The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-19
The Generous Foe We FiEht-fankee
Estimate of Southern Ladies.

The Generous Foe We Fight-Yankee
Estimate of Southern Ladies'.
The Yankee victors seem to have enjoyed
the plumber Of Fort Henry with amazing
st. A correspondent Of the New York
Tines gives the following account OF their In
vestig ations among. the baggage and letters
OF our unfortunate troops:
The rebels seemed to have evacuated In
great haste, so much so that they forgot or
had not time to take away many Of their
personal effects. The usntity Of dagusrreo-
types and love epistles that we're captured,
exceeds In quann,y All hs.ief. Gould some
kee privales gathered AROUND some individ.
nal VINO had made q apture of some amiabls
Southern duicinea, encased inx Papier nsache,
and hear the remarks passed-geLerally not
as elegant as expressive-their aristocrauc
noses would curl to the very roots Of the
eyebrows in utter scorn-nor would they be
less powerfully ahscted conld they see
some Yankee pull 1ales- s-douJ from his
g easy pocket, and proceed 10 read 1t aloud
to crowd Of jeering comrades. Every South.
srn soldier seems to have famed into q flame
ca the affections Of some o3 Patsy at s
Il dourshing growth OF love. Judging by
their letters. the power OF an S0-h6rse power
steam engine or that OF q comet CT at a tan
gent, drunk with nectar, ID the very essence
OF weax ness when con pared 70 the stree g Ii
OF their love for some young brave, who, clad
in butternut honespan, and armed with
fiInt.lock rifle, Is away fighting for JEFF. Davis
aLd Freedom. In fact, the magnitude Oh their
love Is only equalied by one single thing, and
that is their contempt-yea, their utter iOath.
ing-for the Yankees. In these letters the
rUrLher ners are all Yankees; they nrs nasty
Yankees; they are dirty Yankees; cowardly
| Yankees; Internal Yankees; d--d Yankees
| In short, every Kind OF YANKEES that the die
| tionary of abuse, and Biiliu gsgate afforos a
| cognomeu for. How mary of these letters
| chuckie over the approach OF these hated
| Van kees to Fort HenrV and now con fidentiy
/ do they anticipate their speedy and utter al.
| Initiation when they come, unless IL Be that
| In their own coWardice they IN away before
| Southern valor eonsumm Ates the Oeslrable,
| and to the ankees deserved result.
| Alas for the hopes aud anticipations OF
| the thunders and smoke of Yankee cannon,
| and the tremendous storm OF Yankee Kra pc,
| she'll and canister, their star went down,
| never more to rise over the ito them) distauL
| horizon of Fort Henry. Their butternul hero
| Is On his way to Cairo, escorted by Yankees !;
| his shotgun is the prize OF Yankee Sports
! m4n his uncoulh home made bowie kr lie,
l OF fearful kize, is strapped 10 kankee elde as
| trophy, or Jseringiy handed about from one
| to another as y speci en- OF southern skin.
Even your pacific correspondent has glroed
| on machine nameless IL the nomenclature
| OF things offensive una defensive. IL Is heavy
ana broad enough tor Il butcher Is cleaver, long
! enough for u broad sword, jay ged ougn Tor
| d hauosaW, with \ hanutb ike n clay more;
hut " he Lher IL is III tended tor shooting, stab
bling, chvppiLx sausage lat q, dig sinE Ten eS,
or scaI ping Y ankees, 1 cannot teii., lhere are
| hundreds Of such Institutions here, ali evi-
dent modelled rs tho genius, fancy and tsro.
city of The maker might suggest.
| II is with such weapons, backed only by
4 Sou tn ern vaior, that Southern soldiers and
! Southern lelter- writers expect to defeat the
coWnrdiy "Llncolnites,h and achieve their
| 30 called freedom.
