The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-11-26
a-z-3y~leat Ilnputa,ion Answered.

T.. ) L.s.af-A: IN the Dispatch, OF lie
i n ,a-., Get he following paragraph -
. lette- l.. ---e New YORK Herald, from Ca
! butl.., ~ por. News, oc-. ~ h lsoi.'
, "Ee-l-- - afternoon Genera rhelrs s. E
ont Il s. -..-.-ireU- OF Cnpany u, kIrst E5rr
Zor1 |1--1te5rs, under command oI Llva-
inEeIsoi, > q house belonging 20 Bastf :
| Lee, abou- -..roe miles from camp For .Ee
last mont. tGs only occupants OF the hol-'
have been = poor white woman and tDrea
n~~resSes some days ago Lee sent g. mes
sense. 10 iE'4 white woman, warning her u
lave chr Ou.e5 rs re pgrposed 10 otru Il
| down over her head. The woman Was. ot
course. frightened. and fled in the direction
| OF Back RIVER, and when one OF oar ScUutig =
parties, on Friday last, came to the house,
they found one Of the negresSrs in dying cJu-
GitiCn, and The other two, being OLD ana dis
easPd 9na bieG to take care Of themselves. Out
| Of feelings OF humanity, GAo. Phelps yesta .
| day ordered the above mentioned de dcnmanf
| 70 proceed to the house, AID after they had
buried The deadwOma" they hroEg CHI tins o her
Two, y / IA all their bagg1Es. into camp, uud
had hem seat BY steaMar 20 F0r!reS- Ionr0e,
where the CID ladies' have IgIrnus ana reia-
| tiyes. Oae OF thein IS ''goj!& on Il hu idreo
years and see rs. considering ner e =, h. be
quite smart. Her eyeSighL and hearing were
| - good as in young person. anu she seemed
IN uuh aif- cted at leaving tue OLD home ad /,
where she has worked SO faithfully and seen
generation after ger Grafton pass On before her
| 1t was touching s. ght TO see Der carry from
the house, rs The last relic, her washing <
board"
The facts are these when the people Of the
lower end OF Elizabeth City county we're
Obliged, by the Yankee invasion, to Ify from
their homes, th'y left their slaves amply pro-
vided with TODD, clothing aud coIuf1rt.bj je
quarters. R.AeY =. Lee, ESc whose resi-
GtIice IS within three mics ot Newport,
News, returned 10 his farm = lew days after
the flight or his family, and wes met by his
negroes, Qof only dPtrFeutlalE, but with 10Y
o4% G-lnonstr8 u@Ts Ct Uus shasea ti4e1l -
BaviuC secured his family porlIaits, MT. !.ee
aG:iE. i SGd9t>-. turned aWa : from his home
aud - Urued 10 the T-s.d@ECe Il relative =
8 place OF sa5ety, persuaded ta"t tIs happy
slaves would ever yield tn the q i5:N~ G-.--
lures o. the occupants Of Viewpoints News
4 feE We4ks elapsed, however. sud most or
t1e fgu.r al neEr IS Aad gone over IL ne eue-
i6y doubtless jnveiSl-d 5g the .is- promises
of tLelT pseudo sympathjz rs. orr Ietthiui
fellow, true 10 the iaSt ,elung = the ii home
sLe.d until he VS. IUTcec away EY he al
| ia-n with ba yOurLs hr0iDd him. w, 4oyal
old - EE"n suit RENAL ri, anu rry brother
tJAplaIu IRA LCr,D lDGuceu u lady il tn+
| AeighbCrhUod 10 move Iato my father e
| owelilI =. promising her liberal teIGuH-r.,-
| ton il sdt- NOulu take 2 re OF them
| Two or three weeks ago, ha Ia& hetrd t..r
| -ajS n@d lei, t.e place, al = AZ n 81 heli,-
| t.e9 Osd creatures Iad seen t;.E-u L y VsiUl.
! News, Capt. lee and myself 0 L, nrG from.
