The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-09-09

II lie COnI0OcrttLc StCdmCA NO.
'l% lanta at Brest--She Is to De
taken into an Imperial Dock
yard to be Repaired.
Paris Correspondence of the London Times.l
The Pays makes the following announce
ment, which under present circumstances
is calculated to attract much atten-
ton:
"The American frigate ATLANTA, belong,
ing to the Southern States; has arrived
at Brest to repair damages sustained at
sea-" F.
There is no reason why Confederate
man of war should not enjoy the same
privileges in neutral ports as the Federal
navy, but that she should have the rare
privilege of making good her damages in an
Imperial dockyard is hopeful sign. 1t is
fitting answer to the bombastic threats
of Yankee organs, but whether it be a
harbering of the speedy recognition of the
Southern Confedracy, is more than | am
able to say.
At all events,it should be borne in mind
that that step was long since decided on by
the French Government, and deferred only
out of wish not to run counter to Lord
Russelps neutrality hobby; but, if anything
it is likely to be fastened by the sinister
predictions of Federal croakers on both
sides of the Channel, Whilst on this SUBJ
ject may state that in political circles
here the apparent dependency of the
friends of the South on your side ofthe
Channel is looked upon as by no means
Enl h.
tinues to hold its own with the same un-
daunted gallantry as at the outset of the
campaign. The North is at its wits end
to procure soldiers. Signor Gallenga, who
has been sent across the Atlantic by one
of our contemporaries, grossly misleads his
readers when he attempts to assign impOrt-
ance to the empty tittle-tattle about
maintaining the Union," which he may
hear in New York bar-rooms, or in Boston
saloons.
The 'maintenance of the Union"in New
York has all along been talk and nothing
else. Northerners write dispatches, letters
and leading articles; they deliver stump
speeches, of which Union or death is the
burthen, but they hire German or Irish i'm.
migrants to do the fighting. They have
not had to submit to any sacrifices to test
their affection for the Union, and mere
frothy oratory is no proof of any deep root
ed feeling On the Southern side, on the
contrary, the most severe privations have
been cheerfully submitted to by every class
of the population to repel the aggression of
the North. There has been no boasting,
no stump speeches, no rhetorical fireworks
thrown up after every engagement, whether
victory o ra defeat.
The numerous successes Of the Southern
armies have never betrayed the Southern.
ners into any Of those demonstrations OF
indecorous and childish exultation mani
tested north of the Potomac on every pos
sble occasion. Their reverses have not
diminished their selfreliance or their conf.
6ence in their ultimate success. The South
has acted where the North has talked, and
before allowing themselves to be influenced
by reports of the views Of the blue bellies
of Boston on the ultimate issue ofthe war
the friends of the Southin Engand-whi,h
means the immense majority of English
men-would do well to remember that the
only gathering in the North (which deserves
the name of an army is now further
on the road to Richmond than it was this
time last year.
Whether the presence of the Atalants at
Rrest is to be considered political symp-
tom or not is matter for conjecture, but We
all know how it will be viewed al Washing
ton. Political men of all parties here con-
slider that the establishment of the new
state of things in Mexico renders the for
nation of an alliance with the Confederate
States an indispensable necessity, and there
is nothing surprising in the report that ne
gociations should be going on with a view
to bring about that great result.
There is also report that well known
shipbuilding firms at Havre' and Bordeaux
are building cruisers for the Confederate
States, but it is probably a canard due to
the alarmed imagination of the Federals
and their friends. "The thief doth fear
each bush an officer" and every Yankee
skipper in European port sees a future
Alabama in every vessel with clean run
that he may see on the stocks.
For the sake of the South, however,
hope the rumor may turn out true. The
Emperor of the French will, in such case,
reap all the advantages his goodwill and
material support have entitled him to ex-
pect from the Southerners, whilst England,
though far more unanimous in her sympa-
tbies will have contrived to lose the oppo,
tunity of securing valuable ally without
disarmiug the bitter hostility which pre-
walls here in the North.
The independence states that NJ. Mercier
has been instructed to ask for explanations
touching the offensive display of the Mexi
can flag by the Federal consul at Frank
tort ~
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