The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-24
ErCm the Northern Neck
BxposaSc Of the Norshe11a NeeA- Capture Of Race.
Crq't-Ihc Peace Mce,ings a. the tor;A, E,c
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Crq'i-Thc Peace Mce,ings AZ Tie tor;A, Etc
LANCASTER Co., VA, Sept, Goth, lsGl
/. may not be uninsteressing 10 the readers
of the Dispatch 10 hear how affairs are propress
ing in this part of The :. Northern Neck" l
have nothing 10 write YOU OF battles fought
of victories achieved. The initrausers hay.
not dared To place foot upon our shores since
the repulse they met with st Mr.. James Gre
shaIn's, OF which affair you We're duly otilied
and correctly informed. a glance at our geo
graphical position shows us more exposed to
the vile depredauons of the hired lniuious
than any other portion Of our great Common
wealth. save mat of tbe " Eastern shore"
The fact that this county has furnished more
than her quota OF troope-has met the enemy
Whenever they dared to land, shows that She
is bound to the glorious " southern Ton
federacy with - hooks OF steet" host OF
the enemy cGuld be thrown upon our shores
in number SO great that We could not meet
them III open combat but from behind trees.
fences, and ont OF hedges, would 20 forth the
Kissing lead that would sound the requiem
of more than one.
We see their steamers daily going up and
down the bay, and occasionally short dis
t3nce up the Rappahannock where they re-
GENTLY captured TWO vessels bound to Freder-
lcksburg and loaded with wheat and corn
belonging to some citizens living on the
river in this county The cavalry OF this
county. which has been about three months
in service n ear the Potomac IN King George
county, nave very recently returned 10 this
"a
few days. with which they can test their
craftsmanship at some of Lincoln steamers
Had the Northern patriots of l1T6 been per
mitted TO gaze in to the future Il little more
than three quarters of a century. what a
spec tacle would have met their vision 1t
woGld have been almost enough to cause the
sword 10 drop inyoluntariiy from the hands
of warriors-enough 10 make mute the
tongues etoq quent in The cause of liberty The
statesman toiling in the Cabinet, the soldier
bleeding in the field, might have well ex-
claimed, "What Is all this WORTH Where
Is that liberty for which We labored ane. bied
and died Alas Gone glinmering through
the dream of things that were--a school
boys tale; the wonder of an hour" A
Western lettitogger has laid the axe ut the
root OF the tree OF Gbsrty. that was planted by
mighty lntellects and sustained by glorious
examples. hammer In the hands OF II child
or madman may shatter into pieces in a
VINO mas spent years OF patience and labor
upon IT, The Cabinet at Washington is test
ing the truth of the Latin proberb, .sQnos
DtHs rnR perdere prtus dement0t." Though every
veStige OF liberty has been swept from the
North, 1t lives ut the South IN all the
strength OF Its manhood, and full Of its ori-
ginal spirit"
meetings that are now springing up ut the
North which deserves notice. They have in
creased 50 rapidly si nee the bloody battl
At ManakSa. IL the "Onward to kichmoru ~
sf the infamous Greeley had been accom-
plished. II the Stars and Stripes still noated
in triumph over Richmond, would those
voices clam or so loud for peacea do not in.
clude such laen ,of course, as Franklin Pierce,
Nallandiyham, Seymour, and a few Others
lhey are all "honorable men," We esteeiu
them highly. Things are quiet here Jus, now
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