The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-24

s vs. hsseneorheed Of OoekletoWp
saSSe9 three Yankees, and made three others
run Ike wild turkeys on Th1rsday last. The
game captured were one Major killed one
cAptain mcrtally wounded, aud . irs. Lien
tenant caught alive Qpi.s = little prize in
one mornings shooting AFFAIR
our correspondent has but little In the way
OF ne~s 10 communicate, ard hut for some
~ swest faces yen meet on the streets. and
the presence OF the military In their varied
costumes, seen at all times OF day in little
nhoO. or en- route through the town, VIII
,iamt burg would be about the dullest place
10Y = cit" to rns'ica's In imaginable. One
neys Ruins,"o that here once was a city
where vice royalty held court and gallant
Knights and "fayre ladies' figured in the ga
looms PaTieian entertainers, and wandered
10 the maxes OF the antiqus dance, to music
imported from "home" far, far away over
IN" blue sea II is pleasant to cherish Hin.
sions. and with eyo half dreamily clcsed. t.
watch the panoramic procession OF the pas,
move on, on, on ward, TIL 1t meIts in indistinct
distance-all-alI--the palace on the green.
the stately mansions Of ths sol Gisant mobiles
OF the oiden time-a few only Of which still,
stand ; the Queenly looking dam sells on their
palfreys; the Burgess full OF LOYALTY, and At
the same time as independent a. broad acres,
and coach and four, and hosts Of Ethiopian
rstains-s, can make any mantle buxom
wives, " fat, fair and forty.two :" the games
on the green /; the powdered queues the long,
broad -pocketed, embroidered vests and scarlet
coats with huge golden or silver buttons OF
sue ociaA VIII CCSAou nat And SWORD az side !.
the capitol, the college ,sthe renowned Raleigh
-the-but-thsi illusion vanishes, and the open
eye bsholds all that the past time has left Of
melaorial IN the little church. old and sacred !;
the ola magaz facetiously called "ths pow
der horn - the venerable and quaint looking
court mouse Lord Bots tourt's statue in the
college yard and, with tho exception Of
medic val residences, Il call them 10 because
they are connecting links between the past
and the present, and, if l nsy 10 allowed .
pun, are m iddls art d and, few ancient but
still neat and handsome houses, aud You are
led TO moralizs upon the rnutability Of earthly
grandeur, and to attsr with 4 sigh, a. Fs II
Hum I"
1t is said Of one Of her distinguished sons,
whose love for his native State was that OF
a fond child's for his mother, that he con.it-
cred Virginia tho W hole world and Williams.
burg its capital, and this pleasant fancy seems
| to have taken possession of many Of her citi.
zens. And Indeed the town is beautifully
laid ofr-the main street, If properly built up
has not its equal in any town in Virginia ;
but 1t Is disnguI ed with very many small, I'M
slightly frame buildings, and this blemish is
hardly atoned for by some neat and pretty
residences, and one, at least. large and elegant
mansion, recently built. A few Of the ancient
and evered names, coeval with the place, are
| still found here. and these are reprssen ted by
| worth, intelligence, hospitality and refns-
| u,ent; bat it cannot be denied that the new
| element out numbers the old, and when these
| name bearers OF the old chivairy nave gone
| from this sphere of being, the club Of Hercules
| must rcEualu promo WQeIe IL mas fallen. VI
| course they will be aped and imitated-they
| ors-but counterfeit coin can never have the
ring OF the true metal. The small shopkeepere
! ale reaping harvest out of the present state
OF things, and would make good cavalry, rs
! they are first rate at a charge. The rnarchnn is
proper are con tracting their business and As
| they do not replonish their stock, and as
| soldiers and others ars obliged to have articles
OF necessity, the demand raises the price OF
| the commonest article nifty per cent, and Of
| ten moro, beyond the usual price, and the
| small vendors "make," as Patrick Henry
| said, " the most Of it "
You have read Raymonds testimony 70 the
vandalc conduct of tbs Hessians st Hamp-
| ton. II there is 8 rish icons God in Heaven
| if Justice and judgment ale the habi:ation
OF His throne"--if hell be not q fiction and a
| farce, what will be the punishment Of these
| fends in the hour of death and in the day of
judgment, who have desscrated that ancient
church in Hampton, and violating the solem n
and sacred repose Of the dead have hauled
the tombs tones from the foundations where
the hands Of broken hearted relatives had
placed them over dust, which to guard they
would have died and have barricaded the
church gateway with their fragments! It is
useless for any Of his apologists in the North
ern papers to say that Butler does not coun-
tenance this Outrage.
