The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-28

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FROM SAVANNAH.
12e Enensy's Operations on The COAT TIE
People Areased - Ssirmiskes Fort Ps'as.
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SAVANNAH, GA, March ~ 1881.
Dnpont, in his report to tho Secretary Of 'he
Navy at Warrington. speaking Of the capture
of fernandina and the evacuation OF the posts
on ST Stmon's SQUAD. says that the coast Ct
Georgia is now entirely In his hands. or IN.
der his control. and quoting from hts ins rue.
ttons. en- anatins without doubt from from the
wise Gideon wslles himself, adds that the
Vhele State Of Georgia is thus laid open TO
his force aud rsduosd 10 his power The frutts
OF his brilliant victories will prove but dus.
and Ashes. however, when his supporters
shall m AXE the attempt 10 avail themselves Of
their vasntsd eaccesses, and will nnd oat to
sAsar cost that Mr. Gideon Wellss has not
learned his lssson APPLY when hs quotes q
ma2im Of military science utterly tnapplica.
bls 70 the present contest.
What advants e he foresses from the ocou
pstton Of line OF ooAss sparsely populated.
yielding Iituetc sAe material progress Of this
var. IN visited ~ . commercial dag, It Is DIFF.
Aeuit 10 discern. Even the little OF valus
wAash the islands produced, AID which Yam.
hescupidity coveted, has iopg since been re-
moved ordsesroyed At Brunswick he found
nothing TO repay his labor. and At ID arien,
which had become the depot OF an i'm I'm euse
lumber trade with EUROPE. the naval stores
The conques. will be found, by our people at
least, OF NO importance, and affecting In an
tnapprccabie degree the cause We are now
Il Is mater OF regret, aud source OF hu-
initiation. however, that he hes been allowed
with tasties to disparaGe the courage and for
utads 0. our sold,srs Tae strong fortified.
tons which had been there erected with
much labor and expense, by his acknow.
lsdSmsut, could have m ain tanned formida.
be resistance 70 the advances Of his vessels-
most Of which. by his report, were gunboats
cArryieg but fsW guns and upeble to stand
Ne IRE of q wei! served battery. There have
been many blundeys throughout this war,
ard this AFFAIR has to be added to the list OF
our unfortunate cas- aAltiss. To whom the dis.
honor will attach, Is impossi BILE, with our In.
formation, now 10 decide; but the Owen
men; that suspended Floyd and Pillow shonld
no; h. state 70 examine ia 20 the natter. The
nesdQaarters of the Department. OF East
Florida was established at Tallahassee, and
ersfore, far from the very coast exposed to
The asssuits Of IN active ana for liable
enemy, within easy e,rikilg distance, the Gen.
eral commanding passed the Gull in tel walls
between his evening en- iogments. What was
II object OF making the town OF Tallahassee
the centre Of q command which should have
been constantly on the alert aionE ths Allan.
TIC coast, 1t Is not easy to m AXE out. and can
not be made Gle II TO ordinary intsligence.
We are in the midst Of q desperate war The
enthusiasm which has taken hold Of the
country springs from adversely. and the ur-
Sent need which dem from every gallant
comes from a more healthy and durable i'm.
pulse han the wild, Irregular, md epasmodic
fervor which the battle Of Fort Sumter
cres sed and which Manassas finally cueoched
by the pride 1T enge ndercd.
We have been quie: in our neighborh God
Tor some dsys, although little sstrmishas o.
casionally take place when Federal boats
crew venture 10 approach too near our lines.
Spme days since an armed barge was an
busned and NEST CALAMITY attacked At Proc.
tor, on uooss Greek, In south Carolina The
enemy beat hasty retreat, after suffering
from q we'll sustained fire. Again, at Mac
kay's Point, our pickeis gave them warm
reception, at close quarters, and they were
compelled to retire without obtaining fiat
which they attempted TO secure. and with
some loss Of life. too, Judging from the groaps
WHICH Ga0c IION the DO8L.
We have siiii to chronicle the return of the
~ensr ME aafkie, Washington, from FIR,
fulsssl, bringing With him letters fl ON the
garrison. They represent thu command III ex.
ceiisht spiri.s and heath, aud COMPLAINING
Of little save the separation from their
friends. shetr commissaTy Is we'll supplied
with he necesNaries Of earTiso iifs with xae
sxcepucu OF coffee, and with the universally
rainy season we have had Iney cannot I'm
plain of any scarcity Of water, which is the
greatest source CT anxiety tor the fort Oar
summer will, it Is generally feared, b. q long
and dry one, judging from the average exle-
fiance OF AnuH Der OF years, >and we fear the
fever msy ba added TO tine m u fortunes of our
most unhealthy season. Our Yankee friends
however, will most assuredIy have the fu Il
benent, II not in the form OF yellow Jack at
seaeI In that almost equally TO be dreaded
maiarious ctseHse known as the country
fever, ana which, even with incautious per.
soils. no wever much 6cclin1a.ed, results gen.
orally fatally. We can wish them no worse
lent invader.
Throughout: the South atteutio has been
directed generally to the question Of the
coming crop, and thanks to the efforts Of the
press, persistently exerted, beneficial result
has. think, been attained ]: is . work of
much fronbie and expense, ordinarily, to
change the system Of culture which has been
ncop' Cd after long experience, and until
were reluctant 70 abandon the cotton crop.-
The TALL OK Doneison and the loss of the great
avenue through which the greatest portion
OF our grain WIS received, has forced them,
however, TO take into earnest confederation
the question OF our support and that Of the
army which must be rp8intaine cd from the
resources OF the cotton States almost wholly.
1t Is patent 70 every one that the usual crop
OF cotton being PLANTED, would take q vast
area away from The grain culture. which.
instead OF remaining the same e. in previous
years. shoald b largely increased, not only
20 mAks up the great waste and continsencies
of war. bat 20 cover the large tracts takea
away from the support Of the Con federacy
and othees abandoned by their labor ers -
This, a. ioAg a. IL was left merely to tho
patr,o tism OF the planters. unsupported and
enforced by the press, would have resulted in
Eo commensurate coed, inasmuch al many
would have planted a. much more as his
nsiehbor has Satiod 10 SOW, and the area be
ing reQuently subscribed, more careful sys.
tenn Of culture would have res ulted in a crop
fully eQuat TO that Of average years Dut the
absolute necessity, ] think, from obssrvstion,
has been made 80 spparsnt that tn Q cereal
crop Will Be fully mp to the required demand
6till. the uPpe- portion Of 0sorgia and that
portion OF Tennessee not invaded. and the
whole OF Virginia, should devote ftsslf 10
prod crop Of wheat which Will eunal
the demand Of the On ira South The rres tar
portion OF the O0nfederacy kefne unit for
the Cultivation OF wheat, the farmers Of those
sections Will 4nd themselves more than r.
paid by tho proats resulting from their com.
ing crop. MSncrry
FROM EUROPE.