New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-24
FROM LONDON.


The oween and Nebiiiiy's whereabou's-
The B.temsn Scandal at the ASeiphi-A
Darkcy show.
Isom Our Special Correspondent
LONDON. August 18TH 1864.
"Gen Grant has blown up q confederate lori
N front of Petersburg, destroying whole regi'
ment. He has also attacked and captured Inv
Of confederate entertainments. The basue 'nh'
snsued was still progressing when the deSp"''n
left Grants headquarters That was 'ne news
which dropped, like a shell, among us yesterday
morning, eausingsa good deal OF moral sAeuHo'
ding. We were as unprepared ior IL as our
friends the rebels appear to have been, and the
sffact ia analogous. Like them we had got
ryettv far ON the road towards dlsbeliei IN lne
Vnion General,-hsd written editorials proving
chat his entire campaign had proved q disastrous
end thinly-disguised failure; that he had iougn'
. h,s WAY southwards with infinite and protitless
carnage TO where he might have got without Ine
loee OF man; that he had abandoned the siege vi
Petersburg az impractics6le, ana was trahsIel-
y;no his army to the north bank OF the James
P;ver where there were miles within miles OF
hostile entrenchments-that the Southerners
were making another raid into Maryland-the
North was demoralized and diSheartened,
while AFR. Fessenden refused and rejected
bv the banks, announced an appeal Tor money 10
10 the people at large who wouldn't part with
II because they disbeleved in the possibility OF
&c. &c. For further particulars look az the
first comprehend OF London newspaper (wltht"o
noble exceptions) that comes IN your way anu
now Grant has blown up Confederate lcrl,
stormed line of Entertainments. and Is hghtng
another great battle The grim, silent man
Il really makes people uneasy The nobs ana
The snobs. mercantile John Bull, who rubs his
hands in the short-sighted satisfaction over the
destruction of the American carrying trade, and
the profits of blockade-running quite obiylous
of the little bill he is running up for presentation
another day). the Tories, and the gentlemen OF
the United Service Club don't know what to
make of it. Accordingly they fall back as Stere-
otyped illusions to the acknowledged men
dacity of Yankee kilograms, as disDeheVlng III
ultimate results and generally are horror-struck
A. Grants proceedings. / expect to hear the
humanity shrek raised higher and shriler than
syer about the blowing up Of that fort, and the
destruction of that regiment. That ls the well
come generally afforded here to "grudglngly-
Admitted Federal successes" l don't observe
that il follows Confederate ones: on the con-
trary, have there noticed Gn the nObs and
snobs afcresaid) certain amount OF compiacen-
ey. not to say iubilation. Ii Richmond were 70
be taken now, what an amount OF meta
phorical wrnging OF hands ana synlpa-
thetic expenditure of editorial ink there
would be over here; but should the Southerners
sack Washington that would be quite another
matter The question turns on whose OK or
whose COW is gored. Why, the amiable MIR.
eala, correspondence mean Especial commits
sioner of The Telegraph, discussed quite
gieefully on the probabilities OF the war beng
brought home to the North IN the capture OF
one Of its great cities. How you ought 10 ioyt
that gentlemen, to be sure - particular!
"aowf least folks and men Of Boston raising.
He is doing such noble. such an admirable
work, and so thoroughly! His letters are Tea(
here, enormously, and people gather from tnen
that we are the vanest, wickedest, most cor
rupt, most hopelessly' devil bound" (as the Rev
Brownlow would say population on the lace 0
Che earth. 1t is so, | suppose. There can b
no possibility Of a mistake. No hope that Mr
Eala has not found us out completely; that pre-
disposed for, he has fallen among Copperheads
and is retailing the dreary old superstiuons anc
dreadful sophistries clinging TO us from an age
Of slavery from which We emerge mali blinded
II may be TO pull down the temple OF the Union
and to perish pih the Philistnes, but certainly
70 destroy them--which would be heathel
conclusion, and Of course appropriate 10 us.
There is very little news 10 write about this
week, or | should hardly have INDUCED myself
IN the foregoing. The weather continues TO be
delightful. We have had one days rain, (Which
served as text for sundry editorials in the dai.
D. papers, and everybody, considering him, OF
her, or themselves anybody, has gone out oi
town. To be sure one notices no perceptible
diIninution in the throngs that tread the streets
OF this eternal London-that is, the portion u
It eastwards of Temple Bar; westwards, the
change is observable enough. You may walk
down Rotten Row or the Drive, of an afternoon,
without meeting any body but few determined
riders bent on constitutional" or professional
horse dealers, or cheap cOckney swels ar 'irod
'seks who vsinly seek TO emulate the genuine
article. The clubs are deserted, some being
given up TO the painters end smelling of varnisf
aud turpentine, as was Bays IN October, wher
Major Pendennis going in, got streak o.
white paint on the back Of his fur-cOllared
surtout. The Windham is entirely closed for
repairs, and the members left to shift for them
selves till October The Oriental is closed also,
but temporary bane has been found for the
old Anglo-Indians and young government Off
GERS composing il at Claridge's Hotel Grouse
shooting begins to-day, poulterer's and friends
of people who rent noors are expectant, and
editors write leaders thereon. The wealthy are
off on continental tours; nor do they alone en-
joy that privilege The railway companies com
pete in generosity, so that those who can spend
even few pounds may visit France, Belgium
or Holland, and become familiar with ancient
cities and memorable battle. fields. For ten
ehillings o citizen OF London may not unfre-
ouently be conveyed TO Boulogne or Calais, a
irife more may give him few hours to view
the crowded canal of Rotterdam and the quaint
Dutch farm.houses situated in the centre OF