The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-07
ZEE cosyfpraAfs pArrsa1a, Ar ryAssroar.


ing correspondents with our army OF the Pc.
tomac is "personne,'' OF the Charleston Coa.
rier. In his last mmunication to that ma psr.
| we iind the following accon Al of our batteries
near Evansport, and some evidence of the
work they are capable OF performing Our
readers will be fully repaid for the time occu.
| pied In It's perussi:
| Since these batteries have been unmasked.
| and our enemies are now fully aware OF tbei r
/ power and position there is no impropriety
In speaking OF them more det aite,y than cir
| cumstances permitted my last visit and
! of giving history of their several adyen-
! lures.
The Qualifications thus far opened are thraa
| 10 mum Der one being coated on Ships Point /.
| 4 second a mile distant, on North Point and
/ the third between the two. Of several others
/ extended along the line of the Potomac and
+ thoroughly covering the river, 1 say nothing
a, this time, Leaving their acts at tn. propar
IN oment speak for themselves: but The
raage, cailbre, ami number OF guns, are such
as to Justify the assertion that they cannot
| only maiL tain an e1ectual blockade of m %
| river, whenever IT Is desired to do go bur sus.
tain themselves before the la rgest Nee: the
| enemy can brine 10 bear against them
| The battero., during he conrs. of constryo
| ito were provide. italy uniuierrupta1 nv y
| single hos'Iie shot though several at,em MIS-
| Were made from time to lime by the FEEDER. |
! ships to discover their where ,bonts ,, ,..s
during the erection OF the three iayan rYa.i
: that Col Waco nampton ordered the ,rt,l
| lery of the Legion to proceed to Fr Q Stone
! FONT, about seven mites above, and there
| throw mp Il IN asked battery with n view , f
| distractirg the attention and engarjr@ the
| fire OF the omy, who were gatn.riTg in
| T rec of the Point How well he succeedrd
in decoying the Fefer.l fleet away firm the
| spot, AID thus enabling the mech.nics IN
| work unheard, {f0r berg be ind trees Meth or
Of the batteries could De p received ) ana how
| capt Lee SANK one OF the sips with Lon 2
| Tom are alrctdv matters OF history
| Being finally fully competed with p,,us
| mounted and men ready for action on fuas
| day last orders were given BY Cen Tr,mhI,
| to cnt away the woods aud unIaask the works
| 10 the eyes OF the outside world As good
| fortune would have II, the L. s. s,samrr
Seminole was passing al tie moment and
without any ceremony Il couple of heavy
shots were thrown al her as Il birthday riff
| neither Tue spieiui style OF presentation was
agreeable or not has never appea red bur she
immediately shut Oft steam, ami drifting
sio"ly oy the battery responded shot for
snot untii out Of range. All the officers ana
men asfee III saying inst the steamer IL ade
CANA ut light, and had she not been dis
abled somehow or somewhere, which could
not be ascertained, would have continued the
C9nteSt. S0me Idea o! the obstinacy Of the
lBht may De had from the fact that be yyeet,
sizes
This splendid opering at once infused an
a"'onntof enthusiasm into the men which
waited 10 fire at every thing within q distance
| OF ten miles, lsrge and small, from Ii steam
tug TO mud fiat, Dyt the General wisely gave
his orders, limiting firing except in certain
conGn ceucles. The boys said they mad heard
enough of paper blockades, AMI now they had
the tools TO work with they wanted to show
the Ia' KEGS the difference between their way
and our own OF doing these things.
Fortunately, the next day-W ednesday-
the y. ,. steamer PaWnee made her appear
ance-a vessel whose memory is ore IA tefu,
and whose associations arP more suggestive
OF savage canning than all the other hips in
the sersi From some cause, however, her
tree character was not discovered until she
had nearly passed, when the battery opened,
and one after the other half Il dozen shots
travelled uuerrir gly in her dire ction tsne of
these was distinctly heard ard seen to strike
Then followed the sno thered sound of AN Ga
pIosion, Il. if the she'll had burst between her
sides. No sign OF response. Every body Won
dsred. Suddenly smoke was disco vercd ISSUING
frcm the hatchways and decks-the crew were
flying about III haste, orders were heard to
man the pumps, and the conclusion became
apparent that the Pawuee was on fire and
coulS not open her magazines.
