The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-31
AitImann Qispatfb.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 81, 1871.
ASFCOND FEwDAYS' SOJOURN WITH
THE ARMY OF THA POTOMAC.
(BY THR SPECIAL CoRRRsPosDBET OF TIE LoHpoy
MORNING HERALD
No. /.
NO. i.
Hr.nnrARrERs MLNAasAa JnlY 29th

| the morning of Wednesday; and a. early
| rising is one of the 'ills of life' which / car
| not well brook, had no small difficulty In ae
| complishing the feat. often wish that the
| world were more interested and generous, Aad
less disin terested and scrupulous, in melting
| out honors TO heroes for why should not the
| man who has gaired a victory over himself
| be as great as CBsar, and be honored ae.
cordinglyf l am, of course, glad TO find that
| Solomon was of my opinion. and think him .
| usTy 10 Sc man III consequence.
! NJ, ( How pass engers COL sisted of soldiers
| and civIiians he former going to join their
| respective regiments, having been either sic X
| or ON furlough ; the latter bent on errands OF
| mercy or duty, although l am iaciinsd TO
| thioks that several were actuated by no higher
| impulse than that of gratifying u'orhid Gu
| riosi+y. OGe man, who had been a sailor in
| he u > service, particularly am us9d me-
He had now been metamorphozsd in 10 soldier
| and appeared proud of the caange, for he
| oosei we'd, lyon can make a soldier ont of \
| sailor, bat shiver my timoers II you can make
| SAL r out of a soldier ~ He at one time ai-
! dressed his comrades in hoarse voice, m ga d t.
do,ibtiessiy, as innocently lronical OF tain
| gallant Gieurr Il who had lost his voice after a
| few hours campaigning at Manassax. La
| puIliatiou. l must observe that the offender
/ was "hal;s over" and svidsx:ly
| thought It no harm TO burlesque the man for
| whom he was going TO fight. The journey,
l
| well enough natii he traln reached Cor
! donsviige, whore l was detained nearly IA
| nour. Meanwhile numbers OF people has
| congTegated soout tie station III tent Gfos tke
! same journey some OF them had no paz ssS
at all, ano / Undertook 10 intsrceds w,tn
| (feuer;.l BeAuTeg,,rd III banalf of &
| clergyman aid his young daughter, (who
! intended administering spiritual consolation 20
/ the WouUGei mould tney meet with aay oiV-
! Cuity upon their ARRIVAL at Man1&sos. De
/ gotiOn certainly actuated me ia this ProHsr
. OF friendship but IL was more influenced
by feelings OF gaiantry than relig ion ,ai tno
| trust am not wanting III tho latter reXIsc {
on sui able times and occasions. Where is
the man who Will not put h'InSetf out OF Lhs
way when a lady Is in the Way That there
| are Uot many, ii any, such TO be found in the
south, l am COZ vlnced for within Its warm
regions The ancient spirit of chiyairy has
made her abode While awaiting the car
took view of some wounded men just brous h t
in, whom the enemy had lett On the field ID
heir hasty flight during the previous Sunday.
| Their wounds were in 4 fearful condi-
tlon, SO much SO Indeed that the miserable
objects We're almos. unappfoachable. They
we've stretched in cars upon blankets, tur-
nisned to them by those whose land they came
10 wade, and were only awaiting transit TO q
IL jg boring hospital. After having my pa
t,enee toler~ by Well tried, the train for Ma
uassas at ieng Lh arrived. general rush WAS
instantly made tor The cars, which happened,
however, to be already full Never "a elsSs,
crowds OF people mounted the steps, and aftsr
UIUcBIng p Tie IL HleTWeQidF passages Oh the
cars, took mp positions outside, sofns even
mounting 20 the roots, to the great Gabssr OF
their neeks and limbs. Here, elatsd by the
success OF Sundays victory, some voluutsers
who were not III the hght-conmsAcei III
ou!girg il Terpsichorean amusemsnts, n7tu
| positively thought they would Gems throega
he roof, 10 the m"nitest peril Of thsir less
lab liant companions. To avert such a Ca
.lnity, l knocked up powerfully with my
umbrella, q thing tor which L have a
np.. uIinr attaChment--and 3 wor3s Mig h !:
he formed; but 1t was OF no await
ON they danced. the fragile tImbers yielding
and creaking beneath their lusty tread, wsiea
was any hing but manitesta ,ion of 'ths lug t
fan tfstic toe' business. Worn out BY ths ex-
ertiun-tor pleasure ls always P1in--nsy
finally desisted 10 my Infinite composere shd
satisfaction Mean while 1 had breH uaaar-
going The horrors Cf su location; while II AZ
tordel me 40 relief to find that others were
sanitary SITUATED fceling nytling sat
comfortable, aud somewhat apprehensiye OF
continuing III SO CoEHaed a position, made s.
