The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-23

The Tazewell (ya.) Democrat, of the

the mail carrier, that party of Abolitionists
made their appearance In Gainesville, the
county seat. one day this week. and took pos
| session OF the village. fight ensued, and a
messenger was dispatched TO Russell for as
sstance. Before he left, one OF the rnglead-
ers among the invaders was killed. One hun
bred armed men went from Russell Wednes-
day.
The Alexandria Gazstte learns from Wash
ington that the fear that the bad quarters OF
the vast number of troops now concentrated
in the city would soon engender some conta-
gious disease, has been the cause OF the sire
nuous efforts towards making the sanitary
regulations lately established.
The President has been urged 10 possess the
principal towns in Eastern Virginia, but 1t is
not probable he will do so. At any rate not
until after the election.
The Post-Ofice Department does not in tend
to notice the proclamation of Pos tmaster Gen
eral Regain, OF the Southern Confsderacy, AN
nouncing his intent ton TO assume control of
Postal Affairs in the whole South. Mails for
the South will continue TO bs made mp
The principal hotels of the city all of W hch
nave the United States flag floating over
them, are crowded, mostly with Northerners.
profuYon.
AT the camp of the New York It'll Regiment
Is planted branch of a pine tree, to which,
by pieces of Irvine, Is attached two crows
which the New Workers call Virginia Ea-
giles.
The following letter, addressed by Mrs. A.
J. Donelson to Gen. Scott, appears in the
Memphis Bulletin, Of the 18th
MEMPHIS April 90, 1851
GENERAL Scorr-DeGr Sir l address you
not as stranger. l was introduced to you in
1884, at the White House, by President Jack
son, as al nv niece, Miss Martin of Tenues-
see" In 1885 I married Lewis Randolph, a
grandson of President jefferson. In 1887 no
died and in lSil married Major Andrew j
Donelson, whom you will remember. In 1852
l saw you frequently in Washington.
write to you, Gen. Scott, as the oaly man
In the country who can arrest the civil war
now begun. When it was announced that
" Gen, Scott hal resigned thrill of Joy
ran through the South. Cannon told the glad
tidings, and my heart said, Z" God bless him y"
Now ii is said lyon will never fight under
any other than the Star-SpangIed Banner"
We have loved that banner. We have loved
the Union. But the Union is gone and for
ever. and L wept as each star left the field Of
blue, and set IN night. Now we have another
Held OF blue, and soon our fifteen stars will
shine upon our right. The stripes are all that
Is left Of the banner you have borne victori-
Gus in many battles.
OF you | may ask it, but not the usurper
and his Abolition band, who now desecrate
the hOnored place once filled by Washing
ton, Jefferson, and Jackson--of General Scott
L ask it-stop this war. Say to the North
You shall not shed your brothers blood. The
sons OF tennessee and the Sou tn have buckled
on their armor, and are ready for the fight.
we Will fight this battle, every man, woma n
and child, to the last cent IN our poe kets and
the last drop OF blood in our veins The North
boasts of its strength. 1t this boast be well
founded. it Were cotuardice to destroy the
weak. But "the race is not always to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong ~ God
Will defend us when our husbands and sons
go forth to repel the invaders of our homes
our rights, and our soil. Then count the cost,
Hero OF Battles, and let after ages bless you.
ELIZABETH A. DoNELsos.
The Tazewell (Va) Democrat says:
Three companies of Tazewell volunteers
We're i'll camp last week, undergoing 4 regular
drill by their respective Captains. All are
making rapid preparations for service Capt.
1. '. Williams, our worthy young towns
man, expects to leave next week with MS
company for Lynchburg, their place OF rem
devious.
The New York Herald, of Tuesday, con =
tains an avalanche of trashy dispatches from
Washing ton, out of which we sift the follow
ing:
There is no truth in the statement about tn q
fight between the two steamers at the mouth
OF the Potomac. 1t was intended TO bs sell
into Virginia, 10 inci.e the people to action.
