The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-30

ib ,.a 20 Recognize the sharpe"erHee W
south--Repcal OF tue hho"e isia"u
th' SOU. .h.rty pilI.-The Broeklyn's Dessi-
atieu--t.eod Na'tf'~' wv
a. he Lost. &s..&c.
,~ving mems meeting IN Alexandra, Va,
" night. broke up Ia row, with cheers
N''S. r-rt,, and groans for South Carolina.
10. ,,,, of 500 has been subscribed in Mon
..rty. Va, 10 arm the military.
F"t u~,ytan Bragg ota "httie more grape
and Capt. J. X. Duncan and j. M.
have been selected by the Governor Of !
.,na a. his aids-de-camp
Louisiana Legislature has instructed It's |
,..,ta~ IN Congress 10 retire
Or. ..a7,r,csl corps at the Varieties theatre,
.a' orleans has formed itself into a mill
la aHt",,enanv -" Juo. F., Owens is Captain ;
E'E Jordan, Ist Lieutenant; and Mark
rsoss 9I Lieutenant y. IL davenport is
>.i..--,rgnt >.i.-- VI lie Frances is the yiVandiere
-.th, Company.
",r Matthews, of Dallas county, Ala,
s...1 he s.,!N Ic,,s OF 200 negroes 10 the
a. a~-,'f of Alabama. In addition 10 this,
'"t'lc Gentleman deposited III the Bank Of
....'...u iRr .3i al January. si1,uo0 10 the
5.l Il Al tbaIua Tor state defence.
lAos rnE FLORIDA PORTS,
- R,,ollyn. which left Hampton Roads
,-..,y tor Fort rlckens, with two compa-
...T = Artillery, Is nearly at her destina-
t,. ,i,t, anne. Her entrance 10 the Bay il
,h. opposed ly thc allied troops. The Mo
-. ~, contains anIntercatinS letter from
.. va.v-Yard N Warrington, Fla, from
,..5.. ur following Is an extract:
IT, oi thD Mississippi aud Alabama Rrgi-
AN. containing eight Mississippi and two
,,.rl. g,tu}inIcs, under Col Albert, of Mis-
..pm ar. quartered al The L. :. Marine
t,r.fsl aust Opposite Fort Pickcn~, and
t5t.ta lGiip ANA seven -eigh tbs of Il mile dis
.r Fort San Carlos de Barrancas is about
f.Ii4 mile south of our quarter. 1t Is mile
and q half distant from Fort fitkens. fort
-f-i,r.r : ,tIll further sOnth, and is "A mile
and All eighth OF a mile from Fort PickehS-
a.. ava, i'm possession of all the military posi-
sam. except Fort Pickens. II Is on Santa
- island which is forty miles long, and
-, ono mile wide We can distinctly see
a. .,,,tnu on Fort Pickens from our piazza
X,s,rly all the guns have been shifted TO the
Ind side and the most active prepara-
'.tr. have been made for defence. Our
,rru5yutious consist in four Dahlgren long
-nfr,y-two guns mounted at the Navy
Ytrd 10 rake the Bay, and prevent any YES
,+!s from coming inside Fort Plckens.-
IL Fort Barrancas we have mounted about
I..anry-tiye 81 Founders. At Fort McCree
,Icra are four ColuInbiads and large number
or heavy guns none mounted, unless ii has
been done to-day. Fort Pickens mounts 30
Guns and requires a garrison OF 2,0Oo neh-
II. present garrison consists, as lar as we can
r,.r-,ain with certainty, of SIS soldiers. Some
.,I,5rs have been sent to il from the steamer
Wvaudotte and the storoship Supply. 1t Is
supposed that they could not spare more than
HIly men II this Supposltiou IS correct, tle
g,rrlson does not exceed l33 men. A majority
Of TN, number are believed to be disattected
and ayers. 30 lighting us, but are compelled
ly military discipline. The commander OF
fyrl PItkrns is Lieutenant Simmer OF New
England He is a very firm and brave man,
a> am credlbly informed. lie viii not sur
render until he is compelled by an over
a f.l Int t-lf NJ
military rules TO give statement OF our
strength. We must humbug Simmer, II we
can It's 10 secret about our strength IN guns
and batteries, for he can see them WIN MS
spy glass.
simmer has a beautiful young wife, and she
IS very spirited. She tells him to fight to the
last She flew around us over this side, In
such way that She was arrested and sent
away The u ). steamer Wyandotte, of eight
guns Is living near the fort on the outside,
ready assist in The defence.
