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hnement. once doubted audibly whether his detesta-
ton was right; for, said he, II have noticed that
tue people always in such crises hit on the right
man When the smoke of this struggle ceases to
make English eyes smart, they also, We believe. will
recognize that the man Of genius was truer than his
tas;e.-LOR30a Spectator.
CANDID ADNussIoSs-Th fact is, that Hoods re-
treat has restored 10 the Federals nearly all they had
lost by Sherman's countermove in districts where, in
our Judgment, the issue will be eventually decided by
results obtained on the seacosst, or the maritime
States. Let US for a moment remember what has
occurred since this war began. Shortly after the
United States troops surrendered 10 Besuregard IN
Fort Sumter, the CUnfejerscy flew its flag from
Brownsville, on the Rio Graude. 10 Alexandria, on
the Potomac. Maryland was heart and soul a South
ern State. Beyond the Mississippi, Arkansas and
Missouri were considered as certain auxiliaries. The
stars and stripes did not Ay from a single point south
Of Baltimore except Fortress Monroe, Pickens and
the Tortugas. Since that time, Virginia has. been
unconstitutionally divided into two States, of which
one has been appropriated by the North. Maryland
is bound fast in the Federal Union; Kentucky is in
the hands of a Federal Governors; Tennessee makes
no effort to shake off the firm grasp which holds her
as a Northern State; New Orleans has fallen; Pensa-
cola is under the Stars and Stripes again; the Mis-
sissippi is q Union river; Missouri and Arkansas are
Federal States. The waters of North Carolina are
sealed, with the exception of Wilmington. The
mouths Of Charleston, Savannah aud Mobile have
fallen into the hands of Lincoln's forces. Every
city on the banks Of the Mississippi is in his power.
Great Britain in the great war held "A larger part CT
the revolted colonies; but she waged war with France
and the thirteen States. She had one enemy within
sight of her shores, and the other she sought to force
back to its allegiance was three thousand miles away.
There Is no foreign war TO distract the energies OF her
people, and she has made Just enough progress 10
encourage her to make fresh efforts. Should Savan-
nah fall, an attack on Charleston by land will no
donbt follow; and with the possession of the forts at
the entrance 10 Cape Fear river secured. the work Of
closing the Southern States in n receiver will be ac-
complished. Whether the North can exhaust the
receiver or not. is the next problem to be determined,
I~4 -. = ,,-, ~ nHor. rIl no Love 49,, a.4
severe.-RusseA's .7rmy and Nary Gazette.
REBEL ILLUSTRATION OF SEWARD IN HIS LAST
CHARACTER A foreign publication gives an enter
tanning fancy sketch of a tiger hunt in India, with
sundry illustrations, in the best style of the art.
The hero of the sketch is a tall, gaunt, firm looking
man, who is attended by @ companion low in stature,
and who always keeps himself close behind the prin-
cipal performer. In one of the hunts they manage
to entrap a tiger in a %hogshead. and to get his tail
through the %bunghOle, which they ingeniously con-
trive to fasteu into a knot. The tiger, not liking his
new quarters. proceeds to take up his line of march.
to secede, i'll short. carrying the hOgshead with him;
while, to prevent the knot slipping, the tall man
takes hold Of the tail of the tiger, and the little man,
10 prevent accident TO himself, grips firmly the tail
of the tall mans coat. The illustration which ac-
companies this scene is one of the most laughter
moving of oddities in this line of humor which we
have ever seen. Extremes are said to meet; they
certainly met in this instance, and the farcical carl
cature might be made, with some modification, TO
illustrate a terrible tragedy in America. A tall man
from Kentucky is enactng the part OF the Nlmrod
In chief of O hunt on such n scale rs India never
saw. while always behind him, close as his shadow,
is n little man from New York, holding on 10 the
coat tails of the hard handed gentleman in front, and
keeping himself in n position to escape any sudden
turn that the game may make upon its pursuers,
The little man in the present case is the chief insti.
gator OF the sport; but he does not love hunting well
enough TO take direct hold Of q tigers tail. He
keeps at a respectful distance from that Infatuated
animal, except on such occasions as Peace Commits
siOns, when he is a mode of courtesy and politeness,
and invokes the blessing Of Heaven upon the whole
tiger family, and sends his love to any of their friends
and relatives who may chance TO have heard Of him
in former times. The parties then resume their
former attitudcs-the hunted animal in front, tall
man hold of the tail again, and the little man in the
rear pushing the tall fellow on and looking out for
himself as usual. The President of the United States,
by virtue of his Office, occupies a more prominent
position in the antipathies of the Confederate people
than any other individual, but it is only as such that
he is entitled to that distinction. Personally he has
no such claims to the adherence of Southern minds
az William II. Seward, who, more than any other in
div.dual in the North, is responsible for the state of
public sentiment which brought on the war, for the
political organization of abolitionism, for the adOp-
ton of coercion, and, we doubt not, for the very i'm
portant step that Lincoln has taken from the time
when, on his way to Washington TO be inaugurated,
he refused TO disclose the policy of his Admlnistra-
ton, down to the conclusion Of the Peace Commits
sion at Fortress Monroe. 1t is unjust and, it seems
to US, impolitc, to aim the batteries OF the Confed-
crate press at Lincoln, as the real President Of the
United States. The 3rCh enemy or our country, ana
of peace aud liberty, is William II. Seward, who has
become, virtually, the monarch of the United States,
and makes all the other departments of the Govern
ment-executive, legislative and iudicial-the mere
registers Of his DEGREES -RtchmOHd Dispatch, Fe6.
l7h.
GRANT AND LEE ON THE CAPTURE OF RICHMOND.
The London Times of the 9Th Of January has an
interesting letter from its Richmond correspondent
under date of December 9th. 1t contains some &C
count of a conversation that had just occurred, in
which the interlocutors were Lieutenant General
Grant and n {" foreign gentleman in intimate relations
with the Confederate Government who had just
come to Richmond from the North. This foreign
Confederate, it seems, described General Grant as a
- gentleman Of eminent courtesy, tranquil and digni-
fed in manner, free from buster, and studiously
conciliating in language" General Grant, we are
told, commenced the conversation by praising the
abilities Of Davis and Lee, and then proceeded to
give his views Of the prospect of capturing Rich
mond. The correspondent writes that
He (Grant) proceeded next to make the startling
assertion that Richmond is a doomed city, and that
Davis and General Lee are we'll aware of the fact.
lie pointed out, with emphasis, that slowly and in
sidiOusly the Federal army Is constantly advancing n
step, and that never. since the I4th of June, when
it crossed to the south side of the James. has it made
a quarter of a step backward. The end he con-
tinued, must be the fall Of Richmond. How long
it will be before the end comes it is impossible for me
to say. General Lee knows the position Of my army
to be impregnable on both sides Of the river, and he
will attack on neither. | do not expect the city TO
be suddenly evacuated. but some day, little by little,
my guns will get within Smelling distance OF the
Capital, and, from that hour, it is merely a question
of time. 1t is probable that if, at this stage, the
resistance be obstinate and prolonged. the whole city
will be burned to the ground. Anyhow, it's evacua-
ton by General Lees army is, in the end, inevita-
ble.'"
Having thus been entertained with the opinions Of
the commander Of the army operating against Rich
mond, the same writer next entertains us with the
views on the same subject Of the rebel commanders
on the other side Of the lines. He SAYS