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The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Southern literature (search)
mac would render the blustering Cabinet at Washington as helpless as the Trent was before the guns and cutlasses of the San Jacinto. It is no fault of ours if it should come even to this." Arrangements for increasing the force in Canada are not yet complete, but in a very few hours everything will be settled. In the meantime a large ship, the Melbourne, has been taken up and is now being loaded with Armstrong guns, some eighty thousand Enfield rifles, ammunition, and other stores, at Woolwich. It is not impossible that this vessel will be escorted by one or two ships of-war. The rifles are intended for the Canadian military, and strong reinforcements of field artillery will be dispatched forthwith. The London Times' City Article of the 30th says: "The position of the Federal States of America is almost identical in every commercial point of view with that which was occupied towards us by Russia before the Crimean war. Russia had a hostile tariff while we looked to her
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
are prohibited. The Paris Patrie has an editorial foreshadowing the disposition of France to recognize the Southern Confederacy if England sets the example. The Daily News rejoices that Congress meets before the English demands can get out to America, and hopes that it will act with honor and dignity, and that the golden opportunity will not be lost. A large number of naval vessels have been ordered to be ready for immediate commission. The transport Melbourne was to leave Woolwich on the 5th for Halifax, with 90,000 stand of arms and large quantities of ammunition, and six Armstrong guns. She will be conveyed by the Orpheus, of twenty-one guns. The frigate Warrior will be ready for foreign service immediately. Her destination will depend on the answer from Washington. The shipment of rifles from England for New York continues. The funds fell 1½ per cent on the 3d. Appearances indicate that the French papers have been instructed to write in an anti-