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From Norfolk.

a Lage ship going to Newport News--over twenty sail in Hampton Roads, &c.

[special correspondence of the Dispatch.]

Norfolk, Oct. 18, 1861, 1 o'clock, P. M.
A four-masted ship, supposed to be the Great Republic, is being towed up towards Newport News.

A large three-masted steamer is now coming into the Roads.

Over twenty sail of the enemy are in Hampton Roads to-day. The lower station reports them buoying off the channel towards Newport News.

The Daily Dispatch: October 21, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. October 21, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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