The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-07

munication TO the honorable gsntlemaR.--
That answsr states that The gentlemen ar
He fMf. LayardItrusted thnt she House would
srQait him Of airy in sention 20 dece'vs them.
Hear. hear.l The fscts reqairsd no COM
laent tHcn. hesr.i For the sake OF jus leo.
Of humanity, OF the right OF saordinG asy.
tum 10 persons accused OF po.itical of .ncss--
claim preferred by ths we1kes. and recoG.
nixsd BY the strongest popers-hs might be
permittsd TO express an "ernest-hoIe that.
WeSu the ctrc "a um0t&nees Came 20 the know.
ledge OF the frestdent OF the United States,
ne womld order ths rslesss Of the pi isoners.
The order VI the DAY was then raad for the
motiou-"That the present 1t" to 0Atnterp6-
ticnal maritime 1aw.as aRscttrE the rights
cf neiiieefents and uentrafr, IL still unds fnT1
and unsatisfactory, and calls for ths ,ly at
ssnlion OF her MaJssty's Government"
rAH IxPossIsILirfs "a OF THE AxssIcAx wAs,
lfrom the LONDON Times. MAyeh 1sl
All the intelligence and all the opinions
from America bring out into strong relief the
extafence or very great power and very great
spirit on both sides OF the conflict Afte. the
keder0l reversee OF last year we heard Of
nothing but the unsha ken reto!ntion and uE-
wearied energy Of the North, which oaly
wanted little more t"ainthg and discipline
TO do all IL deeired. Ths recent Confederate
reverses have the very same ef sct In sene.ine
NJ renas~~d ASSURANCE Of the So thern deter
miuauon TO continue resjstaccs through all
tts possible phases. down 10 the guerrilla wa!-
fsre of pain and Mexico. even though, ~ in
the latter case, there should epsas an iater
mi liable anarchy:
At this r stance it Is useless to discuss the
expected operations, which before This will
have been commenced with more or lees Of.
feet. II ts prob,ely decided by this time
whether General BIC Cleilan coah tu.p the
left of the Confederate forces ard, by rein.
forssng Generals Lanks and Stone, get to the
rear OF the enemy end obtain ! o session of
Richmond. thi ird victory IL Tennessee will
have secured the Western half of that
state TO the FEDERAL side, or a defeat viii.
have rendered ffpitless all The blood ehed ar
Forts II snry and Denelson. The superiority
of The North Ia p numbers, In wealth, and III
the means OF ioeomotiOn, makes It pro bahIe
that they have followed up their yictc 3,
aud established inemseives a. thoroughly or
the west of the chief seeding States as shay
have, by means Of their fleets, on the, eas;
and south. but, on the mos favorable sup.
position for the Federal came, we have cnly
arrived at tba questions whether wa do in
deed see the beginning of the end. and what
thAtend is ifxeiy TO be Wa scs no auticips-
tion or prophetic yisio n of tn " end IN any
the communities tions from either side Of .tne
whr.
The Federais talk only of present victory,
aud seem to look 10 further fnto the fu ture
The Coafederate advocates talk OF devasta-
tioE and depopuieti IN. OF burning cities,
destroying ffod, tearing 1p rails. and .e.
dCcinG the country TO ststs CT nature, Of
gnrrr la a,fare, and In utu1 ii sx terms asion.
This is 10. loosiaG to sEv end. ba. rather
dwelling upon the horrid process Of war, as
IL the spirit tha had been reused found s tits
ficSnn more 10 the means The n in the end -
Th~ fes rful ar ticipa ions are pro obabiy only
too true. The tone on both sidea Is that of
bitter snd insulting defiance. North sno
SCUM r III at one ano her much the Ho
meric com bntsnis did bsfore the alta, in ter
change Of spears But there Is this nAh pr,
dif,repce-tIe poet ~ images - dispose uI
one com batant. and so gives iastant and en-
ffsc the N NJ lag ~ n 81 ri la
OF the duel. In this casa, the abuse, taa
threats, the dsfiances, .he determination
threaten to be endl 'ss, and fr m soth sids :
we gather the lamen table truth thai cs lar
as eye can scan the American horiz ,r. there
Is notti but war.
| But when both side see no conclusion OF
war excep. the exchange II one form " war
for another, and a transition from order to
| disorder, from method to ma ness, IT lemairs
| for tho bystanders 10 fpecuia e On the netu-
raj developments of tbs struggle. To show
denotes, wesnesd only refer to the very able
lett r Of a CORES pondent, who uudert ikes to
| interpret the Southern prospects and symp1
thies The amicable ,parat on which some
possible nor desired. The North would not
be content with less than all the border
l States, leaving to the Con fedsrates only the
seven or eight original seceders. But were
this tn /: object, they won d still have to gar.
