The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-06-26
Rittmunn pispatrb.
LETTER FROM OATS"
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"Csxr PAar,; near Williamsburg,
June %, 1861.
The weather Is stin warm, the roads dusty.
and the tents Of our gallant soldiers are siill
uhtieBtng the fields.
I'm Friday your correspondent visited York
town, ami spent several hours exchanging
slp~Sant greetings among friends of lang
syue - A soldiers welcome, and perhaps.
more than a soldiers fare, greeted his arrival,
and IL was more than an ordinary pleasure,
with which many "reminiscences OF the past
we're blended with the high hopes and predic.
lions cf The failure.
Accredi ted by high official authority to the
gallant cormandant lost no lime in report
,nE m self at " Ile3dq uaTters,'' aud need not
sAy hat / found in Col ohm Magruder
ali thaj nv fancy had painted of the Virginia
,ruti.ra8n, the frank and manly representa-
i've o.: the Chtvairy OF toe dear Old Dominion
There. too, I met with Major John b. Carey
= old aud valued friend, who has done more
BE- ~ instructor O. the youth of our State. AS
,h- Principal OF Hampton Academy" than
4.v her gentleman IN Eastern Virginia -
Xa'Br Carey has not labored in vain in any
arp,r fm"Ut of that popular and once flour
tsa.rg insti'ut iou--HourishinC until the call
10 arms" hurried himself. his corps of pro
tsssors, and large body of students, 10 81 the
tautri field and his manly heart must throb
v.;h pride and Satisfac lion. rs he finds among
the hosts now gathered at Yorktown so many
If those who look back with pleasure TO the
" Hampton Academy" as their Alma Mater
Q.
intending against Il common and detested
foe,
Il would swell the measure Of an ordinary
letter hey ond ia limits to tell OF all whom
slw-of the fierce Zouaves, reminding one OF
Byrons Wild Suliotes ''-ot the various
,a,alry forces-of the gallant U0witZers, each
man gantlem3 an by lnS tinct and association
II the forces under many gallant and brave
comm iHG--Ci those whose names and deeds
the muse OF history VIII consecrat 10 and EN- e.
haln-those who's" bloErapher Will give fire
20 the winged sentences OF the pen and new
glory 20 the flash of the sword. Suffice it.
Virginia, and tIe whole South, will have nc
cause 20 mourn, whatever may be the result
OF the struggle; and that result il already
written in the glorious burdens OF her politi-
cal FTophets-that cause which has called K
the field OF arms so many and so much of hcI
jrweIied treasures.
partook Of 4 soldiers dinner with Lieut
- 4. Cary, OF the Elizabeth City Cavalry
and smoked a pipe with that warm. hearted
prince OF gentlemen, Robert Shield, the Sher
III of the county OF York, babe the gailan
ana brave Colonel magrudcr adteu, and
through dust aud sunshine, returned to thu
ancient city OF WilliaIus burg, partake o
the hos sltalities Of one OF her most modes
aud most gifted sons DIR. John NJ. Gait.
Hampton, now Oyerrun by the mongrel mer
cenaries OF Lincoln, under the control an(
a rrCti0n OF that cross eyed scOnndreI, But
Ter Is largely represented in this toy by
families from that once pleasant and thriving
place You meet them on the thoroughfarp
and in the churches in Williams burg, and tht
,iuz.ns have thrown open their houses ant
rendered their Inequalities to them with tina
warm welcome " hiCh NlTgiuiAns know how
to give and how to receive
An incident occurred ore day last week o
the most touching kind. The remains Of Mai
Winthrop of the Federal forces who wa
slam in the memorable battle Of Bethel, hat
been committed to the earth. His brother
under flag Of truce, came after the body from
New York. II was dieinterred by order @
MapTudpr and
escort OF the Charles CITY Cavalry, Captain
DOu hat, and n detachment of The HoWitzers
In silence this guard OF honor moved Oh ward
bii they reached their destination, and me
the heart broken brother who had brought o.
metallic coffin TO receive the InOulderin
form Of him who should have fallen in a bett
cause When hs SAW how Southern men couI
teel and act, and must have contrasted thei
high-tOned courtesy with the brutal and fiend
ish conduct Of such men as Butler, 1t is san
by those VINO were present that he bowed hi
he2d overcome with emotion, and said il
choking tones to Capt Douthat, Il did no
Expect this" VIII this simple incident flint
H. way into Il Northern paper donbt it,
To-day we had our first religious service il
Camp Page" The Chaplain, the Rev. Jno
G. McCabe, ID. d, preached to a large mum
her OF the soldiers, (the officers also present
beneath n large sycamore tree. They wer
both respectful and attentive, and showed b.
their Difference TO the orders Of Lit. Col. Ew
ell that the duty Of attending Divine worsh
was no task, hut pleasure. DR.. McCab
viii alternate between this place and York
town.
Last night one of the Georgia Regiment
came mp from y DIRK and this morning thei
village Of tents Is rising in our midst. In tn
event OF battle, you may expect TO hea
that we have met the enemy and they ar
ours"
may, in conclusion, take occasion to 50
rhat the ladies of this place are making mai
Tresses ard pillows for the of the sick il
lhe hospital at Yorktown, and il any OF you
good citizens were TO send down occasi0nall
i faW mice things" for the inyalids, il Woul
doubtless be source of comfort TO them
know that they were not forgotten One
HE prisoners taken at the 'thattle of Bethel
was buried At York on yesterday, having die
OF his wounds. OATs