The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-06
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
! important Naval Movements.-Seuthern rn
States Messages In the New York Legisla-
ture-.''Tell John Andrews"


We haze late and highly important news
from the Home Squadron. On the 10th of
January the Commander in Chief received
orders through Colonel Pickens, from Wash
ington, TO send Immediately to Florida the T.
). steam -frigate Powhatan, the Sabine, and
the sailing corvette st. Louis. An Official
survey and general quarters, superintendcd
by Flag Officer Prendergast, was then held on
the Cumberland corvette, and the sailing fri
gate Sabine at Vera Cruz. sham battle was
soon after improyised at Sacrificios, when the
usual rontine OF action was gone through
with. critical analysis of the condition OF
the squadron demonstrated the fact that every
ship was short of provisions and that it would
be madness 10 send them on, probably, Il hos
tile mission in such 4 State. The impression
prevailed extensively therefore, that the
sells would go TO Havana elsewhere, and
then obey the instructions of Mr. Toucey.-
Serious dissatisfaction existed among the oiii-
GERS Of the Powhatan when her destiua tion
became known to them. The Purser, the
Third Lieutenant and the First Lieutenant,
Immediately rendered their designations but
the Captain, while conditionally accepting
them refused to allow their return i'll the
steamer. The most intense excitement exist.
cd in the entire squadron, and ii was found
necessary to issue order prohibiting Il II Off
GERS, sailors and marines from conveying po-
litical news or naval movements in their let
ters, they would be opened and read; hence
| the false rumors of late.-N. L. Erpress.
THE MESSAGES FROM SOUTHERN STATES Is THE n.
Y. LEGISLATURE.
There was quite a little breeze in the N I.
Assembly on Friday morning, caused by the
| receipt OF a batch of Executive communica-
tions. The Governor transmitted the seces- =
sion ordinances of Georgia and Al2 2bama, the
resolutions of Georgia and Tennessee de-
| nonncing the offer of military aid by New
| York 10 the General Government, and the
resolutions OF Massachusetts, Wisconsin aid
Pennsylvania, rendering aid to the Federal
Government to suS tain the laws. These were
all ordered to he printed and laid on the table.
Governor NJ nryup then transmitted the fol-
lowing resolution Of the General Assembly of
Virginia
Rcso'ped, That the Governor of Virginia return
the resolutions of the Legislatures Of New York to
the Executive of that State with the request that
no such resolutions be again sent to this General
Assembly.
Passed House of Delegates, Jan L. 1881.
WIN. +. GORDON, JR., {. IL. u.
This brought out a sharp discussion. during
which the Republicans We're particularly
| caustic. The resolution was finally laid on
the table with the order that it should lie
neither Ell tered on the journal nor printed.
"TELL JOHN ANDREWS"
| Extract of a letter from an English gentle
| man to his friend in Charleston, dated New
| York, I'D January:
| II was for more than an hour with Cover
| nor Andrew, 1T Boston, and l gave him the
| full benefit of your letter to me. He ut first
| disputed your point about Fort Sumter being
capable OF capture. lie said he had General
| Scotts dictun that it would hold out three
| months and was inaccessible that you may
| fire two hundred shell OH one spot, and do i,
| no harm. As to secession, the Governor
/ looks upon it As mere cover 10 reopenne
| of the slave trade : and. It's he said, straWs
| show how the wind blows he noticed thai
! Spratt was the only delegate OF your Convcn
| tiOn that was cherred He further said, IL
| ,canted to hear that the batteries at Fort Sum.
| ter hddopened. l further talked with Wen
| dell Phillips, and he would not believe ms
| mat any men OF means or position took par
| i'll the movement and was very fun of an
| ecdotes of forced loans, xactions, no free
| dom, &c. The tone in the East is not so strong
| rs | expected to have found it. Some certalnly
| want coercion; but many will let you go out
and stay out, if you please. One importan
point notice, that, generally, the Democrat
| here would not tamely allow you TO be at
| tacked-they are against coercion"