The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-16

Fort Wagner is work of the most 1orni
dabic Kind. lis bomb proof shelter, capable
of holding eighteen hundred men. i,,naius
inta,t ii! ici ti4c niUGt terrible bpmLagJ ueiii
TO which. any work waS ever subjected. We
nave eaPtuieIL nineteen pieces oi artillery
and q large supply OF excellent ammunition
Tie city AID harbor Of Charleston are now
completely covered by my gums.
l. l have the honor 10 be, General, very lie
specially, your obcdicnt servant,
-. \. GILLMoRE,
E.igadicr General Commanding
THE CONFEDERATE lRoN-CLADs IN ENGLAND.
The New York Tribune learns from a
passenger by the steamship Scotia, who
enjoyed peculiar favorable facilities fo,
becoming familiar with the facts, that the
Confederate iron-clad are being pushed
forward to completion with the utmost
vigOr. 1t says:
Two 1900 ton iron-clads, combining the
ram and monitor principles, are being built
by Laird ut Birkenhead. One of these is al.
ready launched. They are plated with four
inch iron; each carrying two turrets, IL
inches thick, and have formidable rams pro
lecting from their stcSns. Each tufret will
carry two 200 FOUNDER rified guns, aud each
vessel will be armed in addition with two
100 FOUNDER stern cl,asers. The guns were
ready ut Preston, Lancashire, and would be
shipped aud put on board in the Irish Chan
mel. The rain which was launched was ex-
pected to sail within four days after the SEQ
tia left, and the second would he launched
10y the time tie first sailed The destination
of these powerful vessels was reported to be
the United States but nothing definite was
known on that subject
In order to facilitate their speedy compile
ton, work was kept up on them night aud
day, several gangs being employed TO relieve
each other throughout the twenty
hours. We are are inclined to doubt the
statement that either of these rams will be
ready TO sail SO soon as was expected. Aud
tOg this reason: Oar informant, describing
the progress OF tlse fret ram states iI.i wl,et,
he last SAW. hcl, just before leaving Liver
pool, her smOke-stack was up, one turrct
was Oh deck, ready to he put III place, and
the other about TO be begun. Now here,
where we are supposed to understand these
matters pretty thoroughly, it takes several
weeks to set up the turrets. aud then the
work of boring theports, fitting the shutters,
and other operations, consume y good deal
of time 1t is evident, however, that no eff
fort nor expense was being spared to push
forward the work. Sinclair and Maury, OF
the rebel navy, were daily ia Lairda yard III
specting the progress Of the vessels and urg-
itiG tiie builders forward.
Ram No. was launched under the French
flag, permiss ion for that purpose being given
hy The French Consul at Liverpool And
what is more, the craft still flew the tri-
color when our informant left. The deaii-
nation OF these vessels is well known to the
British Government. Our agents have close
" followed them from the beginning, a,i,,
the evidence accumulated Of their contra
band character has Ill been laid before the
Ministry. Yet, thus far, no effort has been
made to restrain them from sailing.
But these are not all the offensive prepa
rations now in progress against Us in !" "net-
tral - Great Britain. A larac iron clad
sioop OF wa. is well under way in the yard oi
4 Liverpool ship baiideI, whose name our
informant has forgotten, and five others, of
4 very formidable character, are in course OF
construction on the Clyde. One oi these,
now building by James " George Thomp-
son, over 400 tons burden, will have four
or five inches OF iron plating upon Is inches
teak. She Will not, however, be ready TO
sail for some months.
On the day befoie the Scotia sailed the
Captain OF Ram No. was heard 10 state at
the Adelpli Hotel, Liverpool that he would
command that vessel He remarked incOn
versation, that he was Southerner and a
rebel but more di-creet than Mlury and
Sinclair, he rclrained FROM going near the
upon their destination. Public opinion III
Liverpool appeared to have settled down TO
this point that the neutrality laws of Eng
land had been evaded long enough, and 1t
WAS time that the farce cilnc TO al end. lhe
merchants and public men had coAe to the
conclusion that unless the Government in
teriered TO stop these pirates from sal my
very grave complications wohld. arse be
tween Great Esitain and The United atates,
which, it was 10y nO means Improbable, would
euImin.ie III open hoatilities- whether their
opinion is founded Oh fact, only the result
can determine.
ANOTHER CAPTURE EY THE GEORGIA.
The Georgia has captured another
New York vessel the Constitutidn--Oi
which event the Captain furnishes the
following account to the New York pa
pers:
June "a, 1T A. NJ, in sight OF tue Island
OF Trinidad. South Atlantic Ocean, lat. ~ 81
s long ~ IL W., made steamer, with Eng
iish cOIors diving, close under The land.
luisted the American ensign, anu continued
ON nv course with all sail set, the steamer
steering directly for us. AT A. NJ. Sue hrcd
u blank cartridge. paid no attention, but
continued on my couise. ,At hait past eight
she fired two shots, which lcii short. Al
nine A. NJ, steamer being near, and seeiig
no way to escape, deemed 1t best to heayc
to. In the meantime they had lowered the
English aud hoisted the Confederate Tag. -
They came alongside and sent boat will,
First Lieutenant and boats crew, all armed
Demanded the ships papers, and ordered me
ON board the steamer. The commander
Captain Maury, after examining the papers,
told me he considered my ship 4 prize
To the Confederate steamer Georgia, aud my
SELF aud crew prisoners, ordering as on boars
our ship, to stand in under the islaad mad
anchor in twenty tathoms. Having an
cAored about four o'clock, the stsamel
keeping near BY, the prize crew then
tOoE inli charge and commenced searcL
ina the ship, taking all the ire arms
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charts, with all navigation books, aud ever
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