The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-31
THE WAR NEWS.

feu.sr command OF Gen. Is. +. Butles
ISL .v.a and captured Fort Hatteras, q
bsa s'' Carolina coast. The authority 70
tie No was the subioined statementfn tn
his IVY NJ the Petersburg Express, OF yes
Columns VI
prdsy ,.,-, /. source every way relIab,
We iea .arIv hour Thursday morning 1
hist $. 81 s,ssnt to the email Confederate fore,
secsshs.5 AT Fort Hatteras, on the coast o
.ts i,,ascs. Ca. liaa, thst the aset, which wa
Norshascayered q Hatteras Tuesday evening
frs' dsy. ed an attack at tEat point. Abou
oopie.np. vine O clock the powerful vessel,
hsli'rsss.. o., "a lbs Fort. The IRE was vieo
oY'nsa ~rstuIned, bat after twenty round.
roasH Fort the ammunition became ex
bsrs,Shf Captsin Barron, late OF the United
msnd N.yv. surrendered, and were made
sa'es he Butier and his vandals.
pdsoas, ,'s been unable to learn the loss OF
We Had ammunition been abundsn T.
n;f n.ssr,ely probable That the Confederasei
eosd aa,e;sh combined loo po werful gun.
feet sr;rS force of / 600 men. The CARR
sro az consisted OF but $50 men, not ali
sa, W. il is thought, we're Mt for duty. /,
Of sao.a that when The ammunition became
ssAsaa the mea sailed out 10 the beac b
saasas,s: .ssIr ,anskets made every effort to
I'D W. the Hessians from landing but the
gtFsa.sners Immediately poured iato their
ga sas a shower of shell, that they wer.
tad',. So, - tsks shelter behind the fort.
0 ,,-, was erected but few months
ias "a IL not presumed that 10 il of b
~ formidable eharaete. 1. was putt toI
W.! - suas aud IL Is hot teiieVed That til OF
esH araper we're ia postuoa.
, - So familiar with she tort and the Coasi
lDotlv inform US, that without the CO. op.
ffl'ns,r ~ q set outside, (Which the Confed.
sFa ~. IGoyerninent cannot command,) IL will
,,fS n Tn .fie n,
lesun.ss We know that several regiments
iAl IN their way 10 The tort from various
ST. snd II there Is any possibility OF Gust.
vapdsls, IL Will be done. The posi-
iI 90 ~ great consequence TO the Confede.
-. government, ano IL must be retaken al
81 hszsrcs. .,.. n-sat .x,;,.r,,,
w =, I}oIdsboro' and other towns in East
'al ss,,I{na but the late hour last night a t
ees,sh ye gathered such particulars Is are
ryen prevented US nom receiving sach
..,s,,s BY telegraph as we made every effori
postsin'
-, thst the forufication was supplied with
=, treaty rou.ds If ammunition shows q
..r.-ssbls want OF preparation, and we sup.
~. hat Cor gress, II satisfied of the truth
=, ,hs repo,., has already adopted such mea.
,c.,ssmsy be necessary in the case. In the
a,,.Orsl columns of the Dispatch will be found
comments upon the affair, with statement
of the locality of Fort Hatteras and its value
,,,s:rs,egc position. The telegraph informs
a, tha, the Federals received information
,o,cbips the fortincations from Yankee
r.ntsip who effected his escape from pri.
ysser.
ysok TIE KAHAwHA VALLEY
Adykss frcm Gen, kloyds command, dated
Frpsy, zs3 August, at Camp Gauley, have
sssn received in this city. They are not SO
lac IS the enemys dispatches from Cincin.
tsu, bat make more clear our movements in
.ss. quarter. Camp Gauiey is below Sum.
usrvi.le, Oh GauIey river, In Nicholas county.
The writer says "We have been constan tly
moving for week, and have crossed the
Gsuley river and occupied the importan po-
siQl recently held by the enemy. We
lsre had some skirmishing upon our pickets
CO our march, but not amounting to much
Wshsd three men wounded in Captain Blu.
thansr's company. Our scouts killed and
wounded twenty or 0irty of the enemy, and
sooE some prisoners every day. VS. are now
expecting to make q decisive movement
Gssinsi Gen. Cox in the Kanawha Valley
rpto this time our advance has been extreme.
prosperous, and we think beneficial 20 the
public service. II we can succeed in driving
hs Yankees from the Karawha Valley, we
ahall have done essential service to the State.
We have been passing over tho widest and
toughest region Of the State have ever seen.
Our tolls have been great, but the people of
he Brigade have borne them without a single
n1ruur have been out of house every night,
aid Tor some days together without a tent, and
hcontinued rains for days and nights at
tine, without any injury to health whatever.
Wsaptured the enemy's mail, out of which
We iook the endorsed letter and many hun
0'ed others. This letter thus gives the lie TO
'Ntles from Ctnatnnati Of numerous killings
iadeaptures of our forces by the Yankees in
tie kanawha country.
The decisive movement" spoken Of by the
vrar seems 10 have been made, as the enc.
nTstslesraYh from Cincinnati, of the eth,
says iha! Sol. Taylor's command, on the
knsvha, WAS badly defeated by the Con-
istsrass few days ago." The envelope of
tie lstter referred to is ornamented with sew
hoelled Davis" "Beauregard," "Toombs,"
Floyd" "Yancey," "Twiggs," "Rhett K
Or
EEsoRTs plcH THE POTOMAC
rassengers by the Central train yesterday
reported that fighting was going on the pre-.
Nouf day in the neighborhood of Annondale,
fafia1 county, and that fifty of the enemy
"sn Killed and six taken prisoners. The loss
VI Inc southern side was not stated but as
our troops had passed Annondale at the La
~ aecoaIta. and were between Shutters
mai the enemy suffered a decided repulse
las Warrington kilograms report that con-
siderable force Of the enemy had advanced to
meet he Oonfederates. probably on Wednes-
uay' Ihey admit the loss OF " several" killed
Gao wounded in a skirmish. The Lynchburg
hspuoicau, Of yesterday. has the following !:
a Hrmish occurred on Wednesday morning
a asa II Annondale. six miles below Fairfax
v'M thourse, on the turnpike road leading
" Ssaale1andria, between our pickets and those
ne enemy, the result OF which was equal
ome OF the pitched battles which we have
IN :acSrd. Our picket consisted Of an en-
accompany, some Is or 100 men, while thai
ne enemy was still larger. The pickets
.sN brought into direct conflict. and the bat
ne Ne was waged with considerable herceness
w rome time, the result Of which was the
' o. three men killed on our side, while the
as.sls had ten killed and fifteen taken prls.
Rs s.l. Eight Of the prisoners were sent to
~aaond yesterday by the Central train
.As Republican also publishes the follow
HuEaet from a letter dated Fairfax U. H I,
@.ssaay, August 81:
s,.ai he home Guard returned late yesterday
hIHas from Tails Church, and report the
Ran. as Of SIX Of the enemy's pickets. We lost
rS Inc Home Guard say they killed two,
ts, 'a y, Two Of our Independent scouts killed
G,s,.vi me enemy. Our company (the Rife
md are Just about TO start out on picket,
I'm. sasd we will 30 to Annoudale this
srS.a.A Georgia regiment belonging to our
nh .s lsit here last night for Falls Church,
r'erai pieces OF artillery"
s'ly'ains indicstes tie early occurrence
",ng events upon the Potomac. 1.-THE
ma can be made to leave his stronghclds
VEN 'e' our troops in the open isld, there
NJ. oe great and perhaps a decisive battle.
slie we must wait with patience.