The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-18
Ritbnono qispatrb.
TUESDAY MORNING =. .MARUH Is, 1858
THE WAR ON THE COAST.


ths little steamer Hard Times. After travel
irg twenty miles to the biu6. in the vicinity
OF Albsrd's mills, they fonnd that the gun.
boat had p.assd mp beyond that point.
They then ga,loped four miles farther MP,
boat, and after httching their horsss a con.
vsnisnt distance. they scattered about hal!
mile along the edge Of tbs blaH, each m aa
and doubls-barrel shot guns, as the On envy q
Eunboat got within sixty yar0s, the nrst of
the am ouscade line opened. and tbs Are told
of
and excitement among the Lincolnites -
Considerable excitemant prevailed on hoard
a. they saw their comreds falling. Cfncsrs
cursinK men, and men cursing omcers.
The Y ankses used their ordnance, but with
NO eject, the ahot striking the tops OF the
trees. They used their navy pistols aiso. bn:
with NO dams g other than Sigh tly wound.
log horse that was hitched about go yards
from the edge Of the biu1
Oar men flesd from one to ve'shots each
o lac OF them, yoluatesr, noted hunter aud
time selected his man-ths one with The most
brass buttons on, az he expressed 1t. After
each shot, he did not ag sin get = glimpse Of
bis ohjsct. An hour intervsned, when the
boat was attacked again by Captain L tnS's
(ot Camden county, coD pany. who were stint.
l.rly am mbuscaded on bun aboutsisht miles
distant.
Ore Of the volunteers Of Colonel Davis .
noun ted regiment shot both barrels of MS
gan, loaded with wirs cartridges Of "blue
whistlsIs," OF buckshot, inta group Of four
OF the Fedsrals on deck. about sky yarls
from his position. and saw no more Of them
negro who had been prisoner of the
Yankees. and escaped from Amelia 1sland TO
the camp near Fernandina. states that he was
made to assist IN buryinx Al ankess. and re-
pOrtN II at tn ere ware 1S wounded.
We trust that ell our tr0oPs in the &c hfsde.
racy will profl. by the example set in this
guerilla movsmeAt -.
The Savannah Neps comments with some
bitterness upon the capacities and conduct
OF our ofncers in command In Florida, but
makes an exception in faver Of Colonel Dowd
OF the Mississippi regiment. We copy the
following additional particulars from the
same arii.ls:
In despite OF these adverse circumst anc csG,
| u brilliant action wa. Performed by c"m
This company, commanded by Captain VIII
liam Clarke. took position on blum on the
st Marys river, and waited the approach OF
Federal gunboat. 20 they approached, a
re5sls." "Yes." said Clarke. "hers We
are," With that he raised his rife. ana the
lookout dropped dead on the deck FROM hts
lofty perch. Clark's men then gGvs three
cheers, firsd voli.y, aud TWEEN five or thirty
! OF the Feierals were stliet and woundsd.-
The gnn boat not being able to contend with
our men thus advautageons!y posted, retreat.
| ed discounted
The evacuation of Fsrnandina was cen.
duc!ed very badly, and much was lost OWN 6
to the inefhci.fcy Of the Colonel In command
Fl. Senator Ynles, President OF the Florida
! Railroad. was untirinS in his efforts to save
| the property tthe cttizsus. He was the las:
man to leave FerAandina, and wac on ths
a x nrzarlA q
| efforts, and projected an expedition on MOn-
day night to bring of the train tn at had bssn
| left, which would have hseT :" ~. y success
| full had rot the railroad br'aee 5uen set on
| nrs by ldsr of Col Hopkins, ia comm and
| Just % the train reached 1t. All shs Florida
| troops neei TO iasurs suc;sas Is worthy
! com ui ander.
! Al Iast accounts battle was being Tough I
] ON the mainl md hstwesn the Tsderalis:s
| 900 strong, and our forces n I'm SerinR about
| 1900. There 10 no dOu0t shat we sh Al ,axa
| the whole Federal force. II Gen. Trapier does
not order a retreat.
| Suoh are q few Items We have gathered
| from those recently feom Florida.
Wc forgot TO mention that the steamer St.
