The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-02-07
PROGRESS OF The war.

FHtuhESS Uf HE VAN.
RUnEIsa TIE sIecKAn. FROM MExfco--Im-
MESsE AMOUNT OF GoeDs sEsT INTO TEXAS
COTTON EXPORTED THERgFRoM.
a correspondent Of the Nav York Herald,
writing tom Nsw Orleans, says private let
eers received there etase that an sr,men5s com.
meree is carried on By tie rebels ACROSS the
Texan border. THIS trada is by NO means con
ansd TO the aiezicans; but hundreds and thou
sands CT speesIiatoTe from tho Nerth aud rom
other countries are rearing rich harvest OF
wealth ty supplying ths rebels with goods
eontraband of war, andby taking in exchange
cotton and money. Ths kexiceps are hostile
TO the Southern Contedegacy; but the MeSi-
can Government is roWeriess 10 prevent this
| immense trade, which has already assnzed
colossal proportions. One Of the letters, wis
ten from Monterey, says:
Wheza is Colonel Hamilton II IN New
Orleans, tell him the rebels are buying up
everything that can ha eaten, o. worn, or ueed
10 xiii Union men, Is is asiopishingso to see'he
enorroors quantities OF goods that 90 from
nsre into Tezaa siiIliors OF dollars worth cf
cotton ia sold here monthly, aii Of which is
rent hack to s.aa raceis By their agents mere IN
tie ehaps of powder, lead, coffee, blankets,
saoas, rope, s'iga-, cotton goods OF al sincs,
and, liz fact everything that can hs Essd by
The .rrny an order is hers now for six hugi-
i,rs1 sloasaEd II bal Blankets. aii of which can
90 had ana With q sufficias,s amount os raoney
TO pay for them.
Agents are on tho frontier, snd as far II the
interior IS Sat Loais HQto3i. buying ~. ile
wasas and -four that can DO nat, and are send.
Ing it across he Rio Grande daily. Most o.
the goods going. frosa mere cross she liyer Al
of Texas VIII no. feel the blockade, e. least
ths wostsEn part
THE COTTON ExcITExEET III nEw TosK
TIE Herald, Of tho Cd inst, commenting on
tae turn speculation has tazsn among tie
Vsii street e9eTssivea, SAYS:
They are aoau5oainP fansF sfecks for fancy
goods, and now noti,ing Is talked of oD Change
but the price NJ long oictoa and IuuAlins. 20
su sh a point il the fever Of speculation 10 Ibis
iins carried shas one New England house 10
tsia city, whose leading partner holds both
gnaarnatoriai and military rank, is realizing,
by multiplied commissions Ga the sane in
voices of goods, Inores than their actual eoak.
The great raeiori y Of the persoRs concerned
inslese operations being capitalists outside
the trade, tas purchases which they make are
isa9isdiaeely reinvoiesd for safe and thus stocls
Of COCOA, worth in the aggregate from Eve
70 one hundred thousand dollars more,
are daily changing owners without chang
ing warehouse, securing thereby 10 tie
.irn selling them On amount OK coTa-
mission exceeding their aotua. vs'Ea, sc;re
idea ok the snoxnl9us amount CT iss gains n
,ss way may ba gathered freaa the f4ct t',ai
L. sola tas other s4ay 8 singi5 invoice, an mt
ing tc $t28 600, at pricss exceeding by snrse
aundfea par esSE tbose O. twelve Dloi.ssls
ago. I:;us thess Nav Engisnd lnanufacsnrers
and comnaiss.ou hGassf, whose principals have
bssa n,ai2iy iasiETimsa5hi IL Bringing the
couc.Fy .Eso ;ts prsssrs raizlsd eendiilozl, have
net Cajy realized large fex1unss by contracts
and tao protection o. Ii war iars1 bna are con
rineing 20 make farther s1cg nous gains by
lne eo@:rsrcii II es2ba@csae1.eGlta which they
hava provoked. L5 /; 40 won0er thai yshiist
5uch profitable condition OF things iaats tAey
should hs anxious 10 throw every ofssso.s 10
che way OF 8 vi3c-ers prosecution Of the ygar
ClI present troubles gro mainly laid to ths ac-
coant Of Now Easlsn1 faaaslcism. I; they
|zsre set down 80 tilst Of Nav EDrlau;i Gu
pidty thsy wouid % equally roar the truth
THE REPORT ABOUT TIE FLcEfDA---TaE Dates
OF HER 3AiLtNs.
Ia the enapsnss which viii be fai: until the
fate OF ths C. s. ssea..er Florida 10 certain, Gss
following dates OF her movements, feoxn the
New York Herald, viii be interesting:
TIE steamship Eagle, which left Eavana or
tho 24th Uitlmo reported tnat tbs rebel saeani-
81 Florida lCEeto) LEFT Havana on Thursday
morning, the 22d, having coaie0 daTipg the
night. Sos had arrived IS that port on the
2ist She had p1shsd On towards Eatsnzas
and had Destroyed four vasssla between shsrs
and Havana. fris account hlings tbs csrfa.n
usws Of sss arrival OF the Florida in tho vi,
einity of Mstanxas.
Captain +. a. Small, Of the Corrss Ann;
writes tina. ca the evening cf the 22d his ves-
ssl was burned by the rebel steamer Florida
in the very harbor of Cardenas There was
no doubt a 20 the identity of td7 Eehel s,ean:.
sr. ana this report saows her position On tee
night Of tho 22a
The captain sf a vessel arriving at Havana /
on the 2oth reports war steamer psjn.ed
white Ii full ehase ot another peiatsd black,
and with t1o snaokestaaka. Tfis answers the
appeaTanes OF the Dseto, or Florida, which
TACT caaid harciy have been ascertained by
tie captain OF the reporting vessel. The raBsl
vessel was then Off the Bananas
Tho Cayuga is reported to have announced
the fact that three steamers were seen firing
upon another atsamsr that was on Ere 4s
the Creole arrived on the morning Of the 2esa,
II zauc. have bean on the 1G;h or 9th that shs
was informed Of the uaws. and some littls in
texyal must have occcrred between tho tiras
she Cayuga saw the destruction OF tae vessel
ard tbs tiiaa ass xsportaa the same.
s Reviewing all tbs reports fr5sa the various
sources II kvrears Msva than probable that the
chased yes5si was thu Orato or Florida; that
che was driven westward upon Soma OF the
baEhs IN the vicinity or witain thu hearing Of
Inc rnpnlt of guus, OF Cardenas; was there
nfed upon and perhaps burned by the shells
from The Union gunboate or the match Of her
saptxin, and hes been destroyed Ws await