, 1865-01-13

FFrom the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. 81
By the report, which we copy from the
New York Tribune, IT will be seen that F. P.
Blair, sr.. and his son, Montgomery, late Of
President Lincoln's Cabinet, are q Toutt for
Richmond, "on mission ocpeacc." By the
editorial Of the Tribune, NC are very distinct
" Informed that these gentlemen CONC
lither, not with any sincere purpose or cx-
pectalans, but In search Of q political aAyan.
tnge :; or, to use term with wll!cl. they are
both familiar, for the purpose Of making
capital" by contrivlng 6 10 put the confed-
We shall, notwithstanding this warning Of
the Tribune, not pronounce upon the author
ity and the precise objects OF their mission
until they shall have presented their creden-
tials and stated their GRAND. We do not
suppose that Euch embassy rs that Of jacques
and Gilmore would be again ventured upon.
The Messrs. Blairs, If they expect to be re.
ceiycd, will surely come In q frankcr chsr.ac-
Ter, If not Gil frankcr errand.
II these citizens, high in poaitton, md in
the confidence of President Lincoln, arr com
ing to tendcsiu sincerity the olive branch OF
ington Government, that var which has been
SO unjustly and cruelty was::d asafnst us,
nothing could be lAore grateful, II they come,
howvrcr, q q mere vile aud stratasem, as
the Tribune bids US understand, then they
will be adding fresh insult, anl attcmpting
t.EAEucty uAHull13 VI ll@4 VI uuuOT4 We
@ill stand on our guaEd and await develop
meDts.
From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 81
The Northern papers received yesterday
contained M article which may deceive the
unwary; and as We copy the doublc-lcaded
leader of the New York Tribune, we must ndd
o word Of caution This article in the Tribune
is evidently put forth by authority Of the Lin.
coin Government as "lcelcr' or sounder,n
to elicit some sort of response from the South,
Tie Tribune tells how old Frank Blair and lis
son Montgomery are coming here with pass
ports from Lincoln to ascertain whether we
are ready to abolish slavery and submit The
relations between Lincoln md Blair, continues
the Abolition organ, are SO close that no one
viii say that ne comes. and like Kirk and
jacques, without authority. Now, we know
from an incident In the last canvass what
Blair Is, md what bis connection with Lin
coin is. It is said BY the press that Lincoln
11a h5d made proposition 1, through Blair to Nc.
do1ing account Of bis interviews with Lin
coin, Bennett, Of the Herald, aud Mcclellan,
from which it was apparent that he, Blair,
was an oillcious busy-body In state of second
childhood. Lincoln told him to go where he
pleased Bennett said some nonsense to him
''in bread Scotch accent. " Mcclellan heard
bis proposition that he should not run agninst
Lincoln, and then remarked that he Lad q
sick child up stairs, and begged that Mr.. Blair
would excuse him. From the whole account
il vas evident that Blair had no authority
from any body, and no message to deliver to
any body, and got no ATTENTION from my
body. II he comes here, 1t will be On the
same SOFT Of GRAND. Ills journey, however,
has been utilized through the Tribune, to
draw out some hint Of tho state Of feeling
and opinion in the South, by means Of the
for inject submission which is an-
us the substance OF tue speech
which Dlair is TO deliver when lie gets here.
The success Of kitke and Jackass has made
the YaIkces anxious to repeat their deecsa-
ble experiment On the too conffding State
Department at Richmond.