Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-08
LETTER FROM LONDON.


To the Editor of the Wig:
The news OF Federal successes combined with msr-
camille difficulties and the high rate of discount % per
cent, rss sent the Oonfederae loan DO ~ with rush.
In 10 days It has dropped from 50 to e. and sill tend
irg downward. W great damage doUe to anybody
but p custofs TIE stock s just as good as it ever
vas and the OOnioderscy does not derive any benz
d. from is bing high up, it does Us no hTm to see it
low. There ID an impending daanoia crash and am
afraid il may come this Winter. Many failures have
cccurrsd ard Il runbeT Of heavy should occur
aLo it would ct univ ersa distrust and the com.
mercia COMMIT ~ would tumble on all sides like a
row Of bricks. Tue Is that tue merchants have
ceeu doing too much business pm too small capital
ADD the enhanced g,lus Of cotton has added greatly 10
hi5 oyertradipg Cons, quenty when the peace
i,rcld the ps,vAleht belief thai aIOd OF cheap cot.
ton VI ud be sent here Uihou. delay, all cllsses Of
trade we're ia cot Il. / lave they expected ell
the ports to bs op,u the 1t November, aud eevera
million bales to be landed 10 Liverpool ddSng Deem
bsr. The feeling Is noa calming down aud PEOPLE do
not look for al iap,d.dts peace. Bot for the Ighi
money market, cOuOn would again riae, esp6 oally
Amsro. n, Of which there 10 only limited stock on
u.Id vas very glad e c iva by the late quota
lOu0 In " York papeT5, tnat my opinion about Nc
tltN Nc
psople in neral aud that very little importance vas
:, 6 ed 20 the oil, cion. Hard fshtirg alone
cure cur ndependeT and bring he Yankees to their
r, nses Late adv here from private sources r1pfe
sent that erman TO act 10 concert with Grant and
S1sridap ard that grand triaut ulr attack s 10 be
made eOnvereing upon 4 ohmond. II rue IhOps y, u
.il b pF pared iOr them. Sheridan has gained a vic
Iofy over Euly says the Let despatch. Oar people
here are waiting TO hear the supplemental reports fur
We thick hat old JGba has iCu ut just as he pleased
aud walk # in Od order Wnen ne wanted to do co.
TIE &C ION of Sherman at Atlanta IN removing y ]
the iubAOpants ne p, will Do productive Of good, by
opaung I6e sye OF southern peo ia aud letting em
k OW what To expect. l is scarcely 60 bs hoped that
rs,auat OF viii cume ff0m Gus authorities, bu the sol
diprs themselves may take ,t IN haLd.
b private letter OF Sept mbeT from sntuekY,
I learn mat the tyranny OF BurbEidga continues the
came A cody OF Uonioderates attacked 0Wensboro Il
few dya ago aud killed four of the negro eoldiers. I0
retaliation Onfederate prisoners were s'nt 10
Orenlboro aud shot The names were not sent to me,
N ,il probably have them next week, and will
chem 20 ytu The 3 ate ID completely crushed, and
| no li,g need be 6xpso ed from It. The peopla arc
al armed al tied hand AID foot. Their leaders,
der the pee OF plea Of neutrality sold the State and
| theugh t.ere is nov radical change ia the minds OF
manY they eau render Us no assistance, aud cannot
| even protect themselves hoSever,
"S.eet ere ihe uses of adversely,
Watch, like The toad ugy aud venomous,
Iwsdo yet an army upon the banks Of the Otic,
IN. KsntueAiaus leased from duF6ss and purified in
he 6les OF paIiotisE will eagerly ok 10 cue stand
Ard aud BIS 10 the death In rssssanc1 OF neons ir
| mr. pnlicV But un'il We can de,sat the enemy and
sand troops 10 Kentucky nucleus for them 20 or
giz, around there can be no hope Of cid from tAeT
| / pre-, una the pesoe m9n, from last accounts, will
gvs Nee elan their votes but cut bOfoP He has not
| 1ta GHOST + a chance Lincoln, il 1860 carried ~
n rtbsrn Sat. e1rsp, New Jersey, Or gon and @ =
6o,na bV fas iTty vote over the combined pOOnlSI
Vote Of A. Doug and Breoh ridge. II hecii this
AZ an outs der shat he not do with all the inf =
alenoa power and patronage OF TIE Federal G.veri
msntY think it has been the idest olT los sny Il
ouf psopsIo be tducsd BY the deluslOn Of any ba'
6t from the ell otOn. The Electoral vote il Bos 22l
nlsss Lincoln cast additional votes for himself iron
Louisiana, Arkansas arc Tennessee, hcO Ian will gel
Nav jersey, California 0SgOn, Kentucky, Missouri
MHyifn5, Al bAmOI and possibly Illinois aud In
diana Lincoln will carry the balance. W.
have tv ~ thing To- gain BY Lncolbs Ts.elsclOD. fC
dice lasns pioduesd by The tyranny OF bs ms'
finally eulminate in Gu armed FsbehO1, and hese reb
Ia wOuld be forced 90 make common cause with uf.-
Wa-h.vs srTgbtfeFSsTd 6gat for absolute indeJe
dencs against Lincoln, without any ohanoe Of teinI
entlat ped u To hollow mpaes or dseeiuul compFo
mises The crisis ofiaur fate has passed, and th
uomlpatir OF MnOle an has sverlRd the daDgaF biol
might have threaten, ~ II sincere peace has
been selsetsd a. d elected. We might, in such con
,iugenoy, have been entaDglsd ia some way. Nov
here il no chance for IT, and glorious future lies b.
fore our country. Our army viii achieve success, 10
=. has osE ell fear Of death. Az ehakspeare says
"Fhs sense of death is mOst in apprehension"
Our falloWs hay' no "SPPr'hsnsioa,"