uast sterate eH TT 70 rssalu the FROM Ot lAs ear
Had L Tobu / body, DIRE not have attsnpt
ed s1ca 4 @jrug9!e; iadeet, as it was, my poor
corpus got nearly tqueeZcd to nothing -
| IN NIX Heaven = l .a.a, Oh mpiis aius
nv obilct. - now breathe freely 1T last -
EeIe, III t ont Of The car, vita scarcely room
TO stand erect, ana nothing to hold on by,
cOutiuux d for lly an hour, with grOa9 OF
some half dozen or more persons, VINO hao
sought The same refuge, Tor companions BY
ANA by al auditi0Dai car was attachsd to tns
u rain, which, however, but Sigh ly relieved the
Cyer-croWIlng. We logged on slowly-very
SLOW V, haii baked from the sua, who sent hls
piercing rays right through The fTail timber
work 10 he evident dis i=comforG OF its ero sd
ed occupants.
Occa sionaiiy the train would play the most
parlluaclous pranks and cut the most cAsa-
nslic cape!s " hile Jogging on the '.essa
tenor OF its way"-WhIch il seldom kept for
! anv cons iderable time-suddenly 1t would
take an unaccountabie retrograde movement,
| tnen bound iOr ward with jerk that lif I'd
me from my feet. Now, perhaps 1t would
halt Without any assignaDie reason, and the
next minute roll b 'ck wald with a very un-
| uphouious sound just for all the world as If
the railroad were Ii chess board, and that the
train was provoke giy bent upon playing =
gamei These violent aud repsated move
ments, hither and thi her, any where and no
w here, coupled with tho oppressive heat,
created exhaustion, which necessarily ex-
cited thirst. But the temperate but tenn
porary leiief Of water was not avaiix-
tor this purpose had been broken, all the
others had run dry, and seemed in Il la
mentable condition OF drought themselves
| In vain was the faucet turned, re-tsrnsd and
maTtF veIed In various WAYS Not one drop
OF 4uid would reward the toll of the NEST
| perse ring and delicate op rator At lsag IA,
! after much weary waiting, the traia arrived
at a staIlon, when cries OF "Water," 'WaJ~r -
Bring US some water, resoundsd from every
car. 4 nLtle negro girl, who had bSsn pres
ent, rushed 10 the Rescue, and havisg pro-
cured BUCKET of this cooling iq aid naAaei
it TO one of the passengers. who cont it roeaS d
till the contentS were exhausted, wheH 1t was
repIenished again and again. Ia This Ran
ner We're all the thirsty soals slpplisa -
The little negrogi OF whom speak h41 aoAs
1.-The STATE some service by hsr attention
10 our soldiers that day, and see no reason
why such a meritoriOu5 act should 70 unre-
corded. love to See "virtue," even in the
dark race-''in humble lite," more especially
when as in the present instance it iB 'its own
ton should manage things better. Finally,
after murh tumbling and grumbling, We ar
rived at Manassas, rather late in the after
noon scene OF confusion ensued mere easily
ina glned than described; in fact, il bafflss de-
scrIption. Soldiers were vainly inqui ing the
way 10 their regiments, which tney could
not nnd relatives weie as fIuitlessly seeking
the whereabouts OF their friends, while others
Isl ectat tors, SUPPOSE did not know whore
tC go or what 10 do / never beheld euch
looks OF utter dis 3omh ture as l witnessed oa
many coun tenances. The little hotel ut ths
Junction where one might perchance havs
got ulfls 10 eat, and perhaps bed on the
boards, was n W turned into hospital, and
its stout Iusty host gone, Heaven knows where!
Good fortune go with thee, my old JoviAl
friend. Mayhap one day might sea thee pro-
prietor OF the Cock in Fleet street l. so,
1 shall often step in to taste thy liquor dur
ing my nocturnal peregrinations IN taat
quarter But this en- passant. To rs'urn:
The young lady (snd usr '.pspao whom l
had taken under my protec lion, and to
whom l had prof red my frisadiy oacss,
was nowhere TO be found, looked about IN
vain, but IT appeared TO me as il the earth
had swallowed her up; so l had TO abandon
further pursuit of the interesting creature
rendered interesting solely. / assure you, on
account OF the pruiseworthy mission Gpon
which she Uas bent for VINO does no. lave
ana admire woman when shs becomes =
messenger cf mercyg
AS time was advancing, and tho sh adss Of
evening We're closing fast over the busy scsns,
it was urgent that / should make move
First OF all, started for Gen. Bsaurssxrd 8
headq uartersi but 10 my surpriss l was in.
formed that he had removed, with his staff to
ano otLer house, some TWO miles dst1LI-