The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-11

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"0A nceu TWO Wsess ago. hAs - - tAoos e.
supAtioa By the Taakees 4 fsw Aais -
]; WAS timely renewal, ~ u voeIa -.
bssn Idle 70 jsopardiss The salsty OF Q vi 49,
command In defence Of . totally tndef.,.ah,.
and useless battery. The order esus sonn,
time before. lsaviEs Il discsetioaasy VIA
aen. Mercer. oommaadine In that nsiehhor.
hood. 70 carry II ont Whenever II sssned
proper 10 his Jsdsmsnt TAs YANKEES e,i.
little By their new aequia tions, sine, ths h =.
tsrtss have been dismaAtlsd snd he pla.. n.
lions On the islands had bsen for moasAa ~.
serted; tits not improbable, however. that an,
brsgEtng fcss will represent the oAptur. =.
very important AID tbs cotton seo.r,d :.
INN ense.
while occupying these rostr, which Ar. a.,
posits to one anothsr and oonpleteIv -
mands the entrance the worthy eomms,1.
ants engaged In q dispute In regard "a ~.
relative strength Of thsir batsrtss. a,ar.-
czsdibly informed "a artillery apsl en...e
between them, one ol1csr retiring from ~
dispute and opening nre upon his sis s.,ts.
learn that the battery commanded BY Col,
onel whose name II familiar thYcusAout u.
Confederate States, returned the nrs a.A "a.
compelled his antagonist TO hoist the Witt
nag. Most Fortunately no man was injured
though tho epaulment Of one battery N.
considerably damaged.
Nothing new has transpired In our Mach.
borhood. The Yankees 'sre quiet, su. NO, idle.
I nm assured, and on ,ths other hand On,
works are being placed In good order and
mp.esed, as many OF them are with bomb
proof shelters for the msD, leaving only Isv
gamers exrossd at time to the fire Of IN
enemy. The guns now ready TO bear upos
any naet that may como up against For
Jackson ara su aictent to cope with The fore,
that the Var KEGS oan command. Toward
the RELIEF Of For: Pulaski nothing has be-,
done.
LEARN By 8 letter, that In Kichmond it 4
believed that savannah will tail. You ar,
aware o, ny opaui"n n. Such 80 1t IL worth.
do not think It CAN BIO taken at preseat By u
Lincoinitss, uulsss some very fortuitoui
chsnce should intervene. As long rs We hayC
en- enemy intenly watching our movement
and ready TO avail himself Of any moment OF
weakness or relaxed vigilance, we arc not ii T.
toge ther safe; bat with cur means we'll dia.
posed a. they are, we have no great cavss al
aierm. should tas enemy II Ike the tyial. b
assured 1t will be y ha-d-fough. ffht eud :
dsspsrats struggle.
* my last letter mentioned what wa
er:,egardod - the probable means by which
the Yankees hoped to be alba 70 redacs Rort
Jackson and open tho way to the city Of u.
vannah and the possession Of the twO mil.
IioIs OF bales CT cotton when the RsrslA hal
PROMISED TO the starving WORK, people ol
France, liz rev ard for Two months OF pati1ut
endurance. Wonderful me- GnAniuity Of TN
sCuint.eyed oracle OF Esw York vsgabonda
10 prom isa IL . property OF foes Eot J OF In ~
reach Il Federal armgl In that letter Do
scribsd ms island on which the FtdsfAL
would aexLeYsct battsyy ~ Alvarhco lAland
l >gas mis;ntcrmsd Of the name, through
tas m,sapprhensior of my informant
Isshoa.G have beer EiaA' 1slnud The fAot
re.ua II 50 there desSTlbed them, although
m asst add that the opinion 10 general tia
they have already commenced work ON TIA
petition.
Next moe tn IL q warm mcn. IA In this Lad
tude, end, IL the winter Cocs no, "liugsf to
long In tbs lap Of Epying," hn exceedingly m
comfort BILE enc for the occupants OF on
ts!ands AID marshes. The impression pre-
wallis that they Will not be able to hold thsl
present positions during our summer but
ihin 4 1t is an error. Had We foe 70 de-
with who regarded the life Of his msuPss 0
any eonseQ usnce, 1t might BE- otherwise r bv
The reckless disr gard which has charastsY
f7ei the Yankees, compel me to think the,
Will NO rmit the deci alton OF their force b,
-
warm eli mate before abandoning The islands
They have spent much money and incalculs
Bile labor in i'm proving the harbor of Por
Royal, and the port OF Hilton Head for
merits the name Of port, II We take Int,
consideration the number OF ships CONSTANT!
