The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-28
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iEcA f0RIREss MONROE.
! From the Baltimore Anlcy.caa, of the 2lst
inst, we gather the following:
/ FoRrAERs MONROE, Oct Is.-Tbera ia M
news rom the South to-day
General Wool his issued an order giving
! the "ContTabanu' employed IN this d,.uarts
| meat wages at thu rate Of : rer month for
the men, anu - per month To-. tho females
ARRIVAL OF TIE STEAMER ADELAIDE.
ino s;s~n"er Adelaide, Captain Cannon,
! O'Clock, and brings very little iutsIlipa,,-.s
OF Interest from hampton Roads Some s1I-
prise was manifested at Fortress Hiouro. il,
consequence OF an order recei we'd trnrn -
! War department removing Col Instin nf,T
lex, OF lie Second Regiment Of ARTILLERY. from
thtt post 10 take command OF Fort Warren
OF the department OF the East. Col Dimick
Eds been Ia the regular arUIIery seryic. .or
more then forty years, ANA he stands htrh in
iAe estimation OF his brother officers ans ~ ~
vast circle Of friends. His removal 10 the
cUEiiiltGu OF post is an evidence OF In. rnn.
h~eAce when re department reposes in his
military abilities ana patriotism
! , Ol1 fHday the Federal fleet ct Hampton
1to>tGs was increased by The arrival from New
ioIk u three ilTge steamer, one Of which
| "as the b due, which were pretty welI lder
| WIN haFal stores for the eX petition
lac Zip OF The Adelaide mp The bay was
/ very pleasant, until about four o'cIo.k':r tho
! morning, when dense fog arose, and il vyt*
Impossible Ia Sc atty yards ahead ~ia !hrn
cline aloA,, FeTy slowly, IN order to avoid the
IL;
, Completed 10 keep their steam whistles blow
! Ing.
, EoKTsEss MONROE, Oct. I0-Tne great fl eet
/ concentrating II Hampton Roads IS receiyi y
T hourly aecessiuGS. The troops from Annaco7
lis have not Yet arrived. Gen. sherman ia
expected Tonight III the Atlantic Great
enthusiasm prevails III Old Point IN View of
the extensive naval preparations. The steam
SNIP Z uioI mas just arrived. The steamer
! NhDash san remains at OlG Point Il is
supposed mat tic entire fleet VIII be tull by
. tomorrow night. -
/ THE LATEST iSrELLIGLNCB from OLD p0iyT
The sieaner Louisiana, Captain Pierson
. reached here yesterday morning about siy
+ O'Clock, and among the plasen gers We're thrt.r
. gentlemen VITA SIX ladies. VINO have for som a
. time past been living in Richmond ana Nor
! to2BI and who reached OLD Point under q f9g
OF truce. II II rs oeen previously announced
! that Gen " 0Cl had declared ns would FER.
NIT 80 nlnre Hsgs OF truce, which was true
. but now thata fig did arrive. it is presumed
tnat he has acted under orders from the War
! Department. IL Wes about ten O'Clock ia thp
morning when the steamer WIS Observed
rounding SeWeii'4 Poiur, when rsgen W,ui
despatched the ~tear2-t9r Yankee to n,ett
hex hGs lie Confederate boa continued on
her course, until she g0t within the naval
! lines when Cpe OF the Federal citu-Encts
. opened tire upon her. hhouJ an hour aftel.
the Yankee left, the fellow again appyoacati
hat Was again fired ~ for At leas. a. hour
when lie finally steamed DOWN towards Nor
folk.
Among the passengers WIS coIone! Tus,in
Dnnick. OF the Second Regiment Of United
I States Artillery, who has been ut FORTRESS
Monroe for several years, bat now goes 70
command Fort Warren, Boston harbor
REPORTED OUTBREAK II WESTERN VIRGINIA.
I Prom the Wheeling madagascar, OF the lsth
ult.. we gather the following:
! Governor Pierpont yesterday received
dispatch from DIr., Van WmkIe of Parkrrg-
e hurg, announcing thar the rebels had made
L~S,,t., -,
in great numbers, and We're carrying On to
the perfect terror CT me inhabitants. II was
report tel t@t they had attaC Sed Capt Dili ;
F cavalry company. tatiOued al Eliza BEETHOVEN
! and com iieteIy CUT them 10 p4tcts, ana were
threatening ParkerSDarz.