] Haryy, Captain Eres"orn. 10 safe III Tho ~
| Johns river. 1t is said she has been take q
| far np that rlyer and there sunk by her cal
| liant Ga ptain Had it not been for the aga.
| city Of captain Frsebern, the st. Mary g
| would have been taken on Sunday morning..
| when rhe first Federal steamer msde her ap
| pearancs. flying French nag In distress. -
| Il was proposed to him to go ou. TO the ss.
sistanco Of this pretendsdly distr essed steam
Or. Captain rrseborn took good look at her
I.through his glass, and quickly obser vsd tina:
| he was not TO be caught n that way, because
he was sure she was a Yankee build. 1. wa.
| then that Lieutenaut Colonel Hoiiend and
| eight men pQ. 81 to her In boat, and were
Gang hit and taxsn prisoners BY this base strata.
gem of the unscrupulous Yankee.
TIE TROOPS HOT TO 81 wIrsDRAwS.
In FlC rda ara 20 bs withdrawn We are cred.
IDLY IN formed that such IL not the case, and
that ihepare not only 70 remain, but every
man In the State IL determined 10 come 10
though a young State. viii DO her share, and
can bring into the held her quota OF good
marksMen.
PIcElr HIkIEe.
Between & and O'Clock Tussday evening &, =
Yankee barge, containing some eight or ten
men, was discovered oy our p,ckets, in Angus.
tine creek suppcsad to be taking sound dinXs or
rsconnoi1erirg. Two OF the pickles Ared al
them, and On. was seen to fail The sns9y
returned the flve, but misssd their mavk.-
They then hurried bsck. Capt Anckwell's
com pany, station cd at battsrV near BY, wen,
10 the aes.s stancs Of thu picke,s IN hearing the
firing About midnight, the Federals returned
snd commenced an attack. ftrirg w}s kept
up on bo h sides for soms time, but with NO
iniury 10 our men. How the Yankees fnred
on this. their second visit, could not be asoar.
to retrace their steps, without waiting to find
out what success they met with.
sklsnlsx At sausswick, "a.
Col. Carey W. Stiles visited Bsanswick
| early yesterday morning, in command OF. a
ba tt. lion. The enemy were not in ths city
but ON hoard their vesseis In the haroor -
Eight Yankee soldiers were ged Ga, her
bank, and the ,empta Ion induc d one OF our
men, = printer, belonging to the Jackeop Ar
| tillsry, who had accom- panied the expedRtion, !,
| to Pull trigger on them aud i,led ooe of tn .
party. The rest began 10 row !astily away,
when other sGots were nred at .hsm, and but
! two OF the eight wers left to return to their
| ships. The gunboas in the stream then
| psned their canoou on me city, but done Z O
hnoinG no enemy on shore TO IN ,et them -
| AbCu. 10 O'Clock III might the Y ankees egain
| opened o. tha city, and II IL sapp 1sed that
they we're shei'ing the town,
PassAzpIzA, FLA
FernaudinA 10 on Amslia Island, which
forms part Of Nassau county, Florida. The
| leland IL sixtsea mi!es in length by four l.,
breadth, and Is ssparatfd from the maini and
| by strait from swo TO four m lies wide. The
| northern and eastern sides OF the isl aud are
bordered by rows OF sand hills, and backed
| BY .hich forfss OF pine, palmetto, oak. and
IN dersrowth
shore OF Amelia river. a. the channel between
| the island and the m:!n land 10 called, stands
the v.liaga of Esrnandins, or ksw Fsrnan.
ina. Al II IL called, to distinguish II from
Uld Fsrnandina, . dsoaysd spanish set.
| Element q little TO the R0rthward OF tha
new to IN. Opposite Fsrnandina. on the
| other eide OF amelia river, 10 TIGER IslAnd
4 between which and Amelia Leland II the
naYbor which 10 one Of tue best and .sfsst ON
ths coast Though the drAh OF water - mol
eQual to that or Beaufort or Brunswicx.
Nassau counsy, Of which Amelia Island
foPrs an important part, HAD In 1850. pop
ulssion Of 9,fsa. of whom ] ,077 were slayss =
It's prod9ottous In that year were loA 500