The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-11
Aifblnorh Dispatrb.
MONNAY M RaINss -,

CAA0 kAat No. TOT 20 fofS Iso'N"n~u Ptohe VI
fAirs has hssn broken by startling intelligence |
from the Weet, and by somewhat exciting
news from the island Of Pert Royal. South |
Carolina The dispatches from Columbus.
Kentucky. give ne details Of an important &C
ton on tho west bank Of the Mississippi river,
opposite that town; where we inflicted upon
the enemy another Leeab,irg disasser Our
strength was only abont sixty per cent Of the
enemy, and we would seem to have laoored un.
der the disadvantage Of crossing the river and
landing In the face Of larger force. Never
shelsss, the victory was complete, not only 10
the utter ront and overthrow Of the foe, bu,
10 the capture of prisoners, arms, guns, and
stores The affair ut Belmont is doubtless one
Of the cleverest ones cf the war;
We regret that detailed accounts Of this en-
gsgemen, have been intercepted by the barn
Ing Of bridses and the eating Of telsgraphic
wires IN East Tennessee. We have been
energetic and imporsunate in calling upon our
Government to look to It's railway and tele.
graphic communications with Memphis through
Eas. Tennessee. Oar pleading is now vindi-
Gated By this vexatious destruction Of bridges
by disloysl people along the line, or emssa,
ries from johnson aud Maynard in the Fede
1sl camps in Ksn,uoky We trust that the act
will prove fortunate ia waking up the authori
lies to the necessity of adequately protecting
that lima. .
Frem tho South We have Intelligence that
the eie,ny have sacceeded in stiectiny a
ia.dug on the island Of Port Royal below
Beaufort, Sooth Carolina TIE news cast u
sort Of dampsr upon tie popular feeling here;
bar We iiias without sufficient reason. The
North have been organizing aud preparing
their grand armada for six months. Gaping
millions In hat delad.d section stand on tiptoe
10 heag Of the universal destruction and dis.
may that THE prodigious armament is TO in
tiict upon the South.
Tie monster has foated down the whole
:,agtD Of our seaboard, without daring to at
ts0k a single point, until it has reached por-
tim OF the coast where we happen to have an
jaconsidcrabie fort or two, some small bate
rios of guns, and but feeble land force to
protect them. OF course, our works at such
a place were never intended to resist OF her
than email maraading parties. II was never
expected that they would withstand an i'm
mense fleet, which has taxed the resources o1
the Whole North TO ft il out.
BY dnt Of tremendous cannonading and
vastly superior sht Of metal, the vaiorous
foe have succeeded in silencing portion oe
our guns aud getting in 10 the shore. They
will doubtless he able, under the prot s1slon of
their guns, il their ships can approach near
enough to shore, TO effect the Decentralization
Of their land forces, and to present strong
front at that point Ii would be a miracle,
indeed, if 40 prodigious an armament should
be til varied III this effort by such meagre
force as we happened to have at one pariicu-
lar point of IA extensive seaboard But their
handing viii after all avail them nothing 1t
will prove but another Hatteras affair They
have held Fortress Monroe and Newports
News for six months, and no nearer the
inter- If country now than they were at the
beginning. What will it avail them TO get
possession of p few acres of ground 40 far
from home, more than the possession of the
Peninsula Of Hampton has done for six months
Here they command the waters OF the Chesa-
peake and tie James; there they command
NJ waters of any value, nor roads,ead, and
put themselves into state of voluntary be-
siegement from a confederate force that will
soon exceed them in number.
The place where they have landed while in
capable of suhjeciing US to any annoyance, is
one 10 which they themselves will lie subjected
10 the greatest hara- sUent and insecurity. We
can concentrate against them there any num-
Der of land forces desired, and subsist them at
half expense; while it will require an i'm
mense amount of shipping to supply and a
heLvy naval force to protect their own troops
on 20 distant coast The pleasure of holding
An unimportant fort may be very great to
them; but the cost will lie greater The far
ther they transport their forces FRI n their own
soil, the greater is the expense OF maintaining
them and the less cost do they entail upon us
Of confronting them with Confederates. Won
derfnl result of q stupendous undertaking -
The grand armada has taken Port Royal! The
mountain 90 long in labor has brought forth
mouse
II il amusing to witness the absurd caleula-
Hons Of the enemy in regard to the supposed
movement of our troops which the landing of
The armada il to effect They expect the
Georgians and Carolinians at Manassas, trem-
bling for their homes, viii demand to DO led
buck to the de ence Of their native soil In
stead Of that ,veral Southern regiments have,
since the intelligence from Port Royal. been
ordered to Manassas, our forces being largely
reinforced there ut the time they expect d
the virtual evacuation of our camps in that
quarter.
II will have been observed by the public
that the attack opposite Columbus, Kentucky,
and the burning Of the bridges over the Hol-
ston, In East Tenns+ zee, have been simulta-
neous with the landing at Port Royal We
shall doubtless hear of demonstrations in Ken
tuoky and In Western Virginia, when we re-
ceive the news Of the same date SO, also,
wss the grand attack before Centreviile to
have come Oh about the same time The de-
feat 1T Leesbarg, however, changed General
MoCleilan's plans. 1t il now said that, acting
upon the maxim, discretion is the better part
of vslor, he has postponed his own grand
movement until the expected withdrawal OF
Georgians aud South Carolinians from Centre
vile shall pu. his success beyond peradven
tansous assault all around the horizon have
been accomplished, and the adage is verified.
q he best lai plan. Of men aud uke
Gag At az Sag
TIE HAMPrOs SoLDIERa.--We invite epe
cial attention 10 the eloquent appeal for the
Hampton soldiers. Il u from the pen of one
ofshs brAvesf and patriotic Of the former oiti
rams OF that suffering town. If any men in
Virginia have . claim upon the sympathy and
aid Of their c0untrymen, il 10 surely the so;-
diers Of Hampton. We trust that generous