The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-24

OF British snlHs-of-War 10 our ports but q
can do what would DO just as efrectua,-place
our harbors, especially that Of New York, in
A complete state of defence.
rHs srIR1r OF kopooRAcr.
The Editer of the Dayton (Ohio) Empire
thus speaks his mind TO the Ltncolnites who
'Te threatening to annihilate whatever re-
mains OF the freedom of the press in that sec
lion
Since the return Of the Dayton volun teers
here have been studioCs efforts on the part of
the Day ten journal, and Ger tain Repu oican
men OF property. to incite me obs against the En-
ptre office and Democrats who do not justify
his war. Wa desire to call the atten ton Of
property holders TO the fact that we are pur-
suing a legitimate business, under the protsc-
ton of the Constitution and Laws of tn
State, holding ourselves amenable fer any
violation thereof. Those, therefore, who ara
urging others 10 destroy our property, are in
citing 10 violation OF the law, are render
ing their property responsible Tor the safety
Of our own; for we tell these gentlemen that
If the barriers intsrpossd for our protection
hr the laws are broken over, by them or their
smissaries, the doctrine OF re;alia ton will be
enforced
It we'll known that by far the largest por
ton OF the property in this city is owned bv
Repu blicans-that when the spirit of Iayless
ness once breaks loose in our midst twenty
Republicans Will suffer where one Democrat
IS moiested We tell these gentlemen frankly,
Republicans against Democrats Ill become
tae slghaI for inaugurating III our midst n
strife AZ once bloody, vludiCtiVs and destruc-
i've. III they desire to taste the bitter fruits
81 civil war, they have but to commence
mooolEg. and they viii get their hearts I'LL
Such attempts to hrowbeet, and by brute
force compel Democrats 10 sing pesns 20 the
Illinois Kali Splitter, are about played out"
ana IL Is high time that such conduct was
stopped.
MODS are much more easily raised than con-
trolled when raised. They respect neither
The nights OF property or Of persons. They
would as quickly destroy Il finely furnished
aLd expensive dwelling, u store a bank, az TO
destroy printing office. AS for our course, we
VIII only say that We feel that we are right,
and thus feeling, We shall yield not All inch
even though We were certain that our Office
Would be destroyed By mob. We shall con-
tnue in Cur course, regardless OF all conse-
quences. We have been endorsed by the De-
inocr-cy OF montgomery with al en- tn sasrn
and Un1Qimtty never eXcelled. We shall not
beFay their confidence.
HRss;AS ACCOUNT or GIN. LEES MOVEMENTS
The following is an extract from the cor
rospondence august IA Of the Cincinnati
Gazette:
or course the country is full of the widest
T.moIs concerning Les 5 movements. Some
Of them have Il seed grain OF truth, others
are not hampered in that way at all. Thus
nave heard, among the current talk of the PEG.
one OF hNe and the other Of seven thousand
men that they ara row in the mountains
near the Gaps,and are trying 10 cut a nav road
through; that Lee has had personal inter
view Wth Reynolds that he has had a per-
sonal interview with Rosencranz; that he
has sought al exchange OF prisoners that he
has served u notice on the ! Val troops to Quit
the country and the like. To attempt win
moving the taiSeh God trogn the tru n in such
a mass would be an idle effort. There is one
runOr, however, that Is significant. Three
days ago, III first aliuding 10 the presence OF
Lee beyond the Cheat Mountain Gaps / ex-
pressed the belief that, Il he did make an
attempt TO enter this country, he would
hardly Try to storm the fortified Cheat
Mountain 09ps, bat would endeav0r to
cat = new road over what has been
supposed an impossible mountain range,
and make = Hank movement on the
forces that were awaiting his attack in front
Then llttle CT nothing was slid Of his move
Inents, but now tie air IS thick with rumOrs
mat NJ - cutting road through the noun
taiL~; that he is delaying until he can draw
our forces to the Gaps; that he may then
MAKE :. rapid rush past them, to Beverly, and
hurry On 20 Grafton and he Key to our rail
road communication. OK this uian-if plan il
be--AId OF our movements to resist il, or any
other attempt that the enemy may make i
need only De said that General Rosecrau4 is
supposed 10 be maturing ample prepara tons
Mean =" htle the revIVing hopes OF The Seces-
slonl-la may be observed Il an infallible bar
0au@.G!. Those who are familiar with the
PhIBppi, Laurel Hill ana Rich Mountain
campaign, viii remember what N outburst
OF guerilla fEhtES there was through all this
escuon OF western Virginia just before the
more serious operations began. AlreCdy
something CT the same Kind is beginning 70 be
noticraolp again. Every day or TWO we hear
o. soma CT oar Tler being sEot at from behind
tae bushes by the roadside; but yesterday Il
teaTnsier told me of being fred upon While
driving 4 United States team between here
and weston, and 10 day there come stories OF
n .gtrtV p hot -,
II b d OF native SecessioniSts, but Il dozen
miles from here, on the road to Prunty to wn,
Ii " AiCh several are said 20 have been killed g..
