The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-30

/ ISNn 1ovetnment viii not mako any
| onaple drsends and PREPARATION for the act
| Oh Capt Wilkes. Hut l believe this 10 the
last tninG our Government wants. It would
prefer u st MI redress and reparation should
ne oostinafely denied. This IL no rash 90.
sarsion, but is legitssa ate deduction from acts
patent 70 all. FOR 10 is we'll known at for
some tsnae past the Emperor Of the French
mas urged on our aovsrnme emit the ex pediency
or 4 joint recognition Of thu slave Ton feder-
| ation. Lat ROT the people Of this coun try be
deceived BY car thimber.ris politicians
he best informed we'll know that the Trent
aRalr will lead TO no CONFLICT with America
| the early recognition OF the slave Con fed era
ton Nigh .iand most likely would.
raR LONDON rxls on fHs srsncH OF 1oux
| BKl0u1.
The London Ttmes. Of the e.h inst. has ar
| sditorial criticising the remarks lately made
| by the Hon. John Bright on the arrest al
Mossrs. Macon and Slids1l, In which 1t pro.
nounces II wishy washy affair, and Of NO
| special importance either one side OF the
| other. 1t concludes as follows:
Ii MIR. Bright, who was supported at Roch-
dale by she Z. ~ Consul, and, no doubt, by
all the aid which the United States can AT.
ford, was unable to do more than speer at all
| International law, and. at the same time 10
give up the outrage upon the British Dag as
'.tmpoiisic and bad, - we are tolsrably spre
| that We have heard ell that can be said
az ainst En gland, and that she Ia indisputa-
bly, right in taking the straight course to
vindtcats ner homer. Let America Judge
by ths speech OF her greatest admirer in Eng
land how little can be said for her outrage
upon friendly, although neutral country.
Let her know, that in this country, evsn this
| CON paratively moderate speech OF Mr. Bright
| II 6n' voice without en- echo.
AZ IRISH II. P.'s oPIEIog.
At E. meeting of "Irish Nationalist" held
| in Dublin, to take into consideration The ss-
peet and position OF Irish nstiona! affairs At
| the present momentous crisis, Dir. O'Dono-
ghue, ID. p. Chairman made a speech In
which the following extract occurs:
| As o friend OF America, an Irishman
deeply Interested in the welfare Of America
l ana tor a .aorthsrn Confederacy and d South
| eTn Confedsracy; but, as an Irishman, as the
friend OF America, am against, and shall
| ever be against, the English Government or
| people stepping in to settle this dispute by
annihiia ting, or attempting TO aunihliate, the
Northern eta:es.
| EsaLIsR RkivKW OF ru1 FEDERAL sAvy-ITs IN.
| GaNIEIoAxoB.
From this Lonoon TINES, OF the 5!h inst
| We take the following:
In our columns Of yesterday tho public had
| an opportunity Of learning the exact strsng tn
| Of that Navy with whieh-if the A 70 sri can
| dispute ehould admi: OF no better adjust.
| Inent-we may presently have - copo. fhe
force will not be thought very formidable
| ono. More than half the list is com posed of
| vessels which We should consider utterly
| useless, except, perhaps, to be knocked to
| pieces as targets py our new artillery. Sail
| ing ships have long Ceased to count on this
side CT The Atlantic as effective elements Of
| naval power. Even paddle wheel steamers
| are hardly thought fl for serious work We
| require that all our men Q f-war should be
| propelled by the screw, and are beginning to
| believe, also, that they must be built of iron
| However, to dismiss tbs latter condition for
| the present, and to say nothing of Warriors
| and Black Princes, We can hardly find in the
| whole Navy of the Federal States q oozan
| worthy antagonists. Thers are just elk good
| screw friRates and six good screw s!oops. the
| rem ainder OF the screw feet being com posed
| OF craft-by no means mum erous- carrying
| six uns or less. There is the whole nee. Of
the No rthern Republic-ths whole NAVY Of
that Government which is bat too probably
| thinking to beard Great Britain on the sea 8.
| lins-of battle ship, and their strength in
smaller vessels il hardly appreciab!e by the
| side of such marine as ours. The reserves
| OF a single one OF our ports CO uld send out 4
| stronger for cs in week or two.
