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MORE "NEUTRALITY."

The official correspondence which We publish
this morning will throw some light on the
questions recently in dispute between oar
Government on the one hand and those Of
France and Great Britain on the other. II may
possibly, also, afford clue to the contradictory
opinions Earl Russell has been represented as
expressing in regard to the relations Of his
Government to the COnfederacy, after the disco
luton of the latter had left the English Minister
without reason, though not without pre-
text, for still further extending his protection TO
the Anglo-Rcbel pirates. There is other CORE
spondence of greater length than we can find
room for, the substance of which may be gath
cred from this article
The moment Earl Russell received from Mr..
Adams an official copy OF the proclamation OF
the President declaring the war at ali end, be
hurried off dispatch to Lord Cowley, the En-
glsh ambassador at Paris, instructing him TO
take the opinion of the French Government as
to what course was best for the two Powers to
adopt Earl Russell proposed, first, to admit the
restoration of Peace; second, to exclude Con-
federate vessels from English and French ports;
third, to order all such vessels then IN port to
leave, but TO require also that United States
vessels should still be restrained from pursuing
them within twenty-four hours; fourth, to pre-
sent protest to the United States Government
against the continued exercise Of the rights OF
blockade and search. To these suggestions the
do | InVs
but added another still more offensive stipula-
tion-that the Confederate vessels, instead of
being ordered out Of port, might at the option
of their commanders, be disarmed or sold.
Lord Cowley objected TO this that, as the
Confederacy had ceased to exist, public prop
erty formerly belonging to it must rever, TO the
United States. But Earl Russell rebuked bis
ambassador for the sense otjustice which seemed
to animate him, and instantly adopted the sug-
gestion Of the French Minister without reserve.
1t is worth while to notice how he gets round
the point. lie writes to Lord Cowley:
81 am advised by the Law Officers OF the Crown
that il is correct proposition OF law, that IT, upon the
complete cessation Of bostes, any ships which at tne
time OF euch cessation were the property OF the Coned
crate Government, and have not been lawfully TRIMS
ferred TO any otter owner. are found within Her
Majestys territories. such ships may he claimed as
pnc property By the Government ofthe United States
B ersry such claim If made and resisted jy any counter
ella must decided in the ordinary course oiar ty.
Girl tribunals Each such case NAV depend upon mixed
questions of law and fact and Is not Heeess0Ty nor
you'd be srpedient for Her Majerys GoreHmeaia any
OF the public acts refer TO the possible occurrence q
questions crtais nature
Which being translated out of diplomatic cir
cumlocution into plain English, means-No
doubt the law is that ali the Confederate ships
belong to the United States, but as these ships
owe their existence " US, le! Us give them one
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-25

considering all topics in 6 lldcrOus light Al
the ponderous quarterly reviewer " is nothing i
not critical" 80 the manufacturer Of pasquinadcs
nothing if not droll. There are many things
to laugh at in this world but there are also
many things which it is impossible to laugh al
with any sincerity. There is nothing, indeed
which is too sacred for wit, but perpetual VII
soon wearies, and he who is continually scolhne
can hardly be an honest man. Humor Is more
kindly. but when forced out OF us
legitimate sphere, it becomes either acrio
or frivolous. 1t is good to laugh;
but the habit of seeking for the ludicrous side Of
every subject is morally bad one; and 1t has
been noticed that those who indulge III 1t are
usually in private among the saddcst OF mortals.
In the department of satirical literature we be-
lieve the age has made up in kindness ana
toleration for what il has lost in skill and spirit
poem ike "The Dunciad," even if we pos
sessed an author capable Of writing it, would
hardly be endured at the present time; lam
poon ike "The Tale Of Tub " would please
no church, and would fill all churchmen with
horror; and the obscene raillery OF Peter
Pindar," if printed now, would probably be pre-
senied by the Grand Juries. There is no canon
of criticism which condemns man because lie
has written bad verses, or painted
bad picture, or made a bad speech, to
be gbbeted before all the world as a
loathsome and hdeous monster. We have
certainly advanced, at least in good manners,
since Dryden scourged his contemporaries in
"McFlecknoe," and they repaid him with COM
pound interest in 1.-THE Rehearsal
A good comic newspaper will certainly be an
acquisition. II will add to the stock of public
hilarity; and if properly and intelligently con-
Quoted, it may exercise a beneficial influence
upon public morals. In Germany, in France
and in England, such journals were long ago
permanently establishes; and sooner or later
we shall witness the successful foundation OF
such periodical in New-York. The present Is
an excellent time for trying the experiment
since the people are now in an uncommonly
good natured mood; and we are sure that VT
wish that the new candidate to public favor
may exhibit that degree of merit which will
insure success.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
FOREIGN NEWS.

