The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-15
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.

On motion of Mr.. PRIcE, the Convention
adjourned. ass
# VOICE OF THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
The meetings expressing the popular will of
Virginia continue. At Prince George g. H.,
on the llth inst, meeting was held, al which
the following resolutions We're adopted:
U IResolred, 1st. That the interest and honor of
Virginia require that she should separate
IRON the Northern States Of America, now
controiied oy hostile party, whose ultimate
OBJECT Is the overthrow of slavery and oI,-
preston oil the Southern States. -a
Res0tred, I'd. That we deem it high time
that Virginia had resumed the powers granted
to the Federal Government, and that we view
the facts now existing as presen ting but
one question for Virginia to decide upon,
whether she will remain with the present
broken COnfederacy, under Abraham Lincoln
as Its head, or whether she will join the noble
States of the South, under the gallant and
chivalrous Davis.
Sd. That come veal or woe, we are unalter-
ably opposed to the fanatical rule of Lincoln,
and we earnestly desire tho absolute separa-
ton of Virginia from the North.
4. That we will appoint delegates to the
Suffolk Conven tion to be held OH the 10th of
this month, and that we will support the
nominee Of the same, provided he is in favor
of the separation of Virginia from the North
and the recognition OF the independence of the
Confederate States.
.. 4 utt Ten UeltRItcS Dc stpIDOlu lIOIu cdCu
magis terial district in the county, to attend
the Suffolk Convention, and they are hereby
instructed not TO cast the vote OF this county
for any one who will not carry out the forego-
ing resolution.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Graves were
adopted by the meeting with very few dis
ting voices.
The Southern Citizen, published at Mad-
son Court Hhuse, says, in its issue of Friday
last:
We do not believe that a betrayed and in
iured people can much longer tolerate the
farce which is being daily perpetrated in Rich
mond. The sovereign people will rise III the
majesty of their power, and break up the
Pandemonium, which is crippling her strength
and numbering her honor. The people Will
soon take the matter in their own hands, and
the doom of the submission miscreants will
be more terrible than that OF their blood
stained prototype Cain. May the time soon
arrive.
The citizens of Carrs Vile, on the line of the
Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, erected a
pole and unfurled the secession flag last Wed
nesday. A secession flag was hoisted in Suf-
folk on Saturday.
EFFECTS OF THE SroRM.-The Fredericks-
| burg Recorder gives the following account Of
| the disastrous effects of the recent storm ut
| that place:
| On Monday evening the Rappahannoek be-
gan to rise, and continued steadily to over
| flow its banks till Wednesday, at noon, when
| it reached its highest point-being some thirty
| feet higher than the high water mark, and
being some twelve inches higher Than the
| great freshet of 1914, and two feet higher than
| that of 1S47. Many families along the river
| bank were compelled to vacate; in some cases
| water rising to the second floor of their dwel.
| ling houses. Large quantities of drift
| wood were brought down-scows were cut
loose from their fastenings above, and
i came floating down, some of them
| were secured and others passed on
| About ten O'Clock on Wednesday, the first
| span of the Falmouth bridge, which had
| broken loose, hove in sight, and its approach
| was anXiously watched for by our towns
| people, who We're looking on from the river
| banks and whose chief anxiety was in Iegard
| to the probable injury it might do to the Chat
| ham bridge The first span which came passed
| clear, but others soon after followed, which
| striking the span Just beyond the island, car
| ried off several sections. The damage done
| Falmouth bridge is very serious, well nigf
| the whole bridge has been swept away.
| The Northern train due here on Thursday
at eleven, did not come in until one, and theI
only to return the passengers to this plac'
who went over on the o. train to take tn,
boat, being prevented from so doing by th'
fact that the track WAS washed up for severa
hundred yards at the Creek and the boa
stopped from landing passengers, owing t
this cause and the high wind at that time pre-
! vailing.
Mr. J ohm L. Marye, had the wood work at
tached to his mill-race at Alumni Spring al
destroyed, his corn house containing some on
hundred or more barrels of corn swept away
and lost servant by the name OF Seaton
who died from fright, his house becoming sur
rounded by water, il so alarmed him that h
died. He also lost the lower floor Of his mil
at the lower end of the town, which was tor
up by the rush of the water.
About one o'clock on Tuesday night the ga
house at the lower end of the town over
flowed and cut off the supply OF gas through
out the town at once.
The Fredericksburg Herald says
The damage by the flood has been yer
| great all down the river. The whole of tn
long wharf at Tappahannock, over 200 fee
long, and the wharf at Port Royal, also e,
| tending into the river abont the same dis
, tance, were washed away. The wharf at Ho
Yard was also materially injured, part bein
carried Off.