The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-30
Nirhmonn Dispatrb.
THURSDAY MoRNING....M MAY 80, 1891

THU RSDa1 MORNiNG-.. MAY 30, 1851
correspon iene, Of the Richmond Dispatch
Isaiys IN Wtncisster-- Var RHm0rs-A Trim
10 Hd,per's FeTTg--Stoppage q Mai inter
COURSE, &c.
WINCHESTER, VA, May %
tits pleasant 10 he able to say that have
no war uess to scnd you. Our good old town
Is as serene to day as the blue May sky that
bends above her. An apprehension of an eariy
attack from the Yankees has disappeared The
massage Of companies, battalions, and regi.
ments through our streets has ceased The
only military spec ttcie that enlivens them is
FURNISHED by au occasional squad of Cont.
nentals-C0mpahy X, 4th Regiment, noted for
their Constant attendance upon John Brown,
from the 18Th OF October 1853, The end of
his valuable life, and nov commanded nv
Capt. Avis, the Jalior Of that werthY-on
their way 10 mount guard over the Hospital
or the thirty two Founders sent up from
Richmond. A large number OF these gups are
siill here, enough having been sent down IL
IS thought, Tor all necessary purposes. The
Hospital was opened here ten days ago most
Of its few inmates having been sent up from
Harpars Ferry. and the rest con tribu ted by
ths Missssippians, who suffered from tn.
cold and rainy weather which welcomed them
TO the upper country. All are DONG we'll, AS
are those yet at the Ferry. Up to Friday last
Only three deaths in ali from sickness had oc
Cured AZ the latter place
Sunday morning our Home Guard, and
those they have 10 guard, were somewhat ex-
~
rem had advanced 10 Leesburg SO miles
hence, 1000 strong. II proved false. chain
Of Confederate posts doubtless extends from
The Manassas Junction to the Point Of Rocks,
via Leesburg.
w,s Harper's Ferry on Friday. and
found every thing in order. The men seemed
to want nothing but fight. They are Ger
Iuniy enJoyiug the bright side of military
nie lar. Their commissariat is not sur.
passed, Iiils sine, ~ any post in the country
lie biii oI lar. comprises mutton and beef
Is Juicy and lat As you ever sax; red virginia
bAcou--Hut lOrk; good loaf bread aud NAV
butter from tbe ErIgnb0Ihood, as yellow az
gOId. Il ls last article IS abundant at nine
pence apound, and VS. can bar pity you OF the
lOHitnus WhU quote an interior article at four
or I'VE times tn.AL price. DeiICaCies In addition
ars seut by the c!tlzens OF the neigAOorlnx
CUuutIes la prOiuSiOn daily
Most OF tne fuslaia troops are quarterod
IN Tue lower Town along The banks of the
Two rivers. The s.iicIVut and airy buildings
OF tne nusket tory furnish capital bar
racks, barring the hilck hOQrs which prevail
III the loWeI stories Cur sou Jhern allies
take 10 tnp hIlis wonderfully, Considering
that nuiuUer5 Oh them never saw an el1Y.-
tIou vi over lorty feet IN their lives, while
many uf Item nave only ths Southern idea
OF a landscape, "a Ii"e ANA pIne They
look welI, GIIiI well, aud dom' : appear to sui
ter from the otues. Axe banjo, the hddle, and
the plye mot that vi PAM constitute their
main III traction.
1ne Puulss ls.tuia troops, moreover, who
ul,bAutluy he CnaiuUersDurg F4ttey Sptrtt
OF I&u DAYS ago, Received here last e'euIhg,
men LIONS LLe uie jeIstl 10 AheII MONIES o! All
the troops tnYe IpahIesI qudTlrfeu III mat
uIn.e ana sAy5 that most o. the much larger
JJtus en- buGieu at camp Sllier, IA the neigh
bOInuOd, would also rrfdee 10 enlist for ii
longer term than the original tnree mon ths
In lie e;lIup way, 1 vehtuls The predlC tiOn ,
wlIl yaulsI. three iouItLs Oh the my Penn
eyi,,LL... regiments. Iho ediue sp!!It III TIE
troop. OF Jnat state IruIu J" bich The VIZ
gInisps suffered hundred year ago III
Brlduock's Expeaitlon, WIN operate To our
advantage nov. We were LAen rs uniOrtunat e
in their aihaucs az We are no" fortunate II
tueIT cnuity.
Inanhs To the policy Of Seward and Blair
III Incorporating tue telegr"ph and cutting oil
the lunlI North ward, the vote OF Virginia las
thursday VIII not De known Uut>iue Of heI
HAls Ton Weeks. For all mat kentucky oI
vi IsSUGTI, not 10 men lion me n OF tnern States
can IeATu 10 the contrary, the oecesstopist.
viii stiIi be Il slim minority Illegally and NO
lenuy forcing the Union majority INTO trea
bo". his 10 TO be regretted; but III other TO
spects, The cessation of IuiIl intercourse -" ut
tue Norm VIA be beneficial 10 our CAUSE
The ankees will lose much more by ign0
rance vi our lao SeuenLs IMAM we by the wan
OF sulh Information a. THEY gave Us Of their 5
Ia round numDrrr, the uHjJrlty for ~eces
klUN III jAD alley counties, between tina bOiO
mac auu JiInus rivers. IUUts u y fourteen thou
sand. fTeueIick gives ,i5l clear. LiLti
Clarke, h55 To ), ana Button The inH II
euce ot the Baltimore and ONO Railroad, Tn
vote would have been nearer untuIhlty. Wit
ness berkeley aud Morgan. Inc tOWns aluHi
that road, are, ponticilly speaking, SO MANY
globuies OF poison eKuuIrg from a branch .
ths upas. All voted one way-agairst IN
South. at PiedmOnt, IN Ham pshIr-, th"r
was /; il said, not one vote Tor Secession. / n
Interior Of tho comfy, however, where tn
people are NlrgIuIans, and always determines
TO Ee, neutr;llzsd this, and votea 4Ol IndJorit
Tor Secession. 80 with tho gallant aud patri
Ouc mountain county of HARDY. Her malu
rlty vas nearly as great, and diminished ais
by the vote OF tao more nUrtheriy precinc Is.
That road, ii Virginia Is ever divided, vii
have done the work. 1t never should hav
been given the TlSht of way. Bat for the log
rolling interest, IL would nave been refused
kIrgiuIi. would have had q through Nue {
her own, and sie would have been "A unit u oS
and forever. SO may she be- yet, is the praye
Of every man " no deserves, or loho Si4u,d
oIIo,ced to tread her hailowed soil or bfeat Il
her pure and generous air.