Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-08-11

bang right in their three noses, and warned
them of BY q notice--"To Whom It May
Concern"
II is suggested that perhaps the cunning
device Of Mr.. Sanders was only contrivance
for helping the peace party in the enemy's
country: that the answer OF Mr.. lincoln
was Just the very kind of answer which the
many counseled" George expected, and
that it 10 to be used to show how ferociously
and unrelentingly the present. Yankee
Administration is bent on war and rcpulses
the slightest hint of peace. As usual with
such excessively cunning schemes, this one
not only defeats itself, but il helps the cause
which il was possibly intended to damage
To exhibit an ex-senator and member Of
Congress Of the Rebel States thus timidly
crawling, by roundabout way, to the
footstool Of the Emperor Of the Yahoos.
whining and spivelng about peace and
Liberal negotiations" and haughtily refu-
sed even admitfsnce to the sovereign pres
ence, will serve, not the peace, but the war
party, because it will be used to create the
impression that the Cenfederaoy must be in
the agonies Of death when two such distin-
guished legislators make SO pitifulan attempt
to reach the ear Of offended majesty. If
such was the idea then, in this case, as in
the other, those whom it may concern"
have got what they deserve.
Has any one seen the Reverend Colonel
Jacques and one Edmund Kirke2. What
are the detectives about? Here have been
two spies manifestly spics, ''at the Spots
wood Hotel, Richmond, on secret mission, -
and now, instead Of being In Castle Thunder,
Kirke aud the Rev. Colonel are again in
their own country, giving mysterious hints
to the Washington correspondents about
their three days entertainmentin Richmond,
and about 1.-TWO interviews which they said
they had with Mr. Davis. They cannot
disclose 'for the preseut"-these deep diplo'
msts-what passed at those interviews, but
sit is intimated' and here is truly a start.
ling fact-'that Mr. Davis would consent to
nothing short of the recognition Of the
Southern Confederacy." OF course these
two Yankees were spies: or else they wanted
to sell something in Richmond which they
combined the two objects. Our passport
system We fear, is but little protection; auc
the detectives are not sufficiently vigilant.
Ho,osover this may be, there IS moi
certainly rene,cal OF those rdg,le ,chispertng
peace, Ulich hare sereral times before cicula
ted through society. Many think that pence 1
in the air. Peace and run,ors of peace aoa
around us, and men dream Of peace at night
We have seen here Unauthorized ant
oficious persons, both Union and Rebel
repair respectively North and South abou
the same moment, as it were, snufing peace
as horses snuff water in the desert If golC
declines little in New. York, even in thu
teeth of military disaster. The Netos says i
is because there's sort ofinstnctive feelinl
that we are on the eve of peace. This i
not unnatural; the plain avowals of tn
enemys press four months ago, that thi
years campaign must be the final one, tn
near approach of Lincoln bloody term, tn
l imminent financial ruin of the United States
all combine to produce not SO much
conviction as a presentimont, that we ar
soon to have peace.
/. And it may be so. Peace may be neare
to us than we think and may come suddenl
though one cannot see precisely how. On
r thing, however, is clear. So desirable a
, event cannot be hastened by amateur ne
gotiators Exchanging sentiments" with MI
Lincoln, nor by blockade runners thrustin
interviews" on Mr.. Davis; nor by an
possible or conceivable correspondence
: :, between Geo. Sanders and Horace Greeley