The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-22
LATEST FROM THE SOUTH,
Operations Of Che Fsderals 1t Hatteras
interesting Trial In New Orleans
The Late Fight near Harker's
z. Ferry, &C.. &c.

"s~s SoA96 ssAAb Al new Orl60hS
The Late Fight near Harber's
x Ferry, &c. &c.
Our southern exchanges bring Us but little
OF Interest. The following summary 10 pre-
scented 10 the readers OF the DispassA as COM
prising everything OF interest which could be
gathered
OPERATIONS AT HArrRaAs.
Inc Norfolk Day Book, OF yesterday, the
2lst. contains the following:
We learn rrom a gentleman, who arrived
IN tnts city on Saturday from Roanoke Island,
ana who was on board one of the vessels OF
ME Cenfederate fleet, that visited in the neigh
borhood Of Hattsras during the week That
abe Yankees are building something like
wharf eat nom Hatteras, and are throwing
sAs atone overheard that they have been car
rylnG there In vessels, supposed TO be for the
parpose OF blocking 4 p the Inlet. Our infor-
nant was told BY one OF the bankers who had
been 70 Hatteras. that they had cut canal
twenty Iset wide across the beach, and that
recens high tides had made an island of Fort
hatteras, the canal forming almost another
talst. II waa also the impression of the bank
sr that tae Federals Intended TO block up the
Inlet with stone, in order TO prevent its being
used Tor privateering purposes, III the event
OF their having TO evacuate il.
rss CAPTURE OF lew okLBAss-AN AMUSING
DESCRIPTION OF now IT WAS DONE
Inc New Orleans Deita OF the 18th, con tains
the following spicy article in relation to the
reported capture OF that city by the Yankees,
iirst published in the Louisyille(Ky } Journal:
Inc sad and disastrous capture of this great
com mercial mart, the principal cotton depot
o. sne Coniederate States, has At last reached
ne norm, and Is doubtless now flying, with
All the rapidity and accuracy of te leg phic
COMMUNICATION, ali through The dominions OF
hlns Abraham the First. Starting III Louis
a a,
frapAss Reporter, published in thi. city last
evening, and emanatnS from go authenti tic
and reiiabis 8 source as Ihe Louisville Journal
We can well imagine the electric Joy and ex-
uitauen which this news will Communicate
10 the long respondent subject |. OF the Gorilla
Salvoa Of artillery will be fired in all the
principal fowns-torch- iixht process sio. = will
stream ihrough the streets-innumerable ex-
iras OF tRe Hsra!a Irtsu,s and 7,5sss W Ill food
.no country, with such captivating capitals AZ
- The Greatest Victory OF the War; king
Cotton FrCstrats." The Crescent City Re
sIored to tbs Union" "iren Millions OF Cot
ton Bales and ,OV0 Contra bands Captured"
NoDooy Hurt on Our Side
GreaI and undeniabie will be the Joy ana
jobi lasion And well, indeed, may the Lin
cCinlNs rtJolce over such q conquest. We
| will not enlarge upon the value thereof
Every body knows what that is Sufficient
tor Us As faithful historians 10 record the fact
and 10 narrate The manner in W nich thus cap
| ture was made.
| 1t 10 well known 10 our readers that a great
| military and naval expeditio was recently
| fitted out In New York TO operate against
| some point in the South. The occupation Of
| an i'm por1nt cotton port was the declared
| obJecS OF tnis Enterprise. 1t was vain that
| We, il common with the other vigilant seuti-
| neis OF ihe p. ople, proclaimed that this city
Was the cotton port aimed at. The people
would not believe it; they treated Gs esen as
| She TfoJans treated the dolorous but truthful
| Cassaudra; they rested in perfect security
| believing that the Ivy. the Tuscaror;. and the
ANN Ia -
whole aavy of the United States and that the
| Confederate Guards, the Crescent Blues
and Orleans Guards, and few other
| volunteer corps could whip all the
troops that General Picayune Butler could
| bring into the neld. 1t il true they threw
| up y few trail tortitcaiions, and put IA few
Old cannon captured from the British III 1914,
| III Them. Then they Imagined that Forts
Jackson and ST. Philip, Livingston, Pike.
| Wood and Macomb, were all in good ii h TIM
order ana well manned. But alas as ~ pre-
dicteo' anu 10 ne warned the corrupt, i'm becile
ana utterly unreliable authorities State
| Confederate and municipal, their arrange.