b. an arrival from Panama We learn that the
President. Garcia Moreno, at Guayaqnil. Ecuador
seized English steamer and placing troops on board
steamed for the mouth Of the river where the revolu
tonists were lying and after short engagement put
them to fight capturing number Of prisoners. 20 OF
whom he shot Tie Rebellion in Peru is gaining
ground Chill is sill: in trouble with Spain. There is
but little Of interest Central America and ell is
quiet on the Isthmus
From Mexico. by way of Havana, We learn that sew
era columns Of French troops have been put in motion
against Negree but that the Liberals had thus far
escaped any general engagement 1t is asserted that
Camargo will be again occupied, and also Pedras Ne
gras the frontier At satillo the prices Of proyis
ions enormously high.
From Havana we are informed that some excitement
exists over Reform and Reform etterssigDatures
to the latter having been dshonorab obtained There
had been an arrival of officers from San Domingo The
health of Havana is very good.
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COMIC NEWSPAPERS.

Another attempt is made 10 establish in this
city an exclusively satirical, witty, humorous
and graphic weekly journal. Such enterprises,
heretofore, have been lamcntably unsuccessful.
Drol as the small quarto might be, it came,
within a very limited period Of life, 10 the grief
of dissolution. The Lan'srn was extinguisbed;
John Donkey prayed his last; Diogenes
was buried in his own tub; Family Fair only
afforded another instance of the vanity of human
expectations; and Menus, who aspired to the
dignity OF daily publication, after grinning
and gigging in rather CHASTITY way fora week,
went into private life about four years ago, and
has made no second appearance. We cannot
say that any OF these vi9tirns entirely deserved
their fate, since all of them displayed o
certain degree OF merit. They We're not
bought simply because they were not
wantcd-they persisted in their youth. because
they were misunderstood. They might be well
enough calculated to make those laugh who
desired TO laugh; but Jonathan, with all his
grim and grotesque humor, is quite matter-oi-
fact parsonage, and sufficiently thin of skin to
resent deliberate and systematic exposure OF
his foibles and frailties. The physic which he
coughed at when presented by the Trollopes,
the Halls, and the Hamiltons, he relished as
little when prescribed by his own family doctor.
We may not be as grave "a the Scotchman,
into whose heads, as Sydney Smith Observed II
requires a surgical operation to get joke;
/ AZ t4lfs
| find their way into the most solemn news
papers, and We read such little jokes for relish
after due perusal Of the stock reports, the ship
news, the advertisements, and the Congress
sional journals The liberaity with which our
newspapers avail themselves OF current topics,
and discuss politics, commerce, manufactures, art,
literature and social phenomena in the same
columns, has proved fatal alike to monthly
magazines, quarterly reviews and comic week.
lies. Ii the London morning papers had not
been marked by an incorrigible rigidity, an
inReyible mannersm, and solemnty rarely
aLandoned-if they had but stopped to enter.
tain while they instructed, 1t is highly probable
that Mr.. Punch would never have passed from
the showman's box to the editorial chair. He
was needed as compensation for The Times, and
was SO until he stopped to become its toady. In
America journalists, Tot too anxious about the
preservation of their dignity, aim to crafty
widely different tastes. A periodical purchased
only by clique would soon find itself IN
court OF insolvency. Even the strictly pro-
iessional publications, medical or legal, lead
but precarious existence. With the re-
ligious sheets, for obvious reasons, ii il
different; yet even these feel the need of great
liberality in their management; and one of the
most lucrative in this city is honorably distin.
guished not merely by its ecclesiastical, but by
its literary and commercial characteristics.
The main difficulty in the management of q
comic newspaper is found IN tho necessity 0l
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hanging can equal or parallel or augment in the
Ill "a a dnHrae

