The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-14
FROM THE SOUTH.

| FROM THE SOUTH.
! me Southern papers furnish soms items Of in.
's'est. ons Of the Mo., important IL the successful
f"h''"s mug Confederate port Of steamer laden
""a n'uh'tions of war. Among tho articles are l3
pse'enes ~ r'H cannon. sistsug of ~ guns with
| I'll ths necessary equippage FIR service. veemntya
=" the Confederate oovsrnmsu, tsy ,nerr,,.nt. n
| Liverpool.
| f.eM THE carfCnst erIEs.
! The New Orleans D.lta. Of the ts. CON. .;n. 49,.
! rfocieinafi"ns nom Bntlef-t,ne sentencing r,dsl
Neil-r to ard lubor ON Ship Island for two yesrs
F.. for exhibiting human skeleton In fris booAr,ors
window 10 public p'.-e. labeled Chick ahon,iny !
IN large letters, meaning ana sntendinz that the
bones slould be- taken by the popcl.ce 70 l,e the
bones Of United States soldier slain In that bat
tie IN order to bring the authority Of the United
States aud our armies into contempt and for that
purpose he suited to the passersby that the bones
were those Of a Yankee soldier, Whereas in truth
ana ii'ct, they were the bones purchased some
/ weeks before oil q Mexican Consul, to whom they
were pledged bt a nrdicsl student" The other
imposes similar penalty cn John w. Andrews for
eshlhltin2 n cross, the embleu o.; the suffering OF
otsr blessed Saviour, fashioned for N personal orna-
nlsn', which he said uas made from the bones of
fhnAee soldier, and having shown this, too with
out ret'i'se in the Louisiana Club which claims to
be composed of ehivslre gentlemen
The military commandment Publishes an order GOV
erniBs the bakers Of the city, which s,ys:
The price Of hour being this dav twepty-four
dollars per barrel bal relue to give dur
ihs the ensuing week, commencing on Monday 2}d
instant as follows. until further notice: Twenty
four ornces Of bread for twenty cents twelve ounces
/ fof ten cents, six ounces for live cents
Purchasers "f bread from whom i;gher price Is
exacted viii report their names the name of the
BAKER, and leave loaf Of sle bread purchased and
statement of the price paid at any. police station
or with any Assistant provost marshal
NO movements OF Federal troops Is mentioned.
letter In ths Petersburg Express, from Norfolk,
says.
In Norfolk aud Fortsmou.h at this .ime there are
not over ,,Oo soldiers, In Suffolk, abou. 1900. We
very seldom learn of tue arrival of peterSI,nr, or
Richmond paper therefore are in total Ignorance of
the gallant deeds We feel assured that our bows are
achie'ine Negroes are leaving in vast quantities :;
they are brought from Isle Of Wight ana adjaee mt
Counties wish yOu could have witnessed our
Union Fourth OF July celebration 1t contained
2ot citizens including the Portsmouth delegation ;
- soldiers and II hacks with women and children
decorated with flowers and Union fags. These
|. women were from Water street, principally. On
the steamboat that plies between Norfolk and
Portsmouth, they haye Confederate flag painted
on the deck OF the steamer, 20 that passengers
compelled TO trample it under foot A new order
was iss,;ed last week to prevent the citizens from
assembling on the streets in groups
i"oui1 ike 70 writo you names of other Union
men, but must refrain from doing SO, AZ many have
o'o iH anu 10 see CT KNOW tEeir fatnprS
in such company would mortlfy them. Business in
every department is dead: no store is selling five
dollars per day. Many Yankee stores have been
| opened, but they have now pretty well gathered In
al The gold aHh silver in circulation, which and
If tine only currency received. The Yankees, in
getting Norfolk certainly GOT five millions dollars
which might have been saved by better manage .
Ioent. The poor old Nerrimac il still an object of
SFt"t curiosity tn visitors from Fort Monroe. So
great terror was she that when tfe boats pass
Crsney Island they crowd the side 70 gszs on the
spot where her houored bones are ignobly reposing,
aud eXciaim, rs II there is IL there r.
\ gentleman, recently arrived at Knoxville from
ST. Louis reports that only about tSe hundred
Lincoln troops are left 10 govern the city Ii il the
opinion OF the Lacoluites that the South is nearly
whipped out, and that the war will be over.
The most despotc But.rsm prevailed, ia ~. Louis.
Several young ladies. the house OF Mrs. Gatst,
| VINO had sang and played the song My Maryland,
were notified tn vacate the house III twenty four
hnurs, or suffer Imprisonment in the common ail.
on the refusal Of the ladies 10 leave, u guard of
soldiers. none Of whom could speak plain English.
surrounded the house. Sons ladies in another
house. for waving their handkerchiefs 20 Con
federate prisoners, had their house surrounded and
al, communication with their friends cut off for sew
eral days. during which time they were served with
| regular soldiers raions at MEALS.
THE BOMBARDNENT OF yIChSguRG,
Tho Vicksburg (Miss} Htig. of the ,st instant
describing the bombartlment Of the city, says tha,
tive gunhoats suceeeds,l in passing the batteries
| After describing the fight, i, says
| While this grand but heart rent.iug sight was
being enacted on the rlyer the scene in he citv
beggared All description Many families were still
| living in to'Sn-some 10th 30 leave their homes
| others who could not find houses 10 go TO, and
nlany who Were too poor move. All were
aroused from their slumbers about four o'clock by
the shOt aud shell whistling and bursting around
| them. Men, women, and children, both black and
white, went screaming through the streets seeking
II.
nude Mothers running. with little babes In
| their arms, crying, where will l 60" aud sonls
would stop aud crouch under the iirst hill, while
the shell bursting above them. We noticed
one man with his wife in his aruls-she having
tainted wi fright at the explosion of shell within
| few tust Of he. A shellburst IN the midst of sey
erel children who were making their way out ol
danger, au,t the dirt thrown up by the explosion
knocked three OF them down. but fortunately done
uo injury. The little ones picked themselves up II,
quick as possible, and. wiping the dust from theil
eyes, hastened OF.
| lu n short time the bills, three our four miles
east of the city, covered with people who had
! fed from danger. When the firing over, some
few returned 10 the city, bu. the minority sought
quarters respectable distance from town. Even
| the stock, and almost everything tn the city was
| panic stricken and He'd. Horses mules, cows
| dogs, Sc, could be- seen speeding on through the
| town, out of reach Of the missiles Such scene
| we have never before witnessed, aud hope VIC
| never shall again.
The damage done in the city was pretty severe
u great many Of the houses being struck and NOR.
or less injured Although the streets thronget
during the bombardment with the terrified inmate
of the town, flying to places of safety and refuge
there was but one loss of Me-thc estimable Mrs
Gamble The enemy must have suffered severely "a
our shots told with fearful effect upon their vessels
On Sunday forenoon three guns were fired from
our lower batteries, in honor Of the glorious new
from Virginia, which they construed into IN attack
arsa immediately opened upon us. They kept tn,
fire up for several hours, doing considerable dam
age About nine O'Clock that night they opened
again on the city, and for about an hour and ha.
the shels from the mortar fleet fell into the city.
ft,s houses were damaged by them.
CApTuKE OF YANKEE GUNBoAT.
Information having been received Of the passag
Of several Yankee gunboats up the San,ee u. G.
river, two companies of sharpshoo.ers were place
in ambush on the banks to intercept the marauder'
Upon their approach, our men fired upo'