The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-07-16
The Women Of ,hs Revocation.

The following extract ircm Bottas' II story
OF the American R-voiu tion, volume secor u,
Will De 70 ID With Ia tersst now:
"Amidst the general dissolution. tn a women
OF q lrJlinc exhibited au pie OF more
tn "a masculine fortitc ie. Tdev dis played So
scarcely could there bs found in ancien:
or modarn history an instance Ia ors wor-
Thy TO excite surprise and admiration. Far
from being offended st the name Of rehsi
lad,ts. they esteemed IL 4 tile CT dis inction
and glory. Instead Of showing them sel yas In
ass m 1l!es, the seat of joy and pleas urea, they
repaired on board of ships, they descended into
Dungeons where their HUSBANDS. child ,en
aud friends were II confinement they car
r.ed them cons 'latiou and encouragement,
.. Snmm your Tn"gnaninity," they said
" ,ieid not TO the fairy OF the tvrHnts hest
tate MT TO prefer prison TO infamy, death 20
ssrvitude. America As fixed her eyas on her
beloved defenders; Won will reap, douht II
not, the fruit OF yOlr suff-rings; thay will
produce b 'rsy. that p1rant Of all blessings;
they will shelter haC forever FEM the assaults
Briii banaitti. Y5u are tiss. - trtyrs OF
suca came. the most gratefui 10 U-avon and
sacred OF men, Bs such words these generous
" Ir1eu mttiga teI the mssries OF the GDhtppy
p isoners. They wou,i never appei II at tbe
b Ills or rnu s that Were given by the yictors
tnoss who Conssut ted 10 attend Ihsm we're ~
sanity despissi, ana dropped bv ii Lha tAe:s.
1ha moment an Amer cin Teer arrived Ut
Oh RI ston as a prisoner { war. they sou ,i,t
him out, and loa ret min with attention and
ctvilt'tss. They ott.n assembled in the most
rstrf d iarts oil their houses 10 1eplore vi h
ont res rain the nlisf1rtunes of t1e,r couniry.
III my Of thnm impaired their noble spirit 70
ia 7ir stating AMI wiveTiug bu sblnds
they dsterEni 9 them 20 pre- ar rigorous ez-
II. tn heir inter-ERag families, and gie ;th 10
the G yeats OF life Ex8spsra ed at their con
staDev, the English coEdem red the most z@!l
Gus 10 b sLi-hmept and coifisc ,tipn Ia bid
oing q lat farewell to their fathers, their
c1l iren, ltair brothers, ihei r hn .nds, those
hercules iT from betr wing the teis taayu Of
weakness, WI ich III Hen rE,ght have baei, 'es.
cpseu, exnaTtei them 10 arm themselves Wi' a
tntrepitity. Ihey corjlred them not to allow
fortune I'd vanqu!sn tuem, nor to surteT thu
love they bore Tn ir idnii-s 10 rander hem pl-
mindful Of ali thew o 1td their country When
C unprecedented. soon after, IN the general decree
OF bGntshmepi issued against the pfriisaEs Of
liberty, they sb ,ndoned with the same fl IA
ness their natal soil 4 sup 'rnaturat elic-
Ii'y seemed to animate N Ia when they
ace mpani,d their husbands !ntc distant
Countries, end even when immuret with
them In the fetid ships, into which they
We're tnhumaniy crowded. ReIaced to
the mast 1Ightfui Indulgence, they were
seen 10 beg bread for themselves and fam
lilies Among those who were nnrturad
In the lap of opuisnce, any pass ed suddeGly
from the N delicate and the most eles int
sty lie Of living to the rudest triumph over their
resolution al i chse-fu!ness, their ex ample
was u support 10 their coupsn Ions in mis-
fortune. To this herois m OF the women of
u tro Ina, IL IL prtacipt ly D % i'm putat that
the love, AID ven 'he name OF liberty, were
not totally e1tinguished in 'he Southern pro-
yincfs. The English henca z IN II b, ssasi.
BILE that their IT umph was sun far from Sc
cure. Fur, in every b q iir OF public inte,est
toe general opinion never manifested itself
with more energy than when women take
part in IL with all The life OF their i'm sgna ton
Lees powerful as We'll as less stable than
that o. men when c1lm, it is far IN ore vehs-
N mt ami psrtinacious When reused and in.
q med"