hanging can equal or paraiieL or augment IN thc
slightest degree.
Then, there ia aiother consider alton. The public
sentiment Of Europe is against political executions.
England bOlds her soil sacred from the intrusion OF the
pursucr of political offenders France will not give
them I'D Little single handed Switzerland hides them
in Europe political offenders have for the most part
been that have sought to ameorate the condition
OF the masses; and the common people have come 10
feel that political executions moan the lnnicti0n. by
despoto government, Of punishment upon men that
have attempted to inaugurate greater freedom And
the public sentiment Of Europe is in favor Of men that
made sufferers for political crimes.
You may saw "They do not understand our case
No. they do not. You may say, Political onetses
here not like political OieDses in Europe pObtca
oifepsos under Republican Government ar9not IKE
political olenses under q Monarchicai Government
hat Is irue but they 10 not see IT. ana canho, al cc
be made to it, ard the effect u executing the chle
traitors in this country will be to produce the fcehng In
Europe that republics are cruel
The three charges against republics are. first thaf
they awess; second that they are insecure; anc
third, that they cruel. But we have shown the
world that instead Of being layIess, they are aw.wor
SLIPPERS We have shown through four years Of ter
rife convnson that property in them Is secure Never
has this been more completely indicated than by the
subscription Of forty millions day 10 the national loan
upon the heels of four years war. And want my
stand up and defeat the third SANDER that
made against us. that In the Day vi our triumph, We
are cruel and to say I'VE not only the most law
abiding and the most steadfasI people in the world but
the most temperate the most magnlnimoUs. the
most forbearng in the hour OF our trial.
would Withhold capital punishment from these offend
ers then not because they do deserve capital pun
because II would create injurious impression in Eu
rome say take step of moderation In the rectlon
of humanity because il will be understood to the ad
vantage Of tree governments all the world over.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-25

The Erening Post, opposing the Protection ot
Home Industry, dogmatically asserted that
tax to be protective mist raise the prics of the
protected article
TO which we replied;
"Any act or policy which should secure permanently
10 Tae Post The TRIBUNE thrice its circu
lation would be welcomed signally beneficial though
il were q condition thereof that should never
the price OF our issues.
1t did not seem to us possible that any one
colld mistake our meaning. We were attempt
ing to show that q manufacturer might be ben.
fted by onlarging and insuring the market
for his wares, even while their price remained as
before. 1t vas not the general benefccnce of
the measure but its advantage to tho class
whom it more Immediately affected that Wa
contemplated. Here is man iabrcating wares
for sale; and the law is so changed as to give
him large, steady, certain market for those
wares, instead of one smaller and more capri.
cious: Who does not see that he is benefited.
though he sell quite as cheaply as before Yet
The Times comments on our paragraph thus:
TAKING CONSIDERABLE FOR GRANrEn-Tns NEw.
YORK TRIBUNE takes the following eompaisant view Of
its own Importance: The Editor of Tar TnIR
une Is perfectly unanimous" that it would DO "sgnay
beneficial II his paper had double its present circua
ton And he thinks the fact Of his Lnaa,ritv settes
the matter with the public generally
AS The Times seems actually not to compre.
bend that wc affirmed only that the treblipy o.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-25

