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The Daily Dispatch: October 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Northern financial affairs. (search)
t intimation to them of batteries in the several localities. May be there was nothing of "virgin growth" about those tall sons of the forest. "The City of Richmond" was under command of Lieutenant Simms, C. S. N., who has been indefatigably engaged in the service of the Confederacy for months past. No wonder the enemy are at their wit's end. Monday evening and Tuesday evening they had quite an entertainment, altogether on one side, in throwing shot and shell in the vicinity of Mathias Point. The timber and undergrowth may have been riddled to some extent, but no game was flushed! If there are any Confederate soldiers in that vicinity they had a gay time in listening to the salutes of regard, which the enemy proffered in such number and with such warmth of greeting, but to all of which they were stoically indifferent. Early Wednesday morning a large military force appeared on the Maryland side, opposite Evansport, intended, it is supposed, to prevent gallant Marylande