The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-01-11
Wore Aboutthc BIairs.

From the Richmond Examiner OF frlday.I
We would not be superstitious, but We
seem to perceive in the air faint OF sui
phitic odors of Washington.
BY the prcking of your thumbs
Won can tell when something wicked this way
comes!
1t is not yet clear, but will probably
soon he plain enough, what particular
piece of Yankee villainy and treachery
turks under the unofficial visit of Blair,
Sr.. and Blair Jr. within our lines.
The Tribune is only one of the New
York papers that announce their depart
IRE. and affirm that they are to make
certain communications from themselves,
for they represent nobody, toOur author
ities at Richmond tending perhaps not
now. nor soon, but some time or other, 10
the re-establishment Of peace. This is
an exact repetition of the performances
of Kirke and JaQuess, two spies, who
were entertained at our expense III the
Spotsvood. were closeted with the Presl-
dent. and afterwards went home and
published all they saw and heard, by
way of a campaign document for Lin
coins election Mr. Davis had deep re
spect, it seems, for the character OF those
spies, and pressed their hands with
effusion." 1t is true, our Secretary OF
State was obliged to make an issue OF
veracity with the rogues, but winch ver-
sion of the story, that of the rognes OF
Secretary, was most generally believed
by the discerning public, we have no
means of learning That the affair OF
Kirke and Jaquess, be it remarked, was
a chapter UNIQUE i'll the history OF Dup
lomacy is proper
To arrive at correct knowledge OF the
mind and intention Of other govern
ments has always been esteemed an op
iect of prime importance wlth an gov
eruments For this they MAINTAIN eA-
pensiye embassies, and employ Us theh
foreign ministers men OF the most thor-
oush discernment and experience III the
profession Of diplomacy. If one OF these
ministers discovers only a little valuable
information, his fortune Is made. YET
here come two ignorant, lmphdent IAN
kee characters, picked up at the hrst
street corner, without credentials or
character, who got i'll one day complete
compendium of the disposition and ophp-
ions of the Confederate government; got
it not from some purchased clerk or talk
ing woman, but from the lips of the Chief
of State, sitting by the side of his Secre-
tary, in the Foreign Office itself.
The nearest approach to that interview
was the famous conversation ol Nich"ias
with Sir Hamilton Seymour before the
Crimean war. Revelations then made
caused the Anglo-french alliance ana
changed the face of Europe. The world
thought the Car guilty OF Dlunder
which could never be paralleled- But
there was the excuse for him;-Seym"ur
was the authenticated Ambassador OF OF
Great Britain, with whom Russia held
good understanding, and the Car had
some reason to hope that his frank state
ment might engage Seymours govern
ment in an alliance To dismemoer lnr
kew.
His conversation with Seymour was an
impudenee, but not parallel 10 tne
Kirke and Jaquess matter We really
do trust that the same piece OF shocking
foolery is not about TO be repeated
These two fresh spies for Yankee sPie;
go in pairs, like Nisus and Euryalus.