Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-09
RICHMOND Or WASHINGTON.

hlthAOND Oh ntShlNbIONs
A released Yankee pfisoueF, who had been confined
"a ths city, the Bos;o0 Cs.rer, that the issue
nOw is whether Richmond or Washington shall fall
But how shall that city be made fall which has
long resisted success uy-rhich is this day strC lger
Ihao before, through additional forun cations and
larger numb, rs OF desperate Toe lshed with victory
We have no chd's play before Us, no war which can
be carried by hrelings Go TO the South, walk the
streets OF Richmond there is no business there but the
business OF war Shops ard warehouses are closed or
open, i: for military purposes only This is wretch
ed STATE OF lire, but the people glory in it-they live
bu, for ec to sht those whom they call the in
vaders Of their homes The men all soldiers, and
| the women cheer them on.
Whether the despousm Of JEFF. Davis keeps the Union
sentiment out Of sight know not; bu: there is none of
the latter 20 be Eeen and the ttner hand death would
be considered light, 10 the ChvalJ compared With
ering into new Union with the hated Yankees. Our
blockade has deprived thsm of all the luIures and
Of tie comcrs OF life, but their spirit is unbrJktn.
Can such people b. suhjugated! II W. avail Of our
strength wee as surely as twenty is more than eight
BIT the work caEnot be done by dollars, BY talk
Poor white trash" may be ignorant and ragged but
they have muscle and shall feel Il nearer home
than We have DONE upl IS the o-pid blood OF LsIing
ton and Bunker Hal itself. | walk the streets
of Northern cities and find their very respectable inhab
aus engaged in the Usual ayecAtions OF peaceful lie
"a u. col csrnedy and with much apathy as though
there we're such thing as war in the snd-as though
volcano we're not about TO burst over them with no
more apparent conception OF the situation" and their
Disgrace befors the world, than child unborn.
They continue 10 indulge the strange faulty Of over
estimate themselves and understanding the South
sodlery that has been unpaid for months has lived
on half IAons OF food for two months and COL
uues 10 do so that never had any clothes and dosent
want any now that has only one idea ! cay such an
army lie not 10 bs lightly esteemed and is not TO be
crushed by appealing to government, and ofsrirg 1t
dous, 10 shower at traitors The government on the
contrary appeals you Id you do no: possess viz
tue TO answer that appeal It should show its power and
compel you TO save your country, il you will not do it
voluntarily.
We arc already threatened 1t ia almost too late to
save armies aud border cities, bu! by lrJmpt mea.
! sur,s something may be done. Egxsa
| PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF CENTRAL HALLICK c'NAAsDIR
RCHILF
w,seln letter water has given the following pen
| portrait OF Gen. Halleck:
To those who have never seen Gen. Haleck il NAV
be interesting know that the steel engraving of him
s a very correct likeness suppose there IL bu. one
es never have heard OF more. IL gives, how
ever the idea Of large man, whie he ia below tie
dunn height straight active aud well formed aud has
trk energetic gait, significant Of his firm and decisive
character. HIS poe Is delicate and Welcomed his
forehead AMPLE his mouth by no means devoid of humor
and his eye the mos, kabe in any man,
except Professor AgsssZ II ia Of hsz color, clear
a. a morning star and OF most intense ilisrcy.-
When be locks at man il seems houyh he literally
read him through and through Whenever msu be.
comes conspicuous, whether BY merit accident some
thing remarkable ia sure 10 DO discovered In his eye
"He has fine physque-s stout bufly, weighs tHo
hundred pounds aVordupois has round head is middle
aged black hair 81 ing fast with silver. he walks by the
hour 10 front OF his quarters his thumbs IN the srmpts
OF his vest looking mostly at the ground but casting
quick locks, the right the left, evidently
not Tor the purpose of seeing anything body but
staring into vacancy the while. His eyes zee only the