A General Convention of the friends of the
Temperancc Reform is called to meet at Sara
toca Springs at IL A. NJ. of Tuesday, August l.
MANY of our worthieSt citizens are interested In
the movement, and large attendance is hoped
for. Every Temperance organization and every
Church is invited TO send delegates.
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Mr.. Thomas Drew, from Western North Car
o,;na reports that " the negroes Of that Sec
tiop-that is, some of them-are making u
and SO each per day at rewashiDg the dirt OF
=. tajlingsp from the old gold-mining mills IN
that region. The business is not likely to aver
age any such rates, but betterearn dims aay
than stand idle.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-25

The Secretary of War has issued an order
,pnulling all orders of post, district, or depart
,nent Commanders, whereby passes have been
reouired from freedmen; and abolishing the
general restraints and distinctions founded Oh
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Interesting letters from the South and va
riety of miscellaneous matter will be found on
the inside of to-day's paper.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-09

ACCORDING to an advertisement pub
lIshed in our advertising columns this
morning 1t will be seen that Hon.
Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, late Speak
or Of the United States House Of Rep
resentatlves, delivers an address on a
highly interestingtopIc before thewheel-
ing Library Assoclationat Washington
Hall next Wednesday evening. The
distinguished gentleman is one of the
ablest men ofthe country, and from 40
tual experience and observation hes
prepared a diary OF his extensive explo-
rations across the continent that will
richly repay our citizens for turning
ont to hear him. The lecture is the ilrs'
one of . course TINT the Library ASso-
citation intend to introduce, provided
they lind their efforts and OUTLAWS are
properly appreciated by tho community,
A very liberal encouragement should Be
extended.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-09


Hotels and newBpapergsaTe unques.
ti6nably the prominent institutions Of
Richmond at this time. Both are al.
ready too plentiful, imagine, for the
SuifiG dent patronage Of all, yet we hear
every week Of additional newspapers
or hotels, and frequently both. We
Spottswood, Exchange, Ballard and
Powhattan, and the 81. Charles Will be
added to the list in q few weeks, and
then the public will witness the pleas
ing spectacle Of generous emulation
in the task Of securing the tnvor
Of It's "dear" self. AS the "long-
eat polen Is said TO "bring down
the peBllnons," so, doubtless, the
'tlongest purse'f will win the race In tho
contest OF the Hotels In Richmond. So
Il must be eventually with the newspR-
perS also. As to the Inter, the wonder
iB that some Of them have not already
come 10 grief, from "ShortnGss Of
breath, as none OF them are very long
Winded, save as to their editorial matter
occasionally. It q said that "things Is
workin'" In one or two Of our city
sdnetumS, foreboding early disaster 70
somebody Ql1 pellt, Is as usual,
the maxim unanflnonily adopted and
aeh. Joseph E. Johnston, recently
elected president of the National Ex-
press Company, has taken up his resi-
dencein Richmond. The stock holders
OF the Richmond and Danville Railroad
refused to elect him as their President
with salary OF $500. ispresent po-
aition nAVR him Si00O0 Gems. ElzeV,
Heth and "Rooney" Lee,of thelato Con-
lederate army, are solourning in the
city. Weather very cold, and some ex-
element about the cholera.
CHATHAM,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-09
4.fu- For he LRtetliOeRcer. '
Meeting OF the Washington Presbyte.
Fy In this City Yesterday. '

.f.ft HEtOND DAhs ...
The Convention met at nine O'Clock
yesterday and was opened with religi-
GUS services. al
At ten o'clock, u conference was held
with reference to meetings, 10 be held
In the Churches.
The Convention made arrangements
for protracted meetings In all the
Churches and appointed ministers 10
cooperate twoand two In these servicesj
In this city Rev. MeSsrs. MolIat and
Fisher, and Rev. MeSsrs. Hamilton and
Gilmore will invite In their respective
Churches. The Church sessions arc TO
arrange the timo for those meetings.
At three O'Clock in the ait0Tnoon a
very pleasant hour was spent in con-
ference aud prayer with reference TO the
baptized ehifdrenUr thg Church.
In the evening religious exercises OF
a social character were held. Among
other interesting items, n letter relating
to n revival Of religion was sent TO tho
Churches under the care OF the Presby-
terry.
The thanks OF the Convention were
rendered TO the Church In which the
meeting was held, and to the people OF
the city for their hospitality In enter
tanning the members.
The Convention adjourned sine die Mt
9P. N. D. W. FISHER, Clerk.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-09
a Rev Row y q s.sa1 ..l.Il!,


