The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-22

reach OF them. When about nine miles this
side of Fayette Court House. we we're In
formed that the Yankees were In hot pursuit.
and upon us. Our brigade, com posed Of the
skeletons Of the a6th, Goth, and Dist Virginia
regiments, we're ordered cut TO meet them -
W e formed In line OF battle ard awaited their
ad vance; aud very soon they made their ap-
pearapce. when brisk skirmish took place,
and they pot their artillery in position and
opened fire On rs We suslained no great Ia
lury-on.y, 1 fear some Of cur III Ell " no ware
skirmIshtng were taken prisoners rs they are
| missing Wa were Immediately ordered 70
retire, which we did, being a Fratsgetica!
movement TO draw the enemy into def =,
where We would have had them safe although
they ii id about 900 against our 6o xnd a. THE
rest OF FIoyd's forcas were in supIosting dis
tame however , and We are now here about
four mil es this side of Raleigh ourt-Hous
nearer to the railroad, and now ON the
ground
PARTICULARS or TIE BIZ gsrIsa or a CANNON AT
coLrNBUs-TRRRIPfc ExPLosIos.
Mention has already been made of the burst
ing of n Dahlgren gun n few days since at %
iumbus, Ky, soon after the battle near that
place. The following description from the
Columbus correspondent of the New Orleans
Picagune we extract for our columns, it being
the most interesting account we have ye,
seen
A most shocking md unfortunate accident
happened Just now, which has cast a de res
sing gloom over the whole army at this point.
The rs FOUNDER rifle gun, mounted on
pivot inside of II circle elevation, exploded
with a terrible crash which could b. heard
for many miles. great loss Of llfe was
tanned, ana many persons mangled and
wounded IN the most tragic manner. Among
t1s killed Is Capt. kei ter, uue of the btst ar
uilerlsts in the army. and whose dea Ia is
misfortune at this trying iuDcture. Lieut..
NLoWden Is alec among the killed l coun ted
five dead bodies the spot. horribly man
gipf nd y a
bat slightly, wounded. Limbs. pieces OF
sKull, 0oziug brains, were scattered ali aOCUt,
aud presented a never- to- be-f forgotten SIG mt
trSn, FOLK was ClOsa oy the gun, but was not
nurt, which is certainly providen tiaI. Ths
General was terribly shocked, and had hs
clothes torn in shreds, and his face burn ed
somewhat, but without iDjuring him exter-
rally or internally. The ramon was AT thu
moment that he and Gen McCown were
nmong the killed, and great the excite.
lnent among the soldiers. Several Of the gun
GerS must have been buried inside OF the ele-
VatiOu, under the fragmen Is and ruins OF the
once bean 'itul ana valuable gun. There is no
doubt BAT that some must nave been thrown
III tbs river, a The gun Was mounted almost
~ the edge OF the blum, where, from Is high
est elevation, II Commanded the opposite
Missouri shore for several miles The gun
WAS the pride Of the army, and the ter rOr 81
the gun boats, and is value was tested in the
late battle, when it played 81 the gun boats
and dispersed the advancing column OF the
enemy.
TIE CONDITION or THg BEAUFORT H8aRGoBs
The following Official dispatch which has
been received at headquarters In Charleston,
;. 60 will tend 10 allay ali in udicious appIe
tensions with respect to the loyalty OF the
negroes in and around Beaufort:
HEAD.rARTEKs.
| CooaAWHkrCHig, NOV. -, 1851.
! EsRrot In reply 70 your enquiries, have
| the honor to inform you thatlu my opinion
! there has been some InisappTehension IN re
! gard 20 tne condition ana state Of feeling OF
! the p ICes in The vicinity 81 Beaufort and
| upon Port Royal Island. / visited Beaufort
| and rode through tne Island in company with
| 81 SINAI! escort yesterday morning. We saw
| no indications Of any general die fiction
! among the negroes. Some disorders 1t IS true
/ appear 70 have rranspired during the absence
/ oi the vyhites, but all OF the negroes whom
! We met, and We coaTersed with mauy OF
| them, appear 10 be disposed to remain and
/ look after the property Of their masters ilHu
I - b. OILY desIiOu- That the latter .h0uid nor
! suffer by their aDsencs from Their Plantations
We found nanny Of the blacks continuing
thei: regular work and the few who verr
! ral Sing bout away from their homes, ap-
! l,saTed To have done 90 only from the fact
! that they were not under their usual cor troll
/ and eeemed 10 ~ heartily tired OF ;heir taul-
! pOEary relaxation.
/ Nerv re- pectfullv,
! orr cbedient servant
| J {. Ivss,
Captain Engineers G y 4.
J Y
| avS EEGArrCBEu.
! The Charleston Mercury. Of the 18th, pub
| fishes the following extract OF q letter FROM
one OF the officers who participated in the ex
! plot:
/ CAMP FIELDs. 17uth Of Cofa tz.h@e
! River, NOV. -
Cap. Bel!;pger and Lieut.. W. l.. Cam p
! hell, TOOK Il detachment OF the CCliet0n
! Gusris, aad went down II = -Tn's Point I've
| miles frOn Beaufort, where Capt. Hays corr.
FaUy Wa stationed We had LEARNED thai
they had evacuated. and concluded If n Iitls.,
risk you'd reg3lu the cannon ard shot LEFT
there, we wOui1 tike il. 80 1t Il o'clock NJ ,
On Monday, Captain II. called for volunteers
F0Cty imTledia leiY responded. We r-ache
SaTa Poidt about ten o'clock than night
and found the guns thrown from the pIst
form. some A4iE Suri~d in The sand. aud tht
carriages badly cGt up We went 70 work
after placing :. strong guard, and succeeded
! in gPt-IEy one gun into he nat. TIRED auo
| Their, ana after getting il on tie bridge, Jus
! outside tho 70 Z, the bridge gave way ana We
had ~ give i a? Tor want Of force. Besides
c1y va ,pprpacAin2, The \ II KEGS were only
tive Iniies OF. ard Ee had 20 cross the Eoo-aW
, q wide dud rough river, NIth i hLt.
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