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The Daily Dispatch: October 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Wanted. (search)
was very sudden — a quick transition from summer to winter. The weather has been very heavy for several days along the coast, and the tide has been quite high. The fleet in Hampton Roads is still increasing, and the number of vessels is now estimated at one hundred. The horses that were mentioned as being on board the Great Republic and a large steamer, have been landed. It appears that they lost some of them over-board, and the bodies of three have floated ashore on the beach near Cape Henry, with gearing attached to them. A cap of a Federal soldier floated ashore a few days ago near Willoughby's Point, about eight miles below the city. In this cap, which was probably lost overboard accidentally, were two Boston papers — the Traveller, of the 19th, and the Herold, of the 21st. In these there are statements about affairs at the Navy Yard, an attack on Norfolk. &c. A few days ago a box containing about a hundred pounds of flour, floated ashore near Sewell's Point. I
The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Honest
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d around the Federal capital: The naval fleet--eighteen reported Wrecked. A rumor has been prevalent here this evening that the recent storm had fallen with great fury upon the great naval expedition, off Cape Hatteras, scattering the vessels in every direction, and swamping or wrecking eighteen of them. This rumor is not, however, credited in official circles. The Government has no such intelligence. The latest dispatches received by the Government from the fleet were from off Cape Henry, describing the progress and the mode of sailing of the vessels. They were close together, and moving at the rate of seven miles an hour. Expert navigators have calculated that at this rate the fleet must have passed beyond the known range of the storm before it commenced. No later authentic advices have been received here. The reputed dispatches since then are unquestionably only opinions or conjectures. The Change in the command. The change in the command of the army, by whic
The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
nd officers were all saved, and reached Norfolk yesterday. The crew, about 100 in number, were not permitted to hold any communication with the people, and the officers allowed but little opportunity of learning any definite intelligence. Capt. Fontanges states that when his vessel passed Charleston harbor that port was being blockaded by eight large U. S. war steamers. On Sunday night the brig Seraphim, Captain Ramsey, from Rio for Baltimore, was wrecked about forty miles South of Cape Henry. The cargo of the brig consisted of 1,226 bags of coffee. On Monday morning a large force of Confederate soldiers appeared on the beach, and succeeded in getting possession of 976 bags of the coffee, which they removed into the interior. The vessel and cargo belonged to John J. Abraham, of Baltimore. The steamer Dawn arrived here to-day from Washington, having successfully run the blockade of the rebel batteries. Thirty-two shots were fired at her, but she escaped unharmed. O
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway.--twenty Dollars Reward. (search)
isite to give proper confidence to the troops who are to fight them. The plan adopted at Sumter and Pickens is feasible, and a few stout timbers, raw hides, and sand-bag alone required.--These, no doubt, the soldiers at the different batteries would furnish from their private purses, could they get the needed authority from those who rule the destinies of the hour to protect their own lives in a proper manner. The great utility of a military goad, skirting the shore of the ocean from Cape Henry light to Willoughby's Point, is also suggested. The road would not be expensive, because few obstacles might be overcome. The smaller estuaries might be spanned by an inexpensive method, after the way over Hoflier's creek, on the Portsmouth side, and when the estuary is too broad to be bridged without great expense, the road would still be very valuable in enabling the various corps of infantry and the different batteries of flying artillery to meet with facility on opposite banks, thus
The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], Wanted to Hire-- (search)
it fails there will be no more grand armadas to infest the Southern coast. If it succeeds, there will be encouragement to new attempts, and we may look for scenes of rapine, plunder and brutal atrocities, unheard of since the days of Morgan and his hand of buccaneers. One by one the white sailed transports came into Hampton, Bonds, one after the other the little black steamers cast anchor under the guns of Fortress Monroe, and yesterday, if report says true all together went out to sea, heading towards Cape Henry, Of course I can say nothing positive of its destination; the telegraph will give the information, probably, before the types spread these lines before the public eye. It was my intention to have written something of Norfolk, its history, present appearance and society, but owing to the length of my letter, it must be deferred until another time. There are several matters of local interest which will, undoubtedly, be furnished by another correspondent. Bohemian.
