The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-03
TIE WAR.
W. CLEAN from lat. papers the sasJoia.d

come further particulars from two soldier.
whs were present 1t the bombardmeut a,
Forts Clark and Hatteras, portion Of which
we APPEND:
On Thursday morning early. The enemy.
powerful gums opened flre at Fort Hattsrss
the war SHIPS Keeping out at a distance almost
entirely beyond the reach of our guns. This
they were enabled TO do by means Of their o..
Founders, while the larxest guns at Hatteraa
were only 50 FOUNDERS
IL, stated that one Of the Federal steamers
Secame a little bold and ventured within the
range OF our guns. A well.directed shot was
Immediately fired, which struck a small boat
hanging from the davits on her forward quar-.
ser. and kaocked IL into fragments. Another
Tot speedily followed from Hatteras, which
struck the hull of the s,ee mer fair and So uare,
producing an opening winch was distinctly
visible from the Fort. This was more than
he Federal craft had hargained for, and she
Instantly directed her bow to seaward, and
made for deeper water.
The wounded soldiers say that about II
o'clock our magazine was exploded by a shell
destruction all around. 1t Is to this unfortu-
nate and unexpected casualty that the cap.
ture Of the fort is attribu ted, and not TO a
lax Of ammunition, rs has been enormously
stated. BY this explosion, we have been In :
formed, the great majority of deaths on our
side were effected. The wounded were sreedi.
~ hurried to the Winslow, and the steamer
sent on TO prevent her from falling into the
Among the wounded, we regret to hear of
Lieut.. w. II. Murdaugh, u native of Ports.
mouth, va, and for several years member
Il the United States Navy. Lieutenant M .
was AZ doiosooro' Saturday, and we learn
that he was in much pain, his arm having
baen badly hurt 1t feared that amputa.
ZION will DC Es cessary.
Ii 10 generally believed that the killed and
wounded will reach eighty or ninety. But fiji.
sharp, late of the II s. Navy, is known to be
among the prisoners. He IS native Of Nor.
folk, Va, where, as also In Petersburg, he la.
many relatives AID friends.
Commodore Samu Barron, for merly Of the
U. 5. Navy, and nephew of cid Commodore
James Eatron, rs also among the y -isoners.
gentiemln now iI this city, who visited
Fort Hat'eras as. Tuesday, two weeks since,
informs US that il was sc.ep till a.Iy arrnnsec
and substantially buii.. The umbers used
were OF the most massive and durable kind,
and the whole was covered with earth TO the
thickness OF twelve or more inches, and then
turted, the gIass being already ye,dan. and
luxurious. The same gen ilemun Informs us
mat there was an abuncaace Of ammunition
powder. shell and soli0 shetland that the
magazine, located between The fort and the
sheiter IN the rear, was considered by sKillfui
engineers as bomb proof Ii this be so, the
wounded soldiers may have been mistaken as
10 the explosion OF the magazine.
All accounts agree that the Yankee soldiers
now quartered on Hatteras Island, will have
OAs
confined 10 that locality. 1t isa dreary, bar.
rem spot, composed chiefly OF sand. During
the latter summer and early fall months
u apounds WIN mosquitoes remarkable alike
Tor size and blood thurs tiness, and duling the
winner the winds from Old Neptune sweep
across the Island with fury and keeuness.
sgainst which the thickest OF garments offer
out poor and inadea uate protection. Another
Insurmountabie obstacle is the entire alb
sence OF fresh water, so important for drink.
ing and culinary purposes. Every drop used
by our troops has been carried from New
bern, a source TO which the Yankees cannot
possibly resort. All that the Yankees pro-
cure must be brought from Old Point, where
the article Is already scarce. In fact, we be-
lieve the supply at Fortress Monroe is OBJ
tained chiefly from Baltimore. We may,
therefore, safely assure our readers that oId
Butler will have TO take his brandy and whis-
key undiluted, and such as we have been IN
formed he generally uses will speedily con.
sumo his vitais, even though they were made
eft brass.
