The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-05-18

and sweep American Sounsroe from the
ocean But In their in1lont haste to serve
the slave power and fill ltne6 pockets with i'll.
gotten wealth, they ov6l<eked entirely the
danger that would accrue their own inter:
on on their aad 'hs innocent oss snd ading nsssSo1s
who are content with hono4Able gains. They
have succeeded in damoo3pg our commerce
most materially. Our shile are rotting at the
wharves. insurance can 0aRcely be obtained
at any price, A great missy Of cur merchants
have lost their ships and 09goes at the hands
of the ruthless pirates haseasd IN tho Confed-
eracy and fedgsd in Bdtjh shipyards. But
the plain violation Of nsutsality Of which the
English, and they alone, haye been guilty, has
subjected their vessels 70 great suspicion, and
tho British flag no longer 1arries with it its
accustomed immunity 0lnce all blockade.
runners carry their Gag, ~ 1Aips that sail un.
der 1t are necessarily Ob1ee0 OF suspicion,
some of them when found under suspicious
circumstances are overhauDsd and taken into
port, when, perhaps, there q no just ground
for condemnation in e pf11e court. Tnis 10
natural and unavoidable. n playing with
edge tools they have cut thelr own dngers.
Their rage and chagrin = thisvery unpalata-
bic result Of their cunning tricks, is almost
laughable. The deputation q INDIGNANT mer.
chants who waited on EaxI Rnssell In regard
to Mr.. Adams's "csrti6oafa1 Of character" to
Howell d Zirman. compla1ned most bitterly
that insurance rates had gone mp At Lloyds to
ruinous height, while "a nco they remain
unchanged. Tho sppssss ~ ss & li1monens
in the English Shipping List Of an advertise.
ment, making public that q French ship is
loading in London for the West Indies, is also
easily seized upon to show how the conduct
of Admiral Wilkes and the American Govern
men, had injured the British shipping interest,
and had driven shippers to employ the French
Aorv hat not
Of course tho French flag has not been mo.
from France or Frenchmen7 What interfer.
eDce have France or Frenchmsn offered in
our affairs, except in manner perfectly regu-
lar aud we'll authorized If the French flag
is not viewed with suspicion by our cruisers,
and if French chips can pass unchalenged d
where probably an English ship would be
overhauled, it is simply and only because since
the breaking out of our war the French ship
owners and the French Government have
united in strict and honorable observance of
the neutrality laws, willis Englishmen have
openly boasted, even in Parliament, of their
evasiOns and their defiance of these reg1la.
tions On the contrary, the pirates have OBJ
tanned their ships from England; they have
armed them with English guns, stored them
with English supplies, and manned them with
English sailors from English ports The diff
w
easy to be discerned. While the former enjoy
the immunity to which they are entitled from
this honorable Observance of the courtesy due
from one nation to another, the latter ara suf-
tering the pains and penalties which will as
suredly, sooner or later, follow upon every
breach of fair dealing and legitimate traffic
In reply to an application for certificate
similar to that furnished by Mr.. Adams -
Messrs. Howell & Zirman as 10 the good caar-
acter Of shipment proposed to be sent "a: 10
Matamoras, Mr.. Adams writes the foAowlng
letter.
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
London, April q, 1868.
Sir-I have to acknowledge che reception OF
your note dated yesterday. 1 regret 10 per.
csive that you labor unde, m'seoncePtlon OF
the course taken by mo heretofore IL must
be obvious to you that have no authority to
exercise any discrimination in regard either to
the vessels or the voyages of Her MaJessys
subjects When they are engaged IN lega. .Is In,
protection of her Government, and they will
undoubtedly obtain it. When it is otherwise,
of course they would not expect it from her,
or ask it from representative of the United
States.
am, sir, your obedsnt servant,
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
Thus tsays the Chronicle Er. Adams has
distinctly and in set terms repudiated the In.
terpretation put upon his act by the Times,
and 80 that tempest in teapot has blown
over.
Gov. Buckingham, in his annual message to
the Legislature of Connecticut, on the 9th inst,
says "that the demands of the Government
and the claims of the rebels are as irreconcila.
BILE and artagonistic as freedom and slavery,
as democracy and despotism, as falsehood and
eternal truth, and consequently the conflict
must 20 on until the Government ehall conquer
or be conquered. No ona mnat ba deceived
by the artful device of securing peace by q
cessation of bostilities, because peace thus
obtained would cost the nation Its birthright.
We must not inquire whether the rebellion was
caused by slavery or abolitionism, by ambition
or interference with State rights. Our duties
are with the events of the hour, and we must
render the Administration a cordial and ener.
getic support, as it is the only agercy through
which the will of the people can be legally and
properly executed"
From Port Royal, on the 9Th, the Yankees
are advised that all their iron clads had left
for North Edisto, and their troops were en-
trenching themselves on Folly, Seabrook's,
and Coles's Islands.
An official report Of Col. Klpatrick's share
in the Ssoneman raid is published, dated from
Yorktown, May 9th. The following is an ex.
tract:
YORKTOWN, Va, May 9Th.
Major General II. w. Halleck, Commander.
inChief U. S A:
General: l have the honor to report that,
by direction from Maj Gen. Stoneman, left
Louisa Court House on the morning of the
81 inst, with one regiment, (the Harris Light
Cavalry,) of my brigade; reached Hungary,
on the Fredericksburg Railroad, at daylight
on the morning Of the 4th; destroyed the de
rot and telegraph wires and railroad for sew
eral miles; passed over to Brook Turnpike,
drove in the rebel pIcke.s; down the pike.
across the brook, charged battery, and
forced 1t to retire within two miles Of the city
of Richmond; captured Lieut.. Brown, Aid de-
Camp to Gen. Winder, and eleven men within
the Meadow bridge, ON the Chickahoniny,
where ran train of cars into tho river; re-
tired to Hanover Town, on the Peninsula;
crossed and destroyed the ferry-boat just in
time to check the advance of q pursuing cav.
airy force; burned train Of thirty wagons
loaded with bacon; captured thirteen prison
ers, and encamped for the night five miles
from the river. resumed my march at A.
NJ of the 5th, surprised q force Of three hun
dred cavalry at Aylett's, captured two officers
and thirty three men, burned hfy-six wagons,
the depot, containing upwards OF 20 600 bush
els of corn and wheat, quantities. OF clothing
and commissary stores, and safely crossed the
Mattapony and destroyed the ferry again, just
in time to escape the advance of the rebel
cavalry pursuit. Late in the evening de-
stroyed third wagon train and . depot, few
miles above and west of Tappahannock, and
from that point made forced march of twen-
ty miles, being closely pursued by superior
force of cavalry, supposed TO be portion OF