The New York herald., 1865-02-05
E u r Q p E..
THE MAILS BY THE AFRICA.
Our London, Paris and Berlin
Correspondence.
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The American Rebellion In Euro
pean Point Of View,
Sc, Ac., &c.
Our London correspondence.

LOhDOx, jan Il, 1900.
No Neos-No Recognition Proseaorate-No Spain
in ST Dousin0o-Ne Cheering Hopes for the Coufeds-
racy-No Sympathy for Hpocritical Presensions Of
Abositios1sm Among Southern SlavchoIders-No More
Fortunes Made in blockade Runnino-No More SossAe~
Loans-No More Rebel Credas-TAe Problem Of Carry
ing M< Cly Traffic Of acknowledgements Los Of
Fouer in ne Locomotive Lines Having Frequent Stop
pa0cs-Over Ninetes:As Of Ge PosOer LOst-This Loss
Obviated By ne Pneumatic RaiIsOay Prop1lIon-TAe
Ne,c Poocr a Formidable Hival TIE Locomotivc-Re-
port cf the Pos'master General. DC.
The that goes by this days steamer Is neither
momentous important The rebols will learn with
chsgrn that their bid for European protecoralo
ceived universally with jecrs and rdcule Why, England
has more than she do to hold her colonies
those that never rovoted France could not maintain
hold In Mexico and poor Spain obliged TO give up St
Domingo What man il such an idiot as not to know
that II such thing European protectorate were
possible the lazy proud rebelous Souhernors soon
they fed into a decent condition Of
prosperity and had got clean shirts their
backs-would turn round and rebel against those
who had fed and protected thcm No, Messrs Niger
drivers you woll known As for the pretended
sentiments Of abolitionism among the Southern slave
holders everybody knows In the voriest b0sh. The
South may fight for ny years. and they win not be recog
nized unless Uncle Sam says 80. l SEQ despairing
ID made TO get stool pigeons in the shape
Of minor Catholic other Powers 70 recognize the
federacy sort Of cntorng wedge Let them do it Who
bidsSpan Portugal Belgium, Austria Greece, Switzcr
land the Pope the Devil the Precnderf Probably in
that the United States would break OF all
diplomatic and consular Intercourse with such Power
and pass law putting duty that would shut
the products and ships Of such country from oil the
American ports and keep diplomatic intercourse sus-
proud and powerful nations by weaker not
made with impunity even the former does choose
to 20 TO war
Really there are hopes for the rebels; and IL
there were any they grow lees and less visible daily
Blockade running getting very shsky and uncertain
all the spcculstors wishing TO withdraw from II
losing business. Just steamers drug in the
market A for the chances OF a future rebel loan
they arc par with the stock Of the company that Is
going build railroad TO the Rebel credit too,
both individual and conglomeratc is myth. As last
desperate resort 70 put money in the pockets Of the
southern Jeremy Dddlers who have preferred skedad
ding the glory OF the tented fold" and confront
ing the foe, several have arrived horc with unlimited
amounts Of rebel government (home scrip, not the
European cotton loan And this stur-countcrfsit or
real for Is oil the in both appearance and value
10 sold for just what 10 will bring If any simpctons
be found who will give pound for hundred dol
iars OF it, IL is taken and II than four shnes
pound offered thai ciutched and has been sold
a low as two pence on the pound than one
cent ON the dollar But IL Ia slow Of sale at this
ssenormous sacrifice That game will be played
out and whit dodge will be tried II Is difficult
predict They are hard up set OF hicawbers, now,
most certainly.
A. for the absurd statement that her Msesys govern
mont will only recognize President Lincoln after the 9Th
Of March, the head of the states that he is in actual
.l.s r..
ration why that would be virtual recognition Of the
conederacy least that they owed no allegiance 70
Uncle Sam.
Considerable attention is now being paid to the best
means OF carrying tho passenger and goods
trafc Of London The conclusions almost universally
?. are 'nni ne ep osano
have demonstrated that tho locomotive uses less than
tenth Of It's power in railways that have a. frequent
stoppings necessary 10 city like London wasted
In the friction caused BY overcoming the inertia OF start
ing hs trains and getting up the speed and then In stop
Rn m tram 70 n. nnma ,pee ~ r from
mile and half 70 four nos, while In under cities
they must stop every third or half OF .
fore the Society OF Arts last week 10 demonstrated
or at least stated that in locomotive power Of twony
two hundred horses city railways the power actually
used In propsng the train only that of two undred
and fourteen horses The paper the subject
OF the pneumatic power but on generally for the
purposes Of city traffic But the great loss OF power
lending the OF locomotives Illustrated In pneu.
matte propulsion. In the locomotive the train drawn
by the friction, 'be," Of the wheels OF the engine
the rails But IN the pneumatic propulsion, where
the air Ia the motor, II may be said by neurological
figure that Fous the Goddess OF the Winds draws the
trains pushes them, by her ETHEREAL breath while on
the wing, with foothold the earth whatever and
none required The Metropolitan nderground Railway
from Paddngton 10 the ciysome three miles long-now
carries sixty four thousand passengers daily line
long from tho South Ferry Union square, up Broad
way The receipts Of this short railway s2 100
$4,000 weekly clio 900 lsoy $3.50 oo0 god annu
ally But The traihc s not yet anywhere developed
The line stops at least q mile ard a quarter
from the Bank and Royal Exchange, and runs over
route tina, is neither great horoughfare that CON
tans large resident population bill II cOtning be-
fore Parliament TO make Inc the rivcr-tunne
ling the Thames agan--near the houses Of Parliament
from the proximity OF Charing Cross 20 the Waterloo
staon-tbe terminus Of the Southwestern Railway-run
ming TO Southampton This is for pneumatic line Al
Liverpool they agtstng the unnellpg OF the Moreey
So after uninterrupted add prosperous reign o. nearly
forty years that useful servant the locomotive or
stesm horse" ssads sotoe cauCs oi belns superseded