The sun., 1862-01-04
Foreign Intelligence.
Arrival Of The Asia.
Two Days Later Papors.

The Cunard mail steamer Asia, Capt. Lott
arrived yesterday afternoon from Liverpool via
Halifax. Lett Liverpool the 2lst of Dcccmbsy,
and Queenstown the 22d. The Asia put ints
Halifax 10 land troops, consisting of a oiIicsn,
five servants and l32 non.commissioned ofliesss
and privstcs.
Left Halifax on the llst Of December at 5 r.
| NJ. On the 22d, at i.3O AM, met the Canada.
The steamer brings s5,2l0 in specie.
THE ENGLISH PREss ON AMERICA.
In replying to tho TINES scurrilous article
dcnOuncing the stone blockade Vt Charleston,
the LOndoa DAILY news Of the 18th ult.
concludes an article thus:
but suppose, as will probably happen, ssms
| Of the barbors Of the South TO be closed by tho
dopoat of stones referred ", the effect would 10
but temporary. This war cannot last very long.
and when il Il ended the opening Of the ports
will derand on nothing but the expenditure of
a few thousand pounds. The talk OF strangiing
con msrcs ard destroying tho ports for all tina
is mere rant. The proceeding in question hss
all tho oddness and irregularity which the An
eTican character so much Affects; but II Ia Q
bono tide OPERATION Of warfare, and not Of un-
| meaning revenge.
The TIMES tells us that, In tho Development
of this war, We shall be witnesses o' scenes Of
| horror such B the world has not soen since men
fought like wild beasts. But our contemporary
exhausted his vocabulary Of horror last May In
similar prophecies, which arc a. yet unth-
filled. II he really wants to be enrolled among
the guardians OF the civilization OF mankind, ho
has an opportunity Of showing his ambition In
field whore the responsibility of England is di-
rectly engaged.
Impartial minds will judge newspapers a.
they judge men, not by the fine sentiments
they may utter, but by the aim and tendency
Of their conduct, and will decline to believe In
he superior humanity Of those who arc moving
esyen al d earth To entanRle two Christian and
lrol, slant nations in a frNricidh war.
surrLY or COTTON.
fhe same paper Of the 2O.h, expresses its dis
ti,f that the Ems h people can get q sup
v Of cotton by recognizing the Southern Con-
dcracy. Cotton, says the News, Is tho
hidden fruit which manufacturing industry
tempted TO snatch at any risk Of consequences.
looks fair "a tho eye and good for food why
ot clutch At what hangs rich and ripe within
cur graSp, reckless OF mere moral obligations
Is the old story; the dazzling lure Is held out
in the form Of instant and tangible qualification,
in the hope that the dictates Of self-restraint
may be forgotten. And what II the luro 10 IT.
self no better than a lie2
But how do We know that Englandl
alliance with a slavsholdihg Confedsracy would
secure the safe transportation, from tho plAnta-
ton TO sesports, and from the seaPorts
TO this country, Of the cotton crop Of 1861.
now lying IN up-SOuulIN btOIoo1 Auu
saleable2 Such an alliance would be dsclarA-
tion Of war TO the knife against the United
States. II woald justify, because 1t would
nee, -sitate, measures which President Lincoln,
ia his message 10 Congress, declares Il is his
earnest desire to avoid.
But with rebel army menacing Washington,
and an English fleet menaclng New York, viii
any one say what sort Of eNpedient the exigen-
cy of tho case would not dictatel In the MIDI
# Ms eneny lies cOmbuStible mas, unOrgM-
ized indeed and indrticuidte, mute and HlotiOw-
less, but oJ a destructive cdpd6iIity terrible 70
think upon.
What man Of intellect or conscience, VIII
knows anything about the matter will dare 70
talk loosely or lightly about the ignitability of
this fearful, ignorant, impulsiye, reckless, and
resentful massl For years, the tantalLing
whisper Of freedom has been among thete mill
iors the password by which hope deferred has
contrived to dissuade them from premature con-
spiracy.
LetMs tong-is,enedJor kneH Of " EMAscpA-
non" ring ont from Washington, and loho lciA
sIy holO far Us reperberdtiHy echoes lciH reach,
or uhdt 10 effect lciH be9 Our pro-slaveTy con-
temparies remind us daily, that up TO tho pres
emit time, there has been no revolt OF the colsrod
race against their secessiouist masters, and that
but few thousands of fugitivea have come intS
the Federal lines.
Our only wonder is that 90 many should
have come, considering the scrupulous abstia.
spcs Il the Government and ih Generals fss