The blockade of Richmond is so perfect that
it is impossible for a steamer to leave that
port.
A regiment of Canadians have volunteered
TO fight for the Government, and have been
accepted. The President is highly pleased at
the proffer.
A citizen of Massachusetts, who lett here
suddenly when the city was in danger of be-
ing attacked, and who stated at Harrisburg
that he WAS bearer of dispatches to Governor
Andrew, OF Massachusetts, and at Bos ton
was announced bearer of dispatches for
Governor Curtin, OF Pennsylvania was bar
barously seized on Saturday, and had his
head shaved.
The Presden has been much urged BY lead
ing men TO order the occupancy of the princi-
pal towns in Eastern Virginia previous 10
the. vote of the State upon the Secession Ordi-
nance, but ii is improbable that troops will
advance upon Virginia soil previous to the
election. The Government has its settled
plans, upon which it viii act no matter what
the result of the cleo ton will be. Alexandra
may pos sibiy be occupied, and from STRATEGY
cal, but not from political reasons.
The Secretary of the Treasury has been
officially notified that attempts are being
made to evade the blockade of the Lower Mis-.
sissippi BY shipping contraband articles pei
boat from St Louis to points in kentucky
and thence overland 10 Tennessee and further
South. He is determined 10 put Il stop to this
illegal traffic. He is now advising as to the
best means OF doing this effectively, and will
issue stringent orders at the earliest possible
moment.
A dispatch from Chambersburg, Pa is OF
such a peculiarly interesting character thai
we lay it before our readers. The "small.pox'
report is weak n vention OF the enemy
Seven hundred Virginia troops have arrived
opposite Will!amsport, on the Potomac river
lieved here that they intend to makean irrup
ton into the southern borders of this State -
Affairs grow interesting here.
4 gentleman who passed theE1 on their way
from Martinsburg, says there were Indians Ii
the RANKS, believed to be Cherokees, from
| North Carolina.
Williansport is twenty eight miles from
| this place. The people OF the whole Cumber
| land Valley, particularly at this point ar,
very much excited, fearing an invasion by
| strong corps al ten thousand men. They dc
not fear permanent conquest, but forays ex
| hausting their resources There are tire,
| thousand troops at this point.
Maryland has no troops 10 resist an adyanc;
| of Nirginians.
| A Union man living in Maryland, who i
vouched for as entirely reliable, says he wa
| at Harpers Ferry on Friday night, and saw
| sixteen Indians in one uad, but did not SCI
more. He says small pox is known To exis
| among the troops st Harpers Ferry, but t.
| what extent it prevails is not known.
| From a charac teristic letter, dated For tres
| Monroe, May IA, published in the New Yorl
| Herald, we copy the following
| The planting of the six-pounder on TIL
| bridge yesterday was the signal tor an imme
| diate and precipitate evacuation of the vii
| lage Of Hampton by all the women and chill
| dren, and two old guns, all that could b
| raised In the neighborhood, were planted b,
| the Secessionists on bridge leading in to thei
| village, about a mile from our ad yanced pic X
| ct. There are three companies of infantr'
| ahu Chc VI III IL IL cutbut at
! There may be larger force, but it is not Ii ke
| ly. The Harriet Lane and Monticello viii
prevent the trans portaton of any guns o.
munitions OF war from Norfolk 10 Hampto,
| TO assist in an attack on the fort 1t is haril,
| known how many men there are encam De,
| about us, but we can see from the parapst
| the white tents of a Georgia regiment CLEAN
! ing in the green woods on the Virginia shore
| across Hampton Roads. The young Cumber
! land, under command of BOatswain Bell
| now Captain Belief the Cumberland, IRE
| quently runs near in shore and looks over tn
| camp, but has not been fired into a. vet nj
| though the visits seem TO be received by tn,
| Georgians with bad grace. A sharp look on
| Ia kan IN hair