Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-14

this way tblrty:two thousand men could be obtain
ed tro,n the States of Virginia, North Carolina,
Soutlrtaro!ina, Georgia, and Alabama. Gov. Vance
is soleanniy pledged not to surrender his State c
GERS. Will he keep his pledge1
No USE IN LOOKING FOR I'VE had the pleasure
yesterday Of meeting in our oHi:ea highig inlek
igsnt young friend, just arrived f:Uu, Elrope,
where he possessed unusual facilities for ctscrva-
toa and ne assures that there is, in his opinion
not the slightest chance of our being able to obtain
L navy in Europe. lie says t. lat I'll the principal
ports Of France and the british Islands perfectly
swarm With Yankee SPIES You meet them at
, aavre, Bordeaux, Nan.z, Liverpool, Glasgow.
: Greenock. They dog you to London, to Paris
they watch you At your uprising and downlylng Ut
your eating anu your drinking. and even at your
worship; they are ubiquitous and iniquitous.-
Even if the French or English governments were
disposed to wink at our getting vessels from their
private ship yards they would not be permitted to
10 81, for their eyes and ears are kept open psr
force by the incessant c,amor constantly made by
lhe representatives. of the Lincoln government.--
But in truth the English government requires bat
little urgibg Its otic!sls have shown themselves
to be only 600 willing TO DO the work required of
them, and under the name of neutrality to deprive
the Confedera.sS OF all the advantages which they
might nope 10 derive from genuine and truly i'm.
partial neutrality, carried out in good faith. And
this Of policy the French authorities fol-
low the example Of their British neighbors: Where's
zoe are concerned, if no where ese the entente cor
diale seems to be in full force. Elga;,d stops OUT
rams, and France stops our rams. and the result IT,
great cry and little WOOL
AS tor negotiation, intervention and all that. it is
hardly necessary to say anything. These thingi
have gone glimmering out of sight. and few people
take the trouble even to think Of them. So far 81,
well There Is no more chance OF European power,
ri if,1t hon
al Queen Vicar,as writing epic poem that shall
rv,i Homer, or of Earl l.usscl! being guilty Of
generous emo, ion.- VIII Jonsnak
Way VALhANDIGHAM WAS NOT AnxEsrED.-The
Hon. Schuyler Jolfax, late Speaker Of the House of
Representatives, made the following statement .
lew days ago. III spe..ch at Peru, indiana:
~ When Mr.. Fal'andlghan returned it was very
natural that 'he rus place he went to should be
Democratic Convection. He thought Er. Lincoln
would arrest him. Mr.. Lincoln knew the fact that
at that time there was secret organization in the
Northwest tue details Of which he ma not have
been familiar with but ne knew the Intention was
10 make Vall.ndghalus arrest pretext for light
ing the torch of civ il all over the northwest
Anxious 10 preserve the sace ut our own homes
Mr.. Lincoln passed over ths return OF Iallandig.
ham"
Sherman's march from Chattanonge to t,;!anta is
one Of the most astonishing in"venenls recorded 10
military history. IL mas be+: steady, dusernined,
unchecked. His long line Of communications has
once been broken sufficiently to detaM him a
day.
WIZ all this is so. we cars,ot say. Gen. John.
ston did not send any force to Shermans rear,
nor did he try TO do so when Gen. Hood did at
last send off Wheeler it 100 late. Atlanta was
gone. At any rate Wheeler appears to be eascting
! nothing,
The Southwest appears to DO the opprotrium Of
arms and this campaign is the crowning failure
CT the war. Away hundreds Of miles frem his
natural base, and thirtyei from his assumed
base at Chattanooga, Shernsn's own com,nunica-
tons Rave not only been preserved in country
called hosti' but he has actually been able to- force
US out of every position by threatening ours.-WA
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