risoa Virgiris with an army ou. OF ali pro.
| portion 10 their resour es, and, even so, tn ey
would feel the Union at az end. Thy would
lind 1t impossible 10 Get on ~ithont the trade
Of the Eouth; and siavery would thus be
more recognize ID than ever, more iious, and
more feri @ IL. quarfels
l Separation, tneu, be holds to be e eli h ,r
possible nor wish ed fer, so long, at les s., as
the North h as any fight letini il Ba. what.
ever may be 81 id of the difficul,y Of conquer
ing the Sbuthern States, there can De nc
douba t the North To Keep mp the war i one
way or another. What, thea, is the alterna-
~ to- vxyOe ior
I 10 Inn possible, when separation is im poss. b e
whom npfOr, in the form we have seen il, il
impossible, when success on ei hsr 81 te Is
impossib bic when peace is i'm possible, when
war itself, as it 10 carried on, ia i'm, O ISL
BILE, rhen ererythin9 10 imp7ssibte, except some
1 thing that does not ccmr unaer any of Ihsss
heads. and that is beyond ali present reczon
ing or reasonable expec ation2
what Is this but to avow that the Fedora.
1 tior itself Is i'm po BILE ? The principle has
b .en tried aud fo0nu wa.tiLg. The Southern
States will not submit TO he worst OF all
bondaSes-a tyrant m j,rity. The Northern
States can neither c hQuer,' nor conciiiate
nor win by ony me he'd So the APPEAL is &c
war, and the war, 1t Is admitted o a both sides
must work itself out 10 iis legitimate results
The question Is no l5ngerV hsther the North
will conquer the SCuih, but what The war
will lead TO, and what ate of things will su
per vcse uron the present. The most fats see.
Ing discover no hing IN the r respect but guer
rilia warfare, anarQey and devastation. Thi;
10 simpiy to e0n,s that, the statesmaa hay.
Il ing failed, the cause is now in the hRiI> as o,
the aoadisr. hat |! IL more 1t Is in tie nds
OF the soldier who eees he dark sEd of feds.
ration ir stead Of its bright heginpiuE. Thia
| Is not the age in which II French monarchy Ia
breaking mp or repab bile 10 inauEurated. but
In which French emti-e has been restored
and Ye.estaoiished. 1t is an ase in which
strong lnouarc ny is the FASH ouabie cure for
democratic disorder.
| Europe has jast eonsr atuIntsd Italy on ths
AKA 7i.t,ioa which philosophers wanted for
u h. tAvS. a e.
| lately sxis-ed, instead OF The thsocraey which
Rome processes TO give, iusteid Of M zxiIi IL
republic. The Western Sta-es Of Europe have
| at least the credit of offering Mexico CON.
| etitu 'ionni monarchy instead of rspu oil can
| consultation, whrcn mas had no existence ex
| cep@ In alterua.e lrchy and despotisIl.-
This 10 an age Of Tenction, for which cc.1o.
| craoy has 70 til bank Itself. The Die .ator the
| Emf sroDor the King Ia every where supers ed
| ing the faress Of the consul or the pt Del
| schsme of the law .giyar.
when We are to!d that everything els. Ia
| impoesible in, America, and that politics are
| absorbed In the cnance OF war and the ge. iut
| Of the comm anders, then. indeed, Wa sse the
1 beginning to the end. But that end /. 10,
| thaione desired by either North or South. nc,
evsn by us who look on. II cannot b. fol
/ our Interest that military ndventurer shQ Qnlt
possess the fatrest regions of North America
even though that were better thar ansrchy
| but II Is the haven towards whieh b the Are
!isan anton Comm 2, wealth seem n2w drifting J,
/ ie EVeoavs". Atto ehoNAup pachtff-y tls]pl
else ls confessed 10 be impossible.
HHAEufs.-We are told that yha Pea o.
i Ground mt 10 an excellent su bstttuts for cot
fee- IL grows abuada antiy Al II ost every y ere
/ TIA vine, IL II said. IL excellent fc 1der fo
cattle. The nut, when pa'ched, In very mucl
reiished, especially by children. and perhaps
/ mteat be useful. when ground, TO mix witt
| hysr and corn meal for mnhipg bread. II 1
certainly worth trying.
The uscum0iA CsRas loa Leaf ma tn at 81
OF tho brave moN 0t tue Atabam. lt0 Dh ),
already re- en- listsd and that nearly all Of th
rest will do %.
i The Raw mr.. Hawka who In cnnse n anc