The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-05

. Mr. Seward, OF t1oqouVak0 CON mithd BY
Captain wilkes; this y the declaration which
| in the native Language Of the American d..
rloma tists, "frsss the subject from the EN- /.
harra ssment which might have resulted IL
the act had been specially directed by The
| ordinary intelligence, the err barrassmsn'
| would seem sd to be decreased hundred fold
| The teseTal Government has doae every.
with tho view Of sparing 1t humiliation
Lord ussell in his subsequent dispach wa
DESTROYS to leave open.
TIE BLOCKADE OF THs EAsHvILLs.
from the London Post (Govsrnmeas organ,
Jan. -.
The Nashville imprudsntly remains toe
long, the Intelligence that she 10 renting
| from stem TO stern flies to America, and
quick a. lightning, ont comes the Tuscarors
10 make IN for the shoP t. cOmfnGs of the les
yIgilant James Adgsr. The Tuscarora catches
the Nashville mapping. II the Southern
would have been under weigh within the
time at which 1t would have been possible
for the Federal Government to have sent
here another ship, after the news e hts ar
rival at Southnmp ton had reached Washing
ton. The Nashville carries, We believe, bu,
two guns, and the Tuscarora nine. The Yam.
kee Captain accordingly anchors in South.
ampton waters.
three courses before her. She might endea.
vor TO esca 20 the Tuscarora In the dead OF
night, or she might wait until the expected
sum ter hove in sight, and then boldly steam
out, in defiance OF the Tuscarora; or, thirdly.
she must ~ her account with being block
aided during the remainder Of the winter.
The Tuscarora guessed, and not enormously
as it seems, that the former WAS the course
ON which the Nashville had resolved. Dur.
ing the last few nights two officers and hree
men belonging to the former vessel have
been found by the super in ten dent Of the
dock in close proximity 10 the Nashville
with a DARK lantern and combustibles.
The superintendent appears, on the first
occasion, and not without some show of
reason, 10 have taken them at the outset
for political incsndiaries, and to have m edi-
tateu giving them into custody for in ten ded
arson But, although their ready sxplnna.
ton was do btless the true one-that they
were there simply to ascertain whether the
Nashville was preparing to leave the dock,
and that their exl iosives were to be USED
merely es signals 10 the Iuscarora-the .u-
perinIenoenJ did but his duty in electing
them, on the ground that the DOCK was pri-
vate property, and that they were infring-
ing regulations in lurking there, amid so
many circumstances OF suspicion, after
nghIfal
Oadiz with the crews Of three FEDERAL mer.
camille vessels which she had sunk 1t is
stat ted. perhaps wiIhout sufficient au thority,
that she has again left CaulZ, and NAV daily
be expec ted al Sou than pton. She il said 10
carry tWelvs guns an0 u compleuN mt OF lao
the citing, the Nashville will steam out Of
docx ana the Tuscarora, should she pursue.
will then be caught between TWO fires.
1t must at any rate be Acknowledged In
America mat we are giving fair play to
either side.
The Sou thern privateers are doing at this
moment the more deadly executions that as
they are unable, under the Eu.opean law of
prlvaIeoring, 70 procure the Condemnation
Of their prizes in any Court Of Admiral ty OH
this side OF the Atlantic, they are reduced "
the barbnrOus necessity of burning them at
sea. A power, however, which has resorted
to tho extreme measure OF destroying the
harbor OF charleston, Will not IN future
have much ground tor declaiming against
the riHOr OF The maritime policy OF its uppo.
nents. But, for ourselves, We fear we In ust
endure the nuisance OF tn smo thered war
fare In our ports As long as the two belIilxef.
ents choose 10 inf1ict upon US the visitation
Of their presence.
FAIR PLAY.
To prevent any attempt on the part Of he
Tuscar0ra to evade the demands made by the
Government, the Dauntisss, which I,es on
Netley Abbey, about three miles lower down
tho river, has been FULLY manned and equip
ped. She has orders TO keep steam up, and is
brought 70 by spring cable, ready 10 pre-
vent any act OF aggression. on the part OF the
Federal vessel. IL is also arranged that
should necessity require it, the Daun tess ca n
signal the Warrior, which vessel is lying OFT
Osborne with her tires banked up. a run
boat has also been ordered here from Ports
mouth.
1t il said that the Tuscarora is ys-v badly
built, that her guns are 100 large and heavy
for u vessel OF ner siZ. and class, there No,
being room enough 10 work them properlv.
She IL very leaky, and the men are Obliged r.
be kept Ut the pumps; and 1t 10 the opin Non
Of those who have visited her, competent 10
form an opinion, that she will not be bile to
stand tho shock from such heavy metal Us she
carries.
Is THE SUMTER cRuIssR OR f1IvArEBR.
The MoniteRr de Ia Fla,te, OF Paris, January
12th. says:
We remark that since the Sumter has been
spoken OF in Europe the majority OF newspa-
pers, and even those most favorable to the
Confederate States. designate tnls snip under
the name Of privateer.
The london Shipping Journal says:
Ths admission of the Sumter into Cadiz is,
SO FIR as it goes, a direct Acknowledgement by
Spain of the South az belligerent state
It may be more than this. there 10 conside-
regarded as a privateer. Her commander
holds q commission from the Copfeterate
Government. and 1t is said thSt tnts snip nas
been regularly commissioned as Uon.eas.
rate war ship. If this be go, and that the
Spanish Authorities are aware of the facf,
tho Sumter has been admitted into OAo.z
harbOr on the footing Of Confederate
cruiser, the same way as Federal wtr ship
tho iroquois, for example-would have
been admitted to the hospitalities Of that
port.
The hospitality extended to the Southern
Com IN issiOners while at Havana, the in tor
est displayed by the people and the authori-
ties of Port Royal, in Martinique, in the re-
cent escape OF the Sumter from under the
guns Of the Iroquois, and the subse qusnt
admission Of the Sumter into Cadiz, show
very clearly that England is not the only
country in which the Confederates have a
recognized belligerent status, or where there
Is determination not to permit any inter.
ference with the ADMITTED rights OF neutrals.
II tho Fedora al Government Is wise, they will
profit by the lesson which the event we have
referred 10 teaches.
If the Federal Consul at Oadiz THINKS ii
necessary to leave that port because q Con-
federaIe cruiser hs been admitted, and that
no does SO with the sanction OF his Govern
ment, we fOresee thDt before long there will
not 20 Federal consul In any OF the ports
Of Europe.
WaRliks Preparations In she 0anadas.