The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-04-17
Aicllmono Dispattt.


AAe auAec hAVShaderS0 OH Charle6tOn.
tJsrresrordencc Of ths NJ Z. Tsmssl
Y. s. SrRAmaR FLORIDA, OPP /
o ess A,sis. q. y March 9. 1859
ship Emily st. Pierre, Of Charleston, 4 y !,
ioi days from Calcutta, loaded with size
nales of gunny bags We think she has ssis.
d pssns uTder the gunny BAGS. We tcok ne,
cook, AND cent her 70 Phiiadsl phia for adjudi.
sstisn. There were hvs vessels In siest At
her capture, which will participate in the
prize meeey: The Florida, mss ship. James
AdteF Flam bean, Sumter, aud ship Onward.
Tae vessel II worth about eS5,ooo, rad tho
cargo ahou. "a: or $50 bale. II cost three
9uiaeas per hais 81. Calcutta. she belongs 70
Charleston; has ''Uhartsston, S. o. and the
arms Of Charleston and Augusta, Ga. PAL, I.
ea or the glass OF her cabin doors hut haa
Enst.sa manifest, which, OF course, IL only a
oiad. We cauxst her running into Charles.
ten.
This success has aroused us nfresh, and we
sire on sac alert constsntly.
PAIRING The daytime everything is quiet Ard
ssns 30 deepen our wa.chfulnsss nsglns. Our
reszei il Iesdy 70 clip anchor and steam away
essn instaats warning. Rot q light IL to be
seer On deck or in ths Eangways. At the
aud on the paddle boxes, are stationed sen.
gxiss, relieved every two hours, peerins into
she gloom, on the lookout for iishts or dark
objects. captain 9oidsborouEh pcces the
IL.
91ns are c6ssioosA forward, and the quar-.
Ter SunEers AID primers stand ready to point
aud Ore AZ any susricious etjcct which the
darkness mag reveal. Livery night we are
sight or not.
On tho night OF the sd ult., ill was still, on
deck, 80 have described, when suddenly,
about half so hour altar had turned liz,
heard the call 20 quarters, the anchor sitrpaa,
the chain sp,ash al It fs!l intoths water, and
the bell strike four Ego ahead fast"
light had been ssen some distance ahead.
hui had disappeared ut Tia moment we s,i D.
Ped anchor. We crowded on steam and
shaped our course in the direction indica ted by
the lookout. In few MINUTES the Hight
was again reported rom tho masthead,
sud was soon ssen distinctly from the
paddle. boxes. l LOOKED for IL ia vain Tor
q long ssme and strained Tay eyes In the
dark until saw A2if.a. dczsn lights; hut
ws soon came near enough f,s Us TO see the
vessel ITSELF, and We went after her with all
the speed We cccia commsnd-soms seven or
eigat knots. As we approached the object,
though s.fil three or four miles OF, all hands
were m 1ch sxcitsa, as va took hsr to b thu
Isabel tryinsto Iun Ia with cargo OF am.
N uE4tion at length wa set closer, and as
We gained upon bar our pivot gun was N ade
70 bear On the Esnts ana fired, immediately
smoke cleared away the lights became dim :.
msr. Shot after shot were tired, still kespiu Z
up the chsse. Blue lights shons ffom she
chase. Never mind that, lesp on firing. II
u
until we sss that we are gaining on her"
The order was obsyej, and s1oE we found
ourselves Caring, snd tho bright ltgh t. she "
ed that the strange staaner was living
broaSsids OF. hove 20.
Thsn wa showed q light, and our capla in
nssed, "Whsi steamer 10 thasf'
''Tns United States steamer Oriental, with
troops fer Port koyal
NV at are yea doing - Charleston. then ~
1--WE didn tknow we were so ciose in Shore"
was the reply.
send your captain aboard +"
The Captain of ths Oriental than cama
aboard, aE1 sft.r he left We heard tina. they
were Very much frightened. for orr sh IT came
all a. Quad tbeG, and the last she. we fred
went ii; Getty ovsr their Qusr:er-dsck ohiix.
ing every one IN that vicinity to dodge /. 70
save tAe.r hel5s. They took Us for IA. Nash
vile. AID tha; vsaI TIA reason they did tot
stop 1T iirst
Yesterday TIA Florida snc Janes Adrer
went IN Jast beyond tbs range OF Fort sum
Ger, 1T least two miles nearer te an we had
been b-fofs. Tie cssemates OF ths fort could
bs coan'sd WITH the nsssd eye, and this colors
OF tia digs on Castle Pinckney and Fort
MoulsTia wafa easily disiir guished withoutc
glass. Ne saw two CT three steamers and
several selling y.sSs!: in there.
This III oTnigE, inst sitter daybYsak zEa lis.
covered canoe COCA alongs.ds. We took
from Il five con;rabacds, among whom was
won IN. Thsy Isfs Charleston at midnight.
and passed Fort Sumter without being dis
covered. Taey wsrs almost frozen. Fa nT..
them N the sazins.rooIa, ana when thor
ouE h. thaved out shsy gave q grsas tisa. OF
Information Of euch Importance, that the
captain sent than TO Port Royal at once, and
also gent wifi tf.m TIM prisoners taken from
the Emily S.. Pierre, who had been on
board since her capture. One OF tho ne
sroes Ia slaexamish and the woman is
nj wifs. Es wA at Port Royal when
We attacked that place, and has been
en2essd In ths Ysbsl Governments machine
shops. He was inside OF Fort Sum ter ys.tar-
day he says shsy have eighty guns there OF
which the largest calibre are eisht.inch, 80
our eleven inch gans are kstter than any
they havs. He also says that they ara build
irg q ran 1t Charleston, and have bssu vork.
ilg on IL night and day Tor SONG time, and
expect 10 nnisn 1t in thirty days; that thara
ere sigat vssasis there loaded with cotton.
waiting 10 run out, ard that when We ar a
ne adgsr ran In yesterday. all thought " ,hs
ssii- s&s wore come, eure;'' that crowd naa
crowds OF ladies, Is well az men, cam d,vvn
10 the docks OF the city &c eXaru inc rs throrrn
shslf glasses, and the greatest 1xostemeus
prevailed thro uahout the city He had
I'suned 10 run away some ims z.rce end
wees ago vas sil rssdy, and hati an armfuIl
oi papsrs. but tas night WAS $50 clear. Tha..
Co me- CT 20 suddenly last 1:sht that ths.
could BRING no papers. Sons more are cors-,
fns On FRIDAY night.
IAxsk; AZ EsssE aNgHJ 81 A VARS
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