The New York herald., 1862-03-08

lArt FOVtThnent
Mr. shaver In letter OF the 18th of December declared
that all those charges unfounded but there hag
been no investigation Of the matter either side
the other Now he thought that before he could ask fol
compensation for Mr. Shaver he ought TO receive saac
tory eridcs from that gentleman that those charges
nnoanded because, If it was true that Mr. Shaver had
made himself Of comtatcation the part Of ht
C0naderates, he had giren them aid and
and had conveyed 10 them he dd in direct cCnTadsc
on 10 the proclamation Of her Mgjssfy ,Ohich announced
thct she mould maintain sic. neutrality bsoeen The
Unite States and the sooausd Confederate States; and the
British government would have no right to ask for
compensation on his behalf. Mr. Shaver had never
made any statement u her Majestys government
upon that subject; ho had not at all shown that
no had been engaged in those practices and the
charge still rested on the assertion Of the American
government On former evening he Earl Russel had
referred to case to which hs wished his noble friend
had reierred-Nancly the pursued by Lord Pal
merston in tho year 1913 lSi9, h respect to the sus
pension hdteas corpus act IN Ireland. When IL ds
suspended enc o. tao american citizens 'ere arrested ~ that
country The United States Minister asked for the reason
Of their detention and Lord Palmersth, the British
Foreign Secretary repied that they had been engaged
in secret society," uhich had for lis object 10 fome and
encourage rcroi and disturbance in Ireland He did not
give any positive proof Of that assertion, but he made 1t
to the representative Of tho American government and
he Earl ussel did not find that any demand had been
put forward Ny the United States government for com
pensaton to those two gentlemen He believed that the
statement Of Lord Palmerstcn, founded it wason in
formation furnished by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
perfectly correct, and that there groands for
the denon Of those rerscns But his noble friend said
that there had been no regular suspension OF the
habeas corpus in the United States of America Now
upon that point there existed misunderstanding in this
country, which natural enough, but which arose
from 9no, of the instiionS of The United States
The right Of habeas corpus in this country depended
upon act Of Parliament, and therefore it could only be
suspended by another act OF Parliament. But no such
necessary in the United States of america.
There act of habeds corpus in America, and there
.ore az o ,eqrs an 1 o. CorS S a
the writ Of habcas corpus could during an nsurrecton
be suspended. II scds assumed and dssened TO by all
parties tds de President had the authority IN time Of IN
3Tection the Secretary Of de acting ly has orders
He tEar Russel did not see that they could contend
either that that not lawful authority, or Icing laf
authority it should not e acted ,.ro though in me cases
to the INJURY Of British subjects il acted upon TO the
injury OF American citizens in p'Ios other insdnce His
noble friend had spoken Of which compensation
and sroug should be made and redress de-
manded, the part Of the British government. Really
il seemed as If they were ignorsn OF the whole state OF
United States cofeedly not only embarrassed oih
great rer bt great civ ,cor cas raging an that coul-
try, and there cere many persons an the No7h gang d6o1
the Northern States sympdthizng vih the South and there
,oere persons the Southern States aohO sympathisd oh
the Norh and that under these circumstances there for
any government, ,ohether Il called the United States
the government Of the Confederate States, aateof danger
which at all events would make Il necessary
ordinary measures he thought no one could deny
II the noble elrl would refer to the history
Of this country during the revolutionary war no would
and he ,c0uld find in ireland that ws suspended almost
every year. II might bo said that in every one OF
those cases whore persons suspected and
taken up there proof enough to convict them. He
could say no such thing Bot if it was necessary to
suspend the Habeas Corpus in this country, in the
circumstances which were occurring during the french
war. he certainly could not wonder that, in
tho present state Of North America that government
should resort to the most extraordinary measures al
though they might virtually work an injustice He con-
fesscd that he noned tho situation of that government
IT, 1t dreadful calamity for that country that such
a civil war should havo taken place. He was disposed to
wow therefore, 'cih some degree Of forbearanc The acts
acAich that government might do, and 2hich in other
circumstances, Under other governments, icould call
for ren,onstrance and indignation. Tho noble earl
asked whether ho (Earl RusselD had written any
table. He did not write with respect to Mr.. Shaver
because he that Lord Lyons was taking all the steps
that were necessary consistent with his duty. might
be that Mr. Shaver entirely innocent OF the charges
brought against him, or 1t might be that he had been
taken IN m arms against tho the iGTmo'
pcnsaton But as the case at present stood he certainly
could not give any such instructions He could not tel
whether Mr. Shaver or not detected in acting with
the South and until he had proof the subject he
could not idtorferc (hear, hear).
