The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-31

bag ip hand, for the Gereral's onarter- -
From The fact Of being frequently misdrec :
ID, got into wood nld almost lost ny
way. The trees here and there had been cut
down, and found the obs truction cousdera-
| BILE These impediments having been de
| ,iGned 10 annoy the invading enemy, should
hs approach near enough to Manassas JUG
| tion, tn ought it hard that one of Her Ri
fannie Majesty's uhj.cts-very far indeed
| fiom bsing a fos-shou,d experience the in
oosvsnisne desg ed for o. he OF less frie1d
| ly Infections. However, l sgmned up cour-
| aGs xsa 70 sght my way manfdiiy through the
| thieGst reesiviEg only IA few scr fcaes during
the eneosnter Heaven bA praised :" ex-
| claimed, whsn l got clear OF the wood and
wagon passing along; so, having made the
drivar draw up, l scrambled my way in
and logged along upon my kuees. Ia
| . short time, l was brought in front of
| General Bsaursgards hsadQ uarters, and felt
| relieved, for knew L should meet with the
| nesdful hospitality there Having passed the
| ssntry-who at first was somewhat ubious f
admitting me, but whose ualms OF soideriy
conscience quickly subsdet--I d ily an
nounced myself, and was received win the
| same urbanity, and indeed cordiality, that
| had hitherto experienced ON from the
| General and his staff officers After con.
| gra lating General B-auregard upon the
| remarkabl, victory he had ,co,eved on sun
day, aud interchaDging a few remarks | W IS
| politely ushsrsd in to supper, ana YER /,
! believe that never before III my lite did enjoy
| 4 meal with such CUsto.
During and after supper we had much de
| suitory conversation. the General looked
admirably well and in unusually high spirit,
although one would suppose that the fiugue
he under went ON Sunday W uld have utterly
prostrated him. Now, don't you expec, that
shall tell You oil have seen ahd heard dur
ing nay s&eOnc srJ0urn at NJ aassas. II Won
| DO, you will be woiuliy disappoin ed. Hence,
DEAN II sxpsdiSnt at the outset, to put ycu
| On your guard against suffering curiosity 10
sspHlaat your better feeiings Not that
sn"uld scruPie telling you anything or every
| tkiug, tor car depend u pen your retic-nce and
FrIdsnc6. But as you Will be SURE 20 pD biiSn
| my letter, l must only say the ght Ting at
ne rignt time, and place a sentinel a. my iin-
gsrs ends To cry "'HalLi" sh Ju Id i'm pe uuns
| imagination eauss me To venture inside rhe
pre- acr ibsd line which discrs i'm draw. ar und
the saerednsss Of such private intercourse.
! vi eeurss. ths battle and victory OF che pre-
vioHs Sunday was the leading topic OF inIPr-
est and conversation. In THIS respecgit yg7s
f,ught ever again, with doubtless renew Il
aslight. With what pieasuraDle, If uot *
&suc, feeling did Wellington aad Washing
ton, and even Napoleon in his bleak exile
recall their hard won vic tories and the sir
ring incidents connected With them So will
it be one day with Beanregard-for this nas
been pre-eminentiy hIs battle, and its success
| is mainly owing TO his instrumen ntality.
make this remark without any lnvidious OBJ
jeet, or In the least wishing to take away ore
| laurel from the brow of Gen Johnston, now
the COMMANDER -Chief OF the Army OF tra
Potomac. l simply wish 10 uphold tue apoph-
thegm, "Honor to whom honor IL due "
During rat ther discuIslc conyers ,Jion en- !.
livened ny occasional II tshes Of VII and hu-
NOR. the Captured mali bag of he Y 5 Army
came upon the tdpts. 80, after h. iring ;, III .
epstles read ana peTGsIrg o. few OF them
adjourned from the sup er JoJn 10 my rrienu
Coi Chisoim's tent, (W here | Wi To De quar-
tsred,) III company with another Of thu St; II
to he entertained by similar effusions, ii
"ths CLOCK toid the nour Tor retlring''-tD bed
Soas OF those letters are not ouiy rich nut
\ Isatr hi
uts at Washington would rather not II ave
eesn known, wniie others again txhiCi the
low moral statue OF the Northern sUltiers
and the little patriotism That, III numerous
ins .ances, susfains their valor. l do not de-
Airs 20 make pubic property OF priva ce ut ca
ment -, even in case where an enemy IS con-
Csrncd bat on this coca siou l shall w p all
seruple aud Gull few precious extracts from
| snch Of the most readable OF those c .ptur-u
or raIhar abandoned, ,efuslous that have f4il-n
nnasr nay noiice. Although strictly a IL u .
