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The Daily Dispatch: October 1, 1863., [Electronic resource]

Letter from a Yankee prisoner in Fort Sumter. --The Easton (Pa.) Express publishes the following letter from Assistant Engineer Harmony, of Easton, who was one of the naval expedition that undertook to steam Fort Sumter and was made a prisoner. He writes as follows to his parents: Fort Sumter, Charleston, S. C., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1863. My Dear Parents: You may be surprised to receive a letter from me dated from this place of "brick and mortar," but so it is. An expedition was fitted out so assault and carry the fort. We reckoned without our host; for in place of we taking, we were taken. The way it was is this: At about 4.30 P. M. Capt. Williams collected the different boats comprising the expedition. Among the number were two boats from the Housatonic. I volunteered to go in the one commanded by Lieut. Brower, (the other was in command of M. M. Butler.) We found that our party was in the third division, and commanded by the Flag Lieutenant S. W., Preston. We

artillery. There was at Bachelor's creek one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry. The Yankees had an iron-clad railroad battery of six guns, which they haul with mules. All the negroes, except the men able to make soldiers and work on the fortifications, had been put out of town into shanties in the woods to shift for themselves. The Yankees have Treasury notes of all denominations down to five cents, and cent tokens made of copper. These latter are private affairs about the size of "Nickels," and bear various devices and mottos, among the rest a cannon with "Union;" another has the motto or legend, "Peace for Ever." One Mr. Mittnaght (Mr. Midnight) makes safes, and has the picture of a safe on his token, which serves the purpose of a business card. One has a head in profile, adorned by a fine moustache, which is said to be intended for George B. McClellan. They are well gotten up, very little interior to the new U. S. nickel cents, and much superior to the old ones.

artillery. There was at Bachelor's creek one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry. The Yankees had an iron-clad railroad battery of six guns, which they haul with mules. All the negroes, except the men able to make soldiers and work on the fortifications, had been put out of town into shanties in the woods to shift for themselves. The Yankees have Treasury notes of all denominations down to five cents, and cent tokens made of copper. These latter are private affairs about the size of "Nickels," and bear various devices and mottos, among the rest a cannon with "Union;" another has the motto or legend, "Peace for Ever." One Mr. Mittnaght (Mr. Midnight) makes safes, and has the picture of a safe on his token, which serves the purpose of a business card. One has a head in profile, adorned by a fine moustache, which is said to be intended for George B. McClellan. They are well gotten up, very little interior to the new U. S. nickel cents, and much superior to the old ones.

artillery. There was at Bachelor's creek one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry. The Yankees had an iron-clad railroad battery of six guns, which they haul with mules. All the negroes, except the men able to make soldiers and work on the fortifications, had been put out of town into shanties in the woods to shift for themselves. The Yankees have Treasury notes of all denominations down to five cents, and cent tokens made of copper. These latter are private affairs about the size of "Nickels," and bear various devices and mottos, among the rest a cannon with "Union;" another has the motto or legend, "Peace for Ever." One Mr. Mittnaght (Mr. Midnight) makes safes, and has the picture of a safe on his token, which serves the purpose of a business card. One has a head in profile, adorned by a fine moustache, which is said to be intended for George B. McClellan. They are well gotten up, very little interior to the new U. S. nickel cents, and much superior to the old ones.

d artillery. There was at Bachelor's creek one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry. The Yankees had an iron-clad railroad battery of six guns, which they haul with mules. All the negroes, except the men able to make soldiers and work on the fortifications, had been put out of town into shanties in the woods to shift for themselves. The Yankees have Treasury notes of all denominations down to five cents, and cent tokens made of copper. These latter are private affairs about the size of "Nickels," and bear various devices and mottos, among the rest a cannon with "Union;" another has the motto or legend, "Peace for Ever." One Mr. Mittnaght (Mr. Midnight) makes safes, and has the picture of a safe on his token, which serves the purpose of a business card. One has a head in profile, adorned by a fine moustache, which is said to be intended for George B. McClellan. They are well gotten up, very little interior to the new U. S. nickel cents, and much superior to the old ones.

