New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-06

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tAe~tai Election By Friends and Enc
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FROM Our Special Correspondent
LONDON, Nov. 49, 1864
No news, as yet, Of the result of your Presi'
Dental election and we are all looking out so anxious
" for it, Eleven days have elapsed since the event. pu
We must wait TO what tomorrow VIII pfins oi'n
before we can draw breath in confidence as 10 inc
vitality Of eur country j write not knowing pu' 'la'
few hours may fash 10 the welcome in'eingehce'
OF bow il is received by all classes OF soeet! 10 winch
have access you shall be duly informed IN my Ie1'
In the meantime few additional words as 10 n0"" We
expect it.
An Americans loyalist or Rebel and all Europeans
really interested in American Alters, seem 10 lhh'
talk or write Of but little else. Most OF them anticipate
The reelection Of Abraham Lincoln as foresone con
elu,on though our friends not sanguiDe aud though
sur enemies hold out IKE Muller. 70 the last Not untI
they feel the drop (say the Chicago Plaitom) falling
from beneath their feet will they own mp and choke
decently. They hope desperately as moribund pecpe
are apt to de- You would have been amused TO hear he
faithful echo set up by them Of the Democrac now
which welcomed the sentence Of imprisonment ioT e
passed on Donohue and Ferry the two electioneerng
eeoundres convicted Of having forged soldiers votes
by the long long with which they received the
news that Gen Butler he'd arrived in New York.
giving rise to supposion that he would assume the
command during the elections Ikot fact alone sent
down the confederate Cotton Loan two per cent What
6gure it will reach when We hear OF the reelection OF
Abraham Lincoln. may supply fnal chapter 10 Popes
Esssy on Bathos, the Art of Sinking.
The two tuggestiye items have been accepted by the
Rebels here and their sympathizers as an indication
that the United States Government Is really going 10
use the strong hand 10 save itsofro being gaIroted-
IN about 10 deserve in some degree, the enormous
amount of absurd abuse and vilcaon lavished on it
by ito sdversaries at home and abroad For the said adj
versares know-nO beterthe slsi'y Of their aecu
sstous and ehuckle at the niQuiy with vhchthey have
been allowed TO make them. They depict Messrs Lin
con Seward and others as so many Robespierres and
Harats without any apprehensions OF receiving prae
toa] Illustration of the fact; it ST. Lawrence on
cold gridiron the reign OF terror without the necessity
Of carrying umbrella But what IL tho government
10 going to take leaf out Of their own bookah WHAT
Then too as they have done all the bowling possible
pnder the circumstances and gsrnered all the sympathy
aocruing (nuch good may it do them D they are cut
Of contingent advantages This is what they fear
here
Our English friends are, as have written before.
more hopeful Of the result OF the election than native.
bern Americans. They desire such an overwhelming
majority a. will prevent what some think imminent-a
counter revolution in the North. In this apprehension
] think they differ from our French aud German we'll
wishers who seem to have greater faith in law
abiding people than do our British cousins. couple
Of days ago received letter from French gentle
man. resident near the great manufacturing city Of
Nulhouse who took it for granted that all wOud b
veil and the Rebellion virtually at end should Mr.
Lincoln be reelected. He added also that business wa
N allegiance until the remit should be known, tho
ufaeturers waiting with mpatence for the news Much
the same anxiety is felt here, in commercial circles.
Iwrote 10 you, few weeks ago. of Confederate
Fair at Liverpool. got up by the Rebels and their
friends ostensby for the benefit Of Southern prisoners
In the Northern States. heard yesterday, on good
authority that nearly the whole Of the money thus OBJ
tanned &c OOO had been used "gobbed up" and
appropriated by hardup Confederate refugees in this
country headed by the amiable Mason. and that the
dodge was started with other intention. Also that
there 10 probability of Jolly row" in consequence.
when the business comes TO be made public the Brit
ops engaged 1t having acted in good faith and being
exceedingly disgusted at the suspected result.
Sc much for tie English side Of American matters
sew to things in general
At last the drcary Muller tragedy is over. The re-
bef with which the murderers confession welcomed
served to show how very general had been the uneas
sess a. to the question Of his guilt or innocence There
10 st minority Of unconyerted believers in the latter
They ssseYt that the wreohs face WAS covered. IS
h spoke almost in the agony OF death, and 40 the
losrse terrible murmur OF the crowd must have ZEN
lered his ALTERING words ndistnct that II 10 imposs
be that Dr. Capped should be absolutely certain what
Ne exact words were. Muller may have said "Es ist
gsthan" ct is fnished). instead of Itch habe es
sethan" q did it)-simply quoting scripture. Inge-
Nous however. the explanation IT, doesn't think
II probable. The good German clergyman entertsins
no doubt on the subject Moreover. the only rational
explanation Of M1llers conduct from the commission
Of the murder to the time Of his execution reconcing
with Known facts is to suppose him 10 have been
Of angular nerve and resolution 1t is evident that
the last be cherished belief that his life would be
spared supposng absolutely indisputAble proof could
be obtained Of his guilt. Therefore he maintained
stout assertion Of bis innocence tbnkngthst yepeve
might come. even at the last moment Perhaps he
wrote the sealed statement left behind him in the
vcton that. contrary to the promise OF the ai oesls
would b opened before his death, and bis fraudulent
declarations be credited. 1t is then, natural enough
tAat he should have kept back his axoxsl ill the
gallows platform be felt that his doom was certain
Ireoollect murder. since that of Burdel in New.