The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-15

Ing an unhniahsd sansoAs. and burned
W. also captured q large quantity of
stores and $50 stand OF arms.
The boats 60 mp the river again this morn
ffhs weather is improving and the roads arr
The Comm~ctsl says our army In Central
Ken tucky is in motion, and that Con. Mel
sons Division 10 marching along the 0las-
gov turnpike.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH TO 1LAa.o1rIoHs 1ooTs.
WAsuruaroN, Feb. IL -The following T.
Iieut. Com n An ding Phillips cficiai report
u Flae- Ufacer Foote, received to day At the
headquarters Of the army by telegraph from
Uairo.
Railroad Crossing Tennesse River,
February 10. 1862.
S,p. We have returned to this point from
An entirely successful expedition 70 Florence,
. the foot of the Muscle Shoals In Alabama
The rebels were forced 70 leave six steam
ers and " captured two others, pesioee Tue
half. complete gun boat Eastport.
The steamers burned were fretghted Wild
fe TIE Eassnort has about IS, 900 feet of ]um
We cantured two hundred stand OF arms
and n quantity Of clothing aud stores. an0
we destroyed The encampmen' OF ooA' Ore"1'
At Savannah, Tennesses.
We found the Union sentiment strong
splBcH OF LOUIS HAPvLBoH on THE AARRicAS
CRISIS.
At the opening Of the French Chambers.
on the 18th January, Napoleon said:
1.-THE civil war which desolates America
has greatly compromised our commercial
interests. SO long, however, as the rights
Of peutrals are respFc ted Wa must counne
ourselves to expressing wishes for an early
Termination of these dlssehsions
Some of the English journals constr ne the
ho limit n n
threat, and as inumaung the Impotence OF
France, which, when the occasion appears
to demand 1t, will inter pose in our anaiIs.-
,ne British journal, indeed, asserts tnat
Louis Napoleon had decided TO announce in
his speech his intention to raise the block
ade, calculating on the promised moral sup
port Of England; but that Earl RUSSELL
deemed 1t polite to MAINTAIN maeterlJ
inactivity" for q few weeks and therefore
tho Emperor, acquiesc ng In the suggestion,
alluded TO the American question in his
speech In such terms as do not commit hi m 4,
but leave him free to watch and wait the
course of events The London Times seems
to foreshadow the same policy. II advises
the English nation against too great eager
4 ess TO m eddie in American affairs, and says
.sthis il u time for awaiting; England can
afford 10 wait; and il there does Come any
real cause Of complaint IT will tell all the
more for her present patience and foroear-
ance." This harmonlzes exactly W tn The
spsech of the En- peror, who says: $50 long
as the rights Of neutrals are respected We
must counne ourselves to expressing wishes
for an early termination VI these dissen.
sions."
ENGLAND feel that the bloc kade Of the South
ern coast is effective; that they caunot med
die with 1t or interfere in our domestic "on-
Germs without Il direct and Migrant VIOLA
ton of the law OF nations, and that their
rame is thereiorei blocked tor the present
They are bound by their own proclamauons
of neu trality at The beginning OF the war, ana
they are further bound since by The case OF
the Trent. At the same time, IL Is evident that
they are looking around for some leak or
flaw in the position of the United States,
which will enable them to make out a case
for interysnt ton, such as Will satisfy the
TH.noLsnn Announces that the civil war
which desOlates Anne lea has greatly COM
promised the commercial interests OF rance.
Let us see now this 10. ~ Is well knoWh
that the French Government depends Ior its
revenue. 10 . very great extent, upon the sale
Of to bacco, Of which it grants monopoly,
for a very large sum, to certain lnoiViouais
in France. The agents OK tne monopo.s.s s
came over here to purchase the nr ticle, and
At this moment there are immense quanti.
ties of 1t, worth many millions OF dollars,
in Virginia, for which the money has been
paid. The question Is, now 10 the TOBACCO
10 be sot out OF Viz. inia and delivered in
France The blockade is an efectual barrier.
Hence "the interests OF commerce are com.
promised and at the same time the inter-
ests of revenue. The deficit in the French
revenue amounts to one thousand millions
OF francs-two hundred millions Of dollars -
SDain has the same arrangements, and has
the same interests ut stake, both a. to her
commerce and her revenue. Engiish mer-
cha nts haze also interests involved In to-
bacco. Take a single instance. Belmont,
tho agent Of the Rothschilds, has purchased
a millions worth OF the precious weed for
an English house. It lies In Virginia. awaiting
the raising of the BLOCKADE. Nor Is tobac.
oil ~ nv rhich
French inter rests are com promised. Cotton 50
been bought to the amount OF ten millions OF
dollars by the agents OF commercial houses
in England and France and 1t has been paid
rebel Ooufederacy, part OF which the incur.
rem "a have received, and part they hope to
receive as soon the blockade ts broken up
by the European Powers.
rsror will agitate the American question in
the Cham hers. and that 1t will be agitated in
the British Parliament, Till public opinion
il manufactured, under the II huence of
which a crusade will be- organized akainst
American freedom.-N 7. Herald.
INFORMANT DECISION IK REGARD TO TIE PROP.
BRrY or yiRaiHIAN.
From tho Boston Traveller
On the 10th instant, Judge Spr ,xue, OF the
Boston u S. District Court, delivered an
opinion in the case Of the Amy Warwick, cot.
fee laden. captured while trying TO run the
bloc kad0 and reACn hlcnmOnO
The vessel was con demned, her claima q I
being one Curry, Of Richmond. OFFS 900 bags
of cofT g constituting her cargo, 4.eo0 are
claim cd TO have been shipped on En- glish &C
count, under certain conditions, and 10 re.
served for future adjudication.
The remaining 400 bags belonged to Il. D.
Davenport, Of Richmond, who claims that
he Is a loyal citizen of the United States, al
that thor efore bis right In he matter should
be respected, and the coffee handed over to his
agent.
frat place. a dis motion Is made between n.
trabs nd property captured at sea and th6l
captured on land. In the latter case. the plea
Of the claimant would be open to serious con
alteration, but captures on the sea came uu-
der PLAIN and we'll known general rules OF
maritime law. In the second place, the dis
tincsion was made between the citizens
of . State like Ken,ucky or Missouri, where
there wss q divided allegiance and an uncer
tain and unsettled vsTeignty, and such 9
State AZ Virginia. which, by the act Of its es
tablished Government. approved by q ma.
jority Of It's citizens, had placed itself in q
state Of war with the Federal Govern ment
The State sovereignty was an enemy, and
every thing that could a1ord aid and eomfor
to tho enemy was contraband Of war, w hat
ever the private opinions Of its owner Iii
was Identified with the State Of Virginia a.
subject of that State, living In Its jarisdic
ton; and for various reasons his CLAIM to thu
property In Question was tnadnnissibls. anC
the said property must therefore be con
A kIsuhB OF THn HHws.
iwo persons who arrived at Lou tsvtll,
yes terday report that tn rebels are evacu
atinx Bowling Green, and are falling bach
| on Nashville. II this statement BE- true, 4
proves that the movem snts Of our troops II
the rear have convinced tho rebel leader
| that Bowling Green IL no longer the stYonl
| strategic point 1t was few weeks ago, snd
that 1t m ust be abandoned before IL 10 emit re-
| ~ cut on from communication with the
| SJuth.
| A detachment Of our cavalry. 400 strong
| n ad an epgaGement with a body Of rebels on
| Sunday. sevea miles east Of Fort Henry, 10