The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-18
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispateb
The Cot our o'ltc Bag-An Incident Relating to the
Dissertations Of CtntrerDpe Church, &c. T..

TIE C't o." o'tae Bdg-An I"cidsat Relating to the
Dissertations o. CegtrerUle Church, Sc -.
Near UENrREvILLB, Dec. Is, Is6l.
The paragraph OF a be Lincoin's message.
under the caption "ColonixaIion OF eraauci. :.
pated slaves" at last dlscloses the poijcy of
the aboiitionists-lets the cat ont the bag AZ
Ter nearly thirty years Concealment. Send
all the negroes out of the country-Ieave ad-
ditional room for white men. We had a
glimpse OF this identical cat three or f,ur
years ago, in this manner: A church, not
iifiy miles from AieXandria, was without q
Rector, and 1t was deemed expedient to get a
student Irom the Seminary TO come on alter
nate Sundays, and read the service. A friend
recommende0 young gentleman from ST
teorgs's, n. \ "A proLege of DIR. Tyny He
came, and won all hearts by his Zesl fresh
from the L mon prayer meetings He ignored
the slavery question altogether, TIL his Ia ST
visit, just before his rdination and depar,ure
for the North, when parting gifts had been
presented, Ac.
He then expressed abolition sentiments. 2
person n ear took the Bible from the stand
and requested him 10 look at Ger tain passages
He exclaimed, with Yehemence, No no /,
1'll not enter into q Bible argument with Won
Let the negroes go TO Africa where ihey
came from, and let white men come dow,
Sonth and cultivate these rich lands - From
that moment we knew that all this profound
feeling for the poor negro WAS nothing more
nor less tnan cloak for self-int terest: and
now we have it from headquarters aAIl
the world, and the rest of man kind" must be-
in the condition OF those describe in the old
adage, "NOne so blind as those who will not
ssa, If they do not perceive it. Our carriage
driver. on hearing Abes plan, has lust de
clared he would rather be shot than to GO -
An incident occurred at Centreyille which
has not been published, and Yet 1t oupht tn
be known "to the in tent that the living NAV
know tnat the Most Hi gh ruieth in the XIII q.
dom of men," A lady OF unoou eted veracity
and high respectability aifirms that she was
al window obtiQuely opposite the church,
and saw three Federai soldiers enter. They
Remained In The building IL long time and
when they emerged from II one OF them an
preached Il window. with gun uplifted as IL
TO shatter 1t, with the butt of his m usket or
rift~; before the blow took effect she heard an
explosion and saw him fall; in about an hour
she saw the other two digging Il grave; on
coming near them, she inquired what they
We're doing They answered III 1t they Were
digging grave for one of their com papions
who had been accidentally shot by his own
gun. As in the case Of Sir John Moore at
Corunna,
No useless cofia con ined his breast,
Nor in sheet, nor 10 shroud they bound lin
Now, il is reasonable to conclude that these
were the men who broke down the rails Of
the chancel, drew obscene figures, and wrote
sicrlegiously on the walls. We wondered
that the ' Grand Army" who came to teach
left such q monument of their own heathen-
ism anding. This awful and timely retri-
button explains IL all, and cries with loud
voice to his fellows, Behold ye despisers,
and wonder and perisa for work u work in
your days--a work which ye shall In nowise
believe, though a man declare il unto you.-
Acts, -. Al