The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-05

The armed steamer Gordon arrived ut
Charleston, 5. G., two or three days since,
aE~er IL cruise Of six weel5. Ths Mercury
publishes tie following rnoHoTaEda relating to
her voysge:
Left tins pert on the morning Of the 18th
JulJ. and af.er passing Cape R5E1ain was
ca2Se0 hY u. :, steamer, which Ered one
gan, cat 1t Eel, short, AID we g0s safely into u
lJIt o. Noftl 4 r1iind. where supply of
1uel was taken i". July 20 az 4. M ., n de s.
SAL ' hiyl On reaching proved - b thu brig
Wa u c(ii very, Cf Bangor Ne from Car
dea1s 1Uf Boston, win czrSO or 337 hhds.
CAG a iierc5- ot Il pia1Ses. "A prize crew was
placed on oc1-d, and she wss taken into Hat
taras tniet. lug 23, p vessel hove in sgnt,
$ ne ring nag 95S fired gu1 across ber
oosT, when sh5 covei 20, and was found To be
the 3ChOcaer Protector OF PhiiAdeIp phia,
tom MatahT4s ter Fhiladelqhia, viii a
ma carried into Hatteras Ipier. July 30,
nasr cape lookout, made g. u. s. Steamer
about ten mills or, Wach was soon dissJv-
scea 10 % making towards us but shs was
]sls out OF sight III g lew Eours. Went iato
B5suf-TL, r. u July 30-lsEs August 2, and
arrived al Fl .tteras Inlet. a United States
MAN of-Nar cppe aTed oR the n2IDor, and red
Cae gun. N3Xs day went to sea, and boarded
the schooner Priscilia, OF anlI tor Baltmore,
IRON 4 4Tacoa, with cargo OF salt. Same day
sppAa the brig Robert kirkland, of and for
Baltimore, from Turks Islcnd. August 4sh,
iaxL Dc1&co2e Bar, and A. III. made two
SAILS on lie staI oJGrd boH--One d brig and
tAe other schooner. a steamer, which n came
out Ct Hatteras Inlet, stood towards the brig
a2d 1cox heT in tow. Waen the Go don cap
juTed e1e seaocner, Ehich was found TO be
the Henry Mutt, BtRer, master from Key
/; West, Tor PRI!sdelplia, shs had On board 3
cargo Of IoSWood and mRhogauy-placed a
pFz crew On board, ana took her iAto Hat
sera-s ILlet. Or she same Gay, captured the
SohooNer Sea witch, OF and Tor New York,
from B4rDcoa, CG6a. with cargo OF fruit,
watch was toWfd safely into harbof -
r. - a
WIS preparing TO chase her, when a Y S war
, vessel hove ia sight. On the Sth ina. started
after Il schooner, bat She was soon disc 0verei
10 be under convoy OF 2 man -of. war, when
we rut ao1ut. From the 9so 10 the - h insr.
Gue q rdon vas much Of the time at sea- but
saw n0thtng that could be made prize CT -
On the 18th inst of M0ornead city, spoke
rne Er. schooner Peel, from the Wess l. dies
&cr Ncwbsrn. Same day. OF Cape lookout
spoke tbe Br. Schooner Lone S.ar, OF Hall
Tax, tor B1lumore in the ekterr Ooa put INTO
hatEegas Inlet. Gu the p b inst. made q
| sail. Wlcn, on ne ring hsr, was discovered
/ 20 ba = l.. s. frigat te and IN the afternoon
/ the Gordon returned 10 Hlttsras Inlet Oa
! the 20 h inst. went 10 sea at A ID and
s2oke the Br schooner Equitor, from Nas-
| sau tor New York. On the 21th inst, soon
ar{er taking in n supply CT fuel at Hate
rAs haro3r, discovered about ten sait OF
vessels ia the Cling, supposed 10 be- United
States yesSels,oi- war seven OF them were
s-samers and thrse ailing vesseis-stood SOU tn
; Ior Oeraccke, where We put Ia ana la adsi
several persons. Started immed ateiy for
BsAutort, but It was too dark to cross the bar
when it was reached, and we were com PEELED
! 70 run for New Iniet, which we crossed and
| arrived sHtsiy at Wilmingsen. I5efs SmithviIle
a. NJ. On Friday ali reached this port on
the afternoon CT tns same oaY. When OF
| BGu, s1x 8 large u. 5. ste. tner, with q walk
,ag-aean, s,eefing nortnea ast, aad or this bar
| foand two vessels, not keeping up the block
sas--as leass, they were una bic 10 keen out
/ the G3rd.n. Capt. Lo kwood deserves great
credit for tbe sl<in and coed Judgment which
has chacaeterlzei his management OF the
| steamer, lie having successfully run the
| bioc1Gas AZ several yorts, aud freq lently
| ben chased by way steamers. Mir. Locxhart,
| the Oatet Engineer OF the Ciorson. IL Is unne-
caesstfy 10 sAy, Stands q. Lhe head OF els busi-
ness, and ca2 MAKE J. steam sagias do almost
| anything.