The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-05

tion o. mediation that rendered the "aetive 90 an
stAaoo OF k"saia desirable thing to havet
The R'-s'd thiaks the intelligence inpor,.n.,
because 1t now bears IN oeacial s,smn- ard
says:
According TO the official papers nov, laid hA-
TO so'r % ~. ENGLAND has emphatically refused
o YEN tne alliance and correctly doubts II knssis
~iu nave . hand In the matter She prAcAra hsr
neutrality with the hope that the North a "A nth
WI nnally succeed In destroying themselyss
her own ACCOMPLISHMENT and power wi
Thus the meter stood on the 10th Of Novarh.r
IL Is c.easIy manifest from these deveonmsu,:
WA. intervention never had any strength In su
malls In regard 70 European recosn,t;on snn..r e.
nave been based upon correct inforuation This
news OF ecurse banishes In he South ali horas ~
.n sid ana comfort will be Of service to
ing IN their rebellion 1t must convince them that
unNde0 they cannot Withstand the overvheu inr
power OF the loyal Statss Let this lesson frnm the
.n.ss ursn Fowsn, bitter - It maybe to the
Pc OF the seeded States. They may now sban
ocr al hope Of outsids assstance.
Whatever view We may take Of the conduct and
poncy OF Napoleon on this great question. We Are
indebted to him for being the means of setting A.
rest cncaily and decidedly the idea that had TAX an
possession OF many minds that the leading Poweru
oI EUROPE would interfere In our domestic affairs
ana 'ous destroy ~ ~ nation
The special Washington corrsspcnden. q. thu
New York Herald expresses the belief that neither
Mr. Seward, nor any one connected With the For
eisn Department. may have been taken unarsres
by the French offer Of mediation to England and
Russis La our affairs He says:
If am we'll informed the State Depsrtmen+ haz
,sceiSso @ a. different simes through the agency OF
Mf paytoa. an account Of the dispostions Of thu
french Governmant in reference to our AFFAIR."
which could net leave any doubt q to the ultimate
design OF ths Emperor. I am much mistaken II
there is not low on 2le In the archives renort ~
Mr.. Dayton. Of April last, giving the details NJ
epnversaflon he had with the Emperor of Franoe
u which 1t il stated that although his Ms,estv az
pressed the most Sincsre desire for The restoration
OF ~ Union, he nevertheless limited that If at the
end a NE summer campaign the fsdsrals had not
obtained soae decisive advantages hs woud be-
put to The nepes.ty of yielding to the repeated de-
ma mAnds OF Ne Confederstes, and to receive Mr.
Shden At the same time he warned Mr. DAYTON
soat, should he bs compelled to receive him tba
North ought to see In this step determination on
tne part OF France to insugurste 9 new policy with
the United States This communication must have,
OF course, informed the State Departmep: of what
takes place today.
a great uncertainty prevails In political ci.cIes
~ TO what viii be the course Of action of the French
the EMPEROR wait for the good pleasure of the Eng.
lish Cabinet orwtl he sioneS HIS uuds rst and.
ing with Russia II In Q more advanced state than
MS understanding with England, asd is ne likely to
the questions discussed among politicians
very anxious 10 know, a. you may well imagine
The development of ths Napoisonio ;dss on thas
subject.
Ii is ssid In high places that the des,re sf tha
Emperor is 10 OBTAIN from Mr. Lincoln Al a, mistics
Of ak months, and the opening of ono of the
scutlern harbcrs to ALLOW French vessels &c take
supply CT cotton
THE "so-eALLEO" CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.
sf.ha in pp;io
letter to the British Minister al Washington, beg.
ging him to intsEcsds with the Confederate Gov
ernment to prevent the destruction of ships beer
ing certificates of British property ty the 800"
The Phiisdslphis papsrs publish The following re-
p,y, received from the of1cs Of the British Minis.
ter. from Mr.. Stuart acting in rhs absence Of Lord
Lyons:
WAsHIsaToN Nov 9.
