The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-02


The Northern papers give a very iuipor tant
aspect 10 The blockade question. 1t appears
| that an official COMMUNICATION on the soo)eci
has been made TO the Federal Government by
Admiral Milne commanding the large hiit .
neel-now numbering ihirty-Gve Nessets oil
WARM the Gulf OF Mexico. ny what means
| the purport of this document mas found its
way 10 the public eve, II rs, rerhhp.. neeoiefs
| 70 inquire the fact that IL sno" 10 nsve poem
su fe;ed 20 see the light gives 1t, IN our opin-
| ION the aspsct of an indirect warning addIes-
| sed by the British Government
The British commander, whose opinion is
hsc kad by the hssrya tons and reports of the
| commanders of his thirty ii We vessels of war
saws with EN- phasis. that The attempt of the
| FEDERAL Government 10 close the seeded ports
has been characterized by complete ab-
aencs Of ur iforrnity, order and regularity -
The Admiral proceeds 20 euumerste the
number OF breaches of the blockade which
have come under his notice. Though Pensa.
cola wac declared closed on the 18th Of May,
'Vessels freely obtained admission" as late as
the 55th. 4 bark warned eff from Pensacola
ran into Mobile. Twenty or thirty small veS
sells ran TO other neigh boring ports and he
finds numerous cases OF ships, barks and
briggs escaping the cruisers in every direc-
lion. AS for Charleston, "a com pleta hotiiIa
of small ocean traders and coas ters had CON
lin ned TO pass In 10 the city and out again re-
gardless OF, or insensible to, the presence of
war ships - "St. Marks, in Florida an i'm
por tant port, is not a: all cut of from the mar
s:'in" trade" steamers keep up commuui
cation 10 and from Savannah :" and his cap.
'ains report four other ports 81 tirely open OH
the very day be whites.
From this report of the Admiral, which dis
ilncty takes the ground that the bloc kade lie
inefficient, there is good reason tor supposins
that We snail SEQ prompt and decided til.
tude assumed ny Great Britain. france ard
spain, ut IN early day.
The Prime Minister Of Great Britain said
IN Ms remark. in Parliament, that this Gov.
eminent would respect m efficient bloc xade
-hty /,
said II wd~'d not respect an inefficient one.
SIGNS or ERACrIoE.
The following is 81 extract from letter
from Carlisle, Pa, written some days after
the battle
al last this community has awakened TO q
proper appreciation Of the enornities Of the
conduct OF the present Administers ton. From
the time President Lincoln issued his first
proclamation for troops up to within a few
d"ys, II was almost worth n mans life to ex
press dissent - his policy. Men who foI
FEARS have been battling against the PERM
cious doctrines of the Republican party aud
IL defence OF constitutional rights, have been
marked by thu eager adherents OF the Ad
minis fratloI, and watched, in hopes that they
Would indulge in some expression which
would be en- excuse for bounding on the Gov
crnment n.ercenariss.
Now, however, things have assumed a new
phase. The already enormous expenGlturss
by the Government, and the still more enor-
nous ones which are threate ned, have open cd
the eyes OF the people and placsd before them
the conseG Cencss which must inevitably en-
sue from a con tiDuation of This struggle. The
threatened direct tax bill has gone dlrec tly to
their hearts before 1t has reached their pOck-
cts and men who were mCst clamorous for
this WAY are now DESTROYS of speedy tsrmi-
nation OF the dbl Guilty. It IS no longer =
crime TO criticize tho action OF the Govern
ment snd condelnn policy which, if carried
out, VIII saddle on the people an enormous
national debt. The agric ulturaI portion of
the community, convinced that in the end it
Will have the burdons to bear is loudeSt in it's
disapprobatlon and many OF those X no ten
days ago we're finding fault with the Govern
ment for not prosecuting the war wi tn more
yigor, are now earnest in their demands for
an honorable peace
i. is net alone the financial view of this
question which has caused this change. The
recent battle at Bull Run has convinced the
people :hat the conquest OF the South is not
10 be holiday pastime, but e death strug
gle. The people here have been wofully de-
ceivsd in relation TO the condition of AFFAIRS
in the South. tbs politicians have labored
to impres. the people with the belief that
there was no nnanimity IL the Sou tn, and
that as soon the Federal troops eate! al Viz
giniS an immen se Union sen tinent would well
come III N. Instead OF which they have been
met By bayonets and 0lsastrously ro6tsd.