No further damage was done, and down the
burning craft Goated until out of sight.
Thursday and Friday passed without Incl
dent vessels going up and Gown u"inter-
ruptsd, except by Such occasion Il Shots -
were likely 10 test or secure me anges nf the
guns. But yesterday the sport again COM
mencsd IN earnest. 4 feet CT nearly one hun
dred vessels were in sight waiting TO pass The
Otttery, vet fearing TO mako the item pt til
some one should be bold emo GA TO take the
initiative. Finally, two sehooners, each in
tow I n tug, started Oh thr periions journey.
1t looked, as il was III fact, like an expert
rneTt, AID what was worse au insult 10
under our Nert noses and Cety our stiene til.
j ust as they were coming abre as, the ti-n-
eiai accordingly gave order 10 bring them 10
and the battery accordingly opened ThAy
eDdeavoIed to shy off t. wards the Mar, hand
shore, hut shot airet snut struck in such Gui, k
succession rs soon ne this att. uipt siiseoy-
cred, that both the tug boats cut loose from
th-ir Gu r ers, ana taking the or W started
off IS fest "a steam could carry thsm. Sew
erai tifi d Shots We're Fl ed at these and again
the admirable character of our shooting was
eX-mp'ified,b by ut boring of holes in he stern
81 one and the sides OF the other. They es-
ca ped, but information has since r-ac hed
headquarters thar one has sunk near India n S
Head, and Wall Prove a total loss.
the schooners ire now being abandoned, Il
crew was seat oil in boats IL bring them in,
Which was 0oup, aud they We're nchored in
a neigh boring creek Both were b und TO
Washington, and both We're running under
pay OF She Government, carrying provisions
and stores, The present cargo OF the .ar2e est
of tia two consisted of three hundred barrels
OF cement, four hundred and fifty bales OF
best Northern hay, u line piano and a hand
some set of furUilure. The other cargo con-
sisted Of wood only. The name OF the prin-
cip.l and most valuable priza is a Fairfax. -
She belongs in New York is about three nun
dree, tons bnTth-n, and Is owned by William
Watts < Co., and Franklin Slip, The
name of the other did nov ascertain.
This morning, on going on board, | found
shot holes, seven or eight Iii number, in her
side. III her mast, sails cabin, caboose. and
bowsprit While / stood looking into the
hold forty two FOUNDER was brought MP
which had PASSED through three bales OF nav
and stopped a the fo.rth. One shot had gone
among the paints with a perfectly scattering
effect another had gone through the centre
of 7, Il
third was found rolling on The cabin floor,
and SO on.
FROM THE POTOMAC.
The Fredericksburg Recorder, of the 9TH in.
slant, says:
On Friday afternoon about O'Clock 3
schooner, which, with large numher OF
meIchantm were lying Just above the
Evan port batteries, were torn from her moor
ings and came drifting down, SO soon AS
hose on hoard found out what had happened,
they pied 10 put back, but finding this
i'm possible, they tackled" aud prepared to
go by. In doing So our batteries opel ed upol
her, and she was struck no less than four
times. This was doing remarkably well,
When it is recoiiected that the vessel was be.
ing driven before gale at the rate OF some
twenty knots an hour, and was a very
small concern. 1t shows that our boys are
beginning TO learn how to shoot
Yesterday evening, about Two hours before
sunset heavy firing comTne, cee mp the Poto-
mac, in the direction of Ev nsport, which
lasted for about an hour. We did not learn
the cause of it. Some suppose that it pro-
ceeded from the stationary tederai batteries
recently erected over on she Maryland shore.
Last evening We learn that there was very
large fleet, sail and steam, supposed to b.
mostly merchantmen, lying off Maryland
Point. 1t was estimated as high as 200 YES
eel..
PROVIDING FOR THE FUTUaE-A SENSIBLE sUG-
GEsrlOs.
Tn t1,a Iovx hro,, of he Tam,
gislature on the 2ith, u series OF resolutions
i'm nua nf Jhteh follow :