The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-17
TIKI QUESTION OF NEUTRALITY,


| The following Is an extract from Mr..
| Adams's letter 70 Mr.. Seward,
| | next approached the most delicate Dor
! ton OF my task. / descanted upon the lrri-
| tatiOn produced Ia America by the Il ueen S
| Proclamation, upon the construction almost
! universally given 10 H. as designed TO laid the
! insurgents by raising them to the rank OF q
| belligerent State, and upon the yeIy decided
! tone taken by the President IN my q ispatchcs
| in Uass any Such design was entertalned,-
| I added that from Iny own observation of
! what had since occurred mere, had not been
! able 10 convince myself Of the existence of any
| such Il design. BHt twas not 10 be disguised
| that the fact OF the continued stay of pseudo
Commissioners IN this city, and still more the
! knowledge that they had been admitted to
more or less in terviews with his lordship, ~ rs
calculated TO excite uneasluesS. Indeed, 1t
| had already given great dissatisfaction 70 my
| Government added, as mOdrstly As could
| that il all Irankness any further protractiop
| of this relation could scarcely fail TO be re-
| ceived by US hostile III spirit. ana to re-
quire some corresponding action accordingly.
| ~ His lordshlp then reviewed the course OF
| Great Britain. He explained the mode in
| which they had cons suited with France prier
to any action ut all, as To the reception OF the
! deputatIon from the so called COnteGerat e
States. 1t HAD been the custom, both in
| France and here, o receive such persons un-
0iiiciall for Il Ion < lime back. Poles Hun
! sarians, Italians, sc. &c had been - Ito led
| Interviews, to hear what they had to say.
| But th,s did not imply negotiation IN their
| case any more than il did our. He added
! that he had seen the gentleman once some
/ time ago, and once since he had no eypeC Ia
ton OF seeing them any more.
Extract from Stewards reply to Mr. Ad-
ans. as regards the obnoxious declaration
feel myself at liberty, perhaps bound to
assume. III at Lord Russeils proposed declara-
| non, which have herein recited, will have
been already regarded as well by him AS by
| yourself, as sufficiently answering the
/ aTllt yfgif ia tiny Tarhs sob
| you W. re Instructed 10 make.
| | may therefore assume that The is
! fully before me- add that the oestion whether
| thus Government win consent To enter into
the projected treaty with Great Britain, sub
| iect to the condition OF admitting the stimuli
| taneous declaration on her Majesty's part,
! proposed by Lord Russell, is ready 10 be de
| cIded.
am instructed by tho President to say
| that the proposed declara ton is inadmissable.
"THF REBELLION
| The New York Times. of the 18TH instant,
| under the above caption. furnishes ms with
the following items
Important reconnoissances were made yes
terday along our lines OF the Potomac TO as
certain the positions aid strength OF the
rebels. One, made in balloon by Professor
I.aM0untain, establishes the facts that the
rebel forces at Fairfax Cour ) House is very
light that betWeen that point and Vienna
there is in increase OF strength, and that all
along the tine very considerable additions
have been made to the scouts of cavalry and
infantry
we have highly interesting intelligence
from Port Royal by the arrival of the Gov
eminent transport steamer Uity of New
| York, which left on the 9th inst. General
sherman had at iaat decided 10 occupy Bean
tort and General Steyens's brigade, con.
aisting OF about twenty five hundred men,
was 10 go up for that purpose the day the
steamer sale Another diversion OF troops
was TO ne made 10 Tybee Island, which
would be occupied permanently by force OF
five hundred men, which would doubtless
be sufficient, with proper fortifleations, aided
BY the gun boats Of the fiotiiia. which have
been detached 10 operate in those waters.
These movements had rendered necessary
the postponemeDt OF the Hxbeditlon under
Gen. fIeie until the arrival Of reinforce
meats,
Measure had also been taken by General
Sherman to secure all the cot ton in the neigh
| SoFl.oo9, with the aid OF the negroes, and
Col Noble, Of the T9th regimen t. W no is fully
acqua,nted with all the details OF cotton.
picking, had beep select ted by Gen Sherman
10 superintead this important busiaees as
aisted by Col. Suydam.
We have at last 5 very brief In animation OF
the ruth IN regard 10 the recent fight at Fort
Pickens, " hich the rebels have h I'd full liber-
ty for the past two weeks OF distorting Ia sglt
/. their fanoies.
TIE Columbia, waica reae hsd Eere yeatsr.
day YrGSa Aarana, drought nnil FROM Fort
Ficksns, ana the Letters received state that