The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-26
EXTRACTS FROM THE NEW YORK He
RAIDS FORTRESS MONROE CORES
pnNDEECE.

iHH ioiioWihS N1Ltiets, taken from SartouE
letters in the New York Hrald from Fortress
Monroe, will doubtless afford our readers
some amusement, If not instruction
ArrfEHESsIoNs OF Tue c. 3. sTEAaER YORK.
TOWN RUNNING The BLOCKADE.
1t viii be seen from the subioined that the
rumor of the intention of the Confederate
States steamer Yorktown to run the blockade
had a tendency to eanse ,he Lincolnites to
pass a sleepless night, besides oiherwiss.
alarming them
Just as ! was closing my letter last
evening | learned that great apprehen-
sious were felt lest an attern ut would he
made 70 run the blockade by the York
town. The greatest activity was mani
fest in mounting guns on the ramparts
Of the fort which would bear upou the chan
mel AS the sun went down the yyorkWen
were busy in putting the guns In order. l
also learned that the Union gun, which i
now mounted on the point near the light
house, was to be replaced by the l5-ineh sea-
coast gun Believing that some work might
| be done ere this mornings sun arose, took
my blanket and glass end wendell my way up
the dry sandy beach until / reached a position
where l could discover aDy movements III
their earliest stages. had not been in position
| long before I saw the tngs auE5 America
| ana lockwood come up the bay and t. Ike MP
position at convenient distance between
| Sewells Point and Newport News Point, so
thai they could see any craft If they attempted
| u come out of Norfolk, or should by any
| good management escape the good watch
| kept on board the Congress or Gum beriand
ana pass down the James river. Not long
| after the tugs took their stations the lights
| were e&tlngu1shed on board.
The night was beautifully clear, and the
| stars shone out in all their Brightness, while
| the fresh southwesteriy wind drove the min
| iature waves up in Whitened crasts on the
| beach where l lay. III vain / tried to close
| my eyes for & " forty wink nan" but the ru-
! NOR which / heard bore 50 much emblqnCP
! to truth, and there were SO many reasons why
! we should expect the rebel steamer down,
possibly in a few hours, that was iInpcssibla
| for me TO keep nv eyes closed over five minutes
| alta time. We have Ie.iabl iuf r.natiou here
| that the Yorktown is leaking badly, and that
| she Is obliged to keep her pumps going all the
| time to keep her free. This fact made the
| rumor even more probab!e, and l could not,
! in common with many others. but observe
| that we should see her duSky form beave in
| sight at moments warning. WITH my
! glass ! scanned The coast line from abreast OF
| Newport News Point down to Craney Island.
| and thence TO SeNqei's Point, where series
| Of telegraph signals, formed by lights of diff
| lercnt colors, were being made to Craney
| Island, aud answers returned hy the same
| process. The teieerapnlng occupied my at
IGNITION for some time. As became Interested
and elt DESTROYS, il possible, 10 learn by future
| movements the readings OF the lights.
| was not alone in my W&tcbinss, for hun
| dreds of wdkeful aud watchfGl eyes We've
| Strdlning into the shaIOWy darkness to catch
| the faintest outline of any object that might
| bestir itself or the broad eXpAnse CT the dark
| waters. Al about half past eleven O'clock |
| saw the dim outlines OF Il large object in the
direction of Craney Island. Could it be the
| Yorktown passed by the point 10 there
was not enough water to hoat her there
| Possibly il might be the Merrimac coming
ont from Norfolk. While Tins Illuminating 70
myself, i thought OF the guard boats, and
upon turning to look for them [ heard the
rafting or u chain ca Die, and soon saw that
| the Young America was under WAY steam
IN .te hn ! i.sE1
! seen the same object that | had. On she
went, II hiie The telegrapnink at the poiuf
| had ceaseG for some time. 4 few momenjsui
| GREATNESS anxiety III jervened, and was mos
! sure tn itt!e ing was about 10 bag some game.
