The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-20
FROM THE SEACOAST.
TOUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
SAyASSAg. GA. Ian Is iN9

SAvASSAa, Ga, Jan. u.s. ls6S.
My last letter has been read, and no doubt
since forgotten, but my failure to write has
been entirely compulsory. Ycur humble
correspondent, after detailing the disposition
OF the Yankees on the first OF the present
month, has been sadly afflicted with the
munps, and he has received but one conso.
lation iu the meantime, in the assurances that
Gen. Sherman and his Yankees have been
i'll the dumps from that encounter.
The Yankee press, il appears, has n very
full account of the affair, and, as usual with
these veracious chroaiciers it is neraldsd a.
a great victory on their side. They iis SO
promptly and SO freely tla, the next nswz
brought Invariably has the refutasiou along
with it. After having driven US within our
entrenehments, within six miles Of the rail-
road, they, alas : incon tinently abandon
their hard. won victory, and retro from the
face of the vanquished foe.
If the Yankee doysrpment has achieved
and will achieve honor during this war. at
least ths Yankee nation may claim to have
established their reputation for clean and
whole cloth lying worthy of their Chinese
exemplars. Did ever the world prssant such
a spectacle of national Inendlcity! Gould
'he m ind OF q sane IN m conceive y nee lie
who would lie for the pleasure of lying so.e-
ly and who would concoct their falsehoods
with SO little congrnity that they woaid be
blown 10 the winds by the first blush Of
truth. You know the value OF the three
thousand bags Of cotton which were received
by the Vanderbilt from Port Royal, aud the
great figure made over them you have read
think of the Jilliputiap result Of - mueh
labor forty bales of cotton, aud that
very good ai,o owance for the poor and depre.
cia ted gatherings from the fields.
l Since the attempt OF the lst ult, no move
| ment hes been made either III Carolina or
l along our coast. Sherman has apparently
learned the iutility OF ony attempt to move
on the Main With large ana we'll appoint-
l ed army Whether he awaits reinforce.
ments or simply wishes the health Of his
troops to improve 1t is Impossible TO ssy
| The reported evacuation of Port Royal
Island was, j Judged ut the time, entirely
| unfovnded; very probably the detached
| camIs about the island have been brought
| into town with the ohjsct OF preven ting The
| further increase Of disease among them. 1
| have the assurance o. one who has had com.
l nun cation with the island that tba eyamy's
| hospitals have been very mach Grove ed, and
| it might readily be Inferred from the fact
| that in many localities the aeciimated resi-.
| dents wi II not rema In during the n.kkt. even
| in this season of the year.
| A report prevailed that 4en Lee had been
| communicated with, asking the removal CT
| the negroes from the island, Us sta ail pox
aged there among them. believe tbs RI Is no
| foundation for the report; but shall b. very
! much surprised if the negroes will IA 70.
l tanned .nuch longer, as they will necass riiy
| become q burden And chsrge upon The Gov.
l ernment. the crops of grain having been .sry
| largely destroyed.
| savannah has been as usual very .uuis:.
! and scarcensws enough arrives in the even.
ing from the Charleston railroad - keep me
people at all wall Informed OF the sttitude
| OF the troops at the Istes, moment. While
| you are in the midst of n reluctant " m ter
| and by lat reports visited by snow and the
| rude blasts OF EOreas, we are slill fortunate
in open skies and a genial sun, too fortunate
/ indeed, for wa fear that the ''heayenly cH-
mate may find too ardent admirers Ia the
l prowiirg Villains that in fest our coast, The
/ weather has heeA mild enoug h for the u onth
| Of April, and the .'oidest inh aSitant'' cannot
/ irstance another such winter in thirty years.
| 1t is feared. however, thar = late spr ing m ny
| give trouble to the co1ning srops.
/ Among the many etieienc.ss prod ed by
| have in q great measure rem ed ed, il the want
l of paper. Occasionally have seen ia Husn.
tial journals, in different portions of our
country, appearing In sober rasset hue, be-
| tokening tie difficulty OF obtai ming the necss.
| sary printing material. And yet this N ghs
be e.sily remedied. The capitalists OF ths
Sou tn are negiecting one OF tie safest aud
| most lucrative means Of investment; one
| that peace will not cripple. but greatly en-.
| large, and which would become the frs, step
| TO those factories OF the dner papers fofwhicS
| we are entirely Indebted TO the Nerih. The
NoraiaS Fsss, OF this city. appears to. day In
! this disgu Sc, and has attracted ny attention
l TO subject which has bser noueedin various
| papers throughout the country. hu, sesms
yet TO have received but tiths of ITS meritsd
! consideration.
The finanoia, prospects OF the Lincoln
| Cover ument seem 10 be tc very preeaf!ous
| way at present, aud ii the Eryeids SCHEME 10
| resorted to- 10 tar 20 the aTnouns 81 four bun.
| tired millions the already dspfecis.ed pro
| perty OF the North, II will tnevi ably break
up he sem blance Of The Governments re-
| mnipips at Washin gtOn. The recourse 81 an
/ irrodee m able paper enrrsncy tosnprort the
| war ex; enses OF Lincoln would be utterly
futile. II is dificult to see any osher wsy
in which the pos,tlon can be relieved Than
by heavy taxatien. The Yalkees apparently
have lust taken an invsn.ery Of stock, and
posted their aceounts, 90 hrd shns their 70.
/ csi,,ts are aowhare while heir xpeedttgres
are enormous. The Banks ssgia 70 perceive
the fatility of war that dsnins every sa-
/ source frosa the conntrNe AAs3 have u ut
a.. more irapoves ishedsM The report sr.m
shc xSr.a,S IN kes isr. ssHfta IA Nets Yogk
for he psst YEAR. tsa,e.e.e Cos x&G.a sias,.
%. o.e tur $500; Asa. tIe.t Sh46sssv Of a =
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n sassslsa i.yig & D ~ y 4 sssse~ tnsxns tAscr
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