The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-21

nnement at 0oidsboronsh, await,ue trial by
court martial. Chey are charged with cow
nrdiSa "a upon snat and previous occssioes. The
ing about one hundred and hfty, inclu dug
sIot Avery, nre 10 be'sept North In r. few
dass under the recent order OF the War d.
t'nIcoran Is set At liberty They ar. on board
the transport CossacR. Uaps J.w Bsnnett.
Another letter Of the same date. from Beau
tort, n. o., says: sfe elzds4 - = s
The restrictions OF Secretary Of War stan !.
tons order prohibit me from giving any de.
taiied account Of the NOV smen u Of our forces
@ y ross s9 taa9 1i proer..s ,es
ing, and that ere these lines are spread before
your readers our shells will 90 bursting
around the rebel nsg, which stiil Il sats de-
nantiy ovey its ramparts. No ofjsatton can,
think, exist to giving you soMs lnfor nation
about the enemy. 7
Tne writer then procssds 70 give the nam -
Of the officers at the Fort and the number OF
companies stationed there. which we may
publish hereafter. The follow ng paragraphs
are interesting
Some little excitement was oocasioned q few
days since by what was thought an attem pit
70 convey dispatches 70 the rebels In the fort
from their friends outside. A sailb oat, with
one man in 1T, was discovered under way
. yme distance out In the narbOr, which, az IL
approached the fort. was met by another sent
Ia
was ar1eated and taken before Mejor Allen,
who investigated the matter, and satisfacto-
rily scertRtned that he e.Was crazy, and b ad
put of In the boat with tha insane desire to
60 on board the b'ockaeins vessels outside the
harbo- It IS singular that the rebels did not
make him prisoner.
On the same day fths 4th) mi aistufe boat,
two or three isst long. rieged with III sails " " IS
wind carried 1t to the woarves here, where
it was intercepted by one OF the sen tinels and
taken TO Major Allen. It proved to be filled
with letters from the soldiers to their wives,
families and friends in Beaufort. Each lat-
tar was ex amined to ascertain II 1t Contain ed
any contrabahd Information; but nothing
wss found except directions about family
matters. statements OF health. and the like
Lest, however, there might be any under.
hand or sym bolic writing, they ware seat TO
Gen. Parker ; 0taadquarters, where they will
be detained til after the reduction o. the
fort ---s.,.,. --v.. .. --....-s..
on Saturday last the blockading ase. ex.
changed some twenty shots with the fort, but
without damage on either ette. An old lady
in town who was watching the firing gave
loud utterance to q wish that 81 the fort wond
knock Ia en- old boats to pieces" She Is NO.
the only Secessionist In petdcoa& who darss
to express anti Union en.imsn ts In so open a
manner. As one OF our com pshies was Alag
through the street on Sunday, young miss
who wes standing on piazza cried cut,
| /" urrah for jeff. Uavtsi' It Is threa ten ID
| to quarter some CT the hospital cases in her
house If she continues to insult our men 1t
| must not De thought from the above Instances
/ that there are few Unionists hers. Major
A lien, who is the Provost Marshal OF Eeau.
! fort and vicinity, has administered the oath
of allegiance 20 some three hundred OF th {
/ IN is residents Now, ailo wing -four persons
TO family, il will bo seen that out of the pop.
/ ula ton of the pl see, which 10 about keen
hundred, three fOurths are loyal to the
Union! blGf
| The gunboat Ellis, which IN ade her ap-
| pearance IN North river fer a run down via
| Neuse river and Gore Sound, has drawn the
| attention of the rebels towards her, and On
| Monday last the fO-t opened fire which was
| returned shot for shot. The rapga, now yer,
is too great to permit the fire to be effective.
The garrison would do we'll to save their
| ANN uni zion for an occasion (Which Is fast
| approsehins) OF testing their ma'ksn, anAhir
| under better advantages.
The gensrai topic Of conversation Is Lhs i'm :
| pending bomtardment OF the fort. The pre-.
valen 5pinion is that Its defence will be either
| = very short or a very protracted one. The
| fo:t Is we'll supplied with ammunition, and
as Col White has the reputation OF being d
good G ID ger his surrender Of the fort withou;
| any attempt 20 hold II will, he knows, dis
grace ham In the estimation OF the retei Gov.
i ermsnt: He is said also to have eight mo ntns
/ provisions, such as they are (4lncst putrid
beef ard hard bread There are no gucs in th
ca,emates; they are all en- borteas, with ak iron
| no wi:zers to defend the oapionisrs. The Ut
| m ament of the fort Ia as follows: Two ten.
| inch colum biads, four etght-inch coiumbiads
| thirty i've thirty two. FOUNDERS, smooth bora
twenty four. FOUNDERS, smooth bore. With
| the rebels oDce driven from the ramparts by
l our shells, the fight Is virtually at an end aLc
| the fort ca Dtured