiding
coiision by disavowiDg an &C; authorized
and directed in advance. To the demand OF
the English ministry presentedby Lord Lyons,
he had but to reply frankly and promptly that
certainly he would give them up, with the
greatest pleasure tho demand was intrinsi
eaIiy Just, made in conformity with doctrines
long commended Tor by his Government on this
subject indeed, he had instructed MI. Adams
two weeks before, that he held tho prisoners
subject to tho orders of Her Majesty's Govern
ment."
buch il the craftsmanship Of Mr.. Seward
What the North at large will say to the pro-
essding remains to bs seen. The House of
Representatives had passed resolution of
thanks to Commander Wilkes. The Govern
mcns had made themselves accessories after
the fact to bis act by receiving the arrested
Commissioners and throwing them into a
dungeon. The Naval Secretary had fully and
cordially approved the proceeding Of Wilkes.
The City Council had voted him the freedom
Of New York, and the Governors room at
City Hall had been put at his disposal, where
hs held grand levee. The whole press Of
the country had sanctioned the act and ex
tolled its hero. After this universal ovation
to Commander Wilkes, aud exultant glee over
the capture Of Mason and Slidel, their sur
render will be the most humiIiaiing act of
oowsrdice that Yankee annals afford. 1t will
be curious to observe the reception which
viii be given the news of 1t by the public at
the North and in Europe.