The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-17
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u,apya's FsKgY, Va, May IL, 1861.
49,. nav lsst. varied has been the changes
-. sla ius Of Your old correspondent by
.. t..fs Of ihig YOU wiii see nave changed
ar rs.,,.enee. aud poa"bir nv position as re
fHe' ..,,orfs here are so various that "A cor
r3sur has n very difiicult task TO per
I'm. # he sticks to the irnth. We have me
80 OF treason on one side and a liz on the
~ Hnt # what | write he treason, then,
Vl",. \ Henry said, ''let them make the
ait" Bat to the news.
Ne had an alarm OF yesterday evening, but
nd ou. nothing. In from - To % min
- b4iyseen 5 vty and ! 900 Inru were on the
49, EXHIBITS II promptness worthy
y Str,,rianr aud which will tell woetuiiy
q. - the forces OF Lincoln, who are TO be
%. e., stbfuxats as One thtng is very GER
-" NAT II he com meDCes On Harper's Ferry,
IN have& happy time getting possession
~ IS ,lare aud The surrounding height .--
md pgssibIy. tell a great deal about Ahairs
bsre. rul ~ ls sometimes no. wise 10 Tell tales
az, OF school
...rlf,~ae daily. bat ne can pace no rsli.
- 90 chem a they seem to be Ia a state of
..-.- 4ad ouiy SPEAK 50 as 10 Keep 4. Lin-
~ III u them. 1 am nearly sick TO see the
..Iratoe faC~ ~ nay old fatOrite, abe Dispatch
Ss.,,x c.5rr,-- poid-i "a troui hers 10 sllereut
ss@.o4p+r. seem To take especial pains 10
maze 40 ti.~ iarges; Imaginable storiss. II 10
.trr mat newspapers should become More
"a
HERS may choose 10 write.
y..i.itity evening Il spy was aTres ted
Nsrs THst makes ttoo, and II Abraham wants
A,s rneu - tIeT-d in IN regular order, he can
and ,l@iu along We VIII try and keep "A
e,. on The chaps, and they can look out for
lie b. unbhfTs.
r0 Arthur {. Cummings was yesterday
a. lr.rl to tHe ~ Regiment from tne county
"a, Rockingham lie nPprarS ~ be- NICE, gen
.I.uauiy man, aud during tie alarm ~ wac
t.a-,.ftiy cool, and seemed 70 take tnlugs IL Il
manner which shows hIm - be "A good suldier.
IL, ID be h0psd that he viii be- luily accep-
fs. 20 his men. Oar regiment Is yet sore
lndrr the loss Of their late Com InaEurr, Col
y Il Gibbons. Col q. Is an officer witt fe "
supecUrs, and unless 10 crafty rome malice
s,I,r~h hal, IL il i'm possible 10 seo Why a.
should be. turned out OF ms place, IN the lace
to- II the protest OF h!s whois regiment.
Col. Jackson, tn" COMMANDMENTS Chiei o
ali The forces stationed here, seems 10 giN'
general aStisfac ZION, and ali the men nave grea
cJundrnce III hun, and viii make strong nsh
Luu,T hts leadership.
Four hundred ANA fllty-one men from South
Vr-luH Virginia arrived here yesterday ass
battery OF brass cannon. belonging 10 Ia
Same regiment On the same train we re
cp,yrd several 81 Founders. Ihe-c DatPfle
afr IA position To Command four uies Ol ia
t.rutory surrounding ns in All directions
car regiments have divine worship ever.
cetralh, prayer meeting once Il week, an
rra1er ryrry night. i~v- = y, Lhinbtt!
q the II. Z Church, South, is Chaplain.
D.lyr no means Of 1ellug the number &
ucu mere. ! ID not known except Mt head
gaaiJsIs, hutt knew, am not sure OF ia
I.Al 10 Tell yUu. GU may, however, res
assured of one thing, ana that Is, that theT
are u great many.
shall Wrlte again in day or two. rev
here - very scarce, as We get nothing
tual In" except through the hands OF ADra
Aam Lincoln, or rather his aids.
Last night The Winchester and Potoml
tI4iu came in with al men from Alabbm
All Louisiana. Ihcse are, | understand. bt
d. part OF 1900 to arrive before tu-In0rro
night
A man shot himself yceter,iay evening a
t.5,utally. He belonged TO the Sou Ia West'-l
Virginia Negimeut, which arrived day beio
Yesterday. The shot was from pistol. n
ball entered his cheek, and gianciug, pass'
out behind tho ear.
Large numbers Of troops are concen tTatlt
lurr, Is IL is a good point from which TO pr
clturaie Intu. ioIuficatiOns are being vi
oryu-ly pushed forward. The quarters Of a
tue troops are very comfortable, and Colon
Ju ssou seams II take great interest In giyil
good quarters to his mon. All the whisAt
sAop- nave been closed by his order. This
Il good move, aud one CHlCu lated TO keep I!
men from drunkenness ana immortality.
Will try and give you TWO letters a WEI
IL future. PRS.