The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-12-29

or THE EKCTRSION or A
GENTLENIE.
The Yankee spy system in Europe is
4 perfect thing in its way. We have
before noticed it, and now find in. the
Washington Chyonicte letter from its
Town correspondent from Frankfort
on-thc- Main, which is evidently written
10y one of those Yankee spies whose bu-
sineSs in Europe it is to dog the steps of
every prominent Confederate who visits
that country The letter is full of un-
concealed hatred and Yankee slang. -
The following is an extract from it:
The city of Frankfort was honoyed the
latter part of last week with the first
visit OF Mason cleft Davis's rebel com
mssioner), who was accompanied by
young Mann, son of Dudley Mann, rebel
commissioner to Brussels, and charac-
ter well known III our country.
The party alighted at the Hotel
TAngleterre, taking suite of rooms,
where they remained for some days.
During their stay, there appeared to be
but few pers0ns among our citizens of
any notoliety calling on them In tact,
about the only persons Were Baron FIR
langcY, Of rebel-lcan nOt0rlety, his rlla-
tlons, ana few others, perhaps not eX-
ceeding half dozen all told. heard Of
eX-UDited States Consul General Kicker,
who is New Orleans man; Mr.. kol-
lisch, editor Of the UeUe N0ndeS, a
French secession organ, being seen often
at the hotel inquiring for Mason's rooms.
In addition to these, were few "'old
clothes jew bankers" as We call them,
who are III Erlanger's interest, and sup
posed to be employed to "crack III"
Erlanger's S15, 900, 900 rebel loan, and to
advocate the cause Of the South gene
rally. They are, however, men of little
account or influence in this moneyed city,
and all they can do will be Of 10 avail.
Erlanger acted in the capacity of pilo,
to old Mason, showing the lions, and in.
Producing him at the Bourse, and driving
him about the city.
What Erlanger's object was in taking
him to the Bourse can only be guessed
at. Perhaps it was to show him the
Rothschilds, the great mOneyed kings OF
Europe, or it may have been to let him
see the great sales of United States 5.2C
bonds in the market, where, day after
day, they exceed in amount those of al
other countries combined.
The sight could not have been very
pleasant one to the old rebel, though he
may have thought he could devise some
plan to destroy the credit of the Union
| which, IN some respects, has been rather
| better here than at home, and its stocks
for many months past, almost withon
exception, have been higher than at New
York. Some have imagined he was armed
with the jew Benjamin's celebrated cir
cular on American Finances" which
was to have the effect of utterly ruihins
American credit This has been trans
lated in German, Hebrew, or Chaldaic
and distributed among the brethren o
Benamin's faith, and circulated quite
extensively for this purpose. We feal
it will be all labor lost, as the German
will not read anything on that side o
the question. SO Benjamin's cpistle vii
be harmless as the Pope's bull agains
the country.
On Sunday, which was the goth o
November, the rebel commissioner ven
tured out to hear the news The Boston
steamer, the Canada, with news of tn
9th instant, the day Of the President