A large number Of the letters found were
| written from various portions OF Tennessee,
| Alas sama and mississippi, from which States
the force at Fort Henry seems to have been
! made up. Ihe number winch made their .
| cape was not less than from three to nve
5aa nsy been less
l ROADS less muady, SO that our forces could
| have come up in Tune, the entire t0Ico could
| have been secured, The troops might have
| been started earlier, but no one supposed The
| vatorous Southerners would run within an
| Lour, and consequently the land forces wers
| u little too late. However, rs II Is, scores o.
| the fuglt,ves are being brought in hourly
I and to-day a battery " field artIiIery, con
| sistiIg CT eight pieces, Was also oVerhauled
| and brought into the fort. The country ii
| being thoroughly examined in every direc
ton, and PROBABLY many yet viii be caugh
before they secure piacs OF safety.
| the Confederate- had arranged everythins
| with a view 10 comfort. Besides the iaIg,
number OF tents in their possession, they ha.
built warm lJx houses, sufficient in numbs,
10 accommodate 5000 troops. OF course ou
as circumstances will permit In the wig " am
1 OF The fugitive braves from Dixie. There ar
several comfortable log and temporary boar,
| houses in the fort, and these are now occupied
| by Ger. Grant, his staff, al body guard,
D Private correspondence found here, from
| Georgia and others Of the extreme Southern
Estates, indicate that the greatest consierpa
| ton exists there in consequence of the dafea
and death OF Zollicotfsr. Writer'S Il ON seve
| raj points state, to their friends at the for
| that com panies, and, in one or two cases, regi
ments, were cut mpletely to pitces but i
| almost every instance they lay the blame O
Gen. Crittenden. who, they say, was DRUM
and led the army on purpose to betray it t
| the Nationals. very desponding tone pre-
walls in regord to the future, while busines
| in every place is completely prostrated =
| Dixie, in sorue quarters. Is evidently gettir
somewhat tired Of the job of whipping tn
A letter dated Pi Pittsboro', Miss Jan. 80, an
addressed to "Dr. Darrah, Fort Henry, Co
brakes regiment" has the following impo,
}. tnnt items Of information:
+. o. Enochs got home from Jackson, an
| brings very bad news con cernin the condi
ton OF our Southern Confederacy. He say
8 Cot. Blithe was sent down TO Jackson by Ger
| Polk 10 inform The Legislature Of the oondl
tion they were In, and their danger at Colum
3 bus, In order that the Legislature might in
form the people of Mississippi 0enerall
( they {rebels at Columbus) could not Civ
i | the people Information Of their conditio
= l tDe pdpcIS, pcCduse tEey Wnui
0 give ii TO the North. They have only lo o.
3 men at Columbus, and they have q force G
. about l10,0c0 to ontend again st. In a sev
days tnere will be q call for 20, 900 troops il
| this State, the time of so day troops haYin
4 nsaIly expired. j M Steele was at Jack
: son, Tenn, the other day, and wss ordered I
l Columbus had but eight men. the bal
+ ance all being sick. He sent the eight me-
| and staid home with the sick.
J.C. STEELE.
: Another letter, dated at Louderdale, Ala
y Jan. 81, pathetically describes the tIl-luck Q
| Uncle Jack:
"Uncle Jack was drafted and he hired
q man bi the name of jones to 20 in his plas
1 he gig him . 90 and the man tuck the none
!, and went and joined another Company An,
!, last Sturdy vile he was gone to hunt tn
. | to wait on them don't know whether unc Il
&. | jack will hat to 60 or not. the company /
: done gor but uncle jack has got fnrlo b
/. does want to hire q substitute, but they don
j, | want to reserve one so don't no whether b
t will 60 or not take good care Of yourself an
g don't let the yankes get you," &e.
j. Several other letters from Alabama spea
: | Of drafting, and complain in no measure
: terms Of such an operation.
. THH CoRPYDsAAor AND NxaR0 EAAHcIPA Alto
q I-MusoHAusRS IA batch of COnfedera,
i letters were seized not long since by the Fed
i | erals near PaaueAh. The New York Timss
= correspondent says:
J. "rhe most impor tant Of the ba tch, however
u | Is addressed on the outside 10 q 6rm In s.
9 Louis, but was found to cover letter to
distinguished Keptuckian, from a rela,iy
: who holds high position in the rebel army
J, In 1t he urges his relative to bring Ken,uek
into the SOuthern Confederacy, Asserts Wit
I con pf1donce that u will certainly Be rocos nixe