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The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Ships and batteries. (search)
War matters. We have nothing new to report this morning in the situation of affairs. The excessive had weather, and the consequent condition of the roads, has caused a temporary tion of active operations, and we look for nothing of an exciting nature so long as this state of things continues. The vaunted Burnside expedition is a dead-lock somewhere on the "stormy coast," and all the deep-laid schemes of the enemy bid fair to result in nothing of practical importance. Meanwhile, the tone of the European news is by no means discouraging. The extracts which we publish this morning, embracing dates to the 18th ult. will be read with interest. Both England and France regard affairs on this continent with deep solicitude, and everything encourages the Southern people to redouble their energise and fight on for liberty and independence; for even though these inestimable blessings may belong deferred, they will eventually reward their efforts. The world looks with wonder and ad
The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Drunk and Disorderly. (search)
ving transpired for some days. Hatteras Inlet and its sand Bars. The narrow sandpit which divides the waters of Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds from the ocean is nothing more than a long heap of shifting sand thrown up by the sea. The outside shore line is changed by every storm, as are the soundings near the shore, and the inlets of that sandpit by those shifting sands. Thus we have no reason to doubt that Hatteras Inlet carried over eight feet of water three weeks ago, although Gen. Burnside's vessels, carrying over seven feet three inches, stuck fast in attempting to run through. Those terrible storms had driven the sand from the shore line into the inlet. Poisoned quinine. The Memphis Avalanche discovers that a quantity of poisoned quinine has been introduced into the South by our enemies, since the demand for that drug has become so great. Several packages of quinine have been lately tested, and acid morphine was discovered to be mixed with the quinine in such