~ L. frenaouh, Esq, Philadelphia:
sih - have rr ceised our lie ttsr Of the ?h Inst
In which you sHSgest that should utaks go sppi;.
cation TO tbs Government Of the so-syled Confsd-
crate Ststes with references to .hs rsnson Of Brit.
ish property on board American vassss in conss.
qUeaes OF the recent proceedings Of the war steamer
Alabama end that should furpish you with let.
ter Of protest, Tor the purpose OF protecting soma
rlsrctErdizs which you have shipped on board tbs
American ship Lancaster. While greatly regret.
ting the riak to which British property Is sxpossd
by being shipped In begersnt vssssls it is not in
You sre aware that the so-callsd Confederate
Ststes have not been recognized by her Majesty the
Queen 6nd for that reason should not be justified
in entering into Communication with the Govern.
rnent Of those States excspt under special nstruc.
tions from her Majesty's Government. Neither do
feel at liberty TO nppiy you, artecedsn,ly, W th
tbs protest which you desire, having authority
TO issue such q document, and seeing no reason 10
believe that 1t would ensure mors effective protec.
tioc 70 your goods upon the high than the con.
suisr certificate with which you seem to have sup
Piled yourself.
lam sir, your obsdis1t servant,
W. STUART
SHALL TIE WAR SUCCEED IA DARK FUTURE.
Shall the War sucesedp' Is the title Of Aignin
cant article In the New York Hsrl1. Of the 9Th.
It asks,
Who to-day 10 hopeful Of che sucsess Of our
arms, OF protractsd immunity from foreign inter
ventiou, The conquest Of an honorable peace and q
reunited country, save only the radicals, whose
vaccinations have thrice cheated "a Of victories
~hose lack Of national spirit invites foreign inso
lenee and whose labor Of years has been beittls
the value Of the Union which they now pretend to
be slone able TO savei Who does not say in his
secret mind that the future 10 unutterably dark
the hope of saving the nation feeble IS never be.
forei Who does not denounce-friend or foe-:he
imbecility Of the Administration the vacillations
0: its policy, the selfish intrigues of its highest
nembeni Who cannot II ace to the beginnings of
the radical policy which now il dominant around
the green baise Of the cabinet table the beginnings
and the Of all past disasters and pre-
sent hopsesnessi The evils which the men who
now sway the mind of President Lincoln combined
with Southern extremists to bring upon the nation,
tho same men now labor to make rrame6isble -
But for them the country would never have besn
plunged into the present war; But for them the
war Ioight to-day bs approaching ito honorable and
successful termination.
of the war, now conducted, there In no vis
bic end. OF the policy which now rules ia the field
and the council chamber, there II issue, except
bankrupt tcy, foreign Intervention, separation, and
ruin OF States and of people at which civilization
itself stands appalled,"
THE MUD TIE YANKEES ARE CoNrEEDEs WITH
A correspondent writing from Falmouth, oppo.
site Frsdsrcksburg on the 2ls;, says:
A rain storm In Virginia is . far different affair
In its effects from one up North. where, from the
lighter character Of the soil, II soon disappears
from the surface But down here, whore the Garth
is hard, clayed and impervious the water Of even
few hours storm seldom dries Cd In less than
many days. Imagine the effect, then, Of = storm
Of several days upon the road, with the difficulties
OF travel Increased BY tho passage Of every success
sivs vehicle We arc only In the beginning Of our
troubles now, with the roads converted into mud Of
putty consistency, and varying In depth from six
inches to two feet The once dry, and, in some
places almost parched surface Of tho earth, 10
Of dirty muddy water; rills have become brooks
brooks have become creeks, and creeks rivers IN
der the inundation from the clouds.
An AQUA Creek correspondent Of the T+ibuns
writing on the aad, says,
Supplies Of provisions and forage for the army
are Landed both here and at Belle Plain-ths mouth
of Potomac Greek The distance hence to Fal
mouth b fifteen, and from Belle Plain nine miles -
Owing to the want Of . good landing at this point