From Newbern, N. C. --Last week there were three white and one black regiment in and around Newbern, likewise some 125 or 130 cavalry, and a battery of field artillery. There was at Bachelor's creek one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry. The Yankees had an iron-clad railroad battery of six guns, which they haul with mules. All the negroes, except the men able to make soldiers and work on the fortifications, had been put out of town into shanties in the woods to shift for themselveNewbern, likewise some 125 or 130 cavalry, and a battery of field artillery. There was at Bachelor's creek one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry. The Yankees had an iron-clad railroad battery of six guns, which they haul with mules. All the negroes, except the men able to make soldiers and work on the fortifications, had been put out of town into shanties in the woods to shift for themselves. The Yankees have Treasury notes of all denominations down to five cents, and cent tokens made of copper. These latter are private affairs about the size of "Nickels," and bear various devices and mottos, among the rest a cannon with "Union;" another has the motto or legend, "Peace for Ever." One Mr. Mittnaght (Mr. Midnight) makes safes, and has the picture of a safe on his token, which serves the purpose of a business card. One has a head in profile, adorned by a fine moustache, which

Munificent Gift. --The Yankee General Sickles seems to be a great favorite in his corps (the third.) They are getting up a grand "testimonial." for him. It includes, first, a false leg, the most perfect and elegant that can be procured, and with which the manufacturer promises that he can walk without any perceptible limp. To this is added the more costly gifts of a magnificent carriage horses; with harness and trappings company is to be so constructed as to afford all the conveniences in itself for a bivouac on the field, with writing desks, and apartments for papers and documents, toilet arrangements, scats constructed so as to be readily extended into a couch, room for baggage and refreshments for a short journey, and every comfort and elegance that can be suggested. The whole testimonial will cost between five and six thousand dollars, which sum is already in the hands of the treasurer appointed for that purpose.

News from the Sabine river. --We have news from New Orleans up to Sunday, the 19th, which reports that the Yankee expedition up the Sabine river was totally repulsed by Major Gen. Magruder and the forces under his command. Two of the enemy's gunboats were captured, and the Mobile steamer Bagale, used as a transport, was in a severe gale driven ashore a complete wreck; also the steamer Laurel Hill, laden with horses, artillery and munitions of war, had to throw her cargo over board. She returned to New Orleans badly crippled. The expedition for the Rio Grande had been abandoned, as the French forces would not allow it to land on central territory. This news had the effect of raising the value of Confederate currency in the Crescent City. It had advanced to 35 cents on the dollar.

News from the Sabine river. --We have news from New Orleans up to Sunday, the 19th, which reports that the Yankee expedition up the Sabine river was totally repulsed by Major Gen. Magruder and the forces under his command. Two of the enemy's gunboats were captured, and the Mobile steamer Bagale, used as a transport, was in a severe gale driven ashore a complete wreck; also the steamer Laurel Hill, laden with horses, artillery and munitions of war, had to throw her cargo over board. She returned to New Orleans badly crippled. The expedition for the Rio Grande had been abandoned, as the French forces would not allow it to land on central territory. This news had the effect of raising the value of Confederate currency in the Crescent City. It had advanced to 35 cents on the dollar.

News from the Sabine river. --We have news from New Orleans up to Sunday, the 19th, which reports that the Yankee expedition up the Sabine river was totally repulsed by Major Gen. Magruder and the forces under his command. Two of the enemy's gunboats were captured, and the Mobile steamer Bagale, used as a transport, was in a severe gale driven ashore a complete wreck; also the steamer Laurel Hill, laden with horses, artillery and munitions of war, had to throw her cargo over board. She rSabine river was totally repulsed by Major Gen. Magruder and the forces under his command. Two of the enemy's gunboats were captured, and the Mobile steamer Bagale, used as a transport, was in a severe gale driven ashore a complete wreck; also the steamer Laurel Hill, laden with horses, artillery and munitions of war, had to throw her cargo over board. She returned to New Orleans badly crippled. The expedition for the Rio Grande had been abandoned, as the French forces would not allow it to land on central territory. This news had the effect of raising the value of Confederate currency in the Crescent City. It had advanced to 35 cents on the dollar.