The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-27
f50M fYB3R ISLAND,

FaVh icSh ioLAAp.
We copy the following from the Sayan.
nah N.ms, Of the asa inst:
The only news We have from Tybes Is bv
the Ida. On Saturday the wind blew fresh
from the Northeast and the sea ran high
During Saturday forenoon two large FED.
srai sailing v,sssls endeavor-d TO come in
from Ae Norln. They were sailing directly
on the North breakers, when q Federal
frigate inside fire. guns to warn them off
bur the wind being nigh, they probably did
not hear the report OF the guns Of the trigats.
One OF Them went ashore ON the North break
ers, ana 1t is doubtful ii she can be- got OF.
he other ship stood of, aud we have not
heard what became Of her.
BY the Ida, VIII ich aga ain arrived from Fort
Pulassi last uisbt, we learn that the Fed i.
eral vessel ashore on the North breaker is in
| a bad position. She tn umped heavily Gu Sun
| day morning, and the sea being high there
was very little prospect Of their beng able
| to get her OF Federal tug endea vOr ed to
| approach her yesterday, but was c compelled
| to abandon the attempt. Oar pilots say tn al
she will be lost, as no vessel tn at ever got on
| that shoal has ever been saved
There has been quite q gale at sea durfn .
the last few days.
FROM rExAs-THE ENEnY OPT THE coAsr,ko.
From the Galveston Civilian, Of the 18th
| inst, we take the annexed items
From III. indications there ara q number O,
vessels i'll this vicinity and TO the westward.
sending up fire balloons, suppose, TO graf j.
fy their panchant for "gs "9ing" I. is proba-
bic they will strike first ON tho hto Grande
although ell portions Of the coast should b.
watched.
The following is an extract from a letter
to the Houston Telegraph, dated Fort Stock.
ton, Nov. q:
Since writing the above we reached this
place by a night march Of over twenty miles.
having marched yesterday thirty miiee. Al
ia " had h X
ais hal landed at 4uaymas, md were to in
wade Texas via chihuahua, and that the
Governor there had orders from Mexico not 10
ofFeT any resistance to their march, 1--WE ara
not ordered 10 dc the same, and ehali CT r re-.
sistance wherever we meet them" Maior
Raquet, with Hardeman's and Cro.son .
companies, and Lieut.. Reilly's artillery,
were three days ago pushed on rapidly in ad .
vance, at Fort Davis. Lieut.. Colonel Scurry
Is close in the rear with his dstac hment % m
regiment.
TH8ARKANsAs oossPIRAroRs.
We learn that the Little Rock journal. Of
the l7th, that the seventy leigh prisoners,
whose arrest In Searey county we have NO.
ticed, were brought before the military
board, aud after an investigation were all 70.
leased. 1hey protested their devotion to the
Conf deracy, aud claimed that the crgaEiza-
ton contemplated no mere criminal intent
than 70 insure them against the hostili,ie. OF
an In vadinE army. The leaders. 1t was owl
dent, oontem plated criminal Interior designs.
out tnelr t0llOWeTs were In the dark a. To
what was proposed. They forthwith formed
themselves into contrary, elected their OIL
GERS from til Csc who had rrested and Escort.
cd them as guard from thor native county.
and were sworn into the service OF the Cun .
federate States for and during the war. -
Tbs Journal says that the scene which fol-
lowed their release, the touching remarks Of
the Governor, and their solemn enlistment,
into the OOnfcderate service was q very afyoo-
live and impressive one.
LArRR PRON KHHfUcxr.
The Columbus tKy.) CoHfidwa;s Mems. Of the
Goth instant, says:
A friend, Just from Owensboro. has called
upon ID, from wnom We learn that the Nor.
them troops, under comm and CT Tom Ur1 ten
den, Jim jackson and Col. Burbrid re. havs
left Henderson,, Owensboro, and Hartford.
and have concentrated At Uaihoun. ON Green
rivsr. Our informant says they speak al
moving toward hopkipsville, bat from indi
cations which he saw, his opinion ID that ID o.
purpose going into winter quarters They
have Or 10 pieces Of artillsry. and sbout O. oil
men, all told,
LIscoLs vAnpAIs At IDprvlllI, 1T.
The Bowling Green cbsrar, Of the ma
says: ess
A band Ct Linceln vandals, led by p, D
sissr, landed at Eddyvtiie on tho 10th inst
anas true % their infamous insttncu, forth
We set about gratifying their thieying pro,
Rsosius. They On tayed the ollce Of n =
saA ssesS&ias slee & : dasssv eetle sSsS