The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-26


which the present condition OF affairs hap.
PLY Affords no intimation. -...
FROM THE SEACOAST.
JOUR- OWN CORRESPONDENT
SAvANJAH, Ga, Feb. 90, 1852.
Very little worth recor ding has transpired
here since wrote my last letter. The enc.
my's gunbosts still hold The ssms position In
Wallis cnt. bat their ooings there cannot be
snsily found out; they have unquessaonably
cut or the communication with Fort Pa
laski. and NO effort we can make with our
present naval force could dislodge them. It
i we'll that the prscauuon had been taken at
ssasonabls time to provision 1t and place
It in such position as to Withstand the
blockade which has been established. Time
will do much and 1t IL not a: all probable
that. though the Ysnkess may be delayed,
defeated in their attsmp to capture the city,
they will be able to main .ain their position
long without recourse to some vigorous &C.
tion. 1t 10 q source Of great regret that We
have no means at our command to drive
them from the river, a little energy and fore.
sight, timely exerted, might have prevented
their occupation; q floating battery could
have besn built, indeed could yet Ls built,
iron-clad and bomb.proof, affordinE every
security to tho mon and capable Of Withstand.
ing, nay. dispensing the whole nsst OF petty
depredators now 20 materially harassing
u and Offering indignity to our faces.
Mechanics could be found in this city to
construct such work, IL authorized, in one
month, and to place 1t IN such position as
will most ef1sctually accomplish its desired
object. Unfortunately, during the whole OF
last summer and fall, tho military govern.
ment Of the city was most miserably mis-
managed, and there 10 not suffl ,ient indi-
vidual enterprise in Savannah, to achieve such
q work a. that carried out by ths citizens Of
New Orleans.
Tho preparation and completion Of tho
batteries about and just below Fort Jackson
has been going on briskiy during the n terval,
and guns are being mounted in all available
positions. These batteries are ear then works,
unprotected by classmates. and In this Wow
deficient; but they are tho result of the ut-
most LABOR and careful construction, and,
from the nature Of the soil, 1t would have
been exceedingly difficult to render them
bomb-p proof Still think the atten pt should
have bssn made 70 render them SO. Our az
perience has been dearly purchased, and We
should not neglect Its teachings, notwith-
standing the losses in such engagements have
been small on our side. At Port Royal, only
ten were killed and after frequent cannon
AIDES at Pensacola, tho loss has been trihing
In all the movements Of the gunboats against
land batteries, they have been Invariably
snccsssful, for some reason not yet sufficiently
explained. Why the fre Of Fort Pickens, q
stronR, we'll protected, and permanent work,
should prove ineRectual against our attack
Ing forces and batteries. while ths constantly
moving and unstable llre OF a guaboat pro-
duces such effects, am at q loss to cepjec.
plain this to oux Satisfaction. 1t Is a mys
tsry why, with 30 little loss, all our salient
points that have been attacked have beer
carried with such ease. 1t cannot fail to
produce bad impression on tho public mind
everywhere.
| Savannah has been desnrted by q large
number Of families during the excitement OF
the two months past. Tho furniture and Of:
fscts Of those moving would Ill large trains
were they sent forward promptly Us delivered
but the accumulation has been at times %
great a. to occupy q considerable portion Of
the large depot Of the Central Railroad Com.
pany. Lately, however, the grant Of pass.
ports have been sto pped, and. though the sx'
odus of females, children, and negroes still
continues, the male portion cannot escape thu
fate that awaits the city, and will. perforoe
| have to peform some kind CT military duty
| and stand up 20 the rack, on the 4th OF March
| proximo, when they will be trc,ted to volun
| tser with tho reserved threat OF a draft, IL
| csse Of the requisite number not accersing tn,
profnsr. r.. -..
The volunteering goes on bri.kly; som'
| companies are being formed bere fer Oonfed
| erate service, and in the interior Of tbs State
| / am informed, ths spirit is moving the pee
l ple generally. Bibb county has already mos
/ nobly roeponded-her fnll quotd having offer
| Cd and been accepted.
| BY the smulation to enlist, the nnapreasabls
thirst which consumes then. I'LL the moment
to wipe ont the rer,err brance of tue late Tan
kee victories. am confident NO <-ecorrs'
will b had to tho draft in Savannah; 1
would DO a stain upon her escntchscr TIA
would not soon he wipsd ont.
There appears in some quarters great tg
norance of what has been done enA thu
means to accomplish the car's at the com
mand Of the Secretary Of the Navy. A New
Orleans pspsr assumes TO judeo Mr.. Mallory
and to req nest his resigpaticr. The Rsrrbli
ssn, of this city, takes mp tho refrain. ant
modeetly points out the Hon. T. Butler KIM
40 proper person to MI the place. Wlthoa
saying q word against the eminent abilities
and the many services rendered to the Souti
by that distin suishsd gentleman, I will faerel,
say, all tho clamor that has been RAISED
| against the insf1cieut working Of that De
pertinent IL founded upon rsry unstabl,
ground Any one convsrsant with the cape
| cities Of the country and the work now be
| ing done in Richmond, and Charleston, ant
| Savannah, and In every large seaport Of th'
| Ccnfedsracy, viii admit that they are taxs,
| to the utmost. That the work has not bses
| done sooner cannot b laid to the charge o
/ the Secretary. TIL the July tsru OF tn
| Provisionai Congress little power and YER,
| limited means were reposed in the hands o
the chief Of that Department and that Mttl'
| hss bsan wsll employed by him.
saturday being the Inauguration day Of tn
Presidsnt, Js6srson Davis, the pas 'ors Of tn
| different churches have invitad ths atisnd
auoe Of their respective congregations 70 In
| woke ths blessing Of Almighty God upon on
Ohtsf lgasistzsta and 70 give Him strength
and guidance n tAa saAninistssdea " 80
youag Rsyabais. tits veil - Asvs sseosss
| - he ealy peww tAat oa1 bessoW hlseslnl
aad give wisdom asa right judgment n ~
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