The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-08-21
CURRENT EVENTS.
Facts ana Incfdenta-War Matters
Choice Extracts from Northern
Journals, sc. sc.

Iection with the battle of Manassas. which
IL published In the Baltimore Exchange. We
make some extracts.
never has any army been more deluded than
that grand army" VIII, etrea ted SO hastily
from manassas. In trying to minister TO the
spiritual comfort of the many wounded that
have been left behind, / have had frequent
opportunities Of hearing, frcn their own lips.
an account of the gross deception which had
been practiced upon them. They were told tn It
the great body OF the people in the South were
Union men, ready to rally around the "Stars
and Stripes" as soon as they could do it with
safety. While, on the contrary, there never
has, in the history OF the verdi been seen
greater determination In any people to s,rug-
gle, even unto death, for what they regard as
their constitutional rights. They were told
by their leaders that we could bring into the
field no force TO stand against the graz d
army" OF the North while now the whole
North attempts 10 explain the shameful de.
feat at Manassas, on tho ground of our supe.
rior numbers and generalsfip.
And, IN TINS connection, you will pardon
me, Sir, ior referring 70 another false impress
sion, which you, perhaps unin to IL ton al y ,
nave assisted IN producing. l need hardly a. y
that l refer TO your recent speech before the
Bible Society, N which you, III a sneerins
manner, express the opinion that not five hun
dred Bibles could be found in the whole OF the
southern army; while Mt the same time You
speak IL the most giowiGg terms of the reli
gious character OF those you have sent forth
10 sui lugate us. In mos feryid language You
ex9laim, HAS the world ever seen such an
army! HOW their names will glisten in glory
And In the ardor OF your deep feeling, you
even suggest that 1.-The rare birds of Billy
Wilson's flock" may secure their salvation by
the onie1ratlon they are now making OF tnem
selves 20 the cause of their country.
a stanger might infer, from this reIcarha.
BILE speech, that the contrast Between tho two
armies must be most d~ or, ditable 10 the
South. he might naturally expect TO see IL
horde OF bareaI ians eontending with the most
enlightened Christian army shat ever Went
into a field of bat lie. But what do we see,
when this Wanted army treads upon the soil
of the Old Dominionl Robbery, house burn
ing, rape, dissertation OF churches and even
grayeyaTds have followed in its train. Al.
ready, horrors enough have been committed
the globe.
From what had seen. in the papers, OF the
Christian character of me grea. army, and Of
the many thousand copies of the blhle that
had been distributed among the soldiers, |
naturally expec ted to find q good lumber tax.
ing consolation IN their d lotions from It's
blessed teachings; but l have no recoilecLio
of having seen among them siGgle copy OF
the Bible, and l certainly conversed wttn no
one who seemed to have clear views of the
Gospel. l would not be understood to intimate
that think there are piOus men in to @
Northern army. There are, doubtless, many
sincere Christians 10 De found among the many
thousands who have been drawn IL 10 this vile
war; but, certainly, the facts winch | have
men Toned clearly show that the army, gene
rally, Is very tar from being controlled by
Christian principles.
and now, III conclusion, sir, l will take the
liberty of saying to you, that II is impossible
Tor the South TO be subdued by any army you
can bring against us. The world has never
before seen such al army as tina. which has
been raised here to resist this unjust and UNI
molly invasion. Every class and every profess
sion, from the highest to the lowest, Is repre-
sen ted in this army. And very large proper
ton OF the men not only pay their own ex-
penses, but contribute very large sums to-
WARDS the prosecution of the war. / matt
not what force you may bring against us-We
can easily raise man tor man and the expert
ence OF the past few weeks Clearly shows that
i larger oer Will not be required To drive
the Invaders from our soil.
We will be, with God blessing, 4 free and
independent people, ana Wleu separa TED from
the poisonous Influences of Northern aboli-
uonlEm, We hope and expect 10 do more than
we have ever done for the temporal ;and
spiritual elevation of the race over whom
GOD, In HIS all Wise providence, has placed us.
