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The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], A "Special" from Germany. (search)
the Aid inside the harbor. A second boat from the Frenchman in the meantime reached the city in charge of an officer, and having on board W. E. Molyneaux, the British Consul at Savannah, and lady, who were passengers from New York. The man-of-war is the steam corvette Prony, commanded by Captain De Fontanges. She sailed from New York October 26th, and has touched off this bar to communicate with the Consul. She is armed with six guns. From the coast of North Carolina. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal, of the 1st inst., says: From present indications it would appear that the Federal fleet has already, or is about collecting, off our bars. Pickets who left Camp Wyatt this morning, at 2 o'clock, report heavy cannonading in the direction of Fort Caswell, previous to their departure. Similar reports are said to have been heard in town about the same hour, by some of our citizens. It may be that the blockading steamers were after another corn cracker, or the firing heard