The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-27

SOUTH EgN WAR NEWS.
From onr mails of yesterday evening W.
gather the following:
FGoS FLoYp's COMMAND
The correspondent of The Lynchbnrg Re-
p"bii,oa writes from Meadow Bluff. undrr
d3te Of The 10th, as follows:
On Monday night onr gallant little arm,
Tell back from tn" Top of Big Sewnil ~ this
r'ace--Nleadow Bluff. The order To m.rci,
was given At eight O'Clock, and by ten our
tears were strick"A baggage packed. team
hitched, and the long train of men wagons,
ana horses in motion. About half an hour
alter starting the rain commenced pouriur
down in torrents, and continued nearly ali
Night. But few OF us had the luxury even al
oYcrcoitS, and fewer still OF water ruui
ones tie consequence was, that nearly the
whole of us got thoroughly drenchrd The
, roads too, soon hpcaine terri Bile and rem
.ercd The march u most disagree;Ihle ONE
but or men bore 1t with great cheerful nrNs
and we could hear them cracking their Jokes
along the road with rs much paiety - il
seated around thu cheerful lire u 1! Il comforts
NE nome. Indeed, camp life is enc OF tne
most nterestius and Irotit:t bl. schools OF u-
structiOn in the world
am glad to SEE that the Con ret}er-tr Com
sress hats passed Is law giving regular ratioll<
OF liquor to oHr volunteers. Tenn ,,er,iiyt-
apostles may say what they please, but q gill
oI hquor per Gay to Il soldier il better PIE
vtntiNe and cure OF diseaise than all the
apothecarv shops and doctors in Christentiolil.
a laan dteuched with ram and chilled with
cold, without fire to warm or dry him, Is
almost Obliged to be sick unless IL. has
some stiInulant TO stir his blood and ma kc it
bound freshly through his veins. 1t is q CIT
rloue tact that not one drop OF liquor b;Ie
been Ia otr camp since we left leIyiSbtr
nearly TWO months ago. Not even the OIL
GERS have IL. This i no compliment to
our temperance pfUpensit!Cs, but the rcSait
OF clrculhs t.thees which Ne cannot con
l.. NAT
or rfivltn house between LeSisburg and
Iahicy river. Thcii supplies have hereto
fore come from Ohio, aud that channel u1
trade Is now Ell ireiy cut Of
We Reached Meadow Euir safely about 10
O'Clock OH the morning OF the 18th. and.
riich,n@ our tents, projected at cnce to pre-
par Tor a warm reception OF the euemy
ten iCyd l. unrenlItti8g III his atten ton to
the affairs OF his army. lie does Il Nasl deal
OF the labor himself, ANA leaves us little 10
MS snbordln;'tes az possible. He insircts
everything, aad never leaves for lliolneut
his lines even on the march.
sKiRHisHIEG NEAR coLrNBUs
We learn, says the Memphis icaiancAe.
through an officer who arrived from Ccjum-
bus yesterday. that u portion OF Capt. Log
wool : -cninlnny, While scouting near Ri
lott Mills, some tai rtayn mile, from Co.
lunbue, sHccreGC:i ii surrounding 4 PARTY OF
Eederals who were cooking their meal III a
nrid. Shots were iiterchangcd, when the
enemy set mp shout, a. II cailin% for their
cniuriities, who were supposed 10 be only Il
snort distance CT in consider BILE Iurf.. and
til" drH gCUrS We're ordered not To pursue rl,,.
Hyiug foe, mitch to their di>>,ii-fiction The
loss OF ths Fedcrais wa, six killed, besides Il
hul9b'r OF guns, etc, which they forgot in
the hurry OF departure. Tie loss Oh uui -.,;,.
WAS TWO horses hiiled and ore severely
Woundcd. Not one Of the boys received IL
scratch.
r,rRt"rGsT AND PANTALooSs
Suljoined Is tn" story OF a lady who could
not reconcile herself in the midst of the ex-
element OF the war, to the passive Patriotism
OF making shirts tor The soldiers but donnine
a shirt and pantaioons herself she deemed it
much more honorable 10 a<4t. Her ,ynlulses
were noble, h 3u@h, PERHAPS, naa! ,,ynans.-
The account is taken from Tie J.ypcl:btrg r.
p1jtic,r, Of yesterday:
Ca the cars OF the TeEnpsspe colnDauy
which arrived. here ON Tuesday evening
among many other officers. was one Y hose
gay and c&shin- appearance attracted ui:i-
NrIs:t iFt'uiiu. ;nti : to the iiTlil b, lief ON
the part oi NIL that he WAS one of 1hn .hi.f
,iiGnit,iri"@ Ci the military world. D-,ckti out
IL ri the i'uun, 1ni. nfit'o, aud crculnst il.o
%. glorious war, and y IN, air that serlnr.!
