The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-24
AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH

the following items:
TINS YouE9 MBN or AKKAssAs rR..s 49,.
NORTH LouIsIASA.
The following stirring address has bsen i,
sued by Gen. Van. Dorm:
HEADqRs TRANS. DlsrRc,
Dept. Mop, Pee ahontae, Ark
Feb 1872.
The question is before us shall we orr, n.
lie, arm, and march to join the army OF ais
souri,, and battle for independence on her
soil, where she invites, nay, tmplores q.
to come; or shall we wait TO see that gallant
and struggling State down trodden in tina
dust IN anacled and lost--hcr broad fields ana
rich granaries opened to supply tho tyrant's
hordee as they march triumphantly aud nm
opposed to invade our own hOmes1 Shall We
strike down the enemy whose grip is upon
our brothers throat, and who only waits To
see HIS last gasp 70 attack Us, or eh. Il We
stand by and see our brother perish ana
meekly await a similar DOOM 1he CASE n
before as for our decision, and 1t is no dI cam
OF the i'm gination, but u stern reality Ard
we m ust decide it. We have VOTED to b. ,re,.
We must now FIGHT to be free, or present To
the world the humiliatfng spectacle OF q ma
ton Of bra Egarts, more contem ptible than tho
tyrants who seek to enslave US.
The nag of our country Is waving on the
southern borders Of Miss0uri-placed there
by my hands ander authority from our CHIEF
Magistrate 1t represents all that 10 dear 70
loneliness as u "a II leaf in our primeval Tor.
ests, or shall Its beautiful field and brjSh,
stars Haunt in the breeze over the proud bat.
talions Of Arkansas, of Texas, and OF Louisi-
Missouri for victory, for honor, and for in
dependence.
awake! young men Of Arkansas and arm
Beautiful maidens OF Louisiana, smile not
upon the craven youth who may linger BY
YOUR hearth when the rude blast OF war /.
bounding In your ear Texas chivalry, to
arms! Hardships and hunger, disease, and
death, are preferable to slavery su bjaction
and a nation with a bright page in history
and a glorious epitaph is better than q vns-
sailed land with honor lost and people sanl
in infamy. d
ArrExrr TO Run rHR BLOCKADE.
The New Orleans Bulletin says
The steamer Victoria, Capt. Forbes, ap-
peared OF Fort Livingston At the en- trance to
Barataria Bay, on Tuesday night, aud IN
attempting to run in got aground In the
Swash Channel, mile distant from the
fort. On Wednesday, morning the United
states steamer South Oar DINA hove In sight
and taking position some three miles from.
the Victoria (shs could not approach nsaisr
owing to the shallowness of the water com.
menced dring at the vessel. Up TO three
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon, about two hun.
bred shells had been irsd by the enemy, but
not one struck the Victoria, most OF them
falling short. The cargo Of the Victoria isa
valuable one, consisting Of arms, powder,
and coffee, and as the vessel Is under the
guns Of Fort Livingston and within range Of
the light artillery on shore, 1t 10 thouGhttb"
enemy will not be able to capture 1t.
party left here last evening to 90 to the as
sistance OF tho Victoria.
Tho telegraph has since announced the
safe arrival of the Victoria at her wharf,a
New Orleans.
oUrRA6Rs OF THE nBAY.
The Abingdon pirStnian, of the 2lst inst,
says:
from Wyoming that party Of Union men
and Yankees advanced into that county last
week, and set fire to the dwellings Of Messrs-
Joseph and VIM Mcdonald destroying every
thing they contained. Beside: this, they
stole some Is or II horses from the latter.
rHs SAFETY OF BAsr fBIsRssss.
The Knoxville Register, OF the 10th inst Z,
concludes an article dsprecatory of alar ms
and sudden panics among the people, as fol-
lows:
East Tennessee to-day, is safer than al
portion Of the Southern Confederacy, yet
when troops from tho South aud from the
Old Dominion are crowding the railway
another sun rises ard sets, den. Bragg Wiz
take charge OF the armies being concen TED
here, when the roads are such that a month
must elapee before n army could make sven
an uurseisted march to Knoxville, notwith-
standing all this, because mob frightened
out Of their wits come bowling into this city
divers old women have fits, and 70 gods Z,
what shall be said Of these denominated
meL ? Tho terrified should be shipped to
New England, where the doctrine Of on re
s,sta nee IL IN minated by crszed enthnssast u
from a thousand pulpits.
aHE. HBArRHaARD.
The Richmond correspondent of the Nom
phis Appeal writes
Ilearn from Oentreville that Gen. Bsau
regard expects to return to the army of hs
Potomac In two months from this time, and
that he only conseu ted to assume tina COM
mand In Kentucky upon condition that ne
should be allowed to come back 10 his old
com pa n ions in arms ia time for the Opening
Of the spring campaign. He has not forgot
ten his promise TO "the preetiest girl OF Il Nh.
more, :" that he would plant the battle h'g.
wrought by her fair fingers, upon the TOP
Of the Washington monument In that CITY
Asrsrscrsp sPY.
man named Briggs. who has been con
slant attendant on the telegraph once ..
Charleston, y. g., during tie past week, and
who is au expert oper ator him self, was, q
few days since, arrested in that city on suspl'
cion Of being spy.
The meeting Of the preachers of the Bslti
more Conference In Virginia. advertised W
take place In Harrisonbarg ON the I'd In uIs.
day in March, mas been changed 70 me "a
Friday in March.
HaApa'as " ELLIOTT 0aArs,
Fort Nelson Norfolk HaT6 Dor,