The New York herald., 1862-02-02
PICTURE OF THE REBELLION.
TEE REBELS MOURNING OVER THE FRUITS OF rHErR
FOLLY.

from the NOrf0k Lay BOOK, Jan. 30.
We panied to learn that the Hampton soldiers are
sill sfrng for the ant Of many senai articles Of COM
fort, and that Aey suffer not only in body bat mind
Their physical ills have been borne with heroic orttude
but what language depict the Dtolerable anguish
these brave have felt TO their families suffering
rirdons schich none of them had ever seen endured b
her saces We know few sadder pictures than this in
history, and painful is ths task, shall hold up
readers to-day with the hope that after gazing upon
lsviatng the distress OF which We speak Eight months
ago Hampton stood embosomed in its green trees as fair
type Of village quiet and picturesque beauty We
could wish ~ look upon For than two hundred
years has adorned the banks OF the placid river beside
which IT was seated There the Virginia navy was or
ganized, and there the Barrons, whose deeds are
worthy the pages OF romance planned their bold
adventures, and sailed thence to put them in
execution. The town was rich with ITS colo
nal and Revolutionary histories Not only rich In histo
res and traditions, but rich in oil that adorn and
embellish ife Its inhabitants had something more than
the memory Of their ancestors defence when the Indian
massacre swept the colony. They had something more
than the history Of the capture Of the British ship OK.
ford They had something more than the recollection Of
the repuse Of Captain Squires Dunmores lieutenant
charged with the destruction Of the town. They had
something than the fact that the church service
the first time In Virginia. read beside their beau
tiful river Something beside traditions and histories
They had peace, plenty, abundance ~ you will
the Auditors report you will hDd that the old shire q
Elizabeth City was rich in all the elements of material
prosperity. That pcport (p. 370) shows an az.
eregate amount Of about two millions and half
(s2, 500 ,0oo), which might really have been
better represented by three and half (s3 500 O00)
inasmuch as the taxation estimate OF property
valuation is always short OF tho real market value OF
any species Of estate real or personal In confederation
Of this the returns show valuation of
million two hundred and atty seven thousand nve hun
drsd and ninety S3 257 ,596J, and population Of
Ave thousand hundred (5,70O). No conclu-
evidence than this could be offered Of the
comfort OF that unhappy community than is exhibited
the stern prose Of the Auditor and census aker And
all is may be represented By The fertile els
pronq up ia brdwbtes the pretty country houses are
deserted eren II still UT Standing; the cattle hare been
slaughtered BY e enemy the ebonyhued ore dyirsu INTO
soorse bondage than ne Je,gs suffered in Bobyoy and he
four ief stands n.orrtu heap Of ass 70 attest with
pathetic eoquence the devotion Of the people Of Hampton
10 tho name and fame Of virgnia-o the bono, ans ~
tcrests OF the South. Out Of the male inhabi.
tants Of that devoted county the Confederate
States have to-day SIX companies in service The
Old Dominion Dragons, who have furnished guides
20 Magrudsrs army, the wythc Rifles, the Lee Rangers
the Hampton Grey's Smiths artillery and one company
Of militia. All Of which were organized before the war
Nor this all mustered in for six months they have
volunteered for the war with aacry, and only ask that
they may be allowed 70 strike in defence Of the honor of
Virginia until the last hostile foot has been driven from
her borders.
surely here is picture OF devotion OF heroic fortituds
which might mosten the eye Of a stole and do no dis
credit his philosophy. But aas the picture lacks It's
raddest coIoring These men have wives and children
tendery reared dearly lovedwives and children for
whom each one. in bis allotted sphere, has oled hnd
ting his abors sweetened by the reflection that for
them Now what think you are the emotions of these
men when they pass their solitary limits guard,
or SIT by their camp fires In ragged coats
this wintry weather, knowing as they do that
their wives little children have not where.
withal to make ne tolerableS when the seet drives
into the tenrys face, would you blame him n il
mingled with not, despairing tear When he croucles
by his watch Gre there any wonder that his face looks
premsturey oIdf No. But is there no wonder that The
sufferings Of these gallant men, OF their wives and
children have not engase more largely the sympathiss
of their oountrymcn We cannot give The sas
for is wonder and shame that they hava been t,.
neglected. That they have been cruelty neglected wa
propose 10 show that they may DO relieved ye shai
sndeevor abish. Up 20 lis time lheg ba,S uoi s
tesrsd much dH quarters ne cg of No,foit con
sriIued 10 ne Ceoreaon sufferers And here pense A.
make remark whfc,i In worthy attention. Tho ran,o -
Hampton and Elizabets City suffer because yrginias