THE sAK JAciNfo sHAxcaIN9 YRsNcH vH..EL-
TIKI CAPTAINS TESTIMONY DEEorEoas 7Hs ACT
The Havrs journals publish the following
report FROM Captain (uaastsr) 1uichan, com.
| manding tina French brig - les ct Msris.n
! Q74 tons--a crew Of niue man and one pas.
| seneer,) from Liverpool to Havana. with A
| cargo Of coals:
| HAvAsA; Nov. 3.-0n TIVE Sd of November.
| aboot o'clock. A. N frcm twenty to tween.
| ty-two miles from the MataDx as Lights, we
deserted steamer under sail On the star
BOARD bow. Aa soon az sac perceived us she
| took in her SAILS and steamed for u.s. When
| within four cables length she fired a gun
| but did not ois: any hsg. We immediately
| hoisied our own nag There was very little
wind and VS. were going about Il knot and
| half an hour The steamer kept on ar cad to
| pass as in front; sue then stopped. Pere.iv-
| ing that a collision was inc itahle tried TO
| tack, b7t there was scarcely any wind The
| steamer waa now coming close upon Us.
| had the mainsail up, but the collision took
| place. The steamer carried away our bow
spirit, two masts with the sails, a portion OF
| the buiwarks, and all but broke mizzenmast
As soon Al got free of the broken masls
| sent the msa to the pumps. We made no
water. went in boat alongside the steam
or to s1 fer assistance. The commander of
tn = steamer had st the same time sent boat
| aiongside, but on my asking his name and
| that OF his vessel, could not ascertain 1t,
| orders baviEg been give n to his msn to that
| effect. His carpenter was in the boat. See
| ing that the comm andsr was not inclined to
| help Us, told him In energetic language that
| I should keep close to him till he towed us
| into safs anchorage. He then sent some Of his
| men 10 get up our broken tackle. Mean time
one OF the machine men informed me that
the s.esner was the San Jacinto friEatei from
| New York.
| Inc DOM m amer INFORMED me tEat he nGQ
| orders to search every ship, and asked me for
my papers. Having reiterated my demand
to be taken in tow, a. otherwise we should
| have drifted, and been inevitably lost on tbs
| coast OF Bah ana, he finally c0neen ted to tow
us to the Havana. He sent some men OF
board the ules ct Marie with cable After
some solicitations at last succeeded in pro-
curing from one Of the officers the name Of
the friSate and of the coInman der.
On the Atm of November, about : A. III.
| being about fifteen miles from the Havana
| light house one OF the American crew hailed
| Us. and told us to unshi the cable they were
| towing us by. 1reriied that we were too far
| from land, and hoped they would be kind
| enough TO take rs into port. They then cut
| the rope, the remnant OF which l have in
| my Possession, and LETT us. with scarcely
any wind, to drift In q current which
i would rooa have carried us 90 shore. iSo.
| I'D all tn Q sails could, and tina wind hap
| ply getting No in the northes It, reached the
| entrance OF ae port, where tug steamer
| came to our assistance. We anchored abo u t
By the present report Pre- tsst In the mos.
| solemn manner against the Commander OF
| the steamer for the damage ha has caused
me. I have drawn up th,s report on the
| 5lh of NOvem Der, reservips TO myself the
right OF simplifying it, bsinE now suffering
| from the disaster which has bsfslien me.
| gRox rHz urpKH PoroxAc-npfosrs OF 4 viz.
GINA usIoEIsv.
AYanxes correspondent writes FROM Dam
| No. I, Dec. q, as follows:
DAN No. T. Dec. u -James Greenwood, a
| staunch Unionist, reports tb ~ there is about
ono guerilla company left to keep guard On
| the neck opposite, between this place and
| Falling Wa,ers, four miles above. The re-
| maindcr left for Martinsbu:g on Saturday
| morning, excepting the wagons containing
the boats. Mr. 9respwood's residence Is q
| mile back OF the Dam, In Virginia, where
| his family still reside 70 bis vigilance and
patriotism are attributed The successful re-