The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-28
SCHOONER suSx-rwo Sxy DROWNED

sinking of the schosuer Geofge r. Brown.
@hile at anchor in the East river, opposi te
tne loot OF Twenty third street, with the loss
| of two lives. The vessel II appeara was
loaded with coal from Eiizebethport. ". ].
ana was lett IN charge OF two deck hand,
named William smith and Andrew johnson
ne captain, who was ashore at the time of
The accident, supposes that the schooner
sprang aleak aud went down in the night
time, while the hands We're asleep
| SEIZURE OF rECussIoY CARS
As VIII be seen from the suhioined para
pin, the Yankees have laid violent hands
upon few boxes of percussion caps. snpDoseq
TO have been Intended for the Gland Of the
| South and the home Of the free" In all
probability, fer every cap men ntionsd below
| stolen from the South, we have obtained P
| prime article Of percussion lock. mahogany
| stock, and iaminated barrels" through the
| process of legitimate warfare The Eerai4
| says:
y case containing 1000 900 percussion caps
was seized st the store No. $50 Broadway on
| Saturday evening, by the detective police l.
| was supposed that the explosive material
| was destined for some rebel port bat the
| owners OF the property aver that the caps
! were intended for the Havana market. The
| package was detained at the ro!ice head
| quarters until the matter should be more
| fully explained.
sIsGrLAR ACCIDENT TO 4 DRUNKEN woaAS.
| The following novel accident OF fatal ter
minatioa we take from the New York Rer-
| aid:
Ahont TWO weeks ago woman named Win
| ME C0iiias, residing at No $50 Pearl street
| became intoxicated and wandered to the root.
| hfter remaining there several hours she De
| thought of 4 novel plan 10 gain access to her
! Det-focn' 1ahng Clothes line which she
Ionhu pom the honsetop and fastening one
| rnd of Il TO the chimney, she dropped the
other END over the cornice work OF the root
and attempted TO swing herself INTO Il third
| story " windOw. While in nduieing in this fancy
| she suddenly lost her hold upon the rope and
| was pTecIPl t3ted to the SIDE walk, il turing
| herself so severely that she died Yesterday
| trola The effects OF the conclusion.
! FATAL BURNING or 4 CHILD.
| The following is an account Of the burning
Of child in New Y orl, a few days ago:
| Catharne Moore, child about twelve
| years OF age, residing at No. $50 East Thirty
| Fourth street, was fatally burned on Sunday
nlsnt, ny her clothes catching fire at the stove.
| deceased parents were ont visiting at the
time Oh the casualty, AID knew nothing OF the
neiahchoiy affair until they entered the
| mouse and found their chI!G Il blackened
| corpse.
WONDER If IT ARRIVED rHEREl
| The following amusing peragra ph appears
| in the New Haven Journal, for Catoi1er il:
| Tie Lost Caahce.--As the Sixth and Sever! tn
| regiments, Connecticut Volunteers, fre going
| to New Orleans, an express will start (gon :,
| oT'ct TO Annapolis o-'t1y, lNCnday,1 1t two
| O tIock + III. Ali persons wishing 10 send
| s"oGs or messages can DO 50 by handing them
| INTO Croiuts Express, 10. 2lS Chapel stree,
| to-day, lMonday,) October II, before one
| t. CLOCK = NJ. IL :. BAsHING, Special Ag't.
| AYAEkEE OK TH8 EIGTr At SANTA ROSA.
| correspondent OF the New York h,7rid
| gives the following imsgsss ions ia regard to
| the late light AZ Santa Rosa Isl;.Ati, III which
| hiiiy Wilson'S Zouayes were pretty roughly
! handled:
IL the first place we 4e told that ne rebels
spiked tht guns belonging to the Zouaves. I
| cat confidently assert thas the Zouaves had
| ho guHs lh1t could he spiked pv any body un-
| less perhaps, they We're miserable OLD Thirty
! two FOUNDERS that had been pitched outsiie
| OF fort Fickens for i'm perfec tons, and were
ouCaS' )uaIiy used tor GIRL! purposes Then
| We are luld th&t the roads or approaches IL
| the for; from Colonel Wilson's caI0p were
hIily md Houndaat ia chapnaral, or bushes.
