The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-11
From Memphis "a Noble Woman.
a letter from Memphis SAYS,


We see the blue jackets Of our hs.ai fee -
On the ievse are strewn their tents thick q. the
caves OF EallamDr1sa," aud scowling over all lie
their dark gun0oas, ike huge bissing aerpents
tainting The waters of cur noble Mississippi The
Irving Block, where were formerly wont TO
meet and minister to the wants of our sick and
wounded is now used as a prison house to incar.
cTTate those who are dear to us we have trodden
LIS chambers but once since they have been thus
used We Went to visit friend, an old pante,o n
who had been arrested at his home il. one of our
neighboTlng towns, and brought hther for trial
on the sole charge, so far I could learn of kind
ness to our soldiers. In those desecrated halls we
looked on a scene we shall never forget we pazed
on that old man. with his undaunted eve-on the
brutal aoldiery, with their cleaning weapons who
surrounded him, and the drama of the French revo-
iulon rose before our eyes-the memorable words
of Madam Roland rushed to our lips "Oh Liberty
what crimes have been committed in thy name 7"
On last Sunday the military authorities took pos.
,ssa.gs. as, ai heid divs se ~. me nseana
They ensconced themselves in genuine military
style, marching in amid strains Of martial music
and occupying" the unressting pews the rnusi.
cal department re-takiag' the choir gallery, aud
the preacher re possessing" the pulpit After these
recoveries, hymn being adapted TO 4 national
tune, was performed 10 the immense satisfaction of
The Union savers The reverend Yankee divine
We learn. read :. profound essay on y5od muauers
10 his soldier auditors, upon twothirds Of whom
our informant tells US it produced peculiarly So
pOritic effect. which only dispellod By the
sounding fife and pealing drum at the close of
the services None Of our substantial citizens were
present on this interesting occasion and the re-
spectacle number of us forlorn, cadaverous looking
females, evidently of the lower classes represented
the Union feeling of the other sexl
In this connection it Is scarcely necessary for me
ts say there is no Union sentiment among the ladies'
OF intelligence ana refinement In our city. and |
know OF but one or two among those who claim to
be Of the elite whose Unsuitable love of admra
ton has induced them to sake 1t at any fouut
and to grasp tie hand red with the blood Of kindred
and friends.
hear of little episode In Gen. Grants iron rule
et Memphis, narrated TO me by refugee from that
city, which every true Southron cannot fail to en-
JOY, as illustrating the uudaunted spirit Of our peo-
pie. Gen. Mcdowell Of Bull Run notoriety has a
sister residing IN Memphis, the estimable lady of
Col Is. A Massey, whose strong Southern proclivi-
tea. by the way, have rendered him quite coaspi-
cuoUs since the commencement of the war 1t ap-
pears that Mcdowell wrote a letter to her some
time efter the occupation Of Memphis and enclosed
it to Gen. Grant, with the request that he should
deliver it in person. Accordingly, q week or two
since, lie repaired to the residence OF Mrs Massey
'o this mission and after introducing himself and
conversing with her few minutes, observing that
no doubt his room was preferred to his company,
he from his seat with the view of completing
his mission and leaving
Il have madam" he said, "a letter from your
brother, Gen. Mcdowell, which he requested me to
hand you, and he pulled the document from his
pocket and proiiered it to Mrs. Massey
Il beg your pardon, General she coolly and dis
passionatey replied, II once had a brother, Charles
Mcdowell, but have never known the General. n--
Saying which, she bowed so rigdly polite to Grant
that he returned the unaccepted epstle TO hg pock
et and soon found his way back to headauarters il
is thought, "a wiser, il not better man" Snubbed
in this severe manner by lady from whom he least
expected it, this tyrant will soon learn to appre
cate the feeling with which Southern people to the
manor born regard himself and bis invading co.
horts.-CorresDondence Mobile Tribune.