The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-18
from sIarper's f,fry.

From Harper's Fairy.
The spoudsnt OF The Alexandria Ga |
z"tte writes ,May Isl IS follows:
Yesterday morning eighteen or twenty young
LADIES' reached here on their yvav South from
EiIicott's Mills. They had hsen gong to
school there and were returning home, i'll the
charge OF several EDc iooklug oid gentlemen.
A large crowd gathered around to feast tueir
eyes upon the rare bthqG-t OF Southern beau
~. After gazing 10 their heart X del ;ght, they
were RECALLED with n speech from one OF the
venerable plpas. when he concluded, others
spoke Among the orators WAS tue yOut who
bad, 1t WHs SAID, captured the sword OF an OF
ncer i'll a Massachusetts com panv on the me-
morable l8ah of April. such was the morn
ing OF day that was not to have 80 pleasant
evening".
About O'Clock the drums OF the different
regiments sounded an alarm. Immediately,
from every direction, were seen soldiers hur-
ryiug to and fro. Ia Ii few minutes more the
different re- linen Is might be Eeen marching In
different directions. The news was, that the
eLtmy had beaten the Nirglnitus at Shep-
htrds!U ND, ana were crossing the bridge there
ia large numbers. To that point three reg
meufs were ordered, tne lst, I'd. and Sd. the
first regiment. under the command of Col
Allan, arrived there first, accomplishing the
distance, eleven miles, in two hours and
half In9 other regiments stationed here
y ere ordered to different points in the Hei Oh
bJIuOud. The battery at the bridge WAS
manned, ana several companies OF sharp
shooters drawn M by Its SIDE 10 assist in Its
defence. In addition TO this, measures we're
also adopted by nIea4s OF which fhe bridge
was To be blown W, should the enemy appear
IN over " hrimIng numbers.
about an hour after the sounding of the
alarm a IaOel terrific hail storm accom- p1nied
with thunder and lIgh timing, burst forth with
tremendous fury. The stones we're rs large RS
bullets and came down IN such numbers that
the troops on the march were much bruised
and beaten by them. II ID al engagement ueen
going on near, the noise of the III ustets and
cannon could scarcely have been heard,
! loud and dedtenlng WAS the roar OF the torn.
/ The Irou;,s never heeded once; bat springing
/ through apparently impassah!e marshes, kept
/ up rapid march III 0tntnce CT the elements
| that were warning around them. Upon reach
! ing Sac pheTdsto wn II was discovered that 10
/ enemy had been heard OF, and that there was
! not the slightest prospect OF IA light. After
! tnlqSi lug the hospitality OF the citizens OF
| Snrpherdstown, the LIST Regim returned on
! the cars 70 the Ferry. b
! Reliable information mas just been received
/ that last night one thousand men, with forty
! eight hoprs' provisions aud ten cannon, had
ioi e Relay ut twelve o clock for some poln [
. III Virginia. a Ii telegra phic comm unicatlons
/ eastward of this place ceased last night about
! Two o clock.
Five hundred Mississppians reached here
| last night. Six hundred more Will be here
/ is morning. They are, from all appearances,
! excellent troops. 1ney are well armed and
well UthceTed
4 tIREAT op1kadE.-Ait the freight, eacn sep
! arate box and package, brought To this city
last night from Washington aud the North by
/ Adams Express Company, had been, by otti-
GERS Of The Federal Government. smashed
broken, OF torn open IN Washington. The
loads, SIS they were removed from the wagon
presented the appearance OF having gone
through a railroad disaster. Band boxes hao
their tops and bottoms beaten IN trunks
whose tops and sides had been wres ted OF
chests, with their sides split open and their
! contents scattered about. We saw one large
case directed 10 w. +. Williamson, Norfolk
! Va. whose every side had been split open, ap
parentiy, with an axe, the removal OF thu
screws that beld it together not having heei
at all thought CT. A considerable quantity
freight was, We learn, detained BY the exam
liners to undergo a closer inspection, or 10 b.
stepped. No treights by Adams Express vii
hereafter be permitted 10 come South OF was h
ipgton. The disordered condition OF the freigh L
was corrected as much practicable by III
accommodating agent III this city.--A!erda
! driu Gd9o'te, lTh.
SHE WAS STRANGER AND THEY TOOK HER IN
, / Our PaWnee Is doing the chdri1a bic for tn,
little trading vessels thai pass about the AL
exandria wharvcs. Yesterday evening tn
yalorous crew took possession of a small yes
sci having on board 49, kegs of nails directed
! TO Wheat Bro. The nails were bought IL
/ Pennsylvania some six weeks ago bat luck
ily not "A dollar has been paid for them Tn
Captain took them on board at Baitimor
about the 10Th OF April, and left during III
OF tha tTGuDle win the MdSsaChuSrtt
5 troops The vessel has been down in Acco
mae ever since uutil he thought he conl
ven lure up,as he has done. Ii is now anchor
. ed near the Paw pee.-AtexaHdrfa SeattRel.
, !
A GLiAPsg OF RBrCRsISs REASON We wer
shown yesterday by u gentlemen Of this city
, q litter received by him from II broker in New
. York in which IL was written, within IN
last two months have lost twenty thousan
, dollars. Once rich, / am now poor. TIL
South cannot be sub]uga ted. Though Re
publican, am convinced of the foolishness G
continuing the state of affairs now existing
Let US have peaceful separation, and tina
uuickly " The above is the first and only in
stance of returning reason among the deiude
people Of the Non th that mas come nnder Gu
notice for d long time. --AIepdndr.a Queue
lTh.
Latest PROM NORTHERN TgxAs.-Mr. Geo
w Wright, direct from Paris, Texas, whicl
place he left on Monday, 9Th inst, states ina
The night previous TO has leaving an expires
, arrived from Col. Vim. u. Young asking 10
assistance in bssisgng Fort Arbuckie, IN IA
, Indian Nation. Col. Young had already take
Fort Wsshita, bat found no arms. he na
with him 300 Texans, and 1860 Choctaw Indi
ans. 500 u. :. troops were reported TO
In Fort Arbuekle. Northern Texas WAS vol
unteering en- masse TO go 10 foung's assist
ancs-H. u Ptcagune, lith.
:
The wietched condition of the Currency on
vest, continues to exert d very depressing In