The New York herald., 1862-02-16

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decided government to follow the example Of France
and Spain, issuing proclamation TO forbid the armed
ships Of either belgersnts from remaining more tnan
| twenty -four hours any British port
Such proclamation, if am rightly informed, may be
| looked for in the Grst gazette.
II was rumOred that the Tuscarora had gone to the
| Mediterranean.
THE NASHVILLE ABOUT TO LEAVE SOUTHAMPTON.
Southampton Jan so correspondence of tho Manchester
All dobts incurred by the Confederate steamer Nash
vile have been suddenly discharged She has caused
f6, 900 to be spent in the town.
When tho Delta, which arrived here day or two ago
with the Indian mall her passage home and had
just passed the Sumter she met very 0ne American
edera proceeding right into the jaws, were of tho
Sumter The commander Of the Delta might have warned
strusd into breach Of neutrality he abstaned from do.
ing In very short time the federal ship cap
tursd BY the Confederate and burnt to the waters edge
Letter from Admiral Bruce, n. NJ, to
Commander Craven, U. 8. N.
From the London Star, Jan. 31.]
We published on Saturday last contradiction to the
statement made by the Army and Nary Gazette to the
effect that the federal steamer Tuscarora had anchored
miral in command Of the station We now learn that
Commander Craven addressed letter on the subject to
the Commander Chief at Portsmouth, and received the
| following satisfactory reply
Victory, PoRrsaor1u HARron. JAN 90 1862.
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt Of your
letter Of the 22d inst calling attention to paragraph
extracted as appears from the Army and Navy Gazette,
commenting the supposed fact of the United States
steamship ofwar Tuscarora under your command having
anchored of Osborne In reply beg TO inform you that on
Thursdsy last the 10th inst the signaman on duty tho
dockyard Semaphore reported that the Tuscarora had
anchored of Osborne. therefore, directed Capt COoe,
Of H. ~ s Victory to proceed one OF the steam tenders
| to communicate with you and with my compliments to
request that you would be good the ship
some other anchorage. Captain Coote, however, had
scarcely got outside the harbcr when he discovered
that the report OF the signanan was mistake that
the Tuscarora, in fact had not anchored off Osborne
but that the ship supposed to have been her was hor Ma
esty's ship Vigilant trust that this explanation will
remove from your mind any feeling OF annoyance you
may have experienced from tho publication of the para
graph referred TO above. cannot myself point out to
the writer of that paragraph, or to the editor Of the
paper In which II appeared, the circumstances which
probably led 10 his being msnformed as to the move
ments Of your ship, because her Aajesys officers
forbidden publish thing in the newspapers bearing
questions arising in the public service, and never
have any communication with the public prints.
| Vice Admiral, Comm ander in Chief.
Commander 7. A. CRAVEN, United states steamshs Tus-
carorat
The sumter In the Mediterranean.
Tho Paris correspondent. of the London Herald says
letters frtn Marsees state that the utmost conssr
nation prevails among the American shpmasters ia that
harbor ever since the presence Of tho Sumter in tho Nc
diterransan has been ascerained. hear tAat an at
tempt has been made to induce the French government
grant convoy and that the American Consul is said
have written to the captain OF the Tuscarora request
ing him to ako his ship to the Mediterranean as soon as
possible
The Sumter is still at Gibraltar.
| TIE SUMTER ORDERED FROM GIBRALTAR.
| From the London Times, Feb. IL
The heavy portion of these mails in charge Of Mr.. u
Ronayne Of tho General Post Office reached southampton
yesterday afternoon the Peninsuar and Oriental Com
pany's steamer Pera, Captain T. Jameson which
| arrived in dock at hslf-past two p. n.
The Confederate steamer Sumter was at Gibraltar when
| the Pers left.
There accounts Of the naval combat in the Med
srranean between two ships, Of which the Sumter
supposed be one. The vessel destroyed by the Sum
in the interval between her leaving Cadiz and her
poan, Captain Burdett With fruit for Boston, consigned
to the agent Of Barring Brothers Sne burnt about
eighteen miles TO the eastward cf tho rock and the
ter and crew (tweve in nrmber) taken to Gibraltar by
the American bark Investigator which arrived there
the 18th. The Investigator was laden with copper
for Newport the cargo being owned in England and she
was released by the captain or the her captain
| giving bond for SIS 600.
A despatch OF the i'm u from Cadiz states that or
the order put TO being communicated to the cap
tain Of tho sumter, he replied that it was materially im
possible obey for wa @ ,cotcr and COAL and # money
which he was expecting from one momen 10 another II
| purchase these two articles
The MitaJy Governor Of the fortress, not allowing tn
rd1iy of there reasons, granted him hours 10 prord
himself 10Th ~hai he needed and to quit the port
The March OF British Troops Through
| EXPECTED DANGERS OF Mr.. sEwARD'S PROPOSITION
(London (Jan S0) correspondence Of tho Manchester
| Guardian.
| While on American matters may say that oficia
communication has yet been received here Of the alleged
offer Of Mr. Seward 10 allow the English rsnforcements
Canada to land at Portland and proceed TO their des
| tination by the Grand Trunk line through Maine
understand that Foreign Once authorities do not be
evs that any such offer has been made II IL have been
| do not suppose IT would be accepted.
Not only there considerations Of notiona, digni,,
which might stand in the way Of acceptance but
There very old and strong Canadian sxpersncs OF The
effects troops Of the temptations to dsserton held
out by the United States agents or crimps in the frontier
posts. just now these temptations enormously in
creased dare say privaies would be ured not only by
the largely increased pay Of the American line but by
aud conceivable that officers might
bs sorsly tempted with the more gtsrng bait Of sub.
atcrn's or captains opauletes Were in progress
or imminent the temptation would be robbed Of much
Of s effect, bu. as matters stand might tell bravsly
This Of itself very solid ground for not listening TO
such proposition said-wthout any reliable au.
Seward.
The "Stone Blockade" and its Cost.
| EN0LANDs LATEST GRIEVANCE FROM AMERICA.
(From the London Times city article, jan 81
Tho statement Of Mr. Seward implying that United
states government will hold themselves bound after they
have subugated the confoderaes restore such harbo
they destroy open better has added con
seraby 70 the disque Of holders Of the fedora bonds
makes further infinite addition TO The prospects
ofhe ultimate amount Of debt. Mr. Seward in approved
engineering phrascolcgy, observes that all such things
will be "a nero matter OF expense, but this not
which tho necessary funds are 10 bs scaired n W..
sved that If the could be wound up at This
moment the debt Of Amerca reckoning tn, amounts 70
be raised TO meet the liabilities OF tho South ~
well tho North, and TO mako all the
requisite payments before the respective armies and
navies could be restored TO peace footing, would,
at the rate Of interest that must be paid involve
charge equal to than half the
total required provide for the national debt Of Great
Britain should the continue for one two years
longer its present calculated SCALE and the raising
funds be carried by the issue Of paper tho aggregate
established would most probably be than
that o the whole debt Of England, and II TO the ordinary
contingencies hitherto estimated the cost Of undong such
barbsous and enormously expensive operations those
lust witnessed at Charleston Is to be added all attempts
20 form conjectures the ect would be Wild It is
esser tal 70 remember, every calculation that may
now be made American hnnnce thpt tho Northern ont
lay represents only nor on ~ th' wt0e