Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-11-03

Fron ths N. o. Crescent,

FROM tbs NJ ". GeecSnr. 2
The talk and comments on the blockade,
the permission to allow vessels in ballast to
come to our levee and load with cotton, still
continues The question Of recognition by
European powers may be considered as y;
secondary consideration Recognition doeE
not break the blockade. II Great Britain or
France recognizes the Southern Coniederacy,
then, OF course, IL must be as an independent
nation. Ii our ports are bloekaded so as to
prevent egress and ingress. such blockade
must also be recognized. What constitutes,
or what is to be considered an effectual block.
ade, appears not to be understood. That the
months of the Mississippi, the port of New
Orleans, is effectually bloekaded, and has
been since the 18th of May last, there is not
doubt. True, man-of-war steamer did
fnesse and get to sea, but has there been an
arrival from any port in the werld at cur
landing since the first of June last? We reck-
on not. We do not, however, consider the
entrance of some half dozen small vessels
here and there as breaking the blockade. We
are really getting tired of all the talk about
forcing the blockade. Some half dozen yes
sells have been successful in arriving at some
OF the Southern Atlantic ports, and that is
about all. The steamer Bermuda passed in
to Savannah with valuable cargo, but the
cargo was all paid for in England before she
left. The money was RENTED from this side
in June last. The long and short of this
breoking business is, that England and
France are not to be depended on. Cotton
is considered as king, but kings are some
times dethroned. But that is neither here
nor there. The simple question is, "who will
and how is the blockade of our ports to be
raised?'' Qaiea sobee The commercial and
political recognition on the part of England,
France and Spain will not raise or break it.
The great aud absorbing questions of recog
milton, blockade and exports of produce are
imperfectly understood by thousands of our
citizens.
That there has been much irregular trade
carried on from Southern ports, there is not
a doubt. For instance, several articles of
pitch, @turpentine and other articles have
been shipped at various Southern ports, and
cleared for West India ports On arriving ut
these ports. their cargoes have been trans
shipped on Yankee vessels for Northern ports
The non-exportalionists and the embargoists
on our flags say that cotton shipped for Eu-
rope might be landed in Boston. The char
acter of the shippers, their general bias and
expressions, must be considered in transae-
tons of this character during the crisis. -.
But talking of simulated shipments brings
up the following cargo of a vessel which ar
rived at New York on the Sth instant, report
ed as coming from New Orleans schooner R.
NJ. Johnson-under seizure :-,[s re5t,ssg ,r
SOS dried hides. IL bundles, 4 bales; 26
cases of cigars, 2 bundles of peltries, bags
and I6 bales of wool, SO barrels of pecans, 65
bales of cot ton, IS bales of damaged cotton.
This looks very much like Texas cargo,
aud no doubt was owned by some Black Re
publican, who has played his cards we'll to
get his cargo to good market. We do not
find any record of clearance from this port of
vessel named johnson.