The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-03
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We have on hss 4, great number Ct letters,
the insertion OF v sch. In full, would exclude
all other matter from our columns. We
therefore make some extracts, which will
prove interesting to the reader.
The following, from a correspondent In
| Northampton county, Eastern Shore Of vir-
| silia. furnishes noble example for Lad es
| throughout The South
| SOCKS FoR rHR Army.
| An appeal has been made through one OF
the Richmond papers for an united effort on
he part Of southern ladies to furnish hosiery
for our army The good work commenced In
| this county two months ago. mother In
| israel over whose head seventy winters
nave she'd their frost, and whose heart throbs
| tirst suggested the idea, called for the co.ope
| alton OF the gentlemen, and offered to give
| aer personal attention 10 the cause. Imne-
diately subscription paper was circulated
| %a.en met with liberal response in contri-
,uticns OF corn, wheat, bsc on wool, anu cash.
The wool Was distributed among the poor wo-
| men OF the county, many Of them suffering
or want CT employment. who gladly spun 1t,
| receiving payment in orders for grain or ba-
| con On the clderent con- ributors. With the
| money cotton yarn was bought, to be twisted
| With The wool, and then distributed among
| me ladies', Whose busy me- dies are actively
| employed in preparing good, comfortable
,ocKs tor soldiers. One family in East
| Vile has already finished sixty pairs, ana the
whole will be sent This Iall to The command
| or in Richmond or Norfolk for Distribution.
Bear in mind that this article il OF indis-
| pensable necessity, and one which 1t Will be
| Utmost impossible 10 procure When he win
| ter is upon Us, rs we are cut off from the
| North, fTcm whence our supplies were re-
| eived and we have as yet 70 factories in the
| south. There is yet time for Gil our wants,
| il the ladies generally will lake the matter
| IL hand. EAsTvILLE.
SUGGESTIONS TO NURSES.
A paragraph in Mondays paper, giving
prescription for the prevention or expulsion
OF maggots, was rendered totally vaiueless by
8 typographical error. The remedy proposed
was tar ,oGter, instead of which it was printed
he water. A Mobile correspondent sends US
still another:
/ am informed that in your paper of the 10th
inst. IL was stated that the Inaggo. was very
troublesome in the wounds OF the soldiers,
and that some had presented caiomel, and
some elder juice, 10 drive them OUT. l have
srled both on animals, and also tried honey,
aud the latter far surpassed either OF them.-
q fly wcn'- come neor honey, and it is Of a
sen ching character, and Will find It's way to
every part OF the wound, W lille H. is alao Of
healing nature. Cajcmcl oaly fines It's way
where II Is pu.; the elder juice Las 10 healing
quality.
give you this information for The benefit
A lady correspondent sends recipe for
making rice Cruel, a very nourishicg decoc-
ton for the sick:
Take four tablespoonful of rice -four, dis
solved as you would arroW-roCt, and pour it
IN one quart of boiling water; let it boil
twenty minutes; add oHe pint OF sweet milk;
sTeeteN 20 suit taste. II. A. Is.
TIE LADIES OF RCCKBgIDGa.
ga Soldier requests us to publish a tri-
buts TO the ladies of Roct bricgs, g. county
which has furnished her full quota of yolun.
teers for the war:
In Lexington alone there are three separate
organizations OF ladies, ali Of which hays
made large donations i'll clothing and hospital
supplies. One OF these, known as the - e-
cession Aid Society," have been very success.
fui III obtaining contributions, and The first
box sent of contained 125 garments, besides
bed clothing and large supply of hAndker-
Their officers are, Miss NJ. E. Compton.
President; Miss Lon. G. Brokenbrough, Sec.
retary; Miss Lsiia Pendleton, Treasurer.
Other organizations Of a similar Character
exist IN different portions of the county. and
there will be no tagging in the energies of onr
ladies' 20 do their utmost for alternating tho
sufferings Of their brave defenders.
"UNIoE" mgE-AFFAIgs IN ROANOKE.
a letter from Salem, Roanoke county, Va,
furnishes some interesting information, which
we sUbjoiI:
We have here in our county iii number
ofUnion men u of Garlic & Go e kingdom -
some of them are gen teel looking fellows the
rest are rather sparce il thu regular hab;U-
menrs OF SoutheTIers-at least. not such as
would satiate the desire of connoisseur The
Gisstfected portion of Tennessee, not so be-
euiled eteTrally eS those within the borders
II the Oh Dominion, begin TO see the error of
their ways and act accordingly. l received q
letter from very boisterous Union place in
East Tennessee several days Stree, with
states that there is I'D unprecedented refux of
public opieiCn there, and thinks that the dis.
affection will soon he ferretted ous undar the
strict military surveillance of Gea Zellcof-
fer. The action iu regard TO mir. Nelson is
having good effect Their eyes ara beginning
20 open, and they now begin to see that we
have o Government worthy OF d place on the
enduring tablets OF history, and Government
which, while it is able 10 IN air tain its nprema
cy, dos not exercise a yirulen Gi srostion 70.
wards those OF ITS enemies who may chance
to fall III 20 its power, but the utmost Ieniency
consistent with its welfare. The gentle
man who wrote the ,etter has been a Union
man. He further states that gentleman
from his peiPh ooJ hood WAS attacked in the
night by six Union men, two Of vhofn be shot
the rest beSgei II Oh the plea that thsy were
Intoxicated.
This county (Roanoke) has nearly furnish.
ed hsr quota. she has now anothe, company
in process of forming, which when lied out
viii make us square. DIR. ] ohm Dsyerley has
been elected captain of it.
There has BEEN great deal of rain in this
part or the "moral vineyard" recently. In
ths western portion OF this county and Mont
gomery thsre was the Rrea test rain known for
years Portions of corn completely
deiuged, covered with in I'd washed away.
Several bridges on the maC9 DE- IT Zed rOad were
swept away. A number Of farm -houses were
borne On bT the watery element.
Corn looks fins in this county. From tn
present aspect Of the crop. We will have an
maturity fhht it will O,a ke fine corn wi TN any
s2rt of a season now. at any rate, we will
make so n. uch THAT we will not be dependent
upon the Hoosisrs OF the Far West, snd can
laugh at Old Abes efficient blockade,
MIR. J. n. Harlow is maGufs securing at this
place very nice envelopes OK all sizes.
GuLIELMrs.
NORTH CAROLINA wAIESIEG PLACE.
The war has in great measure deprived
our people Of their usual summer gaieties,
and ''Springs Core spondence" is thing al
most unheard Ct. BY way of varying mat
ters somewhat, we append an extract of q
letter from ''S,'' dated Kittrell's Springs,
N O., August %:
Eskittrel,'s is s. beautiful srot, and, owing to
It's healing, med icinai waters will become
one Oh the first watering PLACES in the Sonth.
II has been patronized this season with O.
lieeTaiity known to no other health giving
location. Much is to be attributed to the
courtesy or its proprte tors, much to its
waters, and much TO The tact th9t 1t is secure
from invasion,
Ths ravages of war have diminished both
the number OF its visitors and the gaiety of
the saason; yet night after night soft and gen.
tie spirits, mng,ing III The CAV and brilliant
throug, give themselves mp to revelry and
song; and l could bat see, as they wh irted in
TIE maZes OF the dizzy dance, that proud and
manly hearts were tonched, ard golden ar
rows shot from the bows of Cupid lust as
they Were wont to do in times Of piping
peace.