uuder its protection, and the mapy improve
uents which energetic Yankees have tmpro
vissd: such a. railways, Quays, and Cause
Wsys, across the extensive marshes beyWesy
the island and the main land. or, rather
"a - 4
railroad mrst have proven Of crest -
70 them, 40 II enabled rapid movement Y
be mads from one end Of the island 70 u,
other, from which Pulaski can PLAINLY b
discerned. and the embarkation for . Yer.
short voyage to the coast OF Georgia below
at any point they might design 70 attack. l
10 not to be supposed thst all this would hav
bean projec ed for The purp pose OF being sbA1
doned whsn the climate and position IN
other con ingens disad "a ntases could hav
been most readily calculated before. ~
they may su2sr. they may die Of disease, b
rsw sacrifices will be kept constantly on Ii
altar Of the fol- destroyer which seeks IT, vi
tims among the strangers who may eom
within his domain It may cripple his resou
ces 90 much as 70 prevent any active n sasul
chance TO strike blow at them. but no NOR
trust that much good may result from OF
approaching summer to us.
f3u Saturday lsst twenty-Jne sail OF Ysf
kee ships were laying e1 warsaw. On Sun
day morning only ave were there when th
Of water In the sound. During the nlgn
the remaining sixteen quietly slipped tAe
I.cs bles Aad were on 70 NO one knows Wbes'
nor can conjecture - OF any avail. II
not very probable that they have sonei q
hood OF Brunswisk and the islands Of 5
! Simons and Jekyl, which were abar donse
! The necessity Of guarding their m0ysmen
J against re pei curiosity lsaSts me 70 think u
I II IL some such eIpedl ion against oar coas
not very 10 midabis, Ior designed - Al
I; other than foray t. harass Us.
!; Yhis day tbs assem bliug Of the N ilitia
/ the city OF Savannah ana Chatham soaAt
tuck place, IN accordance with he proclena
ton Of Governor Brown. and Ebout ~
thousand men &ppeaTed o. the palaa
around, and were saiied upon 70 vol.n1 s
Tho turnout was very general fneeeos
raw among The pumssr many EosliaAass
who could not be subjected 70 The 6mT
AID consptcaous among tAsm the 0uus'
| Vice-CoEsul. The trepidntiou whicn ~
eedes a dreaded DAY probably never ~ =,
more gen eral than on this occSelon, ~. ~ \,
who were liable pressn ted themselves - -
ing the threa. which the 0overr or Ae'o y
Of a draft OF all absen tees. TN the pexss
! ground. out Of the i: fye Enmeer, wien W
! exempted we're ordered to step In advsAt
csuno. exageerate when l ssy tnree-EaIt1
! some by reaso or CT disease, Others OF Psys
cal IL ability, fsrlouGhs, cemE ia,onS :.
Other Q. uses, were exempted. fIom ~ III.
! mai der, when tbs volunteers were
for. o.e.hsIf dc.sn Stepped ioiwao; :.
VITA = company already voiapWerso =.
res.iyed made sixty SIX nsa ont Of !ns W.
o.tx hundred and df.esn, Tns ssmsires
v,il be drafted, II the uin Der IL not mAos
| Sv volunteers in ths meantime
nurius The day xli the employees o. ~,
.rrmsns ceassi their work. 10 wsvsr pses.
ssrvtt might nAve been. and when ~ y. -
resonrces Of the mssaar,cs are saA'"
utmost. h,. r,,c,ama tioI
usase Are stirriue ttEss, when p,oeia@nS.vsr
are the pr!neipl con'sas OF .ns IA I.
nsws.J cioaiux up all dis.iiitris. ga, ano All
cuor Sts.i,led alter toe ,s'he Apn ~.
| l. good move ut = time when ~ 70 I'm. n
and the GOV. viii 20. be QnarsEca w I'm. /,
j FEAR nine thousand soldiers. me IN
surportera viii esii 20 vote for nln io' In
tsrrn Il Will Hill hts pope!oIiv,, ,.Ssv II
netfer. and the soldier felt eompa.aas.XX9s
tie in tsrsss in It; bat whisksY-tna ~
ant thinr. and rot easily get over. :. 4
vo.r ccrrespordsnt will hive 70 Isy -. -
ssrn,,ss or . esc!udsd forever nom !.
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