[Southern Association dispatches.]
Difficulty Between Negroes and Soldiers near
Norfolk — Federal Transports at
Old Point.
Petersburg, Jan. 21.--Advices have been received from
Norfolk up to the 18th instant.
A serious row occurred amongst the soldiers and negroes at the fortifications below
Norfolk, which was finally quelled by two regiments from the city.
A dispatch from
Old Point announces the arrival of a few transports with troops, whose destination is believed to be to strengthen Newport News and
Yorktown.
Coran's brigade is believed to be in the vicinity of
Windsor, on the Norfolk railroad.
Three prominent Union citizens were assassinated on the night of the 17th inst.