The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-03
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1rd rel. whsn ski1 nrsvs cams ii 4iehaacnd, ths
Scuthefn people were ArmlY esn7incsd ih6t ths
WET Was ,assr It's end Tt. Edsthefn advances bad
wonld begin IN any forniaahs shars zalIicoifsr, j.
n true, had heen defeated bns ID an Gdvaace made
by sonthsrn troopa upon 4 Natnnal pofitisp Hit
ton Head had been occupied, hut with no disc4m-
enle fHsHlt he yoni Aha def0aton bf fe Car0lina
p1Dtzliens, and The fortiHestton. on mrsch more
sztsuaiye scais than before OF Aii the approAchss
/ ~ A9Gfles.on. s
EfSte Henry. pons:son Hsissras. Roalok ssIslandZ
l tae svtnnafiDa af Rosfng Green and Gol.lnhsE'
e ssureus.er OF New Orleans ~-ali these Wet6s
~ eQfne. The Sonthgiu January was conf 1AiiA 81
\ spAU INare and IN q comparatively aniable mood
I 81 44&ss ssxet 4 II my drm belief that any man.
II what his ssstioo, who stould have pro.
p1sed 10 f1e peopis Of Riehmomd IN j a.aary Aha
.recorstfuctien of ths union no xaastsr ON ssl,ss
sssns, Nepld barr hasn then and stsrs tom g,
~ allow but suse degrees tho slnassss Of me
Eorthsrn people. the n.s;assholders "a we'll as
the ssa IRA, saIshough DO ndtettseh mnsti
tls glsyssolder fhe idsei Of the
sr i1xs 20 E5Hpatbics aHd positions the two cassss
are inaeI bat one,l the 6nierprisng slave-drivnry
cf ne AeaIivar snd The Mlssss,iFpl we'll 81 ths
asatas hsya pesu trsinsd Is thrrugh thirty ysars
cf oar to anticipate tbs ros!sai0n HiiGh tho
Iasi ilssssai "a supposs posslbl si fss ersst wa
Tharifnpie resisitss.f ms srs;lIne haas ~ q.
Esel4l d~vasApmsnt of positive saetlnt.al n1lpas
NY fn ssep and saatthaf II 81 sssFed to no ncoE.
siaafe sxsan' BY The very slaves themselves OF
covrsa thsrs are negroes, AID net few or thar,
wic By heir qatnrai coed sensa or thaiE eeeiasnt.
81 afgsn'agss OF ednra,ion, are enabled to under
stana enough of passing events 10 make them aaso
ciate the name OF ths "Tankess' with their own
hopes OF liberty EsIt the average negro OF the
south has uaquestionsbiy iinhibed a vagina horsor
aud dislike OF ths Yankee i. horror s,d dislike
which time and experience viii no s.ossbt wear
a"ay. bnt Whica nlust ne expected to ra-nparsse
win tia natural dooi!ity and the eas-siks local s
tashnients CT the negro ace. in IaakiEg the ne.
Rroes suaserren. to the policy Of their mast rs
whichever the Eruiiea OF the Unou fal actually TO
ns themselves aud 70 snperssds ths old social order
by anaV,
Even the intelligent among the tfacAa those who
comprehend the meaning of .as Freedom they ,,e
stra add Are wiling 10 do their pRFt towards sacur
nS - src TOO tell gent net 10 iecoEniYa the fact
tn- thesa s 3 lllass OF aGsro ignor&Ecs and preiu
tce TO lys overcome before the saves can 10 made
70 put torsi tha'r hasds 70 tte rmas Of he North
Iaetr own 'se.in4 on he roint was admirably ex-
pressed 20 Tas ly Very clsvas and faithful servant
whom eiDpios Il at time Gtring NV stay In
chaaond. ''h want to do bsttef Msssa, but wa
want tis better . come 10 us ne dont want to e.
t. IL With tna exception perhaps OF the ne.
gro1s ia louisiana. ATksnsas. end :exas,
which have been ths penhsuiiary States of
slavery, and have absorbed t'.e most danger
ons classes oil the nsgs population. The negroes Of
tie eonth dc not lresetit scd elements of nsuior
d;GGtol c.ad turbulepre AS existed IN Hayti where
fha 7isve popuiaiou been corss antly recruited
from lhe aboriginal children OF svarlike Africa
iney aIe la tue main 5 qaist and comparatively
conte1Ied pehsnniTy. 50E easily reused to- action
out OF their ordinary grooves and strongly infi,-
enced .es ii il but natural they should be- by the
pCeJudicSs aud tho Passions of their supariors |
have nsyer believed taas the negroes Of the Allan
iicSoEEh would be regarded by their masters as a
hostile element ia tie peadihg war g1d my expe.
