The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-22

uiretIbE 10 declHGe t08 Ye9DlttiQn PhiIadefnhia
70 support the war unin the authority Of the Con.
stitution and the laws shall be everywhere vipdI.
Gated and enforced9
THE COTTON MARkET IN ENGLAND
The London correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, in letter In which he abors hard to con-
eeal the fact of The suffering In England, ssys:
Subsequent reports Of tia cotton market show
that during the four weeks ending the 3th of June
tess then 1o3 eG5 bales1vers exported from th;s
country. nearly one half Of the entire stock an
hand. With the remainder the Liverpool and Man.
chester spectators are playing beautiful game.
ard the excitement il becoming intense Accord.
ing to the Manchester Gr$vdida, "aIl sorts of peo
pc, quite funconnected with the trade--some Of
taen t"d,es are rushing neadiong into this specula-
ton" In the meantime, there Is no avoiding the
fact that the distress among the operatives Il ste ad
lily and rapidly Increasing, wit. no prospect OF
abatement except through the pecuniary aid of
the rest os the country Aireeic tho sfree,a of
London are alive with groops of beggars of that
esss, recounting their slerings In uncouth dittes
the cesseess burden Of which ia, We've got no
work 20 doc o." Contributions, however are flow.
Ing IN from every direction, and you may rest as.
sured that the netual amount sf individual suffer
ing Is and viii be- greatly oyerstated by the politi
Clans
siiELLIhG THE STEAMERS ON JAMES RIVER
The "traveliag batteries" as the Yankees call
them, on James river, ere inspiring a wholesome
Mustang frsd on froEsss Id Fort Pawhatan and
the captain mortally wounded A letter to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, from on board the steamer
Daniel Webster which also received salute, gives
description of the navigation of the James under
difficulties.
Passed several batteries, including that on James
town Island, all being deserted. l thought that
perhhpa II was only rumor about the firing on our
ooaEs ont we soon learned that there was truth
III IT, When about seven miles below this landing,
seeing one OF orr gunbosts at anchor, Captain
Woods run by her slowly, and hailed her Gun
boat ehoyl' What II you have ss came back from
one OF the officers How is it up above p the Cap.
tain asked not willing, suppose, to take the re-
spons!oiiity OF running his boat into known dan
ger is all right, keep well to the port side'
came from the gunboat. Our boat passed on, re-
Stunning full speed, but az were approaching an
Old fortitcation, called the attention of some gen.
tiemen 70 it. 1t was a small earthwork, presenting
'front.' OF not mere than twenty yards to the river
Part of il was obscured from our view by piles of
wood: We could see one opening. or embrasure,
but oio not see any cannon. AS we were looking
up when just abreast of it, some one said There's
a man mp there" / looked up; yes" SAYS I,
there's a dozen of them,'' and as spoke, saw
about twenty men running up to the front They
were ritemen and the next minute they opened
their rifles on Us. We We're under their fire for six
or eight minutes. AS we 40: past them they open
e1 upon Us with the;r heavy guns, probably
ing them 10 rake rs fore and aft Tbre.,
round shot passed through the state rooms and ss.
loon on the upper deck. one through the smoke
staeh, and one shell, small size, from q rAed can
non. hit the end of the boiler. making small fis-
sure, from which the steam hissed out 1t was then
lfelt the most alarm but, fortunately, it was but
very slight opening. This fort is an cid one having
been tarown up in the revolutionary time, and is
just below Windmill Point. Isuppose the rebels take
their position during the night, and would suggest
10 the officers of the gunboa that they shell the place
every morning before allowing our transports to
pass. After getting out of harms way we made an
examination to lind out the extent of damages
only Two persons were hurt, and both very slight
L.. Government Pilot +. II. Cooley, hand scratch.
Cd by piece cf shell Private James Clarke compa-
ny l. Tenth Michigan, {nurse.) hit by spent rife
bail i'll the foot, slightly bruised TIL, were about
hfty persons ON board, among them several ladies'
Mrs J. T. Fales and Miss Maria Hall, volunteer
nurses from W Washington, were among the number
his latter lady stood tire like old veteran and
had Il narrow escape, two rife balls passing within
two or three feet of her was standing near her
and confess that found myself i'll STOPPING posi-.
tion behind stove soon after the first shower Of
bullets. 4 rouHd-slot passed through Mrs. Fales's
room making sad work One OF the surgeons on
board had his earpe.5ag Int by a cannon shot and
one OF his handkereaieis WAS scrapsd into lint al
short notice assure you After getting out Of dan
ger. we ali fel, that we had made narrow escape
with our lives.