The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-13


and thus the 7ribHnss story about Jim Lanes ne.
gre regiments il at once proved bursted bubble !;
ditto Greeley1 red breeched negro brigade and the
negro regiments that have been reported to be or
ganiEing in this district.
[Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispateh.l
Incidents Of the War--Skirmish-visit 70
StauAten Ouuages ussaer Pore Psse's
Character -DeseriDaisn sf Msntieslls, ke.
CAMP. IN ORANGE Co, Aug. l.
win commence this paper with ssme minor mat.
ters expecting to be able close with more important
ones. Take, first, one or two trivial but pleasant
incidents connected with the late engagements near
had passed the pickets by showing q receipt for his
years subscription to newspaperD return
ing from one Of the battle.felds and going through
the estate of Maj Allen, happened to get into
sation with one Of the negro men belonging to the
place. During the interview the gentleman saw
President Dsvis and General Lee approaching Said
he TO the servant, would you like to see President
Davis aud Gen. Leel" "Yes, massa." Tho gentle.
man, then, at some length, and with great slmplici.
ty, endeavored to explain who and what they
were. He told the negro that the President was
the head man Of our whole Southern country, and
that Gen. Lee had planned and superintended all
the late battles. When all this had been done, the
negro inquired, Does they belong to my masters
company
The next story is of Jackson, OF whom they tell
a legion. He is said to be, under ordinary circum-
stances, inclined to take "cat maps, and before and
during the late battles around Richmond be took
little regular slumber. One evening, as he was
riding with o single companion he was observed to
be asleep and to be nodding His companion won
dered, but did not wake him. Presently they
passed man lying on the roadside, who cried out,
"Hillow, where did that man get that liquor r.
This woke Jackson who said, well, think I'd
better keep awake now" tell the tale as it was
told to me.
WE'LL have waited some days since writing the
foregoing, and the important matters expected,
though constantly promising to unfold themselves
have not yet transpired. conclude, therefore, not
to delay giving you what / can. For more than
week after reaching this upper country again, ack
son rested and drilled his men, and had them paid
off and clothed, all with the hapPest effects on
their Spirits which had already been visibly i'm
proved by getting in sight Of the mountains. Could
there now be some Improvement in the Commissa-
rat it would add much to the cheerfulness and eff
cheney of the men. But speak the truth when
say that they anxious to meet Pope and his min
ons and confident of infiicting the chastisemsnt
richly deserved. For days past there has
been prospects Of an encounter and on Saturday
last, as You have heard, brisk skirmish occurred
ut Orange Court House, in which only our caval-
ry were engaged, and which. owing either to
mismanagement or to that bad luck which some
times attends the best schemes resulted unfav0rable
to rs. On our side there were about 10 wounded
and Is taken prisoners 1t is believed the loss OF
the enemy In killed and wounded was not less, at
least, than ours. The enemy were in ambush, and
greatly Outnumbered u.s.
A few days since made flying trip to Staun-
ton aud the surrounding valley. found none Of
the apprehension which one of the Richmond pa.
pers represented to exist there On the contrary,
never were people more quiet. 1t was delightful
to exchange for season that sense Of scarcity
which one has about Richmond, and even in this
region, for the sense of plenty which pre-
walls in the Upper Valley One there can eat
butter and eggs, and tenderlOin, and vegetables,
and milk and honey, without feeling guilty Of pc
cuniary suicide. The crops Of Augusta are mag
niicent Never was there such grass year.
lady, who thought Ashbys cavalry had ruined her
don't wonder the Yankees would like to get An.
gusta and that the people there don't want them to
do it. The people about Staunton heard the firing
of the fight below Richmond-heard it as distinctly
as they did that at Gross Keys, which was only l6
miles of-and what Is more detected the retreat of
the enemy by the change of direction Of the sound.
The sound OF the cannon was also hoard at Nc
Dowell some 30 miles farther west but 1t was not
heard at Beaver Dam. In Hanover. How do you
philosophers account for thist will give hypothe.
sis. The sound tends upwards to plane where
the atmosphere is rarer apd more favorable to trans
mission On this plane it travels horizontally, thus
passing above the lower country and approaching
the earth as It reaches the higher lands.
Perhaps you have heard enough of the doings Of
Pope. Certainly enough has been told to FIRE every
heart But let me place On record one more item.
party Of his men, going tv the house of Colonel
Taliaferro. and failing to fad the object Of their
search proceeded to pillage end insult They stole
bedding and female clothing. they derisively put
Mrs. T.'s bonnet on one OF thsir horses and finally
took the rings from her 6ngsrs, which they distri
buted among the negro women, retaining for them
selves . valuable diamond ring And against such
men Pope will grant no guard Aye, he will yet
them on, and give them license to their fonl deeds
By the way, our old U. 8. officers, who have al
ways been ready TIL lately, ~ defend Mcclellan a.
q soldier and gentleman, ut once say that Pope Is
neither In the old service Ls distinguished himself
on the overland route to the Pacific by sinking ar
nd In tha
of million dollars. One well Tas finally abandoned
incomplete, and afterwards perennial spring by
other parties in the immediate vicinity But, doubt
less, the General made good thing Of it He, In a
letter to jeff Davis. then Secretary Of War urging
this route, and the boring these wells, made himself
the especial champion Of the South. How strangely
this letter would sound now. have not seen the
fact stated that his grandparents family lived near
Frederick Hall depot, on the Central road
have just paid a vislt to Montpelier, the home
and grave Of Madison. It IL one Of the most beau
tiful places have ever seen. The dwelling b Of
large dimendons bat Of such exquisite proportions.
and In such q magnificent park Of stately trees,
that till one enters 1t he regards It rather mod
est cottage. Covered with cream colored stucco,
and the porch enbowered by running roses. 1t pre-
ssnts a truly lovely picture. i has none Of that
mouldering air of age which are % pleasing and
painful at Mount Vernon and Monticello. Such 10
the nature OF the grounds that yon do not ses the
m2nsion till you are upon Il. Then. from the front
. wide and glorious panorama 6urstx on the view.
Ridge, combine to make q scene OF sxqudfe beauty
and grandeur. Within the dwelling nearly all II
modern. The present proprietor II Mr.. Carson.
from Ireland, who lately came here under pass
from old Abe. and now proclams strict neutrality.
and claims the protection Of the British f1ag.
The grave Of the patriot sage II situated in the
midst OF large dsld Of luxuriant corn, IL i'm
perfectly shaded BY Eve tall locusts, and b sur.
rounded BY low brio. WALL which al.o snclosss
severai other tombs. Tho Stone which covers
Madison's tomb is = simple granite ahaft, bearing
only this inscription: "Msdison. Born March l6.
l75l: Died June -. 1885," In letters almost ~
large Just below. 4 found the name of the axti.
deer, ~. w. Davies, Richmond" which, undAr Tie
does not strike ~ - h good taste.
Immediatsly 0ths rear b smaller shaft of white
marble, combining these wosds: I'm msuosy Of
Dolley Payne, wifs Of JameA uadisou Born Nay
40 l766 Died July g. l64a" How little az the
great statesman dream thaa In . q6axter o. teyne
tury after hia deaah Northsrn and 60athesn ar1fes
would be conftonting eaeh other nsar hi srAvA
AAs8ANUrfxN.
2 Six Yankee pEiapuers were rsssntly takea nsar
faxsweli, Tsnn., b NcIiAl mSaasy. Pin ~
them vers shat by the guard n attsMpting - -
cape; IN othsr wAs carried 70 xnexyIlia
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