-EsT OF A NIEs-IxcH dux.
The Lincoln Government has had Z new
gun, Of 4 heavy order, constructed at Pitts
burg, Pa. The following account of It is given
By one OF The papers OF that place:
1t is Il Ha5lgrep, extremely heavy at the
breach, being some thinr over calibre thick of
metal, but begins to taper back CT the trun-
ions And tapers quickly 10 the muZze, being
mu"h lighter, i'll proportion to tire weight of
the pro 4ctile. than the cClumblad. Ii was
cast soiid ami OF Bloomfield metal, the same
used for some years In the manufacture OF CO.
lGm5iads. For The purpose OF firing, the gun
was swung up by iron straps IN triangle,
thus avoiding the necessity Of Correc ting the
recoil at each discharge, which would follow
the use OF & carriage mounting. The triangle
lie formed OF four uprjghts OF heavy timber,
about thirty feet in length. Each pair of
uprishts Is framed AZ the foot into heavy
tiInbers and joined at the top, in the shape
of Il let er A. the base spreading nearly
thirty feet The pairs are set up on each side
OF the gun, about ten feet apart at the base
and inclning together at the top, where they
are separated about four feet A log is fi.tsd
to roll At the top, and from il depent four iron
rods, in which the gun is swung on heavy
iron bands. To check the vibration OF the
gun, which would continue tor some min utes
each DISCHARGE
hltched TO the breech, passing around Il snub
bling post ab0U. one hundred feet distant
Four or five men were required 10 attend the
cable, and by active movements generally
caught the piece on the second vibration,
bringing IL to i rest. 4 bomb proof shelter
had been constructed AT about ons hundred
feet dis tant from the triangle, TO protect the
men from accident in case of the Dursting Of
the gun; but the shelter was never used
Three men were employed III loading and
firing the gun, who retren ted to the sGu abiding
post, where the end Of the landyard for firing
the friction hes was carried. stout pen
had been built 70 receive the balls, and pre-
serve them "a far ss possible; but the first few
rounds knocked the pen 10 pieces and opened
mp = clear range 10 the foot of the hill be-
y0nd il.
The firing YEAS carried on with extraordi-
nary Tapidtty, the only full days work, on
trioay, giving two hundred and two rounds
The labor OF hring Is very severe on the gum
ners, requiring them TO retreat nearly one
hundred feet ut each discharge.
The measurements a. every twentieth round
were made with extreme care, the star gauge
used reading TO thousandths of an inch, and
showing the slightest enforcement of the
bors. An impression of The inner extremity
of the vent was taken a. the same time, and
after the six hundredth round the first vent
was closed nnd the second was drilled. The
Nifty inpress ions thus taken of the vents are
Il curiosity ia themselves, showing the
gradual enlargement of the opening in GER
II in directions from first to last.
In finishing the bore OF the gun the finish
ing tool accidentally split, enlarging the bore
behind the seat OF the ball .026 in, and scor-
ing up the surface considerably. AT the close
OF the proof one thousand balls having been
fred, the greatest enlargement OF the bore