The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-04
FROM CHARLESTON.
r,pse,A ooRaBsrospsscG OF rHs pIsPArtH J

CBARLBsroS, May /. 1851.
We have every day contradictory messages
relating TO the most lip pcTlant matters, ana
Nss have sCtteu 20 Low tnat We do not believe
tbs telegraph a. all, although ii Laay speak
,hn trutb sometimes For Instance, yester-
dty IL was stated that We had The commend
Of Arlington heights, AID this morning II is
stntei that Lincoln has X, and II tnat DE the
Cssa tbele has, IL see ais 10 us, beeA eat neg
lect somewhere
I very seriously donbt, too, whether there
ought not 10 be greater circnmspection on the
part OF the news papers in giving such general
currency TO Tho movements OF our army ahd
the duipgs OF our Government. There GER
ta.nIy ought not 10 be solitary mail per
mittsd 10 go beyond our limits. And again, i
Am seriously Inclined to the belief that all
Iettars sent beyond the Confederate lines
should undergo inspec ton. Adams Express
Company are now carrying letters by the
Western route, which IL great convenience
TO lba community, but II opens nhe leclilties
for the gpiss within our bounds 10 give
the enemy correct information. For the
time being, our people ought to be- willing
10 come under severe martial surVel-
lance for our security and SUCCESS, and III my
humble Judgment these suggestions cannot be
acted on bit too soon. That we have spies
in our camp there is no doubt; we have them
here fur showed as we are R0u from the seat
of W ar and you have regiment OF them In
your Iudat
An lrish company will be formed tonight,
10 be commanded by James Conner, Esq, late
United States District Attorney, and IL pres
ent District Attorney OF the =, >. a.
We are all as quiet here Is May morning,
and this, the first day OF May, is essentially
QLiut and delightful.
AUG Virginia Is 10 be, so Greeley says, the
domain OF the yandals of Lincoln breed
Think Of that, you young Nirginians-that
your lands and homes, and the graves OF your
fathers ana mothers, and everything that you
hold dear IN Mis- life, IL 10 become The homes
and the possessions of the J ohm Browns and
the keipaths and the Greeleys, and the whole
abolition horde of vandsls of IanReedom .--
Don't be deceived by this language of the
great thief at the head OF the Tribune. He
means what he says, and they will fulfill the
prophecy unless you Virginians drive them
bsck II the South had only entertained for
the last ten years the same feelings OF deep
fri.uds OF the North that / have always en-
1srtained, we would now not be in our pres
ent condition. Bat ii is useless to "cry over
split milh.'
One good efeot this war VIII have, and that
IS. 10 drive Southeruers home. Let them be
persecu tied. hope they may be, Until they
are com PEELED TO come. On the contrary, lie
MS cultivate good feeling towards all respect
able Northern men settled South. DO no
make their stay uncomfortable. know many
Of such who are as trne and as loyal 10 I'M
South as l am. Treat them kindly and gene
rously and under circurns tanceS SHOW
them any indignity, until you see that the,
are traitoTous. OF all things, 1t is the mos
cowarily ard mean, for n thousand men Ia
mob 70 ssrrxnnd one man ard show lin In
dignities. Never lei Virginia he cursed will
S5bs. ViaelsIus.