The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-23
LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.
4tgairs o,s Ike Potomac-Easagemeu! at Por
E0y"L.

We gather the following interesting item:
from tie --latest Southern exchanges received
at this office.
From THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or rNs gIo cK
ADE-AGrIyE PREPARArvS or iHg YAAKlh,
NEAR AcrlA cR.HER, sc.
From the Freeze. ithshu1g Roordsf, OF tn,
2ota inst, We take the following:
At aud about Eyansport there has beer
Hiring day anu night almost every DAY ana
uig H. for the week past The bIorkau1 W.
regret 10 say, Is by no means efficient Ger.
ltiniy IL IS Aot H. reg .ra3 sman craft yer,
man. OF whom, III IL strong blow, N age |,
getup ana down. Lar8e Merchantmen ant
war vessels eitDtr think II "rp gu,'' ,r Ais.
tear 70 run the }" gaunt,eC.n
We regret 10 hear mat a she'll was thrown
on Sunuay last from tha hiarYlanu sho1,. in 7,
the camp OF the a5cn Georgia regiment
woundlug two Iaen-one severely, aIIo III,
Cth9r snsnt!y.
The conductor who came BY the train last
night tells us Thar the Fcue rails succeeded, il
the fog Of Wednesday, night, il planun.
nuoys 1t me mouth OF Aqua Greer, within
about = mile ct our pattetIes The II, .kat.
heard II noise and Ired, but were unable u
see what was gong On, and to hear bat i'm
perfectly.
gentleman from King GOorse told II.
yesterday tnat lanuIug was expected 4.
lnatJhla~'s, and thai COOKS battery K.S yes
terdAy Sc l to that P0iur; anu The Couuucto,
OF the train last night informed us ma
Colonei Broken b1ough's regiment had SET,
rnslT D~ssass 10 TINS place, Preparatory tL
marching to the same pJint. We should no
De surprised IL the Feuerais should ESSAY -,
ESht Ut oAcd, Tor N III them ii Is now o.
II ever.
6N iaoheANI AZ FORT hoTAL-A l4skER RE
WE'VE CAhHONADs.
dAhpNERs CohSBR, VIA PocorALIGo, s. O.,
az ~ hAy i
yesterday afternoon one Of the aneluy's gun
noits passed by Port Royal Ferry. Oar bat.
telles opened lire upon ii er, striking her til res
times. Upon meeting with this rather hct
reception, she steamed rapidly past, aud ran
aground about three mills he other side o,
the ferry. As soon as our rroous becans
aware of the fix into which the Yankees / NC
got themselves, lieutenant McEIhsnny, o.
Captain Moore's field battery, tIroln VIII
ming ton, n. c. y Was die pate he'd with a sec.
ton OK The battery, 70 Il point just oppasi t. t,
the shoa! on which the gun boat was asIound
In the meantime, three flats, crowded with
the eneIhy's T. oops, had moved from the on
pos le shore, nnGer sharp fiEe from one
Ihcir batteries directed against cur troops Oh
the n ain. AT that point our force consisted
OF Capt. "est's Company, Of Joness regi
ment.
Lieut.. McEihsnny s'battery arrived last rs
The Il Ms had come out about midway in the
stream. he iIn Immediately Upe1 ri fra upoU
| thea with tremendous fact. One of the Il 4, Il
was soon sunk, ana oar fire created terrible
havoc among the soldiers On the other two
IL ais, winch hastily pat back. Night came
on aud ended the cannonade. The steamer
moved of vlth the flood Tide. Toe enemy'r
loss omong the men Oh the fats ast hayt
been very heavy. Col. Jonee's regiment wit.
moved mp promptly TO the support OF bIcEI
nehHy s battery, but the enemy seem to hay.
tbandoh,d abe attempt 10 cross, If such was
ever their intention. Lieut.. Nc rIneuny'.
battery WAS exposed to an iucessant II re IRON
the guns OF the steamer during the whole en-,
gaRement.
FAoA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or GALVESTON.
The San Antonio (Texas) Herald, of the III
inst, says;
One OF orr citizens Just from Galveston ir
forms Us that the citizens are rapidly eyacua
ting Galveston, the people expecting an al
tack from tho fleet m ON en- rarily. The piaI
is said 10 be for our friends TO tight tn,
enemy on their landing, and II they are
forced to retrest to burn the city rs they fal
back.