The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-09
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
CHEERING Nescs Jrom Caroline county.


SPARTA, VA. May :, 1861.
Very little having been said in tho papers
OF The feelings entertained, and the action
taken 10 the prGEeEt crisis, by this old county,
Il Is duo to her citizens that your renders
should know sue is not behind others in her
devotion to tho common cause. Five volun-
User companies baYe been, mp to this time,
formed IN this cUunty--the Bowling Green
Guards. Captain Quesonberry tho Sparta
Grays Capt. Gouldin; The Caroline ORA
g,sns Capt. Swami the Caroline Grays,
Cspt Psatr0ss, and company inst organized,
and now rapidly preparing for service, the
name Of which | have not learned. 1he three
urst-named companies are already In service,
and the other two, Whenever the call shall be
made on them, will prom pity respond, ''ready,
willing aud waiting" The patriotism when
induced the raising Of each of these companies
II worthy Of All praise, but the circumstances
uadet which the Sparta Grays were organized
are peculiarly note worthy and significan r.
This company haG almost stripped the neigh
borhood from which II went OF men. Not
only are all the Young men touud IN Its ranks,
but It numbers, on its muster ROLL twenty
four married men and heads OF families.
Some idea may be formed of the spirit or
the people in the neighboThood from The state
I4eut Of Two three facts One man tnow
dead has one son tthe only one Young enough
u serve j and seventeen grandsous among the
volunteers. OF the TWO sons OF another man
one nineteen and the other seventeen-the frst
is AZ Pensacola, and the second at Camp
Madison,
tase The four IONS Of Il poor widow all en-
I.slrd Ia the Sparta Greys, one of them being
fr.bie from consumption that he could
scarcely walk Before the company marched
he was prostra ted by disease, and his mother
has been left TO watch alone by his bedside
and all this land much more OF the same sort,
has occurred in the strongest Tn ion district
probably, in TideIoater Virginia. Let Lin
coin put that In his pipe and smoke 1t, or oroI
IL into his corn whiskey and drink 1t, as h
may prefer Some persons may think 1
strange that former Union men there are ~
Union men n0w.l should be so forward an'
determined in this struggle but, really, 1t i
Rot strange 1T all. 1t is right. proper, Ntt!n;
that tins should be so. The Union men hav
lar more to complain of than the Secession
ls,s. 1t wAs " bile they were making the mos
earnest efforts to keep the peace, ana 10 hti
Just our difficulties, that Lincoln lnsuite
theW by his proclamation, and lney Ieei tna
IL Is peculiarly their duty and privilege 10 TAX
sausfaelou out Of his Black Republican hide
lie assured thai W hen the day OF trial shal
come, old Caroline VIII prove hereeh worth.
Of being The birthplace OF John Taylor an
Edmund Pendleton. The Bowling Gree
Guard, led by the gallant Senator from thi
district, VIII maintain the honor OF our coun
~ seat The Sparta Greys Will add neI
glory 10 the illustTiUus name they bear.
Caroline Dragons Will he as "spendid" i
action a. they have been justly said to be
appearance. The Caroline Greys Will maxi
marx worthy OF their stslWart forms an
mhIlidl bearing ana tue ne" company, lua
formed, will prove that there is little ciuei
ence Ia reality as there is III sound betWeo
Caroline and Carolina troops.
4 the risk of writing 700 much 10 be pun
hsat7i these stirring timee, ! must add thj
tie spirit OF patriotism and resistance TO tyl
amy lie by no means Couiined in our county
thore In the military service. 1t pervades I'll
whole Community-men, women and childreI
"Higgers" does, and hora@s. Oar Count
Court has appropriated ten thousand dollar
Tor arms and, Its next term, Will don bile
make proyition for the dependent families
the yoluutee W no have been or may be cal
eli INTO service and though the arms, pu
chased under the appropriation Just name
w-re distributed TO the volunteers (oefore q
wa: Oh the express condition that they shou
De kept IN the county, no one THINKS OF I
tanning them here We are not afraid OF al
iacursiou by the Yankees, SO long as There
sshUi-gun. a pitch fork, Z hoe -helye, or
broom sick in the land ALPEA