The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-12
FROM CHARLESTON.
ct.r roRRgsPcNpENGK OF THE pfsfA1cH.1
CHARLESTON, April 9, 1851.


va ware startled last night about IL o'clock
hx iriug of cannon, which L knew was an
afsrm " hon. goiHg on tho street, round out
that Talbot had arrived from Wasnlag'on a.
aEout 6 O'Clock, bringing with hun an ennis
sary, said to be private OF Cnase, whose
nan,e he regis stored As Mr.. Chew Ten. bean-
regard denied them emphatcai'y any com
-, npica ton with Sumter. and they left again |
a. II o'clock on the Northern train, slipping |
GA, the back way at the Charleston Hotei, IN
stead OF the front. - At, |
~ Talbot left this piece OF news behind |
bin,-that Lincoln, his master, intended to re- |
tntorce Sumter, peaceably IT he could. iorei-
hIy if he must
mere were some ten companies in the city, |
.nd the firing OF the cannon was hiEnal Tor |
a,-arx man 10 he at his place of rendezvous -
Accordingly tin one hour every company was |
~asdy ana went Of 10 the different stations
nv q clock. This morning two companies OF
,>svalry were sent to Morris Island, and ano-
ther nv land TO Stone. just at this time
,bare are three other companies going oil:
sfnonS them is to be seen the long, white locks
ana stopping form Of your venerable fellow
rifiznn Edmund Rubin. with knapsack on
his back and muskei on his shoulder. A gen
tleman who stood by my side as the Ncnera-
HE gentleman passed on the boat gave vent
70 his feelings in tears, and voice IN the
crowd was heard 10 say, "hurrah for old fir.
ciuia when the electric spark caught, and
There went up from the throng three thunder
ing cheers for old Virginia. How | wish that
the old Common wealth was here with US.
There are three regiments OF soldiers to ar
rive here this afternoon from the up country.
President Davis has lust issued orders Tor
three thousand troops from eaon OF the Con-
ftSierate States, except Florida, for iIiihe-
diste service, for what no one here knows GER
taInly but goa soiU know before many days.
Now, let me say &c your young men, who
svm ua h ice Wi Ia us--whO are not Tories--who
love their native South better than the Black
Republican Cuion-iet me say 10 all such, if
they wish 10 take part in this conflict, ukT
gsApY We WILL GAIL F0R Yur, and, as the lit
tie bali of snow gathers as IL rolls on, 30 We
shall gather as we roll on through North GA
rollins and Virginia. Tbs Black Republicans
nay blockade our hSTbor; they cannot block
ade the roads and swamps. Virginia viii
have 10 show where She stands in a few days;
she may. L State. be dead TO the South, but
she has thousands of true and pure sons who
are ready TO lay down their lives for the cause.
Then, for one, l say, let the hordss Of fanatics
come. hope Scott will have charge of the
army. / shall willingly suffer all the horrors
of the conflict, ii We may but get hold of him.
NIReIsICS.
CHARLRsr0S, April 10. 1861
There is no occasion now for what are
termed by some rs sensation letters nor have
| ever indu lged in sensation III all my cores
poudepcc; but even IL l had stern realities
now stare us in the face, and We are prepared
10 meet them now. Telesraphs from Wash
ing ton and New ork, Just received confirm
former reports that 3 fleet OF war steamers is
in our vicinity, and an attempt viii be made
10 reinforce Sumter. That the attempt will
be made, no one now doubts, and that il will
=
doubt, but that they VIII succeed, do not
for Il moment expect. II they get ashore, or
rather get to Sumter, they have TO pass into
the gate one at a time and that Stfelctse, 40
the gateway has been go sealed up by An
derson that only an aperture is left
Fort johnson battery, only half a mile off,
plays directly on that gate, and Anderson has
no gun bearing upon Fort johnson. If such
An attenpt be made, every mothers son OF
them Will be killed before they could get in
Nor do believe, or fear, that twenty armed
I,ytt, los
be tried on the flood tide Of this or tomorrow
evening.
Gen. Besuregard has his Drummond lights
ready. by which, as you know, he can make
the whole bay, of the darkest night, as light
almost as day.
The 1ioating battery was carried down yes
tarday afternoon, and put in EIaliat's chan
nsl, 10 guard that entrance. Every company
is now 81 their different stations, and REIN
forcements are constantly arriving. regi-
ment arrived last night, another this morn
ing, and another will be here this evening
Business is at a stand still, because we have
not clerk or porter 10 do 1t. Indeed, care
not about business-we only wait and watch,
and watch and wait.
Had Virginia seeded two weeks ago, Lin
coin would never have been emboldened to
any such attempt; but she has halted-your
Convention has entertained Black Republican
resolutions and speeches, and that has given
our enemy laid and comfort" Let Vir-
giniaus take tothemselves the credit OF seeing
Southern men slaug IA tered and their houses
epitaphs in infamy and disgrace. For myself,
let my bones and those of my children lie on
the soil where men choose rather TO die than
live under the tyrannical rule of fanaticism,
treachery and disgrace. EIRdiSirs.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
-ifdirS in Petersburg.
PETERSBURG, April To- 1861.
Rain, rain, rain-when Will IL cease; The
memory of the oldest inhabitant," that
most venerable of all beings, fails to recall 4
similar incessdnt and continued outpouring OF
the clouds at period SO early in the year is
this. II amounts almost 10 a second deluge.
Our usually tranquil and quiet AppomattoX
has not rolled such volume of water into
the broad bosom of the James since 1852 as II
contains at present. 1t really looks like q
river of some imports lance now, rolling, dash.
ing, foaming and overlooking its narrow con-
fines though il had none. Our wharves
are submerged, and much damage has al
ready been done. Messrs. Kevan & Bro lost
800 sacks of salt, which was stored away
in their repository on the wharf. The entir,
quantity was dissolved, and nothing left Il
tell The tale but huge pile of bags. 1t i!
expected that considerable damage Will be
done 10 fences and other property on tn,
margin of the river, though fortunately nG
crops are exposed. The continued prevalence
of the East wind has caused the James river
10 rise very high, and, per consequence, much
damage will probably be done on its banks
learn to-day, that about $50 feet Of the City
Point Railroad had been undermined and
washed away by the flood, al City Point and,
moreover, that the COM 5any are IN nourly
expectation OF still greater loss. 1t will re
quire several days TO repair the loss that ha:
already been sustained,
understand from headu uarters, that the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company
have finally made definite arrangements tt
cross the Appomattox. This news will be
hailed with much satisfaction by our citizen
and the public generally. Their present depot
is In i most inconvenient situation, and per
sons travelling over the road have to brave &
great deal that Is unpleasant, both in winter
and summer, i'll order to reach it. They in tend
building a strong iron bridge over the river, x
the foot Of I'd street, and proceeding thence III
the stream enter The Sou til Side lot, whict
they will enlarge and share with that com
pany. The work Will be commenced very
Hon. Roger A. Pryor, DR.. K. T.. Robinson
and several other distinguished citizens of thii
city, left for the seat Of war last evening on
tour OF observation. In his en- thusiasm, Mr
Pryor sta ted that he would be willing TO serv,
the Sonth i'll any honorable capacity by which
lie could advance her cause and her interests
lie carries wi "a him the syinpathies and goot
wishes of all HE friends. He will return in
week or two Mon CGuR.
Correspop dence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
Affairs in Isle OF Wight.
ISLE OF WIGHr, Va, April Q, 1851.
The Southern Rights portion of our citizens
held meeting at the Court House on Monda,
last, and appointed delegates to the Congres
SopaI Convention TO assemble at Suffolk, OF