The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-05-20
THE NEW YORK SUN.
MONDAY MORNING, MAY 20. 1861.
The Gosditieu Of virGinia.

xten'ive tour through tho state Of Virginia,
from which he was oil, gsd TO fee for his life,
gives the iollo s,ng account Of the personaei Of
the Virginia troops the military orsaniEs.
tions, ard also criaelzss the free aud slave Gle.
mssts Of the aats. lie s.ys;
The military power Of the state 10 greatly
underIated by the North. md IS not yes p op-
aly Appreciated by the War Depatt TN mt ut
Washington. A week ago the wtit.s failed 70
,, convince MIR CAMERON that Virginia, wi h
b.r ioreign forces, would raise an srmy u so
WH men, ready and anxious to att-Ck Wash
,ng,on city; Jut the truth is, that 80 o 70 ,neo,
oresn zed nto comp iniss and regineuts, have
| already responded ~ the calf Of the p,v-runr.
SO II any OF these men un..iTJ med, aimed and
equipped, rushed TO X chino d, that the Cow
ernor wa. Obliged TO issus a proclana ation or.
dcr,nR the soldiers To remain ut home, ready to
oo-y orders at nom. nts notice. Including
tn. piivate arms Of the citizens, ant thors
stolen atd distributed bs FLOYD, (msny Of
~hi,h have ten sent 30 ViTgiala from o r
south'fh ssaer, there are enough to arm 5O,-
NO hcn. or hea.y ordnsn . ,hey arc qii,s
tetc e't, hni 'hO 3. Z d at Norfolk they arc
dis rihu.n over tre tuut ern states. NJ ,rn Jais
is slre-oy -uHpi ed ~dh them.
NH bfy utEaLiHiiluus have rever bosn 50
con. mon la Viz. ina as at the Nurtb, hence a
vaSt proportion # her sUl tiers KIN n ,talng of
AL I. mol aa.na
to r,d ia III. ma of N ,g.n,rt,ern m.n r,
ubvia . Ms A tfn',y IN. c.d.,s no;, =. .,,o,
ed 90 n. st,.., N. mill arc ,c.mS a, -
n 'n' are at hChmosd, dnllns the ra re-
.ru Is. The wlule stse ex,ept few western
crtti.s, is IN Juror Of excitement. Al no,t
cyry man aud how b.I,, "a IN am. mill, 49,, or'
,,rizt,o,. and Tho wom,, .,n ,IJv ,..;,n.
,re "a In m ,k,,sy clio, n.. Cir r.. .,'Ji
The chayI,tsr of ,bs Yirg,n,a trn N. !.
worthy of c,,mm.ut. nave se.n ,bnu and. n
them in c.mp, IN narraek, in rail cara and on
he marc, ana | have psv.r an ,nvth,nx
like d,srser or rowd,i.m sma,s .hsw. htanS nc
on, Kin, G. c,rousin, but ON. snr,, mar ,.d.s
ih- whole { tr,ai. and that an ardent, burn.
ing desire To ue, ,nJ eonuuer the n, ,tb
A few hundred Keuiuckisns com manJ.d bv
Colonel DUNCAN. of Lou,syiIis v,r. amt ts
Harper,s Ferry. Thew cana vi,bout ann. and
Of T, p.ers,e Tbsv belisv, tbsir CoinnsI ~ n.
a coward. and at Lynchb,rgh one Of tn.;r ar.
peants. in a .peech made 10 1h. man on m. ~.
OF their d.p.rture. denounced IN. C,Jnnsi r.
WAS prs,ent and m.de no rsnl, Tne AI.b.m.
,roops now At Uarp-r's P-rrv CANA ve , .rnsJ
and eoujnred. ,hey ar. tborouoniy, driIi.5 .nJ
m , loisilike in tb.ir aon..rsncs "a anv ~.
York regiment. The soprb Csrslins tpo,ns a,
Richmond are physically inf,ror to the other
south.rn scldier.
A ysry PREVALENT id,a 4, tbs. on. .or,h.r,
SOLDIER Is equal TO Ave Yankees. and sootber
that their an, mss will ayht ~ LONG a thsv ,,s.
use Nine ria, a bnt thst ,bav iii ns, u..t
the IN n hu,d.,o band combat and that a
charge will put them TO fliuht.
Trooos ara hang concentrated AZ v.riov.
points vbsnce RAILROADS divery. 20 that IN
Few hours 25 O, 0 or 40 600 trooos can ba AZ .nv
given place
De,p,ts tho eff,rts Of soutbcrn m,st.rs Iayus
rumbe,s Of slaves have loarpeA IN Y.ad
Durisr the last Pr.sjdsu,isl csmpsisn. the
most Ibt.re,ted and eager listensrs Al po,i i
cal v,s.t,,ps vera ,b.ss nsonIs, tb.v w.
municstsd u each other WAT th,y ne ard
and thsv ali updsrst ,od that the nm sstien OF
slavery was iuyolv,d In the contest. Soon
after the Inauguration Of Mr. LtScoIy savao-
teen slaves living on A plantation nsar p, ara
burgb, Va. repsired 10 their mater earIv
O. morning, and The rpoke,msn Of the o ,rty
D,oy % .nr nm u,st tnsy hsa servei h,I
had merely c,iJei 70 tslI him that tb.v vsrs
goinr away, and on they went. The master
h,d no poser to stop them, but lie rsaehsd
~. ,a.,u .roo.,sd mem snI, ~ne's n1 ug n tn,
A''''u' 'o'u' ""a iof'n"i'n sent
10 lne iaf Soutn.
Ihey have their revolutionary and patriotic
songs, which they sing In prrv4ts. Thsy hold
ssc'et religious NEE logs tn, bu den o. ,h-ir
nray.rs A. iny m AZ ha ard ,,,Il ,.I , en-, S,rtn
- 80, - a., g ~; -. :, ;',
,.,. d.nsm,,n ay ,..,;n Gun III 'paou a
"'Hy' "ew ~S uaN'haS iu 'ne 'ntsrpr o'
NHE'nlA Nikht ovsftoo< me III the nelg lOor-
hood of farm b use, where | |as sntsrtain -d
until mex day. That ght | chsu ;ed 10 hear
III. evening d-vstiops OF thu slaves in ols II
'to,r hutS | vas an uuobssrved spyctator.
b..rI ,h m nr.y q, ,h. .,,,.s. n, , =. " ,.,h
,, ,,,.II - -, e ii. -.
W. w. S,u "omtn wy. w saeh .o,, .ua'
ne NO tn'Ih @rmies Wero coming 70 1t tasm
nee Oh gon massa jesus, said ans, lot
hs time TO SHIRT" To ihsr musrs, h
,Iavor p etId entire ignorsncs OF this whole
/ mo-, .meut, but to white men In whom they