The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-09-09
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"How music chaym1l
How metre wnrmsi
Parent Of action, good and bfays:
How vice 1t tonnes


How vice 1t tames
And worth infiamee, ssS
And holds proud empire or The ezAve."
The concert last night was decided sueesss.
sicians Of the Third Alabama toluntpeus, tAe
proceeds to be handed over to tbs IQ6frG 9oes
diers Aid Society. The Opera House, W11eA
is very large and commoddous. and ons g -
most beautiful In the country, was crOW100 -
IT'S utmost capacity, presenting . dtspoay q
beauty and loveiiness seldom II 0ver ouy.
passed. After every seat in the capaeioao hall
es aaa e nea:. as ns.p ses s
the crowded masses patiently standing ~ he
close of the performance. There were tWolvo
Of the ameteur performers, all In LthicpoaA
far surpassed the highest expectati0ao q he
audience, many having been vastly suHpxise4
as we'll Ms highly grstified BY tho rare artistic
and intensely interesting nature of the psf:.
formance, which werc loudly applau6eds and
some of them repeated in compliance with the
clamors of the vast auditory. The dancing
taste and style. Thus the fund Of tho Ladies'
Aid Society has been considerably increased
and the people greatly amused and deliehted
by this voluntary concert Of thess gailant
sessions in the true and tried Stato Of Ala
bama, ,and whose greatness of soul ID more than
commensurate with their wealth and tntel.
lectual capacity. The concert, ut the request
of the citizens, will be repeated next week.
Yesterday afternoon beautiful nag was
presented By some ladies to Q company Of Hight
infantry, raised in this city and commanded
by Capt. j John r. Ludlow. The nag was pre-
sented in behalf Of the fair doners, BY his
Honor Mayor Lamb, whose impromptu ID.
dress was very eloquent and appropriate. j.
E. Ford, Esq, received the beautiful banner,
unfurled its bright and gay colors TO the
breeze, and responded in q brief address, ID.
admirably suited to the occasion.
learn that there are large and daily acces.
ci,, 10 fha Eadx. - KLx,A
that there is still considerable 6est Of war voes
sells in the Roads, and about i've lying OF New.
port News. Possibly Wool and Picayuue are
really preparing for a fight, and may shc9tly
powerful Notifications, yainly hoping 70 gets
possession of the Navy Yard, and 1br 8 chance
to "burn Norfolk" 1t is most ardently hoped
by the wariike regions congregated hercabouts
that the Hessians will really give our boyt .
chance to fight, for they are really suffering
for the want OF 1T, and many declare that they
will not return TO their homes before they a..
sist in giving the Yankees a licking. Let the
''tuas OF war; come quickly, then !; 1t Ia abso-
luteiy painful To delay SO long the expected
contest, and depend upon it, whenever the
conflict takes place, "a good report will 70
forth from the noble Southerners who have
met on our shores 10 repel the villainous aG.
eressions of the hireling minions Of . Dc.
graded, presun ptuous, low bred and vulgo1
backWoodsman
1 regret to announce the death Of Mr. VIM.
II. Jordan, of Company Z, Of ths Second
Regiment North Carolina Volunteers. He
died yesterday, and his remains left In tho Caro
of the Sea board Road this morning for intoy.
ment at the home of his relatives.
DR.. J. II. Covert of the city Of Portsmouth.
has been appointed an Assistant Surgeon In
the Provisional Congress Of the Coniedsyato
States.
WILLiAssBuxa, VA, Sept. /, 1851.
l wish to let you hear from this place. We
are at work, although You hear from a. %
seldom Miss. J. B., of this place, At one time
resident OF your city, has been wearing Vir.
ginia homespun for dresses for scme time. She
is of Northern birth, but of strong Southern
feelings. She was the first Of this place to put
ON homespnn and go to church with II on, In.
stead of silk or lawn. There are many moro
ready to follow her in this great work Of free.
dom and right. The ladies are at work max.
ing coats and pants for soldiers around here.
We have had good many deaths hero
and strong, ready TO fight the enemy At any
time. A HoaEsPrs SOLDIER, lin camp)
Meszrs Editors: see by a notice In your
last paper that our old friend, Col. James r.
Preston is working like a beaver to raise q
regiment for the war. hope he may succeed,
and that right speedily, for am fully satisfied
that a nun better qualified, both by education
aud talent, cannot be found in this whole
region. Besides, from all can learn, no man
hereaboufs has spent as much time or labored
half rs hard for the cause of the South since
the beginning OF the present difficulty. In
fict for four months past he has been speak.
ing, talking, and working in the volunteer
movement to the total neglect Of his own pri-
yete affairs.
War like law, medicine, surgery, engineer.
ing, surveying, &c..) Is conducted on certain
settled rules and principles, which must be.
thoroughly understood by every successful
leader The aTt of attack and "defence''--
,gken to do the one or the other, and AoD to do
so with the least possible loss and with the
most destructive effect 10 the enemy-is .
gift which bat few men naturally possess;
indeed, so few that they ere not met with more
than ssoBce in u lifetime" Nor will this ne
eessary preparation, OF itself, accomplish much
for q commander, unless accompanied By
prominent traits Of eharaeter-such as good
| old fashioned ''mother wit" bravery, and
| prudence. These, believe, are all possessed
by cur friend in qaaatnm ssticit-or, to speak In
| plain English, .'enough to do,"-and should
| have no hesitation in placing myself under HE
! leadership in the day Of battle.
have known Col. Preston from boyhood,
and have ever found him kind-heartsd, high.
minded and honorabie--none more so-an0
pronounce him to be one of the best field on
GERS in Southwestern Virginia
Yours, Sooy9s )
Abigp1ou. Sent