Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1862-01-14
The Character of Virginia Volunteers


A writer in, tie Richmond Whig says that
when Virginia determined to cut herself loose
from Yankee despotsm, and to place herself as q
wall of fire between the Northern hordes and
the chivalric little States Of the Gulf, at our
mothers call there stepped forth an armed host
of such as few mothers ever bear-the attorney
from his court, the physician from his patient,
the divine from his closet, the merchant from
his desk, the farmer from his plough, the hunter
from his hounds, the student from his hall and,
of every age and class, t.ey came to struggle
with every necessary inconvenience and priva-
ton, to suffer and endure every necessary hard
snip, to furnish every necessary dollar, and to
bleed and die, if necessary, for Southern freedom
and Southern rights, for ciuil and religious liber-
ty. Is this truth or fiction Let any man go
through the Virginia Regiments as the rolls are
called; ask who are these men, and he will find
gradua es of every institution of learning, pro-
tessional men, large land and slave holders, mar
red and single, old an young, boys of Is and
men of so years-men who think and vote, who
| own and control the country, who made this
war and are to keep up and support the army
and Government. What brought these mer
thus swiftly to the field OF strife? Were we pei.
s3nally sutferinga Were our houses in flames OF
our citizens weltering in their blood None o
these things. What then2sIiberty was gone a
the North, and the civil rights of the South men
aced and pure patriotism stirred to ENTHUSIASM
the cavalier blood of Virginia, and everywher,
i brave men anu fair women were rousng th,
slumbering wrath of the people.
i Northern and European News. M -
t A special despatch to the Richmond Dispatcl
from Norfolk, dated the 18th inst, says:
r Wehave received Northern dates to the 1otl
irst, by which we learn that the steamer Orien
tai, from Port Royal, had arrived st few York
and that Gen'l Stephens still holds the main ant
D awaiting reinforceInents. a5a as ~ sse =
5 The Burnside fleet was rapidly coEcentratin,
10 Hampto. Roads, and the excitement with re-
gard to the destination OF the expedition is il
!, tense. For the next Two weeks no words Cal
: foreshadow the expectation of the people.
81 On Saturday last the coast guard at Sew
al ellis Point, reported 13 steamers and transport
10 the Roads, and more arriving.
The Baltimore Commercial says that little o
6 nothirg new is occurring at Fortress Monroe
: except the assembling OF large number of GU
n boats. "a 41 4.st ~ -Qi5ssoa a.1y9
A large number of vessels for the Burnsid
expedition, from Annapolis, were passed by b
II Baltimore steamer off the mouth OF The Kappa
= hammock, on their way to Fortress Monroe t
y rem iezvoas. gs .l-s 81 i!,-aa =
). The st. Louis Democrat says that an army {
: sixty to seventy thousand are preparing to NOV
. from Cairo and Paduoah against Nashville, t
act in corjnntion with Gen. Buells force, whic
e. onstitutes the grand expedition down the Mi;
h cissippi.
N We learn from Washington, from creditabl
= source, that the project OF making an attack uE
ID on New Orleans had been discussed in the Lin
OF coin Cabinet. .Li.----
le Mrs. Greenhow is to be sent to Fort Lafayette
ID WI. Smithson, banker, has also been arrest
ed and sent to Fort Lafayette.
40 The Senate Committee voted to / agains
i the expulsion of Mr.. Bright, of Indiana, and th
to galleries of the Senate were crowded to hes
as Senator Sumner ON ths "Trent" affair."
a. The Banks of New York further decline tax
:" ing the loan of the Government