The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-19
SOUTHERN WAR news.
Expected Battle HI kentnes,--Tne
Federai Winter Eioc kade--- Rev. Drs.
Pinmer and Converge Gen. walk
ers expedition TO the Potomac--In-
cidents, sc.

| From the latest exchanges frer, the South
received at this office, we make cp the fol-
| lowing summary
| f&PKcTkb BArELKIS KRsTrcay
| The Nashville Oa:c1e says
| Army movements very clearly tndicate tho
pToneitttY Of IN early and perhaps tx t,.., Al 10
| engagement n tweta the Federal and t.onfed-
efate tyrecs AZ some point on the lxuist ille
| and Nashville read, between The 1.,,yne or
| Bowling tireen ana Elixabeihtovu AIra,av
have collisions occurred between III. ,rf
| eoets II TIE TWO beltgerenis a circumstance
| oi Itself portcpdIag tae shock of b,,1ir ~. y
struggle isim'Htneat but we ind nlra mo faa 70
to Its iSsre. The fullest cor itdenc. in tha skill
| OF orr comm 1nders, in the ya!pr ON, ,rron,
/ ''"" ~ N" J"stiNe Of our cause, leaves us No
! Oa oars.
htacS FROM NTssIssiPPI .orgo
| II "itN reported ia the city. SAYS the Mobile
| a"FcT'F'r, on the l"th, that tie enemy had
! mace iS attacN on Pass Christian ana occu-
| pied the place after cannon aiding and Smelling
| ~ ~" rumor ran that they came over from
/ snip iaIand, ia launches anu flats in strong
| i'tSe. Al mas l. said TO have occurrexi yes
! t'tuaE IN" report Of 1t is stated tn have
GENIE n " broken doses 10y the telegraph
| line, from The Hanusbo station at uhich
! point u was said the great cauronading at
! Tue RAGS was distinctly heag, for some trours.
he tru IN of these things ccIld not be we'll
| a~cerfaihed, as communication by the Mobile
| ana New Orleans liae was cot on IL was
reported n At the operators discovered toat a
strange hand was tnkering with the instru-
Htnts 1T Pass Christian las; evening sup
| posed to be IN amateur operator who came
with the Lincoln boE barders.
Tng FEDERAL wryrGR BLocsADR.
Tho ilminFton Journal observes that 10
| keep 4 force on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
| during the winter. the f'ederals must have
possession OF some harhor or harbors south of
| Cape Hatteras. say Beaufort harb,)r in North
| Carolina, or PORT Royal haIbor in South
! taTo!lna, and either Brunswick, Il eorgia, or
tcrhoniira, Florida. Their only chance on
| the q nlf Is Key West but in certain sta les Of
| the wind neither that nor the Tortagas is safe,
AMI his Last named Is deficient ia water. 1t
| t NE Try to get into Pensacola or Mobile
| ile tboTt Will be costly. without n haTEor
| 81 refuge n nearly three thous and mules OF
dangerous coast winter blockade could
| hardly be Kept up.
| sFRANpISa OF THB SHIP THOMAS WATSON.
| This incident Of the blockade has been an
| nounceu briefly by telegraph. The Charles
ton Courier says that the ship was of Mobile,
| Ala, from Liverpool for Charleston. She
was loaded with Il cargo of 200 sacks OF salt,
| ana had successfully got inside the block
ading Z 'et. but did not make tha bar Fer
! ofilcers and crew took 10 the boats and arriy
| safely al Stone Inlet. Her crew will, no
| DOUBT, feaco this city 1t an early moment,
anu "" await further inform alton from her
| witn Al. Nlety, as she viii probably be burned
or taken ia possession by the Lincoln fleet.
A8T. DRs. PLCNER AND coxvBRsg.
| correspondent of the Charleston lstrc,ny,
| writingSrom Richmond says:
The lst of our religious vveeklias en-, braces
alS' the Christian Obsyea-, edited by the Rev. Dr.
! Converse. This noble old man, ut the timr Of
| the John Brown raid, was one Of the very few
| Northern men who took onr si3c fully and
! uHequlYocaty. Nor WAS he driven from his
| stand when present troubles burst forth
| Rather than relinquish his convictions, he
| abandoned house and home propprty and
| frienos, all that he held dear. Many years
ago he resided in this eity. Iu 1897 BE wis &C
| cused by Mr.. Plumer of being an abcIItios-
| iSt, ard with suIn virulenc8 that hp was
| driven to Philadelphia. Now, plumer
! hold: = snug professoTship in an abolition
! an exile and x WanGerer for uphoiding the
! So@the cause, This simple fact should
| plead eioquentiy for birn-aged despoiled aud
! harmless Is he is.
