The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-14
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VRDNespAY woaNIN MAY II ,ess.



VRDNespAY wOnNIN MAY IL ,ess.
NU0ee. ~- ~-..
Ysns, in ~ baA meaning, or one OF 10 oao
nsaaines, he sans With Rnnor, has been the
sulasss Of every pssss satire, who has nsa oe.
ssloa - toasA spea L. Il nsQos"uy
srsassA - psrsoa, and 10 no" sen.,
ssessssaAslx Nth . truqrss non wo'on "
baevs forth nss 70 au the points Of the eo9
- vYrrl has sivsn full length pof"'
Of h, wAisA ws sabjoin, tn Dfyos1
" TIE ls.A report through yS.aa S S..sS %
gaas. % great III. fFeM ''~''
~-.sscS ~, ars, and every moment brings
NV vsSoe 70 her Aishss' Nc" psn'ons 70 a''
49, ~ sso1, u. p.smy % gigantic Sta:
~ ~ =: MI. Sef fors1sad in the .kise.
SreSsd sesinss ne gods, revsngefui Earth
frodS iced her last Of she Ttanian birth.
swim = her walk. more s"'" hsr "'nsso
~oaSsro,s phantom, horrible and vast.
AZ nany plunss - raise h ~ lofty eht
% many piercing eye enlarge her signt;
q q WIN
And roand VITA listsniug ears the nyins
oAs ans the psASsfal universe with cries;
e s., r." S oS;' ass S:sa
Aad sptesd. through trembling crowds dis
WIN corrt iSicrmsrs haanss, and royal spise;
Tnicss done relates, not done she ssiEns, and
0ingiee truth with lies
Tslk A. her business, and her chief delight
10 Oli Of prodisiss and cause anr..at .,
TIE plsny si.s Of Ronor in its inception
The small bsginnings in which 1t originates
~ rapid growth and the portsntous bulk to
which II sttaius, 10 here set forth with equal
spirit and accuracy. Every inhabitsnt. and
every sojournsr Of this city, has had ample
opportunities within shs last week TO verify
the excellence Of the portrait. There has been
no end 70 the lee which Rumor has been con-
Hnaally spreading from her iron trumpet
They are stuck 70, too, with the most astonish-
1 M psrtinaeity. 6mollst gives No an example OF
The manner in which Rumor dilstes and ex-
psnds - it moves along. 1t was reported
that IN old gentleman had vomited six black
crows in . sudden spell of illness. The au-
shorisy was given up. When appealed to, he
nd he had only mentioned three. II was
Traced back until it dwindled down to single
black crow The investigator still did not
i've II up. He followed 1t until he came to
he original propagation; who said he had only
mentioned that the sick man had thrown up
something - black as crow. Rumor is like
NE mustard seed mentioned in Scripture, Ut
W nay make the comparison without irrev-
stencs) 1t grows and expands into an enor
NOUS tree, that obscures the very light Of the
sun, by the time it is fairly planted. Most of
our romors come from persons calling them
selves eourisrs. Whether they are really
such, ws do not know. 1t is probable tina.
some Of them are, and that finding everybody
Ill ssog for news, they merely exercise what
they regard ss innocent ingenuity, in test
Ing their capacity for digestion. Others are
certainly not couriers. Bat every rumor by |
whomsosver invented, is indebted for the |
niDs 1t sstains TO each separate transmitter.-
4 "courisr" tells some wonder loving citi-
Zen tia, skirmish has been fought, in which |
he Yankees Lost twelve men. The li.zsn |
Ie1s his neighbor, adding little to il Bach
new hand sdds his quota, until st last the |
1o1sn swell 10 six thousand Yankee prison
Dnsrs are no small hands II q rumor. From
hem came, no doubt, that notable one which |
VA current few days ago, that Mcclellan
had prepared to throw 81, 900 shells minute
INTO York. when it was evacuated. As this
. fAir example by which to sstimste the
ME TO which a rumor may grow, We shall
axe the trouble to analyse it.
Vha YoDkAa shalia thAv tolI ~ oiuh
stout 200 pounds each The gun tina. throws
hem weighs about 10000 pounds. As both
gun and shell are 20 heavy, We do not
think the latter could be fred on an average
oftsner than twice minute. To perform the
fsat indicated, therefore, 1t would require
!; 900 cannon As they are 30 heavy they
could not be dragged into position by less than
, dozen horses each, whi,h would give 3OO, 900
h6fess for the guns alone, leaving out the am
munidon, which 10 no small item, since each
hell must be fired by forty pounds Of powder,
making for shell and powder $40 pounds each,
" for the whole SO, 900 per minute, 1000 900
pr minute. Then it would take dozen men
% man each piece, OF 800, 900 men to man the
whole 25 ,OO0. Suppose the bombardmsnt to
~ an hour. Then in one hour, Mcclellan
would have fred at our lines, three millions
Of shells, or 600, OOO, 600 pounds of iron. and
IN, O0O, 600 pounds Of powder Suppose it lasted
twelve hours, he would have fired thirty ak
millions Of shslls, :, 2OO, OOO, 900 Of pounds Of
iron, |, SOC, 900 900 pounds Of powder. If Nc
CIsllan had bombarded Yorktown, wouldn't
he have nAde 20 noise in the worldl"
SSevisjsnal 0svssnsP u xent1sky, Mon. X.
Halves.
This distinguished gentleman arrived in our
city last evening. from the camp of General
Marshall, near Abingdon, where he has been
acting ~ Brigade Commissary for that divis-
ION Of our army for the last ak months.
Major HAYES 10 Q Virginisn by birth, bat
for many years has been resident Of the
EGAts Of Kentucky, where he has filed many