a prominent citizan CT Philadelphia writes
to gentleman Of Baltimore, July ~ as fol
lows:
My views on this war are unchanged, and
coucile with those of the brave Breckinridae
% kentucky. l know, and GIN finding every
day, that hey are the views of thousands OF
those OF our fellow freemen of the North. I
tel you, thai the opposition no this war is OH
tee Increase, and has arrayed on IS side thou
SANDS and tens OF thousands of the inQuen tial
citizens OF the risled portion OF eur Unhappy
country. There are numerous Maryl nders
IL this city, and Northern BrecHinringe Dem
ocrars, who are proud ara tenacious OF their
opinions, which II is almost cOun tei treason
TO utter, and who sympathiZ deeply with he
South in their efforts 10 repaI tbs invaders Of
Ia. if sEcred soil
Since tho late victory, this repugnance 10
The Ws.T and TO It's Repu biC2n advocates has
manifested i.self in more ways than ons Toe
day viii come, if the war continues when
such men viii leaYe their homes and enlist or
the only ride upon which their inclinatioEs or
impressions OF What is right will permit them
TO fight.
MANASSAS FAILCag.
The Baltimore Sou.h says;
We doubt II they who attribute the failure
at Manassas to the clamor of the newspapers
or ne bers Of Congress having driven Gen.
Scott 10 advance before he was ready and
con trary to his judgment, think of the obyi.
GUS reflection OF this upon the competency OF
the General in Chief. If Gan. Scott permits
outsiders TO upset his protracted plans, and
10 drive him TO swallow his own strategic cff-
spring, like ar unpleasant SOW he would
hardly ba Il TO he trusted again. Another care
fully laid ana protracted plan might, Just at
the eliminating point, be thrown in to panic
by newspaper fire upon Gen. SCOTS rear
Gen. Scott may have been grievously disap-
poin ted Ia his Generals, and they may have
disobey ed positive orders. / t So they should be
held 10 strict account, and not honcrably dts
charged, as Gen. Patterson has been on &C
count OF the eIpira ton OF his term. But in
jus ice to Gen. Scott we must believe that he
ordered the advance, because in his own Judy.
ment the proper time had come to make 1t.
NEW GEORGIA LEaIos.
Colonel ". Il t&aulong. of Liberty conn
ty, informs the editor of the Sa7annsh Re
publican OF his in teption TO raise legion
for thu pending war II is his purpose to
raise act less than Loco nor more than / 500
men, from The counties Of Southern Georsis,
comprising infantry, cavalry and artillery
in Just proport: cns and TO offer them TO the
President for sucb service as will be most ef.
fectual IN aid OF Southern independence The
Republican says Col. Gaulding has devoted
much attention to military science, and is en-
listed heart and sonl in the cause OF the South:
they Will hardly find leader more anxious
to lead them to glory. He was to have left
for Richmond on Friday, IN order TO perfect
The necessary prsiiminaries.
TaE soCkBRIDas TROOPS
a CORES pondent of the Richmond Whtg
thus n rforms an act of justice to the Rock
bridge troops:
was surprised to sss that in Al account
in your paper of The nght at Rich Noun
tain, purporting to give a statement Of
the comp anies engaged in The action, no men.
ton IL made OF Captain Curry's company,
from this county. Curry and his company,
or part OF il at least, were in hat fight, and
behaved most CALAMITY. Curry was badly
wounded and taken prisoner. Several of his
men were killed and number wounded.
In tha nght ne,r Martinsburs, the gun
which did such fatal execu tion upon the enc
NY wes wor kejisnt lriy by detachment OF the
RockbEidgs ARTILLERY, under Capt. Psndlston,
Vet they have not been mentioned, al present,
A. think, lay the Richmond papers.
In the great battle Of the 2lst. four Rock
bridge corr panies--to wit, the College eom-
ranv, under Capt. White UaIues); the Rifle