The New York herald., 1864-11-25


Queenstown on the 10th OF November, arrived At this
port yesterday evening.
Tho steamship Bremen. Captain Meier, from Southamp
ton the 9.n Of November reached this port yesterday
evening
The new. by both vessels has been anticipated 10 It's
main points, and commercial and financial reports, by
she telegraphc dispatches the Moravian at Port
lind, published in the HERALD on Wednesday.
Jcn. Davis, Speech at Columbia.
BRITISH INFEREEcEs FROM HIS STATEMENTS ABOUT
SHERMAN, THE CONTINUANCE OF THB WAR AND
from the London Times Nov. l0]
The President OF the Confederate states has addressed
fedacy the prospects Of the war the duties Q, the
Southern population. Such speech by such person
and The Importance is enbaDced in the pefent case by
The nature Of the occasion While the Southern Presi
was " ma ons inner in an
adjacent saic-a state till then almost exempt from the
actual horrors OF war-was IN the rcsse sson q ahe
what Mr. Davis thought OF the situation Of affairs and
what policy he recommended The answer TO these ques.
tions be collected without trouble from his frank and
outspuken address.
OF the capture Atantaa feat saluted with exsraor
dinary gcclansous the Norh-the Confederate Presi.
dent makes little nohDg and be tells that least OF
all made OF il on the spot itself. He had paid visit
which bad before the advance OF Sherman
the Of Atlanta, and had finally been competed
10 evacuaie iha, IN .be country through which
the President passed obsered despondency pra,ing
but that disappeared as ne went on until as be ap
proaoned be territory occupied by the st unconquered
dence ,sE" lha, force had received commander,
ard had been considerably gthened u had in.
creased in numbers ard risen IN tone. II had assumed
the aggressive, bad fastened on the enemys commrpi
AND % s was m not ~ aa e 70 Se OUps
speaking the inv ader would be retracing his steps, with
The care taken by inc Southern President, and its JUS
tice Ia In some degree confirmed by the Intelligence
which has since reached u.s. II s admitted even In fede
nj hat her in hv
Beauregard and Hood while in Southern accounts Is
boldly anticipated that tho federas viii be compelled TO
tho Confederates once more.
II this should be the end OF sherman's campaign Il will
furDsh exemplary proof of the hopeessness the
Not ill the fourth year OF hostilties and after
many hard battle, did the federas win their way to
this Georgian town. they resched at last only by
the exceptional ability OF Northern general and the
prize was seized they were naturally eIaed Tor IL ap
peared conquest only second that Richmond itself
VIVA. nchmsnd Re was 70 virginia Atlanta vas to Georgia;
OF the State the Northern PEOPLE would really have
some progress towards the objects Of the war But
such consequences followed the achievement The
souihcrners made light o. the loss and began
recover themselves. lu lev days their army was re-
contest was commenced Not only was nothing
done towards the conquest OF Georgia but appeared
sherman in occupying Atlanta. had but fallen into trap
possible nat he may vet shoto himself superior
aso0on but the recent reports OF his indi
cate 20 such scendency as he certainly exercised before
1t not however, be disguised that President Davis
lion anticipated from the Souh Throughout his sanguine
though boasfu speech there flows current csnfes.
for the last sacrifices from the nation over which he pre-
Sides In hs strong and reiterated appeals the patri-
csm OF bis constituents we read the urgent oaats OF the
armies Ia the field 10 to sure this is no moro than
President Lincoln conlesses also In his repeated
Mr. Davis addresses himself as it were, 10 tie reserre
OF the national strength lie asks exempted men TO
sSa the mep had BEEN nc enrolled
air ready, and that the duty OF reinforcing the army
row devoyed on those Who could stay Al home 4
been taken which viii relieve the South from
stubborn resistance 10 the idea tho Conederstes have
determined 10 arm their slaves Blacks well whites
States OF the confedcracy have just assembled in the
town Of Augusta, in Georgia and have unanimously
solved 10 authorize Congress- TO place in the military
vice every able bodied man. irrespsctivey Of color.
Th dscor u % far torards equasine tAe Of
southern people as t,cv one but II remember the
divisions prevailing among the former the disparity Will
in feet, Il is al this point that the speech Of tho
Southern President exhibits the most remarkable
% s: S so pro l.s.S ny
people OF the South dbsolutsiy sndnfp,sus 10 the
prosecution q 'ns war There are are those; he owns,
and peace who fancy that compromise may be feasbs
or who aie even wline % rush into q
confess We should infer ss much from the tendencies
Of human nature ITSELF But the words o. Presidents Davis
experiences He speaks II sure OF his reception and
hts position. and OF his hold the sympathy and sup
port OF the There Is organized party conspr.
ing 70 dethrone him, NO faction OF democrats "cop
rerheade" TO be denounced insmidated. Last Tues
day decided the election Of federal President
IN all probability In Mr.. LinooIns faror-out be
a. least opposed strongly, and there . time
wheo the chances OF suecess were not unfa-
KIND 10 visible 10 the ranks Of The south.
That tbe Confederates have their jeaousiee their
aninosites, and their recrmnatious 10 would be absurd
20 doubt President Davis himself alIudcs the crtL
cisms which military rsverses have produced, but be-
yond this natural and inevitable opposition he speaks OF
no political dIncutcs His words the words OF one
who believes that he represents nation and may
90 national support.
10 striking 70 remark the peculiar confidence and
sfsetion With which the Southern President speaks Of
the Southern armies he ends despondency anywhere,
10 never Ia the camp or In the field The loosen ere
great the bereavements awful and the work OF
10 exhaustipg; but the armies and their generals i
aeither faint nor fail. lndesd,. they 1hsve little
on the lines Of Petersburg or Richmond. Ysster. /
days teeerams bring Intelligence Of sherman but
they tell us, on the authority Of Mr. eanton himself that
Hood % threatening the invasion Of Tennessee ln the
siiI confront each other while In Missouri ~ least
certain that the Northern forces have been severely
pressed and not certain that they have escaped defeat
Indeed this sudden appariton OF new Confederses army
present campaign 10 what federal "ccuquess 10 70
mean? Are the federas never 70 held Sate more So
,srsly than they hold Louisiana, where they were utter
dsfsatsd Tennessee, where thsy are now "threst
snd2 n Co. even the utmost sucesss Attainabs By
3vaut or Sherman will either subdue the south tegm
,as shs war President Davis may well urge HE con-
titucp,s 10 have confidence n ths END.
rhs Risr1da Case. ........ /
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