English Opinion Of 9 the Campaign I'm the
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FALL OF FORT HENRY.
from the London Times, Feb. 22.]
success has been achieved by the federal arms in
the reduction OF work called Fort Henry the Teunss
river and the capture Of its garrison consisting Of
sixty Tho narrative OF the action docs not present
any feature OF interest the usual American fight
nga long canonnade on both sides with little loss and
then surrender, hailed with loud rcocings by the VIC
a casualty had not q shot struck the boiler
Of ono Of the gunboats and scalded TO death
thrty-two or her crew. But though, as mil mil.
notice, yet the intelligence interesting showing tho
position of the contendng parties in tho West and the
course which the warfare in that region is taking For
a long time the military operations in Kentucky wero SO
confused and purposeess that is reasonable TO believe
the commanders both sides had no ohor object but to
hold their ground and wait tho course Of events But
during the autumn Of last ycar extraordinary Efforts have
bcen mado by the federas to gain such prepondeance
army Manassas by sending troops for the defence Of
the important State Of Tennessee. The army Of General
Haeck has been largely reinforced and tho good viii Of
the Western States Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois has
enabled the 70 erais not only TO hold their ground in
Kentucky but drive back their enemies almost 10 the
borders OF Tennessee. The serious lighting has
taken place towards the centre Of the former State
General Bcauregard, who is said TO have taken
the command Of the Confederate army of the
West, has no doubt been directed TO defend the
country in tho ncighborhood Of Bowling Green,
and prevent any march from that region to Nashville,
the capital tr Tennessee This the successor Of Zoli
eoer will probably be able to accomplish. Provided ho
refrans from tho foohardness which led to tho late de-
it probable that the advance OF the federal troops
southwark bo eectuay checked by an inferior force
holding the strong positions which present themselves in
. rough forest country.
On the whole we arc inclined 10 consider the
western tactics OF the feierals skful
than those on the seaboard. The Beaufort and
Hatteras enterprises and that to the month Of tho
Mississippi have been conspicuous examples OF i'm.
becty and the long prepared and much talked Of Burn
side expedition seems unlikely to be moro successful.
Tho attempt to make diversion by advancing Win
few thousand through the swamps Of North Caro-
lima is scheme which inspires much doubt Of the wis
dom OF General McClc counsels. But in the West
the ederals have better chance. In this war successes
must be gained by regular campagning-by armies
moved and fed and brought into action on the principles
which have ruled all on an extended continent.
Naval expeditions may the public, but laborious
anil scientific generals commanding well organized and
well supplied armies, alone wrest square mile Of
ground permanently from the confederates Tho scheme
Of the federas for the deverance Of Kentucky and the
invasion Of Tennessee carried out with energy, will
test the strength OF the South in that region severely
Of the OF the confedcrates Ii difficult to form
an estimate, but Is probable that they do not want
men. however deficient they may bc In arms aud gun
powder. The despatch Of General Bcauregard shows
that they are fully OF the importance Of the
Western campaign and tho North also has an active
General the head OF its army, wo may look for dis
play Of energy both sides as the spring Is s
nciently advanced.
The Union victories and Union Finances.
tFrom the London Post government organl Fob 22]