! Gen. = grudeT The privilege OF E0iE- GOV
uitu Il & < or Irur- t r,1luiul them II Ios,i-
| bIe. tA&t We might sc th-m Crnt ,r-4 hj.
cared fcr by those Is Zen 4isz"u ~ bl,
expressed ~ - WbCSe onsy, a. FeI& ls.e4-ie,
/ IL Is IL protect them. Ne went Ttin W.
/ Gag. eGd one Of The old women Uas returned
| 10 us. The other had died ii few DAYS before
! from 2 plra!ytic stIUAe, auc We Eau the co,,-
! ISOLATION Of learning from several Federal
! OiACeTS that she was dec-utIy Inferred SuCb
| Is a plain statement OF the truth OF this mat
| ter, ii answer 10 the maievo enr i.aputa IoU
Ci ji.e tseraidS correspondent, i'll CJncea led Ia
| his reie c. 10 the " old ladies'" whom he
| wt II have The world 10 believe wer4 Iuiiu
manly Tors ken by their masters. and absn
d0ueu 10 the tender mercy OF Gen. Pheius -
The assertion that Mr.. Lee ''srnt mess 1gp 90
| TINS wuite woman, warning her 10 leave the
nonse, as Ee purEosrQ To burn IL down over
| her mead, is not only = II 1t faIsenood but i,
| so cleaTly an Irish bGlI, as TO provoke q smtl.
| AZ the eWkWardn5ss OF The author, IL his Ell.
! tanging Effort ID tell ., Fais OF II 3ils"ity with
/ an air OF truth. The idea OF warning :.
| Vomaa 10 lsGrG the house because he intended
| TO burn IT, 0ger heT htgd, is SO singUlArly ir.
| reconcIlab!e, iudicrous, ard absurd, as l.
| b. IL al attempts 81 III analysis OF the Ian.
| gGHge. or comprehension OF lis meaning.
II VIII not be luapprop0s here, trust. 10 refer
! to an incident or TWO III come KIN with III,
| visit 10 the Yankees, under the flag of truce
| il quest Of the faithful OLD siave. whose pIi.
| sled hand 1 grasped again with n warm Ii
| and tenderness Of feeling no Northern III Al
| oa his hAtlFa soil can ever appreciate or un.
| derstand But 10 the incident: V nile await.
/ ing an answer from Gen-r Pnelps at
| point on the road near Newport N-vs, We
| aere appro ached ana accost.d by TWO youns
| officers of rhe post. with whom gge had quit
I lively conversation. now and tnan spIceC
| with an interchange OF good huiaore5i hits,
| conveyed IN pquant alirsions 10 The - even 4
/ OF The day Suca the little & II sir at Lees
/ burg, &c, Ac. In reply TO Il relnarz made ~
| one OF cur party III re+-rance - the neg roes
! Of the neigh boz mood, oAe OF the Fedora gen
| Il men asserted ia. II skill IN playing poker >
! Wh~reupUa IL was suggested 10 him rhat the,
had acquired the habit since tAey parted
| CON pany with US, pleasantly iEsi=uat'ng m
| ~-vll ass, cations c, rrEpt good morals" vi
| were CuuEteousiy received By every offlcer VIZ
met, except Gen. Mansfield whose bitternes.
! Of feeling ano aeerolty Of temper were mos
| rudaiy exhi Dited. But / viii not ;res pas
| further on your space.
! Should this reply TO the false statement @
/ the aeraid's h"zsaa{sns idE correspondent 81
| Newport News chance 10 meet mat worthy:
| eye, he may rest assured THAI the "old lady
| /, now WIFE her master ana mistress, con
| tented and comfortable, aHG by no me- de-
| siTous Of rent wing her acquaintance Nith heI
| Yankee friensiE--the da~ pollers OF that .tolc
| homestead she was SO loathe 10 ieave.
| BsgEs +. Lsg, JR.
| r. S.-Other editors IL whose columns IN:
| Newport rews letter appeared. would obligs
| me og publishing the above. Il. +. L., Js.