New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-15
Great Rritai1.

La France publishes the letter Of Jefferson
Davis addressed to the Pope. The Pontifcal reply
President" and after invoking blessings on his heat
and on his people hopes he may hencefoh be attached
to himself BY the bonds of perfect friendship.
The London Shipping Gart,fe says Letters and cor
rcspondence received by the Committee OF Lloyd,
Salvage Association from New.Orcans represent bust
to be entirely suspended at that port The Ms:
sppi cannot be said 10 be Open The few vessels eai
arrive from the upcountry riddled with shot and
shell. 1t is said that there vessels OF oil NATIONS
leading with cotton ut Matamoras. ard that British
ships alone are captured.
The London Times editoriaIy refer, TO the enlist
ments Of men Mt Cork for the u s steamer KenrSarec
and. after pointing TO the conduct OF the AmeI1cgn
Government when England was supposed to be re-
cruting in the United States during tho Crimean wr-,
II says: " II il not too much TO expect aud require
that the Americans shall weigh thcmscves In the sane
balance that they weigh U.S. or 4 this bo too much 70
ask al any rate that they shall not employ their vessels
IF war and officers bearing tho commission Of the
United States in tho direct and open enlistment oil
sailors within the limits Of British r.rts"
The Richmond correspondent OF The 7fmts combats
the reports of famine in Secossia ard contends that the
Rebels viii he able 20 maintain the struggle for 1esrs
The English Journals, usual at tho commencement
81 tho year. indulge in spcculaions upon uturs pros
poets and generally the chances are regarded as tend
ing toward var.
The English revenue returns for ls63 show a decrease
Of a562 so compared with the previous year This
is far than accounted Tor BY the reduction II the
income tax
The Emigration statistics Of the port Of Liverpool
show the total exodus vi the TO have been lJ,y
to al pontsan increase OF &C. upon The year 1907
THB ALLEGED WANT OF FOOD IN THE soUHLaS
STATES.
TIE Times correspondent writing from RlCh-
mond on the lrh Of November. says;
have now been quite long enough In tse South 10 IS
innate and understand the amount o! pressure which
IL necessary Cor Confederate armies ant Confederate
citizens TO endure and j can safely say shat although
they have beta severely tried their suerlgs have bee
light and trivia compared with what has been endured
by many other nations. There have been moments in
the history OF England ouch as 1901 and In tho
history OF France such lsl3 when national distress
weighed for heavily. and national perpleIlty ana
gloom shroudsd moro obscure'y the future. want o.
food in such degree Engcnd experienced II IN the
year in question has never been dreamed "a IN the Con-
federacy 1t lie difficult 10 NEST general assertions
the effect thas Eve six millions Of people scattered
over area are starring otherwise than oy
reservations that such Is not tie cnse Nih endehvoi
10 nOn two or three facts which will strcng AMI
sustain my denial In the first place. the sht OF ma,
or woman begging in the street Is as unknown q" In on
days was In the most prosperous ciles ei Ine
Secordy there 10 not religions denomination IN ,hs
CITY of which the minstoro do not assert thn'
never in their recollection were there 90 iew app
cations 20 them for relief IL was mehtiohre
Gently returned nom England that tho PIT,
cipal Presbyterian minister Of Richmond Dr. Moore.
announced last sunday to his cor grega9a tua, thee
would therefore the collection OF thai day Airs
TO the wives Of cavalry regiment Thirdly no da y
nor stay. Prices it Is true. enormous the dollar
is supposed TO be worth <s they ,ery small II inc
dollar represents Its true value. which Is between ID
ana I'D. English That dolass plentiful enough.
when there ore six hundred millions OF them In circalA
ton will easily be believed. Once for all then. the ne
sertion is undenabo that the pressure for ood
NJ prcsrnt nor likely 10 be hereafter or disturb
In elements TINT Increased confidence In the crtscy
Which Congress IL believed bsely TO inspire. will draw
ample supplies TO Rchmond that the pryations VI the
Confederate armies in the field about which 90 much
las been said and written grossly e-nggeratea IL
any your rcades would be ct the pains OF reading
book which has recently appeared in Paris entitled
"Sonveni-s Miiitsires de NJ u Due de Fezensac they
would frd facts and details about the ouheTings VI Ma
poeons armies sustained BY item for ten years which
utterly throw ANYTHING known ths contine 1t into
the shade The fact IL thas measured by the Standard
OF the Federal armies Confederate Iations are scaDty
measured by the standard II European nrmie. and
pecaIy BY the Russian. Austrian, French standards
the com parison in the estimation o. an accomplished
Austrian officer. would hot be disacssntageos 70 Tia
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