The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-15

fconaEsrosDrscs or rue aIonmosp Danr Darvm.


NcMIssvnLE, Tenn, March s, 1855.
1t has been long time since / penned you a
line We do not always think Of friends nisoerefy
unless thrown among strangers, and for time de-
prived of them. Whom alone, we journey in
strange lands, with nonght but strange views and
strange faces, how natural that memory should
begin to recall homo, with its thousand happy
smiles. and among them our old "hreside compa-
nious," such a. the "Daiiy Dispatch"-aad believe
most qf all.
lett my home in Southwestern Virginia, by
tine way Of the Virginia and Tennessee, and East
ieonessee and Virginia Railroads. on the 1st Of
Maicn, the weather growing colder and colder
each mile, until we reached HeBderson's, s MILES
east OF Greenvi lille, Tenn, where we were TO take
Messrs. Kent, Ficklin Registers stages, but the
Ioaas Deang SO intolerabiy bad, might safely say
impassab|e, With any wheeled vehicle. without
endangering life aud limb. All Of the sterner sex
preferred the railroad, and even Walkers ii,e to
the staging. One hour and three-quarters found
us 10 dreenville, six miles our way; by this
time the Thermometer had reached zero We
qnartered for the night with Mr. Vance add If he
haa only used little glass aud putty few days
before, We would not have been so near freezing
we made out until morning. when the accommo-
aang .ns,h agent OF tue Stage Company furnished
with horses and saddles and FIVE of us put out at
haif past : for the railroad at Bulls GAP. distant
eighteen miles. The wind blew fierceIy and the
partly frozen mud at times giving way with our
~ Iound ns on loot, with horses tight and fast
Va
places seemed as though the bottom had fallen out
OF the road. After walking and driua1 nearly the
Wnoie day We landed at Bulls Gap, almost worn
OUT ana were but poorly greeted for the place ia
than men, -"''s s 'o' 0~''''
We camped until morning. and took passage en-
me FAST tennessee and Virginia Railroad for
nnno4siile, hourishiDg town on the Holston
Idser: our next stopping point was Dalton Ga
. auu vi TINS town | must say that it presents a
nise,ao'e appearances, and looks as If Its dilapi
uated aau haitnnished buildings would only suit
Tor the haunts Of ghosts and hobgoblins. and vet
1t boasts Of two or three railroads passing through
it, 80 '''0"e'
Our next point was Ringgold, Ga, where Il wa,
announced, "25 minutes for supper" Not feeling
much inclined to eat, thought would occupy
my time, tn company with friend from Virginia
in looking at the little town, and whilst had cad
! the Georgia Scenes" aud had some idea of their
customs, mustconfess that Ringgold gave me new
light as to her character. We stepped out upon
the platform, and upon every side might be heard
the cry OF "a hot supper: come this way, sir, ,
uttered apparently hy hundreds of men, boys and
negroes. We heard one man say In an angry tone
Now, Tom, If you throw that, rock at me, will
kill you." Tom had said he "would throw il, ,
| aud did; and no sooner had he planted the rock in
| the face of one, called "Kemp," than was heard
the report of a pistol. Kemp, tSae to his word
| fired; Tom ciasped his hand to his bosom and
speedily left the crowd. Kemp fired two NOR.
shots, both Of which took effect-one in the abdo
| men, and the other in the knees of two of ths
crowd Rocks few aud wild shrieks filled the air
when our conductor called call aboardir and VIC
were of. all satisfied with RinggoId and Georgis
| Scenes"
will write you again from Nashville. C.