The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-11

from New Urlsans viii the news Of revst
engagement near that city, the o02ctaf Dis.
Rasenss concernins which wers copied isso
tne rev ORR ans PicayHws, OF The 18th.
Affairs In the United States Il the constant
meme ofconvvrsatson la Havana, and though
tue south, yet there II q universal regret a,
the dissolution of our g;orioas union. which
ed fact.
-as held In Matanxss last Monday the 2iss.
the proceedings Of which were published in
the DfayfO dc "a Marina Of the 23.. the object
OF which was to adopt measures for the en-
coura8emeut OF the cultivation OF that i'm.
port ant article, which has come to be regard.
I'd as the oil which keeps the macu inery OF
the world In proper working order.
The health OF Havana IL coed The Theo.
dora reported caught, not confirmed. The
rebel commissioners are generally .ntertsin.
ed introduced to the Palace by the British
Consul General. The schooner Nonpar-il ar.
rived from Key West yesterday. and had not
seen the prize Theodore; 50 she has prooahl,
escaped the vigilance Of onr sea watchers.
Anew INTERNATIONAL Law PROPOSED
ON rhs Londnn slsr
It is eaaler to make q dyke that shall b.
invu.nerable to the water on one side and to
vermin on the other than TO maintain a per.
feet blockade. Three thousand miles Of coast
cannot be so walled in by ships, that nothing
can be thro~n on the shore and nothing csr.
As0~~ IN A. was nut an MDTOvcu COaSt-
guard, but a reduced tariff that suppressed
the smuggling of French goods acroes the
BRUSH enamel 1t was not the force of on.
armies, but the irresistible devices of com
merce that broke down Napoleon'e Berlin
DEGREES. 30 we may be sure that, howey
legally effective may be the Federal blockade
OF the southern Atlantic ports. there will
De Always cotton ships crossing the Atlanti
II the planters are willing to- sell, and We
may be sure that they will ts the more will
ing the higher that prices rise through the
rigor Of the prohibition. But there is an.
other fact no less certain namely: that the
quantity thus brought OF will be quite in
suh'ient for our wants, and ut Il rate far
above our means. The world cannot afford
ID buy OF us cloth, the raw material OF which
we have ransomed rather than purchased -
Illicit supplies will help 70 keep US in work
Till the four quart ers Of the earth are teeming
with the plant Tor which we have offered u
reward.
But if We try to maize the American CO ton
serve US az heretofore, we shall have the In
dian wearer undersefItDg us, by the working
up i'll his rude loom the nbres we have caused
TO De grown. We must have free trade IN
cotton and free trade in bread, in time OF
war rs in time of peace, if ever again We ar.
to be at ease touching food and labor. In
place OF idly specializing upon the supplies
that may reach US in dribieis, or Aadiy
Threatening the beliigerents with Lurope.n
1ntervent1on, our politicians aud nannftc tn
rers should address themselves III earnest to
an amendment of the la w of nations. Seeing
b""t Ill TIC great powers are, more or less,
concerned in the relaxation of the American
BLOCKADE, why should they not address to the
United States Government Il proposal based
upon lis own language in 1856 ana 1867
Why should they not invite it's assent to q
general agreement, exempting all private
property not OF a wsrlike nature from block
aiding and privateerlng? Such an agreement
would afford no special advantage to the
Confederates- for it would lie, We exposed To
coniscation all cotton consigned l., th.i1
| cfofernmont. 1t would, therefore, do no
! injustice to the Federahs.s-re-opening 10
| them, indeed, lucrative trade, from which
| they are now shut ont. 1t would involve nc
| pr sumption on the part of the Euro ,ea n
| Powers-and no humiliation, save 10 tie
| Government by whom such proposals were
secuted When they came from Washing ton
Our Cham Ders OF Commerce then urged their
| acceptance. Let the same and other Mer.
! Camille Associations unite now to press the
! matter upon the attention Of our sLat. smen
! Let the French manufacturers be In vi ted tc
| join with those OF England in addresses t.
| their respective Goveru inents for this Jus
| and beneiicent object. The success OF sucn !
| movement would do far more than reliey,
the severity OF present exigency. 1t woull
establish rs principle the liberation o.
| peaceful commerce. from the bonds of war
| and secure at least one great benefit to IN an.
| kind from war of uncertain, though up.
| folding, issues.