An army to protect Washington, which is
situated at the mead of PamI CO river, and a
strong garrison at the noah Of Eeuse river,
Tnich commands the approach 70 Newborn,
Will secure these tWo places from any ma
rouding expeditions when the yandais may
attempt. EOrLltioations have been already
thrown up at the mouth OF Neuse river, ana
there is nothing now 10 do bat TO place the
guns il battery.
The waters of the Pam,ico Sound, which
wash the counties OF Tyrrel and Hyoe, are en-
ttreiy TOO Shallow Tor several miles out 10 i'd
nit the approach OF any bat the smallest of
buats, ami the citizens OF 1nose counties neeo
apprenend no danger OF InCiestation Further
down, u distance OF some DC or 50 miles, are
Beaufort and Caroline City, where The blockade
has been SO repeatedly run without trouble !;
hut The entrance to these haIbors is COM
nandea by The guns OF Fort Macon-a fortifi-
cation CT much greater and more forInida bie
GlmeAsi0Ls than Fort Ha.teras.
FORT MACON rHRglrgsEp
The Express adds:
Our latest advices from North Carolina are
up to Line O'Clock last night. At that hour it
was known in Goldstoro' that q formidable
Yankee feet was l. sigh. of Fort Macon, and
an attack this morning, even if deferred Ut Til
daylight, viii BOT surprise the garrison. We
are pleased to hear that they are we'll pre-
pared for an assault, and wilt resist with a
determination and daring worthy of the elo-
rious cause in which they are engaged Fort
Iacon commands the entrance to Beaufort
harbor, and Isl said to be the most form liable
iorth cation on the North Carolina coast.
1t was reported in Go,dsboro' last night
that the Yankee pirates had burned the -four
ishi.g and spirited little town Of Washing.
ton, IL Beaufort county, hut the report needed
discredited
Active preparations on the defensive still
continue all over the State, ind every man in
it Is prepared to die in defence CT his native
soil II necessary.
SEARCHING PoR "RRBRLs."
The Baltimore Exchange, of Saturday last,
SAYS
We learn that boat-load Of soldiers visited
Furnace Greek, at the head CT Curtis Greek,
again on Thursday last. Some days pre-
Viousiy wagon containing me diciEes end
other stores had been stopped at Bankers old
Furnace, 1T having been alleged that il had
been sent there for shipment in order 10 avoid
q hnlI, I'M
keeper OF the store, and man named Gardner,
escaped. The second expedition was for the
purpose of catching them, but they Were rot
found. Five weeks ago these men would
have had little chapcs. The ne ghborhood,
composed entirely of farmers, who work their
farms with white labor. and wood cutters who
labor themselves, few of whom are slave.
holders. was very strongly Union. The sue
of the Administrator have had their patnral
effect. There is row au almost total change
Of sentiment.
EAST TBNsRssBE.
The Knoxville Registe ter brings some good
news from East Tennessee. from which we
extract the following:
The temperate but firm measures adopted
by the civil and military authorities of the
State. are having the most harry effect in
quiatsng the excitement of the Union m IN of
East Tennessee, and counteracting the mis-.
chief and exposing the wiles of the ambitious
demag ogues who have so long rankly abased
the ears of the masses. A little wholesome
restraint exercised upon these leaders, and
the lesson administered to them that "treason
Will not b5 tolerated." has had a magical eff.
feet in modifying their views ard forcing
upon them the conviction that there is
no longer Government at Washington
to which they owe allegiance. Making a
merit of necessity, those of them who have
been arrested have gracefully submitted to
the authority of the Confederate States; and
SO complete has been the conversion Of some,
that from being clanorCus rehellionists and
leaders of Lircoinite bands one day, they out
vie the next day even original Secsssionists
ia their professions of devotion to the Stars and
Bars of the Southern Oonfederacy, and an.
nounce themselves as candidates for military
or civil Office under tie new Government.