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The Daily Dispatch: November 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Affairs at the South. (search)
ay evening, for the purpose of punishing the Tories if they could be found. It was understood that McHenry, Stont, and others, with their forces from Owensboro, Hartford, and other points, in that direction. were following Hawkins to reinforce and sustain him, and it was hoped they would give battle to our forces. They, however, were not disposed to risk themselves within the reach of our boys, and made tracks towards the Ohio river on their approach. The Federal fleet. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal, of the 4th, in the course of a long article with regard to the Federal fleet, its destination, &c., winds up with the following: About sunset on the evening of Thursday, the 31st ult., three large steamers were seen from Cape Lookout Lighthouse, going south, but so far out as to render it impossible to tell whether or not there were any men on board, and about the same time a steamer, apparently crowded with men, passed so near in shore that her designation could be dist