The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-26

| the working Of the draft - and therefore con
euds that, ~ the 5000 men which General Hal
| ieck says Il contributed 10 the army, the number
remaining in the 6eId on the lst Of November Iaa
did not e1ceed eight thousand. Fewer still may b.
| reasonably supposed to remain there now. On ai
these considerations cannot avoid very decided
conviction that the proposed conscEiPtt0n OF Mf
Linc0lu's subjects will be fbund, by the opening o
his spring campaign, total failure. But does hs
| really mean 10 carry IL out
New England proposes tn supply her quota undeI
the new conscription by decoying CT forcing abie
Podled slaves from the peace and comfort Of theil
southern homes and thus. while gratifying bel
teneuoence, and, still more asreabie result, saving
her poe ket, obtain ssoldiers Of the Union' without
| incurring any very heavy bill for s.bountiex."
This expedient has, however, been alrs 9ay very
/ nearly exhausted; and lis, furthermore, tainted
| with danger Of SUCH fnconventent demonstrations
as that Of the other day at Fort Jackson. This
cOnscriptfOn attempted by ihe cederaliss In ire
belous" districts has resulted in such adverse
| fortune as the recruitment by Forrest In West
Tennessee Of eight or te,f thousand men. That
will consequently do nothing to meet Mr.. Lincoln
demand for flesh and 5ood. Emigration, 10, there
fore, a. urged In numbers - and 81 OF these dis
patches, the main channel for furnishing new sup
plies Of victims for the Federal Foo ia fun; and as
his dainty stomach prefer, It appears from. the
letters Of his agents y Canada, TO taste the blood
Of those acho speak kngish the result in that case
rests mainly with the Government Of wOMan of
Christian spirit and benevolent heart, Her most
gracious Majesty the Queen. The moral convlc-
tion that the youth and manhood of her beloved
| subjects are being sacrificed under an evasion of
law will. | earnestly hope, prompt that sovereign
lady TO say to her Min'sters
"TO do great good do little wrong;
And curb this cruel devil OF his will"
Bounties will certainly fail to hold, aftes midsum-
mer much more than one half of Mr.. Lincoln .
present armies from civil life. Vo unteerng 10 a
negro "kidnapping" an expedient already exhaust
ed, and "dFating' In sObelliOus' districts cutting
both ways; the only means O supplying the def
Gle acies Of next midsummer In the Federal armies
lie In emigration. If LO Palmerst0n arrest that
at once, Mr. Linc0lns small superiority OF the
present moment In the field will Sin . probability,
end with next July; and with the then probable as
cendancy or the SCUM W. may, on that suppOsi-
ton, entertain some expectations OF peace before
autumn. desperate effort will however be made
In the meantime to Overwhelm the COnfederates by
rapid apvements and crushing blows. The avaa-
bic strength OF the South Is more than able IN meet
the whole weight likely to be hurried against her In
that terbe trial. hut 10 bring II out fully the ap
preaching crisis Ofthe struggle the country requires
a most cheerful and hopeful spirit In August last
this correspondence examined at length the state of
public feeling here and pointed out the fact that Its
elasticity appeared to have received a permanent
rain under the weight of the disaster at Vicks-
burg and the miscarriage In Pennsylvania. The
currency soon afterwards became affected, and has
now become SO heavy that 1t p esses upon the
spirit Of the people like load grevOus to be borne.
The gloom that 0vershaiOws the land presents the
touching the bre adth and 6rmness of the front
which the Confederates will present next spring to
meet the bloody crisis Of their conflict for all that
is most dear a gallant and generous people.
The COnfederates regard the course of France
and England with bitter disappointment. SAN
guine people, they have met In the neutrality Of
these countries. on which they counted for cOunte
nance, heavy discOuragemrnt. The despondrncy y
which rests them now at the turning pIint of
their fate may be referred to a very great extent to
the conviction in the public mind that the great
would have long ago given ii the encouragement of
recognition. The direct material results of that act
OF even banded justice on the part of France and
England this public certainly misapprehrnds bu;
the consequences Of such an act now would, HOl-
wihstanding his, work like spell In swelling the
ranks Of Its army, floating up its currency, filling
the stoiehOuses OF Its cOmmissariat, and ihiusng
into the carts OF its soldier fiery enthusiasm
that would blast the columns of Grant like sheets
of lightning
Recognition now would undoubtedly be an act OF
peace: The crisis of the coming campaign applies
forcbly to the North. If the South mainta,ns her
ground Tesolutey until July or August, then of a
surety will the struggle end; and this result may
be made certainty by the enthusiastic spirit
that would be aroused amongst this pass Onate
ppop!e by the announcement of the Judgment Of
Europe in favor of their accomplished iniepen
dence The withholding of recognition now, al
lowing the Contederates bring to the rally and 10
the fight gloomy spirit and shattered hope will
doubtless weaken theis souis In the day Of deadly
trial, and tds resulting In perhaps their disastrous
defeat, may enable Grant, with his sword o the
arteries of the South at Atlanta, to revive the
spirit Of the North in peans of victory. The strug
gle will thus have been extended indefinitely; for
with their wives, their homes, their lives, all
staked upon their success, the Confederates will
continue to fight even though driven finally tO ulain
tain he contest years In the irrc. spirit the
guerilIas Of the Spanish Pennsular. Recognition
then, may be held now the only sure harbinger,
as it Is perhaps the prime condition Of an early
peace.
The blockade of the SoutcerR ports has, as is
presume known by this time In England, become
AT last effective. The Federasts have removed tn cir
rights in that from basis of mere snfferance,
and have finally rested them on the legal footing of
''evident danger" Wilmington Is, in fact, the
only port available for the foreign intercourse
OF the COnfederacy. Even that il being guarded
very close y, although you must not accept as y
any means true the statement of dmifal Lee that
but vessel had passrd through the biOckading
fleet off the apr reaches 10 that city for month
Such state of thing may, however, hold In refer
ence TO that port before long. Indeed, apart ir m
the efficiency of the ships of the enemy, he Is said
TO contemplate an investment OF the place by a
land force. In any event, tine design OF the North
to cut the C0nfederacy into parts by lines OF mill
tary posts involves for the accomplishment of It's
object the isolation of those parts from the outside
world. Her wooden vessels enable the North to
make the blockade Of the ports Of The Confederaies
tmpass BILE by merchant ships, and the gravity OF
that evil, taken In connection with that threat
enng the division OF their country by hostile lnes,
adds 10 the gloom that weighs upon their spirits
under the disappointment oi tle uopcs vi IcuucihS
the blOckadng powers of the North TO that OF her
ronc clad vessels by the appearance off the coast CT
the long and anxiously expected confederate
rams.
the FoRr JACKSON EMsrTs.-Tbe first report
Of this affair were exaggerated beyond The usual
sxaggera,ions which come from the Mississippi
Blu, there something In 1t, although of no great
consequence to any one. The last that we have
seen of 1t in the Northern papers Is gwen as fol-
lows in lettes.(rom New Orleans, dated 18th ut.,
10 the Boston Courier:
Our military authorities have just had foretasts
of the wisdom In trusting important military posts
TO co!ored troopsby revolt AZ Fort Jackson which
the newspapers in this department Shy authority,
will Inform ynu ''only an alterca,i n between
an officer aud some Of the men; and sOon quieted" +"
have my information from the lips Of the officer
in command of that post, the garrison Of which
consisted Of I've hundred cOlored diers and off,
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