The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-01

NDOs epOo1OD0A1v An AA88V o0lp9 or
his ensn-of-vaz.' . AsI tAink It viii b I'd.
mittsd they were very smAll potatoes, - the
history Of thar Dispersion WIN In fins dis.
Close. Whsfs 10 the sxpsdition-o or at laast
that portion left swimming spsn ths suzfaae
Of the great dsspi We are nystinsd hsrs
completely. One day they are in Pamlico
Sound. AID the next outside, ''sssaring South;''
and sgain, 1t u ''onisially eontrsdicssd,'' J.
and thsy are now here. The latter conjec-
tars u highly probable, and Ne must accept
1t for want Of more "rsliabls Information" )"
Your article ON the Lincoln blockade, In
your Issue Of Saturday, has brought to my
rscolleotion subject which IhAd design Cd
70 write q few words about. Your ssggee.
tions IN regard 70 the necessity Of building
mp the manufactures Of the 60uth, now fos-
tered in their nfaney BY the b)ockads of our
hasbors, snd the advantages us are daily dc.
irving from it, ars very mueh nesded at this
time. Georgia wiz comps6 N5A Any State
Of the Southaxn OonIe1g1Ueysfh ne numbsr
and vayistyo OF the manufactures che has %.
tablished, and time will render them indepsn.
dent Of any cover rnmental assistance, should
the condition Of Affairs not soon change
Recently policy has been acted upon very
like that of tho much .decried monopolies :
the manufactures buy in very cheap mar.
ket, and they sell at very high prices Where
cotton il bought at seven cents, the labor re-
naming the same the prices have been raised
three hundred and four hundred per cent,
establishing q system Of exorbitant prices
which will prove in the end ruinous TO their
own interest. Should the war be brought TO
close in three months, with such policy
to start With, not one in ten Of these m anu-
fac tories will survive the certain ir aux Of
foreign goods; nay, will not exclude Yam.
kee goods in the category, unless q strict
system OF discriminatise duties should be
imposed upon tnem. Our people will buy In
that marke: In which they eau obtain the ar
ticle cheapest that they mag desire. and this
will not 30 reversed in our case. In . long
war there Is hope that We will acquire not
only political, but that commercial indepen.
dsnce wi thout which we will have achieved
q barren victory, and may yet bs called to
break the chains which we now but partially
rend asunder.
lnd that some Of the correspondents who
were lately banishsd from the region Of Ma
nassas. arc again poaching on Gen. John
ston's preserves. How does that happen -
Does the Gen eral sleep, or have theee "Oily
0ammons" succeeded in Ind ucing him to sl-
low some OF the smallest offenders to renew
their comm unications from his territory .
Il appears to me that the u en- Q raj is quite
forgetful of his duty. especially when No.
Clellan 10 about TO advance, In permitting
these prying fellows about his premises.
recur IT later hour to the news Just 70
ceived from below. 1he Federal neet 10 now
within four miles Of this city, and at . p. NJ.
to-day, I saw through good glass three OF
them engaged in an encounter with thu
Sampson. Our little steamer stood the brun,
Of 1t remarkably well-ons large shell from
Arl6sd gun fell upon her deck. but failed tc
explode, and she ecsived three other sh ots.
doing some slight damage.
The Federal gun boats came through War
law Sound to tho rear Of Little Tybee
Island, aad early this morning Svno, OF sths
largest were engaged at the mouth oftSt.
Augustine creek in raising the lilies and the
obstructtons sunk there. Should they suo.
ceed, they will cut or commurication
with Fort Pulaaki; indeed, the space cut
through BY tho creek into the river IN
20 small that. the snemy's guns command
the channel Of the main river, and this
morning they attacked tho small unarmed
steamer Ida, plying 70 the Fort. General
Leo has arrived here, and, with a company
and the necessary officers, leave this night
70 replace any distractions that may have
been removed,
We in great excitement yo-day. The
Irish VolunSrs, . noole command OF loo
mon, volun teered to-day to reture to duty,
they having been mustered out only on IA
tnrday last. They proceed to Fort Jackson
You must not be surprised to hear Of the
lower fort being cut or.
No Immediate result, believe, will follow
the removal OF the distractions. Ijudge
that the enemy will wait to make a oom bined
land and naval demonstration simultane
ously from the river and from tho country
aoout Sktdaway. The impression is general, :,
that the remainder OF Burnside'p expedition
10 now In our waters. MBIorRY,