The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-02
Correspondence of the Rich mond Dispatch.

departure Of" Dirie Greys''-Crops-" What
maksS the Hessida Fly ?''
SALsM, VA, June 20, 1851 :
Our fourth volunteer company, the Dixie
Greys," commanded by Captain A. j. Deyuie,
left US yesterday morning to rendezvous at
LynchbuIg. The latger counties may send
more soldiers into the service than " Little
Roanoke but will venture to say that none
have sent better ones. The Dixie Greys ~
lumber seventy four rank and file and en-
gage for them that they will do their full
share in defending the Old Dominion from
the invasion of Old Abe and his Lieu tenan,
General.
In this county the weather has been very
dry for several weeks, which has affec ted
the growing crop of corn to some extent and
l am afraid will seriously affect the oa1
crop, though it has enabled the farmers
TO secure an unusual amount of hay
In this, as in many other productio Vir-
,inia ought TO be wholly indepen dent Of YaI.
keedom, and L hope to see a great deal of The
present fine crop OF hay sent to market in
bales. a copious rain last night has put a
new face on vegetation OF every kind, and if
the season is hereafter favorable large crops
OF corn will be made. Very few persons have
planted any tobacco, and these few have been
nindered by the dry weather, so that this Fl ne
tobacco region VIII not furnish much OF the
weed this season. The wheat harvest is now
N progress, and promises good yield, though
there is some complaint of the smut This
reminds me OF an old enemy TO wheat 1.-THE
Hessian fiy,) which is thought to have been
IN troduced by the Hessians in the Revolu-
tionary war. The same enemy under diff
ferent form, seems lately 10 have been com
uniting ravages on the wheat fields around
Hampton and in the neig h borhood of (Ireat
Bethel. Some thought it was the drray tcOrlt
but those who ought TO know, say that Gen
eral Butler's HeSsidaS were the evil doors -
The farmers of the Peninsula have at last
found both the cause and cure of The COM
paint for when the question is asked,
what axes the Iessian fl Y % the answer
Is, ''Col. Magruder's masked battery. ~
In examining the other Il ~ a history of
the Mexican war, by the present General
Mansfield, (nOw one of General Scott's right
hard men in Washington city, was struck
with the following maenilcQuent lauda,ion of
General Scott after the battle of Ghurubusco:
"Before the carnage of another ba tile, he must
make Il final effort 10 stay the iron arm of de-
structlon and reclaim warning nations to the
paths of peace. Hence his beautiful letter
expressing the Christian sentiment, Enough
blood has been shed i'll this unnatural war
When the echo Of the cannon shall have died
away, and the ciangor of arms shall have
ceased when the Steeled warrior shall have
gone to his rest, and the CONC ueror and the con
quered shall lie down together, Christianity
viii weave her unfading chaplet for the sol
der who has ever been true TO her highest OBJ
legations and benign requirements ~ 1t
would be in interesting to reproduce the beau
htul letter. above alluded to. / might posi-
bly, suggest the Inquiry whether this can be
the same General Scott who, with this same
toady General Mansfield by his side, is now
directing an invasion of his native State, and
outragipg every principle of Chr tianity, quot
10 say OF nmanity,) by the character OF the
warfare Ne is waging. Did not regard Gen
Scott as IA monster of :ngratitude ard deaf 10
all remonstrance, l would lika to ask him
- Has not enough blood been shed in this un g.
natural war; T.