ments were altogether inadequate, and the
| city has fallen before the uperior vizor yaIor
aud force OF the enemy. 1t 10 painful even to
enter into recital OF III the steps which have
| resulted SO Gisastrousiy. We can only glance
| ~ the main incidents. Or the sth the whole
| armada OF Lincoln appeared of the bar of III Q
Mississippi. including ssversl hundred sh FPS
| OF WY, NEST or them OF The uTet-class, There
| was a short delay on account of The bar bit
| the lsrgs ships including the Niagara, Min
| nesosa, and Wabash. by taking a start of ten
| miles. succeeded in leaping the bar. So great
was the impetus communicated TO them by
| this leap. that il was impossible TO check
| their vessels until they arrived in front OF
Fors Jackson and ST. Philip.
This .ndden appearance took the garrison
Of these forts completely by surprise the
| gunners had not time TO reach the guns before
| ths men from the Niagara, -he Wabash and
Minnesota were In the portfolios, quietly
| IT. - Ar
! lag dsne, there was nothing left TO Col. Dun
| can but TO surrender, which he did with 4
| grace that may be imagined by those who
| know him. The old Stars ana Stripes were
| tAeA noated from the flag staff OF The for IS
| and af,er hearty brsakfast-in which Com
| nsdoTs Stringham and Col. Duncan drank
enc snothsr's healths-the feet having been
| Joined by the other smaller vessels, proceeded
| sp ths river, quietly picking up by the way
| ,hs Ivy, the McRae, ihe Tusearora, and the
| sthsr vesesls OF the Confederate navy, and
stswtnS them away in the holds OF the big
| stsAmsrs Commodore Hollins being found
| aboard ous of these ships, was captured and
| srdsred to the N head, TO enjon the peo-
| pie OF New Orleans Of the necessity OF their
| Immediate surrender
| Sim uissneous with the advance Of the Lin :
| coin squadron, powerful army, composed
| of regiments from Connecticut, Rhode Island
| Vermont, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Nova
| Scotia, and New Zealand, were landed Gin til 9
| shores Of Lake Borgns, and formed into three
| divisions, Division No / was command ed
| by Major Gen. PicAyune Butler; Division
| No. was comm anded by Gen. Billy Wilson,
promoted FOR his recent gallant condnct at
| Santa Rosa; and the third by the Prince
| Salm Salm. Each man of these divisions, on
| landing, was presented with one Of the new
| pasent stills, the ingenious invention OF Col.
stilts average eighty feet in height, and were
| designed to enable the Lincoln soldiers TO
| stride through sha swamps lying between the
| city and Lake without impeachment from the
| above their tops. Having been drilled in the
use of their stills the Lincoln soldiers found no
| difficulty in using Them and as soon ae the
| word WAS given 20 advance, the men of the
| three divisions strobe upon the mounted
| atiits and struck forward high over the tops
| Of our highest cypress, and altogether regard
| less Of the deep mre, water, and briars. On
| they went with the strides Of the celebrated
| giant who 50 frightened poor little Jack in the
| authentic history of that youthful warrior
| Our troops, which, on hearing of the ap-
| proach Of the enemy, had gone calamity forth
| to meet him, were all looking to the front
| suddenly they were involved in pitch dark
| ness, as If Is heavy cloud was passing over
| them. They could see nothing before, be-
| hind, or above them. This cloud was the
| enemy marching over and past them. Before
our troops could recover their wits and use
| their eyes, they found themselves far in the
rear OF the fo,, and in the distance bury
| figure supposed to be that of Maj. Gen. Billy
Wilson, couid be distinctly seen waving the
stars and stripes from the cupola of the St.
Charles Hotel. Meantime, the squadron hav-
| ing drawn up on the river in froDtof the city,
dou bic shotted the guns and opened the port
holes. Com. Hollins, from the masthead
Of the Niagara, called out to the people
that it was best to surrender, whereupcn
it was moved by Col. Ricardo, who happened
10 be standing on the roof of the Water
Works engaged in the discharge of his duties
as MAYOR -sssral OF the ls.ooo patronesses Of
der ~ which motion was unanimously voted
in the affirmative, by the said Free Market
brigade, and thereupon Coils. Thomas Murray
and Henry Bier were directed to present to