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The Daily Dispatch: June 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Norfolk, Va., June 20, 1861. (search)
Norfolk, Va., June 20, 1861. The report of the evacuation of Newport News by the Federalists, as stated by your informant, is incorrect. There are still many teats at this point, and if anything, the number has vastly increased. A gentleman informs me that there are no troops at Hampton, but forces stationed at and around Hampton Creek. It is evident from Butler's movements, that an action of some kind will shortly occur; else, why the necessity of a call for more troops ? But this may be a move of deception and trickery, for which the bombastic Butler is proverbial. A sad accident occurred at the Gosport Navy-Yard yesterday afternoon. Mr. David Williams, rigger by trade, while assisting in raising the ship Plymouth, by means of a diving bell, by some passage of the same was wrested from his hold, and was immediately drowned. He was fished up, and resuscitation attempted; but all to no use. He is represented as a very worthy man, and leaves a wife and five children
The Daily Dispatch: June 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Notice to our subscribers. (search)
d, will pay their own way; and, as scouts and guerillas, design to prove a terror and a bye-word to our Northern brethren now operating with arms against our peace and quiet. A committee was to have seen President Davis last night, and if accepted, start for Texas for their comrades, who will bring their own horses and arms, viz: double-barrel shot guns, two army revolvers, bowie-knife and lariat. With this latter weapon they are as expert as the Camanches or the Mexicans. Fancy "Picayune Butler," with a piece of twisted cowskin around his body, being dragged off by one of these men. The idea is refreshing and may be realized. Some of the Rangers referred to above, start this morning for Manassas Junction, where they will operate till joined by their comrades. We want just such men there; men who will ride into the enemy, shoot down his men with their guns and pistols, and end the performance by lariating some of his lily-livered officers and dragging them off. That's just wh