fisDce OF ihs past year has only confirmed me in
ia conviction that 80 iong as the slaves can be
kept out oi contact with the armies OF ths Union,
90 long all expectations of damage the Southern
csuss from them must prove deiusive
i might have supposed that this erocity of the
public temper haa been eugshdered by the prose-
cuton of tne war, had not seen its manifestations
IN she very outset Of the struggle snd In parts of
the country quits beyond the reach Of that flame of
invasion which Mr.. Davis has ascrbed as firing the
Soutnefn heart. The interpretation pul By the
Southern public upon sucA Auerai Orders ss those
of Cen, Butler al Ees o.iea's. and Gen Pope in
Virginia. gEt be pleaded, perhaps in pallistion OF
such Oiood-thir5tiless saw dspieYed by an e.tu-
Gated and accomplished Virginia surgeon in July
1862 over the reported slaughter after surrender OF
nsarly Et1fred Massat husatts soldiers by Lou.
tsiaua troops Of kemrers brigade. This gentleman
10 tGe presence OF eire.e visitors quietly sisted
without sigh OF diapprobatot or horror that ST
TER 0f the engagements beors Ricnn ond a num-
ber CT Now ansl,a troops, iLe Thought srly iSi
battalion siosing thelr way In swamp, came out
upon mach superior force of Louisiana infau ry
IEa NCrthefn noap reversed AIMS 10 sign of surren
der. Recover your arms shouted the Southern
commander we retaee year surrender and there
upon lie ICU4iauians pr0cesdad with bullet and
bayonat 20 pat 10 death every single man OF the
fofes batoTa ther. FeaTfrl this story is. il NAV
perhaps, ss say, be credited 10 the evaporation
consequent upon the popular Iaisrepresen ntaons OF
the Northern military policy, and the ineon8lderae
tone adopted BY certain National officers. But how
ere we 10 accnant for the murders, in cold blooof
Northern citizens ~ Georgia and Tennessee, which,
az an nnwiuingiy forced TO beiiave. look place
III the eaeiy sumrasr of 1867 How are We to ac.
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diasT4esfai stories Of violence perpetra.ed upon
Northern uen we,e repeated IN the Southern papars
long beio,e the batfis of Manassas P!aiuss
A PICTURE OF TIRE aoyERsoas COMPOSING THE
ALTOONA coSvEETIoN.
A correspondent OF the New York Hsyald writ
ing from Altoona, Pa, gives pan and Ink pictures OF
The Governors Of The States composing ths present
Union. they are worth rerusing:
Ths Grst Of these officials who attracted our at
tsntinn as ws entered the hotel Governor An.
dre.s, Of Massachusetts,, who rora bis activity in.
portant bearing, iaud conversation. end general
uonrish, wei1!d n stranger TO hei.evs ne was
the great Il1u Gi rhs eccaAien he wsa sye:ywb here
and took particular pains TO nfGrrl thass 20 whom
he was introduced t1et b. ha! tsIegrapheti 10 B,s
tJu 10 cave ratification meeting hetd 10 endorse
the aciien of this Convention th5 momeat thai tley
tad concluded their labors, and urged upon the
uth y Governors to do The same that the echo
eonnlry &m1le6iatey after tue action of tha
conference was made known there, aud thus
have gSeafar effect npon the Administration
Governor Andrsw "a rather below the medium
height probably aSoat i've fest four or iiye, sons
what siouily bu!Et, and walked as though ons : ),
was u tTfs shorser than .he other, and s.lwa "a
threw HIS hsad back and eain up; has flii, RED.
dish face, his head round as well could be-
bia hair brown and quite curly, bat net very thick
aud wers asepair OF gold spectaGlas IT was fire.
quenfiy reEarked by obssEVDrs, in my presence,
that they expected 80 see IN every feature OF Gov
egntr Andrew the marks OF humanity, and that In
person ne was the representative OF The higher OF
human feelings at mankind. bu that they
10 say tha. his features and ply siogeoTny indicated
the very reverse.
Tho aegt person Who attracted MT attention y az
Governor Sprsgus, Of Rhode Island He Ii sIitHiy
built medium height, and has the appearance Of 8
person about eighteen yesrs ~ age, without any
expression of she eounien rec Or The eya taat
sgou'd indicate that La Possessed the dash and en-
er:y that tha naTapaps;s have given him the credit
for. Ths pictdEenin the pictorial papers make him
far better looking than hs really Ia He was
dressed in hsask in every particular plain. without
any shirt collar. and wore a fatigue military cap
Tbs most striking contrast in appearance with
these two officials was that of Gov. Bradford OF
Mary land. 1t needs but one glance st his counte.
rsnee. TO catch bnt one expression = hia sye to
discover that he possesses asnpari fnd, with the
energy ana will To use Il BE il person Of medium
stature modest and courteous Ia ress and appear
anes and has reached that ags IN sise when mag
kind are supposed to possess rnssarajuagmeM His
face Is neither fuiI nor spare, but batwe+n the two
smoothly shsven, with an expression about the
mouth and eyes that denotes superior intelligence,
accompanied " it'll eloquence rs a speaker. Hls
eyes large fuiAghslsh eolor and sxpressive his
head larger than usual In of his ply sIcal build
large and full about the intellectual and humane
organs II fact. he possesses the marks Of the hu.
name and higher and noser feelings OF mankind
that expected to dnd in Gov. Andre .. Should
have been. called upon to select from ths officials