| when, to my surprise and chagrin, Up went
| two red lights ~ SeWeil's Point; then one red
aud TWO WII5e ones We're thrown and Of
| course tbe craft had been signalized that
! there was danger. The little rug was now
| @lmu. lost in the distance and darkness, and
! | was expecting 10 seq her first fire bue
li&ht and ti.en gun. butno such good fortune
| awaited me. IL the course Of ~ hour the
| t7,g returned and anchored, aud all was Quiet
think hat tllp vessel we saw was 3 fiat- boa
! whleh had come down in the daytime 10 the
| point and was returning NJ thar 5ine OF the
night. This seems TO be the opinion ot those
on the tu., who s2w The object referred 10. !
| fell &S'ren i h0uJ tour clock ill the morning
and woke npv-hen the san had made his an
| puaranCe above the waters Ct the bay. The
| market fats were pulling in shore, and the
! steamer from Baltimore was entering he
bay. / rolled mp my blanket and came into
tue point; having passed lonely and watch
| fui night. / am bound to Sc the first shot
| fred at the Yorktown or any other craft
which shlil attempt 10 run the blockade.
TEE PRISONERS SENT FROM RICHMOND UNDER \
| FIG Of TRFCT.
Some account has already been published q
the base ingratitutic Of the Yankee vagabords
who had been brought to this city from Ma =
| nassa, had their wounds dressed and ether
wise taken care Of and after which We're sen
GOWN nnd"r Il Gag of trace 10 Newport News
! Tie following from the Hfy03f5 Fortress Moh-
| roe correspondent which has not been pub
| !ished bsiorc in tnis city, will tend still fur
Their 10 prove tie correctness OF the trlte Old
adase, that, "it yon nurse and warm on adder
into life from his t0rpi,lityl he will be sure
| to sting You -
Several OF the Eleventh New York Fire
| Xouayefl ldnded Il Newport News Point, but
l have not been able 10 learn their names
hiost OF the mum Der are minus one or more of
their limbs, especially right aras Surgeon
J. VI. HoInlston and Assistan Surgeon W. I
swain, OF the Fourteenth, are with The par
". They go on 10 Washington to-ni9ht.1'
After the wounded we're comfortably ieUa-
ted in the hospital, paid them II visit and
spoke 10 each che, and found several With
whom ! was acquainted They are in great
g;ee 10 think they are once more under the
shelter of the good cid Stars and Stripes
did not renaia long, us they have oseu Labor %
ing Ender so much eEeit1;uenJ for 81 few days
past to iTritata some o. their wounds. /
an very happy TO write, for the information
| OF their friends, that The doctors ut the hos
pitat say mat their opinion ali OF them
| will recover AMI be able TO return 10 their
homes IN Il few days Those OF the brave
boys who able TO 70 around, ant.
whose names appear on the second list, have
been pIoying themselves in stroiIing around
the fort and wishing the camps under The care
of The soldiers oil duty.
| They say thai they We're treated misarably
ut the rebel hospitals, and had il not aeen for
! their own Surgeons and the Sisters OF Charity
| they must have perished. Dr.. Swain In form E
ed me that he eudeayored 10 visit all the hos
pitfalls before ne left 30 to bTlng with
him a list Of names of The wounded now III
| Richmond, bat the heartiess fellows Touil;
not grant him the favor.
! That portion Of their army now at Rich =
mOnd (the number could not be aS5'ertainad)
sre most mserubly fed and more. ,niserabi
| clothed, and some of the rebels begged for
Gods sake that the wounded Ioen would
sell them their blankets but the boy thought
| that would be aiding the enemy and they
FIVE cents a hoX az Richmond, and other
things IN pFop"tiou. They are putting M
salt works near tbe city, and viii i,e ready to
make that scarce article IN a few days.
ORR BATTERIEs AND DEFENCE
From the sutioired it would seem that the
correspondent OF the Hsraid has been rendered
quite uneasy about tire security of our sea
coast defences III AMI around Norfolk. Il
the minions Of Old \ he are not satisfed abou
their inability to pass cur batteries and eGfaci
an entrance into Norfolk, why, all they have
TO do is iust to try 1t. The letter SAYS:
The rebels are evidently expeetinc some
move. They are very busy al Sewe!i' Pom,
twf nty large guns are mounted, and from the