The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-12-14
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| ABINGDON, VA. Dec. Ilth 1851
| I left Richmond yesterday rnorninc "a
"yonr own, and reacaed this place this
morning at b O'Clock. The trim was de-
/ prived Of much interest and Incident bv he
| ing accomplished, from Liberty, at nirft,-
| Thus the fue farms and til" rich scenes Of the
Virginia Valley vera shut out from the view
found the j3th Regiment Virginia Vol
unteers, Col. WIn. u. Stuart in high glee
| ~ the supposed proSpec' OF being ordered 10
bowling Green. Their ard0r WAS somewhat
abat"d however, when their means of trans.
| por:ation flile3, and they were compelled TO
return TO this place The order sending hese
| brave fellows to Kentucky was counter
manded, and they sre now anxiously await
ing telegram from the AtiHtant- Gaaeral, ,
assi igcIng them duty.
Since penning the above, an order has haen
received from headquarters directing the
regime mt 0 proceed 20 Pound Gap OF there
abouts. As it will require several weeks to
procure transportation, and the roads, now
gocG, VIII be soon i'm paSs;tbie The hope seems
10 D" generally INDUCED that this order VIII
likewise be set aside. The material of The
18th is regarded as being so excellent their
proficiency III drill 50 decided, 1he wealth, So
ciisl standing, and soldiery qualities its OIL
GERS % marked, that the readers OF the rs
Patch VIII not object 10 seeing complete list
Of tnc!d, staff, and CONF any Cicera Col, W.
d stuart: jteut,-Coi., L. Slaughter: Maiur
" j.. Green Adutant, I, Is G0ode sur
eeon, Marion Howard: Assistant Surgeon,
X. Nj. Evans. tluarternaSteg, h B Fatter-
son Comnssfry, T.. g. Nicholas. Captain
Gomna"y "a, ~ r 7. Boswell "B,' q. W.
GO" 7. u. Jeffress: II -" - rIc6is 81 q
Jnn. T. Palmer; X" d. G. Harrison.
To enumera'e the other officers aud privatas
Wonid take np more space than you could
spare, though not more than they deserve
| tor they are all as brave aud glorious Il Sc: OF
| fellows As ever breathed Virginia air.
cannot perform Il mere acceptable service
TO the country Re Gers of the Diseotch, partic-
u!drly those who live IN good old Mecklen-
ouT&, than 10 ut d@Wn my observations a. TO
| that very scarce articl'-sa!t. Being seated
now within dcE3n miles OF the ''Wlshing-
| ton County Workg,' and having diligently
| inquired into the mater, arrive at the fol
| lowing conclusion: The prcprietors two Cf
Waom by the way are Yankees, cannot Idr-
nish sal1 to Ele-t the pressing and increasing
demand. There are at tins moment not less
| than tour hundred wagons awaiting their
| turn. 1t Totid be c"rions to inveStigtte tie
| different localities whence these vehicles
came. All the salt that can re hqi at all
| c:tn be bought at - cen per bCsaei. l met
/ vi n gentleman who Hled his appiCa tion
9ha epoSited MS money more taan tao
mon n ago. lie says II any person can gel
| salt he can, and assures me- thar this j. r6e
| "aly mone ny winch the proprie50rs VIII ire
| Iena 10 make eo& tgeTnenis. Ao order UHEc-
| COM pan ed by tHe ready ~ v i'll receive tha
| coolest sort oi a shoulder l wouid, there
| tore, advise tae general adJ ption Of this plan
in every comm unity there are pc sons who
| can furnish the money, and an agent can he
=
/ r-his. Ihe present yield OF the nine Is TOO
| thousand bushels per day. an extraordinary
enJrt lS being Inadr 70 enlarge i1S capacity TO
| ave tacusaad bushels, which vii ue accom-
| liiSAed, u Is said, by Christmas 50 those
| who nave 10 feed :hel" hogs illl January and
| February ne2d not DESPAIR. it Is no ~ouder
| That hsTcntean cndeayUrs should De m%de to
| increase the supply OF salt fer au told that
| fEIeen hunul Ell dollars is the daily income of
! the pIcprietors. This i too much money tor
| any set OF men to be making during The war,
/ and the State authorities should take steps
| immediately 10 obtain possession Of 1he min es
| aud IUrhlsh salt 10 needy thyusaAGs 1T prime
cost.
| have obtained several interesting facts. in
connection with Abingdon, which / VIII com
mnnicate II fOture letter. Iog the present,
vii! state that thing exciting has trans
p!T"0 here, except a shooting scCape between
u citizen OF the town and ne nbsr OF con-
! n&ny "a. The person who Was So uufortu-
nate as 10 receive the contents of shot gun
| was AGoniram BrUmmeI. The Iriencs Of Ad-
oAiEam ia Mectienburg Will learn With plea
Sure that he Is now dong well, he having
most n!racuionSly escaped instaat death.
hereafter ny .s7n, ID, PiH"1 will be
OCC. 1toEAL.'