The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-31

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THR MASON sEIpBfL cksz-REPoRTEp SAILING
| - OF TH1 CoAaIssIoNKxs.-.sssssys-...
Bo.rox, pee. 26.--Tne Cunard steam er
Europa which sailed for Liverpool vest I.
day, stopped at Fort Warren, and, it is ru-
mored, with come appearance of truth, that
Messrs. Mason and Siideil were put on
board. ~t'.t5 f''s' "t'~f'*
The authorities at the fort refuse to say
anything about the matter. 1t was rumored
| here also yesterday that they were TO tlke
passage in the Europa, ana her stopping at
the fort gives color 10 1t. -.
Second Dispatch. s.e- 81
BoeroS, Dec. 26.--The rumored departure
OF Slideli and Ma SON is disCredlte IL is said
that the report arose fioin her stepping TT
the fort to uisch 1rse her pilot.
Third dispatch.
B0sToN, Dec. 26.--It Is certain tina. the re-
port about Maso and Siidell having sailed
Tor Europe is not correct.
dKs. SCOTT Alb MEDIAToR.
The New York Htrai4's SPECIAL Washing
ton correspondent, dated Dec. 26th, says:
In connection with The report that, before
leaving Paris, Geh. Scout had IouE inter
view with the Prince Napoleon, and That the
General was the bcaier To Aiuerica Oh the
French t.Inperor's desire for the maintenance
or peace between England and the United
States, the Hdt0Rat {nte!ttgsacr thinks 1t pos
sibis that LOUIS Nnpoi. On HAY conslder 1.-The
danger OF war immincnt as To JUSTLY his
making an lnfoT nal proltcr through Gen.
scott, 10 which the iIjJSc IL tlhCheS so
importance as TO think he Will serve his
coun Try by submitting it III person u our gov
ernment.
The WAR FEELIsa IN EsGLAED-A LOOKOUT FOR
MASON AND sLIDELL on foARD A BRITISH
FLEET.
From the Loniou Cu onicle, Dee.
No middle course is open. Either our de-
10 ands, us stated by LORD Russell, must be
com p.iea with to the iet.e-, 2r lhey must be
enforced by the action or neet which, Us
the Yankees WiIl iearn III her 100 soon Tor
their dignity, Is not the same us That which
ercoun tered threeioid Dads IN lSi2. In This
emergency they natural y glance at The H.
merse material resources OF the French en-
ptre, and Speculate upon the probabilities OF
an Imperial alliance. For once these astuIe
adventures are out in their calculations.
The crime OF when they nave been guilty
| is one that oifends, not Ling land alone, but
every maritime Power. 1LIS a blow struck
against the commerce of the world. France
has no less an interest in resenling 1t than
Great Britain herself In point OF I;lcI, every
Government that signed The reaty of
Paris Ill 1856 is oounu by the priuc!p pies VI
political consistency to oenource as piraticil
the achievement OF Tho San Jaclnto. livery
Important Journal III the empire has giyeA
its adhesion 10 the doctrine Oh interEalOnal
law zpon which Lord kusseil's dispatch 10
Lord Lyons mas been iou1 dou. therefore, II
the Am. ricans w ant an ally, they must seek
one beyoAS Behring Straits, and LOT on the
other sidssf ths British Channel. England
1
the worst event would enable ner 70 hold her
own both in Europe ana ia the New Would
but there are Ten Chances 10 one that France
| would seize upon the oppor Justly To cooper
ate with ner, dnd snare IL r Lriuin pas In ID e
American waters.
IL is a marvel where those di,iduals had
their origin VINO are ct present couLseilIng
Us 10 adopt the language OF conciiIauen to-
wsrds the North, as though the NCrln h ad
been the victim and England the aggressor.
| nr. Brights followers suggest thatlt we Can
| Gel AL III at mas been SAID admit our national
| errors, aad send our love 10 New York, We
may hope that the FEDERAL faction wall con-
SEM not to fight. Of course, there may De
| picked up any Waere halt dozen scribes Will
ing to recommend humiliation and IsIominy !;
but the WonQer is that i've hundred English
men can be found TO endure their degrading
| cant. Still, it is worth something 10 know
what is thought at the tag end Of poilAcal
| society, and Wneu The four cOIlmlsSl OlSrs ar
rlve,n the United Kingdom, whether surren-
dered at our summons or bIOugh t home by a
victorious fleet, they may be introduced to
| those curioslnes of y uakerdom, who esteem
| the British L lion Jack 10 more Ihan they
would the handkerchief of begging Lascar.
| In the meantime, the general unaiImity of
pubic opinion is Unwayering- Excepting
| the paltry knot OF sectarians, who inyaria-
bly, turn their backs against the light, every
respectable journal in the country has, how
ever tardily, arrived at a conclusion hostile
| 10 the Anne rIcan claim, and similar har-
mony CT SEM iment Will aug uestionabiy pre-
vail should the Northern Siates drive US into
war.
A suspicion most dirhonoriug to the Ame.
rican character is naturally engendered by
what has TRANSFERRED st New York. In no
veYson OF the proceedings on board the
Trent do we discover the trace Of an aIlusion
to any seizure CT dispatches. And yet Ger.
tain documents have conveniently tarned up
for transmission 10 President Lincoln. We
have no right 10 suggest how til csc papers
may have been obtained, but there would be
little Inconsistency on the part Of the north
were 1t 10 fabricate set OF spurious dis
patches, am palm them Off as the contrabaud
which justified the arrest OF the Trent
Dispatches or no dispatches, however the
kidnapping Of the four commissioners staud
Inaccessible, and upon this point the whole
controversy turns. The Yankee press in
forms its constituents that, as usual, We shall
exhaust ourselves and our indignation in
empty words; but for once they nave be en-
too confident.
The North will be wise Ii it convinces it,
self, beyond a possibility of doubt, that Great
Britain is serious in this matter, that her re-
solve has been taken, that she has utter ed 70
word by which she will not abide, and that
the ono alternative of the Federal Govern
ment Is to give way wi tn procrastinating, or
trust to the arbitramen of war.
CoNFEDERATBS N ENGLAND.
The London Observer inform. US that steps
have been taken to put stop to what it calls
"American espionage in Eo gland'-that is to
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