, 1865-01-20
POSTSCRIPT.
FROM NEW YORK.
Our Special Midnight Dispntch-Fn~
teFesf1uE General News

|. NEW foRK7 Thursday, J.n- 10.
The Horld edito1ially attaches mnch I'M
p0rtance to the news from the Richmond ps-
pers published today. It thinks, In connec-
tion with these Richmond stories, that Blair'a
silence .t1ce his retutn Is very significant,
while the impression has been given that
nothing has resulted. from this mission, and
negotiations may follow Blairrs interview
The Military Commfsstsn, to try Capt. Bell
the Lake Erie pirate, WIS adjourned from
Monday to Friday, On request Of Capt. Bel,
!. that counsel might be assigned bin.
The question WAS referred to: the War De.
partment, and En- answer was expected By to-
morrow.
The American Consul at HaEnna informs
Collector Draper that the rebels arc stalking
out the harbor OF St. Marks, on the western
coast Of Florida, to make It available for
blockade runners.
The Express says: IA movement is now
going On against Mobile. Prominent persons
express ne opinion that the city is'aow in
The Mralrs Washington special saye:
"Gen. Butler, before the Committee on the
fair was the occasion and not the cnusc Of his
removal He considered be was cleared Of
that nttnir, and c1nf1ned he had right to 20
through and explain his whole course slnce
his appointment to the command Of the De-
partment Of Virginia and North Carolina"
The 1rioune's account Of tho capture Of
Fort Fisher describes the works surrounding
Fort Fisher. It says Mound Hatteras, prop
erly considered part Of Fort Fisher itself,
though really an isolated battery some dis
oned 1a1ee on xch So 81 rebsa ad
planted some heavy cascmated guns
ior throwing p1unging shot on our. gun
boate. Fort Buchanan is small rectangu-
lar four .pastioned fort Of q very con-
siderable strength, situated at the
southeast extremity Of the peninsula, and
distant mile and a half from the latter, and
one mile from Mound Battery, commands the
Cape Fear River, here widencd almost to a
bay, aud is manned with some splendid guns.
Probably 5000 stand Of arms could be gath
cred up inside the works. We also captured
some nineteen head Of mules and horses,
several wagons and carts, and one small
quantlty OF ammunition.
The Richmond papers Of the 18th have the
following: In the rebel House Of Representa-
tiyes member from Mississippi sossto per.
sonai explanation In answer TO charge Of
treason made By the Sentinel. He said that
paper was the public and private printer Of
the House. and commonly received as the or
gan Of Davis. The article In question is d
criticism on the report Of the Committee on
Foreign Afairs. He said it. was not
necessary to divu1ge the nature OF
In The Sentinel had ever seen them, he WIS
mistaken In supposiug that resolutions to
open Irregular negotiations through commits
sfoners with Mr.. Lincoln for peace would con-
stitutc treason, and there was u
much greater criminality in, presum-
Ing to afraign worthy. and patriotic men for
something Of which he Is ignorant. for the
sake Of argument Let it BE- conceded that
there have been proposals to send commis-
sinners to Washington to open IT.
regular negotiations for peace; these
other power than to confer with the authori-
ties there on terms Of honorable peace, with
Instructions to report the results. Such
conference and such negotiations would be
irregular, aud they might, IL ratified by treaty
mixing power, secure honorable aud satisflc-
these means and these. results as treachcry
From the supposed relationship Of this paper
! to the men In lowcr, 1t may haye been in
tended to have the effect of fntimida ting the
advocates Of honorable and peaceful settle
nent Of war. If this wps the de-
sign, a greater mistake was never made.
Deni1nciation will be met by defiance; this
movement is not in hands Of 'timid OF timor
Gus men; sustaint d ~ they are by Volume Of
sentiment in the country and army, and By
their own sense Of dnty they are determined
| in some form that state,manship Of the coun-
try shall be inroGedlin an honestetort to stay
| this carnival Of death BY negotiations. The
Se,atiad thought It reasonable to send COM
m1ssioners to Washington as proposed, on the
ground that no terms could be Oh
tained that would not DC rnin.
ous. He reierrGd to the oeaalaFi
proposltion 10 invoke 1oTelen 1n.otSention;
and thought better terms could 6e obtained
from the unltt Stntes: he IN isfed that y
vas neither foolish nor treasonabie to resort
to proper effort to secure peace by nesotfa'
tions. Resolutions were offered denouncineG
rcsointfone, hut the House refused TO sus
| long discussion ensued OF no Importance
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