The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-26

MT McClusKy one OF the editors of the
ArdtGnche paper published in Memphis
Tenn. responded most happily for that State
defending with much warmth the people
against the charge of sympathzing with the
Lincoln Admins ira ton, nd Dledging them 10
an immediate and unconditional separation
from the " old wreck
Montgomery being the seat of the Govern
ment its citizens, as you may suppose, watch
with deep interest the political and warlike
developments that are daily occurring, and
are easily excited TO the exhibition of much
feeling by anathemas against the Lincoln Ad-
mlnlstratlon, or by encOmiums or this Rus
nowhere is there Il particle of treason to be
snuffed in the tainted breeze. All are ready
II 1t were necessary, to throw their last dollar
into the treasury to support the Government
In ITS brave course, and maintain the gigantic
preparations that are rapidly progressing TO
afford an entertainment to our enemies that
shall fully deserve the application of Tom
Corwin's infamous idea of a He1ic0a Tecep-
ton.
Private information received by me from
several of the interior counties of Virginia
heretofore opposed 10 secession, discloses the
fact that Ger tain politicians OF the Submission
| breed are representing to the masses that the
people of the seven States forming the South.
ern Confederation, in consequence of the great
excitement and dsQuietude attending their
secession, have been converted into cOndi-
ton of the most slavish subsection and dis
tress, and that their prosperous fields and
cities are fast becoming
Melancholy waste of putrid marshes"
NOLNl0H COul0 Dc more Wlcke0iV and mali
ciously false They are indeed loathsome
yiperous ISLANDERS, that foam with the poison
and gall of black malignant hatred of the
noble Sou thern people, whose authors cannot
| be deferred from their per pc tration by even
the shame of convicted falsehood. The peo-
pie are not only happy and conten ted but re-
)Oice and eXult over their new condition
| Even the mothers prepare with their own
| hands the military clothing worn by their
sons, and eXhOrt them to bear brayelv the
hardships of the field The business of the
whole country is being prosecu ted with an
almost redoubled energy.
The agric ulturists are tending with the ut
most diligence the heavy crops OF grain that
were plan ted in anticipation of a necessitv
for extra supplies, and the most unselfish de-
VOtlon to the interests of the Government
and common country are shown by all classes
| A system, too, of rigid economy is prac-
ticed by the inhabitants of ali profess
siOns, and prevails in all the departments Of
the Government. No sinecurists are to be
found within its walls. None but the most
indispensable expenditures of the peoples
money are permitted. l heard the Chief or
an important Bureau in the Treasury Depart
ment, whose duties as Comptroller of the
Treasury here were divided at Washington
among four large Bureaus, complain at the
purchase OF an. ordinary hat-rack for his
room, worth $40. And the proprietor of a
large Cabinet warehouse, with whom the
Government deals, assured me that the fur
niture in the two Executive rooms of the
President cost very little more than that pur-
chased to furnish the apartments of the most
ordinary clerks.
/ The people of the Confederate States, like
the Sumters and Marions of the first Revolu.
ton will breakfast on roots and dine on sweet
potatoes sooner than abandon their noble
struggle for Southern independence.
Intelligence reached the War Department
last night Sunday from Virginia in relation
to the destr uction of the Gospo Navy Yard.
The President was sent for, and was engaged
in consultation with Gen. Walker u til 4 late
hour of the night Great indigna tion is ex.
pressed at the malicious act, which shows no W
cold blooded and atrocious is the hate of the
enraged beast against a people for whom he
recently expressed his Partially and admira-
ton. J. r. p.