New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-08


was not enough gunpowder at any Of the Southern
ports 70 have supplied the demands OF single battery
FOR three hoSis At present what 10 the casei VIII.
out entering into minute particulars It will be enough
state that there three pow der mills actively ~
work In the Ccnfsderacy and that the daily supply OF
exactsd for the Confederate armies in the nea
is fuy furnished by two Of these mills. whereas the
third and largest has been fof many months past en-
gagged in manufacturing superfuous powder winch mas
daily and rapidly Increased Take another item.
There have been moments when the supply
Of small arms has been much less than the de,
mand, and the consequent inconvenience mas occb
great. II win be remembered BY your readers tn. ~
the fret half Of July prisoners OF war at Vieksburs.
Port Hndsoo and Gettysburg Were G captured :! ,rme
that at Getty least many Federas were cap
tured by the Confederates Confedeaes by the req
erals but. SO far as the Present nrgums ,sn Conc
CT ates in the first haH OF July no less thnn U mus
kets The reader will be surprised to learn that luy
this amount of maists nns rou uS the book
eide TO SAY nothing Of cannon and mutudihOns DINER
supplies Of al kinds. /. may ne conceived what are
the chances Of ulduing rebellion IN country when
M only possesses all the resource, Of the COfedeIacy
but also sucks in supplies TO any extent ON beyond The
sea Nor does the possibility OF the fall Of Charleston
(Which though LILLE believed In at this moment ri
Richmond still possibility affect the question In
the trst place. Wilmington. Mobile, savannah. and
Galyeston have still &c be reduccd and II 10 believed
that two out OF these four PAGES Will defy tho utmost
malice Of the fedeTGs. Secondly, along the whole
Southern coos. from .ho Capts OF the Cicsa
pcake to the Rio Grande there are altogether ls9 ports
aad inets Of which only an infinite SINAI proportion has
fallen into the hands OF the Fedcra What chance Is
there q such country being efec'naIy and altogether
cut off firm receiving the slender sup lies which she re-
cures = keep her alive and supply al that Is requisite
Tor her reSistcucei Lei those w.O Lave nis-viHss
about the future. in WnuinFtOD and CLnrleston
should fell attend Of Tie large auction sales OF block
goods VI ch take place every morning ia this city
and cxaniue how much soakor f.. resistance the Con
tolerate st@tcs would be II the SIMPLY Of such goods
permanently cut OH. Ii is hot !or moment Denied
that some communication with TIE exterior ~oiiu ID
y.t!y necessary Tor the Con!cdclecy; but such com
muuicaiion need ony be slender and irife4uent ana
from such communication II Is Impossible tht seccssoh
Iherc rs another element In the Confederate future
full " hope and promise that II Is NY duty to notice
IL MANY @: your readers must low DC aware that III
large portion OF the Confederate states tile harves last
wear unusually dolcien.. and, consequently during
the Spring moths of tie presea year iaeie Was as
mentioned the time. considerable anxiety about the
supply vi food. All sach anxiety has nov disappeared
In p,.sogce OF the bounilu aud redua dan huesl with
which during the yenT tAe Confederate States
have been blessed. i am assured that the sbuud.
OF cereals Is such tnat would supply the hole
population FOL three !eab 70 cone Nor is ie abundance
coantG cereals The crop Of vegetables Is such as
would amaze any Enehs-Han Of the p'oTor classes
Above all the sui ply OF POTATOES Irish potatoes they
called here. 10 u.stins ush them nom tie s"eeI VIA
Do sufficient 10 admit O. raiions OF THAI escLieh sans
served out next Winter 10 tie army Ia conjunction
with meat and -four. Win euAPowder IN e1
cess u the utmost demands of the ncxi two OF
lies tie ayarice Of spectators, with armies IN tho
held which by some believed 10 be numerically
no; inferior 70 those VI the fedoa and whiel al to
loves, estimate are pared with the Federal mum
bers ia the ratio II three 20 four with the old spirit and
inyincb.e resolution OF AIrloSaxon rccmcD struggling
for independence thai ever IN tie asccndant wAo
Is there that daiCs % talk q. suhjuga0n iDssibl
", Faini.hoartcd men ana women If course there are
here and there, how - possb!e that AMONG Z 90
0OV OF Confederate sued unis should Tau 10 pe iolL1
But II the FEEDER ais persuade ilers,rcs because
few deserters recommend Themselves 10 tLcir new
nas;eTs by spreading tacs Of Confederate disahccon
that the heart Il tie south : changed OF unstable.
