The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-28
sOUTnEsRN wan NEWS.
We make "p the following summary
news from our latest Sou them ,.xchanr~a

hSVe a'ci" WI iHttSt SOHluefH tNC02nQeS.
akk'Nat OF Az 'Sex-.lab yssssi WIN Ar.,-
TtoSs Pea rnE .errH
A few days since we rccai ved prtyst i. intel,
ligence Of an Important ,ae,. In at, r,snt ,s
,initi"r 70 the following, (which we copy from
the Forsythe. tn, JoarnaI,l hut, for pru.isn
ua' reasons. we declined 10 pui,li.h IL al l;p
time. ~ the matter has leaked out al ta.4
however. no further harm can come III IL.
capitalization:
several days since aa iroa clad steam. +,
from Liverpool, with ESQ, rifles and H. op,.
non. blankets. and riotl,spg for soldiers, la.,d.
81 safe At Savannah. The hockading vessel,
" AS not In sight. Tbs In new steamer, in /.
cased vi n sheet iron an inch thick, and 1.
now the property of the Confederate State.
phf informant saw the vessel himself wenr
Oh deck. talked with the captain. who told
MIN that there were three or four more yts
sells OF the same SORT on the way: and ~ soon
rs the steamers could he manned under tn,
Go nftderate Government the blockade Of
Abraham l. would he blown to the foul
winds.
"Hr said that the arrival of this vessel hat;
eansed considerable activity among the MIR
chants IN scnding of the coffee, tea salt &c
to country merchants, while there articles
are At very high figure. lie heard tn,
spinion expressed by some knowing onest
that in less than forty days Rio coffee coul,y
be bought in Savannah ut 12I cents. Lara,
quantities are stored in Cuba, awaiting III,
removal of the blockade
TIE sokra CAROLINA coAsr.
The Wilmington J0p,ncl, Of Wcdnestia, 1,
learns from reliable gentleman from mar
the mouth of New River Onslow county
that on Monday forenoon about nine o'clock
he heard very heavy reports az from th- fir.
ing OF large s:ii!s. The rrports, so far as he
could judge, came down the coast rs though
the firing was in the nsighborhood or al least
ia the direction of Fort Macon The firing al
'irst was slow and ut long intervals, but final.
~ became more rapid and then ceased, say
abont oae o'clock +. III. There were abon,
twenty euus fred.
We learn from Zeko's Island that iva
steamers were AFT New Inle: on Yesterday
Late in the nj ternoon they We're not far frun.
each other. This morning bar one of th.,n
was in sight, and about ten mites ont. Tier,
il little doubt OF pilots having been deceived
ont and held on board these Lincolnite craft
perhaps with the view OF forcing them /.
guide them into our harbors and ialrts IL
Us said tina, the supposed bark Is in rcaiit.
:. propeller with t. s;uokc-siIck which lower
and that SHE changes hey rig tn suit circunl-
! stancts. or th!R we are NOS prepare.l to
peak, but think il likely
The fleet which had been OF Fort Macon 10
the iInmoer III six war yesseis suddenly left
mere, probably ON Sunday. IL looks a little
NJ though they were gathering in The vicirity
OF Cape Fear. We viii. proba hly hear more
shortly.
fiE Suspicious BaRE.
The Wiinin. ton N. - Jogra1i tearn. from
Camp N1utt that HE bark alrr;.d, ~, much
spoken ot Is sun towering about At half
past three yesterday afternoon sl.. was .n,u
solu" twelve OF fifteen miles III th.. ofiiuc
heading southwark, The wind about e. $ s.
Another sail was seen yesterday by some o.:
the pickeIs.
Important changes are going on in the To-
cation and distribution of the forces. which
changes viii probably be pl-t,d this week.
