The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-05
FROM NORFOLK.
ESPECIAL ooRxxsPosDKKoR OF THE DIsPAToH.
NORFOLK, September 3. 1851

NORFOLK, September 3, 1851
Various reports are In circulation hers toll
morning about formidable iron batteries al
Fort Monroe, Officers killed at Hatteras, &c. ;
bat these flying rumors are probably with gu
the least foundation.
beautiful Southern flag Will BE- presented
TO morrow morning by the ladies Of Princess
Anne and Norfolk counties, to tbs Oh esapeaka
Light Cavalry, Captain Burroughs. The
ceremonies will take place at Camp Lee on
he Pleasure-House beach, near the village OF
kAmJsvllle, about IL miles from this city
The flag will be presented in behalf OF the
company, by Miss Emily Garrison, a beauti.
full and accomplished daughter of James S.
Garrison, Esq, formerly representative of
Princess Anne in the House of Delegates.
The cavalry company mentioned above has
done hard and effective service along the
coast. The men are first. rat e horssmen, are
wall acc TAINTED wt'h the coun try, the roads.
swamps, inlets, &c and mounted On fleet
horses, and fully armed and equipped for
fsht- They will doubtless prove exceedingly
efficient whenever the Yankees may attsm ut
landing on our coast.
Provisions are getting high here bacon IS
CENTS per lb.. butter S73 40 cents. sugar 25 80
Many other articles, however, IRE not un.
reasonably high.
Our principal streets to-day present lively
and animated appearance. The hotes are
well pat-onlZed and the numerous guests are
fed by the gent.emanly proprietors of the
Allan tic and the NationaI-Mr Newton OF
the former, and Mr.. Walters Of the latter
upon the good things CT which this sec ton OF
the State SO p!entifuly abounds, and a night
with neat, well-furnished and airy sleeping
apartments. That vile and Justly detested
enemy of the South, old Greeley, states that
the Southern trOo ps feed on "hog aad hom-
my" and 1t is well that we have plan tiful
supplies Of these substantial articles of dict;
but il he knew of the dele table repasts Of
which many Of the gallant soldiers par take in
thie and other parts of orr rich and produc-
Vt,-n Gu HAM ,t~vv k,au \
nothing about the matter, or tainly nothing
true.
1t ia reasonable to expect heavy and pro-
ftable trade here as soon AZ the blockade Is
removed, and trade and commerce flow on in
their proper chan nels. This position Will at.
tract capital and men Of business, and it IL
generally believed that an advancement of
every in terest of Norfolk will then take place
and continue with remarkable rapidity. Stu.
ated within 20 miles Of the single great inlet
from tho Atlantic to the vast waters Of tie
Chesapeake and its tributaries, with an al
most unequaied harbor, Il salubrious climate.
an abundance OF supplies, and other well
known advantages, Norfolk could su stain IS
heavy a commercial population, and a1ord as
cheap a rate OF factorage to the commerce Of ths
Southwest and West-as any
other seaport city. For 10 years Norfolk was
regarded az the emporium Of the Chesapeake
and its waters. Accidental circumstances
controlled the indications Of nature" as
Mr.. jefferson predicted, and Norfolk, which
was long far ahead in the race of commercial
wealth and greatness, was distanced by Bal
timnre, Richmond, and other places. But q
brighter day is dawnirg, notwithstanding the
deciara.io Of our Northern enemies that
Norfolk must be destroyed.
THE value Of the Norfolk letters would be
enhanced If our correspondent would mail
them In season to ensure their receipt on the
night Of the day on which they are written
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