10 say - am the master OF The great NJ cling
ton and Eona l,trtr,'' he trod the streets IA.
observed of all observers, when, III an nyii
hour, il became Eoi-e about thar the ga liant
officer was sailing under f -" co!ore-iu a b.r
words, That he wito had become the envy ut
All the lnrN, 1nG i!.r admiration, Of al the
women. was herself 4 woman, dressed ~, il.
tar hahililneutS Of the stcraVr .rH uur 70.
licy, ever The alert 81 e;S ticinus characters
and knowing ii 40 good reason why tht. gay
one should have ,tn2nfG IN" .'pluts'; in<.rlt
of the Gown, Quickly arrested her Il Mi ctIr,t
hcr b"lore Alderman Saunders. ,Lu. AFTER
ii tedious examination, being nahit. to find
ont mach either iHvOrihir nr uHf4yor. hl. 10
the suspected party, determined 10 r.ud hey
40 Richmond for the Secretary Of MAI IA
q ne ii-S
Mary Aun keith, OF Memphis. Tennrss.a. hni
registered ut the Piedmont House as T.i.ut
Bntord. Sad she had been married twice
her first husband having been Il member of
Shermans famous battery; her second
was in the Southern army, but she stated
thai she was separated from him for some
reason she did not make known. She tie
clar'G she was all right on the Southern
qusS ton, and secuted the idea OF being A suy
She said her reason tor dressing in soldier
clothes was. that she had determined to ficlit
the batsir> OF her country, and thought such
dicuise more likely 10 enable her to accom-
plish her object She may i,e all sound rs far
We knew 10 the contrary, but a nr,n.r
regard for our SAFETY requires that all slcl,
wherever they are found in ;he South III.
prisoner was sent To RiChlaoud ftatt r,tty
morning
iSTELLIGENCE rRua rENis
The people OF feXas ara fully alive, 20 Tie
cotton loan. Very MANY are subscribing
State viii amount to more thau 20d, ob) halr>
The State of Texts hats now about 2ocyD
men i'll the service, aud accepted She has IS
lnany more ready 10 go, and still another
tHtnty thousand for home deicuce General
Sibley called 1or two regiments and accented
;;,3oo men, after which hc was Obliged 10 re-
fuse many who still wanted To b., mustered
ia to his brigade.
service, viii soon Re OH the road. Fully = go
Inen have offered tor ii, ont OF which the
regiment has been picked. 1t will be the
pride OF The army. Every man is g;tl,io TO III.
back bone, and armed 10 the Lcetii
There is some complaint i'll Central Texas
OF the cotton worm. The complaint il not
general. Good Judges estimate the crop ut
very near that of 1880. Sugar-cane promises
have been immense
a thousand bushels Of salt were received
III Houston on the first inst, from III. La
guna Ma,ire, near Corpus Christi Ii is euuai
10 the best St. u bes salt for curing meat
DgfEycEs OF THE GEORGIA COAST.
Governor Brown, learn from the S.-
vannah NeHs. has mace Il thorough survey of
the whole Georgia coast to the Florida hue,
visiting all the batteries and military nosts
on his route. H. WA, accomnaui led b a stuff
of engineers. The Aons is informed that the
works on the ccast are being pushed for
ward enerseticaiiy. The guus Tor The bate
RES are ali landed and bt,ng rapidly
mounted, and the magazines are abuntsantly
stored with powder, shot, and she'll The
heavy eight and ten inch Column iads and the
iorty two pound guns purchased by Gov
Brown at the Tredegar Works i'll Virginia,
toge Their with the thirty Two Founders sent
out by the Secretary of the Navy, are being
placed in position on the batteries the W hole
length OF the line.
THK DorBT or MrLDRAUGHs HILL-THE RECENT
ARkErTs IN kENTuCkY.
We take the following items tron tie Nash
Vile Union OF Tuesday. Several Of the Incl
dents alluded TO have been briefly u1eptianad