Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams, March 25, 1862

Mr. Seward to Mr.
Adams.

Sir: I have no despatches from you since the
date of my last acknowledgments. The events of the week have been
striking and significant:—The capture of Newbern by Burn side, with the
consequent evacuation of Beaufort and Fort Macon by the insurgents, and
the destruction by themselves of their own piratical steamer Nashville;
the rout of the insurgents, on their retreat from Winchester to
Strasburg, by Shields; the victory of General Pope at New Madrid, and
the bombardment of Island No. 10, in the Mississippi, by Commodore
Foote.

A movement of the main army of the Potomac down the river to Fortress
Monroe is quietly going on, and demonstrations will soon be made against
Norfolk and Richmond.

We suppose our ocean expedition against New Orleans must, at this time,
have reached the mouth of the Mississippi.

There are some indications of reviving loyalty in Virginia and
Tennessee.

The bonds of the insurgents are now understood to be everywhere at a
discount of seventy-five per cent. While it seems impossible that their
organization can be longer
maintained, there are abundant indications that they will find guerilla
warfare even more hopeless than privateering has proved to be, How much
longer can the European states resist the ideas concerning this war
which we submitted to them a year ago, and which they then so
inconsiderately rejected ?

I am, sir, your obedient servant,