The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-23

OUR COHES E&ppNESENGE.
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NoRrolK Seps. q, 1861
! Farmers In this section are engaged in
/ saving their fodder, and Ii is probable that
! they were never favored with more suitable
! weather for gathering aud curing this yaiua-
bic appendage 10 their crops. The fodder il
! In fine order we'll matured. and very large
! quantities arc being stacked, ready for the
increased demand fer proVcuCiar that il res
sonably expected to be vrry great esreciailv
! io- army purposes, for some months to come.
! Sometimes the fodder is greatly injured by
| high winds, which blow down the corn and
| tear the fodder into strings or narrow shrcds
Ihis year, however there has been no wind
strong enough in this section to ipiarg the
growing crops.
Our market is well supplied this morning
with Tie usual se%sonabie productions oI ;iiis
section. Beef and mutton axe plentiful and
sold a fair prices. chickens 2Ju:,.lc geese 80
a7oc eggs lea-ac.; sweet potitors 81 per
bushei; Irisn potatoes .5c scupuernoug
grapes sal0c. per quart, cabbages 3,6c-
other vegetables plentiful and theap Fish
and oysters in good supply, anu sold at rea-
sonabie prices.
There are q large number Of carts aud
wagons IN town o-day, rs is usual ON Satur-
days, from the counties oi Norfolk and Prin-
cess Anne, and from the neis shborin. couu-
ties Of Carolina.
Corn, III the grain, has advanced in price In
consequence OF a scarcity. The inarkct will
however, be fully supplied very shortly. We
may ou"te the article now al S5ai0c., accord
sug 10 Guanty. There are no changes in cur
rent prices worthy of note The sanply of
ordinary building shingles is greatly t.llnin
lshed III consequence OF the demand for tenn
porary building purposeS-ouiccrs quarters
ac.
/ have information just from the coast
I Ihere IS nothing OF Importance TO oommuni-
cate. strict lookout is kept to prevent the
escape OF slaves, as We'll as 10 watch The Fed
erai ships that continue 10 provgl about
though now, for some reason, keeping nj n re-
Specialize eiisttnce-i'robably On account OF
the masked batteries,
have heard of no slaves escaping since the
, departure Of those belonging TO A,ssrs las
=. Garrison and Dr. Baker, OF Princess Anne.
Ii is generally believed that t&ey have sue
cee4ed IN getting o.. board some of tue Fed
eral ShlpS. Negroes, however sonnet times
leave their homes and take 10 the woods and
sWAmpS, where they remain, with the hone
Of getting of in small boats, and they ofien
tarn up after absence Ct weeAs and
months, ami even years.
There Is some talk about tiae intention OF
the enemy 10 land at some point between
Cape Henry and Ocean View, ana force a
passage across To kenpsvilAe; then taking the
road T~tAG ~ IEoFiueHCa ANA approaching
The cI;y by The Great Bridge roJd, with I
ylew 20 attack the town and attempt To take
the Navy ara from some pCint or The south
:
placed III this .'tport-sOlnc con tending that
The attempted landing viii lie nl3aie to the
westward OF Portsmouth, not far from Pig
Point, whence Il large force VIII strike iOr lap
railroad, Wnile The main IolY VIII nv 10
light its way TO Portsmouth and the Navy
/ Yard, while the gum boats VIII open unuu the
fortiUcatIons ri SewelIs Point ana other
strcEghoijs on the roads below the city
But ali this Is mere surfIise. The move
ments Of the enemy are carefully watched,
and il is quite certain that ne viii not sa,c-
Ceed. should ne ever MAKE the attempt. IN
getting possession of Norfolk, the Navy.
YARD, or any location within twenty miles Ci
this place. Gen. Huger and his officers are
prompt, Nisliant and active in preparing 10
receive tie vanddis. The only cause Of fear is
that they VIII not be IN a sufficient hurry TO
pay 4 friendly visit, and that Our gallant
men viii have 10 wait a consider3t ole time
longer before they Will have the pleasure OF
crushing down the ranks of the coNyarCtiv
hor rs OF Yankees, who 80 greatly desire to
desolate the towns, Villages, and country
places along our coast
Some good suggestions are made in one OF
the Rchmoud papers III reply 10 q letter
city. il Is urged that q special effort .hould
be made 70 promote religious influences in
camp. Certainly vast amount 0I good
might DE done by clergymen and other pio2.S
men IN the army. by ludicions efforts 10 exert
| Il proper moral and reilg ious feeling among
| the solGie-y. No better time than the pres
ent-no mere suitable occasion-s' the fiG3d is
| white To the harvest the labcrers are few.