The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-15
!. .rITRDAY MoKNrN0. MARCH Is. 1854

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SATURDAY MoKNrN0. akAROH Is, 1854.
MOTHS OF THE WAR.
hampton Roads-Federal 1nvasion
oftAe Coasts Of Georgia and Florida.
From late papers in our posssssion w make
an .ns sua,o,ned summary:
re BArTLB or nAMProH Roads.
from the Philadelphia Inquirer, lltA.l
..rne long ,sssessl rebel steamer Msrrtm,c
IA. At length made her appearance This 10
,ss initial sentence Of the Associated Press
.s~..rn announ cling the disas tro us raia OF the
sa.slrtmao on Saturday last. The Formidable
s"i ras ..lopg expected" and vet NOT IL =
.;tshteet competent preparation seems to have
sssr made TO rsstst her approach. On the
Scn trary, two wooden vesssls, and sailing vee-
ssls n that, were lefs wholly at her mercy
ons at them, IL 10 reported, without q crew.
Whsn everything should have been in readi.
- fcr . sudden and fierce onslaueht by \
mail clad steamer. and all zach dead wood a.
seilirr vessels ahouid have been cleared out
Of the war, we nnd, instead, state Of un.
resdirsss and blind connde nee OF safety. and
TIE ND pfortunate OoE kress and Gum oerland 90
situasea - to invite tesir sad fats. A tar a.
nAvG OIAYS
men on thess two vessels is almost or quite a.
great and equally deplcrAole ~ At Balls
biaG. which the scene at Hampton Roads calls
lsm ntabiy 70 mind.
wae !: % elsn.i That Tns. is the angry asss
ins,rctiTeiy TO every lip. While NO one was
safnciently informed to Answer the question.
the old distrust OF the management CT the
Navy department. was actively revived.
twas argued that. with such ample notice
- hA tire pnhlfc a he nr III - h>A =, .
he hscompletiop of 20 formidable an engine of
naval warfare ~ the Msrrfmac, there should
have been full preparation by the Department
20 meet her, and 70 keep all helpless sailing
vessels hey yond her reach And II was gain
arfnsd that there wae no reason to expecs
nu>h foresight from Depar sment shown to
b. hlandsring and imrrovident by the Van
Wyek report The strong desire for change
months ago. has thus become as active as
ever. To nothing but the opportune arrival
Of the Monitor are we Indebted for escape
from the less OF the enire feet Who is 10
blamsl
This event ID, however. not with out its val
usbls lessons. 1t 10 demonstrated that the
cay OF war vessels propelled by sails Is at an
end. Wherever they ere in service on the
coast they exist only by a sort Of sufferancs
The moment one OF these rade railroad iron
clac stsamers, which the rebels have had the
snarprfse 70 build, can escape the sleepy
blockade, all sucA One old tim s-lu mber will
b sacriuced uAo the Congress and the Gum.
esriand. These latter are as helpless in such
case as an infant in the Rrasp OF giant. The
little John smith, which plies betwee en- Ohes-
nut street wharf and the leland, would be Of
more service, or at least have better chance
OF escape.
which retrieved the fortunes Of tbs day in
Hampton Roads, and upheld the honor OF the
old fag BY beating off the powerful Msrri.
mse, was built In one hundred days from the
date Of the contract. Congress has been
nearly that long In session, SO that II that
body had gone promptly 10 work in the con
sruetion Of mail. clad feet in the hrs. weeks
Of the session, asit should have done, we
would by this time be almost ready to station
oneat every point Of danger. But The bill
fingered for weeks in the Senate, because
Senator's were reluctant to entrust the expen.
diture Of the millions involved to the hands
which had already 20 lamentably blundered
such state OF Affairs be permitted to con
timer This IL not a time for want of har.
mony or lack OF confidence, or the absence Of
hsarty cooperation between the several
Be clearing out, at once, of the dead wood
Of the navy and Of the Navy Department.
sEws rzIzsnApHzD PROM WASHINGTON.
