Still later.
The steamer
Jura arrived at Farther Point on the 13th inst., with dates to the 3d.
We find that the question of intervention still cocupled the attention of the press throughout
Europe.
The
Paris correspondent of the
Independence Belge asserts that the projected intervention of
France and
England in
America is con in the most absolute manner, and the
South will barequired to guarantee the emandiaption of herselaves.
The same authority says the treaty between
France and
Spain provides for the early abolition of slavery in
Cuba.
The news by the Jura.
The Baltimore
News Sheet thus alludes to the news by this arrival:
By the arrival of the steamer
Jura we have still later advices from
Europe, The
Independence Belgs declares that the rumored intervention of
England is confirmed in the mosabsolute manner.
In accordance with the above, a telegram comes to us from
Washington, which claims that the new secession plot to induce intervention by the powers of
Western Europe, on the ground of the exhanstion of cotton, has been cleverly met by the proclamation of
President Lincoln, announcing the opening of New Orlean and other cotton ports by the first of june.
The measure of
President Liucoln would be an one if the Great Powers were assured that the opening of the ports would being to them an adequate supply of cotton.
Commercial.
The sales of cotton at
Liverpool for the week amounted to 40,000 bales. The market closed at pries ½ lowst, owing to the revival of intervention rumous.
Breadstuffs ciosed dull, and pricess carely maintained.
Provisions heavy.
Consols closed at 93¾a93a
American secarifica daul and unchanged.
Free Comments upon the conduct of the War — M' Clellan and Halleck — the battle of Shiloh.
The New York correspondent of the
London Herald speaks his mind very freely about two of the leading Federal
Generals:
What I said long ago about the utter incompetency of McClelian is rapidly forcing itself into a great truth.
The public in this city, and at the
North, are divided now. Some persons think he is a traitor, and that he will act the part tried by
Benedict Arnold.
Others think he will not prove t aitor, but only a fool, and that he will merely be whipped badly and then retire from the public service.
The President has dwindied down his command from the ‘ "Chief,"’ to be ‘"at the head of the army of the Polomac."’ New he is merely in command at one point, he will probably be whipped there, and that will be the last of him. His command has been an awful series of blunders.
It seems the greatest of crimes, that with an army of 250,000 he should have permitted 60,000 to leave the
Potomac, and 20,000 to be transferred to the
Mississippi, there to fight under
Beauregard, and nearly destroy the army of
Gen. Grant.
These men are slave owner
Generals.
So is blundering
Halleck at the
West.
So, it seems, is
Buell, and aprecious hopsful lot of them.
These men play into the hands of the
Confederates.
They refuse are with the Conrederates; and while this lasts we shall gain no secure victories — An able commander would have ended this rebellion months ago. It looks now as if we have got to fight it all over again with new commanders.
Haileck deserves to be styled the
Major-General Liar of the
West.
He has now on three occations sent on by telegraph the most monations lies about winning battles that were ever concected.
He lately announced that
Island No.10 was taken a month before it surrendered.
Controlling the telegraph, he sent on the foulest lie about the battle of Pitisburg Landing that was ever circulated.
The facts are now well known in this city and at
Washington.
We were terribly beaten; but on the second day the
Union army, out numbering the
Confederates, recovered a portion of the of the ground from which they had been driven the previous day, and the
Confederates on the second day retired to their fortified position, carrying with them several thousand prisoners. We took no prisoners, and were terribly cut to pieces.
But for our having double the force of the
Confederates, the entire army would have been slaughtered by
Beauregard and his men. There is no need of lying about the matter — It does no good.
The cheering news that went to
Europe by the
Asia is now contradicted by the Arabia to-day.
I have no count that
Beauregard will be driven away and his army will be destroyed, unless military in competence allow it to escape; but thus fertreason on the part of
General Buall, or some other slave owner loving General, has perilled the cause of the country.
These events of the war have discouraged the friends of the
Union.
Generals are trying to make political capital at the
South, and the result will be that, until they are got rid of, our chances of success are very quiet.
If we get victory now at any point it will be a marvel, and the people will so regard it.