The dispatch is certainly fTOrn Il very IelIa-
bic source, and Is entitled to The fullest credit
1t is known that an unusual mum Der Of rebels
have recently appeared in Writ, Gilmer and
Calhoun counties. a1d many Union men have
p been murdered. The rebel forces are not ma.
/ tIYes OF the counties named. bu. are regularly
organized bands, doubtless from kiOyd 5
! army.
! Last niehv~a bout dark, companies A, b,
G, and I, OF the Eirst Virginia Infantry,
took passage on tie steamer uodS!Ge for Par
kersburg. Col. Iho0urn being absent from
the city, Lieutenant Hslonel Richmond, Of
( the First Cavalry. went IN command. Weare
not al liberty to state The destination Of the
expedition The boys cau.e oyer tTcm Camp
C8Tiiie, preceded b. The First Cavalry band,
nuder P 0renchine; rain that would have
drowned the spirits OF less enthusiastic
crowd, but q l0ll+r set Of fellows never set
ont upon an expedition the object of which
( they knew nOlGinE.
TIE ATTACK ON THE oEMISoLE.
a private letter from a gentleman or board
the r. :. steam sleep Seminole, on her late
trip from Washing ton t old Point, has been
published il the Philaue. phia Bsilesi.. TIE
following are extracts:
L. :. STEAM ELUoP SBAIYoLR
OF Fortress Monroe, Oct. II, 1861. s
We arrived here this morning at O'CLOCK,
having left Washington yesterday morning.
Nothing very remarkable occarred Oh the way
down 10 q uantico creek. At that point the
steamer IocIh0EttS, which was some miles
ahead of us, threw three or four shells into
the bushes III Transport, Og Shipping Point,
Va. The fire was not returned, auii she pro-
cetdod on her way.
As we neared the Point, st l0} A. III, our
decks were cleared Ior action, All hands AZ
quarters, matches closed and every thing ready.
At 1915 they opened Oh Us, with riied shot
and she'll, from three batteries, two On the
bank and one about 500 yards inland, at
EEansport. These shot fell twenty rods short.
TIE Seminole returned the fire tricky, and
with effect, from her pivot gun ana two me-
dium 32-poGAders. We kept on our course,
returning their ilre during thirty five rninutcE.
and receiving theirs during forty five, We
were * fine target for thent--5t slow steamer
clear against the horizon, while they were
hid III earth and bushes.
We ceased firm. at j % A. NJ. fter which
they sent several ricochetng snot.-and all
handsome ones--at our water line, which
luckily fell short. We expended twenty
three shells, seTeral-par ticulsrly those
planted By Captain GiIiis III person-Wi3h
good effect. They sent us at least thirty riied
balls and shells, ali spiendidly aimed, their
guns beiug evidently well manned. Some o.
their shot and she'll went over as about eight
or nine feet clear Of the deck, and only few
feet a ove Iny head These fell or burst from
twenty TO forty rods beyond OH onr port side.
some burst Just outside, before reaching US
and some just over our heads. Fragments Of
shells new about the deck and spiinters in
thousands.
We uere struck eleren ,imes. One ball cut
away the main stays, scattering bits of iron
chain down on the deck. One shot through
and shivered the mizzen mast. Several banged
clear through the ship III at side and ont
at the other One rifisd ball came through in
that way, struck and carried away the brass
haudrali guard around the engine HATCH
and went cut through the opposite side of the
shin. This bal went within five feet of me-
aud Sent piece of brass bent double like a
boomerang, whtzzing over my head. How
the balls do hiss. and the shells siag ;ioud-a
perfectly distinct, fascinating, locust-i like
song bat growing louder and faster as they
come nearer, piungins, kissing, and bursting
th rough the air. ! was never under fire be
fore but I never was cooler in my life.
stood by my capstan and took my notes Of
the time and tbs effect Of the balls both ways,
jumping out Of our own smoke 10 SEE where
the balls lodged, &c all just as matter Of
course But thought of IL afterwards, AID
1t was no joke.
"The night was . severe one, and without
knowing what the other side suffered, do
know that the Seminole suffered severely