From Norfolk.
the Louisiana Artillery--outward bound passengers, &c.[Special Correspondence of the Dispatch.]
Norfolk, Sept. 20,
The fine horses for the new artillery company recently formed here by Louisiana troops, having arrived, they were, for the first time, harnessed to the guns yesterday afternoon for trial.
They dashed off spiritedly with the heavy pieces of ordnance, and under the skillful management of the able officers and men in charge, they will soon be in excellent training, and ready for action on the battle-field.
The gentlemen composing this new company possess the energy, promptness, and vigor that constitute the true soldier, and it is believed that when the contest begins this corps of artillerymen, with their rifled cannon and howitzers, will assist greatly in thinning the ranks of the Yankees.
The steamer Arrow will go to Fort Monroe to-day, I learn, with a flag of truce, and will carry down eight Federal prisoners from Richmond bound North.
A British subject will also be among the passengers.
There have been some disturbances of the peace recently, but no lives lost and nobody seriously wounded.
These affrays are caused in almost every instance by indulging too freely in drinking liquor — perhaps not of very superior quality.
[A portion of our correspondent's letter is necessarily postponed.] 