Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-16
REBEL CORRESPON.
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Iuaportaut Letters % jeff Davis and the
Rebel secretary Of state.
Among the papers recently captured with
the hIocksde runners Robert e. Lee, tho Cor.
nubia, and Ella aad Anna, IL . letter from E.
I,eLeon, Rebel agent, addressed to Jeif Davis,
and dated Paris, Oct. LIST, from which the fol-
lowing sentences are extracted:
lit is useless to disguise the fact that the
meh around you do not inspire confidence, and
drawn from the helm. Military ability OF the
highest order our revelation has produced. but
in diplomatic talent 1t has been most singular
"There has been, and is to-day, as little real
intention OF speedy recognition by France, as
by that we may be made pawn in the Me1i-
can game I think very probable but for the
At the risk Of being tedious, l have exposed
nv Utmost thoughts to you. What is past is
irreyocable, but feel our fortune is safe In
your hands cannot volunteer any advice,
now that you know my Utmost ideas. 1 am
working hard and necessarily. personally and
by proxy, and am enlarging the sphere Of my
operations, for the exigencies OF the hour de-
mand it. ! abhor asking for money. but as / do
not appropriate penny for myself, hare giren Mr..
B. a REMINDER that a small sum in treasury drafts
is not a Fortunatus purse. erer filing and erer
acants money literally and not fguratiuely. They
are far more mercenary race than the English,
ard ace mast buy golden opinions from them. #
at all.
In . letter dated Paris, September 80, and
directed to Judah p. BENJAMIN, Mr. de Leon
thinks the withdrawal Of Mr.. Mason from
London has been attended with good effects,
and in order to cause an antipathy to the
"Yankee." Mr.. l.. says he has "caused va.
rious publications to be made in England on
the topics of cotton, slavery, the oath of alle-
glance, Federal fabrications, and kept up
running fire through the English press" Mr..
de Leon, however, intimates that Lord John
Russell does not, nor does the Loncon TINES
feel very favorably 10 the Southern Confsd.
eracy. This letter continues:
"Here, in France, l see no chang either In
the attitude of the Government or in the popu-
lar sentiment. In fact, until the Arrival Of the
| Florida at Brest, allusions to the Corfederacy
| except those supplied by our friends in the
press) were becoming very rare. TIE Polish
| question and the Mexican, entirely obscured
ours, in which Frenchmen ha We really felt but
| little interest. The sympathy at first felt for
the Federals has been forfeited by their br utal-
| ity and insolence; a kind OF vague admiration
| for the herosm of our people has succeeded, but
not lively enough to prompt action nor give us
| any reasonable hopes of it.
| The arrival OF the Florida, and the nestions
W hich arose, excited an interest, blu: that, too,
has now died away, and even the arm val Of the
| Federal vessel, the kearsarge, and Ter admis
| sion into the same docks, have not 'evived 1t.
| Her visit has been important, no we'er, in set
| Ting some vexed questions, as the enclosed ex-
tracts from the Moniteur, France and Pays
| will show. The extract from the lstter print,
| which is now the organ Of the Miniser Of For
| eign Affairs, threw wet blanket over our too
| sanguine friends, who predicted Frnch inter
| vention on the acknow ledgment OF our bellig-
erent rights by France on water as Oh land.
The Emperor is now at Biarritz, where every
| year all the world are admitted NORMALLY to
| the reunions of the Emperor, and French roy
| atty goes dishobiile. MIR. Sliddfs family
| have passed the summer there, andhe himself
for the last month has been there.
The withdrawal of Mason from London
| makes the Emperor more than master OF the
| situation, the only rivalry he feared)eing with
| drawn. He can amuse us with nexican al
! liances, in lieu of more practical Intervention,
| in the belief that we shall continu. to be very
| grateful for very small tavors. Neither the
| British Parliament nor the French Chambers
| will meet until February next, and until then
| the game is entirely in his own lands, Earl
| Russell's speech having relieved lis mind OF
! any changes in England's in activity;I sincerely
! hope that the intention of the Emperor may be
| more practical, but l can only Judge by the
| lights before me-