The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 18 (search)
that the Burnside expedition could scarcely have chosen a less propitious time to go forth upon the sea for the purpose of committing depredations upon the coast of North Carolina. On Sunday, when the fleet left Hampton Roads, the weather was favorable, the brazes fair, and the prospect of a pleasant and successful voyage very encouraging. The steamers, transports, barges, &c., passed leisurely down towards the capes and out to sea; but could not have gotten more than eighty miles below Cape Henry before the wind suddenly changed to eastward, dark clouds arose, and a thick mist settled upon the great ocean expanse. Yesterday it was reported that these Yankee vessels, with all the sea-sick troops aboard, had found their way back to the roads. This is, however, a mistake. They are no doubt now tossing about upon the Atlantic, unless some of them have gone ashore or to the bottom of the sea. The winds and the waves combine their vast power against a Government determined blindl
The Daily Dispatch: January 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], Drowned in a well. (search)
Confederate ship States, lying off the Navy-Yard, and one of the men, named Dorsey, becoming enraged on being charged with theft by the other, (McLaughlin,) seized a rifle and struck his adversary a blow on the face, which broke his jaw bone and dislocated his neck, killing him instantly. Dorsey was arrested, and an investigation of the case will take place this morning before the Mayor of Portsmouth. The Irish vessel which went ashore last week on the coast a short distance south of Cape Henry, will be a total loss. The crew have arrived here and will go North, in order to return home. They will probably leave this city to-day for Old Point, in a steamer expected to go down under a flag of truce. Considerable delay and irregularity have been caused in the mails for two or three days past, by the snow, which has somewhat retarded the speed of the railroad trains. At a meeting of the Seaboard Rifles, held on the 14th, at the Entrenched Camp, resolutions were passed rel
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
orenoon to-day, including a large fleet of schooners, which has been here for some time. The New York did not leave till eleven o'clock to-day, and the transports Louisiana and New Brunswick are still here this afternoon. A number of schooners and several gunboats, said to form a part of the expedition, are still in port. News from Fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, Jan. 12. --A report was brought up yesterday morning that a large propeller was ashore a few miles below Cape Henry. The Spaulding was sent to her assistance, but could find nothing of her, and consequently returned here early last evening. The enemy raised a new flag staff and flag yesterday on Sewell's Point. It is seen very conspicuously above the trees. The Spaulding is loading rapidly, and is expected to sail for Port Royal, via Hatteras, this evening. Company B, of the Naval Brigade, with Colonel Wardrop and Lieutenant Tillotson, came over from Camp Hamilton this afternoon, and we
The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Speech of John G. Davis. (search)
From Norfolk. capture of a Yankee light-boat and all on Board. [Special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.] Norfolk, January 24. --A very severe storm has been prevailing here since yesterday, accompanied by high winds, beating rains, and raging sea. This morning the light-boat anchored off Cape Henry by the Yankees, in the absence of the Cape Henry light broke her moorings and went ashore on Pleasure House beach. We captured her and also seven men, seven muskets, and three hundred gallons of oil, provisions, &c. Nothing has been heard here from the Burnside expedition. Bohemian.
The Daily Dispatch: January 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Norfolk. (search)
of troops, and was one of the transports of the expedition, went ashore and was burned, and that the men on board were saved. It is more probable that she foundered at sea and that all hands were lost, or that, if she went ashore, she was soon broken to pieces by the heavy sea that was running at the time, and which rendered the rescue of the troops simply impossible. As an evidence of the severity of the present gale, the light boat, that was strongly moored in the Middle Ground off Cape Henry, was broken loose from her fastenings and driven ashore on the Pleasure House beach. Old seamen say that light boats are never removed from their moorings in a storm unless the wind blows with extraordinary violence. The crew of seven men were taken in charge and brought to the city by a detachment of the Chesapeake Light Cavalry. Three or four hundred gallons of oil; a large quantity of provisions, severn muskets, and a few other articles of less value, were also secured by our men stat
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