Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1864-01-28
tNrEaoaprau REBEL ooAHEapoNprNoE.

the Lamar have been published The
Ieapondence for the most part carried by g b.
Lamar, Of Savannah, his son, C. A. Lamar, known AZ
Charlie, and abroad on rebel business and Mr. Irow
bridge, New York confederate of the Lamars, Henry
LaoDe, English shipbuider, and Mr. Bowers, refe
agent, We give few extracts from the letters
Trowbridge has immense confidence in Charles" in
innate relations with Napoleon:
Cant you him, aud impress upon him the lmpro
prety OF allowing twenty millions of people TO attack ana
destroy third Of their number, who only desire 70
withdraw from any further association with them we
had been properly represented abroad from the beginning
of our troubles am satisfied ports would now Dc
open. That lie all want, Well, fancy you WIN 40 al
you without any suggestions from me- Inc Yankees
do not like The of the rebels 10 Mexico and
say when they get through with the South they viii turn
their atten to Mexico. We shall From all can
learn fear there trouble in North Carolina but
/ fancy nothing OF a serious nature
This was the close of August 1863 In September
| he writes again
"Wby don't you SEQ Napoleon and urge him to action
at once Give him Texas, and if that won't repay him.
give him all west of the Mississippi river We must whip
the fight some way will never feel like royalty"
Trowbdges own feelings at this stage past express
sion:
Good God, Charley, If you here. and forced to
listen t. the Lnconites about what they intend to do &c
your hair would stand straight old Jacksons ever
did you would have to be tapped, or you would burst
The hint about feeling like royalty" refers perhaps to
an earlier passage 10 the same letter:
1.-The handkerchief, my dear fellow are the most beau
fll put eyes upon, and as for the K. crown,
would prefer to live serving that any other rather than
live under Yankee rule. To-day firmly believe the South
Conederacy will be recognised by France in less than
sixty days and in that event the subscriber will have an
opening TO make some money
So it not to have been altogether political pred-
lection that caused this chyac Confederate to lean to-
wards France
The tion of French interference is brought out in
more positive terms by G. B. Lamar in letter written
from Savannah to his son and Capt. Hartstene:
when you go to Paris call Mr.. Slde, and tell him
of necessity the people will gladly accept it in the last
tremty. With Mexico France, and the Confederacy in
alliance, aud free trade, would eclipse the world"
In letter written July 20 the elder Lamar explains
tho business of his in Europe
There no prospects of peace. of raising the
blockade the latter DO effected only by European
Powers, ard their intentions will be known your side
before they will be promuged here and you must govern
yourself accordingly by obtaining steamers adapted to the
regular trade and of large disappearing the titles IN
safe hands Of neutral Power to avoid loss by cap
ture."
Contracting for stesu the subject of good deal
Of correspondence Wit afone the result Of which thus
explained in letter IN Bowers. October 2:
q closed for two .t,aruers to-day with Lafone a. Co
the terms proposed you saw him. Fay E3S, 600
for all the two steamers delivered in January less five
per cent for all the money pay before the boats are de-
iyered think have made good trade want Hart
stens to the plans before they arc commenced"
Besides these it appears that steamer contracted
for in Sweden and two in Scotland The auspices
under which Charlie" Lamar entered into these con-
tracts he thus explains letter to Belfast (Eng!and)
merchant, August 5;
I" presume you that represent company
OF - 100000 invested in cotton, of which G. B Lamar is
president propose to make such cotton the basis OF
my negotiations either by sale hypothecaton the form
ing n joint stock company, putting ia the cotton at
price TO be agreed upon then with money so raised
to purchase steamers for the running of the block
AIDE must therefore, await events, unless of your
people would like to JON me now have Captain Henry
j. Hatstene of the nsvy, with to take command He
is well and favorsbly known to the English people as
having commanded arctic expedition afterward the
commander Of the Resoute the vessel belonging to the
British navy abandoned in the ice and subsequently
picked up taken into port purchased BY the United States
Government aud seat present 10 her Majesty the
Queen. he has special permission 10 come with on
the mission from the Confederate States Government He
bad great experience IN command of steamers and IN
running the blockade knows coast, and 49, think,
the in the right place III is more hazardous now
than the running OF the blockade and it consequently
requires the best and stest boats but as the rsks
the profits do also Ii any of your men OF capital
would like to 60 in a letter to at the Grand Hotel,
Paris would receive attention Our company is chartered
by the State Of Georgia, and limited in its liabilities to
the amount of stock held by each subscriber Its char
tered is The Importing and Exporting Company Of
the State of Georgia
letter Written October 18th contains further notice
{ Capt. Hartstene:
Al wrote you of Capt Hartstenes misfortune. He
alta sed Munich the 18th of September with paray
sis and up to this time unable to be out Of bed His
vile and doaghter with him. l fear, in which his
wife comedies, that his usefulness is gone hope for the
best, though"
Another rebel agent spoken Of w Young Lamar Dc
tober H. in terms which show that Southern hnaneerng
has not lost some OF s old traits
find Il impossible to do any thing with cotton, he
Gossrnment ia competitor upon basis Of "A cents'
per pound at any seaport free from all taxes and other
charges They issuing bonds in other words, agree
ing deliver cotton above at 3D. end these bonds are
selling at fifty cents the dollar ii is Impossible to
conceive by any thing write-though you haze, a.
amount Of swndng going all the time, and conducted
by Government agents. Capt Bullock is the only one
whose name is untaraished Some Of them have made
large fortunes. One has residence out OF Lon
don snd winter just out OF Pans, bought is said,
and presented him by the house Of Isaac Campbell ~
That he il living 81 the rate Of $35 900 year imagine
there can be doubt With such financial agents to
negotiate md such agents to make the expenditures how
| is the Government eFedit to stand 7"
In letter to William Crswder at Liverpool, july %,
young Lamar gives the following egpon about cotton
which perhaps gwen in the way Of bpEEess and TO
be taken accordingly:
Cotton is advancing with rapidly aud little for
sale Our people prefer holding cotton any thing
gold itself and without any eIaggeraton, do not believe
there are 900 600 Of souna bales in the Confederacy
Another busy rebel agent Frank Smith, writing from
Il