The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-18
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he9fo ON ALI sides now, and the city begins
70 lock ~ military - . camp, Some features
akin to martial law are symptomstic Of FUR
ther progress to that end, for provost mar.
shall regulations have been established by
Gen. Withefs commanding The reserve
city companies Of organised and unnniformed
militia are brushing mp their information as
to the manual OF >arms, and every citizen
who has h.earm IL brushing II mp. The
foundries are at work night aud day making
shot and sheM for tho foru ana batteries, and
Sofges are Dus.ed on heavy Stats order for
pixies, q painful description OF cold steel
which we will Introduce 70 tue nttsniton OF
Butlsr's Yankees If they advance upon the
cIty-no doubt as much TO the disturDsnes OF
their delicatsly nervous sel eibslities as ths
dispasy OF bsyonets and bowle-knives has
always proved.
Spsaking Of bowie knives, wish Buffers
Yankees c0uld nave the PR vilege o ( examin.
ing an implement in that. line which has
been largely prepared for their entertain.
mens In this region. Few Of them but would
be 90 we'll satisfied with what they had al
ready seen in the South as to be willing to
take passage home 70 Paritandom IN the
very nextrsturnink transport To this tool
the cane knives which the "Ti9ers" WELD
ed at Manassa. are mere playthings-'' bar.
low kntves'' by contrast, you might say. It
Is about two feet six inches long In the blade,
which is about a hands breadth in width,
slightly curved, keenly ground. and 20 thick
as to be utterly inelastic. The mere weight Of
the falling weapon would aim Ost cleave man
statw.rt, large limbed, back country Alaba.
mians, they will shear away heads and lin bs
as scythe does cornstalks They were
forged in the country smithys from old mill
SAWS, wagon springs, and such good steel as
could be had. aud are worn swinging from
the belt straight on the thigh. A regiment OF
stout and gaiixut fellows, armed with these
and miscellaneous fire.arme, have just occu
&Anl S.>~~ a
fence between the ci y and the coast. They
are determined to. and will use these terrible
side arms II they meet the emmy and, whec
they do meet him, black ta1 will wave In
the enemy advance on Mobile, the worst
slaughtering work Of the war will be done.
The % fire and fal, back tactics will not be
pr scticed in this latitude, for such . con
eamiDg raes Of hatred and vengeance Is
burning in the hearts Of the people a. will
know but the alternatives Of death or victory.
The enemy have landed at Poca8uola,
forty miles from the ciry. hut In what force
1t Is not known. They are on the side OF
the river which pertains to General Lo.
velTs New Orleans and Mississip 1 depart.
msnt. Our svalry. which Is splendid, scout
and picket the country to our side OF the
river; but as to what is being done ON Lo.
veli's side can hear very little, as the coun.
try is d.saT ted by the residents and the mill
,ary OF the two derartmen.s-bragg's and
I-ovell's-do not act in any sort of accord or
CO, junction.
Our people have heard that Burnside's ex.
reiition passed Hatteras on tuesday, ana ex-
p.ct to hear Of it's arrival In our waters about
the 10th or 18TH inst. It is the general belief
that its destination IL some point within this
department, and that It's intent is either u
grand attack on Pensacola, or or she harbor
defenceS of Mobile, in conjunction with q
land movement from the rear by Butler. This
is two. banded game which we cen play at;
! and at Peosacola, too, there Is very prepare.
tion 10 give them an awful whipping.
Thnr 10 mi m a n q q MI yS.>AA w1fr an,
now along our coast, both In obedience to
mill tary orders to remove stock and nesroe
ten miles inland. and to the apprehensions
OF residents, which have been auickened
within two or three days past by the appear
ance Of some half a dozen gun boats within
cannon shot OF the shore residences on the
Sound, eighteen or twenty miles below the
city. The oystermen and the tar ma K ,rs, the
charcoal burners and tho duck hun tiers, the
! farmers and the doctors, and the storekeep
| ers, are making straight schutes for city or
| interior. bringing their miscellaneous plum
| der" with them In all sorts of miscellaneous
| conveyancee from q si x. horse team to a one
] steer wagon, or wheelbarrow. The fecun.
dative influence of saline atmosphere are
curiously illustrated by the extraordinary
i quantity Of one article Of household goods
coast, to wit: tow. beaded children, with
saltwater scabia-on their sun. Drowned legs
and feet. that look like barnac'es, az they
we'll might be One prolific old lady can
only ascert tain whether all her responsibili-
ties are safe by regularly calling the roll OF
them three times a day. Two or three would
not be missed, in appearance, from that
| crowd of repetitions Of themselves, but
would leave grievous void in the old lady q
| maternal heart.
A court.martial has been busted for some
! time in investigating alleged abuses Of his
Office committed by Major Julius Hessee, who,
! until removed from that p,st and cited for
| trial, was the big gun of the Quarterm aster' 8
| department here ] forbear giving currency
| to the various leakings. out of the develop
| IN -nts OF the investigation, IS 1 know no.
how much Is true and how much is false
1 but these repor do not show much mercy 10
the Major, who is a long time Israelite resi-
dent OF the city. trust he will ba able tc
clear up everything which ia alleged against
him The Major is one of the best.natured
I looking, fat, chucxle heades little men you
ever saw, aud II he WAS ordered to be shol
/ would smile about 1t, bad as he might feel
But this is his failinE-he can't help smiling
Nature put a. smile On his facs with set-screws
| and there it stays 1t has been there always
and is there now, as II there was no such
! thing in the world as u acourt-martial Wheth
er 1t Is ever = smile more, or a smile less,
don't know, hut it's & emile certAin-and
:" thar" 1t il in fair weather and foul
Whether he enjoys it, likes or dislikes 1t.
don't know, but there it is, and he can't hell
| himself. CHocfAw.