The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-25
AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH.


| isch's Camp The Ken,ucky Ladies, &c.
| We make the following summary of South.
ern news from the latest papers received a,
| this office:
| IMPORTANT FROM TExAs--ATTAcK ON rHR scHoog.
BIZ ROYAL YACHT.
The Galveston Cie1ian, OF the 9th inst.
| publishes the following particulars of an at
tack by the Federals On the Confederate
| schooner Royal Yacnt:'
The people of Galveston were startled by
the rumor, on the morning of the ath, of an
attack, the night of the 5th, by the FEEDER. IL
on the onfederate schooner Roval Yacht,
Capt Chuhb, lying In the bay The u lyon
o,'y, VI wnlcn arrived with the schooner in tow
o" the morning of the eth, confirmed the ru-
NOR and the following are the particulars of
Ihe attack and subsequent firing OF the
schooner
the stea N IT Il Isk observed the Roval yacht
on hrA, OF Bolivar. Boats were l1nmadiateIv
o.sp ttehed to the schooner from the
s'p@'ner, sr, ~, as ais', from Pelican Spit
III oh boarding the Royal .cht it was
discovered that the fire had nearly REACHED
the ma aga z'ne--so nearly. indeed, that the car
Inges rl were crisping and the cannon ear
trldges were so hot that they wera re,n.1,.a
with niii ulty. On deck eyarvthiog ,,a
chafred, ana blow a scene OF con fusion wss
presented VIII Indicated that the attaeg
ina party had not done their work by halves
me small arms OF the schooner except t1vo
guns found on deck, had been rapturad Tho
cutiasses were fo"nd below. The schooner. e
gun, on deck, was seriously injured by th-
fire. ~ "
The night was dark, and it is supposed the
Federals approached th- Y chit uti.rcrIved
There we've 10 and i'm bedded i'll the schooner,.
side musket and pistol bal 3, and the indica .
t'ohs are that snarp conflict had occurred
oe'"fe SUCCESS rewarded the ftnsees. The
enemy mad evidently retired rather hurried
is, as several articles belonging 10 them were
found ON the deck Of the schooner. 1t is sup
posed that the attacking force numbered one
hundred weil.armed men. Fifteen prisoners
were taken by the Lincolnites
Inc damage 10 the ocht, /. is believed, can
be repaired a a small expense.
fhe CSrstidH Cio>es its narrative OF the affair
by paying Just tribute OF praise 10 the
cool courage OF the men from the steamer
Rusk, and the fort, by whose exertions tn.
icht was saved from destruction
FROM GES. N CULLOCH'e csNP-rHs FaDFR
PkEPAniNG 40 Movs
The Fort Smith Ark I'm s, of the sth
has The following Ia message from Gen. Mc,yut-
ioc.'s camp;
messenger from General Mcintosh who.
with MS own and stones T xts regiment
ias cren reconnoit-ring in tue vicinity OF
springfield, has JUS, arrived al Gen Mct;ui-
ioch headquarters, bringing in formation Of
lie Most npurtant chdrac ter. The substance
ol the information is, that G. n. Hunter has
superseded On Fremont, AMI Is no W ia com.
n'And at Spri iugfteid, WI h 80 regiments OF
men, wei armed and equipped ana That tney
are evidently making every prep ptr4 & on toi
4 Tor ward NOV ment. There Is tusi"g Grn
NJ ntush5 tangu ge3 gre II neeess.ty tor
Speedy @ctlun upon our part.
Let thr patitot~ ot Arkansas who ,xouI1
n"t see their own Er~sidrs ovrrrun, march
lor"'ird imrn ditteit nd sustain, against
.hose vahoa! hordes, th- .iiacr OF fn4,r
n In:.'T
consequence Giii be tnat the h.:ja ontrt.n
ptho II At no" SURROUNDS the lnaon an;e
NJ :. ulloch viii be com psiled TO buck
tg inst thousands. The wolves of me- ditinn
are going IL attempt u cross the tnr.eh h,,.t nt
our iiurrties. Snail sh-y ,!n so. M,u w.
permit 1t 2 IN Heavens name, let The echo
respond, never
INCIDENT OF aEFrxADg IT wEsT aoIyr w
The Cincinnati C1mmercsaE Publishes q let.
ter from West Point, Ky, which is mainly
made of reasons ana Incidents, to prove that
The inhabitants of kentucsy are heart and
soul for the Southern cause. We make IN.
following extract:
An incident which occurred last night fur
nshes L sample OF the success with has
crowned The ehorts of the ecessionists 10 in-
crease the popularity Of the Son th-rn rebei-
lion in this Stale. One Of our fell ontcrrs
TOOK our Gne rsgimeut2i bt,.t and g.,ilieo
forth mile or - III the country TO ser made
some OF the fair ones, who, from former in
teryl-ws, NJ judged 10 be about lignt OF tae
wax qnfst on. The OH Ter entered Ire house
auG Ine band enter tained them from without
With several soalsirrins air. "A, they were
about depirtlns the Ladies proposed TO re-
ciproeate by singing a song. Accordingly
thy sang song entitled "Ltt as Aare Peace u
The gaatiy of peace which they So much c,aps
may ne seen by scanning The Closing stauza
rs follows:
Lay down your arms oh mighty hosts.
Tls your coEutry vauss,
JItt Us be friend forever
Wen gain the woriu's sppauss
But ] the war goes mad on
Wen tsce the caGnoo's mouth.
fs w rse 10 vain for you to try
To su jugate he Souta
[God bless the ladies' 1t seems that NET
ther the fear of Federal bayo, cts For the
horrers Of The bastile will force them into
submission to Lincoln's despotism