The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-30
From the Special Correspondence CT the London


WAsHiSsroS,. Oct. l9.-1n my last letter, in
the hurry of closing the envelope, copy of
| Mr.. Stewards circular and some rem rks
| upon 1t were omitted but the omission Is of
| little consequence, rs the mail must have
| taken over the document an he news Of the
| Effect prod iced by 1t In New York and o ther
| cities of the United States The imm. diata
| impression in every ones mind was, "Mr. Sc
| ward Is aware Of soma action on the part of
| England, which must result In war 'tThe
| secretary Is bent on doing something which
| VIII lead to a war with England" infer
these reflections from the words Of many peo
pie met last week.
! The whole American people will, l doubt
not, sustain Mr.. Stewards tone ard position,
| and certainly the dispatch to which he had
| 10 reply was not very remarkable ore. not
| qnite worthy, perhaps, of the Foreign Ofice.
| The effect of these arguments Will be best
| treated at the other side OF thu Atlantic, but
| it may be remarked that the cases selected for
| remopstrance were far from being the strong
est that could have been found. Every word
| that comes from Great Britain, every act that
| is done by her, is closely-nay. unjustly-con-
| strued by Americans. She may not look over
| the hedge, While France can cal n horse if
| she please. The suspicious jealous, shrewsh
| young lady detects foul play in every move
ment of her mother in law, and will "brave
] none of that"
| actually heard an officer find fault with
| Lieut. Grant, of Her Majesty's ship Steady
| De rause he was not quite pleased with the
Captain Of the United States ship Yandalia.
| off Charleston, for firing a round shot across
| his bows to bring him to. This one reads
| continually of the good faith OF France In
her neutrality, and of the perfdy of Eng
| land. When the French officers in the Cr-
| mean snubbed Gen. Mcclellan and his brother
commissioners, not word was said of it
| aloud, nor was there, on the other b and the
| least expression OF satisfaction at the cordial
r.c-ption of the commissioners by the Eng
| lish authorities, and but for Col Delafeld's
| report nothing would have been known of the
| facts. Had the case been reversed we should
| have been threatened with nothing short of
i ~ h1y yxyht ,toht
| most he stereotyped in some of the most
| widely read, and therefore least influential of
the American journals.
| Since my last letter up to this date little
has occurred of interest or importance. Re
| connoisances have pushed out darefully from
! the front of the Federal army, and have dis
| covered as far as Fairfax and Nienna-even
| to creeks below Alexandria and along the
road TO Drainsyllie-lhat the enemy are not
| In force and do not hold the ground but that
thew are in observation, and have their
| troops we'll thrown back towards the old po-
| sition at Manassas.
| 1t is believed that the Confederates know
| every move of their opponents, who are not
l at all so fortunate. The negro population
are thought to act for their masters with zeal
| and fidelity. We heard of regiments and
| guards of colored people down South, Shd
| when the Contederates were at Munsons Hill
one of their most forward skirmisheS-an IN
| defatigab BILE fellow, al lways loading and firing
was a black man There has been no great
reinforcements received by this armv lately,
l
Illinois and Indiana troops to the state of
Kentucky and to the West and the largest
estimate of the forces in the field does not
raise 1t much above the mum bers given in one
of my recent letters. 1t is in the New Eng
land States and the emigration from tn EN- N
| the West which have put forth their strength
IN the war for the Union, and the Puritan
and Quaker element of the other States has
been animated by Il similar spirit. In the re-
giments in camp there are prayer meetings
an preachngs, and revivals, and Young
Mems Christian tsssociati ons; the Coiouels
give benedic ton, the Ma jors preach. the ser
geants pray, and the battalIons march, sing
ing sternly-
"Od John Brown lies N 0uldering in his grave
But his soul Is marching on;
Hallalujah, hsilelujah,
Halelujah Halielu 4b.
Old John Brown lisa a Wondering in his grave
But bis soul is marching on"
No army wss ever so we'll provided, in
quantity at all events with chaplains, and in
some mems minds the war for The Union is a
crusade for all that is good and holy in the
world. The gulf that separated Christian
Knight from Saracen Emir was not wider
than that which divides the Northern volun-
teer from the Southern chivalry The
| test over, new political rel tiOns may be eS-
tablished, but France and England will not
be more distinct. There seems to be no I'D
prehensions that this great mass of armed
men cannot be disposed Of by a few circulars.
lhey are a immense power In the States
and of the State, and they can determine Q is.
sues not only with their votes, bat with their
bayonets. The regular army, Of course, views
its volunteer associates with feelings it u res
not express. But each is check upon the
other, and, while the former would gladly
reform some nf the mischiefs, as they con
ceiyed, OF democracy, as 1t exists here, and
would resist any attempt TO turn this in to an
abolition W r, the latter have Determined to
keep the power they have got, and are leav-
ened by strong anu slavery feeling, which
in some esimeuts Is nearly un nimous 1t
y m U M faat in
life for which q man will be as we'll fitted
after three years absence as he was when he
| left it, What rift three years can make in
the purposes of Il llto To suppose that the
immese mass of men collected here can ever
return TO their usual avocatiOns is to give
them credit for more tenacity III civil pur-
suits than human nature exhibits generally
| elsewhere. What will be their humor at the
| end of the war II 1T lasts three years7 They
will be entitled to their discharge, but long
before that the farm must have found some
other su perrin endence, the trade and the pro-
fession must have gone to the dogs, aud 10
tens of thousands eleven dollars i month and
food and clothes must be a better thing in the
present than anything in the future can offer
o them.
| They have pay, subsistence, clothing PEN
sions, bounty lands,' just the sAme as the
regulars. They have, however, the privilege
Of eiecting their own officers, to great ex-
tent, which is open to many objections Law
or custom induces the Governors Of the States
10 leave TO the men Of the companies OF the
state volunteers Inc nOUindtlOn OF lleir CAP
tains and sunaltercs, and the habit of acting
so as to please the men, becomes inveterate in
any officer who has once gained a certain
mount of favor and hopes to procure higher
advancement 1t will be very glorious proof
of the patriotism and purity Of the American
peorle, If they overcome all temptations
which usually beset men in power, and
lay down that which they have had confer
red on them for special object as soon as it
shall have been accomplished. To all but the
eye of Faith that Object is still far off indeed
Matters in Missouri are no better. What
would ba thCu ght in London If an enemy's
battery We're playing on the shipping below
Blackwall: In kentucky the Federalists do
not appear to have gained m uch, if any thing,
and the Union party there confess they must
have the aid of troops from the other States,
or they cannot hold their own against the
bold aud enterprising Confederates.
The money is hswing now TO the extent of
some 81 100000 a day or more-that is, the
notes are; for Mr. Chase, to the immense Il =
eral millions OF loan in their vaults, on which
they have been drawing their interest since
the date of the first instalment.
The Treasury notes are now regularly in
circulation, ard are rather liked than other
wise, and, rs General Scott pointed out, they
are found to be convenient by the soldiers,
wh, were formerly paid in gold exclusively,
and had difficulty ia transmitting their pay
to their friends at home, as there Is no system
Of money orders known to the post offices Of
this country.
OCTOBER 2oth.-tien. McClellan-in some
perplexity, probably in reference to the course
70 be adopted towards such an elastic enemy
who gives way before pressure only TO spring
out when 1t is removed, or to spread ont into
some new quarter-ordered reconnaissance
yesterday morning In the direction OF Fairfax
Court House and Flint Hill, and the creek
called Difiicuit.
of their country OF value for military pur.
Doopa-Of, in other words. OF ACCURACY or