Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-11-15
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Latter from cur Estchmond CORRESPONDENT.

Letter from eur EsIehmOad Correspondent.
TAPPAHAkNooK, Nov. 8, 1861.
Called hither by imperative demands which need
not be enumerated I have thought letter describ-
ing the aspect of interior Virginia during the war
might have almost as much interest for the readers
Of the UNION AND AMERICAN, as my regular epistle
from the seat Of Government. This village is a
type of many Of its kind in Eastern Virginia. 1t
laid out in the same year that Philadelphia was
and upon the same plsn-the inhabitants not doubt.
ing that it would become great city for at that
day, Tsppahsnnock was port of entry for nearly
as many English vessels as of late years go into
Norfolk harbcr. The lapse of time and the opera
ton Of Northern tariffs, have made the expected
rival of Philadelphia little hamlet Of feur or five
hundred souls, doing upon the broad waters of the
Rappahannock decade after decade, as if wholly
oblivious Of the rushing progress OF the outside
world. Here are three or four stores, two
churches, a courthouse and Jail, coach
makers and tailors' shop, an old fashioned
tavern, a big steam mill that brought ito
builder into trouble, Odd Fellows Hall gone out
of use, a female boarding school, some stylish look
ing dwelling houses, and many homes of comfort,
refinement and elegance. The great revolution now
going on has produced few visible changes in this
little place, but its effects are felt here as every
where else. The female sche9l is closed the Clerk
of the court has almost nothing to do, the young
men are off to the wars, and many of the citizens
are on the eve of moving their families to Rich
mond.
In 1872, the British came up here, sent few
round shot through some of the houses, landed and
left the marks of their musket butts on the mantel
pieces-practieiug that infamous vandalism, which
the Yankees would already have initiated and sur
passed, but for the guns in Fort Lowry, small for
tifcation about seven miles below Us, mounting
some half dozen ugly looking thIrty-two and sixty
four Founders, and having regiment of infantry
and two or three companies Of horse to support
them. But the inhabitants do not feel altogether
safe, for great rumors reach them daily offs the
landing of immense numbers of Yankees on the
Potomac shore of " the Northern Neck" some
twelve or fifteen miles away, and they can hear
very distinctly the reverberation of the Coumbiads
on the batteries ofAquis Creek, although the dis
lance is at least sixty miles. We heard this
martial thunder yesterday morning, for an hour
and hall, peal after peal rolling out of the windy
Northwest and we hope to,nghts mail may bring
US tidings of brave import.
Tempted by the voluptuous sOftness of'the In
dian summer strolled many miles yesterday into
the country. Around me the level cornfeds stretch
ed their vast expanse far oft to hills whose forests
glowed in all the dyes of Autumn; the birds sang
gaily in the hedges, if it spring; the wind
rustled lightly through the crisp esvee; the hszy
woof of silver vapor and golden sunshine caught
as they come up from the slumbering plains and
the cleaning river, lest they might fall harshly on
the eye and ear. Nature had declared peace in the
air and al over the repOsing earth. Negro women
with bundles on their heads trudged sturdiy into
the village and the rough clad drivers OF the tong
ox-teams returned my How'dy uncle F" with
the accustomed '.sarvunt master" just as
though there were no war. Is there any war?
Alas! how can doubt it? For here, in this far
away country road comes an invalid wrapped IN
military cloak, his hollow face telling the unmis>
takeable story of camp fever; and 1 see the red
stripes of young artillerymsn "a he strides rapid
ly by me on his wsy to the FOrt next comes father
bearing the knapssck of his son, a boy too young
to be soldier; and presently squad of Lancaster
cavalry dart past me, eager get back to their own
a hundred negroes within the last fortnight And
when get back to the village 1 encounter that
which proves to me- more than all things else, that
the South ls engaged in desperate struggle for
A man dressed in the coarsest home
spun garments, all frayed and patched, passes me-,
carrying heavy bucket of water. He seems too
slender for his burthen, and under his miserable
slouched hat descry the pale face the finely CHS
eled features, and the large luminous eye, which,
everywhere. the world over, mark the scholar and
the man of refined intellectual culture This is DE-.
LAZARUS, man CT much curious research ard learn
ing, an accomplished physician, and but a few
months ago the intimate friend and companion of
the brightest names in Northern literature. Now
we find him in an humble Virginia village, unknown
and unnoticed by its inhabitants othed in apparel
which regular feld-hsnd might disdain, fulfilling
cbeerfully and faithfully the lOwIy duties of an
assistant surgeon H3 is on his way to the hospit-
al of the ZIrvons Z)usves-a company named af
ter the gallant fellow, row imprisoned in Fort
McHenry, who captured the steamer ST. Nicholas
which, By the way, may be seen st anchor eff Fort
Lowry, ready at any moment to treat any intrusive
Yankee gun-boat to a ball or a bomb from the rfed
CT FOUNDER which she carries on her bow.
When I such man az DR.. LAzlKUs serving his
country in the humb!est capacity, uy heart swels
with pride and admiration for the land and the people
Of the South; feel full of hops for the cause,
know we must succeed. aud thank God that with
the assistance of her Southern sisters Old Virginia
will fight of and slough of all Yankees, and other
foreigners and rotten flesh, and be herafter what
she has always been purebOoded, high toned, clear
and healthy in all the currents of her social life
PARKE.
Information OF the Strength OF Our Armies
by Way of the North.
Correspondence Of the New YORK Herald.
BALTIMORE, Nov 1.-The arguments of the edito.
risl article in the Herald of October 80 in favor of