The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-20

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We have bssa fusaaaAsd wisA a sxtrsss
fron psivate posess WriSts1 ~ nsnbss q
Otyss Dattssy - ~ 1Athss, IN this city. Il
w1ll graiify - nany friends q TIE ernpaay
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santly II IL recent s1gAt IN 0ilss county.
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sls yls1I n siID oouS1y.
TIE great desire Of my life has as last bssn -.
alxsd.tAat q bane = lasale. Last Friday
guaes one 9S.poand howit1w, Z aeuntain
howit.ers. asd company Of eayaiSy, started
from shannon 0ap. q 70 o'elodk q sight, q
attack the ensny at 0tles Oourt-House, q
We marched ah Night distance Of tAi4.
teen miles, And fsve battle Of sunrise tAe
next morning. We GOT 70 he co1rt- housa
about sunSiso, and i9medtately OOmmoacod
=: :ss:ss y ss; :ss' .sd .aos late
aFdIy dogs, Anding our nre too hot Tor them,
commenced rotroatinG. We puYsaed them
for SIX miles, until We reached Wolf 0ap
where We now ere. WOLF Gap y the placa
defence Of the Virginia and Tennsssse HAIL
road, - IL r. the great pass 70 that road. II
would have done yoor veay soul good, ~ Il
did mine, 70 80 the ''Otoy boys'' throw ahell
into thems when the coWardly Yankees Asd
Our mon fought. we'll and CALAMITY, and
don't think that We viii ever surrender ~
long a. Captain Oey leads N on to battle.
The people Of Giles Oourt.House aid the
enemy carried on ten wagon loads Of killed
and wounded early In the retreat. Our Loss
wounded.
Col. Patton, Of the 29d Virginia regiment.
fell wounded while Ealiantly Aading his rsgi.
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hurt. We captured four prisoners, nifty
horses, and lot OF arms. ammunition. and
stores. OSsLow.
IRIS BLUFF
The following 10 Captain Farrand's onlcial
report Of the action last week at Drary'a
Bluf:
DRusY's BLu11, May Is, 1859.
Hon. s. r. Mallory, Secretary OF the Navy.
Sir: The enemy came mp the river at half.
past six A H., the 0alsna ahead. the nonitos
Aad SIN all iron steamer, a sids. wheel, and q
smaller gunboat following ia succession.
our battsrise opened flre upon
the Monitor and 0alona. They did not reply
until the falena had placed herself directly
athwart he channel. After which she and
sells keeping underway, and u: about from q
quarter TO mile lower down and 20 Close a.
dor the opposite shore tb At only four Of oar
guhs could bear upon them. Our fire was
mostly dlrectsd upon the Qalsna, only occa-
paying compliment TO the others.
Several Of cur shots at long range passed
and through them, and they soon
dropped out Of range. The small iron clad
and the eide wheel guL boats were badly Grip
pied. We turned our attention to the @ Ae.
every one Of our shots telling upon
her iron surlace-at IL O'Clock A ID one Of
the Patrick Henry's sight:tnch solid shot
passed Into her bow port. Immediately the
s%oa: rushed he'd, ont Of her orn port: :nowins
three hearty cheers as she clipped her cables
and moved down the river. Our picksts heard
her captain say 10 one Of the other gunboats
that she was "in q sinking condition"
ing or every man who showed himself.
There 10 NO doubt We struck them Q hard
blow. The last that was seen Of them they
were steamtng down the river.
ties with GOODNESS and discrimination. and 1t
would be doing injustice TO many II should
mention or particulartze any. Capt. Urury
and his mon fought their guns with great Of.
feet.
Casuahiss Sc rem killed, among them MID.
shipman Carroll, and eight wounded.
Very respectfully. your obedtsnt servant,
EBAN FARRAND, O. 3. n,
Commanding Post.
TIE CAPITAL OF louIsIAHA.
Our latest intelligence from Baton Rouge,
LII, is contained In the New Orleans Pics.
vsns Of May LIT. The Northern papers have
claimed that the place was occupied by the
Federals shortly after the capture OF New Or.
the assertion:
The passing Of the Federal flset above our
forts was announced at the Capital on Thurs
day morning, and Immediately thereupon
prepare lions were made Tor the removal Of
the State archives and for the destruction OF
cotton and sugar. The archives have been
removed to place in the interior where the
snemy u by NO means likely to find them,
and all the cotton at Baton Rouge and along
the river il row mass OF smouldertDg IRE.
All the sugar. too, has either esen carried to
, place Of security ordestroyed. Our inform
ant did not visit the arsenal and armory and
other Confederate buildings, and therefore
:annot speak positively on the point, bat his
II that all the Government stores,
ammunition, &C., have either
been removed Or left In such q condition ~
10 be valuelsss to the enemy.
Immediately upon his arrival At the Oopt.
tai, Gov. Moore issued proclamation an.
the great disaster to our arms, and
couL selling the people in patriotic language
- TO their duty in this thar hour OF adver.
sity. Tue Governor does not attempt to de-
preciate the o. emy's success, but At the same
time he calls upon al CITIZENS OF the S:ass 70
(ruitless and a. short lived a. possible. With
this view, he epjeius the destruction OF cot.
ton, sugar, and other property Liable to seix-
and nd oy ns % q Col
ecution Of this order
There was Qalte fefment among the peO.
pie of Baton kouee when it was announced
that the ensmy's dset had passed the forts.
parlure to the in terror. and though all excite
ment had passed away when ouf informant
sf', still numbers continued to leave, both BY
and and water, In anticipation Of . visit nom
,ontrary to city reports, had visited the
Our Informant il positive that none OF the
set have been higher mp than Oarroilton.
,or could they have pssssd him during the
light unobservod, a. he was awake every
leuf. We conciudo, then. that mp to noon
tuesday Baton Rouge had not been occupied,
Notwithstanding the avsrmsnt Of
al the 'tsliablss" in the city.
rzs BATTLE OF AanAszDpox.
The war correspondent Of the Mobile Rasts.
~, writing In Ts1srsnce to disa1ection among
he Ksutuckians and Tennssseeans 1t Nah.
lille, says:
The discontent among the Ksntuckians was
increased by Q sermon preached In Waahvillo
- the Rev Mr. Baldwin, the author Of ear.
nageddon, or the United States In Prophecy"
NJ =: ana h she
he conclusion thas the great battle Of Gar.
spoken Of in Revelations, would
- JOughs about this time In the Valley Of the
nissisaippi. He xeferred to the came subject
'rs that the battle wonld take place BY the 3osh
Il Juns-that The federal hostwould b. over.
hrowa and dispsrsed-and that their dead