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The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], The value of Port Royal to the Yankees. (search)
Norfolk. [special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] sensation rumors — the Negro plot to escape to the Yankee fleet-- Departure of troops from Fort Monroe--sword presentation, &c. Norfolk, Dec. 9, 1861. There were various rumors of war about town yesterday. Some person gave out the old stereotyped sensation report that an attack was to be made last night on the fortifications below, Norfolk would probably be bombarded, and an attempt would be made to take the Navy-Yard, "Mary Mack," and things generally in this favored section of the Old Dominion. A large and powerful fleet, they said, was coming down the Chesapeake, bound to Norfolk from Annapolis, in grand style. Dispatches had been received that an at tack would be made on the batteries at half-past 1 this morning, perhaps a little later. A few of the faint-heated and credulous believed these reports; and were probably thinking about packing up and getting ready to make themselves scarce. It was suggested