New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-16
NEWS FRO RICHMOND.


Change Of Public Opision in Richmond.
THE PEOPLE ABSORBED BY PoLITICs-wHAT THY
SAY OF JEPP. DAVIES MEssAGR-HIs PASSAGE
ON FOREIGN RELATIONS CONDEMNED By FOR
EiGERRs--ITs PROBABLE EFFECT UPON EN-
GLAND AND FRASOE--POsITIoN OF THE REBEL
ARMY IN GEORGIA-DgPARTURg OF BsAURR-
GARD FOR DALTON-BRAGG's RESIGNATION
NOT YET ACCEPTED-J0HN MORGAN IN RICH
MOND-PoOTg's OPPOSITION TO THB GOVERN.
MEHr-RRsPECr MANIFESTED By THR PEOPLE
FOR THEIR LEGISLATORS
from an OcessionL Correspondent.
WARRINGTON, Dec. IL, 1869.
If were to Judge Of the feelings Of the
Southerners by the news received to-day In Washing
ton should be inclined to think that the attention
hitherto bestowed upon military affairs is now turned
TO the acts Of the civil power and has abandoned the
battle field for the halls Of the legislature. The change
Is not 10 DO wondered At The Rebels having been
successful In war during the last campaign seek now
10 retrieve their broken fortunes upon the field OF poll
tcs To this may be attributed the extraordinary care
bestowed by JEFF Davis the composition Of his Mes
sagr and the than ordinary attention pnid BY tho
Rebels 70 the proceedings OF what they call their Con-
gress Ia their minds the present Congress has sn i'm
portan. task perform. They profess to believe hat
the three years of war Just elapsed have scay and
morally strengthened rather than weakened the Re
bsion nnd that they have right to address the world
a. q nation.
However unfounded this sentiment may be- IL IL new
erthecss shared by all classes Of citizens who believe
that the proongaton OF their resistance, far from i'm
proving their title % independence must necessarily
and their numerous reyerses convince
foreign countries Of their right to IT, and gradually
bring them to acknowledge 1t.
Their confidence Is not. however shared by foreign
In Richmond the majority Il whom pronounce the
arguments OF Devss message 10 be false. " The error
OF Mr.. Davis say they. ia In speaking II he were
recognized power. He forgets that foreign cabinets
viii take notice OF his adhesion 10 existing treaties
and will In no way consider themselves bound TO him
because he has thought proper 10 bind himself to them
until he has exhibited his title to be received among the
contracting powers Of the world" As regards the eff
cency Of the blockade they believe Mr.. Dsviss aseer
lions to be equally wrong. Tho fact that various
shps have escaped will not Of Itself prevent the blockade
nom being recognized effective BY international
law The blockade Is effective from the fact that
sufficient number Of ships have been stationed near tho
Southern ports prevent to them or TO create
an evident danger In entering or leaving them. A
blockade ought not bc disrcgarded. unless comic
ton Is entertained shared by neutrals generally that
the right OF blockade is abused by State either unable
or UNIV ing 10 institute maintain IL, and this Is the
reason why England and Franco could not unless dis
posed to lay down the foundation Of new international
right overlook the claim Of the United States that they
have maint ,ncd an efficient blockade all along the
Southern coast"
Tho Rebels are still In possession Of all the ground
situated this side Of Ringgold and Of the extensive
chain Of hills which connect that city with Dalton.
They consider this locality capable Of proracted
sstance and are preparing 10 build upon II ntrench
ments and Notifications Of formidable character.
Beauregard said to have been ordered TO Dalton Tor
the purpose Of surveying the ground and Of establish
ing on 1t system Of detached Qualifications linked TO-
geher by wall several miles In length, On this wall
the negroes belonging TO emgrant planters are said to
be actually at work. An this may be greatly exagger
ated but it remains true that the contiguous succession
Of hills and valleys in that part Of Georgia renders the
sch ome to some extent practicable.
No successor to Bragg has yet been named. Daviss
Message eIonera,es him nom any responsibility In the
disaster OF Chattanooga and II 10 not yet known
whether his resignation will be accepted. It ID now
stated that Brhgg Ike DaVs suDJcct 10 HeQuent ~
tacks OF dyspepsia and military writer's say that bad
digestion In the commander Of army Is always at
tended by his defeat Tho example Of Napoleon L Ii
quoted who lost tho battle Of Lepsc Tor having eaten
too heavily OF chickenpe the morning which pre-
ceded that memorable day.
John Morgan, the notorious 'srrilla leader. who
was supposed TO have escaped into Canada is said to b
in Richmond, which he reached BY way OF Csstebury
and Big Sandy River. lie had an interview with the
President, who has given him command In tho army
OF Georgia
The dsnunciations by Mr.. Foots OF Northrup. the
CommIssary In charge Of tho Union prisoners In Roh
mopd confirms the statement made In former letter
concerning the hatred INDUCED In toward the policy
Mr. Lincoln. said then that hostility to the North.
and particularly to tho system Of exchange proposed BY
our President was at the bottom Of the privstons su
ferod by our captive soldiers. Mr.. Foote's statements
On this point are conclusive But bis opposition to Mr.
Davis Is attributed to personal quarrel and this pre-
vents him from rsying around him an opposition party
which could easily DO found II Mr. Foote chose to drop
his personal feelings for considerations Of general In
forest and for more elevated aspirations
The Pirate Alabama.
BOSTON, Tuesday, Dec. IS. 1863.