The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-16
LATnoT FRODG NORFOLK AND
PORTSMOUTH
INTERESTING PARTICULARS

a = ~ teiligsEt gsntien asi, y ho vas In Nor.
fox IN saturday ami sunday last, AID tho
Left Portsmouth on Monday evening at half.
past six O'Clock, furnishes the editor OF The
Petsrsburg Deprsss with the following inter.
ssting account Of the d.uatlon Of FAIRS In
that section Of the State:
The Fsderals had full possession OF the two
cities, and thelr pickeo ex.sndsd on. on every
road beyond me suburbs OF both places. How
necess ny here TO state; bat he did elude them.
and relates many In tsresting incidents wnicn
came under his observation during Saturday,
The city Of Norfolk was formally surr.u.
dered by Mayor Lamb 70 Gen Wool Natnr
day evening about dark. the latter immsoi.
assly rssnrntsg 10 Fortress Monroe. 0eyeral
1:Iss wsf .,sss,: G -. % 70 ne.'clx sa.r
and anchored In the stream ffontne the CITY.
These vessels were piloted TO Norfolk throuSh
the narrow passage In 1ltsa6eth river BY the
Thursday, while in discharge Of important
duties entrusted TO him By the Ooniedsrats
authorities.
Our Informant 10 unable 70 recall the name
Of the military onmsndant OF Norfolk. bot
he has established bis hsadq aartsrs at the
Atlaatic Hotel, and the sol0iers Of Lincoln
on Saturday evening and Sunday crowded the
streets % such IN extent that II was di@cult
for one TO m axe his way through them.
afternoon, 5000 Federal soldiers were pres.
emit, and they all exhibited admirable drill
and discipline.
The soldiers upon dismissal, scattered them.
selves thickly ABOUT the late On trenoAed camp
Of the Oon1edsratss, and the onaosrs expressed
astonishmens, that with such fortiAcations
the Confsderates should have dreamed Of
evacuaung the plaza. Gen. Wool was loud
In his exprsssiOns Of astoniAhment at the
tioO And Aa0lAYQd n ~
several, that with such Notifications BY land
and water, and the MerIimac guarding the
itoads, he could have held Norfolk against
any force that might havs been brought
against 1t.
On Sunday morning, At 10 O'Clock, the Sem.
In ole steamed mp TO the city. A crowd Of
thousand or more persons assembled ON
Uhnm bsrlair e's wharf, for the want of some.
thing elsa 70 do. waioa tho comm tnder II The
FEDERAL Gamer construed In TO welcome 70
:re '.oid d e instantly all hands We're bsar
to q lar .e1s, every e was q INF 10 IN brss =,
the Jack tars manned the IiEEing, and gave
.hrss hearty cheers This jub,Iant demon
srrauon was responded 20 oy .ns crowo with
Mae groans, which We're given with h
Strength OF lung distinctly audible At the
WHARF In Paramount. The Fedsrals were
taken all aoack, ana the gallant tars dropped
from the rigging with much more alacrity
than they uad manned tnem.
The h lizards having been cat BY the Con.
fed srates, sailor ''sninned" the dsgstaf on
the Custom House sunday morning abuQL6
{ CLOCK, ana naving adjusted the ropes, The
Stars and Stripes were speet lily run 4p.
1, W faint cheers from q crowd OF drunken
Fedsrais IN froat or tns Atlantic Hotel Was
the oply out Dt ftt,ne, reception With which
tn. Yankee bunting Was Greeted
We ore assured snat the great mass OF the
Norfolk people are as true and IoyBi 10 the
Uoufeoernte Government as those OF any po..
ton Of the Sou.A. One ciiixeu, GaIaec Kay
tOI, dealer III musical iIsIrune -, w4s W
loud AMI on t.s poke Il In his iauu .IiJns Of our
lx,v
ernmcnt, tnat tue military coIaAn .ndant o.
NorIoik nss CAUSED him 10 % orrSste1- RMS
Is tne oniy arI est tn 1t Las come ~ our iItor-
mens's suowledxe.
Nasn abJustns Same hour saturday svsa-
ing as Norfolk. a Federal General name
W;man, having been appoi1ted military
Governor OF tRe place, received the sufisa-
del, embracing me occas on TO assure tae
peopl. that the Yankees came not 10 destroy
property, but restore order to Ieiisys al
oppres sed Pc PIE, and retasia . thas ga 10
r.i-o . ola nag " nfcn htd been 50 ioLg con-
cealed from the view u the dear P1rtsmou d
people. much olner gascoaaoe and hignia-
lutin kiId CT eEtimsnt were nculsed In,
out we Eass qaosed eaough IT, give the
der tn ide.i %! the style we regret TO
near that a strongly rsisorous feeling has
Oh anifessed isseH Ia PorLsm Jasa, aud that
several citi3sns OF INA: pace made them
selves prominently ii cious III otsri2g heir
obeisance - tne lew corners, md pronerinE
their services In sry capacity WbAcn might
be desired. One MAJ, VINO had long ec!ed
as . detective fer tbs confederate Provost
Marshal, shouted Justify for the Stare and
Strip q, and In orIe: to e6Ac tually cloak bis
hypocrisy, concealed an oaion IN his hand
kerchlef, and shed copious tears u rejoicing
1T the sight of every blue coat and DraSs but
ton ne encountered. Hee'ing = 10y citzsn
OK the South, he could not WI hstano The Z q
Of I'll nonSst man, but bowed mis- mead, wutie
his cheeks suddenly became erimsoned WITH
shame.
rne Federal officers made diligsn, inquiry
but tbs Destruction OF the Navy ara, And
earnestly solicited information OF she wnere-
abouts Of any who had been engaged In the
tnceA diary proceeding.
Five hundred Va Kes cavalry escorted
General Wyman to Paramount, and took
possession Of the cfi:els' buildings in tbs
Navy.Yaro. They had been sp red for rea-
sons which We have already given.
the Feasrals erdsAvorsd 70 make them.
selves very agreeable TO the people OF Ports.
mouth, and STAYED Il sely that but few OF them
would remain there. The greater portion Of
ynesr meu, they said, would specially take up
the line OF m II eh ior hicnmono; nat she IRE.
bsliion" was now Gu i:s last legs, and that
they expeoled the " re b,l " capital 20 iaii Wi b.
on the fighting Of ans theT battle.
Monday morning 4 wagon Grove up 70 the
every pound Of beef from the bu lohsrs' stalls
Upon bsing told that ths citixsns deaired 70
live, the Com missary replied TIA. tho citizins
must dispsnse with beef Tor Tho prsssHt, as he
dssir cd IL for the soldiers. the owners, how.
ever, were promptly paid to the last cent In
gold and silver
The Federal soldiers all expressed the most
profound ama8 .ment At the 0esruci zion Of the
Merr.mac They said shs hsd m de them feel
more uneasy than any otner event Ut The war,
and rre opinion at Uld Point was general thar
sue wAs The most Iormidab bic WaE vessel ever
CONSTRUCTED. Buy one regret ming I'd with
the universal rejoictLg which her wantou
destruction had produced. and that was the
Tact that che had not come into Yankee pos.
session intact.
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