trai, thus faG shall "roye 4 masc0nteat
The dsst letter 70 which shaI draw your
attsnt,ss is datsd FROM the n tti0nai Hotet
Washing tan, Jaiy ls, and is u idres s { - one
Carrie, GEAR" IL gives rather graphic &c
eoxate ef II soldiers harri experience even in
kee North, ard Of the 8a1ttr.eI out OF Whic b
cen. sosSi. 1Ae writer remarks ''IOE cannot
90 1csrs what 4 lone viii terness It is mere
with san. s.s' Bat rough savage ua men for CON
depot about midnight, aad q thousand v,elrv
| Risa dropped do wa upon the floor, ii te. ri +
paving II with living, sleeping torms. Soon
night be seen an cHcer, dis stinguished by d
greaa saAh, showing him to be q surgeon
walking up and down trying to fad bare
place about six tset oy two but In vain.
s'ePt on d eimSet in a guarr- house, which
w.s, however, b.t,er than Il bed in the gL..er
or GA the sidewalk. No breakfast, dtaner,
and hard bsei ana bread for supper !"
Oas lady, who sig ,ls herself y .ne," writes
to her "Oousin Charley" from MoGristo Rn-
After describing some volunteer regimen I
that had left that town for The seat Of war,
she rather omiuOusly remarks alt was Il
solemn sight to see fathers carry ing their sons
to the h-id of battle, 10 suffer tuFy Know not
how nuch-to 5e bur led they k1aoic not tchere!'
In Lhe same letter l Guu :, SIN pie uuC sonia
what ride nlous request, VIZ: II would ike
year miniature after you get your uuitorm >
A wife writes thus to her hu> band, from
"Dsar James / am very sorry to hear tn r. t
you Aavs ~ 60 to war, but trust In Col You
will come back safe l see the IA. wspl
pers every day, and see how many there IS
KILLED and wounded; ii makes ME ie-l So bad
that / almost think every day q week long
until your "tinse IS up!''
One letter from Berlin. Conn. da ted July
10, is particularly racv. 1t Is az dfessei by
q father to his son After a somewhat prosy
exordium respecting he hayiDg season, aud
the condition of grass, poJaIo+s and cora
crops generally, pAter Jamilias wa1es warm,
roman tic, and even patriotic ThQG be h an
dies tuS NDrLheTH IL rSUcES Lyons
and McCisllTn are Connecticut OJvs the
oaly ones who have done mo h Vs are
getting out Of patience 10Th Scott We iike
toe spirit Of Congress We want Laa rebeliou
crushed and the traitors hung. and the sooner,
the eettsr. Bag has Daeu plenty At tn
Souta; pisek Is In king. We wal at under-
stood that We ackloWiedge no infer crttg ~
tAt Sor1A: still hope you will mov. On .nd
ssysrE9 kIeAMobD before you return Bul
the ksps is Ja-n4tF' must give thi. old mau
so ma srsaIt Tor kindly feeling, Tor he only
wishes that ths Tories in the II ouse OF Con
sress were '.t W Wsathersteid, working tor a
hvlngr
A friend At Wilton waxes warm and even
wroth, perhaps having imbibed TOO much du-
ring 1.-THE glorious 4tn OF July" wulcn he
tells his friend had p issed over Tneh, as If
to "improvs the occasion, after the manner
Of some divinss,-hs dashes c II into Interroga
tory clog uence, to which hs himself replies
"What," he indignantly asks, 4" did We cele.
brats the Ash Il J uly for1 In comlnem -rati IN
Of ourJrsedom litalicized) from Brlti chaiu>?
ask are We = free pehpic to-day Ftc fron
il. Oar brethren are aneaoy il the Id,
waiting 10 meet that old devil S d let toost
from that h0t ~ hole II So at.erH slaverg!''
Then, in oI der To stimulate the patriotism of
his friend Dy the two fold considera lion OF
country and pecuniary interest, he bialantly
observes:
When you go out to battle, remem Der the
good old a Y you are fighting under, and ho.o
Mxch it cost, and do your duty 10 preserve 90
Finally, tho writer grows cool aud winds up
his letter by observing "Then you think you
will como home when your three months are
0uty How long before that expires | hope
yoa will live TO come home, and no doubt You
will. We are no " getting III II ty, ii
little different from a soldiers life. no wing
ID different from shooting is not that SO y
A poor, lonely wife, whom no feelings Of
patriotism e.n support or reconcile 10 her
newly bers9ved eendition, writes to her hus.
and IN q strain which beautifully combines
the s9asftsr in nsOdo, with ihe( ritter ia re
She observes ID" have good may chicK
s.,dy H. ts HrSf ia.