The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-04
THE NATIONAL CRISIS.
AN x"lsKKrarssrHLE CONFLICT TX xrw rrn.r,

An fRRBPREssIBLE CONFLICT Iy xzw trpsrv
1t appears that Capt. Oracle, of New York.
was was captain OF military company I'M $40
pie, and was ordered by the Governor of the
State to the protection of Fort Moro.n ,aa :
mobile, where. rs q soldier he execu;.d tho
orders OF that State. Capt Oracle has been
IA u. h'l~.oetn, for some days, on a visit
TO ms wife and children, who reside thara
but was about returning to Mobile ON Wad
hesoay night a rough crowd, the tools of A ho
iitiohlsts, doubtless, gathered around his mo-
ue G law soweiling, tMrs. Mayo and hung
hr TRACE IN efiigy, firing Roman candles
ana burning tar barrel, with great noise and
Seiis. AFTER this demons tration they return-
eu III procession. poster was put mn du
e iine the night, threatening Mr.. Oracle with
Etr ana feathers if he did not leave within
- hohrs, and declaring him to be a .traitor',
ior serving III the Mobile forces 1t was the
intention of Mr.. q to leave. but he now in
@ @'ehus 10 stay, TO give them an opportunity to
garry out their threats. He has a large mum .
Der OF friends in Elizabeth who have pro
missed TO defend him from violence at all ha-
yards.
LAUNCH OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA FLOATING BAT
Terry.
"A Charleston letter, evidently unfriendly 10
South Carolina, gives the following descrip-
ton OF the launch of the floating battery at
Charleston
II had asked any attache of the press in
Chalieston IL he thought Lieut. Hamilton g
taunph-
ed tins morning, from Mr.. Marsh's shin ward
n" very likely would have told me that he
g" really did not know it was talked about :.
IL was uhctrtain, &c. l told one of nv spe-
cidls that II he saw them greasng the ways
or doug anything stirring this morning to
hurry and tell me; SO at A NJ he rushed
inlo my room and informed me that every
'nih4 was fetdv, and Lieut.. Hamilton would
give the v ord in 4 few minrites Arrived at
Palmetto wharf. | saw q small crowd gath
efing, "hch each moment increased, as the
news spread through the town. BY 81 O'Clock
NJ least 9,oo9 people were present, and the un-
known quantity, called by many the ''sidugi-
ter pen, rolled heavily and clumsily into her
new element. They haven't chris tened her
and when they do, it is my private opinion
that it will be done in the blood of all who
embark III her.
l hope the Richardson Guards in particu-
lar, VIII say their prayers, even if they never
ala 1t befoj e, and make their wills in some
sort OF earhestness, for they never will see
Charleston again. 1t will be another "Ba-
nklaVd charge, without the glory of that su-
perb act of daring that Tennyson has immor-
tahzed. God help those who do 20, if the tide
should turn her round and present her un-
protected side TO Major Anderson's death
dealers, at only sic hundred ynrds Only the
gun side is plated, and the roof of that part
looks very like an old fashioned rope walk
IN" nachin" fell into the water with Il strong
list TO starbOard, rs the sailors phrase it,
drawing on the guns side full seven feet, while
ON the other, not more than four, Lieu tenant
Hamilton is an ambitious man, and first
brought himself into Palmetto notice by his
extraordinary appeal to his ex bro theirs of the
American Navy, TO tear down the Stars aud
stripes whenever they had a chance, and af-
ter mailing them ignOminiously to the mast 10
bring the ships into any confederate port
The Lieutenant is brave man, even unto
rashnees he can give no better proof of it
than his intention to head the boys who are
ambitious of seeking a bloody grave. 1t will
take some time to get her ballaSted and to get
her guns properly mounted, and then we wait
for the 1des of March.