The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-12-31

teeaetefed themselves ~ enemies, and about A
IUeolleet the day went TO 40, nav csrt,acste tnat
thesS ~ers = fssa. many sround she doo.. .nd
when the clark called fsr the rebels nesriy Aha
~nSss re crowd ,s"s. .ssiA wsiA:S Ia
since the arrival OF the Yaukssa was tho depart,fre
OF cur Confederate prisoners 70 be exchsared at
NscSsoers; such crowd dont think havs svs.
wis1esssd and assembled To bid then goodbye All
the isdtss Of the city were thsye. and such rsyipa
o' nAnaksechlefs and shouting uever ssy or
h.ssi The Inhabitants sssmei to take I'd !.
.t .se occasion and gave vent 70 their fseinss.-.
a. iaek would have 1t Bo'lsr was ahsspt out Of
town or l suspect . regiment would havs been
cent to the tevse 20 drive ns Sway There wss !.
Yankee woman who 81 the ,c,pua;snce 10 rsve a
miniature Fedefsl nag a. our boys: but IN fsw
cnc Al that Mr. yankee
You would not know the levee; the Yankees have
taken up nearly Aii the wharves and Nllsd up the
osacency with the deposit. This Il the case all
along the steamboat landing ths earth being ex.
tended lar enough to sdmlt of another square -
Thers are no stsAmbosts along the landing now;
neither 90 those Eeaps II produce, which used to
steamers arrive from the North, ku. q Sssthsrnsr
hAa NOS interest In tAeM .
The sailors Of the Hnglish and French msn-of war
which are anchored In front Of the city sing all the
Ool iecerate national airs, and abl the Y&nks Up
hill aud down dale; their ofncsrs give en.ertain.
ments, and once or twice tho ladies' have enjoyed
themselves vary mach on board the English ship
k!nalde There Is good joke told Of Bntlsr; be
vent on board the Rinaldo to pay visit to Capt.
Heint, and noticing that preparations were bsiox
made for somethina unusual hs tDquirs si tne csnse
Captain Fl told him that he was going 80 entertain
some ladies', whereupon Butler requested that he
might be present; but the Captain remarked, "3en
Butler, IL you were to con.e I am afraid there
woUl't be no one else" wish coad tel; you s
tha; rs and has taken place. hut would tirs you.
We hsve news Of some kind every dsy, bu. wbst
TO beiisve is the question. Occasionally G friend
arrives aud let's Us know how our aequsiatsnccs
are. which We consider q great treat.
II must be pretty hard to get along in Richmond,
judging from the enormously high prices. There il
one thing though that ehespsIia he Cnnfederxcy
than it IL here, and that is cotton. tell you the
Yankees rake and scrsps up every particle tna.
can be found 1t looks to them like gold Sugar
IS also high here to what 1t wsn, but Yankees
have lately been devastating ths Opelous2s eou,.-
-fy, and sending the sugar to town. The negroes
srs running wild throughout that country. and
along the river 81 nigh As Baton Rouge. j Barn.
month to Sc up and tsks II his crop, the sesross
isvng ali d-d The Yankee Il have forced the ne.
stoas TO take of s1Ilo cope, which have been
se.zed toG their Use but tlere is terrible dc.
tlucs;9o. pocr Louisiana what hgS ase a0na thst
shou'd lay her open TO such vils shUsti Surely,
aer boys have fought AZ hraso'y q th0ss OF any
other Sts5s. -
scU1e tyso or .bree wees since portion CT tha
crescent reslmHnt T,>-s captlred by Ws.'2ai aiit.
about eighty ot taeia seD. 70 he city so taoy havs
.l.1iies Lef.. Wel7i paroed thein bsfo.e they
aanis darn, hut Butler refused TO Jet .hsm bs pa
-c.ed ar.d heaps ;hsra confined on board .. oi,.
hu.k out in ibe river, where no one sa s!loged to
s,e:,f ffor,
'' '-'' Yours, truly, o.cw.