On Saturday evening last, as early as
eight o'clock, q number Of rowdies at
tackled Hale, the Oyster Man, in front
Of Butte's Saloon, knocked him down,
beating him shockingly, laceratlng his
head to the skull. Another gentleman,
q stranger, was attacked at tho same
time, but escaped with but slight injury.
Two OF the parties were arrested and
brought before tho Mayor yesterday.
One or them was fined $40 and costs, In all
amounting to Sl5-the other s.. Not
having the money, the Mayor credited
him for the sum, took ''slow note
probably with I'M endorsement. Thus
encouraged another attack was made,
on Market street, last evening, about
the same place, and by some ofthe very
same rowdles who were engaged In the
assault on Saturday night. This time
Mr.. Leslie Love, tho druggist, Third
street, was the subject Of ussault-he
was giving no occasion for the attack,
OF course. Being armed, he drew his
revolver, but, probably unfortunately
for the community-certainly fortu-
nately for the rowdy, the pistol did not
go of, though the cap was mashed.
One Of the offenders, we understand,
was arrested this morning and lodged
In jail. The others, making n gang Of
six or eight, are still at large to knock
down any citizen that the devil may
prompt them TO do. We have no dis
position to speak unkindly Of Mayor
Junkin, but In permitting rowdles TO
control the city unpublished, he Is show
ing leniency which will sooner or
later terminate In murder. More stern
ness, moro severity on the part Of tho
Mayor would also be II kindness to the
offenders, who may, by severe reprl-
mand In the way Of a heavy fine, be
checked up In the progress Of crime,
and saved, in the sequel, the odium Of
the penitentiary or the gallows! p
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-09

some Of the memberstook what Is called
''hIgh ground" as follows; "
]. L. Seward, Of Thomas, said De
wanted 70. get nd Of military rule and
that greatest OF all curses, the ffeed.
meniS bureau, NJ the earliest possible
moment, We will mot be fAiEly back In
the Union until we have our Repy sem
tatives in Congress. Let rs send them
to Washington, and II they are refused
admission by the radicals Of the North
upon them be the responsibility, Ala
bama, Mississippi and South Carolina
have adopted q line Of policy similar u
that prescribed In the ordinance before
Us, We acted In concert With them toul
wears ago, Let us act In concert with
them still. 4ag.
j, Hill said II was very important Il
have our Representatives In Washing
ton at once. An election for Speaker
of tho Lower House will take place I'M
medlately after Congress meets, We
profess to support the administration
and our seven votes In Congress may
determine whether the Speaker chosen
d fFiendly Or hostile to administration
policy. Colfax will be the candidate
/ OF tu6 8Eb6ley AAGklVu7-4eay lhVHAtO VI b4N
Seward school. propose 70 have oul
members take part, II possible, In thll
election, and aid the President In hi
endeavorS TO benefit this people. ~
danger but the Yotera in each districl
can hit upon some prominent ant
worthy man to represent them without
III. keenan, Thought IL our representa-
tives appeared In hot haste at Washing
ton for tho purpose Of defeating certaiI
candidates for Speaker, they would b
kept out Of Congress, under the ties
. oath, until the election was completed
Mr.. Hill replied that the opening o
Congress- would be the best time 70
making eight against the test oath
Tho House OF Representatives may de
J eide by resolution to admit at once al
members presenting proper credentials
md then I'LL can vote upon the test oath
II the fanatical majority determined
: upon negro suffrage get control at first
our delegates will probably be entirel.
excluded.