Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-03-14
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The Han0sW TltlDe % ~ "sss
The Memphis Ap7ears Richmond
correspondent secs strange things at the
Rebel Capitol. He says:
II begin to fear that the Virginians
are degenerate sons Of their ilustrious
sires. In spite Of the martyrdom OF
jackson; in spite Of the heroism OF
Bethel; while yet the devotion OF Dick
Ashby, and the sunset CLEAN OF bis 81
bre ere it fell from his shattered arm,
remain unsuDg BY poet; before the dai.
sizes have sprung from the dust OF Vir-
giuians WHO sleep At Manassas, the mis-
giving comes upon me that the living
men Of the old commonwealth are not
worthy of the ancient and the more re-
cent memories of her renown. The
trepidations and murmurings, the croak-
ings and prophesyings OF doom, that
have possessed many OF the citizens Of
Richmond during tie past week, would
be enough to make ~ despair Of the
Republic, if We could suppose the mass
of the people Of the Confederate States
were equally timorous and irresolute.
Because OF a few revcrses which might
be retrieved by stout hearts and strong
arms, it is the ught by these craven souls
that the great cause Of liberty is lost.
From one end OF the town to the other
they run with false ,idiDgs OF new dis.
aster, or whisper with white lips, the
foe, they come, they Gomez The Van.
KEGS will be in Richmond in ten days
the government Las determined to aban-
don The State as line Of defence and
make a stand in North Carolina the
seat Of government is to be removed i'm
msdiately: the French gunboats are
coming up James River to take the Em.
peror's tobacco VI Ct arnais,-such are
some of the alarms that Lave been SCUM.
ded by men who, il the Yankees should
get here, would te the FIRST to swear al-
legiance to Lincoln.
"You recollect'how the Moniteur spoke
of the landing Of Napoleon on his re-
turn from Eba, and how it greeted bis
| arrival in the capital The Corsicau
monster has escaped ; The usurper
has landed in France; Gen. Bonaparte
is at Grenoble; Napoleon is at Lyons
the Emperor is at Paris !; Tve RIM
pereu-.' Such would be the tone OF, ]
fear, too many of the inhabitants Of
Richmond towards Mcclellan. Last
night there were scrubbed upon the
walls Of buildings all over town strange
an portentous sentences Of menace
sue has National! grid on your strength;
memento Tenncssee-th scorpion &C.
cession will soon be deprived Of this
cowardIy and treacherous nonsense, and
forth with it is pretended that the city is
filed With Union men, that secret so.
c'ety, embracing thousands, exists in the
midst Of Us, and that We are about to be
betray ed bv emisssries of the Yankees
heretofore little suspected. Such pull.
ing and vaticination Of ruin is almost q,
bad as treason itself, and those who in-
JuIge in it deserve well nigh the fate that
should he awarded TO the midnight
scribler, could We catch him. That the
Yankees, embcldened By their receLt
success, will make the strongest efforts
to carry Richmond, there can be no
reasonable doubt but it becomes US all
the more, from this very conviction, with
heart of hope to put forth all our ener-
gies 10 its defence !; aud, if we do this,
let thom come 10 clouds as dense as
the Pcrsians that march ed into Greece,
they will be driven back"