The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-21
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qasssaon; and, conssqasntly. she e.a.d oaly 10
serves ~ . seAsecfoW.
y1on RoxHoLK.
Abs Lincoin has lately bssn In Norfolk, bat
from all We can hear no INST with \ chilling
reception. He concluded not 70 sxssnd his
visit 70 Richmond, And hns doubtless return !.
ID 70 the FEDERAL Oapisal ere this. The
Petersburg IzYrsss has rscsivsd the foIlowihx
stassmsnt from gentlemen who left Norfolk
last Saturday afternoon:
They repressn : the city A. niled with LIN.
cp1n soldiers, bat Arrangements had bssp
made which Will reduce the number 20 S.eOy.
she balance advancing - fAr - Su4olk. where
they will Temain until junction with Burn.
Norfolk u regiment composed entirely Of
Datch, from tbs Colonel down 10 the dram
mer boys. The orders are all given In the
no a sas Ouch While IN tSssr pre- rasacs. a'
The people Of Norfolk keep aloof ffon the
Fedofels, having NO tntercc ufss With them
Whatever. The stores are al closed, and IL
Il Q rare sight TO 80 q male ciaxen on the
An the hAEs among the ships. snd on the
Oustom-Houss and Atlantic Hotel, were flying
1t half. mast Saturday. Some dtsttnx lshsd
had bee. % s xrevs
suppressed, and 1t was impossible TO ASCERTAIN
VINO the no ted dead could b.
1hs Ysnkes journals, received during ting
week, confessed 20 hsavy ioas At Williams.
Ito, KILLED, 1850 wounded. and 90 prisoners.
Tosy CON tended, he - ever, that !: was great
victory scr Yankee arms, because we stirred
and left cur dead and wounded on the heId
Tho ON GERS Il the YANKEE army had visited
all the fortincadoLs around kortolk. and ex.
pressed their utter amusement that we should
have evacuated the place. Gen. Wool still
mEintninse that wish 5000 men behicd sucn
pk0 RI hAR IN n n M
Der 10 dght. A great many coMIaon.senss
Oonfsd.rates fully concur with Gen WOOL In
this opinion.
The following paragraph Is from tn. Norfolk
Day Hook Of Saturday:
We learn that the Military Governor, VieIe.
has turned ths city over TO the Mayor and
municipal corps, aDd that the night police, as
far a. tue ci:izsns are concerned, VIII resume
the functions Of heir off1ce.
7n1 CAPTURE AID xILLIsG OF YAxKLzs At CITY
POIET.
We fnd In the Petersburg Exvress Of yester.
day the ANNEXED details Of the exploit at City
Point. which differs in seine respects nom the
brief account sent by telegraph and published
In the Richmond papers:
Quite q brilliant little eff.ir occurred &.
nias YANKEE oficsrs and men were taken
prisoners and seven Or eight killed. AhousS
O'Clock a small boa. fcom one Of the war yes.
ssls lying in the James river approached the
wharf At City Point, from which nine men
were seen to land and proceed mp 70 the town.
y hills ssven or eight remained behind in the
boa:. Stationed near ut hand and com p Ia teiy
hidden from visw was ce:achnen.o OF fifteen
men, belonging to Company a." Capt. Will.
lis. OF the Fourth Georgia Regiments. The
commanding officer OF ihis detachment tmme.
diately divided his msn into two parties
one Of which he dispatched to the boat and
n 0th0r n tho n ire1fi00 If h HAn ynn
had approached the town. A. soon a. cur
men were seen double Quicking towards them
the Yankees on lauu endsavOred to make
their escape, but were fortunately cut OF and
render was also given to those In the at, and
several times repeated without succ-ss. II
being very evident to our men that they were
ende svoring - get away without positively
refusing 70 surrender trey raised !heir in 90
ana fired. One man was seen to fall over
board, and all the Balance except one. to fail
IN the boat, leaving no dcues whatever that
but one man Of them sll Yves left to tell the
fate OF his comrSdes The survivor was seen
TO paddle OF with ona hand, and tho infer.
ence - that the other was 100 much liz ured
to % used. Our Eea then qoickly returned
TO train OF cars stationed little way OF.
put their prisoners aboard and brought them
to town, whence they were I'm mediatsly car.
ried 70 Gen. Hu&er's beet quarters.
Their arrival here created quite a stir on the
s.rests, and men, woIusn aua boys followed
them TO the custom House. We present bs.
low tbs names and POSITIONS Of the officers
captured
Charles II. Baker. Chief Engineer.
1st Lieut. w. DeEord, Signal Corps.
Lew y. Etoekweii, Assistant Paymaster.
George ID. SlOeuM, Assistant Su,kson, cnd
five ssamsn o! the stsam sioop-ot. war Mlssa.
causet.s.
We understand the immediate cause of the
Surgeons visit TO City toin: was in obsoisr &c
TO the requss: OF lady there, that he she uid
give her medical 0d1tce What truth there IL ia
this we do not know, bat from what We hsar
are iLciined to crtdlsit
The prisoners were all ccmfortably cared
for last night By order OF Gan. Huger.
The officers ire young men OF iGe appear
ancs ana intelligent coantsnaI Is. The aea-
men are ofdnary looking, and arc mostly
forsignera. They expressed themselves a not
1t all expeciiGg an attack from tns COnfsas
rates at City Point. But for orders TO Ina con-
traEy, we understand, large number OF ON.
Gers and men might have been baEgsd At the
Point day before yesterday, nnd among them
tae commander OF the i.et, Commodore Ro.
gers.