The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-05
AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH.
Interesting Information Obtained from
the Hattcras Prisoners Great DIS.
satisfaction AIMING Lncoln's Hire
ltags-The komUey Fight, &c.

the Hatteras Prisoners Great Disc
satisfaction amung Lincalnss Hire.
ltngs-The komBey Fight, &c.
From our Southern exchanges we gather
tha following intelligence Of war move
merits, &C., in cur Confsderacy:
isTEREsTIhG FACTS opTAfstp raRcrGH con.
yERsATioH WITH kELRAsBD HArrEgAs PRISON
ks-1HE IAskEss wIsn TO IofS TIE sVC IN.
The editor of the Norfolk Day Book pub
fishes the following report Of a conversation
| had with the released Confederate prisoners
| sent down to that city from Fortress Mon
| roc under flag Of truce some days ago. The
Information is highly interesting AID will
richly repay perusal Of cur readers
They represent much dssafisfac lion among
tho Federal troops; and state that many of
| them endorse the action of the South, and
| hope for her ultimate success. In proof OF
me existence Of such state of feeling they
I Eiate that an attempt WIS made by some OF
| the Federai soldiers at Old Point to blow up
| the magazine there by means of a train of
powder which they had succeeded in laying
| but which was discovered before an oppor-
| tunity was had 10 fire it. They also STATE
| th;it quite q mum Der of the y Northern soldiers
| expresse a desire, on their departure, to go
| south with them, and regretted exceedingly
| me circumstances which prevented their SO
doing.
There are seven guns mounted on the Rip
| Raps-one OF them life and the Others
! Colum biads. The old Sawyer gun Is mount
cd on the platform. and is used as a pivot
! gun 1t was placed there TO do service on
the Merrimac, which they Gsiieve to be COM
| pieted, and only waiting favorable opror-
sunity 70 make her appearance. The big
| not mounted.
The number OF men AZ the Point is estinat-
ed al $500 AT the Rip Raps there are but
cue hebdfeo ana seventy men. From over
| ion ~. 20,
was CLEANED that they regard twenty thou
| sand men as amply sufficient to drive them
nom the fort, ana fear very much an attempt
| upon our part to do SO. Before the prisoners
| however. they We're very loud liz their boaSt-
! ngs OK what they had done and what they
could 40. Especially did they brag upon the
enscrs CT 'neir guns npcn sewell's Point, as
| sefhng that on three occasions they had
| driven the men entirely away from the bat
! terry there, and that they could have t,keu
| possessio1 OF 1t with The greatest ease, but
| they Gid rot wish 10 do So, as it was IL place
OF minor Importance, and not worth Dos
sessins themselves of. Poor fellows. the
| cat cidnt want the cheese after being fully
! satisfied that it was impossible for her to
| reach il.
| Among the various little arausernents for
our men while At the Rip Raps, none seemed
| % please them more than the seeing of nuIn-
| beers OF the Northern delinoUents with hall
and chain attached to their feet, rolling
| wheeibarrows OF coal. One of them relates
| that FED told blm if he Gidn't behave him
| whereby pom he told him they wouid have to
| Kill him brst, and he added II meant it, tor
| for si"uld prefer death any time to those
| iron things about my legs D."
| The notorious Charles Henry Foster il ri
| the Rip Raps-sneaking around in his usual
| hang-cog manner. He had the impotence
and lack OF mannness to make disL unorab'e
| proposition 10 our men there. which they
| were prevented from properlv resisting on
account or the circumstances under which
they were placed They have him marked,
| however, and the time may com" when they
Will have an oppcr' unity OF Wraaking their
| vengeance upon him. The proposition TO
| which we refer was that they decline any
! fartfer alliance with the South, ana "eniist
~ =, dlers under the Stars ard Stripes We
, are nappy, however, to be able to say, that
whtle the prisoners lhems4 Ives were not At
| liberty to reply rs they would have desired To
| this nase SUGGESTION yet they had the s,tis-
| faction OF witnessing the modification of Fos.
