The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-22

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Our columns to day abound in details from
Yankee newspapers. all tending to show the
unutasrabls terror with which all Yankeedom
has been smitten, BY the near approach Of our
victorious troops. The impious King of Baby
lon, when In tho midst of his impious feast, hs
saw hand como out Of the wall and inscribe
upon It characters which he vainly sought to
interpret, but which his conscience too surely
taught him indicated the overthrow Of his
house, gave not stronger signs of the dismay
which caused his knees to smite together and
his tongue to clesvs to the roof of his mouth,
than Abe Lincoln and his parasites are now
exhibiting to deriding and contemptucus
world Governors call out the militia en- masss
Notifications are thrown mp all over the
countryside whole Of Pennsylvania South OF
the Sosquehannah is voluntarily resigned to the
invader-fat farmers drive off their fat cattle to
the mountains-the Brooklyn bells ring dolo.
rous peal for the rally of the reinforcing reSi
ments-public records are moved out OF the
way of dangsr-Governor Andrews Cffers the
whole militia of Massach Philadelphia
shuts up all her stores-panic rules the hour
dismay runs riot over the land. This de
lightful state of excitement succeeds still
more joyful calm, in which all Yankeedom had
just settled down, under the soothing influence
of the news transmitted by fitzpatrick aud
Stoneman, that they had succeededin plumber
ing and Expressing an nnarmed population, and
had reduced large districts filed with rebels to
the verge of starvation. 1t is the very hour
for our army to strike great blow-a blow
which shall he felt to the end of the war-a
blow from which the enemy shall not recover
az long as that war lasts. 1t is the very time
to let loose upon the terrified wretches the
whole body Of available cavslry-tO reimburse
ourselves for the incalculable injury which has
been inflicted on US.
Such q panic as that which pervadss the
Yankee States, including all classes Of society,
and penetrating into all parts of the country,
could never have proceeded from the mere
advance of our cavalry, or even from the VIC
tory at Winchester, magnif cent as was the
result The Lord himself is fighting on our
side. His finger is as plainly discernible as it
was of cid, when the impious Pharaoh, over.
whelmed by the weight of testimony apparent
in the miracles of the great Hebrew prophet,
exclaimed, "This is the finger Of God!' If
we neglect this opportunity, it may be shat we
shall never have another. 1t is given to rs
that we may teach the infdsl, blasphemous,
God denying, Bible hating crew, who consti.
tuie the body Of the Yankee nation, that there
is God, and tina: though his mercy be great,
and his patience wonderful, his vengeance
nay at last be reused, even to Staying. 1t is
with great dissatisfaction, therefore, that we
read in the Yankee papers, "the rebels re
spected private property We were in hopes
some satisfaction would be taken for the inju.
RES which have been inflicted on u.s. As they
tried to starve us out, we had hoped to starve
them out instead. We had hoped to hear that
all the horses and mules were driven away
or ehot-that all the cattle were made prize Of
or slau2htered-that all the barns and cribs
were frat emptied and then burned that all
the mills were reduced to ash es-that the wheat
fields were all on fire, like the prairies in the
western country-that every piece of private
property in the whole valley was appropri-
ated-that every spade, every hoe, every axe,
every plough, every rake, every implement Of
induetry-was destroyed, 60 that, "a Kilpat-
rick's thieves told the people in Gloucester,
though they sowed, they should never reap.
We maintain that unbounded retaliation is
the only way to prevent the renewal Of such
outrages as have been practiced on US. We
cannot make matters worse. We have tried
Necklaces, we have tried submission, we have
tried respect for the laws Of ar, and the rights
Of property. VIVA. has been the result 7 Ac-
cumulated outrages-additional wrong-in-
creased insult While we are Respecting pri-
vats property" they are landing negroes to
burn Darien While we are abstaining from
pillage, Mrs. Miiroy is cseamping from Win
chester with huge trunks full Of stolen spoone,
ladies' dresses, jewelry, and other valuables.
While we are manifesting tender regard for
the subsistence of the buriy Dutch farmers
SAob AAuoUiU eu0 a1loy VI Cnupy lSohln, VIC
brutes who are On their eide are endeavoring
to starve all the women and children in the
Southern Confedesacy. This should not be
our policy, had we the control Of affairs, and
it is very well for the broad bottomed dsnizsns
Of the Susquehannah that we have not. We
should proclaim at once Gan eye fer an eye,
and tooth for a TOOTH" or rather, we should
have half dozen eyes for every eye, and haff
dozen teeth for every tooth. This is the only
way to bring the Yankees to their senses. Let
them take their own physic, and they will soon
find how bitter it is. Let them SEQ and feel
what war ia, and they will discover that it is
not such an agreeable pastime 90 they are wont
to consider it when contemplating it from
distance. The Lord has thrown glorious op'
portunity into our hands, and we say again
''the sword of the Lord and Of Gideon"
The Lac Cavalry Battle
1t has been nearly six months since, in con.
junction with several other papers of this
city, we urged the absolute necessity of i'm.
proving this arm Of the service. While we
have been negligent in this respect, the Yam
kees have been straining every nerve to place