The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-05-25
THE WEEKLY SUM
SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1891.
The Ccnditisn Of viratpla.

81.
xtan.;v. ,o,, ,h,,-., a.. "s ",
'oui '"i"o6a tse @a's on Virginia
nom wnich ne Wss obliged to ass tor his hes
gives the folio wing sccount of the c.r,,,r.y a,
| the yirg;,;. ,r..n., ,h. -u;..-
H.. g, = Us>n"s
s'o'is' Anu also enucihes tne fres aud slave ole.
meats Of the state. He says:
The military povsr of the ststs "a ,-r..,ix
| underrated by the North. and n mot vsi n q.
e~ly appreciated by ths War Dons,tm.rr =,
washinston, A vcek ssro ths Vie, S.;,.a ~ ~
convince Mr.. CAnKRoy that y,rvin;s liz
her foreign forces. would rails. an aISy ., ho :
900 men, ready and anxious 10 sttsc{ WI
ingtou city; but the truth is, thai so o No mar
Organized into conn ,nies and reyiman,s h.va
already responded 10 the call Of Tho GnY.,nn,
So many Of these men, uniformed armed and
equipped, rushed TO Richmotd. that Nh. c..
ernor wa, obliged to issue a trol.ns,iop o,-
dering the soldiers to rerAin at homc rr.sv 20
obey orders AT a momsrt's no,ioa 1rciaa;,'s
the private arms of the citiseo, and tbs
which have been sent 10 yir'-inl, fra. n oyb -
southern state. J there are enonrn 10 arm 5o !.
900 men. OF Heavy orlp.n,o 1h.v sSo n,,,.
defc icnt, and tho .e seiz I'd AZ NorEIk ttcv Ar.
distributing over the sout ,ern sta,es NJ an M, !,
is already supplied with th,m,
Military organizations have never been 50
common IL yirsinia as At the North. bsnoe n
vast prcportion Of her AL iicr, n Nv n,IL,"', oc
military tactics nor are they So much acsus.
toned 10 the u.e Of arm, AS northern mon r.,
oby late this difficulty, tho cadets boinx educat.
cd Ly tn state al the mill ary scsdcury at L,x.
ingt, n, ale at Richmond, drilln,, the raw re-
cruus. Tue whole st ue, except a few western
cJuI ties, is in furor Of excitement. Al most
every man and boy belongs to some military or
ganizstion, and tho women, eau,ly zs,ious.
are eng " cd in mating clothes for these sodiers
The character of the Virginia tro sps |,
wor thy Of comment. | have seen thou ssnds Of
them in camp in barrack, in rail cars, and on
the marca and | have never es,n anythins
like disorder or rowdyism amopg them; no
drinking or carousing but one spirit peryades
the whole Of them, and that an ardent, burn.
ing desire to meet and conquer tho North.
A few hundred Kentuckians, commanded BY
Colonel DUNCAN, Of Louisyills, vpr. sent IL
liarpers Ferry. They came without arms and
ave stout young men, mostly from the borders
Of Tennessee. They believe their Colonel to bs
q coward and at Lynchburrh one of their ser
gcants, in a speech made to The mon on the syo
Of their departure. denounced the Colonel, who
was present and made ~ reply. The Alabama
troops now at Iarpsrs Fory came we'll armed
and equipped; they are thoroughly drilled and
as ssloisrllke In their appearance rs any New
York regiment. The South Carolina troops at
Richmond are physically inferior to the other
sou uthern scldiers.
very prevalent idea Il that one southsru
soldisr Is equal to FIVE Yankees, and another
that their enemies will fight "a iono A ti.v -,
use Mimic riasa but that tbav v1ii rot r..t
them in q hani-to hand combat and th.t =
charge will put than 70 liyht
Troops ara ba, mo- concast,.t.J a, ,.,;o,.
points whence railroads divsrya N that IN =
f.v hours rs o. 20 or 40 900 troons can h. Al .nv
given place.
Despite tbs "a, rita Of soutbsrn n, ,st.,. Isr.s
.umbers OF slaves have learned IA reaS.
During thu last Presidential camnsier ~.
most iptero,ted and eso,r li,tsnsr, M n,,;,i-
cal meetings, were thsse people, thew nm.
uunicatsd 70 sanh otbar vh.t th.v ns.rd
and they ali understood that IN. an s..isn ~
slavery was ipyolvsi In the contest Nocn
after the inauguration Of Mr.. LrsCoIy s.vsn.
tssu slaves, living on 4 plantation mar Patsr,-
burvh. Va. repaired 10 thejr msstsr ssriv
ose morning. and the spokesm an of ths n,rty
boldly told hin that tbsv h.d s.rxsa M,
long enouyb th., thsv vsrs r. ~ and
h.d mereiy caiisd 70 tslI him th., th.v -.ra ae
,,niny away and on tbsy van, ~. s.a.
hsd no newer 10 atom than hu, ha ,..cb.d
Pster,buryh bcf.re than vRars h. b.d a.
whole partv arrestsd sold and forth wi,h an,
TO the far Soutb. ''A'
Thov hay, their revolutionary and n.,,,o,,o
soprs which ihcv SING in nriv;,a Tbsv hi
sec, Of rcIi.ioxs m..,incs fha Inn don - tL"ir
PRAYERS b,inr that the lord will helo the North
nnc hast.n tho J.v Of THAR cm,ncSnation
DAYS 400 was travoIin, Il, Tho intsr;o, -
yIrunig. Ni,ht oysrtook me in the eignboT,
hnoI or n farm, iva, wLsr. / ~as ant srt.;n.d
until nsy. d.v Tha, pigbt 7 cb,pcsd 20 ba,,
,hc,r hu,s. was an unobs,rved snect TOR
heart thrm prav r,r tho an ,c.Ss of me North
AM ono Old von,,- ven, Far i,y wben toit ih,t
ihe roTthcm sTmiss wer. com mo- "a set ttam
frce ooh r.nod massa JeI,s y ,a;d shs IIs,
Tho TINA va hut. To ,Ls;, nas..rs ~