Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-24

NECESSARY for the reconnaissance of their mission
| FERDINAND DE- LEssEPs,
i President of the Universal Company OF the Sue2
1 Canal.
| GEN. MCCLELLAN IN ENGLAND.
| [Proin tie Liverpool Courier Feb. g.
i Gen. Mcclellan the well known Northern Gene
raj aud one OF the late candidates Tor the Pres
dency OF the Northern States, arrived in Liverpool
i yesterday morning from New York, on board the
/ Cunard steamer China. He is accompanied By his
wife, child and servant and will, il Is understood,
spend the year IA travelling over Enr2HS, lor the
double purpose of ret4hHH M, health and
/ of studying European miliIIy,sC7ence. che Gene
raj aud his family arc staying HttAe Adelpb Hotel.
| From the London star, Feb. ~
The visit OF General Mcclellan TO Liverpool has
been of a very short duration. AMER landing on
| Sunday morning ne proceeded al once 10 the Abel
phi Hotel, where he-tlined with the uuited States
Vice Consul, the Consul, MI Dudley, being absent
IA London al the time, and IN the afternoon he took
| a rambe through the Town, accompanied, We under
stand; 10y the Nico-CO and MIR. August Belmont,
the we'll known Northern democrat ana agcIt Tor
the Rothchiids IN America Yesterday Monday
| morning the General wife, child and servant LETT
Liverpool for London, Gu route to Paris and Rome
BELLE BOYD IL DISTRESS,
From TIE LiuepO6l ColH~Sr, FEB. =.
Confederate sympathiZerS, and indeed all who
have love for adventure aud courage, wiz proba-
blv remember that somewhat notable character -
Miss BELLE Boyd-was married short time ago IN
Lnndu 10 a certain Lieutenant Harding. Almost
| immediately after the wedding, the husband re
turned TO his duty IN the Confederate states, and
has since fallen into the hands of the Federal an
thoritie hy whom he is detained prisoner. The
consequence is that Mrs. Hsrding is now in London
almost a state of deStitGton, all her supplies be-
ing cut Oft and her relations being dead. She
has written book descriptive OF her adventures in
the Confederate service, hat has received an ini-
nation that her husband life depends upon its sup
precision. Under these circumstances, an appeal 3
made to the public for sympathy and pecunary as
distance.
| THE YANKEE IN PARIS.
| Paris correspondent thus details some OF the
antics OF gang of inevitable Yankees at court
ball at the TuilerieS;
The next and third ball of the season takes place
i at the TuilerieS tomorrow evening. The rush for
presentations AMONG the Americans Is Immense,
and rs the number which lac will present is limited,
aud Mr.. Bigclow is determined, as far as he can
\ iudec To Introduce persons only Of the highest
Spcctability, there viii be many disappointments.
At the liSt ball one oil those things occurred which
have atcndemcy TO lnaEe the American mann abroad
| a SymOnylne Tor i'll breeding and bad manners. In
i the SGHe dtS UGreChmp is raised plat form, Oh
which the Emperor and the Imperial family 81,
surrounded 10y the Court and the Diplomatic corps.
Before them is all open space for dapcing but,
while the Emperor remains in the room, only per
i sons connected with the court and foreigners of
| very high rank are expected to dance there 1t
| seems however, that ut the last ball party OF
l enterprSing American ladies and gentlemen, re-
gardleSS OF the rule, "pitched i'm and had the hon
| or of dancing before the EmperOr-not h Oweyer,
1 il is said without his having asked who those
| crude people" were VIII Shoddy, when il forces
ITSELF into society, never learn ia advance some
| thing of its usages, and conform to themR
wuA1 the LoNpON TINES WILMINGTON cnREEsPoN-
DENT THINKS or mn PLACE AND'ThE PEOPLE.
From the London Time, Feb. IL
WILMINGTON, Dec. 81, 1864.
Those of yonr readers who take an interest in
American affairs have long been aware OF the allee
cd importance to the COniederateS OF the reten-
tion OF Wilmington. In spite of much pretended
myst,r r, in Richmond, about the neomings and cut
gougs of bloc kade -deiying vessels connected with
Tins mort have reason to know that the fullest and
most accurate information is week after week in
possession OF Mr.. Lincoln and his navy about every
vessel which leaves or enters llmngton, about the
names aud circumstances OF every English or Cun
t.deratc merchant company connected with block
AIDE runnine ventures aud about the sentiments
which prevail in the streets OF this filthy little
entrepOt In regard TO the tone and sentiment OF
most vt the population which has been attracted 10
Wilmington as vultures 10 the carcaSe, II Is not ne
ceSsary Or TO say more than that II iswidely
different from that which animateS General Lee and
his noble army But may be perpitiedtO express
passing opinion that if the abundant internal re
| sources Oi the CoEederacy were available wherever
| they are Nanteu--in olhcI MuIuS, IL the
transportation between Georgia aud Virginia
1 ample and well regulated as between Illinois aud
/ Washington-t would be rather blessing than
otherwise to the Confederates The port of lining
ton were Sho ty closed. So long as the war continues
there will be demand for muskets nitro, medicines,
blankets army clothing aud shoes, notwiih-
standing the abundant Introduction of those articles
which has already taken place but 1t is doubtful
/ whether sufficient supply could not be sucked III
through the nunbcrleSs creeks and rivers which in
terSeci the three thousand or four thousand miles Oi
| seacOast between the Rio Grande aud Chesapeake
Bay. These TiUerS moo becoming rel ktOfrH 70
TIE blockade running cdptdtiS, and, come Uhat may
rhefhfr Wilmington or Chdrieston tdli or not IL Is
absurd 10 hink that the coast of SecesSid can eUer b,
ILermttjCdHy seated. But in the existing decline a
| Confederate virtue, and under the painfulness aud
weary exhaustion of this strife, the Confederate;
stand the moral encouragement entailed BY the los
Of Wilmington Your readers may answer the
IQueston for themselves, but il Confederate yrtu,
and stauuclness like that Of Gen. Lee, were equa
TO the shock believe that before six months hat
passei 1t would be found in dozen ways that III,
ll,ss of Wilmington was blessing in disguise.
Il WHAT FooTE SAID WHILST WITH THE Y ANKErs.
The Valley correspondent of the Herald thus de
tails some of the maunderings of Mr.. Henry S
roote, who, whilst IN the Confederate Congress
was not less remarkable for his loquacity than tn
Yankee correspondent found him
As Ex-senator F0ote has refused to take the oat
of allegiance 10 the United States Government, am
is relieved for the present at least from the sell
imposed duties of peace commissioner, I take it 10
granted ali restrictions as TO his sayings and doing