Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-03
AFFAIRS IN RICHmOND.
News, Rumors and eo.,lp.
BREAKING The BLoCKADE-PROsPECrs OF A Naval
War BETWEEN ESGLASD AND THE UNITED STATss
From The Rlcaasnd Hammer. Aug %. -

BREAKING The BLoCKADE-PROsPECr OF A NAYAI
War BETWEEN ESGLASD AND THE UNITED STArss
From the ReAnOnd Examiner. Aug 90. srs
We are entirelysatisfed that private dispatch
has been received this city, from Charleston by
an officer Of the Government stating that the Brit
Ish ship Alliances had broken the blockade, and had
safely entered the harbor at Port Royal The ALI
anee had on board large shipment of arms. con
sisting mostly OF English rifles, with an assorted
cargo of threads, machinery, ammunition quicksil-
yer, (the last especially needed &C., shipped ex-
pressly for the Southern market.
It will be recolIected that this British vessel was
some time ago eff the cnrhsrn coast essayingt 20 run
the blockade, and at last put into st. Johns She
was reported from there last on arriving at Port
Royal.
If the report is true of the successful adventure
of the Alliance, her cargo consisting mostly of arms
will be most valuable acquisition to our Govern
ment, and will doubtless prompt the british Govern
ment to instant and decisive steps in raising the
blockade. - - .-t 81
1t is proper 70 state that after making efforts in
all possible directions last night to obtain additional
intelligence with regard the report of the running
of the blockade by the Alliance. we were unable 10
obtain shy distinct confirmation of il; although, in
official quarters, when our enquiries were made
the report considered both plausible and prob
able Thata dispatch Of the tenor referred to was re-
ceyed yesterday by an officer in TIE Treasury De-
partE1ent, is at least positive fact, it read
and discussed there by number of gentlemen.
exaggeration OF its Importance. The British Gov
erment is distinctly and firmly pledged by the decIa
rstions of Lord PalmerstOn In Parliament to de-
clare the blockade void on the successful breaking
of its lines by single vessel and in case marked
and notorious as that of the ARiq1cs would be-be-
ing the first Instance of large foreign merchant
vessel coming into cur ports at one of the most
guarded points OF the blockade, could not fail to
furnish the timely and coveted occasion for putting
into Operations the rule Of policy declared by Lord
po1-r ilAk.-
of ihternationallaw.
The law OF the blockade is as distinctly settled as
any other topic Of inserns tiens Jurisprudence. In
deed, the declaration of the English Government on
this subject is sustained By all the American jursts
that have written upon the subject 1t is a some
what curious and interesting fact that the position
of the North the subject is condemned of the
writings of its best authors on public law. Chan
eellor Kent has written largely on the subject of
the blockade; and the law, as to the continuation
Of this right, is laid down by him in direct and ex
plicit terms. The views expressed by him as to
the continuation of bloeksdes, gathered from the
pages of his treatise, may be comprised in very
brief and plain proposition. It is, first that the
occasional absence Of the blockading squadron. if
produced accident does not suspend the blockade
if the ressOs of the absence be known; secondly,
that If the blockade be raised by any one of three
causes, namely: by the enemy himself, or by apply.
ing the naval force to other objects for time. by
the mere remissness OF the cruisers, then the com
meree of neutrals to the place ought to be free
That this position of Judge Kent is correctly stated
and that the English Government in its late deela-
rations of policy, does nothing more than propose
TO take advantage Of settled law. and in respect
to go beyond it, is clear and undoubted and GER
tainy cannot be contested by any educated lawyers
argument.
From the Richmond Examiner, Aug 30.
We have been enabled to trace aud define the re-
port referred to in yesterday paper with respect
TO the breaking of the Blockade by the ingress of
the British ship Alliance.
The investigation we made Of the report yester /
day was very much bsfied but at last, resulted in
a confirmation, which we consider satisfactory of
all its points of intelligence. The Government
had heard nothing; in an official way, of the ingress
of the Alliance; but the report of it had reached
member of Congress from the Sheriff Of the county
on the coast where the vessel had run the blockade
We make the statement as it has reached Richmond /
from this source which is recommended to US as
entitled 70 credit.
A single error occurs in the report We made yes
terday. OccasiOned by misappsehensiOn of loeali-
ties. There are two places OF the name of Beau |
fort" on the Atlantic coast enc 10 North CerOhBa,
and the other South Carolina; the latter being in
the locality of Port Royal Of the finest harbors
South Of Norfolk. into which it was supposed that