/ esE. WALEFE's EXFBpIrIcs 20 THR POTOMAC.
We are permitted 10 make the following
extract from letter OF recent date, written
| from Fairfax:
General walker was ordered, with IL rec
! regiments nj infantry, q battery OF artillery,
| and one company OF cavalry, T. march tc
| three different points on the Potomac, m ke
a display and try TO burn, with hot shot, Il
arg warehouse, ca the N.arylanu side, used
ae "a ba rack Tor q large nuInbe of the eHerGy
| Ne 7h:tTcAeC from here Sunday morning and
! reached the Potomac III the afternoon al
t"p o clock next morning Ws placed tbs bat
terry OF SIX pieces rliied cannon IN position on
| ur 'ulUeuCa overlooking the house we
/ were 20 l4le NJ, v hch vas nearly a mile OF.
W" then waited very patiently until Jay
light but much to cur disgust, WIEN day
d;lvTGcj il WAS accompanied by such a delse
f0y that u was Impossible 10 sag twenty Yards
! distant. Mine you. all this tine the enemy
| aid cot dream we were any where "a the neigh
! hrrhooG.
| ''Ah0nt an hour fter sunrise the fog "Ica red
away. and revealed 10 Us several hundred 81
the enemy on dIill. The sight W-s@ gr md the
| beautiful Potomac flowing s".tral hundred
| feet below us; or cur sid" the c3nnoneCrs all
| standing al their E5glS1 the gunner with ii&L l.
! cd torch, silent ana determined; on the oppo-
tlte shore the enemy on dri1, their b1Yonets
! cleaning IN the sun. The next minute the
| ctPt1in OF the battery, IN ii stern voice, gave
the commend, 'I1ueTy, Are y and the six
pieces NOmit.d forth their leiden missiles,
whereupon, instead Of returning orr ire the
| enemy Immediately broke ranks and rtu in
| tue utmost coniHsion, up Il hill, where they
were concealed from our view by dense
| growth OF woods, from " hfcb they fired ii us
| several rifle shots, without effect. You never
saw such scanperiug in your life; it was truly
Imaginable. We fired l56 shot at the house,
| iuJ struck it great number Of times; a
red hot shot went 10 the mark, ana twice We
set il on fire slightly, but the fire went out
We distinctly SAW them carry Off two dead
no" many more We're idlie ;, we DO NOT kno"
We then IN trcned To another point about i've
miles distant when they nred several rife
shell ~ us. bat again without effect.
| 90. tuesday morning we reached our camp
displayed ourselves IT three different poin S
on the Potomac, 80 rapidly as to mislead the
enemy and make them think there were three
! separate columns. All this in TWO d1ys; pret-
ty quick work was il not l. Nas merely a
felnt movement we were ordered 10 execute
THE Utter ASyIHILATIoS or THE UNION.
Mr. Brecsinridge, Ia his recent address, IAN
interesting portion Of which we published on
yesterday y says
The United states no longer exists. The
Union is dissolved. For time, after the
withdrawal of the Southern States, and while
! there was a hope the rupture might be healed,
II might be assumed that the Union was
not Yet dissolved. and such was the position
of hentucky in declaring her neutrality and
Offering her mediation between the contend
ing pArtles. But time has now elapsed and
mighty events have occurred which banis III
from the minds of reasonable men all e pact
alton OF restoring the Union. Coercion has
been tried and has failed. The South has
mustered III the field nearly as many combat
ants the North, and has been far more
| victorious. The fields Of Manassa and Bethel,
of Springfield and Lexington, have worked
| with a terrible and sanguinary line The di
vision between the old order of things and
the new.
| kEsrrcAY ITEMS
We take the following item. from the Bowl
ing Green Courier;
All confirm reports from Louisville and
other points, that apathy towards the Fede-
raj causr prevails among the people.
Judge Fry, formerly county Judge OF Boyle
| county, and a cousin OF the Aessrs Speed at
| Louisville, lately made two speeches in Dan
VILE for recruits. Al tue end of the second
| speech, one fellow approached Judge Fry,
| and SAID he would follow him to the cannon 5
| mouth Whereupon. being stupidity drunk, he
Was recruited. Having sobered up, he de
| serted tie next morning, and j. now sup
| posed 10 be In the Confederate service
Ono OF our informants states there were
about six hundred men irepor ted al Greens.