Il tell MIN, though clergyman, he lies 4"
Butlers is no man, but a dog ! and a dog q
death should be his doom. 1t ia = little sir
| zular, however, that the new made grave in
| that churchyard referred to by one Of the
correspondents Oh tue Ne" 1CTK DADeT1-
where he saw stakes fixed, and q cross piece
above the mound, and the demCraliZed de-
mons boiling their cauldron-is to my own
knowledge the grave OF the Child Of Yam
kes, who having made money out of our peo-
pie, fled to his cold, unfeelinx, creedless and
goddess North, AZ soon as he found an indig
nant people were preparing TO meet the vile
invaders OF our soil The emp is thus pre-
have guarded the grave of that innocent
child, ard Southern maidens would have
| flung wild flowers there but his own bre.h-
| rem hold heilish orgies above the dust of his
dead Offspring One is almost startled in to
| tho wild cry, "is this the 10Th century, and is
| this the great nation to whose example the
world was invited :"
see also an extract from a New York pa
per, that these mi.creants entered the house
Of lady in Hampton, and breaking omen
boxes she hid packed away little memorials
in, threw the contents In the street; also,
pitching into the yard portraits of the fami-
ly. The writer states that the lady was a
relative Of the late Commodore Barron. If
this be 40, it may be some qualification to
Commodore Pendergrast to know that his
Jriends and admirers, the Lincoln soldiers,
offered these in6sDities to the house Of his
wife's sister, and that the portrait of Mrs.
Pendergrast shared in the fate Of the rest.
"Ques Deus Pult rsr3ere pyius dsmeafa.."
Let the Lincoln dynasty exult, let such
men rs Winfield Scott, Seward, Chase. Mont
| gomery. Blair, ct id on,ne genus, hold Jubilee
| their day is short, their doom has t.neth, their
destruction Is swift, their damnation is sure
/ have no more doubt that God land write Ii
rsveIsntly,) has given the Federal Govern D.
| nent in all its depar tments over to judicial
| blindness and madness, than have that the
| hsnd writing on tho wall Of the Chaldean
| monarch told OF bis departed kingdom and hi.
| crowniess brow. Ard the meu of the North
| ern pulpit, from Bishop Whittinxham to
| Ward Bescher, from Oily Pyne to Unctuous
Chapin, from the ffendish Tying to Gardner
| Spring, from the windy Bellows to the wordy
Chsever-will, like the priests of Baal, have
which must take place and bear to eternal
fame the scorn and kissing which shall wrap
| like 4 whirlwind their memory.
| am hopeful-it NAV be. over hopeful Of the
| issue OF this present strife; think not, be
lieve not. The South will never yield Su.
perior numbers may, by the barest possible
| ty, overrun her soil that do not belle We -
| Our best blood may be shed in her defence
that believe. But subjusation?
Ono, ns'e or shall the South such destiny meet
| 60 black with dishonor. so foul with defeat;
| Though her perishing ranks should be strewI
| like Ocean weeds hsaped en- the urf-beatsr
| THE sourH-"au undaunted by threats or By
white the kidding Of life in her bosom re-
| Shall victor exult, or In death be laid low,
With her back to the ground and her feet to thu
| And leaving in hattie NO blot on her name,
| Look proudly to heaven from the death bed o.
| fnAe." OARS.
| Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
| Military Enthsstastn In Charlotte County.
KKrsyILLs. CHAaLorTs Co.. VA,
| The War fever has BY no means abated here