A skirmish took place on Sunday moor
about four miles bsyond Fairfax q. II. Four
teen OF the Lincoln cavalry charged on ont
nNndred ana nifty OF the Second Maryland
Infantry, capturing eleven privatss and ons
Lieutenant, named ]. H Stewart. Several
osour men were wounded slightly. The
rebel oaAoer says he mistook our scouts fol
To. day Information has been bro ught in
from . vAi iety OF sources that the for fca-
tione from Cockpit Point to Wine hester, by
the way OF Oentreville, have been deserted
No definite facts have been ascert tanned ir
regard 70 the terra facoSnisa OF Manassas juno
ton, and opinions concerning it are divided
in circles OF the highest authority. Some as
sert that the enemy has drawn his wings int
closer connection with the centre, whil
Others assert that panic has pervaded tn
whole army, that hos 20 long sat In I'm puden
defiance in front OF the Capital.
In the deserted Notifications the huge gum
are overthrown>as far as was possible In tn
hasy flight Of the rebels, while militar,
stores and ammunition are strewn about
There 10 NO doubt, however, to night, that, a!
far as Oentreville 10 concerned, there IL no ev
idsnce OF the rebels occupying that position
after careful scrutiny OF the earthWork
which 20 lAtsly harbored them.
Fears are freely expressed that the enemy
VIII annihilate Burnside as they marcl
sonthward, while others predict feint Il
fears are considered entirely groundless, ane
the best reason that can be given for the Crane
rstrog Grade il the refusal Of their soldiers t,
enlist at the end Of their term of service, hici
has been so frausht with misery and hard
ships.
While the rssels are falling back, Yanke,
enterprise shows itself, aud to. day sever
miles OF telegraph wires were erected and ss
70 work 10 the direction OF Richmond.
SR8Hgousa's LIQUID FIRE.
Some thirteen years ago, a. Lincoln, thel
member OF the House Of Repressntativ Ives
and h. Hamlin, then Senator. brought be
lore those bodies discovery OF liquid hrs'
as means Of attack and defence. Mr.. b
+. 0rsenoushy OF Boston, Is now experiment
Ing, before omcers detailed for the purpose
With liquid are'' which he throws througl
asmail force-pnmp, through twenty-five fee
ofruboer hose, In q huid state. At the noz
als OF the hose II passes through wire 'gauzs
On leaving which Il 10 tgnited and thrown II
stream OF Aame, sstring nre TO what
strikes. Perhaps, before very long, he ma.
!ry IL in setting 11re TO the Navy. Yard at Nor
folk.
euPoIr's DxPlDIrIoH og TIE soU1HBRH COAST
The Yankee newspapers raise a shout o
sxaltation over tho capture Of Brunswick
Ga, and Fsrnandina, Fla, where, 1t vii
b remembered, the enemy met with no re
n'tancs. The following 10 Commodore Du
pn'sofncisl report of tho proceeding:
FLAGSHIP MoAIcAK,
haIbor Of Fernardins, March 4, 1862. !
,.s, :, lhad the honor 70 inform you In IN,
~. oispateh that the expedition for Fernan
sna s,Ia was equipped, and waitin only tor suit
so!e weather 10 sail from Port Royal.
as'e now the pleasure to inform you that
s,n iI 'uli possession OF CumbeY land Sound
HIa tne island Of Fernandina and Ameli,
nary's ~
plsaiied from Port Royal on the last day o.
sn..y, In the wabash. and on the I'd inst
iinsfed iu;ed Gum berland Sound, by st. Andrew
Gast, IN the Mohtcan, Commander 8. w
uouen, on board Of which ahin z h a vn hf,t q fn<
my nsk.
The TIE fee, comprised the following vesaels
nsg snag In tho order In which they arr
.uu as VItowa. MohicaD, accompanied by thu
Ennsn, Seminole. PaWnaS. Pocah on tas Eiar