The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-01


CAnp PIcxEHs, MASAssAs JurcfIoH,
June n, 1861. !
You have already noticed In your valua'
BILE columns the return Of the companies from
Fairfax. The con victiOn OF their taking ABOUT
SO per cent. OF duties from onr shoulders, nao
no small share In the hearty welcome We be-
slowed upon our mpnnies in arms. Inc
leader Of our very efficient band, Mr smith.
turned out, o:withstanding the lafeness OF
the hour, and conducted them to their re-
specuve quarters. under the soul-stirrinG
strains Of LA Marsei1laise" and Dixie
Before / proceed, am bound to comment
on the extract Of private letter In your paper
of the 23d. First, Mr.. Private prophecies
that our regiment will get the valuable acqui-
sition OF three Irish companies. am sorry
to have to contradict this with the subs tanIiai
proofs that one of the vacancies has been Nil
ed mp already by the Washington Volunteers,
very we'll drilled company, numbering
sixty five men, rank and file, under Gap
tain sherman, which company mas only
Two OF Erins sons. As we are totally ig'
norant yet about any company having ieit US
but the Blues, cannot tell what may belaii
us vet. When Private declares that the
Rev. DIR. feeling gives universal satisIacuon'
his language Is unnecessary and too lncIusIve.
Without detracting in any manner from Ut.
It's abilities, l would say that his ministry Is
chiefly confined to Company y, Mon tRomery
Guard. Capt. Boggs, who, in the same mes
sage, gets put down as being somehow or
other disliked on account OF his stric tness,
gets nightly crowded, not only by his own
company, bat by members of all the other
com panies, including several officers, VINO
come to listen with reverence and attention 10
the eloquent prayers which he sends up In
our behalf to the God Of Peace and Battles
Please excuse this deviation, MIR. Editor; LOT,
knowing that you want truth and no hction,
l thought it my duty to eniishten you on THIS
subject. ;.
In behalf Of your military readers, be 1t
sta ted that we get drilled now in light 10 TAM
try and skrmish drill, which latter makes
sad havoc in our ''garde-robe." This drill
having mostly to be performed kneeling and
lying, so that, as the most of us look now, we
would not be fit to parade through the streets
OF Richmond or in Capitol Square. Our regi-
ment, with the 18th and II tn, all Virginia vol
IN teers, form the Fourth Brigade, under COL
Terrett. We received an order last week to
remove our quarters to within the entrench-
ments; but as the doc tor reported our present
place healthier than the one we had TO move
to- the order was countermanded.
MIR. Editor, are not you OF my opinion, that
when we once come back to Richmond, and
intend to settle down, i. e., choose a help
mate, we can cut out all the young men who
have volunteered to stay at home to protect
the fresideSf Besides military accomplish
ments, we acquire all the arts of domestic
economy, and could assist our spouses in cook
ing, washing, ironing, and cleaning up, i'll
emergency. Talking ABOUT cooking, don you
hear the cook playing on his triangle lHe
chooses to cali thus the KIN ocking with piece
of iron on por-hook.] Supper ready
COMP. l.