Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-08-27

piet, of the 18th declares the rebels TO
have been the conquerers at Gettysburg
and adds that ''at Vicksburg Grant has
done little to advance the siege his .po-
sitlon is more that of one beselged than
that of one 5esiegiug." The Brmy an I
NaUy Gazette of the 18th, Ga great mill
tary authority. forsooth,) states that
"Vicksbnrg is making an easy and vig-
orous defense, while Johnston, with
80 900 men, is touching Grants out
posts might 20 through the whole
list of London journals except the Ne'0s'
Star and Spectator, and hnd the same
thing i them all You will naturally
ask, however, if this was. the tone of
these journals on Saturday, and the
news arrived on Sunday, and how did
they talk ou >tonday? The Times will
suffice for a specimen. Its leader of
Monday begins with formula 1t has
used SO often that suppose it must be
stcreotypcd in the office: "No portion
of modern history has repeated itself so
often or so completely Us that OF the
| American war" That sounds wise,
does it not? Not a single gord. The
writer, (Russell, it is believed to be)
maunders through a column OF words
about the recent battles, affirming and
denying, backing and filing, obviously
with no purpose except to mystlfy the
poor Englishmen who know nothing but
what they read III the Times The ar
ticle closes, however, with a venomous
attack upon Mr. Lincoln and MIR. Sew.
ard. founded upon report from the Paid
lIr, Natkay, of the speeches made by
those gentlemen at Washington 1t is
in thus way thai the public mind of Brl-
tain has been abused and beclonded
,pruu.tuuut the whnl" war. NarKry
war,,r. somr attroctous talsehood; the
Ttn,s pretends to take it for true, and
cxpauds it in leader. and scores OF
journals, religious and other. copy 1t
( aud convey 1t to the minds of good, lg-
norant, unsuspicious people. 1t is ln'
deed a deporable state of things that
a noble people should be so thoroughly
at the mercy of a licentious and immoral
press, end of degenerate set OF men
One Of the worst features of this de-
gcucracy is the vulgar hypocracy which
accompanies it.. Ii the titled hambugs
and NJ P's who have espoused the cause
of slavery in the nineteenth century,
were bold and honest enough to avow
tlcir true position, one might respect
them. But they pretend all the time to
have a true English hatred Of slavery.
They lave just got a plan for "a monu-
mont TO StSnewall jackson I find their
programme advertised in the Watchnaan
and signed by Beresford, Hope. Lindsay,
Laird, Spence, Lord Can pble, and 9TH
cr well known advocates OF the rebel
cause, some of them even known as Its
hired advocates Yet they unbushlng-
ly end their appeals for subscriptions
with the following: IN. BIT is not
at all intended that subscriptions should
imply any opinion on the merits OF the
| American struegIe'' How much low
er in the scale of morality and decency
can these men sink?
The commcnss of the Paris journals
on the recent national victories are, like
those Of London, tingcd by the political
position of the journals. The Imperial
ist papers, without exception, are on the
rebel side, aud the endeav"r to put the
best possible face on the news for the
rebel side. Thus. the Cn"s'i'"ti""mt
dismi>scs the fall Of Nickshnrg witt the
r,mark that cit was not unexpected, as
| Pen. berton announced III his last report
that he could ouly hold out ten days >
Where this report has bseu hidden do
not know. The Steele, on the other
hand, gives clear and graphic state
ment Of all the national victories, and
adds, Let us hope that The whole cam
paign will be so decisive as TO put an
| eud to the sla veholder's rebellion. The
| Opinion Nationafe calls the attention OF
its readers to the 'immense Importance
of the victories at Vicksburg and Get
tysburg" The Temps, which has al
ways predicted the success of the ma
tonal arms, reioices in the fulGIment OF
| its prophesies "We have been right
then, all along, in disbelieving the pro
phcts of evil who kept announcing the
approaching dissolution oi the Amerl-
eau Republic. II will come forth tri-
unphant from all it's trials trials which
have been prolonged, as Mr.. Seward
Justly says, by tia r.bei hope OF foreign
Intervention Aud the Washington
government vi ,acn retain forever the
imperishable honor of having freed
whole race of mankind from bondage,
of having carried on a fearful war, and
despised the impotcnt i'll will OF the
great powers of Europe, and all this
without suffocating freedom at home by
!. dictatorship.'