tPT, accustomed by a peremptorY order from
| The officer IN command OF the Rip Raps Tor
| bidding him to utter such language End ma.
| mating that none but coward wcu.,: tp,-s
| such an occasion to make such q proposition
Foster plead, as an excuse for his conduct
| that be had heeu instructed tn make the
prop0s tion by General " oil This he officer
| fatty denied, and Afterwards told the men 10
! resist such suggestion If made 10 them
again
! Two deserters from our ranks ioine,, the
| enemy at the Rip Il ps short time before
our men left. They were both q eorgiaus
and deserted from Magr forces One
OF them had Il note on the South western
| Bank, which he supposed 10 he worthless
| and tried to get clear OF il ny passing il on
the Hatteras prisoners Tor its fall equivalent
Failing in this, ne offered To sell il Tor 81 dol
| lar l. Was pur' hased, and the buyer on
| reaching here. Thursday, had the satisfaction
| OF hiding that he had made a good thing Of
it, inasm nch as he had secured five dollars
| for one.
| Dixie's Land, IT seems, is air SO much
admired by the FsGs that they cannot bear
| the idea OF giving 1t up, and our informant
| states that he WAS asked & number of times
| While among them, 20 sing ii He regretted
! with rs that he dicn do s0--inlroducJng the
little aiitir at Bull Run. By. the peak
leg of i5ull Run, reminds Us that while our
| men were i'll Castle Wiliisn. at New York
| passengers on The boats would take occasion
! when passing there, to tantalize them with
cheers for HatteTas. GheT bore il paIienti.
| for some time but finally regarding forbear
| ance as no longer virtue. they replied to
| these cheers on one occasion, by singing out
| - hrse cheers fer Bull Kun - after that
| boats passed as nolseIessly Is a funeral pro-
cession. ana no more cheers ware heard tor
| E6tteras.
1t seems that the Northern soldiers regard
| the South as having Inc best officers, and
| make no hesitation in asserting Inc saras
whenever "A opportunity pr. SCENTS. They
| have bestowed a new title ppon B8aarag rl
| and aiiude to him as the ''Old Swamp Fox. /"
meaning by this, we suppose, that he Is cum
Ming enough to perceive all their plans, and
| wise enough TO thWsrt them.
| Everything Is represented as being carried
on with the Creates. activity at the Point
Fracrce WITH guns is had every day. and
| every disposition is manifested to acq uirs
military hnowledge,-all of which will, Of
course, OH 1he first occasion. result in Il move
| not indeed. laid down by scott, but never
| lheless, performed by his nen with an ex-
| pertnesS heretofore unknOWn-We mean the
| double-quick retrograde.
| The report which fesched as with reference
TO the stopping of the fleet al or near the
| Horse Shoe, and which We gave yhe reader q
day or two since, it appears was correct. The
vessels stopped there tor il Short whi,e--for
| whit purpose is not Ahown-and alter wards
| put to sea rs one expedition, none OF them
going up the bay
| The returned prisoners report that they left
, quite a mum Der OF their comrades sick and
state that there has been six teen deaths am on
| them since they left HattsraS. The disease
| prevailing among them is a form of ty phoid
| When they left Hatteras the prisoners left
behind them ali their wearing apparel and
| consequently stood very much in need OF clio
| thing on arriving at New York and being in
not know Tor awhile what they should do
| Those with whom we conversed state. howe
| Yer. that their wants, in this respe CT had all
been supplied, and expressed their indie bteii-
ness for the clothing they then wore TO their
| Captain, l.. l.. Clements who had procured
the same for them.
| The released men xpress much satisfaction
| at being again in Dixie's land. They left
FRIDAY morning in the cars for Weldon, and
are now doubtless once more at their homes
among the loved ones thefe.
THE RoAEEY FIaHT.
| The following account of the recent affair
at RomEey, which we copy from the Win
| chester Republicans of the LIST inst, shows the
utter folly Of placing any reliance III the
| Federal reports about any OF their move
ments in connection with the wax now ex-