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The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
ad come down from Vicksburg The valorous little city was considered too hard a nut for it to crack. What its destination is was not known. Some of its officers, however, declared that it was Mobile; others thought Galveston, and still others James river. It must be doing something, but we can hardly see what use it can be of in James river. A few days ago there was great fear of an uprising of the people. Double sentries were put on duty, and some of the heaviest of the war vessels werJames river. A few days ago there was great fear of an uprising of the people. Double sentries were put on duty, and some of the heaviest of the war vessels were moored in front of the city. The purpose was to destroy it if the movement should be made. It was this fear that prompted the order of the Provost Marshal, declaring that three persons found together on the streets were equivalent to a riot; and several citizens were arrested and fined for violating it. On the 13th instant the fear of a riot was so great that signal flags from St. Patrick's Cathedral were used nearly all day. The same day a lady was arrested for displaying a Confederate ban
The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Destruction of the "Virginia"--Com Tatnall Acquitted. (search)
o advised that she should remain on this side of Fortress Monroe for the protection of Norfolk and Richmond, and that, in accordance with this advice, he proceeded to regulate her movements — that after the evacuation of Norfolk. Westover, on James river, became the most suitable position for her to occupy — that while in the act of lightening her for the purpose of taking her up to that point, the pilots for the first time declared their inability to take her up, even though her draft should be reduced to its minimum of eighteen feet--that by the evacuation of Norfolk and the abandonment of our forts below Westover, both banks of the James river below that point were virtually given up to the enemy — that the ship being thus cut off from Norfolk and Richmond, was deprived of all outward sources of supply, save those of the most precarious and uncertain character — that her store of provisions would not last for more than three weeks--that when lightened she was made vulnerable to