We do not feel II liberty to altitude to rarticu-
lars
TER fAfGrYLrILLE AEafSAL AND AfA"ar
friend puts It's in possession of some in
teifsuAg details, says the Wilmington ,E,ar-
MT. relating IL This important ;sh,npnt
the force al which is cow cnga yed in alter
lag oia Hnt-lock guns, {of which there are
several thousands,) 10 PERCUSSION making
very eihcient weapons. Wi.r, trey cannot
be altered to advantage. they are oyeri:.ule,.
aud repaired. Furnished with new firts
they make II very good service gun Some o.
nan preach loading rifles have been altered
70 carbints, aud they make al, excellent gun
I"r cavalry service. Although the first
hrdach-iotfiinx gun made. they are about AZ
good az most weapons OF that kind ROW il
use on the continent. Capt. Hall, the ven
Yer, Ma charge OF tn" rifle factory ut Har-
per's Ferry for many years. There aye also
"A Number OF flint-lock pistols to b. altered to
percussion
The manufacture OF new arms has rot Vol
pe'h to!4'iHfHtfti fIeF are pfs'Ii3rlng for !,
ard hope 10 be reaGy by the time the ncy;
steam engines ara received from Richmond
which Tviii no in t., o months.
asiFf srr POINTED vALsoio1aar
Tbs editor Of Tho Camden {AiaA .ea4.Is5z.
.2T.tiic TINS takes leave Of his patrons:
With his isslle our paper " i'll be srlepanf...
uatii the close OF III" war. Editor. prir ters
and devil have Ill Joined the army. ard to
stay unfit p''ac" Is Declared (all having i0i n I'd
capt. Lcncmire company. the South Aia.
b3ma 'k"h~s: after HAT these who, are
lett or III" REpH6!tc gang Will resume The ,uh-
sication o. our paper. We have come 10 tie
conclusion that there is greater call fer sa,-
di@rs than news pa pers, "a the present Thos,
who have pai,, na IL. advance for orr paua,
shall have their moyeys Wortl. when We re
sUlne
A.rhSiaL FOR aoeE so.pi3.A..
The Newhern ~. O. Pr.gresS mss The fol
lowing in its last Issue:
Now. that the shipments Of naval stores 10
Ianke" rorts--ander the Rri:ish iiag--i.
knocked INFO a cooked hat by the surrender Of
Hatteras and the etfcctiy eness of the hi oc kade
and our sailors shipping merchants, pilots
cite. left with nothing to do, it seems 10 Il.
that they might organize Il good company for
oca! defence. They have families and property
70 protect as we'll rs Others and now tina,
some of them haze made all they can out OF
the distressed condition OF the country we see
no reason why they should be excused from
doing their drty when the war is 81 our very
threshold. Now that men are wanting 70
Assist in defending their own homes no on.
can or viii be- excused.
EPISODES OF FoRT Lirs-A sALrTE ANp AN IN
GAGEMESr.
The Charleston Nercuru says shat on Tues.
day afternoon, Capt. Yates, OF Fort houltre
proposed to Capt. Rhett, of Fort Sumter TO
lire ii salute from both posts, in homer of the
establishment of Topographic commuu lea ton
between them. Capt. Rhett having assenteG
f-4I,t In
firing the salIte ut sumter. The order to lire
given at Fort sum ter was instantaneousiy
sen. over the wires TO Fort i.Icu ltrir, and such
was the effect that the reports OF the two 81 =
Iutes were almost stimuli neous. Great cretli
is due TO the accomplished operators at the
two forts, Messrs. Roche and Seville, for the
admirable aTran gements they have perfected
Later in the evening the bloc kading steamer
Fandalia having yentuTrd nearer than usual
to The harbor, the batteries of both fo,ts
opened upon her. For time she reriiad will
spirit, but The distance being very great tha
firing soon ceaged and the steamer retired be.
yond range
APPOINTMENTS To : BHIGADIEs-GRNBk4LsH
Col. Thomas r. Dray ton, the President o.
the Charleston and Savannah Railroad Com,
pany--under whose auspices the road IA.
been bult-has been appointed a Drigadier-
General in the Provisional Army of the Con.
fed-rate States. Gen. Drayton is a gradual,
OF West Point, in the class OF 1925, and wa:
detailed as Lieu tenant in the Sixth Infantry
in which regiment he served until 1896, when
he became associated with the Charleston
Louisville and Cincinnati Railroad Colnpan,
as Resident Engineer. He served in this en-
lerprise until 1855, since which time he has
been engaged III planting.
IMPORTANT If True, BUT VERY DOUBTFUL.
The Column bia South Carolinian says that Il
rumor has reached that city through passel
gers from the West that an interview tool
place in Tennessee last week between Gen
1Sumter) Anderson aud fen. A. s. Johnston
during which the former promised the latter
to aid in expelling the Federal troops from
the State of Kentucky. 1t Is said that the
endorsement of Fremont'e infamous proc Ii.