New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-12
GREAT BRITAIN.

The London Times, IN Rlluding 70 tne surrenoer
of Norfolk, the destruction OF the Merrimae, &C.,
cerned the conquest of the South seems almost COM
plete: that the Confederate cause Is desperate
wherever guns can be foaed, and that the seas and
rivers are all parts Of the Federal Empire. AZ
CARDS the state of affairs on land, The Times says
that. with two enormous armies in the field, would
he premature to say that the Confederate power is
altogether broken, and their retreat upon Richmond
must not be hastily Judged. 1.-THE North has not
only the sea and the rivers open to provifion ana
supply ito troops but 1t has the workshops OF the
world 10 supply them with arms and military stores;
on the other hand, the South must by this time be In
need Of almost every military necessity. The con-
test cannot now DO equal. AT this moment 1t Is the
whole world against the South; and tho surprise
should be, not that they draw back from the coast
and the river banks but that they mako front 1t oil
against their wellequipped invaders. IBIS can Tnly
be done in the bitterness Of their hatred and their
confidence in the mpossbiity OF their entire suou-
CATION" The article then alludes to the hardness
of Gen. Buffers rule at New-Orleanf. and con-
cludes as follows:
interests. The Presidents Proclamation, which
opeps the ports Of New-Orleane, Beaufort, and FORT
ROYAL. would have been more welcome here II II
were not accompanied by acts OF Tyranny hke'y 10
drive the planters TO despair and to produce the de-
struction of all the cotton IN stock But as Dssers
are now proceeding it would seem that neither New
Orleans. Beaufort, nor Port Royal is likely TO be
tor some tine TO come OF any great use TO the world
os cotton ports Gen Butler with his oaths Of allie.
aiance, lis forced alteration OF the Union nag III,
confscatons, his compulsory opening OF shops ahu
tbestera his nprisonments, bis Punishments, and
hi. threats of DEATH is not the man 10 make COM
meroial port prosperous, and to tempt down cotton
bales from the interior; and NewOr.eans, WIN us
Yiva issues of paper money, one of winch IL OF course
now legal tender liz not a tempting port ~ "hich
10 ccns.gn merchandise. -
,c Ir.Is M ABANDONMENT
folk and the destruction OF the MerruIae Ar evens
Of great Importance proving that the Coutedeihler
have resigned the contest al sea.
The Morning Post says: III Dayis aud Beaure-
gard can inct defeat the forces which are bear
ing down upon thc,a ihe independence o. the South
will be achieved. If, the contrary, they arc over
come. the South may be considered vanquished, but
will indeed prove but poor prize to It's conquerorS
Gen. Butler proclamation Of martial law aifeauy
proves this. Not even the Aas;riGns III Venice, or
he Russins in Poland ever issued more severe ae-
crees A. this rate we may well wonder whether
the victory when won, viii not cost Tor i,s man,
terauce still more than spent In the alning ana
we NAV reasonably doubt whether the compete
snbugstion of the South be worth tempting u, 'he
urcc of the complete ruin OF the whole country
Tie TIMES of the 2Sth confesses that It can zee no
signs of the end in America any indications Of
what that end may be. VI the SUBMISSION VI 'uc
South there 10 as little prospect ~ ever. lhc con
federa,es rerest before their advcrsar1es, oul u
intrepidly and with desigp. They destroy whaeSer
tney cannot Keep, and they vindieate their power a,
intervals by turning fereey on then PursaeI'. But
| the Northern forces are closing an upoa nem
Sonb oft But they are closing in not upon city,
or flstncs., or stronghold which might De sur ,
rounded and taken, but on a territory % Suw"
sousrs miles. That and nothing les Is the retreat
70 which, If Virginia should be los; and the lines o,
| CorinA storrped the Confederates can rete' Al
this while the temper OF the North If unhapphy,
though not upnsiursily, growing lees and lees h~d
for any practical work Of pselcation. IL 10 added
that tie loss of life both sides is beginning N be
felt among the families OF every par; Of the county
and It il probable that, for extent OF misery there
has rarely in tie history OF the world been ssrug.
gle presenting more cruel results.