IEBsCILITY OF LIxCoLs's CABIanr.
Thurlow Weed, of the Albany Evening
Journal, lately published an editorial il
which he gave the Cabinet severe castiga.
ton for its want CT rigor in the prosecu ton
of the war. Sawney Bennett is delighted
with the article, endorses every word of il,
and hugs the savage Thurlow to his bosom in
loving EN- brace. Says the Herald:
The imbecility and incompetency OF a por
ton Of the present Cabinet have for a long
time awakened the serious apprehensiOns o!
many Of the leading men of the country
They have felt the loss of millions upon mil
lions through the inehciencp Of the bl0ckdte
ard the fact that with the execution Of the
short ond brilliant campaign of General Nc
Cleilan in Western Virginia, and the success
Of zen. Lyon in Missouri n disaster has been
our fate everywhere. For all this they con-
slider some one ct w ashington responsible 4
train Of events has traced ii 10 the heads oil
the different departments, and it is not az al
surprising that the demand for a stop to this
boys play is becoming SO earnest that even
ThurlOw Weed should be compelled to speah
out in decisive tones, declaring that such pro
ceedmgs will not longer be endured. Let the
authorities at Washington take heed in tim g
The public want no more Big Bethels Bull
Runs, or even suCh slaugh tiers as have los
tn en- the gallant Gen. Lyon.
LIsooLr PUTS oSA oLBAs SHIRT
We had entirely lost sight of the sen time nta
Nathaniel Potphar Willis since the com
OF the war, until n day or two
since, when we ascertained that he is sustain.
ing the character of a true Jenkins" in the
city Of Washington. He was loafing abou
the day Of the Prince Napoleon's visit, anc
HIS description Of what he saw beat anything
we ever read. A small dose is sufficient L
produce nausea
| CHANGED to be one of three who occupied
for the last half hour of the performance {
long settee, which stood opposite the Preside n
tial mansion-not the least interes ting portion
of the beaut itul picture before MS being {
chance view of the prnsident himself. who sa
of iva
second story, reading his letters and listenins
to the music, but evidently wholly uncon
scious of being visible to the public.
OF course, neither our own party nor tn,
rest OF the gay crowd had the least expecta
ton of seeing any portion OF the rcyal en- ter
tainment that was to take place in the grea
white Mansion before us; but, as it approach
ed within thirty minutes of the dinner hour
(which Mrs. Lincoln had CHANGED to mention
TO me the night before,) l could not help won
dering, to the friend sitting at my side
whether "Abe," lonnging there in his grey
coat, with his knees no to his chin, womb
have time enough for his toilet IN
the words were scarce out of my mouth
when up jumped the lively success 30
of George Washing ton, and took n seat in N
other chair--the body servant, who had en-
tered the room proceeding Immediately 10 pm
the cloth around the respected throat an,
shave the. portion of the hono"ed face wbicl
had not " taken the veil" In three minute
more. said holder of the executive BIZ the nos,
shook his oihcia! napkin out Of the window
giving to the summer wind thus careIesslv
whatever bad fallen from the inaugurate,
beard and the remainder of the toilet wa
prompt enough. The long arms were bus,
aboul the ISL head for q moment, probabI1
with brush or comb-there was stoop, pr b
ably for hi-f )rsed disencum berrent and, i'm
mediatsiy after, sudden sleam or whit
linen lifted aloft-a momeGtary extension O
elbows with the tying Of the cravat, and
putting on of the black Coat-and then the re
H. St p
TO our sight. The toilet of the sovereign o
the great realm of the West-which we r II
been thus privileged 10 through the opsI
window of his dressing room--had oocupe,
precisely twenty-twom inuIes by my anxious
~ consulted watch.
SAVAGE JRKsByAAH.
The Patterson IN. .bGuardiap Insists upol