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The Daily Dispatch: December 5, 1861., [Electronic resource]

n England was to be suffering the extreme pangs of want from the exclusion of cotton draws night without any exhibition of the dangerous symptoms, the North renews its invective against our neutrality, and the South reiterates its assurances that France and Great Britain must recognize the Confederation. Tobacco is the prop of the French throne, as cotton is the base of the English monarchy. But cotton has a good deal to say to the destinies of the part, dynasty also. It is largely used, not have been attended with such direful results, has had a severe lesson in the seizure of his tobacco at Richmond, and may now feel that his quondam friends are very sincere enemies. But beyond the personal question there is a real conviction that France must have tobacco and cotton from America or perish; and I am assured, if the Northerners succeed in landing at any port on the South, the planters, as a proof of their determination, and as a punishment for non-recognition, will lay their cotton

adier, whose force had been undergoing some shelling from the saucy Confederate cruiser. To all intents and purposes the river is now closed, and the project of establishing mortar batteries on the Maryland side to shell the Confederates out of their works is not likely to be realized without some hard fighting. As affairs stand, it would be impossible for the latter to send over an army into Maryland without interruption, but the arrival of the flotilla from New York and Baltimore at Fortress Monroe, may tempt the Federalists to divert it, or part of it, to make a descent and turn the batteries, covered by the fire of their shipping. It may easily be imagined there is a general impression here that "something must be done;" but it is not so clear what the thing is to be, for the plain, straightforward way of solving all difficulties by fighting and beating the enemy is not in favor at present. No one is afraid, and every body is anxious for an action; but somehow there is a n

McLellan does not move. Washington, Oct. 25. --There is no use in giving advice to an angry man. The North is very angry just now, and all the counsels which are addressed to it from Europe in the interests of moderation and peace are disregarded, or employed to incite it to fury as affording proof that the great Powers are determined to interfere with the blockade, or that their sympathies are with the South. It is certainly difficult for the North, or for the Government of the United States, to listen to such advice as long as the South is in arms.--Defeat exasperates the Northerner, but does not intimidate, and it will be long before he can believe the Southerner is able to meet and beat him in the open field. If two large armies are assembled, at vast expense, to look at each other for indefinite periods, the people on both sides will become tired of paying for an empty and enormously expensive pageantry; and it is of some moment to see which is likely to show the first

t to be disturbed by reverses or battles.-- "No Confederates have crossed into Maryland, that we are aware of." "There has been, we hear, some skirmishing at Leesburg, of which we have no particulars." The rumors of batteries closing the river have reached the Department, but we are not quite ready to give them credence. These and such euphemisms are the powerful mantlets by which officials resist the musketry of questions and the riflemen of the press. The spirit of the North--Why Gen. McLellan does not move. Washington, Oct. 25. --There is no use in giving advice to an angry man. The North is very angry just now, and all the counsels which are addressed to it from Europe in the interests of moderation and peace are disregarded, or employed to incite it to fury as affording proof that the great Powers are determined to interfere with the blockade, or that their sympathies are with the South. It is certainly difficult for the North, or for the Government of the United S

Mr. Russell's last letters to the London times. The latest foreign arrival brings us another batch of Mr. Russell's letters to the London Times. We copy the following: The Southern Potomac. Washington, Oct. 25. --The brigade "Sickles," is stationed on the Maryland shore, and reenforcements of infantry and two batteries were sent off on Thursday to the Brigadier, whose force had been undergoing some shelling from the saucy Confederate cruiser. To all intents and purposes the Mr. Russell's letters to the London Times. We copy the following: The Southern Potomac. Washington, Oct. 25. --The brigade "Sickles," is stationed on the Maryland shore, and reenforcements of infantry and two batteries were sent off on Thursday to the Brigadier, whose force had been undergoing some shelling from the saucy Confederate cruiser. To all intents and purposes the river is now closed, and the project of establishing mortar batteries on the Maryland side to shell the Confederates out of their works is not likely to be realized without some hard fighting. As affairs stand, it would be impossible for the latter to send over an army into Maryland without interruption, but the arrival of the flotilla from New York and Baltimore at Fortress Monroe, may tempt the Federalists to divert it, or part of it, to make a descent and turn the batteries, covered by the

ith success, and the war is now conducted in a more civilized manner. It is, however, lamentable to witness the degradations committed by the troops in Virginia, and I shall have occasion in a few days to describe what I have seen over there lately as illustrations of the excesses of the contest between North and South. The debatable land between the outposts must be indeed a land of grief and mourning — of dreadful suspense — days of feat and nights of torture. The policy of Gen. M' Clellan. Checked in this demonstration, it remains to be seen if another will soon be made. The movements of the Confederates have caused a concentration of troops to be made on the Maryland shores, opposite their batteries down the river, but no inclination is visible to make an offensive movement towards Manassas, whither the enemy have evidently retired. It is more than a month since the Federalists advanced to Munson's Hill, and they have since advanced at the rate of some 100 yards a day