The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-22

20 the fort next day. The on1cers Of Fort
PtcksnA RsgularsI sAy hat they rAn billy Wal.
sons men ont Of the fort, and shut the gates
on them when they made their appearance
that night. notice with the spy glass that
night.
pIABoLfcAL ACT.
The Sumter Hasehman, Of the 18th, publishes
the following:
Some fiend iucarnate, In human form,
placed upon the railroad track, about q mile
rom TINS place, on Wednesday night last, q
number OF Cross ties. As though BY the spe-
ciai Providence of God, the early {. ain fro m
the Northward did not arrive 1t its given
hour. Had 1t SO arrived, fearful destruction
and loss OF life would no doubt have been the
result, as it would have run up to the heilish
trap at full speed amid the darkness OF the
night.
The engineer OF the train from the Soutb.
ward, from Kingsville,l which arrives at
the place in question about day Wight discoy-
cred the obstacles upon the road, and by the
most vigorous reverse action of his ngine
coupled with the utmost power OF the brakes,
so slackened the speed of his train as to cause
the wheels of the engine to roll gently over
one or two OF the cross-ties and catch again
upon the rail, sfectng no injury. This dia-
holical scheme could have been prom pied bat
By the most internal personal hate to some
one expected upon the train, or by a bloody
minded enmity 10 our people and cause gem
orally. The evidence of this is sufficiently
strong TO induce some measures OF vigilance
and precausion.
ABssAaE FROM THR GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE
WHAT THAT STATS HAS DoNB.
The message of Governor Harris, of Ten =
nessee, shows that within less than three
months from the passage of the act providing
lot military organization within the State
thirty thousand volunteers were thrown liz TO
the held There WAS so much alacrity among
the brave people, that the services of "A large
NUMBER OF companies had to be declined. In
addition to these soldiers, several regiments
were organized for the Confederate States
making Il total of thirty eight regiments OF
I'm fantfy, several battalions of cavalry and
sixteen artillery companies. This, so far is
the liberal contribution of Tennessee to the
patriotic cause in which we are engaged
line same prolrptitude was used III making
munitions Of war. The State having been cut
OFT from foreign markets, it had TO stimulate
the enterprise and talent of its own citizens
to provide them. An armory was establish ned
at Nashville, which has been furnishing two
hundred and fifty guns week, while there
and III oLner places of the STATE the best kind
OF small and heavy artillery is made. A per
cussIon cap factory was also established, and
has furnished to the Con fedora te States r.
100000 OF this essential element of war. The
factory Is now m; king more than quarter o!
3 million every Gay. All this has been accom-
plished under the su peryision Of Il military
and financial board. How much expense has
been incurred in doing this will be seen in the
following extract:
For fun particulars as TO the action Of the
board, refer you to their report from " hic h
it will be seen that the expenses incurred in
organizing oDd supporting, arming and
equipping the Provisional army, are az fol-
lows
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