they viii hnd before tie year that they are rcck
Ouing iihout tAeiT host
IIe same correspondent aiterwaTl Gays tic exact
particulars Of the arrivals IN The porte Of tie coriode
ary OF steamers introduced through tie b.ockhae v ~
be officially submitted ts Autumn 10 TIE bngnsh ana
French Goyerumeuts, with IL ..e" to sho" That We
Federal bloc kAde Ineffective. lie then rVcs on 10 say
$50 far es present known here. the blockade IL
still held by England and France ~ be effective. IL
would occupy too much Of your space were 10 enter
in I'm detail uron the statistics 81 the during
this current year Of tie ports u CAa-lesion ara ~
mington. Suffice it briefly 10 gay that tho commerce o
Charleston IL four times greater than the aggregate III
commerce enjoyed BY all the pOlts OF south Curoina
before the war ana that II amounts 20 " Spvo per
month els 90 900 per annuin But there 10 one oif
cunssaDce which admits OF concise statement which
has occurred since President Davis delivered his mes
sage on January ~, ond which VIII rot b. cay iof
European governments TO overlook Lail! ~ jaDgai,
Last tie Ordnance Bureau al Richmond resolved 20 Inn
port In vessels Of their own. subdTy bo'efimeti
stores which requisite for the Confederate Hrl!
/ and and directed Ftsscb % DO tl.fLhrtD ~
Europe with this view. lLese Cover ni9cbI vessels
commenced their trips In tie middle VI January and
during tie months intervening between tint date
and the middle Of August ineress into and esTcsS
from Confederate ports @iss lu ~ Instances sAieI!
effected or in other words. - round voyages acre
made by them. No weasel belonging 10 tie Con
federal Government has hitherto been captured by The
Federals il j. ha.y too much 10 say that wiih rare
exec tons tie ,r,c Deni vessels come IA ana 80 out
wihtu u.ccs In 70 tie ale Hi!on Il Lord
Russell ltt unsi u the vessels which are engaged ~
Gran, v iCL lfhE
only Dur feet OF water ana sip along the o0ns
statistics wi be shortly laid before the Foreign Once
giving the bulk and tunnage oi thee vessels aha ese
Caly Of Hose pOyed by the COnr rate Gov cfbnoAL
The inference il iricsstibe. The blockade Of the Con
federste porte the veTes farce NDotLer ia Tor The
interest England 20 ignore the fact abubdahiy mani
ed DUNG these ast Year, TINT blockade such
as the feaeTals have maintained Is pTaouca, inopoTs
tive. and that steain'esses can pass Ia VI oet al
will 1 an unable 10 discover. but there can DO no
question H. the fact that unlts England u ADe con
trary all probability 10 enforce very different thd
tanned the cogenoy Of this great weapon Of maritime
warfare 10 hereafter st all eId. New pIIcporO Lief
national law will have 10 be laid down but IA the mean
time the inconve nience which LngHDd WIN shoIl ci
perence If she pcIoists Ia regarding lie odei al bocs
ade effective cannot fail 10 be apparent u Tie least
intelligent Each month lncreases Tie number OF Con.
ederate cruiserr al sea, ana hitherto al tie Efforts oil
lie federGs ~ sweep them nom tie ocean have been
failures Many Of yOuf Ieldefh are ware " tben cost
that the Federalr. although nbcce agin, Confederate
pTivatecrs and nenoi"aI. are teIrOv against Lngsh
cOmIel ci yesses not only when OrefAauled bct"oon
Nassau and he Confederate cOast but also between I'm
gland and Madeira. between Madeira and Nassau.
Ia presence Of tina fact "hat 10 e'eni hC0niodehe
cruiser from stopping the Persia TIE Get EaAtein
when bound for Sew York and IN conformity with al
ur doubt ed rule of International law sc1ng any goods
which are COntfaDand VI war; lie sccOud nItIcie OIL
the treaty VI Pam the eject that tho neutral Tag
enemies goods With the exception of contrnbdnd
Of 1t viii be found II this al iists nnny months
more, that the fOIDeaTaICe which bas hitherto been
shown by the Confederate cruisers must have limit
The length Of this letter iorbds NY touching upon
the question Of Southern finance 1BcD bus ittc al
tracied good deal Of Uneasy attention IL In sufficient
ur the pInsent 70 state That u - aDHeeI nllnake "