Fort PiCkens is a very strong position. oli
the water side it has three tiers of guns, two
rows of casemates, and one of Jdrbettes. -
Very few Of them are mounted, and L suspect
that Simmer has closed up the lower case
II.l-s He Is concentrating every art anc
means Of defence on the land side. On tina
side there is "a great ditch, which would be &
Slaughter pen, If we were foolish enough Il
enter II.
There is 4 vast deal of impatience and dis
content among the troops, eSpecialiy III ou
regiment. The men eager for the fray
and are very free and outspoken in their critl
clsm upon the loss OF time by delay and mac
tviy II some thing is not done here by ne X
Tuesday there Will be n revolt against III
commanders. | and my friends propose U
leave on that day. l have no time to waste IL
garrison duty. l submit to military prudenc
BY Withholding at present any discussion 0
the means proper 10 be used 10 take the fort
Will say however, that IL cda be taken b.
our present force in twenty-four hours.
have prepared the plan, and it has been dis
Juss"d night and day in my room, by number
Of officers. l have submitted it to two re
sgued officers of the navy, and they heart III
approve IL. AT proper time l shall make
public.
We have killed one of Uncle Sans soldier
IN i rather amicable way. One of them wa
found al Fort Barrancas, when the Alabaln
troops took possession. He was not made
prisoner, but allowed to stay or go as he pre-
terred. He 3ose 10 stay, and was bount
fully furnished by the volunteers with VIZ
tUals aud bad whiskey He went in strong o
whiskey, and this morning he was foun
dead IN The adjacent woods.
LSdLAsD TO RECOGNIZE THE INDEPENDENCE 0
SOUTH.
Prom the Toronto Leader, Jan. %
Ia the course of Il speech, delivered ;
Southampton, Lord Palmerston referred
The difficulties between the Northern an
Southern sections of the United States, an
expressed a fear that the Union would be di'
solved. His Lordship added Il hope tia
tanned, anaicable relations would be estai
haled and that there would be no war b
tween brothers. From the curtness OF II
Geographic phroseology, it is not possib
70 say whether Lord Palmerston intended
refer TO the relations of England with II
American considerations, or only TO the rel;
.lous between the two Contederacies in
which the United States are rapidly formiT
themselves Be this us it may, The inteatt0
of EugIdtd to acka0Utedgs the independen
y he ns,g Southern Confederacy as soon
'sfyrmsd no tonger admits Of question. IN
duRDuaceHtent tce are in position to make
hs most positive terms and whoever Wi
L, ke the trouble 10 watch the course of event
%li ind that we are correct. The policy
England la. long been TO acknowledge all
gtcto governments, and that policy VIII Ii
be departed from III the present case. Fro
france q SiUttdr procedure may SoJtty DC I.
Ptr'tf, dnd'as soon as the southern Cohied
ration has formed provisional goferhhel
VIII be treated by the two leading po"e
oi Europe as entitled 10 all the privileges OF
sovereign State. The greatest lnconvehien
would arise from the adoption OF any oth
HE Of policy. England having no conti
over the domestic politics OF other hatloi
can only acknowledge whatever form OF go
'fhnent they please TO set up. To refuse
40 50 would involve her in endless wars a
'u!LouA commercial elnbarrassments.
II lhe opinions of an English statesman ~
ia ihs Instance, destined 10 produce an mn
hht1 over Tie destinies of the United Stat
,helr tendency Will be to prevent civil W
't"t"H the TWO SECTIONS. a war Det"t
ef0thers, such as Lord Palmerston here c
pfeeates, is the bitterest OF ali wars il wot
80" lhe seeds Of animosity which would be
"'ler iruit for generations TO come. The w
anu siatesmanlike policy was first TO attem
reconciliation bat If all efforts in this dire
t'oii are 10 be held TO fail, coercion or CT
var ought not to be thought of. The Nor
"h1herlc1lly stronger, and perhaps, Weait
,'i 'hah the South and there is little reas
- uonbt that it could make conquest OF I
s"eedng section. But that it could not at