The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-03-14

turned down TO the quarters Of tAsslw I'm
the wsy saw some men tAruv avsv ths,r
ANN uni:ion, and also tvo boxss sf ~ kerirsi
case beside the wev. asked band al mn
who t"id ne they belonesd 70 the Slss, 20 70
ssst In getting ik 70 camp, bat All YafuscA. ana
passed hastily on. Going Into camp. fouod
Ool. Jordan before his quarters, end Snmo.
t,nseiy told him Of the amnunition thrown
ess,ias mat ns 'snd .oss Of q. %sa
Ing there hut moment. Iaw tFoepe of col.
diers unning Ia. and thsn scattertne In every
direction: ~ tnfsrsncs was thsy hs!onssd
correetsd, and take the frss oppOss1aity Of
stating the fact 10 the public. zs fAr - tho
disposition OF the forces on the ialand II oon.
csrned. gave the statement made AosMe ~
an omcer OF the Wise Lemon. OF couroo e
was impossibls for rae to have Any pofoonsl
knowledge concerning IL, since - pr1noi.
pally in tho hospitals
the duties OF Newspaper correspoAdsns
many are tncIiaeA 70 believe He 10 ohjieea
70 know everything, hear svsry thina. e1d 40
everything at the same time-in fact, ho 10
his eye, mp Jumps somebody and aacSsee m
Of q willfal omission Of facts 10 tns preiadioo
Of another II ns b. he'd into ssre1 81 tho
ssassnent. Of Others. 40 = accassd Of xlaa-
what he believes plain statsment cf events.
OF praises but fsebly, II y all the same-
Somebody IL dissat'sf1ed. WHAT wonder the
war, and who wrote such pleasant, iatsrsst.
Ing, and gossippy letters for the SoutA.
srn paper. has dwiEdled down TO one
or two Who can blame them lor leaving
labor that met with little true roWard-
the appreciation Of the couAtryf 70 have
accomplished the task expected Of thsm
would have required the tabled lamps OF
aladdin; M and even then. have my doaet:;-
correspondent fer news, and for the daily ~.
cord OF events, few indiyiduals are willing
to assist him In his search after the truth.-
On the contrary. there are many who viii
rather place fAisehoods In hiaway, IN order
70 misiead him into error. While endsavor.
Ing to do Justice to everybody, to stato the
truth, snd nothing but the tsatA. = 10 nos
wrong, and should make some erroneous
ssatemente, either through haste In writing
or on the responsibility Of frisuds. Person.
trouble up to the present time, and now the
North Carolina journals mako q general
charge against all Virginia correspondents
and d,n. a.. Virgins n,. ,newspsper; n ~ we'll ..
statement was made, which might have
been corrected sometime ago by any one
engaged, a. Colonel Fowie has done now
BE- W tss Soa
Carolina papers, and believe this 20 b the
first time anything regarding the action Of
the 3lst has been published. 1nstead OF the
70 e% n: q ss o1
Carolina troops, exactly the rsverso u true
They are ready to do Justice to every body
whenever the facts can be obtained. How
about the battle Of Bethel, when the Virginia,
papers rung for weeks with the praises Of the
gallant North ORrohntanst So In the present
tight, all who we're known 70 b In Il were
properly praised. None Of us could speak In
too high terms of those companies updpr Ma.
ior Hill, In the fort, who fought the 109vy for
Two days; Of those companies who fought In
the battery with the ViIginians; or Of Dol.
Green and his braves, and sgninst such
overwhelming odds. Whenever failed 70
praise those who deserved it. want Of tn1or.
nation was the cause.
But Of this enough has been said to satisfy
those agerieved-if not, any further oommu.
nications written In the reasonable and gen.
tlemanly style as the above from Ool. FoWle,
will receive Al early notice % possible. do
not believe there 10 = man In the STATE who
desires to do injustice to the North Carolina
| troops BolDnIA1.