ihoSc CUISINES were CUt down weeks S@o 10
make camp fires c!, and 10 shade The wretch
| ed itlle tents IN which the IUuaYes were
| 4uarteIed to be made uiiu@e meat OF by the
mosquitoes. Thad.spltct also sDeaks OF ether
roa-s. Properly speaking g. there are no roads
| or the island, II We except few PATHWAYS
| 1n1de OF planks carried down III the Wander
Dill steamer III June last, and barely Sut1ici-
| ent 10 meet the conIaonesl requirements OF
! camp life IN walking about This island one
| has very lively idea as 10 The beauties CT b
J
| sHo"drilts. How An invading force could
| - "GIlve IN" local plckets under Such circuIl-
stances IS II me e--Who knows every inch
| OF the ground - Father mprehensible
Those packets were C1lup.ised OF men who
| would scarCc!r ALLOW q hostile landing
| without ugAutS thelr ground by the inch
and giving NarrIns 10 i lest Ct military nor-
| nets that Would-on sand BANKS they are
! thoroughly familiar With-conqUer three
times their uUianr Of raw assaIiants Tha
island, " here wilson men aIe rncamped, is
very little more than three-q quarters of a mile
Wide. Ont side of the camp (t3cIng the Gulf }
is strongly protected by .he bl0ckJding fleet
The other side docking towards the Warren
ton Navy ard and Font Earraucasl is sa
! bounttfunY sentried th-t tne fleet and fort
could be thoroughly placed on defence before
any aggressive dem straticn could possibly
be successfully opened by tae enemy. That
a sklrIalsh has taken place Oh that sand bank
called Santa RoR is not TO be denied, and
that when IL did take place, Colonel Brown
allowed the poor fellows, cruelty deprived of
the hospitality CT his fort, 10 make the best
Of their prowess without regular aid, is
3 lss. ute plain 10 me; but J. do not believe
that - the boys were Eogged, nor can I-be-
II x III cousttut communication with several
OF tie prominent officers OF the regiment
Imagine that the rebels took either many
lives or many prisoners.
Permit me 10 say that the guns OF Fort
PlckehS cover every approach 10 Wilson'S
part OF Santa Rosa, but could be OF 10 service
10 the camp of the latter were it, by the
accountable, and l hope impossible negll
gehce OF naval ana military guards, suddenly
hnrprised. In such a case the guns OF the
fort would Kill as many Ct the unfortunate
sXpatriated New Workers as of the crafty
enemy.
CUTIE WRATH.
1t will be seen, from the blowing editoriss
of the New Z ork Herald, tAat all the news
papers of that city have not exactly learnt
how to please old Bennett. The Tribune is,
doubtless, the paper alluded to:
One of the papers published il this city,
distinguished for the iIttleness OF its editors,
and for lis being managed on mean prIaci-
nles, is engaged In supplying information 10
the rebels, which, assuming its statements 20
he II all correct, could not iail to prove de TIL
mcnt.., 10 The interest OF the Government and
OF the loyal CITIZENS Of the Union. ii appears
that an expedition of some kind is being fitted
out Al this ana some other Northern port.
est reasons for wishing TO keep the movement
u secret, the laean journal to which we refer
publishes every little scrap of information,
II ua or Is iSe that 1t can scrape together Ia re-
Terence To Al. If We were TO publish all or any
OF the facts La We have aScerialned relative
10 cur military and naval movements, We
would consider ourselves as directly con TIL
buIing aid to the enemy. Ia times like these
the sense of responsibility to the country
ought to outweigh all mere selfish coIsidera-
tioAS, and the conduct of the mean journal
in question should not be allowed 10 pass un-
noticed.
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